Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has racked up a career of dick moves, but last week’s appeal of a court decision regarding Texas’ abortion law may be his most dickish yet.
The Guadalupe Dance Company — one of the few Alamo City venues to consistently feature the flamenco art form — is presenting a one-night-only performance of Espíritu Flamenco, part of the Celebrando Tradiciones performance series celebrating both Mexican and Spanish cultural traditions. The company is celebrating 32 years of musical performances, which have often included collaborations with […]
Juno Birch, extraterrestrial drag queen, crash-landed to Earth in 1962 and decided to disguise her alien identity by dressing as a housewife of the day, complete with a beehive hairdo and cat-eye sunglasses clashing against her Squidward-toned skin. At least, that’s how the story goes for the British-Martian queen, who’s bringing her brand of whimsy […]
Fans of Latin music taken in adventurous directions have a couple of reasons to mark their calendars. Jenny and the Mexicats — a group that mixes jazz, rockabilly and reggae with cumbias, flamenco and more — will perform at Sam’s Burger Joint Thursday.
EAGLE PASS — After a fact-finding visit to Gov. Greg Abbott’s buoys blocking the Rio Grande, a congressional delegation led by U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro blasted the anti-immigrant barrier as an absurd and dangerous political stunt. At a meeting with reporters, Castro — a San Antonio Democrat — called on the Biden White House to […]
Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1989 Texas v. Johnson decision, the First Amendment has protected the right to burn the United States flag in public protest.
SeaWorld San Antonio is raising a frosty glass to the end of summer with Bier Fest, an annual German-inspired celebration that showcases a wide range of international brews. Kicking off this Friday, Bier Fest will take place at the park every Friday through Sunday through the first weekend of September. It also will include Labor […]
Texas officials for seven months ignored warnings that putting anti-migrant buoys in the Rio Grande and razor wire along the river’s banks would violate both federal law and U.S. treaties with Mexico, according to documents uncovered by the Dallas Morning News. Those warnings began in December — well before Gov. Greg Abbott publicly announced that […]
The owners of popular Southtown eateries Little Em’s Oyster Bar and Up Scale have set a Sept. 27 opening update for new sushi concept Nineteen Hyaku. Located inside the Jefferson Bank tower at 1900 Broadway, Nineteen Hyaku will showcase a range of sushi offerings along with an omakase menu — that is, a menu of items […]
Police on Monday arrested the 17-year-old cousin of Uvalde mass shooter Salvador Ramos on allegations the San Antonio teen was “threatening to do the same thing” as his relative, KSAT reports. Ramos killed 19 students and two teachers during the May 2022 school shooting at Robb Elementary School that seized global headlines and rekindled the […]