The new Santa Fe Living Treasures -- Our Elders, Our Hearts, Vol. II, 1994-2008 will debut at a free book-signing in the Palace Courtyard. Join past and present recipients of the "treasures" honor, celebrating its 25th anniversary.The much-anticipated second book of Santa Fe Living Treasures will debut at a book-signing on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2-4pm […]

David Taylor, 2008 Guggenheim Photography Fellow and professor of photography at New Mexico State University, will be the featured speaker in the next Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe lecture series. This free, public event will be held in the auditorium of the New Mexico History Museum.Taylor is an Associate Professor at New Mexico State […]

Meet Laura Gilpin, circa 1954. A confident, ebullient woman in her early 60s, the Colorado native and Santa Fe resident packed in her equipment on horseback to photograph the source of the Rio Grande, did studio portraits for society matrons, directed pilots to "fly low" over Shiprock to capture the light and shadows from every […]

Jerry D. Thompson is a prolific author of books on a variety of related topics, specializing in the Civil War, the history of the Southwest and Texas. He holds a PhD in History from Carnegie Mellon University; a master's in history from the University of New Mexico; and a bachelor's in history from Western New […]

Tough economic times hardly faze the folks ready to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mountain Man Rendezvous in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard. From Aug. 5-9 (see daily schedule below), craftspeople, re-enactors, authors and musicians will share a wealth of know-how on the “simple life” of another era – the early 1800s, to […]

Seth D. Kunin, Vice Chancellor and Head of Faculty for Britain's Durham University, will speak on his new book, Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. For the past 13 years, Dr. Kunin has done ethnographic research among the crypto-Jews of New Mexico. He has published a […]

Colonial Day gives children a chance to step into the past and experience 18th century life in New Mexico. There are colonial clothes to wear and tasks to complete in a recreated village based on historical records of Santa Fe in the 1700s. With the help of local artisans in period dress, families watch, learn […]

Brannon's 2005 book, "Cherokee Phoenix: Advent ofa Newspaper" is the first history of the Cherokee Phoenix, the newspaper of the Cherokee Nation, printed from 1828 to 1834 in New Echota, Georgia, the last capital of the Cherokee. It pays special attention to the type, printing press, and the paper used during the life of the […]

Dr. Stephen Lekson, a curator and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, received his doctorate in anthropology from the University of New Mexico. He has more than 25 years of experience in Southwestern archaeology, with field research in Chaco Canyon, the Mesa Verde region, the Rio Grande, the Mimbres area, and the […]

Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace Portal Program will demonstrate their own arts and crafts in the Palace of the Governors' Meem Room. This program provides the children an opportunity to learn from their parents and grandparents and to continue the cultural economic development supported by the Portal.Along the south side of […]

Krista Elrick grew up in both the United States and Guatemala and has lived in Santa Fe with her husband since 1993. In 1990, she received an MFA in photography from Arizona State University and, in 1980, a BA in cultural anthropology from Hampshire College. Her work has taken her to Europe, the Middle East, […]