The Albuquerque Historical Society & the Historical Society of NM
Encourage your participation in the following history & cultural events:
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Most library branches will have special Halloween activities on October 31. Check AbqLibrary.org for more details.
THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, October 19, 2 pm, free. Fred Friedman, noted NM Railroad Historian speaks. Free parking & free admission to the ABQ Museum in Old Town. albuqhistsoc.org.
October 4-12, Balloon Fiesta Week at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Cultural dancing performances & arts Festival daily from 9am-5pm. Detailed schedule at IndianPueblo.org.
MUSIC EVERY DAY FROM 12 NOON – 4 PM, OCT 4-12 ON OLD TOWN PLAZA.
MCCALL’S PUMPKIN PATCH IN MORIARTY acres of fun. Various fees. Sat/Sun 10am-6pm; Fridays (Oct. 10/17/24) Info at McCallPumpkinPatch.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEW MEXICO. New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. Read about it, https://newmexicohistory.org/n
ELECTION DAY NOV. 4 — OCTOBER 7 in-person early voting starts.
OCTOBER 3-5 Greek Festival at St. George’s Church, 308 High St. SE. More info at AbqGreekFest.com.
OCTOBER 3, 5-8 pm, free. ALBUQUERQUE ARTS CRAWL, Open house at various art galleries around ABQ, meet and visit with artists in person. Artscrawlabq.com.
OCTOBER 4/5, 9am-5pm, fee. Harvest Festival at the Botanic Garden.
OCTOBER 3, 5-9 pm, free. Albuquerque Downtown Art Walk along Central Avenue between 1st & 8th streets and adjacent streets. Vendors, music, food, arts & crafts. AbqArtwalk.com/eventsmap.
OCTOBER 4, 10am-4pm, free. Desert Willow & Pollinator Festival. 2424 Highway 47 in Belen. Sponsored by the Valencia County Soil/Water Conservation District. More info at ValenciaSWCD-nm.gov.
OCTOBER 4, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, free. ABQ Genealogical Society program at Main Library.
OCTOBER 4, 2-4 pm, free reception. Los Lunas Museum of History & Arts. Meet Rick Kazak with the exhibit “The Art of Photo Journalism”. 251 Main St. by the water tower.
OCTOBER 4, 10am-12 noon. Program on the joy & energy of African dance and its influence on Hispanic rhythms and music. Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org. 1701 4th SW.
OCTOBER 4, 8:30-11am, free but register in advance. Bosque Wild Guided Hike, Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors NW. Contact 768-4951 or depps@cabq.gov.
OCTOBER 4, 9am 12 noon. Come help clean up Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. Wear hard soled shoes and bring your own tools. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryAB
OCTOBER 4, 2pm, free ($5 donation from non-members). Paulette Atencio speaks on “Bilingual Storytelling”. Kit Carson Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta Rd in Taos. Sponsored by the Taos County Historical Society. More info at TaosCountyHistoricalSociety.or
OCTOBER 4, 5-8:30 pm, free. International Observe the moon Night, Sandia Mountain Natural History Center. 60 Columbine Lane in Cedar Crest.
OCTOBER 4-12, 10am-5pm, free. Old Church Fine Arts Show. Corrales Historical Society. More details at CorralesHistory.org.
OCTOBER 5, free. First Sunday free admission for all NM residents to the Visual Arts Museum. National Hispanic Cultural Center, nhccnm.org.
OCTOBER 5, 2-4 pm, free. Tour the Art Gallery and meet Artists Juanita LaVadie & Ignacio Jaramillo. Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org. 1701 4th SW.
OCTOBER 6, 7am-5pm, free admission to the Balloon Museum for all ABQ residents.
OCTOBER 7, 10:30 am, in-person or zoom, free. Military Research Group speaker on “Period between Two World Wars”. Albuquerque Genealogical society. Main Library.
OCTOBER 10, 8-10:30 am, free. Foothills Wild Guided Hike in the Elena Gallegos Open Space. More info at 311.
OCTOBER 11, 4pm, free. Ch. 5.1 PBS. “The Haunting of Old Town”. Repeats October 17, 8 pm, Ch. 5.4.
OCTOBER 11, 11 am-3pm, free. Fall Farm Festival with numerous displays, food, music. Gutierrez Hubbell House, 6029 Isleta SW.
