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- The River That Once Was a Playground
My connection to the Santa Fe River begins with my birth in 1977, just a road’s width away from the bosque. It begins with a sky so blue it hurts the eyes, hills spotted with juniper and cactus, and green splashes of cottonwood along an intermittent stream. It begins in a land of contradictions, a high arid landscape stretched south beneath a sweep of rustling aspen in the mountains above. Through this landscape cuts the lifeblood of Santa Fe – its River – the reason for Santa Fe’s existence itself, and a potent part of my own personal history.
My earliest memories are interwoven with...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Eliza Kretzmann • SantaFe.com
Upcoming Events
May 16
- Flight of Fancy: The Birds and Imagined Landscapes of Barbara Carter
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm • Artistas de Santa Fe
In 16 new photomontage, birds carry us into imagined landscapes.
- Introducing Braldt Bralds
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm • Meyer East Gallery
Realist Paintings
- Fabian Chavez Jr. at Garcia Street Books - May 16
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On Friday, May 16, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm, Garcia Street Books will feature well known Santa Fean, Fabian Chavez Jr., who will be celebrating the University of New Mexico Press publication, Taking on Giants: Fabian Chavez Jr. and New Mexico Politics, by David Roybal, political journalist and editorial columnist for the Albuquerque Journal. The book is an anecdotal account of Chavez's thirty year career dedicated to a variety of state posts in New Mexico, blazing new trails into civil rights, education, business, government, and politics. Chavez was instrumental in the creation of the...
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May 17
- Sustainable Organic Gardening and GreenzBox Workshop
- 9:30am - 2:00pm • El Morro Area Arts Council
Growing a Sustainable Organic Garden. How to Build and Plant a GreenzGox Garden.
- Native American Elders Storytellers Event
- 10:00am - 3:00pm • Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Native American Elders Storytellers and Youth Arts Activities
- IAIA Museum to Host Native American Storytelling Festival
- 10:00am - 3:00pm
IAIA Museum will be bustling with storytelling performances and art activities for children and families on Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
During the Stories from Our Elders: Native American Storytelling Festival, visitors will learn about indigenous culture and history through the vibrant culture-based model of storytelling.
Festival performers represent tribes located in diverse areas throughout North America. Museum Director, Joseph Sanchez emphasizes, "It is not often that local residents have the opportunity to hear a number of first-rate Native storytellers from such a...
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