Exciting news for New Mexicans. Governor Bill Richardon has announced that he is teaming up with Robert Redford to open “Sundance in New Mexico”. The location will be in Northern New Mexico between Española and Velarde. Richardon’s announcement stressed the programs offered at Los Luceros will be designed specifically for New Mexican Native Americans and Hispanic filmakers.
1) Attached is information from the State of New Mexico Department of Tourism on the new Eco Tourism effort. Download Here It has been funded with initial monies by the State Legislature. Interested? Email this office or directly make inquiries.
2) NM Department of Transportation update about Kit Carson road improvements: Kit Carson Road Project Nearing Completion — Pavement placement has been completed on US 64, also Kit Carson Road. During the week of May 11, crews will begin paving various Town of Taos streets and turnouts. Also during that week, the first application of permanent striping, pavement markings and permanent signing is scheduled for installation. The dynamic speed sign and other clean up operations are scheduled until May 22. All work schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather. Up to date work schedules and project information can be found at www.nmroads.com. Electronic message boards at the project site will also contain pertinent information to motorists. For more information, contact Karyn Lujan, District Five NMDOT PIO, at 505-827-9567.
3) Planning Meeting Summary from May 6, 2009; Planning Dept. Update, attached.
4) Town of Taos Regular Council Meeting Highlights
June 20 E-Waste and Plastics Recycling Drive at Town of Taos Recycling Center, and all other recycling/landfill/transfer station locations in the area. Acceptable: E-waste includes computers, monitors, lap top computers, LCD screens, printers, scanners, fax machines, stereos, phones, cell phones, battery back-ups and computer peripherals. Acceptable plastics include #1 — soft drink and water bottles, mouth wash bottles, peanut butter and mayonnaise bottles; and #2 – milk, water, juice, shampoo, dish and laundry soap bottles, plus cereal linters, and grocery trash and retail bags. The hope is to garner funding for ongoing and increased recycling in these areas through a big, positive quantified response June 20. More details to come. Taos Recycling Center, 201 Bertha St., 758-9679; Taos County Solid Waste Yard, 105 Albright St., Taos County Transfer Stations, 737-6300.
Judith Tamm, Taos Housing Corp., presentation of quarterly report during Citizens Forum. Highlight – in working with Town staff, looks like Chamisa Verde affordable subdivision, land owned by the Town behind the Youth & Family Center, will ‘reopen’ for new development activity within the next month or so. Taos Housing Corp. will obviously be pursuing development of new affordable housing there. This subdivision was stalled out with regard to progress due to state questions about the legality/appropriateness of past housing deals done there under the Town’s auspices.
Polly Raye, Citizens Forum, followed with added issues by Cynthia Spray – Reviewed a list of great things the Town has recently done (Plaza restrooms, road construction in relative ‘off season’, etc.). This was a preamble to the primary presentation, from the merchant’s perspective, that there is still work to do on the historic district parking plan moving forward as parking meters go back to their paid status. Report included the perception that parking is difficult downtown; need for improved signage guiding drivers to the free parking lots; employee parking at meters (paid for or not) when visitors should only be parking in these spaces; need for communication materials (see map on www.taosgov.com front page), Visitor Center, lodgers and all merchants to better promote the exact locations of free all-day parking lots; concern about parking lot vandalism; hospitality (when tickets are issued, an improved friendly interface, but prior to that, a one-hour warning issued – which solves the locals’ brief parking issue for ‘free’ when less than an hour, plus the perception of visitors, and the calibration of meters that might be a minute or so ‘off’); a larger, consistent program strongly encouraging merchants and their employees to park in the provided free parking and not at meters – started with a program launch through the Town of Taos Police Department and a community walk), etc. Email this office with added thoughts/suggestions.
May 12th Declared Boy Scouts of America Day
Walgreen’s carry out liquor application. Neighbors presented opposition to Walgreen’s application for a carry out liquor license. Presentor, proprietor of Yellow Rose, pointed out area already has three such establishments – Albertson’s Supermarket, El Taoseno Restaurant & Lounge, and Chevron (formerly Shell) gas station. She recounted past vandalism due to individuals, ‘publicly drinking’ and hanging out in the area, allegedly causing damage, causing consternation among employees in the area going to their cars in the evenings, and scaring away potential patrons through pan handling, etc. The petition signers do not want to see this situation contributed to be yet another liquor outlet. Liquor license is a proposed transfer from Bravo’s. Council expressed concern about neighborhood impacts, and said there is a new ordinance in the works to prevent vagrancy/loitering in Town that will help the Police with enforcement, but there was no legal basis for turning down this application under the current Town code. Walgreen’s representative present and available for questions. He also proactively said he would like to meet with the neighbors to work with them on this potential situation. License passed.
Taos Diner liquor license application (opposed a month ago by the neighborhood because of existing traffic access issues next to the Diner, on the narrow Peacock Lane, that they believe would be made worse by increased patronage and expanded hours due to availability of liquor). Community & Economic Development Department made a presentation about potential solutions. The Diner has leased “an acre” of expanded parking 230 feet from the Diner, but improved signage, curbing/paving to better define roadway, stripe the parking area to better define provided parking, improved enforcement with regard to illegal parking, etc. must be immediately implemented to make the area work in a traffic/neighborhood context. The current plan for the Diner is to only be open/serve liquor until 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon – with improvements required to be completed with regard to parking prior to any evening expansion being considered. Anticpated patronage increase following liquor license acquisition should be between 10 to 60%. If you’d like a list of the approved conditions, please email this office. License passed with conditions.
