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On “Has Ramiro Avendano Actually Finished His Controversial Zombie Movie?” // Nathan Cone: Carl Kolchak is probably not this FB guy’s real name, as it’s the name of the Darren McGavin character from the old “Night Stalker” TV show about vampires.

On “Aboard Bathroom Bill Bandwagon, AG Ken Paxton Asks Target to Prove Restroom Safety” // darnthealarm: Ken is working the “glory holes” at public restrooms. He want to be assured he has no competition in Targets. [sic] On “How Scott Stapp Made Me a Better Person” // Robert Gonzalez: Excellent article! I for one never followed his struggles so closely. I heard rumblings of his wife cheating on him while on the road. I heard he forgot his own lyrics on stage in a pathetic display of sorrow on stage for all to see. At least, thats what I heard. But I dont give a shit. Call me aloof. But I still dig the music.

Im playing the greatest hits on you tube as we speak just to reacquaint my self to the sounds. Guess what, it sounds like memories to me. It sounds like a place I like to remember. It sounds like a chill sound to my pale ale glossed eyes and ears. Thanks for the memories and the open mindedness of your tone. Rob G! [sic] On “The Flexible Favorite Continues to Evolve” // Rodney Zarate: I hate tequila • Send your thoughts, comments or kudos to letters@sacurrent.com

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Newsmonger Bathroom safety // Deporting a rape victim // Risky idling

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Superhumanity Captain America: Civil War ponders superhuman power and its use

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Conjunto Mecca In its 35th year, the Tejano Conjunto Festival says adios to Juan Tejeda

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Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008

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NEWS

•If only we could flush Attorney General Ken Paxton and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s transphobic rhetoric down the toilet.

BEXAR-O-METER Checking the temperature of events in Bexar County and beyond > 8-year-old accordion student Nathan Alzalde

NEWSMONGER Bathroom Safety // Deporting a Rape Victim // No Idling AG Ken Paxton Targets Bathroom Safety If Texas’ top lawman gets his way, he’d flush Target’s bathroom policy down the toilet.

Our embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is facing criminal and civil securities fraud charges, takes issue with the company that made news when it announced employees and customers were welcome to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity.

Riding the “Bathroom Bill” wave of equally bigoted Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is likely crafting discriminatory legislation for the 2017 session, Paxton told FOX News that the Texas Legislature — in his words — “may at some point in the future address the issue.” Then he went further, requesting Target’s safety policies for protecting women and children from “those who would use the cover of Target’s restroom policy for nefarious purposes.”

The only utterly evil intentions here have nothing to do with either Paxton or Patrick’s claims that women and children will be assaulted by heterosexual male predators dressed as females. What both Paxton, Patrick and a host of other Republicans are doing is trying to draw a link between sexual predators, pedophilia

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That’s not only wrong, it’s diabolic.

After all, transgender people are the likely target of bathroom attacks from transphobic maniacs.

Deporting a Rape Victim Tales of tragedy told by Central Americans fleeing violence continue to leak out of the Karnes Family Detention Center.

On April 27, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Service, or RAICES, and the National Immigrant Justice Center, or NIJC, filed a petition with the autonomous Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking the agency to tell the United States not to deport the “G.S. family.”

According to RAICES, the Department of Homeland Security refused to review an initial decision denying the family’s opportunity to apply for asylum. That’s because during the interview with the Asylum Office, a woman RAICES identifies as “E.G.S.” did not tell agents that she was raped by gang members because her daughter, who didn’t know, was present during the interview.

In addition to sexual assault against “E.G.S.,” the family has been robbed and threatened because they are female, according to RAICES. The mother’s brother-in-law was murdered by the same men who raped her, the petition states.

Border Patrol agents who interviewed the woman allegedly told her that the rapes were “not their problem,” and the family was placed for expedited removal,

Tejano Conjunto Festival Let the good times roll which is on hold.

“E.G.S. did not mention the rapes in El Salvador because the only other person she had spoken with, in a government uniform, had told her that the gang rapes she survived did not matter,” Jonathan Ryan, executive director of RAICES, says in a statement. “It is easy to understand why E.G.S. would not have made mention of this in her asylum interview.

What we do not understand is why the Department of Homeland Security Asylum Office is not willing to grant this family a new interview.”

People persecuted based on their gender, like the “G.S. family,” are eligible for asylum, according to RAICES. County Not Idling Underneath New Air Quality Rules With the Environmental Protection Agency tightening air quality standards around the nation, Bexar County proactively passed a regulation prohibiting drivers of large trucks, think semis, from idling their engines.

“A good part of our pollution comes through vehicles, these larger trucks that come through here. And then many of them park in truck stops or pull over to the side of the road and continue to run their motors,” Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said, as reported by Texas Public Radio.

San Antonio is working on a similar ordinance as local agencies work to curb being designated by the EPA as in “nonattainment,” which would trigger penalties. mreagan@sacurrent.com

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How a son reconnected with his homeless father MICHAEL MARKS/@MICHAELPMARKS

Every reporter gets letters, but the one in my inbox on April 8 was unlike any I’d received before.

It concerned Fred Christa, a homeless man I’d spoke to several times and occasionally quoted in stories. The email was from someone named Stephen Christa. Part of it read: “[Fred] very well may be my father who I haven’t seen or spoken to since 2011 or so and have been trying to keep up with since. This is a long shot but would you be able to find him and relay a message?”

Stephen, 24, had searched for Fred’s name, something he’d done whenever he or his brother, Jonathan, went long stretches without hearing from their father. They live in Brookhaven, Mississippi, where Fred lived too until he and their mother split when the boys were young. After that, he wandered — working as a plumber in Louisiana and San Antonio, his hometown, then hitchhiking to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona.

Previous Google searches yielded mug shots from Albuquerque, in which Fred was barely recognizable to his kids. This one brought up the stories I wrote, and a photo I tweeted of Fred bundled up on a cold day in late January.

I told Stephen I’d relay a message. He responded with a simple one: “Just let him know he’s loved.”

‘It Makes Me Want to Never Leave’ Fred mostly stays on Commerce Street, checking trash cans for food and asking for spare change. He sports a short ponytail and a graying beard to go with his rectangular glasses and ball cap.

Fred was a plumber for decades, but he eventually noticed small mistakes in his work. He’d walk to his truck to fetch a tool, then forget what he needed. He’d forget the name of his customer, or which room in the house needed work. He was diagnosed with dementia, a fact he unsuccessfully tried to hide from his boss.

“The customers were complaining some about me forgetting things. He called me in the office one day and said ‘Fred, you’re the best plumber I got … but I gotta let you go,’” Fred said.

He sometimes has to ask people where he is, even on streets he’s walked thousands of times. In addition to forgetfulness, Fred said he suffers from visual and auditory hallucinations.

Unable to support himself and out of touch with his family, he became homeless.

Fred’s story is common among the homeless. Between 30 and 40 percent of homeless adults experience untreated mental illness, more than double the overall population.

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For long stretches of Stephen’s life, he didn’t know where his father was, or if he was alive. He has few memories of Fred, but the two are similar.

They use the same giggle to deflect an awkward or self-aware moment. They both wear glasses. They both write poetry. They’re wanderers at heart who value solitude. Stephen started studying his father’s former trade, taking a job as a plumber’s assistant. He’s always felt a link with his dad — part of the reason he doesn’t harbor any ill will toward him.

“He left pretty early. I never really got to know him or anything. But my entire life I’ve always just felt very warm toward him,” Stephen said. “Some people would probably quickly feel abandoned and very negative about it all. But I ... just want to move past all that.”

Developments in his own life spurred Stephen’s renewed curiosity about his father. He recently got married, and he and his wife are expecting a child in October. It has made him reflect on the type of father he wants to be.

“It makes me want to never leave. Never give up, never let things get in the way, not like that. Try to be the best dad I could be,” Stephen said.

He told me this a few days after I’d delivered his initial message to Fred. Standing on a sidewalk outside The County Line restaurant, I told Fred that the son he hadn’t talked to in half a decade still loved him.

“Thank God for that. I was so worried that he was mad at me and hated me … because I feel like such a worthless father,” Fred said through sobs. “I’m so happy, I just can’t stand it. I love my kids so much. And I miss them so bad.”

I made him an offer: Since Fred doesn’t have a phone, I could use mine to connect him with Stephen, if his son was open to the idea. Fred agreed, and asked me to give

Stephen a message in the meantime: “I love him with all my heart, and I can’t wait to see him again.”

A few days later, my phone buzzed with a response from Stephen. He was in. We arranged a time when I’d find his dad and he’d wait by the phone.

