On Bhutto’s Assassination
Benazir Bhutto did five years of hard time in prison, much of it in solitary confinement, after her father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown and hanged by the worst of Pakistan’s military dictators, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. But she was a woman who liked her privileges and her luxuries, and she was…
Perkins: amnesty and community support
Looks like some good news for the new year, courtesy of businessman and community activist Ron Wright, who sent out a bulletin today announcing that Chuck Slaughter successfully worked to stave off demolition of artist Seymour Perkins’ house. Read about the City’s odd choice of demo projects in Greg Harman’s story, as well as a…
On the Street
A Greeting From Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur (While checking my mail from the OTS penthouse office, I came across that video, courtesy of Michael, a long-time OTS reader from fancy Austin.) Alameda By Morning Not since the grand opening with historical recreation actors have I been to the Museo Alameda. Though some have described…
On Bhutto’s Assassination
Benazir Bhutto did five years of hard time in prison, much of it in solitary confinement, after her father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown and hanged by the worst of Pakistan’s military dictators, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. But she was a woman who liked her privileges and her luxuries, and she was never a…
Perkins: amnesty and community support
Looks like some good news for the new year, courtesy of businessman and community activist Ron Wright, who sent out a bulletin today announcing that Chuck Slaughter successfully worked to stave off demolition of artist Seymour Perkins’ house. Read about the City’s odd choice of demo projects in Greg Harman’s story, as well as a…
On the Street
A Greeting From Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur (While checking my mail from the OTS penthouse office, I came across that video, courtesy of Michael, a long-time OTS reader from fancy Austin.) Alameda By Morning Not since the grand opening with historical recreation actors have I been to the Museo Alameda. Though some have described…
The Snook Book
The Grade Book, post #1: fashion-coverage faux pas When the Hearst faux-alt 210sa launched early in 2007, among its hodgepodge of indecipherable sections (2Buy? 2SellAds? 2MakeFragileMaleEgoJokes?), it introduced the Wardrobe Warrior — a weekly installment in which they photographed a young San Antonian and some of his/her clothes and accessories. Although the Wardroble Warrior wasn’t…
Failure to Launch
Here we are again: testing out our promotional goodies like responsible adults. In this episode, Ashley, Chuck, and Chris try to make the most of a kite sent by none other than the clever Kite Runner marketing folks. (Awww.) Unfortunately, the wind was sort of … circular … today. A lot of inspirational things were…
The Snook Book
The Grade Book, post #1: fashion-coverage faux pas When the Hearst faux-alt 210sa launched early in 2007, among its hodgepodge of indecipherable sections (2Buy? 2SellAds? 2MakeFragileMaleEgoJokes?), it introduced the Wardrobe Warrior — a weekly installment in which they photographed a young San Antonian and some of his/her clothes and accessories. Although the Wardroble Warrior wasn’t…
Failure to Launch
Here we are again: testing out our promotional goodies like responsible adults. In this episode, Ashley, Chuck, and Chris try to make the most of a kite sent by none other than the clever Kite Runner marketing folks. (Awww.) Unfortunately, the wind was sort of … circular … today. A lot of inspirational things were…
2K8
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Always one of downtown’s biggest NYE bashes, Club Rive’s celebration features three VIP rooms, two giant balloon drops, and complimentary champagne and hors d’oeuvre. Live entertainment by Atomic Playboys and DJ Dawreck in Tabu, and hookahs in the Hush Lounge with DJ Isabel. RSVP before Dec 28. $20-25, 8:30pm, Club Rive, 245…
Black Heart Birthday Bash & Valentine’s Party
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Guaranteed to be one of the wildest parties of the year, The Industry kicks off the New Year with a GLBT-friendly masquerade ball. A $50 best-dressed contest warrants fashionable attire and mask or face painting, but masks will be available at the door for the less adventuresome. Money balloon drops at midnight.…
Joy Division/New Order Party
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Guaranteed to be one of the wildest parties of the year, The Industry kicks off the New Year with a GLBT-friendly masquerade ball. A $50 best-dressed contest warrants fashionable attire and mask or face painting, but masks will be available at the door for the less adventuresome. Money balloon drops at midnight.…
2nd Annual Bettie Page Look-a-Like Contest
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Guaranteed to be one of the wildest parties of the year, The Industry kicks off the New Year with a GLBT-friendly masquerade ball. A $50 best-dressed contest warrants fashionable attire and mask or face painting, but masks will be available at the door for the less adventuresome. Money balloon drops at midnight.…
Coyote Ugly
