Miniature Tigers at Limelight: Anything but small
via instagram.com/brennabexar For a bleary Sunday night, Limelight was awash with warmth for a swell lineup of young indie pop rockers and nouveau-grunge kids. I was pretty impressed, in particular, with the over-the-top pop punk of Bear Hands, whose energy seemed to set the tenor of the evening to frothy, just before the main event:…
5 Things You Have to Do This Week
Mon 3/10 La Femme Parisian Kraut-surf outfit La Femme is actually before we say anything else about the band, let’s just acknowledge the ridiculousness of the words we’ve already typed. French pop that’s equal parts Dick Dale and Kraftwerk (or, more accurately, something kind of like that, but not really) is a thing that exists,…
Without a Permit: Marching on International Women’s Day
UTSA Women’s Studies students represent. Keely Moore is a student at UTSA who participated in the march for International Women’s Day, Saturday, March 8. She wrote about her experience for the Current. I’m just a little girl from Fenwick Bottom, West Virginia (unincorporated). While I’ve lived in San Antonio for about six years, I’ve lived…
The Bubble Room Sets Sights for Austin
Leaving for Austin. (Courtesy) In this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things news, The Bubble Room is leaving San Antonio. The bar featured “a “grown-up quality,” a “cute happy hour,” and great selection of decently priced bubbly” according to our 2010 review. The Champagne and tapas bar, owned by Vanessa Morgan, closed its doors at 1846 N Loop 1604 W in…
5 Things I Learned at the Corona Paella Challenge
Anything goes at this paella-off. Despite the cold and occasionally drizzly weather, the turn out for Sunday’s Corona Paella Challenge was enthusiastic. What’s not to be pumped about when there are 30-plus paella’s to sample right in our backyard? Here’s a bit of what went down: 1. I need to go back to Tuk Tuk…
At San Antonio Campaign Stop, Nuestro Texas Calls Impact of Family Planning Funding Cuts in Rio Grande Valley A Human Rights ‘Crisis’
After her miscarriage, the suffering wasn’t over for Mayda. Doctors found lumps in her breast and advised her to undergo a mammogram. But the impoverished Latina mother of three living in a Mission, Texas colonia couldn’t scrounge up the hundreds of dollars needed for the exam. Panelists with Nuestro Texas address the worsening health care…
Sunday Night Sound Bite: Wild Ones: “Paia”
If you haven’t noticed, San Antonio is once again in the midst of welcoming a spillover of buzzy bands flooding Austin for SXSW. Along with ††† (Crosses), Against Me!, Miniature Tigers, Bear Hands and Calabrese, the adorable Portland-based dream-pop outfit Wild Ones (above) is high on the list of acts you should strongly consider checking…
What I Ate: Paella, ramen and vegan eats
Another amazing food week is in the books. The main event was the Corona Paella Challenge this Sunday, but my visit to Señor Veggie was another spotlight. Here’s a bit of what I ate this week. For more food porn, follow me on Instagram: @jesselizarraras. Earth Burger preview this evening. cc: @greenvegetarian Homemade…
Cockasian Food Truck Featured on “SNL’s” Weekend Update
Cockasian is really getting its 15 minutes. (Courtesy) This is truly the gift that keeps on giving: The Cockasian Food Truck which was banned from Port of SA earlier this week after being deemed too risque has been getting around, news-wise at least. This time, the spicy Asian truck with the saucy name was…
Photo Contest: “Picture Yourself at a Texas State Park”
“Picture Yourself at a Texas State Park” The prizes are modest and the rules are specific, but the Texas State Parks Photography Contest still presents an excellent excuse to throw a camera in your picnic basket, grab some photogenic friends (or get dolled up for a fierce, outdoorsy selfie) and explore one of the Lone…
Spoil Your Pet Silly at the SA Urban Pet Market
The Pooch House will show their pet couture line at the Project Rescue Runway event. There’s a new poop-up pop-up in town, and it’s the San Antonio Urban Pet Market, launching tomorrow at the Paul Jolly Adoption Center Petco Pavilion across the street from the zoo. It’s an alternative to the big box pet store, and much…
Bonehead Quote of the Week: Steve Hotze on Marriage Equality
Looks like conservative Republicans in Houston can’t handle the recent San Antonio federal court ruling that deemed Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and “demeaning.” (The case was brought forth by two couples with deep ties to SA, making the ruling especially exciting for LGBT advocates in the Alamo City.) According to H-Town TV station…
Most Interesting Man in the World Named Flambeau’s Grand Marshal
And that’s the last meme we’re ever creating. Prim Everdeen in 2012, the Lone Ranger in 2013…Fiesta’s premier night parade just got a little more interesting. The Fiesta Flambeau Parade Association announced Jonathan Goldsmith AKA Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man in the World” as this year’s Grand Marshal on April 26, along with Honorary Grand…
