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!

📸 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/

Please read the listing for the Dragonfly carefully as it's structured slightly different than our normal classes!

Using ceiling fan blades and wooden table legs, participants will create a unique Dragonfly art piece perfect for Spring! On Thursday afternoon, join Maggi in a paint and embellish session - participants will have time to paint/embellish their ceiling fan blades to create their art piece.

Pieces will be left at the Center to allow for proper dry time. They will be assembled off-site for each participant and available for pick-up at the Center the following week.

This is the painting/embellishment session - all materials provided but participants are welcome to bring any paint or embellishments they'd like to use.

For any questions, please inquire in the shop or email workshops@spsatx.org

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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.

Calling all children ages 8-12 years old!
Come create, play games, and have fun with other tweens! Please ask for a sensory tool backpack if needed.

Children ages 8-12 years old.

La Semana Alegre returns to Hemisfair’s Civic Park for a 3rd year! The two-day Fiesta® San Antonio event features multiple stages, food, beverages, and a vendor market – all benefiting Hemisfair, a nonprofit urban parks district!

Trinity University’s Department of Art and Art History is proud to present More+Again, the 2026 Senior art majors capstone exhibition, featuring Madeleine Albert, Kassandra Ibarra, Lydia Jacobson, Fredric Marmolejo, Rory McCarthy, Kathleen Slansky, Annika Wyatt, and Dalex Zenteno.

More+Again describes themes of repetition, ambiguity, and uncertainty in daily life through painting, photography, mixed media, textiles, and printmaking. Free and open to the public.
Location: Michael and Noémi Neidorff Art Gallery, Dicke Art Building, Trinity University
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Exhibition: April 23 – May 16, 2026

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 23, 5-7pm

Gallery Hours: 1-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday and by appointment

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’s Department of Human Communication and Theatre closes its 60th theatrical season with NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN, created and presented by Stieren Guest Artists Rude Mechs as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. Performances run April 23, 24, 25 at 8:00pm and April 26 at 2:00pm, in the Stieren Theater of the Ruth Taylor Theater Building. Admission is free, and seats are limited. Reservations are available at https://tumountain.eventbrite.com.

NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN is a mellow meditation on change, permanence and our place in the natural world. It is a presentation of the life cycle of mountains and the processes by which they are born and eventually laid to rest, an invocation of tectonic force and geologic time. Using string, cardboard and magnets, NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN invites us to watch the collective effort of making and unmaking a series of interlocking mountain ranges. We watch minutes, or perhaps centuries, unfold, as mountains rise and fall, clouds dance, birds alight and depart, and a moon delicately hangs overhead. NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN features music and sound created using earth’s most prominent natural frequency, The Schumann Resonance, and is underscored by a poetic recitation—or perhaps a spiritual incantation.

Created by Rude Mechs
Writing: Kirk Lynn
Original Music and Sound Design: Peter Stopschinski
Direction: Thomas Graves & Shawn Sides

The WellMed Charitable Foundation (WCF) 2026 Fiesta Medal, designed by WellMed employee Andrew Ramos, tells the story of the company in meaningful detail. From the 24/7 sun with teal arrow symbolizing around-the-clock care to the stethoscope and medical cross reflecting the company’s clinical roots and proactive approach to health. Every element has a story wrapped in a ribbon that reads “Caring for our Community” signifying its guiding values of compassion, focus on community-centered care, and commitment to improving the lives of older adults and caregivers.

The WCF 2026 Fiesta Medals are $10 and can be purchased online at www.wellmedgives.org, 100 percent of the proceeds benefit the WellMed Charitable Foundation.

The foundation offers a variety of programs that directly serve seniors and their caregivers across Texas and Florida. The foundation engages in partnerships that explore innovative ways to care for seniors. In addition, the foundation has contributed millions to non-profit partners who serve the senior and caregiver population. It is predominantly funded by the employees of WellMed Medical Management whose contributions are matched by WellMed Medical Management and UnitedHealth Group. Additional funding comes from business partners and event sponsors who support foundation events throughout the year.

The foundation also seeks partnerships with healthcare providers, grant funders, researchers and universities with a common interest to change the face of healthcare for seniors.