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Chase Durousseau Has a Lot of Vowelsnew
The last time I saw Chase Durousseau he was wearing a tight-fitting dinosaur shirt featuring a very menacing velociraptor — not for his love of God’s “little jab at creationists” but for his joy in outdoing all the hipsters sporting wolf-themed shirts.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
10-20-2011 |
Comedy
CineFestival Wants YOUnew
The 34th annual edition of Cine-Festival (the longest-running Latino film festival in the country) will take place at the Guadalupe from February 25 - March 3. The early deadline for entries is Friday, November 4, and films will be accepted in the following categories: Latino features, shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental films, and youth works.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-19-2011 |
Art
Peddling Forerunners Already Prepared SA Streets for Two-wheelersnew
Last Sunday’s Síclovía, the mass ride that brought 15,000 people to bicycle, skateboard, and jog down a four-mile stretch of Broadway for four hours while autos were rerouted, was the first SA edition of the international ciclovía movement (Spanish for “bike path”), a fresh-air party celebrating fitness through human-powered transportation.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
10-06-2011 |
Recreation
Mary Poppins Delivers Banks Children from Snootery in Stylenew
I’m not so proud as to turn up my nose at the obvious wordplay: the touring production of Mary Poppins is, like its titular nanny, practically perfect.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
10-06-2011 |
Performance
Q&A with Tim Gunnnew
Best known as the sharply dressed mentor of developing fashion designers on Lifetime’s Project Runway, Tim Gunn has recently emerged as an actor (Gossip Girl, Sex and the City 2, The Smurfs) and bestselling author (A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style and Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work).
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
10-05-2011 |
Fashion
Substance-less Style Drawn Out in 1970s Flashback Xanadunew
The San Pedro Playhouse’s season opener — a musical evisceration of the 1980 cinematic stinker Xanadu — reveals a few truths.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
09-29-2011 |
Performance
Group Set to Capitalize on Apparitions at Yorktown Hospitalnew
YORKTOWN, Texas — The idea of a haunted hospital conjures up waves of dread — and not just for those still-too-recent memories of Andrew McCarthy’s performance in that Kingdom Hospital mini-series.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
09-29-2011 |
History
In Case This is the Year You Finally Put Those Binoculars to Use ...new
When fall hits, Nature trades in her summer decor for rich, autumnal color.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
09-29-2011 |
Recreation
Even if you hate Microsoft, Gears of War 3 is worth buying the 360 fornew
From the Michael Bay over-the-top explosion set pieces, to the near constant onslaught of juggernaut Locust soldiers, to the bro-motional, albeit predictable finale, Gears of War 3 is a symphonic bloodbath co-operative shooter that masters the Epic Games' formula constructed over the past five years.
San Antonio Current |
Grayson Hamilton |
09-28-2011 |
Video Games
San Antonio’s Top Haunted Housesnew
Chasing Shadows reviews San Antonio’s top haunted houses.
San Antonio Current |
Ken Gerhard |
09-28-2011 |
History
Dirty Dixie Martinis Infused With True ‘Kuntry’ Attitudenew
My boycott of Wal-Mart and other, rapacious big-box stores never extended to Borders, and I’m sorry to see it go; it was often the book-end to a Whole Foods visit.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Struggle to Save the Museo Alamedanew
When Museo Alameda opened its doors in April, 2007, as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute, it was the realization of a dream for many artists in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-22-2011 |
Art
So You Want to be in Show Business?new
Once upon a time, suitcase-laden sedans swarmed west down Route 66 to Hollywood, carrying dreams of movie stardom along with extra socks and shoes.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-21-2011 |
Performance
Drink for Rain, Drink for Fallnew
Beer isn’t just for fancy food pairings, but also for special occasions. Thankfully the season offers special occasions galore.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
09-21-2011 |
Food+Drink
South Africa, Chile Deliver More Southern Sweetheart Winesnew
As was predicted — or perhaps threatened — the south is rising again. In the case of wine, it’s both again and for the first time.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-21-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chilean Wine, South African Wine
