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There are no answers to either of those at the moment. The picture will only become clear once the strategy of Spurs Sports and Entertainment, which is leasing the stadium for 20 years and also paid $3 million for a small ownership stake in it, defines and develops its strategy to lure an MLS franchise. Those details should emerge fairly soon, since MLS will likely announce plans and criteria for future expansion next year. For now, the most important question is what will the Spurs name the United Soccer League team they plan to field in the interim? Luckily, you’ll probably have a say in that; Bobby Perez, the senior vice president general counsel and corporate relations, said at last week’s City Council meeting that the team name “will be open up to the community.”
NEWSMONGER A Water Fight // Toyota Field Changes Hands // Courtroom Drama Vista Ridge Protest at City Hall Protesters from both inner-city San Antonio and the rural area north of the city swarmed City Hall last week to protest the contentious Vista Ridge pipeline, the 142-mile water project that would pipe water from Lee and Burleson Counties to San Antonio. Their gripes were twofold: that the project would cause undue burden on San Antonio Water System customers by raising rates over 50 percent by 2020, and that it would drain the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer. The project would cost over $3.4 billion. Its proponents, most notably officials of the San Antonio Water System, say that it’s a necessary upgrade to hydrate the more than one million new residents San Antonio will welcome over the next 25 years. The protesters rallied on the steps of 18
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City Hall before crowding into Mayor Ivy Taylor’s office, brandishing a petition with more than 6,500 signatures from rural landowners who oppose the project. But at this point, there’s no indication that city leaders are buying the protesters’ arguments. City Council is scheduled to vote on the rate increases on Thursday, November 19. If it gives SAWS the all-clear to raise the rates, it’ll be pump, baby, pump. City Council OKs Toyota Field Purchase Alright, Major League Soccer. Now that Bexar County and the City of San Antonio have both approved deals to purchase Toyota Field, we’re just waiting on you. San Antonio will happily take one franchise whenever you’re ready. The bet that the city and county have made, now that both of their governing bodies have agreed to pay $9 million to buy Toyota Field from local philanthropist and megadeveloper Gordon Hartman, is that MLS will eventually call their number. The questions are when will that happen, and how much will it cost?
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Courtroom Showdown Over Evergreen Clause Starts Here’s a story that won’t go away anytime soon: The city and San Antonio’s public safety unions fired up their lawsuit again over the evergreen clause, a component of their agreement that keeps an expired contract in place. The city claims that the clause, which maintains the contract’s status quo for 10 years, is unconstitutional, even though city leaders signed the contract in 2009. Members of the police and fire unions argue that the city just has buyer’s remorse over the deal and wants to strike a better one. The legal squabbles between the parties had ceased while they tried to hammer out a new contract this summer. Progress was made, but disagreement over the length of the evergreen clause blocked both sides from getting over the goal line. Unable to reach a deal, the police union announced in October that it would halt negotiations, and Mayor Ivy Taylor said that the city would take its suit back up. Barring an unforeseen development, the court battle will rage for a while. There’s mistrust and bad blood on both sides, and they’re dug in deep to their respective positions. And it’s not as if they’re under a strict deadline: The current evergreen clause keeps the city’s police and firemen under contract until 2024. mmarks@sacurrent.com
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NO SANCTUARY While Abbott attacks, SAPD updates manual to include immigration protocol MARK REAGAN/@210REAGAN
In the Lone Star State’s five most populous counties — Bexar, Travis, Harris, Dallas and Tarrant — there are an estimated 866,000 undocumented immigrants, just a fraction of the combined 11.6 million residents in those municipalities. Those estimates come from the Migration Policy Institute, an immigration think tank that compiled census data for 94 U.S. counties that are home to two-thirds of the nation’s 11.4 million undocumented immigrants. Fewer than half qualify for President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program and would be eligible for driver’s licenses and work permits. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott famously led a coalition of 26 states in suing the White House over DAPA, claiming executive overreach — an argument the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld last week, catapulting the hot-button presidential election talking point to the Supreme Court. In Bexar County there are 69,000 undocumented immigrants. The majority live and work in San Antonio, where the police department is in the process of updating its manual to reflect its previously unwritten policy of not asking people about immigration status. Meanwhile, Abbott is threatening to cut off grant funding to sheriff departments in Texas that don’t enforce the Department of Homeland Securities’ Secure Communities program, under which local and state authorities submit fingerprints to not just criminal databases, but immigration databases as well. While this program is a leftover from the maligned leadership of President George H.W. Bush, Obama expanded it in 2011. Not everyone plays ball, though. For instance, Austin, Dallas and Houston have sanctuary city policies, where police departments supposedly don’t ask about a suspect’s immigration status. Dallas County, in particular, has drawn Abbott’s ire though it’s also been a target of immigration-reform activists. Abbott, however, can’t interrupt the SAPD’s practices unless the Texas Legislature passes a law, possibly in 2017, banning sanctuary cities — something it tried to do, but failed, this year. In mid-October Mayor Ivy Taylor asked for the police department to clear up that inconsistency. “It is my understanding that the San Antonio Police Department, through their successful application of community-based policing principles and strategies, has established a practical and efficient approach to dealing with immigrants that also ensures that dangerous criminals are remanded to the appropriate authority,” Taylor wrote. “However, I also understand that 20
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SAPD does not have a written policy regarding their immigration procedures.” A couple weeks later, police chief William McManus briefed City Council — but was careful about framing that discussion. “I didn’t talk to the Council about sanctuary cities,” McManus said later to the San Antonio Current. “I talked to them about SAPD’s unwritten protocols, unwritten policies, which is that we are here to answer calls for service, we are here to work with residents, homeowners, business owners.” Immigration is a federal jurisdiction, and police do notify federal immigration authorities when an arrestee has an active immigration warrant. “We don’t ask people for their immigration status because we are not federal immigration officers,” McManus said. “You’ll hear people say ‘Well, didn’t you swear to uphold all the laws?’ Well, yeah, we did, but we are not trained nor are we sanctioned — I don’t know if that’s the right word or not — to enforce federal immigration laws. That’s a complex issue.” If SAPD were required to enforce immigration laws, racial profiling would be rampant in a city that is around 60 percent Hispanic or Latino. “Do we base it on somebody’s color of their skin? Do we base it on somebody’s complexion? Do we base it on their accent? What do we base it on?” McManus asked, saying it would be tantamount to profiling. “Because what do you base your decision on to ask somebody if they’re legal or not? So for us, immigration status is not a matter that we are going to concern ourselves with.” Mary Moreno, spokeswoman for the Texas Organizing
Project, a left-leaning advocacy group, says the SAPD’s policy makes San Antonio safer, because undocumented immigrants are more likely to report crimes to police and cooperate as witnesses when they know police won’t ask about immigration status. Alfredo Lozano, an immigration attorney, said he thinks that policy is the right approach, but said he’s seen where that message is not trickling down to patrol officers who have asked some of his clients arrested on misdemeanor charges about their immigration statuses. The SAPD isn’t the only law-enforcement agency in town, either, and Lozano says he’s seen some police departments in Bexar County’s patchwork of municipalities ask his clients about immigration status. Bexar County Sheriff’s Department spokesman James Keith told The Texas Tribune that it’s in the county’s best interest to work with other agencies, including U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement. “We’re not arresting people who have not committed crimes. We are arresting people who have committed crimes,” Keith told the Tribune. “It’s determined after that by ICE whether they are here illegally. Once their charges are addressed, then ICE has the right to request a detainer hold; then at that time, they go into ICE custody.” As for Abbott’s threats, both Lozano and Moreno characterize them as nothing more than generic antiimmigrant public-relation tactics used by conservative politicians to rally xenophobic support for re-election. San Antonio Current staff writer Michael Marks contributed to this story. mreagan@sacurrent.com
