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“I’m Afraid for My Family” Witness testifies that Zetas murdered, dismembered children to sow fear

COVER In recent years, the San Antonio cocktail world has acquired a deep thirst for all things tiki. For this week’s issue, we rounded up some of the scene’s tiki aficionados for pointers on how to throw a legit rum-fueled bash to match those tiny umbrellas and Hawaiian shirts. It’s hot enough, might as well party like you’re in the tropics.

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CALENDAR

Coconuts Optional How to throw your own rum-fueled tiki bash this summer

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Restaurant Rage White woman tells black family, “My ancestors owned your ass” inside Universal City burger joint

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I’M AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY’’ Witness testifies that Zetas murdered, dismembered children to sow fear

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op Zetas cartel enforcers kidnapped the former drug trafficker in February 2013, blaming him for the loss of a drug load seized by U.S. law enforcement and demanding money for his release. Testifying in a San Antonio federal courtroom last week, the man said sicarios, or cartel assassins, held him for 13 days, driving him in and around the Mexican city of Piedras Negras, a lucrative drug smuggling corridor that borders Eagle Pass. Occasionally, the man testified, his captors would guide him out of the vehicle, force him to kneel on the ground and remove his blindfold so he could see what would happen to him and his family if he didn’t pay. Once when they removed the blindfold, there was a family standing in front of him – a mother, father and their 6-year-old daughter – and a metal barrel with fire nearby. He testified that while other sicarios grabbed the parents by their hair, forcing them to watch, Marciano Millan Vasquez, nicknamed “Chano,” used an ax to dismember the girl while she was alive. “Chano,” he said, laughed as he began to toss her remains into the fire before ordering the same be done to the girl's parents. (Prosecutors and the judge on the case have asked that the witness not be named out of fear of cartel retaliation against his family.) The former trafficker was the first to testify that he personally witnessed hideous acts of violence at the

hands of Millan Vasquez, who prosecutors claim was a Zetas hitman before assuming control of the gang’s forces in Piedras Negras. Arrested in a home on San Antonio’s west side last year, Millan Vasquez is on trial for multiple charges that could put him in prison for life, including allegations that tie him to a wave of killing, abductions and disappearances that paralyzed the Mexican border state of Coahuila in recent years. In court, other witnesses have testified to how the Zetas effectively bought control of Coahuila. A former top financial advisor to the cartel who has since fled to the United States took the stand earlier this month to explain how bribes to municipal and state officials allowed cartel members to buy their way out of criminal charges and even seize control of the local prison, transforming it into an epicenter for the Zetas’ operations out of Piedras Negras. The former cartel advisor claimed the corruption reached the top levels of state government, testifying that he twice delivered bribe money to the personal aid of former Coahuila governor Humberto Moreira. (The feds are currently investigating whether Moriera and his former aid laundered millions in bribe money in the San Antonio area.) In addition to bribery, last week’s court testimony highlighted another tool the Zetas used to seize control of Coahuila: horrific violence. The former drug smuggler who took the stand last Wednesday testified that he

was forced to start drug-running for the Zetas, claiming cartel hitmen rounded him up with six other men and told them to make a choice – work for the Zetas or for someone else. He testified that after one man was shot dead for refusing the offer, everyone else accepted. When he was again abducted in 2013, the former trafficker testified that he personally witnessed more than a dozen people dismembered at the hands of Millan Vasquez or on his orders, their remains tossed in barrel fires to destroy the evidence. Included were four boys who hawked newspapers on the streets of Piedras Negras who the Zetas accused of being spies for another cartel. The former trafficker says the Zetas finally released him after a relative sold her house for $20,000 and turned it over to the cartel. He eventually fled to the United States when the Zetas still wanted more. Not long after the man took the stand inside the courtroom, prosecutors asked him to identify Millan Vasquez. He stood and scanned the courtroom for several minutes, awkwardly and nervously staring at lawyers, observers, jurors and even U.S. Marshals in the courtroom before finally lifting his hand and pointing toward “Chano.” When prosecutors later asked why he took so long to identify the defendant, the witness fought back tears, saying, “I’m afraid for my family.”

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PROMISES, PROMISES EDUARD RADU

Plan to fix CPS highlights how broken the agency has been for years MARK REAGAN | @210REAGAN

> When Governor Greg Abbott appointed Hank Whitman as commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in April, he said the status quo at Child Protective Services was unacceptable. In a two-page letter to Abbott last week, Whitman released a 10-point plan that he says is a roadmap to fixing CPS. While Whitman’s plan appears to be a step in the right direction, it also hints at just how dysfunctional the agency has been over the years. As attorney general and now governor, Abbott has vigorously defended the state against a classaction lawsuit that called Texas’ foster care system unconstitutional and sought to reduce physical,

sexual and psychological abuse of thousands of the most vulnerable kids caught in state care. Among the plaintiffs was a girl, M.D., who made frequent allegations of sexual abuse at a group home that CPS never followed up on; by the time she was ready to age out of the system, according to records, the girl was living on the streets and working as a prostitute. Last December, a federal judge in that case ruled that Texas’ foster care system violates the constitutional rights of the kids it is supposed to protect. Earlier this month a federal appeals court shot down a last-ditch effort from the state to overturn court-mandated reforms to the state’s foster care system. Coupled with official state resistance to reforms ordered by the court, Whitman’s letter to Abbott last week underscores just how much still needs to be done to fix the system. Whitman wrote that none of CPS’ 146 special investigators, who have law enforcement backgrounds, have forensic training. Whitman plans to have them all trained by September 1. “They will then be given the specific assignment to train all CPS investigative caseworkers in their regions,” according to the letter. Whitman’s plan also highlights serious accountability problems within the agency and calls for forcing CPS’

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White woman tells black family, “My ancestors owned your ass” inside Universal City restaurant JESSICA ELIZARRARAS | @JESSELIZARRARAS

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FEATURE

Coconuts Optional Though landlocked, San Antonio

How to throw your own rum-fueled tiki bash this summer

Tiki Tuesday at The Brooklynite

fantasy afloat by capitalizing on

before moving over to The Esquire,

the once forgotten tiki movement

the style’s retro feel and the surf

(some tiki scholars posit the U.S.

vibes are most appealing.

