Day: November 22, 2017

‘All is Calm’ at The Playhouse San Antonio

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‘All is Calm’ returns to The Playhouse San Antonio and opens this Friday November 24.  Photo:  Daniel D Baumer, used with permission.

A new holiday tradition returns to The Playhouse San Antonio for a second year. Opening this Friday November 24 in the Russell Hill Rogers Theater is ‘All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.’ It will run until Sunday December 24. George Green and Bill Gundry co-direct with musical direction by Nicholas Ponting. It stars Nick Szoeke, Nicholas Ponting, David Nanny, Aaron Ely, Robert Nauman, Eric Buchaus, Kevin Collins, Robby Vance, Kyle Krambeck, Brendan Brady, Travis Trevino and John Towry. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30p.m. and Sundays at 2p.m. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling the box office at (210) 733-7258. Prices range from $20 to $35. Group rates are available for groups of ten or more. (The Playhouse San Antonio, 2017)

‘All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914’ by Peter Rothstein has musical arrangements by Erick Lichte and Timothy C Takach. It is set in 1914, at the Western Front, where out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. When a German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht” it brings about a night of camaraderie, music and peace. A remarkable true experience, it is told in the words and songs of the men who lived it. This acapella musical highlights the beauty and power of the human spirit during the darkest of days.

Special Event Nights:
Pay What You Can Night – Wednesday November 22
Opening Night Reception – Friday November 24
Q101.9 Radio Night – Friday December 1
Food Truck Friday – Friday December 8
ASL Night/SA 2020 Talk Back Night – Saturday December 9

Project MEND is the community partner on ‘All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.’ Project MEND is a San Antonio based nonprofit that provides home medical equipment and assistive technology items to individuals living with disabilities and life-altering illnesses.

The Playhouse San Antonio
800 West Ashby Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 733-7258

Rosella Coffee opens second location

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Rosella Coffee now has a second location at the Rand Building in downtown San Antonio.  Photo: Jessica Giesey, used with permission.

There is more good news for coffee lovers. Popular coffee company Rosella Coffee recently opened a second location, Rosella at the Rand, at the Rand Building in downtown San Antonio. While Rosella is well-known for quality coffee as well as breakfast and lunch service, the new location boasts a unique concept-a full service restaurant that also features dinner service, a weekend brunch and a selection of craft cocktails. (Rosella Coffee, 2017)

The new location’s dinner menu items include steak frites and a house burger along with unique additions like house-made olives, a pretzel croissant with beer cheese and crispy kale chips. Brunch items include French toast and huevos rancheros, avocado toast and mascarpone & berries on brioche. Lunch items include a selection of gourmet salads and hot sandwiches. The new cocktail menu includes time-honored favorites such as a Tom Collins and an Old Fashioned as well as the coffee-inspired “House Rosella OG OF”: a combination of Bourbon, coffee syrup and orange bitters.

Business hours are 7a.m to 10p.m. Monday to Thursday, 7a.m. to 12p.m. Friday, 8a.m. to 12p.m. Saturday and 9a.m to 3p.m. Sunday.

Rosella Coffee
114 E Houston St, at Soledad in the Rand Building
San Antonio, TX 78205

Rosella Coffee
203 E Jones Ave #101
San Antonio, TX 78215