THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
www.albuqhistsoc.org
& THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NM
www.hsnm.org
Encourage your participation in the following history & cultural events:
APRIL 16, 2pm, free. The upcoming 2026 Centennial of the “Mother Road – Route 66” is the exciting topic. Roger Zimmerman reviews proposals to “landmark” the engineering significance of the Central Ave. and Rio Puerco bridges along with the Central Ave. underpass. He will comment how Route 66 was “straightened out” to come through Tijeras Canyon by 1937. Melissa Beasley-Lee, president of the NM Rt. 66 Association will review celebration plans that are underway across the state. ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Free parking & Free admission to the ABQ Museum in Old Town. albuqhistsoc.org.
DOZENS OF ACTIVITIES & PODCASTS DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL, NMhumanities.org.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEW MEXICO. New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. Visit – NewMexicoHistory.org to view thousands of entries: photos, videos, podcasts, Timelines for the five periods of NM History & More ! The New Mexico State Historian Rob Martinez can be reached at 505-476-7911.
MANY ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES AT THE BRANCHES OF THE ABC LIBRARY SYSTEM, Go to abqlibrary.org to review listing by location, days and times! Be sure to look for all kinds of family & children’s activities involving spring.
THE FREE SATURDAY AHS DOWNTOWN WALKING TOURS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
APRIL 1, 9am-12 noon. Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. invites all to come clean up, hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools. www.HistoricFairviewCe
APRIL 5, 5 pm, free. A conversation with Marta de Menezes and Arif Khan (director of the UNM Art Museum) Topic is the collaboration between Art and Science. UNM Art Museum within Popejoy Hall.
APRIL 5, 11-12 Noon, free. Those (un) Familiar Faces- presented by ABQ Museum’s Digital Archivist Jill Hartke. The talk is about the Brook’s studio and its owner Harold Brooks. Albuquerque Museum.
APRIL 6, 8 am, free. Dancing in the Cave, Enjoy early morning dancing in the Replica Cave of Niaux at Maxwell. Enjoy juice and coffee. The Cave of Niaux (in France)contains prehistoric paintings of animals. Sponsored by Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at UNM. 500 University NE. MaxwellMuseum.unm.edu. 277-4405.
April 6/7, 11 am, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.
APRIL 6, 6-8 pm, free. 1912 A Musical Snapshot of America in the Year New Mexico became a State. Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne present. Rio Rancho Public Library Loma Colorado Branch, 755 Loma Colorado Blvd., 505-891-5013 and email, rioranchoLibraries@rrnm.gov.
APRIL 6, 6:45 pm, free but donations appreciated. Western Music by Kacey & Jenna Thunborg. Part of the Best Western Concert Series. Best Western Hotel, 1015 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.
APRIL 7, 5-8 pm, free. ARTScrawl 1st Friday. Various galleries open, meet the artists. artscrawlabq.org.
APRIL 7, 5-9 pm, free. ABQ Art Walk downtown Central Ave. and side streets. Get more info on Face Book and Instagram.
APRIL 8, 1 pm, $20. Anthropological Genetic History, The Moors Connection to NM families (1000-1492 AD), Haplo Group E1b1b1b & J. Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@
APRIL 8, 15, 29, 9-11 am, free but you must register. Irrigation Efficiency workshops – targeted to the ABQ area. Gutierrez Hubbell House, 6029 Isleta Blvd. SW. Continues on April 15 and 29.
APRIL 8/9, 11am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info
APRIL 8, 10:30-12 NOON, free. Buffalo Soldiers, history from 1866-1900 including Buffalo Soldiers who are Medal of Honor recipients. Presentation by the NM Buffalo Soldiers Motor Club. Speakers are Brandon Demetrius, VP; Rene Matison, business Manager. Special Collections Library, Edith & Central NE. Be aware of parking restrictions around the Library.
APRIL 8, 2-4 pm, free. Joan Fenicle speaks about “Wandering Off-Road around New Mexico”. Placitas Community Library, 453 Highway 165, placitaslibrary.com, 505
APRIL 8, 11 am, free but donations appreciated. Ronn Perea tells stories about “Historic ABQ” sponsored by the Wheels Museum at 1100 2nd SW. Go to WheelsMuseum.org for more info.
