Tears of Joy: Why San Antonio Still Loves Emo
The more misunderstood genres of music. Take a quick trip to internet slang bible Urban Dictionary, known for savage user-submitted definitions, to understand why “emo,” even to some who still have feels for the genre, usually feels like a modern insult. There are the usual “emo kid” stereotypes: the weepy LiveJournal blog, a comb over of…
TPR’s Cinema Tuesdays Series Culminates with Texas Classic ‘The Last Picture Show’
If you thought the 1970s New Wave of American film was set entirely in Martin Scorsese’s New York City, we highly suggest a trip to Anarene, the fictional North Texas burg Roger Ebert calls “a town with no reason to exist, [populated by] people with no reason to live there.” Based on author Larry McMurtry’s…
Canadian Garage Rocker Mark Sultan Headlines a Solid Monday Lineup at Hi-Tones
While the St. Mary’s Strip continues its renaissance (don’t call it a comeback) as the live music epicenter of San Anto’s scene, some of the newer (or revamped) establishments have stolen a bit of thunder from Hi-Tones, which continues to put on excellent shows stacked with diverse touring acts as well as swell local talent.…
Coen Brothers’ ‘No Country for Old Men’ Wraps Up Award-Winning West Film Series on Tuesday
You kids living in today’s post-Anton Chigurh world won’t believe this, but there was a time not that long ago when the bowl haircut was strictly for goofballs: Moe from the Three Stooges, for example, or Lloyd Christmas from Dumb & Dumber. But that was before the Coen Brothers — adapting a Cormac McCarthy novel…
Why We Love (and Hate) Hatch Chile Season
As the temperatures of the long days of August start to rise, two things become immutably clear. One, summer is slowly but surely trying to murder each and every one of us in South Texas, and two, Hatch Chile Festival is upon us. Hailing from the Hatch Valley in New Mexico, the unique, unmistakable flavor…
Esperanza Workshop Helps Welcome Trans Kids Back to School
It’s back-to-school time once again, and parents are rushing to gather school supplies, uniforms and/or tuition for the coming school year. Additionally, some parents and guardians are having to take extra precautions this time around to ensure their transgender child is able to navigate school halls and bathrooms safely and affirmingly in light of transphobic…
Local Artist Ed Saavedra’s Second Saturday Exhibit Takes Aim at Police Misconduct
After quoting George Orwell’s 1984 antagonist on the future (“…imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever”), Nixon aide and Watergate co-conspirator John Ehrlichman on the war on drugs (“… by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those…
Abstract Painter Andrea Reyes Gets Her ‘Momento’ in the Second Saturday Spotlight
After hosting Lisette Chavez’s stunning “Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers” show in July, Provenance Gallery will feature abstract painter Andrea Reyes’ new show “Momento” for the month of August. Born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, and now based in San Antonio, Reyes learned to draw, sculpt and paint at a young age. Now, years later,…
Savage Love on Vacation
DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for the next three weeks — but you won’t be reading old columns while I’m away. You’ll be getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me. Dan Savage is a sports writer and the assistant director of digital content…
Free Will Astrology (8/10/16-8/16/16)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am…
Iconic Musical ‘Evita’ Takes the Woodlawn Stage This Friday
The Woodlawn brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Evita to its stage under the direction of Christopher Rodriguez and Josh Pepper. Controversially immortalized in a film starring Madonna in the title role, Evita chronicles the life of the charismatic first lady of Argentina, Eva Perón, who rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful voice…
Laugh Out Loud Welcomes Controversial Comic Carlos Mencia This Weekend
The first time the Current interviewed stand-up comedian Carlos Mencia was in 2010, a year after Southpark aired an episode featuring an animated version of the former Mind of Mencia star being beaten to death for stealing jokes — a charge he’s had to defend for more than a decade. “If somebody doesn’t want to…
Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney Interviews Tim Hedgepeth
Tim Hedgepeth is an independent theater artist and a member of the drama faculty at Northwest Vista College. He is one busy person. Along with being the co-founder and artistic director of the Allegro Stage Company, he’s a guest director for an array of local theaters including The Playhouse, the Woodlawn Theatre and The Classic Theatre…
Food Court: Restaurant Week, Stout House’s Opening and How to Win Free Ribs
It’s Back San Antonio Restaurant Week is almost upon us. Starting August 13, more than 100 restaurants will serve up prix-fixe menus that show off their skills. The restaurants are broken down into two tiers; the first will feature three-course $15 lunches and $35 dinners while tier two will feature three-course $10 lunches and $25…
