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On How to Avoid City Charter Doomsday? Run Away // I tried to read this article but it was awful. I'm sure things are happening but the amount of bullshit gets in the way of the facts. – Peter De La Cruz On San Antonio Named in Forbes List of Top 10 Coolest Cities to Visit This Year // No really I was born and raised in SA, now living in Portland OR (arguably one of the coolest cities) and Im realizing quickly how great SA really is. Dont take the culture and attractions and food for granted. Its beautifully unique. – Aston Marie On Do We Really Need This H-E-B Bag With Selena's Face On It? // Man, imagine having such a sad life that you legit get worked up over a grocery bag. – Corbin Bohné On Let The Oysters Hit The Floor: Drowning Pool Are Playing Oyster Bake This Year // Everybody always hates on the lineups like if they were gonna get Metallica, Beyonce and and a WuTang reunion to play – Fred Cereno

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Shots Fired Despite district pushback, San Antonio high schoolers will join national walkout to protest gun violence

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COVER This week, we look at Manu Ginóbili’s global fandom and the emergence of “Spurs tours" that capitalize on "Manumanía" by bringing international fans to San Antonio for a chance to get up close and personal with #20. Illustration by Ray Tattooedboy. Art direction by Carlos Aguilar. 6

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Our top picks for the week

Team Trump Parscale plucked to run Trump’s 2020 campaign

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Despite district pushback, San Antonio high schoolers will join national walkout to protest gun violence

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On February 14, the same day a gunman killed 17 children and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students at Reagan found an empty bullet box on campus. “It was terrifying,” said 18-year-old Diego Quesada, a senior at Reagan. For Quesada, whose generation has never known a world without school shootings, it was a tipping point. “I’ve been watching this build for years, since Sandy Hook,” he said. “I reached a point where my staying silent was a disservice to students across the country.” So, Quesada decided to do something about it. There’s been a remarkable shift in how the country has reacted to its latest mass shooting. Days after the Parkland shooting, the usual “thoughts and prayers” knee-jerk reaction from Congress and the White House was drowned out by a stronger, more organized response from high school students across the United States. It began with a handful of MSDH students who survived the February 14 shooting,

calling out lawmakers, the National Riﬂe Association, and the White House for repeatedly rejecting gun control laws while more and more children die. The momentum has yet to slow down. Lawmakers have been singled out on live TV about the major donations they’ve received from the NRA to block gun control laws. Major companies have severed long-standing ties with the NRA. President Donald Trump and other conservative leaders have been shredded on Twitter by teenagers who witnessed their friends shot multiple times by an assault riﬂe’s bullets in the halls of their school. The Parkland group of high school activists have since planned a national student walk-out for March 24 (dubbed “March for Our Lives”) to protest this inaction – and another 15-minute-long walk-out on April 20, the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. On social media, dozens of San Antonio students and teachers have indicated they’ll join in the upcoming walk-out. And according to the website helping organize the second national walk-out, at least nine San Antonio high

schools have officially registered to take part in the April 20 event. Knowing his fellow students would participate, Quesada registered Reagan High on February 24. Nearly 40 students signed up in less than 24 hours. “We understand that in Central Texas, this is a divisive issue,” Quesada told the Current. “But we need to start that dialog, start having those conversations. We are ready to have them.” He also plans on skipping class March 24 to join the “March for Our Lives” walkout in Austin – even though it’s the same day as prom. On February 22, North East Independent School District, which includes Reagan High, sent students home with a letter warning parents of the consequences that come with their kid protesting gun violence on campus in the coming weeks or months. “The District will treat it as an unexcused absence, and the student will not receive credit for any work expected to be completed during the class period. The District will not accept requests from parents to excuse a class absence under these circumstances,” the letter reads.

“While we understand people are passionate on all sides of the issues stemming from events in Florida, we cannot allow students to disrupt the learning environment during school hours.” Students who want to protest and still get class credit can do so before or after school. San Antonio Independent School District made its own announcement a few days later: leaving campus to protest would still count as an unexcused absence, but high schools might hold “structured peaceful assemblies” on campus. Many parents (and teachers) disagree with the districts’ decision. A parent reposted NEISD’s letter on Facebook with edits made in red ink, changing the text to support the students’ interest in civic participation – it’s since been shared over 800 times. A lawyer came forward and said he’d defend any student who’s expelled or suspended for participating, free of charge. But Quesada said he’s not too concerned about his district’s warning. “As long as I know they aren’t going to stop me, it’s fine,” he said. “It’s the school district’s right to follow its code of conduct, but it’s my constitutional right to protest.”

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In 2016, major San Antonio design firm Giles-Parscale became home base for Donald Trump’s wildly successful digital campaign. At the helm was Brad Parscale, the firm’s co-owner and the Trump campaign’s digital director. The firm played a considerable role in getting the Republican mogul into the White House, rufﬂing the feathers of many liberal San Antonians. Now, more than a year since Trump’s inauguration, Parscale is back in the national spotlight — Trump announced February 27 that he’s chosen Parscale to be campaign manager for his 2020 reelection run. But where does that leave the San Antonio firm that shares his name? Giles-Parscale is the company responsible for branding most businesses in the Pearl — Hotel Emma, Supper, Local Coffee, Sternewirth, the Can Plant, and the Pearl Brewery itself, all bear the firm’s signature ﬂourishes. It’s easy to say Giles-Parscale is the hippest design firm in town — but its longtime relationship with the Trump family (which morphed into the Trump presidential campaign) has soured its public image in the past year. Parscale was handed the keys to the Trump campaign’s digital arm in 2016, where he mastered Facebook’s algorithms to feed anti-Clinton and pro-Trump rhetoric to millions of users, all run under the Giles-Parscale umbrella. Parscale and his Giles-Parscale team (dubbed “Project Alamo”) built polished Trump Facebook ads, tweeted from Trump’s account during debates (“Crooked @ HillaryClinton’s foundation is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. Time to #DrainTheSwamp!” sound familiar?), crunched numbers, targeted key audiences, and kept a low profile. By

election day, Trump’s election team had given the firm more than $93 million to steer the online campaign across the finish line. And it worked — really, really well. In the words of WIRED’s Issie Lapowsky, Parscale’s “digital-first approach created an entirely new playbook” for presidential campaigns — making it one of the most successful (and controversial) digital campaigns in history. Suddenly, the San Antonio firm was known less for its rustic interiors and more for winning Trump’s election. But you wouldn’t know from its website. Giles-Parscale’s site lists Trump International Realty as a client, but makes no mention of the firm’s election-winning campaign work. That may be because Jill Giles, the other half of the company, has made an effort to sever her name from the campaign, emphasizing her sole focus on local businesses. In August 2017, a company called CloudCreative announced it was buying something called Parscale Creative for $9 million. Giles would be creative director of the commercial-only company, Parscale would be on the board of directors, and it would change its name to Parscale Digital. There’s no record of Parscale Digital or Parscale Creative online, aside from a troll website bearing the URL parscalecreative.com that is, honestly, a damn treat. This purchase came around the same time that Parscale said he’d be moving the political arm of Giles-Parscale’s work to Miami under a new name, but it’s still unclear where that move stands. What we do know is that Giles-Parscale has continued to rake in Trump campaign dollars after he entered the White House. On July 18, the “Trump Make America Great Again

Committee” wrote Giles-Parscale a single check for $15,437, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan website that reports campaign finance filings. And last year alone, the other Trump political action committee “Donald J Trump for President” dumped more than $4 million into the firm’s bank account. During the same period of time, these two PACs and the Republican National Committee also gave a total of $745,000 to a business listed as Parscale Strategy, according to CRP. The site also reports that in the last four months of 2017, a group named “America First Action” committee gave $355,000 to Parscale Strategy, LLC — a seemingly different company. There is a website for Parscale Strategy, which greets viewers with a giant side profile photo of Parscale’s bearded face. The site only exists, it seems, to promote Parscale’s past work. It links directly to the Giles-Parscale homepage. While Giles-Parscale collected campaign bucks, Parscale himself was being called on by House Intelligence Committee investigators to explain his blurry relationship with a company allegedly involved in Russia’s electionmeddling. While he’s denied any knowledge of the Russia hacks, it’s a topic that’s already been underscored by critics to Trump’s newly announced hire. To take on the role of Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Parscale will have to break away from his various business ventures (three? four? we’ve lost count). But will Giles-Parscale remain Trump’s digital campaign shop? Hop over to Giles-Parscale’s careers page, and you’ll see a job opening in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for a “Political Account Coordinator.” It appears the firm’s political arm is still ﬂexing. sacurrent.com • March 7-13, 2018 • CURRENT 11

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Want to Avoid City Charter Doomsday?

GREG JEFFERSON

City, drop the lawsuit. Union, stop trying to derail local government.

