Calendar for the Town of Taos During July, 2010 (Partial calendar. For more events check www.TaosSacredPlaces.com.)
Summer Reminder: Every Thursday evening, 6-8 pm at Taos Plaza, free music through Taos Plaza Live, www.taosplazalive.com, sponsored by the Taos County Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Taos, and many other community supporters…and every weekend morning, Taos Farmers Markets in the Town Hall parking lot.
7/4 – 12 noonish, Arroyo Seco July 4th Parade and Outdoor Celebration – a wonderful local tradition of fantastic food, music and homemade floats – many pulled by an array of Taos trusty steeds (motorized and otherwise). Then as night falls, the Taos Volunteer Fire Department and the Town of Taos offer a free fireworks professional extravaganza, viewable from nearly everywhere in the Town. Ground zero is on Salazar Rd. near Taos County’s Filemon Sanchez Park.
7/4 through 10/10 - Taos Sacred Labyrinths Series. Living Labyrinths for Peace, Inc. has organized labyrinth exhibits, workshops, and walks throughout Taos this year as part of the Town of Taos traveler education theme, Return to Sacred Places. Unlike mazes with many confusing paths, labyrinths have one path to the center and back. Many experience greater focus, and inner peace through walking labyrinths. Offerings start 7/4 and run through October, and most are free. See www.TaosSacredPlaces.com calendar and www.livinglabyrinthsforpeace.org for details, or contact Sandra Wasko-Flood, 575-377-6369, waskoart@comcast.net, cell 703-217-6706.
7/4 – 1 to 4 pm, Family Play Date at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux Street. Activities will be facilitated by an artist instructor and will be designed around different creative themes designed for all ages and all skill levels each Sunday. For more info., Lucy Perera, lperera@aol.com, 758.8626 x 105, http://www.harwoodmuseum.org.
7/5 - Town Offices Closed in observance of Independence Day.
7/7 - 7:30 am to 8 pm, Cliff’s Amusement Park for 6-12 year olds, $25 including entry fee. Payments due prior to 7/7. Registration will be held 6/30 through 7/6 at Town of Taos Youth & Family Center (forms also available there), 407 Paseo del Canon East. Space limited/first come, first served reservations. For more info., or if you are a parent interested in chaperoning, call Judy, 758-4160.
7/7 through 28 - The 2010 Summer Reading Program, Make a Splash -- Read at the Town of Taos Public Library, continues with many great events and crafts scheduled including paper fan making, jugglers, dream catcher creation, Zoo to You Program, and puppet shows. Call Town of Taos Children’s Library for more info. 737-2589.
7/7 5:30 to 9 pm, Town of Taos Planning and Zoning Commission, regular monthly meeting, Council Chambers, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Drive. For more info. call Allen Vigil, Chief Planner at 737-2640 or 751-2016.
7/9 through 8/15 - Taos Institute for Glass Arts will host its 2010 Glass Invitational, with private Collector Tours 7/5 and 6 – call for reservations. This contemporary art festival throughout Taos includes juried exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops with accomplished artists working in the medium of glass. For more information go to www.tiganm.org or call 575-613-6484, email inquire@taosinstituteforglassarts.org.
7/9 – 7 to 9 pm, Taos Senior Olympics, through Ancianos Senior Citizens Center, is having a comedy show fundraiser at the Hotel Don Fernando, 1005 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, $7, must be over 21 years of age, some adult language. All proceeds will help with transportation costs for the Taos Senior Olympics team traveling to Las Cruces 7/28 for the New Mexico Summer Games. Emcee Marc Kaplan. For more info. about the Taos Senior Olympics contact Maxine Cordova of Ancianos, 758-4091. For more info. about the show, contact the hotel, Dir. of Sales Shirley Mondragon, 758-4444.
7/9 through 11 - 25th Annual Taos Pueblo Pow Wow, Taos Pueblo Pow Wow Grounds. A pow wow is the common fiber which draws Indian people together. It is a time for sharing with old friends and making new friends; a time for singing and dancing. It is a time for trading - craft goods and songs. Events begin with a grand procession Friday night, www.taospueblopowwow.com or call 575-741-1081.
