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NEWS

In the Dark FBI says the nature of Border Patrol agent’s death still unclear

CALENDAR

Our top picks for the week

“Unduly Coercive” Federal judge permanently blocks Trump’s order on sanctuary cities

SCREENS

Tour de Force Frances McDormand delivers a towering performance in the dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ARTS + CULTURE

On Paula Deen's Family Kitchen is Coming to San Antonio // Coming to you, Death by Butter. Maybe Paula should become familiar with Manteca Madness. I'm gonna skip that restaurant and stick to barbecue, Whataburger & homemade tacos. — Katherine James

Back to the Old House A Southtown favorite gets its groove back

On Why Texas Senators Cruz and Cornyn Oppose Net Neutrality // God bless Texas. I mean that. With these fools in charge, we need all the help we can get. — Alan Sansome

Branching Out Multimedia event series Creative Creatures opening gallery and shop at Blue Star

Road to Nowhere Federal court strikes down Texas’ newest anti-abortion law

On San Antonians Protest Alamo Christmas Tree Relocation with Mini-Tree Display // These are the same people who didn't even make the effort to see the new location. If you see for yourself, it's actually a really nice park to take your family. It looks beautiful! It also didn't feel touristy for us locals. — Victoria Lopez

FOOD

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On San Antonio's Latest Cookie Dough Shop Opens Saturday // Of all the color schemes and patterns this is what you chose? — Shadrach Noble

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Lookie Loo Discovering San Antonio’s most inspired restrooms

Food Court Acai bowls are coming to Houston St., The Dogfather opens and more

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A federal judge in California has permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut federal funding for so-called “sanctuary cities” that did not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, deeming the measure unconstitutional. In his November 20 opinion, California District Judge William H. Orrick ruled that Trump’s January 25 executive order violated the Fifth and Tenth amendments and the separation of powers doctrine. Orrick had temporarily halted the executive order from going into effect back in April, and the move to block the order is in response to the original lawsuit filed by the city of San Francisco and nearby Santa Clara County against the Trump administration. In his ruling, Orrick pointed out that while the federal government had tried to convince him that the executive order was a narrow measure that didn’t place conditions on federal funds, statements straight from the Trump Administration demonstrated otherwise. “And if there was ever a doubt about the scope of the executive order, the President and Attorney General erased it with their public comments,” Orrick wrote. “The President called it ‘a weapon’ to use against jurisdictions that disagree with his preferred policies of immigration enforcement, and his press secretary reiterated that the President intends to ensure that ‘counties and other institutions that remain

Federal judge permanently blocks Trump’s order on sanctuary cities sanctuary cities don’t get federal government funding in compliance with the executive order.’” Orrick also pointed out that Trump didn’t have the power to withhold federal funds from states, writing that “the Constitution vets spending powers in Congress, not the President,” nor could Trump place “unduly coercive” conditions on federal funds. “Federal funding that bears no meaningful relationship to immigration enforcement cannot be threatened merely because a jurisdiction chooses an immigration enforcement strategy of which the President disapproves,” Orrick wrote. Trump’s January crackdown on sanctuary cities was echoed in the Texas Legislature as lawmakers worked to pass Senate Bill 4, a similar measure dubbed a “show me your papers” law. SB 4, which was signed into law in June, allows local law enforcement to question legally detained or arrested people about their immigration status, and it could potentially land law enforcement leaders in jail or require them to pay a fine if they discourage officers from asking about immigration status. It also makes all detainer requests from ICE (requests to hold a person with unclear or undocumented legal status for 48 hours after they would have otherwise been released so ICE can pick them up) mandatory. In his ruling, however, Orrick reiterates that detainer

requests are “voluntary and local governments are not required to honor them.” Similar to the executive order, the state legislature and Gov. Greg Abbott had pushed for SB 4 to include a provision that would cut state funding from cities or counties that acted as “sanctuary cities,” or refused to comply with all immigration detainer requests. Abbott withheld $1.5 million in governor’s grants from Travis County in response to Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s policy that limited cooperation with federal immigration enforcement — she had opted to only carry out detainers for violent crimes, including murder, aggravated sexual assault or human trafficking. Ultimately, SB 4 passed without the provision that withheld funding for noncompliance. Instead, the legislature established a competitive grant program for cities or counties enforcing immigration laws and complying with detainer requests to receive more state funds. A lawsuit filed by several Texas cities and counties against the state to halt SB 4 from going into effect continues to play out in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Thomas Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) told the Current it’s unclear if the California ruling will have an effect on the SB 4 trial, since the Fifth Circuit is not obligated to defer to a district court judge’s decision across the country.

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FBI says the nature of Border Patrol agent’s death still unclear

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The FBI's investigation into the November 16th death of a Border Patrol agent has revealed little new information on what actually caused Agent Rogelio Martinez’s death, doing little to quell the myriad conspiracy theories growing around the Southwest Texas incident. Martinez and another unnamed Border Patrol agent were investigating a tripped sensor about 20 miles east of Van Horn, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 16 shortly before they were discovered with life-threatening injuries. According to the FBI, both agents suffered traumatic head injuries, paired with broken bones and other minor wounds, none of which were from a firearm. Martinez died in the hospital, but his partner is in stable condition — despite suffering memory loss . Immediately after the incident was made public, President Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott, and other far-right politicians jumped to the conclusion that Martinez has been

intentionally attacked, likely by undocumented immigrants. Gov. Abbott has offered $20,000 to anyone with information about the death. But at a press conference in El Paso two days after the incident, FBI El Paso Division head Emerson Buie Jr. said the agency is investigating a “potential assault” on a federal officer. No federal officials (aside from the President of the United States) have actually said Martinez’s death was the result of an assault or attack. FBI officials are still investigating the scene and gathering information on the agent’s injuries. Some reporters, however, are trying to piece the story together on their own. On Monday, Associated Press reporters sourced an anonymous federal official involved in the case who said the agents may have been injured from falling down a rocky, 14-foot-culvert. Meanwhile, far-right news sites like Brietbart have decided that “illegal aliens” bashed in Martinez’s head with a rock. Martinez' funeral took place Saturday, Nov. 25 in El Paso.

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Road to Nowhere Federal court strikes down Texas’ newest anti-abortion law

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A federal judge has thrown out Texas’ newest anti-abortion bill, Senate Bill 8, arguing that it places an “undue burden” on women seeking a second trimester abortion in Texas. “Words are important,” wrote U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel in his Wednesday ruling. “That a woman may make the decision to have an abortion before a fetus may survive outside her womb is solely and exclusively the woman’s decision.” SB 8 bans the safest and most common abortion procedure in the second trimester, known as a dilation and evacuation (or D&E) abortion. Alternatives to a D&E abortion, like inducing labor to make a woman deliver the fetus, or a surgical procedure similar to a hysterectomy, are risky and expensive, according to abortion doctors. SB 8 was a product of the recent Texas legislative session. In July, shortly after it was signed into law, Texas’ top women’s

health clinics, including Planned Parenthood and Whole Woman’s Health, sued the state. In court, attorneys for the state argued that there are a few other alternatives to D&E, all of which Yeakel said were far too life-threatening. “The court concludes that requiring a woman to undergo an unwanted, risky, invasive, and experimental procedure in exchange for exercising her right to choose an abortion, substantially burdens that right,” Yeakel writes. He also addressed the state’s use of graphic images and language about the D&E procedure to influence his decision — a tactic mastered by anti-abortion advocates. “The evidence before the court is graphic and distasteful,” he writes. “But...It does not remove weight from the woman’s side. And it does not add weight to tip the balance in the State’s favor.”

