Serving the Communities of North Central New Mexico
March 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE
JUNE 2015
community news, views & more
Santa Fe Trail - Camino Real - Turquoise Trail - Route 66
2015
SUMMER G U ID E
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Get Your Motor Running!
Head out on to the 4th Annual Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show Sunday, June 21, 2015 from 10 am to 3 pm at La Tienda in Eldorado
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School is out and it’s time for summer!
THE CORRIDOR SUMMER G UIDE
2015
Early Summer Ed ition
Fun events, things to do, and places to go from June to mid-July Art, Food & Drink,Columns & Comments, Kids Page & More Volume 1 - Number 1
JULY 2015
March 2015
Volume 1 - Number 4
SEPTEMBER 2015
AUGUST 2015
community news, views & more
June 2015
October 2015
Santa Fe Trail - Camino Real - Turquoise Trail - Route 66
THE COLORS OF FALL
Now Showing:
OUTDOOR OUTDOOR FAMILY FUN FUN SUMMER ELEBRATE
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THE HOR
RODEOS PARADES COUNTY FAIRS HORSE SHOWS . . . AND MUCH MORE
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Parades, Fireworks, Pancakes, BBQ, Movies, Art, Music, Beer . . . and Cats LATE Summer Edition
PLUS:
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THE CORRIDOR SUMMER GU IDE
Mid S um m er Ed ition
2015 Volume 1 - Number 5 Volume 1 - Number 5
July 2015 July 2015
- Las Vegas, NM Heritage Days, 1ooth Cowboy’s Reunion and Hundred Horse Parade - Summer Series at Hipico Santa Fe - Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - Santa Fe Indian Market - Santa Fe Opera Festival - 2015 Meadow City Music Festival
Following the pathways of Ernest Thompson Seton: A celebration of his 155th birthday at The Academy for the Love of Learning Reviews, commentary, a “Side Trip” on Santa Fe’s south side, art tours, quilts, county fairs, more horses, and oh yeah - back to school ! Volume 1 - Number 6
August 2015
December 2015
November 2015
HARVEST !
Volume 1 - Number 7
The Corridor
Holiday Shopping Guide
January-February 2016
2015
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta A New Music Store in Santa Fe - A Computer Charity A Colorful Recycle Project from Tinkertown “Quaking Aspens” - The People of Cicuye / Pecos The late-fall cascade of Artists’ Studio Tours Our Side Trips visits wineries, breweries, eateries and things to see and do during the Balloon Fiesta Community Calendar - Visual Corridor - Bits & Bites Acorn’s Corner - School News - The Corridor Back Page
The Corridor reaches out - Downtown Springer, New Mexico - Corridor staff photo by Marc-Paul LaRouche
Volume 1 - Number 9
November 2015
The Corridor Holiday Shopping Guide
2015
- IN THIS ISSUE Castles of Goodness - a Legacy in Gingerbread Ski Areas, Outdoor Events and Torchlight Parades Our December Holiday Shopping Guide Gifts Ideas and More Gift Ideas Helping Hands for the Holidays Upcoming Events in December - So Much to Do ! Holiday Shopping in Your Neighborhood Bits & Bites - Favorite Holiday Recipes - From Us to You Side Trips - Santa Fe to Ranchos de Taos on the Low Road Acorn’s Corner - Kid’s Events, Coloring, Mini Snowman Pizzas The Corridor Back Page Volume 1 - Number 10
December 2015
Volume 1 - Number 8
October 2015
COMING IN APRIL
- 2016 NM Artists’ Studio Tours - Tinkertown Opens April 1st - Art Speaks in Taos - Jazz at Museum Hill in Santa Fe - Los Poblanos Volunteer Work Day
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In this issue: Our Holiday Shopping Guide - PLUS -
- PLUS Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta A New Music Store in Santa Fe - A Computer Charity A Colorful Recycle Project from Tinkertown “Quaking Aspens” - The People of Cicuye / Pecos The late-fall cascade of Artists’ Studio Tours Our Side Trips visits wineries, breweries, eateries and things to see and do during the Balloon Fiesta Community Calendar - Visual Corridor - Bits & Bites Acorn’s Corner - School News - The Corridor Back Page
September 2015
Happy Holidays from The Corridor Madrid, New Mexico
BALLOONS PUMPKINS CHILES
- PLUS Community Calendar - Visual Corridor - Bits & Bites Acorn’s Corner - School News - The Corridor Back Page
Wildlife in the “Corridor”
“Primpin’ an’ a Preenin’ #27” © 2008 by Lori Musil
IN THIS ISSUE:
IN THIS ISSUE:
A Family Farm Market in Moriarty Farmers’ Markets in the Corridor A New Cooperative Grocery for Santa Fe Eldorado Coffee Roaster Turns Twenty and Moves to New Digs Local Fire Departments Are Looking For Volunteers Preventative Fire Safety at Eldorado Fire & Rescue Service New Mexico Artists’ Studio Tours Every Weekend Through Nov. 8 Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Coming in September Take a Side Trip Along the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway
CELEBRATING THE ARTWORK OF ALLAN HOUSER A photo gallery of artworks in public spaces in and around Santa Fe, NM (foreground) Phillip Haozous - “Allan Houser Haozous” (background) Allan Houser -“Homeward Bound” , 1989 - bronze edition of 6 exhibition loan to MIAC by Allan Houser Inc. © Chiinde LLC Corridor staff photo © 2016 by Marc-Paul LaRouche
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Adjacent to the Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, NM
IN THIS ISSUE A Gallery of photos featuring the artwork of famed Santa Fe artist Allan Houser Out & About in The Corridor The Trowel - Gardening Tips & Tricks Health & Wellness for the New Year Upcoming Events for January and February, 2016 The Visual Corridor Blinded with Science - A look at 3-D printing Tales from the Trails - Old Route 66 in New Mexico and Cerrillos Hills history Side Trips - Wagon Mound and Cimarron Bits & Bites - Food thoughts, restaurant suggestions and a bit about books Acorn’s Corner - Photo contest, coloring contest, etc.
Volume 2 - Number 1
January / February 2016
- Railyard Artisan Market in Santa Fe - El Museo Winter Market in Santa Fe - Pond Skimming Champ. in Taos - Rio Mora Monthly Hike - National Park Week - FREE WEEK - Pecos NHP Legacy & Lore - Glimpses of the past in Las Vegas
Plus new Side Trips, Bits & Bites, Blinded with Science, The Trowel, Art & Culture, Tales of the Trails, Acorn’s Corner and More . . .
The Corridor Enters Our Second Year . . . Presenting highlights from our inaugural issues
IN THIS ISSUE:
From The Editor Feature - The Corridor year in review - highlights Community Spotlight - Eldorado at Santa Fe The Trowel - Pre-Spring gardening, seed exchanges Upcoming Events for March Art & Culture - Quilts, music, art, photography, and Meow Wolf
Volume 2 - Number 2
Blinded with Science - “The Grammys of Innovation” Tales of the Trails - The beginnings of Southwest
archeology
Side Trips - Jemez Mountain Trail Bits & Bites - Wine tour, overnight fun in Taos, book blog Acorn’s Corner - Spring break activities
March 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE ON THE COVER:
Our 1st year in review
Why “The Corridor” In our inaugural issue of The Corridor we talked about why we gave our new publication the name The Corridor, the kind of information we hoped to bring our readers, the communities that we served, and how we hoped to “modernize” the old-fashioned idea of the community newspaper. Our intention with the name The Corridor referred to the many trails and “corridors” on which people in this part of the country have traveled and settled since there were humans inhabiting the West. We began by identifying the Santa Fe Trail, Camino Real, Turquoise Trail and Route 66 as the major “corridors” that our paper served. Beginning with our June issue we added these trails to the masthead to help identify our distribution area. Along the way, as we expanded into more of north central New Mexico, we identified the Old Spanish Trail, the Salt Missions Trail, even the Old Pecos Trail and Old Las Vegas Highway, as being a part of our readership area. Rather than add all of these additional byways to our masthead, we have simplified our coverage statement to “Serving the Communities of North Central New Mexico”.
