Just over 25 years ago, an unknown assailant kidnapped and killed a little girl. On August 4, 1990, 11-year-old Heidi Seeman went missing while walking home on Stahl Road after spending the night at a friend’s house. The child’s disappearance shocked San Antonio, prompting thousands of volunteers to launch a three-week search stretching across 1,200 square…
You can learn a lot about San Anto quartet Antique Sunlight from their tour schedule. Instead of hitting the Texas population centers, or even a desert hotspot like Marfa, Antique Sunlight will visit Terlingua, something of a Chihuahuan ghost town, just after releasing Tongue of the Earth. Granted, there is a pretty rad festival going…
Texas will launch a jail safety study next month aimed toward preventing suicide by inmates, state Attorney General Dan Patrick announced today. The announcement comes after the hanging death of Sandra Bland. Bland, 28, was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County on July 13. She was arrested three days earlier during a…
They form part of the “Greatest Generation.” Many of them had never had their story told until recently. The Tuskegee Airmen. The Native American Code Talkers. Not so for the men of Company E. The only Mexican-American Army unit during World War II, Company E, has yet to have its due public recognition. It’s a…
Restaurant Week can do a number on your waistline. One Lucky Duck Texas (303 Pearl Pkwy. Suite 109) is hosting their monthly pop-up dinner on Friday, August 21, with three seatings of an 8-course raw, vegan menu. The menu includes beet ravioli with pine nut goat cheese; avocado cucumber soup with mango relish; thai lettuce wraps with tamarind…
If you ever wondered which emoji are used in Texas more than any other state, then you’re in luck. A new interactive map was released today with the answer. SwiftKey, maker of a popular keyboard app for Android and iPhone, released the U.S. Emoji Report, which details each state’s emoji-using habits. The company compiled the…
The sister location of Vegeria Vegan Tex-Mex (8407 Broadway St., Suite 1) opened its doors this Monday at 1422 Nogalitos. The menu at Viva Vegeria features some of the same items found at the first location such as the classic vegan nachos, but also includes new items such as the mole enchiladas, enchiladas verdes, gorditas…
The fall semester officially began today at the University of Texas at San Antonio. If you live near campus and wanted to get a good night’s sleep before your 8 a.m. class like a responsible student, well, sorry, you should have been out there with the rest of the Rowdy Roadrunners showing your school spirit. …
The musician crowd is full of night owls and the veggie-minded, so it makes sense that they’re concerned with the welfare of Mama Tierra. A vegan taco truck parked outside Bottom Bracket Social Club (1609 N. Colorado), it’s one of the few late night vegan options in town (others include La Botanica and chugging salsa at…
An activist arrested Saturday and charged with disorderly conduct – language says protestors were not chanting “fuck the police.” “I never said it. My sign said enough. No one ever said it,” Mike Lowe said. Lowe and 15 to 20 people were marching through downtown representing San Antonio (#BlackoutSA) in a national protest called #BlackoutAmerica,…
A report surfaced online today that Selena’s former fan club president and killer Yolanda Saldivar is dead. Much to the disappointment of everyone who hates evil, the report is not true. Conservative site United Media Publishing, which sounds just so reputable already, published an article that stated Saldivar was found dead in her cell at…
Another round of hate speech has targeted another Jewish congregation. Last week, the Congregation Rodfei Sholom was targeted by anti-Semitic vandalism. This week, the target was the Congregation Agudas Achim. The San Antonio Express-News reports that the congregation’s executive director found “Jew Jew” painted on a shed this morning and discovered that two grills were…
Although it can come across to the naked eye as wildly under appreciated, San Antonio music is also filled to the brim with an influx of young, acknowledged talent and persistent individuals whose goal is to make it to the top. Delving deeper, I met with Sioux & Fox and asked them about their rush…
Keep on trollin’, John Oliver. On Sunday, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on televangelists, and all the cash those “preachers” rake in while exposing the flexibility of tax laws in the United States that make those scams possible. To illustrate his point, Oliver founded his own church called Our Lady of Perpetual…
Monday, August 18A Band Called Death Paper Tiger and Transmission homies Fun Fun Fun Fest team up for a screening of the 2012 doc A Band Called Death. Directed by Mark Christopher Covino, the flick approaches the career of Detroit proto-punks Death and the massive following the trio acquired well after their original run came…
