A San Antonian’s Guide to 2018 Primary Elections
If you’ve noticed a lot of national news stories this morning about Republican candidates in Texas doing the best Trump impressions, that’s because the Lone Star State on Tuesday holds the first primary elections in the country. Since we’re inching toward the halfway point in President Donald Trump’s reign, these are a particularly important round…
Matt the Electrician: Fixes Appliances By Day, Plays Folk Music By Night
Born to a union carpenter and a seamstress, Matt Sever moved from the West Coast to Austin in the mid-1990s searching for better opportunities for his music career. An electrician by day and folk artist by night, Sever, still in his work attire, would actually introduce himself as “Matt the Electrician” as a way to…
McNay Art Museum to Screen Spike Lee Documentary 4 Little Girls
As part of this spring’s Get Reel Film Series, which is curated by Lisa B. Thompson, an associate professor in the African & African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin, the McNay Art Museum will screen director Spike Lee’s 1997 Oscar-nominated documentary 4 Little Girls. The film explores a 1963 hate crime…
Quirky Hamlet Production Adds Steampunk Tragedy to the Shakespeare Classic
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the tale of a Danish prince tormented by despair, insanity and a drive for vengeance, has been inspiring the minds and exhausting the hearts of theater-goers and readers alike for centuries. Really any chance to see a production of perhaps the Bard’s best play is a chance to see its psychological, philosophical and…
Listen to Lalah Hathaway Sing Two Notes at Once When She Comes to the Aztec Theatre
There’s a video on YouTube of Lalah Hathaway singing with the jazz and funk collective Snarky Puppy. Now, at first, the video seems pretty ordinary, badass singer singing with badass band, but then Hathaway does something that seems humanly impossible; she sings two notes at once. The first time I watched the video, I literally…
The Bottling Department’s All Day Happy Hour Should Be On Your Radar
Name: The Bottling Department Background: The Bottling Department opened in summer of 2017 and houses five different eateries and a wine bar within its walls. The location started a happy hour not too long after it became a favorite of weekenders visiting the hall after the farmer’s market closed down. Happy Hour: Visit any time between…
Comedian Jo Koy Brings ‘Break the Mold Tour’ to Majestic Theatre
Many comics imitate their immigrant mothers on stage. But when Chelsea Lately alum and Adam Carolla Show regular Jo Koy tells a story about his Filipino mom playing Wii or mocking him for losing his car keys, not only is the attention to detail closer to a short story than a caricature, but he, not…
Freight Gallery Makes Its Boldest Statement Yet with ‘Images of Power’
Freight Gallery’s latest exhibition, “Images of Power” is perhaps its boldest effort yet, gathering 30 artists from across the country who confront the issue of white supremacy in Trump’s America. Guest curated by Alana Coates and Mark Anthony Martinez, the exhibition (on view through February 24) comprises sculpture, prints, paintings and video installations. In response…
Psychedelic Meditation Songs, Trippy Visuals to Take Over Southwest School of Art
Two and half songs deep into Bitchin’ Bajas’ psychedelic meditation songs, I’m pretty sure I’ve crossed over into some other dimension and have met God amidst the swirling keyboard loops and harmonizing static hums. OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit. However, this electronic duo from Chicago writes some music that you could meditate to for…
Pasta from the Heart: In the Kitchen with Battalion’s Pasta Chef
Finding house-made pasta in San Antonio takes skill. Finding said pasta made by an Italy native means visiting Battalion. The Andrew Goodman and Stefan Bowers-owned restaurant opened last February and as it celebrates its first year in business, it’s worth noting nothing about the Battalion’s genesis was easy. After having the winning bid on the…
Edgewood ISD Employee Accuses Superintendent of Inappropriate Behavior
A female employee at the Edgewood Independent School District has formally accused Superintendent Emilio Castro of inappropriate behavior on multiple occasions, according to a San Antonio Police Department incident report. The report, obtained by KSAT, alleges that an unnamed female employee told an SAPD officer that the superintendent “ran his hand down her shin” while…
Where to Get Boozy in San Antonio This Week
Thursday, February 22 Beer Yoga // Weathered Souls Brewing Co. and Sound Bites Yoga team up for a power sesh plus pint event. Sip while you stretch or sip after. $10 without beer, $15 with, 7:30-10:30pm, 606 Embassy Oaks, Suite 500, (210) 313-8796; facebook.com/weatheredsoulsbrewing. Caffeine Overdose Tap Takeover // Hoppy Monk is bringing back their popular beer…
The Mountain Goats are Headed to San Antonio
The indie onslAUGHT continues: indie folksters the Mountain Goats are coming to Paper Tiger on Friday, September 7. With bands like Fleet Foxes, Dead Meadow and Cold War Kids slated for performances in SA this year, it really feels like we’re in for an indie revival. The Mountain Goats (stylized “the Mountain Goats”) are an…
