Get ready to Roedo San Antonio. Well, not quite yet. Although the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo doesn’t get underway until Feb. 8, a host of family-friendly events are happening this weekend as part of the lead-up Western Heritage Weekend.
It’s good to know that no matter how tumultuous and chaotic the world gets, many people still cherish memories of people who made our childhoods feel cheerful and less scary. To that point, the Current’s most-read news story of the week was a piece about the passing of ventriloquist Nacho Estrada, who brought smiles and […]
San Antonio-based H-E-B tied with Costco and Publix as the nation’s best food retailer, according to the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index survey. Released this week, the new ASCI survey ranked grocery chains based on the results of interviews with more than 40,000 customers between January and December of last year. Participants were asked to […]
The closures and financial hardships of San Antonio food businesses continue to dominate the news cycle. The Current’s most-read food stories this week included news about the closure of two longtime local favorites and details about another suffering through a winter business slump. However, there was also some good news, in that six Alamo City-area […]
Valentine’s Day is supposed to be all about romance, but planning a special outing for the holiday can be a drag. Fortunately, San Antonio’s bars and restaurants have made that part easy with a slate of Valentine’s-themed menus, treats and special events that are sure to please. Hotel Havana’s on-site restaurant Ocho is holding a four-course Valentine’s […]
Award-winning and side-splitting musical The Book of Mormon, which played an eight-show San Antonio run in 2015, will return to the Majestic Theatre in April for five performances. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. According to Texas’ fourth-grade social studies standards, Indigenous peoples from Texas, including the Lipan Apache, Comanches, and Caddo, exist only in the past tense.
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 insurrection ran rampant Thursday evening as the “Take Our Border Back” convoy held a rally in the Texas Hill Country town of Dripping Springs. One of the event’s speakers even accused Jewish Americans of funding border crossings by terrorists. Several thousand people descended on the sleepy Austin […]
San Antonio City Council voted 8-2 Thursday to approve a new code of conduct for its members after a series of embarrassing incidents involving members of the deliberative body. The code’s approval follows council taking three separate censure votes against members over the past 14 months, including last month’s against District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte, […]
Earlier this week, the Current reported on a new study calling Texas was the most Stanley cup-obsessed U.S. state. In keeping with that theme, San Antonio artist Colton Valentine — the man behind local murals depicting iconic figures ranging from Cardi B to Victor Wembanyama — memorialized the highly sought-after tumbler in his latest outdoor creation. […]