This past month has been anything but normal. As the city of San Antonio continues to shelter in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we all find ourselves navigating situations we never have before. The stories of how we as a community

The Flying Schoolgirl

Nov 4th, 2019 15m 49s

On the south side of San Antonio sits Stinson Municipal Airport. You may have heard of it, but you probably haven’t heard the story of Katherine Stinson. Like Davy Crockett, Theodore Roosevelt and Manu Ginóbili, she is part of a long line of fa

Designing for the Pope

Sep 2nd, 2019 14m 34s

On September 13, 1987, Pope John Paul II visited San Antonio. While he was here, the supreme pontiff celebrated an open-air Mass with 350,000 people in an empty field on the west side of town. In this chapter of the San Antonio Storybook, we te

Chapter 5: The Secret Life of Mascots, Part 2

Aug 5th, 2019 15m 56s

In a previous episode, we talked about the race that occurs at every San Antonio Missions home game between a kid and Henry the Puffy Taco. The implication was that the kid always wins this race, but that isn’t entirely true. One time the Taco

Remembering Barney Smith

Jul 29th, 2019 15m 18s

Barney Smith was both a preacher and a plumber, but he was best known as the creator of the Toilet Seat Art Museum. It wasn’t the legacy he set out to create, but it’s one he was proud to own. In this special episode of San Antonio Storybook,

The Secret Life of Mascots, Part 1

Jul 1st, 2019 17m 23s

Attending a baseball game at Wolff Municipal Stadium is a memorable event. Each player on the Missions’ roster has a story, but in this chapter of the San Antonio Storybook we aren’t going to tell the story of the person who plays shortstop or

The Kiddie Park

Jun 3rd, 2019 11m 59s

Earlier this year a local children's amusement park announced it would be relocating to the San Antonio Zoo. The Kiddie Park has been the site of countless happy birthday parties and childhood memories. Many stories could be told about the Kidd

Inside the Rink

May 6th, 2019 15m 1s

This month the Rollercade celebrates its 60th birthday. The skating rink is a local institution and generations of San Antonians have skated across its smooth wood floor. In this chapter of the "San Antonio Storybook," we’ll tell the story of h

Confluence Theatre

Apr 1st, 2019 14m 28s

A large group of politicians recently descended on an empty lot in downtown San Antonio to break ground on a new federal courthouse. Of course, San Antonio already has a federal courthouse. In this chapter of the San Antonio Storybook we’ll fin

Morning Boom

Mar 4th, 2019 15m 17s

San Antonio can be pretty quiet before it wakes up and before its streets fill with traffic. That’s what makes it so jarring when the silence of the morning is broken by the sound of a distant boom. In this chapter of the “San Antonio Storybook

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Introducing San Antonio Storybook

Feb 5th, 2019 2m 2s

Like chapters of a book, each episode of the “San Antonio Storybook” will tell a different tale about the city we call home. The stories likely are ones you haven’t heard before – narratives about the lives of the people behind the headlines, t