San Antonio Current - July 5, 2017

Poems for the Tricentennial

A Poetic Legacy

Call for Submissions $7,500 in prizes available! The Department of Arts and Culture of the City of San Antonio, in partnership with Gemini Ink, is sponsoring a poetry contest in honor of San Antonio’s Tricentennial. $250 prize for each poem selected and publication in a chapbook titled, Thirty Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy. Winning poems will be selected by nationally known poets and turned into graphically designed vinyl installations by local artists and designers in an exhibit at the Plaza de Armas Gallery, and also installed in local libraries and city facilities. The anthology will be launched at a public reading and opening reception.

Themes and Categories

Submission Guidelines

• The Pre-Columbian era or Yanaguana (prior to 1718) • The Spanish Colonial Period (1718-1809)

• Submit up to 3 unpublished poems (75 lines max each) in any style

• Mexican era (1810-1836)

• Poems in English and Spanish are welcome

• Texas Nation era (1836-1846)

• Specify the time period category for each poem submitted

• San Antonio: Crossroads City (1846-1946)

• Please also include a 50-word bio

• Modern Times (1947-2017)

• Submit poems at www.geminiink.org

Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm CST on August 15, 2017 FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT AVANDEKAMP@GEMINIINK.ORG OR CALL 210.734.9673

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City Revamps Efforts to Revitalize Alameda Theater: “It would be foolish not to restore and utilize with as active as an area it’s in. Make that $$ San Antonio!” — Christian Lee The Texas Legislature Continues Its ‘All-Out Assault’ on LGBT Texans Next Month: “It is all about the restroom, who cares, this wasn’t an issue until Obama made it one.” — Tony R. Elliott Federal Prosecutors Claim Sen. Carlos Uresti Engaged in Fraud and Bribery During His Lavish Rise to the Top: “Maybe Uresti can audition for ABC’s new summer series: Dancing With The Prison Warden.” — Kelly Reid Walls • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com

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COVER This week, San Antonio celebrates an iconic West Side building. Since its opening 75 years ago, the Guadalupe Theater has served many functions. Not just a thriving entertainment hub, Teatro Guadalupe became a community gathering place and bastion of MexicanAmerican cultural identity. For this week’s issue, we bring you a history of the storied West Side anchor. Cover photo courtesy of David Gonzalez Art direction by Sarah Flood-Baumann CURRENT • July 5-11, 2017 • sacurrent.com

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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry gave White House reporters an animated performance last week in an attempt to lay out the future of U.S. energy policy. “You have a lot of energy,” said one reporter during the afternoon press conference. “I come from a place with a lot of energy,” Perry replied, beaming. Despite all the jokes — like poking fun at reporters for asking complicated questions he couldn’t understand and saying he wants to “make nuclear energy cool again” — Perry gave the press corps a message fraught with contradictions regarding climate change. “Climate is changing. Man is having an impact on it,” Perry said. Yet at the same time, he encouraged people to challenge the solid scientific consensus

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surrounding climate change and consider the “other side” of the issue. “The science isn’t settled yet,” Perry said. “The idea that we can’t have an intellectual conversation about just what are the actual impacts of climate change... Let’s just talk about it, what’s wrong with that?” Despite the heaps of global research on these impacts, this is a coded line of questioning that many Republicans in Congress lean on, particularly Texas’ own Lamar Smith, the chair of the House science committee who’s accused multiple government agencies of falsifying climate change data. Many of these lawmakers’ elections have been bankrolled by oil and coal companies. Since Perry claimed to believe in climate change, a reporter asked if the “conversation” he mentioned would be about how to combat the growing threat. “Sure, is that okay?” Perry responded. The blurry response comes a week after Perry told CNBC that the “primary control knob” for the earth’s temperature is the ocean, not human activity. The former Texas governor also backed Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, channeling the president’s “American First” attitude in explaining why. “The U.S. already leads the world in

lowering emissions,” Perry said. “We’ve done this with innovation and technology, not by signing agreements.” But it’s unclear how the country will continue lowering carbon emissions under the DOE’s game plan. The Trump Administration wants to achieve “energy dominance,” according to Perry. That mission means shifting the country’s focus on growing renewable energy back toward to gas, coal, and nuclear. Though he applauded Trump’s decisions regarding climate change, Perry admitted that he has yet to discuss the topic with the president. And he, like other cabinet members, definitely doesn’t know what Trump’s stance on climate change actually is. The only cemented statement Trump has made on the topic is that climate change is a hoax invented by Chinese business leaders. Perry ended with a jab at California. He suggested that any businesses that don’t want to follow California Governor Jerry Brown’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord can move to Texas. Just not the state’s largest cities. Perry failed to mention that Dallas, Houston, Austin, and now San Antonio have also agreed to the international climate agreement, even if the federal government has now turned its back on it.

> Just being in the same room as a smartphone makes it harder for your brain to perform and complete tasks, according to new research from the University of Texas at Austin. UT Assistant Professor Adrian Ward led the study, which experimented with around 800 smartphone users. During one of the experiments, people could choose to put their phones on a desk next to them, in their pocket or bag, or in another room. They would then take a series of tests on the computer. The researchers found that people with their phones in another room outperformed those with their phones nearby on the desk or in their pockets and bags. Ward said this is because the

participants’ brains were actively trying to not pay attention to their smartphones. “That process — the process of requiring yourself to not think about something — uses up some of your limited cognitive resources,” Ward said in a UT press release. “It’s a brain drain.” It doesn’t matter whether a person’s phone is kept on or turned off, lying face up or face down on the desk. Just having it within eye and hand’s reach will reduce a person’s ability to hold and process information. “It’s not that participants were distracted because they were getting notifications on their phones,” Ward said. “The mere presence of their smartphone was enough to reduce their cognitive capacity.”

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At first glance, it might look like the U.S. Supreme Court last week punted on an alarming case that raises a very disturbing question: whether federal agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border can shoot and kill with impunity, so long as their victims are Mexicans who die on Mexican soil. In an unsigned opinion this week, the high court justices call what happened to Sergio Hernández on June 7, 2010 “a disturbing incident resulting in a heartbreaking loss of life.” Yet, when it comes to whether the 15-year-old’s surviving family can sue the U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed him from across the border, the justices kicked the question back down to a lower court to consider. Hernández’s family says he was playing with friends near the Paso del Norte bridge, which stretches into downtown El Paso, as they dared each other to run and touch the fence on the north end of a drainage culvert that divides the two countries. Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa claims he pointed his gun across the border and squeezed off two rounds because of rock-throwing smugglers who’d “surrounded” him. Hernandez died when one of those bullets struck him in the face. Nearly two years after Mesa shot and killed the unarmed, unthreatening teenager, the U.S. Justice Department, which investigated the shooting, arrived at this confidence-inspiring explanation for why Mesa would face no charges or discipline: there wasn’t sufficient evidence to prove the agent “acted willfully and with the deliberate and specific intent to do something the law forbids.” He didn’t mean to do something unlawful.

Even a high court justice has questioned the integrity of the federal investigation that cleared Mesa. Grainy videos of the incident captured by witnesses on the Mexico side show Hernández hiding behind a pillar underneath a train trestle. When he peeks his head out, Mesa fi res and the teenager crumples to the concrete. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor put it, “I can’t square the police officer’s account of this incident with that film.” When lawyers for the Hernández family went before the Supreme Court earlier this year, arguing for the justices to keep the lawsuit alive, a lawyer for the Border Patrol agent argued that the international boundary acts like a constitutional on-off switch – and that the switch was off in this case because Hernández died in Mexico. The Federal Fifth Circuit appeals court dismissed the case in 2015, ruling in part that constitutional protections don’t apply to Hernández because he had no “significant voluntary connection” to the United States and was shot and killed on Mexican soil (evidently the significant involuntary connection of a bullet to the face wasn’t enough). In its decision last week, the Supreme Court basically refused to weigh in on that matter, instead telling the lower appeals court to reconsider the question in light of a 9/11-era detainee case the supremes decided two weeks ago. In that case, which involved the government’s prolonged detention and abuse of people with no ties to terrorism, the Supreme Court threw out most of the plaintiffs’ claims. While some have criticized that decision as making it harder for people to sue the government for unconstitutional treatment, Bob Hilliard, a Texas lawyer who represents the Hernández family, says that it still left the door open. In an email, he told us he expects the case will actually prove helpful in convincing the courts that constitutional protections apply in cross-border shooting deaths like Hernandez’s. In fact, Hilliard sees Monday’s ruling as a significant win. Lawyers for the Border Patrol agent had also tried to dismiss the case by arguing that Mesa was entitled to something called “qualified immunity,” a legal escape hatch that’s routinely invoked in sketchy police shooting cases that make it to court. It essentially means that law enforcement officers are presumed to be immune for actions in the line of duty – that is, unless victims of police violence allege facts that, if true, violate a “clearly established right.” When it dismissed the lawsuit against Mesa, the Fifth Circuit judges concluded that protection against a cross-border bullet to the face was not yet, as far as the courts were concerned, a “clearly established right.”

Here’s how the Fifth Circuit explained it: “The question here is whether the general prohibition of excessive force applies where the person injured by a U.S. official standing on U.S. soil is an alien who had no significant voluntary connection to, and was not in, the United States when the incident occurred. No case law in 2010, when this episode occurred, reasonably warned Agent Mesa that his conduct violated the Fifth Amendment.” Which, as the Supreme Court affirms in its ruling this week, is nuts, especially when you consider both the facts of Hernández’s shooting and the way courts are supposed to judge qualified immunity. The question of a constitutional on-off switch at the border notwithstanding, Mesa didn’t know whether Hernández was Mexican when he shot him in the face, nor did he know the teenager was some 60 feet from the official boundary line. As the justices wrote, the bar for judging deadly force is based on what the officer knew at the time, not what he found out later. “It is undisputed ... that Hernández’s nationality and the extent of his ties to the United States were unknown to Mesa at the time of the shooting,” according to the Supreme Court ruling, which states that the Fifth Circuit “erred in granting qualified immunity based on those facts.” A dissent by Justice Stephen Breyer, which was joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, goes even further, arguing that Hernández was clearly covered by the constitution. While Breyer cites a legal case that extended some constitutional protections to Guantanamo Bay detainees, he also points out that the U.S. government has always had some shared responsibility over the borderland drainage culvert where Mesas shot Hernández. Attached to Bryer’s dissent is a photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson touring the very site of the shooting with Lady Bird when it opened in 1968. Stephen Sheppard, dean of the St. Mary’s University School of Law, helped Hilliard (a St. Mary’s alum) prepare for legal arguments before the Supreme Court earlier this year. Sheppard and others say the case is critical in part due to the surge of state and federal law enforcement officers politicians have sent to secure the border in recent years. Ahead of Supreme Court arguments in the case, former top officials within U.S. Customs and Border Protection filed legal briefs arguing that inadequate training and shoddy oversight had led to an agency that operates with impunity, one that needs the courts to reel it in. That could still happen thanks to Monday’s high court ruling, Sheppard says. “For everybody who lives at or near the border, for anyone who regularly travels there, we need this case to move forward.”

