Come experience a hauntingly good time at Cochineala: Halloween Festival of Nature and Art located at Confluence Park. From 6-10 PM, bring the whole family for a night of spine-chilling surprises and creative activities inspired by the mysteries of nature. Dress up in your favorite costume and wander through the park’s dark paths—who knows what you’ll discover lurking in the shadows! Festivities include Monarch Butterfly Tag & Release, photos with The Donkey Lady, Loteria Card Reading, BYO Textile Live Screen Printing, Spooky Video Games, Pedal-Powered Batty Fruit Smoothies, Night Wing Watch Texas Pollinator Bioblitz, Trick-or-Treat candy stations, Bat-friendly pot-a-plant Activity, Marigolds with Latino Outdoors, Calaverita Clay Painting, and more! BYO chair and enjoy free popcorn and a screening of Gremlins 2 at 8:30 PM.

Join us for a night of eerie enchantment and spooky delights—you won’t want to miss this frightfully-fun adventure! The event is FREE and open to the public! Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets for seating.

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Join us for the closing reception of our latest exhibit, Newspaper Boys: Ayer y Hoy en San Anto, on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 6:00-9:00pm.

In this two-man exhibition, life-long visual artists Oscar A. Galván Jr. and Martin Emmanuel Rangel work together to give new life to the old practice of spreading the news. The exhibit pays homage to the artists’ ancestors and nostalgically explores the aesthetics of past eras. The artists depict newspaper delivery boys across generations and time periods, blending past and present to share a unique perspective of the evolution of the time-honored tradition of delivering the news. This exhibit honors those who may have started out delivering newspapers and have gone on to become leaders and make significant contributions in their community.

The exhibition is free and open to the public and will be on view through Thursday, October 17, 2024 Monday-Thursday, 10:00am-4:00pm. For more information, please call Centro Cultural Aztlan M-Th. 10am to 4pm at 210-432-1896 or come by Centro Cultural Aztlan’s office located in the Deco Building at 1800 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 103.

Email: centroaztlan@gmail.com

San Antonio is a city with a rich Mexican-American and Chicano arts and cultural heritage. However, this heritage has been largely excluded from mainstream K-12 educational resources. Thanks to Congressman Joaquin Castro’s work to secure funding for the arts and education on San Antonio’s Westside, Centro Cultural Aztlan has worked with educators, artists, and historians to develop a series of lesson plans and teaching materials to engage K-12 students in learning about Chicano art, cultural traditions, and history. As a product of this project, young artists from across San Antonio have created artwork with inspiration from some of the most notable Chicano artists of San Antonio and beyond. Join us at this project’s culminating art exhibition, featuring shining examples of student artwork that has resulted from this Chicano Arts Curriculum Series.

Join us at the opening reception on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 6:00-9:00pm in the Galeria Expresion at 1800 Fredericksburg Road #103. Light refreshments will be served.

The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be on view through Thursday, June 6, 2024 Monday-Thursday, 10:00am-4:00pm.

Featured artists: Isabel Allen, Luke Bowley, Anna Buchanan-Klepp, Lam Chu, Lilia Deleon, Aniyah Edmonds, Angie Flores, Serenity Gonzalez-Soto, Annabelle Hansen, Maia Hutcheson, Isabella Jones, Lucy Juarez, Victoria Leal, Ximena Leon, Ciara Magnusson, Mirel Mejia, Jalyssa Moreno, Cece Nguyen, Nika Nochovka, Lilah Norris, Eva Pejic, Mackenzy Ramsey, Madelyn Recame, Dalainee Reyna-Resendez, Hayden Rice, Jackie Roper, Mishal Rosales, Marley Squeo, Sarah Suttle, Dyllan Swisher, Vera Troy, Ruben Antonio Vasquez, Jayden Yuen, and more.

For more information, please call Centro Cultural Aztlan M-Th. 10am to 4pm at 210-432-1896 or come by Centro Cultural Aztlan’s office located in the Deco Building at 1800 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 103. www.centroaztlan.org

Email: centroaztlan@gmail.com