Old School vs New Tech
we also talked about our hope to combine the convenience and convention of having a printed paper ro provide communication, share news and views, as well as providing a delivery vehicle for businesses and services to offer their wares to the public.
At the same time, we planned to keep the number of pages that we print each month to a small number, no more than 24 pages, in order to keep our costs down and keep waste to a minimum. In order to provide additional information, such as our calendar of events, more in-depth stories and to provide a repository for each edition of The Corridor as it was printed, we launched a concurrent online edition of The Corridor, www.thecorridornm.com. After major building and re-building by our webmaster and graphics administrator, Jefferson LaRouche, we now have a dynamic web presence that allows us to bring the hope of converging the old school and the newest technologies. Today you can view and read all of the past issues of The Corridor online, view our event calendar, business directory, find restaurants, find the closest place to pick up your copy of The Corridor (even if you visiting elsewhere in New Mexico). You can also check out other pages, such as the Side Trips page, which now includes a map along with a reprint of each edition of Sude Trips to see where the trip would take you (an how to get there to make your own excursion). In this issue our feature story talks a little about how far we have come since we started, some of our regular features and pages, and a visual review of some of our artwork and Side Trips. Be sure to check out Jefferson’s page, “Blinded with Science”, where he recalls a trip to the Xprize cup in 2006 and explains what the prize is about and where it is going in the future.
11 issues of The Corridor “Serving the Communities of North Central New Mexico” In This Issue - March, 2016 - Volume 2, Number 2 FRONT PAGE 2 - From the Editor - Looking back and looking ahead 3 - Highlights from our first year 4 - Highlights from our first year 5 - Community Spotkights - Eldorado at Santa Fe 6 - The Trowel - Gardening tips and tricks, seed exchanges, etc. 7 - Advertising in The Corridor and the 2016 New Mexico Artists Studio Tour Guide 8 - Upcoming events in March 2016 9 - Arts & Culture - Quilts, Music, Art, Photography ... and Meow Wolf 10- Blinded with Science -The Grammys of Innovation 11 - Tales from the Trails - The Beginnings of Southwest Archeology 12 - Side Trips - Jemez Mountain Trail 13 - Side Trips - Jemez Mountain Trail 14 - Bits & Bites - Wine Tour, Overnight Fun in Taos, Book Blog 15 - Acorn’s Corner (Kids’ Page) - What to do for Spring Break 16 - The Corridor Back Page - Corridor Sponsor Display Advertising (Call us at 505-438-9600 to get your ad on the Corridor Back Page)
Editor/Publisher - Marc-Paul LaRouche Assistant Editor - Deborah A. LaRouche Website and Graphics Administrator - Jefferson Pierre LaRouche Contributors: Milicent McFarland, Marty Gerber The Corridor is a publication of Streamlynx, LLC dba Streamlynx Communications 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 SALES 505-438-9600 MOBILE 505-913-9652 Please remit all hard copy to the above address Send all electronic remittances to: editor@thecorridornm.
As always, we welcome your comments and your submissions. Send us your feedback to editor@thecorridornm.com, or by snail mail at The Corridor, 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508. You can also call our office at 505-438-9600. Best regards, Marc-Paul LaRouche Editor and Publisher The Corridor Community News, Views & More
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It’s a little hard to believe but it has been a year now since we launched The Corridor.
CORRIDOR HIGHLIGHTS OUR FIRST YEAR IN REVIEW Some of the cover art from our first year
We have printed and distributed over 66,000 copies of The Corridor since March, 2015. We started with 10,000 copies in March and April, pared it down to 5,000 for a couple of months as we increased and refined our distribution, and will print 7,000 copies for our March, 2016 anniversary issue. We now distribute to over 100 locations throughout North Central New Mexico, from the Albuquerque Sunport to the visitor center in Raton. In between, readers will find The Corridor in a dozen or more locations in Eldorado, another 20+ locations in Santa Fe, as well as Taos, Los Alamos, Las Vegas, Placitas, Bernalillo, Moriarty, Edgewood, Cedar Crest, Galisteo, Lamy…even Russell’s Truck stop in Springer and the truck stop at Clines Corners. These days we are logging over 600 miles each month to get The Corridor to our readers. This month we thought it would be fun to do a quick review of the year with hightlights from each issue of The Corridor from March, 2015 through February, 2016.
For June we composited a vintage Harley Davidson onto a photo of the road from Galisteo to Lamy.
For our inaugural edition of this new publication we wanted to illustrate our initial coverage area by highlighting iconic images from each of the communities we served. We were most fortunate in comissioning our cover art to be produced by Joshua Kydd, a world-renowned commercial artist and illustrator, who is now a resident of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The piece is color pencil and ink on Bristol art paper. Since then, Joushua has become a local celebrity in Las Vegas, where he frequently shows and sells his artwork.
For July we wanted to portray Outdoor Family Fun. Our own graphic designer and webmaster Jefferson Pierre LaRouche composited this scene of a car parked at a drive-in movie, with July 4 fireworks exploding in the night sky.
Referring to her work on the cover art for the May 2015 issue of The Corridor, local Santa Fe artist Leslie ‘Magdalena’ Friedman, Alumni of California College of Arts said she enjoyed bringing the different objects together against a dreamlike high desert landscape, where even mundane objects can be beautiful.
For November we wanted to illustrate our feature on “Wildlife in the Corridor”. artist Lori Musil, owner of Art & Antiques in Madrid, New Mexico, was gratious in allowing us to use her painting “Primpin’ and a Preenin’ #27” from her art card collection.
We have learned a lot over this past year. We have met a lot of interesting people and told a lot of stories about our communities and the people who live there. Our monthly calendars have introduced fun and interesting events and activities from our entire readership area, allowing us to broaden awareness of what is happening throughout north central New Mexico. We have created some special pages and departments that have taken on a life of their own. Our Side Trips and Kids Page have become mainstays each month. We are also thankful for the many contributors who have brought us their pictures, stories, reviews, commentary and expertise over the year. We look forward to continuing these offerings and encourage our readers to help us to contribute to the depth of information and entertainment in The Corridor.
On a visit to Museum Hill this January we found this snowy scene to be especially appropriate for our combined January-February issue. We used this photograph to introsude our feature story on world-reknowned Apache artist and sculptor Allan Houser. The sculpture in the background, “Homeward Bound” was created by Allan Houser. The life-size bronze in the foreground, “Allan Houser Haozous” is the work of Phillip Haozous, one of Allan Houser’s sons.
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A look back at some of our Side Trips
March, 2015 - Santa Fe to Madrid and Cerrillos along the Turquoise Trail
April, 2015 - San Miguel Church along the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway
Lewis Antique Auto and Truck Museum 905 Route 66 in Moriarty, NM
The Historic Fuller Lodge and Art Center - Los Alamos, NM
November, 2015 - Los Alamos, NM and Bandelier National Munument
June, 2015 - Old U.S. Route 66 Moriarty and Edgewood
San Francisco de Assis Mission Church - Ranchos de Taos
December, 2015 - Santa Fe to Ranchos de Taos along the river road (“the Low Road”)
September, 2015 - Along the Salt Missions Scenic Byway
January-February, 2016 Wagon Mound to Cimarron, NM The old Mills Mansion - Springer, New Mexico
July, 2015 - Las Vegas, Fort Union and Mora, NM
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Historic St. James Hotel, Cimarron, NM
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Zen Sharpening Keeps It Sharp at The Agora
HAPPY EASTER !
Community Spotlight on Eldorado at Santa Fe
If you’ve been to the Eldorado Supermart at the Agora Shopping Center in Eldorado on Saturdays, you’ve undoubtedly seen a very busy Zen Sharpening, working on knives, garden tools and scissors for folks in the local communities. When asked about his popularity, owner Aarin Richard explained; “Attention to detail is key. Many of my customers are quite particular about their knives and some of the knives I work on are very expensive. I use a slow, water-cooled system which allows me to create a very precise bevel and eliminates the danger of over heating the steel of a fine knife”. Aarin Richard of Zen Sharpening works on a chef knife. Find him in The Eldorado Supermart at The Agora in Eldorado - Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
(505) 913-7179
Overheating can ruin the temper of steel, which is the risk of using a high speed abrasive such as a belt sander, that many sharpeners use. “I also test every single knife before I hand it back to the customer to ensure it is slicing perfectly. My customers are fantastic and some travel long distances to have me work on their pieces.... It’s all about precision”.