As you may have heard, the fire union is trying to blow up city government. City Hall and the chambers of commerce are a messy combination of shocked, incensed and scared witless. San Antonio’s opinion writers are competing to see who can write more ominously about the union’s threat to our way of life. And San Antonians – well, many of them are signing the petitions for a city charter election that are at the heart of all this anxiety. One of the firefighters’ proposed charter amendments would loosen the rules for putting city ordinances to a public vote. It would be a triumph of direct democracy – if by that you mean something along the lines of developers employing an army of campaign consultants to rip up environmental regulations at the ballot box. Another proposed amendment would force council to curb the city manager’s compensation, and impose a cap of eight years on the job. If the union gets its three amendments on the ballot, and voters approve them, the result probably wouldn’t be apocalyptic, but San Antonio would be staring at third-tier status. We’d look more Deep South than Sunbelt. So here’s a suggestion: Give the union what it wants. Drop the lawsuit targeting the "evergreen" clause in the firefighters' contract, which the union sees as a grave threat. Fold like a cheap card table. Do like King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and run away! In return, get the fire union to drop its petition drive, and to never speak of it again. Then start negotiating. Important to note: San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association’s president, Chris Steele, dismissed this scenario as “a ludicrous idea.” (He said it as politely as he could, but still – ouch.) However, that’s

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because the city has shown zero inclination to pull out of the litigation, not necessarily because it’s a terrible idea. “Right now, they’ve had every opportunity to drop the lawsuit,” Steele said. “They’re going to continue wasting taxpayers’ dollars... We haven’t even considered [a deal].” He also utterly rejected the notion that the union’s charter amendments would damage city government, saying that’s “power brokers and politicians trying to scare the people.” “The people are the smartest ones, and they run this city,” Steele said. “If there’s going to be a problem [caused by a referendum], they won’t do it.” On the other side of the divide, we asked Mayor Ron Nirenberg whether he’d be up for pulling the lawsuit as part of a grand truce. Doesn’t sound like it. “The city has attempted to negotiate with the union bosses for four years,” Nirenberg said in a written statement. “The door is still open. The reason for the lawsuit is the fact that union bosses have refused to come to the table. “Holding the city hostage is not a path to resolving the next collective bargaining agreement. The taxpayers deserve for firefighters union leaders to be negotiating today and our door is open.” The idea of a truce, however, isn’t completely friendless. County Commissioner Kevin Wolff, who started his political career on city council, has warmed to the possibility. “Where before [ending the lawsuit] wasn’t an option, it damn sure should be an option on the table now – this just got real serious,” he said. Wolff said he’s heard from contacts close to union leaders that they’ve already collected half of the signatures they need to put the charter amendments on the ballot.

If you’re tempted to laugh off the union’s efforts because Steele is ham-handed or whatever, don’t. “People laughed at C.A. Stubbs, too, and he’s the reason we have term limits,” Wolff said, referring to the banjo-strumming demagogue clown who launched the Homeowner-Taxpayer Association of Bexar County in the 1980s. The HTA was largely responsible for the city’s crazy limit of two two-year terms for council members, which were loosened to four terms in 2008. Motivations Whether you think dropping the lawsuit is a good, or bad, idea may depend on what you believe the fire union’s real motivation is in pushing for these charter amendments. Steele has said the effort stems from deep concerns about City Manager Sheryl Sculley’s compensation and the ease with which council handed her a $75,000 bonus for her work in 2017. There’s also council’s rubber-stamping of SAWS rate hikes in December. Not surprisingly, a couple of other schools of thought have opened for business. One says union leaders are out for blood because of the evergreen lawsuit, what they see as Sculley’s intransigence, and council’s blind allegiance to her. Her salary and bonus package act as an accelerant for the fire. Another school says the charter push is all about the lawsuit. And if you believe that, a deal should be possible. The city ends the litigation, the union stops organizing for a bruising charter fight. The reality is almost certainly a mash-up of all of these motivations. But the fact that one of the proposed amendments would bar the city from taking the fire union to court when contract talks turn south – well, maybe that hints that a deal’s possible. And reaching an agreement would be better than keeping company with Biloxi, Miss., on the third tier. gjefferson@sacurrent.com | @GregJeffersonSA

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Loving Vincent Nominated for an Oscar this year in the Animated Feature Film category, Loving Vincent is the first fully painted animated feature film in cinematic history. The film was shot with real actors and then each one of the 65,000 FRI frames was hand painted in the style of late 19th-century Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Told through flashbacks, the film recounts van Gogh’s last days before he killed himself at the age of 37. During an interview with the Current last week, Polish co-director/co-writer Dorota Kobiela, who is an artist herself, talked about how she wanted to find a way to combine her two creative passions: painting and film. “I set out to make a painted film,” Kobiela said. “The concept was very exciting for me — to tell a story through a painting.” It wasn’t an easy task. Loving Vincent was painted frame by frame by a team of more than 100 artists from 20 different countries. “It was something unusual because painters usually work on their own,” she said. “We all had to work together and learn from each other and explore.” Free, 8pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Kiko Martinez FILM

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Musical Thrones: A Parody With Game of Thrones’ final season scheduled for 2019 and rumors of yet another delay of George R. R. Martin’s sixth installment of the books (which have already been surpassed by the show, plot-wise), fans have been left itching for their Westeros fix in the worst way. Well, fear not, for a balm for thy suffering is upon us! Musical Thrones, co-produced by Jon and Al Kaplan (the minds behind 2014’s cheesy horror-comedy flick Zombeavers), is a no-holdsbarred sendup of the fan-favorite series, and leaves no minor character or plot-point unturned in its musical roast of all-things Westeros. With seven seasons of sex, death and wanton violence as fodder, there’s a wealth of material to draw from, and the production’s musical styles are as varied as its comedic riffs. $39.50, 8pm Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat, 2pm Sun, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Kelly Merka Nelson THEATER

Guest-curated by Alana Coates, Clamp Light’s Contemporary Art Month offering “Thread” is “centered on artists using needle and thread in contemporary techniques, narratives and conceptual practices.” By highlighting this medium, the group show strikes a balance between traditional artistic practices and contemporary art, as well as between the realms of art and craft, which are often seen as distinct from one another. “Thread” features work from Bianca Alvarez, Linda Arredondo, Sara Barnes, Sarah Castillo, Martha Elena Flores, Sarah Fox, Abby Hinojosa, Sol Kesseler, Justin Korver, Michael Martinez, Nicole Tovar and Jose Villalobos. Following the opening reception, which includes a performance by Villalobos, “Thread” remains on view by appointment through the end of the month and culminates with a contemporary embroidery workshop led by Fox on March 31. Free, 7-10pm, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, 1704 Blanco Road, Suite 104, (401) 580-6852, clamplightsa.com. — James Courtney ART

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Featuring 25 monochromatic works from the Linda Pace Foundation’s permanent collection, “Reclaimed” represents some of the most important female artists of our day. Thematically, “Reclaimed” is concerned with “the notion of ‘reclaiming’ what’s ours, from our lands and governments to our physical bodies FRI and basic human rights.” As such, it fits perfectly (if slyly) into the context of cultural/historical interrogation that the Tricentennial has, in the best of cases, helped foster. Organized by local artist Kelly O’Connor, Head of Collections & Communications at the Linda Pace Foundation, “Reclaimed” brings together works by Lara Schnitger, Laura Aguilar, Dorothy Cross, Judy Dater, Annette Messager, Lorraine O’Grady, Robyn O’Neil, Tracey Rose, Kiki Smith and the late Linda Pace herself. In addition to Friday’s opening reception, the exhibition comes to light through a discussion with Schnitger, curator Justine Ludwig and arts writer Sarah Fisch. Free, 7:30-9:30pm, SPACE, 111 Camp St., (210) 227-8400, lindapacefoundation.org. — JC ART

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Gomela/to Return: Movement of Our Mother Tongue Formed in the early 1960s as a cultural arm of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, the pioneering Free Southern Theater lives on through Junebug Productions, a New Orleans-based organization that strives to “support artistic works that question and confront inequitable conditions that have historically impacted the African-American community.” Funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project and co-commissioned by San Antonio’s own Carver Community Cultural Center, Junebug’s original new production Gomela/to Return: Movement of Our Mother Tongue connects dots between Louisiana, Haiti and Africa through a multidisciplinary performance based on “hope, survival, courage and the resilience that exists in the face of oppression.” Directed by Stephanie McKee, Gomela spins inspiration from both the Black Lives Matter and gentrification-focused Place Matters movements into a provocative piece fusing African drumming, dance, spoken word, hip-hop and jazz. $20$30, 8pm, Carver Community Cultural Center, Jo Long Theatre, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 207-7211, thecarver.org. — Bryan Rindfuss THEATER

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Based on the saucy 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by British writer Roy Horniman, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2014, is a musical comedy by Robert L. Freedman (with music and additional lyrics by Steven Lutvak). This sophisticated yet bawdy tale of bloodlines and bloodletting follows Monty Navarro in his hilarious and SUN sordid quest for an inheritance to which he has a distant claim. All that stands in his way are the eight relatives in front of him in line to inherit the fortune. With murder on his mind, and still making time for a good old-fashioned love triangle, Navarro sets about offing his kinfolk and evading the authorities, all with the manners of a true gentleman. $33.57-$79.50, 7pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — JC