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Yeakel temporarily blocked the law in August, the day before it was set to go into effect, simply arguing that abortions in the U.S. are legal. Wednesday’s decision is more concrete. This case, however, is far from over. Almost immediately after Yeakel published his ruling, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an appeal. Much like the last lawsuit against a Texas anti-abortion bill, House Bill 2, this case may bounce all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a reminder: Last time this happened, the state lost — and it’s still paying back the $4.5 million it racked up in legal fees. But for now, abortion advocates are celebrating. Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards applauded Yeakel’s ruling in a press release: “Today’s decision affirms what we already know — that politics should never tie the hands of doctors or bar women from safe medical care.”

writes Cruz. It appears Cruz believes corporations, instead of the government, should be trusted to give their own consumers fair and equal access to the internet. Sen. Cornyn followed Cruz’s lead in a tweet Wednesday. “Net neutrality is misnamed. It is government regulation. Why Texas senators Cruz and Why not let the market work?” Neither Senator addressed how the FCC ruling will Cornyn oppose net neutrality impact consumers. Yes, both Cornyn and Cruz have always had problems with government overreach. But they have another thing in common: both have received tens of thousands of ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE dollars during election years from, you guessed it, AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. On Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Few Americans who use the internet are opposed to net In March, Voactiv released data from the Center for Chairman Ajit Pai released a proposal to erase federal neutrality. The FCC has collected a record-breaking 22 million Responsive Politics on which Senators receive the most “net neutrality” rules — and gave Americans three weeks to responses to the proposal on the government’s website — donations from internet service providers. Since 2012, Cornyn and the sweeping majority of those oppose the proposed react before it goes to a vote. had racked up $160,000 in political contributions from top Net neutrality regulations keep major internet providers plan. Unlike many recent pieces of legislation and proposals, internet providers, and Cruz has taken in more than $115,000 like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon, from, essentially, having it seems the public’s support of net neutrality is strongly — above and beyond what other senators have been handed. bipartisan. In short, most average internet consumer are for it. AT&T alone has given the pair a combined $107,000. the final say of what their customers can and can’t access So, who’s fighting against these regulations? The online. Without these regulations, companies would be able A persistent fear of net neutrality advocates (and country’s top internet service providers — and the politicians hopefully, most people in a democracy) is that once the to decide which websites, apps, or videos load faster than others (based on which sites pay the most). They could also that benefit from their hefty campaign contributions. FCC rolls back these rules, the politicians who made it charge customers more to access certain websites and Enter Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. happen will be rewarded by major internet companies — and Both lawmakers are steadfast opponents to net neutrality not just in campaign donations. Instead, these lawmakers online services or block customers completely from going to rules, and have vigorously applauded Pai’s proposal in any website they chose. would have sway over which websites load slower — or recent days. Pai’s plan to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality don’t load at all — for certain customers. In an editorial published in Roll Call on Tuesday, Cruz called regulations would open the floodgates of an industry If those politicians are Cruz and Cornyn, we could be eager to further monetize internet access. At the same the erosion of net neutrality “internet freedom,” because it seeing way more Brietbart stories, op-eds written by NRA time, advocates for net neutrality say it would make it near provides freedom for companies to write their own rules online. executives, fast-loading hardcore porn (a la Cruz), and way “This policy ... seeks to force companies of all sizes to ask fewer mainstream news stories, talk shows, and free speech impossible for small web start-ups, unable to pay for faster loading times, to ever see success. the government for prior approval of business decisions,” hangouts. Is that the America you want?

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The Hip-Hop Nutcracker A contemporary re-imagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic score, The Hip-Hop Nutcracker features pioneering rapper and producer Kurtis Blow alongside an all-star cast of dancers, a DJ and a violinist. With help from the mysterious Drosselmyer, Maria-Clara and her Nutcracker Prince travel back in time to a 1980s-era Brooklyn nightclub. $39-$59, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. – Marco Aquino

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While 2017 will undoubtedly be remembered as a grim, tragic and consistently surreal slump for an increasing number of reasons, pop culture historians may one day look back on it as the Year of the Unicorn. While it’s doubtful these magical beasts collectively reared their multi-colored heads to thoughtfully lift our spirits, it would be remiss not to recognize such fleeting contributions as unicorn-inspired THU bagels and macarons, unicorn makeup tutorials, unicorn T-shirts and headbands, body glitter promoted by some as “unicorn snot,” and Starbucks’ rainbow-swirled Unicorn Frappucino (a high-calorie concoction blended with mango syrup and “pink powder”). Although California transplant and longtime Southtown fixture Robert Tatum’s not typically one to jump aboard trendy bandwagons, it somehow comes as no big surprise that he and his extensive stall of cohorts are weighing in on “unicorn fever.” In addition to creative, irreverent and offbeat interpretations by more than 50 artists (not to mention a solo exhibition of retro-poppy works by Northern California artist Tony Speirs in neighboring Showdown Gallery), Tatum’s “Fabbyloso Unicorn Art Show” promises live music by The Swishbucklers and Pocket FishRmen, beats by DJ Epsr and a Unicorn Costume Contest with prizes (including gift cards for shops and eateries in the Blue Star Arts Complex) in three categories: Sexiest Costume (inclusive of all genders), Most Creative and Dumbest Costume. $5 (free before 7pm), 6-11pm, Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, (210) 858-2361, facebook.com/tatumoriginalschoicegoods. — Bryan Rindfuss ART

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Hausmann Millworks Creative Community, in case you’ve never chanced upon it during On and Off Fredericksburg Studio Tour or visited on some other happy occasion, is a sweet little space with studios/offices for artists and craftspeople of all stripes. If you visit when everybody is showing, the place seems like a hive of creativity, buzzing with individuality aplenty even as it’s a community in the truest sense. The complex, housed in two old industrial buildings owned by the Hausmann family, who’ve run an assortment of businesses in the spot over the years, is utilized by more than 80 artists. On Thursday, in what will serve as an opening reception for an extended period of showings through February 25, more than 20 of these artists and artisans will have their work on display and be in studio to chat. Just a few of the featured artists that we are looking forward to seeing new stuff from are ceramicist Maura Fowler, jewelry/clothing designer Brandy Garcia (of B. Link Design), and visual artists David Almaguer, Hector Garza, and Symone Elliott. Free, 6-8pm, Hausmann Millworks, 925 W. Russell Pl., (210) 884-6390, millworks.gallery. — James Courtney ART

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Fashion designer Mondo Guerra, who appeared on two Project Runway television series, will join San Antonio Express-News columnist Emily Spicer for a conversation THU on the eve of World AIDS Day. In 2010, Guerra finished as runner-up on season eight of Project Runway during which he came out as HIV positive. Two years later, he won the first season of Project Runway All Stars. He went on to become a mentor on Lifetime’s Under the Gunn spinoff series. Since his days on Runway, Guerra has served as an advocate for HIV organizations, becoming a spokesperson for Merck’s Project I Design and Subaru’s Dining Out For Life. In an interview with Lover Boy Magazine, Guerra explained the process behind disclosing his HIV status on Project Runway. “To be honest I wasn’t thinking about coming out as HIV positive. It wasn’t planned. It all happened very organically. Moment by moment it all fell into place. In retrospect I have an understanding of why though. Creativity has always allowed me to live. Creativity was my escape, my best friend. After 31 years of living with this existence I was given the opportunity to share my life through design.” Shortly after disclosing his HIV status, Guerra designed two limited-edition T-shirts with a Day of the Dead theme in honor of World AIDS Day. The shirts were sold to raise funds for amFAR, an AIDS research organization. “The Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead isn’t about death at all,” Guerra told the Huffington Post at the time. “It’s about celebrating the memory of loved ones. I think it’s a smart choice to use this for this cause.” Guerra continues to design everything from apparel to eyewear to Crocs. A post on his website says he is “currently focused on the development of cutting-edge multimedia content and continues to create modern designs that blend his fashion and social consciousness.” $10$35, 6:30-7:30pm, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. — Sam Sanchez TALKS PLUS

Musica en la Calle SPECIAL Hotel Havana’s eclectic spirit springs to life with Music en la Calle, a community favorite that brings block-party vibes to the River Walk. Essentially a free outdoor EVENT music series rounded out with vendors and pan-Latin fare and cocktails for purchase from onsite Ocho, the event’s fifth incarnation combines the South Texas talents of Austin-based Latina country singer-songwriter Amanda Cevallos and her band The High Hands, cumbia/ hip-hop fusionist Juan Alfredo Rios (aka Chido Machine) and local 13-piece Latin indie orchestra Volcán. Convenient for holiday gift seekers, Music en la Calle comes complete with unique, handcrafted and artist-made wares from the likes of VeryThat (ceramic tiles, jewelry, totes and tees), Snake Hawk Press (prints, cards, T-shirts and stickers designed by local art star Cruz Ortiz), Grey Moon Vintage (retro apparel and accessories) and Feliz Modern (cheery housewares, decor and more). Free, 7-11pm, Hotel Havana, 1015 Navarro St., (210) 222-2008, havanasanantonio.com. — BR

