Community Calendar

The Texas Exes Fredericksburg Chapter announces its annual Horns Up To YOU!! member appreciation event, scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 2025, from 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m. at Pavilion 4 at the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredericksburg.

This year’s event will once again feature a chili cookoff, where up to 10 cooks can make any kind of chili to compete for cash prizes. Cooks will be anonymous and winners will be voted on by those in attendance. Every attendee will receive 5 tickets and can taste as many chilis as they want, using the tickets to vote for their favorite or favorites. Votes will be counted at 2:00 p.m. and the winners announced. First place receives $150, second place receives $100 and third place receives $75. All cooks will receive a $50 reimbursement to cover costs of ingredients.

The Chapter will provide sides, including Fritos, cornbread, onions, cheese, and UT cupcakes and other goodies for dessert. Attendees can serve themselves a bowl or two of their favorite chilies along with beer, wine, tea, and water, also provided by the Chapter. Take-home containers will be available for $5 each.

In addition to the chili cookoff, Horns Up To YOU!! will also feature a UT Swag Swap. Members can bring any gently used but no longer needed items to share, such as books, jewelry, clothing, decorative items, and other memorabilia. Members can take home anything from the Swag Swap, whether they brought something to share or not. The swap is free and members can leave with new UT swag to enjoy!

Those wishing to cook are asked to contact Jamie Morris by October 6, 2025 to sign up. For questions about the event, contact Jamie Morris, Chapter President, at 830-992-1796.

Join Carol in creating an adorable Quilled cat, perfect for framing or for use on a greeting card!

Note: Some prior quilling experience is preferred but beginners are welcome.

All supplies will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring any Quilling tools they have.

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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.

This workshop is eligible for NEISD Teacher's Choice continuing Education Hours. To obtain a certificate please ask a team member for one during the workshop.

Event Details:
Date: October 19, 2025
Venue: Phoenician Event Center
Diwali is always a special time for our community, and every year it feels like a big family reunion. This year will be no different - an evening filled with lively cultural programs, delicious food, music, and of course, lots of festive spirit.

Tickets must be bought online

Alamo City Symphony Viva kicks off the 25-26 season with New B-ginnings! With selections by Bach, Bondari and Beethoveen, everyone is sure to enjoy this afternoon of sweet melodies! Tickets available at AlamoCityArts.org! Student, Military and Senior discounts available. Purchase season memberships and never miss a Symphony Viva event again!

St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church presents the return of our popular half-century-old GREEK FUNstival, October 17-19, 2025, on church grounds at 2504 N. St. Mary's St., San Antonio, TX (78212) Hours 6pm to 11pm (FRI), 12pm to 11pm (SAT), 12pm to 6pm (SUN). Admission $5 per person (12 and under Free) good for a 3-day pass to a Greek infused world of music, delicious food, marketplace (daily agora) and family-friendly ambience.

Visit the GREEK FUNstival and inhale the aroma of authenticity, experience the gold-standard of culturally-based community celebrations. FUNstival Sponsorships available(210) 735-5051, email info@sagreekfunstival.org or visit www.sagreekfunstival.org OPA!

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.