San antonio current september 16, 2015

For Our 50th Anniversary

$0 ENROLLMENT and

SAVE $50 IN DUES

TODAY, STEPPING UP. TOMORROW, A STEP AHEAD. GoldsGym.com

78 & Walzem 210-570-1800 Alamo Heights 210-570-1818 Babcock 210-570-2000 Bandera Pointe 210-853-2004 Bandera Trails 210-853-2008 Bulverde: Now Open!

210-318-4435 Concord 210-446-6276

25 AREA LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU Live Oak Crossroads 210-853-2143 210-853-2013 Medical Center Culbera 210-853-2144 210-570-8585 Military Evans Road 210-853-2145 210-853-2027 Naco Fiesta Trails 210-853-2146 210-853-2029 New Braunfels Goliad 210-853-2030 830-632-2335 Hil Country Village Prue Road 210-853-2142 210-853-2147 Rogers Ranch Legacy Trails 210-853-2148 210-570-8450

Tezel 210-853-2149 Downtown Travis 210-853-2150 Universal City 210-853-2151 The Quarry 210-960-6099

AMENITIES ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙

Varies by location

Cardio Cinema® Kids Club Free Group Exercise Classes Certified Personal Trainers State-of-the-Art Cardio Equipment

∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙

Free Weights Smoothie Bar Basketball Court Swimming Pool Jacuzzi Sauna

∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙

Steam Room GOLD’SFIT™ Cycling Yoga and Zumba® Ladies Only Area Free Wi-Fi

What will your legacy be? Join Today!

Expires: 9/30/15 With select new Gold’s Gym memberships. Must be at least 18 years old and a local resident with valid ID. Annual commitment is required. Total savings on dues is applied across bi-weekly billing cycles for contract term. Minimum personal training package purchase is required. Not redeemable for cash. Participating Gold’s Gyms only. Not valid at Medical Center location. Offer valid at locations listed. Other restrictions may apply. Offer expires 9/30/2015. ©2015 Gold’s Holding Corp.

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 3

LIVE THOROUGHBRED RACING EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! LIVE SIMULCAST DAILY

Sept 18 - Super Hero Night at the Park Sept 19 - Clue Night at the Park

Terrace Dining Room Buffet • Race Book & Sports Bar • Concession Stands

210.651.7000 • RetamaPark.com 1 Retama Pkwy, Selma, TX 4 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

NEW

way to navigate Síclovía Carrier

8:08 AM

100% SHARE

SÍCLOVÍA RUNS WITH YOUR HELP

DONATE TODAY

Carrier

8:08 AM

100% SHARE

TODAY’S GET STARTED EVENTS

SPONSORS

SCHEDULE

ROUTE

SAFETY

8AM

Siclovia 5K

9:30AM

Yoga Class

10AM

Group Zumba Dance

11AM

Fun Fitness Activities

12PM

5K Award Ceremony

1:1527AM

DONATE SPONSORS

SCHEDULE

CPR Training ROUTE

SAFETY

DONATE

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 5

PERMANENT COSMETICS

BY JEANETTE MCCRIGHT DAAM-SPCP

SEPTEMBER SPECIAL

San Antonio Current

BEAUTIFUL PERMANENT EYELINER • ONLY $100

Publisher: Michael Wagner Associate Publisher: Lara Fischer Editor-in-Chief: Hernán Rozemberg

SPECIALIZING IN:

Editorial

EXPIRES SEPT 30, 2015

EYEBROWS • EYELINER BLUSH • HIGHLIGHTER LIPS • LIP LINER

Associate Editor: Bryan Rindfuss Interim Art Director: Sarah Flood-Baumann Food & Nightlife Editor: Jessica Elizarraras Music & Screens Editor: Matt Stieb Staff Writers: Mark Reagan, Michael Marks Digital Content Editor: Albert Salazar Contributors: Ron Bechtol, D.T. Buffkin, Ainsley Caffrey, Erik Casarez, Murphi Cook, James Courtney, Jade Esteban Estrada, Dan R. Goddard, Lance Higdon, Steven G. Kellman, Kiko Martínez, Jeremy Martin, Jeff Meyers, David Riedel, Melanie Robinson, Heywood Sanders, Gary Sweeney, J.D. Swerzenski, Editorial Interns: Alyssa Cantu, Cameron James, Gabriela Mata, Taylor Medrano, Crystal Poenisch, Shannon Sweet

NOW OFFERING: LASH PERM & LASH TINT

210-826-8836

8503 BROADWAY, SUITE 114 @ LOOP 410 PERMANENTCOSMETICSBYJEANETTE.COM RECOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS FOR 25 YEARS!

Advertising

ANTIQUES. COLLECTIBLES. ODDITIES. 1423 E.Commerce St. • 210.827.5555

No networks Portable United American has provided Medicare Supplements since Medicare began and has an A+ (Superior) Financial Strength rating*. We want to help you too!

Teresa C. Jones (210) 595-1498 CaroleCJJones@gmail.com

www.unitedamerican.com

United American Insurance Company is not connected with or endorsed by the U.S. Government or federal Medicare program.* For more than 35 consecutive years, United American has earned the A+ (Superior) Financial Strength Rating from A.M. Best Company (as of 6/13). Policies and MSHDF10, MSG10, MSK06R, MSL06R, and MSN10 are available from our Company where state approved. Some states require these plans be available to persons eligible for Medicare due to disability. This is a solicitation for insurance. You may be contacted by an Agent representing United American Insurance Company.

Policy Form XXXX UAI0561 0813

AD-325(42)

TURN YOUR GAME HARDWARE INTO STACKS OF CASH!

Sales Manager: Chelsea Bourque Senior Multimedia Account Executives: Carlos Aguirre Jr. Multimedia Account Executives: Sarah Estrada, Mallory Jochen, Blanca Morales, Elizabeth Martinez, Alexa Perez, Joe Rodriquez Account Manager: Zach Yurcheshen

Marketing and Events

Marketing and Events Director: Ashley Quinn Promotions Coordinator: Loren Reyes Promotions: Caleb Eckart

Creative Services

Creative Services Manager: John Mata Graphic Designer: Tina Corbeil Creative Service Interns: Brad Davis, Joseph Drake, Ian Wardzinski, Mollie Starnes

Business

Operations Manager: Sarah Estrada Office Assistant: Tara Caballero

Circulation

Circulation Manager: Caleb Eckart

Euclid Media Group

Chief Executive Officer: Andrew Zelman Chief Operating Officers: Chris Keating, Michael Wagner Chief Financial Officer: Brian Painley Human Resources Director: Lisa Beilstein Digital Operations Coordinator:Jaime Monzon www.euclidmediagroup.com National Advertising: Voice Media Group 1-888-278-9866, voicemediagroup.com

Official Sponsor of

San Antonio Current 915 Dallas San Antonio, Texas 78215 sacurrent.com Editorial - (210) 227-0044 / Fax - (210) 227-7755 Display Advertising - (210) 227-0044 Fax - (210) 227-7733 Classified - (210) 227-CLAS / Fax - (210) 227-7733 The San Antonio Current is published by Euclid Media Group Verified Audit Member San Antonio Distribution – The Current is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Huebner Oaks 6 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

We pay cash for your CDs, DVDs, Games & Game Hardware!

9861 IH-10 West • 641-1600 3703 Broadway • 828-5525 6997 Bandera Rd. • 509-3472

803 SW Military • 928-3472 8235 Agora Pkwy • 566-9200 5253 Walzem • 650-3472

13486 US 281 • 545-3472 5442 Evers • 680-3472 6900 San Pedro • 826-2662

Get listed - Send us your info two weeks before publication. For complete submission guidelines, visit sacurrent.com. E-mail sacalendar@sacurrent.com; Mail - Calendar Editor, same address as above; Fax - (210) 227-7755 Listing submissions are not accepted by phone.

Copyright - The entire contents of the San Antonio Current are copyright 2015 by Euclid Media Group LLC. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Publisher does not assume any liability for unsolicited manuscripts, materials, or other content. Any submission must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. All editorial, advertising, and business correspondence should be mailed to the address listed above.

Subscriptions - Additional copies or back issues may be purchased at the Current offices for $1. Six-month domestic subscriptions may be purchased for $75; one-year subscriptions for $125.

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 7

21

CONTENTS September 16-22, 2015

10 NEWS Tech Bloc Activated From voting to innovation, a new grassroots group looks to the future Straying From Home Looking at San Antonio’s chronic stray dog problem 33

20 CALENDAR

Our top picks for the week

26 ARTS & CULTURE Captive Audience Our Q&A with the San Antonio Zoo’s new director

31 SCREENS View From The Top Everest explores the 1996 climbing disaster and the unshakable appeal of the mountain

32 FOOD 55

Hambres Patrias Where to find legit tortas, huaraches and other Mexican delicacies around town, along with recipes to tackle on your own

31

8 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

Culinary Calendar 6 ways to get your drink/grub on this week Flavor File Openings for Brigid, Francis Bogside and more

44 NIGHTLIFE Keeping Tabs You’ll be seeing a lot more tepache in area bars Not-So Animal House The Pub At St. Mary’s is open for business

50 MUSIC Standin’ At The Crossroads The importance of San Antonio’s field recording history, from Robert Johnson to John Lomax Too Smooth Jazz’SAlive’s tepid 32nd celebration Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

62 ETC. Savage Love Jonesin’ Crossword Free Will Astrology This Modern World

ON THE COVER

Get familiar with pambazos — tortas filled with potato, chorizo and melty Oaxaca cheese — available at Flair Mexican Street Food Photo by Josh Huskin Art direction by Rick Fisher and Sarah Flood-Baumann

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 9

NEWS

ON THE MOVE Grassroots Movement Tech Bloc Is Just Getting Started MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN

A grassroots organization called Tech Bloc has taken SA by storm, starting a youth-centric conversation about what the city is all about and what it could be down the line.

Tech Bloc seemingly popped up out of nowhere in late spring, grabbing headlines and throwing two large rallies that attracted more than 1,000 people. Even though it’s still in its infancy stages, Tech Bloc has already affected policy change through its push to bring back Uber and Lyft.

So where did Tech Bloc come from and where is it going?

Striking A Nerve Last year, then-mayoral candidate Mike Villarreal reached out to David Heard, chief marketing officer at local tech firm SecureLogix.

“He looked at the tech industry as a potential industry group that could be base support for his agenda, which was urban and tech friendly,” Heard told the San Antonio Current last week. “Long story short, I began organizing a concept, like, why don’t we throw a tech rally around the mayoral race and see if we get a lot of the urban, techcentric young adults to get more involved.”

Little did Heard know that a fledgling movement was blossoming.

In May, Tech Bloc held its first rally, attracting hundreds of people including Lew Moorman, the former president of Rackspace, who rallied techies around bringing back Uber and Lyft — the rideshare companies that pulled out of San Antonio, complaining that regulations passed by City Council were burdensome.

“Uber and Lyft leaving was the galvanizing moment,” Moorman told the Current.

Then Tech Bloc held another rally last month. More than 1,000 people showed up, including Mayor Ivy Taylor and other politicos from the city and county.

By the end of that month, Lyft had worked out a deal with the city to return under a nine-month pilot program.

Uber is supposedly still in talks with the city while it continues to operate in smaller enclaves like Alamo Heights and Windcrest.

But back to that meeting between Heard and Villarreal.

“Around the same time, unbeknownst to me, Lew and Lorenzo Gomez, who runs Geekdom, they had been having some coffee discussions around the idea of writing some press editorials … around the need for 10 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

Tech Bloc has drawn larger crowds than it expected.

an agenda of technology innovation and growth in San Antonio,” Heard said.

Heard, Moorman and Gomez started meeting regularly, even bringing on additional tech leaders.

“Here’s the thing, it became almost immediately apparent that we were not organizing an event. We were in fact organizing a movement that had legs way beyond an individual rally,” Heard said. “We were kind of tapping into a reservoir of latent energy around the need to have an ongoing agenda and movement around urban livability, a strong central core and technology and innovation … that we could all embrace city-wide.”

Next Generation City While Tech Bloc’s momentum arguably influenced city officials to work it out with Lyft, there’s still more to be done.

“We love Lyft, but we want the full fleet of ride-share back on the streets … hopefully over the next month or two,” Moorman said with a confident tone.

However, there’s more to the organization than transportation network companies.

Moorman said Tech Bloc is involved with economic development organizations and is creating what he calls a “sales deck” around why tech companies should set up shop in San Antonio.

Then there are discussions about revitalization.

“We believe we need lots of urban core development,” Moorman said.

Tech Bloc is also tackling the issue of annexation.

“There are a lot of big complicated issues we’re trying to get a handle on,” Moorman explained. “Another piece that we’re really interested in is we really think that Central Texas should be a super region ... one of the great super regions in the country.”

Tech Bloc is also excited about Lone Star Rail — the long-sought commuter train that would run from SA’s South Side to Georgetown, north of Austin.

“That’s a way to brand the region to get companies from California,” Moorman said, explaining that the proposed railway would bolster the concept of a Central Texas “super region.”

And since Tech Bloc is saturated with millennials, Moorman said the organization will work to increase the youth vote.

“We want members registered and voting,” he said. “If we don’t vote, we won’t get anything … and the young professional demographic has a bad history on voting.”

Lastly, Tech Bloc will explore ways to work with UTSA, Trinity, Alamo Colleges and other institutions of higher learning to bolster workforce development in an effort to make San Antonio an irresistible place to build a company.

“These are things we’re putting time and energy in, and we’re going to get active,” Moorman said. “Anyone who thinks we’re politically going to go away — it’s not going to happen.”

CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 ►

T:10.18 in B:10.18 in

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 11

S:9.68 in

© 2015 Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago, IL. Enjoy responsibly.

Great American Beer Festival® Awards (Category: English Style India Pale Ale): 2012 Gold (India Pale Ale), 2009 Silver (IPA), 2007 Silver (India Pale Ale), 2004 Silver (Goose Island India Pale Ale), 2001 Bronze (India Pale Ale), 2000 Gold (Goose Island IPA).

B:10.25 in T:10.25 in S:9.75 in

12

Visit www.sagoesorange.org for more details.

12 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

13 NEWS

Life is Mobile Enhanced Bill Pay – Same day & next day payments

Transfer Funds

Mayor Ivy Taylor spoke at Tech Bloc

◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10

Not Without Criticism While Tech Bloc struck a chord with San Antonians and grew into a movement that rebooted the conversation over what it means to be a 21st century city, not all tech-minded people are convinced it’s on the right track.

Christian Rios, who owns an arcade called Dreamanoids on the West Side, said he thinks Tech Bloc’s priorities are misplaced.

“There’s this huge emphasis on bringing outside resources in to make it look like we’re other places and we don’t want to get involved in our own community,” Rios said. “And what’s really disheartening, coming from the South Side of San Antonio, is that there is more than enough interest, more than enough capability out there that literally just gets pushed aside because they won’t be given opportunities.”

Throughout his life and in college at the University of Incarnate Word, Rios, who previously worked at Apple corporate headquarters, said he felt marginalized in the tech world.

“I felt like a huge social outcast because I was brown, trying to be, you know, in this tech realm where almost nobody saw me,” Rios said.

That’s why Rios runs an arcade.

“I realized that here in San Antonio, there isn’t a place for me. There just isn’t,” Rios said. “I won’t name any places by name. I’ve gone to a lot of these tech places and the non-verbal

attitude toward me is immediately felt.”

If Rios ran an organization like Tech Bloc, he said he’d search within the Alamo City to tap and promote local talent.

“We really need to reach out to these school districts, and I’m not talking about Alamo Heights or NEISD where these kids, they all have computers at home. They have all the resources in the world,” Rios said.

“We need to go to these places where these kids don’t have any of that.”

Go to any library on the West Side, South Side or downtown and you’ll see the need, Rios said.

“It’s like an adventure for them,” Rios said, explaining that those libraries are often used by people seeking Internet access for entertainment, education, employment and other real-life needs.

“If you could get a youth a computer and internet in some capacity, he might go to college and graduate. It’s that simple,” Rios said. “I really believe that because as much as San Antonio wants to be this big tech beacon, I mean, just look around, man. Our people, our heart and our soul, some of them, they don’t even know how to use the internet.”

In Rios’ view, San Antonio will never be that beacon without improving access to technology in marginalized communities. And if Tech Bloc overlooks that factor, in Rios’ eyes, it will just perpetuate the cycle of looking outward for success rather than within.

Food for thought. mreagan@sacurrent.com

• To other IBC customers with Person-to-Person • To others via text or email with Popmoney • To your accounts at other banks

All New!

ibc.com Must be U.S. bank accounts. Fees may apply.

CALL NOW & SAVE UP TO 84% ON YOUR NEXT PRESCRIPTION

Drug Name Viagra 100mg Viagra 50mg Cialis 20mg Cialis 5mg Levitra 20mg Spiriva 18mcg Celebrex 200mg Advair 250/50mcg Zetia 10mg Crestor 20mg Combivent 18/103mcg Symbicort 160/4.5ug Cymbalta 60mg Namenda 10mg Nexium 40mg Diovan 160mg Aggrenox 200/25mg Entocort 3mg Propecia 1mg Januvia 100mg Quinine 300mg

Qty (pills) 16 16 16 90 30 90 90 180 ds 100 100 600 ds 360 ds 100 84 90 100 200 100 100 90 100

Price* $ 99.99 $ 79.99 $ 99.99 $129.99 $109.99 $169.99 $104.99 $184.99 $109.99 $154.99 $119.99 $194.99 $174.99 $ 97.99 $109.99 $ 72.99 $121.99 $109.99 $ 69.99 $209.99 $ 74.99

Drug Name Ventolin 90mcg Pentasa 500mg Avodart 0.5mg Pradaxa 150mg Vagifem 10mcg Xarelto 20mg Asacol 800mg Tricor 145mg Colchicine 0.6mg Abilify 5mg Singulair 10mg Plavix 75mg Premarin 0.625mg Pristiq 50mg Janumet 50/1000mg Protonix 40mg Aciphex 20mg Evista 60mg Flovent 110mcg Niaspan 500mg Boniva 150mg

Qty (pills) 600 ds 100 90 180 24 84 300 90 100 100 84 90 84 100 84 84 100 100 360 ds 84 3

Price* $ 59.99 $109.99 $ 99.99 $459.99 $ 94.99 $444.99 $229.99 $119.99 $ 89.99 $139.99 $ 33.99 $ 26.99 $ 75.99 $134.99 $184.99 $ 29.99 $ 69.99 $134.99 $114.99 $ 84.99 $ 49.99

All pricing in U.S. dollars and subject to change without notice. *Prices shown are for the equivalent generic drug if available.

