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Silver Reign: Artists and basketball fans team up for ‘Go Spurs Show’
On a drizzly First Friday in Southtown, the familiar sounds of AC/DC bump in the cozy confines of Studio One Zero Three, where curator Rigoberto Luna has assembled the exhibit “Go Spurs Show: Paying Tribute to the Home Team.” Within the gallery, itself a throwback to the neighborhood’s salad days, a crowd gathers around a…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 11/20 “Intense and Fragile” If you break it, you buy it. With that said, the Southwest School of Art’s Russell Hill Rogers Galleries open “Intense and Fragile,” an exhibition exploring “the conjunction of physical properties and conceptual frameworks in contemporary porcelain sculpture.” Featuring artists from all around the country, including SA’s own Jennifer Ling…
10 Cocktails to Drink This Thanksgiving
You have probably already decided where you’re going to spend Thanksgiving this year. Maybe you’ll show up at your parents’ house just in time to eat, carrying some thrown-together slop of a casserole. Or maybe you’ll be playing host and preparing Thanksgiving dinner yourself, in which case I wish you the best of luck. Either…
Tim Duncan is Very Tim Duncan in New Foot Locker Ad
Tim Duncan can hardly contain himself in this new ad with the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose. The commercial promotes Foot Locker’s Week of Greatness, which I presume is a period of seven days that are particular outstanding. (It’s actually a week of premium athletic shoe releases to coincide with the holiday shopping season.) Related Stories
An Ugly Texas Textbook Tango Continues
To the embarrassment of reasonable Texans everywhere, the State Board of Education failed to gain preliminary approval of nearly 100 social studies textbooks because there is a contentious argument whether Moses influenced the United States’ founding fathers. Or because jihad, climate change and other out-of-this world concerns that would probably leave some of the students…
Community Groups Push For County Wage Increase
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff has asked for an evaluation of raising wages for the county’s lowest paid workers after a group of community organizers and leaders urged San Antonio and Bexar County officials to increase pay for public employees. Leaders from COPS (Communities Organized for Public Service) and Metro Alliance, a coalition of dozens…
IceJJFish Returns with Terrible Remix of ILoveMakonnen’s ‘Tuesday’
The joke (or terrible reality) continues. IceJJFish, who graced the Hays bridge in his video for “On the Floor,” returned yesterday with a remix of ILoveMakonnen’s soft-rap banger “Tuesday.” Where ILoveMakonnen hits the club midweek, too busy working on weekends, IceJJFish sings of an act of infidelity on a Tuesday. Though the first tone deaf video…
Watch the New H-E-B Spurs Commercials
H-E-B debuted new Spurs ads today, and, as always, they showcase the playful side of the team’s star players, as well as how they look great in togas. Take a look. Related Stories
Spurs vs. Cavs Preview: An unofficial finals rematch in Cleveland
The Red Rocket went off at the AT&T Center last night as Spurs forward Matt Bonner led all players with 18 points in a 100-75 drubbing of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Spurs offense was humming, dishing out 27 assists on 36 made baskets, and piling up at least 25 dimes for the third time this…
9 Free Events Happening This Week
Wednesday, November 19 International Artists-in-Residence An emerging force at Washington D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, curator Mika Yoshitake notably served as project coordinator for the Museum of Contemporary Art-Los Angeles’ traveling Takashi Murakami retrospective (from 2005 to 2009) and brings her sharp take on contemporary art to San Antonio as ringleader of Artpace’s final…
What the Hell, Dave and Buster’s?
