Boasting seven, scantily clad years of “bumping and grinding all over the city of San Antonio,” a win for Best Burlesque Troupe in our 2017 Best of San Antonio readers’ poll and a recent step up to the big-time stage at the Aztec, the eclectic, LGBT-centric, body-positive Pastie Pops have plenty to be proud of…
There’s another poke shop in San Antonio these days with the opening of Fugu Poke House at Dominion Springs Plaza. Opened by Andres Castro of Uniko Japanese House at La Cantera Terrace, the shop is the one of the early tenants at the sprawling plaza with Jugo Juicery and 9Round Fitness. The shop features DIY…
The man behind H-E-B’s Central Market stores, John Morgan Campbell, was denied probation on Tuesday for his prison sentence related to child pornography. District Judge Catherine Torres-Stahl denied Campbell’s motion for shock probation, which would have allowed the judge to send Campbell to prison temporarily then return to court to be sentenced to community supervision.…
Yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to let Texas’ voting districts stand will embolden the state to be even more partisan next time it draws them up, a St. Mary’s University legal scholar warned. “It’s going to make it harder to bring these kind of cases, and it’s going to encourage the Texas legislature to be…
MOD Pizza is opening its new Westover Marketplace location this Friday, June 29, with the first 52 guests to receive free artisan-style pizzas or salads. Yep, you read that right. The pizzeria’s grand opening event will hold giveaways after the initial 52 customers are served, which gives late sleepers a chance to win some awesome…
Bad Bunny just announced a show in San Antonio and I’m about to throw my tacos against the wall (J/K I’m too hungry for that). If you don’t know Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, got big on SoundCloud and with the success of his breakout single “Soy Peor,” established himself as a force…
Environmental activists didn’t get a commitment from Whataburger to stop using polystyrene cups for its drinks, but the San Antonio-based fast-food chain today said it’s open to further talk on the issue. Austin’s Environment Texas — in the midst of a campaign to ban the environmentally harmful plastic foam — wants to convince the iconic…
A week after Carlos Uresti announced he would resign from the Texas Senate, his brother Tomas Uresti threw his hat in the ring to fill the empty seat. Uresti, the representative for Texas House District 118, filed the necessary paperwork to enter to the special election that Governor Greg Abbott called for Senate District 19…
Fuck thieves. Straight up. What sucks even worse than when hearing someone in San Antonio gets their gear jacked (which, we’re sort of notorious for stealing touring bands’ gear), is when it happens to someone we know or care about. The latest victim of thievery in the 2-1-0 is Hector Saldaña, founding member of The…
Whataburger’s mustard-laden burgers may be mana and their ketchup worthy of its prime slot on H-E-B shelves, but some folks ’round these parts aren’t so keen on the way the fast-food chain serves up its cold drinks. Environment Texas is calling out S.A.-based Whataburger over its use of polystyrene cups. As part of its campaign…
Danny Green is a model now, y’all. The Spurs player took to the runway Saturday night as part of the “Taylor’d For You” fashion show, wearing a design by San Antonio’s Marcus Andrews, at the St. Anthony Hotel. The show’s creator Taylor Mobley invited Andrews, who knew Green would be a welcome addition, to take…
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune. TORNILLO — The tent city erected at this port of entry near El Paso was quickly built and opened less than two weeks ago to house undocumented immigrant children. On Monday, its operator said it may not keep operating after July 13, when its federal contract…
Ashley Madison, a dating service that makes cheating super easy for married people, recently revealed a list of the top 20 cities in the U.S. with the most signups in 2017. All of Texas’ major cities made the list. San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas and even Fort Worth were called out as hubs for unfaithful…
Following reports that vandals defaced two San Antonio missions with politically-motivated graffiti, two arrests have been made after a suspect came forward. Ahead of a visit to an immigration detention center on Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump was seen wearing a jacket that had “I Really Don’t Care. Do U?” written on the back. On…
A North Texas pastor confirmed that Ivanka Trump made a quiet donation to his church, claiming that one of his tweets inspired her to reach out. According to CBN News, Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano shared that Trump donated $50,000 after he tweeted that his church will care for migrant children separated…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has demanded the Trump Administration justify its “zero-tolerance” immigration policy on behalf of five families the government separated from their children in Texas. Attorneys from the Texas Civil Rights Project in late May filed an emergency request with the commission asking it to order the U.S. government to strike down…
