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SA Same-Sex Couples Waiting To Wed After Supreme Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court will make history in late June, and change the lives of every same-sex couple — for better or for worse. The court will rule later this month on two key questions: whether bans on gay marriage are legal and whether states which do not allow the practice must recognize marriages from…
Catching Up With Former-Spur Antonio Daniels As He Weighs In On The Local Cuisine
There is nothing San Antonio locals love more than Spurs’ basketball. Well, except maybe the local cuisine. I had the unique privilege of eating cheesecake while conducting an interviewing of a man who knows just as much about those topics as anyone, former Spurs’ guard Antonio Daniels. Daniels played with the Spurs for four seasons,…
Nine 4th of July Events To Hit Up In San Antonio
In case you’re wondering where to let freedom ring this weekend these are the following places where you can do just that. Also keep in mind that San Antonio will be celebrating the Gay Pride Parade and Festival as well (10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Crockett Park, 1300 N Main Ave.) so you can…
Donald Trump Just Can’t Shut The Hell Up About Mexicans
Bloated sack of shit Donald Trump just can’t keep his mouth shut. Even after he got dropped by Univison, fired by NBC (for both the Miss USA Pageant and his dumb reality show), then abandoned his Miss USA co-hosts 12 days before it broadcasts no where. The vanity presidential candidate for the United States Of In…
U.S. Women’s Soccer Just Beat Top-Ranked Germany, Headed To World Cup Finals
Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer team, who upset the top-ranked Germany tonight in a 2-0 to advance to the Women’s World Cup Finals. Here’s the winning goal. (The video is in Spanish, but, hey, it’s futbol.) 2-0 Kelley O'Hara Goal | USA vs Germany 30.06.2015 by zidanekrisz Related Stories
Step Up Your Hot Dog Game This 4th of July Weekend
Fourth of July weekend is upon us and that means so are more grilling opportunities. Also approaching is the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, the most American form of celebration allowed on live television. For your own party, throw out your ketchup and substitute these toppings instead for a more filling and creative cookout. …
SA Food Pics: Gearing Up For 4th Of July
This week’s round of SA Food Pics was excellent! Our readers gave us plenty of stuff to pick from and we were able to round up the best ones. First up we have some chicken and biscuits from Taps y Tapas (1012 N. Flores). Next we have corn in a cup from Munchies (2211 NW…
Who Steals A Generator, Honestly?
Update: Thursday, July 2, 1:54 p.m.: You can help shave some of the costs of adding a new generator to the back of Say-She-Ate truck by pitching into their GoFundMe campaign. Original post continues below: Say-She-Ate owner Brandon McKelvey woke up to some shitty news: someone(s) stole the generator off the beloved truck San Antonian’s…
(Hey Baby) Support the Doug Sahm Documentary On Kickstarter
At the 2015 San Antonio Book Festival, I was fortunate enough to peep Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove at the Empire Theatre. Among a crowd of San Anto old-schoolers (including saxophonist Spot fucking Barnett, Sahm’s mentor), Joe Nick Patoski’s debut doc was a hit, causing mass applause with each Tornado lick and every…
Gregg Popovich: NBA Champion, Basketball Genius, Grump Supreme
Does any quote encapsulate why we love Gregg Popovich more than this one? Pop on courting free agents: "I’m not calling anyone at midnight. I’ll be in bed. And if that’s the difference, then I don’t want them" #NBA — Davide Chinellato (@dchinellato) June 30, 2015 Pop’s referring to the NBA’s free agency period starting…
There Are More Spanish Speakers In The United States Than In Spain
