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Airstreams and Horse Trailers Are the Latest in SA’s Mobile Bartending Scene: “Uh, how can this be considered ANYthing but awesome?” – George Hooper Alan Warrick’s New Runoff Message – “I Will Do Better”: “If that’s your slogan then it’s time to move on. The people in your district deserve better. Perhaps the slogan should be, ‘I lack substance, but hey! Look at my sick bow tie!’ LOL.” – Juan Barrera Former Texas Officials Admits to Bribery Scheme With State Sen. Carlos Uresti: “The dirt always rises to the surface...” – Gary Hackworth One Firefighter Dead, Two Injured After Massive Shopping Center Fire: “RIP, brave firefighter and may God be with your family and with your firefighter brothers and sisters during this trying time. Know that you are in our prayers.” – Mart Castaneda City Officials Across Texas Call for ‘Summer of Resistance’ Against Sanctuary Cities Law: “We need to starve Austin and vote the bastards out.” – Jimmy James • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com

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COVER Alamo City Comic Con is back for Episode V, this year drawing inspiration from the 40th anniversary of the original Star Wars film. That means, in addition to the regular ACCC faves, this year includes a “Lone Star Wars” exhibition created by SA artist Lucas Dooley, a 30,000 Lone Star beercan paean to the influential sci-fi franchise. May the brew be with you. Cover art by Lucas Dooley Cover and art direction by Sarah Flood-Baumann

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Private Gain, Public Pain Indictment links SA lawmaker to private prison contract at scandal-plagued lockup for immigrants

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Alamo City Comic Con: Episode V Convention celebrates year five with all things Star Wars

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Jesus Manuel Galindo was supposed to serve 30 months at the Reeves County Detention Center after border guards caught him swimming across the Rio Grande to visit family in New Mexico. When he got to the sprawling West Texas prison complex, Galindo told the private prison guards who ran the place he had a history of epileptic seizures. When he complained he wasn’t getting the right anti-seizure meds, Galindo somehow wound up in solitary confinement. In letters to his mother, Galindo wrote that he was already having seizures in isolation and had begged guards not to leave him alone in his cell in case it happened again. Which it did, in December 2008, when Galindo suffered a grand mal seizure while alone in his cell at night. His body was already cold and showed signs of rigor mortis when guards found him the next morning. Inmates began setting fires to mattresses when they saw guards carting Galindo’s lifeless body out of his cell. The death ultimately sparked a full-blown riot as inmates took prison staff hostage, set fires across the complex and caused more than $1 million in damage (the Texas Observer dubbed it “The Pecos Insurrection”). A lawsuit the ACLU later filed against the facility on behalf of Galindo’s family listed Physicians Network Associates (PNA) as a defendant, alleging the for-profit company under contract for health care services at the detention center had denied inmates like Galindo even the most basic medical necessities. In an indictment unsealed last week, federal prosecutors accuse State Sen. Carlos Uresti of pocketing thousands of dollars over the past decade in a bribery scheme to ensure PNA and its “successor companies” kept that contract. Uresti’s alleged involvement in the Reeves County contract is one of two criminal cases against the longtime Democratic lawmaker that the feds unveiled this week. Another indictment accuses Uresti of profiting off what prosecutors call “an investment Ponzi scheme” involving FourWinds, a now-defunct company that tried to bank off the South Texas oil boom by selling frac sand to oil and gas drillers. An indictment in that case was pretty much expected after the FBI and IRS raided Uresti’s downtown law offices earlier this year (the Express-News

detailed Uresti’s involvement in the FourWinds debacle in an exhaustive story last year). The second case links Uresti to a private prison in West Texas that civil rights activists say has a track record of serious problems, including allegations of shoddy medical care. Uresti was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and money laundering alongside Vernon C. Farthing III, president of Physicians Network Alliance, a company Farthing’s father started in 1991 after working as a contract doctor in Lubbock’s county jail. According to the indictment, PNA submitted a proposal with Reeves County to run medical services at the detention center in 2005, around the time the county entered into talks with the federal Bureau of Prisons to house non-citizen inmates. The plan was to make Reeves into a so-called “Criminal Alien Requirement”” prison — the name for privately-run detention centers that contract with the feds to house low-risk immigrant inmates, most of whom, like Galindo, were simply caught crossing the border after having already been deported. After Reeves County secured the BOP contract in 2006, it was then up to county leaders to subcontract out the actual management of the prison to for-profit companies. That, according to federal prosecutors, is when Uresti got involved. The indictment unsealed last week claims that then Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo (no relation to Jesus Manuel) agreed to push the contract through commissioners court in exchange for kickbacks and the “promises of future payments” from the company. The feds allege that PNA hired Uresti, then a decade-long member of the Texas House who was running for his first state Senate term, as a “consultant” for “marketing services.” The feds claim that in reality, Uresti became the middleman for bribe money flowing to Galindo, who last week signed a plea deal with prosecutors agreeing to "fully cooperate" with their investigation into the contract. While PNA went through several iterations over the life of that contract (it was swallowed by something called Correctional Healthcare Companies in 2010 before that company merged with another called Correct Care Solutions, LLC in 2014), the feds allege that the company and its “successor companies” paid Uresti some $10,000 every month from September 2006 until September 2016. The indictment claims Uresti pocketed about half of that money and gave the rest to Galindo, who left offi ce shortly after the PNA contract was set in motion (we couldn’t reach Galindo for comment on Wednesday). When reached by phone, Farthing’s attorney, Cynthia Orr, flatly denied that he was involved in any bribery or money laundering scheme in order to secure or maintain PNA’s contract at Reeves. She also told us that Farthing hasn’t been an owner in the

company since it merged with another one in 2010. She did, however, acknowledge that Farthing remains an employee of the company’s latest iteration, Correct Care Solutions, which sent us a prepared statement declining comment and saying the company has “cooperated in full with the DOJ’s investigation and has given this matter its full attention.” Following his initial federal court appearance last week, Uresti told reporters he’s innocent of all charges against him. “I look forward to my day in court when all the facts come out and the truth and not just what’s been in the press,” he said, before heading back to the state capitol to finish out the remainder of the legislative session. Meanwhile, civil rights attorneys who closely monitor for-profit prisons are troubled that an investigation into one detention center’s contracts ended in bribery and money laundering charges against a sitting state senator. Carl Takei, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s National Prison Project, summed it up this way: “If the allegations in the indictment are correct, then people getting rich off this contract led directly to human suffering inside that prison.”

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Earlier this month, Mayor Ivy Taylor’s new campaign director told us Taylor was going to get “back to her roots” before the June 10 runoff election against Councilman Ron Nirenberg. Judging by the campaign’s most recent move, that apparently means the online trolling of her “liberal” opponent. Last Wednesday, the website LiberalRon. com started making the rounds in political circles on social media. The site loudly welcomes visitors with the gigantic words “Liberal Ron Nirenberg for Mayor” and features a fake news story chiding Nirenberg for supposedly fl ip-fl opping on a number of city issues. The story, complete with faux Nirenberg quotes, sprinkles in a few examples of the councilman’s shifting views on specific issues, like when he voted to approve the construction of the Vista Ridge Pipeline, a project that would funnel water from the Hill Country to San Antonio — that is, before he later raised concerns about what he calls serious changes to the contract. Or when Nirenberg supported the rezoning of the Mission Trails mobile home park to allow for the construction of a luxury apartment

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complex — and later, after learning of how the park’s tenants were negatively impacted by the decision, called it a mistake. The “Liberal Ron” website jokes that Nirenberg should change his slogan from “A city you deserve” to “My bad.” At the very bottom of the website, a note: “Pol Ad paid for by the Ivy Taylor for Mayor Campaign.” Colin Strother, Taylor’s new campaign strategist, told the Current that the campaign is “just trying to have a little fun” with the site and thinks it’ll bring a “breath of fresh air to politics.” A blurb posted at the bottom of the site telling readers to call a phone number and yell “FLIP FLOP” to get a discount on some sandals (get it?!). That number, of course, dials Nirenberg’s campaign headquarters. Is this the “breath of fresh air” San Antonio voters are looking for in local politics? The move seems fairly standard at this point. At the beginning of this mayoral campaign, Taylor’s camp bought the domain VoteRonSA. org (easily confused with Nirenberg’s VoteRonSA.com), which rerouted visitors to Taylor’s campaign page — prompting an anonymous person to do the exact same thing with VoteIvy.org and Nirenberg’s site (his campaign team claimed it wasn’t them, but

he’s admitted to similar stunts in the past.) This time around, however, the online trolling extends to Nirenberg’s progressive followers. The site uses textbook conservative caricatures of liberals to attack the councilman — like saying he’ll bring a “nanny state” to San Antonio, tank job production, and protect the environment. They even make a cringeworthy yoga reference (because making fun of a granola-loving lefty in yoga pants isn’t the laziest way to burn a liberal). Perhaps this is Taylor’s way of cementing herself as the “conservative” candidate after seeing North Side precincts that originally voted for her in the 2015 election swing toward Nirenberg this time around. It’s a tactic that certainly seems to clash with the message Taylor delivered at last week's mayoral debate, during which she touted her own “track record of building consensus.” “I have worked really hard to bring people together throughout the city to work with folks no matter their affiliation or background,” Taylor said, adding she’s been consistent in “seeking out folks across the political spectrum in order to get things done in San Antonio.” A day later, the campaign went live with LiberalRon.com.

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> Texas’ largest cities have been uniform in their opposition to a new state law they fear will extend the reach of federal immigration enforcement to local police departments. That was underscored last week when city council members in the state’s five big cities gathered in front of the capitol to call for a “summer of resistance” against Senate Bill 4, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law earlier this month behind closed doors. Leaders from Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin and El Paso warned of an oncoming tidal wave of litigation to challenge the law, which they fear will lead to racial profiling and drive immigrant communities into the shadows. Austin Mayor Steve Adler, whose city has been the main target of Gov. Abbott’s crackdown on so-called “sanctuary cities,” says he’s eager to bring the fight to the courts. “We’re anxious to get out of the political arena and into the courtroom,” he told reporters. “Our driving goal is to keep our communities safe, and we know from our public safety professionals and our police chiefs that Senate Bill 4 makes us less safe.” That bill, now set to go into effect September 1, essentially bars police departments in cities like San Antonio from enforcing policies that tell cops not to ask about immigration status in routine law enforcement encounters. The bill would force police departments and sheriff’s offices to obey routine requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to detain immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally (requests that immigration attorneys and even one federal court judge say are often flawed, fall below the legal standard of a warrant, and

are most likely unconstitutional). Police officials who don’t cooperate with the feds risk a Class A misdemeanor charge and steep fines under the law, which even applies to college and university campus police departments. Police chiefs across the state have told lawmakers they fear the measure will make immigrants less likely to report crimes and render their cities less safe. To highlight the concern, they point to Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, where the police chief says that already the number of Hispanics reporting rape is down 43 percent from last year, as is the number of Hispanics reporting other violent crimes (a 13 percent dip during that same timeframe). The day after Abbott signed the bill, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus publicly excoriated Texas lawmakers for failing to listen to the state’s top law enforcement officials. “There’s nothing positive that this bill does in the community or in law enforcement,” he said. “Austin didn’t seem to want to listen to its law enforcement leaders across the state. And that, to me, is troubling.” Amid the intense opposition from Texas’ biggest cities, state Attorney General Ken Paxton has already taken the unusual step of filing a pre-emptive lawsuit against Austin officials and civil rights organization MALDEF for being “publicly hostile to cooperating with federal immigration enforcement,” all in hopes of getting a court to declare the law constitutional and fend off any legal attack. (MALDEF general counsel Thomas Saenz in turn encouraged Abbott and Paxton to “seek treatment for an apparent problem with premature litigation.”) Since then, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Maverick County and

the city of El Cenizo, a tiny border town that is likely the state’s oldest “sanctuary city,” have sued in hopes of blocking the law and declaring it unconstitutional. Karla Perez, a master’s student at the University of Houston who is undocumented, says that she and other organizers with United We Dream plan to work with likeminded officials and nonprofits to drum up the kind of opposition to SB 4 that could lead to more public action over the law this summer. Already, there have been marches and sit-ins urging the governor to scrap the bill. “I have lived in Houston for most of my life,” Perez told reporters. “This is my home. I am here to defend it and I’m here to stay...It is time to take action in the streets, in the courts, and on the airwaves.” There could very well be more SB 4-related lawsuits on the horizon. San Antonio City Councilman Rey Saldaña, who represents the city’s south side and has been one of the loudest voice out of city hall decrying SB 4, told the Current that city leaders are still discussing what their options might be for challenging the law in court. Last week, he delivered this promise to fellow city leaders from Austin, Houston, Dallas and El Paso: “San Antonio stands shoulder to shoulder with you in vigorous opposition to SB 4 and we will be doing so in the courts.” The issue is a personal for Saldaña, whose father was undocumented for most of his childhood. “He’s told me about the immigration raids at work, what it was like to have to hide or run, to worry about whether you’d come home to see your kids,” Saldaña told us. “I can’t imagine what my life would have been like, whether I would have even graduated from high school, if things had turned out differently, if one day he suddenly wasn’t around.”

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Don’t worry. We haven’t fallen into some sort of space-time continuum—a San Antonio version of Kang the Conqueror’s Damocles Base or the Flash’s radioactive Cosmic Treadmill. Yes, the 5th Annual Alamo City Comic Con (ACCC) is about to take place only eight months after last year’s record-breaking event, but trust us when we say there won’t be any world-destroying warheads to dodge or black voids to avoid. And although it would be cool, no one is likely to increase their knowledge of the mystic arts by discovering a galactic wormhole this side of Highway 281. Then, why is this year’s ACCC some four months early? Instead of securing a date in September or October like it had since its inaugural convention in 2013, ACCC was forced to choose another weekend when the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center told founder and director Apple de la Fuente there just weren’t any dates available during those months, especially since the expanding convention needed more space. So, de la Fuente looked at the calendar and picked another—Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28—and told his team they would have to buckle down. “We decided to take on the challenge and make it happen,” de la Fuente said. “ACCC was always in the fall, but I think the growth of it surprised [the City]. The space that is needed surprised them.” ACCC attendance has increased every year since 2013. De la Fuente anticipates over 120,000 attendees this year. If that ends up an offi cial number, this would put ACCC third on the list of the largest comic-centric conventions in terms of attendance after the ones in San Diego and New York City. “It is a little surreal,” de la Fuente said. “I always think back to that first year and the chance I took. I wondered if people were even going to come out for it. It’s taken all of San Antonio for this to happen.”

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The original 1977 Star Wars film—now known as Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope—debuted at theaters on May 25, 1977. It’s “serendipitous” timing, said de la Fuente, since ACCC starts May 26. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film is a major component of this year’s ACCC festivities. This includes an art exhibition, “Lone Star Wars,” created by San Antonio artist Lucas Dooley. Using over 30,000 Lone Star beer cans and over 16,000 Lone Star bottlecaps, Dooley, 31, recreated an assortment of spaceships from

the Star Wars franchise, with a Texas twist. From 30 TIE fi ghters to X-wing and Y-wing Starfi ghters to an eight-foot-long Star Destroyer, Dooley spent over 450 hours building the pieces. Although he wouldn’t reveal all the models he is bringing to ACCC, Dooley said the exhibition would include “a very iconic piece that everyone is going to love.” “I can’t want to see everyone’s face when they see the work,” he said. “I want to see everyone smile.” Sharing his love of Star Wars , too, is

Star Wars love doesn’t stop at the artists displaying their work at ACCC. Celebrity guests this year include actor Ian McDiarmid, who plays the role of Palpatine (AKA the Emperor) in the sci-fi franchise, and 7’3" actor Peter Mayhew who plays everyone’s favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca. Other big Hollywood names on the docket include actor and semi-retired professional wrestler Dave Bautista, who has made a name for himself in the Marvel Universe as Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War; actor Val Kilmer ( Batman Forever, Tombstone); actress Karen Gillan ( Guardians of the Galaxy); actor Karl Urban ( Star Trek franchise); Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos ( Battlestar Galactica); actor Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight); and artist/writer/director Frank Miller ( Sin City).

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Hey, you guys! The star-studded lineup continues at ACCC with a trio of fascinating reunions taking place during the con. First, actors Corey Feldman (Mouth), Sean Astin (Mikey) and Ke Huy Quan (Data) will do a little treasure hunting when they reunite as the cast of the 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies .

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Canadian comic book artist James Raiz, who spent over 400 hours drawing a Star Wars tribute for the film’s anniversary. The intricate artwork will be on display at ACCC this year. “I drew this piece for only one reason,” Raiz said on a YouTube video documenting the seven-monthlong project. “I love Star Wars.” Along with Raiz, other comic book artists showing off their Star Wars-inspired artwork include Dave Dorman, Dan Panosian, Scott Harben and John Cassidy.

Rocky fans will rejoice when they see Dolph Lundgren (Drago) and Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) meet face to face in the convention center to reminisce about their Rocky IV days. A rematch 32 years in the making, perhaps? Finally, it might seem a bit incongruous for a comic con, but attendees will also get a chance to see the reunion of three cast members of the 80-90s hit TV series Cheers . In attendance: John Ratzenberger (Pixar voice actor), who played Cliff Clavin, the all-knowing mailman; George Wendt (da Bears), who played bar regular Norm Peterson; and Kirstie Alley who joined the cast in Season 6 as bar manager Rebecca Howe.

