Feb 7-14, 2017
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Music Picks: Shows To See This Week
No Parents, Wednesday, February 22 With just the right amount of garage tones, No Parents serve up aggressive and melodic punk rock that’s as rowdy as it is nonchalant. Their sound, while definitely rooted in early 90s hardcore, spans a spectrum of rock genres, which make the Los Angeles five-piece a compelling band with seems…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 2/16 Willie Nelson and Family What more can be said about Willie? The man is an accomplished outlaw country singer, has released 200 albums across six decades and has won basically every award a musician can score. In other words, Willie is that kind of gentle, cool badass who won’t take shit from anyone,…
Danny Trejo Will Talk Drug Addiction in San Antonio Speech
He might be known for hacking people’s limbs off as the vengeful title character in two Machete films. But in real life, actor Danny Trejo is touching hearts, not pulling them out. On Thursday, February 23, Trejo, 72, will be the keynote speaker at the Alpha Home’s 11th Annual Doorways of Hope luncheon. Alpha Home…
Two James Beard Award Semifinalist Nods for SA
The James Beard Foundation announced a list of semifinalists for the 2017 Restaurant and Chef Awards. The list, compiled through various submissions and nominations includes two San Antonio nods. Making the cut in 2017 is second-year semifinalist Steven McHugh of Cured at the Pearl for Best Chef Southwest. McHugh opened Cured in 2013 with serious…
Music Picks: Shows To See This Week
Adam Ant Wednesday, February 15 From throwing a brick through the head teacher’s office window in elementary school (twice) to wandering through the struggles of bipolar disorder and anorexia, Adam Ant (born Stuart Goddard) has led an intense life. Initially fronting the post-punk group Adam and The Ants, Goddard also produced music for UK kin…
4 Gun Scares at 4 Different San Antonio Malls in Less Than a Month
Federal, state and local police descended on North Star Mall Tuesday afternoon, searching the area for a gunman authorities suspect of shooting a Spring Branch mail carrier this past weekend. The manhunt at North Star, which reportedly caused a few stores to briefly go on lockdown, started when officials tried to arrest the suspect at…
To Score an MLS Team, Bexar County Taxpayers Might Need to – Wait for It – Pony Up More Taxes
The Spurs are pumped. City of San Antonio officials are stoked. Even a local judge can’t tamp his excitement. That’s because San Antonio is in the running for a Major League Soccer expansion franchise. Eleven other cities, including San Diego, Phoenix, St. Louis, Nashville, and Charlotte, are vying for four spots. MLS officials could announce…
UTSA President Ricardo Romo Put on Leave for Unknown Allegations
The University of Texas at San Antonio placed its longest-serving president, Ricardo Romo, on immediate administrative leave Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement released by University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven, the decision was prompted by “allegations related to [Romo’s] conduct.” McRaven provided no other details on these allegations. Romo, who became UTSA’s first…
Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper, Alicia Keys Among Musicians and Artists Opposing Texas Anti-Trans Bill
Today, over 140 musicians and artists have released an open letter to Texas politicians asking them to oppose the anti-transgender Senate Bill 6, along with any other anti-LGBTQ legislation being considered. The letter’s signers, who have banded together under the campaign name #TXTogether, have pledged to do “everything within our power to make sure all…
Spread Kindness AND Tacos with Taco Cabana and Favor
On Wednesday, February 15, Taco Cabana is celebrating it’s annual Random Acts of Tacos with an assist from the Favor app. From 9 to 11 a.m., users can select the Taco Cabana for a chance to score two complimentary breakfast tacos from the San Antonio chain and they’ll be delivered by one of Favor’s drivers.…
New Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins Opens in Stone Oak
