Event Type : Tribal/Indigenous

UPDATE: Informed by THC this item has been removed from this week’s agenda and being planned (most likely) for April. Pending official announcement.

San Antonio’s Parks and Public Works departments are determined to restore or recreate historic features at Brackenridge Park within a new development vision, including a performance plaza. Their vision, however, has run into extended controversy over their claimed needs to remove towering heritage trees from the San Antonio River’s headwaters and forcefully evict migratory birds from the park. Though caught lying repeatedly on key elements of the bond-funded project, COSA staff have persevered and are are now taking their proposal for the first phase of the project to the Texas Historical Commission for state approval. Roughly 50 trees would be removed to make way in this first phase, including some towering oaks.

Background on case here.

Item 3.2 on the Feb. 1 THC agenda here.

Current phase Tree Map of removals from application packet.

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Free and open to all.

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Join Trinity University Press for Jennifer McGaha, author of Bushwhacking: How to Get Lost in the Woods and Write Your Way Out, in conversation with writer Katherine Crawford. Part writing memoir, part nature memoir, and part meditation on a life well lived, Bushwhacking draws on McGaha’s experiences running, hiking, biking, paddling, and getting lost across the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina to offer readers encouragement and practical suggestions to accompany them on their writing and life journeys. Free and online. For more information or to purchase the book, visit tupress.org/9781595349811/bushwhacking.

Join us for an evening of in person storytelling where we share stories, reconnect with bike friends and make new ones. (1st San Antonio event!)

✨Bike Story Night is on a mission to help folx share their Stories with the community, in-person and online.

Have a Story to share??

– Submit your Story in advance to be a featured storyteller. Give us the short synopsis of your Story. This only needs to be a few sentences.

– Submission Form – https://forms.gle/Noi1SJxZ6A4ahvKMA

– Submissions are Due Jan.24th

🎟️EVENTBRITE RSVP IS REQUIRED

– Suggested $10 – $20 Donation in advance OR at Check-in at the event. Your donation comes with entry to the event and a raffle ticket to win cool prizes.

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Your help in this endeavor is greatly appreciated and helps us continue to host these events! Feel free to send your donation in advance for smoother check in.

✨Featured Local Bike Non profit:

Ghisallo Cycling Initiative

Helping people of all ages and abilities become self-sufficient riders who can use bikes for transportation.

✌🏽Come meet the newest director Kari Kuwamura (they/them) – hear more about the exciting upcoming events and learn more on how you can get involved.

✨Group Ride Details

Ride to Bike Story Night with @ San Antonio Babes on Bikes

Meet at HUB MRKT 1203 S. Alamo San Antonio, TX – 6PM

Wheels Down at 6:30PM

NO DROP RIDE, no one will be left behind.

✨Door Prizes:

Small planet ebikes / HUB MKT , Blue Star Bike Shop, Level Up Bike Shop

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The Kerrville Renaissance Festival 2023 returns to Kerrville and the Texas Hill Country for the 7th year! The event will start one week earlier than in the past, adding a 3rd weekend of Renaissance-style fun, Entertainment, Food, Crafts, and Games.

Eight stages of entertainment feature both returning and new acts, including dancers, musicians, magicians, jugglers, and contests, plus the return of Last Chance Forever, The Bird of Prey Conservancy. (Entertainment schedule to be announced in the coming weeks)

Renaissance Festival Marketplace
More than 30 shops offer handmade crafts such as wooden toys, leather accessories, clothing, hats, glassware, jewelry, and more.

Food Court
Offering funnel cake, cinnamon-roasted nuts, chocolate-covered cheesecake, fresh donuts, turkey legs, kettle corn, jerky, deep-fried caramel apple, deep-fried Oreos, and deep-fried pecan pie, paired with craft beer, wine, and mead.

They now have a full liquor license for more fun drink options. Every week through Feb 05, 2023.

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This conversation on Buddhism and Ecology addresses the notions of wild and rewilding from both internal and external perspectives; how can wildness be understood in relation to contemplative practice, as cultivation of the wilderness around us and a felt sense of the wild in ourselves? The conversation draws from the work of Gary Snyder, an award-winning writer, environmentalist, and Buddhist practitioner, and by using visual prompts from Kaisu’s environmental art. 

Dr. Kaisu Koski is a cross-disciplinary artist with a background in performance, film, and biological materials. She collaborates with scientists, clinicians, and engineers, focusing on the climate crisis, multispecies relationships, and the art-science methodology. Kaisu is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

This is a special edition of First Sunday, participation links will be available here: https://www.dawnmountain.org/upcoming-live-webcasts-2/

Group dedicated to rail transit for San Antonio.

Hybrid in-person & online meeting.

Follow them on Facebook for updates on times/locations: https://www.facebook.com/events/581609107353519/.

Meet outside the Urban Ecology Center.  Once gathered, the group will go on a short nature walk to gain some inspiration for the embroidery activity. Then we’ll return to the outdoor picnic tables to arrange materials and learn the basics of embroidery. We’ll use images of native plants [since it’s still winter!] and basic techniques to try our hand at this classic art form. 

Encounter the Savannah Restoration and Wildscape Demonstration Garden and learn a little bit about these unique features here at Phil Hardberger Park. Please note, we will be working with hoops, thread, needles, and scissors.

No Art Experience Necessary! Weather permitting.  Class size is limited.  Registration required.

What To Expect

• Wear comfortable walking shoes. 
• Bring water!
• Bring your own phone to capture photos, and feel free to bring a camera or binoculars too!

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