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Arts, ArtSlut Jul 19, 2021
Completing a hike around San Antonio's perimeter highlights the need to finish its greenway system
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, hiking, green belt, greenway, greenway system, trails, San Antonio Parks and Recreation, Jackie Davis, Fort Sam, KOA, North Salado, Salado Creek, Comanche Park, city funding, greenway funding, greenway project, The Rim, Medicine Wall, Tobin Park, Phil Hardberger Park, Salado Creek Greenway, local history, San Antonio history, Battle of Salado Creek, San Antonio trails, San Antonio greenways, San Antonio parks, Morningstar Boardwalk

Music, SA Sound Jul 9, 2021
New release collects the works of one-of-a-kind San Antonio composer ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, Blue Gene Tyranny, composer, Degrees of Freedom Found, Unseen Worlds Records, avant garde, San Antonio composer, new release, box set

Music, SA Sound Jun 3, 2021
San Antonio C&W icon George Chambers backed touring stars and lost band members to them too
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, John T. Floore's Country Store, Floore's Country Store, George Chambers, Country Gentleman, country music, San Antonio country music scene, David Zettner, Bee Spears, Willie Nelson, Preston Buchanan, Charlie Pride, backup bands, touring. Cabaret Club, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, physics teacher, Holmes High School, Steve Earle, conjunto, Singing Them Songs About Mexico, Johnny Bush, Sirius XM, radio show, Harvey Kagan, Ron Knuth, unsung hero

Arts, ArtSlut May 7, 2021
Emerald Necklace: San Antonio’s Howard Peak Greenway Trails were the result of tireless work
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, parks, outdoors, hiking, greenbelts, greenways, trails, hike, walk, walking tour, outdoor activities, things to do in San Antonio, San Antonio parks, Southside Lions Park, Salado Creek, J Street Park, Westside Creeks Restoration Project, Howard Peak, activism, San Antonio HIstory, local history, Sue Calberg, Salado Creek Foundation, conservation, local conservation, Granieri Family Farm

Arts, ArtSlut Apr 15, 2021
Hiking the path that leads to San Antonio's Mission Reach reveals hidden marvels
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, parks, outdoors, hiking, greenbelts, greenways, trails, hike, walk, walking tour, outdoor activities, things to do in San Antonio, San Antonio parks, Medina River Greenway, River Walk, Mission Reach, Hot Wells, Hot Wells Conservancy, Justin Parr, James Lifshutz, silent films, fires, burned down, The Flame Room, taxidermied frogs, frog taxidermy collection, Star Film Co., Texas Hot Sulphur Water Sanitarium Co., local history, San Antonio history, Hot Wells ruins, Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, San Antonio State Hospital, hot spring, hot springs resort, Acequia Trail, Mitchell Lake

Arts, ArtSlut Mar 29, 2021
A trek through the Medina River Valley is a journey into San Antonio’s rich past
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, parks, outdoors, hiking, greenbelts, greenways, trails, hike, walk, walking tour, outdoor activities, things to do in San Antonio, Medina River, San Antonio Parks, Medina River Greenway, longhorns, Texas Cattlemen's Longhorn Registry, Land Heritage Institute, Peggy Oppelt, Camino Real, San Antonio history, local history, El Camino Real de Los Tejas, Old San Antonio Road, Medina River Valley

Music, SA Sound Mar 9, 2021
Cover Story
Dig This! Unearthing the forgotten magic of San Antonio's '60s garage rock scene
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, music, local history, San Antonio history, Teen Canteen, music venue, San Antonio venue, live music, garage rock, 1960s, 60s, 60s music, local music scene, music scene, Sam Kinsey, rock ’n’ roll, rock music, 60s rock, Texas bands, San Antonio bands, the Outcasts, the Stoics, the Chayns, the Five Canadians, Sweet Smoke, the Laughing Kind, the Argyles, the Pandas, Lenny Kaye, Nuggets, compilations, Chris Bishop, Teen Fest, Jim Ryan, crossroads, crossroads city, Marc Smith, Mockingbird Express, Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Bubble Puppy, True Indigo, Oscar Webber, Abie Epstein, West Side Sound, West Side soul, radio, DJs, Jeff Smith, Texas Sound Studios, Jim Ridgeway, Alamo Audio, Love Street Light Circus, Mind's Eye, Mystic Moor, Psych Del Rio, Hector Saldana, the Krayolas, Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, Cover Story

Arts, ArtSlut Mar 1, 2021
San Antonio’s new greenway trails offer a view of the city we otherwise might zoom past
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antoino, Texas, parks, outdoors, greenways, green belts, trails, hiking, hike, walk, walking tour, outdoor activities, San Antonio Parks, Howard Peak Greenway, Leon Creek, Leon Valley, Pearsall Park, Medina River

Music, SA Sound Jan 21, 2021
Remembering 'Blue' Gene Tyranny, a San Antonio-born composer who worked with Iggy Pop and others
- By Bill Baird
- Tags: San Antonio, Texas, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, San Antonio native, Out of the Blue, piano, composer, pianist, in memoriam, Robert Sheff, Jefferson High School, Trinity University, Prime Movers Blues Band, Iggy Pop, Jim Osterburg, experimental music, Robert Ashley, Perfect Lives, avant garde, post-modern composer, John Cage

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