Someone who manages Dave and Buster’s social media decided that this was a brilliant and hilarious and not racist at all way to promote Taco Tuesday. We’ll completely ignore the fact that no one, no where ever would equate Dave and Buster’s with delicious tacos, because we’re trying to wrap our heads around why anyone…
SA Fire, Police Union Health Care Increased, Street Projects Cut
San Antonio City Council members on Tuesday morning voted to amend the budget to increase police and fire health care benefits by $14.2 million. Street projects scheduled for 2016 to the tune of $9 million were included in the General Fund adjustment, according to a City of San Antonio press release. There are no layoffs…
SA’s First Torchy’s Tacos Opens December 18
Torchy’s Tacos fans, hold onto your butts. The Austin-based chain opens the doors at its first SA spot at 999 E Basse on December 18 with free breakfast tacos between 7 and 10 a.m. The 4,362 square foot location or “hot spot”, which will feature the full menu and a full bar, has been a long…
Live and Local: Primus and the Chocolate Factory at the Majestic Theatre
Art met psychedelia as Primus arrived at the Majestic Theatre to support their eighth album Primus and the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble. The classic lineup of expert bassist Les Claypool, underrated guitarist Larry Lalonde and ecstatic drummer Tim Alexander is back for their latest Dahl-inspired album. With imagery to match the ’71 film adaptation,…
Aural Pleasure: Something Fiction’s ‘Trees in the Dark’
At nearly 13 minutes, local electro-mindbenders Something Fiction’s new single is long enough, even with only two songs, to qualify as an EP by many bands’ standards. It is, however, just this uncommon patience and hi-def attention to detail that make SF’s music so endlessly rewarding. Let’s consider these two offerings, which serve as an…
Diego Bernal Bids Farewell to City Government
With his sights set on the Texas Legislature, today is Diego Bernal’s last official day as a city council member after he announced on Twitter last week that the November 13 meeting would be his last. Bernal is rolling off the 15-member body to run for former State Rep. Mike Villarreal’s seat in the Texas…
Man Killed by Dropkick Murphys Tour Bus May Have Been Crossing Interstate
The Round Rock Police Department identified the man killed by the Dropkick Murphys tour bus early Sunday morning as 23-year-old Dalton Lane Clark of Cedar Park, Tex. His family released a statement today that says they believe he had been attempting to cross Interstate 35. Police indicated earlier that they believe the victim committed suicide.…
Same-Sex Marriage: A potential $200 million boost to Texas economy
Same-sex marriage legalization could be a potential financial boon for Texas. That’s according to a recent study conducted by NerdWallet, which concluded that local economies could experience a $2.5 billion impact were the practice legal in all 50 states. Here in Texas, same-sex marriage legalization could potentially inject over $200 million into local economies. Rather than…
Immigration Detainers Decline Between 2012 and 2014
When federal immigration authorities find out that an arrestee—whether it’s state, local or the federal level—is an undocumented immigrant, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement places a detainer on the individual. The detainer allows ICE to take custody of an undocumented immigrant before a law enforcement agency releases the individual. And those detainers, which number in…
SA Food Pics: 10 ways locals warmed up this week
It’s gettin’ pretty freakin’ chilly outside and SA locals are looking for ways to stay warm. Whether it’s some pho from Pho Sure (741 W Ashby), queso flameado from Palenque Grill (389 N Loop 1604 W) or roasted duck and dumplings from The Cookhouse (720 E Mistletoe), SA locals have snapped some delectable pics that’ll…
5 Things You Have to do This Week
Monday, 11/17 Primus and the Chocolate Factory If you’re totally tweaked to see Primus touring in their original configuration but a little bummed they’ll be covering the Oompa Loompa-filled soundtrack to 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory instead of taking you through the wondrous worlds of their own creation (the Seas of Cheese, the…
Dropkick Murphys Involved in Fatal Accident Following SA Show
The Boston-based rock band Dropkick Murphys cancelled a Sunday night show in Tulsa after their tour bus killed a pedestrian that ran out on the highway. The accident took place early Sunday morning in Round Rock following the band’s Saturday night show at Backstage Live in San Antonio. Police suspect the incident to be a…
Andrew Weissman, Ray Chavez and More Lined Up for PechaKucha vol. 16
Few ever clamor to watch a PowerPoint presentation. Listening to someone drone on and on in front of a screen that displays uninspiring bullet points hardly makes for an engaging experience. But the slideshow format is the basis for series of events that continues to inspire and enlighten the audience. PechaKucha is returns Tuesday, November…
Live and Local: Sturgill Simpson at Sam’s Burger Joint
