San Antonio actor Jonathan Joss, who died in a June 1 shooting outside his former South Side home, was honored with a tribute on the King of the Hill animated series, which was revived this week on streaming service Hulu. The show, which depicts down-home characters in the fictional Dallas-area suburb of Arlen, has returned after […]
The Book Cellar, located on the first floor of San Antonio’s enchilada-red Central Library, has served as a veritable cornucopia for local readers since 1998. Operated by the Friends of San Antonio Public Library, the retail space offers books ranging from Virginia Woolf novels to coffee-table tomes full of desert Southwest photographs — all 100% […]
The Goonies (1985) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. And what better way to bask in glorious nostalgia than to catch the cult film favorite for free this Saturday on the 18-by-32-foot LED video wall in the Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza, the Tobin Center’s outdoor venue. The H-E-B Cinema Series will transport viewers back […]
Barbecue lovers may think Texas has the market cornered on brisket and ribs, but not so according to a new study. An analysis compiled by online casino Betway, which purports to rank the Best BBQ Cities in America and Canada, put San Antonio in 11th place. That’s despite city’s growing national distinction thanks to restaurants […]
Name: Mary Lou Davis Job: Chef, Ida Claire Birthplace: Logansport, Indiana Years in food service: 16 Big impact: Beloved for her outgoing personality, anime-inspired cooking reels and a near-win on Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition show Hell’s Kitchen, Davis is back in San Antonio as Ida Claire’s head chef after spending three years in the Bay […]
Texas House Democrats who left Austin to halt debate on the GOP’s controversial redistricting plan were evacuated from an Illinois hotel Wednesday morning over a bomb threat, the Dallas Morning News reports. “This morning, a threat was made against the safety of the members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus,” party leaders said in a […]
Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. If we cannot recognize our own given natures and the natural world as setting any limit at all upon the desires that we contemplate taking seriously; if we will not listen to the anticipations and suspicions of the artefactual conception of human beings that sound in half-forgotten moral […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Powered by People, a Democratic political group started by former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, has emerged as a top funder covering the costs of Texas lawmakers’ out-of-state decampment to thwart a […]
Dang it Bobby — King of the Hill is back — and Whataburger is marking the occasion the Texas way: with a burger discount and a dash of nostalgia. The fast-food chain announced a limited- time collaboration in honor of the animated series’ long-awaited return to Hulu after a 15-year break.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton will ask for a court ruling declaring vacant the seats of any lawmakers who are not back to work by Friday, he said in a press release Tuesday.