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The Boardwalk On Bulverde Is Hosting Final Food Truck Throwdown
It’s the end of a era. The granddaddy of all food truck parks is closing on its fifth anniversary with one last hurrah this weekend. The Boardwalk on Bulverde (14732 Bulverde Road, 210-850-4472) opened in 2011 with parent company Cruising Kitchens helping pimp out trucks far and wide. The park was the city’s first and…
Personal Delivery, Rideshare Service Get Me Conducting Driver Orientations
The hybrid rideshare and personal delivery company Get Me is hosting driver “onboarding events” during the next two weeks to prepare for its January 14 launch. The company is looking for drivers, who will be called Go-Getters and the sign up process is going on right now. San Antonio will be the first city where Get…
Friday is David Bowie’s Birthday, Party Here
Brass Monkey, the N. St. Mary’s dance club will be hosting an all-Bowie bash in honor of the androgynous lad insane. DJ DC and DJ Eddie will be spinning tracks from the man who (maybe) fucked and (definitely) fought Lou Reed, married an African supermodel, and is set to release his twenty-fifth studio album, ★, on…
BottleRock, Another California Music Fest, Announces Lineup … and Lenny Kravitz’ Wiener
To be clear, these California festival lineup announcements are only for the adventurous, hip music lover that has a means of getting to Cali and a desire to party and see live music for days at a time. Which is not me. I prefer my music in incremental doses of a quarter-of-a-minute to 26 seconds,…
Watch Animated Ted Cruz Wield a Constitution Lightsaber in a Star Wars Parody
One of three things has happened: 1. Star Wars parody videos have jumped the shark. 2. Ted Cruz has jumped the shark. 3. We’ve imperceptibly jumped into a parallel dimension where Ted Cruz starred in Star Wars all along. Those are the conclusions I draw from watching The Constitution Strikes Back, a newly released animated Star…
Watch Kanye’s American Idol Audition Here
Mr. West was in San Francisco recently and in an uncharacteristically humble move (which must be his new marketing strategy) he stopped by the American Idol set for an impromptu audition. The performance was used in a teaser for the new season but the full audition has just been leaked and features a cameo from…
Lineup for Coachella 2016 Announced
As we previously reported, Guns N’ Roses will be headlining the festival this year. However, the complete list of this year’s musical participants has just been announced, and she’s a doozy. Along with GN’R, the annual festival held in Indio, California will feature such acts as Rancid, LCD Soundsystem, the 1975, Run the Jewels, Grimes,…
Is San Antonio One of the Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle?
San Antonio didn’t fare well in a study by the financial website WalletHub looking at the best cities in the country’s most 100 populous cities for a healthy lifestyle. The Alamo City, which wants to be one of the healthiest and most active communities in the nation, ranked 89th. WalletHub analysts came to their conclusion by comparing…
SAMA’s 2016, 2017 Art Party Seasons to Honor the Late John L. Santikos
The San Antonio Museum of Art’s first Art Party of the year — along with the rest of the 2016 and 2017 seasons —will honor the late John L. Santikos, 87, who died on December 30 after a short illness. Santikos, founder and owner of San Antonio-based Santikos Theatres, was a supporter of SAMA, and a…
Check out the Lineup for San Antonio’s Upcoming Feminist Film Festival
Update: Wednesday, January 6, 9:30 a.m.: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that “Scene and Heard” was the first-ever feminist film festival in San Antonio. This has been corrected both in the headline and in the story below: Start the new year with four flicks that celebrate feminism — and by supporting a…
Resolutions, Schmesolutions: You Can Order Girl Scout Cookies Now!
