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CONTENTS September 23-29, 2015

10 NEWS Black Lives Matter Local activists are trying to force a conversation about police violence

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Walk At Your Own Risk San Antonio’s sidewalks are in rough shape. How did we get here and how will the city fix it?

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40 MUSIC San Antonio Music Awards The 2015 San Antonio Music Awards polls are in. Check out the winners, from Best Accordionist to Best Indie Rock Band Critics’ Picks Our critics weigh in on their favorite artist of the year Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

Generous Spirit A conversation with biographer Dale Peterson in anticipation of Jane Goodall’s lecture at Trinity University

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Activists Say San Antonio Needs To Talk About Police Violence MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN

Mike Lowe is a tall man who wears blackrimmed glasses reminiscent of Malcom X’s signature spectacles.

In personal conversation, Lowe, a community organizer with the local Black Lives Matter group SATX4, is softspoken and thoughtful. But nearly every weekend, he and a contingent of like-minded people can be found downtown, protesting police brutality and highlighting recent cases, like the August 28 shooting of Gilbert Flores, 41, by two Bexar County Sheriff Department deputies who were responding to a domestic violence call.

Cellphone video obtained by local television station KSAT 12 showed Flores with his hands in the air, appearing to surrender, moments before he is shot.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office have said another video shows Flores with a knife, but the video hasn’t been publicly released.

However, Flores’ death is just the latest case of an officer-involved shooting in San Antonio, and just another blip on the roll of police-related shootings that have captured national attention since 28-year-old former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Mike Brown on August 9, 2014.

“SATX4 is an organization designed to expose systemic racial injustice,” Lowe said. “We were birthed out of the Mike Brown situation in which Darren Wilson was not indicted … that’s when we came on the scene.”

According to the website Fatal Encounters, which scours the Internet for news reports of police-related shootings all over the United States, at least 43 people have been killed by police in Bexar County since 2001, with the majority of cases falling between 2012 and 2015.

One of those was Marquise Jones, a 23-year-old man who was shot and killed by off-duty San Antonio Police Department officer Robert Encina on February 28, 2014 at a drive-thru on the Northeast side of the city.

“Today is 565 days,” Lowe said, automatically knowing how much time has passed since Jones’ death. “We’re still fighting for the prosecution of Robert Encina.”

Police have completed their investigation into the shooting and whether it goes to a grand jury is in the hands of the District Attorney.

Silence Is Violence When Lowe and SATX4 activists hit the streets with signs decrying police brutality — some of which are confrontational — and proclaiming that black lives matter, they are often met with insults from passersby.

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Local Black Lives Matter activists with the group SATX4 take to downtown during an August protest.

“People drive by and tell us to get a job and go to school. There are people out there with degrees, people of all backgrounds,” Lowe said, adding that there are also people who respond to the Black Lives Matter slogan with sayings like All Lives Matter.

All SATX4 is trying to do is start a conversation, not diminish other races. But not many San Antonians want to listen.

“We’re not saying only black lives matter, we’re saying black lives matter, too,” Lowe said. “What they hear from us is ‘only black lives matter,’ and that’s definitely not what we’re saying.”

Desireé Luckey, who joins SATX4 protests, said for her the Black Lives Matter slogan is empowering.

“I think it is important that San Antonio know BLM (Black Lives Matter) because any act of police brutality is an indictment on our entire law-enforcement body, not just one individual or one police department,” Luckey said. “We have had instances of violence here, and we need to work to address that as a community. Pretending it hasn’t or won’t happen here will not work.”

Marina Escamilla joined SATX4 in November 2014 and even traveled to St. Louis to gain personal perspective at the protests in Ferguson rather than relying on media coverage.

“My stay was hosted by a couple of girls who attended the university of St. Louis,” Escamilla said. “There I listened to stories about the racism they and their families were faced with and how little change has been made.”

Being a Latina, Escamilla said it’s important to her to support black lives through protest and direct action.

“Our lives are on the line too,” she said. “We need to take more action to showAhow much we care about Folklórico the way we are treated, thatDance we are more than the Production stereotypes that ‘portray’ us. I don’t want my home to allow hate for my skin or for darker skin.”

Marisa Laufer, an activist who attends SATX4 events and also helps run the San Antonio chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said the Black Lives Matter movement has relevance for San Antonio.

“Gentrification, police brutality, detaining refugees from Guatemala and Honduras in prison-like detention centers — these are issues that ties us as people together,” Laufer said. “We need to look at the bigger picture of dehumanization on a global scale and see how it relates to San Antonio. If we can get behind a national movement to empower black lives and relate it to brown lives, then we can raise all boats.”

Yet, on the tourist-soaked streets of downtown, SATX4 mostly finds push-back against these messages.

Just a few weeks ago Lowe was arrested and charged with “disorderly conduct – language” by the SAPD who accuse the group of chanting “fuck the police” as they marched downtown in proximity to the River Walk.

“The group never chanted ‘fuck the police’ even though the police wrote that on the police report,” Laufer said. “I felt the police made it a bigger deal than it was.”

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written on it, albeit in small letters juxtaposed with much larger lettering, which was non-obscene.

“If people were more offended by words than they are by the fact that 823 people died this year by the police, it says a lot about the society we live in,” Laufer said.

According to “The Counted,” an online project by The Guardian that compiles a database of police killings in the United States, 829 people have been killed in the country since September 15 of this year. On the flipside, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a website, 87 police have been killed in the line of duty in 2015.

Time To Talk Last fall, former SAPD chief William McManus pitched body cameras to City Council. He told the city’s leaders that San Antonio has largely missed unrest from police shootings and that the cameras were just one way to make sure the Alamo City isn’t the next Ferguson.

And the District Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the SAPD and other leaders, have held community policing forums in order to build relationships with San Antonio residents. Local activists have complained that not enough notice is given before the forums.

Recently, on the East Side, the SAPD held a “Coffee with the Cops” event at a McDonalds.

“From their perspective, they do it in a strategic way,” Lowe said of the forums and community events. “But I think we’re missing the mark.”

To improve relations, life has to be better for students at school and the city has to allot more resources to community organizations in AfricanAmerican neighborhoods that target the youth, and provide opportunities to the unemployed. Police will have to build relationships with all members of the community, from business leaders, to lay people, to pastors, to the LGBT community, he explained.

“Everybody has a voice and in the black community, we have all those aspects,” Lowe said.

And laws that disproportionately send black men to prison for nonviolent offenses — like small-time drug possession — need to be reformed.

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Dr. Gregory Hudspeth, an associate professor at the Department of Social Sciences at St. Phillip’s College, said the Black Lives Matter movement is not an anti-police movement.

“There’s an attempt to bring about an awareness that there are some issues with regards to how individuals are treated, as well as how they perceive they are treated by law enforcement,” Hudspeth said.

And there’s plenty of credible data that shows African-American communities are disproportionately affected by police violence and incarceration.

“The vast majority of police officers are very good people,” Hudspeth said.

“That would be true for any profession.”

However, according to Hudspeth, there is a national problem with black men being killed by police, though Hudspeth clarifies that he thinks San Antonio is largely blessed with a good police department.

“Conversations are always good to have. And … as long as we’re talking to each other we get to know each other and we’re able to prevent problems before they become problems,” Hudspeth said. “The discussion is a violent discussion to have even if we’re not having that problem within our own community. It’s like saying, ‘Do we have to have a discussion on child abuse if we’re not having it in our community?’

Absolutely, we do.” mreagan@sacurrent.com

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Depending on where you’re going, traversing San Antonio by sidewalk is alternately difficult, dangerous or impossible.

Looking at the city’s patchwork network of sidewalks from a bird’s-eye view reveals an incomplete grid — like an old, shabby latticework fence in need of repair. Most San Antonio residents, particularly those who spend any time traveling on foot, have horror stories about how this manifests itself at ground level.

Slabs of pavement crumble and sink into the soil, or cleave sharply together like a little concrete peak.

Sidewalks that stretch neatly through several blocks suddenly vanish, only to reappear further down the street.

Other places lack sidewalks entirely, creating a dank, marshy border of front yard and asphalt after it rains.

The problem disproportionately impacts the most vulnerable members of the population, such as those who can’t afford their own vehicle and people with mobility impairments. But beyond the inconveniences and hazards, deficient sidewalks signal something more profound about the infrastructure inequalities around which San Antonio was built.

“In neighborhoods in the ’30s, ’40s or ’50s, the neighborhoods that didn’t have sidewalks were still mired in the mud like they were in the 18 th century,” said Char Miller, a former professor at Trinity University who studied the history of San Antonio’s urban policies. “That signaled to those who had mud on their feet and mud in their kitchen as a consequence of heavy rain that they were thought of as nothing more than the mud they walked in.”

For many, those same signals still ring loud and clear today.

Built-In Inequality It’s not as if San Antonio public works officials don’t want to install sidewalks wherever they’re needed. But they’re playing catch up with limited funds and fighting against decades of unfair practices and neglect.

As San Antonio slowly expanded in the mid-to-late 19th century, whether to construct sidewalks was a decision left to individual property owners. But, since they had to fund up to two-thirds of the bill, few did.

As the city annexed more subdivisions through the mid-20th century, few neighborhood developers chose to install sidewalks. With the rise of the automobile, some took pride in eschewing sidewalks, advertising

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themselves as a “new kind of suburb” for those who could afford to rely on their cars according to Miller.

The city largely used this “if you want it, pay for it” infrastructure model up to the 1970s. By then, a pattern was entrenched – sidewalks existed in places with sufficient money or political sway to install them.

Everyone else walked in the mud.

“There’s an inequality built into that process,” Miller said. “The broader story is about public resources misspent, misaligned, and you can see the remnant of a segregated budget … in the sidewalks.”

Today, there are 4,769 miles of sidewalks in San Antonio, and almost 2,500 miles of roadway that lack sidewalks, according to the city’s Transportation and Capital Improvements (TCI) department.