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Continuing its long tradition of displaying high-caliber new art from students and working artists, the Southwest School of Art will host a reception for three concurrent openings this week. A part of her inventive, ongoing project Umeyama Reports, artist Hiromi Stringer’s latest exhibit, entitled “Umeyama Time Teleportation Museum,” is an imaginary museum wherein the achievements of Stringer’s fictional character Shoei Umeyama are documented. In this work which reflects on “language, (mis)communication, and alternative points of view,” this character “experienced time teleportation to the contemporary world in which we live from the Japan of 170 years ago.” Meanwhile, Dana Franfort’s “Works on Paper” explores the limits of language, and the often unwieldy weight of connotation, in paintings featuring words and sayings in various states of distortion. Finally, Mary Holland’s “Tangled Up in Blue” is comprised of beautiful lace cyanotypes, “an alternative photographic printing process that produces a rich Prussian blue print using a photo sensitive solution of iron salts rather than silver salts.” Free, 5:30-7:30pm (on view through Jan. 28), Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St., (210) 200-8200, swschool.org/ exhibitions. — JC ART

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Book Signing Reception & Art Sale Something of a one-stop shop for the local history buff, this signing and sale unites the authors of three giftable books that celebrate San Antonio in distinct ways. Published by the History Press, San Antonio’s Historic Market Square sheds light on the backstory of an Alamo City landmark from the perspective of Edna Campos Gravenhorst, a South Texas native hailed as “a storyteller of the working class.” An updated and expanded version of Mary V. Burkholder’s 1973 classic, Jessie N.M. Simpson’s The King William Area, A History And Guide To The Houses goes beyond the storied neighborhood to explore “the history of the people who lived there throughout the years.” An accomplished local lensman who’s represented in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of Mexican Art, Al Rendon casts a broad net over the Alamo City in San Antonio, A Photographic Portrait, a collaboration with author Gary Whitford that covers the missions, the River Walk, Bob Wade’s record-setting cowboy boots, Fiesta and plenty in between. Free, 6-8:30pm, Rendon Photography & Art, 733 S. Alamo St., (210) 288-4900, alrendon.com. — BR SPECIAL EVENT

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Poets, Prose, & Play If you’re longing for an evening’s whirl with the exceptional capacity for words to generate joy, sorrow, and thought — Wolverton Home Concerts has got you covered this weekend. The venue, an exceptional listening room in a private home that frequently hosts intimate concerts and exhibits, will play host to four talented women with diverse approaches to the stage and the page. This special showcase will feature Sarah Fisch, a stand-up comedian, artist, and journalist who currently writes for the nationally-aired PBS series Articulate with Jim Cotter, Isabella Ides, a poet and writer whose forthcoming novel The White Monkey Chronicles tells the tale “of a rogue order of nuns who are raising an abandoned deity in Humboldt County,” Jo Carol Pierce, a celebrated singer-songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter, and Caralyn Snyder, an actor, singer-songwriter, and poet. RSVP by phone or email (floatingteacup@gmail.com) or Facebook message for the address. $10, 8pm, Wolverton Home Concerts, (210) 463-9062, facebook.com/wolvertonhomeconcerts. — JC

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It’s time again for your quarterly dose of inspiration via another staggering array of doers, thinkers, creators, and provokers. We’re talking, of course, about the 28th installment of PechaKucha. Just in case you’re somehow not familiar yet, our local edition is one of many international spinoffs of the Japanese presentation/lecture concept which is brilliant in its simplicity. Presenters, selected for their achievements, contributions and outlooks, get 20 slides each, which are each shown for only 20 seconds, for a total of six minutes and 40 seconds per presentation. For attendees, the fast-moving and concise format allows for easy apprehension of material and cuts back on natural tendencies toward losing focus. For presenters, the format forces them to crystallize their content until, hopefully, only best parts are left. The eight presenters for PechaKucha San Antonio volume 28 are El Paso artist Margarita Cabrera (whose work focuses on social-political community issues), couturier and fashion editor Leighton W., Trish DeBerry (CEO of communications firm The DeBerry Group), journalist and ceramic artist Mary Lance, philanthropist April Ancira, Trinity University TUE President Danny Anderson, Magik Theatre founder Richard Rosen and former congressman Charles Gonzalez. $5, happy hour at 6:30pm, presentations at 7:30pm, Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., (210) 999-8117, pksa28.splashthat.com. — JC TALKS PLUS

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Spurs icon Gregg Popovich and Golden State’s Steve Kerr have been notably vocal since last year’s presidential election, but when it comes to woke coaches, don’t sleep on Detroit’s Stan Van Gundy. Just last month, when asked about the biggest challenge facing a white coach in the NBA, Van Gundy described himself as “the poster boy for white privilege.” Van Gundy’s Pistons are playing inspired basketball to start the season, currently residing in the top tier of the Eastern Conference standings. Led by the potent tandem of Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond, Detroit presents a physical challenge for a Spurs squad that continues to weather the NBA storm until key personnel return to the rotation. Forward Kyle Anderson has flourished as a starter, showcasing the smoothness of his multifaceted game in extended minutes, which should prove handy against the bruising Pistons. $9-$1,490, 7:30pm, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. — M. Solis SPORTS

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ART “Both | And” Suzy González, MFA, presents her exhibit which aims to focus on harmony, dualisms and finding clarity in the unknown. Free, 7-9pm Thursday, 7-10pm Friday; Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St., (210) 291-8640.

The 2017 Holiday Laser Show URBAN-

15 offers a public performance of the multimedia show of choreographed laser beams, colorful 3-D animation and light effects performed to traditional holiday favorites and experimental electronic composition. Tickets are free but must be reserved online at universe.com/HLS. Free, 4-6pm Sunday; Lila Cockrell Theatre, 610 E. Market St., (210) 736-1500.

La Pulga Zine Release Deep Red Press and Bruk Out present the release of Arlene Mejorado’s latest zine, La Pulga. Signing, discussion and Bruk Out celebration party to follow with vendors and creatives set up. $3 after 10pm, 7pm-midnight Saturday; La Botánica, 2911 N. St. Mary’s St., (817) 908-5018.

The San Antonio Pancakes and Booze Art Show Over 100 emerging artists

showcase their work in a Warhol-style, anything-goes, massive warehouse environment with live music, body painting, multimedia displays, and free pancakes. $10-$12, 8pm Friday; Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., (310) 555-1212.

“Through the Veil” Emily Verkamp’s

MFA thesis exhibit merges technical experimentation with conceptual interest in the science of both photography and natural decay. Free, 6-9pm ThursdayFriday, noon-5pm Saturday; Terminal 136 136 Blue Star St., (210) 458-4391.

DANCE The Nutcracker Ballet San Antonio

collaborates with San Antonio Symphony for their performance of the classic E.T.A. Hoffmann tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Guest celebrities performing include KSAT on-air talent like Mike Osterhage and Ursula Pari as well as the San Antonio Spurs Coyote, and former Spur Matt Bonner. $24.50-$129, 7:30pm Thursday- Saturday, 2pm SaturdaySunday; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.

THEATER Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical Presenting as the “first live TV Special” taped by the “little sisters of Hoboken” in their very own convent

studio starring the nuns and featuring classic carols. $18-$30, 7pm Thursday; Brauntex Theater of Performing Arts, 290 W. San Antonio St., (830) 627-0808.

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A Christmas Carol In Killer Productions’

inventive adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, a company of traveling players casts the stage manager in the role of Scrooge after one of the lead actors abandons the tour. $15-$20, 8-10pm Friday-Saturday, 3-5pm Sunday; Woodlawn Pointe, 702 Donaldson Avenue, (210) 480-5786.

All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 In collaboration with local men’s

a cappella group The Marcsmen, The Playhouse presents Peter Rothstein’s musical based on events that took place in World War I. $20-$35, 7:30pm FridaySaturday, 2pm Sunday; The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Adapted

for the stage from Barbara Robinson’s beloved book, this holiday favorite follows the outrageous antics of the Herdman siblings, or “the worst kids in the history of the world.” $13.50, 2pm SaturdaySunday, 6:30pm Friday; Magik Theatre, 420 S Alamo St, (210) 227-2751.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Based on

the beloved 1968 film version of Ian Fleming’s children’s book, and featuring an unforgettable score by the Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a high-flying, fun-filled adventure for the whole family. Christopher Rodriguez directs the Woodlawn’s production. $18-$29, 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 267-8388.

Las Nuevas Tamaleras Written and

directed by Alicia Mena, the play honors her mother’s legacy and preserves her family’s rich cultural traditions. The oneact comedy centers on three MexicanAmerican women who try their hand at making tamales for the very first time. $20-$25, 8-9pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Thiry Auditorium, 411 SW 24th St., (210) 849-2003.

A Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/ AIDS in America In the solo musical

comedy created and performed by solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada, Estrada channels characters such as Rock Hudson, Miss Protease Inhibitor 1996, Boobs (AKA the Bubonic Plague), and a mother of three named LaShonda to illustrate courageous and poignant stories of triumph. $15, 8pm Friday; The Overtime Theater, 5409 Bandera Road, (210) 557-7562.

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COMEDY South Texas Showcase Top comics in

Texas take the stage for a night of hilarity. Featuring club favorites and up and coming talent. $10, 8pm WednesdayThursday; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.

SPECIAL EVENTS “This Is Hunger” Free National Exhibit

This 45-minute exhibit tells intimate stories of dozens of Americans using portraits, various storytelling techniques and hands-on activities. Free, 10am-8pm Dec. 3-6, Sunday-Tuesday; Temple Beth-El, 211 Belknap Pl., (310) 442-0020.

Boiler House Five Year Anniversary

Celebrating their five year anniversary with a variety of food and drink specials, Boiler House will feature happy hour specials and bring back popular dishes from its past menus to celebrate. Cost of menu items, Through Dec. 1, 4-7 p.m.; Boiler House, 312 Pearl Pkwy., Building 3, (210) 354-4644.

Christmas at the Caverns Benefiting the

San Antonio Food Bank, Natural Bridge Caverns combines the sights and sounds of the holidays with its underground world of natural beauty with caroling, a hayride, Flying Elf Zip Lines and more. $19-$25, 9am-5pm Friday-Tuesday; Natural Bridge Caverns, 26495 Natural Bridge Caverns Road, (210) 651-6101.

Christmas Light Fest The Don Strange

Ranch will have more than two million twinkling lights on display at Christmas Light Fest with drive-thru tunnels and holiday displays along a two-mile path and Santa’s Village, a rustic barn filled with holiday flavors and activities. $27, 6-10pm Wednesday-Tuesday; Don Strange Ranch, 103 Waring Welfare Road, (210) 434-2331.

— traditional Mexican Christmas lanterns. Free, 6-7pm Friday-Sunday; River Walk, 200 S. Alamo St., (210) 227-4262.

Holiday Lights Walking Tour Featuring

stories of holiday traditions from Germany, Spain, Mexico, and colonial Texas, the tour goes through downtown San Antonio with a private river boat ride, followed by a short history of San Antonio as told on the backdrop of San Fernando Cathedral. $30, 7-9:30pm Friday-Saturday; The Alamo, 300 Alamo Plaza, (210) 341-6000.

Holidays in Bloom The Garden will feature holiday-themed displays through the end of the year with garlands, red ribbons and other holiday decorations. $9-$12, 9am-5pm Wednesday-Tuesday; San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl., (210) 536-1400.

A Homemade Christmas Including

period crafts for all ages, history demos, Christmas storytelling, and more, the event features live music by Dennis Riedesel. Free, 9am-4:30pm Saturday; The Alamo, 300 Alamo Plaza, (210) 225-1391.

Kristkindlmarkt The family-friendly

holiday event features a traditional German Christmas outdoor market complete with lederhosen, Santa Claus and Gluhwein. Free, 10am-5pm Saturday; Beethoven Halle und Garten, 422 Pereida St., (210) 930-6374.

Kwanzaa Market Festival The market

allows guests to purchase culturally enriching products, handmade goods and items, such as African-inspired clothing and accessories, for Kwanzaa celebration. The festival will include food, entertainment, games and shopping. Free, 11am-5pm Saturday; Beasely Brown Community Center, 211 N. Swiss St., (210) 560-3622.

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and decadence, served up by top local and regional artisans, including Lick, The Art of Donut, Bakery Lorraine, Botika, Francis Bogside, Frank and more. In addition to food, the event features interactive art and vendors, live music and three DJ stages. $40-$75, 7-11pm Friday; Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499.

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Despite its melancholy overtones and references to “bad memories” and a relationship that never was, the dreary Smiths classic “Back to the Old House” feels like a timely theme right now for Presa House Gallery, an artist-run space about to wrap up a memorable yet complicated year. Launched in October of 2016 by local artists Rigoberto Luna and Jenelle Esparza in a charming Southtown house previously occupied by Roland “Nightrocker” Fuentes’ R Gallery (where Luna served as curator), Presa House first caught our attention early on with “November Spawned a Moz Show,” a group exhibition organized in anticipation of a Morrissey concert which — in typical Moz fashion — quickly sold out ... only to get postponed, rescheduled and ultimately canceled. In addition to representing South Texas’ undying love for The Smiths and Morrissey (even when he doesn’t show up), the show proved the gallery as a promising newcomer with a professional attitude, a laid-back vibe and a firm handle on various factions of the San Antonio art scene. In the months that followed, the gallery won over fans with a unique curatorial slant that took shape in well-received shows like “Borderwavve” (which explored “a new aesthetic of abstraction and border culture” through the eyes of Texasbased artists Gerardo Arellano, Jorge Puron, Aldo Fabian Ramos and Cande Aguilar) and “Sex, Race, Science” (a retrospective of wide-ranging works by Rolando Briseño that came complete with a community dinner inspired by the revered local artist’s vibrant tablescapes). Then, in August of this year, less than a month after unveiling provocative solo shows by accomplished locals Ed Saavedra (“The Price of Free Dumb”) and Albert Alvarez (“Don’t Be My Judas”), Presa House somewhat

suddenly announced it would be departing its quaint digs to stage a series of pop-up exhibitions — the first being a pair of Fotoseptiembre shows (Rebecca Dietz’s “Chimeric Daydreams & Aperol Suns” and Melanie Rush-Davis’ “Road Trip”) that were originally destined for the old house but instead landed at 112 Blue Star, a space best remembered as the former Joan Grona Gallery. Following that switcheroo, Presa House popped up at FL!GHT Gallery to present local artist Jimmy James Canales’ fascinating solo endeavor “Para Chrome” and Houston-based Ángel Lartigue’s enigmatic offering “La Ciencia Avanza Pero Yo No.” Although Luna explained the departure was part of a planned effort to explore other opportunities and collaborate with various contemporary art spaces around town, complications surrounding a sub-lease agreement clearly contributed to the situation. During the gallery’s nomadic excursion, Luna and Esparza made efforts to virtually “cut and paste” the homey aesthetic and familiar dynamic of Presa House into the spaces that hosted them, but the results admittedly felt “totally different.” While consideration went into possibly taking up permanent residence at 112 Blue Star, Luna found it lacked the intimacy of the house on Presa. Citing both the gallery’s layout and the foot traffic First Friday brings to Blue Star, Luna says he didn’t even know certain people were present amid the bustling crowd that filled the space. Since Luna knew the lease for the house on Presa was coming up for renewal, he and Esparza expressed interest in taking it over and announced via social media on November 15 that they’d successfully secured it. “We enjoyed our last three months traveling our exhibitions throughout the Blue Star Arts Complex as a part of the Presa House Pop Up

Clockwise from left: Presa House Gallery illustration by Albert Alvarez, works by Gerardo Arellano, Rio Yanez and James Medrano.

Series. The time allowed us to weigh our options and give careful consideration to the future of the gallery. Today we’re happy to announce our lease agreement goes into effect as we officially return to the house on Presa.” When asked about the takeaway from the experience, Luna was quick to point out how impressed he was by the amount of support he received from the art community (in both Southtown and the Lone Star district) while looking to secure spaces. “It was neat to see all these people who believed in what we’re doing,” Luna told the Current. For what’s sure to be a lively welcome home celebration, Presa House will open its doors anew on December 1 for a First Friday reception featuring a one-night-only performance by interdisciplinary artist and educator Mark McCoin and the UTSA New Media Collective. Then, on December 16, the gallery will host the first San Antonio exhibition of works by Benjie Escobar, a multimedia California artist who draws inspiration from “his childhood in Pomona, lowrider culture, graffiti, raves, streetwear, 1990s culture, typography, professional design and illustration ... all tinged with a bit of snarky humor.” Luna says he plans to pair Escobar with local artists Sabrina Alfaro (Xingona Prints) and Gilbert Martinez (Forreal Art) and round out the opening reception with vendors offering handcrafted items.

UTSA New Media Collective Presents “REHAB” Free, 6-11pm Fri, Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St.,

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Multimedia event series Creative Creatures opening gallery and shop at Blue Star

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Launched in 2014 by married duo Karen Rios (the “multi-genre creator” behind Nouveau Nostalgic) and Eddy Rios (a comic book enthusiast who creates “magic stuff on paper” under the moniker Taco Boy Designs), the always-eclectic, multimedia event series Creative Creatures has taken over numerous venues (Limelight, Faust, The Korova and Brick among them) with lineups blending visual artists with performers, indie bands, DJs, fashionistas and plenty in between. Often drawing inspiration from a specific theme (superstición Mexicana, The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt), these recurring showcases are designed “to fuse San Antonio’s art and music community in a fluid way.” Sure to delight fans who’ve supported the duo’s endeavors over the years, the recently announced grand opening of a Creative Creatures outpost at Blue Star promises to bring their fusionist spirit to a compact space in Building B. Most recently inhabited by Black Moon Gallery, the spot’s latest configuration combines a retail shop and gallery space. “It is a 50/50 split,” Karen explained. “Two white walls will house our monthly gallery exhibits, both group and solo shows, and the two opposite grey walls will house

our art retail space.” In addition to showcasing works by the husband-and-wife duo (watercolor, ink and acrylic illustrations and paintings by Eddy, and photography, mixed-media works and collage by Karen), Creative Creatures’ inauguration as a brickand-mortar destination gathers stickers, pins, prints, accessories and lots more from an assortment of local artists and vendors (Black Moon Print, Hello Reg, Tattooed Boy, Golden Rose Tattoo, The Wednesdays Art, Bexar Knuckles Apparel, Ink By Moonlight, Gaylunchable and Junk Ship to name a few). First Friday gallery crawlers are invited to “network with fellow creatives, sway to some stellar tunage and enjoy complimentary treats and drinks while they last.” On the horizon: the group show “In The Style of Wes Anderson: Act II” (free, 6-11pm Fri, Jan. 5, Creative Creatures, 1420 S. Alamo St., Suite 106B) and Creative Creatures fourth anniversary all-ages event with live music by Volcán and Booty Feet ($5, Creative Creatures Grand Opening Free 7pm-midnight Sat, 6-11pm Fri, Dec. 1 Jan. 13, Brick, 108 Creative Creatures 1420 S. Alamo St., Suite 106B Blue Star).

Clockwise from top left: a photograph by Karen Rios and illustrations by Eddy Rios.

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Getting one’s arms around this powerful yet sprawling movie might prove as difficult as grasping its intriguing yet unwieldy title. Every effort, however, should be made to catch Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, if for no other reason than its towering performance by Frances McDormand and the film’s uncompromising tone that is so uncannily of-the-moment that it pierces society’s gauzy moral fabric. Three Billboards’ range spans between anguish and comedy in ways that can seem both dizzyingly daring and narratively pat, but never is the film dull or unthinking. As the camera glides over a winding two-lane road, the film’s opening scene zeroes in on Mildred Hayes (McDormand), with furrowed brow and chewing furiously on a fingernail while driving past three ramshackle billboards, and we can see the glimmer of an idea taking form in her mind. Mildred is the heartbroken mother of a teenage girl whose rape and murder months earlier has yet to be solved. In her grief, she decides on a plan to shame the small-town police chief (Woody Harrelson) into action. Her plan upsets the community; disturbs her son, Robbie (Lucas Hedges), who has tried to remain comfortably numb in the wake of his sister’s death; and embarrasses her ex-husband (John Hawkes), who, annoyingly, has taken up with a 19-year-old know-nothing (Samara Weaving). Dressed perpetually in blue coveralls and bearing a stern facial expression, Mildred wears her anguish like a protective armor plate. She is fearsome and gives no quarter to anyone offering sympathy — not the police chief who has late-stage cancer, nor the priest who comes offering compassion. To her way of thinking, all who have not participated in solving her daughter’s murder are culpable for the crime. McDormand embodies a tenacious but flawed character who does not fear unlikability, and in doing so, creates one of the most

memorable personages in her incomparable career (one that includes Fargo’s Marge Gunderson and the titular Olive Kitteridge). In his third feature film, acclaimed stage director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) exercises his penchant for combining comedy, crime, and coarse language and ideas. Despite Mildred’s palpable sorrow, Three Billboards takes delight in puncturing shibboleths and expectations. The film also features a couple of priceless doofuses who milk comedy from every second onscreen: in particular, Sam Rockwell’s bigoted patrolman Jason Dixon, who’s a mama’s boy and his own worst enemy, and the new girlfriend of Mildred’s ex, who confuses things like polo and polio. A comparison of the matriarchal forces played by McDormand and Dixon’s frightful mother (Sandy Martin) might also prove illuminating in this first film for which McDonagh has written leading roles for female characters. However commanding and absorbing Three Billboards may be, the film is diminished by its neatness and unconvincing resolutions to the many dilemmas it puts into play. There’s a redemptive ending for the bigot, a predictable romantic pairing between the film’s two black characters, and an uneasy balance between pathos and comedy. (One particular sore point that continues to stick with me is why a figurine thrown in anger by a suspected rapist isn’t examined for fingerprints.) The story’s wealth of characters manages to keep things interesting but also draw attention away from the film’s central pursuits. Nevertheless, Three Billboards is a momentous achievement, presenting us with a remarkable female character and topical plot about the conspiracy of silence that pervades our culture. Those who do not participate with this film risk, as Mildred might say, culpability in our greater sins. sacurrent.com • November 29-December 5, 2017 • CURRENT 25

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the menu is consequently shorter: carnitas by the pound ($14/$7 with tortillas, jalapeños and salsas), a carnitas taco ($3), a bollilo torta with carnitas and beans ($7), and various sides to include a chunky guacamole good right out of the gate — no lime or salt required, simple soupy beans swimming in a flavorful liquor, chicharrones and chorizo. The corn tortillas (sorry gringos, no flour) are thick and primal, the pico de gallo fresh and just chile-spiked enough, and the two squeeze bottle salsas play yin to yang: one rustic-red and robust, the other creamy, green and avocado polite. There are authentic aguas frescas. But back to best-in-town-contender carnitas. They were served in an almost pristine stack, glistening with just the barest gloss of fat. I had asked for some crust, but would have been hard-pressed to pick a favorite between the moist and porky interior parts and the barky exterior — so let’s call it a draw. It’s almost a shame to profane the pork with salsas. But it’s equally impossible to imagine not using

them. And by all means slather on some guacamole. I have sampled the torta in the past, finding it fine, but prefer to get only the corn tortilla between me and the meat. Insider tip: bring your own beer; you can amp it up with CL’s michelada set-up if desired. So yes, pig in the breeze, under the trees … and with remarkably few flies. I had frankly thought that the Mexican folkloric trick of keeping moscas at bay by hanging plastic bags of water here and there was just an old tia’s tale, but something is working. In fact, everything’s working. Carnitas Lonja 1107 Roosevelt Ave. (210) 612-3626 11 a.m. to “runout” Tues.-Sun. Delivery available through Uber Eats

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>Two years into the biz and Hawx Burger & Electro Lounge is jumping into the brunch mix. Owner Christian Hawx might be known for his loaded Norteño burger and extra large order of spiral cut Asiago truffle fries, but the 26-year-old is taking things down a notch...slightly. A new personal sized order of the fries is now available for $4.85. New additions also include sweet potato fries patrons have asked for, nacho fries topped with grilled jalapeños, pico, avocado, cheese and a chipotle mayo drizzle, and for dessert, churro fries (the same twisty cut but covered in cinnamon-sugar and served with a chocolate drizzle). Hawx is also launching brunch on Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Menu items will include chicken and red velvet pancakes with cream cheese glaze and “brisketcoa” tacos with Big Red, along with the necessary boozy pairings such as mimosas, bellinis, micheladas and bloody marys. 2603 Vance Jackson Road, (210) 320-4299.

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>There will be more fast, healthy and fresh food options on Houston Street in the coming months as Revolucion Coffee + Juice opens a second San Antonio location inside the former Moshe’s Golden Falafel. After chef Andrew Weissman vacated that space earlier this summer, owners Manny and Angie Carral “jumped” on the chance to bring their 5-year-old concept to a changing Downtown landscape. “There’s very little we have to do to the back of the house, other than bringing in our products, incorporating our process and making it look like we wanted to look like,” said Manny. Though finding a location Downtown had turned into almost a three year project for the pair, the Carrals, downtown denizens themselves, stuck it out and landed on this 1,500-square-foot space where they’ll bring most of the products carried at their flagship store in Alamo Heights. Pitaya and acai bowls, smoothies, along with sandwiches, wraps and to-go meals prepared by chef Michael Hernandez will be available at the new shop. And the aesthetic found at the Broadway location will make its way downtown as well with designer Claire Zinnecker out of Austin tackling the project.