From the Gang at Que Sera Alpacas ! We have some cute new things in stock as well as several things ON SALE. Come See Us !
OpenWednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 1-4 pm or by appointment. 66 Jacinto Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508 (Off Hwy 285, just south of Eldorado) Call Anne at 505-310-3369 for more information or visit our website:
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Attorney Daniel E. Brannen, Jr. Opens Law Offices in Eldorado
Daniel E. Brannen, Jr. Attorney at Law
Attorney Dan Brannen has opened a law office in the La Tienda Condominiums at 3 Caliente Road, Suite 5 in Eldorado at Santa Fe. Dan has been a lawyer since 1993. He first moved to Santa Fe with his wife, Jen, and children in 2003, settling in Eldorado in 2008. He is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Pennsylvania. He shares his office with his wife Jennifer, a law clerk for the firm.
Dan tells us that his office will offer community, neighborhood law, including wills, divorces, small business law, etc. He says he wants to be a part of his community. “I like to help people. Law takes a person with a problem, and makes it better.”
NOW WHAT: Jennie Cooley Opens Again with a Wink
American Artist Jennie Cooley MSU “HARD TO FORGET” “It’s life’s little moments awkward and universal with reds and oranges and sometimes a four letter word” the American Artist and writer explains.
With a chubby gas can/slide guitar, a raven in a “onesy”, an electric coyote and Al Roker, the weatherman, Jennie Cooley is on the road again! “It’s a studio or a gallery by chance” The former Canyon Rd. gallery owner says with a smile. And there will be plenty of smiles as art from Santa Fe favorites; Dennis Larkins, Holly Wood, Leah Saulnier, Gilbert Candelaria, Estaban Bojorquez, Don Kennell and David Cudney surround Cooley’s own.
American Artist & Writer Jennie Cooley “It’s hours by chance or appointment, or art with a Cubano from Café Oasis. It’s got to be “Hair on Fire Fun”, “Now What” and a little irregular.” the artist promises.
With the growing success of the Paintings, prints, sculptures and fun licensed Jennie Cooley Signature crowd around Cooley’s press where Lines and fine art shows on both gallery visitors can make their own coasts, The Artist/Writer Cooley is ready to get down to work at home. art with no- rules monotypes. “It’s a big ideas in a small space, with artists garnered from my galleries and “Cirque de Cooley” and yes there will be scheduled events with music, balloons and a few tattoos.” She adds.
The studio/gallery opens this month “18 minutes from the Plaza” in the La Tienda Center in Eldorado. Just off 285 and Ave Vista Grande it won’t be “just another roadside attraction”.
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Painting and printing from coast to coast, showing and selling on both, her unique visual narrative style is collected and licensed internationally. Cooley’s art with words, mostly spelled correctly, has a solid foundation with a background built on bronze, acrylic, inks, a little glitter and years of experience in newspapers, advertising and TV, sort of a Mad-Man-Woman.
Art by Jennie Cooley
“I like to make people smile and then to think. I love it when they laugh out loud or shake their head”. She adds winking. “And I do make some stuff up” Cooley concludes with a nod to the MSU she often adds to her name.
Jennie Cooley Studio in La Tienda Shopping Center in Eldorado at Santa Fe
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Trowel The GARDENING TIPS & TRICKS
New Mexico State Forestry Conservation Seedling Program
PRE-SPRING GARDENING Milicent McFarland
by Milicent McFarland
It is a warm 55 ° and the garden is calling to me.
Photo: NMForestry
I cannot resist. Every year I plan on doing less and buying more at the farmer’s market or enrolling in a CSA—and every year the soil beckons.
Ordering for Spring 2016 ends on April 15, 2016. Distribution of orders will be March 7, 2016 through April 22, 2016.
Gardening is not for the weak of heart here in the arid Southwest where rainfall totals less than 12 inches a year, drying winds are the norm in several seasons and shockingly cold temps (18°) can happen in mid-May, after warmth has spurred leafing out.
For more than forty years, the Division has offered low-cost seedlings to landowners to plant for reforestation, erosion control, windbreaks, or Christmas tree plantations. The Forestry Division offers over sixty different species for sale over the course of the fall and spring sales.
And then there are the critters: packrat, gophers, mice, rabbits---all ready to make a meal or at least suck the moisture out of the plants you have so carefully cultivated.
These seedlings are sold in small containers, large containers, and bare root. To participate in the program you must own at least one acre of land in New Mexico and the seedlings purchased through the program must be used for conservation purposes.
So why continue? Because of successes like this morning when I was able to harvest greens from the raised bed I have kept covered for the last several months with two layers of floating row cover. Seeds were planted originally last fall in mid-September. I hand watered the bed periodically and also sprinkled gopher repellant pellets monthly and watered them in to discourage depredation. I have trapped gophers successfully, on occasion, but the repellant pellets seem to be keeping the critters at bay and they are cleaner to deal with.
Seedlings may be picked up in Santa Fe, at one of the distribution points across the state (spring only) or shipped via UPS at no extra charge. http://goo.gl/mFbBBT
Seed Exchanges: Photo: Michelle Bevell, Taos Seed Exchange
So where to plant what? —That requires pondering the previous year’s plantings in order to rotate crops. The goal is to discourage overwintering soil borne diseases or bugs that like to prey on members of the same Family (e.g. Nightshade, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and eggplants.). And I am stymied. All I want to do right now is to get some early cool weather crops started: Swiss chard, spinach, kale, and lettuces. But I have to keep the entire future garden in mind—so I need to tentatively at least pencil in proposed planting areas. In order to do that, I need to review the “rules” of rotating which include focus on not just plant families, but alternating heavy feeding plants, like cabbage, with lighter feeders, like lettuce. Also include nitrogen-fixing plants, like beans and peas. That requires more thought as three of my favorite crops have been Nightshades—tomatoes, peppers and potatoes—that can be prone to fungal diseases, which can last in the soil for up to four years. All three are subject to bugs. And tomatoes and peppers are heavy feeders. And so I decide to plant early spring peas, which will be harvested and out of the garden by the time I want to plant zucchini and other squash, or pumpkin, in this same bed. Check on the seed package or with a local nursery for the best planting times for your area. I have discovered through much trial and error that it pays to wait until the end of May to plant any cukes or squash, to avoid the squash bug and cucumber beetle both difficult insects to eradicate. So, I end the day having gotten one bed planted, watered and covered. Tomorrow…the future potato bed?
Further Reading Rotating Vegetable Crops for Garden Success https://goo.gl/zvktPj
The Key To Keeping A Rich Vegetable Patch
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Annual Santa Fe Seed Exchange - Tuesday, March 15 from 3 pm – 6 pm at Frenchy’s Barn at Frenchy’s Field (intersection of Agua Fria and Osage) If you are looking for seeds and ideas for your vegetable garden, come to the Santa Fe Seed Exchange. The City Parks Division and Home Grown New Mexico are hosting this event for all community gardens, school gardens and home gardeners. It’s free and you’ll get great seeds! www.homegrownnewmexico.org/ 3rd Annual Taos Seed Exchange - March 19 10am at the Juan I. Gonzales Ag Center 202 Chamisa Road in Taos. This will be the 3rd Annual, the big one, with demonstrations, and lots of gardeners and extension agents to speak with. It is co-sponsored by the Taos Seed Exchange and the Taos County Cooperative Extension Service of NMSU. http://sweetlyseeds.com/taos-seed-exchange/ New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity employer. All programs are available to everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. New Mexico State University, Taos County and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. If you are a person with a disability who is need of an auxiliary aid or service to participate in any Taos county Extension events, please call Tony at 758-3982 at least two weeks prior to the event.
