Bison, owls and bears, oh my! On the last weekend of January — rain or shine — guests at the Briscoe Western Art Museum will have the opportunity to walk on the wild side as part of the Wild West Wildlife Festival.
Passengers on a Texas-bound flight found themselves in one stinker of a situation after the crew was forced to remove a passenger who wouldn’t stop farting, according to a now-viral online post. The gaseous gaffe occurred on a Jan. 14 American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Austin, as poster Lamgalatx chronicled on Reddit’s r/Austin page. […]
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, called on the Biden administration to nationalize the Texas National Guard if Gov. Greg Abbott won’t follow a Monday U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lets federal agents cut razor wire the state installed to deter border crossings. “Governor Abbott is using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. “If DPS as an institution — as an institution — failed the families, failed the school or failed the community of Uvalde, then absolutely I need to go,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said during an October 2022 meeting with the families […]
At the end of the month, 12 top pianists from five countries will convene in San Antonio for the return of the Gurwitz International Piano Competition. Presented by Musical Bridges Around the World, the quadrennial competition features top pianists from across the globe, vying for gold, silver and bronze medals with prizes of $30,000, $20,000 […]
Editor’s Note: CityScrapes is a column of opinion and analysis. Local officials gushed with gusto when a reconstituted DeLorean Motor Co. revealed a little more than a year ago that it was locating its headquarters in San Antonio.
Outside of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s youthful resurgence, Minnesota’s extended run at the top of the Western Conference standings has been the biggest surprise in the NBA this season. The Timberwolves bowed out in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of last year’s playoffs, finishing the season as an eighth seed. […]
San Antonio’s fast-growing fast-food restaurant Burger Boy opened its seventh location Wednesday morning on the city’s South Side. The locally-based burger chain is continuing to expand rapidly, with plans already in motion to open its eighth Alamo City location on the city’s far West Side this fall. Burger Boy’s newest spot is located next to […]
Anthony Jeselnik may be the first stand-up comedian to draw critical comparisons to both deadpan surrealist Steven Wright and legendary insult comic Don Rickles. The key is Jeselnik’s onstage persona, which he likened during a New York Times interview to a “comedy version of a horror movie.”
Michael McWhorter, a self-branded internet detective who goes by the handle @TizzyEnt, has accused the San Antonio Police Department of delaying an assault investigation to protect its suspect, whom he claims is the relative of a veteran officer. A now-viral video posted on X, formerly Twitter, detailing McWhorter’s claims about the now eight-months-old case has racked […]