Those gaps are literally a billion-dollar problem, according to City Manager Sheryl Sculley. That’s how much it would take to build sidewalks everywhere they’re needed around town, Sculley said in an August budget briefing.

Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales, who represents much of the West Side, said her constituents ask her more about sidewalks than almost any other issue.

“It’s a citywide problem but it’s much more significant in the older districts,” Gonzales said. “We are one of the oldest districts in the city, so we do have a tremendous need because some of the existing sidewalks are not functional. We’re working on ways to try to improve that, to add as many sidewalks as possible.”

That’s clearly a priority for both regular citizens and city decision-makers.

When the City solicited public comments on the budget this summer, investing in sidewalks, streets and drainage projects emerged as the top priority.

San Antonio budget-makers listened. The newly approved budget for Fiscal Year 2016 allocates $15 million for sidewalks — almost double the amount budgeted for both 2014 and 2015.

The $15 million will pay for almost 31 miles of new sidewalks, according to Anthony Chukwudolue, assistant director for streets at TCI. At that rate, it will still take 80 years to install sidewalks everywhere they’re needed. It’s a drop in the bucket compared to the overall need, but it’s a bigger drop than in previous years.

Buddy Villejo, a leader of the Service Employees International Union, called the increase “a good start.”

One of the group’s greatest concerns is improving inadequate public infrastructure. It’s a struggle that Villejo has observed throughout his 65 years living on the West Side.

“It’s a bit irksome that we’re not asking you to build another Alamodome on the West Side or some light rail.

Just a little bit of concrete,” Villejo said.

That’s a refrain that Chukwudolue hears often. But between the crushing need and the few resources to fix it, he can often do little but ask people for their patience.

“Obviously we value every neighborhood in the city … and we know we need to build out the network, but consider we have very little dollars with which to do this,” Chukwudolue said.

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To decide which stretches get sidewalks, TCI uses a scoring system that prioritizes areas around schools, hospitals, bus stops and community centers. It also considers patterns of where automobiles hit pedestrians.

‘It’s About Time’ While those who live in neighborhoods with nonexistent sidewalks suffer the most, the entire city shares the burden to a certain extent.

The lack of functional sidewalks pushes citizens to use their cars more often, which means they miss out on the health benefits of walking or biking. Pulling cars off the road would also improve the sub-par air quality in San Antonio, one of three Texas cities in non-compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ozone standards.

Willie Mae Clay knows the city’s sidewalks better than most. Clay has a mobility impairment that requires her to use a scooter. It doesn’t slow her down, but she has to be careful in certain parts of the city.

“As I travel on my scooter … when you get further from the downtown area, that’s where you run into problems,” Clay said. “It’s about time that someone focused on the areas that are economically deprived.”

Clay is also vigilant about identifying violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the 25-year-old law that established accessibility standards for people with disabilities.

The cracks and gaps present tremendous hazards to someone like Clay. Sometimes the bus will drop her off in an area without a sidewalk, forcing her to grind through the grass to the nearest patch of cement.

Such problems are costly to fix, but ignoring them could be even more expensive, thanks to a recent landmark court decision.

In April, a federal court ruled that Los Angeles’ lousy sidewalks violated

the ADA. The city must spend more than $1.3 billion over the next three decades to repair them.

Chukwudolue said that while he wasn’t familiar with the specifics of that particular lawsuit, TCI considers ADA regulations in every project it undertakes.

But lawsuits aren’t the only risks that inadequate sidewalks present. Councilwoman Gonzales is also spearheading an effort to eliminate one of their main symptoms: pedestrian deaths.

San Antonio officials recently announced they would participate in Vision Zero, an international initiative that sets rules and guidelines to eliminate pedestrian deaths. Multiple organizations, including Bexar County, area school districts and the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization will also take part in the effort.

In 2014, 54 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in San Antonio, the 18 thworst rate in the country.

The goal of Vision Zero is to prevent all traffic fatalities.

Improving the city’s sidewalks is a crucial component to achieve that, Gonzales said.

“It’s a critical part of the Vision Zero concept that we have safe streets and safe places for people to walk. I think that a significant investment in repairing the sidewalks or putting them where they don’t exist already should be a definite priority,” Gonzales said.

Few would disagree with Gonzales’ statement, but it’s one that people in certain parts of the city have screamed for generations. The budget increase is a promising sign for people like Villejo and Clay.

But they also realize that there is, quite literally, a long way to go. mmarks@sacurrent.com

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After informing White House interiors under nine presidents (from Truman to Clinton), nonagenarian style icon Iris Apfel flew into the public eye via the Costume Institute’s “Rara Avis.” By celebrating her eclectic, nonconformist take on fashion (think Mr. Magoo glasses, kaleidoscopic prints and layers of jewelry), the 2005 exhibition turned Apfel into a “geriatric starlet” at the center of Albert Maysles’ 2014 documentary Iris. Described by Vogue as “a sartorial safari seen through round, rose-colored glasses,” Iris screens at the McNay as part of the museum’s Get Reel Film Series. Free, 7pm, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org.

— Bryan Rindfuss

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Thundercat MUSIC

Steve Bruner (aka Thundercat) makes music that is hauntingly delicious, presenting a true postmodernist take on jazz and R&B forms. Notable first as a supremely gifted bass player and member of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder crew, Bruner has played bass for artists like Bilal, Erykah Badu, Kamasi Washington and, most recently, Kendrick Lamar. But his own singular sounds will be the focal point on Friday night.

True to his jazz roots, Bruner will no doubt showcase myriad embellishments on the excellent music from his three solo albums, the best of which is the latest — The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam. $16, 8:30pm, Alamo City Music Hall, 1305 E. Houston St., alamocitymusichall.com. — JC

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Manhattan Short Film Festival FILM

Since its inception in 1998, the world’s first global film festival has grown to include 100,000 cinema lovers participating in the judging process of films coming from 250 cities, 52 countries and six continents. This year’s finalists include the U.S. drama El Camino Solo, about a businessman who gets stranded in the desert; a Chilean digital animation called Bear Story, inspired by the filmmaker’s grandfather who was exiled from Chile during the 1973 coup d’état; and the German film Bis Gleich, about two seniors who form a unique bond while communicating from their windows. $5$10, 8pm Fri-Sat, URBAN-15 Studios, 2500 S. Presa St., (210) 736-1500, urban15.org. – Kiko Martínez

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Museum Day Live!

SPECIAL EVENT

Inspired by the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums (which are always free to visit), Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! provides culture seekers across the nation with free admission to a wide array of institutions.

With more than 1,300 options, making the most of the annual initiative is as simple as creating an account at the website below, selecting a museum and downloading a free pass for two. Take in an exhibit at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum (116 Blue Star) or the Institute of Texan Cultures (801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.) or hit the road and discover one of the 65 other participating venues in the Lone Star State. Free, smithsonianmag.com/ museumday. — BR

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Pride San Antonio Sand Volleyball Tournament LGBT PRIDE

Lucky for SA’s LGBT athletes, Pride San Antonio’s involvement in sports goes far beyond the Rainbow Dash that kicks off the Pride parade: bowling, softball and volleyball are all part of the package. Hosted in the laid-back setting of Sideliners, the nonprofit’s annual Sand Volleyball Tournament follows a roundrobin format, with awards going to the top three teams. Interested teams can register online in advance ($15 per person) or on game day ($20 per person, cash only), with proceeds benefiting BEAT AIDS, Fiesta Youth and Spay-Neuter and Animal Wellness Clinic San Antonio. $15-$20 per player, 5pm, Sideliners Grill, 15630 Henderson Pass, (210) 802-1885, pridesanantonio.org. — BR

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Texas Is Funny 5th Anniversary Show MUSIC

There’s nothing funny about the endeavor of running an indie record label. And Scott Andreu and company, of the homegrown label Texas Is Funny, have been doing a mighty good job of it for five years now. On Saturday, as a part of the behemoth bash known as the San Antonio Music Awards Showcases, you’re invited to celebrate this momentous anniversary with three standout local acts from the label’s past and present. The show will feature electro-tinged indie-rock act Pop Pistol, psych-pop/rock tribe We Leave at Midnight and grungy pop-punk outfit Vetter Kids. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com. — JC

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From Darkroom to Daylight FILM

Photographer Harvey Wang began taking pictures in his teens; by the time he was mid-career, his familiar tools were nearly rendered obsolete by the changing world of digital photography.

His documentary From Darkroom to Daylight explores the effect this shift has had on photographers and their work.

Wang interviewed prominent figures in the field (including David Goldblatt, Sally Mann and Eugene Richards) as well as innovators involved in changing the face of photography — such as Steven Sasson, the man behind the first digital camera, and Thomas Knoll, co-creator of Photoshop. Free, 7pm, Southwest School of Art, 1201 Navarro St., (210) 224-1848, fotoseptiembreusa.com.

— Murphi Cook

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Creative Creatures: The Conjuring

Creative Creatures’ quarterly event takes a ride into the dark side with The Conjuring: An Appreciation Party. Inspired by la superstición Mexicana, the event features live music (Fishbrain, The Lost Project, Sons of Bitches, Lonely Horse), DJs (Racey Roller, Sloppy Scotty, Texas Spinbyrd) and the work of more than 40 creators.

Founded by husband-and-wife duo Eddy Rios (Tri-Circle Designs) and Karen G. Rios (Pointe & Chute) in January 2014, Creative Creatures was “established in an effort to fuse the San Antonio (and surrounding area’s) art and music community in a fluid way that would break certain molds.” $3, 9pm-2am, The Phantom Room, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St., RSVP required at bit.ly/ thecreativeconjuring. — Murphi Cook

Saturday, 11am-4pm Sunday, 9am-5pm Monday-Tuesday; Southwest School of Art, 1201 Navarro St., (210) 224-1848.

Art opening: “A Stop in Time” In

Final Week: “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.