7/9 – 7 pm, SOMOS Summer Writers Series Kick Off -- ongoing series throughout the summer at Rane Gallery, 214 Ledoux Street. This Friday night series, put on by Taos-based Society of the Muse of the Southwest (SOMOS), will feature readings and teachings from writers Arthur Sze, Carol Moldaw, Sawnie Morris, Davida Singer, and Jon Davis. The fiction writers include Jonis Agee, David Perez, Monique Parker, Natalie Goldberg, Eddie Lewis, Melanie Sumner, and Summer Wood. The nonfiction writer James McGrath Morris will also read. See schedule/changes at www.somostaos.net.
7/10 through 16 - Food for Fines at the Town of Taos Public Library. Fines will be waived on overdue materials - one waived for every non-perishable food item donated. Lost/damaged items excluded. Food will benefit local food bank.
7/10 – 1 to 4 pm, (two speakers) -- Descansos: The Sacred Landscape of New Mexico. Joan E. Alessi, photographer, will explore the cultural and religious significance, as well as the importance of descansos, or roadside memorials, as an art form. On the same afternoon Sylvia Rodriguez, UNM Professor, will present, Ritual, Meaning, and Sacred Places, an illustrated talk on the interactive processes, involving ritual, language, and symbolism, through which people sacralize space and place. Sponsored by the Friends of Taos Public Library. All part of Taos’ 2010 traveler education theme, Return to Sacred Places, www.TaosSacredPlaces.com.>
7/9 through 11 – 10th Anniversary National Landscape Conservation System BLM Celebration Events: The New Mexico BLM is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NLCS by hosting a series of events. The NLCS mission is to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values – in Taos these areas include the Wild Rivers and Orilla Verde Recreation Areas. For events 7/10-11, bring a hat, favorite chair, and wear sunscreen. Directions to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area: from Taos, follow NM 68 north 7 miles and take NM 522 approximately 20 miles to Questa. Go north from Questa on NM 522 to Cerro, and turn left on State Road 378; the Visitor Center is about 17 miles from the turn off. For events on Sunday, the Orilla Verde Recreation Area is north of Pilar on State Road 570. “Bring your family to the events we have planned,” said Linda Rundell, NM State Dir. for the BLM. “We’ll have a variety of fun activities for kids at our Saturday celebration, including fly tying demonstrations plus talks on bighorn sheep and otters, which have recently been reintroduced into the area.” The events on Saturday also include presentations from the Natural Leaders Network, Rivers and Birds, and Wild Earth Llama Adventures. Vendors will be selling food. For Taos event details/schedule, visit http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/newsroom/2010/june/blm_celebrating_the.html
7/11 through 17 - Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, 505-277-5572, Sharon Oard Warner, Founding Director, http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Workshops/special_events.htm. Annually, this internationally known and incredibly well attended writers’ conference is held in Taos. As a benefit to our extended community, the conference hosts free public readings so everyone may take advantage of this unique conference. Check web site for details/updates.
7/13 - 1:30 to 5 pm, Regular Town Council Meeting, Council Chambers, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Town Clerk Renee Lucero at 751-2005.
7/14 - 7:30 am to 8 pm, Cliff’s Amusement Park for 8-16 year olds - $25 includes entry fee. Payments must be made prior to 7/14. Registration will be held 7/7 through 7/13 at Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, 407 Paseo del Canon East (registration forms also available there). Space limited; reservations first come, first served. For more info., or if you are a parent interested in chaperoning, call Judy, 758-4160.
7/17 - 1 to 2:30 pm, Anatomy of a Sweat Lodge, Town of Taos Public Library. Tuktak Oteio Tohama (Tuk) will share info. about the sweat lodge experience, plants important to the ceremony, and care of the sweat lodge. Individuals must request permission to take photographs. Sponsored by Friends of Taos Public Library.
7/17 – 9 am to 5 pm, Animal Rescue Fundraiser and Sale, Bataan Hall, 121 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Trish Hernandez, 741-5149.
7/17 through 18 – 8 am to 5 pm, Taos US Naval Sea Cadets, El Alcalde Room, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Roberto Molina, 737-0138.
7/19 – 5:45 to 7 pm, VFW 3259 Ladies Auxiliary Meeting, Los Angelitos Room, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Virginia Padilla, 613-5326.
7/19 through 23 - The Spiritual Legacy of Ram Dass, Be Here Now. Join the Sage Institute/UNM this summer for a 5-day intensive celebrating the 40th anniversary of Ram Dass' landmark book, Be Here Now. Location: Chamisa Mesa School, Taos. Through study, meditation, chanting, guest speakers, visiting sacred sites, and multi-media presentations, the seminar will explore the profound impact these teachings have made on our culture and the significant shift in consciousness that unfolded in their wake. Led by long-time Ram Dass student and friend, author Mirabai Starr, and sponsored by the Sage Institute/UNM, this celebration will include a special appearance by Ram Dass via live webcast following a public screening of Fierce Grace on 7/22. Also included: an evening of kirtan with renowned chant master, Geoffrey Gordon, and a lively panel discussion to kick off the event on 7/18. Further explore and deepen your spiritual practice through the Sage Institute/UNM’s intensive writing and meditation retreat, "Write Here Now," 7/26 through 7/30, with authors Sean Murphy, Mirabai Starr, and other surprise guests from New Mexico's literary community. (Attendance at Be Here Now is not required for writing course. One day options at reduced cost available for both). For more information and to register, please visit www.sagetaos.com. Both courses available for college credit through UNM Bachelor and Graduate Programs (call 758-2828 for UNM credit option ONLY).
7/20- 9 to 11 am, Taos Tourism Meeting, El Alcalde Room, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Drive, for info call Jamie Tedesco, 758-2233 #129. The TTM is open to anyone in Taos interested in furthering their marketing to tourists.
7/21- 5:30 to 8 pm, Town of Taos Historic Preservation Commission Monthly Meeting, Council Chambers, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Matthew Foster, Town of Taos Planning Dept., 751-2037.
7/22 – 1 to 2 pm, Practice session for “El Vibaron” for the Fiesta de Taos Children’s Parade. See 7/24 item below for details.
7/23 – 12 to 5 p.m., Town of Taos offices will be closed in the afternoon in observance of Taos Day.
7/23 through 25 - Fiestas de Taos,Taos Plaza,is a community celebration honoring the two patron saints of Taos, Santa Ana and Santiago. The annual event, popularly referred to as "The Taos Fiestas," traditionally is a time when everyone is invited to put aside their labor for two days and enjoy the leisure of the holy days. This year’s ceremonies are themed Returning to Sacred Places or Regresando a Lugares Sagrados. Attendees can expect a celebration with great music and performances from some of Taos' most talented. A historic parade, children’s parade, mariachi and traditional dances will be some of the highlights of the 3-day event. Experience this time honored cultural tradition, www.fiestasdetaos.com for more info.
7/24 – 9 am, “El Vibaron”, Fiesta de Taos Children’s Parade - Meet at Enos Garcia Elementary School. Children of all ages are welcome. Practice will be held on Thursday, July 22, 1 to 2 pm at the Town of Taos Youth & Family Center Skate Rink, 407 Paseo del Canon East. To sign up to participate in “El Vibaron” call Judy at 758-4160. 7/24 – 8 am to 1 pm, Friends of Taos Public Library will have its Town of Taos Library Book Sale during the Saturday Taos Farmers Market, Town Hall parking lot. There are lots of great books and VHS tapes for sale – come early and get the best picks.
7/24 – 6 to 8 pm, “Run with It: The Sacred Blue,” an exciting multimedia show/reception to honor the Taos 2010 summer theme, Return to Sacred Places, RANE Gallery - An Ekphrasis Gallery, Ledoux St. Free. Wine, cheese, appetizers served. Co-curators Veronica Golos, Andrea Watson and Faith Welsh have come together to design and bring the show to center stage with an extraordinary amount of Taos talent: six poets, three musicians, and fourteen artists working in a variety of media—from fiber art to photography, from collage to creative enamel work. With Musicians Don Conoscenti, David Hinske and Tara Sommerville; Poets Jeannie Bernard, Veronica Golos, Dora McQuiad, Judith Thompson, Leslie Ullman and Andrea Watson; Visual Art by Seamus Berkley, Jeanie Bernard, Patta Butcher, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Nancy Delpero, Lenny Foster, Toni George, Carolyn Hinske, Ouray Meyers, Merce Mitchell, Ona Owens, Bill Rane, Mandy Stapleford and Faith Welsh.
7/25 – 2 pm, Santa Ana Corn dances, Taos Pueblo. No photography or recording is allowed as these are religious ceremonies. For info., Taos Pueblo Tourism, 758-1028, www.taospueblo.com
7/26 - Feast Day of Santiago, Taos Pueblo, is a special observation that offers families the time to reconnect with tradition through dance, song, and food. No photography or recording is allowed as these feast days are religious ceremonies. For info., 758-1028, www.taospueblo.com
7/27 - 1:30 to 5 pm, Regular Town Council Meeting, Council Chambers, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Town Clerk Renee Lucero at 751-2005.
