AltWeeklies Wire
Rez Abassi and Vijay Iyer transform jazznew
Last Sunday's concert was the brainchild of jazz composer and guitarist Rez Abassi, who brilliantly used the Pakistani Sufi musical form, qawwali, as a palette to color American jazz with subcontinental moods.
San Antonio Current |
Vyjayanthi Vadrevu |
12-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Hobbit', a less unexpected journey than you might thinknew
If there's one word that describes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey it's "more." More action. More digital effects. More characters. More background exposition.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
12-13-2012 |
Reviews
Domestic Workers: Vulnerable, Underpaid, and Abusednew
Groundbreaking national survey finds domestic workers are often overworked, underpaid, abused, and excluded from protections that regulate other professions.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-07-2012 |
Business & Labor
'Ebenazio' is Jump-Start's comical gift of the seasonnew
Three things that no sane adult would want to go near throughout this season of institutionalized jollity: a shopping mall, a bowl game, and A Christmas Carol. "Bah, tonterías," says Ebenezer Scrooge in a Spanish translation of his derisive dismissal of Yuletide sentimentality.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-05-2012 |
Theater
Roxtar: A free new musician-friendly social networknew
Remember the Hair Club for Men? In commercials that aired in the 1980s, former president Sy Sperling famously claimed that he wasn't just the president — he was also a client.
San Antonio Current |
Melissa Ludwig |
12-05-2012 |
Tech
A Q&A with director Sacha Gervasinew
For filmmaker Sacha Gervasi, reinvention has been both an inevitable professional trajectory and a personal test of will.
San Antonio Current |
Jeff Meyers |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hitchcock
Hitchcock is less about birds, more about the man — and the woman behind himnew
Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, based on the lauded 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, might've been somewhat better served if, while plumbing its source material for story arc and character beats, its crafters had just gone ahead and borrowed the title, as well.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
12-05-2012 |
Reviews
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Breaking Bad's Steven Michael Quezada to host Mariachi Vargas Extravaganzanew
It might not be evident from his role as laid-back DEA agent Steven Gómez on the hit AMC drama Breaking Bad, but actor Steven Michael Quezada is a funny guy.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-28-2012 |
Music
Joe Wright attempts to slap a new facade on an old 'Anna Karenina' barnnew
Does Tolstoy really matter anymore? Directors regularly attempt to plunder the great master's musty catalog, among which the sweaty, love-drenched Anna Karenina ranks as one of the greats.
San Antonio Current |
Corey Hall |
11-28-2012 |
Movies
Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Newsmonger: AG investigation into Daughters, Tracking chips and Devil marks, Climate bombnew
Buried in its 38-page report slamming the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the state Attorney General's office hones in on what led to the group's years-long mismanagement of the Alamo...
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-28-2012 |
Education
I.A.R. 12.3: Is there truth in photography?new
Artpace's current International Artists-in-Residence presents works by three artists who share a common interest: photography.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-28-2012 |
Art
Life of Pi's success is visual, rather than dramaticnew
You will not see a better looking film this year. But you will undoubtedly see better films.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Meyer |
11-28-2012 |
Reviews
Five (perhaps) legit reasons not to votenew
1. It's Not Your Duty. Whether or not you agree that U.S. military policy is about protecting democracies, in the U.S. you have both the right to exercise your vote, and your right not to.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
10-31-2012 |
Elections
