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Hubbell Trading Post Road Show At Bandelier April 26–27

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Wallace presents at a Navajo Art event hosted by Western National Parks Association. Photo by Martha Lochert

Weaver Tonita Yazzie presents her work at Hubbell Trading Post event. Photo by Martha Lochert

WNPA News:

ALBAQUERQUE — Western National Parks Association (WNPA) has announced a special two-day cultural event, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 at Bandelier National Monument, featuring the iconic Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.

Visitors will have the rare opportunity to experience the rich traditions of Navajo culture through authentic weavings, Read More

Celebrate National Poetry Month At 2nd Annual Department Of Cultural Affairs Ekphrastic Poetry Reading April 27

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NMDCA News:

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) invites New Mexicans to the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) for readings of the winning and honorable mention poems from the 2025 DCA Ekphrastic Poetry Contest.

Last fall, NMDCA divisions across New Mexico selected 15 works of art that showcase the best of their collections, giving New Mexico residents an opportunity to respond to each work with an ekphrastic poem. These poems were judged anonymously by a panel of experts, including New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, and two winners (one Youth and one Adult) were Read More

Snyder: Pages Of Our History…

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A collage of documents and photos of Aldo Leopold. Courtesy/Aldo Leopold Foundation

By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos

In regard to the recent discussions concerning artist Jeff Segler’s painting of boys in uniforms and on horseback on the Pajarito Plateau, it seems appropriate to begin a series about the Los Alamos Ranch School boys and what they accomplished after leaving the plateau that was their home for a time.  

For my readers who have read Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac, you appreciate the man who wrote that book and the pages that carry his belief in a land ethic — “A thing is right when it tends Read More

Learn Pueblo History Through Pottery Making May 3-14

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NMHS News:

Learn about Pueblo history and the site of Kuaua through pottery making 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., Saturdays – Wednesdays, May 3–7, 2025, and May 10–14, at Coronado Historic Site.

Experienced potter and Coronado Historic Site Interpretive Ranger Robert Silas (Hopi) will guide students through a pottery-making class, from mixing the clay, to creating coil pots, to painting them, and naturally firing them outdoors. Workshop cost is $150 for Friends of Coronado and Jemez members and MNMF members and $200 for non-members. Register online through the Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Read More

Sharing The Legacy Of Pierotti’s Clowns With Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit Students At Los Alamos High School

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From left, Los Alamos Historical Society staff Rachel Clay and Stephanie Yeamans with LAHS Sports Lit Teacher Lori Thompson during an April 1 visit to her classroom. CourtesyLAPS

LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson discusses the museum label exercise with a student during a visit April 1 from Los Alamos Historical Society staff. CourtesyLAPS

By STEPHANIE YEAMANS
Los Alamos Historical Society

At the invitation of Los Alamos High School (LAHS) teacher Lori Thompson, Los Alamos Historical Society Educator Rachel Clay and I, the Museum/Collections Specialist, visited Lori ’s Sports Lit classes Read More

Historic No. 9 Chile Is Number One In Fort Selden’s Garden

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Fort Selden Historic Site is growing a variety of heritage chiles this season. Courtesy/NMHS/DCA

NMDCA News:

Fort Selden Historic Site is the only place in New Mexico growing a special chile in its garden this year, the original New Mexico No. 9, from a historically bred and cultivated variety provided by the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University.

The site will also grow other chiles, including the Original and Heritage Big Jim, the Original and Heritage 64, and a Jemez variety. In addition to these chiles, site staff are growing “space chiles” indoors as part of the Space Chile Read More

Ruth Williamson Writes About Self Help’s 55-Year History

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Ruth Williamson. Courtesy/Self Help, Inc.

SELF HELP INC. News:

Self Help recently marked its 55th year helping northern New Mexican communities and families in need. Ruth Williamson’s late husband, Dr. Kenneth Williamson, served as Self Help’s first Board Chairman from 1969 to 1971. With firsthand accounts of Self Help’s earliest days, she is writing her stories down as part of a volunteer history project.

Williamson recalls her husband working on Self Help’s earliest projects loaning out an adobe brickmaking machine to build local structures, and the preservation and distribution of Read More

Friends Of History To Host Pancho Villa Lecture May 7

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FRIENDS OF HISTORY News:

Friends of History invites the community to a Wednesday lecture, “Raid And Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” presented by Brandon Morgan at 12-1 p.m. May 7. Free on YouTube.

Historian, educator and author Brandon Morgan examines Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution and sheds light on the connections between violence and modernization that shaped the U.S.-Mexico border. He explains how this border story continues to resonate into today’s debates about the borderlands. Read More

Housing New Mexico Celebrates 50 Years Since Being Signed Into Law April 10, 1975

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At a news conference April 10, 2025, officials from Housing New Mexico commemorated its 50th anniversary by recognizing April 10 as the day Gov. Jerry Apodaca signed House Bill 88 during the state’s 32nd legislature, signing the Mortgage Finance Authority Act into law April 10, 1975. Former Representative Adele Cinelli Hundley (left), former Representative and Speaker of the House Raymond Sanchez (center) stand with current Housing New Mexico Executive Director/CEO Isidoro Hernandez (right) at the press conference. Hundley, Sanchez and the late Representative Edward Lopez introduced Read More

Taos Watercolor Society Announces Spring/Summer Show At The Historic Taos Inn

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TWS News:

The Taos Watercolor Society (TWS) is pleased to announce a Spring/Summer group show at The Historic Taos Inn, beginning April 13, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2025. TWS is thrilled to be showcasing their talented artists at this historic venue.

A free reception will be held from 4–6 p.m., April 25, in the Library Room off of the bar at the Taos Inn.

Artists participating include Signature members Lonnie Shan, Karen McCurtain Blair, Cher McMacken, Marilyn Price Reinbolt, Allegra Sleep, Jinx Wright and Linda Grams-Henderson.

In addition, active members of TWS showing are: Jo Fortier, Nancy Read More