‘300: Rise of an Empire’ Is a Lazy Man’s Sequel
I once saw a concert in which the guys in the band decided they’d rather not step off the stage at the end of their set, regroup and then come out for an encore after their fans beckoned them with applause. So they played what they called the “lazy man’s encore” and never left…
Four Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week
Saturday, March 8 Back in February, brewer Holland Lawrence of Ranger Creek Brewing and Distilling created an amber ale with peach notes based on a song by local band Colleens. Sample the brew during the brewery’s spring open house, which will feature whiskey and beer pours and food by two local trucks. $5-$8, 2-6pm, 4834…
Shot of the Week: Bikini Weather
This shot brings the beach to you. (Dustin Dooling) The music is blaring, the booze is flowing and the clothing is coming off. It’s Spring Break and it’s time to party. From Daytona Beach to Cancun, students everywhere are shedding the layers of winter and constraints of classwork to engage in binge drinking debauchery. If…
First Course Fodder: H-E-B TexFest, Tacos and Tequila, and Shrimp Boil
tacos tacos tacos (Courtesy) Tacos and Tequila (above) plans to make its way to Saytown this summer. And it’s as good as it sounds. Gulf shrimp cocktail, seared ahi tuna tacos, BBQ pulled pork burrito and breakfast tacos served all day are a few tastings from the Austin menu that may come to SA. So…
10 Things You Have to Do This Weekend
Thu 3/6 Contemporary Art Month Kickoff Party Contemporary Art Month is indeed upon us, kiddos, made all the more interesting for Blue Star’s role in its inception, back in 1986, and its traditional hosting of the opening party. What with the challenges Blue Star is undergoing and the grassroots origins of CAM, this year’s inaugural…
Two More Abortion Clinics Shutter Because of Texas Anti-Abortion Law
Another two reproductive health clinics in Texas have shut down this week as a result of the state’s all-in-one newly enacted abortion law. Located in high-poverty areas, Whole Women’s Health clinics in Beaumont and McAllen closed, leaving the women’s health provider with just three out of their original five centers, Whole Women’s CEO Amy Hagstrom…
Local Blog Votes on Breakfast Bracket
Democracy at its finest. With primaries over and done with save for a few stray run-offs, we’ve steadfastly moved onto BEST OF SA voting where you can choose your favorite just-about-everything within 140+ categories divvied up into Nightlife, Food, Shopping, People and Around Town. Get click-happy here. And while we do include Best Breakfast Taco…
8 Free Events Happening This Week
Art Opening: “Rouge” 7-10 p.m., Thursday, March 6 Local artist Kristy Perez presents a new installation inspired by a recent trip to show her work in Paris. Location: Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo #106 Bldg B Joe Posada, Spring Jazz at the Falls 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 6 In the past four years, the Spring Jazz at…
11 More Local Foodie Instagram Feeds to Follow
If you’re Instagram feed isn’t making you hungry, we’ve got ten more local foodie feeds to follow with some appealing pictures of San Antonio’s food scene. 1. holyCUPCAKE Confetti cupcake with vanilla bean buttercream (Courtesy) As if holyCUPCAKE’s cupcake delivery service is already tempting enough, the Instagram feed is updated regularly with pictures of pretty…
The Green Fairy in Pop Culture
It’s National Absinthe Day guys. You could head over to The Brooklynite and have a “death in the afternoon” with absinthe and champagne or you could celebrate absinthe in pop culture with your favorite movies, music, literature and television shows. Here a few of our favorites: 1. Eurotrip 2. Moulin Rouge 3. New Girl “Cabin” Things…
Aural Pleasure: Glish, Young///Savage and Vetter Kids split 7-inch
San Antonio indie label Texas is Funny Records has been continually expanding since its formation in 2009. After being picked up in 2013 by the Frenkchkiss Label Group, who now handles the label’s worldwide distribution, and with a growing roster of awesome bands, these guys are truly poised to do great things. This lamentably brief…
Wolff, Van de Putte Celebrate Primary Victories
In the same spot he announced his re-election campaign, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, flanked by San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio), basked in a primary election win Tuesday evening at Mi Tierra Bakery and Café. His victory cast an end to the uncomfortable and unexpected fight against old friend…
Flavor File: Veggie options, new Hawaiian barbecue joint and Rev Room turns again
