August 2023 NM History & Culture Opportunities

THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
www.albuqhistsoc.org

& THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NM
www.hsnm.org

Encourage your participation in the following history & cultural events:

AUGUST 20, 2 pm, ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. NM State Historian Rob Martinez speaks about “The Role of the State Historian”. What, how, why, when. Recent challenges to historiography (why history has different interpretations). includes Free parking & Free admission to the ABQ Museum in Old Town. albuqhistsoc.org.

“ENCHANTORAMA: NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE TURNS 100” is the featured exhibit at the NM History Museum in Santa Fe.

DOZENS OF ACTIVITIES & PODCASTS DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL, NMhumanities.org.

Randall Davey Audubon Center and sanctuary, 1800 Upper Canyon Rd. in Santa Fe. Tour the gardens and historic Randall Davey house. Fridays @ 2 pm are docent led house tours, $5. Saturdays @8:30 am are guided bird walk. More info at RandallDavey.audubon.org. Monday – Saturday, 8am-4pm.

FREE “CHATTER” CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS, August 3, 10, 17, 24-6 pm, Albuquerque Museum.

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.

MAGIC SHOWS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, COSTUME MAKING, GARDENING, COOKING, VENTRILOQUISM & MORE –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.

Summer Break till September. 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.

2ND MONDAY, Albuquerque Press Women & Friends takes break July & August.  In person at Weck’s Restaurant, 7301 Paseo del Norte NE.  More info from lockettabq@comcast.net.  Sponsored by Albuquerque Press Women and Friends.

Friends of Tijeras Pueblo take summer break.  Location is Sandia Ranger Station in Tijeras. Call 281-3304. FriendsofTijerasPueblo.org.


AUGUST 2, 11 am-12 noon, fee. Matachine Dances of Bernalillo presented by Dr. Joseph Moreno. ABQ Museum.

AUGUST 2, 12 noon, free, virtual. Dr. Alison Griffiths presents Cultural Memory and Amateur Film: The Visual Legacy of the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonal (ITIC)There is special attention paid to amateur films of the 1920s/30s. Sponsored by the NM History Museum Friends of History. Go to the website FriendsofHistoryNM.org/lecture-series/ to watch this and the past lectures on their You Tube channel.

AUGUST 2, all day. Free admission 1st Wednesday to ABQ Museum.

AUGUST 3, 5-9 pm, free. The historic court case involving Isleta pueblo member Miguel Trujillo and voting rights for Native Americans is celebrated. Isleta Casino Hotel ballrooms A & B. Various speakers. To request traveling exhibit contact tasneem.bsaies@dca.nm.gov. There is a six part podcast available at podcast.nmculture.org.

AUGUST 3, Commemorate the birthday of journalist Ernie Pyle, August 3, 1900. (Activities Aug. 5)

AUGUST 3,  Most APS schools begin class.

AUGUST 4,  5-7 pm, free and will reoccur every 1st Friday. NM History Museum History & Art WalkUse the museum main entrance at 113 Lincoln St. in Santa Fe. Go to FriendsofHistoryNM.org for more information.

AUGUST 3/4, 11 am, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 4, 5-6:30 pm. Miguel Trujillo and the Pursuit of native Voting Rights. The 75th anniversary of the landmark court case which granted Native American’s right to vote in federal elections. NM History Museum Lobby.

AUGUST 4 , FEAST DAY SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO

AUGUST 4, 5-8 pm, free. ARTScrawl 1st Friday. Various galleries open, meet the artists. artscrawlabq.org.

AUGUST 4, 5-9 pm, free. ABQ Art Walk downtown Central Ave. and side streets. Get more info on Facebook and Instagram.

AUGUST 4/5/6,  11am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 4, 4-6 pm, virtual, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, The Rus & Rurik Dynasty through DNA (Rurik was a Varangian Chieftan who gained control of Ladoga in 862). Presented by Angel Cervantes. By the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com for postal address and to register.

AUGUST 4/5, 9am-9pm, $7 or $10 for both days. Old Lincoln Days, talks, Billy the Kid Escape drama, all museums and sites open. Lincoln Historical Site.

AUGUST 5, 10:30-1pm, free. Ernie Pyle Branch library, 900 Girard SE. Speakers, music, scavenger hunt, kids activities commemorating the birthday of journalist Ernie Pyle.

