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NEWS

High Time Bexar County to ease penalties on minor marijuana possession What the Health? Anti-abortion group hit with legal complaints for misusing state funds

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FEATURE

Zine Scene DIY culture and independent publications converge at first-ever San Anto Zine Fest

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Our top picks for the week

Off Course Trans Texans’ military dreams on hold under Trump Administration Mum’s the Word Why is ICE detaining so many pregnant women? On Thin ICE Federal court allows part of “AntiSanctuary City” law to go into effect

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Loudest Shade of White Barbershop singing in SA fights the music’s racist past and embraces its African-American creators. Will it catch on? Music Calendar What to see and hear this week

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HIGH TIME Bexar County to ease penalties on minor marijuana possession SHUTTERSTOCK

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Bexar County is about to take a big step toward decriminalizing small-scale marijuana possession. On Wednesday, September 27, Bexar County officials announced a new “cite and release” pilot program that would let law enforcement treat nonviolent, low-level crimes—including the possession of less than four ounces of weed—like a traffic violation. Instead of arresting people on the spot and sending them to jail for a misdemeanor, officers will have the option (on a case-by-case-basis) of issuing a citation with a court date and sending people on their way. Their names will stay out of the jail’s booking system. The program has been a long time coming: local law enforcement has had the discretion to cite, rather than arrest, certain misdemeanor offenders since 2007, when the Texas Legislature passed a law giving them that power. “I can honestly say, this is huge,” said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar during a press conference announcing the program. “[Jail] is for the people that as a society, we’re afraid of, not for people we’re just mad at. That’s what the system has been allowed to become ... we’re locking up people who we’re simply mad at.” Currently, Bexar County jails are “at capacity,” according to Salazar. The program, which Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff called a major step forward in the county’s criminal justice system, has been in the works for almost two years. Bexar County officials came up with their version after reviewing similar programs in Harris and Travis Counties; Dallas City Council voted to approve a “cite and release” program earlier this year, too. Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood has been mulling over the idea of a cite and release program since his first run for DA in 2010. A “This program will allow officers to stay on our streets and continue to protect our community, help prevent the overburdening of our criminal justice system, and at the same time, allow the citizen accused an opportunity to learn from a poor choice without having the stigma of an arrest follow them for the rest of their life,” LaHood said in the press conference.

Nonviolent crimes covered under the program included possession of less than four Ouncesof marijuana (not including synthetic marijuana, LaHood stressed); vandalism or property damage costing between $50 - $500; theft worth between $50 - $500; refusing to pay between $100- $750 for a service that has been completed (think hotels, restaurants, etc.); and driving with an invalid license. The program is designed to help keep non-violent offenders out of jail — “the 18, 19-yearold college kid that made a mistake that, quite honestly, thousands of kids every day make that same mistake,” as Salazar put it. The program could have possibly helped keep DACA recipient Josue Romero out of jail —and out of ICE custody — if it had been in place when he was arrested for small-time marijuana possession in San Antonio back in February. At the press conference, LaHood explained that when these nonviolent offenders would show up for court, they’d be given the option to participate in community service and attend classes pertaining to their specific violations. If they follow through with the process within 90 days, their case will never be filed, and they can avoid going into the court docket system. They’ll leave with a clean record. “Someone that has just been arrested for these [misdemeanor] charges should not be in our jail without something else holding them,” LaHood said. The program is expected to begin in the near future, though no specific date has been set. LaHood expects it to be in place “long enough to see if it works or doesn’t work,” and said they would likely adjust the program as they see fit once they see how it’s doing in Bexar County. “From a dollars and cents perspective, this makes sense. From reallocating proper resources and getting things on the right track, this makes sense,” Salazar said. “From making sure that our officers, our first responders on the street stay on the street and aren’t encumbered by unnecessary paperwork, this makes sense. I’m proud of what we’re doing here today.” sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 9

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Anti-abortion group hit with legal complaints for misusing state funds

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A national watchdog group has filed a pair of legal complaints against the Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization that Texas hired to connect lowincome women to reproductive health care. The Campaign for Accountability argues that the Austin-based group misused millions of state, county and federal dollars and misled the public by failing to deliver its major health care promises. The Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group has asked Travis County to investigate the Heidi Group for theft and asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to revoke the group’s nonprofit status. The Heidi Group, led by anti-abortion activist Carol Everett, was initially selected by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in August 2016 to help jump-start Texas’ brand new Healthy Texas Women program, the state’s Medicaid voucher program for low-income women. The new women’s health program was the state’s attempt to fill the void left after the Texas Legislature slashed state family planning grants by 66 percent, ousting Planned Parenthood from the Women’s Health Program — effectively forcing 82 family planning clinics to close. HHSC gave the Heidi Group $7 million in contracts to

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Trans Texans’ military dreams on hold under Trump Administration ≥In January, Misty Brandon’s 24-year-old son sold his furniture and his truck and moved from San Antonio to Colorado with one goal in mind: To join the military in June. That’s because in June, the U.S. Department of Defense was going to officially let openly transgender people enroll in the military. “He had a plan, he was determined,” Brandon said about her trans son, who asked the Current to remain unnamed. “He had been lost for a while and was looking for direction. I thought, ‘maybe this is it!’” His good friend offered him a place to stay for free, since he was using most of his savings to get prepared to enlist — like getting his tattoos removed from his fingers and having LASIK surgery. But when June came, the open door promised to trans service members under the Obama Administration was abruptly slammed shut by new Defense Secretary James Mattis. Or, at least Mattis said, it would be closed for six more months while the new administration ironed things out. But President Donald Trump only waited a month before tweeting that the military would not allow trans individuals to serve “in any capacity,” and by August 25, it was made official in a presidential memo.

create a resource for Texas women to find inexpensive reproductive health care providers across the state. It failed. Not only did the group include non-medical religious counselors (who specialize in talking women out of their decision to get an abortion) in their guide, they didn’t come close to HHSC’s goal of serving 18,000 women a year. According to department spokeswoman Carrie Williams, the Heidi Group connected some 3,500 women to scattered health care options in one year. Thus, HHSC pulled $4.1 million from Heidi Group’s contract in August 2017 and redistributed the funds among other health departments and community health centers in the state. But it appears the Campaign for Accountability believes the defunding is far from suitable punishment based on the Heidi Group’s long history of unmet goals. In the organization’s complaint to the Travis County Attorney General, CFA legal counsel Katie O’Connor details what it calls a “history of recklessness with regard to ... finances,” alleging that the group has often ended their fiscal years in the red, and collected nearly $1 million in state funds without providing the state with its promised deliverables (like creating a 1-800 number to help women find health care,

improving access to contraceptives, and improving provider’s websites and social media platforms). “Texas taxpayers have a right to expect that any organization contracting with the state is spending its money effectively and in accordance with the terms of the state contract,” O’Conner writes. “It is incumbent upon your office to determine whether Carol Everett and the Heidi Group have violated Texas law by misappropriating state funds and engaging in deceptive business practices.” CFA’s second complaint to the IRS, requesting the group’s nonprofit status be revoked, details how Everett often lobbied Congress and the Texas Legislature without reporting the activity to the IRS, violating tax law and certain regulations for nonprofits. When asked to respond to these claims, Everett told the Current that the Heidi Group “is not hiding anything.” “We are here, our books are open,” she said. Everett also defended the outcomes of the group’s contract with HHSC, saying it’s unusual for a “start-up” like hers to take off in the first year (Heidi Group had a 1-year contract with HHSC). Everett said the number of patients using her service is improving greatly, but she wouldn’t share any new data.

