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Brent F. Widen – March in the Gallery

WONG SALVAGE
PAINTING BY BRENT F. WIDEN
MARCH 4th – 29th, 2010.
Brent Widen was born and raised in Chicago, where he froze his ass off waiting for the “L” train for over a quarter century. He emerged Magna Cum Laude in Fine Arts from The University of Chicago with barely some remnant of common sense and the [...]

Request Concert 2 Archive

This is an archive of the Request Concert 2 webcast. You can download each video individually using the links below (right-click and choose save as).
Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

San Antonio Symphony

San Antonio Symphony & Jump-Start Performance Co. present:
An intimate evening with musicians from the San Antonio Symphony Featuring Stephanie Shapiro, Mark Ackerman and Hideaki Okada of the Oboe section.
In celebration of Contemporary Art Month members of the San Antonio Symphony and Jump-Start Performance Co. will come together in The Sterling Houston Theater for a [...]

February W-I-P

February W-I-P
Wednesday, February 24th at 7p.m.
The Sterling Houston Theater
$5 regular and $3 for students and senior citizens.
The program runs about an hour and a half. No reservations are necessary.
Featuring new danceworks by PACDance ( Palo Alto College), Jayne King & NRGMix.
W-I-P (Works-In-Progress/Wednesdays-In-Performance) is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio [...]

Jason Rudd – February in the Gallery

A Day of Infamy
A collection of dark surrealism
by Jason Rudd
Opening reception: February 4, 2010
6 – 8 p.m.
Jason Rudd started to enjoy art by the time he was in middle school. His 7th grade teacher Mrs. Kathy Garner taught him how to draw cats. He is indeed an animal lover and enjoys drawing them. He draws [...]

Request Concert 1 Archive

This is an archive of the Request Concert 1 webcast. You can download each video individually using the links below (right-click and choose save as).
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010

Performance Party XXV Archive

Here’s a copy of the video we webcast last night. The audio is pretty rough but it’s all there. Each act is broken up into two, roughly 45 minute sections. You can download each video individually using the links below (right-click and choose save as).
Act 1, Pt. 1
Act 1, Pt. 2
Act 2, Pt. 1
Act 2, [...]

January W-I-P

A new decade calls for new, exciting work & W-I-P is the only place to see it!
The January W-I-P happens on Wednesday, January 27th at 7p.m. at The Sterling Houston Theater (formerly Jump-Start Theater) in the Blue Star Arts Complex, corner of S. Alamo & Probandt. Call 227-5867 for directions. Admission is $5 regular and [...]

Request Concert

Request Concert
By Franz Xaver Kroetz
Featuring Dino Foxx
March 19 – 20, 2010
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.
$25 general admission
Each show takes place in the performer’s actual place of residence. Address information will be provided once tickets have been purchased.
Request Concert is a haunting solo performance, originally staged in 1985 as Jump-Start Performance Co.’s very first [...]

En la Sombra de sus Pasos

SA Parks & Recreation & Jump-Start Performance Co. present:
En la Sombra de sus Pasos
In the Shadow of her Footsteps
January 15-17, 2010
Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
$15 General admission, $10 students & seniors
Celebrating a 75-year-tradition, this historic event highlights the contributions of its first teacher, Berta Almaguer, and the teachers and students who follow [...]