Award-winning and side-splitting musical The Book of Mormon, which played an eight-show San Antonio run in 2015, will return to the Majestic Theatre in April for five performances. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. According to Texas’ fourth-grade social studies standards, Indigenous peoples from Texas, including the Lipan Apache, Comanches, and Caddo, exist only in the past tense.
Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 insurrection ran rampant Thursday evening as the “Take Our Border Back” convoy held a rally in the Texas Hill Country town of Dripping Springs. One of the event’s speakers even accused Jewish Americans of funding border crossings by terrorists. Several thousand people descended on the sleepy Austin […]
San Antonio City Council voted 8-2 Thursday to approve a new code of conduct for its members after a series of embarrassing incidents involving members of the deliberative body. The code’s approval follows council taking three separate censure votes against members over the past 14 months, including last month’s against District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte, […]
Earlier this week, the Current reported on a new study calling Texas was the most Stanley cup-obsessed U.S. state. In keeping with that theme, San Antonio artist Colton Valentine — the man behind local murals depicting iconic figures ranging from Cardi B to Victor Wembanyama — memorialized the highly sought-after tumbler in his latest outdoor creation. […]
The accolades just keep rolling in for French phenom Victor Wembanyama. On Thursday, the NBA named the San Antonio Spurs forward one of 28 players who earned a spot to compete in the league’s 2024 Rising Stars showcase. The annual event, which features a three-game mini-tournament, will air live at 8 p.m. on TNT on Friday, […]
As right-wing extremists on South Texas for this weekend’s “Take Back Our Border Rally,” Texas Democrats aren’t mincing words when it comes to who bears responsibility should violence break out. “Gov. [Greg] Abbott is ignoring the [U.S.] Supreme Court decision and trying to create a standoff against the federal government because he wants to create […]
Premieres Wednesday: Alexander: The Making of a God — The reign of the legendary Alexander the Great is explored in a series that combines dramatic re-enactments and talking-head interviews.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Cassy Rodriguez, 17, has always been a planner.
The prospect of San Antonio City Council passing a ceasefire resolution in the Israel-Hamas conflict appears all but dead after two key council members this week said they have no interest in debating the matter. On Wednesday, District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur told the Express-News she won’t sign a memo calling for debate on a […]