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TABLE OF CONTENTS March 4-10, 2015

10 NEWS Smoggy Outlook As the EPA tightens ozone standards, SA slips closer to falling out of compliance with the Clean Air Act

Thriving For Hope After an ugly zoning battle with the city, an LGBT youth homeless shelter finds a new home Hotel Junkie Does SA’s penchant for hotels help or hurt?

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Our top picks for the week

Culinary Calendar 7 ways to get your drink and grub on this week Flavor File Bookish bites, kudos for Tobin culinary team and more juice

56 NIGHTLIFE Patio Rendezvous Sancho’s Cantina y Cocina becomes a new fave watering hole

26 ARTS

Bottle & Tap 4 Spring Break-friendly cans to pound while tubing

CAM Turns The Big 3-0 The staying power of SA’s Contemporary Art Month

63 MUSIC

CAM Anniversary Kicks Off With A Bang Our top picks for the first week of CAM Pen Pal Authors Gary Snyder and Julia Martin’s long-distance relationship comes to light at Trinity Grieving Words Revered poet and novelist Luis Alberto Urrea goes off script in emotional talk in SA

37 SCREENS Rebel Yell Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscarnominated Leviathan paints a bleak portrait of Russian society

48 FOOD How To Become A Goat Expert We’re into legit offerings at Los Cabriteros

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Pupusa Plus A visit to El Salvador and more at Tienda Centro America

Transgender Dysphoria Blues A Q&A with Saakred on the rejection of assigned gender and new record Make Believe Accidental Producer SA label owner Bill Shute discusses nine years of Kendra Steiner Editions SA Sound The quietly prolific Micro Missile Attack Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

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THRIVING FOR HOPE

SA’s LGBT Homeless Youth Find Shelter MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN

Seven years ago, Lauryn Farris was part of a community group that met with Haven for Hope — before the 37-acre homeless campus opened — to advocate for inclusion of a LGBT youth shelter. After years of disappointment, those plans finally came to fruition last week when Thrive Youth Center finally obtained its own space, housed at Haven for Hope. “I feel like we’re crossing the bridge, like in the movie Selma. We don’t know what is going to come, but we’re crossing that bridge and we’ll get there,” Farris, an assistant director at Thrive, said as tears welled in her eyes. Thrive Youth Center — one of just a handful of LGBT homeless youth shelters across the country — finally found a home following a zoning battle with the city last year over its previous location at Travis Park United Methodist Church. But where Haven previously caused frustration and heartache for homeless members of the LGBT community, Sandra Whitley, Thrive’s executive director, said the partnership provides a bright new chapter for those who previously avoided Haven for fear of discrimination and harassment. On a cold morning last week, Whitley and her assistant directors, Farris and Joshua Yurcheshen, visited the courtyard at Haven

in an effort to reach out to LGBT homeless who would be eligible to stay at Thrive. “It was very emotional. They had a little bit of a hard time wrapping their heads around that they would be some place safe,” Yurcheshen said. The new 1,400-square-foot shelter will be staffed all day and night and will provide licensed counselors, motivational speakers and a lounge. “The most important thing is to get these young adults feeling that they are worthy enough to even effing participate in these programs because the shit’s been beat out of them from family, society, from everybody,” Whitley said. For its part, Haven welcomes its latest addition — Thrive becomes the 37th agency to be represented onsite. “We’re already starting to undergo sensitivity training,” Haven spokeswoman Laura Calderon said. It didn’t take long for word to get out on the streets that LGBT homeless youngsters now actually have a safe place to crash. So expect the new spot to fill up rather quickly. mreagan@sacurrent.com Editor’s Note: Thrive Youth Center Assistant Director Joshua Yurcheshen’s brother, Zach, works for the San Antonio Current.

LGBT Youngsters Living On The Streets • 46% are homeless because of family rejection • 43% are forced out of their home • 32% end up on the street because of physical and emotional abuse at home • 86% are verbally harassed at school • 60% report not feeling safe at school • 42% take drugs, compared to 27% of homeless heterosexuals • 62% attempt suicide, compared to 29% of homeless heterosexuals • Twice as likely to drop out of school • Jailing homeless youngsters costs $53,665 a year, compared to $5,887 that costs to move a homeless youth off the streets Source: Thrive Youth Center

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SMOGGY OUTLOOK

Proposed EPA Air Quality Standards Could Spell Trouble For SA MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN

San Antonio is in violation of the Clean Air Act and new standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency may cause the Alamo City to lose its current seal of approval. Confused? You’re not alone. “We’re in attainment and this is confusing,” said Brenda Williams, natural resources director for the Alamo Area Council of Governments. “We are violating the standard but were never designated as non-attainment.” In a seeming contradiction, right now SA is technically both abiding by the rules yet also breaking them. The EPA officially designated the city as meeting standards when it conducted field tests here in 2012. And that designation lasts years, even if in other years levels exceed limits. But there’s more. Get ready to scratch your head. The EPA wants to reduce the amount of ozone allowed in the atmosphere to 60-70 parts per billion – down from 75 parts per billion set in 2008. The decision will be made by October. So, if approved, the new limits will make it even harder for cities such as SA to remain in compliance with the Clean Air Act. According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, if the new limit is set at 65 parts per billion, various cities including SA would be breaking the law. The federal agency, which reviews standards every five years, contends that millions of Americans are at-risk from ozone pollution. Michael Honeycutt with TCEQ

recommends the EPA retain the current standard because lowering it wouldn’t benefit public health. But Vincent Nathan, a doctor who specializes in environmental safety at SA Metro Health, said TCEQ’s conclusion is akin to comparing apples to oranges. He backs the proposed new EPA guidelines. Bexar County and San Antonio do have high rates of asthmatic children, often associated with, though not necessarily caused by, high ozone levels, Nathan noted. “We actually do think that lowering it will help people with those types of illnesses,” he said. Meanwhile, AACOG and San Antonio are working to reduce ozone pollution Steps taken in SA include: B-Cycle program, expanded greenways, reducing utility costs and energy-efficient building codes. Penalties for not meeting EPA air quality standards could include anything from costly air quality controls placed on businesses to personal vehicle emission tests, Williams said. So, San Antonio basically lucked out since it’s still technically OK as per the 2012 EPA visit. Had the agency visited just three months later, the city would have been declared in violation. “We were very lucky. We were fortunate,” Williams said. When the new standards are finalized, TCEQ will have one year to present designation recommendations to the EPA. mreagan@sacurrent.com

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HOTEL JUNKIE

support a family, and assure a better future for our kids. And the $518 is an average; it’s safe to assume that many local hotel employees actually make even less. The Workforce Commission also has data for one particular hotel occupation: hotel desk clerks. In 2013, their hourly wage came to $10.04, or just over $20,000 a year for a 40-hour week. Even as we keep pouring public dollars and resources into attracting events and visitors, trying to fill hotel rooms, the “economic impact” doesn’t necessarily reach average, hard-working San Antonians.

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$41 million. $85 million. $518. The first figure is cost the city council recently approved for an array of improvements to the 21-year-old Alamodome. The second, as reported in the Express-News in November, is the projected “economic impact” from our hosting of the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament in 2018. The third? We’ll get to that in a bit (but rest assured, it’s not a typo; it’s just $518).

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The cost of the Dome improvements is the sure thing, along with millions more in interest to repay the bonds over the next 20 or 25 years. The city staff has promised that the cost will be met by a set of increases in Dome fees, including parking and ticket fee increases, although the city council was given only another promise, that a financing plan would be provided by June. The promise of “economic impact” is just that. We have been chosen by the NCAA for 2018. But the group also anointed various other cities, including Atlanta and Minneapolis, each of which will boast a big, brand-new stadium. The stadium race around the country — our competition for big sports events — is heating up right now. Missouri officials have pitched a plan for an entirely new stadium in St. Louis in an effort to keep the NFL Rams. The San Diego Chargers want a new venue, too. And now the Chargers have joined with the Oakland Raiders in proposing a new, joint stadium in suburban Los Angeles, if the Raiders can’t get a new venue in Oakland. The great stadium race around the country makes our shot at major events like a Final Four an uncertain one. Yet the pitch for financing the Dome improvements also included the possibility of luring the College Football Championship Game. It all sounds remarkably like what San Antonians heard 12 CURRENT • March 4-10, 2015 • sacurrent.com

Are more hotels the way to go for SA? Are they the great savior the city makes them out to be?

in 1989, when we voted to build the Alamodome in the first place. Back then, the promise we were given was that the Dome would bring a string of big events to the city, including the U.S. Olympic Festival, for which the city had just lost its bid. And above all was the promise of “economic impact” — there it is again — from the tens of thousands of new visitors lured to the city.

Boon For Whom?

Visitor “economic impact” has long been the stuff of civic leaders’ dreams, local politicos’ promises and countless newspaper editorials. From one convention center expansion after another, to the city’s backing of the Grand Hyatt hotel with tax dollars, to the current Dome upgrades, the mantra has always been that more tourists mean more prosperity and economic advance. We have succeeded in filling block after downtown block with new hotels, aiding developers and property owners. But how much of that “impact” has actually helped folks beyond national hotel executives remains in question. Has it really helped blue-collar workers? What

about middle-class people? That’s where the $518 mentioned at the outset comes in. That is the average weekly wage of hotel workers in Bexar County, as reported by the Texas Workforce Commission for the third quarter of 2014, the latest figures available. Do the math and you see that wage amounts to just under $27,000 a year. That’s not much of an income to

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That could change. The Grand Hyatt downtown, financed with Federal empowerment zone bonds, is covered by a “living wage standard” that stipulates a minimum wage of $11.50 for 2014. As the city pursues future Final Fours and football championships, providing another $2.5 million just this year in “hosting obligations” to bring conventions and events here, we need to revisit that living wage. And consider extending it much more broadly, to include all the major downtown hotels. It’s not like it hasn’t been done before. Take Los Angeles, for example. The city approved a measure this year providing a minimum hourly wage of $15.37 to all hotel workers. So let’s start with our Grand Hyatt, and press for a similar minimum wage. The city’s charter review commission recently recommended that we pay our councilmembers $45,722 a year. Perhaps they deserve a big raise. If they do, without question so do scores of workers whose work ensures that all these hotels keep humming.

“We have succeeded in filling block after downtown block with new hotels, aiding developers and hotel owners. But how much of that ‘impact’ has actually helped folks beyond national hotel executives remains in question.” –Heywood Sanders, UTSA public policy professor

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Mnozil Brass MUSIC

Many of the “fun-classical” acts making the rounds today take a spoonful of sugar approach to help the Mozart go down easier with a bit of pop and comedy mixed in. Austria’s Mnozil Brass might be placed in that category, but there’s never the sense they have a motive beyond enjoying themselves. Yes Yes Yes, the seven-piece horn band’s current performance, is an apt title for the happygo-lucky eclecticism of the program, which bounces from the Strauss marches of their native Bavaria to a “Bohemian Rhapsody” sing-along and back to Polish polka in the span of an hour. $29-$110, 7:30pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — J.D. Swerzenski

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THU

John Mellencamp MUSIC

John Mellencamp has stretched his brand of all-American rock through 22 studio albums and enough singles to fill all the mixtapes we made in high school. Four decades after his first release, Mellencamp is still packing auditoriums with his soulful sound and nostalgic lyricism. Although he’s touring in support of his stripped-down 2014 album Plain Spoken, Mellencamp is sure to channel his John Cougar days with hits “Jack and Diane” and “Hurts So Good.” He may have dropped the “Cougar” from his name 20 years ago, but the 63-yearold rocker still has bite. $42.50-$252, 7:30pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Erik Casarez

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Hurray for the Riff Raff MUSIC

Alynda Lee Segarra’s husky and emotive voice belies her tiny frame, just as her woeful and world-weary tunes seem incongruous with her mere 26 years of age. Through her main musical vehicle, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Segarra has already released a wealth of masterful and fiery material steeped in the traditions of Americana, with an organic Tin Pan Alley looseness and a riot grrrl swagger. The band’s most recent effort, 2014’s excellent Small Town Heroes, find’s Segarra and company continuing to challenge and playfully subvert folk music traditions with brilliant results. $15, 8pm, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Rd., New Braunfels, (830) 606-1281, gruenehall.com. — James Courtney

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Serpientes y Escaleras THEATER

In his book Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie wrote, “The game of Snakes and Ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that for every ladder you climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner.” Drawing inspiration from the ancient Indian board game, Erik Bosse and Laurie Rae Dietrich’s play Serpientes y Escaleras unfolds on the set of a game show hosted by Silverio Morena and psychic emcee Saligia Jones. Lucky members of the “studio audience” will be invited on stage to compete in the game of “virtues and vices, successes and setbacks.” $10-$15, 8pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Jump-Start, 710 Fredericksburg Rd., 227-5867, jump-start.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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Women’s Day March & Rally SPECIAL EVENT

As proposed by German activist Clara Zetkin, the first ever International Women’s Day took place in 1911 and brought together more than a million men and women to campaign for women’s rights to work, vote and hold public office. Now a global celebration that takes shape in thousands of events, IWD recognizes the “economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.” Following a theme of “Women Telling Our Stories,” SA’s 25th annual event steps off from Plaza del Zacate (500 W. Houston St.) and culminates with a rally featuring speakers and music by local accordion queen Eva Ybarra at Travis Park. Free, 10am, sawomenwillmarch.org. — BR

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Twin Productions Local Showcase MUSIC

This Saturday night’s a busy one for local music, largely because of the behemoth offerings at the Korova. While the Burger Revolution showcase is getting fuzzy in the basement, Twin Productions is presenting a righteous local music showcase on two stages in the main room. With more than 15 promising bands representing everything from pop and metal to electronic and indie rock, the show promises to be a swell opportunity to survey SA’s musical up-and-comers. We’re especially stoked to catch the grunge-pop of The 600 Band, the moody space rock of Remanon and the post-hardcore thrashings of Signalman. $10, 6pm, The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., 995-7229, thekorova.com. — JC

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The Pastie Pops Rock! BURLESQUE

Still abuzz from performing in January to a sold-out crowd, local burlesque troupe The Pastie Pops is gearing up to shimmy and shake to some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest hits. Hosted by Austin-based comic Ralphie Hardesty in the cozy confines of Beacon Hill’s Uptown Studio, the gang’s latest foray into the art of undressing showcases the talents of SA’s own Vixy Van Hellen (aka the “Bare Bottom of Bexar County”) and former “Southern Fried King of Burlesque” Jasper St. James alongside New York City gals Dottie Dynamo (“The Lovable Bundle of Tits ‘N’ Trouble”) and Ginger Twist. $10-$15, 9pm, The Uptown Studio, 700 Fredericksburg Rd., 387-1617, facebook.com/pastiepops. — BR

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Kevin James COMEDY

We’re not sure if he incorporates tripping all over himself during his onstage performances like he does in most of his movies, but Paul Blart himself will leave his Segway and pornstache at home for a one-night-only show, which he’ll probably use to help promote his sequel Mall Cop 2, hitting theaters in April. James had a nice run on TV with The King of Queens, but the films that followed aren’t what anyone would consider comedy gold. Look for him to make amends by going back to his stand-up comedy roots and seeing what happens when he’s not tethered to Adam Sandler. $45-75, 7pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., 226-3333, majesticempire.com. – Kiko Martínez

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Empty Bowls

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An example of a charitable idea that truly caught on, Empty Bowls brings together potters, educators, caterers and chefs in an effort to combat hunger. Devised in a Michigan high school in 1990 and now under the umbrella of the North Carolina nonprofit Imagine Render Group, the “international grassroots effort” follows a similar format in events across the nation: members of the community are invited to purchase a ceramic bowl and enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread, with proceeds benefiting organizations working to end hunger and food insecurity. Launched in 2000 by the San Antonio Potters Guild, the local chapter donated more than $58,000 to SAMMinistries in 2014. The 15th annual event brings an array of handcrafted ceramic bowls and soups from area eateries (from Bill Miller to Biga on the Banks) to the grounds of longtime host venue the Southwest School of Art. $20 (includes handcrafted bowl, soup and bread), 11am-2pm, Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St., 224-1848, samm.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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Art opening: ”Healing Art Project” Keller-

Rihn Studio unveils a group exhibition of mandalas, weavings, drawings, sculptures and paintings created in conjunction with the Department for Culture and Creative Development’s new StART Program. The “Healing Art Project” culminates Sunday with an International Women’s Day event featuring illuminated photographs of mandalas, a film by Erik Bosse, a blessing by Coahuiltecan Indian chief Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez, drumming and music by American Indians in Texas (AIT) and a Bharatanatyam dance performance along the San Antonio River Walk. Floating mandalas will be launched at 7:30pm to sacred chants led by Rick Henderson of Shantikar Kirtan Performance Group. Free, 6-10pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday; KellerRihn Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St.; 6-9pm Sunday; San Antonio River Walk, 100 E. Guenther St. (across from the San Antonio River Authority office), 800-5441.

Art opening: Mini Art Museum: “Cabinet of Curiosities” Claudia Zapata curates works by more than a dozen artists who’ve contributed to creative reuse organization Spare Parts’ mobile museum, which will pop up at various venues throughout Contemporary Art Month. Free, 7-9pm Thursday; in front of Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St., Building B #106, 291-8640

Art opening: “Ocean Harvest” Inspired by ocean acidification and other

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environmental issues, Margaret Craig’s new mixed-media sculptures employ recyclable materials to suggest synthetic lifeforms. Free, 6-9pm Saturday; REM Gallery, 219 E. Park Ave., 224-1227.

Art opening: “Unconstrained” Curated

by Antonia Richardson, “Unconstrained” highlights local artist Ben Mata’s new abstract paintings on aluminum. Free, 6-9pm Friday; Mercury Project, 538 Roosevelt Ave., 478-9133.

Art opening: “Painting Rhythms”

AnArte hosts an opening reception and art talk with Eric Breish, a Houston native who channels his love of music into ink and resin works on aluminum. Free, 6-8:30pm Thursday; AnArte Gallery, 7959 Broadway St., 826-5674

“Arte y Tradición de La Frontera: The U.S-Mexico Borderlands in the works of Santa Barraza and Carmen Lomas Garza” Texas A&M-San Antonio’s “Arte

y Tradición de La Frontera” showcases paintings, prints and other works by revered Chicana artists Santa Barraza and Carmen Lomas Garza. Free, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm Tuesday; Educational & Cultural Arts Center, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 101 S. Santa Rosa Ave., 784-1105.

”Confections and Fictions” Featuring

works by New York-based British artist Andrew Havenhand and celebrated San Antonio artists Jesse Amado and Kelly

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Pop quiz: what is the top grossing musical movie of all time worldwide? No, not West Side Story or Chicago or even Grease. The honor goes to Mama Mia, which has raked in James Cameron numbers since its 2008 release. The only possible explanation for this figure, beyond Pierce Brosnan’s unforgettable vocal performance, must be the unstoppable power of Abba. More than three decades after the Swedish quartet relinquished their reign over the world pop charts, their AM-Gold hits simply refuse to fade away. Now, the San Antonio Symphony will do their part to keep Abba alive with the help of the world’s most popular Abba tribute group, Arrival from Sweden. Though tracks like “Dancing Queen” and “Fernando” never lacked for pop bombast, the full symphony treatment should offer a whole new level to the band’s widely adored catalog. $25-$100, 8pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — J.D. Swerzenski

O’Connor, the Southwest School of Art’s mixed-media offering “Confections and Fictions” runs concurrently with the Los Angeles-based Institute for Figuring’s traveling “Crochet Coral Reef” and “Epicaricacy,” a selection of political caricatures and drawings of local personalities by local artist Jeremiah Teutsch. Free, 9am-5pm WednesdaySaturday, 11am-4pm Sunday, 9am-5pm Monday-Tuesday; Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St., 224-1848.

First Saturday Pop-Up Southtown

businesses Simply Irresistable Café, Fashion Studio & Art, Angelin DeCarlo salon and AC Gallery team up for a pop-up event with contributions from Mr. Piñata, Agosto Cuellar, Mary Alice Medina and others. Free, 10am-5pm Saturday; 700 block of S. Presa St.

Harlequin Night SAMA bids farewell to

“Nelson Rockefeller’s Picasso Tapestries, Commissioned for Kykuit” with a special event featuring guided tours, poetry performances by University of the Spoken Word, games of art bingo, paella samples from chef Johnny Hernandez, a cash bar and music by DJ Steven Lee Moya. $15-$20, 6-10pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones St., 978-8100.

McNay Print Fair The only event of its

kind in Texas, the McNay Print Fair brings together 14 dealers from across the country to show and sell prints, drawings,

and works on paper priced to suit almost any budget. $5-$10, 10am-5pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., 824-5368.

Sundaes on Sunday Artist/curator

Catherine Lee moderates an afternoon discussion between Ken Little, Justin Boyd and Margaret Meehan — all of whom are featured in Cinnabar’s current group show “Memory & Forgetting.” Free, 1:303:30pm Sunday; Cinnabar, 1420 S. Alamo St. #147, 557-6073.

Film

WWII in Film: In the Navy In conjunction with the exhibition “World War II in Photographs,” the McNay offers a special screening of the Abbott and Costello classic In the Navy (1941). $5-$10, 2pm Wednesday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., 824-5368.

Patrick’s Day URBAN-15 hosts a First

Friday screening of Patrick’s Day, an Irish film about relationships between a suicidal airline stewardess, a schizophrenic young man and his manipulative mother. $10, 7pm Friday, URBAN-15, 2500 S. Presa St., 736-1500.

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Seth Gordon’s 2007 documentary The King of Kong explores the world of competitive vintage arcade gaming and an epic rivalry for Donkey Kong supremacy between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe. This special CineSnob screening includes a video Q&A

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GLAAD to Know You Morgan Clyde directs Chadd Green and Lee Hurtado’s original new comedy GLAAD to Know You. Set in a Hollywood hotel, the play surrounds a pair of gay lovers who’ve been living a lie in the name of stardom. $10-$14, 8pm Thursday-Sunday, The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., 557-7562.

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Moliere’s Shorts The Northwest Vista

Drama Program stages 15th-century French playwright Molière’s one-act comedies The Rehearsal at Versailles and Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed. $3-$8, 8pm Thursday-Saturday, Palmetto Center for the Arts, Northwest Vista College, 3535 N. Ellison Dr., 486-4527.

Once Based on the Irish film of the same

name, Once follows a down-and-out Dublin musician and a kooky Czech girl who inspires a new kind of song. With his ex-girlfriend and her husband looming overhead, the pair yearns for what can never be. Their complex romance unfolds through a series of haunting songs performed by the ensemble cast against a minimalist set. $64-$100, 7:30pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8pm Friday, 2pm & 8pm Saturday, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday; The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., 226-3333.

The Addams Family Rick Sanchez directs the Woodlawn’s production of Andrew Lippa’s macabre musical inspired by cartoonist Charles Addams. $15-$23, 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Rd., 267-8388.

The Cat In The Hat In celebration of

Spring Break, the Magik Theatre brings Dr. Seuss’ cherished classic The Cat in the Hat to life on stage under the direction of Dave Morgan. $12-$25, 2pm & 6:30pm Tuesday, Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St. Mary’s St, 226-3333.

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Special Events

Art Fit: Art + Exercise SAMA hosts a quick gallery talk about fitness in the visual arts followed by exercises and a River Walk run led by professional coaches from Run Wild Sports. Free, 6:30pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones St., 978-8100.

La Villita Living History Days Living

historians dressed in period clothing showcase life as it was lived during the Texas Revolution via demonstrations in wood working, flint knapping, cooking, land surveying and more. Free, 10am-3pm Saturday; La Villita, 418 Villita St., 867-0692.

Spring Break Family Days: Unwrapped Celebrate 60 years of modern art in San Antonio this Spring Break with three days of free art making activites along with a yoga tour, an Andy Warhol photo booth and a classic children’s performance by Ballet San Antonio. View the gifts given to the McNay over the last 10 years in “Rodin to Warhol” and give a gift back to someone in our city by bringing a can of food for the San Antonio Food Bank. Free, 2-4pm Tuesday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., 824-5368.

Texas Frontier Week The Institute of

Texan Cultures opens up its Back 40 outdoor learning area and invites guests to “spring into pioneer agriculture” with ranching and roping activities on “Maverick Monday” and gardening around an adobe house on “Tejano Tuesday.” $5-$8, 10am-3pm MondayTuesday; Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 E. César Chávez Blvd., 458-2300.

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CAM TURNS THE BIG 3-0 A Look At The Staying Power Of SA’s Contemporary Art Month DAN R. GODDARD

Miss CAM Antonio 2013 Miranda Joon Fermin celebrating her win with crown designer Mat Kubo.

