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33 SCREENS 10 NEWS Useless Progress Texas patients needing medical marijuana head to Colorado Long Time Coming LGBT activists in SA recall path to historic Supreme Court decision
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USELESS PROGRESS New Texas Medical Marijuana Law Proves Ineffective MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN
Former San Antonio resident Sherise Nipper suffers from intractable epilepsy. It wouldn’t be unusual for her to have to have more than a dozen seizures a day. Confined to a wheelchair, there was no light at the end of the tunnel for her and her family. “I was on every kind of prescription you can imagine. I started getting chemical blisters on my body,” Nipper, 35, told the San Antonio Current last week. “My body started to literally burn from the inside out.” Her seizures were so intense and frequent that the ligaments in her Achilles heel and knees ripped from the rapid, uncontrollable movement. Her gall bladder and appendix ruptured. And the medications, which burned her tongue, prevented her from tasting food. One time, she needed chest compressions and a medic fractured her sternum. It was no way to live. “So my husband and I went to my neurologist and he says ‘She’s not doing well,’” Nipper recalled. She asked the doctor point-blank about using CBD oil and THC — both compounds found in marijuana — to treat her seizures. She was promptly told all that could be done for her comes in the form of a pill. Undeterred, looked more into medical marijuana, concluding it was her best bet. But obtaining it illegally was stressful, scary and not worth the risk. Despite the fact that Texas legislators acknowledged medical marijuana for the first time this year by passing a CBD oil bill for the treatment of incurable epilepsy, they barred the use of THC, the component that has been proven to help the most. Nipper knew she had to leave her beloved Lone Star State. The law doesn’t help her due to the THC restriction, so she felt she had no other choice but to pack up. Rocky Mountain Refuge She used the family’s tax refund and headed in April to Glendale, Colorado, for a month to try CBD oil and THC treatment. The change was immediate and drastic — she’s only had a single seizure since moving. It comes as no surprise, then, that she decided to stay put. “I’m no longer in a wheelchair. I’m getting around and doing my daily stuff. My ligaments are still torn, but I’m working with a massage therapist to strengthen those muscles,” Nipper said. Another bonus: Being able to taste certain things for the first time, such as a favorite, Alfredo sauce. And her condition is not keeping her from hitting the road. 10 CURRENT • July 8-14, 2015 • sacurrent.com
Texans like SA’s Edwin Patterson (left) and Sherise Nipper are looking to Colorado for access to medical marijuana.
“In Colorado, I can take my cannabis medicine anywhere.” Nipper is not the only Texan finding cannabis-led refuge in the Rocky Mountain state. Shania Williams is a four-year-old from Houston. She has a rare genetic disorder in her DNA that causes a variety of neurological conditions, including severe epilepsy. She’s spent much of her short life in the hospital taking multiple medications, having blood drawn and undergoing an array of tests, procedures and surgeries. “Despite all efforts, including four daily ... medications to help reduce and prevent seizure activity, Shania’s seizures began to increase in strength and frequency,” her mother, Stephanie, told the Current. “In January 2013, Shania was taken by ambulance to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, for what was the longest continuous seizure she would have to date.” That episode lasted nearly three hours and Shania was placed in intensive care. “It was then that I … began my research on cannabis oil. When all else seemed to have failed, it gave us a glimmer of hope,” Stephanie said. The remedy in Texas was an unthinkable option for any parent. “In August of 2013, a seven-day continuous EEG was done, and it was then discussed that a last option for her was a lobotomy, which would leave her blind and would not guarantee complete seizure control,” Stephanie said. They said no way to that. “My husband and I then decided that our last hope for
our daughter to have a chance at living a life as a child was indeed in Colorado.” In April 2014, that decision became a reality, with the help of family and friends. Now, Shania only has a seizure once every two weeks. In Texas, where the little girl didn’t have access to the combo of CBD oil and THC, she experienced daily seizures that lasted from three to 45 minutes. “Shania’s developmental growth has blossomed. She is becoming more and more age-appropriate and can go outside and enjoy her childhood,” her mother said. “She is reaching therapy goals and is able to communicate her needs and wants more proficiency. She is even counting to 20 on her own and trying to learn how to ride a bike,” she added. In February 2015, 9-year-old Alexis Bortell, also an epileptic, had the worst seizure of her life. “It lasted over eight minutes, during which she stopped breathing for a short time,” said her father, Dean. “After consulting with doctors in Dallas, we decided that for her own safety we had to evacuate Alexis to Colorado, where she could begin whole-plant oil therapy immediately.” And just like with the other cases, the move proved fruitful. “We haven’t seen a single issue,” Dean said. He only wishes that they and other families wouldn’t have to make a mad dash to another state, uplifting their entire lives in the process. Useless Texas Law When Texas made history this year by passing a law
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legalizing the use of CBD oil sans THC for medical purposes, it didn’t create a rational way for the legislation to work. Simply put, the Lone Star State’s CBD oil bill helps no one but politicians who can now officially boast, “I supported a medical marijuana bill.” There are two reasons behind the new law’s uselessness for patients suffering from intractable epilepsy. The first boils down to semantics. There’s a difference in the eyes of the federal government on whether a physician can prescribe cannabis (a federal offense) or recommend it (protected by free speech). “Cannabis in all forms is a Schedule I substance and the DEA has previously threatened physicians with the loss of their license to prescribe any controlled substance and has indicated it would consider such an order aiding and abetting a federal offense,” said Heather Fazio, Texas political director for the Marijuana Policy Project. By contrast, federal courts recognize First Amendment protection for doctors who recommend medical marijuana to a patient, Fazio clarified. There are two ways to cure this problem: first, by amending Texas’ historic CBD bill to say “recommend” rather than “prescribe,” or for federal law to change. The second option is to amend the bill’s language to include THC as a medicine.
Beyond Epilepsy San Antonian Edwin Patterson, a 50-year-old disabled veteran, met Nipper a couple of years ago. His wife found
random drug tests and if I test positive, it will affect the medications that they give me,” Patterson said. Even if Texas’ CBD oil law was effective, it still wouldn’t help people like Patterson. So count him as one more future Lone Star defector bound for greener pastures in Colorado — he hopes to join Nipper next year once his current lease is up. Truth is, there are thousands of veterans and people like Patterson in Texas. They don’t have intractable epilepsy, but they do have a range of conditions and diseases that marijuana has been proven to help. But until Texas takes its head out of the sand, those patients are just going to seek treatment elsewhere, like Colorado. Thompson, the Colorado weed shop owner and expert, said he’s seeing more and more people from states like Texas that don’t have effective medical marijuana laws moving to Colorado as a last-ditch effort to control symptoms that traditional meds failed to treat. “We see people with autism to people with seizures to people who need an alternative to pain management,” he said. “I mean, it’s amazing.” Texas, on the other hand, is offering a whole lot of nothing to people who simply want a non-toxic alternative to expensive drugs that are not making them better. They don’t want to leave. They want to live. “I never knew when we walked out of our house in Texas, that it would be the last time I saw our street and our friends,” Nipper said, tearing up. “I had faith in Texas.” mreagan@sacurrent.com ALEX RAMIREZ
Scientifically Proven Mike Thompson met Nipper by chance at one of his recreational marijuana shops in Colorado. “She told me how she tried CBD therapy. It helped, but didn’t work,” said Thompson, director of production and manufacturing at Emerald Fields. Thompson holds degrees in biology and chemistry and is working toward a master’s in pharmaceutical chemistry. He’s also a Texan who relocated to Colorado nearly three years ago, sensing a marijuana-business boom. He wasn’t surprised that Nipper’s CBD-only regimen wasn’t working. “I assumed she had an endocannibinoid deficiency,” Thompson said. “CBD and THC are fundamentally different chemicals from a pharmacological standpoint. It’s complicated, but they are not one and the same.” Thompson said the theory is that the deficiency contributes to seizures, and that a mixed ratio of CBD and THC seem to help reduce and control the sudden attacks. In short, CBD inhibits the breakdown of endocannibinoids while THC supplements the brain’s endocannibinoids, which are naturally generated in a healthy person, Thompson explained. Today, Nipper is nearly off all of her medications, except for Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug that her doctors had prescribed in large doses for more than a decade. She takes a fraction of what she used to take, but completely stopping is dangerous. “So we gave her the THC therapy and all of a sudden you noticed a huge difference,” Thompson said.
a pit bull at their apartment complex, but they couldn’t keep it. So he called Heaven Sent Pit Bull, a rescue operation Nipper founded which takes unwanted pit bulls and trains them to become service dogs. Patterson, whose left leg was amputated last week, had a bad turn three years ago after a mosquito bit the otherwise happy and healthy 47-year-old. “I developed West Nile (virus),” Patterson said. “I spent three months in the ICU on a ventilator.” The virus causes paralysis in some people and Patterson lost the use of his arms and legs. “Now, just a little bit less than three years later, I’ve gotten full use of my arms, partial use of my right leg and no use of my left leg,” he said. “I still have cognitive issues and speech issues. Sometimes I can’t think of words and they don’t come out of my mouth. I have shortterm memory.” All of that caused by a tiny insect. “That mosquito kicked my ass,” Patterson said. And then, after doctors used strong opiates to control his pain, he became addicted. He also suffers from severe insomnia, a lack of appetite and tremors. “When I left the rehab hospital, I was addicted to morphine. My mom got me off that,” he said. “I couldn’t move from the neck down so I couldn’t do much from stopping her from making me go cold turkey.” Patterson started using marijuana to control his pain, to stimulate his appetite and to help him sleep. Then he told his care practitioner at the VA clinic how it was helping. “They put me on a contract that now I’m subjected to
The push for medical marijuana in Texas, including SA, is picking up steam.
