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Punk in Drublic Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff wasn’t wearing pants during DWI arrest Word Play A vague reference to water protection in “SA Tomorrow” plan becomes controversial. Because developers.
COVER When life gives you cancer, Larry Garza gives you jokes. That’s how Garza, a comedian who helped found the beloved local troupe Comedia A Go-Go, handled his own diagnosis. From jokes via social media while waiting in his doctor’s office to planning an elaborate themed funeral, Garza confronted his mortality the only way he knew how — by laughing at it. Cover illustration by Nadia Huizar, BarbacoApparel Art direction by Rick Fisher and Sarah Flood-Baumann
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In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the country’s most important abortion case in more than two decades, blocking parts of a Texas law that threatened to shutter most of the state’s abortion clinics under the guise of women’s health and safety. In overturning key provisions of Texas’ House Bill 2 (the one former state Sen. Wendy Davis famously, and unsuccessfully, filibustered to try to stop), the Supreme Court set a new legal standard: in deciding whether a law is an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to choose, you have to consider actual science, research and experts. Basically, facts matter now. Pro-choice attorneys were thrilled with the ruling, not just because it saved clinics from closing and will allow for many others to reopen, but also because it gave them a new tool to challenge what they say are countless other abortion regulations that don’t meet the new standard that was just set by the Supremes. Now they say that Texas health officials are trying to add one to the list restrictions that won’t pass legal muster. Last month, on the heels of the Supreme Court’s precedent-setting abortion ruling, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, without notice or announcement, proposed a new rule that would require the cremation or burial of fetal remains. The Center for Reproductive Rights, which argued for and won the precedent-setting abortion ruling that they say now renders many other abortion restrictions unconstitutional, last week sent a letter to state health officials all but threatening to sue if the new fetal-burial rule goes
through (the final rule is expected to take effect sometime in September). The new rule would require abortion providers to cremate or bury fetal remains, regardless of the period of fetal gestation. The rule would even apply to miscarriages, which the health commission calls “spontaneous abortions.” Abortion clinics currently use third-party special waste disposal services. At a state hearing last week, a funeral services group estimated that, depending on how it’s applied, the rule could add some $2,000 to the cost of an abortion. Once the public finally noticed the proposed rule change this summer, HHSC spokesman Bryan Black told the Texas Tribune the rules were developed to ensure “the highest standards of human dignity.” Gov. Greg Abbott has since tried to literally bank off the issue as, last month, he sent fundraising emails to supporters saying fetal remains shouldn’t be “treated like medical waste and disposed of in landfills.” Abbott reportedly wants lawmakers to write the new rule into law when they head back to the legislature in January. Reproductive rights lawyers argue the disposal requirements are “designed to further stigmatize and disempower patients seeking abortion care and treatment for miscarriage.” In its letter, the Center says the rule would be “burdensome for both abortion care and miscarriage management” and does “nothing to protect patient health or safety.” (Black with HHSC never responded to our questions.) In its letter, the Center also called the timing of the
proposed rule change curious, saying the language was published just days after Texas’ latest abortion restrictions were struck down by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt and right before a holiday weekend. “These circumstances strongly suggest that Texas intended to make these changes to the regulations surreptitiously, and without an opportunity for meaningful study, review, or comment.” The Center argues that if you add all of that to Abbott’s fundraising email, it should be clear the proposed amendments aren’t about public health and safety but rather “an effort to seek political advantage by undermining women’s rights.” The Center concludes its letter to state health officials by saying the rule change would be “an unwise course for DSHS (the Department of State Health Services).” “The proposed amendments will almost certainly trigger costly litigation for Texas.” (Reminder: Texas spent more than $1 million fighting to save abortion restrictions the Supreme Court ultimately called unconstitutional.) Pro-choice lawyers and reproductive rights activists have already told us they’re gearing up for the “repeal work” that needs to be done after the victory in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which they say empowers them to roll back the kind of laws that require medically-unnecessary ultrasounds, prolonged wait periods, and information booklets that actually lie to women about the risks associated with abortion. The battle over Texas’ fetal-burial proposal could show us whether the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling has a prophylactic effect, too.
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In case you haven’t heard, San Antonio is in the final stages of crafting and adopting a new comprehensive city plan that’s been dubbed “SA Tomorrow,” one of those big-picture type initiatives that’s supposed to outline city leaders’ long-term vision for the future. Unlike the Julián Castro-era “SA2020” plan, this one will be drafted, stamped and overseen by city officials, not a 501c3 nonprofit (also: the rhetorical deadline is now “tomorrow,” not the fastapproaching year of 2020). As the plan slowly moved its way to City Council, which will debate and vote on it this week, one minor conflict emerged over general language dealing with some of the city’s basic sustainability measures, like ensuring groundwater protection. And it appears that at the heart of that conflict are some real estate and development interests who have threatened to withdraw support for an SA Tomorrow plan that includes even a general blurb on the city’s so-called impervious cover rules, which are meant to limit dense development where it could make flooding or water quality worse. To the surprise of many, the plan suddenly lost an item that mentioned the city’s impervious cover regulations on its trip through the city’s Planning Commission last month. Commissioners also axed a section on the city’s “dark skies” ordinance, which aims at combatting light pollution, particularly around San Antonio’s military bases. Speaking in opposition to even those general items were people like Brian >
A vague reference to water protection in “SA Tomorrow” plan becomes controversial. Because developers. MICHAEL BARAJAS | @MICHAELSBARAJAS
Biggs with the Real Estate Council of San Antonio. This is the section on “dark skies” that groups like the Real Estate Council don’t want included in the city’s big-picture, long-range planning: “The current ordinance only applies to areas around military bases. An update to this ordinance, if deemed necessary, could expand the reach and leverage newer technology to promote energy savings in addition to the other environmental and health benefits associated with dark skies.” And as for the water-protection language they
“Wow.” That was the first word uttered by North Side Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff last week in his first public appearance since being arrested for a DWI earlier this month. On the second floor of the Bexar County Courthouse, reporters packed a media briefing room waiting for the first public comments from the commissioner since he walked out of jail on $1,000 bail after rear-ending two vehicles in a Whataburger drive-thru near North Star Mall. “I admit I screwed up, for that I apologize,” Wolff told reporters. The commissioner went on to explain that he’d mixed alcohol with a cocktail of medications, including the sleeping pill Ambien, blood pressure and anti-anxiety meds. Wolff says he can’t remember getting behind the wheel of the car, but he does know he wasn’t wearing pants or shoes when police arrested him—just boxers and a shirt. “I should not have been behind the wheel of a car,” he told reporters. However, Wolff says he won’t resign. “Don’t
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want purged from the plan: “Evaluate and update, if deemed necessary, impervious surface standards for new development and redevelopment projects outside of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone.” Groups like the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance and the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club held a rally outside City Hall last week to call on council members to add the sustainability language back into the SA Tomorrow plan. The Aquifer Alliance has even asked that City Council remove the five Planning Commission members who voted to remove the language from the plan in the first place. The planning commission member who made the motion to remove the sustainability language from the was Brad Carson, a local real estate attorney who, according to his website, is a member of the local real estate council. (We asked the Real Estate Council to explain why they opposed the sustainability language; we never heard back.) In a letter before last week’s council meeting, District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg, who’s widely expected to run for mayor next year, urged his colleagues to put the sustainability language back into the city’s long-term plan, saying he was “surprised” by the planning commission’s vote. “Protecting our military institutions and our water supply is in the economic interest of every San Antonian now and in the future, so ensuring that related policies are considered in the SA Tomorrow Plan isn’t just good policy — it’s smart planning,” Nirenberg’s letter stated.
mistake me, it’s very serious,” Wolff said of the charge against him, a Class B misdemeanor. Wolff insisted the charge won’t impede his ability to do his job. After the short press conference, he went into a county work session. Wolff pleaded no contest to the charge, saying he’ll let the judicial process take its course. Wolff says the first thing he remembers from the night is waking up in a cell on a steel bench before seeing his wife after she’d posted bail. As Kens5 first reported last week, records show that Wolff was in and out of jail lightening fast, released from custody just 22 minutes after he made bail while two other defendants waited hours for their release after posting bail. Mike Lozito, director of judicial services, told the TV station that he made the call to expedite Wolff’s removal from jail and that the commissioner knew nothing about it. Wolff is the only Republican on Bexar County Commissioners Court. Democrat Brandon J. Johnson is challenging Wolff for his seat in the November election.
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It’s a great time to be in the hotel business. In April, Smith Travel Research, the country’s leading hotel research firm, could report “74 months of continued growth” in national hotel demand, with business easily surpassing pre-recession levels. Major city markets have been setting records in terms of hotel occupancy and average rate. But not in downtown San Antonio. Our big downtown hotels are still performing below where they were in 2006 and 2007. Take the case of the Marriott Rivercenter. In 2006, the Marriott managed $47.87 million in total room revenues, according to the state comptroller’s data, courtesy of Source Strategies Inc. Revenues dropped with the recession, but for 2015 they totaled $46.07 million—still below the 2006 figure. The Hyatt Regency produced $29.48 million in room revenues in 2006 and $30.5 million in 2007. Yet the 2015 total came to only $28.82 million. At the Omni La Mansion, the revenue numbers for 2006 and 2007 were $18.67 million and $18.33 million. Yet 2015 was still behind, at $17.62 million. The situation is no better at some of the mid-sized hotels. The Marriott Riverwalk generated $24.95 million in room revenues for 2006, but $22.6 million for 2015. The Wyndham Riverwalk’s revenues slipped from $14.1 million in 2006 to only $9.9 million in 2015. And on Houston St., the Sheraton Gunter dropped from $10 million in 2006 and $11.7 million in 2007 to $8.4 million in 2015. How is it that the downtown hotels still haven’t recovered, when most of the rest of the nation is seeing a booming hotel business? Much of the reason lies with the continuing development of new downtown hotels. We’ve seen lots and lots of new downtown hotels over the last few years, with a total of 9,384 hotel rooms in downtown’s 78205 Zipcode in 2007 growing to 11,442 at the end of 2015. And there are even more hotels coming. Perhaps the city’s own policymaking is the biggest 14 CURRENT • August 10—16, 2016 • sacurrent.com
reason downtown hotels are still lagging. Take the case of the 1,003-room city-financed and backed Grand Hyatt. A long string of city officials since the 1980s had argued that San Antonio desperately needed a big new convention center hotel, contending that a new 1,000 room hotel would produce a boom in convention business. One after another, proposals for a privately-built hotel, even with what late Express-News columnist Carlos Guerra regularly called the “mother of all hotel giveaways,” flopped. So, in 2004, Mayor Ed Garza and the city council decided to pursue a city-financed hotel, backed by citywide hotel tax revenues. The promise was that the Grand Hyatt would propel a boom in business at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. Then-CVB head Melvin Tennant argued that the city had a host of “lost opportunities from lack of convention center hotel,” and that a big new hotel “maximizes the success of the Convention Center and the overall destination.” And right there on page 8-10 of the May 2004 report from consultant HVS International were the totals for the city’s overall convention business (including both the center and hotels) over the previous few years, from 707,379 hotel room nights in 1993 to 724,882 room nights in 1998, and finally 709,081 in 2003. The HVS consultants provided a very specific forecast of exactly how much the new Grand Hyatt would boost the city’s convention business: 150,000 new room nights each year, with an additional 30,000 just at the Hyatt. Added to the city’s previous convention demand, that should have brought the total of convention-related hotel room nights to almost 900,000 annually. So what happened? In 2014, San Antonio attracted conventions and meetings that produced a total of 725,333 room nights. The 2015 total proved a bit better, at 773,569—just a little above where we were in the mid- and late-1990s, before the last convention center expansion and before
the Grand Hyatt. Simply put, the promises and forecasts that promoted the Grand Hyatt haven’t been realized. The promotional spin of the CVB was just spin. With no real boost in our overall convention business, the boom in downtown hotels has produced a flop—a downtown hotel market that is overbuilt. So, you might ask, shouldn’t those responsible be held accountable? Well, Melvin Tennant of the CVB is long gone, now heading the comparable convention bureau in Minneapolis and promoting the idea that a big new convention center hotel will boost the business in that city. Mayor Ed Garza? Long since out of office, along with his city council colleagues. That’s what happens in San Antonio when public policies don’t work. And the HVS consultants? Well, they told a host of other cities, including Phoenix, Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, Portland, Ft. Lauderdale, and Dallas, that they too needed a big new convention center hotel, feeding even more convention competition for San Antonio. If there is no real accountability, what should we do as a community? At the very least, we need a clear public recognition of yet another public policy failure. And we need to stop making it worse. Providing more public subsidies for more downtown hotels, as the city council recently did for developer Chris Hill’s proposed Hilton Canopy Hotel on Commerce Street, is the last thing our city council should be doing. We succeeded in building a downtown filled with underperforming hotels, so we simply need to stop. Then, we need to think carefully about the plans to privatize our convention and visitors bureau. The CVB bears a significant portion of the responsibility for where we find ourselves. Year after year, the promise was that spending more on hotel subsidies and development together with successive convention center expansions was the route to convention success. It hasn’t been. We deserve better answers, different CVB leadership, and a better way.
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It’s Saturday evening, July 9, and the house is packed at the Empire Theater in downtown San Antonio. Local comedian Larry Garza, one of the opening acts of the night, steps out of the green room and paces back and forth. His wife of nine years, Andee, watches him intently as he walks the hallway looking at some of the signatures on the walls, scribbles left by comedians who have taken the stage at the venue in the past. Jerry Seinfeld. Carol Channing. “Weird Al” Yankovic. Like those high-profile performers, Garza wants to make his mark, too. This is the first time Garza will perform a standup comedy routine at the Empire. He’s excited and thankful for the opportunity, but also a bit nervous. Garza’s not scared the audience won’t think he’s funny. He’s worried his body literally cannot handle the performance. “I’m not sure if I should do the joke where I jump around like a Baptist preacher,” Garza, 35, says. “I don’t know what my energy is going to be like.” Only 12 days have passed since Garza woke up in the ICU at University Hospital after coming out of surgery to remove the middle lobe of his lung, where scans revealed a malignant tumor. It was his second major surgery in the last three weeks. During his first surgery on June 6, exactly a month after he was diagnosed with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma, doctors removed his entire right kidney, the source of the cancer, and took biopsies of his lymph nodes. The cancerous mass, which had already metastasized in one of his lungs, had also started to attack his liver, colon and spleen, so it had to be cut from those organs as well. It’s an unexpected fight Garza is facing, but not one he is going to let break his spirit, will or wit. “You hear ‘stage 4 cancer’ and you think, ‘I’m a goner,’” Garza said. “I said, ‘No wonder I’m losing
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Garza jokes that the prominent scar across his belly looks like “Christmas tinsel.”
weight! I knew it had nothing to do with those kale smoothies!’” Having twice gone under the knife, Garza’s weak, still in pain, and emotionally drained (like a “cut up piece of meat,” as he puts it) as he readies himself for the stage. A show at the Empire was something he always wanted to scratch off his bucket list. In fact, he takes pride in knowing that the gig, which was booked before his diagnosis, wasn’t offered out of pity. Since chemotherapy seemed like the next step in his treatment, he didn’t know if this would be a last chance to perform for the foreseeable future. Most of all, he didn’t want to let anyone down, including himself. “I know it might sound cliché, but I didn’t want it to beat me,” Garza said. “I didn’t want to go dark.” Garza certainly isn’t the first comedian to use his or her craft to cope with a serious disease like cancer. In 2014, stand-up comedian Tig Notaro made headlines when she performed topless for part of her set at the New York Comedy Festival after being diagnosed with breast cancer and having a double mastectomy. In June of this year, stand-up comedian Quincy Jones released his HBO comedy special Quincy Jones: Burning the Light after doctors diagnosed him with terminal stage 4 mesothelioma in 2015 and gave him a year to live. According to a 2010 University of Colorado study, which was later published by the Association of Psychological Science, “jokes help people cope with the hard times in life. An ability to laugh at rough moments can reduce the negative emotions surrounding a stressful event and also create the positive feelings associated with amusement in general.” Garza has had to deal with some rough moments this year. But rather than allowing depression or anger to take over, he instead chose to deal with cancer the only way he knew how: by laughing his way through it.
“I have cancer, yay!” Garza texted his friend and “brother,” Jess Castro, soon after he received the bad news from his doctor. In the message, Garza included an animated gif of Sulley from Monster’s Inc. dancing. “Being diagnosed with cancer was like the ultimate test of his humor,” said Castro, who co-founded the local sketch and improv comedy troupe Comedia A Go-Go with Garza, Regan Avalos and Joel Settles in 2002. “I think it would’ve been really difficult if he hadn’t come out of the gate just laughing about it. But he threw the first punch, so we went with it.” For Garza, who had recently won the 2016 Funniest in South Texas competition and performed with comedian Paul Rodriguez at the Laugh Factory in Scottsdale, Arizona, it wasn’t even a question that he would take on his cancer diagnosis in his own way. He wanted Andee and his daughter Mykee, 11, son Gunnar, 6, and the rest of his family and friends to know he was going to be just fine. Joking about it was just inherent. “That’s how every true comedian copes with the bad stuff – we joke about it,” Garza said. “You make a joke out of it so it’s not so heavy. It’s a true example of using comedy to lighten the load and let everyone know, ‘We’re OK. Nothing is going to take our sense of humor away.’” Since he knew he wouldn’t be performing on stage anytime soon, Garza instead took to social media with some new cancer-inspired material. He started on May 7 with his first post about his health: “Just to warn you, I’m going to be posting cancer stuff as much as girls who [post about] CrossFit and sell those crazy wrap things.” Three days later, he explained to everyone following him online that they shouldn’t be offended if they read something on his page that could be construed as insensitive. “Don’t be upset if you read someone saying something mean,” Garza wrote. “They’re joking. Laugh with me guys. And let me touch your butt. I have cancer.” “It seemed only natural for Larry to use humor,” said Avalos. “Looking back at [our] text messages [during that time], they are some of the funniest exchanges we’ve ever had. He admitted to being scared, but not once did it ever seem he lost hope.” For the next three months, Garza’s social media pages were like his personal open mic—jokes about his tumor headlining at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (“This asshole is getting more corporate work than me”); a story about a man he met at the doctor’s office who was there for a colonoscopy while he was there for a bronchoscopy (“I hope they don’t mix the cameras up”); a photo reproduction from
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a scene of his favorite movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Garza imitating Leatherface. Andee didn’t mind. They had been together since right after high school, so she wasn’t at all surprised by how he was handling the situation. “We both have the same sense of humor, so we just started making constant jokes back and forth,” Andee said. “I told him, ‘When this is over, if you live or die, either way, I’m going to Disney World.’” She wasn’t even surprised when he decided to include very specific funeral arrangements in his will. Along with turning his memorial into a Comedy Central-style roast and playing a handful of “inappropriate” songs like 2 Live Crew’s “Me So Horny” and DJ Laz’s “Sabrosura,” Garza wanted to go all out. So, he tapped a friend of his who does special effects and made him agree, in writing, to dress him up like Dracula in the event of his death. Garza even wanted a wooden stake next to the casket with a sign that read, “Use in case Larry wakes up.” “Imagine you go to my funeral and you’re sad and you walk up to my coffin and I’m dressed like Dracula!” Garza said. “You’d crack up laughing!” In addition to wanting to be buried as a classic movie villain, Garza had other pressing things on his mind. While driving home three days before his first surgery in early June, he noticed something eerie in the bed of a truck beside him: a headstone with the name “Garza” engraved on it. “Talk about a bad sign,” he posted on Twitter along with a cell phone picture of the grave marker. The bad omen only added to the fear Garza was already feeling. He thought he was going to die and didn’t want to do that without leaving something behind that his children could watch to understand how much comedy meant to him. With help from fellow comedians, and an outpouring of support from family, friends, acquaintances and strangers, Garza was able to record a stand-up special on DVD before he checked into the hospital. “I worked hard on that material and none of it was recorded,” Garza said. “I just couldn’t die with all that stuff. It became a legacy thing.” As significant as the DVD special was to Garza, it wasn’t the most important thing he recorded during that time. He also started thinking about all the milestones in his children’s lives he was going to miss if he didn’t survive. “I recorded me and my daughter dancing for her wedding,” he told the Current. “Just in case.” Ten weeks after the scare of his life, Garza sits comfortably in his home on the far West side of San Antonio taking Tylenol 3s for the discomfort; the other pain meds, he says, are just too strong. Evidence of his knock-down, drag-out fight with cancer is unmistakable when he lifts his shirt. There
are five scars—four small ones on the right side of his body from the lung surgery (“It looks like I got shanked,” he jokes) and a large gash across his belly from the kidney surgery that Garza says reminds him of “Christmas tinsel.” “I had a hard time looking at myself in the mirror, but everyone was telling me how badass the scar was, so I was like, ‘Yeah, I look like a Leatherface victim!’” he said. “But when I finally saw it, I thought, ‘It doesn’t look badass! It looks like Cinderella’s dress!’” Although Garza is not technically “cancer free,” he and his doctors have decided to hold off on chemotherapy since he’s currently showing “no evidence of disease.” They continue to monitor him closely. “I feel like I’m in the second act of my life,” Garza said. “The whole reason why I live, aside from my family, is to make people laugh. This is like a restart.” As a cancer survivor, Garza hopes his story can help others find the best way to personally cope with their disease. He wants people to see that he’s living proof it can be defeated. As a cancer survivor, who also happens to be a stand-up comedian, however, Garza refuses to accept the label of “cancer comedian.” He’s been working so hard his entire career to expand the scope of his material, he doesn’t want to lose sight of who he is as a performer. “If I wasn’t a comedian before I got cancer, then maybe I’d be OK being the ‘cancer comic,’ but that would be too easy,” Garza said. “Yes, I want to talk about it because it happened to me, but I don’t want to make it who I am. I won’t let it define me.” Waiting in the wings at the Empire, Andee kisses her husband on the top of his head as he sits patiently behind the theater curtain. One by one, his fellow comedians step up to the mic and give strong performances before Garza makes his way to center stage. Jokes on marriage equality, terrorism, religion and the love Mexicans have for funnel cakes make the raucous crowd roar with laughter during the first eight minutes of a solid 10-minute set. Finally, the moment Garza had worried about: a joke that features a Baptist preacher addressing his congregation about Jesus Christ’s social media habits. Garza doesn’t hold back, and his animated impersonation (somewhat reminiscent of Arsenio Hall’s Reverend Brown character from Coming to America) is a hit with the audience. Garza leaves the stage pumped like a powerlifter who just squatted 800 pounds, and just as exhausted. He leans on a rail, closes his eyes and catches his breath. “I shouldn’t have done that last joke,” Garza said, laughing slightly. “My adrenaline freaked my body out.” A few days later, he would describe the set as one of the best he’s ever done. And, more importantly, not his last.
