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In late 2015, Rachel Goldberg was giddily awaiting the birth of her first child. She daydreamed about her own Spring birthday, a celebration she’d be able to spend with her newborn baby boy. She had a room in her Springfield, Missouri home filled with tiny clothes and a new crib. But 20 weeks in, Goldberg and her husband were hit with unexpected and sobering news at a routine ultrasound: her baby’s heart wasn’t functioning properly, and his organs were developing far too slowly. Something had gone terribly wrong. Goldberg was referred to a perinatal specialist, who wasn’t able to fit her into his schedule for two weeks. A week or two after her appointment, she was told her baby was missing a stomach and kidneys altogether. If she carried it to term, the baby would likely live a short, painful few minutes before dying — and her doctor guaranteed it would be a high-risk delivery for her. He said he understood if she wanted to terminate the pregnancy. But since the doctor couldn’t affirm Goldberg’s life was definitely in danger, it would be illegal for him — or anyone else in Missouri — to facilitate her abortion. That’s because Missouri law prohibits women from getting an abortion after 21 weeks and 6 days from conception, except if the woman’s life is threatened. So Goldberg was faced with this decision: Drive 10 hours to a Colorado abortion clinic (where state law has no cutoff date for the procedure) and pay $10,000 (her insurance couldn’t legally cover a non-life threatening abortion) or risk a dangerous delivery, after which she’d watch her baby suffer in pain and die. Goldberg and her husband took out a loan from their bank and drove to Colorado, where an unfamiliar doctor aborted her 25-week-old fetus. She recovered in an unfamiliar, uncomfortable hotel room miles away from home

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while she mourned the loss of her son. “It’s not an emotion I can really explain or describe to people,” Goldberg told the Current. “My body was responding like I had just delivered a baby, which I had. But I wasn’t holding it. I felt empty inside. And I wanted to be home.” Aside from the staggering cost of the abortion, she estimates she ordeal cost her and her husband about $3,000 in lost wages, gas and hotel costs. “I realize it’s a decision many women can’t afford to make,” she said. But it’s a decision Texas women will soon face, now that Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a sweeping new antiabortion bill into law. Researchers now know that a 2013 Texas law, which has since been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, forced more Texas women to get abortions even later in their pregnancy. They now fear that lawmakers only exacerbated the problem this session by passing a bill that bans the safest type of abortion procedure these women can receive in the second trimester. Texas’ Senate Bill 8 aims to prohibit an abortion procedure called “dilation and evacuation” (or D&E), the safest and most common form of an abortion after 13 weeks gestation. The only alternatives to D&E are making a woman go through labor and deliver the fetus or going under the knife for a procedure similar to a hysterectomy — both procedures that abortion doctors say are incredibly risky and expensive. “The complication rates associated with the alternatives are much, much higher,” said Bhavik Kumar, the Texas medical director for abortion provider Whole Women’s Health. By leaving women with these dangerous alternatives — alternatives that go against most doctors’ best medical

judgement, SB8 will effectively be a ban on secondtrimester abortions. Which, Kumar fears, may push women to take their abortion into their own hands. “It’s already happening in Texas,” he said. “I can only imagine that’s going to get worse with this bill.” Like most bills that survive the Texas Legislature, SB8 started out looking a lot different than the final law Abbott signed. Filed by Sen. Charles Schwertner, SB8 was originally meant to prohibit women who have an abortion to donate any of the resulting fetal tissue to scientific research organizations. But as the session drew closer to its May 29 end date, more anti-abortion lawmakers with bills yet to be heard by a committee started tacking pieces of their bills onto Schwertner’s, since his seemed to be getting traction. Soon, SB8 became a 12-page bill banning the sale of fetal tissue, prohibiting D&E abortions, prohibiting Dilation and Extraction (D&X) abortions (which anti-choice activists call “partial-birth abortions”) and requiring abortion remains to be cremated or buried. Two of these measures — D&X abortions and selling fetal tissue — are already illegal by federal law, proving that part of this bill’s intention was to simply remind conservative voters that their anti-abortion representatives are still antiabortion. The D&E ban is arguably the bill’s one regulation that will impact the lives of Texas women the most. And it’s specifically punishing women who need the kind of procedure another Texas law forced them to seek out. The bill is similar to 2013’s House Bill 2, a jumble of various anti-abortion regulations that came out of the state capitol. HB2 placed specific, strict building regulations on abortion clinics and doctors across the state, ultimately forcing 21 of Texas’ 40 abortion providers to close. Lawsuits against the bill’s constitutionality eventually brought HB2 to the Supreme Court in 2016 with Whole

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Women’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. Justices sided with the abortion provider, agreeing that HB2 placed an “undue burden” on the majority of Texas women seeking legal abortions by unnecessarily shuttering so many clinics. “I thought the message from the HB2 ruling made it crystal clear — states cannot regulate abortion out of existence,” said Amanda Allen, senior state legislative counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, the legal group that represented Whole Women’s Health at the Supreme Court. “We believe SB8 is unconstitutional.” Allen is especially concerned with a provision in the bill that only allows a D&E abortion if it’s a “medical emergency,” but not if they’re a victim of rape or incest. Under SB8, rape or incest victims would be forced to carry a fetus to term. She wouldn’t confirm whether or not CRR will file a lawsuit after the bill goes into effect. While it’s no longer law, HB2 has left a long-term impact on women seeking abortions in Texas. Only a couple of the 21 shuttered clinics have reopened, meaning women are still facing the “undue burden” of driving hours for a procedure (if their employer, childcare provider or budget allows it, that is). Because of this hurdle, many women aren’t able to arrange an appointment until later in their pregnancy — meaning they had to have a D&E procedure. “Economic justice is such an issue here,” said Amanda Williams, the director the Lilith Fund, a nonprofit group that helps low-income women pay for their abortion. Many of her clients are seeking second-term abortions because of serious financial barriers. In many cases, she said, women aren’t able to come up with enough money for an early abortion, which ranges from $550 to $1,500 instate, forcing them into the second-trimester. Sometimes, Williams added, women can’t ever come up with the funds — and are forced to go through with the pregnancy. “Our main concern is that this could completely push

abortion out of reach,” Williams said. According to researcher Dan Grossman, director of University of California at San Francisco’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, the need for a secondtrimester abortion has only increased since HB2’s short-lived success. Before HB2’s fall, Grossman worked with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at UT Austin to collect quantitative data on how HB2 had impacted Texas women. His work played an instrumental role in the Supreme Court victory. He told the Current that if SB8 becomes law, his team is ready to start recording how the anti-abortion restrictions impact Texas women all over again. He now knows how key this kind of comprehensive data is in court. “Courts must consider evidence when they weigh the potential benefits of a law affecting abortion care against the potential harms in terms of women’s access to services,” he said. “Courts cannot simply rely on the statements or beliefs of legislators.” That’s the main reason Rachel Goldberg started telling her story to Missouri state legislators pushing for antiabortion laws. She wanted her experience to protect future women from draconian laws — and the stigma that envelops them. When Goldberg returned home from Colorado, she was vilified by family, friends and relatives who heard she’d gotten an abortion. “They told me I was going to hell,” she said. “A lot of them still don’t talk to me.” Others were more apologetic, and said her abortion was different than the normal kind, so it was okay. But Goldberg wasn’t looking to be pardoned. “Everybody’s abortion experience is different, everyone has the right to make that decision on their own. I wasn’t any different,” she said. “I imagine a world where all children who are born are wanted and every woman’s reproductive rights are valued.”

