Community Calendar

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo puedes cuidar de tu salud a través de la medicina tradicional? En este curso aprenderás como mejorar tu bienestar física y emocional.

The Business and Professional Toastmasters club meets every Friday at 12:05PM. Guests are always welcomed. Whether you're an experienced Toastmaster or you've never attended a Toastmasters meeting we invite you to join us for lunch. We promise you an enjoyable, positive experience and a fun time too.

If improved communication skills and enhanced leadership abilities are on your "Bucket" list, then we will see you Friday! Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to express yourself effectively in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retired, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills.

Come Trick or Treat at the Library on Halloween! Stop by anytime between 3:30pm - 5:30pm to get some candy, do a craft, and hear a story! All ages welcome, and no registration is necessary!

Book Readings at 4:00, 4:30, and 5:00 by the Big Window.

If you are a local businesses, organization, non-profit, community group, church, club, or family and want to decorate a table and pass out treats and/or small items as part of our event, please email Montana Rindahl, Programming Manager, at montana@mfplibrary.org.

Come one come all to a hands on weekly tea brewing class. Learn the simple steps to brewing a perfect, organic, all natural cup of hot or glass of iced tea any time. Do it at home, at work, on the road, literally anywhere you can get hot water (or cold water for cold brewed teas).

We will take all the mystery and angst out of tea brewing and explore the many health benefits of loose leaf and herbal teas. Find the one that is right for you with over 100 flavors and endless flavor combinations.

See you Friday evening!
Open to all ages . . .

Come join us to preview the Texas A&M Engineering Academy and learn about our programs and services. Check in begins promptly at 9:00 AM and concludes at 1:00PM. (Please check in by 9:30 AM). You will need to sign up using the link: https://www.alamo.edu/nlc/calendar/2025/november/nighthawk-experience-texas-am-engineering-academy/

The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises, plotting devices, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style. In this generative two-session workshop, participants will use various modes, structures, and forms of writing to enhance their stories and, in turn, their own writing process. We will also explore Sequence and Sequel, and the cause-and-effect relationship of a scene – two intimately connected elements that impact our characters, motivations, and plot. Students will apply these concepts to their own writing in class.

WORKSHOP DATES:
Saturday(s), Nov 1 & 15, 2025, 10am-12:30pm CT, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom)

COST:
Nonmember: $125; Member: $108; Student/Educ/Mil: $88

EARN CPEs *SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Guadalupe García McCall is the national bestselling, award-winning author of several young adult novels, some short stories for adults, and many poems. She has received the prestigious Pura Belpré Author Award, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award, and the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, among many other accolades. Guadalupe is currently an Affiliate Faculty in the MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University LA. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, where she is working on the Seasons of Sisterhood series, a trilogy of YA novels set in the world of Summer of the Mariposas, published by Tu Books from 2025 to 2027. Spring of the Cicadas, book 1 in the series, is coming in October 2025!

Strength & Sweat Fitness
with EnergyX Fitness
First Saturday of every month, 10a-11a

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT SPONSORED BY H-E-B and UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Whether you’re starting your fitness journey or looking for a new way to challenge yourself, this class is about feeling good while building strength, mobility, and confidence. Strength & Sweat Fitness is a 60-minute dynamic workout combining kettlebells*, strength bands*, bodyweight exercises, and cardio. Designed for all ages and abilities, this class provides modifications to ensure everyone can participate at their own pace in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Duration: 60 minutes
Where: Will Naylor Riverwalk Plaza at The Tobin Center (weather permitting; indoor location TBA during inclement weather).
What to Bring/Wear: A workout mat or towel, water bottle, and comfortable athletic wear with supportive shoes.
Free Parking: Free parking is available from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the surface lot located at the corner of 4th Street and Auditorium Circle (142 Auditorium Circle). Additional street parking may be available.
Enjoy a workout that strengthens your body, lifts your spirits, and leaves you feeling empowered, all while connecting with others in a supportive community.

*A limited number of kettlebells and strength bands will be available. If you have your own, we recommend bringing them to ensure a seamless workout experience!

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.

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.