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Fall 2020 Special Features: The SA Monthly "Special Fall Issue" is Out! This fall, let "Bruno" the winner of our 2019 "Pet Costume Contest" take you on a tour of one of his favorite spots in SA!  After his big shoot, we went to "Starbucks" to get him a "Puppicino."Do you have a pet that wants to be featured in the magazine? Here is your chance! For our 2020 contest, we have the treats of "Kitchen to K9," a local dog treat bakery, that makes unusual treats like "conches" for doggies. The winner of the 2020 "Pet Costume Contest" will get featured in an editorial about this bakery and receive a winning treat! New to SA Monthly: Jackleen Rios has been featured in the magazine as a dancer and model. As of recently, she is the official curator of the "Dancer of the Month" editorials. Learn about up-and-coming dancers in the community of San Antonio! Be sure to check out the "Jewel of the Art" ...

Every Month: A New "Theme"  In the July 2020 issue of SA Monthly we officially announce SA Monthly TV and a new "theme" for each new issue. In the July Issue we went with "Red, White, and Blue" because July is the month with celebrate Independence Day.  We scout out the best local talents. Last month we featured a chart-topping artist. This month...a Grammy winning production team and contributing editor to our music section, known as "Klubjumpers."  Earlier this year we introduced the "SA Monthly Book Club." This month, we feature author Johanna Sparrow. Her work can be found in Barnes & Noble, and everywhere books are sold. Be sure to read more about her inside her editorial in our "Arts" section.  Popular San Antonio model, Cindy Strensrud, has appeared in the magazine before modeling for "Spa Black." She works as a local model and influencer. Find ou...

Boxing is one of the most popular combat sports in the world...and it can become your favorite workout routine. Unlike a normal workout at the gym, it teaches self-defense moves while helping burn calories at the same time. On top of that, it provides a full-body workout that can take off 3-4 pounds a workout (depending on the intensity level) which is much more than a regular gym workout. Boxing is a good way to keep toned while also keeping your mind engaged with moves that build your reflexes (sparring and the boxing bag will help with this.) The self-defense aspect of boxing helps build confidence, such as taking on a sport like karate. Learning how to defend against different attackers will help prepare you for any situation where you feel that you are under attack. Boxing will also make you stronger and more durable through medicine ball throwing, pull ups, push ups, and ab workouts. Another benefit of boxing is coordination. The nature of the sport forces you to become awar...

TO SEE THE CURRENT FITNESS EDITION: Please visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SAMonthly OR... CLICK HERE:  https://issuu.com/samonthlymag/docs/june_2020_fitness_issue A-LIST SA PRESENTS ART & MUSIC JUNE 2020: This "Billboard Charting" artist moved to Texas in order to further her music career with multi-platinum producers. One of them has been a contributing editor for SA Monthly and we have yet to make his formal introduction. Discover the sounds of this rising star, Elexis Ansley, in the special "Fitness Edition" of SA Monthly (where we featured her choice in work-out and cool-down music for your workouts!)  Below is a shrine, created by local artist, Regina Moya, dedicated to San Antonio's Emma Tenayuca.  Who is she?  Flashback to San Antonio in the 1930's... Emma was alive during the Depression-era when cheap laborers could easily be exploited due to the high unemploy...

With SA Monthly, local stories don't just run once... The magazine's highlights can be found on "A-List SA" where everyone has a chance to stand out one more time! Here are some special highlights inside the special "Fitness Edition" of SA Monthly.  We had such a great outpouring of fitness profiles that we are gearing up to construct another special "Fitness Edition." If you have someone in the community you would like to recommend, or if you have a health, nutrition, wellness, fitness program, or gym in San Antonio...this is your chance to be featured in SA Monthly!  What do we need?  Send professional high-resolution photos (1-3 photos per email) and a 200-500 worded description capturing the gist of your feature to: samonthlymag@gmail.com  or to our Managing Fitness Editor Sherri Braxton at: sherrifitness64@yahoo.com TO SEE THE CURRENT FITNESS EDITION: Please visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook....

What better time, than in quarantine, to meet yet another talented local author? John Robert Mack is a local creative and multi-talented individual. In the coming months we are going to host another "buddy-read" online (depending on what happens with COVID-19.) Because of the virus, our plans to sit and discuss with the last featured author were canceled. We encourage everyone needing something to do to read the book featured on this link and join this community book club! Where you can meet the authors to discuss their work! LINK TO BOOK  "The Gospel of John."  http://johnrobertmack.com/thirdtestament/?fbclid=IwAR2Kcg19MUO1HAGEdFYhbTHvG7RbofEIv4X9DBFnls-_RaYJm61ZFLZPN9s SAM: What started your writing journey? Have you always aspired to be a writer, or was there a precipitating incident? I have been a writer literally longer than I can remember. In college I found a short story among my mom’s things called, “How I Learned to Vanish.” I’d writte...

NEW SENIOR STYLE EDITOR: KAREN GRACE  PRODUCTION TEAM BEHIND THE FASHION EDITORIAL: