All it took was one rainy day in Los Angeles for Pixar layout artist Saschka Unseld to sprout an idea. While standing outside, Unseld, who had already worked on a number of Pixar films including “Toy Story 3,” “Cars 2,” and “Brave,” noticed an umbrella that had been tossed in the gutter. “I just...
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NPR is reporting that James Gandolfini, an actor known for his infamous Tony Soprano mafia boss character on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” died of a “sudden stroke” earlier today while in Italy for the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.
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As campaigns wind down and recent city council runoff election winners get the official nod later this week during a swearing-in ceremony at City Hall, what should we expect from our newly elected members once the celebrating is done and they start the real work in office? Based on the Current’s candidate questionnaires from...
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Funny thing, a basketball fan’s psyche. Had the Spurs gotten blown out by 30 instead of having a championship snatched out from under Ray Allen’s feet in the final five seconds of Game 6, it’s safe to say San Antonio would be a far more cheerful pace in the hours leading up to the...
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Some things take forever and a day to get done. In 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Texas were finally informed that the days of slavery were over. The news was delivered by Major General Gordon Granger when his regiment arrived in Galveston to enforce Federal...
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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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Damien Velasco, founder of Sharpen Up Graphics, got the idea from novelty shirts. But he never saw it done for a sports team before. “I wanted something that was going to be unique and get the fans as close as possible to the Spurs,” Velasco said. And that’s exactly what happened during a fateful...
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People are “genuinely afraid” of how the Texas Legislature treats women, said state Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) in an impassioned speech just before the Republican-dominated Senate, in a 20-10 vote, sailed through a measure that would shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state. Watson requested his colleagues remember the day they...
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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... By Enrique Lopetegui 6/19/2013
Six Famous Followers of Hare Krishna Music: George Harrison: The former Beatle was a great friend of the Hare Krishnas. He paid for the publication of the first edition of the Krishna book... By Enrique Lopetegui 6/19/2013
To Talk or Not to Talk: HemisFair and Convention Center designs News: Taken together, the joint public input processes for both HemisFair park and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center remind us of that Best in Show... By Mary Tuma and Callie Enlow 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
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
5 Must See Films at the 2013 San Antonio Film Festival Screens: It’s a tough gig being a San Antonio filmmaker. Take Kevin and Robin Nations, for example. The filmmaking couple and their cast and crew let the sweltering... By Kiko Martínez 6/12/2013
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