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When news broke that the Supreme Court had struck down the ban on same-sex marriages, Donna and Jordan Reed were the second couple to apply for a marriage license at the Bexar County Clerk’s office. Donna, 67, and Jordan, 69, have been together for 47 years. Jordan said they’ve been “quietly out,” primarily wrapped up in the normality of their day-to-day lives. “We haven’t been politically active,” Jordan told the San Antonio Current. “We’ve never spoken to a congressman.” But the Reeds realize they owe their ability to marry to “all the people who have been out there doing the real footwork.” She’s talking about LGBT activists who battled for decades in city streets and courtrooms for the hearts and minds of decision-makers and the general public back when the cause didn’t have wide support. In San Antonio, LGBT activists see the Supreme Court’s ruling as a monumental victory, but one whose seeds were sown years ago. And though their work isn’t done, many members of the LGBT community have used the landmark ruling to reflect on how far they — and this city — have come. “It was a long time coming. We’ve been working on this for a long, long time, over three decades,” said Ted Switzer, former publisher of The Marquise, a San Antonio LGBT magazine in the 1990s. “It may seem fast to some people who are not activists, but ... it’s been a long time.” ‘Closeted, Closed, Regressive’ Despite years of toil in the trenches, scarcely anyone would have predicted the Supreme Court’s decision even just a few years ago. Many activists said that for so long, national marriage equality never seemed tangible. “I could not envision this in my lifetime,” Brad Veloz, 69, a former co-chair of the San Antonio Lesbian and Gay Assembly, told the Current. “I could not see it. I felt that we had too many obstacles to go through to get to marriage equality.” LGBT activists remember San Antonio as a very different town than the one now adorned in rainbow flags. Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, recalled SA as “pretty much a closeted community” when she returned to her hometown after graduating from Yale University. “I came into this work in the early 1980s, right out of college coming back to San Antonio, where being out is a scary notion. Nobody talked about it,” Sanchez said. Some cite San Antonio’s deep Roman Catholic roots and the “Military City U.S.A” moniker as main reasons for its traditional lack of inclusivity. Switzer, who moved here in the 1990s, described SA
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as a “very closeted, closed, regressive sort of town.” Gene Elder, an LGBT activist and artist who runs The Happy Foundation, a non-profit archive of San Antonio’s LGBT history, can recall even further back in time. He said that the 1970s were, for a time, a period of great progress. Back then, Elder observed the comings and goings of the community as the manager of the San Antonio Country, an iconic gay club often raided by law enforcement. “Since I saw the situation and the gay community daily ... I got to see how people changed and were willing to have gay friends and come to the club with us,” Elder said. “Things were going great until AIDS. Then the religious hatred really came out in all its ignorance. And we lost really beautiful men … Not just physically, but spiritually beautiful.” Elder pointed to one night in particular in 1978 that galvanized San Antonio’s LGBT community: when Anita Bryant came to town. Bryant, a former Oklahoma beauty queen turned orange juice huckster, went on barnstorming tours in the late 1960s and 1970s to sing gospel and rail against the “evils of homosexuality.” She came to San Antonio in late February of 1978. And the sheer presence of Bryant, the woman who once said “if gays are granted rights, next we’ll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nail biters,” invigorated San Antonio’s LGBT community. “Anita Bryant coming to town brought the issue up front and center,” Elder recalled.
Arthur “Hap” Veltman, the LGBT activist, entrepreneur and namesake of The Happy Foundation, raised funds to take out a full-page ad in the San Antonio Express-News for Bryant’s arrival. Veltman, who died in 1988, wrote the ad copy himself: “It is an individual decision to fight for human rights for every citizen in this nation. Those rights were meant to exist under our Constitution, for without them, we begin the forfeiture of an equal opportunity under the law for designated groups. May enough individuals speak out against this injustice, and play a positive role in overcoming a tragic turn from liberty.” Protesters picketed outside the concert and Elder passed out an “Anita Bryant Prayer,” which read in part: “‘Remember the Alamo’ is not only our call to arms, but a constant reminder that our forefathers fought for freedom from opposite sides of the church walls. The blood runs deep into our soil on both sides and we are slowly learning how to live in peace, and to love each other once again. Forgive us for not taking up your sword against our gay brothers and sisters. We can not afford to once again tear our city into pieces.” Growing Pains Though San Antonio’s LGBT community grew and became more vibrant in the 1990s, there was also tremendous conflict caused by rifts between and within activist groups, as well as institutional persecution from CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 ►
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himself in his garage the next day. Switzer described Hogan’s suicide in the July 1994 edition of The Marquise: “While 12,000 of us were together at the Gay Pride Picnic celebrating the social and political gains of the 25 years since Stonewall, Benny Hogan, closeted and all alone, killed himself. Hogan was the victim of the San Antonio Express-News selective policy of publishing articles about ‘park stings’ … and printing the names of those arrested.” Maria Salazar, a San Antonio-based family law attorney, remembered the 1990s as a time when LGBT community members “didn’t think that law enforcement would offer them protection.” Who were the cops serving and protecting back then? “People were afraid of coming forward. I remember being out at the clubs, out on the strip, and making sure people got back to their cars so they wouldn’t get harassed. We had to look out for one another,” Salazar said. Salazar, 50, thinks the relationship between the LGBT community and SA law enforcement has improved. But there’s also been a sea change in the community’s ability to organize and wield power with decision-makers, Salazar said. “At this point, I see candidates reaching out to ... groups that are CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 ►
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progressive asking ‘How do I get your support? What are the issues that are important to you?’ So they’re coming to us instead of us coming to them,” Salazar said. “I’m seeing San Antonio just be a lot more organized politically on issues that are important. That’s a big difference.” Struggle Not Over Mark Phariss, a corporate lawyer in Dallas, was one of the plaintiffs in a 2014 suit to strike down Texas’ same-sex marriage ban. Phariss and the three other plaintiffs, including his partner of 18 years, Vic Holmes, won the case, but U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia also issued a stay pending an appeal, which kept the ban in place until the Supreme Court’s ruling. Phariss lived in San Antonio between 1985 and 2001. In 1997, he served on the Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign in San Antonio, when he started working on the city’s first non-discrimination ordinance to ban the city from discriminating against LGBT workers. Phariss, 55, assembled a sort of NDO scrapbook for City Council members, presenting each of them with a suite of information on why such protections were necessary and how other cities had implemented them. Pharris secured commitments from eight City Council members and the mayor — more than enough to pass the NDO. But when the meeting happened on January 29, 1998, anti-LGBT protesters swarmed City Hall, daring the City Council members to support the NDO. “At that meeting, it was just hateful. We were way outnumbered,” Pharris said. “The things that people were saying ... were just incredible. I was just incredibly devastated.” The NDO that Phariss drafted never got a vote. Phariss called it “one of the most discouraging days of my life.” It was impossible to imagine, then, that less than two decades later, not only would San Antonio pass an NDO, but Pharris could also marry Holmes,
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SANCTUARY SHIELD Lesbian Immigrant Seeks Church Refuge To Avoid Deportation TONY CANTÚ Normally, people seek refuge in a place of worship for solace and comfort. For Sulma Franco, it’s to avoid being deported. Franco, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who settled in San Antonio before moving up the road to Austin, where she’s now holed up in a church hoping that immigration authorities won’t bust in to take her away. “From the time I first came to the U.S., I presented myself to immigration authorities every three months,” she told the San Antonio Current in Spanish in a series of interviews last month from her makeshift home at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. But suddenly, after five years living in the country with no problems as an asylum seeker, she was told that she faced deportation. “I didn’t have any problems until then,” said Franco, 31. “The immigration official said to me, ‘You know what, I want to tell you your case is closed and you’ll be detained.’ As simple as that,” she said. And so Franco’s pursuit of the American Dream wilted. Her thriving Austin food truck business — La Ilusión, or The Dream — shuttered as she spent months in detention in Laredo and Arizona before posting a bond for her release to await her final deportation order. But after meeting with supportive activists, she accepted an offer for sanctuary at the Unitarian church, where she has lived since June 11. Meg Barnhouse, a senior minister at the church, said the decision to house Franco was a no-brainer, even though providing political sanctuary was a first for them. She hopes the action calls attention to the country’s draconian immigration laws leaving broken families in their wake. “We respect the laws of this nation,” Barnhouse asserted. “But the immigration system is broken and needs to be revamped … We want to be part of the conversation of fixing the system in a way that’s not just with words.” What puzzles Franco the most is that she has repeatedly heard that 18 CURRENT • July 8-14, 2015 • sacurrent.com
the Department of Homeland Security supposedly targets criminal undocumented immigrants for arrest and deportation. That doesn’t fit her profile. “My record is clean. I’m not a criminal … I was paying taxes on my business, and was contributing to society. I had a work permit, driver’s license, business permits that were all in my name.” Franco wondered if there was another reason why immigration authorities could have had a change of heart about letting her stay — her sexual orientation. Franco, a lesbian whose Mexican-born partner now lives in San Antonio, served as inspiration her food truck business. “Simply because I have no child here, I’m treated in the worst way,” she said. “Because of not having children and my sexual preference.” For years, Franco shuttled between Austin and San Antonio, tending to her business off Ben White Boulevard and forming a home with her longtime partner at their home in Live Oak. Franco said she first worked as freelance laborer — painting, landscaping, trimming tree branches — in San Antonio before taking her partner’s advice and setting up a food truck in Austin. The Homeland Security agency tasked with arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, declined to discuss details of Franco’s case. The agency’s San Antonio office declined an interview, but provided a statement. “Sulma Franco-Chamale, a national of Guatemala, has been afforded full due process and exhausted all legal options,” according to the statement, which noted she was ordered deported in 2012 and her court appeals in 2013 and earlier this year were turned down. And then she became a fugitive after failing to report to ICE office in SA last month as instructed. But Franco disputes much of that chronology, saying faulty representation from a former lawyer not filing documents property on her behalf created the
Sulma Franco fears being deported due to lack of LGBT tolerance back home in Guatemala.