AUGUST 5, 2-4 pm, free. The Soldiers Truth, photos and stories about Ernie Pyle presented by author David Chrisinger at the Special Collections Library. activities commemorating journalist Ernie Pyle.

AUGUST 5, 2 pm, free. Dr. Kathlen Holscher speaks on “The Dixon School Case-Catholic Religious in NM’s public schools. She describes the court case which ended the common practice of Catholic sisters teaching in public schools of Taos and Rio Arriba Counties. Kit Carson Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta. Sponsored by the Taos County Historic Society.

AUGUST 5, 10 am, free. Dr. Joseph Moreno speaks about  The Matachines Dances of BernalilloMartha Liebert Library, 124 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo.AUGUST 5, 1-2:30 pm, free. Colors that Speak Words, panel discussion with the arts. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. IndianPueblo.org.

AUGUST 5, 8-11 am. 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.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org or  Facebook.com/HistoricFairviewCemetery. “Where the Past meets the Present”.

AUGUST 5, 2-4 pm, free. Opening Exhibit for Bob Christensen’s photographs of Valencia County. Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts. 352-7720.

AUGUST 5, 10 am, regular Museum admission. The Uranium Club: Unearthing the Lost Relics of the Nazi Nuclear Program. Miriam Hiebert Ph.D. speaks about her book. Nuclear Science Museum. 601 Eubank SEnuclearmuseum.org.

AUGUST 5, free. Mountainair Birthday. Begins at 10 am with parade; Pinto Bean Queen voting and historic plaques at 2 pm, dance, 7 pm. Food vendors and more. More info on Mountainair Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.

 AUGUST 5-6, 12 noon-6 pm, fee.  Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Website includes “History Herald” articles. Golondrinas.org.

AUGUST 5, 5-10 pm, free. City’s Summerfest  Westside at Ventana Ranch Park. Children’s activities, Music, food trucks. More info at 311.

AUGUST 6, Remembrance, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan:  August 6, 1945.

AUGUST 6, 10 am-4 pm, free admission to the Visual Arts Museum of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. (first Sunday free for NM residents). 1701 4th St. SW. nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 6, 8 am, free. Bosque Wild Guided Hike from the Open Space visitor Center6500 Coors NW.

AUGUST 6, 13, 21, 28 –  Sunday morning admission free from 9 am-1 pm at the Albuquerque Museum.

AUGUST 6 (first Sunday of month) Los Luceros Historic Site “Dawn to Dusk”, north of Santa Fe. Come enjoy the sunrise or sunset with longer hours. Contact interpretive ranger Jessica.tharp@dca.nm.gov.

AUGUST 8, 6:30 pm, free Paul Secord does a multi-media presentation of the Rock Art of Tenabo (in Abo Canyon). He will describe specific rock art motifs. More info at tcasnm.orgMountainair Art Center, 101 E. Broadway.

AUGUST 8, 6-8 pm, free. Community Listening Session, Voces de Latinida – Who or what is Latinidad and how you identify culturally and how this shapes your reality. National Hispanic Cultural Center. register please. nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 9, Remembrance of dropping of atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan:  August 6, 1945.

AUGUST 9, FEAST DAY, PICURUS PUEBLO

AUGUST 9-11, see schedule at tobnm.govLas Fiestas de San Lorenzo in Bernalillo and the Matachine dances.

AUGUST 9, 10:30 am, free. virtual or in person at Main Library, 2nd floor. ABQ Genealogical Society, monthly meeting. Members will tell stories of research projects over the last year and discuss possible future programs. abqgen.org or the Facebook page of ABQ Genealogical Society.

AUGUST 10, 5-8 pm, free. 7pm, Agave is Life: a 10,000 Year Journey- film, 2014 documentary. Reception, 5:30-7 pm, UNM mariachi. National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St. SW, nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 10, Commemoration of 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Program 11am, repeats 1pm by historian Joe Sabatini. 12 noon, demo of knotted cord by Brandon Valdo. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. indianpueblo.org. Website has past programs about Pueblo Revolt.

AUGUST 11/12/13 11am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 10/11. 11 am, in person, $2. Tour of Torreon Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 11/12, annual conference of the NM Genealogical Society at the Marriott Pyramid Hotel, ABQ.

