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It’s city budget-writing season, meaning a collective case of heartburn for nonprofits across San Antonio that are anxiously waiting to see whether they’ll continue to get the public money many of them depend on to keep their doors open every year. And as city leaders decide which organizations to fund, a curious debate has emerged over how much the city should spend on services for some of San Antonio’s most vulnerable residents, including victims of domestic violence. The idea that council could make sizable cuts to what the city calls “community safety net” programs first surfaced during a budget planning session earlier this month. In a presentation to council, Department of Human Services Director Melody Woosley outlined changes that would see the city move some $1.3 million from safety net programs to “workforce development” initiatives; Woosley told council members that the “significant reallocation” stems from a survey council members filled out on funding priorities earlier this year. The proposal comes not long after a string of horrific local child abuse cases that underscore the seriousness of the problem in this region. While the public was shocked by the case of two toddlers, one of whom reportedly suffered from hypothermia and a broken arm, chained up for hours in a storm outside their northeast side home in late April, experts have said such cases aren’t all that unusual for an area with some of the highest rates of child abuse and domestic violence in the state. At a budget session this month, Councilman Ron Nirenberg cautioned that any cuts to the city’s social safety net programs (like to the Alamo Area Rape Crisis

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Center, which this year got $73,000 to help provide “trained sexual assault advocates to support victims of rape and abuse during their sexual assault forensic exam”) would be “a huge mistake at the very wrong time for our community.” However, Mayor Ivy Taylor appears to support the idea of shuffling more funding to job training, even if that impacts other services. In fact, she even hinted that current social safety net programs funded by the city aren’t doing enough, saying at this month’s budget session, “I don’t think we should keep making investments year after year just to see a continued increase in those horrible statistics.” Taylor told council that she wanted the city to be more “proactive” in funding economic development programs to “break those chains of intergenerational poverty” – the idea being that more antipoverty programs could go a long way in helping solve problems like domestic violence and child abuse. Only it doesn’t really work that way, insists Marta Peláez, the CEO of Family Violence Prevention Services, which runs a local shelter that houses on average about 150 abused women and children every night. “Family violence is not 100 percent tied to poverty,” Peláez told us. However, partner violence and child abuse “often go hand in hand,” she said, adding that when it comes to family violence “we see people from all across the socioeconomic spectrum at the shelter.” Peláez, whose organization got about $200,000 in city funds last year, says she spoke with the mayor last week and invited her to come visit some of the victims in her shelter. “I reiterated that I don’t think we can resolve one problem on the back of another problem... job training cannot replace programs for these victims,” she said. “We have had a 40 year partnership with the

city to provide services to victims, and I hope that we can continue to be a city partner for their sake.” When reached by phone last week, Mayor Taylor insisted that her comments at the budget session about re-allocating resources were taken out of context. “I never said anything about cutting a specific agency because we’re not yet discussing specific proposals,” Taylor told us. “I just want council to be focused on how we can be strategic about the use of these dollars, knowing that we can’t be all things to all people...We can’t do everything.” Taylor also suggested that the “faith-based community” could pick up the slack if the city dialed back funding to programs aimed at preventing family violence. She told us: “I feel very strongly that for some of these challenges, while we need to have social workers, nonprofits and government involved, because of the nature of these challenges, I think change for some people can come more from that faith perspective and that’s why we need to have those partners involved and at the table when it comes to family issues and violence.” Which could very well mean opting for more workforce development programs over social safety net services if council, which is expected to finalize funding recommendations sometime this month or next, ultimately decides that job training would provide more bang for the buck. In an email to the Current, Patricia Castillo, executive director of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, decried any cuts to those programs, characterizing the debate this way: “[B]elieve me there are thousands of well employed perpetrators and abusers in our community as well as well employed workers & business owners who are victims of domestic violence.”

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Last Thursday was another night of reflection, grief and solidarity in Crockett Park, the second time in a week that San Antonio’s LGBTQ and allied community gathered to mourn the mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. In between songs and poetry, speakers read brief eulogies for the dead, underscoring with devastating detail just how much was lost. Early on, however, the night was punctuated by a brief, and many say unnecessary, moment of tension when Mayor Ivy Taylor stepped up to the mic. Taylor’s front-and-center presence at the vigil had become a source of controversy almost as soon as Pride Center San Antonio announced her participation in the event. Most haven’t forgotten how just three years ago she openly opposed and voted against an equal rights ordinance shielding LGBTQ San Antonians from discrimination. If Thursday was meant to be some sort of reconciliation between the mayor and a community that says she’s failed to support and protect them, that didn’t exactly happen. Taylor started in by reciting from Romans 12, “Blessed are those who persecute you” — an awkward selection for a politician who has opposed measures meant to protect the LGBTQ community from, well, persecution. A small group turned their backs on Taylor while others began to shout “shame on you.” The rest of the Bible verse, and a brief prayer that followed, were largely inaudible to the crowd. After stepping away from the mic, Taylor and her staff quickly made a bee line out of the park.

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To understand the rift between San Antonio’s mayor and the LGBTQ community, dial back to the battle over San Antonio’s non-discrimination ordinance, which council passed in September 2013. Homophobic and transphobic backlash from religious groups marred nearly every public discussion over the equal rights ordinance. At Thursday night's vigil, many recalled the "verbal violence" of those heated discussions inside council chambers. While Taylor wasn’t as outspoken as some of her conservative colleagues in calling for the ordinance’s defeat (like former councilwoman Elisa Chan, who remained unapologetic after being caught on tape calling trans people “disgusting”), her stance on protections for the LGBTQ community has been unwavering. As she once told a crowd gathered at John Hageee’s Cornerstone megachurch, “I do not feel we should have even been debating that issue … I thought it was a waste of time.” Not long after, she got the nickname “Poison Ivy.” Even if a vigil were the appropriate time to build bridges, it’s not exactly clear what reconciliation would even mean for Taylor at this point. “I think Ivy is in a different place than that of 2013,” said Robert Salcido, chair of the Pride Center’s board who took the brunt of criticism for Taylor’s presence at Thursday night’s vigil. “She’s evolved definitely. Is it to the point of where some would like it to be, probably not.” (We contacted Taylor’s office to elaborate but got no response).

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While some of the speakers following Taylor’s remarks largely ignored her presence and focused solely on the victims and a community in mourning, local poet, musician and trans woman Polly Anna Rocha was the most explicit about what the mayor’s showing meant to many in the LGBTQ community. “I would like to address those who are spectators of our pain, specifically to the politicians and police who do nothing to protect us any other day," she said. "I would like to say that you have contributed to the culture of violence that allows events like Orlando to occur. You have contributed to the loss of life in our community through your inaction, silence, and abuse of power.”

Last week, the San Antonio Independent School District, H-E-B and Tech Bloc announced plans to open a tech-focused in-district charter high school next year. Dubbed CAST Tech, the $5 million campus would be the first of its kind in San Antonio, and is slated to be built downtown somewhere near Geekdom. Tech Bloc hopes to help educators develop a curriculum that will feature two pathways for students – one focused on cyber security, coding, gaming animation and digital media, and the other on informatics, business administration, banking and finance. H-E-B and its chairman and CEO Charles Butt have donated $3.6 million to build the school, one of five H-E-B-sponsored career-themed high schools in a network officials are calling the “Centers for Applied Science and Technology.” H-E-B says the rest of the funding for this pilot campus will come from private donations.

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n May 27, 2011, Adan Castañeda took a taxi from San Antonio to his parents’ Hill Country home. Once the cab drove off, Castañeda pulled out a pistol. Since returning from war three years earlier, Castañeda had cycled in an out of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital’s psychiatric ward, stuck in a pattern of emergency treatment and release. Weeks prior, his mother had once again tried to commit him to the psych ward after his delusions took on a darker, more violent tone – only this time doctors said they couldn’t take him (medical records say Castañeda “knew how to answer [doctors’] questions so that he wouldn’t be committed”). 16 CURRENT • June 22—28, 2016 • sacurrent.com

Just before 4 o’clock that morning, Castañeda raised his gun, emptied a clip into his parents’ two-story home, reloaded and then kept shooting. Minutes later, he was sluggish, near catatonic when police found him wandering the side of a nearby country road. Charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct and two counts of attempted murder, Castañeda’s legal case stalled for three years as he bounced back and forth between solitary confinement at the Comal County jail and the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, where doctors worked to make Castañeda competent to stand trial. Last year a judge declared Castañeda not guilty by reason of insanity. Instead of prison, the judge sent Castañeda to a state hospital for treatment and recovery. For most people committed to a state psychiatric hospital, the Texas Department of State Health Services determines how much you have to pay for your treatment based on a sliding scale that takes into account your annual income. The idea, mental health advocates say, is so that patients can keep at least some of their money, creating, when possible, a cushion so they can land on their feet upon discharge from an institution. Those rules, however, apparently do not apply for veterans who, like Castañeda, are pulling VA benefits. Months after he was transferred from jail to the Kerrville State Hospital, the VA, without explanation, changed the fiduciary on Castañeda’s VA benefits from his aunt to hospital officials. Under his previous arrangement, Castañeda was allowed to keep some $1,500 a month in personal expenses, much of it going toward paying experts and other legal costs associated with his criminal case. If he were most anybody else, going by the state hospital’s sliding scale for what patients should pay for treatment, Castañeda should only be paying around $500 a month to the state hospital, his attorney argues.

