ALAMOGORDO – Reservations for the October Trinity Site motor coach tour, hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Space History and International Space Hall of Fame Foundation, are now being taken through the museum’s website. The tour, which is pending current Department of Health restrictions due to the pandemic, is scheduled for Saturday, October 2, […]
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ALBUQUERQUE – The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is searching for its next Executive Director. As the administrative and executive officer of the Center, the position requires a seasoned administrator with a record of successful leadership of a multidisciplinary organization, ability for oversite of a professional staff, and experience working collaboratively with boards such as
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With assistance from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS), a team of researchers from multiple institutions has named Dracopristis hoffmanorum, a 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago based on a complete skeleton found in the Manzano Mountains, about 30 miles southeast of Albuquerque. The research team consisted of John-Paul Hodnett, paleontologist and program coordinator for the Maryland-National Capital
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce the opening of “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces.” Available for viewing beginning May 16, 2021, when MIAC reopens to the public, this new traveling exhibition highlights the generations of Native Americans who have served in the United States military. Native people have served
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An art show inspired by the Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument and the nearby ranches and farmland opens at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces on April 23. “Monumental Territory” will be displayed in the Museum’s Arts Corridor through the end of July 2021. The show features 22 creative works
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SANTA FE – Operated by the Rural Services Program of the New Mexico State Library, the state’s three bookmobiles will be back on the road starting Monday, April 12, 2021. Based in Cimarron, Tucumcari, and Los Lunas, the three bookmobiles provide library and information services to state residents in underserved and rural communities in New
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Breaking the boundaries of what is deemed traditional Indigenous art, a new exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass,” examines how Native artists reinterpret cultural narratives and designs in new mediums. The exhibition is scheduled to open on May 16, 2021, and runs through June 13, 2022. “Clearly Indigenous is a
ALBUQUERQUE – The History and Literary Arts program at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) will host its annual Children’s Bilingual Book Festival via Zoom April 15-18, 2021. Registration is not required for this free, all-ages event, and access links to the activities will be made available each morning of the festival. Geared toward young readers in grades K-6, this year’s Children’s Bilingual Book Festival will include author readings, illustrator demonstrations, story time
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Elaine Horwitch was a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest from the early 1970s until she died in 1991, and a new exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art (MOA) surveys her influence. “Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch” opens on April 17, 2021, and will be on view until
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The New Mexico Poet Laureate Program and Southwest Word Fiesta will be sponsoring Poetas del Sur, a virtual poetry reading by 20 poets from southern New Mexico, co-hosted by State Poet Laureate Levi Romero and Silver City Poet Laureate Eve West Bessier. This free event will take place via Zoom at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 11. What: Poetas del Sur When: Sunday, April 11, 2021 from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Where:
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