May 30 – Jun 5, 2018

May 30 - Jun 5, 2018 / Vol. 32 / No. 22
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Lawsuits Could Stop Trump’s Separation of Immigrant Families, Castro Says

Lawsuits are one way to force the Trump Administration to stop its policy of separating parents and children suspected of trying to cross into the U.S. illegally, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Wednesday. The San Antonio Democrat urged voters to contact their elected officials to pressure the administration to backtrack on the controversial policy. However, he…

Austin’s Celis Brewing Is Taking Over the Taps at Pizza Italia

On Thursday, June 7, Pizza Italia will be hosting an evening with Christine Celis of Austin’s Celis Brewery. Celis will be on site from 6 to 9 p.m. participating in a Facebook Live Q&A video in which she’ll talk about craft beer and her experiences in the community. Restaurant guests will receive a complimentary souvenir…

The Big Spoon: Cooking Leads to Appreciation

It makes sense in retrospect. I fell for someone who knows his way around the kitchen. My partner makes his own pasta. He makes cold brew at home using locally roasted coffee beans. He makes pizza dough, flan and hot wings from scratch. If he’s Ina, I’m Jeffrey and that’s to say, I’m wildly spoiled.…

Kanye West Samples San Antonio Band On Latest Album

I’ll admit it – on my first listen to Kanye’s new record ye, I was a little underwhelmed. Especially after the masterpieces he constructed on My Dark Twisted Fantasy, I expected something different, I guess. And, look, I realize that artists grow, evolve and express themselves differently as they mature, so it’s not like I…

Texas Ranks Near the Top of the List of Complaints About Bill Collectors

Screen those calls and hang onto your wallet. Of all U.S. states, Texas had the seventh-highest number of per-capita consumer complaints about debt collectors, according to new data released today. Through the end of April, Texans issued 20,051 complaints about debt collectors to federal regulators, or 8 per 10,000 residents, according to the report by…

Flatbush Zombies Coming to Aztec Theatre So You Can Enjoy Some Solid Hip-hop

Naming the likes of Eminem, Tech N9ne, Portishead, Coldplay and Jay-Z as direct influences to their music, Flatbush Zombies are the perfect blend of classic-meets-cutting-edge in hip-hop. Rapping over hi-hat-heavy trap-esque beats, Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice and Erick Arc Elliott manage to maintain clever lyricism and artistry throughout their catalog, which is contrary to this…

Frontier Airlines Adds Two More Direct Flights from San Antonio

Frontier Airlines, already the airline with the most direct routes from San Antonio, announced Tuesday the addition of two cities. San Antonians will soon be able to purchase flights as low as $29 to Salt Lake City and Orange County, CA. The company said John Wayne Airport in Orange County is considered an alternative to…

Female-Only Fitness Center to Open Second San Antonio Location

San Antonio will welcome a second Hard Core Training Women’s Fitness Center on Saturday, June 9 with a grand opening event. The event will allow guests to tour the new location at 4749 Fredericksburg Rd and receive information about classes and special grand opening prices, so those interested in purchasing a membership are encouraged to attend. The…

Ministry Is Gearing Up To Return To San Antonio

Less than a year after their performance at the Aztec Theatre, industrial metal god’s Ministry have announced a return to San Antonio. That’s right – good ‘ol Al Jourgensen (who’s now 60) and the boys are headed to the Alamo City on Friday, December 14 to deliver another onslaught of their grinding industrial tracks to…

Chipotle Offering Buy One, Get One Free Burritos to Nurses on Tuesday

Chipotle Mexican Grill will page nurses with a “Code Burrito” deal Tuesday, June 5 to show appreciation for our nation’s scrub-wearing heroes. “Nurses are some of the most selfless people and make such significant contributions to our society day in and day out,” said Chipotle Chief Communications Officer Laurie Schalow in a statement. “Every year,…

San Antonio-Area School Districts Offering Free Meals for Students This Summer

In the United States, 22 million children depend on free or reduced-lunches to keep them full throughout the day. During the summer break, these children lose that source of food for almost three months. To combat this problem, San Antonio schools will provide nutritious meals to low-income children this summer through district-wide summer feeding programs.…

Blue Bell’s Newest Flavor Now Available for a Limited Time

If you’re still dedicated to Blue Bell, we’ve got great news. On Monday, Blue Bell announced the release of its new Southern Blackberry Cobbler flavor. The blackberry ice cream is paired with pieces of flaky pie crust and a blackberry sauce swirl. Ring the dessert bell! Southern Blackberry Cobbler is a creamy ice cream with…

African-American Oral History Project Heads to S.A. for Interviews

The HistoryMakers, a nonprofit billed as the nation’s largest African-American video oral history archive, will be in San Antonio this week interviewing 11 prominent black leaders. The group’s video shoots will include business, political, educational and military bigwigs ranging from U.S. Air Force cyber-strategist Annette Benging to former Mayor Ivy Taylor. “When we interview our subjects,…

Texas Supreme Court Will Hear Lawsuit Over the Hays Street Bridge

The Texas Supreme Court today agreed to hear a legal case that could decide whether a controversial condominium development can take place adjacent the historic Hays Street Bridge. The case stems from the city’s sale of land originally donated for a park development. The sale put the property in the hands of a business entity…

This Truck Delivers Puro San Antonio Snacks to Marbach Area

What’s better than a snack stand with treats like Hot Cheetos & cheese and mangonadas? Not leaving the comfort of your home and getting all those puro SA treats delivered to you. As I was running errands off of Marbach last night, I spotted TJ’s Snack Delivery. At first, I thought it was probably just…

