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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

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

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

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

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