Stephanie Koithan
Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current. In her role, she writes about politics, music, art, culture and food. Send her a tip at skoithan@sacurrent.com.
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‘King George,’ who founded and ruled over the Texas Renaissance Festival, has been found dead
George Coulam and the succession battle for the massive festival he helmed were highlighted in the recent HBO docu-series Ren Faire.
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San Antonio bar owner Aaron Peña raising money for cancer treatment with weekend benefit
The owner of Amor Eterno and Gimme Gimme begins chemotherapy in June.
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Modest Mouse coming to San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre in August
Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, and there’s also a code for early access.
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Singh’s Cantina now serving Vietnamese soul food in Northwest San Antonio
The restaurant next to Hills & Dales specializes in Vietnamese-meets-Texas cuisine.
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Doll that inspired Annabelle movie coming to San Antonio paranormal festival this weekend
The spooky event will also feature psychic readings, mediums, demonologists and more.
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A Texas House committee just killed off a bill that would have allowed online voter registration
Texas is one of just eight states that don’t allow online voter registration — and they’re all under Republican control.
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San Antonio airport to add Bakery Lorraine, 2M Smokehouse, more parking to Terminal B
Concepts by Feliz Modern, Southerleigh, Tre Trattoria, Pharm Table and others also will be added in coming months.
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Teka Molino bringing Tex-Mex flavors to San Antonio’s Make Ready Market
The 88-year-old Tex-Mex institution will debut at the food hall this June.
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Sludge-metal progenitors Melvins coming to San Antonio’s Paper Tiger this fall
Tickets to see the highly influential band go on sale this Friday.
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Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez to take 8-week parental leave for surrogate baby
The councilman, who just won re-election, has requested an interim councilmember to serve in his place.
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Trump’s controversial plane gifted from Qatar is in San Antonio, could be converted to Air Force One
Trump has referred to the $400 million gift plane as ‘a very public and transparent transaction.’
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Otaku Food & Anime Festival returning to San Antonio this weekend
The free event will take over the Wonderland of the Americas with food, cosplay, anime and live entertainment.
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Pei Wei closes San Antonio location at The Strand
As of Monday, records of the location have been scrubbed from Google.
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Elon Musk’s Austin neighbors are reportedly sick of him
In its reporting of Musk’s neighbor drama, the New York Times also briefly revealed his home address.
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Texas House debating ‘book ban’ bill seeking to prevent minors from accessing ‘obscene’ books
Activists argue the bill could be used as a ‘book ban’ on queer literature.
Posted inArts
Tacos and Tequila Fest hitting San Antonio’s Retama Park with music, lucha libre y mas
Saturday’s event will feature live music from hop-hop artists including Lil Jon, Ginuwine, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Xzibit.