
Bokobá’s take on ‘modern Mexican’ cuisine at its best when it sticks close to tradition
The notion of “modern Mexican” cuisine might strike terror in the hearts of those who fear the profaning of their traditional enchiladas and guisados with tony touches such as airy foams and artfully tweezered microgreen garnishes. To be sure, foam makes a menu appearance at Bokobá, the newly opened
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Cultural Adjuster: Talking with Rolando Briseño as his 50-year retrospective show winds down
"Dining with Rolando Briseño: A 50-Year Retrospective,” curated by Ruben C. Cordova at Centro de Artes, closes Feb. 9. Briseño, the San Antonio-born Chicano artist whose work it celebrates, also is an activist and a food historian, and he considers himself a “cultural adjuster.”
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Texas’ whitewashing of slavery in the school curriculum is a disservice to its young
"I still very precisely know the moment when I discovered the atrocities my tribe had conducted,” German philosopher Thomas Metzinger said in a podcast following Donad Trump’s first inauguration. “I was 10, this little scholar in me was awakening, and I was getting interested in the books on my pare
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Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor honored to serve as ‘vessel for art’ and justice in Nickel Boys
As soon as Academy Award-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor saw the work of filmmaker RaMell Ross, she knew she wanted to experience what it was like to work with the visionary director. Ellis-Taylor was impressed with his 2018 avant-garde documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening, abo
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