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Museum turns back the clock to the polyester-clad 1970s for Disco Bingo — a festive fundraiser that puts a dance-party spin on the classic game of chance. Cochaired by Mike Casey and Ellie Leeper, the unconventional evening promises “out-of-sight bingo callers,” retro beats spun by DJ Neto, “funkadelic artworks” and an abundance of disco balls. While ticket sales assist BSCAM’s exhibitions and educational outreach, silent auction proceeds equally benefit participating artists and the nonprofit art center’s Berlin Residency Program. $75-$150, 7pm-midnight, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, (210) 2276960, bluestarart.org. — Bryan Rindfuss
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Migos
19 Rap is weird in 2015. Dr. Dre
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works for Apple, Kanye makes ugly sneakers and Gucci Mane is in jail again. But the Trap God managed to influence all of Atlanta before suiting up in correctional orange, prioritizing luxury and absurdity over any inkling of lyricism. The most opulent of his 404 acolytes is Migos, a family project dedicated to splendor, the soirée and the house of Versace. On their 2013 hit “Versace,” the hook is but 18 repetitions of the brand. In their videos, the Visamaxed outfit features leopards, cheetahprint fashions and the stoppage of time — too fresh for relativity. $40-$75, 9pm, Club Rio, 13307 San Pedro Ave., (210) 403-2582, club-rio.net — Matt Stieb
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Texas Takeover Tour
19 Shoutout to the nostalgic MUSIC
promoter that put this badass ’90s revue together. Lone Star legend and UGK co-founder is the home-state favorite, pulling out his collected 36-chain hits. After performing in full Cypress Hill regalia at Maverick Music Festival earlier this year, B-Real returns with the agro-nasal delivery that made him one of the first Mexican-American stars of the form. Cleveland’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony also visit SA for the second time this year — in preparation of their upcoming 11th album E. 1999 Legends. With Scarface, El Gant feat. Sid Wilson of Slipknot, Kurtanz. $36-$151, 7pm, Alamo City Music Hall, 1305 E. Houston St., alamocitymusichall.com. — MS
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Last Comic Standing
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corollaries, NBC’s Last Comic Standing has been a reliable pool of comic talent for nine seasons and counting. Weed hero Doug Benson, whip-smart Nikki Glaser and the unstoppable Amy Schumer all have the show to thank for national airtime and an invaluable momentum boost. On Thursday, the top five talents of the 2015 season come through SA with their tightly coiled and TV-tested material. Naturally, winner Clayton English (pictured) is the prize catch of the quintet, a comic with nonchalant delivery and A-material on police treatment of African Americans. $24.50-$92.50, 7:30pm, Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org — MS
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— comprised of every color of the rainbow — scatters as it enters Earth’s atmosphere; since blue light travels in the shortest, choppiest waves, the sky often appears blue. But as an exhibition title, “Why Is the Sky Blue?” hints at something unanswerable. Curated by Octavio Avendaño Trujillo, the group show explores a “shift within the modern tradition of abstraction” as seen by a dozen artists from across the U.S., Mexico and Argentina. New Jersey transplant Nate Cassie, local fixture Jesse Amado and the late great Chuck Ramirez jump out among the recognizable names. Free, 6-8pm, RuizHealy Art, 201 E. Olmos Drive, (210) 804-2219, ruizhealyart.com. — BR
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and packing a plethora of defiant queer attitude, Pink Leche makes music that’s a delightful and wholly unique mishmash of house, R&B, post-punk and screw. This Friday, you can catch the lovely Leche in action as he celebrates the release of a new split EP with local, texture-mad electronic producer Xy!o. Entitled House of Relaxation, the EP is a veritable study in chill, presenting a wildly wide palette of influences, styles and moods. And, as has become a local tradition with Pink Leche shows, the EP release promises to be a party par excellence. Free, 10pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club, 1603 N. Colorado St., (210) 267-9160. — James Courtney
If you’ve ever dined at Rosario’s, SoLuna or Chez Vatel Bistro, you may have noticed the work of Gilbert Durán, a self-taught artist whose mastery with a paintbrush lends itself to everything from traditional wildlife paintings to irreverent takes on iconic works by Botero, Kahlo and Warhol. Possibly best known for his wry remix Frida Margarita (not to mention a supersized fork that got Stone Oak’s panties in a bunch), the self-dubbed artist non grata’s latest brings together a number of “secret” paintings and sculptures, maquettes for unrealized public art projects and a gleaming tribute to the Spurs. Free, 4-8pm, Studio 911, 911 S. St. Mary’s St., duran-arte.com. — BR
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with the dream-pop label, attaching it to any artist whose music is at once enjoyable and esoteric. Often, so-called dream-pop acts fall short on the “pop,” offering up music that takes aim at pop sensibilities, but isn’t easy enough to digest. Shana Falana is a New York artist who, while delving into ambient oddness and sharp, experimental electro-rock, truly delivers the goods in fun-pop packaging. On her latest and greatest record, Set Your Lightning Fire Free, Falana worked with percussionist Mike Amari to make her sound even more propulsive, even more pop. $5, 9pm, K23 Gallery, 704 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 776-5635, facebook.com/ k23gallery. —JC
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Bards & Brew
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Poetry is for the people. Regardless of your preconceptions about the craft, there is a universal bent to all poetry: It seeks to illuminate the various ineffable aspects of life, large and small, that we all experience. Beer, like poetry, is a universal good, meant to lead weary workers and wistful wanderers alike to a full and fuzzy feeling of felicity. Therefore, any event that can combine the power of poetry with the beauty of beer, promises to excite the mind and lift the spirit. Bards and Brew, a new recurring series brought to you by San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, is just such an event. At the inaugural incarnation of Bards and Brew, which seeks to feature diverse poets from all sides of town, you can sip beers from Black Laboratory Brewing while kicking back at the Guadalupe Parque and gazing into the middle distance. The list of mad talented local poets participating in the event includes Octavio Quintanilla, Natalia Treviño, Vincent Cooper, Amanda Flores and Darrell Pittman. $5, 7:30pm, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 723 S. Brazos St., (210) 2713151, guadalupeculturalarts.org. — James Courtney
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C. Louis’ novel Skins. Set on the fictional Beaver Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota near the Nebraska border, the film follows tribal police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge as he struggles to rescue his alcoholic brother Mogie, a former football star wounded in combat in Vietnam. Before and after the screening, audiences will get an opportunity to shop at an authentic Native American market inside the theater. Free, 4-6pm Saturday; Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 271-3151.
Art opening: “Dèrive” Presented by
new media and photography students attending University of Texas at San Antonio, this one-night-only event explores the “aesthetic beauty and its antiaesthetic, the psychology of social ritual, critical dialog on ecological responsibility, and art world systems” through interactive performances, photography, video and “integrated art installations.” Free, 7-10pm Friday; Highwire Art Gallery, 326 W. Josephine St., (210) 827-7652.
International Artists-In-Residence
Curated by NY-based Cecilia Alemani, the final installment of Artpace’s 2015 International-Artists-In-Residence cycle comprises site-specific exhibitions by artists Cally Spooner (London), Marie Lorenz (New York) and Larry Bamburg (Marfa). Free, noon-5pm WednesdaySunday, Artpace, 445 N. Main Ave., (210) 212-4900.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas The Magik
brings Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang to life onstage in Eric Schaeffer’s adaptation of the 1965 TV special surrounding “the true meaning of Christmas.” $12-$15, 9:45am, 11:30am & 7pm Friday, 2pm Saturday-Sunday, 9:45am & 11:30am Tuesday; Magik Theatre, 420 S. Alamo St., (210) 227-2751.
Pinocchio For nearly 200 years, five
generations of the Monticelli family of Ravenna, Italy, have entertained audiences worldwide as Teatro del Drago, seamlessly integrating puppetry, shadow theater, live actors and music to tell their classic tales. The group first brought its production of Pinocchio to Trinity University in 2013, and now — courtesy of AtticRep — they return with an encore of this magical re-telling of the fairytale about a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. $18-$28. 8pm Wednesday-Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.
remembrance of the late San Anto Cultural Arts co-founder Manuel Diosdado Castillo, the “Nombre Chut Up Art Auction” brings together 30 artists to share their interpretations of “in-yourface contemporary identity and cultural expression for the community.” Benefiting cultural arts programming for area youth, the auction also features music by DJ Adlf and Ghostpizza. $3, 9pm-2am Saturday; Phantom Room, 2106 N. St. Mary’s St.