Mi Tierra, La Margarita, Viva Villa and Pico de Gallo Are Putting On a Margarita Madness Event
Thursday is National Margarita Day (yes, there is such a thing) and at Market Square, the Cortez’s family restaurants are wildin’ out with Margarita Madness from 6 to 11 p.m. Mariachi Bar, La Margarita, Pico De Gallo and Viva Villa Restaurant will compete to see who has the best margarita in the Mercado. DJ, and…
SAPD Announces Campaign to Resolve Warrants Without Being Arrested
The San Antonio Municipal Court is letting residents resolve outstanding warrants without being penalized, according to the city website. Now through Friday, March 9, the city’s Municipal Court will allow residents with warrants for Class C misdemeanors (including traffic and city ordinance violations) to pay the fine without being arrested for failure to appear, according…
Seersucker Gin’s New Distillery Is Made For Lounging
There’s definitely a few horses, maybe a cow or two, and a handful or so of goats along the road on the way to Seersucker Gin Distillery. From the heart of downtown, the jaunt down 281 south, 87, and then 37, takes less than 30 minutes, but the payoff is worth the drive when vodka,…
Houston Man Sells Original Scooter Used in Dumb & Dumber for $50K
On Sunday, a man in Houston successfully sold a prop from the 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber for just over $50,000. While the briefcase of cash was the big ticket item in the film, a Houston man listed one of the two mopeds used for sale on eBay. The bidding closed on Sunday, with the…
Former Spur Announces Retirement, Cites Hip Injury
Tiago Splitter, who was part of the Spurs team that won the NBA championship in 2014, announced that he will retire after seven seasons in the league. According to News4SanAntonio, Splitter said a hip injury was the cause, saying he hasn’t fully healed. “It’s decision I’ve made these past few months,” Splitter told SuperDeportes. “It’s…
Jason Dady’s Range Named on Texas Monthly List of Best New Restaurants
Range, Chef Jason Dady’s newest venture, was named in Texas Monthly’s 2018 list of best new restaurants in Texas. While Houston and Dallas dominated the list, Range, which opened in September 2017, was the only San Antonio restaurants to make the cut. Patricia Sharpe, the magazine’s executive editor and restaurant critic, commented on the aesthetic…
Five People, Including 5-Year-Old Boy, Shot Outside San Antonio Texas Roadhouse
Five people, including a 5-year-old boy, were shot outside a Texas Roadhouse restaurant near Ingram Park Mall on Sunday night while waiting for a table, according to the San Antonio Police Department. “We do not believe that this shooting is random,” SAPD Chief William McManus said. The family was sitting on a bench at the…
Four San Antonio Singers Who Would’ve Sang the National Anthem Better Than Fergie
It’s not everyday we talk about shit that happens in Los Angeles or New York City, however, Fergie’s rendition of the National Anthem at the 67th NBA All-Star Game in LA was so awful that we had to comment. The Black Eyed Peas singer tried a sort of bluesy cabaret version of the song (if…
Orange is the New Black Actress to Speak at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin
Diane Guerrero, an actress on Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, will speak at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin later this month. Guerrero, who plays Maritza Ramos, will open up to the audience about her experience as a child of undocumented immigrants. Her parents were detained and deported while she was at school when she…
How to Make Sure You Keep Seeing the Current on Facebook
Long gone are the days of getting our news from actual in-your-hands newspapers. While you might still treat yourself to a weekly or daily paper, it’s all but guaranteed that we as readers first see stories play out on TV or on the Internet. On the Internet, there’s a number of ways that users can…
Three Asian-American Women Explore Culture and Identity Chinese New Year Pop-Up in San Antonio
Chinese New Year is upon us and it’s the Year of the Dog. Or because it’s 2018, it’s the year of the doggo. And celebrations across San Antonio are as varied as the city itself, ranging from intimate feasts to raucous ragers, and for three San Antonio women, it’s a bit of both. Check out…
Chinese New Year Celebrations in San Antonio We’re Excited For
If you’re looking to celebrate sooner rather than later, Hot Joy’s celebration of the Year of the Dog starts Friday night and ends Saturday with chef John Philpot’s take on traditional dishes. The menu will feature a la carte small and large items and desserts, along with the restaurant’s tiki cocktails. For this year’s celebration…
Magik Theatre to Host PechaKucha Vol. 29, Featuring Photojournalist Alexei Wood
PechaKucha, for the uninitiated, is a lecture format (the phrase means “chit-chat” in Japan, where the concept originated) that invites speakers to prepare a six-minute-and-40-second talk, with a visual component that includes 20 images, each of which can be displayed for only 20 seconds. The unique format forces presenters to be especially deliberate and purposeful…
