On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city. On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, 300, and SXSW Free Shows
On the Street – Artpace, 2nd Saturday, SXSW Free Shows As SXSA SA Indiefest proudly (and nervously) took center stage for the week, a few other events and occurrences transpired across our effortlessly serendipitous yet lamer than lame city… On Thursday night Artpace unveiled the latest work from its three artists-in-residence: Glenn Kaino, Robert Pruitt,…
Campaign Tactics
Last night, I hit the Jupiter coffee shop off Alamo while waiting for the Flight Gallery to open its Robert Tatum/Jason Gonzales show. Self-centered, as always, I had to admire the Current stack on the counter. On first glance, I thought, “My god, they’ve vandalized the best cover we’ve had since Chuck spoofed Grand Theft…
Campaign Tactics
Last night, I hit the Jupiter coffee shop off Alamo while waiting for the Flight Gallery to open its Robert Tatum/Jason Gonzales show. Self-centered, as always, I had to admire the Current stack on the counter. On first glance, I thought, “My god, they’ve vandalized the best cover we’ve had since Chuck spoofed Grand Theft Auto.”…
Streater Convicted
So, Theodore Streater was convicted on all six counts yesterday. The report the E-N ran this morning was significantly more balanced (I’d like to think it had something to do with yesterday’s blog, but it probably didn’t): The court-appointed defense, which called a single witness — a DNA expert who was ridiculed by the…
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : Part 2. Lee Harvey Awkward
… And so we come to slide #15, on the issue of nepotism in city government. As a public official or employee, you cannot be involved in hiring or bossing around your relatives. Their clipart example: John F. Kennedy, who appointed his brother, Robert, as Attorney General. The Only Possible Interpretation: JFK was unethical. Now,…
Streater Convicted
So, Theodore Streater was convicted on all six counts yesterday. The report the E-N ran this morning was significantly more balanced (I’d like to think it had something to do with yesterday’s blog, but it probably didn’t): The court-appointed defense, which called a single witness — a DNA expert who was ridiculed by the…
You try to call it a week, but then …
Posted by Dave Maass at 4:16PM, 03.09.2007 HOLY WOW. At five minutes after five, Governor Perry sent out a press release announcing he’d commuted Doil Lane’s death sentence. Here’s what the Austin Chronicle had to say about Doil in 2003: Doil Edward Lane shuffles into the small cage that is the visiting room for death…
Streater Convicted
So, Theodore Streater was convicted on all six counts yesterday. The report the E-N ran this morning was significantly more balanced (I’d like to think it had something to do with yesterday’s blog, but it probably didn’t): The court-appointed defense, which called a single witness — a DNA expert who was ridiculed by the prosecution…
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : Part 2. Lee Harvey Awkward
… And so we come to slide #15, on the issue of nepotism in city government. As a public official or employee, you cannot be involved in hiring or bossing around your relatives. Their clipart example: John F. Kennedy, who appointed his brother, Robert, as Attorney General. The Only Possible Interpretation: JFK was unethical. Now,…
Streater Convicted
So, Theodore Streater was convicted on all six counts yesterday. The report the E-N ran this morning was significantly more balanced (I’d like to think it had something to do with yesterday’s blog, but it probably didn’t): The court-appointed defense, which called a single witness — a DNA expert who was ridiculed by the prosecution…
You try to call it a week, but then …
Posted by Dave Maass at 4:16PM, 03.09.2007 HOLY WOW. At five minutes after five, Governor Perry sent out a press release announcing he’d commuted Doil Lane’s death sentence. Here’s what the Austin Chronicle had to say about Doil in 2003: Doil Edward Lane shuffles into the small cage that is the visiting room for death…
Hot Memo: A hall pass for the Tobin Endowment. The Library Formerly Known as Oakwell shakes its fist
Mashup fulminated this week about the Library Board’s decision to rename the Library Formerly Known as Oakwell – henceforth known as the Tobin Library at Oakwell – in the wake of a $100,000 gift to the Public Library Foundation from the Tobin Endowment, which requested the re-baptism (no strings attached, of course). (Why, you might…
Subpoena, ‘sup? – A Theodore Streater Trial Update
As mentioned in this week’s Queque, I’ve been subpoenaed by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in the Theodore Streater trial (“An ice cube’s chance …” February 20-26) I’ll know soon if I’ll need to testify; the jury is deliberating and Assistant District Attorney Susan Skinner says she wants to use me in the sentencing phase. Streater,…
Chisme Libre art blogs
Chisme Libre is a fantastical catch-all for the twisted & brilliant keyboardists at the office. For the art-centric reader, we’ve collected the relevant posts here: On the Street: Artpace, Holden’s 101, Justin Parr, Second Saturday, and more Remembering Olvidate del Alamo On the Street: Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics A Call for Katrina Survivors from Jump-Start…
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : Part 1. Mixed Messages
slideshowthursday Now, I’m by no means a business expert. I don’t give lectures on public speaking. I’ve never been involved in corporate communications. In fact, I’ve never given a Powerpoint presentation in my life. However, I have sat through countless presentations and I know when things make sense and when they don’t. There’s a general…
Bike Gang Summit
Posted by Mark Jones, 2:17pm, 3/8/07 On March 31st at 6:30 pm something seems to be going down. Take a look. Already controversy seems to be brewing…
Bike Gang Summit
On March 31st at 6:30 pm something seems to be going down. Take a look. Already controversy seems to be brewing…
Hot Memo: A hall pass for the Tobin Endowment. The Library Formerly Known as Oakwell shakes its fist
Mashup fulminated this week about the Library Board’s decision to rename the Library Formerly Known as Oakwell – henceforth known as the Tobin Library at Oakwell – in the wake of a $100,000 gift to the Public Library Foundation from the Tobin Endowment, which requested the re-baptism (no strings attached, of course). (Why, you might…
Armchair Cinephile
LET’S MAKE FUN OF EVERYBODY: Surely, the disc that’ll get the most spins in my house this week is Borat, which I’ve already seen three times and will probably watch until I can translate Sasha Baron Cohen’s fake Kazakh into English. But Fox isn’t stopping there — they keep the festival of mockery going with…
Subpoena, ‘sup? – A Theodore Streater Trial Update
As mentioned in this week’s Queque, I’ve been subpoenaed by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in the Theodore Streater trial (“An ice cube’s chance …” February 20-26) I’ll know soon if I’ll need to testify; the jury is deliberating and Assistant District Attorney Susan Skinner says she wants to use me in the sentencing…
Armchair Cinephile: The Cine-Mini
LET’S MAKE FUN OF EVERYBODY: Surely, the disc that’ll get the most spins in my house this week is Borat, which I’ve already seen three times and will probably watch until I can translate Sasha Baron Cohen’s fake Kazakh into English. But Fox isn’t stopping there — they keep the festival of mockery going with…
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : Part 1. Mixed Messages
slideshowthursday Now, I’m by no means a business expert. I don’t give lectures on public speaking. I’ve never been involved in corporate communications. In fact, I’ve never given a Powerpoint presentation in my life. However, I have sat through countless presentations and I know when things make sense and when they don’t. There’s a general…
Bike Gang Summit
Posted by Mark Jones, 2:17pm, 3/8/07 On March 31st at 6:30 pm something seems to be going down. Take a look. Already controversy seems to be brewing…
Bike Gang Summit
On March 31st at 6:30 pm something seems to be going down. Take a look. Already controversy seems to be brewing…
El Original, Normal
El Callejon’s reliable Mex fare is not exotic
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : The Prologue
PROLOGUE: Is the City Attorney’s Office RACIST? Is the City Attorney’s Office out to SMEAR the legacy of John F. Kennedy? Or are they just INCOMPETENT when it comes to clip art? Over the next few days, Chisme Libre will expose and analyze the SCANDALOUS slides from the City Attorney’s slide show presented to City…
I’m not your AT&T sandy
From our friends at the the Electronic Frontier Foundation. While everyone else is kissing AT&T’s ass `down at the Crown Plaza Hotel today the Advertising Federation are giving the company a “boldness in advertising” award, essentially, for hiring so many ad agencies to rollout their 2006 AT&T striped globe logo after putting another notch in…
Remembering Olvidate del Alamo
Here is video footage from the 4th annual Olvidate del Alamo closing reception held March 6, 2007, at Bihl Haus Arts in the Deco District. The event capped off an exhibition commemorating the 13-day siege of the Alamo, and featured poetry readings as well as artwork. Seen here is a short clip of poet Jesse…
POWERPOINT PERVERSION : The Prologue
PROLOGUE: Is the City Attorney’s Office RACIST? Is the City Attorney’s Office out to SMEAR the legacy of John F. Kennedy? Or are they just INCOMPETENT when it comes to clip art? Over the next few days, Chisme Libre will expose and analyze the SCANDALOUS slides from the City Attorney’s slide show presented to City…
I’m not your AT&T sandy
