San Antonio music fans have reason to be excited about three touring shows over the next few days. They span different approaches and genres, but each showcases uniquely talented acts. Let’s dive right in and sort it all out.
San Antonio nonprofit SA2020 is shutting down amid donor backlash over a statement the group released in November calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and accusing local leaders of “enabling” Israel’s military action there. “In the wake of our statement on Palestine, local funders withheld payment on existing grant contracts, threatened our 501(c)(3) status, sought […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge Tuesday to a new state law banning doctors from prescribing gender-affirming care for transgender youth, a prohibition that a district court judge said was […]
Will Johnson is both a musician’s musician and a Texas indie-rock trailblazer. Johnson, who started as a rock drummer, released dozens of albums over three decades in music. He initially found success as a lo-fi singer-songwriter and guitarist.
A note purportedly found at the Pearl development listing 10 reasons why everyone should love Alamo City has got local users of the online forum Reddit talking. The allegedly anonymous Post-It Note includes a number of San Antonio’s well-known positives: its food scene, its small-town feel and historic Spanish Missions, for example. However, it was No. 9 […]
Over the weekend, pro-Palestinian protesters made good on an earlier promise to make life “uncomfortable” for San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and members of City Council. Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation on Saturday crashed the Mayor’s Dream Ball at the Boeing Center at Tech Port, reiterating their demand that council vote on an […]
In town for two days only, the critically acclaimed romcom Pretty Woman leaps from the screen to the stage at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Pretty Woman: The Musical tells the same unlikely love story we know and love from the 1990 film, alongside original songs written by Bryan Adams, the Grammy Award-winning […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats are rallying around Michelle Vallejo in her bid to unseat Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in the 15th congressional district this year.
At least 17 vehicles departed the Norfolk, Virginia, Monday for the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a self-described “Take Back Our Border” convoy, as chronicled on social media by independent journalist Ford Fischer. Convoy participants plan to meet others along the way during a stopover in Jacksonville, Florida.
Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Early last month, after enjoying a show at Paper Tiger, I returned to the spot where I parked, only to find no car.