From young rockers showing off their chops to a Grammy-winning Americana singer-songwriter, San Antonio is awash in great music this week. Let’s dive on in. Wednesday, July 24
San Antonio’s public housing authority last Friday secured a six-figure federal grant to increase security at three of its properties, agency officials told the Current. Opportunity home will use a $117,256 Emergency Safety and Security grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to bolster security at the agency-operated Westway, Cheryl West […]
San Antonio Cajun and Southern cooking mainstay Acadiana Café is closing its doors after 38 years in business. In a Monday Facebook post, the owners of the far West Side restaurant said they sold the property to Hacienda Vallarta Restaurant Group, which plans to open a buffet-style Mexican eatery.
It’s official: Aggies are the most attractive grads in Texas. At least according to a recent study from online romance blog DatingAdvice. Researchers for the site surveyed 3,000 singles to gauge their options on which schools’ degrees make folks most attractive in the dating pool.
Nearly 1,000 San Antonio CPS Energy customers woke up without power Tuesday morning after storms swept across the city overnight. At around 10 p.m. Monday, CPS Energy revealed on social media platform X that crews were working to restore power in zip codes 78015, 78240, 78253, and 78266.
President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his reelection bid Sunday quickly focused attention on the little-known group of delegates who will decide his replacement at next month’s Democratic convention. On Monday, they made their preferences clear: Meeting by phone in the evening, the 273 delegates Texas is sending to Chicago for the August convention voted […]
A legendary box office bomb and the inspiration for the first Golden Raspberry Awards, Gene Kelly’s last feature film Xanadu (1980), is a convoluted fantasy musical in which Olivia Newton-John plays a muse of Olympus sent to earth to help struggling artist Sonny Malone (Michael Beck) open a nightclub. While initially met with derision and […]
After a three year hiatus for the promotion, award-winning San Antonio chef Jason Dady is bringing Lobster Week back to three of his area eateries. Between July 26 and Aug. 4, Dady’s Tre Trattoria, Jardín and Range each will offer a $45 four-course prix fixe menu with an optional $25 wine pairing. The menu includes lobster claw […]
San Antonio chef Stefan Bowers is making good on the promise he made back in March to open a brick-and-mortar location for his irreverent burger pop-up Pumpers. Bowers initially told the Current he hoped to open by July. However, the timeline has since been pushed back.
The San Antonio Film Festival, or SAFilm, will celebrate its 30th anniversary when its latest installment lights up screens from Tuesday, July 30, through Monday, Aug. 4.The homegrown fest will screen more than 200 titles at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and the Radius Center, according to organizers. “It’s a milestone,” founder and Executive Director […]