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Waiting It Out
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Waiting It Out
Even city politicos and VIPs are subject to the cruel realities of SAISD’s lottery system BY BEKAH MCNEEL
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ries of anguish and joy rang out across San Antonio ISD on Tuesday, February 19, as the district announced the lottery results for its specialized schools. OK, those cries were mostly in the form of online chatter, but boy were people excited — or disappointed. “My hopes are dashed,” one parent wrote on Facebook after her kids were waitlisted at Steele Montessori Academy on the South East Side. “Feeling very lucky!” wrote another, whose daughter had been offered a pre-K spot at the Advanced Learning Academy downtown. As is the habit of online conversation, the hand-wringing was significantly more prominent than the celebration. There were also just a lot more families waitlisted than accepted. But it may make some parents feel a little better to know who else has been waitlisted by San Antonio ISD. School board members. Journalists. Political consultants. The mayor. Yep. Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s son Jonah was waitlisted for the Young Men’s Leadership Academy earlier in the year. The waitlist at that school is short, so he was able to get in sooner than later, but Nirenberg said he and his wife Erika Prosper knew they may need a backup plan. “Our experience was pretty typical for an average family,” Nirenberg said. “I was pleased that we were treated fairly [and] not with any special exceptions. It gave me confidence that
the process that SAISD uses to enroll students is fair and equitable.” Nirenberg found his time on the waitlist strangely reassuring, “not just as a dad but as a neighbor in a city where kids need high-quality educational options.” See, there’s no VIP pass to get into SAISD’s specialized schools or magnet programs. Schools with special curriculums like Montessori, dual-language and high-tech career training have become extremely popular around the country, and SAISD didn’t miss the boat. The lottery for its non-traditional schools and magnet programs was intensely overfilled in some schools, like Steele, the Advanced Learning Academy and Twain Dual Language Academy. All in all, SAISD’s 27 choice programs received 9,958 applications, according to an open records request from the district. Only 2,930 seats were available through the lottery, and the rest went to waitlists.
“Good Luck to Them!” Before we get deeper into this, let’s pause and appreciate the fact that people are anguishing like this over SAISD schools. As suburban districts and charter networks expand, SAISD has been losing kids faster than kids lose, well, everything.
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But now the students are coming back. They’re actually falling all over themselves to come back. At the rate of two to three new schools and magnets per year, the district can’t keep up with demand. Naturally, some people might assume that no lottery is truly blind, that there’s always a back door for the likes of, say, politicians, prominent local developers or even a humble journalist who writes about the school system day in, day out. (Ahem.) Not so, says enrollment czar Mohammed Choudhury. Speaking recently to a group of parents Choudhury said he’s gotten pressure from local VIPs to create loopholes for them in the enrollment system. They’ll shoot him and email, or casually mention that they or a friend have enrolled their kid in the lottery. He knows they expect him to take certain action — to handle their application personally and shepherd it through the lottery into their top choices. “That’s not going to happen,” Choudhury said. His pat email response to those mentions: “Good luck to them!” If parents call Choudhury’s office asking to jump the waitlist, they get their waitlist number and a mini-lecture on equity. Occasionally, campus leaders accustomed to what Choudhury calls “the old way” of opening back doors have even tried to circumvent the enrollment office’s rigid policies. Emails obtained through an open records request show that the administration of Twain Dual Language Academy tried to enroll some families mid-year. Those families were from KIPP, a local charter that has been taking in would-be SAISD kids for years. Getting them back would have been a major coup, and the administration assumed it would have full support from the superintendent and the office of access and enrollment. Tricia Baumer, senior director of SAISD’s office of access and enrollment, shut that down quick. Coup or no coup. “We have to apply standard ways in which students are accepted to our Choice Schools and Programs,” Baumer wrote. She then offered the administration two options “to preserve the integrity of the process” — everybody gets in or no one. The schools could bring in their entire waitlist for the spots in question (and hire new teachers to accommodate them), or they could walk back whatever offers had been made. Twain administrators complied. They sent offers to their entire Spanish-language waitlists in two grades. In the end, only three additional students enrolled. But it’s easy to imagine the sweaty moments waiting to see what the influx would be. Equity crisis averted.
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And, in supporting it, SAISD trustee Steve Lecholop said, they have to play by the same rules. His daughter is currently on the waitlist at the Advanced Learning Academy, his and his wife’s first choice. “SAISD is committed to an objective, fair and impartial process to all of our choice schools,” Lecholop said. “That means no one gets special treatment, including me. I’m OK with that.” Lecholop’s daughter did get into Steele, the family’s third choice. He said he’s not sure whether they’ll take that spot or go to their neighborhood school, Bonham Academy, where he trusts current campus leadership. He has until March 8 to decide. Most of SAISD’s specialized schools follow a 50-50 rule to integrate economically disadvantaged and middle-class students, a research-based method to create more equitable learning environments.
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Critics charge that SAISD is only catering to the middle class with its specialized schools, however. John and Niki Burnam are the exact
kind of young family you’d expect to see flooding the specialized-school programs. They are also foster parents to two young girls.
Their biological daughter, a pre-schooler, was waitlisted at the Advanced Learning Academy and Steele Montessori. Their foster daughter, a rising kindergartner, got into Young Women’s Leadership Academy — another competitive K-12 school, that will open its elementary grades for the first time in 2019. (The Leadership Academy doesn’t have pre-kindergarten, or their preschool daughter could have gotten in as a sibling.) John Burnam, a partner at consulting firm Burnam/Gray which has run mayoral and City council campaigns, said his family’s outcome means the system worked as it should. “It just shows that the lottery works,” he said. “The fact that we had one child get in and another not get in shows that it really is random. The kids that need to get in are getting in.”
Republican Texas House candidate Fred Rangel (right) points out poll results on the night of the February 12 special election.
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won a South Side legislative seat and independent candidate Laura Thmpson did the same on the East Side. H. Drew Galloway, executive director of voter mobilization group MOVE San Antonio, said his organization plans to step up education and turnout efforts to make people aware of the runoff. Ahead of the special election, his nonpartisan group hosted a candidate forum and conducted registration pushes at St. Mary’s and Our Lady of the Lake universities — both located in the district. Now it will need to hit the streets again. Nonpartisan MOVE’s focus is on young voters, who emerged as a significant factor in the November midterms. Realistically, though, many first- and second-time voters simply may not be aware of what’s at stake in a special election for a Texas House seat, Galloway said. “We’re concerned about the turnout rate in District 125,” he said. “We know special elections are notoriously hard to get people to turn out for.” Early voting for the District 125 election will run March 4 through March 8. Those unsure whether they live in the district can visit the Bexar County Election Department website at bexar. org/1718/Texas-State-Representatives.
If Democrats can’t turn out voters in the District 125 runoff, the GOP could flip another San Antonio district
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ow do you turn a traditionally Democratic district Republican? These days, the answer may be simple as calling a special election. Last year, Pleasanton Republican Pete Flores flipped one of San Antonio’s state Senate seats after advancing to a runoff special election against Pete Gallego, the Democrat widely considered to have the election sewn up. Next month, a similar situation could play out in a runoff for District 125, a Texas House seat representing Northwest San Antonio that was once considered dependably blue. Republican businessman and activist Fred Rangel emerged as the top vote-getter in the February 12 special election to fill the spot, vacated when Democratic State Rep. Justin Rodriguez departed to take the late Paul Elizondo’s seat on Bexar County Commissioner’s Court. Like Flores, Rangel has been bolstered by high-level GOP endorsements — Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn among them. And, like Flores, he could benefit from good Republican ground game, especially if Democrats stay home. Just 6 percent of the district’s
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101,000 registered voters cast ballots in the special election earlier this month. Poll watchers warn equally sparse numbers could mark the runoff, scheduled for March 12. “That ought to scare local Democrats,” said David Crockett, a political science professor at Trinity University. “In special elections, small numbers can make a big impact and make outcomes very difficult to predict. It often comes down to whoever can mobilize their friends and family.” The District 125 runoff is likely to go overlooked since it’s months ahead of the May citywide election, Crockett points out, and many may not even be aware whether they’re eligible to vote since they typically cast House ballots as part of a larger election cycle. That kind of unpredictability and the election’s standalone status have Abbott and other top Republicans eager to see if they can pull off an upset. “It’s the only game in town, so it doesn’t surprise me that you would see bigwigs weigh in on this one,” Crockett adds. Even so, the Texas Democratic Party has publicly struck a positive note, pointing out that 60 percent of the vote
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in the February special election went to its candidates. “Texas House District 125 is a Democratic district and it will remain a Democratic district,” party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a press statement. It’s true that the race’s four Democrats outperformed Rangel as a group. But he was, far and away, the top individual vote getter, locking up 38 percent to Lopez’s 19 percent. Coda Rayo-Garza trailed Lopez by a couple dozen votes. Plus, last year’s special-election upset wasn’t the first time Democrats have lost a recent off-cycle race in San Antonio. In 2016, Republican John Lujan
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ouncilman Manny Pelaez seems a little caught off guard when I ask him about his decade-long experience as an improv troupe member and stand-up comedian. Still, he takes the question in stride. “Who told you that?” he asks. When I reveal my source, he nods in a circumspect manner, then fesses up. “I was … a stand-up comedian.” From the sleek second floor of the Plaza de Armas building, the 44-year-old labor and employment lawyer explains that comedy helped satiate his appetite for performance and public speaking, a hankering that’s apparent to anyone who’s observed Pelaez’s time on the dais. “The most beautiful thing about improv and standup comedy is that you can say the craziest, most outrageous things and you’re inoculated, in many ways, from criticism … [released from] the social contract
that we all have to only say polite things,” he says. “The day you start taking yourself too seriously is the day that you’ve abandoned honesty.” Though Pelaez took his 2017 bid to represent District 8 quite seriously, he was, at the time, convinced that any one of his five opponents would prevail. Instead, he was catapulted into a runoff with Cynthia Brehm, current chairwoman of the Bexar County Republican Party. At the mention of his former opponent’s name, the room’s light mood evaporates and Pelaez takes a long pause. “That lady is a piece of work,” he says with a slow shake of his head, explaining that he was “disappointed” the race ended up in a runoff. “[Brehm] is very antagonistic ... really on the verge of ... demagoguery. Negativity was her platform. [She has a] very, very strange way of looking at public policy.”
Pelaez said he feels sad for the BCRP. “They really could have gotten some real leadership there. But, thank God I beat her, and thank God we were able to bring some optimism and positivity to the office.” Election season, for office holders, is report card time. So, I ask if there’s anything Pelaez thinks Mayor Ron Nirenberg could improve upon as he undertakes his own reelection campaign. Pelaez leans back in his chair and contemplates. “Sometimes,” he says, “I wish our mayor would punch back.” He reminds me that many people in the world “make a hobby out of taking swipes at leaders.” “I worry that Ron showed up with great arguments to a knife fight,” Pelaez adds. He says he’s encouraged Nirenberg to occasionally “punch back.” And he’s sometimes seen the mayor jump into the ring. “I always celebrate when he does that,” Pelaez says. “I’m hungry to see Ron do that a little bit more,” he says of the upcoming election. “I love watching [him] flex those muscles, as well.” Earlier this month, outspoken District 6 Councilman Greg Brockhouse announced his run to unseat Nirenberg. I’m curious whether Pelaez has learned any new campaign moves from Brockhouse, who described himself as a “driven dude” in this column. “I’ve learned that San Antonio is hungry for plain speaking, and I’ve seen that he has a very good instinct for tapping into that hunger.” Pelaez nods thoughtfully. “He’s a master at that. I’ve learned that being a naysayer and positioning yourself as the outsider — even though you’re quite inside — works and it gets attention. He’s indefatigable, and there’s no denying that he’s a workhorse. And one of the other things that I’ve learned from him is that he gives as good as he gets. Greg and I have exchanged body shots.” Pelaez suddenly stops, squints and thinks. “Not body shots.” He turns to Pat Wallace, his chief of staff. “What is it?” He lightly roundhouses in front of his chest. “The punches…” I’m not very helpful. “I think it’s called body shots ... right?” Pelaez says. Wallace shrugs apologetically. “No, that’s weird. A body shot is when you drink liquor out of someone’s belly button, isn’t it?” Pelaez’s eyes light up. “Body blows. He and I have exchanged body blows ... a number of times, and we’re still friends.” Pelaez continues. “I consider him my friend. We just have strong disagreements about the direction in which the city needs to go.” I ask Pelaez what keeps him optimistic and on track when things get heated on the dais. “Optimism is one of the most important traits of leadership, because people expect you to look for success,” he says. “People expect you to look for ways to improve upon something that’s already good or to fix something that requires fixing.” Though he’s only in his first term, Pelaez speaks like a man who’s been in office for a long time. “The alternative to smiling is crying,” he says with a bold and winning smile. “And I’m not gonna waste any time crying.” I’ll drink to that. sacurrent.com | February 27-March 12, 2019 | CURRENT
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In the realm of RuPaul’s Drag Race, contestants with ties to Texas have a solid track record for leaving behind distinctive signatures — Alyssa Edwards perfected the tongue pop, Shangela rejoiced “Halleloo” and Cynthia Lee Fontaine drove us “cucu.” Farrah Moan, on the other hand, is perhaps best remembered for her crying episodes. A Houston native who cut her drag teeth in Austin with assistance from Fontaine, Moan — whose name nods to pheromones and iconic Texan beauty Farrah Fawcett, not to mention “being a whore” — relocated to Las Vegas before entering the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race as an admittedly “scared little 22-year-old.” Styled as a Christina Aguilera-inspired showgirl with a fetishistic edge, Moan was frequently in the bottom, never won a challenge and ultimately finished in eighth place. Returning to the reality competition series on the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Moan addressed her reputation as the “crybaby” of season nine while claiming to have polished her craft and evolved into a “grownass mature spray-tanned adult.” Thrown curveballs by pre-existing bitchery with Gia Gunn and a quieter rivalry with Valentina (who got the distinct pleasure of eliminating her twice), Moan sashayed away in the second episode, finishing in ninth place. Speaking to Billboard late last year, the Los Angeles-based performer lamented the outcome but beamed about having found a high-profile fan in Christina Aguilera herself. Since meeting Aguilera on an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, Moan has appeared on stage with her idol several times, introducing her at LA Pride and performing as a backup dancer during Opening Ceremony’s Spring/Summer 2019 show at New York Fashion Week. Glittery, feathery, pink and poppy, Moan returns to the Alamo City for two shows at Heat with support from comedically gifted hostess Tencha la Jefa and the Rey Lopez Entertainment Showgirls. $15-$25, 10:30pm & midnight Wed, Heat Nightclub, (210) 386-4537, reylopezentertainment.net. — BR
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Nodding with its title to iconic French lensman and Magnum Photos founding member Henri Cartier-Bresson and his principle of harnessing “the decisive moment,” the San Antonio Museum of Art’s new exhibition “Capturing the Moment” brings together 77 images created by 23 photographers working between the 1920s and the 1970s. Assembled largely but not exclusively from a recent gift of more than 850 photographs collected by Marie Brenner and Ernest Pomerantz, it offers a broad, organic look at the evolution of photography and the world at large. Organized into three thematic chapters — Landscapes & Cityscapes, People & Portraits and War & Conflict — the mainly black-and-white collection illustrates the early 20th-century arrival of lightweight, hand-held 35-millimeter cameras and how they served as game-changers for clandestine street photographers, photojournalists and early chroniclers of the everyday. Although there are some recognizable stars in the bunch — including documentary hero Dorothea Lange’s haunting, 1936 icon Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California and landscape master Ansel Adams’ 1960 image Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite — they mesh seamlessly into a storyline that pulls viewers into the dust storms of the Depression era, the grim realities of WWII, the front lines of the civil right movement, motorcycle clubs, living rooms, honky-tonks and the gritty corners of New York City’s Times Square. Organized by Suzanne Weaver (SAMA’s Brown Foundation Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art) with support from assistant curator Lana Meador, “Capturing the Moment” also bridges gaps between still photography, film and video in five compact screening rooms where visitors can sit for a spell and take in Henry Horenstein’s 2014 love letter to Austin dance hall the Broken Spoke, Leonard Freed’s 1993 short following drag performer Joey Arias to New York’s infamous Wigstock festival, or Cartier-Bresson himself shedding light on the creative process. During a walkthrough of the exhibition, Weaver and Meador explained that “Capturing the Moment” is essentially the tip of the iceberg as the Marie Brenner and Ernest Pomerantz Collection has brought SAMA a sharpened focus on photography that’s certain to inform future exhibitions. $12-$20, 10am-5pm Wed-Thu, 10am-9pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm Tue through May 12, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones St., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
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Although his resume includes writing and directing credits for the award-winning coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels (1991) and the blaxploitation documentary BaadAsssss Cinema (2002), British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien is arguably better known for conceptual films presented on multiple screens simultaneously. Seemingly dissected and left for viewers to reassemble with their own eyes, these immersive projects have involved journeys to remote ice caves in Iceland, juxtapositions of Arctic and African landscapes, travels through China and curious collaborations with the likes of Tilda Swinton and James Franco. A co-founder of the Sankofa Film and Video Collective (an organization “dedicated to de-
