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Undead On Arrival: The ‘Zombie Reign’ Filmmaker’s Trail Of Lies
It all began after church. In Sin City, of all places. For young Ramiro Avendano, those Sunday afternoons with his grandmother, huddled inside a movie theater taking in double features, was when he began falling in love with film. Avendano’s enthusiasm for cinema grew as he grew up. He found his own creative outlet when…
‘The Color of Blind’ To Tantalize The Four Other Senses
“The Color of Blind” returns for its third Contemporary Art Month multi-sensory art show. The exhibit, which takes place at Brick at Blue Star this weekend, taps into four of the senses to bring art specifically to the visually impaired community. The show has been a dream of local artist Trina Bacon. “I feel it’s…
10 Things You Have To Do This Weekend
Thu 3/19 CAMxNew Orleans: “Delta Dawn” Together with the exhibition “Move Me,” CAMxNew Orleans: “Delta Dawn” represents an exchange between the Alamo City and the Big Easy. Whereas New Orleans-based curator Amy Mackie picked eight San Antonio artists for “Move Me,” “Delta Dawn” is a takeover of Fl!ght staged by Good Children Gallery — a “bellwether…
USDA Finds Five Violations At Texas Biomedical Research Institute
A routine United States Department of Agriculture inspection at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute uncovered opened bags of food, cockroaches and numerous bottles of outdated drugs. The inspection occurred in early February and were obtained by Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), an advocacy group, that provided the San Antonio Current with the inspection report. According to…
What I Ate: There’s No Such Thing As Too Much Paella
The sixth annual Corona Paella Challenge, hosted by Johnny Hernandez (La Gloria, The Fruteria) at The Pearl was held this past Sunday with almost an innumerable amount of paellas being served to the masses. The offerings were plenty and thankfully varied as most brought their A-game and tried to differentiate themselves from their counterparts. Here’s…
Salud Tequila Bar Hosts John Picacio For Loteria Fest
Any loteria aficionados out there? Salud Tequila Bar (8123 Broadway, 320-6034) will host artist John Picacio for “Loteria Fest,” on Saturday, March 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will feature the traditional playing cards we’ve grown accustomed to over tournaments with our tias during weekends at grandma’s house, though attendees will get a…
SA Police Report Details Murder Of 210 Kapone’s Owner
Before killing Pete L. Gonzales, owner of 210 Kapone’s, the killer had rented a VIP room at the downtown club, according to a police report. The San Antonio Police Department isn’t releasing the name of the suspect to ensure the integrity of the investigation. According to a police report obtained by the San Antonio Current,…
Joaquin Castro Asks President To Fix Green Card Backlog
Calling it a broken system, Congressman Joaquin Castro is asking President Barack Obama to fix the green card program in an effort to boost innovation, job creation and the lives of immigrants. “The United States provides top-notch educations to smart folks from around the world, and our economy stands to benefit from their brilliance after…
9 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On For St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is a reminder to our fellow Irishmen of when Christianity was brought to Ireland by their now patron Saint Patrick. Little do people know that St Patrick’s Day is also the perfect cheat day to indulge on the food and alcohol that you most likely have given up for Lent. Why not take…
Jason Dady, Stefan Bowers Team Up For ‘Texas Monthly’ Event At Feast
You won’t have to travel to Austin to enjoy a Texas Monthly-sponsored event. Feast (1024 S. Alamo) will host the next installment of the Fire & Smoke series on April 13 with chef Stefan Bowers and Jason Dady teaming up to create a multi-course feast. The event, which pairs a celebrity chef and a pit…
8 Free Events Happening This Week
Thursday, March 19 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey Divided into four acts, the 1968 Oscar-winner 2001: A Space Odyssey combines awe-inspiring imagery and classical music in a meditative journey that begins in prehistoric times, employs the longest flash-forward in cinema history and ends with a sequence involving a bedroom beyond Jupiter and…
SA Food Pics: Sammies To Drool Over
This week on SA Food Pics our choices were very diverse. During the past week there were visits to B&D Ice House (1004 S. Alamo) for some jalapeno poppers, a nice gyro and greek salad at Wrigleyville Grill (602 N.W. Loop 410, Ste. 146) and there was even a nice snapshot from this past weekend’s Paella…
Blue Bell Grocery Products Not Effected By Bacteria Contamination
Has the news of the Blue Bell ice cream recall made you second guess your week night plans to cry into a pint of Cookies ‘n Cream? Company officials from the Brenham-based creamery are reassuring customers that products sold in grocery stores are safe to consume. Last Friday, Blue Bell issued its first-ever recall after…
Corned Beef Bandit? Dignowity Meats Lose Product, Hardware Over Weekend
There’s been another meat-related burglary in town. While I can’t in good conscious relate this one to The Brisket Bandit, I can share the news that Dignowity Meats (1701 E. Houston St., 462-1496) was burglarized this past weekend. The shop, which opened this past January, lost $1,000 worth of meat products (including corned beef for their…
Transgender Teens Struggle In Foster Care
This article was originally published by the San Antonio Current’s sister publication Out In SA. Get more local LGBT coverage at outinsa.com, and follow them on Facebook and Twitter @outinsa. Alex lived with her family in a nice home in an affluent San Antonio suburb, where she had all the comforts and advantages that come with…
Meagan Trainor Announces SA Tour Date
With a history making, record shattering No. 1 hit ( signature big girl anthem “All About That Bass,) nearly one billion hits on YouTube and racking up countless nominations and awards, 21-year-old breakout pop star Meagan Trainor has accomplish more than most do in a lifetime. Seriously, you know you’ve made it when Kidz Bop…
5 Shows To See This Week
Monday, March 16 Lolipop Records Takeover LA’s Corners headlines this Lolipop Records SXSW spillover gig, playing understated riffs with a mischievous vibe. In the video for “Pressure,” the band, impeccably dressed, lays down their brooding outlook. As the music glides on a slippery surf guitar line, a quartet of skaters carve out a long hill…
Mass Kidnapping Survivor From Mexico Speaks In San Antonio
A friend of 43 students who were kidnapped last September in Mexico is bringing their unresolved story to the United States. Omar García Velásquez, 25, a student, survived the now-notorious protest in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico last year and recounted Monday morning how Mexican police surrounded the 43 students and placed them all in patrol cars.…
5 Things You Have To Do This Week
Monday, March 16 Lolipop Records SXSW Spillover Corners headlines this Lolipop Records SXSW spillover gig, playing understated riffs with a mischievous vibe. In the video for “Pressure,” the band, impeccably dressed, lays down their brooding outlook. As the music glides on a slippery surf guitar line, a quartet of skaters carve out a long hill…
It’s Free Scoop Day At Dairy Queen
If DQ is what you love about Texas, then you’ll be happy to know that the “Fan Food” franchise, which first opened in Joliet, Illinois in 1940 will be giving away small vanilla soft-serve cones today, March 16 at participating locations. The promotion is Dairy Queen’s way of thanking eaters during their 75th anniversary.
San Anto At South By: A Guide To SA Musicians At SXSW
As Austin enters the cacophony of SXSW’s music week, we’ve prepared a guide to San Antonio musicians on display in the capitol. Below is our day-by-day schedule of SA bands, artists and promoters pitching in for the most hectic and exciting seven days that the music business has to offer. Official showcases, requiring a pricy…
R.I.P. Pete L. Gonzales, Owner of 210 Kapone’s
Update: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 10:30 a.m. Update: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:49 p.m. Pete L. Gonzales died early Sunday morning, March 15, in a “random act of violence,” according to a post on the Facebook account of his venue 210 Kapone’s. He was 45 years old. According to the San Antonio Police Department, Gonzales…
4 More Food/Booze Events Going On This Weekend
My bad, y’all. There is truly plenty to do this weekend in SA. Saturday, March 14: Ranger Creek will host a celebratory open house to show off their newly awarded .36 Single Barrel Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Learn about the spirit (and the distillery’s #WhiskeySelfie contest), mingle with head distiller TJ Miller, sample the lineup and…
9 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Friday, March 13: Gustology opens its doors for a fundraiser. Join the Lukemia Lymphoma Society for an Open House inside our favorite cocktail school. Stop in for a quick lesson on making a Rosemary Salty Dog and a cucumber martini and enjoy complimentary Ranger Creek beer and sangria. A portion of the proceeds will benefit…
After Over A Century, The Daughters Of The Republic Of Texas Booted As Alamo Caretakers
The Daughters of the Republic Of Texas (DRT) will no longer be involved in the day-to-day management of the Alamo, putting an end to the organization’s nearly 110-year long role as caretakers for the historic landmark. The Texas General Land Office terminated the DRT contract yesterday and announced the DRT will be ousted on July…
