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Fotoseptiembre Celebrates SA’s Top Photographers
For 20 years, Fotoseptiembre, through its various incarnations, has been a bright spot in San Antonio arts, exhibiting photographic work from a geographically and aesthetically diverse cast of photographers. As we get set to once again enjoy the fruits of this homegrown festival of all things visual —now with a true international reach — the…
6 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Friday, September 11 One Lucky Duck: Don’t miss out on another spectacular 8-course, raw vegan dinner hosted by One Lucky Duck at Pearl. With limited seating, you should get your seat now while they’re still hot. One Lucky Duck provides a menu that will surely make you appreciate vegetables in your life. With dinner items from beet…
RIP DJ Bart Koch
Bart Koch, San Antonio resident and DJ, died on Wednesday at 44. A music lifer, Koch worked at Hogwild, hosted several shows at KRTU (including the rambling and often-hilarious Inkwell Magic Hour) and co-founded the longtime dance night Velcro Underground at Limelight. In the ’90s, Koch also played in a garage band called The Drips.…
10 Things You Have To Do This Weekend
Thur 9/10″The Works” San Antonio artist, arts mentor, technical illustrator and graphic designer David Peche creates vivid, eye-catching works that are bursting with intense color and hallmarked by the kind of ultra-clean lines you might expect from someone who makes his living in graphic design. His totem/logo-like artwork typically focuses on a single central subject,…
Amber Tamblyn And Derrick Brown Ride Into SA on Motorcycle Poetry Tour
“When she was reading one of her romantic pieces, it was like lasers were shooting out of her buns, aimed right at the audience.” Poet Derrick Brown so describes the stage presence of his longtime friend and collaborator, actress Amber Tamblyn. Brown swears the two have never kissed on the mouth. Lazers of Sexcellence 5.0,…
5 More Dogs To Swipe Right To
As a continuation of the Bone-r Blog (part one and two) a monthly feature dedicated to help dogs find forever homes, we give you part three. If you’d like to visit any of these eligible pets, please email adopt@sanantoniopetsalive.org and include the ID number. Mia (aka Petunia) A319921 Everyone says I clown around too much,…
10 Shows To See This Weekend
Thursday, September 10 Femina-X, Ellis Redon Forward-thinking San Antonio pop quartet Femina-X has been in and out of the studio all spring, laying down an anticipated effort. In the spring, Ellis Redon quietly released one of the best collections of songs to hit San Antonio in 2015, sounding like if Bradford Cox of Deerhunter took…
How Do San Antonio Colleges And Universities Stack Up?
It’s about that time in the semester when the first grades from quizzes and homework start to roll in. A truly terrible, tragic time of the year. But it’s also when schools themselves get their report card, at least from the U.S. News and World Report. The publication annually publishes rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities,…
Luminaria 2015 Will Light Up The San Antonio Museum Of Art
For two days in late October, San Antonians will see a stretch of the Museum Reach from the San Antonio Museum of Art to Maverick Park light up for the 8th annual Luminaria. On a VIA Metropolitan Transit bus across the street from SAMA Wednesday morning, Luminaria’s new executive director Kathy Armstrong, Felix Padrón, executive director…
Check Out Our Two Covers For This Week’s Alamo City Comic Con Issue
There was no doubt that, taking place this weekend and with its tremendous rise in just three years to one of the country’s top events of its kind, the Alamo City Comic Con was going to be the focus of our cover at the San Antonio Current this week. What we had a bit of…
St. Vincent Bears Her Texan Heart In New, Short Film
Before she was a futurist, world-class shredder, St. Vincent was a Texan. And like anyone born in the Lone Star state, there’s an emotional/magnetic draw pulling at the heart whenever one leaves its borders. In a video for art and culture channel Nowness, St. Vincent and director Alan Del Rio Ortiz explore the musician’s gut…
Gilbert Flores Shooting Investigation Now In DA’s Hands; Second Video Won’t Be Released
The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office announced late Tuesday afternoon that the sheriff’s office turned over its investigation into two deputies who shot and killed Gilbert Flores on August 28. The DA’s office will review the evidence, which includes two videos: one that was published exclusively by KSAT 12 and another that hasn’t publicly been…
‘Environmental Evangelist’: Keep Politics Out Of Climate Change
She may be described as an “environmental evangelist” (she’s an atmospheric scientist and evangelist Christian), but Katharine Hayhoe has made a conscious decision not to confuse religion with politics. She calls on others to do the same and urges individuals not to allow their religious views to drown out the serious issue of global warming…
John Jay Assistant Coach Mack Breed Now On Administrative Leave
Mack Breed, an assistant football coach at John Jay High School, has been placed on paid administrative leave today after he may have told players to intentionally hit a referee during Friday’s game, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Northside Independent School District officials said that Breed allegedly suggested that players ram into one of…
Ted Cruz’s Worrisome Rhetoric Around The Kentucky Clerk
Rowan County clerk Kim “Contempt” Davis was ordered released from jail today and ordered not to interfere with the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples looking to tie the knot. A judge threw her in the slammer last Thursday for her refusal to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling that paved the way for…
7 Maps To Remind You That Texas Is Enormous
The fact that Texas is enormous is something we’re constantly reminded of, yet seem to take for granted. But it’s sometimes difficult to wrap your mind around just how massive the Lone Star State is. To remind you, we played with The True Size map, which lets you compare the actual size of states and…
All Hail Tony Parker! Spurs Star Becomes Top Scorer In European Championship History
He’s already part of our adored Spurs’ “big three.” He’s arguably the King of the Tear Drop. He’s unquestionably the best basketball player ever in France. And now he’s got one more accolade to add to his seemingly ever-growing list: Top all-time scorer in European Championship history. His 16 points in this year’s EuroBasket tourney…
Viva Lonely Horse! SA Duo Announces Hiatus
Some of the most captivating performers in San Antonio are calling it quits. Nick Long and Travis Hild, gigging together as Lonely Horse, announced on Labor Day that the duo will take a hiatus after fulfilling already announced dates, plus a last hurrah in December. It’s been quite a run for the dark folk duo.…
John Jay High School Football Players May Face Criminal Charges
Violence is never a solution to problems — even in football, a game wrought in conflict. Last Friday, a member of John Jay High School’s football team was ejected during a game against Marble Falls’ high school football team after two players decided to knock the hell out of a referee. The San Antonio Express-News…
Netflix & Chill: Reminisce Over Summer Days With Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp And Pizza Classics
Summer 2015 was so good to us and gave us a resurrection of Wet Hot American Summer. The cult classic was released in 2001 and was a total doozy when it hit the box office. Nearly a decade later, Michael Showalter, who also stars in the series as Alan Shemper and Ronald Reagan, and David…
A Sneak Peek At Playful Public Art In Yanaguana Garden
The history of San Antonio is blossoming through magnificent mosaic sculptures in Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair. The playful park features a large blue bejeweled panther estimated to weigh somewhere between two and three tons and an anhinga that doubles as a bench. Artist Oscar Alvarado, who was working with a concrete crew to set blue-colored…
Castro-Sanders Feud Growing? Protest Planned In SA
San Antonio Congressman Joaquín Castro is taking it on the chin from a hometown political segment that would usually back him. Democrats. Diehard Democrats, at that. They’re not at all happy that Castro criticized their choice for Democratic presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders. Granted, there’s some friction already since Castro supports and is actually campaigning for…
Hot Guys Eating Tacos Is Our New Favorite Instagram Account
Hot Dudes Reading was a total smash. Who doesn’t like swooning over an intellectual dude? The same can be said for Hot Guys Eating Tacos. Yeah, you read that correctly: Hot. Guys. Eating. Tacos. Double entendres are my favorite, but there’s really not much else to say, other than go look at a bunch of…
