Construction has begun on Four25 San Pedro, a new city-funded low-income housing development north of downtown, according to San Antonio city officials. Working in partnership with Franklin Development, the San Antonio Housing Trust is developing the 80-unit apartment complex, which is open to residents earning at or below 60% of the current area median income, or $47,800 […]
Prolific muralist Nik Soupé — aka “Soup” — has added a new creation depicting influential punk group the Ramones to the front of San Antonio music venue The Mix. The mural went up overnight in late July, decorating the boarded-over front window of the long-running St. Mary’s Strip nightspot. “An Edgar got his head bashed through the […]
The public art project that planted brightly painted cow sculptures across San Antonio in the early 2000s is about to stampede back into town. Next year, the Alamo City will participate in national fundraising art event CowParade for the first time since 2003, according to officials with Christus Health. Created in 1999, CowParade bills itself as […]
The Texas Hill Country is for lovers. Or so says a new survey ranking the nation’s top make-out spots. To compile the list, website DatingNews.com asked 3,000 couples from across the country to recommend the ultimate spots for getting frisky — based on their own experiences, of course.
Roughly a month after filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to escape its debts, San Antonio’s Godai Sushi will permanently close its doors this Saturday, according to its owner. In a Tuesday Facebook post, Godai chef-owner William “Goro” Pitchford said keeping the North Side sushi staple, located at 11204 West Ave., in operation has taken a toll on […]
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San Antonio’s Animal Care Services department is seeking another big funding boost this budget cycle, despite falling short on the majority of the self-imposed goals it set a year ago to improve performance. Even though ACS landed a 33% budget increase last year — the largest of any city department — it failed to meet […]
Four top voting-rights groups sent a letter to Texas officials blasting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recently opened investigation into whether noncitizens in the state are being registered to vote. Paxton, a Republican, launched the probe this week based on a claim tweeted out by Fox News TV personality Maria Bartiromo, who claimed migrants were registering to […]
Girl in a Coma is back. For real this time. And the storied San Antonio alt-rock trio has plans for new shows and music to prove it.
North Side Japanese staple Wild Goji Restaurant and Bar is reopening Thursday after nearly two months of renovation work that includes the addition of a conveyor-belt sushi bar. After announcing a temporary closure July 1 to conduct the upgrades, the eatery’s owners in a Monday Instagram post revealed a rebrand as Wild Goji Revolving Sushi […]