“28 Chinese” Launched in 1960s-era New

York on a budget of $25 per month, The Rubell Family Collection is now among the largest privately owned contemporary art collections in the world. Between 2001 and 2012, the Rubells conducted 100-plus studio visits in China, buying works by 28 artists. Encompassing everything from a two-legged table by Ai Weiwei to a 50-foot paper and bamboo “boat” by Zhu Jinshi, the resulting bounty comes to light in a SAMA exhibition that “asks us to question any preconceived ideas about what art from China looks like.” $15-$20, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10am-9pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday, 10am-9pm Tuesday, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

25-27

Nuestras Raices

Combining traditional folklórico dance and costuming with contemporary flair, the Guadalupe Dance Company’s newest work “pays homage to women of San Antonio and Mexico that have added to the richness of women’s history.” Developed during a weeklong residency with guest choreographer Juan Carlos Gaytan Rodriguez, assistant Director of the Ballet Folklórico of the University of Colima, Mexico, Nuestras Raices explores the culture, dance and music of Mexico, and features musical accompaniment by Mariachi Azteca de América and traditional costumes such as the China Poblana. Staged by Gaytan, audiences can expect dances that honor iconic figures of the Mexican Revolution alongside influential San Antonio women, including the likes of actress Rosita Fernandez. $15-$30, 8pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org.

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conjunction with Fotoseptiembre, Melanie Rush Davis and Deborah Keller-Rihn co-curate works by artists/ educators Rebecca Dietz, Tom Turner and Lloyd Walsh, among others. Free, 11:30am-1:30pm Thursday; Palmetto Center For The Arts, Northwest Vista College, 3535 N. Ellison Dr., (210) 326-2622.

FRI-SUN

Luz María Sánchez and Cruz Ortiz

“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. Free, 9am-5pm Wednesday-

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Reflecting on its 20th anniversary, Artpace brings former artists-in-residence Luz María Sánchez and Cruz Ortiz back into the fold for a “re-imagining [of] iconic exhibitions.”

During her summer 2006 residency, Guadalajara native Sánchez mined the complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border through an installation combining a bench, an assemblage of clothes and personal items collected on the banks of the Rio Grande and a sound piece likened to a “roll call” for 2,487 people who died crossing the border. Working between printmaking, performance and video, local mainstay Cruz Ortiz has developed an instantly recognizable aesthetic inhabited by kooky

characters, witty Spanglish phrases (Te Quiero A Lot Mamacitas) and distinctly Tex-Mex references. The creative mind behind Snake Hawk Press and the playfully designed Absolut Texas bottle, Ortiz returns to Artpace with two previous exhibitions to draw from — a 2002 Window Works installation and spring 2005 residency.

Free, noon-5pm Wednesday-Sunday, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.

“Narrative Axis” With Fotoseptiembre

filling SA’s galleries and art spaces with photography in all flavors, Blue Star Contemporary trains its lens on an older form of expression through a first-time collaboration with The Drawing Center.

Founded in ‘70s-era SoHo by curator Martha Beck, the New York City institution celebrates drawing as “primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art, and creative thought.”

Inspired by a two-year program that encourages artists to “find new approaches for contextualizing and exhibiting their work,” BSCAM’s “Narrative Axis” brings together eight of The Drawing Center’s selected artists, including SA’s own Joey Fauerso, who heads the drawing program at Texas State University and is cited as a “major force behind this collaboration.” $3-$5, noon-8pm Thursday, noon-6pm Friday-Sunday, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960.

Film

Roger Waters The Wall Fathom Events

and Picturehouse Entertainment present a one-night-only screening combining

an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album The Wall, a road movie of composer/Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ reckoning with the past and a conversation between Waters and bandmate Nick Mason as they answer questions submitted by fans from around the world. $18, 8pm Tuesday; Santikos Embassy 14 (13707 Embassy Row), Santikos Rialto (2938 NE IH-410 Loop), Santikos Silverado 16 (11505 W. Loop 410), Santikos Palladium IMAX (17703 IH-10 W); fathomevents.com.

Theater

Master Class Inspired by a series of classes

real-life opera diva Maria Callas gave at Juilliard in the ’70s, Terrence McNally’s Master Class follows an imagined class as the singer spirals into recollections of triumphs and trials. Callas built her storied career on a voice some considered ugly, with one critic noting, “for all its natural lack of varnish, velvet and richness, this voice could acquire such distinctive colors and timbres as to be unforgettable.”

Vanity would be her downfall and after immense weight loss, her frail frame could no longer support her famous voice. $10$25, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 589-8450.

Of Mice and Men 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

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CALENDAR NIGHTLIFE

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. 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 Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday, The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

Theatre, 420 S. Alamo St., (210) 227 2751.

Words

A Life on Hold Author Josie Méndez-Negrete

visits the Esperanza for a reading and discussion of A Life on Hold, a memoir surrounding her son Tito’s struggle with schizophrenia and inadequacies of the U.S. mental health system. Joining MéndezNegrete for the discussion are guests associate professor of psychology Dr. Ezequiel Peña and human-rights advocate Maria Antonietta Berriozábal. Free, 7-9pm

Saturday; Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201.

Talks Plus

From Penguins to Plankton – The Impacts of Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula As part of its 2015-16 Speaker

Series, the UTSA College of Architecture, Construction and Planning (CACP) and the College of Sciences (CoS) welcome marine biologist James McClintock for a lecture and signing of his internationally acclaimed book Lost Antarctica: Adventures

in a Disappearing Land. Free, 5:30pm Wednesday; UTSA Buena Vista Theater, 501 W. César Chávez Blvd., (210) 458-2000.

LGBT

National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day The San Antonio AIDS Foundation

observes National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (launched in 2008 by the National Association of People with AIDS) with a free event featuring games, prizes and photo booths. Free, 5-10pm Sunday; Pegasus, 1402 N. Main Ave., (210) 299-4222.

The Little Mermaid 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 landlubbing 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 WednesdayThursday, 8pm Friday, 2pm & 8pm Saturday, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday; The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333.

The Magicians Agency Over the past two

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

CONTEMPORARY ART

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He Xiangyu, The Death of Marat, 2011, fiberglass, silicone, fabric, human hair and leather, Ed. 1/3, 13 x 80 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (33 x 205 x 85 cm), Courtesy of Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Photography by Chi Lam

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ARTS + CULTURE

GENEROUS SPIRIT

Jane Goodall’s Biographer Dale Peterson On ‘The Jane Effect’ And Disappearing Animals JAMES COURTNEY

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You know Jane Goodall. She’s the chimp lady.

Either she’s always been there, on the periphery of your everyday consciousness thanks to her celebrity status or — especially for those in fields that involve the study of animal groups — she’s been there quite consciously, as a paragon and a guiding light.

The English primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist and U.N. Messenger of Peace, now 81, revolutionized the way we think about and study animals. It was Dale Peterson shared what he’s learned as biographer and friend of Jane Goodall.

Goodall who first realized that in order to understand and learn from animals, we have to live with them in their environments. She’s also, over the years, been an What are the most important lessons you have How does the study of animals in their impassioned voice for environmentalism, nonviolence, learned from working with Jane? environments enrich human life? and, speaking generally, for temperance, compassion and Many people who are into animals have trouble with We are in the middle of an extinction crisis. We are a child’s sense of wonder. people, but that is not the case with Jane. She is so losing incredible numbers of animals and species, and Now, Goodall’s coming to Trinity University to speak as generous of spirit and comfortable with people. Some most people don’t talk about it. And that’s unfortunate. a part of the DeCoursey Lecture Series and to specific things I value that I learned from her This completely parallels human population growth in promote The Jane Effect. A new book from … There are some lessons of style: her an inverse correlation. If you look back at the start of the Trinity University Press, The Jane Effect humility and warmth and generosity Industrial Revolution, there are now roughly 10 times as celebrates her wide-ranging impact towards people and animals has many people on Earth as there was that very short time with over 100 testimonials from had a profound effect on me. I ago. In the meantime, there are about one-tenth as many folks whose lives she’s touched. became a vegetarian, at least in large animals — from chimps to orangutans and bonobos, The talk is already sold out, but part, because of her example, to giraffes and big cats, and so many more. there is first-come-first-serve although it took a while.

So, I just think it is just a bleak scenario if our overflow space available at the I also learned a great deal grandchildren don’t know a world where there are actual Stieren Theater on campus, about writing about animals wild animals living freely in the wild. It would be tragic. and you can stream it at live. from Jane. We have these This is what we are losing, so this is what I write about. I trinity.edu. habits in Standard English am a lover of animals, and they spark my imagination and Goodall was not available that create this illusion that give my life meaning, and I’d like to think that others feel for pre-lecture interviews, but humans are the only really the same. These are great treasures of the planet and we the San Antonio Current spoke conscious beings in the universe. need to preserve them. to her biographer and co-editor One of these habits is referring D VI of The Jane Effect, Dale Peterson, to animals with the same pronouns Some will stubbornly wonder: Why not focus on DA P. himself a celebrated nature writer. that we use to refer to things. Instead all the suffering humans in the world? Why animals?

Peterson first met Goodall in June 1989 of “he or she” we usually say “it.”

The question is really a false dilemma. Human J a n e G o o d a ll An Evening with while working on a book about chimpanzees.

And Jane encouraged me to think about suffering and animal suffering are not two Jane Goodall Since then, as her definitive biographer, friend and that practice and break with it. Jane taught opposing things. They are part of the same thing: Free student of sorts, Peterson has been fortunate enough to me that this practice is not only a dishonest beings on this planet who are suffering. There 7:30pm Thu, Sept. 24 spend a great deal of time with the renowned scientist. representation of reality, but it also perpetuates Laurie Auditorium is no logical reason to suggest we can only be Stadium Dr. In our chat, excerpted below, we discussed the varied stupidity about animals. Fixing it just requires a 715 concerned about one or the other. But really, I (210) 999-8117 lessons that Goodall has to teach us. bit of effort and it can have quite an effect. suggest you ask Jane that question. tupress.org sacurrent.com • September 23–29, 2015 • CURRENT 25

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The Outrageous, Totally Original Bill Burr J.D. SWERZENSKI

It takes me about 10 minutes on the phone to piss off Bill Burr.