From our friends at the the Electronic Frontier Foundation. While everyone else is kissing AT&T’s ass `down at the Crown Plaza Hotel today the Advertising Federation are giving the company a “boldness in advertising” award, essentially, for hiring so many ad agencies to rollout their 2006 AT&T striped globe logo after putting another notch in their…
Remembering Olvidate del Alamo
Here is video footage from the 4th annual Olvidate del Alamo closing reception held March 6, 2007, at Bihl Haus Arts in the Deco District. The event capped off an exhibition commemorating the 13-day siege of the Alamo, and featured poetry readings as well as artwork. Seen here is a short clip of poet Jesse…
The Bar Tab
Sueños Northwest Center Flea Market 3600 Fredericksburg, Ste. 126 E 5pm-midnight Fri, 10am-2pm Sat, noon-10pm Sun Beer: $2.50 Sueños is the perfect bar for an unlikely niche. Located in the sprawling Northwest Center Flea Market, it’s a surreal oasis amid the throngs of weekend shoppers looking for a myriad of goods. To best appreciate Sueños…
Toast
Are you still speaking to me, dear barfly? It’s been, what? Five months since I promised you a cocktail made with eggs and powdered sugar and frothing with post-Prohibition euphoria? And it’s going to be a while longer before that promise is fulfilled, but you should have thrown out those eggs long ago, anyway, and…
Drive Me Crazy
What follows is by no means a “best of” San Antonio taco trucks. Rather, regard it as an initial attempt to crack the surface and explore the ubiquitous yet elusive taco-truck scene. As the search continues, some form of rankings may develop, but for now, until a king/queen is crowned, consider this a blind jump…
Songs of Ourselves
Poet Edward Hirsch. Courtesy photo. Trinity University Press “Reading as Relationship” Edward Hirsch 6:30pm Thu, Mar 7 Free Trinity University Stieren Theater 715 Stadium Dr. 999-8882 Trinity.edu Poet Edward Hirsch maintains that there has never been a civilization without poetry. His latest book, Poet’s Choice, contains selections from 130 poets worldwide from ancient to modern…
The Bar Tab
Sueños is the perfect bar for an unlikely niche. Located in the sprawling Northwest Center Flea Market, it’s a surreal oasis amid the throngs of weekend shoppers looking for a myriad of goods. To best appreciate Sueños it is important to understand the flea market, which boasts up to 400 indoor and outdoor booths. One…
Anti-Immigrant ≠ Patriot
No One is Illegal Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border By Justin Akers Chacón and Mike Davis Photographs by Julian Cardona Haymarket Books $14, 240 pages Mexican-American art has always been problematic in this country, especially when it has to do with workers. Back in 1933, Nelson Rockefeller’s employees revolted against images…
Songs of Ourselves
Trinity University Press “Reading as Relationship” Edward Hirsch 6:30pm Thu, Mar 7 Free Trinity University Stieren Theater 715 Stadium Dr. 999-8882 Trinity.edu Poet Edward Hirsch maintains that there has never been a civilization without poetry. His latest book, Poet’s Choice, contains selections from 130 poets worldwide from ancient to modern times. Hirsch’s most recent project…
El original, Normal
El Callejon 13259 Blanco Rd. 479-0910 11am-10pm daily Credit cards Dinner entrées: $13.25-$18.50 Accessible Woe unto any restaurant of the Mexican persuasion that attempts to sneak into town under cover of darkness from places like California or Mexico City, for they will soon feel the scorn of a city set in its foodways. We like…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
CDs Nuts
Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was recorded by three nerdy guys…
A call for Katrina survivors from Jump-Start
Uprooted: The Katrina Project will be at Jump-Start Performance Co. March 30 & 31 at 8:00 p.m. Uprooted explores Gulf Coast artists’ responses to the disaster and their efforts to reconstruct their lives and communities. This piece is being offered to those who have displaced people in their communities and/or people who are concerned that…
That’s a Wrap
300 comes out this weekend. Actually … I could just go ahead and stop here, because that’s about it. But what about our word count? We could just fill it up with nonsense. Like what? We could say: All work and no play makes Ashl … No, no, no! Precious must at least attempt originality!…
The Bar Tab
Sueños Northwest Center Flea Market 3600 Fredericksburg, Ste. 126 E 5pm-midnight Fri, 10am-2pm Sat, noon-10pm Sun Beer: $2.50 Sueños is the perfect bar for an unlikely niche. Located in the sprawling Northwest Center Flea Market, it’s a surreal oasis amid the throngs of weekend shoppers looking for a myriad of goods. To best appreciate Sueños…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
ots Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
Drive Me Crazy