There are more vegetarian options coming our way via the Green Vegetarian Cuisine team. Earth Burger Veggie Burger Stand will open at 722 NW Loop 410 inside the Park North shopping center in June. The fast-food vegetarian eatery will feature healthy options at comparable price points to its meaty competitors. …But if carnivorous eats are…
Day in the Life: Ice sculptor Sean Leahy
The use of sculpted ice for decorative and functional display purposes during celebrations hearkens back to the Middle Ages, when meals and banquets thrown by the wealthy featured sculptures made from edible ingredients. (Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Three words: mead ice shots.) The glorious tradition of ice décor has carried through, with culinary…
Tommy Adkisson Concedes County Judge Race
Tommy Adkisson More than 30 longtime supporters, including Lloyd Doggett, showed up at Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson’s humble campaign office in Precinct 4, on Southcross and Clarke, hoping the tide would turn in Adkisson’s favor as he vied for County Judge against Nelson Wolff. Like turnout at the polls (a dismal 12 percent), this comparatively…
‘Tim’s Vermeer’ Captures SA Inventor’s Strange Artistic Obsession
The first time I ever really felt that I “got” art was, ironically, not from viewing a great work. It was reading Salvador Dalí’s Diary of a Genius, in which the artist described painstaking work painting thousands of scales on a fish belly, day in, day out. He might have been joking, and was likely…
Art to the People: COSA increases access to arts funding
In 2003, years before the pop-up craze swept the United States, Celia Mendoza created artWHERE, a series of installations by both local and visiting artists in vacant spaces in downtown San Antonio. She purchased insurance, the property owners paid utilities and she convinced restaurants and printers to donate services for receptions. Despite backing from local…
10 Essential Bun B Tracks
1. “Int’l Players Anthem” (feat. Outkast, UGK’s Underground Kingz) – They didn’t name it the Anthem for nothing. 2. “Cake” (Trill O.G.) – Yes, it’s as delicious as it sounds 3. “Big Beast” – (off Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music) – Features the best use of “onomatopoeia” in a rap lyric, ever 4. “Wood Wheel”…
Boerne Brewing Has Hometown Love
If you’ve lived in San Antonio for any length of time or visited often, then chances are you’ve been to the picturesque little town of Boerne. A mere 30-minute drive from San Antonio lands you in a place that, in many ways, hasn’t changed much in the last hundred or so years. Home to the…
Blue Star Report: Can a new director save the museum?
On Monday afternoon, on her first day on the job, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum’s new executive director, Mary Heathcott, responded thoughtfully to my barrage of pointed questions. She was well aware of the challenges facing the place (which I’ll get to in a moment), but was most diplomatic, which is wise. Back in 2011,…
Bun B’s 25-year Reign as King of the Underground
It’s hard to put into context just how long Bun B has been in the rap game, but let’s give it a try. When 17-year old Bernard Freeman laid down his first verse in 1987, the Berlin Wall wasn’t a museum piece. Gas cost 89 cents a gallon. Alf was a top-rated show. Putting 25…
Savage Love: Moist Toilette
Straight female with a question. It’s about something that sometimes happens to me that I’ve never really told anyone about because it’s so weird and gross. It involves my bowel movements, so it’s not very sexy. (No offense to scat lovers, but I have zero interest in “poop play.”) After I have a normal bowel…
City Takes Steps To Reduce ‘Catastrophic’ Teen Pregnancy Birth Rate
Before nearly 1,000 nonprofit leaders, local government office holders and business executives, Mayor Julián Castro lauded San Antonio’s progress as a “city on the rise” in his fifth annual State of the City address last week. Castro noted graduation rates have increased, unemployment has dropped, obesity rates have dipped (coincidently, against the backdrop of the…
Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney interviews James Cobb
I can never get enough of James Cobb’s artwork. He’s yet another local artist whose work is extremely smart, complex and underappreciated. At a stage in his life where many artists are happy to coast along, James continues to explore and expand his work, and his recent experiments with printmaking from files are drop-dead gorgeous.…
After Performance Hiatus, AtticRep Back to Making Bold Theater
People might wonder if AtticRep’s upcoming move from its intimate black box theater at Trinity University to the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will change the SA-based theater company. It will. Since 2005, AtticRep has been evolving by responding to, incorporating and challenging the physical and socio-political environment through theater. Managing Director Rick…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you between jobs? Between romantic partners? Between secure foundations and clear mandates and reasons to get up each morning? Probably at least one of the above. Foggy whirlwinds may be your intimate companions. Being up-in-the-air could be your customary vantage point. During your stay in this weird vacationland, please abstain…