“RELAX, there’s nothing to worry about, nothing to see here,” he informed me from LA. “There’s not brown-shirted Nazis standing in the back of the club watching everything you say.”

I’ve breached the topic of political incorrectness, one that Burr is, probably for good reason, completely fed up with talking about.

“I don’t touch on it at all, I just get asked about it all the time,” he added. “And I think that’s because when 40 people complain, the media acts like it’s 40 million.”

Like a comedian who’s had to shut down hecklers for the last two decades (which, of course, he has), Burr squashes the interruption and moves on. He never gets angry in the exchange, but there is a flash of the frustrated disillusionment that has made his such an endearing voice in comedy.

From his bulldog look, tough-guy bluster and penchant for traditionally red-state viewpoints, at first glance it’s easy to take him as the angry guy at the bar, or perhaps another outrage comic in the Lewis Black vein.

But where a bit about parents hugging their children too much or owning a gun for home protection may seem to chart a predictable course, Burr then makes a hardleft for the self-deprecating, the bizarre or, more often than not, the totally original. It’s a talent he attributes to keeping his mind free to wander.

“When I do a tour, I screw around a lot on stage, and try to change up jokes,” said Burr. “It’s like when you see a really great band, they’re playing the same set of songs, but they’ll add different changes. They’ll do the solo differently, break it down and throw something else in there. All of that is what keeps it fresh and alive. You remember why you wanted to go on stage. If you’re just going up there every night and doing the same shit, I would want to start installing cable.”

Stand-up remains Burr’s primary passion, though that hasn’t stopped him from taking on all sorts of other projects. Most visibly is his Monday Morning Podcast, where a typical episode involves “Bill rambling about Hootie and the Blowfish, The Maltese Falcon and eating broccoli.” Those hour-long rants have put Monday Morning alongside WTF with Marc Maron and Comedy Bang Bang as a fixture on the comedy podcast landscape.

He’s also been a regular TV presence, starting as a

On the circuit since 1992, Bill Burr is one of stand-up’s most outspoken voices.

and start to shape into an hour I think is worthy of being role player on Chappelle’s Show, and soon netting more documented.” wide-ranging roles, including Kuby, Saul Goodman’s His stop at Laurie Auditorium will also mark Burr’s first most competent henchman, on Breaking Bad. Alamo City performance in two years. “I haven’t done a Burr’s next move is a show of his own, an animated lot of San Antonio. I think I’ve only been there one time to series called F Is for Family. Premiering on Netflix this do a show. I still love doing the road, going to Texas, the fall, the show reimagines Burr’s own childhood growing people are great, the food is awesome.” up in the ’70s, with Burr, Laura Dern and Justin Long Whichever way Burr’s mind happens to wander during providing voices. his set, watching the 47-year-old take the stage should For the time being, Burr’s mind is onstage, where offer a chance to see one of the current giants of standhe’ll remain through the end of the year. Having just up in his element. As for Burr himself, he keeps released his latest standup special I’m Sorry his expectations direct.

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The SA Foodies Group Is Eating Its Way Through Town JESSICA ELIZARRARAS/@JESSELIZARRARAS

It all started with a double tap.

Well, several double taps. After following Lisa Rivas-Moore, aka S.A.vory, on Instagram for a few months, Kim Olsen, or kimmyluvsfoodsa, was itching to meet her foodie brethren.

Over happy hour at Cured, Olsen and Moore met, and the idea for the SA Foodies group was born. The food-based meet-up attracts local Instagrammers with a serious passion for food and a bigger appetite for exploring San Antonio’s booming culinary scene.

Over coffee and beer at Rosella Coffee Co. (What? It was past 5 p.m. on a Friday), I met with Rivas-Moore, who works at a law firm downtown, and Olsen, a marketing team member for a hospitality company, to chat about the group’s frequent meetups, what they love about restaurants in town and how they’re turning their tap-happy San Antonians into full-fledged foodies.

How did you two meet?

KO: I want to meet people, and I feel like Instagram is a great way to introduce yourself to people and be like, “Let’s meet for drinks.” I reached out to Lisa and said, ‘Hey, I think you’re cool.’ It was probably as corny as it sounds. We met for drinks at Cured, and neither one of was a serial killer.

LRM: We wanted to make sure of that first …

KO: And she posted about it and a lot of people commented about wanting to meet up. That turned into us messaging a few of the foodie accounts — safoodbites, breaking.bread.in.sa — I wanted four of them, because I thought nobody would show up. I said, let’s invite these four, five people, figuring no one had interest in it and yet everyone showed up. I think they all wanted to meet Lisa.

Let’s go back to when your love affair with food started …

LRM: Mine started because I love eating out. My husband used to be a photographer here in San Antonio, and I started posting photos so that other people could see what we were eating. I just want people to know that there are other restaurants out there besides Whataburger — don’t get me wrong, I love Whataburger.

KO: She really does.

LRM: However, there’s other restaurants besides chains. I wanted to give local restaurants a chance to get recognized. That was last fall in October.

Olsen (left) and Moore (right), two fo the food scene’s most prolific eaters and supporters.

Now we stay here in San Antonio. We do have choices.

How many followers would you say you have now?

LRM: Around 4,200. A majority of them are from San Antonio, but some are just random people. I’m also a community leader for Best Food San Antonio.

How often do people ask for recommendations?

LRM: I get one everyday. I just got one for sushi in San Antonio, which would be Godai or Niki’s Tokyo Inn. It’s usually a few people a week.

Kim, how did you start getting into food?

KO: I love food. Period. It was about three years ago. I had just graduated, one of my friends was like, “Have you ever been to The Monterey?” It was one of the first places I went to in San Antonio that wasn’t a chain. I’m so sad they’re closing, I can’t even deal. We’ll probably go once a week before they close. Then I started following the Current, and going to those events, and I took a long break from Instagram, but last year at the Hot Wells Harvest Feast, I was like ... this needs to be talked about. I guess that’s where I started with the Instagram photos.

Were you always into the scene?

LRM: We were not. Chuy’s was our number one restaurant. Chili’s, Sonic, somewhere cheap because we couldn’t afford anything. Afterwards … we lived in SA and we started working and having money, and we could spend money on good food. About a year ago, all of our friends started to change.

It also helped that there are [more] restaurants out there in San Antonio. I would say two years ago, we didn’t have as many restaurants available like The Monterey or Alchemy. I think that played a huge part. The quality of life wasn’t here. We had to go to Austin for that.

That’s pretty spot on, and I think helps bring over more people who love food. What can you tell me about the other people in the group?

KO: They’re so varied.

LRM: For the last one, we had to cap it at 30, but our RSVP count for GS 1221 was 55. And they’re all so nice. We’ll get emails about how they can’t make it.

At this point, restaurants are reaching out to you to stop by, I’m sure.

LRM: It was weird at first but exciting in a way.

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out. They want exposure, which is what we wanted to do. We want to give exposure to unique places in San Antonio.

Do you ever hold back while posting, when you have a bad experience, perhaps?

LRM: With me, I don’t post anything negative. I want people to go in with an open mind. I may have had a bad experience, but I could have also been having a bad day. I don’t want to put that on the restaurant. I want people to experience it and make up their own opinion about it.

KO: I feel like bad service isn’t a reflection of the restaurant as a whole.

I know people have bad days. I used to work in a restaurant. I know it’s hard getting people in the door on time. I feel the same struggle [for them] that I had.

People can go somewhere and have the same meal, same service and still not have the same experience.

What have been the best parts about creating the group?

LRM: Getting to know more of the local foodie scene, the restaurants and chefs is probably the best part for me.

KO: I just like everyone in the group.

There’s 127 people in the email list right now. It amazes me that there are people that want to meet with strangers they met online and have food in common. My mom’s motto was the more the merrier.

I like that I can do that with people nowadays. I work from home most of the time, so I’m meeting my cats all day.

I really like that the SA Foodies allows you to meet with people that you have something in common with already.

What are some tips for people who

want to dabble in the food scene?

LRM: Take a chance like we did.

KO: There’s so much more than just the Pearl. The Pearl has great food, but there’s also Pancake Joe’s, Thai Dee, Asian Pho & Cuisine, which has the best wings in town.

LRM: Look at other foodie accounts and see that other people are making friends out there. Deya and Josie met at the Press Coffee meetup and now they’re great friends.

What would you say to detractors?

KO: I hear “it’s so expensive” all the time, but the quality of food is so much better. You’re going to eat at a restaurant where the chef is getting the money, and they own it and it’s not going back to some corporate business. They’re making it fresh for you, it’s not from a freezer. Or “it takes too long” but everything’s fresh and they’re making it for you and the chef has years and years of training, and they’re curating this menu for you. But if you’re looking to try new things, why not try Cured for happy hour or Barbaro on Monday nights when they have their $10 pizza?

LRM: I think that’s slowly changing in San Antonio, where people want to pay that extra money to get good quality, fresh, local food.

What do you look for in a restaurant?

LRM: For me it’s how you feel when you walk in, like at Southerleigh by the window. Michin is another where the decor, service and food was amazing, and I had a great experience. The best part was the chairs were really comfortable. My favorites right now are Alchemy, Folc and Feast. flavor@sacurrent.com

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The San Antonio Cocktail Conference is getting the party started early with A Walk Though Mexico: A Cocktail & Culinary Journey behind The Monterey (1119 S. St. Mary’s St.) on Saturday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. The event will include tastes of tequila and mezcales out of Jalisco, Michoacán and Oaxaca. Expect to find bites and drinks from The Monterey, Toro Taco Bar, El Mirador, Hot Joy, Los Barrios and Mixtli. Tickets, $68, are available at saccevents.org.

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Fans of paint and sip classes can beef up their drawing skills at Blue Star Contemporary’s Drink And Draw with local artist Sarah Fox on October 1 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The free drawing class will explore shape and color as students construct a still life using balloons, streamers, confetti and more. Reserve your spot by going to bluestarart.org.

