Watch Live: President Obama’s Inauguration Ceremony
President Barack Hussein Obama’s second term inauguration live from Washington D.C.
SAMA searching for restaurateur
Want to open a new restaurant on the Museum Reach stretch of the river, with plenty of parking, and an upscale partner that will drag in traffic? Hot shot restaurateurs — here’s your chance. By mutual agreement, Damien Watel’s Café des Artistes is closing business soon at San Antonio Museum of Art, and SAMA is…
San Antonio Martin Luther King, Jr. March today, 10 am Jan. 21
Each year, a variety of educational, inspirational and celebratory events honor one of the nation’s most revered civil rights leaders. The signature event, the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March, is scheduled for Monday, January 21, 2013. The march will begin at 10 a.m. at the MLK Academy located in the 3500 block of MLK Drive…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Third Root Mixtape Release
What Easy Lee (Mojoe) and Marco Cervantes (Mexican Stepgrandfather) did with their joint project Third Root (Stand for Something) was much more than a black/brown alliance — it was easily one of the best local albums of 2012. Their new project: a 14-track mixtape in which they put poetry to the beats and scratches of…
We agree: life without art is stupid
Media access giant Time Warner Cable cancelled Ovation, their only arts channel, on January 1. We agree with the sentiments voiced above. But there’s fight-back at bringbackovation.com, where a petition to reinstate arts coverage can be signed. For local SA arts coverage, stay tuned at sacurrent.com, where art is life.
Janis Joplin rocks her birthday suit
It’s Janis Joplin’s 70th birthday today! The SA Current raises a glass (of SoCo) to the psychedelic goddess of rock ‘n’ roll. An inspiration to balls to the wall artists now and forever, we salute you, acid soul queen. Check out some of our favorite Janis shots, most of them available for purchase on Wolfgang’s Vault.…
Fundraiser to aid chef’s child at Biga on the Banks
Bruce Auden and Perny Shea from the iconic River Walk restaurant Biga on the Banks are asking for your help. Emma, the 8-year-old daughter of Biga executive sous chef Daniel Dirmeyer, has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. She is undergoing radiation therapy five days a week. To help Emma and her family…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Girl In a Coma, The Whigs, The Rosedale Highs & Disco Wasteland
For its first local show of 2013, Girl in a Coma has something special in the works: a long set featuring songs from Exits & All The Rest (including the first-ever live performance of “Mother’s Lullaby,” sharing the mic with Sugar Skulls’ Jeff Escamilla and Alyson Alonzo) and a couple of seldom-played classic tracks from…
IKEA Monkey or Witte Mummy Monkey: Who wore it best?
Have you checked out the Mummies of the World exhibit at the Witte yet? You should definitely get over there before it comes to an end on January 27! But first, let’s talk about how this mummified monkey in the Witte exhibit look a lot like the now infamous IKEA monkey. We appreciate each monkey…
Bearing by Nicole Provencher
Relationships: horrifying and beautiful all at once. Nicole Provencher, whose excellent story Pop you can read here, explores the final event of such a relationship. The memories that are so specific to the people we have grown to love are ultimately painful reminders of what we all lose. Send in your woes of approximately 500…
25 Friday themed animal GIFs
Because we love you. 1. This monkey seeing him/herself in the mirror for the first time is just too funny. We feel like this many a morning, too. Better comb your hair, buddy. 2. This fancy penguin was running late to work today. Fridays, amirite? 3. “Morning Bob!” “How ya doin’ today Sue?” 4. Peeking…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Metalachi & Mariachis del Infierno
The members of Metalachi (“the world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band”) claim they were conceived simultaneously while their mother Consuela Espinosa was high on horse tranquilizers with a jai alai team in a Super Ocho motel in Veracruz. The lead singer made news when a tranny prostitute handcuffed him to a tree; the…
Argentinean director Andres Muschietti fascinated with theme behind ‘Mama’
Director Andres Muschietti (left) works with executive producer Guillermo del Toro on the psychological thriller “Mama.” From making commercials at his production company in Spain, Argentinean filmmaker Andres Muschietti has found his way to Hollywood for his first feature film of his career. In Mama, a psychological thriller based on a short film he made in 2008,…
The San Antonio Brahms Fest begins with Schumann, Schoenberg, and more
