AltWeeklies Wire
Nightmare on Grayson's final hauntingnew
Gordon Wise is talking to me, but all I can focus on are the knives. There are hatchets, daggers, and something resembling a DIY katana Japanese sword displayed just above his right shoulder on the black office wall behind him.
San Antonio Current |
Isis Madrid |
10-26-2012 |
Performance
Peter French's photography crosses the line in Connecting Momentsnew
The horizon is not a line. It is a zone that extends in width beyond the edges of vision, rising and falling with the land, becoming incredibly thick in the haze of twilight. At night, it retreats into memory.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
10-17-2012 |
Art
Jenelle Esparza's large format photographs capture prehistoric memoriesnew
Inspired by Mesoamerican imagery, Jenelle Esparza's first solo show since graduating from UTSA is an impressive debut. Shot on a large format film camera using archaic (circa 1950) orthochromatic film made for cinematography, the large black and white prints display fine skin tones, but exceedingly high contrast in capturing fabric.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
10-17-2012 |
Art
Fotoseptiembre at Rendon Photographynew
Photographers Scott Martin and Lance Keimig are masters of moonlight. Their haunting Fotoseptiembre exhibition at Rendon Photography and Fine Art presents strangely brilliant nightscapes captured through time-lapse photography, but the dream-like effects are abetted with a few lighting tricks of their own.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-20-2012 |
Art
Should the Gong Shorts Film Competition be gonged out?new
The Gong Shorts is the film industry's version of a high school student council election: those with the most friends, the coolest title, and the thickest (blemish-free) skin win.
San Antonio Current |
Jordan Gass-Pooré |
09-16-2012 |
Commentary
Boys of Summer still making their marknew
It's an overcast August evening at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium on San Antonio's far west side.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
08-30-2012 |
Sports
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
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
'Bent' plumbs Nazi Germany's pink triangulationnew
In 1979, when Bent premiered in a London production starring Ian McKellen, homosexuality was still actively persecuted and prosecuted as a sin and crime.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-29-2012 |
Performance
Radcliffe Bailey discusses memory, biennials, and homenew
Radcliffe Bailey's retrospective "Memory as Medicine" opened at the McNay Art Museum in June and will be on view to September 2, 2012.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-26-2012 |
Art
'SSX' proves innovation and adrenaline can go hand in handnew
Sports games are one of the most tired genres of the video games industry.
San Antonio Current |
Grayson Hamilton |
07-20-2012 |
Video Games
Adobe Revival Beckons as Builders Return to the Mudnew
"You know how the good Lord wasn't popular in his hometown? That's kind of the way it is with us." So says Lawrence Jetter from his Southside earth-building compound about the near complete absence of adobe buildings in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
07-20-2012 |
Art
Woodlawn tackles mental health with rule-breaking, Pulitzer-winning 'Next to Normal'new
It's next-to-impossible to categorize Next to Normal, but here's a shot: it's a cross between a high-energy rock concert and op-ed column on psychopharmacology.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
07-16-2012 |
Performance
Twitter-besieged Adam Carolla just 'doesn't give a shit'new
“Let’s be clear in this article,” comedian Adam Carolla, 48, says. “I don’t give a shit. I sell out theaters. I have a business. I don’t need anybody.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
07-12-2012 |
Comedy
Radcliffe Bailey searches for life beyond the Middle Passagenew
Wrenching percussive sounds, like something very large breaking up, emanate from a conch shell. The gratings of a ship ripped by an ocean storm, perhaps.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-06-2012 |
Art