OFF COURSE Last week, the Pentagon released interim guidance to military leaders, banning anyone who’s being treated for “gender dysphoria” (the DOD’s patronizing code word for “transgender”) from the military and trans health-related care would only be covered for soldiers who are already receiving it. The official guidance will come in February 2018. Suddenly, the goal Brandon’s son had been working so hard toward had evaporated. “He was really, really angry,” Brandon said. “He did all of this hard work and preparation just to be turned away.” Having spent all his funds on enrollment prep, her son is now stuck in Colorado trying to make enough money to return to San Antonio. He, along with dozens of other trans Americans who are eager to join the military, doesn’t know what’s next. Staff Sergeant Jamie Hash has been hearing a lot of these stories. Hash, a trans woman and Air Force analyst at San Antonio’s Randolph Air Force Base, volunteers with San Antonio’s Thrive Youth Center and the Human Rights Campaign. It’s not uncommon for other trans people in a town dubbed “Military City, USA” to want to enlist in the armed forces as soon as they can. “Whenever I encounter a transgender person expressing

interest to join the military, it is difficult to explain to them that even though I am transgender and currently serving, they do not meet medical standards required to join the military,” Hash told the Current in an email. “My biggest concern is for the future of my fellow transgender brothers and sisters in arms ... the looming uncertainty for what the near future holds is still vexing.” It’s especially difficult when she herself doesn’t know what her future holds — and doesn’t want her gender identity to get in the way of her job. “My leadership continues to foster an environment of inclusion, dignity, and respect,” wrote Hash, who first told the Current about her supportive military unit in July. “Even though they still check up on me to ensure that I am maintaining a balanced physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental lifestyle, there is still a greater mission to be accomplished.” It’s the mission Brandon’s son hoped to be a part of. After he left for Colorado, Brandon was digging through some artwork her son had made when he was a kid. She was surprised by how many drawings she found of military men. “Knowing he was going to be accepted in the military was so important,” she said. “It gave him courage.” sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 11

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ON THIN ICE

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Federal Court allows part of “Anti-Sanctuary City” law to go into effect LYANNE A. GUARECUCO @LYANNEALEXIA

Why is ICE detaining so many pregnant women? When Emma arrived at the U.S.-Texas border with her 5-year-old son, the El Salvador woman was seven weeks pregnant, bleeding and missing fingernails from being raped and tortured on her journey through Mexico. After being processed through Customs and Border Patrol, Emma (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) was sent to a doctor who gave her a few pills for her high-risk pregnancy, and then dropped back off at the CBP processing center to sleep on a thin mattress in a cold room, surrounded by crying children. She couldn’t eat, since the smell of food made her want to throw up. She told civil rights advocates that she didn’t want to have a baby, especially one through rape. “All of these experiences have been very traumatizing for me,” she said. “It is very stressful for me to be in detention while going through all these difficult emotions, and not feeling well.” Emma is one of the hundreds of undocumented pregnant women who are sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center after crossing the border — even though ICE policy forbids detention of pregnant women except under “extraordinary circumstances.” Seven major immigrant rights organizations filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, September 26 on behalf of these women, urging the agency to investigate why so many pregnant women are being thrown into prisonlike facilities after crossing the border. It’s particularly concerning, they add, in light of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to “dramatically increase” immigration enforcement efforts along the border. “These broad enforcement directives raise serious questions about the future of ICE policies on the detention of pregnant women and the agency’s ability to properly provide medical care while pregnant women are in custody,” the complaint reads. San Antonio’s RAICES, an immigrant advocacy and legal aid group, joined the ACLU, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Center

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for Gender & Refugee Studies, the Women’s Refugee Commission, the American Immigration Council, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in filing the formal complaint. In an August 2016 memo, ICE Executive Associate Director Thomas Homan ordered that “absent extraordinary circumstances or the requirement of mandatory detention, pregnant women will generally not be detained by ICE.” If a pregnant woman does have to be detained, he adds, ICE must regularly re-evaluate whether that detention is really necessary, and offer the woman “appropriate prenatal care.” According to the complaint, ICE hasn’t consistently followed any of these rules since November 2016. And the number of detained women continues to grow. The complaint cites that immigration arrests of women have increased by 35 percent in the first four months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016 — and in those first four months of 2017, ICE detained some 292 pregnant women. “Standards for the treatment of pregnant women vary according to the type of facility where women are detained,” they allege. In detailed anecdotes, the complaint outlines the stories of ten different women who they say have been denied their rights while in ICE detention. Like Emma’s story, many feature women who were already traumatized by sexual abuse or other physical violence before crossing into the U.S. Many also have what doctors identified as “high-risk” pregnancies, but received little to no prenatal care. Two women miscarried while in detention and, despite experiencing serious bleeding, headaches, and weight loss, were ignored by ICE agents. “It is very difficult for me to be locked up like this. I have been crying a lot and my head always hurts,” wrote one pregnant Honduran woman in August. “I have not told the doctor about most of this because he has not asked me how I am feeling the three times I have visited him.”

A federal court has ruled that part of Senate Bill 4 (the “antisanctuary cities” law) can go into effect while a case over the legality of the law itself plays out in court. In a Monday ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ three-judge panel decided that it’s legal to require law enforcement agencies to comply with prisoner hold requests from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Officially called detainer requests, these asks come after someone is arrested and booked in a local jail for any type of crime. In the booking process, the prisoner’s citizenship status is entered into a government database, where ICE can decide whether or not that person is worth picking up and deporting. If ICE decides they are, the jail must obey this “detainer request” even if the person has paid bail or their charges have been dropped. Detainer requests are one of the reasons so many cities, counties, and law enforcement officials have been against SB 4, since holding people in jail even when they’re legally free to go butts heads with the Constitution — and it’s an economic burden. In 2015 alone, Texas honored 45,856 ICE detainers, totaling 1,001,074 days in county jails, which collectively costs county jails $61 million, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Monday’s ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals argues this specific piece of SB 4 “does not require detention pursuant to every ICE detainer request; rather, the … provision mandates that local agencies cooperate according to existing ICE detainer practice and law.” Basically, the law doesn’t force law enforcement officials to comply with every detainer request ICE punts their way. The rest of SB 4’s provisions — like jail time for officers who tell employees they can’t ask members of the public about their immigration status — remain in place. Texas’ largest cities and counties, along with a handful of local officials, have sued the state for signing SB 4 into law earlier this summer. That case has yet to officially go to trial. This recent decision only addresses whether or not SB 4 can be the law of the land while this lawsuit is hashed out in court. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told the Current in August that he only follows detainer requests if they come with a warrant. After making that clear to ICE agents, Salazar said he hasn’t received any warrantless requests from the feds — meaning this decision won’t change too much in Bexar County. Immigrant rights lawyers involved in the SB 4 lawsuit don’t seem too concerned about the court’s decision. For now. “The court panel made clear that the scope of SB 4’s mandated compliance with detainer requests does not include actually detaining immigrants where the law would prohibit continued detention,” said Thomas Saenz, president of MALDEF, the group representing the City of San Antonio in the case. “This preserves the sanctity of the Fourth Amendment in protecting the rights of everyone, including immigrants.” sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 13

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n a dark gallery on the city’s Eastside, a group of people, mostly women, of all ages gather to pay tribute to the late Mexican icon Juan Gabriel on a Thursday night. There are music videos projected onto a wall, folding chairs spread across the room and a bar with homemade sandía punch, where guests get to choose not only if they want gin or vodka, but also how much. Though technical difficulties push back the night’s events by half an hour, the evening carries on with a drag king performance, videos and loud music, all to raise support for the San Anto Zine Fest — an undertaking that aims to stake out the Alamo City’s territory within the realm of DIY, small-circulation publications aimed at niche audiences. The San Anto Zine Fest was organized by the creative minds behind CHIFLADAzine, La Liga Zine, St. Sucia and Yes, Ma’am. It's a first in San Antonio — but this isn’t the organizers’ first zine-centered event. The fest’s organizers have all taken turns traveling across the U.S., participating in some of country’s largest zine gatherings, like LA Zine Fest, Chicago Zine Fest and Zine Fest Houston. This time they’re bringing the celebration home, creating a space for local, regional and national artists to showcase their works. When the initial call for SAZF vendor applications went out, the organizers received far more responses than they anticipated. Through their cross-country network of zine makers and DIY artists, word quickly spread of a San Antonio event and applications from states surrounding Texas started pouring in. When I first met with Isabel Ann Castro and Natasha Hernandez of St. Sucia and Ana Ortiz and Isabel Ramos of La Liga Zine (Suzy Gonzalez of Yes Ma’am and Claudia