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veloping an independent black film culture in the areas of production, exhibition and audience”), Julien made one of his earliest waves with Looking for Langston — a 1989 film billed as “a lyrical exploration — and recreation — of the private world of poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and his fellow black artists and writers who formed the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s.” In essence a non-linear homage that presents Hughes as a metaphor for the black gay experience, the film has earned cult status and is taught extensively in universities as part of African-American and queer studies programs. Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2017, Julien was a favorite of late local artist and philanthropist Linda Pace, who acquired more than 50 of his works during her lifetime. In celebration of Looking for Langston’s 30th anniversary, the Linda Pace Foundation’s gallery Studio at Ruby City showcases the 45-minute film as the anchor of a new exhibition of two recently acquired photographs Julien shot during production — Film-Noir Angels and Masquerade No. 3. Free, opening reception 6:30-8:30pm Thu, on view 10am-8pm Thu, 10am-6pm Fri-Sun through Aug. 11, Studio at Ruby City, 111 Camp St., (210) 227-8400, rubycity.org. — BR
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For this year’s Autograph Series, literary arts organization Gemini Ink presents a public reading and Q&A with poet Terrance Hayes, the 2010 National Book Award winner (for his collection Lighthead) and a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. A prolific wordsmith, Hayes has published eight collections of poetry since his debut in 1999, and will release his latest book in September, an adaptation of a series of lectures entitled To Float in the Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight. Highly praised by both critics and fellow authors, Hayes’ poetry has been described as “invincibly restless wordplay at the service of strong emotions,” as his musical style and careful grasp of language tap into a deeper human truth. Free, 7pm Thu, Trinity University, Laurie
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As it coincides with Contemporary Art Month’s official kickoff party and takes shape at CAM’s original launch pad in the Blue Star Arts Complex, this year’s CAM Perennial exhibition warrants priority status on your gallery-hopping agenda. A tradition since 2012, the shape-shifting Perennial has brought critical outside perspectives to San Antonio by handing over the creative reins to guest curators from Dallas, Houston, Mexico City, New Orleans, Miami and the Canary Islands. An Education and Curatorial Associate at the El Paso Museum of Art whose recent credits include the Transborder Biennial and “Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper from the Collection of Cheech Marin,” Kevin Burns steps in as curator of the Perennial’s latest chapter. Oddly sharing an ominous title with a published symposium on iconic French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction of Marxism, “Ghostly Demarcations” brings together eight artists from San Antonio and the El Paso-Juárez borderplex who find creative common ground in “structures and origins, be they societal, cosmological, familial, or personally constructed through memory and experience.” Pairing hometown artists Amada Miller, Barbara Miñaro, Audrey LeGal-
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ley and Katie Pell with El Paso-Juarez-based Terri Bauer, Kim Bauer, Ingrid Leyva and the two-man collective Animales de Poder (Oscar Gardea Duarte and Guillermo Ramirez Garcia), “Ghostly Demarcations” employs prints, collages, photographs, drawings, ceramics, installations, textiles and (spoiler alert!) a playable record made of ice to address societal structures, fragility, familial heritage, the dynamics of hierarchy and the very origins of life. Free, opening reception 6-9pm Fri, on view 10am-8pm Thu-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat-Sun through May 5, Blue Star Contemporary, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960, bluestarcontemporary.org. — BR
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The Overtime’s latest premiere has got it all: Frogs? Check. Cats? Check. Aliens? Check. An animalian take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a dash of Seinfeld thrown in? Check and check. Written by Bethany Schwartz, the curtain opens on our starry-eyed protagonist, Tad, an “unrealistically romantic, imaginative and arrogant” frog who is unfortunately a little more than a tad narcissistic. We travel with Tad across a magical, frog-filled landscape, as he is forced to learn resilience in the face of adversity and the inevitable disappointment everyone experiences when looking for love. Tad’s epic journey is littered with musical numbers “inspired by Meatloaf, ’60s doo-wop, zydeco, and musicals like West Side Story and The Pajama Game,” sung by the frogs, cats and extraterrestrials that cross his path along the way. Directed by Nicole Erwin, this farcical anthropomorphic tale stars Cesar Duenas as Tad, with Jessica Roberts and Steven Mortimer in supporting roles. $10-$15, 8pm Fri-Sat through Mar. 23, Gregg Barrios Theater at the Overtime, 5409 Bandera Rd., Ste. 205, (210) 5577562, theovertimetheater.org. — KMN
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Among the more conceptual fare being served up during this year’s Contemporary Art Month (CAM), this esoteric meeting of the minds pairs new solo shows by married artists Nicholas Frank and Amada Claire Miller. In
addition to the personal connection, “Demos Schmemos” and “Hands Downs” both explore the concept of “trust exchange” but also, from their own distinct angles, celebrate the notso-arty topic of booze. A Milwaukee native who arrived in San Antonio via a 2017 Artpace residency, stuck around and now covers arts ad culture for the Rivard Report, Frank recently told us his “Demos Schmemos” deals with both the sports bar chain Buffalo Wild
Wings and crossing the menacing River Styx of Greek mythology. Although he jokingly admitted that Miller suggested he should just tell people it’s “about beer,” Frank expands on the hard-toimagine project in his artist statement as a “rumination on the corrosion of democracy and mutual trust” that references money via “Ancient Greek obolus and drachma, set in hand-built ceramic double-spitoons holding leather renderings of beer foam lacing shapes.” An Austin native who founded the local art space Hello Studio and recently completed a three-month Blue Star Berlin Residency at Künstlerhaus
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The trappings of South Texas Latino culture get an irreverent, flamboyant spin in the work of multimedia artist Jose Villalobos. Raised in El Paso in a conservative, religious Mexican-American family, he often spins his own life experiences and observations into visually arresting sculptures, installations and performances that comment on gender stereotypes, gay identity and machismo culture. A UTSA graduate and co-director of Beacon Hill’s Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, Villalobos has earned press and praise for bodies of work involving suspended cowboy hats tricked out with layers of fringe, deconstructed cowboy boots, Western shirts emblazoned with the contrasting terms “Macho” and “Maricon,” and stamped leather belts defiantly reclaiming derogs like “Jotito” and “Puto.” In 2018, he was one of 25 artists from across the country to earn a $25,000 Painters and Sculptors grant from the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation. In what’s likely to be one of the highlights of this year’s Contemporary Art Month, Villalobos is taking over Presa House Gallery with “Cicatrices (Scars),” a solo show that sees the artist “dismantling traditional modes of masculine identity” and protesting “the toxicity of machismo.” Through deconstructed and altered objects associated with norteño culture and a one-time performance during the First Friday reception, the exhibition also aims to juxtapose “distress with a feeling of comfort deriving from patriarchal and religious social structures which marginalize gay identity.” Free, 6-11pm Fri, on view by appointment through Mar. 30, Presa House Gallery, 725 S. Presa St., (210)913-5842, presahouse.com. — BR
Bethanien, Miller is among the handful of local artists featured in “Ghostly Demarcations,” the CAM Perennial exhibition being hosted down the way at Blue Star Contemporary (116 Blue Star). For “Hands Downs,” Miller plans to transform FL!GHT’s compact, salon-style gallery into a functioning speakeasy that requires visitors to purchase (affordable) handmade ceramic coins to experience “a mutual performance of social interaction and abstract economy.” Free, 6pm-midnight Fri, on view 5-8pm Wed-Fri, noon-8pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun through Mar. 31, FL!GHT Gallery, 112R Blue Star, (210) 872-2586, facebook. com/flightsa. — BR
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which will allow viewers to decide for themselves which works are which, will provide plenty to think about in terms of all manner of issues related to the language of color in our society, including but not limited to gender, sexuality, race and class. Participating artists are Carlos Rosales-Silva, Joshua Saunders, Kaeyln D. Rodriguez and Mark Anthony Martinez. Free, 6-8pm Sat, Snake Hawk Press, 144 Zapata St., (210) 274-5409, miniartmuseum.org. — James Courtney
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During Contemporary Art Month (CAM) each March, the local art lover has the happily stressful task of trying to keep up with and attend more art shows, talks, parties and other events than is even really possible. It’s a blitz and it’s delightful, but I digress. Among the exciting, early-opening shows of this year’s CAM is this collaboration between Cruz Ortiz’s Snake Hawk Press and the roving wonder that is the Spare Parts Mini Art Museum. For this conceptually original exhibit, curator Josh T. Franco, an art scholar who wrote his PhD dissertation on minimalism and rasquachismo in Marfa, invited four artists to create two very specific pieces each: one piece focused on prioritizing the use of color in physical terms and the other piece focused on exploring the social implications/connotations of color. The resulting body of work,
The “alternative art hive bungalow” Galeria Xitana starts off CAM by introducing their first Xitana-in-Residence, Xelena González, in an interdisciplinary event they’re calling ‘Manifesto Xitana.’ González, a writer and dancer, is the author of the award-winning children’s book All Around Us, a meditation on circles both seen and unseen, from the curve of rainbows to the cycles of life. The jam-packed evening will feature readings by González as well as Laurie Ann Guerrero and Rachel Christilles; art on display by Lee Ortiz, Katlyn Powell and Allison Maldonado; performance art by Andi Garcia-Linn, Rose Mary Kennedy and La Adelita Chingona; and music by Maya Guirao. Free, 6pm Sat, Galeria Xitana, 720 W. Gramercy Place, (210) 542-0936, contemporaryartmonth.com. — KMN
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Born in the mountainous town of Caguas, Puerto Rico, drag performer, makeup artist and choreographer José David Sierra got his first taste of the small screen while working as a dancer on the variety program El Super Show in the 1990s and later emerged as a fixture on the drag circuit as Jessica Wild. Landing on the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race via popular vote in 2010, Wild struggled with a language barrier exemplified by the title of her hypothetical autobiography being misunderstood as Dreams of a Golden Shower instead of Dreams of a Golden Child. (“Now I know what is a ‘golden shower,’ she joked on the web series Hey Qween, “and I like it.”) Although she got roasted for that particular Absolut Vodka-sponsored challenge, not to mention her pronunci-
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ation of “açai,” Wild laughed all the way to the bank with her very own commercial for Absolut Berri Açaí that amusingly referenced her difficulties with English. Since finishing in sixth place on the reality competition series, Boston-based Wild has collaborated with politically charged Puerto Rican rap duo Calle 13, toured with iconic Mexican rocker Gloria Trevi and released the Billboard-charting dance single “You Like It Wild.” Rey Lopez Entertainment brings the endearing, surprisingly down-t0earth performer back to San Antonio for an evening of drag shenanigans in conjunction with his talent-search series Drag Me to Fame. $15-$25, midnight Wed, Heat Nightclub, (210) 386-4537, reylopezentertainment.net. — BR
the stories behind the images and discussing the technical aspects of her work. Leibovitz’s career has weathered seismic shifts both in the world at large and in the photographic medium itself – including the sea change from film to digital techniques – so now’s your chance to hear hard-won wisdom right from the horse’s mouth. Plus, some tickets come with copies of the book, so you can leave with reading material in tow. $29.50-$300, 7:30pm Wed, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — KMN
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Whether you’re a photo-obsessive or just a casual connoisseur of the glossies in the grocery aisle, you’re certainly familiar with Annie Leibovitz’s oeuvre. With a career spanning almost five decades, Leibovitz has captured the visages of Hollywood stars, famous athletes, scientists, luminaries, and even the Queen of England in her signature style. To promote the newly revised edition of her bestselling 2008 book, Annie Leibovitz at Work, she will present a slate of her photos, telling
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With this CAM exhibit, which is a collaborative effort between Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery and Poca Madre Arts (a D.C.-based organization with central TX ties), artist-curators Jose Villalobos and Michael Anthony García present work from 14 local, regional and national artists focused on the “varied representations and connotations of the human form, both aesthetic and political.” Working in various mediums, the artists in the exhibit will, necessarily, express and explore very distinct, subjective relationships to bodies (including, and especially, their own). The first part of this exciting exhibit will open with a reception on March 8, while the second part will open on March 22. Then, on June 14, the two parts will come together as a whole and be on view in Austin at the Museum of Human Achievement. Free, 7-10pm, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, 1704 Blanco Rd., (915) 603-6802, clamplightsa.com. — JC
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The final musical written by storied duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, The Sound of Music was an instant hit at its Broadway premiere in 1959. A fictionalized take on Maria von Trapp’s memoir about her family’s
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beginnings as the Trapp Family Singers, The Sound of Music is known to most as the 1965 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews, and has cemented itself into the collective consciousness with famous songs including “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “So Long, Farewell.” Set at the cusp of the Anschluss (which marked Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria), the von Trapp children are introduced to their new governess, Maria Rainer, whom they take to immediately. Maria bonds with the children as well as their father, forming a newfound family unit as well as a talented musical group, but under the threat of a forced commission to the German navy, the von Trapps must plot their escape from Austria’s Nazi regime. The Tony award-winning production team behind the musical’s latest tour has reminded audiences nationwide why The Sound of Music became and remains a timeless example of American musical theater. $45$225, 8pm Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat, 2pm Sun, Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — KMN
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The NBA’s marquee MVP candidate, Giannis Antetokounmpo, makes his Spurs Sports & Entertainment only stop in San Antonio when the beleaguered Spurs host the ascending Milwaukee Bucks this Sunday. Antetokounmpo recently stole the show at All-Star weekend, combining with Steph Curry to deliver the signature play of the black Super Bowl. Led by former Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer, the Bucks have taken a leap this season, becoming one of the few teams who can legitimately challenge the defending champions in a seven game series. When the Bucks hosted the Spurs in November, San Antonio stalwart DeMar DeRozan matched the Greek Freak with 34 points in a losing effort. With LaMarcus Aldridge back in AllStar form, the Spurs’ postseason fortunes will likely be tied to DeRozan’s performance down the stretch. Expect another stellar outing from DeRozan versus the Bucks. $22-$1,685, 7pm Sun, AT&T Center, One AT&T Center Pkwy., (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com. — MS
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For one night only, the Tobin Center will be transformed into a land of glimmering metals — emerald, ruby and, of course, gold. Designed as a faithful rendering of the timeless film, the theatrical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz brings to life the technicolor magic that first captured the world’s imagination in 1939. Dorothy and Toto (played on tour by Kalie Kaimann and adorable terrier Murphy) are whipped up by a tornado and dropped into the enchanted land of Oz, and soon meet a variety of misfits – a brainless Scarecrow, a fearful Lion and a heartless Tin Man – who join them on their quest to meet the powerful Wizard who resides in the Emerald City. The stage production features imaginative choreography and splashy special effects sure to impress, and after the performance the artists will come back onstage for a Q&A as part of the Tobin’s Generation NEXT initiative, giving attendees a chance to get an up close and personal look at the stagecraft behind the scenes. $49.50-$99.50, 7:30pm Tue, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — KMN
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Gary Sweeney interviews Ana Fernandez
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y first encounter with Corpus Christi native and Joan Mitchell Foundation grant winner Ana Fernandez had nothing to do with art. She had rescued a severely injured stray dog and she spent a great deal of time and money nursing “Pebbles” back to health, so I wanted to meet her. Since then, I’ve noticed her artwork in exhibitions all over Southtown, and her paintings get better every time I see them. She recently completed a residency at Artpace which highlighted her painting, sculpture and printmaking skills.
Did you have a mentor? I’ve had lots of mentors over the years. I worked with Susanna Coffey at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Nancy Rubins at UCLA. What kind of student were you in high school? I mostly just wanted to read and draw. Even though I’d transferred [to Roosevelt High School] as a junior, I still managed to make friends and have fun. I worked at H-E-B on
Walzem part-time and blew my entire check at Windsor Park Mall every week. I drove a Caprice Classic that blasted a giant cloud of white smoke as it started up. Tell me about your time at UCLA I started classes at UCLA two weeks after 9/11. It was a stressful time. My main advisor was Nancy Rubins. Our art studios were located off-campus, in an industrial section of Culver City. It was graduate school and it was challenging. As I recall, it was always damp and gray inside the studio building. It was a world away from the regular campus and a bit humorless. I went to the main campus to the Bruin student store and bought a UCLA teddy bear for comfort. 24 6
What was your first experience with art? My mother is an artist, so we grew up going to the Art Museum of South Texas and the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History. I liked the paintings in the dioramas and was especially drawn to the exhibits with seascapes and the fake sand in the foreground. Did you have a favorite artist growing up? Not really a favorite artist necessarily, but I loved to learn about the different art movements, like Dada or Pop. I did a project and paper on Dadaism when I was 16. I used to browse through stacks and stacks of old Art News magazines in high school and had an interest in performance artists like Chris Burden and Vito Acconci. I really liked everything at that age, my brain was a sponge.
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researchers they employed to screen images that were submitted for the personalized postage stamps. I had to take a battery of tests and be able to identify notorious characters such as serial killers, mobsters, infamous politicians, et cetera. During the interview I informed the department manager that not only was I able to identify the killer, I could also match him with his victims. I think that sealed the deal and I got hired. In 2009, they laid off half of the department, so I came back home to San Antonio. It was the best decision I could have made because, not only has San Antonio’s landscape provided me with a constant source of visual inspiration, had I stayed in LA, my catering businesses — Chamoy City Limits and the Institute of Chili — would have never existed. Necessity is the mother of invention. How would you describe your artwork to someone who has never seen it? Painting mostly. Landscapes and sculptural work inspired by the streets. Have you been involved with the gallery system? I’ve worked with galleries and I’ve also represented myself. Galleries and art dealers are great. It’s nice to have someone in your corner who can help introduce new people to my work and provide camaraderie.