Brahms and Beyond $20 3pm Sun, Jan 20 Christ Episcopal Church 510 Belknap Place musicalofferings.org, brahmssa.com In 1853, the renowned Romantic composer Robert Schumann called Johannes Brahms the “Messiah of Music”. In 1947, modernist composer Arnold Schoenberg called Brahms “the Progressive.” Today you might think of Brahms as you picture Sylvester the Cat frantically singing…
Q&A: Mayor Julian Castro’s LGBT liaison, Adam Greenup
This past week, Mayor Julian Castro named Adam Greenup as his LGBT liaison. The decision came after reviewing San Antonio’s score on the Human Rights Campaign’s new Municipal Equality Index. The Alamo City scored a paltry 48 out of 100. “We weren’t last in Texas, but our score showed room for improvement,” Castro told the San Antonio Express-News. Castro…
Sarah Tressler, former Jeremy Piven flame and Houston reporter / stripper now at San Antonio Express-News
Sarah Tressler, a former society reporter fired by Hearst’s Houston Chronicle last March when it was discovered that she was moonlighting as a stripper, is now a reporter at Hearst’s San Antonio Express-News. Do we really give a shit? Not really, Tressler is an adult woman in charge of her own body, career, and choices,…
City Attorney talks about banning citizens from City Hall
UPDATE (Thursday, 3:05 pm): We just spoke to Jim Harrington with the Texas Civil Rights Project, who last year challenged the City of Austin’s practice of banning Occupy protesters from City Hall (and won). Harrington now says the TCRP plans to file a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio in federal court on Cuellar’s…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: An Evening with Vincent Valdez & the AMtones
In conjunction with the McNay’s exhibition “America’s Finest: Recent Works by Vincent Valdez,” local artist and trumpeter Vincent Valdez and his band the AMtones set the stage for dancing with a concert reviving “the forgotten Big Band music of yesteryear.” Admission includes hors d’oeuvres and two drink tickets. Register by calling (210) 805-1768 or emailing…
'The Following' features the world's most unlikely evildoer
The Following (8pm Mon, Fox) I’ve always argued that a Kevin Bacon performance is never without merit, no matter the production. But I’ve finally lost the argument with the premiere of The Following, a horror series from Kevin Williamson of Scream fame. It’s written so poorly that even Bacon bombs as a detective with a…
Rick Perry on gun violence: only prayer can stop it
The murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month capped the worst year in modern U.S. history for gun rampages. While the collective heartache kept the National Rifle Association quiet for a week, Gov. Rick Perry couldn’t keep silent for so long. Three days after the Newtown, Conn., shooting,…
Q&A: SA Spurs sued by Miami Heat fan Larry McGuinness
Larry McGuinness is pictured front and center with the ladies of McGuinness & Gonzalez law firm in Miami, Florida. On Monday, McGuinness filed a class-action lawsuit on the San Antonio Spurs for allegedly violating Florida’s deceptive and fair trade practices law in November 2012 when Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich sat out big-name players from…
Pouring to win at San Antonio Cocktail Conference
The San Antonio Cocktail Conference, now in its second year, is again presenting The Original Cocktail Competition. Pros and probies alike will compete for prizes topping out at $2500 — and among the early entrants, there are some of both. The judges include Dale DeGroff aka King Cocktail; Audrey Saunders, owner of Pegu Club…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: “Fiesta, Fête, Festival”
Through scene and costume designs along with engravings and commemorative festival books as old as the 1600s, the McNay’s “Fiesta, Fête, Festival” places San Antonio’s Fiesta celebrations (including NIOSA, Charreada, the Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo, and even Cornyation) on the same worldly map with Spain’s Feria de Abril, Italy’s…
‘The Goode Family’ now on DVD
ABC’s animated series The Goode Family came and went like a comet: it only aired from May to August of 2009. Created by Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, Office Space) and John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (King of the Hill, Blades of Glory), the series featured voices by Judge, Nancy Carell…
Taddy Porter and Filligar play SA
Known for occasionally bringing in some killer national and regional talent, Jack’s Bar is kicking off 2013 right — on January 20 the venue will host Taddy Porter and Filligar, a dynamic duo of solid young rock bands. The former is a fast-ascending outfit bubbling over with sweltering and rocking blues and steadfast soul, looking…
San Antonio Meteorologists talk climate change
Paul Douglas is running against the grain. He is a Republican who acknowledges the reality of human-caused climate change. Republicans tend not to agree with the science, despite the overwhelming — 97 percent — consensus among climatologists that human-created emissions are warming the planet, causing climate change, and triggering extreme weather. For example, a Bloomberg…