A 5-year-old girl was struck by a truck and died in the SeaWorld parking lot Sunday night. First-responders were called to the water amusement park around 8 p.m. after the young girl, later identified as Michaela Tirado, was hit by a truck. According to police, the girl left her parents’ watch and ran between two…
You might want to place your summer BBQs on hold. H-E-B has issued a statement recalling certain H-E-B and Hill Country Fare brand breads and buns. While these products don’t impose any health risks, they do possess a yeast unbalance that might make for a cookout of less than ideal quality. “H-E-B is proud our…
Over 200 people gathered Sunday at Main Plaza downtown to reflect on families who were separated while seeking asylum as a part of the zero-tolerance policy. While President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 13 to reverse the policy, organizers went forward with the vigil to support the families who have not yet…
Vinnie Paul, co-founder one of the most legendary metal acts of all time, Pantera, has died according to Billboard. It was also confirmed on Pantera’s Facebook page: Paul and his brother Dimebag Darrell, formed Pantera in 1981, blew up with their second lead singer, Phil Anselmo, and secured four Grammy nominations and charted nine albums…
The Summer of Spain is upon us. Just a few days ago, Spanish royalty King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia concluded their three-day stay in the Alamo City and headed back home. The distinguished visitors were in town, of course, to commemorate San Antonio’s deep Hispanic roots as a part of the ongoing Tricentennial celebration.…
Former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant won an Oscar?! Yes, it’s true, and you can see the four-minute, animated film Dear Basketball and the nine other live-action and animated shorts that were nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year at Texas Public Radio’s next Cinema Tuesdays event. Along with Bryant’s short, which was based…
Cold Cave, AKA icy, darkwave revivalist Wesley Eisold, is returning to San Antonio like a goth, Nietzsche-quoting prodigal son. With a background in hardcore punk and noise, Eisold channels brooding, graveyard angst with sharp-as-glass yet atmospheric synthscapes that incorporate his harsher background while still honoring the genre’s 1980s roots. The music is gloomy like Nick…
There’s just one week left to vote in our Best of San Antonio® 2018 poll! In May, we asked San Antonians to nominate their favorite people, places and things to do across 150+ categories. We tallied up your nominations and narrowed down your favorites to the top 5 finalists in each category. Now, our readers have…
The Texas Supreme Court today handed a defeat to local governments and the environment by knocking down the city of Laredo’s ban on plastic bags. The conservative-dominated court ruled unanimously that Texas’ solid waste disposal laws pre-empt the city’s ability to implement the program. The likely outcome? It looks like other cities with bag bans,…
You’ve got to give them points for ingenuity. A North Side bank was robbed early Friday by a few resourceful criminals driving a stolen forklift. According to San Antonio police, the suspects removed an ATM from the property with the help of a Skytrack telescopic forklift and, of course, their imagination. The robbery took place…
If you donated money to RAICES, the immigration legal-service at the forefront of assisting asylum seekers detained through the ‘zero tolerance policy,’ you can rest easy knowing your contributions are making a concrete impact. After several days, the organization was able to raise millions of dollars, about $17 million of which was collected through a…
VIA Metropolitan Transit is opening its largest facility to date in Stone Oak to accommodate the overwhelming North Side population growth. While the grand opening ceremony is Saturday, the Stone Oak Park and Ride opened in May on routes 7 and 503. The 184,000-square-foot facility offers rides from Stone Oak to the Medical Center and…
Two San Antonio missions were defaced Friday morning in what appears to be a politically-motivated act of vandalism. Missions San Jose and San Juan were both vandalized with the phrase “I don’t care. Do you?” A similar phrase was on the back of a coat worn by First Lady Melania Trump while boarding a plane…
It’s that time again folks! Mala Luna Music Festival is returning to San Antonio for their third annual event. The two-day celebration of music and culture will take place Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28 (Halloween weekend) at Nelson Wolff Stadium. While the lineup has yet to be announced, based on the headliners they’ve…
With the NBA Draft occurring Thursday evening, the question remains concerning the Kawhi Leonard/San Antonio Spurs saga – will the powerhouse stay or will he go? After the NBA Draft, in which the Spurs selected Lonnie Walker IV of the University of Miami and Chimezie Metu of the University of Southern California, Spurs general manager…
