Community Calendar

About: Led by health education experts at UT Teen Health, this free lunchtime webinar is a useful primer for talking to teens about mental health. We offer communication best practices and science-backed health information.
Learn about the following:
• Common stressors faced by teens
• Key signs a teen may be struggling
• Tips for talking with teens about mental health
Free mental health resources

Who: All welcome
Cost: Free
Date/Time: Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Register: https://form.jotform.com/262425303505044

Discover how saving seeds can help build healthier ecosystems, preserve cultural traditions, and strengthen community resilience. Explore the journey of seeds through history, learn how Indigenous and South Texas communities have stewarded seeds across generations, and examine the role of seed saving in regenerative agriculture and climate adaptation.

Learn the fundamentals of harvesting, drying, storing, and saving seeds from easy-to-grow native flowers and trees with hands-on activities. Whether you're a new gardener or an experienced grower, you'll leave with practical skills, a deeper understanding of biodiversity, and the knowledge to become a steward of the next generation of seeds. This interactive, hands-on workshop demonstrates how seed saving preserves locally adapted plant varieties that are better suited to South Texas growing conditions.

Patch Hours: Opening on October 1st is Tuesday-Thursday 3-8 pm, Friday 3-9 pm, Saturday 11-9 pm, Sunday 12-8 pm
Hayrides: Friday-Saturday 6-9pm and Sunday 5-8 pm
Kite Day: 2pm-5pm Saturday October 3rd
Movie night: Starts at dusk every Friday except October 30th.
Craft Fair: 10-4 pm October 17th
Petting Zoo: 5-7 pm October 24th
Trunk-n-Treat: 6pm October 24th

Contact info Reese Berger 815-503-0487

Monday, October 26, 2026 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Texas Public Radio, 321 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78205

With Government & Politics Senior Reporter, Andrea Drusch and The Source and Texas Matters host, David Martin Davies

Lobby Doors: 5:00pm
Presentation: 5:30pm

Free validated parking is at the City Tower Garage with entrances at 60 North Flores as well as 111 North Main Avenue. Be sure to select, "Take A Ticket" and do not insert your credit card.

Free for TPR & SA Report members, future members $10

This is the fourth of five guest lectures for Trinity University's 2026 Lennox Seminar series in honor of the nation's semiquincentennial: "The United States at 250: Remembering and Forgetting." Dr. Johnson will present a lecture titled “Remembering Revolutionary Alliances: The Forgotten Soldiers of Saint-Domingue during the American Revolution," followed by a Q&A.

Ronald Angelo Johnson is the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Professor of History at Baylor University and the 2026-2027 Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American Antiquarian Society. His latest book is Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2025). Dr. Johnson is currently working on a new book, We Are All Equal: Turmoil and Triumph in the Early United States and Revolutionary Haiti (under contract with Princeton University Press), a diplomatic history of race and revolution, illustrating that Americans and Haitians shared important understandings of liberty.

NVC Music Faculty Recital
Dr. Minkyung Lee & Guest Artists

Four artists come together for an evening celebrating the artistry, character, and imagination of composers whose music continues to connect performers and audiences across generations. Soprano Dr. Minkyung Lee, baritone Dr. Phillip Hill, and pianists Prof. Rick Rowley and Dr. Eun Joo Fierro bring their individual voices and musical perspectives to a program spanning Monteverdi, Mozart, Poulenc, Carlisle Floyd, Donizetti, Granados, and Gershwin.

Attendees are invited to attend a reception sponsored by Friends of the Arts at Northwest Vista after the performance.

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS! 🦇🩸

La Bête Productions is thrilled to introduce the five fearless actors taking on a collection of characters in this ridiculously fast-paced retelling of the most famous Gothic horror story of all time!

Running October 15–November 1 at Woodlawn Pointe, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is packed with disco lights, a raging sex drive, lightning-fast costume changes, and enough laughs to wake the dead!

🎃 AND HALLOWEEN NIGHT?
Join us October 31 for a special late-night Halloween performance followed by a spooktacular Halloween party for everyone in attendance! So put on your costume, come to the theatre, and spend Halloween night with DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS!

🩸 October 15–November 1
🦇 Woodlawn Pointe | San Antonio
🎃 Special Halloween Late-Night Performance + Party — October 31

Tickets are on sale NOW. Reserve yours before they disappear! 👻

Haunted History Walking Tour hosted by Curious Twins Tours & Events, each Monday in October from 7:30-9pm.

Just south of downtown San Antonio lies the King William Historic District, Texas’ very first residential historic neighborhood.

With its first homes dating back to the 1850s, this neighborhood along the San Antonio River is a living testament to the city's rich history, with each structure telling a story of Texas architecture and the individuals who lived within.

But alongside this significant history are generations of stories of the unexplained, from ghostly apparitions to strange occurrences.

Join Curious Twins Tours & Events this October, who will share chilling stories from a unique source: firsthand accounts submitted by residents, business owners and visitors of the King William Neighborhood. This one-of-a-kind walking tour will bring to life actual stories of the unexplained.

Tour Details

When: Every Monday in October at 7:30 pm
Where: Meet at the gazebo in King William Park, 131 King William Street, San Antonio, TX 78204.

Tour ends at the Arsenal Bridge area, and Curious Twins Tours & Events will walk the tour group back to King William Park at the conclusion.
Price: $25, with a portion of proceeds directly supporting the King William Association.

The Texas Exes Fredericksburg Chapter is offering multiple scholarships for graduating seniors from Gillespie County high schools who plan to enroll at The University of Texas Austin (UT) in Fall 2027. To be considered for Texas Exes Scholarships students must
1) submit their admissions application to UT Austin via ApplyTexas or the Common App.
2) access the Texas Exes Scholarship Application at texasexes.academicworks.com

3) complete the Texas Exes Entering Freshman General Scholarship Application.

The application opened September 1, 2026 and the deadline to apply is March 1, 2027. When completing the application, students must enter their UT EID correctly; if the EID is entered incorrectly, the student will not be eligible for a scholarship from the Chapter.

A student’s Gillespie County high school zip code will automatically match them to the Texas Exes Fredericksburg Chapter’s scholarship pool. No additional forms or steps are required.

Scholarship recipients will receive a monetary award plus a one-year membership to the student chapter of Texas Exes.

For general application questions, students should contact their high school counselor or visit the Texas Exes Scholarship Frequently Asked Questions at https://www.texasexes.org/scholarships-frequently asked questions #12

For questions specific to the Texas Exes Fredericksburg Chapter scholarships, contact:
Jamie Morris, Chapter President & Scholarship Chair, at 830-992-1796 or fredericksburgchapter@texasexes.org

Each year, San Antonio Junior Forum distributes grants to nonprofits in the San Antonio region for specific projects that benefit economically, and/or physically disadvantaged individuals. In 2025-2026, we distributed $75,000 to 15 nonprofits in our community!

We are pleased to announce that we will again be accepting applications for grants of $20,000 or less. Grant applications may be submitted by organizations recognized as tax exempt under internal revenue code 501(c)(3). Now is the time to get started! Grant applications are due November 1, 2026.

Grant application and guidelines are available on the SAJF website at www.sajuniorforum.org. Questions? Email VP Grants at grants@sajuniorforum.org.