Music:
Five new hall of famers will be inducted into the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Conjunto Music Hall of Fame during the festival, bringing the...
By Jeffrey Wright
5/16/2013
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
Music:
As booking agent for Twin Productions, Erica Vigliante can really only keep her eye on the national scene. To her surprise, it took an...
By J.D. Swerzenski
5/15/2013
Aural Pleasure Review:
With the exception of Dirty Projectors, there’s really no more distinct-sounding band out today than Vampire Weekend. No matter your level of...
By J.D. Swerzenski
5/10/2013
Aural Pleasure Review:
San Antonio quartet Wild Party’s sound may fall slightly short of their name, but on their debut EP they prove themselves to be experts at crafting a bouncy...
By James Courtney
5/7/2013
Music:
Christine Rebel always liked dogs, but her love of pit bulls became an obsession after she met Farrah Fawcett. Not the Charlie’s Angel, but Rebel’s...
By Enrique Lopetegui
5/8/2013
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
Nightlife:
San Antonians know that icehouses, those uniquely Texan structures, are “the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems” to paraphrase Homer Simpson...
By Callie Enlow
5/15/2013
Food & Drink:
The terms “wood-fired” and“brick oven pizza” have longbeen bandied about as guarantors of quality, though sadly they seldom ring true. What may arrive out...
By Scott Andrews
5/15/2013
Food & Drink:
That beer goes with barbecue is a Texan article of faith, but as smoked meat purveyors gain cult status and the craft beer culture explodes, a Shiner...
By Miriam Sitz
5/15/2013
Food & Drink:
Cold beer is a staple in Texas. As the mercury starts its inevitable climb into sizzling summer heat, beer’s indelible association with barbecue and other...
By Diana Roberts
5/15/2013
Food & Drink:
The Grapevine in Gruene is a place to try the excellent local wines. Now it’s also where you can sample some craft beers, too. On the third Thursday of every month...
By Lauren W. Madrid
5/15/2013
Screens:
It is hard to think of a father-son combination that distinguished itself more in two different art forms than the Renoirs’ père et fils...
By Steven G. Kellman
5/15/2013
Screens:
(8pm Mon, PBS) When you tune into an American Masters program about Mel Brooks, you know it’s going to be fun. As a Borscht Belt entertainer, TV comedy writer...
By Dean Robbins
5/15/2013
Screens:
(8pm Sun, Discovery) This seven-part nature documentary takes us on a stunning tour of the continent, gliding from the Canadian tundra to the Utah desert to...
By Dean Robbins
5/15/2013
Screens:
(7pm Sun, ABC) The Billboard Music Awards prides itself on having something for everyone, with nods to R&B, rap, country and Billboard’s other charts...
By Dean Robbins
5/15/2013
Screens:
(8pm Fri, ABC) In the season finale, the panel of five self-made millionaires hears intriguing pitches from budding business people. A woman named Val...
By Dean Robbins
5/15/2013
Screens:
(7:30pm Mon, Fox) In Fox’s promising new sitcom, three estranged siblings reunite after their father (Beau Bridges) dies, only to learn that he...
By Dean Robbins
5/15/2013
Arts & Culture:
A quarter of the way through The Flu Season, Will Eno’s 2003 absurdist exercise set in a psychiatric hospital, patients in the TV room watch a report on how an entire family fell through early-winter ice and died. Skating on a thin dramatic surface, the pla
By Steven G. Kellman
5/17/2013
ASK A MEXICAN:
Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty and corrupt of...
By Gustavo Arellano
5/19/2013
Arts & Culture:
Some craft beer aficionados take the go-local movement to an extreme. Not content to seek out the latest seasonal brew from a Texas...
By Scott Andrews
5/15/2013
Arts & Culture:
Kaye Lenox, former San Antonio Public Library Foundation executive director, admits she was dubious the first time a friend asked her to see...
By Dan R. Goddard
5/15/2013
ASK A MEXICAN:
Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from?
By Gustavo Arellano
5/15/2013
Astrology:
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant superhero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic...
By Rob Brezsny
5/15/2013