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Since organizers found out this year’s convention was going to have to be a few months earlier than usual, they decided to forgo the Alamo City Film Festival, which had run in conjunction with ACCC since 2015. In a statement on Facebook, ACFF organizers said they “were unable to properly program the festival” due to the date change. “I don’t ever want to do something that is not going to have my full, invested attention,” de la Fuente said. De la Fuente adds that the film festival could return as a stand-alone event later this year, or rejoin the ACCC in the fall of 2018.

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He probably won’t get a chance to drawing any ligers or hunt wolverines like his title character in the 2004 indie cult hit Napoleon Dynamite, but actor Jon Heder, 39, is ready to have a killer time nonetheless when he makes his first trip ever to San Antonio for the Alamo City Comic Con May 26-28. The Current caught up with Heder last week to talk about all things Napoleon, including his famous dance scene. When you think of San Antonio, Texas, what comes to mind? I think of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and (sings) “Deep in the heart of Texas!” When you do something as memorable as that, it’s like a big commercial for San Antonio. When did you realize Napoleon Dynamite was more than just a small indie film? We didn’t know when we were making it, but we certainly thought it had potential. We knew there were a lot of great one-liners in the movie. We would all sit around and daydream about the possibilities like, “They could make our characters into talking dolls or action figures!” I didn’t know it until after it came out on DVD, but even when it was out [at theaters], people were already quoting it. If social media was around in 2004, do you think Napoleon would’ve had a Facebook account? Oh, no. If he had a phone, it would’ve been a flip phone or something Uncle Rico sold to him for $100. He would’ve saved up all his money and then been like (as Napoleon Dynamite), “What?! You can get these for free on eBay?! What a rip off!” Do you consider it a blessing or a curse to be known for playing Napoleon? At the end of the day it’s a blessing. Because of it, I’ve been able to form a career. At the same time, when you do an iconic, cult film character, a lot of directors and producers are like, “Well, he’s that guy and it’s hard to see past that. It’s too distracting.” At the same time, it’s great to have something like that. I know actors who would kill for that. You are remembered for something—always. Do you still know the choreography to your dance scene? It was all improv—off the cuff. The dance wasn’t something I poured over or tried to perfect every little nuance. It sounds cheesy, but to do the Napoleon dance, all you have to do is dance from your heart. It’s less about dancing and more about the randomness of it. Have you ever tried to do the dance again in public? I tried to redo the dance, kind of, at my [10-year-old] daughter’s father-daughter dance at school earlier this year. I felt like a fool. I was trying to remember all these moves I came up with on the fly. Everyone was getting into it. She had fun—at least I hope so. Thirteen years later, where do you think Napoleon would be? What’s his job? Is he married with kids? He wouldn’t be married, but he would have one or two kids. He’d be single-dadding it because it didn’t work out. He’d be working in the food services industry and maybe still going to school to get his degree in marine biology. He would want to train sea lions. He’s into certain animals like that. Llamas, not so much.

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Political Party For an actor who has starred in movies where his characters have to dress in a big diaper and baby bonnet (Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo) or try to hump a goat (The Animal), comedian Rob Schneider can be a pretty serious guy—especially if politics gets into the conversation. While movie roles and voice work continue to be his go-to gigs (friend Adam Sandler still casts him in his projects), Schneider found a new voice on stage a few years after he returned to stand-up comedy in 2010. Instead of rehashing stories about his time on the set of The Waterboy, Schneider, who also stars in his own Netflix series Real Rob, started taking on some significant issues and has tried to give them his own humorous spin. “I talk about what’s going on in the world,” Schneider, 53, told the Current in a phone interview. “The way I approach politics is very different. Half of the act is me talking about what is happening in America right now and what I think about it.” Schneider will be performing at the Improv Comedy Club inside Rivercenter Mall from May 26-28, and

will also be at the Alamo City Comic Con on those same days. Away from the stage, Schneider has ventured into some polarizing topics. He is an outspoken critic of childhood vaccinations and during our interview called California governor Jerry Brown a “dipshit” for signing a new law that eliminates personal and religious belief exemptions on vaccinations. “The Democrats are the party to make fun of right now,” Schneider said. “But I make fun of [Donald] Trump, too. I think you have to hit both sides.” During his stand-up show, Schneider, who considers himself more of a conservative, promises to talk about everything from the attack on freedom of speech to the minimum wage hike to what’s going on in the White House. “I don’t want to force my opinion on people, but I think you have to challenge them and get them to laugh at the same time,” Schneider said. “I don’t want to call myself a contrarian, but I like to swim against the tide. Hitting things that are closer to the bone is more interesting than avoiding it.” sacurrent.com • May 24-30, 2017 • CURRENT 19

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◀ Even though her claws didn’t entirely come out on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Las Vegas showgirl Kimora Blac still got pegged as one of the villains of season nine — a designation some attribute to a reality TV pitfall tellingly dubbed the “villain edit.” Sure, she bitched about challenges involving sewing … and bedazzling a cheerleader costume (“I know how to sew 101. I just choose not to,” Blac later explained to Vulture), but she also revealed her softer side on the behind-the-scenes spinoff Untucked with an emotional speech that brought her Sin City cohort Farrah Moan to tears. Spinning influences from high-powered vixens Kimora Lee Simmons and Kim Kardashian West into a sexed-up, life-sized vision of Barbie, Blac sashayed away from Drag Race after failing to impress the judges with a glued-together, Tarzan-inspired “Banana Lady” princess costume on episode three (“Draggily Ever After”) but departed with surprising humility, appearing thankful not only for the high-profile experience but for something previously lacking in her life: real friends within the drag community. Rey Lopez Entertainment brings the busty blonde bombshell to Heat for two shows with solid local support from Tencha La Jefa, The Juniors, Alayna Marquez, Amerie Parker, Nilaya Milan Matthews and Sharkeisha Banks. $10-$25, reylopezentertainment.com. — Bryan Rindfuss 10:30pm & midnight, Heat Nightclub, 1500 N. Main Ave., (210) 386-4537, reylopezentertainment.com

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Back for its 36th year, the Tejano Conjunto Festival, presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, is gearing up for what’s looking like a pretty impressive event. The festival will include performances from 30 of the most popular conjunto musicians, including Grammy-winning accordion hero Flaco Jiménez and his son Santiago Jiménez Jr. The annual celebration expects to draw more than 5,000 conjunto music lovers from across Texas, the U.S., Mexico, and beyond. “I am honored to take on the tremendous task of filling the shoes of festival founder Juan Tejeda, who brought conjunto music to the forefront with this event,” said Cristina Ballí, executive director of the Guadalupe. Ballí recently made a significant impact statewide as executive director of Texas Folklife, the Austin-based organization designated by the National Endowment for the WED-SUN Arts to preserve and present the diverse cultures and living heritage of the Lone Star State. Some of this year’s TCF highlights include a presentation Tejano of new inductees into the Conjunto Music Hall of Fame at a special gala event, a free seniors conjunto dance and the opportunity to win a topof-the-line Hohner accordion. $5-$40; Accordion Wars: 7pm Wed, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St.; Hall of Fame Gala: 6pm Thu, Conjunto Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St.; Festival: 5:30pm-midnight Fri, 1-10pm Sat-Sun, Rosedale Park, 303 Dartmouth St.; (210) 271Festival 3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — Chris Conde SPECIAL EVENT

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“If you don’t want anything, you won’t have anything. If you don’t have anything, you’re nothing, may as well be dead. You’re not even a citizen of the United States,” says the gruff customer Wanda hangs around with. “I guess I’m dead then,” she replies. Barbara Loden made this absorbing, largely improvised 1970 odyssey through low-rent America that’s like little else of the era, though it bears comparison to Bob Rafelson’s Five Easy Pieces and the films of John Cassavetes. Just when you think it’s a slice of life about a tuft of female flotsam without prospects, a quietly melodramatic turn launches Wanda into the rich tradition of films about couples on the lam, perhaps the only one with a woman’s point of view. Loden’s only feature has secured her reputation as one of America’s most admired women filmmakers, but it surprisingly flies under the radar and never surfaced on video. The McNay screens the hidden gem in conjunction with its Get Reel Film Series, which dedicates its summer programming to American women in 1970s cinema. Free, 7pm, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. — Michael Barrett COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX

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FILM From its big red lips and ripped fishnets to its Frankenstein-inspired plot and rock opera soundtrack crawling with earworms, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the ultimate cult classic and — thanks to the fact that it’s still in “limited release” — boasts the longest theatrical run in cinema history. Making its first appearance in the form of a successful 1973 musical that playwright/actor Richard O’Brien developed in London amid a glam-rock backdrop, Rocky Horror failed to wow critics upon its translation to the big screen in 1975 — but found its audience the following year when it was reintroduced as a midnight movie that sparked audience participation (in New York, San Francisco and eventually … everywhere) as irreverent, unpredictable and bizarre as the film itself. Set aboard a spacecraft disguised as a Victorian mansion in the woods, the film stars Tim Curry as a “sweet transvestite” with moves like Jagger and a hand-crafted boy toy he’s ready to reveal to a motley crew of incognito aliens, misfits and squares (O’Brien himself nearly steals the show as the extraterrestrial butler Riff Raff). Now four decades strong, the cultural phenomenon lands on the Aztec screen in a special engagement hosted by the Rey Lopez Entertainment showgirl trio The Juniors. $6.50-$22, 10pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — BR