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‘WITHOUT MERCY’

Cartel assassin involved in Allende massacre sentenced to life in federal prison

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One evening in March 2011, dozens of assassins tied to the infamous Zetas drug cartel began to arrive in Allende, a small town situated in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila, a lucrative smuggling corridor that borders the Texas city of Eagle Pass. U.S. officials say Marciano Millan Vasquez, who went by the nickname Chano, was part of the house-tohouse sweep that night, a cartel sicario who helped indiscriminately round up, kill and disappear dozens, if not hundreds, of people as payback for a top cartel member who’d later turn up in a Texas court as a witness for federal prosecutors. At his trial last summer in a San Antonio federal court, jurors convicted Vasquez for his role in the Allende massacre as well as several other cartel killings. Witnesses who testified described seeing stomach-turning acts of violence carried out by either Chano’s own hands or on his orders. Last Wednesday, a federal judge handed him seven life sentences. “Without mercy or compunction, he brutally murdered anyone and everyone as it suited him and his cartel, at times inflicting the cruelest of pain, forcing relatives to watch their loved ones murdered before he turned his blades on them,” U.S. Attorney Richard Durbin said in a prepared statement. Durbin said the sentence marks an end to Vasquez’s “reign of terror over the drug plaza in Piedras Negras,” where prosecutors say Chano rose to the top rungs of the Zetas organizational ladder just as the cartel’s blood thirst reached its height. At his trial last summer, witnesses testifi ed to seeing Vasquez, who was arrested at a West Side San Antonio home in 2015, covered in blood after he and other cartel assassins killed a phone company worker accused of snooping on Zetas communications. Another former drug traffi cker testifi ed to seeing more than a dozen people murdered and dismembered with an ax, either by Chano himself or on his orders –

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including the butchering of a 6-year-old girl in front of her parents. In court, federal prosecutors also tied Chano’s rise within the cartel to a wave of killings, abductions and disappearances that paralyzed Coahuila around the time of the Allende massacre, as the Zetas fought for and seized control of many of the region’s drug smuggling arteries into Texas. Human rights activists and journalists covering the country’s drug wars have called it one of the darkest periods in the modern history of northern Mexico. Prosecutors in San Antonio also detailed a sweeping corruption and money laundering operation that they say reached the top levels of state government in northern Mexico and allowed the Zetas to extort and kill with impunity for years. A recent bombshell investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ginger Thompson, who attended much of Vasquez’s trial last summer, concludes that federal investigators’ mishandling of sensitive information ultimately triggered the Zetas’ spasm of violence in Allende in 2011. While there’s still no fi rm count of how many people died in the massacre, former cartel members who testifi ed at Vasquez’s trial put the number of victims at around 300. Meanwhile, people who survived the purge in Allende, the family members that victims left behind and human rights workers have all pointed to trials like Vasquez’s as sign U.S. officials know more about the Allende massacre than they’ve been willing to make public. In a report last year, authored by a well-known human rights activist and sponsored by a government-backed victims’ rights committee, they call Allende a complete top-down government failure that allowed for both a massacre and its yearslong cover up. They argue that what happened in Allende is an example of “bi-national criminal violence,” and that American officials prosecuting the people responsible for that violence have a responsibility to share what they’ve learned with researchers, victims and their families. Instead, as the report put it, “The opacity of the United States obstructs the truth.”

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The Guadalupe Theater’s 75th Anniversary Celebration Friday, July 7 $5, 7pm, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org.

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ro Guadalupe Celebrating 75 years of cultura y comunidad on San Antonio’s Westside This weekend, the folks of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, a vibrant community arts and education organization on San Antonio’s Westside, will host a birthday celebration for its most recognizable and storied facility: The Guadalupe Theater. Predating the cultural arts organization by nearly 40 years, the Guadalupe Theater, or Teatro Guadalupe, really was the spot when it first opened its doors back in 1942. While the nation was in the midst of World War II, an effort which obviously involved a great many men from all around Military City USA, Teatro Guadalupe provided a welcome respite. As basically the only theater in town that specifically catered to Mexican-Americans in San Antonio, especially on the near-Westside where it is located, the theater showed films in Spanish and hosted variety shows (variedades ) to complement the programming and involve performers from throughout the community. During this time, when the iconic zoot suit (a sly form of protest against wartime austerity measures) would have been en vogue, Teatro Guadalupe was rather opulent compared to the

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grassroots community hub it would later become. It was a place for middle-class (and middle-class aspiring) Mexican-Americans to mingle, to let loose, and to be entertained in the language that was central to their lives. While the theater was a thriving entertainment business, it was, nevertheless, already serving an important function as a community gathering place and a bastion of Mexican-American (and protoChicano) cultural identity. This was the theater’s first life: full of enthusiasm and flash, sure of itself, a bright beacon, youthful, and burning with the passion of a people who proudly refused to fully assimilate into a society that would see them dispossessed of their true identity. Teatro Guadalupe’s success continued throughout the 1940s, '50s and '60s. By 1970, however, the place was in severe disrepair and the show, it seemed, would not go on. Dilapidated and situated in a neighborhood that was starting to feel the ravages of addiction, gangs, and a lack of upward mobility, Teatro Guadalupe lived most of its second life (throughout the 1970s) abandoned or as the Brazos Thrift Store (basically a flea market). To say, however, that Teatro Guadalupe was not also an important cultural center during this time, is to underestimate and misunderstand the value of a flea market. It was in the late 1970s and early 1980s that a group of artists, educators, and advocates called Performance Artists Nucleus (PAN) began to eye the theater and its surrounding area as a good place to conduct its operation. PAN, like so many other fledgling Hispanic arts and culture organizations around the country, was at once a by-product and an important driver of the Chicano movement. Theater, especially, was huge for the Chicano cause. Educator and celebrated local poet Jacinto Cardona, who taught at Teatro Guadalupe with the Grupo Amino theater program for kids in the 1990s, told the Current that he believes theater was so valuable to the Chicano movement because “unlike speeches or rallies or books, theater is a lively form of entertainment that can also carry powerful political and cultural messages.” “Mainstream theater, of course, didn’t speak to these Chicano communities,” Cardona said, but in creating their own theatrical productions, Chicano playwrights and actors allowed their communities to “see [themselves] and situations that [they] could relate to on the stage.” For Cardona, it was a real source of empowerment

for Chicanos to see “real people that talked like [them] and looked like [them] and reflected [their] experience on a legit stage, in a legit theater.” “Just hearing someone say, for instance, the word ‘abuelita’ on stage was something special to me,” Cardona chuckled. By 1981, PAN, which sought to unite the many Hispanic arts groups that were competing with one another for attention and resources, had secured some assistance from the City (thanks to the persuasive powers of Councilman Bernardo Eureste) and were beginning to seriously work on the site. By 1984, renovations were complete and PAN, having rebranded as Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (GCAC), moved in and hit the ground running. Thus began the theater’s third life, which it is still living out today, donning its latest wear and tear with pride. For 73-year-old David Gonzalez, who attended

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the Teatro Guadalupe as a kid growing up nearby and later became a founding member of GCAC, the theater has always been a wellspring of cultural identity, because “museums [and other cultural institutions] weren’t actually reflective of [Chicano] identity or experience.” Gonzalez felt called to anchor something special in this particular neighborhood because he has “a strong emotional attachment to and desire to improve the Westside.” For Gonzalez, the theater and the GCAC after it have provided a kind of antidote to the “despair, death, and addiction” that he’s witnessed in the area. Despite a lifetime of experiences at the theater, including years of working with visual arts students and mentoring young Chicanos, Gonzalez says that his most treasured experience of the place was just a few years ago, when he saw his daughter Amelia married in the theater. Roberto Livar, who fronts the dynamic barrio big band Bombasta, which has played the theater on a few occasions, told a similar story of his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary being held at Teatro Guadalupe. “As lifelong San Antonio residents, my grandparents came of age during the ‘swing era,’ they were like the first wave of Chicanismo, so many of their memories were of the swing dances held back in the day at Brackenridge Park or later at the historic La Gloria. Being able to celebrate their longevity at the historic Guadalupe Theater really seemed to bring it all home for them. My mother, aunt, and sister dressed up and sang and danced to their rendition of ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,’ I performed with musician friends at the time for the gathering and my grandparents danced all night under the swaying of lights reflected off of the disco ball overhead.” Livar, whose grandfather recently passed, expressed his hope that one of the man’s last memories “before transcendence” was of this special occasion, in such a special place. It’s no surprise that such important, personal ceremonies are often hosted in the theater, a place that Gonzalez refers to as “a symbol of the Westside, a symbol of all the struggles and victories, a symbol of the stories of the elders.” Not much has really changed inside or outside the theater over the years since, though the GCAC has, often in bursts of several years at a time, continuously made a positive impact on the community. One very noticeable external change, however, is the now iconic Our Lady of Guadalupe Veladora sculpture, created by renowned artist and San Antonio treasure Jesse Treviño. The massive veladora (votive candle) was dedicated in 2003 and gave the theater a significant facelift and gave community members just one more reason to look toward Teatro Guadalupe when in need of hope. It is this hope and this heritage that will be celebrated on Friday evening, with

