An amusement-development group plans to build an entertainment complex two blocks from the Alamo anchored by a 200-foot-high Ferris wheel offering expansive views of the city. The Grandismo project will include not just the towering wheel bearing the same name but a miniature golf course, a custom carousel ride and a food and drink hall, according […]
Noodles & Dumplings, an El Paso-based chain focused on hand-pulled Chinese noodles and steamed dumplings, will open a location in Northeast San Antonio. Signage for the new spot has popped up at 4818 Walzem Road, a building at the corner of Walzem Road and I-35. The Current reached out to the chain for more information, including a […]
A memorial service this weekend will honor the life and legacy of beloved ventriloquist Ignacio “Nacho” Estrada, who entertained generations of San Antonio school children. The service, planned for 6 p.m. on Saturday, will be livestreamed on YouTube. Estrada died in January at age 77 after a lengthy battle with an illness, a longtime friend told […]
Discount chain 99 Cents Only Stores will shutter all 371 of its outlets, including five in San Antonio, officials with the chain said Thursday. In a statement, the Commerce, Calif.-based company said it’s winding down after more than 40 years of doing business due to the “unprecedented impact” of the COVID-19 pandemic along with evolving consumer […]
Multi-layered, maximalist, dizzying and dazzling, the mixed-media work of brothers Einar and Jamex De La Torre is a chaotic feast for the senses. Based between San Diego and Baja California, the De La Torre Brothers, as they’re simply dubbed, started collaborating in the 1990s and have since developed an expansive aesthetic marked by surreal blown-glass […]
San Antonio politico Joe Straus, a former Republican speaker of the Texas House, told the Texas Tribune that oil billionaire Tim Dunn — one of the state’s most powerful Republican donors — once advised him that only Christians should hold leadership positions in the legislature’s lower chamber. Straus, who’s Jewish, told Tribune CEO Evan Smith […]
San Pedro Playhouse and the Classic Theatre of San Antonio are bringing the Bard to San Pedro Springs Park this April for the debut of Midsummer Sueño. Director and playwright Paco Farias puts a South Texas twist on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, by integrating contemporary English, Spanish and […]
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San Antonio and South Texas are shaping up to less than ideal places to view Monday, April 8’s highly anticipated total solar eclipse, according to the latest forecasts from the National Weather Service. Despite Kendall County declaring a state of disaster over how many visitors it’s expecting to get, folks paying upwards of $1,000 a night […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Austin-based Alex Jones, who was last year ordered to pay $1.5 billion in damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims for talking out of his ass about “what really happened” in Newtown, is now promoting a conspiracy theory about the solar eclipse visible over […]