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…
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…
San Antonio realtor Trent Boarnet says he was pleasantly surprised last fall when a couple who was looking for a home asked him if he would be interested in having the house-hunting process filmed for an HGTV series. Boarnet agreed and last September he and the couple completed shooting for an episode of “House Hunters”…
Male B Wear, the Main Street men’s foundation-garment shop, has turned its local-model pop-up into a full-time offering. The store opened this summer and in August partnered with Carlos Ibarra of Ci3 Photography to put San Antonio bums in their bottoms for a series of refreshingly real-feel ads. The store’s growing Facebook fan base has been enthusiastic.…
38-year-old John Bustamante is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Texas Law School. He practices law in San Antonio and Austin. His legal specialty is patent litigation. He has also practiced in criminal and family courts. Bustamante is running for 45th District Court. It is the bench being vacated…
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” will travel to indicted Governor Rick Perry’s backyard later this month to broadcast a week of shows covering the midterm elections. One of the guests on the show that week will be Chuck Smith, executive director of Equality Texas. A press release distributed by Comedy Central this week touts,…
The tragic story of a three-year-old girl who died while under the care of her adoptive fathers came to an end on October 3 when one of her dads, Matthew Oscar Aranda, who was convicted in her death, was extradited from Mexico where he was hiding for the past five months. Aranda and his partner,…
Sola Salon San Antonio offers a beautiful, professional home for stylists who are ready to take their career to the next level, with studios that feature upscale wood furniture, abundant natural light, and plenty of easy parking for clients. Sola is looking for independent stylists, licensed massage therapists, permanent-makeup and tattoo-removal artists. Sola maintains the facilities–conveniently located…
Supporters from the LGBT community are planning a fundraiser for State Representative Mike Villarreal (D-San Antonio) ahead of his run for Mayor of San Antonio next year. The event, planned for Wednesday, October 15 at a private home on East Gramercy Place, is hosted by Jose and Maria Villarreal, Eric Alva, Paul Boskind, Frank Stenger-Castro,…
On October 5, Tonya Pacetti-Perkins, Chad Reumann and Julian Tovar, governors from the San Antonio chapter of the Human Rights Campaign, issued a statement regarding the latest development in a case that alleges AT&T violated the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance. The statement read in part: “On September 22nd, after mediation between Matthew Hileman and AT&T, the…
