Launched in 2008 by then-Mayor Phil Hardberger, Luminaria was initially presented as the Alamo City’s response to multidisciplinary nighttime art festivals in Europe, namely Nuit Blanche in Paris and Noche Blanca in Madrid. Over the years, the illuminated event has evolved considerably in scope and focus while adapting to fit — and expand — into…
All three women on San Antonio’s City Council have reservations about the newest finalist for CPS Energy’s Board of Trustees – not about his qualifications, but whether he would bring enough diversity and savvy to the city-owned utility’s oversight board. Retired Judson ISD Superintendent Willis Mackey became the nominee after the utility’s previous choice, Terri…
Sports and things are what’s in store at the second location of Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, which opened earlier today. The first Drew Brees-backed restaurant in San Antonio opened off US 281 in 2017 and the second is now inside the former Perico’s at 11075 I-10 W. in Huebner Oaks. The location brings the total of…
So, if you’ve been keeping up with the newly-revamped American Idol, you know that one of San Antonio’s own drag queens, Ada Vox, landed a spot on the show after auditioning back in October. We’re totally not biased when we say she’s been S-L-A-Y-I-N-G the entire season. Quick recap: Known out of drag as Adam…
Although it’s been 23 years since her death, Selena is as relevant as ever. Santikos Theatres announced that select San Antonio locations will screen the 1997 film Selena later this month. While there’s always Selena-inspired events going on, especially this time of year – her birthday and death anniversary are only a few weeks apart…
USA Today is searching for the Best Tex-Mex eating spots in the state of Texas (imagine Tex-Mex in Rhode Island), and four San Antonio eateries are up for the distinction. Texans are encouraged to vote for their favorite local restaurants that serve up delicious Tex-Mex fare. Out of the 20 nominations, Rosario’s is currently ranked…
News anchors at San Antonio’s WOAI-TV and KABB-TV were among those forced by owner Sinclair Broadcast Group to record a promo blasting the “troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country” — a message in apparent lockstep President Donald Trump’s “fake news” Twitter barrages. Anchors at a substantial number of the 193 news stations owned…
Sweet? Salty? Por que no los dos? Whataburger is expanding its sweet offerings and is now serving up a salted caramel shake, according to the company website. Per the menu item description: This one-of-a-kind treat makes for a well-deserved snack, or the perfect end to a delicious meal – or the start of one, if…
A new place to walk, jog, bike and enjoy the outdoors is coming to the Southside. The Greenline – a $10.6 million, 43-acre linear park – is set to open at Brooks on Saturday, April 14. San Antonio’s newest urban greenspace will provide connectivity to more than 15 miles of walking, jogging and biking trails…
This summer is fixin’ to be lit, y’all. Tory Lanez is coming to San Antonio for the North American leg of his Memories Don’t Die Tour, and we’re looking forward to making memories … that don’t die. (Excuse the dad joke, we need more coffee.) The Grammy-nominated R&B crooner kicks off in May with stops…
Forgive my drag mouth, but yasss queeen, weeeeeeerk! Ada Vox, known out-of-drag as Adam Sanders (whom we interviewed last week), auditioned for American Idol, got on the show, and made it to Hollywood Week last we heard. According to her Facebook, the drag queen singer and South San High graduate made it through the notoriously…
The University of Texas at Austin posted a series of April Fool’s Day jokes to its website on Sunday and managed to bring San Antonio – specifically our superiority in all things breakfast tacos – into the mix. Some context: Back in 2016, an Austin Eater story talked about how breakfast tacos were born in…
Name: Hot Joy Background: Part of the Empty Stomach group, Hot Joy opened in Southtown off of S. Alamo after launching as a pop-up inside The Monterey. The restaurant-bar concept is about to celebrate their fourth anniversary this weekend, where they will bring back food and drink favorites. Happy Hour: The happy hour deals at…
Just when you thought you’ve calmed down from your Selena memorabilia craze, Stripes convenience stores is releasing two new limited edition cups to add to your shrine of the South Texas pop queen. According to the Stripes website, residents of Texas and Louisiana can cop up to four cups (per person) for $2.99 each on…
Remember when No. 16 University of Maryland-Baltimore County wowed us all and beat the No. 1 seeded Virginia during the March Madness? Maybe not, but either way the tournament upset means you can get a free lunch from Little Caesar’s. The pizza chain will be giving away a free DEEP! DEEP! Dish pepperoni pizza and…
While it could have easily been an April Fool’s joke, Charles Barkley was caught on camera saying that he loves San Antonio. In case you don’t know the story, Barkley has a habit of throwing serious shade at San Antonio, specifically its women and the River Walk. He didn’t hold back, saying SA is home to…
There’s more boba to go around these days. Introducing Tropic Cup, your new spot to get boba tea and other desserts like chè, homemade yogurt and flan. Tropic Cup’s been open for a little over a week now and owner Alex Do hopes customers enjoy the ambience he is trying to create. Tropic Cup adds…
The South Texas Popular Culture Center (TexPop) will turn up the volume on its current “Metal Mayhem” exhibit with a concert uniting the musicians who helped make San Antonio the “Heavy Metal Capitol of the World” in the early ’80s. The Sunday, April 8, show will assemble performers from South Texas’ S.A. Slayer, Watchtower, Juggernaut…
Just in time for National Poetry Month, PuroSlam, San Antonio’s robust slam poetry chapter, is hosting an important and exciting qualifying competition. Competing poets have accrued points in grueling word/wit duels throughout the slam season (up through Tuesday, March 27) and now the top 10 point-earners (which, as of this writing, was still an evolving…
Tiff’s Treats is set to open its fifth San Antonio location at 8110 West Loop 1604, #104, on Saturday, March 31 (psst – that’s tomorrow!). The grand opening celebration, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will include prizes for people in line, a visit from a Spurs legend, and will benefit a charity. The first…
With National Poetry Month upon us, you’ll no doubt find yourself with a full slate of poetry events and literary happenings with which to usher in your spring on a contemplative note. One of the most special and talent-stacked of these events, presented by URBAN-15 with support from the Texas Commission on the Arts, is…
If you’re determined to brave the crowds to see Imagine Dragons and Maroon 5 in concert (for free!), take advantage of VIA Metropolitan Transit’s park-and-ride program this weekend. VIA will run its park-and-ride service during the March Madness Music Festival at Hemisfair Park from Friday, March 30, to Sunday, April 1. Festival attendees will be…
What a blast! From the moment Van Halen’s Jump greets us in the opening credits to the very end, Ready Player One is as smile inducing as movies come. It’s full of pop culture references and wonderfully creative action, often to the beat of ‘80s rock music. This is director Steven Spielberg at his finest,…
As Cherrity Bar opens this week in the midst of the Final Four, so begins its impressive philanthropic endeavor. Owned by Pam and David Malley, Cherrity Bar takes up 22,000 square feet at the corner of Montana and Cherry. And though the project picked up steam in 2017, the Malleys had envisioned this urban oasis…
If you’ve been reading up about music in San Antonio over the last 10+ years, chances are you’ve read an article or two by the talented Hector Saldaña, who wrote for the San Antonio Express-News for almost two decades. Saldaña is now the Texas Music Curator for the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Over…
In the words of former San Antonio Current editor Enrique Lopetegui, “#3 Dinners isn’t just a band — it’s a San Antonio icon, like the Alamo or the Spurs. The band is beyond good and evil. Too often, perhaps, they’re taken for granted: they’ve been rocking for over 30 years and, barring some unforeseen cataclysm,…
UPDATE 3/30 4pm: This show has been cancelled. Original story below: In a recent interview with Texas Standard, Honky-tonk revivalist Dale Watson said he believes our sister to the north, Austin – his home – is becoming uninhabitable for musicians. “I just really feel the city has sold itself… This city was never about money.…
TJ’s Hamburgers is having an anniversary party for their 45 years of serving up delicious grub to the Southside. The burger spot will offer free cake and ice cream while supplies last on Friday, March 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Oh, and TJ’s will be selling their quarter pounder hamburgers for the price…
If you want an example of how to be baller on a budget, look no further than Dos, a tiny but tight new burger joint that has its act together. Launched by two brothers (hence, ahem … ), Israel and Raul Armando Cepeda, the space has all of about 20 seats (and a drive-through window).…
Emekwanem Ogugua Biosah Jr., better known as Maxo Kream, isn’t your average trap rapper. In fact, based on his lyrical skills, we’d be remiss to place him in that sub genre even though the beats he uses could easily be borrowed from the likes of Lil Pump. Born in 1990, Biosah attended Alief Hastings High…
San Antonio’s John Picacio, whose artwork has graced science fiction book covers for more than two decades, wants more people of Mexican ancestry represented in the genre. And he’s using his influence to make that happen. Picacio last year launched an initiative to pay for 50 Mexicanx writers, artists, filmmakers and fans to attend the…