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If you didn’t do artwork, what do you think you would be doing? I’d probably have gone to culinary school. I love cooking. I also love construction workers and wish I could do that, too. What does a typical day look like for you? When I’m not in my studio, I usually spend my days doing something to earn money. Being self-employed is stressful, but it’s also exciting — like a real-life video game. You’ve got your money level, your energy level and your time level … and you have to maintain all of them, otherwise it’s “game over.” When one bar gets too low, you have to raise it. And on and on — day in, day out. I’ve always worked very hard to create the time and space needed for my art. Do you struggle with your ideas, or does your artwork flow out of you effortlessly? I try not to judge myself or struggle with anything while I’m in the process of making something. It’s hard to make art while you’re wearing a critic’s visor, but, yes, it can be a struggle at times. As far as my process goes, it begins by my getting out into the world. I like to drive around and take photos, stop into shops and chat with people. All that informs my work. What three things never cease to bring you joy? Working on my business, making art and learning.
6 23 It seems to me that many UCLA art students get out and immediately jump into the LA art scene. You chose to come back to San Antonio. Why? I had my first show right out of grad school at Patricia Faure Gallery at Bergamot Station. I stayed in LA a to24
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tal of almost 10 years. I had a handful of shows while I lived there. But I never really came into my own, work-wise, until I moved back to Texas. While in LA I’d worked a full-time job for Stamps. com, which was my dream job. I was one of the
From March 10 to April 28, Fernandez’s work will be on view at Houston’s Jonathan Hopson Gallery (904 Marshall St., jonathanhopsongallery.com) as part of “Nuestro Hogar,” a two-person show with Francis Almendárez. For more about Fernandez, visit anafernandez.co.
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Unbuilding the Wall
Fernando Andrade
Rising local artist Fernando Andrade breaks down boundaries with NALAC-supported exhibition ‘Muros/Walls’ BY MARCO AQUINO
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ernando Andrade’s new Central Library Gallery exhibition “Muros/Walls” sees the artist venturing into new territory. Known for his photo-realistic drawings focusing on socio-political issues, Andrade is often touted as one of the young artists to watch within the South Texas art scene. With “Muros,” though, he abandons the hyper-realism of his figures in favor of large-scale, mixed media, gestural works emphasizing movement. The series is the result of a National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) 2018 Fund for the Arts grant. In a statement, Debbie Racca-Sittre, director of San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture said, “The Department of Arts and Culture is proud to continue supporting San Antonio artists and is excited to join the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures and the San Antonio Public Library in bringing Fernando Andrade’s exhibit
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to the residents and visitors of our city. We congratulate Fernando on this collection of work, and thank him for sharing his talents and voice on a topic that is important and timely in our society.” Moved to action by the anti-immigrant sentiment expressed by President Donald Trump, Andrade builds on the concept of walls to include mental, spiritual and cultural barriers. “Muros” is Andrade’s attempt to move from regional themes to more universal ones. As you enter the gallery, six largerthan-life drawings are separated into groups of three on opposite walls. The portraits are stunning in their size and draftsmanship. A third wall displays a series of six smaller, more intimate portraits which include the same figures from the larger works. While the large scale of these drawings (six measure 96” x 54” and are presented behind equally massive glass frames) will no doubt remind viewers
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of Vincent Valdez’s 2004 monumental boxing match series “Stations,” perhaps a better frame of reference for “Muros” is the British artist Jenny Saville’s recent body of work. Much like Saville’s 2018 series “Ancestors,” “Muros” makes references to several art historical archetypes while presenting a series of contemporary figures in the midst of action. In both series, overlapping bodies emerge from the surface, evoking Leonardo Da Vinci’s iconic Vitruvian Man. “A lot of my work dealt with Mexico and the U.S. border,” Andrade told the Current. “Some of the feedback that I had been getting throughout the years was, ‘How can you expand your work?’ I started thinking about these issues that we go through. For example, in one of the pieces, I was thinking about losing a loved one. Whether you’re rich, poor, Republican or Democrat, it’s a wall that you have to go through at some point in your life. So instead of using walls as a way to separate each other, I’m thinking about different ways to talk about how we can relate to each other as human beings.” In Misericordia/Compassion, a modern-day Pietà, Andrade depicts a mother holding a recently deceased boy on her lap. The boy’s lifeless arms hang from his body down to the floor. The longer you observe the drawing, multiple viewpoints begin to emerge from the ink wash that covers the surface. Like the other five large-scale works, Misericordia is filled with tension and a controlled disorder. The portraits in this series are a departure from previous work where Andrade’s figures are static and meticulously rendered. Here, Andrade’s figures seem entangled in a sort of chaos and fight to escape the boundaries of the paper. “Walls are meant to stop people, but I feel as a human being, it’s natural to keep moving,” Andrade said. “We’re always moving, that’s a part of life.” In one of the more striking portraits, Permanecer/Remain, Andrade depicts a Native American elder staring directly
back at the viewer. His attire, including a cowboy hat, vest and boots, give hints of his cultural background. Markings capturing variations in movement appear behind him. Like the rest of the figures in “Muros,” a sense of introspection prevails from the figure. He remains solitary, anxiety-ridden, stoic. “He’s actually from North Dakota but I met him here in San Antonio,” Andrade explained. “It was very quick and I asked him if I could take his photo.” A 2008 graduate from the graphic design program at San Antonio College, Andrade gained recognition early on through his solo exhibitions “A Jugar la Guerrita” at Hausmann Millworks in 2013 and “Tierra y Libertad” at Blue Star Contemporary in 2014. In these works, Andrade juxtaposed the innocence of childhood with the cartel-led violence and trauma often found along the U.S.-Mexico border. His expertly rendered figures and attention to detail drew praise from critics across the board. Fernando Andrade With “Muros,” Andrade builds on the themes and concepts of his previous series, yet aims to take his work in new directions. “I learned a lot from the six drawings,” he said. “It’s the largest I’ve ever worked and it’s new techniques.” In his representation of people from different walks of life, Andrade emphasizes their basic humanity. Isolation, mental health and the loss of loved ones are all universal issues — barriers or boundaries we must overcome. Thematically, “Muros” is centered on the idea of transcending borders and the resilience of the human spirit. But more importantly, “Muros” is Andrade’s not-so-subtle attempt to break through the labels and expectations imposed on him as an artist.
‘Muros/Walls’ Free, 9am-9pm Mon-Thu, 9am-5pm FriSat, 11am-5pm Sun through March 22, Central Library Gallery, 600 Soledad St., (210) 207-2500, getcreativesanantonio.com.
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Antarctic writer and artist David Hutchison inks a panel in a forthcoming comic using his tablet workstation.
tures of archaeologist Gina Babette Diggers. Perry, the series’ creator, still writes, draws, colors and letters every issue of the ongoing series.
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Comic Book Heroes
Local brothers keep Antarctic Press thriving long enough for one of its creations to land a Netflix show BY RICK KLAW
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t all began in 1976, with a family trip to Taiwan. Already avid collectors of Richie Rich and Marvel superhero comics, brothers Ben and Joeming Dunn — then ages 12 and 10, respectively — discovered the Japanese comics form known as manga, and their young minds were blown. The radically different art and stories were like nothing they’d seen in America. That eye-opening experience brought on a deep love for manga and eventually led Ben Dunn to form his own comic publisher, San Antonio’s Antarctic Press. Remarkably, the company has weathered 35 years in the tumultuous industry and emerged a trendsetter, presaging several movements and launching the careers not just of Ben Dunn, but other creators including Terry Moore, Alex Robinson and Fred Perry, all of whom have won accolades for their work. And with filming starting next month on a Netflix series based on Ben Dunn’s popular Warrior Nun Areala comic, Antarctic’s influence on pop culture will soon be
splashed across television screens worldwide. Not bad for a pair of San Antonio brothers who just loved manga. Antarctic got its start in 1984, some eight years after the Taiwan visit, when Ben Dunn teamed with friend Marc Ripley to launch the anthology Mangazine. Most of the early stories were created by Dunn, but soon other local creators such as Perry, Joe Wight, and Rod Espinoza began contributing to the title. Antarctic’s first hit came three years later with Ninja High School. The series, focused on an unassuming high schooler who becomes the object of both an alien’s and a ninja’s affections, was one of the earliest original English-language manga produced in the U.S., a form now known as “Amerimanga” in the business. Antarctic’s second successful Amerimanga, Gold Digger (1991), related the Indiana Jones-like adven-
Ben Dunn returned to Amerimanga in 1994 with Warrior Nun Areala, the series that inspired the upcoming Netflix show. The title character called upon his San Antonio upbringing, which included graduating from Central Catholic. “I knew about the lore and history of Catholicism. It was always fascinating to me — the rituals, legends and stories,” he said. “Definitely ripe for story exploitation, as they say.” The title became a sales and critical success, even spawning a proliferation of holy heroes from other comics publishers. However, it generated controversy in the Catholic press. “I tried to keep it adventurous, fun and tongue-incheek as possible,” Ben Dunn said. “Basically, my take was that in Marvel and DC superhero comics there was very little mention of the Church. With all the mutants and superheroes, I’d think there would be more characters with a strong religious bent or that the Vatican would have such people as part of their organization or advanced team.” Despite the forthcoming Netflix series, no collections of the previously published Areala stories remain in print, nor will Ben Dunn and Antarctic be in charge of chronicling the character’s future. “Ten years ago, my wife had gone into surgery and we had expensive medical bills,” he explained. “The comics industry is not well known for health plans. We had to pay a lot of expenses out of pocket.” So, to cover the bills, he sold the property to Avatar Press, another independent comic publisher. Avatar recently announced there will be new Warrior Nun comics, but it hasn’t revealed a launch date or creative team. Still, Ben Dunn will have a hand in the television version of his creation. He’s acting as story consultant for the show with Simon Barry, executive producer of Syfy’s Van Helsing and Ghost Wars, serving as showrunner.
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comic, but if we see someone coming up with a new interest and a different look, we encourage them more than we discourage them,” Denham said. “We publish what we feel has the juice. That little bit you can’t define, but you know it when you see it. We don’t want an entire line of any one style of book. We want each book to have their own look and feel and lettering that reflects the creators.” That belief has come with some tribulations, though. Last year, Joeming Dunn agreed to publish controversial creator Richards Meyer’s IndieGoGo-funded Jawbreakers book without understanding the creator’s contentious, verbally abusive relationship with retailers and other comic creators. After learning of Meyer’s frequent dust-ups with others in the business, Antarctic pulled the project. But, despite the occasional hiccup, the business rolls on. After a decade of publishing six titles and a T-shirt each month, Antarctic recently upped monthly schedule to 15 books. Last year, it also began distributing local publishing house Guardian Knight Comics, bringing its kid-friendly adventure series William the Last and upcoming Tintin-meets-Tarantino crime drama Offbeats to wider audiences. “I’m really excited to bring in new talent,” Denham said. “As an aspiring comic creator in the early ’90s, I was helped along the way by a lot of old talent on their way out, and other pros in their prime. I’ve tried to pay that forward for the past 25 years in comics. I have helped many creators along the way get published or hone their craft. To share my lifelong love of comics and appreciation for this art form excited me to no end.” Through all the years and all the changes, Antarctic’s publishing philosophy remains the same, said Joeming Dunn. “If it was a good project, we didn’t care what it was, who did it. We just care that it was a good, entertaining and fun,” he said. “That’s what comic books should be all about.”
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Many Ways to See the World
New book uses photography and personal narrative to explore the plurality of the blind experience BY JAMES COURTNEY
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hen those of us in the sighted population think of blindness, and by extension of the blind, we often make the mistake of thinking of blind experience as one particular thing, somehow the same for all who experience it. The truth is, just like in every other aspect of perception/ consciousness, blindness is an endlessly unique experience and each person who lives with it relates to it and develops with it in their own singular way. In exploration of this very concept, San Antonio-based photographer Michael Nye has published a new book this month via Trinity University Press. The book, entitled My Heart Is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception, is both emotionally poignant (in a deeply humanistic way) and, from a philosophical/psychological standpoint, quite thought-provoking. It is a profound statement of the absolute diversity of individual minds/consciousnesses and lives, a reminder of the fact that the world is a different thing for each and every person that grasps at it, and a call to empathy, not only toward the blind experience but toward all types of diversity of experience. In terms of format, the book features personal life narratives from more than 45 people (including San Antonio accordion guru Juanito Castillo, pictured) talking about their lives in terms of their blindness and in terms of everything else. Each narrative
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portrait is accompanied by a stunning photographic portrait by Nye, whose eye and technical skill coalesce to produce a truly transcendent product. Just like every other human experience, we come to find that the narratives contained in this book, and the striking photographs that accompany them, run the gamut from funny to heart-breaking, from inspiring to frustrating, and everything in between. In his introduction to the book, Nye sets the tone more succinctly than I ever could: “Not all blind people are blind. Not all sighted people can see. Knowing what the world looks like is not a requirement for understanding. For many, ‘blindness’ suggests a lack of awareness. If that is true, then everyone is blind to what they don’t know.” If this all sounds as interesting and edifying to you as it should, you can grab the book at tupress.org. This week you can also attend a talk and book signing with Nye at the Twig (details below). And, last but certainly not least, there is an exhibit that acts as a companion to My Heart Is Not Blind on view at the Witte Museum (3801 Broadway, wittemuseum.org) through March 31.
Michael Nye Author Appearance Free, 5:30-7pm Thu, Feb. 28, the Twig Book Shop, 306 Pearl Pkwy., (210) 8266411, thetwig.com.
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ARTISTS FOUNDATION 12TH AWARDS CYCLE February 1 – March 15 Artist Foundation of San Antonio Applications are ONLY accepted via the online application here at artistfound.org. Email info@artistfound.org or call 210-721-1670. EFFORT ECONOMY February 1 – May 4 Blue Star Contemporary • 116 Blue Star Julie Favreau, Raul Gonzalez, R. Eric McMaster, Ronny Quevedo, Anne Wallace. LUMINARIA 2019 CALL FOR ARTISTS February 1 – March 15 Apply to be a Luminaria 2019 Featured Artist for free online at PublicArtist.org For the second year in a row, Luminaria hosts two open calls for artists. Deadline March 15. CECILIA BIAGINI: AGUA VIVA February 12 – March 16 Ruiz-Healy Art • 201-A E. Olmos Biagini’s paintings depict transparencies, curvilinear structures, and visible impressions, in dialogue with wall reliefs. Sculpture and sound works are constructed with the repetition of one element and the transformation that occur within the process. Gallery hours: 11 PM – 4 PM, Tuesday – Saturday. FACULTY EXHIBITION SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE – VISUAL ARTS February 21 • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM SAC Visual Arts Center Gallery 950 Lewis St (at Dewey) Stacy Berlfein, Kristina W. Berrier, Roberta Buckles, Alfonso Cantu, Michael Coyle, Jessica Decuir, Rebecca Dietz, Alfonso Espronceda, Emily Fleisher, Angela Fox, Jason Eric Gonzales Martinez, Lawrence Jennings, Carlos Loera, Norbert Clyde Martinez, Jr., Charlie Morris, Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez, Ty Wilcox. 3RD ANNUAL ART OF FETISH & FASHION February 22 6 PM – 11:45 PM Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo The night’s theme is “Worship.” Think religion with a twist. Dress to impress! Costumes or fetish attire is encouraged. Doors open at 6pm and performances start at 8pm. 18 & up only. HACKBERRY SWEEP MONTHLY VOLUNTEER BLOCK CLEANUP February 23 • 10 AM – 12 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S. Hackberry Join us at 10 am. Special food & drink. Happy Hour 12PM-3PM. OPENING RECEPTION: SETH ALVERSON February 23vv 7 PM – 10 PM Sala Diaz • 517 Stieren Curated by Deasil. Paintings by Los Angelesbased Seth Alverson. This collection offers an egalitarian perspective of the very act of painting, suggesting that the relationship between virtuosity and failure is much closer—and more mercurial—than it might seem.
FORM + FUNCTION: A VISUAL DISCUSSION February 28 • 6 PM - 10 PM DAMAS • 1414 S. Alamo Join us in the Upstairs Studios at Blue Star on First Thursday and First Friday from 6pm-10pm for the opening receptions of our CAM show. We will be pairing works by artists Linda Perez and Audrey LeGalley to address the idea of worth and to build a discussion around why we value what we value. MENDING WALL: A RELIC OF TRUTH Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28 • 6 PM – 9 PM Terminal 136 • 136 Blue Star Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick | MFA Thesis Exhibition runs February 28 – March 16. Terminal 136 is also open for First Friday, March 1, 6 PM – 9 PM. RUBY CITY PRESENTS ISAAC JULIEN’S LOOKING FOR LANGSTON Opening Reception: February 28 • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM STUDIO • 111 Camp Street Works by renowned filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien, CBE RA. Looking for Langston, one of Julien’s most recognized early works, is a meditation on the life of poet, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes alongside several of his contemporaries who were also integral members of the Harlem Renaissance. Lauded for its exploration of desire and the reciprocity of the gaze, it marked a founding film of what critic B. Ruby Rich named The New Queer Cinema. The film is regarded as a fundamental resource for African-American Studies and has been a key part of curricula in North American universities, colleges and art schools. 2019 marks its 30th anniversary. CAPTURING THE MOMENT March 1 – March 31 San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue The new exhibition features photographs and films of the decades between the 1930s and 1980s, highlights the transformative events of the twentieth century such as the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement. MICHAEL WAYNE LACKEY WONDERS FROM ABOVE March 1 • 5:30 PM – 7 PM ReMax New Hights • 5936 Broadway Lackey is a practicing engineer who discovered creating art as expression of the abstract side of the technical mind. Capturing ordinary moments from his mobile device, this is his first solo photography show. He has previously exhibited with other photography students at the Southwest Craft Center. AY PAPI’S FOOD TRUCK CONTEMPORARY ART MONTH KICK-OFF March 1 • 6 PM – 10 PM Blue Star Arts Complex • 1420 S Alamo Puerto Rican Caribbean cuisine brought to you by Chef Hector Faberlle & Nicholas Monda with vegetarian options.
