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Why some state leaders won’t say “hate crime” after massacre at Orlando gay club Contempt of Cop San Antonio cop arrest, berates and threatens to fight man for being “disrespectful”

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The Head and the Heart San Antonio’s M.U.S.I.C. Project aims to help people suffering from dementia with music from their past

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A visual diary by San Antonio artist Sabra Booth In Limbo Fire damage halts Sala Diaz and Casa Chuck programs

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NAME GAME

Why Texas Republicans won’t say “hate crime” after Orlando massacre.

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The worst-ever mass shooting in a country that’s seen a lot of them happened at one of Orlando’s most popular gay bars early Sunday morning, when authorities say a man armed with an assault rifle and pistol killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more. And with word that the gunman, identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, called police during the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, an Austinarea congressman who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, quickly called the shooting at the Pulse night club “the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11” and “a sobering reminder that radical Islamists are targeting our country and our way of life.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded not only by flying a Florida flag from the governor’s mansion, but also by tweeting out a list of attacks blamed on extremists who were Muslim. But you probably won’t see a rainbow or trans flag flying over the governor’s mansion this pride month, since acknowledging the Orlando attack as both terrorism and a hate crime targeting a specific, vulnerable group would put politicians like Abbott in a pretty awkward spot. Abbott is among those conservative leaders who have fought vociferously to deny people in the LGBTQ community equal rights and protections under the law. He fought a marriage equality case in his former role as Texas Attorney General, and as governor has joined a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s stance that public schools that receive federal Title IX funding should be accommodating to transgender students. Abbott has also sharply criticized local non-discrimination ordinances passed by cities to protect, among other vulnerable groups, LGBTQ Texans. During the heated debate over Houston’s equal rights ordinance last year, which opponents labeled a “transgender bathroom predator” bill, Abbott repeated the mantra of “no men in women’s restrooms,” an anti-trans slogan that was echoed in attack ads across the city featuring images of little girls being stalked by pedophiles in public restrooms. Advocates have warned that the lingering acrimony over last year’s marriage equality ruling at the U.S. Supreme

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San Antonians gathered in Crockett Park for a vigil on June 12

Court mixed with the rhetoric targeting local equal rights ordinances could lead to very real danger for the LGBTQ community. Earlier this year, in response to a wave of attacks on gay men in Dallas’ entertainment district, Equality Texas CEO Chuck Smith told the Guardian, “We are concerned that the heightened level of animus that surrounds the presidential campaign and the media in general … can fuel higher rates of violence against LGBT people.” According to media reports, the gunman in Sunday’s attack in Orlando may have been mentally ill and appeared to harbor hatred for gay men – his parents told CNN that he was outraged after seeing two men kiss in Miami. Florida was among the first states where conservative lawmakers tried to target transgender rights at the state legislature, something conservatives in Texas have promised to do when lawmakers reconvene in Austin in 2017. State Rep. Diego Bernal, among the many local elected officials who spoke at a vigil in Crockett Park Sunday night, said you can’t draw a direct line between the rhetoric directed at the LGBTQ community and Sunday’s attack. But he called the increased rhetoric, particularly the venom directed at trans people, an “accelerant” to that type of violence, the kind of language that can further incite someone who is, say, unhinged enough to pledge allegiance to ISIS. Anel Flores, a local artist, real estate agent and writer, said Sunday’s shooting felt personal because it was a “reminder that we, as a community, are a clearly-defined target for that kind of hatred and violence.” Following Sunday’s mass shooting, and in light of news that police in California arrested a man who they say was headed to a West Hollywood Pride festival armed with assault rifles and possible explosives, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told people gathered at Sunday night’s vigil that they could expect to see a beefed up police presence around the Main Street strip of gay bars for the foreseeable future. The crowd applauded and thanked the chief, welcoming the extra patrols. Even if some Texas leaders won’t acknowledge the Orlando attack as targeting a specific community, it seems local law enforcement will.

With more than 2,000 miles of missing sidewalks and San Antonio’s largest-ever bond looming, City Council debated last week how much of the proposed $850 million should be used to fix missing sidewalks. At a budget policy setting session Wednesday held in a second-floor conference room at the newly renovated Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Capital Improvements Management Services Director Mike Frisbie said staffers proposed allotting $50 million from the potential bond to fix 2,177 miles of missing sidewalk. That’s a lot of cash, but District 5 Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales didn’t think $50 million would solve San Anto’s sidewalk blues. “We have sidewalk gaps, but where do broken sidewalks fit in or sidewalks that are nonfunctional because of utility poles,” Gonzales asked. Then Frisbie gave council the real total: “I failed to mention...there’s about $1.1 billion in sidewalk needs.” City law currently requires that property owners maintain sidewalks, which is often difficult for them, Frisbie admitted, explaining that San Antonio does have $200,000 set aside to be used for 50/50 matches in a program to encourage homeowners to fix sidewalks, which has had few takers over the years. Gonzales bristled at that, referencing a rural neighborhood in her district that sought sidewalks, but couldn’t afford the $9 million it would take to build them. The high-price tag was because there was no related infrastructure either, like curbs and drainage, Frisbie said. Gonzales’ district, which is in southwest San Antonio, has 150 miles of missing sidewalk. Of the Alamo City’s 10 districts, four have more than 250 miles of missing sidewalks, one is missing more than 300 miles and another is lacking just over 200 miles. In addition Gonzales’ district, two others don’t have approximately 150 miles. The district with the least amount of sidewalk gaps is missing just over 100 miles. Councilman Roberto C. Treviño, an architect who represents the downtown area, said that all equates to roughly 35 million-square-miles of missing pedestrian infrastructure. The vast majority of gaps can be found on the South, East and West sides of San Antonio, along with the urban center. City Manager Sheryl Sculley said her office would recommend increasing potential funding from $50 million to $100 million. City Council will convene again in August and September where Frisbie will make a final recommendation. sacurrent.com • June 15—21, 2016 • CURRENT 11

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Should police be able to arrest you, threaten to fight you, berate you and then haul you off to jail simply for being “disrespectful”? That appears to be what happened to Eloy Leal last August, according to video the San Antonio Police Department recently released to the media showing SAPD Officer Matthew Belver goading Leal to fight, at one point even removing his handcuffs. The video also captured a 13-minute lecture from Belver, in which he calls Leal “a disrespectful, trashy human being” and a “dumb fuck.” The video, which defense attorneys call a stark example of police escalation, comes as Police Chief William McManus faces criticism from the local police union over his goal to implement more deescalation training and other possible changes to his department’s use-of-force guidelines. Leal was charged with jaywalking and interfering with the duties of a public servant near the 3100 block of Chamita, where Belver had been dispatched in the early morning hours of August 2, 2015 to respond to a shooting. The video, which was first obtained by KSAT last week, begins with Leal handcuffed and sitting in the back of Belver’s cruiser as the two trade insults. Eventually Belver walks around to the back seat to remove Leal’s cuffs. “As soon as they come off, I’m going to beat your ass,” Belver tells Leal, whose demeanor changes. Leal starts calling Belver “sir” and eventually mutters “I didn’t mean no disrespect man.” Meanwhile, Belver continues to prod: “I thought you were gonna fucking fight like you said … Come on, bro … You had me all excited, I was ready for it. I thought there was gonna be a good fight.” Belver’s own words captured on the in-car video hint at why he was so angry with Leal: The guy was rude to him at a crime scene. On video, Belver says Leal walked past him as officers processed the scene, pointing out some bullet casings that police hadn’t yet collected. According to Belver, here’s what Leal said that got him so incensed: “Hey cop, can I walk through here? Hey, some

investigation you guys did.” In the video, Belver strikes a defensive tone when he talks about the bullet casings he evidently missed or failed to collect, calling them “old” and not connected to the night’s shooting. “But that’s beside the point,” he tells Leal. Even if they were evidence from the night’s shooting, Belver tells his suspect, “Who doesn’t make mistakes? Everyone makes mistakes at their job.” (McManus, in a letter suspending Belver months later, determined that the officer failed to adhere to department guidelines for collecting and processing physical evidence at a crime scene.) Belver continues: “You did not call me officer. You have never called me officer until I said listen, shut the fuck up and get in the car. … The way you addressed me was incredibly disrespectful.” At another point, Belver tells Leal: “I would never talk to anybody like that. That’s why you’re going to jail and I’m not. And you had the chance to run, to fight, whatever, but you didn’t. Because not only are you stupid, you’re a coward.” Belver then moves his attention to Leal’s appearance: “You can look at you and see how trashy you are and disrespectful.” When Leal says something about invoking the Fifth Amendment, Belver responds by mocking his education level, saying, “You wouldn’t even know what the Fifth Amendment is. … You don’t know anything about history. I doubt you even have a high school diploma.” “I don’t,” Leal says. “I’m sorry, man.” “You are sorry,” Belver responds. “A sorry human being. That is correct.” San Antonio criminal defense attorney Branden Lopez called the video troubling not just because Belver tried to escalate the situation by removing a defendant’s handcuffs and asking for a fight, but also because it appears Belver had no legitimate reason to arrest Leal in the first place. “If you believe the officer’s own words, Mr. Leal was arrested because he was disrespectful,” Lopez told the Current. “Are we in the business of arresting people