There are now more Spanish speakers in the United States than any country except for Mexico, according to a new study by the Instituto Cervantes. Yes, even more than the language’s mother country, Spain. Over 41 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish as their native language, and another 11.6 million speak Spanish and at…
SXSW 2016 Now Accepting Artist Applications
There’s no doubt you can get through South by Southwest as a band without a wristband, shredding at bars further and further away from the festival’s city-consuming epicenter. But the official stamp of approval don’t hurt neither. SXSW just opened up its application process for the 2016 festival, its 29th bash since the Austin Chronicle got…
Ted Cruz Watched Porn With Supreme Court Justices
Things got weird when Ted Cruz clerked at the Supreme Court. In new book from Texas’ junior senator, “A Time for Truth,” set for release on Tuesday, June 30, Cruz describes an incident when he watched porn with former Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor. Here’s how the would-be Republican presidential nominee…
Supreme Court To Texas: Back Off On Abortion Law – For Now
Update 7:25 p.m.: Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott released a statement on the Supreme Court blocking a pending Texas law on abortion: “HB 2 was a constitutional exercise of Texas’ lawmaking authority that was correctly and unanimously upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Texas will continue to fight for higher-quality healthcare standards for women…
Most Central Texas Counties Will Comply With Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
On Friday morning, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. By Friday evening, the Bexar County Clerk’s Office issued a total of 230 licenses, many of which went to same-sex couples who wanted to be among the first to exercise their marriage rights. County clerk officials told the Current that the office cannot distinguish exactly…
The Hangar Will Celebrate Shark Week
You’ll be able to enjoy an unusually early Shark Week this summer at The Hangar Bar & Grill (8203 Broadway, 210-824-2700) as they host viewing parties of all the toothsome action starting Sunday, July 5 at 7 p.m. The Broadway bar will also food and drink specials including a $4 16-ounce Landshark (because sharks) and…
5 Things You Have To Do This Week
Tuesday, June 29 Wine Discovery Series Serve only the best wines on Independence Day with tips from the experts at Central Market. The demonstration will include tastings of featured wines with samples of Mimi en Provence Rose; Domaine J Guneau Sancerre; Cava Vibracions; Matthew Fritz Chardonnay; Doppio Passo Primitivo and Juana del Sol Malbec. $10,…
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear UT-Austin Affirmative Action Case Again
The U.S. Supreme Court will again examine the use of race in the University of Texas at Austin’s admission process, in a case that could seriously impact affirmative action in college admissions. The case, Fisher v. University of Texas, has been contested since 2008. That’s when Abigail Fisher sued UT after the university denied her…
Missions May Become Texas’ First World Heritage Site This Week
Grand Canyon National Park, the Statue of Liberty are already World Heritage Sites. The next in line for that claim to fame may be the San Antonio Missions Historical Park (including the beloved Alamo). United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is expected to reach a decision by Sunday whether the Alamo and the…
Don’t Go, Manu! Ginobili To Make Call On Retirement
We’re not ready for the Manu Ginobili era to be over yet. Hopefully, Manu isn’t either. We will find out soon enough, though. Ginobili will announce his plans for next season “when the time comes” in the Argentine newspaper La Nacion, the San Antonio Express-News reported on Sunday. Ginobili, 37, will become a free agent…
Because Who Doesn’t Love Tacos?