✔ Over 1500 Medications Available ✔ Price Match Guarantee ✔ Call for Free Price Quote ✔ Prescriptions Required ✔ CIPA Certified Toll Free Phone

1-800-267-2688

Toll Free Fax

1-800-563-3822

Shop: www.TotalCareMart.com or Call Now! 1-800-267-2688 Mailing Address: ORDER PROCESSING CENTER, PO BOX 121 STN L

WINNIPEG MANITOBA, R3H 0Z4 CANADA

CODE: BK45

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 13

RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE

Parkview Village 3420 St Mary’s St. 3,900 SF $6,903/mo www.3420nstmarys.info

Balcones Lofts

4462 E Houston

903 Gentleman Rd. 629 SF $839/mo 886 SF $1,181/mo 898 SF $1,197/mo www.BalconesLoftsRetail.info

Three Spaces Available: 1,338 SF for $2047/mo 1,346 SF for $2059/mo 2,990 SF for $3977/mo www.4462EHouston.info

leads@exquisitesa.com | 210.494.1695 ZONA 7 PICTURES PRESENTS

“Gemina

Sp i ri t u s” PA R T 2 O F T H E L . A . m u ñ o z P O E M P R O J E C T C H E C K O U T T H E U LT R A - S H O R T F I L M AT

GEMINA SPIRITUS

14 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 15

MARCUS SMITH

Whole Earth Provision Co. Quarry Market at 255 East Basse • 210-829-8888 WholeEarthProvision.com

The affordable

Chiropractic Adjustment No Appointment Necessary No Contracts No Start-Up Costs No Hidden Fees No Hassles

! t n e m t s u j d A l $20 Spina Paul Miller, DC

9238 N LOOP 1604 W STE. 101 SA, TX 78249 • 210.251.3514 AlamoPainInjury.com Alamo Pain&Injury 16 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

NEWS

MICHAEL MARKS

STRAYING FROM HOME

Dogs Pervade Some SA Neighborhoods More Than Others MICHAEL MARKS/@MICHAELPMARKS

It was 5 p.m. on a Saturday in late August, and Father Jim Hynes was about to begin Mass.

Hynes, a native of Dublin, Ireland, has spent the past 12 years at Our Lady of the Angels Church on the South Side. Eight of every 10 Masses he conducts each week are in Spanish.

Hynes is something of a St. Francis to South Side stray dogs. For the past five years, he’s taken them in, cared for them, brought them to the vet and paid their medical fees when he can. Some weeks, people bring him five or six dogs.

“It’s almost like an addiction,” Hynes told the San Antonio Current. “I don’t regret it, but it can be pretty demanding. They run my life in a lot of ways.”

When a woman drove to the church that Saturday to drop off a black-and-white Chihuahua mix, Hynes, clad in his vestments, told her he was about to start the service. She said: “I’ll wait. I’ll sit in the church and leave the dog in the car.”

“You can’t just leave it in the car,” he replied. Running late, Hynes carried the dog inside the church. He later called Animal Care Services to come treat the dog, which showed signs of illness.

Hynes would adopt the dog, and all the others brought to him, if he could. But despite the efforts of Good Samaritans like him and others, stray dogs still swarm much of San Antonio. No area is completely spared, though strays are rarer on the North Side than in other parts of the city.

Dogs and humans both suffer. Although the rate of reported dog attacks in San Antonio has dropped in recent years, the threat still looms for bikers, walkers and children on their way to school. Diseases are common amongst street dogs – some which can be transmitted to humans.

But for a problem that’s so prevalent, basic questions persist. The unknowns – including how many dogs roam the streets, why they disproportionately plague San Antonio compared to other cities and why they concentrate in certain neighborhoods – are many.

Even calling most of them “strays” may be a misnomer, according to Lisa Norwood, an ACS spokeswoman.

Most of the dogs the agency encounters have homes, but their owners are either inattentive or intentionally let their animals wander freely.

“Anecdotally, what we see in the shelters are overwhelmingly owned animals. We know that because

A stray dog stands in the street at a South Side intersection.

they come in with collars, or they come in with some sort of tether,” Norwood told the Current.

Homeward Bound?

Hynes typically takes the dogs to Dodd Animal Hospital on the East Side. It too has become a repository for strays and unwanted pups, according to Sharon Gregory, the clinic’s office manager for 16 years.

“On a daily basis we get dogs tied to our gate. We have boxes of puppies or kittens dumped here,” Gregory said.

From Gregory’s point of view, the problem of strays roaming the neighborhood hasn’t improved, even as the city has more than doubled ACS’ budget over the past 10 years.

“When you drive down Rigsby Avenue, the same 11 dogs are roaming around that were there six or seven years ago,” she said.

Gregory lives in Olmos Park, but works on the East Side. She said the disparity between the quantity of strays in the neighborhoods is striking. She regularly sees people walking around with “baseball bats or other weapons” near the clinic to ward off potentially aggressive dogs.

To her, the problem seems to have been ignored in that part of town. Not so in her home North Side neighborhood, though.

“When somebody in my zip code calls and complains about a dog, more attention is paid,” Gregory said. “I think that people on my side of town have more influence.

I think that I have neighbors who know people … and when they call, people listen. I don’t think that’s the case

[on the East Side].”

District 5, which encompasses portions of the South and West Sides, reported 2,279 dog attacks between 2010 and August 2015, more than any other district.

District 8, which stretches northwest from beyond Loop 410 towards Boerne, reported the fewest over that period with 1,104 attacks, according ACS. Norwood chalked the differences up to a lack of pet-related support in certain parts of town, likening the problem to food deserts.

“In many cases … it comes down to resources.

There are some parts of our community that have more pet clinics, more pet stores, more spay/neuter clinics than others. When you have closer proximity to those resources, it’s easier to take advantage,” Norwood said.

Others, such as former Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson, see the dog disparity as a deep-seated issue that’s essentially rooted in race and class.

Adkisson, a San Antonio native, is particularly passionate about San Antonio strays. He’s seen them gradually overwhelm working-class neighborhoods since his time going up and down city streets as a San Antonio Light paperboy.

“The solution isn’t simple. But it requires lots of love, lots of concern and lots of selflessness in being willing to share yourself with many of these communities that maybe were not quite as blessed as you,” Adkisson said. “Certain communities get attention and certain ones don’t.”

Adkisson is forming a political action committee to raise money and increase the issue’s profile with city CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 ►

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 17

Mention this ad for: 2423 Austin Hwy • 210.654.0211 • themotorcycleshopsa.com

MSRP $20an0y ONewFFScooter on

or

10%sOorfieFs

Acces

S p e c i a l i z i n g i n A n n C h e r y Wa i s t Trainers and Designer Corsets!

UptownGypsy.com • (210) 978-6546 Located at

R

af es RESTAURANT & BAR

Daily Lunch Specials R UNDE NEW ERSHIP! OWN

Happy Hour 11a-6p & 9p-11p Dining • Dancing • Entertainment 1039 NE Loop 410 (Between Nacogdoches & Broadway) • 210.826.7118 www.RafflesRestaurantandBar.com

18 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

NEWS

MICHAEL MARKS

Capoeira is a 500 year art that combines martial art, acrobatics, dance and music into one exciting class. Get in the best shape of your life while having fun.

AGES 3-93 ALL AGES & LEVELS OF ABILITY.

- Increase strength and flexibility.

- Become more agile and fit.

- Gain confidence and learn a new culture.

CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE TRIAL CLASS.

210-535-4577 | go-cap.com

Friday, 09/18 6pm-Midnight

Race Your Ride

(Bring your car, truck or bike out) Presented by All Out Diesel Performance

Father Jim Hynes with two of the strays he adopted. ◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17

leaders. He hopes that they will make a greater commitment to getting dogs off the streets.

“It didn’t happen overnight and it’s not going to get cured overnight, but it’s not going to get cured if we’re going after bull elephants with pea shooters.

I think that’s what’s happening here,” Adkisson said.

A variety of proactive programs are available from ACS for little or no charge, including spaying and neutering, microchipping and vaccinations. Many of those are specifically targeted toward zip codes with acute stray dog problems.

With so many programs at pet owners’ disposal, Norwood chalked animal neglect or letting a dog roam freely up to irresponsible owners.

“Laziness is the bottom line for a lot of different things. It’s laziness of ‘I’ll get them spayed or neutered next month,’ laziness of ‘I’ll get the gate fixed next month,’” Norwood said. “You don’t have to be super-duper wealthy to be a responsible pet owner. What you do have to do is be motivated …

There’s so many resources available there’s no excuses.”

Overwhelmed The agency receives about 250 calls for service per day and about 20 of its 130 staffers are in the field at any time, according to Vincent Medley, the agency’s assistant director. Between

10 and 15 percent of the calls are generated by ACS staff.

Medley explained that ACS’ response system is similar to triage used by most law enforcement. Calls are prioritized by their urgency; a dog without a collar wandering a neighborhood probably won’t get a prompt response, as opposed to a call of an attack.

The result is that many of those who call ACS can expect wait times of several hours. Or they‘re told to trap the animal while they wait.

Although more manpower, equipment and enhanced technology would help, Norwood said, what’s really needed to solve the stray problem is education.

“I don’t know that solely throwing enforcement at the situation is the sole solution. While that may be helpful, I think that targeted, focused education … is the way going forward. Giving people tools to do the right thing,” Norwood said.

Most everyone involved with the issue agrees that more aggressive educational efforts are imperative and that ACS has taken some valuable steps in that direction. But some, including Hynes, say they’ve yet to see greater awareness make an impact in their neighborhoods.

“I haven’t seen any real difference,” Hynes said. “The response of people is very positive, but I can’t say if there’s really much of a change … although I’ve been doing this for the last five years, and I’m still trying to figure out the reasons.” mmarks@sacurrent.com

Saturday, 09/19 8am-6pm

Texas Truck Shootout

(THE FASTEST TRUCKS IN TEXAS BATTLE)

Saturday, 09/19 6pm-Midnight

Midnight Street Outlaws & Sat. Night Thunder (STREET CARS BATTLE & YOU CAN RACE YOUR RIDE)

Friday, 09/25 5pm-Midnight Saturday, 09/26 10am-Midnight

NitroJam - Funny Cars, Pro Stock, Outlaw Fuel Altereds, Jet Car & Trucks

(THE FASTEST CARS ON THE PLANET)

Saturday, 10/03 9am

Blue’s Oasis MON-FRI: 10:30A-6:30P SAT: 10A-5P

$50.00 NEW CLIENT SPECIAL All Credit Cards Accepted

DEEP TISSUE SWEDISH 4-HAND MASSAGE COUPLES

3700 FREDERICKSBURG RD #233 210-733-4217 • www.bomtx.com

Import Faceoff

3641 S Santa Clara Rd, Marion, TX

(210) 782-9578 • saraceway.com facebook.com/ sanantonioraceway @saraceway

Kids 12 & under free. Military & Ladies Buy One Get One of the Same Free sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 19

B. KAY RICHTER

THU

17

Instaglam

FRI

FASHION

Taking cues from social media, The Art Institute’s Instaglam brings runway to the everyday, featuring fashions for any time of day. The hashtag-inspired styles include casual daywear (#iwokeuplikethis), active wear (#idontsweatisparkle), fashionable daytime apparel (#onfleek), clothes for after 5 p.m. (#feelingmyselfie) and student designs (#designersinthemaking). With proceeds funding future events, the show aims to teach fashion design and fashion merchandising students to collaborate and discover what it takes to put on large-scale events. $10-$15, reception at 7pm, show at 8pm, Devonshire Place, 12475 Starcrest Dr., (210) 338-7320, artinstitutes.edu/san-antonio.

— Murphi Cook

18

Buttercup & Alyson Alonzo MUSIC

Around these parts, art-rock lifers Buttercup hardly need an introduction. They make songs about our city and songs about everything else, too. They make silly songs and important songs and old-school rock ‘n’ roll songs and indie-rock songs and so much more. All that they do is imbued with a sense of lightness and humor, which lends their music an infectious feeling of buoyancy, especially in the live setting. The trio will be joined on this special evening by nuevo-San Anto-soul crooner Alyson Alonzo, who is enjoying a well-deserved and criminally overdue buzz of late. $10, 8pm, Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, 226 N. St Mary’s St., (210) 226-5700, majesticempire.com. — JC

20 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

FRI

18

OUT in the Park SPECIAL EVENT

If you’ve been wondering how LGBT nightlife kingpin Rey Lopez might top his latest feat (importing a dozen RuPaul’s Drag Race stars for his 40th birthday bash), look no further than OUT in the Park. Reminiscent of Gay Days at Disney World, Lopez’s “new signature private event” promises to cast an outrageous spell on Fiesta Texas with performances by 30 drag queens on five stages. The possibility of spotting Laotian queen Jujubee, native Texan Alyssa Edwards or Puerto Rican diva Yara Sofia aboard the Gully Washer or Iron Rattler seems worth the ticket price alone. $39.99-$49.99, 6-11pm, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, 17000 I-10 W., (210) 697-5050, sixflags.com/ fiestatexas. — Bryan Rindfuss

FRI

18

Black Lips MUSIC

The Black Lips are one of the few rock ‘n’ roll bands in operation that truly don’t give a fuck. The first time I saw the Atlanta quartet, they were filming a movie with Val Kilmer and encouraged the crowd to throw stuff at the bloated actor (I managed to nail the former Batman with a water bottle, a résumé achievement.) The next time, guitarist Cole Alexander tossed a meat plate onto the crowd, inventing the deli-style mosh pit. It’s for this reason, and the band’s sloppy tenure of perfect garage, that I can think of a handful of San Antonio bands that just want to be “Bad Kids.” With Steve ‘N’ Seagulls, The Bolos. $16, 7pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersa.com.

— Matt Stieb

FRI-SAT

18-19

Josiah Media Festival FILM

Although he passed away in 2006 at the age of 20, media artist Josiah Miles Neundorf’s creative spirit lives on through the juried festival his parents founded in his memory. Now in its ninth year, Josiah Media Festival is a magnet for outstanding shorts created by filmmakers under 21. Representing talent from the U.S., India, Australia and beyond, the 2015 program showcases all 12 winning films in four categories (narrative, animation, experimental and documentary) during three screenings that culminate in an awards ceremony and Sykpe chats with winners around the world. $10, 7pm Fri, 2pm & 7pm Sat, URBAN-15, 2500 S. Presa St., (210) 736-1500, josiahmediafestival.com.

— BR

SAT

19

Something Good Fest MUSIC

Organized by progressive pop band RMRS, Something Good Fest combines a showcase of SA talent with fundraising for the at-risk community.

RMRS, Lonely Horse, Deer Vibes and nimble instrumentalists Bright Like the Sun join 13 other bands, vendors and live painters on the bill. Cans from the San Antonio Food Bank’s 12 Most Wanted list mean discounted admission and $1 from each ticket will go to arts nonprofit SAY Sí. With this combination of altruism and genreless music, Viva TacoLand gets a bit closer to its reputation under the late, great, irate Ram Ayala. $10-$12, 3pm, Viva TacoLand, 103 W. Grayson St., (210) 368-2443, vivatacoland.com.

— Matt Stieb

SAT

19

The Oppression of the Oppressed

TUE

22

WORDS

Of the 2.3 million individuals incarcerated in the U.S., a disproportionate amount are people of color. After years of volunteering, speaking and mentoring men in prisons, writer/playwright Maximo Anguiano decided to use his words to help fix this broken system. Based on true events, The Oppression of the Oppressed explores the harsh realities of America’s prisons, touching on the war on drugs, mental health and capital punishment. In an effort to “open dialogue and facilitate change in the criminal justice system,” Anguiano’s reading will be followed by a Q&A with community members and justice-based organizations. Free, 2-5:30pm, Museo Guadalupe, 723 S. Brazos St., (210) 271-3151. — MC

The Little Mermaid THEATER

Following a wistful mermaid with big dreams of sea legs, The Little Mermaid makes its San Antonio debut in a weeklong engagement. With a vibrant cast of both swimming and land-lubbing characters, the musical illustrates just how far a girl will go to get what she wants most. In its translation from the Disney screen to the stage, several characters got the ax — including Eric’s beloved sheepdog Max and Ursula the sea witch’s bodacious alter ego Vanessa.

Theatre Under the Stars’ production comes straight from Houston, where it was recently remounted following rave reviews in 2014. $30-$125, 7:30pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com.

— MC

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 21

September 19 & 20 E FRE to

®

the public

Tower of Power The Rippingtons Joe Posada Wayne Bergeron & The Temple Jazz Orchestra Soul Track Mind VIP & Reserved Seating Available Produced by The San Antonio Parks Foundation and the City of San Antonio for more info visit Jazzsa.org

H I S T O R I C O N E N I G H T O N LY E V E N T AT & T C E N T E R  O C T O B E R 3 1 DON’T MISS THE FIRST SHOW IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED AT&T CENTER!

