Shall we dance? We shall — especially since Bartlett Sher’s rapturously reviewed production of The King and I will be landing for a week at the Majestic, starting October 17. San Antonio patrons with long-ish memories will recall Sher’s breakout production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific (2008), a Lincoln Center mounting that eventually made…
In the first of hopefully many shows to catch in SA from the tragic cancellation of Sound On Sound Fest, The Aztec Theatre has swooped up headlining industrial metal act Ministry. That’s right – good ‘ol Al Jourgensen (who’s now 59) and the boys are headed to the Alamo City on Sunday, November 12 to…
Long before Christopher Columbus arrived and fucked everything up, the Americas, then referred to by some indigenous groups as Abya Yala (“continent of life” or “land of vital blood”), were inhabited by millions of indigenous peoples divided into a host of distinct and thriving societies/cultures/tribes. By way of honoring and reconnecting to this history, the…
This summer’s lunar eclipse must have dropped a visitor in our midst, because the Woodlawn stage has a bad case of plants from outer space! In Little Shop of Horrors, poor misguided Seymour gets taken for a ride by his unique new Venus Flytrap, Audrey II, which he soon learns has quite the taste for…
Q: I’m a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly 20 years my senior. This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had. However, something has me a bit on edge. We went on a trip with friends to a brewery with a great restaurant. It was an…
Ranger Creek is bringing you boos and booze with its second annual Haunted Brewery weekend. Haunted houses are cool and all, but a haunted brewery is perfect for beer lovers. This 21+ (duh) spooktacular has an Insane Asylum theme and will run Thursday, October 26 through Saturday, October 28. For only $15 you’ll be able…
I mean, as long as the money goes toward helping women with breast cancer and survivors of the disease, we’re here for it. Right? While many companies and businesses are real quick to slap a pink ribbon on a product or logo in the name of breast cancer awareness, Fast Eddie’s Billiards & Sports Bars…
Chef Jason Dady can’t stop and won’t stop making appearances on the Food Network. Dady announced this morning via social media that he will be featured on an episode of Beat Bobby Flay which is exactly what it sounds like if you’ve never seen the show, now in its 14th season. He said his relationship…
A 17-year-old undocumented minor living in federal custody in Texas is being denied her right to an abortion by the federal government. American Civil Liberties Union lawyers, who call the move “shocking” and “straight from dystopian fiction” are requesting an emergency hearing Wednesday in a California federal court to grant her abortion access before she’s…
Scorpions have announced that they will not be coming to San Antonio (insert all the sad face emojis). In a recent press release, the German metal band said that vocalist Klaus Meine had developed severe laryngitis and has been advised by a top throat specialist in Los Angeles to rest his voice. The band continued…
The North East Independent School District board voted 5-2 last night to rename Robert E. Lee High School. Spoiler alert: not much has changed. Starting in the 2018- 2019 school year, the school will be referred to as LEE High School — short for “Legacy of Educational Excellence.” The school board received 2,443 new name…
A 19-year-old Texas Tech University student from Seguin is in custody after fatally shooting a campus police officer in the head. Campus police visited freshman Hollis Daniels’ dorm room Monday night to conduct a welfare check, and found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. When the police took Daniels to the campus police station for…
If you have already started rewatching Stranger Things in anticipation of the new season (out October 27 on Netflix), you’ll want to get your tickets for this on. Honeysuckle Teatime will debut Eggos for Eleven, a new milkshake with a vanilla chai base, homemade cake waffle, ’80s candy and spooky special effects on Sunday, October…
Squeezer Co.’s multi-vendor location is complete with a third vendor opening this past weekend during First Friday. Espressivo Coffee, owned by Stephen Flores and Celene Hinojosa, joins the juice shop and a yoga studio inside the former home on Probandt. Flores and Hinojosa, who previously worked as baristas at Starbucks and Halcyon, now lease a small…
Bar 1919 in the Blue Star Arts Complex is showing double feature horror favorites every Tuesday in the month of October, all leading up to a spook-tacular party at the bar on Halloween. The terrifying movie line up was created by bartender Corey Farmer. The movies start at 8 p.m. and will show in the…
The Black Angels are an integral, if sometimes overlooked, part of the contemporary psych-rock scene. The veteran Austin outfit delivers reverb and riffs aplenty, and boasts a flair for adventurous sonic detours from its droning, driving backbone. In the live setting, the band’s experimental nature blooms into unpredictable explosions of smudged majesty. Meanwhile, Car Seat…
