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Update: Kasich to Suspend Campaign, Donald Trump Is the Republican Nominee for President of the United States
Update: According to the Associated Press, John Kasich will end his campaign, clearing the way for Donald Trump to take the seat as the Republican candidate in the Presidential election. Kasich canceled a press conference in Virginia today and plans to make a statement from Columbus. This news comes just one day after Ted Cruz…
The Trinity Market Has New Hours, Partnership With Break Fast & Launch
It took me about six weeks to finally make it to The Trinity Market, a student-led market held at Trinity University on Saturday mornings, and I’m kind of kicking myself for waiting this long to stop by. Learn from my mistakes. The Trinity Market is charming and varied, but rapidly growing. For my first stop…
UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures to Present Accordions Across Culture May 8
So many things came together to build Texas as we know it today. So many disparate cultures have made their mark on our state and contributed to its cultural fabric. What’s so interesting is the commonalities. The UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures will present “Accordions Across Culture,” 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., on its free Second…
Radiohead Release New Single and World Tour Dates
No, they aren’t stopping in San Antonio (big surprise), but the cerebral collective of social critics, noise musicians, composers of culture, Luddit-ic technologists, electronic folk band known as Radiohead have just released a new single, “Burn The Witch.” The accompanying video, a claymation day-in-the-life-like four-minute trip through a town, seemingly like any other, with customs…
The Big Give S.A. to Continue on Wednesday
The Big Give S.A. announced via Twitter that the campaign to support local nonprofit organizations will continue from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. The Big Give S.A., a day dedicated to raising support in the form of donations, experienced technical difficulties today when their website experienced a high volume of traffic. And…
Dorcol Distilling Co. Is Celebrating Music, New Chocolate This Thursday
Not content with hosting one event during Cinco de Mayo, Dorcol Distilling Company (1902 S. Flores St., 210-229-0607) will throw two very different shindigs and if you plan your evening correctly, you could potentially do both. Chocolate lovers will want to join the the distillery and brewery at Hotel Emma (136 E. Grayson St.) for…
San Antonio Native Chrysta Bell to Star in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks
A native of San Antonio, Chrysta Bell (pronounced and often stylized as one word, “ChrystaBell”) has been hard at work creating the follow up to This Train, her 2011 collaboration with avant-garde auteur David Lynch. You may recognize her as the striking performer with the brilliant red hair and silk-smooth vocals who played last year’s…
SAWS Claims Lower Interest Rates Will Result in $450 Million in Savings for Vista Ridge Project
The troubled and controversial San Antonio Water System Vista Ridge pipeline project is back in the news today as the utility’s board of trustees approved locking in interest rates for the project. “The actions that the SAWS board took today will secure our water future, improve our quality of life and reduce our project costs…
The Big Give S.A.’s Website is Down, but Donations are Still Encouraged
If you’ve tried donating through the Big Give S.A.’s website in the last couple of hours, you may have experienced some technical difficulties. The website, thebiggivesa.org, is currently down due to a high volume of traffic, but the organization’s platform is working on rectifying the issue. At this time, the total gifts on the site’s Leaderboard…
CurrentCast Sneak Peek: Writer Shea Serrano on the Trials and Tribulations of Teaching Middle School
Before Shea Serrano was a New York Times bestselling author, a writer for the defunct sports and pop culture site Grantland and creator of the newsletter Basketball and Other Things, the San Antonio native was a middle school teacher. As most any teacher (or middle schooler, for that matter) could tell you, that’s a tough gig.…
Some Thoughts on the Death of Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s Mother, From a Black Man
When you think of Tupac Shakur, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the rapper getting shot 9 times? the Death Row days full of trouble? or is it the copious amounts of music that moved and shaped us all, from “I Get Around” to “California Love,” and so on? Many don’t think of…
Casa Chuck Releases Photo of Fire Damage, Calls for Support
On Monday afternoon, Sala Diaz, an exhibition space for contemporary art, released a photo on Facebook of fire damage at Casa Chuck, a residency program of the art space. According the the social media post, Sala Diaz is still waiting for a full assessment of the damages, however, firefighters were, thankfully, able to save the…