7/27 – 9:00 AM, Field Day for 6-12 year olds - There is no fee to participate, at the Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, 407 Paseo del Canon East. For info. call Judy, 758-4160.
7/29 - 7 to 9 pm, Frontiers in Science Lecture, Los Alamos National Laboratories, El Alcalde Room, Coronado Hall, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. For info call Linda Anderman, 505-665-9196.
7/29 – 4 to 6 pm, Artshare for the Land, artist closing reception,“Sacred Places: Sacred Land”, Historic Taos Inn, benefiting the Taos Land Trust. ArtShare for the Land provides opportunities for artists to give back by supporting Taos Land Trust's efforts to protect the land that is their muse. And it provides opportunities for its members, art patrons and the community to purchase beautiful artwork, while supporting both the artists and permanent land conservation. Local artists were invited to submit a piece of work that had some connection to the Town of Taos marketing theme of “Return to Sacred Places”. Images were juried and the result is an exciting, colorful and eclectic mix of artworks – something for everyone’s taste. The exhibition is also on the Taos Land Trust website: www.taoslandtrust.org. Thank you to participating artists: Abigail Winston, Alan Heuer, William Davis ( photographer), Bruce Norman, Carlos Barela, Carol Mell, Cindy Livingston, Danny Heim, Dianne Frost, Dirk Herrman, Elizabeth Jose, Geraint Smith, Issa De Nicola, Joan Fullerton, John Hutson, Jonathan WarmDay, Jon Sorg, Josie Lenwell, Kimberly Webber, Leigh Gusterson, Lina Thewlis, Lucy Herrman, Mary Ann Warner, Melissa Fellner, Nancy Crochet, Nancy Delpero, Pablo Flores, Pat Woodall, Patricia Decker, Roger Martinez, Sheila O’Malley, Stacey Huddleston, Stephen Kilborn, Steven Baumann, Steven Gootgeld and Tracy Turner Sheppard.
7/29 - The Harwood Summer Lecture program continues with a lecture and hands-on workshop with Sandra Wasko Flood on Labyrinths, $6 for Alliance Members, $8 non-members. Contact Harwood for details. In August -- Harwood Gallery Talks, a more informal day-time program kick off with Waylon Brown discussing the Taos Pueblo Photographs on Saturday August 31 at 2pm; Ray Trotter on Navajo Sandpaintings in Wool, Saturday August 7 at 2pm, and Gus Foster on the Taos Pueblo Photographs on Saturday August 14 at 2pm. Gallery Talks are Free to Alliance Member or with $8 Museum Admission. The Harwood Museum of Art of UNM, 238 Ledoux Street, www.harwoodmuseum.org
7/30 - Harwood Museum Presents a Free Noon Lecture this Friday -- The New Deal Preservation Association along with the Harwood Museum of Art present a "Fireside Chat" Program this Friday July 30 at noon. Join Beth Daynsh a resident of Taos, as she shares stories about her husband Joe Daynsh and his work as Southwest Regional Director of seven Western States of the WPA's Federal Art Project. This program is Free. For more information call 575 758-9826 x 150. Contact: Lucy Perera, curator of education, education@harwoodmuseum.org. The Harwood Museum of Art of UNM, 238 Ledoux Street. www.harwoodmuseum.org
7/30 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Luau Teen Dance - The entry fee is $1.00. D.J. Evid3nt will be playing all hit music, Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, 407 Paseo del Canon East. No in and out privileges -- if attendees leave the dance during dance hours they are not allowed back in. The dance ends promptly at 8:30 pm. For info., Judy, 758-4160.
7/30 – 7 to 9pm, Community Against Violence is having a comedy show fundraiser hosted by the Hotel Don Fernando De Taos. Doors open at 6:30 pm. $7 cover charge where 100% of the profits benefit Community Against Violence. 3 Denver stand-up comedians will be performing. There will be some adult language. The show is for those 21 & older. For more information contact Jami McFeren at C.A.V. 751-1360 or comedy show emcee Marc Kaplan at 758-2509.
7/30 – 6 to 10 pm, Merchandise Bingo at the Taos Pueblo Community Center. Win great prize, concessions available for purchase. Proceeds to benefit the Blue Lake Commemorative Celebration Committee (remember – the commemoration of the return of Blue Lake to Taos Pueblo 40 years ago is this Septeber 17 and 18). For more info., or to donate prizes for the Bingo, contact Marie Romero, 776-8041, or Taos Pueblo Tourism, 758-1028, www.taospueblo.com.
7/31 – 2 to 5 pm, Habitat for Humanity Taos is holding its 5th Annual “A Taos Experience” Fundraiser at the Taos Center for the Arts’ Stables Gallery. This event enables attendees to meet with Taos artists as they create and display their works as well as munch on gourmet hors d'oeuvres and other goodies from local restaurants. This fundraising event will help Habitat for Humanity, 100% locally funded, to continue work on the Valencia home in Questa – and eventually move in a single mom with 5 daughters, who is putting two of the girls, and soon a third, through college. For info., Cynthia Arvidson, Executive Dir., Habitat for Humanity of Taos, 758-7827, www.taoshabitat.org.
7/31 – 10:30 am to 5 pm, “The Gayest Dog and Car Wash Ever”, Don Fernando de Taos Hotel, Paseo del Pueblo Sur – benefit for Gay Pride Taos 2010. Go to www.gaypridetaos.com for more info.
7/31 and 8/1 - The 4th annual Taos Solarspike Volleyball Tournament will be held Saturday 7/31 and Sunday 8/1 (Check in is 8:30 am on Saturday at Kit Carson Park Solar Stage). The location will be at Kit Carson Park main grass field and sand courts. Events will include open sand doubles and the ever popular Battle of the Business 4 on 4 event. Come out and play volleyball with friends, family, and compete against local businesses for the coveted Solarspike Trophy. Event T Shirts are available with all entries. This event is made possible by this year’s title sponsor Gerald Martin Ltd. And will benefit the Taos High School Volleyball Team. For more info. contact event director Kameron Cheney, 505-228-0369, kcheney@geraldmartin.com . To register for this event please contact the Taos High Volleyball Head Coach Valerie Eli.
8/1 PFLAG-Taos (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), a new non-profit 501 C-3 will have its monthly meeting this Sunday entitled, Working Together for Safe Schools for All. This “back to school” meeting will be at 5 pm, 1335 Gusdorf Rd, suite R. PFLAG’s mission is to promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their families and friends through support, education and advocacy. For more info., Bonnie Cooper, 575-770-3540, ripwoman7@msn.com, bcooperclay.com.
Three Special Thematic Calendars for July 2010 (Below):
- Events for Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Landscape Preservation 10th Anniversary Celebration
- Taos Summer Writers Conference
- Taos Sacred Labyrinth Experience Series
National Landscape Conservation System BLM Events:
The New Mexico BLM is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) by hosting a series of events throughout New Mexico. The NLCS mission is to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values – in Taos including the Wild Rivers and Orilla Verde Recreation Areas. For the events on July 10-11, please be sure to bring a hat, your favorite chair, and sunscreen. Directions to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area: from Taos, follow NM 68 north 7 miles and take NM 522 approximately 20 miles to Questa. Go north from Questa on NM 522 to Cerro, and turn left on State Road 378; the Visitor Center is about 17 miles from the turn off. For events on Sunday, the Orilla Verde Recreation Area is north of Pilar on State Road 570. “Bring your family to the events we have planned,” said Linda Rundell, New Mexico State Director for the BLM. “We’ll have a variety of fun activities for kids at our Saturday celebration, including fly tying demonstrations plus talks on bighorn sheep and otters, which have recently been reintroduced into the area.” The events on Saturday also include presentations from the Natural Leaders Network, Rivers and Birds, and Wild Earth Llama Adventures. Vendors will be selling food. For Taos info., and to check on schedule changes, visit http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/newsroom/2010/june/blm_celebrating_the.html.
Friday, July 9, at the Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center, Pilar
4-7 p.m. Artist Reception: A Landscape Perspective—Interpretation of the
Rio Grande Gorge
Saturday, July 10, in the Wild Rivers Recreation Area
9:30-9:45 a.m. Questa Trail Dedication
10-10:30 a.m. Event Kickoff
11 a.m.-12 noon Red Turtle Dance Group {Buffalo/Butterfly/Rain Dance}
12:30-1:30 p.m. Jimmy Stadler
1:30-2:30 p.m. Michael Rael
2:30-3:30 p.m. Zay Santos {Indie Rock Blues}
3:30-4:30 p.m. La Rabia
Sunday, July 11, Orilla Verde Recreation Area
9 a.m. La Vista Verde Petroglyph Hike
9 a.m. Mountain Bike Tour {Taos Valley Overlook}
9 a.m. Rocky Mountain Youth Corps La Senda del Medio Hike
11 a.m.-12 noon Rolling River Educational Trailer {Lower Gorge Visitor Center}
Taos Summer Writers’ Conference:
MSC 03 2170, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, 505-277-5572 (Phone)
Sharon Oard Warner, Founding Director. Details available online at: http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Workshops/special_events.htm
Every year, for over a decade, this internationally known and incredibly well attended writers’ conference is held in Taos, New Mexico. As a benefit to our extended community, the conference hosts public readings for free so all of us may participate. The schedule of events is noted here – but check the web site for updates.
2010 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference Schedule of Public Events
All events take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center, 1508 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico.
All readings are free and open to the public.
Sunday, July 11, 8 PM
Cristina Garcia, Keynote Speaker.
Dreaming in Cuban, was a finalist for the National Book Award; The Lady Matador’s Hotel will be released in September.
Monday, July 12, 5:30 PM
Jon Davis. Full-length collections of poetry include Preliminary Report, Scrimmage of Appetite, and Dangerous Amusements.
John Dufresne. Novels include Louisiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, and Requiem Mass.
Priscilla Long. Author of Where the Sun Never Shines: a History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry and The Writer’s Portable Mentor.
Debra Monroe. Author of the memoir On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain and two novels, Newfangled and Shambles.
Tuesday, July 13, 5:30 PM
Jonis Agee. Author of 13 books, including five novels – Sweet Eyes, Strange Angels, South of Resurrection, The Weight of Dreams, and her most recent, The River Wife.
Jeff Davis. Author of The Journey from the Center to the Page and City Reservoir
Minrose Gwin. Author of a novel, The Queen of Palmyra, and Wishing for Snow, a memoir.
Jesse Lee Kercheval. Author of the memoir Space, the short novel Brazil and the poetry collection Cinema Muto.
Wednesday, July 14, 5:30 PM
Dorothy Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina; her novel She Who is forthcoming from Penguin
Jane Ciabattari is the author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire and the president of the National Book Critics Circle.
Sarah Manguso. Author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, the story collection Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise.
Rob Wilder. Author of two books of essays: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy Needs a Drink;
Thursday, July 15, 5:30 PM
Jill Bialosky. Author of the novels Life Room and House under Snow and poetry collections, Subterranean and Intruder, she is Executive Editor and Vice President at W. W. Norton
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, and is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Summer Wood. Author of the novel Arroyo, her novel Wrecker will be released in Winter 2010.
Saturday, July 17, 7 PM
Annie Dawid. Author of And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Lily in the Desert:
Stories, and York Ferry: A Novel.
Joy Harjo. Author of several poetry books including She Had Some Horses, The Woman Who Fell
From the Sky, and How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems.
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Valerie Martínez. Author of several poetry books including Absence, Luminescent, World to World, A Flock of Scarlet Doves, And They Called it Horizon, and Each and Her.
Daniel Mueller. Author of a collection of stories, How Animals Mate.
Michelle Otero. Author of Malinche's Daughter.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Taos Sacred Labyrinths:
Contact: Sandra Wasko-Flood, 575-377-6369, waskoart@comcast.net, cell 703-217-6706
Website: www.livinglabyrinthsforpeace.org, www.waskoart.com
Living Labyrinths for Peace, Inc., has organized labyrinth exhibits, workshops, and walks throughout Taos this year as part of Return to Sacred Places, The Town of Taos traveler education program, www.TaosSacredPlaces.com. Unlike mazes with many confusing paths, labyrinths have one path to the center and back. Many experience greater focus, and inner peace through walking labyrinths. Many of the events/experiences on the schedule below are free for participants.