La Cantera Bar Pairs Girl Scout Cookies with Craft Beer Flight
The General Public is tailoring to those who can’t help but buy Girl Scout cookies by the dozen (translation: everyone, ever) and is offering craft beer flights to accompany select signature cookies. Now through the end of the month, the La Cantera bar & restaurant will serve four cookies paired with four brews (from Firestone…
10 Dope Artists You Don’t Want To Miss at SXSW This Year
With SXSW only a month away, we thought we’d talk about a couple of the bands that we’re stoked to see. This year’s lineup is a little different, mostly up-and-coming artists. In 2017, the festival hosted acts like Talib Kweli, At The Drive In, Third Eye Blind and Erykah Badu to name a few. So,…
Serious-Faced Coach Pop Wears Sombrero in Hilarious Fiesta Medal
While medals have been made with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich in mind before, this tribute from Etsy shop Name Pinding is really satisfying. The online shop released the medal displaying “Fiesta Coach Popovich” on Thursday, showing the serious-faced Popovich with a sombrero (that also includes a flower crown. “You can tell from his expression, party…
Meet San Antonio’s All-Girl Robotics Team Shaking up the STEM World
On Ash Wednesday, a group of students — all girls — geared up their two robots in a small classroom in a subterraneous wing at Incarnate Word High School. The school’s two robotics teams, the Shambots and Shambots 2.0 (after their school mascot, a shamrock), are preparing to compete in a regional robotics competition this…
Austin Becomes First City in Texas to Mandate Paid Sick Leave
Starting October 1, all Austin residents will be guaranteed six to eight paid sick days a year — making the city the first in Texas to regulate sick leave. Austin City Council made the historic decision early Friday morning with a 9-2 vote, after hours of public testimony from nearly 200 Austin residents. “For me,…
Artist Jared Theis Invites Viewers into a Fantastical World ‘Under the Sparkle Sunshine’
Through sculpture, costumes and video installations, artist Jared Theis brings to life utopian landscapes inhabited by colorful, tentacled creatures. Playing the role of his imaginative characters, Theis examines subconscious states of being and various storylines rooted in childhood memories that allow him to reconnect with a distant past. Here, subtly erotic and menacing undertones threaten…
Johnny Hernandez’s Veracruz-style Seafood Restaurant Opens Next Week
Burgerteca opened last December, and now Villa Rica, the Veracruz-style restaurant that will share the ground floor level of the Big Tex Flats, will open next Thursday, February 22. Inspired by and created with the Guzman family of Veracruz, Villa Rica will feature Mexican seafood, ceviche, and a mojito bar. Per a press release sent today,…
Houston Students Protest Arrest of Classmate Detained by ICE
Students at Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston walked off-campus Wednesday to support a fellow student who’s under an immigration detainer. Houston Independent School District officials told ABC News that a January 30 fight between a group of students near the Austin High School campus led to the arrest of Dennis Rivera-Sarmiento. According to…
Xicana Artist Paints Black Light Piece of Selena as Aztec Figure
At “On and Off Fredericksburg Studio Tour” this weekend, you may want to take a second look at the “Selena as Kotolyxauki” painting by multimedia Xicana artist Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez. In green-blue hues, decked out in full Mexica bling, Selena poses with her hands on her face looking not angry or sad, but simultaneously delicate…
Mike Pence is Coming to San Antonio Friday to Fundraise for President Trump
Last time Vice President Mike Pence visited San Antonio, it was to meet with the surviving victims of the Sutherland Springs church massacre (and talk about it in the middle of a high school football field). Pence will return Friday morning for a slightly less altruistic reason: To fundraise for sitting President Donald Trump. Pence…
Three San Antonio Chefs Named as Beard Award Semifinalists
The list of James Beard Award semifinalists is out and three San Antonio chefs are likely having a great Thursday. As of Thursday morning, San Antonio’s Steve McHugh has been nominated for a third time for Best Chef Southwest (a region that includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah). Also on the short list…
Here’s How Texas’s Members of Congress Responded to (or Ignored) the Florida High School Shooting
This Valentine’s Day, a 19-year-old man carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in modern U.S. history at Parkland, Florida’s Majory Stoneman Douglas High School. Expelled student Nikolas Cruz used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle (the same weapon used to murder 26 Sutherland Springs churchgoers in November) to kill 17 of students and teachers. These senseless…
Indie Rockers Cold War Kids to Play The Rustic This May
