AltWeeklies Wire
Absolutely No Ideanew
The avant-garde No Idea Festival's early editions focused primarily on Texas artists, but founder Chris Cogburn has broadened the geographic and cultural range of the festival considerably this year.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-13-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: No Idea Festival, concerts
Tough Love in Jerusalemnew
The seventh-annual edition of the San Antonio Jewish Film Festival, screening at the San Antonio Museum of Art February 16-21, surpasses its predecessors in range and artistry.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-13-2008 |
Movies
Don't Mess With the Formulanew
Burnout Paradise loses some of its party appeal and the Simpsons finally have a decent video game.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-13-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
New World Second Labelsnew
In France, a second-label wine is often made from the same grapes as the first-growths, which are strictly limited as to yield and production and can thus be both a good introduction to the rarefied world of vintage Bordeaux and a relative bargain.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
In San Antonio, There's No Such Thing as a Free Kittennew
Animal Care Services' "No Kill" march hasn't spared the city's cat ladies (or their cats).
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-13-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Tulsa Timenew
Ludo reloads with another batch of theatrical, ambitious rock.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
02-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ludo, You’re Awful, I Love You
A Shrink Drama That May Drive You Back into Real Lifenew
This suggestion is far out, to be sure, but you know what you might consider doing instead of watching In Treatment five nights a week? Having a conversation with another human being.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
02-06-2008 |
TV
Love Me Two Times, Babynew
Add a generous dose of slapstick to 2005's Into the Blue and you have Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey's latest venture, Fool's Gold.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
02-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Fool's Gold
Your Rep Can't Do It Alonenew
Aside from football, there is no better contact sport in America than electoral politics in Texas, and just in time to cure your post-Super Bowl blues come the March 4 Texas primaries.
San Antonio Current |
Vince Leibowitz |
02-06-2008 |
Politics
San Antonio Roller-derby Women Roll in New Seasonnew
Rollergirls fans wait no longer — the darlings of the Alamo City have dusted the cobwebs off their skates for the first down ’n’ derby action of the regular season, pitting the Prim Reapers against the Missyfits.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
02-06-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Race for the Curiousnew
By the time the primaries make their way to Texas March 4, the presidential -- ticket leaders will be all but decided (or will they?), but Texans still have the opportunity to weigh in on a number of important races.
San Antonio Current |
Vince Leibowitz |
02-06-2008 |
Politics
The Year of "Rats!"new
But the lack of traditional Chinese New Year dishes doesn't ruin our critic's meal.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Miranda Lawnew
Four years after placing third on Nashville Star, 24-year-old Miranda Lambert is able to say, once and for all, that she’s glad she failed to win.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Oscars as Blood Sportnew
Our critic dissects the Academy Awards and contenders. (Warning: Here be spoilers.)
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-30-2008 |
Movies
A Texas Cabernet?new
Should Texas winemakers bother trying to produce cabernet sauvignon, or should they throw in the towel and go for grapes that have a better hot-weather track record?
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
