Stand-up Comedian Paula Poundstone on Improvising On Stage, Her Bad Memory and Lord Buckethead
Best known as one of the wittiest panelists on National Public Radio’s comedy news quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me, comedian Paula Poundstone has come a long way since starring in the cheesy 1984 cult sci-fi movie Hyperspace as a transmission repair shop cashier who is kidnapped by an intergalactic villain known as Lord Buckethead.…
Majestic Theatre Presenting Orchestral Tribute to the Late and Talented Prince
If you were trying to experience what might be the best live orchestral tribute to Prince on the planet, then you’re definitely going to want to see 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince, which is coming to the Majestic Theatre this week. The symphonic celebration of one of the most revered recording artists of all…
San Antonio Spurs Unveil Preview of This Year’s H-E-B Commercials
As San Antonio looks forward to the Spurs season opener on Wednesday, the team is hyping its new H-E-B commercials. The local NBA team and supermarket chain have once again teamed up for a new set of commercials that will be premiered during the team’s Wednesday matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. This year’s commercials will…
Here’s Where You Can Watch the Cruz, O’Rourke Debate Tonight
Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke are set to debate tonight, three weeks ahead of the midterm election. In their second debate, the candidates will discuss domestic and international issues at 8 p.m. inside the KENS5 studios. While the debate isn’t open to the public, San Antonians have a few viewing options.…
Legendary Grammy Winners Los Tigres Del Norte Playing Free Concert at Beto O’Rourke Rally in The Valley
How Beto O’Rourke keeps up with his campaign and continues to smile is beyond us, and we’re pretty much here for it. The El Paso native is continuing his people-powered campaign for the U.S. Senate with a return to the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday for a free concert and rally in Edinburg. The event…
Whataburger Pays Tribute to Signature Merchandise in New James Avery Charm
San Antonians went wild for the Whataburger logo charm at James Avery last year, and fans will likely want to get their hands on the burger chain’s newest piece of jewelry. On Tuesday, Whataburger released its newest charm, fashioned after the orange- and white-striped tumbler that is popular among fans. Made with sterling silver and…
O’Rourke Says He’ll Keep His Campaign Positive, Even with Cruz Ahead in Polls
Democrat Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he won’t abandon his largely positive campaign despite polls showing opponent Sen. Ted Cruz in the lead three weeks from the election. “In recent history, the polls have gotten a lot of races wrong,” O’Rourke said after a rally at San Antonio’s Plaza Guadalupe. “Everywhere we go, the reddest…
Enjoy This Drinking Game for Tonight’s Beto O’Rourke-Ted Cruz Debate
Political debates are more fun when the television grows a little fuzzy at the edges and the number of candidates onstage has increased from two to four. That’s why we offer this drinking game for readers tuning in tonight’s debate between U.S. Senate candidates Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz. If you choose to play, please imbibe…
Gory Burlesque Meets ‘Blood Wrestling’ in Le Strange Sideshow’s Horror-themed Welcome to Prime Time Bitch!
Serving up a bizarre blend of sex appeal, circus stunts and good old-fashioned shock and awe, the sultry seductresses of Le Strange Sideshow unsurprisingly take the Halloween season quite seriously. Originally billed as “Texas’ first all-female sideshow revue,” the boundary-pushing troupe now combines the diverse talents of core members Lita Deadly, Aliska Wolfbane, Robyn Rouxlette, Layna D’Luna…
San Antonio to Host Largest North American Body Paint Competition
If there was only one word to describe fine art body painting it would have to be – Fantastic! Art “conceived and created by an unrestrained imagination.” Somehow that word still does not seem to do it justice. Unlike the art pieces beautifying galleries and museums or adorning our homes, bodypainting lasts only for a…
Memorial Service for Big Bob’s Burgers Owner Bob Riddle Set for This Wednesday
The San Antonio burger-loving community is still coming to terms with the loss of Bob Riddle, the Big Bob’s Burgers owner who passed away on Friday, October 12. Riddle, known for his boisterous personality and a penchant for service, will be honored with a Celebration of Life party on Wednesday, October 17 from 6 to…
DeMar DeRozan Said It’s ‘A Blessing’ to Be with the San Antonio Spurs
Though he was initially upset about being traded from the Toronto Raptors, new Spur DeMar DeRozan said it’s “a blessing” to be part of the San Antonio team. DeRozan played a key role in the Spurs trading Kawhi Leonard to Toronto, and for a reason. During his nine seasons as a Raptor, he helped improve…
Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille Announces Thanksgiving Menu
Uh. Even though we’re hardly ready for Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos and plainly surviving the remainder of 2018, one restaurant chain is thinking ahead to Thanksgiving. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille announced their Thanksgiving menu for people who may want to skip the kitchen all together for November 22. The restaurant will feature their full…
Steve Martin, Martin Short Planning San Antonio Stop in 2019
Here’s your chance to catch two Saturday Night Live alumni live at The Majestic Theatre next June. Steve Martin and Martin Short will grace San Antonio on their “Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t” tour on June 1, 2019, with guests The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko. The tour will feature “new material…
Twenty One Pilots Announces San Antonio Tour Stop Set for Next Year
Heads up, music lovers. Twenty One Pilots is coming to San Antonio. The chart-topping band announced its “Bandito Tour” and, though a San Antonio show was not originally scheduled, has added a stop in the Alamo City due to overwhelming demand. Comprised of lead vocalist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, Twenty One Pilot’s sound has encompassed…
UPDATED: Teens on a Mission Festival Will Raise Money for After-School Rock Music Program
Editor’s Note: This event has been postponed until Sunday, Nov. 18, and relocated to the Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston St., due to inclement weather. The High Voltage Music Program — S.A.’s homegrown, nonprofit equivalent to the School of Rock — will turn the mic over to teens for a free festival on Saturday highlighting…
Ramen Bar at Freight Gallery Is Now Open
Michael Sohocki is really diving into noodles these days. The chef/owner of Restaurant Gwendolyn, Il Forno Pizza and Kimura, the ramen bar he opened in 2013, recently opened the Ramen Bar at Cherrity Bar last month. And the noodles keep noodlin’ at Ramen Bar at Freight Gallery. The latest noodle outpost opened … softly… last…
Rapper Yella Beezy Shot on Texas Highway
Deandre Conway, better known as rapper Yella Beezy, was hospitalized after being shot while driving on a highway in Texas. The on-the-rise artist was on the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Lewisville early Sunday morning when someone in a vehicle pulled up next to him and opened fire. He was shot three times. We can now…
One Man Arrested, Another At Large Following Birthday Party Shooting in South Texas
An argument at a family birthday party in South Texas Saturday evening has left four men dead and another injured. The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed that four men, ranging in age from 20 to 62, are dead after a shooting in Taft, about 18 miles north of Corpus Christi. A fifth man…
Coming Soon? Bird Says It Will Start Delivering Scooters to Customers’ Front Doors
Within days of San Antonio’s first regulations for dockless scooters, one rental company may be have devised a workaround for the sidewalk clutter that’s pissed off pedestrians and politicians. California-based Bird, the startup that pioneered the scooter-rental biz, is launching a service to deliver scooters by 8 a.m. at customers’ homes so they can tool around…
