Let’s get to skanking, Reel Big Fish are coming to San Antonio. Currently on the final dates of a UK co-headline tour with their old friends Less Than Jake, the OC ska vets have announced tour plans for early 2019. They’ll launch a trek in support of their long-awaited new LP ‘Life Sucks…Let’s Dance!’ set…
Democratic congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones filed a court motion Tuesday to force Bexar County’s election administrator to release a list of provisional voters. During an afternoon press conference, Jones said a district judge has ordered Bexar to release the full list, but county officials have not yet complied. The order also seeks 48 additional hours for…
You may be still making your way through the list of all the local restaurants featured on Food Network shows, but you’ll have to add one more to the list. In a Sunday post from Wrigleyville Grill, a local restaurant serving up Chicago-style bites, announced that it will be featured on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins…
University of Texas at San Antonio officials said they’re “concerned” over a controversial campus incident caught on camera and shared on social media. University officials were responding via statement to a Twitter video showing a student escorted out of a classroom by campus police at a professor’s request. According to the post by Apurva Rawal, the…
Texas, meet your (likely) new Speaker of the House — Dennis Bonnen. Before you shrug and click to another article, remember San Antonio Republican Joe Straus used that same powerful position to block the lege from enacting the anti-transgender bathroom bill opposed by progressives and business interests alike. So, how Straus’ successor runs the show…
Twenty years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. With a legacy of releases and countless U.S. and international tours behind them, the Indigo Girls make their way to San Antonio to perform at the The Tobin Center…
A hero has fallen. Stan Lee, the man responsible for pretty much all of the Marvel Universe, has died at 95 According to TMZ, an ambulance rushed to Lee’s Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he apparently died. Lee had pneumonia recently and suffered from several…
Bedazzle your leather jacket, BBs – Whitesnake is coming to town. Founded in 1978 by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, the band basically wrote baby-making glam rock hits and I don’t think we’re really mad about it. The “Here I Go Again” singers just announced their first shows of the 2019 Flesh and Blood…
Prominent Democrats including Julián and Joaquín Castro have joined congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones in demanding Bexar County provide a list of provisional voters to help settle her still-undecided race. Jones, a Democrat, and Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Will Hurd ran a neck-and-neck contest to represent the District 23, a swing district that includes part of San Antonio.…
The biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history, earning four Grammys and fifteen career nominations, “Weird Al” Yankovic is basically a walking meme. If you didn’t already know, he is best known for his hilariously irreverent parodies of hit songs, including “Eat It,” “Like A Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise,” and “White and Nerdy,” and he…
It may not seem so if you’re playing the field right now, but San Antonio isn’t a bad place to be single. Or so says a new study. The Alamo City ranked 36th on personal finance site WalletHub’s 180-city list of the best and worst places for singles. The top three were Atlanta, Denver and…
This article was originally published by the Texas Tribune. Approaching the podium, Dallas middle school teacher Ron Francis faced the circle of 15 large, wooden desks at the Texas State Board of Education’s September meeting. The board was discussing changes to the social studies curriculum standards, the result of a 10-month-long process to cut back…
This article was originally published by the Texas Tribune. Dan Crenshaw, a Texas congressman-elect who was the target of a badly received joke on Saturday Night Live last week, got a payback opportunity this week, appearing on the show to take some pokes at SNL cast member Pete Davidson. On Saturday night’s Weekend Update, the…
Talk about a payday. A resident of Boerne, who has chosen to remain anonymous, recently won a million bucks from a scratch-off ticket. The lucky ticket was purchased at the H-E-B at the Wanda Street & West Bandera Road intersection. This ticket was the first out of eight possible $1 million prizes in the game,…
The weather is finally starting to look and feel like autumn in South Texas and as such, new menus are rolling in. Scooped Cookie Dough Bar, which has locations inside North Star Mall and La Cantera (near the Apple and Microsoft) and Chicago, is leaning into the holiday feel with new flavors that will get…
La Dama is La Feminist and El Catrin is El Hipster in Mike Alfaro’s reimagined Millennial Loteria, which started out as an Instagram account and will now be available as a full-fledged table-top game. Alfaro will be in San Antonio to launch the game at Feliz Modern on December 11 from 5 to 7 p.m.…
Strap on those bullet belts, S.A. South Texas Legion, the metal supergroup assembled to play the South Texas Popular Culture Center (TexPop)’s “Metal Mayhem” exhibit this spring, is set take to the stage again. This time, the day before Thanksgiving. A virtual Who’s Who of musicians who helped make San Antonio the “Heavy Metal Capital of the…
Three vegan food vendors and a group known as the #texasvgang will host a different kind of barbecue this Saturday. On November 10 from 6 t0 9 p.m., Hip Peaz Vegan Eats, Southtown Juice, and Miss Chickpeas Bakeshop will serve up vegan barbecue and fixins at 1502 S. Flores St. The menu includes vegan ribs,…
In yet another dramatic smoke signal hinting at a mayoral run, Councilman Greg Brockhouse has called on San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley to resign. During a Thursday press conference held by the city’s fire union, Brockhouse suggested voters’ approval of a charter amendment limiting future city managers’ salary and tenure means they want Sculley…
Cheese lovers have a lot to look forward to with the Grilled Cheese Fest taking over St. Paul Square on Saturday. Now that the colder weather is here again, San Antonians will be able to keep warm with lots of melted cheese between a variety of breads. EgCollaborations is welcoming 13 vendors to bring you…
All basketball fans have a favorite movie centered around the sport, but have you ever wondered which one your Spurs players love most? Well, wonder no longer, fam. Earlier this week, the Spurs’ social-media team posted a short video of various team members sharing their favorite basketball movies. From 'He Got Game' to 'Love &…
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Metal mammoths Iron Maiden have just announced a return to San Antonio. “This inspired us to put together a stage show to take our fans through different Worlds and experiences set to appropriate songs,” singer Bruce Dickinson said in a statement in Rolling Stone. “It is not that easy designing different Worlds on…
Ten days before the release of their seventh full-length record, metalcore legends Unearth return to San Antonio for what might be one of the sickest lineups we’ve seen all year, which is saying a lot since we do get a shit ton of metal (of all subgenres) creeping through the city year-round. Unearth is touring…
Continuing with the fourth season of its commendable and popular series Worth Repeating, TPR will host a night of purposeful sharing, centered loosely on the theme of “Trapped.” For those unfamiliar with the series, the concept is refreshingly simple: for each session, community members are invited to tell their own personal stories and insights centered…
After a supercharged set closing out Maverick Music Festival last year, U.K. heartthrobs Bastille are headed back to San Antonio on Monday to drench us in showers of their indie pop goodness. The “Pompeii” singers are gearing up for just three dates in America, one of which will be in the Alamo City for a…
On the heels of the release of The Big Bad Blues, Billy F. Gibbons’ second solo album released in September, Gibbons geared up for a tour that hits San Antonio on Sunday. The Big Bad Blues focuses on Gibbons’ lifelong love of the blues and rock ’n’ roll, showcasing the blues-influenced vocals and guitar licks…
When you’re landing features on Kanye West albums at 18 years old, ya gotta be doing something right. For Chief Keef, though, this wasn’t exactly an overnight matter. With a couple of mixtapes out that were garnering attention on Chicago’s South Side, and then landing a record deal with Interscope Records, showing up on “Hold…
Restaurants are honoring military veterans with a freebies this Sunday, November 11. Here are several spots saluting our armed forces. Applebee’s // For the 11th year in a row, Applebee’s will serve one million free meals to veterans and active duty military. Choose from a full-size entree of the classic bacon cheeseburger, 6-ounce USDA Select Top…
Progressives’ efforts to bring more Texas women, young people and people of color to the polls helped drive Democratic victories in the state, organizing and labor groups said during a conference call today. Despite a narrow miss from Texas’ progressive marquee candidate, Beto O’Rourke, Democrats flipped two U.S. House seats in Texas and made substantial gains…
Wines, fab pairings and an even more eye-catching backdrop will be in store at the San Antonio Botanical Garden’s Wine Down at the Garden on Saturday, November 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. The event pairs pours from Lewis Wines, Pedernales Cellars, Kuhlman Cellars and Llano Estacado Wines with bites from chefs Elizabeth Johnson (Pharm…
Chris Hill announced plans for El Mirador’s last day in business on November 18. According to the release, “the restaurant is offering buffet style for just $9.95 or a complimentary buffet with the purchase of an alcoholic beverage or cocktail. The restaurant will donate leftover food to the San Antonio Food Bank. The Southtown staple…
San Antonio will be among the Texas cities with protests this evening against President Donald Trump’s firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions — a move critics say jeopardizes Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. “Nobody Is Above the Law” rallies are scheduled in cities across the country to demand Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker recuse himself from overseeing…
Congratulations, San Antonio – you’re raking in the money at a faster rate than your peers at the state or national level. The problem is, your rake is smaller than theirs. OK, enough with metaphors. Wages for San Antonio workers have grown year-to-date by 5.2 percent, reaching an average of $24.12 an hour, according to…
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will touch down in San Antonio once again. The Tobin Center will welcome Tyson for a speaking event on “The Search for Life in the Universe” next summer. He will review the ongoing efforts to find habitable planets, liquid water and life in the cosmos. He’ll also explore the search for…
School of Rock is lackluster, but not terrible, and I suppose that counts as a victory of sorts in the increasingly crowded field of popular-movies-turned-into-musicals. It easily clears the bar, for instance, of Ghost: The Musical and The Bodyguard, two disasters at the Majestic earlier this decade; and one earworm of a song — “Stick…
If you’re from the South Side of San Antonio, you know that Mama Margie’s is part of the culture. One Harlandale student recognized just that in her on-point costume for “character day” as part of the school’s spirit week. Ahead of the Frontier Bowl between Harlandale and McCollum high schools on Friday night, Harlandale High…
A part of the La Cantera Resort & Spa, Signature Restaurant is a beautiful space that overlooks the resort’s golf course and shopping center, and is helmed by chef Andrew Weissman. In addition to a spectacular view and ambiance, the spot also sports delicious food, a cocktail menu and a special discount menu known as…
It’s just been announced that Michael Bublé will return to San Antonio in support of his latest album love. The tour kicks off next year in February and includes stops at Madison Square Garden in New York City and LA’s Staples Center, but not before touching down to swoon us to death on Wednesday, March…
Country’s Eli Young Band, Mexican regional big band La Adictiva and comedian Jim Gaffigan are among the performers scheduled for the 2019 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Feb. 7-24. All concerts take place following the PRCA Rodeo at the AT&T Center, and additional entertainers will be added to the lineup over the next few weeks. Tickets…
After coming one Chris Paul hamstring injury away from making their first NBA Final appearance since 1995, the Houston Rockets entered the season with plenty of question marks. With defense-minded wings Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute both departing for greener financial pastures, the Rockets have taken a step back on the defensive end…
Over his 18-year career, actor Paul Dano has become one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets — a talented performer whose roles in mostly dramas and dark comedies are usually eclipsed by headlining movie stars or flashier characters or, in the case of last year’s Swiss Army Man, a farting Harry Potter. In a sense, some of…
Founded by Michael Ibrahim as a student ensemble at the University of Michigan in 2009, the National Arab Orchestra soon rose to become the “nation’s leading organization for Arab music.” Synthesizing the Western and Arab traditions, the NAO is comprised of an orchestral complement of violin, cello and double bass accompanied by traditional Arab instruments…
Over the years, Luminaria has consistently improved its musical offerings, working with local musicians to curate diverse lineups that represent San Antonio’s expanding horizons as well as its complex history. This year, the festival’s Curatorial Committee includes local poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and activist Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson as well as performance/sound/installation artist and educator Mark McCoin.…
Looks like there’s more competition in the local comic con ranks. Two weeks after Alamo City Comic Con ended, a brand-new production company, PMX Events, has thrown its hat onto the convention floor and lassoed in a few of its own celebrities to take part in its inaugural Celebrity Fan Fest this weekend. The three…
More San Antonians voted “yes” than “no” on the three city charter amendments on the November 6 ballot, and the fire union won the day. If anyone from the Go Vote No campaign tells you otherwise, give them a stern look and slowly shake your head. Voters soundly rejected Proposition A, which would have lowered the…
Restaurateur Lisa Wong is now the owner of El Mirador. The restaurant, which was renovated by previous owner Chris Hill, will close on November 18. “I’m happy for the opportunity to stay connected to the heart of the Southtown district where I have established roots with Rosario’s,” Wong said via press release. “I appreciate the…
Fresh pasta and gelato, are we dreaming? Italian food fans will want to pencil in November 13 for a lasagna party at South Alamode Gelato & Panini. Diletta Gallorini will host friend, fellow Italian and pasta maker Elena D’Agostino. Formerly the pasta chef at Battalion, D’Agostino is currently focusing on home delivery of fresh pasta…
Tucker’s Kozy Korner is currently closed, but the East Side institution won’t be down for long. New operators, Andrew Lake and Nathan Azar, have taken over the space that first opened in 1948 as a burger and hot dog joint. After a year-long tenure by its previous owners, the longtime bar is undergoing more renovations…
Yup, with a new single that just dropped a few months ago, Benji and Joel Madden are headed to San Antonio for a show at the Aztec. At this point, are we really surprised that they’re coming? I mean, everyone loves a good throwback band every once in a while, but San Antonio seems to…
Legendary wrestler and National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Famer Jose Lothario passed away yesterday at the age of 83. Locally, Lothario was best known for managing San Antonio native and WWE superstar Shawn Michaels’ career in the WWE (then WWF) in the late 1990s. During that time, Michaels won his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship…
After years as outsiders in their own state, Texas progressives were thrilled by the prospect that Beto O’Rourke, an unabashedly liberal rockstar candidate, actually had a shot at a senate seat. Of course, that didn’t happen last night, and one only needs to take a look at social media to see how deflated the loss…
Australian actor-turned-director Joel Edgerton (The Gift) steps behind the camera for only the second time in his career with Boy Erased, a compassionate and, at times, upsetting account of a young man’s forced participation in a conversion-therapy program at the hands of his Baptist pastor father and devout mother. It’s a crucially important coming-of-age drama…
A man was killed by SAPD officers early Wednesday morning. According to reports, officers shot the suspect in downtown San Antonio just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police were dispatched to the area after receiving calls about a man with a gun. Officers found a man in his 20s who became aggressive, requiring the officers to use…
It’s 2018, and Texas is finally sending its first Latina to Congress. Ahem, make that two Latinas. Though the blue wave may not have flipped Texas politics, two Democrats made history Tuesday night as they became the first-ever Latinas to represent Texas in the U.S. House. To put the milestone into context, the Lone Star…
If you’ve paid attention to the rave or drum ‘n’ bass scene since the ‘90s, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the mammoth DNB act Pendulum. Founded in 2002 in Perth, Australia, the group has been a pinnacle force in making the underground club genre mainstream alongside fellow electronic acts like The Prodigy and Crystal Method. You’ve…
What else can really be said about the Reverend Horton Heat that we don’t already know? Fronted by Jim Heath, the Dallas-based psychobilly group have been creating a raucous in the rock ‘n’ roll community since their formation in ’86 and you sort of love ‘em or hate ‘em. Our former music editor and local…
The U.S. House race between incumbent Republican Will Hurd and Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones is too close to call this morning — even after media outlets (including the Current) last night projected a Hurd victory. During overnight vote tallies, Ortiz Jones inched ahead of her opponent, only to have him pull back into a…
John Popper, Blues Traveler’s frontman, doesn’t need a whole lot of introduction. The dude can rip a harmonica better than most guitar players can shred guitar. He’s that good. Along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), Tad Kinchla (bass), Brendan Hill (drums) and Ben Wilson (keyboard), the band has a proven reputation for their improvisational live shows…
Everyone’s first brush with body painting was probably at a children’s birthday party, when simplistic kitty whiskers and rainbows ruled. But now, with the popularity of body paint competition reality show Skin Wars, the art form is gaining legitimacy and expanding into complex creations covering a model — often nude — from head to toe.…
In death metal, few bands have earned as much lasting influence as Long Island’s Suffocation. Over the course of ten albums, the band led the class in turn-on-a-dime song complexity and production that gave each instrument brutal clarity. If Suffocation doesn’t sound quite as innovative now as it did in the ’90s, that’s because so…
In May 1997, Esequiel Hernandez Jr., an 18-year-old U.S. citizen, was herding his family’s goats along the Rio Grande when he heard a noise in the scrub and raised a rifle he carried for protection against coyotes. One of four Marines patrolling nearby for drug smugglers fired on Hernandez, killing him. In the investigation that…
A new month sees another swell exhibition opening at Clamp Light. For this exhibit, artists Jose Balli and Naomi Wanjiku will share new works that, while quite different in composition and style, all focus loosely on the concept of cycles — in the natural world, in society and in the realm of the personal. Both…
When she’s not trying to act like the female version of Kevin James by using physical comedy as a crutch, actress Melissa McCarthy has made some satisfying inroads as a comedian in flicks like 2015’s Spy and her Academy Award-nominated turn in 2011’s Bridesmaids. This year, unfortunately, she struck out big with The Happytime Murders…
Launched in 2008 by then-Mayor Phil Hardberger and under the direction of curator Kathy Armstrong since 2015, Luminaria has shifted shapes, hopped locations and fielded inevitable curve balls since its inception. In certain ways mirroring the growth of San Antonio itself, the ambitious endeavor has admirably sought to outdo itself each year while staying true…
Q: I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about myself and my sexuality and my romantic self. I can log on and easily find someone to fuck. I’m a bear-built top guy. There are ladies in my life who choose to share their beds with me. I can find subs to tie up…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1994, Aries pop diva Mariah Carey collaborated with an associate to write the song “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” It took them 15 minutes to finish it. Since then it has generated $60 million in royalties. I wish I could unconditionally predict that you, too, will efficiently spawn…
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. You know a food has reached deep into the bowels of pop culture when it becomes a Halloween costume. In 2014, Katy Perry, a self-proclaimed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos fiend dressed like the “extruded snack” (that’s what Frito-Lay…
After the so-called “Latin explosion” of 1999, a marketing ploy spearheaded by Sony Music that brought Jennifer Lopez to global stardom and saw the “cross-over” careers of Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias and Marc Anthony, few Latinos would find success on English-language (mainstream) radio. Failed by the promise of the “Latin explosion,” many artists reverted to…
Sloppy, sweaty, slackerrific and endlessly catchy, Bass Drum of Death’s music is the simple and satisfying union of noisy garage punk and pop rock. Every bit as accessible to fans of Burger Records’ roster as it is to fans of Wavves or early Cloud Nothings, the act, which began as the solo project of John…
It’s been nearly 10 months since allegations against comedian Aziz Ansari surfaced from an anonymous woman who said she felt “pressured” to engage in sexual activity with him during a date last fall. Ansari has called the sexual activity “completely consensual” while the woman said she was “giving off cues that [she] wasn’t interested.” Since…
I attended my first noise show in a Baltimore warehouse in 2008 before I moved to Texas later that year. Seeing the artists and genres within the noise and greater experimental music world get taken seriously in reviews in national publications over the last decade has been refreshing and encouraging. I was even more stoked…
