May 17 Friday
Water Strider Dance Group (Zuni Pueblo) will be dancing.
Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance with our Cultural Dance Program. Dances connect us to our ancestors, community, and traditions while honoring gifts from our Creator.
They ensure that life continues and connections to the past and future are reinforced. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is the only place in North America to offer cultural Native American dances every week, year-round.
Free for museum members, or with admission.
Dance groups and times subject to change.
May 18 Saturday
"Tips by Text", a free innovative kindergarten readiness text message program for parents and caregivers of 4 -year-olds, is being launched throughout many New Mexico school districts this fall.
Caregivers who enroll in "Tips by Text" will not only receive a free $25 merchandise card, but they’ll be signed up to receive informative and fun text messages offering tips on how to support their child's development. Families are eligible to participate if their child was born on or before September 1, 2019, and has not yet started kindergarten. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the US Department of Education, this program serves families in over eighty-two New Mexico school districts including Dulce, Taos, Española and Pecos school districts.
Parents and caregivers may determine eligibility and sign up by visiting the website: tipsbytextnm.org or by calling Rebecca Kilburn at: 505-910-4862
This interactive exhibition celebrates the central role that Pueblo Baseball has played and continues to play in many community members’ lives at the 19 Pueblos. It tells stories of Pueblo Baseball in looking at the past, present, and future through interviews, photographs, videos, and memorabilia. Critical skills in athletics, judgment, adaptation, and perception as pitchers, batters, runners, catchers, and umpires are passed down through the generations. Pueblo Baseball games carry on a legacy more than 100+ years old with male team members from 15-55 years old playing together at once.
In creating a space for Pueblo communities to be in dialogue with each other about this century-old tradition, the exhibition serves as an introduction to the ways that Pueblo Baseball shapes Pueblo identities and reflects Pueblo value systems to all audiences. A Community Scrapbook Board will facilitate a space where Pueblo community members can contribute their stories and photographs. During the run of the exhibition, the IPCC will be offering a Baseball Card making activity to school groups. The IPCC team will also be coordinating a panel discussion program with Pueblo Baseball players.
The IPCC Education Team will be hosting a free online Professional Development session from 9 AM to 12 PM MT on the Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum (IWC) through the Zoom platform. This Pueblo-based curriculum aims to strengthen the identity of Native American children in New Mexico by providing comprehensive K-12 unit plans for educators on the complex political, social, cultural, and economic history of the Pueblo nations of New Mexico. We would love for you to join us to learn about the Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum and how-to implement a unit plan inside your classroom. This virtual session will include an overview of the curriculum, presentations on two recently created unit plans, and opportunities to speak with the IW Lead Team on how to implement and/or modify lesson plans for your own students or to a different grade level. Join us for this session to learn more about the Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum, have engaging conversations, and win amazing prizes you won’t want to miss!
Use the link on IPCC's event page to register.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Brianna Fragua at BFragua@indianpueblo.org. If you know of any educators who may be interested in attending, please share this announcement!
In a new partnership with the Martha Liebert Public Library in Bernalillo, NM, Coronado Historic Site is offering a new “Ranger Read and Learn” program. This monthly program is free and open to families of all ages. A historic site ranger will read a story and offer related conversation and activities.
April’s book is “Kid Scientist: Archaeologists on a Dig.” Families will learn about archaeology and visit the Archaeology Petting Zoo presented by the Office of Archaeological Studies.
May's book is “Corn Maiz,” which will be read in both English and Spanish! What kinds of plants did people used to grow in New Mexico hundreds of years ago? Explore what plants the people who lived at Kuaua and Jemez Pueblo long ago grew in their gardens. Plant a seed of your very own to grow at home.
June's book is "Coyote and the Sky." We'll talk about the stars and night sky, and participants will create a constellation to take home.
This new partnership offers an opportunity for Coronado Historic Site to share history and natural history related to the site with surrounding community members.
The New Mexico Watercolor Society hosts its 2024 Annual Spring Exhibition May 4-25 at the Expo-NM Fine Arts Gallery in Albuquerque. Soak up a splash of springtime with dozens of water media artists from throughout the state (and beyond). Both standard-sized and small works will be featured. All paintings are available for purchase. Hours are 10am-4pm Thu-Sun (closed Mon-Wed). Opening Reception and Award Ceremony is Saturday, May 4, 1-4pm. Admission is free. An Expo-NM parking fee may apply. More info at nmwatercolorsociety.org.
The Santa Fe Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will hold an open house on May 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Santa Fe Community College. The event will feature aircraft flight simulators you can fly, drone and model rocketry displays, as well as information on our youth program for teens 12-18, adult volunteer opportunities, and search and rescue operations. See santafe.cap.gov or call 813-892-9017.
In a partnership with the Martha Liebert Public Library in Bernalillo, NM, Coronado Historic Site is offering a new “Ranger Read and Learn” program. This monthly program is free and open to families of all ages. A historic site ranger will read a story and offer related conversation and activities. Listen to a bilingual story about maíz, or corn, at 10:30 a.m. Kids will learn about the types of plants the people who lived at Kuaua and Jemez Pueblos grew in their gardens and then plant seeds to take and grow at home.
Explore the artwork and handicrafts of local vendors in art studios across town, and enjoy food and live music at El Rito's local Northern New Mexico college campus.
At our Spring Arts Festival, you are invited to visit the homes, studios, and private galleries of traditional and contemporary artists living and working in El Rito. See weavings from students of Northern New Mexico College. Enjoy food and live music by SANJI at the Mercado where another 30 artisan vendors will be selling. The 36th Annual Spring Art Festival and Studio Tour, Saturday and Sunday, May 18th and 19 from 10 to 5. Visit elritoartassociation.org for more information.
A Farmers' Market with Food, Art, Music. For the Community, by the Community. Open 10am-2pm Sundays May-Oct
We are a non-profit run growers' market, originally established in 2014 by volunteers and neighborhood residents, celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture. We are much more than your typical farmer's or grower's market; every Sunday you can peruse 100's of New Mexico's finest food, farm, artisan, and healing vendors, hear live musicians, and come away enriched from our educational and demonstration zones for kids and adults! All this is located at The Yards in the historic Barelas neighborhood in the heart of our City!