NAACP, one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights groups, is expected to bring up to 4,000 attendees to San Antonio for its 109th annual convention this summer. Now all the group needs are people to help facilitate. About 300 to be exact. The NAACP San Antonio Branch, which placed the winning bid for the…
The stripping of undocumented children from their parents is just 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 have called out the government for sexual assault, harassment, lack of…
The pun squad at the New Braunfels Police Department must be pulling overtime this week. Case in point: this morning’s Facebook post about the apprehension of a “brisket thief” who beat $1,000 worth of beef from a local H-E-B. According to the post, officers “grabbed this case by the horns” when they “corralled” 47-year-old suspect Rene…
Brazil is a diverse country with a stunningly wide cultural breadth. Its musical traditions, from indigenous song to Afro-jazz, from samba and bossa nova to funk, tropicalia and, of course, modern pop/rock, and so much more, are rich and complex. This weekend, you can get a little taste of Brazilian music in an ideal live…
Beyond inspiring us to dig a little deeper into San Antonio’s unique history, the Tricentennial has left more than a few locals in an extended state of reflection, pondering our personal histories here and feeling nostalgic for what’s no longer here — lost loved ones, bygone haunts and The Way Things Were in decades past.…
Real talk: Snow Tha Product ought to get more shine for being the highest-profile Chicana emcee in the game. The California-born and -raised rapper, whose parents are both from Mexico, has put out a wealth of solid, if inconsistent, material since her debut mixtape in 2008. Rapping in English and in Spanish, Snow celebrates her…
Another week, another fine, back-porch concert from Lowcountry. Hailing from Memphis, Brandon Taylor, in keeping with the little bar/venue’s typical aural aesthetics, makes electrified folk rock that pulls influences from across the folk/blues/Americana spectrum. A gifted singer-songwriter and guitar player, Taylor is also an excellent storyteller via song, as evidenced most prominently on his 2010…
Summertime is always better when it’s spent with friends and family. Luckily, San Antonio is home to some of the best attractions for groups of all kinds, making it the place to be this summer. Traveling with a group can be the most difficult part of your trip as you try to make sure everyone…
On Sunday, June 24, there will be a “Vigil for Humanity” in front of San Fernando Cathedral at 6 p.m. to express opposition toward the U.S. government’s systematic mistreatment of asylum seekers. The event, originally intended to protest the mass separation of immigrant families (a part of the ‘zero tolerance policy’), has not shifted focus…
Thomas J. Henry’s son made his model debut last weekend, basically because he’s the son of Thomas J. Henry. Thomas Henry, 18, walked in the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer show as part of Milan Fashion Week. And because he’s a Henry, the entire family chronicled the milestone. My sweet boy!! @dolcegabbana @thethomashenry #milanfashionweek A post…
Seguin-based pitmaster Adrian Davila of Davila’s BBQ will sign copies of his book Cowboy Barbecue: Fire & Smoke from the Original Texas Vaqueros on Saturday, June 23 at Barnes & Noble located at 321 NW Loop 410 Suite 104. The book features 75 recipes with serious Texas flavor including barbacoa, lengua and calabacita con pollo.…
It’s hard to find any silver lining to the dark cloud the Trump Administration cast over the fate of immigrant families with its “zero tolerance” separation policy. But this comes close. Driven by a Facebook call for donations from a California couple, San Antonio-based RAICES, one of the state’s largest providers of immigrant legal services,…
Here are six ways San Antonio can kickoff their summer with a crisp beer. Throw Some Chanclas // Head on over to Busted Sandal Brewing to celebrate summer “the Chancla way” on June 30. They will be serving $4 beers all day. At noon, the 210 Watermelon Ale and Tanlines Pale Ale taps will begin flowing. At…
During her decade-long career, three-time Academy Award nominated actress Saoirse Ronan has been a champion of independent cinema. While some of those films have reached incredible heights like Brooklyn, Lady Bird and The Grand Budapest Hotel, Ronan has hit a small rough patch with her last two less-than-stellar outings – On Chesil Beach and her…
At Villa Rica, Chef Johnny Hernandez’s latest venture, servers wear T-shirts printed to resemble guayaberas, the crisply pleated and embroidered shirts favored by men of a certain age. It might be tempting at this point to imply that as the T-shirts merely suggest the real thing, so does the restaurant’s Mexican seafood menu only sketchily…