Film
Skins The Guadalupe hosts a free screening of Chris Eyre’s 2002 adaptation of Adrian
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Reckless Craig Lucas’ dark comedy Reckless
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Southwest School of Art’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
in 1965 and now designated as Texas’ first and only independent 20-22 Founded art college, the Southwest School of Art is set to celebrate a half century of
“visual art education, artistic innovation, community evolution and historic preservation.” Complete with a commemorative T-shirt designed by Gary Sweeney (free for the first 50 guests) and “first 50” art giveaways, the weekend-long party takes over both SSA campuses with creative fun for all ages. After kicking off with a members-only preview (4-6pm Fri), Articopia rallies artists and artisans from the Alamo City and Austin for an “eclectic holiday shopping” experience filled with everything from clothing and jewelry to glassware and photography (6-8pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, Ursuline Campus). Designed to encourage young artists and “educate teens and families about arts programming,” the Downtown Teen Collective’s inaugural Teen Arts Fest connects the Navarro Campus with downtown neighbors Artpace (445 N. Main Ave.) and Central Library (600 Soledad St.) via musical performances, workshops and a juried exhibition (1-5pm Sat). And on Sunday, the school opens its studios for tours and demos led by faculty and students (1-5pm Sun) and unveils exhibitions showcasing works by ceramicist and longtime SSA educator Dennis Smith, Austin-based photographer Christa Blackwood and the winners of a Fotoseptiembre Instagram contest (1-3pm Sun). Free, 4-6pm Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun, Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St. & 1201 Navarro St., (210) 224-1848, swschool.org. — Bryan Rindfuss follows a woman who embarks on a dreamlike journey of self-discovery after her husband confesses he’s hired a hit man to kill her. Robert Ball directs the University of the Incarnate Word theater arts department’s production. $8-$10, 7pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8pm Friday Elizabeth Huth Coates Theatre, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway, (210) 829-6000.
Threepenny Opera Penned by Bertolt
Brecht and Kurt Weill, Threepenny Opera revolutionized musical theater when it premiered in 1928. The “opera by and for beggars” overturned sentimental operatic conventions, drawing from jazz in Berlin nightclubs and inspiring dark meta-musicals (from Chicago to Cabaret). The play’s biting songs, plot adapted from John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, startling interruptions and the seedy London underbelly it exposes all combine to create a delightful, discordant, tawdry work that continues to entertain and scandalize audiences across the world. Kyle Gillette directs Trinity’s production. $6-$12, 7pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8pm Friday-Saturday; Stieren Theater, Trinity University, One Trinity Pl., (210) 999-7011.
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Champion of the Barrio Author Gaines
Baty signs copies of his new book about his father Buryl Baty, an A&M football star and high school coach who fought racism faced by his team of Mexican-American athletes from the Segundo Barrio in El Paso during the Civil Rights era. In the book, former athletes reflect on Baty’s leadership
and inspiration — both as individuals and as a team. Free, 2-4pm Barnes & Noble, 15900 La Cantera Pkwy., (210) 558-2078.
Poetry for the People Poets Jenny
Browne, Frances Trevino Santos, John Phillip Santos and Naomi Shihab Nye, and artists Jeannette MacDougall and Terry Ybanez offer poems for sale with proceeds benefiting the Catholic Charities Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program. Local poets will pen poems for attendees, with artists embellishing them on handmade paper crafted by Beck Whitehead. $20, 4-8pm Wednesday; Kathleen Sommers Boutique, 2417 N. Main Ave., (210) 732-8437.
Comedy
Bryan Callen With cameos in Bad Santa,
Old School, Warrior, and The Hangover and numerous roles in television shows (King of Queens, West Wing, Frasier), Bryan Callen has been getting laughs since his early days as a MADtv cast member. $18.50, 8pm Friday & 10:15pm Saturday-Sunday; 10:15 pm Friday and Saturday, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805.
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Aquatic Spectacular Italian “water circus”
Cirque Italia’s family-friendly, animal-free production involves acrobatics, highenergy juggling and musical clowns who perform on a stage containing 35,000 gallons of water. $20-$50, 7:30pm Friday, 2:30pm, 5:30pm & 8:30pm Saturday, 2:30pm, 5:30pm & 8:30pm Sunday, 5:30pm & 8:30pm Monday; Ingram Park Mall, 6301 NW Loop 410, (210) 684-9570.
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Besh Big Easy Cookbook Party John Besh
celebrates the launch of his new cookbook by teaming up with fellow chef John Russ for a night of food, cocktails and music. $100 (includes a copy of Besh Big Easy), 7-9pm Thursday; 7-9 p.m Thursday; Lüke, 125 E. Houston St., (210) 227-5853.
Fall Four Seasons Indian Market Mission San Juan Capistrano hosts a market with Native American arts and crafts, jewelry, music, dancing, storytelling and a performance by the American Indians in Texas Dance Theater. Free, 10am-2pm Saturday; Mission San Juan Capistrano, 9101 Graf Road, (210) 219-6748.
Illuminate Reproductive Justice PopUp Part of the Texas Freedom Network’s
Sci-Fi The Universe You Create Lone Star Beer and Beyond the Canvas join forces to present a sci-fi-inspired bodypainting competition with more than 100 participating artists. $8-$25, 6pm-2am Saturday; The Korova, 107 E. Martin St., (210) 226-5070.
Weihnachtsmarkt Benefiting the
Sophienburg Museum & Archives, this German-style Christmas Market combines wine, food, decorations, antiques dealers, artisans and photo ops with Jolly Old Saint Nick. $10-$15, 10am-5pm Friday, 10am-6pm Saturday, 11am-5pm Sunday; New Braunfels Civic Center, 380 S. Seguin St., (830) 629-1572.
effects of NAFTA on Mexican workers and farmers, and the effects of the Mexican drug war. Free, 7-9pm Wednesday; Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201.
Zonarte Dozens of artists and artisans
display and sell handcrafted gifts, with proceeds benefiting participating vendors and nonprofit Centro Cultural Aztlan. Free, 6-9pm Friday, 10am-6pm Saturday-Sunday; Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 103, (210) 432-1896.
Revolución to La Huelga: The Brownsville Eagle Bus Strike of 1980
Sponsored by the A&M-San Antonio University Library, this presentation and exhibit by Edith Esparza-Young explores how the artwork of Francisco Esparza inspired workers at Eagle Manufacturing in Brownsville to fight for equal rights in 1980. Free, 11am-12:30pm Thursday; Central Academic Building–Vista Room, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, One University Way, (210) 784-1500.
Talks Plus
Neoliberalism, Justice and Human Rights in Mexico The Esperanza Peace
and Justice Center and Trinity University welcome Mexico-based journalist Laura Carlsen for a discussion about the current political and human rights situations in Mexico. Carlsen has written about the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa, the
Illuminate Reproductive Justice project, this pop-up event brings together artists Ally Tamez, Manuela Karim, Dolores Valles, Allis Ozornia and Polly Rocha to share stories of struggle and resilience across Texas. Free, 7-11pm Friday; The Uptown Studio, 700 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 683-8212.
San Antonio Auto & Truck Show Check
out the newest vehicles of 2016 from leading manufacturers, plus exclusive ride-and-drive opportunities. In a first for the show, the San Antonio Raceway will exhibit its ultra-fast dragsters and race cars. A new ticket package this year is offered in collaboration with Alamo Beer Company to provide attendees with free shuttle service between the auto show and brewery. $4-$12, 2-10pm Thursday-Friday, 10am-10pm Saturday, 11am-7pm Sunday; Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 200 E. Market St., (210) 732-9647.
San Antonio College’s 90th Anniversary Showcase Michael “Mike” Valdes emcees
this 90th anniversary celebration with guest speakers and members of the SAC Jazz band, ASL Glee Club and SAC Speech Team. Free, 7-8:30pm Wednesday; San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave., (210) 486-0000.