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Billed as a “holistic fair with something for everyone,” Mystic Market promises to be a swell Saturday destination for new-age hippies, folks seeking natural/alternative paths to mental and physical wellness, and curious bystanders alike. Kicking off with a drum circle, the pop-up marketplace will feature intuitive and clairvoyant readings, Reiki practitioners and advisors, opportunities for massages and refl exology therapy, crystals, a host of artisan vendors, tarot, aura, and chakra readers, numerology consultants and more. Even if you’re not well-versed in the fi ner points of these esoteric concepts and practices, surely everyone can get behind the idea of each person fi nding their “highest good.” All you need to bring is an open mind and some dinero, preferably proportional to the exact amount of healing and/or self-discovery you’re looking to pursue. Free, 11am-5pm, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, brickatbluestar.com. — JC SAT

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▲ Denver-based Chicano rappers Dem Ese Boyz make their San Antonio debut on Memorial Day weekend as part of the fourth annual Latinos Unidos Block Party. The show is a Texas homecoming for brothers Mr. Bell County and Hi-Fidelity, who are featured prominently on the group’s solid first album, Never Left. Backed by polished beats from producer Ceez Major, fellow emcees Ovni and SoDenCo offer a fresh take on the crew’s Latin rap leanings, with Ovni’s Spanish flows adding heft to standout tracks including the titular “Never Left.” Citing UGK, SPM and Nas as influences, Dem Ese Boyz offer a motivated mix of Chicano rap tropes with aspirations toward tighter lyricism, minus the posturing. Any squad that samples Gene Wilder from Young Frankenstein has to be pretty lit. Free, noon-6pm, Tha Westside Spot, 1401 SW 19th St., (713) 296-0611, facebook.com. – M. Solis

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Mexican Cultural Institute celebrates a fantastical folk art tradition with a small exhibition of alebrijes — sculptures fusing elements of myriad animals. Free, 9:30am-6pm WednesdayFriday, 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday, 9:30am-6pm Monday-Tuesday; Mexican Cultural Institute, 600 Hemisfair Plaza, (210) 227-0123.

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Dada movement and Pop Art, the City of San Antonio’s group show “MetaDada: High Art for the POPulace” showcases 11 accomplished locals — Ana HernándezBurwell, Michael Menchaca, Kelly O’Connor and David “Shek” Vega to name a few. Free, 8am-5pm Wednesday-Friday, 8am-5pm Monday-Tuesday; Plaza de Armas, 115 Plaza de Armas, (210) 207-1435.

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Stop, a famous jest of human relationships. Penned in 1955 by playwright William Inge, Bus Stop is a romantic comedy about a group of strangers stranded overnight in a Kansas diner. With a blizzard threatening road conditions, five passengers unexpectedly find themselves sharing a small dinner with three locals with big personalities. $10-$25, 8pm FridaySaturday, 3pm Sunday; Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 589-8450.

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you never knew” comes to life on stage in the Vex’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher — Rick Elice’s adaptation of the best-selling children’s novel. Billed as a “swashbuckling grownup prequel to Peter Pan,” the play employs a cast of 12 to portray more than 100 characters. $16-$22, 7:30pm Thursday, 8pm Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday; Sheldon Vexler Theatre, 12500 NW Military Hwy., (210) 302-6835.

outdoor screening of Richard Linklater’s 2005 Bad News Bears reboot starring The Last Days of Oscar Wilde Having Billy Bob Thornton as an alcoholic pestrecently moved into its new home on removal worker who becomes a little Bandera off Loop 410, the award-winning league coach determined to turn his team Overtime Theater is digging into the of 12-year-old misfits into champs. Free, foreshortened life of Oscar Wilde, a 8pm Saturday; Hemisfair Park, 434 S. playwright, poet and critic who had two Alamo St., (210) 212-9383. sons with his wife Constance Lloyd, struck up a homosexual affair with Lord Alfred Casablanca Texas Public Radio kicks off Douglas (aka “Bosie”), was sentenced to the 2017 edition of its Cinema Tuesdays two years of hard labor and died broke in a film series by celebrating the 75th Paris hotel at age 46. $10-$15, 8pm Fridayanniversry of director Michael Curtiz’s Saturday; The Overtime Theater, 5409 1942 classic following a cynical, worldBandera Road, (210) 557-7562. weary ex-patriate (Humphrey Bogart) who runs a nightclub in WWII-era Morocco and gets distracted by an old flame (Ingrid Bergman). $15 suggested donation, 7:30pm Tuesday; Palladium Imax, 17703 I-10 W., (210) 614-8977.

Message to The People: A Story of Malcolm X When local cultural activist

Aundar Martin decided he wanted to present his message of “black pride, selfreliance and human rights” through the art of cinema, he decided to adapt his 2011 stage play Message to the People: A Story of Malcolm X into an independent film. Martin portrays the late Muslim minister and human rights activist in both the play and the film, which is directed by Born Logic Allah. $12-$25, 7pm Sunday; Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 560-1733.

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Lowery’s touching story of an orphaned boy who lives in the woods with a magical dragon. Free, 8pm Saturday; Dawson Community Center, 2500 E. Commerce St., (210) 212-9373.

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stages a production of Greg Kotis’ comedic story of socio-economic oppression, capitalism, corporate greed and the individuals willing to fight for freedom of urination. $12-$42, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

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Rocha leads a workshop focusing on utilizing personal experiences to express authentic, accessible portrayals of humanity through poetry. Attendees are asked to bring an original poem that reflects the writer’s reality, along with something to write on, something to write with and an open heart and mind. Free, 6-8pm Thursday; Movement Gallery, 1412 E. Commerce St., (210) 299-2666.

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punchy writing and a brutally honest comic style, New York-based New Orleans native Mark Normand has made numerous TV appearances (Last Comic Standing, Inside Amy Schumer, Conan) and landed Texas Salsa Festival The San Antonio on Esquire’s list of “Best New Comedians” Current’s inaugural Texas Salsa Festival in 2012. $16, 8pm Thursday, 8pm & promises samples from an array of area 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 7pm Sunday; restaurants, individuals and commercial Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW brands, food and drinks for purchase, Loop 410, (210) 541-8805. live music from Volcán, Mariachi Nuevo Estilo and Pochos Chidos, and kidRob Schneider Let’s try to forget that time friendly activities. Free, noon-6pm Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider lent Saturday; Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo his voice to the titular polar bear in Norm St., (210) 227-0044. of the North — one of the worst animated films in recent memory — and also starred "Whales: Giants of the Deep" Developed in Adam Sandler’s equally God-awful Netflix by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa comedy The Ridiculous Six. Hell, besides Tongarewa, this immersive, hands-on the “makin’ copies” dude Schneider played exhibit employs an engaging blend of during his four-year SNL run, a cameo in science, storytelling and interactive a 1996 episode of Seinfeld and his role galleries to shed light on the latest in Home Alone 2, let’s forget most of his research about marine animals — from career. But stand-up is a different art form, their evolution and biology to the so maybe he’ll surprise us. $27.50-$37.50, important role they play in human 8:30pm Friday, 7:45pm & 10pm Saturdaycultures. $11-$20, 10am-5pm WednesdaySunday; Improv San Antonio, 849 E. Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-5pm Commerce St., (210) 229-1420. Monday, 10am-8pm Tuesday; Witte

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Free, opening reception 6-8pm (artists’ talk at 7pm) Thu, May 25. On view noon-5pm Wed-Sun through Aug. 27. Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900, artpace.org.

> Sometimes the timeline of planning, researching and executing a complex art exhibition aligns in such way that it seems as if the artist was a soothsayer who knew exactly how the last few years would play out. Such is the case with two new exhibitions at Artpace, both by Germanborn artists based in San Antonio. Certainly immigration and borders have been ever-present issues (especially in Texas), but in the last few years, the refugee crisis in Europe, ascension of Trump, calls for a 2,300-mile wall along the entire Mexican-American border, and the unleashing of an emboldened border security apparatus and nativist department of justice, render these two exhibits especially timely. In the Hudson Showroom, Sabine Senft’s “Borderline Reality” is an ambitious, multifaceted work. Working with a grant from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio, Senft created several interlocking pieces. Like solar

flares or volcanic eruptions, gold “surges” conjure the migratory surges flowing into Europe. Each of the surges is adorned with a piece Senft found from border camps of migrants trying to enter the U.S. — a key whose purpose is unknown, a coil, a latch. Photographs of tire “drags” in Warholian colors (Senft’s family owned a tire shop while she was growing up in Germany) reflect the latticed treads of the tires. Border agents use these tire drags to create tread imprints to capture the footprints of migrants attempting to cross the border. A river of candy shaped like the Rio Grande will wind through “Borderline Reality,” symbolizing the “sweet life” migrants are seeking when they risk their lives to cross borders. The centerpieces of the show are the stone “sentinels” meant to resemble the watch towers of the border. Senft sourced the large stones from the border noting: “Geologically, it is the same on both sides of the border.”

