Ice cream and baklava were basically meant for each other. Baklovah Bakery is doing one better by adding gelato to their menu. Available in more than 10 flavors (including sea salt caramel, dark chocolate, pistachio, hazelnut, cookies and milk, rose, coffee, coconut, chocolate orange saffron, lemon sorbet, mango sorbet and strawberry sorbet), the gelato is available in…
Though crepes have been a part of Chocollazo’s offerings since last November, the small chocolatier ramped up their offerings this past Saturday with a new menu of nine crepes that’ll satiate just about any appetite. Prices for the crepes vary. There’s the $2.99 Keep It Simple crepe with butter and cinnamon sugar; the Hella Nutella,…
If your activity of choice this summer is pickling yourself with rosé, a) we’re not here to judge, b) guilty and c) you’ll want to reserve seats at Max’s Wine Dive’s next special dinner on July 31 at 7 p.m. Billed as A Midsummer Night’s Rosé, the dinner will include five courses from chef Halston…
The gun was too rusty. They didn’t have the right forensic tools. It went against protocol. Another black man had been shot and killed a few states over. It just “fell through the cracks.” These were some of the explanations San Antonio Police Department officers gave when asked why the department waited nearly two years…
Thu 7/13 International Artist-in-Residence Exhibitions In the midst of recent developments in programming (including the introduction of open studio events and a new curatorial residency to be inaugurated later this month by Chicago-based Erin Jenoa Gilbert), Artpace is set to unveil site-specific exhibitions created by Summer 2017 residents Christie Blizard (San Antonio), Rolando López (Aguascalientes,…
The Broadway corridor has seen several businesses come and go within the last few years. This time, instead of closing to make room for a 10-story office building, the bar stays, gets new owners and a makeover. Pink’s Patio, which opened late December 2015, is now Social Spot. The takeover by Sergio Acosta means the…
When Ruth Guajardo visited Frida Kahlo’s house in Mexico City earlier this year, she was able to cross off one of the top items on her bucket list. She wandered through the home’s garden where Kahlo played as a child and would eventually spend time with husband Diego Rivera. She passed Kahlo’s work area. She…
Potatoes. Though they can be boiled and pureed, or sliced into rounds and topped with cheese and butter for a gratin, fried might be the go-to cooking method for potatoes and to celebrate the culinary achievement of the fry, three area restaurants are serving up specials for National Fry Day on Thursday, July 13. BurgerFi…
At the first San Antonio Frida Fest last July, hundreds of women with their hair braided in trenzas decorated with flowers showed up to wait in line at Brick in the Blue Star Arts Complex. Fridas of all shapes, sizes and ages dressed up in colorful and intriguing clothing in homage to the Mexican artist…
I’m a gay medical student with a medical fetish, and I can’t even open up to my therapist about this. I think the fetish started when I was young; I was once in the hospital and given a suppository for a fever. Then one time I was given a Fleet enema. I don’t think the…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s not your birthday, but I feel like you need to get presents. The astrological omens agree with me. In fact, they suggest you should show people this horoscope to motivate them to do the right thing and shower you with practical blessings. And why exactly do you need these rewards?…
Cinema on the Plaza returns to the Tobin for a special outdoor screening of the 2016 musical phenomenon La La Land, written and directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring heartthrob Ryan Gosling and America’s sweetheart Emma Stone, La La Land follows the relationship between a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress/playwright and their roller-coaster journey…
With only a week before the Texas Legislature kicks off its special session, the Republican Party of Bexar County voted 36-28 to replace the current leader of the state House, San Antonio Rep. Joe Straus. The resolution voted on Monday evening cites the “non-support of the RPT [Republican Party of Texas] platform by the current…
Formed in early 2001 in Pereira, Colombia, Headcrusher blends thrash, death metal and hardcore for a brutal sound that helped them become one of South America’s more well-known metal acts. The band moved to Austin in the summer of 2008, and eventually released their self-titled debut EP the following year. Since moving to Texas, the…
During her lifetime, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) lived in the shadow of her far more famous husband, Diego Rivera, but with a big push from American popular culture beginning in the 1990s, she’s taken over the spotlight, emerging in the 21st century as the best-known and most-recognizable Mexican artist in the world — despite being famous…
In the midst of recent developments in programming (including the introduction of open studio events and a new curatorial residency to be inaugurated later this month by Chicago-based Erin Jenoa Gilbert), Artpace is set to unveil site-specific exhibitions created by Summer 2017 residents Christie Blizard (San Antonio), Rolando López (Aguascalientes, Mexico) and Kang Seung Lee (Los Angeles).…
What is a human anyway — but a fantastic beast? AnArte’s upcoming solo exhibition from San Antonio-based artist Heather Gauthier, despite its firm grounding in uncomplicated whimsy and interior-inspired patterns/tropes, seems to beg this question. Her works in this exhibit, as she explains in her artist’s statement, depict “civilized beasts,” like “elephants who love pastries,…
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