It was a typical San Antonio spring Saturday — breezy and hot, with tourists crowding the sidewalks. I pounded the pavement along Commerce Street, searching for Fred for several hours.

I found him standing on a bridge near the corner of Commerce and Losoya streets. I told him I’d been looking for him. He said he’d been looking for me too — he had my name written down on a card in his wallet so he wouldn’t forget it.

I dialed Stephen and handed the phone to his father.

“Hey son,” Fred said.

“Hey dad,” Stephen replied.

They talked for 20 minutes about Stephen’s marriage and the baby he’s expecting. Fred apologized for not being there, Stephen said he’d always loved him. They learned about each other’s lives. Stephen said he’d look into coming to San Antonio soon.

After the conversation, Fred said he was elated. He couldn’t suppress a grin as I wrote mine and Stephen’s number on the card in his wallet.

“What have you got going on now?” I asked Fred, handing him the card.

“Going to go try and get one more buck, go get some McDonald’s,” he said. We shook hands. He turned, and started walking east down Commerce Street.

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Although raised in a family of “fierce atheists,” Boston-based sculptor and printmaker Liz Shepherd developed a fascination with “the human search for meaning through faith.” Inspired by the motifs associated with Jacob’s Ladder, her project “Up and Out” presents ladders and staircases not so much as potential routes to Heaven but precarious points of departure and steps into the unknown. Encompassing multicolored ladders cast in resin, stairs made from reclaimed doors and prints on bedsheets, Shepherd’s “Up and Out” takes shape in a site-specific installation in Artpace’s Hudson (Show) Room through August 28. Free, 6-9pm, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 2124900, artpace.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

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In a gathering of forces that can only be fated by the gods of some supremely menacing hip-hop netherworld, Limelight is presenting one hell of a Friday the 13th show this week. At the top of the bill, Minneapolis noise-rap outfit Moodie Black plies a positively excruciating form of horrorenthused hip-hop that’s as jarring as it is without precedent. Local support will be provided by SA’s Ghost Palace (among others), a more traditional hip-hop act that nevertheless keeps its lyrical focus on the darker, grittier side of things, and its production in the urban gothic vein. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com.

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Launched last year by the local design and marketing agency Tiny Roar Creative, Paper Trail SA is an art fair and exhibition catering to “ink slingers, music fans, poster hounds, design geeks, print nerds and art collectors.” Spanning myriad styles and processes (from lithographs to stickers and zines), the two-day event unites more than 50 Texas artists and studios, including Austin’s Industry Print Shop and Houston’s Mystic Multiples.

Although free to attend on Saturday, Paper Trail kicks off with a “pre-shop” mixer promising printing demos, a photo booth and vendor swag. Mixer: $15$25, 7-9pm Fri; market: free, 11am-6pm Sat, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 2628653, papertrailsa.com. — BR

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Isolating a thing from its normal context and reimagining its constitution can yield a host of new perspectives, on the thing itself and on adjacent concepts. This is the principle behind a new Freight Gallery installation by Toronto-based artist Katie Kehoe, with a little help from locals, including artist Jen Frost Smith. Kehoe is traveling the Southwest, collaborating with folks to construct temporary piers out of waste materials. Titled “PIER/ Platforms,” the installations are meant to stick out, raise questions and inspire reflection on the environmental crisis we are facing. Free, 7-10pm, Freight Gallery & Studios, 1913 S. Flores St., (210) 331-4382.

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The Witte debuts its new 10,000-squarefoot Mays Family Center with the Texas premiere of “Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed.” Suitable for archaeology buffs of all ages, the immersive exhibition combines interactive displays with a plethora of artifacts (more than 200) to educate visitors on the civilization’s major cultural accomplishments (including its famous calendar system) and provide a glimpse into the lives of ancient Mayans via authentic examples of both everyday objects and finely crafted works of art. $15-$20, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun, 10am-5pm Mon, 10am-8pm Tue, Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, (210) 357-1910, mayasa.wittemuseum.org.

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Gamera vs. Barugon FILM

Join tokusatsu fans from across the city for a screening of the 1966 Japanese monster movie Gamera vs.

Barugon, the second of eight kaiju films in the franchise’s Showa era. Watch the fire-breathing turtle monster Gamera battle it out with the LGBT-friendly lizard monster Barugon (it emits a rainbow from its back) and then stay for special guest appearances by comic book artist Matt Frank (Godzilla: Rulers of Earth) and author August Ragone (Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters).

Proceeds from the event benefit earthquake relief efforts in San Antonio’s sister city of Kumamoto, Japan. $10, 7-10pm, Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes, 1255 SW Loop 410, (210) 677-8500, mechagorilla.com. – Kiko Martínez

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Under the Ligurian Sun MUSIC

After spending the season traveling musically on the Texas Roadshow and south to Las Americas, SOLI Chamber Ensemble will literally travel to Italy in July. Offering audiences a preview of the tour program, Under the Ligurian Sun comprises Aaron J. Kernis’ narrated oddity “The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine,” Jerome Kitzke’s clarinet solo “She Left in the Crow-Black Night” and a rendition of the Neapolitan classic “O Sole Mio” performed by violinist Ertan Torgul and cellist David Mollenauer. $10-$25, 7:30pm Mon, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle; 7:30pm Tue, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., solichamberensemble.com.

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The Briscoe’s new Award-Winning West film series kicks off with a screening of George Roy Hill’s 1969 classic starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as train robbers who escape to Bolivia with lawmen in pursuit. Nominated for seven Oscars and winning four (including one for Original Song with Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”), the film was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2003. The Writers Guild of America also ranked it No. 11 on their list of greatest screenplays ever written. Saddle up. Free, 6:30pm, Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499, briscoemuseum.com. – KM

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Fitting for the locale that introduced the nation to roller coasters, Coney Island has seen its fair share of ups and downs. Possibly named by the Dutch in honor of the resident rabbits (or “coneys”) that once hopped its shores, the Brooklyn attraction evolved in tandem with the advent of three key amusement parks — Steeplechase Park, Luna Park and Dreamland — that lured guests with bathhouses, ballrooms, sideshow acts and spectacles ranging from elephant rides to a “Human Roulette Wheel.” Marked by devastating fires, ambitious reinventions and hefty doses of crime and prostitution, the beachfront destination earned a reputation as both “America’s Playground” and “Sodom by the Sea.” Home to the weathered wooden roller coaster the Coney Island Cyclone (opened in 1927), Charles Hermann’s iconic Wonder Wheel (opened in 1920) and the Coney Island History Project Exhibition Center (opened in 2004), the legendary landmark comes to light locally via “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008,” a touring show making the McNay its sole Southwestern stop. Organized by Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and on view through September 11, the exhibition explores Coney Island not just as a place but as “an idea” that courses through more than 140 objects — from circus posters and sideshow banners to carousel animals and photographs by the likes of Diane Arbus and Walker Evans. $5-$20, 10am-4pm Wed, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-4pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun, 10am-4pm Tue, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. — Bryan Rindfuss

Art

Art opening: “Borderland” As a means

to deconstruct the current immigration landscape in both local and global terms, the International School of the Americas (ISA) and Borderland Collective collaborated on an intensive art/researchbased project during the 2015-2016 academic year. In this inquiry-based course, students analyzed the U.S.-Mexico border through multiple historical, theoretical and pragmatic contexts.

Yet rather than simply consume, they unpacked these complex issues through photography, drawing, oral histories, journaling, writing and mapping projects.

Free, 7-10pm Saturday; AP Art Lab and SMART Space, 1906 S. Flores St.

Art opening: Ken Bentley and Richard Mogas Accomplished San Antonio

architects Ken Bentley and Richard Mogas come together for a unique exhibition at Bill FitzGibbons’ Dock Space gallery, with Bentley showing abstract sculptures from his series “Memories Vaguely Recalled” and and Mogas showing paintings from his series “Landscape Interpretations.”

Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Dock Space, 107 Lone Star Blvd., (210) 723-3048.

Art opening: “Muse” An evolution of

Cinnabar’s “Professors’ Picks” exhibition series, “Muse” explores the connections between artists who have inspired one another. Anchoring three separate chains of inspiration, professors Christie Blizard

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(UTSA), Justin Boyd (Southwest School of Art) and Benjamin McVey (Northwest Vista College/UTSA) each elected one muse and one student to join the exhibition, with professor Craig Dongoski and former student Hiromi Stringer as Blizard’s picks, acclaimed ceramicist Steve Reynolds and student Ethan Gonzalez as Boyd’s and minimalist sculptor Fred Sandback and former student Halina Haider as McVey’s.

Free, 6:30-9pm Thursday; Cinnabar, 1420 S. Alamo St., Suite 147, (210) 557-6073.