In Artpace’s Main Space (previously known as Window Works), Doerte Weber’s “Checkpoint” simulates the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico by weaving massive tapestries of thick cotton and plastic newspaper bags (from the San Antonio ExpressNews and The New York Times). Weber grew up going through the checkpoints of the Berlin Wall and felt the experience was akin to an animal becoming caged. The tapestries stretch 15 feet to the ceiling, not quite the 20 feet of the actual walls but approximating their looming intimidation. The tapestries are not connected and swing freely, inviting viewers to walk between them and iterating the intrinsic porousness of any borders and the impossibility of a secure wall. The translucent bags between the cotton alight in the afternoon sun, and like the candy river in Senft’s “Borderline Reality,” suggest an enticing new world on the horizon.

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SAIL AWAY Pirates has officially outstayed its welcome

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Okay, make it stop. This amusement-park ride has gone on long enough. I adored the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy: they were smart, fun popcorn flicks that worked as clever updates on the classic Hollywood swashbuckler. I tolerated 2011’s On Stranger Tides because it still had hints of what made the original trilogy great. No such luck here. With this, the uncalled-for fi fth chapter in the franchise, Pirates has offi cially outstayed its welcome. Dead Men Tell No Tales is a cacophony of CGI spectacle that assails the senses but forgets to give us a reason to care about the people caught in the middle of it. It is pandemonium, and incredibly boring. It is full of the supernatural, but it has no magic. POTC 5 does avoid one of the signature problems of blockbusters of recent vintage, in that so few of them seem interested in crafting something new for our eyes to behold when it comes to tossing people and vehicles and buildings around in ways that are meant to be exciting. A lot of the action we witness here isn’t like anything we’ve seen before... yet almost none of it actually entertains, like a joke with a great setup and an unfunny punchline. One early sequence involves a bank robbery by Jack Sparrow and his crew that goes very badly wrong, and it should be absolutely hilarious. But it falls completely flat. It’s loud and kinetic and crashy, but it has no pizzazz whatsoever. Directors

Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg aren’t only new to the Pirates series, they’re new to big-budget FX extravaganzas, and it shows. But lackluster action takes a backseat, problemwise, to lackluster characters. One big flaw of On Stranger Tides is that Jack Sparrow was missing the Bones and Spock to his Kirk, the Ron and Hermione to his Harry, which he’d previously had in Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner and Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Swan. A bigger flaw in POTC 5 is that the new sidekicks Jack (Johnny Depp) gets saddled with are incredibly dull both separately and together. Brenton Thwaites, as Will’s son Henry, and Kaya Scodelario, as woman of science Carina, share one expression between them -- a slackjawed, dead-eyed befuddlement -- some cringeworthy banter, a painful lack of chemistry, and one of the least convincing onscreen romances ever. POTC 5 cannot escape another problem of the 2010s blockbuster: too much plot. Screenwriters Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio seem to think that more is better, but it’s just more, and in this case, the story’s attempt to fi nd footing is confusing, convoluted, and crammed with too many characters. Jack, Henry, and Carina are all seeking a mythical object called the Trident of Poseidon, which is said to break all curses of the sea. Henry needs it to free his father, cursed in POTC 3 to endless service on the Flying Dutchman.

Jack needs it because pirate hunter Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) – whom Jack long-ago condemned to a sort of zombie-sailorhood -- has vowed revenge. And Carina needs it because... well, that’s never entirely clear, but it has something to do with “Galileo’s diary,” which she inherited from her unknown scientist father. (It doesn’t seem as if Galileo could have had anything to do with the book, and as labrythine as the plot is, it fails to account for the diary’s presence here.) And Jack’s old frenemy Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) is also hanging around, for completely unnecessary reasons until a ridiculously contrived reason for him to be present pops up, so he has to be shoehorned into the story. As torturous as the writing is, it’s also lazy, with abuse passing as wit and coincidence as fate. Worse, it doesn’t even seem to appreciate the balancing act that the previous films managed to pull off, in making pirates romantic and heroic and making us forget that in reality, pirates are cowardly brutish criminals. For here, it’s really difficult to accept Salazar as a villain: he is portrayed here as an honorable Spanish naval captain whose mission was to clear the seas of the scourge of pirates. And it’s really difficult here to accept Jack as someone we should feel any sympathy for: Jack is cruel to his friends, comes across as stupid rather than cunning, and lacks all the crafty charm he once had. We should be rooting for Salazar, and mostly I was.

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What’s in a name? For beer drinkers and makers alike, a name can mean the difference between selling your product or a legal shitstorm. Freetail Brewing Co. famously received a cease and desist letter from Oregon’s Steelhead Brewing Company asking the local brewery to stop using the term Hopasaurus Rex in 2012. Owner Scott Metzer happily acquiesced to not using the name, but only after replying with a hilarious letter bearing a white flagwaving T-Rex. Earlier this year, in a controversial move to limit the amount of offensive labels and beer names, the Brewers Association added new code guidelines that asked beers not “contain sexually explicit, lewd or demeaning brand names, language, text, graphics, photos, video or other images that reasonable adult consumers would find inappropriate for consumer products offered to the public.” Those that don’t comply will essentially be judged more harshly if entered into the World Beer Cup or Great American Beer Festival awards. Even that couldn’t have prepared Mike Holt, owner of Weathered Souls, the latest brewery to hit the northside, for the letter he received this March. After applying to patent and trademark one of their yearly brews, the dry-hopped blonde ale known as Malterial Girl in September, the brewery seemed to have attracted the attention of a certain pop star — or at least the lawyers who represent her brand.

In its opposition filing, MG Icon LLC, which manages trademarks for Madonna, alleged the beer would create confusion. For those that weren’t big pop fans in the ’80s, "Material Girl" was featured in Madge’s second album Like a Virgin , and was released in early 1985, ultimately reaching the No. 2 spot in the Billboard Hot 100. “I have a few patents on things,” said Holt, who has a manufacturing background, “but I never had to use a lawyer. I would talk to the owners.” Obviously, that’s not an option. For the time being, Holt and Weathered Souls are trying to finalize a coexistence agreement between themselves and MG Icon, which would allow them to use the name. He doesn’t expect to hear back for another few weeks. “It was exciting to realize somebody took notice,” Holt said. Holt’s taken the opposition filing and subsequent legal matters in stride, even with the brewery being all of six months old. After opening in mid-November, Holt, and master brewer Marcus Baskerville, along with small sales and brewing teams, are getting into their groove. New small-batch beers are released every Thursday and flights are finally available as of a few weeks ago, with the flight boards made using a discarded barrel. Their first canned product, a BA Cavernous stout aged in Remy barrels with cocoa nibs, Madagascar

Trademark woes aside, northside’s latest brewery is gaining ground

vanilla beans and cinnamon, was released last Friday. And San Antonio is growing more familiar with the brand as it's currently found in more than 40 taps around town. Impressive when you consider Weathered Souls is currently self-distributing and is cautiously launching Austin sales. Their top-selling beer so far is the Mexican lager, cheekily dubbed Dalé Shine, brewed specifically with San Antonio’s palates in mind. Still, Baskerville’s brewing imagination is a force that doesn’t hesitate to release a few stouts mid-May, or use hard-tosource ingredients such as green Korean plums. All of which will soon have something to be paired with besides beer. “In a few weeks, we’ll be able to answer the second most common question we get,” Holt said. That of course is whether Weathered Souls offers food. “The kitchen’s back there, we just needed to find someone who could execute.” For now, the 11,000 square feet of shared space (they cohabitate with Ferra Coffee roasters), is helping them manage their growing pains — all brewing has been doubled to keep up with demand from accounts, and a kettle sour program is giving way to a more robust and official system he hopes will be in place by year’s end. Weathered Souls is making it work — Madonna’s attorneys aside.