22 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT ATTCENTER.COM, THE AT&T CENTER BOX OFFICE OR CHARGE BY PHONE AT 1-800-745-3000.

CALENDAR NIGHTLIFE

FRI-SUN

18-20

Of Mice and Men

MON

Sixteen years before Vladimir and Estragon wandered across the stage in Waiting for Godot, another pair of rootless males, George and Lennie, were making their way through Depression California. John Steinbeck constructed his short 1937 novel Of Mice and Men as if it were a play, and the work — Steinbeck’s most successful after The Grapes of Wrath — has proven remarkably adaptable: three film versions, an opera and countless stage productions, including a Broadway revival last year starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd. The metalcore band that calls itself Of Mice and Men performed in San Antonio last May, but a version of Steinbeck’s work is now on stage at the Cellar Theater. Director Jim Mammarella and Michael Holley, who plays Lennie Small, the slow-witted but gentle hulk, worked together last July in Water by the Spoonful. They are joined by versatile Andrew Thornton (True West, God of Carnage, Wittenberg) playing George Milton, Lennie’s more responsible friend. True to the Robert Burns poem from which it borrowed its title, Of Mice and Men is the fatalistic story of how benign intentions are frequently scotched — in Burns’ words, “gang aft agley.” $12$30, 8pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Cellar Theater, The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258, theplayhousesa.org. Through Oct. 11.

— Steven G. Kellman

Art

“Alternative Processes” Like a dream,

Scott Mueller’s photographs exist within an uncanny plane in our waking reality — nostalgic and haunted, a world we almost recognize. Known for his mammoth 20x24 Polaroid camera and his use of alternative photography techniques, the San Antonio fine art photographer “explores the boundaries of the photographic image including its manipulation and its effects on our assumptions of what a photograph means to us.” Brian St. John curates the exhibition. Free, 7:45am-midnight Wednesday-Thursday, 7:45am-6pm Friday, 1-6pm Saturday, 1pm-midnight, 7:45am-midnight Monday-Tuesday; Louis J. Blume Library, One Camino Santa Maria, (210) 436-3441.

“Contact” In “Contact,” San Antonio artist

Jayne Lawrence explores the moment of connection between seemingly disparate entities via meticulously crafted drawings and mixed-media works. Using familiar symbols, Lawrence conjoins human anatomy with insect and plant life to create forms frozen in suspended animation.

North Carolina artist Stephanie Liner’s “Momentos of a Doomed Construct” and the Fotoseptiembre exhibitions “Real Lyric” and “From Darkroom to Daylight” run in conjunction with the exhibition. Free, 6-8pm Thursday; Southwest School of Art, 1201 Navarro St., (210) 200-8250, swschool.org.

Mural Dedication Join San Anto Cultural

Arts as they dedicate three murals with three distinctive themes that are all part

of “the ongoing conversation around local cultures and identities.” The murals were created by San Antonio youth and lead by artists Ruth Buentello and John Medina.

Enjoy light refreshments at the ceremony.

Free, 6pm Thursday; 923 S. Zarzamora at Colima, (210) 226-7466.

“Nothing Behind/Everything Ahead/As Is Ever So” UK-born San Antonio-based Tess

Martinez’s latest work on display, “Nothing Behind/ Everything Ahead/As Is Ever So” turns her sitters away from the lens in a series of faceless portraits, leaving viewers to make assumptions about her subjects solely by the spaces they inhabit. Free, noon-6pm Friday-Saturday; REM Gallery, 219 E. Park Avenue, (210) 224-1227.

”Performance Contained: The Camera as Audience” Libby Rowe curates an

accomplished group of photographers at Terminal 136: Jay Gould and Heather Stratton from Maryland, Jaime E. Johnson (Mississippi), John William Keedy (San Antonio) and Melanie Walker (Colorado).

The thread that binds these artists is their emphasis on “the power of still imagery to infer a time-based event.” Free, noon-5pm Thursday-Saturday; Terminal 136, 136 Blue Star, (210) 458-4391.

”Standard View” A recent graduate of Texas

State University, San Antonio photographer Charlie Kitchen explores the possibilities afforded by the traditional medium with his physical manipulation of the photographic process. Kitchen masks large format film inside his camera so that the image may be

14

The Spirit of the Beehive

Director Victor Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive is one of the greatest films about childhood and one of the most beautiful films ever made. In theory, it’s set in Spain at the end of the Civil War. In practice, it’s the world of a lonely little girl whose imagination is lit by seeing Boris Karloff in Frankenstein. When she finds a soldier in hiding, she associates him with the tragic monster and secretly helps him. This hushed, hypnotic movie of Rembrandt lighting and delicate tone got past General Franco’s censors, so spellbinding and carefully framed is its comment on the grown-up world.

Child actress Ana Torrent grew into a star, while Erice has made only two more features in 40 years. The McNay screens the 1973 Spanish masterpiece in conjunction with its curiously titled This Is Not a Film Series, which draws inspiration from the forthcoming exhibition “Miró: The Experience of Seeing.” $5-$10, 2pm, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org.— Michael Barrett

“treated as a space in which structures and landscapes can be designed and constructed using the photographic referent.” Free, 7-11pm Saturday; S.M.A.R.T. Project Space, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 748-3181.

”The Altered Landscape” Human beings

are beautiful and disgusting creatures.

When examined at macro and micro levels, our relationship with the planet we live on reflects this paradox in striking ways. In this brilliant and haunting new group exhibition, Clamp Light invites you to ponder this dichotomy. Featuring work from 12 national artists, the exhibit provides unusual and poetic perspectives on the way that humans leave our mark on the natural spaces we manipulate and inhabit. With these works, devoid of any actual human presence, we are forced to consider the legacy left by our interventions in the natural world. Free, by appointment; Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, 1704 Blanco Rd., (512) 569-8134.

“The Cowboy Returns” Back in the

1970s, Bank Langmore left his corporate career to photograph the cowboys of the American West, developing images that would later become The Cowboy, a book long-considered to be the seminal work on the subject. Four decades later, his son, John Langmore, takes the reins of the family tradition. John returned to the ranch life to produce his own study from 2012 to 2015. The result is a father/ son collaboration of over 100 black and white and color prints. $8-$10, 10am-4pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-5pm FridaySunday 10am-9pm Tuesday; Briscoe

Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499.

“The Magically Surreal and the Beautifully Real” Provocative, and

even jarring, juxtaposition is the name of the game for “The Magically Surreal and the Beautifully Real,” AnArte Gallery’s Fotoseptiembre 2015 show. The exhibit pairs the realistic and often unsettling urban photography/portraiture of SA-born, NYC artist/photographer Wendy Bowman with the whimsical and mystical works of Atlanta’s Thomas Dodd. While neither Dodd nor Bowman offer linear narratives, both call us to rewarding meditations on the nature of the real and our place within it. Free, noon-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5pm Tuesday; AnArte Gallery, 7959 Broadway, (210) 826-5674.

”The Wandering Flight” Internationally

renowned artist Cecilia Paredes uses paint and fabric to carefully camouflage her body against wallpaper backdrops, her “photo performances” making the viewer question where identity ends and environment begins. In her exhibit, Paredes’ photographs tell the tale of a dream of flying; yet, as in her work before, her character’s body fades into the surroundings, inhabiting “a perfect symbiotic realm.” Free, 11am-4pm Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-4pm Tuesday; Ruiz-Healy Art, 201-A E. Olmos Dr, (210) 804-2219.

“Under Construction: Havana 2015” San Antonio art journalists Tami Kegley and

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 23

®

’S W O I O N H S TO N N U A SAN IMATE G ULT

Adults $6 Military ID $5 Kids under 12 FREE

FREE PARKING Saturday 9am-6pm & Sunday 10am-5pm NOW BOOKING EVENTS ! austinhwyevents.com | Austin Hwy Event Center | 1948 Austin Hwy | SATX 78218 | 210-242-3683 24 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

CALENDAR

Page Graham recently got the opportunity to visit Havana. Their work depicts not only art but also a city in various states of dilapidation, majesty and transition. As such, the exhibition is filled with a tension between old and new, global and local, rich and poor, and, of course, joy and pain.

Free, 5-10pm Thursday, 5pm-midnight Friday, 5pm-1am Saturday; Dorćol Distilling Company, 1902 S. Flores St., (210) 229-0607.

Film

UnSlut: A Documentary Film Through

interviews with sexuality experts, including the Sexology Institute’s Melissa Jones, the documentary explores the causes and manifestations of sexual shaming in North America and offers immediate and long-term goals for personal, local and institutional solutions. $10, 8-9:30pm Saturday; Sexology Institute and Boutique, 727 S. Alamo St., (210) 487-0371.

Theater

Gridiron Show: Bad Blood The Gridiron

show is locally written, performed and produced theatrical production that satirizes politics and local news events of the past year. It includes skits and musical numbers that poke fun at San Antonio politicians and events. The show includes the presentation of the MostPanned Award to the local newsmaker who has received the most negative media attention in the past year. $30-$50.

7:30pm Saturday; McAllister Auditorium, 1300 San Pedro Ave., (210) 486-0497.

The Magicians Agency Over the past

two decades, UK native Scott Pepper fine-tuned his signature blend of magic, illusions and comedy in venues across Europe and aboard many a Disney Cruise Line. The touring entertainer’s latest combines hand tricks, daring escapes and audience participation in a kidfriendly spectacle surrounding a secret society of magicians who use their skills “to take on dangerous missions and make the world a safer place.” $10-$15, 7pm Saturday-Sunday, Magik Theatre, 420 S. Alamo St., (210) 227 2751.

appeared in Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, Showtime’s Weeds and Comedy Central Presents. Catch his stand-up comedy during his three-night stint at the LOL Comedy Club. $16, 8pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 8pm Sunday; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.

Special Events

29th Annual San Antonio Fall Home & Garden Show The 29th Annual San

Antonio Fall Home & Garden Show is the largest most comprehensive home show in the San Antonio area. Eat, drink and stroll through hundreds of exhibits and enjoy seminars from the experts. $6.50$8.50, 2-7pm Friday, 10am-7pm Saturday, 11am-6pm Sunday; Alamodome, 100 Montana St., (210) 408-0998.

San Antonio Drive Electric Day Join

Electric Auto Association, Plug In America and Sierra Club to advocate for the increased usage of electric cars through a celebration. Complete with an electric vehicle parade, the chance to test drive electric cars, live music, food trucks, and even an energy lab for the kids. Register at driveelectricweek.org. Free, 9am-3pm Saturday; William R. Sinkin EcoCentro, 1802 N. Main Ave, (210) 486-0417.

Block Party Join the Shops at Garden

Square every third Saturday of the month for a block party. Enjoy art galleries, artisan shops, clothing boutiques and more while supporting local businesses. Free, 5-9pm Saturday; The Shops at Garden Square, 2003 S. Zarzamora St., (210) 418-9051.

ZERO Prostate Cancer Walk/Run Help

save lives and raise awareness at the Third Annual ZERO Prostate Cancer 5K Walk/10K Run. A live performance from American Idol contestant Jimmy Charles follows the walk/run along with great food and kids activities. Register at zeroprostatecancerrun.org. $15-$30, 8-11am Saturday; Mission Park Pavillions, 6030 Padre Dr.

Alzheimer’s disease — the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death — is destroying our families, our finances and our future. But you can do something to stop it. Register for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s and lead the way to a world without Alzheimer’s. ®

START A TEAM. alz.org/walk | 800.272.3900

Saturday, September 19, 2015 | River City Community Church | 7:30 AM Registration/9:00 AM Walk

SALON FORTY

Words

John Igo: A Stone for Plot Four John Igo

explores the mysterious disappearance of local literary legend and San Antonio Community College graduate Mendez Marks, who went on to write for The New Yorker, in his “biography wrapped in memoir wrapped in a psychological case study.” Free, 5-7pm Thursday; The Twig Book Shop, 306 Pearl Pkwy., Suite 106, (210) 826-6411.

Comedy

Bret Ernst The New Jersey native has

Join Us for our Grand Opening Saturday, Sept. 19th at 10am!

210.829.8048

4013 Broadway, SA,TX 78209 sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 25

ARTS + CULTURE

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

HERNÁN ROZEMBERG/@SCRIBEHERNAN

SA Zoo’s New Leader On The Changing Culture Of Animal Exhibits HERNÁN ROZEMBERG/@SCRIBEHERNAN

After nearly two decades working at SeaWorld, Tim Morrow thought he was basically set for life – planning to stay with the company until retirement.

Then he got a call from a recruiter asking if he’d be interested in the top post at the San Antonio Zoo. His initial reaction was to say he was all set, but then he thought about it some more and decided to go for it.

Now he finds himself closing in on nearly a year at the helm of the venerable Alamo City institution, home to one million visitors a year.

Morrow, a 44-year-old San Antonio native and UTSA grad, sat down with the San Antonio Current last month to discuss how his tenure has gone so far, including having to deal with controversy over the zoo’s handling of its lone and aging elephant resident, Lucky.

Critics contend she needs to be moved to a better location but the zoo maintains she’s better off staying put.

What was your first impression of the place?

Anything surprise you?

I had no idea that it was a nonprofit. I thought it was the city running the zoo. I was really surprised by how much conservation the zoo does. You don’t hear about it a lot.

It’s hard to get all the messaging out, but I was shocked by how much it does. And I really dig how much people love the zoo.

What were some of the initial challenges you set out to tackle?

It’s a historic area and it’s very tight. We’re on Brackenridge Park property, and we’ve got the DoSeum across the park, the Witte, Kiddie Park, Botanical Gardens, Japanese Tea Gardens and then the Pearl right across the highway. This whole area has really become the hot part of town, so that’s great. But it does give us some infrastructure limitations. This museum was state of the art when it opened, a lot of cageless exhibits, great staff, great vets, but zoos are going through this evolution process of bigger, more natural and more enriching spaces for the animals and this zoo presents a challenge for that because of its historic attributes … you have to respect the history while you’re forging the future at the same time.

What about the issue of what to do with Lucky?

She continues to garner headlines.

I’ve probably done more interviews about Lucky than anything else in my time so far here at the zoo. We 26 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

Tim Morrow, CEO and executive director of the San Antonio Zoo, said zoos have to change from their caged-animal ways.

need to do a better job in educating people on Lucky’s situation. There are activists that want Lucky moved to another location or people ask why can’t you bring other elephants in to be with her? I had the same questions when I came in here. I met with the elephant staff [seven full-time keepers], got their input on what’s going on, why are they doing the things they’re doing, what they think we should do … After meeting with them, I think the zoo’s making the right decision. She’s 55 and a half years old, she has outlived the average life span by nine years and we have concerns that moving her would kill her … She’s like your great-grandma – like 90 — in people years. So that stress alone we think could have really bad consequences for her up to and possibly including dying. At her age and her size, even if she made it to another location, she’d have to go through the process of fitting into a herd since she’d have to prove herself in the pecking order and we don’t know if she’d survive that.

So how do you react to the criticism about her treatment at the zoo? Is any of it fair?

I understand the perception that they see Lucky all by herself. We want to project our human feelings on her and we think, ‘I’d be so lonely if I was her.’ But we’ve

seen that she’s healthier and happier by herself. The last elephant that she was with, Boo, on paper looked like a great elephant. Boo has gotten along well with others, was not aggressive. But the first thing that Boo did was knock Lucky down on her back side and the rest of the time they were together, Lucky stayed by herself in one spot. They didn’t like each other. Lucky was intimidated, which is what happens in the elephant world – someone’s the boss and someone’s not. Now she’s more relaxed back by herself, strolling along the whole yard. But the perception continues to be that there’s a lonely elephant, and I totally get that.

So how do you deal with activists demanding change?

Some of the activists have an anti-zoo agenda – they don’t want zoos, period. I feel it’s a bit shortsighted and not looking deep into what’s really happening in the world … People that work here love animals. Critics also love animals. We know that. We just have different philosophies on how they should be taken care of …

There’s a very romanticized view of what the wild is and what’s happening out in Africa or Asia. We see poaching everywhere – elephants, tigers, lions, giraffes are being CONTINUED ON PAGE 29 ►

Dine-In • Carryout • Catering

Lunch Buffet

Monday- FridaY | 10:30am-1pm

3938 S Zarzamora St SA,TX | 210.932.2500 | Alamopizza.net

Pizza by the slice

Carry out & Delivery Specials

Football Packages

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 27

THE BEST SELECTION OF E-CIGARETTES, VAPORIZERS, & ACCESSORIES 7115 BLANCO @ 410 CASTLE HILLS, TX 1733 SW MILITARY DR. @ IH35 2808 THOUSAND OAKS @ JONES MALTSBERGER 6620 FM 78 @ FOSTER RD 2710 IH-10 WEST @ DE ZAVALA

N VICTORY R A E S IE V WATCH MO S ND SUPRISE A S D R A W E EXCLUSIVE R % FREE 0 0 1 P I SH FREE MOVIES MEMBER

Visit: Drafthouse.com

8141 PAT BOOKER RD @LIVE OAK 18360 BLANCO RD @ 1604 STONE OAK

CALL US TODAY AT 1-888-403-7638 MON-THUR: 10AM-10PM • FRI-SAT: 10AM-11PM • SUN: 12PM-9PM SMOKERZPARADIZE.COM • SMOKERZPARADISE@GMAIL.COM

Women’s Wednesday LADIES RECEIVE 20% OFF

Thursday Men’s Happy Hour 4-8PM, MEN RECEIVE 20% OFF REGULAR PRICED ITEMS

Sensual Sunday We Carry the Newest

7AM TIL MIDNIGHT COUPLES RECEIVE 20% OFF

App-Enabled Couples Toys!

Reserve our new Events Room Today!