CAM Kick-Off Picks: Four Blue Star exhibits to see
Contemporary Art Month is indeed upon us, kiddos, made all the more interesting for Blue Star’s role in its inception, back in 1986, and its traditional hosting of the opening party. What with the challenges Blue Star is undergoing and the grassroots origins of CAM, this year’s inaugural bash has all the makings for a…
The Curator Diaries Week 3: Witness to magic
There’s something truly magical about being in the studio with an artist. It’s the incubation space that allows them the freedom to create. Visiting with an artist in this space is not only an incredible privilege, but an intimate and endearing one. Last week I was lucky enough to get into 10 studios; this week…
Girls’ Pint Out Knocks Back Beer Stereotypes
Angels of ale, ladies of lager, gals into grölsch, princesses of pints. Babes of bock? OK, so I made that last one up, but you get the point. As their motto claims, Girls’ Pint Out is a national craft beer organization for women created back in Indianapolis, Ind., in 2010 that now has more than…
6 Ways to Get Your Drink/Grub on this Week
Wednesday, March 5: The Alamo Bike Shop will host a First Wednesday patio party along with neighbor Taps y Tapas. The shop will feature free raffles and discounts on wheel sets, lights and locks, while the restaurant will have select craft beer on special for $2.50. Free admission, 6-9pm, 1016 N Flores, (210) 226-2453, facebook.com/AlamoBike.…
Just Happens to be LGBT: 9 badass lesbians in history
I have a confession: As a gay man, I am severely lacking in my knowledge of important lesbian activists. It’s not that I’m the kind of gay man who only has gay (male) friends. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I’m lucky to have some very close lesbian friends whom I’ve confided in…
Saytown Beatdown: Local hip-hop happenings in March
Each year, March brings the sweet smell of spring. And this year, she’s bringing heavy doses of hot hip-hop happenings, too. Here are some of the highlights of a packed month. DMX didn’t end up fighting George Zimmerman, but he’s coming to Backstage Live Saturday, March 8. Everyone’s favorite barking and growling emcee has seen…
Badass Curries, and Then Some, at Jason Dady’s Umai Mi
I seem to attract women of a certain age. The Japanese lady seated next to me at Umai Mi’s kitchen-facing chef’s bar somehow felt that I would be receptive to her opinions on the ramen (too spicy for Japanese, she didn’t understand the mayo, too bad the noodles weren’t fresh) and the shrimp-filled shu mei…
Breaking: Preliminary Election Results Are In
The results for the primaries are in, and we’ve listed the winners of the more popular contested races. You can find the entire listing of election results at the Bexar County Elections Department. Democratic Incumbent Republican Incumbent U.S. Senator R: John Cornyn D: David M. Alameel U.S. House Representatives – District 21 R: Lamar Smith U.S. House Representatives – District 23…
CockAsian Truck Deemed Too Risque for Port of SA
It’s a big red CockAsian truck. (Courtesy) Earlier this morning, Candie Yoder, owner of CockAsian food truck posted a pretty miserable status to Facebook: Unfortunately our name was deemed to risque for Port SA so we will not be there on Thursday. It makes me sad that the spoken and written word are the most…
Local Chef to Compete in Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay”
Steve McHugh (Courtesy) Cured chef-owner Steve McHugh will represent our fair city on March 20, during the fourth episode of Food Network’s latest reality show, “Beat Bobby Flay.” The show began as special which aired last year. Now, two cooks battle it out for a chance to beat Flay, and the winning chef will…
Booze News: Women’s Brew Day, Saint Arnold Pub Crawl and Wicked WEBB
Booze News slings up the latest gulp downs around town every Tuesday. Branchline Brewing’s tasting room (Courtesy) Alright brewing babes, it’s time to roll up your sleeves for International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day at Branchline Brewing Co. (3633 Metro). On Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vera Reihl Deckard from San Antonio…
It’s Primary Election Day, Here Are A Few Reminders
Today is the day, San Antonio! If you didn’t already cast a ballot during the early primary voting period (Feb.18-28) then you’re probably off to brave the long lines (and chilly weather) at the polls today. A few things to help the democratic process: via Creative Commons Images If you’re unsure of where to go,…
