Community Calendar

Presented by the URBAN-15 Group, the Josiah Media Festival is one of few film festivals around the world dedicated to showcasing outstanding works by artists 21 years old and younger.

The 19th JMF will accept film submissions from May 1st – August 1st, 2025.

The festival presents a career-defining opportunity for young media artists to showcase their work around the world. The festival was founded in 2007 in honor of San Antonio filmmaker Josiah Miles Neundorf by his parents, Marcus and Nancy Neundorf, who collaborated with URBAN-15 to create this event.

Now in it’s 19th year, JMF not only streams globally, but has grown to screen films submitted from all around of the world.

Enter your film in three easy steps:

1) Download the Josiah Media Festival Guidelines & Entry Forms at urban15.org/josiah-media-festival/enter

2) Read through the Guidelines and fill out the Entry and Release Forms in full.

3) Send us your completed Entry and Release Forms along with a High-Definition copy of your film by mail to the Josiah Media Festival, 2500 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX, 78210 or by email to josiahfestival@urban15.org.

CineFestival San Antonio returns July 9–13 with a powerful lineup of Chicanx, Latinx, and international Latin American cinema. As the nation’s original and longest-running Latinx film festival, CineFestival showcases bold new voices with a spotlight on regional and local filmmaking.
The 46th CineFestival includes:
San Antonio premieres of new feature films

Mesquite Award nominees for Best Texas Short Film

Latinx short films from San Antonio, and across Texas and the U.S.

Youth film screenings

Master classes, filmmaker receptions, and after parties

Don’t miss this celebration of culture, creativity, and comunidad on the big screen. View the full lineup, ticket prices and get festival passes at https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/cine-festival.

Step into the ultimate 90’s throwback extravaganza - Fool House isn’t just a concert, it’s a nationwide nostalgic takeover! Slip into your favorite retro threads, show up early for a VIP red carpet photo op, and brace yourself for an epic pop culture trivia showdown that’ll challenge even the most die-hard 90s fans.

The party kicks off with a video DJ spinning iconic hits to set the scene, seamlessly transitioning into a full-blown, two-hour live band performance that cranks up the energy. From sing-along anthems to wild party classics, every beat is designed to keep you dancing all night long. And just when you think it can’t get any better - the balloon drop brings the ultimate celebratory twist!

Round up your crew, grab your tickets, and curate your most epic 90s ensemble. Discover firsthand why Fool House is hailed as The Ultimate 90’s Party - where every moment is a blast from the past, reimagined for today’s partygoers!

Presented by the URBAN-15 Group, the Josiah Media Festival is one of few film festivals around the world dedicated to showcasing outstanding works by artists 21 years old and younger.

The 19th JMF will accept film submissions from May 1st – August 1st, 2025.

The festival presents a career-defining opportunity for young media artists to showcase their work around the world. The festival was founded in 2007 in honor of San Antonio filmmaker Josiah Miles Neundorf by his parents, Marcus and Nancy Neundorf, who collaborated with URBAN-15 to create this event.

Now in it’s 19th year, JMF not only streams globally, but has grown to screen films submitted from all around of the world.

Enter your film in three easy steps:

1) Download the Josiah Media Festival Guidelines & Entry Forms at urban15.org/josiah-media-festival/enter

2) Read through the Guidelines and fill out the Entry and Release Forms in full.

3) Send us your completed Entry and Release Forms along with a High-Definition copy of your film by mail to the Josiah Media Festival, 2500 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX, 78210 or by email to josiahfestival@urban15.org.

CineFestival San Antonio returns July 9–13 with a powerful lineup of Chicanx, Latinx, and international Latin American cinema. As the nation’s original and longest-running Latinx film festival, CineFestival showcases bold new voices with a spotlight on regional and local filmmaking.
The 46th CineFestival includes:
San Antonio premieres of new feature films

Mesquite Award nominees for Best Texas Short Film

Latinx short films from San Antonio, and across Texas and the U.S.

Youth film screenings

Master classes, filmmaker receptions, and after parties

Don’t miss this celebration of culture, creativity, and comunidad on the big screen. View the full lineup, ticket prices and get festival passes at https://guadalupeculturalarts.org/cine-festival.

SAMSAT’s seven weeks of T.J. Natarajan STEM summer camps begin June 9th, with schedules offered through August 1st. Full and half-day options are available on a variety of topics for kids grades 3rd through 12th. Weekly schedules, subject matter, link to registration, and how to become a camp sponsor is online at SAMSAT.org.

Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out, the first interactive exhibit based on the award-winning Disney and Pixar film, helps visitors - young and old - understand the important role emotions, memory and imagination play in our everyday lives. Focusing on the five core emotions featured in the film - Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear - hands-on and digital experiences in the exhibit offer opportunities to explore some of the ways we express our emotions - and recognize emotions in others, too.

Join us for GARDEN RIDGE MARKET DAYS - July 12, 2025 from 9:30am - 2:30pm. Featuring:
🛍🥰 200+ Local Food, Craft & Farm Vendors
🎟👍🏼 FREE Admission & Parking
🍔🌮 50+ Food Trucks/Food Vendors & Sweet Treats
🎪🎢 Free Kids' Activities:
👑🌹 PRINCESS MEET-N-GREET (Jasmine & Tiana!) - Dare to Dream Entertainment
💦🤩 WATER BALLOON TOSS for Prizes! 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm - in the Kid Zone
- SUMMER PHOTO OPP
- SUMMER CRAFTS
- SCAVENGER HUNT - Visit any station for playing card, prizes for participants!
- OUTDOOR GAMES
- CHALK ART, BUBBLES & SAND PLAY
- FACE PAINTING - For Tips (Angie)
- BALLOON ART - For Tips (K T Rentals)
(Thank you to our amazing sponsors for hosting these FREE activities: Painting with a Twist, Sit Means Sit, Purpose Chiropractic, Zion Outdoors, Main Event, Bath Planet & Handy Squad Home Services,
🎼🎤 Live Music by Joel Guerrero
♥🤝 FEATURED NON- PROFITS: Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, Guardians of the Children & Pack 828 Cub Scouts
🍅🥒 Support Local Farmers: Local Honey, Farm-Fresh Produce, Grass-Fed Beef, Chicken, Eggs, Goat Cheeses & Soaps, Lavender Farm Products & More
🐶 🐾 Friendly Dogs Welcome, On-Leash (Note: If hot, please leave pets home!)
🎉🌦 WE ARE OPEN, Rain or Shine!
RSVP "Going" & Details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/739683535314548

Free to attend, free activities for kids, free parking

Our first-ever Creative Youth Summit is meant to bring together teen artists, performers, filmmakers, educators, community youth, art organizations, and more for an inspiring exchange of ideas, creativity, and collaboration! The summit starts on July 11th at 6 pm with a welcome reception.

On July 12th, we will have cultural tours, workshops, performances, artist talks, food, and more starting at 9:30 am and lasts until 5:30 pm.

This is a free event, but registration is required. You can register on our website.

Irrationally Speaking highlights two art forms—collage and assemblage—as artistic techniques and conceptual approaches. With the simple act of placing two or more distinct images or objects together (sometimes jarringly so) artists can create a complex whole to address a multiplicity of meanings. Combined wood fragments, cut-and-pasted paper, seamless digital and photo-based prints comprised of disparate pictures, bronze sculptures created from discarded shoes, and contrasting clothing articles put together —these are some of the ways that contemporary artists harness a myriad of materials and methods to craft the art in this presentation.

Irrationally Speaking will be on view 9.21.24 - 8.31.25

Entry to Ruby City is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended but not required.