New Director Sparks Hope For Luminaria
On Thursday, March 12th, Luminaria’s Board of Directors took action to cement the future of the annual celebration by naming Kathy Armstrong as its first executive director. A casualty of its own unstable identity in the past, the Festival of Lights—now embarking on its eighth year—promises to demonstrate a newfound sense of direction under Armstrong’s…
Bill Seeks To Give Women Autonomy Regarding End-Of-Life Decisions
A new bill introduced in Austin today seeks to give women full autonomy regarding end-of-life decision making. The new piece of legislation, HB 3183, which was announced at a press conference organized by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, removes restrictions from the Texas Health and Safety Code that bar families and doctors from fulfilling…
Maria Haq Encourages Creativity And Connection With ‘Spectrum Hair Show’
Maria Haq of Villa Bella Salon has managed to plan Spectrum, her first hair show — a type of event that others might invest a year’s worth of time to arrange — in a matter of a few months. How did she do it? The grinning stylist says she just dove right in, “like a…
Phil Collins, More Texan Than You, Named Honorary Texan
The man behind Sussido who has a keen interest in Alamo artifacts was honored at the State Capitol yesterday. English artist Phil Collins, sorry Sir Phil Collins, was named an honorary Texan during a visit to both the Texas House and Senate. Last summer, Collins, perhaps the world’s foremost collector of Alamo and Texas Revolution…
There’s Free Burritos And Films At San Antonio Botanical Garden
Beginning this Friday, you can feed your stomach and your social consciousness, courtesy of Chipotle, the sustainability-touting fast food chain, and the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The two have joined forces for Chipotle Sustainability Films, a series of three documentary screenings with — and here’s the kicker — FREE CHIPOTLE. The series will host three outdoor screenings beginning…
San Anto Throwback Thursday: A$AP Rocky’s “Kissin Pink” feat. Beautiful Lou
In 2011, SA native Beautiful Lou hooked up with A$APs Rocky and Ferg for “Kissin Pink,” on Rocky’s debut Live. Love. A$AP. On the mixtape, A$AP Rocky first reached stardom with his combo of NYC attitude and the Sprite-slow textures of Texas rap. On this track and the heavy-hitter “Trilla,” SA’s Beautiful Lou exported the Southern rap…
10 Shows To See This Weekend
Thursday, March 12 Japanese Breakfast, Lonely Horse, Delenda From Philadelphia, Japanese Breakfast created a lovely bedroom pop album with 2014’s American Sound. Recorded on the illustrious toys of the Sonic Ranch studio outside of El Paso, Lonely Horse’s pending debut album My Desert Son 2 extends the band’s aesthetic in glorious high fidelity. Diary-personal and…
Bill Would Allow Texas To Ignore Any Court Ruling Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Are you familiar with Molly White? The Republican from Belton, Texas, is serving her first term in the State Legislature, and it appears she already needs a lesson on how our government — particularly the U.S. Supreme Court — works. Observers widely expect the nation’s high court to finally rule on the constitutionality of gay marriage this…
4 CAM Events To Attend This Weekend
Friday, March 13 2015 CAM Perennial: “Move Me” New Orleans writer and curator Amy Mackie has been chosen as this year’s guest curator for the CAM Perennial Exhibition. Mackie is tasked with providing a non-San Antonian’s perspective on “Move Me,” an exhibition featuring eight local artists. The theme of “Move Me” is displacement, and the…
Texas Is Funny Signs SA’s We Leave At Midnight
San Antonio’s We Leave at Midnight signed to San Antonio label Texas Is Funny, marking a happy marriage of SA rock ‘n’ rollers. Joining SA bands Vetter Kids and The Hawks (of Holy Rosary) on the label, We Leave at Midnight will release their sophomore effort Terror Fauna later this year. Founded by singer John Dailey, We…
Flavor File: Bacon Fest At Central Market, More Brunch Options And Farmers Markets To Visit
February may have been a tad skimpy, but March packs a punch with plenty of culinary events. For starters, Central Market is making my dreams come true (I have pretty simple dreams, I suppose) with Bacon Fest through March 17. The store (4821 Broadway, 368-8600) will be peppered in bacon-filled goodness, maybe even some peppered…
‘One Way Trail’ Adds Intrigue To The Botanical Garden
For this year’s incarnation of the annual Art in the Garden series, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum and the San Antonio Botanical Garden have enlisted celebrated multi-disciplinary artist, urban re-imaginer and Carnegie Mellon art professor Kim Beck. In her work Beck brings the stamp of the natural organism to synthetic creation and the order of…
Keeping Tabs: Vino For Your Spicy Vindaloo
