Crushing heavy metal met cheeky humor as Dethklok and Amon Amarth brought their Amonklok Conquest tour to San Antonio’s Boeing Center at Tech Port on Friday, joined by special guests Castle Rat. Dethklok demonstrated why they’re the most popular cartoon death metal band in the universe with a brutal set where projected visuals tied to […]
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has threatened to cut state funding to three of Texas’ largest cities if they fail to change policies that the governor says limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Around $200 million in public safety funding is at risk for Houston, Dallas and Austin, which all have rules directing police officers […]
More than 800 adoptable animals are now listed on the SAACS website. The post San Antonio Animal Care Service offering zero-cost pet adoptions this weekend appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention site planned for San Antonio’s East Side will open by Sept. 30 and lock up as many as 1,500 people, the Express-News reported Friday, citing a letter the agency sent to local officials. The massive warehouse the agency bought at 542 SE Loop 410 will serve as a holding […]
An 1890 King William home that was once the residence of renowned Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas has just experienced a deep price cut. When the Current last reported on the listing for this gem of musical and architectural history last June, the property had a $1.2 million asking price. However, that was before the real […]
Since San Antonio started its public art program 30 years ago, our city has amassed an amazing collection of work from top-tier creators that liven up buildings, parks and even highway underpasses all over town. The public art collection has grown to more than 800 works spread across all 10 City Council Districts, each offering an […]
Another caravan of protesters is heading to the South Texas Family Residential Center an hour southwest of San Antonio, to decry the conditions inside. This weekend’s demonstration at the controversial migrant detention center in Dilley is organized by an array of groups, including the Bexar County Democratic Party, Project Unidad and SATX Indivisible. It will […]
The Chapel of the Incarnate Word’s Caritas Concerts series primarily focuses on presenting organ music, and this Sunday’s fifth installment of its current season will pair the chapel’s majestic pipe organ with an uncommon collaborator: a guitarist. Seth Nelson, organist for First Baptist Church of San Antonio, will perform music of the season — encompassing […]
Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. I recently took a pleasant stroll through the traffic-free streets of downtown San Antonio last month with 10,000 like-minded critics of a neo-royalist regime. While my girlfriend and I argued whether protests such as the “No Kings” march in which we participated serve as tranquilizing substitutes […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, this week said he’s told President Donald Trump on three separate occasions that he has no interest in becoming a U.S. Supreme Court justice. “In the first Trump term, the president spoke to me seriously about all three vacancies, and three times I said no, because I don’t want to […]