11 San Antonio pools reopening next Saturday
by San Antonio Current
San Antonio Current— In time for the warming weather, San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department will open 11 of its swimming pools next Saturday. The following pools will open Saturdays and Sundays from 1-7 p.m., according to city officials: Dellview, 500 Basswood Drive
San Antonio Current—San Antonio's Mission Marquee presenting free screening of Barbie this Saturday. Find out if you’re “Kenough” by taking in a free Slab Cinema screening of the Oscar-nominated comedy Barbie on Saturday, May 18. In the hit film directed by Oscar-nominee Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), the plastic Mattel-produced title character (Margot Robbie) travels to the real world with Ken (Ryan Gosling) after she has an existential crisis in Barbie Land. Not only was Barbie the biggest blockbuster of 2023, it was also a critical darling, picking up eight Academy Award nominations,...
San Antonio Current—San Antonio's new Creamery complex to host latte-art throwdown next week. North-of-downtown food and nightlife complex The Creamery will host a latte-art throwdown Thursday, May 23, pitting 32 baristas against each other for cash prizes and bragging rights. The event will take place at the entertainment site's outdoor pavilion. Admission will begin at 6 p.m., and the first pour will go down at 7 p.m.
San Antonio Current—UT Health San Antonio leading $11 million study of oral vaccine for chlamydia. Researchers at UT Health San Antonio will lead a five-year, $11 million study on a possible vaccine for the nation's most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease. The grant from the National Institutes of Health will take a mutated version of the chlamydia STD to determine if it works as a vaccine against a disease that affects about 4 million people in the U.S. annually. The possible vaccine came about when physician and researcher Dr. Guangming Zhong made an accidental...