San Antonio music fans have the option this week of gazing back to a familiar past or discovering new acts that move the ball forward. Both certainly have their appeal.
During Drake’s Monday night performance at Austin’s Moody Center, the music superstar had a few choice words for the venue’s security after a fan jumped onstage with ease. Online video shared by hip-hop publication XXL Magazine shows the concertgoer climb onstage during the rapper’s set then reach out to clasp hands with him. Drake then stiff-arms the fan, […]
A new $3.6 million federal grant will fund four more years of suicide-prevention work at University Health targeting LGBTQ+ youth, according to officials with the county-owned health system. The money will go to the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Blueprint for Adults and Youth (CoSPLAY) program, which strives to reduce the suicide rate of LGBTQ+ people between the […]
The privately owned San Antonio Aquarium, cited little more than year ago by federal authorities for failing to meet animal-care standards, has again been called out by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture — this time for the death of a female porcupine. A San Antonio Aquarium employee on July 28 discovered the deceased porcupine after the […]
Under the cover of darkness one September night in 1810, a priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the small Mexican town of Dolores rang a church bell, gathered together his still-sleepy parishioners and delivered a fiery speech now known as the “Grito of Dolores.” That grito, or cry, is now celebrated as the spark […]
For the 25th year in a row, beloved San Antonio-area waterpark Schlitterbahn has won the title of World’s Best Water Park from Arlington-based publication Amusement Today. Schlitterbahn won the designation — again — at Amusement Today’s Golden Ticket Awards over the weekend. The monthly publication dedicated to amusement-park news bestows its annual awards based on international […]
After publicly feuding over a spate of recent shootings of SAPD officers, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales used a Monday night appearance to emphasize that he and San Antonio Police Chief McManus are making amends. The comments came during a public safety town hall moderated by District 4 Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia that featured […]
Adelita Tamales & Tortilla Factory temporarily closed after a car crashed into its building on Saturday, but the 85-year-old business wasn’t out of commission for long. The Central San Antonio site reopened Tuesday, continuing to crank out tortillas, tamales, barbacoa, carnitas and chicharrones from a modified production space, according to a series of social media […]
San Antonio is awash in food festivals these days, but it’s hard to imagine residents rejecting a new one centered around two well-paired local staples: tacos and tequila. The Tower of the Americas on Saturday, Oct. 7, will host its first-ever Tequila & Tacos Festival, featuring the advertised tacos plus nearly two dozen tequila brands. according to […]
Looks like predictions that the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton might stretch on for weeks may have missed the mark. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the Texas Senate, told lawmakers Monday that the trial to remove Paxton from office may wrap up by the end of the week, according to […]