Stone Oak can officially claim a Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins as of this morning. The new store, which opened at 23505 Hardy Oak Boulevard is finally open for business after a few days of trial runs. According to Facebook, Dunkin/Baskin will offer a free medium hot or iced coffee through February 22 to celebrate the opening of…
James Baldwin’s Unfinished Work Comes to Light in Timely Documentary I Am Not Your Negro
When the great author, essayist and public intellectual James Baldwin died in 1987, he left behind 30 pages of an unfinished manuscript that was to be titled Remember This House. The book was to be a personal account of the assassinations of his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., which occurred…
For Minors Sexually Abused by Teachers, “The Wounds Are to the Core”
Rachel was a 15-year-old track star in a California high school when she says her coach first professed his love for her. “He said that if it was a different time and era, it would be ok,” she says. Rachel (not her real name; she wished to remain anonymous due to her work career) remembers…
83 Percent of Texas School Districts Teach Abstinence-Only Sex Ed — Or None At All
The vast majority of school districts in Texas, the state with a skyrocketing teen pregnancy rate, teach abstinence-only sex education — that is, if they teach it at all. According to a new report by left-leaning advocacy group Texas Freedom Network, more than 25 percent of state school districts didn’t offer any sex education to…
Freebirds Says No to Exes, Yes to Extras
Exes. Sure, some might fall under the “Don’t Completely Hate Them” category, but if you’ve not spoken in more than six months, it’s about time you get some closure. Delicious closure. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Freebirds World Burrito will give diners one extra on their entree when they delete exes numbers from their phones. One…
Snake Hawk Press has the Last-minute Valentine’s Gifts You’re Looking For
Need a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift for your novio or novia? Ditch the heart-shaped chocolates and oversized Teddy bears and head to Snake Hawk Press (144 Zapata St.) instead. The studio is holding open studio hours until 5 p.m. and they’ve gone all out to celebrate the gushy holiday. In addition to posters and prints, you’ll…
You Don’t Need a Valentine to Enjoy These Events
Valentine’s Day. Your feed is probably crowded with cheese-tastic engagement ring ads (or is that just me?), but you’ve no plans for the made-up holiday? Worry not, plenty of SA bars are there for you to drown your sorrows or celebrate your freedom in. Happy Hour Champagne Flight: Maybe you didn’t get tickets to the…
Popovich on Trump: “I Feel Like We’ve Been Invaded by Another Power”
How does it make you feel to hear or see the words “President Donald Trump”? San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich says the post-Trump world has left him feeling this way: “Some days I feel like we’ve been invaded by another power and taken over (by people) who don’t feel the same.” “It’s a strange land.”…
Food Court: Periphery Opens, El Bucanero Announces Third Location and More
Periphery Is Now Open Like Beat Street Coffee Co. and The Old Main Assoc. before it, a new restaurant is trying to find a home at 2512 N. Main Ave. This time, chef Mark Weaver, formerly of Tre Trattoria is hoping to entice the neighborhood with Periphery on Main, which is now open. The eatery,…
16th Annual Jewish Film Festival Explores History, Identity, Culture
If the only movies that come to mind when you hear the words “Jewish films” are Schindler’s List and Fiddler on the Roof, it’s probably time to expand your horizons. From February 18-22, the Barshop Jewish Community Center will hold their 16th Annual Jewish Film Festival to help “promote Jewish values and diversity” and “entertain,…
On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour Celebrates 10 Years of Art and Community
If you think great San Antonio art, artists, galleries, and artistic communities are only to be found in Southtown, it’s high time to broaden your horizons. For starters, you’ll definitely want to get acquainted with the goings on in the area which includes Monticello Park, Jefferson, Woodlawn Lake, Keystone, Beacon Hill and Alta Vista. Collectively…
What Does Texas’ Crackdown on “Sanctuary Cities” Mean in the Trump Era?