Russian Circles Explored the Limits of Instrumental Metal at Paper Tiger
Loud-soft dynamics are easy for instrumental rock acts to overplay. Over the course of a live set, they become predictable as musicians coax quiet verses then pound through bone-jarring choruses ad infinitum. During its Saturday gig at the Paper Tiger, Chicago-based instru-metal band Russian Circles deftly avoided that trap, proving it had a much deeper bag…
With Super Sonic Rap Verses, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Bizzy Bone Shook San Antonio
When I found out Bizzy Bone was returning to San Antonio for another solo set, I secretly whispered “yassssss” to myself. The last time he was here I was in Austin covering ACL in 2017, so having an opportunity to actually catch the lightning-fast rapper in my city was a birthday wish come true (I…
Owner of Big Bob’s Burgers Has Passed Away
Robert “Bob” Riddle, the owner of Big Bob’s Burgers on Hildebrand, has passed away. According to an employee of the restaurant who confirmed the news, Riddle died Friday morning. Riddle first opened Big Bob’s Burgers on Harry Wurzbach before relocating the beloved burger spot to Hildebrand and San Pedro. Riddle was a alumnus of the…
San Antonio’s Anti-Charter Amendment Campaign to Host Tele-Town Hall
Next Wednesday, the Go Vote No campaign will host a tele-town hall to try to knock down support for the fire union’s proposed city charter amendments. Residents can participate via teleconferencing or live stream at govoteno.com or Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s Facebook. To get a call shortly before the event’s 7 p.m. starts – it’s scheduled…
Gina Ortiz Jones Calls Out Will Hurd for Attack Ads that ‘Distort the Conversation’
During a Friday panel discussion on money in politics, Democratic congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones called out her opponent, U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, as a poster child for corporate influence. Jones has faced an avalanche of television attack ads, many funded by outside groups supporting the Republican incumbent she faces. Both seek to represent a border…
San Antonio, You’ve Still Got a Few Weeks to Get in on Museum Month
As we find ourselves nearing the midpoint of October, with fall finally starting to feel like itself, we are also roughly halfway through Museum Month. In other words: you haven’t completely missed your chance to get some extra culture in your life, on the cheap. For this second annual installment of Museum Month — a…
New San Antonio Company Adds Extra Oomph to Your Cold Brew with CBD
A 500-square-foot manufacturing space will soon open to host one-on-one CBD consultations inside Warehouse 5, on the use of infused cold brew, caramels or tinctures. Flora & Fortitude is a small batch, artisan purveyor of CBD-infused goods and tinctures. The off-shoot of Wildflower Caramels will open up the studio in the coming weeks for 20-minute…
San Antonio Only Texas City Named in New ‘Best Cities in the U.S.’ Report
San Antonio is one of the best cities in the U.S. We’re not being biased here. In a recent report from Conde Nast Traveler, the Alamo City was named the sixth best city in the country. And perhaps even more impressive, San Antonio was the only Texas city to make the list. Here’s how San…
VIA Offering Free Service to Artpace’s Chalk It Up Festival on Saturday
In anticipation of street closures and traffic congestion, VIA is making transportation easier for those attending Chalk It Up on Saturday. Artpace’s annual event, now in its 15th year, will turn a small portion of downtown into a welcoming space for artists and those who want to add a little color to their Saturday. With…
San Antonio Man Does Incredibly Good Pumpkin Carving of Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili may have his fair share of murals dedicated to him, but now he can say his likeness has been captured in pumpkin form. Arthur Alaquinez shared photos to his social-media accounts of his pumpkin carving tribute to Spurs legend Manu Ginobili. He actually did two tributes in one, capturing a closeup portrait of…
Beto O’Rourke Blows Up Quarterly Fundraising Record for U.S. Senate Races
Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke may be lagging in the polls, but it hasn’t stopped him from raising a record pile of campaign cash. The O’Rourke campaign announced Friday an unprecedented third-quarter intake of $38.1 million to fuel its attempted takedown of Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz. That’s the largest quarterly haul in history for a U.S.…
Guy Fieri Stopped By A San Antonio BBQ Favorite Earlier This Week
Food Network personality Guy Fieri paid San Antonio a visit earlier this week as he was reportedly filming at an Alamo City favorite. On Wednesday, Fieri took to Instagram to share a photo of himself riding a longhorn in the parking lot of Chris Conger’s new Smoke Shack Meat Market, which is next door to…