Hard to believe something that’s been around for 30 years is still called “contemporary.” But Contemporary Art Month endures, turning March into an event-filled celebration of art being made in San Antonio with an emphasis on the innovative, experimental and edgy. “Not only is it amazing CAM is still around, it’s surprising it’s still so needed,” Chris Sauter, co-chairman, told the Current. “It provides a great platform for new, young artists to show their work. That’s why it’s still happening.” For 11 months of the year, San Antonio’s contemporary art scene is fragmented into different camps and neighborhoods. But come March, this diverse, eclectic, anti-establishment community comes together for CAM. “The truth is CAM is mainly a marketing tool, but it encourages artists to get out of their comfort zones and try to engage a larger audience,” Sauter said. Miss CAM Antonio, open to all genders, is a virtual pageant that asks: “How would you promote contemporary art in San Antonio?” Contestants post their answers on a Facebook page. Four finalists will be picked based on the number of “likes” they get, and the winner will be selected by CAM. The winner will be crowned during

the CAM kick-off party Thursday night at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum. “One of the most important things CAM does is bring in outside curators and artists in a cultural exchange,” Sauter said. “This year, we’re working with New Orleans.” Amy Mackie, co-director of the PARSE artist residency program in New Orleans, curated the CAM Perennial exhibit, “Move Me,” opening March 13 at the Museo Guadalupe. A former director of visual arts at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Mackie said she knew nothing about the San Antonio art scene before being asked to take charge. “I was given a list of 200 artists, which I whittled down to about 20,” Mackie said in a phone interview. “I made 20 studio visits last December and then selected eight artists for the show. I happened to pick work that communicated various approaches to physical movement … but I was really looking for art that moved me.” Justin Boyd created a new work for “Move Me” using layered recordings of birds, trains and ambient noise. Walks through Berlin during a residency inspired Karen Mahaffy. Anne Wallace made videos of couples dancing on forgotten pieces of flooring she’s found around the city. Jennifer Ling Datchuck, who

Blue Star’s opening reception for Rosane Volchan O’Connor’s 2014 CAM exhibition “Organismo.”

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Video works created by UTSA grads Raul Gonzalez (left) and Jimmy James Canales (right) are featured in the 2015 CAM Perennial exhibition, “Move Me.”

has a Russian/Irish father and a Chinese mother, made a cringe-inducing video of her carefully plucking her eyebrow hairs one by one, which she replaced with wearable eyebrows made of blue-andwhite Chinese porcelain. Mackie said several of the artists associated with the University of Texas at San Antonio combine sculpture with performance art. Roberto Celis turns his body into a human musical instrument, complete with taut strings that can be played like a cello. Raul Gonzalez uses dancing as a central element in his videos, while Kristin Gamez plans to fight the ties that bind her while being dragged across the floor in a performance piece. Known for blurring the line between reality and performance, Jimmy James Canales will be showing his video Karate Zarape and an installation of photographs taken during his two-year-long series SATX Treks. New Orleans artists will be featured in “CAMx 2015,” opening March 19 at the Fl!ght Gallery. Organized by the Good Children Gallery, a pioneer artist-run space in New Orleans’ St. Claude Arts District, the artists include Jessica Bizer and Srdjan Loncar, among others. “I don’t know too much about these artists so we’re operating on blind faith that it will be a good show,” Justin Parr, Fl!ght co-director, said in a phone interview. “But I think it’s a good idea to build bridges with other cities … Our biggest problem is that a lot of artists want to show during CAM, but we just don’t have room for everyone.” Although CAM has been around for

three decades, there’s some confusion over its 30th anniversary, since CAM has existed as an independent organization for just for 12 years. Meanwhile Blue Star, where it all began, will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. “While Contemporary Art Month is celebrating 30 years of CAM happenings in San Antonio, we are not celebrating a 30th-year anniversary,” Roberta Hassele, CAM co-chair, noted in a statement. “Instead, the year 2015 marks our 30th year of consecutive key CAM events held in San Antonio. CAM became an independent project in 2003. We received our (nonprofit) designation letter in early July 2012.” The inaugural CAM began in summer of 1986 as an effort by the city’s artists to turn a negative into a positive. The negative came in February 1986 when the San Antonio Museum of Art fired contemporary art curator Stephen Bradley for “gross insubordination” and canceled a planned summer show featuring 25 local artists – many of them respected teachers at local colleges – dubbed “San Antonio Contemporary.” Bradley contended he was falsely accused of making negative comments about John Mahey, then SAMA’s director. Mahey, whose taste ran more to Italian baroque than Robert Rauschenberg, couldn’t understand why the dismissal of his chief curator even made headlines, since “bank vice presidents have more influence.” Mahey proposed to replace the curated contemporary show with a juried exhibit, but he severely underestimated

the negative reaction from artists, who were looking forward to a more selective, professional show. Jeffrey Moore, then director of the Southwest Craft Center (renamed the Southwest School of Art in 2010), became the leader of a loose coalition of local artists who banded together to stage a replacement show in the Blue Star Project, a collection of 1920s-vintage warehouses being developed by Arthur “Hap” Veltman. Artists rolled up their sleeves and shoveled decades of accumulated dirt and debris out of the warehouse, dubbed the Blue Star Art Space. The replacement show, “Blue Star I,” opened on June 27, 1986. “At first, the artists wanted the Craft Center to stage the show, but I thought that would have been political suicide,” Moore said in a phone interview from Denver, where he owns a home décor business. “I have to give a lot of credit for the idea of Contemporary Art Month to Suzanne Detwiler (now Scott, head of the San Antonio River Authority) who was my PR person at the time ... We came up with a month’s worth of events, created a calendar and got City Council to proclaim Contemporary Art Month. I’m shocked that CAM has lasted 30 years, but it’s obviously a good thing.” Scott said Moore still deserves credit for organizing CAM and building support for it, but she saw her job as getting the word out about San Antonio’s growing community of artists. And she’s still vested in the arts – she’s chairwoman of Bexar County’s United Arts Fund and has also

pushed for public art installations along the Mission Reach. “The first CAM was the first time the city really focused on contemporary art,” Scott said. “People were a little reluctant to deal with ‘the shock of the new,’ but CAM showed that contemporary art takes many forms and it wasn’t all trying to be shocking. To me, CAM still shows how large and vibrant the art scene is in San Antonio.” Among the artists showing at the first Blue Star show were Richard Thompson, John Tweddle, Gary Schafter, Diane Mazur and James Cobb (who’ll unveil a solo CAM 2015 exhibit March 6 at Sala Diaz). Along with “Blue Star I,” the first CAM included SAMA’s “Open ‘86” juried show featuring 115 artists and the “San Antonio Circumference” at the bygone San Antonio Art Institute. The second CAM in 1987 spotlighted 14 exhibits. This year, the CAM calendar is crammed with more than 120 exhibits, performances, concerts and other events. Andy Benavides, whose SMART initiative included CAM for a few years, thinks CAM is now better organized than ever. He is touting a new website for the Southtown Arts District (southtownartsdistrict.com) with maps and community-driven pages he hopes will make it easier to find CAM events. “People have really stepped up to the plate for CAM,” Benavides said. “They have a strong, active board and they’re raising money. In my 20-plus years on the scene, I’ve seen a lot of stuff come and go, but CAM is still going strong.” sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 27

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One of Cathy Cunningham-Little’s works featured in Blue Star’s “Back from Berlin.”

CONTEMPORARY ART MONTH’S 30TH YEAR KICKS OFF WITH A BANG 5 Of CAM’s Most Promising Shows BRYAN RINDFUSS AND SARAH FISCH

Uniting San Antonio’s creative community since 1986, Contemporary Art Month kicks off another jam-packed March with a celebration at its birthplace in the Blue Star Arts Complex (free, 6-9 p.m. Thu, 1420 S. Alamo St.). Bookended by the crowning of Miss CAM Antonio (the top honor in a virtual pageant that plays out on CAM’s Facebook page) and the presentation of an array of CAMMIE Awards (determined by online voting at contemporaryartmonth.com), the month-long affair offers a steady flow of exhibitions and opening receptions but also ventures out of the box with studio tours, artist talks and pop-ups. Although we’ll be covering CAM throughout March, its first weekend is one you won’t want to miss. THU-FRI

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‘Back from Berlin’

Opening in tandem with CAM’s official kick-off, the group show “Back from Berlin” brings together the first four San Antonio artists to take part in Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum’s two-year-old Berlin Residency Program. Facilitated by a unique partnership between BSCAM, SA-based German curator/ journalist Angelika Jansen and Berlin’s Künstlerhaus Bethanien, the three-week residency provides each visiting artist with studio and living space, exhibition opportunities, access to workshops and studio visits with curators. Although local art scenesters are likely already familiar with the work of inaugural residents Vincent Valdez, Cathy Cunningham-Little, Ricky Armendariz and Karen Mahaffy, Jansen (who also acts as program liaison) notes: “All four artists came back raving about their experiences [and] how they are looking differently at creating art. For them there is a definite before and after Berlin.” Free, 6-9pm, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, 227-6960, bluestarart.org. 28 CURRENT • March 4-10, 2015 • sacurrent.com

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native Ricky Armendariz’s mystical wood-block prints scrawled with Spanglish phrases and song lyrics; revered Marfa artist Julie Speed’s Dada-inspired boxes filled with mysterious scraps of paper, old engravings, drawings and found objects; and New York-based San Antonio native Alejandro Diaz’s covetable neon works that turn simple word play (such as “Sold/Unsold” and “Siesta, I’m Wired!”) into something that’s both ironic and surprisingly deep. Free, 6-8pm, Ruiz-Healy Art, 201 E. Olmos Dr., 804-2219, ruizhealyart.com. THU

From top left: works by Ricky Armendariz (“More Than Words”), yesmissolga (“Seven Minutes in Heaven”) and James Cobb (“Tooky Jelly”).

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‘Runnin’ Down the Road: UTSA Alumni Exhibition’

The lineup for CAM’s UTSA alumni exhibition comes as no surprise. But it’s a satisfying group; UTSA has produced some of the finest artists working in the city today. And, for once, this agglomeration of artists cannot be put down to some sort of cliquey enterprise — they’ve got UTSA in common. Maybe it’s a chicken-and-egg thing, and as far as that goes, an emblem of the grad school/art-world conundrum. But in any case, “Runnin’ Down the Road” highlights a phalanx of the truly gifted, civic and dedicated practitioners and, usually, instructors who’ve gone on to inform the Alamo colleges. In addition to frequently exhibited mainstays like Nate Cassie, Michele Monseau and Leigh Anne Lester, the group show highlights accomplished yet lesser known artists, including James Smolleck, whose deft manipulation of buried mythology and mathematical exactitude evince classical Islamic art and graphic sci-fi universes. Free, 6-9pm, Terminal 136, 136 Blue Star, 458-4352, art.utsa.edu.