Norma Herrera was running late for class at the University of Texas Pan-American when she saw the Pharr police cruiser pull up behind her car and activate his lights. Stopped for failure to display her front license plate, the officer asked Herrera for her driver’s license. Herrera told him she didn’t have one; she says…
Savoring Pork at a Mexican Seafood Restaurant
Reposted with permission from The Tacoist. La Capital del Sabor in Leon Valley prides itself as, well … What you might not ascertain from the name is that this is a Mexican seafood restaurant — a Mexican seafood restaurant that serves one of the most delicious pork tacos in the chicharron prensado. This taco I had…
Mariscos El Marinero Adds Sinaloa-style Seafood to Tobin Hill
Fans of La Playa, El 7 Mares, Camaron Pelado, and the more recent El Bucanero and Las Islas Marias (two locations each) will find comfort in the similarities found at Mariscos El Marinero, which opened last fall. One could even consider it déjà vu as a visit to El Marinero is almost eerily familiar to…
Legendary Thrashers Metallica Return to San Antonio
Rummage through your closet and grab your vintage Master of Puppets T-shirt dude (or just keep it on), ‘cause Metallica’s back to shred your face off. It was announced earlier today that Metallica will be gracing our fair city on Wednesday, June 14 during their WorldWired 2017 tour — a 25-city sprawl across North America in…
Gov. Abbott Mocks NFL for Opposing Anti-Trans Bill
Governor Greg Abbott decided to attack the NFL over Twitter this weekend for its threat to halt future Texas Super Bowls if Abbott signs an anti-transgender bill into law. In a brief Friday email, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Associated Press that a discriminatory law like Texas’ proposed Senate Bill 6 would “certainly be a…
“Puro Symposium” Aims to Explore a Loaded Word
When you think of the word puro, what image comes to mind? What colors do you see? Is it tall? What does it taste like? Does it make a sound? Now hold that thought until February 21, when a panel of local visual and performance artists will come together at Brick for a symposium about…
Police Officers in Standoff With Armed Man in West Side Apartment
San Antonio police officers are in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself in a West Side apartment after entering and choking the female tenant early this morning. A woman visiting the tenant woke to see the man strangling her friend around 4 a.m. Monday — and promptly ran out of the unit to…
Where There’s a Will, There’s Single-Payer Health Care
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders faced off this week on #CNNDebateNight, garnering interest in no small part because if political fortunes had been only slightly different — if a few million voters had zigged instead of zagged — either of these senators could now occupy the Oval Office. “The presidential debate that never was,” I…
With Signs in the Sky and Satan in the Sounds, Black Metal Comes to SA
A full moon, lunar eclipse, and comet all took place Friday night as two of the most influential bands in black metal played a show in San Antonio. Coincidence? Satanic miracle? Entering the Alamo City Music Hall after a thorough frisking (take me to a black mass first, geesh!), I walk into an ocean of…
SA’s International Music Festival Returns With Another Packed Installment Of Multi-Cultural Musical Showcases
Music festival season is upon us, and to kick it off the Alamo City’s very own International Music Festival is back to highlight some of the best music our planet has to offer. Musical Bridges Around The World, or MBAW, the non profit who curates the festival, was founded back in 1998 by Russian-born concert…
Prosecutors: “Team Paxton’s” Defense Strategy Has Gotten Ridiculous
Think of it as the Passion of Ken Paxton, the story the Texas Attorney General’s defense team and die-hard supporters have spun about a cabal of politicians, corrupt judges, and sleazy lawyers who have conspired to tank the career of an upstanding, God-fearing man with bogus felony fraud charges. It’s a conspiracy that, as we’ve…
Hamilton is Coming to San Antonio
You can finally stop entering your names in lotteries and contests for Hamilton tickets because the popular musical is making it’s way to San Antonio. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last two years, you’ve heard the musical’s songs on repeat, seen the Carpool Karaoke featuring Hamilton cast members and have probably noticed Hamilton:…
How Worried Should We Be About Reports of ICE Raids in Texas?
