AltWeeklies Wire
'Changing Climate of South Texas' Shows Weather's Not a Jokenew
Bypassing the innocuously academic title, the choice of cover art — an apocalyptic, peyote-button projection of gathering sand storms and fence-crashing dunes sweeping away telephone lines, railroad tracks, and the determinedly rigid frame of a desert homestead — is a revealing visceral grab.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-30-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Damage Donenew
While a Texas pilot program languishes in legal limbo, Bexar County is prosecuting needle-exchange volunteers.
San Antonio Current |
Cary Cardwell |
01-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Apollo Missionnew
Valerie Fernandez takes her soulful pipes to legendary Harlem theater and emerges with new ambition.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Valerie Fernandez
The No Fun League Tournew
I wanted bling. The NFL Street series gave me bland.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron R. Conklin |
01-23-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
How the Mighty Have Fallennew
Though it gets its name from a Roman blood sport, American Gladiators takes most of its cues from Greek mythology.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
01-23-2008 |
TV
Garry Marshall Directs a Production of 'Elixir of Love'new
What does the producer of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley and the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries know about opera? Answer: How to make it funny, of course.
San Antonio Current |
Diana Lyn Roberts |
01-23-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
The Secret Lives of Superheroesnew
New York-based photographer Dulce Pinzon brings immigrant workers to the forefront in "The Real Story of Superheroes."
San Antonio Current |
Jennifer Herrera |
01-23-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Norman the Indologistnew
Norman, sporting close-cropped hair, a puffy beard and a twinkle in his eye, relaxed on a picnic table. "Tamarind," he said, watching the kids. "That’s the secret ingredient."
San Antonio Current |
Ari LeVaux |
01-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
San Antonio's Solar Slopenew
Fiascos abound as the Public Utility Commission wrestles with solar terms.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-23-2008 |
Environment
World According to Gurfnew
Producing songwriters such as Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, and Slaid Cleaves can be hard on a writer's ego.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diamonds to Dust, Gurf Morlix
Lock Me Up, I Did Not Hate '27 Dresses'new
If you listen very closely, you can hear my editor snickering somewhere.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
01-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher
The World is Better with Late Night TVnew
For the past week and a half, I've reacquainted myself with an old friend -- my TV set.
San Antonio Current |
Jennifer Herrera |
01-16-2008 |
Movies
Kicking into High Gearnew
Director and actor Mark Cantu sticks behind the camera for his latest feature, Echo.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Echo, Mark Cantu
The Royal Robertsnew
Robert Parker, Jr. and Robert Mondavi both are basically self-made men, both have enormous egos, and both have made singular contributions to wine culture. To get the full, fascinating story, you will be obliged to read two books.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
I Love a Charadenew
Groups wrestle with free speech crackdowns as MLK celebrations return to San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
01-16-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