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a program of performances that hearken back to the 1940s glory days of the theater. The show will feature improv skits, vaudeville bits, short screenings, musical performances, dances, and more. Perhaps most importantly, many of the neighborhood elders will be on hand to share memories about the place. These stories will serve as entertainment, but they will also be recorded for posterity. Cristina Ballí, who took the reins as Executive Director of the GCAC just under a year ago, says that the variety show, much like the historical ones it recalls, will sometimes feel “just a little bit more professional than a talent show,” but that unpredictability is part of the magic. It’s appropriate, Ballí suggests, that this historic theater and surrounding community is being celebrated not with a grand gala, but with a folksy production that recalls a long and vibrant history. While Ballí sees this celebration as an important time of joy and recognition of history, she also stressed the importance of continuing to invest, as a city, in the theater and GCAC in general. “It is time for more and bigger investment in the Guadalupe corridor,” she said. “This is the only Latino/Chicano/indigenous-focused theater in Bexar County,” Joel Settles, GCAC Director of Programs, quickly added. Continuing, Settles complained that Mexican-American culture “is used to promote San Antonio to the world, but it is not fully represented in either the city budget or otherwise.” He’s got a point. It’s perhaps only right that as we celebrate history, we advocate for a future that will allow said history to be preserved and allow all of the city’s communities to be fully represented come budget time. Speaking of budgets, Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales, who serves the area in which the theater is located (District 5), told the Current over the phone that she was proud that over the last five years, a few large chunks of city bond money have been given for the preservation and expansion of the theater and the GCAC. To Councilwoman Gonzales, who actually grew up not too far away, the Guadalupe corridor represents “the ideal community in miniature.” Continuing, she explained that, while the area is not without its issues, “it is a walkable community with diverse offerings that most areas of town would love to have.” As such, she is committed to maintaining and growing the impact of the GCAC in the area. “We have a foundation here,” she said, “for an ideal community, an ideal corridor.” This “ideal community” would not be possible without the tenacity and unshakable passion of the community that surrounds the GCAC. But, looking back, it’s clear that it might also not have been possible without the Teatro Guadalupe.

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SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM of ART 200 West Jones Avenue | San Antonio, TX | 210.978.8100 | samuseum.org This exhibition is generously funded by the Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation, the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992, Dr. Robert Clemons, the Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation, Thomas Edson, the Pilkington Anglo-Japanese Cultural Foundation, Allen Bennett, and Rosario Laird. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Bowing Buddha, Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century, gilt wood, 28 x 14 x 9 in. Vanessa and Henry Cornell Collection, Photography by Ylva Erevall Photography.

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◀ Guinness World Record holder, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame WED inductee and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Diana Ross has released an almost unbelievable number of zeitgeist-defining love songs since she first debuted MUSIC with Motown darlings the Supremes in the mid-’60s. “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Stop in the Name of Love,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and several, several others will probably live on as long as people give each other butterflies and break each other’s hearts — but her 1980 hit “I’m Coming Out” holds a special significance for many people who’ve been discouraged from expressing their love at all. With uplifting lyrics like “I’ve got to show the world / All that I want to be / There’s so much more to me … I’m spreadin’ love / There’s no need to fear,” the song, written by Chic’s Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards, was immediately adopted as a rallying cry for Ross’ many gay fans. Though Ross was originally reluctant to record it at the height of the racist and homophobic anti-disco backlash (in 2011, Rogers told Billboard he initially lied to her about the song’s actual meaning even though it was inspired by seeing the large numbers of Ross impersonators at drag shows), she’s long since embraced its place as an unofficial Pride anthem, and in 1996, the star of The Wiz performed it as a duet with RuPaul for a whole new generation of “friends of Dorothy” in West Hollywood — along with another perpetual favorite: “I Will Survive.” $52-$127, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Jeremy Martin

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▶ Take advantage of WED someone’s inspiration to pair two essential classics into this FILM unlikely double feature. Duck Soup is probably the single greatest Marx Brothers romp, with Groucho, Chico and Harpo firing their individual and collective schticks on all cylinders. Oh yeah, straight man Zeppo is also there, budget horror film on a title not to mention the inimitable supplied by RKO. He and Margaret Dumont as her director Jacques Tourneur eternal befuddled matron. decided to use shadow and The “plot,” which combines suggestion to avoid showing the satirical and nonsensical, a monster, and the result is a involves Rufus T. Firefly classic chiller on a heroine’s (Groucho) becoming ruler fear of her own sexuality. of a European nation called Simone Simon plays the Freedonia and promptly woman afraid of killing her getting into war. One note bridegroom on the wedding on context: Groucho’s line night. The brilliant swimming about “that’s how darkies pool scene is a master were born” is quoting class in creating fear out of a now-forgotten Paul nothing, and that sequence’s Robeson song of protest punchline at a bus stop against racism, an attitude still gives audiences a jolt. Groucho agreed with. As $10-$15, 7:30pm, Santikos for Cat People, producer Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Val Lewton was given Road, (210) 614-8977, tpr. freedom to make a loworg. — Michael Barrett

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◀ In one of the more conceptual components of Contemporary Art Month 2017, Museum of Pocket Art (MoPA) director/curator Roberto Jackson Harrington roved the streets of the Lone Star Arts District armed with pocket-sized works of art created by Gil Rocha-Rochelli. A Laredo-based artist who earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rocha-Rochelli works in an array of media and styles — including portraiture, murals, “tapeography” installations, and amusing billboards and signs involving English/Spanish code-switching — but has recently sharpened his focus on fabric. Employing acrylic paint and hardened fabric remnants, Rocha-Rochelli creates striking sculptural pieces at times imbued with layers of personal meaning. Entirely abstract at first glance, his 2017 piece We Held on For Far Too Long reviews tumultuous energy when you learn it’s based on a roller coaster-like relationship. “By embellishing and hardening fabric with vivid colors, tangled forms, and other objects, my intention is to visually destroy everything around it,” he writes in his artist’s statement. Guest curated by CAM director Nina Hassele and presented as “CAM in July,” Rocha-Rochelli’s solo show “Twofold” opens First Friday and remains on view through July 29. Free, 7-10pm, Southtown Flats, Rubio Gallery South, 111 Probandt St., (210) 630-0235, facebook. com/rubiogallerysouth. — Bryan Rindfuss ART

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Flamenco is to Spain, what jazz is to America. Both are improvisational styles of music that originated within oppressed minority communities and have now reached a status that sees them as their respective country’s unique export and original contribution to the arts. The first cross-pollination between the two forms is generally credited to a performance at the 1967 Berlin Jazz Festival by Spanish saxophonist Pedro Iturralde and master guitarist Paco de Lucia. De Lucia, who would continue blending elements from various other musical forms into flamenco, is also credited with reinvigorating the ancient art form in the late 20th century. Another striking commonality between the two art forms: the idea of duende, which can be loosely translated in the jazz world as “soul.” When a musical performance does not give you goose bumps, most likely, the performers are lacking duende. Known for its operative “Jazz Thursdays,” and “Flamenco Fridays,” Carmens de la Calle will present its first ever jazz flamenco performance in its 17-year history on Thursday, July 6. Considering the popularity of both genres at this venue, it’s almost surprising that it’s taken this long for a collaboration to emerge between its regular seasoned performers. This special event will feature a performance by saxophonist Rene Saenz and Brazilian jazz guitarist Gabriel Santiago alongside flamenco guitarist Alejandro Pais Iriart and flamenco dancer Illeana Gomez (pictured). $15-$20, 8pm, Carmens de la Calle, 320 N. Flores St., (210) 281-4349, carmensdelacalle.com. — Marco Aquino

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◀ Friday kicks off the 24th annual Balcones Heights Jazz Festival (July 7, 14, 21 and 28), a free family-friendly event at the Wonderland of the Americas Ampitheater. In the past, the festival has hosted such internationally acclaimed artists as saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, jazz/pop vocalist Slim Man, and fusion guitarist Peter White. David Munox, host of Sunday Morning Jazz with Q101.9, will add another festival to his 23-year streak of emceeing the event. Bluesy Texas jazz guitarist Ruben V returns to the festival accompanied by local vocalist Melina. The festival lineup is full of newcomers, like Strunz & Farah from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, whose blended

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◀ Hairspray, one of America’s favorite Broadway musicals, comes to the Playhouse this summer. Based on John Water’s 1988 film, Hairspray follows spunky, curvaceous teen Tracy Turnblad aspiring to become a famous performer. After winning an opportunity to dance on her favorite TV program, The Corny Collins Show, Tracy is swept up into a celebrity cyclone of social pressures and prejudices. Set in 1960s Baltimore, Hairspray confronts issues of race, beauty and THEATER confidence. Shaking up the city, Tracy battles racism and social prejudice as she tries to use her new celeb status to advocate for the causes dearest to her, most of all racial integration. This musical’s award-winning witty script, touching lyrics and catchy melodies have made it one of the most renowned plays in recent history. $10-$40, 8pm FriSat, 3pm Sun, The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258, theplayhousesa.org. — Kimberly Rivera

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▶ During their lifetimes, Diego Rivera easily surpassed his wife Frida Kahlo in terms of success and notoriety … but in death, Kahlo’s undeniably overshadowed Rivera — not to mention his well-known contemporaries David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. A decade ago, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City observed the 100th anniversary of Kahlo’s birth with the largest, most comprehensive retrospective of her work. Assembled by five curators and comprising 354 pieces (paintings, drawings, photographs, manuscripts and letters), the exhibition aimed to present viewers with what museum director Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo described as “the complete Frida” — a tortured yet defiant artist who “wrote, thought [and] challenged the Americans.” That same year, the Museo Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán unveiled a small portion of a bounty discovered in 2004 — 22,000 personal items, including letters between Kahlo and her unfaithful husband, sketches, magazines, books, keepsakes, clothing and even a puppet theater. Taken together, this pair of exhibitions combatted the flimsy nature of “Fridamania” — a cultish fandom often critiqued for airbrushing Kahlo (strong communist leanings, overt bisexuality, personal woes, medical misery and all) into a digestible commodity based not on her work or convictions but her persona and signature style (unibrow, flower crown, Mexican Revolution-era attire, etc.). Offering a bit of a sneak preview of what’s in store for San Antonio’s second annual Frida Fest (July 15 at Wonderland of the Americas), the Frida Birthday Bash celebrates the enduring cultural icon’s 110th birthday (technically July 6) with a Sunday funday combining a “Frida-inspired” market with live entertainment, drinks and local cuisine. Free, noon-6pm, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, (210) 273-5023, wonderlandamericas.com. — BR

