AltWeeklies Wire
Ramon Hernandez Squeezes a History of Latino Music into His Apartmentnew
In the early 1960s, he began collecting literature, periodicals, recordings, photographs, and other memorabilia on Latinos in the music industry, from the crooners of the '40s to the rock 'n' rollers of the '50s to anyone who has ever been associated with Tejano, conjunto, and musica ranchera.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dwayne Johnson Drops Geological Nickname to Fashion New Image for 'Get Smart'new
The former WWE champion is a different man in pursuit of a different image.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Former Death-House Chaplain Talks About Capital Punishmentnew
From 1982-95, Reverend Carroll Pickett presided over the executions of 95 inmates. After his retirement, Pickett became an anti-death-penalty advocate and began working with the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. At the Death House Door, the documentary following his emotional career, premiered at the SXSW film festival in March.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
04-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
30th-annual CineFestival Spotlights Latino Filmmakersnew
CineFestival will highlight cinematic work from across the globe including the countries of Chile, Bolivia, and Mexico. What co-director Victor Payan is most excited about, however, is the number of U.S. Latinos who will screen their films this year.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
04-09-2008 |
Movies
Reality Bytesnew
Director-editor Juan Carlos Pineiro
Escoriaza's Second Skin attempts to humanize Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing gamers who spend a significant portion of their lives hiding behind an avatar and handle.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Carlos Pineiro, Second Skin
The Book of Sikunew
"Okay, let's do this again" are the first words printed in the Manga Bible, an adaptation of the Holy Bible in Japanese graphic-novel form.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-19-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kicking into High Gearnew
Director and actor Mark Cantu sticks behind the camera for his latest feature, Echo.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Echo, Mark Cantu
Art Garfunkel Knows Where He Standsnew
Although he admits he does not know what the future holds, the 66-year-old, carrot-fro'd crooner seems to realize he will never approach the pinnacle he once co-inhabited with Paul Simon from 1965 to 1970.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Go South, Young Mannew
Prodigal screenwriter Trent Moran chooses his hometown of San Antonio over the Hollywood hills.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
12-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
You Dirty Girlnew
Don't let her innocent June Cleaver-meets-Amazing-Technicolor-Dreamcoat-appearance fool you. Stand-up comedian Lisa Lampanelli is vulgar, vivacious, and vicious.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
12-05-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Ron Paul's Apostlesnew
Armed with bumper stickers, DVDs, literature on civil liberties, a few Bush-bashing marketing tools, and copies of the United States Constitution, local supporters of the 2008 presidential hopeful aren't acting like their candidate is a long-shot to become the next leader of the free world. They actually think he can win.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
11-14-2007 |
Politics
Interview With a Vampire Professornew
Whether your concept of "vampire" stems from Bram Stoker's 1897 classic Dracula, Wesley Snipes blasting vamps into ash in Blade, or the Count adding up the number of bats in his castle on Sesame Street, Dr. Thomas Garza appreciates them all.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-31-2007 |
Culture
Halle Berry Discusses 'Things We Lost in the Fire'new
Berry can say she is back on track to earn her second Oscar nomination for her intimate role in her new film.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Loud and PROUD-FMnew
PROUD-FM, the first and only commercial LGBT radio station in the world, hopes to reach beyond its core audience to anyone with an open mind and willing to experience something no other radio station has done in the history of the medium.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Director Dora Peña Refuses the Mommy Tracknew
Married for 12 years and with three boys between the ages of two and 12, Peña has beaten the odds and refused to become another teen-pregnancy statistic. It's been an exciting -- albeit exasperating -- road.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dora Peña, The Dreamhealer