‘Suicide Squad’ Shows Warner Bros. Still Hasn’t Really Figured Out This Whole Comics-Movie Thing
After the mind-numbing ineptitude of “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” Warner Bros. desperately needs “Suicide Squad” to get its fledgling DC Comics Universe in line. It has to be well told, feature a legitimate villain, and inject a dash of humor into its gloomy proceedings so viewers can leave the theater with a well-earned,…
Late San Antonio Pianist Portrayed in Meryl Streep’s ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
As a kid, actor Simon Helberg (TV’s The Big Bang Theory) didn’t need anyone to tell him he wasn’t going to make it to the NBA. “I was afraid of the ball,” Helberg, 35, told the Current during a phone interview last week to talk about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins. “I realized maybe…
Zika File: Global Warming is Driving ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases Our Way
The deadliest creatures on the planet don’t consume their prey outright. They sip them. These stealthy meals are hardly felt at all—until the itch sets in. Then you know: Mosquito. Mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile, chikungunya, and Zika—strange-sounding and remote to most American ears—are given little attention until they rush our shores to puncture…
Local Comedian Larry Garza Chooses to Deal with Cancer the Only Way He Knows How — by Laughing His Way Through It
It’s Saturday evening, July 9, and the house is packed at the Empire Theater in downtown San Antonio. Local comedian Larry Garza, one of the opening acts of the night, steps out of the green room and paces back and forth. His wife of nine years, Andee, watches him intently as he walks the hallway…
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Finally Found a Home for the Alamo Library
The recent conflict-ridden era for the Alamo came closer to an end Tuesday as Bexar County Commissioners Court approved a lease allowing the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to house its library in the former Federal Reserve Bank building. The decision resolves a conflict over the massive collection that started after then-recently elected Texas…
5 Ways Bahama Bucks Is Saving Us from the Hot, Hot Heat
“I’ve heard that if you have a brain freeze, the pain comes from the blood rushing back into your capillaries so if you just keep eating it, it won’t be as bad.” My partner-in-crime explained this one to me after a much-too-large bite of local Bahama Bucks owner’s, Laura Schwarz, favorite “Birthday Cake Bahama Mama…
Is the Lone Star Rail District Dead…Again?
After more than a decade of planning, efforts by the Lone Star Rail District to build a commuter train between San Antonio and Austin just keep dying. And this week, the chatter is that central Texas rail is dead. Again. The Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, a Central Texas transportation planning body, on…
The Overtime Hosts World Premiere of Spooky Gay Comedy ‘Ghostbears’
While it champions Texas-bred productions, the wild and wacky Overtime Theater also stages offbeat works concocted by like-minded playwrights from across the nation. Given his track record fusing Goth culture, Netflix fandom and David Attenborough-inspired nature docs (Among the Squirrels), not to mention setting a Greek myth in a 1950s-era Arizona diner (Iphigenia in Kingman),…
Gallo Pizzeria Will Close This Week
Update on Wednesday, August 10 at 6:39 p.m.: Per owner Stephanie McMillan, Gallo Pizzeria will remain open for a few more weeks through early September when they’ll host a farewell party. We’ll keep you posted on a date for the last pizza bash. Sad news, pizza lovers. Gallo Pizzeria (164 Castroville Road, 210-264-0077) will close…
San Antonio Will Get More Booze-Cruise Party Bikes Later This Month
San Antonians and tourists alike will soon be able to book a ride on one of the city’s first party bikes (the Local Crawler had a quiet launch earlier this year) when CycloSocial Co. launches in late August. Set for an August 20 launch at Alamo Beer Co.’s beer hall, the company owned by friends…
10 Free Events Happening This Week
Wed 8/10 TED Talks: Education Revolution KLRN hosts a panel discussion and screening of a program featuring talks from educator Sal Khan, who examines the impact of online teaching, Victor Rios, who takes a deep dive into the problems of the school-to-prison pipeline, and Principal Nadia Lopez, whose middle school is in the most dangerous…
A Woman Stabbed Her Nephew to Death in Far West Bexar County Tuesday Morning
Investigators with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office are trying to figure out why a 36-year-old woman stabbed her 25-year-old nephew to death minutes after a sheriff’s deputy left her property. Authorities say Andira Abdelaziz reported an attempted break-in Tuesday morning at a home on the 12500 block of Dry Run in far west Bexar County.…
Petition Calls For Honorary Oscar For Trailblazing San Antonio Film Producer