Yet last year the VA determined Castañeda will have to pay nearly all of his monthly $2,900 in VA benefits to the hospital for so-called “maintenance, service and treatment.” He’ll get to keep $90 a month. Beth Mitchell, an attorney with Disability Rights Texas who is representing Castañeda in his appeal to both the VA and the state health department, calls the situation a conflict of interest, essentially allowing the state to drain the benefits of a veteran committed to psychiatric treatment, even though federal rules and regulations are supposed to prevent that from happening. “This appears to be routine,” Mitchell told the San Antonio Current. Occasionally, she says, someone like Castañeda or their family will realize what’s happening and appeal in time. But Mitchell fears that in most cases, veterans don’t find out until it’s too late. “By the time many people end up in a state hospital, their friends and family have disowned them,” Mitchell said. “This is happening to people who don’t understand what’s going on, who are vulnerable, who are sick, so they might never complain. And often this is done when they’re first in the state hospital, and at that point they’re at their most decompensated state.” Julio Harros, a regional supervisor with the Texas Veterans Commission, said he was familiar with Castañeda’s case but declined to comment on it. On the phone, however, he did acknowledge that Castañeda’s case represents a problem – “they’re charging vets at a different cost than others, which doesn’t seem right” – but wouldn’t discuss the matter any further. It’s unclear exactly why the state health department would treat VA benefits different from other patient income. As Mitchell sees it, Castañeda’s VA benefits “should be viewed as income from his years of military service, including him going to war.” A DSHS spokeswoman did not respond to many of our questions, but said that ultimately the VA is responsible for how much a veteran gets to keep once committed to a psych hospital (VA officials didn’t respond to our calls for comment). Maria Esparza, Castañeda’s mother, fears that her son’s psychosis, which medical records say was at least in part caused by “exposure to trauma during military service,” will have cost him everything – not just his young adult years, but also the government’s compensation for him going to war in the first place. She also worries the conflict over her son’s benefits is harming his recovery. “He now sees the hospital as trying to take all of his money, that they’re going to leave him penniless,” she told the Current. “It’s become hard for him to trust people and accept treatment because of it.” Mitchell, Castañeda’s attorney, calls it absurd that a veteran would end up in a state hospital because of his wartime service, only to lose virtually all the money the government has paid him for that service. “It’s a bizarre, unfortunate circle.”

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Castañeda was arrested after firing 23 bullets into his parents’ Hill Country home on May 27, 2011.

hen the bullets stopped whizzing through the house, Roy Esparza called 911. He quickly thought of his stepson, telling the dispatcher, “He’s paranoid schizophrenic. He’s been diagnosed. He came from Iraq.” When Maria got on the phone, she sounded more tired than startled. After the shooting, Castañeda’s mother explained to authorities how her son’s mental state began to deteriorate not long after he returned from war. After joining the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines Scout Sniper Platoon, Castañeda deployed to Iraq in March 2007 as part of the surge of American troops onto the battlefield. In a letter he later sent the VA contesting a lower disability rating, he gave a frenzied account of the violence he witnessed – stories of firefights, explosions and a series of other grisly events that are at times difficult to make sense of. It’s clear Castañeda’s wartime service bothered him. Shortly after he returned from Iraq in 2008, while stationed at California’s Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, he attempted suicide by cutting his wrist with a razor. He apparently had second thoughts and drove himself to a nearby hospital. Medical records show that doctors there said Castañeda suffered from suicidal ideation and paranoia, and that they told base officials about the suicide attempt when they discharged Castañeda into the military’s custody. After Castañeda’s honorable discharge in late 2008, he returned home to live in San Antonio. His mother started to notice him acting strange. She’d come to his apartment only to find him sitting in the dark. When

she brought him a cake on his birthday, he threw it in the trash. Eventually he couldn’t keep a job or sleep throughout the night. After a family tragedy, the death of his brother, he started to drink a lot of cough syrup, his mother says. When a doctor prescribed him Valium, he went through the whole bottle in days. Castañeda’s first trip to the VA psych ward followed another suicide scare. Maria says she and her husband took all the guns out of the house after Castañeda raised a pistol to his head during an argument. He rampaged through the house when he discovered his guns were missing; after a standoff with police, Castañeda was committed. The VA doctors called him stable when whey released him two months later; Maria disagreed. By July 2010, Castañeda had started to isolate himself from family. A mental health team with the San Antonio Police Department took him into custody after a bizarre confrontation in which he locked himself inside his apartment and started to punch the walls. Later that year, when he was again hospitalized, Castañeda tried no less than three times to escape, once punching through a glass window and badly mangling his hand. Maria says that each time he was released, there was little to no follow up care. Eventually, he started to text his mother that he was seeing dead bodies inside his apartment. The month before he shot up his parents’ house, Maria tried unsuccessfully to commit him after his messages got darker and more violent. After the shooting, Castaneda sat in solitary confinement at the Comal County jail for more than six months, even though a judge had already ordered him into treatment at the North Texas State State Hospital for competency restoration. The hospital stabilized him, but Castañeda’s case sat in limbo for so long that he eventually decompensated and had to be sent back to what people pejoratively call “competency camp” for a second time.

arly on in his case, Maria says that mental health advocates warned her that veterans who go through the state hospital system risk having all or most of their benefits seized. At the time she was more focused on criminal charges that could have put Castañeda behind bars for decades. Eventually the family set up a trust where they could transfer some of his money. Castañeda’s aunt volunteered to be fiduciary since Maria, technically the victim of her son’s crime, couldn’t. Still, with much of Castañeda’s money going toward legal expenses, they were hesitant to tie up his assets in a trust. Last February, the judge in Castañeda’s criminal CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 ►

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case sent him to the North Texas State Hospital, the state’s maximum security mental institution. By November, state health officials determined he was no longer “manifestly dangerous” and sent him to the Kerrville hospital for longterm treatment. The week he arrived at Kerrville, his mother started to talk with an attorney about how to protect some of his assets in that trust. Then, in early December, a field examiner with the VA’s regional office visited Castañeda at the Kerrville hospital. “Adan says the guy talked to him for like 5 minutes, asking, ‘Do you want to change fiduciaries?’” Mitchell says. “Adan said no. They did it anyway.” It’s unclear whether Kerrville petitioned for control of Castañeda’s money because hospital officials felt they weren’t being paid enough, or if it was a unilateral decision by the VA. Records show Castañeda’s aunt transferred what was left of his money, some $25,000, into his trust three days after the VA sent out a letter saying Kerrville was now in charge of his money – Maria says it was at the advice of an attorney (not Mitchell) who was helping the family with the trust. Soon enough, they got word that the VA had opened a “misuse investigation” into how Castañeda’s aunt had used his money, which carries the threat of possible criminal charges. At first, Maria desperately tried to appeal to VA officials, assuming the matter must be a mistake. In fact, the VA’s own rules and regulations state that when determining payment for a veteran’s institutionalization, officials should agree on an amount “to be accumulated to provide for the veteran’s rehabilitation upon release from the institution.” Maria says multiple phone calls to the VA’s regional office got her nowhere. In April, she and her sister even made the three-plus hour drive to Houston. “I figured if we could just explain this to someone in person, they’d understand how absurd this was … We weren’t saying he shouldn’t pay for his care, we just don’t think he should lose everything,” Maria said. They were

eventually allowed to briefly speak with a VA attorney at the office, who said he’d discuss the matter with higher-ups and get back to them. Maria later called and left a voicemail seeking an update. The guy never called back. Meanwhile, Maria worried about how the entire ordeal was impacting her son. “He called the VA repeatedly, it must have been 20 or 30 times,” she said. “Nobody could explain how or why this was happening, and that really frustrated him. He was just constantly calling.” Mitchell says that she has a hearing later this week with state health officials in which she’ll argue that Castañeda should be put on the department’s sliding scale for payment, which would apply to almost anyone else with monthly income. The one problem with that: under state statute, health officials aren’t required to apply that sliding scale for veterans. Mitchell has also petitioned the VA, saying they didn’t adequately consider what Castañeda actually needs in personal expenses – nor, she says, did they abide by the VA’s own rules allowing for vets to keep enough money to help with their rehabilitation once they’re de-institutionalized. Maria says that after Castañeda was sent back to treatment after his criminal case, once treatment started to get rid of his delusions, he began making plans for college, to pay off debt, and to set up a trust fund for his nieces. Castañeda declined to speak with the Current, but answered some questions through his mother in a recent visit with her. Sometimes he thinks about becoming a paralegal or a mechanic. Online, he’d started to look at houses in Austin; he even contacted some real estate agents to ask about getting cleared for a VA loan. “All that activity has stopped now,” Maria says. “He was thinking about his future, which was helpful for his recovery… He thought he’d be able to start a new life when this is all over. I’m not sure he believes that anymore.” mbarajas@sacurrent.com

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‘Dreamers and Realists’ ART

Artist/curator Jesse Amado describes the six members of “Dreamers and Realists” as “artists who approach reality as dreamers,” but is quick to point out that, “they are dreamers and realists, not either/or.” Thus, the work in this group show (which unites Amado with Andrés Ferrandis, Cisco Jímenez, Nicole Franchy, Kaela Puente and Alejandro Augustine Padilla) falls somewhere in the realm of magical realism, wherein skepticism is withheld and all that can be observed exists on one endless plane. Exploring questions of relativity, the exhibition unveiling features a special performance by Daniela Riojas. Free, 6-8pm, Ruiz-Healy Art, 201 E. Olmos Drive, (210) 804-2219, ruizhealyart.com. — James Courtney

