Ruby City’s newest exhibition, “Water Ways,” unveils more than 50 paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculptures from regional, national and international artists. The featured artworks, almost entirely pulled from the Linda Pace Foundation/Ruby City Collection, focus on the theme of water, either literally or metaphorically.
Two of San Antonio’s most prominent political figures are again holding a joint birthday party. U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro and his identical twin — former San Antonio mayor and Obama cabinet member Julian Castro — are staging a birthday bash for friends, family and the community on Wednesday evening. The Democrat power players are celebrating their […]
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. The Good Kind is now open Tuesdays and is hosting a food pop-up curated by SAHA Palestinian Cuisine. The Good Kind’s kitchen will be closed, but the bar will offer its full menu to accompany SAHA’s eats, which […]
A systemwide outage has led the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to halt all driver-license appointments scheduled for Wednesday. Although the statewide cancellations initially were just through noon, DPS officials now say they will be through the end of the day.
Friday’s reunion of Watchtower, a San Antonio-tied prog metal outfit with a rabid cult following, is sold out, but if you didn’t land tickets, don’t hang your head and cry. This week offers a wealth of other options for Alamo City music fans, from the sci-fi prog of Coheed & Cambria to the artsy vibes of […]
A rare and endangered male okapi calf, a species often referred to as the “Unicorn of Africa” due to its elusive nature, was born at the San Antonio Zoo, according to officials. Born Saturday, the calf is the first son of parents Ludimi and Epulu. Zoo officials described the birth of the animal, which resembles […]
Texas’ record-breaking heatwave is wilting the state’s economy, according to a survey of businesses conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. More than a third of respondents in the state’s service sector said extreme temperatures have are the driving cause for recent declines in revenue or production. More than half of service-sector businesses said that […]
On a stifling August day, hundreds turned up to an event at the San Antonio Food Bank’s pavilion, a place usually associated with feeding the community. Instead, it was full of people hungry for information on getting health insurance coverage on paychecks that rarely even cover their basic needs.
Texas’ recent “unwinding” of Medicaid enrollment after three years of automatically renewing individuals’ coverage during the pandemic has widened the cracks in the system into a chasm. As a result, the state’s children have become especially vulnerable to losing health coverage.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), viewers join Miles Morales, an Afro Latinx teen from Brooklyn, as a bite from a radioactive spider empowers him to explores the possibilities and mysteries of the Spider-Verse. The animated film’s composer, Daniel Pemberton, received plenty of accolades prior to his work on the soundtrack for Into the Spider-Verse […]