just because they’re rude? If that’s the reason Mr. Leal was taken to jail, it appears he in no way violated the law and shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place.” On the video, when Leal asks why he’s being arrested, Belver even says, “I’ll think of something. How about public intoxication, pedestrian in a roadway. Whatever else I can think of.” While Leal still had to pay a jaywalking fine, authorities dropped his interfering-with-police charge. McManus handed Belver an indefinite suspension in February, saying, among other things, that Belver violated the department’s code of conduct. Still, thanks to the city’s agreement with the local police union, McManus doesn’t have final say on the matter. Belver and the union will challenge the suspension in an upcoming arbitration hearing. San Antonio Police Officer’s Association President Mike Helle didn’t return our calls for comment, but he told KSAT this week that Belver doesn’t deserve to be fired. “I think it was the end of his shift, he was tired, he works graveyards and I think this guy just got underneath his skin and it was something that he shouldn’t have let that happen to him,” Helle told the station. Defense attorney Lopez says the video of Belver’s interaction with the suspect is further proof SAPD needs to adjust its use-of-force policies and training to emphasize de-escalation, something McManus has said is one of his goals despite intense opposition from the union. After reviewing the video, Lopez says it’s easy to see how quickly the situation could have turned violent or even fatal because of Belver’s actions. At one point on the video, Leal tells the officer, “Hey, you can beat my ass but don’t fucking kill me,” letting out a nervous chuckle. After Leal refuses to fight, Belver responds: “Honest to God, I was gonna pull you out … and then you can walk away. You kick my ass, take my gun, shoot me in the head.” Lopez’s advice: Nobody should ever take the bait from an officer who’s itching for a fight. “Nobody wins in that situation.” sacurrent.com • June 15—21, 2016 • CURRENT 13

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Stonebrook Manor's Activity Assistant helps Mr. Gallegos listen to his favorite, conjunto.

Mr. Gallegos sits with his hands in his lap, occasionally moving his fingers to the music playing through his headphones. He looks distinguished in coordinated khaki shirt and pants, his straw cowboy hat resting on the table. A nurse with the M.U.S.I.C. Project, a San Antonio nonprofit, asks if she may listen to the song playing on the iPod that has him entranced and smiling. She takes the headphones and listens for a moment, handing them back to Gallegos as a new song comes on, audible from a short distance away. “Aiiiyyeee, Mamacita!” he shouts, a broad smile spreading across his face. The M.U.S.I.C. Project, which stands for Musicians Uniting and Supporting in Communities, is a local nonprofit started by Tim and Candyce Slusher, a licensed geriatric nurse as well as the secretary of M.U.S.I.C. Project. In the past, the group has worked with Pre-K 4 SA, placing musicians in each of their four campuses to foster an interest in music before grade school. Recently, however, the group’s attention has been refocused. They now primarily function as a liaison for the Music & Memory Program, another 501 (c)(3), like M.U.S.I.C. Project. Founded in 2008 by Dan Cohen, the program seeks to provide assisted living facilities and their residents with iPods and personalized playlists. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 ►

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Employees and volunteers with M.U.S.I.C. Project visit with the residents in these facilities and discuss with their families, when available, what kind of music the residents enjoy, the goal being to substitute antipsychotics and other drugs with a more natural mood stabilizer: music. It’s Patch Adams meets Alan Lomax, a musicological attempt to improve the quality of life for San Antonians diagnosed with dementia. However, as the state of Texas licenses 1,200 nursing and assisted-living facilities and San Antonio, itself, has 98, the task at hand can often particularly daunting, even with the Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities Services (DADS) using fines collected from nursing home citations to bankroll the Music & Memory Program for the time being. Candyce Slusher recalled working with one man, originally from Sweden, who suffered from dementia and, with no family in the area, used to just mumble to himself in his native tongue much of the day. Slusher called him one of the facility’s more challenging residents, throwing off headphones when something he doesn’t like comes on the iPod. Often he stares out the window in silence. However, on a recent visit when Carlsson was given his iPod at Stonebrook Manor, the facility where he and Gallegos reside and the only San Antonio home currently running a full-scale Music & Memory Program, Carlsson was engaging with staff, smiling and talking. Through hours of musical guesswork, seeing what Carlsson responds well to and what makes him uncomfortable, Slusher and her team compiled a playlist specifically for him, and he appears to be loving it. The Music & Memory Program, however, hasn’t been without critics, the most outspoken of which have been music therapists. On its website, musictherapy.org, the American Music Therapy Association claims the program may be misleading to nursing home facility administrators, who may wrongly equate the program with traditional

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music therapy. The association points out that people involved in the Music & Memory Program only undergo four-and-a-half hours of training, which it says is a red flag. “We are adamant that this is one more example of misleading the public by implying this is a professional certification program,” the association writes on its website. “[I]n reality, it involves 3 webinars, totaling 4.5 hours of training … AMTA is concerned that nursing home administrators will confuse ‘personalized music’ with a clinical music therapy treatment program.” Still, Slusher and Music & Memory proponents respond to that criticism by saying their program is just one of many treatment tools that fall under the umbrella of music therapy. “Music & Memory just makes you feel normal, just makes you feel at home,” says Slusher. In no way does the program pretend to be traditional music therapy, she told the Current. “Music therapy is very specific. For instance, when someone is in the dying process, playing a song at 60 beats-per-minute actually could help regulate breathing. If somebody has Parkinson’s and they can’t walk today, playing a song at 90 beats-per-minute can actually help them to walk better. That is actual therapy, it’s very different.” Sharon McCord, the Activity Assistant at Stonewood Manor, further highlights one of the hiccups that the Program has faced. For the many nursing home residents who don’t have close friends or family who visit often, staff has to employ a hit-or-miss approach when trying to figure out what music to play for each resident. Sometimes that can take hours, McCord said, time that staff doesn’t always have. Which is why the M.U.S.I.C. Project is always seeking a range of volunteers. The non-profit is always looking for people with some kind of experience with healthcare, dementia care, social work or psychology, or students interested in those fields to find out just what music the residents enjoy, Slusher says. But the group also needs anyone willing to sit down and teach some nursing home

residents how to use an iPod. Despite criticism from the AMTA and music therapists, McCord, who utilizes the program on a daily basis, is grateful for the program’s effectiveness in soothing the residents and brightening their day. “The music is just a very therapeutic thing for them. It promotes calmer environments for them, as well. It’s quick. It’s not something that we have to take time for medication to kick in. It’s immediate … It works wonders.” Just last month, the M.U.S.I.C. Project held an iPod drive, raising $3,200 and 7 iPods. Although generous, the Slushers and their organization are not content to sit idly by hoping for state money. They are willing to come collect any iPods that can hold a charge from donors to see that they get to San Antonians in need. Sure, getting music back into the lives of these folks is not going to cure these debilitating diseases, but in doing so, they are helping to make the remaining years of those that suffer from dementia not only more bearable, but more enjoyable. Mr. Carlsson rolls over in his wheelchair. Though he’s usually despondent or displeased when engaging with the nursing staff, it seems Perry Como and bossa nova have lit some sort of glow inside of him. He begins talking to a nurse, responding to her questions about how he came to the United States, telling her his name and talking to the best of his ability. It’s supposedly a rare occurrence, one that has the nursing staff and Carlsson smiling in unison. dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com

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Dave Chappelle COMEDY

Any smoker will tell you there’s nothing more annoying than a habitual cigarette-bummer. That Dave Chappelle has made hitting people up for smokes a fixture in his act post-whatever-thehell-actually-happened-with-Chappelle’s Show and still draws a crowd willing to watch him work for up to five hours at a time isn’t so much proof that he’s one of our greatest living comics as it is that he’s some kind of wizard. As for the remaining shows in Chappelle’s stint at the Aztec, anyone brazen enough to arrive with a cell phone “will be required to place it in a locked pouch.” $63, 7pm & 10pm WedThu, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — Jeremy Martin

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Hip-Hop Showcase MUSIC

One of our favorite parts of Local Music Week — perhaps the best time all year to discover your next favorite local musical act — is the showcases, which often bring together performers who represent the best of their particular genre in Saytown. This year’s LMW Hip-Hop Showcase, hosted by Mad One, one of the hardest-working local emcees in the game, certainly provides a variable buffet of local hip-hop talent. Boasting more than 15 artists, including perennial must-sees like Chisme, Apaso, Amaze and Worldwide, the showcase provides a fine chance to reacquaint yourself on the state of the scene. $3, 9pm-2am, Phantom Room, 2106 N. St. Mary’s St., salocalmusicweek.com. — James Courtney

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Nocturna FILM

Likely to resonate with viewers who suffer from insomnia and/or nyctophobia (fear of night or darkness), Adrià García and Víctor Maldonado’s animated fantasy Nocturna follows orphan Tim as he ventures into a secret world to find out why stars are vanishing from the sky. Accompanied by his kitty Tobermory and the Cat Shepherd (a hulking creature who watches over the world’s felines), he discovers a surreal cast of characters working to create the experience of sleep — tossing, turning and bedhead included. SAMA screens the Spanish-French film as part of its outdoor Family Flicks series. Free, 8pm, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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The Liquid Sunshine Experience SPECIAL EVENT

The Liquid Sunshine Experience is called an experience because that’s the best way to describe it. Part lysergic concert, part community-manipulated light show — allowing audience members to manipulate visuals as bands perform — the onslaught of stimulation, heightened through participation, should make for a one-ofa-kind experience indeed. The event will begin with a chanting ceremony led by Krishna Monks SATX and feature music by acid-pop tribe Voodoo Boogaloo (pictured), ATX psych act The Diamond Center, electro-pop outfit Heavenlyjunkie and more. $8, 8pm, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 2628653, liquidsunshineexperience.eventbrite. com. — JC

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Lonely Horse MUSIC

It’s official: Lonely Horse is back! On hiatus after some nasty business bullshit with their label, the most ponderously punishing desert-rock duo you ever heard is now back to perform its return set at the loudest bookstore in Texas. What’s more, the boys are back with a vengeance, with (according to lead man Nick Long) new music to debut, a new album in the works and an international tour impending. As gnarly as it should be to see the musically emotive duo exorcise lingering demons, the other locals in this wild bill, Femina-X and Mandala, are no slouches either. $8, 8pm, Imagine Books and Records, 8373 Culebra Road, (210) 236-7668, imaginebookstore.com. — JC

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The cumbia beat serves as the many-faced god of music: when properly applied, the stutter-step triplet is an assassin on the dance floor and can mold to any genre. To invoke this deity of a rhythm, Cumbia Fest rallies three masters of the form. El Rebelde del Accordeón, Celso Piña (pictured) is a pioneer of crosscultural cumbia, fusing ska, reggae and hip-hop styles. Together since childhood, Coahuila’s Grupo Massore forays with a casual grace into pop and funk. At 69, saxophonist Fito Olivares is a fixture of tejano and cumbia in the Valley, gaining his energy from the play between rhythms. $20, 9pm-2am, San Antonio Event Center, 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive, (210) 5280434, saeventcenter.com. — Matt Stieb

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Far OUT: A Very Gay Fiesta TALKS PLUS

As an associate professor at Trinity University, Amy Stone teaches students about social movements, gender and sexuality, among other subjects. Three years in the making, her hotly anticipated book Let the Queens Be Unleashed: Fifty Years of Fiesta Cornyation explores the evolution of the spooftacular pageant and HIV/AIDS charity benefit via oral histories and more than 100 photographs. In conjunction with San Antonio Public Library’s Pride month programming, Stone leads a talk examining “the dynamics of Fiesta and the way that gay and lesbian visibility is part of a transformation of the festival.” Free, 6:307:30pm, Central Library Auditorium, 600 Soledad St., (210) 207-2500, mysapl.org. — BR

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True Grit FILM

In the 1969 Western based on Charles Portis’ novel True Grit, John Wayne delivers an Oscar-winning performance as Rooster Cogburn, an aging U.S. Marshal hired by a tenacious teenage girl to help track down her father’s murderer. The movie, which is part of the Briscoe’s Award-Winning West film series, also stars Robert Duvall as outlaw “Lucky” Ned Pepper and Dennis Hopper as a horse thief named Moon. After the screening, search out the Coen brothers’ 2010 remake starring Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld, which gives the original a run for its money. $5 suggested donation, 6:30pm, Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499, briscoemuseum.com. – Kiko Martinez

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Art

Art opening: “Northern Lights” Without

any derivative step, local artist Louis Vega Trevino has built upon a number of painterly languages to evolve a style that is instantly recognizable. Trevino’s paintings recall not only the atmospheric color fields of Mark Rothko and Jules Olitski, but also that indeterminate margin where color field interests merge with the geometric and optical abstraction of Gene Davis and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Free, 4-7pm Saturday; Musical Bridges Around the World Art Gallery, 23705 I-10 W., (210) 464-1534.

Art opening: “Historias de El Salvador: De Violencia a Resistencia” The

Movement Gallery hosts an interactive exhibit with photographs, protest art and a small discussion exploring different aspects of the problematic situation in El Salvador, one of the most violent countries in the world. Free, 6-9pm Saturday; Movement Gallery/Underground Library, 1412 E. Commerce St., (210) 299-2666.

Art History 201: Roy McMakin SAMA’s

enlightening lecture series continues with a presentation by Artpace alum Roy McMakin, whose Seattle-based workshop Big Leaf Manufacturing fabricates handmade furniture that blurs lines between sculpture and domestic design. $5-$10, 6-7:30pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

Artists Looking at Art: Raul Gonzalez Multimedia artist Raul Gonzalez sheds light on his work through an informal lecture (6:30pm Thursday), a performance

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A Classy Broad

A week after Hillary Clinton broke through the metaphorical glass ceiling and became the first woman in U.S. history to secure a major political party nomination to become POTUS, San Antonio gets a chance to see its own homegrown story of female empowerment and inspiration in the form of a documentary film on Marcia Nasatir, one of the first women to find success as an executive at a major Hollywood studio during the 1970s. Originally from San Antonio, Nasatir, who is now 90 years old and lives in Santa Monica, California, attended Thomas Jefferson High School and went on to graduate from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1947. During a time when women were rarely seen in leadership roles in Hollywood, Nasatir became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in 1974. She worked behind the scenes on a number of Oscar-winning films, including Rocky, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Apocalypse Now and later as an executive producer on The Big Chill. The energetic nonagenarian will be in attendance for a Q&A following the Texas premiere of A Classy Broad. $10, 6:30pm, Thomas Jefferson High School, 723 Donaldson Ave., (210) 410-8123, aclassybroad.info. – Kiko Martinez

Comic Andy Kindler has played recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond, Bob’s Burgers and Maron, but he’s at least as famous for calling Louis C.K. pretentious and claiming he’ll pay $1 million to anyone offering proof Whoopi Goldberg is funny. But whether you agree with Kindler’s assessments or not, there’s real joy (a feeling Kindler in his schtick seems incapable of even acknowledging) in hearing his unending complaints. Comics themselves apparently love the punishment enough to make his hilariously hateful “State of the Industry” address an annual tradition at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival. $16, 8pm Thu, 8pm & 10pm Fri-Sat, 7pm Sun, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio.com. — Jeremy Martin

in the Frost Octagon set to the song “On the Regular” by Shamir (1pm Friday), a 30-minute “Werk Out Session” on the museum lawn (9am Saturday) and a Father’s Day surprise (2pm Sunday). $15$20 (free on Thursday after 6pm), 6:30pm Thursday, 1pm Friday, 9am Saturday, 2pm Sunday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.

”Faces of Artpace” Artpace turns its Main

Avenue windows over to photographer Ramin Samandari, who emigrated from Iran to the U.S. in 1978 and now teaches at the Southwest School of Art. A preview of things to come, “Faces of Artpace” comprises 56 portraits selected from Samandari’s “Faces of San Antonio Art” project opening at the Department of for Culture and Creative Development’s Culture Commons on July 7. Curated in celebration of Artpace’s 21st “birthday,” the Window Works exhibition depicts former residents and exhibiting artists (Katie Pell, Anne Walace and David Zamora Casas, to name a few) along with interns, staffers and collaborators. Free, noon-5pm Wednesday-Saturday; Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.

”Highest Heaven” In colonial South

America, as in other colonized regions around the world, art was a powerful means of propaganda, a devious device employing pathos and the subtle (sometimes not so subtle) appropriation of indigenous culture to win over the hearts and minds of occupied populations. In the San Antonio Museum of Art’s new exhibition “Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the Collection of Roberta and Richard Huber,” on view through September 4, viewers can experience more than 100

18th-century colonial paintings, sculpture, furniture, ivories and silverworks. $15$20, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-9pm Friday, 10am-5pm SaturdaySunday, 10am-9pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

”Tussie Mussie” Incorporating

printmaking, found objects, photography and collage, the latest chapter of Austin transplant Amada Claire Miller’s study of “feminine qualities through the evolving use of the language of flowers” comes to light at AnArte. Named after a variety of small bouquet exchanged during the 19th century, her “Tussie Mussie” aims to “translate the subversive use of floriography by exploring the changing role of female artists throughout history.” Free, noon-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Tuesday; AnArte Gallery, 7959 Broadway, (210) 826-5674.

Film

INDEP Arts & Film Festival Committed

to enhancing public awareness and appreciation in the diversity of all arts, this third annual festival showcases award-winning local and international short films alongside projects submitted by aspiring San Antonio filmmakers. Free (donations appreciated) 6:30-10pm Thursday; Santikos Rialto, 2938 NE Loop 410, (210) 846-5559.

Theater

14 To close out its 10th anniversary season, AtticRep presents the world premiere of 14, an innovative production directed by Roberto Prestigiacomo. Incorporating

theater, aerial choreography, dance and digital video mapping, the collaborative performance explores a young person’s coming of age in a post-9/11 world. While today’s children may have grown up in a world marred by terrorism and instability, 14 offers a hopeful vision of a girl’s journey through life, seeking fulfillment and happiness despite obstacles that might arise in her path. $18-$28, 8pm ThursdaySaturday, 2:30pm Sunday; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.

The Magicians Agency It’s not often that a

gift inspires a career — yet that’s the case with UK native Scott Pepper, who received a magic set for his ninth birthday and started landing gigs in his teens. Over the past two decades, Pepper’s fine-tuned his signature blend of magic, illusions and comedy in venues across Europe and aboard many a Disney Cruise Line. The touring entertainer’s latest combines sleight of hand tricks, daring escapes and audience participation in a kid-friendly spectacle surrounding a secret society of magicians who use their skills “to take on dangerous missions and make the world a safer place.” $14.95-$19.95, 7pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday, 7pm Tuesday; Magik Theatre, 420 S. Alamo St., (210) 290-5502.

The Six Surrounding the six roles of The

Nurturer, The Artist, The Teacher, The Athlete, The Faithful and The Warrior, this original musical brings to life stories of strength and courage in the face of cancer through narration, song and dance. $45 (benefiting ThriveWell Cancer Foundation), cocktail reception at 6pm, show at 7pm Friday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

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Boerne Berges Fest Learn about the German heritage around the Boerne area during this 50th annual three-day festival that features wheelbarrow races, bratwurst and watermelon eating contests, horseshoe tournaments, root beer drinking contests, Dachshund races, a parade and a carnival. Free, noon-midnight Friday, noon-1am Saturday, noon-6pm Sunday; Kendall County Fairgrounds, 1307 River Road, Boerne, (830) 249-2839.

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Summer Solstice Performance In celebration of the summer solstice, choreographer and dancer Catherine Cisneros presents a solo performance within Christopher Janney’s Passing Light, a solar sculpture incorporating large plexiglass squares that project a colorful grid onto the passageway surface. Once a year on the summer solstice, the lit grids align with the painted grids on the floor for 90 seconds as the sun passes directly overhead. Free,

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LGBTQ Block Party Alamo Area Resource

Center (AARC) celebrates Pride month with an afternoon of complimentary food, raffle prizes (Pride wristbands, flat-screen TVs and more) and entertainment by Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and American Idol’s Nigel Slaughter. Free, noon-4pm Saturday; Alamo Area Resource Center, 303 N. Frio St., (210) 445-1604.

Miss Gay Texas For Life & Miss Gay Texas For Life At Large Pageants The nonprofit For Life Pageant System crowns this year’s Miss Gay Texas For Life and Miss Gay Texas For Life At Large and honors the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of beloved local drag performer Torrance Cheeves (aka Miss Whoochie). Free ($10 for minors), 8pm-2am Thursday; The Bonham Exchange, 411 Bonham St., (210) 271-3811.

Father’s Day weekend with an afternoon of grilling and brews from Alamo Beer Co., plus beard trims and haircuts from an onsite barber. $25, 11am-3pm Saturday; Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard, 25195 Mathis Road, (210) 621-0044.

Tequila, Taco and Cerveza Fest If you

thought barbacoa and Big Red went well together, check out this tasty festival also taking place in El Paso, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Denver and Phoenix. Showcasing a diverse selection of Mexican beers and more than 60 different tequilas from around the world, the festival will also feature food trucks, live bands, Chihuahua racing and a “tequila Olympics.” $30-$40, 2-10pm Saturday; Freeman Coliseum Expo Hall, 3201 E. Houston St., (210) 226-1177.

Talks Plus

Dialog/Diálogo Bihl Haus Arts welcomes

guest curator David Rubin and siblings Mark Anthony Martinez and Michael Martinez for a discussion tied to the collaborative exhibition “Profiling Made Visible.” Free, 2pm Saturday; Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 383-9723.

Trash to Treasure Revered artist McKay Otto leads a facilitated class about transforming recyclable materials (provided) into “mindblowing” works of art. Space is limited, reserve a spot by emailing programs@ sciencemill.org. $6-$8, 10am-4pm Saturday; Hill Country Science Mill, 101 S. Ladybird Lane, Johnson City, (844) 263-6405.

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Not long after artist Chuck Ramirez died in a Southtown cycling accident, Sala Diaz created the Casa Chuck residency to commemorate one of San Antonio’s most beloved contemporary artists and bons vivants. Since 2011, writers, critics and curators from across the world have lived in Ramirez’s former residence and studio space, the goal being to make his old home an incubator for true social connectivity and creative exchange across all borders and cultures. The result: San Antonio artists who have been included in exhibitions in Juárez, Leon, Mexico City and Paris. That residency came to an abrupt halt on May 2, when an electrical fire ate through a wall inside the home, destroying part of the bedroom and bathroom. Ramirez’s belongings were packed into boxes and two shows were canceled. The first was by Sterling Allen, the most recent exhibiting artist, who co-founded and directed the artist collective Okay Mountain in Austin; Allen had driven back to Austin the day before the fire and wasn’t hurt. The second was supposed to be a show by M12, a collective out of Denver that had even planned to have its board retreat at Casa Chuck. “All programming has halted, and we are currently shuttered and without power,” Sala Diaz director Anjali Gupta told us. “Scheduled artists, residents and guests are currently in limbo.” Making structural improvements to

the house that encompasses Casa Chuck became one of Gupta’s primary goals as soon as she became Sala Diaz director last year. Gupta, who told us the building had fallen into “disrepair,” said the small nonprofit had actually planned to fix problems with the foundation, electrical wiring, plumbing and roof in phases over the next three years. Last month’s fire scuttled all that planning. To make matters worse, Gupta says she recently met with an insurance claims adjuster who already indicated that some major damage won’t be covered — like the dormer and part of the electrical system, which is clearly not safe, that runs through another part of the building. All of which means a lot of uncertainty for the Casa Chuck residency, says Gupta. “I would like to get the gallery up to snuff and reopen as soon as possible, which will all have to be done via donations, emergency grants and discretionary funds,” Gupta told us. “The apartment will take much longer, as there is so much more to be addressed. I cannot estimate when it will be back to normal.” In the meantime, others have stepped up to fill the void left by the fire. On Sunday, June 12, current Artpace resident Andy Coolquit offered his studio/gallery space to Sterling Allen, who installed his site-specific exhibition “Shadowy & Still” at Artpace just as it was at Sala Diaz before the fire.

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“This is not Churchill Downs, this is not Hollywood Park / When the field’s wide open, I’ll pick the horse that’s got the biggest heart.” –Tim Armstrong “It’s elation when you can do something, particularly when no one gives you a chance.” –Howard Davies Ah, the racetrack. That coliseum of economic and spiritual brutality, where fortunes are made, wagered and lost, livelihoods are forged or floundered and the grand attractions are sometimes shot in the head at close range, pending a veterinarian opinion. These hallowed grounds, where the privileged and the pathetic often meet in the same human form, have united people under the banner of avarice and desire for centuries; some for glory, some for money, some for social clout. For many, the opportunity to rein lady luck in, based on sheer chance or some guarded theory on thoroughbreds and their riders, flies in the face of the American Dream’s premise of work hard, get rewarded … hard. However, for those of the owner echelon, peacocking in hats that could humble the same grounded fowl, to whom money is of no concern and the races offer a place to be seen as opposed to a shot at the grand, glorious come up, this supposedly sinful recreation is an honored and cherished pastime. In Wales, the setting for the classist pony doc Dark Horse, horse breeding and racing has been an exclusive hobby of the noble gentry since the 1700s, something closed to the lowly peasant class of which main characters, Janet and Brian “Daisy” Vokes, proudly belong. Coming from a family of show budgie bird breeders, pigeon racers and Whippet trainers, Jan has been instilled with a proud sense of egalitarianism via competition. That, coupled with the paltry pay and humdrum existence of provincial poverty, was a source of inspiration for Vokes. “All through my life, I’ve never actually been me. As a little girl, I was Kelly’s daughter. When I started school, I was Trevor’s sister. When I got married I was Daisy’s wife. And I wanted to make my mark. To prove it to myself more than to anybody else … I worked in a factory for 23 years. You know, nobody really wants to do that for a living, you do it for the money. So, outside of that, anytime that you’ve got, you have to do something that takes you away from it.”

One day, while working as a barmaid in the local working man’s club, Jan overheard a regular, Howard Davies, discussing his previous ownership of a racehorse and the 5,000 pounds he lost on the venture. Jan’s sense of competition was piqued. “I knew nothing whatsoever about racing and such, but I did know that these sort of people, these well-to-do sort of people, liked to keep the sports to themselves. They like to keep us commoners out, I think.” Inspired by her commitment to make her mark and her aspirations to not only compete but succeed in the “sport of kings,” the Vokes’ purchase a used-up old mare named Rewbell, who never actually won or placed in a race, for a mere 300 pounds. Now, with an actual horse in their possession, Jan, Daisy and Howard organize a “syndicate” of thirty of the bar’s regulars to pool their money in order to pay for the breeding of Rewbell with an American stallion named Bien Bien, who, at the time, held a standing track record at Hollywood Park. The result of the husbandry was a gelding, a gangly, spindly little thing, all knees and elbows, that they would name by majority vote Dream Alliance, or simply, Dream. For the first months of the horse’s life, Dream “trained” in a shoddily constructed pen of boards and chicken wire, fed on the scraps of the bar patrons’ supper. However, once Davies, a former accountant, worked out the

finances, the collective sprang for Dream to train with one of the best horseracing programs in the country under Philip Hobbs for a small, manageable contribution from each. Dream’s successive career, clearly one for the record books considering there’s a documentary about it, pits him against the greatest racing horses in the world. Proud, pedigreed possessions of monarchs, titans of industry and the spoiled progeny of some great something-or-other. His unbelievable successes unite the small village of retirees and modest laborers in an inspirational Cinderella story of one unlikely horse and the community that loved him. It’s a simple tale of humble beginnings and grand aspirations, of pride over profit and inclusion over income. The winnings never even come into consideration for the group – they ended up with something like 1,000 pounds each upon Dream’s retirement, far less than they ever put into his training. But we do know who Jan Vokes is now, don’t we? dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com

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Farmers Market Cool Down Head to the 78209 Farmers Market (1800 Nacogdoches Road) on Sundays 10 to 2 p.m. and get a refresher from the WaterBar Company. Owned by market organizer Stephanie Guerrero, the infused water booth launched in February. They cater to weddings, parties, events and corporate clients with infused H20, but come weekends Guerrero and co. add all-natural popsicles, such as watermelon, limeade, mangonada and hibiscus tea, to their lineup. Sweetened with either small amounts of raw turbinado sugar, agave or coconut sugar, the popsicles are $3 each and change seasonally. A recent market favorite has been seasonal sliced seasonal fruits combined with coconut water. Guerrero shared her recipe below: Purchase home molds from Walmart, Target or a Dollar store. Fill each mold with 4 ounces of coconut water or coconut flavored water (Mix it up with coconut with lemonade, pineapple, açaí, etc…).

Stir in a tiny pinch of sea salt. Add fresh asorted fruit cut into pieces for each mold. Freeze for 8-10 hours. Remove popsicles and enjoy! At Trinity Farmers Market (609 N. Campus Drive), which launched this March, market-goers will find the quaint Pop’topia Pops cart. Based out of New Braunfels and operated by Zack Salsman, Pop’topia carts can also be found at the New Braunfels Farm to Market, Barton Creek Farmers Market in Austin, Good Earth Market off Eisenhauer and Castle Hills Farm to Market with more than 30 flavors. What sets Pop’topia Pops apart from their cool brethren is their smooth texture. Salsman uses a sorbet style recipe for his vegan pops, and an ice cream JES recipe for his dairy bars. Favorites are also SIC AE LIZ unfortunately seasonal. Last week’s batch A of grapefruit popsicles will be this year’s last, while he’s now starting to play with mango variations. Peek inside the cart and reach for cucumber lime, dark chocolate truffle or matcha and make sure to share your thoughts with Salsman who personally tweaks each recipe. Booze It Up Maybe you need hard liquor paired with your favorite childhood treat? For times like these, several restaurants in San Antonio are cooling down cocktails with an icy pop. Paleteria San Antonio The trend may have started last year as Jason Dady opened Shuck Shack (520 E. Grayson St., 210-236-7422) on Fourth of July weekend with a “Limonade” cocktail of Deep Eddy Lemonade, a lime paleta and splash of Topo Chico, perfect for patio pounding. Visit Park Social (224 E. Olmos Drive, 210-8220100) for this year’s iteration of their rumsicle. Bar manager David Naylor takes on the tiki Jungle Bird in popsicle form and combines it with more dark rum and Topo. Here’s the recipe if you’re hoping to get popsiclewasted.

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Walk anywhere in Germany and before long you’ll stub your toe on a stolperstein, a tiny brass “stumbling stone” intentionally raised above ground level that’s inscribed with the name and life dates of a victim of German Nazism. A commemorative effort begun by German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, the work’s creation marked the 50th anniversary of Heinrich Himmler’s 1942 “Auschwitz Decree,” the order that officially began the mass deportation of Jews to concentration camps. The stones’ purpose is to provide a constant, intentional reminder of the atrocities of the Nazi regime. The name evokes several wordplays in Deutsch, the first of which alludes to the ancient anti-Semitic practice of saying “A Jew must be buried there” after stumbling over a protruding stone. In Deutsch as in English, to “stumble upon” something also has connotations of Naturally, where you find Germans, you’re bound to discovering a profound truth by accident. As a result, find bier. when pedestrians trip on a stolperstein, they stumble Whether it was Hessian Wilhelm (later William) upon, both literally and metaphorically, a reminder of Menger’s 1855 establishment of the Western Brewery, the Holocaust. In January 2015, Demnig set the 50,000 the first commercial lager brewer in Texas; Mainzian stolperstein in Torino, Italy, to commemorate the murder Adolphus Busch’s (of later Anhauser-Busch fame) of Eleonora Levi. pioneering of the Lone Star Brewing Company, which On a vastly less macabre note, San Antonio has its currently houses the SAMA; or the Hanoverian Otto own set of stolperstein. Riddled across the city like Koehler and his Pearl Brewery, German immigrants have so many cobblestones are cultural and architectural played a pivotal role in the history of South Texas beer. reminders of the city’s vibrant German history. Whether The San Antonio chapter of the Hermann Sons, it’s the Beethoven Maennerchor Halle Und Garten on not be outdone historically by their Deutsch brethren, Pereida Street or St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on East boasts the designation of being the oldest continuously Commerce, German landmarks dot the San Antonio running bar with a Texas Alcoholic Beverage license, as urbanscape. One such Deutsch landmark is the Grand its Rathskeller Bar will turn 80 years old in 2017. Lodge of the Texas Order of Hermann Sons, located at Like everything else German-Texan, the Rathskeller 525 S. St. Mary’s St. is steeped in history. The word, which means “council’s Named after Hermann the Cherusker, a German hero cellar,” describes any bar located in the basement of recognized for his leadership and valor, Hermann Sons’ a city hall. If you, like most humans, are having trouble history began in 1840 when a handful of Germans picturing the basement of a German town hall, raise a founded the order as a brotherhood in New York City. stein to Quentin Tarantino for portraying one in his 2009 In July of 1875, the National Grand Lodge mandated film Inglorious Basterds. Though the political sensitivity the purchase of life insurance as a requirement for of the phrase is dubious, Brad Pitt and a Nazi soldier membership, and since then the focus of the Hermann engage in what Lt. Aldo Raine refers to as a Sons’ insurance program has been to help “Mexican standoff” while in a French rathskeller. provide financial protection to its members and their families. The Texas Order of the group was Hermann Sons Similar in charmlessness to Tarantino’s Rathskeller Bar founded in San Antonio in 1861, and still boasts 525 S. St. Mary’s St. depiction, San Antonio’s Rathskeller Bar is 4:30-11pm Wed-Fri more than 73,000 members. primarily a practical institution, in that it is

practically impossible to find, there is practically no ambience to speak of, and the beer is practically free. For a limited time, the somewhat claustrophobic bar is running a “Manager’s Special” on Lonestar, Miller Lite and Pearl as they attempt to burn through an overstock. One man’s logistical oversight is another man’s treasure though, so get the $1.50 cans while they’re still available. The Rathskeller also offers $2.75 domestics, $3.25 premiums, and a sign outside the building that no one could account for offered “$1.50 beer from 5-7.” Here’s the rub(s): First, the basement bar is only open Wednesday-Friday from 4:30 to 11 p.m. ; second, they are regrettably cash only (though an ATM is onsite). The bar offers no food outside of bagged chips, and the frugality of their drink selection brings to mind scenes of Weimar Germany’s bout of hyperinflation that forced hapless citizens to burn their money for fuel. Despite the lack of frills, the Rathskeller was packed during my visit. With a “gypsy jazz” ensemble playing period-specific live music, museum-worthy historic photos tacked haphazardly to walls, a derelict building that begs to be drunkenly wandered, and drink prices so low that they attract everyone from local lawyers to passing vagrants, the Hermann Sons fixture is without a doubt unlike anything else in the city, perhaps in the state. With its history, inclusiveness and rock-bottom prices, the Rathskeller is a bar you’ll be very happy with yourself to stumble upon. sacurrent.com • June 15—21, 2016 • CURRENT 45

