It’s a safe bet plenty of SA craft beer lovers are looking forward to the arrival of Idle Beer Hall & Brewery, slated to open later this year. First, Idle was one of the first tenants confirmed for the much-anticipated Make Ready Market, a River North food hall now under construction. Second, the brewery is a subsidiary […]
For 145 years, Texans have recognized Gruene Hall as prime destination for dancing, drinking and country music. Now, the charming white-clapboard dancehall near New Braunfels is getting recognition on a national scale. The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has nominated Gruene as Club of the Year 2022. “It’s our first time being nominated, which is kind of crazy […]
Twitter is heaping ridicule on an online report from Realtor.com that gives the false impression that San Antonio is a suburb of Austin. The report, published Tuesday, analyzed national trends in home prices, comparing the current downturn in the real estate market to that of 2006. It correctly noted a recent price drop in San Antonio, […]
Long-running metal act Saxon is a San Antonio favorite. So much so that on the band’s 2017 tour supporting UFO, the lineup was flipped so Saxon had the top slot for the Alamo City date.
Tony Award-winning musical Tootsie tells the story of Michael Dorsey, a seasoned Hollywood actors whose reputation as a perfectionist has made it impossible for him to land new roles. He’s on the verge of giving up acting until his roommate tips him off about a soap opera holding an open audition.
With early voting in San Antonio’s citywide elections scarcely underway, someone has directed a homophobic attack at District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, defacing one of his signs with the word “groomer.” McKee-Rodriguez — the first openly gay Black man to be elected to San Antonio City Council — shared a photo of the sign Monday on […]
The 2018 stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s iconic novel To Kill a Mockingbird makes its way to San Antonio as part of its first national tour. The play follows 1930s Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch’s defense of Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of raping a white woman.
Los Angeles-born Chris Estrada has already racked up an impressive resume: writer, actor and stand-up comedian. Estrada is known for comedic work that pairs self-deprecation and social critique — a blend that’s on perfect display in a standup routine where he describes the unpleasantries of his irritable bowel syndrome and the problems presented when small-business […]
Tuesday night, three of industrial music’s most prominent acts treated San Antonio to their individual takes on the genre — their own flavors, if you will. And the enthusiastic crowd at the Aztec Theatre gobbled up every tasty morsel.
When The Grill at Leon Springs was decimated in summer of 2021 by a two-alarm fire, fans of the restaurant’s New American fare were almost as gutted as the building itself. Especially after it became clear its reconstruction would be a drawn-out process. Now, construction work on the building is finally underway, state documents show.