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SUMMARY:OPENING RECEPTION - William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming
DESCRIPTION:About the event\n\n\n\nJoin us for the opening of MACRI’s new traveling exhibit\, William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming \nWilliam “Willie” Merriweather Peña (1919-2018) was perhaps the most important Mexican American architect of the 20th century\, yet he remains largely unknown outside of the architecture field. Learn more about this remarkable trailblazer with MACRI! \nThis Laredo\, TX native was a proud Aggie\, decorated World War II veteran\, author\, and partner in Caudill\, Rowlett\, Scott\, which grew to become the largest architecture firm in the world. Peña’s groundbreaking work on architectural programming\, which he honed during his first two decades at CRS\, became the basis for a book first published in 1969\, Problem Seeking: New Directions in Architectural Programming\, which he followed with Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer\, now in its fifth edition and considered the classic programming guide for architects and a standard architecture textbook. It also earned Peña the title of “the father of architectural programming.” Peña was one of the leading architects in the nation\, a visionary\, an industry pioneer who was named an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Fellow in 1972 and received multiple awards from AIA Houston. When Peña retired in 1984\, he had directed programming for over 400 projects in 38 states and ten countries while mentoring younger architects and writing and speaking about architectural practices across the globe.  \nLight refreshments will be provided. \n🌟 This exhibit was created with support from the Conservation Society of San Antonio. 🌟 \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/opening-reception-william-merriweather-pena-the-father-of-architectural-programming/
LOCATION:MACRI Visitor Center\, 2123 Buena Vista St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:EXHIBIT - William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming
DESCRIPTION:Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit\, William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming. \nWilliam “Willie” Merriweather Peña (1919-2018) was perhaps the most important Mexican American architect of the 20th century\, yet he remains largely unknown outside of the architecture field. Learn more about the life and work of this remarkable trailblazer with MACRI!  \nThis Laredo\, TX native was a proud Aggie\, decorated World War II veteran\, author\, and partner in Caudill\, Rowlett\, Scott\, which grew to become the largest architecture firm in the world. Peña’s groundbreaking work on architectural programming\, which he honed during his first two decades at CRS\, became the basis for a book first published in 1969\, Problem Seeking: New Directions in Architectural Programming\, which he followed with Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer\, now in its fifth edition and considered the classic programming guide for architects and a standard architecture textbook. It also earned Peña the title of “the father of architectural programming.” Peña was one of the leading architects in the nation\, a visionary\, an industry pioneer who was named an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Fellow in 1972 and received multiple awards from AIA Houston. When Peña retired in 1984\, he had directed programming for over 400 projects in 38 states and ten countries while mentoring younger architects and writing and speaking about architectural practices across the globe. \nThe exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday\, 10 AM—NOON and 1 – 4 PM\, or by appointment. \n🌟 This exhibit was created with support from the Conservation Society of San Antonio. 🌟 \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/exhibit-william-merriweather-pena-the-father-of-architectural-programming/
LOCATION:MACRI Visitor Center\, 2123 Buena Vista St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Libros y Amigos
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special holiday talk about Hearts of Fire and Snow and about Latino representation in children’s and young adult novels\, featuring authors Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles 🎁  \nBooks will be available for purchase. There will be a book signing after the talk. \n🗓️ Friday\, December 19\, 2025 | 6 PM – 8 PM \n📍 Guadalupe Latino Bookstore | 1300 Guadalupe Street\, San Antonio\, TX 78207 \n \n🎁 This book will make a great holiday gift for young readers! Pick up a copy at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore.  \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore – the only bookstore in San Antonio’s Westside!  \n\n***\n\n\nAbout the book\nBlanca Montes has goals. She wants to make a difference in the world and accomplish more than her overbearing godfather or spoiled boyfriend think she’s capable of. So when Gregorio Chan\, a handsome and confident new guy\, shows up at her Nevada school\, she is ready for a big change. Greg Chan also has goals\, but they were determined centuries ago\, when two star-crossed lovers took their own lives. Princess Itzac\, who believed her beloved was sent to his death in battle\, and Captain Popoca whose fate was forever tied to Itzac. Popoca was cursed by the gods to cycle through lives until he finds his love reincarnated. And he is now returned to the living as Greg\, with one last chance to complete his love story. Greg and Blanca seem like they could be the perfect couple\, but what if their fate is tied to an ancient tale of star-crossed lovers? \n \nAbout our guests\nBorn in Piedras Negras\, Coahuila\, Mexico\, and raised in Eagle Pass\, Texas\, Guadalupe García McCall is the award-winning author of several young adult novels\, some short stories for adults\, and many children’s poems. Guadalupe has received the Prestigious Pura Belpre Award\, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award\, the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award\, and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award and the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy\, among many other accolades. \nDavid Bowles is a queer Mexican American author and translator from South Texas\, where he works as an associate professor at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his more than forty books are the multiple-award-winning They Call Me Güero and its companion They Call Her Fregona (Kokila)\, as well as My Two Border Towns (Kokila)\, Ancient Night (Levine Querido)\, Secret of the Moon Conch (Bloomsbury)\, and The Prince & the Coyote (Levine Querido). \n\n*** \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! \nAs always\, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI\, its staff\, board\, or funders.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/libros-y-amigos/
LOCATION:The Guadalupe Latino Bookstore\, 1300 Guadalupe St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:MACRI Talks
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