Community Calendar

The Austin Séance will lead a spiritualism workshop in our Mathis Gallery. After an intermission, a live séance will be conducted in our Napoleon Parlors. Enjoy a cocktail and learn about the history of spiritualism in America. Who knows who will make contact! Light snacks and adult beverages included. 13+ only, please.

6:00pm – 9:00pm (welcome reception 5:30pm)

The Austin Séance will lead a spiritualism workshop in our Mathis Gallery. After an intermission, a live séance will be conducted in our Napoleon Parlors. Enjoy a cocktail and learn about the history of spiritualism in America. Who knows who will make contact! Light snacks and adult beverages included. 13+ only, please.

Join us for a senior social hour at the library! Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing, light snacks, and activities. Various activities will be provided. However, feel free to bring your own crafts, games or just join us and talk if the activities do not interest you!

Activities provided include the following: cards, Dominoes, puzzles, chess, checkers, Scrabble, Giant Uno and Monopoly.

LaTEAda Tea House offers fun, free, and friendly networking open to everyone. We will have monthly speakers and a chance to introduce yourself, your business, and make lasting connections that will propel us all forward.

Arrival time is fluid and the speaker will begin at 9:45 followed by introductions and conversation. As always, bring a friend and come hungry and thirsty and ready to discover something new!

The Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony is an annual community event that is hosted by Child Advocates San Antonio and includes featured support and attendance by numerous community leaders. It is held at the historic steps at the Bexar County Courthouse to memorialize children who have lost their lives to abuse and neglect in the past year. This brief but powerful moment of remembrance honors those children while reminding us of our shared responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us today and in the future. All participants are kindly asked to wear blue in solidarity with Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Interested in writing? Come and join our older adult writing group, where a gathering of beginner, intermediate, and long-term writers meet to practice, listen, and encourage one another in telling stories through memoir, flash story or poetry.

Meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month with exception of closures and holidays. This program is intended for those 55+.

Josephine Ortiz of the SA Food Bank will be on-site at the Thousand Oaks branch library to help with screening, applying or renewing applications for SNAP, CHIP, WIC, Medicaid and more!

For questions or to make an appointment, please contact Ms. Ortiz at 210.431.8507 ext. 8507 or jortiz@safoodbank.org.

Walk-ins are welcome, appointments are preferred. For a full list of documents to bring and more info, please visit the link provided.

This event will repeat on July 10 and October 2.

Flash fiction is a great form for busy writers and readers! In this four-session workshop, we will explore a range of flash fiction forms–from 50-word dribbles to short-short stories (under 2,000 words). We'll learn how to apply poetic techniques to create vivid, memorable stories that prove less is more. By the end of the workshop, you will have at least two completed flash stories and ideas for where to publish your work.

DATES:
Monday(s), April 6, 13, 20 & 27, 6:30–8:30pm CT, online via Zoom

COST:
Nonmember: $200; Member $170; Student/Educ/Mil: $140
*EARN CPEs; TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

REGISTER: https://geminiink.org/events/finding-form-in-flash-fiction/

Kathyrn Kulpa was a 2025 writer-in-residence at Linden Place in Bristol, Rhode Island. Her stories appear in Best Microfiction, Flash Frog, HAD, Milk Candy Review, and Smokelong Quarterly. She is the author of A Map of Lost Places (Gold Line Press) and For Every Tower, A Princess (Porkbelly Press).

Embark on a 2.5-hour journey through San Antonio’s historic East Side neighborhoods with us as we uncover the stories of African American entrepreneurship, resilience, community, and travel. Our trip will begin at the Brackenridge Parking Garage at 3501 Avenue B. There is no cost for parking. Please arrive at 3501 Avenue B, 30-45 minutes prior to the bus’s departure. We will travel through history-making stops to the downtown theater district, Dignowity Hills neighborhood, Denver Heights neighborhood, St. Paul Square, and SAAACAM’s exhibit space. We invite you to be inspired by the legacies of Black brilliance in San Antonio. Without prior approval, no professional video or photography is allowed on the bus tour. The SAAACAM Negro Motorist Green Book Civil Rights Tour is suitable for those able to remain seated for more than 2 hours.

La Semana Alegre returns to Hemisfair’s Civic Park for a 3rd year! The two-day Fiesta® San Antonio event features multiple stages, food, beverages, and a vendor market – all benefiting Hemisfair, a nonprofit urban parks district!