Community Calendar

Join us at our Southwest Military Financial Center to recycle your electronics. We invite you to dispose of small appliances, printers, computers, laptops, VCRs, miscellaneous wires, metal items and anything with a plug. Services will be provided by The Junkluggers. CRT or old-style TVs are not accepted. This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

The Collins Garden Book Club will discuss Xochitl Gonzalez's novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last.

As a student of color, Art History major Raquel feels like an outsider until she becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student. Now, having risen in social status, Raquel attempts to navigate both worlds.

Join the San Antonio Parks & Recreation Department at Commander's House Adult & Senior Center as they celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Enjoy a special recital by the center's accordion class, led by instructor Bene Medina and conjunto familia, as they showcase the rich musical traditions of this culture.

Join us for an exciting and inspiring neuroscience event hosted by the Mind Science Foundation, featuring some of today’s brightest rising stars in brain research. A panel will be led by Ben Rein, PhD, Chief Science Officer at the Foundation, a Stanford-trained neuroscientist and award-winning science communicator.

Dr. Rein is widely recognized for his research on social behavior and has earned accolades from the NIH, Society for Neuroscience, and Sigma Xi. He is also the author of the upcoming book Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection, which will be released by Penguin Random House on October 14, 2025. All event guests will receive a free hardcover copy, signed upon request.

The panel will showcase the 2025 Mind Science Foundation Award Winners, each presenting groundbreaking research that pushes the boundaries of our understanding of the brain.

Agustina Aragon-Daud, PhD student at the University of Liège, explores the mysterious phenomenon of "mind blanking"—what happens in the brain when our thoughts seemingly disappear.

Eti Ben-Simon, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, investigates the cognitive consequences of sleep loss, particularly its impact on our ability to process information and resist misinformation.

Iris Garcia-Pak, an MD-PhD student at UC San Diego, dives into the role of the blood-brain barrier in brain excitability and Alzheimer’s disease, presenting innovative pathways that may unlock future treatments.

This dynamic event not only highlights innovative neuroscience but also puts the power in your hands: the audience will decide the winner of an additional $10,000 Audience Choice Award.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from emerging leaders in brain science and help shape the future of research through your vote.

The South Texas Knockouts is a co-ed junior roller derby league for kids aged 5-17, with a focus on teamwork, athleticism, communication, and inclusivity.

Interested parties can contact us at southtexasskater18@gmail.com to get on the entry list and start waivers. Official onboarding is the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month, but any practice is available for a spectator pass to see if it's something your child would be interested in.

The regular 2025/2026 season begins on Sept 15th. Practice is Monday and Wednesday, 7pm-9pm, at Trader's Village.

Club dues are $40/mo for the first skater and $25/mo for each additional skater. Once onboarded, every skater will go through an 8-week boot camp before being sorted into their appropriate skill level.

For interested adults, we also have The South Texas Regulators under the WFTDA for ages 18 and up.

Spectator pass is free for those considering joining. Upon joining, club dues are $40 per month for the first skater and $25 for each additional skater.

Be a part of the action at one of the industry's top Writers Conferences & Film Festivals: volunteer for Austin Film Festival 2025!

--Earn Festival badges through volunteer hours
--Connect with fellow creatives in the Austin film community
--Get behind-the-scenes access and experience the magic of storytelling from some of the best of the industry

Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, or just a fan of great stories -- this is your chance to get involved!

Sign up now!

Each year, SAJF distributes grants to nonprofits in the San Antonio region for specific projects that will benefit economically, emotionally and/or physically disadvantaged individuals. In 2024-2025, we distributed $75,000 to 14 nonprofits in our community! We are pleased to announce that we will again be accepting applications for grants. Grant applications may be submitted by organizations recognized as tax exempt under internal revenue code 501(c)3 seeking funding of $20,000 or less. Now is the time to get started! Grant applications are due by November 1, 2025! Grant application and guidelines are available on the SAJF website at www.sajuniorforum.org. Questions? Email the VP Grants at grants@sajuniorforum.org

Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit, CISNEROS V. CORPUS CHRISTI ISD: THE LONG FIGHT TO END SCHOOL SEGREGATION.

In 1968, José Cisneros and twenty-five other Mexican American parents sued Corpus Christi Independent School District for illegally segregating Mexican American students into poorly maintained and under-resourced schools separate from Anglo schools. The court found that the school district was intentionally segregating students and ordered Corpus Christi ISD to integrate its schools. This landmark decision for Mexican American civil rights extended the same protections of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to Mexican American students, nearly a quarter of a century later.

Learn about the history of Cisneros v. Corpus Christi ISD (1970), the people behind the case, and how it fits into larger legal struggles to improve Mexican American access to public education.

The exhibit will be on display from Saturday, September 27 to Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

The exhibit gallery will be open Monday through Friday, 10 AM—NOON and 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias!

The San Antonio Art League + Museum (SAAL+M) proudly announces acclaimed fiber artist Susie Monday as its 2025 Artist of the Year, honoring her visionary work and lifelong contributions to the arts. This prestigious award, established in 1946, celebrates excellence across all artistic disciplines and this year shines a much-deserved spotlight on the expressive power of fiber art.
Selected by a distinguished panel of national and international jurors, Monday’s recognition marks a milestone for both the artist and the regional fiber arts community. Her work—rich with color, symbolism, and cultural storytelling—has captivated audiences and elevated textile collage and surface design to new artistic heights.

NOTE: SAAL+M is open Tue-Sat, 10 am to 3 pm.

Drawn primarily from the McNay’s outstanding collection of works on paper, this exhibition highlights the extraordinary creativity in 19th-century France, a time when we also rarely consider that printed images were subject to censorship laws—particularly between 1820 and 1880. In fact, some of this creativity was strategy to subvert and work around existing laws. The exhibition features critical images by Honoré Daumier and Édouard Manet in the context of prints made by their peers and later artists. The latter group includes Pablo Picasso, José Clemente Orozco, José Guadalupe Posada, who were inspired by how artists such as Manet and Daumier dealt with government censorship and used caricature to make protest art. In addition, more recent works by activist Guerrilla Girls and Donald Moffett add a contemporary lens to the presentation.

"Do Not Meddle With It!!: Print Censorship in 19th Century Paris" is organized for the McNay Art Museum by Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Ph.D., Curator of Prints and Drawings.

Support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992.