Lynching victims, forcibly disappeared individuals and hooded monsters of the Ku Klux Klan are among the loaded subjects San Antonio-born artist Vincent Valdez tackles in his powerful drawings, paintings and prints. A decade ago, Valdez took over Artpace’s Hudson Showroom with The Strangest Fruit — an arresting exhibition of large-scale paintings exploring the oft-erased history […]
The San Antonio Spurs’ two newest additions got their official Alamo City welcome on Tuesday afternoon inside the team’s performance center at The Rock at La Cantera. Veteran players Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes are joining the Spurs for the 2024-25 NBA season.
After more than two decades in operation, the Capparelli’s Italian restaurant in the Thousand Oaks Shopping Center has closed down, the Express-News reports. “Capparelli’s with great heartbreak and sorrow regret to inform our customers/family that we will be closing our doors,” said a message posted on the door of the restaurant at 2923 Thousand Oaks Drive, […]
Customers of cable TV provider Spectrum began reporting internet service outages early Tuesday afternoon, and company officials said in a statement that they’re working to fix the issue. The first reports showed up on social media platform X shortly before 1 p.m., when some San Antonio Spectrum customers said they were unable to go online. […]
Texas fast-food staple Whataburger is serving more than burgers in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Instead of ordering food, folks are using the San Antonio-based burger chain’s app to track power outages in the Houston area. On Monday, Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast as a strong Category 1 storm, flooding Houston-area highways […]
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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, whose 28th district stretches from Laredo to South and East San Antonio, has secured $110 million in federal funding for VIA’s first rapid transit route. The money comes from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s fiscal 2025 appropriations bill, according to details released by Cuellar, a Democrat indicted in May on […]
Acclaimed hip-hop group The Pharcyde will perform Thursday, Aug. 15, at San Antonio’s Stable Hall. Formed in Los Angeles in 1989, the group’s original members included Imani, SlimKid3, Bootie Brown and Fatlip. All original members, aside from Bootie Brown, will take the stage at Stable Hall.
After picking up positive reviews from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and other-high profile outlets, San Antonio-raised claire rousay’s most recent full-length release, sentiment, has landed on New York Mag’s list of the Best Albums of 2024 (So Far). That’s no mean feat for an avant-garde musician. Especially considering some of the magazine’s online followers were miffed […]
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