9405 IH-35 @ THOUSAND OAKS • 657-9999 | 11827 HWY 281 N @ NAKOMA • 404-0011 | Open Daily 7am - 2am | 28 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

/MegaplexSA

ARTS + CULTURE

The exciting love story of a Chicano Veteran becoming an overnight sensation by saving Paris from terrorists.

The zoo’s lone elephant, Lucky, is too old and ailing to be moved, Morrow said.

◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26

poached for medicinal purposes or for fur or for their bones. So when people are saying let all the animals back in the wild, there really is no wild, it’s just little fragments of nature being encroached on daily by man. Back when they started in the late 1800s and early 1900s, zoos were more of a novelty … but now they’re becoming a Noah’s Ark and they’re going to have to save these animals. Asian elephants like Lucky, there are probably only like 30,000 or 35,000 left, so they’re going away in alarming rates. So they’re going to be gone in the wild in 20-30 years. Poaching is big business like drugs, it’s scary.

What about other problems with other animals? Others have died in captivity.

Yes, they do die, it’s the circle of life.

This zoo has set records for animal longevity. Yeah, you can put out a list of people who died in San Antonio last year, but it doesn’t mean that San Antonio’s a bad place for people to live. It just happens. Animals have the same ailments we have as we get older. Some animals get cancer, some die from old age. It’s easy for someone to point out all the animals that have died at the zoo. But that’s what happens, to all of us. We’re regulated by the federal government, by state agencies, by accreditation

organizations. It’s counterproductive for a quality zoo to not be taking great care of their animals.

You mentioned zoos have changed their philosophy over time – their mission is different from what it once was?

I think there’s a change in the field of animals in captivity and that’s why zoos are going through an evolutionary process. Our exhibits just can’t be like they were in the early 1900s, 1950s, even 1980s. They need to be more natural and enriching for the animals.

We want to mix species together. Big, wider, open spaces like you’d see where they come from. People are questioning animals in captivity. It’s not a bad thing. It pushes you to make you better.

You also said that people don’t get to hear about the zoo’s conservation efforts?

We need to do a much better job of talking about the conservation that we’re doing around the world. Right now, our conservation vice president is in the Gulf of Mexico doing deepsea exploration on the effects of the oil spill. We’re doing conservation work in Chile and Peru and Mexico, Puerto Rico and right here in the Edwards Aquifer. We need to explain and show people that every time they buy a ticket or a snow cone, that money is going into conservation and research. hernan@sacurrent.com

E-Book Available on ORDER PRINTED COPY AT:

w w w. t h h o l l i m o n . c o m

Carie’s Competition Posing Suits

Cigar Shop Fine Wine Champagne Art Gallery Smoke Shop and more!

Now Open!

New Location! Vance Jackson & 410 2639 Mossrock Ste.108 Shop: 210.558.8999 Cell: 210-887-6649

We have everything you need for your competition show!

• • •

Figure Posing Suits Physique Posing Suits Bikini Posing Suits

•

Male Posing Suits

•

Shoes

rs Waist Traine & Corsets cariesposingsuits.com

727 S Alamo St. SUITE 200, San Antonio, TX 78205

(210)263-9729

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 29

SCREENS

VISIT SANTIKOS.COM FOR SHOWTIMES & MORE

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

L VE CONCERT SERIES

SEPTEMBER 18 Billy Ray Sheppard 19 DevSoul 25 Bonnie Lang Duo 26 Europa FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS at 8PM at Palladium IMAX (San Antonio)

SEPTEMBER 20 AND 23 AT 2 PM AND 7 PM At Palladium | Silverado | Rialto | Embassy

FREE MOVIE NIGHT SEPTEMBER 24 AT 7 PM At Bijou

signature edition

SEPTEMBER 30 AT 7 PM At Palladium | Silverado | Rialto | Embassy

OCTOBER 1 AT 7 PM At Palladium | Silverado | Rialto | Embassy

NEW THIS WEEK AT THE BIJOU JOHNNY DEPP

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

BLACK MASS The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

LIKE

US /SANTIKOSFAN | FOLLOW US /SANTIKOSTHEATRE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE BY TAGGING #MYSANTIKOS

30 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

SCREENS

VIEW FROM THE TOP

Everest Explores The Might Of The Mountain And Its Climbers MARYANN JOHANSON

This is the kind of movie that IMAX was invented for: big, visceral and intense. A heart-stopping adventure that has you catching your breath and gasping in shock as you go to unimaginable places so as to engage in the sort of life-threatening thrills that, paradoxically, remind us that we are alive. It’s an argument that safety-minded homebodies like me scoff at when risk-takers make it, but Everest makes you understand it deep in your gut.

And this is true even though Everest is the story of what had been the deadliest climbing season on the mountain until the 2014 and 2015 avalanches. The events of 1996, which led to the deaths of eight people, are generally well known to the public, thanks to adventure writer Jon Krakauer’s best-selling first-person account Into Thin Air. He was on Everest in ’96 on assignment for Outside magazine. There was also an IMAX team on that mountain that year, shooting what would become the 1998 IMAX documentary Everest. (Krakauer appears here, played by House of Cards actor Michael Kelly. The IMAX team is mentioned but do not appear.)

By 1996, Everest had become commercialized. Outfits like New Zealand’s Adventure Consultants — headed up

by Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Seattle-based Mountain Madness — led by Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal) — were taking paying customers up to the top of the world. At peak season, there were just too many damned people trying to get to the summit during the narrow windows of opportunity. The year of Everest, 1996, is when “traffic jams” at the very highest point on the planet began.

It’s a sad fact that this movie could make things even busier on Everest — this is a spectacular experience that may well make some viewers hungry for the real thing.

We meet Hall and some of his clients, including Doug Hansen (John Hawkes) and Beck Weathers (Josh Brolin), on their long trip through Kathmandu and up to base camp, which, at 17,000 feet, is an achievement in itself.

Director Baltasar Kormákur finds the most gorgeous vistas along the way. The trekkers’ pass over a narrow rope bridge above a deep mountain crevice is dizzying and breathtaking, and they haven’t even gotten to the amazing bit yet. (The film was shot partly in Nepal, including at the real Everest base camp.)

See Everest in IMAX 3D if you can for the most enrapturing ‘you-are-there’ feeling. The pain and the effort that goes into getting to the top of the mountain

Above: Jake Gyllenhaal as mountain guide Scott Fisher. Below: A group of climbers struggle in blizzard conditions.

— so high up that every step is killing you — is vivid and acute. But, to actually reach the summit, as we do with several characters, is a thing of immense awe and pleasure. The movie features a few moments in which the climbers discuss why they are doing something so dangerous, so expensive, and, some might say, so pointless. And their explanations are surprisingly compelling: Weathers finds relief from crushing depression; Hansen is motivated by the schoolchildren he inspires to imagine big things for themselves.

But it’s the exhilaration that the film sings out at the top of the mountain that says everything that needs to be said. “Because it’s there” suddenly makes a lot of sense to those of us down here. (Those “down here” in the film include Keira Knightley and Robin Wright as, respectively, the stay-at-home yet supportive wives of Hall and Weathers, and Emily Watson as the manager of Adventure Consultants’ base camp. But they already get it.)

Everest is not an intellectual examination of what drives people to do apparently crazy things, but there is an undercurrent of unspoken questions. Is it worth the risk?

How do we most fairly police access to wild places? The unspoken answer of Everest is that this is something we do need to figure out because the only motivation we need to look to is this: Climbing a big ol’ mountain that might kill you along the way is ultimately a very human thing to do. We will push ourselves to the very edges of human endurance because we can. If you never appreciated that before, Everest is here to show you the truth of it.

Everest (PG-13) Dir. Baltasar Kormákur; writ. William Nicholson, Simon Beaufoy; feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright Opens September 18

HHHHH sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015• CURRENT 31

FOOD

Hamb r e s Patrias

A Culinary Voyage Through Interior Mexico In SA RON BECHTOL & JESSICA ELIZARRARAS

1 2

3

4

9 5 6

*

7

Multiple Locations 8

As a nod to our neighbors south of the border (and in SA) celebrating Mexico’s 205th year of independence from Spain today, we’re giving props to the bocadillos and bocaditos we love.

Stone Oak and Sonterra’s continued influx of Mexican nationals — more than 150,000 have moved to SA since 2013, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank — is evident by the surge of more taquerias, cevicherias and then some. Though we could turn our noses at the varied level of authenticity found at any of these restaurants, Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark, Professor Emirita for UTSA’s Division of Bicultural Bilingual Studies laughs at the thought.

“As second-, third- or fourth-generation immigrants, our experiences are just as authentic to us. Can we replicate dishes our mothers or grandmothers made? Yes, to a certain extent, but it’s an interpretation rather than a carbon copy,” Clark told the San Antonio Current.

“Borders are fluid. I consider them more like frontiers we can take from one to another. [Restaurants] that allow us to experience, that educate, are marvelous,” she continued.

Keeping her wise words in mind, we’ve pinpointed eateries that tug at our stomachs and heart strings with sabores not often found in Tex-Mex joints (though we’ll never turn down a puffy taco). We’re traipsing through Mexico one state at a time, one mordida at a time. Come with.

PEARL FARMERS MARKET S AT. 9:00am 1:00pm

32 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

saturdays & sundays

SUN. 10:00am 2:00pm

family!

IDEAL FOR THE ENTIRE

CASEY HOWELL

FOOD

JESSICA ELIZARRARAS

Agucachiles: scallop (left, with recipe on page 39) and another rendition via Las Islas Marias

4 • Aguachile (Sinaloa) Looking to get out of the ceviche rut? Look no further than the pristine, Sinaloan dish, aguachile. Usually prepared with raw shrimp, its main difference from common ceviche is that it’s meant to be eaten immediately after the seafood is doused with the lime/chile mixture — no hanging around and getting soggy. El Bucanero (multiple locations), Las Islas Marias (522 SW Military Dr., 210-9227777), El 7 Mares (3831 W. Commerce St., 210-436-6056) and Camaron Pelado (2918 W. Commerce St., 210-434-6700) all have worthy renditions. At Costa Pacifica (434 N. Loop 1604 W., 210-491-4497), the kitchen also does a scallop version. We present our take on scallops on page 39.

*

• Chilaquiles (Central Mexico, Guadalajara, Sinaloa) Not to be confused with Texan migas. Think crisp tortilla chips, a salsa of choice, a helping of shredded chicken and a sprinkling of queso blanco. Try them at El Chilaquil (1821 W. Commerce St., 210-226-5410), Metro Taco Stop (10350 Bandera Rd., Suite 310, 210251-3372) or Vida Mia Cuisine (19141 Stone Oak Pkwy., Suite 803, 210-490-2011), which boasts seven varieties from the Diego and Frida (made with half

red and half green salsa) to the Speedy Gonzalez “Hot Stuff, only for real machos.” Challenge accepted.

7 • Chile En Nogada (Puebla) The origin of this dish is murky or owed to culinarian nuns, but make this your go-to for this week’s festivities. The iconic dish wears Mexican colors with a vibrant poblano chile, creamy walnut (occasionally almond) sauce and juicy pomegranate seeds. Consumed between August and October, the dish is packed with seasonal fruits (Silvia Alcaraz of Cocina Heritage uses Mexican peaches and a manzana pachona). You can take all of it in during Cocina Heritage’s next Long Table dinner at Dorcol Distilling Company on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. Or visit Picante Grill or Aldaco’s Mexican Cuisine (multiple locations).

6 • Churros (Mexico City) An original Mexican treat, they are most certainly not. But even as a staple for most Mexican restaurants worth their salt, finding the perfect churro can be exhausting. Head to Palenque Grill (389 N. Loop 1604 W., 210-545-7600) for short and crunchy iterations with warmed cajeta for dipping, but if you’re looking for the most inches, try Panaderia La Mejico (found

outside El Bucanero’s location at 16505 Blanco Rd., 210408-9297; usually from noon to 10 p.m.). The fire engine red truck opened by Bernardo Vasquez Bulnes in early 2015 offers empanadas de cajeta, pan dulce, buñuelos and tres leches cake, but he’s gained a following for his fresh, warm, chewy and crunchy churros.

Served with strawberry jam, cajeta, nutella or chocolate dipping sauce, the desserts are must-haves for El Buc’s out-oftown guests.

8 • Entomatadas (Oaxaca) Though by no means new to the landscape, these enchilada variations are worth ditching the cheddar-filled Tex-Mex versions we’re accustomed to. Take a soft corn tortilla, fry it and layer on a thin tomato sauce. Diana Kennedy’s Oaxaca Al Gusto opted for onion, garlic, chiles de agua or jalapeños, a little less than 2 pounds of tomatoes and epazote (or wormseed), but you’ll find a slightly smokier rendition using chile guajillo at El Mirador (722 S. St. Mary’s St., 210-225-9444), which also tops the pair of rolled tacos with a light escabeche and plenty of queso fresco. Find similar iterations at Picante Grill (3810 Broadway St., 210-8223797)) and Acenar (146 E. Houston St., 210-222-2362).

6 • Huaraches (Mexico City) While on the same vein as tlacoyos, this particular nibble is part tostada (or chalupa for some), part tortilla. Find them loaded with refried beans, queso fresco, tomato sauce, eggs, carne asada and grilled chicken at Metro Taco Stop. Or try the trusty El Chilaquil and Erick’s Mexican Restaurant (next to the truck) where owner Erick Onosre introduced them to the northeast side in 2011. Or Cascabel Mexican Patio (1000 S. St. Mary’s St., 210-212-6456) with black beans, al pastor, bistec, cochinita pibil, puerco a la calabaza or pollo a la plancha.

9 • Huitlacoche (Riviera Maya) One man’s plant disease is another’s delicacy. Though NPR blew up huitlacoche a few weeks ago, the corn fungus has been making appearances on San Anto menus for years. The funky, gunky stuff might look unappetizing when found atop corn husks, but it takes on an earthy, ’shroom flavor when cooked. Cocina Heritage whips up tacos of the stuff (usually stewed with tomato and onion) during weekends at the Castle Hills Farm To Market (2211 NW Military, 210-259-8359) and the Back Yard Market (5300 McCullough Ave., 210-324-4683).

CONTINUED ON PAGE 36 ►

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 33

e b a #s

t s e erf

! s s r e r

a e e h 0y

c 1 0 r

1 fo Oct. 17, 2015 Maverick Park VIP GATES Noon • GA GATES 1:30PM

A Portion of the proceeds to benefit

SanAntonioBeerFestival.com or at your local H-E-B

21+

34 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

sponsored by

presented by

®

GALLOFEATURING PIZZERIA el corazon THE CHANCHI

the VOLTAIRE THE DIABLO

164 Castroville Rd, San Antonio, TX 78207 (210) 264-0077 sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 35

FOOD DAN PAYTON

◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33

Cabrito isn’t the only thing we love from Los Cabriteros. Try the Machitos. Or keep things spicy with a torta ahogada.

3 • Machitos (Nuevo Leon)

6 • Pambazo (Mexico City)

We’re being honest here: machitos may be an acquired taste — or require a lot of lashing with a serious salsa. We suggest you start your indoctrination at Los Cabriteros (17660 Henderson Pass, 210-468-2904) where they know how to stuff goat internal organs (we’re not copping to which they are) into intestines and grill them. Yum. (No, really — though do use the salsas.) Other sources are the ever-dependable El Chilaquil and La Bandera Molino (2619 N. Zarzamora St., 210-434-0631) — but, oddly, not El Machito. At least not on a regular basis.

Think “pan” and you’re almost there: pambazo is both a sandwich and the name of the large, sturdy roll — bigger than a bolillo and less crusty — it is made with. Sliced in half horizontally and sometimes relieved of some of its interior, the roll is filled with, say, chorizo, refritos, Oaxaca cheese, potato and salsa, dipped in a simple chili sauce, and (usually) fried on both sides. At Flair Mexican Street Food (6462 N. New Braunfels Ave., 210-977-0193), the sandwich is conventionally stuffed, then “brushed heavily on the outside with guajillo adobo sauce.” Also check out alternative versions at El Chilaquil and Sabrosas de Guanajuato (6825 San Pedro Ave., 210-785-9211).

3 • Mollejas (Nuevo Leon) In his long-gone location on the near West Side, Mario was the master of mollejas a la plancha.

The term is a little slippery (it usually refers to either thymus or pancreas of beef) and preparation involves a fair amount of work before the meat meets the metal, but if you find ‘em, try’ em: the texture is velvety, the flavor delicate enough to respond to chingos de salsas. Look to Los Cabriteros, Piedras Negras de La Noche (1322 S. Laredo St., 210-227-7779) as their Monday special, Toro Taco Bar (114 Brooklyn) sometimes, Tink-ATako (multiple locations) always, and now even at The Old Main Assoc. (2512 N. Main Ave., 210562-3440) Jeret Peña’s latest cocktailery given a bar-snack spin.

7 • Tinga (Puebla) Tinga is a Pueblan dish usually made from shredded chicken breast or thighs cooked in tomatoes and tomatillos with chipotle chiles. It’s versatile enough to be served in tacos or empanadas or, as at Mezcaleria Mixtli (5313 McCullough Ave., 856-630-5142), where they further enhance it with cinnamon and mint, simply in a bowl. At Taps Y Tapas (1012 N. Flores St., 210-277-7174) the wrapper of choice is a wonton that gets additional embellishment in the form of crema, queso fresco and chile de árbol sauce. Both

Rosario’s (multiple locations) and The Fruteria (1401 S. Flores St., 210-251-3104) put their own spin on it as well.

6 • Tlacoyos (Central Mexico) The world beyond breakfast tacos is vast and varied, so you’re forgiven if you don’t know squat about tlacoyos.