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Lederhosen Lucil Soiro Bizarro Quirky proof that Contemporary Art Month extends beyond the visual realm, this official CAM event invites listeners into the wild and wooly world of Krista Muir — a Canadian musician who “lives in a world of surrealism, cuckoo clocks and antique lampshades” and has released seven albums either as herself or as her “fauxvarian alter ego” Lederhosen Lucil. Although grounded somewhere in the realm of playful pop, Muir’s refreshingly original music bounces through sub-genres, adopting airs of psychedelia, folk and lo-fi electronica as she sings about everything from “sensitive boys to interconnectivity to women’s hockey.” A gifted storyteller and baritone ukulele wiz, Muir made a memorable impression as a FL!GHT Gallery resident during CAM last year. The vocalist and multi-instrumentalist returns to the Blue Star Arts Complex in support of her 2018 release The Tides, a dark and moody offering enhanced with tenor sax, trumpet and — somehow unsurprisingly — a chainsaw helmed by “Sean of the Lawn.” Threatening to wear “nouveau Acidwashstarwarshosen” in lieu of her traditional Lederhosen Lucil getup, Muir welcomes locals Jess DeCuir (one half of the local synthpop outfit Hyperbubble) and Dreambored (a side project for filmmakers Angela and Mark Walley) for her kid-friendly, pay-what-you-can Soiro Bizarro. $5-$10, 8-10:30pm, Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, contemporaryartmonth.com. — BR

SPORTS The Juice returns to the AT&T Center Tuesday night when former Spurs super-sub Jonathon Simmons and the Orlando Magic make their only regular season appearance in San Antonio. Simmons signed a well-deserved three-year, $20 million deal with the Magic over the summer, completing a storybook ascension via the NBA’s development league, now known as the G League. The Juice has flourished in Orlando, more than doubling his scoring average to almost 14 points per game, and hanging a season-high 34 points against King James and the Cavs in February. After a brutal Rodeo Road Trip that resulted in only two wins for the Spurs, Coach Pop and his charges face the most difficult schedule in the league down the stretch. Like 19-year-old Tony Parker before him, sophomore point guard Dejounte Murray continues to mature before our eyes on an almost nightly basis. Murray’s development could be critical for TUE San Antonio as they look to hold court for a post-season run. $23-$670, 8pm, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. — M. Solis

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Tejana vocalists and Westside natives Rita “La Calandria” Vidaurri, Beatriz “La Paloma del Norte” Llamas, and Blanca “Blanquita Rosa” Rodríguez are Las Tesoros de San Antonio — a nostalgic supergroup organized by the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center. Opening a second chapter for three vocalists who enjoyed successful music careers from the 1940s to the 1970s, the project pays tribute to trailblazers such as Lydia Mendoza and Eva Garza while honoring each member’s “lifelong personal and professional struggles against racism, sexism, homophobia, and poverty.” Celebrated in Jorge Sandoval’s 2016 documentary Las Tesoros de San Antonio, A Westside Story, the trio comes together on Sunday to shed light on their many highlights and hurdles, and to pay tribute to the fourth Tesoro, Janet “Perla Tapatia” Cortez, who passed away in 2014. Free, 3-5pm, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 9922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201, esperanzacenter.org. — Lori Salazar TALKS PLUS

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On Your Feet! Since bursting onto the music scene in 1985 with the hit single, “Conga,” Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, which includes her husband and record producer Emilio Estefan, created a blueprint for future generations of Latin pop singers. Blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms with a modern pop sensibility, the Estefans celebrated their Cuban-American roots and arose as one of the most successful crossover acts of all time. Along with a string of chart-topping hits, the couple has played an important role producing and managing other acts, from Jennifer Lopez to Shakira. On Tuesday, the hit Broadway musical On Your Feet!, based on the Estefans and their music, arrives at the Majestic for a six-day run under the direction of Tony winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky ( Boots). From Havana to Miami, the musical follows the Estefans’ journey to international superstardom set to hits like “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Don’t Wanna Lose You” and “Reach.” $32.25-$105, 7:30pm (through March 18), The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Marco Aquino THEATER

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ART Art opening: “AND NOW: New Works by 10 Artists” Arturo Infante Almeida curates

a survey of work created by artists who live in Texas but represent a diverse array of backgrounds, experiences and influences. In their own way, each examines a sense of place and identity amid the technological changes and cultural shifts that propel the new century. Free, 6-9pm Saturday; Freight Gallery & Studios, 1913 S. Flores St., (210) 331-4382.

Art opening: ”Art of the Sacred Texas Springs” This Contemporary Art Month

exhibit is a visual continuation of the University of the Incarnate Word’s efforts to shed light on the historical, cultural and spiritual significance of the Blue Hole from which the San Antonio River flows. A locus of practical and ceremonial significance since long before Europeans first came to the region, the Blue Hole takes center stage in this collection of works in various mediums. Following Friday’s opening reception, the exhibition comes to light in the lecture “Springs of South Central Texas & The Sacred Springs of the Coahuiltecans” (2-4pm Saturday) and the San Antonio premiere of the film Yakona: Water Rising (2-4pm Sunday). Free, 6-8pm Friday; University of the Incarnate Word, Kelso Art Center, 4301 Broadway, (210) 410-2394.

Art opening: “Behind the Curtain” Artist

Robert Wurzbach takes a jab at Fiesta’s Coronation of the Queen of the Order of the Alamo with a series of satirical paintings depicting Her Royal Majesty of Surly Squat, Princess Good Ole Girl and the Duchess of Insincerity, among others. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Lone Star Art Space, 107 Lonestar Blvd., (210) 884-8100.

Art opening: “Hellven” Known for his

signature “double vision” style, local artist James Medrano presents a new body of work dealing with addiction, religious corporatism and consumerism. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Flatlines Gallery, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 262-0818.

Art opening: “Inhale Underwater to View Your Benevolent Brother” Artist Alejandro Augustine Padilla displays new work in observance of Contemporary Art Month. Free, 7-9pm Saturday; Studio Fantomas, 1906 S. Flores St., (210) 9786663.

Art opening: “K Space in the House”

In an effort to “promote one another, build relationships, create new exhibition opportunities, share ideas, gain new insights, and bridge communities through the arts,” Presa House Gallery welcomes

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30 Corpus Christi-based artists, including current and former K Space Studio and K Space Contemporary members and friends, many of whom are exhibiting in San Antonio for the first time. Free, 6-11pm Saturday; Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St., (210) 913-5842.

Art opening: “Nosotras: Perceptions of Identity” Inspired by the concept of

constructed identities, RitaMaria Contreras curates works by more than a dozen female artists, including Bernice Appelin-Williams, Barbara Felix, Joan Frederick, Deborah Keller-Rihn, Anita Valencia and Kathy Vargas. Free, 6-9pm Friday; Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 103, (210) 432-1896.

Art opening: “OM: The Beginning or the End” Presenting paintings, prints

and sculptures as metaphorical “prayers,” artists Kim Bishop and Luis Valderis creatively explore “our current state of apocalyptic human affairs.” Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Dock Space Gallery, 107 Lone Star Blvd., (210) 320-0479.

Art opening: “Resurrection” Local

photographer Tom Turner’s new collection of waveform photographs examines “the representation of landscape as a way of seeing.” Free, 7-10pm Saturday; Dorćol Distilling Company, 1902 S. Flores St., (210) 630-0235.

Art opening: “The Light That Remains” Artist Dana Lynn Harper’s new abstract works draw inspiration from “emotional recovery, astral dreams and after-life communication.” Free, 6-0pm Saturday; Mantle Art Space, 714 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 971-4740.

Art Party: Heads & Tales SAMA and KRTU’s

collaborative Art Party series continues with an evening of gallery tours, artmaking activities, live music by drummer/ composer Audra Menconi and specialty cocktails crafted by The Esquire Tavern (cash bar). $8-$15, 6-8pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

Free Day SAMA welcomes guests for a free

day at the museum enhanced with family activities themed around the Tricentennial exhibition “San Antonio 1718: Art from Viceregal Mexico.” Free, 10am-9pm Tuesday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

FILM Rango In conjunction with its Lil Partners

Spring Break Flicks series, the Briscoe screens Gore Verbinski’s 2011 animated adventure about a chameleon who winds up in a lawless town in the Wild West

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Surf’s Up Slab Cinema hosts a free outdoor

screening of Ash Brannon and Chris Buck’s 2007 computer-animated mockumentary following a 17-year-old northern rockhopper penguin (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) who leaves his home in Antarctica with dreams of winning the Big Z Memorial Surf Off in Pen Gu Island. Free, 8pm Tuesday; Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St., (210) 212-9373.

THEATER Bless Me, Ultima For the next installment of

Vivian Bearing, a highly regarded professor of English, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she looks to the work that has filled her life. As she evaluates her life’s work, particularly focusing on John Donne’s metaphysical poetry, she both reveals and recreates herself through the complexities of the English language — finding perspective, hope and a surprising amount of ... well ... wit in the process. $10-$40, 7:30pm Friday- Saturday, 2pm Sunday; The Public Theater of San Antonio, 800 W. Ashby Pl., (210) 733-7258.