CAM PERENNIAL OPENING EXHIBITION GHOSTLY DEMARCATIONS CURATOR KEVIN BURNS March 1 • 6 PM – 9 PM Blue Star Contemporary • 116 Blue Star Ghostly Demarcations, organized by guest curator, Kevin Burns, Education and Curatorial Associate at El Paso Museum of Art. Features work from eight El Paso/ Juarez and San Antonio artists including: Animales de Poder, Kim Bauer, Therese Bauer, Audrey LeGalley, Ingrid Leyva, Amada Miller, Barbara Miñarro, and Katie Pell. CAM is also proud to announce visual artist Sarah Fox as their newly appointed Board Chair. Special thanks to CAM partner Blue Star Contemporary. CEVALLOS LOFTS PRESENTS: ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE GROUP SHOW March 1 • 6 PM – 9 PM Cevallos Lofts • 301 E Cevallos “East X South” brings together a collective group of works that explore personal experiences by exploiting perceptual spaces, the figure, still-life, and the narrative through differing approaches to content, media, and technique. Feat. Madison Cuenca, Debbie Ramirez, Daniel Davalos, Val Rico, Donovan Sanchez, Alejandra Rendon Baena, Yolanda Martinez, and Anita Helmkamp. CONTEMPORARY ART MONTH KICK-OFF March 1 • 6 PM – 9 PM Blue Star Contemporary • 116 Blue Star The annual CAM kick-off celebration will take place on First Friday with music by DJ Novasoul (Labkids), and delicious eats provided by Ay Papi’s Food Truck. Visit our calendar at contemporaryartmonth.com or contact Contemporary Art Month at (210) 630-0235 / info@contemporaryartmonth. com. Free and open to the public! DEMOS SCHMEMOS: NICHOLAS FRANK March 1 • 6 PM – 10 PM FL!GHT Gallery • 112R Blue Star Demos Schmemos is Nicholas Frank’s first solo show in San Antonio since his Artpace residency in January 2017. With a set of new sculptures, Frank continues his consideration of audience, passivity, and participation, with a rumination on the corrosion of democracy and mutual trust. HANDS DOWN: AMADA MILLER March 1 • 6 PM – 10 PM FL!GHT Gallery • 112R Blue Star Amada Miller presents a trust exchange experiment in the form of a temporary speakeasy in the back of FL!GHT called Hands Down. Handmade ceramic coins grant access to a mutual performance of social interaction and abstract economy. OPENING RECEPTION: CICATRICES March 1 • 6 PM – 11 PM Presa House Gallery • 725 S Presa Exhibition by multidisciplinary artist and Joan Mitchell Foundation grantee Jose Villalobos. Villalobos juxtaposes distress with a feeling of comfort deriving from patriarchal and religious social structures which marginalize gay identity. MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES.
INVISIBLE THREADS OPENING March 1 • 6 PM – 9 PM SAY Sí • 1518 S. Alamo In celebration of SAY Si’s 25th anniversary year, Invisible Threads celebrates our organization and the many links that tie our work to the creative community of San Antonio. The exhibit will showcase the community that has built SAY Sí including alumni, staff, artists in residence, and artist participants in our various exhibits and events throughout our history. DONOVAN MARTINEZ, CORROSION OF IDENTITY March 1 • 7 PM – 10 PM Rubio Gallery South at Southtown Flats 111 Probandt Donovan Martinez, San Antonio Texas, born 1998, is currently disciplined in mixed media sculpture. Martinez is self-taught in the basics of welding, and experienced fabricating at Tom C. Clark High School. Martinez began with oxyacetylene metal sculpting. NORTH EAST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SPRING SHOW March 1 • 7 PM – 10 PM Híjole SA• 1420 S. Alamo The Upstairs Studios, Building B Híjole SA celebrates young artists from the North East School of the Arts. Come view some amazing artwork created by students grades 9–12! LUMINARIA 2019 CALL FOR ARTISTS INFORMATION SESSION March 2 • 11 AM – 12 PM Schultze House Hemisfair #9 434 S. Alamo Street Luminaria’s Administrative Manager Kat Cadena will answer questions about the application, curatorial process, and the festival. Parking is available at the Magik Theatre lot on E. Nueva St. and S. Alamo St. TERI WRIGHT: OPENING RECEPTION March 2 • 3 PM – 4:30 PM Cappy’s • 5011 Broadway New works by Teri Wright. MANIFESTO XITANA March 2 • 6 PM – 10 PM Galeria Xitana • 730 W Gramercy Place Join us for our inaugural exhibit “Manifesto Xitana” a dynamic event introducing our first Xitana-in-Residence. Writer, dancer, and author of the awarding winning children’s book “All Around Us,” Xelena Gonzalez joins us for an evening of poetry, art, music, and performance art. MEREDITH DEAN WALK IN THE WOODS March 2 • 6 PM – 9 PM REM Gallery • 219 E Park Avenue Drawings by Meredith Dean.
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COLOR CONCENTRATE: CHROMA AND CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS March 2 • 6 PM – 8 PM Snake Hawk Press • 144 Zapata Street COLOR CONCENTRATE invites four artists (Carlos Rosales-Silva, Joshua Saunders, Kaeyln D. Rodriguez and Mark Anthony Martinez) to create two new works. The Spare Parts MINI ART MUSEUM takes contemporary art to communities around the world making it possible for everyone to participate in a fine arts experience.
PAMELA ORTIZ SWART | TRADITIONS Opening Night March 5 • 5 PM Credit Human Shaenfield Financial Center • 7915 W Loop 1604 Lone Star Art Space is honored to present the works of Pamela Ortiz Swart a San Antonio, Texas based contemporary artist. Along with her studies in art, she has travels to Mexico, Japan, and the Middle East to inspired her work with a multi- cultural, multi-dimensional, contemporary narrative.
RAW PINK March 2 • 6 PM – 9 PM Mantle Art Space • 714 Fredericksburg RAW PINK is a collection of works that focuses on the power of femme aesthetics – specifically those connected to trans female self-preservation and survival.
NICOLAS VALDEZ FEAT. LOS NAHUATLATOS March 5 • 8 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Tuesday Night Music hosted by Nicolas Valdez and featuring Los Nahuatlatos.
CALVIN PRESSLEY “THE BREAKS” CLOSING RECEPTION March 2 • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Southtown Art Gallery 1913 S Flores #9 “The Breaks” includes direct visual thoughts that occur between or during Pressley’s process of painting.
CONTEMPORARY TEXTURES IN ART AND TILE March 6 • 5:30 PM – 8 PM Travis Tile Design Center • 2420 N Main Student artist works paired with contemporary hard surfaces to show how art can and should fill your daily surroundings.
MAGGOT HOUSE VIDEO RELEASE PARTY March 2 • 7 PM – 11:45 PM Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo Join us for the premiere of our Music Video Debut “Maggot House” about sexual violence on women and sex trafficking. We want to stand together as a community, & raise awareness with a night of music, vendors & food! NEW WORKS BY MICHAEL STOLTZ CLOSING EXHIBITION March 2 • 7 PM – 10 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Michael Stoltz has been making art in San Antonio for the past 15 years. His artwork consists of minimalist compositions that are drawn or painted with intentional repetitious gestures as a form of meditation. THE LUIS GONZALEZ TRIO March 2 • 8 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Live jazz every Saturday of March. NOT BRUNCH SUNDAYS March 3 • 3 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Join The Dakota East Side Ice House for NO BRUNCH Sundays with art, great eats, music beer and wine. THE BOUNTIFUL DINNER: A CLASSIC THEATRE FUNDRAISING EVENT March 3 • 6 PM – 10 PM Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo Join us for a fundraising dinner and celebration of excellent theatre that is relevant, diverse, entertaining, and transformative that is based on our upcoming production of The Trip to Bountiful. Dinner, live music, conversation, and the Classic Theatre’s Season 12 Announcement!
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KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS March 6 • 7 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry ART TO LUNCH: WHAT’S NEW IN CONTEMPORARY ART? March 7 • 12:30 PM – 1 PM San Antonio Museum of Art 200 W Jones Take an art bite out of your lunch hour with a two-object tour in the galleries and learn the back story about the art you may have missed. Head back to the office, buy lunch at Tre Trattoria, the Museum restaurant, or bring a sack lunch! $5 for non-members. First and third Thursdays. VILLA FINALE: MUSEUM AND GARDENS OUTDOOR SCULPTURES DANVILLE CHADBOURNE March 7 • 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM Villa Finale: Museum and Gardens 401 King William Street Villa Finale: Museum & Gardens is pleased to announce an exhibition of outdoor sculptures by San Antonio artist Danville Chadbourne. This event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will continue through May 24. MUSIC FOR ADVANCED LISTENERS. DJ NOVASOUL & DARBY March 7 • 5 PM – 11:59 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Music you’ll love, selected by friendly snobs DJ Novasoul and Darby. Featuring art by Michael Esparza. Pizza by Il Forno made on-site in a sweet mobile oven. CONTEMPORARY ART 101 March 7 • 6 PM – 8 PM Blue Star Contemporary • 116 Blue Star This panel discussion illuminates the processes and motivations behind the making, understanding, presenting, and collecting of contemporary art. Contact BSC Education Manager, Mari Hernandez at mari@bluestarcontemporary.org or call 210.227.6960.
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CRASS: CULTURAL RE-APPROPRIATION SHOW OF SAN ANTONIO March 7 • 6 PM – Midnight Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo One-night group show of established and up-and-coming local artists addressing the theme of “Cultural Appropriation” through their work. In addition to a curated group of 20-25 painters, sculptors and photographers, three live performances complete the show. Food pop-ups featuring fusion flavors on site. Live performances by Mauro de la Tierra, Chris Conde and Luis Luis. The CRaSS Collective is a safe place for artists to be inspired by any cultural touchstone with purpose, respect and love. CRASS: CULTURAL RE-APPROPRIATION SHOW OF SAN ANTONIO March 7 • 6 PM – Midnight Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo One-night group show of established and up-and-coming local artists addressing the theme of “Cultural Appropriation” through their work. In addition to a curated group of 20-25 painters, sculptors and photographers, three live performances complete the show. Food pop-ups featuring fusion flavors on site. Live performances by Mauro de la Tierra, Chris Conde and Luis Luis. The CRaSS Collective is a safe place for artists to be inspired by any cultural touchstone with purpose, respect and love. THE END OF ALL ROADS OPENING EXHIBITION March 7 • 6 PM – 10 PM Mercury Project Art Gallery 538 Roosevelt Avenue Created in the Atacama desert, The End of All Roads explores endless variations of both landscape and sky through photography by Scott Martin. MIKE RYAN & GUESTS March 7 • 7 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Music with Mike Ryan and Guests every Thursday in March. COW-VERSE-ATION March 8 • 7 PM – 8:30 PM Mockingbird Handprints 1420 S Alamo • Bldg. B, STE 108 Jim LaVilla-Haveling reads from his poetry book, “West, poems of a place” and Joseph Bushman reveals his drawings on fine paper of Jim’s selected poems, available that evening only. Show dates: February 7th – March 24th. Mockingbird Handprints Gallery is open Thurs- Sunday 11-6. CUERPOSUNIDOS – ANTERIOR March 8 • 7 PM – 10 PM Clamp Light Gallery and Studios 1704 Blanco Rd CuerposUnidos presents the work of 14 local, regional, and national artists The exhibition is curated by artist and curators Michael Anthony García and Jose Villalobos as a means of speaking to varied representations and connotations of the human form, both aesthetic and political.
SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS CARLOS LOERA March 9 – May 12 Memorial Branch Library 3222 Culebra Rd. San Antonio Public Library Presents Carlos Loera at Memorial Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS ELIZABETH CAMILLETTI March 9 – May 12 Cody Branch Library 11441 Vance Jackson Rd. San Antonio Public Library Presents Elizabeth Camilletti at Cody Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS KALLIE CHEVES March 9 – May 12 Bazan Branch Library 2200 W. Commerce St. San Antonio Public Library Presents Kallie Cheves at Bazan Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS LAURI GARCIA JONE March 9 – May 12v Forest Hills Branch Library 5245 Ingram Rd. San Antonio Public Library Presents Lauri Garcia Jones at Forest Hills Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS NICOLE POOLE March 9 – May 12 Cortez Branch Library 2803 Hunter Blvd. San Antonio Public Library Presents Nicole Poole at Cortez Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS SABRINA ALFARO March 9 – May 12 Great Northwest Branch Library 9050 Wellwood St. San Antonio Public Library Presents Sabrina Alfaro at Great Northwest Branch Library opening March 9 – May 12. SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS XAVIER GILMORE March 9 – May 12 Pruitt Library at Roosevelt High School 5110 Walzem Rd. San Antonio Public Library Presents Xavier Gilmore at Pruitt Library at Roosevelt High School opening March 9 – May 12. BERLIN BRUNCH WITH JUSTIN KORVER & RYAN TAKABA March 9 • 11 AM Liberty Bar • 1111 S. Alamo Blue Star Contemporary is pleased to partner with Liberty Bar to host the series Berlin Brunch. Join BSC Berlin Residency Program Alumni Justin Korver and Ryan Takaba as they discuss their experience at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien as part of the Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency Program. This small intimate setting is an opportunity to get unfettered access to the artists and residency program while joining the international art dialogue.
“UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT, AND BACKWARDS” March 9 • 2 PM – 6 PM Híjole SA• 1420 S. Alamo The Upstairs Studios, Building B From the hilarious to the macabre, come join Híjole SA artists as they sort out the ups and the downs of this crazy mixed-up world. AY PAPI’S FOOD TRUCK SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK March 9 • 6 PM – 11:59 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Puerto Rican Caribbean cuisine brought to you by Chef Hector Faberlle & Nicholas Monda with vegetarian options as well. Featuring art by Michael Esparza with live music and local vendors. JIMMY LEFLORE LATE BLOOMER, SPRING 2019 March 9 • 6 PM – 9 PM Lone Star Art Space • 107 Lone Star Presenting the works of Jimmy LeFlore, a San Antonio-based artist working with intriguing subjects and creating his own signature in today’s art community. On view March 9 – 29, and is part of the Lone Star Art District Art Walk. BROOKE HOOD SOLO EXHIBITION OPENING “POINTS ON A COMPASS” March 9 • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Southtown Art Gallery • 1913 S Flores #9 “Through abstraction of landscape, I construct personal moments and stories told through family. The pieces examine topography of the Bad River Watershed through what is imagined.” BUSTER GRAYBILL IN “SPRING BREAK” March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM Dock Space Gallery • 107 Lone Star Blvd This exhibition will be “Exploring Modernist tendencies through a rural working class perspective, the artwork challenges perceived notions of value and hierarchies imposed on objects of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture.” (Buster Graybill). DEJA VU March 9 • 7 PM – 11 PM Studio 111 • 111 Lone Star Blvd An intervention-based installation event, incorporating the language of dreaming as a visual medium for a “scene specific” setting that questions the systems of value imposed upon individuals by popular opinions. Here the observer shall be the spectacle, production shall be the experience, and an exhibition space itself, representation. HOMEBASE: ON THE CUSP, ON THE CUSP OF March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM AP Art Lab • 1906 S Flores St An exhibition featuring new works by Chabriely Rivera and Domeinic Jimenez. The two utilize personal reflection as well as universal experiences to investigate the transitory nature of living and dying. NEW WORKS BY JOE DE LA CRUZ March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM S.M.A.R.T. projectspace • 1906 S Flores
SECOND SATURDAY WORKS BY MICHAEL ESPARZA March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Possessing an artistic sensibility unlike those commonly seen coming out of his native San Antonio, Michael Esparza uses a wide array of skill sets he couples with a fascination in the concept of time and configuration of spaces. NORWEGIAN WORD OF THE DAY: ØVELSE-PRACTICE March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM The Dock Space Gallery Annex 107 Lone Star Blvd “Norwegian Word of the Day: øvelse-practice” featuring the work of Tim Olson. Join us for open studios, art markets, gallery openings, and performance artworks every 2nd Saturday of the month. R SPACE PRESENTS: WIP, RECENT WORK BY UTSA GRADUATE STUDENTS March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM R Space • 110 E. Lachapelle Jessie Burciaga, Augustine Chavez, Gabriela Cruz, Omar Gonzalez, Claudia Hare, Jessica Just, Susi Lopera, Angelica Martinez, Sonya San Miguel, Christopher Andrew Moncivais, Lauren Riojas, Jennifer Seo and Juan Vallejo. TEXAS: FEATURING NEW WORKS BY TODD WASCHER March 9 • 7 PM Freight Gallery • 1913 S Flores Drawing on the influences of South Texas flora and fauna, science fiction, and graffiti, Wascher’s intricate and detailed ink drawings on panel propose a world where the melding of mechanical and organic is less contentious than whimsical, witty, graceful and beautiful. THE MUSEUM OF POCKET ART PRESENTS ANTIGRAVITY BY ERNESTO WALKER March 9 • 7 PM – 10 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Join The Museum of Pocket Art as they start their Second Saturday Contemporary Art Month Art Walk at Dorćol Distilling + Brewing Co. featuring Ernesto Walker’s ANTIGRAVITY. ART FOR AUTISM March 10 • 2 PM – 5 PM Art for Autism • 418 Villita St. Features the works of artists with autism, hands-on workshops with local artists, music and entertainment, a health and wellness fair, food vendors, and more. This event is free and open to the public. Artists with autism receive free booth space to display, sell, and promote their artwork. NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP: COCHINEAL March 10 • 2 PM – 5 PM Studio at 1906 • 1906 S Flores St Cochineal is one of the few natural dyes derived from an insect, acquiring its rich red carmine color by feeding on the prickly pear cactus. This workshop is 3 hours long, snacks, refreshments and mimosas will be provided, feel free to BYOB. Cost of workshop includes all materials and a natural dye cochineal kit to take home. Seating is limited, RSVP.
NATURAL DYE WORKSHOP: COCHINEAL March 10 • 2 PM – 5 PM Studio at 1906 • 1906 S Flores St Cochineal is one of the few natural dyes derived from an insect, acquiring its rich red carmine color by feeding on the prickly pear cactus. This workshop is 3 hours long, snacks, refreshments and mimosas will be provided, feel free to BYOB. Cost of workshop includes all materials and a natural dye cochineal kit to take home. Seating is limited, RSVP. NICOLAS VALDEZ FEAT. LOS NAHUATLATOS March 5 • 8 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Tuesday Night Music hosted by Nicolas Valdez and featuring Los Nahuatlatos. TEXAS LOOPFEST March 13 • 6 PM – 9 PM Concrete Gallery • 116 Lone Star Blvd This is our midweek intimate and ambient showcase! Feat: Violonceloops – Guadalajara, Mexico • Pedeplei – Mexico City, Mexico • Widespread Noise – San Antonio, Texas • Polysynthfusion – San Antonio, Texas STUDIO PAINT NIGHT March 13 • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Flesh Electric Tattoo • 6649 San Pedro Flesh Electric Tattoo will host a night of painting and casual conversation. Bring any painting projects you may be working on. AIGA HAPPY HOUR MIXER March 14 • 5 PM – 7 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores AIGA Happy Hour Mixer featuring art by Michael Esparza. JOSE BALLI AND ERNESTO IBANEZ March 14 • 6 PM – 10 PM Studio 455 and Small Hall 455 Bailey Ave Ceiling Fans & Polyhedrons and performance by singer songwriter Noah Harris. ST. PATRICK’S DAY THE DORĆOL WAY BECAUSE YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN GREEN BEER. March 15 • 5 PM – 1 AM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Irish Red Party featuring Irish Red Ale and Irish fare. SIP & SWEAT March 16 • 11 AM – 1 PM Dorćol • 1902 S Flores St Begin the morning with a 45-minute, heart pounding workout presented by Tiffany Edwards of T.C. Fitness. Right after, we’ll invite you to mingle & cool down with some exclusive Dorćol Sip & Sweat adult beverages (first two on us)! CIVIL PLEASURES March 16 • 7 PM – 10 PM The Spire • 230 Center Street Feat. Natalie Melendez, Van Hanos, Moritz Landgrebe, Ross Cashiola, Norbert Garcia and Amanda Benavides. FIND ADDITIONAL INFO ON ALL OF THE ARTISTS, EVENTS, UPDATES, AND MORE!
CONAN CHADBOURNE | RECENT WORK RECEPTION AND GALLERY TALK March 17 • 11 AM – 3 Radius Center • 106 Auditorium Circle Radius Center presents an exhibition of recent work by San Antonio artist Conan Chadbourne. Exploring the connections between mathematics, spirituality, and cosmology, these intricate drawing based digital works evoke the history of mathematical imagery in art throughout time and across cultures. Work will be on view from January 25 through May 12. ST PAT’S March 17 • 3 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with us! ARTIST TALK: NIC NICOSIA March 19 • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue Contemporary artist Nic Nicosia, whose photographs are on view in the newly reinstalled Arcade Gallery, will give a lecture on his process and practice followed by an armchair conversation with curator Suzanne Weaver. Free. Space limited. 35TH ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION March 20 • 5 PM – April 7 PM UTSA Main Art Gallery • 1 UTSA Circle Juror: Bill FitzGibbons The Main Art Gallery is located in the Main 1604 Campus Art Building on the 2nd floor in 2.03.04. Metered parking is available in the Ximenes Ave Garage. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. SUBJECTIVE TIMBRE: WORKS BY AMADA MILLER March 20 • 6 PM – 8 PM The Gallery at MBS Yoga 1115 S Alamo, Suite 2212 Subjective Timbre is an exhibition of works based on the color dualities of Johannes Itten’s theory of color. Using naturally derived and synthetic dye processes, Miller will employ fiber and sculpture to explore an individual’s preferred color combinations. This exhibition will also present a movement based performance influenced by Itten’s core belief system of the Mazdaznan Health & Breath Culture. OPEN STUDIO March 21 • 6 PM – 9 PM Studio 209 • 1420 S Alamo The Upstairs Studios, Studio #209 From the seasoned collector to the first-time art buyer the open studio environment gives people a chance to learn about the artistic process enhancing the experience of collecting art. Studio 209 is an Artist run studio space creating and promoting exhibitions with local and international artists. BADCAT DESIGNS FASHION SHOW March 21 • 7 PM – 11 PM Studio 111 • 111 Lonestar Blvd “An evocative exhibition of socially insightful iterations that blend the conceptual ambiguity of fine art with decided reformulations of traditional apparel.”
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EDUCATOR WORKSHOP: PICTURE THAT: SOCIAL COMMENTARY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY March 23 • 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue See how photography from the exhibit, Capturing the Moment: Photographs from the Marie Brenner and Ernst Pomerantz Collection, reveals influential moments in history, while inspiring social change and reflection. The workshop includes interdisciplinary hands-on studio based activities integrating technology with social studies and language arts connections. Please bring your personal electronic devices and cameras. $20 for Members, $35 for Nonmembers Lunch is not included. INSTANT VISTA (OPENING) March 23 • 12 PM – 4 PM PLAYhouse • 306 Belknap Place Artist Andrew Ranville bears this history in mind in his Polaroid prints, which treat the unique Polaroid print object as sculpture and icon. Referencing the photo object as a part of the pictorial process, he then makes the actual Polaroids precious by showcasing them in display cases, or hanging them like icons on walls. The PLAYhouse becomes a miniature temple for Ranville’s Polaroids in the exhibition “Instant Vista”. “UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT, AND BACKWARDS CAM CLOSING SHOW” March 23 • 2 PM – 6 PM Híjole SA• 1420 S. Alamo The Upstairs Studios, Building B From the hilarious to the macabre, come join Híjole SA artists as they sort out the ups and the downs of this crazy mixed-up world.
ARCANE WILDERNESS March 23 • 6 PM – 9 PM Mantle Art Space • 714 Fredericksburg Mantle Art Space presents Arcane Wilderness, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Joe Hedges. Hedges will present works he calls “hypercombines”: oil paintings on wood and canvas that have new media components. NEW WORKS EXHIBIT March 23 • 6 PM – 9 PM Leal Art Gallery • 16011 University Oak Leal Art Gallery cordially invites you to an opening reception for New Works Exhibit. Join us in celebrating contemporary art by: Jerry Gann, Chris dor Lutz, Marcy McChesney, Kelsey Vera Nickerson, Abel Ortiz-Acosta, Marcus Renninger, Geannie Sandoval and Lalo Villarreal. The springtime event will also include new pieces by gallery owners and brothers: Marty and Frank Leal. Details: LealArtGallery.com. HOMEBASE: CONCERT, Q+A WITH CLAIRE ROUSAY March 23 •7 PM AP Art Lab 1906 South Flores St. In conjunction with On the Cusp, On the Cusp Of, an exhibition featuring new works by Chabriely Rivera and Domeinic Jimenez, Homebase presents a concert and Q+A with Claire Rousay. Rousay explores queerness, human physicality, and self perception through the use of physical objects and their potential sounds. This event is free and open to the public. On the Cusp, On the Cusp Of will be on display before and after the concert. TEXPOP PRESENTS: THE ROWDY WOMEN TAKE OVER! March 23 • 7 PM – 11 PM South Texas Museum of Popular Culture • 1017 E Mulberry Ave We will be celebrating Women’s Month in March with our own Rowdy Women Take Over! All female artists! All female musicians! and all female vendors! Special performance by San Antonio’s own Rowdy trio… HEATHER LEATHER! #ME: EXPLORING ONLINE AND IRL IDENTITY THROUGH ART MAKING March 23 • 1 PM – 3 PM Ouvert Studio 1414 South Alamo Street Suite #203 Crea and Ouvert Studio present “#me”, a workshop where teens can explore how social media shapes their identity through a collaborative contemporary art project. MESH March 24 • 6 PM – 8 PM The Gallery at MBS Yoga 1115 S. Alamo MESH 4.0 will be the fourth installment of an eccentric evening filled with organic movement, inspiring sound, and visual delights curated by Felicia McBride. The evening features ten local artists pairing up to create something new and spontaneous in a beautiful space. Come out and enjoy the night!! $10 ticket at the door goes toward the artists and beer/wine available for purchase.
SLOW CRUSH//HIGHLANDS// FANCLUB//PROCESSIONS March 24 • 7 PM – 11:30 PM Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo Music event. Visit contemporaryartmonth.com to view videos SLOW CRUSH and Highlands. LEIGH ANNE LESTER: NO NECESSARY TIME AXIS ON EVOLUTIONARY NOVELTIES March 27 • 6 PM – 8 PM Ruiz-Healy Art • 201-A E Olmos Drive The show is accompanied by a catalogue written with an essay by Hills Snyder. CAM HAPPENING AT SAN ANTONIO FLAVOR CO-CURATED BY VERENA GAUDY & MARTÍN C. RODRÍGUEZ March 28 • 6 PM – 10 PM San Antonio Museum of Art 200 W. Jones Avenue Join us for this year’s CAM Happening at the SA CURRENT’S San Antonio Flavor event. Feat. Jenelle Esparza, Rigoberto Luna, Braydon Gold, Ernesto Ibanez. SAN ANTONIO FLAVOR March 28 • 6 PM – 10 PM San Antonio Museum of Art 200 W. Jones Avenue Sample bites from 30+ local restaurants in various cuisines, enjoy Shiner beer and wine, signature Tito’s Vodka cocktails and the live Zas! Culinary Showdown, starring four top San Antonio chefs and celebs, emceed by Chef Jason Dady. Live music, beats by SoundCream, Contemporary Art Month art installations, and more. Tickets, info available at sacurrentflavor.com. FL!GHT CAMP March 29 – March 31 Hot Wells • South Presa Third Annual Camp Out fundraising event for FL!GHT Gallery. $100 gets you a campsite with tickets for two people. First 20 people to send their deposit get a free Jeff Wheeler drawing all of which were done onsite at Hot Wells and feature things you might see during camp! Only 60 campsites available. Pre sale tickets/reservations only via (210) 872-2586. TEACHERS GONE BAD: ALMOST SUMMER March 29 • 8 PM – 10 PM Brick at Blue Star • 1414 South Alamo Mind Twist Comedy presents, Teachers Gone Bad: Almost Summer. Join us for a night of breakroom talk and faculty room complaints with host Irma Ruiz. FIFTH FRIDAYS March 29 • 11 PM – 11 PM The Dakota East Side Ice House 433 S Hackberry Fifth Fridays: March, May, August, and November. Art, Music, and Community. THANKS TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS, ARTISTS, PATRONS, AND VOLUNTEERS. CAM WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT ALL OF YOU!
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CLOSING: COLOR CONCENTRATE: CHROMA AND CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS March 29 • 6 PM – 8 PM Chris Park at Ruby City 111 Camp Street Four artists (Carlos Rosales-Silva, Joshua Saunders, Kaeyln D. Rodriguez and Mark Anthony Martinez) create two new works. One prioritizes color, understood in physical terms. The other considers social aspects of color. The practices of these artists meditate intensively on the interplays, meanings and potentials of color. Curated by Josh T Franco.
CONTEMPORARY ART MONTH CAMMIE AWARDS 2019 March 29 • 6 PM – 8 PM Chris Park at Ruby City 111 Camp Street Every year, CAM recognizes excellence and diversity throughout the city’s rich landscape with the presentations of the CAMMIE Awards. We are excited to announce the following cultural organizations as judges for the 2019 CAMMIE Awards • Artpace San Antonio • Blue Star Contemporary • Carver Community Cultural Center • Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival • McNay Art Museum • Mini Art Museum • Ruby City • San Antonio Museum of Art • Southwest School of Art • The Best of CAM – People’s Choice (online)
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of David F. Bogle, SYNCRO Architecture Studio.
n adventure has been brewing under our very noses at 1906 South Flores Street. In his unassuming, quiet studio blkboxspace, Jacob Hurst has huddled over a desk for many an hour working on an epic role-playing tabletop adventure co-created with Austin-based collaborators Donnie Garcia and Evan Peterson. After five years of work and a successful Kickstarter launch for their tropical island adventure The Dark of Hot Springs Island, Hurst, Garcia and Peterson not only became game-makers, but also publishers and even award-winners (they took home the 2018 GenCon ENnie Gold for Best Adventure). The Swordfish Islands are a mystical, tropical archipelago that can be integrated into almost any kind of role-playing game by virtue of applying statistics from an existing game system — like fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons or Dungeon Crawl Classics — to the monsters and other encounters contained within the book. Although players can currently only visit Hot Springs Island, forthcoming books will open up more enigmatic isles for adventurers to explore. While the phrase “RPG manual” may bring to mind the image of a grungy spiral notebook full of scrawled rules, A Field Guide to Hot Springs Island and its related materials are on a whole other level. The books look like actual journals and manuals you might see on the desk in the captain’s quarters of the ship your adventuring gang will sail to the imaginary islands
contained within their pages, and they are filled with evocative illustrations by San Antonio’s Gabe Hernandez. Hurst and company have taken their newfound crowdfunding and publication expertise to help another RPG author launch a new project. Swordfish Islands has backed “not the actor” Patrick Stuart’s latest creation, a post-modern, trans-dimensional fantasy called Silent Titans. Adventurers looking to melt their brains will be attracted to Silent Titans’ setting of Wir-Heal, “a time-lost peninsula built on the tangled and comatose bodies of world-destroying trans-dimensional titans,” which is illustrated by Dirk Leichty in a style that can only be described as psychedelic M.C. Escher meets Neil Gaiman’s Mirrormask. Unsurprisingly, the Silent Titans Kickstarter almost immediately exceeded its $6,500 goal, raising a whopping $55,109 for the book’s print run. To celebrate this wild success, Hurst will exhibit Leichty’s Silent Titans artwork at blkboxspace for Second Saturday on both March 9 and April 13. Between the publication of their books on Hot Springs Island and the expansion into collaborative projects, you should certainly keep your eyes Free 7pm Sat, Mar. 9 blkboxspace, 1906 S. Flores St. (210) 227-5718 shop.swordfishislands.com.
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A quick overview of the Austin film festival’s San Antonio connections BY KIKO MARTINEZ
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he South by Southwest Film Festival takes place March 8-16 in Austin. Here are a few of the films screening directed by local filmmakers or featuring San Antonio subjects.
BLUEINK
Competing in the Texas High School Shorts category, co-directors Miranda Potter and Jade Jess have created an experimental animated short film that explores the dark and harrowing world of human trafficking. Graduates of Saint Mary’s Hall last year when they submitted their film, Potter and Jess are now both freshmen in college. Potter attends Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where she majors in film. Jess attends the University of Utah and majors in business and minors in film. According to SMH digital cinema instructor and BlueInk producer Will Underwood, this is the 11th consecutive year SMH has screened a film at SXSW. In developing BlueInk, Potter and Jess decided the film would feel more personal as an animated diary of sketches. They started by reading stories about teen trafficking and compiling them together for the film’s narration, which is presented as a first-person account. “We wanted to compare the life of a normal teenager with that of a human-traffic survivor and do it in a subtle way,” Potter said. “I hope the audience can see the subject in a new light.” BlueInk screens at SXSW on March 9 at 4:15pm (Rollins Theatre) and March 16 at 2:15pm (Alamo Drafthouse Lamar).
Fatbird Films
Hernández, a filmmaker currently based in Austin but originally from San Antonio, also learned that undocumented workers were more susceptible to workplace abuse, including unsafe working conditions and unpaid wages. According to Cristina Tzintzún, co-founder of the Workers Defense Project, one in five workers across the state of Texas is denied payment and every two and a half days, a construction worker dies on the job. In Building the American Dream, Hernández follows the stories of a few of these workers and their families. “These families understand the risks they were taking by putting their stories out there,” Hernández said. “But they’re fighters. They want to help the community and want to encourage others to tell their stories. They know that doing this is something powerful for the movement.” Building the American Dream screens at SXSW on March 10 at 11:10am (Zach Theatre), March 12 at 5:30pm (Rollins Theatre) and March 14 at 6pm (AFS Cinema).