domino effect that has shattered her life. She has since hired another lawyer whom she hopes will figure out a way for her to stay legally. She declined to identify the lawyers. Meanwhile, Franco spends her days as comfortable as she can without the liberties of home life and she laments the loss of her fledgling business. She’s allowed to have visitors — including her partner and friends — and she’s in touch with her sisters in Guatemala. Her sexual preference is widely condemned in her home country and she’s afraid of Guatemala’s anti-LGBT environment if she’s sent back. She said she has had friends killed for being gay. She became a hate crime victim when she was assaulted during her college years. En route to a nightclub with friends in a taxi, she and a friend were instead driven to a dark corner where they were
attacked, she recalled. As they fled, assailants shot at them, hitting Franco’s friend in the shoulder. “In my country, these are things that happen because of sexual orientation,” she said. “That’s why I fear returning. They can’t tolerate the idea that two women can fall in love, have a child, run a business. If I fled this, why would I want to return? Here, I was able to take my girlfriend to a restaurant and have no problems.” But even in the throes of her limited freedom, she remains optimistic — a state of mind buttressed by her academic background. “My knowledge of psychology helps me to be strong and lets me know I am able to do this, and maybe help inspire others to emerge from the shadows,” she said. For now — enveloped by the embrace of ecclesiastical saviors — she waits. And she hopes.
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Queer Queens of Qomedy COMEDY
Poppy Champlin’s “Queer Queens” is an alllesbian stand-up tour that blends jokes about life, love and current events with musical parodies sure to make you laugh out loud. Dubbed “America’s Funniest Woman” by the late Joan Rivers, Champlin hosts “News You Can’t Use,” a web series satirizing recent headlines à la The Daily Show. Joining Champlin on the bill are Texas natives Sandra Valls and Vickie Shaw. Originally from Laredo, Valls was featured on The Latin Divas of Comedy and Beaumont’s Shaw can be seen on numerous specials on the LOGO channel. $20-$30, 8pm Wed-Thu, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, lolsanantonio. com. – Luke Anthony Schulte
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El Campo MUSIC
When I first dove into SA’s music scene, I didn’t imagine my thirst for off-kilter country would ever be satisfied by local fare. But nothing’s impossible. In this swell showcase, ATX/ SA alt-country outfit El Campo — which released Remember, one of the best local album’s this year, back in March — is joined by sadcore country outfit Michael J and the Foxes, led by Michael Carrillo of orchestral-indie darlings Deer Vibes. With an album due out soon from the latter and the former having just completed a victory lap of a tour, it feels like we are in the midst of a Saytown country renaissance. $5, 9pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertiger. queueapp.com. — James Courtney
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Junkie, Mockingbird Express, Wild Blood MUSIC
Here’s a recipe for a groovy Friday night for all you head-trippers and vibe-diggers. After pre-gaming with your mind-expanding substance of choice, get yourself (safely) on down to the newly re-opened Limelight. There, you’ll be assaulted by the giveno-fucks surf-stoner punk of promising young SA trio Junkie. As if that weren’t heavy enough, Mockingbird Express, led by guitar wiz and far-out music aficionado Marc Smith (pictured) will be on hand to deliver potent psych-rock-blues medicine in necio doses. SA beach-goth/fuzz-psych act Wild Blood, which dropped its truly rad debut LP back in May, rounds out the bill. $3, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775. — JC
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‘Ofrenda’ ART
A nostalgic, otherworldly quality lilts through the work of Liliana Wilson, an Austin-based Chilean artist who has exhibited work throughout the U.S., Mexico and Italy. Inspired by the subconscious and “spiritual aspects of the universe,” her delicate paintings and drawings of children bring to mind storybook illustrations yet carry with them real-world themes of immigration, repression and injustice. Anthologized in the 2014 book Ofrenda: Liliana Wilson’s Art of Dissidence and Dreams, her mysterious “offerings of hope” come to light in a new retrospective at the Esperanza. Free, 7pm, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201, esperanzacenter.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
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Avenue Q THEATER
The felt-headed creatures of Avenue Q may look like your friends from Sesame Street, but with fast-talking potty mouths and a propensity for loud sexual intercourse, these puppets are anything but kid-friendly. Following Princeton, a freshly minted adult, and a wily gang of monsters just trying to make it in the real world, the production features three human characters (including an interpretation of Gary Coleman playing a building superintendent) alongside 11 puppets manipulated by wholly visible puppeteers. Jonathan Pennington directs. $20-$33, 8pm Sat, 4:30pm Sun, Cameo Theatre, 1123 E. Commerce St., (210) 212-5454, cameocenter.com. — Murphi Cook
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San Antonio Indie Book Fest WORDS
The San Antonio Indie Book Fest brings together more than 30 Alamo City authors for a kid-friendly affair designed to promote local talent and literacy. Offering no shortage of original sci-fi and fantasy, the one-day fest showcases the likes of J.R. Knoll (A Princess in Trade), Eva Pohler (Vampire Addiction) and organizer C.M Bratton, who’ll be on hand with the first issue of her new Plan B: Zombie comic series. In addition to readings, vendors and raffles, the inaugural event includes the announcement of winners of a high school short story contest. Free, 11am-6pm Sun, Wonderland of the Americas, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 785-3500, facebook.com/saindiebookfest. — BR
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With a firm grip on the title of SA’s Best Burlesque Troupe, Stars and Garters shimmies downtown to do The Vegas Strip, a glitzy show combining variety acts, classic striptease and audience participation. Featuring the playfully named talents of Pystol Whips, Candy Kane and Squirrely Temple, the sultry septet promises to “tease and please” attendees while sharing the stage with a gaggle of guests, including Zombie Bazaar Belly Dance, multimedia troupe Comedia A Go-Go and R&B outfit DevSoul Band. Take it from the gals: You’ll “come for the sin ... and stay for the skin.” $17-$30, 8pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, starsandgartersburlesque.com. — BR
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In an effort to “awaken San Antonio audiences through provocative and relevant theatrical experiences,” the Classic Theatre teams up with newly formed Archetype Theatrical Consultants to present Pop!, a series of pop-up performances around the city. The inaugural performance pulls from the prop-heavy style of classic commedia dell’arte and other 17th-century influences to create an original modern comedy for all audiences. Blink and you’ll miss it: Each performance lasts but a single evening. The fleeting event features actors Christie Beckham, Matthew Byron Cassi, Allie Perez and Julya Jara, among others. Free, 7:30pm, Main Plaza, 115 N. Main Ave., classictheatre.org. — MC
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If you’re not one of Tyler Oakley’s seven-million-plus YouTube followers, his video “100 Things I Did in 2014” will bring you up to speed, albeit without explaining how a quirky gay kid from Michigan became a powerful “digital influencer” who’s met with President Barack Obama, interviewed the First Lady and hosted the MTV Fandom Awards. A self-described “professional fangirl,” Oakley started broadcasting his life online circa 2007 via DIY videos discussing boy bands, LGBT advocacy and lots in between. As The New York Times reported last month, some of Oakley’s young fans have admitted he’s “the very first gay person that they have ever seen.” Admirably, the 26-year-old has upheld that responsibility by raising in excess of $1 million for The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Launched in a limited format last year and now retooled as an international tour, Oakley’s “Slumber Party” brings his YouTube antics to the stage in a sleepover-themed show enhanced with behind-thescenes stories, interactive games and animal-inspired onesies. $29.75-$39.75, 7:30pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
Art
Art at the Jalapeño The grassroots event
Art at the Jalapeño takes over High Wire with a group show uniting 60 artists (Seth Camm, David Peche and Neka ScarbroughJenkins among them), live body painting via Death by Brush, beverages provided by Blue Moon Brewing Company and live music from Cherry Street Hookers, NoWalls and Three Beards. Free, 6-10pm Friday; High Wire Arts, 326 W. Josephine St., (210) 827-7652.
Art opening: “Stories Seldom Told: Red Between the Lines” Young
artists attending SAY Sí explore “the desensitization of American society” by collaborating on multidisciplinary installations designed to give voice to those who are often silenced. Free, 6-10pm Friday; SAY Sí, 1518 S. Alamo St., (210) 2128666.
