When former President Barack Obama hand-picked Kehinde Wiley to paint his official presidential portrait, it marked a watershed moment in the career of the 41-year-old artist. A rising star in the contemporary art world, Wiley is the first African-American artist represented in the National Portrait Gallery. For most of the 20th century and the early…
Yass, queen, Weeeeeeerk! On the heels of the season finale of the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, San Antonio’s own singing drag queen Ada Vox has landed as a contestant on ABC’s reboot of American Idol. But this isn’t exactly Vox’s first go-round with the show. After wowing celebrity judges Nicki Minaj,…
StreetFare SA, a new food truck park, is currently under construction off Austin Highway. We may see trucks lined up for biz as soon as early May. Owned by Dakota Day, StreetFare is managed by Robbie Dunn, previously with Big Hops. According to Dunn, the project has been in the works for the past several…
When I saw a picture and read a quick description of this electronic-pop duo from Austin (one of them supporting a pair of long, braided pigtails), I was like “cooooooooooool, another Ghostland Observatory rip-off.” However, thanks to a message from a trusted friend saying I absolutely needed to listen to a few of their tracks,…
With Fiesta just a month away (!), the Spurs Sports & Entertainment organization has finally released its 2018 medals. The five-medal collection was first released to the public during the Spurs matchup (and win) against the Golden State Warriors Monday night. The Spurs team itself has two medals, one monochromatic with the modern Spurs colors…
“Once I rose above the noise and confusion / Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion / I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high” Ugh! Share if you can relate Kansas (obvs the band). And what is it about ’70s rock that has the ability to just hit you right in…
A North East Independent School District student told authorities he was forced inside a vehicle while walking to a bus stop Monday morning, according to reports. According to KSAT, an Eisenhower Middle School student was walking to his bus stop when a driver approached him outside of the Blanco Crossing Apartments, about 2.4 miles from…
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME? DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE ME CRY? If you don’t want to do those things, better buy me some Boy George and Culture Club tickets because they’re coming to San Antonio. That’s right, BBs, Grammy Award-winning legends Boy George and Culture Club have just announced their 2018…
While it might have felt like spring all “winter” here in San Antonio, Dairy Queen is celebrating the new season with a free treat. Small vanilla cones will be given away all day Tuesday (limit one per person) at participating locations. DQ locations in shopping malls won’t be taking part in the offer. Multiple locations,…
An apparent bomb exploded early Tuesday morning at a FedEx facility in Schertz, injuring one worker, Schertz police said in a Facebook post. “Further investigation revealed the explosion came from a package in the sorting area of the facility,” police said in the post. “One person was treated and released at the scene. We are…
After a bomb detonated Sunday night, seriously injuring two people in Austin — apparently the latest in a string of bomb attacks in the Texas capital — the San Antonio Police Department is stepping up to assist Austin police. Two bomb technicians and a bomb canine from SAPD will travel to Austin to help with…
KABB anchors are unintentionally making it an annual tradition to be mocked by Last Week Tonight host John Oliver. In Sunday night’s episode, Oliver introduces the “And Now This” segment showing local anchors who can’t be trusted with St. Patrick’s Day. The quick-cut sequence shows anchor after anchor dressed up in green and speaking in…
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman who was beaten and raped in a Texas prison for men has ended with a monetary settlement and an updated LGBT policy at the state’s prison system, according to an LGBT rights legal group. Lambda Legal announced…
Have you ever dreamt of being serenaded by someone standing outside your window with a stereo over their head like Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything? That might not ever happen (sorry), but you can instead enjoy An Evening with John Cusack at the Tobin Center this June. The actor is coming to San Antonio for…
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune. On the heels of 11 felony convictions, bipartisan calls for his resignation, an intra-party challenger for his next election campaign and his wife of six years filing for divorce, state Sen. Carlos Uresti on Friday got insult added to injury with a $500 fine from the…
Name: TBD Bar + Social Background: Once a Houlihan’s, TBD Bar and Social (no relation to St. Mary’s Strip’s TBA) opened up this past Thursday with a huge kick off. The bar is a new concept from the creators of Houlihan’s and is the first of its kind in the country. If well received, the…
The gold and raspberry-rose walls at Tucker’s shelter a lot of secrets and stories — both of the place itself and the surrounding Eastside neighborhood. Jennifer White knows many of them, and she’s slowly learning about more. Jenn and her husband Jeff White, until recently the chef at Boiler House, and along with partner Jeret…
The Briscoe Western Art Museum’s third annual Native Film Series continues with a double feature pairing the 2007 short film Comancheria and the 2014 documentary LaDonna Harris: Indian 101. “Comancheria” is the name commonly given to the Comanche-occupied area in New Mexico and West Texas in the 19th century. Directed by Marthe Thorshaug, the short…