Art opening: “Patterns and Interpretation of the Southwest”

PSG Art pairs San Antonio artists Barbara Justice and Adriana Barrios in an exhibit presenting side-by-side interpretations of the Southwestern landscape of New Mexico. Free, 6-8pm Wednesday; PSG Art, 7726 Broadway, (210) 824-8990.

Art opening: “Summer Showcase” Nu Age and Silkwörm Studio and Gallery present works by artists Bryce Williams, Cassidy Fritts, Alan Peneluaz, Josh Lightner and Arturo Guzman at a Second Saturday reception with music by MDNGHT. Free, 7-11pm Saturday; 1906 S. Flores St.

”Rodin: The Human Experience” Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of modern master Auguste Rodin (known best for his iconic bronze The Thinker), the touring “Rodin: The Human Experience, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections” brings together 32 bronzes, including depictions of writers

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David Shields

In his decidedly postmodern works, internationally bestselling author David Shields reveals rich and complex layers of psychological and social meaning through a truly unique approach to composition, which involves eschewing all traditional notions of narrative and casting off the constraints of the fiction vs. non-fiction dichotomy. His works, including most recently War Is Beautiful — a striking, multifaceted send-up of how The New York Times legitimizes endless war by depicting it in aesthetically pleasing images on its front page — call us to embrace a new literature as dynamic as the times in which we live. Shields, an impressively prolific writer and proponent of a technique he calls literary collage, has authored 20 books, garnering especially high praise for Reality Hunger (2010), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead (2008) and Black Planet (1999). He is a consummate innovator who has, in a rather singular feat, managed to endear himself to the guardians of the canon every bit as much as he’s endeared himself to those who just want to watch the literary world burn. For Shields, great literature is a call to evolve in a multitude of ways, and new concepts and treatments will always demand new forms. In a rare opportunity presented

by Gemini Ink, you can catch Shields reading from his impressive oeuvre this Friday at Trinity University. Free, 7-8:30pm, Chapman Center Auditorium, Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., (210) 734-9673, geminiink.org. — James Courtney Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac, his Torso of the Walking Man and works derived from a casting of his monumental sculptural group The Gates of Hell. $15$20, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-9pm Friday, 10am-5pm SaturdaySunday, 10am-9pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

Film

West Side Story Slab Cinema pops up at

Mission Marquee Plaza for a free outdoor screening of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’ 1961 adaptation of the Broadway musical West Side Story. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, the classic tells the tragic story of Maria (Natalie Wood) and Tony (Richard Beymer), two star-crossed teens from enemy gangs in ’50s-era Manhattan. Free, 8pm Thursday; Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 207-8612.

Theater

A Chorus Line In 1975, A Chorus Line marked

a turning point for Broadway — it’s one of the first shows to broach homosexuality — and paved the way for other groundbreakers like Rent. Set at a dance audition, the musical spotlights the individuality of dancers vying to become part of a homogeneous chorus. This contrast demonstrates that even the background players have struggles and dreams, and the show as a whole is a cathartic experience for the audience and performers alike.

Tim Hedgepeth directs The Playhouse’s production. $12-$30, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

Born Yesterday Premiering onstage in 1946,

Garson Kanin’s comedy Born Yesterday was among the era’s longest-running plays. The narrative follows a sugar daddy millionaire who hires a journalist to teach his mistress proper etiquette when her lack of social graces starts to affect his business. Two films were also made: an Oscar winner in 1950 and a Razzie nominee in 1993.

Matthew Byron Cassi directs The Classic Theatre’s production through May 22, with a community talkback following the May 15 performance. $10-$25, 8pm FridaySaturday, 3pm Sunday; Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 589-8450.

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Adapted from John Gray’s iconic

bestseller, this one-man show starring veteran stage and screen actor Peter Story looks at the way men and women communicate (or miscommunicate) through a series of vignettes covering everything from dating and marriage to bedroom politics. $49.50, 7:30pm Thursday, 8pm Friday, 2pm & 8pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.

One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean’s

knockabout comedy One Man, Two Guvnors

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The Vapours Edward Wise III directs

Joseph E. Green’s psychological thriller following a young woman who visits a lonely town in the Pacific Northwest to search for signs of the Hollow Earth. $10-$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Little Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.

Words

Two Nights of Chekhov, Wine & Cheese Professor Bonnie Lyons sheds

light on the work of iconic Russian author Anton Chekhov through lectures about three of his short stories (May 11) and his play The Cherry Orchard (May 25). $15 for one night, $25 for both, 6:30-8:30pm Wednesday; Gemini Ink, 1111 Navarro St., (210) 734-9673.

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American Craft Beer Week Brewers

from Independence Brewing Company, Pedernales Brewing Company, Goliad Brewing Company and Ranger Creek Brewing and Distilling help the Flying Saucer kick off American Craft Beer Week with beer samples, free swag (2-5pm) and a raffle (4pm). Free, 2-5pm Sunday; Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 11255 Huebner Road, #212, (210) 696-5080.

Asian Pacific Island Celebration Trader’s Village celebrates the cultures of the Asian Pacific Islands with regional cuisine, arts and crafts, martial arts demos, sumo wrestling and performances by Chinese lion dancers and the Hula Halau Ohana Elikapeka. Free ($4 for parking), 10am-6pm Saturday-Sunday; Trader’s Village, 9333 SW Loop 410, (210) 623-8383.

Batman’s Birthday Bash In observance

of the publication of the first edition of Batman, The Last Word raises a glass to the Caped Crusader, with drink proceeds benefiting the San Antonio Library Foundation. Free, 4pm-2am Saturday; The Last Word, 229 E. Houston St., (210) 314-1285.

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returns to Eisenhower Park with a kidfriendly program featuring replicas of skulls and teeth, including giant killer birds and large Texas mammals. $3 per person, $6 per family, 10-11am Saturday; Eisenhower Park, 19399 NW Military Hwy., (210) 207-3782.

Mini-Mini Con San Japan and Nine

Tails join forces for a compact anime convention featuring artists and vendors, cosplayers, panels, gaming, DJs and appearances by special guests Dawn Bennett, Caleb Hyles, Sephi Hakubi and Brandon Legacy. Free, noon-8pm Saturday; Wonderland of the Americas, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 785-3500.

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San Antonio Mural Ride Covering

roughly 10 miles, this 10th edition of the San Antonio Mural Ride takes attendees up and down South Flores Street to see “cats, a new bike shop and a beautiful mural of a little girl” — helmets and lights encouraged.

Free, 10am Sunday; Brackenridge High School, 400 Eagleland St.

Talks Plus

Body Armor and MREs: A Reporter’s Journey to War with the U.S. Military

World Affairs Council of San Antonio welcomes Emmy-winning news producer Mary Walsh (CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes) for a presentation in conjunction with its Distinguished Speaker series. $20 at wacofsa.org, 5:30-7:30pm Tuesday; San Antonio Country Club, 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 308-9494.

The Art and History of Boudoir Angela

Michelle of Raven Red Photography offers a broad overview of the sensual art of boudoir. Each attendee scores $5 in Kinky Cash to spend at Sexology. $5, 7pm Wednesday; Sexology Institute and Boutique, 727 S. Alamo St., (210) 487-0371.

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ARTIST ON ARTIST

Gary Sweeney Interviews Meredith Dean It has taken me way too long to interview Meredith Dean, one of the true movers and shakers of the San Antonio art scene. After receiving her master’s in printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis, she found her way to San Antonio in 1991. Dean was a professor of art at the University of Texas at San Antonio until her retirement in 2014 and continues to produce lush, beautiful prints and resin wall pieces at her home studio north of town. I wish I knew the secret to her energy. In addition, she is president of the nonprofit Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy, and has been on the board of Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum for nine years. Her late husband, the artist Dennis Olsen, whom I interviewed for the San Antonio Current in June 2014, passed away last Thanksgiving, and the local art world is still reeling from his loss. > Was art an important part of your family life growing up?

Yes. Both of my parents were interested and involved with creative activities, and we were always making and fixing and creating stuff. My mother did ceramics until I was born — I kind of interrupted that so she started painting and writing. My father was always involved in the practical arts. He really wanted a boy and trained me to use every kind of tool in our shop. When I was in grade school, I collected rocks and stones and we did lapidary — especially cabochon-cut stones, that we had gathered from various trips and even from rocks that I collected on the playground. > Do you remember the first piece of art that had an impact on you?

Yes, the Franz Kline painting Turin, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, where I grew up. When I was 13 [and] 14, I was an assistant in the education department at the museum and every time I was there I saw this (very large) painting at the end of the hall where I worked. At that point I thought it was the most stupid artwork that I had ever seen. I didn’t think that it belonged in a museum and was adamant about my opinion. As I began to study art and began to understand abstract expressionism, my opinion changed. Now, when I return to the Nelson, the first thing that I revisit is my old friend, the Franz Kline painting. It had a major impact on my thinking and attitudes about art. > You were doing artwork at a time when things were far from easy for women artists. Have things improved since your youth?

