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Council Clashes Over Proposed $68,000 Rainbow Crosswalk How fucking silly. Why does anyone feel this is necessary? Parades everywhere aren’t enough? Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against showing pride, but you don’t see straight people asking for dumb shit like this. — Kristen Kellogg Councilmen File Request to Remove Confederate Monument from Travis Park It’s part of our history, and you can’t change history, whether it’s good or bad. Are we going to be burning books next? — Susan Clements Religious Right Lobbyists Are the Lone Supporters of Texas’ Bathroom Bill Who’s going to check? I mean really how are cops going to check. We don’t carry our papers on us, this is just bad! — David Tadefa • Send your thoughts, comments, kudos or tips to letters@sacurrent.com

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Pride, With a Price Tag Council clashes over proposed $68,000 rainbow crosswalk Bathroom Bullies Religious right lobbyists are the lone supporters of Texas’ bathroom bill

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A League of Their Own New immigration laws and deportation threats have all but erased a bordertown’s favorite pastime.

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COVER The passing of Texas’ new immigration law paired with President Trump’s increased Border Patrol has rattled small towns along the U.S.-Mexico border. This week, we sit down with the mayor of La Joya, a tight-knit bordertown hit by an immigration raid during the community’s most cherished weekend activity: A baseball game. Illustration by Carlos Aguilar Art direction by Sarah Flood-Baumann 6

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BATHROOM BULLIES Religious Right Lobbyists are the Lone Supporters of Texas' Bathroom Bill ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE

aw enforcement. The National Football League. Tech companies. Small businesses. And now, the largest oil and gas companies in the nation. None of the communities Texas Republicans have historically rallied behind want the GOP-led state legislature to pass its so-called “bathroom bill.” In fact, each and every one of these groups have come out in vehement opposition to bills meant to keep transgender Texans (specifically public school-aged kids) from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. “We support diversity and inclusion, and we believe that any such bill risks harming Texas’ reputation and impacting the state’s economic growth and ability to create new jobs,” write top oil and gas officials from Shell, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Halliburton in a Monday letter sent to Governor Greg Abbott. The latest opposition from Texas’ favorite industry (which had given Abbott more than $10 million in campaign contributions over the course of his political career) has only underscored the fact that when it comes to bathroom laws, Republican lawmakers have only one powerful group of lobbyists in mind: the religious far-right. In each legislative committee hearing on the bathroom bills, the sliver of support comes from a conservative religious organization like Texas Values, the Texas Eagle Forum, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, or the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops. “Laws and policies that allow men open access to private intimate facilities designed for women and children puts them at risk of attack,” wrote Gary Ledbetter, spokesman for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, in a June statement supporting Abbott’s special session agenda. “We affi rm that gender identity is determined by God through biological sex and not by self-perception.” 8

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In the eyes of the religious right, it appears, discrimination doesn’t count if they don’t acknowledge the group of people they are discriminating against. Their support of these bills has been consistently drowned out in hearings and protests by families of transgender kids, LGBT advocacy groups, business leaders, law enforcement officials, and school superintendents. Even moderate religious leaders and members have spoken out in opposition to the bill, arguing that trans discrimination doesn’t align with the values found in modern religion. So why do GOP lawmakers keep pushing? According to the Economist, the Conservative Republicans of Texas (one of the state’s largest GOP power brokers with religious roots) has said it will throw money at any primary challenger of a sitting Republican who votes against the bathroom bill. Here’s a peek at CRT’s rallying cry in a recent blog post: “You can be part of the army that defeats the godless, Communist Alt-Left that promotes the Islamization of America, the acceptance, affirmation and celebration of the perverted homosexual and so-called ‘transgender’ lifestyle.” CRT donated nearly $2 million between the 2010 and 2016 election cycles to more than 100 Texas far-right legislative candidates and political causes. Knowing how deep CRT’s pockets go, a lawmaker’s vote against the bathroom bill could be a career-ruiner. It’s still unknown if Abbott, Patrick and their fellow conservative lawmakers pushing the bill through the special session really care if trans people use public bathrooms. What they do care about, however, is their fast-approaching reelection campaigns. Some lawmakers, like House Speaker Joe Straus, have already forfeited this crucial support. The special session’s iteration of the bathroom bill, Senate Bill 3, has already cleared the Senate floor, but there’s no saying when (or if) Straus, a San Antonio Republican opposed to

the anti-trans bill, will consider it the lower chamber. Jared Woodfill, the president of CRT, has already told the New York Times: “His days are numbered as speaker.” This threat explains a lot — especially when it comes to the confusing arguments being made in support of the bill. From the start, both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick have touted the bathroom bill as a necessary tool to protect women from being attacked in bathrooms, presumably by cisgendered men masquerading as women. But neither official, nor anyone in the state legislature, can point to an example of this ever happening in Texas. Either way, it’s already a crime for a man (or a woman for that matter) to attack anyone in a public restroom. The lack of evidence has left sheriffs and police chiefs from Texas’ largest cities regularly dismissing the bill as a ‘public safety’ solution. “I believe that if you propose a bill to address a criminal justice concern, it’s important to determine if you actually have a problem. This bill is a solution looking for a problem,” said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus, addressing a crowd in front of the state Capitol building last week. “The bathroom bill doesn’t pass the test, the most basic test, of any public safety bill. It does nothing to make us safer.” Monday morning, Gov. Abbott changed his tune on the bill, telling reporters at a sheriff’s convention that protecting women’s privacy in public bathrooms is “a civil action, not a criminal issue” — and that law enforcement had no right to comment in its validity. He’s also scoffed at the NFL’s threat to move Superbowl games to other states because of the pending bill, and at major tech businesses like IBM, Facebook and Apple that say they’ll shutter their Texas offices if the bill goes into effect. Abbott has yet to respond to Big Oil’s letter of opposition, but Lt. Gov. Patrick has fired back in what sounds like a playground taunt: “The people of Texas are right about this issue and they are wrong.”

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PRIDE, WITH A PRICE TAG

Council Clashes Over Proposed $68,000 Rainbow Crosswalk ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE

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Not all council members agree. After Wednesday’s meeting, where members advanced Treviño’s proposal to the council transportation committee, District 6 Councilman Greg Brockhouse fired out a critical press release. “We have so many more pressing issues in our city than painting crosswalks,” wrote Brockhouse, who was elected to council a week before Treviño submitted his original proposal. “We need to fix the basics now. Instead of painting crosswalks, we should be building crosswalks for schools, hiring more police officers and fixing our crumbling infrastructure.” Brockhouse stressed that no tax dollars should be used for the project. It’s a fair point, considering the project’s expected to cost a whopping $68,000. According to TCI spokeswoman April Luna, installing one standard, whitelined crosswalk costs around $5,000. But a “themed” crosswalk comes with a $17,000 price tag — more than triple the usual amount. Luna said that’s because of the “unique nature of the material and the amount of material.” Since the city’s looking to add four crosswalks, to connect the four corners of the intersection, that number is multiplied by

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four — leaving the city with a $68,000 bill. It’s hard to compare this number to other cities that have adopted a pride crosswalk, since they’re so incredibly varied. Houston’s four rainbow crosswalks cost a total of $15,000 — a cost covered entirely by the nonprofit Pride Houston. Atlanta’s four? $196,000 of taxpayer dollars. But when Seattle installed 11 rainbows in 2015, they only paid $66,000. Regardless, these price tags are a strong disincentive against something as benign as multicolored paint. The city, however, will only pay $20,000 toward the project, according to Luna. District 1 will be responsible for fundraising the remaining $48,000. Treviño said he doesn’t think it’ll be too difficult to find private donors who want to back the project. At the Wednesday governance meeting, pro-crosswalk District 4 Councilman Rey Saldaña gave a preemptive response to the issues brought up in Brockhouse’s press release. “People say it’s a waste of time and we should focus on other issues,” he said. “But they may be on the side that hasn’t seen or felt what it feels like to be part of a marginalized group.”

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leaders could prohibit guns “in specifi c are now allowed to carry a classrooms and concealed gun on campus, campus areas at times joining Texas’ four-year where there may be public universities in a congregation of upholding the state’s 2015 minors.” But since there “campus carry” law. are so many minors The law permits congregating all over licensed gun owners Alamo College ages 21 and campuses, older to carry a Laughead said, concealed gun it’s impossible in most spaces to keep on campus — guns out of including dorms, kids’ vicinity. ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE classrooms and Starting this cafeterias. school year, The state high schoolers legislature passed will likely be sharing the law in 2015, and it classrooms with gunwent into effect at four-year carrying adult students. public universities in August After selecting the few gun2016 (despite student protest — free spots on campus, Laughead remember the #CocksNotGlocks ordered signs for every single door campaign at UT?). State officials of a building or classroom that was gave two-year community gun-free. Colleges can’t legally colleges an extra year to prepare. enforce the gun-free rules without According to Ross Laughead, them. There’s no state requirement general counsel for San Antonio’s for the number of signs on a Alamo Colleges, those bonus building — but Laughead knows months were needed. that more signs mean a smaller “It took a considerable amount of my time to get to this point,” said Laughead, who’s led the rollout of the new regulations throughout Alamo Colleges’ five campuses. While campus carry is cemented state law, Texas officials chance that the AG’s office have allowed universities to keep some areas of campus gun-free. will get a call Which, for Laughead, meant from a disgruntled gun owner on forming a committee of campus campus. leaders to vote on which areas It’s too soon to measure the should be off-limits — like athletic impact the gun law has had on facilities, the Scobee Planetarium Texas’ four-year universities, and campus mental health but many have speculated. UT counseling departments. offi cials say the law has made it Since campus carry is only harder to recruit new students, permitted for gun owners 21 and but Texas A&M staff say the older, a signifi cant population law’s had “virtually no impact at of Alamo College students all” on campus life. don’t qualify. This includes The August 2016 rollout sparked the hundreds of high school protests across Texas campuses, teens who take classes at the including UT San Antonio. But at colleges, either for independent the Alamo Colleges, Laughead said college credit or through a it’s a little quieter. specifi c high school program. “The general attitude is, ‘this is In a November opinion on the Texas,’” he said. “But we should new law, Attorney General Ken consider whatever options we have Paxton clarifi ed that school to create protected areas.”

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It took the San Antonio City Council less than 72 hours back from a month-long recess to settle on its newest subject of partisan debate: a rainbow crosswalk. The seemingly innocent idea — installing four rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of North Main and Evergreen — was proposed by District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño shortly after Houston installed one of its own in June. A temporary chalk version popped up at the same intersection for the city’s July 1 Pride parade, inspired by the proposal. In the heart of the city’s small LBGT district, it seemed like a harmless act of solidarity from the city. “The crosswalk will provide pedestrian safety while promoting a message of inclusion and tolerance,” wrote Treviño in his initial proposal to the council. At Wednesday’s governance committee meeting, Treviño proposed the city install the crosswalks but run a six-month pilot study of its effects on traffic and pedestrian safety (issues raised by the city Transportation and Capital Improvements department) before making it official. He reiterated that the project would promote LGBT inclusion, and be the “important message we want to send in this political climate.”

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THEATER

Fun Home

Lesbian author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel is a true gem of the LGBTQ community. Since coming out in 1980, she has advocated for LGBTQ equality and self-acceptance in her own, truly unique way. Bechdel’s greatest claim to fame, the best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, is an emotionally compelling coming-ofage (and coming-to-terms) story in comic format. A series of analepses of childhood, Fun Home presents intimate details of her family’s quirky demeanor, her attraction to other women, and the conundrum of her dynamic, distant dad (Bruce Bechdel) who has some serious skeletons in his own perfectly organized closet. In 2013, the memoir was adapted into a five-time Tony-winning musical by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori. Keeping the original title, Fun Home is centered on Alison’s relationship with her brilliant but tyrannical father Bruce, investigating his obsessive character and the events leading to his death. Revealed as a closeted homosexual, Bruce lashes out at Alison when she begins exhibiting similar tendencies — ordering her to wear dresses and to subdue her boyish antics. In the production, Alison is depicted at three different ages, small, medium and full-fledged adult lesbian. Adult Alison peers over her own shoulders, watching the events of her life unfold, and re-unfold, adding more and more context to each moment. Filled with genius musical numbers ranging from melancholy to exuberance, Fun Home is a riveting tale of the strife of self-identity and acceptance — and a sometimes-heartbreaking reminder of how far we’ve come. $44.50$124.50, 7:30pm Wed-Thu, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Kimberly Rivera

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Bidi Bidi Banda MUSIC As you probably already know, the McNay’s Second Thursday events are a great time to see the museum’s collections for free, hang out on the beautiful grounds, take in some live music, and enjoy food/drinks from swell local vendors. What’s not to like, right? As it turns out, this week’s edition of the recurring event is an extra-special affair because: Selena. Or, at least, as close as we can come in this life. The fantastic Selena cover band Bidi Bidi Banda — hailing from Austin and comprised of several of that city’s top Latin music practitioners — will provide the live music offering for this all-ages, dog-friendly event. Our advice is to get there early, as parking can sometimes be a bit tricky. Free, 6-9pm, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. — James Courtney

San La Muerte Fest MUSIC

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Whether you’re a bonafide, card-carrying member of the Church of Satan, just looking to relive those excruciating yet exhilarating goth years from your youth, or perhaps just like your music on the darker side — San La Muerte Fest, now in its fourth year, has got you covered. The all-ages affair is essentially a confluence of all manner of dark, heavy music, from bands thriving at the moment to brooding and blackhearted bands from back in the day, from industrial to goth punk, post-punk, cold wave and hardcore. Some of this year’s heavy highlights (from a lineup of nearly 30 acts) include New York masters of moody post-punk Pawns, Danish cold wave synth punishers Kold Front, Mexico City-based darkwave/dancepunk crew Cruz de Navajas, iconic UK goth rock band Nosferatu, Los Angeles anarcho-punk outfit Christ vs. Warhol, and 1980s English punk stalwarts Omega Tribe. $25-$56, 8pm Thu-Sat, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St, Mary’s St., sanlamuertefest.com. — JC

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‘Borrowed Whimsy’

Reimagined histories, appropriated images and a two-headed chicken are among the curiosities to be found in “Borrowed Whimsy,” a collaboration between Kimberly Rumfelt and Brianna M. Burnett — two artists who admittedly follow “strangely parallel moments of expression” and share “a reverence for all things slightly granny and a fondness for cardigans.” Since making its first appearance in the form of a doodle, Rumfelt’s “two-headed beauty” named Mary and Rhoda has made appearances in visual narratives inspired by the artist’s childhood memories and remixed scenarios such as the Madhatter’s Tea Party from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Following a similar trajectory of development, Burnett’s contribution stemmed from a box of family photographs she started scanning, but she eventually shifted gears on the archival project by inserting found and purchased images into what she describes as “a borrowed story of snapshots and accidents.” Taken together, the duo’s “Borrowed Whimsy” evokes a mysterious sense of nostalgia for moments that never were. Free, 6-9pm, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, 1704 Blanco Road, Suite 104, (620) 218-1568, clamplightstudiosa.com. — Bryan Rindfuss

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Carlos Mencia

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Carlos Mencia is the Donald Trump of stand-up comedy — his base absolutely loves him (he sold out all his VIP tickets for these shows), and everyone else thinks he’s the worst thing to happen to the industry (Bill Cosby not included). Over the last few years, the Current has spoken to Mencia whenever he rolls into town (at least once a year), and every year we hope our write-up on the comedian doesn’t have to include anything about the joke-stealing allegations lobbed at him in 2005. As a journalist, it just gets tedious writing about it after 12 years. But will nonfans ever think of Mencia and not immediately connect him to his past indiscretions? Probably not. Like the Russian collusion suffocating Trump, the cloud is still thick around him. When asked for a single word to describe Mencia, a quick, unscientific poll of 10 people on Facebook came up with “thief” five times, “hack” three times and a single vote for “menso” and “pendejo.” One prominent San Antonio stand-up comedian even went as far as saying Mencia “is the only comedian [he] would refuse to open for.” It’s a harsh reality Mencia seems to have accepted, but one he and his supporters couldn’t give a shit about. USA! USA! $25, 7:30pm & 10:15pm Fri, 7pm, 9:15pm & 11:30pm Sat, 7pm Sun, LOL Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio.com. – Kiko Martinez

Most certainly, all of us have curled up with a good book whilst in the buff, but only a selfselected few would deign to do so in public. Luckily for us shy types, some daring divas are dying to share a taste of their favorite literature — and nothing else! Launched in Chicago in 2009, Naked Girls Reading is as simple as its premise: Performers take the stage adorned only with the prose of their choice. Heavyweights in the San Antonio burlesque scene, Jasper St. James and Vixy Van Hellen have launched a local chapter of Naked Girls Reading, which premieres with an August 11 event at the Sexology Institute. The readers and their selections are currently under wraps, but all will be bared when the ladies take the stage. In case it needs to be said: This event is for ages 18 and up only. $20, 8pm, Sexology Institute, 707 S. St. Mary’s St., (210) 487-0371, sexologyinstitute.com. — Kelly Merka Nelson

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‘Altered States’

COURTESY OF ELAINE PAWLOWICZ

ART While it might bring to mind the sensory deprivation, isolation tanks and psychoactive drugs that made director Ken Russell’s 1980 film Altered States so haunting and bizarre, Dallas-based artist Elaine Pawlowicz’s new solo show actually employs “portraits of intoxicating plants” to explore “abnormal states of tension.” Influenced by outsider art, surrealism and the Chicago Imagists (an eclectic, 1960s-era group of artists who drew creative inspiration from comics, architecture, trash and other aspects of their physical surroundings), Pawlowicz combines elements of magic realism and science fiction in paintings distinguished by bold color fields and unexpected approaches to perspective and scale. Centering around the dangers of “cultural toxicity” and the addictive escapism offered by the internet, television, video games, drugs and alcohol, her new body of work presents plants as curious metaphors for influences and vices that are “seductive and fanciful yet fatal.” Free, 7-10pm, Provenance Gallery, 1906 S. Flores St., provenancegallerysa.com. — BR

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‘Angel Baby’

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‘Frontera Friends’ Another Second Saturday, another opportunity to be dazzled by the stellar budding and established artistic talent that San Anto has to offer. One such offering, that should be, in our opinion, particularly worth your time, is the “Frontera Friends” opening at Lone Star Arts Space. Featuring new work from artist Jose Balli, including large oil paintings and mixed-media pieces, the exhibit takes its inspiration from the gritty, colorful characters who live along the U.S.-Mexico border and thrive amid all the dichotomies and tensions therein. Part celebration and part rumination, “Frontera Friends” is a must-see for anyone with a keen interest in the defiant spirit of those who live, struggle, and manage happiness in this place of constant cultural transition and unfortunate political turmoil. Free, 6-9pm, Lone Star Arts Space, 107 Lone Star Blvd., (210) 884-8100. — JC

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ART Although not quite as famous as the Donkey Lady, the tale of the Dancing Devil is similarly embedded in the folklore of San Antonio. Once documented in the San Antonio Express-News and still up for discussion on sites and blogs like Haunted Places, Sine Logicum and Snopes, the urban legend goes down on Halloween circa 1975 at El Camaroncito — a Westside dance hall on Old Highway 90 that later became The Players Club. Armed with good looks and killer dance moves, a studly stranger struts into the club, charms the ladies and boogies the night away until his final dance partner glances down and notices his feet, which — depending on who’s telling the story — resemble large chicken claws, goat hooves or (better yet) one of each. After she lets out a scream and outs him as

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Satan himself, the handsome devil escapes through a bathroom window, leaving a thick stench of sulfur in the air. Bound by roots in the Rio Grande Valley and “a strong interest in the occult and the supernatural,” artists Lisette Chávez and Audrya Flores found this peculiar storyline to be ripe for a collaborative interpretation. Organized by Lady Base Gallery and hosted by AP Art Lab, the duo’s video installation “Angel Baby” — which comes to a close this Saturday — reimagines the story from a feminist perspective that places a strong woman in the leading role and challenges viewers to “consider the manner in which folklore reinforces societal expectations of women and gender-related social structures.” Free, 7-10pm, AP Art Lab, 1906 S. Flores St., ladybasegallery.com. — BR

The Homesman

FILM Come for the San Antonio connection, stay for the searing portrayal of frontier life’s steep toll on women. (And also the free beer.) The final installment of the Briscoe’s “Women of the West” film series features South Texas’ resident grumpy cat Tommy Lee Jones, who stars in and directs this 2014 drama. Jones plays a rapscallion claim jumper indebted to Hilary Swank’s righteous spinster on a mission, Mary Bee Cuddy. Together they must escort three women driven mad by the patriarchy and a nonexistent social safety net (the more things change…) across Nebraska territory in 1850 and into Meryl Streep’s compassionate preacher’s wife embrace. While the plot is literally maudlin at times, each performance is a god-danged gem, and the cinematography is truly wondrous. Free, 6:30pm, Briscoe Western Art Museum, 210 W. Market St., (210) 299-4499, briscoemuseum.org. — Callie Enlow

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SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM of ART RT 200 West Jones Avenue | San Antonio, TX | 210.978.8100 | samuseum.org m.org This exhibition is generously funded by the Theodore and Doris Lee Family Foundation, the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992, Dr. Robert Clemons, the Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation, Thomas Edson, the Pilkington Anglo-Japanese Cultural Foundation, Allen Bennett, and Rosario Laird. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Bowing Buddha, Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century, gilt wood, 28 x 14 x 9 in. Vanessa and Henry Cornell Collection, Photography by Ylva Erevall Photography.

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Revisiting memories associated with the passing of a close friend, artist Jessica Bingham dives into “stereotypical childhood experiences” — pairing vivid nostalgia with melancholic musings ranging from playing games and building forts to exploring the neighborhood cemetery. Free, 6-9pm Saturday; Mantle Art Space, 714 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 971-4740.

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inspiration from the exhibition “Heaven and Hell: Salvation and Retribution in Pure Land Buddhism,” the August edition of SAMA and KRTU’s monthly Art Party series combines gallery tours, art-making activities, live blues by Ruben V and cocktails crafted by Hanzo (cash bar). $8-$15, 6-8pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

FILM Hunt for the Wilderpeople Awarded

an “Awesome San Antonio” grant in July, Cinema on Tap takes over Freetail with a screening of Taika Waititi’s 2016 indie comedy following a manhunt for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Free, 7:30pm Friday; Freetail Brewing Co. Tasting Room, 2000 S. Presa St., (210) 395-4974.

Mune: Guardian of the Moon Fathom

Events revisits directors Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan’s French 3D computer-animated adventure fantasy surrounding a waif-like forest faun tasked with recovering a stolen sun. $10-$13, 12:45pm Saturday; Santikos Palladium, 17703 I-10 W., (855) 473-4612.

SpaceBalls Slab Cinema revives Mel Brooks’ 1987 Star Wars satire starring Bill Pullman as a space bum who get trapped in a desert world with his half-man/half-dog co-pilot (John Candy), Druish Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and her robot chaperone Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers). Free, 8pm Saturday; Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo St., (210) 212-9373.

Tender Mercies TPR’s Cinema Tuesdays film series draws to a close with director Bruce Beresford’s Tender Mercies. Shot largely in Waxahachie, Texas, the 1983 drama stars Robert Duvall as Mac Sledge — a broken-down, middle-aged country singer who gets a new wife (Tess Harper), reaches out to his long-lost daughter (Ellen Barkin) and tries to put his troubled life back together. $10-$15, 7:30pm Tuesday; Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 614-8977.

THEATER Cthulhu Too: The Stranger in Yellow

Inspired by the stories of H. P. Lovecraft, this second chapter in Edward E. Wise II’s Bride Mythos Saga brings “cosmic horror” to a storyline following two bored cousins who invite danger into their home. $10, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday; The Overtime Theater, 5409 Bandera Road, (210) 557-7562.

Greater Tuna Performers Benji Regan and

Damian Gillen use quick-change artistry to portray an array of colorful characters in the Company Theatre’s production of Greater Tuna — a beloved off-Broadway comedy about Texas’ third-smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. $30-$40 (includes dinner), 7:30pm Saturday; The Big Apple Room at Little Italy, 824 Afterglow St., (800) 838-3006.

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"Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed" Experience up-close encounters with a lifelike Stegosaurus, Velociraptor and the king T-Rex in this thrilling walk-through exhibit. Kids can also meet a baby dinosaur, take a spin in the Jurassic Jeeps on the Dino Raceway and visit the Kids’ Adventure Zone filled with themed bouncy houses, crafts, face-painting and more. Parents and kids can test their skills on an all-new Mesozoic mini golf course and dig for fossils in the Valley of the Bones. $17$42, 9am-7pm Saturday-Sunday; Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St., (210) 226-1177. sacurrent.com • August 9-August 15, 2017 • CURRENT 21

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Dark as a dungeon, Mexican artist Rolando Lopez’s Artpace installation is like stumbling into one of the underground mines around his hometown of Aguascalientes, where the Great Central Mexican Foundry, devoted primarily to smelting copper and lead, was established in 1894 by a wealthy American family with a hard-to-pronounce last name: Guggenheim. Disorienting and dread-inducing, it feels like a place where art goes to die. The darker-than-night gallery is lit by a single electric candle that, after your eyes adjust to the darkness, dimly reveals a few pedestals covered with black felt. On the pedestals are polished pieces of toxic waste, collected from the tons left behind by the foundry that closed after 30 years. Lopez is attempting to build his own Guggenheim museum, mimicking and mocking the institutional strategies of the iconic modern art museum the family founded in New York City.

But the Museo Guggenheim Aguascalientes is evolving as a conceptual memorial to the spiritual and environmental cost of the foundry’s toxic legacy to Lopez’s hometown. Previously, Lopez has “rendered invisible” dozens of books about Mesoamerican cultures that he “rescued” from used book stores, which he placed inside black bags — “sacred bundles” he plans to use to start his museum’s library. Lopez is giving away a small newspaper catalog featuring his photographic images of refl ections from a polished piece of waste-stone illuminated by sunlight shining through a tiny hole in a tent that he has taken to the sites of former Guggenheim foundries around the world, documenting a trail of human suffering and environmental degradation. Also, you can take home a USB drive containing the artist playing guitar and delivering guttural poetry against

the backdrop of the whooshing sound made by thousands of Mexican Freetail bats. The performance is from his new series of work titled “Dark After Art.” Curator Yoshua Okón is a Mexico City artist — not a museum curator — known for his videos dealing with hot topics such as police brutality, the Guatemalan civil war and anti-immigrant protests in the United States. He said he looked for young artists who would benefit from an Artpace residency and that he felt had some affinity to his own work. Using an artist as curator marks a new direction for Artpace, which executive director Veronique Le Melle called “a needed change outside the prescriptive historic formula.” San Antonio artist Christie Blizard’s “We Invent Nothing” delivers a refreshing wallop of sound, energy, humor and philosophical investigation. Inspired by her reading of the late 20th-century revolutionary French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard, she sacurrent.com • August 9-August 15, 2017 • CURRENT 25

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commissioned a puppeteer to create a puppet version of the postmodernist pioneer, which she performed with at electronic music festivals around the country, such as Burning Man. In the notes accompanying the installation, she says, “These EDM events fascinate me because of their emphasis on an uncontained libidinal energy as a form of social dissent and escapism.” Projected videos of her EDM festival performances, interspersed with excerpts from Lyotard’s writing, are joyous celebrations of conceptualism for the masses. Wearing oddly androidish, clear, 3D-printed plastic masks based on Hollywood stars such as Jennifer Lawrence, she performs with the old-man puppet while oblivious ravers dance to the music around her. The centerpiece of her show is a highly-customized Pontiac muscle car with gull wings as a symbol of “desperation and wanting to be more than what it is.”

At a time when the nation’s political atmosphere is joyless and toxic, Blizard thinks the best hope is to be found in the creations of avant-garde artists developing new ways of thinking, though she wonders about the best way to get people to pay attention in the age of social media. Born in South Korea and now living in Los Angeles, Kang Seung Lee uses mural-scale drawings to look back at the LA riots of 1992, focusing on how the “white-black” conflict also impacted the Korean and Latino communities, summed up by the title of his installation, “Untitled (la Revolución Es la Solución!”). Manipulating images taken by photojournalists during the uprising, Seung erases and obscures the human figures to avoid “perpetuating the stereotypes of racialized figures.” The frenzy and fecklessness of the riot is captured by the blurred motion of Untitled (A Rioter Throwing Stones).

Lee describes some of his largescale drawings, actually piecedtogether digital prints, as “wallpaper,” and the wraparound images immerse viewers in the action of riot and its aftermath. Bleak storefronts are portraits of a neighborhood in despair. The installation begins with a series of small pencil drawings depicting the killing of Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old African American girl who was shot in the head by Soon Ja Du, a KoreanAmerican store owner at Du’s store, Empire Liquor in South Los Angeles, on March 16, 1991. Combined with the furor over the beating of Rodney King, Harlins’ death is considered one of the causes of the riot. Along with his drawings, Lee is showing lightboxes and neon pieces, including “Revolution” in Korean and Arabic, an invitation to a hopeful future, though another piece warns, “Revolucion (sic) Will Come in a Form We Cannot Yet Imagine. sacurrent.com • August 9-August 15, 2017 • CURRENT 27

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One reason behind the Samuel L. Jackson-caused scrape this past spring over black British actors portraying African Americans in American movies is that there’s not enough work for them in their own country. After all, where will you put black actors in a Jane Austen adaptation? Some recent British films — not enough, but notably Amma Asante’s Belle and Andrea Arnold’s interracial adaptation of Wuthering Heights — have sought to redress this by casting these actors in period dramas, to show that black people have been part of British history for centuries. The latest and best is Lady Macbeth, a concentrated 19th-century drama that will freeze your blood. The story is not based on Shakespeare but rather on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , which reads like a Russian version of Patricia Highsmith. (Classical music fans may remember that Shostakovich wrote an opera version of this

story that landed him in deep trouble.) The movie shifts the setting to England, where Katherine (Florence Pugh) has just been married off to a wealthy manufacturer’s son (Paul Hilton). She now lives in a nice house, but it’s mired in a secluded and particularly muddy patch of the countryside. She’s bullied by her tyrannical old father-in-law (Christopher Fairbank), kept indoors ostensibly for the sake of her health, and left alone for long periods with nothing to do and no one to talk to. Her sex life with her new husband consists mostly of stripping naked and facing the wall while he sits in a corner of the room and masturbates. Small wonder then that she seeks comfort in hot sex with a handsome black groomsman named Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis). The affair can’t become public, so she resorts to killing people around her to keep it secret, all the while nursing a hopeless desire to install Sebastian as the man of the house.

Director William Oldroyd is making his film debut (coming from theater and opera), while this is only the second film credit for Pugh. No matter; Pugh sets the screen ablaze as this frustrated and incredibly bored lady who pivots to murder with effortless logic. Like the heroine described by Leskov, she’s neither thin nor tall nor pretty, and she may have only been a teenager when the film was shot, but she radiates stony authority like an actress three times her age. The latter is especially true in a late scene when someone suddenly incriminates her in front of police, and you can see her wheels turning as she struggles to come up with a way out. As for Oldroyd, he gives the film the drive and power that Sofia Coppola’s similar The Beguiled lacked. The harsh, flat lighting keeps the mansion setting from looking too good, and there’s no background music. While his rhythm early on helps capture Katherine’s insane boredom

as a society wife, he later turns unflinching as he depicts the murders. We may feel a grim satisfaction when she locks that miserable father-in-law in his library until he dies, but there’s no such feeling at the movie’s climax, when Katherine and Sebastian murder a child who stands in the way of their romance. The scene, shot in one take and composed so that we hear the boy’s muffled screams but don’t see him, is exactly as horrible as it needs to be. The injection of race into this story gives the movie a power that Leskov’s novel doesn’t have. Oppressed though she is, Katherine still enjoys the privileges of her race and rank, and she knows instinctively that the police are readier to believe a black man guilty of the crimes than a white woman. In that regard, this vision of 19th-century England doesn’t look so far removed from our world, which is one reason why Lady Macbeth, under its Victorian petticoats, cuts savagely close to the bone.

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> Prepare to get roasted at the Saint City Supper Club’s “Meat Up” event on August 17 at 7 p.m., inside The Monty (formerly The Monterey) + Ivy Hall. This dinner, hosted by supper club founder Joel Rivas, will feature chefs Robbie Nowlin and Halston Connella in an all-out flavor invasion. While both chefs call the shots in their own San Antonio kitchens (Nowlins at Boudro’s and Zinc, while Connella runs Max’s Wine Dive), they have come together to create a menu that is sure to incite a satisfying case of the meat sweats. Expect menu items like oak-grilled flank steak, slowroasted 48-hour pork butt, and a wide selection of delectable hors d’oeuvres, there’s no doubt that attendees are in for an evening of Nowlin and Connella’s best work. However, San Antonio locals should prepare to purchase tickets to this multi-course dining event soon, because seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased online for $106.37 per person, with all food and beverages included. 1127 S. St. Mary’s St. — RC

Rolled Ice Cream in SA

> Roll on over to FruitMix on Bandera for their latest menu item: rolled ice cream. The Thai-style dessert, often found in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and the Philippines, has finally graced San Antonio after being in the States for about two years. Tasty Nation, a rolled ice cream shop, will open off De Zavala later this year. Owned by Manuel Quintana, FruitMix serves up fruit cups, smoothies, juices, and snacks, and in an effort to differentiate himself from other dessert shops, Quintana

added the hard-to-find treat. He purchased the flat top ice cream maker, unpacked it Thursday, and started offering rolled ice cream on Saturday, July 29. He says Saturday was the busiest day he’s seen in months. Quintana purchased the shop in January, but FruitMix was first opened two years ago in the same location. A signature board of 10 flavors was rolled out Tuesday morning, with combinations such as Gansito with chunks of the Mexican pastry, and the Elvis with peanut butter, banana, bacon, whipped cream and chocolate syrup. Cups are priced at $5.99. FruitMix is open noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed Sunday. 7007 Bandera Road, Suite 14, (210) 451-1410. — JE

Poké Palace

> Last June, poké, a raw Hawaiian salad, made its way to SA and our lives have never been the same. And this week, San Anto finally got its own poké shop. Rolling Fish Sushirritos and Poké opened last Friday at 12730 I-10 W. Suite 304 in the same shopping complex as a Twin Peaks and Hu Hot Mongolian Grill. The shop is inside a former froyo spot so expect a shot gun (or in this case, shot fun) design and bar seating along the left wall. The menu includes poké your way at $8.95 for two proteins and $10.95 for three, with your choice of base (bowl, salad or sushirrito), choice of protein (Ahi tuna, spicy tuna, salmon, chicken, boiled shrimp, shrimp tempura, eel and crab sticks), mix-ins (cucumber, mango, edamame, carrots), dressings (house classic, umami shoyu, ponzu, spicy ginger), toppings (crab salad, avocado, green onion, seaweed salad, furikake) and a “crunch” (garlic crisps,

wonton crispis, bonito flakes, lotus chips or nori). Six signature poké bowls are also available in case you’re not in the mood to pick and choose. Bubble teas and smoothies will be featured and Rolling Fish is already serving up ‘grammable Light Bulb teas. 12730 I-10 W., Suite 304, (210) 592-1003. — JE

The Art of Donut opens

> North St. Mary’s Street got a whole lot sweeter with the grand opening of The Art of Donut crafted donut bar on July 30. The Art of Donut, which originally opened shop as a food truck last December at The Point Park & Eats by Andrea Aguirre and Miguel Aja, opened its brick-and-mortar shop inside the space formerly held by The Fairview. 3428 N. St. Mary’s St. artofdounut.com. — ALG

More La Madeleine

> La Madeleine French Bakery & Café is heading to Live Oak with its fifth San Antonio-area location, slated to open Thursday, August 10. To kick things off, the French restaurant will host an all-day celebration, beginning at 6:30 a.m. with complementary coffee and baguettes. The first 50 guests in line will also receive bread for a year. Yes, really. You can find the new location at 9134 Agora Pkwy., Suite 100. — ALG

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Though Berbere Ethiopian Cuisine has been supplying San Antonio with a steady diet of miser wot from their food truck window for several years, the city lacked a brick-and-mortar location to sit down and partake in one of the greatest food cultures in the world. Now, with the arrival of Rehoboth EritreanEthiopian Cuisine just a few miles from the Medical Center, SA has a restaurant that, despite some missteps, fills a crucial culinary need for the international palate. Eritrea and Ethiopia, despite a painful history of annexation and independence in the 20th century, share significant commonalities in their languages, their religions, and their kitchens. Jewish and Islamic dietary guidelines translate to a focus on beef, lamb, and chicken in entrees; at the other end of the food chain, the traditional fast observed by Tewahedo Orthodox Christians on Wednesdays and Fridays means the yetsom beyaynetu (better known as “the vegetarian platter”) offers a venerable smorgasboard to Saytown vegans. We visited Rehoboth on a Sunday evening as part of a relatively large dinner party, including a lively toddler. Happily, Eritrean-Ethiopian food is served family-style, so there was little concern about invading your neighbor’s personal space. This communality is further encouraged by the role injera plays in the dining process. Made from a high-protein, East African grain called teff, it looks and tastes like a spongy sourdough pancake, rolled up like a beach towel and, at Rehoboth, served cool. Polite dining calls for you to tear off a piece of injera and pinch up a bite from these communal plates. It’s gluten-free to boot, which delighted my wheat-intolerant wife. Rehoboth divides its lunch and dinner menus into three categories: vegetarian, meat (i.e., beef and lamb), and poultry. Though I was tempted by the chicken options (particularly the tsebhi derho [$13.95], which features a drumstick and hard-boiled egg as the dish’s centerpiece), I was won over by the key wot ($13.95), a shredded beef stew simmered in chili, butter, and spices. My wife ordered the tsada tibsi (12.95), another item from the meat menu, which consists of lamb and steak cubes cooked with tomato, jalapeno, garlic, and the ubiquitous, mouth-watering spice berbere.

Having learned not to underestimate the stomachexpanding capacity of injera, I ordered a vegetarian platter ($14.95) to go, planning to feast on its combination of lentils, greens, and cabbage after a few hours of digestion. Rehoboth typically cooks their vegetarian platter with butter, but will substitute it with olive oil to keep things animal-free. The tsada tibsi and key wot were served in the same dish — a wide, shallow bowl lined with an unfurled piece of injera — with several individual rolls of bread served on a separate plate. The key wot delivered on the promise of its description: the butter and oil made it rich even as the berbere (which is made from no less than half a dozen other spices) danced up and down my tastebuds. The only drawback was that the berbere’s heat index was a notch or two beneath what I’d expected; the key wot was served with a side of plain yogurt, but I didn’t find it necessary to relieve any spiciness. The tsada tibsi featured the same tasty-but-not-quite-spicy seasoning as the key wot, but the beef-lamb cubes themselves were more tough than tender, which made for some labored chewing, and hadn’t absorbed the berbere as well as my dish had. It was strange to have such a divergence in quality on the same plate. The same unevenness showed up on the vegetarian platter. For the most part, it was flawless: the silssi potatoes (extra-spicy taters served with fried onions), alicha (cabbage cooked with a generous dose of tumeric) and collard green/spinach blend were seasoned to an excellent degree of warmth without giving up any tenderness; it hardly seems like a hardship to get to eat this twice a week. The overly crunchy timtmo alicha (yellow split peas) and curiously underseasoned timtmo (whose red lentils were reduced to a paste), on the other hand, were slightly penitential. It wasn’t that they were fundamentally unappetizing; instead, it seemed like the kitchen had left those items on the backburner to lavish attention on the rest. The only place where Rehoboth really came up short was with its coffee. Ethiopia is, after all, the birthplace of java, and many restaurants offer a lengthy coffee ceremony to accompany your after-dinner sip. My order came with the right outward appearances — a small cup and saucer paired with a jebena coffee pot—but the coffee itself appeared to be of the instant variety.

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Ethiopian coffee is a rare and particular pleasure, and I’d be lying to say I wasn’t disappointed. On balance, Rehoboth is a welcome addition to San Antonio’s culinary landscape. What they do well, they do very well indeed, and there are several signs (most notably, a pending liquor license) to indicate things will continue to improve. If the kitchen will turn up the heat (metaphorically and literally) on a few of its items and stay away from the instant coffee, they’ll do just fine.

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After 30+ years, Betty’s Battalion is teaming up with familiar partners

here’s no way Betty Ford breaks the 5-foot mark. But that wee ma’am from West Texas has commanded the corner of Grayson and New Braunfels Avenue in front of Fort Sam for the past 31 years inside what Texas Monthly called one of eight great dives in the state as recently as December 2016. For the uninitiated, Betty’s sits on a sleepy strip center, and its exterior promises divey insides. But once inside, after your eyes adjust to the dimly lit space, there’s plenty to find inside this warm bar. All manners of military regalia can be found from sailor hats to T-shirts to banners and flags — even a parachute. Bamboo plants give way to faux rock lamps and old-school beer neon signs. And the sweet smell that lingers? A Yankee Candle that burns of sugar and spice that Ford lights for la Virgen de Guadalupe. But a cancer diagnosis and recovery later in recent years made Ford realize she needed a hand managing the 31-year-old beer haven. She turned to one of her regulars, Danny Delgado, for said help. “I approached Danny. I know he’s...I just think he’ll do good for the bar because I’m not going to be here forever,” Ford says. Delgado’s name might sound familiar and it should if you’ve partied anywhere along the St. Mary’s Strip within the last seven years. At 28, Delgado opened Hi-Tones and, with a slew of partners, he has since gone on to open Faust Tavern, La Botanica, Phantom Room (which should be making a comeback in the coming months), Lowcountry, and The Squeezebox. With three more projects on the horizon including Con Safos at Yanaguana, there is no doubt about it — Delgado is a bar whisperer. For his partnership with Ford, Delgado’s bringing in Linda Ynclan and Laura Rocha, who formerly managed Phantom Room and Hi-Tones as partners. But aside from new faces and some reorganization of seating, and a possible paint job for the gazebo, the two biggest and perhaps only changes will be the addition of liquor and new hours. “We’re bringing in liquor and because Betty’s never had that,” Delgado says. “It’s new and that's one of the biggest things that keeps people out.” “I remember when people down the hill used to come up here to drink and now from up the hill, they’re going down because there’s liquor there,” Ford says. Mixed drinks will be available, and while Ynclan and Rocha know how to shake up cocktails, those won’t be making it to the menu any time soon. Ford will stick around during day shifts, and learn how to handle the new payment system. “It’s going to be a learning process for her, too,” Delgado says, as Ford quips, “I don’t know anything about liquor!”

Otherwise, Betty’s Battalion, which Ford leased at $250 a month in late 1985, will purposefully remain the same. The wall of fallen Special Ops personnel stays, so does the parachute, the rock lamps, the T-shirts, and the sailor caps. The bar will still service the military servicemen and women who have made it their home for the past 31 years. Ford opened Betty’s in the post-Vietnam War era with a vision and plenty of potential. “People used to turn up their nose at the military. I wanted to have a place where they could come. I knew what I was getting into when I opened this. They all welcomed the bar, and I welcomed them,” Ford says of the homey bar people describe as “comfy.” Of course, patrons wanting to experience a bit of old school San Antonio will make their way to Betty’s Battalion. They already have. But Delgado wants to hang on to that San Anto feel. “I’m hoping [people come]. We’ve let people know on the downlow, I’ve brought a lot of people here and they love the place,” Delgado says. “It’s a San Antonio staple and a place like this needs to go on for a while. I’ve seen what’s happened to the old school bars in San Antonio and, for me, this is history.” Expect a soft opening for Betty’s Battalion on August 10 with a grand opening the weekend of August 11 and 12. 1524 E. Grayson St., (210) 227-9255.

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KEEP AUSTIN WHITE Chulita Vinyl Club gets shut down for being too Latin

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> I’ve jokingly talked shit about Austin, Texas. If you’ve been living here long enough, you probably have too. Living in San Antonio, a city that continues to get labeled the ugly little sister of the “live music capitol of the world,” it’s easy to throw a gigantic “LOL” at folks that don’t see us as a rich cultural epicenter with a burgeoning DIY music and art scene. To us that have been here for a while, it’s like “cool, ‘fuck you’ don’t move here,” but on the flip-side of that same coin, a lot of us here want our own projects and our friends’ endeavors to get noticed and taken seriously … you know, like how the rest of the world does when you say you’re from Austin. But more and more, Austin continues to display a lack of inclusiveness despite their fetishizing of our Latinx culture. Last week on Facebook, Chulita Vinyl Club, the all-girl all-vinyl club (who also has a chapter here in SA) posted about the terrible mistreatment of their Austin chapter last Friday, July 28. The girls were booked to DJ at the newly opened Caroline + Upstairs at Caroline in Austin, a visibly Latin-infl uenced venue on the same bill with Colombian funk band Superfónicos. Their two-hour set was mostly R&B, Motown and pop, but after Superfónicos finished, CVC ended the night with 45 minutes of Latin music. That’s when things took a bit of a turn. According to CVC’s statement, with only 10 minutes remaining, Michael Childress, the assistant general manager of Upstairs at Caroline, approached the DJ Booth and “aggressively” told CVC to not play Latin music. He claimed the “vibe was too low” and that “the hotel did not want [them] to play Latin music anymore.” When the ladies questioned who he was, he “promptly told [CVC] he would turn [CVC] off and play the venue’s house music.” Thus, the members decided to pack up, leave and refuse to take payment. Shortly after the incident, CVC members confronted the hotel staff asking for answers and explaining why, if the crowd had been dancing and enjoying the music they were playing, they had been cut short, as seen in a video they posted on Youtube. Here’s the closing remarks from the original Facebook statement CVC released Sunday morning: “CVC was disrespected. CVC recognizes that apologies are empty when actions do not follow and condemns the commodification and objectification of elements of our culture, while at the same time not accepting our culture or welcoming

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its community. We felt so uncomfortable and unwelcome at the Caroline venue that we cannot in good consciousness accept their money. Their non-inclusive attitude towards our collective and audience will be shared with our community in efforts to protect them from suffering the ill treatment we received. CVC will not play or support spaces that naturalize aggression and acts of discrimination towards our culture or people. CVC firmly believes that playing Latinx music is part of our heritage and of visualizing cultural diversity in the country. We are grateful to our supporters for their loyalty and ongoing encouragement. CVC sincerely apologizes for inadvertently putting them in an unwelcoming and exclusionary environment. We are eager to move forward and continue our mission to create safe spaces of empowerment and togetherness for our community.” Caroline + Upstairs at Caroline posted a backpedaling apology on their Facebook: “On Friday night (July 28), we were honored to have The Chulita Vinyl Club play at the hotel. There was a miscommunication between the hotel team and the musicians at the end of their set, which led to the musicians leaving feeling unappreciated. Our hotel welcomes everyone, and we enjoy musicians of all backgrounds and styles. We truly regret Chulita Vinyl Club left feeling otherwise, and would like to work with them to discuss how we can ensure a similar incident doesn’t happen again. We have reached out to them to talk and welcome the opportunity to connect.” Insert eye-roll emoji here. And maybe that’s why I love it here in San Antonio. In the last nine years that I’ve lived here, there really hasn’t been any venue or space that has made me feel uncomfortable or unwanted as a queer, Latinx person whether I’m playing, reviewing, or just enjoying a show. And for for that, I’m grateful. Does San Antonio have a musical infrastructure to launch local talent into national arenas the way that Austin does? Maybe not (yet). But I’d rather have bomb-ass food that tastes like my late tía Licia’s (or damn near close), pay cheaper rent, and live in a community that supports our beautifully diverse, Latinx community.

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Bouncing Souls, Pennywise and Millencolin, and are actually coming back to share their rapid guitar riffs, drum fills and catchy punk rock “whoaaaaa”s. Let’s try not steal their shit this time, yeah? This is why we can’t have nice AUTHORITY things. And Authority Zero, ZERO if you’re reading this, our bad. With Supervillains, $12-$15, 8pm, Jack’s Patio Bar, 3030 Thousand Oaks, (210) 494-2309, jacksbarsa.com. – Chris Conde

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR Songwriter and guitar picker extraordinaire Livingston Taylor — who happens to be the brother of one James Taylor, treasure of American music — has been writing, performing, and releasing music for nearly 40 years. Aside from having written a few hits for his decidedly more famous brother, Taylor’s own Top 40 jaunts include “I Will Be in Love with You” and “I’ll Come Running.” An adept and chameleonic musical talent, Taylor can ace everything from folk to jazz, from gospel to pop, seeming to call up the very soul of these distinct traditions with ease. As such, his live show is a journey through American music styles par excellence. $29.50-$65, 8pm, Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. – JC

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There’s a careful balance that must be struck to cross the kind of musical bridges that Carlton Zeus is crossing. His unique combo of Mexicano cumbia with modern hip-hop and rock beats are punctuated with vocals so smooth, they can only be described as seductive. So seductive, in fact, that they’ll find a way to slither into your pants and move your hips SAT

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San Antonio has sort of become notorious for stealing band trailers. At least a few times a year, a photo of a trailer will pop up on our FB timeline with a caption explaining how some touring band came through SA and got their shit stolen. Though no trailers have been stolen this year (that we know of), back in the summer of 2015, while headlining The Summer Sickness tour with CounterPunch and Rubedo, Authority Zero’s tour van and trailer were stolen right here in the Alamo City. The van and trailer were recovered a few days later, but was damaged and more than $50,000 dollars of music equipment and merchandise were stolen. The band, who formed back in ’94 carry that skate/punk sound similar to The

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Boyd Tinsley, best known as the longtime violin/mandolin player for the Dave Matthews Band, is a seriously talented individual. Already recognized as a special talent on violin in his early teens, Tinsley also writes solo music (some focused on his instruments, some not), does some singing, and has even dabbled in writing short films. Looking for something new, he has started Crystal Garden, a pop-rock band that features Tinsley in multiple ways, without necessarily being all about him. The band just released its first album, Let The Rocks Cry Out, back in March. We’d recommend Crystal Garden’s SA show for fans of Dave Matthews Band and anyone who like to witness live violin shreddage in person. $12-$50, 7:30pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint.com. – James Courtney WED

TRUE INDIGO True Indigo is a young, local, psych-rock band that has really caught and held our attention with its mind-expanding live sets and its dope debut album I Saw Purple. A young band that serves up a truly heady brew, True Indigo writes huge songs that nevertheless show evidence of careful attention to the minute. The band combines just about every strain of rock-based psychedelic music, patient and ethereal at one moment and blistering or jangly at the next. Dig trueindigotheband. bandcamp.com and you’ll understand what we mean. Joining this promising local act on Thursday’s bill, San Marcos’ Crypt Trip brings its heavy, deepdish, doom-psych delirium to town. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 7357775, thelimelightsa.com. – JC THU

to the rhythm. Oh, were you planning on sitting still while listening to his 2017 album, “Three Strikes You’re In”? Well that’s too bad, because these beats were made for some dirty dancing. Zeus’s undeniable on-stage charisma is even more apparent when you watch him live. At 8 p.m. on Aug 12, you can catch him getting down at Sam’s Burger Joint along with special guests AJ Hernz, Colour Red, and Wayne Holtz. Full disclosure, our music writer Chris Conde will be performing as well. Whether you’re going for the burgers or the beats, Carlton Zeus is sure to put on a show you won’t forget (that is, if you don’t wind up drinking too much cerveza). Saturday, August 12 $10-$60, 8pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830, samsburgerjoint. com. — Rhyma Castillo

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EYEHATEGOD EDWIN MCCAIN Most likely showing up in the same rotation next to songs like “I Dont Want To Miss A Thing” by Aerosmith and “Iris” by The Goo Goo Dolls, Edwin McCain’s impassioned 1998 hit “I’ll Be” was literally everywhere … all the time. At the mall – “IIIIIIII’ll beee your crying shouldeeer”. At HEB – “III’ll beeee love’s suiciiahahiide.” At your cousin’s quince – “I’ll beee better when I’m oldeeherrr.” In your first car, making out with your first crush – “Iahaha’ll beee the greatest, fan of your liiiiiyyfe.” And if you remember 1998 like us, there’s definitely something nostalgic and fun about these sort of cheesyDawson’s Creek-singer-songwriter ballads that punctuated the late ’90s. But McCain isn’t finished. As early as last year, with his banjo-heavy EP Oh Edwin Where Art Thou?, McCain proves that singer-songwriter, well, songs, still deserve rotation on the planet’s playlist. $36.50-$75, 7pm, The Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. – CC SUN

If you failed to mention Eyehategod in a discussion about New Orleans metal, someone might slap you. Incorporating elements of doom metal, southern rock, blues and old-school hardcore punk, this sludgy New Orleans quintet have burying audiences under swamp water metal for more than 20 years. When drummer Jimmy Bower was playing drums for Down, the other four band members started a side project called Outlaw Order (stylized OO%). At the time of the side project’s formation, all of the members were on probation, and have consistently been in trouble with the law (lol). Anyway, Eyehategod is a treasure in the metal community, and this show is bound to be a grand display of sludgy guitar tones and slow moving drum hits perfect for a Sunday evening With Negative Approach + More, 7:30pm, $15, The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., thekorova.com. – CC SUN

If you’re not familiar with the rock ‘n’ roll sub-genre “stoner rock,” it’s basically slower and heavier rock that incorporates elements of heavy metal, doom metal, psychedelic rock and acid rock. Weedeater is sort of a great introduction to the genre if you wanted to just dive right in and soak up all the THC-fueled distortion. Formed in 1998, the Wilmington North TUE

Carolina three-piece sound WEEDEATER like what might be playing at a swamp party, witch-meetup. It’s slow, dark and a dash sinister. If you smoke weed, definitely listen to these dudes while high. WithTelekinetic Yeti, Cursus and more, $12-$15, 8pm, The Korova 107 E. Martin St., thekorova.com. – CC

ALESANA + EYES SET TO KILL Maybe if post-hardcore wasn’t as huge of a phenomenon in the early aughts, it would seem less cheesy today. That’s not to say that there aren’t folks that do it well, no matter how many bands have followed the same formulaic emowail + high-pitched scream ÷ double bass breakdown. One band keeping the scent of the scene pungent is Raleigh, North Carolina’s Alesana. As a band that has been putting out records since the golden-age of sideswiped two-tone hair and Norma Jean shirts, you can’t blame these guys from playing a style of music that they helped make popular over a decade ago. With Eyes Set To Kill, $16, 7pm, The Rock Box, 1223 E. Houston St., (210) 677-9453, therockboxsa.com. – CC TUE

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MUSIC CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 Bru’s Tunes Live acoustic music by Bru’s Tunes. Free. La Hacienda De Los Barrios, 6-9pm Country Fool’s Gold Country act at Gruene Hall. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm

AUGUST 11 • SHOOTER JENNINGS

Crystal Garden Rock band of Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley. $12$50. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8:30pm Moonshine Bandits Country rock act at Jack’s. $10-$15. Jack’s Bar, 7-11:45pm

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Primetime Jazz Orchestra John Magaldi’s primetime jazz orchestra. Free. The Cove, 8-10pm

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Wednesday Evening Picker Circle w/ Claude Butch Morgan. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5-9pm THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 210 Blues Band R&B by 210 Blues Band every Thursday. Free. SoHo Wine & Martini Bar, 10pm

AUGUST 18 • SUNNY SWEENEY

AUG 12 8 pm

Bandaholics Honchos Claude “Butch” Morgan, Trevor Doak Morgan, and Robert “Robar” Adams perform music of various genres. Free. Sancho’s Cantina, 7-9pm Civil Youth Alt-rock band from (Philadelphia). $8-$10. Jack’s Bar, 8-11pm Crypt Trip, True Indigo Rock act from San Marcos joined by local pysch rock act True Indigo. $5. Limelight, 9pm

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POLY PROBS SAVAGE LOVE by Dan Savage > My boyfriend of eight months, K, and I are polyamorous. We started the relationship on that foot, and for a while I was the partner he spent the most time with. There have been ups and downs, but overall our relationship is solid and loving. However, recently we both started dating the same woman, L, and they have been spending more time together than with me due to my work schedule. They both reassure me that they love me and care for me deeply, but I am an anxiouslyattached person and sometimes I have panic attacks when they spend more time with others/ themselves and fear that they’re going to leave me. I’m working on becoming more secure via books on cognitive behavioral therapy, and I’m looking into in-person therapy. This is my first serious relationship, but not his (I’m 22, he’s 35). And while K has been super patient with me, my worry and grasping is a point of friction in the relationship. K has told me he doesn’t want to be solely responsible for my sexual satisfaction and my need for constant reassurances that he cares. The anxiety has been flaring up most strongly concerning sex — we’re all switches, and K and L are both professional Dominants. I feel neglected if K doesn’t penetrate me but he penetrates L, or if L gets to penetrate K via a strap-on and I don’t. He’s very good about voicing what he desires, while I’m learning to speak up despite feeling like I’m just being needy and grasping again. I love both my partners, but I’ve been feeling sexually neglected — and with a HIGH sex drive, it’s been quite painful. This is my first “trio rodeo” and I really want to make it work — I’ve seen a future with K for a while (the I-want-your-children kind), and L is joining those future visions. How can I find a way to create more opportunities for sexy-time and not ruin it with anxiety attacks? BDSM Enthusiastic Lover On Voyage4 Emotional Durability

I’m always suspicious when two (or more) people claim to be deeply in love after dating for a short period of time, BELOVED, and eight months qualifies as a short period of time. Premature declarations of love — to say nothing of premature commitments — up the emotional stakes, which can place a strain on a newish relationship (or a trio of them) that it may not be strong enough to bear. Not yet. You’ll feel a lot less anxious about this relationship, BELOVED, if you make a conscious effort to lower the stakes. In other words: Dial it way back, girl. You’ve been dating K for a little more than half a year, and you’ve been dating L for whatever “recently” adds up to in a world where eight months equals LTR. It’ll reduce your anxiety levels and soothe your insecurities if you tell yourself you aren’t committed to K and L as life partners. Not yet. This is the beginning of both these relationships. All you’re committed to right now is continuing to get to know K and L. You’re committed to dating them, you’re committed to exploring where this might go, you’re committed to enjoying your time with them, however long it lasts. But you are not committed to them. Either of them. Not yet. Committing yourself to therapy is a good idea, BELOVED. Everyone should commit to working on their emotional and mental health. You and your therapist can start by reevaluating whether a poly relationship is right for you in practice. In theory, you understand poly and you may want a poly relationship. (Particularly if it’s the only way you can have K.) But as someone with anxiety issues and hang-ups about all sex acts being divided up equally, poly may not be right for you, or it may not be right for you right now. After a little therapy (or maybe a lot), who knows? (Also: Trying to portion out sex between three people like you would ice cream for three small kids — making sure each kid gets the exact same number and size of scoops — is unrealistic. Sometimes you’ll get more; sometimes you’ll get less. Eyeing those scoops too closely is only going to generate conflict.) You’ve been at this rodeo for only eight months, BELOVED, and if these problems are already coming up, it might not be your attachment style or your anxiety. It’s possible this rodeo isn’t for you.

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Jennifer Grace Sanders, of San Antonio, TX, died on Saturday, August 5, 2017 from complications after surgery. She was 40 years old. She was born in Starkville, MS on April 2, 1977, and graduated from Tallulah High School in Tallulah, LA. Jennifer worked at Job News USA in San Antonio, TX. She previously worked at the San Antonio Current in San Antonio, TX., and the Dallas Observer in Dallas, TX. Jennifer is survived by her son, Parker Grayson Dempsey; her mother, Elizabeth Burchardt; her father, Charlie “Pete” Sanders; her siblings, Melissa, Guyton, Krista and Jon; and her nieces and nephews, Beth, Shelby, Dakota, Lainey and Carlie. She will be greatly missed by friends and family. A visitation will take place on Wednesday, August 9 at Funeral Caring USA from 1:00 to 4:00. Service will immediately follow. Flowers and condolences can be sent to: Funeral Caring USA, 2621 Mossrock, San Antonio, TX 78230. Donations can be made to San Antonio Pets Alive, in her memory, at sanantoniopetsalive.org.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): I hope you’re making wise use of the surging fertility that has been coursing through you. Maybe you’ve been reinventing a long-term relationship that needed creative tinkering. Perhaps you have been hammering together an innovative business deal or generating new material for your artistic practice. It’s possible you have discovered how to express feelings and ideas that have been half-mute or inaccessible for a long time. If for some weird reason you are not yet having experiences like these, get to work! There’s still time to tap into the fecundity. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano defines “idiot memory” as the kind of remembrances that keep us attached to our old self-images, and trapped by them. “Lively memory,” on the other hand, is a feisty approach to our old stories. It impels us to graduate from who we used to be. “We are the sum of our efforts to change who we are,” writes Galeano. “Identity is no museum piece sitting stock-still in a display case.” Here’s another clue to your current assignment, Taurus, from psychotherapist Dick Olney: “The goal of a good therapist is to help someone wake up from the dream that they are their self-image.” GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Sometimes, Gemini, loving you is a sacred honor for me — equivalent to getting a poem on my birthday from the Dalai Lama. On other occasions, loving you is more like trying to lap up a delicious milkshake that has spilled on the sidewalk, or slow-dancing with a giant robot teddy bear that accidentally knocks me down when it suffers a glitch. I don’t take it personally when I encounter the more challenging sides of you, since you are always an interesting place to visit. But could you maybe show more mercy to the people in your life who are not just visitors? Remind your dear allies of the obvious secret — that you’re composed of several different selves, each of whom craves different thrills. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Liz, my girlfriend when I was young, went to extreme lengths to cultivate her physical attractiveness. “Beauty must suffer,” her mother had told her while growing up, and Liz heeded that advice. To make her long blonde hair as wavy as possible, for example, she wrapped strands of it around six empty metal cans before bed, applied a noxious spray, and then slept all night with a stinky, clanking mass of metal affixed to her head. While you may not do anything so literal, Cancerian, you do sometimes act as if suffering helps keep you strong and attractive — as if feeling hurt is a viable way to energize your quest for what you want. But if you’d like to transform that approach, the coming weeks

will be a good time. Step One: Have a long, compassionate talk with your inner saboteur. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Each of us comes to know the truth in our own way, says astrologer Antero Alli. “For some it is wild and unfettered,” he writes. “For others it is like a cozy domesticated cat, while others find truth through their senses alone.” Whatever your usual style of knowing the truth might be, Leo, I suspect you’ll benefit from trying out a different method in the next two weeks. Here are some possibilities: trusting your most positive feelings; tuning in to the clues and cues your body provides; performing ceremonies in which you request the help of ancestral spirits; slipping into an altered state by laughing nonstop for five minutes. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Would you scoff if I said that you’ll soon be blessed with supernatural assistance? Would you smirk and roll your eyes if I advised you to find clues to your next big move by analyzing your irrational fantasies? Would you tell me to stop spouting nonsense if I hinted that a guardian angel is conspiring to blast a tunnel through the mountain you created out of a molehill? It’s OK if you ignore my predictions, Virgo. They’ll come true even if you’re a staunch realist who doesn’t believe in woo-woo, juju, or mojo. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): This is the Season of Enlightenment for you. That doesn’t necessarily mean you will achieve an ultimate state of divine grace. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be freestyling in satori, samadhi, or nirvana. But one thing is certain: Life will conspire to bring you the excited joy that comes with deep insight into the nature of reality. If you decide to take advantage of the opportunity, please keep in mind these thoughts from designer Elissa Giles: “Enlightenment is not an asexual, dispassionate, head-in-the-clouds, nails-inthe-palms disappearance from the game of life. It’s a volcanic, kick-ass, erotic commitment to love in action, coupled with hard-headed practical grist.”

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): The fates have conspired to make it right and proper for you to be influenced by Sagittarian author Mark Twain. There are five specific bits of his wisdom that will serve as benevolent tweaks to your attitude. I hope you will also aspire to express some of his expansive snappiness. Now here’s Twain: 1. “You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” 2. “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” 3. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” 4. “When in doubt, tell the truth.” 5. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

in Padua, Italy and resolved to make a living as an artist. He started creating furniture, and ultimately evolved into a sculptor who specialized in satirical work. In 1999 he produced a piece depicting the Pope being struck by a meteorite, which sold for $886,000 in 2001. If there were ever going to be a time when you could launch your personal version of his story, Aquarius, it would be in the next ten months. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should go barreling ahead with such a radical act of faith, however. Following your bliss rarely leads to instant success. It may take years. (16 in Cattelan’s case.) Are you willing to accept that?

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “My grandfather used to tell me that if you stir muddy water, it will only get darker,” wrote I. G. Edmonds in his book Trickster Tales. “But if you let the muddy water stand still, the mud will settle and the water will become clearer,” he concluded. I hope this message reaches you in time, Capricorn. I hope you will then resist any temptation you might have to agitate, churn, spill wine into, wash your face in, drink, or splash around in the muddy water.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Tally up your physical aches, psychic bruises, and chronic worries. Take inventory of your troubling memories, half-repressed disappointments, and existential nausea. Do it, Pisces! Be strong. If you bravely examine and deeply feel the difficult feelings, then the cures for those feelings will magically begin streaming in your direction. You’ll see what you need to do to escape at least some of your suffering. So name your griefs and losses, my dear. Remember your near-misses and total fiascos. As your reward, you’ll be soothed and relieved and forgiven. A Great Healing will come.

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