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◀ While it champions Texas-bred productions, the wild and wacky Overtime Theater also stages offbeat works concocted by like-minded playwrights from across the nation. Given his track record fusing Goth culture, Netflix fandom and David Attenborough-inspired nature docs (Among the Squirrels), not to mention setting a Greek myth in a 1950s-era Arizona diner (Iphigenia in Kingman), it’s safe to say Wisconsin-based gay playwright Eric Appleton is a promising fit for San Antonio’s “theater for the people.” Set in in his home state, Appleton’s new offering Ghostbears follows Ted Meriwether, a “burly, bearded” guy who ditches his condo and buys an old house in the middle of “rural nowhere” after getting dumped by his longtime boyfriend. Beyond the distractions of a pregnant pizza delivery girl and a potential new bear boyfriend, Meriwether’s newfound country life gets disrupted when paranormal investigators barge into his purportedly haunted house in search of an axe-wielding ghost and a “devil baby.” Kareem Dahab directs Robert Cardoza Jr., Sylvie Flournoy and Jonathan Schell in the world premiere. $10-$15, 8pm Fri-Sat, The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562, theovertimetheater.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
Carlos Mencia ◀ The first time the Current interviewed stand-up comedy comedian Carlos Mencia was in 2010, a year FRI-SUN after Southpark aired an episode featuring an animated version of the former Mind of Mencia star being beaten to death for stealing jokes — a charge he’s had to defend for more than a decade. “If somebody doesn’t want to like me, they’re going to find an excuse not to like me,” he told us at the time. During our 2014 interview, Mencia
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opened up to us about how depressed he became because of those allegations. “I would think things like, ‘Man, I could get a gun right now and go to a comedy club and shoot all the comedians.’” During our most recent interview last year, Mencia told us he had “evolved as a human being and a comedian” and had “gotten funnier.” We haven’t had a chance to jump on the phone with Mencia in 2016, but with an upcoming stand-up special airing on Comedy Central this December called New Territories, it seems he’s ready to share a fresh perspective on his life and career. $25-$45, 7:30pm & 10:15pm Fri, 7pm, 9:15pm & 11:30pm Sat, 7pm Sun, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 5418805, lolsanantonio.com. – Kiko Martínez
Kim Chi ◀ Although RuPaul’s Drag Race is praised for bringing drag to the masses, it is not without critics who say the show often rewards the use of racial stereotypes among its contestants. Refusing to give into such antics, season eight’s Kim Chi described herself as a “7-foot-tall, live action anime character,” preferring to draw from contemporary Asian culture instead. Along with her elaborate makeup and high-fashion looks, her embrace of the terms “fat, fem, and Asian” endeared her to audiences around the world and earned her a spot in the top three. While her message of self-love resonated with viewers, she still raised more than a few eyebrows when she confessed to being a virgin and that her mother doesn’t know she’s gay. $10-$25, 10:30pm & midnight Wed-Thu, Heat Nightclub, 1500 N. Main Ave., (210) 227-2600, reylopezentertainment.com. — Marco Aquino
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◀ The Woodlawn brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Evita to its stage under the direction of Christopher Rodriguez and Josh Pepper. Controversially immortalized in a film starring Madonna in the title role, Evita chronicles the life of the charismatic first lady of Argentina, Eva Perón, who rose from childhood poverty to become a powerful voice for change in Argentine politics. The musical follows her trajectory from a young starlet in Buenos Aires to a Vice Presidential candidate, underpinning her story with a score inflected by jazz, pop and Latin music. If you can afford to have “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” in your head for the next week (which isn’t really such a bad thing), this production is definitely worth checking out. $17-$26, 7:30pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Road., (210) 267-8388, woodlawntheatre.org. — Kelly Merka Nelson
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◀ After hosting Lisette Chavez’s stunning “Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers” show in July, Provenance Gallery will feature abstract painter Andrea Reyes’ new show “Momento” for the month of August. Born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, and now based in San Antonio, Reyes learned to draw, sculpt and paint at a young age. Now, years later, with several exhibitions, some teaching
experience, and a BFA in painting under her belt, Reyes creates works that seem to effortlessly combine the whole of her training and experience. Broody and earthy, her three-dimensional paintings imply a sense of touch while hinting at secrets yet to be revealed. Powerful explorations of dimension and tonality, these ruminative paintings also use color to accentuate the sense of motion and mood. Free, 7-10pm, Provenance Gallery, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 216-8362, andreareyesart.com. — James Courtney
◀ It’s back-to-school time once again, and parents are rushing to gather school supplies, uniforms and/or tuition for the coming school year. Additionally, some parents and guardians are having to take extra precautions this time around to ensure their transgender child is able to navigate school halls and bathrooms safely and affirmingly in light of transphobic rhetoric that attempts to dominate the transgender conversation. To assist in the daunting and otherwise scary transition, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will host “Son Tus Niños También: Trans Kids Back to School,” a plática, parent panel and workshop for parents of trans students, their children and teachers. Part of the Esperanza’s Queer Corazones Series, the workshop will include speakers ranging from legal experts to school administrators to counselors in an attempt to encompass the legal, operational and social concerns that arise when trans students return to school. Former City Councilwoman Patti Radle, current president of the board of trustees of San Antonio Independent School District, will take part in the discussion. The parent panel will include Elinor Goodwin, Dustin Metzler, Marlo Bearden, Belinda Treviño and Lori Ann Castillo. Advocacy and acceptance will be among the themes discussed throughout the event. Allies are welcome. Free, 6-9pm, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201, esperanzacenter.org. — Polly Anna Rocha
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▶ After quoting George Orwell’s 1984 antagonist on the future (“…imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever”), Nixon aide and Watergate co-conspirator John Ehrlichman on the war on drugs (“… by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities”), and Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Utah v. Strieff (“We must not pretend that the countless people who are routinely targeted by police are ‘isolated’”), Ed Saavedra gets to the personal root of his latest artist’s statement: “As an adult, I had been mistreated by law enforcement many times, but never dreamed I would be the victim of gratuitous violence while face down on the ground with arms and legs outstretched.” Exploring police misconduct in a variety of contexts since 2003 (via Still Life with Bacon, a large-scale painting of two male sheriff’s deputies with large breasts attending a Confederate family reunion), Saavedra accepted curator/gallery owner David “Shek” Vega’s invitation to expand on the theme for an exhibition of works created over the last five years. Combining the traditional with the unexpected (from silkscreen and wood to coasters, targets and even a shower curtain), the timely solo show portrays cop cars as predatory beasts with menacing teeth while employing text, audio and less-obvious devices to directly reference Charles Kinsey, Alton Sterling, Eric Garner and Marquise Jones, among others. Free, 7-10pm, Gravelmouth, 1906 S. Flores St., gravelmouthgallery.com. — Bryan Rindfuss
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▲ While the St. Mary’s Strip continues its renaissance (don’t call it a comeback) as the live music epicenter of San Anto’s scene, some of the newer (or revamped) establishments have stolen a bit of thunder from Hi-Tones, which continues to put on excellent shows stacked with diverse touring acts as well as swell local talent. Case in point: You won’t want to miss Monday’s hot bill of rock. The show’s headliner, Mark Sultan — aka BBQ of The King
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Khan & BBQ show, also in Almighty Defenders with The Black Lips — got his start as a youngster in Montreal, playing 1960s-inspired garage-rock/ doo-wop (with something of a punk spirit) in numerous bands. He’s since worked quite a bit as a oneman band, churning out soulful and delightfully messy rock ’n’ roll under the BBQ moniker and now under his government name. Meanwhile, the local support for Sultan’s garage-rock clinic just couldn’t be any better. Arrive early to catch The Bolos, serving up a blistering and boisterous brand of blues-rock, and relative newcomer Topo Chica, charming listeners with poppy/sloppy dream-punk vibes. $5, 9pm, Hi-Tones, 621 E. Dewey Pl., (210) 785-8777, hitonessa.com. — JC
◀ You kids living in today’s post-Anton Chigurh world won’t believe this, but there was a time not that long ago when the bowl haircut was strictly for goofballs: Moe from the Three Stooges, for example, or Lloyd Christmas from Dumb & Dumber. But that was before the Coen Brothers — adapting a Cormac McCarthy novel for an extra dose of almost unbearable nihilism — pulled Javier Bardem from a Sears Portrait Studio display and set him loose in the godforsaken West Texas desert with a captive bolt gun. In his quest to recover the money from a botched drug deal, Chigurh becomes an inscrutable angel of death, stalking luckless Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), confounding aging Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) and slaughtering anyone who gets in his way like cattle, literally. In their Oscar-winning quest to match the tone set by the unforgiving wasteland along the Mexican border, the Coens crafted a hotrunning companion piece to Fargo and broke enough of the cardinal rules of filmmaking to almost make that hairstyle choice look normal by comparison. Almost. Free ($5 suggested donation), 6:30pm, Briscoe Western Art Museum, Jack Guenther Pavilion, 210 W. Market St., (210) 2994499, briscoemuseum.org. — Jeremy Martin
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The Last Picture Show ▲ If you thought the 1970s New Wave of American film was set entirely in Martin Scorsese’s New York City, we highly suggest a trip to Anarene, the fictional North Texas burg Roger Ebert calls “a town with no reason to exist, [populated by] people with no reason to live there.” Based on author Larry McMurtry’s birthplace Archer City, Anarene — as director Peter Bogdanovich depicts it — is so bleak it can exist only in black and white, with a radio
station that almost exclusively plays weepy Hank Williams tunes. Sort of like Friday Night Lights if the football games were mostly replaced with existential crises, The Last Picture Show features Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges and Cloris Leachman in breakthrough, revelatory roles and stands as proof positive that ennui ain’t just for big-city folk. $10-$15, 7:30pm, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8977, tpr.org. — JM
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An accomplished artist represented in the personal collections of Luis Echeverría and President Jimmy Carter, Gilbert Tarin presents a series of surrealist paintings and mixed-media works dealing with the conflicts and turmoil of the Vietnam War. Free, 6-9pm Friday; Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 432-1896. Exploring the gap between design and fine art, artist Sarah Sauer creates both minimal porcelain works and abstracted architectural prints. Free, 7-9pm Saturday; Flax Studio, 1906 S. Flores St., (909) 518-2245.