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In creative and crafty San Anto, there’s (almost) no excuse to scour the interwebs in search of artistic gifts. While compiling this year’s wish list, we hit up old mainstays as well as such new arrivals as Dignowity Hill’s GOOD goods and thoughtfully curated Curio at the Hotel Emma. 1. T-shirts and prints by Robert Tatum // While his quirky murals and signs grace local eateries ranging from The Luxury to Mellow Mushroom, LA transplant Robert Tatum’s handiwork can be enjoyed on a more personal scale via T-shirts ($24) and prints ($10) available at his outpost at Brick. $10-$24, Choice Goods Gallery, 108 Blue Star, (210) 858-2361, tatumoriginals.com 2. Regionally sourced goods from Curio // Beyond luxury staycations and slightly more obtainable meals, cocktails and specialty groceries, Hotel Emma’s got a smartly curated friend in Curio, which stocks such covetable items as Stash Co.’s Fyn leather tote ($349), Son of a Sailor’s leather key fob ($35) and the hotel’s own Wildsam guide to San Antonio ($12). $12-$349, Hotel Emma, 136 E. Grayson St., (210) 448-8300, thehotelemma.com 3. Queer Brown Voices // Published by the University of Texas Press, this collection provides a fresh perspective on the LGBT Latin@ experience via essays and narratives 32
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(penned by 14 activists from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico), including Gloria A. Ramirez’s San Antonio-specific contribution “The Queer Roots of the Esperanza Center.” $16.72-$50.25, utpress.utexas.edu 4. Miró-inspired goodies // Thanks to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía’s touring exhibition “Miró: The Experience of Seeing,” SA’s more familiar with the fascinating works of Spanish master Joan Miró. While the catalog ($30) is a must, we’re also digging the onesie ($35), striped socks ($20) and abstract bracelets ($45 each). $20-$45, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org 5. Prints and cards by Zane Thomas // As manager of Choice Goods Gallery, artist Zane Thomas can help you navigate the handcrafted wares up for grabs, which include the unique prints he screens under the moniker Black Moon Print. $5-$30, Choice Goods Gallery, 108 Blue Star, (210) 858-2361, tatumoriginals.com
6. Prints and comics by Mike Fisher // Highlighted this year by the San Antonio Public Library’s Alamo City Comic Con-inspired “Illustrator Series,” Mike Fisher is the mad mind behind Goofa Man Productions and the comic-book character 3-D Pete. Ideal for retro enthusiasts, his original works put a distinct spin on classic pin-ups and horror hotties alike. $25, Choice Goods Gallery, 108 Blue Star, (210) 8582361, tatumoriginals.com 7. Painted antlers // A co-founder of Austin’s wildly eclectic Uncommon Objects, D’Ette Cole is the junk visionary behind Dignity Hill’s GOOD goods. Fashionably appointed with mid-century modern furniture, found objects, unique jewelry and lots in between, the shop stocks both one-of-a-kind items and multiples like these orange antlers. $42, GOOD goods, 904 Nolan St., (210) 229-0663, goodgoodstx.com 8. “28 Chinese” swag // Contemporary artist Liu Wei’s 2013 painting Liberation No.1 sets the vivid tone for
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this tote ($32) and catalog ($39.95) commemorating the touring exhibition “28 Chinese,” on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art through January 3. $32$39.95, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org 9. Owl bag // Importing handcrafted and embroidered items from the hill tribes of Thailand and Laos is the name of the game for BrieBlue, a local outfit
that can be found selling colorful owl bags ($18), textiles and other treasures most Sundays at Brick. $18, Brick Marketplace, 108 Blue Star, (210) 262-8653, brieblue.com 10. Frida Kahlo mirror // Keep an eye on that unibrow with this purse-sized Frida mirror, which would make for a memorable stocking stuffer. $20, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org
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San Antonio’s Spanish missions are in many ways portals themselves. Now that they’re part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the missions are a link between our local environs and the rest of the world. Between the natural landscape of the river they’re built along and the urban sprawl that’s risen around them. Between the ancient rural legacy of San Antonio and the metropolis it is today. It makes sense then that each of the missions would have their own public art portal to signify the straddling of these borders. And with Mission San Juan’s “Whispers” by Belgian artist Arne Quinze joining “River Return,” by Stacy Levy at Mission Concepción, half are now complete. All four of the portals share a mandate: to reconcile the modern with the ancient, and the man-made with the natural. But outside of those parameters, the two complete portals offer few clues for what the remaining two, at Mission Espada and Mission San José, have in store. “There is a desire … that these pieces should be of their place and time,” said Stuart Johnson, project manager for the San Antonio River Foundation, which spearheads the portal project. “So we want really nice contemporary artwork, but I make it very clear that [the artists] are working within the environment of structures that have been around close to 300 years.” “River Return” is situated between the San Antonio River and Mission Concepción. It’s constructed entirely of stone, accented by native plants. But Levy has arranged the rocks so that they seem to swirl and riffle freely. From its centerpiece, a raised platform, you can see both the river and the top of the mission peeking over the trees. “Whispers” sits along the Mission Reach trail near Mission San Juan. It’s composed of a series of sentry-like multicolored metal structures. Meant to mimic the vivid hues of Texas wildflowers, the tall, slightly concave posts look like colorful reeds, and the wind whistles through slits carved in their tops. Each portal is also meant to somehow reflect each Mission’s interpretive theme as assigned by the National Park Service: the religious legacy of the Catholic Church and its mission system at Concepción, the experience of the American Indians at San José, ranching at Espada, and agriculture and nature at San Juan. “That served as a point of inspiration for some of the artists,” said Jimmy LeFlore, public art manager for the city’s Department of Culture and Creative Development and a member of the River Foundation’s Art and
Architecture Committee. “Information can be extracted and artists can ... say ‘This piece of content from the mission history made me make this decision.’” It’s not so easy to find an artist able to strike that balance. To do it, the River Foundation turned to its Art and Architecture Committee, which is responsible for developing some guidelines for the pieces and then selecting an artist for the project. Once they agreed to the project, there are few strings attached to each artist’s vision. “Generally, because of the caliber of artist we’re working with, we are very open to what the artist feels is best for the site,” Johnson said. Which means it’s almost impossible to predict what could be in store for the Mission Espada and Mission San José portals. Both are still in the planning stages, with San José likely closer to completion. The River Foundation tapped Mel Chin for the San José portal. Chin is a Houston native who now works from a studio in North Carolina. His portfolio traverses a broad scope of media and subject matter. One of his installations, “Spirit,” features an oversized barrel on a grass-and-grain tightrope, commenting on the tenuous balance between consumption culture and agricultural production. Another, “The Seven Wonders,” is a permanent feature of Houston’s Sesquicentennial Park. Stainless steel plates are stacked on top of each other, with stencils of children’s illustrations cut out by lasers. As with bringing Levy and Quinze onboard, snagging an artist of Chin’s caliber was a high priority for the River
Foundation, according to LeFlore. “That was something that was really important for thinking long-term about the mission portal artwork,” LeFlore said. “We, of course, weren’t aware at the time that we would have the World Heritage status, but we knew that his is a hugely significant opportunity to have an artwork connected to our river, connected to our historic mission.” Some details of Chin’s plans for his piece at San José will likely come to light by the end of this year, when the River Foundation begins its public review process for the piece. Although the design could change, Johnson said that it will straddle the line between the centuries-old mission and the present day. “That one is going to be a very contemporary piece, but it will also hearken back history. It’s like natural history as opposed to the built environment,” Johnson said. mmarks@sacurrent.com sacurrent.com • November 18–24 2015 • CURRENT 37
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To Sigmund Freud, the family hearth is a perilous space of hostility between parents and children. Seizing on the Greek myth of Oedipus, he claimed that patricide is every son’s latent wish. Freud’s disciple Carl Jung looked to Electra, who killed her mother Clytemnestra, as a model for matricidal daughters. But the Greeks themselves were also alert to filicide – in the stories of Cronus, the Titan who devoured his own sons, and Medea, who killed Mermeros and Pheres, the sons she bore to Jason. Jilted by Jason, who aroused such passion in her that she murdered her father and brother at his behest, Medea is a Rorschach for views of women over three millennia. Though an all-male • ancient audience, viewing all-male Georgette Lockwood portrays vengeful Medea. casts, would have seen Medea as a treacherous sorcerer, the 19th accompanied by minimalist music by John century, in love with the power of Coker and ends in bloodshed and the love, was drawn to her story of tragic Nurse’s final line: “Can there ever be any eros. In our time, when the FBI reports ending but this?” Played by Georgette about 450 children killed each year by Lockwood as neither monstrous nor their parents, Medea is not only a victim deranged but a lovely woman overcome of patriarchal oppression but a lurid by grief and loathing, Medea declares: tabloid staple. “Hate and sorrow are the only things I The version of Euripides’ play that have access of.” Lockwood provides a director Mark Stringham has adapted powerful embodiment of hate and sorrow, for the Classic Theatre begins with a though the part denies her access to a character called the Nurse addressing fuller range of emotions. Though he tries the audience. Played by Mindy Fuller to make the case that what he’s done is with a remarkably clear and resonant best for everyone, Kerry Valderrama’s voice, she fills us in on details that vapid Jason is not a worthy adversary. Euripides’ audience in 431 BCE would Jack Dullnig and Logan Treviño are cute already know – that after fleeing to as Mermeros and Pheres, but it is not Corinth with Medea and their two young appropriate to fidget when portraying a sons, Jason abandons Medea in order to fresh corpse. As Aegeus, the clueless marry Glauce, the daughter of the king king of Athens who stumbles into of Corinth. Described by the Nurse as domestic mayhem, Guy “a simmering stew of misery,” Schaafs provides rare levity. Medea plots her revenge. Medea Surveying the bloody “Terrible things breed in $10-$25 aftermath of Medea’s broken hearts,” warns the 8 pm Fri-Sat, 3pm Sun Classic Theatre of San Antonio vengeance, Jason asks: Nurse, and there is never any 1924 Fredericksburg Road “How could you have done doubt about the outcome (210) 589-8450 this?” An excellent question in Stringham’s chillingly classictheatre.org Through Nov. 29 worth a play. efficient production that is
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It might not have all the complexity of journalists tracking down a serial killer, like in the 2007 crime thriller Zodiac, or the melodrama needed to spur scribes into breaking open a story on the suspicious death of a congressman’s mistress, like in the 2009 political thriller State of Play, but the relevancy of a newspaper reporter’s job is made evident in the sincere, insightful, fair and extremely well-paced Spotlight. In a news industry where Buzzfeed headlines and Kardashian selfies are constantly trending for the mainstream masses, it’s refreshing (and equally discouraging) to know a majority of wordsmiths just a decade ago cared more about reporting the truth than creating click-bait content. Not only is Spotlight great cinema, it also has the power to remind audiences that a hard-hitting exposé should always be a crucial element of the ever-changing media landscape. Without professionals doing this kind of work (and not just recording grainy cell phone footage), how can anyone be held accountable? Directed and co-written by Oscar nominee Tom McCarthy, whose track record has been so impressive (The Station Agent, The Visitor and Win Win) since breaking out in 2003 that we might one day forgive him for whatever the hell last year’s Adam Sandler vehicle The Cobbler was supposed to be, Spotlight brings the filmmaker back to true form. Set in the early ’00s, the drama tells the story of the Boston Globe’s investigative “Spotlight Team” of reporters who uncovered a global sex abuse scandal and cover-up rooted deep inside the Catholic Church that ultimately spawned criminal accusations against 250 Roman Catholic priests. For their work, the team was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for public service. That journalistic determination leading them to the source of the crimes is the main focus of Spotlight. While the stories of the individual victims and perpetrators is paramount in breathing life into the story, it’s the Globe’s writers’ efforts to deliver these remarkable revelations that serve as the lungs of this compelling narrative. Oscar-nominated actors Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) lead this impressive ensemble cast, including Rachel McAdams (Southpaw) and Liev Schreiber (Pawn Sacrifice) as the Globe’s new earnest editor who wants the paper to concentrate more on local coverage. What they find at the core is a corrupt system where the crimes of Catholic priests had been swept under the rug for years.