The 36-year-old Kentuckian, crooner, picker and Opry-lauded, second coming of Waylon; Sturgill Simpson boasts a voice of solid country gold and a fuck-it-all outlaw attitude, combined with a poetically downtrodden phraseology—steeped in the vernacular of the honkytonk—and a playfully inquisitive sense of metaphysics. And if you think that sounds pretty far out for a country…
San Antonio to Host Men’s Final Four in 2018
To bolster San Antonio’s status as a hoops city, the NCAA announced today that the 2018 Men’s Final Four will be in SA. Ousting Atlanta, Phoenix, New Orleans and others for the 2018 slot, San Antonio will host the Big Dance for the first time since 2008. This will be the fourth time for SA…
SAPD Report Sheds Light on Attack of Pregnant Woman
A police report reveals that two restaurant employees tackled and restrained a 27-year-old man accused of stabbing a woman who was 8-months pregnant. The San Antonio Police Department arrested Jesse Cervantes Jr. early Monday morning on the 400 block of SW Military Drive. Cervantes is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Cervantes allegedly…
4 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Saturday, November 15: Frolic through orchards and celebrate this year’s olive harvest at Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard. Learn about the growing process, from planting to cultivating, and take in a cooking demonstration or two. The event includes outdoor cooking stations with goat-frogmore stew, whole chickens, Brussels sprouts, stone fruit, beets, squash and lettuces all using…
Human Rights Campaign Gives a C- Grade to San Antonio
An evaluative report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) ranked more than 350 cities by numerically itemizing their municipal laws and policies on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. Composed of six different categories—such as non-discrimination laws and relationship recognition—this comprehensive rating system recorded hundreds of “municipal equality index scorecards” for towns across…
Eat BBQ and Give Back at CPS Energy’s GrillsGiving
It seems we’ve skipped fall altogether and winter has reared its ugly head again. Due to the steep drop in temperatures we’re facing, everyone is starting to pile on layers and layers of clothing before heading out and cranking up their heaters once they get home. We’re just not well-suited for the cold here in…
CPS Energy Hosts GrillsGiving This Saturday
SPONSORED CONTENT Join us for CPS Energy’s Inaugural GrillsGiving at Mission County Park on Saturday, November 15, 2014. This unique event takes place at the newly renovated Mission County Park. Enjoy a festival-like atmosphere, including a competitive barbeque cook off, local food truck favorites, live music from the Derailers and Malford Milligan, artisans and activities…
Local Graphic Designers Compete in the Fight for the Furious Pixel
Let’s get ready to rumble, art geeks, because the 2nd Annual Pixels of Fury competition is coming to San Antonio this Friday, November 14. Presented by AIGA and Shutterstock, Pixels of Fury is a traveling design contest in which local graphic designers compete to impress a live audience and a panel of creative judges. During…
Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney interviews David Rubin
I first met David Rubin when he was Director of 20th Century Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, and I was doing a project for the Phoenix Airport. Little did I know that in 2006, after a stint at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, this bundle of energy would come to the San…
Brooklyn Sucks, Except for the Flatbush Zombies
Just how branded has Brooklyn become? There’s a prime-time sitcom set there. Its most famous resident now reps the town as a part NBA owner rather than a rapper. Anne Hathaway, Norah Jones and Paul Giamatti live there. Most recently, Sour Patch Kids bought a house where touring bands can stay, on the stipulation that…
Chill Coast: The nostalgic California vibes of Allah-Las
Remember those old high-school friends and how you never got around to doing all the rad things you planned to do with them? Well take heart, for Los Angeles psych-rock quartet Allah-Las is living out the dream for the rest of us. Band members Matthew Correia (percussion), Spencer Dunham (bass), and Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar)…
J.K. Simmons is Malevolent, Brilliant in ‘Whiplash’
When J.K. Simmons enters a scene in Whiplash, you can hear each percussive clop of his footsteps. In fact, he’s the type of dude who would wear loud leather soles just so his students could shush themselves into submission when they know he’s in the hallway. As Terence Fletcher, the studio band conductor at the…
Cocktail Know-how: The Sidecar
This month we continue our focus on classic cocktail revival. Shifting away from the bitters that were important to the mixtures of the Manhattan and the Pisco Sour, we turn our sights on the sour craze of the early 20th century with the Sidecar. In my many years as a bartender, I never encountered a…
Savage Love: Friendship
My last boyfriend and I were in an open, long-distance relationship. We were together for a year and a half. We considered each other our primary partners, but I met his other partners and felt fine about most of them, and I got to have some fun playtime back in my own city. Then I…
Rookie’s Bar Sports a Mélange of Kitsch and a Solid Booze Selection
