The 12th annual San Antonio Book Festival is an opportunity for authors and readers to unite in downtown San Antonio. Guests can mingle with 100 or so authors writing in genres spanning from nonfiction to fiction, poetry to political writing, YA to graphic novels.
Meerkats, whooping cranes and flamingos at the San Antonio Zoo all exhibited strange behavior during Monday’s total solar eclipse, as seen in a video the attraction shared on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter. As the moon blocked out the sun’s rays shortly after 1:30 p.m. in San Antonio, the zoo’s meerkat […]
The NBA champion Denver Nuggets, led by league MVP frontrunner Nikola Jokic, are scheduled to make their only San Antonio stop this season. Jokic was masterful against the Spurs in Austin last month, knocking down 31 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in a 117-106 win for the Nuggets. After the loss, Spurs reserve Zach […]
In a move surprising virtually no one following San Antonio politics, District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez on Tuesday formally announced his candidacy for mayor. In a three-minute campaign video, Pelaez, 50, touched on his background as a councilman and employment-law attorney while promising to “lead with optimism and with a vision of a San Antonio […]
Beloved LA-based comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is making his triumphant return to San Antonio, which he once called “one of his favorite cities, if not the favorite city outside of being home.” And what can we say?
A pair of campaign finance watchdogs have asked federal regulators to investigate a deal between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and San Antonio-based radio group iHeartMedia that’s funneled some $630,000 in ad revenue into a fundraising entity that lists its key goal as ensuring Cruz’s reelection. Made Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission, a filing by […]
OPERA San Antonio (OSA), in collaboration with the Classical Music Institute (CMI), will fill the Tobin Center with jaunty jigs and moving ballads in its two-performance run of The Pirates of Penzance (dir. Sean Curran).
San Diego-based Barrio Dogg, a purveyor of “Chicano comfort food,” is branching out from its Southern California roots into a newly opened spot in Southtown. The business, known for its specialty hot dogs, has taken over the space at 620 S. Presa St. that previously housed vegetarian haven Señor Veggie, according to an Instagram post. The owners said they’re […]
A new tenant of south-of-Alamo Heights landmark The Boardwalk on Broadway is now serving up Korean fare along with boba tea. Woo Ri TeaHouse took over the spot at 4009 Broadway that formerly housed Jujuice Cold Pressed Juicery and held a late-March grand opening, according to an Instagram post from the business. The quaint spot serves up Korean […]
So much for building a bigger tent. The Republican National Committee has shuttered a South San Antonio office it opened in 2021 as part of its much-trumpeted effort to court Latinx voters after Donald Trump’s unexpectedly strong 2020 performance in South Texas, according to the San Antonio Report. The Alamo City site is one of […]