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COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE Los Alamos Tue Mar 8 Los Alamos Lecture Series: Rosie the Riveter Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos. 7-8 pm Celebrate Women’s History Month. Enjoy Ann Beyke in her performance as Rosie in this NM Humanities Council Chautauqua program. Thu Mar 10
Los Alamos Winter Farmers Market - Crossroads Church, 97 East Road, Los Alamos 8am-12pm. Second Thursday of each month. Started in 1970 it’s a great place to support local foods and buy direct from growers and producers. Fri Mar 11 Los Alamos Concert Association Dover Quartet Concert - Duane W. Smith Auditorium on the Los Alamos High School, 1300 Diamond Drive, Los Alamos. 7-9pm Mozart: Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458; David Ludwig: Pale Blue Dot; Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 Mon Mar 14 Pi Day at Bradbury Science Museum - Bradbury Science Museum, 1350 Central Ave, Los Alamos. 11am-5pm In honor of this special occasion, the Bradbury Science Museum will be offering a number of events and activities. Tue Mar 22
Bandelier Takes Over PEEC - Los Alamos Nature Center (PEEC) 2600 Canyon Rd, Los Alamos 6 – 8pm Bandelier rangers and our scientist partners will showcase current efforts to understand our park’s ecology and history in the context of a changing climate. Come to the Nature Center and hear minitalks throughout the evening. Fri Mar 25
Fourth Fridays: Bradbury Science Museum - 1350 Central Ave, Los Alamos 10am–6pm The museum is staying open late until 6 p.m. offering access to exhibits and special activities for all ages.
Las Vegas & Pecos Thu Mar 17 Glimpses of the Past “Artist in Residence: Images from Fort Union.” - Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center Building, 116 Bridge Street, Las Vegas. 7–8:30pm View the remarkable images of Fort Union taken by renowned New Mexico artist Steve Martin as part of the Artist in Residence program. Sun Mar 20
Pecos NHP Legacy & Lore - Pecos National Historical Park, NM-63, Pecos 1:30–2:30pm Capitán Rafael Chacón witnessed much in the formation of modern New Mexico during the battles of Valverde and Glorieta. As Chacón, Dr. Enrique Lamadrid demonstrates a shifting world. Free entrance from 1-2:30 ask at the Visitor Center Sat Mar 26 Pecos NHP Civil War Event - Battle of Glorieta Pass Pecos National Historical Park, NM-63, Pecos 10am– 4pm Living history, black powder demonstrations, compelling speakers will all commemorate the battle of Glorieta at one site in the park. $7 park admission per person.
Route 66, Turquoise Trail & Placitas Ongoing: Placitas Community Library Quilt Show – Placitas Community Library, 453 Hwy 165, Placitas. See next page for more information.
Friends of Tijeras Pueblo Lecture Series - Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site, Sandia Ranger Station, 11776 Hwy 337 Tijeras. 6:30-7:30pm Research at Creekside Village: Addressing Early Village Organization in the Tularosa Basin by David Greenwald. $5 non-members. Sat Mar 26 & 27
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Tinkertown Reopens - Tinkertown Museum, 121 Sandia Crest Rd, Sandia Park
Santa Fe & Cerrillos Ongoing: Saturdays Santa Fe Farmers Market - 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe 8am-1pm Weekends El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe Winter Market - 555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe. Sat 8am-3pm, Sun 9am-4pm. Railyard Artisan Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavillion, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe 10am4pm Thu Mar 3 – Sun Mar 6 The 39 Steps’ at Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St, Santa Fe. Alfred Hitchcock’s silver screen tale of intrigue and murder hits the stage . 7:30 pm Thu–Sat, 2 pm Sun santafeplayhouse.org. Also Mar 10-13. Fri Mar 4
Easter Extravaganza - Old Windmill Dairy, 52 Paso Ranch Rd, Estancia. Come for the Easter Egg hunt. Pet the baby goats, chicks and ducklings. Visit with the Easter bunny and enjoy some awesome food. We have two Easter Egg hunts each day. Children $9 and adults $12.50
First Friday Open House - Ralph T Coe Foundation for the Arts, 1590 B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe. 1-4 pm Behind the scenes access to our collection of over 2,000 works of global indigenous art, experience our intimate on-site exhibitions, walk through the collections, meet our staff, and learn more about what we do. Cerrillos Hills State Park - Volunteer Training Cerrillos Hills State Park, Co Rd 59, Cerrillos 10am– 12pm 5th In Music Ski Santa Fe - Ski Santa Fe, 1477 NM475, Santa Fe. 12-3pm Controlled Burn will play at our mid-mountain bar and grill, Totemoff’s. Your Season Pass or daily lift ticket is your entry to the fun. Cerrillos Hills State Park - Landscapes for the People - Cerrillos Hills State Park Co Rd 59, Cerrillos 2-3 pm Authors Ren & Helen Davis will share about George Alexander Grant, First Chief Photographer of the National Park Service. Sat Mar 5 & Sun Mar 6
Santa Fe Pro Musica Concert The Lark Ascending Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe. Sat at 4pm and Sun at 3pm. Under the baton of Thomas O’Connor, the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra performs with acclaimed violinist Colin Jacobsen Mon Mar 7 & Tue Mar 8 Banff Film Festival World Tour - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7-10 pm. Features a collection of exhilarating and provocative films that explore life in the mountains. $16 one night/$28 for both. Thu Mar 10 – Sun Mar 1 The 39 Steps’ at Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St, Santa Fe. Alfred Hitchcock’s silver screen tale of intrigue and murder hits the stage . 7:30 pm Thu–Sat, 2 pm Sun santafeplayhouse.org.
Cerrillos Hills Star Party - Cerrillos Hills State Park 7–9pm Catch the green laser guided tour of bright stars and constellations followed by close-up views of star clusters, nebulae and distant galaxies through telescopes. Main parking lot, ½ mile north of Cerrillos village on County Road 59. $5 Sat Mar 12 Coro de Cámara: ‘New York Nuance’ - First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave, Santa Fe. 7pm. Music by Big Apple composers like Leonard Bernstein, Fats Waller, and others, including the West Side Story suite. Free (suggested donation $20) Austin Piazzolla Quintet - GiG Performance Space 1808 2nd St, Santa Fe. 7:30pm A performance by the Texas tango ensemble specializing in the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. $20
Cerrillos Hills State Park Geology Hike - Cerrillos
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Tue Mar 15 Santa Fe Institute Community Lecture Series: Gary Marcus “Smart Machines...and What They Can Still Learn from People” Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7:30pm. Best-selling author and entrepreneur Gary Marcus provides a cognitive scientist’s perspective on AI. Tickets are free, reservations required. Thu Mar 17 – Sun Mar 20 Meow Wolf House of Eternal Return’s Opening Weekend - Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Cir, Santa Fe Fri Mar 18
Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7:309:30pm This fiery ensemble of fourteen dancers and musicians delivers a bold theatrical experience for aficionados and flamenco newcomers alike. Sat Mar 19 6th In Music Ski Santa Fe - Ski Santa Fe, 1477 NM475, Santa Fe 12–3pm Enjoy Sean Healen, on the deck at Totemoff’s. Lunesa & Tim O’Brien Concert - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7:30–9pm. Ireland’s Lúnasa, described by the Associated Press as “the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet,” joins forces with America’s Grammywinning country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tim O’Brien.
Fiesta del Sol Spring Break Celebration – Angel Fire Resort. It’s our Spring celebration with live music, themed days, cool contests, and great spring skiing and riding. Mar 5-20 Night Skiing - Angel Fire Resort. Night skiing on the front side of the mountain from 4-8 p.m. $24 (or $12 with a same-day ticket). Terrain includes 50 acres of groomed trails as well as a few terrain park features. Mar 6-19 Red River Ski Area Spring Break Beach Weeks – Red River turns up the heat with its annual Beach Weeks. Tank tops and hula skirts are spotted frequently zipping down the slopes during this annual event. Fri Mar 4 & 11 Tour Red River with a NFS Ranger - Red River Ski & Summer Area, 400 Pioneer Rd, Red River 1:30-3 pm Sipapu Cardboard Derby - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito, 9am–12pm Fri Mar 18 Dog Days at Enchanted Forest - Enchanted Forest Cross Country Ski Area, 29 Sangre De Cristo, Red River. Cross country ski or snowshoe the trails of the with your fourlegged friends. Sat Mar 19
Santa Fe Symphony: Brahms & Stravinsky - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 4–6pm The Santa Fe Symphony and Guest Conductor Oriol Sans celebrate the arrival of spring with a program dedicated to sunshine, fun, innovation and surprise. FREE preview talk at 3:00 pm. Thu Mar 24 GlobalFEST on the Road: Creole Carnival - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7:30-9:30pm. See next page for more information. Thu Mar 24, Fri Mar 25 & Sat Mar 26 Baroque Holy Week Concert – Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe. Thu & Fri 7:30-9:30pm, Sat 6-9pm Powerful music, miraculous setting. The Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble presents this springtime favorite featuring music of Bach, Handel and Telemann. Sat Mar 26
Fatty Paddy Mountain Bike Race - Angel Fire Resort, 10 Miller Ln, Angel Fire 9am4pm Bring your fat tire mountain bikes and dress in your favorite St. Paddy’s Day outfit for some friendly competitions and Brew Ski as the snow season ends and the dirt season begins. 12th Annual Pond Skimming Contest at Sipapu - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito 1-3pm Skiers and boarders try to stay dry as they race down the mountain and attempt to skim across “Lake Sipapu”. Prizes awarded to best finishers. Sat Mar 19 & Sun Mar 20 “Into The Light” Chamber Music Concert. Harwood Museum 238 Ledoux St, Taos. 5pm. A multimedia collaboration with sound and light artist Sasha vom Dorp inspires a program of music informed by light by Schubert, Benshoof, and Brustad on cello, violin, flute, and viola. Sun Mar 20
Annual Jeff Gladfelter Memorial Bump Run - Ski Santa Fe, 1477 NM-475, Santa Fe 11am–3pm This is the time to show off your mogul skills to local judges and compete for awesome prizes. Sun Mar 27
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Hills State Park 11am-12pm. Decode the ancient past through the eyes of a geologist. Local rock hound Scott Renbarger will be your guide. $5
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David Crosby Solo Acoustic Concert - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe 7:30-9:30pm. Fri Apr 1
Red River Ski Area Pond Skim 400 Pioneer Rd, Red River 3-4pm Moonlight Hike and Campfire - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito 6:30-8:30pm Explore the mountain by moonlight! Join us for our FREE guided tour from the base area to mid-mountain, where a big roaring campfire and hot chocolate awaits. Sat Mar 26
First Friday Open House - Ralph T Coe Foundation for the Arts, 1590 B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe 1–4 pm Behind the scenes access to our collection of over 2,000 works of global indigenous art, experience our intimate on-site exhibitions, walk through the collections, meet our staff, and learn more about what we do. ralphtcoefoundation.org
Spring Beer Tasting Festival - Rhoda’s Restaurant Deck, 116 Sutton Pl, Taos Ski Valley 3:30-6pm. Sample beers from across the Southwest and sample food from some of Taos’ best restaurants.
Taos, Red River, Angel Fire & Sipapu
Easter Egg Hunt - Taos Ski Valley 9:00am – 12:00pm
Ongoing:
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Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito. 9am–4pm Part scavenger hunt, part ski adventure! Search our mountain, lodge and base area to find laminated letters.
Mar 1–Apr 25 Annual Taos Pueblo Closure Mar 3-Apr 24 Art Speaks - Works by Renowned Taos Pueblo Artists at Taos Community Auditorium Encore Gallery 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos . While Taos Pueblo closes for quiet time visitors can see Pueblo art at the Encore Gallery of TCA, right in the center of the Town of Taos.
Sun Apr 3 Pond Skimming Championships - Taos Ski Valley 12:00pm – 4:00pm
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“Into The Light” Chamber Music Concert at the Harwood
Eight Placitas Artists Exhibit Quilts at Placitas Community Library In celebration of National Quilting Month, eight Placitas quilters are exhibiting their artistic quilts in the Collin Room of the Placitas Community Library. The quilts will be on exhibit during regular library hours from Feb. 27th to March 31st. The public is invited to meet the quilter s at a reception in their honor on Friday, March 11th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. There is no admission fee for the reception or the exhibit. A total of 14 art quilts will be on display at the Placitas Community Library. Several well-known Placitas artists, including Jo Anne Fredrikson, Judith Roderick, Rod Daniel, and Jim Carnevale, will have quilts included in the show. Many of the quilts will be for sale through the Placitas Community Library. Visit http://goo.gl/lV2JXB for more.
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Art Speaks Works by Renowned Taos Pueblo Artists Mar 3, 2016 - Apr 24, 2016
“Red Ravens” quilt
While Taos Pueblo closes for quiet time, between March 1 and mid-April, visitors can see Pueblo art at the Taos Community Auditorium Encore Gallery, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte in Taos. The exhibition speaks of tradition in contemporary times, recognizes talent within families, and includes works in stone, clay, india ink on clayboard, and oils. Opening Reception Thursday March 3, 4-6pm. http://tcataos.org/
‘Jazz Greats: A Photographic Exhibition by Paul Slaughter’
March 24th 7:30pm to 9:30pm globalFEST’s first tour, Creole Carnival, honors the roots of African musical currents, crossed with a fusion of sounds from the Americas, and revolving around Carnival, the pre-Lent festival celebrated globally that’s everyone’s favorite excuse for a party. From Brazil (Casuarina) — the superpower of celebration — to Haiti (Emeline Michel) and Jamaica (Brushy One String), each country has its own rich traditions for music, dancing, costumes, and cutting loose. Spanning 35 cities ranging from Lisner Auditorium to Massey Hall in Canada, globalFEST’s international trio of artists, will explore, expand, and upend notions of Carnival, without losing sight of where magic and religious fervor intersect with a madcap, no-holds-barred soiree. http://goo.gl/Jn0XdF
1352 Rufina Circle, Santa Fe, NM March 17 - 5:00 - 11:00 pm The Opening Night Gala is the true first look at Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return! Join the artists, investors, and V.I.P. guests as you explore Meow Wolf’s incredible 20,000 sq. ft. wonderland. Gala Admission also includes food, drink, and entertainment! $250 per person. Public Opening March 18 - 2:00 pm - 2:00 am We will open our doors at 2:00pm on Friday, March 18th and stay open until 2:00am. This will be the first day of regular operations for Meow Wolf! $15-$25
Connoisseurship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is pleased to announce a major exhibition of Native American Art, Connoisseurship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art, open through April 17, 2016. Ralph T. “Ted” Coe was a curator, museum director, connoisseur, and collector known to travel hours out of his way to discover a new Native artist or a good slice of pie. The exhibition is in collaboration with the Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Santa Fe.
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Moriarty Public Library is sponsoring a writing contest open to residents of East Mountain and Estancia Valley areas. Deadline to enter is March 19. Adult and kids categories. Entry forms and rules are available at the Moriarty Public Library and on their website at www. moriartylibrary.com
Opening Night Gala
Photography by Paul Slaughter at SFUAD’s Marion Center for Photographic Arts, featuring subjects like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, and other jazz icons. Free, through April 20, 505-473-6011, santafeuniversity. edu.
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe - Through April 17, 2016
7th Annual East Mountains Community Writing Contest
Meow Wolf Grand Opening
Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St Michaels Dr, Santa Fe - Through April 20, 2016
globalFEST on the Road: Creole Carnival at the Lensic
A multimedia collaboration with sound and light artist Sasha vom Dorp inspires a program of music informed by light by Schubert, Benshoof, and Brustad on cello, violin, flute, and viola. Saturday and Sunday, 5pm.
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March 19-20 - 10 am - Midnight The Opening Weekend continues on Saturday and Sunday with special entertainment and giveaways. Open from 10am – Midnight on both nights! $15-$25 General Admission Tickets also available now for all normal operating days (not opening weekend) ! $10-$18 www.meowwolf.com/tickets
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BLINDED WITH Hi there.
My name is Jefferson LaRouche. I’m from Eldorado, but now I’m living with my wonderful fiance in an apartment in Albuquerque, creating graphics and ads for this paper as well as updating the website. I’ve also been a lifelong enthusiast towards computer science, physical science, astronomy, design, engineering, and new technology. Here’s some insight on some related subjects.