“We’ve been living down there for the past year so we have a much better idea of what’s available and what’s not,” Manny said. “Items will be fast, convenient. It’s not like going to The Palm or Bohanan’s, it’s fast-casual.” The Carrals are hoping to replicate the process several times over (and a few locations have already been scouted for future Revolucions), and are actively seeking investors. As of now, Revolucion, which opened in 2012 making it San Antonio’s first raw cold-pressed juice shop, opened San Antonio Running off St. Mary’s in 2015 which carries their juices and nut milks, and franchised a Houston location in 2016. Revolucion’s downtown location is expected to open in early 2018. 300 E. Houston St.

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>A new location for the local sports bar/game room chain, Slackers, is on its way to the St. Mary’s Strip this January. Owner Mike Salinas and partner Wallace Harding opened the first location in early 2014 off Rector with old and new school arcade games, a Wii for Mario Kart racing, several flat screens for basketball and football games, a

>There’s a restaurant on the way from Bang Bang Bar owners Jamie Hoppe and Jenn Alva, and they’re bringing back a familiar fave. Get ready to meet The Dogfather. Though known for their bulked up micheladas, bloody marys and taco Tuesdays, Bang Bang Bar still gets lots of asks for food. “We looked into putting a food truck in and found how expensive they are,” Hoppe said. After trying to form a partnership with the owners of Roy’s Taco Hut, Hoppe and Alva learned the owners wanted to focus on their Highway 90 location. After taking over the shop and buying the equipment in August, the pair contacted Kris Martinez of defunct Rocker Dogz. “We’ve known Kris for a while and wanted him on board. We approached him a few weeks ago and he’s in,” Hoppe said. Martinez, who most recently had manned the kitchen at Pugels, first opened his Rocker Dogz hot dog cart in 2011 at Pedicab off Cevallos. After Pedicab perished in a fire, Martinez’s late-night dogs were a hit on and off the St. Mary’s Strip with their toasty buns, and gourmet flavors like the Thai Rocker Dog (made with sweet chili glaze and Thai red cabbage slaw, and topped with cilantro-mint lime sesame vinaigrette) or the Bella Blue (made with a red wine reduction and bleu cheese sauce). The menu will feature at least a handful of dogs, a mix of classics from Martinez and a few new ones, along with a build-your-own option with prices ranging from $5 to $10. “We don’t want to put ourselves in a box,” Hoppe said. “The menu will change, we’ll have a weekly dog feature some puro San Antonio stuff.” A TABC license is still pending, but the restaurant hopes to feature wine and beer to pair with your dog. Though Hoppe wouldn’t share a set opening date for The Dogfather just yet, she mentioned a December grand opening once the license is approved. 6211 San Pedro Ave., (210) 320-1187. sacurrent.com • November 29-December 5, 2017 • CURRENT 29

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It’s been over half a century since Bubble Puppy first landed on the Texas music scene. Forming in San Antonio in 1966 after their previous band The Bad Seeds disbanded, the group’s first show was actually opening for The Who at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium in 1968. A year later, their first single “Hot Smoke and Sasafrass” would impressively secure the number 14 slot on the Billboard 100 chart, capturing the attention of national audiences with the track’s winding duel-lead guitar licks, vocal harmonies, heavy drum rhythms and unexpected transitions. But a lot has changed since the late ‘60s. From switching their name to Demian and heading out to California after a bad deal with record label International Artists (Red Krayolas, 13th Floor Elevators), to car accidents, a couple attempts at reuniting the band in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, and the death of founding bass player Roy Cox, it’s safe to say frontman Rod Prince and the gang have been through some shit. The comeback was slow, to be sure. In 2011, after the late Margaret Moser (revered music journalist and co-founder of South Texas Museum of Pop Culture) asked to them to play the Austin Music Awards, it seemed like the Puppy was back and better than ever playing select shows across Texas which lead to their headlining performance at the inaugural psychedelic music festival Psych Del Rio. With the only original members being guitar/lead vocalist Rod Prince and drummer David Fore, Mark Miller (guitar/vocals), Gregg Stegall (guitar/vocals) and Jim Umstattd (bass) round out the band and judging from this latest album Certified Badass (a live studio recording released last month which includes tracks from Prince’s entire catalog), the now five-piece has managed to capture that same spirit of free-flowing psychedelic rock they originally were able to capture in the late ‘60s. Their next show is in Austin, and while we don’t usually promote going to check out bands in different cities, catching these rock ‘n’ roll veterans in their environment

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Yeah, I heard she was an awesome person. I unfortunately never got the chance to meet her. Yeah she was a sweet baby … While the Prince Trio was going on we put the Puppy back together, minus Roy. Me and Fuzz and Todd and Rob was still playing bass. And then there was a car wreck on June 11, 1977. Dueling Volkswagens. We got T-boned on the passenger side and it paralyzed Rob on his left side for like eight months or something.

That was in 1984? Yea, ‘84 or ‘85, I’m getting a little long in the tooth here, I can hardly remember my own name (laughs). But after that, I played a little bit around the house. Mostly, I just worked. In ‘90, I had a little accident with a garage door and ruined my left hand. Most of the fingers came back except for my left index finger. And, even now, it’s just probably got a range of motion from the middle knuckle to the end of an about an inch. That’s all it will move.

Oh wow. Took him out of the picture. My cousin was in the back seat – killed him. Threw me out of the car. It was a mess. Ruptured my spleen, internal bleeding. I got a scar going from my chin down to my knees…

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You can still nail those guitar solos though. I don’t think anyone can hear a difference. Well, I’ve learned to play again. Since 2011, when we did the start of this again. I’m getting there. I still can’t play a C chord, first position, first position D, or anything like that. I’ve learned again ... 22 years I was just disgusted. I’d pick it up Wow, that’s terrible. and go “shit.” I wouldn’t play anything. I didn’t hardly play at Yeah, it was pretty ugly. When we started coming around all. No performances or nothing. And I realized that that time from that. Obviously Rob was out of the picture as a bass player. We got George Rarey to play bass. That incarnation I was half myself. I wasn’t whole. I was born to play music. evolved in Serious. And we did a Serious LP in ‘78 I guess, And a lot of people in show business will do that, they’ll go, "Alright, I’m sick of this," ‘cause show business sucks. something like that. It was a good record I’m pretty proud of it. And after we broke up in ‘79, I went into the building trade with a friend of mine from the old days. And I worked Yeah, it’s a terrible thing. construction, new houses, remodeling and all that stuff for The actual performance is a whole different thing. If that’s all there was too it, I would’ve never walked away from it, about 20 years, I guess. (L-R) Greg Stegall, Jimi Umstattd, David "Fuzzy" Fore, because I love it above all things. I didn’t really realize that I Rod Prince, Mark Miller was only operating with half myself, until the very first time Were you still playing guitar that whole time? we played that show at the Austin Music Awards … I hadn’t Well, no. In ‘84, we did an actual Puppy reunion with the original band and did an LP, and that was a real short-lived even picked up a guitar in so long. With me and Fuzz and reunion. All the problems that caused the band to break up Todd and Mark playing all my parts, all the Puppy stuff that I couldn’t do, it sounded amazing. I was playing all I could in ‘71 weren’t resolved (laughs). will be worth the trip. play and sing, but I tell you what, you get up there in front The Current caught up with frontman Prince to talk about (laughs) What were those problems before? of 2,500 people screaming and howling you go, “Oh shit, the new album, plans for the future and what they’ve all Just different musical directions. Todd wanting to go one I’m whole again.” Since then, I’ve been working really hard, been up to all this time. way, and me and Roy wanted to go another. Before that, getting my chops back, and loving it. Just loving being able we were were used to playing every weekend – making OK so, that Demian record came out in 1971 when to play again ‘cause suddenly I was whole. about $2,000 a show. And practicing anytime we y’all when out to California. Margaret Moser hit wanted to, playing at the house, whatever. And we got y’all up to play The Austin Chronicle Music Awards out to California and nobody knew who we were. And in 2011. What were you doing in that forty years inyou can’t just play in a house. If you have mega bucks, between? you can set something like that up, but we had to rent a After Demian, I came back to Texas after the band broke up and hung around for a little bit. Me and Roy went back rehearsal room and we always lived together. There was a band house situation. [We were] true brothers. True out there to [California], – the late bass player – we had family. In spite of all the varying degrees of ego between a band with Goldy [McJohn] and Jerry [Edmonton] from Potter and Cox. Showbiz stuff. Out in LA, you couldn’t Steppenwolf, Manbeast. We did that for, I don’t know, do that. So we split up. Me and Roy went one way. about a year, I guess. That folded and I came back out Cox went another, Fuzz went another, and Todd went to Texas, and I hadn’t been back out to California since another direction. It was just too different for us to hold (laughs). No more Hollywood. We did a reincarnation of the Puppy in ‘73 maybe. We did that ‘til disco made it not it together. And it was just the same thing at the reunion. And by that time, by ‘84, Roy had become a terrible even feasible to try and work. And I got a job in a theater drunk, and he was just a mess. I mean, you know people as a janitor. And that lasted for about four months before like that I’m sure in the music business. I became a projectionist … So I ran the movies for five years. Then I had the Prince Trio. And that was around the Yeah (laughs). Yeah, it’s easy to fall into that. time we met Margaret (Moser) way back then. And she’d been a friend all those years ‘til she passed. Good ‘ol gal, True enough, it’s a hard thing. But anyway, we did the Wheels Go Round LP in that reunion. one of my favorite people. Rod Prince

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As a creative person I couldn’t imagine, just going into something like construction. That would make go crazy. I am so stoked for you that you’re back in this deal. One of my co-workers was at the Psych Del Rio show and she mentioned that y’all just looked like y’all were having so much fun and that’s exciting. This particular incarnation ... I didn’t think this kind of thing existed. I didn’t think you could get there. There’s no egos, we haven’t had an argument about anything in the five years we’ve been together. Since we parted ways with Todd (laughs). And it’s true family. It pales the old band as far as brotherhood. It was never like this. Of course, we’re all older now, all that childhood stuff is long behind us. And it’s more fun that I’ve ever had in my life by about 1,000 percent. You talk about bliss. Man, I tell you what, it doesn’t get any better than this, my brother. Whoa. Are y’all writing new music? Not really. There’s a bunch of stuff in the can from the old days. It wouldn’t surprise me if we put out another CD next year of that stuff. For an opener, as far as this band, the live CD is what people wanted. Those who knew the band and the people who would come to see us, what they want to hear is the old stuff, they don’t want to hear any new music that they can’t relate to. Point being, anything that I write now wouldn’t compare to the old stuff. I don’t know, you don’t know that (laughs). That’s true. You’ve got art and creativity going through your veins, I don’t think it’s gone. I definitely see y’all putting some new stuff out. I’m just going to speak that into existence for y’all (laughs). (laughs) Well, you’re right. I think people want the old stuff sure but, I think with the psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll resurgence, people would want to take some mushrooms and listen to Bubble Puppy. Well, there’s crazy licks and entire songs, they just need some words or a melody. I’ve got 40 years of backlogged stuff I need to finish. So, the material’s there, there’s plenty of it, it just takes a minute to get down and whip it into shape.

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PART TIME + HAIRKUT + BORZOI Lo-fi pop music will never go out of style. Well, I mean, it hasn’t yet. Yeah, if it’s got a beat, and a upbeat melody, we’ll fucking get down to that shit. Look how much we’ve eaten up bands like Neon Indian (who is coming back to Paper Tiger on December 30, by the way) and Ducktails over the years. Part Time fall into this category as well. With aesthetics that parallel vaporwave, Part Time sounds like they could easily write the soundtrack for a movie that takes place in the ’80s. Popped collar optional. $10, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. – CC THU

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JOHN FULLBRIGHT + JACOB TOVAR With a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album for 2012’s From The Ground Up, it’s clear that more than a few folks of taken notice of John Fullbright’s unique sound. While, the singer isn’t exactly doing anything super new to the genre (it’s Americana after all), Fullbright’s soulful vocals add a bit of a pop edge to his rustic sound for a blend that’s contemporary, lush while sounding vintage. $15-$20, 7pm, John T. Floore Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Road, Helotes, (210) 695-8827, liveatfloores.com. – CC FRI

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An all-woman chingona of a concert will be held at Sam’s Burger Joint featuring badasses Nina Diaz, Femina-X, and Louisiana artist Merci Raines. This will be the first time Nina and Femina-X share a stage, promising a serious evening of music, bringing 2017 to a close. “I’m looking forward to playing. Playing for the people and singing,” Diaz told the Current. “We’ll be playing material from our latest album The Beat Is Dead. I’ll also be playing with my husband [drummer Jorge Gonzalez] as his wife for the first time!” Over the last couple of years, Femina-X have made their way to the top of the local art rock scene and will be hitting the stage in full regalia. Rounding out the evening, Merci Raines released her debut self-titled EP earlier this year featuring a unique brand of Southern big-beat (a la pop) soul. $12-$50, 8pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com. – JJ Lopez FRI

Blur the penis! During in an interview with Gwar vocalist, Blothar, back in 2015, FOX 29 reporter J.T. Street was fired for not blurring out the prosthetic penises bouncing off the singer’s costume. While Street’s journalism career was cut short (he does PR now), Gwar continue to rampage through the years with their crazy monster costumes, gory on-stage antics, and metal tunes – a combo that’s made them infamous since 1984. 8pm, $22, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. – CC FRI

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MUSIC CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 A Taste of the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza Award-winning artists who will be in San Antonio’s 23rd Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza. Featuring ranchera singer Vanessa Alonzo (Houston), Mariachi Azteca de America (SA), Esteban Álvarez (Austin) and Christina Maxwell (New York). $20. Jazz, TX, 9-10:30pm The Bill King Quartet Jazz act Bill King Quartet performs at Jazz, TX. Free. Jazz, TX, 5-6:30pm Bru’s Tunes Live acoustic music by Bru’s Tunes. Free. La Hacienda De Los Barrios, 6-9pm

The Nightowls Ten-piece soul/pop ensemble from Austin, Texas. $12-$60. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm Part Time Experimental pop rock band Part Time (San Francisco) is joined by Borzoi and Hairkut. $10. Paper Tiger, 8pm Thursday Night Picker Circle With Ben Beckendorf. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Apothica Metalcore band from Houston joined by Anonymous Henchmen, Vernon of Persia and more. $5. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 7pm Big Band Christmas Show With Doc Watkins and his Orchestra. $30. Jazz, TX, 8:30-11:30pm Cody Joe Hodges “Outlaw country” artist of College Station, TX. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8pm

Friday Afternoon Picker Circle With Hayden Whittington. Free. Luckenbach The Hip Hop Nutcracker A contemporary Dance Hall, 1-4pm family-friendly re-imagining of Tchaikovsky’s music, featuring MC Kurtis Blow. $39Nicole Atkins Vintage soul singer/ $59. The Majestic Theatre, 8pm songwriter Nicole Atkins performs in support of her latest album release. Free Jimmy Eat Wednesday Monthly emo/popwith RSVP. The Rustic, punk DJ night. Free. Brass Monkey, 9pm PM Soul Local soul act at Luna. $10. The Lucid Furs Psych/hard rock/blues Luna, 9:30pm band from Detroit joined by Burn Ritual (SA) and Bogan Villa (San Marcos). $5. Puro Pinche Party Techno y cumbia with Limelight, 9pm over seven DJs. Free. Web House, 9pm Milligan Vaughan Project Austin blues River Barons Local alt country/rock band duo. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm is joined by The Grim Folks and The Merles. The Bang Bang Bar, 9pm Primetime Jazz Orchestra John Magaldi‘s Jazz Orchestra. Free. The Shotgun Vendetta Local heavy metal Cove, 8-10pm band joined by Above My Enemy, Dojo and Beauty School Massacre. $5-$8. Traditional Music of the Middle East Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm Featuring bouzouki, oud and clarinet. Free. Naara Cafe and Hookah, 9-11pm West Kings Highway Blues, jazz and Americana. Free. Southtown 101, 8-11pm Wednesday Evening Picker Circle With Brent Ryan. Free. Luckenbach Dance Wood Stove Sessions Local country Hall, 5-9pm band Bob Livingston trio plays an all acoustic show. Free. Luckenbach Dance Zach Nytomt Soulful singer/songwriter. Hall, 5pm Free. The Rustic, 8:30-10pm SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 The Blondettes Rockabilly soul” act from Dallas. Free. The Rustic, 8:30-10pm

3rd Annual Festival of Texas Fiddling Featuring folk acts Bobby Flores and the Yellow Rose Band. $20. Twin Sisters Dance Hall, noon-11pm