Having a case of the Mondays? While we await the release of a full-blown taco-only emoji app, taco lovers (aka the general public) can delight in this amazing gif. Because even Taylor Swift loves tacos, duh. Gotta fill that “Blank Space” (get it?) with something. Related Stories
Ken Paxton Should Take Cues From Kentucky’s Attorney General
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway gave the nation a beautiful lesson on how to throw shade by embarrassing his counterpart in Texas with nary a mention of his name. In a statement released on Facebook today, Conway promised to not waste public resources on efforts to defy the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling. The pledge…
Ken Paxton: Public Officials Can Deny Marriage Licenses To Same-Sex Couples On Religious Grounds
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion on Sunday that concludes government officials may claim religious objections to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Mums the word on whether or not those same religious objections can be used to turn away couples seeking a divorce. The opinion follows Friday’s historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
Planned Commitment Ceremony Turns Into New Braunfels’ First Official Same-Sex Wedding Ceremony
SPONSORED High school acquaintances Samantha Triana and Alyssa Solano re-connected on Valentine’s Day in 2011 and fell madly in love. Last year, they decided to book a commitment ceremony with Everlasting Elopements, Texas’ premier small wedding specialists. Little did they know that when they chose Friday, June 26, for their special day, that the U.S.…
Here’s Where You Can Get A Free HIV Test On National HIV Testing Day
Project H.O.T. and the San Antonio Aids Foundation are both hosting events for National HIV Testing Day on Saturday, June 27. Starting on Friday, June 26, Project H.O.T. is setting up shop at Male B Wear (1700 N. Main Ave., 210-437-2990, malebwear.com) to conduct minute rapid HIV tests for free. And for just getting tested…
Mayor Ivy Taylor Tries To Bring Uber And Lyft Back To SA
Update 4:50: Uber spokesperson Debbee Hancock released this statement: “We are heartened to hear that Mayor Taylor has made it a top priority to bring back ridesharing this summer, and we are excited to continue working with the Mayor and City Council to making this a reality.” Original post: San Antonians may once again…
New Coffee Bar Opens In Stone Oak
Attention coffee-lovers: The Mexican-based java chain Punta Del Cielo is opening a new store in the Stone Oak area. The new store, Punta Del Cielo Caféina Bar (115 N. Loop 1604 E.,210-885-9109), will open Friday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m. The new store will primarily focus on espresso, but will also leave coffee and frappuccino enthusiasts pleased. Related…
Second ‘Price Is Right Live!’ Show Added After First Tobin Show Sells Out
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts reported today that after tickets went on sale this morning for The Price Is Right Live!, the entire show was sold out in 12 minutes. That’s right, tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. and were entirely sold out by 10:12 a.m. today. You all are obsessed. Earlier…
Supreme Court Justices Talk Polygamy, Slavery And Marriage Equality
Yes, there are fundamental rights every citizen should enjoy, but we can’t let you have them. Sorry. Harsh words from the dissents of Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas embodies this statement fully saying, “One can conclude that certain essential, or fundamental, rights should exist in any just society.…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Vows To Protect Church-Goers From Happy LGBT Newly-Weds
Rather than wish same-sex couples who have waited for decades for today’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing equal marriage for gays and lesbians, he issued a directive affirming his passion for protecting religious liberties — which aren’t being eroded. “The Supreme Court has abandoned its role as an impartial judicial arbiter and has become an unelected…
Get In The Vans: 10 Picks for Sunday’s Warped Tour
Formed in 1995 and exclusively catered to hardcore punk fans, Vans Warped Tour is now a kaleidoscope of different styles, ranging from EDM, pop punk to screamo. Although in recent years the festival has appealed more to the Hot Topic crowd and still features bands from the age of Myspace, Warped Tour knows how to…
Today Only: Getly’s Delivery Delivers Pizza For (Basically) Free