The Grammy’s of Innovation “Inspired by the Orteig Prize, the original XPRIZE was announced in 1996, offering a $10 million prize to the first privately financed team that could build and fly a three-passenger vehicle 100 kilometers into space twice within two weeks. The prize, later titled the Ansari XPRIZE for suborbital spaceflight, motivated 26 teams from seven nations to invest more than $100 million in pursuit of the $10 million purse. On October 4, 2004, the Ansari XPRIZE was awarded to Mojave Aerospace Ventures, marking the dawn of the personal spaceflight revolution and signifying a radical breakthrough in prize philanthropy.” from http://www.xprize.org/sites/default/files/xprize_backgrounder.pdf Ten years ago, Governor Bill Richardson made Spaceport America, a . It was created in order to build public interest in commercial space travel. This was not the first time New Mexico was made famous for commercial spaceflight, though. In 2004, the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team won the Ansari Xprize with SpaceshipOne. This was part of the first Xprize Cup - a private space expo that lasted in New Mexico until 2007. My parents and I were fortunate enough to be able to take a trip to Las Cruces in 2006 (and Alamogordo the next year), upon which we got to see quite the well-recieved Hollywood-style event fit for VIP guest to the event and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
The Armadillo Aerospace team getting one of their crafts, Texel, ready to perform the Lunar Lander challenge at the Xprize Cup 2006 event.
civil engineering masterpiece of spacecraft artifacts, inflatable earths and moons, robots, shipping containers, and many air and spacecraft tests necessary to continue for the $2.2 million Google Lunar Xprize Competition (which is still underway). One of my favorite games for PC growing up was RollerCoaster Tycoon (available at www.rollercoastertycoon.com). In the game, you are in charge of building and maintaining a theme park. This event looked exactly like something someone would have built in that game. Former relics from the Apollo and Shuttle Program, along with a replica of SpaceShipOne. airplanes flying, rockets launching for various prizes, space elevator solar panel concepts being tested, and many aircraft on display parked right on the walkway.
My younger self in front of a replica of SpaceShipOne, the spaceplane that flew the first commercially-funded suborbital flight (which won the Ansari Xprize)
The event was built around the shipping containers used to transport everything there, which doubled both as indoor spaces and advertising space outside, the insides full of various booths, diaramas, and the lunar module acent stage. Unfortunately, they only had one more event in Alamagordo the next year due to the economy for private space exploration not yet ready for New Mexico. Ten years later, the private space industry is making quantum leaps of innovation; for the first time ever both private companies SpaceX and Blue Origin have created launch vehicle rockets that have landed from space.
Also, due to astronomical advances in speed with many computer components (e.g. processors are getting faster at exponential rates), the Xprize foundation has recently announced (among many other competitions) the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, which they describe on their website as “...a $5 million competition challenging teams from around the world to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful cognitive technologies to tackle some of the world’s grand challenges”. You can read more about the new challenge here: www.xprize.org/ai
For an event in New Mexico, this expo was massive. The campus of the event, built on an airport, was definitely a portable Left: Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, second man to set foot on the moon, posing for photographers at the 2006 Xprize Cup Right: the entry to the 2006 Wirefly Xprize Cup Corridor Staff Photos by Debbie LaRouche
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The Beginnings of Southwest Archeology Story and Photos by the National Park Service
From 1915 to 1929, Alfred V. Kidder conducted site excavations at the abandoned pueblo in Pecos, near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He examined levels of human occupation at the pueblo going back more than 2000 years and gathered a detailed record of cultural artifacts, including a large collection of pottery fragments and human remains. Establishing chronology. From these items, he was able to establish a continuous record of pottery styles from 2000 years ago to the mid- to late-1800s. Kidder then analyzed trends and changes in pottery styles in association with changes in the Pecos people’s culture and developed a basic chronology for the Southwest. With Samuel J. Guernsey, he established the validity of a chronological approach to cultural periods. A new archeology. Kidder asserted that deductions about the development of human culture could be obtained through a systematic examination of stratigraphy and chronology in archeological sites. This research laid the foundation for modern archeological field methods, shifting the emphasis from a “gentlemanly adventure,” adding items such as whole pots and cliff dwellings to museum coffers, to the study of potsherds and other artifacts in relation to the cultural history. Pioneering archeologists in other regions of the United States completed the transformation of professional methodology initiated by Kidder. A first. His Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology, published in 1924, was the first synthesis of North American prehistory based on professionally recovered empirical data. In spite of his efforts at documentation, Kidder’s conclusions have sometimes been criticized for a lack of integration between his field reports and his later synthesis and interpretation of that data. However, Kidder clearly emphasized archeology’s need for a scientific “eye” in the development of fact collecting techniques and clear definitions. Pecos Conference. In the late 1920s, Kidder started the Pecos Conferences for archeologists and ethnologists working in the American southwest. In 1927, a temporal system of nomenclature known as the Pecos Classification System was established for use in southwestern sites. Archeologists have since used the sequence, with later variations, to assign approximate dates to dozens of sites throughout the South-
Alfred V. Kidder (second from left) and crew in front of field shack at Pecos, NM west and to determine cultural ties and differences among them. Ancestral Pueblo people. In 1936, Kidder used the Navajo term “Anasazi” to define a specific cultural group of people living in the southwest between approximately 200 BC and 1300 AD. This term had been employed by excavators for many of the “ancient people” since the early explorations of Richard Wetherill, and had been used in the work of the Pecos Conferences. The modern preference, more culturally sensitive, is to refer to the people as “ancestral Puebloans.” Removed and relocated. During Kidder’s studies and excavations at Pecos Pueblo, particularly between 1915 and 1929, pottery and other artifacts were sent to the Robert S. Peabody Museum, Andover, Massachusetts, while excavated human remains were sent to the Peabody Museum at Harvard. In the early 1900s, no archeologist consulted with Native American descendants concerning the excavation of their ancestors’ homes and graves. Claims not considered. Although Kidder was aware of the longstanding relationship between the abandoned Pecos Pueblo and the modern Pueblo of Jemez, he did not consider that any local population had a claim on artifacts and remains. By a 1936 Act of Congress, the Pueblo of Jemez became the legal and administrative representative of the Pueblo of Pecos, which had been privately owned during Kidder’s excavation. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation As a consequence of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which requires federal and other museum facilities to inventory, establish cultural affiliations, and publish in the Federal Register any and all Native American human remains and certain objects in their possession, the Pueblo of Jemez made a formal claim on behalf of the Pecos people. This repatriation was primarily due to the efforts of William J. Whatley, the Jemez Pueblo tribal archeologist, who searched through museum records for these remains and artifacts for eight years. The human remains from Kidder’s excavations were returned to the Jemez people in 1999 and ritually reburied
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at Pecos National Historic Park. In a sense, they rejoined Kidder, as he too is buried on a hillside not far away, close to Pecos Pueblo.Over the last thousand years the Cerrillos Hills, with its tricultural history, have held an unusually important place in the history of the American Southwest. The Cerrillos Hills turquoise and lead deposits played a central role in the commerce and economy of the prehistoric Indians of the greater Rio Grande Valley, and it is probable that these mineral deposits influenced the early Spanish explorations and settlement of New Mexico. Pottery sherds found in the Cerrillos Hills date the use of the mineral resources from about AD 900, and the Hills are the source of much of the lead that was used for glaze paint by Rio Grande Pueblo potters between AD 1300 and 1700. Analysis of the sherds in the Cerrillos Hills indicated a large portion of them came from the nearby San Marcos Pueblo, which between the middle 1300s and the middle 1400s was the major center of pottery-making in the upper Middle Rio Grande Valley. Archaeological sites present today and associated with the Puebloan mining activities in the Hills include turquoise pits, quarries, lead or galena mines, refining areas, workshops, hearths, campsites, and sherd areas. The Mina del Tiro, on private property adjacent to the CHSP lands, is perhaps one of the most ancient and longest-worked galena lode mines in the New World. There are numerous sites on the Park lands that are registered with the Museum of New Mexico’s Laboratory of Anthropology, including three prehistoric stone rings and a petroglyph at the summit of Grand Central Mountain. Read more about the field and history of archaeology here:
http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kcc/epilogueb.htm
Trenching into the main Pecos ruin, 1920. “Here we found a most complex state of affairs; a jumble of early walls, some fallen, others partly incorporated into the bases of later structures,” - Kidder, Southwestern Archaeology
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The Jemez Mountain Trail from Bernalillo to Jemez Springs By Marc and Debbie LaRouche
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Coronado Historic Site - 485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM 87004 http://www.nmmonuments.org/coronado - website photo
Coronado Historic Site and the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo
are located just minutes north of Albuquerque (off of I-25, Exit 242) in Bernalillo on US 550. Kuaua was the northernmost of the twelve villages. Its name means “evergreen” in Tiwa. It was first settled around AD 1325 and was occupied by approximately 1,200 people when Coronado arrived. Conflict with Coronado and later Spanish explorers led to the abandonment of this site within a century of first contact. Today, the descendants of the people of Kuaua live in the surviving Tiwa-speaking villages of Taos, Picuris, Sandia, and Isleta.