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‘More Than Words’

Not a visual tribute to Extreme’s cheesy ‘90s rock ballad “More Than Words,” Ruiz-Healy Art’s CAM offering takes an intriguing look at text-based works created by nine artists from Texas, Mexico and Spain. As outlined in the exhibition notes, the use of text as a visual element connects masters ranging from Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque (who incorporated stenciled letters and newspaper clippings in early 20th-century paintings and collages) to Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns (who helped define the pop art era with paintings that borrowed concepts from signage and commercial lettering). With this undying trend as its open-ended theme, “More Than Words” showcases Ruiz-Healy’s stellar roster while also spelling out a wild array of messages that run the gamut from “subversive social comment to rapturous meditation.” Standing out among the highlights are late local legend Chuck Ramirez’s irreverent photographs emblazoned with bold-face titles such as Queen, Libre and DF; El Paso

‘Tooky Jelly’

In his interview last year with the artist James Cobb, Current contributor Gary Sweeney summed up what many feel about the work of this most accomplished yet least self-promoting of all San Antonio artists: “extremely smart, complex, and under appreciated ... that rare and refreshing combination of intelligence and craftsmanship.” Sweeney and Cobb first exhibited together at the old Wong Spot space on South Flores and Cevallos in the mid-’90s and Cobb was hot — critically and commercially. Since then, Cobb found himself “struck by a palpable distaste” of art-world shenanigans. He left the game. His practice then embraced digital media, and his patient application of vector graphics has revealed Cobb to be a deeper thinker and more integrated stylist that we knew. His show at Fl!ght Gallery last year stirred up awestruck enthusiasm and for good reason. He wrested from the expected career path his own, highly disciplined trajectory. His occupation of Sala Diaz may blow your mind synapse by synapse, not only in its grandeur, but in its elusive grasp on the heart. Check out his titling, too. In addition to his print The Bridge (left), Cobb’s work can be seen on this week’s cover. Free, 6:30-9:30pm, Sala Diaz, 517 Stieren St., (972) 900-0047, facebook.com/saladiazart. SAT

‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’

Since its debut on the Contemporary Art Month calendar in 2012, the erotic pop-up “Seven Minutes in Heaven” has emerged as one of the season’s most buzzed-about events. Named after a party game favored by horny teens, the one-nightonly happening owes more than a little of its cachet to the promise of racy antics on display in a seedy location. Yet curator and Invisible Gallery founder Jessica Garcia consistently shakes things up with a rotating roster of local and visiting artists who also contribute to an erotic coloring book ($10) that both complements and helps fund the show. Featuring contributions from nine artists (Mat Kubo, Ed Saavedra and Ethel Shipton among them) the fourth incarnation takes over the Fox (rooms, courtyard and all) with uncensored expressions in video, installation, performance and puppetry, plus music by Pink Leche and El Fenix. Free, 6-10pm, Fox Motel, 302 Newell Ave., contemporaryartmonth.com. sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 29

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PEN PAL AUTHORS Renowned Writer Gary Snyder And Author Julia Martin Offer Rare Joint Talk MURPHI COOK CAROLE KODA

The first letter traveled over 16,000 miles. From there, South African writer and scholar Julia Martin and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist and environmental activist Gary Snyder forged a relentless conversation on topics as far-ranging as the environment, gender politics and daily life. Their decades-long correspondence can be found in Nobody Home: Writing, Julia Martin and Gary Snyder at Kitkitdizze in 1988. Buddhism, and Living in Places. Snyder, most famously known for Mountains and Rivers learned from the people that were here Without End, a 40-year epic work earlier … What did they know about the of poetry, and Practice of the Wild, landscape that we don’t know now or a collection of essays, spoke to the have ignored? One of the ways that you Current from Kitkitdizze (his California do all of this is you get out and go for home on the San Juan Ridge) in honor walks or ride your bicycle, and you have of the pair’s upcoming evening of a flower book, a bird book and several inquiry and poetry on March 4 at Trinity other books so that you will know the University. This rare occasion will mark trees and the plants. only their fourth face-to-face meeting in more than 30 years. How have your extensive travels enhanced your sense of place? Do you think that your Well, now I know what to look for. relationship with Julia was If you don’t know anything about your enhanced because you own place, how the heck are you going communicated primarily through to know any other place? writing? Would your relationship have been the same in person? The line between your role as a Probably not. There’s something writer and as someone who interacts about the distance and the informality with nature is pretty blurred. of letters. But the main thing is, for Well, of course. A writer is a person me, that Julia is very good at asking who lives in the world. How could they questions. I’ll talk to anybody that will write about anything if they didn’t know ask questions. Not many people are a lot of stories, or a lot of people, or a good at asking questions. lot of gossip?

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Professional writing has come full circle for renowned poet and novelist Luis Alberto Urrea. Born to an American mother and a Mexican father, Urrea developed a deep understanding of border culture, having spent his formative years in Tijuana and San Diego. He has been prolific in putting pen to paper to portray that border culture – to the tune of more than a dozen books. And he seems to have some truly supportive fans. They went online last week to pray for Urrea’s eldest brother Juan, who lost an ongoing battle with cancer. It’s that close connection with his readers that kept Urrea from cancelling his new speaking tour, which started last week at San Antonio’s Palo Alto College. It was organized by Gemini Ink. “I had no choice,” Urrea told around 100 people. “There was no way I was going to miss this and talking to you.” Rather than read from his works as originally slated, Urrea recalled tales from his youth and his writing career. As a young child in Tijuana, Urrea’s family was poor. His loved ones included funky characters, including a cantankerous diabetic aunt who smoked and possessed “a wicked tongue.” They all made for intrigue in Urrea’s young life. “These were some of the most interesting, funny, wild people I had ever known,” he said. His Irish-American mother turned

Urrea to books. She clung to her literary roots while his father hung on to his Mexican influence. “She started me on (Charles) Dickens, then Mark Twain, then Rudyard Kipling,” Urrea recalled. “She wanted me to read a lot. She didn’t learn Spanish. The kitchen was New York and the living room was Tijuana.” Writing about his real-life experiences came naturally to him. “I wasn’t athletic or a scholar. I couldn’t even dance,” he recalled. Urrea spent the rest of his youth with family in San Diego. His writing took off in middle school. As a young adult, publishers took notice. One of his best-known works, The Devil’s Highway, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, painfully detailed the story of 14 undocumented immigrants who died in Arizona’s unforgiving Sonoran desert in May 2001. “My publisher approached me (about The Devil’s Highway) but I tried not to write it. I had already written three non-fiction border books. I didn’t want to be known as ‘border boy,’” Urrea told the Current following his talk. “But my publisher said ‘no, you’ll want to write it.’” This spring will see the release of three new books from Urrea, including The Tijuana Book of the Dead, a collection of poems responding to the abolition of Mexican-American studies in Arizona. “It’s a festival of F-bombs, but I put in

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“Everything is everyone’s fault.” Of the five foreign language films nominated for an Oscar this year, Leviathan is a rarity, a movie fueled by angry condemnation and sardonic contempt rather than poetic uplift or mournful reminiscence. You want to root for its success simply because it’s a cinematic voice of rebellion, daring its host country, and the entire Academy, to consider the soul-crushing corruption that infects Russian culture — and, frankly, most of humanity. Whether it’s the church, local bureaucrats, Putin’s government, or the drunken, selfish masses, director Andrey Zvyagintsev points his damning finger at everyone. With that kind of approach, it didn’t have a chance in hell of taking home a coveted statue. Set in the breathtaking northwest coast of Russia, near the Finnish border, Leviathan follows the Job-like travails of Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov), a hot-headed mechanic whose sprawling seaside home — built by ancestors generations ago — has become a target of acquisition for the town’s tyrannical mayor, Vadim (Roman Madyanov), who sees it as the lynchpin in his crooked development schemes. With a belly full of pride (and lots of vodka), Kolya challenges the corrupt forces conspiring to steal his land, recruiting Dmitri, an old army buddy who has become a slick Moscow lawyer, to help. Unfortunately, the more Kolya resists, the

harder and harsher Vadim becomes, sending both into a spiral of neurotically macho confrontations. Further complicating things is that Kolya’s young wife, Lilya (Elena Lyadova), becomes attracted to Dmitri, while Roma (Sergey Pokhodaev), his disaffected teenage son from a previous marriage, seethes with resentment about his new family. With plenty of stupidity, betrayal, and petty cruelty to go around, Leviathan builds, as most Russian stories do, toward tragedy. But not without first indulging in some dark Chekhovian humor. From the mayor’s thuggish, bantering cronies to the hypocrisies of church leaders, Zvyagintsev paints a scathingly acerbic portrait of small-time corruption. Leviathan’s pace is slow — maybe too slow — but Zvyagintsev squeezes out a queasy form of suspense from the soul-crushing obstacles he keeps hurling at his righteous protagonist. For more than two hours, Kolya and those around him endure one misfortune after another, forcing you to wonder whether there will ever be any relief. Every time you think you know where the plot is heading, the characters blindside you with an impulsively bad choice. Even the lovely Lilya, who seems to notice so much of what the others miss, ends up undone. It’s her fate that may ultimately disturb the most. Leviathan is outraged and cynical, the work of a talented filmmaker who is out to condemn a nation he clearly loves. There simply aren’t enough filmmakers like this anymore, artists who know how to harness their rage into dramatically compelling, if emotionally exhausting, movies. Zvyagintsev’s references may be uniquely Russian, but his exploration of how ordinary people get fucked by the powerful is universal. Leviathan (R) Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev; writ. Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev; feat. Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov Opens March 6 at Santikos Bijou

Since 1947, when the Academy Awards first started including foreign language films (a formal competitive category was created in 1956), Russian films have been nominated 15 times (nine as the Soviet Union) and taken home the Oscar just four times. The last was more than 20 years ago with 1994’s Burnt by the Sun. This year, Siberian-born Andrey Zvyagintsev’s scathingly bitter Leviathan was predicted to triumph over four strong nominees after taking home Best Foreign-Language Film at the Golden Globes. Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida ended up winning. The soldier-turned-actor-turned-director has been on an upward trajectory since his 2003 debut The Return took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Zvyagintsev’s 2011 film Elena made clear that he was willing to confront the corruption that has infected his country. Social consciousness and critique fuel Zvyagintsev’s work, which has won him no favors with officials back home. Though it paints a bleak portrait of Russian society, the film was actually inspired by Coloradan Marvin Heemeyer, who demolished several buildings then killed himself after losing a zoning dispute. Nevertheless, Leviathan was, at first, denied a formal release in its homeland, as conservatives condemned its views and even called for it to be banned. But after the Golden Globes win, and an estimated 1.5 million Russians downloaded it illegally, the film found its way onto nearly 700 screens. Still, things look far from rosy for the 51-year-old filmmaker who was once a street janitor. Leviathan received 35 percent of its budget from the Ministry Of Culture. When asked whether the ministry would help fund Zvyagintsev’s next film, its current leader answered, “All flowers can grow, but we only water the ones we like.”

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EXHIBITIONS THURS, JAN 22 – MON, MAR 16 Yet to be Determined David Alcantar Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center 1300 Guadalupe www.guadalupeculturalarts.org 210.271.3151 THURS, FEB 5 – SAT, MAR 28 Amy Yoes: The Structurals Neidorff Art Gallery, Trinity University Trinity University, One Trinity Place Dicke Art Building www.new.trinity.edu/academics/departments/ art-art-history/gallery 210.999.7682 THURS, FEB 12 – SUN, APR 26 Confections and Fictions Kelly O'Connor, Jesse Amado, Andrew Havenhand Southwest School of Art 300 Augusta Street Augusta @ Navarro www.swschool.org 210.224.1848 THURS, FEB 12 – SUN, APR 26 Crochet Coral Reef Project Margaret Wertheim, Christine Wertheim Southwest School of Art 300 Augusta Street Augusta @ Navarro www.swschool.org 210.224.1848 THURS, FEB 12 – FRI, APR 24 Jeremiah Teutsch: Epicaricacy Southwest School of Art 300 Augusta Street Augusta @ Navarro www.swschool.org 210.224.1848

FRI, FEB 20 – SUN, MAR 15 8th Anual On & Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour Autograph Party Albert Alvarez, Richard Arredondo, Norman René Avila, Rachael Marie Bower, Rolando Briseno, David Zamora Casas, Conan Chadbourne, Danville Chadbourne, Carol Cisneros, Stef Cmielewski, Patricia Golden Cody, Katrina Cook, Mark Cruitsinger, Carol Cunningham, Steven DaLuz, Richard De La O, Edith Cuellar, Jenelle Esparza, Amanda Furr, Oscar A. Galvan, Steven Masashi Garcia, Hector Garza, Rudy Garza, Laurel Gibson, David Guerrero, María Guerrero, Diana Sanchez Harwood, Jim Haught, Rex Hausmann, Adan Hernandez, Hilal & Kati Hibri, Dale Jenssen, Amy Jones, Jennifer Khoshbin, Catherine A. Lee, Michelle Love, Ben Mata, J.D. Morera, Thelma Ortiz Muraida, Jacob Merson, John Merson, Ernesto Olivo, Dora A. Orejel, Mike Owen, Vickie Owen, Alejandro A. Padilla, Stacy Parten, Martin Emmanuel Rangel, Sarah T. Roberts, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz, David S. Rubin, C. Elliott Russell, Jessica Sailors, Pearl Sanchez, Sandra Y. Sanchez-Arispe, Sarah Shore, Russell Stephenson, Julian Terrazas, Kathleen Trenchard, Tom Turner, Cody Vance, Rosie Zertuche Bihl Haus Arts 2803 Fredericksburg Rd (Inside the gates of Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apts.) www.bihlhausarts.org 210.383.9723 MON, FEB 23 – THURS, MAR 26 Danville Chadbourne: Sculpture Northeast Lakeview College Gallery 1201 Kitty Hawk Rd. www.alamo.edu/nlc/ 210.486.5000 SAT, FEB 28 – SAT, APR 25 Cornelia White Swann: Fugitive Color I French & Michigan 115 Michigan Avenue www.frenchandmichigan.com 210.378.0961

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WED, MAR 4 Paint a Glass with Blue Moon Tacos and Tequila 1915 Broadway Street www.tacos-and-tequila.com 210.314.8226 THURS, MAR 5, 6 – 9PM CAM Kick OFF Party & Crowning of Miss CAM Antonio Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum 116 Blue Star United States www.bluestarart.org 210.227.6960 THURS, MAR 5, 9PM – 12AM 1st Annual CAM Dance at the Brick Bonnie Cisneros, Agosto Cuellar Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex 108 Blue Star www.brickatbluestar.com 210.262.8653 THURS, MAR 5 – SAT, APR 25 More than Words: Text-Based Artworks Andrès Ferrandis, Ethel Shipton, Ricky Armendariz, Jesse Amado, Chuck Ramirez, Julie Speed , Nate Cassie, Alejandro Diaz, Marifer Barrero Ruiz-Healy Art 201 E Olmos Drive www.ruizhealyart.com 210.804.2219 THURS, MAR 5 – SAT, MAR 21 Recent Works by UTSA Alumni Nate Cassie, Jasmyne Graybill, Mark Hansen, Mira Hnatyshyn, Mark Hogensen, Jayne Lawrence, Leigh Anne Lester, Michele Monseau, Juan Mora, Riley Robinson, Chris Sauter, James Smolleck, Hills Snyder, John Webb, George Zupp Terminal 136 136 Blue Star www.art.utsa.edu 210.458.4391 THURS, MAR 5 – SAT, MAR 28 MINI ART MUSEUM: Cabinet of Curiosities Claudia Aparicio Gamundi, Julia Arredondo, Maribel Falcon, Joseph R. Hartman in collaboration with Jenna C. Yoder, James Huizar, Roy Martinez, Paloma Mayorga, Andrea Muñoz Martinez , Jonathan Rebolloso, Lauren Richman, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Cornelia White Swann, Natalie Villarreal Travis Park - Public Park 301 E. Travis Public Park www.sanantonio.gov/parksandrec/ dt_directory_travis.aspx 210.207.7275

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EXHIBITIONS cont. THURS, MAR 5 – SUN, MAY 10 Back From Berlin Vincent Valdez, Ricky Armendariz, Cathy Cunningham-Little, Karen Mahaffy Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum 116 Blue Star United States www.bluestarart.org 210.227.6960 THURS, MAR 5 – SAT, MAR 21 Recent Works by UTSA Alumni Nate Cassie, Jasmyne Graybill, Mark Hansen, Mira Hnatyshyn, Mark Hogensen, Jayne Lawrence, Leigh Anne Lester, Michele Monseau, Juan Mora, Riley Robinson, Chris Sauter, James Smolleck, Hills Snyder, John Webb, George Zupp Terminal 136 136 Blue Star www.art.utsa.edu 210.458.4391 FRI, MAR 6 – SUN, APR 5 James Cobb: Tooky Jelly Sala Diaz 517 Stieren www.saladiazart.org 210.852.4492

SAT, MAR 7 Contemporary Art in Suburbia/Suburbia in Contemporary Art Alyssa Danna, Trent Hebert, Justin Korver, Kaela Puente, Jenna Wright The Ceramics and Sculpture Graduate Studios at UTSA One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX. 78249 www.art.utsa.edu 210.458.4615 SAT, MAR 7, 6 – 10PM Seven Minutes in Heaven 2015 Jenelle Esparza, Nate Cassie, Louie Chavez, Mat Kubo, Miniature Curiosa, Ed Saavedra, Ethel Shipton, yesmissolga, Sixto-Juan Zavala Fox Motel 302 Newell Street SAT, MAR 7 – FRI, APR 24 Ocean Harvest Margaret Craig REM Gallery 219 East Park Ave www.remgallery.com 210.224.1227

FRI, MAR 6 – FRI, APR 17 Unconstrained by Ben Mata Mercury Project 538 Roosevelt 210.478.9133

SUN, MAR 8, 1:30 – 5:30PM Sundaes on Sunday discussing "Memory & Forgetting" Margaret Meehan, Justin Boyd, Ken Little, Catherine Lee Cinnabar Blue Star Arts Complex 420 S. Alamo Street #147 www.CinnabarArt.com

FRI, MAR 6 – SAT, MAR 28 SouthXSouthtown Exhibition & Concert Series Ruben Luna, Daniel Guerrero, Ingrid Mejia The R Gallery 725 South Presa 210.862.8875

SUN, MAR 8 – TUES, MAR 31 Neka Scarbrough-Jenkins Art Wall at Tex Pop South Texas Popular Culture Center (Tex Pop) 1017 E Mulberry www.southtexaspcc.org 210.792.1312

FRI, MAR 6 Stella by Starlight Cevallos Lofts 301 East Cevallos Street www.livethecl.com/ 866.295.0250

WED, MAR 11 Paint a Glass with Blue Moon The Angry Elephant 23535 W I-10, Suite 1101 www.theangryelephant.com 210.545.3782

SAT, MAR 7 In an Expanded Field Trent Hebert, Jenna Wright, Braydon Gold, Roberto Celis, Jason Gonzales, Alyssa Danna, Justin Korver The Ceramics and Sculpture Graduate Studios at UTSA One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX. 78249 www.art.utsa.edu 210.458.4615

THURS, MAR 12 – FRI, JAN 1 Art in the Garden 2015: Kim Beck's "One Way Trail" San Antonio Botanical Garden 555 Funston www.sabot.org 210.207.3250

THURS, MAR 12 – SUN, JUN 14 The Texas Size Breach Collaborative: From El Paso to San Antonio David Alcantar, Ricky Armendariz, Kim Bishop, Sabra Booth, James Borrego, Ana Fernandez, Sarah Fox, Luis M. Garza, Raul Gonzalez, Luis "Chispas" Guerrero, Megan Harrison, Paul Karam, Celeste De Luna, Alex Rubio, Luis Valderas, Vincent Valdez TAMU-SA’s Educational & Cultural Arts Center 101 S. Santa Rosa Avenue United States www.tamusa-ecac.com/ 210.784.1105 THURS, MAR 12 – SUN, MAY 17 Scene and Unseen Opening Reception Fernando Andrade, Mark Hogensen, Joanne Lefrak , Anne Lilly, Hiromi Stringer, Claude Van Lingen Cinnabar 1420 S. Alamo Street #147 Blue Star Arts Complex www.CinnabarArt.com 210.557.6073 THURS, MAR 12 Aeon Louis Vega Trevino, Jorge Puron, Ben Mata, Cande Aguilar Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex 108 Blue Star www.brickatbluestar.com 210.262.8653 FRI, MAR 13 – TUES, MAR 31 CAM Perennial 2015: Move Me Justin Boyd, Jimmy James Canales, Jennifer Ling Datchuck, Roberto Celis, Kristin Gamez, Raul Gonzalez, Karen Mahaffy, Anne Wallace Guadalupe Gallery 723 S. Brazos St. Free parking! www.guadalupeculturalarts.org 210.271.3151 FRI, MAR 13 – SUN, APR 5 Under the Wire: 2nd Friday at Highwire Arts Cindy Palmer, Ray Palmer, Charles Harrison 'Pompa', Maureen 'Momo' Brown, Seth Camm, Rebecca Coffey, Zag Memar, Shelby Guevara, Bill Simmons, Jon Davis, Alex Cerda, James Saldivar, Isabel Servantez, Choosy Beggars, Ghost Note Highwire Arts 325 W. Josephine St. (Across from Josephine Theatre) www.highwirearts.com

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FRI, MAR 13 – SUN, MAR 22 On The Edge Of Reality Luis Lopez and Adrian Jesus Falcon La Casa Rosa Art Studio 527 E Dewey Place www.luislopezartist.com 210.542.9070 SAT, MAR 14 – FRI, APR 24 Necrotic Black Black Swimming Hole with a Heavy Mossy Surface Film Jeff Gibbons, Gregory Ruppe Epitome Institute 222 Roosevelt Ave. www.epitomeinstitute.com 210.535.0918 SAT, MAR 14 – TUES, MAR 31 Collage of Robert Jeffrey SMART Art Project Space 1906 S. Flores www.1906gallery.com 210.227.5718 SAT, MAR 14 – TUES, MAR 31 Slick: A Response to the Gulf of Mexico Disaster Sabra Booth 3rd Space Art Gallery SAT, MAR 14 – SAT, APR 4 Audible Andy Benavides Dorćol Distilling Company 1902 S Flores So Flo Arts district! www.dorcoldistilling.com 210.229.0607

SUN, MAR 15 MINI ART MUSEUM: Cabinet of Curiosities & Rummage Sale Claudia Aparicio Gamundi, Julia Arredondo, Maribel Falcon, Michael Anthony Garcia, Joseph R. Hartman in collaboration with Jenna C. Yoder, James Huizar, Roy Martinez, Paloma Mayorga, Andrea Muñoz Martinez , Jonathan Rebolloso, Lauren Richman, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Cornelia White Swann, Natalie Villarreal Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex 108 Blue Star www.brickatbluestar.com 210.262.8653 WED, MAR 18 – FRI, APR 24 Contemporary Confections: Constructive Compositions by Brantley Ellzey Parchman Stremmel Gallery 7726 Broadway Street www.psgart.com 210.824.8990 WED, MAR 18 – WED, APR 15 XXXI Student Art Exhibition UTSA Art Gallery - Main Campus (1604) One UTSA Circle www.art.utsa.edu 210.458.4391 WED, MAR 18 Paint a Glass with Blue Moon Evil Olive Elixir Lounge 2950 Thousand Oaks Dr #5 www.evilolive-sa.com 210.495.0970 SUN, MAR 19 – TUES, MAR 31 CAMx (New Orleans) FL!GHT Gallery 134 Blue Star www.turnitoff.tv 210.872.2586

SAT, MAR 14 – SAT, APR 4 Past the Checkpoint Celeste De Luna Gallista Gallery 1913 S. Flores St. www.gallistagallery.com 210.212.8606

SAT, MAR 21 Picked Six Kim Bishop, Gary Schott, Jayne Lawrence, Grant Billingsly, Delaney Smith, James Chase Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery 1704 Blanco Rd. Suite 104 www.clamplightstudios.blogspot.com 620.218.1568 SAT, MAR 21 – TUES, MAR 31 Works by Rodolfo Choperena The New Space 402 Mission Street Access on Stieren St SUN, MAR 22, 4 – 12PM Open Studio Tours Artist studios throughout San Antonio www.contemporaryartmonth.com

THURS, MAR 19 – SUN, APR 19 The Fabulous New Chair Show! Paula Cox, Jane Bishop, Rainey MockingBird Handprints 1420 S. Alamo Bldg. B Suite 108 Blue Star Arts Complex www.mockingbirdhandprints.com 210.878.5711 THURS, MAR 19 – SUN, MAY 17 Spring 2015 International Artist-in-Residence Opening Reception and Artists' Dialogue Autumn Knight, Henry Taylor, Oscar Murillo Artpace San Antonio 445 N. Main Avenue www.artpace.org 210.212.4900

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SUN, MAR 15 – TUES, MAR 31 Musical Performances Captured by the Groovy Gringa Annette Fogt Crawford South Texas Popular Culture Center (Tex Pop) 1017 E Mulberry www.southtexaspcc.org 210.792.1312

SAT, MAR 21 – MON, MAR 23 The Color of Blind James Hetherington, Cody Vance, Joan Frederick, Charles Ingram, Momo, Charles Harrison "Pompa", Carolin G. Flores, Logan Magz, Victor Dela Puente, Kristel Puente, Trian Bacon Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex 108 Blue Star www.brickatbluestar.com 210.262.8653

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SAT, MAR 14 – SAT, APR 11 Me, Galileo Orbiter, Galileo Orbiter and I Alejandro Augustine Padilla Studio Fantomas 1906 South Flores St. San Antonio TX 78204 Located inside 1906 art complex www.alejandroaugustinepadilla.com 210.978.6663

