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Ghoulish Book Fest is back to spook San Antonio readers for a second year

The weekend-long event will celebrate literary horror with vendors, panels and guest authors and artists.

By Christianna Davies
Apr 12, 2023

Tags: Things to Do, Ghoulish Book Fest, Max Booth III, Lori Michelle, Ghoulish Books, books, reading, things to do in San Antonio, horror, V. Castro, Siren Head, Trevor Henderson, Johnny Compton
Authors and readers will gather downtown for San Antonio Book Festival on Saturday, April 15

The free annual festival will take place at Central Library and the UTSA Southwest Campus.

By Christianna Davies
Apr 12, 2023

Tags: Things to Do, things to do in San Antonio, San Antonio Book Festival, Stephen Graham Jones, Rebecca Makkai, Sandra Cisneros, Mathew Desmond, Central Library, UTSA Southwest Campus, books, reading, family-friendly
Bad Takes: Texas prisons' book bans serve no one, including the society into which inmates return

More than 9,000 titles, ranging from computer programming instruction to rock biographies, are banned in Texas prisons.

By Kevin Sánchez
Jan 11, 2023

Tags: Texas News, Bad Takes, Texas prisons, books, reading, banned books, Marshall Project, PEN America, prisoners, Marshall Project, prison rape, slave labor, prison labor, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, free thought, feminism
10th annual San Antonio Book Festival celebrates reading Saturday with all-ages, free fun

The free event is returning to the Central Library and Southwest School of Art for the first time since 2019.

By Kelly Nelson
May 18, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, San Antonio, Texas, books, reading, authors, literature, literary festival, Book Festival, library, San Antonio Book Festival, San Antonio Public Library, all-ages, kid-friendly, family friendly, things to do in San Antonio, free event, Central Library, Southwest School of Art, panels, festival, Jericho Brown, Judge Nelson Wolff, Emma Straub, Fernando A. Flores, livestream, YouTube, Julissa Arce, David Bowles, Raul the Third, Laura Gao, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Eileen Myles, Denne Michele Norris, Torrey Peters
Inaugural Ghoulish Book Festival brings horror authors to San Antonio this weekend

The fest will be held at the historic Hermann Sons building.

By Sanford Nowlin
Apr 26, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, San Antonio, Texas, Ghoulish Book Festival, horror, books, literary festival, Hermann Sons building, Max Booth III, Lori Michelle, Dark Moon Digest, Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Cynthia "Cina" Pelayo, Shane McKenzie, Bingo Hell, Blumhouse, Laurel Hightower, We Are Wolves, The Dead Inside, panels, author readings, contests, autograph sessions, book vendors
ACLU demands San Antonio's North East ISD end ban on 110 books it removed from its libraries

NEISD claims the books were removed due to poor reviews, but the ACLU argues otherwise.

By Michael Karlis
Apr 25, 2022

Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, North East Independent School District, North East ISD, NEISD, Matt Krause, Texas, books, banned, racism, LGBTQ+, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Just Lucky, The Year They Burned The Books, Amazon, Aubrey Chancellor, education, school board

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28 San Antonio artists and makers you should be following on Instagram right now

By San Antonio Current Staff
Mar 4, 2022

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01 Farmers Market at Balcones Heights

4514 Fredericksburg Rd., Balcones Heights Balcones Heights

(210) 313-1963

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3009 Restaurant and Bar

17460 I-35, Schertz Universal City

(210) 651-0415
7 Brew Drive Thru Coffee

2901 Pat Booker Road, Universal City Universal City

(479) 358-9274
Alamo BBQ Company

511 E. Grayson, San Antonio Central

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Alamo River RV Resort & Campground

12430 Trawalter Ln,, Von Ormy South

Events

Book Drive - Collecting Used Children's Books

Saturdays, 12-2 p.m.

Rolling Oaks Mall 6909 N. Loop 1604 E, San Antonio San Antonio

Free
Nowhere's No Pressure Book Club

Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6-8 p.m.

Nowhere Bookshop 5154 Broadway, San Antonio Alamo Heights

Free
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Fri., July 21, 7 p.m., Sat., July 22, 2 & 7 p.m., Sun., July 23, 3 p.m., Thu., July 27, 2 p.m., Fri., July 28, 2 p.m., Sat., July 29, 2 p.m., Sun., July 30, 3 p.m., Thu., Aug. 3, 2 p.m., Fri., Aug. 4, 7 p.m., Sat., Aug. 5, 2 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 6, 3 p.m.

Magik Theatre 420 S Alamo St, San Antonio San Antonio

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$27-$38
Live Improv with The Denials

Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.

The Gregg Barrios Theater at the Overtime 5409 Bandera Road, Suite 205, San Antonio San Antonio

Donation
Friday Night Improv

Fridays, 10:30-11:45 p.m.

The Gregg Barrios Theater at the Overtime 5409 Bandera Road, Suite 205, San Antonio San Antonio

$5

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The best San Antonio restaurants to dine solo

Sure, grabbing a meal together can be a great way to spend time with friends, a date or family. Just the same,…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Jul 19, 2023

Barbaro
2720 McCullough Ave., (210) 320-2261, barbarosanantonio.com
Grab a seat at the bar and prepare to get boozy — especially if you stop by during happy hour. Barbaro features a full bar so you can have your drink of choice while munching on one of their delicious wood-fired pizzas, making it an obvious choice when you want to dine alone and eat well.

Everything we saw as Butcher Babies sliced and diced San Antonio's Rock Box

Los Angeles' Butcher Babies brought their horror-tinged metal to San Antonio's Rock Box on Monday, and turned the venue upside down with…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Jul 18, 2023

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Photos: Mexican rapper Peso Pluma blew away the crowd at San Antonio's AT&T Center

Guadalajara, Mexico's top rap export, Peso Pluma, gave a dazzling performance at San Antonio's AT&T Center on Sunday, drawing thousands of die-hard fans.…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Jul 17, 2023

Photos: Mexican rapper Peso Pluma blew away the crowd at San Antonio's AT&T Center

Everyone we saw singing along at the San Antonio stop of The Emo Night Tour

Billed as the "ultimate Emo party," The Emo Night Tour came to The Rock Box on Saturday. San Antonio music fans flocked…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Jul 16, 2023

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