War and its tropical shores along with the unfair treatment of indigenous people caused the style to fizzle out). Our taste for everything pineapple began in 2012 with Tiki Tuesdays at The Brooklynite, but with several personnel changes since then, the trend has spread, first with the opening of Concrete Jungle off South Presa and later with tiki nights at Park Social, Mezcalería Mixtli and even Faust Tavern, which recently hosted its first Shrunken Head Sunday and will do so every first Sunday of the month. And not to be outdone, Esquire Tavern and Hotel Emma’s Sternewirth have rum-filled menus this season. It could be our love of laid-back temperate climes that have helped spur this boozy trend. Perhaps it’s our love of nostalgia and themed parties. For Hillary Woodhouse, one

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The Basics

Words to know to get your started in on your tiki adventure.

DONN BEACH

Native Texan, smuggler, and founder of Don the Beachcomber restaurants in California, a chain of “Polynesian”-tinged eateries and bars. Real name: Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt.

of SA’s tiki priestesses who rocked

has found a way to keep that island

involvement during the Vietnam

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“I saw Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar when I was 14 and I’ve loved him ever since,” she said. “It’s just a big party every time.”

TRADER VIC

Born Victor Jules Bergeron Jr., who founded a similar chain to Don the Beachcomber named Trader Vic’s. Both lay claim to creating the Mai Tai.

MAI TAI

You bet your ass Don Draper drank these. ingredients

1½ ounce white rum ½ ounce lime juice

But one can’t just make a single

½ ounce orange Curaçao

tiki drink to enjoy while listening

½ orgeat syrup (fancy word for almond syrup)

to Jack Johnson. No, tiki requires

¾ ounce dark rum

that you commit to the whole experience. We tapped a trio of

directions

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> Shake all ingredients, except for the dark rum, with ice. Strain into glass and float dark rum on top.

Sternewirth for recipes on throwing your own tiki shindig, and we’re sharing a few bites for you to soak up that rum . Crank up the surf rock, scour

THE PAINKILLER A twist on the piña colada ingredients

2 ounces Pusser’s rum

estate sales for tiki glassware, pull

4 ounces pineapple juice

that old Hawaiian shirt out of your

1 ounce orange juice

dad’s closet, buy a bunch of mini

1 ounce cream of coconut

umbrellas and squeeze your own citruses (we’ll allow store-bought fresh-squeeze pineapple juice from Central Market) and don’t forget the citronella for your torches — it’s party time.

directions

> Add ingredients to a Hurricane glass or large snifter and fill with ice. Stir to combine and garnish with orange wedge, cheery and freshly grated nutmeg.

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Makes 4 servings

Make friends with your local fishmonger for the freshest ingredients. ingredients

1 pound scallops, redfish, or shrimp, cubed

1 teaspoon chopped ginger, crushed

6 ounces fresh squeezed lime juice

4 ounces raw red onion, diced small

Salt, to taste

4 ounces chopped cilantro

Peppere, to taste

4 ounces diced tomato

½ small Serrano pepper or 1 Thai chili, chopped and crushed

4 ounces coconut milk

1 raw garlic clove, crushed and chopped directions

JESSICA ELIZARRARAS

COURTESY OF KATRINA CALLAO

WHITE CEVICHE

•White

> Marinate seafood in lime juice for 2 hours, or until fish turns bright

white. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. > Add vegetables, herbs and aromatics. Finish with coconut milk.

ceviche (inset), and Spam Musubi

>Serve with tortillas, tostones or cucumber or all of the above!

Helpful hint: Using a mortar and pestle to crush up the ginger, garlic and onion extracts more flavor. – Katrina Cailao of Kalye food truck

SPAM MUSUBI Makes 10 servings

The most labor intensive, but likely the most addictive, this Spam-centric dish is a must. Make it yourself of pick up a platter from L&L Hawaiian Grill on Austin Highway. ingredients

2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice

Island bites

½ cup white sugar

2 cups water

1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e.g. Spam)

6 tablespoons rice vinegar

5 sheets sushi nori (dry seaweed)

¼ cup soy sauce

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

¼ cup oyster sauce directions

> Soak uncooked rice for 4 hours; drain and rinse. > In a saucepan bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add rice and stir.

Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in rice vinegar, and set aside to cool. > In a separate bowl, stir together soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar

AHI POKÉ SALAD Makes 1 serving or 2 appetizers Add this to your summer repertoire. ingredients

until sugar is completely dissolved. Slice luncheon meat lengthwise into 10 slices, or to desired thickness, and marinate in sauce for 5 minutes. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Cook slices for 2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned. Cut nori sheets in half and lay on a flat work surface. Place a rice press in the center of the sheet, and press rice tightly inside. Top with a slice of luncheon meat, and remove press. Wrap nori around rice mold, sealing edges with a small amount of water. (Rice may also be formed by hand in the shape of the meat slices, 1 inch thick.) Musubi may be served warm or chilled.

4 ounces sushi-grade ahi tuna, cut into ½-inch cubes 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon sesame oil

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1 teaspoon sesame seeds 1 teaspoon diced green onions 1 pinch minced ginger 1 pinch chili flakes

> Combine tuna, soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, green onions,

ginger and chili flakes in a small bowl. Gently toss the tuna in the marinade and serve immediately with nori chips, cucumber slices or on a bed of greens. Modified via Luis Colon

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Libations

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Find these at Esquire Tavern.

ingredients

1½ ounce pineapple infused rum (Chapman used Plantation

3 dashes tiki bitters

Pineapple, which can be easily found

directions

½ ounce grapefruit juice

at liquor stores, or can be made by

¾ ounce honey syrup (one part

combining pineapples and white rum

honey to one part hot water for easy

for 3-4 days)

pouring)

½ ounce Averna

1 dash Angostura bitters

½ ounce Trader Vic’s macadamia nut liqueur

1 ounce orange juice

½ ounce lemon juice

(Woodhouse used BG Reynold’s)

¾ ounce pineapple juice

1-2 ounces soda, to taste

1½ ounce passion fruit syrup

> Combine ingredients and shake with ice. Serve in a Collins glass with crushed ice. Modified from Danielle Chapman

QUEEN’S PARK SWIZZLE ingredients

1 ounce dark Jamaican rum (Woodhouse used Appleton Estate 12)

1 ounce Demerara rum (Hamilton Demerara)

Listen, most tiki cocktails require a bit of work. From juicing your own limes and using fresh — never bottled or canned — pineapple juice, tiki tipples call for several ingredients each.

directions

David Naylor of Park Social, Hillary Woodhouse of Esquire Tavern and Danielle Chapman of Sternewirthhelped whittle down a few drinks that don’t call for a ridiculous number of ingredients.

