Taos On The Cheap

8-17 year olds can have a free flight through the Young Eagles program, which aims to encourage an interest in aviation in kids. Volunteer pilots take youngsters up for a 15-20 minute flight, leading them first on a preflight inspection of the plane, and teaching them about the instrument panel, aeronautical charts, and how to […]

Ogelvies Taos Grill and Bar, right on the plaza with a balcony overlooking the deeds and doings of downtown Taos, raises a Happy Hour glass 5:00 – 7:00 pm weekdays, with well drinks and draft beers at $2.50, house wine $3, and discounted appetizers.    PLUS (for a few weeks only) Ogelvies’ Spring Bailout Specials on dinner entrées […]

Get a third night free when you book two regular rate midweek nights at the historic Touchstone Inn, an adobe B&B set in a secluded estate by Taos Pueblo lands.  The  Touchstone Inn features southwestern art and decor, including work by artist-owner Bren Price, plus patios, sauna, an outdoor hot tub with views of Taos Mountain, […]

$3 off Mother’s Day flowers from The Enchanted Florist, for arrangements costing $30 or more. That’s a 10% discount, so you can add a few more flowers to make mom even happier, right? Mother’s Day is May 10, 2009, so get your discount coupon fast at the Taos News – see ‘Taos Economic Stimulus E-Coupons’ […]

The free 7th Annual Folk Life Festival at the Millicent Rogers Museum is from noon to 4:00 pm on May 16, 2009, featuring tri-cultural music and dance, artist demonstrations, art activities, and face painting (The face painting is presumably for the kids, but hey, it’s Taos. Whatever takes your fancy.)

Meet author and activist Mark Rudd, who’ll discuss and sign copies of his new memoir Underground: My Life With SDS and the Weathermen on Saturday May 2, from 4:00-6:00 pm, at the Brodsky Bookshop. (Straight afterwards, Rudd speaks at a World Peace Week gathering at the Taos Artist Co-op next door to Brodsky Bookshop.) A […]