Meadow Pop-Up Brings Out Crowd to Cullum’s Attagirl
It may have been a record temperature day for San Antonio, but the heat didn’t keep diners from checking out the first pop-up by Meadow, a new Southern fare concept coming to The Alley on Bitters this September. Helmed by chef PJ Edwards and wife Lindsey Edwards, Meadow hosted its first of two confirmed pop-ups…
Knocked Loose Is Coming to San Antonio
Much like Code Orange has brought back this aggressive-as-fuck beat down hardcore reminiscent of early Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, etc., Knocked Loose are a name you definitely need to familiarize yourself with if you dig all things hardcore. Lucky for all you HXC fans out there, Knocked Loose is headed to the Alamo City to…
A Penis, A Truck, A Briefcase: Find Out How They All Connect in D.T. Buffkin’s New Music Video
DT Buffkin’s voice sounds like something you’d hear floating through the speakers from one of your grandpa’s dusty old records. His overall vintage sound isn’t something unfamiliar to San Antonio’s ever-expanding music scene though. Years before the release of his 2013 LP Tattooed Rose all the way up to this past April’s Saturday Night, Sunday…
San Antonio’s Small Occupy ICE Camp Keeps Braving the Heat
A handful of activists have sweat it out for a week in front of a Northeast San Antonio Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, protesting the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. This afternoon, a dozen college-age protesters, most wearing bandanas over their faces, huddled under a trio of tents in furnace-like heat. A spray-painted banner declaring…
Art of Donut Owners Opening New Juice Shop
Just a year after opening their first brick-and-mortar location on St. Mary’s Street and Mulberry, the owners of The Art of Donut are trying a slightly healthier approach. The Juice Experiment, owned by Andrea Aguirre and Miguel Aja, will open on August 5 with a slew of salads, juices and smoothies in the space adjacent…
This Is Not a Drill: KRS-One Is Coming To San Antonio
Woop! Woop! / That’s the sound of the da police! / Woop! Woop! / That’s the sound of da beast! Bronx rapper and one of the biggest influences of the entire hip-hop genre KRS-One doesn’t need a whole lot of introduction. Between his work as an activist and his extensive catalog of fire hip-hop, folks…
Steve Miller Band Touching Down in San Antonio
If you haven’t listened to Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle record in its entirety, we don’t know what you’re doing with your life. Seriously, on top of the title track being one of the perfect space rock/psychedelic experiences in all of rock ‘n’ roll history, the album rips from start to finish. And…
Krispy Kreme Offering A Dozen Glazed Doughnuts for $1 In Honor of Birthday
Krispy Kreme is turning 81 years old and celebrating being an octogenarian with a special offer for donut lovers across Canada and the United States. On Friday July 27, customers who purchase a dozen classic original Glazed Doughnuts will receive a second dozen for just $1. In addition to the doughnut dozen deal, Krispy Kreme…
Sam’s Burger Joint Hosting D.T. Buffkin, Lonely Horse for Super Local Lineup
This week at Sam’s, we’ve got a real summer sizzler of a show, featuring three of the best local acts. Lonely Horse, for starters, should be no stranger to our readers. The core Lonely duo of Nick Long (guitar/vocals) and Travis Hild (drums) has been seemingly on the verge of a big breakthrough for damn…
San Antonio Performance Troupe Invites Audience to “Experience Theater in the Dark” in New Original Play
There are often more questions than answers to be found in the teasers leading up to shows presented by Jump-Start Performance Co., San Antonio’s premier experimental troupe for three decades and counting. Directed by lead artist Daniel Jackson, the original new endeavor Basement Complex Suite 102 follows that mysterious trend, inviting potential viewers to “experience…
David Robinson Said He Was Ignored When He Reached Out to Kawhi Leonard
Most of San Antonio can admit that Kawhi Leonard did the Alamo City dirty when he continued to sit out despite being medically cleared. Or that he was a crybaby until he got traded out of San Antonio. While that might not make the superstar be on everyone’s most-hated list, this might. In a recent…
Texas Waiter Admits to Faking Racist Message
After sharing a photo of a racist message on a receipt, a Texas waiter has admitted that he faked the whole thing. Earlier this month, Khalil Cavil, a waiter a Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa, uploaded the photo below to his Facebook. In the post, which has since been deleted, Cavil said he was sick…
Crossroads Kitchen Is Making a Temporary Comeback