Here’s the skinny: they’re fresh masa flattened into an elongated boat shape that has often been folded over a filling such as ricotta or bean paste before hitting the griddle. At El Chilaquil, black bean is the stuffing for a super-sized tlacoyo topped with nopalitos, queso blanco, cilantro and white onion. Look for variations on this theme at La Gloria (100 E. Grayson St., 210-267-9040) and Cascabel Mexican Patio

5 • Torta Ahogada (Jalisco) Torta ahogada translates as “drowned” sandwich and in its classic Tapatian form, it starts with a sturdy birote (think crusty bolillo) that is stuffed with carnitas and then doused in a tomato sauce with Mexican oregano. Konan at El Chivito (204 Crossroads Blvd., 210369-9638) will be happy to discuss at length its proper preparation with additional chile de arbol sauce and onions and cabbage in salt, lime and vinegar. A similar version is served up at Ro-Ho Pork & Bread (623 Urban Loop, 210-

800-3487). La Gloria has a rendition. And Malinalli Sweet Swirls (2211 NW Military Hwy., 210-209-3463) places the cut halves ends up in a pool of sauce, allowing eaters to keep their digits decorously dry.

*

• Trompo & Al Pastor (Nuevo León, Durango, Chihuahua) Come Thursdays, the star of the show at Taquitos (2818 West Ave., 210-525-9888) is the 200-pound glistening trompo for al pastor tacos.

Thinly sliced pork is stacked oodles of times over, creating this hunky beast that would make most vegetarians wince.

The atmosphere becomes focused with the task at hand.

Order your taquitos from your cook, con todo (grilled onions, fresh onions, cilantro and sliced radishes, and cucumbers) and make your way to one of the tiny plastic and metal benches that line this Sonic-like eatery. Find a similar experience at Beto’s Alt-Mex (8142 Broadway St., 210-930-9393), which will feature buy-one, get-one free tacos al pastor through September 23, Marioli (18730 Tuscany Stone, 210-496-1111) which turns into a taqueria come 6 p.m. and Erick’s Tacos (12715 Nacogdoches Rd., 210590-0994) and get an elote while you’re at it. flavor@sacurrent.com CONTINUED ON PAGE 39 ►

36 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 37

MENTION THIS AD & WE’LL TAKE CARE OF THE TAX!

Rodriguez Butcher Supply Co.

st in e t a ve The L

autipiment v o n In ary eq

FOOD & KITCHEN EQUIPMENT

Culin

Wed. 9/16 • 7-9 pm California Classics Tasting Wed. 9/23 6:30-8 pm Silent Auction Fundraiser for Royal Hearts Thur. 9/24 6-9 pm Grand Opening for Nectar Wine Bar & Ale House

Sangria Saturday Brunch

with fresh made Sangria & Mimosas

Sunday Brunch with Bob (Marley)

NOW OPEN

214 Broadway•NectarSa.com @NectarSAT

Enga

ge yo e kit urself che

in th

n

R O D R I G U E Z B U T C H E R S U P P LY • A 4 G E N E R A T I O N T X C O M P A N Y 1715 W COMMERCE ST• MON-FRI 8AM-5PM • (210) 223-6131

on i t ca o L n w o t n w Do 210.829.7345 | 1146 Austin Highway San Antonio, TX 78209 | TongsThai.com

Now Open!

Locations 5238 De Zavala Rd.SA,TX 78249 315 E. Commerce st #102 SA,TX 78205 888 935 2412 • kevasmoothie.com 38 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

R

af es RESTAURANT & BAR

GREAT FOOD!

Happy Hour 11a-6p Tue-Fri & 9p-11p Tues.-Thurs.

Daily Lunch Specials 11a-3p • Closed Mondays

NEW ERS! OWN

Like Us on Facebook for Upcoming Events & Theme Nights!

1039 NE Loop 410 (Between Nacogdoches & Broadway) • 210.826.7118 www.RafflesRestaurantandBar.com

FOOD

◄ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36

EL SABOR DE LA VIDA! Puerto Rican Grill y Tapas

Entomatadas Oaxaqueñas [ Yields 12 ]

Ingredients

- Whole peppercorn and whole allspice, 1 of each - 1 tablespoon lard or corn oil - 12 medium tortillas - ¼-pound queso fresco - 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

- 1 pound Roma tomatoes - 2 medium white onions - 4 large cloves garlic - 2-3 Serrano chiles, seeded

Directions

KEEP COOL ON OUR NEW PATIO, AND SEE WHY WE ARE THE BEST IN SAN ANTONIO!

HAPPY HOUR 3PM - 7PM $5 TAPAS, $3 GUAVARITA, $4 SANGRIA

BETWEEN 8A-2P | 210.737.8646

2603 S.E. Military Dr. #107 SATX 78223 By City Base Cinema 210-314-3111 www.lunarosatapas.com

Roast the tomatoes on a dry comal or griddle, turning with tongs until charred on all sides. Peel and set aside. Peel and cut one of the onions in half crosswise; char the cut side on the comal. Char the garlic cloves – unpeeled – on the comal, then peel. Lightly toast the chiles on the comal. Place the tomatoes, onion, garlic, chiles, peppercorn and allspice in a blender with just enough water to allow movement of the blades and puree.

In a medium saucepan, heat the oil or lard, add the puree, lower heat to medium-low and cook for about 10 minutes, making a thick sauce.

Add salt to taste.

Soft-fry the tortillas in just enough oil to make them soft, making sure they do not become crisp. Drain on paper towels. Fold each tortilla in half, then in half again and dip into tomato sauce.

Peel and thinly slice the remaining white onion. Place entomatadas on plates, ladle additional sauce over them and garnish with sliced onions, crumbled queso fresco and chopped cilantro.

Modified from mexconnect.com

521 E Woodlawn Ave. SA, TX 78212 MON 5-8p • Tues-Fri 2-8P Sat 12-8p • Sun 2-8P

MON

ask for our

Open Mic & Jam 7-11pm

TUES & THURS Karaoke/DJ 6pm- 10pm

WED

Comedy Show & Open Mic 7pm-9pm FREE Wine Tastings

FRI & SAT Covered Patio • Beer and Wine Catering & Delivery

HAPPY HOUR 4-7PM

FRESH HOUSEMADE ICE CREAM, GELATO, & SORBET ALL NATURAL HANDCRAFTED ARTISAN PALETAS

a n a n a B plit!

S

banana splits, sundaes, shakes, malts and floats

Live Bands 7pm-11pm Like us on

110 N. Crossroads Blvd • 210-732-7300 • CrossroadsBBQSA.com

3420 N. ST MARY'S ST., STE. 101 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78212 • 210.882.8903 LOCATED NEAR THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO & AQUARIUM AND BRACKENRIDGE PARK

Scallop Aguachile

[ Yields 4 to 6 as a snack ]

Ingredients

- 1 pound very fresh dry- packed sea scallops, sliced horizontally into ¼-inch thick rounds - Sea or kosher salt, to taste - 2 medium jalapeño peppers, stemmed and seeded and roughly chopped (about 3 -

Directions

• FUEL • RESTAURANT • PRODUCE • MEAT MARKET•

-

tablespoons) 3 tablespoons water ¼-cup diced seeded cucumber, plus ¾-cup seeded and thinly sliced cucumber half-moons, divided 4 tablespoons fresh juice from 4 limes ¼-cup loosely packed cilantro leaves and tender stems, roughly chopped Freshly ground black pepper ½-cup thinly sliced red onion Tostadas and avocado, for serving

Arrange scallops in an even layer on a large plate and sprinkle all over with salt. Cover with plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (max 2 hours).

Meanwhile, blend jalapeños with water in a blender or with an immersion blender until thoroughly blended. Add diced cucumber and blend until pureed. Add lime juice and cilantro and blend until cilantro is finely chopped.

Season with salt and pepper. In a mixing bowl, toss scallops with jalapeñolime marinade, onion and remaining cucumber half-moons. Season once more with salt and pepper and serve right away with tostadas and avocado.

Recipe via Serious Eats

Menudo on the weekends

Barbacoa served daily

700 N. ALAMO

210.444.0711

F R E S H . L O C A L . S C R AT C H K I T C H E N

11AM-10PM • 6462 N New Braunfels • 210-997-0193 • flairmexicanstreetfood.com sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 39

I! KAIL OREX

Tortas Ahogadas, crispy tacos & nachos

PETITE)

(GOOD AP

John the Greek’s restaurant serves food the way mom used to make it for over 25 years and will continue to evolve and expand.

www.johnthegreek.com

ers Danckend! y l Bel y wee ever iated lunch The Most Apprec nd of la from the mariachi the tequila + the

210.403.0565 • San Pedro @ Thousand Oaks

boba-ology boba tea • asian fusion foods • fresh juice 7220 Louis Pasteur Dr. # 125 210.854.4771

ORDER TO GO: 210-800-3487 • Tue-sun: 11am-4pm • closed Mondays 623 URBAN LOOP, SA, TX 78204 • R O - H O P O R K A N D B R E A D . C O M

HOOKAH & BUBBLE TEA 6565 BABCOCK RD STE. #23 (AT DE ZAVALA) 210.384.2974

, s ’ o d i u G t a t a e u o y When you eat with Family! y

r le ive

D & ut

866 9 .

2 o .80 rom ck 0 y 1 r er | 2 ble f Tru r a C n Kell Availa Food ys! , n e i Jackso Pizza Oven inine Frida n i D 2607 Brick ee W Fr 40 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

FOOD

CULINARY CALENDAR

6 Ways To Get Your Drink/Grub On This Week JESSICA ELIZARRARAS/@JESSELIZARRARAS

Wednesday, September 16 Oaxacan Afternoon: The Esquire Tavern and Mezcal Vago are lending a hand to Anthony Zaguilan, a man from Oaxaca who is working on becoming an English teacher in Chiapas.

You can help by enjoying a Oaxacanstyle michelada made with cerveza Victoria and a 1-ounce pour of Mezcal Vago Elote for $10.

Zaguilan will receive $3 from every drink purchased. $10, during business hours, 155 E. Commerce St., (210) 222-2521, facebook.com/esquiretavern.

Stop in for our Daily Happy Hour specials, Burger of the Week, Weekend Brunch, and our AWESOME new menu!

Beer Dinner: Folc and Alamo Beer Company will team up for a four-course feast that will pair chef Luis Colon’s new American fare with the brewery’s family of beers. Find grilled prawns paired with Golden Ale, roasted root vegetables and a sweet amber lager and duck breast with German Pale Ale, along with barbecue pork belly and Alamo’s Pilsner. $40, 6-9pm, 224 E. Olmos Dr., (210) 822-0100, facebook.com/alamobeerco.

Thursday, September 17 Oktoberfest Beer: The Hangar Bar & Grill’s monthly craft beer tasting will dive into the world of Oktoberfest. Try 12 German-style brews heavy on the malts while noshing on light snacks. Represented breweries include Abita, Brooklyn, Karbach, St. Arnold, Harpoon, Freetail, Shiner and more. $5, 7-9pm, 8203 Broadway, (210) 824-2700, thehangarsa.com.

Friday, September 18 Trivia Night: Coffee, cereal and live trivia are all on the table as Joseph E. Coffee kicks off its regular programming. Head there early and grab a seat as Challenge Entertainment lines up a night of quizzing and more. Or just grab a bowl of Fruit Loops from the cereal bar and call it a night. No cover, prices vary for bowls, 6:30pm, 1111 S. St. Mary’s St., (210) 451-1822, josephecoffee.com.

Whiskey Business: Is whiskey your spirit of choice? Can you get down with some Glenfiddich or is Kentucky bourbon your jam? Whiskey novices and pros alike can learn more about their favorite hooch during the San Antonio Current’s first-ever Whiskey Business event at Jack Guenther Pavilion. $50, 7pm, 210 W. Market St., sawhiskeybusiness.com.

Sunday, September 20 Drunk Breakfast: Crossroads Southern Kitchen is making our dreams come true by opening up for brunch. Expect to find donuts, fancy fish sticks, shrimp toast, vegan fare and lots of potatoes. Prices vary, 11am-4pm, 517 E. Woodlawn Ave., (210) 257-0628, facebook.com/crossroadkitchen.

Send food- and booze-related events to flavor@sacurrent.com.

THURSDAY

SPECIAL GUEST ‘SENIOR’ FROM FULL THROTTLE SALOON BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LEATHERNECKS AND

MONDAY - FOOTBALL (IN SEASON) TIPSY TUESDAY - COLLEGE NIGHT / KARAOKE WEDNESDAY - RORY KELLY PLAYING ACOUSTIC MUSIC ON THE FRONT DECK THURSDAY: BIKE NIGHT HOSTED BY THE LEATHERNECKS AND QUICK PERFORMANCE CYLCLES WITH THE RORY KELLY BAND PLAYING LIVE FRIDAY & SATURDAY- DJ / LIVE MUSIC SUNDAY NIGHT - JAZZ sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 41

Smokey Mo’s Bar-B-Q

Open 3p-2a Everyday • Happy Hour 3-7pm Daily

MONDAYS: $3 COSMOS ALL DAY TUESDAYS: SHOT SPECIALS ALL DAY:

Spring Branch/Bulverde • (830) 438-8330 19851 Hwy 46 W (Just east of 281 on Hwy 46) Spring Branch/Bulverde, TX 78070

San Antonio • (210) 481-3835 20210 Stone Oak Pkwy (near Stone Oak & Evans) San Antonio, TX 78258 San Antonio • (210) 494-9090 22106 Bulverde Rd (Corner of Evans & Bulverde) San Antonio, TX 78259

We Cater! No Order is too big!

Brisket - Turkey - Sausage Chicken - Pork Loin - Ribs - Sides

Boerne • (830) 331-2633 1685 River Road (The Ranch at Cibolo Creek) Boerne, TX 78006

www.SmokeyMosBBQ.com

$2.75 WELLS • $2 ZIEGENBOCK DRAFT

“RIVER RAT SPECIAL” ALWAYS!

PSYCHIC HAPPY HOUR EVERY TUESDAY • FROM 6-8PM

Authentic Thai Cuisine

DJ and No Cover Saturday Nights

N. Presa St.

E. Houston St.

College St.

Open 7 Days a Week Now Delivering!

RIVERTINI AWARD WINNER 600 N. Presa St. Inside the Maverick Building

Thank you,

San Antonio

210.267.9885 THELOCALBARSA.COM LIKE US ON FB: THELOCALBARSA

for voting

for us !

226 W Bitters Rd #124 • (210) 545-3354 • saebthainoodlesa.com

SEPTEMBER 16th

MEXICO’S

INDEPENDENCE DAY

YS A S A BUEL r ARE A s ’ Beto Al Pasto NE O s taco E GET

!

E E FR

BUY

ON

3 epusttom2er S 6 1 Sept.coupon per cther promo 1 yo Limit th an alid w Not v

s a m y na i t n a c 628 Jackson St | 210-320-1840 42 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

8142 BROADWAY ST • SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209 • (210) 930-9399 • betosaltmex.com

FOOD

FLAVOR FILE

Brigid And Francis Bogside Join The Southtown Landscape And CIA San Antonio Adds New Festival JESSICA ELIZARRARAS/@JESSELIZARRARAS

San Antonio’s Best Turkish Grill

onio’s n Antants a S f o One taur Namedtest 10 Res Hot

FREE HOUSE SALAD WITH MIXED GRILL OPEN 11AM-10PM EVERYDAY

8507 McCullough #B13 • 210-399-1645 (LOCATED BEHIND NORTHSTAR MALL)

or Outdo

r

a Taco B

m t 9p1a m our a appyachks until h e s r ht sn reveen ig Lat

114 Brooklyn Ave • torotacobar.com

Chela’s Tacos is getting a new home.

Brigid and Francis Bogside (803 S. St. Mary’s St.), the latest concepts via Steve Mahoney, opened quietly over Labor Day weekend. Brigid, the name of a revered Irish saint, seats 45-50 people and is helmed by Chris Carlson (formerly with Sandbar), who is preparing modern American fare.

Christine Hill, who opened Blue Box, will run the bar program at Francis Bogside, which already packs in a solid number of Irish whiskeys. Both the eatery and bar were designed in part by Courtney & Co., who’s also responsible for the décor at George’s Keep in the Eilan Hotel.

The Culinary Institute of America – San Antonio will host a new festival this October. From October 1-3, the school will invite high school students, foodies and more to celebrate Latin cuisine. Part-professional conference, Arriba El Norte will feature a day’s worth of enthusiast courses ranging from hands-on cooking classes with former CIA grads to tastings and more with costs varying from $25 to $150.

Arriba El Norte will end with a five-course dinner celebrating the campus’ five-year anniversary. For more information on the event and courses offered visit enthusiasts. ciachef.edu/arriba.

BUY 1 PIZZA GET 1 FREE

19141 Stone Oak Pkwy #113

(SW corner of Stone Oak & Huebner)

210.404.1818 •TRILOGYPIZZA.com

ily t posted da New conten r blog. on our Flavo om t.c en rr cu sa

1032 S. Presa · TacoHavenSouthTown.com

Fans of Chela’s Tacos will be glad to know that the truck is opening a new location at 5231 Broadway St., Suite 117 this month. The menu will stay relatively intact.

Beer drinkers who haven’t made it down to Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery (and really, why haven’t you?) can now enjoy the wares at GS 1221, Cullum’s Attagirl, Shuck Shack and Viva Tacoland. Expect to find bottled brews at Southerleigh (136 E. Grayson St., Suite 120) as well, including a signature Gold Export Lager and a Pumpkin Cream Ale soon.

Finally, Pharm Table, chef Elizabeth Johnson’s delivery concept now has a lunchtime home on weekdays. Find globally inspired cuisine using farm-fresh foods from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at 106 Auditorium Circle at the Radius Building.

