Centro San Antonio is offering a $100,000 honorarium to a local artist who can create a towering downtown mural that reflects the city’s love for the Spurs. Centro — a nonprofit that promotes living and working downtown — this week issued an open call for a local artist, or team of artists, to paint a […]
The wife of a man convicted of entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and who has also labeled school board members “child molesters” has been appointed to a North East Independent School District sex-ed committee, KSAT reports. Crystal Keen, a registered nurse, was appointed to NEISD’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), last month, […]
Although now dead for nearly 50 years — she expired in 1976 at age 85 — Agatha Christie remains as mysteriously ubiquitous as ever. Rivaled in sales only by William Shakespeare — and let’s acknowledge that he received a 330-year head start — Christie has conservatively moved more than 2 billion books since The Mysterious […]
In a bid to keep San Antonio’s lights on as the state’s power grid looks increasingly unreliable, Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda this week filed a request to lower the amount of revenue the city takes monthly from CPS Energy. The District 6 councilwoman’s proposal would allow the city-owned utility to keep 2-3% more of its […]
The San Antonio Philharmonic will perform a free Diez y Seis concert Friday, Sept. 15, at the Lanier High School Auditorium. The program for the performance will include both national anthems, music from renowned Mexican composers and other favorites, according to Philharmonic officials. The orchestra organized the concert as it was establishing its home office at the West Side’s […]
Comedian, actor and screenwriter Adam Sandler is bringing his latest standup tour to San Antonio on Thursday, Dec. 7. The Saturday Night Live alum will perform at the AT&T Center (soon to the be the Frost Bank Center) as part of The I Missed You Tour. His fall and winter road dates follow the Adam Sandler […]
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. Gourmet hot dog spot Dog Haus has launched a small menu of eats to benefit Hawaiian wildfire relief. The chain will donate $1 from every new Ohana Chicken Sando, spicy Mighty Moa Wings and Aloha Spirit cocktail order […]
The roar of souped-up, 12,000-pound trucks will shake the Alamodome early next year as Monster Jam marks its return to San Antonio. The monster truck tour will include shows on Saturday, Jan. 13, and Sunday, Jan. 14, according to organizers. As of press time, the lineup will feature 12 drivers, including Tom Meents, the most decorated […]
San Antonio’s official website describes the city as a “diverse, progressive and globally competitive,” adding that it boasts a “solid vision for national and international development.” Although one could argue the Alamo City is progressive and diverse, a recent study ranking the 100 best cities in the world didn’t find San Antonio globally competitive — […]
Plenty of new stores from out-of-town coffee chains have percolated up across San Antonio recently, but none has a name as fun to say as the city’s latest entrant. Colorado-based Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii — yes, the “of Hawaii” is part of its full name — plans to open five new stores in the […]