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Join David Holtby for a talk on "Four Forgotten Ones in the Struggle for Statehood: Aldrich, Luna, Hitchcock, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors. Holtby works for the Center for Regional Studies at the […]

Volcanoes, earthquakes, water, wind, and ice created the raw materials that adorn our favorite pieces of jewelry. See and purchase a worldwide variety of the authentic versions of stones, fossils and gems at the 7th annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show, Sept. 28-30, in the Palace Courtyard. Enter for free through the Blue Gate on […]

Join Siegfried Halus, Jack Parsons, and Donald Woodman for a panel discussion about their work in the new exhibition Altared Spaces: The Shrines of New Mexico. The event is at 2 pm on Sunday, Sept. 30, in the History Museum Auditorium, followed by refreshments in the upstairs Gathering Space, courtesy of the Museum of New […]

Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

John Carter, a curator and historian with the Nebraska State Historical Society speaks on “Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography,” at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.Download a high-resolution image of Carter and images from […]

Join Paul Hutton for "The Volunteers of the Spanish American War: New Mexico and its Rough Riders," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.Hutton is a history professor at the University of New Mexico and offers film classes […]

Well-known artist and calligrapher Carol Pallesen of Reno, Nevada, offers a class on creating and binding a modern version of a Book of Hours, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28.  Our contemporary book of hours will contain words closet to our hearts: inspirational words we will want to read and ponder daily. In this workshop we will decorate […]

Join poet Lisa Gill for readings from her book Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist, interspersed with portions of the film, Compassion Rising, an outgrowth of the 1968 meeting between the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton. The event, part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s […]

Chatter is (ad)venturing into Santa Fe with a major musical offering which includes a  world premiere of Caprichos, written by renowned composer Roberto Sierra for the Albuquerque-based chamber music program in honor of New Mexico’s statehood Centennial. The concert, at 6 pm on Friday, Nov. 9, in the St. Francis Auditorium, is a collaboration with […]

Join Sandra Schackel for "New Mexico Women: The Road to Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors. Schackel is a professor emerita of women’s history and the American West at Boise State University. Her doctorate is from the […]

Join Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Kirk Ellis as he introduces a free showing of the German movie Winnetou, based on characters created by Karl May, whose legacy is explored in the exhibition Tall Tales of the Wild West: The Stories of Karl May. The showing is at 6 pm on Friday, Nov. 30, in the History […]