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Ex-teen heartthrob Corey Feldman, known for his work in The Goonies , Stand by Me, and Lost Boys , is gracing San Antonio with his presence on May 26 with a stop on his awkwardly-titled “Angelic to the U.S. Summer Tour.” That’s because the has-been actor has somehow managed to turn his apparent midlife crisis into an unlikely music career. Unfortunately, Feldman’s swerve into music has been more goony than dreamy lost boy. The “outsider artist” managed to get mainstream attention and headlines, albeit somewhat mockingly, via his now infamous Today Show performance. Feldman came out backed by an all-female band of “angels” he’s adopted into his life, an almost cult-looking group centered around their former child star demi-god. “Corey’s Angels,” as he calls them, dress in lingerie and live with Feldman in his “Feldmansion.” After occasionally making news for, say, an infamous string of house parties at said Feldmansion or the

semi-viral “success” of his very strange music video “Ascension Millennium,” the ‘80s star made his mainstream return on ABC’s Celebrity Wife Swap in 2015. A year after that, Feldman busted the typical middle-aged comeback format when he performed on the Today Show to support his new album, Angelic 2 the Core. As you might expect would happen when a former child star dressed as a Michael Jackson impersonator and backed by low-budget Victoria’s Secret angels decides to go on live TV, Feldman’s performance of “Go 4 It” quickly went viral. After several weeks of ridicule, Feldman returned to Today Show’s open (and ratings thirsty) arms for another shot with “Take a Stand,” a breezy, trying-hardto-be-a-political protest anthem against negativity. It was another dull-sounding generic version of a pop song — surprisingly, one of the less aurally offensive efforts off Feldman’s new double LP. In fact, Angelic 2 the Core has a theme: the bulk of the songs start with Charlie’s Angelsinspired skits that start to sound

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more like a softcore porn plot than concept album. The music, which Feldman has described as “angelic funkadelic”, is basically just generic party music. It isn’t necessarily the random dubstepinspired wubs or Garage Band-quality beats that make the album hard to take seriously, but rather the faux-inspirational lyrics sung by Feldman’s raspy and sometimes goblin-like voice combined with the backing of his angel choir. I can’t imagine any dance club DJ out there wants to spin Feldman’s productionnightmare duets with Fred Durst. But Feldman seems to be selling more spectacle than music anyway. In a press release for his upcoming San Antonio performance, he promises “the world’s most Beautiful and Angelic backing band ever created.” He says he’ll play all the “wellknown hits” off his album, along with covers from soundtracks of films he’s starred in — so maybe we’ll get to see Feldman stumble through something off the Lost Boys soundtrack. Friday, May 26, the Korova, 107 E Martin St, (210) 226-5070

MADE OF MAGIC Meet Amea, the newest R&B addition to SA’s music scene

> You know that feeling you get when you discover music that’s so good you’re torn between either jumping on Facebook to share your found treasure or keeping it to yourself like you’re Gollum from The Lord of The Rings whispering “my preciousss”? Amea, which is an acronym for the full name Ayanna Moriah-Eliza Allen, released a six-track EP called Baggage Claim last year and has basically produced those complex aforementioned feelings inside me. For only having three actual songs to listen to on this collection of music (the other three are a skit, intro, and outro), the 24-year-old R&B singer proves that three songs is all she needs to let you know that she’s made of magic. Born in Oklahoma, Amea grew up in Ohio but eventually moved to Plano, Texas where she graduated high school. The singer told the Current she got her taste for performing through singing in church and playing violin and snare drum in school before moving to San Antonio in 2013 to attend UTSA. Now in a graduate program studying sociology, Amea has been breaking into the regional music scene with a sprinkling of local shows as well as two official South By Southwest showcases this past March. Even though Baggage Claim came out almost a year ago, the rich quality of the engineering combined with Amea’s lush vocals make for a blend of R&B that doesn’t sound like it’s local at all. If any of the tracks showed up on the radio next to artists like Kehlani or J. Cole, the stuff Amea’s putting out would hold up. Maybe that sounds like a stretch to you, but that’s what happens when your EP is produced by former WZKD and Milli Mars collaborator CJ Stephens, who for the last few years has been a professional songwriter and producer for Sony/ATV publishing. “I went to her (Amea’s) Soundcloud and said who the hell is this,” Stephens tells the Current. He says that once he found Amea’s music, he couldn’t stop listening to it and eventually contacted the singer to collaborate. From the bounciness of “Foolish” to the chilled out “High” (which is the perfect track to add to your road trip mix, btw), Allen’s vocal performance throughout Baggage Claim is nothing short of remarkable. With an upcoming show at Paper Tiger with “Selfish” singer PNB Rock, a tour to kick off in July and more music in the works, Amea might end up being your new favorite R&B singer sooner than you think.

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Of all the second generation post hardcore bands to emerge during the late aughts, Emarosa was at the top of the game. For a blend that matches emotional boy-band melodies with glittery sounding guitar riffs, the Kentucky based four-piece have managed to stay true to their roots and have garnered a solid band fan base. Former vocalist Jonny Craig could sing the shit out of some high-pitched melodies, but that certainly didn’t make up for the alleged heroin use, internet scams, and sexual harassment reports that have followed him through his career. If you were a scene kid at all during the heyday of Dance Gavin Dance and Circa Survive, you most likely know what I’m talking about. Which probably explains the Emarosa’s decision to kick him out of the band in 2010. Since Craig’s departure though, founding members ER White, Jordan Stewart and the rest of the band continued to carve their own place in post hardcore, and with their latest release, 131, the quartet prove they’re doing just fine without him. With Chapel, 6pm $13-$15, Jack’s Patio Bar, 3030 Thousand Oaks — Chris Conde WED

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The only thing that made last year’s way-overhyped Suicide Squad movie worthwhile was Kehlani’s KEHLANI break-out song “Gangsta” (Fight me, Batman fans). From start to finish, it’s a banging R&B track 25 that showcases Kehlani’s sultry self as she exhales crisp melodies over the rise and fall of a shape-shifting trap beat. Earlier

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this year, the Oakland-based singer released her sophomore effort SweetSexySavage, which was a dynamic blend of ‘90s R&B and contemporary pop. The thing with Kehlani is that she’s not some manufactured product packaged by record company executives. She’s actually lived a challenging life and has had to put in work to get to where she is now. “I literally remember having to wash my underwear in the shower and blow-drying them... and I’m banned from [a few] grocery stores from stealing stupid groceries just to eat,” she told the Los Angeles Times in an interview earlier this year. Despite overcoming the obstacles life has thrown her way (which she references in her lyrics), Kehlani is proving to be a new favorite for fans of R&B. With Ella Mai, Jahkoy, Noodles, 8pm, $25 (Sold Out), Alamo City Music Hall, 1305 E. Houston St. — CC

Vapure, a hookah lounge and yet another bright spot in San Antonio’s (happily) flourishing DIY music venue landscape, is hosting a swell show that includes travelling acts Jake Dromgoole and Aztec, and newcomer on the local scene Sky Ark. The fourth act on the bill, however, is the one that we are most excited to catch: Saturn Skies. The SA duo, comprised of Darian Thomas (also of Femina-X, The Foreign Arm) and Robert Wilson, was formed when both members were music students at the University of the Incarnate Word. In March, Saturn Skies released its dynamic and eclectic debut album Magenta. The duo’s sound, which should be quite interesting to catch live, is avant-garde pop meets oddball R&B meets an off-kilter take on experimental electronic music. The result is music that is light on limber legs yet labyrinthine, music that seems to reveal itself anew each time you return to it. Check out the album at saturnskiesart.bandcamp.com. $5.00, 7:00pm, Vapure Lounge, 5431 Grissom Rd, (210) 455-8568, vapuresa.com. — James Courtney FRI

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ANTS, PORRIDGE FIST If you ask us, Ants and Porridge Fist are two of San Antonio’s best young bands, each with its own distinct way of plumbing the depths of heavy, experimental rock music. Ants, led by Sam Tussing, makes shit-fi, shoegaze, sludge rock with absurdist extrapolations. Porridge Fist, led by Jacob Gonzalez (who also plays with Ants), has a similar sonic palette, rife with righteous riffage and churning underbelly muck, but journeys more into the weirdo-pop spectrum. Quite FRI

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appropriately, the band has been known to refer to its sound as dream-thrash, which may seem a practical oxymoron— until you hear Porridge Fist yourself. The two bands are joined on this bill by Dane Rousay’s other-other jaunt (he’s also a talented composer/solo percussionist and member of The Freebiez) Jejune Stars, as well as Psalms and Food Group. $5.00, 8:00pm, Imagine Books and Records, 8373 Culebra Rd, (210) 236-7668, imaginebookstore.com. — JC

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Piñata Protest, San Antonio’s favorite Tejano-punk band, has been making waves nationally (and even internationally) for several years now. In fact, the hard working, hard touring crew, led by squeezebox murderer and firebrand performer Alvaro del Norte, has played far more shows outside of SA than inside over the past year or so. Fresh off a national tour with Brujeria, Alvaro and the boys are wasting no time getting back at it. On Friday, catch the electric and frenetic SUN

