Community Calendar

The Bugs, Bikes, & Botany: Nature Adventure Kit Program invites families to experience the Mission Reach from a whole new angle—a bug’s-eye view! Brought to you by the San Antonio River Foundation, BiblioTech and San Antonio BCycle, with support from PeopleForBikes and the Better Bike Share Partnership, this program is your ticket to a wilder side of San Antonio, where each bike ride introduces you to both our city’s unique nature and the perks of using BCycle, San Antonio’s bikeshare system.

Fall 2025 MFA Exhibition showcasing UT San Antonio's MFA thesis work. Opening Reception: November 14, 6 - 8 pm.

A Charlie Brown Christmas follows Charlie Brown as he sets out to discover the true meaning of the holiday season. Despite the decorations, presents, and cheerful spirit all around him, Charlie feels something is missing. With guidance from Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang, he takes on directing the school Christmas play, hoping it will help him find what the season is really about. Based on the beloved television special, this faithful stage adaptation features the original score, gentle humor, and a timeless message about love, community, and simplicity. Don’t miss this heartwarming holiday tradition for the whole family!

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 24
By Charles M. Schulz
Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson
Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer
By Special Arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson
Sponsored by Valero and Whataburger.

Recommended for ages 5+

Approximately 60 minutes

Learn more at https://www.magiktheatre.org/charlie-brown-christmas/

Join the Children's Chorus of San Antonio (CCSA) as we step into a radiant evening of music that shines with the many ways light touches our lives. From the sparkle of fireflies and the warmth of the sun to the traditions of Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, and Christmas, this inspiring concert weaves together nature, spirit, and culture. Join us for a joyful celebration of hope, unity, and song!

Join San Antonio Parks & Recreation to view stars at night above our Natural Area parks. Observers of all ages are welcome to explore the night sky and learn about constellations and the planets! This event is presented by the San Antonio Astronomical Association.

A black farce masterpiece, LOOT follows the fortunes of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis. Dennis is a hearse driver for an undertaker. They have robbed the bank next door to the funeral parlour and have returned to Hal’s home to hide-out with the loot. Hal’s mother has just died and the pair put the money in her coffin, hiding the body elsewhere in the house. With the arrival of Inspector Truscott, the thickened plot turns topsy-turvy.

TPR members $20

Children’s bookseller at Nowhere Bookshop is bringing guests a story and activity every Saturday at 10:30 a.m.!

If you like speakeasies, indie film, red carpets, and contributing to the future of fantastic film makers — this event is for you

This year the Sacred Underground Film Festival is bringing San Antonio “Fresh Cinema with a Vintage Flair.” Arrive in 1950s inspired fashion & get 50% slashed off your ticket at the door, all in honor of the Golden Age of Cinema.

3 PM - Join us for a matinee of Long Shorts 20-30 minutes long hosted by Dragonfly and a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating our 501c3 status.

5 PM - Network and socialize with creatives and community members alike with BBQ Brisket courtesy of Cesar Bazan, an open bar, and live music by Vocal Velvet.

7 PM We round off the evening with our Short Shorts block followed by an evening award ceremony and artist Q &A hosted by Jeneea Moore.

Our chosen charity this year is the EYCCP (The Empowering Youth Content Creators Program). All of our proceeds will be donated to their organization. This means your participation is providing free, quality mentorship and all encompassing, creative art intensives for kids ages 12-21 all year round.

Welcome to The Sacred Underground
Where creativity grows.
Where voices rise.
Where we rise—together.

$20 for an event. $40 for the day.

Tickets may be purchased online at the door.

Students, Senior, Veteran Discounts available.

50% off at the door for all guests to wear 50s attire.

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.

O’ Powa O’ Meng—”I came here, I got here, I’m still going”— is how Jody Folwell describes, in her Tewa language, her personal journey with pottery. A contemporary artist from Kha’p’o Owingeh (also known as Santa Clara Pueblo, in New Mexico), she is among the most significant and influential clay artists of her generation. Across five decades of artistic practice, Folwell has revolutionized contemporary Pueblo pottery with energetic, avant-garde innovations of form, content, and design that have influenced younger generations of Pueblo potters. This exhibition presents iconic works that demonstrate the arc of Folwell’s trailblazing career and place her within the canon of contemporary American art.

"O’ Powa O’ Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell" is organized by the Fralin Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Major support for the national tour and exhibition catalogue is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Curator-in-charge at the McNay Art Museum is Lauren Thompson, Curator of Exhibitions.

Support is provided by the Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992; the Flora Crichton Visiting Artist Fund; Ewing Halsell Foundation, Louis A. and Francis B. Wagner Endowment; and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.