> Councilman Ron Nirenberg unseated Mayor Ivy Taylor in a heated runoff election for San Antonio mayor Saturday night, the first time a challenger has beat an incumbent mayor here in two decades. “Tonight the voters got it right,” Nirenberg told the crowd gathered at his election headquarters Saturday night. “Tonight the voters rejected the politics of division and false choices. They said yes to a bigger and mightier vision of inclusion and diversity.” Taylor conceded shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, some two hours after polls closed, in front of a small crowd gathered at Sunset Station. She first addressed her supporters by praising God and then reciting a Bible verse. “I am at peace,” she said. “I am so thankful to each and every person in this room.” Then, in an apparent attempt to downplay the sting of the 10-point margin that separated her and Nirenberg, Taylor ran through a list of accomplishments she regularly hammered on the campaign trail: a collective bargaining contract with the local police union, a major water pipeline project and a comprehensive plan for the city, all of which happened at City Hall during her tenure. “I’ve said it all along – I’m not a politician, I’m a planner,” Taylor said with a grin. She said the city was on an “amazing trajectory” and urged her supporters to engage with their new City Council; in addition to a new mayor, candidates who won six out of the 10 district seats are new to city hall. “A lot of newbies gonna be down there,” Taylor told the crowd. Following the trend of incumbent losses, William “Cruz” Shaw took the District 2 council seat from Alan Warrick with a remarkable 13-point lead – owed mostly likely to the fact that Warrick made headlines after drinking so much he passed out on a City Hall park bench two weeks before the runoff election. Downtown councilman Roberto Treviño held onto his District 1 post. Back at Nirenberg’s Broadway campaign headquarters, former Mayor Julian Castro, his brother Congressman Joaquin Castro, and a gaggle of other local left-leaning politicians rallied behind their new mayor. Councilman Rey Saldaña told the Current that the election’s results proved San Antonio “is a city that is progressive, a city that rewards candidates that step up on important and sometimes controversial issues.”

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The same San Antonio federal court judge who will soon decide whether Texas can enforce its new law banning so-called “sanctuary cities” just explained in a separate ruling why a major portion of the law appears to be unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia ruled last week that the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable search and seizure when jailers detained an undocumented immigrant for more than two months in 2016 after a misdemeanor charge against him was dismissed. Lawyers for the man had challenged BCSO's longstanding practice of granting so-called immigration “detainers,” routine requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for local jails to hold people suspected of federal immigration violations, even if their local charges have been dismissed or otherwise resolved. Lawyers across the country have argued that such requests are often flawed, haphazard and fall well below the legal standard of a warrant or judge’s order. In his ruling, Judge Garcia concluded that the case of Julio Trujillo, who court records show was arrested and charged with the misdemeanor assault of his girlfriend in January 2016, is an example of how the detainer system can lead to warrantless, unconstitutional detention. Trujillo’s lawyers say he spent a total of 76 days in Bexar County lockup after his charge was dismissed because of a detainer request ICE had lodged with the county. In his ruling last week, Garcia said the county had wrongly assumed that ICE detainers, which are usually over alleged civil immigration violations and not criminal matters, constitute probable cause. He wrote that the “routine detention of such individuals made it inevitable that it (the county) would engage in warrantless detention of individuals who were not suspected of any criminal offense.” Lawyers challenging the state’s new immigration law, Senate Bill 4, say the ruling should prove useful as cities and counties across the state sue to block the law from going into effect on September 1. Under SB 4, local officials who don’t comply with all ICE detainers risk being booted out of office or even criminally charged. Nina Perales, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, which earlier this month sued the state on behalf of the City of San Antonio to block SB 4, said Garcia’s ruling bolsters the argument that the law would force local cops to violate the constitution. “This gives us a clear, specific example of how SB 4 forces officials to violate the Fourth Amendment, to detain people in violation of the constitution,” she told the Current. Changes in how Travis County handled ICE detainers earlier this year (that jailers would only comply if a suspect was accused of a serious or violent crime, like sexual assault, murder or human smuggling) are what initially fueled Gov. Greg

Abbott’s war against “sanctuary” jurisdictions ahead of the legislative session. Abbott made eradicating “sanctuary cities” a priority item for the session, and the resulting bill he signed into law last month opens the door for any cop in the state to inquire about immigration status in any routine police encounter, like a traffic stop. The law even applies to college and university police departments. While Bexar County officials recently voted to join San Antonio’s lawsuit over SB 4, the local jail is still complying with ICE detainers that civil rights lawyers say are unconstitutional. “I think this decision handed down by the judge makes it pretty clear that we’ve been violating people’s rights in some instances,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff told the Current on Friday. He said county officials are meeting with the District Attorney’s Office to discuss how to respond to the ruling. Ultimately, Wolff conceded, the decision over ICE detainers falls to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar (who hadn’t responded to our requests for comment by press deadline). Meanwhile, Commissioner Tommy Calvert told us that the county “has no choice but to change how we’re doing things” because of the court ruling. He says officials need the flexibility to change policies without fear of retaliation from the state. He says the judge's ruling underscores why SB 4 is so damaging. Calvert called it one of the more “cynical” bills he’s seen come out of the legislature, yet another state attempt to override local control. “They didn’t even try to tailor the law to the constitution,” Calvert said. “They didn’t care.” Trujillo’s attorney, Lance Curtright, says his client’s case shows how the debate over SB 4 isn’t abstract. Trujillo immigrated to the country when he was 4 years old, attending grade school in Chicago and high school in Atlanta before he moved to Texas. His parents are U.S. citizens, as are two of his children and his grandchild. Other than the misdemeanor charge that landed him in jail and was ultimately dismissed, records show no other criminal history. Court documents do, however, indicate that he was deported in late 2001 (it’s unclear when he re-entered the country). Curtright says Trujillo was supporting his girlfriend and her two children when he was arrested and detained for more than two months without charge last year. “My girlfriend was kicked out of our apartment because she could no longer afford it,” Trujillo said in an affidavit filed in court. “We had a three-bedroom apartment which was completely furnished, and she had to sell all our furniture to make ends meet.” Curtright says Garcia’s ruling, which comes weeks before the judge hears arguments to block SB 4 from going into effect, makes it clear that police can’t detain someone solely because they’re suspected of being undocumented. “Simply being undocumented in the United States is not a criminal act, and therefore they can’t just detain you for it without a warrant,” he said.

