The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) is encouraging local readers to choose from a list of banned books as part of the Banned Books Week, a national event hosted by the American Library Association (ALA). The annual event celebrates free and unrestricted access to information in an era when that democratic ideal is increasingly under […]
A video showing what appears to be 4-year-old girl swigging beer during last weekend’s Texas Longhorns football game as gone viral on social media. The 21-second long clip originally posted by TikTok user @trish.prell shows the thirsty child take a few long pulls from a red-and-blue tallboy while a woman — possibly the girl’s mother […]
Tejano band Grupo Siggno is asking for public support after thieves made off with $200,000 worth of its equipment in San Antonio. Bandleader Jesse Turner announced the theft during a solemn Facebook Live, during which he asked the public to contact police if they have any information. “Somebody stole all our lighting, all of our […]
The San Antonio Parks Foundation will host its 41st annual Jazz’SALive festival this weekend in Civic Park at Hemisfair. Promoted as “one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country,” this year’s event will feature sets from Grammy-nominated pianist Patrice Rushen, the Lao Tizer Band, Elliott Yamin, Eric Marienthal, Chieli Minucci and more. Performances will take […]
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For more than five decades, Sam Kindrick carved a niche as San Antonio’s resident gonzo journalist, documenting the area’s outcasts, dreamers, oddballs, pimps, prostitutes, druggies — and its musicians. As a close friend to legendary performers such as Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leon Russell, David Alan Coe and countless others, Kindrick documented […]
The Manhattan Short Film Festival is a novel “microfestival” that occurs at 500 venues around the globe simultaneously and screens shorts from 10 selected filmmakers. This year’s San Antonio iteration will run the weekends of Sept. 27-28 and Oct. 4-5 at art collective Urban-15’s headquarters just south of the Freetail Brewery.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued the owner of Ingram Park Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram, alleging the dealership allowed two female employees to be subjected to discrimination and harassment. The petition, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Antonio, also maintains that Ingram Park Chrysler owner Benson Enterprises Inc. allowed managers to […]
Although City Council voted 9-2 this month to move forward on a tentative plan to build a $160 million minor league baseball stadium – a plan that would also displace some of the city’s most vulnerable residents – one entity could still derail the entire project: San Antonio Independent School District. Indeed, the 4,500-seat stadium […]
The most wonderful time of the year comes with chance for San Antonio kids to shine on stage. Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet is coming to the Alamo City on Saturday, Oct. 5, to host open auditions for local children to participate in its production at the Majestic Theatre.