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D. Cardona of CHIFLADAzine weren’t present but are also main organizers of the fest), they were working on selecting artists deserving table space at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Galería Guadalupe, the host venue and official partner for the festival. The system they created embodied the DIY spirit — lists of names were written on windows with an erasable marker, each with a number between one and three written to signal priority selection. Papers and maps were scattered about the room, and the women were going over notes from a previous meeting. It was clear that these women didn’t want to turn anyone down, but with a high volume of applicants, cuts had to be made. “About 70 percent of the applicants are women of color,” Castro says, which makes sense considering that the fest’s organizers focus on zines exploring the Latina experience — created by Latina artists and writers with fellow Latinas in mind. With priority being given to women and artists of color, as well as local zine makers, one can expect the inaugural SAZF to be a night full of diversity, bringing several minority zines to the forefront. Castro, Cardona, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Ortiz and Ramos also wanted to ensure that Houston zinesters had a spot on the list, and have waived all fees for folks making the trip from areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. However, affording these fees, as well as paying for the event space, posters and materials, hasn’t been easy. Throughout the summer, the team took on fundraising as if it were their second job. They held a poetry night and the aforementioned Juan Gabriel tribute, where

they sold homemade drinks and collected donations. They asked for help from volunteers and even pushed a paleta cart down the St. Mary’s Strip one weekend, selling frozen treats to tipsy bar crawlers through the wee hours of the night. They’ve also put their own funds into the event and have spent hours calculating every detail in hopes of setting the festival up for success. For these women, the festival isn’t just about displaying the creative output of local zinesters — it’s about showing off San Antonio, its art community and DIY culture. The festival lineup is jam-packed. Attendees can be sure to find a wide collection of works from independent publishers, creative designers, first-time and veteran writers and experimental photographers as well as panelists and speakers covering topics like zines for teenagers and parents, Latinas in the zine scene, and even a how-to class for those looking to create their own publication. Plans for a second annual event are already in the works, so keep an eye out for upcoming fundraisers and related events on the horizon. In the meantime, get familiar with your local zinesters and the eclectic bunch of independent publications coming out of San Antonio — from longtime collectors to first-time zine readers, there’s something out there for everyone. San Anto Zine Fest Free, noon-6pm Sat, Oct. 7., Galería Guadalupe, 723 S. Brazos St., (210) 271-3151, facebook.com/ sanantozinefest.

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Now three volumes deep, CHIFLADAzine regularly comprises poetry, prose and creative works by Latinx writers and artists. Created in 2014 by editor-in-chief and San Anto Zine Fest co-organizer Claudia Cardona, the zine dedicates itself to highlighting diversity and inclusion and giving a platform to Latinxs seeking broad and fair representation in the media. The zine also operates online at chifladazine.com, accepting reader submissions and offering regular contributors a digital platform.

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La Liga Zine La Liga Zine’s global network of authors and editors has enabled the independent publication to gain recognition with Latinx communities in San Antonio, Austin, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto. Operating both online and in print, the zine showcases works by Latinxs, Chicanxs and Latin Americans via photography, essays and interviews, often shining a spotlight on filmmakers, musicians and makers. Published works in La Liga also often explore Latinx identity as it relates to food, culture and family.

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St. Sucia

When St. Sucia was first starting out, San Antonio natives Isabel Ann Castro and Natasha Hernandez had trouble finding a publishing company that would print their work. Now, their 10-volume collection is found in libraries across the nation and has been used in college coursework focused on Latina literature. With a new theme binding each issue, St. Sucia has explored topics that often go unmentioned in mainstream media, such as body issues, family, abortion, abuse and gentrification. Providing a medium for emerging writers, photographers and illustrators, St. Sucia has become a widely recognized publication in which Latinx identity is explored and new voices are never ignored.

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Yes Ma’am

With 11 issues under Yes Ma’am’s belt, Elle Minter and Suzy Gonzalez are veterans of San Antonio’s zine scene. Revolving their publication around free speech, DIY art and “promoting local badasses,” this feminist zine is all about supporting women and their creative works. In recent issues, Yes Ma’am has taken on the challenge of dealing with body image, dedicating its latest edition to issues surrounding breastfeeding, weight and what it means to love yourself.

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Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas Produced by Texas Folklife, the short documentary Santa Muerte: A Folk Saint in Texas looks at the “rising presence of Santa Muerte THU in communities across Texas; from its controversial significance as a folk saint, to its condemnation by the Catholic Church, the impact it has on religious freedom and the place it holds among censored female deities.” The unofficial saint enjoys a fervent following in South Texas as a saint of last resorts, a saint that can be asked for things that a proper saint cannot. As such, it’s no wonder that so many folks on the margins of society (and Catholicism for that FILM matter) are drawn to Santa Muerte (literally translated as “holy death”), identifying with her as an outcast made more alluring, more beautiful and more triumphant by her distance from dominant norms. By way of whetting your appetite for this week’s special screening of Santa Muerte, be sure to check out the documentary’s trailer at texasfolklife.org/santamuertefilm. Free, 7pm, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — James Courtney

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One of two fall exhibitions opening at Blue Star Contemporary this week, “Home Bodies” approaches the intersection of artists’ work with family life. Featured works engage the perspectives of the parent, child, sibling and protector while examining the inherent bonds and conflicts within familial relationships. The THU-FRI exhibition is marked by a homelife aesthetic and the inclusion of textures and materials from the home – even stuffed animals! In addition to works by Ivonne Acero, Lenka Clayton, Catherine Colangelo, Karina Etcheverry Roberto, Casey Arguelles Gregory, Las Hermanas Iglesias, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, and Barry Stone, the opening reception will feature Courtney Kessel’s In Balance With, a collaborative performance work between the artist and her daughter Chloé. Free, 6-9pm Thu-Fri (on view through Jan. 21), Blue Star Contemporary, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960, bluestarcontemporary.org. — Kelly Merka Nelson

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THU-FRI With most Americans largely divided along party lines on issues such as immigration reform, Daniela Cavazos Madrigal hopes her artwork can spark a dialogue about the American Dream and what it means to be an ART immigrant in Trump’s America. “I think it was always something that I was interested in because I had a lot of close relatives and friends who were going through that,” Madrigal said. “The stories I tell are very much in the third person but I identify with them because it’s part of my cultural background.” Born to a Mexican-American father and a Mexican mother, Madrigal grew up in Laredo and spent three years living in Mexico. A 2017 graduate of the MFA program at UTSA, Madrigal uses discarded clothing to tell the stories of the forgotten immigrants living along the U.S.-Mexico border. Through the use of traditional craft practices such as embroidery, sewing and weaving, Madrigal blurs the lines between high art and low art while honoring what is traditionally seen as “women’s work.” In “The Things They Carried,” Madrigal considers some of the essential items carried by immigrants on what are often traumatic journeys. Incorporating textiles and found materials, Madrigal’s latest body of work focuses on the way physical objects represent our sense of home and “the difficult journey of abandoning one place to adopt another.” Free, 6-9pm Thu, 6-8pm Fri (on view by appointment through Nov. 3), Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St., (210) 291-8640, hellostudiosa.com. — Marco Aquino

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THU-SAT The origins of the modern flamenco dress trace back nearly two centuries to Seville’s Feria de Abril, where gypsy women wore inexpensive calico dresses accentuated by layers of ruffles. As flamenco moved from its original gypsy communities and into Spain’s cafés cantantes in the second half of the 19th century, its costumes became more extravagant. Today, flamenco style has established its own niche — one that’s inspired the high-fashion designs of both Giorgio Armani and John Galliano. On Thursday, the 2017 edition of We Flamenco Fest kicks off with a fashion show highlighting the history of flamenco costumes while bringing together some of the city’s top designers. On the runway, expect to see designs by Artist Foundation of San Antonio award winners Lisa Perello and Kendra Vigil as well as some exquisite headdresses created by Fabian Alejandro Diaz. Rounding out the collection will be dresses once worn by beloved local SPECIAL dancers Teresa Champion and Carmen “La Chiqi” Linares ($10-$15, 7pm Thu, EVENT Geekdom Event Centre, 131 Soledad St.). Now in its eighth year, the festival is a citywide celebration (October 5-14) organized by the nonprofit Peoplehood to encourage collaboration within the local flamenco community while attempting to “invigorate and celebrate” the art form. Other highlights from this year’s fest include TRIBUS, a performance by the modern flamenco project Arte y Pasión ($10-$40, 9pm Fri., outside Carmens de la Calle at the corner of N. Flores and W. Pecan streets) and Somos Flamenco, a performance by members of the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department’s dance troupes featuring Pilar Andujar ($15-$40, 8pm Sat, Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St.). For the full schedule, visit facebook.com/weflamencofest. — MA