Following last week’s successful promotion with Dignowity Meats (1701 E. Houston St., 210-462-1496), Getly Delivery (210-960-6694) will be delivering pizza for only one penny. Yeah, one penny per slice. The delivery service will be teaming up Central Park Pizza (103 S. Flores St., 210-239-5002) on Friday, June 26, and the deal will last until 6 p.m. After purchasing…
Ken Paxton Says Marriage Equality Is Abusive
Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, issued a fervent press release today in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of marriage equality. Paxton summarizes the next move for America will be religious liberty, saying “It is not acceptable that people of faith be exposed to such abuse.” That “abuse” refers to…
10 Texan Reactions To SCOTUS’ Fabulous Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Is there any bigger piece of news this morning? Local citizens and politicians from across Texas are taking to social to share their thoughts on the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows same-sex couples to marry throughout all 50 states. Here’s what they’re saying: From our lovely guv: Marriage was defined by God. No man can…
Plaintiffs In Case Against Texas’ Marriage Ban To Wed In November
Today is a huge day, and Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss know this best. Holmes and Phariss were two of the plaintiffs in a Texas case challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “Vic and I are overjoyed by today’s Supreme Court decision. After almost 18 years together, we can soon exchange vows, place rings…
Supreme Court: Same-Sex Couples Can Get Married In All 50 States
Go get married! The Supreme Court just ruled that Texas’ ban on same-sex couples getting married is unconstitutional. It’s completely legal for anyone to get married in any state now. We’ll be updating this post. Update from courthouse: June 26, 11:49 a.m. Truho and Stern are getting married! We're about to have a gay wedding…
Nikola Milutinov: Welcome To The Spurs, Whoever You Are
That sound you heard at about 9:30 tonight? That’s the sound of thousands of San Antonians all yelling “Who the hell is that?” at that their televisions. The object of their confusion is Nikola Milutinov, a 20-year-old Serbian center who the Spurs picked in the first round of the NBA draft on Thursday night. There…
Texas’ Attorney General Is Terrified Of Same-Sex Couples Marrying Each Other
The Lone Star State’s chief lawman says he remains “prayerful” that the Supreme Court will heed millennia of family tradition and Judeo-Christian instruction by discriminating against same-sex couples who want to get married. Guess the ancient Greeks, Native Americans and every other society the world’s ever seen didn’t get the memo. Anyway, Texas Attorney General…
10 Shows To See This Weekend
Thursday, June 25 Chris Perez As the widower of tejano pop queen Selena, Chris Perez is de facto San Anto royalty. But the SA native is also a tremendously talented guitar player, marching forward in his career with songs like “Todo es Diferente” and “Best I Can.” With Vallejo. $15, 7pm, 210 Kapone’s, 1223 E.…
10 Things You Have To Do This Weekend
Thu 6/25 Finding Vivian Maier In an era saturated with iPhone photographers and disposable celebrities “famous for being famous,” the mysterious story of Vivian Maier reads as stranger than fiction. Flying intentionally beneath the radar during her lifetime and now heralded by The New York Times as one of “the great American midcentury street photographers,”…
Try To Watch This Video Of Paraplegic Dog In A Diaper And Not Cry
OMG, the feels. “Chance was actually hit by a car and was left on the side of the road for dead.” This how a promotional video for Kleenex’s Messages of Care campaign begins. There are already tears welling up in my eyes. The video tells to story of Chance, a San Antonio Pets Alive! rescue,…
Chingo Bling Brings Comedy Tour To San Anto
Comedian, rapper, actor and entrepreneur Chingo Bling is returning to San Antonio as part of his summer “No Mames Comedy Tour.” The self-proclaimed Ghetto Vaquero will be performing at the Guadalupe Theater (1301 Guadalupe) of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Friday, July 17 at 8 p.m. While a Houston native, Chingo Bling, born Pedro Herrera III,…
Today In Texas Poop News
Well, shit. This week has not been a good one on the Texas fecal front. Austin is experiencing an outbreak of explosive diarrhea. According to Thrillist Austin, health officials in Travis County are investigating an outbreak of Cyclospora. Fifteen confirmed or probable cases of the intestinal viral illness were reported in the capital city just…
Secretary Julián Castro Wants NEISD To Rename Robert E. Lee High School
