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Tour the Lone Star Brewery – Before It All Changes: “Graffiti laden hell scape? Nah, I’ll wait for gentrification. Lol.” – Cody Hatter Landlord refuses to fix law sewage leaks, evicts everyone instead: “Guys like Mangione should be banned from doing business or owning property in Bexar county. Especially with his history.” – Aye Valeria Morales State Rep Turns Herself in to Jail Over YearsOld Misdemeanor Assault Charge: “That happened to me too. Got pulled off a plane heading to a vacation in Mexico by customs agents. The court couldnt find the 20 year old warrant that didnt exist and it was dropped. Ruined a perfect and well deserved vacation.” – Brent Dye Ex-Students Sue Career Point College For Fraud: “This is what happens when you don’t attend a real college.” – Raul Cadena Some Texas Lawmakers Are Still Really Upset About Marriage Equality: “I don’t understand how people think giving equal rights to others is attacking their religious freedom. Just because they got a right you already had, it does not take any rights away from you. Legal marriage is not the same as marriage in the church.” – Carla Echavarria • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com

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Issue 16_43 /// October 26-November 1, 2016

NEWS

FEATURE

Something Stinks Landlord refuses to fix raw sewage leaks, evicts everyone instead

Sound City Is Mala Luna yet another sign of San Antonio’s shifting music landscape?

Sovereign Citizen Republic of Texas “official” is back in jail

Bad Moon Rising Who to see at the inaugural Mala Luna Music Festival

ARTS + CULTURE

Creative Scavengers New book takes a Tex-centric look at The Art of Found

Objects Cruzando Fronteras Rising local artist Fernando Andrade draws dark inspiration from border violence

SCREENS

CALENDAR

Our top picks for the week

FOOD

Second Coming In case you didn’t know, there’s a comic con and a film festival happening downtown this weekend

Keeping Up with the Kolaches Finding great kolaches in SA

A Light in the Attic Anne Frank lives on at the Vex

ON THE

COVER When the Mala Luna Music Festival was first announced earlier this year, many wondered who was behind San Antonio’s newest big-splash music fest. In this week’s issue, we introduce you to the out-oftown rap and hip-hop promoters behind the fest and explain why they’re buying into San Antonio in a very big way.

NIGHTLIFE

Dead On Muertos Fest at La Villita looks better than ever

Spooky Ongoings Ways to get into the spirit this weekend

Anxious Anthems Local musicians soundtrack this batshit election Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

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MUSIC

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Savage Love Jonesin’ Crossword Freewill Astrology

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NEWS

SOVEREIGN

KERR COUNTY

MICHAEL BARAJAS | @MICHAELSBARAJAS

CITIZEN Republic of Texas “official” is back in jail

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With a title company about to foreclose on her Kerr County home, Susan Cammack lodged a complaint with authorities. For Cammack, a member of the Republic of Texas, that meant taking her case to a suburban Houston chiropractor who also happened to serve as chief justice for the Republic’s so-called “international common law court.” Then things took an even stranger turn: the Republic’s “court” sent a batch of letters to the actual judge overseeing Cammack’s foreclosure case in Kerr County. To the Republic, they were summonses for the judge to appear in court with “proof of his authority for executing his claimed powers involving a foreign entity for the revenue collection of a private woman’s private funds without permission or lawful authority.” A lawyer working for the title company in Cammack’s case also got a summons to appear before the selfdeclared sovereign nation at its next meeting (at, it turns out, a VFW hall in Bryan, Texas). Instead, local, state and federal law enforcement officials raided the Republic’s gathering on Valentine’s Day 2015, fingerprinted a bunch of members, and seized the group’s documents and computers. Cammack, who represents Bexar County in the Republic’s mostly-vacant “House of Representatives,” and David Kroupa, the Republic’s chief justice who sent the summonses on her behalf, were charged with misdemeanor counts of “simulating legal process” for sending the bogus court orders. Kroupa pleaded guilty, avoided jail time, and agreed to testify against Cammack. Cammack has proved a bit more obstinate to Kerr County officials, who insist they’re trying to stamp out illegal activity by Republic members who argue that they aren’t subject to local laws because Texas never really joined the union (in its proclamation,

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the Republic says it’s not a secessionist group because, “We never ‘ceded’ the land of Texas” in the first place.) Last year, the jury that convicted Cammack gave her only a fine and probation, none of which she plans on following. Cammack was arrested for violating her probation for the second time earlier this month. She remains in the Kerr County jail without bond. Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer, whose office led the raid on the Republic of Texas meeting last year, said Cammack was characteristically defiant when his deputies arrested her on October 7. Deputies had to forcibly fingerprint and photograph her during the jail booking process. “She was totally resistant, saying we have no authority over her because she’s not a U.S. citizen,” Hierholzer told the Current. In recent years, Cammack’s also been cited for failing to maintain automobile insurance and register her car with the county, according to court records. Hierholzer calls the Republic of Texas part of a larger (and, he argues, growing) movement of socalled “sovereign citizens” who think they can decide for themselves which laws to obey – people who, not surprisingly, are known for clashing with cops. He says that, depending on how you look at it, the Republic of Texas is either a club of fringe history buffs or its own little shadow government – one that holds its own join sessions of congress, mints its own gold and silver currency, and whose members carry IDs warning police that they should be considered diplomatic representatives of a sovereign nation. Hierholzer also points to what he considers to be the group’s extremist roots. In 1997, a week-long police standoff with the Republic’s former leader ended in gunfire, killing one member. Others associated with the group have over the years been charged with forgery and impersonation of an officer, Hierholzer

says. In 2011, the Republic’s vice president sent a letter to Oklahoma’s governor telling her she could face indictment because her state was “trespassing inside the geographical boundaries” of the old republic. Cammack’s next court date hasn’t yet been set, so there’s no telling how long she’ll stay in lockup this time. It’s also unclear how much the Republic of Texas crackdown has done to dissuade members from flouting local laws. At her last court appearance in July, according to the Express-News, Cammack claimed she didn’t understand the judge’s questions and, when asked if she wanted to question a witness, told the court, “Not my circus. Not my monkey.” She donned a surgical mask because she’d refused to submit to a tuberculosis test in lockup, which landed her in isolation. The next month, she filed a letter with the court claiming officials had kidnapped, assaulted and imprisoned her “with their extortion racket, and then held a show trial in their so-called court, before their (bought-and-paid-for) clerk masquerading as a judge.” Even with the lingering case against her, it seems Cammack might not be finished serving the kind of bogus court orders that drew attention from law enforcement in the first place. John Jarnecke, the group’s president, told the daily that Cammack was arrested as she tried to serve someone papers at a Kerrville restaurant, which he fears could spark a whole new investigation into the group (Jarnecke didn’t respond to requests for comment from the Current). On the phone last week , Hierholzer seemed irritated with the Republic. “You can’t just ignore laws,” he said. “You can’t just issue bogus paperwork to judges and attorneys here and make them try to show up to a your bogus court.” He added: “Extremists. That’s what they are.”

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CITY OF SAN ANTONIO // RAY GURZA

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G N I H T E SOM STINKS Landlord refuses to ﬁx raw sewage leaks, evicts everyone instead

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Residents of Oak Hollow Mobile Park can’t remember when their homes started smelling like sewage. “I’ve lived there four years, and then my sisters lived there for at least 15 years before that. It’s always smelled like this, I just never knew where it came from,” said a tenant in his mid-30s, who shares his home with his young daughters on the weekends. “I mostly keep them indoors now.” He asked not to be identified for fear of retribution from his landlord. He says he’s already heard about people receiving threats. A few weeks ago, the city discovered raw sewage leaking from decrepit septic tanks directly into the mobile park’s soil. One leak was directly underneath a tenant’s house, forcing them to avoid the room above it for months because of the smell. Twelve homes were so foul that the city’s health department was legally bound to tell the tenants, mostly families, to move out and into hotel rooms on the city’s dime–at least until the landlord fixes the problem. But the landlord has no intention of fixing his sewagesodden property. Instead, he appears to be using the city’s emergency action as an excuse to kick the tenants of all 64 units off his Northwest Side property. Some of those tenants, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, say threats from the landlord kept them quiet for years. And now that they’ve spoken up, they feel they’re being punished with eviction. Last week, the residents received a letter from the landlord stating, “The City of San Antonio has condemned the Mobile Home Park and will be giving out notices to vacate.” The city has done no such thing.

“We have families that feel as if they are being uprooted by the city,” said Ron Nirenberg, whose District 8 includes the Oak Hollow property. “Really, this is about a mobile home millionaire that has let property go into decay to the point that government has to force compliance.” City officials say they have been unable to reach the landlord, Joe Mangione, for answers. His office voicemail machine is turned off. Last week, the city attorney’s office sent Mangione a cease and desist letter, essentially telling him to stop lying to his tenants. Nirenberg says he initially contacted Mangione after first hearing about the septic tank leaks two weeks ago. When city staff finally visited the site and demanded an explanation, Mangione surprisingly agreed that his property was contaminated and uninhabitable and cheerily offered a solution: He’d sell the property. The property, located in a section of San Antonio prime for re-development, would likely be an easy—and lucrative—sell. Mangione told city staff he’d planned on selling it anyway. This was not the answer city officials were expecting. When the city first decided that 12 of Oak Hollow’s homes were too contaminated with sewage to live in, staffers told the tenants that they had a week to move out. Still, they stressed to people that the move to a nearby hotel was only temporary, that it wasn’t an eviction, and that the problem would soon be fixed – because in most cases, according to city staff, that’s what happens. But that’s not what Mangione had in mind. “The property owner is using this opportunity to further his ultimate goal to sell the property,” said Maria Cesar, communications director for Nirenberg’s office. Mangione isn’t new to this line of negotiation. He’s been to court several times over real estate deals that went sour, and several of his local properties have been foreclosed on for not filing taxes. Since the 80s, Mangione has held a management role in at least 13 different businesses in the area — most of them nowdefunct land management companies. One of them, ironically, was a waste management company. Oak Hollow staff, when finally reached by phone, told the Current that Mangione wouldn’t return our calls until he gets a lawyer. According to legal experts, Mangione isn’t the first landlord to use city intervention as an easy out. “This used to be really common in the 60s, especially with apartment buildings. But it still happens all over the country,” said Victoria Mather, a professor at St. Mary’s School of Law with a background in landlord and tenant law. “When it becomes too expensive for a landlord to fix a problem like this, they sell.” A new septic tank could cost upwards of $4,000. Oak Hollow needs at least three. Even if he can’t afford to replace the tanks, shouldn’t Mangione at least be reprimanded for ignoring their leaks for years? According to Mather, the only way the tenants could legally fight back is if Mangione broke a rental contract

that promised maintenance upkeep or specific eviction rules. Aside from that, they have no other protections. “You can’t force a landlord to stay in business,” she said. But Nirenberg isn’t ready to let Mangione off the hook. The councilman has been working with city attorneys to find a way to hold him legally accountable. “It should disturb every taxpayer in San Antonio that this guy could get away with this, and leave it to the city to come in and clean up,” he told the Current. Earlier this month, Nirenberg held an evening meeting with around 40 Oak Hollow residents at Murray E. Boone Elementary, just down the road from the property. It had been just a few days since 12 families found a note on their door telling them they had a week to move out and that their children’s health was in danger. Rumors were already flying that the city was going to evict all 64 tenants, that their children were going to be pulled out of school, that they were being punished for blowing the whistle on the sewage leak. They expected the city to penalize their landlord, not burden them with an unexpected, costly move. On top of that, few residents could read the Englishonly pamphlet explaining the situation the city stuck on their door—the majority of the park’s inhabitants are Latino, and only understand Spanish. As Nirenberg addressed the audience, speaking slow enough for a staffer to translate his words to the audience through headphones, he made a promise to the residents. “We are not taking your home away from you and we are not going to take our eyes off this situation,” he said. One resident told the Current his neighbor was threatened by Mangione when she told him she was going to the meeting. If she went, he allegedly told her, he would report her to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Several tenants claimed this is a common threat at Oak Hollow, which could explain why it took so long for the sewage leak to get the city’s attention. If you’re an undocumented immigrant, dealing with a lawn full of sewage is better than being sent to a detention center. Most of the people living in the 12 contaminated homes have moved to a nearby hotel, and the city has paid to store tenants’ personal property in a storage unit for one month. At the time of the Thursday meeting, Melody Woosley, the city’s Director of Human Services, said she was prepared to move other residents into temporary hotel housing if they found sewage leaks near their home. But since the property is privately owned, her department has little public funding to help tenants find new, permanent housing—especially now that Mangione’s given all residents 60 days to move. “Right now, we are doing everything we can to triage the situation,” said Cesar. “But we know it’s a problem that isn’t going to be fixed right away. It will have a have long-term effect on these families.”

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FEATURE

MICHAEL BARAJAS | @MICHAELSBARAJAS

Is the Mala Luna Music Festival yet another sign of San Antonio's shifting music landscape? When Detroit rapper Big Sean swept through town in December 2011, fresh off his first album with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label, his San Antonio debut at the White Rabbit was the biggest show Kevin Hayden had ever been tasked with promoting. A fixture in San Antonio’s rap and hip-hop scene, Hayden (or “Pha” as most people know him) had just started working for ScoreMore Shows, an Austin-based concert promotion company that had somehow grown from hyping shows out of a UT-Austin dorm room to booking clubs and festivals across the state that lure in thousands. Hayden was one of the first signs ScoreMore wanted to branch out to the untapped San Antonio market. But ScoreMore wasn’t yet convinced San Antonio was worth all the effort, Hayden says. As he puts it, for a long time the city had been “kind of an awkward market,” particularly when it came to booking rap and hip-hop. Producers rarely brought top talent here. Too often, the shows that did happen were a disaster. “For a long time, people were promoting rap shows here where the rapper wouldn’t even show up,” Hayden says. “There was a lot of skepticism,” he says, both from the audience and promoters wary of the market. Big Sean, he says, was a test case – and they killed it. After selling out the White Rabbit, Hayden says Claire Bogle, a ScoreMore co-founder, told him as much. “She came out at the end of the show and said, ‘Look, we were gonna leave the market if this didn’t do well.’” Instead, ScoreMore kept booking San Antonio. The next year, they brought in Kendrick Lamar for another white-hot, sold-out performance at White Rabbit. Within a couple years, they were booking shows at Alamo City Music Hall, turning the club into a new rap and hip-hop epicenter on the city’s near east side. This weekend’s Mala Luna Music Festival will be another San Antonio test case for ScoreMore, the brainchild of Bogle and Sascha Stone, one of Forbes magazine's “30 Under 30” who started the company with the $1,000 he made in tips waiting tables as a college student. As Hayden sees it, the two-day festival – featuring EDM heavyweights like Steve Aoki and Kaskade along with hip-hop and R&B acts like Tory Lanez and Kehlani – is yet another sign of San Antonio’s shifting music scene. “This is what people like me in the rap scene have wanted for a long time,” Hayden says. “It’s the culmination of a lot of work to build up a better market here.”