Oktoberfest celebrations are already popping up around town. The Hangar Bar & Grill (8203 Broadway, 210-824-2700) will kick off the festivities on Saturday, September 26 from 11:30 a.m. through 2 a.m. with grilled bratwurst, German brews and more. Gustav’s Garden (10333 Huebner Road, 210-496-0828) will hold their celebration October 1-3 with oompah jams throughout; Alamo Beer (202 Lamar St., 210-872-5589) is packing in the German-inspired jams and foods in their biergarten, October 9-11; Beethoven Maennerchor (422 Pereida St., 210-2221521) is holding two weekends’ worth of accordion and brats on October 2-3 and 9-10. Restaurant and bar owners, send us your Oktoberfest plans to the email below. flavor@sacurrent.com

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This time last year, I was feeling my oats as a fledging beer correspondent, and so I submitted my monthly column as a flagrant flip-off to Oktoberfest. “No hops, no Reinheitsgebot, no horse hockey,” I so smugly thought, sipping on successive glasses of gruit while inching towards my word count.

Twelve months and several ego reductions later, Oktoberfest is enjoying its 105th anniversary, and I have dedicated an entire page to the biers that bear its name.

Pride goeth before the fall.

There’s ample reason to focus on Deutschland’s most famous festival this month. While the sours, barrel-agers and the otherwise eccentric styles continue to slake beer-nerd thirsts, traditional lagers and pilsners are pouring out of America’s micro- and craft breweries at an ever-increasing rate. There’s a growing strain of folks who thirst for beers like Opa used to drink — pints neither wildly adventurous nor pasteurized into pablum, but simply carrying on a tradition that stretches back for 500 years.

All the beers covered here are variations on marzen, the base style for Oktoberfest beers. If foggy memories of high school German make you wonder why a brew consumed in October is named after March, well, gold star for you: spring signaled the end of brewing season in the pre-kegerator era, so barrels of the mild lager were stowed away in cool underground vaults during the summer months. Thus matured, this malt-forward, clean-finishing style featured a slightly higher ABV (typically 5 to 6 percent) than what Dieter and Werther had washed down the spring before.

Brooklyn Brewing went all out to keep their Oktoberfest legit, importing Bavarian Heirloom Munich and Pilsner Malts straight outta Bamberg and hopping with two varietals of Hallertauer, one of the “noble hops” integral to Continental beer. Despite such authenticity, the pint started off rough: an initial whiff brought to mind soggy whole wheat and the blood-iron taste of a split lip.

Things went uphill from there, thankfully, as the bready profile came forward as the beer warmed, introducing a little note of gingerbread. It was while reading this brew’s label that I learned Oktoberfest originated in

It’s time to bust out the dirndl and liederhosen.

1810, commemorating the Crown Prince of Bavaria’s engagement to the princess Therese, who lent her name to the meadow where the OG festival has transpired ever since. Take that, Saturday morning breakfast cereal!

Substantial in body and bold in flavor, San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing puts a decidedly West Coast spin on an Old World style with Dead Ringer Oktoberfest.

Though the label presents more like a Jerry Garcia tribute than a football season stein-filler, there’s a marzen in there for sure — darker in hue than the Brooklyn, with nutmeg overtones and an inkling of star anise. Double the hops here, and Dead Ringer could lure away some Sculpin fans.

Texas doesn’t thirst for its own variants. Real Ale’s Oktoberfest comes straight down 281 from Blanco, deep in the heart of the Hill Country. That speedy delivery route guarantees a fresh brew, stouter than the Brooklyn and overlaid with dark cherry. Saint Arnold’s venerable namesake was the bishop of Mainz, which surely lends their Oktoberfest a holy edge. Verily, the beer looks beautiful and drinks clean, recollecting the H-town optimism (never rewarded) that the temperature might dip

below 85 by Halloween.

SA’s own Freetail Brewing first brought out its OktoberFiesta in 2011, swapping out Bavarian yeast for Belgian to give the tradition a tweak. Scott Metzger and his crew have brought it back again this year, both in cans and on draft (a few special dry-hopped casks also dot the brewscape); the aluminum sixers feature the same Dia De Los Muertos-styled figures as their Piñata Protest collaboration and berlinerweisse. The yeast swap definitely distinguishes OktoberFiesta from the other marzens surveyed here, ornamenting its hearty, malty foundation with the cloves and dried fruit of the Low Country’s microbes.

It wouldn’t do to omit any representatives from the Vaterland, of course, which brings us to Ayinger’s Oktober-Marzen. Sold as a stand-alone pint bottle, it encapsulates all the natural features of autumn — earthy like raked-together piles of leaves, cold but not bitterly so, tasting faintly of woodsmoke. With any luck, you’ll find some behind the bar at the Beethoven (422 Pereida St.) for the rest of the month. sacurrent.com • September 23–29, 2015 • CURRENT 37

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The trouble with Beat Street Coffee Co., which now houses the newly opened Old Main Assoc., was that it had a hard time pinpointing exactly what it was adding to their Monte Vista neighborhood.

After several iterations, the loss of three separate chefs (that I can remember), the eatery closed, though not for lack of fans.

In its place is the newest concept by The Boulevardier Group, helmed by bartenderpartner Jeret Peña and a cast of cocktailians known for such bars as The Brooklynite, Stay Golden Social House and, most recently, The Last Word.

With that kind of track record, most bar-goers should know what to expect.

For starters, the bar Chicharrón fries are a must-have. has ditched its crimson walls for darker hues and a Pilsner is $4, and a select batch of gold-dotted wallpaper that bubbles and wine (a Chardonnay and a commands the room’s attention. Large tempranillo) come in at $5. banquettes replaced tables along both Over the course of three visits — you walls and wooden communal tables can’t blame me, the Old Main is 2:30 are the seating options — which works minutes from my apartment — I sampled well for parties, though it might make a few snacks. Broken down into Teasers, for awkward date nights if you can’t Cravings, Solos and Sweet, the menu snag a more intimate seat at the bar. comes via chef Lorenzo Morales And you’ll want to spend date nights (previously with Arcade Midtown here — the dim lighting makes just about Kitchen). Chicharrón fries are an early anyone look good. Designed in part by favorite, though you may want to walk to bartender/architect Steve Martín and and from Old Main to avoid the calorie artist Jamie Stolarski, Old Main Assoc. is pangs of eating fries, Oaxaca cheese, dark, moody and sleek. chorizo gravy, chicharrones and two Drinks are moderately priced with eggs (an additional charge, but we’re house cocktails, a mix of classics already here so why not?). Don’t pass on and creations from Stay Golden and the bangers and mash, sweetbreads or Brooklynite, all priced at $8. Beers the peach cobbler milkshake. Trust me (a very familiar list), bubbles ($6 for on this one. a coupe of Spanish cava rosé is a Boulevardier Group fans steal) and vinos don’t range who prefer low-key atmosphere much higher than the midThe Old Main and great bar snacks inside a Assoc. teens. But you’ll want to try 2512 N. Main Ave. neighborhood pub should put the happy hour from 5-7 p.m.

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BEST KEYBOARDIST

1. Eloy Espinoza (The Ranch Road Band/Grupo Texas Heat) 2. Elena Lopez (Octahedron) 3. Rob Cockfield (Dev Soul)

BEST BASSIST

1. Nick Williams (Elora & Gasoline Alley) 2. Rudy Flores, Jr. (AUDIOMOUTH) 3. Alan Golden, Jr. (Ty Dillon & The Wilde Fire)

BEST DRUMMER

1. Elise Garcia (Elora & Gasoline Alley) 2. Andrew Rodriguez (The Ranch Road Band/Grupo Texas Heat) 3. Raul Garcia (Granvil Poynter)

BEST SONG

BEST ACCORDIONIST

1. Alvaro del Norte Even within the vaulted San Antonio tradition of Flaco Jiménez and Esteban “Steve” Jordan, it’s doubtful any accordionist has wielded the instrument with as much electric fury as Piñata Protest frontman Alvaro del Norte. Like most kids, del Norte rejected his parent’s music as a teenager, finding a voice in Black Flag, the Germs and The Clash. Unlike most kids, del Norte found his way back to his parent’s old conjunto and tejano records and hit on a method to fuse the two styles together in a bracing new approach. Though he lacks the flash of the squeezebox like the legends of yore, del Norte stakes his greatness on something more primal.

His furious fills give an added Norteño edge to Piñata Protest’s aggro-punk sound, pushing the band’s live sets to the verge of chaos one two-minute anthem at a time. Looking the part of a tejano band leader, if not for the Germs and Black Flag patches sewn into his button-down vest, del Norte exudes a menacing intensity onstage, best punctuated when he starts tossing around his instrument like Townshend with his Stratocaster (He’s been known to smash it in classic Who fashion as well.) Alvaro may be far off the classic squeeze-box-man image. Either in spite of or because it, he’s this year’s best.

— J.D. Swerzenski 2. Bobby Garcia (Grupo Texas Heat) 3. Flaco Jiménez

BEST GUITARIST

1. Nick Valdez (Elora & Gasoline Alley) 2. Ryan Ortiz (The Ranch Road Band/Grupo Texas Heat) 3. Granvil Poynter

BEST VOCALIST

1. Elora Valdez (Elora & Gasoline Alley) 2. Ryan Ortiz (The Ranch Road Band/Grupo Texas Heat) 3. Cayman Robinson (Aliens WITH Halos)

1. “Hotel Lobby” (Michael J. & The Foxes) At the helm of his country side project Michael J. & The Foxes, Deer Vibes frontman Michael Carrillo takes an intimate approach on “Hotel Lobby,” allowing his musicianship and storytelling to shine. “You’re the victim of your own yearning/in the end,” he sings on the twangy, lo-fi jaunt through a hell-bound town. — Shannon Sweet 2. “The Source” (Aliens WITH Halos) 3. “Broken Promises” (A1 Pusha)

BEST ALBUM

1. Desert Sons (Lonely Horse) Unfortunately, with Nick Long and Travis Hild shuttering Lonely Horse at the end of the year, their debut record will also serve as a final statement.