I was always aware that it was difficult for a woman to succeed as a professional artist and that was (and is) disturbing, not fair and very much a product of whom the critics chose to write about. There were, however,

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Meredith Dean, Gary Sweeney and Magnet the dog in Dean’s home studio

women who were role models: Louise Nevelson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Mary Cassatt, Ana Mendieta, Frida Kahlo … Anne Ryan, Jennifer Bartlett [and] Eva Hesse, to name a few. At that time I was more interested in the women who had managed to be successful, and they were my encouragement. > You seem to work with structured, complex systems using random, organic shapes. How are you able to combine those two elements? Can you walk me through your process?

When you look at a map, it is a perfect example of a structured, complex system, which is based on random organic shapes. I have always had an interest in aerial landscape and mapping throughout my artistic exploration.

I was particularly interested in the micro/macro view of landscape. At one point, I went flying to take pictures from small planes (leaning out the window), commercial flights, helicopters, balloons and even flew with my son when he was 17 and getting his private pilot’s license — (crazy?).

These images inspired my work — and they still do. > How has your work evolved over the years? Or has it?

My work has evolved over the years in many different, yet related, directions. Starting with an early interest in landscape, my interest shifted to aerial landscape, not only how it looked but also how it felt to fly. This

inspired a series of large and experimental prints. Signs, symbols and icons had their influence and, of course, Italian art and street graffiti. All of these seem linked by my use of color and composition, layering of images and experimentation with media. My work always seems to start with a “what if?” and “how can I make that happen?” which means that my media has changed from painting to printmaking to inventing my own ways of working that are appropriate for the ideas that I am working with. I always feel that the media that I choose to use is a metaphor and reflection of the ideas that I am trying to express. > Did you have a role model or mentor when you were younger?

My early mentor was a close family friend, Marguerite Mitchell, who was a painter with a quirky sense of humor and a strong dedication to her work. From an early age, she encouraged me. We talked about painting and the dedication that it takes to pursue being an artist. That gave me confidence and courage to pursue my path. > Is there a time in your life in which you would be frozen if you could?

I have never wanted to be frozen in time — the next chapter has always been too enticing. Even now as I am CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 ►

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aging it is the present and the future, not being frozen in the past, that I embrace. > I see printmakers as the sort of mad scientists of the art world.

You are always experimenting with process and technique and materials. What is it that makes printmakers feel the need to do that?

All of the printmaking mediums entice exploration and modification.

It is an inventive medium and is ever changing with technology and new materials. I think, also, that printmakers have always had to create their methods and that is part of the romance of printmaking. It is a medium that invites innovation and experimentation. > If you could own any piece of artwork, what would it be?

It would be Fra Angelico’s The Last Judgment which is in the San Marco Museum in Florence. I have always been fascinated with his work because it represented a cusp between the medieval and Renaissance ways of thinking. We are still struggling with similar issues today and for me, it is a fascinating period of visual representation.

> How have you seen students change over your career as an educator?

Students have changed — yes — and students are still the same. It is the teaching methods and technologies that change, but students still have the same impulses to learn. > What’s the best piece of advice you can give today’s art student?

Technology is a relatively new addition to the artist’s toolbox. It is seductive to depend on the tools and tricks that it offers. I would advise that students still need to master the basics of artistic representation.

This includes learning to use their own eyes, hands and curiosity to explore and create a broad range of skills that depend on the human response to and observation of the world. Technology is amazing, but your individual thoughts, skills, talents and experiences are your most valuable art-making tool. > Tell me something about yourself that would surprise your friends.

When I am totally happy, in the studio, covered with paint and dust, and the studio (to outside eyes) is a creative mess, my family has nicknamed me “Pig-Pen.”

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Captain America: Civil War goes beyond the responsibilities of power MARYANN JOHANSON

What is the best way to deploy vastly superior abilities against less capable but nevertheless, dangerous bad guys? What’s the proper procedure to minimize collateral damage when those vastly superior abilities are put to use? What happens when people of good conscience disagree over the answers to these questions?

There’s a recent movie that Captain America: Civil War feels a hell of a lot like, and it’s not Batman v Superman.

It’s Eye in the Sky, the drama thriller about drone warfare.

The philosophies of both films go way beyond the mantra: “With great power comes great responsibility;” they take that as a given as they explore what, precisely, that responsibility means and how it is expressed.

Up to this point in the action series, the world has had enough of the destruction the Avengers have left in their wake — no matter how well-intentioned — and the United Nations proposes that they come under the umbrella of an international oversight panel that will decide where they go, what they do, as well as where they shouldn’t go and what they shouldn’t do. Unfortunately, the gang cannot all agree to these limitations. The two factions align behind either Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), aka Iron Man, who believes they need some reining in — I like to think this is because he’s still feeling guilty over how he became an accidental mad scientist villain in Ultron — or Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), aka Captain America, who doesn’t want to hand over his autonomy to a governmental body, probably because he hasn’t had the best experiences in the past as a tool of politicians.

(His early life as a super soldier in WWII, after all, was all about political propaganda: looking good, not doing

good.)

This is almost an Avengers movie in its own right, with so many familiar faces: kickass spy Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), flyboy Falcon (Anthony Mackie), telekinetic Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Iron Manesque War Machine (Don Cheadle). And they are joined by some newcomers: Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and — most excitingly – badass fighter Black Panther (an absolutely electrifying Chadwick Boseman). When the two factions meet in a spectacular battle over the UN issue, it’s thrilling and often amusing, not only because they’re all pulling their punches — none of them actually wants to hurt their friends — but also because we witness them combining their powers in weird, intriguing and effective ways across a grand canvas. It’s superhero action on a scale we haven’t seen before, and it’s fantastic. The brother directing team of Joe and Anthony Russo, returning from Winter Soldier, and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who wrote both previous Captain America flicks, ensure that all the action sequences are spectacular, innovative and — perhaps most importantly — do not drag on past the point at which you’ve had enough.

This is primarily a personal story about Rogers and his friendship with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), aka the Winter Soldier, who looks to have committed another terrible and public crime as a result of his Soviet conditioning as a super soldier and is now being hunted by police worldwide. Rogers believes in Barnes’ innocence, but is Rogers’ proximity to his friend clouding his judgment? Rogers’ super soldier treatment was

targeted only at his body and not his mind. However, Bucky’s brain has been messed with. Is there any coming back from that? How do you trust a guy that you don’t know you can trust? How far can faith alone take you?

Aren’t some safeguards a good thing?

These are the unspoken – and perhaps unanswerable – questions that hang over everything going on in Civil War, between the world and the Avengers, and among the Avengers and their hangers-on themselves. (I cannot decide if I am #TeamCap or #TeamTony ... and that’s a marvelous thing.) There’s barely a villain here at all, just unanswerable questions: What legal framework are super humans best placed in, or can they be placed in one at all? What is the morality of using superpowers even by undoubtedly good people?

One of the things that has made the Avengers series work so well is that all these characters feel like real people: They are never cartoonish and, ironically, they feel like they are at their most human when they are behaving in superhuman ways. That’s never been more true than in Civil War. And that’s what makes the questions it asks impossible to dismiss as simple, mere fantasy. This is one superhero series that only keeps getting more relevant, more pertinent and more necessary.

Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) 147 min.

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Aaron Blanco, owner of Brown Coffee Co., had traveled outside the U.S. many times to find the best coffee to serve to his customers in San Antonio. Over the last decade, Blanco made it a priority to cultivate relationships with coffee farmers from countries like Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica. When he decided to make a documentary on the ins and outs of coffee sourcing, he wanted to challenge himself and go somewhere he had never been before.

“Guatemala would’ve been too easy,” Blanco, 44, told the San Antonio Current during an interview inside Brown Coffee Co. (1800 Broadway, Suite 1131) late last month. “We have a comfortable network there. We know what’s going to happen. There are no surprises.”

Instead, Blanco enlisted the talents of his friend, longtime customer and local filmmaker Lee Eubanks to make a trip with him to Nairobi, Kenya, to film what it was like to go through the entire process of sourcing coffee – java that might ultimately end up in cups for his clientele.

This includes visiting farms, talking with farmers and taste testing hundreds of samples.

The feature-length documentary, Coffee Hunting: Kenya, makes its world premiere on May 12 at the Alamo Drafthouse Park North.

“We thought it would be a good idea to go to a place where I’d never been and at some point in the film be like, ‘Where the hell are we? What just happened?