AUGUST 11, 4-5 pm, free. Gallup Arts presents  The Origins and Development of Gallup’s New Deal Art Collection., Meet at the McKinley County Courthouse,207 W. Hill St. in Gallup. Contact ExecutiveDirector@GallupArts.org for more info or 505-488-2136.

AUGUST 11, 5:30 pm opens, program begins at 6pm, $5 includes one drink ticket. Inertial Confinement Fusion – What is it? Why is it Important presented by Dr. Daniel Sinars. “Science on Tap “an informal learning Program. Museum of Nuclear Science and Energy, 601 Eubank SE. More info by emailing  swhitman@nuclearmuseum.org.

AUGUST 11, 10:30 AM, Free. VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON. Albuquerque Genealogical Society has meeting of the DNA research group. Main Library 2nd floor.

AUGUST 12 SANTA CLARA PUEBLO FEAST DAY

AUGUST 12, 10:30 am-12 noon, free. Route 66, the Untold Story of the Women on the Mother Road presented by Katrina Parks.Special Collections Library, Edith & Central NE. Be aware of parking restrictions around library. 848-1376.

AUGUST 12, 1-3 pm, virtual, $20. Anthropological Genetic History, The Hisatsinom (Anasazi) connection to NM Families, (Mt-DNA Haplogroups B). Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com for postal address and to register.

 AUGUST 12, 2 pm, free. Author Betsy James presents her book Breathing Stone: Living Small in a Southwest Village. Placitas Community Library.

AUGUST 12, 8am-5pm, fee. Summer Wings Festival and BioBlitz, Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW. Bird walks, Mariposaville Garden Walk, kids BioBlitz walk, talks by bird biologists. Programs on Butterflies of the Mid Rio Grande; Migration of Raptors; The Dragon Flies and Mamselflies of NM. See full program at emnrd.nm.gov/spd/find-a-park/rio-grande-nature-center-state-park.

AUGUST 12, 6-8 pm, free. Jazz quartet band plays at the Open Space Visitors Center, 6500 Coors NW.

AUGUST 12, 2 PM, free. Antonio Trujillo gives an overview of the history of San Rafael. Cibola County History Museum, 525 E. High. https://voiceofthesouthwest.org/ojo-de-gallo-a-nostalgic-narrative-of-san-rafael/

AUGUST 12, 10 am-4 pm, $2. Friends of the ABQ Public Library monthly book sale at the downtown Main branch.
AUGUST 15, 2-4 pm, $5 donation encouraged. Pueblo Book Club, There There, a novel by Tommy Orange (Cheyenne & Arapaho).Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, indianpueblo.org.

AUGUST 15 ZIA PUEBLO FEAST DAY

AUGUST 16, 6-8 pm, free. Afromundo: Sister Doula – social justice film screening with panel discussion. Tells the story of nurse hakima Payne and the crisis of black babies mortality rate five times that of white baby. National Hispanic Cultural Center. register please. nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 16, 23, 30, 4-7 pm, free but you must register. Printmaking for SeniorsNational Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St. SW, nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 17, 6-8 pm, free. Community Listening Session, Voces de Latinidad – Who or what is Latinidad and how you identify culturally and how this shapes your reality. National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St. SW, nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 17, 4-7pm, free. Reception, 4-6 pm and artist talk at 7 pm. UNM’s Computer Science team with artist Nanibah Chacon and student artist to do an interactive mural. National Hispanic Cultural Center. register please. nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 17, 5-8 pm, free. Third Thursday at the ABQ Museum.  Music performed by ChatterMake art projects, tour museum exhibits, food/drinks available. Albuquerque Museum in Old Town. cabq.gov or 311 for more info.

AUGUST 17/18, National Hispanic Cultural Center, tour of Torreon.

AUGUST 18, 4 pm, virtual, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, Romanovs & Catherine the Great through DNA. (Catherine the Great 1729-1796, the longest ruling female ruler of Russia). Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com for postal address and to register.

AUGUST 19, 10:30 am-12 noon, free. Schooling with Uncle Sam, 75 years of Dept. of Defense Education Activity. Special Collections Library, 423 Central NE. Be aware of parking restrictions around the library.

AUGUST 19, 3-5 pm. A Conversation about Cabezon Peak and the Rio Puerco Valley with Photographer John Wylie. Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors NW.

AUGUST 19/20, Expo New Mexico Villa Hispana BosqueChileFest.com, $12.50 or $20 pass, music, food, art. Parking $10.