Girl Scout cookie pre-sale season is upon us aka it’s time to stock up on Samoas, the best Girl Scout cookie ever. Hands down. Cookie fiends who have depleted their stash of freezer Thin Mints can place their orders with entrepreneurial #bossladies (the cookie program is the largest girl-run business) as they come knockin’ on…
San Antonio Developer Completes Shipping Container Apartment Complex in Eagle Ford Shale
About an hour north of Laredo, in the dusty Eagle Ford Shale town of Encinal, a San Antonio-based developer has opened a new apartment complex that’s made of shipping containers. David H. Monnich, son of the developer, David Monnich (Development Strategies, Inc.), says three people are already leasing three of the seven completed units. “Eventually,…
Jack White Will Release Music From His ’90s Bands via Third Man Records
The man behind some of the biggest garage-cum-arena bands in the world is releasing three live LPs from his late ’90s groups the Go, Two Star Tabernacle and Jack White and the Bricks. The Jack-White-of-all-trades will be pressing and distributing the records through his own label, Third Man, which has recently opened it’s second store…
Grayze on Grayson Sets Opening Date
New year, new foods! The first new eatery of 2016 award goes to Grayze (521 E. Grayson St., 210-481-8776) which is opening its doors to the public on Monday, January 11. The restaurant will open 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday (brunch is set…
Juniper Tar to Reopen with New Management
It took a tad longer than first anticipated, but Juniper Tar (244 W. Houston St.) will host a grand opening on Thursday, January 21 at 5 p.m. Though Juniper Tar opened in March of 2015, the elaborately outfitted bar closed temporarily after Halloween Night’s service. Now under the direction of Benjamin Krick, formerly with the…
Chris Conger Opens The Pigpen Behind Smoke Shack
Gone is One-O-Six. Say hello to The Pigpen, brought to you by the folks behind Smoke Shack. The neighborhood bar at 106 Pershing Ave. opened on Wednesday, December 30 with 14 beers on tap, a full bar and wine. Chris Conger, who opened Smoke Shack in 2014 on Broadway, says he’s adding live music Wednesday…
Gregg Popovich Wins Western Conference Coach of the Month Award for December
Yeah but really more like coach of the century, am I right? Silver and Black-tinted glasses aside, winning the award is quite the honor for Popovich. This is the 16th time he has won Western Conference Coach of the Month, more than any other coach in NBA history, according to the Spurs. Popovich led the…
5 Shows to See This Week
Monday, January 4 Dome Dwellers and Octahedron Denton trio Dome Dwellers create dance-driven disco that coalesces with math-ier elements of rock ‘n’ roll, turning the discotheque into a mathlete tutorial on the arithmetic properties of booty shaking. As finalists in the San Antonio Music Awards 2014 for best keyboardist and indie band, Octahedron has proved successful with an…
Natalie Cole, Sultry Vocalist and Daughter of the “King,” Has Died
The vocalist, and daughter of jazz pianist and velvet-voiced crooner Nat “King” Cole, passed away on Thursday, the last day of 2015. Cole rose to prominence on the emphatic jubilance of her 1975 release Inseparable, which included hits “Inseparable” and the mom-rom-com staple “This Will Be,” and earned her two Grammys. Leaving behind the R&B…
Get a Real Job, San Antonio: Be a Professional Dog Runner
Whether you’ve got one or you need one, jobs can be a drag. So in a San Antonio Current feature, we scan local job boards to find a real gig you could have that you may never have thought of. This week: grab a leash in one hand and your best sneakers in the other…
We’re Looking for Editorial Interns!
The San Antonio Current is looking for several interns to join our editorial team as bloggers. As a Current intern there’s no fetching coffee or making copies. Our interns spend their time doing meaningful work: pitching story ideas, researching, writing and building multimedia elements for our website. Some interns have also successfully pitched and written stories…
Here’s What Can Fit Inside the Newest Addition to San Antonio’s Skyline
Have you ever wondered what can fit into a Class A office tower? Well, the people behind the blog for Austin-based LawnStarter — an online booking company where people can schedule lawn service — were wondering the same thing. Given the enormity of the project, which hasn’t been named, LawnStarter decided to crunch the numbers…
Go Watch the City Drain the River Walk
Can you imagine what they’ll find when they drain the River Walk? Starting today, through January 9, the Center City Development & Operations and the Transportation and Capital Improvements departments drain the world-famous tourist attraction. We take this job very seriously. Maintenance is critical to the upkeep of the River Walk so that it will…
Tim Duncan Held Scoreless for First Time in 19 Years
For 19 years, Tim Duncan has scored a point in every game he’s played — until Saturday. This is kind of amazing. Another way to say that Duncan finally didn’t score a point is to say that no one in the entire NBA — for nearly 20 years — has been able to shut out…
Paramount’s Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Returns From the Dark Side of the Moon
Tear down your wall, shave off your eyebrows, don’t trust the government (Big “Mother” is gonna get ya) and wish your friends were here, Paramount’s Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular is back Saturday, January 9 after a two year absence. Although Pink Floyd was formed in England, the laser light show was created and first staged at…
Mobile Om Kicks off 2016 with Yoga at Alamo Beer Co., Joseph E. Coffee Co.
