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Trump Signs Transgender Ban, Pardons Racist Sheriff — and Continues to Ignore Hurricane Harvey: Seriously? What the hell is he supposed to do, control the weather? What is to be done before the storm even hits? Texas is a strong state, we have this under control. If we need help, we will ask. Until then, the federal government can wait to see if we need help, and stop overreaching into the state’s buisness. — Holly Nikkels UT Austin President Sued for Removing Confederate Statues: People already “erased” real history about Native Americans- this is just sad. Schools need to be educating not removing history. — Martina Esquivel Jackson Hurricane Harvey Downgraded to Tropical Storm — But Far From Over: The local media way over exaggerated the situation this morning. They should have admitted we dodged a bullet today. Get out and take care of business while you can. If the rain picks up, we could flood tomorrow. — Paul Young • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com

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Higher Ground Harvey evacuees take shelter in San Antonio, for now Getting Schooled SAISD adds sexual orientation and gender identity to nondiscrimination rules Blame Game SAPD justifies cop punching a 14-year-old girl Confederates on Campus UT Austin president sued for removing Confederate statues

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CONFEDERATES ON CAMPUS UT Austin President Sued for Removing Confederate Statues

> In the wee morning hours of Monday, August 21, University of Texas at Austin UT Austin President Gregory President Fenves gave workers Gregory Fenves the green light to remove four prominent statues from UT’s South Mall. The statues, including Robert E. Lee, represented men directly linked to the Confederacy. Fenves said his decision was motivated by the “horrific displays of hatred” seen at the University of Virginia campus and in Charlottesville the weekend before. Unsurprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the Sons of the Confederate Veterans' Texas chapter. So on Wednesday, August 23, the group sued Fenves for

using his “Orwellian agenda” to remove the “political speech expressed in the statues.” The complaint explains that these four statues were donated to UT in 1920 by Confederate army Officer George Littlefield with the explicit intention to “communicate the Southern understanding of American history and the Civil War.” Removing such statues, the SCV argue, contradicts Littlefield’s agreement with the university. Steven Littlefield, a descendant of the wealthy officer, is a member of SCV. In removing the statues, they write, Fenves “has breached the university’s long-standing promotion of American history from the Southern perspective.” But if history plays any role in this ruling, it’s not going to be in their favor. That’s because the SCV brought the same lawsuit against UT when officials removed a Jefferson Davis

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Harvey Evacuees Take Shelter in San Antonio, For Now ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE her uncle since. She said he lives alone in the coastal town and decided to ride out the storm in place, despite relying on an oxygen tank to breathe. “The only way he’d get out of that house in a hurry is if someone was carrying him,” Shader said, shaking his head. The couple, like many of the evacuees sheltered in San Antonio, don’t own a car. If they hadn’t gotten on one of the free buses headed north Thursday, they may have been stuck in their nowcrumpled house. A Rockport man smoking a cigarette outside the school’s gym said his truck had just broken down the week before. “I’d probably be dead right now if I didn’t leave,” he told the Current. He asked for his identity to remain private. City officials are unsure how long they’ll

need to house the thousands of newcomers. “Some people may not have any place to go back to,” said Carol Schlesinger, a spokesperson for Metro Health stationed at the middle school over the weekend. CO UR TE Few at the south side S shelter were certain how long they’d be staying in San Antonio, or when the buses will truck them back home, or how long their kids will be out of school. Many are still trying to get in touch with relatives also displaced by the storm. McGowen said she’s only cried once since leaving the coast. She doesn’t want her kids to see her worried. But she and Shader have no idea what they’ll do next. “Right now, we’re thinking about just staying in San Antonio,” Shader said. “There’s not much left for us back there.” A OA FN

April), Red Cross and San Antonio Food Bank volunteers and city staffers offered warm meals, blankets, cots, showers, and spare clothes to 200 or so Harvey evacuees. A small medical clinic had set up inside to help refill lost or left behind prescriptions and hand out toothpaste, Band-Aids, and Advil. Kids watched cartoons on iPads and old classroom TVs as their parents nervously checked their phones for updates from home. Michelle McGowen and her partner Ian Shader, who came to San Antonio from Aransas Pass with their two young boys and a small dog, sat on a bench in front of the school to get some air, and chatted with other displaced strangers. McGowen said she was sure her family’s home was destroyed by Harvey. “I talked to my uncle when the eye of the storm was over our house, and he said it had been hit,” McGowen said. Many reports from the coast say the second half of the hurricane (which came after the eye had passed) was stronger and more destructive than the first. That was Friday. She hasn’t heard from

statue (another lovely gift from Littlefield) from the main lawn in 2015 — and lost. The appeals court ruled that UT has no obligation to make Littlefield’s statues permanent, and could honestly do whatever they wanted with them. The court threw out the SCV’s argument, which is nearly identical to their complaint filed Wednesday. The group claims that Fenves’ decision violates the “Texas Monument Protection Act” — a measure protecting monuments to Texas military veterans. That law, however, explicitly excludes monuments to Confederate soldiers. SCV’s case makes Fenves out to be some kind of unbridled wildcard, making this decision without any foresight, let alone legal aid. But in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman, UT Austin’s chief lawyer Patti Ohlendorf said Fenves’ decision was “legally sound” — and he consulted with a number of people before making the call.

As Hurricane Harvey shredded the South Texas coastline and spiraled toward Houston — where unrelenting rainfall turned highways into muddy rivers — thousands of evacuees fled inland to San Antonio for refuge. By Sunday, nearly 1,000 people from Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Rockport, Victoria, Galveston, Houston, and dozens of other South Texas towns had fi lled San Antonio’s emergency shelters — and hundreds more hunkered down in hotels or with friends and family across Bexar County. More than 700 people who’d been hospitalized in costal facilities prior to the storm had been relocated to San Antonio after their hospitals lost power. “For those seeking shelter, San Antonio is here to help,” Mayor Nirenberg said in a Sunday press release. “No one will be turned away from our city as they seek shelter from this storm. And we will be here when they begin rebuilding their lives.” At one of the shelters, Abraham Kazen Middle School in San Antonio’s south side (which has been out of commission since

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The San Antonio Independent School District board voted unanimously August 21 evening to add new protections to the district’s non-discrimination ordinance. Now, students and employees will be protected from discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. “SAISD has to advance with the times and lead Bexar County to protect the most vulnerable students and employees,” said Ruby Polanco, a senior at the district’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy who testified at the evening meeting. Polanco led the charge to update the non-discrimination ordinance, and submitted a petition to the board carrying more than 300 signatures from those in support of the change. “It’s a matter of protection and equal education for all,” she told the board. Patti Radle, board president and former San Antonio City Council member, told the Current that the SAISD board had been dealing with discrimination that fell into these new categories “quietly and privately” — until now. “We try to deal with issues from the student’s perspective,” she said. “So it makes me proud that one of our own students brought this forward.”

SAISD joins school districts in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso and other Texas cities in adopting sexual orientation and gender identity phrases into its non-discrimination rules. The adoption comes on the heels of the Texas Legislature’s failed attempt to pass a number of hotly-debated bills that would block public school kids from using a bathroom that matches their gender identity. Radle said that she hadn’t heard of any opposition to the ordinance. “It’s certainly a welcome message for compassion from an entity targeted by discriminatory priorities from the state,” Mayor Ron Nirenberg told the Current. Nirenberg, who played a lead role on city council in passing the city’s updated non-discrimination ordinance in 2013, said it comes as no surprise that this ordinance was introduced by a student. “The younger generation gets it,” he said. Robert Salcido, field organizer for Equality Texas, says the next step is getting all local school districts on board with this language. He hopes SAISD can become an anti-discrimination model for other districts to emulate. “These six words will go a long way,” Polanco told the board, referring to the added language. “LGBTQ rights are human rights.” SHUTTERSTOCK

While the “she hit me fi rst” argument is typically reserved for squabbling siblings, the San Antonio Police Department determined on Monday it was a justifi able enough excuse for a much older, much larger man to punch an unarmed 14-year-old girl at her friend’s quinceañera. According to the use-of-force report first obtained by San Antonio Express-News, Officer Gary Tuli’s supervisor determined he “didn’t break department policies” when he punched the girl in the face or “need additional training” after the incident. SAPD alleges the girl hit the officer first, making it okay for the officer to respond with a fist to the face. Tuli punched the 14-year-old in the parking lot of the Crown Palace Event Center on May 21. Police were initially called to the quinceañera after a fight allegedly broke out between two men, but things escalated quickly during the incident, which was captured on video. April Johnson, the girl’s mother, previously told the Current she had heard Tuli saying he hit her daughter because “she punched him in the face.” A video of the incident shows the officer punching the girl forcefully, her head and neck flying backwards as she stumbles into a group of people standing behind her. Tuli and two other officers begin restraining the girl and dragging her away from the group. The girl’s mother, April Johnson, can be heard crying out “No!” repeatedly, while being held back by police officers as she watched them restrain her daughter. The video of the officer punching the girl drew the ire of local activists when it went viral, and it has been viewed almost 290,000 times on YouTube. Johnson told the Current her daughter had been diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury and trauma to her face and neck muscles, but the police report contradicts this, saying the girl did not sustain any injuries. The report also says the officer had a bruise or abrasion from the girl allegedly hitting him. Coincidentally, on the same day the use-of-force report was released, a former Bexar county deputy was arrested for assaulting an inmate with “no justification to use force.” The girl was arrested and taken to juvenile lockup that night on the felony charge of assaulting a public servant. She has not been convicted.

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Sell stuff Are you an overzealous second-hand shopper? Need to off-load some of your cool stuff and make a buck? Craigslist is a tried and true method that connects shoppers with sellers. But another app, Offer Up, is a little more agile and easier to use. Search local and connect to shoppers directly with their built-in messenger.