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Wear your best flapper dress or pinstripe suit for this Chicago-style, roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve bash at the saloon where bartenders dance and unsuspecting hands get stomped on. If ogling at the Coyote clan isn’t your thing, NYE goodie bags, Corona and Cuervo specials, and prize giveaways will get you in…
Pat O’Brien’s
Release Date: 2007-12-26 If the Hurricane is your drink of choice, you may want to celebrate New Orleans-style this New Year’s Eve. Pat O’s hosts a VIP Briars Suite Ultimate Party featuring a gourmet four-course meal, live music, dancing, and party favors. The private party lasts until 11pm before opening its doors to the public.…
Gruene Hall NYE Party
Release Date: 2007-12-26 “Holidays in Gruene” closes out 2007 with a New Year’s Eve Party headlined by Asleep At The Wheel with special guest Sunny Sweeney. Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel have earned multiple Grammys and kept the buzz on a genre that might be described as fringe for nearly four decades, while…
Vikki Carr’s Night in Vienna New Year’s Eve Concert
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Join the San Antonio Opera Orchestra and members of the SA Symphony in a traditional concert of Viennese waltzes and marches. San Antonio’s own Vikki Carr adds to the NYE celebration with a special performance of her greatest hits, while Mexican conductor Enrique Patron de Rueda returns after his triumphant debut with…
Kirby’s Steakhouse NYE Party
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Executive Chef Daniel Nemec has put together a succulent four-course menu to tempt diners’ palates and celebrate the new year with style and panache. Featured options include the Lobster Oscar, a grilled 10-oz. beef filet accompanied by fresh asparagus, Novia Scotia lobster meat, and complemented with classic Sauce Béarnaise; or Lobster Cardinal,…
Celebrate San Antonio
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Celebrate San Antonio is the city’s biggest New Year’s Eve party, as thousands take to the streets of downtown San Antonio to ring in the New Year. The festival has multiple stages with musical entertainment, over 50 food and beverage booths, a children’s area, carnival games, and more. The evening culminates with…
Lesbian & Gay Masquerade Ball
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Guaranteed to be one of the wildest parties of the year, The Industry kicks off the New Year with a GLBT-friendly masquerade ball. A $50 best-dressed contest warrants fashionable attire and mask or face painting, but masks will be available at the door for the less adventuresome. Money balloon drops at midnight.…
Zen Bar
Release Date: 2007-12-26 Ketel One Vodka and Ketel One Citroen present Zen Bar’s 3rd Anniversary New Year’s Bash. The themed Black & White Party features a $200 hottest-dress contest for the ladies, DJ Bradley Ocean spinning all night, and a $500 balloon drop. Complimentary buffet and champagne is included in the cover. $35, 9pm, Zen…
CDs Nuts
8 Diagrams Wu Tang Clan (Motown) Forget what anyone, including members of the Clan itself says about RZA’s beats, 8 Diagrams is the best album to be released under the Tang name in a decade. Fans hoping for a return to the 36 Chambers are naturally disappointed, of course, but everything from the beats to…
LBV Ports
I smell a mini-series. The history of Port provides enough juicy fodder — wars, treaties, and foreign intrigue — to make for some fascinating viewing. We wouldn’t have to go back as far as the first cultivation of grapes in Portugal in the 3rd or 4th century AD; the 17th century will do, for that’s…
Amuse-BOUCHE
Café Gallo proprietor Jason Garcia – an alum of Le Rêve and Biga – would like to shake up some of your locally grown food assumptions: Coffee doesn’t have to be roasted within an inch of its life to be flavorful, e.g., and bolillos don’t have to be white. The new restaurant, located inside Gallista…
One Missed Call
You and a guest are invited to attend a special screening: One Missed Call Thursday, January 3, 2008 10pm at Regal Alamo Quarry 14 255 E. Basse Road San Antonio, TX Tickets can be picked up at: San Antonio Current Office 1500 N. St. Mary’s Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm Limit 1 per person
A few random things from ’07
Since taking up the awesome task of following all-things-artsy in San Anto I’ve come across a multitude of cool things in the city and on the net. I feel as if I’ve merely scratched the surface of the arts scene in the city. Here’s looking to ’08 and all the escapades that come along with…
Dear Uncle Mat
I wanted to tell you about me and that guy I wrote you about a while back. Perplexed by love here, remember me? Anyways, our friendship is stronger than ever and we keep getting closer. The other night we got everything out on the table and he told me it was him. Yeah, we have…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth album Blood Sugar Sex Magick in 1991, it blasted them into rock stardom. They stopped performing at intimate nightclubs and appeared exclusively at large arenas. They won a Grammy, had a hit song at the top of the charts, and sold millions…
A few random things from ’07
Since taking up the awesome task of following all-things-artsy in San Anto I’ve come across a multitude of cool things in the city and on the net. I feel as if I’ve merely scratched the surface of the arts scene in the city. Here’s looking to ’08 and all the escapades that come along with…
‘Juno’ what’s great?
