Zig Zags Monday, December 5 Thicker than a metric ton of sludge, the savage sickos behind the Zig Zags conjure a sonic maelstrom of almost supernatural proportion. While raging demons and radioactive moonshiners wreak havoc on the crudely drawn covers of their albums, the group’s growing discography is the legacy of noise rock legends like the perennially rad…
This afternoon, the Express-News declared with certainty something that pretty much every politics-watcher in town has been expecting for months: District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg will run for mayor of San Antonio. Nirenberg, who won his District 8 seat in 2013 after a hard-fought runoff election, has been one of two names circulating in local…
San Antonio may be losing one of its go-to protesting locations with the pending Alamo redesign. In a Wednesday city council meeting, representatives involved in the Alamo Master Plan outlined their in-depth strategy to “reestablish dignity and reverence” in the area surrounding the Alamo. A large part of this plan involved getting rid of the stuff…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow,” wrote naturalist Henry David Thoreau in Walden, “to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.” I’d love to see you summon that level of commitment to your important rendezvous in…
My boyfriend of almost two years is wonderful, and we have had very few issues. But there is one thing that has almost been a deal breaker. He fiddles with his penis almost constantly—in front of me and in front of our roommates. I’ve confronted him about it a number of times. He said he…
Pit master Esaul Ramos (formerly head pit master at Austin’s La Barbecue) and high school best friend Joe Melig are opening San Antonio’s news barbecue obsession. 2M Smokehouse and Catering, which I raved about for its Saturday pop-ups this summer, will open off S. W.W. White at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 3. Though a…
According to USA Today’s tracking of the most geo-tagged places in every state across the country, San Antonio is home to one* of the most popular Instagrammed spots in Texas: the River Walk (shocker). The San Antonio locations came in at second, right after the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and above the AT&T Stadium,…
It’s been over five years since Girl in a Coma’s last show, but it looks like they’re ready for a comeback, even if it’s only for one night. Announced this afternoon, Girl in a Coma will play a small, intimate show for hometown fans at 502 Bar at 8 p.m. Dec. 23. Tickets are $16…
Bar owner, cocktail connoisseur, and now host of his own show — is there anything Jeret Peña can’t do? In collaboration with Irez Pictures and directed by Bryan Ramirez, the local cocktail king and owner of The Brooklynite, the Last Word and Stay Golden Social House, debuted the full episode of Mixin’ It Up — a show dedicated…
When Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller posted an image on Facebook claiming both Michelle and Barack Obama lost their law degrees due to ethics charges (an entirely false claim), he made no disclaimer that this was, in fact, fake news. But when a local news station reported on Miller’s negative comments left for waitstaff at an…
Pinch me, I must be dreaming. H-E-B announced that it will start selling Luby’s mac and cheese (aka the best mac and cheese in the world) in the freezer aisle for $6.95 for 40 oz next week. The store will carry two types of mac — the original and one with jalapeños — and plans…
Gov. Greg Abbot now has another immigration-related war to wage: sanctuary schools. “Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities,” the governor wrote in a tweet. “I will cut funding for any state campus if it establishes sanctuary status.” Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities. I will cut funding for any state campus…
This week’s cover story is on U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), who represents a slice of Northwest San Antonio in Congress and chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. As chair, Smith has focused on subpoenaing hundreds of scientists, politicians and legal experts to find some kind of evidence that their data is…
The feds are officially stepping in to examine how the Texas Education Agency handles special education following reports that the agency’s policies over the past decade arbitrarily kept thousands of disabled students out of special classes and programming. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services plan on holding…
The San Antonio Current is looking for an editorial intern to join our editorial team to assist with blogging, digital content and social media. As an intern at the Current, there’s no getting coffee, filing or making copies. Our interns spend their time doing meaningful work: researching, writing and most impertinently, pitching content ideas. You…
If you’ve ever gone down to the local appraisal district to protest your home’s assessed value in front of the appraisal review board, there’s a good chance that you didn’t leave the staid government building in shackles. But that scenario actually happened, according to Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt, after an ordinary homeowner and taxpayer…
FINISHED STRONG. #GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/0v9doQ53aV — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) December 1, 2016 With backcourt running mates Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili resting on the second night of a back-to-back, point guard Patty Mills returned to Olympic form, pacing the Spurs with a season best 23 points, in a 94-87 victory over the Mavericks. Mills was…
On the eve of the next legislative session, taking on the supposed threat of “sanctuary cities” has again become a priority for conservative lawmakers in Texas. And, as with every time they resurrect this zombie issue, it seems to have much to do with politics and little to do with actual public safety – if…
Muuy Biien Friday, December 2 There’s something wicked seeping into the groundwater below Athens, Georgia (the quaint college town of indie rock legends like R.E.M. and Of Montreal). Dripping with Southern Gothic hoodoo, Muuy Biien is another experimental project from the sunny acropolis of Athens. The group consolidated their ambient sound in their fourth album,…
Just a week away from a vote on whether to basically extend the city’s truce with rideshare companies (a “voluntary” fingerprint-based background check program that a lot of riders don’t even seem to be aware of), San Antonio City Council members still appear to be split on the issue. City staffers shared their latest recommendations…
