5 Things You Have to Do This Week
Tue 11/19 Kreator Germany’s Kreator is widely considered a pioneer of thrash metal and, with Destruction and Sodom, part of Europe’s “Big 3” (akin to America’s “Big 4”). They’re touring in support of last month’s live DVD/2CD release, Dying Alive, which came on the heels of last year’s Phantom Antichrist, their 13th album. Also on…
7 Ridiculously Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers
Keep lunch or dinner guests entertained before the main event with these easy-to-make apps. 1. Use that last bit of basil Via Bell’Alimento Mini Caprese Salads via Bell’Alimento 2. Kick it old school with some brie Via Picture-Perfect Meals Jezebel Sauce on Brie via Picture-Perfect Meals 3. Wrapping meat with more meat Via 1227 Foster…
Lizz Winstead and Sarah Silverman to host an online telethon tonight for Texas women’s rights. FIGHT FOR YOUR LADYPARTS!
Surely you’ve been paying attention to the post-Wendy Davis ladyparts drama that Republicans and the Texas courts have been kicking up lately – that pending political tragedy that could see the state closing even more abortion and women’s health clinics, even though abortion is legal. Rather than take the blatant offensiveness lying down, some well…
6 Jazzed Up Stuffing Recipes
Stuffing your bird shouldn’t be a drag. These recipes add a little oomph to the spread: 1. Because muffins are cute Via Food Network Stuffing Muffins via Food Network 2. For Sweet Potato Fiends Via Never Enough Time…When Lana’s Cooking Sweet Potato and Pecan Stuffing via Never Enough Thyme…When Lana’s Cooking 3. For Martha Fans…
7 Green Thanksgiving Side Dishes
We’re scouring the internet so you don’t have to. Here are seven drool-worthy sides with fibrous green goodies. 1. For the Kale Nuts via Saveur Raw Kale Salad with Lemon Pecorino and Currants via Saveur 2. For Ham Fans via Bon Appetit Brussels Sprouts with Shallots and Salt Pork via Bon Appetit 3. For the…
San Antonio Four Freed After Years In Prison
Updated: At approximately 8:20 p.m. this evening, Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera and Kristie Mayhugh held hands as they exited Bexar County Detention Center and into freedom after more than a decade in prison. Their release was delayed when a clerical error on Rivera’s paperwork slowed down her processing– the other two women refused to walk…
Lunchtime Links: Why Dinovember is the Best Thing Ever, Conservative Group to Hold Mock Immigration Sting at UT, Bjork Explaining Television Is Everything You’d Imagine Bjork Explaining…
…Television to Be, How Texas Changed, And Changed The Nation, Since JFK + More
Bonehead Quote of the Week(end): Good one, H-E-B
Credit: Main Access Oh, H-E-B, it’s almost too easy with you guys lately. Enthusiastic H-E-B employees lined Main Avenue outside their headquarters to cheer on Rock ‘n’ Roll marathoners running down the street as part of the official course, one with a sign that read “One day you won’t be able to do this, but…
Mike Tyson + Spike Lee = ‘Undisputed Truth’ on HBO
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, the Spike Lee-directed one-man Broadway show, premiered last night on HBO and and will air again on Nov. 16 (12:15 a.m.), 17 (6:25 p.m.), 19 (2 p.m., 7 p.m.), 24 (3:15 p.m., 12 a.m.), 27 (1:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m.) 30 (3:30 p.m.), and December 3 (11:30 a.m., 4 p.m.), 6 (7:30…
JFK in San Antonio: The Full Speech
JFK speaking in front of building 150 at Brooks Air Force Base. The Day Kennedy Died, a must-see documentary on the last 24 hours of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on the Smithsonian Channel. The film begins with Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth, but very little is shown about his immediate…
“Spurs City” Episode 3: Winning at Casa Guadalajara
San Antonio Spurs (91) v. Utah Jazz (82) For Friday night’s Spurs game against the Utah Jazz we decided to switch things up and head to Casa Guadalajara Bar & Grill. There, we met some diehard fans and grooved to the lovely mariachi band in between plays. Each week for our new web series, Spurs…
5 Things To Know About Baja Brewing
Stubborn, intelligent and versatile, the donkey serves as a brand ambassador for Cabotella. (Courtesy) There’s a new burro in town, muchachos. Baja Brewing is making inroads into the SA market with a launch of its flagship beer, Cabotella. Jordan Gardenhire, founder and brewmaster, and Adam Wallach, US Sales Manager, visited our offices while on their…
Where to Have a Pre-Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Carb Party
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon is Sunday. If you’re looking to carb-load before the race in the Alamo City, here are some of your best bets: Fettuccine with Duck Confit (Courtesy) Tre Trattoria (4003 Broadway, 401. S. Alamo). Remember, the Tre’s will feature a prix fixe menu for the race. More on that here: Carb Up…
Bonehead Quote of the Week: High School Speaker Justin Lookadoo on Dating
Ladies: If you want to score a date Saturday night, just shut the hell up and let the man do the talking. That’s part of the inspiring message “motivational” speaker Justin Lookadoo imparted on teens during a visit this week to Richardson High School, riling the crowd and creating a wave of controversy, according to…
Arcade Serves up Carbs Leading Up to Race Day & Other Pearl Brewery Happenings
Pearl to rock a block party for marathon. (Courtesy) While marathoners will be running through the Pearl (303 Pearl Pkwy, Ste 300) on Sunday, the entire area will celebrate with a Rock N’ Roll Block party. But before the party gets started Sunday, Arcade Midtown Kitchen (303 Pearl Pkwy, Ste 111) is having a “Carb-it-Up” event which…
Shot of the Week: The Pink Panther
Pink and steely. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. I repeat, it’s less than two weeks away. Since I haven’t even considered if I’ll be buying a pre-made bird or trying to tackle a gobbly beast on my own…I already know it’s going to be a clusterfuck. To quell my nerves, I looked up…
Susan Boyle’s New Movie and CD: The SA Connections
Susan Boyle and James Cosmo on the set of ‘The Christmas Candle.’ Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who became famous in 2009 after hitting it out of the park during her audition in Britain’s Got Talent, is making her film debut with a supporting role in The Christmas Candle, which opens nationwide on November 22.…
BOGO at Starbucks? Don’t Mind If We Do
Pumpkin spice lattes are so two weeks ago. (Courtesy) First off, the holiday cups are out and have been out for at least two weeks now. Secondly, Starbucks is sweetening the already saccharine deal with a buy-one-get-one-free offer 2-5 p.m. November 14-17. This means you buy any size peppermint mocha, gingerbread latte, eggnog latte or…
A Quickie Chat With Cat Cora
We like to call this “The epitome of hotness.” (Courtesy) Chef Cat Cora, the first female member of the Culinary Hall of Fame and a member of Macy’s Culinary Council, stopped by North Star Mall for a holiday entertaining demonstration this Thursday, November 14. The Current talked to the chef about why people stress out…
Want to Open a Food Truck? SA is the Spot
Lagniappe Today, part of the early wave of trucks to hit the road. (Courtesy) Tell us something we don’t know: MobileCuisine.com (that’s a thing, yes) named San Antonio as the top city in which to open a food truck. The factored city population, city growth predictions, population demographics (age and income), weather, current size of…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 11/14 ‘New Works 13.3’ Micol Assael – Chizhevsky’s Lessons from xxx on Vimeo. Handpicked by Paola Morsiani, director of the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, N.Y., Micol Assaël (Rome), Ivor Shearer (Houston) and Erin Shirreff (New York) represent the final chapter in Artpace’s 2013 International Artist-In-Residence cycle. While past projects can offer clues…
H-E-B Adds Carb-Aware Label on National Diabetes Day
Keep your eyes peeled for new signs at your local HEB. (Courtesy) In an effort to continue to help customers who are watching their nutritional intake, H-E-B is launching a new label to make it a bit easier to recognize good-for-you foods. The supermarket chains plans to introduce the Carb Aware label on Thursday, November…
Recall Alert: Texas-based firm recalls 251 pounds of raw poultry
Put down that chicken. (CC) Gross, gross, gross: Fran’s Fryers, a Milford, Texas-based is recalling almost 300 pounds of raw chicken and turkey “because they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this afternoon. The lack of federal inspection likely happened due…
Lunchtime Links: MIT Invents A Shapeshifting Display You Can Reach Through And Touch, Pope Opposes Fracking, Real Life Abortion Stories, The Messy, Messy Relationship Between Income (and Race)…
…and Obesity, 15-year-old Girl Asks Apple to Remove MacBook’s Offensive Dictionary Definition of ‘Gay’ + More
Univision Demolition Protests End In Arrests
Click here to see more photos from the protest. Shortly after a judge allowed developers to continue the demolition of the Univision building downtown, a handful of protesters staged a sit-in at the site in an effort to protect the remaining part of the structure. Community activists, some of who were members of the West…
La Fogata is Serving Up Holiday Margs
The Grinch, one of the 12 margs La Fogata is featuring during the holidays. (Courtesy) La Fogata (2427 Vance Jackson) is kicking off the holiday season with the “Twelve Spirits of the Season.” The restaurant is currently featuring 12 margaritas inspired the holiday season including a Have Yourself a Berry Christmas, Prancer’s Peach, Up on…
Listen/read: “Multi_Viral,” a Collaboration of Calle 13 and WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
This morning, Calle 13 released the lyrics video of “Multi_Viral,” the collaboration between the Puerto Rican duo and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The song features Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on guitar and Palestinian vocalist and musician Kamilya Jubran. Below the video you can read the English translation of the lyrics, which are based…
‘The Day Kennedy Died’ is a Chilling Account of JFK’s Last 24 Hours
“Oh, Jack, what have they done?” screamed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the presidential limousine, her bloodied husband collapsing after getting hit by two rifle shots. “I’m holding your brains in my hand!” The 92-minute documentary The Day Kennedy Died, written and directed by Emmy-nominated Leslie Woodhead (Children of Beslan) is not your usual Kennedy…
Mixtli’s Pricey Dinners Offer Quality, Not Quantity
The notion of selling tickets to a restaurant dinner as though it were a night at the theater is not entirely new (avant-garde Chicago chef Grant Achatz has found it a viable business model), but it’s new in notably trend-averse San Antonio. All the more surprising is that the idea has been taken up by…
Hamlet Goes to College in ‘Wittenberg’
Before returning to Elsinore for the wedding of his mother and his uncle, Hamlet was a student in Wittenberg. Martin Luther, a professor of theology there, launched the Protestant Reformation by posting 95 Theses on a local church. The inspired premise behind Wittenberg, David Davalos’ scintillating drama of ideas and verbal pyrotechnics, is that Hamlet…
Flavor File: Taco troubles in Southtown, Cat Cora and John Besh visit SA, gourmet Turkey Day deals
Taco Haven (1032 S Presa) came under fire on its Facebook and Yelp pages this past weekend after anti-NDO protestors hoping to recall the ordinance’s sponsor, District 1’s Diego Bernal, were seen outside the Southtown favorite, leaving loyal gay-friendly customers insulted. During a lunchtime visit on Monday, a member of the Haven-owning Torres family said…
Council OKs CPS Rate Increase, But Affordability Problems Persist
In an 8-2 vote last Thursday, San Antonio City Council approved raising monthly CPS Energy gas and electric bills by 4.25 percent, marking the first increase in three years. The vote comes after months of public input, several presentations before council and a swirl of controversy over executive pay. The rate hike, set to take effect in…
Bottle & Tap: Stocking up on holiday beers
Without question, my favorite time of the year to drink beer is the winter holidays. Yeah, it defies the common image of beer drinking, especially in Texas: knocking back a beer as cold as physically possible, preferably in a frosted mug, to beat the brutal heat. Sure, I like a frosty, clean-drinking pilsner or kolsch…
5 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Friday, November 15: The Alamo turns into a market this Friday for Twilight on the Plaza. The event features a special ticketed 4-course dinner prepared by chef Steven McHugh of Cured at Pearl. $75, 8-10pm, Plaza Valero near Alamo Plaza and Blum, (210) 207-8080, curedatpearl.com. Saturday, November 16: Women-only cooking classes at the Raindrop Turkish…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): There’s something resembling a big red snake slithering around in your mind these days. I don’t mean that literally, of course. I’m talking about a big red imaginary snake. But it’s still quite potent. While it’s not poisonous, neither is it a pure embodiment of sweetness and light. Whether it ends…
In Memoriam: Rick Hunter 1960-2013
“Boom.” That’s the answer given by more than one of photographer Rick Hunter’s many shocked friends to the question of how to sum up the local lightning rod who died last Friday. Hunter used the word frequently, even as he was ailing in his hospital room at Baptist Medical Center downtown during the weeks-long struggle…
Mexico’s Award-Winning Critical Darlings Zoé Rock Out at Club Rio
Psychedelic, space-rock en español band Zoé was perfectly happy being a well-established, semi-underground act in Mexico. León Larregui’s moody vocals, the band’s solid musicianship and songwriting, and hermetic lyrics were enough to enjoy a long run since 2001, though the critical respect was bigger than the sales. The members of Zoé lived in their own…