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ome of the best moments in college are the ones you don’t spend studying. When you find you finally have an entire day without homework, and you can’t possibly binge-watch another series, it’s good to have somewhere to escape and get together with friends who share the stress of student life. With no shortage of university and college campuses, San Antonio is home to an increasingly large student population. And it’s no accident that the Alamo City boasts an abundance of campus-convenient bars and hangouts that offer happy hour prices and daily drink specials tailor-made for college wallets. Whether you’re a freshly minted 21-year-old or a perpetual student who enjoys turning 21 every couple of years, dig this list of bars and chill spots for days and nights of homework-free fun. 20

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The Block SA 14530 Roadrunner Way (210) 690-3333 facebook.com/theblocksa Whether you’re looking for food, drinks or entertainment, The Block SA has it all. Located right outside of UTSA’s main campus grounds, The Block is a popular hangout for students, offering daily drink specials and a variety of tasty treats from several local food trucks. With an ice-house type feel,

The Block consists of a large grassy lawn and 1,500-squarefoot covered patio. Challenge your friends to jumbo Jenga or cornhole after a long day of classes and studying. Plan to watch your favorite major sporting events on The Block’s multiple large screens, or take a break from the textbooks to celebrate Sunday Funday. Family- and pet-friendly, The Block SA is an ideal spot to make new friends of hang with your gang.

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15403 White Fawn Drive (210) 695-2307 facebook.com/ centeroftheuniversesatx Under the new management of Justin Vitek and Mike McMillan, owners of downtown’s On the Rocks Pub, Hills and Dales now has a friendlier feel to it, catering to more diverse crowds. The ice house offers a large outdoor deck, as well as a roomy interior. Play pool with friends or brave the Texas weather with a cold drink on the patio. Daily drink specials are perfect for a student budget, but you’ll find all sorts of people at this “center of the universe,” making it the perfect place to meet new friends.

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17101 La Cantera Pkwy. (210) 310-3733 georgeskeep.com If you’re the speakeasy type and dig a dark atmosphere, eclectic crowd and carefully crafted cocktails, George’s Keep is the spot. Nestled in the terrace level of a sprawling resort, George’s is known as the area’s best-kept secret. The bar’s large wooden front door looks like something straight out of Middle Earth. George’s attracts all sorts of patrons from traveling white-collar execs and vacationing hipsters to restaurant industry workers, students and local residents. If you’re on a budget, don’t get discouraged — George’s hosts happy hour daily, with all-day happy hour on Sundays and Mondays. George’s dark atmosphere

is well accented by mood lighting, making it a great place to take a date that’s far more refined than the boisterous antics of clubland.

Sapporo 5638 W. Hausman Road (210) 314-4423 sapporosa.com There comes a time in every college student’s life where you begin to expand your food palate. This pivotal time is perfect for experimenting with foods from other countries and cultures. Sapporo has been catering to the UTSA main campus community since 2012, offering Japanese/ Korean fusion plates and smartly priced sushi rolls. Take a break between classes and grab a bento box lunch special, or end the long day with a sake bomb. Sapporo blends Asian decor with modern colors, stylish lighting and pan-Asian favorites. A perfect spot for getting lunch with friends or a quiet dinner date, Sapporo will be a popular destination for students for a long time to come.

PK’s Pub and Grub 8338 N. Loop 1604 W. (210) 354-7473 pkssports.com Starting as a small undiscovered sports pub and grub, PK’s has recently gained a large following of regulars. Well-known for their daily drink specials catering to the student community, PK’s has become a staple of the UTSA Main Campus area. Decked with signs from former bar establishments, the spot offers a bit of

an aesthetic potluck. However, PK’s is an awesome place to watch the Spurs, football, or any sports event, with large fl at-screens lining the entire bar. PK’s offers a small and simple menu of standard American fare, but the wings and pizza are the kitchen’s specialties. And, most importantly, PK’s delivers quick service and student-priced drinks that won’t break the bank.

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On the outside, Niki’s Tokyo Inn looks pretty weathered and nondescript, but one step inside and you’re wondering where in the world you’ve been transported to with its warm atmosphere and beautiful Japanese décor. “Western or Japanese style dining?” That’s the first question you’ll be asked when entering this San Antonio institution. Leaving it to the diner’s choice, Niki’s not only offers the tables and chairs we are all accustomed too, but you can also sit in the Japanese traditional style that involves taking off your shoes, tucking them away into cubbies and sitting on cushions around a short tabletop. The lighting is on the dim side, and several of the dining areas are semi-private — perfect for discussing a project with class mates or a date with someone special.

Candlelight Coffeehouse is an ideal student hangout with an ambiance that suits study parties, special events, or a chill night with a few friends. Got a paper to write, but don’t want to be locked up in the dorm? Candlelight offers free wifi , a full menu, and more than 60 wines and beers to choose from — making it a perfect place to take your laptop and work on assignments while sipping a craft coffee, glass of wine or a bottle of beer. Make your group projects feel less like work, claim a cozy sofa and get lost in a book, or bring a group and make a night of it. Candlelight also hosts weekend brunch Saturday and Sunday mornings, happy hour from Tuesday to Friday, and 50 percent off bottles of wine every Wednesday.

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1503 N. Main Ave. (210) 223-7727 lutherscafe.com

Right at the edge of San Antonio College lies a true staple of the Alamo City — Luther’s Café. Established in 1949, Luther’s is a classic diner with updated fare and contemporary accents. The establishment is cheerfully bright and they play the music to match. What’s awesome about Luther’s is that they have something going on almost every day of the week. From “Jazz Hangover” brunch on Sunday and “Margarita Madness” on Thursday to “Karaoke Fridays” and “Dinner and a Show” Saturdays, Luther’s is the perfect escape from homework any night of the week. Enjoy a burger between classes, hone your skills at “Luther’s Got Talent” on a Monday night or karaoke your student stress away by belting out Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” after a long week of tests and quizzes.

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▼ Sparky’s Pub 1416 N. Main Ave. (210) 320-5111 sparkyspub.com

This “Gayrish” pub is a local LGBT favorite and home to some of the best drink specials in the area — exemplifi ed by Way Back Wednesdays, an ’80s-themed night boasting budget well drinks for only 80 cents. Sparky’s also attracts a nicely mixed crowd with one of the Main Strip’s longest daily happy hours, ranging from 3-9 p.m. most weeknights and 3-11 p.m. on the weekends. While there’s a cozy back patio equipped with a full bar, Sparky’s doesn’t technically have a dance fl oor — but that doesn’t keep folks from dancing along to music videos on weekend nights. Like many bars in the area, Sparky’s serves up hardto-pass drink specials in an upbeat atmosphere and hosts themed parties open to all walks.

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The downtown location of Drink offers a winning blend of sophistication and comfort — not too upscale, but not a dive either.

Drink’s famously long happy hour runs from 2-7 p.m., which means you can squeeze in an early evening of drinking and also wake up in time for that absurdly early class you regret registering for. Besides happy hour, Drink features daily specials and tends to draw in quite the crowd. Pro tip: Drink makes for a great escape from the touristy chaos of the nearby River Walk.

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Closed Monday through Wednesday, Brass Monkey is a popular weekend destination known for its budget libations, buzzy patio and often-packed dance floor. Each night holds its own theme and ridiculously cheap drink special, $2 wells on “Thurzgayz,” $3 Dos Equis on ’80s Friday nights, $2 cherry vodka sours on new-wave Saturdays and $2 anything (seriously, anything) on H.I.P. ’90s Sundays — and there’s never a cover. Dress to match the night’s theme, or any other way you want — pretty much anything goes here.

Right at the heart of the St. Mary’s University campus is The Pub, a restaurant and bar serving pizzas, bites, beer and wine. After 25 years of being a dry campus, St. Mary’s reopened the establishment that originally debuted in the 1970s. The Pub is perfect for on-campus residents. A short walk from the dorms, The Pub is a no-brainer for on-campus students as there’s no need to Uber to get there. This unique spot maintains a classic academic atmosphere that lends itself to game and trivia nights hosted several times each

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semester. Another benefit of a pub on campus: Group meetings don’t always have to be held in a stifled room at the library.

Time Out Sports Bar 719 N. General McMullen Drive (210) 437-2656 If you’re a sports fan in the St. Mary’s area you’ve probably heard of Time Out. The patronage may be slightly older than the average student, but the drink specials are great and the bartenders are attentive and friendly. Time Out is a great place to watch a Spurs game, as the locals come out to support their team dressed in silver and black, blending the room together and creating

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El Colegio 112 College St. (210) 518-1000 omnihotels.com Occupying a former St. Mary’s School of Law library, El Colegio is a stylish bar located inside the Omni La Mansión del Rio. The décor is reminiscent of the Prohibition era, with delicate lighting and dark hardwood floors. Needless to say, El Colegio is pricier than most student chill spots, but the cocktails are carefully handcrafted, the spirits are Texasbased, and the ambiance is simultaneously sophisticated and relaxed. Offering happy hour 3-6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, El Colegio makes for an intimate date night or a cozy hideaway when you need a break from the word-slurring drunks at the dive.

Joey’s 2417 N St Mary’s St. (210) 733-9573 facebook.com/ joeyssanantonio Joey’s is the kind of spot you go to kick back with a drink, pool stick in hand, enjoying the company of the crew and passing the time with some friendly competition. If you’re alone, mosey up to the bar to talk to one of the several friendly bartenders on staff. A perfect place to meet new friends, Joey’s tends to attract a fairly broad cross section of folks — including lots of regulars who depend on it for solid drink specials and tasty pizza. Fun fact: Joey’s is “the original birthplace of Blue Star Brewing Co.”

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bonds between all age groups. If you’re looking for a place to have a few drinks and watch sports, Time Out is not too far from campus and offers a casual atmosphere suitable for students.

Liberty Bar 1111 S. Alamo St. (210) 227-1187 liberty-bar.com A Southtown favorite that attracts a little bit of everything, Liberty Bar is a tried-and-tested restaurant and bar housed in a restored convent. The food menu is eclectic, encompassing both classic American fare, Mexican-inspired favorites, house-made pasta and deserts, and brunch on the weekends. While specialty cocktails and certain menu items fall outside the traditional student budget, daily happy hour 5-7 p.m.) means $4 wells and house wines, $2 off drafts, and half-priced appetizers. Come 10 p.m., reverse happy hour kicks into effect with everpopular half-priced pizzas and the same boozy discounts as happy hour. Open until midnight, Liberty makes a great starting point for nights out in Southtown.