ERNIE & JOE
During the making of her last documentary Mothers of Bedford, which tells the stories of incarcerated
THE INFILTRATORS
BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
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women with school-aged children, filmmaker Jenifer McShane realized how many people behind bars were battling mental illness. Five years later, McShane read an article about the San Antonio Police Department’s mental health unit, a team of SAPD officers trained to respond to mentally ill people in crisis. While all SAPD officers are required to take crisis intervention training, the specialized mental-health unit is focused solely on this population. In Ernie & Joe, McShane, who is based in Guilford, Connecticut, captures the interactions two of these mental-health unit officers, Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro, have with some of San Antonio’s most vulnerable citizens. “San Antonio is doing this kind of work as well as it is because there is collaboration going on between the different agencies in a way you don’t see in other cities,” McShane said. “I’d like for communities to watch this film and draw from it and see what works for them.” Ernie & Joe screens at SXSW on March 9 at 11:30am (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz), March 10 at 3pm (Alamo Drafthouse Lamar) and March 15 at 6pm (AFS Cinema).
Chelsea Hernandez
A hybrid documentary/narrative film, The Infiltrators tells the true story of a group of immigration activists who pose as undocumented immigrants and find a way to infiltrate a for-profit immigration center so they can provide the immigrants housed there with information on how to gain their freedom. The heist feature is directed by Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer) and Cristina Ibarra (Las Marthas), who called San Antonio her home for a few months in the mid’90s when she was assisting with CineFestival at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. “We were really interested in playing with the genre,” Ibarra said. “Sometimes we would call it the
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Ocean’s 11 of immigration. The goal was to tell a cohesive story that was entertaining.” Other San Antonio connections to The Infiltrators includes former resident Mohammad Abdollahi, one of the young men featured in the film who helps break into the detention center; North East School of the Arts graduate Sarah Garrahan (co-producer, and also the editor of Building the American Dream); and local filmmaker Ray Santisteban (camera operator). The Infiltrators screens at SXSW on March 8 at 6:15pm (Alamo Drafthouse Lamar), March 11 at 9:45pm (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz) and March 12 at 2:30pm (Alamo Drafthouse Lamar).
RED 11
“You can make a movie anywhere and anytime and by yourself if you have to,” director and San Antonio native Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel) told the Current earlier this month. Rodriguez proved his statement to be true at the start of his career when he made his first feature film, El Mariachi, for only $7,000 in 1992. Three years later, he broke into Hollywood with Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn and The Faculty.
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Twenty-seven years after El Mariachi, Rodriguez shows aspiring filmmakers that low-budget moviemaking can still be done. In his new film Red 11, which also cost $7,000 to make, he tells a horror/thriller story very loosely based on his experience making money during his youth as a medical test study participant. “Before we screen [Red 11], we’re going to show a documentary on the making of it,” Rodriguez said. “We’re showing you how to write, shoot, direct, edit, cut and score your own film in 14 days with no money and still come out with a kickass result. It’s going to open up a lot of people’s eyes to what is actually possible.” Red 11 screens at SXSW on March 15 at 9pm (AFS Cinema).
TREPIDATION
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Whenever approaching a new movie, filmmaker and Marshall High School senior Zachary Goodwin said he likes to tackle current issues. In his short film Trepidation, which is competing in the Texas High School Shorts category, Goodwin confronts the fear students have about school shootings. “One of the conversations that gets brought
Clockwise from bottom left: Building the American Dream, BlueInk, Ernie & Joe, Red 11 , Trepidation, The Infiltrators,
up now and again at lunch or in class is school shootings and school violence,” Goodwin said. “It’s something we see and read about too much.” During his short, Goodwin features an unnamed teen girl (Serenity Tapia) as she becomes distressed by the idea that a school shooting could happen any time during the school day. At one point, the ferrule of her pencil transforms into a bullet casing. In another scene, she imagines a fellow student bleeding from his chest while walking down the hall. “Some people my age have the mindset that, ‘There is a possibility I’m not coming home today,’” Goodwin said. “I see the concern they have. I really wanted to showcase those emotions.” Trepidation screens at SXSW on March 9 at 4:15pm (Rollins Theatre) and March 16 at 2:15pm (Alamo Drafthouse Lamar).
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Green Card Blues
After a frustrating wait, French master bread-maker returns to grow a San Antonio Bakery BY LEA THOMPSON
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ylvain Nykiel was working in the kitchen when he got a phone call a few weeks ago: the French baker he had sponsored for a green card, had finally been approved. Finally, as in two years after he filed his application. Sylvain and his wife, Sylvie, who run La Boulangerie in downtown San Antonio, had hoped to quickly reunite with Guillaume Boulard, their longtime baker, even sponsoring his green card application when he returned to France for a visa renewal in early 2017. But it took months of paperwork, legal wrangling and international phone calls before 28-year-old Boulard, a master boulanger, or bread-maker, was able to return to San Antonio and resume work.
“He loves San Antonio like it was his own,” said Sylvain Nykiel, who relocated from Paris with his wife and opened their shop in 2015. “We decided that [Guillaume] would be the best person to make French breads, and perhaps in the future become the manager of the space. We didn’t know it would take so long to get the green card.” A diehard Spurs fan, Boulard became fascinated with San Antonio when French basketball player Tony Parker joined the team in 2001. He was still living in France when he applied for a job with La Boulangerie in 2016. “We couldn’t believe he applied,” Sylvain said. “He saw our online post looking for a baker, he applied, and he got the job.” Though Parker has since left the Spurs, Boulard is excited to be back in San Antonio,
cheering for his team and working in the kitchen. This year, the couple will be able to focus on opening a new bakery location, while giving Boulard free reign to establish the bread program he wants. “I love this city,” Boulard said, adding that he was happy to see both new and familiar customers in the shop. “I’ll be making some of the breads, but I’ll be adding different [varieties] like grains, sourdough and savory pastries.” At La Boulangerie, Boulard showcased his passion for the city and developed a reputation for incredible breads — flaky croissants, buttery brioche — rarely found in the states. His expertise was so great that when Boulard left in 2017, the Nykiels paused their expansion plans, including a new shop in San Antonio or Austin. Attorneys estimated it would take a year or less for Boulard to return. Instead, the frustrating process dragged on, costing the couple thousands of dollars and preventing both their business and Boulard from moving forward with their work. “It was $10,000 to apply for the green card, not counting the paperwork and hours spent,” Sylvain said. There are many U.S. small businesses, similar to La Boulangerie, that have been negatively affected by policy changes, he added. The Trump administration’s more stringent immigration requirements have created a paperwork nightmare for attorneys and businesses. “The business is running behind — six to eight months — of where it should be,” he said. “I don’t think people understand how a business cannot grow without the right [people]. We needed a French baker because they don’t teach the same techniques here in the States.” Fortunately, the couple was able to pay to expedite the visa application. “Otherwise we might have had to wait another year,” Sylvain said. The couple still plans to turn over the bakery to Boulard, but they look forward to seeing how he grows the business and creates new breads for customers. “We need more people like him here,” Sylvain added. “We need more people who want to live here, want to stay here and make great things.”
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A Nod to the Noodle
Ramen is the star at Kuriya @ Cherrity Bar, but some small plates also deserve accolades BY RON BECHTOL
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et you didn’t know this: the original ramen noodle was made in China, and instant ramen didn’t appear until a Taiwanese-Japanese inventor developed it in 1958. Japanese cuisine has since co-opted ramen, and in a recent poll, Japanese citizens voted it as the country’s “best 20th-century invention.” Though I’m not a noodle nerd, it’s clear that it didn’t take long for packaged ramen to make its way into supermarkets and dorm rooms around the world. Restaurants serving revved-up ramen as a stand-alone soup are an even more recent phenom-
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enon, both in Japan and the U.S. Compared to other stateside cities, San Antonio was late to the party, until chef Michael Sohocki introduced the dish at Kimura in 2013. More ramen joints followed, including Sohocki’s Kimura location at Freight on S. Flores, but the restaurant at Cherrity Bar — a business whose profits go to a variety of worthy causes — has since been taken over by Ernie Bradley, a Kimura and Gwendolyn alumnus, and renamed Kuriya (Japanese for “kitchen”). Housed in a pair of renovated historic cottages, surrounded by decks and an occasionally raucous
outdoor setting, Kuriya could hardly be less like the compact downtown original. Add an izakaya-type menu with diverse small plates, and it’s a little surprising that the ramen focus survives intact. And yet it does. Kuriya’s simplest ramen option is vegetarian, and the complexity ramps up from there with chicken bone broth, chicken with ground pork, pork bone broth with ginger pork and a pork bone broth with pork belly. Seduced by the sound of spicy shoga yaki, I picked the pork bone plus shoyu. It was a brawl in a bowl, and I loved it. The shoga yaki, a pork cutlet traditionally fried with ginger, soy, mirin and sake, was pleasantly sweet, yet its sliced form didn’t dominate the soup. The mirin-soy pickled egg yolk melted in a lusty, spice box-scented broth — ribbons of carrot and rings of scallion added freshness and crunch while slim slices of house-pickled ginger gave vibrancy — and perfectly partnered with kinky wheat noodles. Those same noodles formed the yakisoba base,
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on the house-made pickle plate. Handstir-fried with carrots, caramelized onions, ginger, cabbage, spicy mayo and somely served on a slab of slate, the happy hour array (appetizers were half-off) chicken with actual grill marks — with included pickled eggs, more pickled ginan option to add pork cuts or grilled ger, some vinegary green beans and baby vegetables and kosho. I had to google carrots and cured onion with chili flakes. kosho, and it was worth it. The versaIt would have been a disappointment tile sauce, made with Yuzu citrus and fermented with salt and red bird chilies, at the full price of $9. Steamed char siu (pork) buns also lacked the spicy mayo gave an added tang. on the accompanying slaw, leaving the Guests sitting in the bar-side cherry least ambitious, but excellent, charred red booths may be visited by Sakuedamame to steal the show. ra, the restaurant’s resident cat. She There are happy hour specials on came with the property, and her name some cocktails, wine and beer at Kurimeans “cherry blossom” in Japanese. ya. Regardless of when you order, your She’s thematic, but she didn’t ask for drink will come in plastic — sturdy samples of my gyoza, which is a good plastic, but still — and with a price of thing because I wouldn’t have shared. up to $12. I tried The tender porkhard not to let filled dumplings, the container inserved toasty and Kuriya @ Cherrity Bar fluence my opinlacy, and presention of the Flor de ed bottoms up, 302 Montana St. 78203 Caña daiquiri, were among the 210-598-0496 but it seemed best I’ve had. to lack snap. On There’s nothing 11-10 Tues-Thurs, 11-11 Fri. 3-11 Sat. another occathat can comAccessible sion, an Aviation pare to the katsu Entrées: $8-$14 cocktail turned pork sliders. out just fine. And Let’s start with Best Bets: Gyoza, katsu sliders, it should probathe house-made charred edamame, pork bone ramen, bly be mentioned buns — they have yakisoba, hand-crafted sodas that Kuriya’s the right density handcrafted needed for the The Skinny: Two renovated cottages sodas, of which crunchy, breaded form the core of Cherrity Bar and Kuriya I sampled the pork and spicy @ Cherrity Bar and are a slightly awkward bracing cucummayo slaw. I fit for the concept. The dueling buildings ber rendition, are didn’t detect any work best on pleasant days, when both perfectly at home of the expected can be opened up to each other and the in tough and outsunomono (cusurrounding decks. But the excellent door-appropriate cumber salad), ramen works at all times, the yakisoba tumblers. Maybe but it wasn’t noodles are equally rewarding and a few that’s the way to sorely missed. of the smaller plates — gyoza, pork sliders start. A plastic However, I was and charred edamame in particular — are tolerance may more concerned worth ordering with or without the bar’s develop in time. by the absence of hit-or-miss cocktails. Or not. any cured meats
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South Side neighborhood serves up homespun drinks, food and charm BY SARA HINOJOSA
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outh Side neighborhoods possess some of San Antonio’s last remaining puro spots. You can find a limpia at the local botanica and stop at a taco truck in the parking lot on the way back to your car. And as Southtown and the Lone Star Arts District continue their creep into the area, it’s important to recognize the neighborhoods’ family-owned gems — or even locally based chains — before they’re gone. Places where the food is good, the service warm and the portions generous. No, the South Side neighborhood around San Antonio’s historic missions isn’t full of glitzy nightlife, but there are plenty of ways to explore it on its own terms. Here are a few you can fit into one evening.
HAPPY HOUR AT NICHA’S COMIDA MEXICANA: Nicha’s is everything you want in a
Tex-Mex joint: weekend mariachis, a menu as long as the Bible, some of the best rice and beans in the city and a happy hour that feels like you hit the jackpot. Share or indulge in a large order of appetizers — top choices include beef empanadas, chicken flautas and pulled chicken quesadillas — for $5. But the real bonus is the daily $4.50 drink special, available weekdays, 3:30-7 p.m. The plates are generous, and cocktails are served in fishbowl-shaped glasses as big as your head. 3119 Roosevelt Ave, (210) 922-3330, nichas.com
BINGE ON BARBECUE AT B&B SMOKEHOUSE:
Juicy with perfectly crisped skin, B&B’s smoked barbecue chicken is some of the best in town. Affordable options like the $7.79 BBQ plate, with a choice of meat and two sides, provide a tasty break from boring old Bill Miller. (Just kidding, Bill, I love you!) And you can sit comfortably in the smokehouse’s newly renovated digs. If you’re dining with picky eaters, B&B also offers decent tacos, chalupas, turkey clubs and salads. There won’t be leftovers, but you can even pick up scraps for your furry friend. 2619 Pleasanton Rd, (210) 921-2745, bbsmokehouse.com.
MOVIES AND MARGS AT MAYAN PALACE:
Relax post-BBQ binge with a good drink in hand at the Santikos Mayan Palace, just five minutes away from B&B. The recently upgraded theater boasts plush reclining seats, a full bar and superior Southside-appropriate snacks like the Mangonada, a classic San Anto frozen treat swirled with mango, generous amounts of chamoy and spiked with tequila. Drink cautiously, though, as it’s deceptively strong. If chamoy isn’t your thing, try a frozen rum and coke that tastes like your childhood Coke ICEE, all grown up. Night owls can catch a late show before heading 48
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to their final stop. Final screenings take place daily between 10:30-11 p.m. 1918 SW Military Dr, (210) 9235531, santikos.com/san-antonio/mayan-palace.
M&M’S SHAVED ICE: Head to M&M’s Shaved Ice,
down the road from the Mayan Palace, for a dessert nightcap. As the name suggests, raspas are a specialty, but M&M’s crew has gotten inventive by serving fun carnival treats like fried ice cream and funnel cakes. Try
the deep-fried cheesecake sundae, a slice of homemade cheesecake dipped in batter and served alongside a mountain of ice cream. This is drunk food at its best. Purists can also find banana splits, classic shaved ice and fruit cups. For those who just aren’t dessert fans — do such people exist? — the menu also offers hot Cheetos and cheese, french fries and spicy pickled pepinos (cucumbers). 3203 Pleasanton Rd, (210) 5191013, facebook.com/MMs-Shaved-Ice-105284076307193
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Armadillos Texas Style Burgers Fiesta Burger with Pork Rinds
All beef pattie, shredded cheddar and Monterrey jack cheese, refríed beans, fresh pico de Gallo, fried corn tortilla chips topped with sautéed pork rinds. (210) 226-7556 & (210) 617-7797 | ArmadilloBurger.com 1423 McCullough Ave. & 2619 SE Military Dr.
Biff Buzby’s Burgers All In The Sauce
This is a 1/2lb Fresh Ground Beef Patty with grilled onions American cheese and Biffs special sauce served with crisp Green Leaf Lettuce and Tomato served with our Home Made Pinto Beans. Vegan Option Available
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1/2 pound all beef patty, topped with Kiolbassa sausage, pepper jack cheese and crispy onion rings, drizzled with BBQ ranch special sauce. Served on top a homemade butter toasted bun.
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Big Poppas Tacos Hoodrat Burger
Toasted King Hawaiian bun, lettuce, tomatoes, avo, mozzarella, seared slice of ham, stuffed with house marinated pastor and FLAMIN HOT CHEETOS!!
(210) 231-0042 | Facebook.com/BigPoppasTaco 2118 N PanAm Expressway
Big’z Burger Joint The Big’z signature Chalupa Burger
1/4lb of angus beef sits on a Crispy chalupa shell topped with refried beans, cheddar cheese and Pico de gallo.
(210) 408-2029 and (210) 543-2029 | bigz-burgerjoint.com 2303 N Loop 1604 W and 10106 TX-151
Burger Boy Double Boy
Our famous double patty burger boy built with mustard, lettuce, onion, tomato & pickles. (extras such as cheese, fries, drink sold separately.)
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Burgerim Park North Big Burger 1/3lb burger in any style you want!
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Burgerteca La Especial
Beef, American cheese, Teca Sauce(tomatillo ketchup), crispy onions (210) 635-0016 | ChefJohnnyHernandez.com/Restaurants/Burgerteca 403 Blue Star #105
Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill 210 Burger
1/3lb patty on top of refried beans and a crispy corn tortilla, topped with guacamole and queso.
(210) 496-7092 | Charlie-Browns.com 11888 Starcrest Dr. Suite 101
Cheesy Janes The Comal
1/4lb Certified Angus Ground Chuck, pepper jack cheese. Applewood smoked bacon, Chipotle mayo and grilled onions. ($5 Burger for Dine-In Only)
210-826-0800 | CheesyJanes.com 4200 Broadway St.