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro called on the North East Independent School District to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School. The former San Antonio mayor stated the district should form a committee to identify individuals that are “more appropriate” to honor in a post published to his personal Facebook…
Google Fiber Austin Got The Go Ahead To Expand Its Footprint To San Antonio
Update: June 25, 2015, 3 p.m. Google got back to us with a statement: “San Antonio has been great to work with as we’ve explored bringing Google Fiber to the city, and this amendment to our state franchise is an important next step. There’s still a lot of work to do, but we hope to…
This Week On Trump Sucks! He’s Alienating Latin American Musicians
“The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems,” said Donald Trump on June 16, entering the GOP race on a jingoistic note. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing…
Supreme Court’s Texas Fair Housing Ruling Is A Major Civil Rights Win
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that those making discriminatory claims under the Fair Housing Act in court do not have to prove that the decisions affecting them were made with intentional bias. The case, Texas Department of Housing v. Inclusive Communities, is considered a major civil rights win and broadens the…
Obamacare: Supreme Court Upholds Greatest Assault On Freedom
Just kidding. The Supreme Court ruled that 8.7 million Americans who receive tax subsidies for insurance through Obamacare can receive those subsidies regardless of where they live. Lone Star State Supreme Commander Greg Abbott is not happy that millions of people will continue to receive help paying for Obamacare insurance. “The Supreme Court abandoned the…
8 Crazy Things John Hagee Actually Said
You may have heard a story making the rounds in which John Hagee, San Antonio’s chief profiteer for Jesus, admonished women for taking the Lord’s name in vain while in the throes of coital ecstasy. “If you’re asking about my personal opinion, there is no greater sin in terms of wrongly using God’s name than…
Get To Popping: Fourth of July Fireworks Sales Begin Today
Oh say can you spend! Fireworks are available for sale without restrictions beginning today throughout the Fourth of July outside San Antonio city limits. Thanks to the excessive amounts of rain endured recently, Bexar County is no longer under drought restrictions and can enjoy a proper Independence Day with all the perks. That being said,…
Here’s What You Need To Obtain A Marriage License In Bexar County
Pending the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, here’s some facts you should know about obtaining a marriage license in Bexar County. The marriage license department for Bexar County is located on the 1st floor of Paul Elizondo Tower at 101 W. Nueva St. and will be open from 8 am to 5 pm Monday…
Homeland Security Head Calls To End Long-Term Refugee Detention
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced a new set of reforms today which could halt the long-term detention of refugees in South Texas facilities. Johnson said in the news release that “we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children.” “Once a family has established eligibility for…
Kiss The Baby! Taco Land Vets Remember Ram Ayala At Studio One Zero Three
In this week’s print issue, we assembled an oral history of Taco Land, the spot that the unsavory and endearing Ram Ayala ran from 1965 to 2005. 10 years ago to the day, Ayala was shot and killed at his venue by a pair of thieves sticking up the bar (shooter Joseph Gamboa is on…
Hills & Dales Has Friendly New Owners
The 1604/Babcock area is about to get a little more gregarious. Jody and Steve Newman, the husband-and-wife team behind The Friendly Spot, Alamo Street Eat Bar and B&D Ice House, have purchased Hills & Dales Ice House, the 50-year-old institution that’s a haven for both bikers and beer fans. Though a few tweaks are still…
Comedian Tom Green Makes Stand-up Debut In San Antonio On June 29
Update: June 28, 2015, 3:07 p.m. Tom Green and River Center Comedy club announced today that his show has been rescheduled until September. @SAcurrent So sorry this show has been rescheduled. Back in September!! — Tom Green (@tomgreenlive) June 28, 2015 The original post continues below. Since breaking out in the U.S. in the late…
4 Players The Spurs Could Draft Tomorrow
The Spurs have the 26th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft tomorrow. It’s not prime position, and it’s completely possible that Coach Pop and Co. will trade out of the spot (remember when people wondered if George Hill for Kawhi Leonard was a good idea?). Since trades are damn near impossible to predict though, let’s…
