5 Things You Have to Do This Week
Tue 6/24 – Wed 6/25 Sister Act Endangered disco diva Deloris Van Cartier goes undercover as charismatic choir leader Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act—a musicalized adaptation of the 1992 Whoopie Goldberg vehicle. Set in ’70s-era Philadelphia, the “divine musical comedy” mirrors the film’s nun-on-the-run plot but shakes things up with a Motown-inspired score. Although…
Report Finds San Antonio Not a Walkable City, Sky Still Blue
In news that one would probably categorize as downright obvious, San Antonio has once again been described as one of the least walkable major cities in the country. In a recently published report from Smart Growth America, an organization geared toward researching and advocating for smart urban growth, San Antonio ranked in the last of…
Cruz, Abbott Blame Obama For Influx of Undocumented Children
U.S. Representative Michael Burgess (R-Flower Mound) joined Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz at a press conference at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland. (Screengrab via Texas Tribune livestream) U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott blamed the Obama administration for what they described as a failure to…
John Oliver Takes FDA, Dr. Oz to Task
Cuteness overload. The best thing about John Oliver moving over to HBO and not sticking around for Comedy Central’s scraps is he’s not holding back one bit. His latest as host of Last Week Tonight? He takes on Dr. Oz’s appearance at the Hill (for hawking magic weight loss pills) along with the Food and…
10 Free Events Happening This Week
Tues 6/24 Movies by Moonlight: Finding Nemo Slab Cinema continues its Movies by Moonlight series with Andrew Stanton’s 2003 Disney/Pixar film following a curious clownfish who’s captured by scuba divers and winds up in a dentist’s aquarium. Presented outdoors in Travis Park, the screening coincides with Downtown Tuesdays, which offers free parking at all meters…
What I Ate: Tostadas at El Regio and a burger at The Luxury
It’s not until just recently I learned the name of the taco truck that parks outside Hardbodies. El Regio often hits the spot when you’re in the mood for tiny tacos, and it just so happens its on my way home. Otherwise, I also enjoyed the new Lux Burger at the Luxury. Great patty, jamon,…
Timmy D Hits Chick-fil-A
Via Chocolate milk joke step aside, it’s time for a new loving jab at Tim Duncan. When you win your fifth NBA Championship, it’s alright to splurge with a little fast food. With his head scraping the roof of his grey coupe, the Spurs all-time leading scorer hit the drive-thru at Chick-fil-A at the Rim for…
SA Food Pics: The eats and treats of the week
Foodies went high and low all over SA to treat themselves this past week. From the simple cocktail to the giant dinner platters, locals ate to their hearts content. Some restaurants of choice included Radicke’s Bluebonnet Grill (237 N WW White), Kimura (152 E Pecan), Pam’s Patio Kitchen (11826 Wurzbach), Dough Pizzeria Napoletana (6989 Blanco), Big Easy Cafe (4822…
Sunday Night Sound Bite: London Grammar: “Sights”
Vocalist Hannah Reid, guitarist Dan Rothman and multi-instrumentalist Dominic “Dot” Major are London Grammar, the electronic “art rock” trio responsible for the atmospheric sound of Disclosure’s 2013 single “Help Me Lose My Mind.” Of the gems on the band’s debut studio album If You Wait, the track “Sights” offers an excellent introduction to Reid’s incredible…
San Antonio Is Now Ground Zero For A Growing Refugee Crisis
The escalating number of Central America children fleeing their home nations and making the life-threatening trek northward to the United States, alone, has sparked a humanitarian crisis along the southwestern border, the White House announced earlier this month. These “unaccompanied” children are coming in such large numbers that they are overloading the U.S. immigration system,…
Comedian Brian Posehn Brings Man-Boobs and Comics to San Antonio
via Brian Posehn is a really big guy – physically and figuratively. Standing at 6’6” and often bearing a thick, grizzly red beard, seeing him brings the words “nerdy Viking” to mind. Posehn is also a very famous comedian and comic book writer, as well as a veteran Dungeon and Dragons player. Chances are that…
Hot Wells Harvest Feast: How two dudes planned one of year’s best shindigs
Sometimes the best events are the most laidback (actually, most of the time). Myself along with a few hundred of the worst Spurs fans ever joined artist/caretaker Justin Parr and chef Robbie Nowlin on Wednesday, June 18 for a night out at Hot Wells. Monies raised went straight to the Hot Wells Conversancy. Billed as…
Amarillo Artist Stanley Marsh 3 Dies