Dancers at Zia Pueblo http://www.newmexico.org/pueblos-tribes-nations
ia Pueblo - The Zia Pueblo Indians have continuously occupied Zia Pueblo since about 1250 A. D. The Pueblo of Zia is part of the Keres Nation. The traditional language is Keresan, but many speak Spanish, some speak Navajo, and most also speak English. Zia artists are known for their unique pueblo pottery style. “Although the Pueblo itself is inconspicuous, its Sun symbol is familiar to all New Mexicans, for it is the official New Mexico State insignia appearing on the state flag and adopted by the New Mexico Legislature in its salute, “I salute the flag of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures.” - http://www.newmexico.org/pueblos-tribesnations
Open 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday through Monday. Closed Tuesdays. Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Admission: $3. A combination ticket, good for admission to both Jémez and Coronado Historic Sites is available for $5. Sunday admission for New Mexico residents with ID is free. Wednesday admission is free to New Mexico Seniors with ID. Children 16 and under are always admitted free. http://www.nmmonuments.org/coronado
White Ridge Bike Trails www.newmexico.org
Tucked away in rugged and scenic country southwest
of the community of San Ysidro, New Mexico, is the White Ridge Bike Trails Area. Just to the west is the newly designated Ojito Wilderness. Both sites are a short distance from U.S. 550. This region is known for its geological, cultural and paleontological resources, as well as for its scenic qualities.
Santa Ana Garden Center and the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa Two of the many enterprises of the Santa Ana Pueblo http://www.santaana-nsn.gov/
Location / Access: Traveling northwest toward Cuba on US 550 from Bernalillo, the drive is approximately 20 miles. Before San Ysidro (about two miles), turn left onto Cabezon Road (County Road 906) at the intersection of Cabezon Road and US 550. Follow the left fork. Travel 4.4 miles to the gravel parking lot.
As you drive north on US550 toward San Ysidro, you will
White Horse Bike Trails and Ojito Wilderness http://www.blm.gov/nm/ st/en/prog/recreation/rio_puerco/white_mesa_bike_trails.html
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San Ysidro is 23 miles west of Bernalillo on US 550. Turn right onto NM Highway 4 to continue on to Jemez Springs. Our advice - Do follow speed limits in the area.
pass two pueblos, Santa Ana and Zia.
anta Ana Pueblo The location of the original Santa Ana Pueblo is unknown, for all the members of the community either left or were killed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. After the re-conquest of the New Mexico territory by the Spanish in 1692-1694, the place known as Tamaya or the Old Santa Ana Pueblo was founded about eight miles northwest of Bernalillo. The people of the Santa Ana Pueblo usually maintain two places of residence, one a farming community along the Rio Grande and the other a traditional home on the north bank of the Jemez River.
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The Jemez Mountain Trail from Bernalillo to Jemez Springs By Marc and Debbie LaRouche
Ponderosa Valley Winery - Ponderosa, NM - Corridor staff photos
If you enjoy tasting local wines,
7 miles from San Ysidro on NM Hwy 4, take NM 290 (about 3 miles) you will find the Ponderosa Valley Winery. Ponderosa is one of New Mexico’s older wineries. Owners Henry and Mary Street first planted 500 vines on their property in Ponderosa, NM in 1976 with the help of the Soil Conservation Service. Their “flagship” wine is the New Mexico Riesling (also one of our favorites on a recent visit), as well as their Jemez Red, both made from grapes grown in their Ponderosa vineyard. The tasting room is open Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm. Find them online at http://www.ponderosawinery.com/ or call Mary at 1-800-winemkr or email at winemaker@ponderosawinery.com .
Walatowa Visitor Center - Jemez Pueblo http://www.jemezpueblo.com/
After your visit to the Ponderosa Valley Winery, return to Hwy 4 and turn right (north) about 1.5 miles to the Walatowa Visitor Center www.jemezpueblo.com
Jemez Pueblo – The Pueblo of Jemez has a closed village policy
due to the lack of tourism facilities and out of respect for the privacy of those who live there. The village is therefore open to the public only on Feast Days. The Pueblo now chooses to no longer allow these days to be publicized due to over capacity and for the reasons stated above. Visitors should go to the Walatowa Visitor Center, which is open year round. Please do not wander around the village. At the Walatowa Visitor Center you are able to visit the Museum of History and Culture, see a reconstructed fieldhouse, browse the giftshop, and take a guided hike of the scenic Jemez Red Rocks. There also is a Santa Fe National Forest information center. The Walatowa Visitor Center is open from 8am-5pm daily. During the winter months (January through April), the Visitor Center is open Wednesday through Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm.
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Los Ojos Restaurant and Saloon in Jemez Springs - - Corridor staff photo
os Ojos Restaurant and Saloon This funky mountain-town establishment is a favorite for tourists and bikers as well as locals. Worth a quick visit and maybe a bite and some refreshments. While the service was lacking in motivation during our visit, the burger and fries were hot and excellent. Visitors will enjoy the Western-kitsch interiors, replete with coffered tin ceiling, mounted dead animal heads on the walls and other miscellany. www.losojossaloon.com
The Jemez Springs Bath House - Jemez Springs, NM Corridor staff photo
The Jemez Springs Bath House was one of the first structures
to be built in what is now Jemez Springs, built between 1870 and 1878. The Otero and Perea families initially operated the Bath House. In 1924 Charlie Clay operated the Bath House and in 1940 Dr. Bruington gave the Bath House to the Catholic priests who in turn sold it to the Village of Jemez Springs in 1961. http://www.jemezspringsbathhouse.com/
The Jemez National Historic Landmark - Jemez Springs, NM - Corridor staff photo
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he Jemez National Historic Landmark is one of the most beautiful prehistoric and historic sites in the Southwest. It includes the stone ruins of a 500-year-old Indian village and the San José de los Jemez church dating to 1621/2. The village of Giusewa was built in the narrow San Diego Canyon by the ancestors of the present-day people of Jemez (Walatowa) Pueblo. The name Giusewa refers to the natural springs in the area.
Gilman tunnels - Corridor staff photo About 1 mile from the Walatowa Visitor Center take a left onto NM485 to drive to Gilman Tunnels. The tunnels are about 4 miles from Hwy 4 along a narrow winding road, sometimes a single lane. Here you will find two train tunnels which were blasted through the rock in Rio Guadalupe Canyon by Santa Fe Northwestern Railway (SFNW) which were used to haul lumber from the Jemez Mountains. The railway opened in 1924 but never recovered financially from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and ceased operations in May 1941 following flood damage from the Rio Guadalupe. There are a few pullouts to enjoy the views and take photos. The road is closed just past the second tunnel, but you can hike along the road and enjoy spectacular views of the rocky canyon and river below.
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In the 17th century, the Spanish established a Catholic mission at the village. The mission was short-lived, and, in time, the people abandoned the site and moved to the current location of Jemez Pueblo. The massive stone walls were constructed about the same time the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The heritage center contains exhibitions that tell the story of the site through the words of the Jemez people. A 1,400-foot interpretive trail winds through the impressive site ruins. Open 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday through Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesdays. Closed New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Special Easter hours. Admission: $3. A combination ticket, good for admission to both Jémez and Coronado Historic Sites is available for $5. Sunday admission for New Mexico residents with ID is free. Wednesday admission is free to New Mexico Seniors with ID. Children 16 and under are always admitted free. http://www.nmhistoricsites.org/jemez Admission is free to NM residents on Sunday.