Town of Taos Council voted to create a Town Recycling Advisory Committee, Resolution 09-22. See attached enabling document for details. Initiated by Melissa Larsen, Wholly Rags, and an ad hoc Taos Recycling Committee. Want to apply to serve? Please email Mayor Darren Cordova through Executive Department’s Tamara Chavez – include information as to why you wish to serve, your qualifications to do so, short biography, your physical and mailing address with other contact information, and any other information you believe is relevant, tchavez@taosgov.com.
Approval of construction of a bicycle pump track at the Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, as recommended by Parks & Rec Advisory Board. Site is just north of the skate park, to serve as an exercise venue and fun addition. Private funds are primarily underwriting the project, with the Town contributing dirt, a bobcat and driver for two days, and liability insurance coverage.
Tabled for discussion/action in next two weeks: Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between Town and Taos Municipal School District regarding lease of approx. 23.813 acres on Salazar at St. Frances Lane on which to construct expanded multi-use sports fields, accommodating increased tournament play. As this can be completed with the School Distict, the Town has arranged for the ability to borrow $2 million from the New Mexico Finance Authority to build phase one of this facility/fields on this leased land. Tabled because the School District itself has proposed a more broad-based JV for the entire sport facility improvement scenario and wants an opprotunity to discuss and try to come to terms for Town involvement.
All galleries of the Taos Gallery Association will have Open House. Come in and explore the galleries and enjoy wonderful art and refreshments.
Date:
April 4, 2009 - April 4, 2010
Time:
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Website:
http://www.wnightengale.com
Location:
Various Galleries
Contact:
Rob Nightengale
Email:
swilder@newmex.com
Date/Time Details:
Saturday, April 4th from 3 to 5 P.M.
Fees/Admission:
Free
Apr 05 - Jun 08
Art of Russia
now showing works from 4 Russian artists: Timkov, Nikolas, Shchukin & Igor
Date:
April 5, 2009 - June 8, 2009
Website:
http://grandbohemiangallery.com
Location:
Grand Bohemian Gallery at El Monte Sagrado 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM
Contact:
575-737-9840
Email:
grandbohemiangallery@elmontesagrado.com
Date/Time Details:
4/3/09 - 6/8/09 Gallery Hours: 10 am - 9 pm daily
Fees/Admission:
no charge
Apr 15 - May 15
Event at JandreauArt
Opening Reception for “HAVEN” a new exhibit of work by Christopher St. John exploring the ideas of the kind of solace we seek in ourselves as a refuge from pain and suffering. Part of the proceeds from this exhibit will go to the CAV.
Date:
April 15, 2009 - May 15, 2009
Website:
http://www.jandreauart.com
Location:
105A Quesnel St.
Contact:
Gail Goodwin, 575-613-4666
Email:
jandreauart@hotmail.com
Date/Time Details:
Opening reception April 17th, 5-7 PM. The exhibit runs through May 16th.
Fees/Admission:
Free
Apr 17 - May 09
Open House at The Taos Gallery
“Melting Pot” Open House Reception - Group Exhibit featuring new work by Kristin Jones, Steven Gootgeld and Bill Hudson
Date:
April 17, 2009 - May 9, 2009
Time:
05:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Website:
http://www.thetaosgallery.com
Location:
the taos gallery
Contact:
575.758.3911
Email:
kristin@thetaosgallery.com
Date/Time Details:
4.17.2009 - 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Fees/Admission:
Free Admission - Open to the Public
Apr 23 - May 21
Ogelvies Bar & Grill Spring Bailout!
SPRING BAILOUT SPECIALS!! Sunday through Thursday: Selected nightly dinner entrees or a chef?s choice entrée for only $8.95 ! Sunday : Spring Garden Fettucine: grilled chicken, spring veggies, olive oil, garlic, parmesan Monday: Almond Crusted Tilapia: jalapeño fruit salsa, wild rice pilaf, veggie saute Tuesday: Oriental Stir-Fry: Beef or chicken, veggies, teriyaki, Wednesday: Grilled Atlantic Salmon: Wild rice pilaf, lemon aioli Thursday: Cuban Pork Roast: Black beans & rice
Date:
April 23, 2009 - May 21, 2009
Website:
http://www.ogelvies.com
Location:
Ogelvies on Taos Plaza
Email:
ogelvies@newmex.com
Date/Time Details:
Mon-Thurs Night startin 4/23/09
May 01 - Sep 29
Taos Summer of Love
May through September 2009 Taos celebrates the 40th anniversary of Easy Rider. Dennis Hopper, director and co-star of the film and oft-resident of Taos, participates with two exhibits at The Harwood Museum of Art. A summer full of events, art, film, and music are slated. Ride away to Taos and flash back to a freer time. Find peace and love (and a little fun) in Taos this summer. And be sure to enter your name in the Summer of Love Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $4,000 trip to Taos.
Date:
May 1, 2009 - September 29, 2009
Website:
http://www.taossummeroflove.com
Location:
Harwood Museum of Art
Contact:
Joan Griffin
Email:
marketing@griffinassoc.com
Date/Time Details:
May 1 - September 29, 2009
Fees/Admission:
Museum Admission: $7 - $8
May 01 - May 31
Spring Arts Celebration
Celebrate Spring and the Arts of Taos -visual,culinary, performing,film, gallery walks, receptions, exhibitions and more!
Date:
May 1, 2009 - May 31, 2009
Location:
Various locations
Contact:
575-751-8800
May 06 - May 10
Spring Cleaning for Mom at the Spa
The Living Spa is offering Spring Cleaning for Mom at the Spa. Special Offers begin May 4th
Date:
May 6, 2009 - May 10, 2009
Location:
El Monte Sagrado 317 Kit Carson Rd.
Contact:
Call 737-9880 for details
Date/Time Details:
Special offers begin May 4th.