But, if you need an album to serve that sad double-duty, Desert Sons is a fine choice. Released in August, the album’s 13 tracks display the great leaps of talent and songwriting that the pair navigated in their five-year run.

Long’s statements on race look the problems of 2015 directly in the eye, and his treatment on loss and love hits on timeless themes. On guitar, Long speaks fluidly in the blues tradition, stepping out in tandem with Hild’s kit for monstrous, club-swallowing solos. Though Lonely Horse has been put out to pasture, don’t expect these talents to sit quietly for too long. — Matt Stieb 2. The Door into Summer (Gary Davenport) 3. Sunsets & Pickups (Ty Dillon & The Wilde Fire)

BEST VIDEO

1. “Strong” — Kae Hache “Money my only concern” raps a confident Kae Hache in “Strong,” a testament to being a badass who’s on her way to the top (and the bank). In the high-energy video, Hache gets down with a hookah, a dancing panda, b-boys and cruises rooftops on the top of her Mazda. As the winner of last year’s Most Underrated Artist award, Hache pumps up club-friendly jams with big beats and even bigger choruses. “You can leave me ‘lone” Hache boasts on “Strong,” and judging by her reception in San Antonio, she’s right. — SS 2. “Back to San Antone” (Felix Truvere & The Open Road Band) 3. “Find Me” (Twigutta)

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BEST INDIE ROCK BAND

1. Deer Vibes It’s been a long engagement with Deer Vibes while waiting on their debut record, but the date is finally set for December. In the meantime, Deer Vibes has risen above more lineup changes than a mid-tier NBA roster, without changing the vision of the outfit as the city’s resonant indie rock orchestra. — MS 2. Octahedron 3. The Morning Owls

BEST NEW BAND

1. PeanutGallery Combining boom-bap traditionalism with the wordy hooks of Childish Gambino; Acid Rap beats with Anthony Kiedis cadences; Future’s auto-tune textures with — I think you get the picture. Since their first show in April, SA hip-pop trio PeanutGallery has gathered all its influences in the cheap seats and spat them back, sometimes halfdigested, at their growing audiences. So far, PeanutGallery’s greatest talent is their immense positivity, warm and promising like the morning’s first cup of coffee. Once the trio figures out which sonic map to follow, pay attention to the words coming from the PeanutGallery. — MS 2. Doral Club 3. Creciendo Fuerte

MOST UNDERRATED ARTIST

1. Elora & Gasoline Alley As in past years, this award is something of a paradox. Elora Valdez and the members of her Gasoline Alley band are at the top of the polls for each of their instruments (vocalist, guitarist, bassist and drummer), but still represent on the underrated ballot. Whether it’s an effective rallying of the voter base or some low-stakes gerrymandering, Elora & Gasoline Alley are a teen pop-rock band with considerable talent. Only 16 years old, Valdez displays her six years of experience in front of the mic on a library of ’80s juke hits and bar-rock anthems of her own accord. — MS 2. Sire FNS 3. PeanutGallery

BEST TEJANO/CONJUNTO BAND

1. Grupo Texas Heat In 2014, Grupo Texas Heat took home some serious hardware, winning Best Tejano and a slew of instrumentalist awards. A year later, in addition to repeat wins in the aforementioned categories, Grupo’s crossover country project The Ranch Road Band pulled in a trophy for Best Country Band. No matter what style guitarist Ryan Ortiz and the band tackle, the result is white hot. — MS 2. Son Latino Show Band 3. Ricky Valenz

BEST ALT-LATINO BAND 1. Creciendo Fuerte 2. TIE Grupo Frackaso, Piñata Protest 3. Los De Esta Noche

BEST HARD ROCK/METAL BAND 1. Remanon 2. Celeste’al Descent 3. Jessikill

BEST PUNK BAND

1. FEA This town loves it some Girl in a Coma. And why not? The all-girl, altrock trio has made us proud, climbing into the national spotlight on the strength of their songwriting and sheer moxie. Lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Nina Diaz is one of the most talented artists to ever hail from Saytown, and that’s saying something.

Over the past year or so, however, with Diaz trying her hand at a solo career (as a side project, not permanently), GIAC’s other two members, drummer Fannie Diaz and bassist Jenn Alva have been kicking ass with their Chicana punk rock outfit FEA. Far from the tight, alt-goth melodicism of GIAC, FEA comes screaming to eat your brains, and they fucking mean it. It’s no wonder our readers are on the FEA train.

Along with lead singer Theresa Moher and guitarist Aaron Magana, Fannie and Jenn have developed FEA into a fierce force. With a three-song zine/album out now and a full length in the works for early 2016 (both on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records), in addition to touring nationally, FEA shows no signs of slowing down. — James Courtney 2. Kill Liberal 3. Haunter

BEST INSTRUMENTAL BAND 1. Verisimilitude 2. Bright Like The Sun 3. GRANITE

BEST HIP-HOP ARTIST

1. Richie Branson Thankfully, it’s been a long creative route for rapper Richie Branson.

Emerging in 2011 with “Jersey Shore Fist Pump” — we’ll let you guess the hook — Branson has since rebranded as a nerdcore rapper. Though the new stuff is more niche, it’s immediately apparent that the SA native has more fun (and talent) riffing on Cowboy Bebop and 28 Days Later than singing off-brand Kesha tunes. — MS 2. PeanutGallery 3. Reek Savage

BEST R&B ARTIST 1. Niki Symone 2. Nubia Emmon 3. The Azul Experience

BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER 1. Dylan Tanner 2. Ila Minori 3. Niki Symone

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Muniz has transformed the show, turning it into a Thursday-night preview of the weekend to come. From 10 p.m. until midnight, Muniz welcomes touring and local musicians for interviews and to play acoustic sets of their gigs scheduled for the weekend. With a strong commitment to the project, Muniz’s weekly program has become a resource for musicians looking to get their music onto the FM dial. — MS 2. Street Dreamz Radio 3. Friday’s Fresh Air with John Morgan (KRTU)

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1. The Ranch Road Band 2. Michael J. and The Foxes 3. Bret Mullins Band

1. Smokehouse Guitar Army 2. Granvil Poynter Band 3. The Disciples

1. The Azul Experience 2. The Spiders 3. David Villanueva & DV Jazz

1. DJ EPSR 2. DJ Galexy 3. DJ Memph

BEST ELECTRONIC ARTIST/BAND

1. Aliens WITH Halos As a part of SA’s Dreamland Collective, an organization dedicated to all mediums of the arts, and produced by accomplished maestro Bryan Hamilton, Aliens WITH Halos is from realms unknown. In AWH’s single “The Source” there’s a touch of stark minimalism, otherworldly synths and laidback beats all tied in by a soulful voice. — SS 2. Femina-X 3. SubCulture Collective

BEST HIP-HOP PRODUCER 1. Andrew FNS Johnson 2. Southeast Six 3. Bryan Hamilton

BEST RECORDING STUDIO 1. Timewheel Studios 2. Edit Point Studios 3. FireWave Productions

BEST RECORDING ENGINEER 1. Donnie Meals 2. BH Koonce 3. Chris Davalos

BEST LOCAL RADIO SHOW

1. KRTU Live and Local Jeanette Muniz Since taking over KRTU’s Live and Local program in 2013, Jeanette

1. Tim Slusher 2. Michael Anthony Fernandez 3. Die Happy Productions

1. Dreamland Collective 2. Gondwanaland Records 3. Npire Music Ent

(SMALL, UNDER 250 CAPACITY) 1. Imagine Books & Records Independent bookstores are often places that foster growth in local art communities. Since its opening in October 2011, SA’s Imagine Books and Records has — through countless readings, exhibitions and book release parties — played this role exceedingly well. But that’s not all they do.

Over the past few years, especially, the book and record shop has increasingly played host to some of our finest musical acts, becoming a venue with a reputation for staggering eclecticism, thoughtful booking and a laid-back, communal atmosphere. The venue is a particularly important place for young acts to test their mettle in front of relatively small, supportive audiences.

Owner Don Hurd, a poet and former educator who runs the place with the help of his two sons, has grown Imagine into a hub for creative culture of all kinds. And our readers have taken note.

Local poet, educator and Texas Taco Council representative Eddie Vega, who has frequented the spot for years, told the San Antonio Current that his favorite thing about Imagine is that “performing there is like playing with Mary Poppins: you never know what’s going to happen. I’ve been in shows with poets, electronica, acoustic singer/songwriter stuff and classical violin, and it all works together. The crowd always has a great vibe that embraces the variety.” — JC 2. 502 Bar 3. Hi-Tones

BEST MUSIC VENUE (LARGE, OVER 250 CAPACITY) 1. The Falls 2. Paper Tiger 3. Alamo City Music Hall

BEST DIY VENUE

1. Imagine Books & Records 2. Riff House 3. K23 Gallery

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For those who consistently attend local music events, San Anto soul crooner Alyson Alonzo has been one of the most mesmerizing vocalists and pure musical talents in town. Her voice, which draws comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Billie Holliday and Amy Winehouse, is as gravelly as it is sweet, as voluminous as it is intimate and as brawny as it is delicate. Singing her own ever-blossoming songs or any of her well-chosen covers, she has the unteachable power to truly arrest an audience, reaching into the core of a song and dragging out its deepest emotional immediacy.

Despite the fact that she’s been putting in great work since 2010, it was her show-stealing performance of “Lucky” at YOSA Presents OK Computer Live, back in June, that cemented her greatness for some and introduced her to so many more. Now, Alonzo finds herself on the cusp of enjoying the musical success she has always worked for and deserved. Unequivocally, she is poised to take advantage.

In a recent email exchange, Alonzo told the San Antonio Current that her success is not a fluke. “I attribute it to a lot of hard work, dedication and diligence,” she explained. “I’m also incredibly stubborn and I absolutely refuse to give up on my music career and my professional goals. I don’t see a future for myself and my life that doesn’t involve my music.” ... “Hell, I want a Grammy some day and nothing is going to come in the way of that.”