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The Second Annual Corrales Wine Loop Wine and Cheese Pairing Event Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday March 12th and 13th 2016, and join us between the hours of 12 to 5 pm for a cheese and wine pairing event. For just $15 you get to taste 3 wines paired with 3 cheeses at 4 of your favorite wineries. That’s 12 wine tastings, and 12 cheeses for $15. Tickets can be purchased in advance or during the event at Acequia, Corrales, Matheson, or Pasando Tiempo Wineries. See you there!!
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The boardwalk on Kit Carson near Eske’s Brewery in Taos
Downtown Taos - view toward Taos Mountain
Our room in the Taos Inn
Overnight Getaway in Taos by Debbie LaRouche
On our distribution run for the January/February issue of The Corridor we decided to make a little staycation by staging in Taos for the night. We live in Eldorado, so the propect of the trip back down the hill in pitch-black night through the Embudo Canyon is not our favorite. We booked a room at the Historic Taos Inn in one of the many ground-level rooms, in one of the former homes that make up the compound surrounding the hotel. We were given a wonderful room with a queen size bed, full bathroom and a wood burning fireplace, complete with firewood. Our room had 2 comfortable Mexican lounge chairs, a small table and a dresser complete with wine and beer glasses - even a corkscrew. Our visit happened to coincide with the championship playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Our room was steps away from the hotel bar and restaurant. The bar had the football game on and there was live music in the lobby of the hotel. As we planned to return to the Hotel and restaurant for dinner later that night, we ventured out and took a stroll to Eske’s Brewery, a funky locals favorite, where we enjoyed their nachos and a flight of beer samplers while picking up bits and pieces of the game from one of their TVs, all the while taking in the local ambience and Taos “vibe”. The beer sampler had some winners! Our favorites were the Green Chile Beer, Barley Wine and Scottish Ale. After a brief respite in our cozy room back at the hotel we decided to make the (very) short trek to dinner at Doc Martin’s, the famous restaurant at the Taos Inn. We started with some drinks, a nice Pinot Grigio for me and Marc declared that he had to try the Sazerac (an authentic New Orleans specialty brought to the bar by a local NOLA expat), a concoction of rye whiskey, bitters and absinthe. This drink has a nice kick and a faint sweetness from the absinthe, a licorice-style liquer. Not for the faint of heart but an interesting experience! Our appetizers inculded Green Chile Stew and Seared Scallops. The Green chile stew was wonderfully spicy, temperature hot and was the highlight of the meal. The Seared Scallops were a bit undercooked, barely seared. We would have sent this back, but our waitress was not very attentive and we only saw her at the beginning and end of the meal. My entree was Doc’s Chile Relleno Platter. Tasty, not very spicy and, for me, way too much food for one. Either share this platter or order the smaller appetizer version. Marc ordered the Local Lamb Shank, which was prepared perfectly, braised with red wine, horseradish and mashed potatoes. Overall our trip was quite successful. After “planting” an outdoor box on the Taos plaza and a rack inside Cid’s Market for The Corridor, plus a few more stops, we made our way East for the next leg of our journey delivering The Corridor. The visit to Taos was a fun adventure that we recommend to anyone visiting our area as well as locals looking for a quick getaway.
. . . ON BOOKS Of Pages and Paper By Marty Gerber (from Marty’s Blog)
Marty Gerber is the editor and co-owner of TerraNova Books www.terranovabooks.com
Recently, I read a true paean to ebooks. “Last summer,” the author wrote, “I read Heart of Darkness on my cell phone. I read in line at the supermarket, sitting in my dentist’s waiting room, and even by sneaking peeks during traffic jams.” Now, granted that Heart of Darkness isn’t a book of impressive length, I still consider this a pretty impressive feat. Mainly it’s impressive for the powers of concentration required by type that’s maybe a sixteenth of a inch tall (as well as by Conrad’s mystical, mystifying, and gripping tale). The proud phone reader, though, was quick to assure us that actually, he goes both ways. (“I love print books.”) But he’s still pretty boggled by the fact that he remains in a distinct minority.
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My guess is that it comes down to the eternal thrust and parry between science and soul. You can sure list a slew of reasons that e-readers can’t be matched, from changeable fonts to synching with a dozen other gizmos to toting around the OED in your back pocket. But, at least for anyone first captured by the magic of words on a page when that page was made of paper, there’s a look and a feel and a sense and a heft—and yes, a romance—that transcends all the acknowledged utility of electronic impulses. But let’s face facts: We who once knew a world without computers are dying off a lot quicker than the kids we raised. And what happens when the lights go out on the last folks in the hospice who didn’t learn their ABCs on a screen? For reading’s survivors, the habits they came out of the playpen with are the ones they’ll be shaped by. No need for the kind of relics consigned to the little old shop in an out-of-the-way neighborhood whose faded sign whispers “Used Books.” I can see the place now: an ideal setting for some ambitious author’s fable for phone about the long-ago days of paper, ink, and pages you’d feel as you went from one to another. It would start out, “Once upon a time ….”
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Santa Fe “There are more than 400 national park sites in the United States. They include parks, battlefields, monuments, seashores, historic sites, and recreation areas that are nationally significant. For 99 years the National Park Service has preserved these places because they are important to our nation.”
Hat Making Tour - Montecristi Hats 322 McKenzie Street, Santa Fe March 1 - April 14, 2016 Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
mention the 6 and Younger Ski FREE Special when purchasing your lift tickets.
Sipapu Ski Area
Car Load Day: Everyone in your car skis or rides for just $50 on March 23 Receive 15% any hat purchase for kids 2016 (limit six people per vehicle). 18 and under. Just mention the CAR LOAD DAYS DEAL when purchasing your lift ticket. Buy 2 get 1 free - Ski Santa Fe: Questions? Call us at 800-587-2240. Mar 2 - Mar 30, 2016 Taos Buy 2 Adult Full Day Lift Tickets and Get 1 Child (12 & under) Lift Ticket Tubing at Taos Ski Valley Free. March 3 – 6, March 10 – 20, March Canyon Road Gallery Tour 24 - 27 Mar 5 - Apr 2, 2016 Adults 18 and over $15 | Children Saturdays 10-11:30am 7-17 $10 | 6 and under Free
-NPS.gov on the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Find out more: http://goo.gl/TvvPJ7
Children 10 and under are free when you book online and use promo code KIDSFREESF.
You are invited to color in the official National Park Service arrowhead above or to create your own design in the blank to the right.
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Wildlife West Nature Park: Open 10-6 March 21-April 21 starting in mid-March. New Kid’s Interactive Trail. OPEN DAILY 10AM to 6PM
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
225 Camino De La Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571 575.751.1402
Car Load Days: Everyone in your car skis or rides for just $99 on March 23 Taos Public Skating and March 30 2016 (limit six people per vehicle). Just mention the CAR Adults $3.00, Children $2.00 including LOAD DAYS DEAL when purchasing skate rental your lift ticket. Monday-Friday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Kids 6 and Younger Ski FREE: Saturday: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Skiers and snowboarders 6 years old and younger get a FREE lift ticket Sunday: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm everyday. No blackout dates. Just
The winners of this contest will see their artwork published in the April or May issue of The Corridor. Please submit a scan of your artwork to: editor@ thecorridornm.com. Happy coloring !
Saberdog Comic: Origin Story Introduction 4th graders get a free NPS pass in 2016:
Once, there was a lab full of labradors. Then they got lost playing “fetch” with their human trainers and they stumbled into a spare landing craft. They crash landed in their home planet, which they called Unlok.
The Every Kid in a Park pass admits the fourth grader and any accompanying passengers in a private, non-commercial vehicle at per vehicle fee areas, or the pass owner and up to three accompanying adults at sites that charge per person. FREE access to all of the federal lands and waters across the US for a full year starting September 1, 2015 ending August 31, 2016 www.everykidinapark.gov
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