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THEATER ▼ War is everywhere. It’s so ingrained in today’s society that we’ve become numb to it and just scroll on. Robert Cain’s 9 Circles is a modern morality play that compels audiences to listen to untold stories of war and witness its psychological effects on members of the U.S. military. Coming to the stage T H E C L A S SI courtesy of the Classic Theater of San Antonio, 9 CT H Circles is a captivating theatrical production based on the military career and conviction of murderer Steven Dale Green. Pulling inspiration from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, 9 Circles navigates the 19-year-old grunt’s discharge, paralleling Dante’s navigation to hell. Green wakes up in a holding cell with no recollection as to how he got there, and is charged with rape and the murder of an Iraqi family. During his trial Green details the violence of war and its lasting consequences, showing that even after leaving the front lines, soldiers are still faced with an internal emotional battle. This adults-only performance challenges theater-goers to recognize the various tragedies and turmoil caused by war. $20, 8pm Thu-Sat, 3pm Sun, The Classic Theater of San Antonio, 1924 Fredricksburg Road, (210) 589-8450, classictheatre.org. — Kimberly Rivera

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▶ Pure Land Buddhism is an ancient spiritual practice based on the belief in the Buddha of Western Paradise, Amitabha, who grants entrance to heaven to those who call out to him. Offering simple salvation, Pure Land Buddhism appealed to the masses, spreading through Asia like wildfire — igniting spiritual awakening and resulting in stunning relics and artworks. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s “Heaven and Hell” exhibition is a collection of 75 sculptures, paintings and other works that epitomize the lasting beliefs of Pure Land Buddhism in countries like Japan, India, China, Korea and Tibet. The majority of displayed works are rooted in the Japanese culture of Pure Land Buddhism depicting salvation through Amitabha’s journey to Earth to claim dying souls, bringing them up to his heavenly paradise. The relics illustrate the many divine beings of Pure Land Buddhism who roam the earth helping the faithful and the fallen. $5-$10, 10am-9pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm Tue, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — KR

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◀ After three-and-a-half decades of touring, Brian Regan is still at it with his signature brand of clean comedy. Feel free to pack up the older kids and tote them along sans worry ’cause those awkward jokes we all dread in mixed company — offensive, sexual, political or otherwise — won’t be uttered on the Majestic stage. In September of 2015, the Miami native made history with Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall, the first live broadcast of a stand-up special in Comedy Central’s history. Revered by comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon, Regan is unique in that his material is relatable to generations of fans. As The New York Times once noted, “He’s a refined technician, a connoisseur of amusing word combinations with a rigorously honed delivery. He plays it safe with subject matter but shows gumption in the details of his performance.” $49.75-$59.75, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Melanie Robinson

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‘6 Texas Artists | 8 Summer Days | 1 Cool Museum’ ART ◀ Since the summer of 2015, the McNay has been annually showcasing works by South Texas artists in pop-up exhibitions to exemplify the museum’s mission — opening new doors through artist empowerment. Newly renovated, the Tobin Exhibition Galleries host this year’s presentation of a dynamic range of pieces provided by five San Antonio artists and one Austin-based artist, all handselected by René Paul Barilleaux, Head of Curatorial Affairs at the McNay. Featured artists include Jane Dunnewold and her collection of antique quilts of salvaged clothing; Ana Fernandez with fantastic landscape paintings depicting San Antonio neighborhoods; Kelly O’Connor, who uses icons and popular imagery of the ’50s and ’60s to create wistful psychedelic collages; Curt Slangal, who incorporates old family photographs, nature and spirituality with modern elements of graphic and pop art; Andy Villarreal, whose Mesoamerican-inspired paintings erupt with effervescent energy and color; and Austin’s Sally Webber, who creates analytical artwork tracing light, space and the path of the human eye. $5-$10, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun, 10am-4pm Tue, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 8245368, mcnayart.org. — KR

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▶ Though anthropologists still debate the exact origins of cumbia, the music genre has deep roots in the African, European and indigenous communities that spread throughout Latin America. The genre features percussion instruments like the merry and calling drums familiar to African culture, blending bass with the sounds of Millo flutes and other wind instruments, all mixed with interpreted traditional European music, dance and costume styles. Today, strains of cumbia can be heard trickling into modern genres ranging from Afrobeat to rock and pop. Hosted by musician Kiko Villamizar and elders straight from Colombia, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Cumbia Roots Festival combines workshops and performances showcasing such renowned acts as Paito y los Gaiteros de Punta Brava (pictured) and Grupo Trapiche de Colomboy. $15-$25, 3pm, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — KR

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Dungeon Theatre returns to Oak Hills Tavern for a double feature pairing Robert Bierman’s 1988 horror-comedy Vampire’s Kiss (starring Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso and Jennifer Beals) and Joel Schumacher’s 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys (starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman). Free, 9pm Thursday; Oak Hills Tavern, 7920 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8855.

Local artist Mario Perez sheds light on his reimagined rótulistas (hand-painted signs that feature text and imagery) inspired THEATER by the work of San Antonio muralists and Crimes of the Heart In the small town travels in Mexico. Free, 6:30pm Thursday; of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, sisters Babe, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Meg and Lenny reunite under dodgy Ave., (210) 824-5368. circumstances: Babe has shot her husband Mid-Reception & Dance Party In in the stomach, and while he had it comin’, conjunction with Louisiana artist John there’s a bit of fallout that needs to be dealt Dalton Atkins’ “Growing, Growing, Gone” with. Bill Gundry directs The Playhouse’s and San Antonio-based Houston native production of the Southern Gothic classic. Raul Gonzalez’s “Pure Energy,” Presa $12-$42, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm House Gallery hosts a dance party with Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby music by Xavier Gilmore, Jose Cardenas Place, (210) 733-7258. and Mr. Playlist. Free, 3-11pm Saturday; Junie B. Jones The Musical The Magik Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St. Theatre sets up shop at the Empire with FILM a production of Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich’s kid-centric favorite following Sixteen Candles The City of San Antonio’s outspoken and lovable first-grader Junie World Heritage Office teams up with Slab B. Jones. $20-$30, 7pm Friday, 2pm & Cinema for a “Throwback Thursday” 7pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday; Charline revival of John Hughes’ 1984 coming-ofMcCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St. age dramedy starring Molly Ringwald as Mary’s St., (210) 226-3333. a 16-year-old high-schooler coping with

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for Psychoanalytic Studies hosts a screening of director Tom Hooper’s 2015 film starring Eddie Redmayne as Danish artist and transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. Following the film, Dr. Trey Thompson moderates a panel discussion between trans activists Lauryn Farris and Cynthia Phillips. $15 at sasps.org (benefits the Transgender Education Network of Texas),

COMEDY Key Party Bexar Stage hosts a completely

improvised BYOB show in which performers choose keys from a bowl and invite audience members on stage to share an honest conversation with a fluid ensemble. $5, 8pm Thursday; Bexar Stage, 1203 Camden St., (312) 971-7252.

