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Mesa Public Library To Host Author Talk With Deborah Jackson Taffa On Award Winning Memoir ‘Whiskey Tender’

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Author Deborah Jackson Taffa 

COMMUNITY News:

Mesa Public Library will host national bestselling author Deborah Jackson Taffa, 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9 in Los Alamos.

Taffa will discuss the importance of the region’s literary voices, educating the next generation of storytellers, and read from her award-winning memoir “Whiskey Tender”.

Taffa is the director of the MFA CW Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her memoir “Whiskey Tender” was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award, as well as a longlisted title for a 2025 Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction. The memoir Read More

Los Alamos Public Schools Celebrates Native American Culture In Classrooms And At New Mexico State Capitol

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Students representing the Los Alamos High School Native American Culture Club participated Feb. 7 in American Indian Day at the New Mexico Legislature. Pictured in front of the Roundhouse from left, Ramon Romero, Davis Vigil, Juan Diego Lopez, Evan Allen, Hailey Duran, Sawyer Burnette, Dyami Shorty, Marcos Shije, Quentin Nickols, Rowan Mowrer and Caleb Moss. Courtesy/LAPS

Traditional belt and rain sash weaver Cris Velarde spoke recently to students in Piñon Elementary School teacher Stephanie Rittner’s art class as part of their unit on weaving. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

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Legislative Roundup: 16 Days Remaining In Session

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks to people assembled in the Rotunda at the state Capitol in honor of Women’s History Month Thursday, March 6, 2025. Photo by Michael G. Seamans/The New Mexican

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks to people assembled in the Rotunda at the state Capitol in honor of Women’s History Month Thursday, March 6, 2025. Photo by Michael G. Seamans/The New Mexican

The Santa Fe New Mexican Staff:

State’s court highest upholds most of governor’s emergency orders on guns, drug use: The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency orders Read More

Pancho Villa State Park Host Camp Furlong Day March 8

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U.S. Troops loading a cannon and Pancho villa’s troops during the battle. Courtesy photo

Pancho Villa State Park’s exhibit hall captures the story of the Pancho Villa raid and Camp Furlong through various artifacts, including military equipment left behind. Courtesy photo

NMSP News:

COLUMBUS — Pancho Villa State Park will host Camp Furlong Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 8 as part of the Cabalgata Fiesta de Amistad in Columbus, New Mexico.

“Cabalgata Fiesta de Amistad” translates to “Horseback Riding Festival of Friendship” in English. It honors the March 6, 1916, Read More

Honoring Ancient And Classical Fine Arts: Enigmatic Figures From The Ancient Past

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An Ancient Indo-Gangetic Anthropomorphic Figure, Uttar Pradesh, India, circa 1700-1200 BC. Copper, 17 in. (43.18 cm.) high Provenance: A Private Collection, New York, NY, acquired in 2003. Courtesy/Carlton Rochell, New York.

ART News:

This remarkable anthropomorphic figure, originating from Uttar Pradesh, India, circa 1700–1200 BCE, exemplifies the artistic and cultural sophistication of the Copper Hoard Culture. Fashioned from unalloyed copper, the piece stands at 17 inches high and features a semi-circular head seamlessly connected to the shoulders, symmetrically scrolling Read More

Learn To Make Paint And Dye With Bugs, Veggies And Plants Saturday March 15 At Los Luceros Historic Site

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NRGNHA News:

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) will teach the art and science of transforming natural materials into vibrant pigments and use them to create stunning watercolor artwork in a hands-on workshop.

The workshop is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15 and a unique opportunity to connect with nature and explore sustainable art practices. The workshop is open to both seasoned artists and curious beginners for $50 per person, which helps support the work at Los Luceros Historic Site.

Register online at https://app.aplos.com/aws/give/NorthernRioGrandeNationalHeritageArea/Paints&Dyes Read More

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright Makes First Visit To Los Alamos National Laboratory … Calls It America’s ‘National Security Brain Trust’

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DOE Secretary Chris Wright is escorted into one of the lab’s facilities by Deputy Director for Weapons Bob Webster and Laboratory Staff Director Frances Chadwick. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Site tour covered Weapons, AI, Supercomputing and more

DOE Secretary Chris Wright is escorted into one of the lab’s facilities by Deputy Director for Weapons Bob Webster and Laboratory Staff Director Frances Chadwick.

During his inaugural visit to Los Alamos National Laboratory on Feb. 24, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told staff and leadership his administration believes Los Alamos is the nation’s Read More

Sonic Talk On Nuclearism And Atomic History At New Mexico History Museum Wednesday March 12 In Santa Fe

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Sean J. Patrick Carney

NMHM News:

The community is invited to join the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) for a special presentation by writer and visual artist Sean J. Patrick Carney based on his podcast, Time Zero, which looks at nuclear history and the cultural architecture of postwar America.

What: From the first nuclear detonation in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin in 1945, through decades of mutually assured destruction, to science-fiction-like visions of atomic energy powering advanced artificial intelligence platforms, to radioactive half-lives numbering tens of thousands of years, Read More

Gas Baths And Braceros Exhibit Opens March 7

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Bracero crew, 1961. Courtesy/Ernest Lowe Photography Collection, UC Merced. Calisphere.

NMHM News:

Join the New Mexico History Museum for the Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk to view the newly installed exhibit, Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond inside the Palace of the Governors 5–7 p.m., Friday, March 7.

The exhibit and program was created by Moriarty High School students Hannah Davis and Elena Dominguez for the 2024 New Mexico National History Day competition. The exhibit explores the intersection of public health, labor, and immigration in 20th-century New Read More

Daily Postcard: Alcove House At Bandelier

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Daily Postcard: About a mile upstream from the Visitor Center at Bandelier National Monument, and 140 feet above the canyon floor, is a natural-eroded alcove about 65 feet wide called Alcove House. Visitors can reach it by climbing four long wooden ladders and a series of narrow stone stairs. Alcove House was a place of habitation for Ancestral Pueblo people. They were part of the community of people who also lived in the talus houses and the large village, Tyuonyi. Alcove House was two stories high and had 23 rooms, a kiva, and turkey pens. Courtesy/NPS
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