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EXHIBITIONS cont. SUN, MAR 22, 4 – 8PM Open Studio Tours After Party Zollie Glass Studio 1428 S. Presa #1 www.ZollieGlass.com 210.601.3883 MON, MAR 23 – WED, MAR 25 Art & Seek: An Ame Collaborative Pop-Up Michele Jacob, Shannon Gowen, Gabriela Santiago, Jack McGilvray, DJ Rey SteReyo Silva, Anthony Rundblade, Lance Higdon, Shea McGilvray, Piñata Presence, David Rangel, Shannon Gowen, Javier Trevino of FoodWhore Co., Wild Card Artist(s) The Triangle Building 1501 S. Flores 210.542.7069 WED, MAR 25 Paint a Glass with Blue Moon The Friendly Spot Ice House 943 South Alamo Street www.thefriendlyspot.com 210.224.2337 THURS, MAR 26 – MON, MAY 11 Constructing Deconstruction Cade Bradshaw , Kallie Pfeiffer, Cecily Ferguson Trinity University, Coates Library, Second Floor One Trinity Place www.lib.trinity.edu/lib2/visit.php 918.645.4066

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TUES, MAR 3, 5 – 8PM TUES, MAR 31, 8 – 11PM stART Playing Poetricity Workshop Open Recitals with live art by Momo & sketching by Laurel Gibson Momo, Laurel Gibson High Wire Arts Gallery 326 W Jospephine www.HighWireArts.com 210.827.7652

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So, I didn’t order the cabecita. “You’d have to tie me down and force feed me,” claimed one particularly reluctant companion — usually quite game when it comes to these outings. The other guest, a State Department veteran with several postings in Mexico under her belt, was trying to be diplomatic regarding the goat’s head — but I could see that it was a lost cause. “OK, fine,” I relented. “Nobody will have to deal with eyeballs, but I am going to order the fritada and the machitos.” I wasn’t going down without at least attempting a semblance of machismo. San Antonians may sniff at Mexicanfood carpetbaggers arriving from other parts of our fair state, but we tend to embrace the real thing when it comes from points south. Los Cabriteros is straight out of Monterrey, and it shows in almost every aspect of the operation — from its not-exactly-intimate interior to the shrine-like spits on which carcasses are splayed at the entry. When the restaurant first opened, most of the personnel seemed to have come from the base operation. Today, you may get a clueless waiter with little appreciation of the menu — but putting on a brave face regardless. It’s all good, especially after a large and well-executed margarita from the bar that flanks one side of the tall space. The entry-level “Cabrito Blanco” is tart and traditional; the more lujoso “El Cabron” with 1800 and Grand Marnier stops just short of excessive sweetness. Bring on la carne.

And a meaty menu it is. If you want something green (apart from the totally unremarkable “salad” that accompanies many orders), you are advised to order the excellent chopped version of guacamole labeled “a la Mexicana.” It’s served in a molcajete and will come in handy as a kind of palate cleanser throughout the meal. Ours began with those machitos, served sizzling on a cast-iron platter a la fajita. If you’re trying to pull one over on unsuspecting guests, the menu is your friend here: it doesn’t define the dish. So, just between us, it consists of the goat’s internal organs wrapped in intestine and grilled. You can have them crispy or less so. Go with crispy. It’s a better disguise — but in truth, there’s little to betray origins but a slight, livery taste, and a lashing of LC’s unashamedly picante green sauce (likely blended tomatillos, green chilies and perhaps a touch of avocado) will tame that as it cuts through the also unabashed — but not unwelcome — greasiness. More guac to the rescue. Fritada, folks, involves added sangre. This stew-like dish is a tradition in northern cities such as Monterrey and Sabinas Hidalgo. It consists of nice meaty cuts of goat cooked with blood, onion, bay, cumin, mint and more. A little fresh mint would be welcome, but we all agreed that we’d come back for this alone. Los Cabriteros offers numerous nongoat parillada combos in addition to kidbased paquetes priced from about $43 to $180, the last of which includes a whole

Fan of goat meat? Look no further than Los Cabriteros, straight outta Monterrey, Mexico.

goat and accoutrements that would feed at least six with leftovers. Lots of leftovers. Not being a package person, on this and other visits I went with individual cuts. The riñonada, which comes complete with its namesake kidney, is taken from the lower back. It consists of dozens of tiny riblets, along with a heap of meat pulled from the bone. It comes across as a little more emphatically flavored. Accordingly, newbies might want to open with the surprisingly moist and mild paleta, or shoulder section — frankly, it’s a coin toss. Both come with grilled onions, exceptionally good frijoles a la charra, and some passable tortillas (corn and flour). Some of the robust red sauce will come in handy here.

Bowing to pressure to order something representing northern Mexico’s beefy side, we also managed to squeeze in a plate of costillas cargadas (cross-cut Angus ribs). I knew better than to suggest the mollejas de res (beef sweetbreads) but they are well worth your attention. The ribs could have been boring, but such was not the case; we suspected a brushing of soy or Maggi only added to their deep flavor. Still, goat has long been a part of San Antonio’s culinary DNA, and that’s what you’re here for. Now that there’s a “direct from northern Mexico” source as a baseline, it’s time to do a local goat rodeo (Los Barrios, El Machito and others) — just for comparison’s sake. Los Cabriteros won’t emerge sin premio.

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After two years of living less than a mile away from Tienda Centro America, constantly driving by wondering why the place was stacked with more than a dozen cars on a daily basis, I finally decided to stop in. What secret were these folks in on? Try the mango plate for its variety. I had to find out what I had been missing. So, herby vine. I actually could have used when I checked it out last week, once more of it in my first pupusa. On the again the joint was hopping and I ended subject of pupusas, which I liken to up having to park on a side street. And Mexican gorditas, the eatery served there’s a lot to take in even before you them up in either rice flour or maiz and go inside. Signage clutters the entrance filled with either the aforementioned promising pupusa specials, stacked mix, chicharron, frijoles, jalapeño and plates and Sigue signs for money wiring cheese or a mix. An open kitchen services to Mexico, Central and South revealed several women, effortlessly America and the Caribbean. cranking out tortillas and pupusas, Once inside, the space is broken assembly-line style. into three areas. Fresh produce, According to our cashier, the frozen products and colorful snacks restaurant was added on within the are packed into one area, while the last two years as a way to draw more restaurant and kitchen part of Tienda souls into the store. And it’s worked, Centro America takes up the most as the place buzzed during lunch, square footage in the next room over with families, blue collar workers and with more than a dozen table tops. chicas working their way through Toiletries and more snacks make up plates of pupusas, oregano-laced the rest of the dining room as suspect and vinegary coleslaw salad and fútbol jerseys hang from the exposed steamed rice. ceiling. There’s definitely plenty to The tamal de elote gave me a keep you entertained, but try to focus newfound appreciation for sour cream, on the menu. or rather crema Salvadoreña, which has Bright, blue and encased in the a creamier mouthfeel than our tangy familiar plastic protector, the menu is iteration. I’ll be back sooner rather than hard to navigate for those unfamiliar later, to take in the fried plantain-filled with food from El Salvador, though desayuno that pair pupusas and, in an some menu items like the daily specials, effort to satiate regional bellies, even usually $6.99, came accompanied by huevo a la Mexicana. There’s still a photos of the plates. It’s also entirely whole back page of tamales to explore en español, but again, the photos along with a cena Hondureña that’s help. Thankfully, the service staff was calling my name. agreeable and didn’t roll their eyes at Patrons pay at the main counter and my ridiculous questions. it’s tempting to check out with several For instance, what in the heck is bags of fried plaintains and Loroco? Fans of squash bags of pan dulce. I did and blossoms and other edible Tienda Centro America I’ve got snacks for the week, flowers would likely enjoy 3905 San Pedro Ave. so happy camper here. the pupusa de maiz with 733-8951 facebook.com/tiendacentroamerica flavor@sacurrent.com queso and loroco, a green

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Thursday, March 5: Napa Valley invades Las Canarias, which will host The Celani Family portfolio of wines. The five-course dinner includes the winery’s Chardonnay rosé “Tenacious” red blend, cabernet sauvignon and the Fladgate LBV port alongside dishes created by chef Ben Knack. $105, 6:30pm, 112 College St., 518-1063.

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Thursday, March 5: The Current hosts the second “San Antonio Flavor” event with celebrity guests and chefs teaming up to raise funds for culinary scholarships. The evening includes a foodie throwdown, snacks from 25 of the city’s best eateries and vino via Barefoot Wine. $60-$70, 7pm, 200 W. Jones Ave., 227-0044, sacurrentflavor.com. Saturday, March 7: Start your weekend off with Flow & Joe at Rosella Coffee Co. Mobile Om, a San Antonio-based yoga movement brings the Vinyasa to you — just make sure to pack your mat. $10, 203 E. Jones Ave., 277-8574, facebook.com/MobileOm. Saturday, March 7: Plan an Indian feast with flavors ranging from Goa to Punjab to Kerala. This Food Enthusiast course at The Culinary Institute of America-San Antonio will showcase seasonal ingredients and cooking techniques through recipes such as lamb with vinegar and garlic, cashew nuts with coconut and mixed vegetable curry and more. $250, 9am-2:30pm, 312 Pearl Pkwy., Building 3, 554-6400, ciachef.edu/texas.

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Fans of the Tobin Performing Arts Center (115 Auditorium Cir.) will be happy to know the culinary team, led by chef Miguel Ortiz, took home a few awards during the second Alamo National Association for Catering and Events’ Tasty Bites Challenge held in early February. Out of the four categories, Ortiz and his staff took home “Tastiest Hors d’oeuvre,” “Most Delicious Dessert” and Best Presentation. Good to know for your next Tobin visit. The juice landscape is getting an “urthy” boost with the opening of two new shops via Urth Juice Bar. Slated for a March 23 opening, both locations will offer entrees such as the strawberry crumble salad, chipotle chicken Panini, feta wrap and other nibbles including gluten-free pastries, granola, parfaits and fruit cups. The new spots will be inside the Stone Ridge Shopping Center off U.S. 281 and Evans, and in King William at 812 S. Presa, on top of the original location at The Yard (5317 McCullough) offering its staple of juices, smoothies and spicy ginger shots to the masses. Untapped Festival, which pairs chingos of quality craft breweries with music, shared an interesting Facebook post last week. Hinting at a possible SA visit, the festival played coy as to when that could take place. I’m reaching out for more details. Stay tuned. Tickets for Culinaria Festival Week, which brings dinners, Best of Mexico, The Food Truck Event, The Grand Tasting and Burgers, BBQ & Beer in May (and some new events), went on sale this past Friday morning. Don’t sleep on this — most events and dinners tend to sell out weeks in advance. Finally, yours truly will hop into the world of Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” session on March 11. Details are still in the works, but make sure to join me to ask how I choose restaurants to cover, what freelancing for the Current entails and other behind-the-scenes tidbits that go into the job of Food and Nightlife Editor. flavor@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 55

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Take your paramour to Sancho’s Cantina & Cocina before word spreads and the place gets too packed on a regular basis.