Stanley Marsh 3 Amarillo artist Stanley Marsh 3 passed earlier this week from natural causes, leaving a legacy of public art tainted by criminal and civil charges of molestation. Born in Amarillo in 1938, Marsh was known as the sponsor of the Cadillac Ranch and creator of the Dynamite Museum, an ongoing project of false road signs…
Fun Fun Fun Fest Announces Daily Lineups and Tickets
Fun Fun Fun’s 2014 logo The ninth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest announced its 2014 daily lineup, with tickets available for each individual evening of fun and fellowship. On their impeccably-designed schedule, Fun-goers can search by day and by stage to make their purchasing decision. With its wide booking policy and stages of black (punk/metal), orange (indie/rock)…
5 Shows to See this Weekend
Mighty Mountain, Deer Vibes and Lonely Horse (Friday, June 20) As a 2014 Austin Music Award winning group of Texas natives, Mighty Mountain is up and coming in the indie scene, a feat considering Austin’s over-saturated indie crowd. Sweeping violins, engaging live shows and all around good vibes make Mighty Mountain a band to watch out for.…
Epic Spurs Fiesta: Fans and City celebrate fifth championship win
Photo by IJM HD Productions Imagine San Antonio adding even more days to Fiesta, but instead these events occurred in June and you come close to yesterday’s pandemonium downtown. High Five!: Photos from the Spurs Championship Celebration Spurs fans lined the River Walk trying to get any sliver of concrete to see their favorite champs…
Shot of the Week: Malibu Barbie
(Via) Ah, Pinterest. Leave it to the online collage board to have some of the most girly sounding shots around. I stumbled on this treat recently while pinning food and drink recipes. The original recipe calls for Kinky liqueur, which unfortunately still isn’t available in Texas. I switched things up and subbed in good ol’…
Texas Comicon Brings Big Names to San Antonio
June 20, 21, 22 Norris Conference Center $15 – $30 Via The first big comic book convention of the summer happens this weekend at Texas Comicon. During this three-day event, fans can meet celebrities, voice actors, and some of the biggest names in the comic book world. Several celebrities – old and new –…
250 New Emojis Released, Including the Middle Finger
via The Unicode Consortium has released some new emojis, and you won’t believe some of the things you can say with these latest additions. Among other things, Unicode makes it possible for users to turn the keypad numbers on their phone into different symbols, including emojis. For example, they insure the emoji “happy face” is typed the same way…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 6/19 Third Chamber Thursdays: Kung Fu Hustle The Drafthouse continues its celebration of the strong connections between kung fu and hip-hop with a screening of Stephen Chow’s comic masterpiece from 2004. Set in 1930s Shanghai, Kung Fu Hustle has been likened to “a comedic version of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Jackie Chan and…
First Course: Hotel Emma’s opening chef and a Saint Arnold event
beer bites from Rosella Coffee via The Pearl will soon house Hotel Emma, a four-star boutique hotel that is slated to open in 2015 named after Emma Koehler, wife of Pearl Brewery founder Otto Koehler. Hotel Emma will have Chef John Brand formerly of Las Canarias as executive chef and culinary director. Rosella Coffee Co.…
The Angry Inch Queer Ride & Hedwig Sing-along
Fri 6/20 The Angry Inch Queer Ride & Hedwig Sing-along Organized by the Uptown Studio in observance of LGBT Pride Month, The Angry Inch Queer Ride & Hedwig Sing-along is a 15-mile bike tour that sets off from HemisFair Arch Plaza and travels through Southtown to Mission San José. After a water break on the…
S.A. R.O.C.K.S. Dog Adoption Event This Weekend
via SA ROCKS double dog dares San Antonio to save a canine’s life during their two adopt-a-pet events this weekend. The first event kicks off at Fetch and Friskers Bakery and Bow-tique. This shop specializes in creating baked good for dogs, and helping out their K9 friends. From 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., guardians-to-be can…
5 Must-See Films at SARA’s Environmental Film Festival
What better way to celebrate National Rivers Month than with a free film festival? The San Antonio River Authority is hosting its inaugural Environmental Film Festival from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. tomorrow, June 19th, at the Santikos Bijou Theatre. But come early, as the festival has an occupancy of only 200 people. Featuring 10 short documentary…
Cornyation Gives Back
Since its small beginning, Fiesta’s Cornyation has proven to be more than just San Antonio’s raunchiest event. In fact, to date, Cornyation has awarded more than $1.5 million dollars to local charities and scholarship recipients. So, it was not surprising to hear that the popular stage show would be awarding its largest contributions in its…