Blue Bell is creeping closer to San Antonio shelves, but the waiting game isn’t over just yet. The company announced today that it will restart distributing ice cream in five phases, starting on Aug. 31. A Listeria outbreak, which left three dead and several more gravely ill, sparked an April recall of all Blue Bell…
Chris Ware can still smile. Even when the veteran bartender, who first came to our attention at Bohanan’s, is asked how long it has been since he was asked to step in to helm Paramour, the extravagant new bar atop an equally exuberant new building at 9th Street and the Museum Reach. “A year and…
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller shared a Facebook post Sunday night that supported bombing to “make peace with the Muslim world,” the Dallas Morning News reported today. The picture, first posted to the Facebook page “The Patriots IV Drip 2,” stated: “Japan has been at peace with the US since August 9, 1945. It’s time…
Monday, August 17 The Cry It appears that Portland isn’t too cool for pop-punk — yet. On Dangerous Game, PDX quintet The Cry punches out Johnny Thunderous power-pop with a proud glory. With Lost Element. $8, 8pm, Jack’s Bar, 3030 Thousand Oaks Dr., (210) 494-2309 Tuesday, August 18 Los Texmaniacs Bajo sexto player Max Baca was born into…
Update: The San Antonio Police Department provided the San Antonio Current with the police report of Mike Lowe’s arrest. The story below is updated to reflect information from the report. Alamo City activist Mike Lowe says he was arrested for disorderly conduct-language during a peaceful protest in downtown San Antonio this weekend. The activity was…
On April 7, Joan Cheever, who runs The Chow Train, a mobile nonprofit food service, received a citation for violating Section 13.62 of the city’s Food and Food Handlers code. She received the citation during her normal Tuesday evening route, when she feeds San Antonio’s hungry and homeless for free. San Antonio police issued…
Legendary actress Rita Moreno sure knows how to fill an hour. During a Q&A event at the Woodlawn Theater yesterday to promote the theater’s new production of West Side Story, the Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and two-time Emmy winner talked candidly about everything from her relationship with Marlon Brando (“He was the lust of my…
San Anto is known for its pillowy puffy tacos. And there are few that do them as well as Diana Barrios Treviño and her staffs at Los Barrios, La Hacienda De Los Barrios and Viola’s Ventanas. Mario Lopez, aka A.C. Slater from Saved By The Bell, was in town this weekend, chowing down on said…
Nectar Wine Bar & Ale House (214 Broadway) has opened this week offering, wine, beer and appetizers and salads. The space’s hours are in flux during the first few weeks but expect them to open 2 p.m.-midnight Thursday through Saturday, noon-8 p.m. on Sunday, and 2 p.m.-10 p.m. on Tuesday through Wednesday. Nectar is closed…
Update: September 2, 2015, 4:05 p.m.: Containers and Fills for crowlers — which will only be available through Saturday, September 5 — and growlers are 20 percent off Wednesday through Sunday, September 6 in advance of Labor Day. Original post continues below: While always on the quest of finding next level ways to drink better…
SPONSORED Is vintage your thing? Do you love following shows such as American Pickers? Get ready San Antonio. We’re excited to announce that a new event is coming at the end of August aimed at all the vintage collectors in town. The San Antonio Vintage Expo kicks off August 29-30, at the newly renovated Austin…
Based on its name alone, how could anyone pass up on tomorrow’s end-of-summer block party put on by San Anto Cultural Arts? Yes indeed, talking about none other than Chupachanga. In keeping with its tradition and fare, the event is all about having fun with art. And about keeping it original – stating with bringing…
Sesame Street, a mainstay of public television since its debut in 1969, is moving to HBO. The show’s producer, Sesame Workshop, struck a deal to air its next five seasons on the premium cable channel, according to the New York Times. New episodes, which begin airing this fall, will also be available on HBO On Demand…
About six weeks ago, we brought you the story of Sulma Franco, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who lived and worked in SA before moving up the road to Austin and setting up a food truck business. Though for years she thought she was in clear, she now faces deportation back to her Central American country…
Locally owned and plus-size fashion for women who don’t want to dress like their Tia Carmen are what’s in store at Eye Candy Boutique, the city’s first temporary pop-up inside inside the Houston Street Garage’s first floor (531 Navarro St.). Hosted by the the Center City Development & Operations Department, the pop-up will run through November…
The Martinez Street Women’s Center raised enough money to buy a bus to help transport young women participating in the center’s empowering and educational programs. And they want your help painting a mural on it. Join volunteers and community members Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Lockwood Park (801 N. Olive) and paint…
There are some tough topics teenagers need to learn about that can be difficult for teens — and some adults — to talk about. With school back in session, subjects like mental health, sex, bullying and STD prevention aren’t always talked about in the classroom. That’s why the San Antonio AIDS Foundation launched a new…
Are you an artist looking to expose your work to thousands of people? SA’JazzAlive is calling on all artists who want to feature their work in the festival’s 32nd year. Students can register for free and everyone else will have to shell out a mere $20 to receive a 10 by 10 space in Artisan…
Thu 8/13 Artists Looking at Art: Christie Blizard Pulling something witty and compelling out of the tricky middle ground between painting and performance is no easy task — yet artist and educator Christie Blizard thrives at that odd intersection of disciplines. An assistant professor of painting and drawing at UTSA, Blizard has contributed to upwards…
Get your stretchy pants ready. Culinaria Restaurant Week, San Antonio’s annual restaurant showcase, begins August 15. Despite the name, the celebration of the city’s culinary scene lasts for two weeks, through August 29. Participating restaurants offer special three-course, prix-fixe, lunch and dinner menus that are too tempting to pass up. Restaurant Week offers two price…
LA love child Andreas Cary AKA Snow Wite, the dynamic, eccentric and multi-instrumentalist rocker, is embarking on his appropriately (and deliciously) named Tex-Mex Tour. Snow Wite is ready to rock the stage again with his sweet, cavity inducing pop rock jams with a twist of bitchin’ guitar onslaughts. Back in March, he was the first…
College is expensive. The cost of tuition and books can set anyone back. Top on the cost of gas for commuting between home and school during the fall semester in sprawling San Antonio, and get ready to eat a lot of cheap Ramen. While negating tuition and textbook costs can be near to impossible, public…
By a 6-5 vote, San Antonio City Council approved a nine-month pilot program today to bring Lyft back. Lyft and its competitor Uber pulled out of San Antonio in March after squabbling with the city over background checks. City Council approved stricter background check requirements, which the TNCs deemed too onerous. “Sometimes public policy moves…
Help us Rod Barajas, you’re our only hope. The San Antonio Missions will host Star Wars Night at Wolff Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 22 for their game against the Arkansas Travelers. Every Missions player and coach will wear R2-D2-themed jerseys, all of which will be auctioned off after the game to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.…
Thursday, August 13 Mirror Kisses, Tides., Calico Club Performing as Mirror Kisses, New Yorker George Clanton produces 4 a.m. bangers, with enough beat for the molly-heads to vibe to and enough texture for your suburban cousin to fall asleep to. In the spirit of Washed Out, Beach House and the host of other modern acts…
Some idiot on the North Side — or idiots — vandalized a Jewish neighborhood and synagogue by spray painting swastikas and KKK, along with other hateful words, on cars and homes, according to media reports. “(We are) saddened and outraged,” Howard Feinberg, a board member of the Rodfei Sholom Congregation on Northwest Military Highway and…
Did you shake off last season’s debacle? If not, get to it. The Spurs’ new season is upon us. The team released today its 2015-2016 schedule. First up for the Silver and Black will be none other than perennial tough contender, the Oklahoma City Thunder, on October 28, on their home turf. The first home…
When it gets hot, especially when it gets 100-plus hot, people start going crazy. So maybe that’s why talk about whether the Oakland Raiders will relocate to the Alamo City always seems to heat up during the summer months — because it’s crazy talk. In all likelihood the conversation coincides with buzz about training camps,…
Heidi Seeman, Erica Botello and the other San Antonio cold cases described in today’s issue of the San Antonio Current are just a few of the city’s unsolved homicides. There are many more. The map below shows over 50 San Antonio cold case homicides, plotted with information from the San Antonio Police Department. It is not…
Has school started yet? If so, this is one event worth letting the kids skip school for. Tomorrow morning, at San Antonio College’s McAllister Auditorium (1819 N. Main Ave.) the Challenger Center’s International Conference is taking place where a live link with NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, who are in space right now,…
