Spuriosity: Bouncing Back
“Does anybody know we have a game against Memphis tonight,” asked Coach Gregg Popovich facing a scrum of reporters in the bowels of the AT&T Center on Saturday night. After expressing disappointment in the quarter of a million dollar fine handed down by NBA commissioner David Stern to the Spurs organization, Coach Pop was understandably…
Camp Eco.logic launched by new force of eco-activism
She’s only been living in San Antonio for three months, but environmental advocate Rozina Kanchwala is quickly making herself known as a leader in the local eco community. Originally from the Midwest, Kanchwala, 28, earned her BA in International Studies in Economics at the University of Illinois and her MA from University College London in…
Camp Eco.logic launched by new force of eco-activism
She’s only been living in San Antonio for three months, but environmental advocate Rozina Kanchwala is quickly making herself known as a leader in the local eco community. Originally from the Midwest, Kanchwala, 28, earned her BA in International Studies in Economics at the University of Illinois and her MA from University College London in…
The Idea Fund announces 2013 grantees
The Idea Fund, a Houston-based re-granting program funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and administered through Houston arts nonprofits DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses, has announced the 2013 grantees. Ten Texas-based artists and artist collectives selected from 177 applications will each receive $4,000 ($3,500 for the awarded project,…
Review: Alt Universe Fest at the Alamodome
(Alt) Music Festival Saturday, December 1 Alamodome Following a two-month delay, an almost complete overhaul of the line-up, and more than a few doubts as to whether it would ever get off the ground, the inaugural Alt Universe Music Festival finally took place Saturday at the Alamodome. Though still featuring headliner Ghostland Observatory it was…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: The Amazing Acro-Cats
It’s said that handling difficult to manage situations is “like herding cats,” but what would running a cat circus be like? Near impossible, one would think. Internationally recognized animal behavior savant Samantha Martin will prove otherwise when she brings The Amazing Acro-Cats to the Josephine to entertain and inform with tricks and stunts that might…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Tamales! Festival
Four amateur chefs will win bragging rights and $1,000 each at the third-annual Tamales! Festival, a holiday tradition that turns the Pearl complex into a bustling street fair with 35 vendors selling an eclectic assortment of tamales — from sweet to vegetarian, Tex-Mex to South American. Although the judging takes place behind closed doors, the…
Actress Cheryl Ladd talks new holiday film, ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ daughter Jordan
Actress Cheryl Ladd started her career in Hollywood in 1970 as the voice of Melody Valentine in the animated TV series “Josie and the Pussycats.” She went on to star as Kris Munroe in “Charlie’s Angels” when Farrah Fawcett left the show after one season. Best known for replacing the late Farrah Fawcett on the…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Making Movies & Pop Pistol
Kansas City’s Making Movies (a bilingual Latin alternative fusion band) has toured and collaborated with Pop Pistol in recent years, but their connection isn’t only musical: just like the San Antonio trio, Making Movies is all about sending good vibes to the community. Back home in August, MM launched M.U.S.I.C.A., a week-long summer camp to…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Around the World in 80 Days
In 1955, Michael Todd jumped from the Broadway stage to the big screen to take on an epic adaptation of the Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days. Set in 1872, the story follows Phileas Fogg (David Niven), an English bachelor who bets his buddies £20,000 he can travel around the world in…
Court of Criminal Appeals judge faces arrest warrant
A 19-year veteran of Texas’ highest criminal court has a warrant out for his arrest for refusing to pay a 4 year old $193 speeding ticket, reports the Austin American-Statesman this morning. The warrant stems from the years-long battle Lawrence Meyers, the longest serving member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, has fought in…
Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Reik
Spelled so Spanish speakers pronounce it “rake” (as in the guitar technique), Latin pop-rockers Reik emerged from the Mexican underground club scene in 2003 and have gone on to drop a platinum-selling debut, sign with Sony, and earn a Latin Grammy for their 2008 album Un Día Más. Hailing from Baja California, the band (Gilberto…
Breaking Bad's Steven Michael Quezada ("Agent Gomez") to host Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza
It might not be evident from his role as laid-back DEA agent Steven Gómez on the hit AMC drama Breaking Bad, but actor Steven Michael Quezada is a funny guy. It’s one of the reasons he was tapped to host the 18th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza at the Lila Cockrell Theater December 1. During an…
Best of Flash Fiction: November 2012
The Canícula and the Bard. Who would have thought they would make such wonderful bedfellows? Perhaps a touch uncomfortable with each other, hands awkwardly entwined, sweaty and slick. But that’s what makes for interesting reading (who wants to read about those two people sleeping perfectly wrapped up together and carefree?). Send your epiphanies and bedfellows…
Newsmonger: AG investigation into Daughters, Tracking chips and Devil marks, Climate bomb
AG investigation into Daughters Buried in its 38-page report slamming the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the state Attorney General’s office hones in on what led to the group’s years-long mismanagement of the Alamo: "inadequate understanding of historic preservation." The Daughters, custodians of the Shrine of Texas Liberty from 1905 until the Lege removed…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "They are trying to make me into a fixed star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. "I am an irregular planet." I invite you to use that declaration as your own in the coming weeks. You have every right to avoid being pinned down, pigeonholed, and forced to…
Life of Pi's success is visual, rather than dramatic
You will not see a better looking film this year. But you will undoubtedly see better films. If ever there were an aesthetic case to be made for 3D film, Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi is it. Lovely beyond words and taking full advantage of the extra dimension (almost a necessity given that two thirds…
Luca Della Casa making waves at Silo's little brother Nosh
Nosh has often seemed like the downstairs stepchild of upstairs Silo. But with the hiring of the energetic Luca Della Casa as capo della cucina there is every reason to expect that, despite its limited menu of mainly small plates, the place will begin to distinguish itself as a destination in its own right. Della…
Joe Wright attempts to slap a new facade on an old 'Anna Karenina' barn
Does Tolstoy really matter anymore? Directors regularly attempt to plunder the great master’s musty catalog, among which the sweaty, love-drenched Anna Karenina ranks as one of the greats. The latest take on the doomed romance of poor dear Anna is a visually stunning, audaciously arty attempt to overwhelm us with a fury of technique and…
IAIR 12.3: Is there truth in photography?
