AltWeeklies Wire
Owning the Airwaves and Media Monopoly seriesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Lush Be a Ladynew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
San Antonio Current |
Gillian Fassel |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Private Texas," "Grand Theft History," "Feeling Negative"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Playing With the Passion," "Attachment Disorder," "Going Down in History in Flames"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Tiempo Libre Goes Orchestralnew
It's not easy for them, but the members of Tiempo Libre are learning to control their energy.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Filipino Fist is Back and He's Bringing His Friendsnew
Before launching that coast-to-coast tour with Kid Koala, DJ Jester will treat San Antonio to a round of shows, and for one night at the Limelight he's bringing a few special friends along.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sorry, Haters: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is Funnynew
I didn't really start wholeheartedly imbibing the Apatow Kool-Aid until Knocked Up, but now, having taken in the Apatow-produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I don't expect to find myself having second thoughts about trying anything these guys put out for quite some time.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
The Harold & Kumar Fellas Talk Politics and False Ladypartsnew
Neil Patrick Harris included!
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Guatemalen Activist Engages Texas Issues at Artpacenew
Although art critics and curators refer to her work as "body art" or "performance art," Regina José Galindo's projects often resemble the techniques of Ghandi more than performance artists such as Chris Burden or Carolee Schneemann.
San Antonio Current |
Ben Judson |
04-16-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Takes on Everything from GMOs to Greenhouse Gasesnew
The group was born out of Apartheid South Africa and a group of Protestant shareholders who asked General Motors to reconsider its extensive investment in the country. Executive director Laura Berry talks to us about the ensuing 37 years, and how they group uses shareholder power to influence a host of issues.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
04-16-2008 |
Business & Labor
Homeland Security's Actions May Help in Stalling the Border Wallnew
How Michael Chertoff's "mega-waiver" could awaken the Supreme Court, revive humane legislation, and create a kinder, gentler border.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
04-16-2008 |
Immigration
Caucus Chaos in Texasnew
Local Obama supporters get tripped up by the Texas Two-Step.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-09-2008 |
Politics
R.E.M. Finds its Religionnew
The band has acknowledged (in interviews and with the record's title) a need to re-focus and adrenalize things after recent efforts that disappointed aesthetically, commercially, or both.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
'Battlestar Galactica' Goes for the Godnew
As the series gears up for its conclusion, it's becoming more contemplative, agonizing over how there can be faith without tests of that faith, and thus how real prophets can exist without fake ones -- how humans, tortured beasts that we are, can have certainty in anything without uncertainty about most everything else.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
04-09-2008 |
TV
30th-annual CineFestival Spotlights Latino Filmmakersnew
CineFestival will highlight cinematic work from across the globe including the countries of Chile, Bolivia, and Mexico. What co-director Victor Payan is most excited about, however, is the number of U.S. Latinos who will screen their films this year.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
04-09-2008 |
Movies