This bar has everything: Tiffany-style lamps, hockey jerseys hanging from the ceiling, cigar boxes repurposed as wallpaper, empty beer can mosaics, a short dude that sells you random Marilyn Monroe and Tim Duncan prints out of his backpack, and ’90s gangster rap blaring from the sound system. While this might sound like one of Stefon’s…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We all have addictive and obsessive tendencies. They are fundamental to being human. So the challenge is not to eliminate them—that’s not possible—but rather to harness them. If you hope to keep them from dragging you down, you must work hard to channel them into activities that enhance your life. How…
Alton Brown, Alamo Beer’s Sneak Preview and an Answer to SA’s Cheese Prayers
Are you a young professional in the area with a penchant for craft beer? If so, the SA chapter of Texas Young Professionals is hosting a pre-opening mixer at the new Alamo Brewery (202 Lamar) on Wednesday, November 12 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Stop in, network, hob nob, take in some wine and tasty bites and…
The ‘Booze Blues’ of SA’s The Bolos
On the intro track “#Preach” on The Bolos debut EP Booze Blues, the SA quartet samples a sermon from Reverend Jimmy Snow, a nervous Eisenhower-era preacher mongering over the moral ills of rock ‘n’ roll. “I believe with all my heart that it’s a contributing factor to our juvenile delinquency of today,” says the high-strung…
6 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub on This Week
Wednesday, November 12: We love watching TV shows at bars. Park Social joins other cocktail joints around town in showing one of our favorite shows, in this case the über fucked-up American Horror Story: Freak Show on FX. Stop in for freaky cocktails, $6 Diablito’s Pelitos, $6 Corpse Reviver No. 2s and $6 wells because…
The Cookhouse Hits the Strip
Three years ago on a wet and chilly evening, Where Y’at opened its window at Alamo Street Eat Bar in Southtown. After years of working at Il Sogno under chef Andrew Weissman, a relatively unknown Pieter Sypesteyn hit the ground running (or driving, I suppose) with his wife, Susan. Since then, and due to the…
Lunchtime Snob: Thai Dee
Lunchtime Snob means three things—good food at decent prices in a timely manner that still gets you back to the office before your boss takes notice. Thai Dee at 5307 Blanco nails all three. Although the spot has been open for a dozen years or so, it doesn’t show its age once you’re inside the…
Red as Ever: Texas Dems raised issues but lost elections
In what many thought would be the election cycle in which Texas Democrats would regain at least some political momentum at the polls, the exact opposite went down last week. Not only did Democrats lose, they fared worse than they did in the last midterm election. Last Tuesday, Democratic candidate for governor Wendy Davis lost…
The Fight for Marriage Equality Picks Up Steam
With recent developments both on the national stage and a major milestone for one of the couples challenging Texas’ same-sex marriage ban, the anticipation, and likelihood, that marriage equality will end up in front of the Supreme Court of the United States is building. Time is of the essence for Nicole Dimetman and Cleopatra De…
Fatal Alcohol Crashes Mirror Fatal Distracted Driving Accidents
With lightning-quick speed for local-government bureaucracy, the San Antonio City Council banned talking on the cellphone while driving last Thursday. The amended distracted-driving ordinance takes effect January 1 and prohibits the use of handheld cellphones to talk, play games, use GPS, or read and send texts. The last two activities were outlawed in 2010. Council unanimously approved…
Family Detention is a Breeding Ground for Abuse and Mistreatment
Fearing for her son’s life and her own, Maria* fled the most violent country in the world to seek refuge with family in the United States. In Maria’s home country of Honduras, gang violence and homicides permeate daily life. According to the United Nations, Honduras had the world’s highest murder rate in 2012: 90.4 murders…
The ‘Truth and Transparency’ of Former TV Anchor Sylvia Rincon
I’ve been friends with Sylvia Rincon, the former TV reporter and anchor, for five years, and in that time, I don’t think we’ve had a conversation that didn’t conclude with an Emmy-worthy oration on the importance of increased education in San Antonio. During her 12-year tenure at local FOX affiliate KABB, Rincon fleetingly broke through…
Mayoral Horse Race
The midterm elections are over and as expected, the race for San Antonio’s mayoral election, still six months away, has kicked into a higher gear. Let’s start with Mike Villarreal, who made it official last week by resigning his seat in the Texas Legislature. Villarreal’s kickoff party, dubbed Homegrown Fest 2014, is November 16 (2-4:30…
Author, Activist and Historian Rebecca Solnit to Speak at Trinity
In the very beginning of our phone interview I ask Rebecca Solnit, the originator of the term “mansplaining,” how you pronounce “elegiac.” “Is it ah-LEE-GEE-ack?” I ask. “I think it’s eh-leh-GIE-eck,” she says, adding, “you must learn some words from books rather than from people.” She says this with such kindness that I feel guardedly…
