If you’re planning to make a year-end gift to a local charity, giving to the Price Center is a great way to give back to the entire community. Financial gifts help sustain operations, repair equipment, and/or help underwrite any number of the Center’s ongoing free programs, including seven dance classes offered each week, regular musical performances, art activities, workshops and more. Since the early 2000's, the Greater San Marcos Area Seniors Association (GSMASA) has operated the Center as a non-profit, low-cost, no-cost community center that is now a major downtown hub for public and private events focused on celebrating the cultural and performing arts of San Marcos and beyond “Selfless

The Price Time Dancers completed their dance tour of several nursing homes in San Marcos with a performance at the Price Center on Saturday, Dec. 14. The dancers, aged 55-98, performed “Christmas Dances From Around the World” including numbers from Mexico, Ireland, Greece, Appalachia, France, and Texas. The Price Time Dancers are part of the COMDANCE Program at the Price Center, providing free dance classes for the community. COMDANCE is supported by the San Marcos Arts Commission, the Price Center, and The Texas World Dance Company. Next year, the dancers plan to perform different styles of dance to the music of The Nutcracker. Pictured top: Practicing "Feliz Navidad" (l-r) Barbara Piersol

The winter months of January and February feature more than just New Year celebrations (and resolutions) and Valentine’s Day roses and chocolates. Think Polar Bear Plunges, Mardi Gras, Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, Black History Month, Presidents Day, Chinese New Year parades, American Heart Month, Random Acts of Kindness Day and more! The Price Center will host a new art exhibit in January and February 2020 called “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” What inspires you in January and February? Area artists may submit up to 2 works of original art (2-D or 3-D), entries will be accepted Mon. and Tues., Jan. 6-7, from 9-5 daily. The exhibit will run from Sat., Jan. 11 to Sat., Feb. 22. A rece

Thanks to an interactive community public art project that kicked off last month, more than 100 Peace Flags are being strung and hung inside and outside the Price Center for the holiday season. In addition, daily visitors are encouraged to make flags of their own to add to the unique art installation. Local artist and project leader Cathy Sparks oversaw the first work session that produced more than 50 flags now adorning the main columns outside and sewn to strings between the ceiling lights in the 1893 Chapel. Individuals and groups have continued making flags during visits to the Center over the past weeks and they will be strung and hung as well. The goal of the growing display is to sha

A “Christmas Around the World” Dance Performance, group karaoke-style Christmas Sing-along, unique gift shopping opportunities, an interactive Peace Flag making event, and one of downtown San Marcos’ best holiday decoration displays will highlight the December San Mercado coming to the Price Center on Sat., Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Center’s own ‘Price Time Dancers’ will perform a free 30-minute show from 12:30 – 1 p.m. in the 1910 Room. The show will feature familiar holiday songs and a diverse mix of music, dance styles and colorful costumes. “Feliz Navidad” will feature Folklorico dance and costumes, “C’est Noel,” Ballet; “Christmas in Killarney, Irish dance and costumes; “Frosty t