Mexico beat Germany in a surprising World Cup upset this past weekend, so of course San Antonio’s finest mariachi band had to represent. Mariachi Los Caporales was invited by the Mexican government to represent the country at last week’s World Cup game in Moscow. The group’s traditional mariachi music brought a taste of San Antonio…
Former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro earlier this week was denied entrance to an immigration detention facility while trying to give toys and cards to children being held inside. On Monday evening, Castro and his team behind We Belong Together, which highlights unjust immigration laws, got as far as the door of the McAllen facility…
You’ve double-tapped his photos on Instagram and now you can learn more about Anthony Willett, AKA @safood.e, on the 10th episode of The Big Spoon podcast. We recorded at Cullum’s Attagirl, one of Willett’s favorite hangs, where he shared his favorite foods, why he started his account and his restaurant pet peeves. Listen on Souncloud,…
Editor’s Note: Jade Esteban Estrada is the writer of Glitter Political, a series of articles detailing San Antonio’s elections. While calling his time at City Hall “glorified temp work,” City Councilman Greg Brockhouse also describes it as a crash course in the complexities of group dynamics and a taste of life in the municipal spotlight.…
With Pride month in full swing, it should come as no surprise that folks are already revisiting Love, Simon, a PG-13 film we dubbed “the most accessible gay teen romance since — well, ever.” In addition to popping up on listicles such as Variety’s recent “20 Movies and TV Shows to Stream for Pride Month,”…
Definitely falling onto the nu-metal end of the hard rock spectrum, Austin’s Motograter do the genre better than most. While it’s definitely not the coolest style of hard rock right now, after becoming overdone through the late ’90s and early aughts, Motograter manage to add some interesting elements and dynamics to the genre, throwing in…
Poor medical care contributed to more than half of the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at its detention facilities over a recent 16-month stretch, according to a new research report. Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network and the National Immigrant Justice Center today released a 72-page report analyzing…
Billed as a “monumental initiative” built around gastronomy, music and dance, and art and architecture, Pearl’s summer-long Tricentennial program Olé imports a talented array of Spanish chefs, performers and artists to “celebrate, collaborate, and explore San Antonio’s 300-year connection to Spain.” While brimming with ticketed events and dinners at Pearl Stable, Cured, Hotel Emma, The…
A billboard located in the Texas panhandle is telling liberals to keep on driving until they get out of the Lone Star State. In the small town of Vega, about 35 miles from the Texas/New Mexico border, Facebook user Kyle Mccallie of Fritch snapped a photo of the billboard on I-40 and shared it to…
Indie pop duo D and Chi have a sound that’s the most authentic blend of acoustic, pop and indie-rock we’ve heard in a long while. The songs are definitely pop-structured and easily could show up on a montage in any rom-com ever, but these folks actually write their own music, and their musicianship shows through…
Locals with an abiding interest in Arabic society, culture and literature may not find too many opportunities, outside of our city’s fine libraries, to pursue their passion. This Thursday’s talk then provides an exciting opportunity for engagement. This in-depth lecture — delivered by Dr. Suzanne Stetkevych of Georgetown University, a renowned expert on the topic…
The Boardwalk on Broadway has seen several changes in the last year: Chocollazo opened in 2015, Brew’s Lee Tea opened in late 2017, Organically Bath and Beauty opened in May, Hargrove’s is now open and Tre Trattoria moved out last month. And now, the shopping center will host a weekly farmers market. Specifically, the Rim…
Aw shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. In support of his critically-acclaimed third studio album produced by Kanye West, GOOD Music president Pusha T has announced headlining dates on The DAYTONA Tour 2018, making stops across the United States this summer with special guest Valee on the San Antonio date. The tour kicks off August 2nd in Milwaukee, WI and…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will sign “something” to reverse the “zero-tolerance” policy that has separated immigrant families attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. After criticism and outrage from both political parties, Trump said he will either support a bill that would reverse the policy or would take executive action to change it,…
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. As we continue our tour of “Inflation is real, and food costs more money than it used to,” we pivot our attention to burgers. San Antonio loves a good burger. Just recently the West Side’s Papa’s Burgers…
