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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Bianchi shops the Madewell La Cantera opening
First order of business to discuss regarding the Madewell La Cantera grand-opening party : EVERYTHING WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! Second order of business: You don’t get to see any of the beautiful pictures I took because a very nice lady informed me that “The Man”–aka Madewell’s corporate office–doesn’t dig on surprise press visits. So apologies, but…
Alexander Wang x H&M preview
Hold on to your titties, kitties, because Alexander Wang’s collection for H&M is about to drop and wipe that bored look right off your little faces. The collection–out November 6–is a dark, sporty chic look you could easily transition from Zumba to the Heat. The complete look book was released today and it seems to…
Male B Wear is looking for models
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.…
A brief history of SA’s queer media
San Antonio has had many queer publications over the decades, some lasting only a few months, others having remarkably long runs. 1970s This 1974 issue of Together Gay, a publication of the San Antonio Gay Community Center, provides an interesting example of how some queer San Antonians creatively responded to the challenges they faced. Gene…
From the director’s chair: Fall theater preview
While the quality of work in San Antonio’s theater community continues to improve, the lineup for the 2014-15 season is divided between the old and the new–and it’ll leave you happier than a two-peckered billy goat! Which may or may not be a good thing; I’ll let you decide for yourself. I want to point…
Tackle a Diablo, go to gay football heaven
The Diablos, San Antonio’s reps in the National Gay Flag Football League, played the first game of their sixth season Sunday, and Out In SA photographer Antonia Padilla brought her camera. Game 2 will be played Sunday, October 5, at Olmos Park Field #1. Follow the schedule here. We promised to mention that official uniforms…
On the Chartreuse Couch: Margaret King Stanley
Gene: So, Margaret, Welcome to the Chartreuse Couch. Where the arts come to converse. Everyone loves the arts here in San Antonio and you have been a main instigator of this spiritual awareness all these many years with dance, the symphony, and now opera. And I know you want to speak on that topic and the new Tobin…
Queer Carnage at the Tobin
San Antonio opened the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts this fall inside the bones of the old San Antonio Municipal Auditorium. The grand H-E-B performance hall, with its retractable seats and towering balconies, may be the talk of the town, but the adjacent Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater is now the residence of the AtticRep…