With Pride Month underway, District 1 City Councilwoman Sukh Kaur this week filed a proposal to rename a portion of North Main Avenue — the primary thoroughfare through the city’s Pride District — after the late drag performer Erica Andrews. “This designation is about highlighting an important part of San Antonio’s history,” Kaur said in a statement. […]
If you’re looking for a place to get pumped up on game-day energy as you watch the Spurs take on the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, these Wednesday night watch parties are located all over town. Tipoff for tonight’s game is at 7:30 p.m. Hemisfair Finals Watch Party at Civic […]
The photo exhibition “Selena Forever/Siempre Selena” opens this Thursday at the Briscoe Western Art Museum, offering a riveting view of the late Tejano star Selena on her rise to international fame. Featured in the museum’s Kat Marmion Gallery, the show gathers images San Antonio photographer John Dyer captured of the iconic South Texas performer between […]
Whether your tastes run toward heavenly harmonies or edgy singer-songwriter confessionals, this week’s live music calendar has something worth leaving the house for. From the impossibly tight vocal wizardry of Take 6 to the enduring songwriting chops of Shawn Colvin, let’s run down the options. Friday, June 5 Greyhounds Austin’s Greyhounds recorded three albums for […]
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The Texas horned lizard, an endangered native species, is slowly reclaiming part of its historic range. Researchers with San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation and Research (CCR) have confirmed multiple rediscoveries of zoo-hatched lizards, including one animal that may represent the first wild-born offspring documented to date. Texas horned lizards, the state’s official reptile and […]
Policy expert Sophia Alejandro has become the latest staffer in Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ office to leave, bringing the total number of staff exits within the past year to eight, Jones’ office confirmed Wednesday. Even so, the mayor’s office declined to discuss the reasons behind the departure by Alejandro, a Baylor University alum with a […]
San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community is celebrating 50 years of Pride in the Alamo City. To commemorate the kick-off of Pride month and this half-century milestone, San Antonio City Hall raised a rainbow flag Monday morning for the fifth year in a row. Though Pride month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, the […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that his office has sued the City of Denton to block plans for gender-neutral changing rooms during a private Pride swim party at a public pool. In a joint statement, PRIDENTON and OUTreach Denton said the lawsuit was unnecessary because the LGBTQ+ groups had already changed plans and removed […]
June marks both Men’s Health Month and Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, a timely backdrop as San Antonio families head into a summer season that can bring more strain than rest. With kids out of school, stress, anxiety and social isolation tend to spike, especially among young families navigating pregnancy and postpartum life, according to […]