By Edmond Ortiz San Antonians will be speaking up and representing their communities on key issues from March 9 to March 18 at the 2018 South by Southwest, the annual Austin festival that celebrates convergence of technology, music and cinema. Individuals from San Antonio nonprofits, businesses and academia are scheduled to talk about topics including diversity, health care, community organization, empowering women, minority communities, aging and entrepreneurship.

This week: San Antonio hits a Level Two Heat Advisory, what the new anti-idling ordinance means; more on the Brackenridge Park draft master plan and a look back at San Antonio Pride festival and parade. : Extreme Heat

At the 2016 Mini Maker Faire at San Antonio’s Central Library, you helped us make a movie about why San Antonio is a great place to live and how it could be improved for the future. We asked you what you love about San Antonio and you came through in a big way. Several of you said the best thing about our city is the people. Then we asked you how San Antonio could be even better, and you had some great suggestions, from better public transportation to cooler summers.

For nearly two centuries, San Antonio has played a vital role in providing support and safe haven for refugees from around the world. 

Replay Video: NOWCastSA webcast a mini-conference at Gemini Ink on July 20 where local writers, activists and artists discussed how our words can change our landscape.

San Antonio's 5th World Refugee Day was celebrated on June 21 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  at the St. Francis Episcopal Church, 4242 Bluemel Rd.  

On April 19, Polar World Enterprises hosted the inaugural Polar Fest in San Antonio. Polar Fest featured popular hip hop artists such as Migos, Dorrough, Kirko Bangz and Lil Ronny, just to name a few.

SAY Sí is currently accepting submissions for its 4th Annual Young Playwright’s Festival, Wings to Fly. The ALAS Youth Theatre Company will select and produce an evening of short plays written by emerging young writers from the San Antonio area. The selected scripts will culminate into a weekend-long festival where local audiences will enjoy a diverse collection of new works written by San Antonio’s next generation of playwrights.

Girls Inc. of San Antonio hosted its 8th Annual Girls RockIt Into the Future Science Festival presented by Rackspace on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Port San Antonio. The goal of the Festival is to get girls (and boys, too!) interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. NOWCastSA's participation in this year's event was sponsored in part by a grant from the Best Buy Children's Foundation. Check out our video of fun highlights from the festival below.