Despite this year’s dismal mudbug harvest, San Antonio’s Big Texas Fun Crawfish Festival is moving ahead with plans to feed the fanatics. The event’s seventh-annual installment will serve up the coveted crustaceans at Selma’s Retama Park, 1 Retama Parkway, from March 8-24. Live music, dance, circus performances, a petting zoo, a carnival and deep-fried foods are […]
The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has dropped an attempted murder charge against the former San Antonio police officer under indictment for shooting 17-year-old Erik Cantu in a McDonald’s parking lot in 2022, the Express-News reports. Initially, former officer James Brennand faced three charges, including two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant — both […]
The two-day Hemisfair music festival that promoters unveiled last month and trumpeted as a resurrection of San Antonio’s decades-gone La Semana Alegre concert series now has a lineup. Scheduled for April 25-26, the Fiesta-timed bash will feature headliners including North Texas post-grunge band Toadies, Grammy-winning Latin fusion act Ozomatli, LA indie rockers The Red Pears and […]
Roughly 100 authors with works spanning fantastic fiction, cultural criticism, young adult fiction and Texas politics will appear at this spring’s San Antonio Book Festival. The 12th iteration of the annual free festival will take place at the Central Library and the UTSA Southwest Campus on Saturday, April 13. Its top-billed guests include:
Underage spring breakers, consider yourselves warned: the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission isn’t just watching — its agents are working undercover. Dozens of TABC agents will fan out across Lone Star State liquor stores, bars and on beaches over spring break to catch underage drinkers and bust businesses that sell to minors, agency officials revealed Wednesday. […]
In the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez became known for delivering scorching oratories — and Tuesday’s concession speech in his unsuccessful race for the Democratic nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was no exception. In a snippet of the speech shared online by TV station KSAT, the San […]
A little-known Democratic presidential candidate vowing to put former President Donald Trump on trial for treason went viral after his unexpectedly strong Super Tuesday performance in South Texas. Armando Perez-Serrato, a Californian running a protest campaign against President Joe Biden, racked up thousands of votes in at least three Rio Grande Valley counties’ Democratic primaries, […]
In the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez became known for delivering scorching oratories — and Tuesday’s concession speech in his unsuccessful race for the Democratic nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was no exception. In a snippet of the speech shared online by TV station KSAT, the San […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion analysis and snark. Say what you will about Dallas attorney and spreader of election-conspiracy bullshit Sidney Powell, but at least she’s persistent.
New nightspot Halftime Sports Tavern will open this Friday in the space vacated by Southtown tapas bar Queso Pan y Vino, MySA reports. In addition to boasting 15 TVs and a full bar, Halftime will offer pizza by the slice and a cigar selection, Queso Pan y Vino owner Erik Rosales told the news site. The […]