Saxophonist Ken Vandermark — widely regarded as one of the most creative and prolific forces in free jazz and improvised music — will perform in San Antonio this Friday with an ensemble comprised of four Texas musicians exploring similar sonic territory. For the show at the Blue Star’s Slab Cinema Arthouse, Chicago-based Vandermark will be […]
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller shared a social media image over the weekend protesting AI data centers encroaching on our communities and draining precious resources from our farmland. The only problem? He was protesting AI with an AI-generated image. Look, we get it, Sid. It’s hard to be a cowboy in the Wild West of […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. Ken Paxton wants you to join him on his high horse. Since announcing his run for the U.S. Senate seat held by four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn last April, Paxton […]
Tejano singer-turned-Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is warning supporters about scammers impersonating him online and charging people for quinceañera appearances. Pulido — a South Texas musician known for hits including “Desvelado,” “Le Pediré” and “Se Murió De Amor” — grabbed headlines earlier this year when he began performing at quinceañera as part of his campaign strategy. […]
Controversy-tarred congressional candidate Maureen Galindo this week pledged to transform a site south of San Antonio now used by the Trump administration to detain migrants into an internment camp for “American Zionists.” “She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking,” Galindo wrote in an […]
Using a new downloadable app called See Say, those living and working in downtown San Antonio soon will be able to report non-emergency concerns ranging from graffiti and trash to maintenance and safety concerns immediately without having to dial 3-1-1. Now in testing, the app — a project of downtown advocacy group Centro San Antonio […]
Seven city pools will begin operating this weekend with pre-season hours. Once summer begins, all 24 will be available. The post City of San Antonio begins opening public pools for weekend swimming appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Pioneering reggaeton superstar Don Omar will bring his The Last King World Tour to Frost Bank Center on Thursday, Oct. 22. General tickets for the tour, which includes 20 other major U.S. cities, will go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday at through Frost Bank Center or Ticketmaster. Presale access is available to those who sign up […]
A New Braunfels man was arrested Friday on charges he made a bomb threat against the office of San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. According to multiple media reports, Kendall Durand, 44, left a voicemail at the mayor’s office just before 7 p.m. Thursday saying, “I will have the Mexican drug cartel plant a bomb […]
Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. Dozens of wind projects in Texas are in limbo after the U.S. Department of Defense paused issuing routine federal permits citing national security concerns, a move that experts say expands the Trump administration’s crusade against wind energy. According to data collected by […]