Reggaeton wunderkind Ozuna will bounce into San Antonio this fall as part of his third (yes, you heard that right) tour of the year. The Puerto Rican-born singer’s Odisea album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Album chart last fall, and in May, he scooped up both the Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Artist…
Cuppencake is letting pups cool down on their patio next Wednesday, June 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Northside coffeeshop will offer Barkiatos (sugar-free whipped cream topped with a homemade dog treat) for dogs, and half priced teas and lemonade. Can’t make it? The next Wag Down Wednesday will return July 11. Related Stories
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz announced Monday emergency legislation in order to keep immigrant families together at the border. Cruz, a Republican, denounced the “zero tolerance” policy set in place by the Trump administration, which has separated about 2,000 immigrant children of all ages from their parents. “All Americans are rightly horrified by the images we are seeing…
Willie Nelson tweeted to President Trump, expressing concern about the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy in a very Willie way. Using his wife’s Twitter account, the country music icon yesterday invited Trump to “go down to a border detention center together to better understand what’s happening down there?! Let’s talk!” He also tagged an array of politicos…
Gourdough’s Public House is coming to San Antonio, the Austin-based donut spot announced Monday. Gourdough’s will take over La Paloma Parrilla Grill’s spot on the River Walk, giving tourists and residents alike access to sweet-as-heck, decked-out treats as well as a full menu, including donut burgers. The sugary spot began as a food truck in…
There will be a familiar face on screen when Chopped premieres this season of Grill Masters series on July 31. The popular Food Network series that pairs chefs with mystery boxes filled with all sorts of ingredients will feature pitmasters from four grill regions of the U.S. The 16 pitmasters will hail from Kansas City, Missouri;…
We have a date. The first San Antonio location of Pluckers will open on July 9. After being announced last year, the Austin-based wing joint with an ardent following will open at 14881 IH-35 North in Selma. The restaurant will open daily from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. A second Pluckers was announced earlier last year;…
Just because an artist is gay, does that make their art gay? Not necessarily, but the acknowledgement of LGBTQ folk in art spaces is important for our LGBTQ community. As a rapper who happens to be gay, some of my songs discuss the LGBTQ experience and some don’t, but being acknowledged as a queer person…
A lot of us like to stretch out our birthdays; a week of celebration is not uncommon in my circles. The City of San Antonio is drawing its 300th out to a full year. But the best compromise might just be at Pearl, where savvy marketing is bringing us three months of concentrated activities from…
Senator Ted Cruz and late night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel went head-to-head Saturday evening in a friendly game of basketball. Surprisingly, the Texas senator actually won. All it took was nearly two hours of gametime, countless missed shots, political trash talk, and a lower score to win the game. Cruz and Kimmel met up…
Less than a year after opening The South Chicken & Waffles, the eatery is opening an express location in Northeast San Antonio. On Saturday, the Southern food spot shared a photo of The South Chicken & Waffles Express at 13980 Nacogdoches Road. The fast-food concept replaces a Carls Jr. and will make use of the drive-thru. The…
After raising $20 million for Texas communities hurt by Hurricane Harvey, George Strait is once again riding to their rescue. According to the Associated Press, San Antonio’s top C&W export will serve as spokesman for the new “Find Yourself in Rockport-Fulton” tourism campaign. Strait, who has a home in the area rebuilding from last year’s storm, agreed…
The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, announced on May 7th, has led to the mass separation of immigrant families crossing the border, many of whom are seeking asylum from dangerous conditions in their home countries. Since its implementation, countless heartbreaking stories have emerged, including a mother who was deported while her son was kept in…
Oh, bish, yassssssss. Fresh off his sold-out spring tour in early April, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Miguel has announced that he will embark on a North American tour this fall in support of his critically praised fourth studio album, War & Leisure. The Ascension Tour includes a stop at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, TX…