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The year is 1998. I’m a closeted gay eighth grader who loves bands like System of a Down and Rage Against The Machine. (I’m also 13 years old and living in Florida. Come at me, hipsters.) Godsmack’s “Voodoo” and “Keep Away” are in heavy rotation on the radio, and, basically, I’m in love with Sully Erna and his beautiful tattooed face. Since crushing hard on the nu-metal frontman (who was obviously influenced by Metallica’s Kirk Hammett), Godsmack’s fame continued to grow until the eventual dip in popularity the nu-metal genre took towards the mid 2000s. Maybe because they rose to mainstream success before the age of Napster and stuck to the formula that has clearly worked for them since the beginning, Godsmack has maintained its surprisingly large fan base throughout the band’s two-decade stint. With a new album slated for release in 2018, which Erna says is to commemorate their eponymous debut record, the Boston-based quartet has cemented their place in alt-rock, nu-metal stardom. With Everyone, 12pm, $49.50-$85, AT&T Center, 1 AT&T Center Pkwy. — CC SAT

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Drawing inspiration from Chilean punk to Colombian rock and even Nirvana, Mon Laferte is as dynamic as the range of artists who have influenced her. Born Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte, the multi-instrumentalist began studying music early on and entered Viña del Mar, a musical conservatory in Chile, at only 13 years old. Performing covers in local dive bars shortly after, Laferte eventually moved to Mexico City and started working on the sound that most of her fans are familiar with today – a blend of indie rock, latin horns and rockabilly. In 2016 she was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album at the Latin Grammys for an album that she apparently recorded in her house that had no electricity, as she explained to Billboard in an interview, “I recorded this album in my house. Actually, I had no power at that time because I didn't have money to pay the bill”. She explained that she had used extension cords and hooked up to an outside electrical source in order to complete the project. Now that’s dedication. 7pm, $21-$71, The Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston st. — CC TUE

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because Metalachi (“the world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band”) is coming back to San Antonio. The band actually breezes in and out of classic rock and metal with their mariachi interpretations of AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, and Black Sabbath songs, but it’s their rendition of Slayer’s “Raining Blood” that really hits home in a weird and unexpected way. The members of Metalachi claim they were conceived simultaneously while their mother Consuela Espinosa was high on horse tranquilizers with a jai alai team in a Super Ocho motel in Veracruz. Dressed in lit-up sombreros and costumes supposedly made by child factory workers paid in Chiclets and tacos, Metalachi is fun, ridiculous and oddly impressive. With Los Tejanos Muertos, $15-$20, The Rock Box, 1223 E Houston St. — CC

performers at Bang Bang Bar, as they gear up to head out on the road for a twenty-date tour that will find them playing in Mexico, a place in which their sound is deeply-rooted, for the first time. Piñata Protest will also be releasing a brand new EP, entitled Cuatros Exitos, on the occasion. In conclusion, this would be a fine time to celebrate this local treasure of a band, even as its purview becomes less and less local. $10.00, 9:00pm, The Bang Bang Bar, 119 El Mio Dr, (210) 320-1187. — JC

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MUSIC CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 36th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival The oldest and longest-running Tejano Conjunto Festival in the country. $40. Rosedale Park, 10am Accordion Wars All-ages Button Accordion Competition sponsored by Alamo Music Center. $5. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm Forever Starts Today Local indie act joined by 40% Dolomite, and The Brightest Star. Free. The Amp Room, 9pm The Georges Rockabilly act. Free. Gruene Hall, 6-10pm

Retama Spring Fest Performances by Network for Young Artists. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm FRIDAY, MAY 26 36th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival The oldest and longest-running Tejano Conjunto Festival in the country. $40. Rosedale Park, 6 p.m.-midnight Aaron Stephens Band Soul singer songwriter. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm Blake Flexas Tour Hip hop artist on his “Flexas Tour.” $20-$50. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 8pm Collective Dreams Local indie rock band joined by Extent, 150 lbs of Terror, and Painful Light. $5-$8. Ventura, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 27 36th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival The oldest and longest-running Tejano Conjunto Festival in the country. $40. Rosedale Park, 1-11pm Broseph”Texas rock” act who plays covers and originals. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm Bud Light River City Rockfest Def Leppard, Godsmack, The Offspring, Three Days Grace and more. $150-$400. AT&T Center, noon Chris Cuevas Project Blues, soul and jazz. The Cove, 9-11pm Chris Knight Folk rock/Americana act, joined by Kody West. $15. Gruene Hall, 9pm

Dirty River Boys Country/rock at Luckenbach. $15. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8pm

Chris Watson Band Soul and funk music. $10. Luna, 9:30pm

DLD: Futura US Tour Indie rock band from Mexico on their Futura US Tour. $21-$71. The Rock Box, 7pm

Cody Johnson Country singer/songwriter, joined by Jon Wolfe and Josh Ward. $23.10$739.03. Whitewater Amphitheater, 7:30pm

Dojo, Oro Cassini Local heavy metal band joined by Oro Cassini and Space Wlves. $5. Zombies, 9:30pm

Hail the Sun “Post-hardcore” from California, joined by Capsize, Eidola and more. $12$15. Jack’s Bar, 6-11pm

The Fixations Local indie rock acts joined by Deathdodger, Muscle Car and more. Free. The Amp Room, 9pm

Mr. Pidge Local “lo-fi dance music” joined by Flowershop and more. $5. Imagine Books and Records, 7pm

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Hardcore Sex, Opaque Ghost Psych-funk rock act joined by Hardcore Sex and Flowershop. Free. The Mix, 9pm

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Jessikill, Trejo Local rock acts joined by Headhunter USA (Krokus tribute). $5. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm

The Music of John Williams Scores from Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones series, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more. $15$100. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm

Primetime Jazz Orchestra John Magaldi’s Primetime Jazz Orchestra.. Free. The Cove, 8-10pm Retama Spring Fest Performances by Network for Young Artists. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm The Cult British rock act formed in 1983. Joined by VOWWS. $30-$110. Aztec Theatre, 8pm THURSDAY, MAY 25

Aaron Einhouse Band Americana act performing in support of their latest release, “It Ain’t Pretty.” Free. Gruene Hall, 6-10pm Caleb and the Homegrown Tomatoes Folk Americana act. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm Jazz & Poetry with Purpose Local poet Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson & jazz saxophonist Rene Saenz with his trio. $10. Carmens de la Calle Café, 7:30-10:30pm Karen Wells and the Southriver Trio Sean Palen, Anthony Garza, and Karen Wells. The Cove, 8:30-10:30pm King William Jazz Collective Jazz music at Luna. $5. Luna, 9:30pm NHD NHD perform in support of their debut LP, “And the Devil Went Up to Portland.” Joined by Demitasse. $10-$30. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm 48  CURRENT • May 24-30, 2017 • sacurrent.com

Johnny P and the Wiseguys Swing music at Luna. $10. Luna, 9:30pm The Music of John Williams Scores from Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones series, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more. $15-$100. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm Randall King Country act from West Texas. $10-$12. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm Retama Spring Fest Performances by NYA. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm Reverend Horton Heat Rockabilly act joined by Flat Duo Jets and Rosie Flores. $20-$25. The Rock Box, 7pm Spazmatics Covers from the 1980s. Joined by Finding Friday. $20-$45. The Roundup Outdoor Music Venue, 8-11pm

Polysynthfusion Local “electric folk” act joined by Under Subsidence and more. $5. Zombies, 9:30pm The Recasts, Fixdid Local punk act joined by Fixdid and more. $5-$8. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm Reckless Kelly Joined by Micky and The Motorcars. $28-$64. The Roundup Outdoor Music Venue, 8-11pm Retama Spring Fest Performances by NYA. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm SUNDAY, MAY 28 36th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival The oldest and longest-running Tejano Conjunto Festival in the country. $40. Rosedale Park, 1-10pm

Michael Riley, Susan Gibson, and Del Barber. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1pm Memorial Day Weekend Burger Bash Live music from Fishermen, Levees, Booty Feet, Sioux and Fox, St. Dukes, and Brandon Cunningham. $12-$15. Sam’s Burger Joint, 4-11pm The Music of John Williams Scores from Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones series, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more. $15$100. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 2pm North by North Joined by The Onyx Humms, and more. Free. The Mix, 7-11pm Retama Spring Fest Performances by NYA. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm Shinyribs Country/rock musical project of Kevin Russell. $15. Gruene Hall, 8pm Spazmatics Cover songs from the 1980’s. $11.09-$554.27. Whitewater Amphitheater, 8pm Symphony Viva New orchestra made up of professional musicians, educators and students from the surrounding areas of San Antonio. Donations accepted. University of the Incarnate Word, 7-8:30pm MONDAY, MAY 29 Chris Berardo and the DesBerardos Country/rock act. Free. Gruene Hall, 1-5pm Houston Marchman “Texas country” act. Free. Gruene Hall, 1-5pm Max Rios and the Waysiders “American roots” act from Austin. Free. Gruene Hall, 6-10pm Meat and Metal Mondays Metal night with meat and drink specials. Free. Zombies, 5pm Monday Evening Picker Circle with Jimmy Saurage Unplugged, acoustic session. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm Retama Spring Fest Performances by NYA. $6. Retama Park, 9am-9pm Swing Nite with Devan Jones & The Uptown Stomp Blues, ragtime & jazz from the ‘30s ‘50s. $9-$10. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8:30pm TUESDAY, MAY 30