Acclaimed Latin Rapper Residente Ready to Wow San Antonio
As the lyricist/rapper for Calle 13, Residente (born René Pérez Joglar in Puerto Rico in 1978) has been eating Daddy Yankee (and other insufferable reguetoneros) alive for years, both in terms of award shows and critical acclaim. If you have no clue who he is, here’s your crash course: go to YouTube and check out…
Grindhouse Legend Joe Bob Briggs On Filming The Last Drive-In, Returning to Television and Going to the Movies
We were able to catch up with Joe Bob Briggs himself via phone before his comes to town this weekend. He shed some light on the genesis of The Last Drive-In and what makes a gang of mutants getting together at the Drafthouse so damn special. On Returning To Television “Ever since I went off…
Botanical Garden Serving Up a Four-Course Tasting Menu… of Insects
Mmm, bugs. If you’ve ever hankered for a four-course insect tasting, San Antonio Botanical Garden’s got ya covered. In conjunction with the fun-loving folks at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, the garden will host an event called the Incredible Edible Insect at 10:30 a.m. and again at noon Saturday, October 20. Naturally, all dishes will be…
‘Hi Mom, I’m Gay’: A Coming Out Story, and Why LGBTQ Pride is So Important
I was 13 when I came out to my mother over the phone. It took what felt like an hour for the words to shape between my teeth and lips but somehow the words fell on the receiver: “I think I’m gay.” I mean, I knew I was gay, but I thought saying “I think”…
Point Taken: Derrick White Steps Up as San Antonio Spurs Retool
For the second season in a row, adversity arrived early for Coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs. After losing promising young guards Dejounte Murray and Lonnie Walker IV to injury in consecutive preseason games, San Antonio tipped off the Derrick White era on Wednesday night in Atlanta. Heading into the contest, reports surfaced that the…
San Antonio City Council Sets Regulations for E-scooters, Sort Of
City Council members didn’t put the smack down Thursday morning on dockless e-scooters cluttering center-city sidewalks. But they did create a six-month pilot program that gives a stern look to scooter companies and riders. The new rules include: Riders must use bike lanes when available, and ALWAYS yield the right-of-way to pedestrians If riders must ride on the…
All-Female Bartenders Will Participate in Ramos Gin Fizz Shake Party at Rumble
The ingredients are simple enough: gin, orange blossom water, egg white, half-and-half, lemon juice, lime juice, and simple syrup. Then there’s several minutes worth of vigorous shaking to emulsify the egg topping into a thick velvety froth. When it was first introduced in New Orleans in the early 1900s, a line of shaker boys was…
San Antonio Persian Group Hosts Support Day for Pasha Mediterranean Grill
It’s been just over a month since San Antonio Metro Health shut down Pasha Mediterranean Grill after a foodborne outbreak led to more than 300 reported cases of food poisoning. The local restaurant chain, which also includes Baklavah Bakery and Pasha Express inside the University of the Incarnate Word and off Culebra, celebrated 10 years…
Pee-wee Herman ‘Unbelievably Disappointed’ to Cancel Appearance at Alamo City Comic Con
It’s a sad day for Pee-wee Herman fans in San Antonio. Paul Reubens, better known for her wacky persona Pee-wee, took to Facebook Wednesday to let fans know that he won’t be at this year’s Alamo City Comic Con. Reubens was scheduled to appear at the annual pop-culture fest, set for October 26-28 at the…
San Antonio Has One of the Worst Rates for Insurance Coverage of All Big Cities
The Alamo City ranked 9th from the bottom in a new WalletHub study comparing the percent of people without health insurance in the largest U.S. cities. But San Antonio shouldn’t feel alone. Plenty of other Texas cities are keeping us company at the ass-end of the list — among them, Corpus Christ (No. 59), Fort…
Man Taken Into Custody After Stealing SAFD Pickup, Leading Police on High-speed Chase
UPDATE 8:30 p.m.: A statement from the San Antonio Fire Department indicates that the workers were treating a patient, not getting coffee at a Starbucks as some reports have indicated. Original story: A man is in custody after San Antonio police say he stole a fire commander’s pickup and led officers on a high-speed chase early…
Filmmaker David Lowery on Directing Legendary Actor Robert Redford in His Final Role
The first time that filmmaker David Lowery (A Ghost Story) read a 2003 profile piece in The New Yorker about an aging bank robber named Forrest Tucker, he wondered why no one had ever made a movie about him before. “I thought, ‘This is too good to be true,’” Lowery, 37, told the Current during…
