AltWeeklies Wire
Newsmonger: First Camp Lejeune, Next Toxic Triangle?, Inside closed Lackland briefingnew
Council last week gave unanimous blessing to Alamo Beer Co.'s plans to build a microbrewery on the east end of the historic Hays Street Bridge, approving a near $800,000 incentive package that lets Alamo Beer set up tables and chairs on the historic bridge deck rent-free.
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-10-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: toxic triangle, camp lejeune
EMEKA! Nigerian pride and textile exuberance come into balancenew
The brand, Emeka! was born of the artistic and entrepreneurial spirit of Emeka Okoro. In his art, Emeka draws heavily from his Nigerian roots and boldly displays the pulsating, multi-colored traditions of his country.
San Antonio Current |
Vyjayanthi Vadrevu |
08-10-2012 |
Art
An extremely up-close encounter with Neil Youngnew
Neil Young Journeys completes director Jonathan Demme's trilogy of concert films centered on Neil Young. While 2006's Neil Young: Heart of Gold featured Young in Nashville returning from a bout with an aneurysm, and 2009's Neil Young Trunk Show featured concert footage in Pennsylvania during the Chrome Dreams II tour, Journeys, a solo performance by Young, is the most personal yet experimental of the three.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-10-2012 |
Reviews
Last Words: Build your own Castro campaign posternew
Now that he's scored one of the hottest speaking gigs in politics, September's Democratic National Committee keynote, what's next for Mayor Julián Castro?
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
08-09-2012 |
Commentary
Creed: The band everyone loves to hatenew
If anyone can speak to the truth of the old saying "you don't miss what you had until it's gone," it's Mark Tremonti, guitarist of Creed.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Wolf' gnaws over sexual predators in church, but fails to tackle the hardest questionsnew
The drama of a dutiful boy abused in church, Wolf was written and directed by a local kid who made good.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
08-02-2012 |
Reviews
Paul Stanley promises brand-new Kiss spectacle with Crüe, The Treatmentnew
Kiss has never worried about being upstaged by an opening act.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fear stalks the characters of 'I-DJ', but the music plays onnew
Setting a beautiful standard for the new Overtime Theater, I-DJ, written by Gregg Barrios and directed by Matthew Byron Cassi, explores aspects of the late 1970s Chicano movement, homophobia, the rise of disco, and the outbreak of AIDS in L.A. club land as seen through the eyes of gay Chicano DJ Warren Peace.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren A. Silva |
08-02-2012 |
Performance
Bad LGBT Parents? Bad UT study, audit findsnew
Are kids raised by gay and lesbian couples bound to struggle more in life than those raised by straight parents?
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-02-2012 |
LGBT
Bad Breaks: 'Bad Breaks'new
Bad Breaks really captures my attention at the moment of transition into "Seppuku," the album's second (and best) song.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
08-02-2012 |
Reviews
Mötley Crüe: Never too old to rock 'n' rollnew
You're only as old as the bands you feel, and when one of those bands wrote a song called "Dr. Feelgood," well, that's a clue, isn't it?
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sugar, spice, and gender coalesce in trio of bilingual kids' booksnew
I have a surprise for you, I tell my four-year-old daughter when I pick her up from preschool. Three surprises, actually.
San Antonio Current |
Marisol Cortez |
08-02-2012 |
Fiction
Season 5 of 'Breaking Bad' delivers the monster insidenew
I hope you’re not letting the Olympics distract you from Breaking Bad’s final season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-02-2012 |
TV
Good intentions can’t salvage Tyler’s Gift as cliché melodramanew
There's no denying the strength and courage local actor John Lambert and son Johnny must've summoned to star in the short film Tyler's Gift.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
07-29-2012 |
Reviews
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' is both highly personal and massive in scopenew
Vegan aspiring photographers beware: Film is actually made of once-living material—mashed-up bone, flattened, and rolled up in strips.
San Antonio Current |
Erin Gleeson |
07-29-2012 |
Reviews