The Texases Classic country covers. Free. Paper Tiger, 9pm

“The Beat Goes On” Musical tribute to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. $10-$20. Josephine Theatre, 2:30pm

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BREATHLESS > I have two female sex partners who want to be breath-play dominated. I know the practice is dangerous, and I employ the rules of consent and communication a pro-Dom escort friend taught me. But is there a legal release document we could sign that protects consenting adults in the event of an accident or death? Ruminating About Consensual Kinks Restricting someone’s air intake is always dangerous, RACK, and while we all too often hear about people dying during solo breath play, aka “auto-erotic asphyxiation” (an activity no one should engage in ever), we rarely hear about someone dying during partnered breath play. (I recently discussed partnered breath play with Amp from Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-ed YouTube channel. Look up Episode 533 at savagelovecast.com.) That said, RACK, someone can’t consent to being strangled to death by accident. “The lawyers in my office discussed this, and we agree that there is no way to ‘waive’ or ‘consent to’ criminal negligence resulting in substantial bodily harm or death,” said Brad Meryhew, a criminal-defense attorney who practices in Seattle. “I don’t think you’ll find any lawyer who would draft such an agreement. Even if an agreement were executed, it is not going to constitute a complete defense if something goes wrong. There are principles of criminal liability for the consequences of our decisions, as well as public-policy concerns about people engaging in extremely dangerous behaviors, that make it impossible to just walk away if something goes wrong.” Another concern: Signing such a document could make breath play more dangerous, not less. “A person who had such a waiver might be tempted to push the boundaries even

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1 La preceder 2 “Bali ___” (South Pacific song) 3 Had an evening repast 4 Sonata automaker 5 Pissed-off expression 6 Energizes, with “up” 7 Dead set against 8 It may get dropped 9 Reno and Holder, briefly 10 Beats by ___ 11 “Good King Wenceslas,” e.g. 12 Tylenol rival 13 Plantain coverings 16 Only three-letter chemical element 20 Brewer’s equipment 22 Rattle

23 Put forth 24 “One of ___ days ...” 25 Civil War soldier, for short 26 Buckeyes’ initials 28 Rude expression 29 “Asteroids” game company 30 “I dunno” gesture 32 Infuse (with) 33 Applied intense cold to 37 “Why don’t you make like a ___ and leave?” 38 Some broadband connections 40 Jake Shimabukuro instrument 41 It may get covered in throw pillows 42 Pantry stock 43 Dr. ___ (sketchy scientist who’s a supporting character on Archer) 46 “___ With Flowers” 47 Kagan of the Supreme Court 48 Metal-on-metal sound 49 Attacked in the groin, maybe 51 “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 52 Hawaiian foods 53 “Green-eyed monster” 55 Shad eggs 56 2022’s Super Bowl 57 “___ Can Cook” (former cooking show) 59 “___ Gratia Artis” (MGM motto) 60 Body art piece

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “Sin” is a puerile concept in my eyes, so I don’t normally use it to discuss grown-up concerns. But if you give me permission to invoke it in a jokey, ironic way, I’ll recommend that you cultivate more surprising, interesting, and original sins. In other words, Aries, it’s high time to get bored with your predictable ways of stirring up a ruckus. Ask God or Life to bring you some really evocative mischief that will show you what you’ve been missing and lead you to your next robust learning experience. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Attention, smart shoppers! Here’s a special spring fling offer! For a limited time only, you can get five cutesy oracles for the price of one! And you don’t have to pay a penny unless they all come true! Check ‘em out! Oracle #1: Should you wait patiently until all the conditions are absolutely perfect? No! Success comes from loving the mess. Oracle #2: Don’t try to stop a sideshow you’re opposed to. Stage a bigger, better show that overwhelms it. Oracle #3: Please, master, don’t be a slave to the things you control. Oracle #4: Unto your own self be true? Yes! Unto your own hype be true? No! Oracle #5: The tortoise will beat the hare as long as the tortoise doesn’t envy or try to emulate the hare. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Generation Kill is an HBO miniseries based on the experiences of a reporter embedded with American Marines fighting in Iraq. Early on, before the troops have been exposed to any serious combat, they’re overflowing with trash talk. A commanding officer scolds them: “Gentlemen, from now on we’re going to have to earn our stories.” Although you are in a much less volatile situation right now, Gemini, my advice to you is the same: In the coming weeks, you’ll have to earn your stories. You can’t afford to talk big unless you’re geared up to act big, too. You shouldn’t make promises and entertain dares and issue challenges unless you’re fully prepared to be a hero. Now here’s my prophecy: I think you will be a hero. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): In your mind’s eye, drift back in time to a turning point in your past that didn’t go the way you’d hoped. But don’t dwell on the disappointment. Instead, change the memory. Visualize yourself then and there, but imagine you’re in possession of all the wisdom you have gathered since then. Next, picture an alternative ending to the old story — a finale in which you manage to pull off a much better result. Bask in this transformed state of mind for five minutes. Repeat the whole exercise at least once a day for the next two weeks. It will

generate good medicine that will produce a creative breakthrough no later than mid-June. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You’re being invited to boost your commitment to life and become a more vivid version of yourself. If you refuse the invitation, it will later return as a challenge. If you avoid that challenge, it will eventually circle back around to you as a demand. So I encourage you to respond now, while it’s still an invitation. To gather the information you’ll need, ask yourself these questions: What types of self-development are you “saving for later”? Are you harboring any mediocre goals or desires that dampen your lust for life? Do you tone down or hold back your ambitions for fear they would hurt or offend people you care about? VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “Dear Dream Doctor: I dreamed that a crowd of people had decided to break through a locked door using a long, thick wooden plank as a battering ram. The only problem was, I was lying on top of the plank, half-asleep. By the time I realized what was up, the agitated crowd was already at work smashing at the door. Luckily for me, it went well. The door got bashed in and I wasn’t hurt. What does my dream mean? -Nervous Virgo.” Dear Virgo: Here’s my interpretation: It’s time to knock down a barrier, but you’re not convinced you’re ready or can do it all by yourself. Luckily, there are forces in your life that are conspiring to help make sure you do it.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Life is inviting you to decode riddles about togetherness that could boost your emotional intelligence and earn you the right to enjoy lyrical new expressions of intimacy. Will you accept the invitation? Are you willing to transcend your habitual responses for the sake of your growthinducing relationships? Are you interested in developing a greater capacity for collaboration and synergy? Would you be open to making a vulnerable fool of yourself if it helped your important alliances to fulfill their dormant potential? Be brave and empathetic, Sagittarius. Be creative and humble and affectionate.

no green thumbs or black thumbs,” wrote horticulturalist Henry Mitchell in a message you were destined to hear at this exact moment. “There are only gardeners and nongardeners. Gardeners are the ones who get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a ‘natural way.’ You may see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leech-filled laurel hell. Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.” Happy Defiance Time to you, Aquarius! In the coming weeks, I hope you will express the most determined and disciplined fertility ever!

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “In youth we feel richer for every new illusion,” wrote author Anne Sophie Swetchine. “In maturer years, for every one we lose.” While that may be generally true, I think that even twentysomething Capricorns are likely to fall into the latter category in the coming weeks. Whatever your age, I foresee you shouting something akin to “Hallelujah!” or “Thank God!” or “Boomshakalaka flashbang!” as you purge disempowering fantasies that have kept you in bondage and naive beliefs that have led you astray.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): I believe it may be the right time to tinker with or repair a foundation; to dig down to the bottom of an old resource and consider transforming it at its roots. Why? After all this time, that foundation or resource needs your fresh attention. It could be lacking a nutrient that has gradually disappeared. Maybe it would flourish better if it got the benefit of the wisdom you have gained since it first became useful for you. Only you have the power to discern the real reasons, Pisces — and they may not be immediately apparent. Be tender and patient and candid as you explore.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): “There are

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LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): As long as you keep Syria, South Sudan, and North Korea off your itinerary, traveling would be food for your soul during the next 28 days. It would also be balm for your primal worries and medicine for your outworn dogmas and an antidote for your comfortable illusions. Do you have the time and money necessary to make a pilgrimage to a place you regard as holy? How about a jaunt to a rousing sanctuary? Or an excursion to an exotic refuge that will shock you in friendly, healing ways? I hope that you will at least read a book about the territory that you may one day call your home away from home. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): By now I’m sure you have tuned in to the rumblings in your deep self. Should you be concerned? Maybe a little, but I think the more reasonable attitude is curiosity. Even though the shaking is getting stronger and louder, it’s also becoming more melodic. The power that’s being unleashed will almost certainly turn out to be far more curative than destructive. The light it emits may at first look murky but will eventually bloom like a thousand moons. Maintain your sweet poise. Keep the graceful faith.

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