APRIL 8, 10 am-4pm, $2. Friends of the ABQ Public Library monthly book sale at the downtown branch.
APRIL 8/9 EASTER WEEKEND – Basket & Corn dances at many pueblos. Call individual pueblos to confirm times.
APRIL 9 EASTER
APRIL 9, 16, 23, 30 – Sunday morning admission free from 9 am-1 pm at the Albuquerque Museum.
APRIL 9, COMMEMORATING THE FALL OF BATAAN DURING WW II. This involved many New Mexicans.Visit Bataan Park at 748 Tulane NE (Carlisle & Lomas) to see the City’s memorial to Bataan.
APRIL 10, 11:45 am, free but buy your own lunch. In person at Weck’s Restaurant, 7301 Paseo del Norte NE. New Mexico Health Care Policy presented by Gina DeBlasie from the Governor’s Office. More info from lockettabq@comcast.net.
APRIL 11, 2-4 pm, free but $5 donation encouraged. Pueblo Book Club with Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek). Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. indianpueblo.org.
APRIL 11, 1 pm, free. Dr. Ron Lah discusses Ethnobotany of the Southwest: Apache Plant use by the NM Chiricahua Apache-plant use for food, medicines, dyes, adhesives and other uses. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales. Part of the 2nd Saturday series. Go to CABQ.gov and look under ABQ Museum. 898-3915. Aaron Gardner.
APRIL 11, 1 PM, free and by Zoom. Ramon Gutierrez from the University of Chicago speaks on Rethinking Reis Lopez Tijerina in the Chicanx Movement. Sponsored by UNM. UNM Anthropology building # 1630. More info from Michael Trujillo, mltruj@unm.edu.
APRIL 11, 7 pm, free. Capt. Deak Parsons, New Mexico’s homegrown Atomic Admiral. Nancy Bartlit talks about Parsons who grew up in Ft. Sumner and was the weaponeer on the Enola Gay. Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., Los Alamos. Sponsored by the Los Alamos Historical Society. Los AlamosHistory.org.
APRIL 11, 6:30 pm, free by Zoom. Hayward Franklin, PhD. speaks on Ancient Pueblitos of the Sandia Foothills. Go to the website of the Friends of Tijeras Pueblo to request link.
APRIL 12, 11 am, free. Geologist Paul Parmentier speaks on Geological History for the Valencia County Historical Society, UNM Valencia Campus Training Center, 1020 Huning Ranch East Loop. Contact rmelzer@unm.edu for more info.
APRIL 13/14, 11 am, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.
APRIL 13-15, 1st annual National Hispanic Cultural Center Film Symposium “The Power of our Stories”. Go to the website to see fees, locations and times. National Hispanic Cultural Center. nhccnm.org.
APRIL 15-22, Various locations, times and fees. AfroMundo Festival, Resistance and Creativity. Go to website www.AfroMundo.org/Festival for more information.
APRIL 14, 5:30 opens, program from 6-7pm, $5 includes one drink ticket. Science on Tap, an informal learning Program. Museum of Nuclear Science and Energy, 601 Eubank SE. More info by emailing swhitman@nuclearmuseum.org.
APRIL 14, 4 pm, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, Part 1 — The Crusades: The Cross and the Crescent. The World’s most infamous conflict of religious zeal, fanaticism and violence comes to life, presented by Angel Cervantes. Includes a short film. Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@
APRIL 15, 1 pm, free. Friends of the El Camino Real present UNM Professor Emeritus Enrique Lamadrid speaking on the History of captives and enslaved people in New Spain (now New Mexico). Socorro Public Library, 401 Park St.
APRIL 15, 2 pm, free. Glenn Fred speaks on the Hopi Culture and Tradition –including the significance of carved kachinas., Manzano Mountains Art Council, 101 E. Broadway in Mountainair.
APRIL 16, 2 PM, free. Roger Zimmerman and Melissa Beasley Lee speak about the History of Route 66 and Its upcoming 2026 Centennial. Albuquerque Museum. Free parking and free admission to the Museum. Sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society. albuqhistsoc.org.
APRIL 16, 2pm, free. Linda Tigges speaks on the 1712 ABQ-Bernalillo Presidio Soldiers and Manila Galleons. Old San Ysidro Church. Corrales. Old Church, 966 Old Church Rd. Sponsored by the Corrales Historical Society.