Homeland Security Files to Build 17 More Miles of Border Wall Through Texas Parks and Wildlife Areas
Despite a lack of congressional funding for President Trump’s pinche border wall, the administration has announced plans to waive environmental rules and keep building barriers through South Texas. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday filed plans in the Federal Register for 17 miles of new wall construction in Hidalgo County, where the cities of…
Grindhouse Legend Joe Bob Briggs Lands in San Antonio for a Screening of the 1982 Cult Classic Basket Case
South Texas in general and San Antonio in particular still love themselves a good gore flick, and the month-long countdown to Halloween invariably multiplies our opportunities to catch them on the big screen. This year, though, we’re particularly lucky, as the recent re-emergence of cable TV’s philosopher-king of trash cinema Joe Bob Briggs is coming…
Alternative-metal Gods Russian Circles Bringing Beautifully Spooky Tunes to San Antonio
At almost 14 years, Russian Circles has continued to be one of the leaders in the post-rock, alternative-metal, post-metal (or instru-metal if you’re a nerd like me) communities. Punctuated by their sometimes-terrifying crescendos, the three-piece create a magical dark metal that feels like a swirling mist that might surround a witch as she’s preparing to…
LGBT San Antonians Welcomed to Celebrate National Coming Out Day at Mission Marquee Plaza
The San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce has announced the performers for the upcoming National Coming Out Day celebration on October 13 at the Mission Marquee Plaza. The list at press time includes comedian Lex Loro, singer-songwriter Dominico, the Live Oak Singers, singer Anthony Cerda, Los MENtirosos drag king troupe, the Pride of San Antonio…
Extreme Bike Racers Taking Over Alamo Plaza for Annual Red Bull Last Stand
Fans of bike racing and extreme sports in general will, for the third year in a row, have the opportunity to catch a unique spectacle of a race right in downtown San Antonio – at the Alamo no less. Red Bull Last Stand attendees will witness qualifying and final rounds of competition in what is…
San Antonio Jewish Center Hosting Presentation, Book Signing with Simpsons Writer, Producer Mike Reiss
While our new “golden age of television” has hopefully made us collectively better at looking beyond highly-paid actors and directors to recognize the behind-the-scenes folks who work tirelessly to make everything tick, TV writers remain largely anonymous — save for maybe those nominated in the four “Outstanding Writing” categories each year at the Emmy Awards.…
Artpace’s Annual Chalk It Up Festival Returns to Downtown San Antonio
The 15th annual Chalk It Up festival, a community event presented by Artpace, in which a swath of downtown is turned into a giant, street-level art gallery of chalk works, goes down this weekend. The core events of what is a busy and ever-expanding affair are the Team Works competition, wherein more than 50 students…
La Gran Tamalada Returns to Market Square This December
Back for an 11th year in a row, La Gran Tamalada is once again throwing the biggest tamal-making party at Historic Market Square. Put on by Guadalupe Cultural Arts (where the event was held for nine years) and La Familia Cortez, La Gran Tamalada is part education, part conservation of tradition. This year’s event on…
Brockhouse Becomes Sole Council Member to Support Fire Union Propositions
Greg Brockhouse on Wednesday became the first city council member to endorse the fire union’s three ballot propositions — another not-so-subtle hint he may be working up to a run against Mayor Ron Nirenberg. “These are imperfect amendments presented at the perfect time,” Brockhouse said during a press conference at the fire union’s headquarters. The…
Rapper Duckwrth Is Playing Paper Tiger and You Should Totally Go
Every once in a while, in the midst of an era in hip-hop where you literally don’t even have to rap to have a chart-topping single in the genre, an artist shines a little brighter. Right now, it’s Duckwrth, an LA rapper, who doesn’t sound like he’s following any kind of trend with his production…
Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney Interviews Chad Dawkins
It’s amazing how many of San Antonio’s most talented artists began their careers in the Texas panhandle: Ken Little, Hills Snyder, Diana Kersey, Jeremiah Teutsch, Cakky Brawley, Sarah Roberts and Greg Johnson are just some of the transplants who add to our thriving local art scene. Chad Dawkins made his way here from Lubbock, and,…
Pride San Antonio’s QFest to Screen Over 80 Films From Around the Globe
