By Robert Rivard Leilah Powell is a woman on a mission. She is the first executive director of the Brackenridge Park Conservancy, appointed in 2010 to serve as steward and advocate for the park’s natural settings, its threatened historic treasures and underdeveloped recreational amenities. The enhancement and protection of Brackenridge Park, the city’s premier public green space, is a worthy cause central to the resurgence of San Antonio’s historic core city, but it’s also a daunting challenge. Brackenridge Park and its neighbors draw nearly 1.5 million visitors a year, led by the San Antonio Zoo and a vibrant, growing Witte Museum, which Saturday celebrates the grand opening of the Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center. The historic Brackenridge Golf Course, which occupies 113 acres on the ... Continue reading →
By Robert Rivard Carmen Tafolla, San Antonio’s first poet laureate, was on the job a little more than a month when she was called on to do why poet laureate’s do: compose and recite a “public poem.” Her poem “DO IT,” which she read Saturday morning at the TriPoint YMCA before an audience of several hundred people, appears below. The poem starts softly, then builds force and velocity as it progresses, exactly the aim of SA2020 on its near-decade long trajectory into the future. Tafolla read it clearly and forcefully, standing behind a podium. The ancient Greek in me wishes she had been standing alone on stage, with a microphone as the only concession to modernity. Tafolla is a prolific writer, lecturer and educator. She’s ... Continue reading →
“This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro greets SA2020 supporters before addressing crowd. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Ramiro Cavazos looks on. By Robert Rivard There was something for everyone Saturday at the TriPoint YMCA. Hundreds gathered to move and shake in a morning workout that was equal parts body, mind and soul. It was a one-year anniversary celebration of SA2020 and everyone seemed pumped. I’d show you my dance crowd photos, but emcee and San Padre Playhouse CEO Asia Ciaravino ordered the lights turned low. That was probably smart. While she and the YMCA’s wellness instructor Amber Sanders got the whole room stretching, clapping and dancing, most of us don’t look like the ... Continue reading →
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