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Museum of Art curator William Keyse Rudolph sheds light on the unique history of LGBTQ art and artists, with an emphasis on works in SAMA’s collection. Free, 6:308pm Tuesday; First Unitarian Universalist Church, 7150 I-10 W., (210) 344-4695.

Texas League Championships Gaelic Football The San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club welcomes teams from San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Dallas for the Texas League Finals in men’s and women’s Gaelic football and hurling. Free, noon6pm Saturday; Olmos Basin Sports Complex, 500 Devine, (210) 823-2875.

Cornyation: San Antonio’s Outrageous Fiesta Tradition Author and Trinity

professor Amy Stone visits Forest Hills Branch Library in support of her book exploring Cornyation’s colorful history and its transformation from a “Fiesta for the little people” to a major fundraiser that’s donated more than $2 million to local HIV/AIDS charities. Free, 6pm Wednesday; Forest Hills Branch Library, 5245 Ingram Road, (210) 207-9230.

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At a time when many San Antonians are cringing over the thought of a plexiglass wall surrounding Alamo Plaza (wouldn’t that be fun to clean?) and other bizarre missteps in Philadelphia-based Preservation Design Partnership’s “Master Plan” promising to “Reimagine the Alamo” (subtitle: “A New Vision for Sacred Ground”), artist Cosby Lindquist’s small but powerful FL!GHT Gallery exhibition “Not Much Larger Than a Taco Bell” looks and feels especially relevant. Although it doesn’t directly reference the highly controversial, $450 million plan City Council unanimously approved on May 11, Lindquist’s ongoing photographic series does in fact “Reimagine the Alamo” by

depicting an eclectic assortment of establishments modeled after our iconic “Shrine of Texas Liberty.” An Ohio native who teaches photography, lighting and Photoshop at both the Art Institute of San Antonio and The Camera Exchange, Lindquist moved here with admitted “preconceived ideas about Texas” and rightly assumed he’d find “numerous buildings that look like the Alamo” across the Lone Star State. Since scouting his first location (Alamo Federal Credit Union off Interstate 10), Lindquist has relied on tips from friends, Google Maps, online discussion threads and forums dedicated to the Alamo (and John Wayne) to track

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down additional Alamo-inspired sites. Often captured on Sunday mornings, these images are curiously devoid of humans and vehicles, which gives them a cinematic, even painterly quality and also magnifies odd characteristics — decorative cannons flank the entrance of Alamo Custom & Collision; Alamo Mobility boasts a thoughtful abundance of handicap parking; Many Pawn & Jewelry retains signage from former occupants the Robert Gentry Museum and Sweet Dreams Publishing Co.; and My Little Taco House (renamed PapaGayos for its appearance in the 1997 biopic Selena) looks as if its Alamo theme was something of an afterthought based on a makeshift add-on parked on top of the building. Still actively working on the project, Lindquist hopes collectors will snap up his 13” x 19” prints ($400 unframed, $500 framed and mounted) to help fund trips to photograph other locations on his radar (in El Paso, Dallas and Laredo). Best known as the set for John Wayne’s 1960 movie The Alamo, the former tourist attraction Alamo Village in Brackettville remains a “white whale” for Lindquist. “It’s impossible to access without permission and the area is crawling with border patrol,” Lindquist told us. “If anyone knows the owners and can get me in, let me know!” Offering a humorous and telling complement to these photos are framed tourist “reviews” of the Alamo that Lindquist “plucked” from the internet. “I was really fascinated by the way people compared their expectations with reality,” Lindquist said. “It’s humorous how people describe their disappointment. I don’t really understand how people can leave a review for a historical site like it’s a restaurant on Yelp.” While one reviewer found the Alamo to be “nothing special … literally a small, beat-up building made of sand and rock,” another critiqued its size, claiming “It’s small and can be viewed in minutes. It looks like a Taco Bell restaurant” (hence the exhibition title). When it comes to the looming Alamo “Master Plan,” Lindquist is not a fan. “While the current layout might not be perfect, the new plan removes the communal aspect of the space,” he said. “The space is used as the community sees fit, and that includes everything from selling ice cream, panhandling, preaching, and protest. I think the walls will do a lot to curtail freedom of speech.” FL!GHT Gallery’s “senior creative co-conspirator” Ed Saavedra also has thoughts on the matter that will likely be voiced during a gallery talk with Lindquist scheduled for Wednesday, June 14. “Only a few weeks ago, despite widespread heterogeneous opposition, City Council unanimously shoved the ‘Reimagine the Alamo’ boondoggle one step closer to its nightmarish reality,” Saavedra told us. “The ‘Master Plan’ still calls for the removal of centenarian live oak and anacua trees from “Not Much Larger what doubles as the state’s number one tourist attraction as well as our Than a Taco Bell” city’s premier public civic space. But if we piss away tens of millions to Free Gallery talk 7-9pm Wed, Jun. 14 evict the First Amendment from the Plaza — and permit carpetbagger On view by appointment through Sun, Jun. 25 consultants and short-sighted politicians to ruin our weird little Alamo — FL!GHT Gallery at least Cosby Lindquist knows where we can find more.” 134 Blue Star (210) 872-2586 facebook.com/flightsa

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If colossal blockbusters are the types of movies you’re looking for this summer, there will be plenty to choose from in the next couple of months — Transformers: The Last Knight, Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Dark Tower, to name a few. However, if you’re in the mood for more of a “special movie-going experience,” Texas Public Radio’s Cinema Tuesdays (through August 15) is where you want to be. Along with classic films like the Marx Brothers’ 1933 comedy Duck Soup and groundbreaking documentaries like 2016’s Tower, TPR will screen 10 short films that were nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year in the Animated Short and Live-Action Short categories. “I program Oscar shorts every year because folks miss them in the rush toward the Oscar ceremony,” said Nathan Cone, vice president of cultural and community engagement for TPR. “Folks love the varied themes and creative approaches these filmmakers bring to the craft. Plus, you get 10 movies in one night!” For the animated shorts, Pixar’s Oscar-winning Piper (dir. Alan Barillaro) will headline the category. The film follows the adventures of a hungry baby sandpiper as it hunts for food on the seashore and overcomes its fear of the water. It took Barillaro and his animation team three years to complete the six-minute film. The other nominees in the animated shorts category screening are Blind Vaysha (dir. Theodore Ushev), an eight-minute Canadian short about a young girl who can see the past out of one eye and the future out of the other; Borrowed Time (dirs. Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj), a seven-minute Western featuring a weather-beaten sheriff confronting his painful past; Pear Cider and Cigarettes (dir. Robert Valley), a 35-minute graphic-novel-inspired short from Canada, which follows a man who travels to China to help his sick best friend get home to Vancouver; and Pearl (dir. Patrick Osborne), a six-minute short that follows a girl and her father on a cross-country road trip. Pearl is the first virtual reality film ever to be nominated for an Oscar. In the live-action shorts category, the 25-minute Oscarwinning Hungarian film Sing (dir. Kristóf Deák) tells the story of a young girl living in Budapest who joins the award-winning choir at her new school, but is told by her teacher not to sing aloud because she is not good enough. Along with Sing, the other nominated films screening are Ennemis Intérieurs (dir. Sélim Azzazi), a 27-minute French drama about a French-Algerian man who is accused of protecting the identities of terrorists; La Femme et le TGV (dir. Timo von Gunten), a 30-minute Swiss short featuring a lonely widow living in Switzerland who begins a relationship with a train driver; Silent Nights (dir. Aske Bang), a 30-minute Danish short about a volunteer at a shelter who falls in love with an undocumented immigrant; and Timecode (dir. Juanjo Giménez), a 15-minute short from Spain that follows the lives of two parking lot security guards.