What follows is by no means a “best of” San Antonio taco trucks. Rather, regard it as an initial attempt to crack the surface and explore the ubiquitous yet elusive taco-truck scene. As the search continues, some form of rankings may develop, but for now, until a king/queen is crowned, consider this a blind jump…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
CDs Nuts
Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was recorded by three nerdy guys…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
ots Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together…
Armchair Cinephile
Some critics of Black History Month complain about the safe familiarity of it all, suggesting that George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, and company are beyond needing an institutionalized, month-long genuflection. Whatever the merits of that position, you have to wonder: Without the every-February ritual, how many commercial enterprises would be willing to gamble on issuing…
Toast
Are you still speaking to me, dear barfly? It’s been, what? Five months since I promised you a cocktail made with eggs and powdered sugar and frothing with post-Prohibition euphoria? And it’s going to be a while longer before that promise is fulfilled, but you should have thrown out those eggs long ago, anyway, and…
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Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
Drive Me Crazy
Illustration by Beto Gonzalez What follows is by no means a “best of” San Antonio taco trucks. Rather, regard it as an initial attempt to crack the surface and explore the ubiquitous yet elusive taco-truck scene. As the search continues, some form of rankings may develop, but for now, until a king/queen is crowned, consider…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
CDs Nuts
Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was recorded by three nerdy guys…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together getting…
Fincher: The San Francisco Treat
Some critics of Black History Month complain about the safe familiarity of it all, suggesting that George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, and company are beyond needing an institutionalized, month-long genuflection. Whatever the merits of that position, you have to wonder: Without the every-February ritual, how many commercial enterprises would be willing to gamble on issuing…
El Original, Normal
Reach for the margarita and flan, in back. Our critic gives them high marks at El Callejon. Photo by Antonia Padilla. El Callejon 13259 Blanco Rd. 479-0910 11am-10pm daily Credit cards Dinner entrées: $13.25-$18.50 Accessible Woe unto any restaurant of the Mexican persuasion that attempts to sneak into town under cover of darkness from places…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
Eenie meenie miney moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. The innocent children’s rhyme was not so innocent in its earlier version, before “tiger” replaced the n-word. Fugitive slaves defied the antebellum order and ruthless bounty hunters set out to catch them, by the toe or any other…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
CDs Nuts
Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was recorded by three nerdy guys…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
ots Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together…
Fincher: The San Francisco Treat
Forget it, Jake: Gyllenhaal’s obsessed cartoonist can’t give up on the Zodiac killer. Courtesy photo. Zodiac Dir. David Fincher; writ. James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith (books); feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, Elias Koteas, Dermot Mulrooney, Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall (R) Some critics…
Drive Me Crazy
Illustration by Beto Gonzalez What follows is by no means a “best of” San Antonio taco trucks. Rather, regard it as an initial attempt to crack the surface and explore the ubiquitous yet elusive taco-truck scene. As the search continues, some form of rankings may develop, but for now, until a king/queen is crowned, consider…
The Mashup
From the Editor The MashUp was fixin’ to be in a bad mood come Saturday. On the last day of February, the San Antonio Public Library Board quietly voted to change the signage at the District 10 Oakwell Branch: It’ll now read The Tobin Library at Oakwell — answering the supplications of the Tobin Endowment,…
Armchair Cinephile
Some critics of Black History Month complain about the safe familiarity of it all, suggesting that George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, and company are beyond needing an institutionalized, month-long genuflection. Whatever the merits of that position, you have to wonder: Without the every-February ritual, how many commercial enterprises would be willing to gamble on issuing…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
Eenie meenie miney moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. The innocent children’s rhyme was not so innocent in its earlier version, before “tiger” replaced the n-word. Fugitive slaves defied the antebellum order and ruthless bounty hunters set out to catch them, by the toe or any other…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