Watch: San Antonio Civic Leaders Honor Henry B. Gonzalez on His 100th Birthday
Henry B. Gonzalez’s shadow looms as large as any over San Antonio. The longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives was a champion of protecting consumers and the disenfranchised. His stamp on the city goes far beyond just the name on the convention center. Gonzalez, who died in 2000, would have been 100 years…
Bad Call Helps OKC Even Up the Series Against the Spurs
The final few minutes of last night’s game 2 Western Conference Semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder was insane. Manu Ginobili was clearly elbowed in the chest by OKC’s Dion Waiters, who was inbounding the ball. Then the scramble ensued, with both Patty Mills and LaMarcus Aldridge — both possibly being fouled — attempting to…
12 Mother’s Day Specials to Show Your Mama You Really Care
Unless your mother is like Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest or Piper Laurie in Carrie or Mrs. Voorhees, it would probably be nice if you took her out for a meal on Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 8). Sure, a card and flowers are a sweet gesture, but this is the woman who gave you life and put up with…
Tre Enoteca Launches New Menu Items
Spring is here (and aside from Monday morning’s cool front, it’s basically summer), and with it come new menus. At Tre Enoteca (555 W. Bitters Road, 210-496-0555) patrons can expect a gamut of new goodies. Starting this week, chef Jason Dady’s Tre Enoteca (sister eatery to Tre Trattoria, Shuck Shack and Two Bros. BBQ Market)…
Porn Site Interviews The Hickoids’ Jeff Smith
I don’t want to give too much away about the brief but entertaining interview that Burning Angel, the “punkporn” site that regularly interviews bands and artists for their “7 Minutes in Heaven Series,” conducted with local king of corn, the frontman for cow-punks The Hickoids, Jeff Smith. In true smart-ass Smith fashion, the wily singer…
M.U.S.I.C. Project Announces Concert to Help Those Suffering from Dementia
There’s nothing quite like that one song that perfectly sums up the summer crush that you never saw again or the lullaby your mom used to sing to help you fall asleep when the night was dark and foreboding. The brilliant agony that ties memories to melodies and pain and/or pleasure to polyphony is the…
Dog Found in Dumpster Cared For, Needs Heartworm Treatment
A San Antonio dog that was abandoned in a dumpster is on the mend, but still needs some help before she’s completely recovered. Millie was found in a dumpster on the West Side last week, buried under old pizza boxes and other garbage. But her luck has turned for the better. The dog is now…
Taco Cabana to Cure Your Cinco de Mayo Hangover with Free Tacos
Hopefully, by now you already have Cinco de Mayo plans in the works, which means you can basically anticipate the horrible hangover you’ll have the next day. Because Taco Cabana knows its customers so well, the restaurant we’ve all depended on to cure our hangovers will give away free tacos during breakfast hours on May…
Catch Tonight’s Game at Paper Tiger on the Big Screen
Don’t know where you’re watching the game tonight? No need to panic because the Paper Tiger (2410 N. St. Mary’s St.) and it’s next door neighbor, Rumble, have got your back with Spurs on the Big Screen. Make your way over to the music venue and bar at 8 p.m. to catch the free viewing of the…
The 35th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival Is Upon Us
From May 11 through May 15, the 35th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival is going down, thanks to the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Taking place at the Guadalupe Theater and Rosedale Park, the fest will be a non-stop celebration of the creativity of the genre that syncretizes the European polka with the indigenous music of Mexico.…
Two New Witnesses Come Forward in Marquise Jones Shooting
Two new eye witnesses to the February 2014 shooting of Marquise Jones say the man was unarmed. Deborah Bush, Jones’ aunt and family spokeswoman, said one of the witnesses was standing next to San Antonio Police Department Officer Robert Encina when he shot and killed Jones. “He stated Marquise was running at full speed and…
As First U.S. Death from Zika Virus Confirmed, Metro Health Reports New Local Case
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District announced that another area person has contracted the Zika virus. The department has now had the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention test 57 people for Zika virus. In addition to the four confirmed cases, 35 people tested negative and 18 are still pending investigation. The update comes on…
New Public Art Centro Chroma Tower Illuminates Transportation Plaza
Seaside cities have lighthouses to guide ships safely ashore. Now, San Antonio has a tower to lure travelers into a port of sorts. VIA unveiled Centro Chroma Tower yesterday at Centro Plaza, the transit hub just west of Downtown near the corner of Houston and Frio streets. Centro Chroma Tower is an 85-foot light tower designed by…
Views: Is Drake Finished Or Is He Done?
