Long-running LGBTQ+ nightspot the Bonham Exchange will close Saturday after failing to meet a city deadline to install a sprinkler system — an effort club officials said was delayed by a broken promise by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. In statements to local media outlets, the attorney for the downtown club said Jones promised to help it […]
WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche’s path to permanent confirmation as U.S. attorney general appears endangered amid concerns from Sen. John Cornyn, who says the Department of Justice has not provided him with the assurances he needs to vote Blanche’s nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel postponed a key Thursday morning vote on the acting […]
Former city councilman and two-time mayoral candidate Greg Brockhouse is back. Or his podcast is, anyway. Brockhouse last week announced on Facebook that The Brockcast is returning and its first episode is scheduled to stream live on Thursday, Aug. 6. In the post, the SA politico said his podcast will “dive into San Antonio politics, […]
Prog-metal act Coheed and Cambria brought its riffs, hooks and sci-fi themes to the Aztec Theatre on Wednesday night with Narrow Head opening the show. Here’s a look at the band taking its San Antonio audience on a guided tour of the Amory Wars universe. Photos by Jaime Monzon. The post Everything we saw as […]
The number of children at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Dilley has increased over the past month due to a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, told reporters at a Tuesday press conference held after his seventh inspection of the […]
Camp Screamo is setting up stakes in San Antonio. Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein and Missouri-based emo-punk outfit Story of the Year are bringing their co-headlined Camp Screamo tour to the Espee this Friday for a night of noisy aughts nostalgia. Origami Angel will open the general-admission show. The performance comes as Silverstein wraps up a milestone […]
New data released Tuesday by hunger-fighting coalition Feeding America shows Texas is the nation’s most food-insecure state, and that the percentage of hungry people in San Antonio is higher than the state average. Beyond that, the report also shows the problem is getting worse statewide. Nearly 6.1 million people face hunger in Texas, according to […]
International bubble tea chain Gong Cha is about to suck up more Texas market share. The Taiwanese company said it’s inked a 50-unit franchise agreement in Texas with Houston-based Bakers Acres & Cattle Co. — currently a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchisee — which will include new Gong Cha stores in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Houston. […]
Weeks after a joint ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigation accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, a right-wing news blog is flipping the script and alleging his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, is actually the one breaching election laws. However, documents obtained by the Current suggest that’s not the case. What’s more, Talarico’s campaign […]
After being forced to scrap plans five years ago to record a Netflix special in San Antonio, stand-up comic Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is taking another shot. In a Tuesday Facebook announcement, the funnyman with a soft spot for the Alamo City said he’s taping his next comedy special Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Tobin Center […]