Community Calendar

Come one, come all, to the library's annual Polar Express Festival! Enjoy model trains from the New Braunfels Railroad Museum, readings from The Polar Express, train rides, a seasonal project with the Comal Master Gardeners (while supplies last!), a scavenger hunt, cocoa, and more!

Adults can enjoy a Coffee Bar throughout the day. Take family holiday photos and help build a giant train track in our Children's Area! We'll have a very special visitor -- and a special activity just for teens, too!

The Polar Express readings at 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am and 12noon.

The Festival will be from 10am - 1pm. No registration required; supplies for activities are first-come, first-serve.

This uplifting workshop is designed to help you reconnect with your confidence, energy, and purpose. We’ll begin with a guided meditation to set intention and clear space. I’ll share my personal journey and how I found strength through creativity, including a live rap performance. We’ll explore how to stay inspired, protect your energy, and build inner confidence. You’ll complete three interactive workbook page.

join a real conversation during Q&A, and close with light body movement to release and reset.

This is more than a workshop it’s a reminder that the fire is already within you. This is your call to rise up, reset, and reconnect with your inner fire.

Join me for an uplifting experience where we’ll:

✨ Begin with guided meditation to set your intention
✨ Unlock confidence through creativity + a live rap performance
✨ Explore how to protect your energy + stay inspired
✨ Dive into 3 interactive workbook pages
✨ Open space for real conversation during Q&A
✨ Close with light body movement to release & reset

Bring your projects and supplies, and mingle with other needlecrafters for an afternoon of sewing, knitting, crocheting, etc.! All skill levels are welcome in this self-directed meetup. This is not an instructional class. The target audience is adults but teens are also welcome to attend with an adult.

This program will be hosted the third Saturday of each month at 12pm, unless otherwise noted in the Thousand Oaks Library calendar. Please call Thousand Oaks Library for more information.

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.

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/

Alamo City Arts is proud to present Alamo City Dance Company's 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker December 20th & 21st at the beautiful Thiry Auditorium located on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake University.
​This classical holiday tale will feature a cast of over 85 performers in over 160 roles, all accompanied by live orchestration from Alamo City Symphony Viva!
Tickets range from $30-$45 depending on your seats location and parking at Thiry Auditorium is always free!

Experience the magic of the holiday season with San Antonio Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Journey with Clara as her beloved nutcracker comes to life and whisks her away through a dazzling world of battling mice, dancing snowflakes, and the enchanting Land of Sweets. Featuring stunning costumes, beautiful choreography, and the timeless Tchaikovsky score, this beloved holiday tradition is a must-see for families of all ages.

YOSA Philharmonic returns with the second annual A Holiday Spectacular bringing together live orchestra, ballet, and chorus for a one-night celebration of the season!

This collaborative concert features highlights from The Nutcracker performed with live dancers from the School of Ballet San Antonio, vocal selections by the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, and orchestral music from the YOSA Philharmonic. The young musicians of YOSA Concertino Strings will also be featured in a special spotlight performance. To top it all off, a guest conductor from the North Pole will make an appearance to lead a fun and festive finale.

Whether you’re continuing a favorite tradition or starting a new one, A Holiday Spectacular is the perfect way for families to share an evening of live music, movement, and holiday spirit together.

Alamo City Arts is proud to present Alamo City Dance Company's 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker December 20th & 21st at the beautiful Thiry Auditorium located on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake University.
​This classical holiday tale will feature a cast of over 85 performers in over 160 roles, all accompanied by live orchestration from Alamo City Symphony Viva!
Tickets range from $30-$45 depending on your seats location and parking at Thiry Auditorium is always free!

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.