Ever wonder what the inside of San Antonio’s iconic Tower Life Building looks like? If so, Amigo Walking Tours is offering a chance to do just that before the 1929 neo-gothic landmark undergoes a multi-million dollar renovation this summer. The distinctive eight-sided office building was the tallest structure in San Antonio until the Tower of […]
The University of Texas at San Antonio has been the site pro-Palestinian protests over recent weeks as student activists demand the administration divest from companies doing business with the Israeli government. Although UTSA’s demonstrations have remained overwhelmingly peaceful, activists told the Current that an unidentified administrator warned students and organizers from the Party for Socialism […]
Ronny Chieng’s Love to Hate It Tour gives the actor a chance to exercise the comedic skills that first put him on the show biz map. Best known for breakout acting roles in films such as Crazy Rich Asians and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Chieng has since maneuvered into other […]
San Antonio’s live music options this week span from arena rock to ukuleles — and just about any spot you can imagine in between. Let’s dive in and take a look at the diverse sounds Alamo City music fans have to pick from.
Music duo Night Club’s aesthetic may be best summed up by a chorus from its 2020 LP Die Die Lullaby: “I want to die in the disco.” The electronic goth-pop act’s blend of darkness and danceability isn’t just summed up pithily in its own work, it’s caught the ear of alt-rock icon Maynard Keenan (Tool, […]
In a sense, San Antonio chef and restauranteur Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin owes her rise to culinary fame to an early morning fight with her mother. When she was 22 and a recent college grad, she stumbled through the front door of the family home at 4 a.m. following a night on the St. Mary’s Strip.
Earlier this month, North central nightspot Bentley’s on Broadway announced it was closed for remodeling. Now, it looks like there’s more to the story. The City of San Antonio has ordered both Bentley’s locations — the bar on Broadway and a beer garden on Alamo Street — to shut their doors due to code violations […]
A video of a man swimming laps in the San Antonio River has gone viral on social media, leaving many commenters on the clip expressing revulsion and disgust. In the footage, a man with a bowl-style haircut style many in South Texas refer to as the “Edgar” swims freestyle along the San Pedro Creek extension of the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block Texas’ Republican-championed law requiring porn websites to verify the age of their users, the Associated Press reports. Adult-entertainment industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition filed an emergency appeal asking the high court put Texas House Bill 1181 on hold while the justices weigh whether to hear […]
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