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A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

Making its Texas Debut, this outdoor sculpture exhibition created by American artists Jennifer and Kevin Box, captures the delicate nature of the origami paper art form in museum-quality metals. The exhibition opens to the public September 19, 2020 - May 9, 2021. For more information, visit sabot.org.

This year’s Josiah Media Festival will take place entirely online and is re-screening through January 2021, when winners will be announced and screened in a special online award ceremony held the weekend of January 29-31, 2021. Encore Screening Schedule: Each block features a different collection of ten films followed by one filmmaking workshop. All blocks begin at 10am CST and will repeat every two hours thereafter (10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, 10pm, 12am, 2am, 4am, 6am, 8am, 10am. CST) *Watch all six blocks on the URBAN-15 website to see the best 60 films made by young media artists from around the world AND six exciting student workshops on film craft! December 18-20, 2020: Blocks 1-3 December 25-27, 2020: Blocks 4-6 January 1-3, 2021: Blocks 1-3 January 8-10, 2021: Blocks 4-6 January 15-17, 2021: Blocks 1-3 January 22-24, 2021: Blocks 4-6

Conservation nonprofit, Texan by Nature has opened its Certification program to recognize innovative conservation projects from Houston businesses, organizations, and individuals. Led by Texans for Texans, Texan by Nature connects businesses to conservation initiatives to benefit the Lone Star State’s people, prosperity and natural resources. To learn more about the Texan by Nature Certification program, submit a project or get involved, visit www.texanbynature.org

Scobee Planetarium Presents: DINOSAURS AT DUSK: THE ORIGINS OF FLIGHT Take to the skies and discover the origins of flight. Dinosaurs at Dusk is a learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy who share a fascination for all things that fly. You'll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father will navigate from continent to continent to look for clues for the origins of flight until time runs out and they experience first-hand the cataclysmic last day of the dinosaurs. Science content includes topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species. . Duration: 41 minutes

Los Angeles–based professional dance company Invertigo Dance Theatre (Invertigo) is offering weekly live Dancing Through Parkinson's (DTP) classes via Zoom on Thursdays at 1:30 PT/3:30 CT/4:30 ET. Visit invertigodance.org/dancing-through-parkinsons for more information. For the past nine years, the company has offered free (donations accepted) weekly dance classes in studios throughout Southern California to people living with Parkinson’s. View the first online classes here: invertigodance.org/dancing-through-parkinsons.  The classes mirror the experience and progression of a professional dance class with movement executed from wheelchairs, walkers, chairs, or while standing. The curriculum is designed specifically to meet the needs of people with Parkinson’s disease from newly diagnosed to late stages. The series is equally beneficial for aging populations and anyone with a different neurological diagnosis. The DTP online classes are modeled after the in-person studio classes. No dance experience is required to take part in the online or live classes. Teachers Kelsey Ang, Linda Berghoff, Heidi Buehler, Jess Evans, Haylee Nichele, and Rachel Whiting—representing the five different studio classes—each lead a segment featuring their unique styles and music selections. DTP participants move at their own pace, and every section of the class is designed with seated modifications for those who need to remain seated or who would like to take a break from standing. Classes are open to everyone; family and caregivers are also encouraged to participate. Each session begins with a seated warm-up that incorporates breath work, upper body stretches, and joint mobility. Participants perform seated choreography, tap work, and muscular brain teasers. For the next section of the class, members progress into a modified ballet barre segment—either standing with a chair or sitting—and then move through standing or seated center traveling steps and enjoy some creative at-home improvisation. The class’s traditional end—a circle of gratitude—has been adapted into an individual hand-on-heart gesture, where all participants join in a collective breath of thanks for this opportunity to remain connected to community.

San Antonio vintage seller Minx and Onyx, in partnership with Brick at Blue Star, brings you a shopping experience that is good for the planet as well as the soul. Shop Sustainable celebrates some of San Antonio's most creative vintage and second hand collections and the artistry of reusing materials to lessen the impact that fast fashion has on the world. Vintage sellers from across San Antonio are coming together to illustrate and educate about the power second hand and vintage shopping has to mitigate the toll that fast fashion brands levy on the environment, not to mention the positive impact sustainable shopping brings to your personal style. The longevity of the planet, in part, correlates the the longevity of the textiles and manufacturing techniques that find their way into our wardrobes, Shop Sustainable is your one stop shop for a more ethical and elevated shopping experience. As part of this event Ethical Network San Antonio an official Texas non profit will be a sponsored guest. ENSA will have a soft launch for their new membership program. 71 Magazine a sustainable magazine will be a featured guest and speaker Vintage and Retro Fashion Show 7pm DJ, Vegan food and libations Ethical and Sustainable guest speakers This is a socially distanced event, there will be mandatory temperature checks at the door and masks are required

Want to know how you can be healthier? Want to know how to improve your diet? Then, join like minded people who strive to feel better, more active, and get the most out of their health. Stop by during our meetups to hear a helpful tip or share a healthful tip! All are welcome! We hope to see you soon!

Tell your furry friend they have plans for Thursday, January 21, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, as we gather for some virtual cocktails, a visit from SA Pets Alive, an online costume photo contest with prizes ('Presidential Pups Themed), Beats & Treats with Alyson Alonzo, and a special visit from San Antonio's favorite Dog Pyschic, Lavida - The Furtune Teller. Grab your doggo and join Texas Public Radio, San Antonio Pets Alive, Lucy’s Doggy Daycare and Spa, Suck It Up SA, Feliz Modern, and Tito's Handmade Vodka, as we celebrate another Virtual Yappy Hour! TPR Yappy Hours are always a great time! So, who's ready to paw-ty!? Yappy Hours are a great way to meet animal lovers around the community, learn a little while doing it, AND laugh as you watch pooch pandemonium take over your screen. Suck It Up will have special cocktail kits available for Yappy Hour available for pick up at Pig Liquors. See you dawgs there!

Are you being threatened and forced to do something you do not want to do? Are you working against your will? Do you know your rights? You may qualify for services with the International Rescue Committee, such as housing, immigration, medical intervention and more? Call the IRC at 325.320.8957 or the free National Human Trafficking hotline at 1.888.3737.888. Don’t be afraid! We can help you!