Spurs sharpshooter Danny Green will be at Bush’s Chicken (8831 Potranco Rd.) today from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., signing autographs and, presumably, eating fried combos that would make the Spurs training staff squeal. The Bush promo team invites you to bring jerseys and posters for Green to sign — no word if he’ll sign Bush’s…
“Can We Guess Your Taste In Men Based On Your Taste In Pizza?” Buzzfeed was on to me. Or maybe, I was researching too many pizza places and my cookies clued the Clickhole predecessor that I was on the search for great ‘za by the slice. Thought not always the healthiest option, the draw of…
There are some days when the craving for Thai food is simply undeniable. I’ve found that most people seem to have their Thai place and there is just no convincing them to try something new. When they don’t have to look at the menu anymore and they are familiar with the spice levels, it’s often…
So many great chances to eat this week — let’s get started. Hot Joy (1014 S. Alamo St., 210-368-9324) will ditch lunch service in favor of brunch starting on Saturday and Sunday. The pan-Asian eatery is rolling out a new menu as well, though fans of migas fried rice and twice-fried wings can keep calm…
Sunday Funday. Whether you’ve been going hard since Friday night and need to keep the party going to avoid the collective hangover, or you’re looking for a way to forget that Monday and all its nonsense lurks right around the corner, finding the right place to score a hangover cure is tough. Once these spots…
For a museum to be successful, there’s a certain character it must achieve — something about the building, its contents or its staff that couldn’t be repeated anywhere else. Tex Pop, one of San Antonio’s odder cultural institutions, has an abundance of character. At times, it’s all they’ve got. In a strip mall by the…
Before interviewing Augie Meyers for the San Antonio Current, I should have been racking my brain, scouring liner notes, session player listings and biographies of Dylan, Waits, Willie or a myriad of other movers and shakers of the last 50 years of popular music, searching for the ideal inquiries that would pull the truths, myths,…
In June, MC Ren, one of the least visible of Niggaz Wit Attitudes, tweeted his dissatisfaction over the upcoming N.W.A biopic — “Man fuck these bitches at universal pictures leaving me out the movie trailers tryin to rewrite history.” In less than 140 characters, Ren summed up the potential dangers of Straight Outta Compton. Ren’s…
Exhausted from fighting tooth and nail to comply with a federal court order to approve sites for 200 public housing units to be added to white, affluent parts of Yonkers, New York, Mayor Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac) meets with lawyers, council members and U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand (Bob Balaban). Facing re-election as a first-term…
I’ve been reading your column for a while, and you always advise kinky people to go seek the same within the kink community. But in my experience, the kink community is very “sex right away, get to know you later”–oriented. So I have two questions. First, as someone who’s a bit of an old-fashioned romantic,…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn’t used much any more: “gambol.” It means to cavort and frolic in a playful manner, or to romp and skip around with mad glee, as if you are unable to stop…
San Antonio is feeling the Bern. It’s still in its nascent stage but there’s definitely a political movement afoot in the Alamo City backing Bernie Sanders’ underdog presidential campaign. The Vermont senator is still polling way behind Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party nomination, but don’t even try to tell the 73-year-old…
Burly, hairy and good with his hands, drummer Thor Harris is something like Ron Swanson for the arthouse, Moleskin crowd. When he’s not touring with Swans, Devendra Banhart or Amanda Palmer, Harris works as a plumber in Austin, living on a compound that looks like an inventor’s paradise or a clean freak’s nightmare. It’s a…
There are dozens of unsolved murders in the San Antonio area — Heidi Seeman is but one. The stories behind these crimes — often called cold cases, since their trail of evidence or leads dry up — are grisly and tragic. Each one represents not just the senseless loss of life, but a ripple effect…
The human experience, and thus its expression in art, is as endless and diverse as the natural world. The most powerful and primordial aspect of the human experience is one that ties us most inextricably to the natural world: sex. Throughout the millennia, artists have continually dealt with sexuality in their work, with a variety…
Wipe the slate clean of everything you’ve ever heard or read about Carlos Mencia. At least that’s what the once despised comedian hopes audiences will do as he sets his sights on redeeming his name after years of vitriol aimed at him by the industry he’s inhabited for the last two decades. It won’t be…
