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Ana Popovic: Unconditionalnew

"Blues is unconditional, perhaps the most conservative style of all," says Ana Popovic in the liner notes to her sixth album.
San Antonio Current |
Andi Garzai |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
GI Forum Accused of Shilling for Boeing, Big Oil, and AT&Tnew

Buried beneath mounds of court filings, alleging poor management and shoddy accounting, is a deep concern that GI Forum leaders have opted to trade the legacy of World War II veterans for corporate donations from groups like AT&T, Boeing, and fossil fuel energy companies represented by the American Petroleum Institute.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-14-2011 |
War
Primus: Green Naugahydenew

If you never "got" Primus you're excused — Les Claypool's crazed popping bass lines are not crafted for mass appeal.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
War Stories De La Razanew

The unwavering pride of Chicano Vietnam War veterans is epitomized during a scene in San Antonio director Laura Varela’s documentary As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos when Juan Farías, one of the three vets featured in the film, displays genuine frustration when a fallen comrade’s name is mispronounced during a ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-14-2011 |
TV
Anniversary of San Antonio's Great Flood of 1921 Passes with Little Noticenew

As central Texas burns, a monstrous conflagration that is the terrifying consequence of months of searing heat and historic drought; when so much of the region has been blackened.
San Antonio Current |
Char Miller |
09-14-2011 |
Disasters
9/11: A Legacy of Errorsnew

The attacks of September 11 brought me back to the world.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Bexar Commissioner Wants to Break Up the State of Sheriff’s Unionnew

Back in mid-August, Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff toured the Haven for Hope campus with Haven CEO George Block and others for the annual budget-season “shakedown,” as Wolff terms it.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-08-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: kevin wolff
Chemistry and chaos help lift the Ground’s art-rocknew

If the Ground were known by any other name, one might consider Points of Contention.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Ground
Wiesz Delivers in Portrayal of U.N. Whistleblowernew

ased on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-08-2011 |
Reviews
Santana credits humanity’s birthplace — and Metatron — for his life and soundnew

Has everything been invented in music? Yes and no.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-08-2011 |
Music
Tags: Santana
Tejano’s “Red Alert”new

The 31st annual edition of the Tejano Music Awards being held at the San Antonio Event Center this Saturday, come during a critical point for the genre.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-08-2011 |
Performance
Berlin Dance Fest Tears Down Boundariesnew

The 17 days of this year’s 23rd International Dance Festival in Berlin will be remembered as a convergence of traditions
San Antonio Current |
Anjelika Jansen |
09-08-2011 |
Performance
ISTORIA at UTSA Satellite Spacenew

Regardless of how it’s done, storytelling has always been a big part of photography’s role.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-08-2011 |
Art
Mirren Lends ‘Debt’ Gravitas and Classnew

Mirren proves she is one tough homemade cookie as she continues to explore more vivacious supporting characters.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-07-2011 |
Reviews
'Apollo 18' actors probably wish they could remain anonymousnew

After refusing to screen the film for the press (a move usually reserved for studio execs who know they have a bomb on their hands).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-07-2011 |
Reviews