Music fans and tech aficionados, get your passports ready. Next year, Austin’s ever-expanding SXSW festival will include a week of programming in London, officials with the event said Wednesday. The nearly four-decades-old conference draws hundreds of thousands of people annually to discuss innovation in technology and science and to experience an array of music and entertainment […]
District 7 City Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito unveiled three policy proposals Wednesday aimed at curbing San Antonio’s stray- and dangerous-dog problems. Alderete was joined at the press conference by Raymond Najera, the son of an 81-year-old Air Force veteran who was mauled to death on the West Side last year. Max De Los Santos, who […]
Everyone knows that the best way to tell a good story is over a stiff drink, and Texas-based Tito’s Handmade Vodka has taken that sentiment to heart with debut of a new cocktail book. The Austin-based liquor company is billing Spirit in a Bottle: Tales and Drinks from Tito’s Handmade Vodka as “an entertaining blend […]
A popular San Antonio dining and drinking establishment is facing online criticism after making an online post announcing a joke ban “Edgar” haircuts, a bowl-shaped style popular with some young Latinos. In a Saturday Instagram post, food truck park El Camino posted an image of a young Hispanic man wearing just such a haircut with […]
Brace for more growth, San Antonio. A new study found that the Alamo City was the No. 2 destination destination for do-it-yourself moving destinations in 2023. The city rose to that spot from No. 9 in 2022, according to an analysis of one-way truck rental data by Penske Truck Rentals.
Grammy-winning blues musician Cedric Burnside — known for mixing gritty North Mississippi blues with contemporary influences including soul and hip-hop — will perform this Saturday at the Carver Community Cultural Center’s Jo Long Theatre. The son of blues drummer Calvin Jackson and the grandson of singer-guitarist R.L. Burnside, the the younger Burnside began touring as […]
When it comes to trauma care, faster is better. A $1 million grant from an initiative of the University of Texas System to researchers in San Antonio and Tyler aims to speed the time in delivering that care using artificial intelligence.
A new artisanal loose-leaf tea shop has come to Gruene, the Hill Country community just north of San Antonio. Launched in late April, Gruene Tea Haus offers 40 selections of teas and tisanes, or tea-free herbal infusions, according to owner Albert Luna. Luna and his wife Casey — a New Braunfels native — also serve up tea-infused […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation Monday into Katy Independent School District’s gender identity policy on the basis of gender harassment under Title IX. The investigation came […]
Spurs fans and amateur sports analysts aired their grievances on social media after San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama was passed over Tuesday for the NBA’s Defensive of the Player of the Year award. During the Celtics’ blowout victory over the Cavaliers, the NBA announced that Rudy Gobert had won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year […]