COPS/Metro to undertake outside economic analysis of San Antonio’s Project Marvel

Community watchdog COPS/Metro will hold a public summit this weekend as a first step in undertaking its own independent economic impact analysis on Project Marvel, the city’s proposed $4 billion downtown sports-and-entertainment district. The meeting will feature input from Geoffry Propheter, a prof

Email suggests San Antonio mayor’s staff gave contradictory advice on animal-welfare proposal

City Council’s battle over a proposed anti-pet dumping ordinance has taken a new turn after emails obtained by the Current appear to contradict Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ statement about why she scrapped the item from Thursday’s agenda.  In a statement late Wednesday, Jones said city staff pulled the i

New McNay exhibit examines French artists’ defiance of censorship to skewer the powerful 

As the current presidential administration resorts to lawsuits and intimidation to rein in the press, a new McMay Art Museum exhibition examines how an earlier generation of artists defied censorship to offer blistering critiques of those in power. “Do Not Meddle With It!!: Print Censorship in 19th

SA rapper MexStep drops powerful EP, Tráfico, with Principe Q

With little fanfare, San Antonio professor, rapper and cultural commentator Marco Cervantes, known as MexStep, this Friday released the new EP Tráfico, a six-song collaboration with South Texas beatmaker and screwmbia pioneer Svani Quintanilla, or Principe Q.  The EP is the first multi-song solo rel