Update 5:10 pm: According to the Department of Homeland Security, ICE agents have raided (although they don’t call them “raids”) homes and workplaces in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and two other unidentified cities. The agency is claiming that those have all been “routine” enforcement actions, according to the Washington Post — but while agents are focusing on…
Visit These Bakers For Delectable Bread Loaves and Nostalgic Desserts
Whether it’s fresh loaves or elaborate wedding cakes, these three pastry chefs are helping San Antonio’s baking scene rise. Jenn Riesman, Hotel Emma Jenn Riesman, Pastry Chef at Hotel Emma, is raising expectations for desserts and pastry chefs in San Antonio. Though she has worked as a pastry chef for hotels and restaurants across the…
5 SA Bartenders Will Compete in Next Week’s Speed Rack
On Sunday, February 19, five San Antonio bartenders will compete in the all-female Speed Rack, an efficiency and swiftness test, which is now on its sixth national tour. Nineteen bartenders will compete from across Texas including Taylor Reed (The Last Word, Coyote Ugly Saloon); Jasmine Castañeda (SoHo Wine & Martini Bar); and Ana Patrizia Cabrera (Frank,…
KLRN, Too Afraid to Be Mean to Lamar Smith, Axed Rick Casey’s Critical Column
Rick Casey is a Texas institution, a longtime and legendary columnist for the San Antonio Light and Houston Chronicle newspapers before he jumped to local PBS station KLRN for his talk show “Texas Week.” Last week, he planned to cap his show as he always does, with a short column on some issue in the…
Some Ways to Add Frida Kahlo to Your Weekend
It seems like not a weekend goes by in San Antonio without some kind of Frida Kahlo-inspired event taking place, and this weekend is no exception. On Saturday, Feb. 11, get to Carmens de la Calle Café for a night of dinner, cocktails and a performance celebrating the life of the Mexican surrealist artist. Bring a…
Carver Branch Library Dives into Women’s Empowerment with Lemonade Panel
In honor of Black History Month, Carver Branch Library will host #LemonadeDaySA featuring a panel of local experts who will discuss women’s empowerment found through Beyonce’s Lemonade. Blogger and feminist theologian Candice Benbow and UTSA professor Dr. Kinitra Brooks will join the panel this Saturday to “explore female strength and determination,” according to a statement from the…
Let’s Rodeo Y’all! Performers To See At This Year’s San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo
Judging by the smell of livestock rolling in, you probably know what time it is. Yes, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, now in its 67th iteration, is kind of a big deal, with nearly 2 million visitors ever year. Throughout the two and half week event, cowgirls and cowboys alike can participate in…
Fire Puts Cullum’s Attaboy out of Commission
It’ll be at least two months before you can get an Attaboy burger fix. The ’77 Airstream sustained fire damage a few weeks ago according to owner Chris Cullum. The food truck, one of the early adapters of the trend in San Antonio, has been a constant of the food scene since 2011. The 40-year-old…
Built to Spillover: Paper Tiger Announces Killer Lineup for Heatwave 2
Let the SXSW spillover show announcements commence! Each year, as Austin readies for the coolest confluence of clusterfuckery you ever saw (aka the ever-growing behemoth that is SXSW, slated for March 10-19 this year), San Antonio show bookers and promoters go to work putting together what are lovingly termed “spillover shows.” These spillover shows, which…
A Few People Are Protesting Planned Parenthood This Saturday
This weekend, more than a hundred groups of abortion opponents will protest in front of their local Planned Parenthood clinics — an effort organized by a private organization called Protest PP. In San Antonio, that means an estimated 23 people will hoist signs outside of the city’s Northwest Planned Parenthood. (Meanwhile, more than 400 San Antonians…
Documentary on Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta Will Open This Year’s CineFestival
Telling the story of Chicana activist and United Farm Workers Union co-founder Dolores Huerta, the documentary Dolores will open this year’s CineFestival, the nation’s longest running Latino film festival. Dolores digs into the life of a civil rights icon who is often overshadowed by her UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez. The film recounts Huerta’s tireless fight for…
2017 SA Book Fest Lineup Covers Tacos, Terrorism, College Rape and Latino Sci-Fi
