Friday, October 31, 2014 6–9:30pm Oakville, TX Tickets may be purchased here (361) 449-2481 “In the university I am a wild man” J. Frank Dobie wrote this to his wife, adding, “in the wilds I am a scholar and a poet.” Storyteller and Texan J. Frank Dobie spent his entire life walking the line between…
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Afternoon delight with David Sedaris
David Sedaris, Nov. 9 at 3 pm, H-E-B Performance Hall Ticket info here. David Sedaris was 36 years old when he first caught Ira Glass’s eye. Sedaris was on a Chicago stage, diary in hand, and Glass was in the audience. That was back in ’92, so imagine a thick layer of secondhand smoke permeating…
Janet Grigsby to receive HRC Chuck Jordan Award
The San Antonio chapter of the Human Rights Campaign announced on October 16 that Janet Burrage Grigsby would be the recipient of the Chuck Jordan Award for lifetime advocacy. The award will be presented at the HRC Gala on November 8. Following is the announcement made by HRC governor Julian Tovar. This year, the Chuck…
The Tobin cooks with America’s Test Kitchen Live
America’s Test Kitchen Live with Christopher Kimball, October 28 at 8pm, H-E-B Performance Hall Ticket info here. You know those disaster meals where the roast is toasted, the beets are busted, and the soufflé fell down by noon? For years, Christopher Kimball has deconstructed these tragic meals in his much beloved PBS series, America’s Test…
We’ve got tonight, babe: win tix to Phillip Phillips
Thanks to the Majestic Theatre, you and a date can have Tuesday evening with dreamy 11th-season Idol winner Phillip Phillips, who’s touring behind his sophomore release, Behind the Light (and it’s lead single, “Raging Fire”). Sign up for our email list (the kind of list that only sends you stuff you really want to know)…
‘Drag Race’ starlets headline ‘Rocky Horror’ at Woodlawn
Three cast members from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will be in San Antonio this month to headline the Woodlawn Theater’s annual production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” The iconic rock musical, which opens at the Woodlawn on October 16, stars Bianca Del Rio as Magenta, Adore Delano as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Michelle Visage as Riff Raff.…
How the military liberated one South Texas boy
Telling: San Antonio, October 1-5, 2014, Carlos Alvarez Theater, The Tobin Center Ticket info here. When he was a young man in Victoria, Texas, playwright, poet and critic Gregg Barrios joined the Air Force medical service, encouraged by uncles who had served in the military during the relatively peaceful years that followed World War II. U.S. involvement…