Man Arrested For Carving His Name On Interior Wall Of The Alamo
Julio Perez, a 22-year-old man from Laredo, was arrested yesterday for carving his name on a wall in the Monks’ Burial Room of The Alamo. An Alamo Tour Guide saw Perez using a key to etch into the wall. She called out to him “You can’t do that, you need to stop!”, according to the…
10 September Foodie Events We’re Excited For
Friday, September 4: The Magik Theatre may have had to relocate from the Botanical Garden to the Arneson River Theatre, but that the festivities will hit take a Medieval turn with Renaissance on the River. Tickets to the performances of The Winter’s Tale are free and open to the public, but if you want to get prime…
Lyft Still Not Operating In San Antonio, But Should Return Soon
In early August, San Antonio City Council reached a compromise with the transportation network company Lyft. Lyft and its competitor Uber both pulled out of San Antonio earlier this year after the city passed regulations the companies called burdensome. The deal with Lyft is a nine-month pilot program. Uber has not agreed to the compromise.…
Nectar Wine Bar Is Hosting a Totally Chill Weekly Bob Marley Brunch
Nectar Wine Bar and Ale House (214 Broadway, 210-375-4082) is serving brunch and a whole lot of Bob this weekend. Typically, brunch does not include good vibes from Mr. Marley but some “Three Little Birds” put in a good word for him. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoons other than down in the “Concrete…
UTSA Is Going To Have A Panty Party
If you’re wondering why people were frantically tapping on their phones today on the University of Texas at San Antonio campus, they were just trying to win a huge blowout party hosted by Victoria’s Secret Pink. The offshoot brand of the lingerie giant was hosting its 2015 Pink Nation Campus Showdown, a online contest that…
Bonehead Quote Of The Week: Rick Perry Puzzles Through The Secret Mysteries Of Time
Poor Rick Perry. It’s been a tough few weeks for the former governor of Texas and Republican presidential hopeful. It came out in early August that Perry would no longer pay his campaign staff. CNN predicted that Perry is the most likely Republican candidate to drop out of the race first. This week, reports surfaced…
Mexican Crooner Alejandro Fernandez OK After His Truck Rolls Over
Alejandro Fernández, the superstar Mexican crooner, was hospitalized after his truck flipped over in his ranch. Media reports indicate that Fernández’s truck lost control and flipped over at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday on slick roads on his ranch in Guadalajara. Details on the extent of his injuries were not known, but published reports indicated…
Central Market’s New Growler Station Opens Friday
Central Market (4821 Broadway) is back in the growler game this Labor Day weekend with the opening of The San Antonio Growler Station. Located across from the refrigerated beer and wine shelves, the SA Growler Station will keep 12 beers on tap for 32- and 64-ounce growler refills. Shoppers can buy empties there for $7.99…
Where To Find Rebel Pizza This Weekend
We’re always on the lookout for the next pizza party. Needless to say, we’re jazzed about the launch of Rebel Pizza a new pizza on wheels concept via cook/pizza boy Halston Connella. Formerly on staff at Citrus and Cured and soon to be Brigid, Connella’s fired up his wood-burning, brick pizza oven a few times…
Own A Business? Don’t Like Guns? State Rep. Diego Bernal Has A Sign For That
Now that it’s legal in Texas to openly carry a handgun, gun-control advocates are figuring out ways to let the gun-toting public know that their firearms aren’t welcome. State Rep. Diego Bernal, in response to legal open carry, will be providing businesses that, for some crazy reason, prefer not to have customers openly carry…
10 Shows To See This Weekend
Thursday, September 3 Cursus On “Hex Offender,” San Anto doom trio Cursus rips through a dark and bewitching groove. With Heavy Sleeper, Old and Ill, Thunderkief, Worshiper Cainets. $5, 9pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club, 1603 N. Colorado St., (210) 267-9160 Hex Offender by CURSUS Thursday, September 3 Bey Day At Brass Monkey’s weekly Thurzgay party, theGlitoris hosts…
How Did Three Drunk Ass Adult Women Get On A School Bus?
How drunk do you have to be to board a school bus and get a ride to middle school? For three unidentified women in their early twenties, the answer is pretty damn drunk. According to KENS-5, a North East Independent School District bus driver was fired after an incident last Friday involving three intoxicated, adult…
The National Arts Program Highlights VIA Metropolitan Transit
Artists come from all backgrounds, and the employees and relatives of VIA Metropolitan Transit are no different. In partnership with the National Arts Program, the transportation agency is showcasing its 5th VIA Employee Art Exhibit, which features works of arts in all mediums. This year’s exhibit includes more than 120 employees and immediate family members…
Republican Presidential Hopeful Scott Walker Pitches Washington Shakeup With A Side Of Brisket In SA
Governor Scott Walker, R-Wisc., paid San Antonio its first official visit of the 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday, dropping by the Bill Miller BBQ on Broadway Street for about an hour and a half. Walker did the things that people running for president do. He shook everyone’s hand, answered questions, took selfies and explained why…
3 New Rides Coming To Fiesta Texas
The ride-designing mad scientists at Six Flags Fiesta Texas are already looking forward to 2016. The theme park announced that three new rides — the Fireball, Hurricane Force 5 and Spinsanity — will anchor the new Fiesta Bay Boardwalk. Here’s a breakdown of the “mind-bending” rides: Guests will find themselves looping, spinning, and soaring as…
First-Ever Cured For A Cure Dinner Packs In Talent
Blood-related cancers are no joke. And as a survivor of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma since September 2010, chef Steve McHugh is serious about helping fund the San Antonio Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. His philanthropy is a major gain for local foodies as the chef-owner of Cured, most recently named one of the best Southern Restaurants in the…
Bexar County Sheriff’s Presser Reveals Few New Details
Update: September 2, 2015, 3:30 p.m.: Juan Contreras, president of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County released this statement: I support and stand by my members 100%. I ask that no member of our society rush to judge the incident simply based on the short video clip shown by the media. There are many…
Go Watch Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Debut At The Alamo Drafthouse
Stephen Colbert officially takes over The Late Show reins from David Letterman on Tuesday, September 8. If you’re so inclined to stay up past your bedtime to watch Colbert’s hosting debut, you might as well leave the house and make it a communal television experience. The Alamo Drafthouse Park North is hosting a free simulcast…
Bexar County Approves $500,000 For Lone Star Rail District
Bexar County’s $1.7 billion budget that was approved Tuesday includes $500,000 for the Lone Star Rail District. While the funding received a green light, no agreements are in place yet, according to a county spokesperson. Lone Star Rail District Director Joe Black said he’s also asked the City of San Antonio and VIA Metropolitan Transit…
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo Withdraws From Race To Lead SAPD
One of the candidates to become San Antonio’s top cop bowed out of the race today. Austin police chief Art Acevedo took himself out of the running for the San Antonio police chief job, according to the Austin American-Statesman. City Manager Sheryl Sculley named Acevedo to a group of five finalists on August 20. The remaining…
SA’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance Still Lacks Teeth, Critics Say
When Matthew Hileman went to file a LGBT-related complaint in January 2014 under the city’s newly amended Non-Discrimination Ordinance — the city’s first — there wasn’t even a form to fill out. “I was really frustrated … it seemed like the cogs on the machine were going together in the wrong direction,” Hileman told the…
What Will San Antonio Do With Its Travis Park Confederate Statue?
The soldier atop the Confederate monument in Travis Park has stood watch over the square green patch on the northern edge of downtown since 1900. The 40-feet-high obelisk is topped with a statue of a mustachioed Confederate soldier. He holds a rifle in his left hand, resting it against the ground. His right hand points…
Brews & Boos At Beer Depot
Built into the structure of an old barn that’s housed a century of tenants, from the four-footed to the two-steppin’ variety, The Beer Depot is extending the existence of fine beer establishments a little further into San Antonio’s West Side. In operation for a little over two years, it’s the latest venture of veteran restaurateur…
Service Is Key For The Looking Glass
Thrifting is still very much part of the once-Texas Trash Clothing Exchange. Now The Looking Glass, a cozy little bar that’s housed inside a former Church’s Chicken, the joint is owner Cheryl Richmond and business partner Rhonda Sciaraffa turn at running an adult bar. And unlike The White Rabbit, where Richmond tended bar for several…
Yes, You Can Shuck Your Own Oysters
You’re looking for a succinct, but oddly satisfactory pop, a sound similar to that jolly burst made while blowing gum. But instead of simply pulling off the flimsy wrapper on a piece of Bubble Yum, you’re cracking open the hard shell of a bivalve mollusk. I’m talking about oysters, people, and here’s how you’re going…
Savage Love: The Asexual Dom
I’m confused about my sexuality. For many years, I thought I preferred hetero-romantic asexual relationships. Exposure to select reading material—thanks to my gender-studies classes—has me convinced I’m an asexual t-type (i.e., “top,” but I prefer not to use such connotative terms) female who is attracted to slight and feminine men. I do not want to…
The Five Most Anticipated Films Left In 2015, Plus Our Top Five Films Of The Year So Far
As summer turns into autumn and autumn into winter, our cinematic thoughts increasingly turn away from the base pleasures of superheroes and hitmen and toward the more austere pleasures of Hollywood’s prestige season. We waded through the release schedule and selected the five most hotly anticipated movies to come, as well as five favorite films of…
What To See? Where To Go? Our Fotoseptiembre Picks
JAY GOULD, JAIME E. JOHNSON, JOHN WILLIAM KEEDYHEATHER STRATTON AND MELANIE WALKER “Performance Contained – The Camera As Audience” Libby Rowe curates an accomplished group of photographers at Terminal 136, UTSA’s relatively new off-campus gallery: Jay Gould and Heather Stratton from Maryland, Jaime E. Johnson (Mississippi), John William Keedy (San Antonio) and Melanie Walker (Colorado). The…
5 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Thursday, September 3 Jazz on the Rocks: The San Antonio Parks Foundation and The St. Anthony Hotel are teaming up for cocktails and happy hours for the next three Thursdays nights, in advance of the 32nd annual Jazz’SAlive event. The combined effort includes drink specials and lots of live jazz. Prices vary, 5-7pm, 300 E.…
Indian Curator Devanshi Agarwal On Collaborating With Lone Star Art Alliance
After stepping down as executive director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum in 2013, Bill FitzGibbons started channeling his interest in “creating a dialog between international artists and San Antonio artists” into “Texas!” — an exhibition that showcased 13 Texas artists at the National Academy of Art in New Delhi, India, and later sparked the…
Flavor File: Wine Events and Chef-Driven Dinners
Winos with a love for all things PBS can get their tickets to this ear’s San Antonio Food & Wine Festival, a series of three events slated for September. The festivities kick off on Friday, September 11 from 7:30 to 10 p.m., with a black tie event that pairs a silent auction with high quality…
Free Will Astrology, Week Of August 31
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Excess is the common substitute for energy,” said poet Marianne Moore. That’s a problem you should watch out for in the coming weeks. According to my astrological projections, you’re a bit less lively and dynamic than usual. And you may be tempted to compensate by engaging in extreme behavior or resorting…
Daptone’s Charles Bradley On Race, Fast Food Violence and His Long Soul Career
As far as feel good stories go, they don’t get much sweeter than Charles Bradley’s. It goes something like this: down-on-his-luck soul singer, who never quite made a dent during his 1960s heyday, takes to working odd-jobs and performing James Brown covers to keep the dream alive. Then, his big break: discovered at age 62…
The Odd Celebrity Encounters Of Man Man
Two years ago, Man Man frontman Ryan Kattner got a rather peculiar interview request for an independent musician — from Anderson Cooper of CNN. Over the phone, the Silver Fox asked Kattner about “End Boss,” from Man Man’s 2013 album On Oni Pond. Inspired by Wolf Blitzer, the tune imagines the CNN anchor sneaking into…
Live Lustrous Doomings: of Montreal’s Crazy Stage Show
Back in April of this year, of Montreal released their first live record, Snare Lustrous Doomings. For a band that’s put out roughly two dozen studio albums, cycled through an NBA roster’s worth of band members, and toured the world for two decades, this seems like something of an anomaly. But then live albums have…
Austin Transplants Slomo Drags Return Home
Once upon a time in San Antonio, there was a rad indie rock band called Cartographers. They were a bunch of dicks, but the music was so goddamn good that it really didn’t matter. Led by Jackson Albracht — a dude with a manic and wry creativity, a cheeky aplomb and an uncanny knack for…
