Centuries of cultural legacy offering concerts, performing art classes, theater, event rentals and the art gallery. Carver Box Office, 210-207-2234.
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Live performances, educational classes, summer camps and private rentals. Located just a few blocks east of the Alamodome and convention center in downtown San Antonio. Hours: M-F, 8-4 and two hours prior to ticketed events.
06/30/2025
🩰🩰There's still time to register! Join us July 14-25 for The Carver's Summer Dance Intensive.
Featuring professional instructors from the internationally acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Dancers ages 10-18 will train in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and African dance styles - building technique, learning choreography, and performing in a final recital.
📅July 14-25
⏱ Monday- Friday I 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
📍Carver Community Cultural Center
06/25/2025
🎭SNEAK PEEK ALERT🎭
Our talented young stars have been pouring their hearts into rehearsals, and the stage is almost set for an unforgettable CARVER SUMMER THEATRE INTENSIVE!
You still have time to check out the big performance this Friday June 27 | 7:00PM at the Jo Long Theatre 🎭
Purchase your tickets today bit.ly/4libYSD
06/20/2025
A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our incredible patrons for making the Carver 24/25 Season unforgettable!
Your ENERGY filled every seat, your PASSION lit up our stage, and your unwavering SUPPORT proved that art truly thrives in community. We couldn’t do it without YOU - and honestly, we wouldn’t want to!
STAY TUNED - August has something special in store. 🎭✨
06/16/2025
A huge THANK YOU to HEB for generously donating snacks for our three-week theatre intensive! Your support keeps our young performers energized, focused, and ready to SHINE ✨
We’re proud of all the hard work these students have put in— and we can’t wait to show you what they’ve created!
🎟️Join us for the final performance
📆June 27 | 7:00PM
📍The Jo Long Theatre at the Carver Community Cultural Center
06/10/2025
🙌What. A. Night🎉
We are still reminiscing our Season Finale. It was pure magic - the theatre full of laughter, joy, and jams.
Thank you to our vibrant community partners, and patrons for showing up, celebrating culture, and making this season unforgettable. We could not have done it without YOU!
Keep your eyes peeled for The Carver 25-26 Season announcement 📅
Photo Credit: Oscar Moreno
06/09/2025
Jackie Venson and Kam Franklin set the stage ablaze with a magnetic, soul-stirring performance that turned our final show into pure magic. We're beyond grateful to everyone who packed the house and helped us close out the Carver 24/25 season with unforgettable energy and love. Here's to the music, the moments, and to you our incredible patrons!
06/01/2025
The Jo Long Theatre comes alive with the unforgettable voice of Kam Franklin. A dynamic artist known for her soul-stirring performances and fearless storytelling. 🌟
Join us June 6 at 8:00 PM as she takes the stage alongside the electrifying Jackie Venson for a powerful close to the Carver’s 24–25 season.
🎟️ Don’t miss it → bit.ly/4jU1h7Y
📸 Photo Credit: Claire McAdams
05/31/2025
🩰 There’s still time to register!
Join us July 14–25 for the Summer Dance Intensive at the Carver, featuring professional instructors from the internationally acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
Dancers ages 10–18 will train in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and African dance styles—building technique, learning choreography, and performing in a final recital.
📅 July 14–25
🕗 Mon–Fri | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Carver Community Cultural Center
🔗 Sign up now: bit.ly/3Evj1rx
05/30/2025
🎶 Carver fans, the energy has been unreal this season! 🌍
🎸 On June 6 at 8:00 PM, we bring the season to a close with a performance by guitar phenom Jackie Venson at the Jo Long Theatre.
🎟️ Grab your ticket now → bit.ly/4jU1h7Y
📸 Photo Credit: Ismael Quintanilla III
05/26/2025
Carver patrons thank you for joining us this 24-25 season. We brought legendary performers from all around the world 🌎.
Join us June 6 | 8:00 PM at the Jo Long Theatre at the Carver Community Cultural Center as we close out the season, with legendary guitarist Jackie Venson.
Purchase your 🎟️ today bit.ly/4jU1h7Y
Photo Credit: Ismael Quintanilla III
05/25/2025
Enrollment is open for our Summer Dance Intensive. Join us for an unforgettable two-week journey of movement, growth, and artistry. Under the guidance of three internationally acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theatre instructors.
Students dancers will develop technique, creativity, and confidence in a challenging yet supportive environment. Come elevate your dance journey! For ages 10-18
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The Carver Center opened in 1929 as "The Colored Branch of the San Antonio Library and Auditorium,"-- the name still etched in stone above the venue’s side entrances -- serving as a cultural and social center in the heart of the city's African American community.
Until the 1970’s, the present day lobby and gallery served as the original site of what is now San Antonio Public Library’s Carver Library, and was segregated until 1956. The current Jo Long Theatre, which originated as the “Colored Auditorium” (also segregated), has hosted countless legendary black musicians, entertainers, and cultural icons: Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie ‘Bird’ Park, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, The Ink Spots, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. Contemporary artists include Aaron Neville, Savion Glover, Esperanza Spalding, Jody Watley, Robert Cray, Sheila E., and Black Violin.
While the east side has changed many times since then, and its evolution continues, The Carver -- comprised of the Jo Long Theatre, Little Carver Civic Center and an art studio --remains an active, vibrant icon of the neighborhood's history.
We look forward to engaging new audiences, neighborhood residents, and businesses with our diverse and engaging season performances and concerts, cultural and arts education classes, free Youth Matinee Series, resident artists, art exhibitions, and community outreach. Our facilities are also available for private rentals for performances, meetings and events.
As the neighborhood changes, The Carver will continue to serve as a bridge between the city's past, present, and future, with a lasting commitment to preserving and promoting black culture, history and heritage, and welcoming and recognizing the diversity and experiences of all races, colors, creeds, nationalities, cultures and ethnicities.