May 08 - May 11
Larry Bell–The Last Women
Encore Gallery-Taos Community Auditorium
Date:
May 8, 2009 - May 11, 2009
Website:
http://www.tcataos.org
Location:
TCA 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Contact:
758-2052
Email:
tca@tcataos.org
May 08 - May 10
37th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Fair
Fine Arts & Crafts, Music, Food
Date:
May 8, 2009 - May 10, 2009
Time:
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Location:
Kit Carson Park
Contact:
Edna Sturtcman 575-751-8800 ext. 3
Date/Time Details:
May 8, 9, &10 10am to 5pm
Fees/Admission:
FREE Admission
May 08 - May 09
Fashion Presentations at Jewelz of Taos
Get the latest tips in layering, accessorizing, styling & more! Featuring the Flowering, Feminine Fashions of Love*Shop Designs May 8th & 9th at 12:00 ? 5:00 pm Jewelz of Taos, 131 Paseo del Pueblo Sur 575-751-9494 * 877-754-9494 www.jewelzoftaos.com
Date:
May 8, 2009 - May 9, 2009
Time:
12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Website:
http://www.jewelzoftaos.com
Location:
Jewelz of Taos, 131 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Contact:
Z at 751-9494
Email:
zkastrin@mac.com
Date/Time Details:
May 8th & 9th at 12:00 ? 5:00 pm
Fees/Admission:
Free and Open to the Public
May 08 - May 09
High Style Fashion Boutique
Jewlz of Taos will be presenting a special fashion event May 8th and 9th in celebration of the opening of “The Summer of Love” festival occuring this suummer in Taos. The event will also showcase newly designed jewelry by Z Kastrin, owner of Jewels of Taos, who will also be heading the fashion presentations.
Date:
May 8, 2009 - May 9, 2009
Time:
12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Location:
Jewelz of Taos 131 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur Taos, NM 87571 (575) 751-9494
Contact:
Contact Z at 575-751-9494
Date/Time Details:
May 8th and 9th 12pm - 5pm
Fees/Admission:
It’s free and open to the Public. Fashions are available for women of all ages. Store hours are daily 11-5.
May 08
International Juried Exhibition Awards Ceremony
International Juried Exhibition Awards Ceremony at the taos gallery. Networking & Meet the Artists
Date:
May 8, 2009
Time:
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Location:
the taos gallery 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos, NM 87571
Email:
Online Exhibition at www.thetaosgallery.com
Date/Time Details:
Friday May 8, 2009 5pm - 7pm
May 08
Scholarship Fund Bingo
Bingo night to benefit the Taos county assosiation of Realtors Scholarship Fund. !!CASH PRIZES!!
Date:
May 8, 2009
Time:
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Location:
Juan I. Gonzales Agriculture Center 202 Chamisa RD.
Date/Time Details:
Friday, May 8, 2009 6-8 PM
Fees/Admission:
One Bingo Card - $10 Buy 2 - Get 1 Free!
May 08
The Legends of Jazz
Jazz & more at El Monte Sagrado.
Date:
May 8, 2009
Time:
08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location:
El Monte Sagrado 317 Kit Carson RD.
Contact:
737-9840
Date/Time Details:
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8pm
Fees/Admission:
Tickets available at the Grand Bohemian Gallery Store. Get your tickets now for this amzaing event!
May 09
Crystal Ball for Education
A benifit for Taos Public Education Funds.
Date:
May 9, 2009
Location:
El Monte Sagrado 317 Kit Carson Rd.
Contact:
Contact the Taos Community Foundation for Details: 737-9300
Date/Time Details:
Saturday May 9, 2009
May 09 - May 10
DMC Broadcasting’s 8th Annual Mother’s Day Event
KXMT 99.1FM “Radio Exitos” invites you to join them May 9th & 10th, for their 8th Annual Mother’s Day Celebration. This event is FREE to the public and features New Mexico’s premier musicians, along with great food and fun for the kids. They invite you to join them in celebrating and honoring our dear mothers while embracing the unique culture and heritage of Northern New Mexico.
Date:
May 9, 2009 - May 10, 2009
Website:
http://www.kxmt.com
Location:
Filemon Sanchez Park
Contact:
Jennifer Trujillo (575) 758-4491
Email:
jennifer@kxmt.com
Date/Time Details:
May 9th and 10th Park opens at 11am both days
Fees/Admission:
Free
May 09 - May 08
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Made possible y a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and presented by teh Taos Center for the Arts, Siriusware, taos Mountain Casino and the Taos News. The ensemble takes the stage with a performance consisting of dances such as “Dance as Ritual” choreographed to traditional African music, “Ragtime” a peice choreographed by Katherine Kunham to the music of Scott Joplin and “Sketches of Spain” choreographed by Cleo Parker Robinson to he music of Miles Davis.
Date:
May 9, 2009 - May 8, 2009
Time:
08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Website:
http://www.tcataos.org
Location:
TCA 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Contact:
575-758-2052
Email:
tca@tcataos.org
Date/Time Details:
May 9th 8pm
Fees/Admission:
$25 General Admission $22 for TCA Members $15 for children 12 & under call 758-2052 or at FX 18 on Bent St
May 10 - May 12
Movies at the TCA-The Class
The Class showing at teh TCA Sun 05/10 2:30pm Mon 05/11 7:30pm Tue 05/12 7:30pm French film with English subtitles 128 minutes Rated PG-13 for some strong language
Date:
May 10, 2009 - May 12, 2009
Website:
http://www.tcataos.org
Contact:
575-758-2052
Email:
tca@tcataos.org
Fees/Admission:
$6 TCA Members $7 Regular Admission available at the box office 45 minutes prior to screening
May 10
Mother’s Day Brunch
De La Tierra award winning Mother’s Day Brunch, don’t chance it by trying to cook.