Four months after being found guilty of 11 felonies, Carlos Uresti announced Monday that he will resign from the Texas Senate. Uresti was found guilty on February 22 of six counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to launder money, two counts of securities fraud and one count of acting as an unregistered securities broker.…
On the heels of their latest release Mindfucker, “Space Lord” singer Dave Wyndorf and friends AKA Monster Magnet just announced a North American tour. The tour kicks off in Toronto in late September before wrapping up the next month in Boston, but not before touching down in San Antonio on Friday, October 19 to perform…
Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who’s running against incumbent Senator Ted Cruz, didn’t take the day off for Father’s Day. Instead, he led a march protesting the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy and met with students from Santa Fe High School for a roundtable. On Sunday morning, O’Rourke, who has been a strong critic against President Donald Trump, led…
Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Mat Kearney has just announced a second leg to his North American tour, including a stop in San Antonio. On Wednesday, October 3, the “Ships In The Night” singer will touch down in the Alamo City for a show at the Aztec Theatre. Kearney is pretty much the perfect illustration that indie singer-songwriter…
The separation of undocumented children from their parents is one of many outrages occurring at Texas detention facilities under the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, according to a new study. In addition to the family separations now seizing headlines, immigrants at detention sites face sexual assault, harassment, lack of legal representation and inadequate medical and…
Pugel’s, the off-shoot of the late Original San Antonio Hot Dog House which opened in 2015, has closed. Management shared the news via Facebook citing parking woes with neighboring businesses. Here’s the full statement: So many restaurants, so little time. Find out the latest San Antonio dining news with our Flavor Friday Newsletter.
El Paso native Aaron Sanchez started a YouTube channel shortly after moving to San Antonio two and a half years ago. The short fast-food reviews have amassed a small, but vocal following which checks in on his weekly foodie field trips to check out Whataburger’s latest or back home to eat Chico’s Tacos. For this…
Editor’s Note: Jade Esteban Estrada is the writer of Glitter Political, a series of articles detailing San Antonio’s elections. When Governor Greg Abbott said to deafening applause that if Texas was its own country – “again” – that it would be one of the top 10 most self-sustaining countries in the world, I saw the…
Here’s everything that happened in food and nightlife this week: Schedule a visit to Jason Dady’s latest restaurant inside SAMA for some Tuscan-marinated beef tenderloin, deviled eggs an other Tre faves. We shared a look at Pasha Mediterranean’s underdog success during their 10th anniversary. We’re cooling down with coffeeshop drinks including cafe de olla and…
If you miss the days when metal songs had sweeping choruses, chunky riffs and lyrics about swords and quests and dragons, then does Hammerfall have a deal for you. These Swedes have hammered out a 20-year career pretending thrash, grunge and who knows how many other heavy music trends never happened. Starting with 1997’s Glory…
Los Angeles-based quartet La Luz should absolutely be on your radar if you enjoy hazy (not lazy) psych-surf with harmonic and melodic depth, fuzz piled to the sun and nostalgic, sea-soaked vibes. The band, which actually originated in Seattle, just released its excellent third LP, Floating Features, in May. The tour for this album brings…
This independent art-house hit of 1991 showed audiences a vision so rare on screen as to be virtually unknown: an African-American community marked by beauty, poetry and feminine grace rather than ghetto squalor or angry blaxploitation. Set in 1902 and filmed on South Carolina’s Saint Helena Island, Daughters of the Dust presents a summery, languorous…
I go out and review shows several times a month, so I get to see a ton of awesome live music, and I can say confidently that Common Kings might have be in my top five performances of 2017. The four-piece – whose roots are Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga, but based in Costa Mesa,…
As the sun set Thursday evening, volunteers at the Muslim Children Education and Civic Center set dozens of picnic tables and brought out large trays of food, preparing to serve the hundreds who were breaking their fasts on the last night of Ramadan. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim year, celebrates the revelation of…
Steel City Pops, the Alabama-based, family-operated popsicle chain has opened up a second San Antonio location. In honor of their grand opening on Thursday, this weekend all of their paleta-inspired pops will be dipped or drizzled in your choice of nuts, chocolate or spices for free (typically 1.50 extra). Select from gourmet options like Coconut…
This story was originally published in The Texas Tribune. The Trump administration has selected Tornillo Land Point of Entry, a crossing point along the Texas-Mexico border near El Paso, as the site of its first temporary shelter for immigrant children separated from their parents under the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, a U.S. Department of Health…
Say what you’d like about the Catholic Church as a flawed and hierarchical organization, but the outreach programs that it runs and the work done in communities by individual dioceses throughout the world is not to be underestimated. Hosted by Catholic Charities of San Antonio, Tuesday’s World Refugee Day Art Event is a fine example…
League sources have told the San Antonio Express-News that Kawhi Leonard asked the Spurs franchise to trade him. While there isn’t much information, Express-News writer Jabari Young tweeted Friday that Leonard, who has remained quiet in the postseason about his plans for the 2018-2019 season, doesn’t want to stay in San Antonio. And here we…
Mozzarella, the delicious Italian cheese that jewels all great Caprese salads, is best served fresh. On Friday, June 29, cheese lovers will have the opportunity to learn how to make their own from 6 to 8 p.m. at Taste Elevated in Castroville. The Cultured Host Julia McClure will appropriately be hosting an all inclusive instructional…
If you missed out on the Big Red donuts during the Barbacoa and Big Red Festival, don’t fret. The San Antonio-inspired treat is coming back for a limited time. According to Big Red’s Facebook page, the brand partnered with Krispy Kreme to offer the special edition donut on Sundays throughout summer. Although the donut first…
Fun fact: Summer doesn’t officially start until June 21 with the summer solstice, but that hasn’t stopped temperatures from climbing into the 100s. Still, there are ways to cool off that don’t mean reaching for another cold brew. Nitro Moon // The Austin-based shops is one of the few in town to carry nitro coffee,…
SAMA’s Hops Building, one of the spaces behind the museum’s main building, has seen many a tenant. There was Wild Beast by the Empty Stomach Group, La Boulangerie and most recently Sketch at the Museum, a concept by CommonWealth CoffeeHouse and Bakery, in 2016. And now there’s Tre Trattoria. The decade-old restaurant moved from its original…
Bakery Lorraine’s RIM location is now offering an exclusive Pastry Happy Hour guaranteed to make evening snackers happy. Guests can treat themselves to a complimentary coffee with the purchase of one of the bakery’s famous pastries (go for the fruit tarts, you won’t regret it) or sample their brand new mimosa carafes made from freshly…
Last fall, camera crews from the reality TV show COPS rode along with patrol deputies from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. The time to see those episodes is finally here. BCSO posted photos to its Facebook page saying that the “first segment” featuring local law enforcement will air on Monday, June 18. Cameras followed deputies…
San Antonio welcomed world-renowned Spanish artist Daniel Muñoz this morning as he previewed a new mural commemorating the city’s tricentennial. The community was invited to attend a meet-and-greet breakfast with Muñoz at Magik Theatre as the artist took a break from designing. Although unfinished, his artwork has begun to take shape to celebrate key aspects…
In a list of the top 20 coolest hotel pools in the U.S by travel site Expedia.com, San Antonio’s own JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa clocked in at #15. Surrounded by 600 acres of oak-covered hills, the nine-acre water park freckled with royal blue recliners and umbrellas will essentially have you feeling super…
The first time I heard Blueprint was around 2003, when the Columbus, Ohio, rapper appeared on the Mars iLL track “Planes and Trains.” “I was born at a time when you earned respect / for the rhyme and the way you made words connect / not the money that you made or the girls you…
Ledisi, a gifted R&B and jazz singer-songwriter who hails from the Big Easy, is hardly a household name, despite the fact that she possesses a beautifully powerful and soulful voice and has been nominated for twelve Grammy Awards in the R&B performance, album and artist categories. Over eight albums since 2000, Ledisi has staked her…
A young mother, father and little girl drenched in mud move hurriedly through the brush of a nature preserve in the Rio Grande Valley. When they cross the path of a group of high schoolers on a bird migration field trip, they are almost mistaken for fellow hikers or students who accidentally fell in the…