July Experiences - Taos Sacred Labyrinths Series:
Contact: Sandra Wasko-Flood, 575-377-6369, waskoart@comcast.net, cell 703-217-6706
Website: www.livinglabyrinthsforpeace.org, www.waskoart.com
Living Labyrinths for Peace, Inc., has organized labyrinth exhibits, workshops, and walks throughout Taos this year as part of Return to Sacred Places, www.TaosSacredPlaces.com. Unlike mazes with many confusing paths, labyrinths have one path to the center and back. Many experience greater focus, and inner peace through walking labyrinths. Many of the events/experiences on the schedule below are free for participants.
Date: July 4 - Aug 31, 2010
Time: Daylight hours
Title of Event: Walking the Santa Rosa Labyrinth
URL: www.taoshistoricmuseums.org
Event Description: A contemporary Santa Rosa Labyrinth will be constructed in the front courtyard of the museum.
Location: E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum, 222 Ledoux St., Taos, NM 87571
Contact: Nancy Delpero, blume@taoshistoricmuseums.org, 575-758-0505
Date: July 4, 2010
Time: 3:00pm, free admission
Title of Event: “Labyrinth Sacred Spaces” at the Cretan Labyrinth at Touchstone Inn
URL: www.touchstoneinn.com
Event Description: Drumming Labyrinth Walk (64' diameter - which is on their sacred land facing the Taos mountain).
Location: Touchstone Inn, 110 Mabel Dodge Lane, Taos NM
Contact: Bren, 575-758-0192, touchstoneinn@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, July 18th
Time: 11:00am
Title of Event: “Labyrinth Sacred Spaces” at First Presbyterian Church.
Event Description: Rev. Wayne Mell will lead in the dedication of the church’s new outdoor, medieval Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth. The public is invited to join members and guests for the Church service at 11 AM and to stay for the dedication ceremony immediately following.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Taos, 215 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos (next to Kit Carson Park). The Labyrinth is in front of the church and
is open to the public all year.
Contact: Wayne Mell: 575-758-3124, wmell@questoffice.net
Date: July 19-August 1
Time: 8:00am – 8:00pm
Title of Event: Labyrinth Sacred Spaces at Kit Carson Park
Event Description: Temporary Labyrinth in Kit Carson Park (Pima Man-in-the-Maze Labyrinth) open to the public with information table open 11:00am-2:00pm, 4:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM
Date: July 23- Aug. 3
Time: Tues - Sat 10-4 (call for exact hours that day)
Title of Event: “Labyrinth Sacred Spaces” at Angel Fire Art Space
Exhibit Opening 7/23/10 from 5-8pm, refreshments served
URL: www.angelfireartspace.com
Event Description: Sandra Wasko-Flood will have an exhibit of her labyrinth and spiral art: wall light boxes with photo etchings, as well as photo etching prints.
Cost: free
Location: Angel Fire Art Space, 3469 Hwy 434, Angel Fire, NM 87710
Contact: Katherine McDermott, Director, 575-377-6273
Date: June 28 – July 31, 2010
Time: Open to hotel guests during daylight hours
Title of Event: Labyrinth Sacred Spaces: Classic Labyrinth at El Monte Sagrado
URL: www.grandbohemiangallery.com
Event Description: Sacred Spaces: Installation of a classic seven circuit labyrinth made out of indigenous rocks and feathers.
Location: El Monte Sagrado Living Resort, 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM 87571, 575.737.9840 Gallery, Cris.Qualiana@elmontesagrado.com,
www.grandbohemiangallery.com
Date: Tues, July 29, 2010
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Title of Event: “Labyrinths for Creativity and Peace Children’s Workshop” at the Harwood Museum
URL: www.HarwoodMuseum.org
Event Description: 20 students maximum, 3rd-6th graders, 3 hours
Students walk labyrinths to stimulate creativity, express wishes, make decisions, resolve conflicts: to find a path from inner peace to world peace. Through posters and diagrams, students learn labyrinth vocabulary, history and geography. They create Labyrinth Books with designs in many media and creative writing of their labyrinth experiences. Together with their classmates, they paint a 12 foot square canvas labyrinth which they dedicate to their school. Here they celebrate important events in their lives and those of their communities. They learn to live labyrinths for peace by making peace wishes for themselves, family, friends, community and the world.
Cost of classes: $55 for all 4 classes Tues-Fri, July 27-30
Location: Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux Street, Taos, NM 87571
Contact: Lucy Perera: Curator of Education and PR: 575-758-8626 x 105
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Title of Event: Introduction to the Labyrinth
Event Description: Workshop for adults led by Sandra Wasko-Flood which will include a power point presentation of history of labyrinths and her organization, Living Labyrinths for Peace, as well as opportunities to walk a canvas labyrinth.
Location: Harwood Museum of Art/Taos
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010
Time: 5:00pm
Title of Event: “The Birth of the Labyrinth”
Event Description: Art reception featuring Sanda Wasko-Floods art work, light boxes, and prints photo etchings by Sandra Wasko-Flood
Location: Harwood Museum of Art/Taos (see above), Children’s Gallery
Date: Months of July-Sept
Time: After sundown
Title of Event: Full Moon Labyrinth Walks
URL: www.SanGeroimoLodge.com
Event Description: Outdoor, stone labyrinth with brief intro to the labyrinth before each walk. Light refreshments after
Location: San Geronimo Lodge, 1101 Witt Road, Taos, NM 87571
Contact: Rev. Pam Tyler: Director: Lodge: 575-751-3776, Cell: 575-779-9707 Cost: Free
Date: Months: July-October
Time: 10:00am every Saturday
Title of Event: Labyrinth Sacred Spaces at Adobe and Pines Inn.
URL: www.adobepines.com
Event Description: The Adobe & Pines labyrinth and zen garden are open to the public from 7 a.m. until dusk. (Weather permitting)
Location: Adobe and Pines Inn, 4107 State Rd 68 , Rancho de Taos, NM 87557 (1/4 mile south of the St Francis Church in Ranchos de Taos).
Contact: Katherine Costabel, Director, mail@adobepines.com 575-751-0947, 800-723-8267
Date: Months: July-October
Time: 10:00 am every Saturday
Title of Event: Yoga in the Park with Paul Kelly
Event Description: Savanga Yoga every Saturday through September (weather permitting) with Paul Kelly at Kit Carson Park, facing the stage. Savanga means “throughout the limbs,” and the spiral energy is related to labyrinths.
Location: Kit Carson Park, 211 Paseo El Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM
Class Fee: Donations accepted
Contact: Paul Kelly, 575-779-6541
Save the Date: Aug. 21, 2010
Time: 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
Title of Event: Deep Caves to Deep Space: Journeying with the Labyrinth Through Human History
Location: Taos Convention Center, 120 Civic Plaza Dr. Taos, NM 87571-6400, 800-323-6338, 575-737-2623
Event Description: A three part workshop exploring the origins of the shamanic, labyrinthine experience in the caves of France, through the creation of increasingly sophisticated, geometric designs and the forces that birthed them, to the resurgent use of the labyrinth in the present age as a healing, unifying force for humanity’s future. There will be three different labyrinth designs on site, reflective of each presentation, for participants to experience as they are led on a shamanic, archetypal journey through the labyrinths of human history. Upon registration, participants will receive an emailed information sheet with all the necessary workshop details and a suggested reading list.
Morning Session: Journey Through the Archetypal Labyrinth of the Paleolithic Caves – presented by Jodi Lorimer, author of “Dancing on the Edge of Death: Origins of the Labyrinth in the Paleolithic.”
(www.dancing-at-the-edge.com)
Early Afternoon Session: Petroglyphs, Cathedrals and Beyond: The Journey of the Labyrinth Transformation from the Bronze Age through the 20th Century presented by Sandra Wasko-Flood, Angel Fire, NM artist, labyrinth designer, president and founder of Living Labyrinths for Peace, (www.livinglabyrinthsforpeace.org)
Late Afternoon Session: The Yearning for Unity and the 13:20 Ratio Shift To Balance: The Spiral Journey of the New Aeon-presented by Christiana Brinton, designer of the4 13 circuit, Stargate Rainbow Labyrinth, and host of Blogtalk Radio’s, Labyrinths in the News. (www.turningtide-energetics.com).
Cost of Admission: $120.00 with $40.00 pre-registration, $130.00 at door. (Lunch and breakfast refreshments included.)
Contact: Jeanne Kitzman, Sales & Marketing Manager, Town of Taos Convention Center, or Sandra Wasko-Flood 703-217-6706 (cell), Home (Angel Fire) 575-377-6369.
Save teh Date: August 27/28: The Labyrinths for Peace 2010 Exhibit at the Millicent Rogers Museum will open on Aug. 27th, and run o until Oct. 1. Opening Reception will be on Saturday, Aug. 28 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos. More details to come.
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