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ART ▲ For some youth artists at the Westside nonprofit San Anto Cultural Arts, the first time they’ll be inside of an art gallery will also be the first time they’ll sell a piece of their own artwork. Through the month of July, Presa House Gallery will host “Ojos Hacia el Futuro” (“Eyes to the Future”) — an exhibit showcasing artwork from youths ages 8 to 19. Benefitting San Anto’s youth programs, the exhibit is said to be the “brainchild” of Presa House Gallery owner and previous San Anto student Rigoberto Luna. “It’s important that we make an effort to give back to the organization that built our foundation and appreciation of art, our culture and our community as well as instilling in us the work ethic needed to succeed in all facets of life,” Luna said in a release. San Anto, a nonprofit organization that focuses on connecting people of all socio-economic backgrounds to art, is best known for its community mural program and bimonthly newspaper. “We aren’t just an arts organization,” San Anto’s development manager Keli Rosa said. “We are a community arts organization.” San Anto holds a youth exhibit every year, but never of this magnitude. The exhibit will feature paintings, drawings and photographs. San Anto student Marisol de la Garza, who’s been with the center for nearly three years, says that the youth exhibit will feature many different styles. Her eight pieces at the gallery follow a realistic style, but with some aspects of surrealism blended in. She says that besides the children creating community-minded works, another reason the event is unique is the fact that previous San Anto student Luna is making it possible, adding that it shows that the arts organization, itself, is a community. Free, 7-11pm, Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St., facebook.com/ presahouse. — Sierra Juarez

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Moonlight series continues with a free outdoor screening of Disney’s touching tale of a famously forgetful regal blue tang fish (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) who sets out an epic adventure to find her long-lost parents. Free, 8:30pm Tuesday; Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St., (210) 212-9373.

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FILM ▲ If you’re from Texas, you more than likely know the tragic story of the University of Texas tower shooting, which took place on August 1, 1966. During that late morning, former Marine sharpshooter Charles Whitman rode the elevator to the top of the tower on the Austin campus armed with an assortment of weapons and opened fire on the people below, killing 15, including an unborn child. In 2001, another man who was shot by Whitman succumbed to his injuries. While there have been countless articles and books written about the event (and even a 1975 made-for-TV movie, The Deadly Tower, starring Kurt Russell), the unique vision behind filmmaker Keith Maitland’s

ART Art opening: “Angel Baby” Based around a

feminist adaptation of the well-known South Texas folktale “El Camaroncito,” this Lady Base Gallery collaboration sees artists Lisette Chávez and Audrya Flores challenging viewers to consider the manner in which folktales reinforce societal expectations of women and gender-related power. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; AP Art Lab, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 705-2332.

Art opening: “Are You Listening to Me?”

Collaborating for years, Lindsey Maestri and Cody Arnall have moved across state lines five times, lived in eight homes together, but never shared a studio. Using the gallery space as a vehicle to explore the dialogue between their work, this exhibition features sculptures they created individually, with Maestri’s pieces based mainly on craft materials while Arnal incorporates digital projection, light and sound. Free, 6-9pm Thursday-Friday; Terminal 136, 136 Blue Star, (210) 458-4391.

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presents San Antonio-based artist Cassidy Fritts’ latest watercolors and colored pencil

2016 documentary Tower revisits the story in a way we’ve never seen before. The film is a harrowing and exceptional retelling of that fateful day told through the use of firstperson testimonies, archival footage and reenactments rendered with rotoscopic animation. “There are monsters that walk among us,” Maitland told Texas Public Radio in an interview last year. “Whether they’re created by society or whether they’re self-motivated to do harm, I really don’t know. But I do hope that the film sparks conversation that allows audiences and viewers to draw their own conclusions.” $10$15, 7:30pm, Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 6148977, tpr.org. — Kiko Martinez

drawings exploring the connection between emotions and human experience through portraiture. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Provenance Gallery, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 216-8362.

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Culinaria film series, the Pearl screens Alfonso Arau’s 1992 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s romantic coming-of-age novel rooted in magic realism. Free, 8:30pm Monday; Pearl Park, 303 Pearl Pkwy, (210) 212-9373.

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talk held in conjucntion with the exhibition “Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism” (“The Dude and the Buddha,” $8-$15, 7:30-8pm Friday), SAMA invites guests to “order a White Russian from the cash bar” and head out to the lawn for a free outdoor screening of the Coen Brothers’ surreal stoner classic starring Jeff Bridges as a slacker and avid bowler who’s mistaken for a millionaire. Free, 8:30pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 212-9373.

The Big O Nozomi Entertainment and RightStuf Anime team up with Slab Cinema and Hemisfair Park for a screening of the neonoir series complete with a Gundam cafe, Gundam Build Fighters, prizes and more. Free, 8:30pm Tuesday; Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo St., (210) 212-9373.

THEATER Burning Patience As part of the Classic

Presents series, Teatro Farolito stages the San Antonio premiere of Chilean playwright Antonio Skármeta’s political drama set in 1960s-era Chile. $20, 8pm Thurday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Classic Theatre of San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 589-8450.

inspiration from “pop art, trash art, music, culture, old, new, whatever,” Austin-based Tobias the Adequate Part magician, part collaborators Wendy Saha and Melissa philosopher, part hero — but mostly a Sonzala reinterpret found imagery in handloud fat man in a series of outlandish hats cut collages mounted on plexiglass. Free, and costumes — Matthew Legare’s alter 7-10pm Saturday; Dorćol Distilling Company, ego Tobias the Adequate is the product of 1902 S. Flores St., (210) 630-0235. nearly two decades of improvisational and Jacinto Guevara Pop-Up Art Show A Los interactive performances at hundreds of fairs Angeles native based in San Antonio since and festivals throughout California, Nevada 1992, Jacinto Guevara is an accomplished and Oregon. $10-$15, 8pm Friday-Saturday, conjunto accordionist who has been drawing 3pm Sunday; The Overtime Theater, 5409 and painting since 1961, often capturing Bandera Road, (210) 557-7562. the “visual poetry” of locales for his “Urban Landcape” series. Free, 7-10pm Thursday; COMEDY Brick, 108 Blue Star, (210) 630-0235. Aries Spears Armed with quick wit, charisma Summertime Kick Back The Paint Yard hosts a and a ferociously aggressive style of summer event featuring live art, music by Star stand-up, native New Yorker Aries Spears is and DJ Vicious, food for purchase and a variety best known for his eight-year run on MADtv of vendors. Free, 3-10pm Saturday; The Paint and his stint alongside Damon Wayans Yard, 1216 Hoefgen Ave., (210) 416-8092. on the raunchy sketch comedy series The

Underground. $25, 8:30pm Thursday, 7:30pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 8pm Sunday; Improv San Antonio, 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 229-1420.

Jams and Jokes feat. Bill Bellamy and Friends A New Jersey native some credit

with coining the term “booty call,” actor, stand-up and TV personality Bill Bellamy has made numerous appearances on Def Comedy Jam, Chelsea Lately and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns — and also happens to be Shaquille O’Neal’s cousin. $33-$43, 6:30pm Sunday; Aztec Theatre, 104 N St Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355 .

Jen Kober A recent recipient of the Best

Comedic Performance award from NPR’s hit show Snap Judgment, Louisiana native Jen Kober (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Real Husbands of Hollywood, Anger Management) crafts a signature blending of stand-up, storytelling and improvised musical comedy. $16, 8pm Thursday, 8pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 7pm Sunday; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.

SPECIAL EVENTS Spring Ho Festival A Lampasas tradition since

1972, the volunteer-supported Spring Ho Festival combines a beauty pageant, kids’ fishing derby, kayak races, a county fair, special exhibits, dances on the downtown square, a horseshoe pitching contest, a BBQ cook-off and a parade. Free, 8am-9:30pm Wednesday, 9:45am-midnight Thursday, 8:30am-midnight Friday-Saturday, 11am-3pm Sunday; W.M. Brook Park, 310 Hwy. 281, Lampasas, (512) 556-5301.

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Orton, AJ Styles, Charlotte Flair, Naomi, The USOs, New Day, Shinsuke Nakamura, Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin and Natalya descend on the AT&T Center for an epic throwdown to be broadcast live from the AT&T Center. $45-$448, 7pm Tuesday; AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000.

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‘You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!’ Dispels Myths Undermining Transgender Identity EVELYN DESHANE

surviving in the daily world as transgender, many trans people perpetuate the myth that you need surgery in order to be trans. Similarly, many trans people take their subjective experience of gender and project it outward onto a larger identity group, creating the “trapped in the wrong body” narrative. I was utterly elated to see the authors tackle the “wrong body” myth as #4. It has become one of the most common tropes used to tell transgender stories, but it is also one that has a mixed result in the transgender community. All the way back in 1994, Kate Bornstein was already criticizing it, but you wouldn’t know that because misinformation is circulated so rampantly.

representation for a living and I still find contradictory perspectives and misconceptions. Erickson-Schroth and Jacobs’ book is invaluable because it’s clearly written, tightly focused, and allows me to clear-cut my way through a lot of misinformation and get right to the point in my own work. I want to have several copies of this book on my shelf so I can give it to people, rather than telling them to “Google” the answer, because even the wonderful Google can perpetuate this seemingly never-ending game of broken transgender telephone. That being said, this work is not perfect. While I applaud and commend them for the 20 myths they investigated, and I’m especially impressed with their historical attention to detail for myth #18 (trans people have existed through time), I was struck by one myth that remained undetected and often repeated through their work: the transgender bravery myth. On page three of the book, they discuss earlier historical cases of trans people (such as Lili Elbe, the basis for the 2015 film The Danish Girl), and they write this telling paragraph: However, most transgender people were not having surgery, and many were living marginalized lives, obtaining hormones via black-market sources, or, for the most part, were simply people assigned male at birth but living full time as female with no access to formal treatments, including surgeries. There were an infinite number of reasons for this, including cost, subpar results, and the profound bravery it took to come out as transgender.