1½ ounce Trinidadian rum

1¼ ounce Chipotle syrup

(Angostura 7yr, Pusser’s or any

(recipe below)

decent aged rum you can get your hands on)

ingredients

1½ ounces dark Jamaican rum (Woodhouse used Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Gold)

1 ounce lemon juice

1 ounce orange juice

> Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin, shake hard. Strain into a tall glass packed with crushed ice, garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy. directions

CHIPOTLE SYRUP ingredients

1 cup sugar

2 chipotle peppers, cut in half

1 cup water

¼ teaspoon cayenne powder

(Woodhouse used BG Reynold’s)

1-2 ounces soda, to taste

> Combine sugar & water to make a simple syrup over medium heat

JIRI MIKLO

David Naylor of Park Social

easy pouring)

1 dash Angostura bitters 1 ounce orange juice 1½ ounce passion fruit syrup

½ ounce grapefruit juice

(Woodhouse used BG Reynold’s)

¾ ounce honey syrup (one part

1-2 ounces soda, to taste

> Shake ingredients with ice, pour over crushed ice, and garnish to your heart’s content.

2 ounces Demerara rum (Woodhouse used El Dorado 12)

¾ ounce lime juice

> As sugar is dissolved a d steam rises, throw in the peppers and cayenne spice and bring to a boil > Let cool, strain peppers out and bottle. Will last up to 1 month if left refrigerated. Multiply for larger batches.

honey to one part hot water for

SIDEWINDER’S FANG ingredients

directions

1½ ounce passion fruit syrup

> Press mint leaves in bottom of pint glass. Add crushed ice and fill to top. Add lime and rum and swizzle ingredients using a swizzle spoon, but try not to move the mint around. Add more ice to the top, and add several dashes of Angostura. Garnish with more mint sprigs.

½ ounce lime juice directions

1 ounce orange juice

PAGO PAGO

LA TRINIDAD ingredients

1 ounce lime juice

directions

Angostura bitters 1 ounce orange juice 1½ ounce passion fruit syrup

¾ ounce simple syrup

(Woodhouse used BG Reynold’s)

Mint leaves

1-2 ounces soda, to taste

>Shake rums, lime juice, orange juice and passion fruit syrup with ice. Pour over crushed ice and finish off with soda.

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◀ Launched by the Whitney Museum of American Art in collaboration with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the multi-year research project “Room to Rise” found improved personal growth, life skills, community engagement and career horizons among the long-terms benefits of teen programming at art museums. Taking these findings to heart, the Texas Convening for Teens in the Arts brings together educators and teen representatives from Artpace, Blue Star MOSAIC, Fort Worth Modern, Dallas Museum of Art, Creative Action, SAY Sí and the Kimbell Art Museum for a series of workshops, presentations and roundtable discussions presented in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA). In its second year, the conference offers two public programs: an open studio presentation (10am) and a panel discussion between creative professionals from the ICA, Lake|Flato, VentureLab and Weston Urban (6pm). Free, 10am & 6pm, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900, artpace.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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◀ Having previously celebrated the original “age of excess” with a roaring ’20s-themed affair back in 2013, the Current’s Cocktail: signature Cocktail: The The Event special Event moves on to toast a event later era of decadence — the wacky, tacky, spandex-clad ’80s. In addition to “age of excess”-themed cocktails crafted by 15 San Antonio bars (Paramour, Haunt and Brooklynite among them) and light bites from a dozen area eateries, the fourth FRI

annual event includes a silent auction, live music, DJs and an open invitation unleash your inner child in the DoSeum’s interactive exhibits (don’t miss the musical stairs). With a wild wealth of cinematic and musical inspiration (from Pretty in Pink and Revenge of the Nerds to new wave and glam metal), there’s really no excuse not to enter the ’80s costume contest, judged by local fashion bloggers from Haute in Texas and The sTORIbook. $45-$50 (benefiting the nonprofit Artist Foundation of San Antonio), 9pm-midnight, The DoSeum, 2800 Broadway, (210) 227-0044, localculturetickets.com. — BR

◀ Gemini Ink, grown into a dynamic and important literary organization from a small volunteer reading series for local writers, has been a key player in the San Antonio literary milieu since its founding in 1997. Steadfast in its mission to “help people create and share the human story,” Gemini Ink, with its workshops, classes, readings, outreach and mentorship programs, is a catalyst of inspiration and connection for local readers and writers alike. In keeping with its trend of ever-broadening the scope of its impact, Gemini Ink presents its inaugural Writers Conference this weekend. In addition to a wide array of panels and workshops ($75-$150), the conference includes several free offerings, including an opening reception at host venue El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel (5:30-7:30pm Thu, 110 Lexington Ave.), an open-air reading with Janet Kaplan, Tim Z. Hernandez, Bryce Milligan, Wendy Barker and Andrea Vocab Sanderson at Viva Tacoland (7-11pm Fri, 103 W. Grayson St.), a book fair with author signings at El Tropicano (10am-6pm Sat) and a cocktail hour and after party with a cash bar, light fare and readings from Reyna Grande (pictured), Tim Seibles, Barbara Ras and Laurie Ann Guerrero in the Coates Chapel at the Southwest School of Art (6-10pm Sat, 300 Augusta St.). For details, call (210) 734-9673 or visit geminiink.org. — James Courtney

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‘Vacancy’

◀ In the process of developing an aesthetic that’s easily recognizable as her very own, artist Sara Frantz has accomplished other difficult feats — giving landscape painting a fascinating remix, evoking collage without cutting or pasting, and making architectural relics appear lonely — even alienated — despite prismatic interventions. A Chicago native who taught at the University of Texas at Austin and UTSA from 2007 to 2014 and currently teaches at California Polytechnic State University, Frantz fuses three classic concepts (travel, landscape and nature — both real and imagined) in works that place multicolored structures (rendered in gouache) in bleak-looking blackand-white environments (rendered in graphite). Exhibition-ready following a fire in May and closure for repairs, Sala Diaz plays host to Frantz’s tellingly titled “Vacancy.” Nodding to the absence of people — and sometimes life in general — in her work, the solo show sees Frantz acting as “the architect of a fake utopian commune of trailer homes” custom-crafted for such characters as “a willing victim of wanderlust, a doctor of philosophy, an aeronautical engineer and an entrepreneur/ mother.” Free, 6-9pm, Sala Diaz, 517 Stieren St., (972) 900-0047, saladiazart.org. — BR

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Women of Ill Repute: REFUTE!