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GREG NOIRE

CITY

FEATURE

In fact, Mala Luna’s debut in San Antonio, and ScoreMore’s ongoing presence here, is one of many signs that San Antonio’s patchwork entertainment scene has evolved in recent years. There’s the Tobin Center, which now draws superstars like Kraftwerk and Morrissey. Next year, the Tobin will partner with the Maverick Music Festival to make that homegrown fest pack an even harder punch. Meanwhile, Paper Tiger moved into the old shell of the White Rabbit, bringing in the promoters behind Fun Fun Fun Fest to book the revamped venue – upping the Strip’s concert game almost overnight. This fall, for the first time ever, San Antonio saw Austin City Limits Music Festival headliners spillover into the local market, all thanks to Live Nation (which has a controlling stake in the company behind ACL) booking the Aztec Threatre. Simply put: more big talent is coming here much more often. The Mala Luna fest might also be sign of ScoreMore’s evolution. While the company produces well over 100 club shows every year, they’ve jumped headfi rst into the festival game in recent years. They created and oversee the state’s roaming JMBLAYA festival, which, over the course of two days this May, drew a reported 28,000 attendees. Gina Martinez, who started El Paso’s Neon Desert Music Festival, says she teamed up with ScoreMore years ago when Stone promised – and delivered – Wiz Khalifa as a headliner. Martinez says ScoreMore started eyeing San Antonio as a festival spot two years ago after steady success with their club shows here. “By that time, we had traction in San Antonio, we had ticket sales and data proving it’s a viable market,” she said. “And so we figured a festival was the next step.” Martinez started looking around for possible venues to throw a festival-size bash – places like La Villita or Dignowity Park. Then Martinez stumbled upon the Lone Star Brewery, a hulking 60-acre property that’s sat lifeless on the edge of Southtown ever since the brewery moved its operations to East Texas in the mid-1990s. “It had soul behind it,” she says. “And it was a blank canvas – I thought we could do so much with it.” At the time, she says, Aqualand Development was still figuring out what its plans were for the property, but were also looking to activate the site and get people excited about it. Enter Sascha Stone. It seems much of ScoreMore’s success in Texas centers on Stone’s likability and, as Martinez puts it, “all these really interesting relationships he builds with people … Who else earns the undying affection of people like Wiz Khalifa and Kendrick (Lamar)?” Stone says he chatted with Aqualand Founder and CEO Mark Smith and quickly got him onboard – it helped, Stone said, that Smith’s son was into the kind of artists that ScoreMore was booking across the state. Hayden says he’s cognizant of the fact that some might see yet more out-of-towners looking to disrupt San Antonio’s historically insular music scene. Still, he points to efforts ScoreMore made to ground the festival with local acts – IVY, VI$ION, Greg G, Mitch James, KWYK, among others. ScoreMore even tapped local artist Cruz Ortiz to design a limited edition poster to commemorate the festival’s maiden voyage in San Antonio. “People are skeptical here, and I get that,” Hayden said. “But I’m from here, this isn’t some ScoreMore conquest.”

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FEATURE

Who to see at the inaugural Mala Luna Music Festival

RISING BAD MOON SHANNON SWEET

JACQUEES

ScoreMore’s inaugural music festival run in San Antonio features a roster of EDM heavyweights, up and coming hip-hop and R&B stars, as well as some local favorites. Here’s our rundown of acts you can’t miss at this weekend’s festival:

TRAVIS SCOTT

Although his lyrics veer into rap stereotypes (drugs, hoes, drugs, triple hoes), Travis Scott’s strong sense of melody, unique lyrical style, and production all lead to something special. Scott is, in fact, a Texas boy (he even attended UT and UTSA before fully pursuing his music career). For a heavy-hitting artist, Scott keeps his features on his albums to a minimum, opting for high-profile producers, such as Kayne West. But damn, his singles are lit on fire with appearances from The Weeknd, Drake, and Biebs. His third full-length AstroWorld is slated to drop in 2017, amidst fans hungry for more Scott and more jams. EDM mastermind Steve Aoki has made bank off his sweat and the unstoppable dance forcefield he commands over crowds of thousands – all the time, everywhere, always on tour. While Aoki has collaborated with big deals like Kid Cudi, will.i.am, Iggy Azalea, and “Turn Down for What” maniac Lil Jon, he’s just as well-known for his solo EDM work. With celebrity cameos, inventive beats and a little bit of geek thrown in for good measure (Star Wars/Star Trek director J. J. Abrams was featured in a recent song), Aoki has become an unstoppable force in the DJ game.

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KASKADE

A list of Kaskade’s successes and accomplishments could go on forever, but when you boil it down, this Grammy-nominated musician has thrived because of his raw talent and ability to adapt. A DJ whose career started in the late 1980s, Kaskade went on to collaborate with everyone from deadmau5 to wild child Skrillex, all while headlining dream gigs such as Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella. Keeping with the trend of “reimagining” dad rock and mom pop from yesteryear for the current musical taste buds, Kaskade turns songs by Fleetwood Mac and Frank Sinatra into technicolored dance floor-ready jams, while still respecting the original’s vision. Like a supernova, Tory Lanez is blowing up. Lanez hails from Toronto (yes, the same Canadian city home to Drake) and proves the turf is big enough for two fierce performers. With his current body of work (14 mixtapes, a full-length LP, countless singles and guest appearances) Lanez keeps it personal to his own style: Swavey. Although his sound’s lumped into two broad categories (R&B and hip-hop), Lanez says he defies genre limitations as a self-described “Swavey” artist – basically, there are no borders on what he can do in a given song. Lanez tells us he’s a “super Spurs fan,” which isn’t surprising considering his song paying respect to the legendary No. 21. On his return to the black and silver city, we can’t wait to affectionately boast alongside Lanez: “I deserve a check for ballin’ like I’m Tim Duncan.”

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Now that he’s signed to the prestigious Cash Money Records, you might consider Jacquees a member of a royal family. Indeed, Jacquees, 22, has been groomed for R&B nobility. The fresh-faced R&B singer with hip-hop tendencies hails from Atlanta and is now under the wing of CMR founder Birdman – which, he tells us, is “a dream come true" for him. Jacquees started making music in his teens, and has built a formidable collection of work: two EPs, six mixtapes, and numerous singles and music videos. He plans to follow up with his full length debut, titled 4275, sometime within the next few months.

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G-Eazy is more pop star than gritty MC. From a feature on Britney Spears’ lead single “Make Me...” to his Billboard Hot 100 calling card “Me, Myself & I,” G-Eazy is easy listening, and that’s not a bad thing. The ability to rap alongside A$AP Ferg to commercial puppet Macklemore is a telling example of the road to fame. On commercial success, Bebe Rexha’s too-catchy-to-be-legal hook on “Me, Myself & I” paired with G-Eazy’s laxed and chilled-out rap style makes his highest charting hit a perfect – and somewhat obnoxious – summertime anthem.

KEHLANI

Kehlani’s recent explosion in the pop radio world came after her appearance on the high-profile Suicide Squad soundtrack with “Gangsta.” Now the 21-year-old songstress’s underground success is hitting mainstream consciousness. The Grammy-nominated siren hasn’t even released a full-length debut yet, but her large collection of singles and two-fire EPs showcase her honest lyrics, sultry R&B and low-key pop vibes enough to where we can say that she’s our “ride or die.”

GREG G

Greg G is a very busy man these days. After transplanting from his native San Antonio to NYC about a year ago, he now teaches music composition at the Harlem Children’s Zone, packs out venues like the PlayStation Theatre, and continue to writes new material for his upcoming full-length, When All Else Fails. He considers the new work “a really good representation of what I’ve been through, in love and life, living up here in New York City and coming home every month or every other month”; he also calls it “the story of how I survive.” Which sounds like signature Greg G, (fingers crossed) a continuation of the heart-on-his-sleeve passion, positive-yet-honest lyrics, and the soulful R&B-spiked hip-hop he’s perfected while writing music. He tells us he’s also writing a hip-hopera loosely based on his life and experiences for an offBroadway show.

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Our Lady of the Tortilla

◀ The St. Mary’s University theater department’s fall production, Our Lady of the Tortilla by Luis Santeiro, opens Thursday, with shows every day (except October 31) through November 4. A riotously funny but nevertheless poignant affair, the acclaimed play zooms in on the Cruz family during a particularly eventful weekend. While the youngest son brings home his WASP girlfriend and frets over seeming too Mexican, the oldest son shows back up with his failed life and knocked-up girlfriend, and the mother longs to recapture her wayward husband. But everything is thrown into a disarray of biblical proportions when Dolores, the matriarch’s old-maid sister, sees an apparition of the Virgin Mary on a tortilla, bringing reporters, pilgrims, and much conflict to the household. Perfectly-timed as we all prepare to be around our families for the coming holidays, Our Lady of the Tortilla is farcical on physical and dialogue levels, even as it presents spoton ruminations on belief, family, love and cultural identity. $10-$15, 7:30pm Thu-Sat, 2:30pm Sun, 7:30pm Tue, St. Mary’s University, AT&T Center for Information Technology, One Camino Santa Maria, (210) 436-3453, stmarytx.edu. — James Courtney

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Carmen

Once deemed too raunchy and startling for audiences, Georges Bizet’s renowned opera Carmen comes to light on the Tobin’s stage courtesy of Opera San Antonio. First performed in 1875, Carmen is a fantastic spectacle with all the elements of drama designed to draw you in: a love triangle, sex and passion, intrigue and the ultimate femme fatale — the sensual gypsy Carmen. Chances are you’ll recognize some of the beautiful melodies even if you think you know nothing about opera. This production sets the story in the 1920s and ’30s though it was originally set about a decade earlier. Newcomers will still see a faithful representation of the original story, albeit jazzed up with flapper dresses and roaring speakeasies. Carmen showcases both international and home-grown talent, with the extraordinary voices of Kirstin Chávez, well known for her portrayal of the title role internationally, and Ryan Speedo Green, arriving directly from the Met, backed by a chorus that includes 40 San Antonio natives, many students from UTSA, UIW and Trinity, as well as young voices from the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio. $35-$199, 7:30pm Thu & Sat, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Rachel Cooley

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▲ Arguably the most enduring image left behind by iconic Mexican illustrator and political satirist José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), the elegantly attired Calavera Catrina might as well be the patron saint of Día de los Muertos. Inspired by the Aztec goddess of death Mictecacihuatl and created by Posada as a pointed critique of Mexican Revolutionera aristocracy, la Catrina can be seen in various incarnations as San Antonians gather to honor the dearly departed at Día de los Muertos celebrations. Serving up a playful fusion of Halloween and Day of the Dead traditions, the McNay invites “muertitos and ghosts” 21 and up to dress the part for a “Muertosween Bash” complete with a costume contest, “boo-zy” drinks, snacks from Bakery Lorraine and music by DJ JJ Lopez. $35, 7-10pm Fri, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. A fan favorite from the get-go, La Villita’s epic Día de los Muertos Celebration combines a highstakes altar competition (first place SPECIAL EVENT

Día de los Muertos wins $2,000), creative workshops, an art market with 30-plus vendors, a puppet procession presented by Las Monas drum and dance troupe and an eclectic live music lineup that this year features Eva Ybarra, Volcán, Femina-X (Saturday), Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and Mexico City-based Morrissey tribute supergroup Mexrrissey (Sunday). Free, 10am-11pm Sat, noon-10pm Sun, La Villita, 418 Villita St., (210) 207-8614, muertosfest.com. Founded in 1980 with a mission to “preserve and promote the rich traditions of Latino culture,” the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center pulls out all the stops for an indoor/outdor Día de los Muertos event featuring an exhibition of community altars created by local artists, students, organizations and members of the surrounding Westside community, readings from the Barrio Writers youth group, a peace and remembrance procession, art-making workshops where guests can craft sugar skulls, masks and papel picado, and live performances by Grupo

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As giddy geeks across the Southwest prepare for San Antonio’s largest and most popular comicbook convention this weekend, it’s anyone’s guess as to how massive the turnout is going to be for the fourth annual event (85,000 attendees showed up in 2015). “I’m excited that more and more San Antonio residents are coming to ACCC every year,” Apple de la Fuente, ACCC festival director and founder, told the Current last week. “As we continue to grow, we’re also getting the chance to show off our beautiful city to top-name artists and celebrities. We hope to break our record from last year and it looks like we are on track to do just that.” So, what is it exactly that has so many fans ramped up this year? Along with a full slate of guest artists and writers from publishing houses like Marvel and DC, expect a convention floor brimming with creative cosplayers, fanboys and fangirls lining up to meet, take photos with, and get autographs from their favorite TV, film and pop-culture celebrities, including the young cast from the hit Netflix original series Stranger Things (Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp). Also on the roster: David Tennant (Doctor Who, Jessica Jones), Jones Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Gotham stars Camren Bicondova (Catwoman) and Cory Michael Smith (Edward Nygma), Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid), Billy Dee Williams (Star ( Wars), Margot Kidder (Superman), wrestlers Ric Flair and Sting, and San ( Antonio’s own Summer Glau (Serenity) and Peter Weller, (Robocop), not to mention every current millennial’s nerdy crush of the 1990s, the Pink Ranger herself, Amy Jo Rangers And Johnson (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers). that’s just for starters. Let’s not forget a special Saturday-only appearance by Kim Jong-un’s BFF and cuddle buddy, five-time NBA Champion and former San Antonio Spurs forward Dennis Rodman. While he’s here, remind us to tell him, “You’re welcome!” Thanks for nothing, Will Perdue. $15 (child pass), $30-$40 (one-day pass), $80 (three-day pass), 11am-8pm Fri, 10am-7pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 900 E. Market St., (210) 207-8500, alamocitycomiccon.com – Kiko Martinez alamocitycomiccon.com.

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Animo, the Mariachi Academy and the Guadalupe Dance Company. Free, 3-8pm Sun, Galería Guadalupe (723 S. Brazos St.) & Guadalupe Theater (1301 Guadalupe St.), (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. As part of its goal to “preserve and promote artistic and cultural expression of and among diverse communities,” the nonprofit Esperanza Peace and Justice Center toasts the dearly departed with displays of community altars, face-painting, live music, a neighborhood procession, tamales, hot chocolate and pan de muerto, and readings of “literary ofrendas to remember our dead, and calavera poems that poke fun at the living and their untimely encounters with la Muerte or la Catrina.” Free (donations appreciated), 4-10pm Tue, Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St., (210) 228-0201, esperanzacenter.org. Stay tuned for additional Día de los Muertos events (at Centro Cultural Aztlan, SAY Sí and the Southwest School of Art) in next week’s issue. — Bryan Rindfuss

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▶ The haunting hotties of Stars and Garters are ready to shake their bones and heat up Halloween with Dreadful Delights: A Tease Macabre. A first for San Antonio’s long-reigning Best Burlesque Troupe, the “shamelessly sexy revue” unites S&G all-stars Pystol Whips, Black Orchid, Coco Simone, Squirrelly Temple, Candy Kane and Lucky Strike with variety artist Teddy Bare and “weirdly wonderful circus performer” The Queen Anthuros for an evening of “undead elegance” and Halloweenthemed audience participation games. According to these lovelies, “Things are about to get dead sexy, darlings.” $10-$25, 8pm, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, starsandgartersburlesque.com. — BR

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◀ After a couple of road games in California to open the season, the Kawhi Leonard era officially tips off in San Antonio for the Spurs this Saturday. Leonard is coming off his first AllStar campaign and wisely passed on the Olympics in Rio to spend time with his newborn daughter. In the absence of Tim Duncan, the Spurs will count on Leonard to continue to grow as leader, as his polished game steadily evolves. Regarded by many as the best two-way player in the NBA, Leonard enters the season with a shot at a rare third-straight Defensive Player of the Year Award. A trio of fresh big men including former AllStars Pau Gasol and David Lee, along with newcomer Dewayne Dedmon, arrive to reinforce the paint for a Spurs defense that, like Leonard, will be critical to San Antonio’s success this season. $35-$1,000, 7pm, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. – M. Solis

cannot think of why anyone wouldn’t have wanted multi-racial bathrooms.” An offshoot of his onehour Comedy Central special covering “everything from terrorism to police brutality to Ebola to his grandmother,” Noah — who was notably the first South African stand-up to appear on The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman — brings his Lost in Translation Tour to the Tobin. $38-$58, 8pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Marco Aquino

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(Angela Fox, Regina Morales and Inés Estrada among them), and a massive live music lineup. But, don’t just expect to catch your favorite local bands doing their typical thing. This unique show sees each band dress up as, and play the music of, a band of their choosing. There are plenty of acts to look forward to, including The Grasshopper Lies Heavy as Local H, Flower Jesus Quintet as The Velvet Underground, The Bolos as Devo, Sailor Poon as The Cramps and Cannibal Bitch as Butthole Surfers. Free, 6pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersa.com. — JC

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ART Art opening: “Día de los Muertos, a New Mexico Perspective” New Mexico-

based artist Aaron Richardson shares life experience and perspective surrounding the pre-Columbian tradition. Free, 6-9pm Friday; Mercury Project, 538 Roosevelt Ave., (210) 478-9133.

Art opening: “James Castle Landscapes”

Lawrence Markey’s second show in its new space at the Pearl brings together a carefully chosen selection of landscape drawings that showcase late artist James Castle’s formidable talent in scenes that are familiar yet otherworldly, beautiful and peculiar, discernibly handmade yet sophisticated. Free, 6-8pm Friday; Lawrence Markey, Full Goods Building, 200 E. Grayson St., Suite 104, (210) 228-9966.

Alright DrawNite: Día de los Muertos Alright

DrawNite takes creative inspiration from Día de los Muertos for a evening combining sugar skull face painting, an interactive drawing demo, a figure drawing session with models from Beyond the Canvas, and spoken-word poetry courtesy of Amanda Flores and Rooster Martinez. Free, 5:30-11:30pm Tuesday; Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653.

Halloween Costume Closing Party Presa

House Gallery hosts a costumed reception to close out inaugural exhibitions by San Antonio-based artists Beer Fang, Michael Menchaca, and Elizabeth and Maurice Treviño. At the reception: live music by psychedelic-country-punk-pop outfit Snowbyrd. Free ($2 suggested donation for music), 8pm-midnight Friday; Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St., (210) 573-8947.

Invisible Halloween Fundraising Party

Best known for the irreverent and erotic Contemporary Art Month fan favorite “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” artist/curator Jessica Garcia’s Invisible Gallery pops up for a “monster of a party” with cocktails crafted by Aaron Salas, music by DJ Fenix and photography by Keri Neff — costumes

encouraged. Proceeds go toward Invisible Gallery’s nonprofit application fees. $10 ($5 for Southtown Flats residents), 7-11pm Friday; Rubio Gallery South, 111 Probandt St.

”Motherlode” Halloween Party Closing Local artist and gallerist Amada Claire Miller’s solo show “Motherlode” blurs lines between fiber art and painting via hand-dyed and sewn canvases and “wearable paintings.” Guests to FL!GHT’s Halloween-themed closing reception are encouraged to don costumes ... “if you don’t have a costume, one will be provided.” Free, 9-11pm Saturday; FL!GHT Gallery, 134 Blue Star, (210) 872-2586.

Rocktober: A Wicked Halloween pARTy Tex Pop celebrates Halloween weekend with a costume contest, live music by Abby Hankins, Cool Like Roy, Joe Gun and Mothership, plus the unveiling of artist Claire Casseb’s new body of work created in tribute to music legends such as the Beatles, Elvis, Prince and David Bowie. Free, 6-10pm Friday; South Texas Popular Culture Center, 1017 E. Mulberry St., (210) 792-1312.

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula Sexology Institute

rises to the occasion with a free screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 film following Dracula (Gary Oldman) on a reign of seduction and terror in London. Free, 8pm Saturday; Sexology Institute and Boutique, 727 S. Alamo St., (210) 487-0371.

Il Posto Ermano Olmi’s 1961 film Il Posto tells

a touching, quiet, and humorous coming-ofage story about Domenico (Sandro Panseri), a young Italian man who still seems like a boy. When he leaves his small town to live and work in Milan, he must navigate a bureaucratic corporate world, make sense of a blossoming romance, and adjust to his newfound, if somewhat forced, adulthood. The McNay screens the classic as part of its Get Reel Film Series. Free, 7pm Thursday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.

The Princess Bride In conjunction with

its Storytellers Film Series, the McNay hosts a special screening (complete with Halloween treats) of Rob Reiner’s 1987 romantic fantasy about a farmhand named Westley (Cary Elwes) who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the odious Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). Costumes welcome. $15-$20, 2pm Sunday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.

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Cabaret Sam Mendes’ terrific 1993 production of Cabaret accomplished the seemingly impossible: It actually rivaled the artistic

success of both Hal Prince’s original production of ’66 and Bob Fosse’s awardwinning film adaptation, starring a particularly leggy Liza Minnelli. In an unusual move, the Roundabout Theater has revived Mendes’ revival of a London revival, which makes it a head-spinningly meta-revival. But fret not: It’s still as fabulously gay as ever, as the sexual anarchy of the Weimar Republic is juxtaposed with the increasing militarism and bigotry of the German Nazi party. The brilliance of Cabaret is that the cabaret itself functions as a metaphor for political apathy of every stripe — and Mendes’ harrowing coda, with its gesture toward the Holocaust, remains one of the masterstrokes of contemporary musical theater. $30-$125, 7:30pm WednesdayThursday, 8pm Friday, 2pm & 8pm Saturday, 2pm & 7:30pm Sunday; The Majestic Theatre, 224 E Houston St., (210) 226-3333.

Dracula The department of fine arts at San

Antonio College opens its 2016-17 season with the classic horror story Dracula, adapted for the stage by Steven Dietz and directed by SAC drama professor Ronald Wilson. A sense of dread and terror follow the mysterious Transylvanian count as he arrives in London. Can he be stopped before catastrophe falls on the Victorian city? $5-$10, 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday; San Antonio College, McAllister Auditorium, 1819 N. Main Ave., (210) 486-0000.

Jackson Square Based on “a couple of

true stories,” Mark Leonard’s wild and dark comedy Jackson Square examines the relationships of three women and the “fictional, deceased, alcoholic literary lion” whose roaring life has left them with the collateral damage of sexual abuse and extreme familial dysfunction. $10-$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.

The Rocky Horror Show In 2012, director

Greg Hinojosa, then with the Woodlawn Theatre, tapped into the allure of the Logo reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race and British playwright Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show by casting RPDR alum Sharon Needles in that year’s production of Rocky Horror and sparking what is now an annual fan favorite. Hinojosa now brings his everevolving adaptation of Rocky Horror to the Josephine for a five-night run. While remaining tight-lipped on this year’s theme, Hinojosa said it will be partly inspired by the personal histories — and controversies — of the leading cast members. Taking the stage this year will be Latrice Royale as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Ginger Minj as Magenta and Phi Phi O’Hara as Columbia. $20$100, 8pm Wednesday-Thursday, 10pm Friday-Saturday; Josephine Theatre, 339 W. Josephine St., (210) 734-4646.

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Project Runway All Stars and the designer behind The Anthill boutique in Stone Oak, presents the opening runway show of Fashion Week San Antonio’s fifth season. Free, 6-8pm Tuesday; Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St.

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decorated floats with costumed participants drift 2.5 miles along the River Walk, beginning at the International Building and then passing Restaurant Row, the horseshoe bend, the River Walk Extension, Rivercenter Mall and the Arneson River Theatre. Free, 6-9:30pm Friday; The San Antonio River Walk, (210) 227-4262.

Día de los Muertos Altar Workshop Historic

Casa Navarro sheds light on creating a traditional Día de los Muertos altar. While supplies are provided, guests are encouraged to bring a copy of a photo of a lost loved one. Free (donations accepted), 10am-2pm Saturday; Casa Navarro State Historic Site, 228 S. Laredo St., (210) 226-4801.

Día de los Muertos Masquerade Ball

Local fashionistas kick off the fifth edition of Fashion Week San Antonio in style with a Day of the Dead-themed masquerade ball complete wih drinks, live entertainment and an altar presented by the Cortez Family. $25, 8:30-11pm Tuesday; Paramour, 102 9th St., (210) 340-9880.

Femina-X & Arte y Pasión In partnership

with the Artist Foundation of San Antonio, mystical rockers Femina-X and Tamara Adira’s fusion-minded flamenco troupe Arte y Pasión join forces for a multimedia collaboration juxtaposing alternative music with modern and Spanish dance. $15-$20, 8-10pm Thursday; Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653.

Mariachi de Corazón Festival The Main

Plaza Conservancy welcomes guests for a day filled with performances from Mariachi Fiesta de San Antonio and Bailando Sin Fronteras. Free, noon-9pm Saturday; Main Plaza, 115 N. Main Ave., (210) 225-9800.

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Foundation welcomes Dr. Joy Hirsch for a lecture exploring the neural effects of eye-toeye contact and how humans communicate. $5-$20, 6:30pm Tuesday; Pearl Stable, 307 Pearl Parkway, (210) 821-6094.

Viva Mi Cultura: Día de los Muertos

The Guadalupe Dance Company presents traditional dances, costumes and music of Mexico and Spain in a lively, interactive lecture format followed by a mini dance class and Q&A. $3-$5, 10am Tuesday; Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151.

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essential — inclusion of Port Arthur native and modern art icon Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), Bunch sheds light on the likes of Charles A. A. Dellschau (1830-1923), a Prussian-born Houston butcher who’s counted among America’s earliest outsider artists. Long after Dellschau’s passing, his notebooks — filled with collaged and watercolored “aeronautical fantasies” — were fortunately rescued from a trash heap and distributed among museums. Equally as intriguing, the so-called “Unholy Trio” of friends David McManaway (1927-2010), Jim Love (1927-2005) and Roy Fridge (1927-2007) lived in Dallas, Houston and Port Aransas, respectively, and found common ground building earthy constructions from scavenged materials. Bunch cites the 1988 San Antonio Museum of Art exhibition “The Poetic Object” among the trio’s many together. Writing in a refreshingly conversational tone, Bunch also uses the introductory pages to explain the selection of artists (admitting that dozens “worthy of inclusion are missing”) and the way their interviews were conducted — all via email with the exception of Bert Long, Forrest Prince, Roberto del Rio and Vincent Hannemann. “I wanted time to compose thoughtful questions, and I wanted the artists to have time to prepare thoughtful answers requiring a bare minimum of editing,” Bunch explains. While there’s no shortage of thoughtful questions and answers throughout The Art of Found Objects, the emailed exchanges read as disjointed and choppy at times. Presented without individual introductions and only minimal background information (place of birth, birth year, city of residence and the date Bunch received their answers), starting to read one of these artist Q&As can feel like walking in on a conversation already in progress. For instance, Kelly O’Connor’s Q&A begins with the question, “What do you mean by ‘calcification’ of objects? How do you

employ this concept?” Although they’re not set up any differently, the Q&As Bunch conducted in person maintain a more organic tone thanks to conversational digressions and certain questions acting as follow-ups to previous responses. Shaky starts aside, the Q&As are still approachable and full of insight into practice and process. As for the author’s point to give artists time to formulate responses, it seems to have paid off in the form of charming personal anecdotes — many of which have little to do with found objects at all. We learn, for example, that Dario Robleto has a fascination with The Guinness Book of World Records; Ken Little grew up hand-painting china with his grandmother; Danville Chadbourne was “lucky enough” to travel through rural Mexico with his entomologist father; Gary Sweeney made a living as a sign painter for a few years; and Julie Speed decided to buy a house in Marfa after witnessing a man there diverting traffic around a “dinner-plate sized tarantula that was crossing the road.” Easily the most irksome thing about The Art of Found Objects is the way the art itself is presented. Given that each artist is represented by one single image (or, in the case of Ann Harithas, a triptych), it’s a shame they’re not larger. (Almost all are smaller than an average postcard.) For an art book about artists, many of whom are known for detail-oriented and large-scale works, The Art of Found Objects appears more concerned with words than art. With numerous pages — and even two-page spreads — devoid of images, it’s easy to lose visual reference and interest. Stranger still, nearly half the Q&As end in the middle (or even near the top) of a page, leaving ample blank space for additional images (or at least a much larger one to begin with). Maybe it’s play for a minimalism or “breathing room,” but the visually minded among us may see it as a missed opportunity.

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Life along the border has changed quite a bit since you moved here. Were you and your family ever personally affected by the violence and drug cartels in the area? Luckily, none of my family has been affected, but definitely a lot of the neighbors and kids I grew up with in Mexico who stayed there have ... I think the way it affected me directly was just when a friend of mine disappeared in Piedras Negras in 2008. I had met him here in San Antonio and we were close friends. Tell me about your latest body of work and some of the ideas behind it. Everything that I’ve been working on is still socio-political stuff related to violence and the drug cartels ... So, the latest body of work ... has to do with the specific way people are killed in Mexico. They cut them up into little pieces. I guess I was thinking, how can someone do that to another human? Where do you have to be mentally to be able to do that? ... I think that’s the question that I’m trying to figure out. So ... it’s one figure that’s divided into five pieces: the head, the hands, the feet, the back and the torso ... I don’t like showing blood or being too graphic. I know you were in Houston recently. What did you think of Vincent Valdez’s exhibition “The Beginning Is Near”? Yeah, definitely very powerful. You could just stay there forever. It’s a critique of the times we’re in now ... I think it’s motivating for me ... I wanted to go back to my studio and really work. If I want to be at that level someday, I’ve got to put in my hours.

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> For Scott Langford, director of programming for the Alamo City Film Festival, it wasn’t a question of quality versus quantity when he helped curate this year’s film festival lineup. He wanted both. “I wanted to grow the festival, but do it in a way where we maintained quality content,” Langford told the Current last week. “So, we doubled the amount of films screening this year.” Langford also wants to make sure festival attendees actually know there is a film festival taking place concurrently with Alamo City Comic Con, a problem he said they ran into last year during their inaugural year. “I think we could have done better connecting with the ACCC crowd,” he said. “Most of the people who attended didn’t even know there was a film festival going on next door.” The schedule for the second annual film festival lists 49 short and feature-length films from all genres— horror, thriller, comedy, drama, documentary, action and family—and from all around the world. Below is a quick preview of the eight feature films screening at this year’s ACFF. For a complete schedule, visit alamocityfilmfestival.com. EN TRÁNSITO Faced with the difficult decision to leave their children behind so they can provide them with a better life, Latin American women risk everything to earn a decent wage for their families by working across Europe. The documentary tells the story of some of these brave Latina immigrants, a majority of whom rarely see their sons and daughters. Oct. 28, 11:30am, Mexican Cultural Institute SLASH High school freshman Neil (Michael Johnston) spends his time writing erotic, sci-fi fan fiction. When

his secret is exposed, classmate Julia (Hannah Marks) encourages him to post some of his stories online where he garners the attention of website forum moderator Denis (Michael Ian Black), who invites him to read excerpts of his work at a comic-book convention. Oct. 28, 7pm, Lila Cockrell Theater ELITE Directed by San Antonio-based fi lmmaker Mark Cantu ( Now Hiring ), the action fi lm follows newly-promoted Naval Investigator Abbey Vaughn (Allison Gregory) as she and former operative Sam Harrigan (Jason Scarbrough) investigate the deaths of members of a covert team known as Elite. Oct. 28, 7:30pm, Mexican Cultural Institute BADSVILLE Nothing goes well for anyone in a town where love doesn’t exist. When the leader of a violent greaser gang finds love outside of Badsville, his determination to leave tests the crew’s loyalty and pits rivals against one another. The film stars Emilio Rivera (TV’s Sons of Anarchy ). Oct. 28, 10pm, Lila Cockrell Theater