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Where McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer (The Fifth Estate) shined most with the screenplay is in the fact they did not sensationalize the subject at hand, respected everyone involved and stayed fiercely objective (even the Vatican’s official radio station called the film “honest”). In doing so, Spotlight is also able to point out the faults of its hero reporters and show that despite the immense accountability they inherit when they choose to take on an assignment like this, they are still flawed human beings that make mistakes. Nevertheless, this isn’t a film about the people, per se, as much as it is about the procedure.
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4. Rey Campero Mezcal // Because you’ll convert your friends into mezcal lovers even if it kills you. Sway them with this boutique, but varied brand that’s making a splash in bars across town. $52.99- $102.99, Alamo City Liquor, multiple locations 5. Mug from Hills and Dales // Grab a cold one at the Center of the Universe. $13, 15403 White Fawn Drive, (210) 695-2307
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9. Champagne Clutch // For the bubble-loving pal in your life, this Ken Stetson asymmetric bag with crossbody chain will complete any outfit. $195, McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org
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Competition in the Industrial Cheapsville; some of these, the Caymus Chic arena has gotten intense Cab, for example, are normally offered at Pearl since the opening at prices as high as $35 — yes, per of Hotel Emma, but Boiler House still glass. Here’s your chance to feel like a holds its own. Sitting at the bar at happy high-roller at low-rider prices. I settled on hour — or any other time, you’re bathed a modest Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc in a gentle (and generally flattering) red ($6.50) straight from a fresh bottle, and, glow from the back bar. The snaking with its citrus, gooseberry and green tubes that have been turned into an melon notes, it came across as the abstract sculpture outdoors back up the quintessential Cali sauvignon. bottles here, attention has been paid to A little more citrus and it might have the lighting level in the exposed kitchen made a pair with the spicy houseand the activity at the pass, at least pickled veggies ($5) — “they’ve at this low-key time of day, provides a got more kick than a government bantering backdrop. “Two Brussels … mule” opined a server not lacking for meatballs … can you wait a couple of character of his own. The spice level minutes on that?” might not have lived up to government The happy hour menu doesn’t specs, but the kitchen does not stint on feature anything coming out of that volume and variety. The bowl contained kitchen, but there are nonetheless baby pattypan squashes, a couple well-priced “Nibbles” available to kinds of cauliflower, halved Brussels accompany your drink. The Texas sprouts, both yellow bell pepper and a whiskey bacon caramel kettle corn, whole red chile … with vinegary tang studded with chunky bacon bits, the making up for the spicy punch. Herbcaramel right on the good edge of and feta-marinated olives might have char, was great with a featured drink, made a better fit with the wine, but it’s the $5 bourbon Old Fashioned with hard to pass up good pickles. Buffalo Trace, orange bitters and The happy hour drink menu is honey. It’s a sweeter version of the available from opening to 6 p.m. drink than I normally like, but it didn’t weekdays, giving you plenty of time to stint on the booze. run through the list of $3 beers, the But considering BH’s link to Max’s $5 house wines, or to work your way Wine Dive, it’s the happy hour down the half-off wine list, wine list that perhaps deserves stopping at, say the Alberese Boiler House the most scrutiny. A select list of Texas Grill & Wine Morellino you won’t find just wines, some on tap, is available Garden anywhere, or the French312 Pearl Pkwy. at 50 percent off — which influenced Cheval des Andes (210) 354-4644 boilerhousesa.com doesn’t mean that they are all Malbec blend.
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cry and make out. It’s go to be Lafitte’s Reserve from Busted Sandal Brewing Company. I didn’t look for the alcohol content because I didn’t want to know (Editor’s note: it’s 8.5 percent). As a strong, dark ale it has body and flavor. As far as how sloppy we will get, it’s a mystery between the dark and me. Nina Diaz Without dropping tired clichés of the hometown beer for the hometown girl, I must say that if Diaz’s music is a particular beer, to me, it’s Freetail’s TexiCali Brown Ale because she’s one of the few musicians in the city that has made it outside of the state due to her skill, talent and craft. Her solo work has a bright blend of Mexican, Texan and Californian influences; a Freetail beer, in particular, because it’s one on the exhaustive list of beers offered at Untapped that I am familiar with, much like her catalog. King Pelican As San Antonio’s premier band that makes you want to head out to Port A, catch a weakling of a wave on your boogie board ‘til you develop a rash on your belly and head to Shorty’s to be nursed back to a state of sublime inebriation, I feel compelled to select Kona’s Longboard Lager. dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com
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UNTAPPED FEST The indie music and beer fest pours through SA D.T. BUFFKIN /@DTBUFFKIN
In the spirit of anything you can do, I can do better, but with our signature humility and disinterest in all of Bexar County becoming a parking lot, San Antonio is set to be one of the five cities to host the first Untapped Indie Music and Beer Fest, which is a curated attempt by its promoters and sponsors to bring, not the greatest amount of music and beer to us — à la several acronym-laden festivals that take place annually up I-35 — but the best music and beer. Similar versions of the festival will be taking place or have taken place in Austin, Dallas, Forth Worth and Houston, all boasting honor rolls of bands and beers … but none of the rest have GZA! Known as The Genius amongst his Shaolin compatriots, GZA is considered the most prolific Wu and the “spiritual guide” of the hip-hop crew. According to a Rolling Stone algorithm, GZA was recently cited as having the second largest vocabulary in hip-hop, surpassed only by Aesop Rock (not to be confused with A$AP Rocky, for all the scrubs not in the know). GZA, born Gary Grice, and his cousins Robert Diggs (RZA) and Russell Jones (Ol’ Dirty Bastard) began their hip-hop careers in the 1980s under the moniker of FOI, or Force of the Imperial Master. Crisscrossing the five boroughs like nimble fingers braiding black, static cornrows, seeking out opposing hip-hop groups to battle, GZA was eventually signed by Cold Chillin’ Records as a solo artist and was the first of the trio to step into the music biz. Fast forward several decades and the name GZA is synonymous with the cream of the crop of that inspires the simple QB to turn tail and head for hip-hop’s master — of ceremonies — minded lyricists. the locker room, the comfort of his equally challenged He flows like the blood on a murder scene, laying down teammates and a warm shower. Haines sprinkles her metaphors, similes and other turns of phrase for days and tunes with coos and monosyllabic onomatopoeias, days. That’s the GZA way. grunts, hoots and uuhhhs, forging a new language of Metric crochets beats that fit the group like your distaste for poor taste, but with a danceable femininity. grandma’s cardigan repurposed with a Lydia Lunch A girl that makes the boys uncomfortable with her patch and Kill Rock Stars pin, all the while maintaining devil-may-care attitude, busy cussing out teachers and that thoughtful, mothball and butterscotch smell of skipping class to hide out in the library reading the Gram-Gram, Abuela, Mi-maw or what have you. The Unabomber’s Manifesto and listening to Yoko Ono. rhythms fit tight and cozy, while the guitars scratch and The stuttering beats and slurred, lackadaisical delivery prickle: the brand tag at the back of the neck and the of Tokyo Police Club’s “Be Good” is a fitting omen for the itchy demeanor of wool. The group is demonstrably state of the crowd once the band has taken the stage. The Canadian, or at least more Northern than ourselves, sea legs requirement for the festival fits perfectly sounding warm and lush among the tundra and with the band, which sounds like an Anticon permafrost of modern existence. Untapped Festival Records outfit focus grouped by whine-inclined Emily Haines’ vocals tackle topics of $33-$65 Top 40 listeners. misogyny, patriarchy, war, materialism and 2:30pm (VIP), 3:30pm, Shit is gonna pop off when Saint Motel takes (GA) Sat, Nov. 21 the politics of sex and love like a righteous Lone Star Brewery the stage. Propelled by horns made of syrup and cheerleader, not racing toward the quarterback 600 Lone Star Blvd. tinsel, cowbell, carbonated percussion and gang to congratulate him with a kiss and round-off untapped-festival.com (more Sharks or Jets than Crips or Bloods) vocals, back handspring, but with a look in her eyes 64