SPECIAL EVENTS Gumbo Showdown Cooks compete for

the title of King or Queen of Gumbo with The Classic Theater of San Antonio’s 10th proceeds benefiting scholarships at St. anniversary season, director José Ruben Dé Mary’s Law School. $20, noon-3pm Saturday; León turns the spotlight on Latinx culture Freetail Brewing Co. Tasting Room, 2000 S. with an adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s Presa St., (210) 468-0404. groundbreaking portrait of the Chicano experience in America. $17-$32, 8pm Friday- Richard Turner Richard Turner, 62, lives in San Saturday, 3pm Sunday; Classic Theatre of Antonio and is counted among the best card San Antonio, 1924 Fredericksburg Road, mechanics and up-close magicians in the (210) 589-8450. world. $50, 5-7pm & 8-10pm Sunday; Jazz, TX, 312 Pearl Pkwy., (210) 332-9386. The Devil on the Wall Alternatively titled That Time I Got Kidnapped, comic Jamie TALKS PLUS Campbell’s one-person storytelling show is based on a true tale of child abuse, bullying, A Night with Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner and Jim Hightower The Trinity juvenile delinquency and hair metal — parts Progressives welcome Vermont Senator of which, obviously, are funnier than others. Bernie Sanders, Ohio Senator Nina Turner $10, 8pm Saturday; Bexar Stage, 1203 and Our Revolution Texas director Jim Camden St., (210) 281-4259. Hightower for a discussion at Laurie The Glam Clam: Episode 2 Teatro Audaz Auditorium. Free but tickets required, sets up shop at The Bang Bang Bar for a 7:30pm Friday, Trinity University, Laurie theatrical “drag novela brunch.” Written by Auditorium, One Trinity Pl., (210) 999-8117. Liz Coronado Castillo and directed by Jose DeHoyos, The Glam Clam follows drag queen Celebrating Texas Women The Institute of Texan Cultures celebrates Women’s History trio Anya Knees, Barbara Koa and Cialis Month with a presentation by former San Neveah Raven along with their lesbian papis Antonio Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla and chulos (Tres Pennies) as they come together a screening of a documentary covering her to help an old friend and plan “the greatest life and accomplishments. Free, noon-4pm pageant ever.” $35 (includes brunch with two Sunday; Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 E. drinks), 1-3pm Saturday; The Bang Bang Bar, César E. Chávez Blvd., (210) 458-2300. 119 El Mio Drive, (210) 320-1187.

Wit Margaret Edson’s Wit, which won her the

Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999, is part savvy literary journey and part intelligent, touchingly humorous end-of-life saga. When

Mujeres en Accion/Women in Action

Hosted by Our Lady of the Lake’s Center for Women in Church and Society, this Tricentennial discussion about women in education features presentations by Sister Diane Langford, author and scholar Norma E. Cantú and poet Ariana Brown. Free, 6-8pm Wednesday; Our Lady of the Lake University, Thiry Auditorium, 411 SW 24th St., (210) 431-3910.

Pod Tours America Political speechwriters

and podcasters Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor converge at The Majestic for a live, no-bull conversation about politics, the press, and the challenges posed by the Trump presidency. $39.50-$89.50, 8pm Saturday; The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333.

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[A CROWNED NUN] Where to Find it: San Antonio 1718 exhibition CURATOR: Marion Oettinger Jr.

What’s with the crown? This portrait commemorates a nun’s profession of final vows. Sister María Antonia of the Immaculate Conception wears a crown adorned with flowers, alluring to the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. The crown will be worn again only for her burial.

Is her veil significant? Sister María Antonia wears a black veil over her habit, indicating that she has left her secular life and family ties to become a cloistered “bride of Christ.”

Is she wearing a painting?

Why no wedding ring?

Conceptionist nuns wore an escudo de monja (nun’s emblem, or literally “shield”), deflecting attention from physical attributes to spiritual qualities. It depicts the nun’s favorite Marian devotions, in this case the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Like modern brides, nuns often sat for their profession portrait on the day of, but before, the ceremony. The ring was reserved for the true moment of the spiritual marriage.

Is this a doll? Sister María Antonia holds a figure of the Christ Child. Nuns often kept this figure in their cells, changing its clothing according to the liturgical calendar.

FEBRUARY 17—MAY 13 This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). The exhibition is generously funded by Bexar County, William and Salomé Scanlan Foundation, Patsy Steves, the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, NuStar Energy, The Greehey Family Foundation, and Myfe White Moore. This exhibition is supported by the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture. Support for the San Antonio 1718 catalogue was provided by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts. Artist unknown (New Spain), Sister María Antonia of the Immaculate Conception (detail), Oil on canvas, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, 10-168030, Secretaría de Cultura, INAH, MX. Tepotzotlán, Mexico

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Bob Thompson, Untitled (detail), 1960-61.Oil on canvas. The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts © Estate of Bob Thompson; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.

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Literary arts center Gemini Ink and Trinity University Press have collaborated to bring renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood to San Antonio for a much-buzzed-about event taking place on International Women’s Day. In conjunction with Gemini Ink’s Autograph Series, Atwood will be the guest of honor at a ticketed luncheon at the Witte Museum and give a reading at Laurie Auditorium to be followed by a conversation with Trinity University English professor Dr. Colleen Grissom. Atwood’s career has spanned decades. Her unflinching novels, which often feature speculative and dystopian elements, have garnered much critical acclaim and been both banned from and taught in schools. Atwood herself is resistant to labels — she has eschewed the classification of her works as “science fiction.” She also resists the casual labeling of her novels as “feminist,” not because she disagrees with or dislikes those terms, but because such labels (the latter in particular) have multitudinous facets and can be deployed in ways that are not authentic to her attitudes and output. The Emmy-winning Hulu series based on her famed novel The Handmaid’s Tale created a new zeitgeist surrounding Atwood, who originally sold the film rights to MGM in 1990. In the wake of the tsunami of corruption, stoogery and erosion of human rights ushered in by the Trump administration, Atwood’s novel is particularly prescient. Protestors wearing the red cloaks and white bonnets of the handmaids have sprung up worldwide, and signs proclaiming “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum” were brandished last year on Inauguration Day during the Women’s March. In a visually striking protest at the Texas State Capitol last May, silent handmaids encircled the rotunda to stand against restrictive anti-abortion measures. Atwood herself addressed the novel’s resurgence in her March 2017 article for The New York Times, “What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump,” which also gives valuable insight into the germination of the book in the mid-1980s. Not to be outdone, Netflix nabbed its own Atwood adaptation, Alias Grace, which delves into the personality of Grace Marks, who was convicted of the 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery. The miniseries premiered on the streaming service in November 2017 to critical acclaim, and takes an in-depth look at societal assumptions about criminal behavior by distilling the dichotomy between Marks’ polite and reserved persona and her murderous act. Atwood is not content to rest on her laurels, instead maintaining prolific output to the current day. More recent works include The MaddAddam Trilogy, a dystopian series set in a transhumanist apocalypse, Hag-Seed, a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Angel-Catbird, a graphic novel starring the eponymous hybridized superhero. Atwood consulted on Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale and made a cameo in Alias Grace. The MaddAddam Trilogy may also make its way to the screen — filmmaker Darren Aronofsky currently has an adaptation in the works. Unsurprisingly, tickets for both events have sold out, although there’s a waiting list for seats at Atwood’s reading, and Trinity will make 500 overfl ow seats available in the Stieren Theater to watch the event via live stream (available to the public at live.trinity.edu).

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Making your way to Austin for the South by Southwest Film Festival March 9-17? Be sure to check out the handful of films and music videos with San Antonio ties that are screening during this year’s fest. Visit sxsw.com/festivals/ film for all screening dates and times.

Get Some

Awarded a Critic’s Pick last year for Best San Antonio Filmmaker in the Current’s annual readers’ poll, San Antonio native Fidel Ruiz-Healy will screen his werewolf love story and narrative music video Get Some in the Texas Shorts category. The catchy pop song is the debut single of British trio Ghosted and features vocals by singer-songwriter Kamille. Get Some follows a nerdy teenage girl with a dark secret, who scores a date with the most popular guy at school. Ruiz-Healy, who earned his degree in 2014 from NYU and founded The American Standard Film Co., splits his time between San Antonio and New York, where he currently directs music videos and commercials and is raising money to bring his next film production back to Texas.

Return Policy

Filmmakers Demar Gunter and Victoria Hartson were seniors at Saint Mary’s Hall when they shot their sci-fi drama Return Policy, which is competing in the Texas High School Shorts category. The film explores dystopian themes on the value of a human life. It’s an idea Gunter, a freshman at Texas A&M studying biomedical science, and Hartson, a freshman at Bryn Mawr College studying

Spotting the San Antonio connections in this year’s SXSW Film Festival Clockwise from top left: Final Portrait, Chi-Town, Return Policy, Sorry to Bother You, Hunned Effort, Get Some

psychology, came up with their sophomore year. This is the second consecutive year Gunter has competed at SXSW. Last year, her black-and-white short Chroma competed in the same category.