Expires 09/23/2015

flavor@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 43

NIGHTLIFE

Alcoholic or no

KEEPING TABS

t the tepache at

La Botánica is

Tepache Is Ancient, Delicious And Slightly Alcoholic RON BECHTOL

Tepache — never heard of it? Not to worry; we’re here to help. It’s the new libation du jour.

And it’s also ancient. The name comes from nahuatl, an indigenous language of central and southern Mexico, and it’s referred, in pre-Columbian times, to “a drink made from corn.”

Somewhere along the line, pineapple became the preferred base for this fermented – and lightly alcoholic – beverage and it’s easy to imagine how it lasted over the centuries mostly as a homemade concoction. Now it’s gaining notoriety after being discovered and hailed by A-list chefs and bartenders.

At its most basic, tepache derives from pineapple rind fermented with piloncillo, water and maybe cinnamon. Not willing to leave well enough alone, Austin über-chef Paul Qui has devised a recipe that ups the ante with palm sugar, green coriander, grains of paradise, cardamom pods and more. (Bon Appetit published a somewhat simpler version of this recipe in 2014.) The stuff is even being bottled by, among others, a Portland cider maker calling himself Reverend Nat. In San Antonio, the folks at La Botánica are making their own tepache and from the looks of it (a glass barril sitting on a concrete block and covered with a cloth, was spotted behind the bar), it could be coming straight out of a Mexican market stall. And not from looks alone – from the taste of it, too. The cocktail they served me during Restaurant Week contained tepache, gin and bitters. It was spunky/funky with just enough tang from the piña and zing from added cinnamon and clove.

Jesse Torres, manager and muse at Mezcaleria Mixtli, also usually has a batch in the works. He makes his in a 5-gallon plastic tub, noting “the trick is balancing the sugar … I keep it going for three days minimum in a warm place [above the ice machine].” Torres likes the fact that the brew is “very basic Mexican,” but he is not above playing with a contemporary, bottled version such as the Bittermens Tepache spiced pineapple liqueur he just got. Tip: ask him to whip up a cocktail with the bottled stuff as he did for me — or ask if there’s a batch of the basic ready. Neither is on the new menu.

You can make your own at home, too. Here’s a simple recipe adapted from Mely Martinez’s mexicoinmykitchen.com.

It uses the whole fruit. And though the fermentation process counts on wild yeasts already present on the pineapple skin and in the air, it’s important to let them do their thing in a sterilized container. Too many bugs spoil the brew.

Once fermented the tepache is great just as it is, maybe over ice, but in Mexico a kind of shandy is also made by mixing it with beer — say 2/3 tepache to 1/3 beer. (Beer is often used to kick-start the fermentation process as well.) Bourbon and rum would make good cocktail playmates.

44 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015• sacurrent.com

Ingredients

1 ripe pineapple cut into chunks d t specialty grocery stores), choppe 1 cup of piloncillo (available at mos e 1 stick cinnamon or more to tast 3 cloves led water at room temperature 2 or more quarts of filtered or bott

Directions:

cut it into chunks . (Depending on Briefly rinse the pineapple and -reactive container, you might not the size of the glass or other non ar, spices and water and cover need to use all of it.) Add the sug rs at room temperature for 24 hou loosely with a dish towel. Let sit e action, particularly if foam has or so. Check to see if there’s som let mix ture percolate for another developed – if so, skim it off and goes too far, you’ll end up with 24-36 hours. (If the fermentation er a bad thing.) When the brew pineapple vinegar — not altogeth ed , strain it through a cheesecloth-lin seems just tangy enough to you it let or it ate iger refr either bottle and fine sieve. At this point, you can refrigeration. sit out overnight, covered, before

the real deal.

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 45

HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY FROM 2-8PM FREE POOL AND DARTS $2.00 TECATE & TECATE LIGHT $2.25 DOMESTIC DRAFTS $2.50 WELLS

$3.00 INFUSED SHOTS $3.00 DOMESTIC BOTTLES $5.00 GUILTY OJ (SPECIALTY COCKTAIL)

$5.00 AKM

(SPECIALTY COCKTAIL)

7959 FREDERICKSBURG RD SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78229 210.577.5470 • WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LEAKYBARRELSA 46 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015• sacurrent.com

NIGHTLIFE

NOT-SO ANIMAL HOUSE

Why The Pub At St. Mary’s Makes Total Sense JESSICA ELIZARRARAS/@JESSELIZARRARAS JESSICA ELIZARRARAS

Back To Scho

Headquartersol !

BAR Panini, pizza and other snacks are on the menu at The Pub at St. Mary’s.

The 3,800 or so students that call St. outdoor stage and student lounge with Mary’s University their alma mater have more comfy Tetris-like furniture and flat a new place to unwind after 25 years screens. as a dry campus. It’s not open to just They’ll need the buffer when students – faculty, staff, Marianists and programming for the bar takes off. As guests can enjoy it, too. of now, karaoke is scheduled for two Found in the same building as the nights a week, along with trivia and Louis J. Blume Library at the heart of game-viewing parties complete with a campus, The Pub At St. Mary’s won’t full menu of bar snacks including Panini, be a hot spot any time soon, but if you pizzas and Bavarian pretzels. were to find yourself on the West Side For those worried about students and in the mood for collegiate mingling drinking on campus, St. Mary’s is with an alumni in tow, the bar provides a playing the part of the cool mom in nice alternative.

Mean Girls: “Because if you’re going to Nice is really an understatement here drink I’d rather you do it in the house.”

— the décor was still being shipped in The university joins UTSA as the when I toured the $900,000 facility. only other higher ed institution to serve The financing comes via an exclusive alcohol on campus. Aramark, the food donation from alumni Tom Contreras service provider in charge of staffing (’88) and Leti Contreras (’89), for the the joint, has hired non-students and pub to nurture community and a sense everyone should definitely expect to pull of communal rattler-dom. out their ID if they want to order a pint The space was added on one of of local beer on draft. the outdoor verandas alongside the Though my informal poll yielded a library, beneath a staff lounge and next mixed bag of results (confused and to a mechanical room that provides a envious alumni, along with incredulous comforting hum and doubles as a noise students eager to start using their buffer for The Pub. The gift dining dollars on beer), The paid for not just the pub, its Pub might be the best bet for beer and wine license, energy- The Pub At St. longtime faculty tired of happy Mary’s efficient lighting, automatic hour at Lisa’s.

1 Camino Santa Maria St. blinds and college-y furniture, 4-11pm Thu; 4-midnight Fri-Sat; 6-11pm Mon but also for the addition of an flavor@sacurrent.com

1375 Austin Hwy San Antonio, Texas (210) 467-5565

CLUB SiRIUS

Turning 12

November 2015

HAPPY HOUR Mon- Sun: noon-8pm

FEATURING DJ SLIC RIC & DJ NAAWZ • MIXING THE LATEST MUSIC AND VIDEOS ON 5 HD SCREENS

Drinksirius.com • Lesa@DrinkSirius.com

@clubsirius

/toosirius

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 47

DOWNTOWN C E NTRA L The Local Bar

HAPPY HOUR OF THE WEEK

Happy Hour 3-7pm Daily Mon. $3 Cosmos All Day. Tues. Shot Specials All Day. $2.75 Wells & $2 Ziegenbock Draft.

“River Rat Specail” Always!

Psychic Happy Hour Every Tuesday 6-8pm.

Luna Rosa

2603 S. E Military HAPPY HOUR 3-7PM $3 Small Guava-Rita $4 House Rita $4 Sangria $5 Tapas $2.50 Budweiser, Bud Light Lime, Bud Light $2.75 Wells $3 Dos XX

The Bar

TUESDAY IS 20% OFF OF ENTIRE CHECK ALL DAY AND NIGHT, FOR DOWNTOWN TUESDAYS WED & FRI 15% OFF ENTIRE CHECK 4-6PM

100 Villita St. Monday-Friday 3PM-7PM $4 Well Drinks, $1 Off all Draught Beers, $5 Select Cocktails, $3 Spicy Tequila Infusion, $5 Sweet Potato Cinnamon Infused Irish Whiskey

Broadway 5050

210.832.0050 Mon-Fri 3-7pm $2 wells, Millter Lite, Coors Light Mon- $2 off wine, $1 off all bottles/cans Tues- Pint Night!

Weds- Karoake Night: $3 wells, $5 mules Thurs- Texas Thursday! Ask for specials Fri- Bartender’s Choice Sat- $3 wells, $4 Fireball Sun- Industry Night: $3.50 Jameson Brunch Sat/ Sun- $2 Mimosas, $3 Bloodys

Download Our

Club Sirius

HAPPY HOUR APP!

Cullum’s Atta Girl

FREE

SCAN HERE

TO DOWNLOAD

Immediately

48 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015• sacurrent.com

DrinkSirius.com • @ClubSirius HH Daily Noon-8pm: $2 Wells, $2 Domestic 16oz Cans/Pints, $3 Jager 726 E Mistletoe • (210) 437-4263 Get your Happy Hour Started Early Friday Lunch Pop 11a-2p and Micro Beers

On The Rocks Pub

270 Losoya, SATX 78205 facebook.com/ontherockspubTX HAPPY HOUR: Mon-Fri, 2pm-7pm $3 Wells, $3 Domestics $3.75 Flavored Vodkas

Kimura

Happy hour monday - friday 4-7 Saturday 12-4 $6 Kimura Cocktails, $5 House Wines $4 Bottled Beer, $6 Draft Beer $3-$4 Appetizers, $6 Miso Ramen

Sancho’s Cantina & Cocina 628 Jackson St, • (210) 320-1840 4- 7pm Every Day Frozen Margs:$2.25, Well Drinks: $3.25 Select Cans: $2.50 Monday through Wednesday: Reverse Happy Hour 9-11pm

Epic Bar

1375 Austin Hwy • 210-467-5565 Monday: Poker Night Tuesday: Karaoke Night Wednesday: Ladies Night Thursday: Live Music Friday: Live Tejano Night Saturday: Video DJ Sunday: Jam Session

Flair Mexican Street Food 6462 N. New Braunfels Ave. 78209 Flairmexicanstreetfood.com HH Tuesday-Friday 3-6p $4 Craft Draughts $3 Off Cocktails and Wine $6 Michelada All Day, Everyday!

Tucker’s Kozy Korner

1338 E Houston St • (210) 320-2192 Sunday Brunch: Bloody Mary Bar and Bottomless Mimosas

Toro Taco Bar

114 Brooklyn Ave • torotacobar.com Reverse Happy Hour 9pm

VISI T HAPPYHOUR S.SACURRENT.C OM

NORTHWEST The Leaky Barrel HH 2p-8p $2 Tecate & Heineken $2.25 Domestic Drafts $2.50 Wells $3 Long Necks & More Daily Specials

Smitty’s Pub

$2.50 Domestic long necks $2.75 well drinks everyday 2pm - 8pm

Wurzbach Ice House

HH: 4- 8pm Home of the $2.50 Well Drink! $2 Domestic Draft $3 Import Draft, Daily specials 8 till close

The Over Bar and Grill

7905 Bandera Rd • (210) 455-3037 Happy Hour Everyday 3p-6p $3.75 Wells $2.50 Domestic 16oz Pints

Big Guido’s

2607 Jackson Keller • (210) 802-986 Free Wine Fridays with purchase of Adult Entrées

Raffles

1039 NE Loop 410 210.826.7118 HH 11a-6p Tuesday-Friday & 9p-11p Tues.Thurs.

Daily Lunch Specials 11a-3p Closed Mondays

Highlander Bar & Grill

Mon-Sat: 7am - 4pm $3.25 Import Drafts & Mini Margaritas $2.75 Domestic Drafts Tue- $3.25 Mini Hurricanes Thu- $3.25 Premium Vodka Specials Sun- $.75 Wings & $3 Sunday Specials 4-8pm: $1 off mixed drinks & appetizers!

Shenanygans

SUN & MON - $2 Wells/Jello Shots $2 Domestic Pints/Cans, $3 Import Pints WED - $3 Wells $4 25 oz Domestic Mugs $5 25oz Imported Mugs

NORTH CENTRAL Michin Mexican Kitchen

7pm - 9pm $5 House Margaritas, $2.50 Domestic Bottles, Tecate & Dos XX, $3 Indio and Bohemia, and Mexican Draft $4.

427 N Loop 1604, Ste 202, SATX 78258 Behind Trader Joe’s

Slackers

Sports-Drinks-Arcade SlackerSA.com • $2.50 Domestics, $3 Wells Daily, $3 You Call It

NORTH EAST Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill

Charlie-Browns.com • 210-496-7092 Mon.-Fri. until 7pm $2.75 well drinks, $8.00 domestic pitchers $2.75 domestic longnecks Mon.-Fri. 2-6pm 60¢ Wings

Beer Goggles

HH 2p-8p: 2 tecate & heineken 3.25 domestics bottle/draft 3.25 shiner&dos xx, $3 wells Plus Daily Specials

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 49

MUSIC

STANDIN’ AT THE CROSSROADS San Antonio’s History As A Field Recording Hotspot MATT STIEB/@MATTHEWSTIEB

Room 414 of the Sheraton Gunter looks like most every other hotel room downtown — a decent TV, a polite color scheme, lamps with on-switches that I can never find. But 78 years ago, Room 414 became a legend of the blues, in thanks to Mississippi enchanter Robert Johnson and a 300-pound recording machine.

After lugging the fat wax recorder up to the fourth floor, recording engineers from the Brunswick label posted up in the bathroom, setting Johnson and the machine against the wall facing Houston Street.

“Why in a room like that?” asked Tim McDonald, director of operations at the Sheraton Gunter. “As you can see in the picture, he’s up against the wall. A lot of people thought he was shy, I don’t think that for a second.

It’s to get natural reverb off the wall.”

Reverb and all, the tunes from the Gunter session made Johnson $10 to $15 per track. For the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, the session made a good deal more, with the modest hit “Terraplane Blues” selling 5,000 copies. But for blues appreciators, the Gunter Recordings are invaluable as a document of the Mississippi Delta style, a sound and culture that would change with the Great Migration and the intrusion of the electric guitar.

Though it is San Antonio’s most famous session, the Gunter date was only one of dozens of vital field recordings set in the Alamo City. In the early 20th century, field recording was the only option for labels wanting to capture sounds away from the coastal capitals.

“The professional recording studios were in Los Angeles and New York, and mostly in New York,” said McDonald. “The music of the U.S. went through New York. Being in this region of the country, they had to find some type of makeshift thing.”

The solution was the wax recorder. A 300-pound “mobile” device, engineers had to lug across the country — our condolences to the engineers’ pre-Model-T horses.

After the recording was laid down, straight from microphone to groove spirals on beeswax, the thick cylinders were in danger of melting in the heat. Engineers placed the wax on ice, before and immediately after the musician was recorded. Of the 50 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

early sessions in Texas, very few of them took place in the summer.

The earliest field recordings in San Antonio date back to the technology’s dawn hours. In 1893, just six years after he invented the phonograph, Thomas Edison sent a team of engineers to record the folk drama Los Pastores in a longforgotten San Antonio hotel.

After the century turned, another father of field recording began working in San Antonio. John Lomax, the bustling UT musicologist, recorded a black saloonkeeper performing “Home on the Range.” Laid down in 1908, the tune was featured on Lomax’s first anthology, 1910’s Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.

In the 1920s and ’30s, as interest turned commercial, the Victor, Vocalion, Decca and Brunswick labels all hit San Antonio to capture the unique music of this crossroad of South Texas.

With conjunto musicians from the Rio Grande Valley, black bluesmen and white hillbilly musicians (the protogenre of country), San Antonio covered several markets at once — in an era of instant recording and communication, it’s hard to imagine the standard of convenience in the early 20th century.

From an outside perspective, it’s also hard to imagine the significance of these Field recording pioneer John Lomax and blues legend Robert Johnson recordings save for the libraries of 78-rpm nerds. But these San Antonio sessions place a finger on the intangible, documenting the lost cultures of what music critic Greil Marcus calls “the once said: “There are only four unique cities in old, weird America.”

America: Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco and Men like Robert Johnson, whose births can be gauged San Antonio.” In 2015, the city of barbacoa and Big only by the year, are suddenly made real on a Vocalion Red is doing a better job than some in retaining a 78, standing against time with his immense talent. local flavor against the monoculture that stretches on “It’s spine-tingling music,” said McDonald, on highways from sea to shining sea.

Johnson’s work. “Soul before it was called soul.”

But, in a globalized world, that Hohner accordion The music brings focus to the Southern cultures comes from Southern Germany and that Spurs tee from lost to time, or gobbled up by the national pop culture East Asia. Queued up on the stereo, a Robert Johnson behemoth. A Delta blues voice like Johnson’s recalls the recording is a step back through time to a city culture field hollers of slavery, and later, of sharecropping and imitated by none. prison work, when music was a form of survival against an inferno of heat and forced labor.

Mark Twain, who knew a thing or two about America, mstieb@sacurrent.com

ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 10 AM sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 51

FREE SHOW

9pm

NOW OPEN AT THE RIM Shenanigans • 4032 Vance Jackson

32 ICE COLD DRAUGHTS

SPORTS FANS UNITE!

STREET TACOS

JAMESON BACON BURGER

ENJOY NEW EXCITING MENU ITEMS INCLUDING

• WHISKEY STEAK • BLACK ANGUS BURGER • SEARED AHI TUNA • ALONG WITH OUR BRITISH FAVORITES!

4 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU: ALAMO HEIGHTS: 5148 Broadway • 210-822-7673 LIVE OAK: 8211 Agora Pkwy #112 • 210-547-3000

PARK NORTH: 842 NW Loop 410 • 210-798-4154 NOW OPEN AT THE RIM: 17627 La Cantera

thelionandrose.com 52 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

more TBA

MUSIC

TOO SMOOTH

Has Jazz’SAlive Strayed Too Far From Its Roots?

