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2022

CURRENTS 2022: CIRCUITS @ City Wide

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Jun 24 all-day

CURRENTS New Media is pleased to announce its annual art +
technology festival, CURRENTS 2022: CIRCUITS, from June 17-26th, 2022. The festival marks its 13th year as an international new media exhibition with a return to a full-scale,citywide festival. CURRENTS 2022 celebrates all the City Different has to offer with
locations at: the Santa Fe Fairgrounds, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Currents 826,
form & concept and SITE Santa Fe. After two years of reduced scale, CURRENTS New Media is thrilled to expand the annual festival to new locations, exhibiting simultaneously at Southside and Downtown venues for the first time. Over 70 artworks will be presented June 17-26th as part of the multi-venue festival across
Santa Fe: featuring work ranging from new media installation and sound performance,
to video works and augmented reality at CCA, The Santa Fe Fairgrounds, CURRENTS’
year-round gallery Currents 826, and partner venue form & concept. Visitors to CCA will experience a wide range of new media work both inside the beautiful Tank Garage gallery and outside, with several open-air installations. CURRENTS will also make use of CCA’s theaters, with four daily video programs and nightly performances. At the Fairgrounds, visitors will experience creative and engaging new media works for the whole family. The neighboring Rodeo de Santa Fe will coincide with the second half of the festival, running June 22nd- 25th. All required COVID-19 precautions will be in place at each location. CURRENTS is an initiative of Parallel Studios, a local nonprofit founded by Frank Ragano
and Mariannah Amster. As curators, they have shown artworks at the intersection of art and technology by artists based regionally, nationally, and abroad for twenty years. The result is a diverse, dynamic, and captivating exhibition that attracts a wide range of both local and visiting audiences. Each year the festival presents works that include a mix of interactive
and immersive installations, virtual and augmented reality, multimedia performances,
robotics, 3D printed work, video, sound art, and more. It is thanks to CURRENTS’ many supporters and partners that this endeavor is possible.

Megan Cozens, of Durban, South Africa, smiles as Jozsua Martinez, of Taos, wears virtual reality goggles inside the GLOWpod exhibit Saturday (Sept. 15) during the 2018 PASEO in Kit Carson Park. The installation was created by The Social Media Workgroup of Albuquerque in collaboration with Red Willow Farm on Taos Pueblo and was described as “a space between a greenhouse of tomorrow and an extraterrestrial nursery.”

Parallel Studios is pleased to return to a full-sized festival through its expansion to
new locations. This expansion allows Parallel Studios to support a wide range of artists
who create innovative works that offer the community a broad horizon of immersive art
experiences. For a full list of participating artists and additional festival information visit:
https://currentsnewmedia.org/festivals/2022/
Contact: connect@currentsnewmedia.org
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Santa Fe Pride @ Santa Fe

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Jun 24 all-day

It’s that time again to get together for Santa Fe Pride and celebrate those brave fed up souls in NYC at a little bar on Christopher St. known as the Stonewall Inn when 2 drag queens started throwing rocks and then bricks at the door of the Stonewall bar the police were raiding yet will so barracade themselves from a fed up LGBTQ+ community stood up for themselves. Santa Fe’s celebration is going to be epic, here’s the details:

Thursday, June 23rd

Drag Bingo

@ Opuntia

1607 Alcaldesa Street,

Santa Fe, NM 87501

7pm-9pm

Tickets $10.00

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Friday, June 24th

Summer Sizzle –PRIDE Women’s Dance, a benefit for the Human Rights Alliance

The Scottish Rite Temple

430 Paseo de Peralta,

Santa Fe, NM 87501

5pm-11pm

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Friday, June 24th

Envisioning the Future

Creating an empowered, informed, and engaged LGBTQ+ community for NM. Event and Meeting featuring Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 Marcy St., Santa Fe, NM 87501

1pm-4pm

LIVE and Virtual Tickets: (This is a Free Event!)

Reserve your free ticket

Saturday, June 25th

Diversity Rocks the Block Block Party and Celebration!

Burro Alley, Santa Fe, NM

3pm-8pm

FREE EVENT! (21+ only)

Saturday, June 25th

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration Tumbleroot Brewery,

8:30pm-1:00am

Tickets $25.00

Buy tickets

Sunday, June 26th

After BURN Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe, NM 87507

1pm-5pm

Tickets $15.00

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Meet your friends at Diversity Rocks the Block from 3-8 pm in Burro Alley. This (21+) FREE event features music spun by DJ Raashan Ahmad, DJ Bad Cat, DJ Ajax Beats, and more.

6:00 pm

June 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MDT

Drag Bingo!

Opuntia 1607 Alcadesa Street, Santa Fe

$10.00

7:00 pm

June 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm MDT

Rainbow’s End

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe

$20

1:00 pm

June 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm MDT

Envisioning the Future

Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 Marcy Street, Santa Fe

Free

5:00 pm

June 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm MDT

Friday Night with Dorothy

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe

$15

8:00 pm

_________________________________________________________________________ 06-25-2022

All Day

June 24 – June 26

Hedwig & The Angry Inch

JeanCocteauCinema 418 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe

$8.00

11:00 am

June 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm MDT

PRIDE on the Plaza

Santa Fe Plaza Santa Fe

Free

11:30 am

June 25 @ 11:30 am MDT

Pride Drive 2022

Santa Fe Plaza Santa Fe

Free

8:30 pm

June 25 @ 8:30 pm – June 26 @ 1:00 am MDT

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe

$25.00

10:00 pm

June 25 @ 10:00 pm – June 26 @ 2:00 am MDT

Meow Wolf Pride

June 26, 2022

June 25 @ 8:30 pm – June 26 @ 1:00 am MDT

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe

$25.00

June 25 @ 10:00 pm – June 26 @ 2:00 am MDT

Meow Wolf Pride

1:00 pm

June 26 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm MDT

After BURN Closing T-Dance

TBD

$15.00

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Zozobra Lip Sync Competition @ Ft. Marcy Park

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Jun 24 @ 12:00 PM – 11:45 PM

The Zozobra Lip Sync Competition wants to know if you and your friends TikTok to the most iconic tunes of the 1990s? Do you like channeling N’Sync, Nirvana or the Spice Girls?

If the answer is YES, then Kiwanis wants YOU!

This year, the Zozobra Decades Project leads Zozobra into the1990s era when boy bands and grunge rockers ruled the radio waves with a Zozobra Lip Sync Competition added to our lineup of entertainment the night of the burn.

To mark the memorable music and moves of the Clueless decade, Kiwanis is seeking groups ready, willing and able to lip-sync for an audience that’s pumped to hear the tunes and see you show off your fly 90s style.

There’s no “As If” about this opportunity! You and your friends will literally be on the pageant stage to lip-sync to the 90s songs of that decade’s most well-known and beloved bands.

You’ll be rocking out with a Pearl Jam tune or living out your Foo Fighter fantasy before a live in-person audience of tens of thousands dancing along with you and hundreds of thousands more watching on TV and online around the world!

WE WANT TO MEET YOU!

You don’t need to be a singer. We’ll provide the set list and all you have to do is share your love of 90s music, show your desire to lip-sync live on stage, and make a commitment to attend the following rehearsals and the main event, the 98th Burning of Zozobra on Friday, September 2, 2022!

Mandatory rehearsal dates:

Sat., Aug. 20, 2022, 11 am – 2 pm
Sat., Aug. 27, 2022 11 am – 2 pm
Wed., Aug. 31, 2022, 8 -10 pm
Fri., Sep. 2, 2002, The 98th Burning of Zozobra, 6 pm until the event concludes

If this is definitely your jam or you know just the group we’re looking for, visit https://burnzozobra.com/tryouts/to apply with a video audition no later than Friday, July 8, 2022 at 4:59 pm.

The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe is the sole organizer of The Burning of Will Shuster’s Zozobra and over the years Zozobra has given back $1.8 million to help the children in our communities dream, grow and thrive.

Ray Sandoval

Zozobra Event Chair

burnhim@burnzozobra.com

kenn garley

Zozobra Entertainment Chair stage@burnzozobra.com

Our commitment to our historic traditions is unwavering!

This year will be the 98th presentation of The Burning of Will Shuster’s Zozobra Santa Fe’s unique cultural celebration. Members of The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe volunteer thousands of hours every year in preparation to make Zozobra a fun, family-friendly event but we always need help. Despite the pandemic necessitating a limited audience and affecting ticket sales, the net proceeds of Zozobra 2021 allowed Kiwanis to donate $25,000 to non-profits that aid Santa Fe’s underserved youth. Zozobra has also helped save 4,000 lives through Project ELIMINATE, the Kiwanis global campaign that partners with UNICEF to eliminate maternal/ neonatal tetanus (MNT) from the earth.

KIWANIS CLUB OF SANTA FE* BURNZOZOBRA.COM

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StarGazer Express at Sky Railway @ Sky Railway

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Jun 24 @ 7:45 PM – 11:30 PM

Join us on the StarGazer Express at Sky Railway as we travel to the Galisteo Basin at night to view the gorgeous New Mexico night sky in all its glory! www.skyrailway.comEnjoy a beverage and music as you roll away from the lights and into the dark. Aided by professional astronomers and Native American storytellers, view the night sky through telescopes on our open-air cars while listening to tales of the stars, constellations and planets that have been passed down for hundreds of years and now shared with you. Special adventures will be made for unique celestial events so keep an eye on our schedule so you do not miss out. Opening ride is April 1st and this is no fools day joke! Ride starts at 7:45 PM Rides for this tour runs: April 1st & 23rd June 24th TICKETS HERE

What To Wear While You Ride The Rails

Sky Railway recommends checking your daily weather report before coming out to ride our trains so that you can best decide how to dress. Our historically restored trains are equipped with floor heaters for those cool Santa Fe nights and winters days, but you may want an extra layer just incase you decide to step out onto one of our open air flatcars. Things heat up pretty quick during our summers here in the high desert. Our classic 1924 Pullman cars have windows that are open to let that clean mountain air cool you down. If you tend to overheat, we recommend booking our premium car with air-conditioning. Close toe shoes with flat outer soles are suggested to keep your toes warm and for better balance moving around our train cars. For further questions on what to wear, please contact us directly. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS, TIMES AND OTHER EVENTS

A SHORT HISTORY OF SKY RAILWAY

As Santa Fe became a curious and unique destination, the railroad carried into Santa Fe artists, tourists, wealthy eastern eccentrics, archaeologists, dreamers, and others seeking its unique mixture of cultures, mountains, fresh air, and exquisite light.

Many scientists who joined the Manhattan Project traveled incognito on the train, before being whisked up by car to the secret city of Los Alamos. Presidents rode the line, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

It is fair to say that without the Santa Fe Southern Railroad connection, Santa Fe would be a less exciting place. The railroad helped create the City Different. In 2020, Sky Railway was born from the ashes of Santa Fe Southern. Prominent Santa Feans came together to save the historic, 141-year-old railroad.

They are Bill Banowsky; owner of Violet Crown Cinemas and a filmmaker; George RR Martin, the novelist, co-creator of Meow Wolf, and savior of the Jean Cocteau Theater.

They were joined by several others, including author Douglas Preston and artist Gary Oakley. The group of train enthusiasts combined personal resources to revive the historic railroad and turn its purpose into delighting and entertaining Santa Fe locals, along with the town’s three million annual tourists with their Adventure Trains! With a creative team led by George RR Martin, Sky Railway is developing a lineup of entertainment adventure rail trips that will make it one of the most original, imaginative, and exciting short-line railroads in the country, befitting the City Different.

“We need to be bold, wild, and exciting, with something different up our sleeve,” said George RR Martin, head of the creative development team. “In the long run, we need to try things that other railroads would never dare attempt.”

He added, “No one else has a wolf or dragon. We do. I hope we come up with a howl and a roar worthy of them.”

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Jun

Sat

2022

CURRENTS 2022: CIRCUITS @ City Wide

Tickets

Jun 25 all-day

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Santa Fe Pride @ Santa Fe

Tickets

Jun 25 all-day

Thursday, June 23rd

Drag Bingo

@ Opuntia

1607 Alcaldesa Street,

Santa Fe, NM 87501

7pm-9pm

Tickets $10.00

Buy tickets

Friday, June 24th

Summer Sizzle –PRIDE Women’s Dance, a benefit for the Human Rights Alliance

The Scottish Rite Temple

430 Paseo de Peralta,

Santa Fe, NM 87501

5pm-11pm

Buy tickets

Friday, June 24th

Envisioning the Future

Creating an empowered, informed, and engaged LGBTQ+ community for NM. Event and Meeting featuring Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 Marcy St., Santa Fe, NM 87501

1pm-4pm

LIVE and Virtual Tickets: (This is a Free Event!)

Reserve your free ticket

Saturday, June 25th

Diversity Rocks the Block Block Party and Celebration!

Burro Alley, Santa Fe, NM

3pm-8pm

FREE EVENT! (21+ only)

Saturday, June 25th

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration Tumbleroot Brewery,

8:30pm-1:00am

Tickets $25.00

Buy tickets

Sunday, June 26th

After BURN Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, 2791 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe, NM 87507

1pm-5pm

Tickets $15.00

Buy Tickets

Meet your friends at Diversity Rocks the Block from 3-8 pm in Burro Alley. This (21+) FREE event features music spun by DJ Raashan Ahmad, DJ Bad Cat, DJ Ajax Beats, and more.

6:00 pm

June 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm MDT

Drag Bingo!

Opuntia 1607 Alcadesa Street, Santa Fe

$10.00

7:00 pm

June 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm MDT

Rainbow’s End

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe

$20

1:00 pm

June 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm MDT

Envisioning the Future

Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 Marcy Street, Santa Fe

Free

5:00 pm

June 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm MDT

Friday Night with Dorothy

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe

$15

8:00 pm

_________________________________________________________________________ 06-25-2022

All Day

June 24 – June 26

Hedwig & The Angry Inch

JeanCocteauCinema 418 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe

$8.00

11:00 am

June 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm MDT

PRIDE on the Plaza

Santa Fe Plaza Santa Fe

Free

11:30 am

June 25 @ 11:30 am MDT

Pride Drive 2022

Santa Fe Plaza Santa Fe

Free

8:30 pm

June 25 @ 8:30 pm – June 26 @ 1:00 am MDT

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe

$25.00

10:00 pm

June 25 @ 10:00 pm – June 26 @ 2:00 am MDT

Meow Wolf Pride

June 26, 2022

June 25 @ 8:30 pm – June 26 @ 1:00 am MDT

PRIDE After Dark Dance & Performance Celebration

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe

$25.00

June 25 @ 10:00 pm – June 26 @ 2:00 am MDT

Meow Wolf Pride

1:00 pm

June 26 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm MDT

After BURN Closing T-Dance

TBD

$15.00

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Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs @ New Mexico History Museum

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Jun 25 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The New Mexico History Museum is pleased to present Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs, a photographic history of our state’s many hot springs. This exhibition explores well-known resorts as well as lesser-known hot springs. Ponce de Leon, Montezuma, and Faywood are a few among many areas whose history will be addressed. The nearly 90 photographs range from the late 19th century through the 1980s and document the evolution of how many of these springs were used and developed. Museum visitors will also see the stark change in how people dressed (or not) when they visited and enjoyed these hot springs. New Mexico attracted many people seeking respite from tuberculosis and other ailments, and they typically frequented hot springs to aid in this relief. Opening Friday, March 18, the exhibition runs until September 4, 2022. Alicia M. Romero, Curator of the exhibition and NMHM’s Curator of Nuevomexicano/a History, explains, “Exploring the history of New Mexico’s vast hot springs provides us an opportunity to explore how land ownership, capitalism, and health tourism helped shape this natural phenomenon into a burgeoning business venture.” Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs New Mexico History Museum The New Mexico History Museum sweeps across five centuries of stories that made the American West – from early Native inhabitants to Spanish colonists, Santa Fe Trail riders, outlaws, the railroad, artists, scientists, hippies and more. This 96,000-square-foot building became the state’s newest museum in May 2009, joining its oldest, the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors (the nation’s oldest continuously occupied government building and a National Historic Landmark). Born from the need for a state-of-the-art storage facility, the History Museum evolved into a first-class museum project, spurred by the national rethinking of the role history museums play in communities. No longer attics or basements full of long-forgotten objects, they are now places that partner in education, civic engagement, and social change. The History Museum strives to forge identity and community through an understanding of who we were as well as what we have become. New Mexico’s confluence of cultures and individuals has molded the social, political, economic, artistic and spiritual nature of its communities. Using dynamic technology, including computer interactives, films, oral histories and more, we give voice to generations of New Mexicans, inviting visitors to form personal bonds and engaging them in the museum’s interwoven storylines. Few states have the time depth and cultural breadth of New Mexico. Most people are taught that America’s colonial history began with the settlement of Jamestown, or when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The History Museum provides another point of view, framing the story of America within a broader cultural perspective that recognizes contributions by Spanish, Mexican, Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache peoples. Augmenting the museum’s 3½ levels of artifacts, photos, paintings, maps and more are vibrant lectures, hands-on workshops and performances that complement the museum experience. In this museum, visitors become players in a “theater” of understanding – giving them an enhanced connection to stories that resonate with humanity, passion, and relevance. Simply put, this museum is changing the way that Americans think about their national history. http://nmhistorymuseum.org

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Selections from the 20th Century Collection @ New Mexico Musuem of Art

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Jun 25 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Selections from the 20th Century Collection is a show that features not only the greatest works but ‘other’ great works that haven’t been show for some time. After more than a century of collecting, the New Mexico Museum of Art has become home to some of the finest examples of Southwestern Art by the regions most beloved artists. On the second floor of the Museum’s historic building, find treasured classics and new surprises in our permanent installation of twentieth-century art. Featuring work by members of the Taos Society of Artists, members of the Santa Fe art colony, prominent modernists, and many others, this installation is a survey of the creative environment fostered in New Mexico over that past century.

Hours

May through October

Saturday-Thursday: 10AM – 5 PM Friday: 10 AM – 7 PM

November through April

Monday: Closed Tuesday- Sunday: 10 AM – 5 PM *Open from 5-7PM on the first Friday of each month

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W. Palace Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87505

The New Mexico Museum of Art is a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.

The Museum of Art is one of four state museums in Santa Fe, eight historic sites statewide, and the Office of Archaeological Studies that comprises the Museum of New Mexico System.

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation raises funds for Museum of Art exhibitions and educational programs.

When the New Mexico Museum of Art opened in 1917 it was the first building in the state dedicated to art. Its galleries, reception areas and St. Francis auditorium were made by the people of New Mexico for the promotion of the state’s rich culture to visitors and locals alike. The architects Isaac Hamilton and William Morris Rapp designed the building as an enlarged and modified version of the building they made for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. The style of the building, called Pueblo Revival, uses modern contruction materials made to look like the historic adobe churches found throughout the state’s Pueblos. Throughout its century long history, the museum has grown and redefined itself to adapt to changes in art and museum practices. The current name, The New Mexico Museum of Art, was adopted in 2007 to reflect the breadth of New Mexico art. Its previous name, “The Museum of Fine Arts” had been adopted in 1962.

Mission: Why We Exist

Art is for everyone. We create authentic experiences that foster a deeper understanding and enjoyment of art throughout the State. We work with art and artists to explore the human experience, new ideas, and diverse cultures.

Vision: The Impact We Strive to Have The New Mexico Museum of Art is a catalyst and showcase for creativity and the enjoyment of art. Artists, learners and community members are empowered to think critically and see a multiplicity of meanings. We bring the art of the world to New Mexico and the art of New Mexico to the world.

Mandate: What We Do

Builds and preserves an ambitious collection of significant art works relevant to New Mexico’s communities and in keeping with Santa Fe’s stature as an international art center
Presents art that represents the full scope of artistic practice, media and time periods
Connects with artists working and living in the region; and fosters relationships with the broader creative community
Engages the communities in its city, region and state and enhances their quality of life of through lifelong learning and educational opportunities
Contributes to the long-term growth of New Mexico and Santa Fe by fostering economic development, supporting education and enhancing the quality of life of its residents, and by connecting with tourism initiatives

Values: Core Pillars That Guide What We Do

Welcoming – We believe museums are places for inspiration and enjoyment, a social place that serves a broad audience and actively empowers all visitors to engage with art and cultural experiences on their own terms.
Inclusive – We believe that art is for everyone. We will reach out to diverse communities in Santa Fe and New Mexico and present art forms across media, time periods and cultural communities.
Inspiring – We will draw upon our innovative origins, and use that spirit of adventure and originality to become a leader in Santa Fe’s evolution as a center for the understanding, enjoyment, research into and appreciation of art.
Responsible – Our building and collections are important parts of the cultural heritage of the State of New Mexico. We are committed to caring for the museum collection and historic building in alignment with best practices, to ensure their safe keeping for current and future generations.
Ambitious – we aim to secure resources to meet the ambitions of our mission and vision, and to provide the highest quality experience possible for all of our visitors.

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Sky Railway Rides Again @ Santa Fe Depot

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Jun 25 @ 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

On December 3, right here in New Mexico the Sky between Santa Fe and Lamy opens back up because Sky Railway Rides Again through the New Mexico desert.

Famed author, George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones) has renovated and give life to the old train.

Here’s details from the man himself:

Read all about it on my Not a Blog, it’s going to be good fun for all!

https://georgerrmartin.com/…/2021/11/20/opening-the-sky/

On December 3, right here in New Mexico, we will be opening the Sky between

Santa Fe and Lamy. Sky Railway, to be precise.

That’s the new name of the old Santa Fe Southern, the historic short-haul railroad originally build by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe back in the nineteenth century.

Largely moribund since 2012, the railway was acquired in 2020 by a group that included me, Bill Banowsky (founder of Magnolia Films and Violet Crown Cinemas), bestselling mystery author Douglas Preston, and five other prominent Santa Feans (Margaritas may have had something to do with our decision).

We’ve been busy ever since restoring and refurbishing the cars, repairing the tracks and tressels, replacing old seats, fixing broken windows, even installing a new engine into one of our old locomotives.

All of which took longer and cost more than we had originally anticipated… but hey, that’s pretty much always the case.

(I almost titled this post “I’ve been working on the railroad,” but my readers would have taken that the wrong way… and, anyway, it isn’t true. I am one of the owners.

Mostly what I have been doing is throwing out ideas and writing checks. Sky’s employees, an energetic and enthusiastic crew, have been doing the work, all those things I mentioned up above and lots more besides.

I have not driven a single spike, laid a single rail, reupholstered a seat, crawled under a coach to check the wheels, and I won’t be selling tickets or driving the trains either… though I do reserve the right to blow the whistle now and again. Nor have I been in the kitchen with Dinah. I have working, yes, yes… but not on the railroad.

I have been writing WINDS OF WINTER, editing three new Wild Cards books, sitting down with some amazing screenwriters and showrunners to create three hundred and seventeen new GAME OF THRONES successor shows for HBO and HBO Max, and serving as executive producer on various other television and film projects in various stages of development, including DARK WINDS for AMC, JOKERTOWN for Peacock, ROADMARKS and WHO FEARS DEATH for HBO.

Oh, and I was the executive producer on our (recently wrapped) short film of Howard Waldrop’s NIGHT OF THE COOTERS. So I have been working. Maybe too bloody hard, but that’s another tale for another blog post… though these days even finding the time to blog is hard).

But I digress. Let us get… ahem… back on track.

Santa Fe is the City Different, and we wanted Sky, the reborn Santa Fe Southern, to be the Railway Different. We had two big old diesel locomotives, so right off we decided we would run two trains: the Wolf and the Dragon.

And to paint them, and give each its own character and a look unlike any other train in the country, we hired Santa Fe’s own JORAEL NUMINA, an amazingly gifted muralist and graffiti artist.

You can check out Joerael’s own website at https://www.joerael.com/ He’s been climbing all over our trains for the best part of the last year, and we think he’s produced something extraordinary.**

Sky Railway Rides Again for more info please Visit HERE

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Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then & Now @ New Mexico History Museum

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Jun 25 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then & Now sweeps across more than 500 years of history—from the state’s earliest inhabitants to the residents of today. Stories are told through artifacts, videos, photographs, computer interactives, and oral histories that underscore the state’s cultural diversity and provide context for the museum’s ever-changing array of temporary exhibitions. Together, these stories breathe life into the people who made the American West: Native Americans, Spanish colonists, Mexican citizens, Santa Fe Trail riders, fur trappers, outlaws, Buffalo Soldiers, railroad workers, miners, scientists, hippies, artists, and photographers. Highlights of the exhibition include Native American pottery, baskets, and jewelry from pre-European contact; a halberd from about 1600 used by Spanish conquistadores in their conquest of Indigenous peoples; an illustrated map of New Mexico from 1758 by the cartographer Bernardo Miera y Pacheco; a stagecoach, portraits, and personal possessions of settlers who traveled the Santa Fe Trail; and the death mask of Francisco “Pancho” Villa (1878–1923), the Mexican general who led a raid on Columbus, New Mexico in 1916. For More on Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then & Now Info click Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our Mission

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation supports the Museum of New Mexico system, in collaboration with the Museum of New Mexico Board of Regents and the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. The Foundation’s principal activities are fund development for exhibitions and education programs, retail and licensing programs, financial management, advocacy and special initiatives. The Foundation serves these New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs institutions:

Our History

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation was founded in 1962 by Thomas B. Catron III as a vehicle for providing private support for the four state museums in Santa Fe. The establishment of the private, nonprofit Foundation launched a robust private-public partnership between the Foundation and the State of New Mexico that continues today. While the State of New Mexico funds building operations and staff salaries, “The Foundation provides a way for private funds to be directed to three vital areas of cultural support: education, collections and exhibitions,” says Catron. The Foundation’s mission has expanded beyond the four state museums in Santa Fe to include support eight historic sites statewide and the Office of Archaeological Studies. Today, thousands of generous members and donors contribute to all of our cultural institutions through membership, designated gifts and more. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised more than $90 million in total giving from 25,000 donors and more than 15,000 members. Our role and impact in supporting one of the country’s largest state-run museum systems remains vital to the advancement of the art, history and culture of New Mexico and the world.

Our Milestones

1962: Santa Fe attorney Thomas B. Catron III is tapped to lead the establishment of a private, nonprofit organization to raise funds for the state museum system 1963: Catron begins a 25-year run as board chair as the Foundation records its first donation of $251.30 1964: Foundation membership program launches with $10 annual fee 1966: Foundation’s opens first Museum Shop in Museum of Fine Arts basement 1971: Foundation assets reach $220,500 1972: Foundation establishes permanent offices in the historic downtown Hewett House 1973: Sales at downtown Museum Shops, including at the Palace of the Governors, reach $122,926 1974: Foundation membership tops 760 1976: Foundation assets reach $650,000 1981: Foundation hires its first development officer 1983: Foundation assets reach $2.1 million 1984: Foundation membership tops 2,000 1986: Foundation hires first executive director to oversee 16 paid employees. 1987: The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture opens with a Foundation museum shop inside. 1988: Foundation helps the Friends of the Palace purchase the historic Segesser Hide paintings for the Palace of the Governors. 1989: Foundation funds the “Museum Express,” a traveling exhibition mini-van. 1995: Foundation receives its first major bequest, a $2 million gift from the estate of Santa Fe fiber artist Maggy Ryan. 1997: Foundation membership tops 6,000. 1998: Foundation launches Licensing and Product Development program 2000: Foundation establishes permanent endowment funds of $250,000 each for the four Museum of New Mexico museums 2001: Foundation establishes planned giving program 2002: Foundation assumes operations for Museum Hill Café 2003: Foundation creates the Thomas B. Catron III Endowment fund 2008: Foundation raises $13.5 million for Shape the Future Campaign to build the New Mexico History Museum 2016: Foundation launches Centennial Campaign for New Mexico Museum of Art; receives largest cash gift in its history of $4 million to build Vladem Contemporary 2017: Foundation gifts Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1931 painting Desert Abstraction (Bear lake) to the New Mexico Museum of Art on the occasion of its 100-year anniversary 2018: Foundation’s five Museum Shops generate record $3.3 million in sales 2018-19: Foundation marks $9.9 million in earned and contributed revenues in third record-breaking fundraising year 2019: Foundation launches the $10 million Campaign for New Mexico History, its first-ever statewide campaign 2019: Foundation moves to the Shonnard Campus at 1411 Paseo de Peralta 2020: Foundation manages 31 endowments valued at more than $23 million

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