How’s that for not mincing words?

At the moment, as we eagerly await her next move, Alonzo is keeping increasingly busy with shows and recording projects. She has revamped her Sugar Skulls project, which has been steadily adding members to its original core of Alonzo and guitarist Jeff Palacios. The band just released a new single, “Oh, I’m Sorry,” last Thursday. Alonzo reports that Sugar Skulls will drop an EP by early 2016. Meanwhile, she’s also working on a solo, electronic music project and a “super-duper gay side project” with local rapper/musician Chris Conde.

Alonzo’s reply, when I asked her about her ultimate goals in music, pretty much sums up her entire essence as a musician. “I don’t really have an end goal as far as music is concerned,” she replied. “There is no end. I’ll stop singing when I’m dead.”

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There’s a certain suspension of sensibility necessary when encountering KOKOFREAKBEAN, be it his recordings as COMPUTER JESUS REFRIGERATOR, the animations he’s produced for Adult Swim or Funny or Die, or even his emails. For example, when asked what’s the one thing people should know about CJR, he responded as such: “The COMPUTER JESUS REFRIGERATOR is a bulbous and giddy conflagration of pure love and extreme hate in the midst of this rambunctious and long-winded apocalyptic millisecond,” wrote KOKOFREAKBEAN. “It is the itch in your snatch and the glint in your eye.

It’s Satan’s most hated cyst and God’s least favorite bunion. Within its fluffy confines are roads to both salvation and damnation but at its core always resides a dogged pursuit of the new and splendiferous.”

Other answers detail his adoration for Macho Man Randy Savage, time he spent apprenticing as a shaman in Jalisco and the fruitful creative relationship he shares with a box of broccoli. He also shared a Ren & Stimpy video.

This can all feel like nonsense at first pass, and it very well may be. But given enough prolonged exposure, a certain cracked logic springs forth from his work. CJR performances seem like random wailing on drums and synths, until you compare the live and studio recordings and find they’re almost identical, those frantic bleeps and beats carefully timed. Animations that seem like

seizure-inducing stoner fare soon reveal deliberate visual elements and structure.

“I fancy myself to be one of the foremost masturbators on planet Earth above all else,” KOKO explained. “In all its wayward pursuits, the CJR aspires to the higher primitive consciousness of nature’s untamed, impulsive pixies. That’s where the magic happens.”

Those who have seen CJR perform live may know something of this untamed, primitive energy. Dressed as a deep-space samurai, KOKO communicates only in an alien tongue, which to most ears sounds like a series of shrieks and yelps. The performance itself, comprised of roughly a half dozen songs played in about 10 minutes, can blaze by without giving one much chance to figure out what the hell just happened. But those bursts of organized noise, provided by KOKO’s own rapidfire drumming, have a strange way of boring into the consciousness. Or, more ably put in his own words, “The speed and dexterity with which I manipulate and manhandle my doodads and hickey-bobs is a wonder to behold and a privilege to administer. Beyond that, it’s all just a big, hazy, incestuous plume of colors, pops, shapes and jingle-jangles.”

Nonsense or not, KOKOFREAKBEAN and COMPUTER JESUS REFRIGERATOR have found something on the verge of chaos and comprehensibility; it’s just a matter of whether you’re willing to walk out on that edge with him.

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Speaking with him in the bowels of Paper Tiger, Ellis Redon is one of those wiry, strong-featured dudes who manages to be both nervous and confident in conversation. With the material on his debut record Into the Jungle, Redon should veer toward self-assurance. Released in March, his Casio effort is disarmingly simple, with keyboard textures and marching drum machines paving a scenic route for Redon’s hushed admissions.

Born in the Valley as Joel Turrubiates, the songwriter united two of his favorite names for his nom de plume. “I’ve always liked the name Ellis, it’s really country,” Redon told the San Antonio Current. “Redon, I took that from 19 th century French painter Odilon Redon. I stole his name ‘cause I really like him a lot … It’s a way to express myself in a different mode, as a different persona.”

In spirit, Redon’s work pulls an essence from his Symbolist namesake.

Active in the Fin de siècle, Odilon Redon created warped portraits of the emotionally naked, in soft colors of paint and pastel. Flip the calendar a hundred-and-some years and Ellis Redon gives his music the same treatment, working only with a ’90s Casio keyboard (in concert, he plays with a live band). In a time when musicians can spend thousands finding a tone that speaks to them, talent can reveal itself on a budget.

While we’re on the topic of visual art, the cover of Into the Jungle — a dark, grainy landscape invaded by a blue neon ape — marks the only instance I’ve ever heard of a landlord aiding, not blocking an art project.

“It’s a photograph from my landlord,” said Redon. “When I was living in the Valley a second time, he had gone to LA. He was taking photographs with a snapshot camera, the ones you buy at H-E-B. He had gone to Universal Studios, and he was taking photos, but he forgot to put the flash on.”

Though Redon has “a whole record of new stuff” written, he’s sitting on the Jungle material for a few months. That time is a gift for San Antonio audiences looking for a bandleader reveling in dark, reverbswallowed territory.

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With his prolific presence on YouTube, Far Westsider P2THEGOLDMA$K is gaining attention from the right crowds in hip-hop, with support from Top Shelf Shows and features from TeamSESH. But if you ran into him somewhere in his jurisdiction on Marbach Road, you’d be none the wiser. In the tradition of MF Doom and early Ghostface Killah, P2 dons a bright gold mask, with just enough space to get a peep of vision and a thin blunt through his alloy lips.

P2 cites a few reasons for the mask, from the vanishing luxury of anonymity to making future style changes a bit easier.

“This will be an easy way to transition into new music without people attaching things to my face,” P2 told the San Antonio Current. “It’ll always more so be a character and characters are ever-changing.”

P2’s current character is consistent with the movement of Internet rap.

The beats are a bit vapory, the artwork busy and absolutely captivating.

The verses are shorter than what you might hear offline and the hooks are ridden hard, flexed out as far as they can possibly go. Much of the excitement comes in the ad-lib — the auxiliary track running parallel to the main hook — in which P2 plays his own hype-man, a la the BasedGod. “Lil B and Gucci Mane are the two most influential rappers of the last decade,” said P2. “Everything was spawned from that — the Atlanta shit, all the free-flowing, Internet shit, where you can make it and have your own type of style.”

P2 and his hard-hitting, free-flowing Peddler Money Gang take on this absurdism in an art form he describes as suburban hustle music.

“Marbach is widely known as being a rougher part of town, especially closer to the North Side … Even though Marbach is what it is, it’s still suburban. That’s what people always leave out. Unless you’re in a certain type of city, you can be in the hood, but it’s still fucking suburban. You can’t rap Chief Keef’s lyrics, you can’t rap Young Scooter’s, Gucci Mane’s lyrics, ’cause that’s not your life. I get into the alternative, to feel more authentic about what they’re listening to and reciting, you know? If someone’s talking about hustling a pack or selling a little weed, you don’t do that shit with big AK-47s. You drop it off to ’em at a Blockbuster or some shit.” mstieb@sacurrent.com

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“We get a lot of confused visitors in here,” Ritual head Ally Barrios told the San Antonio Current. “There’s a battery company down the street, so people come in asking, ‘Hey, you guys buying copper?’ We get a lot of battery questions.”

In an unlikely industrial neighborhood south of UTSA’s downtown campus, Ritual Art Gallery has set up shop in an old brick building, throwing some of the best DIY shows of any underground SA spot in operation. While many art galleries pop up in close formation, hoping patrons will swing through the hive in one sweep, Ritual’s location is independent, bordering on the stubborn. Then again, gallery leaders Barrios and Justin Rodriguez don’t intend on running Ritual as a traditional arthouse.

“I tried submitting some work to a gallery here,” said Barrios. “I never heard anything back from them, and I was tired of it. Tired of seeing the way that there are young artists here but only so many outlets for them.”

That’s not fair to local underground artists and musicians who need a place to show their work, which Barrios wanted to provide. That also appealed to Rodriguez.

“We wanted to revive the old-school feelings of DIY spots like 180 Grams and The Sanctuary,” said Rodriguez.

My visits to Ritual have been marked by odd incidents and excellent performances. At the Wild Blood album release in July, the spaghettiwestern quintet knocked out a sweaty and surprisingly clear set. Despite the no-budget approach and open bay door, Rodriguez and Barrios have rigged up a mean sound system. The speakers, along with the taxidermic animals — filled with as much brio as stuffing — are the standards that set Ritual apart from less fidelitous DIY spots.

Around midnight, a firetruck rolled past with its attention on the gallery.

It looked like the fire code, the oldest enemy of the DIY, was about to come down hard. On a second pass, the audience petitioned a honk from the firefighters — if you’re about to get in trouble, you might as well have some laughs in the process. But the engine obliged with a loud blast, wanting only to get in on the fun. mstieb@sacurrent.com

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Born in the Bronx, raised in Puerto Rico and based out of San Antonio, conga player Henry Brun has spent his life exploring different avenues of the Afro-Latin tradition. On his 25th anniversary album with the Latin Playerz, In Ritmo We Trust, Brun puts it all together with a thrilling command of the clave beat.

For his silver anniversary, Brun invited an incredible cast to the party. His usual Playerz, like trumpeter/musical director Rudy Estrada and pianist Travis Davis, show up with bright style and a vibrant tone. Throughout the album, Davis is a monster, trading off between the soul-jazz onda of Horace Silver and the incantational salsa of Eddie Palmieri. But the special guests on the album make the party stand out as one of San Antonio’s best of the year. With Brun churning away in the rhythm section, vibraphonist Joe Caploe, trumpeter Pete Rodríguez, guitarist Joe Reyes and San Anto horn legend Spot Barnett all pitch into the rhythm. Even tejano legend Little Joe gets in on the bash, purring over the slow-cooked “Y.” $20-$50, 7:30pm, Alamo Beer Company, 202 Lamar St., (210) 872-5889, artssa.org.

