AltWeeklies Wire
SA designer — and cancer survivor — featured at NY Fashion Weeknew
More than a month has passed since San Antonio fashion designer Mandi Gallegos showcased her Mikailee Alton Collection at New York City Fashion Week the second week of February as one of only 36 invited "emerging designers," but she says she has yet to wake from her dream.
San Antonio Current |
Desiree Prieto |
04-05-2012 |
Fashion
The Tobin equation: How performance centers elevate the artsnew
Raising money for arts organizations has always been difficult. Competition is steep.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
Nothing is Saakred: Introducing enigmatic Melissa Ruizesparza Rodrigueznew
Even though the annual shadow cast by SXSW has receded, it often seems like San Antonio's musicians labor in the perennial penumbra of Austin's music scene.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
04-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Mars Volta: 'Noctourniquet'new
The Mars Volta is back. Back from a three-year hiatus, back from the bad Ouija trip of two albums too full of concept, and back to where they left off with the eerily melodic and sculpted chaos of 2006's Amputechture.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
'Coriolanus' is a captivating, timely directorial debut by Ralph Fiennesnew
Social and economic inequality set the cinematic stage in Coriolanus, a highly-inspired adaptation of William Shakespeare's early 17th century play, which, in many ways, parallels the protest movement against governmental power tripping that began in New York City late last year and has since spread across the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
2012 FIST Champion Raul Sancheznew
The first time I saw Raul Sanchez perform he was funny, but in a predictable way.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
04-05-2012 |
Comedy
Old Boxcar gets rollingnew
Old Boxcar Brewing Co., which will become San Antonio's second microbrewery when it opens later this year, pays homage to the founder's grandfather.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
04-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
SXSWi brings new apps, revolution in Your Pocketnew
SXSW Interactive saw a lot of new applications getting their first walk through the crowd. Success depends on use, and lots of it. Here are some of the more interesting flavors of network.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
04-02-2012 |
Tech
'CQ/CX' tells of Hernández's role in Jayson Blair scandalnew
It's been nearly a decade since Macarena Hernández outed the New York Times staff reporter Jayson Blair, the serial plagiarist who did as much damage to the paper's august reputation as Judith Miller's pre-war coverage of the supposed WMDs in Iraq.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
04-02-2012 |
Theater
Air quality and the Eagle Fordnew
Where are we in terms of compliance with federal air quality standards?
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
04-02-2012 |
Environment
Poet Laureate approaches while Grona closesnew
On Tuesday, April 3, Mayor Julián Castro will formally announce nationally recognized poet and author Carmen Tafolla as the first City of San Antonio Poet Laureate.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
04-02-2012 |
Performance
What design elements at Karnes facility tell us about the state of immigrant detentionnew
No guard towers, no barbed wire, no road with armed checkpoints. The new Karnes County Civil Detention Center doesn't look much like a prison from the outside.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
04-02-2012 |
Immigration
'Burn Down' delivers true American Gothicnew
The discomforting cliché that out of bad pain comes good comedy — an assurance that has, in some form or other, been made by acerbic jokers from Mark Twain to Bernie Mac — is nothing to scoff at.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
04-02-2012 |
Nonfiction
'In Darkness' finds humanity plumbing the sewers of Lvovnew
The darkness that pervades Agnieszka Holland's new film is figurative and physical. In Darkness (nominated to a Best Foreign Film Oscar) begins with a bungled burglary attempted under cover of night.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
04-02-2012 |
Reviews
Two new releases keep Janis Joplin's legacy alivenew
Port Arthur singer Janis Joplin, who would've been 69 this year, is back in the record business with two "new" releases.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-02-2012 |
Music