This article was originally published by our sister publication Out In SA. Organizers of Pride San Antonio’s fifth annual QFest LGBT International Film Festival have released the list of films to be screened at this year’s festival, which runs from October 12 through October 15 at Brooks City Base Cinema. This year’s entries include international…
Sparkly Pop Punkers Broadside Return to San Antonio
Returning to San Antonio for the first time since February’s tour with Silverstein, the shimmery pop-punk heartthrobs that make up Broadside touch down for a show at Alamo City Music Hall on Friday, November 23. The band’s sugar sweet pop vibes are downright infectious even for folks who don’t necessarily get down with bubbly melodies…
Gentleman Thief: The Old Man & the Gun is a Poignant and Bittersweet Tribute to a Classic Hollywood Star
If legendary actor/director Robert Redford is really hanging it up after 60 years in Hollywood – he announced his retirement in August – his final film, The Old Man & the Gun, is just about as perfect of a swan song as any thespian could hope for. With Old Man, Redford has come full circle…
3 of San Antonio’s U.S. Reps Push to Have NAFTA 2.0 Signing in Alamo City
Congressmen Will Hurd, Lamar Smith and Henry Cuellar want to have the signing ceremony for NAFTA 2.0 – formally know as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) – in San Antonio. The three lawmakers, each of whom represents a slice of San Antonio, made the request in a letter to President Donald Trump, Mexican President Enrique Pena-Nieto…
Steve Kerr Thinks Beto O’Rourke Should Run for President in 2020 with Gregg Popovich as His Running Mate
Former San Antonio Spur and now Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is still completely behind Gregg Popovich going into politics. On Tuesday, Kerr shared a tweet from U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke at a Turn Out For Texas rally. With the retweet, he included a simple comment: “Beto and Pop, 2020.” Beto and…
Crossroads Kitchen, Though Now Closed, Will Live On in Cookbook Form
Editor’s Note: The following is The Big Spoon, an opinion column on San Antonio’s food and drink scene. It’s a simple enough booklet. A folded tan cardstock holds together five 8.5 by 11-inch pieces of copy paper, bound by three staples. This is the Crossroads zine. It might not look like the glossy cookbooks put…
How Does San Antonio Stack Up as a ‘Green’ City? Depends on How You Rank It
San Antonio may not count among the greenest U.S. cities, but it fares better than most of its Texas neighbors, according to a new analysis. The Alamo City landed a not-so-impressive 48th in a WalletHub report ranking the nation’s 100 biggest cities on environmental friendliness. But our city was one of just three in Texas…
Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested After Leading Police on ‘Slow-speed Chase’ Near Lackland AFB
A man and woman are in police custody after leading officers on a “slow-speed chase” early Wednesday morning. Police were called to Barton’s Boozery on Military Drive near Lackland AFB after two patrons said they were robbed at gunpoint as they left the bar. As the victims were speaking to officers, they told them that…
Woodlawn Theatre Brings the Tony Award-winning Musical Comedy ‘Avenue Q’ to the Stage
It may be harsh to hear that “everyone’s a little bit racist, sometimes,” but the bitter pill is certainly easy to swallow when it comes wrapped in a catchy tune. If you’re aching to hear hits like “What Do You Do with a B.A. in English” and “Schadenfreude,” head to the Woodlawn for their take…
San Antonio Police Make Arrest in Taco Truck Shooting Outside Pegasus Nightclub
An arrest has been made in the early Monday morning shooting outside of Pegasus Nightclub that left three people injured. On Tuesday, San Antonio police identified Jose Rincon Hernandez as the shooter that opened fire at on the Main Street Strip after getting into an argument with another man. Police at the scene said Hernandez…
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Rapper Coming to San Antonio for Solo Show
Lil’ Ripsta himself is headed back to the Alamo City for another show at Fitzgerald’s on Friday, October 12. Still categorized as “gangsta rap” due to the reference of violence in their lyrics, the artists in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were some of the first rappers to bring rapid-fire, Midwest “chopper” style to mainstream circuits, all while…
Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club Hosting Beloved Comedian Carlos Mencia All Weekend
San Antonio loves stand-up comedian Carlos Mencia. If they didn’t, he wouldn’t perform here like he has done every year since 2010. These days, Mencia seems to be keeping busy, but flying under the radar for the most part. Like every other comedian on the planet, he has his own podcast, The Journey, but hasn’t…
Pink Leche Joins Jacksonville’s TOMBOi for Bass-filled Night at Bang Bang Bar