With all the shattering of glass ceilings these days, Adam Rocha, executive director of the San Antonio Film Festival, wants in on the action. Rocha recently started an online petition to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to grant San Antonio native and producer Marcia Nasatir with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.…
UT Joins State In Asking Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Campus Carry
The writing may be on the wall for three University of Texas-Austin professors who filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to allow them to ban concealed handguns in their classrooms. UT-Austin joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday in filing motions asking U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel to toss a lawsuit brought by professors…
Infant Dies from Zika-Related Complications in Texas
Officials in Harris County on Tuesday announced that an infant who died a few weeks ago succumbed to complications from the Zika virus. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said during a press conference, which was live streamed by Kens5, that test results the county received back from the state last Friday confirmed that the infant is…
Feds Give $40 Million to Local Primate Research Center Accused of Animal Mistreatment
The feds have given a local research center with a history of Animal Welfare Act violations enough money to continue its tests on primates for the next five years. Last week, the Texas Biomedical Research Institute announced that the National Institutes of Health had awarded its Southwest National Primate Research Center more than $40 million…
Rackspace Sells More Stuff, Avoids Talk of Sale During Investors Call
After a bunch of anonymously-attributed reports heralded Rackpace’s impending sale just before the weekend, all eyes were on the company’s second-quarter earnings call with investors and analysts Monday. The results: not bad, and potentially sign one of San Antonio’s first tech pioneers is staring to successfully shift its business model after rising competition from giants…
5 Rock Goddesses From the 90s
For every mainstream testosterone-fueled rock group in the 1990s, there were girls who rivaled the boys. Nirvana’s counterpart was Hole, Sublime was not unlike No Doubt, the Breeders were a spin on the Pixies and the Backstreet Boys competing with girl power concentrate, aka the Spice Girls. The once male dominated rock ‘n’ roll scene…
The ‘Game of Thrones’ Concert Tour is Coming to the AT&T Center March 16
In preparation for season seven, Game of Thrones is set to slay pop culture again with composer Ramin Djawadi and a touring orchestra, choir and special effects team in early 2017. The Live Nation-produced tour will feature a complete recreation of Djawadi’s famed GoT score with the addition of video technology, a 360-degree stage and…
Get Political with Trevor Noah at the Tobin Center
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts announced that it will present Trevor Noah on Friday, October 28, as a part of the stand-up comedian’s Lost in Translation tour. While the South African native is best known for succeeding Jon Stewart upon the Primetime Emmy Award winner’s departure from The Daily Show, a satirical news…
Democratic VP Nominee Tim Kaine to Talk Jobs and Raise Cash in Texas Tuesday
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will be in Austin Tuesday touting presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s 100-day jobs plan and trying to raise cash for the campaign. The visit comes as the Clinton/Kaine ticket continues to ride a post-Democratic National Convention surge in the polls. Both Clinton and Kaine have been traveling the country since…
Enjoy Frozen Cocktails at these 9 SA Spots
I can think of 100 things I want to do instead of dealing with another 100-degree heat day. Spoiler alert: several of these involve booze. There are a few things more refreshing than frozen beverages. We’ve already dabbled in boozy slushies, and frozen moscato, but what if you’re not into breaking out the blender or…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Kim Chi Brings Her Anime-inspired Drag to the Heat
Although RuPaul’s Drag Race is praised for bringing drag to the masses, it is not without critics who say the show often rewards the use of racial stereotypes among its contestants. Refusing to give into such antics, season eight’s Kim Chi described herself as a “7-foot-tall, live action anime character,” preferring to draw from contemporary…
Frankie Valli Serenades the Majestic Wednesday
At 82-years-old, Four Seasons icon Frankie Valli has certainly entered the autumn of his career. But like fall in San Antonio, the days are still hot. Long after Northern Soul hits like “Grease” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Valli is still involved in major pop culture movements. With the 2005 Broadway hit Jersey Boys, Valli…
Local Real Estate Firm Settles With Tim Duncan in Lawsuit Over Doctored Image
The lawsuit Tim Duncan brought against the real estate company Keller Williams in July has come to a close. Keller Williams spokeswoman Sarah Marshall said she couldn’t disclose settlement terms, but said Robert Elder, who doctored an image of Duncan to promote his business, has resigned. “The agent has personally apologized for his error in…