‘The Price Is Right’ Will Come On Down To San Antonio
You may finally live out your life-long dream of playing Plinko! The Tobin Center for the Peforming Arts announced today that The Price Is Right Live! is making its way down to San Antonio this September. Finally, you don’t have to travel to the long-running game show’s Burbank, California, studios to pull a dick move…
San Antonio Brewing Company To Open In Hemisfair In December
After a two-year search for a permanent residence, it looks like the San Antonio Brewing Company is going to be OK. Though a post on their Facebook page this past March indicated the nanobrewery had signed a lease, it was revealed only today that SABC will be one of the four restaurants selected to move…
¡Viva Bandolera! Patricia Vonne Brings It On Home
The reveries of childhood, when fired by ambition, wanderlust and earned confidence, can catalyze explosive breakthroughs. As a little girl, growing up in Monte Vista with nine siblings including acclaimed movie director Robert Rodriguez, Patricia Vonne dreamed of connecting more deeply with her ancestors. Through her mother’s music and her father’s storytelling, Vonne developed a…
‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’ Is Teen Tragicomedy
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Laredo native Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s sophomore feature had exactly the kind of low-key sentimentality and quirky teen personality to ignite a bidding war between distributors. It also represents everything good and bad that Sundance features have become. On the…
Savage Love: Better Off Without
I am a male grad student who is technically engaged to a female grad student. She has numerous positive qualities, but she is repulsed by sex. She is very sensitive about her repulsion and becomes distraught when I broach the subject. She says that even the thought of doing anything sexual with me elicits a…
Free Will Astrology, Week Of June 22
ARIES (March 21-April 19): During my regular hikes along my favorite trails, I’ve gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might sound daft, but I’ve come to love them. I’ve even given some of them names. They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at them or sit on them, I…
Is Pansexuality The Next Big Thing In LGBT Circles?
When 33-year-old Monique Martin attends a Pride event, she does so as an out and proud pansexual. Right on queue, the questions start pouring in the moment she utters the word. Not that she’s got a ready-to-go, concise answer. “It means I fall for all kinds of people and that’s a hard concept for people…
Bexar County Clerk Ready To Marry Same-Sex Couples
Bexar County Clerk Gerard “Gerry” Rickhoff has already de-gendered language on marriage licenses. And if the Supreme Court rules that Texas’ same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, he’ll keep his doors opened until couples eager to get married keep lining up. “We’ve made preparations to stay open late until there are no lines so that we…
SA’s Robert Salcido Helps Push LGBT Candidates Into Office
San Antonio LGBT advocate Robert Salcido went back to school in May. He attended a four-day Candidate and Campaign Training workshop in Florida, part of the yearlong training and mentoring program organized by the Victory Fund and Institute. Salcido joins other fellowship recipients forming part of the institute’s inaugural fellow program class. Salcido is currently…
Love Is All You Need: Inclusive Churches Welcome Same-Sex Couples
Same-sex couples’ right to marry is now closer than ever. But in Texas — like in other conservative states — religious officials like to warn their flocks of the danger, calamity and brimstone legal marriage for gays and lesbians is likely to rain down on the God-fearing masses because of the sinners. San Antonio is…
Employers Push To Get SA Millennials Into Blue-Collar Trades
It’s hard to imagine the city ditching its blue-collar roots. Just ask Rey Chavez, president of the San Antonio Manufacturers Association. There are over 1,600 manufacturers in the Alamo City. Yet he has growing concerns over meeting future workforce demands. Chavez said their workforce is getting older and there aren’t enough youngsters to replace them.…
Conservative Millennials Want GOP Reversal On Same-Sex Marriage
David Puentes seems to have impeccable credentials for the type of political activist the Republican Party would want to take under its wings. The 26-year-old from Round Rock is a first-generation Mexican-American. He’s well educated and embraces conservative politics. He’s also gay. And he just does not get why his party is so off-target on…
What Else Is In The Teaches Of Peaches