The day is finally here! Drake’s long-awaited and highly-anticipated Views (previously titled Views From The 6) is ready for your listening pleasure. Unless … You were like me and you ditched Apple for TIDAL, subsequently having to return, new user name and all, just to grab this album. Three months free and then I’m out! Due to numerous tweets,…
Spurs Welcome Durant in Conference Semifinals
Although injuries have dominated the Western Conference playoffs thus far, hoops enthusiasts are in for a treat when the Spurs open the conference semifinals against Kevin Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder. The two have had some epic battles in recent memory, with the victor moving on to the NBA Finals. Coming into this series, the Spurs swept the Memphis Grizzlies…
Catch a Free Ride to The Polls on Election Day with VIA Transit
Despite an item on the May 7 ballot from Castle Hills that could cancel VIA Metropolitan Transit service to the municipality, the transportation agency shows its value to the community through complimentary service to the polls on Election Day. That’s right, Castle Hills is again attempting to cut VIA service — despite hundreds of people…
Austin’s LEVITATION Festival 2016 is Canceled
The annual psych rock fest, which this year boasted headliners such as the Beach Boy’s Brian Wilson, Ween and Animal Collective, has had to cancel the three-day event, citing severe weather. Bumm-er. Whether Wilson, who was scheduled to headline Saturday night and perform the Beach Boys’ brilliant genre-defining/defying Pet Sounds in its entirety, and for…
Mental Health Looms Behind Video of Naked Man
Late Wednesday night, a video was posted to the San Antonio Reddit page with the title “Cocaine is a helluva drug. [NSFW].” The minute-long video showed a naked man standing on top of a vehicle, and then running from San Antonio police officers down San Pedro Avenue just north of Downtown. Little is known about the…
Blink-182 Releases New Single, Announces San Antonio Date
Although the group that united the jocular frat boys and the pop-punkers has lost one-half their often hilarious, ever-juvenile frontmen – the nasal Tom DeLonge – fear not, revelers in jokes of fart and testicle, Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba has stepped in to hold down guitar and half of the vocal duties, shared with bassist…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 4/28 Chicano Batman In the 73-year film history of the Caped Crusader, every actor to portray Bruce Wayne has been white — hitting a nadir this year with Ben Affleck, the pastiest of them all. But LA funk quartet Chicano Batman envisions an alternative history, in which the Batmobile cruises down the 101 blasting…
Deftones’ Chino Moreno Forms Supergroup with John Medeski, Members of Bad Brains and Cro-Mags, Single is Here
Suadade. What it means? “A feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament.” It’s also the alias for the new supergroup of Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno, Chuck Doom, collaborator in Moreno’s side project Crosses, Bad Brains’ Dr. Know and Mackie Jayson, the latter also drumming in Cro-Mags,…
GS1221 is Turning Two and Wants You to Celebrate with Them
GS1221 (1221 Broadway, Suite 116) is turning two and is inviting all you party people to celebrate with them. The party starts at 11 a.m. and will go until 11 p.m. (that’s right, it’s a 12-hour bash) Saturday, May 7. With the celebration of the growler station/beer garden/all-around awesome drink spot’s accomplishment of hitting the two-year…
10 Shows to See This Weekend
Thursday, April 28 Blackberry Smoke The well-worn path originally trudged by Skynyrd and Bob Seger gets a new set of tire tracks from this Atlanta, Georgia quintet. With Simo. $20 – $55, 6pm, River Road Ice House, 1791 Hueco Springs Loop Road, (830) 626-1335 Thursday, April 28 Los Callejeros de San Anto The conjunto side project of Piñata…
Former Speaker of the House: Ted Cruz is ‘Lucifer in the flesh,’ and ‘a miserable son of a bitch’
