5 Things You Have to Do This Week
Tue 6/17 The Urban West: Chinatown With the California Water Wars as its historical anchor, Roman Polanski’s neo-noir classic Chinatown spins a mysterious web within 1930s-era Los Angeles. Released in 1974, the film follows private detective J.J. “Jake” Gites (Jack Nicholson) on an increasingly bizarre investigation involving Water Department chief Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), his…
Top Tweets of Spurs Winning Twittersphere
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p>The Spurs just completed a Gentleman's Sweep of the Finals.</p>— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) <a href=”https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/statuses/478380125185011712″>June 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script> <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p>"They were the better team and that's why they are the champions." – LeBron on the <a href=”https://twitter.com/spurs”>@Spurs</a>. <a href=”http://t.co/oSqZMN22HX”>pic.twitter.com/oSqZMN22HX</a></p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href=”https://twitter.com/NBA/statuses/478379711081357312″>June 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>…
Spurs Champion Celebration to Occur This Wednesday
via walkerreport.blogspot.com Don’t hang up the crying Lebron cut-outs yet. The City is hosting a much-deserved bash for our fabulous home and their fifth NBA Championship. To celebrate the Spurs, a river parade begins at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, and fans can claim prime viewing spots along the river starting at 4:00 p.m. We know it it won’t be hard to dig deep to…
SA Food Pics: Father’s Day brunches, brews and burgers
This week leading up to Father’s Day and Game 5 for the Spurs, SA locals and friendly tourists kept themselves satiated at a variety of restaurants and cafes. Some places that people crossed off their list include Revolucion Coffee + Juice (7959 Broadway), Olmos Bharmacy (3902 McCullough), C’est La Vie Baking Company (8055 West), Big’z Burger Joint…
What I Ate: Oprah’s chai and Dos Equis at Big Bob’s Burgers
A year go my sister and I watched the Spurs lose Game 7 against the Heat inside Big Bob’s Burgers. Bob doesn’t know it, but I had horrible memories of the joint since. Not anymore. We stopped by last night to watch the Spurs take their fifth NBA Championship. The Dos XX was extra cold…
City of Champions 2.0
photo via instagram/joethegetupkid Seven years is an eternity in the National Basketball Association. When the San Antonio Spurs last captured the NBA crown in 2007, David Stern was the commissioner, Donald Sterling lurked in the shadows, and the Brooklyn Nets were still stranded in the swamplands of New Jersey. Kawhi Leonard, your 2014 Finals…
Sunday Night Sound Bite: Chancha Via Circuito: “Coplita”
With his sophomore album Río Arriba, Argentinian producer Pedro Canale (better known as Chancha Via Circuto—an alias that roughly translates to “pig on the circuit”) caught the attention of Pitchfork, The New York Times, NPR and others by mining an introspective strain of African-influenced, Latin American cumbia. Offering a taste of exotic things to come…
Cell Phone Dryer Is Real And Its Name is DryBox
via Have you ever dropped your smart phone in the toilet on accident? Yes, you have! Don’t lie. Truth be told, my wife has. When her phone slipped out of her pocket, it did a swan dive into bowl. Neither our insurance plan nor phone carrier covered water damage, and we had to buy her…
22 College Recipes for ’22 Jump Street’
School may be out for now, but for those taking summer school, attending in the fall or just looking for some tasty new recipes to try this weekend, we’ve put together 22 college inspired recipes in celebration of 22 Jump Street premiering today. There’s something here for every student including the health conscious student, the…
The 5 Can’t Miss Acts at Warped Tour
Vans Warped Tour celebrating 20 years In recent years, Vans Warped Tour has come under scrutiny from its base of purist punk and hardcore acts, claiming the touring festival has abandoned its roots. Punk legend Keith Morris recommended that the new wave of Warped bands should spend time in the military, “rather than having some big,…
Earth Burger Now Open