Get your bum in gear for 2016, but have fun while doing so with vinyasa, vision boards, cereal and/or beer. Mobile Om kicks off the year with three back-to-back events. Stop by Mobile Om’s headquarters (1114 S. St. Mary’s St., 210-816-0936) on Friday, January 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a yoga session followed…
SA Native, Bordertown’s Nicholas Gonzalez, Talks Boundary Pushing
After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1994 and earning his BA in English from Stanford University four years later, actor Nicholas Gonzalez moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream in the entertainment industry. Since the late 90s, Gonzalez has landed acting gigs on a number of TV shows, including Undressed, Sleepy Hollow, and Jane the Virgin.…
Kendrick Lamar Releases God is Gangsta Short Film
The Compton rapper who blew minds with good kid, m.a.a.d. city and is up for more GRAMMYs in this year’s annual record sales contest than any other artist has just released two new videos-in-one off of Album of the Year nom To Pimp a Butterfly. “u” was directed by Jack Begert of LA production company PsychoFilms and…
Mötley Crüe Play Their Last Show Ever Tonight
Whether you love the hair metal group of dude-bros before dude-bros, or you absolutely despise said Crüe, today is a landmark day. Mötley Crüe has announced that tonight’s New Year’s Eve performance at the Staples Center in LA will be their last live show together. Forever! As Mick Mars has looked deceased for 20 years,…
Press Coffee Is Hosting The Next Latte Art Throwdown
If you gave up coffee as part of your resolution for 2016, A) whyyy???? and B) you might want to look away right now. But if you didn’t give up the wonderfulness that is coffee and all things latte, Press Coffee (606 W. French Pl., 210-602-6590) will welcome baristas from across the region for the…
The Green Gatsby: Danny Green’s Hosting a NYE Party at Club Rio
After rocking some colorful Nike Hyperquickness 3 customs by Dank & Co. on Christmas Day, Danny Green was back to basic black-and-white Nikes for Wednesday night’s 112-79 drubbing of the Phoenix Suns. The Spurs dominated the Suns from the tip, closing out the calendar year undefeated at home, and only 2 ½ games behind the…
5 Shows to See This Weekend
Saturday, January 2 Leftöver Crack There are few “dangerous” bands left in the U.S. Few which are on Government Watch Lists, few whose labels refuse to press their records, few with the gall to challenge the hetero-normativity and fascist complexes of their own self-perpetuating scene. From the early days of ratchet-rabble-rousers Choking Victim, the epically 9/11/01-released…
10 Music Shows at Which to Rock In the New Year
Isn’t grammar great fun?! Celebrate San Antonio Those who suffer from enochlophobia (fear of crowds) might want to steer clear of Celebrate San Antonio, a New Year’s Eve tradition that routinely draws upward of 250,000 revelers to Hemisfair Park. Presented by the San Antonio Parks Foundation and billed as “the biggest free New Year’s Eve…
Big Freedia Bounces Her Way to the Paper Tiger New Year’s Day
Bringing bounce – a hyper-speed, dirty dancin’ New Orleans style of hip-hop created in the ’80s – to the mainstream. The Guinness World Record setter for “Most People Twerking Simultaneously,” Big Freedia rightfully earned her title as the Queen of Bounce. After dropping her well-received LP Just Be Free in 2014, Big Freedia even had…
Torchy’s Tacos Is the Latest San Antonio Business to Prohibit Open Carry
Add another San Antonio business to the list of spots that won’t allow open carry. Torchy’s Tacos, the not-quite-authentic-but-still-delicious taco chain, released a statement yesterday that it will not allow firearms to be openly carried in its restaurants. Here’s the full statement: The open carry law in Texas is not an easy issue, as our…
Top Four Songs From the Holiest Mixtape of 2015: Pope Francis’ Wake Up!
In late November, Pope Francis – the cool pope- released a progressive rock record entitled Wake up!, a sprawling epic of a concept album. With a wide range of styles (Latin, soft rock, hymns and outdated ’80s rock), instruments (check out them bitchin’ guitar solos) and languages (Italian, Spanish, English and Portuguese), Pope Francis is probably…
Will the Spurs Ever Lose a Home Game?