What’s going on?’” Blanco said. “That more accurately represents what it’s like to go out in search of great coffee.”

Eubanks, too, wanted to challenge himself as a filmmaker – one who is not a fan of the documentary genre. It didn’t hurt that over the last few years he has become a self-described “coffee snob” and found the subject matter compelling.

“Most documentaries try to put on this façade of truth-

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Brown Coffee Co. owner Aaron Blanco visits the Thirika Mill in Kenya to search for the finest coffee in the documentary Coffee Hunting: Kenya.

telling and being real, but they’re actually fictionalized,” the city becoming more and more elevated in the last few Eubanks, 30, said. “Going in, I didn’t want to know too years, Blanco said local coffee shops are definitely part much about [coffee sourcing]. I wanted things to evolve of the overall equation. and occur naturally. I just wanted to stand next to Aaron “I love how San Antonio is changing and growing,” and be a fly on the wall.”

Blanco said. “People are looking for a better hamburger, a For Blanco, it was important for the film to capture just better salad, a better wine bar. Coffee is always in that mix. how much hard work it takes to source coffee beans out Brown is important to the coffee scene, which is essential of the Githembe Cooperative in the Thirika Mill in Kenya to the food scene, which is essential to the culture of San and get it back home to Brown Coffee Co. 9,000 miles Antonio. Coffee is a small piece of a very complex social away. Drinking an espresso is the final (and simplest) puzzle. We’re here now having our moment.” step of an arduous journey, Blanco said.

While a “moment” sounds somewhat fleeting, Brown “We’re like a duck,” he explained. “It looks so nice Coffee Co.’s success is anything but. Along with his shop and easy above the water, but it’s paddling furiously on Broadway, Blanco is opening two new locations: one underneath. We want more people to appreciate how in Methodist Stone Oak Hospital this week and one in much legwork goes into our coffee. We want this film the Southtown area this summer. Both shops will also to spark conversations and get people interested and serve quality coffee from around the world that Blanco knowledgeable about what we do.” has sourced himself – a practice he thinks is Blanco has been doing what he does in San currently “en vogue” for coffee roasters in Texas.

Coffee Hunting: Kenya In Coffee Hunting: Kenya, viewers will get an Antonio for 11 years. A native Texan, he and $10 his wife moved back to the Lone Star State in opportunity to see Brown Coffee Co. in action.

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Shea Serrano’s The Rap Yearbook highlights a strategy of Dr. Dre’s for promoting two of his signed artists: Eminem and Snoop Dog. When Dre produced “My Name Is,” he intended the song to act as an introduction to, and a trademarking of, Eminem. As a result, the wording of the title, “My Name Is,” imitates the language people use to introduce themselves, and in it, Eminem says “Slim Shady” a total of 18 times.

Six years earlier, Dre had produced Snoop Dog’s “Who Am I (What’s My Name)?” with the same intention. In the song, Snoop says his name — or some variation of it — an incredible 25 times. Point in fact: When trying to break into a saturated field, memorable branding makes a difference.

In December 2015, when Bombay Ranch on 8811 Fredericksburg swapped ownership, revamped their interior and changed their name to 8811 Patio Bar, they very well could have been doing so on doctor’s (Dre’s, obviously) orders. In the same way Snoop and Eminem’s repeated name-dropping allowed them to subliminally earmark themselves in listeners’ brains, 8811’s renaming works to constantly reaffirm the bar’s location — and to some extent — its identity. It follows then that as a bar located within the Medical Center and minutes away from USAA, if you are employed by either of those industries, or can present a student or military ID, you can claim a 20-percent discount as your birthright.

If you fail to fall into one of those categories, don’t worry — 8811 has plenty of discounts to sweeten the pot. Happy hour runs from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday, and plays host to $2.50 wells and domestics.

Now, I’m not a mathematician, but if you combine their happy hour deals with their industry discounts, you begin to have some invitingly affordable drinks on your hands.

In addition to the happy hour, 8811 also offers half-off appetizers and cocktails during any Spurs game, as if you needed another reason to root for the Spurs. That means the farther into the playoffs the Spurs go, the further in love you’ll fall with the bar’s cocktail menu.

A good place to start on said menu is the Effen Mule, a slightly puro riff on Moscow’s most inebriating export. Made with Effen Cucumber vodka, ginger beer, fresh lime and Lucas-dusted cucumbers, it’s the acidic freshness of a traditional Moscow Mule with the cheekpuckering nip of Tajín.

If you’re interested in a more familiar face with a stronger bite, look to 8811’s Arnold Palmer. Depending on who you ask, the classic golfer’s cocktail is typically some combination of sweet tea, vodka and lemonade.

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As flavored vodkas have spiked in popularity, the vodka component has begun finding its way into the drink in the form of either tea or lemonade liquor. At 8811, though, they see no need to choose just one and instead make their Arnold Palmer’s with Deep Eddy Lemonade and Deep Eddy Sweet Tea, eliminating any non-alcoholic components. As you can imagine, the result of combining a savory liquor with a tasty liquor is, unsurprisingly, a delicious, liquor-heavy drink.

Beer-wise, 8811 has reason to boast as well. While their draft selection is somewhat modest, no beer runs more than $4.50, and that includes craft beers like Freetail’s Bat Outta Helles, Karbach’s Hopadillo IPA and Busted Sandal’s 210 Ale. Of course, creature comforts such as Miller Lite, Shiner and Dos Equis are even more affordable, and are, by and large, the most popular choices. 8811 also has an even larger arsenal of canned and bottled beer, all as happily affordable as their draft counterparts.

By way of food 8811 covers its bases, offering classics like chicken wings ($8), burgers ($8), catfish and fries ($9), and jalapeño poppers ($5). The kitchen stays open late, orders are prepared quickly and you won’t leave hungry after eating, which makes the bar a perfect place to unhinge yourself with a few drinks and then re-hinge

yourself with a few wings.

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KEEPING TABS Vino Mexicano Is a Thing

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The Spanish crown put the mission grape (it wasn’t called that until later) on a boat to the New World in the late 18th century and waved adios. We don’t know if the grape’s banishment was due to the basically boring wines that had been made with it, but it effectively disappeared from the winemaking scene in the mother country.

In its adoptive home, however, it was the new kid on the block; the first European varietal to be grown in the Americas and the pride and joy of the friars who planted it at their missions for use in sacramental wines. Still, it took almost a century for the Dominican Santo Tomás Mission, founded in 1791 in Baja California, Mexico to be rededicated in 1988, as winemaking facility Bodegas de Santo Tomás.

These days, the bodega produces dozens of wines, most of them centered on the usual European vinifera. But at least one, the aptly named Misión Vino Tinto, retains a link to the monkish past.

Composed of nearly equal parts tempranillo, carignan and misón grapes, this is a wellmade wine, light on the palate, featuring bright cherry and cola flavors that tighten up nicely with a little chilling. It’s well worth the $12.99 I paid at Central Market during their recent Passport to Mexico event.

It will take a little missionary work to convince the wine-buying public of the worth of vinos mexicanos, but there are some dedicated proselytizers out there.

I sat down with Thomas Bracamontes to taste through his portfolio of wines from Baja California at Edera recently. “Baja

today is like Napa 40 years ago,” he said at the outset, adding that red blends are the current standouts.

If anybody knows premium Mexican wines at all, Monte Xanic is bound to be among them. It was founded as recently as 1987, and its whites of chenin and colombard were the first national wines of ambition I was introduced to in Mexico. I wasn’t thrilled with them then, but times have changed. The Viña Kristal sauvignon blanc, sporting green melon and almond notes and some tropical aromas, is a far better product. And the 2014 Chardonnay ($16-$17) is classic with a spicy edge and complexity added by lees stirring.

Even newer is Alximia, founded in 2008 by a family of academics and scientists. I tasted the 2013 Aqua ($23-$24), a typically iconoclastic Baja blend of petit verdot, zinfandel and grenache, and found spicy/brambly berry flavors along with zin-like pepper and a hint of chocolate.

Cabernet and nebbiolo come together in the Viresa 2012 Surco Rojo ($25). The cab seems to dominate on a nose that gives way to chewy, dark fruit. From Las Nubes Bodegas y Viñedos, also launched in 2008, came the 2014 Selección de Barricas ($25): think berry, black cherry, chocolate and coffee, the result of a blending of garnacha, carignan, tempranillo and syrah.

It’s all coming together slowly, in other words, and wine drinkers have “got to be willing to discover” along with the new missionaries.