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> The first time I heard about transgender people, it was the mid-1990s. The Crying Game had been out for nearly half my life, but I’d never been able to understand the hushed conversations around the movie. My parents didn’t want to talk too much about the “twist” in the middle, but they assured their friends that “you won’t even see him — or her or whatever — coming.” I would eventually parse together what was so surprising about Dil the nightclub singer, and see transgender people on talk shows after school that my mom didn’t want me to watch. In my formative years, transgender people were a kind of negative space; something that was there, but only through the roadblocks that others had put around the topic were they visible. It would be more than a decade later before I understood what the word transgender meant — and more importantly — what it didn’t mean. That’s not the case now. In 2014, Time reporter Katy Steinmetz announced the “transgender tipping point” and most culture — be it movies, TV shows, or fumbling newscasters covering Gavin Grimm’s case — has been catching up ever since. Though I can have a conversation with someone about the notorious HB2 ruling in North Carolina, I still feel as if there is a lot of catching up to do in terms of knowledge. Trans people may not exist in a negative space, but some days it feels like a game of broken telephone, and I’m consistently getting garbled messages. If you’re trans, you’re obviously gay and couldn’t handle it. If you’re trans, you’ve obviously had surgery. And if you’re trans, please get out of my bathroom. These rumors and half-truths are the exact topic of Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. Jacobs’ book from Beacon Press, “You’re In The Wrong Bathroom!”: And 20 Other Myths or Misconceptions about Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People, which came out in May 2017. Myth #5 tackles the gay assumption, myth #3 deals with the surgery assumptions, and myth #13 is the ever-present bathroom issue. The authors outline each myth for its historical roots, how it comes up in modern circumstances, and how it undermines transgender identity. After this explanation, the authors often present other options for dealing with the situation, effectively showing the original message as it should be, not filtered through a dozen miscommunications. For instance, you probably shouldn’t ask about someone’s surgical status, but you can ask their pronouns and their name, and use them consistently (myth #6 and #7). While it’s obvious that a majority of cisgender people need this kind of rumor-control, the authors don’t always specify cisgender people as their sole audience. Trans people can still perpetuate many of these rumors, and for many different complex reasons. Because the relationship to surgery/medical treatment becomes such a part of

Erickson-Schroth and Jacobs tackle that misinformation head on, and by providing an explanation as to how and why this happens, they humanize the issue. This is not a didactic book that is part of a “call out” culture which seeks to demonize a person or group of people. Realizing that you’re wrong about something is hard, and the authors know that because they have made many of these mistakes. When you grow up, as Allison Washington describes it, during the “transgender dark ages” without access to information, you will get something wrong. There is a reason why I had no idea that transgender men could ever exist until well into the 2000s: all I saw was Dil from The Crying Game, and everything else was hushed. We may not be in the “transgender dark ages” anymore, but we’re still lacking representation and proper information that’s been vetted and explained. I study trans

Transgender people are not brave, because for me to call them brave means that I’ve naturalized their position of oppression and assigned it to them as a personality trait. Instead of critiquing a medical and legal system that made (and still makes) their life difficult, assigning bravery to their identity, means that all those who fail against this system are cowards. To call Caitlyn Jenner brave for coming out obscures the fact that she has money and power, and it obscures the everyday reality for a trans woman of color who may not come out because she is legitimately afraid for her safety. Bravery has nothing to do with transgender identity, and to see the bravery myth perpetuated in small ways in this work is my only substantive critique. And even then, it still won’t stop me from recommending it because there is still so much work to be done on this issue. At the end of the day, cis and trans people are remarkably alike. That’s not a rumor, or a surprise twist ending, that’s just the fact. Erickson-Schroth and Jacobs help to demonstrate the normality of transgender life, which will hopefully usher in a new awareness that will end this broken telephone game. sacurrent.com • July 5-11, 2017 • CURRENT 29

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Stipulated: Nobody needed another Spider-Man movie. The jokes about multiple reboots of the web-slinger are all valid, and even keeping in mind the admirable restraint in Spider-Man: Homecoming of not revisiting the most familiar material — no radioactive spider, no death of Uncle Ben, no J. Jonah Jameson, no redheaded Mary Jane — it’s understandable if we’re all a bit weary of this character. There are, however, a few layers of meaning buried in the title of Spider-Man: Homecoming suggesting why, if we had to get another Spider-Man movie, we should be glad it’s this one. It’s certainly a nod to Spider-Man returning to the fold of the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, connected to this incarnation’s popular debut appearance in last year’s Captain America: Civil War. Most literally, it’s a reference to a dance at the Queens high school of Peter Parker (Tom Holland). But connected to that is a reminder that this character is a 15-year-old kid, with the typical problems of a 15-yearold kid in addition to the ones he encounters while fighting super-villains. Director Jon Watts gets back to the fundamental story of a teen coming of age as a superhero, and it’s a welcome approach. Watts kicks off that sensibility by efficiently reminding us of Peter’s adventure during Civil War’s Berlin battle through Peter’s selfie videos; if this kid is a teenager, he’s a teenager of his time, compulsively documenting his life. After those events, however, Peter finds himself

adrift: He wants to be the kind of hero who saves the world with the Avengers, but while he awaits mentor Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) phone calls that never come, he’s left foiling bicycle thefts and giving directions to nice little old ladies as a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. When he discovers a network of criminals selling powerful weapons — led by the mechanical-winged Vulture (Michael Keaton) — Peter wants to jump in to help, even as Stark warns him to stay in his inexperienced lane. The context of Peter Parker as a high-school nerd permeates Homecoming, as Watts aims for a vibe with more than a few nods to 1980s John Hughes comedies. A couple of key scenes are scored not to contemporary hits, but to vintage tunes by The English Beat and A Flock of Seagulls. A scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off makes a cameo appearance in a sequence where Spider-Man races through multiple suburban backyards. Even the supporting cast of misfits — from Peter’s best friend, Ned (Jacob Batalon), who learns of Peter’s secret identity, to anti-social Michelle (Zendaya) and her spin on Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club — and checked-out teachers feels comfortably familiar, although considerably less lily-white than Hughes’ movies. This is also a comic-book movie, of course, and Watts understands how to make this story work in that idiom, too. It may not be possible for anyone to match the freewheeling kineticism Sam

Raimi brought to the original Spider-Man trilogy, but Watts finds considerably more exuberance in his choreography than Marc Webb dribbled onto the Andrew Garfield-led Amazing Spider-Man movies. This is the chatty, trash-talky Spider-Man of the comics, and while the big final set piece does get a bit too frantic and busy to absorb fully, Watts shows enough chops to make it easy to forget that his big resume item before this was the indie thriller Cop Car — a movie where the only similarity to this one might be young people in over their heads. Yet that small connecting point — the idea of being asked to grow up too fast — proves to be crucial. As fun and frisky as this movie is — including a post-credits tag scene that is easily the best one the Marvel Universe films have delivered to date — everything is anchored by Holland’s engaging performance, full of equal parts eagerness and insecurity. It’s a perfectly Peter Parker moment when, during a school trip, the girl he has a crush on (Laura Harrier) invites him to hang out in the pool, but Peter has to make a choice to follow a lead on the bad guys. The adolescent tug-of-war between the carefree life of a kid and the moral choices of an adult are everywhere here, making for a rich narrative beyond the fights and explosions. If Spider-Man is going to be with us for a while, let it be a Spider-Man whose highflying exploits are complicated by a friend who reminds him, “But we have a Spanish quiz.”

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>The word moderation has no meaning inside Bubble Waffle Bar. They opened their doors with Hong Kong waffle sandwiches, ice cream tacos and HK waffles filled with ice cream, all manners of toppings, syrups, fruit bits and what-nots. So, it makes sense for them to have duplicated a treat made popular by Sugar Sugar ice cream shop in Ontario, Canada. Known internationally as an ice cream burrito, the dessert is made up of flattened, freshly spun cotton candy, scoops of ice cream, “unicorn dust” and rolled into

>The Watels are having you over for lunch. After serving their last buttery plate of escargot over Father’s Day weekend, the Bistro Vatel staff won’t be out of commission for much longer. Legal issues between the landlord and tenants forced the French restaurant to leave its home of nearly 18 years. But starting today, chef Damian Watel’s fans can find him and his staff at Bite, the restaurant helmed by wife, chef Lisa Watel. The menu, available Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature favorites from Chez Vatel Bistro from the lunch and dinner menu at the former location. Diners can expect to find watercress and bacon salad with parsley, country pâté, moules et frites, seared foie gras, octopus carpaccio and cornichon potato salad, seared tuna Nicoise, beef tenderloin churrasco et frites, lamb curry and couscous, and the Bite burger et frites. Prices vary from $11 to $24. The search for a new location is still on for Watel and co., but in the meantime, food lovers should make it a point to stop by lunch service. Though on the pricy side, favorites from the old menu such as the can’t-miss lamb curry with couscous are not to be missed. 1012 S. Presa St., (210) 532-2551.

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> A vegan burger patty, a product of an astutely marketed startup, and it just so happens to bleed... That’s the abridged story of The Impossible Burger by Impossible Foods, a startup that launched in 2011 with one goal in mind: answering “Why does meat taste like meat?” and reengineering the answer using only plantbased ingredients that help curve the “land-hungry, waterthirsty, and pollution-heavy” process of raising beef. The burger made its way onto menus — beginning with a launch inside David Chang’s restaurant Momofuku Nishi in 2016 — and is now served in two dozen additional restaurants in New York, California and Nevada. Austin-based Hopdoddy rolled out the Impossible Burger, made with water, textured wheat Protein, coconut oil, potato protein, natural flavors, 2 percent or less of: leghemoglobin (soy), yeast extract, salt, soy protein

isolate, konjac gum, xanthan gum, thiamin (Vitamin B1), zinc, niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin (vitamin B2), and vitamin B12, to 11 of its restaurants in Austin, Houston, DallasFort Worth and San Antonio as of June 23. After watching a video about the burger’s creation, I drove over to try said burger. Initially, the only thing impossible about it was finding parking. Otherwise, ordering went smoothly even with Hopdoddy’s quirks, and we even scored Impossible Burger swag bags. Filled with temporary burger tattoos, beer koozies, and an Impossible pin, the black Impossible Burger tote was a nice touch especially after forking over $14, making the burger the most expensive on Hopdoddy’s menu. (Can’t complain too much, it’s $18 in Houston). Another small note: unless diners go in knowing what an Impossible Burger is, the menu makes no indication of its plant-based nature. Though not vegan at Hopdoddy, as it’s served with Tillamook cheese and a mayo-horseradish-honey mustard “Sassy Sauce,” the burger qualifies as vegetarian for our purposes. Two veggie friends, an omnivore work-wife and I waited for our respective orders for a relatively short amount of time. When the burger graced us with its presence, complete with Impossible toothpick banner, we dissected it, looking for any discernible differences from its meaty counterpart — I ordered a kids burger to keep as reference. The Impossible burger is just as appealing as a beef patty, at least to this meat eater. When sliced to show a crosssection, it didn’t bleed, which is fine. That’s caused with the addition of heme, “the same molecule that carries oxygen in your blood and makes it red” per the video. I don’t usually order my medium to medium well burgers with the expectation of it bleeding all over my plate... The burger is good. It’s charred enough to create a crisp texture and bite, and accompanied Hopdoddy’s housebaked bread, Tillamook cheddar and fresh fixins, it IS almost impossible to differentiate it from a beef patty. Almost. When compared directly to the kids burger, with the smaller Angus patty, I preferred the Impossible, but the Sassy Sauce, Tillamook, and crunchy char definitely helped. Learn more about Impossible Foods at impossiblefoods.com. 17623 La Cantera Pkwy., Suite 101, (210) 434-2337.

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Get ready to channel your inner babushka as you cross the threshold from South Texas into Eastern Europe at Sasha’s European Market. Like many markets and shops in the Medical Center, Sasha’s exemplifies San Antonio’s diverse selection of specialty international grocers and markets. When Sasha’s European Market first opened in 2010, they began by carrying almost exclusively Russian goods. While that still makes up a bulk of the selection, they now offer foods imported from more than 20 other European countries — primarily those in Eastern Europe like Poland, the Ukraine and Georgia. The store instantly transported me back to the months I spent living in Southern Poland outside of Krakow. The first sight upon entering the shop is a generously filled deli case topped with a variety of Kinder Eggs, matryoshka (nesting doll) themed chocolates, halva (sweets), Eastern European wines, Russian magazines and a stack of poppy-seed danishes that were advised to not be eaten before a drug test. But if you can pull your eyes away from all the goods above the case, you’ll find the deli selection itself isn’t lacking. Sausages of all sorts fill the case, with Hungarian options being particularly plentiful alongside the Russian, Polish

and even some Italian options. You’ll also imported water as well as cold beer and find several smoked hams and deli-style many other popular foods and beverages. cheeses in the case. At Sasha’s it’s easy to find ingredients There are more cheeses along with for a complete meal along with the refrigerated breads located in the back dessert and accompanying Baltic beer, of the shop that are perfect for making Armenian pomegranate wine or Polish the simple Eastern European staple kissel (a thick juice that my Polish hostof sliced buttered bread topped with mother made fresh in her crockpot daily). cheese and cold meat slices, especially Along with making kissel and serving the loved at breakfast. aforementioned staple sandwich of bread, The center of the store is filled with butter, cheese and cold meat at breakfast, aisles boasting an extensive selection my Polish host-mother also prepared of dried and canned goods, mizeria for nearly every meal. When with a large section devoted I first arrived in Poland I wasn’t a Sasha’s is open 10 to pickles, sauerkraut and big fan of cucumbers. However, a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 other fermented vegetables. mizeria was the dish that won a.m. to 8 p.m. SaturSasha’s also carries teas, me over. It is simple, fresh and day and 11 a.m. to 7 baking mixes, several light alongside heavier entrees p.m. Sunday. choices of poppy seeds of meat and potatoes or other (though you’ve been warned), starches like pasta or dumplings pastas, popular Eastern European that are common on an Eastern grains like buckwheat, premium spices European table. like Spanish paprika as well as cookies, Mizeria is such a simple dish that you cakes and other sweets. really need to use good quality ingredients In addition to the deli case at the front for it to come out well. Thus, I highly of the market, there are other freezers recommend purchasing the imported and refrigerators throughout Sasha’s European sour cream from Sasha’s to filled with sweet and savory crepes, prepare it. Any leftover sour cream will perogies/varenki (dumplings), smoked complement borscht, perogies or even salmon and trout, caviar and roe, Russian makaron z truskawkami (Polish pasta sour cream, farmer’s cheese (ideal for with strawberries) if you’re really wanting making your own perogies), kefir (a to expand your palate. 8023 Callaghan European sour cream beverage), juice, Road, (210) 348-7788.

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It won’t be too long before beer drinkers start noticing a new seal on their bottles and cans. In an effort to help small, independent craft beer makers distinguish their product from breweries recently acquired by Big Beer, the Brewers Association released a new craft beer seal as of Tuesday morning. “Independence matters,” BA Board of Directors member and owner of Freetail Brewing Co. Scott Metzger told the Current over the phone. An article on craftbeer.com highlighted that preference with figures noting that “as of January 2017, more than 5,300 operating breweries exist in the U.S. Ninety-nine percent of those breweries are considered small and independent.” Per Metzger, distinguishing small brewers has been in discussions for several years and landing on the seal was a discovery process. “The seal is part of a larger community effort to promote independent brewers,” he said. No, Karbach Brewing Co. out of Houston cannot bear the seal as it was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev last November. Same goes for craft beer-drinker fave Wicked Weed out of Asheville, North Carolina, which chose to “innovate, push the boundaries, and grow, we’ve decided to take on the High End branch of Anheuser-Busch as a strategic partner,” this March to the chagrin of many. The logo itself is a bottle, turned upside down, to signify how the craft beer industry has flipped beer

production on its head. “This is a bit of a departure for the BA because it’s not about who is a member and who is not ... this is about how to benefit everyone.” Including consumers who want transparency in their beer-buying. To use the seal, breweries would need a Tax and Trade Bureau Brewer’s Notice, must meet the definition of a “small and independent” brewery as per the Brewer’s Association (meaning an “annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less” with “less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcohol industry member that is not itself a craft brewer” and using “traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation”) and sign a free licensing agreement. As of today, 661 breweries have adopted the seal including Freetail, naturally. The seal will be featured in the coming weeks in Freetail’s bottles first (along with some of their Ghost Pixel bottlings) and cans later. Locally, the move was met with positive feedback from brewers such as Dorcol Distilling’s HighWheel Beer Works, which launched in late 2015 and can be found in several taprooms across San Antonio. “We’ve always maintained being adamant that our peers also engage in truth in disclosure especially when it comes to use of industrial neutral grain distillates, so we are generally in favor of industry monikers that identify the smaller independent distillers and brewers based in on-site process,” said

co-owner of Dorcol, Boyan Kalusevic. Southerleigh’s Les Locke also applauded the move. “I think it’s a profound statement by the Brewers Association,” Locke said, while adding that the brewery will add the seal within the next few months. “There’s so much confusion out there, it’s hard to know what’s true. It adds a nice distinction.” Usage will obviously play a factor. As easy as the association has made it for breweries to use the seal, redesigning and reordering labels and cans might take some time. Metzger, an active member of the Texas Craft Brewers Guild, said he’d reach out to that group as a way to encourage other brewers to adopt the seal, as well. “It will be interesting to see the new seal’s adoption rate among members and its impact on consumers’ selection process at point of purchase,” Kalusevic said. Busted Sandal’s brewer Rob Garza also gave the seal a seal of approval because it would help the small brewery differentiate its products from “’crafty’ created by large brewing conglomerates with the intent to deceptively market them as craft while obscuring their true origins.” Still, he hopes the BA is ready to market the seal to the masses. “Unless the new seal is followed up with a large scale marketing campaign that focuses beyond the craft beer aficionado and helps educate the general consumer as to what it means, it’s impact will not realize it’s full potential,” Garza wrote.

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Equipped with bumping electro town nestled in the Rio Grande Valley, grooves, a dancer wearing a Eric Cavazos moved to San Antonio in giant skull, and effervescent costumes the early 2000s to study art at UTSA. It that are as loud, and almost equally was there that he began to experiment important as, the hard-hitting dance with keyboards and produce songs beats pumping through his keyboards, that he says sounded more like the Eric Cavazos has spent the last three poignant indie vibes of Cat Power than years infiltrating the San Antonio the in-your-face electro thump sound music scene with his high-energy that he’s known for today. electronic act, Pink Leche. In 2015, Pink Leche performed at Cavazos credits Munich’s Maverick Music Festival and later performance electrothat year released his debut clashers, Chicks On EP House of Relaxation, Speed, and the way a split EP he put out they incorporated with fellow electronic fashion and art into producer, Xy!o. This their music, as one of summer, Cavazos his main influences plans to head back Getting weird for the project. into the studio to work with Pink Leche The singer also on a new collection of listed Sonic Youth’s music which he says CHRIS CONDE Kim Gordon as an artist will be dancy, political, who shaped him early and a little more edgy. on, as well as New Orleans’ “I’m already weird, but how bounce artist Big Freedia. “Making weird can I get,” he said, explaining a song where you tell people to do that he started this project as a way to something – that was very influential,” celebrate “being different” by constantly Cavazos told the Current. Hence his trying to push his sound, costumes and song “Strut,” where he says “I want to performances to the next creative level. see you strut” – quite literally because On top of performing around town, he wants his audience to, well, strut. Cavazos hosts Queer Brunch, a live (“Like, no, I’m telling you for real – I music event featuring LGBTQ artists want to see you do this,” he says.) and craft vendors, once a month at Born and raised in San Perlita, a tiny Brick in the Blue Star Arts Complex.

