Assclown Alert: Amping up Texas’ culture war with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
Someone needs to inform Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick that Texas has real problems. Profound and pressing problems. For one, we’re the nation’s most-uninsured state.
Someone needs to inform Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick that Texas has real problems. Profound and pressing problems. For one, we’re the nation’s most-uninsured state.
The Los Angeles League of Musicians, also known as LA LOM, is playing a nearly sold-out show at Stable Hall this Friday. Only a few box seats remain, indicating the irresistible quality of the band’s sound, which blends influences including cumbia, jazz, Cuban music, Peruvian chicha and surf rock. Such explosive popularity is rare for […]
San Antonio soul-pop purveyors the Jed Craddock Band will perform at outdoor concert spot Echo Bridge on Wednesday, Sep. 18, to raise funds for environmental cleanup group River Aid. River Aid organized the event during The Big Give, an annual fundraising drive for area nonprofits. The organization has removed some 400,000 pounds of trash from Alamo […]
San Antonio soul-pop purveyors the Jed Craddock Band will perform at outdoor concert spot Echo Bridge on Wednesday, Sep. 18, to raise funds for environmental cleanup group River Aid. River Aid organized the event during The Big Give, an annual fundraising drive for area nonprofits. The organization has removed some 400,000 pounds of trash from Alamo […]
Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims that the Texas economy is the envy of the world, a new study released Monday found that the state is among the worst for those looking to start a career. The study published by Plus AI — a California-based self-driving truck company — compiled information from all 50 states including […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s crusade to uphold “election integrity” is legally flimsy, not to mention motivated by voter intimidation, voting-rights advocates argue. However, even if the courts or the U.S. Justice Department shut down the Republican attorney general’s efforts, some of the damage is already done, according to those same advocates. Paxton’s current legal […]
The Deco District’s Starlighter is celebrating three years as a live music destination by throwing an all-day festival this Saturday. Matador Production House opened the venue in 2021 as a haven for Alamo City bands and fellow creatives. Since then, the venue, located at 1910 Fredericksburg Road, has featured live concerts, art markets, drag shows and […]
The Texas State legislature has proposed 91 anti-immigrant laws in the past four years, more than any other U.S. state according to a study published last week by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). LULAC’s report analyzed the number of “anti-immigrant” laws being debated in state legislatures between 2020 and 2024. The civil-rights […]
Award-winning Texas author Christopher Brown will appear in San Antonio Wednesday, Sept. 18, to talk about his new genre-defying book that explores the spaces where cities and wild nature collide. A Natural History of Empty Lots documents Brown’s 20-year experiment traversing, living in and writing about these urban edgelands. Publisher Timber Press has called the […]
Texas A&M University-San Antonio microbiologist Davida Smyth has won the ASM Carski Award for Undergraduate Education, university officials said Monday. The prestigious award comes from the American Society for Microbiology, a professional organization created in 1899 to advance microbial sciences. More than 32,000 educators, scientists and healthcare workers belong to the organization, according to the ASM.