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“The Latino List,” a photographic portrait exhibit opening Friday at the San Antonio Museum of Art, evinces a surprising profundity within its deceptive simplicity. The portraits are huge (58-by-44 inches) and ultra-high definition, with plain backgrounds, meant to draw viewers’ attention to the subjects, which include Sandra Cisneros, Eva Longoria, Pitbull, Henry Cisneros, Gloria Estefan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, among others. Part of a multimedia initiative that also includes an HBO documentary and a book of photographs and monologues, the exhibit features 25 portraits of prominent Latin@s from the realms of literature, music, science, journalism, theater, business and government. The exhibit, and all other aspects of the initiative, is the work of celebrated portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and is meant to highlight the struggles and successes of the featured individuals, while also contributing to a larger discussion on Latin@ identity in the contemporary United States. $13-$20 (free from 6-9pm Fri & 4-9pm Tue), 10am-9pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm Tue (on view through Dec. 31), San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — JC

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Need some glitz to pump up your Saturday night? Well, Stars and Garters has got you, babe! Crowned “Best Burlesque Troupe” in our annual readers’ poll from 2013 to 2016, the company’s rolling out a “sexy ’70s spectacular” featuring their signature blend of burlesque, variety acts and audience participation, this time with a Studio 54 twist. Special guests Queen Anthuros and Giselle J’Adore will get groovy with S&G all-stars Suki Jones, Pystol Whips, Black Orchid, and Coco Simone for a night of discothemed striptease. Don your finest polyester leisure suit or sequined tube top and get down to Brick for a glammed-up night of shimmying and shaking! $25, 8pm & 10pm, Brick, 108 Blue Star, (432) 235-0414, starsandgartersburlesque.com. — Kelly Merka Nelson SAT

Before filmmaker David Lowery put actor Casey Affleck under a white bed sheet and waxed philosophical earlier this year in A Ghost Story, a film featuring a scene where actress Rooney Mara eats an entire chocolate cream pie for five whole minutes (no, seriously), the Milwaukee-born director/writer was given the opportunity to create his own version of Pete’s Dragon, which Disney first produced for the big screen in 1977 as a live-action/animated musical. Lowery’s 2016 reboot is charming enough SAT and shows audiences that updating Disney fairytales is working for the most part – Cinderella, The Jungle Book, yes; Beauty and the Beast, no. Disney will continue with the live-action remakes when Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid and others are soon repackaged. Until then, a screening of Pete’s Dragon, which plays a bit like Harry and the Hendersons with a few nods to Steven Spielberg’s E.T., is a nice way to get the family off Netflix for a couple of hours and enjoy an outdoor movie together brought to you by the City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office. Also: free popcorn (popped for your enjoyment by dragon fire). Free, 7pm, Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave., 207-8612, slabcinema.com. – Kiko Martinez

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Burton Ball While there are plenty of people who might (justly) criticizeaccomplished, quirkily macabre director/writer Tim Burton’s oeuvre as lacking in diversity, none could accuse the man of lacking in creativity. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure to Beetlejuice, from Edward Scissorhands to The Nightmare Before Christmas, from Sweeney Todd to Big Fish, Burton has created a whole, delightfully dark universe in the course of his near-40-year career. For the sixth year, fans of that Burton-verse have a chance to show their colors (lots of gray and black and red, I guess) at the Burton Ball, which celebrates all things associated with the oddball auteur. This year’s event will include DJs spinning spooky sounds, live Burton-inspired art, assorted vendors of seasonably appropriate miscellany, themed drinks (for all ages), a costume contest (with serious cash prizes), film projections and food trucks. $5, 6pm-2am, The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., (210) 226-5070, thekorova.com. — JC SPECIAL SAT EVENT

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Fans of bike racing and extreme sports in general will, for the second year in a row, have the opportunity to catch a unique spectacle of a race right in downtown San Antonio, at the Alamo no less. (Because nothing screams madcap bike race like a recently crowned World Heritage Site, am I right?) Red Bull Last Stand attendees will witness qualifying and final rounds of competition in what is known as a crit race, “a type of cycling that combines a short track, 40 mile-per-hour speeds, and hairpin turns,” with categories for men and women, fixed and geared bikes. All this, amid a festival-like atmosphere (you know how Red Bull gets down) in a decidedly unconventional setting should make for a heck of a day. For those who follow this sport in particular, it’s worth noting that participants will include such elite riders as Addison Zawada, Stefan Rothe, Sammi Runnels (reppin’ Texas), Paolo Panzeri, Lorna Dudding and Ronnel Hualda. Free, 1-10pm, Alamo Plaza, 300 Alamo Plaza, redbulll.com/laststand. — JC

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SHELF CARE Managing anxiety through reading JESSICA BRYCE YOUNG

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In the week after the 2016 presidential election, Americans Googled the term “selfcare” almost twice as often as they ever had before. Like “introvert” and “gluten-intolerant,” self-care is a term that gets tossed around a lot lately, mostly in ways that are only tangentially related, if not inimical, to its actual meaning. The genesis of the concept is usually traced back to Audre Lorde’s 1988 book A Burst of Light (republished in September by Ixia Press), in which the poet first articulated the theory that self-care is a political act. But just as agoraphobes and those with celiac disease might quibble with those who self-describe as introverts or gluten-intolerant, Lorde might consider the socialmedia version of self-care mightily watered down. She was suffering from liver cancer when she wrote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation,” and the essay that quote comes from uses the struggle for civil rights as a metaphorical parallel, drawing the conclusion that in order to fight — whether the fight is personal or political — one must tend to oneself. So self-care was once a means of reclaiming autonomy from a system that neglected or violated women and people of color. But what began as a corrective to the injustices of unevenly distributed privilege became less about health and more about “wellness,” that nebulous term that encompasses not just treatment of disease but promotion of, well, ease. Being easy in mind and body — that is, not stressed out and not sick — is the goal of self-care. But it’s somewhat in danger of becoming a “treat yo’self” hall pass to binge on Netflix, Ben & Jerry’s, and beauty treatments in the name of “wellness.” It’s been commodified, Instagrammed and you-go-girled. Not that buying a new lipstick can’t give you a boost — but diving for your phone and your PayPal password the way you might grab for a Xanax is not a long-term solution to healing a troubled heart.

While reading isn’t as direct a route to good health as, say, exercise or meditation, neither is it as dubious as $75 New Age dusts. (I blame Gwyneth Paltrow and her Goop crew for those damn dusts; you can’t order a smoothie without tripping over a cordyceps or an ashwagandha these days.) But it works for me. Acquiring a new book combines the small frisson of retail therapy with the possibility of being educated, enlightened or at least transported elsewhere mentally. If you truly want to care for yourself, read. Slow down. Live to fight another day. The Bedlam Stacks, by Natasha Pulley Sometimes you just want to vanish into another world long enough to stop worrying. Pulley’s fantastic tale of a journey to the Amazon is lightly salted with fairytale elements, but grounded in meticulous historical detail. A Man of Shadows, by Jeff Noon Jeff Noon (Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice) is an acknowledged master of weird fiction, and this noir-ish mystery continues in his surreal tradition. A lot weirder and a lot darker than Bedlam Stacks, this is escapism for people who drink their coffee black. After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land, by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni Gossip is gossip and always delicious, but it feels less like junk food when serious artists and cultural icons are the protagonists. Fraser-Cavassoni met Warhol when she was 16 and worked at the Factory through the end of the era, and her inside look at the superstars and money men in his circle is distraction reading deluxe. New People, by Danzy Senna Stop obsessing over whatever is troubling you, and stop bringing it up on Twitter and at parties. Read the book everyone is reading this minute, and you’ll have something else to talk about. This month, that’s Danzy Senna’s buzzy New People, in which a perfect couple, “King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom,” have to wonder whether they are part of the problem: gentrification.

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The Futilitarians, by Anne Gisleson This chronicle of sorrow is an object lesson in realizing no matter how bad you feel, someone else has it worse. Death, divorce, bankruptcy ... after some drinking and crying, the author formed the Existential Crisis Reading Group, and found a balm in books. The World Broke in Two, by Bill Goldstein Maybe your life isn’t so bad? In 1922, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence all faced crippling creative doubts, yet all went on to write the masterpieces they’re known for today. The title comes from a Willa Cather quote — “The world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts” — which, again, is a good reminder that this is all a turning wheel, not a downward spiral. You Play the Girl, by Carina Chocano Carina Chocano is a vicious wit, in the best way – she tears into the same things that bother you and articulates that discontent better than you ever could. These essays analyze the conceptual creation of “the Girl,” in all her many artificial and disempowering guises. The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage, by Jared Yates Sexton Dive right in and face it head-on. Sexton’s book tracks the 2016 election season and it’s just as heartrendingly, dumbfoundingly angering as you might expect. Consider it immersion therapy. BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts, by Stella Parks When in doubt, bake. Lose yourself in the concentration and rule-following required to create perfect baked goods. Share the fruits with others to multiply happiness.

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Ever since he was a kid, Tom Cruise wanted to work for the Colombian drug cartels? Not quite, but American Made, based on the true story of commercial airline pilot-turned international criminal mastermind Barry Seal, hits a lot of the same beats as Goodfellas, though it misses some it tries to hit, too. By the time Barry, in his gleeful voiceover narration, says, “The money was coming in faster than I could launder it,” I felt like I’d seen this all before, and better. Barry is, in the typical way of stories like this, a bit of a prodigy, and a bit bored with the mundane world. He’s a hotshot, the youngest-ever commercial pilot or some such for TWA... but he’s basically a bus driver on short-haul routes, ferrying people from one dull place to another. He gets a bit of a thrill with the petty delinquency of smuggling Cuban cigars in his cockpits — I guess pilots weren’t searched much in the late 1970s, when he’s getting away with this — but the real fun comes after he is approached by CIA agent Monty Schafer and recruited to fly missions over South America taking spy photos (not in TWA planes, obviously). One thing leads to another, as tends to happen when you fall down rabbit holes of espionage and clandestine operations, and soon Barry is acting as a bagman in transactions between the Company and Panamanian strongman — and CIA informant —

Manuel Noriega, and then he’s smuggling drugs into the U.S. for the Medellín cartel, which leads to (after he’s caught) becoming a DEA informant. And then comes the Iran-Contra scandal... Director Doug Liman and Cruise, as Seal, are reteaming here after their huge 2014 success, the sci-fi Edge of Tomorrow, which also saw the actor taking on a character who is less than totally likable. But Cruise’s Edge character was merely a coward, and he learned how to be brave because he had no choice. The charm and the humor with Liman and Cruise regale us with Barry’s adventures, as charming and as humorous as they are, feels kinda inappropriate for a movie about these levels of corruption and outright lawless banditry from the U.S. federal government. I mean, these are the events that have led to the conspiracy theory — which isn’t quite so farfetched and is supported by some good evidence, some of which we bear witness to here — that the CIA was actively involved in importing cocaine into the United States in the 1980s, and that the agency’s activities were in large part responsible for the crack cocaine epidemic. (See also: the intense 2014 film Kill the Messenger, which details the work of one journalist in the 1990s who uncovered the story.) Cruise is undoubtedly entertaining here, as is Domhnall Gleeson as Schafer, a hustling junior CIA agent looking

to make a name for himself. The scene in which Barry is forced to overload a small plane with cocaine and then take off on too short a South American mountain runway is genuinely gripping. The finale, involving a simultaneous raid by agents of the DEA, the ATF, the FBI and Arkansas state police — where Barry has set up his smuggler’s headquarters — is like a clown car of law enforcement descending and stumbling over one another. Screenwriter Gary Spinelli knows what he’s doing, mostly. The film’s one real misstep (apart from that tonal problem), and a significant way in which it misses the genius of Goodfellas, is in the depiction of Barry’s wife, Lucy (Sarah Wright), who is actually a composite of the real Barry Seal’s succession of spouses. We never really understand why she stays with him; if it’s just about the money, she’s nowhere near venal enough, not that we see. Wright’s performance is fun, though, too. But here’s the thing: Should we be entertained by this story? You can’t even call American Made’s attitude cynical; it’s more a winking shrug of acceptance of a massive Uncle Sam-approved criminal enterprise, dispensed with panache and style galore; love that vintage ’70s color palette! But really: Is this how this particular story deserves to be told? Are we now this blithe and blasé about the depths to which America can sink? sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 33

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FOOD COURT The People’s Nite Market returns

> The city’s first night market, launched by friends Jovanna Lopez and Valeria Hernandez, is back at Avenida Guadalupe with a a handful of vendors, DJs, food for purchase and more. The People’s Nite Market, first launched at La Villita in 2015, moved to Avenida Guadalupe last year. After a brief hiatus, the market is back with five more dates through December. The markets run 6 to 9 p.m. with a rotating cast of food trucks, and The People’s Nite Market Produce stand with lots of fall veggies and fruits. Remaining dates include October 12 and 26, November 16 and December 18. 1313 Guadalupe St., (210) 901-9717.

Holy mole!

> Centro Cultural Aztlan will be hosting the ninth Annual Mole Throwdown. This fundraising event will unite art, music, culture and food in effort to promote Chicano/ Latino culture, while benefiting Centro Cultural Aztlan’s year-long programming. Local restaurants and chefs will donate dishes, including an ice cold beer to compliment, that are sure to fulfill your cultural appetite. After sampling mole, guests can vote for their favorite and a new winner will be announced. This throwdown will be more than just food, with works of art to be featured in a silent art auction. Artists of featured art pieces are those who have contributed and supported Centro Cultural Altzan for more than three decades. This event will also work toward supporting traditions such as Dia de Los Muertos, Virgen de Guadalupe

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Pasta specials at Little Italy

> October is just around the corner and along with cooler temperatures, pumpkin spice and Halloween, it is also known for being National Pasta Month. Little Italy Restaurant and Pizzeria is celebrating all month long with different pasta specials each week. This celebration begins on Monday, October 2 with spaghetti and meatballs. All pasta specials will be from Monday to Wednesday of each week in October for lunch and dinner. Other dishes included are fettuccine alfredo, baked ziti and linguine with pesto. Each dish includes a garden salad and warm bread for lunch and dinner for a low price of $8.99. 824 Afterglow St. (210) 349-2060.

Bubble tea in Alamo Heights

> Bubble tea lovers will have a new spot to choose from beginning next month. Brew’s Lee Tea Station, which will be located on Broadway near the Witte Museum, is under construction but is set to be completed within the next two weeks. Owner Frances Lee said in an email that the shop will have a soft opening in mid-October. Lee said she and her husband Billy chose to set up shop in San Antonio, and on Broadway no less, for its proximity to the

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University of Incarnate Word, their alma mater. She said she and her husband spent time in Taiwan, where he is from, after graduating and learned all about authentic bubble tea. They got information from tea experts and researched brewing techniques, ultimately deciding to bring the treat back to San Antonio. “We consider San Antonio our home,” Lee said. Lee said the shop will offer classic black milk tea and Jasmine green milk tea beverages as well as unique creations like honey galaxy and lemon unicorn with bright colors and tasty flavors. Tea lovers will be able to experience the best of both worlds with split cups from Taiwan that let you enjoy two flavors at once. “We are passionate about teas,” Lee wrote. “I believe our brews reflect that.” 4009 Broadway St.

Sunday brunch at Sangria on the Burg

> Our prayers have been answered, y’all! San Antonio’s premiere sangria spot is adding a Sunday brunch for all of your sangria and waffle needs. That’s right, you can now enjoy the tasty lemon-raspberry or horchata hotcakes and pancake tacos on a Sunday! The restaurant is also changing its hours. Don’t worry, they’ll be open longer now. Although it’s still closed on Monday, Sangria on the Burg will now be open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Brunch is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and until 4 p.m. on Sunday. Dinner will start being served at 3 p.m. on Saturday. 5115 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 265-3763.