Art opening: Texas Artist Connection: “Reflective” An independently run
program founded by local artist Raul Gonzalez, The Texas Artist Connection brings together Houstonites Nathaniel Donnett, Robert Hodge and Tony Parana and SA’s own Justin Korver, Kallie Pfeiffer and Alan Serna for a group exhibit in which participants “respond to, reflect, and transform tradition, relationships, identity and social issues through paintings, installations, new media works and collaborative projects.” Free, 6-8pm Thursday; Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 2077211.
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Art Party: Go F.I.S.H. The July edition of
SAMA and KRTU’s collaborative Art Party series takes on a fishy theme with tours of Donald Lipski’s public art installation F.I.S.H. on the Museum Reach, cocktails from The Esquire Tavern (cash bar) and live music by local indie-rock outfit Fishermen. $5-$10, 6-8pm Friday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.
Closing reception: “Women and Politics” San Antonio artists Stacy Verlfein, Mira Hnatyshyn, Katie Pell and Vicki Stephens present works inspired by the world of politics. Free, 7-10pm Saturday; AP Art Lab, 1906 S. Flores St.
Guitar Drag Partly in response to the 1998
death of James Byrd Jr. at the hands of white supremacists, New York-based artist Christian Marclay created Guitar Drag — a 14-minute video depicting a pickup truck dragging an amplified, electric guitar “across a Texas roadway to its aggressive destruction.” Free, noon-5pm WednesdaySunday, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.
”Re-enactment” Born and raised in Thailand and now based in Wisconsin, artist and educator Wanrudee Buranakorn explores physical beauty, desire, melancholy, dreams and contemplation via juxtaposed photographs presented as diptychs and triptychs. Free, noon-5pm ThursdaySaturday; Terminal 136, 136 Blue Star, (210) 458-4391.
”Recycled, Repurposed, Reborn: Collage and Assemblage” Developing since
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Steve Martin & Martin Short: “A Very Stupid Conversation”
You read that right, not one but two out of Three Amigos will take the Majestic stage Friday in what’s sure to be a, uh, well we’re not sure what exactly, but anytime the minds behind “King Tut” and Ed Grimley come together in the name of stupidity, it’s sure to be a good time. Both men have changed considerably over the years — Martin’s most recent tours have been with his bluegrass band, the Steep Canyon Rangers (who share the bill here, as well) and Short’s most recent screen appearance was as a coke-snorting dentist in a Paul Thomas Anderson adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel — but, like their Amigo counterparts, Martin and Short are first and foremost entertainers of the old-school comedian-as-renaissance-songand-dance-man tradition. Things may get very stupid, but they’ll never be dull. Sold out ($107$398 at stubhub.com), 8pm Fri, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Jeremy Martin
Marion Koogler McNay’s founding bequest of 1950, the McNay’s love for collage takes center stage this summer via “Recycled, Repurposed, Reborn.” Representing a collaboration between McNay curators William J. Chiego, René Paul Barilleaux, Jody Blake and Lyle Williams, the exhibition draws from all corners of the museum’s collection and showcases a broad range of artists, including Austin’s Lance Letscher, Atlanta-based Radcliffe Bailey and San Antonio’s own Kelly O’Connor. $5-$10, 10am-4pm Wednesday, 10am-9pm Thursday, 10am-4pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-4pm Tuesday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.
Second Sunday Funday Caliente Hot Glass
Studio opens its doors for a BYOB event with glassblowing demos and new work on display in the gallery. Free, 10am-2pm Sunday; Caliente Hot Glass Studio, 1411 N. Hackberry St., (210) 386-7153.
Summer Shows at Blue Star Representing
works by 21 artists selected from an open call in 2014, Blue Star’s summer exhibitions explore the anti-heroes and understated places in our lives (“Everyday Is Ordinary”), technology and communication (“Transmissions”), time, history, memory and containment (“Of Reference, Of Departure, Of Origin”) and the boundaries between interiors and exteriors (“StellarScape”). $3-$5, noon-8pm Thursday, noon-6pm Friday-Sunday; Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960.
Film
Jurassic Park Main Plaza Conservancy and
SATX Pedal Power’s bike-centric Cycle-In Cinema series continues with Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster set on a fictional island where a team of genetic scientists create a wildlife park inhabited by cloned dinosaurs. Beer, wine and concessions will be available for purchase from Blue Star Ice House and El Oasis Café #2. Free, 8:45pm Thursday; Main Plaza, 115 N. Main Ave., (210) 225-9800.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John
Huston’s 1948 neo-Western The Treasure of the Sierra Madre begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Bob Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston), a toothless old coot who regales them with stories about prospecting for gold. Texas Public Radio screens the treasure-hunt classic as part of its Cinema Tuesdays series. $10-$15, 7:30pm Tuesday; Santikos Bijou, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 614-8977.
Top Gun The Tobin’s outdoor Cinema on the Plaza series takes flight with director Tony Scott’s 1986 action dramedy starring Tom Cruise as Maverick, a cocky superpilot who falls for blond bombshell/astrophysicist Charlie (Kelly McGillis). Presented on the River Walk Plaza’s 32-foot LED screen, the free event also includes street tacos for purchase and a cash bar with signature
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Theater
27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA Promising “more
music than a play without music and surprisingly less music than a musical about playing competitive backgammon in Mumbai,” William M. Razavi’s ambitious new oddity imagines Swedish pop quartet ABBA on an absurd world tour-turned crime spree. $10-14, 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden St., (210) 557-7562.
Mary Poppins Following two raucous
children and the magical nanny that swoops in to save their family, Mary Poppins brings laughter, music and flight to the Woodlawn. With the theater’s largest ensemble to date, artistic director Greg Hinojosa enlists choreographer Eric Mota and special effects artists to create a spectacle that’s truly “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Adapted for the stage by the Sherman Brothers and Julian Fellowes, the musical draws from both the 1964 film and the P.L. Travers books, the rights to which it took Walt Disney more than 20 years to obtain. $17-$26, 7:30pm FridaySaturday, 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 267-8388.
Comedy
Don D.C. Curry Although he’s landed
many a TV role (The Tracy Morgan Show, Everybody Hates Chris and Grace Under Fire, to name a few), actor, comic and Def Comedy Jam alum Don “DC” Curry is arguably best known as zany “Uncle Elroy” from the urban classics Next Friday and Friday After Next. $25, 8pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 8pm Sunday; Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.
Sean Kent Native Texan and two-time
cancer survivor Sean Kent specializes in an edgy blend of socio-political comedy that’s led to appearances on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and A&E’s Modern Dads. $16, 8:30pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8:30pm & 10:30pm Friday-Saturday, 8:30pm Sunday; Rivercenter Comedy Club, 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 229-1420.
Special Events
Mini-CzechFest In conjunction with
PolkaWorks’ educational exhibit “Texas Czechs: Rooted in Tradition,” the ITC hosts a free family day where attendees can have their photo taken in traditional Czech attire, learn new words from an
interactive table with Czech newspapers, T-shirts and bumper stickers, browse through Czech cookbooks and recipes, take in a performance by a Czech choir or join a polka dance lesson with accordion accompaniment. Free, noon-5pm Sunday; Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 E. César Chávez Blvd., (210) 458-2300.
Talks Plus
Artist Talk: ”Infinite Horizons” Ruiz-
Healy Art hosts a talk exploring “Infinite Horizons,” an exhibition pairing artists Abelardo López and Leigh Anne Lester. López’s landscape paintings recall the topography of his homeland in Oaxaca and seek to immerse the onlooker in a tranquil daydream, while San Antoniobased Lester’s scientific examinations use graphite and film to offer viewers an intimate peek into the unseen struggles of genetically modified plants. Free, 1pm Saturday; Ruiz-Healy Art, 201-A E. Olmos Dr., (210) 804-2219.
“Denature by Design: A Sociological Exploration of Disasters” One
of several events surrounding the environmental art exhibition “Nature on the Edge,” this discussion with Lisa Zottarelli, PhD (director of Social Sciences and Humanities at San Antonio College) addresses human responses to disasters exacerbated by climate change. Free, 2pm Saturday; Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg Rd., (210) 383-9723.
Dance
¡BRAVO! An Evening of Song and Dance Local radio personality Elizabeth Ruiz emcees a festive program of traditional folkloric numbers, live music and contemporary dance routines performed by the Parks and Recreation Department’s Fandango and Alamotion dance troupes and the pre-professional music ensemble Take Note. Free (donations accepted), 8pm WednesdayThursday; Arneson River Theatre, 418 Villita., (210) 207-3132.
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Phillip John Evett is a 93-year-old local treasure. He’s exactly the kind of artist I had in mind when I started doing interviews: an accomplished, established artist whose name should be a household name in Texas, yet hasn’t received nearly the recognition he deserves. A delightful, charming Englishman with a remarkably sharp mind and quick wit, his drawings and wooden sculptures are strong, smart and amazingly complex figure studies. He began drawing as a young child, went to art school, joined the British Royal Air Force as a radio operator on bombers during WWII and polished his sculpture skills as a stone- and woodcarver for a private ecclesiastical restoration firm that restored statues and sculptures after the war. Of course, he has a million stories, and tells them as only an Englishman can. I had a delightful lunch with him, photographer Trish Simonite and Evett’s wife Joanne, a psychotherapist. What made you decide to move from England to Texas? Well, I was ready to get out of England and my friend Dick Underwood, who I’d met in England, was working in Austin at the University of Texas Press. I only knew Texas from the movies I saw in England, so you can imagine how I pictured it. He picked me up when my ship docked in Houston and we were driving to Austin, when we pulled into a roadside diner for lunch. My first taste of American food was a hamburger and I thought I’d never tasted anything so horrible! The next day he took me to a barbecue place in Austin and everything was alright after that. And then, of course, I fell in love with Mexican food. Have you ever wanted to move back to England? I have never had a moment’s homesickness for England. Were you raised in an artistic household? No, not at all. I remember drawing when I was seven years old. I brought my drawing in to my mother, who took a look at it and said, “Oh ... that’s nice. You didn’t get that from my side of the family.” Later, when my father came home from work, I showed him the drawing, and he said, “Oh ... that’s nice. You didn’t get that from my side of the family.” Was there an artist who influenced you at a
Sweeney and Evett at the Evett Sculpture and Drawing Gallery in Blanco.
young age? Yes. English artist Jacob Epstein, who helped pioneer modern sculpture. His works were controversial and he often challenged taboos on what was appropriate subject matter, especially for public artworks. He was amazing — he could make a block of marble look heavier than it actually was! What’s the most annoying trend you see in art today?
You grew up at a time when the world was in turmoil, England was being attacked by Germany and World War II was destroying civilization. Yet people always seem to romanticize the past with nostalgia. Why do you think we do that? I think it’s human nature. It seems easy to remember events and not remember the pain that went along with it. Does your artwork come effortlessly to you or do you still agonize over it?
I see most schools of art as annoying. You taught art for 28 years, both at the San Antonio Art Institute, and at Trinity University. What was the best piece of advice you gave your students? When I taught I tried to create an atmosphere of fun. I was serious about the work, but I wanted the atmosphere to be carefree. My best piece of advice? “Never enough sanding. You can never sand too much!”
Oh, no, I don’t agonize over it. I might agonize physically over moving some of the big pieces, but creating it comes easy. At 93, you still get up at 6 o’clock every morning and work at your studio for four or five hours. How did you develop this work ethic? It just comes naturally to me.
I’ve been warned that you have a wicked sense of humor and that you know countless dirty jokes and limericks. Where did your humor come from?
If you could go back and be frozen into a particular time in your life, would you? And what age would that be?
I take humor very seriously. I find politics to be an endless source — the absurdity of it all — but I think my humor was formed in my youth with the dance hall and music hall comics. Very English.
It would be right now. I’ve had a great, productive year, a book of my drawings was published and I would rather be where I am right now than at any other time in my life. sacurrent.com • July 8-14, 2015 • CURRENT 27
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Although largely eschewed by influential masters like Frederick Wiseman and the Maysles brothers, the talking head interview has come to dominate the documentary genre, especially in this post-Michael Moore age of the activist doc. It’s an easy narrative crutch, basically the same straight-to-camera explication technique used by every single reality show and it generally leads to a lot of coarse and self-serving generalizations. This pedantic practice has become especially prevalent in the rock doc subgenre, with critics and contemporaries and acolytes often called upon by the film to testify to the “importance” of its own subject. In the opening moments of the Kathleen Hanna documentary The Punk Singer, for example, a talking head assures us that Bikini Kill is indeed “the best band of all time.” Bikini Kill. In recent years, however, a minibacklash has formed and a lot of documentary filmmakers have begun phasing out static talking heads in favor of more inventive storytelling approaches. Already this year, we’ve seen the thought-provoking vérité of Amanda Wilder’s Approaching the Elephant and the multimedia collage of Brett Morgen’s Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, which used the Nirvana singer’s notebooks, sound recordings and home movies to provide context and meaning to his life. Asif Kapadia’s Amy, a heartbreaking documentary about the self-destructive chanteuse Amy Winehouse, takes an approach that’s similar both to Montage of Heck and to Kapadia’s previous film Senna. Kapadia constructs Amy almost entirely from existing footage, fleshing it out further with audio testimony from the people closest to her, largely allowing Winehouse’s words and lyrics to tell her own tragic life story. Viewers who only know Amy Winehouse as the miserable, makeup-
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smeared, drug-stained trainwreck of her final years will be shocked to see her as a fresh-faced, exuberant teenager in love with making music. Amy follows Winehouse from her early days as an out-of-time jazz singer through her extended “troubled ingénue” period and finally to her breakthrough superstardom and long public meltdown. Through it all, Winehouse’s lyrics serve as her voice, brutally sardonic autobiographical outlets for her demons and desires that ring true right down to the part in “Rehab” where her father talks her out of kicking drugs (on an obviously related note, Winehouse’s father Mitch has condemned the film). Kapadia crafts a portrait of a fragile soul with a brash and outwardly confident personality, one that masked a self-loathing and vulnerability that was left easily exploited by her own inner circle. “I don’t think I could handle it,” says a teenage Winehouse to an interviewer who questions her about celebrity and yet the extremely personable and
preternaturally gifted singer was on a collision course with stardom from the very beginning. She became as well known for her outsized personal style — tattoos, enormous bouffant, exaggerated eye makeup — and offstage antics as for her music, but there was always a strong confessional voice to her songwriting that instantly connected with people. Once her 2006 song “Rehab” became a breakthrough hit, however, things went downhill fast. An already prolific partyer, Winehouse retreated from the flashbulbs and roaring crowds by using hard drugs with her boyfriend and eventual husband Blake Fielder-Civil (they became crack addicts as soon as they returned from their honeymoon), becoming a magnet for paparazzi and beginning a cycle of rehab and remission that played out in the public eye. It’s tempting to pit Amy and Montage of Heck against each other, not only because of their similar construction, but because of their similar subjects. Although they had different musical
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“Lunch Special: 4 Slices and Soda The four-slice pizza is actually a 7-inch for $3.99.” personal sized pie. The basic lunch A frazzling statement. serving offered the choice of cheese, When I saw this advertised, I was pepperoni, or sausage with the option intrigued, nervous, searching for fine to add more meats or vegetables for print that maybe this was only available 50-75 cents per add. I went with the on the fifth Thursday of the month or sausage pizza with green peppers, that it only included week-old pizza. onions and mushrooms. Simple, but a After skimming Royal Pizza’s menu of good way to test the basics. unique topping combinations, I was The Spurs pizza on the other hand, is even more interested in seeing what not your average offering. For the folks this place was all about. The joint’s at Royal Pizza, the Spurs conjure up a proclamation as ‘Swedish pizza with a pie with thinly sliced gyro kabob meat, European flavor’ offered no help as to tomato, onion and a house spicy tzatziki what to expect. sauce. There is a gyro meat skewer Accompanied with some gutsy behind the counter, a contributing factor co-workers, we were greeted with to the aforementioned aroma outside a pleasant aroma of fresh baked the eatery. The gyro meat, not too pizza wafting from the parking lot. greasy and a pleasant bite, was topped As we walked in, ubiquitous flyers with the house tzatziki, a nice touch. confirmed, indeed, that this $3.99 You can customize your calzone lunch special was not some figment with any of Royal Pizza’s extensive of my imagination. At the counter, ingredients. Unlike most calzones I’ve two additional lunch specials were had with denser bread that resembles presented to me: a $5 calzone or a $5 more of a pizza folded in half, this personal-sized version of the Spurs one was a thin-crusted airy pocket of Pizza (one of the pizza combinations saucy goodness. on the menu). I assume that this option The take away with Royal Pizza is that rotates daily through their menu. it’s great, cheap food. The lunch special Just for clarification, this place is options are limited, but their entire not a pizza-by-the-slice joint. menu is available should you If you want to try one of their be in the mood for something Royal Pizza creative Italian/Swiss-infused like the full-size serving of the 4415 DeZavala pizzas, you will need to commit (210) 399-2220 Istanbul (banana, pineapple, to ordering the whole thing. curry pepper and ham). royalpizzasanantonio.com
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Thursday, July 9 Store Stroll: What’s better than wandering around Central Market on a weeknight, sampling goodies? Strolling while sipping on a diverse range of wines. Stations throughout the store will include sips of Cava, Rose, Riesling, pinot noirs and cabs along with a few snacks during this self-guided tour. Step up your mimosa game with fresh juices and fancy bubbles, or how to pair your cab with some meatier bites. $10, 5-8pm, 4821 Broadway, (210) 368-8600, centralmarket.com.