In a recent lecture titled “On the Edge of the Empire,” St. Mary’s University history professor Gerald Poyo asked, “How did a community that began with 72 people, 548 horses, six droves of mules, and a herd of livestock survive to become the San Antonio we know today?” Offering something of a visual response to…
In your metal news today, groovy, melodic-metal outfit DevilDriver have announced they’re releasing a cover album full of outlaw country songs – which actually sounds fucking awesome. Now, metal and punk, or metal and even pop have crossed over in the past (see the Punk Goes Pop series, which features bands like metalcore kings August…
From Chapelle’s Show to Breaking Bad, Bill Burr has played a supporting part in some of the 21st century’s greatest TV series, but his own show, F Is for Family, only really makes sense streaming on Netflix. Loud, obscene, frequently blacker than pitch and too real to completely hide behind a “just kidding,” the show…
Military City USA, Metal City USA, Alamo City, River City – San Antonio is sort of known for a lot of things, but R&B isn’t exactly one of them. Despite local singers like AMEA, Alyson Alonzo and Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson continuing to hold it down for San Antonio, SA’s R&B community isn’t huge. But I’d be…
Uniconchas are back this April for a limited time at Panifico Bake Shop, one of the few SA spots to carry the colorful treat. First shared last spring, the uniconcha has been featured a few times during Fantasy Weekends like the one they’ll host from Friday, April 13, to Sunday, April 15. The pink-purple-blue concha…
Whether you like it or not, Bill Clinton is coming to San Antonio. The former president will stop by the Tobin on Monday, June 11, for “A Conversation with President Bill Clinton.” He’ll be discussing his book, The President is Missing, which he co-wrote with author James Patterson. According to a press release, the book…
Local filmmaker and physics teacher Jason Treviño has never participated in an official high school-style debate before, so he’s hoping his first experience will be kind to him. He is one of six captains leading a team in a debate tournament Sala Diaz is calling “an exercise in absurdity.” Sala Diaz director Anjali Gupta said…
Canned wine is our jam and as summer draws near, we’re already stockpiling wines we’ll be drinking pool/river/sprinkler-side. Messina Hof Winery is rolling out two canned offerings this spring. Beau, the winery’s sweet red, and the dry rosé will be available as four packs for $20 online, and in the Winery’s three locations in Fredericksburg,…
The 2018 edition of Contemporary Art Month has seen pop-ups (Jeffrey Dell’s “Future Castles” in St. Paul’s Square), crafty concepts (“Thread” at Clamp Light) and memorable collaborations (the Canary Islands crossover CAM Perennial). If you’ve been keeping up with it all, it’s time to weigh in on the CAMMIE Awards (online voting ends at sunrise…
As San Antonio gears up for Fiesta, an 11-day celebration originally created to honor the “heroes” of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is presenting an exhibition offering critical views of Alamo mythology. Guest curated by Ruben Cordova, “The Other Side of the Alamo: Art Against the Myth”…
Acú Bistro Bar is the latest restaurant to plant its flag in the Dominion area. Down the way from Johnny Hernandez’s La Gloria Dominion, Acú is adding “pan-Mediterranean” fare to the neighborhood. Opened by Jeff Treviño and chef Karlo Orduña, the restaurant specializes in scratch-made Mediterranean food centered around a wood-fired oven. Specialties include paella,…
While in Washington, D.C., for the San Antonio Spurs matchup against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night, head coach Gregg Popovich took the opportunity to once again tear President Donald Trump a new one. Before the game, Popovich spoke to reporters, who asked more questions about his political views than the game of basketball. Popovich…
Former congressman and state Rep. Pete Gallego is a step closer to running in state Senate District 19, after the seat’s current holder, San Antonio’s Carlos Uresti, was convicted in February of 11 felonies. Gallego, a Democrat who spent a couple of decades in the Texas House, filed papers with the Texas Ethics Commission this…
In the noisy sea of interchangeable garage bands and laptop projects, Austin-based Afro-psych outfit Golden Dawn Arkestra is exactly as advertised: otherworldly. The 13-piece band, replete with horns, dancers and percussionists in interstellar attire, stages a multi-sensory spectacle using video projections, dance and a sound-fusing Ethiopian jazz, Sly Stone-style funk and new-wave disco. If you’re…
This week ushers in the sixth and final chapter of “Common Currents,” a Tricentennial exhibition series exploring 300 years of San Antonio history through the eyes of artists. Employing an unpredictable, artist-driven format, the sprawling project allowed six venues (Artpace, Blue Star Contemporary, Southwest School of Art, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Carver Community Cultural Center…
