NEWS | Blue Star Arts Complex

Apr 1

Art Across the Border: An Interview with Hank Lee of San Angel Folk Art Gallery in San Antonio

When I visited San Antonio in February, I grabbed tea with Elyse Gonzalez, Director of Ruby City, at Halcyon, a coffee shop within the...

Oct 18, 2023

San Antonio's Powdered Wig Machine celebrates first album release with Blue Star performance

San Antonio's Powdered Wig Machine is far from a conventional rock act. Over the past year, the trio has emerged as one of the city's...

Oct 17, 2023

Slab Cinema Arthouse: San Antonio’s champion of independent film

This past week, I attended a screening of “Inland Empire,” a dizzyingly opaque three-hour psycho-thriller nightmare, at Slab Cinema...

Sep 7, 2023

Fotoseptiembre celebrates the medium of photography in and around San Antonio

This year marks the 29th Fotoseptiembre, an annual festival focused on photography-based exhibitions presented across the Alamo City and...

Sep 7, 2023

Victor Wembanyama seen enjoying San Antonio's Blue Star Arts Complex

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is getting to know the city more. The No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft was seen enjoying and...

Sep 7, 2023

20 San Antonio life hacks that you need to know

San Antonio may not be as cheap or laid back as it once was, but there's still plenty of free and fun things to do in town. We rounded up...

Sep 7, 2023

Five Southtown galleries to visit on your next art walk

Just south of downtown San Antonio, a thriving arts community has put down roots with a network of studios and galleries where art in...

Apr 4, 2023

Catch a French Film at Blue Star Today

Slab Cinema will continue its French New Wave Film series this evening with a screening of the 1962 classic Jules and Jim. Spanning...

Feb 8, 2023

Texas Artist, Anna-Sophia Lagos, to open show at Blue Star Arts Complex

Anna-Sophia Lagos a graduate of the Western Art Academy and University of North Texas will hold a show at the Blue Star Arts Complex in...

Feb 1, 2023

A Look at Four San Antonio Exhibitions

Best known for his intricately detailed glass marbles, in his current show, Milk at Fl!ght Gallery, Sean Thomas Johnston departs from...

Feb 1, 2023

Brick at Blue Star offers small businesses the opportunity to develop

Brick at Blue Star's weekly Sunday market became the Dream Market Sunday, as part of Dreamweek. The Dream Market expands the weekly...

Jan 30, 2023

Why Southtown’s Blue Star is on the National Register of Historic Places

Long before the Blue Star Arts Complex became a popular Southtown destination along the San Antonio River, it was a transportation hub....

Jan 12, 2023

Contemporary at Blue Star Receives $500,000 Grant from Kronkosky Charitable Foundation

The financial gift will help the Contemporary build on its growing momentum as a hub for discussions and community around contemporary...

Jan 4, 2023

Lasting Impressions: San Antonio's arts community weighs in on the highlights of 2022

With the end of the year swiftly approaching, we reached out to San Antonio art scene movers and shakers to ask them which exhibitions or...

Jan 4, 2023

Shop Local: 15 holiday gift ideas for the San Antonio art lovers on your list

In our annual attempt to divert your dollars away from e-tail giants and put them in the pockets of local artists, artisans and makers,...

Dec 4, 2022

San Antonio glass artist Adam Smolensky puts an irreverent spin on neon signs at FL!GHT Gallery

Roughly eight years after establishing himself as a local artist know for borosilicate glass pieces — from pipes and pendants to stemware...

Dec 4, 2022

David Alcantar: The Superman Project

San Antonio-based artist, David Alcantar, was born in Laredo and went to Marshall High School in San Antonio. He attended the University...

Dec 4, 2022

Film festival helps local pet organizations

A film festival entertaining the community while also helping local pet rescue organizations. The Animalis Fabula Film Festival kicked...

Nov 11, 2022

San Antonio music has a new home at KPSA, an online radio station and app

KPSA, a new app and website devoted to San Antonio music, is a one-stop shop for acts such as Doug Sahm, Buttercup and Girl in a Coma....

Oct 22, 2022

26 must-visit San Antonio vintage and thrift stores for finding secondhand threads

Increased interest in sustainable clothing and secondhand shopping has unleashed a boom in thrift stores and vintage shops — and that...