Mexican Stepgrandfather Joins SAY Sí Students for Two Nights with ‘No Filters’
Arts education programs nationwide have faced drastic defunding in recent years, but some organizations remain resilient in their support of young artists. Local nonprofit SAY Sí has been providing San Antonio’s youth with quality, tuition-free artistic education for over 20 years. Their ALAS Youth Theatre Company encourages students to use their life experiences, ideas and…
Voodoo Boogaloo Want You To “Get In There”
Voodoo Boogaloo are a weird couple. Currently residing in Canyon Lake, Stephanie Cardona and Logan Woodyard have been washing South Texas audiences in their weirdo trip hop waves since the release of their first record Yawny. Yelly. Glowy. Floaty, which they debuted back in March of 2014. The release was followed by a 10 week…
Driver in Church Bus Crash Was on a Cocktail of Prescription Pills
The driver involved in a crash near Garner State Park last week that claimed 13 lives admitted to taking a cocktail of prescriptions meds, admitted to texting while driving before the fatal wreck, and was found with several joints inside his truck, according to records filed in court this week. Affidavits filed by the Texas…
Savage Love: Hard Limits
I’ve read your column for as long as I had access to the internet and was interested in sex, so here goes: I’m a 27-year-old male with a 42-year-old girlfriend. We met at work; we were both going through divorce. At the beginning, holy moly! My dream girl in the bedroom. We’ve been together for…
Free Will Astrology (4/12/17-4/17/17)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before visiting Sicily for the first time, American poet Billy Collins learned to speak Italian. In his poem “By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa,” he describes how the new language is changing his perspective. If he were thinking in English, he might say that the gin he’s drinking while sitting alone…
Parents Claim La Vernia Football Coaches Ignored “Sadistic Hazing” and Sexual Assault of Teammates
The family of a South Texas high schooler claims school officials and coaches turned a blind eye to a series of “sadistic hazing rituals” in which varsity players anally raped underclassmen with random objects as “initiation” onto the school’s football team. The lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday by the parents of a La Vernia…
Bexar County’s Forensic Lab Isn’t Thrilled With State Plans to Address Rape Kit Backlog
On Tuesday, the Texas House unanimously passed a bill that would create an online database for all DNA evidence collected from sexual assault and rape cases statewide. That way victims could easily track the status of their rape kit tests — an often invasive procedure that few victims ever know the results of — and…
Win a Fiesta Medal By Taking a Selfie with Your Pet’s Poop
The City of San Antonio’s Transportation & Capital Improvements department has a limited edition Fiesta medal this year that encourages pet owners to scoop up their furry friends’ poop — and post a selfie with it. The department will be giving away the poop-centric medals through April 21 as part of their “Doo It Fur…
John Oliver Gives a Shoutout to Tim Duncan, Republican Deviousness
With his typical pedagogical fury, John Oliver gave a lengthy lesson in gerrymandering Sunday night that also made a vague connection to Spurs legend Tim Duncan. First off, gerrymandering is redrawing voting district lines to influence the outcomes of an election—to disadvantage voters based on race, political party, or shore up seats for incumbents, said…
The Tillamook Cheese Bus Is Rolling into SA
Have you ever just thought, why do I have to wait until I get INSIDE the H-E-B for free cheese samples? Well for nine miraculous days the tyranny of indoor cheese is over, because the Oregon-based Tillamook Cheese Bus is here to serve you their Farm-style cut shredded cheese in quesadilla bites, coupons, and other…
Mexican Journalist Seeking Asylum Thrown in Immigrant Detention Center
As an investigative journalist in the violence-riddled Mexican state of Guerrero, 26-year-old Martin Mendez Pineda was no stranger to death threats. In February, however, the constant unease reached a tipping point when he was attacked by Mexican law enforcement in Acapulco — prompting Mendez to seek asylum in United States, via Texas. But instead of a…
Jazz, TX Launches Chef Series with Mole & Mezcal
Music venue, Jazz, TX, is crescendo-ing to the epitome of cool. Not only are they located in the underground bottling department at the Pearl, bringing live music almost every night of the week, and serving up scintillating bar and menu options, but Jazz, TX also just unveiled its inspired pop up Chef Series. Here’s what the…
Sabor Cocina Bar Is Now Open
