The hype for Fiesta begins as official medals for 2024 hit the market

If you’re looking to add to your Fiesta medal collection, here are the Fiesta medals now available. SAN ANTONIO — As San Antonio’s beloved Fiesta celebration nears, local businesses and organizations have started to make their official Fiesta medals available to the public.  If you, like many, participate in the medal-collecting tradition that dates back … Read more

Several official fiesta medals for 2024 revealed

If you’re looking to add to your Fiesta medal collection, here are the Fiesta medals now available. SAN ANTONIO — As San Antonio’s beloved Fiesta celebration nears, local businesses and organizations have started to make their official Fiesta medals available to the public.  If you, like many, participate in the medal-collecting tradition that dates back … Read more

Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ dies at 76

NEW YORK – Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. Lewis, who revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday … Read more

Philadelphia Orchestra’s home renamed Marian Anderson Hall as Verizon name comes off

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist’s name replacing a corporation. The orchestra’s auditorium in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts was known as Verizon Hall from 1999 through 2023, as part of a $14.5 million contribution … Read more