Artpace’s current International Artists-in-Residence presents works by three artists who share a common interest: photography. Indeed, the residency’s guest curator Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, director and chief curator of the Aspen Art Museum, stated during a reception for the press last week that she chose the artists specifically for their photographic pursuits. But this being Artpace,…
Bad Brains: 'Into the Future'
The Jah-preaching hardcore relics return with a procedural album to follow up 2007’s Build a Nation. Bad Brains built their name on frenetic, high-energy music that shook the established sound. Into the Future can therefore best be called tame. There are H.R.’s signature spasmodic cadences and flashes of days of yore. "Yes I" and "Suck…
Holiday cheer from here on
From 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. this Friday, November 30, get some midday holiday cheer at the Holiday Market at Travis Park (301 Travis Street). The annual City-sponsored event features holiday treats including nuts, chocolates, and cookies, along with a variety of gourmet foods and Yuletide craft gift ideas. The Market will reappear at Travis…
Risks and rewards of sipping through the tequila family
The evening began with a Decolletage. An explanation follows. Though an enhanced appreciation of cleavage may be the result of downing too many Decolletages, we are, as it happens, talking about a drink, not anatomy. Composed of 1 1/2 ounces of tequila, 1 oz Lillet Rouge, 1/2 oz Aperol and 1/4 oz Fernet Branca, the…
Rage Against the Machine: 'Rage Against the Machine XX (20th Anniversary Edition)'
In the first-ever public appearance by Rage Against the Machine (October 23, 1991, at Cal State Northridge), you see Brad Wilk in familiar no-holds-barred mode, a clumsy-fingered Tom Morello (if there can be such a thing), a nervous Tim Commerford on bass, and on the side of the stage, Zach de la Rocha not knowing…
Rush comes to SA with a first for the band: a string section
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976." That enthusiasm has to…
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Dear Mexican: In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he reiterated a need for a guest worker program. What is your opinion of such a program? The program seems like mierda that screws people over in the long run to me, but what do I know? — una guerita por un mundo sin muros…
'Finding Mrs. Claus' shows us the less-than-wonderful life
Finding Mrs. Claus (8pm Sun, Lifetime) Our cynical age will never be able to turn out a convincing movie about a Christmas miracle like It’s a Wonderful Life. Filmmakers keep trying, though, especially in December TV movies. It’s refreshing that Finding Mrs. Claus declines to play this losing game, instead embracing 21st century cynicism. This…
Exotic brews highlight first SA Coffee Fest
Coffee aficionados have heard tales that the rarest beans aren’t picked by hand. Like Monkey tea from China’s Fujian Province, kopi luwak — civet coffee — is said to be harvested by animals. But though stories of monkeys picking tea leaves are most likely myths, the coffee named for the wild civet cat of Asia…
Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes: 'Eric Burdon & The Greenhornes EP'
If the entirety of this brief teaming of blues-rock legend Eric Burdon (the Animals, War) and blooze-revivalist the Greenhornes (which features two members of the Raconteurs) was as much fun as the intro where the 71-year-old Burdon grumbles, "I think I’m having a fucking nervous breakdown," it’d be a real powerhouse. Unfortunately, while Burdon’s voice…
Triathletes call for safer streets for cyclists
Monica Caban in her North Side home When Monica Caban first came to in a hospital bed, doctors told her there was little chance she’d ever walk again. A triathlete weeks away from competing in the Arizona Ironman, Caban, 39, was in the best shape of her life when an elderly driver struck her from…
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