Connect in Nature

A Book Talk and Presentation
By Susan Guyette and Earl D. James

Thursday, September 22
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Authors Susan Guyette, Zen Birding: Connect in Nature, and Earl D. James, Bella Coola: The Rainforest Brought Them Home, will hold a book talk and discussion on the coming cultural shift needed for planetary action, Eastern and Native American spirituality, birdwatching, and the importance of habitat conservation.

Ms. Guyette's Zen Birding portrays birdwatching as one path to connect with Mother Earth, as well as to recognize the balance of her ecosystems. Mr. James' eco-novel, Bella Coola, probes the spiritual fault lines of our civilization in crisis.

This program is free and open to the public.

Water on the Mind

Journey SantaFe and The Travel Bug are resuming their Sunday morning presentation series. Each one begins at 11:00 am. There's no admission, but a $3-5 contribution is encouraged.

September's presentations are part of "A Continuing Conversation with David Bacon, host of KSFR's Living On The Edge, on Who Controls Water in the Bio Region." So show up at The Travel Bug, grab some coffee, and feast your mind!

Upcoming events are:

September 11
Book Signing & Discussion
On: Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County –
A Look At Land Usage, Irrigation, Land Grants & Water Issues
with Robert J. Tórrez & Robert Trapp, Co-Authors

September 18
William DeBuys
Author, Historian and Conservationist
Discusses Water and Climate Change In the Bio Region

September 25
Steve Klinger
will unveil the newspaper The Light of New Mexico

The Travel Bug Bookstore is located at 839 Paseo de Peralta between Palace and Alameda. You can call them at 992-0418 for more information.

Rio Grande Gorge photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

It's that season again

The new season of the Lannan Foundation's Readings & Conversations series is out. This series features world-class writers discussing their craft with other world-class writers, and at six dollars, the ticket prices are practically free. This year's highlights include Tariq Ali, John Sayles, Michael Ondaatje, and Ann Beattie. Also this year, some of the events are at The Lensic, but others are at the James A. Little Theater at the New Mexico School for the Deaf. The events often sell out, so make sure to check the schedule and get your tickets early!

Rebroadcasts of Readings & Conversations events can be heard on KSFR 101.1 FM at 2:00 pm on the Sunday immediately after each event. Audio and video of most programs is available on the site generally within a week of the event and also in our podcast feed.

Santa Fe 400 and Still Counting

A Presentation By
City of Santa Fe Historian José Garcia

Thursday, August 25
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Santa Fe has recently finished the formal commemoration of its founding and, to continue the theme of the Culture, History and Traditions, Santa Fe's first ever City Historian will present a special approach to these three elements that make the City Different a choice destination for visitors from all over.

José Garcia will mention persons that were active during the Colonial, Territorial and present era along with events that helped form the character of today's Santa Fe.

As a Northern New Mexico historian and genealogist, Mr. Garcia has researched the history of New Mexico extensively. He is particularly well-versed in the history of Santa Fe from the colonial era to the present and has completed research in local archives as well as archives in Spain.

This program is free and open to the public.

Brownbag Lectures!

The wildly popular Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series sponsored by the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library starts its new season on Wednesday, July 13 at noon. These free lectures are now being held in the New Mexico History Museum's Meem Community Room, but you should still get there early if you want a seat. Enter the Museum at 120 Washington Ave., and feed your brain while feeding your belly!



Can't make it to the lecture of your choice? The Library has audio recordings of older lectures on this site, and videos from 2011 onward. For more information, contact the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library at 505-476-5090 or email historylibrary@state.nm.us

“Mining the Unconscious”:

Art Inspired by Carl Jung’s Red Book

Exhibit Opening:
Friday, June 17
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

June 17 - August 21
Santa Fe Community Gallery
201 W. Marcy St. at Sheridan

Open Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, in proud partnership with Mining the Unconscious: A Creative Path to Self Knowledge, announces the opening of “Mining the Unconscious” a juried exhibition of art by 32 New Mexico artists referencing Jungian themes explored in C. G. Jung’s groundbreaking and beautifully illustrated The Red Book, published posthumously in 2009. Artists participating in the exhibit were selected from an unprecedented 143 submissions. Their work represents a variety of media including video, mixed media, sculptural and two-dimensional works.