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> There’s more sushi on the way via the folks behind Yellowfish. The Japamex shop, which first opened off Wurzbach and now includes a second location off Huebner Road, announced it’ll open a third location at The Rim via social media. The shops are known for their playful takes on sushi that combine Japanese and Mexican flavors and dishes. Hand rolls become Japanese tacos, and yes, they serve sushiritos known as Japarritos, all featuring a spicy salsa kick. We put in a call to the original location, but learned they don’t have a date for The Rim’s opening just yet. 17711 I-10, Suite 104.

Sage at Brooklynite satisﬁes

> Bar food can often be hit or miss. Whether it’s too rich, too pricy, a potluck or a batch of fresh popcorn still in its warmer, bar food is a bit of a gamble. The Brooklynite’s third attempt at food (first there were food trucks, then gourmet corn dogs) this time is by the catering and event company known as Honeysuckle Teatime, which is taking on savory fare with Sage. Offered Tuesday through Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on weekends, the menu is simple enough to navigate. Bar-goers choose from bites, balls and sauce, and sides with prices ranging from $4 to $8. The Brooklynite was relatively hopping during our visit and our

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bartender informed us we needed to order the food from a server/runner. This was perhaps the only quibble of the night as we didn’t want to flag him and there was no post to pin our order to. Teensy pencils were available to jot down our order on the square menu, and yes, you’re supposed to mix and match your balls and sauces. We ordered the beef with brown butter gravy (more on this later) and sage sausage with pesto along with the pepperoni biscuits and herbed mashed potatoes. Because everything is prepared off site and then served at The Brooklynite’s tiny kitchen space, the orders come out quickly. Everything’s served on either wooden charcuterie boards (charc is supposedly on the way soon), or brown disposable carry-out boxes. The pepperoni biscuits were fluffy and a way to relive past snack times filled with pizza rolls, while the ricotta was fresh and dreamy with just a hint of lemon zest. The balls, both sage and beef, were still moist and there were at least five sizable balls per order. If you’re going to have a handful of menu items, you better deliver, and that’s exactly what the Sage crew is doing with their sauces. The rich brown butter gravy could easily go on any of the balls (or even the mashed potatoes if you’re feeling indulgent), and the pesto was so bright and fresh one could easily pinpoint basil, mint and parsley added to the mix. The kitchen did sent out the pea hummus and crisps and mushroom balls for us to try. Though the hummus

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was delicate and perfectly blended, and the crisps were playful, the mushroom balls were a miss. The flavors of shiitake and earth were present in a wonderful way, but the consistency was too sandy. And if you’re familiar with the donuts used to top Honeysuckle milkshakes, you’ll want to dabble in the $7 donut ice cream sandwich. Flavors rotate, but our lavender donut with Earl Grey ice cream was a hit. Sage will be available at The Brooklynite through the summer. 516 Brooklyn Ave.

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> I’m not apawlogizing for the amount of pup puns you’re about to read. Fur-fans of PAWsitively Sweet Bakery will fi nally have a place to pick up treats during the week with the opening of the bakery’s fi rst retail shop on June 24 on the city’s East Side. Owner Alexis Quiroga — who launched the farmers market favorite at the ripe age of 20 in 2013 — says the space off Commerce will allow for more biscuit balls, along with new products such as pig snouts, cow hooves, and an expanded jerky line. The new location, which Quiroga says sits at 1,000 square feet, will also include a dog run and serve as an event space. PAWsitively Sweet Bakery is a staple at the Pearl Farmers Market along with the New Braunfels Farmers Market on weekends with its treats made using human-

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grade ingredients and no preservatives, cornmeal, fillers or sugar. “Our customers ask for things during the week, and some just aren’t able to make it to the markets,” Quiroga, now 24, says, “I decided to take this on a more full-time aspect and focus on the business like I’ve been wanting to do.” This means the animal lover and avid baker, whose first word was “kitty,” will focus on more pup-friendly treats fresh from San Antonio. The boutique/bakery will open Saturday, June 24 with a party from 3 to 7 p.m. The first 50 guests will take home a free swag bag, and the store will also offer bakery and boutique discounts, pet adoptions, a photo booth and food and treats for doggos and their humans. An ice cream social is in the works for July 17 with pupperino-approved ice cream and popsicles. 3363 E. Commerce St., (210) 446-7466.

Ingram Park Mall adds macarons

> Macarons (not to be confused with newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron) hit the Ingram Hills area this week with the opening of Woops! inside Ingram Park Mall on Thursday. The franchise will operate as a kiosk serving the Parisian treats in 20 flavors. Launched in 2012 as a pop-up by a group of creatives, Woops! now has kiosks and bakeshops in 12 states including Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia and Tennessee. Flavors include espresso macchiato, strawberry milkshake, rose, cookies and cream and more. The Ingram Park kiosk will be the first in San Antonio and will carry all 20 flavors. Online prices for the macs are $20 for 6 and $36 for 12. Gift boxes will be available at the kiosk. 6301 NW Loop 410, (210) 875-6984.

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> The highs are in the 90s, the shorts keep getting shorter, and you need popsicles in your life. San Antonians can now cool off with their first taste of the upcoming Steel City Pops shop in Southtown as the shop starts selling their pops at The Block. Steel City Pops will offer strawberry lemonade, blood orange, chocolate and coconut popsicles made at their Houston location. For the time being, the Steel City Pops cart will be parked at The Block, a food truck park near the UTSA Main Campus, from noon to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 5 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The Southtown location of the Alabama-based popsicle shop is slated for a summer 2017 opening at 812 S. Alamo St. 14530 Roadrunner Way.

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including, but not limited to tamarind apples, a fruit kabob, Nerd rope, sour tapes and straws, Pulparindos, a whole dill pickle, Maraschino cherries, Salsaghetti, tamarind sticks, and a cucumber shot filled with chamoy and Japanese nuts and paper umbrellas to boot. Huerta and Vara have owned Las Gueras, a St. Mary’s University favorite with their fruit cups, mangonadas and A Texas-sized mangonada sprawling patio, for the last 16 years and credit always > Summertime in San Antonio means extra mangonadas. spoiling their customers and customizing their orders for the inspiration. And for sisters Vanessa Huerta and Katya Ruiz, the “We give them options, and people always want owners of Fruteria Las Gueras, that meant unleashing a something different: gummy bears, pickles, fruit,” Huerta new mangonada creation this past Mother’s Day. said. “So we decided to to a Texas-sized version with The Texas Mangonada is 50 ounces of mango sorbet, chamoy, and just about any Mexican candy/snack imaginable everything, all in one cup.”