Melanie Martinez to Perform the Aztec Theatre October 26
Even though she’s not a household name yet, underground DIY pop singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez is poised to achieve the impossible: mainstream success. Not without pop culture exposure, Martinez starred (and was voted off) season three of The Voice, and her song “Carousel” was featured in a promo for American Horror Story: Freakshow. Not bad for a 21-year-old…
George P. Bush Swallows Bitter Pill, Endorses Donald Trump
A member of the Bush dynasty has finally endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but it’s far from a glowing endorsement. Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush said Saturday that Trump is a bitter pill for the Bush family to swallow, but urged Lone Star State Republicans to get behind the candidate, the…
Nina Diaz Rocks Limelight Tonight
Nina Diaz’s bandmates in Girl in a Coma just dropped a bad motherfucker of a Chicana punk record, but don’t think that the GiaC front woman has been slacking — she’s sitting pretty on some solo material recorded at the audiophile’s heaven of Sonic Ranch and her live band, which performs at Limelight tonight, is…
Ethics Review Board to Hear Complaint Against Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales
The City’s ethics review board will consider a complaint Thursday that accuses Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales of using her official Facebook page to promote Hillary Clinton and a candidate in a local judicial race. On June 3, Will McCleod filed the sworn complaint against Gonzales with the City Clerk’s office. “Shirley Gonzalez [sic] engaged in partisan…
Elvis Depressedly and the Dark Side of Summer Lovin’
You take side streets home from the sketchiest gas station in your area code with a pack of Zig-Zags crumpled in your fist. A red neon light falls on the back of your denim jacket as you walk. Your plastic earbuds vibrate in harmony with the strange loops of a droning chorus: “Always real, always…
TPR Revisits Toontown with Tuesday Screening of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’
Maybe it’s the “bad” way Jessica Rabbit’s drawn, or the nightmares you still have about the melting shoe, or just the worlds-collide shock of seeing Daffy and Donald share the screen. Maybe it’s … whatever Baby Herman’s whole deal is. In any case, 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit is without a doubt one of those pseudo-kid-friendly…
Does ‘Annie Hall’ Defy Its Creepy Creator?
“Alvy, you’re incapable of enjoying life, you know that?” asks a waifish Diane Keaton behind the tortoiseshell frames of her sunglasses. “I mean, you’re like New York City. You’re just this person. You’re like this island unto yourself.” Taken aback, Alvy shuffles through verbiage, stifled by his “chronic Los Angeles nausea” upon revisiting his ex-lover…
Getting to Know Richard Aste, the McNay’s New Director
As previously reported, the McNay Art Museum has concluded its year-long effort to replace retiring director (of 25 years) William J. Chiego. In selecting Richard Aste — who comes to us with 15 years of curating experience from the Brooklyn Museum and the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico — the McNay has…
City Targets Two Troubled East Side Properties
The City of San Antonio this week took legal action to shut down two properties on the near East Side that authorities say are hot spots for drug use. News broke Friday that the Handy Stop, at 627 N. New Braunfels, will be forced to close its doors in October, the San Antonio Express-News reports.…
Tickets to See Morrissey Sell Out in Less Than 10 Minutes
Those who missed out on snagging tickets to see Morrissey this November will have to find a more creative way to get into the sold-out show. Priced between $49.50-$69.50, tickets to see the The Smiths frontman and iconic musician at the Tobin Center, which went on sale at 10 a.m. today, sold out in a…
Tesla Might Finally Get a San Antonio Showroom
For the past couple years, Tesla Motors and San Antonio have been like two shy kids at a high school dance. There have been some attempts to foster a relationship, like when Tesla courted city officials in 2014 over a proposal to build an electric-battery factory here (Reno, Nevada, ended up getting it). The company has…
Get to Nectar Wine Bar on Tuesday for Wine-O Bingo
Nectar Wine Bar and Ale House is hosting a Bingo night with a wine theme that is only fitting for the adorable storefront that opened last year off of Broadway. The game night takes place Tuesdays at 7 p.m., and it involves a twist on your regular bingo card: fun prizes and tons of great…
Man Who Attacked Pit Bull With Hydrochloric Acid Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
A San Antonio pit bull named Rosie captured attention from around the world for all the wrong reasons last August after her owner doused her with corrosive acid. Rosie now has a new family and is recovering well. As for the man who abused her, he was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Her…
Who Doesn’t Like Breweries, Honestly?