First Annual Jive Turkey, Soul Funk’n Reggae Shakedown DJs spinning soul, AC/DC Tribute Riff Raff (AC/DC cover funk and reggae. Limelight, 9pm band) is joined by Mob Rules (DIO The King William Jazz Collective Jazz at tribute). $5. Zombies, 9pm Luna. $5. Luna, 9:30pm Travis Green and the Chiefs Blues/soul/ Tree Lighting and Free Jazz Concert country/rock act from Austin. Free. The Jazz by Paul Taylor, internationally Phoenix Saloon, 9pm acclaimed jazz saxophonist. Free. La Big Band Christmas Show With Doc Cantera Resort & Spa, 7-9pm Watkins and his Orchestra. $30. Jazz, Molotov Mexican rock/rap band joined by TX, 8:30-11:30pm Diamante Eléctrico. $36. Vibes Event D and Chi Indie pop duo from Dallas. Free. Center, 7pm 44

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The Rustic, 12:30-2pm Dark Reign Heavy metal band from Houston joined by H.R.A, Scum Allegiance and CxGxMx. $6-$8. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 7pm Don Chani Reggae/Latin/Dub act from Austin. $10. Luna, 9:30pm Fit for a King Christian metalcore band from Dallas joined by In Hearts Wake. $16-$18. Paper Tiger, 6pm Grownhop Music Experience DJ Elixir and I Sing the Sax Electric. Free. Whiskey Girls, 9pm Hudson Moore Country artist from Ft. Worth is joined by country act Jake Ward (Corpus Christi). $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm Ja Rule and Ashanti Award-winning artists Ashanti (R&B) and Ja Rule (Hip hop) reunite for a tour stopping at the Aztec Theatre. $78.87-$175. Aztec Theatre, 7pm Lee Brice Country music singer Lee Brice performs in support of his recentlyreleased self-titled fourth studio album. $25-$50. Cowboys Dancehall, 7pm Luckenbach Christmas Special Featuring country singer T-Roy Miller. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 7-11pm Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music created in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas. $66-$206. Lila Cockrell Theatre, 7:30pm Ozz Ozzy Ozbourne tribute band from Houston joined by Judas-X (Judas Priest tribute band). $10. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 8pm San Antonio Youth Literacy Fundraiser Live music by local electronic act Dolphin Dilemma, The Grown Folks Collective and Macho Peach. $5-$10. Ventura, 8pm Spies Like Us Local high energy ska band joined by Rat King Cole. $5-$8. Limelight, 10pm Tracy Byrd Country act Tracy Byrd performs live at House Pasture Cattle Company. $35-$1,200. House Pasture Cattle Company, 9pm SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 Allan Hendrickson Country artist Allan Hendrickson performs with his band. Free. The Rustic, 12:30-2 & 4-6pm Alter Bridge Rock act joined by All That Remains in support of their new release, The Last Hero. $30-$120. Aztec Theatre, 6:30pm

Tom Petty Tribute Show Featuring Chris Taylor, Ruben V, Michael Morales and more. $15-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 6pm Peace for All: Children’s Chorus of San Antonio The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio performs a holiday show. $8$28. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 7pm Ricardo Montaner Argentinian Latin pop singer/songwriter. $59.50-$183.75. The Majestic Theatre, 8pm Jimmy Davis Country, folk, rock and blues. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-5pm Sunday Evening Picker Circle With Bill Lewis. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm Vivaldi's Gloria L’Estro Barocco in conjunction with Musica Sacra presents Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589. $10 suggested donation. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4-6pm MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 Cooper Greenberg Local guitarist and singer/songwriter. Free. The Rustic, 8:30-10pm

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope that everything doesn’t come too easily for you in the coming weeks. I’m worried you will meet with no obstructions and face no challenges. And that wouldn’t be good. It might weaken your willpower and cause your puzzle-solving skills to atrophy. Let me add a small caveat, however. It’s also true that right about now you deserve a whoosh of slack. I’d love for you to be able to relax and enjoy your welldeserved rewards. But on the other hand, I know you will soon receive an opportunity to boost yourself up to an even higher level of excellence and accomplishment. I want to be sure that when it comes, you are at peak strength and alertness. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You were born with the potential to give the world specific gifts — benefits and blessings that are unique to you. One of those gifts has been slow in developing. You’ve never been ready to confidently offer it in its fullness. In fact, if you have tried to bestow it in the past, it may have caused problems. But the good news is that in the coming months, this gift will finally be ripe. You’ll know how to deal crisply with the interesting responsibilities it asks you to take on. Here’s your homework: Get clear about what this gift is and what you will have to do to offer it in its fullness. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Happy Unbirthday, Gemini! You’re halfway between your last birthday and your next. That means you’re free to experiment with being different from who you have imagined yourself to be and who other people expect you to be. Here are inspirational quotes to help you celebrate. 1. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw. 2. “Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.” - W. Somerset Maugham. 3. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” - Friedrich Nietzsche. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest that you take a piece of paper and write down a list of your biggest fears. Then call on the magical force within you that is bigger and smarter than your fears. Ask your deep sources of wisdom for the poised courage you need to keep those scary fantasies in their proper place. And what is their proper place? Not as the masters of your destiny, not as controlling agents that prevent you from living lustily, but rather as helpful guides that keep you from taking foolish risks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Life: The Odds, Gregory Baer says that the odds you will marry a millionaire are not good: 215-to1. They’re 60,000-to-1 that you’ll wed royalty and 88,000-to-1 that you’ll date a model. After analyzing your astrological omens for the coming months, I suspect your chances of achieving these feats will be even lower than usual. That’s because you’re far more likely to cultivate synergetic and symbiotic relationships with people who enrich your soul and stimulate your imagination, but don’t necessarily pump up your ego. Instead of models and millionaires, you’re likely to connect with practical idealists, energetic creators, and emotionally intelligent people who’ve done work to transmute their own darkness. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What might you do to take better care of yourself in 2018, Virgo? According to my reading of the astrological omens, this will be a fertile meditation for you to keep revisiting. Here’s a good place to start: Consider the possibility that you have a lot to learn about what makes your body operate at peak efficiency and what keeps your soul humming along with the sense that your life is interesting. Here’s another crucial task: Intensify your love for yourself. With that as a driving force, you’ll be led to discover the actions necessary to supercharge your health. P.S. Now is an ideal time to get this project underway. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are themes I suggest you specialize in during the coming weeks. 1. How to gossip in ways that don’t diminish and damage your social network, but rather foster and enhance it. 2. How to be in three places at once without committing the mistake of being nowhere at all. 3. How to express precisely what you mean without losing your attractive mysteriousness. 4. How to be nosy and brash for fun and profit. 5. How to unite and harmonize the parts of yourself and your life that have been at odds with each other.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley. “It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone is taken to mean nurturing a warmish feeling in the heart for them, which mysteriously evaporates the moment the person has some concrete need or irritates us.” One of your key assignments in the next ten months will be to purge any aspects of this shrunken and shriveled kind of love that may still be lurking in your beautiful soul. You are primed to cultivate an unprecedented new embodiment of mature, robust love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You know that unfinished task you have half-avoided, allowing it to stagnate? Soon you’ll be able to summon the gritty determination required to complete it. I suspect you’ll also be able to carry out the glorious rebirth you’ve been shy about climaxing. To gather the energy you need, reframe your perspective so that you can feel gratitude for the failure or demise that has made your glorious rebirth necessary and inevitable. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In an ideal world, your work and your character would speak for themselves. You’d receive exactly the amount of recognition and appreciation

you deserve. You wouldn’t have to devote as much intelligence to selling yourself as you did to developing your skills in the first place. But now forget everything I just said. During the next ten months, I predict that packaging and promoting yourself won’t be so #$@&%*! important. Your work and character WILL speak for themselves with more vigor and clarity than they have before. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There used to be a booth at a Santa Cruz flea market called “Joseph Campbell’s Love Child.” It was named after the mythological scholar who wrote the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The booth’s proprietor sold items that spurred one’s “heroic journey,” like talismans made to order and herbs that stimulated courage and mini-books with personalized advice based on one’s horoscope. “ChaosTamers” were also for sale. They were magic spells designed to help people manage the messes that crop up in one’s everyday routine while pursuing a heroic quest. Given the current astrological omens, Pisces, you would benefit from a place that sold items like these. Since none exists, do the next best thing: Aggressively drum up all the help and inspiration you need. You can and should be well-supported as you follow your dreams on your hero’s journey.

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