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!

The Third Annual Health Conference presents the theme “Your Health Thrives in Community,” exploring how meaningful relationships and supportive environments contribute to whole-person health. April 24-26, 2026.

In a time when the loneliness epidemic in America is increasingly recognized as a major public health concern, this conference will examine the powerful role that connection plays in strengthening physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Our speakers will address topics such as social connection and emotional resilience, nutrition and lifestyle habits, the paradox of social media, and practical ways to cultivate healthier communities and relationships.

Participants will gain valuable insights from health professionals and experienced presenters who will share research-based knowledge, practical tools, and strategies to promote lasting wellness.

All conference sessions are free to attend; however, registration is required to help us plan seating, materials, and meals. A healthy lunch will be provided on Saturday for registered participants.

The weekend will also include a Sunday 5K Walk, encouraging attendees to enjoy physical activity together while continuing to build community.

Registration is available for both the conference and the children’s program, allowing families to participate while younger attendees enjoy engaging, age-appropriate activities at https://www.sapreventivehealth.org

Join us for a meaningful weekend of learning, encouragement, and connection as we discover together how health truly thrives in community.

This April, Downtown New Braunfels eatery Muck & Fuss is inviting guests to its month-long live music series in its scenic biergarten, featuring performances by local artists. Every Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., guests can kick back, sip, and enjoy live music alongside cold drinks, chef-driven bites, and a lively open-air atmosphere.

The month’s lineup includes:

April 3: Low Dog Band | April 4: Krissy Taylor | April 10: Matt Gawlik | April 11: Oliver & Michele Steck | April 18: Neal Stranahan | April 24: Dan Holmes | April 25: Jamie Kruger Band

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

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

🌿 Join the San Antonio River Authority in the 2026 City Nature Challenge April 24th - 27th!

🙌 The City Nature Challenge, a global effort to find and document biodiversity in our area. It’s an opportunity to appreciate the plants and wildlife found in our region and help the River Authority gather valuable data about our waterways!

🌊 Using the FREE iNaturalist app, participants from across the San Antonio Metro Area - A 12 County Region - contribute observations and identifications that support conservation.

📍 Participating Counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Goliad, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Wilson!

🔗 Visit https://cnc-sa.org/ for more info on how to join the project and download the iNaturalist app!
🔎 Join the project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-san-antonio-metro-area

On this guided bird tour around the various habitats of Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, guests will see at least 30-50 different bird species with our expert guide. Travelling by both car and by foot to access as many areas as possible, this tour is best suited for the birder age 15+ as it can last up to four hours, though you may leave at any time. Tours are limited. Bring your binoculars, bottle for water, closed-toe shoes, long pants, and bug spray.

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.