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Facebook groups to join in San Antonio, TX

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Step one for plugging into the community: subscribe to your favorite local newsletter. Good job.

Step two: join these 15+ Facebook groups to start trading, eating, brooding, and more with fellow San Antonians.

🍔 For the foodies

🎶 For the musicians

🌱 For the outdoorsy types

♻️ For the deal hunters

🐾 For the dog parents

❤️ For the people parents

🤘For the goths (might not be your thing, but it’s cool to know they exist)

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Today

Open Mic Stand-up | Mon., Sep. 19 | 8 p.m. | Upstage Comedy Lounge, 4441 Walzem Rd. | Free | Come ready to laugh as you discover new comics or test your material. 🎤

Tuesday

Listening to Bamboo: An Unrivaled Japanese Art Form | Tue., Sep. 20 | 6-7 p.m. | San Antonio Museum of Art | $5 | This lecture by Robert T. Coffland will trace the development of Japanese bamboo basketry into an art form.
The Steve Soares Trio | Tue., Sep. 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Jazz, TX, 312 Pearl Pkwy. | 15+ | Enjoy a night of classic jazz standards and original arrangements. 🎷

Wednesday

Farmer’s Market | Wed., Sep. 21 | 1-6 p.m. | Woodlawn Pointe, 702 Donaldson Ave. | Free entry | Shop fresh produce + pantry staples at this producers-only market.
Ethnobotany of Native Plants Guided Tour | Wed., Sep. 21 | 10-11:30 a.m. | San Antonio Botanical Garden | $15 | Learn about the diverse relationships people have had, and still have, with plants in Texas. 🌿

Thursday

River Revival Music Fest 2022 | Thu., Sept. 22-Sun., Sept. 25 | Times vary | 5455 River Rd., New Braunfels | $115+ | Camp out + catch more than 20 live performances all weekend long at this riverside festival. 🏞

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Weather

95º | Mostly sunny | 24% chance of rain

Civic

The San Antonio City Council approved a ~$30 rebate for CPS Energy customers in response to higher-than-average summer energy costs. Residents can choose to keep the money, pass it on to low-income residents, or keep it earmarked for city weatherization efforts. ⚡️ (San Antonio Report)
Funding for the energy rebate — plus infrastructure improvements to the airport and convention center + financial assistance programs — was cleared in SATX’s record $3.4 billion municipal budget. (San Antonio Business Journal)

Festival

Texas authors will come to Boerne’s Main Plaza on Sat., Oct. 1 for the annual Boerne Book and Arts Festival. Presenters will include E.R. Bills (“Texas Oblivion”), Carmen Tafolla (“I Will Always Come Back to You”), and Sarah Bird (“Last Dance on the Starlight Pier”), among other writers. 📚 (San Antonio Report)

Real Estate

A five-acre, high traffic property upriver from Gruene is listed at $4.2 million. The C-4 zoned property contains two rental units, has 450 feet of river frontage, and is ideal for condos + hotels, according to the listing. (San Antonio Express-News)

Edu

We told you that NEISD schools added election day to its holiday calendar. Now East Central, Judson, and Northside ISD have done the same. Since schools are frequently polling places, the move was made to ensure children and voters are not crowded together on election days. 🗳 (KSAT-12)

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These or those? You chose...

SATX This or That: results

Margaritas overlaid with text reading: This or That, conchas vs empanadas (highlighted), margarita (highlighted) vs michelada, chocolate abuelita vs cafécito caliente (highlighted)

We’ll take one of everything, please. | Graphic by SATXtoday team

We asked you to make some hard decisions. You chose:

Empanadas over conchas (try Fat Tummy Empanadas)
Cafécito over Chocolate Abuelita (no relation to @cafecito.sabroso)
Ceviche over paella (can’t go wrong with El Señor Fish)
Margaritas over micheladas (these ones are good year-round)
Tacos over pupusas (start your day with one of our favorites)

Wait, you want to know our opinion? Why, we love them all of course.

THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Dayten.

Editor’s pick: One group I didn’t see much of while researching this piece? Book clubs. Let’s swap recs. I’ve been reading Amanda Montell’s “Cultish,” which has been a real eye-opener. My all-timer is “Impossible Owls,” an essay collection by Brian Phillips. “Lost Highway” is a gorgeous Southwest roadtrip story. What have you been reading?

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