Back in December, Spurs fan Samuel L. Jackson and Spurs hater Charles Barkley were in San Antonio to film a Capital One commercial for March Madness. Earlier this week, the finance company shared the finished product on Twitter. While it’s hard to get excited about a credit card commercial, it’s pretty cool to know that…
The temperature is slowly but surely making its way up, and although our weekends have been rained out, that hasn’t stopped local breweries from turning their attention to patio pounders. Two highlights that have come out this spring’s batch of brews. Released in early March, they are already hard to find on shelves. Real Ale…
Known to blur boundaries between the art and culinary worlds, Wisconsin-born artist and curator John Riepenhoff has crafted beers based on works of art and once served New York gallery-goers Every Bean Chili (an ambitious concoction combining all 104 of the world’s edible beans) garnished with Double Cream Colby, a cheese he created in collaboration…
Talabeth, a project by Austin-based cook Joseph Gomez, will pop-up at Cullum’s Attagirl on Monday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. Billed as a Filipino/Mexican Food Project, Talabeth is Gomez’s way of combining his Mexican heritage with his wife’s Filipino one. Though they’ve done smaller pop-ups in the past, the Attagirl event will be Talabeth’s largest…
If the rest of S.A.’s SXSW spillover shows don’t feature enough drop-tuned guitars and sludgy riffs for your taste, this weekend’s Ripple Fest may be just what the rock-n-roll doctor ordered. The 12-band, all-day festival at Limelight on Saturday, March 17, highlights acts on Ripple Music’s stoner/doom/psych-heavy roster, about half of which will be fresh off…
Former Congressman Pete Gallego, State Rep. Philip Cortez and City Councilman Rey Saldaña recently held a summit on the Riverwalk to discuss the fate of the State Senate seat held by newly convicted Carlos Uresti. The Democrats dined at Landry’s Seafood House on Thursday, March 8, according to several people with knowledge of the meeting.…
Perspective is a powerful but tricky thing. It’s powerful in that it can entirely alter our understanding of our own lives and/or facets of them, and it’s tricky in that it often falls into the category of the unknown. National Geographic’s View from Above, a book that has evolved into a traveling talk accompanied by…
Editor’s Note: The following is Their Town, a column of opinion and analysis. Late March is one of my favorite times. Bluebonnets pop up on the roadside, that fresh spring smell clings to everything, we have Fiesta to look forward to, and South By Southwest is done for another year. Yes, of course – SXSW…
Seven years after launching Rocker Dogz, a punk-rock street cart that served loaded hot dogs, chef Kris Martinez is finally home. Now the head chef at The Dogfather, a concept opened last November by Jenn Alva and Jamie Hoppe of The Bang Bang Bar, Martinez is dishing out the same dogs that made him a…
If you’ve ever wondered what a sexy version of Davy Crockett would look like, wonder no longer. One San Antonio artist dedicated a mural to the Texas hero – but with a twist. Artist Matt Tumlinson shared progress of his mural on Instagram, first giving a sketch preview late last month. He told the San…
Since its Broadway premiere in 2014, the Tony-nominated musical If/Then has received mixed reviews and reminded many theater-goers of the 1998 film Sliding Doors, in which Gwyneth Paltrow inhabits parallel realities. Penned by the Pulitzer winning team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), the nontraditional play follows Elizabeth Vaughn, a recently divorced,…
Wasn’t Insane Clown Posse just here? The answer would be, yes. Yep, the horrorcore, rapping, killer-clown duo graced San Antonio last October on – get this – Friday the 13th. But that’s not stopping the clowns from coming back to town. Here’s your chance to get spooky … on St. Patrick’s Day? Metalcore boys Atilla…
While many flock to the South Padre Island for spring break, just as many Texans visit state parks for hiking, swimming, fishing and more. On Tuesday, the Facebook page for Enchanted Rock Natural Area – about 90 miles north of San Antonio – shared this photo. The line for entry was already as far as…
San Antonio’s iHeartMedia, the radio and music-streaming company formerly known as Clear Channel Communications, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to escape crushing debt. Once the poster child for media consolidation, iHeartMedia today said it’s struck a deal with creditors and investors to restructure about $10 billion in debt, or half the total amount…
In celebration of San Antonio’s 300th anniversary, Texas Public Radio, in partnership with the San Antonio Film Commission and Slab Cinema, will kick off their tricentennial film series on Saturday, March 17 with a screening of the silent war film Wings, which won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929. The film stars…
Founded in Cali, Colombia, which I only know of because of Narcos, Grupo Niche is a Salsa band that has been making waves in the Latin music scene since the late ’70s. After a few spins through their catalog, it’s obvious why these guys are regarded as one of the best groups to come out…
Tuesday’s federal appeals court ruling that allows Texas’ ban on sanctuary cities to go into effect stands to undo years of improved relations between the City of San Antonio and its immigrant communities, local officials warn. San Antonio was one of the first cities to file a suit challenging Senate Bill 4, and until now,…
