The Tobin Center’s Annual Open House this Sunday will offer free pop-up performances, interactive adventures and behind-the-scenes tours of the top-of-the-line performing arts center. And did we mention that the event is free? The gathering gives the public an opportunity to discover prizes and surprises around every corner of their building and grounds.
Comedian Tom Arnold got his break as a writer for Roseanne and joined the cast of the classic sitcom in 1989. He appeared in True Lies (1994) and over 150 other movies, is the star of several standup specials and even won a Golden Globe. And he’s happy to dish on Hollywood.
Local and federal authorities are investigating after witnesses on Tuesday reported a possible human smuggling operation in Southwest San Antonio, the Express-News reports. Several people are under arrest in connection with the probe, which centers around a parked tractor trailer rig, according to the daily. The site is near the area where 53 migrants died […]
A coalition of Texas university student groups has sued to overturn a new state law designed to limit campus protests, calling the legislation an unconstitutional ban on a “staggering amount” of protected speech. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) filed the suit Wednesday in Austin federal court on behalf of the student groups. […]
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Illinois governor JB Priztker on Tuesday told reporters the Trump administration has begun sending Texas National Guard troops to Illinois, allegedly to quell its crime rate and support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as it prepares to crack down on immigrant communities. Pritzker made the comments shortly after President Donald Trump held a Tuesday afternoon […]
Although Texas’s total THC ban championed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has stalled in the state House, a separate vape ban that went largely under the radar last legislative session quietly went into effect Monday. Under Senate Bill 2024, it’s now a class A misdemeanor in the Lone Star State to market or sell any […]
A new paper by Texas State University researchers dismisses the Rainey Street Ripper — a purported serial killer said to drown victims along downtown Austin’s lakeshore — as nothing more than another urban myth. On Tuesday, Texas State’s Center for Geospatial Intelligence and Investigation released a 41-page report that analyzed 189 drownings at Lady Bird Lake […]
More than 43,000 fans are expected to attend Grammy-winning R&B artist The Weeknd’s Wednesday concert at Alamodome, and city officials are warning of traffic snarls downtown ahead of the massive show. Those attending the concert should plan ahead to account for potential parking and traffic delays, according a statement from the city. Although the show […]
Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) officials weren’t kidding when they told City Council last month that the NBA franchise would launch a full-scale campaign to build support for a new downtown arena. That campaign to get folks to vote in favor of a new, $1.3 facility for the Spurs will kick off this Saturday at […]