Reservation-only dessert bar Nicosi, the third of four restaurant concepts opening inside the Pearl’s Pullman Market, will debut Wednesday, June 26, according to officials with the high-end grocery. The 20-seat Nicosi will feature a tasting menu that embraces acid, sweet, bitter and umami flavors to expand diners’ expectations about dessert, Pullman officials said. Award-winning pastry […]
Southtown staple Hot Joy is blazing out of its longtime digs for Tobin Hill, according to an online post from the Asian fusion restaurant. In a Tuesday Instagram post, Hot Joy’s owners reveled the business is leaving its colorful spot at 1014 S. Alamo St. for the same Broadway and Jones Avenue building that houses the […]
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Years in the making, the sprawling group show “Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers/ Soñadores + Creadores del Cambio” made its groundbreaking debut in 2022 at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia. Now, it’s landed in San Antonio for a four-month run at the Contemporary at Blue Star.
Set in Stephenville, Texas, the cowboy drama Ride stars veteran actor C. Thomas Howell as John Hawkins, a bull rider who reconnects with his estranged son (Jake Allyn) to find a way to save his daughter’s life after she’s diagnosed with cancer. During a recent interview with the Current, Howell, 57, who is best known […]
The vibrant rhythms of Cuban music will electrify San Antonio this fall. The Buena Vista Social Orchestra will bring its musical mastery and captivating choreography to the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 16, as part of the group’s upcoming U.S. tour.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration over a new federal rule that he says would require states to pay for gender care procedures for transgender people through their Medicaid […]
The slugfest over the River Walk building that houses high-profile attorney Martin Phipps’ law firm and rooftop bar Paramour just took another brutal turn, the Express-News reports. In a court filing, Phipps, who also owns Paramour, accused officials with CDC Enterprises — the Phipps Building’s owner — of hacking into the structure’s security system over […]
Texas is still the Wild West — at least when it comes to vehicle thefts. A recent analysis of FBI data ranked the Texas as the state where people face the tenth-highest likelihood of having their cars stolen.
The summer sun may be blazing, but San Antonio music fans shouldn’t use that as an excuse to stay cooped up. Not when shows this good are coming to town. This week, Americana’s on the menu, but so are a consciousness-raising hip-hop collective and a Brazilian band that put an indelible stamp on the psych scene.