We live in The Matrix, and you just have to choose what filter. Or at least that’s what it seems like with the addition of The Flower Vault, a temporary pop-up of “flower-themed, Instagrammable rooms” that promises to help you “snap the picture everyone wants” in Stone Oak, and now Brass Monkey’s latest themed party.…
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is in need of blood donations due to the ravaging snowstorms in the Northeast, according to a press release. Due to STBTC being one of the largest blood donation center in the country, the center is asking the community to step up to help those in the Northeast.…
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. I’m a sucker for straws. Blame it on my borderline addiction to iced coffee (or regular coffee for that matter). Blame it on growing up with a germophobe mom who gags at the sight of spots on…
Although Kawhi Leonard was previously expected to return to the Spurs lineup for Thursday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, head coach Gregg Popovich said his star player needs “a little bit more work” before he returns. Kawhi Leonard will NOT play Thursday vs the Pelicans, per source. He's feeling "much better" but still not…
Noodles are making their way to San Antonio’s Lone Star and Historic Gardens as Kimura opens up shop inside Freight Gallery and the upcoming Cherrity Bar. Owned by chef Michael Sohocki, Kimura first opened in late 2013 and has been popping up at the South Flores gallery for the past several Second Saturdays with an…
A federal appeals court ruled late yesterday that Texas’ ban on sanctuary cities can go into effect even as legal challenges to the law move forward. The three-judge panel maintained that opponents of the measure aren’t likely to win on the merits of their case. The unanimous ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Basically, this is the sales pitch: It’s like Uber, but on a scooter. San Antonio-based Blue Duck Scooters made its debut last weekend at Austin’s South by Southwest Interactive, allowing festival-goers to take rides on 18 of the electric-powered scooters it plans to rent out on college campuses and city downtowns via its ride-sharing app.…
Chef Steve McHugh of Cured is this year’s sole James Beard Award nominee. The organization announced its pool of five finalists this morning via a live press conference in Philadelphia. For Best Chef Southwest (the region Texas is in), McHugh is joined by Austin’s Michael Fojtasek (Olamaie), as well as Bryce Gilmore (Barley Swine), Santa Fe’s Martín Rios…
Q: I’m a 33-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, dating a 24-year-old man. We’ve been dating for about eight months; it is exclusive and official. He’s kind and sweet, caring and giving, and his penis is divine. The thing is, he confessed to me recently that he doesn’t really “feel.” The way he explained it is,…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The British science fiction TV show Dr. Who has appeared on BBC in 40 of the last 54 years. Over that span, the titular character has been played by 13 different actors. From 2005 until 2010, Aries actor David Tennant was the magic, immortal, time-traveling Dr. Who. His ascendance to the…
Over the last few years, there’s been a saturation in Hollywood of young-adult dystopian films adapted from young-adult dystopian novels. While the teen-admired subgenre has been overdone, it has managed to withstand any fallout from the repetition by creating occasionally original sci-fi narratives, justifying another take on totalitarianism. As thematically similar as mainstream franchises like…
As part of its mission to address gender imbalance in the art world and highlight “the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities,” Washington D.C.’s National Museum of Women in the Arts launched the social media campaign #5WomenArtists during Women’s History Month in 2016. In essence a test of knowledge (can you name…
Full of stomping energy and hallmarked by lead singer Amanda Machon’s earthy voice, Albuquerque band the Red Light Cameras have a few different sounds that they move in and out of with ease. From silky and often danceable indie pop to soulful garage rock, Red Light Cameras just might be better off not knowing exactly…
As the landscape of extreme metal evolves, certain sub-genres are beginning to stand the test of time — like “metalcore,” a fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk, which grew in popularity with bands like As I Lay Dying in the early 2000s. Brighton, England band Architects fit the mold with their eight-track debut album…
Since 1958, the San Antonio Folk Dance Festival has served as a showcase for performing arts groups in and around the Alamo City. Founded by Nelda Guerrero Drury, the festival returns in its 60th year with four days of workshops, a Hawaiian luau and two concerts on the grounds of Our Lady of the Lake…
Back for its third installment, the “Loudest Bookstore in Texas” returns with Imagine Fest III, a weeklong event hosting local, regional, national (and sometimes international) acts at Imagine Books and Records. If you’re looking to get your DIY fix, boo, this shit is YOUR shit. The fest kicked off Sunday, March 11, and continues through…
Last year, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio presented the city’s museums and arts boards with some startling numbers on diversity, or the lack thereof, among museum staff. De Blasio, who threatened to strip funding from arts organizations that didn’t prioritize diversifying their staff, sent a wake-up call not only to the arts leadership of…