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Jessica Elizarraras: So I had to cheat a little on this tour and pull a string at our starting location. Dignowity Kolaches, owned by Silvia Alcaraz and sisterchef Lupita Rivero, carry fruit kolaches (apple, cherry, blackberry, cream cheese and strawberry; $2) along with the appropriately named klobasnek. The usual suspects (priced between $2$3.50) include sausage and cheese, jalapeño, bacon, ham and cheese and

a Texas-size barbacoa available only on Fridays. Well, we did our tour on a Tuesday morning. Thankfully, Alcaraz and Rivero acquiesced to our request of two barbacoa kolaches. The sisters make the barbacoa the night before and it shows. It’s lean and savory without being too greasy. The Cocina Heritage salsa that’s offered is key. It adds just enough heat on the front end of the bite. Kim Olsen: I also really liked the barbacoa kolache from Dignowity Kolaches. At $3.50 a piece, they aren’t something I’d splurge on every day but they’d be a nice treat. The barbacoa was a tad drier than normal but they also served the kolache with hot sauce, which I liked and thought enhanced the flavor of the barbacoa nicely. KOLACHE FACTORY

(.89-$2.50) are actually pretty damn tasty. We didn’t bother with regular flavors and instead opted for some of their less traditional offerings like the morning sausage and gravy, ranchero (ham, egg, cheese jalapeño and salsa), jalapeño popper, chicken enchilada and the kolache of the month, chorizo and egg. Aside from the head-scratching induced from trying to figure out how they get egg inside a kolache, most of these were winners. The ranchero (great for when you can’t decide between tacos and kolaches) was pleasantly spicy; the chorizo had a bit of cilantro in it for good measure; the sausage and gravy was travel-safe and the jalapeño popper was downright dreamy. Kolache Factory was able to deliver good fillings because their dough was pliable, but sturdy. The drive will keep me at bay, but they’re definitely worth the occasional trek.

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Friday, October 28 El Gourdo Pumpkin Porter Launch Party: There’s nothing basic about the 400 pounds of fresh Texas pumpkin and seasonal spices used in this autumnal brew. The guys at Busted Sandal will have plenty for you to sample with El Gourdo on draft, ice cream floats, special cask tappings, a costume contest and a food truck. No cover, 5-9:30pm, 7114 Oaklawn Drive, (210) 872-1486. Bards & Brew III: Poet Laureate of Texas Laurie Ann Guerrero will host local poets and breweries to the Guadalupanita Patio. Listen to spoken word from Amalia Ortiz, author of Rant. Chant. Chisme.; Jason “Shaggy” Gossard, PuroSlam National Champion; and Tony Polanco, author of Verses from the Diaspora while enjoy brews out of Freetail Brewing Co. $10, 7:30pm, the corner of El Paso and South Brazos Streets, (210) 271-3151. Harry Potter Halloween: The Boulevardier Group will honor the four houses of Hogwarts this Halloween weekend with themed drink specials at each bar (The Brooklynite, The Last Word, Rumble, Stay Golden), costumes, movies, games and a free shuttle because Harry’s Firebolt isn’t a viable option. No cover, 8pm, 516 Brooklyn Ave., (210) 444-0707. Saturday, October 29 Bootleg Simpson’s Pop-Up No. 2: You shouldn’t party on an empty stomach. Let the folks at Crossroads Kitchen fuel you up for a rowdy night out with the resurrection of the Krusty Burger, Tomacco grilled cheese and introduction of their new Kwik-E-Mart

chicken nuggets. Prices vary, 7 pm, 517 E. Woodlawn Ave. Risqué Masquerade Ball: Juniper Tar is turning down the lights and upping the wink factor with their first ever Halloween party. Enjoy a glass of black Champagne, and fret not about pesky dress codes or reservations. All are welcome to this spookfest. No cover, 9pm, 244 W. Houston St., (210) 229-1833. ▲ Halloween at Branchline: Start your Halloween weekend with a 5K Beer run, the launch of San Antonio Beer Zine’s fall issue and a brewpub exclusive stout. The festivities start at 2 p.m. with the launch of the Bexar Imperial Stout, a heady 9 percent ABV brew filled with roasted coffee and decadent chocolate flavors; the run at 4 p.m.; a 6 p.m. launch of the zine. $30 run registration at inspiredraceevents.com, 2-9pm, 3633 Metro Pkwy., (210) 545-3536. Sunday, October 30 Memories: Amaya’s Cocina will host chef Anez Vargas for an early Dia de los Muertos dinner. Vargas (Tapatio Springs, Dough Pizzeria, Tre Trattoria, Amaya’s, Hotel Emma) and Botika’s David Arciniega will feature a five-course dinner that combines chef’s experience in American-Italian kitchens with a hint of South Texas flair. The dinner will include a pan de hierbas; roasted sweet potatoes with cotija crema, crispy pancetta, dried cherries and cilantro; seared scallop and roasted chicken thigh with a sopa de maiz; arroz con leche brûleé with a pomegranate reduction; and a Grana Padano finale with cashew brittle and fig jam. $30, 5pm, 1502 E. Commerce St., (210) 265-5449.

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Holy shit folks. This election just keeps getting crazier (and more frightening) by the day. So in an attempt to play a little lighthearted game with an election that is occasionally too depressing to be fully serious about, we asked some local musicians to suggest a song that might represent this election cycle and their feelings on it. Naturally, their selections point to the dread, disgust, anger, disappointment, apathy, and hopelessness that characterize our collective stress levels at this point. Enjoy! Milli Mars Public Enemy, “Fight The Power” Succinctly put: “Because that’s exactly what we should be doing.” Nick Long of Lonely Horse Poison, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” In the spirit of this election season, Long chose something he hates: “I chose this song because it fucking sucks. And Trump and Hilary suck just as hard as this fucking

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lame ass, pathetic example of a hit song. Shit is weak.” Marc Smith of Mockingbird Express/Shiva’s Medicine Chest Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, “Plastic People” Smith explains his choice: “It starts out with a faux presidential address and talks about materialistic Nazis running the town. Seems pretty appropriate.” James Woodard of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy Brujeria - Raza Odiada (Pete Wilson) Woodard gave us this thoughtful response: “I feel really, really bad for my black and brown friends this year. I truly do. Like, holy shit, man. What a shit show. Something about fuckin’ Donny Trump really brings out the ‘racist uncle’ in crackers. What the fuck is wrong with white people? Anyways, this isn’t a new problem. ‘Raza Odiada’ tells the story of another racist piece of shit, this time a California good ol’ boy politician

named Pete Wilson (played/mocked here by patron saint Jello Biafra) spitting the same old vitriolic racist bullshit. It’s a cautionary tale to other Mexicans, (crudely) warning , The American Christ will be president - first wets - after mayates. Purely white or purely dead.” Alyson Alonzo Ozzy Ozbourne, “Crazy Train” From Alonzo: “The lyrics tell the most truth: I’ve listened to preachers I’ve listened to fools I’ve watched all the dropouts Who make their own rules One person conditioned to rule and control The media sells it and you live the role I mean come on. Also, for the record, fuck Trump. Fuck that guy and his tiny, pussygrabbing mittens.”

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Los Nahuatlatos > This self-described “Xica-no roots fusion” band is one of the low key gems of San Anto’s music

Grupo Frackaso > You had me at apocalyptic cumbia. Young SA outfit Grupo Frackaso makes cumbia music with punk energy, which the group gloriously dubs “apocalyptic cumbia.” While many of the band’s high-energy, original songs, as heard on its headtrip of a debut album Cumbiapocalyptica, follow the cumbia format mas o menos faithfully, the vocals and instrumental fury often propel the songs to the excruciating emotive tautness of thrash metal.

