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Free Meet the Authors at Moby Dickens

Meet author Allegra Huston on Saturday April 25 2009, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at Moby Dickens book store. Huston’s new memoir Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found explores her family relationships with film director John Huston, British historian John Julius Norwich, and actor Anjelica Huston. (The April issue of Vogue featured […]

Free Old Spanish Trail Talk Series

Hear tales of adventure on the Old Spanish Trail at Taos Public Library, now through the end of May 2009.  All free talks are at 10:15 – 11:15 am on Saturdays. April 25 – Comanchero Traders, with Jerry A. Padilla May 2 – Trail Books & the DVD, with Ron Reinikainen May 9 – Remembering the Memory, with […]

Free Artist Reception

Open House Reception at The Taos Gallery, 5:00 – 7:00 pm on Friday April 17, 2009.  ‘Melting Pot – An Exhibition of Expression and Letting Go’ features new works from a trio of diverse artists:  ceramic sculptures by Steve Gootgeld, and paintings by Bill Hudson and Kristin Jones. Show continues through April. Free reception at […]

Free Santa Fe Opera Concert

Santa Fe Opera’s annual Spring Opera Tour presents a free concert at the Taos Community Auditorium, 6:00 – 8:00 pm on April 19, 2009. Performers are soprano Ashley Logan, tenor Jon-Michael Ball, baritone Michael Nyby, and pianist/music director Kirt Pavitt. The  free TCA concert includes an adaptation of The Elixir of Love, plus popular arias […]

Free Taos Pond Skimming Championship

A fun free event this Sun April 5, 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm, as Taos Ski Valley celebrates end of ski season with the Bud Light Pond Skimming Championships. Watch brave (bonkers?) skiers and snowboarders zip down the mountain and try to skim across the 80 foot pond without taking an icy dip. There’s points […]

Free Meet Artist Carlos Rael

Meet Carlos Rael, retablos and bultos artist, on Saturday April 4 from noon to 2:00 pm at the Harwood Museum Shop, discussing his work as part of a Shop and Learn Trunk Show. Rael’s work will be on show throughout April 2009.  Free, although nobody can blame you if you shop a little…