The spot formerly occupied by gone-too-soon Mezcalería Mixtli now houses Sabor Cocina Bar, opened by Federico and Cendy Guillen. The restaurant had a small soft opening this weekend and will now open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday and close on Mondays. Federico, formerly with Rosario’s Mexican Cafe y Cantina, developed breakfast, lunch and dinner menus all…
Meet Daiquonne Lanier, a Young Designer with an Old Soul
As a child growing up alongside eight sisters, Daiquonne Lanier expressed an early attraction to the world of fashion by making dresses for dolls and drawing pictures of chic women headed to church or parties. Now armed with a degree in fashion design and merchandising from the International Academy of Design and Technology, the San…
How Jason Dady’s Career Prepared Him for Food Network’s Iron Chef Reboot
The bartender poured a trio of tequila shots into clear plastic glasses, turned around and handed them over to the ne’er-do-wells that were about to hop on stage and put their chef skills to the test during the Sprouts Culinary Showdown. This time, though, Jason Dady wasn’t whipping up a dish in less than 30…
Witte Lecture Investigates the History of Dinosaurs in Texas
Long before humans, thousands of species of dinosaurs ruled the earth — even inhabiting what we know today as the Lone Star State. Texas contains evidence of over 36 species of prehistoric reptiles that date back as early as the Permian era, nearly 300 million years ago. Fossils and footprints can be found in five…
Las Vegas Drag Starlet Farrah Moan Brings Her Act to Heat on Wednesday Night
Since its inception in 2009, RuPaul’s Drag Race has simultaneously championed and challenged drag as an art form — pushing contestants closer to social media stardom, touring gigs and recording contracts while shifting local spotlights away from established and emerging queens alike. (Addressing this conundrum, season eight favorite Thorgy Thor put it in a nutshell…
Federal Court Again Rules That Texas Lawmakers Deliberately Passed a Racist Law
At the heart of the legal case still winding through the courts over Texas’ strict voter ID law is whether lawmakers knew they were passing a bill that would disproportionately disenfranchise black and Hispanic voters. And on Monday, a federal judge in Texas again ruled that, yes, Texas lawmakers deliberately passed a racist law —…
More Space Means Bigger Menu for The 350 Baking Co.
After moving to their current location at the bottom of the 1010 Lofts facing South Flores in March 2016, Southtown based bakery Whip Stitch Custom Cakes owners Denise Garza-Dominguez and John Dominguez decided to take advantage of the new larger location to expand their business beyond event cakes. The bread and butter of the business…
Parents of Texas Murder Victim Fight Against Killer’s Death Sentence
Two weeks before Paul Storey’s execution date, Texas’ top criminal court decided to delay his death, siding with Storey’s attorney. His counsel argued that the jury would have sentenced his client differently had they known that the victim’s parents were strictly opposed to the death penalty. In 2006, Storey shot and killed Jonas Cherry during an…
Texas Lawmakers Drop Anti-Trans Amendment in Exchange for Defunding Planned Parenthood
In the wee hours of last Friday morning, Texas House representatives decided it was finally time to vote on a state budget. But even after 15 hours of negotiations (and drama) on the House floor, there was still a long list of bill amendments they had yet to get to. In particular, one amendment would have…
San Antonio Under Flash Flood Watch Until Tuesday Morning
San Antonio can expect to see heavy rainfall Monday night, with up to 7 inches of rain in some areas due to an upper-level disturbance and a slow-moving cold front that will cause widespread showers. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch until 7 a.m. Tuesday and expects the heaviest rainfall between 7…
Maverick Music Festival Lights Up Downtown SA
With a fresh new partnership with The Tobin Center For The Performing Arts, Maverick Music Festival 2017 descended upon The La Villita Historic Arts Village for two days of amazing indie, pop and hip-hop artists. Most notable were the performances from headliners Bastille, Young The Giant, The Naked and Famous and De la Soul. For…
Torchy’s Sues Over “Damn Good Tacos”
Torchy’s Tacos says don’t mess with their “damn good tacos.” Last week the Austin franchise filed suit against a Fort Collins restaurant, Dam Good Tacos, for infringing on its trademarked catchphrase. Torchy’s sent a cease and desist letter in November, concerned that the similar sounding names would confuse customers. Dam Good Tacos did not budge,…
UT Dallas Initiates Study to Determine Needs of LGBT Texans
This story originally appeared in our sister paper, Out in SA. Sociologists at the University of Texas at Dallas are starting work on what will be the first comprehensive needs assessment of LGBT communities throughout the state. The in-depth study is being spearheaded by Dr. Richard Scotch, professor of sociology, and Dr. Kara Sutton, a…
Dead Body Found Floating in San Antonio River Downtown
A River Walk barge operator found a man’s body floating in the San Antonio River Sunday morning, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The barge operator found the body around 9 a.m. Sunday in the downtown section of the River Walk, near the East Commerce Street bridge. Police estimate the man, who was found…
Only Two More Chances to Catch the Touring Production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Saturday evening’s performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch was almost literally electrifying: a bright, loud, glam-rock fantasia on gender, desire and acceptance. Scaled up from its small, Off-Broadway roots, this explosive Hedwig stars a terrific Euan Morton as the titular male-to-female emigrée and Hannah Corneau as Hedwig’s sidekick and husband. Though Hedwig remains at…
Mnozil Brass to Perform at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre
Mnozil Brass has established itself as one of the world’s premiere brass ensembles. With more than 130 performances a year, the group has sold out houses from the farthest reaches of the European continent to Israel, China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United States, and has captivated audiences with their blend of immense virtuosity and theatrical…
Texas House Votes to Cut $20 Million from Air Quality Budget to Fund Anti-Abortion Program
After more than 15 hours of debate, the Texas House passed its two-year, $218.2 billion state budget early Friday morning. One of the biggest winners? Anti-abortion activists. Two House Republicans, Rep. Mike Schofield and Rep. Matt Krause, successfully moved $20 million in two year’s worth of funds from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality into…
Explosions In The Sky Destroy Paper Tiger With Their Care Bear Stare
Remember the Care Bears? Remember how, whenever they would go up against some sort of villain or evil-doer, they would lock arms and beams of light would shoot from their ‘lil Care Bear bellies, a super-move called the Care Bear stare? Well, if there were music to somehow accompany the Care Bear stare, it would…
Texas’ Cyberbullying Law Goes Against Federal Recommendations
“Do us all a favor, kill yourself.” “Satan will rip your innards out and spit them out to the gates of hell.” “I hope cancer comes back and kills you.” These are just a few of the messages Matthew Vasquez received via social media when he was a freshman in high school. His leukemia had…
Jury Clears City, Officer Who Shot and Killed Marquise Jones
On Thursday, a jury weighing the wrongful death claim filed by the surviving family of Marquise Jones ruled in favor of the City of San Antonio and the officer who shot and killed Jones the morning of February 28, 2014. Robert Encina was working an off-duty security job at the Chacho’s restaurant on Perrin Beitel…
Here’s How Much San Antonio Congressmen Were Paid to Let Internet Providers Sell Your Browser History
Last Thursday, Congress quietly passed a bill to unroll internet privacy protect ions put in place by the Obama Administration. In short, the vote has given internet services providers (or ISPs) like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T the green light to sell their customer’s browsing history to advertisers without needing customer consent. Understandably, there are few…
North Side Gains a New Drinking Spot with the Opening of The Hollow Bar
San Antonio’s north side recently gained a new bar this week with the opening of The Hollow Bar located at 14532 Brookhollow. Offering a selection of local and imported beer and spirits, The Hollow is shaping up to be a destination for game nights with UFC, NCAA and Spurs game screenings. So far, The Hollow has…
Spurs Suffer Sloppy Loss to Lakers
Final from the @attcenter: pic.twitter.com/D1Oa6sjTwX — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) April 6, 2017 Native son Jordan Clarkson captured the first win in San Antonio of his young pro basketball career on Wednesday night, as the Spurs fell to the Lakers, 95-102. The victory was bittersweet for Clarkson who scored 17 points and pulled down 6…
Chuck Norris Named an Honorary Texan
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate passed a pretty unusual resolution — Senate Resolution 569, naming martial artist, actor and film producer Chuck Norris an honorary Texan. Norris, an Oklahoma native and Walker, Texas Ranger star, also received a State Senate gavel and flag that had once flown over the Alamo. Senate Resolution 569 passed unanimously, because…
Kristen Stewart Plays a Melancholy Medium in the Genre-defying ‘Personal Shopper’
Oh, what a strange and lovely and melancholy film! The genre-defying Personal Shopper — part mystery, part drama, part thriller, part supernatural fantasy — is nothing you can expect, and continues to challenge your expectations at every turn: It’s an electrifying thing for a movie to pull off this well, tripping you up while also keeping you…