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Ben Gleib COMEDY

“Paul’s height is six feet. He’s an assistant at a butcher shop, and wears size nine shoes. What does he weigh?” Answer: meat. Get it? So, they’re not all Jeopardy!-worthy brain busters, but these are the kind of random questions stand-up, podcaster and actor Ben Gleib asks contestants as the host of Id!otest, a game show based on a popular app, which is currently in its third season on GSN. Aside from making people feel like total morons on TV, Gleib has also exhibited his comedic prowess on shows like Chelsea Lately and The Real Wedding Crashers. $16, 8pm Thu, 8pm & 10:15pm Fri-Sat, 7pm Sun, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio.com. — Kiko Martínez

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Derrick Barry DRAG

Already seasoned by the reality competition shows America’s Got Talent and The Next Best Thing, polyamorous Britney Spears impersonator Derrick Barry took his career to the next level on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Challenged by the show and fellow competitors to expand his drag repertoire beyond Britney, Barry made it into the top five but inevitably got the boot after losing a lip sync battle with eventual winner Bob the Drag Queen. A budding actor with high-profile projects in the works, the California blonde lands at the Aztec courtesy of Rey Lopez Entertainment. $18-$20, 10pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — Marco Aquino

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Baby Bangs MUSIC

Elena Lopez has long established her chops as a top songwriting and (especially) exquisite vocal force in the local scene with her indie-pop group Octahedron. From rocking Youth Orchestras of San Antonio-backed cover shows at the Tobin to gigging at a venue near you, she’s been hard at work. Her side project Baby Bangs, a grungy-sunny, pop-punk affair in which she’s supported by Freebies drummer Dane Rousey, gives her a chance to vent some spleen and yell. If you’ve ever wanted to see your lust for solid, ’90s revival-nodding fuzz-punk satiated in a hookah lounge, this is your chance. $3-$5, 8pm, Vapure Lounge, 5431 Grissom Road, (210) 455-8568, vapuresa.com. — JC

CALENDAR

Celebrate the opening of SAMA’s latest summer offering during a community event with music, art activities and performances. Created by contemporary Mexican designers Hector Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, the outdoor installation comprises a set of three-dimensional house frames fitted with hammocks so visitors can relax, interact and experience the exhibit. Aiming to explore “how engagement with art and design can be extended beyond the museum’s walls,” the playful project draws inspiration from the home as well as Latin American street markets. Please keep siestas to a minimum. Free, 6-9pm, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — Kiko Martínez

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First Decade of Deco SPECIAL EVENT

To celebrate 10 years in the Deco District, the hard-working folks at Centro Cultural Aztlan are throwing a mini-festival billed as “El Gran Día de los Artistas.” True to form for the nonprofit, the event goes beyond visual art to highlight local poets, dancers, musicians and performers. Bringing together more than 30 participating local artists and artisans, the daylong “explosion of creativity” includes live music (by Los Nahuatlatos, La Chichada, Ghost Tracks and Liza Ybarra), a performance by URBAN-15, pottery demos, readings, belly dancing and an appearance by Chencho the Magic Clown. Free, 3-10pm, Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 432-1896, centroaztlan.org. — JC

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Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs MUSIC

Readers may recognize actor and singer Alan Cumming from one of several Hollywood blockbusters (X-Men, Spy Kids, GoldenEye), or perhaps as Eli Gold from the CBS drama The Good Wife. He is a Tony-winning stage actor (for his role in the 1998 revival of Cabaret) and a New York Times best-selling author (for the 2015 memoir Not My Fathers Son). Since premiering his latest cabaret show in New York, Cumming has been wowing live audiences through his interpretations of standards and pop songs ranging from Annie Lennox’s “Why” to the Steven Sondheim mashup “No One Is Alive While I’m Around.” $35-$95, 7:30pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — MA

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Art opening: “Acceleration: A Conversation on Position” With

paintings facing each other along the length of URBAN-15’s Long Hall Gallery and an overhead sound installation creating “an ambient Doppler effect,” artists Kim Bishop and Luis Valderas’ collaborative exhibition “Acceleration: A Conversation on Position” intends to evoke the experience of running through corn fields. Free, 6-9pm Saturday; URBAN-15, 2500 S. Presa St., (210) 736-1500.

Art in the Dark One of the San Antonio

Lighthouse for the Blind’s signature fundraisers, Art in the Dark encourages attendees to rely on the “the touch, the sense, the feel of art” while bidding on cloaked works created by local artists, potters, sculptors and jewelry designers. No peeking! $35-$45, 6:30-9pm Thursday; La Quinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Riverwalk, 303 Blum St., (210) 531-1533.

”Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008” Organized by

Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and making its sole Southwestern stop at the McNay, the exhibition ”Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland” explores the legendary Brooklyn landmark not just as a place but as “an idea” that courses through more than 140 objects — from circus posters and sideshow banners to carousel animals and photographs by the likes of Diane Arbus and Walker Evans. $5-$20, 10am-4pm Wednesday, 10am-9pm Thursday, 10am-4pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-4pm Tuesday; 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 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, sculptures, furniture, ivories and silverworks. $15-$20, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-9pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday, 10am-9pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

The Big Gay Burlesque Show

Doubling as an LGBT Pride celebration and fundraiser for the fifth annual San Antonio Burlesque Festival (set for September 16 and 17 at the Woodlawn Theatre), the Pastie Pops’ amusingly titled Big Gay Burlesque Show brings together local and regional queer performers and allies for an evening of classic tease, boylesque, drag, comedy and cabaret. Emceed by multitalented glam bear queen Foxxy Blue Orchid (aka Dino Foxx) in the intimate confines of The Overtime, the event sees Pastie Pops mainstays (Jasper St. James, Vixy Van Hellen, Elle Du Jour and Vesper Voltaire among them) sharing the stage with array of SABF award winners, including San Antonio’s own Chola Magnolia and Stephan, Austin-based gender-bending duo Queertini Time and the plus-size troupe Fat Bottom Cabaret. $20-$50, 7pm, The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557—7562, biggayburlesqueshow.brownpapertickets.com. — BR

”Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed” The

Witte debuts its sprawling new Mays Family Center with the Texas premiere of “Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed.” Suitable for archaeology buffs of all ages, the immersive exhibition combines interactive displays with a plethora of artifacts (more than 200) to educate visitors on the civilization’s major cultural accomplishments (including its famous calendar system) and provide a glimpse into the lives of ancient Mayans via authentic examples of both everyday objects and finely crafted works of art. $15-$20, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-5pm Monday, 10am-8pm Tuesday; Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, (210) 357-1900.

Film

Inside Out Palo Alto College kicks off its

Movies on the Lawn summer series with a screening of Pixar’s animated adventure about a young girl navigating through her emotions (Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness) after she’s uprooted from her Midwestern life and faced with a new house and school in San Francisco. Pre-show activities begin at 7pm, with complimentary popcorn and water available to all guests. Free, 7-10pm Tuesday; Palo Alto College, 1400 W. Villaret Blvd., (210) 486-3125.

Oscar Shorts How many times have you

sat there watching the Academy Awards broadcast on television, and when the Short Film categories come up, you’re left scratching your head, either trying to guess which one will win based on its title alone, or wishing you could actually see some of these films, somewhere? Well, Tuesday’s

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Desert Migration

In observance of the 35th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS, the San Antonio AIDS Foundation hosts a community screening of Desert Migration, a 2015 documentary that sheds light on living and aging with HIV/AIDS through the everyday experiences of long-term survivors who “migrated” to the accepting desert oasis of Palm Springs, California. The first feature-length film from Australian director Daniel F. Cardone (himself a 21-year survivor), the 2015 release pieces together one day in the occasionally intersecting lives of 13 gay men as they “work, eat, sleep, love, recuperate and grieve.” Benefiting SAAF, the event kicks off with a reception (cash bar) and culminates with a Q&A and panel discussion between the filmmaker, Dr. Barbara Saatkamp Taylor, local long-term survivors and SAAF CEO Cynthia Nelson. $30, 6:30-9pm, Santikos Bijou, Fredericksburg Road, (210) 734-4552, sanantonioaids.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

your night, as Texas Public Radio brings back all 10 of the Oscar-nominated shorts, including Bear Story (the 2015 Best Animated Short Film winner) and Stutterer (the 2015 Best Live Action Short Film winner). $10-$15, 7:30pm Tuesday; Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8977.

Thrash Bash Skate Video Night Pinks

Patio screens classic and contemporary skateboard videos at this free, all-ages event featuring skateboard-related art on display and Bring Your Own Vinyl (BYOV) sets with DJ ADLF. Free, 6-11pm Saturday; Pinks Patio, 930 Broadway, (210) 7394597.

Theater

American Pride Billed as a “poetic journey

through war,” The Overtime’s new slam poetry-based production American Pride combines the personal writings of an American soldier who served overseas in Iraq with original works penned by Jules Vaquera, Jason Gossard, Christopher Martinez, Amanda Flores, Ragan Flores, Julia Orduna and Joel Settles. $10-$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.

Capitol Steps Launched in 1981 by a

group of Senate staffers, the political satire group the Capitol Steps has recorded 30-plus albums that “put the mock back in democracy.” Presented by Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen, Benson and Jones, LLP, the troupe’s latest tour takes aim at election year antics. $10-$225, 7pm Sunday; Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium, 715 Stadium Drive, (210) 999-8117.

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The Little Mermaid Following a

wistful mermaid with big dreams of sea legs and love, Disney’s The Little Mermaid takes the Woodlawn stage in a month-long production directed by Jason Mosher. With a vibrant cast of both swimming and land-lubbing characters, the musical illustrates just how far a girl will go to get what she wants most. $17-$26, 7:30pm FridaySaturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 267-8388.

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, 210 290 5502.

Words

Gemini Ink Staff Reading The

Beethoven hosts an evening of readings from Gemini Ink staffers Sheila Black, Jen Knox, Bernadette Smyth, Ben Tremillo and Alexandra Van De Kamp. Free, 7-9pm Thursday; Beethoven Halle und Garten, 422 Pereida, (210) 734-9673.

How to Be A Texan Andrea Valdez, editor of texamsonthly.com, signs copies of her new guidebook containing “all you need to be an authentic Texan, whether you’ve recently arrived in the state or you just want a refresher on the finer points of Lone Star lore.” Free, 4-5pm

Friday; Hotel Emma, 136 E. Grayson St., (210) 448-8300.

Queer Poetry In conjunction with Bihl

Haus Arts’ Pride month exhibition “Profiling Made Visible: The Art of Mark Anthony Martinez & Michael Martinez” (on view in the gallery through July 9), local poets share from their work in a reading organized by Michael Martinez. Free, 2pm Saturday; Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg, (210) 383-9723.

Special Events

Be-Cause Margarita Madness

Downtown Tuesday partners serve up samples of their best margaritas (made with Sierra Vieja tequila) to compete for bragging rights to the Margarita Madness crown. Entrance fee includes 10 drink tickets (one sample per ticket). $20 (benefiting United Way of SA), 6:30-8:30pm Tuesday; La Villita, 418 Villita St., (210) 207-8614

Luling Watermelon Thump Initiated

in 1964, Luling’s annual watermelon festival attracts thousands with a familyfriendly mix that includes carnival rides, live music, arts and crafts, Queen’s coronation, a shaded marketplace, a giant parade, a classic car show and melon judging, plus seed-spitting and watermelon-eating contests with cash prizes. $5-$20, 5:30-midnight ThursdayFriday, 11am-1am Saturday, 10am-9pm Sunday; Watermelon Thump Pavilion, 421 E. Davis St., Luling, (830) 875-3214 x 303.

Sex Trivia Night Calling all sexperts! In

collaboration with Love Shack Boutique, Out In SA’s intimacy doctor, Faith G. Harper, leads a night of sex trivia with naughty prizes and proceeds benefiting Pride Center San Antonio. $10 per person, team sign-up at 6pm, trivia starts at 7pm Wednesday; Bar Louie, 15900 La Cantera Pkwy., (210) 767-9411.

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Backyard Chickens 101 Kim Rocha

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Voices of the West Distinguished Lecture: Robert Earl Keen As part

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SUZANNE WEAVER SAMA welcomes new curator of modern and contemporary art

Those who closely follow the happenings in the San Antonio art world were surprised when news broke back in March that Anna Stothart was leaving her position as the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Brown Foundation Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art after just a year on the job. Stothart, who split to take a position as director of Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York, had overseen several seminal exhibitions (including the superb “28 Chinese” show), revamped SAMA's contemporary galleries and developed a positive rapport with the broader art community, working closely with Contemporary Art Month and Luminaria. But now, as of Monday, June 20, local art lovers have a brilliant new curator to get acquainted with and a new style to look forward to learning from. Suzanne Weaver, the new Brown Foundation Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, comes to us with a wealth of varied experience at institutions like the Dallas Museum of Art, Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, and (most recently) as interim director of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art. She’s also a master at working with smaller galleries and (most importantly) directly with artists themselves. Weaver, who spoke with the San Antonio Current last week in the midst of moving preparations, took to curating after a moment of illumination she experienced while still working in her previous career. Below, highlights from our talk with SAMA’s newest tastemaker. > How did you get into the curating game and what attracted you to it? “It was by chance [that I ended up a curator], it was certainly no master plan. My background is in psychology

and I was working with adolescents with behavioral disorders and who were emotionally disturbed. But, I was living in New Hampshire, in Maine, in New England in general, and I found myself going to museums and galleries all the time. And I started to ask myself why I was so powerfully affected by this art. Then it hit me one day at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: I was like, "Oh my god, I’ve got to study art." So I came back home and started all over, studying art at the University of North Texas. So, I met all these people who were artists and who were studying art, and I was hanging out in galleries and studios all the time. One day I just decided to put together a show there. So, I did just that, I got together some musician friends and some artists who I liked, I rented a warehouse space and wrote an essay and the rest is history. It’s funny, now, when I teach [students] curatorial studies or museum studies, I always tell them you have to love art, you have to have an idea and go out and make it happen. You can learn all the history and theory in the world, but there’s no substitute for pounding the pavement, for trial and error, for spending time with artists out in the community. That background, working in that artist-centered way, leads me to see myself as a curator, as an advocate for artists and works of art.” > Recently, in San Antonio, the arts community has been shaken up by battles concerning diversity and inclusion, particularly where our Latin@ community is concerned. Can you tell me a bit about how you curate with the population of a particular community in mind? It is a moral responsibility that, when you go into

a community, to serve it in any capacity, you do research on the people, you form relationships and you see yourself as a collaborator first. It would be unconscionable to see it otherwise. You have to know the local community to really understand the global community, right? I want all stakeholders in the San Antonio art community to have input, to participate. We are all in the same boat and want the same things: to raise the discourse on intellectual, cultural and artistic issues. To raise that level of discourse, we all have to work together. > How do you make your subjective aesthetic observations into objective gallery set-ups? Over time you develop an instinct. I mean, you learn all sorts of things as you go and as you study, and that’s good. But, at a certain point, when I’m setting up an exhibition, I have to stop thinking too much about it and let my feelings guide me. It is a balance of subjective and objective, but ultimately you have to go back to considering what the art makes you feel. > For folks who don’t regularly take in art, can you explain what you see as the value of art to the contemporary person? To anyone who sees art as frivolous or unnecessary, I would challenge them: Is empathy frivolous? Is critical thinking unnecessary? When you take the time to understand the thought and processes behind a work of art, you practice empathetic thinking and critical thinking. And these are things we could really use in our world today. sacurrent.com • June 22—28, 2016 • CURRENT 29

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Comedian Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t mince words when it comes to her thoughts on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. “He is a racist,” Goldberg, 59, told the Current during a phone interview a couple weeks ago. “That’s the guy you want representing our country?! Are you out of your mind?!” Goldberg, who is one of only 12 individuals to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award during their career, will make her stage debut in San Antonio at the Majestic Theater on June 24. Unlike her hit daytime TV talk show The View, where she shares airtime with other female panelists, including Joy Behar, Candace Cameron Bure and Raven-Symoné, the tour she is bringing to the Alamo City is all about what’s going on inside her head on a number of different topics. While there’s room in her stage show for commentary on lighter fare like social media, Goldberg doesn’t shy away from the upcoming general election between Trump and Hillary Clinton. She believes two groups are to blame for the quick rise of Trump over the last year: former Republican candidates and the media.

“If Jeb Bush had just said, ‘Who are you to be talking That’s what I’m hoping people recognize.” about my family?’ this would’ve never gone any further,” She also hopes Americans realize they are better off Goldberg said. “Somebody needed to stand up to him now than they were eight years ago at the end of George on Day One and get in his face. But nobody did, so now W. Bush’s administration. we got him.” “For eight years, [the Bush administration] said, ‘We’re As for the media, Goldberg said objectivity went out not going to do shit for you,’” Goldberg said. “Now, the window as soon as Trump officially announced his your 401K is better than it was, unemployment is down, candidacy last summer. and you can get medical help. In spite of everything, “The media is how he got here,” she said. [President Barack Obama] was able to do that. So now, “Everybody just put him on 24/7. They all thought it they’re mad at [Hillary Clinton] because she’s a chick. was entertainment, so they kept it going. I think it’s only She’s a chick who has more experience than anybody recently that the media is realizing that he’s going to who’s run in the last 12 years. So, she can look at them destroy them.” and say ‘Fuck you’ and I like that.” In the next five months, Goldberg does not think Despite her allegiance to Clinton, Goldberg admits she will get to ask Trump any questions or get him Trump could still win come November because of on The View as a guest while he’s on the the anger he has generated from his base campaign trail. She doubts he would do it anyway. supporters. Now, they are everywhere. Whoopi Goldberg “He doesn’t want to talk to me,” she said. “They’re popping up like mushrooms,” Goldberg $49.50-$125 8pm Fri, June 24 “He’s called into The View before and I’ve tried said. “If you back [Trump], decide what that The Majestic Theatre to ask him a proper question and he didn’t have means for you. What does that say about you? 224 E. Houston St. an answer. He’s not smart enough to have a If you take an idiot’s word about what’s going on, (210) 226-3333 majesticempire.com. conversation with. He sounds like a crazy man. you deserve what you get.” sacurrent.com • June 22—28, 2016 • CURRENT 31

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With Netflix’s release of the fourth season of Orange Is the New Black, we are presented with 13 more installations that dive into the depressing reality that is the modern American prison experience. Granted, it is a fictional television show, but the instances of corruption, abuse of power and systemic violence depicted in the series are very real occurrences inside U.S. correctional facilities. More of a rallying cry than a comfortable dramedy for armchair progressives, OITNB illustrates not only the dangers of prison privatization, or prison itself, but of America’s current climate of fear, racism and xenophobia. Litchfield, a microcosm of the United States and its internal struggles, is now a corrections facility owned and operated by the Management and Correction Corporation. While it’s a for-profit institution, the prison is subsidized by taxpayers, amounting to $30,000 per inmate, and as a corporate entity, the Freedom of Information Act does not apply to the inmates or MCC, making their wellbeing nearly impossible to confirm and accountability from MCC impossible to attain. The premise would be entertaining if it wasn’t so tragic. Writer and producer Jenji Kohan is not only creating some of the most entertaining television around, positioning

women and their status in our culture as the focal points of her series, but highlighting the evolving challenges to our democracy and freedom. Not only does Kohan continue to attack the attitudes that have economically and politically divided us, but this season she even further explores white privilege in the character of Piper Chapman. Without giving too much away, Piper’s emerging role as a vicious lone wolf finds her in a position of authority that not only makes the one-time protagonist seem as despicable as any of the most hardened inmates, but also shows exactly how much free reign she is given simply because of her appearance. As each of the characters’ histories are spotlighted with flashback vignettes, their humanity is explored and the reasons for incarceration explained. And guess what? It appears very few people go to prison just because they are bad people that just want to do bad things. Bottom line, in one of the most entertaining dramatizations of the issues facing us as a country, OITNB offers us an opportunity to criticize and condemn the worst parts of our nature, as individuals and as a society. If we are truly free enough to do so. dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com > Season four of Orange Is the New Black is now streaming on Netflix.

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When Frank opened this February, it was hard not to judge the long-waited eatery harshly. Though first announced in October 2014, the second location of the Austin-based hot doggery had a few construction woes to contend with. Then again rehabbing a building originally erected in 1912 probably wasn’t easy, but the neighborhood’s anticipation was understandable. Here was a beacon of Southtown that went unused since Casbeers at the Church vacated it in 2011, promising scratch-made dogs and, more importantly, booze, and yet it showed no signs of opening for several months on end. It was also easy to see why it took so long to complete. The indoor dining room on the bottom floor stands in stark contrast to the haphazard space that former owners Steve Silbas and Barbara Wolfe added in 2008. Those rasquache qualities worked for Casbeers, of course, but that was then. Now restaurants looking to make a splash in the bustling culinary scene are often tasked with delivering intricately designed spaces,

though not to the detriment of the food. chewy both times we’ve tackled one (it comes with a steak However, Frank’s St. Francis Room, now a dining area knife, that’s how serious this pretzel is). and bar, was most definitely worth waiting for. Already But, the hot dogs were harder to perfect. The first few the Alamo Methodist Church and later Green Room tries were cursed with dry buns, which essentially made Dinner Theatre in its past lives, the St. Francis Room is eating the dog next to impossible. That has since changed. spooky, yet inviting. Here’s a former place-of-worshipA recent Texalina — custom-made smoked pork and beef turned-lively-eatery-and-bar with tin ceiling tiles up above, sausage, grilled horseradish coleslaw, Carolina mustard awe-inspiring stained glass and a sizable stage that barbecue sauce and white cheddar — was nuanced, commands the eye, be it with bands or Spurs games on a messy without being cumbersome to eat and the bread giant projection screen. was buttery and soft. The Chicago dog, one of their daily Early visits for this diner were often hit or miss – though offerings (the custom menu fluctuates some) carried all of the hits were consistent to be fair. The waffle fries (order the requisite relishes, fresh onions and peppers and made the Reuben version, trust me) were hot and crisp and for a tasty bite. If you’d rather not bother with the bun, the sturdy vessels to the mounds of sauerkraut, Thousand German currywurst, doused in curry barbecue sauce is a Island, Swiss and corned beef they’re tasked with carrying. winning alternative. Another early hit was the ginger cherry limeade, Though service still needs a few tweaks — we an addicting and light blend of vodka, cherry cider, were missing cutlery and napkins during both Frank ginger, lime and Main Root natural lemon lime recent visits — the vibe, food and cocktails at 1150 S. Alamo St. soda. The pretzel — a massive beast of a baked Frank deserve multiple visits. (210) 265-5292 good easily shared between four — was crisp and flavor@sacurrent.com hotdogscoldbeer.com

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The I-10 and UTSA Boulevard area has already gotten a taste for what’s to come inside The Well (5539 UTSA Blvd., 210-877-9099), the latest project by Lauren Weissman of Big’z Burger Joint, which opened officially on Tuesday, June 21. Much like Big’z, which features a sprawling patio for the kiddos and a massive, warehouse-style dining room, The Well is quite the sight to behold. During a recent walk-through with chef Chemo Barrerra who heads the kitchen, I was shown the dining room, private event room for 75 complete with AV needs, cocktail lounge area, bar, beer garden, patio and dog park, and dance hall complete with its own cash-only speed bar. At 20,000 square feet, The Well will have something for everyone and can hold somewhere around 500 people. For now, Barrera, Weissman and bar manager James Tivera have catered to small weekday crowds. Scheduling will kick in once the restaurant is in full swing, but The Well has already hosted a Martini Night (which will continue every Tuesday), College Night (I mean, they are down the road from UTSA) and a dance night complete with instructor is in the works. On Barrera’s side of things, he’s got run of a massive scratch kitchen with wife Margeaux Alcorta as sous chef. Barrera and Alcorta met while working for in Jason Dady Restaurant Group. Barrera, a South Side SA native, first worked in chain kitchens and the original Big’z before choosing to attend the Culinary Institute of America-San Antonio. He worked for several of Dady’s restaurants before running into Weissman two years ago. “She told me about the project being in the works, and I had always loved working for her,” Barrera said of the chance encounter. The menu is still in very early stages, but expect 10 to 12 entrees including brisket and chicken fried steak with corn bread service at every table. Sausages, four of them, are ground and cased in-house. All proteins and cheeses are sourced from Texas as Barrera and Weissman try to deliver a Southern cooking feel that hearkens to meals grandma would have made. On the bar end, Tivera, who spent several years with Glazer’s distributor as a mixologist, is tailoring his bars to the clientele he knows will show. There’s thoughtful cocktails and 80 beers on tap on the beer wall with an additional 10 for the other bars inside The Well. Beer fans will find local and regional brands ranging from light and refreshing to heady stouts. Hours for the restaurant will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. for the bar and beer garden and 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. for the dance hall Tuesday through Sunday.

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It’s been probably the worst kept industry secret — chef Mark Bohanan is spreading his wings to Boerne with the opening of Peggy’s on the Green (128 W. Blanco Road) sometime this summer. Led by chef Heather Nanez, the restaurant is housed inside Ye Kendall Inn in the former Limestone Grille. The hotel was built in 1859, so adding a Bohanan’s-grade bar and restaurant was an undertaking. The last several months included gutting out the existing restaurant and starting anew. “We don’t’ have a specific date yet. We want to come out and tweak a few things, but the menu’s written,” Nanez said. Yes, steaks will make the leap to Peggy’s (which is named after Bohanan’s mother), but the restaurant’s menu will also feature what the staff is calling “refined Southern.” “Once we came in here and started having a relationship with the restaurant, we felt we wanted to honor the space’s history, but honor our moms too,”

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IN NORTH SAN ANTONIO, the Rim near 1604 and I-10 is growing rapidly. Originally anchored by the vaguely Greek Palladium, the area’s growth has bolstered retail and service industry ventures. As such, dozens of bars and restaurants have cropped up in the area, four of which happen to be within 100 feet of each other. With the intention to survey the nascent mini bar-district myself, I visited Brass Tap, General Public, the Lion and Rose and Mash’d on a Thursday night. Below, from favorite to least favorite, are my impressions.

THE BRASS TAP 17619 La Cantera Pkwy., Suite 2-208 | (210) 670-7090 > The first bar I visited ended up being my favorite, partially for its smiling, friendly service, but mostly because of its impressive selection of local beers. Though all four bars were either chains or the property of investment groups, Brass Tap tries hard to connect with its locale. Out of 60 beer offerings on tap, nearly 20 were San Antonio products, including the Branchline Old Three Hundred ($8), one of six sour beer choices and a remarkably astringent, tart drink that really pushes the palate. In addition to the local beer, Brass Tap also promotes a community feeling through their “Brew Crew” program, a rewards system that individuals pay $15 to join, after which they receive a T-shirt, the opportunity to accrue credit, access to incredible discounts and — though intangible — a sense of belonging. Furthering in their community efforts, general manager Winnie Mak said that she and a representative from Lüke were organizing a fundraiser in support of the victims of the Pulse tragedy in Orlando. Brass Tap serves food, though unlike its beer selection, the array of burgers, sandwiches, wings and nachos are focus group fare, by no means an effort to highlight local product. Nonetheless, one rarely visits a bar seeking innovative eats, so the issue is of little importance. Because of its amicable service, backing of local beer and community ethos, Brass Tap is more than worth visiting.

