Casa Guipzot, which bills itself as San Antonio’s first dedicated Mexican wine shop and tasting room, will hold a grand opening Friday for its new location in La Villita Arts Village. The three-year-old business dedicated to the burgeoning south-of-the-border wine scene is relocating from a spot on the West Side. Its new location at 420 Villita […]
The majority of City Council on Wednesday afternoon rejected Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ proposed changes to how members of the body bring ordinances to the dais for public discussion, marking the second time this month the new mayor has been overwhelmingly rebuked by colleagues. Indeed, it appeared during the contentious two-hour City Hall meeting that the rift between […]
San Antonio police have arrested a suspect on charges that the person threatened the life of Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones over her desire to pause negotiations for Project Marvel, a proposed sports-and-entertainment district that would include a new Spurs arena. SAPD officials said officers arrested the suspect at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening after receiving a […]
Those who like to read in public during the wee hours of the morning will have to find another haunt after the closure of Libros Readers Lounge, a gothy book-reading hangout known for its unusual operating hours. San Antonio Code Enforcement officers revoked the establishment’s certificate of occupancy in June after they visited and found it […]
Assembled by Lana Meador, the San Antonio Museum of Art’s associate curator of modern and contemporary art, the museum’s Readymade Remix: New Approaches to Familiar Objects explores how artists transform mundane materials into conceptually rich works. Here’s a brief Art History 101: In 1917, cheeky French artist Marcel Duchamp, under the pseudonym R. Mutt, submitted […]
San Antonio-area native and country music superstar George Strait has been named one of this year’s five Kennedy Center honorees, all selected by President Donald Trump. The other honorees this year include movie star Sylvester Stalone, glam- and shock-rock band KISS, disco queen Gloria Gaynor and Tony Award-winning actor Michael Crawford, lauded for his depiction […]
Represented in the summer group exhibition “Synthesis & Subversion Redux” at Ruby City, Jenelle Esparza’s interdisciplinary practice covers anything from photography and printmaking installations to the fiber arts. It’s the last that will guide a hands-on weaving workshop this Saturday exploring the underside of cultural memory, labor and identity by reflecting on the little-known histories […]
Despite fears Spurs fans have expressed online, the team’s ownership hasn’t made any threats to relocate, even as the mayor and members of City Council tussle over whether to pause negotiations for a new NBA arena, District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte said. “In terms of the Spurs, they haven’t made any of those threats or […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along […]
Muelle 37, a Rio Grande Valley-based chain of Mexican seafood restaurants, is angling to open its first San Antonio location early next year. The company will begin construction of a 6,000-square-foot eatery at 4729 W. Commerce St. in the West Side’s Crosstowne Mercado, a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows. Work is […]