The ultimate Texan Fiesta medal is here, y’all. Apparently there’s never been a George Strait Fiesta medal – until now. Although they haven’t gone on sale yet, we’re pretty sure they’re already sold out. A Facebook page called “Two10Connection” shared a photo of a loteria-inspired Fiesta medal with a drawing of the King of Country…
Marilyn Manson is pretty well known for being a complete asshole to bandmates and artists on tour with him. There’s an infamous 2003 video of former Manson guitarist John William Lowery, better known as John 5, throwing down his guitar on stage and pushing the Antichrist Superstar after he kicks Lowery in the chest during…
If “25 Or 6 To 4” doesn’t get you shakin’ your tail feather, rock ‘n’ roll just might not be for you — or at least the Chicago brand of rock. In a 2009 interview, founding Chicago member David Lamm said, “Some of the guys in Earth, Wind & Fire said to me, ‘I know…
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. The trailer for David Chang’s new show left me salivating. Cut after cut of namesake Ugly Delicious dishes, followed by cuts of Chang positing how he could help further cultural conversations through food were enough to seal…
San Antonio ISD is in the midst of one of the most drastic turnaround efforts in the United States. If that sounds hyperbolic, just check out national education news websites like Education Week and the 74 Million. All eyes are on SAISD to see what superintendent Pedro Martinez will do next. Martinez was hired in…
The popular storytelling showcase, The Moth Mainstage, is returning to the Majestic Theatre on April 6, as part of the 6th annual San Antonio Book Festival (SABF) weekend. The lineup of five talented storytellers will share their take on the theme of the night: “Standoff.” Tickets are available on Ticketmaster and at the Majestic Theatre…
Q: I’m in D/s relationship. I’m not submissive around the clock, but my partner owns my cock. We’ve purchased several male chastity devices, but I can pretty easily get my cock out of them. My partner did some investigating and learned that the only effective devices work with a Prince Albert piercing—a ring through the…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A few years ago, a New Zealander named Bruce Simpson announced plans to build a cruise missile at his home using parts he bought legally from eBay and other online stores. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you initiate a comparable project. For example, you could arrange a do-it-yourself…
With Fiesta season rapidly approaching, it’s time for San Antonians to get serious about their partying, building that crucial tolerance and ratcheting up that festive glow for the glorious season of celebration. Never to be outdone in terms of pre-gaming, the organizers of Fiesta Cornyation, which has been living up to its reputation as the…
If you’re unfamiliar with Louisiana’s Rebirth Brass Band, a Grammy-winning group formed in early ’80s New Orleans that was featured in HBO’s post-Katrina Treme, you best get your ass down to Paper Tiger ’cause these folks know how to turn up. Seriously, just listen to “Do Whatcha Wanna,” the title track from their 2008 full-length…
Maybe you’re a huge Kansas, Loyola, Michigan or Villanova fan, and you’ll remember the thrill of watching your team at the Alamodome, win or lose, for years to come. Or maybe you’re the person at the bar who doesn’t know a pick from a screen but wants in on the excitement and shouts, “Go, blue…
Editor’s Note: The following is Their Town, a column of opinion and analysis. This weekend’s NCAA Men’s Final Four will put on display San Antonio’s go-to money-making skills – hosting big events, showing visitors a good time, and leaving national audiences with a favorable impression. The basketball spectacle starts Saturday and ends with the national…
The Men’s Final Four Championship is back in town for the first time in a decade, as one of the wildest NCAA Tournaments in recent memory careens towards its much-anticipated conclusion in the Alamodome. This year’s field is a mix of long shots and powerhouses, with a trio of major programs and one unlikely Catholic…
Matching deep house and progressive trance, BlackGummy is the EDM persona of LA producer and DJ Iman Marouf. Performed at festivals such as Electric Daisy Carnival, Electric Zoo, Electric Forest, Escape Halloween and this past year at Dallas’ EDM fest Lights All Night, Marouf’s music is hypnotic, moody, at points heavy af and, of course,…
Before she truly arrived in the seventh season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Texan performer Kennedy Davenport had already made a name for herself, competing on America’s Got Talent in 2013 and winning numerous titles on the drag pageant circuit (Miss Gay Black USofA, Miss Queen of Illusions and Miss Female Impersonator of the Year among…