RIP jazz pianist Horace Silver
The cover art for Silver’s 1961 Blue Note Doin’ the Thing Legendary jazz pianist Horace Silver passed away today at the age of 85. One of Blue Note Records most prominent artists, Silver helped define the label’s sound and the genre of hard bop, while integrating the rhythms of funk, soul and the morna and coladeira from his Cape…
6 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub on this Week
(Via) Friday, June 20: La Fogata invites guests to a free tasting of their tequila of the month, CORZO. Guests can take their pick of either a skinny margarita, blood orange margarita, the Bob-rita or straight. Drinks will be served at the tasting table outside of the restaurant. Free, 7-9pm, 2427 Vance Jackson, (210)…
Watching the Throne
Growing up in San Antonio during the 90’s on a steady diet of MTV, BET and WGN, one of the highlights over a string of summers was watching Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls gather in Grant Park to celebrate championship upon championship with a few of their closest friends. After finally getting past the…
Covered N Money: what to know about ATL’s Future
Auto-tune The rap world is a fickle place. Though T-Pain helped bring Auto-Tune to the forefront of hip-hop, he eventually became ridiculed for it, and with gusto. In a recent Vlad TV interview, T-Pain recalled a studio date with Kanye West in which Yeezus wrote an Auto-Tune hook trashing T-Pain and made the who’s…
Hi-Art announces Ghostface Killah Emojis
Ghostface Killah via Facebook In July, Unicode will add 250 new images to their roster of official emojis, helping “people around the world to use computers in any language,” according to their site. While the official Unicode emojis will help ease international business and communication, Hi-Art’s new Ghostface Killah emojis will allow you to elaborate…
SA Ex-pats Druggist play first local show in 5 years
Druggist, the duo of guitarist Blake Cormier and drummer Zach Dunlap, began making music in San Antonio in 2005. At first, the pair was joined by a bassist and a second guitarist, but after releasing 2006’s promising debut Early Michael Keaton, the band became what it remains to this day: two dudes making deceptively simple,…
Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney interviews Dennis Olsen
San Antonio artist Dennis Olsen has recently ended an amazing 33-year career teaching at University of Texas—San Antonio. A native of St. Louis, Mo., his charmed life has enabled him and his wife Meredith Dean to travel and exhibit their work all over the world. After discovering printmaking at University of California—Los Angeles, Dennis spent…
Savage Love: Not All Menz
In the wake of the killings at Isla Vista, and all the #YesAllWomen and #NotAllMen hashtag campaigns, I want a change in the dialogue. I want to hear the story of the man who warned a woman after he found out a friend was planning on drugging her, the story of the man who dropped…
Will Google Fiber Bridge San Antonio’s Digital Divide?
In February, Mayor Julián Castro, flanked by a handful of council members, the city manager and a former state representative, delivered an announcement that held the potential to revolutionize the digital landscape of San Antonio. The Alamo City, said Castro, is being considered by tech industry giant Google as a site for lighting-fast “Fiber” internet…
Travels with Frenchie: Trio praises Tucker’s gospel brunch
The Travels with Frenchie power trio returns again to further traverse the local hinterland in search of interesting dining experiences. As always, the culinary vice squad included Fabien Jacob, aka Frenchie (a Certified Sommelier from the Court of Master of Sommeliers), Carlos Montoya (an award-winning, evidence-based bicycle mechanic and gourmand of grilled meats) and myself,…
The Mayoral Horse Race: Odds on the interim
While Josh Baugh at the Express-News may consider District 2’s Ivy Taylor a “front-runner” for the interim appointment as mayor, her colleagues must consider her unpopular vote against last year’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance change to protect LGBT citizens. District 6’s Ray Lopez, Taylor’s strongest competitor for interim, was on the winning side of that fight and…
Craft Beer Road Trip Season
Sometimes, the only thing that can get you through the Monday through Thursday workday slog is a well-deserved “sick day” on Friday. C’mon, you’ve earned it (we assume). Plus, that’s when most out-of-town breweries open their doors to the sample-sipping masses. With a little forethought and planning you can hit up several back roads and…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you were alive 150 years ago and needed to get a tooth extracted, you might have called on a barber or blacksmith or wigmaker to do the job. (Dentistry didn’t become a formal occupation until the latter part of the 19th century.) Today you wouldn’t dream of seeking anyone but…