Tasty veggie burger. via This Friday the thirteenth is starting to look up. Earth Burger (818 NW Loop 410) opened this morning at 10 a.m. to serve up some veggie burgers in time for the weekend. SA’s first all-vegetarian fast food restaurant, which serves array of burgers, wraps and healthy sides (hummus, kale salad), announced the opening…
Shot of the Week: Apple Kazt
Trust your bartenders. (Dusting Dooling) Let’s be honest—more often than not, you stroll up to the bar with absolutely no shot in mind. Hell, that’s the main reason for this blog. The truth is, even yours truly, the shot maestro is at a loss sometimes, so I trust my bartenders and every once in a…
Bonehead Quote of the Week: Gov. Rick Perry Compares Homosexuality To Alcoholism
In response to the Texas Republican Party’s recently released preliminary retrograde platform draft, which includes the painfully backward support for gay and lesbian ‘conversion’ therapy, Gov. Rick Perry took the opportunity to compare homosexuality to alcoholism— because, apparently, they’re both life choices we consciously and deliberately make. When asked if he believes homosexuality is a disorder…
Jesús Alonzo’s ‘Jotos del Barrio’ brings the LGBT Latino experience to life onstage
Jesús Alonzo’s play Jotos del Barrio, currently in production at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, is a poignant yet playful documentation of the oftentimes untapped experiences of Latino LGBT people who grew up in late 20th-century San Antonio. Even to those who didn’t share la lucha firsthand, the piece, which had a two-night staged…
Spurs Art Found in Southside
Southside fans are in for a treat. (via) Redditors are always finding the best street art. Case in point: User BieberBoy posted this insane piece of Spurs fan art outside Paint Aftermath, a paint and graffiti supply store at 2705 W Southcross. The store’s Facebook page has images of artist DehvsR during the process. Go…
Earn Your Nerd Badge this Weekend with Mini-Mini Con and Scifest
June 14 Wonderlands of the Americas Mall via Wonderland Mall of Americas has two majorly nerdy events this weekend for San Antonio. San Japan and Nine Tails will host Mini-Mini-Con, an arts expo showcasing the best in Japanese pop culture. At the same time, NDG Productions will host SciFest, a festival dedicated to science fiction…
5 Shows to See This Weekend
Fleshlights/Taargus Taargus (Friday, June 13) Austin’s Flesh Lights Much like their raunchy name suggests, Austin’s Flesh Lights penetrate the music scene with their mix of hold no punches garage punk. With an album called Muscle Pop and songs like “Free Drugs,” it’s a known fact that they are no mere sex toy. “Our band’s name is…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 6/12 Slab Cinema 10th Anniversary Slab Cinema started screening outdoor films in 2004 across the street from La Tuna and is now largely responsible for outdoor movie gatherings the city over. This week the organization celebrates its 10th birthday by rewinding to the original slab and the flicks that started it all, Roger Corman’s…
First Course: Free Father’s Day tacos, details on Starfish and a ‘Young Guns’ dinner at Cured
First Course Fodder brings in exciting food news to you in tiny, digestible bits. Dinner for Dad at Bohanan’s. via In honor of dads who love steak, USA Today compiled a list of Father’s Day steakhouses that included SA’s own Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood in their weekend lifestyle section. Bohanan’s is praised for their craft cocktails,…
Bexar County Public Defender’s Office Update: Promising developments
If you’ve read last week’s cover story on the state of affairs at the Bexar County Public Defender’s Office, which has been knowingly operating in violation of state statutes and American Bar Association guidelines for several years, this news might cheer you up. During a Public Defender training at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association today,…
3 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub on this Week
Friday, June 13: Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard will open its doors to host an exotic marketplace featuring the tastes of Israel. Food and beverage director, Chris Cook, formerly of Double Tree’s Emily Morgan Hotel, will feature za’atar spice, preserved lemons and tahini sauce and pair them with local veggies, goats and turkey. Stroll through the…