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▶ Mexrrissey > Hailing from Mexico City, a place that just might love Morrissey even more than South Texas, Mexrrissey is a Morrissey tribute band that reps the best kind of cultural fusion. The band’s website, full of funny Moz puns and the telltale signs of avid (rabid?) fandom, describes its sound as being “like a brass and string led combo from the smallest village with the biggest bleeding heart.” With its loving and expert new arrangements— holistic translations, if you will—and cast of expert musicians, this tribute band is far from a mere novelty, and really breathes fresh life, and familiar melodrama, into its interpretations. Las Tesoros de San Antonio > A group of elder stateswomen of San Anto’s rich musical history, Las Tesoros de San Antonio is Rita “La Calandria” Vidaurri, Beatriz “La Paloma del Norte” Llamas, and Blanca “Blanquita Rosa” Rodríguez. All hailing from el westside de SA, each of these women experienced local (and wider) individual success back in the 1940’s, 50s, and 60s. Now, you can catch all four of them together, performing their old school pop, conjunto, and proto-Tejano tunes in the heart of the city that they have helped shape.

Pochos Chidos > In a fresh take on an old form, SA group Pochos Chidos make instrumental, psychedelic cumbias using live instruments, as well as electronic sounds and beats. The five-piece produces tunes that feel surprisingly organic for partially electronic compositions. In the live setting—especially out on the Riverwalk at night—Pochos Chidos’ music takes on an all-consuming, meditative-dance vibe, situated somewhere between the ruminative space of an indigenous ceremony and the cathartic abandon of a night club scene. Muertos Fest feat. El Conjunto Nueva Ola, Los Nahuatlatos, Eva Ybarra y Su Conjunto, Siempre, Volcan, Femina-X, Grupo Frackaso (Saturday), Mexrrissey, Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Azul Barrientos, Pochos Chidos, Viva Las vegas (Sunday) Free, 10am-11pm Sat, Oct 29, 12pm-10pm Sun, Oct 30, Arneson River Theater, 418 Villita, (210) 207-8614, muertosfest.com.

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El Conjunto Nueva Ola > Mexico City’s El Conjunto Nueva Ola (ECNO), which translates to “the new wave ensemble,” does exactly what its name suggests. Incorporating elements of the cumbia and conjunto styles, along with new wave, rock, and even disco, ENCO fuses the old and the new in novel and fun ways. The band’s music includes some promising originals alongside impressive and wildly kinetic reworkings of a surprising variety of pop songs, like A-Ha’s “Take on Me” and Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself,” to name just a few.

scene. Combining hip-hop, reggae, ska, punk, and soul with conjunto, Son Jarocho, Latin jazz, Los Nahuatlatos presents a fiery, romantic (but never romanticized) vision of life, love, and struggle in South Tejas.

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Now in its fifth year, Muertos Fest at la Villita has grown into one of the most interesting and culturally vital festival experiences in town. While once in danger (at least in the United States) of being wholly subsumed by the capitalist Halloween juggernaut, Dia de los Muertos—a traditional, multi-day Mexican holiday for remembering the dead and praying for their spiritual journey in the afterlife—has enjoyed a stateside boon over the past decade or so, as Mexican-American communities rally around the preservation of their heritage. Here in our neck of the woods, there’s a plethora of fine events on or around Dia de Los Muertos (Oct 31-Nov 2) to celebrate the holiday, which incorporates indigenous ceremonial elements with certain aspects of the Catholic faith, to form a hybrid that everyone can observe in some way. It seems, however, that the two-day Muertos Fest, held on the grounds of La Villita, is perhaps the most complete and multi-faceted Dia de los Muertos event in town. Apart from altar contests, customary face painting, a Dia de los Muertos procession, workshops, live poetry from some of SA’s best wordsmiths, and tons of art vendors, festival-goers will be treated to a fantastic live music lineup. Like the event itself, the lineup is full of acts that both commemorate Mexican/Tejan@ heritage and explore new territory while employing elements of the familiar. Here’s a look at the acts we’re most excited to see:

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The Black Lillies The Black Lillies are a rowdy band of rolling stones from Knoxville, Tennessee. Crooning honky tonk tunes for the thinking man, the band is known for lighting up dusty southwestern bars and major music festivals alike. While the Black Lillies’ exuberant stage presence appeals to younger audiences, the easygoing fans of Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons also appreciate the group’s effortless integration of Appalachian twang and rollicking folk rock. Well-versed in the grit and grind of pioneers like Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds, the group remixes the hackneyed themes of stadium country into upbeat songs like “Hard to Please,” the titular track of the band’s latest studio album. Hit the rewind button on simpler times and cut a rug with the Black Lillies at 502 Bar. 8pm, $8-12, 502 Bar, 502 Embassy Oaks THU

Kishi Bashi (Of Montreal) Proclaim your undying love to a space traveler on the moon with the cinematic Kishi Bashi, a bona fide cool freak and founding member of the indie rock outfit, Jupiter One. After studying the fine art of scoring film at the Berklee College of Music, the maestro of electro-pop perfection lent a hand to Regina Spektor and Of Montreal before striking out on his own with 151a, his luminous solo debut in 2012. Kishi Bashi’s most recent release is last month’s Sonderlust, another radiant gem produced by Joyful Noise Recordings that features a cameo from spacey soul mate Kevin Barnes in “Hey Big Star.” Forged in the midst of an artistic crossroads, Sonderlust is straight from the heart, tackling the complexities of love and desire in what emerges as a thematic departure for the quirky composer. Kishi Bashi shoots for the stars with singer-songwriter Laura Gibson at Paper Tiger. 8pm, $15-63, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. Saint Mary’s FRI

Nina Diaz French writer and existential philosopher Simone de Beauvoir famously quoted in The Second Sex: “One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.” An established veteran of San Antonio’s indie rock scene, Nina Diaz deserves her reputation as a musical genius in the making. The critically acclaimed Girl in a Coma alumna is celebrating the release of her first solo album – The Beat is Dead – with a concert at the distinguished Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Deeply affecting, this latest album portrays the artist’s grueling journey toward sobriety through electrifying tracks that push the listener’s emotional extremes. Feel the sound and fury for yourself in darkly emotive head bangers like “Rebirth” and “Screaming Without a Sound.” In this rousing spectacle, Diaz’s seductive showmanship is sure to inspire fans, both new and old. 8pm, $15, The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Cir. FRI

▲ Mantra Love Anyone guilty of busting out their air guitar to festival headliners like Tame Impala needs to put Mantra Love on their buzzband radar. Thick with smoky layers of distortion and reverb, the lesser known group is a psychedelic trio that appropriately hails from Space City, U.S.A. Boasting a shrewdly crafted selftitled EP, the band has trekked across the country on dreamy walkabouts from Miami to Los Angeles with likeminded indie stoners such as Ringo Deathstarr, Ghostland Observatory and TV Girl. Just as mesmerizing as their former touring mates, the young dudes of Mantra Love compose soft swells of kaleidoscopic bliss in hypnotic tracks like “Howlin.” Who says the greasy Third Coast isn’t totally tubular? Mantra Love tunes in and drops out with local acts Urban Youth and 16 The Olympus at Imagine Books and Records. 8pm, $5, Imagine Books and Records, 8373 Culebra Sat

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Christian Bland and the Revelators The tastemakers and trendsetters of K23 Gallery are waking the dead this Halloween weekend with their devious Trip or Treat showcase. Christian Bland and the Revelators usher in the dark night with brooding beats and demonic drones. The group started as an independent project of the Black Angels’ guitarist, Christian Bland, a prolific shoegazer who founded Levitation (formerly known as Austin Psych Fest) alongside the SAT

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aptly named Reverberation Appreciation Society. Drenched with obscured vocals and heavy guitar riffs, Christian Bland summons supernatural vibrations in ominous tracks like “Black Crayon.” Drifting through the air like the wispy smoke of a burning cigarette, the song feels like a midnight drive through a sinister dreamscape. The synthy savants of Verisimilitude keep it real with Christian Bland at K23, the hotbed for live and local music in Beacon Hill. $7, 9pm, K23, 702 Fredericksburg

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