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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
The Scare Factor of Silent Hill: Origins and Clive Barker's Jerichonew
Scary video games pack so much more visceral, immediate punch than their cinematic counterparts. Instead of watching some poor schlep being run down by a bloodsucker, it's you.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron R. Conklin |
10-24-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Chefs Step It Up for GEAA's Second Annual Feral Hog Roastnew
Word on the street is that cochinita pibil is on the menu for this year's Second Annual Feral Hog Roast, in which San Antonio’s finest chefs and restaurants compete to serve up the tastiest wild pig.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
10-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
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
Clear Channel Embraces the Pinknew
New York radio personalities Ryan Jay and Caroline Hand recently signed a deal with Clear Channel Radio to become the first nationally syndicated radio talk show targeted at the LGBT community.
San Antonio Current |
Mat Wolff |
10-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Okra-fied (Not Fried)new
If you're never had okra fresh, well, you're missing out.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-03-2007 |
Food+Drink
Rising Temperatures Change Loire Valley Whitesnew
The result, especially among France's signature sauvignon blancs, is that formerly lean and racy wines have taken on fleshier qualities.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
San Antonio Graffitti Artists Resist Gallery Trendsnew
Supher sees his graffiti as both a rebellious act and an artistic expression. He also considers his illegal outdoor work an easily accessible, unconventional way to view art.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-19-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Growing Ballet in the Barrionew
Christopher Fairbank looks for inspiration and dancers outside the art's mainstream.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-12-2007 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Recipe: The (Unofficial) Ivy Gimletnew
As its lean moniker suggests, this cocktail can be a simple affair that gets straight to the point (drinking).
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-29-2007 |
Food+Drink
Displaced New Orleans Chef Conjures 'Ruby Slippers'new
Amy Cyrex Sins' The Ruby Slippers Cookbook: Life, Food, Family & Culture After Katrina is a book that is both hard to look at and impossible not to -- and it's probably perfectly reflective of the storm and its aftermath.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
08-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
2K Gets Back in the Game the Old-fashioned Waynew
Like most NFL teams this year, All-Pro Football 2K8 is a mixed bag.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron R. Conklin |
08-08-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
When My Mami's Dancing Dress Crumblednew
Memories of Solo Serve, San Antonio's discount clothing store that specialized in irregulars and downright defects.
San Antonio Current |
Mario Basquez |
07-30-2007 |
Culture
Jalisco is My Businessnew
A bare-knuckle food PI tackles an unsolved Tex-Mex mystery.
San Antonio Current |
Mark Jones |
07-30-2007 |
Food+Drink
Searching San Antonio for Jalisco Stylenew
Does it really even exist?
San Antonio Current |
Mark Jones |
07-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