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It was announced last month that Eva Ybarra, the singer, bandleader, accordion wiz, and conjunto legend often dubbed La Reina Del Acordeón, will join a growing host of San Anto musical and literary giants with fancy national recognition. Ybarra, whose impressive and groundbreaking career has spanned more than six decades, is one of nine recipients of the 2017 National Heritage Fellowship presented by the National Endowment of the Arts, the organization’s highest honor. As really the only widelyrecognized female conjunto accordionist and bandleader, Ybarra is a true trailblazer, bringing a fiery passion to her playing, writing, and singing, all the while making technical genius at her

instrument look exasperatingly natural, easy even. There’s not a single stubborn old vato who would deny Ybarra’s greatness, especially not to her face. Musically and in terms of her presence itself, Ybarra deftly toes this strange line: she’s rough and rugged, yet she’s also emotive, openhearted and full of the midnight melodrama of the music she adores. From cumbias and country to banda, straight-up polkas, and rancheras, Ybarra has mastered and left her mark upon the genres that describe the beating heart of Texas itself. Aside from sheer bragging rights, Ybarra will receive a $25,000 prize and be honored at a September ceremony in the nation’s capitol. ¡Orale Reina!

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More laid back than your significant other reclined in the passenger seat during a road trip across the country, Trummors invites you to take it slow and steady. Originally based in Brooklyn, songwriters Anne Cunningham and David Lerner eventually ended up in Taos, New Mexico and have been releasing music as a duo since 2012 with their debut Over and Around the Clove. The sound is sort of a Beatles meets Iron and Wine mash up that probably best falls into the folk category. On tour in support of their new record Headlands, which was released last month, Trummors is the perfect excuse to kick back with a few brews on a Thursday night under the Texas stars. With Jerry David DeCicca, Free, 9pm, Low Country, 318 Martinez St. (210) 560-2224. — CC

This weekend at Limelight, fans of heavy music of all stripes will want to dig this stacked four band bill. The all local affair will feature the heavy, broody synth-drone duo Massiver, the dense, abrasive, and barking doompunk crew Murdered Out, the stoned-tothe-bone blues-metal act ManEaters of Tsavo, and Shirley Temple. Each band tackles the general darkness at large, and the angst that attends it, in a very different way, but none of these acts hold back one bit. So, whether you like your aural assaults of the electronic variety or have a sonic palette for a more traditional, rock-based attack on your senses, this show promises to leave you with your ears ringing and your thirst for devastating decibels sated. $8.00, 8:00pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St, papertigersatx.com. — James Courtney FRI

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Perhaps now best known for her feature on Beyonce’s track “Formation”, Big Freedia has been representing New Orleans long before she teamed up with the Lemonade star. Dubbed the ambassador of bounce, a style of high energy dance music with lots of call-and-response party and Mardi Gras Indian chants, Freedia’s been convincing audiences to literally shake their asses since her first single, 1999’s “An Ha, Oh Yeah.” Fast forward nearly two decades later, and Big Freedia is now an icon in the LGBTQ community. Come prepared to bounce – she’s known to pull audience members out of the crowd to dance on stage. With Wayne Holtz, $20, 7pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Chris Conde THU

Female-fronted hardcore punk has this wonderful mix of femininity and aggression that continues to expand the genre. Led by singer Anna Cataldo (who also plays in Leather Daddy), Boston’s Exit Order has been around since 2013 when they released their debut seven-song demo. Four years later, the band is back with a new release Seed of Hysteria, a ten-track album full of d-beat punk drums and distorted guitars that take unexpected turns throughout the chaotic tracks. With Dame, The Unit, Surplus, $8, 8pm, The Land In Between DIY, 527 El Paso. — CC FRI

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CLIFFSIDE OF THE PINKEYED SKY While many young bands in San Antonio and elsewhere make loosely psychedelic music, most come at it from a very garage-pop, fuzz-filled place. For local act Cliffside of the Pinkeyed Sky, which will celebrate the release of its debut EP Spacetime on Friday, the route to a psychedelic sound is more prog than pop, more polished that patchouli-hazed, more like The Mars Volta than The Monks. The instrumental foursome has given us a taste of the EP, over at the group’s Bandcamp page, and, far from motley, there’s a mathy precision and a polish to the band’s sound that you might expect from a more seasoned act. Dig the new tunes for yourself and check out the release show, which will also feature Collective Dreams, Roshii, and What? The City Bears. $5.00-$8.00, 9:00pm, Limelight, 2718 N St Mary’s St, (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com. — JC FRI

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Matching post-hardcore guitar riffage with pop melodies, Japan’s One Ok Rock sort of sound like something that might have come out stateside in 2008. But that hasn’t stopped them from landing international tours and playing stadium shows back in Japan. Formed in 2005, the band has a sound that stays close to the Fall Out Boy/Underoath-ish MON

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Paul Banks, Mt. Eddy take all the best stuff from early aughts pop rock and blend it with a slight edge of modern punk. With The Brighest Star, Noise Quota, Over The Horizon, $8-$10, 6pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s, papertigersatx. com — CC

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MUSIC CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Acoustic Showcase Craig K of Shady Rest Band plays acoustic folk music. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 8:30pm

John Evans Band Rockabilly. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm

Dan West Open, unplugged acoustic circle. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 4pm

Kelley Mickwee Singer/songwriter. Alamo Beer Company Brewery, 7:30-10:30pm

Fall Metal act joined by Fear Control, Fixdid, Aurorean and Assailants. $7. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm

Wednesday Evening Picker Circle Open, unplugged acoustic circle with Jimmy Lee Jones every Wednesday. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm THURSDAY, JULY 6 210 Blues Band R&B by 210 Blues Band every Thursday & Sunday. Free. SoHo Wine & Martini Bar, 10pm Big Freedia Queen of Bounce, joined by Wayne Holtz. $20. Paper Tiger, 7pm BobbyrocK BobbyrocK performs at Jack’s Bar. $8-$10. Jack’s Bar, 8-11:45pm

Folk Family Revival Alt-country/rock act joined by The Reed Brothers. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm Friday Afternoon Picker Circle Open, unplugged acoustic circle every Friday with Hayden Whittington. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-4pm Heavy Metal Wrestling presents “The Boys of Summer” with special guest Party Robot Blend of pro wrestling and live music. $10. The Korova, 8:30pm John Baumann Alt country act joined by Hunter Rea Band. $10-$12. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm PM Soul R&B at Luna. $10. Luna, 9:30pm

Dirty River Boys Country rock act. Free. Whitewater Amphitheater, 8pm

Stoney LaRue Red dirty country artist joined by Jonathen Terrell. $25. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Dirty River Dixie Band New Orleans jazz. $5. Luna, 9:30pm

West Kings Highway Every first Friday. Free. Southtown 101, 8-11pm

Supersuckers Rock/country act. $15-$18. The Rock Box, 7pm Thursday Night Picker Circle Open, unplugged acoustic circle with West Creek every Thursday. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5-9pm FRIDAY, JULY 7 95 Behind, Celeste’al Descent Rock act joined by 95 Behind, Razor Doves and more. Free. The Bang Bang Bar, 9pm Balcones Heights Jazz Festival Live jazz concerts twice a day at Wonderland of the Americas with free outdoor seating. Free. Wonderland of the Americas Amphitheatre, 7:30 & 9pm Big Bad Billycatz Rockabilly at Phoenix Saloon. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm Cactus Pear Music Festival Featuring performances of late romantic and early 20th century chamber music works. $20-

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SATURDAY, JULY 8 Animosity Tribute to Sevendust, joined by 5th Circle. $5. Zombies, 9:30pm Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs Rockabilly act at Gruene. Free. Gruene Hall, 1-5pm Cactus Pear Music Festival: Mystery & Romance Featuring chamber music works by Mark Summer, Mozart, Gizmonti, Smetana, and Rimsky-Korsakov. $20-$125, $5 student ticket. Concordia Lutheran Church, 7:30-9:30pm

SUNDAY, JULY 9 210 Blues Band R&B by 210 Blues Band every Thursday & Sunday. Free. SoHo Wine & Martini Bar, 10pm Bret Graham Country musician at Gruene. Free. Gruene Hall, 12:30-5pm Cas Haley Soulful Texas artist joined by Free’Dem Sesh, Sam Ravenna $15-$50. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

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Cliffside of The Pinkeyed Sky Local instrumental act releases their album “Spacetime.” Joined by Collective Dreams, Roshii and What? The City Bears. $8. Paper Tiger, 8pm

The Red Young Organ Trio Austin-based “earthy” soul jazz trio. $10. Jazz, TX, 8:3011:30pm

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Gospel Brunch with a Texas Twist Led by country musician Bret Graham. $30. Gruene Hall, 10:30am Seth James Texas blues act at Gruene. Free. Gruene Hall, 5:30-9pm Sunday Evening Picker Circle Open, acoustic session with Bill Lewis. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm Sunday Jazz at the Witte Jazz under the pecan trees of the Will Smith Amphitheater. $7-$10. Witte Museum, second Sunday of every month, 3-5pm MONDAY, JULY 10

LC Rocks 80s rock cover band. Free. Whitewater Amphitheater, 8pm

Grouchy Like Riley Folk/rock act at Gruene. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm

The Molly Ringwalds Music genres of the 80s. $15-$38. Aztec Theatre, 8pm

Meat and Metal Mondays Metal night with meat and drink specials. Free. Zombies, 5pm

Murdered Out Joined by local act Massiver, Shirley Temple and Maneaters of Tsavo. $5-$8. Limelight, 9pm

Monday Evening Picker Circle Open, acoustic session every Monday with Bo Porter. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1pm

Onyx Humms Joined by Sons and Moons and more. $5. Imagine Books and Records, 8-11:45pm The Rich Hands Album Release Party Local rock act release their album “Take Care.” Joined by Crocodile Tears. Free. Paper Tiger, 8pm