◀ Among the stand-ups other stand-ups frequently mention as the greatest living, Dave Attell is an anomaly: not as introspective as Maria Bamford, as sociological as Chris Rock or as philosophical as Louis C.K., Attell is probably best described as a joke guy, and many of those jokes are of the ever-popular dick persuasion. It’s no coincidence that Comedy Central’s Insomniac, Attell’s best-known work,

isn’t an independent-cinemainspired dissection of the heart and mind but a show where he goofed around with people in bars. Making drunks laugh seems like a simple skill, but to see a master work his craft is always a thing of beauty. $27.50, 8pm & 10:15pm Fri, 7:15pm & 9:30pm Sat, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio.com. — Jeremy Martin

◀ A poetic exploration of “self-discovery and wisdom, power and weakness, despair and transcendence,” the allfemale production Women of Ill Repute: REFUTE! first took the Guadalupe Theater’s stage 15 comedy years ago, when its creators donated a portion of proceeds to the Rape Crisis Center under the name “Angels.” Having welcomed a dozen distinct voices into the fold for incarnations in San Antonio and Austin, the collaborative endeavor evolves through the true stories of its cast but stays focused on progressive change while addressing “perceptions of gender, culture, identity, violence, abuse, anger, happiness and joy.” Promising a living “tapestry of experience,” the 2016 revival unites poets, actors, writers and activists Victoria Garcia Zapata-Klein, Amalia Ortiz, Maria Ibarra, Andi GarciaLinn and Lisa Cortez Walden. $12-$15 (donations accepted on behalf of the Rape Crisis Center), 8pm, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — BR

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Saturday Night Fever

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◀ That San Antonio photographer Charlie Kitchen’s photoconstructions are visually arresting, opening fresh and odd vistas onto familiar landscape imagery, is perhaps beside the point of his explorations — but it’s certainly a damn fine opening argument as to why you’ll want to attend his new solo exhibit. For Kitchen, who graduated with a degree in photography from Texas State University in 2014 and currently works at Artpace, the importance of his work is in what he calls “pseudo-scientific analysis of the fundamental qualities of photography.” Part analog and part digital, Kitchen’s

process involves the use of large-format cameras, specialized film masks and 3D-printed templates that are inserted in the camera during exposure for a kind of in-camera collage. The resulting works, aside from being fascinating and beautiful, are multiple exposures that combine two forms of representation. These dazzling pieces, therefore, can be enjoyed and understood on multiple levels, proffering technical wizardry right alongside aesthetic pleasure. Free, 2-4pm, Southwest School of Art, Santikos Lobby Gallery, 1201 Navarro St., (210) 224-1848, swschool.org. — JC

◀ Endless parodies, overplay of the ridiculously awesome but also kind of ridiculous Bee Gees songs, and John Travolta’s subsequent sporadically embarrassing John Travolta-ness notwithstanding, 1977’s Saturday Night Fever is definitive filmed proof that disco did not in fact suck. But if you go seeking ironic laughs be warned: Fever’s also a fairly heavy example of gritty 1970s cinema, full of moody method acting and still-shocking antiheroics. Travolta’s Tony Manero does more brooding than boogalooing. He’s attempting to exorcise some serious demons with all that stylized gesticulating, and, to him, the connection between the bell-bottomed bump-and-grind and “Stayin’ Alive” is anything but a joke. $15, 7:30pm, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8977, tpr.org. — JM PARAMOUNT PICTURES

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▶ When RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) premiered on the Logo network in 2009, no one could have predicted the type of cultural phenomenon it would become, thrusting gay culture into the mainstream, breathing new life into the world of drag and bringing the show’s namesake out of 1990s-era oblivion. Only two years later, local nightclub promoter Rey Lopez would capitalize on the show’s success before its creators began their own national tours promoting the RPDR performers. What began as a single club performance by RPDR season three alum Manila Luzon (pictured) has developed into shows throughout the year, Out in the Park (a drag-stravaganza set to take over Six Flags Fiesta Texas on September 23) and the Rey Lopez Birthday Bash, an over-thetop celebration uniting a dozen RPDR contestants at the Aztec on Friday. Billed as the “biggest birthday bash of the summer,” the star-studded blowout features performances by Minnesota native Luzon, “glamazonious” California girl Raven, larger-than-life Compton queen Latrice Royale, former Disney World dancer Alexis Mateo, Puerto Rican dancer/vocalist Jessica Wild, Thai-Laotian bombshell Jujubee, Southern beauty Chi Chi DeVayne, late local legend Erica Andrews’ drag daughter Roxxxy Andrews, sharp-tongued former San Antonio resident Phi Phi O’Hara, SoCal drag fixture Detox, choreographer/dancer/weed enthusiast Laganja Estranja and otherworldly Boricua Yara Sofia. $33-$43, 9pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — Marco Aquino

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Bright Like the Sun Japan Tour Kickoff ▲ Local post-rock fivepiece Bright Like the Sun (BLTS) has found a niche for itself within the flood of Texas postrock outfits this side of Explosions in the Sky. The band’s music, both heavier (in raw sonic power) and lighter (in mood) than many of its contemporaries, is masterfully produced and composed with increasing inventiveness and attention to fine detail. BLTS’ sophomore LP, produced by This Will Destroy You’s Alex Bhore and out back in 2015 on Sun Sea Sky Productions,

is the work of a band that has found its identity and, in it, its way forward. But apparently, we aren’t the only ones feeling the heat of BLTS’ brilliance. Saturday marks the beginning of a potentially game-changing tour for the group, as they play their final show before heading off on a 10date tour of Japan. The boys will be backed in this departing salvo by jazz-rock outfit Cliffside of the Pinkeyed Sky. $8$12, 8pm, Ventura, 1011 Avenue B, (210) 8026940, facebook.com/ venturasatx. — JC

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ART Art opening: “All School Exhibition” The

Taubman Museum of Art’s Amy Moorefield acts as juror for the 2016 edition of the Southwest School of Art’s “All School Exhibition,” which showcases recent works by students and studio artists who have participated in SSA workshops, classes and programs. Free, 2-4pm Saturday; Southwest School of Art, 1201 Navarro St., (210) 224-1848.

Closing reception: “Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers” Provenance Gallery

Blakk America: From Prophets to Pimps Israylite Heritage Productions stages an original play covering the “ancient, present and future history of black people in the Western world.” $15, 6:30pm Saturday; Carver Community Cultural Center, Jo Long Theater, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 207-7211.

SPECIAL EVENTS Deco Fiesta Artisans, musicians, performers and tejano heroes Little Joe y La Familia come together for a festival celebrating

the vitality of the Deco District. Free, noon10pm Sunday; Network for Young Artists, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 226-5611.