Hunned Effort

Hoping to broaden his filmmaking portfolio, John Marshall High School senior Nicholas Luna reached out to local hip-hop artist Alan Lawson (aka AverageKidd) to see if he could shoot a music video for one of his rap songs he heard online. Luna chose Lawson’s music because, he said, “his songs talked about actual issues and didn’t just flaunt money.” In Hunned Effort, Lawson raps about his work ethic and drive and overcoming hardships as a young African-American man. “I thought it was more than just a song,” Luna said. “It was meaningful.” After graduating this year, Luna hopes to attend film school in Los Angeles.

Chi-Town

The documentary Chi-Town chronicles the life and career of basketball player Keifer Sykes, who was given a shot in the NBA after making a name for himself playing high school ball in Chicago and then at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Although Sykes went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft, he made the San Antonio Spurs training camp roster and played in three pre-season games before getting cut from the team. In the doc, Sykes, who is filmed in a few scenes donning the silver and black, says the Spurs are his father’s favorite team.

Sorry to Bother You

Actor and part-time San Antonio resident and business owner Armie Hammer (The Social Network, Call Me by Your Name) plays a manic CEO in Sorry to Bother You, a satirical comedy directed by rapper Boots Riley. The film, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January, stars Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) and Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok) as a telemarketer and his girlfriend.

Final Portrait

Hammer’s working double duty at SXSW. His second entry, Final Portrait, tells the story of American writer and art aficionado James Lord (Hammer) and his friendship with world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush). Directed by Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Final Portrait is adapted from Lord’s 1965 biography of Giacometti.

Rebel Without a Crew

San Antonio native and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (Machete) will hold a private screening of Rebel Without a Crew, a new reality TV show series for his El Rey Network and Verizon’s streaming service go90. In the show, which is reminiscent of Project Greenlight, Rodriguez challenges five amateur filmmakers to make a feature in two weeks with only $7,000 — the same amount of money he used to produce his first feature film, 1992’s contemporary Western El Mariachi. During the private screening, all five directors (Bola Ogun, Scarlet Moreno, Alejandro Montoya Marin, Bonnie-Kathleen Ryan and Josh Stifter) will present the world premieres of their films. sacurrent.com • March 7-13, 2018 • CURRENT 29

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Oscar-winning Chilean ﬁlm A Fantastic Woman lives up to its name

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“When I look at you, I don’t know what I’m seeing.” It’s a remark that rips through the heart of Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega) when she meets her deceased lover’s ex-wife for the first time in the Oscar-winning Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica). Marina, a transgender woman, takes the ignorant insult without giving much of an emotional response — but behind her eyes, the anger, humiliation and dejection is evident. It’s obvious the pain is something she knows all too well, but isn’t something she’ll allow to define her. Directed and co-written by Sebastián Lelio (Gloria), A Fantastic Woman lives up to its title twofold – with its heroine Marina standing strong in an incredibly uncomfortable position, and Vega, a transgender Chilean actress, giving her character life and authenticity audiences rarely get to witness in film today. As Marina, Vega delivers a measured and tender performance as her character figures her own way to confront a delicate situation. When Marina’s older boyfriend Orlando (Francisco Reyes) suddenly dies, his family wants nothing to do with her. They want her to get out of his apartment as soon as possible, and they especially don’t want her to attend his wake or funeral for fear that her presence will be an embarrassment to those paying their respects. Marina, however, isn’t about to concede without a fight. She loved Orlando and couldn’t care less that his rude ex-wife Sonia (Aline Küppenheim) and intimidating son Bruno (Nicolás Saavedra) despise her existence. Looked upon with disdain by Orlando’s hateful family, apart from his brother Gabo (Luis Gnecco), who treats her with kindness, Marina doesn’t allow anyone to break her spirit. In one harrowing scene that plays a bit too literally, she is attacked by Bruno and his friends, who wrap her face with Scotch tape. When she gets a glimpse of her reflection in a car window, she sees the embodiment of the monster they perceive her to be. Despite a couple of other scenes lacking nuance — the film could’ve done without Marina listening to Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman” and another where she’s walking against the wind in a dreamlike state — A Fantastic Woman is an intriguing look at the grieving process, identity politics and the fierce determination of a member of an underrepresented faction in society. Mainstream audiences might be familiar with transgender actors like Laverne Cox (TV’s Orange is the New Black) and Chaz Bono (TV’s American Horror Story) and transgender characters like Maura Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor) from TV’s Transparent, but if cinema is truly becoming a more progressive art form than it has ever been, audiences will embrace talent like Vega without hesitation. In A Fantastic Woman, she proves to be worthy of that and much more.

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>Stay Golden Social House may have closed its doors this past June (the former space was promptly demolished to make way for a 10-story office building), but was reborn as Still Golden Social House this week. Opened by the same group behind Stay

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>Poké shops are popping up across town and the latest to enter Loop 410 comes from the folks behind Rolling Fish Sushi Burrito & Poké.

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In the last four and a half years, I’ve watched this city’s dining scene do its thing. I’ve reported on it at length. I’ve begrudgingly put up slideshows on "20-plus number of things you should eat this week." I’ve put on 20 pounds.

And now, as I near my 10th year as a professional writer, this Latinita is getting her very own column. In case you’re new to the Current or its dining and drinking section, here’s a bit about me. I’ve been in San Antonio 14 years this August, and I didn’t have a puffy taco until I was in my early 20s. I’d like to eat my way through Asia one day, but will always find solace in tamales. There’s nothing quite like an expertly made martini (really, try it), but I won’t turn up my nose at a Topo Chico-filled mocktail, or a frosty Lone Star on a hot day. Really, there isn’t a whole lot I turn my nose up at (see

Hula Poké, tucked inside the same shopping center as a Taco Cabana and Guitar Center, is almost the mirror image of its Northwest Side counterpart. Opened early this February, the shop features the same six signature poké bowls and createyour-own bowl with choice of two or three scoops of proteins, mix-ins, dressings, toppings and crunch (Hot Cheetos make a cameo). The new location seats about as many customers as the original. 7315 San Pedro Ave., (210) 973-6988.

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>Burger Boy’s Potranco location is now open to the public. Brought to you by the latest owners of Burger Boy, a team made up of Guy Ellison, Rick Molina, Bryce Pohlmeier and Tony Molina, who all share fast-food experience, the long-time fans of Burger Boy purchased the company from former owner Carl Bates, who still acts as advisor. The new location will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Burger Boy 2.0, which seats 20-plus diners and not 10 like the original location, will carry the exact menu as the St. Mary’s store, with the addition of Diet Dr. Pepper to the soda offerings. It’ll also feature new merch (i.e. shirts and caps) of the sassy burger chef. 9334 Potranco Road, burgerboysa.com.

20-pound weight gain), but in my four and a half years as an on-and-off critic, writer, slideshow builder and editor, I’ve seen the industry continue to bloom. I’ve seen the dips and restaurant closings, like this weekend’s news of Edera Osteria-Enoteca shutting its doors. I’ve seen people ﬂourish into great servers, business owners and chefs, and I’ve seen others burn out in a blaze of glory. I’ve discerned some of what San Antonio likes, a lot of what it hates and everything in between, all of which I will share with you in this column. In the coming weeks, I’ll break down food costs, highlight industry players of note, and maybe suggest we emulate Austin (gasp, I know) in regulating sick leave for all. I hope you join me in breaking bread, sipping lattes, and grabbing the biggest spoon you can find to dig in to San Antonio’s food and drink scene. Vámonos. — Jess Elizarraras, ﬂavor@sacurrent.com.

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Golden, Still Golden is a block away from its predecessor’s location. The bar will focus on the same value cocktails (nothing more than $8), and craft beers, and will screen most major sporting events on four TVs and one projector, much like Stay Golden before it. But for this go-around, Jeret Pena and co. are finessing the concept to include more indoor seating (they have 3,000-squarefeet to work with), an expanded game room with air hockey and other arcade games, and a wrap-around outdoor patio that adds another 1,300 square feet of seating to the corner of Grayson and Broadway. Six to eight draft beers will be on tap including HighWheel, Live Oak and a third seasonal beer, as well as Modelo and Miller Lite, which will be available by the pint and in pitcher. The cocktail list will feature eight variations on the classics, with happy hour drinks available at $6. Still Golden will also feature a food truck, Chiﬂada, by Jessica Vargas, with items such as guisada fries, nachos, and breakfast tacos. Hours for Still Golden will be 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 1900 Broadway, (210) 365-3246.

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Pollos asados as far as the eye can see (clockwise from top): Super Pollos Asados, Pollos Asados Los Norteños, Pollos Asados Don Jose, Pollos Asados Los Carboneros. JESS ELIZARRARAS | @JESSELIZARRARAS

Will Pollos Asados Los Norteños measure up to itself when it reopens?