On the Rocks Pub 270 Losoya St. (210) 228-0000 ontherocks.pub The same management team that now owns Hills and Dales in the UTSA Main Campus area started out with this location in the heart of downtown. Don’t let its fairly hidden location fool you, everyone knows about On the Rocks, and everyone will be there — especially on the weekends. Like your average sports bar, pool tables and dart boards line the space. The long bar accommodates plenty of seating and screens are tuned into sporting events. On the Rocks has monthly and daily specials, as well as themed events like karaoke on Wednesday nights. Live music is performed on the weekends as well as a late night DJ. Lots

St. Philips of room to dance the night away on those late night that get away from you.

The Friendly Spot 943 S. Alamo St. (210) 224-2337 thefriendlyspot.com As the name suggests, The Friendly Spot is a friendly neighborhood icehouse catering to the entire community. With a selection of over 300 beers, 76 taps, and wine cocktails to choose from, there is something for every palate. Open noon to midnight every day of the week, the bar offers specials on different craft brews daily. Absent of hard liquor, the outdoor ice house allows children and pets to enjoy the open-air establishment (there’s even a kids’ playscape on the grounds). Filled with old-school picnic tables, The Friendly Spot is an excellent

place to hang out with a large group of friends, play a few rounds of cornhole or sip a cold one in the super-relaxed environs.

▲ Bar America

723 S. Alamo St. (210) 223-1285 baramericasatx.com The local college crowd loves divey and eclectic Bar America. The drink specials are affordable, the grub is satisfying and there’s always a great tune on. Not to mention, it’s far from fancy so you enjoy a casual night out without the hassle of dressing up. Serving up craft San Antonio and Texas beers along with margaritas and other mainstays, the Southtown institution offers a 24-tap system for cold brew pours, plus happy hour Tuesday through Saturday (4-7 p.m.) and reverse happy hour on

Thursdays (11 p.m.-2 a.m.). Regardless of how busy it often gets, service here is always reasonably quick.

Alamo Street Eat Bar 609 S. Alamo St. (210) 227-2469 alamostreeteatbar.com Alamo Street Eat Bar is a great place to get a bite before a night out downtown with the crew, or better yet, after a night out with the crew. The open-air food truck park maintains a fairly diverse selection of mobile food vendors that provide fairly priced, quality eats and a small selection of draft beers. Draped with lights, dotted with outdoor tables and open until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, the self-billed “urban gourmet food truck park” pulls in varied crowds with varied cravings — everyone loves a midnight munch.

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Fitness courses If you don’t mind spending a credit hour or two on yoga, weight training or the like, signing up for a university fitness course allots specific time every week to work out — and obliterates excuses that creep up a bit easier when we’re trying to self-motivate. But, if you’ve got a full course schedule, there’s more: prison workouts — nothing wrong with a few pushups. Crunches, body squats, wall-sits, planks, and all variations thereof can be done with a little space, require no equipment, and really do work. Bonus points for incorporating a few sets of homemade tattoo-carving into your routine.

The “why not both?” philosophy Setting aside fitness for academics is a noble cause, but finding a way to do both is a creative exercise. Pick a workout to do while you’re going through flash cards — pull-ups, crunches, etc. — and do a few reps every time you miss one. Do some planks while reading a book on the floor. Record your lectures and listen to them later as you’re in the gym instead of a playlist.

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Yep, good old running. Eschew your car (if you have one) for shorter trips and start jogging from place to place, or walking if you’re meeting people who frown on sweatiness. I’m not telling you to show up to your next job interview in athletic gear, but it’s not a bad idea to earn that trip to Burger Boy.

Fitness is important and can even improve your state of mind. Research indicates that regular fitness can help battle depression and malaise. On top of that, there’s the obvious benefit of physically feeling better. On the other hand, fitness has become a multimillion dollar industry where even organizations that base their philosophy on improvisation and resourcefulness charge you hundreds of bucks to teach you how to do it their way (we’re looking at you, CrossFit). Even simple, effective and comparatively cheap barbell training either takes gym memberships or the cash and square footage to buy a set yourself — resources that most college students don’t have. Here are some ways to stay fit without paying for personal trainers, nutritionists, gym memberships or worthless accessories like lifting gloves.

Cheap equipment Legend has it that around the turn of the century some Swiss guy had the genius idea to get jacked by just stretching some big-ass rubber bands. Nowadays, the fitness industry has coiled its greedy tendrils around exercise bands, but don’t be fooled: a $40 stackable 11-piece set of bands with interchangeable handles and anchors is no better than the $8 piece of rubber it claims to improve on. Exercise bands are cheap and extremely portable. If your budget is a little roomier, simple black-iron kettlebells and dumbbells are also pretty inexpensive, small and will last forever.

Playgrounds and parks Every public playground has trails or sidewalks for jogging, bars for chin-ups and pull-ups, swings that can function as ab rollers, benches in place of plyometric boxes that can be used for jumping exercises, dips, push-ups … you get the idea. If you’re up for a bigger challenge, go trail running in the park. Merge with nature and do upright rows on low-hanging tree branches. It wouldn’t be right to encourage you in print to use slippery, jagged rocks as plyometric platforms, but it’s certainly a worthy challenge. Keep in mind, if you’re itching to do some elevated pushups, and some family is using a bench for sitting, don’t hover around.

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ver wonder what became of your high school valedictorian? According to one study out of Boston College, those perfectly poised students don’t actually go on to become the gamechangers that their less-academically inclined peers do. In fact, researchers showed that out of 81 valedictorians tracked from high school through their professional career, exactly none of them went on to become so-called “world changers.” Scientist Karen Arnold, leader of that study, had a theory about why that is. In an interview with CNBC she said that, “Valedictorians aren’t likely to be the future’s visionaries ... they typically settle into the system instead of shaking it up.” She goes on to say that valedictorians tend not to be “mold breakers.” So basically, if you live your academic life on the edge, you just might have a bright future ahead, especially if your passion is to become an artist or entrepreneur, both risk-heavy careers. In several cases of successful San Antonians, these risk-takers bombed class and ditched school entirely, but then kicked some major butt in their respective endeavors. Jose Campos, co-owner at the CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery, and Angela and Mark Walley of Walley Films prove that it’s not always the grade that makes you successful, but the creativity and guts behind the dream.

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Jose Campos > Jose Campos’ road to owning a French-inspired coffee shop began with his stubborn desire to learn, what was for him, a very challenging language. While attending Southern Methodist University, Campos excelled in his majors (finance, economics and political science), but flailed in French. After hacking through several years of university French and being advised to drop the class for the sake of his GPA, Campos qualified to study abroad. Although, he admits, he could barely muster a greeting to his host family. He persisted through his semester abroad, and eventually, landed a job in the country. His French finally flourished, and so did his love for the croissant — and all things provincial — including the idea of opening a cafe back in San Antonio. A couple of years later, the dream took shape in the form of CommonWealth Coffeehouse and

Bakery, with business partner, Jorge Herrero. Today their reverie cafe, embroidered in blue and white, marble countertops, and replete with chill San-Antonio vibes, is earning national attention (see the Tennis Channel’s list of Top 20 French Bakeries — yes, it’s a real thing). And, beginning this year, the duo will expand their operation to seven new locations throughout the city. What started out as a GPA-killing challenge turned into a vision of buttery, flaky delight. Campos admits, it wasn’t all so clear at the time, but he just knew he had to keep parler-ing. “Very few people don’t have to go to school nowadays,” said Campos. “There are people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg (famous college dropouts), but, for the most part, everyone needs some kind of education. Whatever you choose — college, some college, trade-school — you just can’t give up on following your passion.”

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SOBER SPACES find a Place in Student Living SIERRA JUAREZ

> Luggage in one hand, pillow in the other, freshman students will clamber up the steps of their fi rst home away from home this fall. But for some students at the University of Texas at Austin, their fi rst dormitory experience will be unique — they’ll live in a completely substance-free environment. The “Healthy Living” Residence Hall is an effort on the part of the university’s Center for Students in Recovery and the Division of Housing and Food Services to provide a community for people wanting to live a sober lifestyle or are in recovery from addiction. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health has reported that 16 percent of people ages 18 to 25, or college-aged students, struggle with a substance-use disorder. Young adults suffer from substance-use disorder at higher rates than any other age group. UT’s Sierra Castedo-Rodgers says that, due to this percentage, it’s best for schools to assume students on college campuses will need resources for recovery, such as counseling. “It’s really important to acknowledge that schools may not

be able to see or recognize students in recovery, but [that] doesn’t mean they aren’t there,” Castedo-Rodgers said. “People in recovery can become seemingly invisible because of the stigma surrounding addiction.” In addition to offering resources for students who are in recovery on campus, it’s necessary to have preventative measures like education for students before binge drinking or drug use gets out of hand, according to UT officials. Binge drinking, or excessive drinking, can often be normalized in college. For a collegeaged person, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism determined that binge drinking means four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men within a two-hour time span. According to the University of Texas stats, 36 percent of men and 32 percent of women self-reported they binge drank the last time they socialized. School officials such as Trinity University Dean of Students David Tuttle said that this could be due to the belief that college is expected to be a time to have fun and party. “There’s a cultural perception that students expect going sacurrent.com • August 30-September 5, 2017 • CURRENT 35

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into college,” Tuttle said. “They think it’s going to be the time of their life.” Binge drinking does not necessarily mean that students have a substance-use disorder, but it can endanger people’s performance in classrooms, according to UT’s University Health Services Coordinator William Mupo. Local San Antonio schools are doing their part in abating binge drinking in order to make sure that students succeed inside and outside of the classroom. “As with most schools our fi rst line of defense is education,” Michael Hershberger, St. Mary’s staff psychologist, said. Many school offi cials say they know students will drink. Offi cials also said they understand that the majority of students drink safely and casually. In order to ensure that students do just that, Trinity University’s Tuttle says that instead of telling students not to drink, the school focuses on teaching students a safer way to drink, such as pacing drinks throughout the night and what constitutes a “drink.” UTSA, St. Mary’s and Trinity all have modules and videos that freshman students are required to watch and participate in, which teach students safer ways to party and drink. Many San Antonio schools, such

as Trinity University, also have an amnesty policy in place. This allows students to call for medical help without them being implicated for underage drinking. Trinity University officials say that schools should stay focused on student safety rather than punishment for drinking. Calling for help without worrying about the repercussions is essential and can save lives, according to Tuttle. The University of Texas at San Antonio says they don’t have an amnesty policy and that it focuses on the issues on a case-by-case basis. San Antonio school officials said they understand that drinking is part of the college experience for some students and that, for others (such as students in recovery or those wanting a sober-lifestyle like students at the UT Healthy Lifestyle dorm), it is not. Overall, most of the sources we spoke to for this story say that whatever students decide to do with their time in college, they are most chiefly concerned about the health and wellbeing of their students. They advise students to look into their college’s policies about amnesty and drinking, learn about how to drink safely, and know that if they think they could be at risk of a substanceuse disorder, the school is prepared and has options available.