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Good things come to those who wait and hang out while drinking a margarita. That’s the general vibe two weeks in at Sancho’s Cantina & Cocina, which is slowly rolling out its services, and that’s totally fine by me. Opened by Sam and Lisa Asvestas, the same entrepreneurial folks who brought us fish tacos, lamb burgers and a giant kiddie playground at The Cove, Sancho’s looks to become your new favorite bar. And you don’t have to keep it a secret. It’s as if the pair was blessed with some innate knowledge of what the consumer wants. Even though they already provide plenty of cool brews at The Cove’s Texas Bar, the couple has added another crushed gravel-lined escape for those post-work blues. 56 CURRENT • March 4-10, 2015 • sacurrent.com

With Sancho’s, though, the offerings are streamlined along with some Texas spirits (Deep Eddy and Tito’s are and TBD — for now. I stopped by last week, on a rare present). Bartender Alex Davis is keeping things simple day when the temps didn’t dip into the 30s or was for now, and wells start at $4, but she’s already crafting ruined by high winds or worse — rain. Located at the some ideas for specialty drinks. Her first, a Spicy corner of Jackson and Poplar, Sancho’s is another push Sancho, uses tequila, orange juice, lime and a hint of to take back the Five Points area from the stronghold of housemade hot sauce as an added smoky kick. fast food chains that neighbor it, but the bar definitely Unlike its sister location, only Mexican imports are took its sweet time getting there. Once the weather available on draft at Sancho’s — Dos Equis, Negra stops flip-flopping, Sancho’s should hopefully have a Modelo, Tecate Light and Victoria — all starting at $4. hold on what it aims to offer. Bottled cervezas, starting at $3.25, include Corona, The space, much like The Cove, is utilitarian while Pacifico, Indio, Bohemia, Sol, Carta Blanca, Dos Equis remaining inviting – though not as kid-friendly, since Amber and a quart-size Corona Caguama. it lacks the badass playground. Aluminum patio But while the name might suggest it is safe to bring chairs and tables and a single hammock (how else your sancho or sancha to enjoy a frozen margarita do you drive home the point of chill) smartly fill the ($3.50), I’d advise against any illicit activity as this raised lawn, as giant metal planters line the perimeter. bar will likely turn into a hot spot come spring. That’s Sancho’s is barebones chic all the way to the back already the case to some extent, since Sancho’s is patio, made from a 100-year-old tree formerly on The becoming a draw for local food and music industry Cove’s parking lot. Oh, and at least for the time being, members. The bar menu was still in the works when I the restrooms are impeccable. stopped by. I’ll trust the chef, Sam Villarreal, who has Music came by way of low speakers and, on my visit, spent years inside The Cove kitchen, to not mishandle a a trio called the “The Sancheros,” who warmed up street taco. inside as I wrapped up my evening. It’s worth noting The crowd thinned as the night turned progressively that this venue is 90 percent outdoors. The chilly, and much like Friendly Spot, Sancho’s (maybe) 300 square feet of indoor space will cater to the irregular Texas weather, but is made up of one row of booths and chairs I’m eager to add this to my list of go-to nearSancho’s Cantina & Cocina along the bar, which is stacked with a solid downtown bars as soon as the street tacos are 628 Jackson St. liquor selection. rolled out. 320-1840 Patrons will find a nice batch of Scotches, flavor@sacurrent.com 4pm-2am daily

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Next week marks spring break for most public schools and universities in Texas. And with South Padre to the south, the many miles of the Guadalupe River available to the north and SXSW about to kick off, it’s an ideal time for carefree undergrads and beleaguered teachers alike to grip some brews. Safety first, of course — there’s no glass allowed at the beach or on the river, and all it takes is one klutzy badge holder to knock your longneck into so many sudsy Sixth Street shards. In consideration of such practical concerns then, this month’s column focuses on some artisan beers that offered in cans. Conroe’s Southern Star Brewery seemed a natural place to start — “First To Can Craft In Texas,” in 2008, as its labels proclaims. The seasonal offering is the Red Cockaded imperial red ale. Named for a local species of woodpecker whose habitat receives a portion of the proceeds from purchase, Red Cockaded pours a beautiful deep red color, though you’ll only see it if you pour yours into a red Solo cup. The flavor profile is reminiscent, oddly, of how Red Hot candies taste after the spicy first layer melts off, sweet and a little gummy. With a piney aroma and resinous mouthfeel, it tastes like a few of Conroe’s indigenous pine trees made some inadvertent needle and sap contributions to the boil. Karbach is another Houston brewery making major inroads in SA in recent years, so I’ll also submit its Sympathy For The Lager as an ideal beachfront or riverside sipper. As the name implies, this is their attempt to add a drop of craftsmanship to the ocean of fizzy, swill-y American lagers that will be consumed over the course of the next week. Despite my general aversion to beers I can see through, I love SFTL. There’s enough personality in its pale malts and noble hops to give the most broheimey shotgunner pause, while still possessing a body and alcohol content light enough for beer pong. If you’re in a rush to the beach but still want something more flavorful than seawater, you’re in luck — the Sproetzl Brewery is now offering its Ruby Redbird year-round, in cans and in many gas stations and grocery stores from here to Corpus. A lager brewed with ginger and Texas grapefruit, Redbird is a beer with some bite, and its 4.9 percent ABV means that you can sip on a six-pack over the course of an afternoon without waking up face-first in the sand. Lastly, local gastropub-turned-proper-brewery Freetail Brewing Company is the second in the city to make its product available in aluminum (Branchline was first). Given the one-in-four chance that spring break will, you know, feel like actual spring, its Bat Outta Helles makes for a perfect complement. beer.correspondent@gmail.com sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 59

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A bellwether of creativity and queer art in San Antonio, Saakred has stepped into new territory with Make Believe, a vision of taut and emotional rock ‘n’ roll. On previous releases like 2013’s Fli Hy and 2014’s Ballroom Sessions, Saakred dabbled in electronic treatises and oneon-one songwriter sessions. On Make Believe, backed by bassist Andy Bernal and drummer Robert Gonzalez, Saakred drops into an otherworld of weeping guitar and mystic voices. Outside the studio, Saakred is in brave new territory as well, coming out as transgender earlier this year. The first effort since that personal revelation, Make Believe finds Saakred navigating outside the gender binary, searching for the joys and exquisite pains of life. On “Not Enough,” Saakred sings in a deep lament about being placed in the margins. “Boss forgot my name again,” Saakred howls, before entering into a torrid post-punk riff. On the five-track effort, Saakred creates a sense of piety, a doctrine referred to as the “holiness of everything.” On “Pray,” this personal canon resonates when Saakred repeats the title line like a mantra and cuts into a goosebump riff. In anticipation of the release at The Ten Eleven on Friday, we spoke to Saakred on transgender life, Make Believe and losing an old identity as Melissa Ruizesparza Rodriguez to more fully become an artist. Saakred seems to be a creative project in a permanent state of flux. Where is it right now? When I started Saakred, I thought so long about the name I wanted to call this project specifically. And then it began to morph into my identity. It’s really allowed

me to morph as a person, to become really who I want to be. Everything about changing your name is really empowering for me, for somebody who has had a lot of questions about my own gender. There’s a lot of sadness in a lot of my music. With this album, this is me finally coming into myself. I’m also shedding the identity of Melissa. It doesn’t resonate with me anymore. I’ve come into my identity as transgender. Having a new name has totally allowed me to imagine myself in a new way. Make Believe has taken on new meaning, imagining myself as who I want to be or as who I see myself to be. That idea is used in terms of how to make your dreams a reality. On Make Believe, do you speak directly to your recent announcement as transgender? I don’t know how my femininity or masculinity is translated through my music, but it’s a reflection of who I am. There’s some really fucking gnarly intense parts and some gentle whispers in your ear. A lot of the reasons I felt empowered to come out was knowing that there are a lot of other people in my position or worse that can’t. They feel that their life would be in danger if they came out. I feel protected in this community, at least. But I don’t know how that’s going to translate to the way I talk about or promote myself. Am I a transgender artist now, or just a musician? The language on this effort is very simple, but very powerful. How did you approach the songwriting aspect? The way that I write is very stream-ofconsciousness. I don’t ever write

Coming out party: Musician Melissa Ruizesparza Rodriguez now goes by Saakred.

down lyrics. That’s where the catharsis comes in — you’re able to pull out things from your subconscious. It’s my daily vocabulary. I’m not consciously trying to be poetic. I could write really political music and I tried that. What felt more real was to talk about my experience of being alive and living. That’s Make Believe.

You’re able to transcend the physical world. When those moments happen, my voice is physically starting to change my throat, like a psychedelic experience being sober. That sounds very spiritual.

That’s what Saakred is about. It’s the holiness of everything. Holiness in Your voice is an instrument, but the sense that it’s magical or pure. The not in a traditional melodic dynamics of these songs are sense. How have you everything about the natural refined this tool of yours? movement of the Earth. The way Saakred Make Believe that natural systems are. They Release feat. FEA, Those are the moments, shift and sometimes it’s calm Se Tu Propio Dios $3 when I’m in a four-hour and then a fucking storm comes. 10pm Friday, March 6 trance, I’ve felt my voice It’s inherent in the human and I’m The Ten Eleven change. There’s a physical just translating my experience as 1011 Avenue B 320-9080 moment when you enter a human being. theteneleven.com mstieb@sacurrent.com an out-of-body experience. sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 63

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Bill Shute and wife Mary Anne Bernal are the brains behind label Kendra Steiner Editions.

ACCIDENTAL PRODUCER Low Overhead Secret To Label’s Success MATT STIEB/@MATTHEWSTIEB

Maintain a low overhead. It’s a cardinal truth of small business that tops the text of most listicles on the subject. Keep a tight purse and growth can remain steady, hemostatic, whether the project is a coffee shop, car garage … or experimental music micro label. Since 2006, Bill Shute has run Kendra Steiner Editions at an astonishingly low cost, hugging the holy zero at every turn. The label’s site (kendrasteinereditions. wordpress.com) is without frill, a showcase for its albums and chapbooks available only offline. The CDs are even simpler — clear plastic sleeves with colored paper inserts and unlabeled discs. The top expense making a dent on the budget is shipping, since he sends discs to far-flung enthusiasts as far as Croatia and Korea. Over the past nine years, Shute has pressed and published nearly 300 editions of avant-garde music and poetry

from his home base in San Antonio. “When I speak with people who are starting up operations, I emphasize to keep the overhead so low that you could sell zero copies of this and still go ahead and put out the next item,” Shute said. The low-budget operation also adds an outsider aesthetic to Kendra Steiner, going in the opposite direction of the glossy trend of physical mediums. With digital copies available with unprecedented ease, many labels and presses are making their mediums into gorgeous, haute items to be purchased and fondled over. For KSE, Shute retains the simple, hand-packaged approach of his early releases, stressing the music over the luxury of the object. “There’s a cool aesthetic thing with Kendra Steiner Editions of really not giving a fuck about any sort of trends going on in the experimental music

world or otherwise,” said Marcus Rubio, SA native and KSE artist. On his recent work with the label, Rubio dabbles in musique concrète (only the imprint of an echo remains) and decaying banjo folk (Cities Sinking Down), focusing with Shute to release these experiments free of pretense. “You get a very pure aesthetic. It’s really off the basis of the music,” Rubio said. Since the 1970s, Shute has dedicated his time to the advancement of creative musicians. It all began when he was a teenager in Denver, promoting a concert for piano deconstructionist Cecil Taylor. “I wasn’t even old enough technically to be in the place,” Shute quipped. From that first taste of the business, Shute founded a label in the early ’80s, pressing half a dozen records under his Inner Mystique imprint. In 2006, he accidentally got back into the label and small press circuit when he needed some of his poetry to sell at a reading. He took the name from a family joke about his daughter Kendra and put out a single chapbook, adding music to the project shortly thereafter. “I didn’t intend to start a label or small press,” said Shute. “I didn’t intend to put out 300 releases, I intended to put out one.” So much for that. But then it stuck. “I didn’t really think about the name too much,” he said. “Had I thought about it, I probably would have come up with some pretentious, pseudo-poetic thing … I think the spontaneity of it makes it better.” The music of Kendra Steiner Editions leans towards the improvisational and experimental, chosen according to Shute’s palate. “It’s no different from the entrepreneurs

or impresarios whose label represents their own taste, like Alfred Lion at Blue Note Records,” Shute said. Though the biggest name on the label is German improvisationist Alfred 23 Harth, Shute works regularly with a roster of 13 Texan artists, about half of his total clientele. “When I’ve gone East and traveled, people view my label as a voice of the Austin scene,” he said. “Which is funny, ‘cause I only go up there once a month.” With his artists, Shute works on a personal level in a way that’s only possible with a label of this size. For Alfred 23 Harth, who’s worked with avant-garde heroes like John Zorn and Sonny Sharock, KSE keeps an open door policy. “I told Alfred I feel like a gallery owner and I have space available,” said Shute. “And I have such faith in him as an artist that he can have an exhibition next month, and whatever he needs, we’ll do it.” His artists seem to reciprocate that feeling of respect and trust. “Having Bill’s input on the ultimate outcome of a release is really helpful,” noted Rubio. “I’ve found that things I’ve done on Kendra Steiner have been driven by concept. He helps me to refine ideas and pursue a single idea as opposed to a bunch of things.” Celebrating the label’s ninth anniversary in March, Shute is thrilled with his project and the international reception of his weirdo music. “Through the Internet, you can literally connect with anyone in the world who’s like-minded,” he said. “And to me that’s almost a Gutenberg-level expanding of the whole way of doing things. I think of it as bringing back things from individual to individual, without the middle man.” mstieb@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • March 4-10, 2015 • CURRENT 65

