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💀 Local celebrations

• Cultural Celebration: Día de los Muertos | Market Square | Saturday, Oct. 28 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Dia de los Muertos | Briscoe Western Art Museum | Saturday, Oct. 28 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Dia de los Muertos: Celebrando las Misiones | Mission Marquee | Saturday, Oct. 28 | 3-10 p.m.
• Day of the Day River Parade | San Antonio River Walk | Saturday, Oct. 28 | 7-8:30 p.m.
• Dia De Muertos At Pearl | Historic Pearl | Thursday, Nov. 2 | 5-9 p.m.

• Beer Steinholding Competition | Wednesday, Oct. 18 | 5:30 p.m. | Alamo Beer Co., 202 Lamar St., San Antonio | Free | Join Mayor Ron Nirenberg for a keg tapping ceremony of the official Oktoberfest Keg and steinholding competition.
• Steak Night | Wednesday, Oct. 18 | 6 p.m. | Gimme Gimme, 803 S. Saint Mary’s St., San Antonio | $25 | Come order a Texas Ribeye au poivre with a side of duck fat waffle fries for a special price.
• Wine and Pumpkin Paint Party | Wednesday, Oct. 18 | 6:30 p.m. | Sip Wine Garden, 232 Brite Rd., Cibolo | $30-$40 | Join this self-paced painting party and your ticket includes a pumpkin, painting supplies, and one drink token.

• Outdoor Family Film Series | Thursday, Oct. 19 | 6-10 p.m. | Mission Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio | Free | Catch an outdoor movie tonight with a showing of “Hocus Pocus.”
• Puppy Yoga | Thursday, Oct. 19 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Confluence Park, 310 W. Mitchell St., San Antonio | $25 | Join a guided stretch session with Cassandra and puppies from SNIPSA, a local humane society.
• LUSH: Day of the Dead Celebration | Thursday, Oct. 19 | 7-10 p.m. | San Antonio Botantical Garden, 555 Funston Pl., San Antonio | $13-$25 | Come enjoy extended evening hours, food + drinks, live music, oversized lawn games, and beautiful bloom displays.

• This time 25 years ago (Oct. 16-21, 1998), San Antonio received a record-breaking rainfall of 15.66 inches. It claimed the lives of 31 people, and left the city with $750 million in damages. Areas outside the city, New Braunfels and San Marcos, received 20 to 30 inches of rain. (Express News)

• The San Antonio Beer Festival returns to the Alamo City this Saturday at Crockett Park from noon to 6:30 p.m. This 21+ event will feature 400 beers from 100 breweries. Come out for music, games, local vendors, and food. Tickets are still available and range from $52-$121.

• Go Jaguars. Texas A&M San Antonio set a new enrollment record. The Southside university enrollment for the current fall semester is 7,619 students, which is up 4% since fall of 2022. The enrollment for its graduate programs has also increased by 28% from the previous fall.

• Four San Antonio restaurants — Cappy’s, Chatman’s Chicken, Josephine Street, and Spechts — have landed on Texas Monthly’s “The Good Place” list. The magazine rounded up from-scratch kitchens from around the state that highlight local comfort food and have people coming back for more.

• Santikos Entertainment plans to overhaul two of its theaters. Silverado 16 will downsize from 16 to 10 theater screens and upgrade its lobby + bathrooms. The New Braunfels theater will add a bowling alley, arcade, bar, and upgrades to its lobby. Renovations are excepted to be completed in early 2024. (MySA)

• The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the 2023 Halloween Hustle 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run at Lady Bird Johnson Park on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The first 1,000 finishers will receive a medal. Visit the race website for more details.

• Grab your boots and two-step your way over to Cowboys Dance Hall. Every Thursday night, the country music spot is giving away $100 in cash multiple times a night and you can win just by simply dancing. Doors open at 7 p.m. and you must be 18+ to enter the venue.

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SNIPSA, 4218 McCullough Ave.

Paws Ranch Rescue & Animal Sanctuary, 865 S. Loop 1604 E.