A drive down memory lane 🛣️

Skyline-altering news 🏗️

• 305 Soledad St. | At 400 feet tall, this new residential tower is planned to be one of San Antonio’s tallest buildings.
• Hemisfair hotel | Slated for the site at 222 S. Alamo St. is a 17-story, 200-room boutique hotel overlooking the ongoing Civic Park development.
• Ninth-tallest downtown tower | In most recent news, the City of San Antonio approved the construction of a 28-story, 351-ft-tall tower at Hemisfair.
  

Interviews 💬

• Ada Vox
• April Monterrosa
• John Quiñones

• Eddie & Vinnie | Tue., Oct. 25 | 10:30 a.m. | The Magik Theatre, 420 S Alamo St, San Antonio | $13.50 | This sensory-friendly performance is designed to create a welcoming environment for people who are on the autism spectrum or may have sensory sensitivities.
• Tuesday Tunes | Tue., Oct. 25 | 11 a.m. | 115 N. Main Avenue, San Antonio | Free | Treat yourself to a picnic lunch or just a break from the office in the heart of the city.

• Art in Conservation: Drawing from Nature | Wed., Oct. 26 | 10 a.m. | The Herff Farm at the Cibolo, 33 Herff Rd, Boerne | Observing the natural world is like allowing your eyes to draw what you see without using a pencil, as you carefully follow the outlines of the shapes, textures, and details.
• Paws in the Park: A Haunted Hound Hullabaloo | Wed., Oct. 26 | 5-8 p.m. | Legacy Park, 103 W. Houston Street, San Antonio | Free | This ghoulish gathering features a canine costume contest, a revolting raffle, petrifying prizes, vampiric vendors, and frighteningly good food.

• The Alamo After Dark | Thu., Oct. 27 | 8-9 p.m. | The Alamo, 300 Alamo Plz, San Antonio | $75.00 | Walk in the footsteps of soldiers during an exclusive, evening guided tour.
• Haunted Hike (King William) | Thu., Oct. 27 | 7:30-8:45 p.m. | San Antonio | Free | Explore the River Walk’s haunted history as we stroll down the King William stretch of the San Antonio River.

• Friday Big Texas Comicon | Fri., Oct. 28 | 2 p.m. | Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio | $26.00 | Interact with some of your favorite celebrities, get one of a kind autographs, and shop at some of the most unique vendors and artists in south Texas.

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Sat., Oct. 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, San Antonio | $15.00 | Take part in this interactive show — dress in character for a discount.

• 81º | Sunny | 0% chance of rain

• As early voting begins — now through Fri., Nov. 4 ahead of the general election on Tues., Nov. 8 — Texas sits at over 17.7 million registered voters. Bexar County ranks with Harris and Tarrant counties for the greatest percentage increase of voters. 🗳️ (San Antonio Express-News)

• The projected “renaissance” east of downtown is rearing its head in the form of a project to renovate the ex-Spaghetti Warehouse on Houston Street. Corporate tenants have already shown interest in the location, according to Austin-based Value Creation Strategies. ⚒️ (San Antonio Report)

• Remember book fairs when you were a kid? Nowhere Bookshop will host a haunted book fair this Fri., Oct. 28, 4-8 p.m. Sip limited-edition drinks from the bar, peruse stacks of horror books, and take your picture in the green screen photo booth. 📚

• This Sat., Oct. 29, head to Elmendorf Lake Park at 8 a.m. for the Halloween Hustle 5K. Hosted by San Antonio Parks and Recreation, the race is free for all ages. Finish in the first 250 to get a medal — and come in costume for a chance at a prize. 👟

• Russell Rush, 14-year radio host on 96.1 NOW, died at 44 after battling T-cell lymphoma. Tributes continue to pour in via social media as friends accept donations for Russell’s family. (MySA)

• Six Flags Fiesta Texas announced new 2023 events, starting Jan. 14-Feb. 26 with the Mardi Gras Festival and continuing through its July 4th Fest. Season passes go up in price closer to the new year, so if you think you’ll snag one, snag it soon. 🎢

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• Here’s a friendly reminder that we’re less than a week out from Halloween. Have you bought your costume yet? What about the candy? And if you wanna be the coolest parent or grandparent on the block — while increasing your trick-or-treater’s nighttime visibility — grab this affordable 100-pack of glow sticks.*

• The time we received an outpouring of love for local business with readers sharing their favorite spots to shop small, totaling over 115 tags.
• The time we met some of our fellow SATX creators and then later got to share our media day experience at Fright Fest.
• The time we kicked off our “favorite downtown spots” series with a reel that has since garnered 336,000 views.
• The time City Editor Iván thought he might pass out on Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger.