This weekend it’s time to party like it’s 2008 – sort of. Longtime fans of live, local music have been seeing the acts on this stacked bill, in one form or another, share the stage for at least that long. And, with such consistently (and joyfully!) inventive bands as these, who could complain? Buttercup, for…
A year in the making, Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s Housing Policy Task Force last week issued a report that gives S.A. a blueprint for its first comprehensive housing plan. The unveiling comes as the city struggles to keep pace with growth that’s rapidly outpaced housing supply — especially for low- and middle-income residents. And, importantly, the document…
The Anaheim, California-based franchise known as Churroholic has landed in San Antonio. The first of its kind in Texas, Churroholic launched in 2017 as an off-shoot to Hiccups, an Asian-fusion snack joint with wings, fries, boba and more. The shop opened at 4135 S. New Braunfels in the McCreless Center Shopping Center. Churroholic offers a…
Don’t look now, but Loy Smoak’s Sell Your Soul Presents…, known for booking some of the crunchiest, down-and-dirtiest hard rock shows around, is bringing a positively sizzling bill of out-of-town, genre-straddling rawk to The Mix this week. North Carolina’s Toke, for starters, is a doom/stoner rock (duh) three-piece that deftly melds its metal intensity with…
Councilman Manny Pelaez today demanded local and state authorities probe whether the developer of the Mansions of La Cantera apartment project violated the law when workers razed a possible endangered species habitat. In letters to District Attorney Nico LaHood and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Pelaez accused developer Matt Hiles of lying to the city in a 2016 affidavit that…
Texas isn’t just a state full of good ol’ boys, it also appears to be a state where good ol’ boy network still dominates. Texas ranks at the ass-end — 48th of 50 states — in women’s equality, according to a new study from financial site WalletHub. Only Idaho (49th) and Utah (50th) fare worse. By contrast,…
Each year, as a part of its integration of freshman students, Trinity University sponsors a program called “Reading TUgether,” wherein the entire school community is invited to read a book and engage with it in formal and informal ways. It’s a unique way of providing a shared experience for students and faculty alike. Past selections…
This story was originally published by our sister publication Out In SA. Republicans in suburban Houston have unleashed a torrent of criticism against the Democratic candidate for the 22nd Congressional District saying, among other things, that “he has a propensity to put on lots of make-up and dress like a woman.” The candidate, Sri Preston…
San Antonio may have shut down Austin’s claims of being superior on the taco front, but now another Texas city is trying to start another taco war. “D Magazine” editor Tim Rogers teased the cover of the September issue, which is all about tacos. Rather than just letting readers know where to get the best…
A Houston family is getting attention across Twitter for a super adorable video you have to watch right now. On Sunday, Emily Lopez, who goes by @EmilyLo011 on Twitter, shared a short video of her family dropping off her brother Ernesto at Texas A&M University in College Station. Emily’s little brother wasn’t quite ready for…
The pettiness of the Kawhi Leonard/Spurs novela continues. Despite getting traded more than a month ago, Leonard still had a presence of sorts within the Spurs organization up until yesterday. Sports news outlets allege that one of Leonard’s best friends was a part of the Spurs support staff, but now he’s following the superstar to…
Not too long after Tony Parker said he will miss the Spurs and his time in San Antonio, Gregg Popovich has returned the love to the longtime Spur. In a recent interview with Chinese website Hupu.com, Parker said he will retire as a Spurs player. In line with his heartfelt goodbye letter to San Antonio,…
The heavyweights of heavy are lumbering through the Alamo City as part of a nine-date mini-tour. Since reuniting in 2009 and periodically taking its punishing live show on the road, Sleep has maintained the rep it seized in the ’90s as the ultimate stoner rock band. And the trio’s new LP, The Sciences, aptly dropped…
You drive that scooter Like an entitled shithead. No sidewalks for you! Texas Public Radio: San Antonio Using ‘Light Touch’ In Regulating Electric Scooters
In today’s WTF news, an 18-wheeler pushed a black two-door Mercedes on I-35 for about a mile before stopping. Adrian Lopez uploaded three short, profanity-laced videos to his Facebook detailing at least part of the elongated car accident. From a few different angles, you can see the truck pushing the “pinche carro” near the I-35/281…
Whataburger, whether intentionally or not, has turned into a cornerstone of the Beto O’Rourke campaign. First, the Ted Cruz campaign shared a baffling statement on the guy, comparing him to a “triple meat Whataburger liberal.” Here’s that statement in full: “Unlike the spicy ketchup, when Texans unwrap the O’Rourke packaging, they are definitely not going…
This article is republished with permission from the Texas Tribune. Responding to backlash over how its flagship campus handles sexual assault allegations, officials in the Texas A&M University System have embraced a wholesale overhaul of the disciplinary process, unveiling Monday mandatory sanctions for students and faculty that go so far as to require the automatic…
Manu Ginobili threw it way back in his latest Instagram post. On Sunday, Ginobili, 41, shared a photo of his full-head-of-hair self from 20 years ago. It was taken before his first practice with a team in Italy, Basket Viola Reggio Calabria. The then-21-year-old had left his native Argentina to start a career in Europe.…
While San Antonians are notorious for being bad drivers, it turns out we’re not as bad as we think. In a recent study from SmartAsset, Texas drivers rank as the 5th worst in the country. Sure, fifth place is nothing to brag about, but it’s also not that bad considering how reckless SA drivers can…
This story was originally published by our sister publication Out In SA. A San Antonio research team under the leadership of Dr. Ruth Ruprecht has uncovered a potential new defense against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Dr. Ruprecht is the director of the Texas Biomed AIDS Research Program. She and her team discovered that…
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is returning to San Antonio, y’all. The annual tour, stopping in 65 cities in North America, kicks off on November 14 in Green Bay and wraps up on December 30 with shows in Cleveland and Milwaukee. The tour stays true to stopping in SA as close to Christmas as possible with a scheduled…
Just a few weeks after publishing his emotional goodbye letter to San Antonio, Tony Parker has revealed that he has every intention of retiring from the NBA as a Spur. During the crazy offseason, Parker broke all of our hearts when he signed a two-year, $10 million deal with the Charlotte Hornets. Some called the…
It seemed with At The Drive In’s reunion (minus Jim Ward) last year, talks and speculation of a hopeful Sparta reunion would also take place. Anddddd, lucky us, that’s exactly what happened. The art-punk, post-hardcore band made up of At The Drive In members formed in 2001 after a combination of excessive hype, relentless touring, artistic differences,…
Winning the tenth season of American Idol back in 2011, country music singer-songwriter Scott McCreery is hitting the road with the Seasons Change Tour, in support of his new album Seasons Change released earlier this year. The tour kicks off this fall and hits the Alamo City on Friday, November 30 at The Aztec Theatre…
The Point Park & Eats can now add Drips to its moniker with the opening of Just the Drip, a new coffeeshop space. Owned by Denise Aguirre and Noel Cisneros, Just the Drip features coffee by Quantum Coffee Roasters, cookies and baked goods by Chocollazo, and macarons by Dreamy Sweets by Blondee. Empanadas may soon…
Warning: This post contains graphic details not appropriate for sensitive readers. A serial flasher and masturbator in San Antonio was arrested late Thursday. On Monday, the San Antonio Police Department requested the public’s help in tracking down Terrence Palumbo, who has allegedly been masturbating publicly in front of women since as early as March. Palumbo,…
The four Marx Brothers were in their prime when they made this college football comedy. Groucho plays college president Quincy Adams Wagstaff, introducing himself with the delightful song “I’m Against It.” His brother Zeppo plays his son, which is a typical example of how Marx plots can’t be taken seriously, and an even better example…
Ask any comedian out there and they’ll tell you that comedy and pain go hand in hand. Although the industry has lost many talented performers to their addictions, using their craft to recover from that sorrow is something many comedians have successfully done – from Marc Maron to Mike DeStefano to Jason Mewes. Stand-up comedians…
With 19 Grammy Awards, worldwide record sales in the millions, and dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, Tony Bennett is sort of the Man. And at 90, it’s hard to throw shade at this guy – ’cause it’s Tony Bennett. Bennett’s “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” and “I Left My Heart In…
For more than 30 years, Sonia Washawski has been distracting herself from somber thoughts through needle work. But an eviction notice for her tailor shop, which has clung to life in a vacant Kansas City mall, forces the vibrant great grandmother to confront questions of survival, not only commercial. Agonizing memories of three Nazi death…
This story was originally published by our sister publication, Out In SA. A state district court judge from Houston will be on the ballot in November as a candidate for the Texas Supreme Court and if he wins, he will become the first openly gay justice on state’s highest court and the first openly LGBTQ…
As pleased as attendees have been with the celebrity guests that Alamo City Comic Con (ACCC) has brought to San Antonio over the last few years, the 2018 edition of the convention (October 26-28) has just taken things to a whole new level. Earlier this afternoon, ACCC officially announced that action superstar and former Governor…
Patty Mills knows how to get down. The Spur had a birthday on August 11, but shared a video of the celebrations in an Instagram post late Thursday night. While celebrating in his native country of Australia, Mills was joined by wife Alyssa Levesque, family and friends to monument the big 3-0. Will forever be buzzin…
Led by Hot Topic model Jay Gordon, Orgy rose to prominence on their Family Values Tour-approved cover of New Order’s “Blue Monday.” Considering Gordon is the single original member, the outfit could consider going Mach-2 and renaming the band New Orgy. Also on the bill and definitely falling onto the nu-metal end of the hard-rock spectrum,…
DeMar DeRozan may not have made his first appearance as a San Antonio Spur yet, but that hasn’t stopped local muralists from adding the newbie to the city’s landscape. On Thursday, artist Nik Soupe unveiled his DeRozan addition to the growing Spurs mural at Rudy’s Seafood. Rudy’s began sharing the mural’s progress when Soupe started work on…
This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune. Julián Castro is making his first trip to Iowa this weekend as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, looking to boost midterm candidates there and sound out voters in the key presidential proving ground. The trip comes as Castro’s political operation kicks into high gear, unveiling dozens…
When French writer Pierre Boulle wrote a satirical novel in 1963, he couldn’t have known those apes would have legs. The franchise would yield five initial films, two TV series (including one Saturday morning cartoon), and a rebooted series launched by Tim Burton in the new century. It all would have petered out fast without…
The last several years, ever since 2012’s Release Me, the prolific singer-songwriter and bandleader’s most recent album of new material, Lyle Lovett has been in puro greatest hits mode. The Houston-area native and country and western/Americana music master has also been sticking to his characteristic regimen of hard-touring, playing shows in a variety of arrangements,…
Dating back to the 17th century in its earliest form, Zarzuela is a Spanish theatrical genre that blends spoken word with lyrical/musical content delivered in both operatic and popular song styles. It is theater and musical theater at once, high-brow and common — a mode accessible and enjoyable for all. Sound intriguing? This weekend, as…
Capping off a summer of excellent shows, especially of the soulful variety, Luna hosts Austin outfit the Soul Supporters this weekend. The five-piece, which makes smooth-ass music in the retro soul, vintage blues and classic R&B wheelhouse, keeps busy, honing its live show in some of the finest venues around ATX night after night. The…
Though Southerleigh Fine Food and Brewery’s oyster bar is still a ways away, the restaurant and microbrewery are trying out new goodies. A frosé is already on the menu, but a recent creation will be exclusive to the outdoor oyster bar that faces the Bottling Department Food Hall. The Southerleigh house punch, an ode to…
City council moved unanimously Thursday to add the local fire union’s three proposed charter amendments to the November ballot. It also voted, 9-2, to approve an ordinance that would require most employers in San Antonio to offer paid sick time to workers. The controversial charter amendments and the new sick time rule were results of…
For many kids, the beginning of a new school year sparks nervous excitement. For trans students and their parents, however, the experience may be a little more daunting. Fortunately, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center has been keeping the needs and concerns of trans students in mind since 2016. It is hosting its third annual…
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner turns on the shock that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn experience on discovering that the stranger their daughter brings home as her fiancé is black. Sidney Poitier is handsome, dapper and accomplished — an ideal son-in-law, except for his unexpected race. The film was released in 1967, six months after…
Heads up, Southsiders. B&B Smokehouse is closing. Don’t worry, this is good news. Charles Neira, the restaurant’s director of operations, told the San Antonio Express-News that B&B will close in anticipation of a new, bigger space. We are excited to share our development team is working with @bbsmokehousetx on their upgrade from 1,800 SF to…
The appeal of life in the big city is timeless. Budding poets may pine for Paris. Aspiring screen actors stream lemming-like to LA. Architects, artists, musicians and more see Manhattan as the Valhalla of the creative classes. Ah, the glamour, the culture, the sky-high rents… Oh, that. The classic waiter-artist, waiter-actor paradigm of years past…
Editor’s note: Today, the San Antonio Current joins hundreds of media outlets around the country in responding to President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on journalists, and calling on the public to recognize the importance of a free and independent press. Thank you for your readership, consideration and support. We’ve been complacent. We thought everybody knew how…
Alamo City residents may not pull down West Coast-style salaries, but not living on the West Coast sure does wonders for our wallets. The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro ranks fourth in the nation for cost-adjusted salaries — an annual average of $72,022 a year — compared to other metros with at least 250,000 residents and growing…
The Queen of Soul has died. Aretha Franklin passed away Thursday in her home city of Detroit after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to NPR and Gwendolyn Quinn, Franklin’s publicist. Franklin was 76. The singer, performer and musical icon sold more than 75 million records throughout her decade-spanning career, inspiring multiple generations of artists…
Editor’s Note: Jade Esteban Estrada is the writer of Glitter Political, a series of articles detailing San Antonio’s elections. Joe D. Gonzales is sitting across from me, giving me a much-needed refresher on his favorite Broadway musical Wicked. A silver statue of Lady Justice, one of the finest I’ve ever seen, stands behind him. The…
If you weren’t at the Freeman Coliseum last night, you might have missed one of the best metal shows San Antonio has ever seen. The lineup was sick. I’m talking like, whatever era of metal you grew up in, the bill was stacked. And metal history was reflected in the sea of black band t-shirts…
It’s official: boy bands are back. Honestly, we’re not that mad about it. On Wednesday, hot new boy band PRETTYMUCH announced their fall North American headlining outing, the Funktion Tour. The band will be joined by special guest Gunnar Gehl on all dates. The tour will kick off October 18 in Seattle and also make…
Look, we know this is a few months away, but San Antonio’s a metal town… and this is kind of a big deal. New Orleans black metal legends Goatwhore headline the 8th Metal Alliance Tour — and it’s heading our way Saturday, Nov. 3. The bill also includes the Casualties, Black Tusk, Great American Ghost…
Amid several other great heavy shows this weekend, stalwart South Carolina post-hardcore band Emery will stop at Jack’s with a few other choice acts. Emery, which has kept fans waiting on new material since 2015’s rad You Were Never Alone LP, makes Christian post-hardcore that fuses in elements of emo and alternative, and largely avoids…
Better Butter is a collection of short plays written and performed by a talented and forward-thinking ensemble of artists: Clint Taylor, Joyous Windrider Jimenez, Fernanda Covarrubias, Lilith Tijerina, Sarah Tijerina, Giovan Lugo and Abel Ramirez. The meta, fourth-wall-demolishing result of this group’s effort is drama that asks questions of the purpose and framework of drama…
It’s not your imagination. Those dockless electric scooters really are cluttering up downtown. Since Bird — S.A.’s first scooter-sharing company — arrived in late June, the City has removed 110 of the vehicles left in potentially hazardous locations or blocking rights-of-way, according to the Center City Development & Operations office. That doesn’t mean SAPD’s been hauling…
It’s happened to all of us at some point. You leave your room key in your room accidentally and get locked out. It’s a bummer, but usually gets sorted out. However, this wasn’t exactly the case with Fea members Bobby Rivas and Letty Martinez. After playing a show at the Grog Shop in Cleveland, Ohio…
This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Out In SA. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar has unveiled a new initiative, dubbed the “Community and Internal Liaison Program,” with the goal of creating relationships with culturally-specific communities in the county. Among the 12 deputies who were appointed to the program is Sgt. Stephanie Flores who…
Before he was known for posting long-winded rants on social media, Chicago-native Lupe Fiasco was one of hip-hop’s most promising artists. Much like Kanye West’s The College Dropout or Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., Fiasco’s 2007 sophomore effort The Cool became an instant hip-hop classic, ahead of its time and regularly quoted by many of today’s leading…
Fans of hardcore, metalcore and related genres have something to get excited about in this weekend’s Rage Fest, which brings together artists from around the country. The mini-fest will feature, for starters, beloved metalcore outfit Attila, which has made itself a consistent player in the genre over the course of six solid LPs since 2007.…
During a scene in the 2009 dramedy The Devil Wears Prada, an inexperienced fashion magazine assistant played by Anne Hathaway complains to her boyfriend about the pretentious nature of the fashion world. The magazine’s callous editor had berated her for an innocent, albeit clueless, remark she made about accessories. “They all act like they’re curing…
In we-need-more-Latinx-voices-in-media news, Munchies (the food arm of Vice) published an article hailing mangonadas as the treats everyone should be eating right now, and we gotta know: where have you been, fam? The article goes on to share the story of a successful snack shop (much like the ones scattered throughout San Antonio, most of…
Coffeeshops in San Antonio are numbering in the thirties these days, because, well, the city loves its caffeine. One of the latest shops to open on the city’s West Side, Shotgun House Roasters, is just 4 months old, but already drawing fans from across San Antonio to sample their small-batch roasted beans. For this week’s…
A San Antonio movie theater was evacuated Tuesday night after a man exhibited bizarre behavior. A man walked into the Regal Huebner Oaks Stadium 14 & RPX theater around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after buying a ticket. According to reports, the man, who had a backpack, started screaming. Moviegoers were unable to understand what he was…
Bacon will be the star of the show at URBAN-15’s latest fundraiser on Saturday, August 18 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Big Hops at the Bridge. Local chefs will feature bacon dishes at $5 a pop to benefit the group’s community-based arts mission. Featured chefs whipping up bacon-inspired bites include Michael Sohocki and Andreas Imhof…
Planking on a motorcycle + speeding on a San Antonio highway = the Alamo City’s latest viral sensation. The internet is in awe of a mysterious San Antonian who put on a show while whizzing down Loop 410. In a video uploaded by Ace Scott, aka Twitter user @AceTheShooterr, the daredevil motorcyclist pays tribute to…
Brought to you by producer Baba Aundar Ma’at and director Born Logic Allah (Melaneyes Media), the independent San Antonio team that made 2017’s excellent Message to the People: A Story of Malcolm X, a new film looks to tell the story of black San Antonio. The documentary Walk on the River: A Black History of…
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. Night markets hold a long tradition in Asia. But around these parts, the concept of strolling among vendors and chowing down on international cuisine came along as recently as 2015. It took the kismet meeting of two…
Last Tuesday, SAPD officers ordered Occupy ICE San Antonio protesters camped outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on the Northeast Side to vacate the property and move along. And they did. For a while. After staying away the next two days for fear of arrest — and at one point temporarily setting up under…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The prettier the garden, the dirtier the hands of the gardener,” writes aphorist B. E. Barnes. That’ll be especially applicable to you in the coming weeks. You’ll have extra potential to create and foster beauty, and any beauty you produce will generate practical benefits for you and those you care about.…
Q: I’ve been enjoying consensual nonmonogamy for the past two years, in part thanks to your column and podcast. I have a delightful young lover, and our connection has evolved into a kind of Master/slave relationship. I “allow” her to fuck other men and women, and she delights in asking my permission and recounting the…
Apparently, Gary Gulman is stand-up comedy’s best kept secret. The Boston native and current New Yorker was lauded by the Village Voice in the same breath as Louis C.K. and Bill Burr as the “next giant ex-Bostonian comic to break huge.” In 2014, the New York Times described him as a “vivid storyteller” and said…
Rapper J. Cole is on a 34-date tour in support of his new album KOD, with special guests Young Thug, Earthgang, Kill Edward and Jaden Smith. The tour kicked off in Miami on August 9, and is making stops across North America, including one right here in the Alamo City. While KOD has been met…
Editor’s Note: The following is Their Town, a column of opinion and analysis. City Hall is panicking over the possibility of voters falling in love with the fire union’s three damaging amendments to the city charter this fall. The behind-the-scenes consensus is that the measures – one would cap future city managers’ compensation and force…
Throw those horns to the sky, folks. Your favorite metal act is coming to town. In January, metal legends Slayer announced dates for what they said is their final world tour, which was disappointingly going to miss San Antonio altogether. However, with more than half the tour’s first leg dates already either completely sold out…
In what’s considered one of his most memorable movie roles, actor, comedian, Waco native and “wild and crazy guy” Steve Martin stars in the 1979 absurdist comedy The Jerk as Navin R. Johnson, the naive, adopted white son of a poor black sharecropping family, who grows up never knowing his true race. When he finally…
Since the beginning of the summer the Historic Pearl Brewery has been the host to the Olé, a celebration of the Tricentennial in San Antonio that showcases the art, history, culture and food from Spain. This means Tapas Tuesday, Spanish art shows, cooking demos using conservas and olive oil, and Spanish Sippin’ Gin and Tonic…