Born Justin Andrew Honard, Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 (or simply Alaska) is best known as the runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the winner of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. What separates Alaska from the dozens of queens who have come before her is her satire, which she…
Could it have been Mrs. Peacock with a candlestick in the study? Or maybe Colonel Mustard with a revolver in the ballroom? Since its launch in the UK in 1949, the iconic board game Cluedo (marketed as Clue on this side of the pond) has inspired numerous special editions (themed after everything from The Simpsons…
Name Pinding, an Austin-based vendor, shared a photo to its Instagram account that remembers the late Selena Quintanilla as a Spurs fan. The pin, titled “La Reina de los Spurs,” takes Selena from this iconic photo… …and dresses her in a Spurs jersey. Introducing… La Reina de los Spurs, the enamel pin! Now available in…
In 2001’s The Queens of Comedy, stand-up Sommore (Def Comedy Jam, Showtime at the Apollo, Friday After Next) jokingly compares herself to Tupac Shakur, and she’s not wrong. Her act, like many of Shakur’s songs, gives the relentlessly horny id a charming, engaging voice, persuasively, impeccably delivered. The same sort of explicit-content warnings apply, but…
Whataburger has issued a statement confirming a quality-based recall on white buns and Texas toast for stores in Texas. Here’s the statement in full: We voluntarily removed white buns and Texas Toast from some of our restaurants in the DFW area, East and West Texas, Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas because of a quality issue with…
Montreal’s indie music community continues to impress the hell out of us, and Men I Trust is one of the reasons. Combining foot-tappy rhythms with calm melodies and chilled-out vocals reminiscent of Sia’s in the early aughts, the three-piece might be your favorite new indie band that you’ve never heard of. Also on the bill…
With nearly all its cast members having long kicked the bucket (save for the incomparable 96-year-old Betty White), The Golden Girls is one 1980s sitcom that will probably not get a reboot. That may be a good thing if we consider the fate of the recently rebooted and then cancelled Roseanne. But for those hellbent…
For the next installment of Wes Fest, the ongoing, movable movie feast dedicated to the work of Wes Anderson, fest organizers Slab Cinema will present 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, the director’s eighth feature film, in the courtyard at the San Antonio Museum of Art. The movie, as is Anderson’s modus operandi, is a quirky…
It’s Pride month. You are at work, stretching at your desk and find yourself thinking, “Gosh, I really want to support some local queer, femme and POC artists this weekend.” If this strikes a chord, you might want to check out Besito Fest. The event will feature nine local musicians, including indie acts TC Superstar,…
This article was originally published by our sister publication, Out in SA. Organizers at Pride San Antonio have announced an all-star lineup of performers for the Pride Bigger Than Texas Festival on June 30 in Crockett Park. Three of the acts on the slate are veterans of The Voice, NBC’s singing competition. Performers announced so…
In Superfly, a remake of the 1972 Blaxploitation film Super Fly, actor Esai Morales (La Bamba) plays Adalberto González, the new leader of a Mexican drug cartel who supplies product to the mentor of the movie’s lead character Priest (Trevor Jackson). Morales said Adalberto “fancies himself as a cool, calm and collected version” of the…
This article was originally published by The Texas Tribune. Wylie Independent School District prepares for armed intruders in a variety of ways, from active shooter drills to safety-themed coloring books. Some school staff are trained to be armed marshals and are ready to shoot if there’s a threat. Members of the Senate Select Committee on…
Dozens of undocumented immigrants were found in a tractor trailer in North Side San Antonio, reports say. Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, authorities were called to the 8400 block of Laurelcrest Place where they found the trailer. Inside were 55 individuals, including minors, suspected of entering the U.S. illegally. The 55 individuals are in good health…
Santa Fe Trail New Mexican Restaurant, at 16080 San Pedro Ave., has closed its doors as of June 12. The restaurant opened in mid-2017 with hatch chile green sauce, green chile stew and other New Mexico-style dishes. Management announced the restaurant’s closing via Facebook with a post that read: “It’s always hard to say goodbye, San Antonio,…
