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South Town and Blue Star scene is coming ever more close to bein an art district. Sort of the Texas So-Ho.
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at 11:32pm. 257 Views, 0 Comments.
Blue Star and South Town
So, after we scoped out the elaborate series of reenactor events on Alamo Plaza last weekend - uniforms and long rifles and cannon -oh-my! - we decided to venture into South Townand check out anything interesting going on at the Blue Star Arts Complex . . . which since it was the day after First Friday - not very much. It had been simply years since I had reason to go to the Blue Star. I don't recall what took me there that time; either responding to an advertisement for a job opening (possible) or trying to sell someone advertising space in a little arts publication that I was working for at the time (also possible).
Anyway, it's been a while, and the whole South Town and Blue Star scene…
Walk in King William An Old Neighborhood
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at 10:19pm. 203 Views, 0 Comments.
Created Sunday, 20 September 2009 03:15
A Walk in an Old Neighborhood
Whenever my daughter and I have a need to go downtown in the morning, we like to go for lunch at the Guenther House - an old San Antonio mansion converted to a restaurant, museum and retail outlet, in the middle of a pleasant green garden a little way south of downtown San Antonio. The Guenther House was originally built by a C.H. Guenther, a German immigrant who relocated from the Hill Country, and established a mill on the San Antonio River. Cannily, he figured that there were several mills grinding corn and wheat in the Hill Country, but none in San Antonio.
He built the house for his family right next to his mill - and there it still is, the Pioneer Flour Mill, with a…
The King Williams Fair
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at 9:12pm. 264 Views, 0 Comments.
San Antonio has a lengthy history as everyone probably already knows. However, the King William’s Fair is held within Texas’ first residential historic district. It is a fair which entails food, a parade, and plenty of vendors displaying their arts and crafts.
When: The 2009 King William Fair is April 25, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: 1032 S. Alamo Street; San Antonio, TX 78210
History
The fair was established in 1967 but held its first fair in 1968. Since, this fair has become an annual event for the area. It was chartered as corporation with non-profit motives to protect the oldest historic district in Texas. It has grown from a small one-block exhibit of arts to a major event. Efforts of hundreds of…
