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When: Thu., Sept. 5, 8 p.m. Price: $5-$15
Where: Paper Tiger
A quick looksee at The Toasters promo materials make it clear they’ve mastered marketing. In case you couldn’t tell from their logo or their recent announcement that they’re playing with Social Distortion and other like-minded brethren, they’re ska. > READ MORE
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When: Thu., Sept. 5, 8 p.m. Price: $30
Where: Aztec Theatre
National Public Radio’s popular game-show program Ask Me Another, a self-described “amusement park for your brain,” will make a stop in San Antonio with trivia, humor and a special celebrity guest. Currently on a tour of Texas, hosts Ophira Eisenberg and indie rocker Jonathan Coulton will welcome singer-songwriter and Houston native Robert Earl Keen to the “celebrity puzzle hotseat” to ask him a series of random questions only an NPR listener could probably answer. > READ MORE
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When: Thu., Sept. 5, 6 p.m.-12 a.m. and Fri., Sept. 6, 6 p.m.-12 a.m. Price: Free
Where: Brick Gallery
When prospective matches sent Libby Rowe their dick pics, they probably didn’t think their throbbing members would be transformed into a feminist art exhibition, yet here we are. In “Looking for the Woman of My Dreams: and Other Microaggressions,” Rowe has taken 69 unsolicited photographs of male genitalia and rendered them in pencil or ink to compile a “portrait of contemporary masculinity during the pursuit for love, or at least, their personal idea of love.” Accompanying the drawings is a video installation that juxtaposes intrusive anatomical queries with photos of the female body, highlighting the Frankenstein-esque pursuit men undertake in search of the purported “woman of their dreams” — an aggressive quest to obtain the perfect body. > READ MORE
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When: Fri., Sept. 6, 6-10 p.m. Price: Free
Where: Mission Marquee Plaza
There’s never been a more apt time to appreciate Texas’s natural beauty, and thanks to movie magic, you don’t have to drive any further than Mission Marquee Plaza to see the national parks of Texas up close. Accompanied by a live performance by the jazz ensemble of the U.S. > READ MORE
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When: Fri., Sept. 6, 7-10 p.m. Price: Free
Where: Freight Gallery
Julie Ledet draws from her Southern heritage for “Morning Honey for Beb,” a series of photo collages that pull from Louisiana culture, traditions and superstitions. The work is centered on the fictional character Beb, who is a “personification of the struggle between living a life of virtue and vice surrounded by the temptation and decadence occurring in everyday life in Southern Louisiana.” Each collage features a symbolic figure associated with Louisiana — from the alligator to offshore oil rigs — superimposed on sculptures of robed bodies of saints. > READ MORE
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When: Fri., Sept. 6, 8 p.m. Price: $35
Where: Sam's Burger Joint
Get your Fixx with one of the acts that dominated pop radio in the ’80s. While it would be upsetting if the band closed its show with anything but “One Thing Leads to Another,” other hits like “Red Skies” and “Saved by Zero” should be instantly recognizable with anyone familiar with the era, whether or not they were old enough to tune the dial back then. > READ MORE
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When: Sat., Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. Price: $49-$186
Where: AT&T Center
It’s easy to hate on singer-songwriter John Mayer, especially if you’ve only been acquainted with his radio-friendly work. However, anyone familiar with the work of his John Mayer Trio, knows the boy can wrangle a mean blues guitar. > READ MORE
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When: Sat., Sept. 7, 7 p.m. Price: $35-$90
Where: Aztec Theatre
Brush up on your Spanish if you plan to attend Mexico-based stand-up comedian Alan Saldaña’s San Antonio tour stop. His new live show, Sin Sombrero, unlike his 2017 Netflix comedy special Mi Vida de Pobre (My Poor Life), has no subtitles. > READ MORE
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When: Sat., Sept. 7, 4-6 p.m. Price: Free
Where: Institute of Texan Cultures
While it’s nothing new within the photographic realm, the use of handwritten signage as a conceptual prop has loaned itself to diverse projects that function as distinct signs of their own times. Shot in a London alleyway as an introduction to filmmaker D. > READ MORE
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When: Sun., Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Price: $46-$100
Where: AT&T Center
KISS is one of those rare rock bands that has left an indelible mark on both the sound and visual aesthetics of the genre. Formed in the early 1970s, the band helped define heavy metal music for the mainstream. > READ MORE
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When: Starts Sept. 6. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m. Continues through Sept. 29 Price: $19-$34
Where: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Fall is in the air, and you know what that means: feuding families, dangerous duels and secret weddings, of course. What, did you think we were going to say “pumpkin spice lattes”. > READ MORE
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When: Sun., Sept. 8, 1 p.m. Price: $5-$25
Where: Sam's Burger Joint
What better way to showcase San Antonio’s new musical blood than to pack a bunch of rising talent onto one stage? This homegrown festival features the Gunslingers, River Baron and the Campfire Song Circle featuring Laura Marie, Sierra Lynn, Jeff Jacobs, and Larry D. > READ MORE
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