Briscoe Blast! National Day of the Cowboy The Briscoe observes National Day of the Cowboy with live music, art-making, free admission and museum tours, food truck fare, beer and more. Free, noon-4pm Saturday; Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., San Antonio, (210) 299-4499.

Free Family Day: Summer Spectacular! The McNay opens its doors for a family day

featuring circus performers, art activities and free admission to “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland.” Free, 1-4pm Sunday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.

Bring It Live! Miss D and her Dancing Dolls

take the Tobin stage with a new competition story line and never-before-seen routines, followed by a Q&A with the cast of the Lifetime reality series. $29.75-$45.75, 8pm Friday; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.

gives art lovers one last chance to view artist Lisette Chavez’s installation of blinged-out religious relics and ritualistic drawings and celebrates the release of her new zine Men Who Look Like Satan. Free, 5-8pm Saturday; Provenance Gallery, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 216-8362.

FILM Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA URBAN-15 hosts a screening of Robert Greenwald’s Making a Killing, a recently released documentary that recounts the personal stories of people affected by gun violence and exposes how gun companies and the NRA are resisting responsible legislation for the sake of profit. Following the screening, Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies moderates a panel discussion touching on issues raised in the film. $10, 7-10pm Saturday; URBAN-15, 2500 S. Presa St., (210) 736-1500.

THEATER The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas After

staying in business for well over 50 years, when La Grange’s Chicken Ranch brothel was finally closed, it wasn’t relegated to be a footnote in local history. Instead, the ramshackle operation that once accepted chickens as payment for “services rendered” became immortalized in the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. $12-$30, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

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ON A RECENT SATURDAY MORNING, I had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with legendary trans Latina activist Bamby Salcedo after she led a workshop on community organizing at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. Salcedo was in town for a screening of the documentary Transvisible: The Bamby Salcedo Story, a film about her life and activism. In our meeting, Salcedo spoke about what the film means to her, while also giving me pointers on how to be more effective as a transgender rights activist and member of the community. In reflection, it’s surreal to have met a trailblazer who has helped to pave the way for trans women like me to speak out and demand change, let alone to have an hour-long conversation with her, ending with a beautiful selfie session in front of the transgender pride flag that hung above us in the upstairs space of the Esperanza Center. It’s something I’ll never forget. One of the big problems that seems to affect the San Antonio activism scene is the resistant political environment, particularly when it comes to trans and queer issues. What have you done to help change the hearts of people who haven’t always been on board with your message? • What I do is bring awareness to specific issues — but bring awareness in different ways. I’ve done public speaking, which is obviously important, but I’ve also organized and participated in direct action … It’s about addressing issues and what’s happening in the community in a way that brings the results and the change that we want. How do you see things changing right now? • I can tell you that the trans community specifically is not in the same place we were 30 years ago or even 10 years ago. “Trans” is a hot topic right now, but I think it’s important for everyone to understand that, even though there is greater visibility, the violence against the trans community has increased … One of the things that I showed [during the workshop] was a video clip of an action we did at the National LGBTQ Task Force Conference in Denver last year. We read a statement [about] how the LGB has

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been exclusive of trans people and how we need to invest in improving the livelihood of trans people. Because, even though we are visible and there are certain people being uplifted and highlighted in the media, the social problems are still there, the marginalization and continued discrimination doesn’t just go away. And the trans people who are most uplifted seem to be the ones who can pass and blend into society more easily than others. We are more acceptable when we appeal to societal views of gender and presentation. • And that’s not the reality of many of us, right? Not all of us have had those opportunities. Trans people transition every day, but only certain experiences are focused on and those experiences don’t reflect what the common trans person experiences. I think those of us who have had more opportunities and support need to recognize that it is not the norm, and we need to speak out for those who don’t have those same options. • Like I said, it has to come back to addressing the social issues that most trans women face directly. Just because we are visible and are receiving media attention doesn’t mean that the struggle from 30 years ago isn’t still there. So we need to organize to say that enough is enough and there needs to be attention to this issue. And I often have to do that with direct action: through sit-ins and shutting things down and calling out politicians. Can you speak about the film Transvisbile and what it means to you? • I’m hoping that people will be able to see Transvisible and possibly relate to what I’ve been through. I hope that it inspires people to take a stand and to realize that — despite the different challenges [and] issues that we may encounter in our lives — we can still be great and make a difference in our communities. Is there a way that we can access Transvisbile aside from a private screening? • Unfortunately, we have not found a way to distribute the film. But we’ve

shown [it] in different circuits, festivals, and private screenings, and there’s a way to order a copy directly from our website (transvisiblefilm.com), with a donation to the TransLatin@ Coalition. Can you talk more about the organizations that you’re working with right now? • The main organization that I work with right now is the TransLatin@ Coalition. We have representation in 11 different states and we have seven organized chapters … But I organize with many different groups that have different areas of focus and different approaches. Can you talk about some of the different approaches these orgs have? • Well, some of the groups focus on the prison industrial complex — some who are for reform, and some who are for liberation — but I believe we have to approach that movement particularly from different ways. We have to work within the system to change the structures but also to find alternatives to incarceration. And that goes back to identifying the root of the issue? • Definitely. It’s a system and how the system is set up. We know it’s not going to go away because it’s a billion dollar industry at this point. But we need to think about how we can work around the system to subvert it and to empower those who are targeted by it. And that’s just one of many issues I’m concerned with, but of course they all overlap in some way. With all the emotional work and bullshit that trans activists deal with, do you ever take the time for self-care? • Oh yeah, I have to understand that it’s only me and I don’t have the solution to all the problems. So sometimes, I just have to say no and take a step back. I have responsibilities within the organization I’m running and within the community, but it can get crazy. Like I said, there are people who are with you and there are people who are against you; and sadly, there are people who will want to destroy you. But they can talk all the shit they want about me … my work speaks for itself. sacurrent.com • July 20—26, 2016 • CURRENT 29

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Local artist ANGELA FOX dares us to Enter the Snake Clan. Clad in black leggings, hoods and pointy heels, the tough-looking ladies that often inhabit the work of local artist Angela Fox embody the sort of characters your parents likely warned you about. They tussle, guzzle cans of beer, loiter in parking lots and look like they might be plotting something. Armed with a keen sense of color, a background in printmaking and a fondness for comic books, Fox adds rich layers and patterns to her works (typically rendered in gouache), giving them an intricacy reminiscent of ethnic rugs and textiles. Currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of the Incarnate Word and San Antonio College, Fox first caught our eye as a featured artist in the 2009 Texas Biennial and has since exhibited at Blue Star Contemporary (“Spatial Planes”), Chicago’s Maxwell Colette Gallery (“Yes, Medusa!”) and San Francisco’s Fecal Face (“4%ers”). Beyond undercurrents of tension and danger in her work, there’s also a strong sense of community within Fox’s subjects — units she refers to as “tightly knit gangs.”