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Juan Tejeda, the driving force behind SA’s Tejano Conjunto Festival, passes the torch It may seem like a benign occupation — to organize a music festival — but Juan Tejeda (who is the lead faculty member for the Mexican-American studies program at Palo Alto College) has been hard at work fighting for, not only the proliferation of the people’s music in la frontera, but also for the education, unity and fellowship that comes with it. As a professor at Palo Alto, as a musician and as the central figure behind the annual Tejano Conjunto Festival, now in its 35th year and still going strong, Tejeda has been entrenched in la lucha, the struggle. He has been advocating for the teaching and sharing of this culturally significant world music, which was born right here, in our backyard, pulling its influences from Texas and Mexico’s shared ancestries, since the first Festival in 1980. We recently spoke to Tejeda about his tenure at the helm of the Festival.

How did the Festival get started?

I got hired right in the first round when the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC) got their first funding, back in 1980 or so … I ran it for 17 years, and I was the Chicano Music Program

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Director at the GCAC from 1980 to 1998, when I left the Guadalupe. So, I ran it for the first [18] years … when it was the Conjunto Festival, as it was called, and then the Tejano Conjunto Festival. And we did a lot of good work. We built it up over the years. It’s the first festival dedicated to conjunto music … in the world. … And then they called me about 10 years ago to come back and help them organize and coordinate the festival … These last 10 years have been building up the festival again and the fan base and the audience and a lot of things that had kinda gone by the wayside, that I had started.

Why are you leaving, if I may ask?

I am retiring this year … I developed a Conjunto Music Program, the first in the nation at the college-university level, 15 years ago and then developed the Mexican-American Studies Program, which we’re working on right now.

I just thought that this, being the 35th anniversary, it’s a good time … to really just step back as the director … and I want to mentor and transition and just supervise these people that

are gonna take it over and let them learn it — they gotta do it — and then ease myself out.

Are you proud of what you’ve given to San Antonio?

We are this synthesis. We’re American Indian, we’re Spanish, Mexican … we’re border culture and we’re traversed by all these cultures, y’know? And you see that our music and our repertoire represents these border crossers that we are, creating new forms of cultural and artistic expression … That’s what conjunto is, it’s world music and it’s working class music, still.

Just look at the programs, the educational programs, and so many thousands of students that we’ve taught through these programs and they’re continuing this tradition … That impact on the educational level and instituting more of these organizations and classes has been equally important, or even more important, than just the festival itself. That’s where the traditions are passed on and preserved … I take a lot of pride in that and pleasure in that because that’s what this is all about. This is our music. Who’s continuing it?

1982, Marcelino F. Villenueva, Jr.; 1983, Roberto B. Sosa; 1984, James Copp; 1985, Roberto B. Sosa; 1986, Priscilla Reyna-Ovalle; 1987, Thomas Vasquez

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Our Picks for the

Although there are numerous acts to witness and enjoy, here are several that popped up on our radar, from los estudiantes to los maestros.

Thursday, May 12

Conjunto Blues | Guadalupe Theater | 6pm Activist, accordionist and artist Nicolás Valdez presents the San Antonio debut of his grab-bag performance piece and documentary Conjunto Blues. In interviews and musical performances, the San Anto native cuts to the working class experience at the heart of the tejano and conjunto tradition, laying bare the music’s “expression of cultural resistance and liberation.” First premiering in Denver in 2013, Conjunto Blues is a perfect fit for the festival, looking with a creative eye back to the genres’ cross-cultural origins.

In the name alone, Valdez finds the importance of the music’s role in South Texas.

If blues — the hard-fought music born from the

Friday, May 13

Los Clavos del Wesso Rosedale Park | 8pm If San Antonio touchstone Piñata Protest is a shot of punk with a strong tejano chaser, Los Clavos reverses the order, with a stomping Tex-Mex rhythm section that clearly knows its way around a classic punk jukebox. In April, the band parted with accordionist (and blind prodigy) Juanito Castillo; this set should be a primer for their sophomore effort Necio Nights, expected this summer.

Saturday, May 14

Conjunto Student Showcase Rosedale Park | Noon Under Juan Tejada’s jurisdiction, one of the greatest aspects of the Tejano Conjunto Festival has been its emphasis on education, passing on the music to the next generation and welcoming new fans into the tradition. High school bands from Houston, the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio showcase the shape of tejano to come.

Saturday, May 14

Los Badd Boyz del Valle Rosedale Park | 6pm Zoot-suited in the Valley heat, Edcouch troublemakers Los Badd Boyz del Valle made waves at the 2013 Tejano Music Awards, winning Conjunto Band of the Year. Double-d spellings and Z’s aside, the quartet’s “El Vato Loco” is worth admission alone, with the most memorable hooks displayed in the genre since the Quintanilla era.

Sunday, May 15

Flaco Jiménez y su Conjunto Rosedale Park | 7pm

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pain and perseverance of black musicians in the Mississippi Delta — captures the suffering and beauty of the American South, conjunto plays the same role for South Texas, where border troubles and impossible heat produced one of the most culturally rich forms of music on the planet.

For Valdez, who trained with accordionist and “octavacion” innovator Valerio Longoria, conjunto’s social vitality remains front and center.

During Conjunto Blues, Robert Casillas will accompany on bajo sexto, the rhythmic best friend of conjunto accordion. After the piece, San Anto’s Los Nahuatlatos provide an after-party soundtrack of tejano, ska, hip-hop, reggae and just about any other genre that could adapt to a cumbia beat.

At this point in his career, what else can be said about Flaco Jiménez? The accordionist has long surpassed local or regional legend status — winning a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award last February, he became a certified national treasure.

Then, in March, 2015, Jiménez fell and broke his hip and everyone held their breath, referring to the 77-year-old in hushed tones and what-ifs. But two months later he was onstage, belting out sweet accordion licks at the 2015 Tejano Conjunto Festival. All was right with the world.

Returning to the festival on Sunday, Jiménez, as always, is a marquee name. In his songwriting, Jiménez is a master storyteller, nailing in exquisite detail the richness of life in San Antonio and on the road. On his ’70s classic “El Mojado Sin Licencia,” the accordionist wryly tells of a man who comes from Laredo to marry his San Antonio rose but gets hosed at each turn for not having a driver’s license or its associated legal status. Humor and pain dance in his voice, like the best of bluesmen and comedians. Then, of course, there’s his accordion, which could make something as dead as the Republican Party two-step with excitement. Simply put, in talent and taste, in sickness and in health, Flaco Jiménez is the best alive.

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In a city where the closest beach is a threehour drive and a “pipeline” is the head shop you get your glassware from, instrumental trio King Pelican are pleased as spiked punch to simply play “surf.”

“I always had a problem with ‘surf rock,’ I think that just sounds so clinical, with no soul whatsoever … but in the last year I’ve become really comfortable with just saying … ‘We play surf.’ Just one word. That’s it,” says guitarist and the group’s primary songwriter, Ernie Hernandez III. You may have scoped out the trio at one of the city’s ever-growing tiki-related gatherings, where the drinks all come with umbrellas, names pulled from Captain Ron quotes and smell like little kid sunscreen. But don’t be confused, bassist Lloyd Walsh, Hernandez and drummer Darren Kuper are not your PTA president’s luau band. Think the Dead Kennedys with a jazzer’s ear for conversation; how the instruments play with each other, synchronize and encourage one another. To use a depressing-but-aquatic example, the first Shamu, before she was placed inside the equivalent of a planktonsized mockery of her former habitat, every generation after being born inside the fiberglass walls and those sad, stunted Shamus II through XXXIV, their dorsal fins frowning in solidarity with their spirits: that’s your typical surf band, good for an occasional Baja Blast Doritos commercial and Hawaiian-themed retirement parties. Not King Pelican.

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notice, I kinda really watch people and look for openings the U.S. and Mexico and, eventually, along with “El Pato” to kinda get in with folks, try [to] make it fun. That’s part González, formed the label PaGoGo Records, which put of the American rock ‘n’ roll thing, man, y’know? These out Question Mark & the Mysterians 1966 recording of fuckers that we grew up listening to, The Beatles and “96 Tears,” with Rudy mentoring the group. other English bands, when you really get back to the As to how the group got hooked up with González to root source of what was happening … I love The Beatles form Rudy Tee Gonzalez Y Los Pelicanos del Rey? and I grew up with The Beatles and … I have a hard time “I don’t know. The best I can tell is [local DJ] listening to them these days. I would really rather hear Jason Saldana … he heard us play and immediately Little Richard do ‘Rip it Up,’ y’know, just that raw power he thought of Los Teen Tops and the record that of it.”

Los Straightjackets did covering Los Teen Tops by Interestingly, The Beatles would rather hear Penniman themselves, so he thought we’d be a good fit for visiting (the surname of the makeup-wearing bisexual badass some of Rudy Tee’s earlier cuts that he did,” says known as Little Richard) play “Rip it Up,” themselves.

