Community Calendar

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! Green Spaces Alliance is hosting an educational workshop for youth at Bulverde Oaks Nature Preserve. This event welcomes families and students to engage in a nature-focused activity, learn about Mexican folk art, and celebrate the ways in which we honor nature through culture and tradition.

In-Person Workshop Objectives

Participants will:

Explore nature on a guided hike at Bulverde Oaks Nature Preserve and learn about local wildlife and the habitats they depend on to thrive.

Collect natural materials along the trail and build a mini fairy house that reflects what you’ve learned about native habitats in San Antonio.

Celebrate Mexican folk art traditions by learning about Alebrijes and designing your own colorful, imaginative creature.

Enjoy Día de los Muertos–inspired activities, including face painting and the chance to dress up with marigolds, butterflies, fairy wings, or alebrije-inspired designs.

The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises, plotting devices, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style. In this generative two-session workshop, participants will use various modes, structures, and forms of writing to enhance their stories and, in turn, their own writing process. We will also explore Sequence and Sequel, and the cause-and-effect relationship of a scene – two intimately connected elements that impact our characters, motivations, and plot. Students will apply these concepts to their own writing in class.

WORKSHOP DATES:
Saturday(s), Nov 1 & 15, 2025, 10am-12:30pm CT, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom)

COST:
Nonmember: $125; Member: $108; Student/Educ/Mil: $88

EARN CPEs *SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Guadalupe García McCall is the national bestselling, award-winning author of several young adult novels, some short stories for adults, and many poems. She has received the prestigious Pura Belpré Author Award, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award, and the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, among many other accolades. Guadalupe is currently an Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University LA. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she is working on the Seasons of Sisterhood series, a trilogy of YA novels set in the world of Summer of the Mariposas, published by Tu Books from 2025 to 2027. Spring of the Cicadas, book 1 in the series, is coming in October 2025!

The Briscoe is excited to invite guests and members of the museum to participate in our community Ofrenda (Altar) in celebration of Dia de los Muertos.

The Day of the Dead Holiday is thought to have grown from Indigenous origins blending with European traditions in Mexico and today is a national symbol of Mexican and Mexican-American heritage.

The Briscoe’s Ofrenda commemorates loved ones of the museum’s staff, community and the West. Museum guests and members are invited to add photos of lost loved ones and your personal offering.

Are you a self-proclaimed spelling champion? Come put those spelling skills to the test at our spelling bee at the Mammen Family Public Library!

Spelling Bees aren't just for kids anymore! We invite anyone 18+ to register to put their spelling skills on display for all to see! With words of increasing difficulty this is sure to be a great time for all.

Don't want to compete but would like to spectate? That's great too! It's not a spelling bee without a live audience!

Only those interested in competing should register! Spectators do NOT need to register.

El Bari Free Health and Family Fair
Saturday, Nov 1st at MCECC, 11 am to 3pm
5281 Casa Bella, San Antonio

Flu Shot
Vision
Dental
Allergy Test
Cholesterol & Diabetes Test
Kidney Test
Stress & Memory test
Colon Cancer Test
Skin Cancer Exam
Neuropathy Screening- Foot Exam
Vascular Circulation Test
Sleep Apnea Screening
Ask a Doctor
And much more.
For Mammogram, Kids Vaccination registration call 210 358 7020
Free Health Screening Registration:
https://tinyurl.com/ElBariHealthfairReg

Free Health Screening Registration

El Bari Free Health and Family Fair
Saturday, Nov 1st at MCECC, 11 am to 3pm
5281 Casa Bella, San Antonio

Flu Shot
Vision
Dental
Allergy Test
Cholesterol & Diabetes Test
Kidney Test
Stress & Memory test
Colon Cancer Test
Skin Cancer Exam
Neuropathy Screening- Foot Exam
Vascular Circulation Test
Sleep Apnea Screening
Ask a Doctor
And much more.

For Mammogram, Kids Vaccination registration call 210 358 7020

El Bari Community Health Center (EBCHC) is a free charity clinic that aims to bridge healthcare gaps in San Antonio by providing treatment to adult patients who lack health insurance and can’t afford medical care. It’ll be the 10th annual health fair hosted by EBCHC.

Unless stated otherwise, attendees of all ages can expect to receive eye and dental exams, hearing tests, and other additional screenings at no cost!

We collaborate with local organizations to help provide these services. The health fair is a great option to help educate and promote the importance of healthcare access while also enjoying food stands and bazaars!

Join us for a free family event celebrating Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead!

Face painting, children's arts and crafts, a photo booth, and music! Hourly demonstrations include sugar skull making, a food demo and altar making.

Free, but please sign up to let us know you are coming!

The Bugs, Bikes, & Botany: Nature Adventure Kit Program invites families to experience the Mission Reach from a whole new angle—a bug’s-eye view! Brought to you by the San Antonio River Foundation, BiblioTech and San Antonio BCycle, with support from PeopleForBikes and the Better Bike Share Partnership, this program is your ticket to a wilder side of San Antonio, where each bike ride introduces you to both our city’s unique nature and the perks of using BCycle, San Antonio’s bikeshare system.

The mystery, excitement and popularity of lucha libre, or Mexican wrestling, is celebrated in “Masked Marvels,” a group exhibition of 16 artists, curated by artist, illustrator and author Xavier Garza that closes with a reception from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, November 1 at Bihl Haus Arts Gallery, 2803 Fredericksburg Road.

“In Mexican wrestling, a luchador is a cultural icon. Once he puts the mask and cape on, he becomes the embodiment of something bigger than life,” Garza said. “Lucha libre is like a theatrical play with the theme of good and evil along with all the acrobatic moves in the ring.”

In addition to Xavier Garza, participating artists include Luis Valderas, Sarah Shore, Luis Guerrero, Uri Whitehead, Joe Lopez, Wil Martin, Lucrecia Morales, Raul Servin, Carolina Flores, Angelica Mayorga, Celeste De Luna, Carolyn Dee Flores, Jim Haught, Juan Miguel Ramos, and Antonio Garcia. Each will illustrate their own interpretation of the magic behind lucha libre, Garza said.