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the disaffected delivery of vocalist A/J Jackson sculpted around the disco cha-cha-cha of the rhythm section will get the girls immediately, which will get the guys — if the kaleidoscopic offerings on tap don’t hustle them there first. Syncretizing today’s bubblegum pop hits with the traditional instrumentation of the mariachi is Mariachi Nuevo Estilo. I don’t want to tip their hand for them, but they do “Gangnam Style,” mariachi style. Rounding out the first Untapped Fest are two San Antonio pros with their new outfits. Nina Diaz will be performing her solo material, with a back-up band of some of San Antonio’s most competent young players. Alvaro Del Norte gets sentimental and traditional with Los Callejeros de San Anto, his side project from Piñata Protest, operating as a jukebox for Tex-Mex classics like “Volver, Volver” and norteño instrumentals with his typical verve and gusto. Ellis Redon will depress to undress with his sad-sexsynth music and King Pelican keep things groovin’ on a Dick Dale tip, reminding us all that the bird is the word. dtbuffkin@sacurrent.com
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EARLY CUYLER’S FAVORITE OUTLAW HEADLINES FLOORE’S David Allan Coe fans ready Confederate do-rags JERID MORRIS
“We’re gonna boil the roof off this damn peanut dong,” says David Allan Coe, appearing as himself in the Squidbillies Season 3 episode “The Okaleechee Dam Jam.” Early Cuyler, the show’s hilariously backward hillbilly protagonist, wears a trucker hat, identifying him as a “Booty Hunter,” crosshairs sighted on the silhouetted rump of a shapely female. Parody or not, Early, in Adult Swim’s estimation, is presented as the prototype Coe fan. Dan Halen, the show’s primary antagonist, describes Early for Coe during DAC’s guest spot: “He’s the one with his mouth open in an expression of constant confusion and ignorance. Look for the one in the hat — it probably says something like, Guns Don’t Kill People, I Do!” I have attempted to contextualize Coe’s career within the framework of Early’s more apropos headgear. Early’s hat: “I’m a Long Haired Spreadneck” Coe counts himself a progenitor of the outlaw trend of country music, which came to prominence in the early to mid ’70s. He’s maintained something of a legitimate, if cult-driven, career as a country stalwart on the backs of hits like “You Never Even Called Me By My Name,” which might be the perfect country song, and as the author of others hits, such as “Take This Job and Shove It,” and an endless list of other KKYX staples. Coe is simultaneously an easy and willing touchstone of countryfolk parody (and, one would have to assume, judging by his willingness to be [gently] lampooned on Adult Swim, something of a good sport) as well as a lightning rod for criticism aimed at the homogeneity, and, in Coe’s particular case, the sometimes racism of country music.
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dangly earring and wearing flashy pastel suits adorned with Native-American imagery. Nowadays, he’s humongous, extraordinarily hairy and typically wears all black clothing with sleeves cut off to reveal aged arms covered in tattoos. He has developed a preference for Dimebag Darrell guitars, frequently emblazoned with the Confederate Flag, and performs with a headset so as to avoid having to stand for any extended length of time. Early’s hat: “Chalky Trouble” Coe first saw his star ascend as country music transitioned away from the countrypolitan era of Faron Young and Glen Campbell and toward the men who’d been writing their songs and singing their harmonies — Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck and the like. In only the time it took to grow their hair, Willie, Waylon and Paycheck met the ’70s, shed their Nudie suits and Brylcreem, donned tattered denim and whiskered faces, and flooded the airwaves with songs of hard-drinking, hard-loving and hard time. Assuming at last the counter-cultural trappings that country music had firstly eschewed, the outlaws joined — aesthetically — the hippies, having failed, it would seem, to beat them to the clean-cut route.
Early’s hat: “Sonny LIED!!!” It speaks, perhaps, to Coe’s plasticity as an artist that he scored a radio hit with such a florid title as “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile” only two years after he infamously put out a mail order album containing a song called “Nigger Fucker,” among other sordid, profane, sexist and racist titles. Indeed, in a long and modestly varied career he’s cut as many records as there are blonde-haired children in Alamo Heights. And while several have made the mainstream charts, Coe remains indelibly David Allan Coe linked in many people’s minds to these so-called $25-$35 7pm Fri, Nov. 20 “underground albums,” which contain his more Floore’s Country Store questionable material. 14492 Old Bandera In the ’80s, Coe, at the height of his popularity, Road (210) 695-8827 resembled a more-portly Toby Keith, sporting a liveatfloores.com
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Early’s hat: “I Support the Flat Tax, Cause I’m FLAT BROKE!” Still, there is some merit to the perception of Coe as the quintessential outlaw. One story in
particular recalls one of Willie’s Fourth of July picnics, an early entry on the Austin festival calendar, where things had run long and Coe’s set had to be bumped. Rather than face the wrath of the angry headliner, the show’s promoters told Coe instead that the law was looking for him. Coe promptly left. Early’s hat: “David Allan CEO Live” In the end, if you’re not a biker, don’t own any Magellan shirts or Yeti coolers, and certainly if you happen to be of any color other than that which Early might describe as chalky, you’re most likely not a fan and not considering attending Coe’s show. (If you are of color and do attend, you might be prepared to weather some suspicious glances similar to those which I shoot at Trinity students when I find them invading my favorite taquería en masse.) As to what that means in particular for Coe and his music, there is some minimal room for debate. But if you feel any kinship at all for Early Cuyler, Coe Fan Numero Uno (note: “No Habla Jibber Jabber!”), you might, then, consider attending. Make sure you bring your cash money (small bills) if you’ve an eye for merchandise. Tax purposes, please.
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Tuesday–Saturday until 9PM The musician’s memoir — that timely mid-career staple and sales boost — is a form plagued by narcissism. Revisiting one’s life demands a certain focus on the self, a hard evaluation of the highs and lows of the surprisingly unglamorous life of a musician. But, in recent years, vibrant writers like Richard Hell and Patti Smith produced work that read as if they wrote for themselves — a peek in the mirror, not a look through a window into another life. If the boilerplate musician’s memoir is a coked-out one-sided rant from a lofty narrator, Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl is an honest couch conversation over wine. Exploring her childhood and tenure in the seminal ’90s trio Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein writes with startling control and softness, an antidote to her feral guitar playing. From the band to a childhood with an anorexic, absentee mother and closeted father, Brownstein has an acute sense of how a family works, those duct-taped relationships that bind and define us. A sparkplug child, she found a lateteenage home in the DIY community of riot grrrl Olympia. Here, Brownstein met (and briefly dated) Corin Tucker, with whom she’d form Sleater-Kinney. The trio was “the first unconditional love I’ve ever known.”
As a powerhouse musician and undying fan, Brownstein pinpoints the emotions and moments that make music important: the teenagers bruising themselves at the front of the crowd to see the sweat and tactics of a personal hero. In Hunger, music is a life-giving force, providing something for the author to shape her world around. As any road warrior could attest, banality is a core theme. Speaking with The New York Times, Brownstein called Hunger the “anti-Behind the Music,” referring to VH1’s masturbatory doc series. For every stage high or new experience, there’s a requisite low moment. Most often it’s the odd and hellish tour feeling of being surrounded by people and feeling utterly alone. Sometimes, it’s funnier. “I think the best you can ever feel in a photo shoot is like a sexy clown.” From her sloppy first bands to her current status as rock ‘n’ roll’s doyenne and Portland lampooner, Brownstein credits motion as her defining force. This is a person for whom a break isn’t time off, only a breath to begin the next action. Whatever it is, this pulse explains Brownstein’s sweeping career, acting, shredding and writing with the grace that most artists wish they could master in one idiom. The hunger that thrusts Brownstein into modernity is the same hunger that makes her a generational talent.
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The musician’s memoir — that timely mid-career staple and sales boost — is a form plagued by narcissism. Revisiting one’s life demands a certain focus on the self, a hard evaluation of the highs and lows of the surprisingly unglamorous life of a musician. But, in recent years, vibrant writers like Richard Hell and Patti Smith produced work that read as if they wrote for themselves — a peek in the mirror, not a look through a window into another life. If the boilerplate musician’s memoir is a coked-out one-sided rant from a lofty narrator, Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl is an honest couch conversation over wine. Exploring her childhood and tenure in the seminal ’90s trio Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein writes with startling control and softness, an antidote to her feral guitar playing. From the band to a childhood with an anorexic, absentee mother and closeted father, Brownstein has an acute sense of how a family works, those duct-taped relationships that bind and define us. A sparkplug child, she found a lateteenage home in the DIY community of riot grrrl Olympia. Here, Brownstein met (and briefly dated) Corin Tucker, with whom she’d form Sleater-Kinney. The trio was “the first unconditional love I’ve ever known.”
As a powerhouse musician and undying fan, Brownstein pinpoints the emotions and moments that make music important: the teenagers bruising themselves at the front of the crowd to see the sweat and tactics of a personal hero. In Hunger, music is a life-giving force, providing something for the author to shape her world around. As any road warrior could attest, banality is a core theme. Speaking with The New York Times, Brownstein called Hunger the “anti-Behind the Music,” referring to VH1’s masturbatory doc series. For every stage high or new experience, there’s a requisite low moment. Most often it’s the odd and hellish tour feeling of being surrounded by people and feeling utterly alone. Sometimes, it’s funnier. “I think the best you can ever feel in a photo shoot is like a sexy clown.” From her sloppy first bands to her current status as rock ‘n’ roll’s doyenne and Portland lampooner, Brownstein credits motion as her defining force. This is a person for whom a break isn’t time off, only a breath to begin the next action. Whatever it is, this pulse explains Brownstein’s sweeping career, acting, shredding and writing with the grace that most artists wish they could master in one idiom. The hunger that thrusts Brownstein into modernity is the same hunger that makes her a generational talent.
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With its two latest releases, 2014’s Salt EP and this year’s Catharsis LP (both out on Sacred Bones), Austin’s Institute has established itself as one of the finest young acts in punk, or any genre. This is raw, propulsive, message- and madness-fueled anarcho-punk at its most fevered and jagged. Lead man Moses Brown uses the band's songs to exorcize his own formidable demons, and the results are deeply and emotionally satisfying. On Catharsis, which is quite aptly named it turns out, Brown’s self-obsessed nihilism is hell bent on self-immolation in sonic form. By picking himself apart in raw and slackjawed cadences, Brown attempts to free himself from his imperfections and the self-loathing that attends them. It’s a strange trick, but one that is as tried and true as popular music itself. Do we benefit from this self-scourging act as listeners? Oh yes, particularly in the live setting, where every smidge of anxiety and pounding frustration is ratcheted up to the physical level. Dress Code, Burnt Skull, and Ill Informed will kick off this punk-stravaganza. $7, 9pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersa. com. — James Courtney
Wednesday, November 18 Circa Survive Juturna 10 Year Anniversary Tour Marrying the
thoughtful nature of indie with the pleading nature of emo, Circa Survive plays their debut LP in its entirety. With RX Bandits. Alamo City Music Hall, 7pm
John 5 and the Creatures Most known
for his stint in Marilyn Manson and as the guitarist for Rob Zombie, John 5 has wielded the axe for the likes of David Lee Roth, Skynyrd, Scorpions and Meat Loaf. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm
Mariachi Vargas’ Noche de Cultura
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán trumpeter Rigoberto Mercado will be awarded and celebrated in this year’s Noche de Cultura presentation. Mexican Cultural Institute, 7pm
Threepenny Opera Kurt Weill’s critique of capitalism via John Gay’s Beggars Opera contains the classics “Mack the Knife” which, I believe, is done best by Satchmo and “Pirate Jenny,” which has to go to Nina Simone. Stieren Theatre, 7pm
Thursday, November 19
JD McPherson His first album, 2012’s Signs
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Friday, November 20
The Ataris, Silent Minority and Lost Project I remember when The Ataris
wore their rejection of popular radio like a crown. I wonder if they still feel that same DIY spirit two decades in. Ten Eleven, 7:30pm
Beethoven’s 'Emperor' The San Antonio
Symphony presents a weekend-long run of Beethoven’s Emperor featuring pianist Inon Barnatan, whose dazzling virtuosity and daring emotional depth adds a majesty to Beethoven’s much beloved “Emperor” Concerto. Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 8pm
Bob Schneider For better or worse, Bob
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new music video, “Frida’s Heart," which centers on the San Antonio River and Brackenridge Park, using these geological sites as sacred grounds for offering and prayer. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 8pm
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SA Youth, “Alt 2 Hunger” features Octahedron, folk-rockers Daniel Thomas Phipps and The Kinfolk, followed by Austin alt-country kings The Lonesome Heroes and SA's The Native Roar. The Amp Room, 6pm
Mariachi Vargas’ National Mariachi Group Competitions Fifty student
groups from across the U.S. train all year long to showcase their talents in the perpetuation of their culture as it passes from one generation to the next, singing of the people’s love, pain, passion and history, in an opportunity to open for Mariachi Vargas. Lila Cockrell Theatre, 5pm
Saturday, November 21
Collective Soul Wax alternative with the
KISS staple that gave us “Where the River Flows” and “The World I Know.” With Magnets & Ghosts. Aztec Theatre, 7pm
DIG! A Record Show For Vinyl Lovers Peruse through the finest cuts and sides of local collectors while a variety of DJ’s share their favorite jams from their own illustrious collections. K23 Gallery, noon
Mariachi Vargas Concert Be witness to
one of the greatest mariachi groups of all time, performing with all of the history and culture of their people on their shoulders, keeping the mariachi story alive. Lila Cockrell Theatre, 7:30pm
Moving Units Moving Units is the band I
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Monday, November 23
Brian Duarte Trio One of the city’s
premier pickers showcases his command of rockabilly, jump blues, boogie woogie and honky tonk. The Amp Room, 10:30pm
The Migrant, El Campo and Parallelephants With coffee shop-
tender songs about ponies, The Migrant — a Danish immigrant — picks back up with his Austin crew to help empower his folksy delivery. Purveyors of the new school of high and lonesome harmonies, claw-picking banjo and a steel guitar smooth as molasses, El Campo have 'rassled '90s emo to the dirt and raised it back up in Wranglers — spitting dip and getting all sentimental out on the oil rig. Parallelephants look like Ikea employees playing music for shopping in Ikea. Paper Tiger, 9pm
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Tuesday, November 24 Mac Miller Pittsburgh’s Mac Miller has all the street credentials wrapped up, having worked with Bun B, Talib Kweli, Earl Sweathshirt and Tyler, the Creator. With Tory Lanez, Michael Christmas, Njomza. Alamo City Music Hall, 8pm
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SAVAGE LOVE by Dan Savage
I’ve always been a big believer in the commonsense obviousness that monogamy is hard. Additionally, I like the idea of my wife getting fucked. I don’t have any desire to be denigrated or emasculated; I just get off on the idea of her being satisfied and a little transgressive. Early in our relationship, we talked about monogomish guidelines: I’d like to be informed and consulted, and she would rather I kept mine to myself. Last weekend we were having sex, and she asked me if I “wanted to hear a story,” code for treating me to a tale of a sexual contact. She’d been out of town for work most of the summer, and she told me that one of her roommates had gotten in the shower with her and fingered her until she came. I asked her if she’d fucked him, and she said yes. It was all hot and awesome. But a few hours later, I was experiencing pangs: Why hadn’t she told me or asked me at the time? Also, I felt very alone and depressed that summer, and when I’d gone to visit her, my wife and this roommate acted very strangely. I told her that I thought it was hot and cool, but that I didn’t think it was cool that she’d kept this from me for so long. Things got worse from there: Over the last week, we’ve had some great sex and open conversations but also a lot of anger and hurt. The truth is that she carried on with this guy all summer. It’s not the sex that bothers me so much as the breadth of the deception, the disregard for my feelings, and the violation of our agreement. And, yes, I’m feeling a little emasculated. How does a loving husband who intellectually believes that fooling around is okay — and who finds it hot sexually — get over this kind of hurt and anger? Help me get right with GGGesus. Cocked Up Cuckold Keeps Stressing Two things have to happen in order for you to move on. One thing your wife has to do, CUCKS, and one thing you have