Before closing their order window after three years of feeding the St. Mary’s Strip late night crowd, Crossroads Kitchens had made fast fans with their Southern comfort fare. For one night only, the women of Crossroads Kitchen will open the window at Faust Tavern for your fix of mac ‘n’ cheese and fried chicken sandwiches…
Trip Like I Do: The Crystal Method Are Coming To San Antonio in December
I don’t even get mad anymore when artists from the ’90s and 2000s announce a date in San Antonio. It’s almost not even worth the commentary anymore for how much it happens. The flip-side of that same coin though – I’m like “lol, more?” Anyway, next up in this revolving door of throwback musicians is…
ACL Spillover Begins: Highly Suspect to Rock Aztec Theatre This Fall
Walking a tightrope through the spheres of alternative rock ‘n’ roll, indie pop and active rock, Highly Suspect has been taking the live music festival circuit by storm the last couple of years. In what is hopefully the first of many ACL spillover show announcement the Brooklyn trio have announced a show betwixt weekend one…
Castro: Trump Is “Scaring The Sh*t” Out of Americans After Latest Twitter Attack
Early Monday morning, Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) admonished President Donald Trump’s decorum and strikingly hostile tweet threatening Iran’s President Hasan Rouhani with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered.” To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH…
New Coffeehouse Opening on San Antonio’s South Side This Fall
Get ready, Southsiders, Folklores Coffee House is opening soon. The brainchild of husband-and-wife team Tatu (formerly with the Grand Hyatt San Antonio) and Emilie Herrera, Folklores was inspired by the couple’s European travels in Italy, France and Sweden where they often encountered various coffee shops hidden throughout the city. The pair originally bought the location…
Thievery Corporation Returns to San Antonio
It’s been over two decades since DJs/producers Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have, with assists from a whole society of avid collaborators, invited listeners on the global musical journey that is Thievery Corporation. The duo’s supremely chill electronic music ranges in flavor and styles from album to album, but they never fail to find a…
San Antonio May Hit 105 Today, But We’re Not Suffering Alone
The National Weather Service has warned San Antonio to expect heat of 105 degrees this afternoon and all the misery and hazards that come with it. But let’s not delude ourselves into thinking we’re the only ones sweltering in a blast furnace. Fact is, plenty of places have it as bad or worse. Other parts…
Halestorm and In This Moment to Rock Aztec Theatre This December
Morphing from their metalcore roots in the vein of bands like As I Lay Dying and Parkway Drive into a more active-rock sound, In This Moment has continued to press on through the years releasing albums as recent as just last year. And even with a change in their sound, the LA-originated group hasn’t stopped…
Texas Woman Arrested For Shipping Meth to Inmate Serving Lifetime Sentence
A Katy woman was arrested in Wichita Country last Thursday after allegedly attempting to mail meth to a notorious double murderer locked away in a North Texas prison, according to the Houston Chronicle. A prison mailroom worker discovered an ill-concealed dime bag attached to a photo and handwritten note. When the employee pulled on the…
Beto O’Rourke and Will Hurd Win Civility Prize for Their ‘Bipartisan Road Trip’
Last week, Allegheny College bestowed the 2018 Prize for Civility in Public Life on Texas Congressmen Beto O’Rourke (D) and Will Hurd (R) for the highly publicized “bipartisan road trip” they took 16 months ago and for the pair’s efforts to collaborate on legislation since then. When presenting the award at the National Press Club, Allegheny College…
Dorcol Distilling’s Helado Borracho Returns this August
The makers of Kinsman Rakia and HighWheel Beerworks are bringing back their yearly ice cream social on August 4 from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dorcol Distilling & Brewing Co. will host a chefs vying for the title of Official Ice Cream of San Antonio using Kinsman Rakia, an apricot brandy. Admission is $10 and…
Marc Anthony Is Coming To San Antonio And Our Lives Now Have Meaning
Zamn zaddy, Marc Anthony is coming to San Antonio and I already need to change my underwear. The singer, performer, songwriter, and top selling tropical/salsa artist of all time doesn’t need a whole lot of introduction. The two-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. If…
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, Who Was Previously Threatened in San Antonio, Reportedly Pistol-Whipped and Robbed in NYC
Y’all know Tekashi 6ix9ine, right? Rainbow hair, rainbow grill, 69 tattoos all over his body, pleaded guilty to groping a naked 13-year-old girl and later pleaded guilty to a felony use of a child in a sexual performance? To catch you up up to speed, in February of this year the rapper was scheduled to…
Texas Public Radio Screening Classic Stanley Kubrick Film Full Metal Jacket
“I’m going to gouge out your eyeballs and” — well, let’s just say that the late R. Lee Ermey got off many memorably intense and profane one-liners as the drill sergeant who dominates the first half of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), which functions as a lesson in socialization. Sometimes the breakdown and rebuilding of…
Catch LA-based TV Girl at Paper Tiger for Some Trippy Dance Tunes
TV Girl sounds like a French record shop in Los Angeles got swallowed by a toy beat machine, which then got played by a guy on acid who loves indie rock, hip-hop and disco in equal measure. The (almost always) solo project of LA-based producer/musician Brad Petering, TV Girl has managed to keep that nostalgic…
Meet Vonna: The Newest Addition to San Antonio’s DIY Scene
When D’Vonna Miller of the San Antonio duo Vonna told me that one of the songs off her group’s new EP was about kale, I was caught a little off guard. Yeah, you read that right. The song titled “Elak” (kale backwards), has a serious tone with an electronic deep-house groove, but listening to the…
Mexican Designer Comes Up With Grappling Hooks to Overcome Trump’s Border Wall Prototypes
The Trump-in-diapers balloon recently hovering over London may be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to artists trolling the shit out of our commander in chief. Mexican artist and designer Ramón Jiménez Cárdenas has developed a series of grappling hooks, each specially designed to snag atop of one of the eight prototypes…
San Antonio Artists Celebrating Rasquachismo in LGBT-friendly Exhibition Opening This Weekend
Aiming to spark an “intergenerational dialogue about the LGBTQ-plus realities in a maturing, evolving and empathetic world,” Bihl Haus Arts’ summer group show “10,000 Years of Love and Resistance: A Celebration of the Arts and Spiritual Union” brings together paintings, photographs, installations and sound-based projects that celebrate the DIY spirit of rasquachismo — an increasingly pervasive…
Where Should Newbie Spur Lonnie Walker IV Eat in San Antonio?
San Antonio Spurs draft pick Lonnie Walker IV is getting acquainted with the Alamo City and took to social media to ask locals where he should be eating. Naturally, plenty of San Antonians stepped up to Walker’s request. Must go-to restaurants in San Antonio 👀🤔 — Lonnie Walker IV (@lonniewalker_4) July 17, 2018 Whataburger was…
San Antonio Couple Delivers Baby in Chick-fil-A Restroom
A San Antonio couple and their newborn daughter are now internet famous after the woman gave birth in a Chick-fil-A restroom. Falon Griffin started having contractions late Tuesday night when she and husband Robert called a friend to meet them at a Chick-fil-A off of Highway 281 and Evans to pick up their two older daughters. When they…
Enchanted Rock Park Rangers Warn Visitors of Insane Surface Temperatures
If you’re planning to enjoy the great outdoors that Texas has to offer, you might want to reconsider. On Thursday, park rangers at Enchanted Rock tweeted that surface temperatures at the state park were reading at 133 degrees. One of our park rangers just checked the surface temperature of Enchanted Rock, it was 133 degrees!…
You’re Not Alone, San Antonio: Only Two Cities Bid on the Republican National Convention. Charlotte Selected
Turns out San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg isn’t the only big city mayor with jittery knees over hosting the Donald J. Trump Flying Circus. The Republican National Committee has picked Charlotte, N.C., as the host for its sure-to-be-colorful 2020 national convention. But media reports suggest it could have made its final decision with a coin flip.…
Trump Orders New Air Force One Planes to Be Built in San Antonio
When he’s not consorting with Vladimir Putin or making payments to Playboy Bunnys, President Donald Trump is taking interviews. On Tuesday, the president boasted to CBS his plans for the new set of presidential Air Force One planes, which haven’t seen change in more than 30 years. In a press release earlier this week, the…
Local Artists Are Erasing Kawhi Leonard from San Antonio’s Landscape
Now that Kawhi Leonard’s time in San Antonio has come to an end, some local artists want to erase Leonard from city’s landscape. In an effort to move on from Leonard – who whined about being traded near the end – local artists want to forget the superstar’s time in San Antonio. Artist Adrian De…
Tortilla Chips Spontaneously Combust, Causing Two Southeast Austin Fires
“Spontaneously combusting” tortilla chips caused two fires in a Southeast Austin factory last week, breaking the hearts of nacho-loving firefighters responding to the scene. The Austin Fire Department shared on Wednesday that the fires occured on the evenings of July 12 and 15 at a tortilla chip factory at 6110 Trade Center Drive. Officials said…
Urban Bricks Celebrating New North Star Mall Location with Free Pizza
Urban Bricks Pizza will celebrate the opening of its 16th Texas location on Saturday, July 21 with free pizzas for dine-in guests. The deal will run from noon to 2 p.m. at the new North Star Mall location next to Saks Fifth Avenue. All dine-in visitors will be able to create free, delicious pizzas made…
Kero Kero Bonito To Bring Weird British Bubblegum To San Antonio
Kero Kero Bonito, an indie pop band that never fails to deliver bouncy, unfathomably-adorable, video game-intro music adjacent bops, has just announced a world tour beginning this fall. On October 27, San Antonio is set to host their sugary melodies at the Paper Tiger. While their third full length Time n’ Place has yet to…
Some in LGBT Community Question Stonewall Dem’s Endorsement of Pete Gallego in Special Election
This story was originally published by our sister publication Out In SA. Some in the LGBT community are using social media to question the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio’s recent endorsement of former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego in the Special Election to replace state Senator Carlos Uresti, citing Gallego’s rejection of LGBT issues when he…
RAICES Declines $250k Donation From Salesforce Until They End Contract With Border Patrol
After Salesforce workers called on CEO Marc Benioff to cancel the cloud computing company’s contract with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Benioff deflected the plea by pledging a $250,000 donation to RAICES. But the San Antonio-based organization responded on Monday by telling the company that they would not accept the Salesforce donation until they cancel…
Triple-Digit Heat Pushed Texas’ Electrical Demand to a New Record
Thanks to the triple-digit heat, air conditioners are working overtime. And it shows. Texas hit an all-time record for electricity use Wednesday, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the consortium that operates of the state’s electrical grid. The system’s load reached 72,192 megawatts between 4 and 5 p.m., marking the second time this…
Little Woodrow’s, Tito’s Teaming Up to Host Pup Parties This Month
Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Little Woodrow’s are teaming up to throw two pup-friendly parties in San Antonio. On July 22 from 2 to 8 p.m., the Stone Oak location will kick things off with $3 hot dogs, $4 Saint Arnold Ale Wagger, and beer samples from HighWheel Beer Works and SweetWater Brewery, along with Tito’s…
Folk Uke Brings Cheeky Americana Tunes to Period Modern
Folk Uke is the unstoppably buoyant, inexcusably delightful, and endearingly indecent folk-pop duo of Cathy Guthrie and Amy Nelson — who just happen to be the daughters of Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson, respectively. Armed with excellent voices, wit, a guitar and a ukulele, Guthrie and Nelson offer up songs with titles like “Shit Makes…
Drake Says Goodbye to DeMar DeRozan, Welcomes New Bestie Kawhi Leonard
Apparently the “No New Friends” rapper doesn’t follow his own advice, as Toronto native Drake is ready to get chummy with Kawhi Leonard. Following the Spurs trading Leonard to the Toronto Raptors, the internet has been flooded with Drake-inspired memes about the move. But the rapper spoke for himself on Wednesday, saying an emotional goodbye…
YOSA To Host San Antonio Bands And Alumni At Cherrity Bar
On Saturday, July 21, the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio (YOSA) is posting up at Cherrity Bar to host performances by alumni and local acts Booty Feet, Elnuh and Victoria Acuña. At this altruistic haunt, patrons are able to vote for which of the month’s three featured organizations they want help support. This July, you…
San Antonio Restaurants Offering Boozy Deals on National Tequila Day
Get ready to party on a Tuesday, San Antonio, because National Tequila Day is almost upon us. The Rustic // The Rustic is celebrating National Tequila Day with a taco-filled fiesta perfect for the occasion. Those who visit the RIM restaurant on Tuesday, July 24 can chow down on Joe Loe Tacos and Tequila Cazadores…
San Antonio’s Favorite Pollos Asados Is Back. Again.
