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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…

Free Home & Garden Expo

April 4, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Free admission for nesty types (it’s spring, who isn’t nesty?) at Taos Home & Garden Expo.  Green Building and Sustainable Living, Interiors/Furnishing, Real Estate, Financing, Construction, Landscaping. If it’s about the home, they say it’s here. At Civic Plaza Drive, Rio Grande & Bataan Halls.

Free Meet Artist Larry Bell

Saturday April 4 at 3:00 pm at the TCA Encore Gallery, meet artist Larry Bell, discussing his work and processes. Bell’s work has been shown internationally through his 50 year career, and his exhibit The Last Woman is displayed (free) at the TCA Encore Gallery through April 19, 2009.  Free talk, but donations are welcome.

Spring Fling Bling Giveaway

Win Two Grand’s worth of goodies in the free-to-enter Spring Fling Bling Thing Giveaway run by KTAO and LUNA radio stations and FIVE Magazine.  How to enter: Pick up a FREE copy of the current issue 32 of FIVE magazine – it’s all over town, can’t miss it. Fill in the entry form, give it […]

Free Fiber Arts Reception

Free opening reception Friday April 3, 5:00 – 7:00 pm for Beyond the Fringe: A Fiber Art Exhibit, at the TCA Stables Gallery. Thirteen artists present multidimensional works in weaving, emboidery, knit, crochet, quilting etc.  Show continues to April 7.