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Friday, July 10 Dinner @ The East End: Amaya’s Cocina hosts the chef group known as The Cocineros for a multicourse summer pop-up on Friday and Saturday. The restaurantstyle dinner will feature a seasonal amuse bouche with local honey, maldon and pickled ginger; tableside construction of a summer’s cherry gazpacho for your first course; choice of faux veggie pasta with summer mushrooms, tomato, basil and Parmesan or mofongo with oven-roasted chicken, chicken cracklings, plátanos and black bean purée for the second course. The meal ends with strawberry rhubarb pie. $35, reserve your tickets through facebook.com/thecocineros, 6-10pm Friday and Saturday, 1502 E. Commerce, (210) 265-5449. Saturday, July 11 Summer Canning: All this rain is surely helping home gardens bloom this summer (that is if the deluge isn’t drowning your veggies). Learn how to keep the fruits and vegetables of your labor straight through to next year with this summer canning workshop at Sur La Table. The class will include instructions on making black plum and raspberry jam, apricot vanilla bean preserves with Rosé and Indianspiced tomato chutney. $69, 10am-noon, 15900 La Cantera Pkwy., #19120, 800243-0852, surlatable.com. Sunday, July 12 Mini-Czech Fest: Czech it out, kolache fans. The Institute of Texan Cultures hosts this free Second Sunday shindig to celebrate the launch of its newest exhibit, “Texas Czechs: Rooted in Tradition.” Take in the national dress of the Czech Republic, learn Czech words, take in a polka lesson or just hang out at the food table, where you’ll find recipes and cookbooks. Free admission, noon-5pm, 801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., (210) 458-2300, texancultures.com. Send food- and booze-related events to flavor@sacurrent.com
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Though craft beer takeovers — where one brewery packs in its wares throughout another establishment’s taps — are now commonplace, cocktails have been a bit slow on the uptake. That is, until last winter as bartenders started popping up around town, sharing space with their counterparts and generally having an awesome time doing it. Trends come and go, but within SA’s tight-knit cocktail scene, the takeovers function as research and development for some, brand and bar exposure for others and weekday revelry for bar-goers. “If someone has an idea, whether it’s us or Park Social or TBA, you could do it yourself, but you want to cast the widest net and bring in your buddies,” Jorel Peña of the Boulevardier group, told the San Antonio Current last week at Last Word. “Maybe I bring in someone that’s never been there, or they bring someone to my bar. It benefits both bars.” Though Peña shies away from taking credit for the well-attended takeovers (“I just like to bartend with my friends,” he says), we have to give him props where it’s due. In late March, Peña, along with Josh Brock of TBA and Jacob Burris of Stay Golden, turned a silly inside joke into the first power-takeover. Cocktails turned into odes to boat ballads and all were asked to wear their sharpest blazer and other seafaring garb. “[That] ended up with a whole Facebook thread of ideas. The whole theme, we took pictures of our outfits and sent them to each other ... because that’s important,” Peña laughed. Not all takeovers turn into bacchanals. While developing cocktails for Smoke: The Restaurant, bartender Matt Dulaney crashed the tiki hut known as Concrete Jungle in late March. The laidback venue served as decent testing ground for drinks such as the Annexation of Puerto Rico with dark rum, bitters, Demarara, served in a smoked glass; or the Devil Went To Oaxaca, where Dulaney tried his hand at Cassis caviar. Other instances of cocktail research include takeovers by Jesse Torres of Mezcalería Mixtli, who popped up at neighboring Park Social and The Last Word (along with David Naylor). Or just last Tuesday, when Steve Martin of the soon-to-open Rumble on North St. Mary’s Street tested out a few cocktail concepts, including the frozen Bahia Lust with Cachaca, guava, blackberries, habanero, lime, sugar and mint. For Torres, the pop-ups helped structure drinks for his first menu. “You get a better idea of what works and what doesn’t, what you can do faster to make the drink more efficient,” Torres said. “It’s just fun being in a different venue with
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new scenery and seeing new people.” The newness does present certain challenges. Home field advantage is gone when you step behind someone else’s bar. “It really tests your mettle as a bartender,” Peña said. “There’s no time for hesitation.” Naylor sees Park Social as a playground of sorts. During a Caribbean-themed pig roast in May, Peña joined Naylor and Cody Cruz in concocting tasty beverages, ranging from seven-ingredient homages to Lord of the Flies to chill mojito pitchers. “At a certain point I was just looking at Naylor and laughing. There wasn’t much else we could do. It was fun as hell to work with those boys, they can bang them out with the best of them,” Peña said. The tiny bar has hosted Torres, Sara Bass of The Last Word and fledgling cocktail team, Milan & Turin. “I honestly tell every person who’s ever interested in coming behind the bar ‘Do whatever the hell you want!’ Been working on some cocktail ideas & want to get fresh palates and opinions from an entirely different clientele? Cool. Feel like using cotton candy machines, Portholes, anti-griddles, foams, peculators,
specification kits, which-its, whachamacallits and doodads? Feel free!” Naylor said in an email interview. For Javier Gutierrez, one of the founders of Milan & Turin, takeovers give him and his group a chance to shine. “As a team, we discuss what is appropriate for the season. For example, what are our favorite cocktails in rotation right now? What’s in season? What everyone else is doing, and maybe some forgotten classics or neo classics that we feel everyone will enjoy this summer. We try to stay out of the norm and have fun with it,” Gutierrez said. Doing takeovers also affords bartenders a chance to just give people what they want. Torres and his partners at Mixtli happily hosted Jeret and Jorel Peña for a “Double Peñatration” a month ago that pitted the Irish twin brothers against one another for a chance at bragging rights and a makeshift gilded donkey piñata trophy. The results were mezcal and tequila cocktails for more than 80 willing participants on an otherwise slow Tuesday night. “I figured it would be busy, but wow. You can never really tell,” Peña said. flavor@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • July 8-14, 2015 • CURRENT 43
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From the gut-spilling mission statement of her first essay, Jessica Hopper has her finger locked on the pulse of popular music, pressing down hard to prompt better work if the stream isn’t up to standard. With a raw idiolect, the rock critic unfurls over 42 essays, interviews, reviews and oral histories her “soul-entanglement with music.” The title of the book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, is a half-tongue-incheek “fuck you” to the boy’s club of an industry that’s managed to keep women at arm’s length for over a century. Though Ellen Willis, Lillian Roxon and a few other foremothers mentioned in the foreword have found their work in bounded collections, Hopper dedicates her book to the “few dozen more” who “don’t exist. Yet.” As creators and the consumed, women are a major topic in the collection. How has emo abandoned its female audience? How can we map the battleground of in/authenticity that is Lana Del Rey’s career? Why are the Raincoats considered “genius as accidental?” “What is there to ‘review’ when it comes to a Miley Cyrus album?” As versed in towheaded pop as the deep underground of Chicago punk, Hopper’s career is a deluge of smart and emotionally bare writing. The best stuff is when she’s on her own, clear of any quotes or narrative beat to cloud her visions of rock ‘n’ roll and gender. Late at night worshipping Van Morrison or exploring her memory of “teen grunge poserdom,” Hopper explores those weird, heavily-trafficked intersections between sound and personal experience. As a senior editor of music bible Pitchfork and the stunning quarterly Pitchfork Review, Hopper’s book is, unsurprisingly, a gorgeous collection. Its pic on Amazon — all-cap text on an untextured, deep blue — does not do it justice. With gold-leafed page and a suede-like, oily cover, this Featherproof edition has also got my vote for the nicest book I’ve bought all year (if only there was a publishing equivalent of the Grammys’ Best Record Packaging trophy). We geeked out over some of the finer points of her book. In the foreword you say “The title of this book is about planting a flag.” What’s on that flag? It’s not so much something on the flag that says something, it’s more of a document so people can’t say these books don’t exist anymore. What I was told a lot was that there was no precedent. But actually there is a substantial precedent for women as critics in music. It’s not necessarily the flag of rock criticism; it’s more about a flag as a metaphor for visibility, more of a semaphore signal.
Jessica Hopper, an editor at Pitchfork, on the back cover of her book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic.
You dedicate a whole chapter, “Real / Fake,” to the politics of authenticity in music. What does it mean to you?
woman on the scene, that we’re all a new arrival. Every year you hear, ‘it’s the year of women in rock!’ No, we’ve been here for all the years. Not just the one.
I just feel that it’s one of the great standard-bearer rubrics of criticism. And also of fandom. It’s also sometimes a competition that is truly obnoxious, saying ‘this is real, this isn’t.’ Particularly when it comes down to whose canon of work. For a long time in rock ‘n’ roll we had this idea that Bob Dylan and these very specific artists are the realest thing. And that pop doesn’t count. We lose a lot of different narratives in the process.
Your writing nails the importance of music … that this stuff we spend so much time with truly matters.