MATT STIEB/@MATTHEWSTIEB

Please, please don’t make me listen to The Rippingtons.

Perhaps it’s counterproductive are fine in moderation. But, like at a to talk trash about a free music boozy family reunion, I only want to festival, but what happened see these cousins in the afternoon so to the 32nd annual Jazz’SAlive? For I don’t piss off my parents. decades, the fall concert has been a I’m not asking for a star-studded, bastion for jazz of all kinds, a familyNewport lineup of yore. As members friendly weekend to introduce the artform of the Greatest Generation, the postto a huge audience and showcase San war heroes of jazz are sadly, inevitably Antonio’s deep pool of talent. moving from the arts section to the But, after a strong 2014 outing — obit page. But artists like Nicholas featuring Presidential Medal of Freedom Payton (2014) and Jason Marsalis recipient Arturo Sandoval, Fania hall-of(2012) are great booking choices, famer Eddie Palmieri and New Orleans challenging and interpreting the trumpeter Nicholas Payton — Jazz’SAlive’s legacy of the masters.

2015 roster feels a bit dead.

As for headliners, 2013 seemed The culprit is smooth jazz. A swear like a perfect compromise. A year word among purists and old-schoolers, before Travis Park got its $500,000 smooth jazz severs much of the artistic renovation, pianist Ramsey Lewis tore heart from the genre. Like a drug cut up the closing set of the festival. With a with too much laxative, smooth jazz soul-jazz strut and the Grammy-winning doesn’t bring that creative, pupil-dilating single “In Crowd,” artists like Lewis are kick like the pure stuff does, leaving sterling choices for a jazz festival that only an upset stomach and a desire for demands popular appeal. a substance with a little more edge.

For 2015, if you’re looking for the Slow tempos, synth rhythms, garrulous good stuff, look no further than the saxes with too-clean tones — it’s Jefferson Street stage, the festival’s predictable music stuck between the stronghold of local music. The fun and outlandishness of pop and the Jefferson Stage hosts pianist Aaron artistic drive of jazz.

Prado, leading a sextet Like all the petty on his deft compositions Jazz’SAlive feat. Tower of squabbles of music writing, Power, The Rippingtons, on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Aaron Prado Sextet, Powmy opinion on smooth jazz At 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, erhouse Big Band and more trumpeter Karlos Elizondo and the Weather ChannelFree ass Rippingtons (whose 11:30am-11pm Sat., September 19, fronts the Powerhouse Big noon-10pm Sun., September 20 cultural rot takes over on Band in its assault on the Travis Park Saturday at 9:45 p.m.) is orchestra charts.

301 E. Travis St. only an opinion. At a jazz (210) 212-8423 festival, the smooth cousins saparksfoundation.org mstieb@sacurrent.com

1223 E Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78205 Across from Spaghetti Warehouse

210kapones | www.210kapones.com sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 53

76 TAPS

FRIENDLY EATS TILL

MIDNIGHT

OF

CRAFT BREW

7 DAYS A WEEK

OVER 400 BOTTLE

KID & DOGGIE

FRIENDLY

&

ICE HOUSE

CAN CHOICES

943 South Alamo • 210.224.BEER (2337)

POOL • DARTS • PING PONG ENJOY OUR PATIO AREA

200

Check out Summer Movies on the Huge Slab Cinema. All movies start at dusk.

Wednesday, 09/16- Legally Blonde

10141 Wurzbach, San Antonio, Texas 78230 • (210) 877-2100 wurzbachicehouse.com • Corner of Ironside and Wurzbach 54 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

M O N - F R I 3 P - 1 2 A • S A T- S U N 1 1 A - 1 2 A

FRIENDLY GROWLERS AVAILABLE | FRIENDLY EATS TILL MIDNIGHT

MUSIC

THU

17

Colleen Green

Free wieners? Doors at 4:20 p.m.? What more do you need to hit up this early evening showcase at the K23? How about pop-punker Colleen Green?

The LA rocker’s titles mostly speak for themselves, numbers including “I Want to Grow Up,” “I Want to Be Degraded” and “Things That Are Bad for Me” parts one and two. Then there’s her middle finger to Rick Springfield, “Jesse Has a New Girl” — perhaps it’s a dig for his contribution as a plastic surgeon in the new, hatewatched season of True Detective.

It sounds like the usual Phair of ’90s-inspired pop-punk, but underneath these perfectly unambitious songs, Green injects an anxiety that cuts her legs out from under her. On “TV,” Green commends the television, the fat tube boxes “from an early age,” as a tireless companion. “It keeps me company when there’s nobody else around and I’m all by myself,” she sings, describing my exact relationship with the Netflix/HBO GO wormhole. With Rotten Mangoes, ¿Qué Pasa?, Junkie. $5, 4:20pm-8pm, K23 Gallery, 702 Fredericksburg Rd., facebook.com/K23Gallery — Matt Stieb

Wednesday, September 16 Bricklayers Kevin Sanchez of At War with

Dust hosts this thrilling showcase of San Antonio songwriters independent of their day-job bands. With NickL, ELo, ALXES, K-San. Brick at Blue Star, 7pm

Bruk Out! A term of celebration in

dancehall culture, Bruk Out! visits the legendary reverb and airhorns of the Jamaican genre. Concrete Jungle, 10pm

Christian Barbuto Austin producer

Christian Barbuto brings his lush house party to the Loopland. Greenhouse Rooftop, 10pm

Mexican Independence Party with American Swine What better way to

celebrate the 205th anniversary of Mexico’s independence than with an unforgiving punk band with the word “American” in their name? Paper Tiger, 9pm

Midtown Jazz Sound John Fernandez,

drummer and leader of Midtown Jazz Town, returns to Soho for his sixth year of residency at the downtown club.

Soho, 10pm

Mike Zito & The Wheel In 2012, St. Louis

country crooner Mike Zito found his slowrock work on FX’s Sons of Anarchy. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

Nag Champa Named after the Indian

incense, Nag Champa hosts a weekly revue of the explosive cumbia rhythm.

Bottom Bracket Social Club, 10pm

Open Jam Session feat. Eric Gonzalez

Alto saxophonist Eric Gonzalez hosts an

open call jam at the former punk spot.

Viva Taco Land, 8pm

Ray Ray De Los Auges From the historic

tejano family band Los Auges (featured in the Selena biopic as Grupo Fuego), singer Ray Ray Garcia shines on his debut solo record No Se Como Fue. 210 Kapone’s, 7pm

Thursday, September 17

Guitar Shorty With a mean trick of playing

with his teeth, Houston native Guitar Shorty plays a verbose, fluid form of the blues. Since his first single for the Cobra label in 1957 to his 2010 effort on Alligator Records, Guitar Shorty represents some of the finest of the Texas blues sound.

Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

The Mavericks plus the Last Bandoleros Friday, September 25th

Jay Hardway Dutch producer Jay

Hardway’s blend of house and pop hooks landed him a spot on Universal Music Group after only a few years of performance. “Wizards,” his 2013 collaboration with DJ Martin Garrix, has more than 146 million views on YouTube.

The Falls, 9pm

Lydia, Seahaven From Arizona, Lydia

traffics in the seemingly contradictory aesthetic of soft post-hardcore. Signed to Run For Cover Records, Seahaven has a curious appeal between emo and indie.

With Turnover, The Technicolors. Paper Tiger, 7pm

The Suite feat. DJ Gibb and Donnie Dee Two of SA’s finest soul and funk jockeys deliver a Thursday night soundtrack in original funky drummers. Southtown 101, 10pm

14492 Old Bandera Road Helotes, Texas 78023 www.liveatfloores.com sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 55

512 E. Highland Blvd Ste #150, SA, TX 78210

SATURDAY MEN’S CLINIC Every 3rd Saturday • 9am-5pm • walk ins & appointments

Testing services available (FREE): Results within 5 business days • • • • • •

HIV (INSTI & blood draw) Syphilis Chlamydia Gonorrhea Risk reduction counseling Linkage to medical care

For more information call: 210.207.5260 *NO PHYSICAL EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN* If you wish to speak to a clinician or are seeking treatment you need to visit the clinic Monday through Friday : www.sanantonio.gov/Health/HealthServices/STDservices.aspx

GAMES OVER A DOZEN VINTAGE ARCADE GAMES

LIFE SIZE SOCCER POOL!

ALL NEW FROZEN DRINK BAR !

14 DIFFERENT FLAVORS !

Open 7 Days A Week • Mon-Fri: 2p-2A • Sat-Sun 11Am • slackerssa.com 56 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

MUSIC

Friday, September 18

Beethoven’s 9th Sebastian Lang-Lessing

conducts the San Antonio Symphony on Beethoven’s final complete work.

Finished in 1824, Beethoven’s 9th has become one of the most well known works in the classical canon, featuring the hallmark “Ode to Joy.” For their performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Beethoven material is paired with Schoenberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw.” Written in 1948, Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg dedicated the work to victims of the Holocaust.

Tobin Center, 8pm

Burger Records Night feat. AJ Davila

One of the few rock ‘n’ roll outfits from Puerto Rico to make it on the mainland, AJ Davila’s Davila 666 was a stomping, Spanglish monster. Now that the band is on a break, Davila tours with Amor Terror, a similarly mean garage sextet.

With The Rich Hands. Limelight, 9pm

Buttercup, Alyson Alonzo Quintessentially a San Antonio band, the members of Buttercup have roots in the local scene and perform in other groups. Bass guitarist Odie Cole and drummer James Roadman are in the blues-rock outfit Los Mescaleros, guitarist and lead singer Erik Sanden plays in The Mechanical Walking Robot Boy, and guitarist Joe Reyes was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with duo Lara and Reyes. Yet, Buttercup is the culmination of their shared talents: a San Antonio supergroup. The goddaughter of Oscar Lawson, of Chicano soul outfit the Royal Jesters, Alyson Alonzo reps an updated take on the West Side sound — if the bands were fronted by Nina Simone.

Empire Theatre, 9pm

Cause for the Paws Country singer

Miranda Lambert and the MuttNation Foundation team up for the Cause for the Paws concert, with proceeds going to the foundation to help end animal cruelty, neglect and homelessness in the U.S. With Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall, Radney Foster. Luckenbach Dancehall, 5pm

Doyle Bramhall II Texas native Doyle

Bramhall II got to the blues tradition early in life, with his father gigging on the drums with Lightnin’ Hopkins and Freddie King. By 18, Bramhall II was on the road with Jimmie Vaughan’s band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Since then, the 46-year-old guitarist has been wielding his upside down axe for such greats as T-Bone Burnett, Elton John and Meshell Ndegeocello. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

Losing September Indiana quintet Losing September straddles several different

understandings of metal on There Will Be Casualties. With Broken Above, Method of Inception. Fitzgerald’s Bar, 7pm

Two Tons of Steel Led by songwriter Kevin Geil, Two Tons of Steel have over 20 years of country rock ‘n’ roll under their belts. With Dawn and Hawkes. Floore’s Country Store, 7pm

Saturday, September 19

David Ramirez Album Release Guitarist

HAPPY HOUR 3P-7P MON - SAT DRINK SPECIALS & $4 SELECT APPETIZERS

Sept 18 - Two Tons of Steel

and clarion blues singer David Ramirez celebrates the release of his new album Fables, out on the Thirty Tigers label.

Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

OPEN MON-SAT 3P -2A

Fat Tony Named after the Sicilian gangster

of The Simpsons, Houston’s Fat Tony raps with a sly gait. On “Hood Party,” Tony pokes fun at gentrification in a brilliant, seriocomic tone, siding with those “who been living in this area like all of their life.” Limelight, 9pm

LIVE MUSIC EVERY NIGHT

Sept 19- Johnny Bush

MUSIC SCHEDULE

Jazz’SAlive After Dark Jam Session

Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz, whose 25th anniversary album debuts next weekend, invites all performers from Jazz’SAlive to join in a post-festival jam. The gig will be repeated Sunday night, after the closing of the festival. St. Anthony Hotel, 11pm

September 16 Live Band Karaoke Sept 25 - The Mavericks

September 17 Jonathan Moody

Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros

Born in 1935, Johnny Bush has had an extraordinary career in Texas country.

Nicknamed the “Country Caruso” for his rich tenor, Bush began with the great Ray Price before opting for a solo career and writing “Whiskey River,” the hit that would take Willie Nelson to the top. Floore’s Country Store, 7pm

September 18 Finding Friday Oct 3 - Randy Rogers Band

September 19 Chris Boss

Slum Village Founded in Detroit in

1996, hip-hop collective Slum Village has seen its share of loss. In 2006, the outfit lost alumnus J Dilla, one of the great architects of 21st century hiphop. Three years later, Slum Village lost founding rapper Baatin to cocaine abuse. But through the sadness, the Motor City collective continues to release stunning instrumental-based hip-hop. Alamo City Music Hall, 8pm

September 20 NFL Football Oct 16 - Josh Abbott Band

September 21 Chris Lopez

Snowbyrd San Antonio mainstays

Snowbyrd are owners of a loose, bouncing, sporadically psychedelic set.

With The Hares, Nuclear Juarez. J&O’s Cantina, 10pm

September 22 Jake Castellano

Swervedriver Inspired by American alt-

rock, Oxford’s Swervedriver became one of the great shoegaze bands of the 1990s.

With Dearly Beloved. Paper Tiger, 8pm

Sunday, September 20 Cash Cash, Tritonal The Makhlouf

brothers responsible for EDM outfit

14492 Old Bandera Rd

Helotes, TX • 210-695-8827 For tickets: liveatfloores.com

4553 N LOOP 1604 @ THE RIDGE SHOPPING CENTER 210-252-9220

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 57

Where Fantasies Become Realities

*LGBTQ Ally* LARGE SELECTION OF HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!

$39.99

&Up

BIG SALE ON:

Shoes $19.99 Boots $29.99 Lingerie 20% OFF &Up

&Up

WITH THIS AD

NEW LOCATION! The Lonestar Plaza: Off Vance Jackson & 410, near Sugar’s 2639 Mossrock Ste. 108 | SA,TX 78230

OPEN Mon-Sat 10AM-8PM secretsboutiquebycarie.com | 210.558.8999

Full Bar opens at 7am!

Serving Breakfast!

Sun: 11 am - 2 am | Mon-Sat: 7 am - 2 am | 5562 Fredericksburg Rd. In the Medical Center

58 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

MUSIC

Cash Cash teamed up with John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls for “Lightning,” objectively one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. Austin duo Tritonia hosts a Saturday afternoon show on Sirius’ EDM channel, where each song is a by-formula copy of the other. If it isn’t clear from those two sentences, let me be explicit: I’m not a fan of EDM. Club Rio, 9pm

Brent Watkins 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

The Independents If one band could

summarize the old school of The Korova’s booking policy, it’d be The Independents. On their seven albums, the South Carolina outfit combines ska and horror punk, two of the venue’s most tried and true genres. With Black Cat Attack, Crystal Attack, Crystal Shit, The Dispicables, Dead Weight. The Korova, 8pm

Monday, September 21

Pink Tiles With three members sharing

percussion duty, Australia’s Pink Tiles can count nearly unlimited ways to emphasize the backbeat of their South Pacific surf pop. Limelight, 9pm

The Waller Creek Vipers Austin jitterbug

band The Waller Creek Vipers treat the music of the ’30s and ’40s at Sam’s weekly swing night. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm

Tuesday, September 22 Dirty Fences In a grossly reductive

analogy, New York bands seem to face

a Pokemon-like choose-your-adventure at the beginning of their careers, opting for one of three foundational outfits: The New York Dolls, The Velvet Undergound or The Ramones (with Television or The Talking Heads making up the wildcard, Pikachu option). Dirty Fences appear choose the Johnny Thunder/David Johansen route on the 2015 release Full Tramp, so much so that the band could soundtrack HBO’s upcoming Vinyl, a series grabbing money from the Dolls’ makeupsmeared grave. With Faux Ferocious, Dark Planes. Paper Tiger, 7pm

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Add

the intentional dayglo bad taste of director John Waters to the innovative industrial music of Throbbing Gristle, sprinkle in a healthy dose of occult imagery and voilà — it’s the industrial dance of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.

In fact, a camp art film was the intended target of band members Groovie Mann and Buzz McCoy when the project began in Chicago in 1987. The Thrill Kill Kult Super-8 failed to gain traction, but Mann and McCoy took the three tunes they had for the soundtrack, put them out on Chicago’s iconic Wax Trax label and the rest is industrial pop history. With Dead Love Club, Minister Fiend. Jack’s Patio Bar, 8pm

Prime Time Jazz Orchestra Saxophonist

John Magaldi riffs through straightahead standards with his big breathy tone. He’s a worthy bandleader and first chair, having performed with Johnny Mathis, Boots Randolph, Tony Bennett and Marvin Gaye. Blue Star Brewing Company, 8pm

Thelma & The Sleaze Nashville three-

piece Thelma & The Sleaze cruise through grimy numbers worthy of the ’91 roadtrip/Brad Pitt ab-worship flick.