Art opening: ”Evaporándome Lentamente” & “El Color de la Obra” Galería Guadalupe showcases an installation of repurposed materials embroidered with Spanishlanguage sayings (Daniela Cavazos Madrigal’s “Evaporándome Lentamente”) and a series of photographs and sculptures referencing the history of cotton manufacturing along the U.S.-Mexico border (Jenelle Esparza’s “El Color de la Obra”). Free, 6-9pm Friday; Galería Guadalupe, 723 S. Brazos St., (210) 271-3151.
Art opening: “Inner Workings: Contending with Things Unseen”
Curated by Mark Anthony Martinez, “Inner Workings” addresses labor as a multifaceted force via works by Nicole Amri, Audrya Flores, Nicole Geary, Kayla Littlefield, Stacey Villalobos and Melly Wuest. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Freight Gallery & Studios, 1913 S. Flores St., (210) 331-4382.
Art opening: “The Disfiguration of Inner Connectivity” Alex Rubio’s R
Space hosts an exhibition pairing recent works by Anastassia Rabajille and Andrea “Andi” Rivas. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; R Space, 110 E. Lachappelle, (210) 793-8899.
Art Party: Black and White The August
edition of SAMA and KRTU’s Art Party series includes tours of the museum’s collections (5:30pm, 6:15pm and 7:15pm), specialty cocktails by Blue Box (cash bar), small bites from Sketch and art-making activities. $5-$10, 6-8pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.
1991, Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz’s Two Sisters and a Piano focuses on siblings Maria and Sofia as they adjust to a sentence of permanent house arrest, exploring the subtleties of how life and love are affected by a suffocating regime. Omar Leos directs The Playhouse’s production. $12-$30, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.
Members of the Corpus Christi Symphony, Laredo Philharmonic, Kingsville Symphony Orchestra and Victoria Symphony Orchestra come together for a performance dedicated to victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub tragedy. Free (donations encouraged), 6-9:30pm Saturday; University of the Incarnate Word Concert Hall, 4301 Broadway, (210) 249-1356.
Pokemon Go-Go Showdown The Korova plays host to an all-ages “showdown” combining cosplay, live art, live music and DJs, Pokemon visuals, giveaways and “Pokemon go-go dancers.” $5-$8, 7pm-2am Friday; The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., (210) 226-5070.
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touring exhibit “Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed,” the Witte sheds light on ancient astronomers at a themed program with a music and dance performance by Grupo Pakal. $7-$20, noon-4pm Saturday; Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, (210) 357-1900
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hosts a panel discussion and screening of a program featuring talks from educator Sal Khan, who examines the impact of online teaching, Victor Rios, who takes a deep dive into the problems of the school-to-prison pipeline, and Principal Nadia Lopez, whose middle school is in the most dangerous borough in New York. Free but RSVP required at klrn.org, 7-9pm Wednesday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 270-9000.
THEATER By the Beautiful Sea As a musical
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Tim Hedgepeth is an independent theater artist and a member of the drama faculty at Northwest Vista College. He is one busy person. Along with being the co-founder and artistic director of the Allegro Stage Company, he’s a guest director for an array of local theaters including The Playhouse, the Woodlawn Theatre and The Classic Theatre of San Antonio. Hedgepeth received his MFA in directing from the University of WisconsinMadison and BA in drama from Trinity University. He is the recipient of 10 Globe Awards for excellence in directing and acting from the Alamo Theatre Arts Council (ATAC). The History Boys, Cabaret, Hay Fever, Red, Les Misérables, Private Lives, End of the Rainbow, La Cage Aux Folles, Noises Off and The Tempest stand out among Hedgepeth’s many memorable local productions. Hedgepeth recently directed A Chorus Line for The Playhouse and is currently in rehearsals for Edward Albee’s Marriage Play, featuring Catherine Babbitt and Andrew Thornton, to be staged at The Classic Theatre early this autumn. Hedgepeth and his husband René Paul Barilleaux, chief curator/curator of contemporary art for the McNay Art Museum, make up one of San Antonio’s true Art Power Couples.
> What was your first theater experience? My parents took me to see the national touring company of Man of La Mancha during HemisFair in 1968, at the brand new Theatre for the Performing Arts (now the Lila Cockrell). From the moment the lights went down and the overture began, I was transported. Seriously. I remember it as though it were yesterday. A few weeks later, my mom took me to see Neil Simon’s Come Blow Your Horn at the Lackland Air
Force Base Little Theatre. I’ve been hooked ever since. > What is it about live theater that is so transformative? A theatrical performance happens only once and then it’s gone forever, consigned only to the memories of the artists who make it happen and the audience that is present at that time. The same actors may perform the very same script the next evening, but it will be different in dozens of
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little ways, and they will be playing to a different audience so the experience is not the same. The intimacy between actor and spectator is entirely new once again. We can all watch a movie at a different cinema or on our device of choice, and we are always seeing the same movie. It never changes. But a theater performance exists only in the moment we are there, and then it’s history. > Were you an actor before you directed? Yes, and I was terrible. In college I was reliably typecast as an old man or a dandy. If Edward Everett Horton and Ethel Merman had conceived a love child, that would have been me. I return to the other side of the footlights from time to time, but I’d much rather be in the director’s seat. > What was your first experience as a director? In sixth grade, I adapted Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar into a five-minute epic for a PTA meeting. But I always consider my thesis production in graduate school as my first real gig. It was Christopher Durang’s The Marriage of Bette and Boo. To this day, it remains one of my favorite productions. And it’s a really great play, by the way. > Did you have a mentor? I had two: Mary Ann Colias, my directing teacher at Trinity, took me under her wing and taught me how to visualize a play as a living, breathing and beautiful thing, and how to free myself from structure and expectation so that my own ideas about its design, movement and interpretation could flourish. I was her assistant director on a production during my senior year. That experience will forever be ... the greatest “class” I ever had. In graduate school, I studied with the brilliant Ed Amor. Do you remember John Houseman in The Paper Chase? He was just like that: demanding, unapologetic, questioning, quick to criticize but — on a rare occasion — so generous with his praise you’d want to cry. Then there is Paul Baker, founder of the Dallas Theatre Center as well as Trinity’s drama department. I did not know him well enough to call him a mentor, but most of his faculty taught the “Baker method,” also known as Integration of Abilities, which continues to inform my directing and coaching to this very day. When I was in junior high, my dad took me to see Mr. Baker’s production of Hamlet ESP. I was probably 13 or 14 at the time. I remember that was the first play I didn’t like. For starters, as I recall, there were three actors playing Hamlet and they tossed around a football representing the ghost of his father. Something like that. It was all really sacrilegious to me, yet I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It was my first encounter with truly imaginative, challenging theater-making. But I wasn’t yet ready to step out my comfort zone defined by Fiddler on the Roof and Harvey. > If you could go back in time and see three plays, what would you pick? First performance of Shakespeare’s Henry V at the Globe Theatre, circa 1599; opening night of Private Lives with Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, London, 1930; opening night of My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, New York, 1956. And like anyone else, I wish I could have seen
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Molière starring in one of his own comedies, Laurette Taylor in the first Glass Menagerie, Brando in Streetcar, the original cast of A Raisin in the Sun, opening night of Show Boat, the list goes on and on. > Do you have a signature style? Is there something in your productions that identifies you as the director? When I was just starting out, I played a recording of Eydie Gorme’s “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” in a couple of my productions — including a play by Shakespeare — but that didn’t last long. I do like shaking things up whenever I can, as long as whatever I do manages to service the script. I was the artistic and founding director of a terrific little fly-by-the-seatour-pants theater company in Jackson, Mississippi. We performed wherever we could find a venue at little cost, or free of charge, and often the space and our nickel-and-dime budgets dictated how I would stage the script. It was very liberating. My most creative work in recent years has probably been at Northwest Vista College where I have been able to turn a few plays on their head — respectfully, of course. We have a great team in place and our collaborations are energizing and fun. We’ve got just enough structure to keep us in line but still lots of opportunities to experiment and then sink or swim. On the other hand, I have done two shows recently — A Chorus Line at The Playhouse and Noises Off at Vista — which can only be done one way. And that’s fine, too. I am really proud of both of those shows, by the way.