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Back in December, SA trio Micro Missile Attack dropped a musical cluster bomb, releasing three albums of highway-wandering rock ‘n’ roll in a day. Where most bands carefully promote, announce and release their music to ensure max exposure, Micro Missile Attack released its catalogue like a rapper casually unloading a mixtape. “We were just tired of holding on to all that,” said guitarist Robert Gonzalez. With three albums containing 19 songs each, Micro Missile Attack’s Fruit Sacrifice, Nans and Poorman’s Sharp Knives are surprisingly quick listens. Throw them on in the background and they seem to slip by, unconcerned with time or genre. On all three albums, the trio flirts with ambient music, spoken word expositions, kaleidoscopic electronic music and tremolo-washed indie rock. Though the albums vary in style, the theme of repetition helps bind the 57 songs together. On “Clocks and Calendars,” Gonzalez and his brother Daniel repeat the hook on loop — “Clocks and calendars, days on end.” The words stay the same, as the fraternal pair develops the harmony, climbing above each other to hit genial notes. The band tries a similar trick on their instruments, playing close

arpeggiations to create a tight and layered thing, like a rubber band ball of guitar lines wrapped over themselves. “‘Clocks and calendars’ talks about time,” said Gonzalez. “Time is a monotonous, repetitive thing. Therefore it works with the lyrics to repeat. That’s our style. Our lyrics are simple and sparse. We really try to extend short words and accentuate them with melodies and harmonies.” On “Spotless Image,” the band continues this close repetition, with the drum, guitar and vocals all mimicking the same stop-start rhythm. The twominute take fades out as quickly as it appeared — another theme on this trio of albums. When Micro Missile Attack focuses in on one of their stronger riffs, they’re not likely to remain on target for long. Nor are they likely to harp on this batch of tunes, either. After picking up bassist Andy Bernal (Gonzalez’s cohort in the band Saakred), Micro Missile Attack is ready to move on to new music. “Mainly, we try to play what we’re learning and trying to write at the time,” said Gonzalez. “Cause we don’t rehearse privately. We play live, that’s how we write and know what to play. And how to play.” mstieb@sacurrent.com

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It’d be hard to find a physical embodiment of trap music more appropriate than Waka Flocka Flame. At 6-foot-3 and crowded with ink, the Atlanta rapper is a strong spokesman for this booming and hectic music. A forerunner of the second wave of this Southern rap, Waka Flocka broke through on 2010’s Flockavelli, musing heavily over colossal faux-strings and unstable snares. Flocka is not a lyricist as much as a stylist; like Vito Corleone in The Godfather, it’s not about what he says as much as how he says it. But his tales of hard Georgia living have entrenched trap as one of the South’s greatest cultural exports of the early 21st Century (up there with Karen Russell’s fiction and the 2014-2015 Atlanta Hawks). With Gucci Mane in jail until Spring of 2017, Waka Flocka Flame may be the eminent trap lord of the sunbelt states. With Ben G, DJ Duecepop, Thrashers!, DJ WHOO Kid. $20-$60, 7pm, Alamo City Music Hall, 1305 E. Houston, alamocitymusichall.com Matt Stieb/mstieb@sacurrent.com

Wednesday, March 4

Dovetail Dallas quartet Dovetail revived

shoulder-length ’70s rock on their 2013 debut Mount Karma. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

Horrendous Miscreation From

Edmonton, Canada, Horrendous Miscreation exhibits furious d-beat on songs like “I Consulted a Doctor.” With Girth, Ballgag, VBT, Sturmgewehr. The Korova, 8:30pm

Midtown Jazz Town John Fernandez,

drummer of Midtown Jazz Town, returns to Soho for its sixth year of residency at the downtown club. Soho, 10:30pm

Noah Peterson On his live album At Biddy

McGraw’s, SA saxophonist Noah Peterson charts his way through funk-laced bop standards like “Song for My Father” and “Watermelon Man.” J&O’s Cantina, 7pm

Rats Rest On the 2015 EP Hedonite,

Kansas City’s Rats Rest sounds like A Midwestern Dinosaur Jr., vibing off the guitar of Jay Mascis with a twisted rodential and heavy texture to the vocals. Nesta, 9pm

Thursday, March 5

Animal Spirit, Chris Conde Fort Worth

quartet Animal Spirit practices jam rock with ethereal vocals and spaced out, National Park-loving language. Later in March, SA rapper Chris Conde will release his debut EP Twisted Kite Strings. After coming out, and a recovery from

drug addiction and alcoholism, the EP finds the rapper reckoning with past failures and contemporary truths. With Hallelujah to Our Ghosts. The Mix, 10pm

Dan Gonzalez On The First 20 EP, Dan

Gonzalez creates band-driven songwriter pop. The grandson of conjunto musician Ismael Gonzalez, Dan and his Dallas quartet riff on acoustic rock through six tracks. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7:30pm

Dawn and Hawkes Country pop duo

Dawn and Hawkes first came to national light on the sixth season of NBC’s The Voice, when their rendition of The Beatles’ “I’ve Just Seen a Face” quickly got the attention of the trio of judges. Though they didn’t win the TV pageant, the Austin pair of Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes is riding the wave of exposure from their small screen days, working on a debut album for 2015. 502 Bar, 8pm

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Ken Slavin Like a comedian careening

through a familiar joke, Slavin has incredible control over the intricacies of the fake book. The Last Word, 9pm

The Suite feat. DJ Gibb and Donnie Dee Two of SA’s finest soul and funk

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Friday, March 6

Dead Earth Politics Since 2005, Austin

metal quintet Dead Earth Politics has blended the classic stuff of Iron Maiden with the groove-laden metal of Lamb of God. With Ruined Few, Pigweed, Deadpool, Count Your Dead. Papa Woody’s Roadhouse, 8pm

DRGN King Get your vowels right, Dragon King — do you want to be a voweless band or not? Either way, the Holy Ghost / Son of Wolfman seven-inch is a strong enough example of Clarks-stomping indie rock that it doesn’t matter. With Last Nighters, Film Strips. 502 Bar, 9pm

Hurray for the Riff Raff Bronx native

Alynda Lee Segarra founded Hurray for the Riff Raff as a vehicle for her exceptional voice. On songs like the “St. Roch Blues” and “Look Out Mama,” Segarra and her hoi polloi live in the tradition of purist folk, avoiding cliche on every bar. With Joe Pug. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Henry + The Invisibles SA’s own Henry

+ the Invisibles continues to turn in nothing but spectacularly soulful, ridiculously costumed one-man shows. Rebar, 10pm

Invision Love On Loophole, indie pop

septet Invision Love plays Smithsinspired pop rock on the ukele and horns. With 95 Behind, Bloom, Fulcrum Lake. The Korova, 5pm

Mingo Fishtrap Austin party-funk octet

Mingo Fishtrap finds a blue-eyed gospel joy on songs like “Movin’.” Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm

Sean McConnell Backed by his four-piece band, Boston native Sean McConnell shifts between reckless rock and an intimate acoustic pin drop moment. With Jamie Lee Wilson. Floore’s Country Store, 7pm

The Bent Gents San Anto rockabilly punks The Bent Gents sing of self-loathing and a gin-soaked life. With The Cutthroats. The Mix, 8pm

Wavvvy #4 SA producer X! hosts the

fourth edition of his Wavvvy showcase, pumping in music from the recently created Sub.Culture collective. Austin producer Osiris joins the gig with the astral work from his forthcoming EP The Sun, The Stars, The Moon. Concrete Jungle, 10pm

Zomboys, Victor Niglio Zomboys’ debut

album The Outbreak is a relentless exercise in EDM. On “Jiggy,” Victor Niglio combines the didgeridoo with assshaking bass. Alamo City Music Hall, 9pm

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Belukhas, Young Costello Led by bassist

George Garza of Pop Pistol, Belukhas introduce Southern soul to their acoustic rock riffs. While making plenty of nods to the third wave ska movement of the ‘90s, Young Costello has the makings to be a frontrunner in the fabled fourth wave. With Decora, Frontage. Hi-Tones, 10pm

Brother Dege In 2012, Louisiana

bluesman Brother Dege won some honor and exposure when his song “Too Old To Die Young” was featured on the Django Unchained soundtrack. With Dan Dyer. 502 Bar, 9pm

Burger Revolution 3 California garage

boosters Burger Records have put together an exciting and accessible worldwide showcase. “All you have to do is set up a show with whatever bands/ artists/freaks you like and we’ll present and hype it under the Burger Revolution banner,” Burger says from their website. San Anto’s addition includes Ants, whose Is That All It Takes to Make a Breakfast Cereal is a statement of a noise rock debut. On their split debut with The Bolos, The Oblio’s crunch through four tunes of full-bodied rock ‘n’ roll, with heavy reliance on the fuzz box, a vital pedal that squares out the guitar signal into near oblivion. On CBMW, Austin’s Los Rips blast through stoner punk like “Sand in My Weed” and “Hot Resin.” With Baby Fangs, DJ Proper Yarn. The Korova, 9pm

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Quiet Company, We Leave at Midnight, Swimming with Bears On the new album Transgressor, Austin’s Quiet Company put together an effort of smart power pop and effervescent melodies. With We Leave at Midnight, Swimming with Bears. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

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The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, White Christ The Grasshopper Lies Heavy’s

recent All Sadness, Grinning into Flow serves a master class in long droning riffs, expansive textures and the importance of badass amps. White Christ is an OG name for a Texas punk band, though it’s easy to forget that SA is technically still within the confines of the Bible Belt. In their live set, the fourtet provides a retrospective of the Black Flag aesthetic, moving from Morris-era Flag, through the hybrid hardcore/angular jams of Damaged and towards the lateera, Rollins rants and sludge guitar of My War. Impressively, the SA crew channels the same pitch of feedback throughout their gigs, a sound quite close to the stressful drone of Alien. With Amygdala, Over the Top, Mau, Haunter, Illustrations. The Ten Eleven, 7pm

Sunday, March 8

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Event band, saxophonist Billy Ray Sheppard plays a smooth jazz crossover with R&B. Plaza Club, 7pm

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Doc Watkins Trio Unlike some jazz

musicians whose claim to a doctorate is just a nickname (looking at you, Dr. Lonnie Smith) and others who have won honorary degrees (congrats Sonny Rollins!), Brent ‘Doc’ Watkins has a doctorate in music from UT Austin. It’s a degree he’s put to good use, swinging viciously on his piano or Hammond B3 rig. Esquire Tavern, 3pm

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TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic Biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaoh’s dream. Jesus is feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. What’s the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuff is tricky, and I hesitate to draw definitive conclusions. But if I had to guess, I’d speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines “The Four Undramatic Plot Structures”: 1. “The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away.” 2. “The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it’s not a big thing and soon gets sorted out.” 3. “The heroine is faced with a problem but it’s really difficult so she gives up.” 4. “A man wants something. Later, he’s not so sure. By suppertime he’s forgotten all about it.” In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams.

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several branches at one go. And while nature’s greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back.” Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I don’t. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heart’s leaves grow back after a big wind, and become ever-more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to flourish. The coming weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “I will not wait to love as best as I can,” says writer Dave Eggers. “We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.” That’s your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. That’s your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: Now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): I love the song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” by Pink Floyd. Other favorites are Tool’s “Third Eye” and Yo La Tengo’s “Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind.” But all of these tunes have a similar problem. They’re more than ten minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, don’t be like a too-much-of-a-goodthing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries. Get to the point quickly. (You’ll be rewarded for it.)

“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright,” said heavyweight German philosopher Walter Benjamin, a fellow Cancerian. I am happy to report that there’s a good chance you will soon be blessed with an extraordinary measure of this worry-free self-awareness. And when you do -- when you are basking in an expanded self-knowledge infused with self-love and self-appreciation -- some of your chronic fear will drop away, and you will have at your disposal a very useful variety of happiness.

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Sneaking around isn’t necessary, Scorpio. There’s no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pursuing secret agendas. This is not a time when it’s essential for you to be a master of manipulation who’s ten steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable, and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy.

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29,029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe

and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36,070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. It’s time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): The African country of Ivory Coast has two different capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the official capital, while Abidjan is the actual capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect there’s a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe that’s a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps it’s a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a unified purpose. Now would be a favorable time to think about how well the division is working for you, and to tinker with it if necessary

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): I’ve gone on three book tours and done my spoken-word show in scores of bookstores. But one of my favorite author events took place at

the Avenue C Laundromat in New York City’s East Village. There I performed with two other writers as part of the “Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose” reading series. It was a boisterous event. All of us authors were extra loose and goofy, and the audience offered a lot of funny, good-nature heckling. The unusual location freed everyone up to have maximum amusement. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, might thrive by doing what you do best in seemingly out-of-context situations. If you’re not outright invited to do so, I suggest you invite yourself.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): When Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political office. When Cambodian doctor Haing Nor performed in the film The Killing Fields, for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? That’s a more complex issue. Trust your gut.

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