How did authenticity become more of a problem for women in music than for men in music? Music is not separate from culture, where women’s opinions often count for very little. Despite that women have been involved in the birth in rock ‘n’ roll and blues and early recorded music in America, forever we’re still battling with the idea that we’re not valid. That we’re interlopers or that we’re amateurs and dilettantes rather than the artists and geniuses and experts that we very much are. So we get this trend in which every new
You have to appreciate that there’s a constant duality of the triviality of, say, a pop song. But then one that we can find incredible meaning or perhaps are far away to other people. Or something can be very artistically potent and salient even if it’s a highly manufactured pop song. Or the same can be said of some underground hip-hop or punk song that only 10 people hear. It’s not necessarily about seeking the important part, because the throwaway parts are just as valuable. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic Jessica Hopper Featherproof Books $17.95 201 pp. sacurrent.com • July 8-14, 2015 • CURRENT 49
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BETTER LATE THAN INTRANSIGENT SA Transplant Douglas Miles Clarke Finds His Tune Later In Life JAMES COURTNEY
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If you’ve never heard of local, late-blooming singer, songwriter and guitarist Douglas Miles Clarke, it’s high time to amend that. As a Canuck youngster in the ’70s and early ’80s, he played in bands and honed his skills before more pragmatic concerns — college, an MBA from Pepperdine and a career in finance — relegated his musical entanglements to avid fandom and home-bound dabbling. After moving to San Antonio, Clarke slowly began trying his hand at songwriting, something he never saw as a personal talent, until — randomly enough — his belated discovery of indiefolk rocker Ryan Adams. In a phone interview last week, Clarke told the San Antonio Current that “The way [Adams] writes songs, gave [him] a framework and a spark for a kind of songwriting [he] thought [he] could be good at.” After frequenting area open mics and songwriting workshops, Clarke’s burgeoning confidence led him to work on his first home-recorded material. Around this same time, as he taught himself the ins-and-outs of recording, producing, mixing and mastering, Clarke worked with local acts like Chris Maddin’s FILMSTRIPS and Nat’l Parks on releases. In 2013 and 2014 respectively, Clarke released his first recordings, L(G) and HOMEWRKD: Alaskan Night Tremors. The latter was written entirely as part of a weekly songwriting group, with members encouraged to write a song based off of a weekly phrase. Both of these efforts, plying a poppy brand of Americana, contain some strong compositions and show immense promise. His latest work,
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Holy Ghost! Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel, the Brooklyn synth-pop duo known as Holy Ghost!, hit the Brass Monkey for a vinyl DJ set exploring the inspiration for this drum machine-heavy, dance-friendly crew. Brass Monkey, 10pm
Pierce Fulton A sucker for the sunny,
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The The Suite feat. DJ Gibb and Donnie Dee Two of SA’s finest soul and funk jockeys deliver a Thursday night soundtrack in original funky drummers. Southtown 101, 10pm
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Big K.R.I.T In 2011, the King Remembered
in Time dropped Return of 4Eva, a mixtape that accidently referenced Chick Corea while proving K.R.I.T.’s status as a predominant Southern rapper. On the monstrous 21-song effort, K.R.I.T. combines the cannabutter smoothness of Houston’s Devin the Dude with the extraterrestrial energy of Outkast. Most impressively, Big K.R.I.T. produced the entire thing himself, morphing the brilliant vocal sampling of J Dilla with heavy Southern trap and undertones of 808. His new album, 2014’s Cadillactica, was produced primarily by the King himself, featuring Raphael Saadiq, Beyoncé producer Jim Jonson and Nicki Minaj producer Alex da Kid. The Falls Bar, 9pm
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Balcones Heights Jazz Festival The
annual Balcones Heights Jazz Festival kicks off on Friday, with a performance from smooth jazzists Groove Therapy and Slim Man. Now in its 21st year, the festival will run every Friday through August 7 with a rotating lineup of smooth jazz and funk. Wonderland of the Americas, 7pm
Charlie Robison As owner of Alamo Ice
House and nine country-rock records, Charlie Robison is a purveyor of tequila rock and, more generally, of tequila. With Bri Bagwell. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8pm
Henry + The Invisibles SA’s own Henry +
the Invisibles continues to turn in soulful, ridiculously costumed one-man shows. Rebar, 10pm
Lesti Huff Band Blues guitarist Lesti Huff has been at it since 1998, performing with a country rock posture. Tycoon Flats, 7:30pm
Ray Wylie Hubbard With “Snake Farm,”
Oklahoma native Ray Wylie Hubbard wrote one of the best and most flavorful South Texas songs around, singing about the reptile house turned zoo on I-35. “Snake Farm! Just sounds nasty. Snake Farm! Pretty much is!” Gruene Hall, 8pm
Saturday, July 11
Este Vato, Grupo Frackaso, Los Nahuatlatos Este Vato, a Latin fusion
crew from Austin, lean more towards the slow-grooving Afro-Caribbean tradition than the up-tempo 1 a.m. shots of cumbia. Grupo Frackaso, SA’s rowdiest cumbia crew, takes a few important notes from hip-hop and punk on its début effort Cumbiapocalyptica. Throughout the 26-minute release, the band blurts out its name pretty frequently, taking a page from the stylebook of 2 Chainz (a book that mostly just says “2 Chainz” in its copy). Like a one-band retrospective of San Anto’s musical heritage, Los Nahuatlatos effortlessly cruise through the West Side sound, Tejano and Norteño, sounding versed in each genre. Hi-Tones, 9pm
Jazz Doctors From New York and Northern Jersey, the Jazz Doctors are a quintet of overachievers working with the standards. Each member is literally a doctor — featuring an ophthalmologist on bass, an orthidontist on drums and a pharmacist on piano. With SuperClub 7. Carmen’s de la Calle, 8pm
Quiet Company Formed in ’06 by singer
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the while having tight and powerful poprock jams. Muse’s gentle voice can erupt into harsh screams at any given moment, as heard in one of their breakout songs “You, Me & the Boatman,” showing that Muse wears his passions on his sleeve. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm
Rob Thomas, Plain White T’s “Smooth,”
Rob Thomas’ 1999 collab with Carlos Santana, is getting a revival on the meme circuit right now for whatever reasons of nostalgia and Matchbox-bashing humor. If he’s tuned into it, it’s hard to imagine he’d be pissed — any hype to extend Thomas’ multi-platinum rock-pop career is blessed hype. Pop-punkers Plain White T’s took it down a gear for the ’06 single “Hey There Delilah,” a number one hit that teetered over the edge of songwriting into perfection and into maudlin nausea. Majestic Theatre, 8pm
Ringo Deathstarr In Star Wars mythology
the Death Star can obliterate entire planets with superlasers. Ringo Deathstarr is also fully capable of property damage, this time conquering earbuds and intentions to stay home with its mellow pop. The Austin band sounds like My Bloody Valentine if they sped-up their tempo and cranked-up the fuzzy guitars a number or two, while maintaining the dreamiest side of pop that can only be conjured in the subconscious. The band’s signature sound is uniform in that it doesn’t switch up style too much, but this is not an entirely bad thing considering it’s what it does best. With Calico Club, Hypersleep. Paper Tiger, 9pm
The Casualties Street punks The
Casualties have been repping chippedtooth punk anthems since they came on the scene in New York in 1990. With Bad Engrish, Sniper 66. The Korova, 8pm
The Lost Project While The Lost Project’s
live sets have always included heavy doses of ska, mixed up in an edgy poppunk vibe, Far From Where You Are finds the trio accomplishing an impressive blending act, where many seemingly disparate elements coalesce to form a remarkably cohesive and polished whole. The Mix, 9pm
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Bulletboys, Tracii Guns Made up of the
scraps of Ratt and King Cobra, Bulletboys made a solid run towards the end of the hair metal era, achieving unified goals of pop metal and financial success on songs like “For The Love Of The Money.” Guitarist Tracii Guns tours on the discography of his rippin’ and tearin’ ’80s crew LA Guns. The Korova, 6pm
Doc Watkins Trio Unlike some jazz
musicians whose claim to a doctorate is just a nickname (looking at you, Dr. Lonnie Smith) and others who have won honorary degrees (congrats, Sonny Rollins!), Brent ‘Doc’ Watkins has a doctorate in music from UT Austin. It’s a degree he’s put to good use, swinging viciously on his piano or Hammond B3 rig. Esquire Tavern, 3pm
HippieFest 2015 The Tobin Center
collects the stragglers of the Summer of Love, featuring a Sly-less Family Stone, Rick Derringer (The McCoys), Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and Badfinger. Tobin Center, 7pm
REO Speedwagon Formed in 1967,
it took until 1980 for the rest of the world to catch up with the jheri curl corniness of Illinois’ REO Speedwagon. With ’80’s High Infidelity, Neal Doughty and company scored some major hits in “Take It On The Run” and “Keep On Loving You.” Majestic Theatre, 8pm
Monday, July 13
Årabrot, Haunter Uh oh, that little
Norweigian symobl over the “A” guarantees a heavy, punishing sound. Out on the Oslo label Fysisk Format, Årabrot is an affront of doom and sludge. With Haunter, Illustrations, Ghould, Sturmgewehr. Paper Tiger, 8pm
Bad Banjo Brown This SA big band places the banjo back into the jazz repetoire, borrowing from the old school style of Bud Scott. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Small World Led by drummer Kyle Keener and guitarist Polly Harrison, Small World places world features music from the Great American Songbook and bossa nova sung in the original Portuguese. Olmos Bharmacy, 7:30pm
Tuesday, July 14
Crystal Yates Sweet and simple, heartfelt
and honest, Crystal Yates is a Florida songstress with a knack for candid ballads on heartbreak and success. In her breakout single “Goodbye Letter,” Yates crafts a sincere get-a-move-on anthem for everyone who’s been burned in a bad relationship. “I’ll be leaving this town / I can do better,” sings Yates in her country-twanged songbird voice, leaving her past behind for the possibility of a brighter future. 502 Bar, 9pm
Kottonmouth Kings As labelmates of the Insane Clown Posse, Kottonmouth Kings have a built-in audience of Juggalos, the cult fanbase of ICP. But instead of focusing on “Miracles” and forming their own religion (seriously) like their Psychopathic Records brothers, Kottonmouth Kings focus all their energy on bong rips. One of their more popular songs, 2011’s “Cruzin’,” is hiphop’s answer to Smash Mouth and Guy Fieri — all about chillaxing, California and having fun. Most songs follow the same formula. They’ve changed it up on their newest release, Krown Power, but are still obsessed with the same subject matter. Try a how-many-timesmarijuana-is-mentioned smoking game; you’ll be incapacitated after the third song. With Blaze Ya Dead Homie, C4 & Nicky Gritts, Chucky Chuck, Marlon Asher. The Korova, 7pm
Two Tons of Steel Led by songwriter Kevin Geil, Two Tons of Steel have over 20 years of country rock ‘n’ roll under their belts. Gruene Hall, 7:30pm