to do. Your wife has to express remorse for this affair — and it was an affair, not an adventure — and take responsibility for the anger, the hurt, and, um, all the great sex you two have been having since the big reveal. You don’t give her version of events — why she kept this from you — but you were depressed and lonely while she was away, and she may have concluded that informing and consulting you about this guy (first when she wanted to fuck him, and then when she was actually fucking him) would’ve made you feel worse. This conclusion is a massive self-serving rationalization, of course, because she knew you would veto the affair if she informed and consulted you. Figuring it would be easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, she went ahead and fucked the guy all summer long and then disclosed when your dick was hard. Your wife needs to own up to the deception, the dishonesty, and the manipulation, and then take responsibility for the hurt she caused — that requires a sincere expression of remorse — and promise it won’t happen again. She shouldn’t promise not to fuck around on you again. You don’t want that, right? What she’s promising is not to deceive you again, not to go in for self-serving rationalizations again, and not to avoid informing and consulting you again. And one more thing that won’t do: She won’t humiliate you again. You feel emasculated in the wake of this affair because her summer fuck buddy knew what was up when you two met and you didn’t. He knew who you were (the husband), but you didn’t know who he was (the fuck buddy). Now here’s the thing you have to do, CUCKS: You have to forgive your wife. Mistakes were made, feelings were hurt, massive loads were blown. The fact that there was an upside for you even in this messy affair (see: massive loads, blown) should make forgiving your wife a little easier. On the Lovecast, Dan chats with Jonathan Eig, author of The Birth of the Pill: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) : Urbandictionary.com defines the English word “balter” as follows: “to dance without particular skill or grace, but with extreme joy.” It’s related to the Danish term baltre, which means “to romp, tumble, roll, cavort.” I nominate this activity to be one of your ruling metaphors in the coming weeks. You have a mandate to explore the frontiers of amusement and bliss, but you have no mandate to be polite and polished as you do it. To generate optimal levels of righteous fun, your experiments may have to be more than a bit rowdy.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): You’ve arrived at a crossroads. From here, you could travel in one of four directions, including back towards where you came from. You shouldn’t stay here indefinitely, but on the other hand you’ll be wise to pause and linger for a while. Steep yourself in the mystery of the transition that looms. Pay special attention to the feelings that rise up as you visualize the experiences that may await you along each path. Are there any holy memories you can call on for guidance? Are you receptive to the tricky inspiration of the fertility spirits that are gathered here? Here’s your motto: Trust, but verify.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): English
model and TV personality Katie Price has been on the planet for just 37 years, but has already written four autobiographies. You Only Live Once, for instance, covers the action-packed time between 2008 and 2010, when she got divorced and then remarried in a romantic Las Vegas ceremony. I propose that we choose this talkative, self-revealing Gemini to be your spirit animal and role model. In the coming weeks, you should go almost to extremes as you express the truth about who you have been, who you are, and who you will become.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): A flyer on a telephone pole caught my eye. It showed a photo of a 9-year-old male cat named Bubby, whose face was contorted in pain. A message from Bubby’s owner revealed that her beloved pet desperately needed expensive dental work. She had launched a campaign at gofundme.com to raise the cash. Of course I broke into tears, as I often do when confronted so viscerally with the suffering of sentient creatures. I longed to donate to Bubby’s well-being. But I thought, “Shouldn’t I funnel my limited funds to a bigger cause, like the World Wildlife Fund?” Back home an hour later, I sent $25 to Bubby. After analyzing the astrological omens for my own sign, Cancer the Crab, I realized that now is a time to adhere to the principle “Think globally, act locally” in every way imaginable. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): How well do you treat yourself? What do you do to ensure that you receive a steady flow of the nurturing you need? According to my reading
of the astrological omens, you are now primed to expand and intensify your approach to selfcare. If you’re alert to the possibilities, you will learn an array of new life-enhancing strategies. Here are two ideas to get you started: 1. Imagine at least three acts of practical love you can bestow on yourself. 2. Give yourself three gifts that will promote your healing and stimulate your pleasure.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) : To activate your full potential in the coming weeks, you don’t need to scuba-dive into an underwater canyon or spelunk into the pitch blackness of a remote cave or head out on an archaeological dig to uncover the lost artifacts of an ancient civilization. But I recommend that you consider trying the metaphorical equivalent of those activities. Explore the recesses of your own psyche, as well as those of the people you love. Ponder the riddles of the past and rummage around for lost treasure and hidden truths. Penetrate to the core, the gist, the roots. The abyss is much friendlier than usual! You have a talent for delving deep into any mystery that will be important for your future.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Normally I charge $270-an-hour for the kind of advice I’m about to offer, but I’m giving it to you at no cost. For now, at least, I think you should refrain from relying on experts. Be skeptical of professional opinions and highly paid authorities. The useful information you need will come your way via chance encounters, playful explorations, and gossipy spies. Folk wisdom and street smarts will provide better guidance than elite consultants. Trust curious amateurs; avoid somber careerists.
idiosyncrasies of your gait and anatomy. Apply a similar principle as you prepare to launch a different long-term exploit. Make yourself as comfortable as possible
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) :
Here’s how Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins: “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” The preface I’d write for your upcoming adventures would be less extreme, but might have a similar tone. That’s because I expect you to do a lot of meandering. At times your life may seem like a shaggy dog story with no punch line in sight. Your best strategy will be to cultivate an amused patience; to stay relaxed and unflappable as you navigate your way through the enigmas, and not demand easy answers or simple lessons. If you take that approach, intricate answers and many-faceted lessons will eventually arrive.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): The Confederation of African Football prohibits the use of magic by professional soccer teams. Witch doctors are forbidden to be on the field during a match, and they are not supposed to
spray elixirs on the goals or bury consecrated talismans beneath the turf. But most teams work around the ban. Magic is viewed as an essential ingredient in developing a winning tradition. Given the current astrological omens, I invite you to experiment with your own personal equivalent of this approach. Don’t scrimp on logical analysis, of course. Don’t stint on your preparation and discipline. But also be mischievously wise enough to call on the help of some crafty mojo.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Slavery is illegal everywhere in the world. And yet there are more slaves now than at any other time in history: at least 29 million. A disproportionate percentage of them are women and children. After studying your astrological omens, I feel you are in a phase when you can bestow blessings on yourself by responding to this predicament. How? First, express gratitude for all the freedoms you have. Second, vow to take full advantage of those freedoms. Third, brainstorm about how to liberate any part of you that acts or thinks or feels like a slave. Fourth, lend your energy to an organization that helps free slaves. Start here: http://bit.ly/liberateslaves.
THIS MODERN WORLD by Tom Tomorrow
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Some athletes think it’s unwise to have sex before a big game. They believe it diminishes the raw physical power they need to excel. For them, abstinence is crucial for victory. But scientific studies contradict this theory. There’s evidence that boinking increases testosterone levels for both men and women. Martial artist Ronda Rousey subscribes to this view. She says she has “as much sex as possible” before a match. Her approach must be working. She has won all of her professional fights, and Sports Illustrated calls her “the world’s most dominant athlete.” As you approach your equivalent of the “big game,” Scorpio, I suggest you consider Rousey’s strategy.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): If you were embarking on a 100-mile hike, would you wear new boots that you purchased the day before your trip? Of course not. They wouldn’t be broken in. They’d be so stiff and unyielding that your feet would soon be in agony. Instead, you would anchor your trek with supple footwear that had already adjusted to the
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