The winners at the Berlin International Film Festival were announced Sunday.
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Oh Yoko! Happy 80th Birthday, Ms. Ono.
See Rufus and Martha Wainwright sing "Happy Birthday" to Yoko Ono yesterday in Berlin.
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World Press Photo champ is Sweden’s Paul Hansen
Here's the world's best news photograph of 2012.
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Miller Farms penalized for illegal raw milk drop-offs
Fifteen miles east of San Antonio, Miller Farms’ dairy production has encountered legal troubles. Miller supplies Grade A quality grass-fed raw milk to San Antonio and neighboring areas both via retail sales on the farm and drop off points around town. These drop off locations are usually held at private residences and make...
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The Royalty coming to War Room 2/16
El Paso's The Royalty will be at War Room on Saturday, along with We Leave at Midnight and Purple.
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Sen. Campbell pushes Creationism during SBOE confirmation hearing
The Texas State Board of Education still trying to distance itself from its recent tumultuous past. In 2010, as the board revised curriculum standards for the state’s science and history textbooks, a super-conservative wing led by Don McLeroy made the SBOE the butt of jokes across the country, injecting charged conservative language into the...
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Anti-LGBT pastor will again officiate tonight’s mass marriage ceremony
Last year a dozen or so same-sex couples who showed up on the Bexar County Courthouse steps for the annual Valentine’s midnight marriage ceremony got good ol’ religious rebuke local pastor Joe Sullivan. “He said we were there solely to be repulsive and disgusting,” GetEqual Texas activist Julie Pousson told us back then. “And...
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Downtown Tuesday and Mayor Castro announce photo contest
It’s Fat Tuesday and Downtown Tuesday couldn’t be luckier to be celebrating its One-Year Anniversary on a day famed for food, beer, beads and mischief. “San Antonians need to know, if you haven’t been downtown in a while, you don’t know what you’re missing,” said Mayor Castro at the anniversary press conference at Ocho Lounge earlier...
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Texas Civil Rights Project sues City of San Antonio for banning man from City Hall
The Texas Civil Rights Project yesterday filed a lawsuit against SAPD Chief William McManus, San Antonio City Attorney Michael Bernard, and the City of San Antonio for the rare practice of banning troublemakers from City Hall and Municipal Plaza. The group sued on behalf of former SA Fire Department contract coordinator Michael Cuellar, one...
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Gemase Lee Simmons guilty on all counts
Judge: bogus reality TV producer/modeling agent has an "evil heart fatally bent on mischief"
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(Alleged) Dirtbag of the Week: Glen L. Dukes, charged with human trafficking
Police say Glen L. Dukes lured in at least two East Side women with food, clothing, shelter, and crack cocaine and in exchange pimped them out, took all their earnings, and beat them if they didn’t obey his commands. Authorities arrested Dukes, 43, this week on two counts of continuous trafficking of persons. If...
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2013 Tejano Conjunto Festival Explores The Genre's Family Tree Music: If San Antonio is the mecca of conjunto, then the Tejano Conjunto Festival serves as the genre’s hajj — a chance to pay homage to accomplished... By Jeffrey Wright 5/15/2013
Chris Perez, husband of slain Tejana icon Selena, tells of romance, suffering Arts & Culture: In one of the final chapters of his book To Selena, With Love (out March 6), Selena's widower Chris Perez mentions that Abraham Quintanilla, his former father-in-law, once... By Enrique Lopetegui 3/7/2012
New Cove Bar is the Latest to Step Up Craft Brew Offerings in SA Nightlife: Believe it or not, The Cove co-owner Lisa Asvestas was once a Coors Light drinker. “Seriously, Coors Light,” she said with a hint of contrition... By Michael Barajas 5/15/2013