The Spurs 5K, the one that you would get a free Spurs ticket if you signed up for, has been rescheduled. Bummer. The 5K was originally set for October 21, though it has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. No date has been set at this time, though Spurs Sports and Entertainment said it will…
Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” may be the most-watched video of all time on YouTube, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have some competition with parodies of the song. No, we’re not talking the parody from Sesame Street that involved ducks. We’re talking about the parody that San Antonio City Council released last week. That’s right. City…
What more can be said about Willie Nelson that has not been said a million times. The man is an accomplished outlaw country singer that’s released 200 albums across six decades and has won basically every award a musician can score. In other words, Willie is that kind of gentle, cool badass who won’t take…
Dallas Cowboys owner and manager Jerry Jones has hardened his stance on protesting during the national anthem: stand up, or don’t play. “If there’s anything that’s disrespectful to the flag, then we will not play,” Jones told the team after Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, according to ESPN. “Understand? We will not… if…
Thousands of brewers waited together in a nondescript auditorium of the Colorado Convention Center for more than two hours as the names of winning breweries were announced. Those lucky winners walked the stage and gave a fist bump to GABF founder Charlie Papazian as they accepted their awards. This year’s competition had 2,217 breweries from…
This Christmas, every kiss begins with W. As in Whataburger. Yes, those charms you saw being shared this weekend on social media are in fact a real collaboration by James Avery and Whataburger. The beloved regional jewelry and burger chain are making shopping for your special Texas boo all too easy this holiday season. Per…
Tim Duncan is continuing to be the GOAT when it comes to relief efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He sprang to action as soon as it was safe to fly back to his homeland, rallied help from San Antonians and basketball lovers all over the country to help with donations and is still coming…
If you haven’t made a protein pilgrimage to 2M Smokehouse & Catering, one of two San Antonio restaurants to make Texas Monthly’s list of Top 50 barbecue joints list, here’s your chance. Pitmaster Esaul Ramos and co. will share a kitchen with Botika (the Peruvian fusion restaurants will prepare appetizers, desserts and beer pairings) and…
A few days after the fact, but let’s recap September, shall we? Openings Squeezers Co. opened its first brick-and-mortar on September 4. Find them at 317 Probandt Road, (210) 376-7455. In booze news, Alamo Distilling Co. opened off Chestnut with a line of craft whiskies, rum and a tasting room. Find them 621 Chestnut St., (210) 325-7853.…
Name: Periphery Background: Periphery opened in February of this year, where Old Main Association used to be housed. Opened by chef Mark Weaver, who was previously at Jason Dady’s Tre Trattoria, they specialize in food with an Italian-Southern influence. Happy Hour: Happy hour runs Tuesday thru Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. and features $5…
Spoon, one of the best bands ever to come out of Austin (and that’s saying something), hasn’t adjusted its approach to music much throughout its nearly 25 years of activity. What the band does is simple enough (at least in theory): write killer, crafty rock songs with a tasteful pop sensibility, songs that crackle with…
The Trump Administration has officially axed the federal mandate requiring employers to offer birth control coverage to employees — using reasoning straight from the Texas conservative playbook. The Obama-era mandate granted more than 55 million women easy access to birth control (with no co-payment) under employee health plans, deeming it an essential part of women’s preventative…
Austin City Limits Music Festival is in full swing, but Sound On Sound just got nipped in the bud. Just five weeks before the music fest in Bastrop County was supposed to take place, the Austin Chronicle reports that it has been cancelled due to financial woes. Organizers said a major investor pulled out, making…
Interest in a bill that would ban the sale and use of certain gun accessories came from an unexpected source on Wednesday: GOP U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas. Cornyn, a gun owner who has received $27,750 in donations from the National Rifle Association since 2002, and earlier this week said it was “disgusting” for…
Venerated Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs has explained that the title of her latest album Salón Lágrimas y Deseo (released earlier this year) indicates “a place where you dance with sadness and melancholy, but also with seduction and desire.” And, truth be told, the dichotomy illustrated by that short explanation could be used to describe Downs’…
The James Beard Foundation (a highly respected culinary organization) is hosting a Día de los Muertos dinner in honor of the holiday, calling for chefs from around the country to dish out modern Mexican fare. Of the five chefs to headline the luxurious event, two will be representing the San Antonio food scene. Among the…