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17623 La Cantera Pkwy., Suite 107 | (210) 538-5833 > The final bar I visited on my crawl, Mash’d won big points for its friendly, knowledgeable service, as well

as its focus on moonshine. Though moonshine technically refers to any high-proof spirit made illegally, most American moonshine uses corn, which through a process called mashing (hence Mash’d), ferments and can be distilled into liquor. If your curiosity should incite you to order a flight of moonshines, as mine did, understand that you’ve essentially ordered yourself four shots of a very close relative of vodka. You can pick one of their prearranged flights ($14) or pick four of your own ($15), but regardless, be ready for a heady dose of alcohol. If you’re the type who typically avoids flavor-infused liquors, think again — if the liquor comes plain, i.e. without fruit, sweetener, or savory pizazz — there’s little for the average palate to appreciate. In which case, prepare yourself for an icy bite of antiseptic cleanser. The food, like at Brass Tap and General Public, is anodyne New American, but the moonshine-centric menu is reason enough to visit, if for no other reason than the pleasure of checking a few novelty liquors off your bucket list.

THE LION AND ROSE

17627 La Cantera Pkwy. | (210) 798-5466 > In a testament to the borderlessness of cultural appropriation, I found myself ordering a Black and Tan, a drink named after the British task force formed to repress Irish revolutionaries, in the form of a Guinness and a Harp.

The bar was nearly empty when I visited, except for a smattering of nerdy non-English drinkers. I was tempted by the Scotch egg ($5.49) and the Hackney hot wings ($10.99), but found myself far and way sated by the dense beer. By this time in my crawl I had seen several of the area bars, and the quaint historical theme the establishment relies on felt tired and out of place.

GENERAL PUBLIC

17619 La Cantera Pkwy., Suite 102 | (210) 920-1101 > Though an agreeable institution, General Public’s lack of individuality landed it last in my esteem. The layout, which consisted of a horseshoe-shaped bar and a few scattered couches, caters well to the weary, but does little for promoting animated discussion or the sense of conviviality. Once seated, I was graced with an economical amount of attention from the bartender. In an attempt to break the ice, I ordered the “Bartender’s Whimsy,” a freewheeling invention up to the bartender’s imagination. In return I received a saccharine lemon concoction that consisted of orange and lemon juice, simple syrup and Four Roses bourbon, a sweet but uninspired combination. I sat in silence for the 20 minutes it took to drink my drink, and then left, in silence, passing a hostess who was on her phone. sacurrent.com • June 22—28, 2016 • CURRENT 39

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’m not one to advocate low-key imbibing. Libations should be enjoyed freely and merrily always … but sometimes the powers that be say otherwise. Not one to carry a flask, I tend to disguise my boozing in Sonic cups.

Because of the multitude of options the drivein chain is known for, the alcoholic combinations are almost endless. It’s easy enough to replicate favorite flavors or find a new combination of syrups and liqueurs without breaking your budget (hello, happy hour from 2 to 4 p.m. daily means half-priced slushes and drinks). Here are a few combinations we tested inside the Current office using wee bottles of liquor on a recent humid afternoon. As always, drink responsibly and don’t you dare sip on these in your car. These are best enjoyed anywhere you find a cool breeze or cooler pool.

REAL FRUIT MEANS IT’S HEALTHY, RIGHT? • We kept it relatively simple with our first combination. Stick a mini umbrella in it and it’s basically tiki, right? 1 medium strawberry real fruit slush 1 ounce rum of your choice (we used Bacardi)

MAKE IT A MARG • Sometimes you need to cool down with an emergency margarita. If you’re not in the business of putting pants on and paying $10 bones for a top-shelf marg, pick up a frozen lemonade or limemade and doctor as we did below. Toss in some Twang beer salt for good measure. 1 medium frozen lemonade 1 ounce reposado tequila of choice

COCONUT MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER • Another contender for our faux healthy category, we dabbled in New Amsterdam flavored vodkas for this concoction. Cherry limemades are already near perfect, but Sonic is currently offering them in frozen form and it makes for easy sippin’ when combined New Amsterdam’s coconut vodka. Close your eyes and picture sand between your toes or go a step further and pour this into a coconut shell to really get the tropical effect. 1 medium frozen cherry limeade 1 ounce coconut vodka of your choice

(we went with Dulce Vida)

Half ounce orange liqueur

THE REAL THING • While perusing the menu at the drive-in, we were enticed by the mention of bourbon. Of course, Sonic only uses a hand-mixed ice cream with oak-barrel aged bourbon “flavor.” Not good enough. We sweetened the shake with Jim Beam Honey Bourbon. 1 medium bourbon brown sugar creamery shake 1 ounce honey whiskey

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Born Ernest Evans in 1943, the seeds for Chubby Checker’s incredible career and lifelong love of music were planted at a very young age. Upon seeing country legend Ernest Tubb, Evans was so moved by the Texas Troubadour and the other live acts he witnessed that he founded his own street harmony group in Philadelphia at the age of 11, soon thereafter taking up piano lessons. By high school, he’d refined his group as well as his skills on the ivories and found great joy in entertaining his fellow classmates with hits from many of their favorite artists, along with songs from some of his own heroes like Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. His impressive skills caught the attention of the owner of the meat market where Evans worked and earned the nickname “Chubby,” from the market’s manager. The owner in turn introduced Chubby to his friend at Cameo-Parkway Records, which led not only to a record deal, but to a recording session with Dick Clark and the first of several appearances on his wildly popular musical variety show on ABC, American Bandstand. The first appearance took place on May 23, 1959 with the performance of a song entitled “The Class” – a fun and upbeat dance tune about a

teacher desperately trying to wrangle new levels with his charisma, smile in his students, complete with vocal and powerful vocal presence. samplings influenced by the highThere was a confidence and edge pitched sounds of Alvin and the to his performance that meshed Chipmunks. However, it would be his perfectly with the raw sounds of appearance a year later on August the rock ‘n’ roll that was seducing 6, 1960, performing a song entitled the nation’s youth. However, his “The Twist,” that would catapult him sweet innocence and friendly tone into a new realm of fame. combined with his bouncy and careOfficially written and performed free moves also played a significant by Hank Ballard and the hand in his version of “The Twist” Midnighters, the true origin of the soaring to number one in the charts song is a little mysterious. Abdul and taking both adult and teenage Bin-Asad (formerly Lawson Smith), dance halls across the land by one of the original members of storm. Such shaking required two Hank’s band, recounted in a 2014 dance partners to gyrate apart interview a songwriter named from each other, which – although Nathaniel J. Bills pitching the song quite widely seen nowadays – to the group while they were in was beyond revolutionary for the Tampa Bay after being referred to time. This, of course, would have them by the Spaniels, who felt the a profound effect not only upon song’s title and content was too the later dance hits he would suggestive for their own squeaky have throughout his career, but clean group. A deal wasn’t officially the evolution of popular music made between Hank and the throughout the decade and beyond. Spaniels but, nevertheless, the Fast forward to June 25, the halls Midnighters had the song recorded at the Tobin Center will be shaking in Miami on the following day. – or more appropriately, full of folks The catchiness of “The Twist” twisting with delight – as Checker caught the ear of one of Dick brings his legendary act to Clark’s DJ acquaintances town with a slate of his top Chubby Checker dance numbers and new who recommended it for the $29.50-$74.50 show. Clark in turn presented 7:30pm Sat, June 25 compositions sure to spur Tobin Center for the the song to Checker after a great deal of foot tapping, Performing Arts being unable to book Hank body shaking and smiles as 100 Auditorium Cir. Ballard. Checker not only attendees of all ages dance (210) 223-8624 obliged but exploded it to apart, together. tobincenter.org

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On new album THE SQUIDS Milli Mars tears down that which tears us down

movie] Warriors reminded me of San Antonio. We’re fighting over this … little pieces of turf … The point of putting out this album was to bring this city together.” The film to which Mars refers, like Scarface and The Godfather, is synonymous surprise that, along with Mars, the bands that are with hip-hop culture. However, even though Diddy, inspired to work with an artist creating “fuck-shit music,” ODB, Aesop Rock and Ice Cube have all referenced despite their surface differences, are some of the more the movie based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 book chronicling popular in town. “You help me spread my message, I’ll NYC youth gangs and their attempts to unite, none have help you spread yours,” said Mars. made an entire album about it. Much less placing the This altruistic approach flies in the face of what comes location of the struggle to get back home, through rival natural to many artists working in the relatively small SA turf and possible death, in an alternate version of their scene. Analogous to starving dogs fighting over scraps, hometown, “River City.” the struggle to rise up the imaginary ladder of local THE SQUIDS, with music by Murk Russell and talent is something we discussed heavily as well as it’s co-produced by Mars, is a 12 track trip through a specificity to SA, the big city-little town. “If you’re good, bizarre-o Saytown. In it, Mars aims to tear down the people are gonna not like you … This shit is to break culture of exclusivity that never seems to taint our barriers … this shit is supposed to connect people … We relationships as we unite under the corporate banner shun each other so much that our city will never grow.” of a national sports team or our love of Big Red and And that line, when those words came out of Milli Mars’ barbacoa, but which we seem to conveniently misplace mouth, I knew that what he was telling me was not just some when it comes to our music scene. Sure, we’re not zen capitalist bullshit – some new-age form of apologist all gonna agree on what’s good shit. However, those profiteering so often heard in rapper’s bars and Apple that make up the scene do a disservice to our own commercials. Mars really wants human beings to be better aspirations if we can’t even unite to support that which connected, not just musicians working to facilitate a is greater than us – the scene itself. And that is growth in popularity and cash flow. His hustle and Mars’ main concern and struggle. Milli Mars and grand aspirations are not just for himself – big piles of Murk Russell’s “I can promise everybody this: On this album, THE SQUIDS cash, fat asses bouncing in grinning faces – but for this go-round, I will be heard. I will be heard, San Listening Party Antonio will be heard. They will know us for more all of the city’s creators to push their art to a greater Free level, economically as well as spiritually. than the Spurs, the Alamodome. This is gonna 8pm Sat, June 25 “That’s what the album is really about. See, [the 111 Lone Star Blvd. be a good thing.” dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com COURTESY OF MILLI MARS