APRIL 16, 2pm, free. Bernalillo Wine Families and Industry. Come hear from 4th generation descendants including the families of Gros, Mallet, Sena, Alary and Rinaldi. Sandoval County Historical Society & Museum, 161 Homestead Lane, located between the Santa Ana Star Casino and Coronado Historic Site, just north of 550, turn at the dirt road by the IHOP. SandovalHistory.org.
APRIL 16, 3:45-5:15 pm, free but RSVP appreciated. Yom Hashoah, A Continuance of Remembrance honoring ABQ’s Holocaust survivors. Congregation Albert, 3800 Louisiana NE. Sponsored by the NM Holocaust Museum. More information at 505-247-0606 or events@nmholocaustmuseum.org.
APRIL 16, 10am-3 pm, $15. Carving workshop at the Manzano Mountain Art Council, 101 E. Broadway. manzanomountainartCouncil.org or 847-5068 for info.
APRIL 15/16, 11am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.
APRIL 16, 8 am, free but $2 parking. Foothills Wild Guided Hike. Meet at the Cottonwood Springs parking lot of the Elena Gallegos open space, 7100 Tramway NE. Info at 768-4951 or depps@cabq.gov.
APRIL 16, Sunday morning admission free from 9 am-1 pm at the Albuquerque Museum. Go to cabq.gov/artsculture/albuqu
APRIL 17, 8pm. PBS channel 5. La Frontera with Pati Jinich. Jinich spends time along the US / Mexico border then travels to Hatch, NM. She meets with farmer Andrea Miller and learns about Hatch chile farming.
APRIL 19, 7 pm, Zoom. Michael Nutkiewicz speaks on CoExistence and Violence: Ukraine, Russia and the Jews. sponsored by the NM Jewish Historical Society.Go to nmjhs.org to register for Zoom link.
APRIL 20, 5-8 pm, free. Third Thursday at the ABQ Museum. Theme is the Origins of Jazz. Award winning educator, musician and performer Frank Leto and his band perform and explain Jazz Music. Make art projects, tour museum exhibits, food available. Albuquerque Museum in Old Town. cabq.gov or 311 for more info.
APRIL 20, Ramadan ends. It is the 9th month of the Islamic Calendar and observed by Muslims as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community.
APRIL 20, 5-7 pm, performance, 7 pm, free. Resiliency & Residency with 11 different artists. South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE. Sponsored by the City’s Public Art Program.
April 20/21, 11 am, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.
APRIL 22, 10 am-3 pm, free. HUGE BOOK SALE. Sandoval County Historical Society & Museum, 161 Homestead Lane, located between the Santa Ana Star Casino and Coronado Historic Site, just north of 550, turn at the dirt road by the IHOP. SandovalHistory.org.
APRIL 22 EARTH DAY
APRIL 22, 11 am-3 pm, free. Earth Day celebration at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th SW. This includes music, film, poetry, stroll through the Bosque and more. More info at nhccnm.org.
APRIL 22, noon-4 pm, free. Celebrate the 317th birthday of ABQ at Old Town with music, fun, food, children’s activities. 1:30 pm Ceremony of the Founding families with parade and banners.
APRIL 22, 11 am-4 pm, $10. Celebrate Earth Day fundraiser with the Friends of the Los Lunas Library. Location is Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts. Music with four different bands, arts and crafts, silent auction, food trucks. More info at llfriendsoflibrary@gmail.com.
APRIL 23, ALBUQUERQUE’S BIRTHDAY (Founding in 1706).
APRIL 22, 1-3 pm, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and connection to NM Families. Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@
APRIL 23, 2 pm, free. Dr. Hayward Franklin speaks on “Kuaua Pottery: What the sherds reveal”. Franklin describes this project from 2018/19 that gathered some 2,000 sherds around Coronado Historic Site. Bernalillo Town Hall, 829 Camino del Pueblo in Bernalillo. Sponsored by Friends of Coronado Historic Site.
APRIL 24-30 AMERICAN INDIAN WEEK with many activities at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
APRIL 25, 9:30 am, free, in person or Zoom. Colcha embroidery group. National Hispanic Cultural center. Contact elenaD.Baca@dc
APRIL 27, 7:30 pm, free. UNM campus, Anthropology building room 1630. Dr. John Lucy speaks on The Influence of Language structure and Function on Thought. More info on the Maxwell Museum website. maxwellMuseum.unm.edu.