Pollos Asados Los Norteños on Rigsby is re-opening again after a temporary shut down due in late June. The beloved chicken joint will reopen today at noon according to their latest Facebook post. Pollos Asados initially closed in 2017 due to smoke issues, and later reopened this April with a larger smoke room, high-tech smoke…
H-E-B Voluntarily Recalls Creamy Creations Variety Packs
Citing “broken metal found in processing equipment during routine maintenance,” H-E-B is voluntarily recalling two different variety packs of Creamy Creations. No injuries have been reported, but if you picked up a 12-count pack of 3-ounce Creamy Creations Orange Lime Sherbet Cups with UPC code 4122081930 (code date 12/09/2018) or a 12-count pack of 3-ounce Creamy Creations Vanilla Chocolate Cups…
In NAACP Speech, Bill Clinton Warns Americans Are Losing Sight of ‘Our Common Humanity’
Wednesday night, for ten minutes and then some, former President Bill Clinton lived up to his nickname of “Consoler-in-Chief.” Clinton was in town to introduce his friend, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, as he received the Spingarn medal from the NAACP at the gala closing the group’s five-day convention here. The award recognizes the…
Pluckers Is Turning 23 with Saucy Specials All Next Week
Chicken wing lovers will have already visited Pluckers by now, but if you need another reason to check out San Antonio’s latest wing shop, the Austin-based joint is turning 23 with a week’s worth of specials. Starting on Monday, July 23 through Sunday, July 29, Pluckers will offer the following specials: Monday, July 23: $1…
Lawsuit: Prison Guards Hounded Iranian Inmate at Privately-Run San Antonio Facility
Sina Moghtader was pursuing medical school when he was detained in a private prison run by the GEO Group Inc., ICE’s top contractor. The 35-year-old UTSA graduate had fled childhood persecution in Iran for his family’s Bahá’í faith. He says guards called him a terrorist for his Iranian ethnicity, and encouraged other inmates to do…
San Antonio Sanitation Workers Soon May Have a Garbage Truck Simulator
Those robot arms on San Antonio garbage trucks were a sure sign this was coming. The city is taking driver training for its Solid Waste Management Department into the information age, according to recent contract documents. It’s looking for bids to supply a high-tech simulator that can help trainees learn what it’s like to hit the roads…
Bottling Department Food Hall Turns 1 with Anniversary Bash
A year ago, San Antonio gained five new restaurants when the Bottling Department Food Hall finally opened its doors. Tenko gave us ramen, Maybelle’s lured us with doughnuts and later churros, The Good Kind helped us balance out those cheat days, Bud’s Southern Rotisserie added tasty chicken and porchetta, while Fletcher’s Hamburgers kept things simple…
Paper Tiger Hosting Puro Punk Lineup, Including San Antonio’s Own Murdered Out
This bill is pure, unadulterated punk fuck all. The Spits, a low-key punk legend from Michigan, is a seasoned garage punk act that makes fast, dirty and gloriously sloppy racket that incorporates psychedelic flourishes, synthesizers and belligerent lyrics to outsized effect. The Spits, underground stalwarts since 2000, will be joined on this bill by likeminded…
Customers Banned From Texas Restaurant After Leaving Racist Message
Customers at a Texas steakhouse have been banned from the restaurant after they left a racist message in lieu of a tip for their waiter. Khalil Cavil, a waiter at a Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa, shared a photo of a receipt from one of his customers this past weekend. Instead of tipping Cavil, the…
New, Old Fans Expected to Turn Up for Trivium’s Alamo City Music Hall Show
Over the course of eight full-length albums and nearly 20 years as a band, Trivium has strayed from the straight-ahead metalcore of its early days. Some fans may have written the band off like bad debt, but plenty stayed along for the ride as it veered into a more accessible sound. And recent album sales…
Alternative Rockers Theory of a Deadman Touching Down in San Antonio
The first act to sign with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger’s 604 Records imprint in 2001, Theory of a Deadman has pretty much carried the torch of ’90s alternative rock in the vein of, well, Nickelback. And even though they haven’t really done much to contribute to the genre, they do what they do well, which secured…
Comedian Kyle Dunningan Performing at Laugh Out Loud All Weekend
For just the price of a lap dance at one of those fancy local strip clubs, San Antonians will get a chance to see the comedy stylings of writer, producer, stand-up and award-winning lyricist Kyle Dunnigan, the least popular ex-boyfriend of comedian Sarah Silverman. Besides that designation, Dunnigan earned an Emmy in 2015 for the…
