You may recognize Yes Alexander as the vocalist for the indie folk-rock band The Casual Lust, or perhaps through her collaborations with the hip-hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death. (In 2008 Yes Alexander’s vocals were featured on the BSBD album Slow Burning Lights.) But you may also recognize this Brooklyn-based queer singer-songwriter (who’s also…
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Registration Now Open for 25th Annual Run & Walk for AIDS
Launched in 1991 and now established as the city’s most significant HIV/AIDS fundraiser, the Run & Walk for AIDS celebrates the lives of those affected by HIV/AIDS while raising much-needed funds for the San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF). This year, organizers have set a goal to raise $100,000 to help SAAF continue providing its many services to the community, including…
Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound Touches Down at the Tobin
In his audition tape for So You Think You Can Dance, an 18-year-old Travis Wall explained that certain types of movement emanate specific colors and auras. “I think today I’m definitely going to be doing shades of blues,” he said. He would advance to second place in the competition where, along the way, he performed…
Celebrate Artpace’s 21st Birthday — All Year Long
You know that friend that celebrates their entire “birthday week”? Well, say hello to Artpace, which recently wrapped up a yearlong 20th anniversary celebration that included last year’s excellent “Hare and Hound Press + Artpace: The Art of Collaboration” exhibition, the Texas premiere of Christian Marclay’s video projection Guitar Drag and the publication of Felix Gonzalez–Torres: Billboards, a book documenting a 2010 exhibition…
Arte y Pasión’s ‘Algoritmos’ Lands at Jump-Start
There will be an unlikely meeting of minds this weekend when Arte y Pasión presents Algoritmos, a multidisciplinary, collaborative project that “juxtaposes” flamenco with modern dance, and yes, opera. In this latest work, artistic director Tamara Adira leads an ever-evolving cast of dancers, musicians and vocalists as they stretch the boundaries of an ancient genre while attempting to…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bring Intimate Tour to SA
On the 2012 hit single “Same Love,” a call for greater acceptance of same-sex love within hip-hop culture and beyond, rapper Macklemore (born Ben Haggerty in Seattle) declares: “If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me/ Have you read the YouTube comments lately?” Inspired by Macklemore’s gay uncles, “Same Love” made us take notice…
Get Ready for Madonna’s First San Antonio Performance
Who could forget the look on Drake’s face when Madonna kissed him onstage at Coachella last year? That look, equal parts confusion and disgust, represented what many around the world were feeling as they watched safely through their computer screens. Thirty years into a career of highs and lows, there’s not much Madonna can do that…
Bounce into 2016 with Big Freedia
New Orleans-based bounce artist Big Freedia, aka the Queen Diva, is hosting a New Year’s Day party at Paper Tiger. Since gaining national recognition via appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call with Carson Daly, Big Freedia — a gay man who favors female pronouns but does not identify as transgender — has been spearheading the…
Fundraisers set for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
Two holiday fundraisers will be bringing cheer to the community while raising funds for two worthy organizations, one dedicated to dog rescue and the other for an important LGBT organization. Champ’s Inaugural Stuff the Stocking Holiday Open House When Darrell and Jason Garcia Parsons lost their beloved pet dog Champ last year they were devastated.…
Check out the ‘Get It’ video by gender-bending duo Ghetto Prom
Freshly formed local act Ghetto Prom recently premiered the video for “Get It” — and it’s ghetto fabulous. The gender-bending duo, made up of rapper Chris Conde and singer Alyson Alonzo, is the latest project to come from the two musicians who have been “sharing the stage for years” but never officially collaborated. In the video Conde is seen in drag performing as…