The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. San Antonio-area EVO Cinemas locations have begun hosting holiday pajama parties, featuring classic holiday films for $5 and a specialty hot chocolate menu for the run of the films. Screenings include National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Harry Potter and […]
Dashiell Young-Saver, a statistics teacher at San Antonio’s IDEA South Flores, has landed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2024. His claim to fame? Seriously innovative lesson plans.
When the children’s song “Baby Shark” first went viral across YouTube in 2016, actress Kimiko Glenn (Orange Is the New Black) remembers the earworm taking hold everywhere. After the song’s ubiquity began to fade, Glenn lent her voice to the Baby Shark character on the animated TV series Baby Shark’s Big Show!
Comedian and actor Adam Sandler was spotted Thursday bumming around San Antonio and taking photos with fans ahead of his nighttime stand-up performance at Frost Bank Center. Word that the former Saturday Night Live cast member, draped in an oversized sweatshirt and sweatpants, was hanging out at the Pearl began circulating on social media during the afternoon. “Who else […]
Two dozen small-business owners graduated Thursday from the University of San Antonio’s inaugural Procurement Academy, a 10-week course designed to help entrepreneurs land government contracts. The program — part of UTSA’s Institute of Economic Development’s Center for Government Contracting — was created with the help of former mayor Henry Cisneros and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, who […]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Al Pitrelli found a way to describe his longtime touring group this summer when he was reading a biography of conductor Leonard Bernstein. “He had a quote in there: ‘True art needs to be accessible, but never ordinary,’” Pitrelli said.
A divided San Antonio City Council voted 8-3 Thursday to authorize a 4.25% rate increase that CPS Energy officials said is necessary to help replace aging equipment, keep up with rapid customer growth and transition to cleaner energy. However, that approval only came after a 5-6 defeat of an amendment that would have shrunk the […]
Food Network’s competition series Kids Baking Championship will return for a new season Jan. 1, and the Alamo City will be represented by an enterprising young baker. San Antonio 7th grader Lila Smethurst will make her TV debut on the program, which pits a dozen kid bakers against each other in challenges inspired by the best parts […]
Latin music superstar Don Omar is coming to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center March 24 as part his Back to Reggaeton tour, according to venue officials. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. via Frost Bank Center’s website and Ticketmaster. Presale access is available by signing up for the Frost Bank […]
Hotel Havana will revisit its A Christmas Tamal dinner, which features the traditional family tamal recipe resident chef Jesse Kuykendall, otherwise known as Chef Kirk. The event will take place at Hotel Havana’s picturesque Ocho restaurant Dec. 23-24 during normal dinner service, according to officials with the downtown property. The dinner is planned around gigantic, handmade […]