Apr 27 Saturday
Presenting Community Wellness Saturday Market in partnership with Jamie Gonzalez and River City Produce. We are bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to our Southeast side community!
Come out to get fresh produce - For the first 50 people...
***BUY $5 GET FREE PRODUCE!***
We will have other wellness vendors at each of event as well from medical, financial and other health services for a better you! We re-branded this market to Community Wellness Saturday Market to better align with our Community Wellness@MonteViejo initiative!
This stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book about the 24-foot-tall Big Friendly Giant and a little orphan called Sophie brings some of Dahl’s most memorable characters to life.
Adapted for the stage by David WoodFrom the book by Roald Dahl
Little orphan Sophie can’t sleep. When she peeks out the window, she is surprised to see a giant. He’s surprised to see her too and whisks Sophie away to his home in Giant Country. But this is no ordinary giant; Sophie’s giant is the world’s only friendly 24-foot-tall giant. His primary occupation is the collection and distribution of good dreams to children. Other giants steal and have a nasty habit of eating children! To save the children of England, Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant (BFG) embark on a magical journey to Buckingham Palace where they must convince the Queen to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all. Along the way, Sophie finds a friend she can count on and the BFG finds a friend who accepts him for who he is. The Big Friendly Giant promises to deliver a captivating mix of thrilling adventures, playful wordplay, and even some explosive whizzpopping moments guaranteed to make you smile!
RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 6 +
ESTIMATED RUN TIME: Approximately 65 minutes
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDEAmerican Sign Language Interpreted PerformanceSensory-Friendly PerformancePay What You Wish PerformanceStudent Matinee Performances
Are you a musician, comedian, actor or other type of creative? The Creative Collective is an open mic meets mixer for people like you! Share your artistry and check out the art of others! We provide the PA system, electric guitar, keys and mic - you supply the talent. Bring your own instrument if so inclined. JD will be your MC!
Join us every Saturday, March 9th to May 25th from 4 to 5 pm for Bot Camp at Parman Library! It's a 12-week STEM program for kids ages 9-12. They'll learn about circuits and coding with the help of mentors from the Reagan High School Robotics Club. Join us at Bot Camp and inspire the next generation of innovators!
This collection of work stitches together Louisiana imagery with domestic lesbian life. Alex uses iconography such as catfish, gas stations, ‘gators, and baptist themes to allow her to converse about the Southern lesbian experience in a way that refuses to demonize the South as a whole. Some of these icons, such as the catfish, have become a self-identifier for her throughout her MFA experience. While the catfish is a symbol of community and Louisiana culture, to “catfish” someone is to lie about who you truly are. In becoming a catfish, she confronts the reality that many LGBT community members faces of not being completely out to family, friends, and loved ones. Alex repurposes recorded conversations with family, old family photos, and memories to see them through a lens of both yearning and apprehension.
My artwork expresses the permanent dialog occurring in the psyche of a middle-aged Mexican ex-patriate. “Uprooting” depicts a cumulus of experiences and life occurrences that continuously steer the personal path toward eventful situations that modify the perception of the self. It is a search for the self through the examination of statements of faith, a sense of displacement, beliefs of belonging, ideas of existence, and acceptance of the human condition. Juxtaposed images and ideas pursue balance for experienced concepts like life vs. death, faith vs. despair, and innocence vs. corruption. Fetishism is embedded in the materials chosen for the work. The ritualistic mechanics of working with these materials evoke a nostalgic reminiscence of my childhood, Mexican heritage, and domesticity. The mixture of elements helps the artwork achieve, at first glance, a whimsical feeling, which yields to an emergence of the dire under-layered content that is constantly searching for belonging. The realization of meaning proves to be more irreverent and biting than innocent. My artwork is not only denunciatory—solutions are presented within. Balance is pursued with nurturing and creative power from the female perspective.
Monday, April 15, 2024 is the kickoff of the MEGA CORAZÓN celebration, an online spoken word marathon that is part of San Antonio’s National Poetry Month participation. This festival presents San Antonio’s poetic tradition that combines street, classical, and slam performance styles in a production that is improvisational, at times painful, and choreographed for a highly visual impact. The festival will begin streaming at urban15.org/live-stream/ at 8pm on April 15, and will highlight about 90 poems from various artists throughout a continuous 24-hour loop.
This year’s poet lineup includes past San Antonio Poets Laureate Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, Octavio Quintanilla, and Carmen Tafolla, as well as Texas Poet Laureate ire’ne lara silva, and newly named San Antonio Poet Laureate Eddie Vega. Returning also will be a variety of talented and locally recognized poets such as Anthony “The Poet” Flores, Amalia Ortiz, and Jim LaVilla-Havelin, among others.
The winner of Mega Corazón will be determined by an online vote that URBAN-15 will launch on the same day as the livestream. Once Mega Corazón comes to a close, votes will be tallied, and the winner will be awarded the $500 Gregg Barrios “Precious Words Prize”.
The Gregg Barrios “Precious Words Prize” was created by world-renowned poet and author Gregg Barrios in 2021 to award the Mega Corazon poet selected by the on-line audience for the best performance during the festival. The 2021 winner was Amalia Ortiz, 2022 winner was Jessica Tilton Zertuche and 2023 winner was Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson.
Apr 28 Sunday
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center announces the call for entries for CineFestival San Antonio, the nation’s original and longest-running Latino film festival. Celebrating its 45th edition, San Antonio’s annual celebration of independent Latino cinema will take place July 11-14, 2024. The festival will accept films finalized after January 2023, continuing its call for programming focusing on Chicano, Latinx and Native American cinema, with an emphasis on Texas and San Antonio related films. The regular deadline for call for entries is May 5, 2024.
For the past half-century, our mission has been to inspire heartfelt giving. Wondering why you should consider donating blood? Well, your generous gift has the power to transform the lives of cancer and transplant patients, trauma victims, newborns, mothers, and countless other individuals seeking medical care in hospitals and clinics within your community. Today, let's come together and bring hope to South Texas. Join us for the South Texas Blood & Tissue blood drive and make a difference. Remember, when you give, they live.
Join Jane Weeden, Alamo Area Master Naturalist, to explore the Phil Hardberger Park with iNaturalist.
We’ll begin by introducing the basics of the iNaturalist app used to identify and document plants, birds, insects and other critters. Then walk along park trails for about a mile as we identify and document as many native species as we can find!
City Nature ChallengeThis nature walk is part of the preparation for the City Nature Challenge (CNC). From April 26 to April 29, San Antonio Natural Areas, Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy, and Texas Parks Wildlife Department will participate in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most plant and animal species. It's easy to participate by simply making observations on your own using iNaturalist!
To learn more about the City Nature Challenge 2024 in the San Antonio Area, please visit CNC-SA.org.
Before You Go:* Please download iNaturalist on your phone and create a user profile before arriving.
* Park in the parking lot at NW Military Entrance
* Meet at the Urban Ecology Center
* Please wear closed-toe shoes and dress for the weather.
* Please leave your pets at home.
* Easy to moderate hiking.
Point of contact: JaneWeeden@gmail.com