House of Blues to book for Aztec Theatre
Aztec Theatre lounge House of Blues Entertainment, a division of the monolithic Live Nation corporation, announced this week that they’ll be booking the touring talent at SA’s Aztec Theatre (201 E Commerce). The deal will place San Antonio in the same booking routes as the House of Blues’ Houston and Dallas locations. Still, the Aztec Theatre…
Polarizing Papaya: A tasting for Nat’l Papaya Month
At the start of each month, the food team talks about what blogs to work on. This could include anything from recipes to national food holidays, so when we stumbled upon National Papaya Month we were a bit stumped. Is it even worth covering? How many papaya recipes could we possibly find? But the biggest…
Jimmy Kimmel Gag Interviews on Spurs Media Day
Guillermo Rodriguez of Jimmy Kimmel Live “interviewing” Chris Bosh Jimmy Kimmel sideman Guillermo Rodriguez has had a blast over the past few years at the Finals Media Day, in which members of the media are invited to interview athletes during practice. Unlike most media outlets, Kimmel and Rodriguez take advantage of the opportunity of seeing a very short…
5 Crazy-Ass Snow Wite Videos You Have to See
Snow Wite’s Facebook page describes the act’s artistic approach and marketing strategy in four words: Andreas Cary’s Multimedia Assault. Though signed to Wormhole Records, Snow Wite’s DIY-aesthetic and exploitation of social media to raise a cult fan base channels the artists of beloved Burger Records. Candy Crush: the Glitter Pop of Snow Wite With the…
Smells Like Teen Pride
via facebook.com/FiestaYouth A little group support goes a long way. It’s no secret that it’s hard to grow up as a LGBT youth. In a 2013 survey of LGBT teens aged 13-17, the Human Rights Campaign reported that 4 in 10 youth felt that the community that they lived in was not accepting of them.…
Displaced Mission Trails Mobile Home Residents File Suit Against City, Property Owners
South Side mobile home residents recently forced to vacate and make way for a luxury apartment complex aren’t giving up the fight to save their community. Represented by a local civil litigation attorney, the residents have filed two lawsuits—one against the City and the other against the property owners—with the hope of bringing justice to…
A Classy Buzz at Vino Volo
Should you find yourself cooling your heels in our fair airport this summer travel season (thanks Southwest—I could have driven to Houston by the time you got me there), may I suggest a diversion: Vino Volo. Though it is a chain, it is nevertheless in line with a refreshing trend: airport food and drink that’s…
Long Live Lerma’s: A new designation may provide the iconic conjunto club with needed preservation aid
On the steps of Texas’ State Capitol last month, Preservation Texas announced that a modest, five-unit building on San Antonio’s West Side made it onto the organization’s annual Most Endangered Places list. The site of Lerma’s Nite Club, which opened in 1948 and closed in 2010—barely escaping demolition despite being considered one of the longest-running…
Flavor File: New Brazilian steakhouse, Spurs’ Three-Pointer tribute sandwich and a happier Hotel Havana
Fans of the meat sweats and carnivorous buffets are in for a treat these days, as Loopland has gotten a new Brazilian steakhouse. Galpão Gaucho (20079 Stone Oak Pkwy, Ste 3100, (210) 497-2500) is a casual and contemporary experience without the exorbitant prices found at other establishments. For now, unlimited meat service is priced at…
Savage Love: Hopes and dreams
I am currently a senior in high school, but come Saturday, I will be a high-school grad! (Fuck yeah!) The only thing I’m worried about besides my hopes and dreams and making it in the real world? My sex life. I’m a virgin. When I go online, I see all my friends and peers having…
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy Destroys on Latest Album
Whether you call it sophisticated sludge, doom-trance, post-metal, progressive rock or just fuckin’ loud, no fancy genre name seems quite adequate to describe both the crushing power and the ponderous depth of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy’s wordless music. TLGH’s sound is a dual-natured anomaly—alternately furious and patient, overflowing and empty. A beloved local staple since…
Grilling Guide: 3 secrets to barbecue heaven (even with veggies)
