A half century ago, a low-budget spoof on Hollywood Westerns became a box office smash and left an unexpectedly indelible mark on American cinema and culture. Originally titled Tex X, an homage to human rights leader Malcolm X, the film Blazing Saddles told the tale of a daring sheriff who saved a fictional frontier town […]
Popular Monte Vista bakery Extra Fine has expanded its footprint to Southtown. Extra Fine’s owners revealed via Instagram that Wednesday would be the new “secret-not-so-secret” location’s first day in business. Ownership has been teasing a second location since February, though it was originally supposed to open near downtown.
With Texas Gov. Greg Abbott enforcing his own border policies and TEXIT gaining momentum with the state’s Republican Party, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that the state is taking another step toward becoming a semi-autonomous region. To that end, the Lone Star State is launching its own stock exchange. Houston financier James H. Lee, backed […]
When it comes to shooting tequila, San Antonio knows how to party like no other city. Indeed, the Alamo City’s thirst for the Mexican spirit far outstrips its interest in vodka, according to a new study by payment app Square, which also collects data on food and drink transactions.
Brooklyn-based Unheard-of Ensemble is a contemporary chamber collective dedicated to connecting new music to communities across the United States. The group accomplishes this through the development and performance of adventurous musical presentations and programs that harness emergent technology, interactive media and revolving collaborations with an ever-growing network of like-minded young composers.
Beloved West Side mainstay La Amistad Tortilleria will close its doors June 30, after nearly four decades of serving up barbacoa and handmade corn and flour tortillas. The business, located at 2754 Culebra Road, shared the news Monday on Facebook, inviting fans to visit on weekends through the end of the month. It’s open 6 a.m.-3 p.m.
In Texas, the oil and gas industry has long wielded an outsized political influence. Now, a new analysis of campaign finance records shines fresh light on just how significant that influence is. Texas’ two Republican U.S. Senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, have individually received more campaign funds from the fossil fuel industry since 1990 […]
San Antonio visual artist Marcy McChesney most recent exhibition, “Between Two Dimensions,” revolves around stories told in collage and evoked by the most challenging and traumatic time in recent history: the COVID years. The exhibition, which opens this Thursday at the Blue Star Arts Collective, is made possible by an Individual Artist Grant from the […]
An AI-generated image of basketball commentator Charles Barkley being fed churros by plus-sized women in front of the Alamo is making the rounds on social media. The joke, of course, is that Barkley has made comments about San Antonio’s “big ol’ women” a running joke during appearances on TNT’s Inside the NBA show. The not-exactly-slender commentator regularly chalks up […]
Although speculation continues to swirl about a downtown arena for the San Antonio Spurs and a new stadium for the Missions baseball team, talk on the r/sanantonio Reddit page suggests that public funding for those facilities may be a tough sell. “Who is cool with helping pay for the AA Missions’ proposed downtown stadium?” Reddit user @ThayerRex […]