Feel Good Culture - San Antonio

10/08/2022

If you love horned lizards, here’s some good news: 

Releasing the baby lizards is only one part of the project. The ranch's fire ant population was scaled back, the use of chemical pesticides was banned, and native plants were nurtured so they could spread and flourish.

07/06/2022

Stop by Wonderland of the Americas and tell us your " Be Wonderful Story" take a picture and share it with your friends and family. We need more of this..., don't you think?. Be Wonderful!

05/14/2022

02/16/2022

Here's something you can definitely feel good about: San Antonio's great big enchilada red library. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2022-02-15/how-many-stories-does-san-antonios-enchilada-red-public-library-have?fbclid=IwAR0-q2rxjP4shNu93eFplZ6lPHnG477WmGp6E2ykfFAZgaYI2ZN3s1iFQgE

The story behind the San Antonio Public Library downtown is a fascinating one.

09/15/2021

If you're looking for something to feel good about, here it is: the San Antonio woman who pretty much saved NYC's Central Park.

New York City's Central Park in the 1970s was largely ruined, but Elizabeth Barlow Rogers found a unique way to fix its problems, elevating the park to a new place.

09/02/2021

Here is a story that was really awful at the outset, but has resolved quite wonderfully.

A tree fell on a Trabajo Rustico palapa outside the San Antonio Zoo, but now that palapa has been repaired.

08/16/2021

Have you ever heard of the Camino De Santiago? It's a pilgrimage across northern Spain. One San Antonio man walked 560 miles over 33 days to complete his epic journey, and he's a San Antonian you almost certainly know of. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2021-08-15/famous-san-antonian-takes-a-500-mile-walk-almost-on-a-whim?fbclid=IwAR0v0xtIozlQiGU8FQWsA3oi1-KjV5CmDGohe9LSyUy9ZIAEFoeY5NBcIOA

In June and July, actor Ricardo Chavira walked the Camino De Santiago across Northern Spain.

12/08/2020

An outstanding Austin guitarist suffers a horrible stroke, losing the ability to use the entire right side of his body, including his strumming hand. Here's an incredible story about his climbing out of despair and figuring out how to make beautiful music again.

Avrel Seale lost the use of the entire right side of his body, including his guitar strumming hand. Somehow he's found a way to still move forward on guitar.

10/01/2020

Semi-tragic news, followed up by some very cool news. A priceless piece of San Antonio art was damaged...but is now being repaired.

A springtime thunderstorm took down a massive pecan tree just outside the San Antonio Zoo entrance. It's what it fell on that makes this a tale worth telling.

09/15/2020

Here's an art installation that's opening at the wonderful San Antonio Botanical Garden on Saturday. Great stuff.

A new art installation at the San Antonio Botanical Garden owes its beginnings to an ancient Asian art form. That art form is called origami, and artist

09/04/2020

Here's a feel-good story about a young San Antonian who moved to New York City a couple of years ago, and already finds himself being written up in the New York Times.

A young San Antonio musician headed to New York a couple of years ago to find his calling, and on Wednesday morning he found something completely