Community Calendar

Learn how to transform your old writing into graphic literature! In this two-part lecture, led by 2025 Texas Poet Octavio Quintanilla, we will explore how writers can use new and existing work to create graphic literature—a form that merges text with visual storytelling to evoke powerful, multidimensional narratives. Each session features an engaging craft talk, actionable writing strategies, and a live Q&A with the author.

DATE:
Monday(s), March 23 & 30, 2026 from 6:30pm - 8 pm CT via Zoom

COST:
Nonmember $90; Member $75; Student $63

REGISTER: https://geminiink.org/events/old-drafts-new-writing/

Octavio Quintanilla is the 2025 Texas Poet Laureate and the author of the poetry collections, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014), The Book of Wounded Sparrows (Texas Review Press, 2024), and Las Horas Imposibles / The Impossible Hours (University of Arizona Press, 2025), winner of the 2024 Ambroggio Prize of the Academy of American Poets. He’s the founder and director of the literature & arts festival VersoFrontera, publisher of Alabrava Press, and former Poet Laureate of San Antonio.

The call for applications for the Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association Certification Class of 2026 is now open!

You must complete the Application and Volunteer Agreement Packet and deliver it, along with your $195 payment, made out to Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association, to Kelly Tarla, Burnet County Extension Agent by Friday, January 30, 2026 to be considered.

The Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association will again offer a certification course at the Texas AgriLife Extension office in Burnet beginning Tuesday, February 17, 2026 through Tuesday, April 28, for 11 weeks. Class times are 9:30 AM until 2:30 PM. Class size will be limited and will generally meet at the AgriLife auditorium in Burnet (occasionally meeting at other locations for field trips).

The course provides a comprehensive background in horticulture principles and practices with an emphasis on conservation, sustainability, and community service. Experts are invited each week to speak on such topics as soil composition and amendments, trees, entomology, vegetable gardening, water irrigation, plant taxonomy, invasive plants, landscape design, water conservation, plant propagation, grafting, and rainwater harvesting. We expect to have several field trips planned. The classes are fun and stimulating. They not only train the participants to be more knowledgeable gardeners for personal use but also to be of service and a resource to the community.

Mental Health and physical health are deeply interconnected. In this session, we will learn about the various factors that affect mental health, as well as the strong connection between the gut microbiome and emotional well-being. A Community Nutrition Education Coordinator with the San Antonio Food Bank will lead us through a cooking demo.

The Gatherings is a community art celebration curated by fiber artist, Deborah Harris.

The Gatherings 2026 will feature San Antonio young artists who will showcase their art at the International Folk Culture Center. The Gatherings this year will focus on the question; What sparks you?

Young artists will share what their inspirations are and what keeps them creating. Community participants will have the opportunity to answer this question for themselves as they participate in the Art Workshop, Panel, and Food Sharing.

Featured Young Artists:
Josiah Harris
Dominique Jordan
Tasiah Mayfield
Izel Perez
Dayanara Torres
Gary Young

All events are free
March 25, 12:30-1:30 PM Art Demo + MiniTeach
March 27, 6-9 PM Art Exhibit and Panel
March 28, 2-4 PM Art Community Workshop
March 29, 6-8 PM The Gathering Food and Art Share

RSVP https://forms.office.com/r/Zx3xaPaLKz

Contact: aeortega@ollusa.edu

Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/SrrZuc4Am7uTUxKa6

Parking is Free on campus
Park in Lot B or on Moye Rd. round-about
Handicap parking is on Providence Rd

Some of the tools Municipal and Private Water Utilities use to protect the water supply are very similar while other methodologies seem very different. Suzanne will talk about what Texas Water Company, a private water utility company, has done to protect the water supply and how various tools can be modified and utilized throughout the public and private water systems.

Join us every Thursday for Tech Time. Each week we will cover different topics about computers, social media and mobile devices. Bring your questions, imagination and your favorite device.

Acompañanos todos los jueves para Tech Time. Cada semana cubriremos temas diferente sobre computadoras, las redes sociales y los dispositivos
móviles. Trae tus preguntas, imaginación y tu dispositivo favorito.

Come learn about many of the common insect characters that grace our landscape and how you can partner with them for outdoor success!

From below the soil surface to flying above our heads, beneficial insects have profound effects on our gardens. Join Molly Keck of Texas A&M Agrilife to learn about many of the common invertebrate characters that benefit our landscape as pollinators, predators and recyclers, and how you can partner with them for thriving landscapes!

The Gatherings is a community art celebration curated by fiber artist, Deborah Harris.

The Gatherings 2026 will feature San Antonio young artists who will showcase their art at the International Folk Culture Center. The Gatherings this year will focus on the question; What sparks you?

Young artists will share what their inspirations are and what keeps them creating. Community participants will have the opportunity to answer this question for themselves as they participate in the Art Workshop, Panel, and Food Sharing.

Featured Young Artists:
Josiah Harris
Dominique Jordan
Tasiah Mayfield
Izel Perez
Dayanara Torres
Gary Young

All events are free
March 25, 12:30-1:30 PM Art Demo + MiniTeach
March 27, 6-9 PM Art Exhibit and Panel
March 28, 2-4 PM Art Community Workshop
March 29, 6-8 PM The Gathering Food and Art Share

RSVP https://forms.office.com/r/Zx3xaPaLKz

Contact: aeortega@ollusa.edu

Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/SrrZuc4Am7uTUxKa6

Parking is Free on campus
Park in Lot B or on Moye Rd. round-about
Handicap parking is on Providence Rd

Have you ever wanted to learn how to sew? Led by Alamo Tailoring, this class will teach you the basics of sewing, cutting patterns, and more. You can bring your sewing machine, supplies, and any piece you want to work on!

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo puedes cuidar de tu salud a través de la medicina tradicional? En este curso aprenderás como mejorar tu bienestar física y emocional.