Luminaria's 2025 Contemporary Arts Festival will include tribute to Flaco Jiménez

San Antonio's Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival has revealed the date, location and featured artists for its 2025 program. Highlights will include a tribute to the recently departed San Antonio conjunto legend Flaco Jiménez. The annual event will be held in St. Paul Square on Saturday, Oct. 18 fr

San Antonio Mayor and Councilman Marc Whyte go toe-to-toe over Project Marvel during budget town hall

Sparks flew at a Monday night town hall organized by District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte as he and Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones — a guest at the event — traded verbal jabs over Project Marvel. Jones, who's on a last-minute blitz to build support for a "strategic pause" on negotiations for the downtown sport

Catching up with New Braunfels’ Austin Meade ahead of his two-night stand at Whitewater Amphitheater

One constant in New Braunfels-based singer-songwriter Austin Meade’s music is evolution. The son of a Baptist preacher, Meade started playing guitar in church and eventually released the 2014 album Chief of the Sinners, which showcased an Americana-based sound. Over subsequent releases, he’s added c

Fifth Circuit halts West Texas A&M drag show ban as free speech lawsuit continues

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal appeals court Monday blocked West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler from enforcing a campus drag show ban, ruling that the performances are likely protec