Community Calendar

Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit, CISNEROS V. CORPUS CHRISTI ISD: THE LONG FIGHT TO END SCHOOL SEGREGATION.

In 1968, José Cisneros and twenty-five other Mexican American parents sued Corpus Christi Independent School District for illegally segregating Mexican American students into poorly maintained and under-resourced schools separate from Anglo schools. The court found that the school district was intentionally segregating students and ordered Corpus Christi ISD to integrate its schools. This landmark decision for Mexican American civil rights extended the same protections of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to Mexican American students, nearly a quarter of a century later.

Learn about the history of Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD (1970), the people behind the case, and how it fits into larger legal struggles to improve Mexican American access to public education.

The exhibit will be on display from Saturday, September 27 to Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

The exhibit gallery will be open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias!

Ease into fall with an evening of art, live music, and outdoor fun at the McNay. Bring your blanket and lawn chairs to relax on the grounds, enjoy live music, and take part in themed activities. Dogs on leashes are welcome outdoors.

Major funding is provided by H-E-B and the John R. & Greli N. Less Charitable Trust.

Looking for support and community? Join the PFLAG San Antonio chapter for their bi-monthly a support meeting for the LGBTQ+ community and their families, friends and allies on the 1st and 3rd Thursday every month from 7-9 pm. PFLAG is the nation's largest organization uniting people who are LGBTQ with those who love and care about them. PFLAG is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any religious or political institutions. PFLAG leads with love.

The 5th annual Raza Cósmica: A constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema opens with the Texas premiere of Un futuro brillante (A Bright Future)!

Clever, curious, and young, lucky Elisa has been selected for work placement in the North. While everything she’s heard about the North seems idyllic, the trouble is that the few people who do go there don’t ever come back.

Fresh off its Tribeca premiere where it won the Best Film Award in the Viewpoints competition for its original and inventive voice, Un futuro Brillante (A Bright Future) was praised by the Tribeca jury as “captivating, thought-provoking, fresh and increasingly relevant." View trailer at https://www.montevideo210.org/raza-cósmica-day-1.

Preceded by M.A.M.Ó.N. (Monitor Against Mexican Over Nationwide) by Alejandro Damiani.

Seating is limited, please rsvp at https://razacosmica2025.eventive.org/.

Raza Cósmica is MonteVideo’s annual showcase of sci-fi and speculative films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. The 5th annual festival runs October 9-11, 2025 and spotlights films from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States by Latinx and BIPOC directors.

Un futuro brillante is presented by MonteVideo and Mexican American Civil Rights Institute.

Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit, CISNEROS V. CORPUS CHRISTI ISD: THE LONG FIGHT TO END SCHOOL SEGREGATION.

In 1968, José Cisneros and twenty-five other Mexican American parents sued Corpus Christi Independent School District for illegally segregating Mexican American students into poorly maintained and under-resourced schools separate from Anglo schools. The court found that the school district was intentionally segregating students and ordered Corpus Christi ISD to integrate its schools. This landmark decision for Mexican American civil rights extended the same protections of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to Mexican American students, nearly a quarter of a century later.

Learn about the history of Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD (1970), the people behind the case, and how it fits into larger legal struggles to improve Mexican American access to public education.

The exhibit will be on display from Saturday, September 27 to Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

The exhibit gallery will be open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias!

Afrofuturism expresses notions of Black identity, agency, and freedom through art, creative works, and activism that envision liberated futures for Black life. This vibrant selection of shorts by Afro-Latino and Black directors explores movement, family, and hope, and includes films from Ireland and the United States.

The program includes: Hands Performance by Rashaad Newsome, Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky by Aisha Bolaji, Happy Birthday by Jammal Lemy, Harlem Fragments by Cameron Tyler Carr, Bitter Leaf by Omar S. Kamara, and Granada by Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz.

View trailers at https://www.montevideo210.org.

Seating is limited, please rsvp at https://razacosmica2025.eventive.org/.

Raza Cósmica is MonteVideo’s annual showcase of sci-fi and speculative films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. The 5th annual festival runs October 9-11, 2025 and spotlights films from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States by Latinx and BIPOC directors.

Raza Cósmica: Excursions in Afrofuturism is presented by MonteVideo and Mexican American Civil Rights Institute.

The 5th annual Raza Cósmica: A constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema presents the Texas premier of the feature film barrunto, a Berlinale 2024 selection. “Barrunto” is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to a bodily unrest, an omen or a forecast sensed via signals present in the environment (such as when rain is forecast through aches and pains or when ants emerge anticipating an earthquake). Directed by Emilia Beatriz, barrunto is a speculative fiction that takes place in a future of the past, in a present ruptured now. Its far-reaching network of affinities spans from Puerto Rico to Scotland, from the land to the bottom of the sea, and all the way to planet Uranus.

barrunto will be preceded by the short film Todos los futuros by Bárbara Cerro. View the trailer at https://www.montevideo210.org.

Seating is limited, please rsvp at https://razacosmica2025.eventive.org/.

Raza Cósmica is MonteVideo’s annual showcase of sci-fi and speculative films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. The 5th annual festival runs October 9-11, 2025 and spotlights films from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States by Latinx and BIPOC directors.

barrunto is presented by MonteVideo and Mexican American Civil Rights Institute.

Our amazing children’s bookseller is bringing you a story and activity every Saturday at 10:30am! 🤩

We hope to see everyone this Saturday (and every Saturday)!

Join us for this popular event in The Grapevine Garden! Enjoy live music alongside six Texas wineries and six Texas breweries. Admission is free to the public and tasting tickets will be available for purchase along with the featured wines and beers. All proceeds benefit United Way of Comal County.

The 5th annual Raza Cósmica: A constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema closes with a live episode of the podcast Xicanx Versus Aliens and a curated selection of cosmic-infused short films. Activist/Musician Joaquín Muerte hosts his original podcast, Xicanx Versus Aliens, an exploration of “all things UFO, cryptozoology, paranormal, occult y mas from a person of color perspective.” San Antonio-based artist Amalia Ortiz and Occulto! editor Rodrigo Rendon join Muerte to discuss Latinx sci-fi cinema. Followed by Canción Cannibal Cabaret by Pepe García Gilling, Illegal Alien by Pamela Martinez Barrera, SERTAO 2138 by Deuilton Junior, and MisTik by Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin.

View trailers at https://www.montevideo210.org.

Please rsvp at https://razacosmica2025.eventive.org/.

Raza Cósmica is MonteVideo’s annual showcase of sci-fi and speculative films by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. The 5th annual festival runs October 9-11, 2025 and spotlights films from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States by Latinx and BIPOC directors.

Raza Cósmica: Xicanx Versus Aliens is presented by MonteVideo, Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions, and Latino Collection & Resource Center.