> One of the toughest lessons to learn as a San Antonio musician that strives to make a living on their art alone is that no amount of shit-talking, backbiting or shade throwing will ever result in getting you to where you want to be. Sure, so-andso’s music is complete shit. To you. The local music scene, no matter how pyramidshaped it seems, is not built by climbing over the backs of other artists, especially if you’re tearing them down in the process. Local rapper Milli Mars is adamant about this. Whereas other SA performers may jump to ridicule their fellow musicians, attacking them on the grounds of musical style or taste, Mars has nothing but love for San Antonio and his fellow hustlers. When he says he’s reppin’ the city, he doesn’t just mean himself but, particularly, our art and music scene, and Mars is aiming high. “I want to open up a door here for whatever, hip-hop, whatever people wanna call the good music … I’m trying to take it serious, to create some kind of gate, just open up a flood gate of talented people just to run through it, ’cause San Antonio is beautiful.” Several times in our conversation at Cullum’s Attagirl, Mars, whose newest album THE SQUIDS will be released digitally on Monday, June 27, tells me that he is into all kinds of local music. He drops names like Femina-X, Lonely Horse, fishermen and Mr. Pidge – not your typical shout-outs from a hiphop cat. Incidentally, most of the artists he credits have all reached out to Mars expressing their interest in working with the rapper, so it’s no coincidence that the respect goes both ways. It should also be no

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utlaw Country is a nebulous term that will never again mean what it once meant. As soon as Hank Jr. started hanging around with Kid Rock, the genre (or movement, if we’re being real) died. Or maybe it was back when Willie had to sell all of his shit to make amends with the IRS, appropriately enough, the same branch of the government that took Al Capone down. It doesn’t matter when it was, the dying’s already done. Now, we are left to look back on outlaw country as a historical time in country music, as a wellspring of inspiration for creativity and rebellion and as a reminder that artistic movements of substance and defiance are always to be short-lived, as even the most insatiable fires eventually flicker to cold ashes. After all, Sturgill Simpson’s great, but he ain’t about to live in a shack outside of Nashville with no running water or electricity the way Townes Van Zandt did. 1976’s Heartworn Highways (directed by James Szalapski), which, despite not featuring key players like Willie, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver, is the definitive outlaw country documentary (at least in spirit) and is getting a special 40th anniversary re-release in select theaters, with a definitive soundtrack to boot. This is an ideal pair of primary documents by which, along with a handful of

important albums, to remember the movement. Austin stage, and tied inextricably with the personalities and is the closest the theater feature is coming, but those desolated spaces haunting and haunted by these who can’t make that showing can still enjoy the DVD unique artists. This was a time, almost unbelievably, and the killer soundtrack (which is loaded with goodies when authenticity still mattered and folks still felt you and extras in the Anniversary Box Set). ought to live out the songs that you wrote. The documentary itself is a beautifully strange and The soundtrack is a true thing of beauty in and of voyeuristic affair, almost surreal as it brings to light itself. In addition to the Clark and Van Zandt songs the decidedly Beat Generation side of the outlaw mentioned above, it also features Van Zandt’s only movement. It features Van Zandt and said shack true hit (though not really for himself) “Pancho and aplenty, the recently deceased songwriting giant Lefty,” Clark’s “LA Freeway,” “Texas Cookin’” and Guy Clark in rare at-home form, Charlie Daniels, and more. Other artists with stellar contributions include younger stars like David Allen Coe, Rodney Crowell, David Allen Coe (the wily and wiry bus driver in Steve Earle and Steve Young, among others. The the documentary) with “River” and “I Still Sing the settings, from the holy road to the houses of friends, Old Songs,” Steve Young with a mighty rendition highlighting the essence of these performers. Guy of “Alabama Highway” and a Hank Williams cover, Clark and Townes Van Zandt, in particular, give stellar Rodney Crowell with “Bluebird Wine,” Steve Earle musical performances, playing their songs from the with “Mercenary’s Song” and others and swell cuts heart in these relaxed settings. And, we finally get to from Larry Jon Wilson, Gamble Rogers and John witness the sheer amounts of booze and staring down Hiatt. That the songs sound amazing, full of grit and the middle distance it took to become the the unbearable heaviness of life lived with kind of dudes who could write “Desperados eyes wide-open (if blurry), is almost beside Heartworn Waiting for a Train” and “Waiting ’Round to the point. As a mystic vision of a powerful Highways Die,” respectively. moment in country culture and music, the $8.75 10:15pm Mon, June 27 With a fuzzy focus on the rural margins, documentary and the soundtrack succeed as Alamo Drafthouse Ritz the documentary shows the power of naked much in what’s left unsaid as in what’s shown 320 E. 6th St., Austin, TX song, divorced from the artifice of studio or and sung. (512) 861-7020 sacurrent.com • June 22—28, 2016 • CURRENT 51

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MONDAY, JUNE 27 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 Open Jam Session with Small World Jazz Free, All Ages, 7pm, Olmos Bharmacy Sound Gallery with Deep South Collective Free, 21+, 8pm, Paramour Swing Nite with Hot Texas Swing Band $10, All Ages, 7pm, Sam’s Burger Joint Wurd of Mouth Mondays with DJ Gibb Free, 21+, 10pm, Blue Box

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Alamo City Music Hall 1305 E. Houston St., alamocitymusichall.com Alamo Street Eat Bar 609 S. Alamo St., (210) 2272469, alamostreeteatbar.com Aztec Theatre 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355 theaztectheatre.com Barriba Cantina 111 W. Crockett St., Suite 214, (210) 228-9876, barribacantina.com Bonham Exchange 411 Bonham, (210) 271-3811, bonhamexchange.com Bohanan’s 219 E. Houston St., (210) 472-2600, bohanans.com Bottom Bracket Social Club 1609 N. Colorado St., (210) 267- 9160, facebook.com/bottombracketsocialclub Blue Box 312 Pearl Pkwy., Suite 2107, (210) 227-2583, blueboxbar.com Briscoe Western Art Museum 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499, briscoemuseum.org Co Lab 723 N. Alamo St., (210) 901-9902, facebook.com/colab.satx Esquire Tavern 155 E. Commerce St., (210) 222-2521, esquiretavern-sa.com Fitzgerald’s 437 McCarty Road, Suite 101, (210) 629-5141, facebook.com/fitzgeraldsbarsa Groove Lounge 501 E. Crockett St., (210) 281-8383, facebook.com/groove210 Gruene Hall 1281 Gruene Road, (830) 606-1281, gruenehall.com Hi-Tones 621 E. Dewey Pl., hitonessa.com Jack’s Patio Bar 3030 Thousand Oaks, (210) 494-2309, jacksbarsa.com Jack Rabbit 6322 San Pedro Ave., (210) 202-8989 John T. Floore’s Country Store 14492 Old Bandera Road, (210) 695-8827, liveatfloores.com La Botánica 2911 N. St. Mary’s St., vivalabotanica.com Limelight 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., thelimelightsa.com Luckenbach Dancehall 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, (830) 997-3224, luckenbachtexas.com Lush Rooftop 4553 N. Loop 1604, (210) 858-9028, facebook.com/lushrooftop Majestic Theatre 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-5700, majesticempire.com Moses Rose’s Hideout 516 E. Houston St., (210) 775-1808, mosesroseshideout.com Nite Lite 714 Fredericksburg Road, nitelitesa.com Olmos Bharmacy 3902 McCullough Ave., (210) 822-1188, olmosrx.com Paper Tiger 2410 N. St Mary’s St., papertigersa.com Paramour 102 9th St., (210) 340-9880, paramourbar.com Phantom Room 2106 N. St. Mary’s St. River Road Icehouse 1791 Hueco Springs Loop Road, (830) 626-1335, riverroadicehouse.com Sam’s Burger Joint 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com San Antonio Swing Revival 1717 San Pedro Ave., (210) 504-7812 Soho Wine & Martini Bar 214 W. Crockett St., (210) 444-1000 Southtown 101 101 Pereida St., (210) 263-9880 The Amp Room 2407 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 320-2122, theamproom.com The Bang Bang Bar 119 El Mio Drive, (210) 833-2203, facebook.com/thebangbangbar210 The Cove 606 W. Cypress St., (210) 227-2683, thecove.us The Korova 107 E. Martin St., (210) 226-5070, thekorova.com The Mix 2423 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-1313, themix-sa.com Thirsty Camel 5307 McCullough Ave., (210) 277-0979 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 2238624, tobincenter.org Tucker’s Kozy Korner 1338 E. Houston St., (210) 320-2192 Ventura 1011 Avenue B, (210) 802-6940, facebook.com/venturasatx Web House 320 Blanco Road, (210) 531-0100, webhousecafe.com Whitewater Amphitheater 11860 FM 306, (830) 964-3800, whitewaterrocks.com