Lagniappe Today Adds Nawlins Faves to UTSA Area
“We’re not young whippersnappers anymore.” At 64 and 62, Suzanne and Joseph Jackson aren’t pretending to be something they’re not. The owners of Lagniappe Today, one of the city’s more august food trucks, have funnily enough found their niche serving hordes of 20-somethings at The Block food truck park next to UTSA’s main campus. The…
Savage Love: Sluts and such
Why am I such a slut? —Girl, Corrupted Are you a slut? Or are you a woman who loves sex, has a high libido, and has consensual sex with a lot of willing and grateful partners? Those are all traits for which culture wouldn’t conspire to leave you feeling conflicted or compelled to slap a…
‘Dallas Buyers Club’: Juicy for McConaughey, thin for LGBT
Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if all it took for assholes to become angels was a little adversity? Hollywood has a long tradition of advancing the notion that even the most flawed man can be transformed into a selfless crusader if exposed to just the right mix of personal tragedy and social injustice. Throw…
Gustology Creates Confident Cocktilians
Quietly opening its doors but a few weeks ago, Gustology is still a well-kept secret. Owner Marco Guerrero had the idea for Gustology while closing his first bar, Gusto. The small watering hole was located near Bahia Azul in The Alley on Bitters, and focused on a farm-to-bar concept. But the family man and father…
Firebrand: The McNay celebrates controversial artist Luis Jiménez
Luis Jiménez’s Man on Fire fuses the god Prometheus, whose myth inspired the Mexican muralists, with Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor whose fire torture at the hands of Spanish conquistadors became legendary. Despite his work’s reputation for inflaming community passions, Jiménez has become one of the McNay’s most-collected contemporary Texas artists. In celebration of the…
SA Sound: Miley Cyrus twerks in SA, Hydra Melody opens for Third Eye Blind
IN DEFENSE OF MILEY It’s official: just when we needed her, Miley Cyrus will be stopping at the AT&T Center on March 15, 2014, as part of the Bangerz Tour that starts on Valentine’s Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, and, as of now, ends April 24 in Uniondale, N.Y. (more dates will be announced). Tickets…
While Cutting Family Planning Funds, Texas Lawmakers Divert Millions To Crisis Pregnancy Centers
When Monica Gonzales* stepped into a center advertised as a helpful resource for navigating an unplanned pregnancy, she was handed a Bible. As a 19-year-old undergraduate college student with ambitious career goals, Gonzales knew she wasn’t ready to be a mother. So when her pregnancy test came back positive, Gonzales felt alone, isolated, scared. She…
Feast Hosts Chef Jeff Wiley for Monday Night Guest Chef Series
Wiley takes over Feast on Nov. 25. (Courtesy) It’s been more than a month since Jeff Wiley left Beat Street Coffee Co & Bistro, but you can still get a taste for what chef’s cooking at Feast (1024 S Alamo). Stefan Bowers, executive chef at Feast, will open up his kitchen to Wiley for a…
Snacktime Links: Lily Allen’s ‘Hard Out Here’ Is Scathing Pop Culture Commentary, Taxidermy Gone Wrong, New Invisibility Cloak Designed at UTA, 5 Exciting New Discoveries About Pot + More
1. Chinese Students Hilariously Describe What They Think About Regional American Food “Tumblr user nonomella is currently teaching in China. She made a PowerPoint of her students’ reactions to “Regional/Iconic American Foods.” (Buzzfeed) 3. Lily Allen’s ‘Hard Out Here’ Is Scathing Pop Culture Commentary “There’s nothing subtle about Lily Allen’s new video for her song “Hard Out…
‘Blackfish’ Out on DVD; 10,000 + Urge SW Airlines to End Ties with SeaWorld
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s acclaimed, controversial documentary Blackfish is out on DVD, and a petition launched in late October to urge Southwest Airlines to end ties with SeaWorld has already collected almost 11,000 signatures. “As a key partner with SeaWorld, Southwest Airlines promotes and funds the cruelty to orcas seen in Blackfish,” said Robin Merritt, who authored…
Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience World Tour Coming to SA in 2014
Justin Timberlake has just added 12 new dates to his 20/20 Experience World Tour. One of those is San Antonio, where the singer will perform on August 5, 2014 at the AT&T Center. Tickets go on sale Nov 18 at attcenter.com and ticketmaster.com, but Timberlake’s newly formed fan club (The Tennessee Kids, #TNKids) will have…