There is no more oddly matched Hollywood pairing than director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, the two responsible for the much-buzzed-about teen-pregnancy comedy, Juno. He’s the privileged, proper son of a famous Hollywood director (Ivan); she’s a college-grad-turned-stripper-turned-blogger-turned-journalist-turned-novelist-turned-screenwriter with a penchant for colored hair and tattoos. Nevertheless, Reitman, who previously wrote and directed Thank…
CRITICAL Darling
It’s official: Despite her good behavior, the Current’s had Critical Darling locked down for a year now. On what charges? Serial snark, resisting deadline, and sentence-slaughter, we imagine. But unlike those New Jersey inmates who successfully employed the ol’ Shawshank Redemption escape method, Critical Darling won’t be flying the coop anytime soon. (With cellmates like…
Year In Review: News
Aglow with possibilities Uranium exploration in Goldiad County has been blamed for contaminating local ground water. A hearing on the mining permit for UEC is set in Goliad on January 24 CASE: CPS Nukes (w/Global Warming & SoTX ref) NO. 36892 STATUS: OPEN SEE ALSO: “Undermining South Texas,” October 3, 2007; “CPS must die,” October…
Year in Review: Arts
All the city’s a stage CASE: Performing Arts Center NO. 944356 STATUS: OPEN SEE ALSO: “The Mashup,” August 22-28, 2007 November’s Creating Ways conference featured plenty of hype surrounding a potential new addition to the creative community in San Antonio — a performing-arts center. Two weeks ago, the Bexar County Community Venue Committees held a…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Apologies for the shortened column this week, but there are tamales to make … Dear Readers: Gracias, thank you, gracias for another successful year. The Mexican now appears in 32 newspapers across the country, with a weekly circulation of just over two million! As more readers join the Reconquista, many ask the same preguntas about…
Clothes-minded
December 26: the second-busiest shopping day of the year. However well-intentioned, inevitably we all get a gift that doesn’t quite fit — your size, your personality, your wish list. Apparently, the need to rectify these bad fits must be dealt with immediately: Rolling Oaks and North Star malls open at 8 a.m. sharp. The Shops…
December’s chillin’
April may be the cruelest month for taxpayers, but for rockers, the month of purported peace on earth, goodwill toward man, and the birth of Jesus (the young and hip son of God) also happens to be the goddamned worst month for rock ’n’ roll tragedies. Buy yourself a generic calendar and fill in these…
THE SOUND & THE FURY
When alt-rock club The Sanctuary shut down in March over a liquor-license snafu, promoter-booker Angel Castorena talked about buying the venue and renaming it Club 1818. Castorena says he scratched that plan when “financial backers fell through,” so he became a self-described nomad, establishing Never Say Die Productions and setting up shows at Atomix, the…
aural pleasure
In Transition Uptown Creepers (Courtland Records) The chief pleasure of this five-song EP from local ska-punk quintet the Uptown Creepers derives from the rubberband bass work of ClayBilly. Playing with the fluidity of a jazzman and the breakneck urgency of a zealous punk, he consistently steals the spotlight – no easy feat for someone assigned…
