A retailer on the Main Avenue Strip has purchased the sign of the now-defunct Saint Showbar and will restore it for display at their store. Ouch Apparel, which is located at 1426 N. Main Ave., occupies the storefront where the Saint did business for over a decade before the bar moved three blocks south to…
Nightlife
Second Annual Masquerade Fundraiser for Fiesta Youth
Tickets are going fast for Fiesta Youth‘s second annual masquerade fundraiser dubbed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil slated for April 9 at Keith Wichinski and David Willett’s historic mansion in Dignowity Hill. Organizers at Fiesta Youth are touting the masquerade party as a pre-Fiesta event which will include dancing under the stars,…
Vegan Fare, Cocktails and Community at La Botánica
Recent random statistic: About six percent of the American public defines itself as vegan. Just guessing here, but that number is likely lower in San Antonio — which makes the local band of dedicated brethren and sistren small indeed. But the key word is not “small,” it’s “dedicated.” Unlike diet-du-jour types who briefly espouse, oh…
Kristi Waters Headlines Egyptian-Themed Shows
Kristi Waters, the San Antonio Current’s Best of SA finalist for Best Drag Queen, is celebrating her birthday with two Egyptian-themed drag revues titled, “Night on the Nile,” on April 1 and “A Night in Cairo” on April 2 at Babio’s Eat Drink Dance. Emcees for the productions are San Antonio’s gender-bending glam bear queen…
Pink Leche Hosts Golden Girls Themed Celebration at Brick
We all know that familiar tune: “Thank you for being a friend, Travel down the road and back again….” This weekend Pink Leche hosts Blanched Out!, “a party celebrating the Golden Girl in all of us through art, music, and crafts.” Before the era of Will and Grace, the Golden Girls — Blanche, Dorothy, Rose,…
Robber Fires Gun at Cobalt Club Bartender
WOAI-TV reports that in the early morning hours of February 12, an armed robber menaced the customers and bartender at the Cobalt Club, a gay bar north of downtown. According to the report, sometime around 1 a.m. the assailant climbed in through a back window of the bar which is located at 2022 McCullough at…