Date:
May 10, 2009
Time:
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Location:
El Monte Sagrado 317 Kit Carson Rd.
Contact:
737-9855
Date/Time Details:
Sunday may 10, 2009 10am - 2pm
May 10
Mother’s Day Jewelry Show
Santa Fe jewelry designer Jane Gaines will be here on Mother’s Day, May 10th from 11 am -4 pm with her latest jewelry designs. Stop by the Gallery Gift Shop for a great Mother’s Day gift. Don’t forget the Mother’s Day brunch and spa specials.
Date:
May 10, 2009
Time:
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Website:
http://www.grandbohemiangallery.com
Location:
Grand Bohemian Gallery Gift Shop at El Monte Sagrado, 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos
Contact:
Cheryl or Cris
Email:
grandbohemiangallery@elmontesagrado.com
Date/Time Details:
Sunday, May 10th
Fees/Admission:
none
May 10
Mother’s Day Jewelry Show
Jane Gaines will be in the Gallery Gift Shop on Mother’s Day with her new line of jewelry. 11 am to 4 pm. Jane creates contemporary and traditional jewelry, working with silver and leather smiths to complement the inherent beauty of natural stones. We hope you can join us on Mother’s Day, May 10th, to enjoy the craftsmanship and casual elegance of Jane Gaines designs.
Date:
May 10, 2009
Time:
11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Website:
http://www.grandbohemiangallery.com
Location:
Grand Bohemina Gallery Gift Shop at El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM
Contact:
Cris or Cheryl
Email:
grandbohemiangallery@elmontesagrado.com
Date/Time Details:
May 10, 2009 11am - 4 pm
Fees/Admission:
none
May 13
Re Opening of Puye Cliffs
Santa Clara Pueblo is hosting a grand re-opening of Puye Cliffs, ancestral home of the Snata Clara people. Speakers inlcude Santa Clara’s Governor Walter Dasheno, NM Tourism Dept. Secretary Michael Cerletti and other invited government officials. The re-opening of Puye Cliffs is a highlight of National Tourism Week which runes 5/8-5/13 Puye Cliffs is located on teh Santa Clara PUeblo Indian Reservation west of Espanola. Turn West at the intersection of NM state Rd 30 and Santa Clara Canyon Rd (Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway) continue 7 miles.
Date:
May 13, 2009
Contact:
Lucretia WIlliams 505-901-0681
Email:
lwilliams@santaclaradevcorp.com
Date/Time Details:
Wed 05/13 10am
May 14
SBDC Workshop- Marketing ”You” the Artist
Hands-on-Demonstrations & Role Playing Learn professional techniques that can save you money and market you & your work. -Your professional image -Why investing in your own career is vital to your success -Artist Studio Tour Checklist -What you need in an artist promotional portfolio -Writing your artist statement -How to photograph your work & save money -Artist publicity & PR -How to plan a successful art opening or PR campaign -Media Relations & Interviews -Artist marketing plan, etc…
Date:
May 14, 2009
Time:
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Website:
http://www.nmsbdc.org/espanola
Location:
TAOS- the taos gallery- 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Contact:
SBDC Office: (505) 747-2236
Email:
rtamm@nnmc.edu
Date/Time Details:
Thursday, May 14, 2009/ 9:00am -12:00pm
Fees/Admission:
$10.00
May 15 - May 25
Test Your Art IQ–TGA Scavenger Hunt
Pick up the questions at the TCCC, Taos Visitor Center or at any participating TGA gallery. Find clues around Taos and enter for a chance to win $150 TGA Gift Certificate, Pass for 2 to Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs, Resort & Spa, Gift Certificates fro Joseph’s Table, Old Blinking LIght Restaurant and Lambert’s, a signed “Summer of Love” poster by Jonathan Sobol
Date:
May 15, 2009 - May 25, 2009
Website:
http://www.tga.com
Location:
galleries throughout Taos
Contact:
Jan 758-3911
Email:
jan@thetaosgallery.com
Date/Time Details:
5/15-5/25
May 15
Taos Project Meeting
Date:
May 15, 2009
Time:
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Location:
108 F Kit Carson Road
Contact:
575-751-8800
Email:
info@taoschamber.com
Date/Time Details:
8:30am-10:00am
Please join us and participate in the in the discussion and planning that effects the Taos Plaza & Historic District!
Ann Hazelton & Cynthia Anderson of Los Jardineros Club of Taos will be here to discuss possible beautification projects for the Plaza and Historic District, and how the garden club can contribute.
Matt Foster from the Town of Taos will be discussing the Land Use Plan/Historic District Master Plan.
Updates will be provided on parking in the Historic District, American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funding requests, Historic County Courthouse, and Taos Plaza Live.
May 15
End of School Year Teen Dance
Teens come join us for an End of School Year Teen Dance at the Taos Youth & Family Center. DJ Evid3nt will be playing all the hit music. Admission is FREE. Live performance by the Taos Youth Music School. Glow in the Dark products from .50- $5.00 will be available for purchase to benefit the Taos Relay for Life. ***No in and out privileges…if you leave during the dance, you will not be allowed back in! The dance ends promptly at 9pm. Please ensure you have transportation arranged for that time.
Date:
May 15, 2009
Time:
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Website:
http://www.taosgov.com
Location:
Taos Youth & Family Center
Contact:
Judy 758-4160
Email:
jesquibel@taosgov.com
Date/Time Details:
Fri 05/15 7-9pm
Fees/Admission:
FREE
May 16
Cooking Class for Couples
We have an upcoming cooking class that Chris Maher will be teaching and not be missed. Perfect for couples or bring a friend or come alone and meet other interesting foddies. You wull create a lamb tagine, the most amazing couscous you’ve ever had, Chicken Pastilla, Whole backed fish and the delightful vegetable dishes and salads as well. Chris will also be doing something unusuall for dessert and also pairing some interesting wines to accompany the various flavors.
Date:
May 16, 2009
Time:
05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Location:
Cooking Studio Taos 119 Manzanares Street Taos 87571 New Mexico
Contact:
Call or Email to reserve spaces. 575-776-COOK/ 575-613-3321 (Cell)
Email:
cookingstudiotaos@mac.com
Date/Time Details:
May 16th 5:00pm - 9:00pm or so
Fees/Admission:
Cost is $95 per person or $180 / Couple Class is limited to 12 individuals, so don’t miss out!
With Gustav Mahler’s poetic Songs of a Wayfarer- performed by magnificent mezzo-soprano Kirsten Lear and her husband pianist Robert Tweten- setting the theme, TCMG embarks on a program of music that includes John Corigliano’s Voyage for flute and piano, Toru Takemitsu’s Itinerant for solo flute, Frank Martin’s Trois Chants de noel for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano and Franz Schubert’s elegant Trio in Bb Major for violin, cello and piano.
Date:
May 16, 2009 - May 17, 2009
Time:
07:25 PM - 12:00 AM
Website:
http://www.taoschambermusicgroup.org
Location:
The Harwood Museum 238 Ledoux Street
Contact:
For more information, call (575)758-9826
Email:
nancy@taoschambermusicgroup.org
Date/Time Details:
Saturday, May 16th @ 7:30 p.m Sunday, May 17th @ 5:30 p.m
Fees/Admission:
$17 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 for children under 16
May 17
Golden Adobe Foundation’s First Annual Fashion Show
This year’s beneficiary is the Taos Lions Club Operation KidSight which empowers our Taos children with the gift of better eyesight through free visual screening and evaluation which may determine the presence of a variety of eye disorders. This event is an everywoman’s fashion show with a presentation of spring styles from Taos and Santa Fe stores. There will be door prizes, raffles and a silent auction. This annual event will not only benefit the “chosen” beneficiary, but should serve to generate interest in the retail clothing market in Taos.
Date:
May 17, 2009
Location:
El Monte Segrado Rio Grande Ballroom
Contact:
Vickie Ford (575-758-2841); Mary Ellen Ferguson (575-758-3810); Maria Adang (575-758-8102)
Email:
sunnyvalleyvickie@msn.com
Date/Time Details:
2:00 P.M.
Fees/Admission:
$28.00 per person
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By Gabe Toth
The Taos News
After shutting down all athletics and activities the day prior, the New Mexico Activities Association released a tentative schedule on Monday afternoon (May 4) to wind down the spring season.
The suspension, which includes all games and practices at NMAAmember schools, came in response to a weekend announcement by the New Mexico Department of Health and the New Mexico Public Education Department that several southern schools, including Carlsbad High School, Deming Intermediate School, Socorro public schools and Lordsburg district schools, will be shut down Monday (May 4) through Sunday (May 10) due to probable cases of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu.
The closures resulted in a minimum seven-day suspension of all NMAA schools out of fairness to the 15 closed schools, whose teams are under state order not to practice or compete.
However, the NMAA order complicates an already-busy time of the year, as the spring sports season is wrapping up and schools compete for district and state recognition.
Should the NMAA announce that the suspension has concluded by Friday (May 8), allowing play to resume next week, the association has released a tentative plan for state championship events.
Class 3A-5A track and field district meets would be held Monday (May 11), with state championships scheduled for Friday-Saturday (May 1516). Class A-2A state championships would be held Wednesday-Thursday (May 13-14).
Instead of holding the first round of the state baseball tournament at district champions’ home fields around the state, which would have given 3-2A champion Questa the home advantage this week, the 16 teams will be seeded on Friday (May 8).
The A-2A tournament would begin with first-round and quarterfinal competition on Monday and Tuesday (May 11-12), then resume Friday-Saturday (May 15-16) with the semifinals and finals.
The state tennis championships would be held Thursday through Saturday (May 14-16), with individual competition on the first day, followed by two days of team competition. Teams who are found to be holding practice outside of the regular school day will receive a $1,000 fine, a one-year probation and suspension of the involved coach, as well as the head coach if the responsible coach is an assistant.
The NMAA suspension also extends to fall and winter teams, which may not practice the generally allotted hour a day after school. Out-of-season coaches will also be sanctioned if they are found violating the suspension.
The order, however, does not apply to schools, such as Capital High School, that have a scheduled P.E./ athletics period for practice during the regular school day. According to Executive Director Gary Tripp, the association cannot dictate “what a school board decides to offer their students from bell to bell.”
“Do they have a competitive advantage? They probably do,” he said. “It’s something that we cannot have jurisdiction over.”
The NMAA also clarified areas that fall outside of the suspension order.
Teams will be permitted to attend national competitions if the school administration permits the competition.
Schools who are not closed by the PED are permitted to hold events such as banquets, award ceremonies, school concerts and dances. Schools not under a state-ordered shutdown are also permitted to take schoolrelated field trips. Those teams that are scheduled to distribute information or try on uniforms, such as cheerleading, are permitted to do so.
By Tom Sharpe
The New Mexican
■ This is the first in a two-part series. See next week’s edition for stories on a rare book by Padre Martinez and the first printing press in New Mexico.
Law professor Michael A. Olivas doesn’t consider himself overly dramatic, but he was moved to tears last November as he began to leaf through New Mexico’s earliest books at the Beinecke Rare Book Room at Yale University.
“All these various things I felt coursing through my veins,” he said.
The worn, dog-eared, marginalia- filled books were published in the 1830s and ’40s during New Mexico’s transition from Spanish to Mexican to American rule.
The books’ publisher, Antonio José Mart’nez, one of the most intriguing figures in New Mexico history and New Mexico’s first publisher, believed U.S. jurisdiction would lead to lawyers replacing priests.
Most Americans, if they know of Padre Mart’nez at all, know him as the rebellious, corrupt and lascivious priest in WillaCather’s1927novel,Death Comes for the Archbishop.
Like most other schoolchildren of his generation, Olivas, 58, a law professor at the University of Houston, read that book thinking it accurately portrayed Mart’nez. Only later, he said, did he realize Cather’s version was a “slander.”
Born in Abiquiò in 1793, Mart’nez moved to Taos with his parents as a child. At age 18, he married, but his wife died the next year in childbirth, so in 1817, he left for Durango, Mexico, to become a priest and a canon lawyer. His seminary education coincided with Mexico’s 1821 declaration of independence in a revolution spurred by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, another Roman Catholic priest moved by the Age of Enlightenment.
In 1823, Mart’nez returned to New Mexico to take charge of the parish in Tomé, then Abiquiò, then Taos, where he used his family money to start a school for both girls and boys at a time when co-educational schooling was unknown. In 1830, he wrote a book (never published) calling for religious freedom in Mexico.
“This was the time when church and state were one, and the one who collected the tithes was the state, not the church,” said Mart’nez biographer Juan Romero, a retired priest from Taos, now living in Los Angeles. “It was the state that paid for the salaries of the clergy, that built the Camino Real, the missions and military garrisons. People forget thatthrough our own church/state separation stuff.”
New taxes levied by Mexico’s new federal government enraged Mexico’s territories. After the Anglo colonists in Texas won independence, New Mexico’s Pueblo Indians and mixed-race gen’zaros rose up against, killed and beheaded Gov. Albino Pérez. His successor, Gov. Manuel Armijo, and his army of 582 soldiers defeated 1,300 rebels near Pojoaque in early 1838. The rebel leaders either died in battle or were executed. Mart’nez, as military chaplain, was ordered to hear their last confessions.
Romero said Mart’nez wrote an unpublished manuscript about the “revolution of the Chimayosos” in a depressive tone that sounds like he was suffering a midlife crisis. “He was conflicted about it,” he said. “His parishioners were on both sides and his heart was broken.”
Cather’s roman à clef insinuates that Mart’nez shunned priestly chastity — a charge that has piqued his defenders. The daughter from his brief marriage died as a teenager. But Romero said his research turned up a “putative son” named Santiago Valdez. Historian Fray Angélico Chávez reported Mart’nez also sired three children by Mar’a Teodora Romero. His last will and testament (available on a Web site Romero helped put together, padremartinez.org) deeded considerable assets to Valdez and Romero, both of whom he called “a member of my family.”
Mart’nez might have been known only as an obscure priest from a backwater territory
Romero said his biography of Mart’nez, ‘Reluctant Dawn,’ is part of his continuing effort to rescind Lamy’s excommun ication of Mart’nez.
had he not acquired a printing press around 1835. The press reportedly was purchased from Ramòn Abreu of Santa Fe. It came to Taos along with printer Juan Mar’a Baca, who had learned his trade in Mexico and had previously worked for Abreu.
Owning New Mexico’s only press gave Mart’nez political power. He represented the Taos area in the Mexican territorial legislature, where he pleaded for Northern New Mexicans to be taught farming and mining because their primary staple, the bison, was becoming extinct. But in 1846, things suddenly changed when 1,400soldiers under Gen. Stephen W. Kearny rode into Santa Fe without encountering resistance and claimed the Southwest for the United States.
Although Mart’nez clearly recognized the potential conflicts between the Hispanic and Anglo cultures, he cooperated with Kearny by sending his press to Santa Fe to print the first American code. But within a year, a Taos mob murdered the first American governor, Charles Bent. Mart’nez was accused of being involved in the uprising, though he used his own home to shelter at least one American from the rebels.
A daguerreotype dated 1848 — making it one of the earliest photographs made in New Mexico — depicts Mart’nez as clean-shaven with a steely stare. During the early American period, he again served in the Territorial legislature. But he ran into trouble after then-Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy arrived from France in 1850. When Mart’nez opposed Lamy’s increased tithing to build a new cathedral in Santa Fe and his efforts to suppress the Brothers of Light, or Penitentes, Lamy stripped him of his priestly duties and excommunicated him.
Romero said his biography of Mart’nez, ‘Reluctant Dawn,’ is part of his continuing effort to rescind Lamy’s excommunication of Mart’nez. But Olivas, who attended the former Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Santa Fe, believes the excommunication was never official because Lamy failed to post it properly.
Olivas, who now teaches immigration law, said he has learned about Mart’nez through his work on the Recovery Project — aimed at preserving the Hispanic legacy by digitizing Spanish-language archives.
“Unlike immigration law, where almost every day something happens new and fresh, this is a field that has lay fallow for some time,” he said. “The discovery of some of these manuscripts is starting to give scholars more insight into (Mart’nez). … The reason he changed from training priests to training lawyers is because he said with the American occupation, the people who will ride the circuits will be the lawyers, not priests.”
Lu’s Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
Michael A. Olivas, an expert in early publications in New Mexico, from Santa Fe, poses with a book from the early 1800s entitled
Instrucciones de Derecho Real de Castilla y de Indiasat the New Mexico History Library on April 23. Olivas said he found himself moved to tears last November when he began to look through some of the first books ever printed in New Mexico.
Submitted photo
This famous image of Padre Antonio José Mart’nez is an original daguerreotype at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe.
By Rick Romancito
The Taos News
His first idea was pretty ambitious. When Dennis Hopper was approached about curating a show at the University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art, he said he thought about putting together a major survey that included names such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Dorothy Brett and Andrew Dasburg, “everybody that I ever met in Taos.”
After thinking it through, he ended up with a collection of works by the buddies to whom he continues to remain loyal: Robert Dean Stockwell, Larry Bell, Ronald Davis, Ken Price, and Ron Cooper. The show he assembled is appropriately titled “L.A. to Taos: 40 Years of Friendship.”
The kick-off event for the Taos Summer of Love marketing promotion — which includes a separate exhibition of Hopper photographs — opens with a public reception Saturday (May 9), 3-5 p.m., at the Harwood Museum, 238 Ledoux St.
“I realized there were five guys that lived here that I had known for over 40 years, and I knew them in Los Angeles and I did art with them before they came to Taos, so I decided to do that,” Hopper said during a Monday (May 4) press conference at the Harwood, during which he was named “honorary mayor” by Taos Mayor Darren Còrdova.
This year, or course, marks another milestone
See HOPPER, Page A12
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Griffin and Associates public relations manager Peter St. Cyr, left, interviews Dennis Hopper in front of his work Monday (May 4), on being named honorary mayor of Taos, about his own collection and on curating “Hopper at the Harwood,” part of the Taos Summer of Love 2009.
“Herbie’s New Suit,” digital image by Elaine Clements. Courtesy image
Blumenschein features digital art and art of a Taos Pueblo man
By Rick Romancito
Monday, May 4, 2009 1:29 PM MDT
“It’s all in the mind y’know.” That’s what The Beatles told us, and for a lot of artists who took that advice the world was never the same. That sentiment continues in works that are part of a digital art exhibition titled “Altered Reality,” which opens with a reception Friday (May 8), 4-7 p.m., at the E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum, 222 Ledoux St.
Billed as part of the “Summer of Love” town of Taos visitor promotion, the Taos Historic Museums (THM), which oversees the Blumenschein and The Martínez Hacienda, has put together this show featuring 18 different artists who will present work that has been “altered” to present a different reality, according to THM executive director Carmen Zacarias.
Based on images from nature and the man-made world, these works are described as ranging from “the psychedelic to the surreal” and are “truly ‘mind-blowing’ and represent a new genre of digital imagery,” Zacarias says.
The Blumenschein will also present as special guest, Taos Pueblo author and artist, Jonathan Warm Day, who will be present Saturday (May 9) from 10 a.m. until to 2 p.m. to sign his books “Taos Pueblo: Painted Stories,” “Kiki’s Journey” and “On My Block.” Warm Day’s original artwork will be available for viewing and for purchase.
In addition to Friday’s opening reception, “Altered Reality” will be on view Saturday (May 9) from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sunday (May 10) from noon until 5 p.m. For more information, call (575) 758-0505 or visit taoshistoricmuseums.org.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York resigned Thursday, days after coming under attack for his continuing involvement in a company regulated by the institution.
Stephen Friedman received a waiver to remain on the board of Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500), the Wall Street firm that became a bank holding company amid September’s financial frenzy, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. He also holds a substantial amount of shares in the company and continued to buy more even after Goldman came under the Fed’s supervision.
“Today, although I have been in compliance with the rules, my public service motivated continuation on the Reserve Bank Board is being mischaracterized as improper,” Friedman wrote in his resignation letter. “The Federal Reserve System has important work to do and does not need this distraction.”
Denis Hughes, the board’s deputy chair, will take over Friedman’s duties.
Each of the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks has nine directors. Their duties include setting their district’s discount rate and appointing their bank’s president. Other responsibilities include approving their bank’s budget, overseeing operations, and appointing the bank’s officers. Three of the directors work for banks, but Friedman’s role is to represent the public.
Friedman, 71, has served as chairman of the New York Fed since January 2008, and led the bank’s search for a new president after Timothy Geithner stepped down in November to become President Obama’s Treasury Secretary.
The board ultimately chose William Dudley, an executive vice president of the bank who had worked at Goldman Sachs for 21 years, as president. Dudley oversees the operations of the New York Fed, which is considered very powerful because it supervises some of the nation’s largest banks.
A Goldman director since April 2005, Friedman worked at Goldman since 1966 before retiring as a senior partner and chairman of the management committee in 1994. He serves as chair of the Wall Street firm’s audit committee and received $308,000 in stock awards in 2008 as compensation, according to federal filings. As of March 9, he owned 111,516 shares, which are worth nearly $15 million as of Thursday. Some 12,916 shares are restricted stock units to be delivered at a later date.
The New York Fed’s general counsel, Thomas Baxter Jr., defended Friedman’s recent stock purchases, which occurred while the Federal Reserve was weighing the waiver request. Friedman bought 37,300 shares worth $3 million in December, according to the Journal. He didn’t check with the Fed, and lawyers at the New York Fed told the Journal they were not aware of the purchases until the newspaper contacted them last month.
Friedman then bought another 15,300 shares in January, the day after the waiver was granted. The two blocks of stock have risen a total of $3 million in value.
“With respect to Steve’s purchases of Goldman shares in December of 2008 and January of 2009, which have been the object of some attention lately, it is my view that these purchases did not violate any Federal Reserve statute, rule or policy,” Baxter said in a statement.
Goldman’s close ties to the federal government has raised some eyebrows. Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ran Goldman, which received $10 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Fannie Mae, the troubled mortgage finance company, reported a first-quarter loss of $23.2 billion on Friday.
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The mortgage giant also reported that it submitted a request for $19 billion from the Treasury Department to cover its losses. That followed a request earlier this year for $15.2 billion to cover 2008 losses.
It also said Treasury has doubled its support level to the company to $200 billion, as President Obama had authorized.
In its quarterly release, Fannie Mae said its entire mortgage portfolio was experiencing increases in delinquency and default rates. It blamed the rise in unemployment, falling home prices and the revaluation of homes in the wake of the economic downturn.
The mortgage company’s first-quarter net loss was less than its fourth-quarter loss of $25.2 billion, which occurred immediately after the government takeover.
The most recent quarterly loss is more than 10 times the $2.2 billion net loss reported for the first quarter of 2008, before the government takeover.
Fannie Mae said its diluted loss per common share was $4.09.
Going forward, the mortgage giant said that it fully expects to ask for more financial support from the federal government.
“Due to current trends in the housing and financial markets, we expect to have a net worth deficit in future periods, and therefore will be required to obtain additional funding from the Treasury,” said the company, in its quarterly report.
Friday morning’s stock rally left Fannie Mae behind. Fannie Mae’s (FNM, Fortune 500) stock price, currently less than $1 per share, fell about 7% in the first hour of trading.
Government influence: Fannie Mae said it imposed a moratorium on foreclosures for most of the quarter. But that failed to stop foreclosures from increasing, compared to the prior quarter. The company said it acquired 25,374 single-family homes through foreclosure in the first quarter of 2009, compared to 20,998 in the fourth quarter, 2008.
“I think Fannie Mae is largely used as probably the single largest tool of the government right now to try and reverse the losses in the mortgage market,” said David Ursani, analyst for Wall Street Strategies. “As a result of that, a lot of those losses are funneling through [Fannie Mae.]”
Ursani said it’s difficult to tell when Fannie Mae’s situation will improve, given its unusual status as a government-supported entity, and the dismal state of the mortgage market.
“Fannie Mae, right now, is pretty much part of the government,” he said. “I can’t really see it becoming independent from the government anytime soon.”
Fannie Mae recently went through a change at the top, appointing Michael J. Williams as its new chief executive on April 20. Williams had previously served as chief operating officer.
The former chief executive, Herbert M. Allison, Jr., accepted a new job in April to oversee the $700 billion financial rescue fund, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Allison had led the mortgage giant since it was seized by the government in September, along with Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500).
It also said Treasury has doubled its support level to the company to $200 billion.
A Stanford student looks at employment brochures on display at the career center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The pace of layoffs slowed in April, with employers cutting 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma - AP)
In this April 29, 2009 photo, Bill Ingels, 58, who is unemployed, works a computer at the employment office in Bend, Ore., Wednesday, April 29, 2009. New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed workers getting benefits climbed to a new record.(AP Photo/Don Ryan) (Don Ryan - AP)
Employment books are on display at the career center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2009. The pace of layoffs slowed in April, with employers cutting 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma - AP)
John Englar, of Boston, searches for employment on the Internet at the JobNet career center, in Boston, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Englar, who trained as a big-rig semi truck driver, used the free Internet service during his search. The pace of layoffs slowed in April, with employers cutting 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (Steven Senne - AP)
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Friday, May 8, 2009; 10:30 AM
The ranks of Americans looking for work continued to swell in April, as the nation’s unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent, the Labor Department reported this morning.
Although it is the highest jobless rate since September 1983, the pace of job losses slowed appreciably last month compared with February and March, another sign that the severe economic slump might be starting to ease.
President Obama will address the unemployment issue in remarks later today, officials said, and will announce several modest steps to make it easier for those looking for work to retrain without losing jobless benefits.
The number of private-sector jobs fell by 611,000, the Labor Department report said, but that loss was offset somewhat by the addition of 72,000 government jobs — most of them connected with the 2010 Census. The total of 539,000 jobs lost was slightly less than the 600,000 expected by analysts.
Some experts predicted the jobs report would beat expectations after the ADP Employment Report released earlier this week showed a job loss of 491,000 in April, far lower than the 600,000-plus tallies seen in prior months.
A separate report from outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray, & Christmas also found layoffs had moderated to 133,000, from 150,000. And first-time jobless claims fell sharply last week, further suggesting job losses could be moderating.
But the report today confirmed businesses were still in cost-cutting mode in April.
The number of Americans who are officially unemployed now stands at 13.7 million. The Labor Department also revised its estimates to show steeper job losses in months leading into April — 681,000 non-farm jobs lost in February, up from an earlier estimate of 651,00, and 699,000 fewer jobs in March, compared with the initial estimate of 663,000.
To be counted as unemployed in the jobs report, a person must not be working currently and must have looked for work in the past four weeks.
An alternative measure of unemployment includes other groups, such as people who have become discouraged and stopped looking and people who are working fewer hours than they would like for economic reasons. If those groups are included, the unemployment rate in April was 15.8 percent, up slightly from 15.6 percent in March.
The jobs report showed it has become increasingly more difficult to find employment, with the median amount of time out of work edging up to 12.5 weeks, from 11.2 in March.
Analysts expect unemployment to persist well into the recovery, which they say probably will be sluggish. That has implications for broader economic growth by slowing wage growth, dampening consumer spending, and helping fuel foreclosures and loan defaults.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Tuesday offered a somewhat optimistic outlook on the economy but said unemployment would likely hover around 9 percent for many months.
Obama, who is facing rising Republican criticism about unemployment, has ordered the Department of Labor to advise state agencies to change rules that eliminate jobless benefits for unemployed people who enroll in school.
State agencies often require anyone receiving unemployment benefits to be looking for work full-time in return for the assistance. Obama wants state agencies to grant more leeway to unemployed people who enroll in part-time retraining programs so they can keep their benefits while going to school.
Obama also has asked all state labor agencies to send letters outlining the array of aid, retraining programs, and other assistance available to anyone receiving unemployment benefits. The federal Departments of Labor and Education have created a website to explain some of these measures.
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