This is not news: Wine lists (if there is one) at most Mexican, Indian and Thai restaurants, well, mostly suck. So what’s a spice-seeking, wine-loving diner to do? Keeping Tabs is here to help with a few simple guidelines for at-home and BYOB options (all widely distributed and $8-$19 in price), the first of which…
Savage Love: Truth Be Told
When I was 15, I had a three-month-long sexual relationship with a 32-year-old woman. She was a friend of the family, and my parents were going through a divorce. I stayed with her for the summer, and she initiated a sexual relationship. Looking back, I can see that she had been grooming me. We used…
Lunchtime Snob: Taste of India
For those of us working on the city’s far North Side, we understand the struggle is real when it comes to finding authentic local dining options in a sea of suburban chain restaurants. Finding quick, cheap, local lunchtime grub in this non-chain desert sounded like a challenge best suited for Lunchtime Snob. Challenge accepted. Taste…
Sudsy Success: Alamo Beer Finally Opens East Side Brewery
The dust has settled and the doors are finally open to the public at the multi-million dollar brewery we’ll soon find synonymous with the downtown landscape. After all, Alamo Brewery is 15 minutes away from its namesake city center. But the road to its opening wasn’t an easy one. Let’s bring everyone up to speed.…
Do We Need Cameras And Emergency Beacons Along City Trails?
From security cameras to blue light beacons, a new greenway trail security proposal has San Antonio park and fitness enthusiasts buzzing with support. But over the last decade as the city has greatly expanded its emerald ring of trails, no “direct and proactive strategy of prevention” has existed to protect people from crime, according to…
Back To Waiting Game For Immigrants Hoping For Legalization
Undocumented immigrants in San Antonio have been relegated to a wait-and-see approach as to their potential future as legal members of American society. The hiatus to President Obama’s legalization push caused by the ruling of a federal judge in Brownsville hasn’t stopped advocates from encouraging immigrants to get ready, hopeful the ruling will be lifted…
Free Will Astrology, Week of March 9
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the old Superman comics, Mister Mxyztplk was a fiendish imp whose home was in the fifth dimension. He sometimes sneaked over into our world to bedevil the Man of Steel with pranks. There was one sure way he could be instantly banished back to his own realm for a long…
The Growing Phenomenon Of The SXSW Spillover in SA
For the past four years at South by Southwest, Doritos focused the promotional noise of the Austin festival into a single, 62- foot vending machine, pumping out music and boasting king-sized images of its newest MSG and cheese dust offerings. “I’m almost positive — I don’t know these people so I can’t speak for them…
Monthly Electronic Exhibition Bucks Trend of Press-Play Computer Music
In some pedant circles of rock ‘n’ roll and analog instruments, electronic music suffers a reputation as non-music, stuff that just can’t be performed. Without the physicality of a drum kit or guitar, an audience member can’t really see what’s happening on a computer screen or in a Korg’s settings. So, they assume it’s not…
El Campo’s ‘Remember,’ Alt-Americana Masterpiece 7 Years In The Making
Hallmarked by a patient and deliberate pace and the twangy-yet-sweet crooning of singer-songwriter Jerid Morris, El Campo’s sound hearkens back to early incarnations of country music. On Saturday, a full seven years since Morris penned his first song, the band celebrates the digital and vinyl release of the brilliant debut album Remember. “It’s been so…
‘Chili Queen’ Paints A Portrait Of Old San Antonio
“It all began on the plaza that never slept – my favorite place in the whole of the city. In daytime, most people on San Antonio’s Plaza de Armas, Military Plaza, were selling or shopping. After sundown, they came to have a good time.” With those words, Marian Martinello begins her conjuring of the oft-forgotten…
7 SXSW Films With San Antonio Connections
Seven features and shorts with ties to San Antonio will screen at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival. Last week, the San Antonio Current spoke to each of the directors behind the films. If you didn’t buy a badge this year, there will be single-admission tickets available for festival screenings. Tickets are $10 each…
Break Fast & Launch: Helping Entrepreneurs Avoid Common Pitfalls
Sisters Silvia Alcaraz and Lupita Rivero had a tough decision to make last month. Barely a few months after opening Cocina Heritage, an interior Mexican breakfast and lunch joint specializing in pre-Columbian recipes passed down through generations, the pair learned that construction on Medina Street would continue much longer than originally expected. “When I got…