With a 112-79 win over the Phoenix Suns last night at the AT&T Center, the Spurs have won all 19 of their home games this season. That extends their total regular season home winning streak to a franchise record 28 games going back to last year. The Spurs’ last regular season loss at home was…
Tonya Couch Returns to the U.S., Charged with Hindering Apprehension
After a short-lived life on the run in sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Tonya Couch, mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, is back in the states — and behind bars. CNN reports Tonya Couch arrived in Los Angeles and is charged with hindering the apprehension of a juvenile, which carries a sentence of two to 10…
Internet Posts Come Back to Haunt Texas Tea Party Darling
From looking for a stoner buddy to suggesting marital rape doesn’t exist, Texas Representative Jonathan Stickland should probably just cancel his Internet service and stay away from computers. He’s also up for re-election and a pastor named Scott Fisher, who is running against Stickland, found the old posts circa early 2000s while trolling the Internet…
TCU Quarterback Arrested for Assault on a Public Servant
Texas Christian University quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested last night after allegedly getting into a fight — with a cop — at a Downtown San Antonio bar. KENS reports that the 22-year-old Heisman Trophy candidate was taken into custody around 2 a.m. after employees at Pat O’Briens reported he was causing trouble. He was arrested…
Help the San Antonio Rampage Bring Toys to the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio
The San Antonio Rampage are hosting an online benefit for the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio through the duration of its season. The e-commerce website YouGiveGoods is co-hosting the benefit, where people can purchase toys and games that will be delivered to the hospital. The drive dubbed “Face Off Against Kids Cancer Toy Drive” began…
Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Shooting Off Fireworks in Bexar County
New Year’s Eve is always a combination of alcohol and firework displays. While fireworks are banned in San Antonio, unincorporated areas of Bexar County are free rein for Joe Dirt-types to shoot off their “lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das or crap flappers.” Bexar County Fire…
How to Handle a DWI Traffic Stop by Police
New Year’s Eve is here, so please drink responsibly and don’t get behind the wheel if you’re imbibing to ring in 2016. However, if you are out and about and get pulled over, local attorney Linda S. Corley has some tips. But first, to make it abundantly clear: “The information you obtain on this site is not,…
The Last Bring Your Own Vinyl Night is Tonight
Hi-Tones has hosted the weekly showcasing of not only one DJs choice vinyl, but the best records of numerous San Antonian audiophiles for four years now. The democratized DJ night known simply as BYOV, or bring your own vinyl, hosted by DJ Adolf will come to completion tonight. Held every Wednesday, the evening has always…
Ring In 2016 at Yanaguana Garden
With an unobstructed view of the iconic Tower of Americas, the new Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair is the perfect place to let 2015 turn into 2016. This is the first year Yanaguana Garden is open to the public for New Year’s Eve, and expect fabulous fireworks. And this is a good one for the kids,…
New Spurs-Owned San Antonio Soccer Team to Announce Name, Coach, Schedule Soon
San Antonio’s new soccer team will take the field in March when the United Soccer League season kicks off. But beyond that, little is known about the club that will take the San Antonio Scorpions’ place at Toyota Field. But that will change soon. In an email to season ticket holders today, Spurs Sports and…
Aretha Franklin Brings The President to Tears and the Crowd to its Feet in Carole King Tribute
Carole King, the subject of a forthcoming PBS American Masters documentary and the brilliant writer of some of pop music’s greatest compositions, was recently celebrated at a Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in which none other than the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, performed one of King’s classics, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.”…
Ted Cruz Missed a Quarter of the Senate’s Votes in 2015
Rare are the jobs that allow you to keep your current post while publicly campaigning for a better one. But political offices are not most jobs. And when you’re running for the highest office in the land, chances are your performance will suffer at your current gig. But not too worry — the only people…
Business Owners Collaborate with Locals on St. Mary’s Strip Revitalization
Blayne Tucker, a local attorney and the man behind do210.com, the Maverick Music Festival and soon-to-be-renovated-bar The Mix, has recently gathered bar-owners, city council members and Tobin Hill citizens in an effort to ease the growing pains of the popular nighttime destination. The Strip, as it’s known to most, was a mecca of nightlife in…
Guns N’ Roses in Talks to Play Coachella 2016, Do Stadium Tour
It has been 22 years since the original lineup of Guns N’ Roses has been on the same stage together. However, there are rapidly spreading rumors that 2016 may be the year that GNFR reprise their roles as rock ‘n’ roll’s snake-charming, 12-solos-a-song-shredding, hissy-fit-throwing, raptor-screeching, rafter-scraping sons of bitches. According to reports in Billboard, Slash,…
Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi Is Coming To SA
Details are scarce for now, but lovers of soup and shows about nothing will want to keep tabs on this appearance by Larry Thomas, the character who coined the phrase “No soup for you” along with CEO of The Original SoupMan Jamieson Karson and founder Seb Rematta. The character is based on an NYC soup vendor…
Department of Justice Opens Blue Bell Investigation
To the delight of forgiving Texans with a sweet tooth, Blue Bell returned to close out 2015. The Department of Justice, however, isn’t ready to just let bygones be bygones in the wake of a deadly Listeria outbreak last year that killed three people. CBS News reports that the DOJ has opened an investigation into…
Free Will Astrology: Week of December 30
ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Koenig is an artist who invents new words. Here’s one that’s applicable to your journey in 2016: “keyframe.” Koenig defines it as being a seemingly mundane phase of your life that is in fact a turning point. Major plot twists in your big story arrive half-hidden amidst a stream of…
This Modern World (12/30/15)
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