The vessel started off as a beer mug, but can also be traded for a mini pitcher or insulated Igloo mug. The sisters recommend sharing it between two and four people, so really the $18 price tag is downright reasonable. “It ends up being a dining experience. It’s served familystyle, so we tell people to bring friends,” Huerta said. The sisters have been making approximately 50 Texas Mangonadas on Saturday and Sunday and 30 or so on week days, with customers still customizing the concoction. “We’re receptive to it. We welcome people to ask for stuff and change it up,” Huerta said. Fruteria Las Gueras is open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or later). 2200 Bandera Road, (210) 544-8176. sacurrent.com • June 14-20, 2017 • CURRENT 33

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Hanging up the gloves // We’ve known Stay Stephan Mendez. The night will also feature nearest Total Wine or Spec’s as San Anto’s own Golden Social House would close for a while now. large format mint juleps using Evan Williams brewstillery is urging consumers to join them in this The patio bar announced this March that it would bourbon served in giant metal pails, and a Buck boozy experiment. be vacating the premises to make way for a 10-story Hunter Tournament for all you sharp-shooters in The annual release of the brand’s awardoffice building. Construction will begin as soon as the gameroom. 9pm. winning .36 Texas straight bourbon is out, but so the Jeret Peña-owned bar moves off-premises if the is its wee counterpart, the Small Caliber Series construction fences are any indication. Friday, June 16: The final bow will take place bourbon. The difference? The big bottle is aged If you’re done moping into your Game of ThronesFriday with a Best Of menu with the bar’s most in big barrels, while the small bottle is aged in themed cocktail, it’s time to party. With just slightly popular drinks and bar managers Rob Gourlay, smaller, non-traditional barrels. This process over a week left in business, Stay Golden is lining Steven Martín, and Jorel Peña manning the wells. allows for a higher price point on the smaller up a few night’s worth of debauchery. Put some 401 Pearl Pkwy., (210) 365-3246. bottle, which also ages faster. Pedialyte freezer pops in the fridge and pencil these What the 6-year-old distillery is hoping dates on your calendar: Southerleigh’s summer vibes // Head brewer customers will do is sample them simultaneously. Les Locke loves cream ales. After introducing them The bigger barrel gives off stronger notes of Wednesday, June 14: Did you leave Wonder to Texas several years ago at Branchline Brewing brown sugar and cinnamon, while the smaller Woman with a new gusto for everything Co., Southerleigh’s brew chief has gone on to bottle packs in caramel notes blended with fresh female? Wednesday night at Stay Golden create more palate pleasers such as a chocolate wood and a spicy finish. will feature a takeover by a veritable bunch cream ale, strawberry cream ale, peach cream ale The bottles are available at Spec’s, Total Wine of ladies who can shake a mean cocktail and a coconut cream ale and the latest an orange and at the brewstillery’s retail shop for $55 (750ml) including, but not limited to, Danielle cream ale Locke is pretty excited about. and $35 (375ml). Chapman, Stephanie Di Muria, Denise The well-balanced brew was made using 400 4834 Whirlwind Drive, (210) 775-2099. De Glopper, Karen Tartt, Karah Carmack, pounds of oranges and should pair well with Zulcoralis Rodriguez, Jacklyn Giddens Garcia, anything summer. Locke says the orange cream Duchman’s new rosé // You’ll have all summer Hillary Woodhouse, Vanessa Vara and Haleigh ale is fun to make, and will hold up well to salads, to try Duchman Family Winery’s latest offering, a Celest Guillory. No special menu, just a pack lighter fish and desserts with its refreshing, citrusy 2016 dry rosé. Available at the winery in Driftwood, of awesome bartenders. 9pm. finish. The beer, which took just about five weeks to the rosé is described as having a nose of bright produce, is currently available at Southerleigh. red fruit and rose petals, with a wild strawberry and Thursday, June 15: Suerte Tequila and blackberry palate. Pair it with a roasted beet salad Jägermeister are sponsoring this bash that Geekin’ out with Ranger Creek // Bourbon fans with goat cheese or other summer salads. includes a special drink and shot menu from will want to pick up not one, but two bottles at their 13308 FM 150, Driftwood, (512) 858-1470.

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≥ Like most evolving music scenes, San Antonio’s is relatively roomy and all-inclusive to whoever wants to be a part of it. If you’ve got some cool shit you’re working on (be it electronic, acoustic, occultish, whatever), there’s probably an audience for you somewhere here. While there are obviously a variety of genres that fall underneath the blanket term “electronic music,” here are 10 local projects that harness the synthetic to produce some pretty amazing music.

Wolf Party • A lot of artists that fall under the umbrella term “noise” sometimes look they don’t know what the hell they’re doing on stage. Sometimes that’s the point. Wolf Party, however, demonstrates a control over his electronic noise making machines which makes watching him tear through violent moments of distortion really beautiful to watch.

Thomas has recently released the debut album Magenta from his latest project, Saturn Skies. Collaborating with fellow UIW alumnus and friend Robert Wilson, Saturn Skies explores progressive synth arpeggios accompanied by auto-tuned vocals and digital drums — not entirely unlike the clicks and pops of The Postal Service. saturnskiesart.bandcamp.com

Alonzo triggers her keyboard samples live on stage using a loop station while simultaneously singing and sampling her own voice live to use as harmonies later in her songs. It might be complicated af, but she makes it look easy. alysonalonzo.com

Mutant • If you dig Nine Inch Nails circa 1989, Mutant might be your new favorite local artist. Balanced out by just the right Dolphin Dilemma • One third of the local Pink Leche • With a live show that is as amount of pop, Joseph Caceres uses actual psychedelic prog-rock band Verisimilitude, visually stimulating as the music, Pink Leche vintage electronics to construct gritty, tapeZachariah Applebaum has a funky dance is usually donning some sort of costume warped industrial movements that could just project called Dolphin Dilemma that will made out of brightly colored paper or fabric be the perfect soundtrack to our dystopian convince you that magic is real and lives and dancing around his keyboard with a future. mvtant.bandcamp.com inside his keyboards. Armed with a mini fellow performer who’s always wearing a Korg synth and an RC-300 loop station, massive paper mache skull. He then triggers Star Fighter Dreams • Chiptune artist Dolphin Dilemma is SA’s underground loops and samples from his keyboards as Star Fighter Dreams has probably one of answer to electro-mammoths like Daft he sing/talks over a combination of ‘90s the most entertaining live electronic acts Punk and Justice. If you’re at a DD show deep house tracks and high energy club in the city. Seriously. There are individuals and you’re not dancing, you’re probably not songs. facebook.com/pinklechemusic who go all out on stage, and then there alive. facebook.com/dolphindilemma are artists like Matthew Rodriguez. Prylene • Mixing a combination of footwork, Combining vintage video game sounds Massiver • Armed with heavy synth noises, ghetto house and ‘90s dream trance, with drum n bass and hardcore techno Brad Angotti and Jacob Burris (AKA Prylene’s sound is a little all over the place. rhythms, Star Fighter Dreams will douse Massiver) blend a mix of atmospheric drone But somehow it works. It’s avant-garde you in waves of 8-bit glory. and crushing electronics to create walls of but the heavy beats will keep you dancing beautiful distortion. For the amount of noise through her live set and curious to know Something Fiction • Though they’re they’re able to project through their set, you where the hell the music is going next. previous work lent itself to more abstract, wouldn’t think it’s just two guys and a couple experimental and droney soundscapes, of keyboards. facebook.com/wearemassiver Alyson Alonzo • Though she’s mostly their newest single “Watchers” (which will known for thick vocals that ooze over her be released sometime this month) takes a Saturn Skies • Adding to the list of beats like syrup over pancakes, it might not slightly more, guitar-forward, approach to projects he’s in (like The Foreign Arm, be common knowledge that all of Alyson their sound, while still landing in the realm Femina X and Deer Vibes), Darian Alonzo’s samples are actually her own. of experimental music. sacurrent.com • June 14-20, 2017 • CURRENT 37