> When you and your husband René go on vacation, do you attend plays and go to art museums? Yep, that’s exactly what we do. We are lucky; our work is also what we love. So our vacations consist of theater, dance, art, old friends and good food. You’ll never find us on a beach or anywhere near the great outdoors. > Tell me something about yourself that would surprise your friends. I love Spaghetti Westerns. > What’s the best advice you give your students? I want them to realize that each of them are artists. I know that sounds hokey, but it’s true. If I can help them find and learn how to nourish and celebrate the creative energy lurking within them, that’s much more important to me than if they can perform a good monologue or write a decent term paper. > Do you feel theater students have a realistic grasp of their chances of making a living through acting? Of course they don’t. And neither did I when I was their age. I tell them till I’m blue in the face, every semester, about how difficult it is, but if they really want something, they should go for it and commit to everything it takes — lessons and more lessons, conservatory, grad school, watching every Spencer Tracy movie ever made, etc. — just like my teachers told me. Those who are very serious about this chosen path will, eventually, do what they need to do. But even if it’s a pipe dream, that’s okay by me. I think we all need to dream more often these days, anyway. sacurrent.com • August 10—16, 2016 • CURRENT 27
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a thief who doesn’t work well with others; Diablo (Jay Hernandez), who’s literally on fire; Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who has skin issues; and Slipknot (Adam Beach), who can climb anything. Keeping an eye on the so-called “Suicide Squad” is Col. Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), a real-deal military guy who doesn’t take kindly to miscreants, and his right-hand girl Katana (Karen Fukuhara), who carries the souls of her victims in her sword. A villain surfaces in the form of Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), who takes over the body of Dr. June Moone. Flagg is in love with Dr. Moone, which is Ayer’s shoddy, half-hearted and unnecessary way of injecting emotion into the story. Enchantress, with the help of her brother, is a witch who I believe is somehow trying to take over the world, but to be honest her motivation is so horribly articulated that it’s hard to tell what she wanted. Essentially, she and her brother are here so the Suicide Squad can have someone to fight. The best moments come early on as Batman (Ben Affleck) and The Flash (Ezra Miller) bust the arch criminals who will later comprise the Squad. These are amped-up, shadow and neon filled montages that show the baddies in action and then arrested, all to the tune of familiar pop songs. These sequences
introduce main characters, set a colorful yet darkly serious tone and, most importantly, get us excited for what’s to come. Unfortunately, the second and third acts aren’t nearly as good, as the story often lacks clarity and cohesion. That said, it’s Robbie, and to a lesser extent Leto, who steal the show. Robbie smartly uses her beauty as part of what makes Harley so dangerous, and when coupled with wild unpredictably, dark humor and ominous voices in her head, she’s a poison pill we can’t get enough of. Leto’s Joker is more unhinged and sociopathic than the late Heath Ledger’s in “The Dark Knight,” whose primary desire was to create chaos. Leto’s Joker wants chaos, mayhem and murder, and Leto plays him at just the right notes of “over the top” to make him a truly scary presence. No, Leto isn’t better than Ledger, but he’s quite good and deserves credit for making the character his own. The action scenes are fine but non-stop and often shrouded in total darkness, which becomes tiresome. Nonetheless, “Suicide Squad” is just good enough to be worth watching on the big screen, with the caveat that Warner Bros. is clearly still trying to figure out how to get DC Comics movies right. sacurrent.com • August 10—16, 2016 • CURRENT 29
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nuance to his already sensational biography. to get their own room,” according to a report by Vanity An amazingly prolific writer, director and actor— Fair. Hemingway’s accusation, however, is not the only he counts 24 Academy Award nominations for 16 questionable episode in Allen’s eccentric personal life. films—Woody Allen is virtually peerless, with the Shortly before the debut of Husbands and Wives in emotional anarchy of Annie Hall representing his first 1992, the director’s twelve-year relationship with Mia revolutionary project in cinema. But, like many other Farrow erupted in scandal when the actress discovered visionaries in the entertainment industry, his past is, nude photos of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi in Allen’s at best, sketchy. Both an immensely talented artist possession. After news of the strange affair surfaced, and a deeply flawed human being, Allen’s peculiar Allen continued to date his de facto stepdaughter until persona begs a vexing question: Is a masterpiece the couple married in 1997. tainted by the sins of its creator? This latest relationship remained largely mythological We tend to overlook the sleaziness of virtuosity. until Allen broached the subject of his controversial Pablo Picasso was a serial adulterer with a penchant marriage to Soon-Yi in a recent interview with The for domestic violence, but who can deny the weight Hollywood Reporter. Using language that borders on and lasting significance of Guernica? John Lennon paternal, Allen admitted, "The contributions I’ve made to abused his first wife and son during the height of her life have given me more pleasure than all my films." Beatlemania, but who can refute the raw power Yet, the most salient point against Allen belongs of “Imagine”? The list goes on, but where do we to his legally adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, who draw the proverbial line in the sand? Is it wrong to accused her father of sexual abuse at the age of appreciate art in a vacuum? seven. While the case was dropped in 1993 Perhaps we should understand the content after a judge determined the charges to be of Woody Allen’s filmography in the vein of Alvy inconclusive, Farrow repeated the allegation Beach & Boardwalk Singer’s character—complex in his self-centered in 2014 in an open letter published by The Series: Annie Hall pontification, but utterly relatable in his fear New York Times. Allen was never prosecuted, 2pm Sun, Aug 14 McNay Art Museum of estrangement. Towering like Manhattan, a so naturally he deserves the presumption of 6000 N New Braunfels Ave. lonely island known only to himself. innocence; but, it lends a troubling layer of mcnayart.org sacurrent.com • August 10—16, 2016 • CURRENT 31
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It’s no secret the Dignowity Hill neighborhood is having a moment. The area is steeped in history, and named after Dr. Anthony Michael Dignowity, a Czechoslovakian immigrant who was a public official, medical doctor, and abolitionist who immigrated to the U.S. in 1831, according to the Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association. But the neighborhood is also rich with eateries, both new and old. Here’s a handy guide if you’re hoping to make day of it in Dignowity Hill. BREAKFAST Amaya’s Cocina: Opened by brother’s David and Ruben Arciniega, the corner spot is about to become a hot spot for breakfast as the high school across the street opens its doors. For now Amaya’s, only open Sundays, features a tasty brunch with an East Side barbacoa, waffles rancheros, breakfast migas and items for the kiddos. 1502 E. Commerce St., (210) 265-5449. Estate Coffee Company: Though the most boutique-y of all of the new joints to open up in the area, Estate Coffee Company is a must-visit for their house-roasted coffee, weekend brunch specials like bagels and lox and house-made waffles, and airy space. Go for the coffee cocktails, leave with a bag of spices from Oak & Salt. 1320 E. Houston St., (210) 667-4347. ▲ Koolaches: You have a tiny window to enjoy these fresh kolaches made by chef Lupita Rivero and sister Silvia Alcaraz. Only open from 7 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, the sisters feature
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LUNCH Mark's Outing: Sometimes you just need a burger, and thankfully this East Side staple still packs in the crowds with its free beans and fresh-made burgers. Stick with the basics, but we won't blame you for wanting to try the ice cream burger. 1624 E. Commerce St., (210) 299-8110. Sweet Yams: Want to have all of the warm, fuzzy feelings that comfort food is wont to provide without the guilt? You can enjoy just that at Sweet Yams, which is known for its low-fat, vegetarian and gluten-free options. End your meal with a teensy sweet potato pie. You deserve it. 218 N. Cherry St., (210) 229-9267.
BEERS Alamo Beer Garden: What the area lacks in craft cocktails, it makes up for with a surplus of beer. Alamo's beer hall hosts new food trucks and events on the regular including the upcoming Alamo Food Fight on August 13, which will pit seven mobile kitchens against each other to decide the next house truck. 202 Lamar St., (210) 872-5589.
DINNER ▲ Dignowity Meats: Yes, Dignowity Meats is great for lunch with its awesome sandwiches and whatnots, but have you tried their ribs for dinner? If not, you’re missing out on delicious St. Louis ribs, loaded Dignowity Pie with brisket burnt ends or pulled pork with mac over fries with sliced jalapeños or the Granny Apple slaw. Their beer list isn’t too shabby either. 1701 E. Houston St., (210) 462-1496.
Burleson Yard Beer Garden: It's hard to find fault in this massive patio bar that occasionally hosts great jam bands, food trucks, and laid-back viewing parties of both classic movies and Spurs games when they're in season. Make use of the parking lot on the side of the building and make sure to take your puppy pals. 430 Austin St., (210) 354-3001. Big Hops The Bridge: There’s beer options aplenty at Big Hop’s third location that’s just off the Hays Street Bridge. Choose from the ever-rotating list of IPAs, sours, porters and more at great prices or stop by for breweryspecific tap takeovers, Frankenbike events or beer and cheese pairings. 306 Austin St., (210) 320-1470. flavor@sacurrent.com
Tucker's Kozy Korner: Know what goes well with soul? Soul food, obviously. You can get a bit of both at Tucker’s where the new menu includes chicken and waffles, Southern fried chicken, hot chicken, “katfish,” fried green tomatoes, skillet cornbread and the house burger. 1338 E. Houston St., (210) 320-2192.
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> San Antonio Restaurant Week is almost upon us. Starting August 13, more than 100 restaurants will serve up prix-fixe menus that show off their skills. The restaurants are broken down into two tiers; the first will feature three-course $15 lunches and $35 dinners while tier two will feature three-course $10 lunches and $25 dinners. Stay tuned for our favorite picks next week. August 13-27, culinariasa.org.
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> The bar owners behind The Hangar Bar & Grill, The Three-Legged Monkey and The Ringer Pub have announced the opening of Stout House this September. The new, 3,000-square-foot bar will replace Red Square Bar and ditch the wall of vodkas for 20 craft beers on tap, table seating, an outdoor patio and a pub-style atmosphere. 11851 Bandera Road, Suite 119.
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> With the Lonestar Neighborhood Association and the city’s Zoning Commission behind them, San Antonio City Council today unanimously approved San Antonio Brewing Co. to proceed with the renovation of their 1,800-square-foot space. San Antonio Brewing Co., headed by local owner Vera Deckard, is scheduled to open the brewpub in November at 264 E. Lachapelle. The brewpub was previously slated to open inside Hemisfair park.
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> Two crown jewels of San Antonio are joining forces at long last. Starting the first week of August, Bakery Lorraine teamed up with the DoSeum to bring new menu items to the DoSeum Cafe. According to a press release the two sent out Tuesday, the menu will feature Bakery Lorraine’s famous Parisian macarons and divine pastries in addition to child-friendly items such as house made applesauce, a grilled cheese sandwich and an almond butter with peach or grape jelly sandwich. For hungry adults, the cafe will offer tasty options like avocado toast, a chicken salad sandwich and a chop salad. Since being established in 2011 by chefs Anne Ng and Jeremy Mandrell and operator Charlie Biedenharn, Bakery Lorraine has quickly become one of San Antonio’s most popular and beloved sweet stops by serving handmade French pastries using only the finest ingredients. It has been named one of the best new bakeries in the U.S. by
Food & Wine and CNN’s Eatocracy Blog, as well as one of the “13 Destination Bakeries” by Conde Nast Traveler. “We are thrilled to be expanding more and now partnering with a San Antonio favorite like the DoSeum,” Biedenharn said in a prepared statement. “We have designed a special menu for the DoSeum Cafe, keeping in mind the children coming to the museum, but also making sure we have offerings for the parents.” 2800 Broadway, (210) 212-4453.
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> The Texas Book Festival is getting us warmed up for their annual Lit Crawl on November 5 with a week devoted to Literary Libations from August 15 to 19. Participating San Antonio bars include Botika, Paramour, Sternewirth at Hotel Emma, TBA and The Esquire Tavern, which will feature Midnight in Mexican, a Ancho Reyes-
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> Next time you find yourself elbows deep in barbecue sauce while eating baby back ribs at Tony Roma’s, remember to snap a photo of your saucy face. Photos uploaded to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter through September 3 with the hashtag #ribface, will be entered for a chance to win gift cards and each Tony Roma’s location will give one participant free ribs for a year, because why not?
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Detox, fasts, cleanses (I’ve been on one of these already and it wasn’t my jam) often serve a purpose. Whether it’s to springboard into a new healthy lifestyle or rid the system of impurities, cleanses are a thing. This past June, instead of dropping all white foods, limiting sugar or cutting out red meat for x amount of days, I went dry for just under two weeks. As food and nightlife editor, half of my gig is finding great drinking spots. Like any warm-blooded San Antonian, I’m a fan of margaritas (frozen at Sanchos during happy hour). Like any goofy millennial, I’m partial to craft cocktails (the more tinctures and tiki garnishes the better). Like any good Texan, I love Deep Eddy vodka (lemonade is bomb with Topo or a strawberry Jarrito, by the way). And like most Americans these days, I’m leaning more towards craft beer than big brewers (Freetail’s Piñata Protest is a fave), but I’ll literally never pass on a $2 tall boy. I still need to buy a Rosé All Day T-shirt (for when I’m feeling most basic). Oh, and I’ve been known to slam a daiquri or two at Stay Golden. My point being I love booze. I love learning about it, seeing how it pairs with different juices, tasting differences between ales, discovering I’m a fan of unfiltered sake, following trends. Some folks can nerd out on coffee for days, but if you want to talk spirits, bubbles and brews, I’m your girl. Moreover, alcohol is a great ice breaker. It brings people together (see: Cocktail, San Antonio Beer Week, the San Antonio Beer Festival, just about any happy hour ever) and lets them unwind. It’s definitely a social lubricant, but what happens when you’re a fairly sociable person as is? For starters, it adds up — in more ways than one. Craft beers carry a hefty calorie count, as do balanced cocktails, and they’re not entirely cheap either. A night out means $7-$10 drinks, plus a 20 percent tip, plus Ubers, and this doesn’t factor in multiple stops, or the multitude of themed nights (Drake night at Rumble, Tiki Tuesday at
Brooklynite, Tiki Thursday at Park Social, the opening of Squeezebox, etc.) that I somehow can’t turn down. No, I don’t drink to “excess.” Although I’m fairly clumsy while completely sober, I make it a point not to stumble out of bars. But when the night starts at 5 p.m. at happy hour and ends at 1:30 after 10 drinks, or when I start drinking at 1:30 p.m. over beers and keep going until I’m “dancing” to ‘90s jams at Brass Monkey on a Sunday drinking pickle shots and $2 anythings until 2 a.m., I’m not entirely sober either. God bless ride-shares. The CDC lists several frightening stats on binge drinking: Approximately 92 percent of U.S. adults who drink excessively report binge drinking in the past 30 days; More than half of the alcohol consumed by adults in the United States is in the form of binge drinks; Although college students commonly binge drink, 70 percent of binge drinking episodes involve adults age 26 years and older. In an effort to cleanse and in what turned out to be a fun experiment, I cut out the booze for 12 days and here’s what I learned. It’s not socially acceptable: No, really. The amount of stares and bewildered gasps my declaration drew from several close friends was downright laughable. Was I sick? Did I get in trouble? Was I trying to lose weight? Am I (gasp) pregnant? All questions I had to answer on multiple occasions. Yes, I drank a ton of Topo. I probably drank a a case and a half of Topo Chico while out and about during my dry period. It’s refreshing AF. Still, not having a drink in hand continued to draw stares. Mocktails are key: Because I wasn’t going to stay home all together, I found it incredibly useful when bartenders were up for crafting mocktails, or booze-less beverages. At Rumble, Stephanie DiMuria obliged in creating something light and fresh that combined mint, simple and a splash of soda. Over at Francis Bogside, one of the barkeeps made a sweet number of muddled berries and mint. Both topped with a garnish, the drinks allowed me to ditch the booze
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and keep the questions at bay. Weekends are rough: Again, being the social person that I am, penciling in weekend hangs with pals was difficult. Even if I did join them, the questions became tedious. It should be completely acceptable for someone to not booze it up. Staying out was a pain: Ugh. Maybe I’m better able to cope with whatever drama’s going on lately while slightly buzzed. Maybe the booze makes it so I don’t care if I’ve been standing all day. Maybe I suffered from FOMO and my sober period made me realize I wasn’t actually missing out much? That first hangover will wreck you: My endurance was admittedly low after 12 days of no alcohol, but I was completely unprepared for how horrible that hangover would be. In honor of Tim Duncan Day, I, along with other ne’er-do-wells, enjoyed 21 cent Lone Star at Bottom Bracket Social Club. In total, I may have had a little more than 2.5 beers, but I was goofy after the first one and gone by the time I stopped drinking. My hangover lasted well through the afternoon even with the usual breakfast taco cure and plenty of Topo Chico (I really should consider buying stock). I’m obviously not 22 anymore, but I also didn’t think three-ish beers would derail me and my morning plans so wholly. It’s hard to jump back in: Perhaps the goal of my experiment was finding a sweet spot. These days I’m usually set with a drink or two while out, and I’ve hardly considered climbing back into my old ways of 10-plus drinks on weekends. Hitting my reset button helped me step back and realize I had established not-so-healthy patterns. I’m by no means trying to be preachy, but taking that step could help us all before we end up driving through a Whataburger drive-thru in our undies. Two weeks might have not developed a habit — I have a job to do, after all — but I’m pretty sure my liver thanked me for it. flavor@sacurrent.com