Get ready to reject the contemporary and celebrate imperfection as Beach Fossils heads to San Antonio next month. The band announced Monday that they’ll be stopping by Paper Tiger on Saturday, July 21st in support of their 2017 album Somersault. This will be the band’s last performance in Texas before taking the tour to Mexico.…
The indie onslaught continues, y’all. Best known as one of the founding members of Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow is headed to San Antonio to play a show at Period Modern aptly titled “An Evening with Lou Barlow.” Also a member of the bands Sebadoh, Folk Implosion and his first project, a hardcore band called Deep…
It’s lunchtime. The chicken schwarma glistens on its spit next to the gyro and its beef counterpart. Fresh and pliable naan bread leaves the open kitchen in a stream of unleavened goodness, ready to bathe in a puddle of olive oil and za’atar, a blend of thyme, oregano and sesame seeds. And hungry San Antonians…
Seventeen years after airing its last episode in August 2001, the educational children’s TV series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is revisited by Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) in Won’t You Be My Neighbor? It’s a touching, feature-length documentary that takes audiences back to the original 1963 PBS series and its unassuming, philosophical and…
When the Trump Administration tried to pull the plug on a Department of Health and Human Services program funding studies of teen pregnancy prevention efforts, San Antonio’s Healthy Futures of Texas stepped up to fight. HHS’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program was supposed to last five years, but last summer the agency announced it would end…
Editor’s Note: The following is Their Town, a column of opinion and analysis. At first, I didn’t take the paid sick leave initiative in San Antonio seriously enough, maybe because I’m fortunate to be compensated for days I’m out sick. Call it a failure of empathy. In April, AFL-CIO Texas and other organizations, going by…
Q: Without snooping, I came across texts between my wife “Mary” and a guy “Jeremy” of a very sexual nature. While I would be okay if she were doing this and I knew about it, this has been going on since before we met. (We’ve been together 10 years.) She says she has never met…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): My Aries acquaintance Tatiana decided to eliminate sugar from her diet. She drew up a plan to avoid it completely for 30 days, hoping to permanently break its hold over her. I was surprised to learn that she began the project by making a Dessert Altar in her bedroom, where she…
Although he’s easily known best for the enduring Greater Tuna series he launched in 1981 with fellow playwright/actor/humorist Joe Sears and director Ed Howard, Texan wildcard Jaston Williams has established himself as a solo performer with one-man shows such as A Wolverine Walks into a Bar…Conversations Over Ice (in which he portrays a gun-toting Mary…
When I say that Austin’s the Rocketboys are an indie rock band, I would like that overused phrase to mean something to you. I mean to say that they make indie rock music with that particularly dramatic, deadpan and anthemic spirit that was so popular when the band formed a decade ago. The band’s music…
Although the movie scene probably wouldn’t work too well in a contemporary, non-ironic teenage romance — a recent high school graduate (John Cusack) raises a briefcase-sized boombox above his head to play Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” for his brainy girlfriend — 1989’s Say Anything is still considered by many to be one of the…
Every June for the past quarter of a century, in various cities throughout the Southeast, Southern Fried Poetry Festival has hosted some of the finest poets and spoken word artists from the region for workshops, community outreach, and fierce slam poetry competition. The roving festival/competition, which was hosted in Louisville last year, added Texas to…
Think for a moment: When was the last time you stopped what you were doing to talk with a stranger on the street? Did you give them a dollar or maybe a cigarette? Did you humor a rant, or truly lend an ear? For too many of us, strangers on the street — the homeless,…
From the St. Patrick’s day favorite, the Irish Car Bomb, to craft cocktails like the Barrel of Monkeys (Monkey Shoulder Scotch, Campari, Dry Curaçao, lemon and Karbach Radler), which was recently featured at the Girl Gang pop up in Austin on June 6, beer has has a place in cocktails. Bars all across San Antonio…
In what is easily the creepiest and most unsettling wide-release horror film since 2015’s Puritan nightmare The Witch, Hereditary, also produced by indie film company A24, manifests a kind of terror that digs under the skin and infects within. First-time feature writer/director Ari Aster borrows from past films — Rosemary’s Baby, Don’t Look Now, The…
