The rain didn’t let up Tuesday night for the opening of Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, one of Fiesta’s most popular food-focused events. But that certainly didn’t keep the faithful away. Plenty of people showed up to get their fill of Maria’s Tortillas, shypoke eggs, and of course, chicken-on-a-stick. Photos by Jaime Monzon. […]
Tuesday marked the first performance of Cornyation 2026, the three-night Fiesta show centered around satire of local, state, national and international events. This year’s installment at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre proved as wild and ribald as ever, skewering worthy targets and offering up an array of amazing costumes. We even got dressing room access […]
Texas can enforce a state law requiring public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A 9-8 majority of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Texas officials’ favor, concluding that the law does not establish an official state religion. “It does not tell […]
San Antonio’s Historic Pearl complex is hosting a first-of-its-kind music festival next month with Texas blues rockers Los Lonely Boys headlining. Pearl Fest will take place Saturday, May 23, at the upscale dining and shopping complex at the former Pearl Brewery. Pearl Fest is a full-day music festival offering a hybrid of free and ticketed concert […]
The University of Oklahoma philosophy professor and author will deliver a lecture examining how ‘everyday aesthetic activism’ can heal societal rifts. The post Aesthetics scholar Sherri Irvin to speak at Trinity University about the philosophy of art appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Fresh from headlining Coachella, Colombian pop superstar Karol G will is kicking off her massive Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour, scheduled to stop in San Antonio on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The singer — known for her dance-oriented blend of reggaeton, R&B and pop and for collaborations with hitmakers such as Bad Bunny, Nicki Minaj and Daddy […]
Two members of San Antonio City Council are calling on Northside Independent School District to “work collaboratively” with parents affected by the district’s decision to pause improvements to nine elementary schools. NISD was expected to make nearly $200 million in improvements to its facilities after voters approved a $992 million bond in 2022. However, district’s […]
San Antonio Reddit users are complaining about groups of wild teenagers wreaking havoc at the Target store near U.S. Highway 281 and TPC Parkway in the affluent Stone Oak suburb. Those concerns surface as the councilwoman representing the district where the retailer is located pushes for City Hall to hire more police officers amid a […]
Self-driving taxi company Waymo is temporarily suspending services in San Antonio after one of its robo-vehicles was swept away in Monday’s floodwaters, News 4 SA reports. The unoccupied vehicle was swept away after it entered a flooded road, the station reports, citing company officials. Some parts of San Antonio experienced more than 6 inches of […]
One person is dead and nearly two dozen more had to be rescued from high water due to Monday’s flash flooding, the San Antonio Fire Department told the Express-News. The fatality occurred Monday morning near J. Street Park alongside Salado Creek on the East Side. First responders recovered a body from a tree amid high […]