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LEGO® CREATIONS COMPETITION @ Home Project

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May 6 all-day

Northern New Mexico LEGO BUILDERS, Show us your skills for our Lego Creations Competition by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association and Del Norte Credit Union are holding their annual LEGO® CREATIONS COMPETITION – online for the second year in a row. This 2021 Lego® Creations Contest is open to kids living in the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association service territory which includes Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Taos, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Mora, and Colfax counties.

Winners will be chosen from two categories [age 0-8] & [ages 9-12] and this year we will again award a Grand LEGO® Hacienda winner. \

Contestants are eligible to win: LEGO® CLASSIC 484pc. and other Lego Builder sets, Meow Wolf prizes, Santa Fe Children’s Museum activity kits, Somos Unidos (NM United) team prizes, and more!

Submissions for LEGO® CREATIONS COMPETITION can be submitted via the Del Norte Credit Union “SignUP Genius” or on this Facebook event page, and must be received by Sunday night, May 2, 2021.

Legos Building Contest!

We offer a fun contest for families living in northern New Mexico.

Santa Fe Home Builders Assocation (SFAHBA) and Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU) present again this year the Lego Creation Contest for children and young people through the internet and social networks.

We want to inspire and encourage the creativity of the next generation of bricklayers and artisans.

Each contestant in the competition will receive a package with prizes. We thank our sponsors: MEOW WOLF, Somos Unidos Foundation (NM United), and the Santa Fe Children’s Museum.

The first nine winners will take home 484 LEGO © CLASSIC pieces.

The competition is open to girls and boys and young people up to 12 years old who live in the counties of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Taos, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Mora and Colfax.

* Children and youth are not required to use Legos to enter the competition.

Other construction materials can be used (eg blocks, rocks, sticks, recycled materials, homemade adobe, etc.).

Participants are invited and invited to upload photos of their creations by DNCU SignUp Genius and directly on the event page on Facebook. Announcements of the awards and first prizes will be distributed during a ceremony on May 15 in the parking lot of the SFAHBA offices in a safe manner using gloves, masks, and strict sanitizing routines.

Prizes will be mailed to top prize winners and winners who are unable to travel to Santa Fe.

How does it work?

1) Pull out that tub of Legos (you may also choose to use other types of building materials, such as blocks, cardboard & glue, recycled materials, etc. all are acceptable)

2) Build YOUR CREATION! (One entry per child)

3) Snap up to six photos of your LEGO creation. (You may also upload a short 1 minute VIDEO Tour of your project to this event page.

4) Share the photo of your creation with us in one of two ways: post on this Facebook event page, or us the Sign-Up Genius to receive email upload instructions by May 2, 2021.

*** Narrated video tours of your creation of 1 minute or less can only be uploaded to this Facebook Event Page.

5) Entries must include the 1st name & age of the builder, plus an email, phone #, or other way to contact the parent or guardian.

6) Our panel of expert judges will select the winners which will be announced on Facebook LIVE and at the SFAHBA Builders’ Rendezvous at NOON on May 15, 2021.

We will share photos of your creations on Facebook and Instagram.

We’re looking forward to seeing your fantastic creations!

More Info at: Here

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Santa Fe VIP Tours App @ Santa Fe, Espanola, Los Alamos

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May 6 all-day

The Santa Fe VIP Tours App wants you to imagine having your own personal tour guide throughout Santa Fe. Telling you the important historic places to go and the best to see and eat in Santa Fe all through your mobile phone. The Santa Fe VIP Tour App which is available for download on your app store. Search “Santa Fe VIP Tours App”. Now imagine playing a fun game like Pokemon Go and instead of just racking up points for nothing, our points earn you great discounts or free things from some of our most favorite restaurants and businesses around town. Download the VIP Tours App- for your personal butler and tour guide for the best Santa Fe has to offer. The app features personalized historic tours and explore all the supreme sites at your convenience. Spend as much time as you want exploring the historic site or the surrounding neighborhood without the hindrance of a tour guide on a set schedule. Using the app on your smartphone, select a desired site and GPS yourself to the historic site that peaks your interest. At the location, listen or read the informational story and view historic photos related to the site. The App gets you outside for some exercise to explore and experience the history of Santa Fe in a fun and modern way with your family and friends. You can also take advantage of some great deals we have with local businesses and restaurants throughout the City of Santa Fe. What’s great about the app, is that you have all the information in your hands when you want it and need. You can keep the tour on your phone as a reminder of your visit and/or simply delete when finished. Our new gaming feature allows for the user to collect points by “checking in’ at location, playing the audio and sharing to social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Collected points will then allow users to collect or open coupons for local businesses in town based on the “discount or coupon value”. The better the value the higher the points needed. Users can also purchase points to access the better discounts or coupons. Each stop your sponsor we will use your logo as the “key” to collect when users get to each destination. Download our App Today: Iphone: https://appsto.re/us/6MeQib.i Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.thesantafevip.tours&hl=en Advertising please call 505-577-6969 Your ad should contain a coupon to encourage a guest to frequent your establishment with a discount or a beautiful high resolution image for your ad sponsorship. We offer assistance with images. Images and logos are needed, immediately. Victor Romero 505-577-6969 viptoursinc@gmail.com

