A 1908 Victorian-style home that residents of the King William Historic District refer to as “The Dollhouse” has hit the market for just shy of $1.2 million after spending decades in the same family’s hands. The residence gets its name from what its online listing refers to as a “cheery pastel exterior that instantly lifts […]
A Victorian home recently listed for $925,000 in South San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood has a history replete with a variety of puro San Antonio cultural influences, thanks to Albert Felix Beckmann, the prominent architect behind it. Beckmann was born in San Antonio, but studied architecture in Germany. After returning to the Alamo City around 1880, […]
San Antonio is home to many award-winning restaurants, but it’s also interesting to gauge which get the most love from customers in terms of table reservations. On a monthly basis, online restaurant-booking network OpenTable drops a new list of the most booked dining spots in San Antonio. The website determines its rankings by analyzing 500,000 new […]
McALLEN— The South Texas nun who was detained by immigration officers last month spoke publicly for the first time since the incident and as her future in the country remains in limbo. Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja, a 56-year-old nun from Nigeria, was walking the short distance from her home to Our Lady of Sorrows to distribute […]
“Puro Conjunto: Border(less) Sound,” the latest exhibition at the UT-San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures, celebrates a distinctly Texan genre born of global migration and creative co-mingling along the U.S.-Mexico border. Conjunto music has served as the soundtrack of the Tex-Mex working-class since the 19th century. Equally shaped by indigenous, Spanish and Mexican cultures along […]
If there’s one thing San Antonio’s culinary scene does well — and we’re not referring to margaritas here — it’s restaurant collaborations. Take, for example, the first-ever pop-up between revered barbecue spot 2M Smokehouse and boundary-pushing Mexican dining bastion Mixtli, which the restaurants are promoting as a day dedicated to barbecue and innovative sides. The event will […]
Whether you’re a die-hard who can rap every word of “Guns and Ships” or one of the last holdouts wondering what all the fuss is about, here’s your latest — but certainly not last — chance to find out why Broadway has been living in Hamilton’s shadow for more than a decade. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s culture-shifting juggernaut is […]
Millions of eggs farmed in Texas have been implicated in a massive recall that affects includes multiple brand names and consumers across multiple states. Texas-farmed eggs purchased not just in the Lone Star State but Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi have been recalled by producer Midwest Poultry Services. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration shared […]
Applications have again opened for the annual Spurs Culinary Residency, a program that gives local restaurants a shot at feeding thousands of fans during the NBA team’s games at Frost Bank Center. Spurs Sports & Entertainment and Aramark are seeking 12 homegrown food concepts for the program’s sixth year, which will run during the 2026-27 […]
Fresh off last year’s voter approval of a parental rights amendment to the state’s constitution, three rulings last month signal how the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services faces more scrutiny when it comes to permanently removing children from harmful and abusive families. In two cases last month, the Texas Supreme Court pushed back […]