There are two types of people in the world: those who know the magic of Pollos Asados Los Norteños' spatchcocked grilled chicken and those who didn’t make it to the restaurant before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality filed a lawsuit against the Rigsby outpost for violating the Texas Clean Air Act this past September. First launched as a truck, and later an ice house-turned-restaurant in early 2010, Pollos Asados Los Norteños or “Pollos” as it's widely known has built a solid following of San Antonians, chefs, local food writers and in 2016, even the BBQ Snob himself, Daniel Vaughn, expounded on the restaurant’s merit, saying "'It’s great grilled chicken, but is it barbecue?' I pondered this as I cleaned the meat off of a wing bone.” For the uninitiated, Pollos is an experience. There’s the matter of finding

parking in the packed lot, and squeezing past the crowd of souls both dining in and taking orders to just to get your name on the list. And then you wait — with any luck you’ll score a seat at one of the metal benches that line the waiting area — all the while staring at pit workers through a smoke-stained window. Wait times crept up as Pollos' popularity grew, but once inside, the servers were always attentive, friendly and best of all, fast. One of the 750 or 800 pollos made daily, either entero or medio, would hit your table, along with plastic plates and cutlery, a foil-wrapped onion, Spanish rice, some of the best charro beans inside 1604 and a creamy tomatillo sauce that really should be served by the pitcher. As Vaughn pointed out in his write-up, the smoke served as a beacon for delicious pollos to come. But unlike the uproar Franklin Barbecue faced when Austin City

Council considered rules that would “require barbecue smokers (and other wood-fired cooking devices) be placed at least 100 feet from adjacent residential property lines, or that they ‘mitigate the impact of smoke emissions’ on their neighbors," Pollos is fighting to stay open on its own. The city intervened in 2016 — shutting down Los Norteños for three weeks until smoke scrubbers were added — and after the State's lawsuit, Pollos' owner Frank Garcia is still trying to make things work. A larger pit is being built with a new smoke-scrubbing system, and pollos will soon be on their way. Much like Jaliscos dot San Antonio neighborhoods, restaurants and trucks hawking pollos asados have popped up in the last several years. Each delivers a half or whole chicken, beans, rice, tortillas, and green sauce. With pollos reaching an absurd level of fandom, I scoured the city for comparable deals. Pollos Asados Los Carboneros on General McMullen has been serving pollos out of a brick-and-mortar for more than a year now, though they had similar trailer beginnings. Service was friendly, and the tortillas were clearly coming from a nearby producer, but the green sauce was too runny and the chicken was a hair away from dry. At Pollos Regios, an outpost

off Fredericksburg Road, the beans were garlicky but lacked personality. The sauce was one of the creamiest around, and the chicken came close, but was again too dry. Super Pollos Asados on Walzem had a growing line of cars in its drive-thru and familias crowded the wee shop (there’s one table available indoors) in their Sunday best. Pollos Asados Los Primos on Culebra Road distracted us with too many menu options, and the pollo lacked that signature reddish marinade from Los Norteños. Hope was served with a side of chicken at Pollos Asados Don Jose, a trailer off South Flores near a Culebra Meat Market. Quality tortillas, a delicate smoke, a redtinged fowl, and a creamy green sauce that had some bite, made the trek and the cashonly service worth it. There is still more to explore. Taqueria El Novillero on Nacogdoches and Pollos Asados El Coliman on the far Southside popped up on our radar after our research. Maybe the obsessive fandom is warranted, and there’s a reason why the lauded salsa and inexpensive pollos were grilled by the hundreds. Maybe Pollos Asados Los Norteños will even taste better when doors open in the coming weeks. There’s only one way to find out. sacurrent.com • March 7-13, 2018 • CURRENT 35

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Port has an image problem. Part of it has to do with the popular vision of who actually consumes this robust, fortified wine from Portugal’s Douro Valley: fusty old farts in fraying tweeds. Or maybe fussy old biddies straight out of Dickens. Then there’s a taste issue: it’s all cloyingly sweet. (Fake news, but that’s the way it goes.) And a cost issue: It’s prohibitively expensive (or suspiciously cheap). And a provenance problem: Where is Portugal, again — and who ever heard of grapes with names like touriga franca and tinta amarela? Not to mention the fact that, though Port production is traditionally limited to a specifically defined region of Portugal, similar wines, often bearing the same name, are made in places as far-flung as California and Texas. Imitation, in this case, is rarely the sincerest form of flattery. No wonder folks are confused. So, here’s a quick tutorial. Though there are white and, yes, even pink Ports, the vast majority of production is steadfastly red and is derived from up to 52 (!) grapes mostly indigenous to Portugal. Conjuring up “I Love Lucy,” traditional production still involves choreographed foot-stomping in large, opentop granite lagares, in which the juice further ferments under a cap of skins. To stop the fermentation in its tracks, a young, highproof grape brandy is then added to the mix, which is allowed to mature until the following spring, at which time it’s sent down the Douro River to aging facilities called lodges on the Atlantic coast. It’s at these venerable Port houses, many bearing English names, that the decision is made determining the further course the wine will take. In outstanding years, a “vintage” can be declared, usually by common accord of the major producers (these are the wines, meant to age decades in the bottle, that deservedly

drive the impression of Port being pricey). But most production goes into fresh and fruity ruby Port, aged for about three years, and the nuttier and generally sweeter tawny Port, which sees longer ageing in wood, a practice that leads to its distinctive color. An additional category is LBV ruby Port. The term stands for late bottled vintage, meaning the wine, from a single vintage, has spent more time (say four to six years) in barrel before bottling. It’s the undisputed, bang-for-the-buck winner in the category and a personal favorite. But enough of this — where to taste the stuff, no shabby tweeds or roaring fires required? Most restaurants with a good wine list will offer a Port in the dessert wine section; the selections are sometimes dutiful, as not everybody has gotten the message that Port can be cool. But they can also be thoughtful, giving patrons the chance to find a favorite at a by-the-glass price. Biga is a good example. The list favors tawnies from Warre’s and Graham’s in 10-year and 20-year designations and at prices from $9 to $19 per glass. The one ruby Port, Fonseca’s Bin 27 Reserve, clocks in at $10. Think pairing with Chef Auden’s sticky toffee pudding — or just forget dessert and have the wine instead. But Port doesn’t have to be the winddown to an indulgent dinner. A small glass of Quinta do Noval 2009 LBV single vineyard ruby Port will set you back $6 at Pearl’s High Street Wine Company. Fresh and lively, with dark plum plus a little caramel and coffee, it’s perfect for a broody winter afternoon. For seasonal pouring with abandon, High Street also offers a Warre’s 2011 Vintage Port in a 1.5 liter format for only $120 to take home. An impressive selection of rubies, tawnies and LBVs is also available at Saglimbeni Fine Wines — where you’ll find a bin of vintagedated Ports at least as old as 1950. The price on this last one? $600.00. I won’t be tasting this one either.

But wait — there’s more: Port has long been a cocktail ingredient, especially in its once-favored setting, England. Enigmatically called the Coffee Cocktail (though there’s no coffee in it), one venerable potion includes Cognac, tawny Port, sugar, bitters and a whole egg. After a lot of shaking, nutmeg is shaved on top. Simpler, and clearly of this country, is the New York Sour, a blend of 2 ounces bourbon, 3/4 ounce each of lemon juice and simple syrup, and two dashes of bitters, all shaken and poured over ice; four ruby Port bar spoons are then carefully poured on top to complete a drink that’s visually stunning and a crowd-pleaser to boot. At Dorcol Distilling Co. on South Flores street, a drink called the Strawberry Port Cake, using the distillery’s signature apricot rakia (a clear brandy), has been on the bar menu from day one, now four years and counting. The Modernist on Grayson has been open only a few months, but that didn’t stop me from asking veteran bartenders/owners Gerry Shirley and Olaf Harmel to come up with a couple of new Port drinks. Shirley’s started with a 10-year tawny Port and included coffee liqueur, rum, Lillet Rosé and maraschino; Harmel’s began with blackberries, a VSOP Cognac, two apricot liqueurs, a squeeze of lemon … and ended with ruby Port drizzled on top. “It’s a play on sangria,” said Harmel. Both guys promised they’d remember their drink in case anyone asked. Put their feet to the (roaring) fire. sacurrent.com • March 7-13, 2018 • CURRENT 37

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If you haven’t listened to Princess Nokia’s record 1992, you’re sleeping on one of the best hip-hop albums of the last couple years. Destiny Nicole Frasqueri, formerly known as Wavy Spice, and commonly known as Princess Nokia, is a force to be reckoned with in the genre. With her throwback ’90s references she uses throughout the record, on top of her sharp flow and delivery, we’re stoked to see this New York-based rapper rock in the 5-1-2. 1111:40pm, Clive Bar, 609 Davis St.

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On the heels of September 2017’s Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee, the Grammy award-winning member of the Fugees launched his tour in January and is slated for an SWSW performance. I mean, what else can we say about Wyclef Jean that hasn’t been said? The Score is probably one of the best hip-hop records of all time, dude’s solo work is ill, and he knows how to rock a live show. If you haven’t seen this Haitian-born artists perform live, now’s your chance. 12:30-1:50am, Highland Lounge, 404 Colorado St.