CDs Nuts
Friend and Foe Menomena (Barsuk) Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was…
A call for Katrina survivors from Jump-Start
Uprooted: The Katrina Project will be at Jump-Start Performance Co. March 30 & 31 at 8:00 p.m. Uprooted explores Gulf Coast artists’ responses to the disaster and their efforts to reconstruct their lives and communities. This piece is being offered to those who have displaced people in their communities and/or people who are concerned that…
Hustle and Flow
At first glance, 17-year-old Michael “Ninja Mike” Avery seems like a typical teenager. The MacArthur High School junior has a part-time job at a restaurant, a MySpace page, and a consuming hobby. Avery’s hobby, however, is not so typical. It entails scaling walls, balancing on rails, and performing running back flips, and is known as…
Armchair Cinephile
Some critics of Black History Month complain about the safe familiarity of it all, suggesting that George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, and company are beyond needing an institutionalized, month-long genuflection. Whatever the merits of that position, you have to wonder: Without the every-February ritual, how many commercial enterprises would be willing to gamble on issuing…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
Eenie meenie miney moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. The innocent children’s rhyme was not so innocent in its earlier version, before “tiger” replaced the n-word. Fugitive slaves defied the antebellum order and ruthless bounty hunters set out to catch them, by the toe or any other…
Top Chefs Like It Local
A few of Flavor’s favorite Texan things: Llano Estacado Texas Signature Red, Pure Luck goat cheese, Fain’s honey, Cherith Valley Gardens Pickled Okra, Oak Hill Farms spinach, and locally grown broccoli, thyme, and heirloom tomatoes — all available at Whole Foods or Central Market. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing…
Aural Pleasure
You’d have to be a self-loathing sourpuss of the first order to dislike Norah Jones. She’s humble, self-deprecating, sensitive, seemingly unaware of her own beauty, and stubbornly resistant to hype and gimmickry. And, just to seal the deal, she loves Willie Nelson. That’s why it’s no fun being a detractor of Jones’s music. As with…
It’s Good to be King
What big teeth you have: King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) roars in 300. 300 is a blood-soaked, steroid-fueled, ultra-stylized adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel about 300 Spartan warriors who, for three days in 480 B.C., fought a million-man-strong army of Persian soldiers to a standstill at Thermopylae. Their inevitable deaths inspired the rest of Greece…
Running Men
At first glance, 17-year-old Michael “Ninja Mike” Avery seems like a typical teenager. The MacArthur High School junior has a part-time job at a restaurant, a MySpace page, and a consuming hobby. Avery’s hobby, however, is not so typical. It entails scaling walls, balancing on rails, and performing running back flips, and is known as…
Fincher: The San Francisco Treat
Zodiac Dir. David Fincher; writ. James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith (books); feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, Elias Koteas, Dermot Mulrooney, Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall (R) Some critics of Black History Month complain about the safe familiarity of it all, suggesting that George…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
The Southwestern Chef Incubator
It really does make sense that chefs in training would be interested in sustainable sources of food. After all, their future career would be moot if quality produce, meats, and fish were no longer available. They’d become Soylent Green chefs. Not an appetizing prospect. Supporting sustainable and local sources for food is a hot topic…
Seven-Day Weekend
SA Indie Fest Wed, Mar 7-Tue, Mar 13 $18 (one-day pass); $75 (week pass) Revolution Room, Rebar, and Red Room 695-7615 Saindie.com About three weeks ago, Delphine Gunning and Robin Lambaria received a letter from South By Southwest. It wasn’t one of those friendly “Hey, just wanted to let you know that Pete Townshend is…
Hispanimation
Above: El Tigre, a new Latino super-toon, debuted March 3 on Nickelodeon. El Tigre joins PBS Kids’ Maya and Miguel (far left) and Jimmy Neutron’s pal Sheen Estevez (right) among the current crop of Hispanic cartoon characters. Courtesy photos. When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the…
It’s Good to be King
300 is a blood-soaked, steroid-fueled, ultra-stylized adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel about 300 Spartan warriors who, for three days in 480 B.C., fought a million-man-strong army of Persian soldiers to a standstill at Thermopylae. Their inevitable deaths inspired the rest of Greece to unify as a democracy. Gerard Butler, who plays the bulky King…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
Field of Greens
“Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup from a particularly fetching (and fleet-footed) white bird. “You know, when…
Aural Pleasure
Not Too Late Norah Jones (Blue Note) You’d have to be a self-loathing sourpuss of the first order to dislike Norah Jones. She’s humble, self-deprecating, sensitive, seemingly unaware of her own beauty, and stubbornly resistant to hype and gimmickry. And, just to seal the deal, she loves Willie Nelson. That’s why it’s no fun being…
CDs Nuts
Friend and Foe Menomena (Barsuk) Supposedly this Portland, Oregon, band writes songs in little instrumental loops using some kind of studio software that lead singer Brent Knopf programmed himself. Whether their new album sounds like it was recorded this way, I have no idea. I do know that Friend and Foe sounds like it was…
CHIP Shot
No one has ever accused Texas Republicans of being quick on the uptake — except when it comes to new ways to criminalize abortion and slap the words “In God We Trust” on everything except plastic grocery sacks. So, it should come as no surprise that last week, some Republicans in the Texas Legislature finally…
Hispanimation
When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the Looney Tunes episode “Cat Tails for Two” in 1953, the quick-footed Latino rodent, despite his instant popularity, was alone in the animated world. Although Walt Disney had already introduced a Hispanic-themed character named Panchito, a pistol-packing red rooster, in…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
Field of Greens
Robin Bowman gently plows the fields at Rancho de la Chuparrosa. “Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup…
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Aural Pleasure
Not Too Late Norah Jones (Blue Note) Same Old Song You’d have to be a self-loathing sourpuss of the first order to dislike Norah Jones. She’s humble, self-deprecating, sensitive, seemingly unaware of her own beauty, and stubbornly resistant to hype and gimmickry. And, just to seal the deal, she loves Willie Nelson. That’s why it’s…
The Say-Town Lowdown – Guest Column
Eenie meenie miney moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. The innocent children’s rhyme was not so innocent in its earlier version, before “tiger” replaced the n-word. Fugitive slaves defied the antebellum order and ruthless bounty hunters set out to catch them, by the toe or any other…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
Field of Greens
Robin Bowman gently plows the fields at Rancho de la Chuparrosa. “Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup…
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Sound and the Fury
Strong Week Maybe the pre-SXSW flow of musicians on I-35 has something to do with it, but this promises to be an exceptional week in SA for live music. In addition to the seven-night SA Indie Fest — covered elsewhere in this issue and online at Saindie.com, here are some highlights: Eugene Chadbourne, veteran avant-garde…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
Top Chefs Like It Local  : : : : :
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
A few of Flavor’s favorite Texan things: Llano Estacado Texas Signature Red, Pure Luck goat cheese, Fain’s honey, Cherith Valley Gardens Pickled Okra, Oak Hill Farms spinach, and locally grown broccoli, thyme, and heirloom tomatoes — all available at Whole Foods or Central Market. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing…
The Queque
Oh woe, woe is the Queque, whose wee muckraking heart lies in shards and splinters on the newsroom floor; Express-News crime reporter Vianna Davila has shielded herself from the world and set her MySpace profile to private. 🙁 A couple weeks ago, in a poke at E-N columnist Ken Rodriguez, the Queque quoted Davila’s remarks…
Field of Greens
Robin Bowman gently plows the fields at Rancho de la Chuparrosa. “Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup…
SPOILER ALERT: A moment of silence, please, for a nerd’s fallen fictional heroes
If you’re passing by the comic shop and you notice the flag at half mast, it’s because this week nerds all over the world are mourning the passing of two heroes who served their nations valiantly. We shall honor them for fulfilling the Valkyrie Creed (Battle Beyond the Stars): “Live fast, fight well, and a…
Snack Attack
If you’ve ever dined at a family-oriented pizza restaurant in San Antonio, there are probably a few amenities you’ve come to expect: affordable food, games for the kids and a funny name like Scooby’s Snack Shack. You wouldn’t necessarily expect to find hardcore-punk bands ripping into breakneck anthems for a throng of righteously frenzied teenagers.…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
ots Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together…
     Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
It really does make sense that chefs in training would be interested in sustainable sources of food. After all, their future career would be moot if quality produce, meats, and fish were no longer available. They’d become Soylent Green chefs. Not an appetizing prospect. Supporting sustainable and local sources for food is a hot topic…
Anti-Immigrant ≠ Patriot
Mexican-American art has always been problematic in this country, especially when it has to do with workers. Back in 1933, Nelson Rockefeller’s employees revolted against images of brown-faced workers and Lenin, and destroyed Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads,” a mural Rockefeller had commissioned the great artist to paint inside his New York City building.…
Hispanimation
When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the Looney Tunes episode “Cat Tails for Two” in 1953, the quick-footed Latino rodent, despite his instant popularity, was alone in the animated world. Although Walt Disney had already introduced a Hispanic-themed character named Panchito, a pistol-packing red rooster, in…
Drawn Blood
The Journalist (capitalized when archetypal) knows that a writer hasn’t truly “arrived” until the day his writing is so controversial, so edgy, so contrary to the political interests of the powers that be or the moral standards of advertisers, that the article dies a silent, censored death. Much in the same way the Journalist anticipates…
Snack Attack
Sinking Ships, Lie and Wair, Hour of the Wolf, and others 7pm Tue, Mar 13 $7 Scooby’s Snack Shack 1709 Blanco Rd. 732-1939 If you’ve ever dined at a family-oriented pizza restaurant in San Antonio, there are probably a few amenities you’ve come to expect: affordable food, games for the kids and a funny name…
On the Street – Soap, Lasers, and Prosthetics
Friday night came to life again in Southtown under what appeared to be a full moon. It was not the largest crowd I’ve seen for a First Friday at the Bluestar complex, but it was still filled with episodic moments of interest, which is to be expected when so many people are packed together getting…
     Top Chefs Like It Local
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: I have sinned by allowing myself to be seduced by strawberries not in season. But they looked so good — and the price was a dollar less per pint than it had been. (Though it was still about a dollar more than it will be in two months or so…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Shelley Grieshaber, director of education at CFA, demonstrates the joy of cooking. It really does make sense that chefs in training would be interested in sustainable sources of food. After all, their future career would be moot if quality produce, meats, and fish were no longer available. They’d become Soylent Green chefs. Not an…
Anti-Immigrant ≠ Patriot
No One is Illegal Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border By Justin Akers Chacón and Mike Davis Photographs by Julian Cardona Haymarket Books $14, 240 pages Mexican-American art has always been problematic in this country, especially when it has to do with workers. Back in 1933, Nelson Rockefeller’s employees revolted against images…
Hispanimation
When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the Looney Tunes episode “Cat Tails for Two” in 1953, the quick-footed Latino rodent, despite his instant popularity, was alone in the animated world. Although Walt Disney had already introduced a Hispanic-themed character named Panchito, a pistol-packing red rooster, in…
Drawn Blood
A cartoon by Bob Englehart, killed by the Hartford Courant in 1995. Courtesy Image. Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression Edited by David Wallis W.W. Norton $15.95, 282 pages The Journalist (capitalized when archetypal) knows that a writer hasn’t truly “arrived” until the day his writing is so controversial, so edgy, so…
Snack Attack
Josh Huskin of Lie and Wait pounds the kit at a January 27 hardcore show at Scooby’s Snack Shack. Photo by Tyler Nutter. Sinking Ships, Lie and Wair, Hour of the Wolf, and others 7pm Tue, Mar 13 $7 Scooby’s Snack Shack 1709 Blanco Rd. 732-1939 If you’ve ever dined at a family-oriented pizza restaurant…
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Drawn Blood
Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression Edited by David Wallis W.W. Norton $15.95, 282 pages The Journalist (capitalized when archetypal) knows that a writer hasn’t truly “arrived” until the day his writing is so controversial, so edgy, so contrary to the political interests of the powers that be or the moral standards…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
“Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup from a particularly fetching (and fleet-footed) white bird. “You know, when…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
