May 21 Tuesday
Attention all youth filmmakers, save the date! URBAN-15 and the Josiah Media Festival announce their call for entries for the 18th Josiah media Festival! Filmmakers must be 21 years old or younger, and submit their films between May 1st, 2024 and August 1st, 2024.
Entry Guidelines:
• Filmmakers must be 21 years old or younger• Films must not exceed 20 minutes• Filmmakers must complete all required forms and submit films in valid format, more information at URBAN15.org• Films will be entered into one of four categories: Narrative, Documentary, Animation or Experimental
The Josiah Media Festival will award cash prizes for the top three winners in each film category!
More information at URBAN15.org
Questions? Contact Events@urban15.org or josiahfestival@urban15.org
Call for entries begins: May 1st, 2024
Call for entries ends: August 1st, 2024
Experience the world-premiere of Huntopia: Bunnies, Birds, and Butterflies at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
Created by famed artist, Hunt Slonem, this outdoor art exhibit creates a whimsical world filled with the iconic colorful bunnies, birds, and butterflies the artists has been painting for decades.
Slonem's signature animal muses will be giant-sized for plenty of photo-worthy moments for families and friends throughout the Garden’s 38 acres.
Exhibit Runs May 4 - Nov 3, 2024; Included with Admission
Discover what it takes to become a space explorer and an Earth defender!
Experience life as an astronaut through hands-on activities, see real NASA artifacts and learn how scientists are defending the planet from catastrophic asteroid impacts in Surviving Space: Astronauts & Asteroids.
In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, join us in making a Koi painting using salt and watercolor. Fun for adults. We will provide the supplies while they last.
The Sierra Club Alamo Group holds its general meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of most months (excl. November and December). Topics are wide-ranging, but generally focus on environmental concerns and interests, local and global, present and past. Most meetings include a presentation by one or more speakers. Meetings are always free and open to the public.
6:00 - 6:15: meet and greet6:15 - 6:30: announcements6:00 - 8:00: featured program
SOME RECENT TOPICS:
"Introduction to the Great Springs Project""Better Transportation in SA""Preventing and Treating Heat Illness in an Outdoor Environment""In Search of Some of the Rarest Vertebrates on Earth""How to Use Permaculture and Build a Food Forest in Your Yard""Educational, but Ethical? The Tension within Historic Skeletal Collections""The Land Bridge at Phil Hardberger Park”"Living With Urban Wildlife""In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Work at San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research""Problems with Plastic Pollution, What We Can Do Now""Texas Water Supply Challenges: Deja Vu All Over Again!""Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!""Building a Clean Energy Future""San Antonio Water System’s Proposed Rate Structure""Digital Preservation of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways, and the Geological Heritage of Central Texas""West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement""Rebalancing San Antonio’s Unified Development Code (UDC), to Mitigate Runoff and Reduce Flooding""50 years of Conservation: The Story of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve""Simulating Solutions to Climate Change -- Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat""San Antonio's Heat Island Effect"
PROGRAM TOPIC: Nature-based principles often improve the health of our food, our water, our air, the broader ecosystem, and can convert flooding liabilities into agricultural abundance and resilient groundwater assets. This presentation will focus on “teaming with nature” to benefit People, Planet, and Profits.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:Bryan Hummel is a native Texan and a biologist. Bryan has incorporated nature-based green-infrastructure biomimicry practices into renewable energy, watershed restoration, and habitat regeneration projects across private, state, and federal lands.
The Alamo Group of the Sierra Club holds its general meetings the 3rd Tuesday of most months. They're always free and open to the public.
Join us at our In Person Information Session on Tuesday, May 21st, from 6:00-7:00 PM CST at our newly renovated CASA office, 1956 S WW White Rd.
Discover how CASA Advocates ensure that a child's needs are met in the court system. Your support can make a significant impact in the life of a child experiencing foster care. During the session, we'll provide insights into the role of a CASA Advocate, helping you determine if this is the right volunteer opportunity for you. You will also have an opportunity to tour our newly renovated, kid-friendly space. We hope to see you there.
Prepare for an extraordinary live show hosted by paranormal expert Dustin Pari of Ghost Hunters, where the boundaries of reality and the supernatural blur. Join us as we dive deep into the world’s most riveting paranormal evidence and share perplexing ghost stories that defy explanation. Brace yourself for an interactive journey through haunted encounters, mind boggling phenomena, and first-hand accounts that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew. This spine-tingling adventure is not to be missed. Join us as we Unlock the mysteries that haunt us all.
May 22 Wednesday