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In the pantheon of summer cocktails, the mojito ranks high – the first printed recipe dates from the 1930s, in a cocktail menu for Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Havana, and Cubans know from hot, humid weather. Just like Texans, right? So naturally this rum beverage is a classic summer-day refresher – nicely balanced between tart and sweet; minty and fizzy and possessed of a devastating bite if you overindulge. There’s not much improving to be done on a well-built mojito. But I’m not a big fan of mint, and lime is such a common cocktail ingredient, that I thought I’d tweak things by swapping in a more interesting citrus-and-herb combo. This isn’t a refined cocktail, something you strain into a coupe when you’re feeling fancy – mojitos are meant to be fun and casual and a little messy, so don’t sweat the technique. Start with the recipe below, taste, and add more of whatever you want. Classic 10-12 fresh mint leaves Half a lime, cut in wedges 2 teaspoons sugar 1 1/2 ounces white rum 4 ounces seltzer or soda Place mint leaves and a lime wedge at the bottom of a tall glass. Muddle to crush mint and lime. Add the rest of the lime and the sugar, and muddle again. Do not strain. Fill the glass 3/4 full of ice. Pour in the rum, then top off the glass with soda water. Stir, taste, and add more sugar to taste. Garnish with lime wedge. Remixed 1 ruby grapefruit, cut in half-moon slices 1 ounce fresh basil leaves 2 teaspoons sugar 2 ounces white rum Seltzer or soda water Place three leaves of basil, one teaspoon of sugar, and a light squeeze of grapefruit juice from one of the slices in the bottom of a tall glass or Mason jar. Muddle lightly; don’t attack or grind up the basil leaves (the gritty sugar and small amount of liquid will help). Add the remaining sugar and the already-squeezed grapefruit slice plus one or two more, and muddle again. Remember, the point is not to smash the fruit into submission, just to release the juice and the essential oils. Add the rum, stir, add enough ice that the glass is 3/4 full, and then top with seltzer and stir again. Taste and add more basil, sugar or grapefruit if you like. Sip with a straw to catch any undissolved sugar at the bottom of the glass.

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If you wanted to write a movie script about an old school Americana/bluegrass band, born outside of its own time from the vestigial folk traditions of Virginia and northward into Canada, you’d be hard-pressed to dream up a more ideal (or unlikely) tale than the real life history of Old Crow Medicine Show. The foundations of the band were first laid back in the early 1990s, when, in the seventh grade, Critter Fuqua crossed paths with Ketch Secor (how ‘bout those for old time hero names?). The duo played a few tiny gigs and open mics together not too long after meeting, but the band (currently a six-piece, but given to shifts and additions) took a few years to coalesce around Fuqua and Secor. Consider, if you will, the musical milieu of the '90s: Not exactly a hotbed of banjo, harmonica, fiddle and upright bass activity. Both Fuqua and Secor have often noted that they didn’t exactly grow up in the middle of a bunch of folk or bluegrass influences, instead cherishing acts like Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana, before eventually, separately and together, falling hard for the behemoth that is Bob Dylan’s catalog. Through the words and tunes of the American bard of record, the two discovered the

kind of music they wanted to make, who quickly took them under his connected to a lineage of masters wing (you can’t make this shit who shaped this nation and its up) and invited them to play his music with their folk, blues, country MerleFest music festival. It wasn’t and bluegrass stylings. long after that when things started Like Dylan used Woody Guthrie really happening for Old Crow before him, Fuqua and Secor used Medicine Show: National gigs, spots Dylan’s music as a gateway into the at The Grand Ole Opry (which the peculiar and historically rich (knottily band was inducted into in 2013), so) traditions of pre-World War I and eventually a proper debut album American music. At once mystical (Old Crow Medicine Show) in and grounded in the daily lives and 2004. struggles (especially the struggles) The band has since released four of everyday people, the songs they more solid Americana albums, ever picked up, like the ones they were more populated with original songs soon to write (especially Secor), rather than retooled traditional looked into the past as a crystal ball, fare. The group’s best and most as a map to a reimagined tomorrow. successful song “Wagon Wheel,” Eventually, the dudes formed a a finished version of an old Bob full band, recorded a cassette demo Dylan cast-off sketch from the and took to busking in New York, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid era, in Canada and really wherever the eventually became a number one on wind took them. They released the Billboard’s Hot Country Songs list rough demo tape Trans:mission when Darius Rucker (of Hootie & the in 1998 and honed their chops on Blowfish fame) covered it in 2013. street corners working for 2014’s Remedy, the sweaty dollar bills. band’s most recent album Old Crow Then: The big break (and I would argue its best Medicine Show (there’s always a big break in feat. Margo and most complete), won the these type of tales). In 2000, Price outfit a Grammy (2015, Best $24-$30 while busking outside of a Folk Album) and solidified 7pm Sat, June 18 pharmacy in Boone, North its status as a genuine, old Floore’s Country Store Carolina, the group drew time, up-by-the-bootstraps 14492 Old Bandera the avid attention of singer/ tale, set to music that felt Road songwriter and Americana (gloriously) anachronistic (210) 695-8827 liveatfloores.com music legend Doc Watson, from the get go.

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Mr. Pidge, Voodoo Boogaloo

The alias of Dominic Treviño, Mr. Pidge falls under the category of vaporwave, I think. Basically, ’90s pop music chopped and screwed – slowed down and drowned. Think DJ Screw meets Amy Grant. Interestingly, Mr. Pidge uses sources as far-flung from Magic 105.3’s airwaves as Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood,” which gives the old standard a smoky, bluesy vibe not present in the original versions. Voodoo Boogaloo slink down the same trash-strewn alleyway as fellow nighttime sonic savants Portishead, when they’re not rapping over strobe-light beats – the perfect soundtrack to laser tag on molly. With Saturn Skies. 9pm, Vapure E-Hookah Lounge, 5431 Grissom Road, (210) 455-8568, facebook.com/vapuresa.

Wednesday, June 15

Local Music Week Music & Media Mixer I know most of you probably have no idea what Local Music Week actually is – it’s a considerably vague description. Simply put, from June 12 to 18, in an effort to give SA numerous opportunities to get out and experience some of the best and worst in the city’s music scene, participating bars and venues will showcase bills stacked with local talent. The music and media mixer, specifically, will take place at Co Lab, a new co-working space at 723 N. Alamo St., and will provide a chance to network and socialize with representatives involved in the San Antonio music scene, including the media, music-oriented businesses and organizations. DJs Donnie Dee, Jester the Filipino Fist and Chacho will be spinning all night long. So, take this opportunity to brush up on your local band knowledge; who sucks, who rules, who should be blowing up and who just blows. Free, 6:30pm, Co Lab, 723 N. Alamo St., (210) 9019902, facebook.com/colab.satx.

Thursday, June 16

La Chichada Few musicians in San Antonio work as often as saxophonist Noah Peterson. La Chichada is just one leaf on the Peterson musical tree. Selfdescribed as “Rock Arte,” the ensemble features arpeggiated keyboards, haunting saxophone, drums that mimic the roll of thunder, droning guitar and Anthony Garcia’s pleading tenor voice. With the Indigenauts and Los Galacticos. 8pm, Ventura, 1011 Avenue B, (210) 802-6940, facebook.com/venturasatx.

Friday, June 17

Castle: Welcome to the Graveyard Tour Utilizing the same brilliant simplicity of Black Sabbath – a Gibson SG, bass and drums – Castle take the listener trudging through foggy marshes, a single hooded figure with candelabra held aloft lighting the way to the site of some demonic virgin sacrifice. Elizabeth Blackwell’s vocals are

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the perfect timbre for summoning Cthulu or leading a legion of longhairs in a Satanic chorus; hoarse as hell but tight as fuck. With Degüello and Witchcryer. $10, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersa.com.

Think Lizzy Being in a cover band is no easy task, although it would seem simple enough: Play classic tunes from beloved bands and, by proxy, the people will eat it up. However, anyone that has ever seen more than, say, four tribute bands know that the scene is full of charlatans and wannabes whose passion for their idols just doesn’t translate to skill or talent. On the other hand, this margin for suckiness does still offer something in the way of entertainment. After all, the worst thing a band can be is boring. If you’re gonna butcher Thin Lizzy’s catalog of Irishinspired rovin’ rock numbers, butcher it nice and proper. Amass Lynott lovers and let Austin’s Thin Lizzy tribute band know whether the Metal Capital of the World approves of their take on “Emerald,” “The Cowboy Song,” “Whiskey in the Jar” and “Jailbreak.” Breakout! Free, 9pm, The Amp Room, 2407 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-2122, theamproom.com.

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Tuesday, June 21

The Hummingbirds Not to be confused with the aviary jangle pop of the Australian band with the same name, the Detroit duo deliver road-worn sentiments and lived-in ballads that conjure up images of lipstick on a cigarette left smoking in a motel room, empty moonshine bottles in Dodge vans and summertime skinny dipping. Free, 9pm, 502 Bar, 502 Embassy Oaks, (210) 2578125, 502bar.com.