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This is not, I repeat NOT, an article about gluten-free pasta. OK, maybe it is, kinda. But the gluten-free aspect of the products under consideration is incidental — at least to most of us. The real point here is that there may be some pastas out there, made from ingredients other than wheat, that are simply better for you, ounce per ounce, than the knee-jerk, traditional variety. This all started with the appearance in mags, and on shelves at Target and Whole Foods, of a chickpea pasta branded Banza. Could it possibly be both good for you and as good in the taste and texture department as, say, your bestie Barilla? Only one way to find out. And while I was at it, I snooped around at Trader Joe’s and found three more test subjects: black bean, red lentil and brown rice with quinoa. With the selection of a simple sauce using canned tomatoes (recipe below), a project was born. (Just FYI, the assumption is that the more protein and fiber as compared to wheat the better, and that fewer carbs, fat and calories were also desirable.) Here are the results. Banza is available locally in three shapes — penne, shells and spaghetti. As none of the others offered a long form, I used the shells for this test. The color, when cooked, is just a little more golden than standard pasta, so nobody would be the wiser if you were trying some stealth health moves. The texture’s not a giveaway, either. It’s maybe just a tad chewier, kind of like whole wheat, if cooked to the low end of the time on the package (about 10 minutes). Especially when dressed with sauce and sprinkled with grated parmesan, the taste is almost a ringer for wheat. Only if you know it’s chickpea, and you taste a shell solo, would you be the least bit suspicious. But here’s the best news: noted in grams per dry ounce, protein weighs in at 7.14, dietary fiber at 3.71, carbs at 12.29, calories at 97.14, and total fat at 1.17. For reference, and from the back of a Barilla box, wheat’s equivalent numbers in grams per dry ounce are 3.5, 1, 21, 100, and .5. At every level but fat, and assuming you’re carb conscious, chickpea’s results are better — often much better. Trader Jose’s red lentil sedanini (a short, ridged tubular shape) are unabashedly orangey in dry form, but much of that leaches out in the cooking — the better for pulling a fast one, but otherwise sad. Yet it holds its texture well and isn’t especially beany. So, cloaked in a clingy sauce such as pesto, it might just pass. The numbers, again in grams per dry ounce, are also good: protein 6.5, fiber 1.5, carbs 16, calories 95, total fat .5. TJ’s brown rice and quinoa fusilli doesn’t sport an alien texture, but the shape is much softer than the wheat norm, even at just over 7 minutes cooking. You can detect just a little rice taste. And the numbers aren’t quite as impressive: protein 2.5, fiber 1, carbs 21.5, calories 100, and total fat .75. This one you might choose largely if gluten were a genuine problem.

The black bean rotini from TJ’s boasted the most distinctive color: black when dry, still charcoal when cooked, despite cooking water that was impressively turgid at the end. The flavor is distinctly beanish. But the gummy texture (again cooked to the low end of the recommended time) was a major disappointment, and pieces stuck together. (This might be alleviated somewhat by tossing with a little olive oil immediately after draining.) But as the rotini were spectacularly dramatic topped with red sauce, maybe the texture can be (largely) overlooked — especially in light of the numbers: protein 7, fiber 7.5, carbs 17.5, calories 100, and total fat .75. Of course, you can use the quick tomato sauce recipe below, adapted from America’s Test Kitchen, for any pasta. Though it’s very good even in its simplest form, feel free to fiddle with it even more than I did by adding rinsed capers, chopped olives, roasted peppers … To the test recipe, I added some anchovy paste, a squeeze of tomato paste and a pinch of dried Aleppo chili. Quick Tomato Sauce Serves 4 ¼ cup onion, grated (this is really a good suggestion) 2 tablespoons butter (yes, you could use olive oil) ¼ teaspoon dried oregano or “Italian seasoning” ½ teaspoon salt (more later if needed) 2 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes (I used Muir Glen) ¼ teaspoon sugar (not for purists, but it amplifies the flavor) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped, plus more for garnish Grated parmesan for topping, if desired Directions // Melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and sauté 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add oregano and salt and stir some more until onions begin to brown, about 3 minutes more. Add garlic about half way through. Add crushed tomatoes and sugar, turn heat to high and stir until simmering. Turn heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, add olive oil and basil, stir to incorporate, and test for salt, adding cracked pepper to taste. Serve over pasta topped with optional parmesan and a few slivers of fresh basil. Modified from America’s Test Kitchen sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 37

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eries represented in 2017. Each year sees more brewery exhibits, with more brews to quaff and tickets sell out at record pace. Here’s how the Alamo City will be represented at the largest beer festival in the country. Freetail Brewing and Southerleigh Fine Food and Brewery will be the lone booth representatives for San Antonio, though several others such as Mad Pecker Brewing, have entered the GABF competition. This year the competition will see 8,100 different beers from more than 2,290 breweries in 98 categories covering 160 different styles. Southerleigh will be pouring the ever-popular Imperial Stout Putin’s Revenge, Sage on Saison, Augustus Blue, Godzilla Go Juice and That Heirloom Over There in the main hall. All but Putin’s are entered in the GABF competition, the

world’s largest commercial beer competition. Freetail Brewing will be pouring Bye, Bye, Bye IPA, Scotch-Aged Quad Gong Jinn, Texas Harvest, Tropical Punch Bexarliner, Bat Outta Helles, Peace Frog Pils, Jawa Juice Baltic Porter and the 2014 rendition of their flagship Imperial Stout 2014 La Muerta, all of which are entered into the competition. Other San Antonio breweries entering the GABF competition are Mad Pecker Brewing with its Ridge Creek Blonde and Bitter Soul ESB. “It was important for us to enter this year, if anything to prove to ourselves that we could see through the entry process and give SA and Texas another opportunity at claiming a medal,” said owner/brewer Jason Gonzalez. Also throwing their hats in the ring are Ranger Creek with San Antonio Lager, Love Struck Hefe and Oktober-

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fest; and Alamo Beer Co with their Golden Ale, Amber Lager, and Pilsner. While they are not pouring or entering their beers at GABF, The Granary ‘Cue and Brew’s co-founder and head chef, Tim Rattray will be at the festival cooking for Paired, a food and beer event. Paired is an event within the GABF festival that highlights celebrated chefs and independent brewers from around the country. Small plates are created to specifically pair (get it) with beers from the participating breweries. Rattray will team up with Blue Blood Brewing out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Texas and San Antonio have fared well over the years at GABF, with San Antonio area 5 Stones Artisan Brewery winning silver in 2015, thrusting the Lone Star State more and more into the limelight each year. Let’s see how Texas breweries do in 2017.

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The Big Hops family of craft beer bars is about to get bigger, with founder Rob Martindale awarding the first franchise location to Alamo City locals Brian Orosco and Chris Cooke, adding to the three current Big Hops locations. Orosco and Cooke have been active participants in the industry for several years. “We chose to partner with Brian and Chris because they uphold similar values in their lives regarding our industry and our people,” says Martindale. Orosco and Cooke approached Martindale about a franchise earlier this year. “It’s something we’ve been considering doing for some time and we’re excited to be able to be more involved in the industry and community,” said Orosco.

The pair recently signed the lease on their location, which will be located on San Antonio’s northwest side, and look to open within the next 90 days. The location (7915 W. 1604 N., Suite 112) was chosen, says Orosco, because they felt that the northwest side of San Antonio is still vastly underserved with regards to craft beer. Look for this Big Hops to have a plethora of beer taps, as well as a few for wine and cider. The location will share the now standard Big Hops décor, though the new franchise owners will certainly put their own local community feel to the place. sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 39

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barbershop: unaccompanied group singing of popular songs usually marked by highly conventionalized close harmony. From the old custom of men in barbershops forming quartets for impromptu singing of sentimental songs. (Merriam-Webster dictionary) “Are these people 92 or something?” my 8-year-old daughter whispers in my ear. We’re at the chorus hall of the University United Methodist Church on De Zavala, in front of the mammoth Friends in Harmony chorus. Ages range from 7 to over 90, but the average age seems to be 54+. Due to hurricane season, this is a slow day at the office—only about 80 singers show up. “We’re the fastest growing chorus in the whole of the [Barbershop Harmony] Society,” says Artie Dolt, who is not 92. “I’ll be 75 this year, and I have tuxedos older than you.” He’s the dean of San Antonio barbershoppers, and a powerhouse with the enthusiasm and energy of a 16-year-old. He’s been directing and singing in choruses for 57 years, winning a quartet Mid-Atlantic district championship in 1966 with New York/New Jersey’s Hallmarks. He formed Friends in Harmony in 2013, starting with a group of 19 singers who, like Holt, had left barbershop because “it stopped being fun.” “When I was singing with other organizations, we’d get through a line in the whole three hours practice,” said Ed Garland, the president of Friends in Harmony. “It was all about perfection, and it wasn’t fun anymore.” Still, Friends in Harmony manage to stop me in my tracks with a thunderous, chilling rendition of “If the Lord Be Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” and an equally powerful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, which they will sing (as they’ve done before) in two upcoming Spurs games: November 7 against the Los Angeles Clippers and a televised game against the Lakers on March 3. They’ve already booked the 2500-seat Laurie Auditorium for a Spring Spectacular on May 19, featuring Instant Classic (2015 International Quartet Champions, from Indianapolis) and GQ, a popular Sweet Adeline (female) quartet from Baltimore. “They do some eight-part numbers together that are just incredible,” said Holt. “We’ve already been told busloads of barbershoppers from Houston (both men and women) are coming for this.” Even though Friends in Harmony have participated in some regional competitions (“just to have fun and hear the other quartets and choruses”), the words “contest” and competition” are not part of the group’s vocabulary. “You come [to Friends in Harmony] because you enjoy singing and camaraderie,” said Holt. “For some, this is their life. They literally live for this chorus.” One of them is 68-year-old Larry Schaef, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last December.

