Find out if you’re “Kenough” by taking in a free Slab Cinema screening of the Oscar-nominated comedy Barbie on Saturday, May 18. In the hit film directed by Oscar-nominee Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), the plastic Mattel-produced title character (Margot Robbie) travels to the real world with Ken (Ryan Gosling) after she has an existential crisis […]
Brainy concepts with a wacky bent have long been center stage at the Overtime Theater, and playwright Lemuel Mitchell’s Schrodinger’s Catfish is no exception. For starters, the name of the play — which will run May 17-25 at the Overtime — references physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s pivotal “thought experiment” that placed an imaginary cat in a […]
Norteño heavyweights and Bad Bunny collaborators Grupo Frontera are hopping into San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Aug. 17, as part of their Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada Tour. Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday on LiveNation’s website.
A maximalist spectacle comprised of surrealist blown-glass figures, mind-boggling lenticular prints and ambitious installations reminiscent of bizarre movie sets, the De La Torre Brothers exhibition “Upward Mobility” came to light in March as part of the McNay’s 70th anniversary programming. On view through Sept. 15, the over-the-top show reveals characters and scenarios that artists Einar […]
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 […]