Adult. Is Headed To San Antonio in September
No one writes the soundtrack for dancing into a dark dystopian future better than Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus, better known as Adult. Since 1998, the Detroit duo have meshed drum machines, analog synthesizers and electronic/punk elements in a fashion that gained them international recognition especially in the early 2000s. On Friday, September 28…
American Idol Live Stops By the Tobin Center (Without Ada Vox)
American Idol, on the heels of this season’s finale, is taking the tears, standing ovations and overcoming-adversity stories on the road this summer. Luckily for you, San Antonio made the list of stops. The Friday night show will feature this season’s most gifted finalists, including Cade Foehner, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Catie Turner, Gabby Barrett, Jurnee,…
Police Interventions at Texas Schools Skyrocket After Recent Shootings, with Younger and Black Students Paying the Price
If you attended public school recently or have a kid in one, you know police presence on campus is just a fact of life. But in the aftermath of highly publicized shootings on campuses in Santa Fe, Texas, and Parkland, Florida, more Texas students faced police interventions, often for infractions that didn’t pose a legitimate…
Gemini Ink Event Invites Writers to Explore Immigration, Assimilation and Identity
When our governments, social networks and ideologies fail us — which they sure as fuck are right now — it is often writers and poets, rather than philosophers or politicians, who see the way forward. With a nearly mystical sense of knowing the world, down to its last sinew, by its original names, poets seem…
Boundaries is An All-Too-Obvious Dysfunctional Family Dramedy
It’s nothing new in cinema when an eccentric old man is put in a car and dragged across a few states while he attempts to make a meaningful connection with another person in the vehicle. What better way to learn about someone than to spend a few days on the road together? Actors Bruce Dern…
Meadow Neighborhood Eatery and Bar Will Open Inside Former Tre Enoteca
Just a few weeks after Tre Enoteca’s last day of service, we finally have a name for the restaurant that will replace it. Meadow Neighborhood Eatery and Bar, a concept by PJ Edwards and wife Lindsey Edwards, will open this September with “seasonal-Texas-Southern fare,” according to a press release. The menu will feature “freshly ground…
Food Costs Money: Ramen Edition
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. Nine years after lauded chef David Chang opened Momofuku in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood, San Antonio was blessed with its first honest-to-goodness noodle shop. There had been chances to try ramen previously, of course. Fujiya had…
McNay’s ‘Spotlight’ Program Previews the Future of San Antonio’s Art Scene
What happens when we look, I mean really look, at art? For young artists (some who might not even know they are artists yet), the experience of a single piece of art can change the whole trajectory of their life and have immeasurable reverberations throughout their subconscious trove of inspiration. For eight years now, the…
Sorry to Bother You Depicts the Pursuit of Self-interests as an Effed-up Fever Dream
Embrace the absurdity. That’s the best advice anyone could give moviegoers who walk into the bizarre, dark comedy Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by rapper Boots Riley. It’s one of the most original films you’ll likely see all year, which, depending on your threshold for certifiably crazy storylines, could be a rewarding experience…
San Antonians Aren’t That Stressed, According to Study
San Antonio was ranked as one of the top 100 most stressed cities in America in WalletHub’s study, but was ranked low considering its size. Out of 182 cities, San Antonio was listed as the 88th most stressed with relatively-high levels of work pressure, financial instability, family issues and health & safety concerns. To determine…
Kawhi Leonard is Finally Getting Traded from the San Antonio Spurs – But He Still Isn’t Happy
After months of reported drama between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs, the franchise has finally given into the superstar’s trade request – but not completely. Leonard asked the franchise to trade him last month, preferably to a Los Angeles team. Except the Spurs never had any intention to trade him to another West…
Savage Love: Connections