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With SXSW days away, we thought we’d talk about a couple of the bands that we’re stoked to see. This year’s lineup is a little different, mostly up-and-coming, and a ton of international artists, contrast to last year when the festival hosted acts like Talib Kweli, At The Drive In, Third Eye Blind and Erykah Badu to name a few. So, since 2018's bill is packed with a lot of bands that you arguably have never heard of before (calm down, hipsters, we’re talking to our general audience), here’s 11 acts that you’re gonna wanna check out.

Divide and Dissolve ▲ Sunday, March 11

Composed of Takiaya Reed (saxophone, guitar, live effects) and Sylvie Nehill (drums, live effects), Divide and Dissolve are a bludgeoning two-piece, ambient, avante-garde metal outfit whose compositions are as heavy as their message: to decolonise, dismantle white supremacy and empower people of colour and Indigenous people the world over. The Australian duo’s sound is slow and brooding, taking the time to make you think about all the fucked-up things white-supremacists have to done to POCs over the years. Say hello to your new favorite doom-/sludge-metal band.

One thing I appreciate about this UK three-piece is their unexpected transitions and arrangements. Their sound is sort of ’90s alt-rock meets present-day indie-pop but with intricate live drum, hip-hop-sounding beats. Still, it’s in a way that’s all their own. TBH, I hate most “indie” music that comes out today on account of it sounding like a copy of a copy of some other band that’s trying to be the Beach Boys. Husky Loops, on the other hand, is doing some interesting shit, and they’re definitely worth your attention if you dig good rock ‘n’ roll. *Date, time and location not yet specified.

Chastity

Angsty punk rock textures meld with juicy pop aesthetic to get anyone who appreciates a good beat and melody dancing alone in their room in just their underwear. This is pretty much the best way I can describe Canadian one-man band Chastity. Being dubbed the new millennial answer to Smashing Pumpkins, this Ontario-based artist is quickly garnering international acclaim. *Date, time and location not yet specified.

Billy Strings Tuesday, March 13

I can’t remember what article I said this in, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: bluegrass music is folk and Americana’s thrash metal. I mean, throw some distortion on those banjo riffs and make it sound a little sadder and these folks sound like they’re playing something off of Master of Puppets. Anyway, Michigan’s Billy Strings is a literal bluegrass prodigy and since he’s not coming to Texas anytime soon except for his SXSW performance, you won't want to miss the dude shred. 1-1:45am, 18th over Austin, 500 N. I-35. sacurrent.com • March 7-13, 2018 • CURRENT 41

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Dubbed by NPR as either the most glam garage band around, or the grungiest glam band around, Brooklyn’s Sharkmuffin plays a delectable style of garage rock that sort of sounds like if Hole went in more of a grunge/garage direction rather than the produced sound they eventually arrived at. It’s noisy, dancey and maybe this decade’s answer to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 10-10:40pm, 720 Club, 720 Red River St.

Oy Monday, March 12

Avant-garde electronica meets pop in the middle of the woods at sunrise for a drum circle. That’s my first impression listening to the title track from Berlin-based vocalist & musician Joy Frempong and producer and musician Lleluja-Ha, better known as Oy. Their sound is reminiscent of psychedelic indie pop rockers Yeasayer, but definitely more experimental. Despite its weird textures, the duo’s music is still approachable and will make you feel things you may not be ready for. 11:30pm12:10am, Barracuda Backyard, 611 E. 7th St., Austin.

Domico Friday, March 16

Combining lo-fi garage atmosphere with J-rock melodies, this Japanese rock duo have a style of rock that’s noisy and sporadic, but at the same time really poppy and fun. The guitars are either straight-forward grunge power chords or intricate fretboard riffs that add to the chaos. It’s playful but still retains this edge of sophistication reminding listeners that these dudes are some seriously talented musicians. Midnight-12:40am, Elysium, 705 Red River St.

Death Bells

Oh, the darkness and the pain! If you’re like us and are living for this recent postpunk revival, then Death Bells most certainly needs to be on your itinerary at this year’s festival. Hailing from Sydney, this six-piece combines all the classic stylings from your favorite post-punk groups like Joy Division, Tears for Fears and Depeche Mode, but adds a touch of shoegaze and contemporary indie elements to keep it fresh. 8-8:40pm, Barracuda, 611 E. 7th St.

Zoology Thursday, March 15

Art-pop at its finest, this Canadian duo layer electronic beats with R&B and pop vocals and intricate jazz guitar riffs creating a sound that’s fresher than the merch you’ll want to buy at their official SXSW showcase. You need this band in your life. 1-1:40pm, Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez. *Wristbands at $169 are sold out. For updates on dates, times, and locations for performers, and to purchase badges, visit sxsw.com.

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Hailing from Orange County, Calif., since 1979, Agent Orange was one of the first bands to fuse punk with surf — a blend that has become popular again. With a few lineup changes, including some ex-members of Social Distortion, the band is back on tour to remind this next generation of punkers where this shit came from. Also on the bill is Oakland’s The Atom Age. They claim to have found their inspiration from the “dust-covered collections of unhinged 60s punk and R&B” – and it shows in groove-happy songs like “It’s a Mess”. $12-$15, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., thelimelightsa. com. – CC FRI

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A living legend, Augie Meyers’ style and his Vox Continental has become one of music’s most distinctive keyboard sounds in Tex-Mex music. Meyers is known for his work with the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornadoes and has also performed with Bob Dylan and John Hammond. In an interview with the Current almost a decade ago, Meyers talked about his hit “Hey Baby Que Paso.” “I was going with this lady — I won’t mention her name — before I got married. She said, ‘Man, why do you play that Mexican music? I don’t like it.’ I said, ‘There’s the door, sweetheart.’ So she left. I didn’t hear from her for a couple of weeks, and I wrote: ‘Hey baby, que paso?/ I thought I was your only vato.’ About six months later, she called me and said all her friends loved that record. She said, ‘I’d sure like to get a copy.’ I said, ‘Yeah, you can buy it at Wal-Mart.’ So she never called me back.” Savage. $15-$70, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com. – CC FRI

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Gloria Trevi Vs. Alejandra Guzman Two of the biggest Latin pop stars of all time – Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán – announced the final leg of their Versus World Tour in January, which will wrap up in North America this spring. Back in 2000 Trevi was arrested for “corrupting minors” (the singer had been accused of recruiting adolescent girls for live-in musical training that included sex with her manager, producer and ex-husband, Sergio Andrade) for which she served four years and eight months in prison, but was released and cleared of all charges, due to lack of evidence. Guzmánis the daughter of revered Mexican actress, producer and politician Silvia Pinal and Enrique Guzmán, who is considered as one of the pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll in Mexico. Regardless of the controversy and famous parents, Trevi and Guzmán are undoubtedly two of the most representative icons in Spanish-language music. From pop-punk/rock chingonas to pop stars, they’ve influenced generations with their music, style, ideology, and performances, cementing themselves as some of the most transcendental and successful creators and exponents of Mexican pop/rock. $49$500, 8pm, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. – CC SAT

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HEATWAVE III English Beat Along with like-minded acts Madness and The Specials, The English Beat helped define the UK’s Two-Tone movement, a late-1970s ska revival fueled by punk, mod and new wave sensibilities. Co-led by vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, the group disbanded after the release of the classic 1983 album Special Beat Service just as they were finding stateside success via club and college radio mainstays such as “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Tears of a Clown” and “Save It for Later.” Although reunited shortly thereafter as the successful offshoot General Public (best known for the hit “Tenderness,” which appeared on the soundtracks for the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Weird Science), ), the frontmen eventually parted ways and now lead variations on the outfit they created together. Ranking Roger heads UK-based The Beat, and California-based Wakeling fronts The English Beat, which returns to San Antonio this week for an intimate performance at Sam’s. $25-$100, 8pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 2232830, samsburgerjoint.com. — Bryan Rindfuss TUE

Youth Orchestras of San Antonio's (YOSA) next installment of its excellent Classic Albums Live series, which has thus far featured Radiohead’s OK Computer, The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Prince’s Purple Rain, is The Eagles’ 1976 Hotel California. The series pairs the best young classical musicians in the area with what has been an array of talent from the local, non-classical music scene with YOSA director Troy Peters. Previously, Peters quietly assembled a cast of local talent based on his knowledge of the San Antonio music scene and his estimations on which artists would best fit the material. For this go-round, Peters and company were looking at mixing things up a bit, so in October, YOSA issued an open call for submissions for solo vocalists and/or bands that felt up to the challenge of giving this landmark album the classical treatment. Those selected for this performance include Vanessa Lynn Bird, Jake Castillo Trio, The Rick Cavender Band, Down for the Count, Elnuh, Fein Tuned, Michael J. & The Foxes, MiChelle Garibay-Carey, Orsinger, The Velvet Hues, the Chris Villanueva Quartet, and Volcán. $25-$55, 8pm, The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 2238624, tobincenter.org. — CC MON

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Act of Defiance w/ Shattered Sun Featuring the former members of Megadeth and Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance performs with special guests Shattered Sun and other local bands. $18-$20. The Rock Box, 7pm. Iya Terra As the genre of Reggae music continuously evolves, Iya Terra has found a way to take the messages of traditional RootsReggae and seamlessly mash them up in a today version. The young group of musicians have chosen the name Iya Terra, meaning “Higher Ground,” as the launching pad to create positive, music that messages of anti-establishment, simple living, and a healthy lifestyle. $10. Jack’s Bar, 8pm. Johnny P & The Wiseguys Local six-piece swing band performs ’50s Rat Pack tunes. $10. Jazz, TX, 8:3011:30pm. The Sheckies Pogo-punk band The Sheckies from Cape May, NJ, performs live with local punk band Knockin’ Chucks. $5-$7. Limelight, 9pm. 48

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Agent Orange Punk rock band from Placentia, Calif., performs over three decades of original hits with special guests The Atom Age from Oakland. $10-$15. Limelight, 9pm. Augie Meyers Augie Meyers’ style and his band has become one of music’s most distinctive keyboard sounds around. Augie is known for his work with the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados. Meyers has also performed with Bob Dylan and John Hammond. $15-$70. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm. Joseph King and The Mad Crush Indie surf act joined by Nic Long of Lonely Horse and Chris Maddin. Free. 502 Bar, 9:30pm-12:30am. New Orleans Night Brent “Doc Watkins” is joined by Pierre Poree of New Orleans and friends. $25. Jazz, TX, 8:30-11:30pm. Teenage Bottlerocket Punk rock band from Laramie, Wyo., is joined by MakeWar from Brooklyn, ‘90s alternative group Decent Criminal, One Last Shot and Pavel Demon & The Revenant. $15. Paper Tiger, 8pm. SATURDAY, MARCH 10

Charlie Robison A sixth-generation Texan, Charlie Robison hails from tiny Bandera. He and his brother, noted musician Bruce Robison, found an interest in music early on, and by the age of 15, Charlie and his brother began playing gigs around Bandera. Later, he made his way to the Austin scene, where he was a part of such bands as Chapparal, Two Hoots and a Holler, and The Millionaire Playboys. $25. Gruene Hall, 9pm.

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Hotel California Live A dozen orchestral YOSA students are performing the entirety of The Eagles Doc Watkins and His Orchestra South 1976’s Hotel California album. The Texas jazz musician Brent “Doc” performance will replay some of the Watkins and his orchestra perform live. Eagle’s hit songs from their Grammy $30. Jazz, TX, 8:30-11:30pm. award-winning record. $25. Tobin Nick Lawrence Local country act Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm. performs over a decade of original hits live. $8-$10. John T Floore’s Country Imagine Fest III: Night two Ambient instrumental band Verisimilitude Store, 7pm. is joined by psychedelic group Scary Cherry & The Bang Bangs Hyperlight Driveship, The Kraken Described as the glitter punk love Quartet from Austin, The Holy Knives child of Alice Cooper and Joan Jett, and Eye of the Day. $7. Imagine Scary Cherry & The Bang Bangs Books and Records, 7pm. performs live with speed rock band TUESDAY, MARCH 13 The Guillotines and punk rock group Brutality, Inc. Free. Limelight, 9pm. Dead Boys Among the first wave of SUNDAY, MARCH 11

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): The men who work on offshore oil rigs perform demanding, dangerous tasks on a regular basis. If they make mistakes, they may get injured or befoul the sea with petroleum. As you might guess, the culture on these rigs has traditionally been macho, stoic, and harddriving. But in recent years, that has changed at one company. Shell Oil’s workers in the U.S. were trained by Holocaust survivor Claire Nuer to talk about their feelings, be willing to admit errors, and soften their attitudes. As a result, the company’s safety record has improved dramatically. If macho dudes toiling on oil rigs can become more vulnerable and open and tenderly expressive, so can you, Aries. And now would be a propitious time to do it.

neither quite a plant nor quite a tree, and mist, which is neither quite rain nor quite air, and dreams, which are neither quite waking nor quite sleep.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, in-between phenomena will be your specialty in the coming weeks. You will also thrive in relationship to anything that lives in two worlds or that has paradoxical qualities. I hope you’ll exult in the educational delights that come from your willingness to be teased and mystified.

and exciting escapades. But right now I’m advising you to channel your intelligence into well-contained opportunities and sensible adventures. In fact, my projections suggest that your ability to capitalize fully on the future’s rousing opportunities and exciting escapades will depend on how well you master the current crop of well-contained opportunities and sensible adventures. Making the most of today’s small pleasures will qualify you to harvest bigger pleasures later.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The English word “velleity” refers to an empty wish that has no power behind it. If you feel a longing to make a pilgrimage to a holy site, but can’t summon the motivation to actually do so, you are under the spell of velleity. Your fantasy of communicating with more flair and candor is a velleity if you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How will never initiate the practical steps to accomplish you celebrate your upcoming climax and that goal. Most of us suffer from this weakness culmination, Taurus? With a howl of triumph, at one time or another. But the good news, a fist pump, and three cartwheels? With Virgo, is that you are primed to overcome your a humble speech thanking everyone who version of it during the next six weeks. Life will helped you along the way? With a bottle of conspire to assist you if you resolve to turn your champagne, a gourmet feast, and spectacular wishy-washy wishes into potent action plans -sex? However you choose to mark this and then actually carry out those plans. transition from one chapter of your life story to the next chapter, I suggest that you include LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the 2002 an action that will help the next chapter film Spiderman, there’s a scene where the get off to a rousing start. In your ritual of character Mary Jane slips on a spilled drink completion, plant seeds for the future. as she carries a tray full of food through a cafeteria. Spiderman, disguised as his alter GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On April 23, ego Peter Parker, makes a miraculous save. 1516, the Germanic duchy of Bavaria issued He jumps up from his chair and catches Mary a decree. From that day forward, all beer Jane before she falls. Meanwhile, he grabs produced had to use just three ingredients: her tray and uses it to gracefully capture her water, barley, and hops. Ever since then, apple, sandwich, carton of milk, and bowl of for the last 500+ years, this edict has had jello before they hit the floor. The filmmakers an enduring influence on how German say they didn’t use CGI to render this scene. beer is manufactured. In accordance with The lead actor, Tobey Maguire, allegedly astrological factors, I suggest that you accomplished it in real life — although it took proclaim three equally potent and systemic 156 takes before he finally mastered it. I hope directives of your own. It’s an opportune time you have that level of patient determination to be clear and forceful about how you want in the coming weeks, Libra. You, too, can your story to unfold in the coming years. perform a small miracle if you do.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you saw the animated film The Lion King, you may have been impressed with the authenticity of the lions’ roars and snarls. Did the producers place microphones in the vicinity of actual lions? No. Voice actor Frank Welker produced the sounds by growling and yelling into a metal garbage can. I propose this as a useful metaphor for you in the coming days. First, I hope it inspires you to generate a compelling and creative illusion of your own — an illusion that serves a good purpose. Second, I hope it alerts you to the possibility that other people will be offering you compelling and creative illusions — illusions that you should engage with only if they serve a good purpose.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What’s your most frustrating flaw? During the next seven weeks, you will have enhanced power to diminish its grip on you. It’s even possible you will partially correct it or outgrow it. To take maximum advantage of this opportunity, rise above any covert tendency you might have to cling to your familiar pain. Rebel against the attitude described by novelist Stephen King: “It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Whistling in the Dark, author Frederick Buechner writes that the ancient Druids took “a special interest in in-between things like mistletoe, which is 54 CURRENT • March 7-13, 2018 • sacurrent.com

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot was a connoisseur of “the art of roughness” and “the uncontrolled element in life.” He liked to locate and study the hidden order in seemingly chaotic and messy things. “My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents,” he said. “Yet when I look back I see a pattern.” I bring his perspective to your attention, Scorpio, because you are entering a phase when the hidden order and secret meanings of your life will emerge into view. Be alert for surprising hints of coherence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect that in July and August you will be invited to commune with rousing opportunities

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I do a lot of self-editing before I publish what I write. My

horoscopes go through at least three drafts before I unleash them on the world. While polishing the manuscript of my first novel, I threw away over a thousand pages of stuff that I had worked on very hard. In contrast to my approach, science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dashed off one of his award-winning stories in a single night, and published it without making any changes to the first draft. As you work in your own chosen field, Aquarius, I suspect that for the next three weeks you will produce the best results by being more like me than Ellison. Beginning about three weeks from now, an Ellison-style strategy might be more warranted. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you’re in a favorable phase to gain more power over your fears. You can reduce your susceptibility to chronic anxieties. You can draw on the help and insight necessary to dissipate insidious doubts that are rooted in habit but not based on objective evidence. I don’t want to sound too melodramatic, my dear Pisces, but THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY! YOU ARE POTENTIALLY ON THE VERGE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED BREAKTHROUGH! In my opinion, nothing is more important for you to accomplish in the coming weeks than this inner conquest.

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