The San Antonio Book Festival, now in its fifth year, announced the lineup for its 2017 fest this morning, which will include about 30 Latino/a authors, making up a little over a quarter of the authors to be featured. On the list of local and regional writers we’re excited to see are the editors and…
Get High And Die With White Christ
Harnessing the same aggression as their first two releases, the dudes in SA’s garage core band, White Christ, return with a banging four track EP that’s as sophisticated as it is fun and chaotic. Recorded and released at the end of 2016, Die So High, is loud, fast, and brimming with sun-shining spells of fuzzy…
San Antonio’s Lawsuit Against Travelocity, Expedia Stretches Into Its 11th (Yes, 11th) Year
Will it ever end? For more than a decade, the City of San Antonio has been in some sort of litigation with online travel companies over hotel occupancy taxes. HOT funds, collected at a per-night-stay tax rate of 16.75 percent (seven percent of that goes to the city), helps bankroll the city’s arts and cultural…
Sen. John Cornyn Thinks Millions of Calls From Concerned Texans Are Part of “Establishment” Conspiracy
In the past few weeks, a flood of phone calls from Texans opposing the nomination of now-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos crashed Sen. John Cornyn’s voicemail system. But instead of considering the genuine concerns of the very people who elected him to represent them in Congress, Cornyn turned the outpouring of alarm into a conspiracy…
Your Friday Night Plans Should Include Jason Dady’s Paella
Chances are if you’ve been to the Johnny Hernandez’s annual Paella Challenge, you’ve stood in a long line for a taste of chef Jason Dady’s often-funky paellas. The star chef will put his paella skills to the test again this Friday with a paella and tapas party on Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at…
Mayoral Candidates at Town Hall Questioned About Anti-Trans Bill
This originally appeared in our sister paper, Out in SA. Three mayoral candidates attending a town hall sponsored by the Rivard Report on February 7* at the Pearl Stable were asked to comment on Senate Bill 6, the anti-trans bathroom bill under consideration by the Texas Legislature. SB6 bars transgender people from using the bathroom…
South Alamode Gelato and Panini Co. Is Back From Vacation
Just in case you’re looking for a refuge from the mid- to high-80s we’re currently experiencing, keep in mind South Alamode Gelato and Panini Co. is back from their usual January hiatus as of Saturday, February 4. Owners/husband-and-wife team Josh Biffle and Diletta Gallorini take three weeks off in mid-January (read: the dead of South…
Don’t Miss Pinch Boil House and Bia Bar’s Next Boil
This weekend is about to get a little spicy, a little garlicky and a whole tastier. Pinch Boil House & Bia Bar, which will open later this spring at 124 N. Main Ave., will host a shrimp and shellfish boil on Saturday, February 11 from noon to sell-out (technically 4 p.m., but trust us on…
Investigators Say Victoria Mosque Fire Was Arson
The blaze that gutted a Victoria mosque in late January was the result of arson, according to investigators with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. On Wednesday, the ATF’s Houston field office announced a $30,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person or people responsible for the fire that…
San Antonio Named a Top Place to Live in America
Ok, so we might not have placed No. 1, but San Antonio still made it to Business Insider’s 2017 edition of the “The 50 Best Places to Live in America.” Coming in at No. 23, Business Insider gave San Antonio a 6.5 of the “quality of life” scale, saying: At once a destination city and…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 2/9 Breathless Movies are dangerous. In 1960’s Breathless (À Bout de Souffle), Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a brooding Frenchie so infatuated by American movies and pulp thrillers — just like filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard — that he picks up an American girlfriend (waifish Jean Seberg in an iconic pixie cut) and tries to turn her into…
Can San Antonio Salvage the Tech Jobs Shed by Rackspace?
For much of its history, Rackspace was the catalyst behind San Antonio’s nascent — and, now, increasingly organized — tech industry. It was Rackspace co-founder Graham Weston who, hoping to goose the local tech startup industry, founded Geekdom and gave the “co-working space” a floor of his downtown Weston Centre tower (that is, before the…
Periphery Is Now Open inside Former Old Main Assoc.