Joaquin Castro’s ‘Where Are the Children Rally’ Draws 300

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro joined other political and religious leaders at a Thursday night rally condemning the Trump Administration’s policy of separating minors from their parents if they’re suspected of crossing the border illegally. About 300 people gathered in the West Side’s Guadalupe Plaza to listen to speakers of a variety of faiths urging the administration…

Ron Nirenberg’s LGBTQ Advisory Committee Set to Meet for First Time

This story originally appeared in our sister publication, Out in SA. Members of San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s newly-appointed LGBTQ Advisory Committee are set to have their first meeting on Thursday, May 31 at the Central Library Auditorium. The gathering marks the first time the mayor will have the opportunity to meet the 15 members…

Yo La Tengo Bringing Its Riot of Sound to the Paper Tiger

Mercurial indie rockers Yo La Tengo, one of the most critically lauded rock acts of the ’90s, will ride into San Antonio in September. The Hoboken, N.J.-based band has cranked out an album every few years since the late ’80s, building a cult around its eclectic creations that teeter between feedback-heavy noise jams and delicate, almost…

Creed from The Office is Playing San Antonio This Weekend

Creed Bratton, who played a fictional version of himself on The Office, is bringing his tunes to San Antonio. Bratton – the person, not the character – first found fame in the ’60s when he was part of The Grass Roots. He held it down on the guitar front for the band’s first four albums…

Freestyle Explosion Taking Over Illusions Theater This Saturday

From the early 1980s to the early 1990s, long before Kanye showed mofos how to be heartbroken and heroic at the same time with his classic 2008 album 808s and Heartbreak, freestyle music brought slick love sickness to the masses. Super popular in urban areas across the country, San Anto absolutely included, freestyle tracks were…

New DoSeum Exhibit Encourages Kids to Envision Their City in the Future

The DoSeum, in its massive yet inviting, state-of-the-art facility, a veritable wonderland for kids and adults alike, is forward-thinking brilliance from the building design to the thoughtfully envisioned, carefully executed exhibits that encourage learning through play. While the focus of The DoSeum is, in general, all about the future — its stated vision includes a…

The Rustic Throwing Party for National Leave Work Early Day

Friday is National Leave Work Early Day. And, whether you subscribe to the wide-world of made-up non-holidays, in general, this is surely a bullshit holiday that we can all get behind. In celebration, Do210 and The Rustic have teamed up to throw a doozy of a local show. Plus, it’s free and it starts early.…

Where to Find National Donut Day Deals in San Antonio

It’s National Donut Day this Friday so ,of course, local and national shops are coming through with deals and new flavors. Here’s where you can get your donut on in San Antonio. Duck Donuts // Swing by Huebner Commons for a free classic donut “and a little extra something sweet.” 11703 Huebner Road, Suite 113, (210)…

The Posies Bringing 30th Anniversary Tour to San Antonio

The Posies’ mix of British Invasion-style melody with crunchy guitars made them one of the best-regarded power pop bands of the ‘90s. And, apparently, they still have enough of their fan capital to pull together a 30th anniversary tour that whisks them across both North America and Europe. Maybe the continued enthusiasm for the Posies’…

What Texas is All About: Texas Folklife Festival

By Jo Ann Andera San Antonio is at an interesting crossroads. It’s been 300 years since our founding and 50 years since HemisFair opened the door to a larger world. A new generation is coming of age, and as they ask questions about who they are, where they come from and what they stand for,…

Southwest School of Art Opening Three Concurrent Exhibitions Related to Identity

The Southwest School of Art, as it is wont to do, will celebrate the opening of three concurrent exhibitions by local artists on Thursday. Photographer and Más Rudas collective veteran Mari Hernandez, who received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant in 2017, will present her exhibit entitled “What Remains,” a photographic and self-portrait-based exploration…

Sculley’s Rigid Legal Stance Helped Create a Toxic Political Swamp

Editor’s Note: The following is Their Town, a column of opinion and analysis. City Manager Sheryl Sculley deserves some of the blame for the damaging city charter amendments that the fire union is forcing onto the November ballot. True, she didn’t cook up the amendments. She didn’t collect signatures to put them to a public…

Savage Love: What Works

Q: I am a 38-year-old gay man with a serious problem. My boyfriend of five years has developed a strange fascination. We’ve always watched porn together, but now he has been looking at straight porn and even lesbian porn (!!!) more and more often. More than once he has expressed an interest in having a…

Free Will Astrology (5/30/18-6/5/18)

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A critic described Leonardo da Vinci’s painting the Mona Lisa as “the most visited, most written about, most sung about, most parodied work of art in the world.” It hasn’t been sold recently, but is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Today it’s kept in the world-renowned Louvre…

Former Dance Gavin Dance Frontman Taking Over Paper Tiger

Singer, songwriter and musician Kurt Travis is best known for lending his soaring tenor vocals to the post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance. Travis served as frontman for the band through their self-titled record and the following album Happiness. After three years with the band, the singer joined the post-hardcore group A Lot Like Birds, releasing…

Making A Scene: Verisimilitude Could Be San Antonio’s Next Breakthrough Band

On a perfect, lazy Sunday afternoon, rock ‘n’ roll trio Verisimilitude sipped Topo Chicos in my tiny apartment in the Alta Vista neighborhood. We were chatting about San Antonio’s music scene and their latest, eponymously named album. Made up of drummer Feliza Salazar (25), guitarist Zachariah Applebaum (22) and bassist Dakota Applebaum (25), the three…

Cocktail of the Week: Juniper Tar’s Margarita de Cristal

Juniper Tar, a speakeasy in the downtown area, is contributing to the evolving cocktail culture in San Antonio. The spot, which opened in January 2016, has created unique cocktails that have helped put this city on the map of the spirits and liquor world. The bar has been featured in Imbibe, Punch and Travel and…


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