Jun. 14th, 2013

SicloVerde: Riding Bikes, Visiting Gardens For a Cause

By Iris Dimmick

Two things I enjoy, but don’t do enough of – and should: 1) riding my bike downtown and 2) gardening. Actually, to be fair, I spend zero percent of my time gardening. The only plant with the unfortunate luck to be under my care is a fern-like thing that I’ve been torturing for a year [...]

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Jun. 13th, 2013

Like the Spurs, Sebastien Unites San Antonio

By Robert Rivard

The Internet has connected the human race around the globe in once unimaginable ways. By doing so, it’s also become a vast echo chamber and trolling ground for every racist, political extremist, homophobe, and pederast on the planet. The worst of it is found in anonymously posted comments on unmoderated websites, whose owners look the [...]

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Soody Sharifi's "Fashion Week," 2010. Digital collage. Courtesy of LTMH Gallery, New York.

Jun. 13th, 2013

The Jameel Prize at SAMA: Provocation or Inspiration?

By Katherine C. Luber

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) recently celebrated the opening of “The Jameel Prize: Art Inspired by Islamic Tradition,” a special exhibition on loan from the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London. Since announcing the exhibition, the museum has received a number of inquiries and complaints — all made before the exhibition opened to the [...]

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Jun. 13th, 2013

Gov. Perry Pushes Anti-Abortion Legislation in Special Session

By Lindsay Rodriguez

Texas reproductive justice groups were alarmed, but not surprised to see a highly restrictive abortion bill become the focus of the special session of the Texas legislature. In fact, the majority of this special session will be concerned with limiting abortion access in Texas even further than 2011. Gov. Rick Perry and his allies have [...]

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Our table's list of themes and amenities we'd most enjoy. We definitely agreed that Civic Park is going to need a better name. Photo by Iris Dimmick (forgive my handwriting).

Jun. 12th, 2013

Citizens Skip Spurs Tip-Off to Re-imagine Hemisfair as ‘The People’s Park’

By Iris Dimmick

As the Spurs tipped off Game Three of the NBA finals last night, most San Antonians were cheering them on in homes or crowded bars. The more than 150 people who gathered at the TV-less Institute of Texan Cultures were able to catch the last half of the game, but spent the first half engaged [...]

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