Another addition to the onslaught (emphasis on the aught) of bands coming to Texas that gained popularity in … well, the aughts, comes Long Beach indie rockers the Cold War Kids. The band is stopping at The Rustic on Tuesday, May 22. Kyle Noonan, creator of The Rustic, said the performance at the still-new venue…
Fund Helps Texan Artists, Cultural Organizations Recover After Hurricane Harvey
When disaster hits our state, us Texans know how to take care of each other. It’s what makes us a strong, vibrant community that continues to draw hundreds of thousands of people to the Lone Star state each year. So when Hurricane Harvey hit in August of 2017, it was no surprise that Texans showed…
17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Raises Awareness of Identity, Culture
With a strong message of promoting “Jewish values and diversity through the medium of film,” the Barshop Jewish Community Center in San Antonio will “raise community awareness of Jewish identity, history and culture” with their annual Jewish Film Festival. This year’s festival will take place over five days and screen 12 feature films and two…
CBGB Heavy-Hitters Prong + Helmet to Rock Paper Tiger in May
A headlining tour pretty much 30 years in the making, Helmet and Prong are co-headlining a tour this May and we’re pretty fucking stoked about it. Since we live for all things throwback here in San Antonio, you should be too. The tour launches from New York on May 3rd and ends May 26th at…
Parents of Woman Whose Body Went Missing from San Antonio Funeral Home Awarded $8 million
The parents of the 25-year-old woman whose body went missing from a San Antonio funeral home have been awarded $8 million over the funeral home’s negligence. In 2015, after Julie Mott died of complications from cystic fibrosis, her parents Sharlotte and Timothy Mott contracted Mission Park Funeral Chapels & Cemeteries for their daughter’s funeral services.…
Back the Rack: Meet the Bartenders Repping San Antonio at Speed Rack Southwest in Phoenix
Arizona will be the battleground for a group of all-female bartenders to clinch a spot at Speed Rack Nationals, and two of San Antonio’s own are making the trek to Phoenix this Sunday to duke it out. Speed Rack is an all-female bartender showdown that pits cocktail queens from across the country against each other…
Sen. Ted Cruz is Getting His Own “Queer Dance Freakout” at the Texas Capitol
It’s been a year since 500 spandex and legwarmer-wearing Texans flooded the streets surrounding the Governor’s Mansion to protest newly-proposed “transphobic and homophobic laws” coming down the legislative pipeline. Governor Greg Abbott was conveniently not home to witness the planned “queer dance freakout.” But, if you recall, the biggest piece of legislation that fit this description,…
Early Man Lacks Creativity of Director Nick Park’s Past Stop-Motion Animated Films
Apart from a character like late comedian Phil Hartman’s Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s, most on-screen Neanderthals have been portrayed as doltish, uncivilized apemen for more than 100 years. In Charlie Chaplin’s 1914 short silent film His Prehistoric Past, the iconic actor wears an animal skin toga and twirls around…
Houston’s Marlon “Marley” Lizama Brings One-Man Hip-Hop Show to San Antonio
On Saturday, February 17 the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will host Houston’s one-man hip-hop show, My Spanglish Hip-Hop Story, for a one-night-only performance. Written and performed by Marlon “Marley” Lizama, the show is designed to pull the audience through a timeline of a young immigrant’s journey and influences, from the third world to the melting…
Savage Love: Fighting Words
Q: I’m 27 years old and I’ve been married to my partner for two years. I’m facing a conundrum: A relative sexually abused me when I was younger. It happened a handful of times, and I’ve never told anyone other than my partner. I’m now struggling to decide not whether I should tell my parents…
Free Will Astrology (2/14/18-2/20/18)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): At 12,388 feet, Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest peak. If you’re in good shape, you can reach the top in seven hours. The return trip can be done in half the time — if you’re cautious. The loose rocks on the steep trail are more likely to knock you off your…
The Midwest’s Big-Little Comedy Fest Finds a New Home at Bexar Stage
Improv comedy is typically based on audience suggestions, but the founders of Bexar Stage already had a plan in mind. “We’ve always had a dream of opening an improv theater,” said Tina Jackson, executive producer, artistic director and co-founder of Bexar Stage, “and we both lived in Chicago where there’s a ton of improv —…
How Border Security Advances Under Trump are Fueling a 21st Century Witch Hunt
A half a millennium ago, Europe was still recovering from the Black Plague, Catholics and Protestants were fighting homicidally, and the continent was wracked with worry. Among both the faithful and the political schemers, a movement spread to name the cause of the anxiety and quash it. Women eventually were denounced as the source of…
