This week’s live music offerings in San Antonio run the gamut from instrumental masters — jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington and pioneering rock guitarist Uli Jon Roth — to crowd pleasers such as timeless singer-songwriter Chris Isaak and classic country band The Texases. Let’s check out the options and get ready to treat our ears. Wednesday, May 15
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s The Verdict With Ted Cruz podcast appears to be paying off. On multiple levels. San Antonio-based iHeartMedia, the nation’s largest radio-station holding company, picked up the podcast for distribution in late 2022, allowing Texas’ junior Republican senator a national platform to air his grievances against “woke” culture and other favorite targets […]
The minds behind popular Monte Vista bakery Extra Fine will launch their second location — a Southtown outpost — in late May, MySA reports. In February, downtown development group Weston Urban teased plans for two new Extra Fine locations coming from Empty Stomach Group, the company that operates the bakery. However, that February announcement was sparse […]
Heading north from downtown San Antonio may be a source of headaches over coming weeks. On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Transportation began repairing bridge joints on westbound Interstate 10 between West Popular Street and Fulton Avenue, closing both of the upper-level left lanes, according to the state’s traffic impacts map. The two upper-level left lanes […]
Turns out basketball isn’t the only game that gets played at The Rock at La Cantera, the San Antonio Spurs’ new training center. A new event called The Game at The Rock, organized by the Spurs in conjunction with gaming hardware company Alienware, will offer gamers and e-sports enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels […]
Texas beer nerds, this might be cause for celebration. Saint Arnold Brewing Co. founder Brock Wagner will visit San Antonio’s Flying Saucer and Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen this Thursday to celebrate his Houston-based company’s 30th anniversary as a craft-beer producer. The drop-ins are part of a statewide tour for Saint Arnold, which touts itself […]
Decades-old seafood chain Red Lobster has shuttered one of its six San Antonio locations during an abrupt closure of more than 10% of its locations nationwide. On its website, Orlando-based Red Lobster now lists its location at 7835 Interstate 35 South in Southwest San Antonio as closed, and the store’s entire equipment inventory is now posted for auction. […]
District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez on Monday fired off a tweet accusing District 8 Councilman — and mayoral hopeful — Manny Pelaez of leaking information from council’s closed executive sessions. The finger pointing comes after McKee-Rodriguez, District 6’s Melissa Cabello Havrda and three other council members held a press conference last week raising allegations that City […]
San Antonio’s original Burger Boy location has unveiled a brand new interior renovation, replete with touches in the brand’s signature orange. The Alamo City-based chain shared photos of the newly zhuzhed space via Instagram, and invited fans to “stop by and say hi.” The location at 2323 N. St. Mary’s St. dates all the way […]
District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry — the guy police filmed incoherent in his backyard while they investigated whether he’d been involved in a hit-and-run accident — told the Express-News he’s considering a run for mayor. “I really enjoyed it on council, and people have been saying, ‘Clayton, you need to get involved again and run […]