For electroclash and performance artist Peaches, the body and all its politics — gender, orientation, sexual identity — are there to be toyed with. Playing rough with taboo, a Peaches show cuts through the doublespeak of sexual politics and gets into something real and vividly fun. For her Seussian costumes, raving fanbase and fearless attitude…
Activist Gene Elder On Preserving SA’s LGBT History
Named in honor of developer, entrepreneur and arts advocate Arthur “Hap” Veltman and housed in the same historic building as The Bonham Exchange, The Happy Foundation is a non-profit archive dedicated to the preservation of LGBT history. Focused on, but not limited to, San Antonio and Texas, the foundation is funded by the Bonham and…
The Woodlawn’s Artistic Director Greg Hinojosa On Drag, Acceptance And Mary Poppins
A descendant of the old carpas of San Antonio, Greg Hinojosa’s grandparents and great-grandparents traveled the country as trapeze artists, contortionists and clowns, doing whatever they could to convince audiences to come see their show. So, suffice it to say, for Hinojosa, theater isn’t just his job — it’s his birth rite. Today, Hinojosa sits…
The Art And Odyssey Of Nina Donley And Zac Cimi Arte
Nina Donley, prolific artist and owner of the Zac Cimi Arte gallery, creates art on various hard surfaces that makes you feel like you’ve been teleported to a primal rave in the neon-haunted blackness of an ancient Mayan ruin. Her work begins in raw emotional and cultural inspiration and ends in vibrant abstraction. Donley arrived…
So Much More Than Seaside Bites At Southerleigh
To say that the buzz surrounding The Pearl’s latest eatery was deafening would be a bit of an understatement (and I say that as a willing participant). But the math on the equation that is Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery was simple. Chef’s track record? Good. Pearl’s track record? Solid. Historic building to add a…
Has The Bonham Exchange, SA’s LGBT Mainstay Nightclub, Lost Its Way?
Since its inception in 1891, it has served as a gymnasium, a USO office and a storage facility for the U.S. Postal Service. But the building at 411 Bonham Street is probably best known as one of San Antonio’s oldest gay and lesbian social hotspots. Inspired by Alamo Hero James Bonham, the Bonham Exchange opened…
New Luther’s Café Packs In Nostalgia And Solid Flavors
Not every restaurant is afforded the luxury of relocating twice while managing to retain a loyal customer base. Since opening in the late 1940s, Luther’s Café has seen its fair share of owners and now locations after the original was bulldozed in 2012 to make room for San Antonio College’s growing housing. The gay-friendly burger…
Bisexuals Still Trying To Find Their Place Within LGBT Family
Perennially cast in the background of the annual Pride family tableau and arguably the most quietly misunderstood of the four-lettered acronym wavers, there stands the self-identified American bisexual. Caught between a long history of Eurocentric and national heterosexism and the growing might of Bravo TV-infused lesbian and gay influence, contemporary members of this tribe have…
6 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Friday, June 26 2015 Summer Cask Series: Let’s get weird with our beers. Busted Sandal Brewing Company has added fresh raspberries to a barrel of its 210 Ale for its first cask session in a series of four through September. Prices vary, 5-9pm, 7114 Oaklawn Dr., (210) 872-1486, facebook.com/bustedsandalbrewing. Yo Soy Un Berliner Release: How’s…
Flavor File: Bowling At The Rim, A Salsa IndieGoGo And More
The Rim has seen some serious growth in the last few years and the shopping mecca is still gaining traction with developers. The latest attraction to open will be the second location of Bowl & Barrel (17619 La Cantera Pkwy., Suite 102), a Dallas-based boutique bowling facility, European beer hall and à la minute restaurant.…
At Southerleigh, Serious Brewing Makes For Bold Beers
Gallons of ink and millions of pixels have been spilled crowning the Pearl as the center of San Antonio’s blossoming cool. Tourists may still hustle their fanny packs to Alamo Plaza and watertaxi River Walk tours. But for the growing numbers of young, gifted and rad people settling in downtown environs, it’s the urbanist playground…
An Oral History Of Taco Land 10 Years After The Death Of Ram Ayala
On the night of June 23 a decade ago, the San Antonio Spurs bested Detroit for the second championship of the Duncan-Ginobili-Parker era. As the city celebrated the new Finals bling, the rock ‘n’ roll community mourned the death of Ram Ayala, killed that night in a robbery of his bar, Taco Land. Creative in…