Like Beat Street Coffee Co. and The Old Main Assoc. before it, a new restaurant is trying to find a home at 2512 N. Main Ave. This time, chef Mark Weaver, formerly of Tre Trattoria is hoping to entice the neighborhood with Periphery on Main, which is now open. The eatery, which has undergone a…
Honeysuckle Tea Time Will Host Valentine’s Themed Milkshake Pop-Ups
There are a few key words to describe Honeysuckle Tea Time’s milkshakes. Here are a few to start: gorgeous, drool-worthy, awe-inspiring, over-the-top, delicious. And if you haven’t gotten a taste them for yourself, you’ll have two chances in the next few weeks as they debut three new Valentine’s Day-themed concoctions. Brace yourselves: they’ve got a…
Ahoy! El Bucanero Announces Location No. 3
More ceviche is on the way via chef Cesar Cervantes and co. of Mariscos El Bucanero fame. On Friday, the Sinaloa-style seafood restaurant with locations at Embassy Oaks and off Blanco Road near 1604 announced a new addition to its empire of nautical fare. Management took to Facebook on Friday, February 3 to share the…
Trump Says He’ll “Ruin” Texas Senator Who Wants to Keep Cops From Taking Your Stuff
When President Donald Trump told a room full of sheriffs Tuesday he’d ruin the career of a Texas state senator for attempting to protect private property rights, the crowd erupted in laughter. The threat, which some say was a ‘joke,’ was in response to Rockwall County Sheriff Harold Eavenson’s complaint that a certain state lawmaker had…
Cookhouse Owners Will Host Mardi Gras Block Party
Mardi Gras might still be a ways away (February 28), but the local celebrations of all things New Orleans are already trickling in. Chef Pieter Sypesteyn and wife Susan, owners of The Cookhouse, Where Y’at food truck and upcoming NOLA Brunch & Beignets, will host El Mardi Gras on Sunday, February 19 from 1 to…
Ranger Creek Brewstillery Is Now Hosting Monthly Brunch
Beermosas, anyone? Brunch, a common weekend mainstay for most restaurants hoping to capitalize on that hungover hipsters, queens and socialites sector, isn’t going away any time soon. And Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling is making it so whiskey lovers and beer drinkers can join in on the fun. Held once a month at the brewstillery,…
Lt. Gov. Patrick Says Economic Concerns Over Anti-Trans Bill Are “Bogus”
According to Lieutenant General Dan Patrick, passing a bill that allows business owners to discriminate against transgender Texans won’t have any economic impact on the state. “I don’t know of any business that hasn’t moved to Houston because of the issue,” said Patrick at a Monday press conference. “We’ve had basketball tournaments. We had the…
Layoffs Hit Rackspace
Rumors have been swirling in private this week about large, looming layoffs at Rackspace — which shouldn’t be all that surprising, considering investors late last year sold the pioneering San Antonio tech giant to Apollo Global Management, which has been described elsewhere as a “controversial vulture fund” with a history of saving companies the slash-and-burn…
Lamar Smith Wants to “Make the EPA Great Again” … With Baseless Accusations
The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology dedicated its first hearing this session on what sounds like a Donald Trump campaign slogan: “Making the EPA Great Again.” Not unlike Trump, Committee Chair Rep. Lamar Smith didn’t mention the time when the Environmental Protection Agency was great. Or suggest any solutions to bettering it.…
Texas Marilyn Impersonator May Sue Central African Republic for Image on Stamp
This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Out In SA. Impressionist and recording artist Jimmy James, a Laredo native who launched his career in San Antonio, is threatening legal action against the Central African Republic for using an image of him dressed as Marilyn Monroe on a stamp without his authorization. The Monroe stamp…
Dummies Fight Over H-E-B Parking Spot, Company Adds Security Dogs Outside Stores
Seriously, nobody should be that worried about parking in San Antonio. Compared to other big cities, there’s almost always free an abundant (or, at the very least, cheap-ish) parking space here. Everywhere. Which makes it all the more dumb that a wild-punch-swinging melee erupted this weekend outside the H-E-B at Culebra and 1604, reportedly because…
Last Call to Get Your Tejano Conjunto Festival Poster Submissions In
Calling all artists and graphic designers! Time is running out to enter the Tejano Conjunto Festival poster contest, which ends this Friday, Feb. 10. Submissions are accepted for four categories — middle school, high school, college and open — and individual artists can submit more than one entry. One design will be selected as the…
Outside Events Cast a Long Shadow Over the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Before the 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicked off on January 19, a colleague joked on Twitter that the inauguration of Donald Trump — which occurred on the fest’s first full day — would frame every wrap-up piece. In hindsight, it’s hard to imagine he’ll be proven wrong. The beginning of the Trump era cast a…
