Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ san antonio ’

El Valiente, Piñata Protest’s brand new recording, officially comes out May 21, but you don’t have to wait that long — it has been streaming since May 12 on NPR’s First Listen. The nine-song EP includes Piñata-styled conjunto-norteño-punk covers of immortal classics like “Volver, Volver” and “La Cucaracha,” plus new hits like “Vato Perrón.”...
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For the past week, Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas) has sounded like a tired, battered man. Carona found himself in the middle of a proverbial firestorm on the Senate floor last Thursday while trying to bring up for a vote his SB 1247, which would toughen state-wide regulations for payday and auto title lenders. After...
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(Text and photos by Joel Pena) Boston is a beautiful, well-kept city.  As a new college student I have enjoyed the amount of events that are held in public spaces. Going on long walks helps me meet new people and stretch my legs, and the day of the Boston Marathon was no different. I...
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Check out this neat timelapse video of San Antonio we stumbled upon by San Diego techie Declan Fleming. It seems Fleming has an affinity for watching the sun go down in cities across the country. He’s got similar videos of Chicago and Baltimore on his Vimeo page.
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(Photo courtesy of sascorpions.com) The San Antonio Scorpions kicked-off their North American Soccer League’s 2013 season earning a fair 0-0 draw against Minnesota United FC. It was a lively, wide open game with scoring chances for both teams. Twice (once for each team), the ball hit the crossbar and twice Scorpions goalie Pat Hannigan’s...
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The first edition of the Maverick Music Festival was one of those events that just don’t happen too often in SA: a first-time music fest with top headliners, great sound, a packed house (it was sold-out but not oversold, so you could move around without having to say “excuse me” 2,000 times), a very...
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The birth of a new music festival is always cause for some excitement, especially when the king of music festivals chooses San Antonio to start a new musical extravaganza. “San Antonio is a special city that doesn’t always get love should,” said Austin-based Gary Clark Jr., who has seized a...
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Friday protesters gathered in front of the Alamo today to protest SB 1128, which would make it so that minority history classes – like Mexican-American, African-American, LGBT, or feminist history courses, for example – wouldn't count toward core-credit requirements in Texas schools.
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Join SA Women Will March for the International Woman’s Day March  at 10am today, in Dignowity Park (701 Nolan). Afterwards, there wil be a rally in Plaza del Zacate with speakers, performers and community activities. Current: When and where is the SA Women’s March? Rosalynn Warren, SA International Woman’s Day March Planning Committee: The 23rd Annual...
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Want to Foster now?  Sara and her pups need a loving foster home to grow up in. She will do all the work for her 4 week old puppies. She is a calm and sweet dog but like any mother she is very protective of her puppies and needs to be kept completely separated from any...
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We sat down with Cornell professor Anthony Ingraffea, persona non grata in the oil and gas industry, to talk fracking, climate change, and industry regulation on the eve of this week's Eagle Ford Shale conference.
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