Wednesday, June 15 Boombox Wednesdays with DJs Gibb and Tech-Neek Free, 21+, 10pm, Groove Lounge Funk, Oldies and R&B with DJ Plata Free, 21+, 8pm, Tucker’s Kozy Korner Midtown Jazz Sound Free, 21+, 10:30pm, Soho Wine & Martini Bar

Free, All Ages, 4pm, La Botánica Rewind Thursdays with DJ Tech-Neek Free, 21+, 10pm, Groove Lounge The Anthony Wright Band $7, All Ages, 7:30pm, Sam’s Burger Joint Thursday Night Picker Circle with Jimmy Lee Jones Free, All Ages, 5pm, Luckenbach Dancehall Thursday Night Swing Dance $10, Free for members, All Ages, 7pm, San Antonio Swing Revival Thurzgayz with VJ Glitoris Free, 21+, 9pm, Brass Monkey Trappin’ on the Strip with DJ Burlo Free, 21+, 10pm, Phantom Room Will Owen Gage Free, All Ages until 9pm, 7pm, Barriba Cantina

Friday, June 17 Ak’Chamel, Hempwig, Gin Heii, Leg Market, Bob Hope Shows Up Late For His Matinee Free, 21+, 10pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club

Propaganda with DJ Ely Bat Free, 21+, 10pm, The Mix

Bret Mullins Band $10-$15, 21+, 7pm, Leon Springs Dance Hall

Rockwave Videos with VJ Andreas Free, 21+, 7pm, The Amp Room

Brandon Rhyder $15 Presale, All Ages, 9pm, Luckenbach Dancehall

The Autumn Rhythm, Remanon, This is Where Two Oceans Meet, Slowlikefire All Ages, 8pm, Ventura

The Fathers & Sons Show: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Colin Gilmore, Rory Hancock $20, All Ages, 7pm, Sam’s Burger Joint

The Hump-Off Wednesday Nights with DJ Donnie Dee Free, 21+, 10pm, Southtown 101

Chasca 9pm, 502 Bar

Wayne’s World Wednesdays Free, 21+, 10pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club

Eyes Eat Suns, Shadow of Whales, Lowly Servants, Jacob Andrew, Makeshift Cities $5, All Ages, 8pm, Imagine Books and Records

Wednesday Evening Picker Circle Free, All Ages, 5pm, Luckenbach Dancehall

Flamenco Friday $15, 8:30pm and 10pm, 21+, Carmens De La Calle

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Friday Nights with Ghostpizza $3, 21+, 9pm, Phantom Room

XV with DJs Riffle Effect and Isaac_TX Free, 21+, 10pm, Hi-Tones

Gary Allen $35, 18+ or with a parent, 7pm, John T. Floore’s Country Store

You Spin Me Right Round Wednesdays with DJ Mighty Iris Free, 21+, 9pm, The Bang Bang Bar

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Thursday, June 16

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Big Jaw, Mleo, Sweet Charbonneau & The Fur Trappers $5, 21+, 9pm, 502 Bar Bkwdsfwds, Visions of Pale Blue, Nick Shan Free, 21+, 10pm, The Amp Room Despero, Ticket for a Train Wreck, Dead Weight, DJ Jangi $4, 21+, 9pm, Hi-Tones EDM Thursdays $7-18+, $5-21+, Free for ladies, 9pm, Club Rio Ken Williams Free, 21+, 7pm, The Mix Let’s Go Retro Thursdays with DJ Mighty Iris Free, 21+, 8pm, Bonham Exchange Local Music Week Hip-Hop Showcase with Chisme, DJ Free Verse, Worldwide $3, 21+, 9pm, Phantom Room Queer Y Que: LGBTQIA Thursdays

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Sunday, June 19 All Vinyl Brunch with DJ Catwalk and Friends Free, All Ages, Noon, GS 1221

Sunday Funday with Rollin Rollin Free, 21+, 9pm, Phantom Room The Doc Watkins Trio Free, All Ages with Adult, 3pm, Esquire Tavern Your Sunday Groove with Trey Garcia Free, 21+. 6pm, Groove Lounge

Monday, June 20 DJ Jive Bomber Free, 21+, 9pm, The Amp Room Industry Night with Derrick Rage and VJ Necio Free, 21+, 10pm, Moses Rose’s Hideout Jim Cullum Jazz Band Free, 21+, 7pm, Tucker’s Kozy Korner Marley Mondays with DJ FantasticDan Free, 21+, 8pm, J&O’s Cantina Sound Gallery with Deep South Collective Free, 21+, 8pm, Paramour Swing Night with The Georges (Superhero/Villain Night) $10, All Ages, 7pm, Sam’s Burger Joint Wurd of Mouth Mondays with DJ Gibb Free, 21+, 10pm, Blue Box

Tuesday, June 21

Bring Your Own Vinyl – Doggy Day Free, All Ages, 6pm, La Botánica

Gen-X Tuesdays: ’80s Night Free, 21+, 8pm, The Amp Room

Family Night and Free Dance with Kathy Bauer Free, All Ages, 6pm, John T. Floore’s Country Store

Jim Cullum Jazz Band Free, 21+, 7pm, Bohanan’s

Naturalist, Shut Up Matt Jewett, Via Dei, 95 Behind $5, All Ages, 8pm, Imagine Books and Records Slow Season, King Buffalo, White Dog, The Crown Free, 21+, 9pm, The Mix Summer Jazz and Lunch Series featuring the Dirty River Dixie Band Free, All Ages, 12:30pm, McNay Art Museum

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, The Bolos, Garrett T. Capps Free, All Ages, 7pm, Paper Tiger Letlive, Seahaven, Silver Snakes, Night Verses $15-$20, All Ages, 6pm, The Rock Box The Glenn Miller Orchestra $52, All Ages, 7:30pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

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Sundaze with DJs Minus and Ferno Free, 21+, 8pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club

Tuesday Night Picker Cirle with Bo Porter Free, All Ages, 5pm, Luckenbach Dancehall

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DIAPERS AND PEEPERS SAVAGE LOVE by Dan Savage

> I’ve been dating a nice guy for a month or so. Sex is good, and we’re faulty compatible in other ways, too. He told me he likes to wear diapers. He said he doesn’t want me to do it with him, but that every once in a while he likes to wear them because it makes him feel “safe.” He said that this odd behavior isn’t sexual for him, but I have trouble believing him. I’m not sure how I feel about this. He also said that it embarrasses him and he wishes it wasn’t something he needed. If you have any insight into what to ask him or how to make sure I can keep him satisfied sexually as we move forward (if we do), it would be appreciated. Do I Ask Pooper Everything Respectfully, Sir? You shouldn’t assume (contra your sign-off) that Potential New Boyfriend (PNB) is pooping his diapers. Most guys who are ABDL (adult baby/diaper lover) are interested only in wetting themselves, if that. (Some only wear, never fill.) It sounds like PNB is struggling with kinkand/or sex-shame, DIAPERS, and the assumption you’ve made about the extent of his diaper play might put him on the defensive. Even if your assumption is accurate, it could still put him on the defensive. Moving on… You have a hard time believing PNB when he says there’s nothing sexual about his interest in diapers, and that makes two of us. Seeing as he’s already succumbed to shame where his kink is concerned — or it might be more accurate to say he hasn’t dug himself out from under the shame almost all kinksters struggle with initially — he is very likely weighed down by the sex-negativity that comes bundled with kink-shame. So he may have told you there’s nothing sexual about his thing for diapers because he thinks it makes his diapers seem less sordid. That said, DIAPERS, “this makes me feel safe” and “this makes my dick hard” aren’t mutually exclusive phenomena. Both can be true. (And if diapers really do make adults feel safe — and I wanna see data on that — we could rebrand them as “portable individual safe spaces” and make them available at our better universities.) Another clue there’s something sexual about this thing for diapers: not wanting you around while he wears them. Maybe diapers are something he enjoys wearing during alone time, or maybe the sight of him in diapers makes the sexual aspect hard to deny. (“Is that an enormous rattle in your diaper or are you just happy to see me?”)

