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. MUSIC Weekly Disco Alfresco, presented by the Brackenridge Park Conservancy and SoundCream Airstream DJs, features local and visiting DJs playing different genres…
By Edmond Ortiz The Fourth of July edition of Light Bites throws a spotlight on two new eateries in Universal City, one of which is a celebrated Seguin barbecue spot, as well as the newest addition to the River North entertainment district. Also, a popular farmers market bakery is opening a brick-and-mortar shop in Olmos…
By Edmond Ortiz Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones continues to press the federal government for more details on its plan to convert a vacant industrial building in east San Antonio into a detention center for undocumented immigrants. What ICE is saying Jones dispatched a letter July 2 to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, doubling down on…
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. MUSIC Weekly Disco Alfresco, presented by the Brackenridge Park Conservancy and SoundCream Airstream DJs, features local and visiting DJs playing different genres…
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. 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 officials overseeing the advancement of Project Marvel are turning their attention to feasibility studies focused on downtown accessibility and mobility, and needs at the Alamodome and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. What you should know City staff briefed City Council June 17 on the latest developments concerning the planned multi-billion…
By Edmond Ortiz This pre-summer edition of Business Briefs features 12 select businesses and healthcare practices that recently opened their doors downtown, near Shavano Park and UT San Antonio, and in Castle Hills, Cibolo, Boerne, Leon Valley, and the West and South sides. Some of those fledgling ventures include two small businesses that were forced…
By Edmond Ortiz The Texas Department of Transportation remains busy on the Interstate 35 expansion project, opening one new ramp near while keeping a key entrance ramp closed nearer to downtown. Elsewhere, TxDOT is briefly closing a freeway closure in west Bexar County, and San Antonio Public Works is overseeing street upgrades in two neighborhoods…
By Edmond Ortiz This pre-summer edition of Transit Tracker features the activation of a bypass ramp in the Loop 1604/Interstate 10 project, a months-long lane closure on I-10 northwest of downtown, and the start of construction on the South Side on a citywide bus corridor project. Elsewhere, Alamo Heights is spending the summer focusing on…
