When the fake cobwebs have come down, colored porch lights replaced and Halloween candy goes on closeout, San Antonio will welcome back Día de los Muertos. The centuries-old tradition of remembrance and reverence for deceased loved ones is a custom native to the lands we inhabit.
The latest show to open at the City of San Antonio’s Centro de Artes gallery, “Dining with Rolando Briseño: A Fifty Year Retrospective,” is a fitting celebration of the Chicano artist. The show, curated by Ruben C. Cordova, runs through Feb. 9 and features more than 75 works that span the breadth of San Antonio-born […]
Editor’s note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Anyone who advocates running government like a business must never have been put on hold by an insurance company or cable provider. During a recent online group chat the Express-News conducted with District 8 Councilman and mayoral candidate Manny Pelaez, Metro Editor Greg Jefferson […]
The average life expectancy has declined in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and Texas was along the states reporting the biggest drops, a new study shows. Indeed, the average life expectancy in Texas slid by 3.83% from 2018 to 2021, according to Forbes Advisor analysis, ranking it as the state with 14th-largest decline during […]
Our picks for the top live music options in San Antonio this week run the gamut from Latin-infused “future pop” to dance floor-ready EDM to metalcore breakdowns. Let’s take a look. Thursday, Oct. 3
October is officially here, which means it’s time to party like a German. Luckily, there are plenty of options to don lederhosen, snack on schnitzel and gulp down steins of beer. Goodbye brat summer, wilkommen bratwurst autumn.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected […]
San Antonio Assistant City Manager David McCary used his position to give preferential treatment to one applicant to lead the city’s troubled Animal Care Services department while potentially holding back another, critics charge, pointing to city email correspondence. McCary’s alleged efforts to sway the hiring process came despite the city signing a $30,000 contract with […]
Country music icon Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at 88, has a surprising San Antonio connection: the cult 1972 film Cisco Pike. The movie — which features Brownsville-born Kristofferson’s first-ever starring role — was made in the wake of the 1969 counterculture classic Easy Rider.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, got bad news this week in the form of another poll showing his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, pulling head. A Public Policy Polling/Clean and Prosperous America poll released Sunday shows Allred leading the Republican incumbent by a single point. The survey of 759 registered Texas voters put Allred […]