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SA music videos to debut on the silver screen > Within a stone’s throw of downtown, create music videos with no money. The two large-scale, creative-centered artists were encouraged to reach out coworking spaces have popped up within to their network of friends and industry the last year. Both Alamo City Studios professionals to see what they could (ACS) and San Antonio Sound Garden make happen. The 10 music groups (SASG) officially opened their doors in the would thus get a free, professional early months of this year as homegrown music video and the winning filmmaker ventures of ambitious proportions receives $10,000. Second place seeking to unite the film and music walks away with $5,000 and third with industries. Taking cues from the coveted $2,500 (money donated by Santikos, Geekdom model, both organizations promoted and organized by SASG and house individual office spaces for rent in ACS). Everyone gets a piece of work addition to larger communal areas meant they are proud of for their demo reel. for creation and collaboration among likeOnce the concept was nailed down, minded artistic individuals. the team decided to include ACS as Just off Broadway and South Alamo, the resident film experts. “San Antonio music hub SASG boasts a newly Sound Garden and Alamo City Studios constructed recording studio, meeting have been cultivating two hidden artistic spaces and a large warehouse utilized gems of our city: local music and local by photographers and videographers. filmmakers,” Holmes said. “They’ve Musicians, graphic designers and writers proven success in their own fields, are all currently calling the place their polishing local artistic talent to create 24-hour home. Snuggled next to Alamo professional and high quality products City Music Hall, ACS is tailored toward homegrown in San Antonio.” film-centric entrepreneurs with the In its inaugural year, Riffs and Reels perk of an enormous warehouse space will feature music videos produced by dedicated to set construction and video Alejandro DeHoyos, Matthew production. The space houses casting Buikema, Dustin Jacobson, Rogelio directors, cinematographers, and visual Salinas, Sam Lerma, Rod Guajardo, artists creating 3-D models, prosthetics Lauren Bruno, Richard Jemal, Scott and various large-scale projects. Langford and Freddie Munoz. The Within the San Antonio music diverse mix of San Antonio musicians industry, dynamic collaborations with includes Amea, Black Market Club, Josh other arts entities on a large, relatively Glenn Experiment, Lonely Horse, Love successful scale are sparse. Riffs and Killed the Hero, My Madness, Sioux and Reels was conceived from that very Fox, Tera Ferna, Volcan and Xy!o. deficiency – the team at Santikos, who All participating parties have been hard had previously worked with and has since at work over the past few weeks creating been supportive of SASG, decided to the biggest and baddest music videos partner with the organization to showcase possible. There will be love stories and local talent and give away some money dancing, drama and classic cars, perhaps in the process. As CEO of Santikos even planes and explosions. “Aside from Entertainment David Holmes told us, the obvious benefits of winning prize “We knew we wanted to do something to money, there’s a lot more at stake for me,” support culture and arts here in the city at said filmmaker, producer and director the grassroots level. Riffs and Reels is a Matt Buikema. “This will serve as a way to great means to that end.” show others that San Antonio has some It would be a competition of extraordinary talent in the music and monumental proportions: 10 selected film industry. On a more personal level, local bands were to be one of my goals has been for paired with 10 chosen my dad to see one of my filmmakers from productions on the big Riffs and Reels San Antonio and screen, so in a way $7, Tuesday, June 20, 6pm, Santikos Palladium IMAX Theatre surrounding areas to I’ve already won.”

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It’s not exactly news that we’re smack dab in the middle of a psych-rock revival. Fests like Levitation (formerly Austin Psych Fest), and Psych Del Rio (which is coming in September), prove that the audience for trippy music is growing and bands like LA’s Mystic Braves are more relevant now than ever. Combining desert blues guitar riffs with noodly organs and reverberating vocals that echo to infinity, Mystic Braves have been swirling audiences in kaleidoscope rays of sound since their 2013 self-titled debut. Something to appreciate about these dudes, too is their outfits – I mean, if you’re gonna be a 60s psych-rock revival group, you might as well go all the way right? From haircuts to hankerchiefs to hallucinogenic induced riffing, Mystic Braves embody psychedelia to the T. With The Creation Factory, $10, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., 800-513-7540, papertigersatx.com — CC THU

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NAARC Matching synth-punk progressions with snarling vocals reminiscent of early 90s Skinny Puppy, Atlanta’s NAARC is a healthy reminder that the sawgrinding, mechanical ambience of darkwave and industrial music is back in business. The band formed in the summer of 2016 and released their first record Loam at the end of the same year. Using new and vintage electronic hardware, I. Cone, M. McCalvin and M.P. Keenan Jr. construct disco-industrial compositions perfect for a post-apocalypse dance party. Also on the bill, is our very own SA artist, Mutant who uses analog keyboard sounds and VHS samples to construct electro-nightmares in the form of dark, cyber-punk tracks. With Pinko, $5-$8, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., thelimelightsa.com — CC THU

THE SH-BOOMS At first listen, anyone can tell that The Sh-Booms have a wide variety of influences: From surf and garage rock to 70s soul and R&B, this Orlando sextuplet is doing some pretty interesting shit. Their singer Brenda Radney actually was noticed by Justin Timberlake through a contest, where the winner would win an opportunity to sing with Timberlake at the 2007 Grammy’s. Though she didn’t win the contest, her vocal talent secured her a slot on the former NSYNC member’s label Tennmen Records. However, 8 years later, after feeling artistically stifled, Radney decided to leave the label and focus on her group. Seems to have been the right choice though, ‘cause now we get to hear Radney lead her band through soulful rock and roll tracks that we otherwise may not have been able to experience before. With Kolars, Children of Pop, $10, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St.,800- 513-7540, papertigersatx.com— CC FRI