Indie DIY darlings Frankie Cosmos, aka the inspiration for a national uptick in short bangs haircuts, will be bringing their airtight New York guitar songs to Paper Tiger on September 21 with Lomelda and Stef Chura. Singer/songwriter Greta Kline got her start putting singles on Bandcamp when she was 16, releasing her self-titled debut in…
This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Out in SA. After nearly a year of planning and fundraising, a rainbow crosswalk is set to be installed early next week on the corner of Evergreen and North Main Avenue, just in time for an unveiling party on June 29 and the Pride Bigger Than Texas…
Just like his boss, Brad Parscale — Donald Trump’s San Antonio-rooted 2020 campaign manager — loves stirring shit up on Twitter. Take Yesterday. The web designer-turned-political attack dog tweeted that it was “time to fire” Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump’s already controversial AG has become even more politically toxic in recent days as television cameras bring…
In the 2012 true-crime documentary The Imposter, filmmaker Bart Layton tells the bizarre story of a French conman who manages to infiltrate the life of a San Antonio family by making them believe he is their kidnapped son. It’s one of those stranger-than-fiction yarns that is as baffling as it is fascinating. Now, with American…
San Antonio is in the early stages of installing smart technologies in three designated “innovation zones” – Brooks, the Medical Center and downtown. In 2017, the city launched SmartSA and partnered with CPS Energy, SAWS, VIA Metropolitan Transit and the San Antonio River Authority. This year, the partners decided to create innovation zones to test…
As our fair city nears the midpoint of its year of Tricentennial festivities, recollections and commemorations, a new book from Trinity University Press aims to tell the story — in a casual, deeply human, not necessarily scholarly or exhaustive kind of way — of San Antonio and Bexar County. The book, smart and modern in…
Q: I am a 24-year-old, straight guy who recently broke up with my girlfriend of more than four years. One of the reasons we broke up was a general lack of sexually compatibility. She had a particular aversion to oral sex – both giving and receiving. I didn’t get a blowjob the whole time we…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes, and blintzes. Eating additional pastries and doughnuts is also encouraged. Why? Because it’s high time for you to acquire more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability. You can’t afford…
It’s tough to find a review of Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö’s 2016 documentary Kiki that doesn’t reference Jennie Livingston’s iconic 1990 film Paris Is Burning. (The New York Times went so far as to call Kiki “a spiritual descendant of Ms. Livingston’s film.”). Co-written by Jordenö and Twiggy Pucci Garçon (a New York City-based “ballroom…
It might’ve taken a little “soul searching” for him to realize a career in the music industry wasn’t in the cards, but when comedian Kountry Wayne saw that he could make people laugh, he knew he had found his calling. Originally from Millen, Georgia, Wayne, who considers himself a humble guy looking to leave behind…
The godfather of New Age music, Yanni, announced last year that he’d celebrate the 25th anniversary of Live at the Acropolis with a world tour. “I find it so exciting to be able to celebrate what I consider to be one of the best performances of my life!” Yanni said in a press release. “I…
As part of its mission to collect and preserve “unique research materials documenting the diverse histories and development of San Antonio and South Texas,” the UTSA Libraries Special Collections houses archives dedicated to interests ranging from Mexican-American history and the Tex-Mex food industry to activism and gender studies. As UTSA assistant archivist Melissa Gohlke pointed…
On the main stage at Paper Tiger, Hickoids frontman Jeff Smith stopped about midway through their set on March 3 to light into Viva Tacoland, trashing the Pearl-area bar as a place where well-mannered customers “speculate on real estate” over their beers. “That ain’t Taco Land, baby,” Smith barked into the mic. The crowd, older…
In his 2012 documentary The Imposter, filmmaker Bart Layton added reenactments to support the interviews he conducted with the film’s real-life subjects to tell the story of a French con artist who impersonated a missing boy from San Antonio in the late 90s. He flips the format with American Animals, the first feature narrative of…
If you didn’t get enough Big Red at the recent Big Red and Barbacoa Festival, a favorite St. Mary’s Strip bar has you covered. Rumble’s new menu boasts a drink, the Red Light District, that’s perfect for anyone craving the cream-flavored red refreshment – but who also wants to kick it up a notch. The…
We know San Antonio shows up for the Spurs, but we also know that some of you are raging futbol fans. Though the U.S. men’s soccer team isn’t playing, there will be plenty of action to take in this next month. Here’s where to take in some footy (if you’re fancy like that). Freetail Brewing…
