Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "Magnificent Homespun Brown" by Samara Cole Doyon. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities!  Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free, registration is encouraged!

Black History Film Series 2.0 – Tulia, Texas

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

Tulia, Texas – This documentary is a look at the aftermath and investigation behind the massive 1999 Tulia, Texas drug bust, which resulted in the arrest of 46 people, 39 of whom were African American. Panelists: Judges Stephanie Boyd, Yolanda Huff, Grace M. Uzombo. Moderator: Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "Let's Celebrate, Special Days Around the World" by Kate DePalma. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities!  Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free, registration is encouraged!

Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "The Skin You Live In" by David Lee Csicsko and Michael Tyler. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities!  Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free, registration is encouraged!

Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "Something Happened in Our Town" by  Marianne Celano. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities!  Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free, registration is encouraged!

Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "Someone New" by  Anne Sibley O'Brien. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities!  Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free, registration is encouraged!

Conscious Conversations – Storytime, K-5 “I’m New Here”

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

Join us as we read “I’m New Here” by Anne Sibley O’Brien in conjunction with our partners with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park. Young readers from all backgrounds will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of three immigrant students in a supportive school community.” Join our conversation as we learn about the importance of inclusion and acceptance. Admission is free but be sure to register to ensure we have enough books! Register Here: https://bit.ly/Nov2021Storytime  

Conscious Conversations – StoryTime

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

We are excited to announce our partnership with neighboring Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair Park (next to The Magik Theater).  Join us as we read "Sulwe" by  Lupita Nyong'o. After the story, our listeners will engage in activities and EACH listener will receive a copy of Sulwe to add to their library!  Sulwe explores the issue of stereotyping in kid-friendly way! Put your listening ears on and join us Tuesday morning.  Admission is free but be sure to register to ensure we have enough books!

“Just a Ferry Ride to Freedom” – Black History Film Series

Hemisfair 434 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio

EDINBURG, Texas – A little known chapter of Civil War history makes for a dramatic story told in “Just a Ferry Ride to Freedom,” a documentary produced by the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.  The film is based on the choice made by enslaved runaways prior to the Civil War, to head south instead of north, to Mexico using another Underground Railroad.  The route to freedom would be longer over treacherous terrain between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers.   But similar to the one started by Harriet Tubman for those fleeing to the north, heroic mixed race families in...