Arts & Culture:
The Proxy Theater Company opens its first full season with Mark Schultz's genuinely unsettling Everything Will Be Different, an unblinking examination of...
By Thomas Jenkins
2/1/2012
Arts & Culture:
Finally, Artpace has a new executive director. Since past-director Matthew Drutt left suddenly in January 2011, interim managing director Mary Heathcott has run the...
By Scott Andrews
2/1/2012
Fashionation:
I met Sofia Davis, personal shopper and New York Fashion Week stylist, to talk shop — shopping, that is. Specifically, I wanted to know what to wear in the new year.
By Desiree Prieto
2/1/2012
Arts & Culture:
Steve Wiman's installation lines the walls of the back room at Sala Diaz with running piles of debris that form bands of red, yellow, green, and blue. It is visually stunning...
By Scott Andrews
2/1/2012
Astrology:
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sad but true: A lot of people seem to be perpetually in a state of wanting what they don't have and not wanting what they actually do have.
By Rob Brezsny
2/1/2012
ASK A MEXICAN:
Dear Mexican: My cousin had put a picture on Facebook that said, "I will not be forced to learn a foreign language to accommodate illegals in my country."
By Gustavo Arellano
2/1/2012
Spuriosity:
The modern athlete is the physical artist who’s expected to produce a nightly masterpiece. His or her greatness hinges upon their ability to creatively navigate...
By Ryan Sachetta
1/25/2012
Arts & Culture:
With its production of Ain't Misbehavin' — starring The Jeffersons' Sherman Hemsley — the Josephine is movin' on up… to the most expensive theater ticket in San Antonio...
By Thomas Jenkins
1/25/2012
Arts & Culture:
The last thing we need in Texas is more Western kitsch, but Jeff Wheeler's show at Fl!ght Gallery proves it's still worth taking another look at our rural heritage. Wheeler is fascinated by...
By Scott Andrews
1/25/2012
Arts & Culture:
Jessica Halonen makes her debut at the David Shelton Gallery this month with Propagating Uncertainty, a meditation on the pharmaceutical industry's genetic manipulations of...
By Scott Andrews
1/25/2012
Flash Fiction:
Ahhhh, destitution, that sharp, tangy taste. But even those in need have the hubris of place (in this case a ZIP code). What I like most about this piece is the voice...
By Lyle Rosdahl
1/25/2012
ASK A MEXICAN:
Dear Mexican: It’s so sad to see your wimpy answers. Your replies scream self-hatred and self-shame for your raza. You’re pathetic! No plan or desire to fix Mexico’s problems. You’re a puto with...
By Gustavo Arellano
1/25/2012
Astrology:
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I'm afraid that means you're not going to have as much right to complain as...
By Rob Brezsny
1/25/2012
Artifacts:
Last Wednesday afternoon I was privileged to watch the San Antonio Symphony rehearse at the Majestic Theater. Afterwards, conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing offered a few ...
By Scott Andrews
1/25/2012
Arts & Culture:
Tony Feher likes plastic. In Thomas Hoving, his new exhibition at Artpace, strands of iridescent red, orange, and purple nylon string sweep from the ceiling...
By Scott Andrews
1/18/2012