Just in time for Father’s Day, Fourth of July, summer or whatever other excuse you use to bust out the old barbie, the Current turns to some local grilling authorities for tips and tricks that’ll make your neighbors green with envy and weak with hunger. BEEF Chef Johnny Hernandez of True Flavors Catering, La Gloria,…
Building Stories: Good Samaritan Hospital
Opened in 1931 as the Corinth Baptist Church, this former hospital built by contractor W.C. White is located at the corner of Dakota and Connelly Streets on the East Side. The one-story church served a large portion of San Antonio’s black community. In 1948, the church was converted to a hospital. During this period, San…
The Return of SA’s Bubble Puppy
Named after a children’s game in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, SA psychedelic rock ‘n’ rollers Bubble Puppy formed in San Antonio in 1966 to help steer the South Texas psych scene towards (relative) commercial success. Their ’68 hit “Hot Smoke and Sassafras,” a viciously tight, wandering tune of fantasy imagery and self-discovery, went to…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In its quest for nectar, a hummingbird sips from a thousand flowers every day. As it flaps its wings 70 times a second, zipping from meal to meal, it can fly sideways, backward or forward. If it so desires, it can also hover or glide upside-down. It remembers every flower it…
Feasting Outside the Box at Hot Wells
Trying to interview artist Justin Parr and chef Robbie Nowlin at the same time was a feat in not letting the chat devolve into a love-in. These guys have serious platonic crushes on each other. Their mutual respect and giddy camaraderie helps when planning Hot Wells’ first public dinner, a Harvest Feast that will welcome…
The Mayoral Horse Race
With Mayor Julián Castro moving on to the White House (cabinet, people, let’s not get ahead of ourselves), the 2015 Mayor’s race suddenly got real. Among a packed field of contenders—mainly already on City Council—some are making moves as others wait in the wings. District 9’s newly elected John Krier has indicated he’s not interested…
Lunchtime Snob: Power lunches at Lüke San Antonio
I’m not important enough to call for power lunches while wearing power heels and my sharpest power suit. I’m not and that’s OK because I can still enjoy a quickie $10 lunch at Lüke while eavesdropping on all the power diners around me. For this Lunchtime Snob, we visited John Besh’s Lüke, which lends itself…
Glitter Political: For Mary Angie Garcia, it’s all in the name
The night Mary Angie Garcia claimed victory in the Democrat runoff election for Bexar County District Clerk, political insiders who placed their bets on her heavily endorsed opponent Elva Abundis-Esparza may have actually heard the snap in the already fractured leg of the local Democratic party. While political pundits sift through frequently futile statistics explaining…
13 Painters Go for Baroque in the McNay’s Vivid “Beauty Reigns”
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but as anyone who’s been looking at contemporary art for at least the past 20 years knows, a sensation considered essential to art for centuries is oddly absent in the “ideas are more important than objects” onslaught of minimalism, conceptualism and postmodernism—visual pleasure. “Beauty Reigns: A…
Inside Game: Bones and the weird world of internet rap
The first time I heard Bones’ music was the first time I felt Grandpa Simpson’s wisdom ring true—“I used to be ‘with it.’ But then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m ‘with’ isn’t ‘it’ and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me.” Bones’ songs rarely last more than two minutes. He murmurs…
In Eco-Thriller ‘Night Moves,’ Jesse Eisenberg is Riveting
In about a half-dozen conversations I’ve had in the last week about Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, at some point the question comes up: Is it named after the Bob Seger song? Does the film feature the song? No, it is not, and no, it does not. That song is so iconic (aside from being a…
The Unhealthy Debate in U.S. Congress That Threatens Public School Nutrition Standards
Congressional Republicans are hoping to relax requirements aimed at keeping American public school kids healthy. Yes, you read that correctly. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, passed in 2010 with bipartisan support, partly sought to ensure public school students receive healthy, balanced meals and intended to reduce childhood obesity. That means more whole-grain and fiber-rich food…
Bottle and Tap: 3 easy-drinking craft brews for summer
It’s been pretty nice in SA of late, but there’s no fooling the natives. Texas weather may fluctuate by the minute, but those batrillion-degree summers invariably begin in May and burn on until Thanksgiving (at least). Breweries know it, too, rolling out enough saison and weissbier barrels to keep your backyard ‘cue/Guadalupe float from going…
World Cup Booze: Surviving the ‘Group of Death’
The Spurs will still be battling it out with the Heat when the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil, but it’s time to bust out those vuvuzelas. This year’s matches might prove even more difficult for Team USA, which has to make its way out of Group G—what’s so lovingly being referred to…
Spurs Nation Represents in Spirit Rally Viral Video
From the team that brought you “San Antonio is Happy,” “Spurs Nation” is the latest SA spirit rally from Heartfire Media (a.k.a. Reader’s Choice for Best Start-up). While the first 40 seconds is a slow build base on Magic Johnson’s moving commentary about the team, it tugs on the same set-up as the earlier…
GOOOOOOOOOAL: Where to watch the World Cup in SA
The 2014 FIFA World Cup begins this Thursday. For those who want to watch the game with a refreshing drink in hand (and didn’t find a way to Brazil to catch the live action), here’s a list of places to accommodate all your sporting needs. Fox & Hound (12651 Vance Jackson) Have drinks, will play. (via)…
Nina Diaz begins residency at the Belmont Austin
Nina Diaz out on her own at the Belmont Nina Diaz, frontwoman for SA’s Girl in a Coma, begins her month-long residency at the Belmont (305 W 6th) this week, performing the first of three concerts in June. Along with guitarist Travis Vela, keyboardist Justin Ramirez, bassist Justin Carney and drummer Jorge Gonzalez, Diaz will play the solo material from…
Q&A with Winner of Free Spurs Ticket from Craigslist
Remember that weekend post on Craigslist, offering a free NBA Finals ticket to a “HOT, FUN, SEXY” female? It had our craydar screaming on high alert. What kind of creep would post such an ad?! Any woman insane enough to answer it would surely meet a grizzly end with no Dexter to avenge her. Surely. But, nope. It turns out this…
Gregg Popovich on Social Issues Surrounding NBA
Coach Popovich on the sideline As the national spotlight returns to San Antonio for the 2014 NBA Finals, the political mag The Progressive took a brief look at the “politics of Pop” in their May issue. Writer Dave Zirin recalls a 2011 encounter with Popovich at a book promotion for John Carlos, the track and field…
Cockasian Food Truck Up for Grabs
The much-maligned Cockasian Food Truck is done. According to the MySA’s Kolten Parker, the truck has been put up for sale on eBay for a cool $80K, with owner Candie Yoder basically saying the truck was too much to keep up with. Yeah, food trucks are tough. It’s like running a full-blown restaurant, except everything…
Monterey Team Launches SAMA Pop-Up Tuesday, June 17
Wild Beast is coming to SAMA. I’m not sure our mouths are ready for what’s about to go down at the San Antonio Museum of Art. If you needed another reason to check out “Matisse: Life in Color,” the team behind The Monterey will launch a pop-up restaurant at the former Cafe de Artistes inside…
Lake|Flato Celebrates 30 Years of Timeless Architecture in New Book
David Lake and Ted Flato started their own firm in 1984 after the death of their mentor O’Neil Ford. The firm’s vernacular architecture is illustrated by the recent University of Texas Press, Austin publication Lake|Flato Houses: Embracing The Landscape, which highlights homes through color photography and watercolors. Watercolor paintings by artist and architect Matt Morris…
Booze News: Full Moon dinner at Tuk Tuk, brews with Dad and more
Booze News delivers the scoop on some of your guilty pleasures every Tuesday. Show off your “mussels” with Dad at Arcade Midtown Kitchen. (via) What better way to show Dad that you appreciate him than with a beer? This Wednesday, June 11, The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (11255 Huebner) is hosting its Father Of The Year…
