New food truck lot to hit SouthTown Sept. 6
Coming in September. (Courtesy) Hungry San Antonians will have another place to check out mobile eats this September. Chris McKnight will open Mission #6 during September’s First Friday; trucks will be curated by Ana Fernandez of The Institute of Chili. Trucks currently lined up for the debut of the lot include Sabores, The Fridge, Chocollazo…
5 Things You Have to Do This Week
1. Kidcation Week The inaugural Kidcation Week (August 12-18) turns SA into a citywide playground with more than 60 deals and events for kids and families. During the days, enjoy free fitness and exercise classes in parks, pools and facilities throughout the city. On Monday evening, take in Slab Cinema’s free outdoor screening of Despicable…
One Night Only: ‘CBGB’ Movie coming to SA Wednesday Night
CBGB, the movie about the legendary New York music club, will screen 7:30pm Wednesday, October 23, at the Santikos Palladium and Santikos Silverado 16 movie theatres. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, New York City’s CBGB (which stood for “Country, BlueGrass, and Blues” but is better remembered for its punk and New Wave music) pioneered…
LISTEN: 5 Upcoming Albums To Look Forward To and Why
With summer—vacation, not temperatures — dwindling fast and the promise of fall upon us, we set our sights on closing out another year and fulfilling all those high hopes we had back in January. As a consolation for all your hard work, whether you’re lucky enough to have summer vacation or not, there are some…
9 Metal Shows Coming to San Antonio
Metal Bands Coming To San Antonio As festival season is coming to an end, it’s time for the back to school blues again. But that doesn’t mean all the fun has to end. This fall offers a good lineup of metal bands ranging from cute Warped tour new-bee’s to classic rock legends. King Conquer, Betrayal,…
From Rags to Riches: 10 Aspirational Novels You Need to Read
Related: ‘The Five Acts of Diego Leon’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Soulfully Sell Out There is nothing more intriguing to a reader than fame, money, love and the failure of success. Luckily, there are other places to satisfy this literary craving than the Wall Street Journal and a Cosmo magazine. With the popular return of the…
‘Breaking Bad’ Returns Wielding Cockroaches, Ricin and “Blood Money”
The heroism involved in staying put in spite of it all is the heroism of a cockroach, which also won’t be driven out of the bathroom. – Franz Kafka Whether idly crawling along a cement wall in the mid-season finale or scurrying across a glass table in Sunday’s premiere, the cockroach is one of the…
‘Breaking Bad’ seasons 1-5 recap; final season starts tonight
The second part of Breaking Bad’s fifth (and last) season returns tonight on AMC at 8pm. Watch the video below if you’re new to the show or want to relive the best moments of one of the most acclaimed TV shows ever. Each episode is available the day after. Click here if you want to…
‘Breaking Bad’ Video Grab Bag: 15 Epic Outtakes, Interviews, Parodies and More
1. This hilarious, no bullshit “Honest Trailer” for Breaking Bad is a must watch. Why? So you know what you’re really getting yourself into when you sit down to watch Vince Gilligan’s masterpiece at the behest of everyone you’ve ever met. Also excellent for die hard fans that’ll find themselves being all “TOTALLY! YES! SO TRUE.…
Nat’l S’mores Day is Saturday, Aug. 10
Tableside S’mores, yo. In honor of National S’mores Day we went to the experts for some advice on how to make a perfectly melted mess of chocolate-y goodness and fluffy ‘mallows (say that five times fast!). The answer? Well according to s’mores guru Chelsea Von Peacock at Halcyon Southtown (1414 S Alamo) you have to…
Video: Molotov at The Korova 8/6/13
Molotov’s Tito Fuentes (photo by Maclovio Pérez Jr.) Tuesday’s Molotov show at The Korova, in front of a near-capacity crowd, was a memorable party for diehard fans and a surreal flashback for anyone who lived through the Los Angeles rock en español boom in the late ’80s to mid-’90s. Unfortunately, the sound didn’t help (surprise!),…
Closed: Tony Parker’s Nueve Lounge
There you have it; posted on the bar’s website. (Courtesy) Nueve Lounge, we hardly knew ye. Talk about a quiet goodbye. The bar owned by Spurs guard Tony Parker has shuttered. Formerly located at 23535 IH-10 W, Ste 1101, the bar was a hang out for wannabe Spurs wives and former basketball players as noted…
Road to Nowhere: Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch drive ‘Prince Avalanche’
“Can we just enjoy the silence?” screams Paul Rudd’s uptight Alvin in David Gordon Green’s minimalist comedy Prince Avalanche. It’s shouted in reaction to Lance (Emile Hirsch), the feckless brother of his long-term girlfriend, whose very existence is an intrusion on Alvin’s psyche. On first blush it’s an easy laugh line but, when considered a…
WATCH: Dude Recites Every Line of “Mean Girls” by Heart in Under Thirty Minutes
His name is Christopher Rosa and he’s an intern for NextMovie. And possibly a unicorn. Or a wizard. Or a unicorn wizard.
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
1. Valden Todd Lewis So, you taught yourself the “Possum Kingdom” chords as a kid, tracked the Toadies through their subsequent seven-plus years in record label hell, caught lead singer Vaden Todd Lewis performing with his next group, The Burden Brothers, and finally exalted in the Toadies’ 2008 reunion, one of the most deserved turnarounds…
LGBT Non-Discrimination Ordinance Debated At Citizens Heard Meeting
Allegations of government mind control and a step toward pedophilia marked the oftentimes, nonsensical testimony from anti-LGBT residents who came out to oppose a non-discrimination ordinance during a City Hall public testimony meeting. With more than 120 people signed up to speak either for or against the NDO, the Council chambers saw a full house…
Say “Adios” to Hot Joy this Saturday, Aug. 10
It’s more of a “See ya later” (Current Files) Heads up, food-sluts. Hot Joy is saying good-bye this Saturday. Head over to El Monty, 1127 S. St. Mary’s for the final dinner from 6 p.m.-midnight. Per the Facebook post (h/t Lauren Madrid): Hello Hot Joy friends! This weekend will be our last weekend of Hot…
Local Foodie Sets Up Kickstarter for Pi Pans
Get it, it’s a Pi Pie Pan. (Courtesy) Garrett Heath, local Racker, foodie, and blogger over at SA Flavor has been busy constructing this: <iframe width=”480″ height=”360″ src=”http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinojo/pi-pans-the-geekiest-way-to-bake-a-pie/widget/video.html” frameborder=”0″> </iframe> Today, Heath launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the production of even more of these “geeky culinary” Pi Pans (which are also great for…
Arturo Herrera: Artworks
Related: Arturo Herrera’s Fascinating Friction at Linda Pace Foundation Arturo Herrera Mushrooms, 2009 Mixed media on paper 57.625 x 44.75 inches (146.4 x 113.7 cm) Artwork © Arturo Herrera/Image courtesy of the artists and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York Continued on next page. Related: Arturo Herrera’s Fascinating Friction at Linda Pace Foundation Arturo Herrera Walk, 2009…
Spurs Announce 2013-14 Season Schedule
As summer draws to a close, San Antonians have two reasons to rejoice: 1. The prospect of lower temperatures, and more importantly 2. A new season for the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs kick off the 2013-14 season on Oct. 30 at the AT&T center. Fans can flock to the stadium to watch the Spurs go up…
Adiós Revolution Room, Hello Leon
Change. Some campaign on it, creatures of habit can’t stand the thought of it. For Lee Beekly, owner of Revolution Room, change was necessary. Beekly, who also owns Taco Garage and Rebar, decided to do a 180 with Rev Room. “A year, year and a half ago, it started going in a different direction that…
Savage Love: Bros
I’m a 25-year-old male. After a tragic set of circumstances, I am now the legal guardian of my 15-year-old brother. He’s gay. Fortunately, our parents took care of “the talk” and taught him how to use condoms. Unfortunately, he has started dating a senior at his school who is about to turn 18 and is…
Playing With Demigods: Percy Jackson ain’t no Harry Potter, but it’s still fun
While it may not have the incredible roster of top-shelf British thespians that graced the Harry Potter films, this second installment in the Percy Jackson series, based on the series penned by SA’s own Rick Riordan, makes the savvy choice to fill its supporting ranks with dependably entertaining character actors. Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Anthony…
Value Vino: ‘Girly wines’ aren’t so pretty in pink
Any kind of marketing at all is suspicious to some of us. Men’s insecurities are targeted by Cialis, their vanity by the-more-blades-the-better Gillette, but the blatant efforts being made in the wine world to pitch product directly to women seem especially insidious. Perhaps it’s a legitimate way to reshape a market in which, despite the…
Arturo Herrera’s Fascinating Friction at Linda Pace Foundation
Related: Arturo Herrera: Artworks It can be difficult to negotiate a single artist’s oeuvre if that artist does not remain consistent in their aesthetic, contextual and methodological concerns. When dealing with an artist as subtle as Arturo Herrera, the manner of interpretation is by nature complex, further complicated by what at first seems like wildly…
Cityscrapes: Back to school
Economists call it “voting with your feet”: choosing where you live depending upon the package of public services—and costs—in a particular part of a metropolis. In the San Antonio area, “voting with your feet” takes the specific form of choosing your home based on one or another school district, even down to a specific high…
Foodie Finds: Lauren Madrid’s Best of Britain
Treacle tart. Yorkshire pudding. Blood sausage. British food hasn’t always had the best reputation. However their overall approach to dining offers a lot of lessons for us across the pond. On a recent vacation, I had the chance to eat some great food (not just fish and chips) and observe what makes our British friends’…
Culinary Calendar: Seven ways to get your grub and/or drink on
Thursday, Aug. 8: The mother of all PBS cooking shows would have turned 101 this Aug. 15; celebrate classic French cuisine a la Julia with the staff at Sur La Table. Five percent of the proceeds will go to Wholesome Wave, a national nonprofit that provides community access to fresh, local produce. The menu for…
3 Metal Standouts at Backstage Live’s All Stars Tour
Summer is festival season, and festival season is metal season. Sure, you could pay double the money to see a bunch of indie-rock bands named after woodland creatures be sad at you, but nothing fits the spirit of the season more than getting your sweat on in the middle of a deafeningly loud mosh pit…
Sexto Sol's Sam Villela Flies on His Own
Villela | Barriba Cantina | July 30 Don’t panic: while Sexto Sol continues to do occasional recordings and live shows (the last was August 3 at Luna), singer/keyboardist Sam Villela has been fronting his own solo band since April. I missed his first few performances, but I finally caught up with him in my least…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings,” says author Elizabeth Gilbert. I recommend that you experiment with this subversive idea, Aries. Just for a week, see what happens if you devote yourself to making yourself feel really good. I mean risk going to extremes as you…
SA Sound: A quick glance at the local scene's near and not-so-near future
DANDEWOLF WON’T TOUR OR PERFORM… FOR NOW: Remember Budian? If you do, you’ll know who Janiene Bishop is. The singer, violinist and keyboardist is now working as Dandewolf, and has just released her self-titled EP debut through an online licensing agreement with British label Zap Records. The deal came as a little bit of a…
Can Captivity Kill?: New documentary targets SeaWorld
Related: “Blackfish” Documentary Echoes Seaworld San Antonio Troubles A slick black lump of blubbery flesh flops around on a ledge in a shallow pool of water while an audience—who’d come here to be entertained and, hopefully, educated—watches. Whether they’ll find the next few minutes entertaining is debatable, but they are about to get an education.…
On the Line: Finding female chefs in San Antonio
This generalization will upset some, but when professional cooks and chefs talk about where their passion for food and cooking comes from, the first answer usually circles back to mom: “Mom was in the kitchen. Mom was a great cook. Mom was a wonderful hostess.” This isn’t denying any props to house-husbands and dads who…
Industry News: Kimura reopens, Random beer garden in Boerne, Luxury scores national attention
Kimura (152 E Pecan) is open again. What’s that? You thought they were open already? Well, the ramen shop did open last Monday, but enthusiastic crowds overwhelmed the staff. They made the decision to close the restaurant to sort out some issues and reopened on Monday, August 5. It’s open for lunch and dinner Monday…
‘The Five Acts of Diego Leon’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Soulfully Sell Out
The Five Acts of Diego Leon by Alex Espinoza | Random House | $26 | 320 pp The Fives Acts of Diego Leon, the sophomore effort by the Tijuana-born ex-egg candler who charmed Chicano lit cheerleaders with Still Water Saints—a candle shop curandera-slick cauldron of sublime coincidence and genuine south-of–the-border fact—offers to his growing audience…
First Look: Barbaro’s soft opening
Residents of Monte Vista and Olmos Park (and anyone who keeps up with Industry News, obvi) were savvy to Barbaro impending opening. The neighborhood pizza place, formerly known as The Foundry, quietly opened it’s doors Monday and already seems like an industry favorite. Chad Carey, co-owner of Barbaro and The Monterey, says they’re hoping to…
What’s the best place to celebrate a birthday in San Antonio?
It’s become a traditon that each Friday we pose a question to our readers via social media. This week we asked: “What’s the best place to celebrate a birthday in San Antonio?” You, dear readers, did not disappoint. From old standbys to suggestions that made us curious to venture out of our comfort zone (read:…
10 Free Events Happening in San Antonio This Week
1. Sea of Monsters Movie Launch Party- Tuesday, August 6 Join Barnes & Noble for a special early premiere of the newest Percy Jackson movie, Sea of Monsters. The adventures continue for Percy Jackson and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece. Dress in your demigod best and enjoy games, quests, trivia and…
“Blackfish” Documentary Echoes Seaworld San Antonio Troubles
“Just a couple of weeks ago, on July 19, Magnolia Pictures released a documentary film called “Blackfish” that puts SeaWorld in the hot seat. It’s a detailed exploration of the events and aftermath related to the 2010 death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was killed by a wild-caught killer whale named Tilikum. The…
We Still Love Lucy: Top 5 Lucille Ball Moments
Today, August 6, would’ve been Lucille Ball’s 102nd birthday. She passed away in 1989, but was immortalized by a show that still makes us laugh: I Love Lucy, which ran on CBS from 1951 to 1957. Besides the laughs, the show revolutionized TV by its usage of 35-mm film and three simultaneous cameras in front…
Group Launches Change.org Petition in Support of Non-discrimination Ordinance
CAUSA, Community Alliance for a United San Antonio, and other LGBT groups appear to be firing on all cylinders now that proposed changes to the City’s non-discrimination ordinance to protect LGBT San Antonians have come under scrutiny from national conservative media and advocacy groups. Several council members, including Ron Nirenberg, Rebecca Viagran, Cris Medina and…
A&Ws Will Offer Free Root Beer Floats on Aug. 6
(Courtesy) A&W Restaurants will celebrate Root Beer Float Day (I didn’t make this up), by offering guests one small root beer float per person on Tuesday, Aug. 6 from 2 p.m. to close. The chain will also give folks a chance to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project. Learn more about it here.
Culinaria Adds Mobile Element, $8 Three-course Lunches
The folks over at Culinaria finally released the details for their food truck-friendly event on Aug. 20. The event joins a slew of eateries offering $15 pre-fixe lunches and $35 pre-fixe dinners. The trucks (Cheesy Jane’s, Crazy Carls, Duk Truck, Hard Rock Directional Grilling, Mr. Meximum, Saweet Cupcakes, Say. She. Ate, SpiceSea Gourmet and Zum Sushi)…
Army Debuts Female Friendly Combat Uniform
Bust.com The influence of military fatigues has long been co-opted by fashion designers–who doesn’t own a pair of camo shorts or a green military shirt? Now the Army is taking cues from their fashion counterparts. The US Army is finally getting with the times and is for the first time ever issuing an alternative to…
5 Things You Have To Do This Week
1. Blue Hawaii Luau Party An adaptation of Allan Weiss’ short story Beach Boy, the non-cerebral Elvis classic Blue Hawaii was met with mixed reviews when it opened in 1961: Variety summed it up as “a handsome, picture-postcard production crammed with typical South Seas musical hula-balloo” and The New York Times noted, the “amiable, synthetic…