With the Lonestar Neighborhood Association and the city’s Zoning Commission behind them, San Antonio City Council today unanimously approved San Antonio Brewing Co. to proceed with the renovation of their 1,800-square-foot space. San Antonio Brewing Co., headed by local owner Vera Deckard, is scheduled to open the brewpub in November at 264 E. Lachapelle. Until…
Jazz S’Alive Announces Its 33rd Festival Feat. Joe Lovano, Flaco Jiménez, Spot Barnett and More
Now in its 33rd year, Jazz S’Alive delivers a strong lineup of headliners for its free festival in Travis Park on Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18. Saturday’s headliners include 63-year-old Grammy-winning tenor giant Joe Lovano. Something of a torch-bearer for the straight-ahead sound, Lovano’s robust tone has made him a favorite among greats…
Spurs Showdown Opens Olympic Hoops
Too fast for you @Patty_Mills! Don't even try! 😉Great to see out there bro! 🇦🇷🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/Y1tHHgMobX — Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) July 27, 2016 Olympic basketball tips off this weekend in Rio, when Tony Parker’s French national team locks horns with Patty Mills and Australia’s Boomers. Joining their fellow Spurs in South America are Spaniard Pau Gasol, along with…
Aural Pleasure: DJ Khaled’s ‘Major Key’
DJ Khaled is hip-hop’s estranged uncle—no one is sure just what he does, but he comes back year after year with new friends and more money. On the new Major Key, his first record since achieving Snapchat meme status, the Miami “producer” only produced 5 of 14 tracks. He raps on exactly none, but yells…
Texas Fetal Burial Proposal Would Add Thousands to the Cost of an Abortion
A funeral services consumer advocacy group says a state proposal to require the cremation or burial of aborted fetuses could mean an approximate $2,000 increase to the cost of an abortion. On July 1, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission quietly slipped a proposed rule into the Texas Register that would require fetal remains,…
How We Created a Downtown Hotel Mess
It’s a great time to be in the hotel business. In April, Smith Travel Research, the country’s leading hotel research firm, could report “74 months of continued growth” in national hotel demand, with business easily surpassing pre-recession levels. Major city markets have been setting records in terms of hotel occupancy and average rate. But not…
Reports: Rackspace Could Be Sold by End of Week
Multiple news reports Thursday afternoon made a Rackspace sale look imminent and temporarily halted trading of the San Antonio-based tech company. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Rackspace is in “advanced talks with one or more private-equity firms” for a sale, perhaps as soon as by the…
The Time Our Food & Nightlife Editor Didn’t Drink for 12 Days
Detox, fasts, cleanses (I’ve been on one of these already and it wasn’t my jam) often serve a purpose. Whether it’s to springboard into a new healthy lifestyle or rid the system of impurities, cleanses are a thing. This past June, instead of dropping all white foods, limiting sugar or cutting out red meat for…
General Reference to Water Protection in City Plan Becomes Controversial. Because Developers.
In case you haven’t heard, San Antonio is in the final stages of crafting and adopting a new comprehensive city plan that’s been dubbed “SA Tomorrow,” one of those big-picture type initiatives that’s supposed to outline city leaders’ long-term vision for the future. Unlike the Julián Castro-era “SA2020” plan, this one will be drafted, stamped…
Texas Regulators Fail Federal Dirty Bomb Investigation
All it took for federal investigators to obtain a license to acquire radioactive materials that can be used to build a dirty bomb was an unfurnished office in Dallas and a shell company. The Center for Public Integrity on Thursday morning published a story detailing a secretive initiative undertaken by the Government Accountability Office to…
10 Shows to See This Weekend
Culture Club Thursday, August 4 “It’s a Miracle” that a band calling themselves Culture Club and meaning it — a band fronted by Boy George and featuring a lineup that looks almost as diverse as a genre gumbo like “Karma Chameleon” sounds — even made it to American airwaves in the uptight ’80s (hell, it’d…
Man Claims Sheriff’s Deputy Drove Him Home, Asked For Sex and Stalked Him Outside His Apartment
The man was apparently still drunk from an overnight bender when he called 911 just after noon on March 6 with a curious emergency: a sheriff’s deputy had offered to drive him home from a car wreck, asked him for sexual favors along the way, and was now circling the man’s apartment complex searching for…
First Thursday & Friday Preview: 7 Shows Not to Miss
Thu 8/4 – Fri 8/5 “Cordova’s Cabinet of Curiosities” As an independent curator, Ruben C. Cordova made a memorable statement in 2015 by staging a four-venue retrospective compiling nearly all 150 large-scale paintings in late Chicano artist Mel Casas’ epic Humanscapes series. Host to the earliest portion (dubbed “Sex and Cinema with Mel Casas, 1965-1968”),…
UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures to Participate in Kidcation Week, Celebrate the Vaquero
The UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures is participating in San Antonio’s Kidcation week with an eight day celebration of the Vaquero, or Texas Cowboy. Kidcation turns the city into a children’s playground for a last big outing before the school year, and we have entry promotions and special programming next week centered on introducing adults and children to…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 8/4 Culture Club “It’s a Miracle” that a band calling themselves Culture Club and meaning it — a band fronted by Boy George and featuring a lineup that looks almost as diverse as a genre gumbo like “Karma Chameleon” sounds — even made it to American airwaves in the uptight ’80s (hell, it’d be…
Inaugural Mala Luna Festival Announces October Lineup feat. Travis Scott, Kaskade
Scoremore Shows, the young, premier hip-hop promoter in Texas, announced an early lineup for their Mala Luna Festival on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30. Located at the Lone Star Brewery, the initial lineup features Houston phenom Travis Scott, who just finished a tour with Rihanna; Kaskade, one of EDM’s top names; G-Eazy, who penned…
Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff Wasn’t Wearing Pants During DWI Arrest, Says “I Screwed Up”
“Wow.” That was the first word uttered by North Side Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff Wednesday afternoon in his first public appearance since being arrested for a DWI over the weekend. On the second floor of the Bexar County Courthouse, reporters packed a media briefing room waiting for the first public comments from the commissioner…
A Local’s Guide to Upcoming Food Events in SA
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5 Brotherly Duos With a Passion for Old Fashioneds
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…” Thus spoke Henry V, in Shakespeare’s play of the same name, on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt; the “band of brothers” term has been appropriated multiple times since — so we’ll…
Is Woody Allen’s ‘Café Society’ worth the $10?
Writer/director Woody Allen takes us back to the 1930s in Café Society, and just as he did in Midnight In Paris, he remembers those bygone times with sun-soaked idyllic opulence and grandeur. There’s nary a word about the Great Depression or the upcoming world war, save for an offhand comment about Hitler. This is okay…
Power Ranger Says Texas Comicon Promoter Cheated Him Out of $1,300
The San Antonio man who starred as the Red Ranger in the 1990s sitcom Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is mad as hell at Texas Comicon promoter Kris Kidd. Steve Cardenas, who grew up in San Antonio, took to his social media accounts Tuesday, blasting Kidd for allegedly cheating him out of $1,300. “He cheated me…
A Local’s Guide to Tackling a Whole Pig
A South Texas Pig Roast
Finding Zen through Yoga and Beer
Bend & Brew
High Wheel Beerworks Spreads Brews around Downtown
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Iggy Pop’s Show on David Bowie is the Essential Memorial of the Thin White Duke
In the late 1970s, Davide Bowie surpassed human levels of achievement in rock ’n’ roll. In Germany, in a studio by the Berlin Wall, Bowie stripped down his glam sound for a minimalist pop feel, as evidenced by his trio of records named after the city: Low, Heroes and Lodger. In this studio, where Red…
Texas Elects First Independent in More Than Half a Century
The last time voters sent an independent to the Texas Legislature was more than half a century ago. This means that yesterday’s special election to temporarily fill the House District 120 seat, which was vacated when longtime local lawmaker Ruth Jones McClendon retired earlier this year, was an historic election with what appears to be remarkably…
Where to Eat Right Now: 12 Restaurants We Love
Botika 303 Pearl Pkwy., Suite 111, (210) 670-7684 botikapearl.com A little more than a year ago, San Antonio lost one of its first Pearl complex eateries, and the vacant space once occupied by Arcade Midtown Kitchen had its fair share of speculation swirling around it. Though even Geronimo Lopez had heard whispers of Tyson Cole’s…
A Guide to San Antonio’s Coffeeshops
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