AUGUST 19, 8 pm, $10. Summer Star Party, Jemez Historic Site. Local astronomical societies guide you in viewing stars and planets. Also vendors of pueblo food and art.

AUGUST 20, 8-9:30 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.

AUGUST 20, 2 PM, free.  ABQ Historical Society. NM State Historian Rob Martinez speaks about the role of the State Historian. Free parking and free admission to the ABQ Museum. Sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society. albuqhistsoc.org.

AUGUST 20 / 28. Sunday morning admission free from 9 am-1 pm at the Albuquerque Museum. Go to cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-Museum.

AUGUST 18/19/20, 11am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 22, 9:30 am, free, in person or Zoom. Colcha embroidery group. National Hispanic Cultural center. Contact elenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov. 505-220-7928.

AUGUST 24, 6:30 pm, free. Songs of Spain for a Summer’s Night. Soprano Melissa Montoya and flamenco guitarist Ronaldo Baca perform at the Martha Liebert Library, 124 Calle Malinche Bernalillo.

AUGUST 24, 1:30 pm, free. Genealogy workshop for seniors. Register at 724-4771. National Hispanic Cultural Center. register please. nhccnm.org.

AUGUST 25/26/27, 11 am, 2 pm, admission fee. Cultural Dance Program representing various pueblos. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Go to indianpueblo.org for more info.

AUGUST 25, 10 am-12 noon, free but you must register in advance to reserve a spot. Candelaria Nature Preserve Guided Tour. Go to the end of Arbor Rd. NW. More info from Kyle Faig, 768-4208, or rfaig@cabq.gov.

AUGUST 26, 6-8:30 pm, free. Concert & family fun, Tijeras Bio Zone Open Space, 15600 Central SE. Bring chair & picnic dinner. 6:30-7 pm Conservation Carnivale performance. Music by Jimmy Climbs. Climbing wall, face painting. More info from 311.

AUGUST 26, 10am-4pm,  free. Mountainair Sunflower Festival – vendors, music, kids activities. Manzano Mountains Arts Center, 101 E. Broadway. MMACevents@gmail.com.

AUGUST 27, 1pm, free. Journey West: Danny Lyon photo exhibit closing day. 1pm panel exploring the state of activism in NM. Panel includes Center for SW Culture Director Arturo Sandoval and UNM Professor emeritus of Sociology Dr. Phillip Gonzales. More info from Elizabeth Becker, ebecker@cabq.gov, 764-6515.

AUGUST 26, 1-3 pm, virtual, $20. ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENETIC HISTORY, What Love & Marriage was like for Native Americans during pre-colonial times. (ceremonies, rituals, customs).Presented by the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com for postal address and to register.

AUGUST 26, 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, agardner@cabq.gov or 898-3915.

AUGUST 27 ISLETA PUEBLO FEAST DAY

AUGUST 27,  11 am-3pm, $5. Tomato Fiesta, ABQ Garden Center, 10120 Lomas NE in Los Altos Park. Sponsored by the Master Gardeners to answer all your questions about growing tomatoes. Music, vendors, cookbooks, kids’ activities. More info from Karen.wentworth3@gmail.com.

SEPTEMBER 1-4, LABOR DAY HOLIDAY BREAK FOR APS.


INDIAN EDUCATION AT UNM, iaie.unm.edu. Watch several previously recorded programs about Native American education, the Dine language and more.

HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION (historicSantaFe.org) offers many free programs to watch: Ron Duncan Hart speaking on the Early Jews in NM; Rob Martinez – The Enduring Hispanic Music of NM.

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.org/pueblos-pigments-and-prominence-the-murals-of-ipcc/

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 NMGo to cibolaHistory.org for more information.

OASIS SENIOR LEARNING IS PROVIDING ONLINE PROGRAMS. Contact 884-4529 or visit albuquerque.oasisnet.org for more information.

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.nuclearmuseum.org/educate/atomic-heritage-foundation  https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/

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.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org or Facebook.com/HistoricFairviewCemetery. “Where the Past meets the Present.

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.com /user/NM museum . Look up the titles. More info at the NM History Museum website, nmhistorymuseum.org.
For Facebook, click on: https://www.facebook.com/events/3051120368304586/
For YouTube, go to:  https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmus

*****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. The videos are linked to from the appropriate AHS Program pages. Presentations captured on videos to date include: