Community Calendar

Presenting the Artwork of Blanquita Sullivan “Night Breezes” Exhibit in the Molly Shafer Gallery at King William Assoc Office. MEET THE ARTIST Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

FREE and Open to the Public of all ages. On view Sep 8 through Oct 29, 2026 Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Blanquita is an interdisciplinary artist and business leader from San Antonio, Texas. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and studied painting at The Art Students League and the New York Studio School.

Selena Forever | Siempre Selena is a photographic exhibition featuring images by Texas photographer John Dyer, capturing Selena at a pivotal moment in her rise to stardom.
On View: June 4, 2026 – January 4, 2027

This exhibition features intimate and striking photographs captured during Selena’s rise to international stardom in the early 1990s. The exhibition offers an intimate look at an artist whose talent, charisma and determination transformed Tejano music and helped redefine representation for Mexican American women in popular culture. The featured images have never been displayed together, giving new context to Dyer’s work with Selena.

More than a music icon, Selena was a groundbreaking Tejana whose story reflected the spirit of the American West itself: bold, resilient, entrepreneurial and deeply connected to culture and community. Like generations of Tejanos who helped shape Texas through perseverance, innovation and cultural pride, Selena forged her own path while carrying the traditions of her community forward. Her legacy continues to inspire new generations, embodying the pioneering spirit, creativity and determination that remain central to the story of the West.

“Selena’s story is deeply connected to the cultural pride and artistic expression that define Tejano identity,” said Jackson. “Her influence transcends music and continues to inspire audiences across generations, making her an important part of this broader cultural conversation. The exhibition shares an icon who demonstrates the lasting influence of Tejanos – and Tejanas – in Texas and beyond.

𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 is a group exhibition that reexamines video art at Artpace through the work of four alumni artists. Each artist investigates the complexities of identity through self-portraits, projections of the self, and the body as a means of self-representation. This exhibition explores both how individuals perceive themselves and how others might view them.

While each artist employs distinct strategies—whether through video performance, observation, reflection on physical change, or narrative experimentation—they are united in their examination of selfhood. Together, these works offer a multifaceted exploration of identity, inviting viewers to consider the many ways it is constructed, performed, and perceived.

Featured alumni artists include Alex Bag, Paul Pfieffer, Kang Seung Lee, and Anne Wallace.

This exhibit features 13 original artworks inspired by the theme “Peace Begins Within.” The gallery invites visitors to pause, reflect, and explore how inner stillness contributes to harmony in daily life and the wider world. Presented in honor of the International Day of Peace, the display is open to all library visitors and runs for five weeks until September 29,2026.

Opening reception: August 28, 6 - 8 pm
Artist Talk: September 26, 1 - 3 pm

The exhibition Exquisite Entropy: Photographs by Trish Simonite, 1972 – 2025 offers audiences the opportunity to enjoy exemplary works from multiple periods produced across Simonite’s celebrated career. Curator Paula Owen has chosen 125 works that present Simonite’s fascination with the paradoxes that historical narratives may carry forward information from the past into new contexts of meaning and that photographic images may inspire new contemplation far beyond the time and place of their creation. As a transnational artist, Simonite’s transformations of scenes and elements of natural and built environments from the English countryside, Greek islands, and Texas honky tonks.

Thursday, September 10, 2026
All about Bexar County
Small Business & Entrepreneurship

5:00 - 6:00 social time and information displays
6:00 Bexar County Small Business & Entrepreneurship
+ all about Bexar County Small Business and Entrepreneurship department
+ how to attend the 2026 Bexar County Small Business Conference
+ how to volunteer for the 2026 Bexar County Small Business Conference
8:00 Building closes.

Bexar Deaf Club meets the second Thursday of each month.
Meetings are conducted in American Sign Language.
All meetings are open to the public free of admission.

The Best Music(ians) You've Never Heard

Join us at Pruitt Library as we uncover musical gems! During each session, we will listen to a range of music and share in discussion with others. Attendees are welcome to bring music with them that they would like to share with the group or just join us to listen to the music provided by the program facilitator.

If you have music you would like to share during the program, please bring it with you to the program in one of the following formats: accessible online, on your Bluetooth enabled device, on a CD or DVD disc, or on a USB flash drive. To allow time for a broad range of music, please do not plan to play any tracks that are longer than ten minutes.

This program is designed for adults, but younger attendees are welcome if they are accompanied by an adult during the program.

Join us at the Briscoe for a Loteria Night hosted by local influencer Jasper St. James!
Enjoy food and drinks and the chance to win prizes!

Loteria has been played in the land that would be called Texas for over 200 years. Originally a pastime for the upperclass, Loteria is a staple in many family gatherings today!

🗓️ Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM

👤All Ages!

🎟️ $25 for Members | $35 for Non-Members

Food and Drink Included! Space is Limited!

Train your eye for literary craft with bestselling author Laura Castoro and learn to read the way writers do! In this four-week workshop, we will explore how to read more deeply so we can deconstruct how the author sets the mood, adheres to or manipulates conventions, and plays with boundaries. In each session, we will use excerpts from popular fiction books and short writing prompts to stimulate our imagination and inspire new written work.

DATES:
Thu, Sep 10, 17, 24, & Oct 1, 6:30-8:30pm CT, Online via Zoom

COST:
Nonmember: $200; Member: $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140

REGISTER: https://geminiink.org/events/read-like-a-writer-with-laura-castoro/

Laura Castoro, a USA Today, Amazon top 100, and Apple Books bestseller, has published 47 novels with major publishing houses such as Dell Books, Berkley, Avon, Warner, MIRA, Harlequin, Kensington, Pocketbooks, Harper Collins, St. Martins Press, and William Morrow. Laura has won multiple national writing awards. In 2005 she was inducted into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame. She is a past president of Novelists, Inc. (2013), an international professional fiction writers’ organization.

Presenting the Artwork of Blanquita Sullivan “Night Breezes” Exhibit in the Molly Shafer Gallery at King William Assoc Office. MEET THE ARTIST Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

FREE and Open to the Public of all ages. On view Sep 8 through Oct 29, 2026 Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Blanquita is an interdisciplinary artist and business leader from San Antonio, Texas. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Studio Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and studied painting at The Art Students League and the New York Studio School.