Hispanimation
Above: El Tigre, a new Latino super-toon, debuted March 3 on Nickelodeon. El Tigre joins PBS Kids’ Maya and Miguel (far left) and Jimmy Neutron’s pal Sheen Estevez (right) among the current crop of Hispanic cartoon characters. Courtesy photos. When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the…
From Boyz II Killers
A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER By Ishmael Beah Farrar, Straus and Giroux $22, 240 pages Until he was 12, Ishmael Beah’s only experience of war was watching Rambo and other gory movies. But the story he tells in A Long Way Gone seems a sad lampoon of Peter Pan. Instead of…
Seven-Day Weekend
About three weeks ago, Delphine Gunning and Robin Lambaria received a letter from South By Southwest. It wasn’t one of those friendly “Hey, just wanted to let you know that Pete Townshend is this year’s keynote speaker” kind of letters. It was a stern warning that Gunning and Lambaria better change the name of their…
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From Boyz II Killers
Until he was 12, Ishmael Beah’s only experience of war was watching Rambo and other gory movies. But the story he tells in A Long Way Gone seems a sad lampoon of Peter Pan. Instead of never growing up, young Beah was forced to forfeit his childhood. Conscripted to fight at age 13 in a…
Flavor: Top Chefs Like It Local
Robin Bowman gently plows the fields at Rancho de la Chuparrosa. “Living out here, raising chickens that predators might eat; we might have a rainstorm that might kill 50 chickens at once,” says Robin Bowman matter-of-factly as we stand in one of her poultry yards while Current photographer Justin Parr tries to coax a closeup…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
Hispanimation
Above: El Tigre, a new Latino super-toon, debuted March 3 on Nickelodeon. El Tigre joins PBS Kids’ Maya and Miguel (far left) and Jimmy Neutron’s pal Sheen Estevez (right) among the current crop of Hispanic cartoon characters. Courtesy photos. When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the…
Alamo, The Musical
William Barret Travis (Ben Gamble) looks on while Davy Crockett (Wade Young) shows off his mad-bear ninja skills. Gone to Texas Through April 29 $36.95 dinner & show $20 show only The Church Bistro & Theatre 1150 S. Alamo 271-7791 Churchbistroand theatre.com Know what I love about musical theater? You can always tell how far…
Seven-Day Weekend
Girls on the wing: Delphine Gunning and Robin Lambaria are the masterminds behind SA indie Fest, a week-long music event operating out of Revolution Room, Rebar, and the Red Room beginning March 7. Photo by Justin Parr. SA Indie Fest Wed, Mar 7-Tue, Mar 13 $18 (one-day pass); $75 (week pass) Revolution Room, Rebar, and…
Anti-Immigrant ≠ Patriot
Mexican-American art has always been problematic in this country, especially when it has to do with workers. Back in 1933, Nelson Rockefeller’s employees revolted against images of brown-faced workers and Lenin, and destroyed Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads,” a mural Rockefeller had commissioned the great artist to paint inside his New York City building.…
Alamo, The Musical
Gone to Texas Through April 29 $36.95 dinner & show $20 show only The Church Bistro & Theatre 1150 S. Alamo 271-7791 Churchbistroand theatre.com Know what I love about musical theater? You can always tell how far along you’ve come in the show, because, thank God, the program lists all of the songs in each…
Snack Attack
Sinking Ships, Lie and Wair, Hour of the Wolf, and others 7pm Tue, Mar 13 $7 Scooby’s Snack Shack 1709 Blanco Rd. 732-1939 If you’ve ever dined at a family-oriented pizza restaurant in San Antonio, there are probably a few amenities you’ve come to expect: affordable food, games for the kids and a funny name…
Unleash Your Inner Campaign Monitor
Do municipal politics make you listless? Are you achy and cranky when campaign season rolls along? Do you suffer from insomnia or restlessness, toss and turn at night, or have nightmares in which Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer are pinning you down until you say, “Uncles! I promise I’ll keep them honest!” If you’ve answered…
Hispanimation
Above: El Tigre, a new Latino super-toon, debuted March 3 on Nickelodeon. El Tigre joins PBS Kids’ Maya and Miguel (far left) and Jimmy Neutron’s pal Sheen Estevez (right) among the current crop of Hispanic cartoon characters. Courtesy photos. When Speedy Gonzales — “the fastest mouse in all Mexico” — made his debut on the…
SPOILER ALERT: A moment of silence, please, for a nerd’s fallen fictional heroes
If you’re passing by the comic shop and you notice the flag at half mast, it’s because this week nerds all over the world are mourning the passing of two heroes who served their nations valiantly. We shall honor them for fulfilling the Valkyrie Creed (Battle Beyond the Stars): “Live fast, fight well, and a…
