The 2012 Charro Queen will receive her crown—or sombrero—Feb. 11. Kellie Ramos will be honored at a fundraising gala for the Asociación de Charros de San Antonio. The event takes place at the AT&T Community Center at San Fernando. Tickets are $75. The Taft High School student served for two years as princess when her [...]

Join Richard Ojeda, el Rey Feo LXIV, and his royal court March 9 for the Candlelight Ball. Enjoy dinner, dancing and more from 6:30 to midnight at La Villita Assembly Hall. Tickets are $150 each for the fundraiser. Tables of 10 run from $1,500 to $5,000. For more information or to buy tickets, call Debbie Gonzaba [...]

The Cherice Cochane Mentoring for Success Foundation is offering young men the chance to become “Mr. Teen San Antonio.” The application deadline is March 1. The contest is open to all high school boys in 9th through 12th grades. Teens should have exceptional conduct, be single and never married or the parent of a child, [...]

Fiesta fans can get up-to-date information on events, Fiesta news and more on their smartphones with the official Fiesta mobile website. So tell your family, friends and co-workers to text FIESTA to 45384 to access the free site. Bibisi Corp., a mobile marketing firm, created the site for the Fiesta Commission a year ago. Almost [...]

The Fiesta® San Antonio Commission, which coordinates all planning activities to create Fiesta® San Antonio, one of the nation’s premier festivals, announced the appointment of John R. Melleky, CFRE, as its new chief executive officer, effective Jan. 17. “After a broad and comprehensive search, we’re delighted to welcome John in his new role,” said Evangelina [...]

Children can share cookies with Santa Claus, listen to stories and take part in holiday crafts Dec. 3 at the Molly Pruitt Branch Library at Roosevelt. The event is being co-sponsored by the library and the Cherice Cochrane Mentoring for Success Foundation, an official Fiesta nonprofit organization. Parents can sign up for the event by [...]

Get into the Halloween spirit with the San Antonio Symphonic Band Oct. 30 at the Josephine Theatre. The ghoulishly good time is to start at 3 p.m. at the theatre, 339 West Josephine St. Tickets are just $6 each. Band members, under the direction of Al Sturchio, will perform numbers that will have the audience [...]

The Fiesta® Store, your one-stop shop for all official Fiesta merchandise, opens its doors Nov. 2 at 10 a.m., with an official “grand opening” Nov. 4 at the same time. The store, at 2611 Broadway, offers the 2012 Fiesta poster, t-shirts, caps, tote bags and lots more. The official Fiesta poster pin and medal are [...]

More than 50 dancers and extras will perform the Brothers Grimm fairytale “Hansel & Gretel” the last weekend in October in a production of the San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet. “The story of Hansel and Gretel tells of the brother and sister who go deep into the forest to gather strawberries and come upon a house [...]