Poets Dean Young and Gerald Stern at the Pearl Stable Tuesday, April 17
Trinity University Press presents Dean Young and Gerald Stern discussing the interaction of poetry, politics, nation, and identity in the National Poetry Month event “The Poet and Society,” Tuesday April 17 at the Pearl Stable. Inspired by André Breton, Paul Éluard, and other French Surrealists, Dean Young is the author of Fall Higher and The…
Minnie Driver advocates for the arts in new film ‘Hunky Dory’
Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) is doing her small part in helping to save arts programs in the U.S. According to the Creative Coalition, a nonprofit organization Driver advocates for on the importance of music, theater and art classes in public schools, children exposed to and involved in the arts score higher…
Brighton Center and YOSA in San Antonio nonprofit news
Good news on the nonprofit front! San Antonio’s Brighton Center was recognized by Non-Profit Times, the leading business publication in nonprofit management, as the #2 nonprofit in the nation to work for in 2012. Brighton Center, located at 14207 Higgins Road, provides family and community education and developmental services to children with disabilities or delays,…
Gilbert García speaks on ‘Reagan’s Comeback’
Former Current staffer Gilbert García speaks to Enrique Lopetegui about his new book, Reagan’s Comeback: Three weeks in Texas that changed American politics forever. Our review will be published later in the week.
Toromata at 502 Bar, 4/12/12
“I think and write acoustically, but they turn my songs into something more electric,” Azul Barrientos told the Current in this week’s issue. “They” are bassist Luis Allejo and guitarist El Shine, the other two members of Toromata, Azul’s newest project. Due to “family matters,” only El Shine showed up to be with Azul for…
Photos: Ron Paul rally, Main Plaza
Hundreds turned out Thursday night to cheer on long-shot presidential hopeful Ron Paul at a town hall in Main Plaza. While Paul has virtually no chance of securing the GOP nomination at this point, he made San Antonio the last stop on his three-day swing through Texas this week trying to rally support before state…
Imprecatory Prayer by Marisela Chavez
Sela is back with a dialog, not just between two unidentified characters but between us and them. This amorphous, non-us is all around us and must be stopped, for theirs is a culture that cannot be reconciled with ours (though perhaps by ours). Send in your shorts, folks. I’m a little swamped right now, but…
Words for Birds poetry reading, Sunday April 15
Local educator Mobi Warren leads Haiku Hikes at Government Canyon State Natural Area the first Sunday of every month. Her* work has appeared in the Texas Poetry Calendar and is on the buses as part of VIA’s* Poetry on the Move contest. Warren will lead Words for Birds V — the fifth annual celebration of…
Planned Parenthood clinics sue Texas
A group of Planned Parenthood affiliates fired back at Texas today, suing the state in federal court in hopes of blocking a new rule set to kick their clinics out of Texas’ Women’s Health Program at the end of the month. A months-long standoff between Texas and the feds ended in March when the federal…
