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Luminaria 2013 brings ecstatic changesnew
Luminaria, San Antonio's version of the Nuit Blanche (White Night) art event that started began in Paris in the 1982, is happening again this Saturday, March 9 in its sixth annual iteration.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-06-2013 |
Art
Texas whisky beats Scotland's finest in London blind tastingnew
It seemed like history repeating itself last December when Balcones Single Malt Whisky beat out the competition in a blind tasting in London, England.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Mummies of the World at the Witte Museumnew
What is it about kids and mummies? Maybe it's sheer exoticism, ghoulish delight, or their strange similarity to the familiar name for mother, but there's no denying that children are fascinated by the wrapped remains associated with the glory days of the Egyptian pharaohs.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-16-2013 |
Art
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A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew
In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Lawrence Wright
Best of Flash Fiction: October 2012new
The fairy tale is a timeless tale. But we love to update, rearrange, reconfigure the familiar to make it new and more applicable, but the beautiful sometimes horrifying center still quivers, groans, and blushes (albeit what we consider to be the "center" shifts with time). Johanna DeBiase proves this with intelligence, humor, and creative insight in her "Time Upon Once: 3 Tales."
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
10-31-2012 |
Original Work
Rebozos weaves women's stories from two languagesnew
In an era when books are being banned, hers included, San Antonio's poet laureate Carmen Tafolla is mindfully doing what she does best: documenting the lives of those whose hard work and fierce spirit offer the preceding generations shoulders upon which we unwaveringly, if not consciously, stand.
San Antonio Current |
Laurie Ann Guerrero |
10-31-2012 |
Books
Halloween brings three terrifying tomes to die fornew
Due to social obligations that include handing out gift coupons and checking apples for needles, Halloween is perhaps best handled by just being haunted by a book.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-26-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Justin Cronin
A cheater's guide to lovenew
Despite all the TV jokes about New Jersey, it has long been the bedrock for our best writers — from Dorothy Parker and Philip Roth to William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg — and don't forget the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Now add Junot Díaz to that illustrious list.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
09-16-2012 |
Books