“Mining the Unconscious” is the first of three exhibits and numerous community programs that will take place as part of Mining the Unconscious: A Creative Path to Self Knowledge during Summer 2011. The project was conceived by four local artists who were inspired by the The Red Book: Belinda Edwards, Michele Altenberg, Harriette Tsosie and Laura Langdon. Check out the June Calendar for the first batch of upcoming community events, including those at the Main Library. For more information about the program, visit the Mining the Unconscious website.

The Community Gallery is located inside the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 West Marcy Street, at the intersection of Sheridan Street. Public parking is available in the Center garage, located off Federal Avenue. For more information about the Community Gallery, visit the Arts Commission site, send an email to rdlambert@santafenm.gov, or call 505-955-6705.

Full Circle:

A Pioneer Family Story in New Mexico and the West

Thursday, March 24,
7:00 p.m.
Main Library Community Room

Full Circle continues the story of Thomas Chown’s first novel, Wolves at the Door, a story based on his ancestor’s pioneering across Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado from 1864 to 1944. The story reflects the fictional Devon family's experiences from the Battle of Westport, Missouri, to their Ft. Scott, Kansas, homestead and the founding of Kiowa, Kansas. Their move west continues to the coal mines of Madrid, New Mexico, and to Walsenburg, Colorado. Their story offers a particular historical perspective of early Santa Fe, Madrid, and Las Vegas, New Mexico, all carefully researched by the author.

For reviews of Mr. Chown’s books, check out his website.

This event is free and open to the public.

Free Filmmaking Workshops

The award winners of the New Visions/New Mexico program provide a series of free, professional filmmaking presentations and workshops each year as part of their contract award with the NM Film Office.

Check out the schedule of upcoming workshops in the Northern New Mexico area below. They are all free and open to the public, and a full presentation schedule and information about the program can be found here.


PRODUCTION: REALITY AND TRICKS OF THE TRADE
UNM-Taos Klauer Campus, South Taos
Saturday, Feb 26
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
A filmmaking workshop/seminar conducted by New Visions winner, Andrea Heckman.


STORYTELLING 3.0
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Room 219 in Moving Image Arts Dept. (The Screen)
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Wednesday, March 2
4:00 pm
Presented by New Visions winner Jason Silverman, this will be an Interactive lecture celebrating digital storytelling, filled with clips and examples, that examines the history of storytelling in the age of media and points us towards the future.


POST PRODUCTION: Getting it Done
Harwood Museum Theatre: Ledoux Street, Taos
Saturday, March 19
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
A filmmaking workshop/seminar conducted by New Visions winner, Andrea Heckman.


PACKAGING YOUR VIDEO: Distribution and Film Festivals
Harwood Museum Theatre: Ledoux Street, Taos
Thursday, March 24
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A filmmaking workshop/seminar conducted by New Visions winner, Andrea Heckman.


For more information, contact:
Trish Lopez
NM Filmmakers Program Director
NM Film Office
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
1600 Saint Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 476-5611
http://www.nmfilm.com/

Santa Fe: 400 Years??

A Presentation By City of Santa Fe Historian Jose Garcia

Thursday, March 3
7:00 pm
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Do we really assume that 2010 was Santa Fe’s 400th Anniversary? Jose Garcia will present his own special approach to the telling of Santa Fe’s long and fascinating history in his second presentation at the Santa Fe Public Library as City Historian. The presentation will feature the persons that played special roles in creating the history that has made Santa Fe the City Different.

Some of those personalities include Juan de Oñate, Juan Martinez y Montoya and Cristobal de Oñate.

As a Northern New Mexico historian and genealogist, Mr. Garcia has researched the history of New Mexico extensively. He is particularly well-versed in the history of Santa Fe from the colonial era to the present and has completed research in local archives as well as archives in Spain.