OCTOBER 11, 10 am-4pm, $2. Monthly sale featuring “Banned Books”, sponsored by the Friends of the ABQ BernCo Public Library. Main branch, 5th & Copper NW. Will carry out to your vehicle. Two hour free parking across the street at the City garage. Bring your ticket in to be stamped. All proceeds benefit the Library. FriendsofthePublicLibrary.org.
OCTOBER 11, 10:30 am, free. Jack Fox speaks about the Rough Riders of NM –famous soldiers recruited from Las Vegas, NM to serve with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American war. Hispanic Cultural Center’s Domenici Education room. Sponsored by the Hispanic Genealogy Research Center.
OCTOBER 11, 10:30 am, free. Jon Ghahate speaks on the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Special Collections Library, Edith & Central NE. Be aware of parking restrictions in area.
OCTOBER 11, 11am-12:30, free. Irene Blea speaks on her long friendship with author Rudy Anaya. Genealogy Center @ Main Library, 5th & Copper NW.
OCTOBER 11, 2 pm, free. Noted NM historian author Robert Torrez speaks on Bad Girls in NM History. Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Art, 251 Main St at the Water Tower.
OCTOBER 11, 2pm, free. Magdalena Donahue speaks on the Roadside Geology of NM. Placitas Library, 453 Highway 165 in Placitas, 505-867-3355.
OCTOBER 11, 10 am, free. Former ABQ mayor Marty Chavez speaks on “What it’s really like to run the City of ABQ !” Chavez helped save the Railyards and the home of Wheels. Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd SW. More detail WheelsMuseum.org, 243-6269.
OCTOBER 11, 10 am, free. Tall Paul Halloween Magic Show – family friendly. Martha Liebert Library, Bernalillo.
OCTOBER 11, 2-4 pm, free. Fermentation Practices in New Mexico Today. Maxwell Museum Hibben Center room 105, 500 University Blvd. NE. More info at MaxwellMuseum.unm.edu.
OCTOBER 11, 1-3 pm, free. Time Travel, Dressed in period clothing, various stories are told. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales. Contact Aaron Gardner, agardner@cabq.gov, 898-3915. 973 Old Church Rd.
OCTOBER 11, 2-4 pm, free. Fiesta y Musica y Cultura. Includes music, performers and food, Sponsored by the Town of Bernalillo. Recreation Center on Rotary Park Rd Bernalillo.
OCTOBER 11, 6-8 pm, free. Ghost hunter/author Cody Polson speaks about Dark Tales of Old Town ABQ. Los Lunas Museum of History & Art. 251 Main St. 352-7720.
OCTOBER 12, 2pm, must register. Special tour of Coronado State Monument Historic Site sponsored by the Sandoval County Historical Society. Register with gailzdesidn@gmail.com. SandovalHistory.org.
OCTOBER 12, 2-3 pm, free. History of the Railyards by Chuck Jones. Cherry Hills Library, 6901 Barstow NE.
OCTOBER 13, 11:45-1pm, free. Engineer Bruce Thomson, Board member of the ABQ Metropolitan Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA) speaks to Albuquerque Press Women & Friends. Come learn about flood protection in the metro area. Membership not required to attend. Food purchase on your own. Weck’s Restaurant, 7301 Paseo del Norte NE.
OCTOBER 13, Federal Holiday observed, Indigenous Peoples Day. APS closed.
OCTOBER 13, 5-9 pm, free. Indigenous Peoples day at AvanYu Plaza, 12th & Menaul NW. Art, music, car show, vendors.
OCTOBER 13-18 Homecoming Week UNM, “Desert Boots & Lobo Roots. Numerous activities-open houses, events with Pres. Stokes, basketball at the Pit, Howl Run & more. More info @ UNMAlumni.com.
OCTOBER 14, 21 & 28, 5-6 PM, free. The History of the Supernatural. Lomas Tramway Library Branch.
OCTOBER 14, 6:30 pm, free. Glittering and Glassy, Late Rio Grande Glazeware, effects of Spanish Colonial AD 1598-1700. Sandia Ranger Station in Tijeras. Friends of Tijeras Pueblo, more info at FriendsofTijerasPueblo.org.
OCTOBER 14, 7 pm, free. Dr. James Nolan speaks on Atomic Borders: Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of Nuclear Age. Los Alamos Historical society at Fuller Lodge. More info at LosAlamosHistory.org.
OCTOBER 16, 6:30-8 pm, free in-person and also Zoom. The Meaning and Making of Maize Beer in the Andes by Prof. Frances Hayashida. Maxwell Museum Hibben Center room 105, 500 University Blvd. NE.
OCTOBER 16, 5-8:30pm, free. Third Thursday at the ABQ Museum. Special nightclub music: Willkommen to the Kabarett. More information Albuquerque Museum or 311.
OCTOBER 18, 1-2:30 pm, free. What is Dia de Muertos ? Erna Fergusson Library, 3700 San Mateo NE.
OCTOBER 18, 2-4 pm, free. Opening of art exhibit Animal Language, art of animal/birds and insects. Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors NW.
OCTOBER 18, 10am-12 noon, free. Exploring Fermentation Family Day. Maxwell Museum Courtyard. Contact edavis9@unm.edu or call 277-2924 for more info.
OCTOBER 18, 4-5 pm, free. Bluegrass music concert by “No Strings Attached”. Juan Tabo Library.
OCTOBER 18, 9 am-1pm, free. 2nd annual 78 Record and Music Ephermera Benefit Sale for Wheels. Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd SW. More details WheelsMuseum.org, 243-6269.
OCTOBER 18, 10am, free. Artist Talk/Bosque Planting Day with artist Basia Irland. Rio Grande Nature Center, 2901 Candelaria NW.
OCTOBER 18, 10am-4pm, free 8th annual women’s Art Show with 65 female artists. National Hispanic Cultural Center. Nhccnm.org for more info.
OCTOBER 18, 4 PM, free. Ch. 5.1 PBS/KNME. The Undiscovered West with historian Paul Hutton. Triumphs & Tragedies of the American West. Repeats Oct. 24, 8pm, Ch. 5.4.
OCTOBER 18, 5pm, free. Noche de Familia with the family film Coco. National Hispanic Cultural Center.
OCTOBER 19, 2 pm, free. Albuquerque Historical Society. Railroad historian Fred Friedman speaks about NM Railroad history. Free parking & free admission to the ABQ Museum in Old Town. Albuqhistsoc.org.
OCTOBER 19, 2pm, free. Origins & history of NM’s traditional ballads with musicologist Tomas Lozano. Martha Liebert Library, 124 Calle Malinche in Bernalillo.
OCTOBER 22, free. NHCC Book Club discusses “Street of Too Many Stories” by NM Author Denise Chavez. National Hispanic Cultural Center, nhccnm.org.
OCTOBER 22, 2pm, free. CHS Speaker Series. “Unforgettable Ghost Story Interviews” presented by Hank Estrada. Historic Old San Ysidro Church, 966 Old Church Road, Corrales.
OCTOBER 22, 5pm, free. Paint a sugar skull. Must RSVP. Martha Liebert Library, 124 Calle Malinche in Bernalillo.
OCTOBER 23, 2pm, free. The unique Hurdy-Gurdy instrument – learn about its 1,000 year history. With musicologist Tomas Lozano. Marta Liebert Library, 124 Calle Malinche in Bernalillo.
OCTOBER 24, doors open 5:30 pm, program 6-7 pm, $12 includes drink ticket. Science on Tap presents Kairos Power-Building the Future of Clean Energy. Museum of Nuclear Science, 601 Eubank SE. NuclearMuseum.org.
OCTOBER 24, 5:30-830, free. Halloween Fright Night with fun for all ages & haunted house. North Domingo Baca Multi-gen Center.
OCTOBER 24, 5-8 pm, $50. Fundraiser dinner for Wheels Museum. Location: St John’s United Methodist Church.
OCTOBER 25, 10 am-2pm, free. PNM Community Assistance Fair, ABQ HS, 800 Odelia NE. 40 organizations will have info about utility payments assistance also seniors, vets, housing & More. Info at PNM.com/assistanceFair.
OCTOBER 25, 1-3 pm, free. “Baby Shower” with many community resource groups providing info and free items. International District Library, 7601 Central NE.
OCTOBER 25, 6:30-9 pm, $8, free for age 5 & under. Halloween”Glow N’Stroll, Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd. NE in Los Altos Park. More info & tickets ABQGardenCenter.org, 505-296-6020.
OCTOBER 25, ALL DAY, free. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. More info at nhccnm.org. Behind-the-scenes tour of the Visual Arts Museum and free tours of the Torreon.
OCTOBER 25, 1-2:30 pm, entry fee. Palace Press presents Visiting artist lecture by Julie Chen on “Letterpress & Handmade books”. New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. Nmhistorymuseum.org.
OCTOBER 25, all day, free. Indigenous Peoples Day at the Open Space Visitor Center. Opens at 7am with prayer/flute. Music, artisans, dancing, speakers.
OCTOBER 25, 10 am-2pm, free. Shander Bawden presents “Childrens Collect”. Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd SW. More details WheelsMuseum.org, 243-6269.
OCTOBER 25, 10am-2pm, free. Harvest Fest at Winrock Town Center: Pumpkin patch, petting zoo, music, artisan market, food vendors.
OCTOBER 26, 10am – dusk, free. Victorian Picnic & Scavenger Hunt at Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. Bring your own food, table, chairs. Wear costumes or come as you are.
OCTOBER 26, 2pm, free. A Look at Sandhill Cranes by Ranger Joseph Tackes Martha Liebert Library, Bernalillo, 145 Calle Malinche, 867-1440. Sponsored by the Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites. More information at CoronadoJemezFriends.org. Part of Ed Chamberlin Memorial series.
OCTOBER 29, 5-8 pm, free. Operation Great Pumpkin-games, food Costumes, haunted house. Cesar Chavez Community Center, 7508 Kathryn SE.
OCTOBER 30 Rudolfo Anaya I Love to Read Day. (This celebrates the birthday of the esteemed author)
OCTOBER 30, 5:30-7pm, free. Calavera painting of masks and sugar skulls. Erna Fergusson Library, 3700 San Mateo NE.
OCTOBER 31 HALLOWEEN
OCTOBER 31, 3:30-5 pm, free. Make paper marigolds for Dia de Muertos. Juan Tabo Library.
OCTOBER 31, 10-11 am, free. Halloween Pet Costume Parade, Manzano Mesa Community Center. Call 505-275-8731 to register your pet.
OCTOBER 31 – NOV 3 “DAY OF THE DEAD” activities around ABQ. Check out Facebook pages.
Note: Some sites could be closed until further notice because of federal government shutdown.
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. 7851 2nd St. SW, 248-6667.
Valles Caldera National Monument on NM 4 north of Jemez Springs. Go to nps.gov/vall for information. 39201 NM 4. Jemez Springs, NM. Call 505-670-1612 for more info.https://www.fws.gov/
Salinas
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.
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.or
The Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW. Monday -Thursday, 9 am-12 noon, Sat. 12 noon-2pm. 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.
Cibola County History Museum, 525 West High St., Grants NM. Go to the museum’s Facebook page 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/
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.HistoricFairviewCemeteryAB
Closed during Federal closure of facilities: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument free ranger led hikes – all at 11 am. Saturdays and Sundays at Quarai. More information at nps.gov/sapu/planyourvisit or call 847-2585 X 221.
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. CoronadoJemezFriends.org/prese
ntations. 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.oasisne
t.org or 884-4529.
ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVED VIDEO PROGRAMS
The Albuquerque Historical Society provides videos of scheduled program presentations. The videos are linked from the appropriate AHS Program pages. Presentations captured on videos to date include:
- Celebrating 70 Years of Music: 95.5 Classical KHFM
Brent Stevens, July 20, 2025 - Petroglyph National Monument
Nancy Hendricks, June 15, 2025 - The Crash of TWA Flight 260, 70 Years Later
Terry Owen, February 16, 2025 - Features of the Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo
Roger Zimmerman, January 19, 2025 - Don Perkins: A Champion’s Life in Albuquerque
Richard Melzer, October 20, 2024 - Remember the Alvarado!
Chuck Larrabee and Joe McKinney, September 22, 2024 - Arches and Artistry: A Chronicle of Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel
Matt Kluge, July 21, 2024 - Maisel’s Murals
Paul Secord, June 16, 2024 - History of Telephones in New Mexico
Susie Turner, April 21, 2024 - The Downtown Albuquerque Walking Tour: For People Who Prefer to Sit
Roland Penttila, January 21, 2024 - Movies Made in Albuquerque
Jeff Berg, November 19, 2023 - What’s in a Name?
Elaine Briseño, October 15, 2023 - Albuquerque’s Involvement with the American Space Program
Loretta Hall, September 17, 2023 - The Role of the New Mexico State Historian
Rob Martinez, August 20, 2023 - Historic Fairview Cemetery: THE Place to be Buried Since 1881
Gail Rubin, July 16, 2023 - History of South Broadway and Kirtland Addition Neighborhoods
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, June 18, 2023. - The Heritage of Historic US Route 66 in Albuquerque
Roger Zimmerman and Melissa Lea Beasley-Lee, April 16, 2023 - 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 LibraryTeri 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
William Dodge – October 20, 2019