Chris Madrid’s Cheddar Cheezy
Lots of melted cheddar cheese, with mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions.
(210) 735-3552 | ChrisMadrids.com 830 W Hollywood Ave.
Chunky’s Burgers Hickery Burger
1/2lb off fresh beef cooked to perfection with white American cheese, thick cut bacon, 2 crispy onion rings, drizzled with our own tangy bbq sauce then topped with a handmade bun.
(210) 433-9960 | MyChunkysBurgers.com 4602 Callaghan Rd
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Half Pound Angus Beef Patty with Caramelized Onions, Roasted Garlic and Herb Truffle Aioli, Gruyere Cheese, and Crispy Onions, Garlic and Herb Truffle Aioli, Gruyere Cheese, and Crispy Onions, on a Brioche Bun.
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Fugu Poke House Fugu Burger
Spicy tuna, lettuce, mozzarella cheese, avocado and spicy mayo, with a side of fresh to order fries. 210-267-5504 | FuguPokeHouse.com 23702 West Interstate 10 Frontage Road # 101
Fuddruckers 1/3lb Blackened Cajun Burger
Our 100% all-American beef is seasoned and grilled with blackened seasoning, topped with Pepper Jack Cheese, sautéed onions and peppers, slices of andouille sausage, and remoulade sauce. Served on a fresh baked bun.
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Hawx Burger Bar Longhorn Burger
1/2lb Angus Chuck Beef patty, Cheddar Cheese, French Fried Onions, Bevo Sauce, Lettuce, and Tomato.
(210) 908-9354 | Facebook.com/HawxSonterra 700 E. Sonterra Blvd. Suite 318
Highlander Son of a Brisket Burger
Our famous Highlander Burger with a South Texas twist! A quarter pound patty fresh from Bolners Meat Market, Add a quarter pound of Award Winning Brisket with Pickles Onions, Pepper Jack Cheese and Pepper.
(210) 340-4577 | Facebook.com/Highlander-Bar-Grill 5562 Fredericksburg Rd.
Hometown Burger Hometown Burger
Double Meat, Double Cheese with Bacon, comes with mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato and pickles.
(210) 314-5005 | HometownBurger.com 7907 W. Loop 1604 N. Ste. 105
Hopdoddy Burger Bar Tao of Sow
This Lunar New Year burger celebrates the year of the pig with the fresh and bold flavors of moo-shu! A fresh spiced ground pork patty rests between a sesame seed bun. Crunchy moo-shu slaw and Emperor Sauce, a sticky-sweet BBQ finish this masterpiece!
(210) 434-2337 | HopDoddy.com 17623 La Cantera Pkwy
The Jerk Shack The Jerk Burger
Caribbean Jerk Burger with smoked Gouda, habanero ketchup, jerk aioli, grilled pineapple, tomatoes, and butter lettuce. (210) 776-7780 | facebook.com/thejerkshacksatx 117 Matyear
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Johnny Rockets The Original Burger
1/4 pound Angus beef, brioche bun, lettuce, tomato, chopped onion, relish, pickles, mustard and mayo.
(210) 444-0720 | Johnnyrockets.com Rivercenter Mall, 849 E Commerce St. #677
The Lion & Rose Sidekick Burgers Two sidekick burgers with black angus beef.
(210) 798-5466 | TheLionandRose.com 17627 La Cantera Pkwy
Longhorn Cafe The Frito Pie Burger
1/3 lb fresh ground beef, homemade chili, Fritos, diced onions, and topped with grated cheddar cheese on a toasted bun!
210-492-0301 | TheLonghornCafe.com 17625 Blanco Rd.
Lucy Cooper’s Icehouse Juicy Lucy
Our House Burger is two 4oz patties with American Cheese. Lettuce, Tomatoes, onions and pickles. Do you want Mayo or Mustard? Let your server know!
(210) 462-1894 | facebook.com/lucycooperstexasicehouse/ 16080 San Pedro Ave.
Luther’s Cafe Luther’s Original
Just like we have made for 70 years, 1/3 lb beef patty, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions, Pickles and Mustard!
(210) 223-7727 | LuthersCafe.com 1503 N Main Ave.
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter & Marriott Riverwalk Hot Shoppes’ Mighty Mo Burger
Beef Patties, American cheese, shredded lettuce, bread-and-butter pickles and Mighty Mo sauce. (210) 223-1000 | Marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/satrc-san-antonio-marriott-rivercenter/
Sangria on the Burg The PB&J 1/3 lb Mix of 1/2 Ground Chuck, 1/2 Brisket, Chunky Peanut Butter with Honey, 3 Pepper Jelly on Texas Toast, Optional Brie $1
(210) 265-3763 | SangriaOnTheBurg.com 5115 Fredericksburg Rd.
Shake Shack ShackBurger
Single Cheeseburger topped with lettuce, tomato, ShackSauce™.
(210) 277-4770 | ShakeShack.com 7427 San Pedro Ave.
Southtown 101 Peanut Butter Burger
6oz Fresh All Beef Patty Grilled to Perfection, Topped with Melted Peanut Butter and Chopped Crisp Bacon. Served on a Sweet Square Bun.
(210) 263-3753 | Southtown101.net 101 Pereida St.
Tripolis Mediterranean Grill and Coffee Shop Tripoli’s Lamburger
1/3 lb ground lamb patty stuffed with slow-aged feta cheese, and topped with Tripoli’s garlic sauce, grilled onions, tomatoes and red peppers on a pretzel bun.
(210) 645-4450 | TripolisSA.com 322 Valley Hi Drive Suite 105-106
Two Step Restaurant and Cantina Santa Fe Burger
Handmade ground round, topped with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, pico de Gallo, roasted poblano pepper, and a drizzle of queso (210) 688-2686 | TwoStepRestaurant.com 9840 W Loop 1604 N.
The Well The All is Well Burger
1/4lb angus burger topped with chopped brisket, BBQ aioli, lettuce, tomato, onion and housemade pickles. (210) 877-9099 | thewellsanantonio.com 5539 UTSA Boulevard
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Orderup BBQ Brisket Burger
grilled patty topped with slow-cooked brisket, bbq sauce, cheddar, pickles, and fried onion straws on a buttered, toasted bun.
(210) 824-9600 | Orderup-SA.com 999 E. Basse Rd. #193
Papa’s Burgers El Caliente
1/3 lb fresh, seasoned beef patty with grilled onions and grilled jalapenos, crisp lettuce and tomato served on our buttery toasted buns.
210-336-7743 | PapasBurgersAndMore.com 709 Old Hwy 90 West
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hen news broke that Lonely Horse was breaking up, it seemed like the city’s entire music scene felt the jolt. The duo, comprised of singer-guitarist Nicholas Long and drummer Travis Hild, delivered one of San Antonio’s most powerful live rock shows. Matching thundering drum hits with Hendrix-esque blues riffs and Long’s soulful vocals, they embodied a DIY grit that made them a hot booking commodity for more than a decade. Breakups are normal in the music business, but Lonely Horse’s dismantling wasn’t just the result of the members wanting to pursue other endeavors. In 2014, at a peak in their career, the band fell into protracted dispute with its record label — one from which Long and Hild have never fully recovered. The band’s contract with Nouveau Riche Records meant the label held all rights to its recordings, Long said. The deal also stipulated that Lonely Horse must repay any money it receives from Nouveau Riche and that the label can essentially dictate the band’s business decisions. Conflict boiled over after Nouveau Riche owner Santiago Ortega was unable to get
Lonely Horse a contract with Atlantic Records. Long claims the deal never materialized because Ortega pitched Atlantic with an unmastered recording of the band’s debut album. Subsequently, other labels looked interested, according to Long. But, he added, Ortega refused to sell the band’s contract unless he got $60,000 in return. Long said Ortega maintained that $28,000 of the total was money he’d already poured into Lonely Horse. “Trying to recover from everything with [Ortega] was so hard,” Long told the Current. “We signed a shitty deal with a local label who wouldn’t let us sign to a major label because they wanted to force money out of the major label, you know? Our dreams were right in front of us, but $60,000 from some bogus-ass money was what kept us from getting a record deal.” Ortega was unavailable for comment on this article. Lonely Horse broke up in 2016 over the ordeal and the two members drifted into other projects. Over the past few years, however, they reunited, playing a sprinkling of live shows. But, according to Long, the band’s linger-
Lonely Horse isn’t the only San Antonio act with label woes at the heart of its breakup. World Bizarre, an early-’90s outfit that sounded like an amalgamation of early Black Sabbath and Jane’s Addiction threw in the towel after conflicts with its locally based label. The band had picked up regional momentum when it caught the attention of San Antonio’s Belt Drive Records. It was the first act to play Emo’s when the storied Austin venue opened its doors in 1992, and it shared stages with the likes of Gwar and White Zombie. The label offered a record deal in exchange for what World Bizarre frontman Andy Beres said was complete control over the direction of the band. “Belt Drive Records was trying to use the template created by the SubPop record label of signing a band, selling them to a major label and cashing in,” said Beres, referring to SubPop’s success in selling the burgeoning Nirvana to David Geffen Co. Belt Drive paid for studio time for World Bizarre to record an album. But Beres said the label shopped an incomplete product to bigger record labels. “We had laid all the instrument tracks, I had laid down scratch vocals,” he explained. “I was supposed to go in and finish the vocal tracks, and they called us one day and said, ‘We’ve got your record for ya, here it is.’” Donnie Meals of now-defunct Belt Drive remembers details differently. “When we finished the production, Andy was happy with it, because I drove around with him in my old car and we listened to [the album] before we went to go press it [the following day],” said Meals, who currently runs the music business program at San Antonio College. “I don’t want to get in an argument with [Andy over] what his recollection is. I don’t want to scratch that old wound, but he came in and did the overdubs, but maybe he had a conversation with the rest of the guys at the label and they decided they wanted to do something different. I’m not privy to that information.” “All I know is that, all of a sudden, it just blew up, and it was real weird,” Meals added. “I now teach that kind of stuff and I run the business program at SAC, and I’ve had my studio since ’87 or so, and I think a lot of this stuff I believe in now totally got violated during that business negotiation. I think when you get a label to produce your stuff, it’s more than just putting a record out, there’s a huge relationship dynamic that has to be considered, or else nothing’s going to work.” Still, by taking so much control and 55 6
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6 53 not including band members in the creative process, Belt Drive forced the band to break up, Beres maintains. Ultimately, dissolving the partnership was the only way for the members to get out of the agreement. “We had demo tapes that sounded better than that [record],” Beres said. Another San Antonio-based band from that era also fell into a record label quagmire — in its case with one of
the industry giants. San Antonio-based metal act Pariah leveraged its regional success into a 1991 deal with Geffen Records. But the band’s major-label debut was completed at the end of the hair-metal trend. As a result, the label delayed its release and dropped Pariah. “They missed the last gasp of air from the hair rock scene,” Beres said. “Nirvana was already out, and [Geffen] tried
YouTube to Silver Screen San Antonio hip-hop artist holds Drafthouse event to highlight videos from San Antonio artists BY LOUIS Q. IVERSON
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ip-hop artist and wordsmith Josiah “Amaze” Boone’s new venture evolved as he tried to figure out how to roll out a new music video. “I was out in Cali wrapping up my latest music video,” said Boone, 29. “I thought to myself, ‘How should I release it, and where?’ The answer hit me — I’ll release it when I get back home in San Antonio. Not in a regular bar or venue though, something big, something… major.” Boone contacted a few friends and was able to gain an audience with management at Alamo Drafthouse. The location made sense, because the Drafthouse is a central part of the city’s movie culture — not just showing what’s hot and new in Hollywood but also catering to classic, indie and cult film audiences. Out of those discussions came a plan to premiere
To be sure, the struggles of San Antonio musical acts aren’t unique. Countless musicians worldwide have signed contracts only to find out they didn’t know what was in store. Ceschi Ramos, owner of New Haven, Connecticut-based Fake Four Inc. — a label with San Antonio-based Chisme on its roster — saw that from the artist’s point of view. When his band Toca was coming up in LA, its demo landed in the hands of Ted Chung, Snoop Dogg’s manager. Long story short, Chung offered Toca a development deal, which got the band into the studio and its music onto the opening page of Myspace. However, Ramos said the manager took the unfinished recordings and began mastering the music for his own licensing use. “These were tracks that were not ready,” Ramos said. “These were tracks that we never handed them. They took
his video at the Drafthouse’s Park North location, but as part of a wider celebration of San Antonio music. “The screening won’t only be about my video. It should showcase and highlight multiple artists in the city that have been making great waves,” Boone said. The free, February 28 event will include videos from artists including Amaze, Droid, Spook, Spy MC and others. Local artists will have the opportunity to premiere their most recent videos in one of the Drafthouse’s 90-seat auditoriums. Boone will co-host, along with his newly formed organization Something Major, which was inspired by the upcoming showcase. “[Something Major’s] goal is to increase the awareness of San Antonio music as well, and cultivate a culture of togetherness amongst local artists,” Boone said. “I believe we’re on the brink of something colossal, and the world will soon recognize us as a music hub. I often wonder, what does San Antonio sound like? We’d like to answer that question with music that’s for the culture and ultimately by the culture.” Doors for the event open at 7 p.m. for a meet and greet, and videos begin at 9 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse will provide normal food and drink service during the event. Seating will be limited, so RSVP by following Culture Productions on Instagram and sending a message.
our hard drive hostage.” Chung didn’t respond to an interview request on his dealings with the band. Toca eventually broke up under the pressure, according to Ramos. And even when he and his band members tried to obtain copies of their own album, Chung’s label pushed back. “These guys tried to give us one CD each, and I had to beg for one for my mom,” Ramos said, laughing at the absurdity. “Now there’s 10,000 of them in a warehouse somewhere, and they don’t give a fuck. But back then, they tried to act like each CD was made out of gold.” But for Long of Lonely Horse, the pain from its label fight is too fresh to laugh at. “[It’s] just this huge battle,” Long said. “I’m dealing with that as well as personal stuff with my son and custody ... Over time, I just got burnt out. I was focusing on the band for so many years, one of the reasons for my divorce was because Lonely Horse ... I’m suffering from Lonely Horse, financially and spiritually. I’m just beat down.” Although Lonely Horse has ridden into the sunset, neither member is letting the downside of the business kill his creativity. Long’s been self-producing a solo project and Hild plays drums with psych-rock outfit Mockingbird Express.
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Drawing comparisons to Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire and Bon Iver, married duo Gungor pairs indie-folk textures with contemporary Christian musings. The band’s debut album Beautiful Things was nominated for Grammys for best Gospel Song and Best Rap or Rock Gospel Album in 2010. Catch them with the Brilliance and Propaganda as
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JULIO IGLESIAS i Wednesday, February 27
Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias, now 75, is a goddamn icon, a musical force of nature and an old-school man of the world — plus he’s Enrique Iglesias’ dad, so that’s dope. He has been an adored, highly awarded and honored international pop treasure since the early 1970s, following a brief professional soccer career(!), and he’s one of the worldwide best-selling
artists in history, having recorded in several different languages. Hell, he’s even the best-selling Latin music artist ever, a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner, a UNICEF Ambassador, a recipient of France’s Legion of Honour — no big deal — and that’s just to enumerate a small fraction of his acclaim. He’s known best in the U.S. for hits like “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before,” “All of You” and “I Want to Know What Love Is,” and he practically invented the popular concept of romance en Español. Needless to say, you can’t miss an opportunity to see this ageless international legend on stage. $59.50-$125, 8pm, The Majestic, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — James Courtney
BAND OF HORSES p Thursday, February 28
Band of Horses, essentially the project of Seattle-based singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell and whatever musicians he’s hanging around, formed during the early-aughts heyday of indie rock and dropped its first album, Everything
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All the Time, in 2006. Since then, the band — which plays a distinctive brand of indie rock infused with elements of folk, country, power pop and even Southern rock — has since dropped four more albums, and even amid Bridwell’s branching off into other efforts, has remained an institution. As such, tickets for this one are flying, and as of the time of this writing, there are few left. So, act quickly or risk missing out — or, even worse, paying resale ticket prices. In case you want to study up, Band of Horses’ most recent album, released in 2016, is entitled Why Are You OK, but Bridwell and the boys have been at work on new songs too, so fans may be in for a preview of forthcoming material. $30-$45, 8pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N St Mary’s St, (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — JC
THE ZOMBIES L Thursday, February 28
For a rare treat, local fans of 1960s psych-pop can catch veteran British outfit the Zombies in action at Paper Tiger this week. The five-piece band, whose two principals — keyboardist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone are still at the helm — was formed in 1962 and rode the British Invasion to success, dropping two essential albums, Begin Here (1965) and Odyssey and Oracle (1968), before disbanding unceremoniously in 1968. After a lackluster reunion in the early 1990s — sans Argent, so maybe it doesn’t even count — the Zombies have released three new albums and gigged sporadically since 2000. An influential band, with a legacy far larger than its output, the Zombies is a can’t-miss show for fans of throwback psychedelic pop-rock, garage pop, and music fucking history. $35-$38, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 841-3771, papertigersatx.com. — JC
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LEFTOVER CRACK L Friday, March 1
Rising from the ashes of defunct band Choking Victim, frontman Stza Crack (born Scott Sturgeon) slapped together and new and longer-lasting outfit that’s trafficked in a blend of hardcore punk, ska, cheeky bits of metal and rabble-rousing politics. Somehow, the New York-based band has managed to keep flying the middle finger at authority figures and cranking out pissed-offsounding releases for nearly 20 years. $16-$20, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — CC
joyably abrasive. Catch them alongside indie rockers Benji, emo-punk outfit Just Fine and Dreamkrusher. $5, 8pm, Imagine Books & Records, 8373 Culebra Rd #201b, imaginebookstexas.com. — CC
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Harnessing all the beautiful textures of indie-pop circa 1995-2005, Will Toledo’s Car Seat Headrest manages to pull listeners through alternating corridors of anguish and joy. In under a year, the young artist has released 10 albums and two EPs, and it doesn’t look like he’s stopping anytime soon. If you’re curious to see the future of pop-influenced indie rock, you may find a glimpse with Car Seat Headrest. 8pm, $22-$25, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — CC
There’s a concert video of John 5 back when he was playing with Marilyn Manson that clearly depicts why he wouldn’t want to be in the self-proclaimed Antichrist Superstar’s outfit anymore. In it, Manson kicks John 5 at the beginning of “The Beautiful People,” and the guitarist, probably sick of Manson’s shenanigans, throws down his instrument and beckons the singer to fight. Eventually, though, John 5 picks up the guitar and carries on. He would leave the band a few years later to play for Rob Zombie, dividing time with his solo career. As far as his solo work is concerned, John 5 is known for being an insane shredder, ripping over heavy nu-metal-ish riffs. So there you go. $18, 7pm, The Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 677-9453, therockboxsa.com. — CC
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OKILLY DOKILLY L Friday, March 1
What can be more fun than watching a band cosplay Ned Flanders and douse audiences in showers of metalcore with lyrics influenced by the Simpsons character himself? Absolutely nothing, that’s what. Yeah, each member of Okilly Dokilly (an obvious reference to Flanders’ “Howdilly doodilly, neighbor” catchphrase) dresses as Flanders and songs like “White Wine Spritzer” seem to embody the character’s white suburban blandness. From the videos we’ve seen online, this could be one of the most entertaining acts in metal right now. $15, 9pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — CC
Check out the track “Wait So Long” from the 2011 record Palomino if you need an example. The song opens with some soft banjo shreddery in the background before exploding into what easily could be a Slayer jam if Trampled by Turtles was playing in a minor key and using distortion on their instruments. $30 (Sold Out), 8pm, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Rd, New Braunfels, (830) 606-1281, gruenehall.com. — CC
BLUNTSPLITTER + MORE y Saturday, March 2
A couple weeks ago we hit up Eric Garcia, frontman of local metalcore band Covina, to ask which heavy bands in San Antonio he was digging. He mentioned hardcore act Bluntsplitter, who match metal aesthetics with late-’90s hardcore vibes for a sound that’s en-
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It’s always sad for those who follow the local music scene closely when a longtime presence — a band or performer who’s become known and loved over years of gigging — hangs it up. That’s just what SA alternative rock outfit Hydra Melody, formed in the GIN BLOSSOMS p Friday, March 8 mid-aughts, has decided to do. But, not before playing one final show. Hydra Jangly alterna-pop band Gin Blossoms Melody, for those unfamiliar, dropped were one of a thousand similar bands a debut EP back in 2011 and a full LP in on the radio back in the ’90s. While 2015. In between those two polished and the Tempe, Arizona-based outfit had a well-honed efforts, the band won a consimilar sound to a tidal wave of other test, gained a little national attention, post-grunge bands, songs like “Til I dropped a few more fairly solid EPs, Hear It From You,” “Hey Jealousy,” “Foland seemed destined to launch itself low You Down” and “Found Out About into the next level of success. NevertheYou,” had enough memorable hooks less, as these things often go, nothing to pull ahead of the pack. $30-$49.50, materialized. Now, the band is splitting 8pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — CC up to “explore new adventures, spend time with our families and keep growing as artists and individuals,” as stated on its Facebook event page. Even if you never had the chance to get into Hydra Melody’s synth-and-keys heavy alternative pop-rock — a deficit you can remedy on Spotify or Soundcloud — this last show promises to be special. $8-$13, 7pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 841-3771, papertiCourtesy of Gin Blossoms gersatx.com. — JC
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28
DROPKICK MURPHYS
Even though the Dropkick Murphys aren’t legit straight-off-the boat from Ireland, the spirit of the Emerald Isle carries through in their music, especially their signature song “Shipping Up to Boston.” As the band’s annual St. Patrick’s Day tour, winds through San Antonio, its shamrock punk may inspire some holiday-appropriate river dancing. $35-$38, Vibes Event Center, 6pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 1
THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY PRESENTS BRITISH CLASSICS
Forget the rock ’n’ roll anthems of the 1960s British Invasion, the San Antonio Symphony is paying tribute to a different set of great Brits — composers of classical music. Although the night’s playlist highlights several important figures in British classical music, front and center this concert will be Sir Edward Elgar, composer of the sprawling epic Enigma Variations, which features the recognizable Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39. $10-$81, The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 3
CROCKETT FIDDLE FEST
The legendary siege at the Alamo took place February 23–March 6, nearly two centuries ago, creating a battle cry for Texas independence and a larger-than-life myth around frontiersman Davy Crockett — you know, the King of the Wild Frontier. To honor the spirit of the folk hero, the sixth-annual Crockett Fiddle Fest will take place on the grounds, providing beautiful music to the living and a remembrance of those lost in the battle. Free, The Alamo, 10am
SEVENDUST
Around your music snob friends, you may deny your guilty love of nu metal, the often-derided product of ’90s musical beatdown mixed with suburban angst and an affinity for JNCO jeans and frosted tips. But it’s OK to embrace your pleasures and enjoy Sevendust, who are still cranking out their brand of radio-friendly aggression — which means a sprinkling of Korn, a little Nine Inch Nails and a heaping portion of Limp Bizkit. $26.50, The Rock Box, 7pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
BUCKETHEAD
The enigma wrapped in mystery known by the (very literal) name Buckethead is coming to town for a solo show. You can bet he’ll be wearing his trademark stark white mask and family-sized KFC bucket, an ominous combination that makes him look more like an ’80s
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slasher than a virtuoso guitarist. The multi-instrumentalist is known for his expansive repertoire of genre defying compositions, so get ready for a wild ride through Buckethead’s world. $22.50, Aztec Theatre, 7pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 7
CELTIC NIGHTS: OCEANS OF HOPE
Celtic Nights, a touring troupe of storytellers, musicians and dancers, uses those respective forms of expression to tell the passed-down stories of immigrants traveling to America for a better life. Even though the stories are from our Irish ancestors, they transcend culture and time by mirroring current-day events faced by immigrant groups. $46-$96, Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium, 4pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
WIZ KHALIFA L
Even with early acclaimed mixtape Kush and Orange Juice and hit single “Black and Yellow,” Wiz Khalifa was known more for the songs he appeared on than the ones he created. From collaborations with pop juggernauts Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus and Imagine Dragons to obvious cash grabs like the one with pro-wrestler John Cena, Wiz Khalifa is destined to remain a pop-radio fixture, even though his name is rarely in bold. $50, Aztec Theatre, 7pm
MONDAY, MARCH 11
YOSA THRILLER LIVE!
Even though “Thriller,” the title track from Michael Jackson’s decade- and career-defining 1982 album is associated with Halloween, Thriller as a whole rightfully deserves its status as the pop record that changed everything, from music to politics. To honor both Jackson and Thriller, the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio will back some of the Alamo city’s favorite talent as they reinvent the album’s songs, from “Beat It” to “Billie Jean.” $25-$55, The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm
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I’m a gay guy in my late 40s with a straight sister in her early 50s. She’s been married for a bit over two decades to guy who always registered as a “possible” on my average-to-good gaydar. But I put “BIL,” aka my brother-in-law, in the “improbable” bucket because he actively wooed my sister, was clearly in love with her, and fathered four boys with her, all in their late teens now. I’m sure you already saw this plot development coming: It turns out BIL has been far more “probable” than I thought. He has a boyfriend but is still very much closeted and denies he is gay. My sister has apparently known about this arrangement for four years, but has kept it a secret for the kids’ sake. But she recently filed for divorce and told our parents and me what’s been going on. Their kids have been informed about the divorce, but not about their father’s boyfriend. BIL needs to gay-man-up and admit the truth to himself and the rest of his family and start the healing process. That’s obvious. Unfortunately, there’s no way I can talk him into it (we’re not close), and my sister is left holding this terrible secret while her bewildered kids watch their parents’ marriage crumble with no clue why. I think the kids deserve the truth, and that neither my sister nor the kids can start to heal until that happens. If BIL won’t do the right thing, my sister is going to have to tell them the truth. What can I do to help her with this? She’s awfully fragile right now and I don’t want to pressure her and I can’t tell the kids without causing a big stink. But dammit, Dan, someone needs to start speaking some truth in that house. Dishonest Gay Brother-In-Law Secret second families — and a secret boyfriend of four years counts — aren’t secrets that keep. So your nephews are gonna find out about dad’s boyfriend sooner or later, DGBIL, and sooner is definitely better. Because in the absence of the actual reason why their parents are splitting up — in the absence of the truth — they’re likely to come up with alternate explanations that are far worse. And when they inevitably discover the real reason, your nephews’ anger at having been lied to or left in the dark will reopen the wounds. Backing way the hell up: seeing as BIL actively wooed and “was clearly in love with” your sister, and seeing as he successfully scrambled his DNA together with hers four times and remained married to her for two decades, DGBIL, I don’t think BIL is a closeted gay man. My money’s on closeted bisexual man. I shall now say something that will delight my bisexual readers: I’m sure you’d like to live in
a world where everyone is out, DGBIL, or, even better, a world where no one ever had to be in. But in the world we live in now, bisexuals are far less likely to be out than gays and lesbians, DGBIL, and the belief that a guy is either gay or straight keeps many bisexual guys closeted. Because if a bisexual guy who’s married to a woman knows he’s going to be seen as gay if he tells the truth — if no one will ever believe he loved his wife or wanted all those kids — he’s unlikely to ever come out. So you can’t fault BIL for not being out, DGBIL, when it’s attitudes like yours that keep bi guys closeted in the first place. I shall now say something that will piss off my bisexual readers: a family-minded bi guy can have almost everything he wants — spouse, house, kids — without ever having to come out so long as that bi guy winds up with an opposite-sex partner. Coming out is a difficult conversation and it’s one many bi people choose to avoid. And who can blame them? I wasn’t thrilled by the idea of telling my mom I put dicks in my mouth, but it was a conversation I couldn’t avoid. Faced with the choice between telling my mother the truth and possibly being rejected by her and thereby losing her or cutting her out of my life in order to keep my secret and definitely losing her, I chose to tell her the truth. If I’d been, say, your average hetero-romantic bisexual man instead of a huge homo — if I enjoyed sex with men and women but only fell in love with women — I could’ve avoided coming out to her and very well might have. Back to your nephews, DGBIL: they should be told the truth but you shouldn’t be the one to tell them. Their parents should. Sit down with your sister and make the argument I did above: Yes, your kids are upset about the divorce and it will add to their upset to learn their father is in a relationship with a man. But they’re going to be angry about being lied to when they inevitably find out. And if she’s keeping this secret solely at BIL’s request, well, he can’t ask that of her if doing so will damage her relationship with her kids. I don’t think she should immediately out BIL, but she can and should let him know that she will have to tell the children if he doesn’t. You should have a conversation with BIL. Open it by telling him that life is long, marriages are complicated, and that you know he loved your sister. But to stick the dismount here — to end his marriage without destroying his relationship with his kids — he can’t hide from them. If he doesn’t want to tell his boys about his boyfriend because he fears he might lose them, DGBIL, then he’ll have to cut his kids out of his life — and that means losing them for sure. And then butt the fuck out.
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etc FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): South Koreans work too hard. Many are on the job for fourteen hours a day, six days a week. That’s why a new concept in vacations has emerged there. People take sabbaticals by checking into Prison Inside Me, a facility designed like a jail. For a while, they do without cell phones and Internet and important appointments. Freed of normal stresses and stripped of obsessive concerns, they turn inward and recharge their spiritual batteries. I’d love to see you treat yourself to a getaway like this — minus the incarceration theme, of course. You’d benefit from a quiet, spacious, low-pressure escape. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The astrology column you’re reading is published in periodicals in four countries: the U.S., Canada, Italy, and France. In all of these places, women have had a hard time acquiring political power. Neither the U.S. nor Italy has ever had a female head of government. France has had one, Édith Cresson, who served less than a year as Prime Minister. Canada has had one, Kim Campbell, who was in office for 132 days. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the coming months will be a more favorable time than usual to boost feminine authority and enhance women’s ability to shape our shared reality. And you Tauruses of all genders will be in prime position to foster that outcome. Homework: Meditate on specific ways you could contribute, even if just through your personal interactions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A 19-year-old guy named Anson Lemmer started a job as a pizza delivery man in Glenwood, Colorado. On his second night, he arrived with a hot pizza at a house where an emergency was in progress. A man was lying on the ground in distress. Having been trained in CPR, Lemmer leaped to his rescue and saved his life. I expect that you, too, will perform a heroic act sometime soon, Gemini — maybe not as monumental as Lemmer’s, but nonetheless impressive. And I bet it will have an enduring impact, sending out reverberations that redound to your benefit for quite some time. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Scientist Michael Dillon was shocked when he learned that some bees can buzz around at lofty altitudes where the oxygen is sparse. He and a colleague even found two of them at 29,525 feet — higher than Mt. Everest. How could the bees fly in such thin air? They “didn’t beat their wings faster,” according to a report in National Geographic, but rather “swung their wings through a wider arc.” I propose that we regard these high-flying marvels as your soul animals for the coming weeks. Metaphorically speaking, you will have the power and ingenuity and adaptability to go higher than you’ve been in a long time.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you find it a challenge to commit to an entirely plant-based diet? If so, you might appreciate flexitarianism, which is a less-perfectionist approach that focuses on eating vegetables but doesn’t make you feel guilty if you eat a bit of meat now and then. In general, I recommend you experiment with a similar attitude toward pretty much everything in the coming weeks. Be strong-minded, idealistic, willful, and intent on serving your well-being — but without being a maniacal purist. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you gorge on sugary treats and soft drinks, you ingest a lot of empty calories. They have a low nutrient density, and provide you with a scant amount of minerals, vitamins, protein, and other necessities. Since I am committed to helping you treat yourself with utmost respect, I always discourage you from that behavior. But I’m especially hopeful you will avoid it during the next three weeks, both in the literal and metaphorical senses. Please refrain from absorbing barren, vacant stuff into the sacred temple of your mind and body—including images, stories, sounds, and ideas, as well as food and drink. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Charles Grey was the second Earl of Grey, as well as Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834. His time in office produced pivotal changes, including the abolition of slavery, reform of child labor laws, and more democracy in the nation’s electoral process. But most people today know nothing of those triumphs. Rather he is immortalized for the Earl Grey tea that he made popular. I suspect that in the coming weeks, one of your fine efforts may also get less attention than a more modest success. But don’t worry about it. Instead, be content with congratulating yourself for your excellent work. I think that’s the key to you ultimately getting proper appreciation for your bigger accomplishment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When Europeans invaded and occupied North America, they displaced many indigenous people from their ancestral lands. There were a few notable exceptions, including five tribes in what’s now Maine and Eastern Canada. They are known as the Wabanaki confederacy: the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet, and Abenaki. Although they had to adjust to and compromise with colonialism, they were never defeated by it. I propose we make them your heroic symbols for the coming weeks. May their resilient determination to remain connected to their roots and origins motivate you to draw ever-fresh power from your own roots and origins. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn javelin thrower Julius Yego won a silver medial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. How did he get so skilled? Not in the typical way. He gained preliminary proficiency while competing for his high school team, but after graduation, he was too poor to keep developing his mastery. So he turned to Youtube, where he studied videos by great javelin throwers to benefit from their training strategies and techniques. Now that you’re in an intense learning phase of your cycle, Capricorn, I suggest that you,
too, be ready to draw on sources that may be unexpected or unusual or alternative. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The first edition of Action Comics, which launched the story of the fictional character Superman, cost ten cents in 1938. Nowadays it’s worth three million dollars. I’ll make a bold prediction that you, too, will be worth considerably more on December 31, 2019 than you are right now. The increase won’t be as dramatic as that of the Superman comic, but still: I expect a significant boost. And what you do in the next four weeks could have a lot to do with making my prediction come true. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Until the sixteenth century in much of Europe and the eighteenth century in Britain, the new year was celebrated in March. That made sense given the fact that the weather was growing noticeably warmer and it was time to plant the crops again. In my astrological opinion, the month of March is still the best time of year for you Pisceans to observe your personal new year. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to start fresh in any area of your life. If you formulate a set of New Year’s resolutions, you’re more likely to remain committed to them than if you had made them on January 1.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): At a young age, budding Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath came to a tough realization: “I can never read all the books I want,” she wrote in her journal. “I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.” Judging by current astrological omens, I can imagine you saying something like that right now. I bet your longing for total immersion in life’s pleasures is especially intense and a bit frustrated. But I’m pleased to predict that in the next four weeks, you’ll be able to live and feel more shades, tones, and variations of experience than you have in a long time. sacurrent.com | February 27-March 12, 2019 | CURRENT
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