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Santa Fe January Events

Dec 292011

January 2012 Santa Fe Events 1st – Pueblo Dances. There are ceremonial dances at most pueblos to honor newly elected tribal officials. Call before attending. EspanolaOnline.com/Pueblos 6th – The New Mexico Grand Centennial Ball. Kicking off the state's 100th Anniversary celebration. NMCentennial.org 19th – Duo pianists Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joe Roe, young and exciting masters of duo piano are presented by the Santa Fe Concert Association. Lensic.org 24th – MOMIX. Are they dancers or magicians? MOMIX performers seem to have the ability to turn their bodies into almost anything. [Read More]

Kachina Mythmaker Bobby Johnson

Las Cruces, The Arts

Dec 292011

Kachina Mythmaker Bobby Johnson to Display in the Rio Grande Theatre Gallery this January The fantastic three- and two-dimensional Kachina art of Bobby Johnson will be on display in the El Paso Electric Gallery, South of the Rio Grande Theatre lobby, for the month of January, 2012. Featured in the show will be woodwork Kachina dolls and two-dimensional Kachina-inspired illustrations, all from the fertile imagination of the artist, who uses Native American myth and legend as a springboard for his wholly original creations. The exhibit will run through the month [Read More]

Geologic Quirks of the Sandia Mountains – Geology Buffs Take Note!

Albuquerque, Science

Dec 282011

Geologic Quirks of the Sandia Mountains - Geology Buffs Take Note!

CORONADO STATE MONUMENT Lecture Listing – Geologic Quirks of the Sandia Mountains Sunday, Jan 15, 2 – 4 pm Back by popular demand! The Friends of Coronado State Monument welcome Dirk Van Hart, local geologist, who will discuss the geologic history of our Sandia Mountains with an emphasis on some of its unusual features. The talk will be given in terms easily understood by a general audience, but will be greatly appreciated by those with a scientific background. Come enjoy one of our most popular speakers and learn more about [Read More]

Apollo 16 40th Anniversary Draws Celebrities: Moonwalker and Apollo Flight Director to Make Special Appearances

Alamogordo, Events, History, Las Cruces, Science

Dec 282011

Apollo 16 40th Anniversary Draws Celebrities: Moonwalker and Apollo Flight Director to Make Special Appearances

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Gene Kranz (White Flight Director who is most notably remembered for being the Director for the Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Apollo 13 Tiger Team Flight Director) and Charlie Duke (the 10th human to walk on the Moon, Apollo 11 Capsule Communications and Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot) will be the guest speakers at the Apollo 16 40th Anniversary Commemoration to be held March 8-10, 2012, in Las Cruces and Alamogordo. The event will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission (the eighth of [Read More]

Nifty Fifties: A Fundraiser for the Rio Grande Theatre

Events, Las Cruces

Dec 282011

Nifty Fifties: A Fundraiser for the Rio Grande Theatre

Includes a Fifties Fashion Show – The public is invited to come dressed in their favorite 50s apparel and join the fashion show. 1950s Christian Dior Silver Satin Dress LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Doña Ana Arts Council and the Rio Grande Theatre invite you to flashback to the Nifty Fifties, with hot rods, ice cream floats and good old fashioned Rock 'n Roll! On Sunday, January 29, 2012, the Arts Council puts the "fun" back in fundraiser with an event for the entire family: a trip down memory [Read More]

Inn of the Mountain Gods (Ruidoso) January & February 2012 Events

Casinos, Entertainment, Events, Ruidoso, Skiing

Dec 262011

Inn of the Mountain Gods (Ruidoso) January & February 2012 Events

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Ski Apache Open Seven-Days a Week for the Season Ski Apache opened on Thanksgiving Day as and since then has received a total of 50 inches of snow to date with 90 percent of the mountain open seven-days per week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lift tickets are $47 for adults, $41 for seniors (60 years and older), $38 for military personnel, $39 for teens (13-17 years) and $30 for children under 13. Group ticket discounts are also available in addition to individual ski and snowboard equipment [Read More]

Travel Living in Red River

Recreation, Red River, Travel

Dec 212011

Travel Living in Red River ~ Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam My travels to New Mexico began early, at the age of ten. We had relatives that owned lodges and cabins in Red River so we were able to visit frequently, enjoying summer vacations fishing, horseback riding, mountain hiking or exploring old gold mines. Winter holidays offered snow-mobile riding, activities at the ski area, hunting for Christmas trees, cozy concerts with Texas outlaws in roughly decorated but intimate venues and lots of snow. The summer I was sixteen however, brought a unique opportunity [Read More]

The Rio Grande Gorge and the Geology that Formed It

History, Science, Taos

Dec 212011

The Rio Grande Gorge and the Geology that Formed It By Linda Thompson Rio Grande Gorge ©Terry Thompson, HighMesaProductions.com (Taos, New Mexico) Spanish conquistadores discovered the mouth of the Rio Grande River in 1519. In the next 100 years they founded some of the earliest North American settlements along its banks. These explorers named the river El Río Grande, or 'the Great River.' However, it has been called many other names. The pueblo people called it Posoge, or P'Osoge, 'big river.' Shipwrecked British sailors crossed it in 1568 and called [Read More]

The Tao of Taos Pueblo

Culture, History, Taos

Dec 212011

The Tao of Taos Pueblo by Linda Thompson Taos Pueblo ©Terry Thompson, HighMesaProductions.com (Taos, New Mexico) In Chinese philosophy, the tao is the natural process through which all things change, a process necessary to a harmonious life. Taoism is a mystical sixth-century B.C. philosophy that Confucians adopted as the path of virtuous conduct. In the Tiwa language of Taos Pueblo, however, tao means 'to or toward the village.' Are the two words related? It is believed that Spaniards, encountering the people now known as Taos Native Americans in their multistoried [Read More]

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Santa Fe January Events

Kachina Mythmaker Bobby Johnson

Geologic Quirks of the Sandia Mountains – Geology Buffs Take Note!

Apollo 16 40th Anniversary Draws Celebrities: Moonwalker and Apollo Flight Director to Make Special Appearances

Nifty Fifties: A Fundraiser for the Rio Grande Theatre

Inn of the Mountain Gods (Ruidoso) January & February 2012 Events

Travel Living in Red River

The Rio Grande Gorge and the Geology that Formed It

The Tao of Taos Pueblo

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