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guitarist Coco Montoya got his start in Texas, when Albert Collins, the master of the telecaster, put Montoya in his band. In the next decade, the blues-rock guitarist would join an even more prestigious outfit, when John Mayall asked Montoya to join the Bluesbreakers, whose alumni include Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

Lil Durk Growing up in Englewood,

(Chicago’s most notorious neighborhood), professionally rapping since his teens and signed to mega label Def Jam, 22-year-old Lil Durk is an up-and-coming artist wise beyond his years. In his most popular video, 2013’s “Dis Ain’t What U Want,” Lil Durk wears his rough upbringing like a badge of honor, despite the threats of the tight law enforcement. “I can’t

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Cooder - White - Skaggs The ad-hoc

country supergroup of Ry Cooder, Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs claims a total of 21 Grammys between the trio. With Homer Henderson. Gruene Hall, 7pm

Pale Dian On the 2014 EP Descendant,

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The Glorious Sons Canadian quintet The Glorious Sons plays Southern rock as ballsy as any combo operating below the Mason-Dixon line. With Lynnwood King of The Heroine. Paper Tiger, 8pm

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Black Pussy Score another one for bands with un-Googleable names. From Portland, Black Pussy traffics in deep, classic rock, the type that sounds best at immense volume through a room full of smoke. The Mix, 10pm

Gary Allan On “Hangover Tonight,”

pop-country platinum-boy Gary Allan tries to assure himself that the evening pleasure is worth the morning pain. With Wade Bowen, Logan Brill.

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junkie With falsettos on the hook,

corner-store hooks and a look like their wake-up call isn’t until the afternoon, junkie nails the beach goth thing three hours away from the shore. With Loafers, Teenage Sexx, The Jesses.

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Los #3 Dinners Since the late ’70s, Los #3

Dinners have been a San Anto institution with tunes like “Take a Walk on the West Side,” “South Presa Man” and “Livin’ Inside the Loop.” The Cove, 9pm

This Will Destroy You Since 2005, San

Marcos quartet This Will Destroy You has achieved a dynamic form of post-rock, from soft textures to sweeping waves of pedal-drenched guitar. With Bright Like The Sun. Paper Tiger, 8pm

Three Dog Night LA’s Three Dog Night

might be the most succesful cover band of all time. Between 1969 and 1975, they pulled in 21 Top 40 hits from writers like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Paul Williams. Lila Cockrell Theater, 8pm

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Leon Russell Leon Russell wasn’t exactly

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San Antonio Music Awards Showcases To celebrate the Music Awards issue you’ve got in your hands, the San Antonio Current presents 10 shows along the North St. Mary’s strip. From Americana to punk, check out the lineups at sanantoniomusicawards.com. Various locations, 10pm

Sunday, September 27

’90s Brunch Party Paper Tiger’s badass

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By Voices. Ticket sales benefit the Thrive Youth Center. Paper Tiger, 1pm

Monday, September 28 Garrett T. Capps On Garrett Capps’

“San Antone,” the songwriter pins down Alamo City musical culture with verve and an insider’s knowledge. “I found myself down a deep, dark road / empty pockets and a wayward soul / then I heard somethin’ on the radio / sounded like San Antone. / It had deep blues roots, and a Vox organ / a groovy shaker, and a Fender tone / it said ‘she’s about a mover’ and I was gone / gone home to San Antone.” With Roses & Dark Planes. K23 Gallery, 9pm

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my FWB do to mend this? What can I do?

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I’m a 26-year-old single bi woman. Sometimes my roommate/best friend and I have drunken threesomes with men. We’ve had some great one-night stands (less scary with a friend!), but recently we slept with a man I’ve been (drunkenly) sleeping with over a period of months, my “friend with benefits.” I shared my FWB with my roommate because she wanted to have sex, and I shared my roommate with my FWB because he wanted to experience a threesome. I told my roommate afterward that I wouldn’t like it if she slept with my FWB on her own, and I told my FWB that we should have discussed having a threesome before it happened. We went out drinking another night, I left early, and they wound up sleeping together. I was upset with my roommate, because she knew how I felt. But I am disgusted and angry with my FWB because he had to “work” to convince my roommate to get her into bed. I have forgiven my roommate—she says she is mad at herself and at him—but it’s hard to blame these two friends for hurting me because people make mistakes when they’re drunk. Still, this whole ordeal has made me reconsider my friendship with my FWB. He thinks we’re just friends, but I have now realized that I have deeper feelings for him. I feel very close to him, and we do a lot of fun things together. I’ve been pretty open with him about my feelings, but he hasn’t shared how he feels. Can I continue being friends with my FWB? Or do I need to break off my friendship with my FWB because I actually want something more with him? What can

I had to read your letter three times to figure out who did what — and I had to shorten it considerably (and edit for clarity) — and honestly, BFF, I’m still a little fuzzy on the violations. But I think it goes like this: You asked your roommate not to fuck your FWB in your absence despite having already invited her to fuck him in your presence and your roommate went ahead and fucked your FWB anyway (violation #1), and you told your FWB that a threesome with your roommate without prior discussion was a misdemeanor so he should’ve known that initiating a twosome with your roommate would be a felony but he went ahead and twosomed the shit out of your roommate anyway (violation #2).

Taking your questions one at a time: Can you continue being friends with your FWB? That depends on what your roommate means by “work.” If she means your FWB overcame her initial reluctance to fuck him solo with some flirty talk and assurances that you wouldn’t mind, then, yeah, you can continue to be friends with your FWB. People have managed to salvage friendships out of relationships that imploded much more spectacularly, BFF. If someone can get past an infidelity or a betrayal or a child conceived with a piece-on-the-side and remain on friendly terms with their cheating, lying, breeding ex, you should be able to work through this. But if what your roommate means by “work” is that your FWB coerced her into having sex, you shouldn’t want to salvage a friendship with that rapey POS. Do you need to break off your friendship with your FWB because you’ve realized you want something more from him, i.e., a committed relationship?

Someone in a FWB arrangement wanting to be more than friends — boyfriend or girlfriend or nonbinaryfriend — is the leading cause of death for FWB arrangements. And while normally the friend who wants to keep things casual is the one who ends the arrangement, BFF, if you want more and you know he can’t give it to you, or if you fear you can’t trust him around current and future roommates, then feel free to end it. But if you really like him — despite the violation and, emphasizing this again, only if the “work” he did on your roommate wasn’t coercive or rapey — then go ahead and ask him to upgrade your FWB arrangement to GF/BF relationship.

What can your FWB do to mend this? He can apologize to you and your roommate and toss his dick around more considerately in the future.

What can you do? You can try to see this for what it was: Two people who’d already fucked — two people who fucked in front of you at your invitation — got drunk and fucked again. You can choose to see that encounter as a violation that requires drastic retaliatory measures (friendships ended, leases broken), BFF, or you can choose to see it as the messy denouement of an ill-

advised/rushed threesome that you set in motion.

What does it mean when you find a pair of tit clamps in your “vanilla” boyfriend’s dresser?

Told Him I’m Not Kinky It means he’s the pope — what the fuck do you think it means? It means he owns a pair of tit clamps. It could mean he’s slightly less vanilla than he’s let on, THINK, or it could mean he has a kinky ex who left a pair of tit clamps behind, or it could mean he got a pair of tit clamps as a dirty Secret Santa gift and isn’t phobic about being perceived as even slightly kinky so he tossed them in a drawer without a second thought.

Straight man, married for 12 years, love my wife very much. We have a great relationship, and I cannot see myself being with anyone else.

A few years ago, she came out to me as bisexual.

At the time, it hit me harder than I would have expected. Part of the reason was she explained that she often fantasizes about women when we have sex in order to come. She says she is attracted to me and loves our sex life. We have exhausted the topic of bringing someone else into our relationship and recommitted to monogamy. Is it inevitable that she will cheat to satisfy her curiosity? She says she wouldn’t, and I have to trust that, but it is always in the back of my head. What do I do?

Just One Exception I can’t promise you that your wife won’t ever cheat — not because she’s bisexual, JOE, but because she’s human. Women who are 100 percent straight cheat on their husbands every day; husbands who are 100 percent straight cheat on their wives every day.

And while on the one hand, it’s unfortunate your wife told you she sometimes has to think about women to get off during sex with you (not everything has to be shared, people), the fact that she trusted you/ burdened you with that information says a lot about your relationship.

So what do you do? Two things: Continue to put your trust in your wife, while at the same time reassuring yourself that your absolute worst-case scenario — your wife sleeps with a woman — will result in the destruction of your marriage only if you define a single infidelity as a relationship-extinction-level event.

A pass to fuck a woman at some point in her life may not be something you can let your wife have, JOE, but it may be something you could let yourself forgive.

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DOWN 1 Hairdo that may be restyled into liberty spikes 2 Oregon’s fourth-largest city 3 Greet informally

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): You are destined to become a master of fire.

It’s your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it’s appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it’s right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction.

I’m pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there’s room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment? The Nobel Committee said he discovered “a new law of nature,” and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, “Physics is much too difficult for me and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!” I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli’s perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants’ efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were “vampiric,” while those of Italians were “burning,” English were “tepid,” Russians were “eruptive,” French were “chaste,” and Americans were “flaccid.” Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms — and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I’m tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I’d rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been.

I’m afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren’t even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, “If you don’t study the past, you will probably repeat it.” Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You may laugh more in the next fourteen days than you have during any comparable fourteen-day period since you were five years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials. Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): It’s a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual. Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don’t mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers’ wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll. Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you’re ignorant about getting and handling money?

Educate yourself.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth,” wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrologers would say that it’s unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing — that it’s too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth — fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they’re not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life’s most crucial goals.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you’ve been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch, or therapist, please do so.

But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches! Here’s one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind’s eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion, or trance.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your

wings on the way down.” So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nervewracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap.

But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself.

Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy?

As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here’s an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself?

THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine — or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions. I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life’s puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses.

According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here’s my hypothesis: Behind Saturn’s austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It’s true that some people resist these cosmic

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