Happy Hour Hound: Cured
As discussed in our restaurant review of Cured (February 5), the food, ambiance and hospitality all lead to being, well, cured. Call it kismet, but after a particularly taxing day at the office, and after two weeks of being in a general funk, I decided to head to the Pearl’s latest eatery to check out…
Flavor File: SAMA’s wild, hot pop-up café, Earth Burger opens, Cockasian truck up for sale
Need another reason to check out SAMA’s “Matisse: Life in Color” exhibit this summer? The folks behind The Monterey are jazzing up the exhibit with “Wild Beast,” a pop-up eatery inside the Hops Building. The name stems from Les Fauves, or wild beasts, a name given to Matisse and his buddies by an art critic…
Cityscrapes: A new six-point program
Promotion of interest in San Antonio as the logical headquarters for the oil fraternity operating in South Texas… Trade extension and industrial development Highway development Promotion of public works Expansion of tourist trade Development of San Antonio as the convention city of the South Have a familiar ring? Does this “Six-point Program for Progress” sound…
Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce in the Dystopic Down Under of ‘The Rover’
Another year, another grim thriller set in a dystopian future. This time (again), it’s Australia. Based on years of cinematic evidence, the land down under is the place you go to escape drug dealers (Crocodile Dundee II), commune with talking animals (Babe) or get your ass shot off (everything else). That’s incredibly reductive, but…
Don’t Sleep on Jazz Chameleon José James
Sporting a Yankees snapback cocked to the side and rhyming over fresh hip-hop beats for one session, then donning a suit and channeling vocal jazz luminaries for the next, Minneapolis-born, New York-based José James is a true visionary. Helping lead the new school of jazz, the vocalist, songwriter and bandleader will grace the Empire stage…
Pies shine while SoBro hits its stride
Since starting this gig, I’ve reviewed three restaurants that all made promises of perfect pizza. Some have pulled through, while others struggled. Rest assured that when it comes to pies, SoBro’s pizza game is strong. This success is perhaps unsurprising, as the restaurant was pieced together meticulously by owners Mon and Gerry Shirley of Mon…
Saytown Beatdown: Original G’s and Timeless ‘Transitions’
The June edition of Saytown Beatdown looks at a pair of visiting legends, an exciting residency for local talent and a gem of an album from some of the city’s finest minds. As always, don’t forget to share your hip-hop projects, shows and general wisdom with me at beatdown@sacurrent.com. E-40 and Too $hort live on…
Smart-Ass Taiwanese Animators Give a Burning Recap of the NBA Finals
Perhaps the most lucid recap of the NBA Finals is this one illustrated by the smart-ass Taiwanese animators known for their raunchy reenactment of the royal wedding, promptly followed by the royal birth. (Jon Stewart is a big fan of theirs). Check out their cutting take on how the Spurs completely destroyed the Heat in…
Lou Reed’s gear up for auction
An RCA ad for Lou Reed’s Transformer LP Rock ‘n’ roll nerds, gear nerds, drain those savings accounts! Icon and iconoclast Lou Reed’s music gear will be auctioned off on Ebay with sales going towards the creation of the Lou Reed archive. From the Reed estate’s official Facebook page: “Over the past thirty years Lou Reed amassed…
Booze News: Poutine party, free tequila and pints for a cause
Booze news serves up news in tiny, digestible bites every Tuesday. Poutine and pints at The Hangar. (Courtesy Photo) Tomorrow night, Nao (312 Pearl Pkwy) is continuing the celebration of the Spurs win with the cocktail Kawhi Koolaid, which features a blend of pineapple and syrups to create a Spurstastic drink. Guests that order a…
10 Free Things To Do This Week
HEB Free Family Night 6/17 via The San Antonio Children’s Museum presents H-E-B Free Family Night on June 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Every third Tuesday of every month HEB hosts a free activity night open to kids and adults so the whole family can join in on the fun. This event takes…
Two-Headed Turtle Thelma and Louise Celebrates First Birthday
Image courtesy of San Antonio Zoo and Aquarium Remember Thelma and Louise, the two-headed turtle, who was born at the San Antonio Zoo & Aquarium last year? On June 18, this turtle is turning one year old. For those unaware, Thelma and Louise are known as a Bicephalic animal (no, it’s not what you think).…