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etween classes, club meetings, studying, and, well, partying, there’s not much time to rake in the dough once the semester kicks into gear. But, while your cash supplies may be low, your student status can earn you some discounts in surprising places. To make it easy for you, we’ve put together a list of some of the choicest discounts that you can take advantage of in town, whether it be food, clothing, or tickets to local entertainment. All you have to do is keep your university ID at the ready in order to nab some pretty sweet deals!

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Caffeination There’s a reason we’ve dropped this up top — every Monday morning on campus looks like B-roll from The Walking Dead. Fortunately, some local joints have got you covered for when you need that coveted energy boost. Commonwealth Coffee (118 Davis Ct.), Rosella Coffee (203 E. Jones Ave., Suite 101), and the Mila Coffee truck (parks at 2202 Broadway) all offer 10 percent off when you flash your ID at the register.

Grub It Up Feeling a bit peckish, but sick to death of the cafeteria? Taco Cabanas across town offer 20 percent off your order, and many locations are open 24 hours — perfect for those late-night munchie attacks.

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For many of us, life in San Anto isn’t complete without a periodic pilgrimage to the AT&T Center. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a newcomer to the cult of Los Spurs, there’s nothing like going to see our hometown heroes in the flesh. Follow @SpursU on Twitter or like their Facebook page for updates and you can score tickets for as cheap as $10!

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Online streaming has changed the TV game, but as the growing list of providers locks down exclusive content, you can kiss your paycheck goodbye if you want access to all your favorite shows. For avid movie streamers, Amazon Prime offers a pretty sweet student membership — the first six months are free, and after that the membership is 50 percent off! In addition to access to Amazon’s extensive streaming library, Prime gets you free two-day shipping on tons of items, so you can make last-minute textbook purchases (or rentals!) worry-free. Music-lovers can rejoice, too, because Spotify gives students 50 percent off of its premium subscription as well, so you can load up on albums from all the new bands you hear at ACL.

Check for Freebies Shop Till You Drop Craving some retail therapy? For new duds, hit up Banana Republic, J. Crew and Madewell for 15 percent off and Urban Outfitters for 10 percent off. If your dorm room is looking drab, West Elm offers a 15 percent student discount as well. Crafty students can enjoy 10 percent off at Joann’s by signing up for a discount card — keep up with your hobbies without breaking the bank.

have student pricing — the San Antonio Museum of Art ($8, 200 W. Jones Ave.), the Briscoe Western Art Museum ($8, 210 W. Market St.), and Blue Star Contemporary (free, 116 Blue Star) are all great options. For a literal breath of fresh air, take advantage of discounted admission to the San Antonio Botanical Garden ($10, 555 Funston Pl.) as well as the McNay Museum ($5, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave.), which has modern art spread throughout the indoor and outdoor spaces of its manicured complex.

College admins may seem stuffy, but they defi nitely get that y’all are pinching your pennies. Behind the scenes, every university has worked out some deals and freebies for the benefi t of the student body. Check your college’s website to see if there’s anything you could use, be it university-wide memberships to local museums and attractions, free newspaper subscriptions, or even access to software like Microsoft Offi ce and the Adobe Suite.

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When you can’t wait to see the latest Marvel/DC installment or your streaming queue just isn’t cutting it, you can grab discounted tickets from most of the movie theaters around town. Thursdays is student night at AMC theaters (tickets discounted to $12.69) and Regal Cinemas offers student tickets Monday through Thursday after 6 p.m. (tickets discounted to $9.30). If you want to go all out, the Alamo Drafthouse has student pricing every day after 6 p.m. ($8.93 for a 2D showing), and you can nosh on a Royale with cheese while you enjoy the fl ick!

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1 city. 1 night. 75+ local bands. Saturday, Sept. 30 Amp Room Atta Girl Bexar Pub La Botanica Burleson Yard Hi-Tones Jandro’s Limelight The Mix Paper Tiger La Roca Rumble Sancho’s Santa Maria Social Club Squeezebox Ventura Web House check out the lineup and get your All access passes at

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FILM If the story of a single mom working as a waitress at Mel’s Diner in Arizona sounds familiar, that’s because 1974’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore inspired the TV series Alice. However, the movie is significant for more than inspiring a sitcom. Ellen Burstyn made one of the best decisions of her career when she decided her next project after The Exorcist would be a small, gritty dramedy about a widow who must find a job and raise a son while pursuing her dream of becoming a singer. She approached a young director named Martin Scorcese, and it turned out to be a good move for him, too. The film proved a big hit and won Burstyn an Academy Award, but not without some controversy over whether this womancentered drama was sufficiently feminist. That won’t seem an issue today, when portraits of working-class women are all too rare in

Mugler to “furry monsters” and an amusing-to-imagine “Judy Jetson hooker.” During an exit interview with transgender RPDR contestant Peppermint, Aja spoke fondly of fellow competitors and the overall experience: “I lived for being in a room full of crazy-ass bitches where you could be yourself, you could fight them, and then you could still love them at the end of the day and everything is forgiven … for now.” Rey Lopez Entertainment brings the catty but lovable “slutty anime girl” to town for two shows at Heat with local support from Tencha La Jefa, The Juniors, Sharkeisha Banks, Chyna Cravens, Alayna Marquez, Amerie Parker and Nilaya Milan Mathews. $10-$35, 10:30pm & midnight, Heat Nightclub, 1500 N. Main Ave., (210) 386-4537, reylopezentertainment. com. — Bryan Rindfuss

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films. Diane Ladd scored a nomination for her supporting role as Flo, the sassy waitress, and you can spot her daughter Laura Dern as a little girl eating ice cream. Jodie Foster’s tomboy role led straight to Scorcese casting her in 1976’s Taxi Driver. Kris Kristofferson plays Alice’s rugged boyfriend, while Harvey Keitel makes a scary cameo. As the gruff Mel, Vic Tayback is the only actor who reprised his role on TV. In short, it’s a festival of fine actors in a finely tuned snapshot of American Southwestern highway atmosphere of the mid-1970s with a soundtrack of radio hits peppered with Burstyn’s renditions of classics. The McNay revives the film as part of its Get Reel summer series celebrating American women in 1970s cinema. Free, 7pm, McNay Art Museum, 5600 N. New Brainfels Ave., (210) 8245368, mcnayart.org. — Michael Barrett

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ART Successful photographers of all stripes rely, in varying proportions, on a combination of learned instinct (commonly called “eye” in the business), situational luck, and technical mastery (of equipment and processes) to accomplish their work. San Antonio photographer Charlie Kitchen, whose singular work really belies comparison, evinces a sharp eye for arresting (mostly natural) images and an advanced technical understanding of the analog photo process. By employing an inventive form of in-camera collage, THU-FRI ‘The Other Kitchen creates new Side of and striking pieces (both the Sky’ investigative and experimental) that juxtapose typical elements of photography with the manipulation of rigid geometric shapes and patterns. The combination of these two elements, often considered opposites (one organic, one synthetic), plus Kitchen’s knack for shots that are both desolate and inviting, makes for some impressive output. At his first fullfledged solo exhibition in town, Kitchen will show new material, created on a recent road trip through the Southwest, and celebrate the release of a book entitled The Other Side of the Sky. Free, 7-10pm Thu-Fri, Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St., Building B #203, (210) 291-8640, hellostudiosa.com. — James Courtney

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DRAG A self-described “kooky, crazy person” who reportedly practices the Afro-Caribbean religion of Santería and “always speaks the truth,” Brooklyn-based queen Aja won over fans as the youngest contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race season nine — arguably the show’s most diverse iteration in terms of gender representation and expression. Born Jay Rivera and named after song lyrics from the Bollywood film Disco Dancer Dancer, Aja — who prefers the gender-neutral pronouns they, their and them — got critiqued for spotty makeup application but showed considerable sewing chops, whipping up costumes fit for the performer’s style icons and inspirations — which run the gamut from Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry

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physicality of the piece to the corporeality of the maker.” The exhibit asks (and maybe answers) a loaded question: “If our physical selves influence the objects we produce, what sort of objects does an altered body create; a body that takes prescription drugs, wears glasses, interacts with others through machines?” Free, 6-9pm Thu-Fri, Terminal 136, 136 Blue Star, (210) 458-4391, art.utsa.edu/ terminal-136. — JC

COMEDY Buster Keaton stood stone-faced and unfl inching as the front wall of a two-story house crashed down around him in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). Harold Lloyd dangled from a clock face above a traffi c-fi lled city street in Safety Last. Comedy stars of old Hollywood frequently put themselves in danger, risking serious injury just to get a laugh — a tradition continued, with more literal balls, in MTV’s Jackass (2000). Though Steve-O’s silent-fi lm-star willingness to risk hurt and humiliation (see also: his six-week stint on Dancing with the Stars), nor even his degree from literal Clown College, guarantee he’s any good at stand-up comedy, he’s been honing his stage show since 2001, and his 2016 Showtime special delves into his struggles with sex addiction and his experiences in THU-SUN therapy, revealing a surprising amount of depth for someone with a full back tattoo of himself giving a double thumbs-up. You thought he was just going to hit himself in the nuts with the microphone, didn’t you? $25, 8:30pm Thu, 8pm &10:15pm Fri-Sat, 8pm Sun, Improv San Antonio, 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 229-1420, Steve-O rivercentercomedyclub.com. — Jeremy Martin

