Fiesta isn’t the only thing on San Antonians’ minds right now.
As evidenced by the Current‘s most-read stories of the week, the Alamo City zeitgeist also seems to be consumed by the slow-mo train wreck that is our current political climate.
Readers clicked on a story about the outrage surrounding a local high schooler’s brave graduation-night fashion choice and also on a piece examining Sen. Ted Cruz’s latest bizarro Twitter exploits.
Large numbers also read — and reshared — a story about SA artist Rafael Gonzales Jr. delivering a not-so-subtle message to Texas’ increasingly authoritarian governor — rendered, of course, in tasteful papel picado style.
Read on to see what other pieces of content folks were able to sneak in while Fiesta pre-gaming. In honor of the citywide party, consider it news on a stick.
10. Traders Village San Antonio debuts new, 10-acre sunflower field with maze and other activities
9. Gov. Greg Abbott signs open-carry bill in San Antonio and the pro-gun crowd shouts down a reporter
8. Assclown Alert: Unpacking Gov. Greg Abbott’s theater at the U.S.-Mexico border
7. Man suspected of stabbing San Antonio woman at Palladium movie theater turns self in
6. University of Texas at San Antonio bags $40 million donation from billionaire MacKenzie Scott
5. Star Wars’ Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor join lineup of San Antonio’s Celebrity Fan Fest
4. Fiesta finally returns to San Antonio — and here are some of its highlight events
3. San Antonio artist Rafael Gonzales Jr. debuts papel picado-style ‘F*ck Greg Abbott’ shirts
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This article appears in Jun 16-29, 2021.