THE Brass Teapot starring Michael Angarano and Juno Temple. The film also stars Alexis Bledel, Alia Shawkat and Bobby Moynihan. THE Brass Teapot marks the feature directorial debut from Ramaa Mosley, who is an award-winning commercial and music video director for such renowned clients as Adidas, ESPN and the B-52’s. The film is based on a story by Mosley and Tim Macy, and is written by Macy.

The 12th annual Women Empowered Conference is a free two-day motivational conference for women who are considering a return to school or joining the workforce and would like more information about careers and enhancing leadership skills.  Continental breakfast and lunch are included. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Laura Rendon, professor with the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at the University of Texas-San Antonio.  WE Scholarships will be awarded the first day of the conference. For conference registration and scholarship forms please visit www.alamo.edu/sac/swans. The deadline for scholarship applications is May 6.   

The Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks program is hosting a workshop focused on how to build taller and bigger multi-story wood buildings. The seminar offers a detailed analysis of Type III and V building types and explains how they are utilized to create structures with five-plus stories of wood-frame construction under the International Building Code. The workshop will be led by wood design and engineering experts and will cover height and area provisions, including podiums and mezzanines. Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited, to register visit www.woodworks.org and click the seminar link on the home page. On site check in begins at 10:30 am, the program runs from 11am to 2pm.

The opening for Lewis Smith's 'Cardinal Vista' exhibit will feature a vino reception and an art talk with DJ JJ playing live music. The exhibit runs from May 23rd till June 1st.

Based on Robert Harling's 1987 play, Steel Magnolias reflects Harling's experience with the death of his diabetic sister Susan Harling Robinson. The film marks  Julia Roberts' first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and first Golden Globe Award.  Roberts plays Shelby, a young bride with diabetes who has a child and later dies of kidney failure.

Robert Clouse directs what would be Bruce Lee's most influential and classic martial arts film that made way for a handful of sequels, remakes and rip-offs. The 1973 hit follows undercover Lee in a martial arts tournament in a secluded islands, where he discovers corruption, drugs, and prostitution. His cover is blown, Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly) must fight for survival, and chaos ensues.

Come celebrate Memorial Day with the USAF Band of the West's Gateway Brass. Music selection will be light classical to popular and patriotic.

As a child growing up in Ciudad Acuña, across the Rio Bravo from Del Rio, Fernando Andrade relied on his imagination for amusement. Now in San Antonio, Andrade filters childhood memories with news of Mexico’s narcowars in a new series that ponders the effects of daily violence. The conflict has affected everyone on the border — including children — who, says Andrade, “learn a culture of revenge, where it becomes natural to kill.” A 2008 graduate of San Antonio College in graphic design, Andrade is known for his abstract chalk drawings, featured at Artpace’s Chalk it Up and Chicago’s Day of the Dead celebrations. He returns to his early figurative drawing practice, utilizing cross-hatching and flowing lines, to illustrate his younger brother posing with sticks as make-believe guns. Members of the artist’s family continue to live south of the border, where the guns are all too real.  Free, 6-8pm Thursday, Hausmann Millworks, 925 W Russell, (210) 884-6390. Through June 23.

San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer allows LGBT-owned businesses, professionals, and allies to network.

Focusing on the world's first zero-emissions motorcycle grand prix, June 12 2009, "Charge" brings out the motorcycle maniacs and follows several teams during the 2009 race. The brain-child of filmmaker Mark Neale, director of "Faster" and "Fastest", narrated by Ewan McGregor of Star Wars-ian fame, the film charges into the idea of clean, green energy in a race on the "most demanding and deadly circuit on the plant," the Isle of Man TT course.

Check out the beer tasting selection including five great beers, and enjoy some chips and salsa.

King Pelican is an instrumental rock and roll combo hailing from South Texas. KP digs the surf and instro sounds of the early 60s and brings the “tomorrow sounds of yesterday” into every tune they write and perform. Come check them out at the Cove!

Jeffrey Rosen, national commentator on the US Supreme Court will be present. For tickets contact Angela Koester at 210-572-5278 or angela.koester@pptrust.org

This event is open to all individuals who are support of the Chamber. You do not have to be a member to attend, so bring a friend! We encourage everyone to join us and learn about all the great things the chamber has going on this year.

Barney Cashman, a middle-aged and married man, wants to experience the sexual revolution before it's too late and arranges/fails three seductions with a foul-mouthed smoker, a mad young actress, and a depressed housewife.