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Live and Local: After hiatus, San Antonio Music Showcase is returning June 22
This year’s roster of more than 100 local acts is the biggest in the festival’s history.
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San Antonio Music Showcase returning June 22 after five-year hiatus
The event will include more than 50 local acts and DJs across an array of genres, from hip-hop and rock to Latin and Americana.
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San Antonio nightclub El Ojo permanently closing next month
El Ojo opened in summer 2018, spinning obscure punk, ’80s goth and industrial music.
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San Antonio burger favorite Tycoon Flats opens second location
The St. Mary’s Strip staple has taken over a space on Austin Highway that formerly housed Cerroni’s Purple Garlic.
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San Antonio nightspot The Squeezebox closing permanently at end of July
The losses from the city’s long-delayed construction on St. Mary’s Street were “too great to recover from,” owner Aaron Peña said.
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San Antonio Councilman Mario Bravo’s loss shows constituents think he failed to deliver
In most other elections, one-term incumbent Bravo’s 41%-59% loss to education consultant and political newcomer Sukh Kaur would have come as a surprise. But this race was different.
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Yellowbird, Wurst Behavior: San Antonio’s biggest food stories of the week
One of our top stories also chronicled the theft of a local food truck specializing in Mediterranean donuts.
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San Antonio eatery passed over for COVID-recovery grant will now get money following media inquiries
As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, owner Tammy Russell was grappling with how she would keep her 28-year-old business afloat.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio owes the public better transparency on its delayed construction projects
Too many delays and too many unexplained disruptions might well lead to far more ‘no’ votes on the next big bond program.
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Analysis: San Antonio ordinance holding contractors accountable for delays welcome, if overdue
‘I was just asking questions: Why are we hiring these contractors when they’re not doing a good job?’ said Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda, who authored the ordinance.
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Food pop-up Saha to serve Palestinian cuisine at San Antonio’s Little Death Wine Bar
The new concept is kicking off a 12-Saturday run at the St. Mary’s Strip mainstay.
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Vibras, Girl Scout Cookies: San Antonio’s biggest food stories of the week
Two prominent bar launches — one on the St. Mary’s Strip and another in Southtown — were among the Current‘s most-visited food stories.
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At a Tipping Point: Workers like me feel the pain from San Antonio’s lagging construction projects
For individuals who work at bars and restaurants, the glacial pace of construction projects isn’t just toxic to San Antonio’s cultural lifeblood but our livelihoods.
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San Antonio small businesses say city grants to cover construction losses don’t go far enough
Owners say the city payout is paltry and comes too late to undo the months of damage they have suffered.
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San Antonio’s Curry Boys BBQ to be featured on episode of Steven Raichlen’s Planet BBQ
The St. Mary’s Strip walk-up restaurant is also planning to move to larger digs across the street.
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Friends remember St. Mary’s Strip venue owner Blayne Tucker as a tireless live-music champion
Although he started his professional career as an attorney, it didn’t take Tucker long to accumulate music-industry bragging rights that had little to do with his background in law.
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San Antonio to vote on relief package for businesses affected by construction along St. Mary’s Strip
The proposed $2.25 million relief package would come from American Rescue Plan funds.
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San Antonio club owner Blayne Tucker, a tireless live-music champion, has died
Tucker owned St. Mary’s Strip staple The Mix and helped secure $15 billion in relief funds for music venues during the pandemic.
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Harris Bay planning 1,000-unit, mixed-use development in San Antonio’s fast-growing Tobin Hill
The project would add to the flurry of housing developments underway in Tobin Hill, making it the hottest submarket in central San Antonio.
