New Mexico Screenings Highlight Women in Military and Wartime Arts
National Women’s History Month programs include the New Mexico premiere of Sweet Georgia Brown, with remarks by retired Army Brigadier Gen Pax and Lt Col Pam Gaston, free with museum admission. Placitas Library hosts Defiant Requiem, a 2013 documentary on Terezin resistance, free from 1:30 to 4 p.m., at 453 NM 165.
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New Mexico
Pure History Films
Walker
Jack R. Pax
State Department of Veterans” Services
Pam Gaston
Women Veterans of New Mexico
National Archives
Library of Congress
Rutgers University
Placitas Community Library
Terezin
Czech Republic
Europe
Rafael Schuichter
Schdchterp
Placitas Community
Foote to discuss Louisa May Alcott at Esther Bone Library
Retired CNM professor Cheryl Foote speaks at 6 30 pm about Louisa May Alcott at Esther Bone Memorial Library. The event traces Alcott's career beyond Little Women including Hospital Sketches Civil War nursing memoir adult novels and Blood and Thunder stories. Foote notes Alcott’s early detective fiction and places her amid Women’s History Month closing items.
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CNM
Cheryl Foote
Louisa May Alcott
Esther Bone
Alcott
Foote
Stand-up acts and DJ nights illuminate Santa Ana Star Casino
April 2 features Dom Pare Curt Fletcher and Matt Peterson performing stand-up at The Stage with doors at 6:30 and shows at 7:30. Also The DCN Project led by Victoria Isaminger Panana John Isaminger and Ritchie Ray plays Lounge 54 at 9 p.m. The Hyde resident DJ Derrick Anthony headlines Bellagio. Admission varies with free Facebook check-ins and 21 plus rules.
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Santa Ana
Peterson
Southwest
Great Southwest
Santa Ana Star Casino
DCN
DCN Project
New Mexico
Victoria Isaminger Panana
John Isaminger
Ritchie Ray
Escape Fridays at The Stage with DJ Devin and Chris de Jesus
The Stage hosts Escape Fridays every Friday night with DJ Devin and Chris de Jesus spinning house pop hip-hop and EDM. $4 drink specials. Cover is $10 for men, free admission for women with a Facebook check-in. Doors open at 9.
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Jaa Ana Dia
Unicrs
Weenery
Iscape
DJ Devin
Chris de Jesus
Devin
Quilts Displayed by Six Placitas Crafters at Library
Placitas Community Library hosts a March quilt exhibit celebrating National Quilting Month featuring six Placitas quilters. Judith Roderick contributes two works Busy Iris Garden and Sunny Day, with silk painting roots and button embellishments. NM quilters group donates over 750 quilts yearly to nonprofits for comfort and raffles. Placitas Library location 453 NM 165 five miles east of I 25.
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Placitas Community Library
Placitas
Judith Roderick
PCL
Iris Garden
NMQA
1-25
New Deal artwork exhibit at Loma Colorado Main Library
A major collection of New Mexico public art from 1933 to 1943 is on display through March 31 at Loma Colorado Main Library. The show features Works Progress Administration commissions from towns statewide and includes Dorothea Lange photographs. Coronado Historic Site also announces a new exhibit.
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New Mexico
Loma Colorado
Work Progress Administration
Dorothea Lange
Pueblo Byways at Coronado Historic Site Exhibit
A Dorothy Dunn collection show at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Santa Fe features works by Vidal Casiquito Jr Gilbert Atencio Pablita Velarde and Velino Shije Herrera. It runs through February 2016 with included site admission and free days for seniors and New Mexico residents.
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Dorothy Dunn
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Santa Fe
Vidal Casiquito Jr
Jemez
Gilbert Atencio
San Ildefonso
Pablita Velarde
Santa Clara
Zia
Velino Shije Herrera
Coronado Historic Site
US 550
Bernalillo
New Mexico
Tambora eruption program at Fasher Bone Memorial Library
A library event on Saturday April 1 at 10 a.m. discusses the 1815 Tambora eruption and its global effects including crop devastation and a year without a summer. Nasario Garcia reads from Hoe Heaven and Hell at Bookworks on Sunday April 12 at 1 p.m., detailing New Mexico history and family life.
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Tambora
Fasher Bone Memorial Library
Nasario Garcia
Heaven
Hell
UNM Press
Bookworks
Rio Grande NW
Garcia
Rio Puerto
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Best of quilting on display at Thimbleweeds outdoor show
Thimbleweeds Quilters Guild of Rio Rancho hosts an outdoor quilt show at Veterans Monument Park on Sunday April 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. The event features about 200 quilts by local members, live music, light refreshments for a small charge, and vendors selling fabrics and crafts. Several quilters have won awards at state and city shows, with some displays in Santa Fe. The show is noncompetitive and aims to celebrate art in a scenic park setting.
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Rio Rancho
Veterans Monument Park
Thimbleweeds Quilters Guild
Albuquerque and
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Roundhouse
Santa Fe
Gala of the Royal Horses lands in Santa Ana Star Center
The Gala of the Royal Horses makes its US debut in Santa Ana Star Center on Sunday April 19 featuring Andalusian Friesian Lipizzaner and Arabian breeds with live performers and flamenco dancers. Tickets start at 25 dollars and can be bought online at santaanastarcenter com at the box office or by calling 888 694 4849.
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Royal Horses
Rene Gasser
Vienna
Spain
Europe
Gasser
Park in the Park Car Show Heats Rio Rancho
The City of Rio Rancho Parks Department hosts the 5th annual Park in the Park Car Show at Cabezon Park on Saturday April 25 from 10 am to 3 pm. More than 300 cars from all makes and models 1982 and older will be on display with music raffles food vendors arts and crafts. Registration details and fees are available from the parks department at 891-5015.
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Rio Rancho
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department
Cabezon Park
Parks and Rec Department
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