Q: I’m a 20-year-old submissive woman. I’m currently in a confusing affair with a 50-year-old dominant married man. He lives in Europe and has two kids close to my age. We met online when I was 17 and starting to explore my BDSM desires – out of the reach of my overbearing, sex-shaming, disastrously religious…
Free Will Astrology (7/18/18-7/24/18)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.” Whenever that quote appears on the Internet, it’s falsely attributed to painter Frida Kahlo. In fact, it was originally composed by poet Marty McConnell. In any case, I’ll recommend that you heed it in the coming weeks. You really…
Hemisfair ’68 Reunion Panel Discussion to Explore Darker Side of Landmark’s Development
For many of us, Hemisfair is not a memorable event but a place — an urban park with a newfangled playground and such storied structures as the Tower of the Americas. But for locals of a certain age, still-evolving Hemisfair Park is tied to memories of the 1968 World’s Fair, which brought 33 exhibiting “nations” (from…
San Antonio Schools Are Still Segregated – By Income As Much As Race
In 1954, the Supreme Court rocked the segregated South when it ruled that the State Board of Education of Topeka could not prevent third-grader Linda Brown from attending Sumner Elementary, an all-white school seven blocks from her house. After the decision, a trickle of black students attended white schools, and a tsunami of white families…
The Rustic Scores Again with Futurebirds’ Show This Thursday
In keeping with The Rustic’s confounding tradition of bringing damn fine acts to a lame-ass part of town, Futurebirds will be at said venue this week. The Athens, Ga., outfit, beloved on the alt-country scene since the release of its debut album Hampton’s Lullaby in 2010, is definitely a band that you’ll wanna catch live.…
Centro de Artes Spotlights Painter Alberto Mijangos’ Career, Influence on San Antonio
Comprising 96 artworks gathered from private and institutional collections, the retrospective “Alberto Mijangos: 159” spotlights a revered painter who was born in Mexico City but made San Antonio home and left deep impressions on our art community as an educator and gallery director. Organized by San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture and curated by…
Get Your Dose of Power Metal with Destroyer of Light’s Show at The Mix
Slow-moving, gloomy, stoner power metal, Destroyer of Light would be playing the literal ending of the world as stars exploded and the earth folded into itself in an exhalation of flames and tidal waves. Yeah, their music is pretty epic shit, and if you dig the sound of fellow Austin stoner rockers The Sword, you’re…
Cinnabar Hosting Showcasing Orna Feinstein’s Rhythmic, Geometric ‘Secret Garden’ Show
Houston-based artist Orna Feinstein creates monoprints, sculptures, paper installations and site-specific installations that seem to encompass both the beautiful chaos and rude order found in nature. Often with a limited number of colors, Feinstein is able to create the rhythms and moods of natural space and incident in her work. With solo shows in Austin,…
Oakland’s Wax Idols Bringing Their Post-punk Act to Paper Tiger
Four-piece post-punk act Wax Idols from Oakland, Calif., will be bringing their reinvented aesthetic of full-fledged introspective gothic ballads to the Paper Tiger. Their latest album, Happy Ending, is chockfull of dark-wave baselines, heavy drums and propulsive melodic melodrama. Lead vocalist and songwriter Hether Fortune serves as a frantic, dreamlike lighthouse as you listen, guiding…
Artpace Readies to Unveil Summer Artist-in-Residence Exhibitions
Despite a fairly recent leadership shakeup that involved longtime Studio Manager Riley Robinson becoming Interim Executive Director in the wake of Veronique Le Melle’s departure, it’s looking like business as usual at Artpace, the revered contemporary art space late local artist and philanthropist Linda Pace (1945-2007) opened in 1995. Widely recognized for its International Artist-in-Residence…
Cocktail of the Week: The Good Neighbor at Lowcountry
A couple of weeks into June, Lowcountry released their new summer menu, and while every drink on it is a hit, there is one that stands out among the rest. The Good Neighbor is a beautifully crafted drink combining whiskey, sherry, lemon, cucumber, and Chareau, the aloe vera liqueur that so many have been hearing…
5 Acts You Need To See at This Year’s Float Fest in San Marcos
Earlier this year, the folks behind Float Fest, which is back for its fifth year, announced a S-T-A-C-K-E-D bill, which is honestly their best looking lineup since the inaugural event. However, before the lineup was announced, the festival came into some issues with the permits – something that Float Fest isn’t exactly new to. Current…