For a special treat of a show, local act Pink Leche will join Jacksonville’s TOMBOi on a bill that is all about that (queer) bass. TOMBOi is a three-piece act that takes an electro-dream-pop foundation and piles on psychedelic, experimental and indie R&B. The outfit’s most recent album, 2017’s Spectrum, was “inspired by the social…
San Antonio Artists Use Physical Transformation to Explore Various Socio-cultural Experiences
Transformation can take place on a number of planes: cultural, social, personal and physical. In this new collaborative, installation-based exhibit, local artists Ashley Mireles and Jose Villalobos used physical transformation to explore the socio-cultural changes in how masculinity and femininity are viewed and policed – all through the lens of the artists’ own unique cultural…
A Monumental Snit: There’s Plenty to Argue About in the Alamo Plan, But the Cenotaph’s Relocation is Sucking Up the Oxygen
Editor’s Note: The following is City Current, a column of opinion and analysis. As the adage goes, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. But we couldn’t just leave it at that in San Antonio. Here, history too is for fighting. That’s why it’s going to be a rowdy few days between now…
First Man is a Masterfully Directed Technical Achievement That Explores Life and Loss
To reach the pinnacle of outer space realism on the big screen these days, a lot rests on the film’s technical capabilities. From the stunning cinematography in 2013’s Gravity, the jaw-dropping special effects of 2014’s Interstellar or the impressive production design in 2015’s The Martian, moviegoers want to be transported from their theater seats to…
Savage Love: Quickies
Q: I was involved with a straight man who enjoys cross-dressing and taking explicit photos. The problem is that the props he uses belong to his three children, all under age 12. For example, he dressed up as a slutty schoolgirl and wore his daughter’s backpack. He dressed up as a slutty cowgirl and posed…
Free Will Astrology (10/10/18-10/16/18)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen describes his quest to glimpse the elusive and rarely seen creature in the Himalayas. “Its uncompromising yellow eyes, wired into the depths of its unfathomable spirit,” he writes, give it a “terrible beauty” that is “the very stuff of human longing.” He loves…
Brooklyn Trio Highly Suspect Playing the Aztec Theatre Thanks to ACL Spillover
Walking a tightrope through the spheres of alternative rock ’n’ roll, indie pop and active rock, Highly Suspect has been taking the live-music festival circuit by storm the last couple of years. The Brooklyn trio is playing both weekends at Austin City Limits, arguably one of the largest concerts in the world. But if you…
Woodlawn Lake Park Celebrating Centennial with Mariachis, Fireworks and Coco Screening
One of San Antonio’s most beloved community spots, Woodlawn Lake Park is set to celebrate its Centennial this weekend. That’s right: for 100 years now, generations of San Antonians have made Woodlawn Lake their own, shaping it and being shaped by it. Even if you’ve never played a pick-up basketball game, walked a few laps,…
Fire Starter: Union Chief Chris Steele is the Latest Political Outsider Looking to Harness San Antonio Voters’ Resentment
WTF, Chris Steele? First, there was the fake firefighter’s uniform, then the last-minute debate cancellation and last week’s chaotic news conference where he tried to abdicate his position as chief spokesman for the union’s three proposed city charter amendments. At this point, it might be hard to tell whether the president of San Antonio’s fire…
Renowned Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten Taking Over Lush Rooftop
As a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam, Ferry Corsten is known for putting out pioneering trance tracks from the ’90s through the aughts. His recent style has been a bit broader, electronically producing everything from progressive house to melodic trance, which he plays at festivals all over the world, including Electric Daisy…
Alberto Mijangos’ Former Students to Pay Tribute to the Late Abstract Painter in New Group Exhibition
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the late abstract painter Alberto Mijangos guided a community of artists at the Southwest School of Art and Salon Mijangos (now the 1906 South Flores arts complex) who benefited from his instruction but saw him as a spiritual guide as well. Born in Mexico City in 1925, Mijangos eventually…
Cocktail of the Week: Still Golden’s Dr. Robert Ford
In South Texas, there’s no better time to enjoy a drink outdoors than in early fall. One of the top spots to grab a patio libation is Still Golden Social House. The bar, which opened early this year to replace the beloved Stay Golden that was just a couple blocks away, is now one of…
