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The San Antonio Tamales Festival returned to the far East Side this weekend to celebrate the beloved corn husk-wrapped holiday food. The event is continuing Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Bexar County Jr. Livestock Grounds.

Architect Arthur J. Herrmann's best known San Antonio creation is downtown's stylish Hotel Havana, but the 1907 Monte Vista home he designed for businessman C.W. Buhler is similarly distinctive.

A wave of new restaurant and bar openings swept over San Antonio this year, running the gamut from innovative new concepts to additional locations of tried-and-true mainstays. As 2023 draws to a close, we looked back at some of the biggest and buzziest, narrowing the list down to 21 we think everyone should try.

A historic San Antonio home that made local headlines during its 1911 renovation has gone on the market for just over $1.7 million. The home was originally built in the Monte Vista area around the turn of the last century by Robert Reid Russell, but underwent a major addition in 1911 that warranted an article in the San Antonio Express. The story chronicled crews lifting the house 14 feet off the ground so a second story could be built underneath. The Express' writer breathlessl...

After sitting on the market for nearly a year, a distinctive coliseum-style mansion built into a hill overlooking Olmos Basin has undergone a $201,000 price cut, its listing shows.  

Frank Lloyd Wright protege Milton Ryan was renowned for his innovative designs for mid-century churches including San Antonio's University Presbyterian. He also designed plenty of homes that embraced Mid-Century Modern aesthetics, including clean lines, right angles and natural light.

A 1924 stone home built by H.C. Thorman — the development mogul behind San Antonio's fancy Olmos Park and Monticello Park neighborhoods — has hit the market with a price tag just under $2 million.

Three of Latin music's biggest names came to the Frost Bank Center Sunday night for one of The Trilogy Tour's 19 North American dates. The package brought together singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias, salsa icon Ricky Martin and rapper Pitbull for a multigenerational, larger-than-life bill.

A home on the 11th hole of the Dominion Golf & Country Club has hit the market with a price tag of just under $1.4 million — and if quick access to the links isn't a selling point for some deep-pocketed buyer, perhaps its indoor pool is.

A 90-acre property recently listed for just under $3.5 million in the Hill Country town of Blanco has numerous unconventional features designed to make it a natural retreat.