Hernandez, proud but somewhat incredulously, as if he’s It’s rather fitting that Hernandez would use an Iggy Pop still tickled by the whole thing, because he is. title to describe where all that fire and gusto comes from, Surely Gonzalez has played with killer bands before. especially as King Pelican don’t just play ‘surf.’ They write The fact that he chose the trio — a trio, mind you — to the majority of their tunes, something few surf bands are back him up speaks to the authentic love and lust the inclined to do due to the widely-disseminated Ventures group has for real, sweaty, slutty American music. and Link Wray discographies, and lately they have also Like a boozy, craftily concocted cocktail made from a been backing up the one and only Rudy “Tee” González garage-still, King Pelican, Los Pelicanos del Rey, whichever of Reno Bops fame. form they’re in, ferment the rawness of rock ‘n’ roll, the pulp For those unfamiliar, San Antonians Rodolfo González of punk and the heart of soul. A style that will have the band and his brother Manuel “Red” González performing at such seemingly conflicting venues originally formed the groups Red y Su Conjunto as the McNay before heading down to Mexico Second Thursdays at and Conjunto Los Panchos, starting in 1952. for a series of shows and then back up to the the McNay presents Then, in 1955, the year that Ford introduced The Mix later this month.

King Pelican the first Thunderbird, after getting turned on to “It’s fun, man. It’s a lot of fun. It’s a lot of Free 6pm Thu, May 12 rhythm and blues, Rudy and Red formed Rudy fun to play for folks that, at first, don’t really McNay Art Museum & the Reno Bops. In 1957, they released Louis get it. Like, ‘Where’s the singer? Where’s the 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave. Walters’ “Cry, Cry” on the Rio label, located at singer?’ He’ll be here any minute.”

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WHERE’S MY AMERICA?

•If only we could plant him and grow a whole field of Fogertys.

John Fogerty has spent his career begging the question TRAVIS BUFFKIN/@DTBUFFKIN

Not many artists could release a record that features such disparate collaborators as the Zac Brown Band, the Foo Fighters, Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Bob Seger, Dawes, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Tom Morello and Kid Rock. However, on 2013’s Wrote a Song for Everyone, John Fogerty, former frontman for corner store bluegrass rock ‘n’ rollers Creedence Clearwater Revival, did just that.

And, yeah, the record is an attempt at familiarizing the younger generations with the bard of the bayou, the Berkeley-born singer, songwriter and one hell of a guitar picker who you would’ve thought crawled right out of the gumbo-humid Delta upon first listen; but the son of a bitch has earned it.

With a career like Fogerty’s, an artist who had his biggest hits and the resulting royalties largely stripped from him by his former manager Saul Zaentz, he exists alongside the greats of the past: Primarily black musicians who had their catalogs, royalties and credits robbed with the stroke of a pen or the piggybacked popularity of a more marketable (read: white) performer.

In order to cut ties with Zaentz and his twisted Fantasy label, Fogerty agreed to forego any future royalties from CCR material, effectively missing out on millions, something few possess the integrity to do.

Fogerty is the Chuck Berry of the honky tonk. He’s the Jim Morrison of the sock hop; twice the musician without any of the art school pretension or get-the-girls poesy. The banjo picker in the bog, toothy, barefoot and bleating out the blues. Fogerty has always sounded like a long-haired good ol’ boy who’s parked his big ol’ Buick in a holler and is crowing into the moonlight with a basset hound and that elusive girl next door: Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen,” Robert Johnson’s “Kind Hearted Woman,” Neil Young’s “Cowgirl in the Sand,” all the same girl, for sure. She’s beautiful, isn’t she?

I guess most folks call that America. Fogerty sings American songs: baseball, New Jersey, the swamp, the cotton field, Susie Q, the first TV, rock ‘n’ roll. That’s American, right? No more American than underage Russian mail order brides, ugly pimps or rich fat televangelist adulterers, but Fogerty doesn’t sing about them. And somehow, just like Buddy Holly, bobby socks and getting to third base, it’s the blues. If Ike and Tina cover your shit, you are the shit. Period.

The beautiful thing about Fogerty’s art, to me, is that he sounds real enough to encapsulate the emotion

of the bluesmen before him; he’s the real-deal-cottoncommon sense dissent of the youth to a beat (and not of field. Deep in his chest, that rattling junk-croon comes the flatfoot variety). screaming out. He understands that the word, the lyric, is He then took nearly a decade off, embroiled in legal always secondary to the sound being elicited. Something struggles with Zaentz and his label, and returned with that is intrinsic in much of African-American singing and an updated sound and subject matter. Still tangling vocalizing. Fuck the words, more specifically their Merriamwith the American imagination, our love/hate affair Webster pronunciation, does it sound good? If it sounds with war, media, corruption, exploitation, baseball and good, the emotion fills in anything the words may miss. apple pie, Fogerty released Centerfield in 1985, which “You got to hidey-idey-iii, you got-ta jum-pan-run contained two songs specifically about Zaentz, “Mr. …” That’s “The Old Man Down the Road,” and one Greed” and “Zanz Kant Danz.” The latter, along with example of Fogerty’s gift for vocalizing the feel, the “The Old Man Down the Road,” also on Centerfield, hysteria of emotion, rather than utilizing a perfectly earned Fogerty further time and court costs battling articulated, humdrum diction. against his old nemesis.

Just as the release of Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke The following years have seen the Blue Ridge Ranger and Charlie Parker’s “Salt Peanuts,” one of take his rightful place alongside Young, Dylan, the first bebop records and a natural antiSantana, Hendrix, Joplin and those that they John Fogerty depressant to the horrors of the Holocaust, emulated and worshipped, the sounds they $50-$150 8pm Thu, May 12 ushered in the finale of the war that claimed championed and the starched ideals and dictatorial Majestic Theatre over three percent of the world’s population, demeanor they sought to abolish and drive from our 224 E. Houston St. shores — that most American of endeavors.

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Mephiskapheles is a NYC-based septet with a fiendish fervor for walking bass lines and upbeat rhythms. The band’s moniker itself represents a playfully twisted concoction of ska and Mephistopheles, a demonic stock character with a proclivity for fucking over wayward mortals in Germanic folklore. As its infernal namesake suggests, Mephiskapheles lures listeners down a devilish descent into cacophonous unpredictability. Typified by the ensemble’s 1994 debut album God Bless Satan — an Afro-Caribbean trip featuring tracks like “Satan on the Beach” and “Demon Weed” — the group’s sinister synthesis of buoyant beats and devious lyricism has reaped a small cult following since its short-lived stint on MTV and subsequent tour with iconic British punk outfit the Buzzcocks in 1997. Unerring from its Satanic ska-core shtick almost two decades later, Mephiskapheles stays true to its spooky jazz lounge aesthetic with the 2015 release of its selftitled EP, a 20-minute riot showcasing hellhound highlights such as “Satan Stole My Weed” and “Hell On Earth.” Indeed, spattered with shout-along choruses, funky guitar chops and a dash of the macabre, Mephiskapheles today remains as sly and shrewd as Beelzebub himself. $12-15, 8pm, The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., (210) 226-5070, thekorova.com. –Abby Mangel

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Dangerkids Do you crave emo hip-hop

with straight screamo as the hooks? If so, Dangerkids is the band you wanted, but not the band that's needed, especially post-2005. The Korova, 6:30pm

Eagle Claw, Lawman, Over the Top and DJ Smoak Just because all of your

clothes aren't black, you wash your hair and your denim vest regularly (you don't own a denim vest?!) and Sabbath has never entered your tape deck doesn't mean you can't groove with these boogie-metal badasses. Paper Tiger, 6pm

Filter and Orgy "Make America Hate Again" Tour Isn't that what Trump's

been advocating all along, but without the use of '90s industrial pop? With Vampires Everywhere and Death Valley High. Aztec Theatre, 5:30pm

Seniors Conjunto Dance This free

concert, featuring Bene Medina y su Conjunto Águila, is open to those advanced in years but still light on their feet. Guadalupe Theater, 10am

Sole One-eighth of underground hip-hop

label Anticon, Sole flows like a stream of consciousness over the instrumental beats utilized by the label's cerebral roster. With DJ Pain 1, Chisme and Chris Conde. Limelight, 9pm

Strangetowne Amarillo's Strangetowne

steer country back toward the woeful, tears-in-my-beer positon it once held, before the lacrosse team took over the airways. With Radio Birds. Sam's Burger Joint, 7pm

Widower, Aggravator, Death Motif and Cannibal Bitch Sacrilegious songtitles

abound, including Widower's "Whore Crusher" and Cannibal Bitch's "I Hope Your Daddy Fucked You" at this metal meeting of the macabre minds. Hi-Tones, 9pm

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Asleep at the Wheel The looming,

booming Ray Benson and his merry band of swingers prove that Bob Wills and Texas Swing still reign supreme.