San Antonio is continuing to crack down on dog tethering laws across the city — laws that the state legislature was unable to pass earlier this year. On Thursday, San Antonio City Council voted to completely ban the use of chains in restraining or tying up a dog. There are no exceptions based on weight,…
Former Spurs super-sub Jonathon “The Juice” Simmons returns to San Antonio with the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, closing out a three-game preseason home stand for the silver and black. Simmons signed a lucrative three-year, $20 million contract with the Magic over the summer, in a wild offseason that later saw him rescued by Houston…
Bill Nye the Science Guy (as if there’s any other Bill Nye that matters) will be in San Antonio! It’s no secret that he will call people out in the name of science when it comes to serving up the truth. But when Bill Nye comes to town next year, he’ll be doing so in…
Producer and DJ Simon Green performs and records as Bonobo. Ever since his first release, 2000’s Animal Magic, Green has consistently pushed himself into fresh territory with each album, patiently exploring vast swaths of the electronic music spectrum. Green is a mastermind of complex and rewarding soundscapes, danceable, thought-provoking, and mesmerizing in turns. Like the…
Mark’s Outing has seen better days, according to owner and namesake Mark Outing. And citing “tremendously slow” business days, Outing is reaching out to the community for help. Per a Facebook video, Outing is seen explaining debt he’s accrued in the past few years. And he’s not asking for money. His plan is getting folks…
In a Thursday memo to City Manager Sheryl Sculley, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus recommended that all officers “use discretion” when determining whether to arrest someone for certain minor offenses, “including marijuana possession less than 2 ounces.” That means instead of being trucked off to jail for marijuana possession, officers could just write an…
As a generally impatient person, the hardest part about keeping tabs on openings, closing and trends is waiting. Waiting for permits, waiting for soft openings, waiting for tables. It’s champagne problems, sure, especially given that I have literally nothing at stake when it comes to restaurants opening or not. But because I’ve watched Jason Dady…
For the second year in a row we’re getting a healthy splash of spillover shows from Austin City Limits, which is pretty dope considering the radius clauses that have prevented any ACL artist from playing in SA during the Zilker Park Festival up until last year. Live Nation’s controlling interest in C3 Presents may have…
It’s been a hard week to be a preteen on the Northside. Two students at Northside Independent School District middle schools, ages 12 and 13, have been physically assaulted this week by adults in two unrelated incidents. The first took place Monday at Ed Rawlinson Middle School in Shavano Heights, when a NISD officer broke…
Update 4 p.m. — In a statement to the Current, Mayor Ron Nirenberg reacted to Sessions’ decision, saying “No person should be discriminated against in the workplace, or anywhere, because of gender identity, and it is disappointing to see Jeff Sessions turn his back on protecting the civil rights of Americans.” ____ Original post U.S. Attorney…
With Austin City Limits being a day a way, the festival, which is in its 15th year now, is basically a beacon of live music ushering in the cool weather and Texas’ festival season (’cause who wants to stand outside in the heat for 10 hours). Minus our own River City Rockfest and the traveling…
Yass queen, it’s true! A super rare Selena Quintanilla interview, which has been lost for 20 years, was recently uploaded to Youtube according to the National Museum of American History. This follows the exciting discovery of rare and unpublished photos of the singer that were put on display at the National Museum of American History…
barbershop: unaccompanied group singing of popular songs usually marked by highly conventionalized close harmony. From the old custom of men in barbershops forming quartets for impromptu singing of sentimental songs. (Merriam-Webster dictionary) “Are these people 92 or something?” my 8-year-old daughter whispers in my ear. We’re at the chorus hall of the University United Methodist…
After 79 cent bean and cheese tacos in honor of National Taco Day yesterday, we didn’t think Bill Miller Bar-B-Q could get any cooler. But it just did. The San Antonio-based chain is launching a special promotion “Stranger Things Have Happened” tomorrow in which it will bring back a fan favorite menu item every week.…
A jury has found the founder of HEB’s Central Market grocery stores guilty of 48 counts of possession and promotion of child pornography. Former HEB Vice President John Campbell, 66, was initially arrested in 2014 after he accidentally attached a pornographic image of a minor to a work email sent to an HEB employee. While…
AMC Theatres and Santikos are bringing discounts your way for the entire month of October. AMC is offering $5 movie tickets every Tuesday until Halloween, which conveniently falls on a Tuesday this year. All you have to do is join the company’s Stubs Club, and you’ll be able to enjoy these discounted tickets and $5 popcorn…
As hip-hop continues to grow, change and birth bastardized interpretations of itself (see mumble rap), it’s important to pay homage to the fierce lyricists who helped take the genre to new and innovative heights. Still being categorized as “gangsta rap” due to the reference of violent situations in their lyrics, the artists in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony…
This is not a drill! When we say limited time, we mean it. McDonald’s is giving all Rick and Morty fans what they asked for, and will have its Szechuan sauce in stock… but only for one day. On Saturday, October 7, participating McDonald’s locations will be giving out Szechuan sauce in collaboration with the…
Small businesses are integral to small neighborhoods. For the Alta Vista ‘hood, Press Coffee, one of the area’s recent early adopters, is closing its doors. Press announced its shuttering on Wednesday evening in a Facebook post, and noted “an exorbitant rent increase” as the reason for the move. The news comes after a change.org petition was…
Fans of bike racing and extreme sports in general will, for the second year in a row, hav e the opportunity to catch a unique spectacle of a race right in downtown San Antonio, at the Alamo no less. (Because nothing screams madcap bike race like a recently crowned World Heritage Site, am I right?)…
The San Antonio Police Department has arrested a man suspected of igniting the fire at the Ingram Square shopping complex that left one firefighter dead. Emond Johnson, 39, owned the Spartan Box Gym, one of the businesses torched by the flames in the May 18 fire. But according to San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood, Johnson…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has formally allowed state law enforcement to carry and administer naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses. “Experiences of law enforcement agencies outside Texas leave no question about the ability of law enforcement agencies to assist a person experiencing an opioid overdose,” Paxton writes. While the Texas Legislature passed…
Seven food trucks will fight it out for bragging rights at The Block this Sunday. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., best brunch on wheels is at stake during The Battle of the Brunch. Competing trucks include Curb Food Truck, Food Maniacs, La Mina, Mr. Fish, Chilolo, Bob and Timmy’s Pizza on Wheels, and Crazy…
Less than a month after San Antonio’s North East Independent School District board unanimously voted to rename Robert E. Lee High School, the district set up a survey for people to submit new name ideas. On Monday, the board made the survey’s 2,443 submissions public. The results are what you’d expect from the internet: “Schooly…
That’s a lot of pizzas. BOOK IT!, a program launched in 1984 by Pizza Hut helped turn many millennials into readers (albeit in screen form) with its progressive reading charts and challenges. And now the Reagan Era-program will try helping young minds grow – and score a personal-sized pan pizza from the Hut as a…
San Antonio already knows how awesome of a place the Pearl is, but apparently so do outsiders. The American Planning Association listed the Pearl aka every San Antonian’s favorite hangout spot as one of 15 great places in America this month. While the honor is based of off city planning, that isn’t to say that…
Known for their innovative jazz takes and collaborations with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, The Creator (born Tyler Gregory Okonma), Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown and Ghostface Killah, Badbadnotgood originally formed when the three members met while enrolled in the jazz program at Humber College in Toronto. The group covered “Lemonade” by Gucci Mane for a…
After a grand opening bash this past Thursday, and a brief hiatus sorting out permits, The Rustic is now open. The 28,000-square-foot mega-venue/restaurant/bar makes three SA joints for Dallas’ Free Range Concepts (which also added The General Public and Bowl & Barrel to the Rim), and happens to be backed by Thursday headliner and San…
Need some glitz to pump up your Saturday night? Well, Stars and Garters has got you, babe! Crowned “Best Burlesque Troupe” in our annual readers’ poll from 2013 to 2016, the company’s rolling out a “sexy ’70s spectacular” featuring their signature blend of burlesque, variety acts and audience participation, this time with a Studio 54…
A 39-year-old man who frequents San Antonio lit up social media last night with a flurry of Facebook posts threatening to drive down the “strip” (referring to the N. Main Ave strip of LGBT clubs) and kill people. Roderick Lamar Robinson, who goes by “Rod Lamar” on Facebook, wrote that he was high on “ice”…
You can only find such a deal on an average day at many local taquerias, but the Texas-chain is coming through with this discount in honor of the special day. According to a Facebook post from earlier this morning, the fast-food barbecue joint will be offering 79 cent bean and cheese tacos. All. Day. Stop…
A Harris County court has reduced convicted murderer Duane Buck’s sentence to life in prison, twenty years after racist testimony stuck him on death row. Buck was found guilty in 1995 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her friend in Houston. In his 1997 trial, a prison psychiatrist told the jury that Buck would be more dangerous in…
Formed in 1989, Dark Tranquility are considered one of the pioneering bands to hail from Gothenburg, Sweden’s metal scene and have been consistently releasing music since their 1990 demo Enfeebled Earth. Though the band’s sound has evolved over the years, from thrash, to death metal and to experimenting with a variety of metal subgenres, the…
“The Latino List,” a photographic portrait exhibit opening Friday, October 6 at the San Antonio Museum of Art, evinces a surprising profundity within its deceptive simplicity. The portraits are huge (58-by-44 inches) and ultra-high definition, with plain backgrounds, meant to draw viewers’ attention to the subjects, which include Sandra Cisneros, Eva Longoria, Pitbull, Henry Cisneros,…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You wouldn’t expect a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso’s Guernica or sing Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes…
Q: I’m a 22-year-old straight male dating a 23-year-old woman. This is by far the most sexual relationship I’ve been in, which is great, except one part is freaking me out: I recently “caught” my girlfriend masturbating with her roommate’s panties. (She knew I was coming over and wanted me to catch her.) It turns…
Thu 10/5 Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas Produced by Texas Folklife, the short documentary Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas looks at the “rising presence of Santa Muerte in communities across Texas; from its controversial significance as a folk saint, to its condemnation by the Catholic Church, the impact it has on…
Before filmmaker David Lowery put actor Casey Affleck under a white bed sheet and waxed philosophical earlier this year in A Ghost Story, a film featuring a scene where actress Rooney Mara eats an entire chocolate cream pie for five whole minutes (no, seriously), the Milwaukee-born director/writer was given the opportunity to create his own…
Jumping into the hearts of indie-pop enthusiasts worldwide with their 2011 breakout single “Pumped Up Kicks,” Foster The People returned with a brand new record, Sacred Hearts Club this past July. Upon release of Sacred, which is a little more beat-forward and strangely psychedelic for a pop release, the band announced a tour with a…
The origins of the modern flamenco dress trace back nearly two centuries to Seville’s Feria de Abril, where gypsy women wore inexpensive calico dresses accentuated by layers of ruffles. As flamenco moved from its original gypsy communities and into Spain’s cafés cantantes in the second half of the 19th century, its costumes became more extravagant. Today, flamenco…
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were each country music stars in their own right before their 1996 marriage. Since the two wed, however, as if the country-loving public was somehow a third partner in the Hill/McGraw union, both stars’ careers, individually and together, have been blessed by massive, consistent success. While Hill hasn’t released any…
In a dark gallery on the city’s Eastside, a group of people, mostly women, of all ages gather to pay tribute to the late Mexican icon Juan Gabriel on a Thursday night. There are music videos projected onto a wall, folding chairs spread across the room and a bar with homemade sandía punch, where guests…
While there are plenty of people who might (justly) criticize accomplished, quirkily macabre director/writer Tim Burton’s oeuvre as lacking in diversity, none could accuse the man of lacking in creativity. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure to Beetlejuice, from Edward Scissorhands to The Nightmare Before Christmas, from Sweeney Todd to Big Fish, Burton has created a whole,…
Known to comedy nerds for his work on Mr. Show and The Sarah Silverman Program, veteran stand-up Brian Posehn might still be most often recognized for playing Kevin on Just Shoot Me (he’s 6-foot-7, weighs over 300 pounds and has red hair if you’re still unclear as to who he is), but a couple of…
One of two fall exhibitions opening at Blue Star Contemporary this week, “Home Bodies” approaches the intersection of artists’ work with family life. Featured works engage the perspectives of the parent, child, sibling and protector while examining the inherent bonds and conflicts within familial relationships. The exhibition is marked by a home-life aesthetic and the…
With most Americans largely divided along party lines on issues such as immigration reform, Daniela Cavazos Madrigal hopes her artwork can spark a dialogue about the American Dream and what it means to be an immigrant in Trump’s America. “I think it was always something that I was interested in because I had a lot of…
Produced by Texas Folklife, the short documentary Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas looks at the “rising presence of Santa Muerte in communities across Texas; from its controversial significance as a folk saint, to its condemnation by the Catholic Church, the impact it has on religious freedom and the place it holds among censored…
Ever since he was a kid, Tom Cruise wanted to work for the Colombian drug cartels? Not quite, but American Made, based on the true story of commercial airline pilot-turned international criminal mastermind Barry Seal, hits a lot of the same beats as Goodfellas, though it misses some it tries to hit, too. By the time Barry,…
