Free Dia de los Muertos Art Expo July 10 & 11
Why celebrate Día de los Muertos only once a year when you can celebrate it all year long? That’s the philosophy behind the Arté de Muertos Expo, held four times a year.
If you’re a Day of the Dead aficionado, check out the expo this Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and 11, 2010. Admission and parking are FREE!
The expo features all manner of Day of the Dead folk and fine art, but they have a bunch of other stuff, too, like shadow boxes, jewelry, wood carvings, ceramics, and wind chimes. Artists are from New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Arizona and California, and much of the art is exhibited by the maker, so you can chat directly with the artists as you browse.
The event includes artist demonstrations, music, face painting, tarot readings and paranormal and metaphysical experts on hand to share their knowledge. Ghost story author Antonio R. Garcez will be in attendance to sign books.
The free Arté de Muertos Expo will be held at the new Agave del Sol Event Center on:
- Saturday July 10 from 10 am to 6pm
- Sunday July 11 from 10am to 5pm
Agave del Sol Event Center is located at 7500 Montgomery NE, east of Louisiana.
–Tania
Free Star Wars and Jim Lehrer Events: May 4
Two free (different) events for Star Wars fans or to see news anchor Jim Lehrer discuss his novel set on the Santa Fe Railroad.
Well, this is probably the only time you’ll ever see Jim Lehrer mentioned in the same place as Star Wars…. or maybe you know different?
These two free events at local independent bookstores look great, and they’re both happening on Tueday May 4, 2010.
Celebrate Star Wars with May the Fourth Be With You (ouch!) at Page One Bookstore on May 4 from 3 to 7 pm. The Star Wars fest includes themed goodies, a costume contest, and an art contest. They’ve listed this under the kids’ events, as well as on the home page, although it doesn’t SAY it’s for kids only – and geeks of all ages can save with 20% off Star Wars stuff all day!
Page One is at 11018 Montgomery NE.
Jim Lehrer appears at Bookworks on May 4 at 7 pm, to talk about and sign his new novel Super. Lehrer is news anchor for PBS News Hour, moderator of presidential debates, and this is his twentieth novel – erm, do some people ever SLEEP? Super is set on the Santa Fe Railroad’s Super Chief train, in the tradition of Murder on the Orient Express, although apparently some of the story is based on true events. A Booklist review said “Lehrer is a national treasure, and Super is, well . . . super.”
Bookworks is at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW.
–Tania
Free Dia de los Muertos Art Expo
If you love Day of the Dead art, this is the expo for you.
Why celebrate Día de los Muertos only once a year when you can celebrate it all year long? That’s the philosophy behind the Arté de Muertos Expo, held four times a year.
If you’re a Day of the Dead aficionado, check out the expo this Saturday and Sunday, April 17 and 18, 2010. Admission and parking are FREE!
The expo features all manner of Day of the Dead folk and fine art, but they have a bunch of other stuff, too, like shadow boxes, jewelry, wood carvings, ceramics, and wind chimes. Most of the art is exhibited by the maker, so you can chat directly with the artists as you browse.
The event includes artist demonstrations, music, face painting, paranormal and metaphysical experts on hand to share their knowledge, and ghost story author Antonio R. Garcez will be in attendance to sign books.
The free Arté de Muertos Expo will be held at the Albuquerque Garden Center on:
- Saturday April 17 from noon to 6pm
- Sunday April 18 from 10am to 5pm
Albuquerque Garden Center is located at 10120 Lomas Blvd. NE, off Eubank Blvd and I-40
–Tania
Free Dia de los Muertos Art Expo
If you love Day of the Dead art, this is the expo for you.
Why celebrate Día de los Muertos only once a year when you can celebrate it all year long? That’s the philosophy behind the Arté de Muertos Expo, held three times a year.
If you’re a Day of the Dead aficionado, check out the expo this Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8 (2009), from 9:00am – 5:00pm both days. Admission and parking are FREE!
The expo features all manner of Day of the Dead folk and fine art, but they have a bunch of other stuff, too, like shadow boxes, jewelry, wood carvings, ceramics, and wind chimes. Most of the art is exhibited by the maker, so you can chat directly with the artists as you browse. Also on hand will be paranormal metaphysical experts willing to share their knowledge. Artist demonstrations, live music, and a book signing by Antonio Garcez round out the event.
The Arté de Muertos Expo will be held at Santa Ana Star Casino, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Take I-25 north to US 550 and head west. You’ll see it. More info: (505) 771-3307.
–Elizabeth Hanes
Free Dia de los Muertos Art Expo
If you love Day of the Dead art, this is the expo for you.
Why celebrate Día de los Muertos only once a year when you can celebrate it all year long? That’s the philosophy behind the Arté de Muertos Expo, held three times a year.
If you’re a Day of the Dead aficionado, check out the expo this Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19 (2009), from 9:00am – 5:00pm both days. Admission and parking are FREE!
The expo features all manner of Day of the Dead folk and fine art, but they have a bunch of other stuff, too, like shadow boxes, jewelry, wood carvings, ceramics, and wind chimes. Most of the art is exhibited by the maker, so you can chat directly with the artists as you browse. Also on hand will be paranormal metaphysical experts willing to share their knowledge. Artist demonstrations, live music, and a book signing by Antonio Garcez round out the event.
The Arté de Muertos Expo will be held at Santa Ana Star Casino, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Take I-25 north to US 550 and head west. You’ll see it. More info: (505) 771-3307.
–Elizabeth Hanes
Author Event: Creative Ways to be with the Dying
With all the recent celebrity deaths (not to mention the four teens who died in Santa Fe; our hearts go out to their families), the subject of dying seems to be on everyone’s mind lately.
The message of author Jillian Brasch’s book, The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to be with the Dying, is simply this: caring for a dying person is awe-inspiring, not depressing.
If you’d like to learn how this can be, head over to Bookworks tonight (Tuesday, June 30, 2009) at 7:00pm to meet the author and hear how she, an occupational therapist and hospice worker, learned to “get past the physical unpleasantness” of working with the terminally ill in order to “see the blossoming of a soul as it sheds its earthly limitations.” We should all be so lucky as to be able to characterize death like this. Should be an enlightening event.
Bookworks is located in the north valley at 4022 Rio Grande NW, Albuquerque.
–Elizabeth Hanes
Booksigning with Alan Furst
Cheap Central is stuffed with books. And few of them are dusty.
If you’re a reader, too, chances are you know who Alan Furst is. The New York Times dubbed him “America’s preeminent spy novelist.” Well, you can meet him on Sunday, June 14 (2009) because he’s coming to Bookworks to sign his novel, The Spies of Warsaw, at 3:00pm!
This novel is set in 1937 and follows the covert activities of French and German intelligence operatives “locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield.” Who can resist that?!
Bookworks is located in the north valley at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque.
–Elizabeth Hanes
