Biga on the Banks
Release Date: 2003-04-03 Bruce Auden continues to be the city’s premier apostle of world-wise regional cooking, and there is no better place to get one’s gastronomic feet and whistle wet than at the sinuous bar. Here, the noodle menu includes such enticements as chicken fried oysters with squid ink pasta and pancetta, and a red…
ARTIFACTS
ArtWHERE?, San Antonio’s newest downtown real estate promotion vehicle and art project combo, will showcase the work of Pip Culbert and David Jurist throughout April. The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, April 3, from 6-8 p.m. German-born, UK-based Culbert holds a M.A. in design from the Royal College of Art. Her work is…
HIP-HOP WHITE HOUSE
And if the movie was imagined by garden variety ninth graders instead of honor roll kids, its protagonist might be chosen to run for President in a conference-room decision involving three people, not by an annoyingly protracted series of primaries. Welcome to (L to r) Chris Rock and Bernie Mac are brothers and running…
NEW REVIEWS
THE CORE Dir. Jon Amiel; writ. Cooper Layne; feat. Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, Tcheky Karyo (PG-13) The earth’s outer core has stopped spinning, thus throwing off its cosmic equilibrium and allowing solar winds and electromagnetic fields to wreck the kind of havoc wide-eyed, cricket-eating wanderers of the desert have been warning humankind about for millennia.…
Armchair Cinephile
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC A Chorus Line (MGM) West Side Story (MGM) Copacabana (Artisan) 24 Hour Party People (MGM) I’m Trying to Break Your Heart (Plexifilm) Style Wars (Plexifilm) 8 Mile (Universal) I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (Artisan) The new disc of A Chorus Line (MGM) reminds us what we had buried: By the…
ASIAN ‘FILM FESTIVAL’
Legitimized by the San Antonio Public Library’s centennial celebration, such a thing is indeed so. To celebrate the diversity ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL FEATURING ‘TO LIVE (HUOZHE)’ 1:30pm Sunday, April 6 Free Central Library Auditorium, First Floor 600 Soledad 207-2500 of the city’s community, the Library is presenting its own Asian Film Festival, featuring four films…
STILL PLAYING
ABOUT SCHMIDT Dir. Alexander Payne; writ. Louis Begley (novel), Payne; feat. Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates (R) Schmidt is a road movie set on the other end of life’s cycle from Nicholson’s Easy Rider, as full of metaphoric ambition and as devoid of solid meaning. The actor is utterly convincing as a…
MAKING HISTORY, MAKING TEXAS
‘The more things change, the more they stay the same, that’s especially true in Texas,” quipped a recent Texas Monthly subscription brochure I received. It is also true of the contents of Texas Monthly, particularly the February issue that celebrated TM’s 30th anniversary. To honor its birthday, the magazine fashioned a tribute to Texas women.…
WOMEN — MAKING HISTORY, MAKING TEXAS
This list in no way proposes to complete the names of the women important to Texas history, rather it is a fluid reference and serves as a sampling of the names submitted to my query. Apologies in advance for truncating the lives of these important women. IRMA MAYORGA (in alphabetical order) DIANA ABREGO Founder of…
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE WOMEN’S DAY MARCH
Editor’s Note: Due to the volume and intensity of e-mails, phone calls, and letters about the Current’s coverage of the International Women’s Day March, we are running a guest column addressing the issue. In the March 13, 2003 issue of the Current, Laura Fries shares her observations of International Women’s Day activities only to pen…
RHYMING AND SCHEMING
The Prhymemates collective is dedicated to establishing and nurturing the hip-hop culture In the summer of 2002, hip-hop shows were almost nonexistent in SA. Venues repeatedly booked the same local acts, and anyone who attempted to book national shows routinely encountered negative Seated (from left) – Scuba, Daecos, Cros, a random Houstonian, and Supher.…
NEW WAVE HAVEN
Simultaneously reeking of retro and avant-garde, Sin 13’s monthly Atari.ka is an androgynous fashion statement Music, fashion, and artistic decorations blend together in a stimulating dance party that simultaneously reeks of retro and avant-garde. Spawned from trips to an Austin venue that featured a similar event, Atari.ka’s recent inception in SA has garnered crowds three…
CD REVIEWS
JOE JACKSON BAND Volume 4 (CD, Rykodisc) While the band doesn’t limit itself to the styles of its earlier albums – they pump through ska and waltz through slightly maudlin ballads here, just like their boss did after he left them – they do get in a few numbers that would fit right into their…
SOUND AND THE FURY
MAKE NOTE The San Antonio Symphony recently announced that Music Director Designate Larry Rachleff has been appointed the new conductor for its 2003-04 season. In addition to his music director designate duties, Rachleff is currently in his seventh season as music director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, his twelfth as professor of conducting and music…
A WORK-IN-PROGRESS
The occasion was the dedication of CAMPstreet Residences, an ambitious project at 114 Camp Street, just off South Flores. A six-story red-brick structure is being converted into apartments and studios, thereby, it is hoped, transforming a drab stretch of industrial real estate into a vibrant urban neighborhood. Built in 1926 as a candy factory, CAMPstreet…
ACRYLIC VIBRANCE
Thirty years ago, at a Friday night party, a painter friend put down his beer and said, “I’m off – life’s happening back on the canvas, gotta get back to it.” He left us, and painted all night. I have seldom been able to write all night, but I write all day when I can,…
ALL EARS
A FEAST FOR THE EARS Dense, tantalizing constructions like this are common enough in electronica, but this record never lets you think of it that way. The Burnside boys, multi-instrumentalists Gerald Hammill and Richard Jankovich, have enough history with standard-issue indie bands that they can’t really get behind a record that’s all beats and no…
SHOW TIMES
THU 4/3 – WED 4/9 These show times are provided by the theaters and are subject to change. The Current includes show times submitted by press deadline, and is not responsible for the changes in the ever-morphing film industry. All times are p.m. unless otherwise indicated. DOWNTOWN AMC RIVERCENTER 9 Rivercenter Mall, third floor, 558-9988…
