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How to Navigate the Flavored Vodka Boomnew
In another sign of our complexifying times, vodka, whose virtue was once that it tasted like nothing, now tastes like everything.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
02-29-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Flavored vodka
Ginobli tweets about Jeremy Lin on Valentine's Daynew
When Manu Ginobili took to Twitter on Valentine's night, he didn't tweet about the Spurs victory over the stalled Detroit Pistons.
San Antonio Current |
Ryan Sachetta |
02-27-2012 |
Sports
Bexar County Roller Girls Complete a Derby Triumviratenew
When it comes to roller derby, don't be fooled by the fishnets. "It's an actual sport," says CJ Herrera, a new Bexar County Roller Girls member. "It's work. It's competitive.
San Antonio Current |
Miranda Koerner |
02-27-2012 |
Sports
Value Vino: Is $5.99 wine worth drinking?new
Consumer Reports, the entity famous for trashing (literally and figuratively) automobiles and other consumer products, has weighed in on wine, claiming that their "experts" rated the 2009 Alice White Shiraz from Australia "better than a wine that cost $43."
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, value wine
A treasure trove of lesser-known African-American artistsnew
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black athlete to play on a major league team.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-26-2012 |
Art
Some of the Most Important Black Films Ever Madenew
Black film (or films dealing with black reality) didn't start with '70s blaxploitation. There was black film in the early part of the 20th century, and not just any film: Oscar Micheaux tackled race issues almost a century before the advent of Melvin Van Pebbles, Spike Lee, and John Singleton.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Black History Month, Black Films
Black History Month: Eleven Films to Watch in February and Beyondnew
Black History Month is a great excuse to watch some of the best music-related films there are. Those of you who haven't seen these gems will thank me forever.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Black History Films
'Six Degrees of Separation': Sometimes the stranger is closer than bloodnew
Inspired in part by a real-life incident in which a young black man charmed his way into the homes of wealthy white New Yorkers by pretending to be the son of a famous actor, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation explores the strangeness of the people we are related to, and the mysterious recognition that can spark between strangers.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-16-2012 |
Theater
DIY Valentine's Daynew
Because nothing's sweeter than home-cooked romance.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Tragedies of Andy Warholnew
There is nothing more banal than death — it happens to everyone. But for collectors, death is the best career move an artist can make. It limits supply, driving prices up. And being dead, the artist is not able to diminish his legacy by making unacceptable art.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-08-2012 |
Art
Tony Parker's trade-in value just went upnew
On the eve of sport's grandest game, San Antonio's longtime quarterback Tony Parker cemented his legacy as the premier point guard in the annals of Spurs' lore. History arrived for Parker in the third quarter of Saturday's 107-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder when he notched career-assist number 4,475 to become San Antonio's all-time dime king.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
02-08-2012 |
Sports
Tags: san antonio spurs, tony parker
Shiner's Wild Harenew
The good folks at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner have explored many German and Czech lagers since they launched their annual anniversary brew series seven years ago, but on the occasion of their 103rd year of making beer for Texans the brewery has made its first ale.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
02-08-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: beer, shiner beer
Sn Antonio chefs honored by StarChefsnew
Food & Wine has good reason to come to Texas (as they announced they will with a fest in April in, yawn, Austin) — we have so many great chefs in this area. StarChefs.com agrees.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren W. Madrid |
02-01-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: san antonio chefs, StarChefs
2012 Style Updatenew
I met Sofia Davis, personal shopper and New York Fashion Week stylist, to talk shop — shopping, that is. Specifically, I wanted to know what to wear in the new year.
San Antonio Current |
Desiree Prieto |
02-01-2012 |
Fashion
San Antonio's 'Mr. Riesling'new
How does a college English instructor get to be a respected wine authority and purveyor? The same way you get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: San Antonio Wine