Mummies of the World at the Witte Museum
What is it about kids and mummies? Maybe it’s sheer exoticism, ghoulish delight, or their strange similarity to the familiar name for mother, but there’s no denying that children are fascinated by the wrapped remains associated with the glory days of the Egyptian pharaohs. To whet that appetite, kids of all ages can see over…
Carlton Zeus "Padre 12"
A single about South Padre in the dead of winter? Not a bad idea to Carlton Zeus. Both a personal aural doc of last summer and a preview of the forthcoming Madrid, "Padre 12" is a Zeus mission statement: rap hedonism over convergent pop, here illustrated in campfire guitar and percussion. ★★★ (out of 5…
Trippin' the night at Ivory Lounge
In my vast stretch of San Antonio nightlife hijinks, I’ve come across a club or two that epitomize the following experience: posh, hip ambiance paired with deafening Top 40 remixes, bottle service, a dance floor loaded with lights, and plenty of chic seating for lounging and socializing, of course. Ivory Lounge delivers all of the…
Newsmonger: The loophole that keeps on giving, Exoneration Commission
The loophole that keeps on giving Last week the city’s Planning Commission green-lighted more dense development over the Edwards Aquifer’s environmentally sensitive recharge zone, a porous slice of geology where our main source of drinking water gets replenished with each rainfall. The landowner did so with the help of a loophole developers wrote into the…
Brahms and Beyond launches SA Symphony Brahms Festival
The San Antonio Symphony’s Brahms Festival presents a series of 25 performances with 19 musical partners that will explore the works of 19th century Vienna master Johannes Brahms, known along with Bach and Beethoven as one of "The Three Bs," composers who fundamentally changed our understanding of music. Following on the Symphony’s Tchaikovsky and Beethoven…
Texans bound for Sundance Film Festival
This is finally Texas’ year at Sundance Film Festival. On January 17-27, filmmakers from across the country will come together in Park City, Utah, to bring their film to market and pray for distribution, a scandal, or any other form of miracle. Despite a growing film industry in the state (in part due to favorable…
Azro Bistro brings Moroccan cuisine to San Antonio’s North Side
San Antonio now boasts a bona fide Moroccan restaurant, recently opened on the near North Side at Military Highway and West Avenue in Castle Hills. Azro, a small, inviting place, is the fulfillment of Khalid Said’s vision. Although still a work in progress — the menus were in plastic slip-in folders and a license to…
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: Can you please tell me something? How do you think it’s fair that all the people that come to our country and stay get treated far better than some of the people who have busted their butt all their lives here — tell me how is that fair?! You people take all the…
Marion Cotillard shines on trite 'Rust and Bone'
For most of Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard plays a legless woman. Though the corporeal deficiency is a hardship for the character, Stéphanie, an orca trainer whose limbs are amputated after she is attacked by a whale, it is a boon to the actor. There is nothing like a disability to garner respect for one’s…
Single of the Week: David Bowie "Where Are We Now?"
Bowie’s recent single — a shocking birthday present, considering he was all but retired from public life — is a vivid and rich return to his glory days of Tony Visconti and beautiful decay. His voice sounds as old as its 66 years, but it fits the overall sunset tone of the song. Could this…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it," wrote nineteenth-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth." This is good counsel for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks, Aries. I suspect you will have a good,…
Grumpy Lee Jones
We made this for you, internet. Related: San Antonio’s Tommy Lee Jones was not amused by the Golden Globes
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Brahms Festival Film: Song of Love
Throughout January and February, 19 artistic partners join forces to celebrate Johann Brahms (1833-1897), the “ultimate romantic composer.” Created and curated by Sebastian Lang-Lessing and the San Antonio Symphony, Brahms Festival comprises more than 25 events including SAMA’s screening of 1947’s Song of Love. Directed by Clarence Brown, the film stars Katharine Hepburn as Clara…
White House responds to Texas secession petition
The White House has written a letter in response to a petition with over 125,000 signatures requesting for Texas to secede and create its own, new government. The answer is no. “Our founding fathers established the Constitution of the United States “in order to form a more perfect union” through the hard and frustrating but…
