Community Calendar

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

"Becomming a Mom" is a 9 session cirriculum designed to help women learn about having a healthy pregnancy and how to care for a healthy baby. Each session will cover different topics. You can register at https://surveymonkey.com/r/99L3XZK or email marlen.ramirez@vvrmc.org

Scobee Planetarium Presents: DINOSAURS AT DUSK: THE ORIGINS OF FLIGHT Take to the skies and discover the origins of flight. Dinosaurs at Dusk is a learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy who share a fascination for all things that fly. You'll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father will navigate from continent to continent to look for clues for the origins of flight until time runs out and they experience first-hand the cataclysmic last day of the dinosaurs. Science content includes topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species. . Duration: 41 minutes

Feeling stuck in your current job? Time for a change but scared it’s too risky or expensive? Our panelists for this event can relate. At Codeup, we help people of all ages transition into careers in tech. We want you to have a life you love, a stable salary, and a marketable skillset that you can always build upon. Whether you’ve been interested in a career in tech for a long time now or have never considered it, let us show you what a job in tech really looks like (i.e. not nerdy, anti-social hermits glued to their 5 screens all day long). Our panelists for this event will give you some insight on how you can build a career in tech by sharing their stories. They’ll touch on what they were doing before Codeup, what led them to considering Codeup, and where they are now. Then, they’ll take questions from the audience.

Should voters choose their representatives or should representatives choose their voters? The League of Women Voters of the Comal Area (LWVCA) invites the public to join an online meeting January 20, 2021, to discuss how legislative districts are drawn in our state and steps we can take to ensure that the public is part of the process. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20 on Zoom (ID: 899 8656 3219 password: 270440) and a live-stream on Facebook. The meeting will be recorded for later viewing on the LWVCA YouTube channel LWV Comal Area. Fair Maps Texas spokesperson and LWV of Texas Redistricting Issue Chair Stephanie Swanson will provide updates on the latest court cases, the Texas 87th Legislative Session and the potential impact on local legislative districts. “Our goal is to help people understand the importance of the redistricting process and provide information on what actions they can take. Our electoral system is founded on the principle that every American has the right to equal representation and is guaranteed the freedom to choose their own elected officials. Politicians who manipulate district lines to keep their own political party in power do not hurt just those from opposing political parties. These politicians hurt all voters by taking away voters' ability to choose their own leaders and hold legislators accountable. We are advocating for a nonpartisan, open and fair process to ensure equitable representation,” explains LWVCA Program Director Daphne Spraitzar. The League of Women Voters is a 501(c)3, nonpartisan educational and political organization that encourages the informed and active participation in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy. LWV never supports or opposes candidates for office, or political parties. For more information, to join or to donate go to lwvcomal.org. For more information about the Fair Maps Texas Coalition, go to fairmapstexas.org ###

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

Scobee Planetarium Presents: DINOSAURS AT DUSK: THE ORIGINS OF FLIGHT Take to the skies and discover the origins of flight. Dinosaurs at Dusk is a learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy who share a fascination for all things that fly. You'll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father will navigate from continent to continent to look for clues for the origins of flight until time runs out and they experience first-hand the cataclysmic last day of the dinosaurs. Science content includes topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species. . Duration: 41 minutes

Tell your furry friend they have plans for Thursday, January 21, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, as we gather for some virtual cocktails, a visit from SA Pets Alive, an online costume photo contest with prizes ('Presidential Pups Themed), Beats & Treats with Alyson Alonzo, and a special visit from San Antonio's favorite Dog Pyschic, Lavida - The Furtune Teller. Grab your doggo and join Texas Public Radio, San Antonio Pets Alive, Lucy’s Doggy Daycare and Spa, Suck It Up SA, Feliz Modern, and Tito's Handmade Vodka, as we celebrate another Virtual Yappy Hour! TPR Yappy Hours are always a great time! So, who's ready to paw-ty!? Yappy Hours are a great way to meet animal lovers around the community, learn a little while doing it, AND laugh as you watch pooch pandemonium take over your screen. Suck It Up will have special cocktail kits available for Yappy Hour available for pick up at Pig Liquors. See you dawgs there!

A-JAM JAZZ ALLSTARS PROGRAM AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL ALAMO COLLEGES STUDENTS APPLY ONLINE VIA CANVAS: Application materials available to all Alamo Colleges students and faculty via the A-JAM collaborative CANVAS COURSE LINK Questions? Contact Katchie Cartwright, PhD, Program Director kcartwright2@alamo.edu / Facebook / A-JAM blog MATERIALS TO PREPARE: Download: two required play-along tracks and sheet-music Scales/arpeggios: major, harmonic minor, dorian, and mixolydian, all keys Sight-reading: chordal (lead-sheet), rhythmic, and melodic COREQUISITES: Current registration in the following courses: improvisation (MUSI 1131), applied lessons, and jazz ensemble (if available) IT COULD BE YOU NEXT YEAR! One lucky A-JAM student may be invited to the annual meeting of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) to perform—virtually or in person--with top students and professionals from all over the world. Featured in the photograph above is Fernando Muñoz, A-JAM allstar who represented Alamo Colleges at IASJ, Zagreb, Croatia. Read about his journey on the A-JAM blog. JANUARY A-JAM Auditions Winter Break Holiday Prescreen video application deadline (via Canvas): Friday, January 29, 2021 Remote finals (via Zoom): Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 5 PM

Howard Rains is an artist and master fiddler originally from Texas and now living in Kansas. Rains performs, records and collaborates with his wife, fellow artist and musician Tricia Spencer. The portraits seen in this collection are all from 2019 and 2020 and represent both where he has been with his work and where he is going. The abandonment of touring and the quiet hours in the studio during the pandemic have begun to shift Rains’ portraits into the realm of the surreal as can be seen in some of the work. Rains continues to create with Tricia and their children, playing music every evening and making art every day. The exhibit will be available to view online on December 18th at https://qrco.de/howardrains.