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St. Louis,” wrote SPEBSQSA (from now on BHS for clarity) founder O. C. Cash. in a telegram sent to the New York chapter, “Board of Directors decided some time ago such procedure would be embarrassing and ruled it out. None has competed in the South and West. Best regards.” The civil rights movement helped correct the wrongs in Barbershop, and in 1962 the BHS lifted the ban on African-American membership (Sweet Adelines would do the same in 1966) and, in 1970, banned the use of minstrel performances (white singers with black painted faces). The BHS’ “Everyone in Harmony” plan of today lists amongst its goals the sharing of the barbershop gift “with young and old, with people of every color and every background,” and plans a posthumous recognition to the Grand Central Red Caps. Most notably, in 2016, the all-female Sweet Adelines International did what was unthinkable not too many years ago: to give a lifetime membership to Lana Clowes (the black singer whose chorus, the Ottawa Capitals Chordettes, faced expulsion from SAI due to her race) and to celebrate the Adelines’ establishment of a Diversity Task Force, meant to “build bridges with potential singers, regardless of race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression or physical abilities.” “While we cannot change the past, today we dedicate ourselves to being an example of real change and hope in our world,” Sweet Adelines president Paula Davis said in the ceremony, fighting back tears. “Today, we will begin to be a living example of what it means to harmonize the world.” “That messy, painful past, is here to teach us, not haunt us,” said Valerie Clowes in accepting the award on behalf of her mother. It was a moving, heartfelt moment, and even Harmony Incorporated acknowledged it. “We held our heads high knowing that we stood on the right side of this issue for many, many decades,” said Christina Llewellen, International President of Harmony Incorporated. “But we were mostly glad and proud of Sweet Adelines for taking a really brave step, which probably opened them up to quite a bit of criticism.” In San Antonio, it’s obvious to me that doors are wide open for anyone who wants to sing barbershop, but to see a reflection of the city demographics on the risers will take some time. “In my chorus of 120-130 men I have one black man,” said Friends in Harmony’s Dolt in early October. “However, within the last 30 days I’ve gone to visit some of the black

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“Ninety-five percent of the people are dead in the first six months,” said Schaef, who is now at stage 3. “But there is a five percent that aren’t, and that’s me. This chorus keeps me alive. I didn’t feel good today, but as soon as I heard that first chord, that put life in me.” The Marcsmen are the antithesis of Friends in Harmony. Last year, they came in second in the Southwestern District competition, only beaten by Dallas’ 12-time International Champions Vocal Majority, widely regarded as the heavyweight barbershop chorus in the world. Marcsmen won the district in 2012 and, a year later, came in 13th in the world at the International contest, the best finish by a group of less than 29 men on stage in the history of the Barbershop Harmony Society. This time, with Vocal Majority on the horizon, the Marscmen will try to put between 30 and 40 singers onstage, but their expectations change. “We’re hoping for a wild card,” said Marcsmen cofounder Manny Lopez. “If we score 80 or more points, which we usually do, we can be one of the 10 wild cards to join the 30 district winners.” “Marcsmen are what we call a state-of-the-art barbershop chorus,” said Brian Lynch, PR man for the Barbershop Harmony Society. “Just reaching the Internationals is like being in the NCAA finals. Their achievements are huge. They’re in a pretty elite group.” The key element of barbershop is that the melody (the lead) is carried by the second highest voice. Unlike the standard chorus, gospel or hymnal church music (SATB, or soprano, alto, tenor and bass), where the soprano carries the melody, in barbershop the melody is carried by the second highest voice (the second tenor). But before singing, Marcsmen spend close to 30 minutes preparing physically and mentally for the three hours of practice ahead. In what they call “focus sessions,” they get the body warmed up, loosening neck and torso, and then concentrating on melody, intervals, sound production, alignment, breathing and other exercises meant to help each singer find his best voice… before the actual singing. “A lot of people think singing doesn’t involve the body, but it really does,” said Lopez, one of the former Texas State San Marcos students who formed the group in 2007 and also the director of San Antonio Chordsmen, another barbershop chorus. Three members of Marcsmen (bass Wallace Stanley, lead Peter Cunningham and baritone Manny Lopez) joined Stanley’s wife Diane (a soprano in Opera San Antonio) to form Southern Stride, a mixed quartet that, at the time of this writing, ranks number one in the country and

is expecting an invitation to Germany’s BinG! (Barbershop in Germany) Festival in April. “We don’t want to get too excited, but we’re crossing our fingers,” said Stanley. Both choruses and quartets compete in district and International competitions, the men governed by the Barbershop Harmony Society and the women by Sweet Adelines International, the latter formed in 1945. But, besides their love for four-part harmonies, both independent organizations share a tumultuous racial past that’s evident anytime one stands in front of a barbershop quartet or chorus: the whiteness of it all, an irrelevant fact (no one would demand “diversity” out of a mariachi orchestra or a hip-hop band) if we didn’t know the African American origins of barbershop. “We are owning our heritage, trying to rectify those errors and making sure [racial bans] will not happen in the future,” said Lynch. In a 1992 essay called “Play that Barber Shop Chord: A Case for the African-American Origin of Barbershop,” historian Lynn Abbott wrote that “the contemporary image of barbershop harmony is couched in a romanticized perception of the ‘Gay Nineties,’ with dapper, white, middle-American barbers and their patrons posed next to barber poles in attitudes of harmonizing,” explaining that the period’s mainstream literature seldom reinforces that image, while early African-American literature was “shot through with references to barbershop singing.” “Not many years ago, singing as an amusement prevailed above all others,” the black publication New York Age wrote on November 24, 1888. “At these meetings of friends, as soon as the small games were exhausted, the proposition to sing was gladly accepted and nature’s musical instrument filled the place with pleasing harmonies … the gentlemen would unite and for hours make the night melodious with their tuneful voices.” Vaudevillian Billy McClain once said that, in the late 1880s, “about every four dark faces you met was a quartet.” But African-Americans were barred from theaters and concert halls, so those meetings took place on the street, barbershops or on people’s homes. Gradually, white barbershoppers adopted (and adapted) the sound to what is known today as barbershop singing, and white historians often offered a whitewashed version of the music’s history. By the time the Barbershop Harmony Society was established in 1938 (originally, and impractically, titled Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, or SPEBSQSA), the membership was all white. How did it happen? “Two words: Jim Crow,” Valerie Clowes told the Current, speaking from Toronto. She’s the daughter of Lana Clowes, the Canadian singer of Afro descent who, in 1963, had to leave the Sweet Adelines and join the rival Harmony Incorporated, which had been formed in 1958 as a protest to Sweet Adeline’s whites-only policy. When the all-black, all-male, Harlem-based Grand Central Red Caps quartet won the New York district competition in 1941, they were denied participation in the International finals. “Relative colored quartets competing