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master of the mysteries of the universe, and a creator of cool crap that goes boom. Holtzmann is clearly the analogue here for Harold Ramis’ Egon Spengler from the 1984 movie -- and physically she evokes the blond-pompadoured Egon of Real Ghostbusters -- but she is nothing like him. She is unlike any female character The Movies have ever seen. She is powerful in a way that has nothing to do with her appeal to men, all too frequently the only power women onscreen are allowed to deploy. She is brainy comic mayhem that is a touch of Back to the Future’s Doc Brown and a whole lotta the Doctor (of Doctor Who, that is). She is the authority of science combined with the freedom of no-fucks-given, and she is not the sort of woman we typically see women granted the cultural permission to be. This new Ghostbusters would be worth hailing for Holtzmann alone... but happily, there is much more to cheer. The snappy script, by director Paul Feig and Katie Dippold, zings from the movie’s opening moments with cunning, snappy verve, often out of left field: pay close attention to the commentary offered, in the opening

scene, by the tour guide of an historic NYC mansion that soon turns up haunted. The plot follows a similar track to that of the 1984 movie, with Columbia University physics professor Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and the more paranormally inclined academic Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) teaming up, along with Holtzmann, to hunt down the ghosts suddenly showing up all over town. But both actors have toned down their sometimes overamped comic personas here, making it less easy to determine which characters from the original films Gilbert and Yates are shadows of: they’re neither and both Dan Aykroyd’s Ray Stanz and Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman at the same time. As with the authentically fresh Holtzmann, they aren’t attempting to imitate anyone, which does actually distinguish this movie from the spate of far more reprocessed reboots, remakes, and do-overs we’ve been subjected to of late. Unlike with the 1984 movie -- in which ghosts started appearing at precisely, by pure coincidence, the same moment when a new business came into existence to deal with them -- there is actually a reason baked into the story about why ghosts are

now popping up, which is what prompts the formation of Gilbert’s and Yates’s project, which is not an entrepreneurial effort but a scientific research endeavor to capture and study them. And baked into that reason is the feminism of this new Ghostbusters. (Sorry, boys who are afraid of girls: this is an unabashedly feminist movie. But it’s still superfun, promise!) There are a few not-really-throwaway lines of dialogue about nasty comments the HHHH women receive online, as in response to videos of ghosts they post on YouTube; these comments are nearly identical to some of those the mere idea of this movie itself has generated. But far more incisive is the villain of the piece, a literally basementdwelling creep (Neil Casey) who justifies the very bad things he is doing as his way of striking back at bullies. Contrast this with Gilbert’s and Yates’s tales of being denigrated for their deliciously dorky oddness. Guy treated badly wants to end the world; gals treated badly turn their pain into something positive, and find themselves in a position to save the world. sacurrent.com • July 20—26, 2016 • CURRENT 33

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Opening Night • Two documentaries will open the 2016 SAFF Monday night at the Pearl Stables. The short doc Brewed in the 210 highlights San Antonio-area brewers who have contributed to the growth of the handcrafted beer industry in Texas. In the feature doc Trust Me, You’re Famous, audiences are given a rare glimpse at the challenges people face working in film and TV. Free, July 25, 7pm, Pearl Stables, 307 Pearl Parkway

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San Antonio Film Festival continues to flourish after 22 years Things have been going pretty well for the San Antonio Film Festival over the past two decades – increased submissions, more international representation, strong local partnerships – but festival director and founder Adam Rocha isn’t about to stand pat. Instead, the festival, which runs July 25-31 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and the historic Pearl Stables, will feature a handful of new components for its 22nd edition. “It’s time to expand and give this city some more panache and sizzle,” Rocha told the Current during an interview last week. “The festival is getting bigger and we want to try out some different things.” Along with screenings of films from around the world and a series of panel discussions, the festival will include a four-day mini film festival for children featuring a collection of animated shorts. The children’s film festival portion of SAFF takes place July 27-30. “Filmmakers have kids, so they’re always asking, ‘What screenings can I take my kids to?’" Rocha said. “We’re giving people what they want.” Also new on the agenda: a screenwriting contest that Rocha hopes will unearth the next Lawrence Kasdan. “We’ve wanted this to be a part of the festival for a while,” Rocha said. “As we saw the festival expand, a screenwriting

contest made sense. I really think it’s going to catch on.” According to Rocha, close to 1,000 films were submitted to the festival. Countries representing accepted films this year include France, Spain, Croatia and Norway, just to name a few. “We’ve become a legitimate player on the world-cinema stage,” Rocha said. “We’re a launching pad for not only San Antonio filmmakers, but international filmmakers, too.” When it comes to San Antonio filmmakers, Rocha said a record 29 were chosen to screen their movies. One of them, The Places You’ll Go, is a short documentary by local filmmaker Jesse Salazar III. In the film, Salazar points his camera at his own son during a road trip across the U.S. and explores his unique perspective on life during their journey. “Sometimes it’s difficult to slow down and remember what it’s like to have an innocent and sincere outlook on life and appreciate the newness of the world around us, so I wanted to capture that,” Salazar said. “The fact that my film was acknowledged by my hometown means a lot to me.” Another San Antonio native getting recognition at the festival for her work in the industry is Marcia Nasatir, who will receive SAFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Nasatir, 90, is the subject of the documentary A Classy Broad, which will screen during the festival. In 1974, she became the first woman to serve as vice president of production at a Hollywood studio. During her time in Los Angeles, she helped develop a number of major projects, including Rocky, Carrie and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. “She is so legitimately San Antonio, it’s insane,” Rocha said. “She is so down-to-earth. Even with all this success in her life, she is authentic. I mean, who do you know that has hung out with Jack Nicholson? She’s a living legend.”

Legend of Swee’ Pea • The documentary tells the story of the turbulent career of Lloyd “Swee’ Pea” Daniels, a talented, young basketball player from New York City who never reaches his full potential. Daniels played two seasons for the San Antonio Spurs in the early 90s. $15, July 26, 6pm, Tobin Center (Feik Family Rotunda), 100 Auditorium Circle Smile Again, Jenny Lee • After a mysterious accident ends her career, an all-star tennis player seeks out her estranged father in hopes of getting some financial support and returning to the sports she loves. $15, July 26, 6pm, Tobin Center (East Rotunda), 100 Auditorium Circle Ma Ma • Oscar winner Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona) stars as Magda, a schoolteacher who is diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time she meets a man facing his own personal tragedy. $15, July 26, 8pm, Tobin Center (Alvarez Studio), 100 Auditorium Circle Strange Places • Inspired by a true story, the drama follows the lives of a couple whose relationship is dependent on their shared drug addiction. $15, July 26, 8pm, Tobin Center (East Rotunda), 100 Auditorium Circle

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Hold onto your flip flops, guys. Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville has finally opened its San Antonio location inside Rivercenter Mall. Yes, we have plenty of margs in SA already, but the first Margaritaville in Texas will offer a family-friendly restaurant with seating for 315 souls. Per today’s press release announcement via the International Meal Company, which owns the restaurant, the space will feature “island-inspired flavors, live entertainment and a patio overlooking the river” all inside a 10,000 square-foot venue. Menu items sound as goofy as you’d imagine: Cheeseburger in Paradise, Volcano Nachos, Drunken Shrimp Skillets. A grand opening was held Tuesday, July 19. The restaurant will open 11 a.m. daily. 849 E. Commerce St.

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Beer: Prince Oberyn’s Head Beer: Don’t Dress Me Mexican Lager Taste: As a session beer, the Mexico-by-way-of-Viennese beer is designed to have a lower alcohol content, while still offering a crisp, bracing acidity. The idea is that you’ll want to have several to stave off the heat, but their low ABV allows you to do so functionally. The end result is softly amber, hued with notes of lightly flaxen wheat, similar to a fuller-bodied Victoria cerveza. What You Can Learn: With beer, flavor and body often go hand-in-hand. During the summer though, you want a beer you can drink all afternoon without gorging yourself or getting hammered. Look for lagers whose origins are equatorial — Mexico, Italy, Thailand — as crispness in their beers is a prerequisite, meaning a higher likelihood of finding a refreshing, yet flavorful draught.

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in a career in music. Mendoza was the only student chosen from Texas this year to attend the camp in Brooklyn. During his time at SASIC, Mendoza took a number of audio classes, including advanced production, where he was able to see how much effort goes into creating sound for major films like Transformers and Godzilla. “We would take a movie scene and strip all the audio and do all the sound effects ourselves,” Mendoza explained. “I really learned a lot about the fundamentals of sound design.” Mendoza also got the opportunity to work with local bands and attend gigs at Sam’s Burger Joint with his SASIC audio production teacher Art Guillermo Jr., who is active in the San Antonio music scene. “Tristan is very passionate

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> “Peter,” is my age and bisexual. I’m not one of those gay men who think bi guys don’t exist. And I know bi guys are just as capable of being monogamous as other guys — which isn’t that comforting when you think about it — and I don’t have a problem with my bi brotherin-law being bi. More importantly, my sister doesn’t have a problem with it. But whenever I’m alone with Peter, however briefly, he starts telling me how much he misses dick. He wants to hear about the last “really great dick” I sucked and tells me he misses sucking dick. I smile and say dick is great for sure and make a halfhearted attempt to change the subject. The last time it happened was after my grandfather’s funeral. I’m pretty sure Peter wants to suck my dick, and I’m tempted to let him. I know it’s a bad idea, but Peter is hot. This is torture. What should I do? Boy Is Lost Stop smiling, work harder to change the subject, avoid being alone in a room with Peter, and repeat after me: “My sister might be able to forgive her husband for sucking a dick, but she’ll never forgive him — or me — if that dick is mine.” > I’m a gay guy in an open relationship and I’m on Recon, a gay hookup/dating site for guys into leather/fetish/BDSM. My partner, who isn’t kinky, knows I have a profile there and it’s not a problem. Today I got a message from a new guy, and when we exchanged face pics, I saw that he looks exactly like “Peter,” my boyfriend’s best friend’s fiancé! I asked him if that was him, and he stopped responding. What should I do? My BF doesn’t want to know much about my extracurricular activities, but this could make our next double date extremely awkward. We see this other couple a fair amount, and even though I think this guy is good-looking, I would

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never sleep with him because of the social situation. On the other hand, if I’m wrong and they’re not the same person, bringing it up with them could make things awkward, especially since I’m pretty secretive about my kinks and have zero desire to discuss them with my BF’s friends. Requires Educated Consultation On Next Step P.S. Additional information that might be relevant: Our engaged friends aren’t having sex, we’ve been told, and they’re making no moves toward actually planning a wedding. Going silent after you asked, “Is that you, Peter?!?” is a pretty good indication that it was indeed Peter you were talking to. But while you know Peter was on Recon, RECONS, you don’t know exactly what he was doing there. Maybe he goes online to fantasize, swap pics, and jack off. Maybe Peter is on Recon with his fiancé’s blessing, just as you’re on Recon with your partner’s blessing (but, like you, he’s not comfortable discussing his kinks with friends). Maybe their relationship/engagement is on the verge of collapse and your partner’s best friend’s fiancé is trying to line up a new relationship before pulling the plug on the one he’s in now. Since you don’t know what’s going on in their relationship, RECONS, keep your mouth shut and refrain from making assumptions or judgments. And the next time you have to interact with Peter and his fiancé socially, slap a smile on your face and talk about the weather, the election, the estrogen-enhanced, betterthan-the-original Ghostbusters reboot, the new season of Difficult People, Zika, the Olympics — basically anything other than Recon, kinks, and wedding plans. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Wonkette’s Rebecca Schoenkopf about Bernie and Hillary and love and hate: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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1 Napoleon Dynamite’s pal 6 “___ Degree” (Morningwood song) 9 ___ in “apple” 12 Crop circle creator, supposedly 13 Browning’s “before” 14 Deliver ___ to (send reeling) 16 Armbones 17 Darkish apparel option 19 “I want every non-war symbol you got” request? 21 Hot roofing material 22 “Slammin’ Sammy” of baseball 23 Pointer 24 Fireplace residue 27 Authorize 29 “The Plough and the Stars” playwright Sean 31 Method of accentuating poker hands? 35 Baymax’s friend, in a Disney movie 36 “___ little rusty ...” 37 Cotton-pickin’ 40 All-poultry production of a Steinbeck novel? 45 Rhythmically keep time with, maybe 47 “Schnookie-wookums” 48 .org relative 49 Dashed off

50 Fashion designer Gernreich 53 Pot-bellied pet 55 Ability to tell one conjunction from another? 60 Movie buff 61 Drive forward 63 Door openers 64 Dissenting votes 65 Rhode Island-based insurance company 66 “Isn’t that cute?” sounds 67 Understood 68 Potato soup ingredients

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19):

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): My friend’s

You now have more luxuriant access to divine luck than you’ve had in a long time. For the foreseeable future, you could be able to induce semi-miraculous twists of fate that might normally be beyond your capacities. But here’s a caveat: The good fortune swirling in your vicinity may be odd or irregular or hard-to-understand. To harvest it, you will have to expand your ideas about what constitutes good fortune. It may bestow powers you didn’t even realize it was possible to have. For example, what if you temporarily have an acute talent for gravitating toward situations where smart love is in full play?

12-year-old daughter Brianna got a “B” on her summer school math test. She might have earned an “A” if it weren’t for a problem her teacher had with some of her work. “You got the right answer by making two mistakes that happened to cancel each other out,” he wrote on her paper next to question seven. I suspect you will soon have a similar experience. Leo. But the difference between you and Brianna is that I’m giving you an “A.” All that matters in the end is that you succeed. I don’t care if your strategy is a bit funky.

that are underway there. But it’s in a good cause. The bedraggled era that you live in needs frequent doses of the vigorous optimism that’s so widespread in 2036, and I’m happy to disseminate it. Why am I confessing this? Because I suspect you now have an extra talent for gazing into the unknown and exploring undiscovered possibilities. You also have an unprecedented power to set definite intentions about the life you want to be living in the future. Who will you be five years from today? Ten years? Twenty years? Be brave. Be visionary. Be precise.

slipping into a hot, wet phase. The reasonable explanations that generated so much apathy are about to get turned inside-out. The seemingly good excuses that provided cover for your timidity will be exposed as impractical lies. Are you ready for your passion to roar back into fashion? Will you know what to do when suppressed yearnings erupt and the chemicals of love start rampaging through your soft, warm animal body? I hereby warn you about the oncoming surge of weird delight — and sing “Hallelujah!” for the revelatory fun it will bring.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Have

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19):

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): I’m composing your horoscope on my iPhone after midnight on a crowded bus that’s crammed with sweaty revelers. We’re being transported back to civilization from a rural hideaway where we spent the last 12 hours at a raging party. I still feel ecstatic from the recent bacchanal, but the ride is uncomfortable. I’m pinned against a window by a sleepy, drunken dude who’s not in full control of his body. But do I allow my predicament to interfere with my holy meditation on your destiny? I do not — just as I trust you will keep stoking the fires of your own inspiration in the face of comparable irritations. You have been on a hot streak, my dear. Don’t let anything tamp it down!

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): A directory published by the U.S. Department of Labor says that my gig as an astrologer shares a category with jugglers, rodeo clowns, acrobats, carnival barkers, and stuntpersons. Am I, therefore, just a charming buffoon? An amusing goofball who provides diversion from life’s serious matters? I’m fine with that. I may prefer to regard myself as a sly oracle inflamed with holy madness, but the service I provide is probably more effective if my ego doesn’t get the specific glory it yearns for. In this way, I have certain resemblances to the Taurus tribe during the next four weeks. Is it OK if you achieve success without receiving all of the credit you think you deserve? GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Over the course of a 57-year career, Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa won 78 major awards for his work, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oscars. Among the filmmakers who’ve named him as an inspirational influence are heavyweights like Ingmar Bergman, Werner Herzog, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. But Kurosawa wasn’t too haughty to create lighter fare. At age 86, he departed from his epic dramas to create a 30-second commercial for a yogurt drink. Did that compromise his artistic integrity? I say no. Even a genius can’t be expected to create non-stop masterpieces. Be inspired by Kurosawa, Gemini. In the coming weeks, give your best to even the most modest projects.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Capricorns may be the hardest workers of the zodiac, and Tauruses the most dogged. But in the coming weeks, I suspect you Cancerians will be the smartest workers. You will efficiently surmise the precise nature of the tasks at hand, and do what’s necessary to accomplish them. There’ll be no false starts or reliance on iffy data or slapdash trial-and-error experiments. You’ll have a light touch as you find innovative short cuts that produce better results than would be possible via the grind-it-out approach.

ever fantasized about being a different gender or race or astrological sign? Do you suspect it might be fun and liberating to completely change your wardrobe or your hairstyle or your body language? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to experiment with these variables, and with any others that would enable you to play with your identity and mutate your self-image. You have a cosmic exemption from imitating what you have done in the past. In this spirit, feel free to read all the other signs’ horoscopes, and act on the one you like best. Your word of power is “shapeshifter.”

Here’s one strategy you could pursue, I guess: You could spank the Devil with a feather duster as you try to coax him to promise that he will never again trick you with a bogus temptation. But I don’t think that would work, frankly. It may have minor shock value, in which case the Devil might leave you in peace for a short time. Here’s what I suggest instead: Work at raising your discernment so high that you can quickly identify, in the future, which temptations will deliver you unto evil confusion, and which will feed and hone your most noble desires.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): The

After a cool, dry period, you’ll soon be

Golden Goose Award is given annually to “scientists whose work may have been considered silly, odd, or obscure when first conducted,” but which ultimately produced dramatic advances. Entomologists Raymond Bushland and Edward Knipling were this year’s winners. More than 60 years ago they started tinkering with the sex life of the screwworm fly in an effort to stop the pest from killing livestock and wildlife throughout the American South. At first their ideas were laughed at, even ridiculed. In time they were lauded for their pioneering breakthroughs. I suspect you’ll be blessed with a vindication of your own in the coming weeks, Libra. It may not be as monumental as Bushland’s and Knipling’s, but I bet it’ll be deeply meaningful for you.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18):

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): I hope it doesn’t sound too paradoxical when I urge you to intensify your commitment to relaxation. I will love it, and more importantly your guardian angel will love it, if you become a fierce devotee of slowing down and chilling out. Get looser and cozier and more spacious, damn it! Snuggle more. Cut back on overthinking and trying too hard. Vow to become a high master of the mystic art of I-don’t-give-a-f*ck. It’s your sacred duty to steal more slack from the soul-anesthetizing grind.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): I regularly travel back through time from the year 2036 so as to be here with you. It’s tough to be away from the thrilling transformations

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