Community Calendar

Experience Broadway musical entertainment in San Antonio like never before: walk into the Little Shop of Horrors presented by UT San Antonio's brand-new Dramatic Arts Program!

If your child has been feeling lonely, withdrawn, unmotivated, or unsure of where they fit, this workshop was created with them in mind.

Texas New Rhythm Academy invites youth ages 6–17 to a positive and uplifting workshop focused on motivation, coaching, mindset, confidence, healthy habits, and building a better future. Through guided reflection, encouragement, and a hands-on vision activity, youth will be encouraged to see beyond limitations, believe in what is possible, and start thinking differently about their future.

This is more than an activity. It is a safe, positive space where youth can reconnect with themselves, build confidence, strengthen their mindset, and be reminded that their current circumstances do not define their future.

Sunday, April 19
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
BiblioTech EDU (Downtown)
Ages 6–17

Light snacks and drinks will be provided while supplies last.

RSVP: Message “VISION” to 206-250-8657
All children must be registered in advance to attend. Children ages 10+ may be dropped off. Parents of younger children are asked to remain on site, and all parents are welcome to stay, participate, and enjoy the experience with their child.

Led by Texas New Rhythm Academy, a youth development nonprofit serving Bexar County.

📸 Discover. Capture. Share the Beauty of the River Basin.
From flowing creeks and rivers to native plants, wildlife, and outdoor adventures, the San Antonio River Basin is full of photo-worthy moments. Show us your unique perspective in the 9th Annual River Clicks Photo Contest!

🌟 This year’s Special Category highlights Student photographers, celebrating the creativity and unique perspectives of our community’s youth. With continued growth in student participation over the years, the San Antonio River Authority is proud to recognize and encourage young photographers through this featured category.

🌿 The San Antonio River Authority invites you to explore the natural beauty of the entire San Antonio River Basin and share your photos with us!

Photo Categories:
🌊 Creeks & Rivers
🦃 Animals (native wildlife)
🌿 Plants (native vegetation)
🐞 Insects & Pollinators
🏃‍➡️ Recreation
😸 Pets
🍁 Seasonal Variation
⭐ Special Category - Student Category (under 18)

Photos must be taken within Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, or Goliad County.
Winners will be announced prior to a reception at the Witte Museum in Fall 2026. More details will be given to all finalists.

📷 Limit: 1 photo per category.
👨‍👩‍👧 Student entries require parent/guardian consent and a waiver.
📅 The contest is open March 1st - May 31st
🔗 www.sariverauthority.org/photocontest/

The Helotes Area Community Band presents it's spring concert, a showcase of music and talent from this 60 + volunteer member symphonic band. This is a wonderful family-friendly event, great for all ages. The event is free admission and there is plenty of free parking as well. Featured music by Bach, local composer Charles Booker, Leroy Anderson, John Philip Sousa, Gershwin and more! Clarinets, flutes, oboes, french horns, trumpets, tubas, trombones, saxophones, drums, percussion and more!

Come on out and support your local Helotes Area musicians!

Bring home a charming handmade companion in this beginner-friendly sewing class! You'll learn to create this adorable plush bunny from start to finish — cutting your pattern pieces, hand sewing the body, adding expressive button eyes, stuffing, and finishing with a sweet floral bodice and lace skirt. No prior sewing experience needed. Just bring your enthusiasm and leave with a one-of-a-kind keepsake you made with your own hands.

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Tickets must be purchased online at least 12 hours before the workshop. No walk-ins. Space is limited. Tickets are non refundable so please plan accordingly before purchasing. Please have email confirmation / ticket readily available upon arrival. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Attendees may bring non messy snacks and drinks in sealable containers. Please note that photographs will be taken throughout this workshop. These may be used by Spare Parts for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media or in any third party publication. Please contact us at workshops@spsatx.org immediately if you have any concerns or if you wish to be exempted.

Experience Broadway musical entertainment in San Antonio like never before: walk into the Little Shop of Horrors presented by UT San Antonio's brand-new Dramatic Arts Program!

URBAN-15’s Mega Corazon Poetry Marathon premieres at urban15.org/live-stream on Thursday, April 16 at 7pm CST. The 2026 marathon will feature 19 poets, each reading six poems in celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary and in observance of the First Amendment of the Constitution. The winner of the Mega Corazón Poetry Marathon will be determined by an online voting process at urban15.org. The poet with the most votes received will be awarded the $500 “Gregg Barrios Precious Words Prize.” Previous winners of this award include Amalia Ortiz, Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, and Jessica Tilton.

The Mega Corazón Poetry Marathon was conceptualized in 2014 by URBAN-15 in collaboration with Inaugural San Antonio Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla during a production of Tafolla’s “San Antonio, Mi Pueblo.” The participating poets of that production became the backbone of the now yearly Mega Corazón. This online tour-de-force highlights the works of some of Texas’ best performance poets, ranging from local legends such as Anthony “The Poet” and Jessica Tilton, all the way to state-wide recognized voices from the likes of Octavio Quintanilla and Eddie Vega.
Mega Corazón will be formatted as a playlist of individual poems in an extended 24-hour loop, featuring 19 poets and over 100 poems. URBAN-15 anticipates a global viewership of over 2,000 individuals around the globe, helping to propel Mega Corazón’s mission to provide free and easy access to local poetic voices for poetry lovers worldwide.

The 2026 Mega Corazón Poets Are:
Amalia Ortiz, Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson, Anthony “The Poet” Flores, Carmen Tafolla, Don Mathis, Eddie Vega, Eduardo Garza, Frances Treviño Santos, Jennifer Yañez-Alaniz, Jessica Tilton “Tiltonica”, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, John Phillip Santos, Johnny Rivers “Space Dragon”, Marisol Cortez, Naomi Shihab Nye, Natalia Treviño, Octavio Quintanilla, Rohn Bayes, Tomas Roque

Catch the Fun with River Rodeo!
A community-wide fishing challenge hosted by the San Antonio River Authority and San Antonio River Foundation in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Fin Addict Angler Foundation. The event invites anglers tolog their catches, compete on live leaderboards, win prizes, and support real fisheries science while enjoying outdoor river adventures.

How to Register: Log catches using MyCatch by Angler’s Atlas https://www.anglersatlas.com/event/888/2026-river-rodeo

River Rodeo combines outdoor recreation with citizen science by allowing anglers to log species, size, and general location data to support fisheries research and river management. Participants can track progress on live leaderboards, compete in multiple categories, and remain eligible for prizes and raffles throughout the challenge.

Visit our website for a full list of event rules.

🔎 Discover the San Antonio River! Uncover hidden gems of art, nature, and engineering while completing missions in Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, and Goliad Counties!

📅 April 17 – 26th
📲 Download GooseChase & Join with Code: CLPF9G
🏆 Prizes for Top Finishers!

How to Play:
1️⃣ Download the GooseChase app
2️⃣ Join with code: CLPF9G
3️⃣ Explore the River & tributaries, snap pics, check in via GPS, and win prizes!

🚶‍♂️ Join solo or with a team—just get outside and start exploring!
🔗 https://www.goosechase.com/download

The show opens March 22, 2026 through May 27, 2026, and presents creative pinhole portraits of San Antonio Artist immersed in their artform.

The opening exhibit of Eric O’Connell’s pinhole photography invites viewers into a living moment where time, movement, and memory converge. Through long exposures that compress minutes into a single frame, O’Connell reveals portraits that are both sharp and softly obscured, capturing not just a subject’s image but the interaction, motion, and atmosphere surrounding them.

Ghostly blurs, shifting shadows, and layered spaces create a sense of transparency and connection, allowing creativity, place, and presence to merge into one unified view. This exhibit asks audiences to slow down and consider the fleeting, often overlooked relationships between time, the artist, and the world they inhabit.