I would advise you to say some vaguely affirming things (“Your diaper thing doesn’t bother me, and wouldn’t even if it were sexual”) without pressuring him to include you at diaper time. Don’t rush things — relationship-wise or diaper-wise — and focus on establishing a mutually satisfying sexual rapport/repertoire. P.S. I think you meant “fairly compatible” not “faulty compatible.” Normally I would correct a mistake like this before printing a letter — but I rather liked your accidental phrase. A loving and functional-but-imperfect relationship — really the best we can hope for — could be described as faulty compatible. I’m an incredibly confused man in my early 20s. I’m attracted to men and women. I could see spending my life with either. But I think sexual activity with either sex would be confusing and strange. In sex ed, I always thought the whole idea of sexual intercourse was strange. I don’t think I’m asexual, but I’m not sure if I am bisexual. I am more attracted to vibrant personalities. I don’t think that I am just straight or just gay, because I have equal feelings for both sexes. Does this mean I could find equal companionship with both? Should I wait until I find the right person and decide from there? Confused About Sexuality, Help According to the Tumblr Blog Decoder Ring that came in my last box of Kellogg’s Feelios, CASH, you’re bi-classic (attracted to men and women), bi-romantic (could be with a man or a woman), a sort of demisexual/ sapiosexual hybrid (demis are attracted to people they’ve bonded with emotionally, sapios are attracted to people who are intelligent, and vibrancy may fall at some point between the two), and maybe falling somewhere on the asexuality spectrum. The best way to discover who/ what works for you is to get out there. If you find yourself feeling confused, just remind yourself that confusion — like so much else — is a spectrum. And wherever you fall on it, CASH, know you’ve got plenty of company. A local park in Seattle often hosts gay men engaging in sexual activities. As a straight female, I love watching man-on-man sex and really wanted to check out this park. I stopped by at night and noticed “cruising” going on but no sexual activity. I decided to try on a busy Saturday night, and sure enough, I saw a man giving a BJ to another man. I

scared the men — they stopped their activities and left the park when they saw me watching — and I felt bad. I feel like I should have said something like “Don’t let me stop you!” and then perhaps been able to watch. What are my options here? Peculiar And Rare Kink Two options: Dress up like a dude and pass yourself off as one of the guys/park-pervs — guys into man-on-man public sex usually aren’t adverse to being observed by other male park-pervs — or stay home and watch gay porn on the internet until you’ve homicided love. (Porn kills love—so says the Mormon Church, so you know it’s true.) As for the two guys who knocked it off when they spotted you: They either thought you were a cop (it’s illegal to be in Seattle parks after closing, and it’s extra illegal to have sex in a public park after hours) or thought you might be shocked or annoyed. Most park-pervs go out of their way to be discreet, for their own safety (avoiding gay bashers or arrest) and out of consideration for late-night dog walkers, restless insomniacs, stargazers, et al. One last reason they may have pulled up their pants: They weren’t interested in performing for you. Gay and bi men who have sex in parks — many of them straightidentified men — aren’t there to perform for pervy straight ladies. But I’m not going to scold you (even at the risk of being scolded myself), PARK, because park-pervs risk being observed by other members of the public— and women are members of the public, too, and just as entitled to get their perv on in a public park as they are. But if you don’t want the guys to pull up their pants and flee at the sight of you, PARK, pull together an outfit that gives you a dude-ish silhouette. SPEAKING OF ABDL: Residents of Mount Prospect, Illinois, are upset about a new shop that caters to diaper lovers in their community. Tykables sells grown-up-size diapers, rocking chairs, and cribs. The Chicago Tribune reports that some residents are uncomfortable because the shop — which has no signage and soon-to-be-frosted windows — is near schools, parks, and other places where “children gather.” Mount Prospect is a suburb, so there are schools or parks near just about everything. And there’s a gun shop a couple blocks away from a large public park and an elementary school — and no one ever walked into a school and started diapering students to death. Maybe worry about the real threat to your kids, Mount Prospect? sacurrent.com • June 15—21, 2016 • CURRENT 59

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORD by Matt Jones

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): The coming months will be a favorable time to boost your skills as a cagey warrior. I don’t mean you should push people around and get into lots of fights. Rather, the goal is for you to harness your aggressiveness constructively and to wield your willpower with maximum grace. In the face of fear, you will not just be brave, but brave and crafty. You’ll refrain from forcing storylines to unfold before they’re ready, and you’ll rely on strategy and good timing instead of brute strength and the decree “Because I said so.” Now study this counsel from the ancient Chinese statesman Zhuge Liang, also known as Crouching Dragon: “The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.”

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Everything you do in the coming days should be imbued with the intention of enhancing the Flow. It’s high time to identify where the energy is stuck, and then get it unstuck. You have a sacred mandate to relieve the congestion . . . to relax the tweaks . . . to unravel the snarls if you can, or simply cut through them if necessary. You don’t need to tell anyone about your secret agenda. Just go about your business with zealous diligence and unflagging purpose. If it takes more effort than you wished, so be it. If your progress seems maddeningly gradual, keep the faith.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): My long-term predictions for the next 15 months are a blend of hopeful optimism and a reasonable interpretation of the astrological omens. Here we go: 1. You will have an excellent chance to smooth and soothe the rough spots in your romantic karma. 2. You will outgrow any addiction you might have to frustrating connections. 3. Unrequited love will either be requited, or else you’ll become bored with the futile chase and move on. 4. You’ll be challenged to either refresh and reinvent an existing intimacy, or else get shrewd enough not to repeat past mistakes in a new intimacy. 5. You will have an abundance of good ideas about how to install the theme of smart fun at the heart of your strongest alliances.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Author Courttia Newland quotes the preSocratic philosopher Meno: “How will you go about finding the thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?” In response to this riddle, Newland riffs on what it means to him: “Even more important than the journey itself, is the venture into the unknowable. The ability to find comfort moving forwards without quite knowing where you are going.” I nominate these to be your words to live by in the coming days, Cancerian. Have open-hearted fun as you go in search of mysterious and impossible secrets! I’m confident you will track them down -- especially if you’re willing to be lost. 62 CURRENT • June 15—21, 2016 • sacurrent.com

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Your homework is to write a story about the life you’re going to live between now and next April. The length of this predictive tale should be at least three pages, although it’s fine if you produce more. Here are some meditations to lubricate the flow of your imagination. 1. What three questions would you love to have answered during the next 42 weeks? 2. Of the numerous adventures that might be fun to explore, which are the two that would be most consistently energizing? 3. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your attitude or revamp about your life? 4. What new privilege will you have earned by April 2017? VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): According to an old Chinese proverb, if you want to get rich, you must have a nickname. My meditations on your future suggest that this curious formula may have some validity. The next 15 months will be a favorable time to attend to the groundwork that will ultimately increase your wealth. And your luck in doing this work is likely to be oddly good if you add a frisky tweak to your identity — such as a zesty new nickname, for example. I suggest you stay away from clichés like Ace or Vixen or Sharpie, as well as off-putting ironic monikers like Poker Face and Stonewall. Instead, gravitate toward lively choices like Dazzler, FluxLuster, HoochieCoochie, or FreeBorn.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): During the next 15 months, you will have an unprecedented chance to materialize a fantasy you’ve harbored for years. Essential to your efforts will be a capacity to summon more ambition than you ever have before. I’m not talking about the grubby self-promotion that typically passes for ambition, however. Arrogant self-importance and selfish posturing will not be part of your winning formula. Rather, the kind of ambition I’m referring to is a soaring aspiration that seeks the best and highest not just for yourself but for everyone whose life you touch. I mean the holy hunger that drives you to express impeccable integrity as you seek to master the tasks you came to Earth to accomplish. Get started!

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): During the next 15 months, composting should be a primary practice, as well as a main metaphor. If you have been lazy about saving leftover scraps from your kitchen and turning them into fertilizer, now is an excellent time to intensify your efforts. The same is true if you have been lax about transforming your pain into useful lessons that invigorate your lust for life. Be ever-alert for opportunities to capitalize on junk, muck, and slop. Find secret joy in creating unexpected treasure out of old failures and wrong turns.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Have you ever made a fool of yourself while trying to fulfill your deepest yearnings? I hope so. If you haven’t, your yearnings probably aren’t deep enough. Most of us, on multiple occasions, have pursued our longings for connection with such unruly intensity that we have made foggy decisions and engaged in questionable behavior. That’s the weird news. The good news is that now and then, the impulse to leave our safety zone in a quest to quench our deepest yearnings can actually make us smarter and more effective. I believe this is one of those times for you.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): The prison population in the U.S. is over two million, more than twice what it was in 1990. In contrast, Canada keeps about 41,000 people in jail, Italy 52,000, and France 66,000. That’s the bad news. The good news, at least for you and your tribe, is that a relatively small percentage of you will be incarcerated during the next 15 months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Aquarians all over the world will specialize in liberation. Not only will you be extra ethical; not only will you be skillful at evading traps; you will also be adept at emancipating yourself from your own delusions and limitations. Congratulations in advance! It’s time to start singing some new freedom songs.

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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20):

During the next 13 months, what can you do to enhance your ability to be the boss of yourself? What practices can you engage in on a daily basis that will build your potency and authority and clout? How can you gain access to more of the helpers and resources you need to carry out your life’s master plan? These are excellent questions to ask yourself every day between now and July 2017. It’s time to find or create your ultimate power spot.

The English word “catharsis” is derived from the ancient Greek katharsis, which was a technical medical term that meant “purgation” or “purification,” as in flushing out the bowels. Aristotle converted katharsis into a metaphor that described how a drama performed in the theater could “clean out” the emotions of spectators. These days, catharsis may refer to any event that precipitates a psycho-spiritual renewal by building up and then releasing tension. I foresee at least one of these strenuous blessings in your immediate future.

THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow