AltWeeklies Wire
Pickup Basketballnew
After spending ungodly hours watching the NBA this playoff season, it's time to get off your ass, lace up your sneakers, and get on the court.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
06-20-2012 |
Sports
Tags: basketball
Cellar production short-circuits 'In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play'new
What's the buzz? Well, for starters, the San Pedro Playhouse has inserted The Vibrator Play into its Cellar (ahem), and in some ways it's a competent production of Sarah Ruhl's critically acclaimed work.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
06-19-2012 |
Theater
Something Fiction: 'Botany' EPnew
Thanks to their amorphous explorations of genre and musical color, Something Fiction is a difficult group to pin down, placing themselves willfully and delightfully outside the boundaries of convenient classification.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new
There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Bristol Palin shines as a small-town bigot on 'Life's a Tripp'new
This is a reality series about Sarah Palin’s daughter — the one who got pregnant at 17 and is raising young son Tripp as a single mom.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Green Party of Texas hopes to create viable alternativenew
David Collins walked to the front of the Hill Country cabin with a green toga draped over shirt, tie and slacks, a throwback, he said, to mankind's first republic: the Roman Senate.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-19-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Texas green party
San Antonio's high dropout rates at the root of city's 'brain drain'new
Recent weeks have seen increasing talk from local leaders about education and San Antonio's economic future.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
06-19-2012 |
Education
Juanes: 'MTV Unplugged'new
The whole point of MTV's live concert series is to strip down pop songs to a natural, acoustic format that showcases the songwriting itself, rather than studio production.
San Antonio Current |
Agustín Gurza |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new
He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
'Prometheus' opens a new world of possibilitiesnew
They're claiming that Prometheus isn't technically a prequel to Alien, despite the same universe and director.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
'Madagascar 3': Going through the motionsnew
The Penguins of Madagascar is one of the few TV shows that's better than the movies it's spun off from.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
An Open Letter to Patti Smithnew
Oh, God, I fell for you. It was your rock journalism that first drew me.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Beginning of the AIDS Crisisnew
It isn't often that those on the front lines of war or disaster survive to tell their story.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: We Were Here, David Weissman
Dent May: 'Do Things'new
In a recent complaint from his twitter account (@dentmay), Dent May unwittingly summed up his new album’s character...
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
Third Roots' 'Stand for Something'new
For months we've been giving you exclusive access to some of Third Roots singles, and here you can stream the full Stand for Something album
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
