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San Antonio, TX
Joined February 2011
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🤧Wednesday's Pollen Count🤧 Molds and oaks fall, but oak is still high. Pecan makes an appearance at low levels. #KSATweather
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Come join the Lit Happens fun this Friday night to kick off the @SABookFestival! Hope to see you there! 😃
Our Friday night event—LIT HAPPENS—is around the corner! This 21+ block party is a three-part celebration in the heart of downtown San Antonio. Join us for the Festival pre-party on 4/14! Thanks to our LIT HAPPENS partners: @TPRCommunity La Zona @centrosa @8020sa @litdeathmatch
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On this @LatinoUSA rebroadcast from 2020, @GloriaEstefan was a shy, quiet young woman who joined a band named the Miami Latin Boys. The band became The Miami Sound Machine. She began to take over the spotlight, and the rest is music history. Listen ↘️ latinousa.org/2023/04/07/glo…
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When people consider suicide, they often feel like they have no other options. A safety plan devised with the therapist offers an alternative. wbur.fm/3zT9ZyJ
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'From Darkness to Light' is an hourlong celebration that features some of the hosts' favorite Easter memories and melodies, including Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Russian Easter Overture,' Haydn's 'Alleluia Symphony' and Handel's 'Messiah.' Listen now! yourclassical.org/story/2013…
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Before his eclectic, high-energy performance, the singer and showman told the Tiny Desk team: "I'm not meant to be understood; I'm meant to be experienced." n.pr/43j4XJh
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San Antonio's once-legendary symphony collapsed last year. But its musicians have continued to play—in a big downtown Baptist church, under famous visiting conductors and to enthusiastic audiences. texasmonthly.com/arts-entert…
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Happy Easter! Today we're sharing a video from 2018 of the Mastersingers performing "Hallelujah" from "Chist on the Mount of Olives," by Ludwig van Beethoven, conducted by Dr. John Silantien. Enjoy! youtu.be/ii-ahN4hllE
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Have you seen all the awesome YA authors you can meet next Saturday at the San Antonio Book Festival? sabookfestival.org/
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Join us for Pokémon GO’s April Community Day on 4/15 from 9AM-7PM, featuring Togetic! Lures will be dropped at all 18 Pokestops in the zoo from 2-5PM for this event. This event is included with Standard Admission and FREE for Members.
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Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled 'Mythologies' that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works. n.pr/43iCuTG
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Heads up astronomers! 1 year from today, areas to the west of I-35 will find themselves in the path of totality of a total solar eclipse. An annular solar eclipse will also occur across portions of Hill Country and the Coastal Plains on 10/14.
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NPR’s profile now reads “government funded” instead of “state affiliated.” The @CPBmedia distributed 95% of its federal appropriation to individual stations, many of them small, rural. A very small percentage goes to NPR (or PBS) proper. More: cpb.org/faq
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Next weekend! Our final concert of the season is a masterful mixing of Classical and Contemporary as we honor our chorus' past and look toward our chorus' future! Tickets and more information can be found at samastersingers.org/concerts
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WE'RE OPEN! 🐰 Hop on over to one of our blood centers. Here are our #EasterHours 👇 🐰 Donor Pavilion: 7 am - 1 pm 🐰 Boerne, Bulverde & Victoria: 8 am - 1 pm 🐰 New Braunfels, Northeast, Shavano, Southeast, & Westover Hills: 8 am - 2 pm Schedule 👉 SouthTexasBlood.org/Give
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Taking a stroll on Houston St. in downtown San Antonio, 1960s. 📷 #MajesticMemories
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On the radio this weekend: Nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, we talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were changing in their states. bit.ly/40NFYMs
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Mounting evidence suggests that prolonged sitting may be as dangerous to your health as smoking. But a small study suggests that doing five minutes of light walking for every 30 minutes of sitting can help offset the harm. #HarvardHealth bit.ly/3K4F72G
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This week on Texas Matters - Republicans in the Texas legislature are making it more difficult to vote - and the secret lavish vacations of Justice Clarence Thomas paid for by a Texas business man. tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2…
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