Limelight, 7pm

210 Kapone’s 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 279-9430, 210kapones.com Alamo City Music Hall 1305 E. Houston St., alamocitymusichall.com Blue Star Brewing Company 1414 S. Alamo St., (210) 212-5506, bluestarbrewing. com Bottom Bracket Social Club 1609 N. Colorado, facebook.com/bottombracketsocialclub Brick at Blue Star 108 Blue Star, (210) 884-8019, facebook.com/brickatbluestar Club Rio 13307 San Pedro Ave, (210) 4032582, club-rio.net Concrete Jungle 1628 S. Presa St., (210) 373-9907, facebook.com/tikiconcretejungle Empire Theatre 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-5700, majestictheatre.com Fitzgerald’s Bar 437 McCarty Rd #101, (210) 629-5141, facebook.com/fitzgeraldsbarsa Floore’s Country Store 14492 Old Bandera Rd., Helotes, (210) 6958827, liveatfloores.com Greenhouse Rooftop 4553 N Loop 1604 W, (210) 393-0511 J&O’s Cantina 1014 S. Presa St., (210) 485-7611 Jack’s Bar 3030 Thousand Oaks, (210) 494-2309, jacksbarsa.com Limelight 2718 N. St. Mary’s, (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com Luckenbach Dance Hall 412 Luckenbach Town Loop, (830) 9973224, luckenbachtexas.com Paper TIger 2410 N. St. Mary’s, papertiger.queueapp.com Sam’s Burger Joint 330 E. Grayson, (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com Soho 214 W. Crockett St., (210) 444-1000 Southtown 101 101 Pereida St., (210) 263-9880 The Esquire Tavern 155 E Commerce St., (210)222-2521, www.esquiretavern-sa.com The Falls 226 W. Bitters Rd #120, (210) 490-5553, thefallsbar.com The Korova 107 E. Martin, (210) 226-5070, thekorova.com Tobin Center 100 Auditorium Cir., (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org Viva Tacoland 103 W. Grayson St., (210) 368-2443, vivatacoland.com

8373 CULEBRA STE. 103 • 210.521.4555 1639 BABCOCK RD. • 210.474.6005 sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 59

WATCH YOUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL GAMES

HERE!

EVERY THURSDAY, SUNDAY & MONDAY GAME ON BE DISHING OUT SOME GREAT NEW SPECIALS WHILE YOU WATCH YOUR FAVORITE TEAMS BATTLE IT OUT!

CITY BASE WEST SHOPPING CENTER SE MILITARY & NEW BRAUNFELS AVE. • 210.531.3000 • CITYBASECINEMA.COM 60 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

FREE TO LISTEN AND REPLY TO ADS

Free Code: San Antonio Current

FIND REAL GAY MEN NEAR YOU San Antonio:

(210) 375-1155 www.megamates.com 18+

CHECK OUT FRESH DAILY CONTENT AT SACURRENT.COM

PHOTO.SACURRENT.COM Meet hot Latin singles FREE TRIAL

YOUR EVENT TRHOUGH OUR LENS

210.447.1103

Find your local number: 1.855.831.1111

Heat Up Your Night On RedHot

TRY FORE FRE FREE TRIAL

18+ www.fonochatlatino.com

to Listen & Reply to ads.

FREE CODE:

REAL PEOPLE REAL DESIRE REAL FUN

San Antonio Current

210.933.1106 210.933.1103

18+ redhotdateline.com

Discreet Chat Guy to Guy

210.320.6103

Try for FREE

Ahora en Español

For More Local Numbers: 1.800.926.6000 www.livelinks.com Teligence/18+ Meet sexy new friends

210.375.1800 San Antonio

CHATLINE TM

More Local Numbers: 1.800.700.6666

FREE

Dating made Easy

FREE TRIAL

210.933.1113

For other local numbers:

18+ www.MegaMates.com sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 61

ETC.

MIND BLOWN

Looking for a different type of entertainment for your Birthday party or special event?

Want something at your event that no one has ever seen?

Scope out Texas Telescope Parties. We will bring large telescopes and trained operators to your event.

You will see the wonders of the night sky for your area.

We will do a constellation tour with a green laser.

We will also teach you how telescopes work, and the different kinds of telescopes.

You may even be lucky enough to see the International Space Station, or the Hubble Space Telescope fly overhead.

Please visit our web page at www.TexasTelescopeParties.com.

Call for pricing and availability 210-710-4786

Interested in a career making a difference in a child's life?

We are seeking full time RESIDENTIAL SPECIALISTS. .

MUST PASS FBI BACKGROUND CHECK, DRUG SCREENING, & HAVE CLEAN DRIVING RECORD.

Apply in Person: Monday-Friday between 9am-6pm • 3103 West Ave. San Antonio, TX 78213 • 210-340-8077

NEED MONEY

NOW?

We want to make you a loan today!

Noble Finance 210.921.0971

62 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

0

o $1,34

!

Y A D TO

0t From $4

ice* ute Ser vce.net n i M 0 3 * blefinan www.no

SAVAGE LOVE

by Dan Savage

and guys who seem über-hetero are often more successfully closeted than your lighter-in-the-loafer guys. Three other details lead me to believe this was a crime/blowjob of opportunity: It’s typically pretty difficult to wake a sleepwalker/sleep-blower (it takes more than calling out a name), the skills on display during the incident (it takes practice to give a “damn fine” blowjob), and his actions after he woke up with your dick in his mouth (rushing to the bathroom to gargle) smack of overcompensation.

Many years ago, what was for me a bizarre sexual incident happened to me, and while I’ve largely laughed it off with no traumatic effects, the incident has always puzzled me. For the record, I’m a straight man in a good, loving marriage with no sexual issues to report.

I was off on a golf weekend with a bunch of über-hetero buddies.

We stayed in a condo that didn’t have enough beds for everyone, so I ended up sharing a bed with an ex-marine. In the middle of the night, I thought my girlfriend was waking me up with a blowjob, and a damn fine one at that. However, as I gradually became awake, I realized the mouth on my penis wasn’t my girlfriend’s. I called this guy’s name, and — this is the interesting part — he sprang up suddenly, like I just woke him up. I was also a little afraid, because he was a big guy who could have easily pummeled me to death out of embarrassment.

But he jumped out of bed, went into the bathroom, and gargled before coming back into bed. Neither of us said a word afterward about what happened. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep too well after that.

(And frankly, I was a little offended by the gargling.) So the question is: Can you fellate in your sleep?

Can you sleep-blow and still be a straight guy?

Blown Latently One Wild Night Sexsomnia is a real thing — sleepwalking plus sex — but it’s an exceedingly rare thing. Closeted guys are a lot more common, BLOWN,

I have no disagreement with what you said to letter writer WHIFFING (the man who wanted to know how to broach the subject of a female partner’s unpleasant vaginal odor). But I wanted to add something that seems to be largely unknown: A common side effect of longterm SSRI use is that the scent and amount of sweat can change to be offensive and copious.

While it’s worth getting checked out if the person is unaware of the cause of an offensive groin smell (it could be a health issue), sometimes the cause turns out to be something the person is not willing to change because of the benefit it brings to their life. I’ve been in this position. Nothing I did to treat the sweating (beta blockers were offered to reduce the amount but couldn’t change the odor) made a difference, and my intimacy with my partner really suffered. We could basically be intimate only after I just showered; it took months for my partner even to bring it up. When I finally discovered the sweating in a list of side effects in a medical app, it was quickly confirmed by my prescriber as common but not talked about because it’s not physically harmful, so other SSRI users may not be aware of the connection. Just wanted to let your other readers know!

Shower Power Good info to have, SP. Thanks for sharing.

ETC.

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD by Matt Jones

Answer on page 25

Rackspace US, Inc. – San Antonio, TX. Linux Administrator II – LATAM. Provide sys admin & Linux sever support within the Rackspace support infrastructure. Req. Bachelor’s degree* in Comp Sci, IT, Engg (any) or a rel field +2yrs. Linux server or sys admin exp req strong OS knowledge & working knowledge of: Apache, MySQL, PhP. *Will accept a combo of edu & exp deemed equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor’s degree by a qualified eval svc.

Multiple positions available.

Send resume to: careers@ rackspace.com, Ref. 17211.

$10/HOUR, UP TO $70/HOUR!!! –

Kid’s Entertainers Needed Training Provided.

Nights/weekends. 18 yrs + Must have own transportation.

Call 210- 355- 7852 AmazingTexasTwisters.com

LOW ENERGY? POOR SEX DRIVE? WEIGHT GAIN? – NOT FEELING YOURSELF? Testosterone Replacement Therapy $150 initial visit $100 per month includes monthly visit and lab work Call for Appointment 210-995-3681

NEWS CULTURE FREE FOOD

Start your Humanitarian Career at One World Center and gain experience through international service work in Africa. Program has costs.

Info@OneWorldCenter.org

“Bar Hopping” — going from bar to bar.

ACROSS 1 Call it quits 5 Sobs loudly 10 Some barn dwellers 14 Jai ___ (fast court game) 15 Out of season, maybe 16 “Ain’t happenin’!”

17 How to enter an Olympicsized pool of Cap’n Crunch?

19 “Please, Mom?” 20 “Naughty, naughty!” noise 21 First substitute on a basketball bench 23 Public Enemy #1?

25 That boy there 26 Art follower?

29 Safe dessert?

30 Slangy goodbyes 33 Biceps builders 35 Greek sandwiches 37 “Ode ___ Nightingale” 38 Zagreb’s country 40 Letter recipients 42 Altar agreement 43 New York and Los Angeles, e.g.

45 Grimy deposits 46 GQ units 48 Abbr. in a help-wanted ad 50 After-school production, maybe 51 Calif. time zone

52 Post outpost?

54 Like ignored advice, at first?

57 Chilean Literature Nobelist 61 Margaret Mitchell mansion 62 Milky Way and Mars, for instance?

64 Home theater component, maybe 65 Guy’s part 66 “American Dad!” dad 67 “That’s ___ for you to say!”

68 Sign of some March births 69 Edamame beans

DOWN

1 True statement 2 Arena cheers 3 Carefree diversion 4 Fountain drink option 5 Pack on the muscle 6 “... ___ a bag of chips” 7 Irish coffee ingredient 8 Beside oneself 9 X-ray ___ (back-of-comicbook glasses) 10 “That looks like it stings!”

11 Mallet to use on the “Press Your Luck” villain?

12 The moon, to poets 13 Knee-to-ankle area 18 Pokemon protagonist

22 College composition 24 “Exploding” gag gift 26 M minus CCXCIV ... OK, I’m not that mean, it equals 706 27 Italian bread?

28 Sister channel to the Baltimore Ravens Network?

30 Groundskeeper’s buy 31 Heart’s main line 32 Full of spunk 34 Neighbor of Tampa, Fla. 36 Watch again 39 Google : Android :: Apple : ___ 41 Higher-ups 44 Resident of Iran’s capital 47 SEAL’s branch 49 Club proprietors 52 Become narrower 53 Common Market abbr.

54 “Am ___ only one?”

55 Zilch 56 It is, in Ixtapa 58 Golden Rule preposition 59 “Saving Private Ryan” event 60 Author Rand and anyone whose parents were brave enough to name their kids after that author, for two 63 “Take This Job and Shove It” composer David Allan ___

Turn your Natural Talent into a Rewarding Career • Cosmetology • Esthetician • Manicurist • Massage Therapy* Tablet included with Cosmetology enrollment Financial aid for those who qualify Employment services for graduates No High School Diploma or GED? Call Milan, we can help!

Contact us now!

1-800-508-0429

MilanInstitute.edu

6804 Ingram Road • 605 S.W. Military Drive

San Antonio

Programs vary by location. *License Number MS1035 – 6804 Ingram Rd., San Antonio, TX 78238.

For more information about our graduation rates, median loan debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please visit our website.

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 63

We guarantee the best donor fees in our marketing area!

64 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

ETC.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): I won’t go so far as to say that you are surrounded by unhinged maniacs whose incoherence is matched only by their selfdelusion. That would probably be too extreme.

But I do suspect that at least some of the characters in the game you’re playing are not operating at their full potential. For now, it’s best not to confront them and demand that they act with more grace. The wiser strategy might be to avoid being swept up in their agitation as you take good care of yourself. If you are patient and stay centered, I bet you will eventually get a chance to work your magic.

influential artist whose early work prefigured surrealism. In 1917, he submitted an unusual piece to a group exhibition in New York. It was a plain old porcelain urinal, but he titled it Fountain, and insisted it was a genuine work of art. In that spirit, I am putting my seal of approval on the messy melodrama you are in the process of managing. Henceforth, this melodrama shall also be known as a work of art, and its title will be “Purification.” (Or would you prefer “Expurgation” or “Redemption”?) If you finish the job with the panache you have at your disposal, it will forevermore qualify as a souljiggling masterpiece.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20):

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

Many of the heroes in fairy tales survive and thrive because of the magical gifts they are given. Benefactors show up, often unexpectedly, to provide them with marvels — a spinning wheel that can weave a cloak of invisibility, perhaps, or winged shoes that give them the power of flight, or a charmed cauldron that brews a healing potion. But there is an important caveat. The heroes rarely receive their boons out of sheer luck.

They have previously performed kind deeds or unselfish acts in order to earn the right to be blessed. According to my analysis, Taurus, the coming weeks will be prime time for you to make yourself worthy of gifts you will need later on.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): We humans need nourishing stories almost as much as we require healthy food, clean air, pure water and authentic love. And yet many of us get far less than our minimum daily requirement of nourishing stories. Instead, we are barraged with nihilistic narratives that wallow in misery and woe. If we want a break from that onslaught, our main other choices are sentimental fantasies and empty-hearted trivia.

That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news: Now is a favorable time for you to seek remedies for this problem. That’s why I’m urging you to hunt down redemptive chronicles that furnish your soul with gritty delight. Find parables and sagas and tales that fire up your creative imagination and embolden your lust for life.

people express pride in gross ways. When you hear their overbearing brags, you know it’s a sign that they are not really confident in themselves. They overdo the vanity because they’re trying to compensate for their feelings of inadequacy. In the coming weeks, I expect you to express a more lovable kind of selfglorification. It won’t be inflated or arrogant, but will instead be measured and reasonable.

If you swagger a bit, you will do it with humor and style, not narcissism and superiority.

Thank you in advance for your service to humanity. The world needs more of this benign kind of egotism.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): One of your key themes in the coming weeks is “grace.” I suggest that you cultivate it, seek it out, expect it, and treasure it. To prepare for this fun work, study all of the meanings of “grace” below. At least two of them, and possibly all, should and can be an active part of your life. 1. Elegance or beauty of form, movement, or proportion; seemingly effortless charm or fluidity. 2. Favor or goodwill; a disposition to be generous or helpful. 3. Mercy, forgiveness, charity. 4. A temporary exemption or immunity; a reprieve. 5. A sense of fitness or propriety. 6. A prayer of blessing or thanks said before a meal. 7. An unmerited divine gift offered out of love.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): Be good, but not necessarily well-behaved. Be extra exuberant and free, but not irresponsible.

Be lavish and ardent and even rowdy, but not decadent. Why? What’s the occasion? Well, you have more-or-less finished paying off one of your karmic debts. You have conquered or at least outwitted a twist from your past that had been sapping your mojo. As a reward for doing your duty with such diligence, you have earned a respite from some of the more boring aspects of reality. And so now you have a mandate to gather up the intelligent pleasure you missed when you were acting like a beast of burden.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.” That’s the mantra that Frank O’Hara intoned in his poem “Meditations in an Emergency,” and now I’m inviting you to adopt a modified version of it. Here’s how I would change it for your use in the coming months: “I am the least difficult of passion artists. All I want is to give and receive boundless, healthy, interesting love.” To be frank, I don’t think O’Hara’s simple and innocent declaration will work for you. You really do need to add my recommended nuances in order to ripen your soul’s code and be aligned with cosmic rhythms.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): The rooster is your power animal. Be like him.

Scrutinize the horizon for the metaphorical dawn that is coming, and be ready to herald its appearance with a triumphant wake-up call. On the other hand, the rooster is also your affliction animal. Don’t be like him. I would hate for you to imitate the way he handles himself in a fight, which is to keep fussing and squabbling far beyond the point when he should let it all go.

In conclusion, Libra, act like a rooster but also don’t act like a rooster. Give up the protracted struggle so you can devote yourself to the more pertinent task, which is to celebrate the return of the primal heat and light.

THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21):

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Now is an excellent time to close the gap between the Real You and the image of yourself that you display to the world. I know of two ways to accomplish this. You can tinker with the Real You so that it’s more like the image you display. Or else you can change the image you display so that it is a more accurate rendition of the Real You. Both strategies may be effective. However you go about it, Cancerian, I suggest you make it your goal to shrink the amount of pretending you do.

Since you seem to enjoy making life so complicated and intense for yourself, you may be glad to learn that the current astrological omens favor that development. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you’re about to dive deep into rich mysteries that could drive you half-crazy. I suspect that you will be agitated and animated by your encounters with ecstatic torment and difficult bliss. Bon voyage!

Have fun! Soon I expect to see miniature violet bonfires gleaming in your bedroom eyes, and unnamable emotions rippling through your unfathomable face, and unprecedented words of wild wisdom spilling from your smart mouth.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Born under

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21):

the sign of Leo, Marcel Duchamp was an

Christian sect that practiced sacred nudism.

One of their central premises: How could anyone possibly know God while wearing clothes? I am not necessarily recommending that you make their practice a permanent part of your spiritual repertoire, but I think you might find value in it during the coming weeks. Your erotic and transcendent yearnings will be rising to a crescendo at the same time. You will have the chance to explore states where horniness and holiness overlap. Lusty prayers? Reverent sex? Ecstatic illumination?

The Adamites were devotees of an ancient

sacurrent.com • September 16–22, 2015 • CURRENT 65

SPONSORED BY

SAN ANTONIO SSC

CO-ED RECREATIONAL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES*

www.SanAntonioSSC.com

*21 & UP ONLY

Sat. , Sept 5, 9am - 6pm Sun. , Sept 6, 9am - 5pm 66 CURRENT • September 16–22, 2015 • sacurrent.com

s + d n a b 0 4 S D RISTBAN

$5 W

6 2 . t p e S W O , N y E L a ON SLAARS AT THE DOOR Saturd $5 DOL a.m.

9 p.m. to 2

sanantoniomusicawards.com