Community Calendar

Join us for our monthly Growing Up Wild children's nature program at Medina River Natural Area, designed for children aged 4yo to 7yo!

Growing Up Wild provides an early foundation for environmental literacy, building on a child’s sense of wonder about the natural world and invites them to explore both the wildlife and the world around them.

April: Prickly Pear

This month we will be learning about the Texas State Plant, Prickly Pear Cactus. Children will participate in a Storytime, crafting and a guided hike during the program.

Event supported by Friends of San Antonio Natural Areas

Acompáñenos en nuestro programa mensual de naturaleza infantil "Creciendo en la Naturaleza" en el Área Natural del Río Medina, ¡diseñado para niños de 4 a 7 años!

Creciendo en la Naturaleza proporciona una base temprana para la alfabetización ambiental, fomentando la capacidad de asombro de los niños hacia el mundo natural y los invita a explorar tanto la vida silvestre como el mundo que los rodea.

Abril: Tuna

Este mes aprenderemos sobre la planta estatal de Texas, el cactus de tuna. Los niños participarán en una hora de cuentos, manualidades y una caminata guiada durante el programa.

Evento patrocinado por Amigos de las Áreas Naturales de San Antonio

Questions? ¿Preguntas?
Contact: Rubi Jaimes, Education Coordinator, 210-207-3103 or rubi.jaimes@sanantonio.gov

2026 Earth Day Litter Clean Up

Celebrate Earth Day by taking action! Join Parks & Recreation for a community litter cleanup and help protect our public spaces. Everyone is welcome.

Wednesday, April 22
Various Locations
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Sign up online

For more info call 210.207.8309 or email ParkVolunteer@sanantonio.gov

For more volunteer info visit our volunteer page.

Artpace's Spring 2026 International Artist-in-Residence Exhibitions are on view now until July 19, 2026. Visit three new exhibitions at Artpace this season: Hydra by Violette Bule, Hauntology of Their Labor by Mel Chin, and trăng trắng | milk moon by Việt Lê.

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!

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!

📸 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/

Atmospheric water generation (AWG) is not a new technology, but it is relatively little-known outside of the water resource world. This technology, which creates liquid water by condensing atmospheric humidity, has great potential to be utilized in a variety of innovative applications from supplementing drinking water sources to providing cooling water for data centers. This talk will dive into the types, costs, current uses, and potential new uses of this exciting and rapidly developing water resource. Joining Audrey will be our Co-Speaker Eric Sheng, Co-Founder and COO of Aquaria climate-tech/water technology company that creates systems to generate drinking water from air. Eric will provide a 15-minute discussion covering their efforts to provide homes in the Hill Country with AWG units and the potential for circular water systems in data centers.

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

Trinity University Dept. of Philosophy hosts a FREE public talk, "Everyday Aesthetic Activism," presented by Dr. Sherri Irvin, Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma. This free event is part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series is made possible by an endowment gift from Jane and the late Arthur Stieren.