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ART Within San Antonio’s extensive roster of artist-run galleries, the focus is often smartly fixed on our wealth of local talent. As admirable and important as that may be, it’s also vital to consider outside perspectives and welcome otherness into the fold. Launched in March by San Antoniobased Houston native Benjamin McVey (who teaches painting, drawing and sculpture at UTSA and showed at Artpace earlier this year), the pop-up Anthem Gallery intentionally traffics in geographic variety and has so far showcased artists from Austin (Deborah Roberts), Fort Worth (David Willburn) and Brooklyn (Rachael Wren), as well as San Antonio’s own David Alcantar and Larry Graeber. For its September show, Anthem turns its walls over to David Bonagurio’s “A Collection of Unconnected Noises Made on a Single Subject.” Born in Houston and based in Utica, New York, Bonagurio addresses “personal and larger social issues which affect perspective and perception” through vaguely ominous figurative drawings and paintings rendered almost exclusively in black and white. Free, 6-9pm Thu, 7-10pm Fri, Anthem Gallery, Blue Star Arts Complex, 1420 S. Alamo St., Suite 141, facebook.com/anthemgallery. — BR

ART Artists who work at the intersection of fine art and craft, using heavy and/or industrial materials to create their work, are often anomalies to other creators firmly fixed on either art or craft. There’s just something impossibly mystical about the ability to tease meaningful form out of cold and formless materials. Artist Ana M. Lopez, who is based in North Texas and works primarily with metal, is just this type of creator. In a new exhibit entitled “Industrial Arts,” Lopez focuses on “the idea of metal as skin and the relationship of the

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ART Creative Creatures and Black Moon Gallery have teamed up to bring us a fun and no doubt cheekily macabre group exhibition entitled “Burton at Black Moon.” As is quite often the case with Creative Creatures’ special events, “Burton at Black Moon” is part art show, part tribute, and part fan fantasy. But don’t get it twisted, this is no amateur hour with the special rejects of the Tim Burton fan club. As we’ve come to expect from Creative Creatures — an all-arts venture curated by husband-and-wife duo Karen G. Rios (of Nouveau Nostalgic) and Eddy Rios (of Taco Boy Designs) — the roster for this event, which features more than 35 artists, is eclectic and impressive. The stacked list of featured artists includes established talents Jason “PopGuy” Ibarra, Nik Soupé, Ray Tattooedboy, Regina Morales and Marlene M. Mejia, just to name a few. Free, 6-11pm, Black Moon Gallery, 1420 S. Alamo St., #106B, facebook.com/ blackmoonprint. — JC

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ART After nearly a year in a quaint Southtown house-turned-gallery on South Presa Street (hence the name), Presa House Gallery has officially left its old digs behind in search of a bigger and brighter future. Part of the gallery’s planned effort to spread its wings, collaborate with other contemporary art spaces and — eventually — grow into a more accommodating location, the somewhat-sudden move coincides with the opening of two anticipated Fotoseptiembre exhibitions curated by gallery co-director Jenelle Esparza. Taking over Joan Grona’s former gallery in the Blue Star Arts Complex, the pair of solo shows unites Rebecca Dietz and Melanie Rush-Davis, photographers Esparza finds complementary based on their shared wanderlust and ability “to transform time and space with a single photograph.” An East Coast native with an eclectic background encompassing both theater and circus arts, Dietz photographed her poetically titled “Chimeric Daydreams & Aperol Suns” on a recent trip to Italy and later gave the images a surreal slant by cross-processing the film. A like-minded fan of old-school alternative photographic processes, Rush Davis (known by some as the “pinhole queen”) puts a dreamlike spin on landscapes and fleeting moments in “Road Trip,” an excursion in the Southwest captured with her signature pinhole camera. Free, 6-11pm, Presa House, 112 Blue Star, (210) 913-5842, facebook.com/presahouse. — BR

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World restaurants and parking An annual Art Drop lots ... on lamp posts, scavenger hunt of creative proportions, bulletin boards and Day World Art Drop Day chain-link fences. Those invites artists of all wishing to take part in this persuasions (“students and year’s event are encouraged professionals, painters and to pick up official World Art cartoonists, sculptors and Drop Day tags to attach to illustrators, animators and their contributions and also fine artists, photographers tack on the localized hashtag and printmakers”) to hide #ssaartdrop2017. In the wise an original work of art, take words of founding father Jake a photo of it (along with an Parker, “The world needs this optional clue as to its hiding right now. We need to feel a place), and post it on social little more connection to each media using the hashtag other and there’s nothing #artdropday. Launched by like the bond two random Jake Parker (a Utah-based strangers can make through illustrator who’s worked on the act of creating and giving.” animated blockbusters and Free, midnight-11:59pm, notably created the riskcitywide, swschool.org. — BR taking, rule-breaking cartoon character Missile Mouse), World Art Drop Day takes shape on a local level through an initiative organized by the Southwest School of Art. In 2016, a reported 1,100 San Antonians jumped on board, hiding and hunting drawings, prints, photographs and ceramics in coffee shops, ART

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MUSIC The headline for a story about a fictional band on the fake-music-news site The Hard Times speaks volumes: “Innovative Stoner Metal Album Blends Influences from Black Sabbath and Black Sabbath.” The point being: Many, many metal groups are essentially Black Sabbath cover bands whether they know it or not. While some of these bands are killers in their own rites (get it?), sometimes you really just want to drink from the bloody river at its unholy source. And short of traveling back in time, “Iron Man” style, to the early ’70s and catching the uncut real-deal, all-lady reboot Black Sabbitch is about as close to the Satanic ideal as you’re going to get. The technical ecstasy of their uncanny covers of the hits (“War Pigs, “Sweet Leaf”) and the deep cuts (“Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,” “N.I.B”) would be enough to make Lucifer himself take notice, but frontwoman Aimee Echo’s mesmeric charisma combined with the seemingly effortless explosive chemistry of the band behind her will make you fall in love with the dark side all over again. $10, 8pm, Jack’s Bar, 3030 Thousand Oaks Drive, (210) 494-2309, jacksbarsa.com. — JM

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HIJAS DE LA MADRUGADA Artistas Ana Fernandez and Ruth Buentello carve out a legacy of cultural understanding

“Eastside Westside” & “Narratives Invented” Free, opening reception 6-9pm Fri, Sep. 1, on view 9am-5pm Mon-Fri through Oct. 6, Galería Guadalupe, 723 S. Brazos St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org

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When Ana Fernandez and Ruth Leonela Buentello paint, they’re not just creating art — they’re shaping a legacy. For so long, Latin@s in America have felt a gaping hole where the genuine representation of their culture should be. All too often, there’s a marked discrepancy between their voices and

the voices speaking over them. But by painting narrative works that showcase the intimate inner-workings of Latin@ life, the San Antonio-based artistas are constructing a lasting space where their stories can be passed on without interruption. “The one thing that I hope other

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[Latin@s] will see when they look at my work is, really, themselves,” says Fernandez, known for her detailed depictions of Chican@-centered environments, as well as her popular food truck Chamoy City Limits. “We haven’t been represented,” she explains. “We’re overlooked. We’re erased … And because we’ve been erased for so long, I want to make portraits through [the] landscape of [Latin@] entrepreneurs, as [they] exist today.” As an entrepreneur herself, Fernandez understands the spirit of hard work and resilience behind the success of smallscale Latin@ businesses. Because she’s “living and breathing” the kind of business-centered lifestyle depicted in her work, the scenes she paints are especially visceral to her. In her upcoming exhibition “Eastside Westside,” she paints what the “American Dream” looks like for Latin@s in South Texas, and draws from her own experiences to help document the authentic perspectives of her San Antonio community. The inspiration behind Ruth Buentello’s exhibition “Domestic Narratives” is mined from her everyday life as a Chicana. “The biggest influence [in my work] has been these experiences with my family,” she explains. “[Experiences] from around the house; some about joy, some about health, coping with family issues and just the things that we do together.” Buentello’s work, recognized for its cultural richness, depicts the most intimate layers of Latin@ domestic life — from daily struggles with mental wellness and gender roles, to her own Chicana identity. In art school, Buentello’s mentors often discouraged her from creating pieces that addressed these issues for fear of being “boxed in” by her identity. However, she has since come to realize that it is through this identity that she finds her strength as an artist. “You have the power to relate to other people’s stories,” she says. “As Latinos, we have this connection with other Latinos. We’re different, but we all have similar experiences.”

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Although it may seem impossible to hear Latin@ and minority voices above all the white noise in America today, this doesn’t mean that no one is listening. Because of artists like Fernandez and Buentello, a legacy of cultural understanding is being constructed, where pivotal experiences are shared and validated through solidarity with one another. While both Fernandez and Buentello graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, they didn’t know one another until they moved back to San Antonio. Since then, they’ve become good friends and have been looking forward to displaying in a gallery setting together for over three years now. If you’d like to see “Eastside Westside” by Ana Fernandez and “Domestic Narratives” by Ruth Buentello, you can catch their side-byside exhibitions at Galería Guadalupe from September 1 to October 6. The gallery will also host a group show curated by Fernandez, featuring works by artists Junye Butler, Marcy McChesny, Rosa Fernandez and Elizabeth Rodriguez.

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In Patti Cake$, Australian actress Danielle Macdonald stars in the lead role as aspiring New Jersey rap artist Patricia Dombroski (aka Patti Cake$) as she searches for a way to break into the industry despite lacking the support and resources she needs. During a recent interview with the Current, Macdonald talked about what drew her to the character and what it’s been like as a fairly new actress in Hollywood.

