Upcoming Events at the Museum of New Mexico
9/8/10, Wednesday
6:30pm — 7:30pm
Changing Culture, Changing Fiesta
The Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture
Andrew Leo Lovato will deliver the annual Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture, speaking on "The Santa Fe Fiesta: Reflecting the Changing Face of Santa Fe Culture," at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is $5 to the general public, free to Palace Guard members. Lovato, an associate professor at Santa Fe Community College, will draw on themes he explored in his book Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving Identity in a Tourist Town (University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
9/12/10, Sunday
11:00am — 4:30pm
Cowden Cafe Grand Opening
Barbecue buffet and a Cowden Ranch lecture
The History Museum’s Cowden Café, operated by the owners of the famous Plaza Cafe, celebrates its grand opening with a ranch-style barbecue with live Western music by Sid Hausman, plus a free lecture about the Cowden Ranch on Sept. 12. Take a break from the Santa Fe Fiesta to enjoy a $9.99 buffet. Feast on barbecue chicken, brisket, fruit cobbler and more on the café’s second-floor terrace from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. At 3:30 pm in the History Museum Auditorium, author Michael Pettit will talk about “Historic Ranching in Southeast New Mexico and Contemporary Family Ranching in New Mexico.” Pettit is a great-grandson of the Cowden family ranchers who founded the legendary JAL Ranch that at one time occupied much of what is now Lea County, east and south into Texas. Its legacy was detailed in Pettit’s book, Riding for the Brand: 150 Years of Cowden Ranching (University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), which won a New Mexico Book Award for Best Southwest History. The lecture is free with museum admission. Sundays are free to NM residents.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
9/13/10, Monday
12:00pm — 12:45pm
Inventing the Bomb, Inventing Los Alamos
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Join Jon Hunner for a discussion on how a bomb made a town in "Inventing the Bomb, Inventing Los Alamos," a Brainpower & Brownbags lecture in the museum's Meem Community Room, 110 Washington Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
9/15/10, Wednesday
12:00pm — 2:00pm
Let’s Take A Look
with MIAC curators
During this time, 12noon-2pm, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9/19/10, Sunday
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Flores, Folklorico y Flamenco/Flowers, Folklorico and Flamenco
An Afternoon of Dance
Los Ninos de Santa Fe and Maria Benitez Institute perform
Museum of International Folk Art
9/24/10, Friday
3:30pm — 4:30pm
Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
The 2010 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts exhibition, featuring the work of the recipients, will open on September 24, in the Governor’s Gallery (4th Floor, of the State Capitol), from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. The award ceremony will be held 5:15 - 7:00 p.m., at the St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. Both the awards ceremony and gallery reception are free and open to the public. The exhibition in the Governor’s Gallery continues through December 10, 2010.
New Mexico Museum of Art
10/2/10, Saturday
NM Women Authors’ Book Festival
Meet 100 authors in 2 days
The 3rd Annual New Mexico Women Authors' Book Festival brings 100 writers into six areas of the museum for 30-minute presentations over two days. Grouped by Fiction, History/Biography, Poetry, Food/Cooking, Creative Arts, Spirit/Health, Children and special topics, the authors will sign books amid music, food and special presentations from the Palace Print Shop, Santa Fe Book Arts Group and the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library. A benefit for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