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You take side streets home from the sketchiest gas station in your area code with a pack of Zig-Zags crumpled in your fist. A red neon light falls on the back of your denim jacket as you walk. Your plastic earbuds vibrate in harmony with the strange loops of a droning chorus: “Always real, always right/Always alright.” So rattles the track “Pepsi/Coke Suicide” by Elvis Depressedly, the delightfully dismal moniker of frontman Mathew Lee Cothran and multi-instrumentalist Delaney Mills. Roughly six years since Elvis Depressedly got its start in Asheville, North Carolina, Pitchfork and The Guardian have tied the band to experimental outfits like TV Girl and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, staking their reputations in the subtle species of the indie rock genre that incorporates lo-fi recording techniques. Regardless of whether that’s true or not, there’s no question that Elvis Depressedly evokes a serenity that washes over you like a Valiuminduced trance. Following last year’s shimmering New Alhambra— the closest thing the group has to a traditionally produced album— June’s Holo Pleasures/California Dreamin’ compilation returns to Cothran and Mills’ penchant for
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The Krayolas take a swing at Donald Trump Imagine the catharsis of a whacking a piñata in the likeness of your least favorite presidential candidate. You stretch out, psych up and take a huge, Josh Hamilton rip into the thing, and watch its candied guts spill to the floor. Before Donald Trump’s fundraiser in June, piñatas with his pout on them were flying off the shelves, getting wailed on as a political act and a way to release mental frustration. Last week, The Krayolas graced us with a soundtrack for this >
literal Trump bashing, debuting the ranchera tune “Piñata Trump.” Singer Hector Saldana is giddy with anticipation, wondering what waits inside the papier-mâché. Candy? Money? Most likely, it’s “totally empty.” There’s been an abundance of bird metaphors to describe Trump’s hair, but the band takes the connection to the next level, comparing the talk-box populist to “a parrot that assumes its feathers are the best.” A San Anto staple since 1975, The Krayolas often take a Kinks
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DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for the next three weeks — but you won’t be reading old columns while I’m away. You’ll be getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me. Dan Savage is a sports writer and the assistant director of digital content for orlandomagic.com, and he will be answering your questions this week. Dan has covered six NBA finals and 10 NBA All-Star Games; he’s appeared on CBS, ESPN, NBA TV, and First Take; and his writing has been published at espn.com, cbs.com, nba.com, and orlandomagic.com. This is Dan’s first time giving sex-and-relationship advice. “Other sports writers often tell me they enjoyed reading my latest column,” Dan Savage told me in an email, “but when they show me the article, it’s one of your sex-advice columns. The joke is going to be on them this time around when it’s actually my advice!”
> I’m a straight guy in my 40s, and I’ve been with my wife for more than 20 years. I’m incredibly attracted to my wife. Recently, I’ve been a bit frustrated with us not having sex as frequently as I’d like. So I broached the subject with her. I tried to be easygoing about it, but maybe I fucked that up. Basically, I told her that I fantasize about her daily and would like to have sex more often. I cited two examples of frustration. Two weeks ago, I came on to her and tried to initiate, but we had a dinner party to go to and she didn’t want to be late. One week ago, I was flirting with her but was rebuffed because we were going out to dinner and … she wanted to go to dinner more
than fuck, I guess. I made my wife cry by bringing this up. End result is that she doesn’t want to fuck more than we already do, there’s nothing I can do to make sex more appealing for her, and it hurt her for me to bring the subject up at all. I dropped it, apologized, and moved on. I don’t want to coerce her into anything (I want her to want me), so here we are. How can I communicate better in the future? Using My Words Communication in any relationship is key. On the basketball court, one of the first things young players are taught is to communicate effectively with their teammates. They’re required to call out plays, offensive assignments, and defensive rotations in order to prevent breakdowns and keep the system working smoothly. In relationships, the same principles hold true. You have to be able to effectively communicate with your partner in order to keep both parties happy. And just like everything else in life, timing is everything. First, I’d make sure you communicate your needs at a time other than when you’ve just been rebuffed. You’re then likely to be less emotional, think more rationally, and more effectively explain your needs without applying added pressure. Second, I’d try making your next move when other plans are not on the table. In both the examples you mention, UMW, the timing of your request appears to have been an issue for her. Schedule some time for an intimate dinner at home or cap off an exciting evening out on the town with romantic advances. If she does not respond to your improved efforts, then she’s not being a good teammate. A successful relationship is when both members’ needs are met, not just one.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am ready to solve.” On each of the next five nights, kiss this package five times and place it beneath your pillow as you sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Then observe your dreams closely. Keep a pen and notebook or audio recorder near your bed to capture any clues that might arrive. On the morning after the fifth night, go to your kitchen sink and burn the envelope and hair in the flame of a white candle. Chant the words of power: “Catalytic revelations and insights are arriving.” The magic you need will appear within 15 days.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): This would be a good time to have a master craftsperson decorate your headquarters with stained glass windows that depict the creation stories of your favorite indigenous culture. You might also benefit from hiring a feng shui consultant to help you design a more harmonious home environment. Here are some cheaper but equally effective ways to promote domestic bliss: Put images of your heroes on your walls. Throw out stuff that makes you feel cramped. Add new potted plants to calm your eyes and nurture your lungs. If you’re feeling especially experimental, build a shrine devoted to the Goddess of Ecstatic Nesting.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): You Geminis are as full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings? Please don’t misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings — as long as that’s not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself. This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Be vulnerable and sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don’t take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Let’s assume, for the sake of fun argument, that you
do indeed have a guardian angel. Even if you have steadfastly ignored this divine helper in the past, I’m asking you to strike up a close alliance in the coming weeks. If you need to engage in an elaborate game of imaginative pretending to make it happen, so be it. Now let me offer a few tips about your guardian angel’s potential purposes in your life: providing sly guidance about how to take good care of yourself; quietly reminding you where your next liberation may lie; keeping you on track to consistently shed the past and head toward the future; and kicking your ass so as to steer you away from questionable influences. OK? Now go claim your sublime assistance!
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Although you may not yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your “rescue” is already underway. Furthermore, the so-called hardship you’ve been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations. Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there’s almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it! So what comes next? Here’s what I recommend: Throw a going-away party for everything you no longer need. Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.
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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18):
Maybe you know people who flee from the kind of Big Bold Blankness that’s visiting you, but I hope you won’t be tempted to do that. Here’s my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness Celebrate this opening into the unknown. Ease into the absence. Commune with the vacuum. Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What’s the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren’t available when you’re feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don’t understand and can’t control.
What you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word “could.” In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination. So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that’s available. You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester. You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): I placed a wager down at the astrology pool. I bet that sometime in the next three weeks, you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you’ve been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering. Why am I so sure this will occur? Because I have detected a shift in attitude by one of the most talkative little voices in your head. It seems ready to stop tormenting you with cranky reminders of all the chores you should be doing but aren’t — and start motivating you with sunny prompts about all the fun adventures you could be pursuing.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Are you ready for your mid-term exam? Luckily I’m here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness. 1. You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing. 2. Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. 3. Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems? 4. If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Here comes a special occasion — a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible. Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never experienced? For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You may even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don’t require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.
THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): In the coming weeks, I suspect that Life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I’m talking about when I use that term “soul’s code,” right? It’s your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul’s code? Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.
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