Ruben Reyes, the 38-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia “Lieutenant of Lieutenants” who pleaded guilty to ordering the murder of a Balcones Heights police officer in 2014, will spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison. On Wednesday, a San Antonio federal judge sentenced Reyes, nicknamed “Menace,” to five consecutive life prison terms for…
Tuesday night, around a hundred people packed Burleson Yard to attend what appeared to be a combination tech happy hour and city press conference on a particularly hot-button issue: The future of rideshare apps in San Antonio. “The customers have spoken,” said Lew Moorman, a founding member of Tech Bloc, the tech advocacy organization that hosted…
I’m 100 percent sure the guy runs on really great caffeine. How else can chef Johnny Hernandez keep opening La Gloria’s and Fruterias inside airports across the land while adding two entirely new concepts to our fair city in 2017? During the official grand opening of the Flats at Big Tex on Tuesday, Hernandez announced…
State lawmakers and elected officials have dished about their legislative priorities ahead of the 2017 Legislature. Speaker of the Texas House and San Antonio Republican lawmaker, Joe Straus? Not so much. On Tuesday, the Texas Tribune hosted a half-day’s worth of panel discussions during its “A Symposium Previewing the 85th Legislature” at the University of…
If you expected to sing along to your favorite Fugee tracks or The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill songs, you may have been a little disappointed with some of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s Tuesday show at the Aztec Theatre. Ms. Hill, formerly known simply as Lauryn Hill, took to the stage with a 10-piece band and seemingly…
On Tuesday, Texas argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of executing a convicted murderer who, as a teenager, didn’t understand how seasons work, couldn’t tell time, didn’t know the days of the week or months of the year, and couldn’t grasp the principle that subtraction is the opposite of addition. Lawyers for Bobby…
The good news: San Antonio is FINALLY getting its own IKEA. The bad news: The Swedish furniture giant with the hard-to-assemble dressers/desks/kitchen cabinets won’t break ground in Live Oak until 2018. Which means we’ll have to wait three long years to taste the oddly satisfying dish that is Swedish meatballs made with a combination of…
The Southtown area gained another bar this past holiday weekend with the opening of Lowcountry at 318 Martinez St. If you’re anything like my uber for the night, you might miss it. Located inside a renovated house, the backend of Lowcountry juts into Alamo Street Eat Bar’s back patio if that helps you place it.…
A 29-year-old man has been accused of murdering and sexually assaulting four San Antonio women. A Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Johnny Avalos on charges of murder and sexual assault for the deaths of Natalie Chavez, 15, Rosemary Perez, 28, Celia Lopez, 29, and Genevieve Ramirez, 46. In Chavez’ case, Avalos is charged with sexual…
Nothing says San Antonio in the fall like a good Mexican dessert. This holiday season, decorate your table with some delectable local favorites, from churros and buñuelos to flan and arroz con leche. For churros, the delicious cinnamon and sugar covered, fried pastry sticks, you have two options: Mexican and Cuban style. While Mexican churros…
Wisteria woesBad news hummus fans. A recall of Sabra Dipping Company’s products due to a possible contamination is affecting a few more items on shelves. Taylor Farms, which uses Sabra products, is holding a voluntary recall for products labeled “Taylor Farms Veggie and Hummus Bistro Boxes” and “Schnucks Vegetable and Hummus Snack Trays,” which contain Sabra Hummus Classic…
Wins weren’t meant to come this easily for San Antonio this early in the season. The team had too many new pieces, plus a Hall of Famer’s retirement to mourn and a handful of injuries to key players to deal with. Yet, here they are, winners of nine straight games, sitting with a top-three record…
The day after Texas health officials quietly acknowledged that they will, in fact, slash some $350 million that currently pays for therapy for vulnerable children with disabilities this month (just in time for Christmas), Texas House Speaker Joe Straus acknowledged that “maybe” it was a mistake for lawmakers to order the state to carry out…
Beginning December 19, every Texas abortion provider will be required to bury or cremate all aborted fetal tissue at any state of gestation. This decision, made Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services, comes after nearly a year of vocal opposition from women’s health advocates and medical professionals across the state. The state…
This is why we can’t have nice things. The famous “I love you tacos so much” wall, which was first painted as part of an Instagram charity campaign by local director/producer Luis Munoz, was vandalized overnight with the following message: “‘Grab her by the pussy’ — Trump”. That wall just can’t catch a break, can it? Originally…
The picture-perfect Swedish furniture store that was designed to give you permanent living-room envy has announced plans to to open its fifth Texas location right here in SA. Finally, you’ll be able to spend fewer hours driving to Round Rock and more time trying to decipher what those illustrations mean in the instructions. And let’s…
Looking for a way to support the water protectors protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline and pick up a brand new Cruz Ortiz original? Tonight, Frank in Southtown is your spot. As part of the San Antonio effort to raise money and supplies for the Native activists and allies camped out in North Dakota to…
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham makes bank! Not only is he considered the top-grossing stand-up comedy act in North America, he s also ranked the third highest-paid comedian in the U.S. behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Who knew playing with puppets could be so profitable? Still, as popular as he is, Dunham, 54, who rolls into…
Over Memorial Day weekend in 2015, a monster thunderstorm turned the arid Texas Hill Country into a murky swamp. Nonstop downpour had simultaneously tipped the San Marcos and Blanco Rivers over their banks, spilling powerful waves of muddy water throughout the region. In the small town of Wimberley, nestled in the valley between the two…