BROWNOUT Formed over a decade ago by members of the Grammy-winning ATX cumbia crew Grupo Fantasma, Brownout is a hardcore Latin funk ensemble. Over the course of several adventurous albums, including especially Brown Sabbath (2014) and Brown Sabbath II (2016), the group has proven quite a bit more than simply a cool idea for a side project. In the live setting, the eightpiece group of uber-talented instrumentalists really excels, pushing its savory grooves and jungle rhythms past the point of a fever pitch. On Friday, Brownout will play a free show at paper Tiger to celebrate the release of a new EP. As summer fully descends on San Anto, it’s hard to imagine a more deliriously joyful way to spend a Friday night. Free, 8:00pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St, papertigersatx.com. — James Courtney FRI

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On tour with “Timber” rapper Pitbull, these two Miami hot boys are back to make sure this summer is a hot one in the Alamo City. With CNCO, $39-$747, 730pm, ATT Center, 1 AT&T Center Parkway, 210444-5140, attcenter.com — CC

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Chris Cuevas Project Blues, funk, soul, and jazz with Adriel Cuevas, Zeke Galvan and Chris Villanueva. Free. The Cove, 9-11pm Dan West Open, unplugged acoustic circle with Dan West. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 4pm Harbor, Processions Harbor, rock act from Hattiesburg, is joined by St. Dukes, Processions and Dadlooks. $5. Imagine Books and Records, 8-11:45pm KOLARS "Glam-a-billy" act from Los Angeles/ Boston, are joined by The Sh-Booms and Children of Pop. $10. Paper Tiger, 8pm Kori Free and the Groove Hounds New Braunfels act plays rock, blues and original songs. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm The Lavens Family band playing both original material and covers. Free. The Cove, 6:308:30pm Memories in Broken Glass Progressive metal band from Alice, TX, joined by Just a Dream, Vernon of Persia and more. $5-$10. Fitzgerald's Bar & Live Music, 8pm The Merles Country act from Austin. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8-11pm Metal Tribute Night Blue Collar Tweekers (Primus tribute band) is joined by Knife Party (Deftones tribute band). $5. Zombies, 9:30pm The Revolution Rock band founded by the late Prince plays on a reunion tour. $30$100. Aztec Theatre, 8pm Anonymous Henchmen Local metal act joined by Rewired, Great Texas Riff and Broken Soul. $5-$8. Bond's 007 Rock Bar, 8pm Superfónicos Afro-Colombian funk band, joined by The Babylonians. $10. Luna, 9:30pm Waymore's Outlaws Country act Waymore's Outlaws, Waylon Jennings' original band, is joined by Mike and the Moonpies. $17.50$22. John T Floore's Country Store, 8:30pm West Kings Highway Friday Night Residency at Sancho's Cantina. Free. Sancho's Cantina, 7-9pm SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Blackberry Smoke Blackberry Smoke, Southern rock/country rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, performs on their Like an Arrow Tour. Joined by Cody Canada & the Departed, The Dirty River Boys. $20-$25. John T Floore's Country Store, 8:30pm Cory Morrow Texas country/Americana artist, joined by Market Junction. $25. Gruene Hall, 9pm Fox Motel Rock/alternative acts Fox Motel and

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than I imagined they would! I’m grateful every day, but I feel like I should somehow show even more appreciation. Any ideas? – Lucky Leo.” Dear Lucky: The smartest response to the abundance you have enjoyed is to boost your generosity. Give out blessings. Dispense praise. Help people access their potentials. Intensify your efforts to share your wealth. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Years ago, a fan of my work named Paul emailed to ask me if I wanted to get together with him and his friend when I visited New York. “Maybe you know her?” he wrote. “She’s the artist Cindy Sherman.” Back then I had never heard of Cindy. But since Paul was smart and funny, I agreed to meet. The three of us convened in an elegant tea room for a boisterous conversation. A week later, when I was back home and mentioned the event to a colleague, her eyes got big and she shrieked, “You had tea with THE Cindy Sherman.” She then educated me on how successful and influential Cindy’s photography has been. I predict you will soon have a comparable experience, Virgo: inadvertent contact with an intriguing presence. Hopefully, because I’ve given you a heads up, you’ll recognize what’s happening as it occurs, and take full advantage. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): You’ll never get access to the treasure that’s buried out under the cherry tree next to the ruined barn if you stay in your command center and keep staring at the map instead of venturing out to the barn. Likewise, a symbol of truth may be helpful in experiencing deeper meaning, but it’s not the same as communing with the raw truth, and may even become a distraction from it. Let’s consider one further variation on the theme: The pictures in your mind’s eye may or may not have any connection with the world outside your brain. It’s especially important that you monitor their accuracy in the coming days.

with clunky inanimate objects. One had sex with a bicycle. Another seduced a sidewalk, and a third tried to make sweet love to a picnic table. I hope you won’t join their ranks in the coming weeks. Your longing is likely to be extra intense, innovative, and even exotic, but I trust you will confine its expression to unions with adult human beings who know what they’re getting into and who have consented to play. Here’s an old English word you might want to add to your vocabulary: “blissom.” It means “to bleat with sexual desire.”

to the age of 87. For 63 of those years, he kept a detailed scrapbook diary that documented every day of his life. It included his reflections, correspondence, drawings, newspaper clippings, grocery bills, and much other evidence of his unique story. I would love to see you express yourself with that much disciplined ferocity during the next two weeks. According to my astrological analysis, you’re in a phase when you have maximum power to create your life with vigorous ingenuity and to show everyone exactly who you are.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Your life in the coming days should be low on lightweight diversions and high in topquality content. Does that sound like fun? I hope so. I’d love to see you enjoy the hell out of yourself as you cut the fluff and focus on the pith . . . as you efficiently get to the hype-free heart of every matter and refuse to tolerate waffling or stalling. So strip away the glossy excesses, my dear Capricorn. Skip a few steps if that doesn’t cause any envy. Expose the pretty lies, but then just work around them; don’t get bogged down in indulging in negative emotions about them.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): You have a cosmic license to enjoy almost too much sensual pleasure. In addition, you should feel free to do more of what you love to do than you normally allow yourself. Be unapologetic about surrounding yourself with flatterers and worshipers. Be sumptuously lazy. Ask others to pick up the slack for you. Got all that? It’s just the first part of your oracle. Here’s the rest: You have a cosmic license to explore the kind of spiritual growth that’s possible when you feel happy and fulfilled. As you go through each day, expect life to bring you exactly what you need to uplift you. Assume that the best service you can offer your fellow humans is to be relaxed and content.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to go gallivanting so heedlessly into the labyrinth. Or maybe it was. Who knows? It’s still too early to assess the value of your experiences in that maddening but fascinating tangle. You may not yet be fully able to distinguish the smoke and mirrors from the useful revelations. Which of the riddles you’ve gathered will ultimately bring frustration and which will lead you to wisdom? Here’s one thing I do know for sure: If you want to exit the labyrinth, an opportunity will soon appear. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Over the years I’ve read numerous news reports about people who have engaged in intimate relations

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