Live Music in San Antonio this week: Smoking Popes, Bob Dylan, Daniel Romano’s Outfit

From pogo-worthy pop-punk and a free outdoor gig showcasing two of the city’s best the folk-rock show of the year, this week holds plenty of potential Tuesday, June 30 Smoking Popes, Lauren Lakis Pop-rock institution Smoking Popes will transport you back to the ’90s, when they signed to Capitol, gra

City council members open LGBTQ+-friendly tattoo shop in San Antonio’s Pride District

A pair of San Antonio politicos are getting into the tattoo business. District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and Melissa Cabello Havrda, who represented District 6 on council until 2025, released a video revealing they’re launching a new tattoo shop in the Pride Cultural District, which they ca

Esencia brings back the feel of the St. Anthony’s old-school dining room, but the menu is a fresh new take

The St. Anthony Hotel’s Madrid Room served as a downtown dining staple for San Antonio’s business and social set for nearly 50 years before being radically reimagined as Rebelle in all its louche, low-light glamor.  Now that the same space has morphed into Esencia, echoes of the old Madrid — blind b

Texas Republicans and Democrats stake out divergent takes on data centers at their conventions

During last weekend’s biennial Texas Democratic Party convention, delegates approved a platform calling for a pause on new data centers until stronger state regulations are in place. The data center plank of their platform emerged as one of the state party’s top priorities less than a week after the