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that since marriage equality, our community was only going up. Even the passage of HB2 didn’t make me cynical about the future. But this recent shooting has changed my world completely. Fighting for equality in housing, education, and employment seems like a joke after this massive act of violence in Orlando. I’m looking to someone in the community for guidance. Peter They don’t win — the haters don’t win — when they chase us, beat us, or kill us. They win when we stop fighting. Please don’t stop fighting. And please don’t despair. Hundreds of thousands of us died in the 1980s and ’90s when hate, fear, greed, racism, and negligence intersected with a deadly virus. A lot of us felt then the way you do now — that it was over, that it was hopeless, that the coming out and the organizing and the fighting had been for nothing, and that everything we had won up to that point was meaningless. And then we got up off our butts and we showed them — we showed those motherfuckers — that the fight in us was greater than the hate in them. We showed them that we were stronger and smarter than they were, we showed that fucking virus that we were stronger and smarter than it was, and we made it clear to them that we were not going to shut up and die quietly or go back into the closet and die alone. And we had only each other for a while there — for a long while. For years we fought alone. Look at who is on our side today — all good and decent people everywhere. The president of the United States and the next president of the United States. Look at the rallies, look at the vigils, look at the outpouring of love, sympathy, and support. Don’t look at the killer. Don’t look at the haters. Don’t look at the vile comments left by shit people on Twitter and Facebook. Look at the good. Look at the love. Look at the good and loving people inside and outside the LGBT community and take strength from their love and support. Then get out there and fight.

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46 Hourly wage 47 ___ fugit 48 Olympic skating medalist Michelle 50 “Feed me kitten food!” 51 Barks like a fox 53 Ornamental carp 55 Schoolroom furniture with a surface shaped like a “7” 63 River into which Ali threw his gold medal 64 Lost spectacularly, in slang 65 “... hit me like ___ of bricks” 66 Recurring “Seinfeld” character from Pakistan 67 Center square occupant Paul 68 Tony of “Veep” 69 Czech Republic river 70 Freight hauler 71 “Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe”

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10 Prius, e.g. 11 Memento ___ 12 Norse counterpart of Ares 13 Ratted 21 ___-Locka (city near Miami) 22 Track meet component 25 In the ___ of (surrounded by) 26 Add fuel to 27 See-through scenery piece 29 Grant’s landmark 30 Aerodynamic 32 West Coast NFLer as of 2016 33 Bring bliss to 34 Humans ___ York (photo/ interview site) 36 Time to drink cheap 38 Old West challenge 40 Astronaut’s pressurized garb 44 Blacktop makeup 45 Rest for a while 49 Head bob 52 Attendant of Bacchus 54 State where “Wayward Pines” is set 55 Cop or call lead-in 56 “If ___ $1000000” (Barenaked Ladies song) 57 Dig 58 “99 Luftballons” singer 59 Actress Conn of “Grease” 60 “Too many more to mention” abbr. 61 Gavel-banging word 62 Meniscus location

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “The past lives on in art and memory,” writes author Margaret Drabble, “but it is not static: it shifts and changes as the present throws its shadow backwards.” That’s a fertile thought for you to meditate on during the coming weeks, Aries. Why? Because your history will be in a state of dramatic fermentation. The old days and the old ways will be mutating every which way. I hope you will be motivated, as a result, to rework the story of your life with flair and verve.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): “Critics of text-messaging are wrong to think it’s a regressive form of communication,” writes poet Lily Akerman. “It demands so much concision, subtlety, psychological art — in fact, it’s more like pulling puppet strings than writing.” I bring this thought to your attention, Taurus, because in my opinion the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to apply the metaphor of text-messaging to pretty much everything you do. You will create interesting ripples of success as you practice the crafts of concision, subtlety, and psychological art.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): During my careers as a writer and musician, many “experts” have advised me not to be so damn faithful to my muse. Having artistic integrity is a foolish indulgence that would ensure my eternal poverty, they have warned. If I want to be successful, I’ve got to sell out; I must water down my unique message and pay homage to the generic formulas favored by celebrity artists. Luckily for me, I have ignored the experts. As a result, my soul has thrived and I eventually earned enough money from my art to avoid starvation. But does my path apply to you? Maybe; maybe not. What if, in your case, it would be better to sell out a little and be, say, just 75 percent faithful to your muse? The next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to figure this out once and for all. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): My meditations have generated six metaphorical scenarios that will symbolize the contours of your life story during the next 15 months: 1. a claustrophobic tunnel that leads to a sparkling spa; 2. a 19th-century Victorian vase filled with 13 fresh wild orchids; 3. an immigrant who, after tenacious effort, receives a green card from her new home country; 4. an 11-year-old child capably playing a 315-year-old Stradivarius violin; 5. a menopausal empty-nester who falls in love with the work of an ecstatic poet; 6. a humble seeker who works hard to get the help necessary to defeat an old curse. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Joan Wasser is a Leo singer-songwriter who is known by her stage name Joan As Police Woman. In her song

“The Magic,” she repeats one of the lyric lines fourteen times: “I’m looking for the magic.” For two reasons, I propose that we make that your mantra in the coming weeks. First, practical business-as-usual will not provide the uncanny transformative power you need. Nor will rational analysis or habitual formulas. You will have to conjure, dig up, or track down some real magic. My second reason for suggesting “I’m looking for the magic” as your mantra is this: You’re not yet ripe enough to secure the magic, but you can become ripe enough by being dogged in your pursuit of it.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Renowned martial artist Bruce Lee described the opponent he was most wary of: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” In my astrological opinion, you should regard that as one of your keystone principles during the next 12 months. Your power and glory will come from honing one specific skill, not experimenting restlessly with many different skills. And the coming weeks will be en excellent time to set your intention.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): To celebrate my birthday, I’m taking time off from dreaming up original thoughts and creative spurs. For this horoscope, I’m borrowing some of the BOLD Laws of author Dianna Kokoszka. They are in sweet alignment with your astrological omens for the next 13 months. Take it away, Dianna. 1. Focus on the solution, not the problem. 2. Complaining is a garbage magnet. 3. What you focus on expands. 4. Do what you have always done, and you will get what you have always gotten. 5. Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides. 6. Success is simple, but not easy. 7. Don’t listen to your drunk monkey. 8. Clarity is power. 9. Don’t mistake movement for achievement. 10. Spontaneity is a conditioned reflex. 11. People will grow into the conversations you create around them. 12. How you participate here is how you participate everywhere. 13. Live your life by design, not by default.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The royal courts of Renaissance England often employed professional fools whose job it was to speak raw or controversial truths with comedic effect. According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Queen Elizabeth once castigated her fool for being “insufficiently severe with her.” The modern-day ombudsman has some similarities to the fool’s function. He or she is hired by an organization to investigate complaints lodged by the public against the organization. Now would be an excellent time for you to have a fool or ombudsman in your own sphere, Sagittarius. You’ve got a lot of good inklings, but some of them need to be edited, critiqued, or perhaps even satirized.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Capricorn journalist Katie Couric is a bestselling author who has interviewed five American presidents and had prominent jobs at three major TV networks. What’s her secret to success? She has testified that her goal is to be as ingratiating and charming as she can be without causing herself to throw up. I don’t often recommend this strategy for you, but I do now. The coming weeks will be prime time for you to expand your web of connections and energize your relationships with existing allies

by being almost too nice. To get what you want, use politeness as your secret weapon.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “The water cannot talk without the rocks,” says aphorist James Richardson. Does that sound like a metaphor you’d like to celebrate in the coming weeks? I hope so. From what I can tell, you will be like a clean, clear stream rippling over a rocky patch of river bed. The not-reallyall-that-bad news is that your flow may feel erratic and jerky. The really good news is that you will be inspired to speak freely, articulately, and with creative zing.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Every now and then you may benefit from being a bit juvenile, even childlike. You can release your dormant creativity by losing your adult composure and indulging in free-form play. In my astrological opinion, this is one of those phases for you. It’s high time to lose your cool in the best possible ways. You have a duty to explore the frontiers of spontaneity and indulge in I-don’t-give-a-cluck exuberance. For the sake of your peace-of-soul and your physical health, you need to wriggle free of at least some of your grown-up responsibilities so you can romp and cavort and frolic.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): No pressure, no diamond. No grit, no pearl. No cocoon, no butterfly. All these clichés will be featured themes for you during the next 12 months. But I hope you will also come up with fresher ways to think about the power and value that can be generated by tough assignments. If you face your exotic dilemmas and unprecedented riddles armed with nothing more than your culture’s platitudes, you won’t be able to tap into the untamed creativity necessary to turn problems into opportunities. Here’s an example of the kind of original thinking you’ll thrive on: The more the growing chamomile plant is trodden upon, the faster it grows.

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