Community Calendar

Bring history to the table this summer at Casa Navarro's Camp Bexar Cocina. Families are invited to experience San Antonio’s culinary past through a hands-on cooking series on June 20, July 11 and July 25. Each class explores historic local recipes and food traditions while participants prepare and enjoy the dishes together.

June 20: Pan de Campo
July 11: Chili Queen Chili
July 25: Cornbread

Please Fill out the signup form on our website and call to reserve your spot with registration fee. Registration will close one week before each camp is scheduled to begin.

8 and up (must include 1 adult)
$25 covers a family of four per session /less than four will still be charged $25, $75 for all three sessions.
(210) 226-4801
casa-navarro@thc.texas.gov

Limited free parking is available directly across from museum entrance. There are also a number of paid parking lots and garages within walking distance. Please refer to our website for more information.

Come and join us for a unique event offering some vintage tech. Typewriters will be available for attendees to sit down and manually type out a poem, a few thoughts, or perhaps a letter to a loved one. So come for a nostalgic throw-back or experience pre-PC tech for the first time. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

Mindful Making invites visitors of all ages to slow down and engage in simple hands-on creativity designed to encourage reflection, focus, and presence. Led by Ruby City’s Visitor Services team, this free drop-in program offers a welcoming and accessible environment where participants can explore making as a mindful practice while connecting more deeply with themselves, one another, and the ideas explored throughout the galleries.

For this session, visitors are invited to participate in two creative activities inspired by works in Sensing Meaning: Abstract Painting. In Ruby City’s main gallery, participants will explore the work of Michael Lazarus by creating hand-traced cutouts and patterns to form their own abstract compositions. In Chris Park, guests can experiment with watercolor techniques inspired by works by Spencer Finch, Pablo Picasso, and Francesco Clemente, exploring color, composition, and new ways of interpreting the world through abstraction.

Guests are welcome to drop in at any time and stay as long as they like. No prior experience is necessary, and all materials are provided.

Join us for a special presentation with author Raul Herrera, a decorated Vietnam War Navy veteran. Hear author Raul Herrera share his firsthand experiences on Navy Task Force 115, highlighting the dramatic capture of a 120-foot North Vietnamese resupply vessel carrying more than 90 tons of contraband intended for the Viet Cong.

***Registration is required***

Create mixed media collage art in honor of a loved one or a cherished memory. Choose and place your loved ones in places you never imagined they could occupy. Transcend the traditional aesthetic of honoring our loved ones through typical photos and allow yourself to imagine and use numerous sensory expressions.

*Please bring 2-4 scanned photos of your loved one(s) to use in the collage.*

Join us for Zine Lab Monthly to learn about zines and the basics of creating your own self-published works! This month we'll have special guest taking over -- local artist smittenkittentx!

smittenkittentx has been a long time resident of San Antonio, Texas and will offer an introductory class on zine making which will offer some hands on experience with paper folders, paper joggers, specialized staplers, as well as a digital and manual layouts.

Craft and art supplies will be provided for use during the program, but you are also welcome to bring your own.

A zine (pronounced ZEEN) is an independently published magazine or booklet. Using provided supplies, folks can create their own artistic mini books to express themselves and tell their own stories.

Participants are welcome to donate a copy of their zine to be included in our SAPL Zine Collection which is available for public use at Central Library and showcases materials written by, about, and for our community.

A program of renewal and fresh beginnings:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449
Aram Khachaturian — Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Ernest Bloch — Piano Quintet No. 1

Mozart’s luminous concerto—presented here in its intimate chamber form—marks a new chapter in his creative life. Khachaturian’s vibrant trio blends folk influence with rhythmic vitality, full of color and energy. Bloch’s powerful quintet, written in the aftermath of World War I, wrestles with turmoil while reaching toward renewal. Together, these works trace a path from clarity and invention through intensity to hard-won rebirth.

Join us for a special presentation with author Raul Herrera, a decorated Vietnam War Navy veteran. Hear author Raul Herrera share his firsthand experiences on Navy Task Force 115, highlighting the dramatic capture of a 120-foot North Vietnamese resupply vessel carrying more than 90 tons of contraband intended for the Viet Cong.

Main Plaza Conservancy is proud to partner with SA Local Market each month to present an evening of shopping, dining, and entertainment in the Heart of the City. Meet local makers, discover unique finds, enjoy live music, food trucks, and of course, the SAGA.

May 9 – Las Abuelitas de Oro & Music on Magnolia
June 13 - Music on Magnolia
July 11 - Paleta Giveaway for first 50 Guests!

The orchestra is back!
Come out for an evening of energetic, charming, and patriotic pieces by American composers.

Selections include:
- Plink, Plank, Plunk! by Leroy Anderson
- Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
- Hoe Down by Aaron Copland
- Lullaby by George Gershwin
- Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns by Howard Hanson
- Wildwood by David Michael Hyde
- Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

July 11 at 7pm at Woodlawn Pointe Community Center
702 Donaldson Ave

Admission is FREE; donations are welcomed