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José Guadalupe Posada Show @ Albuquerque Museum

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May 6 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

The José Guadalupe Posada Show celebrates one of Mexico’s most sought after artists was a printmaker, a common man who died a pauper, his body interred in an unmarked grave. Yet, José Guadalupe Posada Show has reached his countrymen through perhaps more than 20,000 images documenting nearly every aspect of life. Posada’s satirical skeletons, or calaveras, have become the most iconic and celebrated of his work. The exhibition recognizes Posada’s cultural contributions, which reflect the spirit of Mexican identity in his time and imparts a universal perspective extending well beyond the borders of his native Mexico. As Mexico modernized in the late 19th century, its capital bustled with published materials to satisfy the growing metropolis and its budding middle class, intelligentsias, and thousands of new residents relocating from the countryside. Employed by the visionary publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Posada created expressive images reflecting and informing the transitioning culture of Mexico City’s residents. “Posada engaged with the visual language of the time,” says Curator of Art Josie Lopez, Ph.D. “Modernism was developing. Mexico City was becoming cosmopolitan, on par with Paris and London.” Posada’s art lampooned: politicians, recorded vivid images of the Mexican Revolution, inspired Mexico’s famed Taller Grafica Popular to use art for social causes, helped the Cuban Revolution succeed, adorned concert tickets for the Grateful Dead, and today leaps to life annually as the skeletal images seen during Day of the Dead, so popular now there is even a Disney and Pixar film, Coco, that celebrates the holiday. Yet Posada’s influence is rarely associated with his name, his true story virtually unknown. In addition to José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico, Albuquerque Museum will present two other exhibitions this Winter that further the artistic narrative of Mexico: Luís Jiménez: Motion and Emotion (which opens January 16, 2021) and Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism (which opens February 6, 2021). Together, they provide an opportunity to explore how Mexican art responded to and shaped the political and creative identity of Mexico. Each of these exhibitions include works by contemporary artists from the United States and Mexico such as Luís Jiménez, Esther Hernandez, and others who were looking to Posada and the Mexican modernists as groundbreaking examples who reshaped art and culture in a particular time and place.

José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, February 2, 1852, he died in Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 1913.   José Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican artist who lived over one hundred years ago.

He worked as a lithographer, engraver and cartoonist or what might be termed a caricaturist because he made drawings that were later photographed for publications such as “Argos”, “Gil Blas’ or the “Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano” (Reference: Bonilla, personal communication).

He worked at a time when photo-mechanical technology was in its infancy but growing is use. Earlier in his career his images were mainly lithographs and engravings.

Posada’s images are among the most widely seen and his legacy perhaps the most influential of all Mexican artists yet his name has yet to achieve the level of recognition as that of artists such as: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo or Rufino Tamayo.

  Various aspects of Posada’s story are contained in the digital format of this website including some of the latest historical research about Posada.

His art as contained in our collection, exhibitions, relevant links, documentary film information and merchandise.

From Posada’s famed Day of the Dead images, Chicano Art (Latinx Art), the Grateful Dead and social movement imagery, José Guadalupe Posada inspiring spirit is ever present.

Thanks to many fine scholars, as we learn more about Posada we revise and update what we learn and piece by piece a more complete story of his life emerges. For example, the original Monografía. Las obras de José Guadalupe Posada.

Grabador mexicano, published in 1930, among other errors, shows his birth year as 1851.

This date is still sometimes repeated in subsequent publications but, thanks to research efforts of Alejandro Topete del Valle, Posada’s birth year has been established as 1852 and also to his credit is much more detail about Posada’s family and early life in Aguascalientes. for more information please visit: https://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/albuquerque-museum/exhibitions/posada

José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

Coming to Albuquerque Museum December 2020. This exhibition recognizes Posada’s cultural contributions, which reflect the spirit of Mexican identity in his time and ours and imparts a universal perspective extending well beyond the borders of his native Mexico

On View December 19, 2020–May 23, 2021

2000 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104

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Puzzah! Escape Rooms @ Puzzah! Escape Rooms

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May 6 @ 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Where else in Santa Fe can you search and find a medieval knight that haunts a pizza parlor or answer the call to be part of an elite crime-fighting team fighting acts of cyberterrorism and if that wasn’t enough how being abducted by aliens and fight you way back to earth? Head over to the Railyard and you will find out that you can do all this in one spot inside with Puzzah! Interactive Puzzle Rooms (sandwiched between REI and Violet Crown).

Putting the clues together with a little help from friends

Puzzah! Is an interactive puzzle room that is sure to twist the minds of all those that dare to escape these fun-filled, yet challenging quests rooms before time is up or face a fate worse than death (not really but it sounds good)! Over the Christmas holiday, I had my best friend in from out of town and needed something fun to break the ice with newest member to our family, his lovely girlfriend. (We will not use names to protect the innocent, ok, these two aren’t innocent but you know what I mean). Immediately I thought “there’s nothing better for this situation like an escape room”. I called up Danielle and she set me up with Ryan who booked us for 2 rooms to experience. We broke up the two experiences with a break in between, which I highly recommend, as our attitudes, especially towards each other, seemed to have a slight slant after the first experiences. Right off the bat, there’s nothing like being locked in a small room with family and friends to see whom will either pull it together or untangle at the seams.

My experience was both. Some of my friends/family who I didn’t expect to contribute, pretty much solved or lead us to the answers while those I thought would get us out in 20 minutes struggled. I found this to be the best part of the entire experience. I saw people I love under pressure and let’s just say, I don’t want to be with some as much as others when the ship goes down. Ha! The Puzzah puzzle rooms are fun, dynamic, CHALLENGING, high tech and sometimes a bit tricky but so worth the experience and the lasting memories you will create with your family, friends, co-workers and heck try some strangers too. The 3 puzzle rooms will put your mind to the test. There are 3 different missions to choose from like:

Specimen: this room has you abducted by aliens, lost in space and you need to figure your way back to earth. Knight Shade: Put your ghost hunting skills to the test as you decide to go and see if the story is true about a medieval knight whose spirit haunts our favorite place for pizza, Sir Pizza Lot. Can you shed some light on the Knight Shade before time runs out? INTERCEPT: Cyberterrorism is threatening Santa Fe and you and your elite crime fighting team called M.A.S.K. has formed to respond to the INTERCEPT threat. Your skills are needed to infiltrate enemy bases and defeat hostile agents. Can your team survive and stop the cyberterrorism before it’s too late? What are you waiting for?

Assemble a team and choose your live adventure. The high-tech missions are super fun, challenging and an unforgettable hands-on experience for everyone! Don’t forget to enjoy their unique experiences in and around Denver, Boulder, and Santa Fe. Inspired by the escape room trend around the world, Puzzah! takes the excitement to the next level. CALL 303-534-5477 or visit them at www.puzzah.com and put a little fun in your heart, smile on your faces and laughter in your soul, these are what memories are made of. A great time had by all. Thanks Puzzah!

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EL FLAMENCO 2021 SEASON

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May 6 @ 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Entreflamenco Company — El Flamenco 2021 Season

El Flamenco 2021 Season is BACK for yet another culturally colorful year. Covid Safety is Enforced and we couldn’t be more excited to see a little bit of life coming back to the city different, especially the performing arts. Dinners and Show reservations are available on their website here: ElFlamenco/Entreflamenco. El Flamenco 2021 Season is sure to set the night on fire! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

25 MAR.		Spring Season 2021 vie., 12 de mar. – sáb., 19 de jun., 2021 135 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe NM 87501

2 JUL.		Summer Season 2021 vie., 2 de jul. – dom., 5 de sep., 2021 135 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe NM 87507

26 JUL.		Annual Workshop 2021 lun., 26 de jul. – sáb., 31 de jul., 2021

15 SEP.		Fall Season 2021 mié., 15 de sep. – dom., 10 de oct., 2021 135 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501

DIC.

Christmas Season 2021

vie., 10 de dic., 2021 – sáb., 1 de ene., 2022

135 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe 87501

TICKET PRICES Section 1 $40/seat, Section 2 $32/seat, Section 2 (Bartop) $32/seat, Section 3 (Barstools) $25/seat

FOR TICKET PACKAGES THAT INCLUDES DINNER AND SHOW FROM $43 PLEASE CALL 505-209-1302

DISCOUNTS FOR CHILDREN (12 and under) Each child must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. Daily: $25 tickets in all zones. Call for reservations

Entreflamenco is a nonprofit organization with 501c3 charity status with cultural and educational purpose. The dance company was created and founded by Antonio Granjero in 1998 in Madrid, Spain, the company traveled throughout the Iberian peninsula being presented in places such as the Palau de la Musica de Barcelona, Festival de Verano de la Communidad de Madrid and Ciclos Culturales de Alcala de Henares (Madrid). Later, the company has traveled throughout the United States and Central America performing in Houston Hobby Center (Houston, TX), Charline McCombs Empire Theatre (San Antonio, TX), Festival Flamenco de Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA) and Teatro National de Panama (Panama City, Panama)

The company debuted FLAMENCO PARA 4 ESTACIONES in the Sterling Houston Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. This production was recognized by the San Antonio Express News as the “The Best of Dance of 2009.” This production also was presented in association with the Pan American Dance Institute and New Mexico State University Dance Program at the Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Director Granjero was awarded a Choreography grant by the Artist Foundation of San Antonio for his excellence and for 2011 DEL SUR production. DEL SUR premiered in the Entreflamenco Dance Space in April 2011 in San Antonio with following performances throughout Texas and New Mexico. This production also received support from the Consulate General of Spain in Houston, Texas. Later during the same year Granjero’s first Santa Fe production season was presented by the Maria Benitez Institute of Spanish Arts and The Lodge at Santa Fe with the show FLAMENC@s.

In 2012, Entreflamenco was recognized for the second year consecutively by the Artist Foundation of San Antonio with a Choreography grant for the production AIRE. This award winning production sold out performances in San Antonio, Houston, Atlanta and New Orleans.

Granjero and Entreflamenco were presented in a second fall season of shows by the Institute of Spanish Arts and The Lodge at Santa Fe with the mentioned show.

In 2013 the company was the featured act at the Texas Food & Wine Summit in Buffalo Gap, TX, the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, WY, the Uvalde Opera House in Uvalde, TX and their annual fall season of shows in San Antonio, TX and in Santa Fe, NM.

Antonio Granjero & EntreFlamenco began serving Santa Fe in 2011 with a fall season of shows and later was named the residence company to the Maria Benitez Cabaret at The Lodge at Santa Fe in 2014. Entreflamenco performed as the highlighted entertainment for The City of Santa Fe’s Mayor’s Benefit Gala where they helped Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico raise $350,000.00.

Since that time the company has evolved, presenting nearly 90 performances annually.

Entreflamenco celebrated a partnership which was in part funded by the Texas Commission on the Arts with the Chinati Foundation where they presented performances at the Crowley Theatre in addition to working with the Marfa Independent School District where they served children’s summer programming Spanish Culture Immersion Program various years. They have been featured at the Gran Junction Symphony Series at the Avalon Theatre.

In 2017, they were recognized as one of the Mayor’s Arts Award to the City of Santa Fe along with other figures and entities such as George RR Martin and the Georgia O’ Keefe Museum.

In 2018, they headlined the Festival Flamenco de Montreal in Canada where they received raving reviews from acclaimed French dancer Agathe Beaudoin “ Exito absolute…”

Entreflamenco has toured in 2019 in between performance seasons in Philadelphia, Texas and Mexico, where they partnered with the Latin Ballet of Virginia and the City of Cozumel to celebrate the 500 years of the Spanish Discovery of San Miguel de Cozumel. Their international profile as dance leaders not only speaks for itself in the flamenco panorama, but also is representative to the State of New Mexico, nationally and abroad.

The impact of their work reaches many individual on multiple levels: economically disadvantaged youths that benefit from the outreach programs, community goers or visitors alike that want to have a cultural enriching experience by visiting NM and attending an Entreflamenco performance, or a flamenco dance student that visits Santa Fe for the annual flamenco workshop to better understand the art form from the hand of dance masters from Spain.

Entreflamenco now operates nearly 100 performances per year at EL FLAMENCO DE SANTA FE with four distinct performance seasons while creating a new generation of youth dancers for the future of flamenco in Santa Fe.

El Flamenco 2021 Season is set to bring life back from Covid~

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Haunted “Spirits” Tour @ Jean Cocteau Cinema

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May 6 @ 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Santa Fe Haunted Spirits Tour is buzzing with hauntingly delicious culinary cocktails while consuming intoxicating ghost stories as we take a walk down the dark and wild side of Santa Fe. Join us as The Santa Fe VIP leads you down the darker side of Santa Fe for 2 hour walk where you will search for the lost souls of early residents, wandering apparitions and other ghosts who have made downtown Santa Fe their eternal home. Learn the history as you hear the chilling stories of actual events. Santa Fe has some of the most active haunted locations in the country. Residents, employees and tourists have all experienced unexplained phenomena. From actual sightings of full apparitions which seem to vanish impossibly into thin air; to disembodied voices heard in empty buildings; even objects moving mysteriously on their own.The historic buildings and dark alleys conceal the long-forgotten secrets of battles, murders, hangings, and hidden cemeteries. Starts at: Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, New Mexico 7-10 PM $60 per person NO Refunds Must be 21+ and you must have your valid I.D.

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LEGO® CREATIONS COMPETITION @ Home Project

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May 7 all-day