Nowhere Road Presents: 99cent Mondays The Craig Brown Band (Detroit) celebrates releases their new full length on Third Man Records, joined by Garrett T. Capps’ new band “The Three Timers.” .99 cents. Paper Tiger, 8pm

The Steady 45s Soul and ska at Luna. $10. Luna, 9:30pm

One OK Rock Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo. $25. Aztec Theatre, 7pm

Stoney LaRue Red dirty country artist joined by Jonathan Terrell. $25. Gruene Hall, 9pm

Swing Nite with Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers play Swing Night. $7-$10. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8:30pm

Tera Ferna, Jessie Frye Local indie rock act joined by Jessie Frye and Sound of Curves. $7-$10. Jack’s Bar, 8pm

Dalton Domino Southern rock act joined by Copper Chief. $10-$12. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm

Terror Universal Metal act joined by Incite and Kill the Precedent. $10-$14. The Korova, 7pm

Donella Drive Local rock act joined by Recreating Eden, Covina and more. $5. The Rock Box, 7pm

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Eclipse: A Tribute to Journey Joined by Trick Shot. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm

Weldon Henson Country act at Luckenbach. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-5pm

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METABOLISM STUDY

You may qualify for studies that will evaluate how a probiotic (good bacteria) and food composition affect the metabolism Study participants should be:

• Non-smokers ages 18-65

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• Sedentary or minimal exercise lifestyle

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“Parts on Back-Order”— it is humanly elbissop. ACROSS

1 South Beach, e.g. 5 Glide along 10 Get to the end of Julius Caesar, in a way? 14 “The Book of Mormon” location 15 Impractical 17 1999 Drew Barrymore rom-com (and James Franco’s film debut) 19 Kind of board at a nail salon 20 Passover feast 21 Some laptops 22 Have the appearance of 24 Bit of bitters 26 Protection for goalies 28 “You ___ awesome!” 32 Tomato on some pizzas 36 Mo. with both National Beer Day and National Pretzel Day 37 His first public jump in 1965 was over rattlesnakes and two mountain lions 39 Sewing kit staple 41 Nintendo’s ___ Sports 42 “Fidelio,” for one 43 Star of “The Birds” and grandmother of Dakota Johnson 46 Cup lip 47 Effortlessness 48 “Awake and Sing!” playwright Clifford 49 Bi- times four 50 Mitch’s husband on

“Modern Family” 52 Tickle Me Elmo toymaker 54 Org. in “Concussion” 57 “Wheel of Fortune” host since 1981 61 Actress Woodard of “St. Elsewhere” 64 “Enough already!” 67 Constitutional amendment that established Prohibition 68 WWE wrestler John 69 “The Bone Garden” writer Gerritsen 70 Online magazine once owned by Microsoft 71 Shoe brand with the old slogan “They feel good”

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1 Frank Herbert sci-fi series 2 “Big ticket” thing 3 Listens in 4 “___ the door ...” 5 New reporter 6 Washington bills 7 For ___ (not pro bono) 8 Put in the mail 9 Accepts, as responsibility 10 “Pretty sneaky, ___” (Connect Four ad line) 11 1/2 of a fl . oz. 12 He has a recurring role as The Donald 13 “___ Are Burning” (Midnight Oil hit) 16 Apple voice assistant 18 Deli sandwich option

23 Dallas pro baller, for short 25 Get ready, slangily 26 Kindergarten glop 27 Via ___ (famous Italian road) 29 Got hitched again 30 Say “comfortable” or “Worcestershire,” maybe 31 Avoid, as an issue 33 How some daytime daters meet 34 Reason for a scout’s badge 35 Fictional beer on “King of the Hill” 37 Wallace of “Stargate Universe” or Wallach of “The Magnificent Seven” 38 Charged particle 40 Gp. that includes Nigeria and Iraq 44 Respectful tributes 45 Suffi x denoting the ultimate 49 Time-based contraction 51 “I don’t want to break up ___” 53 Ex-NBA star Ming 54 No, to Putin 55 Pate de ___ gras 56 Carries with effort 58 “Community” star McHale 59 Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina” 60 Etta of bygone comics pages 62 Kentucky senator ___ Paul 63 Geological time spans 65 Bygone TV taping abbr. 66 Definite article

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Unless you were raised by a pack of feral raccoons or a fundamentalist cult, now is a perfect time to dive in to your second childhood. Is there a toy you wanted as a kid but never got? Buy it for yourself now! What were the delicious foods you craved back then? Eat them! Where were the special places you loved? Go there, or to spots that remind you of them. Who were the people you were excited to be with? Talk with them. Actions like these will get you geared up for a full-scale immersion in innocent eagerness. And that would be just the right medicine for your soul. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): What I wish for you, Taurus, is toasted ice cream and secrets in plain sight and a sacred twist of humorous purity. I would love for you to experience a powerful surrender and a calm climax and a sweeping vision of a small but pithy clue. I very much hope that you will get to take a big trip to an intimate turning point that’s not too far away. I pray you will find or create a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In Dr. Seuss’s book, Horton Hatches an Egg, an elephant assumes the duty of sitting on a bird’s egg, committed to keeping it warm until hatching time. The nest is located high in a tree, which makes the undertaking even more incongruous. By the climax of the tale, Horton has had to persist in his loyal service through a number of challenges. But all ends well, and there’s an added bonus: The creature that’s born is miraculously partbird, part-elephant. I see similarities between this story and your life right now, Gemini. The duty you’re carrying out doesn’t come naturally, and you’re not even sure you’re doing it right. But if you keep at it till it’s completed, you’ll earn a surprising reward. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): It’s prime time for you to break through any inhibitions you might have about accessing and expressing your passion. To help you in this righteous cause, I’ve assembled a batch of words you should be ready to use with frequency and sweet abandon. Consider writing at least part of this list on your forearm with a felt-tip pen every morning so it’s always close at hand: enamored, piqued, enchanted, stirred, roused, enthused, delighted, animated, elevated, thrilled, captivated, turned-on, enthralled, exuberant, fired up, awakened. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Matt Groening, creator of the cartoon series The Simpsons, says that a great turning point in his early years came when his Scoutmaster told him he was the worst Boy Scout in history. While

this might have demoralized other teenagers, it energized Groening. “Well, somebody’s got to be the worst,” he triumphantly told the Scoutmaster. And then, “instead of the earth opening up and swallowing me, instead of the flames of hell fire licking at my knees — nothing happened. And I was free.” I suspect you may soon be blessed with a comparable liberation, Leo. Maybe you’ll be released from having to live up to an expectation you shouldn’t even live up to. Or maybe you’ll be criticized in a way that will motivate your drive for excellence for years to come. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Nineteen of my readers who work in the advertising industry signed a petition requesting that I stop badmouthing their field. “Without advertising,” they testified, “life itself would be impossible.” In response, I agreed to attend their re-education seminar. There, under their tutelage, I came to acknowledge that everything we do can be construed as a kind of advertising. Each of us is engaged in a mostly unconscious campaign to promote our unique way of looking at and being in the world. Realizing the truth, I now feel no reservations about urging you Virgos to take advantage of the current astrological omens. They suggest that you can and should be aggressive and ingenious about marketing yourself, your ideas, and your products. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In 2003, the American Film Institute announced the creation of a new prize to honor acting talent. Dubbed the Charlton Heston Award, it was designed to be handed out periodically to luminaries who have distinguished themselves over the course of long careers. The first recipient of the award was, oddly enough, Charlton Heston himself, born under the sign of Libra. I hope you’re inspired by this story to wipe away any false modesty you might be suffering from. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable moment to create a big new award named after you and bestow it upon yourself. As part of the festivities, tell yourself about what makes you special, amazing, and valuable.

Make sure you’re not so addicted to scratching the unscratchable itch that you fail to take advantage of the healing it’s bringing you.

to your relationships with real people. Don’t expect them to act like or live up to the very real fantasy you’re communing with.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The best way to go forward is to go backward; the path to the bright future requires a shadowy regression. Put another way, you should return to the roots of a triumph in order to find a hidden flaw that might eventually threaten to undo your success. Correct that flaw now and you’ll make it unnecessary for karmic repercussions to undermine you later. But please don’t get all solemn-faced and anxious about this assignment. Approach it with humorous selfcorrection and you’ll ensure that all goes well.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): As a recovering save-the-world addict, I have felt compassionate skepticism towards my fellow junkies who are still in the throes of their obsession. But recently I’ve discovered that just as a small minority of alcoholics can safely take a drink now and then, so can a few savethe-world-aholics actually save the world a little bit at a time without getting strung-out. With that as a disclaimer, Aquarius, I’m letting you know that the cosmos has authorized you to pursue your own brand of fanatical idealism in the coming weeks. To keep yourself honest, make fun of your zealotry every now and then.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Are you familiar with the psychological concepts of anima and animus? You’re in the midst of being intoxicated by one of those creatures from inner space. Though you may not be fully conscious of it, you women are experiencing a mystical marriage with an imaginal character that personifies all that’s masculine in your psyche. You men are going through the analogous process with a female figure within you. I believe this is true no matter what your sexual orientation is. While this awesome psychological event may be fun, educational, and even ecstatic, it could also be confusing

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): The potential breakthrough I foresee for you is a rare species of joy. It’s a gritty, hard-earned pleasure that will spawn beautiful questions you’ll be glad to have awakened. It’s a surprising departure from your usual approach to feeling good that will expand your understanding of what happiness means. Here’s one way to ensure that it will visit you in all of its glory: Situate yourself between the fabulous contradictions in your life and say, “Squeeze me, tease me, please me.”

THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Here’s your riddle: What unscratchable itch drives you half-crazy? But you’re secretly glad it drives you half-crazy, because you know your half-craziness will eventually lead you to an experience or resource that will relieve the itch. Here’s your prophecy: Sometime soon, scratching the unscratchable itch will lead you to the experience or resource that will finally relieve the itch. Here’s your homework: Prepare yourself emotionally to fully receive and welcome the new experience or resource. sacurrent.com • July 5-11, 2017 • CURRENT 49

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