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Popular festival returns to celebrate San Antonio's famous missions

Restored by Light recreates colorful frescos lost to time.

During San Antonio’s Tricentennial year, locals and tourists alike have gathered to honor the city’s rich culture and heritage at events across the city. On September 5-9, Alamo City will have another chance to celebrate as the World Heritage Festival returns for a third year.

The annual event started in 2016 to commemorate the anniversary of UNESCO’s designation of the San Antonio Missions as a World Heritage Sites. Since then it has become one of San Antonio’s most popular citywide parties.

“The UNESCO designation of our beloved Missions as a World Heritage Site was a momentous occasion,” said Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff in a release. “As the first and only World Heritage site in Texas, it’s great to see this annual celebration continue to grow over the last few years.”

The five days of festivities kick off on September 5 with a morning press conference before kicking into high gear. Some of last year’s most popular events, such as a bike and 10K run, are returning, joining new events like a program devoted to textile traditions of the 18th century.

Other highlights include a moonlight picnic at the Mission San Juan Farm, with baskets provided by Bohanan’s, Clementine, Gwendolyn, Tre Trattoria, and other top San Antonio restaurants, and the ever-popular Mission Pachanga music festival. Restored by Light, which virtually recreates the former frescos on the mission buildings, also promises to dazzle.

Here is the full schedule of events:

September 5: World Heritage Festival Press Conference at the Alamo
September 6: Sunset Picnic at Mission San Juan Farm
September 7: Restored by Light
September 8: Tour de las Misiones Bike Ride, Walk, and Run
September 8: Mission Pachanga Music Festival
September 8: Threads of Time: Spinning, Weavind, and Dyeing at the Missions
September 9: Celebratory Mass at Mission Concepcion

Proceeds from the event go towards local nonprofits and initiatives that help in the preservation, maintenance, and promotion of the historic sites, ensuring San Antonians will have much to celebrate in years to come.

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Part-Time Job News

Amazon posts help wanted for 2,000 holiday workers in San Antonio

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As the 2024 holiday shopping season approaches, Amazon is doing its annual round of holiday hiring, seeking to fill 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the U.S., including 18,000 positions in Texas — including 2,000 openings in San Antonio.

The bulk of the open positions in Texas are in Dallas-Fort Worth, but they're also hiring in Houston and Austin.

Seasonal Amazon jobs offer competitive pay, flexible schedules, and, as a release so eloquently puts it, "the opportunity to be part of the bustling retail industry during its busiest time of year." LOL. Many of these seasonal roles also come with the potential to transition into regular, full-time employment after the holidays.

The release does not specify which positions are open but one can assume packing and delivering boxes are involved.

Interested applicants can go to amazon.com/localjobs or text NEWJOB to 31432 to sign up for job alerts. Open roles are posted throughout the holiday season.

Pay and Benefits
All seasonal employees earn at least $18 per hour, and have access to comprehensive benefits like health care coverage from their first day of employment.

Approximately one-third of seasonal employees stay on year after year.

Seasonal employees who stay at the company can see an average pay increase of 15 percent over their first three years.

Amazon perks include career advancement opportunities; access to earned pay at any time; health, vision, and dental insurance from the first day on the job; a 401(k) with company match; and up to 20 weeks of paid pregnancy/parental leave for birth parents (six weeks for eligible supporting parents).

They also get Amazon Prime employee discount, and Amazon’s Resources for Living program, a free benefit offering mental health and financial services and support for employees, their families, and their households.

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