San Antonio filmmaker Alejandro Cabrera may have made the documentary In the Lone Star Wars State about Texas’ thriving Star Wars fandom, but how big of an admirer is he of the revolutionary space epic? “On a scale of one to 10, I’m probably a 10 or 11,” Cabrera told the Current during a recent […]
Cypress Cafe, the Korean restaurant that’s operated from the basement of near-downtown office building Cypress Tower for 22 years, has been asked to move out by the structure’s main tenant, San Antonio-based H-E-B, news site MySA reports. “Yes, unfortunately we were notified yesterday and [are] in the process of speaking with the building. We are […]
A San Antonio man with reported links to the extremist “incel” movement was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday for making an online threat against people attending a right-wing political convention. Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez, 20, warned on social media that he planned to unleash a “day of retribution” against the Student Action Summit […]
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Students from five San Antonio higher-ed campuses sent letters asking their respective administrations to “publicly oppose” an order by Gov. Greg Abbott requiring campuses to revise their free-speech policies to counter what he called a “sharp rise in antisemitic speech.” The letter — sent Wednesday to the presidents of San Antonio College, UTSA, Texas A&M San […]
The opening riffs of Seattle-based rock band Heart’s “Barracuda,” “Crazy on You” and “What About Love” are among the most recognizable on classic-rock radio. Appropriately, the group, formed in 1973, hit up San Antonio‘s Frost Bank Center Wednesday for nearly three hours of rock that was as familiar as it was energizing. Show openers Cheap […]
The San Antonio Botanical Garden’s newest art exhibition, “Huntopia,” celebrates internationally acclaimed artist Hunt Slonem, who’s built a prolific career as both a painter and sculptor. Slonem’s work has appeared in more than 350 exhibitions including those at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
The annual McNay Print Fair gives visitors to the museum the chance not just to view amazing works of art but to add them to their collections. Guests will meet and speak with a dozen experienced dealers coming from around the country to sell prints, drawings, watercolors and photographs from renowned artists, both contemporary and […]
Comic book artist Steve Rude, a pivotal figure in the industry’s indie-book revolution of the early ’80s, will present a May 4-5 painting workshop in San Antonio. The free event, held at Nelco Comics, 1134 N. Flores St., will feature painting demonstrations by Rude on both days along with Q&A sessions with the artist.