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> What resonated with you most when you read the script? I understood that it was an underdog story and a story about finding who you are, but it was different than anything I had ever seen because someone with a musical background like [filmmaker] Geremy [Jasper] was behind it. I really related to Patti’s drive and passion. [The role] really terrified me and I knew it was going to be a challenge, which was also appealing to me in a way. KIKO MARTÍNEZ

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The underdog musician movie will never be as prolific as, say, the underdog sports flick, but if done right, the inspirational impact of the former might be enough to spur a regular visitor to the local karaoke bar to aspire to bigger and better things. The best examples in recent years include the 2013 Coen brothers’ drama Inside Llewyn Davis and the 2016 Irish charmer Sing Street. It helps when the soundtrack is memorable, too. In Patti Cake$, first time writer/director and former indie rocker Geremy Jasper attempts to tap into his own autobiographical story as a frustrated musician in search of a break in the industry. He finds his muse in little-known Australian actress Danielle Macdonald, who portrays the title character, Patricia Dombroski (aka Patti Cake$, aka Killer P), a plus-sized white girl from New Jersey with dreams to make it as a rapper. With an unsupportive mother (Bridget Everett of Inside Amy Schumer) whose life as a singer didn’t turn out the way she wanted after she got pregnant, Patti puts her own group of outcasts together to help her fi nd a way to escape Jersey and reach a stage where riotous fans will chant her name as she spits rhymes. Included in her motley crew are her best friend Jheri (Siddharth Dhananjay), disabled grandmother (Cathy Moriarty) and mysterious pariah and anarchist Basterd (Mamoudou Athie), who has

all the equipment to lay down Patti’s sick beats. Like the main protagonists B-Rabbit (Eminem) in 2002’s 8 Mile and Djay (Terrance Howard) in 2005’s Hustle & Flow, it’s easy to root for Patti because of the untapped talent she possesses and passion she has for the genre. Macdonald’s convincing performance as a rap artist (she’s far from it in real life) is impressive and effortless. The crowd-pleasing narrative, however, doesn’t raise itself above the clichés of other underdog pictures that have come before it. It’s a tough assignment for any coming-of-age film like this to find a unique angle to take, but very few of the themes that Patti Cake$ tackles feel substantial. Macdonald is the most consistent element of the drama and elevates the storytelling through her empowering and likable persona. If anything, Patti as an independent female character is noteworthy and important, especially since today’s hip-hop cultural landscape isn’t a burgeoning one for white female rappers (Kreayshawn, anyone?). For a first feature film, Jasper is best at creating a deprived setting and situation for Patti to revolt against through her music. Catchy original songs like “Patti $ea$on,” “PBNJ” and “mylifesfuckinawesome” add to some of the charming moments, but by not loosening its grip enough on the conventional formula and not fleshing out a lot of the relationships, Patti Cake$ ends up being an exclusively solo show.

>Patti has daydreams of becoming a famous rapper. When you came to Hollywood a few years ago, did you have those sorts of expectations of becoming a big movie star? I tried to have zero expectations of what the industry would be like. When I was younger, I dreamed of being an actor and getting to play different characters. This industry has its own language, so just coming out and learning that was the first thing I did. Having no expectations is a great way to go into the industry because you never know what’s going to change from day to day. It’s very unpredictable. That’s what keeps it exciting. If you like stability, you should not be an actor. >Have you experienced the cutthroat nature of the industry yet? I have in a sense because there is a lot of rejection. At the same time, I don’t necessarily see it as cutthroat. The reality is, I’m not going to be right for [every role]. Different people bring different things to a character. It’s nothing personal. It’s about the character and that’s OK. You learn to stretch yourself, especially when you play a role like this. I felt so different from Patti. I really had to learn to walk and talk differently. And I had to learn how to rap! Now that this film has wrapped, >Now if someone asked you to perform as Patti Cake$ on stage, is that an idea you would entertain? Laughs] I would never perform [Laughs] as myself, but if there was a specific reason why they wanted to see me as Patti, I think that might be fun. But it would still terrify the crap out of me because performing live in front of people Danielle is very scary. Macdonald as Patti

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cheese nachos washed down by a beer or margarita for only $3 at Taco Cabana (multiple locations, tacocabana. com). Between 4-7 p.m. Taco Cabana’s Happy Hour allows customers to get the perfect mid-day pick-me-up. People often stop at Panchos and Gringos (900 Nolan St., 210-227-6700) the restaurants amazing breakfast and lunch. We’ve heard the words, “best pancakes” thrown around a few times. Whenever you stop make sure to also try the Egg Florentine. The company takes pride in making sure its eggs are extra fluffy and extra filling. Want just a taste? Pizza Italia (3023 Thousand Oaks, Suite 101, 210-494-8646, pizzaitaliasa.com) serves pizza by the slice from their varied menu. Add it with a house or Caesar salad and a soda and you got yourself an easy $6 lunch. The pizzeria also offers a large pepperoni pizza for $7.99 Mondays after 5 p.m. only. Stop by Hot Joy (1014 S. Alamo St., 210-368-9324, hotjoysa.com) on Wednesdays when the eatery has their signature twice-fried crab fat caramel wings and other fun iterations for $6. Pollos Asados Los Nortenos (4642 Rigsby Ave., 210648-3303) might be a drive for most San Antonio college students, but the experience and low cost far outweigh the blasts of flavor you’ll find in this grilled chicken that’s priced at less than $15 for half a bird and fixings. Taquitos West Ave. (multiple locations, taquitoswestavenue.com) satiates big appetites with their loaded Jalisco-style mini tacos that come in at less than $1.50 a pop. Remember to check out the trompo on weekends.

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Backyard Grillers and Canned Chillers // Want a beer with that burger straight off the grill? Fine with us. We don’t judge when it comes to backyard boozin’. Jack and ginger? We’re there for that, too. But if you’d like to up the outdoor ante with a wine or two, we’ve also got you covered. And not to worry — sluggability is more the goal here than subtlety. Fortunately for the folks who just like the feel of a cold one in hand on a hot day, there’s good news: wine now comes in cans, too. Yes, it’s a thing. It all may have started with women slipping Sofia Coppola’s pink sparkler into their purses to sip on at the salon, but the bros, purse or no, cottoned on to the idea in time. There’s even a brand called Mancan, lest there be any virility issues. So now nobody has to fear downing the canned stuff, fizzy or flat, in front of the familia or the fellas. To get you started, Frico, a lightly sparkling Italian white wine, comes in .187 milliliter containers adorned with the south end of a swine — perfect for downing while flipping ribs. Central Market has it in four-packs. (Trader Joe’s also has four-packs of two, own-label sparklers at $4 a pack, but they sell out quickly, so call ahead.) Upping the ante, but only slightly, and available at TJ’s, Whole Foods and World Market, Union Wine Company offers three Oregon wines under

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the Underwood label — pinot noir, pinot gris and a rosé. The Infinite Monkey Theorem of Denver and Austin (“ridiculously good wine in a can you can drink anywhere” — but especially where glass is an issue) is available in generic white, red and rosé, also at the above purveyors. So here’s the deal: you could just buy a selection, toss them all in a galvanized tub with ice, and take pot-luck — whatever can you grab first will likely be more than good enough with whatever you’re grilling. And as most cans are small, if the first one doesn’t please, just go on to the next. If you’d like to think about it just a little more, the sparklers would all be good with, say grilled shrimp — or anything with a little spice; the funky Monkey’s generic white has enough spunk to stand up to chicken or pork, as does the juicy rosé. Also think sausage and salmon. On the success of these, I’d give their red a try with burgers and steaks. I was less thrilled with Underwood’s wines. They weigh in at a dangerous half bottle’s worth, and just lacked the cheeky sass a can seems to demand. Moving on to full bottles with cheek to spare, if you’re not yet ready to pop a top on wine, let me suggest just about everything made by Washington State’s Charles Smith Wines. Kung Fu Girl Riesling, Eve Chardonnay, The Velvet Devil Merlot, and Boom Boom! Syrah are all big wines

with enough verve and attitude to take on anything coming off the grill. And you should be able to find them at prices ranging from around $11 to $17.50. Ounce for ounce, this is actually cheaper than some of the cans. Go figure. — Ron Bechtol Busted Sandal Turns 4 // Does your weekend need more beer in it? Spend it with Busted Sandal as the Medical Center brewery celebrates turning four this Saturday. The party starts at 4 p.m. with several beers on deck including a fourth Anniversary Wine Barrel Blend, Jeffeweizen, Hop Dong IPA, Watermelon 210 Ale, El Despierto Coffee Porter, Finding Friday Mexican Lager, Slippery Rock IPA, 210 Ale, Fire Pit Wit, El Robusto Porter. Three casks will be uncorked for the occasion, as well, so expect a Key lime pie blonde ale, watermelon tamarindo Slippery Rock IPA and a S’morter, a s’mores twist on El Robusto Porter. Pack a chair and stop by for food for purchase by Malik’s Philly’s Phamous Cheesesteaks, popsicles from Steel City Pops and a cameo by Catherine Contreras of She’s Crafty Podcast. Tickets, $25 in advance and $30 at the door, include one commemorative glass and seven 7-ounce pours. Advance tickets are available Eventbrite.com. 7114 Oaklawn Drive, (210) 872-1486. — JE

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Guns ‘n‘ Roses September 8 > So word has it the current Guns ’N’ Roses tour is getting pretty amazing reviews. Which, I mean, is great and a little surprising considering how terrible a corn-row rocking Axl Rose sounded during the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. And with how much our town holds on to rock 'n' roll, like the band T-shirts we refuse to get rid of (that’s not shade, that’s just facts) Guns ’N’ Roses isn’t just the band that gave us hits like “November Rain” and “Welcome To The Jungle." To us, they’re legendary rock ’n’ roll gods

and we’re ready for them to take us to church. $35-$250, 7pm, Alamodome, 100 Montana St., (210) 207-3663, alamodome.com.

Kaki King Friday, September 15 > Born Katherine Elizabeth King, Kaki King became interested in guitar at an early age but initially focused her attention on percussion, which clearly shows in her guitar work. She returned to the guitar while attending NYU and started writing, performing, busking in subways, and eventually signed with NYC-based label Velour Records. Through

Velour, she released her debut album Everybody Loves You, which showcases her signature, syncopated tapping sound. Through the years, King’s music has evolved and shifted in some ways but remains technical, powerful and remarkable to watch live. As Dave Grohl once told a crowd when King was invited on stage to play a song: “There are some guitar players that are good and there are some guitar players that are really fucking good. And then there’s Kaki King.” $23.50, 8pm, Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. CONTINUED ON PAGE 65 ▶

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Mastodon Saturday, October 14 > Metal can sometimes be a little over the top. Some put satanic lyrics or

macabre imagery to the pure intensity of rapid-fire riffing and blast beats. Still, there’s a bright line between sloppy songwriting that hides behind gimmick and masterful compositions that do the genre justice. Mastodon does the latter. For 17 years, the Atlanta-based band has been melting the faces off unsuspecting audiences with their technical, progmetal sounds, and now, in support of their latest record, Emperor of Sand, the band is stopping in San Antonio to make sure we end up with said meltface. The quartet will play The Aztec Theatre with post metal outfit Russian Circles and The Eagles of Death Metal. In a world where bad metal seems to pass as good more than it should be able to, Mastodon harness the emotional intensity of the genre while displaying a sophisticated and intentional control over their instruments, songwriting and performances – a combination few in those spheres will ever come close to. With Eagles of Death Metal, Russian Circles, 6:30pm, $50.50, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.net.

The Weeknd Sunday, October 19 > Get ready to not feel your face, or, have him not feel his face, or... The point is, The Weeknd is coming to San Antonio. So may the face-numbing commence. On October 19, the Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer will touch down in San Antonio on the “Starboy: Legend of the Fall” world tour with Gucci Mane and Nav, a Canadian rapper signed to The Weeknd’s label, XO. Born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, The Weeknd released a few mixtapes and one album before releasing Beauty Behind the Madness containing “Can’t Feel My Face.” On the heels of his latest album, Starboy, The Weeknd continues to push dark R&B-laced pop music into the future. $39-$336, 7:30pm, ATT Center, 1 ATT Center Pkwy., 210) 444-5000, attcenter.com.

Lil Wayne at Mala Luna Saturday/Sunday October 28/29 > After last year’s inaugural event that brought big names like Steve Aoki, and Kehlani, Mala Luna returns with a SIMONE CECCHETT

> Psych Del Rio is the psychedelic brain child of Glenn and Gem Hotvet, who have been keeping shit weird with their steady curation of psych and garage rock shows at their venue/gallery K23, the Central Library and the Scobee Planetarium. The duo announced Psych Del Rio late last year, a free fest that will celebrate the roots of Texas psych rock at the Arneson River Theater. (if you’ve attended Maverick Music Festival in the last couple of years, you know how amazing that area is as a concert venue). Headlining the fest will be San Antonio psychedelic rock veterans Bubble Puppy, whose notable first live show was opening for The Who back in 1967. Also on the bill is Sacred Bones’ Psychic Ills, The Warlocks and a generous helping of some of the region’s best trance-inducing musical projects. As heavy an impact psych-rock from Texas has made to the genre, it’s about time we celebrated those roots here in San Antonio with a festival that’s shaping up to be one of the more intriguing local events this year. Noon, Free, Arneson River Theater at the Shops of La Villita, 418 Villita St, facebook.com/psychdelrio.

to see the the flux of talented artists and musicians playing shows and releasing amazing music in the city, it’s hard not to say that we’re more than a little stoked to have one huge night of a locals-only blowout. With 75+ bands slated to slay 19 venues, we’re sort of not fucking around here. The aim is to bring you the dopest artists, who have been in the game for a minute or have been recently making a buzz. Sets we’re looking forward to are the subversive electro-onslaught of Pink Leche, jazz-core math rockers Granite Hands, the ferocious rap flows of female rapper Kree23 and With All Sincerity who were heavy-hitters in the height of SA’s hardcore and metalcore glory days. Set times vary. Check back at sanantoniomusicshowcase.com for the official lineup. $10 for admission into all participating venues. $5 wristbands for one venue will be available at the door.

Nas Friday, September 29 > If you were alive to live the mid ‘90s, you’ll remember it was next to impossible to escape the anthem of all anthems “If I Ruled The World,” featuring Lauryn Hill, who will be on tour with Nas for selected dates through September, just not here in SA. (Don’t think we didn’t notice, Miss Hill). Though Hill won’t be joining the party, Nick Grant and Wale will be making an appearance. And look, it’s not every day we get legendary rappers in our neck of the woods – so if you’re with us and believe that Illmatic is still the greatest hiphop record ever, it might be a good idea to buy your tickets. $42.50, 8pm, Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org.

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Saturday, November 4 > Even if you’re not a fan of anything after Toys in the Attic or Rocks, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t at least appreciate Aerosmith and singer Steven Tyler’s contribution to rock ‘n’ roll. On Saturday, November 4, the iconic “Dream On” singer will be joined on stage by the Nashville group Living Mary Band at the Tobin Center for an intimate evening of hits, new songs and stories. Tyler joins a pretty noteworthy list of heavy-hitting artists who have been featured at the Tobin Center’s Annual Benefit Concert – artists whose careers have crossed several decades, including

Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton (who put on an amazing show last year). For a night that’s sure to bring back some rock ‘n’ roll memories, don’t sleep on this one y’all. $100-$1000, 8pm, Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org.

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quite appropriate. We’re just hoping the little venue, which can feel more like a sweatbox, can contain the movimiento de la gente when it kicks into full swing. Rounding out the bill is Los De Esta Noche, a local band that also has a knack for musical/cultural fusion, combining cumbia with punk, ska, and rock for

a wholly unique and cathartically powerful sound. You can preview both bands online at soundcloud.com/ esso-afrojam-funkbeat and losdeestanoche. bandcamp.com respectively. $3, 8pm, The Squeezebox, 2806 N. St. Mary’s St., facebook. com/thesqueezebox. – James Courtney

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Thursday’s bill at Sam’s is something of a hi-fi, lowbrow celebration of all the different ways that country music can bend when handled by talented folks with an ear for melody and a refined sense of what they want to sound like. At the top of the bill is Brandy Zdan, a singer-songwriter who, despite relocating from her home in Canada to Nashville some years ago, makes music that (usually and increasingly) leans towards the pop-rock side of country, with the most country thing about her music sometimes being her thick and twangy voice. Meanwhile, local singer-songwriter Bekah Kelso, who plays with her backing band the Fellas, brings a more raucous, rootsy, traditional country vibe to the table, while also venturing into the realms of indie rock, pop, and soul. $10-$45, 7pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com. – JC THU

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For the second year running, Paper Tiger will pay homage to its predecessor, the stalwart punk club White Rabbit, by dedicating a full weekend to a wildly diverse array of local musical acts, many of whom frequently played the beloved old venue. For three days this weekend, whether you are a lifelong White Rabbit devotee or simply a musicloving passerby, you’ll have the chance FRI-SUN

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It isn’t often that we get the chance to be inspired by an individual that inspired our heroes. That is, however, the opportunity that Buddy Guy’s upcoming stop at the Aztec Theatre presents. The seminal Chicago bluesman, renowned as a guitar player (especially), song interpreter, champion of tradition, and songwriter, has influenced and/or worked with a long list of rock greats, including Stevie Ray Vaughn, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and countless others. Even at age 81, Guy still has the musical chops to wow audiences and the kind of emotional charisma that reverberates to the very core of anyone with the heart to truly listen. $45.50-$113.50, 7pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 8124355, theaztectheatre.com. – JC FRI

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The Shivas, a Portland band with a subtly psychedelic, garage rock sound, does what many of its Burger Records peers do: plumb the history of rock and roll, in an intuitive kind of way, to craft songs that have a little bit of everything in them, from 1960s haze-pop sugar to early-2000s lo-fi indie rock/ post-punk eclecticism. The band’s music is, however, unlike some of its would-be contemporaries, hallmarked by attention to detail and a knack for effortless nuance. At this weekend’s special show, presented by the folks behind Psych del Rio, The Shivas will be supported by Austin garage-rock and soul outfit Leather Girls and promising local dream-punk band Topo Chica. $7, 7pm, Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, brickatbluestar.com. – JC SUN

As a fan of punk rock and hardcore in general, I appreciated what Mike Ness and the boys in Social Distortion were doing musically, but to be pretty honest, I wasn’t ever the biggest Social D fan. However, my first tattoo artist Mike J., who passed away several years back, was the biggest SAT

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name a few. After almost four decades of putting out music and touring, Ness and the dudes in Social Distortion prove that the punk rock is a legacy that will continue to grow through the annals of music history. $31-$50, 7pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. – Chris Conde

It’s a legendary punk rock week, y’all. With Social Distortion gracing the Aztec on Friday and The Casualties slated to tear up The Korova Saturday night, it’s pretty clear a season of punk rock is upon us. And actually, Remember The Punks, a punk rock fest started last year by Korova co-owner Angel Castorena, will be returning in just a few months for Remember The Punks 2 with The Adicts as headliners. Casualties frontman George Herrera dealt with a fluctuating lineup ‘til the mid ’90s. Since then, the street punks have been touring incessantly, repping the music’s past for anyone to hear. As Current contributor Shannon Sweet puts it “consider how much hair goop and neon dye it’d take to maintain an old school Day-Glo mohawk for 24 years and only then does the commitment of the Casualties come into its full glory.” $5, 7:30pm, The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., thekorova.com. – CC SUN

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At first listen, Baltimore’s Multicult comes off as noisy garage punk trash that’s been done a million times. However, right before I was about to skip “S Curve,” the sixth track off their latest release Position Release, I realized that this band isn’t just hitting record and throwing their instruments against the wall – there’s actually an interesting dynamic happening underneath the hum of garage tones. In a way that sounds like three musicians are actually moving against each other, Multicult matches choppy drum breaks and driving bass lines with polyrhythmic guitar progressions for a sound that feels abrasive but actually makes a lot of sense. With Spokesmodel, Hotzi, $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., limelightsatx.com. – CC MON

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Featuring Prevail Within, Benji and 40% Dolomite. $5-$20. Paper Tiger, 6pm Blackbird Sing Local indie folk rock act joined by Josh Halverson. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm Blah Metal Empire presents Blah, a tribute to Rush. $7-$10. Jack’s Bar, 8pm Bruce Robison Country/Americana act at Gruene Hall. $12. Gruene Hall, 8pm

The Georges Rockabilly act at Gruene Hall. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm

Buddy Guy Blues guitarist and singer at the Aztec. $35-$195. Aztec Theatre, 7pm

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Caleb and the Home Grown Tomatoes Americana act at Phoenix Saloon. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm

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Wednesday Evening Picker Circle w/ Claude Butch Morgan. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5-9pm THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 Archer Nation’s Heavy Metal Summer Tour Heavy metal act from Santa Cruz, CA, is joined by Konvxtion, Killstorm and Wall of Soul. $8-$15. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 8pm Austin Meade Band Americana act at Gruene Hall. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm Bandaholics Honchos Claude “Butch” Morgan, Trevor Doak Morgan, and Robert “Robar” Adams. Free. Sancho’s Cantina, 7-9pm Bill King Quartet Jazz at Luna. $5-$10. Luna, 9:30pm Brandy Zdan, Rock act from Nashville joined by local act Bekah Kelso & the Fellas. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm Jimmy Herring and the Invisible Whip Contemporary American guitarist, tours with his new band, The Invisible Whip. $39.50-$85. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm Los Secretos Variety of oldies, Tejano and more. Free. The Cove, 7:30-10:30pm Summer Dance Hall Series Pearl will continue its Summer Dance Hall Series with a special feature by Czech Melody Masters. Free. Pearl Stable, 6pm Summer Vibes Slowpoke, Mr.Pidge, True Indigo and more. $5. Brick at Blue Star, 5pm-midnight Thursday Night Picker Circle w/ Jake McLain. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5-9pm FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 2nd Annual White Rabbit Reunion

Friday Afternoon Picker Circle w/ Hayden Whittington. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-4pm Kerrville Fall Music Festival Songwriters festival featuring artists from around the country. $40 - 50. Quiet Valley Ranch, noonmidnight Mixtape Valentine Songs from 80s New Wave classics to 90s Alternative and 2000s pop-rock jams to current hits. $5. The Well, 9pm PM Soul R&B at Luna. $10. Luna, 9:30pm Saigon Sinners Rock act at Limelight. $5. Limelight, 9pm Shane Smith & the Saints Folk/rock/ country act joined by Jake Ward. $12-$15. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm Shattered Sun Metal act from Alice, TX joined by Memories in Broken Glass, Covina and more. $5-$8. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8:30pm The Lost Project Local pop-punk/ska act joined by Villains and The Eloquence. Free. The Amp Room, 10pm Wagon Aces Country, folk, swing and blues. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8-11pm West Kings Highway First Friday at Southtown 101. Free. Southtown 101, first Friday of every month, 8-11pm

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Blaze Bayley Iron Maiden’s former vocalist Black Sabbitch All female Black Sabbath tribute act. $10. Jack’s Bar, 8-11:45pm joined by metal acts Digital Mayhem, Force of Rage and Falling Forever. $15-$20. The The Casualties Punk act at The Korova. $5. Rock Box, 7pm The Korova, 7:30pm Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band Charlie Robison Texas Country/Americana Country act at Luckenbach. $15-$20. act joined by Kody West. $25. Gruene Hall, Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8-11pm 8pm Caleb and the Home Grown Tomatoes Donald Fagen Musician, composer, vocalist, Americana act at Gruene Hall. Free. Gruene producer, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and Hall, 1-5pm co-founder of Steely Dan and The Dukes of September. $59.50-$99.50. The Majestic Charlie Robison Texas Country/Americana Theatre, 7:30pm act is joined by Kody West. $25. Gruene Hall, 9pm Greyhounds Blues and R&B act at Sam’s. The Cinderleaf Local rock veterans joined by River Barons and Our Sleeping Giant. Free. Ventura, 9pm Del Castillo Del Castillo blends, rock, Latin, blues, and world music. Joined by Rojas. $20-$100. Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm Edgefest Live performances by Kry Wolf, Trejo, Jessikill and more. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 6pm The Georges Rockabilly act at Floore’s. Free. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm Hayden Whittington, Dan West & Wesley Holsford Country, folk, rock and blues. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-5pm Kerrville Fall Music Festival Songwriters festival featuring artists from around the country. $40 - 50. Quiet Valley Ranch, 11am-midnight

Randy Rogers Band Country act joined by Shane Smith & the Saints and Flatland Cavalry. $22.63-$886.84. Whitewater Amphitheater, 7:30pm The Shivas Surf rockers from Portland, OR joined by Leather Girls and Topo Chica. $8.33. Brick at Blue Star, 7pm Songwriter Sundays w/ Walt Wilkins, Darden Smith and Bill Small. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-5pm Sunday Evening Picker Circle w/ Bill Lewis. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5-9pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Lil Durk Hip hop artist (Chicago) performs at Paper Tiger. $25-$80. Paper Tiger, 7pm

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married to Ossie Davis for over 50 years 24 Continental currency 26 Sinus specialists, for short 27 Toy-filled takeaway for a kids’ birthday party guest 28 America’s largest multilevel marketing company 29 Cafe au ___ 31 “The Madcap Laughs” singer Barrett 32 Rows of seats 33 Only a single time subsequently 34 “Golf ball coming!” 35 Asks for table scraps, like Fido 36 School advisory gp. 40 Word in the seventh Harry Potter book title 41 “Wicked Game” singer Chris 46 Brand retired by Panasonic in 2012 48 Green Day’s “American ___” 49 Designer Karan 50 Fervor 52 George Takei exclamation 53 Be furious 54 Watson of “Beauty and the Beast” 55 Dishonorable scoundrels 56 College course division 57 Do something 58 “Homeland” network, for short

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems,” said businessman Lee Iacocca. You are currently wrestling with an example of this phenomenon, Aries. The camouflage is wellrendered. To expose the opportunity hidden beneath the apparent dilemma, you may have to be more strategic and less straightforward than you usually are — cagier and not as blunt. Can you manage that? I think so. Once you crack the riddle, taking advantage of the opportunity should be interesting. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Close your eyes and imagine this: You and a beloved ally get lost in an enchanted forest, discover a mysterious treasure, and find your way back to civilization just before dark. Now visualize this: You give a dear companion a photo of your face taken on every one of your birthdays, and the two of you spend hours talking about your evolution. Picture this: You and an exciting accomplice luxuriate in a sun-lit sanctuary surrounded by gourmet snacks as you listen to ecstatic music and bestow compliments on each other. These are examples of the kinds of experiments I invite you to try in the coming weeks. Dream up some more! Here’s a keynote to inspire you: sacred fun. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): On its album Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty, Jefferson Starship plays a song I co-wrote, “In a Crisis.” On its album Deeper Space/Virgin Sky, the band covers another tune I co-wrote, “Dark Ages.” Have I received a share of the record sales? Not a penny. Am I upset? Not at all. I’m glad the songs are being heard and enjoyed. I’m gratified that a world-famous, multi-platinum band chose to record them. I’m pleased my musical creations are appreciated. Now here’s my question for you, Gemini: Has some good thing of yours been “borrowed”? Have you wielded a benevolent influence that hasn’t been fully acknowledged? I suggest you consider adopting an approach like mine. It’s prime time to adjust your thinking about how your gifts and talents have been used, applied, or translated. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Author Roger von Oech tells us that creativity often involves “the ability to take something out of one context and put it into another so that it takes on new meanings.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this strategy could and should be your specialty in the coming weeks. “The first person to look at an oyster and think food had this ability,” says von Oech. “So did the first person to look at sheep intestines and think guitar strings. And so did the first person to look at a perfume vaporizer and think gasoline carburetor.” Be on the lookout,

Cancerian, for inventive substitutions and ingenious replacements. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): When famous socialite Nan Kempner was young, her mother took her shopping at Yves Saint Laurent’s salon. Nan got fixated on a certain white satin suit, but her mean old mother refused to buy it for her. “You’ve already spent too much of your monthly allowance,” mom said. But the resourceful girl came up with a successful gambit. She broke into sobs, and continued to cry nonstop until the store’s clerks lowered the price to an amount she could afford. You know me, Leo: I don’t usually recommend resorting to such extreme measures to get what you want. But now is one time when I am giving you a go-ahead to do just that. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): The computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the miraculous communication system that we know as the World Wide Web. When asked if he had any regrets about his pioneering work, he named just one. There was no need for him to have inserted the double slash — “//” — after the “http:” in web addresses. He’s sorry that Internet users have had to type those irrelevant extra characters so many billions of times. Let this serve as a teaching story for you, Virgo. As you create innovations in the coming weeks, be mindful of how you shape the basic features. The details you include in the beginning may endure. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): The sadness you feel might be the most fertile sadness you have felt in a long time. At least potentially, it has tremendous motivating power. You could respond to it by mobilizing changes that would dramatically diminish the sadness you feel in the coming years, and also make it less likely that sadness-provoking events will come your way. So I invite you to express gratitude for your current sadness. That’s the crucial first step if you want to harness it to work wonders.

will have the power to boost your benevolent influence to an even higher level. For inspiration, listen to educator Peter Drucker: “Leadership is not magnetic personality. That can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people.’ That is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, raising a person’s performance to a higher standard, building a personality beyond its normal limitations.” CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “One should always be a little improbable,” said Oscar Wilde. That’s advice I wouldn’t normally give a Capricorn. You thrive on being grounded and straightforward. But I’m making an exception now. The astrological omens compel me. So what does it mean, exactly? How might you be “improbable”? Here are suggestions to get you started. 1. Be on the lookout for inspiring ways to surprise yourself. 2. Elude any warped expectations that people have of you. 3. Be willing to change your mind. Open yourself up to evidence that contradicts your theories and beliefs. 4. Use telepathy to contact Oscar Wilde in your dreams, and ask him to help you stir up some benevolent mischief or compassionate trouble. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): A modern Israeli woman named Shoshana Hadad got into

trouble because of an event that occurred long before she was born. In 580 B.C., one of her male ancestors married a divorced woman, which at that time was regarded as a sin. Religious authorities decreed that as punishment, none of his descendants could ever wed a member of the Cohen tribe. But Hadad did just that, which prompted rabbis to declare her union with Masoud Cohen illegal. I bring this tale to your attention as a way to illustrate the possibility that you, too, may soon have to deal with the consequences of past events. But now that I have forewarned you, I expect you will act wisely, not rashly. You will pass a tricky test and resolve the old matter for good. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Want to live to be 100? Then be as boring as possible. That’s the conclusion of longevity researchers, as reported by the Weekly World News. To ensure a maximum life span, you should do nothing that excites you. You should cultivate a neutral, blah personality, and never travel far from home. JUST KIDDING! I lied. The Weekly World News is in fact a famous purveyor of fake news. The truth, according to my analysis of the astrological omens, is that you should be less boring in the next seven weeks than you have ever been in your life. To do so will be superb for your health, your wealth, and your future.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): “Don’t hoot with the howls at night if you want to crow with the rooster in the morning,” advised Miss Georgia during the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Although that’s usually good counsel, it may not apply to you in the coming weeks. Why? Because your capacity for revelry will be at an all-time high, as will your ability to be energized rather than drained by your revelry. It seems you have a special temporary superpower that enables you both to have maximum fun and get a lot of work done. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): During this phase of your astrological cycle, it makes sense to express more leadership. If you’re already a pretty good guide or role model, you sacurrent.com • August 30-September 5, 2017 • CURRENT 85

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