The exhibition Camouflage: Real Tree, which opens this Wednesday at Fl!ght Gallery, continues San Antonio visual artist Justin Korver’s engagement with hunting culture as a place of performativity. The work focuses on camouflage as expressive of a certain masculine aesthetic that’s been largely rendered obsolete through aesthetic commodification.
San Antonio visual artist Ed Saavedra this Wednesday will debut EDTalks (But Mostly Listens), a new live conversation series featuring notable local activists and personalities. Long before achieving institutional validation, Saavedra — never an adherent to social norms and niceties — was interrupting exclusive conversations the world over to ask artists, activists, historians, journalists and […]
Austin neighborhood rock ‘n’ roll bar The Lost Well announced its imminent closure in a Sunday Facebook post. Owner Marcello Murphy said the venue has 60 days to vacate the premises, making way for a new building owner to develop the property. Those who who regularly attend metal and punk shows in Central Texas have […]
Archie’s Fine Coffee, a Medical Center cafe known for its creative drink menu, is opening a second location‚ this one in downtown San Antonio. The new Archie’s will open this Friday at 122 Broadway, across the street from Paris Hatters and right around the corner from the Alamo. Since opening its flagship store in 2021, SA-based […]
The cost of San Antonio’s proposed downtown NBA arena and sports district could cost an astounding $3-4 billion, News4SA reports, citing a 2023 email Assistant City Manager Lori Houston sent to a potential project consultant in June 2023. That newly uncovered total eclipses estimates for the project previously reported by local media, which primarily focus on […]
On Monday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, bought full-page ads in Texas’ five largest newspapers inviting Lone Star State medical professionals to relocate to the Land of Enchantment. “I know that legal restrictions on healthcare in Texas have created a heavy burden for medical practitioners — especially those of you now barred […]
With Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris expected to make her running-mate pick as early as Tuesday, former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro took to social media to speak candidly about his involvement in the vice presidential vetting process for 2016. “It’s a grind of a process” Castro tweeted Monday. “Candidates had to answer a 150+ […]
San Antonio-based food truck fabricator Cruising Kitchens is selling two existing facilities and consolidating into one new location on the West Side, creating 100 jobs in the process, company officials said Monday. The new state-of-the-art facility, which has yet to be constructed, will be located at 702 and 802 San Fernando St., according to a […]
Alamo Springs Cafe, a Fredericksburg dining staple that’s won raves for its burgers and comfort fare, permanently closed its doors at the beginning of the month after 18 years in business. In a Facebook post discussing the closure, owner Brian O’Neill cited financial troubles as the reason behind his decision. “Our closing is occurring solely based […]
San Antonio’s Lincoln Heights H-E-B has opened a True Texas BBQ, bringing a fourth outpost of the grocer’s in-store restaurant concept to its headquarters city, the Express-News reports. H-E-B’s True Texas BBQ launched in 2014 with a location in Pleasanton, impressing critics with its 14-hour brisket and its oak-wood smoking method.