Gruene Hall, 7pm

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half the band sporting Rapunzel-length dreadlocks, probably 'cause they look "cooler" when they headbang in sync, Latin metal group Ill Niño falls more on the nü side of the brooding genre than the Latin. Fitzgerald's, 7pm

Nic Armstrong & the Thieves Recalling

the British Invasion of the '60s, Nic Armstrong & the Thieves do justice to the formative decade, while still doing their own thing. Limelight, 9pm

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Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Making a fan out

of Quincy Jones, no small feat, Cubanborn Alfredo Rodriguez has rapidly risen to stardom under the tutelage of the famed producer. Carver Community Cultural Center, 8pm

Freddie Gibbs: A Shadow of Doubt Tour On "Fuckin' Up The Count," the

Cardinal sin of slanging, Gary, Indiana's Freddie Gibbs chronicles the realities of hood success over a forlorn minor Rhodes riff. Alamo City Music Hall, 8pm

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Espinoza brandishes vocal chops of Valyrian steel, proving cockless rock can still do just that; rock. With Worst Case Scenario, Seance and Forever Town.

Fitzgerald’s, 7pm

Ruben V The accomplished six-string

shredder applies his finesse and virtuosity to blues, rock, Latin music, soul and everything in between. With Cathouse. Sam's Burger Joint, 8pm

San Antonio Symphony Presents Born in the USA: Patriotic Pops Foregoing The Boss reference, this concert will feature compositions from John Williams, Copland, Gershwin and Sousa.

Sorry, no Springsteen. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm

Thomas Jack Despite the two first

names, Thomas Jack is no hick-hop bro, he's established his success on one corny dance track, "River," and four subsequent remixes. Club Rio, 10pm

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Carolyn Wonderland That can't be the

real last name of the woman described as having the vocal prowess of Joplin and licks of SRV, now can it? Sam's Burger Joint, 8pm

Eli Young Band Lose the drinking and

girls and the mid-tempo twang pop of the Eli Young Band could be sold right next to the new DC Talk CD. With Bart Crow and Ryan Hurd. John T. Floore's Country Store, 7pm

Lourdes Pérez and May Nasr in Concert Lebanon’s May Nasr and Puerto Rico’s Lourdes Pérez unite to prove that music and compassion can drown out the sounds of bombs and jackboots, from across hemispheres. Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 7pm

Migrant Kids, fishermen and Making Movies Diary entry lyricism and

impressive hymnal harmonies unite these three emotional indie bands. 502 Bar, 9pm

ODYSSEY Fest Local experimental

label TIMEWHEEL presents some of the best bands in the 210 for this

two-day event starting on Saturday, including Verisimilitude, Xy!0, MASLO and Ghostpizza. RSVP via Facebook for address, 7pm

Ronnie Milsap In the spirit of Charlie

Rich, Mickey Gilley and a dash of Lionel Richie, Milsap dominated the synth-laced '80s country charts from behind a honky tonk baby grand. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Wreckless Eric He's been across the

"Whole Wide World" and now the British pub pop master will play Tex-Pop. With YesBodyElse. South Texas Popular Culture Center, 6pm

Sunday, May 15

Bombasta and GSK Present: Cumbia Sónica The "barrio big band" teams up

with Guacharaca Salvage Krew every Sunday to provide cumbias, vallenato and chicha to the masses. Hi-Tones, 9pm

The Charlie Daniels Band The lyrics on

Daniels' "Long-Haired Country Boy" are so perfect and classic, it's only a shame that there is no belt big enough on which to emblazon them. Gruene Hall, 7pm

Monday, May 16

Jim Cullum Jazz Band Dig one of the

most swinging jazz ensembles in the city as their sincere sophistication puts you in a sentimental mood. Tucker's Kozy Korner, 7pm

Trapped Out Mondays feat. DJ Burlo

With trap nights popping up like weeds, Monday wants somebody going up on it, too. Bottom Bracket Social Club, 10pm

Tuesday, May 17

Bebel Gilberto The daughter of Brazilian

guitarist/singer Joao Gilberto and vocalist Miúcha, Bebel blends the sensual sway of bossa nova with intoxicating lounge. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30pm

Frightened Rabbit Just a touch more

of the world-pop of Coldplay than the 30-something gravity of The National, Scotland's Frightened Rabbit has got all the lit majors creaming themselves. With Caveman. Paper Tiger, 8pm

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ACROSS 1 Jacket style named for an Indian prime minister 6 Impala, to a lion 10 Scoring advantage 14 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” e.g.

15 “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin 16 Safe contents?

17 “All that over your fireplace-are you trying to put Hummel out of business?”

19 Fails to be 20 Courtroom fig.

21 Beethoven wrote just one 22 Detective’s lead 23 Life sentences?

24 Yiddish interjections 26 Sweet suffix 27 Crumpled into a ball 32 “Hello, I’m ___” (recurring ad line from Justin Long) 34 Sans-serif Windows font 35 Unteach, in a way 39 It immobilizes 40 Rock venue 41 A couple of gossip columns 42 Aim 44 When infomercials start running, sometimes 45 Wavy lines, in a comic strip 46 “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” songwriter 48 Visit Vail, perhaps 50 Talk and talk

52 Machine to watch “RoboCop” on, way back when 53 Didi of “Grease” and “Grease 2” 55 Astronomical flareups 57 Automaker headquartered in Bavaria 61 Make a clickbait list, e.g.

62 “Your hair looks like it was styled by kittens” 64 Brews that may be Scotch or pale 65 Early Nebraskan 66 Lisa, to Patty and Selma 67 Stamp inkers 68 “Cleanup in aisle four” tools 69 To-do list items

DOWN 1 Zippo 2 Theater sign 3 Much of soc. studies 4 Michele’s “High School Reunion” friend 5 “Pulp Fiction” actress Thurman 6 Mishmash of a “Jeopardy!” category 7 Play thing?

8 First month on a Mexican calendar 9 “And so on” 10 Majestic 11 “You couldn’t even find your own butt on a Waze app” 12 Trivial Pursuit edition

13 Cosmetics mogul Lauder 18 Pizza destroyer of old Domino’s ads 23 “The Fresh Prince of ___-Air” 25 Home of the Mustangs, for short 27 1993 Texas standoff city 28 Speedy breed of steed 29 “Buying your weed wearing a pot leaf T-shirt? Like that’s original” 30 Went out with 31 “Pet” irritation 33 ___ di pepe (tiny pasta variety) 36 Sucks the strength out of 37 Blue-green hue 38 Model with a palindromic name 40 How lottery numbers are chosen 43 Gear tooth 44 Text-interpreting technology, briefly 47 Champagne bucket, e.g.

48 Piece of paper 49 Australian leaf-eater 51 “Otello” librettist 54 Loch ___ Monster 56 Abbr. on a bottle of Courvoisier 57 Where the Himalayas are 58 Partakes of 59 Pack of playing cards 60 Bad time for Caesar 63 “Lord of the Rings” tree creature

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew.

“I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote.

“Whatever I read — my own work, or other people’s — it all seems to me not short enough.”

I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency.

You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

Approximately 30,000 sites on the Internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did?

It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all those things.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In Western culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think it’s lovely, but may also mutter, “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated the peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents.

This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): “Clear moments are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently apply to you. On the contrary.

You’re in a phase that will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity will guide you through them.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): “Dear Smart Operator: My name is Captain Jonathan

Orances. I presently serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated location. When I return home on leave, I will take possession of the trunk. You will be rewarded handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but far less risky offer will come your way.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “Some things need to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson.

The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make final decisions about which are which in your own life. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are cracked, but possible to repair and worthy of your diligent love? Make a plan to revive or reinvent them.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession — to express everything you regret and bemoan in one cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal nagging for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann Vernee’s “Genetics of Regret”: “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this. Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next. Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vomited in the wash drain. Sorry I left. Sorry I came back. I’m sorry it comes like this. Flood and undertow.”

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): “Some days I feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short story “Trouble Is My Business,” “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and velvety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Author Rebecca Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past. You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “To regain patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty, and the clear, you will not only regain patience, but also generate unexpected opportunities.

You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude, and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty, and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13thcentury Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?

THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): According to the British podcast series “No Such Thing as a Fish,” there were only a few satisfying connubial relationships in late 18th-century England. One publication at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please!

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