The mythology of the American West doesn’t begin with the archetypal American cowboy. It surfaced centuries earlier through the people, cultures and traditions that shaped ranch culture before the U.S. was established. In its most ambitious exhibition to date, San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum this Saturday is opening “Tejano Legacy: Another American Origin Story,” […]
Texas is the fifth-worst U.S. state in which to raise children, according to a study published this week by nanny recruitment agency Go Au Pair. Go Au Pair compared all 50 states using 23 metrics related to education, childcare, healthcare, safety, affordability and recreation. Although the Lone Star State performed well in some categories, namely […]
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed an executive order directing state agencies to “investigate and eliminate” alleged birth tourism happening in Texas. Abbott’s latest political grandstanding is in response to a report from conservative blogger Tony Ortiz of Current Revolt earlier this month, which alleged that a website dubbed “havemybabyintexas.com” was selling packages to […]
Republican Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has put Gov. Greg Abbott’s history of accepting data center money on blast, questioning the honesty of rhetoric about the state’s the data center boom. “He didn’t care,” Miller said in a scathing Facebook post from Saturday that included a picture of Abbott. “When Greg Abbott put out the […]
San Antonio’s Powdered Wig Machine isn’t about rock ’n’ roll conventions. Does the trio play art-rock or noisy punk? Exactly what bizarro subgenre is it aiming for? And what’s up with the crossdressing singer-guitarist who insists on playing a character named Patricia? Given that proclivity for coloring outside the lines, it kinda makes sense the […]
Texas spent billions recruiting scientists from around the world to turn the state into a cancer-research powerhouse. Now, nearly six months after Gov. Greg Abbott restricted public institutions’ use of the H-1B visa program, cancer advocates and immigration attorneys warn the policy could undercut that strategy. At MD Anderson Cancer Center, researchers holding H-1B work […]
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson will play back-to-back shows at San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre, on Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18, the venue revealed late Tuesday. Billed as “evenings with Marilyn Manson,” the concerts are part of a tour celebrating 30th anniversary of Antichrist Superstar, the singer’s 1996 breakout album. Near-constant MTV rotation for songs such […]
The people of San Antonio have spoken! Here are the Best of San Antonio Food and Drink winners for 2026. Best Bakery/Concha Winner: La Panadería Multiple locations, lapanaderia.com. Best Barbacoa Winner: Rios Barbacoa Multiple locations Best Barbecue Winner: Smoke Shack 3714 Broadway, (210) 957-1430, smokeshacksa.com. Best Boba Artea Bubble Tea + Eats 7010 W. Loop 1604 North, […]
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to not deport a witness in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent earlier this month in Houston. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison issued the directive on Monday after an attorney for Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a passenger […]