This program is free and open to the public.

Sunday mornings aren't just brunch

In addition to coffee, internet access, and all the maps and traveling information your globe-trotting heart desires, Santa Fe institution Travel Bug has a Sunday morning lecture series. The presenters vary from representatives of local non-profits to authors and book signings. The series is sponsored by Journey santafe, which describes the eclectic line-up as "a group of liberal thinkers who meet each Sunday to explore life values and seek community".

The programs start at 11 am and are free and open to the public. A $3-$5 contribution is encouraged, and any donations received go to organizations locally and globally who are trying to build a better world in positive ways. Coming attractions include Korea's Military History on Feb. 20, the Waldorf School Student Council on Mar. 6, and Mark Rudd on Mar. 20. Check out the Travel Bug site or visit Journey santafe for a full schedule of upcoming events.

The Travel Bug Bookstore is located at 839 Paseo de Peralta between Palace and Alameda. You can call them at 992-0418 for more information.

Santa Fe: From the Beginning

A Presentation by City of Santa Fe Historian Jose Garcia

Thursday, October 14, 2010
7:00 pm
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

More than a decade before Plymouth Colony was settled by the Mayflower Pilgrims, Santa Fe, New Mexico was established with a small cluster of European type dwellings. A number of cultures played key roles in Santa Fe's development: Native Americans who settled long before 1610, Hispanic, European and African Americans of diverse backgrounds. The influences from these groups have contributed to make Santa Fe one of the most diverse and culturally rich communities anywhere.

Now as it is commemorating its 400th Anniversary, Santa Fe has selected Jose Garcia as its first official City Historian. Join Mr. Garcia as he presents his own special approach to the telling of Santa Fe’s long and fascinating history.

As a Northern New Mexico historian and genealogist, Mr. Garcia has researched the history of New Mexico extensively. He is particularly well-versed in the history of Santa Fe from the colonial era to the present and has completed research in local archives as well as archives in Spain.

This event is free and open to the public.

Information is Beautiful

A side effect of information overload is being unable to put the avalanche of data and statistics into some sort of meaningful context. David McCandless, author of Information is Beautiful, gives an 18-minute talk showing how rearranging data into visual patterns helps us understand it and put it in perspective.

Don't have 18 minutes? Definitely check out the Billion Dollar-O-Gram from 2009.




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Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta

Twentieth Anniversary Reading By Kate Braverman

Thursday, September 16, 2010
7:00 pm
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Published in the 1990 short story collection, Squandering the Blue, Kate Braverman’s “Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta” has appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories, 1991 and The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 1992. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of its publication, Ms. Braverman will read and discuss her widely-acclaimed story.

Kate Braverman is author of four books of poetry and the novels: Lithium for Medea, Palm Latitudes, Wonders of the West, and The Incantation of Frida K. She was awarded the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for Frantic Transmissions to and from Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir, published in Feb. 2006.

This event is free and open to the public.

Celebrating the Bicentennial of Margaret Fuller:

A Presentation By Michael Barnett

Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with Emerson, Thoreau, and the American transcendentalism movement. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States, and today she’s considered one of the guiding lights of the first-wave of feminism.

The Bicentennial hopes to raise awareness of Margaret Fuller, so that her story may inspire people of all ages to think independently, express their thoughts clearly, defend their convictions with courage, learn through dialogue and the free exchange of opinions, believe in the equality of all people, and be open to change.

Michael Barnett works as a theologian, educator, and teaching artist/poet. For nine years, Michael has spoken and taught on the Transcendentalists in Unitarian Universalist and liberal churches in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and New Mexico. His article, "The Awesome Pen of Sarah Margaret Fuller", was published in the Winter 2010 issue of the Universalist Herald.

This event is free and open to the public.