As happens when one runs for president, Texas’ junior Senator Ted Cruz has been called many, many names over his 13-month-old quest for the White House. But the sharpest criticism so far came Wednesday evening from a man who once worked across the Capitol from him: former Speaker of the House John Boehner. Boehner, who…
The Tobin Center Announces Second Culture Club Concert for Thursday, August 4
The dream of the ’80s is alive in San Antonio! Pop icons Culture Club recently announced that they’re playing the Tobin Center August 3, and SA snatched up ’em tickets like free cable in 1981 to, y’know, watch MTV, of course. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 28 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased here,…
The Second Marijuana Reform March and Rally in San Antonio Is Fast Approaching
Last year was a historic year for the Alamo City chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. The group of activists who want to see Texas’ pot laws reformed held its first rally and march. And on May 7, at 2 p.m., it will continue to support Lone Star…
Nicky Jam to ‘Jam’ at the Freeman Coliseum Friday, July 8
Latin superstar? Check. Heartthrob? Hell yeah. YouTube legend? Of course. Nicky Jam is all of your Spanish-spoken fantasies come to life. On top of that, he has a duet with fellow Latin pop hunk Enrique Iglesias. Wet-dreams really do come true. As a part of the second leg of The Fenix Tour, Grammy award-winner Nicky Jam…
Happy Birthday, Iceman! 8 Highlights to Celebrate George Gervin’s 64th Birthday
Before The Admiral, TD or The Claw, there was The Iceman. Spurs great George Gervin, the short shorts-wearing, bank-shooting, finger-rolling forward of the ’70s and ’80s, turns 64 today. Gervin is an all-timer. His smooth and, well, ice-cold game as a long, skilled wing who could shoot over anybody conjures comparisons of a latter-day Kevin…
Live and Local: Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson and Neil Young with Promise of the Real
The rumor was that Willie Nelson may show up, he may pick a bit with fellow Farm Aid diplomat Neil Young. The rumor was true. But we’ll get to that. I arrived around 7:15, Lucinda Williams was already well into a loose but impressive set that had her operatic rasp sitting pretty right on top…
Drake’s Views Set for Friday Release, Create Your Own Album Art Here
Does cover art matter anymore? Back in the days of actual CD purchases, and being like Jay – “You just ripped the packaging off your CD, if you like me you reading the credits right now” – cover art told a story. It gave a quick look into the thought process of the music, a visual aid, if you…
Specialty Coffee Shop and Quality Goods Store Officially Opened on Near East Side
A new specialty goods store and coffee roasting facility/bar fits right into a new 1,200-square-foot, renovated vacant retail space at 1320 E. Houston St. Open for just three days now, Estate Coffee Company and Oak & Salt — two businesses co-operating in the space — already feel at home. “People are excited about the collaborative…
Green Room Paints the Walls Red
With Neo-Nazi Blood
Comedian Kristin Key Finds Courage to Be Herself
Out and About
Local’s Newest Spot Might Be Best-looking Location Yet
Homegrown Favorite
An Early Look at Michael Sohocki’s Il Forno
Napoletana Now
Three New Openings and Tacos at Pharm Table
Flavor File
San Antonio Beer Zine Serves up City’s First Beer Mag
Zines And Zymurgy
The Tiki Throwdowns are Heating Up
Tiki Take Two
Selling His Soul for Some Fancy Flea Medicine
DJ Smoak, Our Own
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Reggae Pioneer, Set to Burn the Mother Down
Lee Didn’t Start the Fire
Martini Club’s Wayne Harper Hangs it Up
So Long to The Entertainer
Free Will Astrology (4/27/16-5/4/16)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The oracle I’m about to present may be controversial. It contains advice that most astrologers would never dare to offer an Aries. But I believe you are more receptive than usual to this challenge, and I am also convinced that you especially need it right now. Are you ready to be…
The One-Night Stand
Savage Love
No-brainer, Fifth in Line, Derailed
Newsmonger
UTSA Professor Helps Restore Ernest Hemingway’s Cuban Home
A World Treasure