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In a former life, I was a staunch Republican and voted for antigay ballot initiatives. Then, after a bad divorce 18 years ago, I moved to another state and fell in with an artistic crowd. Over the years, I became close friends with people with vastly different life experiences and I’ve developed an entirely new attitude toward gay rights. My dilemma: When SCOTUS handed down their ruling making marriage a right for all, I congratulated all my non-straight friends on Facebook. One of those friends posted a note thanking me for “always being in [their] corner.” My asshole brother then commented that not only had I not “always” been supportive, in my previous life I campaigned against gay rights. Several non-straight friends jumped to my defense, stating that it couldn’t be true. I am ashamed of the person I was and have worked hard to be a better person. Is there any point in apologizing? Don’t Have A Clever Acronym Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states, also wrote the majority opinions in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which declared laws against sodomy to be unconstitutional, and Windsor v. United States (2013), which overturned the Defense of Marriage
Act. Kennedy will obviously go down in history as a hero to the gay-rights movement — but his record isn’t perfect. Richard Frank Adams, a U.S. citizen, legally married Anthony Corbett Sullivan, an Australian citizen, in 1975 in Boulder, Colorado. The men had been issued a marriage license by a county clerk who couldn’t find anything in state law that prevented two men from marrying. Sullivan and Adams applied for a spousal visa for Adams. Here’s the response the couple got — the entire response — on official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services letterhead: “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.” The couple sued, and Kennedy, then a circuit court judge, heard their case— and he ruled against the “two faggots.” Sullivan and Adams had to leave the country to be together. Exactly 18 years passed between 1985, when Kennedy signed off on the deportation of Adams, and 2003, when Kennedy wrote his first major gay-rights decision. In Obergefell, Kennedy wrote that “new insights and societal understandings” changed the way many Americans — including a majority of Americans on the Supreme Court — see gay people. The same goes for you: New insights and understandings have changed how you think, feel, and vote about gay people. And that’s exactly what the queer-rights movement has been asking of straight people all along: to think, feel, and vote differently — and you have done all three. You can and perhaps should apologize to your gay friends for the antigay attitudes you once held — and for antigay votes you once cast — but they should immediately thank you for being the person you are now. You can be ashamed of the person you once were but proud of the person you are now — unlike Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia, four men who are as shameful now as they ever were. On the Lovecast, the therapeutic potential of MDMA: savagelovecast.com.
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47 Biblical brother 48 Narrow estuary 51 Some cigs 53 Minimally 55 Gator chaser? 57 Become swollen 59 _ _ _ for the money 60 Overly pungent cheeses? 64 Judd’s “Taxi” role 65 Result of “pow, right in the kisser” 66 “Pulp Fiction” star Thurman 67 Astronaut Sally 68 Curly-haired “Peanuts” character 69 Shih tzu or cockapoo, e.g.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): How can you fulfill your potential as an Aries? What strategies will help you become the best Aries you can possibly be? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these riddles. One of my Aries readers, Mickki Langston, has some stellar tips to inspire you: 1. One of your greatest assets is your relentless sense of purpose. Treasure it. Stay connected to it. Draw on it daily. 2. Love what you love with pure conviction, because there is no escaping it. 3. Other people may believe in you, but only sometimes. That’s why you should unfailingly believe in yourself. 4. It’s your duty and your destiny to continually learn more about how to be a leader. 5. Don’t be confused by other people’s confusion. 6. Your best friend is the Fool, who will guide you to laughter and humility when you need it most, which is pretty much all of the time.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): While making a long trek through the desert on a camel, British author Somerset Maugham passed the time by reading Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time. After finishing each page, Maugham ripped it out and cast it away. The book weighed less and less as his journey progressed. I suggest that you consider a similar approach in the coming weeks, Taurus. As you weave your way toward your next destination, shed the accessories and attachments you don’t absolutely need. Keep lightening your load.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “I have gathered about me people who understand how to translate fear into possibility,” writes John Keene in his story “Acrobatique.” I’d love to see you do the same, Gemini. From an astrological perspective, now is a favorable time to put your worries and trepidations to work for you. You have an extraordinary capacity to use your doubt and dread to generate opportunities. Even if you go it alone, you can accomplish minor miracles, but why not dare to think even bigger? Team up with brave and resourceful allies who want to translate fear into possibility, too.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): When novelist John Irving begins a new book, his first task is to write the last line of the last page. Then he writes the second-to-last line. He continues to work backwards for a while until he has a clear understanding of the way his story will end. Right now, Cancerian, as you hatch your next big phase of development, I invite you to borrow Irving’s approach. Visualize in detail the blossoms that will eventually come from the seeds you’re planting. Create a vivid picture of the life you will be living when your plans have fully ripened.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You have cosmic permission to lose your 60 CURRENT • July 8-14, 2015 • sacurrent.com
train of thought, forget about what was so seriously important, and be weirdly amused by interesting nonsense. If stress-addicts nag you to be more responsible, tell them that your astrologer has authorized you to ignore the pressing issues and wander off in the direction of nowhere in particular. Does that sound like a good plan? It does to me. For now, it’s your sovereign right to be a wise and innocent explorer with nothing much to do but wonder and daydream and play around.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Even the most provocative meme cannot literally cause the Internet to collapse from overuse. It’s true that photos of Kim Kardashian’s oiled-up butt spawned a biblical flood of agitated responses on social media. So did the cover shot of Caitlyn Jenner in Vanity Fair and the Youtube video of a tiny hamster noshing tiny burritos and the season-five finale of the TV show Game of Thrones. But none of these starbursts unleashed so much traffic that the Web was in danger of crashing. It’s too vast and robust for that to ever happen. Or is it? I’m wondering if Virgos’ current propensities for high adventure and rollicking melodrama could generate phenomena that would actually, not just metaphorically, break the Internet. To be safe, I suggest you enjoy yourself to the utmost, but not more than the utmost.
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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): On behalf of the Strange Angels in Charge of Uproarious Beauty and Tricky Truths, I am pleased to present you with the award for Most Catalytic Fun-Seeker and Intriguing Game-Changer of the Zodiac. What are your specific superpowers? You’re capable of transforming rot into splendor. You have a knack for discovering secrets that have been hidden. I also suspect that your presence can generate magic laughter and activate higher expectations and wake everyone up to the interesting truths they’ve been ignoring.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): “Who is that can tell me who I am?” asks King Lear in the Shakespeare play named after him. It’s a painful moment. The old boy is confused and alarmed when he speaks those words. But I’d like to borrow his question and transplant it into a very different context: your life right now. I think that you can engender inspirational results by making it an ongoing meditation. There are people in a good position to provide you with useful insights into who you are.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): What’s hard but important for you to do? What
are the challenging tasks you know you should undertake because they would improve your life? The coming days will be a favorable time to make headway on these labors. You will have more power than usual to move what has been nearly impossible to move. You may be surprised by your ability to change situations that have resisted and outfoxed you in the past. I’m not saying that any of this will be smooth and easy. But I bet you will be able to summon unprecedented amounts of willpower and perseverance.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Franz Kafka produced three novels, a play, four short fiction collections, and many other stories. And yet some of his fellow writers thought he was uncomfortable in expressing himself. Bertolt Brecht said Kafka seemed perpetually afraid, as if he were being monitored by the cops for illicit thoughts. Milena Jesenská observed that Kafka often wrote like he was sitting naked in the midst of fully-clothed people. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to shed such limitations and inhibitions from your own creative expression. What would you need to do to free your imagination? To get started, visualize five pleasurable scenarios in which you feel joyful, autonomous, generous, and expansive.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to acquire a new title. It’s quite possible that a person in authority will confer it upon you, and that it will signify a raise in status, an increase in responsibility, or an expansion of your clout. If for some reason this upgrade doesn’t occur naturally, take matters into your own hands. Tell people to refer to you as “Your Excellency” or “Your Majesty.” Wear a name tag that says “Deputy Director of PuzzleSolving” or “Executive Vice-President of Fanatical Balance and Insane Poise.” For once in your life, it’s OK to risk becoming a legend in your own mind. P.S. It wouldn’t be a bad time to demand a promotion -- diplomatically, of course, in the Libran spirit.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Between now and July 22, your password and mantra and battle cry is “serendipity.” To make sure you are clear about its meaning, meditate on these definitions: a knack for uncovering surprising benefits by accident; a talent for stumbling upon timely help or useful resources without searching for them. Got that? Now I’ll provide clues that should help you get the most out of your lucky breaks and blessed twists: 1. Be curious and receptive, not lackadaisical and entitled. 2. Expect the unexpected. Vow to thrive on surprises. 3. Your desires are more likely to come true if you are unattached to them coming true. But you should formulate those
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