Daguerreotype of Margaret Fuller by John Plumbe, 1846

A Spiral Life

A Book Discussion by Jean C. MacPhail

Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

Every twenty years or so, Jean MacPhail's life completes a pattern of events that repeats itself over the next twenty years. But the pattern moves into a different dimension, creating a “spiral”, moving “upward” through different “colors” of experience. In A Spiral Life, she writes about the first two loops of the spiral, from birth in Scotland through an early career in art, qualification as an M.D., and entering a Vedantic convent in San Francisco just before her fortieth year. Visit A Spiral Life for more information.

This event is free and open to the public.

Elizabeth Gilbert on "showing up"

When thinking about librarians, as I know most of you do most of the time, the first word that comes to mind is probably not "creativity". However, despite our degrees in Library Science, library work is also an art that draws deeply on inspiration, intuition, and insight. The story times and crafts that the children's librarians put together are the most obvious example, but creativity in libraries is evident in other places as well. The thematic displays of books and movies take much creative tweaking. The physical placement of books and other items also presents creative challenges: where do we put the mysteries so that finding them won't be one? Do you need to fold space-time to find the science fiction collection? How can we best design our online catalog and website so you can find all the great resources we provide access to? With space constraints, budget constraints, and staff constraints, many day-to-day issues in the library are solved not merely by the rulebooks of our profession, but by our creativity.

Although I'm not in a profession that's counted in the creative class, it was a watershed moment when I saw the TED lecture by writer Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame. While the creative torture she describes is not as pronounced in librarians as in, say, Southern novelists and dramatists, we wrestle with our own creative conundrums just the same. And to let you in on a little secret, scratch the traditional veneer of a librarian, and you're more than likely to find a poet, a painter, a dancer, or an actor underneath. So no matter our day jobs, we can all be artists; according to Elizabeth Gilbert, we all have genius. Turn off your phone for the next twenty minutes, and enjoy.




Click here if the video doesn't show. It's worth it!

Research and the Art of Writing a Novel

A Presentation and Reading by Irene Blea

Thursday, May 13
7:00 pm
Main Library Community Room

Join Irene Blea as she discusses the research conducted at libraries, historical societies, research center archives, and villages in order to write her novel, Suzanna. She will review places and people not very well known outside of northern New Mexico: Ocate, Springer, Loma Parda, Watrous, Cimarron, Reyado, and Miami. Blea found she could blend her love of visiting and studying communities to write about Suzanna, a twelve-year-old girl in an arranged marriage to a thirty-nine-year-old man.

After 27 years of writing university sociology textbooks and articles, Dr. Blea has written her first historical novel. She’s also a lecturer and Chautauquean for the New Mexico Humanities Council.

This program is free and open to the public.

My Penitente Land

Fray Angélico Chávez 100th Birthday Symposium


April 10, 2010
10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
120 Washington Avenue

Fray Angélico Chávez was born on April 10, 1910, and to mark what would have been his 100th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library will hold a daylong symposium. "My Penitente Land," a free, public event, takes place from 10 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, April 10, in the museum auditorium (enter from Washington Avenue).

The symposium will gather the general public and scholars to exchange thoughts on Fray Angélico’s influence on New Mexico and share their stories about him. The History Library has a posted schedule for this event. Attendees will receive a commemorative poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca, printed on the historic presses at the Palace of the Governors.

A Wild Life:

Writing the Biography of Warren Oates

A Book Discussion By Susan Compo

Thursday, April 8, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Main Library Community Room
145 Washington Ave.

In Warren Oates: A Wild Life, Susan Compo presents the biography of a man who, though never reaching lead actor status, became one of the most memorable supporting actors of the 1970s and notorious for his rebellious lifestyle. Ms. Compo will discuss her book and her experience of writing the biography of the actor seen in such films as The Wild Bunch (1974) and Two-Lane Blacktop (1971).

Susan Compo is a lecturer in the professional writing program at the University of Southern California and the author of three previous works of fiction.

This program is free and open to the public.

CANCELLED: Small Towns Can Be Deadly

The program Small Towns Can Be Deadly: How to Write a Cozy Mystery by Beth Solheim has been cancelled.

It was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm in the Main Library Community Room.

We apologize for any inconvenience.