On Friday, June 21 the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will unveil San Antonio’s first Little Free Library. Located at 816 South Colorado, the Little Free Library will allow book lovers to share, swap, and borrow books for free. Part of a worldwide movement initiated by Todd Bol, Little Free Libraries offer communities free...
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1. San Antonio Film Festival: Texas Before the Alamo In association with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, ATENEO, and others, the San Antonio Film Festival presents the premier of director/producer Bill Millet’s Texas Before the Alamo, a film about the founding of the Lone Star State and the Spanish who established its missions, presidios,...
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The nostalgia trip is on. With the recent news of Disney Channel’s official order of Girl Meets World, a sequel series to Boy Meets World starring Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel reprising their roles of Cory and Topanga, the show is yet another in the growing line of reboots in television. From Arrested Development’s...
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Tanya Kulhanek can sometimes be seen sprawled on the floor of her store, the Jewelry Box in Southtown, painting colorful skulls that don smiles, dresses and lamp shades as hats. While happy skeletons seem like an oxymoron, the art is inspired by Mexican folk art and Dia De Los Muertos, the Mexican Catholic holiday...
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Spectacular but empty. As a director of hyperbolic havoc, Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, SuckerPunch) has thankfully put aside his slow-then-fast effects and replaced them with the pixilated bombast of Michael Bay, albeit with more craft and focus. It’s hard to say whether cinematographer Amir Mokri’s (Transformers: Dark Of The Moon) chaotic hand-held approach is...
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum has named Steven Evans as consulting manager to the Southtown arts hub. Evans will work with the board of directors to revamp Blue Star’s strategic plan, and manage daily operations. Blue Star is currently without a director, since Bill FitzGibbons stepped down from the leadership role this week. Evans,...
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Thursday, June 13 1. Borgore Having notched over 10 releases since 2009, Israeli dubstep producer/rapper Borgore comes to SA with a new EP, Legend, just two weeks away. Influenced by everything in his long history of music and travel, Borgore is unique among the ever-growing cast of international EDM artists. His sound, ready-made for...
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The Board of Trustees of the Linda Pace Foundation has announced Maura Reilly as its new executive director. An internationally acclaimed curator, critic, and art historian with a doctorate in art history, Reilly has extensive experience in scholarly research, teaching, and arts administration, and is known for her ground breaking advocacy for the study...
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A man waits patiently beneath a streetlight. The city’s darkened alleyways etch out like veins behind him. He imagines the streets pumping cigarette smoke as oxygen. As his mark leaves the Chevy, the man tosses his lit cigarette into the pooling water along the gutter. He makes softly for the bushes, adjusts a microphone...
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In conjunction with its Summer of ’83 and Tough Guy Cinema series, Alamo Drafthouse walks “the thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess” with a revival screening of Brian De Palma’s American crime classic Scarface. A remake of a 1932 adaptation of Armitage Trail’s 1929 novel of the same name, the film...
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“Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 16 months, you know the story: on February 21, 2012, members of Pussy Riot stormed the altar of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and sang a self-penned punk anthem whose chorus borrowed the opening of Rachmaninoff’s “Ave Maria” and loudly implored “Mother of...
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Jade Esteban Estrada knows how to fill the stage all by himself, but a few eyebrows were raised when it was announced earlier this year that he would take on renowned raconteur Mike Daisey’s solo show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. Estrada is a comedian, singer, and gay entertainment icon. Daisey’s...
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Girl in a Coma Singer Nina Díaz' Spiritual Makeover Music: “What’s up with Nina?” I asked Faith Radle, Girl in a Coma’s manager, looking at the band’s lead singer, Nina Díaz. It was pouring rain that... By Enrique Lopetegui 6/19/2013
SB5: Dead Anti-Abortion Bills See New Life In Special Session News: Just when we thought we evaded a round of draconian abortion bills proposed during the surprisingly quiet 83rd Texas Legislative regular session, Gov. Rick Perry... By Mary Tuma 6/19/2013
2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List Best of 2012: 2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List 4/25/2012
Kanye West's 'Yeezus': Batty Narcissism or Legitimate Art? Aural Pleasure Review: “When you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it’s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities,” West recently told... By M. R. Brown 6/18/2013
Best Beer Selection Best of SA 2012: There are times at the Flying Saucer that frequent flyers need to be told to fasten their seat belts because they're in for a taste explosion. Even those who have... 4/25/2012
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