April 27/28, 11 am, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.
APRIL 28, 4 pm, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, Part 2 — The Crusades: The Cross and the Crescent. The World’s most infamous conflict of religious zeal, fanaticism and violence comes to life, presented by Angel Cervantes. Includes a short film. By the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@
APRIL 29-30, admission fee. Spring Arts market at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. indianpueblo.org.
APRIL 29, 1:30-3 pm, admission ($5/6) to Casa San Ysidro covers program. Heritage Spinning and Weaving. All supplies provided. 898-3915, Casa San Ysidro in Corrales. Aaron Gardner
APRIL 29, 6-7:30 pm, free. Anne Hillerman speaks on her new book, The Way of the Bear. Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.
APRIL 29/30, 11 am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.
APRIL 30, 3 pm, free but tickets are limited pick up at the door. ABQ Philharmonic Orchestra 50th anniversary concert. National Hispanic Cultural Center. Refreshments following the concert.
AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION AT UNM, iaie.unm.edu. Watch several previously recorded programs about Native American education, the Dine language and more.
EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS, Celebrating 50 years. Go to Golondrinas.org and click on the Facebook icon on the right to watch a variety of past programs. Examples are: The Truchas Mill, El Horno, Sheep to Blanket, Chile & Wild Greens, NM Remedios.
HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION (historicSantaFe.or
The Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW is open. Times are Sunday-Thursday, 9 am-12 noon. Call first to confirm, 243-6269 or info@wheelsmuseum.org.
MURALS OF ALBUQUERQUE (www.murosabq.com) This shows over 130 murals in the ABQ metro area. You click on each picture and it shows the mural, gives its title and address, describes the image, and the artists.
ONLINE TOUR OF THE 15 HISTORIC MURALS AT THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER The tour gives details of the artist and the dance or ritual illustrated in the mural. https://indianpueblo.or
Virtual Tour of the Downtown Main Library, 1975. Presented by Modern Albuquerque and sponsored by the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund. More information including the YouTube link to the live stream is on their Events page. See www.modernabq.org/events
Cibola County History Museum, 525 West High St., Grants NM. Go to cibolaHistory.org for more information.
OASIS SENIOR LEARNING IS PROVIDING ONLINE PROGRAMS. Contact 884-4529 or visit albuquerque.oasisnet.org
NUCLEAR MUSEUM – The Museum has a huge collection of oral history interviews (also transcribed) called Voices of the Manhattan Project. There are some 600 interviews of individuals who were either at the Manhattan Project or a family member who worked there. The interviews are organized into 39 categories such as: Internment of Japanese Americans, Life in the Secret cities, Hispanic employees, Native American. https://www.nuclearm
EAST MOUNTAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY announces the recorded program of Rt. 66 and Historic NM License Plates. Go to EastMountainHistory.org/rec
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. invites anyone to come and hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools. www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryA
THE NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM has put many programs on Facebook or YouTube including The Santa Fe River in NM History presented by William Mee, ex. director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association and Andy Otto from Agua Fria. There are six videos telling the story of The Harvey Girls. YouTube https://www.YouTube.co
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*****AMAZING HISTORY / CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE*****
Many of the museums and cultural centers in the ABQ metro area have put programming on their websites, Facebook pages or YouTube links. This includes everything from:
- concerts, history lectures, video tours of various museum collections,
- photograph pod casts, curriculum and study guides for children, audio interviews,
All of this is free and even “low tech” individuals can navigate these websites There are YouTube channels available at no cost to watch to all. You are urged to explore many websites but especially these:
- CORONADO HISTORIC SITE – Watch numerous programs from the website of the Friends of Coronado Historic Site. Kuaua.org/presentations. You can also just listen by phone. All info on their website.
- NEW MEXICO HISTORY IN TEN MINUTES (newmexicohistory.org)
On the home page, go to the bottom and click on Video of the Month. The entire list of episodes will appear by clicking on the corner of the video. NM State Historian Rob Martinez is most engaging and informative and there are more than 40 Episodes. The episodes may be heard in chronological order or by topic which is introduced in the first minute or so of the episode. - CIVIC AUDITORIUM HISTORY VIDEO (1957-1986) www.modernabq.org. Go to the Resources Tab, then the drop down to the three Civic Auditorium videos. They tell the story of the structure: why it was built, how it was used and why it was ultimately demolished.
- HOLOCAUST MUSEUM and GELLERT EDUCATION CENTER NM, 616 Central SW. Go to the website nmholocaustmuseum.org. Questions call 247-0606.
- ALBUQUERQUE OASIS LIFELONG LEARNING PRESENTS VARIOUS NM TOPICS
- www.albuquerque.oasisnet.org or 884-4529.
ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVED VIDEO PROGRAMS
The Albuquerque Historical Society provides videos of scheduled program presentations that are live-streamed to the Society’s Facebook page. If viewed live, the Facebook live-stream event allows those who are unable to attend the opportunity to participate in the question and answer session following the event. The video presentations are permanently available in the “Videos” section of the AHS Facebook page, on the AHS YouTube Channel, as well as linked to from the appropriate AHS Program pages. Presentations captured on Facebook videos to date include:
- History of Mariachi in Albuquerque
Peter Sanchez, March 19, 2023 - Biography of Casey Luna
Dr. Richard Melzer, February 19, 2023 - History of The University of Albuquerque
John Taylor, January 15, 2023 - History of UNM Press: The Largest Book Publishing Company in New Mexico
Beth Hadas, November 20, 2022 - One With the Land: Voices of the Atrisco Land Grant
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, October 16, 2022 - One With the Land: Voices of the Atrisco Land Grant
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, October 16, 2022 - Picture This!: Online Storytelling Through Photo Archives
Jill Hartke, September 18, 2022 - The History of Public Art Urban Enhancement in Albuquerque
Sherri Brueggemann, August 21, 2022 - Neighborhoods at a Crossroads: Hoffmantown
Anthony DellaFlora, July 17, 2022 - African American Homesteaders in Albuquerque
Rita Powdrell, June 19, 2022 - Victory from the Shadows
Elaine Carson, March 20, 2022 - The Ten Dons, Plus One
Kathy Seidel, February 20, 2022 - Erna Fergusson, First Lady of New Mexico Letters
Joe Sabatini, January 16, 2022 - The History of Los Poblanos
Kate Garner, November 21, 2021 - Stories of Early Albuquerque
Rosemary McNerney Winkler – October 17, 2021 - Overhaul: A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops
Richard and Shirley Cushing Flint – September 19, 2021 - Building Community & Culture: Jews in 20th Century Albuquerque
Harvey Buchalter, July 18, 2021 - Life of Mrs. Carnis Salisbury: Albuquerque Fair Housing and Civil Rights Pioneer
Brian Eagan – June 20, 2021 - Doing History in a City Looking Forward
Albuquerque Museum Director Andrew Connors – April 18, 2021 - 60th Anniversary of Little Beaver Town
Roland Penttila – March 21, 2021 - An Iconic View: A Photographic Study of First and Central, 1880 to 2020
Richard Ruddy – February 21, 2021 - Historic Fairview Cemetery: Final Resting Place for Notable People in Albuquerque History
Gail Rubin, CT – January 17, 2021 - The Spanish Flu Pandemic in New Mexico 1918-1920
Rick Hendricks, Ph.D, – November 15, 2020 - Architectural History of Albuquerque’s Old Main Library
Teri Reynoso – October 18, 2020 - The Photo Heritage of Eddie Ross Cobb and Daphne Cobb: Unbending Courage and Creativity
Sueki (Susan) Woodward – September 20, 2020 - They Won the Vote! : Suffrage and Suffragists in New Mexico
Sylvia Ramos Cruz, M.D. – August 23, 2020 - Albuquerque Sculptor Herb Goldman
Lisa Goldman – July 19, 2020 - Secret Albuquerque: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Ashley M. Biggers – June 21, 2020 - Albuquerque in the Nuclear Age
Duane Hughes – February 16, 2020
- Early History of the Albuquerque Open Space Program
Rex Funk – January 19, 2020 - A History Lover’s Guide to Albuquerque
Roger Zimmerman – November 17, 2019 - Ridgecrest Area History: The Parkland Hills Addition
Willam Dodge – October 20, 2019 - History of Menaul School
Dr. Christine Sierra – September 15, 2019