Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

‘Brackenridge: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park’

‘Brackenridge: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park’

Mason Hickok, Editor-in-Chief October 18, 2022

The Witte Museum and Brackenridge Park are inextricably linked, two gathering places central to San Antonio’s history. The Witte Museum sits on the park’s northern end right off Broadway. Opened in...

Photos from the Black Cowboys: An American Story exhibit at the Witte Museum

Photos from the ‘Black Cowboys: An American Story’ exhibit at the Witte Museum

Mason Hickok, Web Editor February 23, 2022

Additional photography from the exhibit at the Witte Museum. To read the story, click here. Photos by Mason Hickok. All credit to the team from the Witte Museum.

The main floor of the Black Cowboys exhibit has displays around the room, artifacts to view and interactive items. Mason Hickok/The Paisano

The Witte: ‘Black Cowboys: An American Story’

Mason Hickok, Web Editor February 22, 2022

The “Black Cowboys: An American Story” exhibition has been on display at the Witte Museum since November 2021. The exhibition explores the lives of Black men, women and children who worked on Texas...

Graphic by Max Aguirre

Fact or Fiction: Exploring The World’s Most Popular Mythical Creatures

Kasandra Parker November 6, 2019

For years, The Witte Museum has hosted some of the most fascinating and educational exhibits San Antonio has ever seen. Their recent exhibit, “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids,” strays...

The San Antonio River Walk embraces the holiday spirit by lighting up the cypress trees that guide you through the heart of San Antonio. Photo Courtesy of The River Walk

Winter in the city

Briyah Phillips November 29, 2017

Alamo City gears up for holiday festivities as December quickly approaches. Thanksgiving is over, and all around San Antonio, things are beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The halls of businesses...

Jeremiah Hobbs, The Paisano

Witte Museum’s “Above and Beyond” air and space exhibit

Jeremiah Hobbs April 19, 2017

I wanted to begin this article by writing the word "space" in all caps, bold, italic, followed by seventeen exclamation points in order to make you understand how enthusiastic I was about visiting the...

Witte exhibit ‘CSI: The Experience’ cracks the case

November 19, 2013

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Witte Museum Do you think you can crack the case? If you have ever wanted to become a forensic scientist like the actors play on TV or gain some hands-on experience...

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