Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. CINEMA Oct. 17 Windcrest Parks and Recreation will have a free screening of the movie “Hocus Pocus.” Attendees may bring their own…
By Edmond Ortiz This early fall edition of Light Bites shines a light on coffee shops opening in downtown, and the near and far west sides of town, and the launch of a Hollywood Park-area Mexican seafood eatery, and kid-friendly bookstore in Beacon Hill. Elsewhere, pet owners can check out new doggy daycare and boarding…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. CINEMA Oct. 10 San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation hosts a free screening of the movie “Hocus Pocus” in City Cemetery No….
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. CINEMA Oct. 2-3 Urban-15 Dance Group will hold its annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, screening 10 new short films from around the…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. CINEMA Sept. 19 San Antonio’s World Heritage Office will present a free screening of “Selena” at Mission Marquee Plaza. The family and…
By Edmond Ortiz The city and the San Antonio Spurs have overcome another major barrier toward developing a new pro basketball arena downtown. Despite concerns and objections presented by some city leaders and residents, the city is pressing forward with a plan to leverage specific-use public funds to acquire the property that will accommodate the…
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
By Edmond Ortiz City Council is scheduled Sept. 10 to consider allocating nearly $116 million in specific use taxing income to buy land to accommodate a new San Antonio Spurs arena. But committing revenue from the downtown-area tax zone has sparked a larger conversation about the adequate use of such zone monies, and the priorities…
By Edmond Ortiz This edition of Under Development is focused on the city of San Antonio recently approving four projects. One of those projects will yield improvements to Main Plaza, while other two initiatives could bring new apartments to the La Villita area and the South Side. Also, a new BEAT AIDS clinic has opened…
