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• Six Flags Fiesta Texas’ Epic New Rollercoaster

  May 17, 2013

  By Isis Madrid
  

  The Iron Rattler is no joke. This ridiculous new hybrid coaster (made of both wood and steel) opens to season pass holders this weekend and then to the public on Saturday, May 25. The Rattler is the world’s steepest and fastest hybrid coaster, boasting a terrifying/awesome 81-degree fall from a height of 180-feet, so...
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• Spurs vs. Grizzlies Conference Finals Tickets On Sale

  May 17, 2013

  By Isis Madrid
  

  Straight from the Spurs’ mouth: Tickets to the San Antonio Spurs’ first two home games of the Western Conference Finals (Games 1 & 2) against the Memphis Grizzlies are on sale now on Spurs.com or ATTCenter.com.  The Spurs will host the Grizzlies at the AT&T Center for Game 1 on Sunday, May 19 at 2:30 p.m. Spurs tickets...
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• Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: Spring Awakening

  May 17, 2013

  By ARTSLUT
  

  With music by Duncan Sheik (best remembered for his 1996 single “Barely Breathing”), this provocative musical combines a sexy book with even sexier, alt-rock based songs like “The Bitch of Living,” “Touch Me,” and “Totally Fucked.” Unlike a lot of musical theater, this isn’t a safe bet for a first date or a matinee...
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• Spurs Advance to Conference Finals

  May 17, 2013

  By Mike Seely
  

  If you, a Spurs fan, were told that Tim Duncan sat on the bench during the final four minutes, that Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker combined to shoot 4-22 from the field, and that the Spurs were playing a Game 6 against a desperate–and supremely talented–team in one of the most hostile road arenas...
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• Stay Current with the Pick of the Day: New Directions in Conjunto Music

  May 16, 2013

  By S.A. SOUND
  

  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 bands and musicians, bask in the energy of fresh talent, and, mostly, shuffle to the squeezeboxes.The TCF is oomping through its third decade of existence, and this year’s...
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• Why We Won’t Help the GEO Group Avoid a Lawsuit

  May 15, 2013

  By Michael Barajas
  

   Last July, GEO Care, a wholly owned subsidiary of the private prison behemoth GEO Group, submitted a proposal to the Texas Department of State Health Services to privatize the Kerrville State Hospital, where hundreds of criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent are sent for treatment each year. To the delight of government watchdogs and prison...
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• Letters From the Editor: On Vaginas

  May 15, 2013

  By Callie Enlow
  

  Introducing a weekly opinion column about vaginas, penises, and everything in between. Why yes, there is some sand in my vagina. It is actually irritating me and I need to address it, so hold on, here we go… Vagina. There, I said it. Vagina, vagina, vagina. I have a vagina. Y’all, my mom has...
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• The Lydia Mendoza Commemorative Stamp is Here

  May 15, 2013

  By Enrique Lopetegui
  

  Few times has the Teatro Guadalupe been as packed as it was in the morning of May 15, when the United States Postal Service and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center headed by Patty Ortiz hosted the First-Day-Of-Issue Ceremony of the Lydia Mendoza Commemorative stamp launched by the USPS. The ceremony was emceed by actor...
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