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tell me that a nigger won’t steal/But I’ve seen a nigger in my cornfield” (later changed to “Some folks say that a rebel can’t steal/But I found twenty in my corn-field”). Another example is “Mississippi Mud,” which was recorded, among others, by Ray Charles, even though the “When the people beat their feet on the Mississippi Mud” line was changed from the now-politically incorrect “When the ‘darkies’ beat their feet on the Mississippi Mud” original. I asked Lynch whether BHS competitors still sing these songs, even if the song versions are sanitized. “It’s a great question, and one that doesn’t have a direct, simple answer to it either,” said Lynch. “As you can well imagine, there is sensitivity involved in singing songs from an era in which people did not enjoy equal rights. It’s a fine line between celebrating the music for its own purpose and acknowledging the culture in which it grew up. Even now as we’re looking at our expanded efforts towards inclusion and diversity in our organization, these debates are going on every day in both our leadership and membership.” I press him: is the BHS still using these songs in competition? Lynch pauses and thinks. “I understand and trust that you’re not trying to trap me in a statement, but I would say for the most part no, [those songs are no longer used]. We have sufficient awareness of those cases, so no, we would not do that.” I ask Valerie Clowes if these discussions on whether or not to continue singing offensive (even if sanitized) Dixie songs are the equivalent of the Confederate monument/flag debate. “Yeah … Exactly,” she says. For their district competition in Dallas on October 6-7, SA’s Marcsmen won’t have to deal with that problem. They will sing Robert Rund’s “Tomorrow is Promised to No One” and Bob Dylan’s “To Make You Feel My Love,” while Friends in Harmony will stay home doing what they do best: harmonizing and having fun. “For those who want perfection, there’s the Marcsmen; for those who want to have fun, there’s us,” said Dolt. “Don’t get me wrong, [the Marcsmen] are phenomenal, but it’s not what we do. If every note isn’t perfect, if everything isn’t in perfect balance, that’s not going to affect world peace. What will affect world peace is my relationship with each member of the chorus. That’s why we’re called Friends in Harmony, and that’s why I’m aggressively trying to embrace a very inclusive element in our chorus, and the chorus is supporting me 100 percent. That’s what we want and that’s what we are going to do.”

Male Marcsmen Rehearsals: Thursdays at 7pm at the Radius Center, 106 Auditorium Circle. marcsmen.org Friends in Harmony Rehearsals: Mondays at 6:45pm at the chorus hall of University United Methodist Church, 5084 De Zavala. friendsinharmonychorus.com San Antonio Chordsmen Rehearsals: 7pm Mondays at the “Back Door” Youth Center in the back of Colonial Hills United Methodist Church, 5247 Vance Jackson. sachordsmen.org Female Alamo Metro Chorus Rehearsals: Thursdays at 7pm, Beitel Memorial Lutheran Church, 2515 Austin Hwy. alamometrochorus.org AChord Quartet acchordqt@gmail.com (210) 385-2706 Essence Quartet (2017 Region 10 Champion Quartet) essenceQuartet@gmail.com (All female groups affiliated with Sweet Adelines International)

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churches on the Eastside with the idea to get them to hear us so we’re more inclusive and we embrace more people into the hobby.” When asked about which African-American churches he’s been talking with, Holt hesitated. “We’re in the VERY early stages of trying to establish a relationship with these folks. My first goal is to get the opportunity to sing at one of their Sunday services. We need exposure first, then we can try to embrace those interested in our organization.” One of such services showed a willingness to give it a try. “Our guys love to sing and I think a small minority of them would like to sing [with a mostly white barbershop chorus],” Hugh Hawkins, director of the men’s chorus at the Macedonia Baptist Church, told the Current. “But as of today, we haven’t been offered that invitation.” Lack of exposure is another key reason why we don’t see more black faces on the risers. “I hadn’t heard anything about barbershopping in SA until I got invited [by a co-worker] two years ago,” Tim Davenport, the sole African-American member of Friends in Harmony, told the Current. “And most black churches I know sing with instruments, not a capella.” Hawkins agrees. “It’s their version of our singing and we don’t hear anything about it, they keep it quiet,” said Hawkins. “The only time I hear from [barbershop singers] is on TV or something, we’re not at all exposed to it. But even though what we do is gospel, I could put together a [barbershop] group like that in a second. We can diversify.” There is no doubt both the BHS and SAI have made tremendous progress in terms of race, and I have no suspicion whatsoever about barbershop’s openness to all; these men and women are all about the music. But no matter how many good intentions and real achievements, there is one aspect of barbershop that brings us back to its checkered past — a good chunk of its repertoire. “That desire to change and rectify mistakes of the past is true for the majority of leadership and a lot of the membership,” said Valerie Clowes about the Sweet Adelines, speaking from her home in Toronto, “until one has to face the fact that their favorite song is obscenely racist. A lot of those songs from that era talk about how great the South was, which was true only if you were white and had money.” One of the early barbershop “hits” was “Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield,” a slave song which included lyrics like “O some

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Producer and DJ Simon Green performs and records as Bonobo. Ever since his first release, 2000’s Animal Magic, Green has consistently pushed himself into fresh territory with each album, patiently exploring vast swaths of the electronic music spectrum. Green is a mastermind of complex and rewarding soundscapes, danceable, thought-provoking, and mesmerizing in turns. Like the small chimpanzee that the project is named for, there’s an innocence to Green’s curiosity and sonic exploration that makes his music deeply engrossing, even for those that don’t consider themselves fans of electronic music. Green’s most recent album Migration, released at the top of 2017, is his finest work yet: knotty, rich in texture and color, varied in tempo, and seeming to exist altogether outside of time. With Diego Bernal, Ernest Gonzalez, $39.74-$185.38, 7pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. – JC SUN

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vibrator after using it), and — perhaps most importantly — her trust. Honoring each other’s privacy and showing mutual respect for each other’s belongings are the social norms that make it possible for unrelated/unfucking adults to share a living space. We trust our roommates not to steal money out of our purses, eat our peanut butter, use our toothbrushes, etc. And even if your roommate never catches you, it’s still not okay to use their fucking toothbrush. It should go without saying that we trust our roommates not to shove our dirty panties into their mouths, use our sex toys, hump our pillows, etc. We can’t control who fantasizes about us — people can fantasize about whomever they care to — but we have an absolute right to control who handles our dirty underpants. (My God, think of all the times you’ve run out of clean underwear and fished a dirty pair out of the laundry and worn them a second time!) Your girlfriend should make an honest, respectful, naughty pass at her roommate. And who knows? Maybe her roommate is just as pervy as you two are and would jump at the chance to have a sex slave and full use of her roommate/sex slave’s boyfriend in exchange for a few dirty panties. Or maybe she’d like to move. I’m a six-months-pregnant woman in a wonderful relationship. My sex drive has skyrocketed, and I get uncomfortably horny at random times. I work at a preschool and have gone into the one-person locked bathroom during my break for a quick rubout. Is this wrong? It takes me one minute to come and I’m totally silent. But I’m at a preschool and there are little kids on the other side of that door. Thoughts? Knocked Up And Horny You’re doing nothing wrong — and pretty soon you’ll be having sex in your home while your kid sleeps or plays on the other side of your bedroom door, KUAH, so you might as well get some practice in. And if you don’t want a kid walking in on you at home, either (and you definitely don’t), put a lock on your bedroom door. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter ITMFA.org sacurrent.com • October 4-10, 2017 • CURRENT 51

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): You wouldn’t expect a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso’s Guernica or sing Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature, and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness? TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, step-by-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can. It’s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “If an angel were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.” So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (17421799). Now maybe you don’t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesn’t apply to you. But I’m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe it’ll be a numinous figure in your dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright fantasy springing to life. And that “angel” will present a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Unless you have an off-road vehicle, you can’t drive directly from North America to South America. The Pan-American Highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina — a distance of about 19,000 miles — except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. I’d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerian — a grey area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to close the gap. 54

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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Based in Korea, Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other information technology. But it didn’t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next ten months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): In my opinion, you’re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff that’s in the way of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an “Under Construction” sign outside your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who don’t understand the complexity of the process you’re engaged in. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist who is both discerning and openminded; 2. a robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlightened game-player who reforms or avoids games that abuse beauty’s power. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speed skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ono published his autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister Crowley produced an “autohagiography.” To understand that odd term, keep in mind that “hagiography” is an account of the life of a saint, so adding “auto” means it’s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. I’m bringing up these fun facts in hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you don’t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in

Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverage — and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, it’s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience you’ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things you’ve been saving for the right occasion. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): If a late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest, I’d say no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I’d decline. What good is fame like that? It might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldn’t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that would come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoony media personality. By the way, I suspect you’ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between what’s flashy and what’s authentic; between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): A Canadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward island. Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him. To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland, and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldn’t be quite that high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier? PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “Intensify” is one of your words of power these days. So are “fortify,” “reinforce,” and “buttress.” Anything you do to intensify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an intensification of life’s gifts to you. As you take steps to fortify your sense of security and stability, you will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring you help you didn’t even know you needed. If you buttress the bridge that links your past and future, you will ensure that your old way of making magic will energize your new way.

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