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Nov 7, 2009
Beneath the City Different: The Archaeology of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology symposium

Deepen your understanding of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, as well as the new exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, at this special symposium, 1-5 pm, Saturday, Nov. 7, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Admission is $10; call 505-954-7200 for tickets.

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Nov 12, 2009
The Jewish-Converso Lineage of Don Juan de Onate
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A Santa Fe 400th Anniversary lecture

NEW INFO: Seating is limited to the first 210 people. The doors to the museum's main entrance at 113 Lincoln Ave. will open at 5:30 pm.

Join historian and genealogist José Esquibel for a free public lecture in honor of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary at 6 pm, Thursday, Nov. 12, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Esquibel will speak on  “The Jewish-Converso Lineage of Don Juan de Oñate.”

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Nov 14, 2009
Santa Fe Book Arts Group
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Flea Market!

These aren't your parents' pop-up books! The Santa Fe Book Arts Group brings its popular Flea Market back to the John Gaw Meem Room for an extravaganza of art materials, handmade items and intriguing miscellany from the nooks and corners of members' studios and lives. Something wonderful awaits at this free event!

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Nov 14, 2009
Una Noche de los Muertos
Museum of International Folk Art
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Fundraising Partry

Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos event

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Nov 15, 2009
The Jewish Experience in Latin America
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Ilan Stavans shakes things up

Ilan Stavans, "the czar of Latino culture in the United States" (New York Times), will speak on "The Jewish Experience in Latin America" at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the New Mexico History Museum. The lecture is part of the week-long festival, "¡Celebrate! The Jewish Experience in Spanish-Speaking Countries," sponsored by the New Mexico Anti-Defamation League.

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Nov 17, 2009
Humboldt and Pike: Mapping New Spain
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

Dennis Reinhartz, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Texas, Arlington, speaks on "Alexander von Humboldt and Zebulon Pike and the Mapping of Northern New Spain." The lecture series is usually held at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, 120 Washington Ave.; for large crowds, the event will be moved next door to the John Gaw Meem Meeting Room.

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Nov 18, 2009
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.

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Nov 19, 2009
Lecture by David Krakauer
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Scientific Nature and Artistic Culture of Landscape

The Scientific Nature and Artistic Culture of Landscape: Naturalists, Classifiers and Model Builders.

David Krakauer is a professor and faculty chair at the Santa Fe Institute, where his research includes, in part, the evolution of cultural forms, the electronic dissemination of images, and the crossover of mathematical, scientific and artistic reasoning.

Krakauer will offer a unique “window” onto the landscape works by some of the artists in Manmade, as seen through the lens of science. His lecture will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 6 p.m.

This is one in a  series of lectures presented in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Manmade: Notions of Landscape from the Lannan Collection. Sponsored by the Lannan Foundation.

St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art Santa Fe Plaza, 107 West Palace Avenue Nov 19, 6 p.m. Free admission.

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Nov 20, 2009
Santa Fe Found Opening Event
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the curators

Join the curators for the grand opening of the New Mexico History Museum’s newest exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, a historical and archaeological exploration of the founding and first 100 years of La Villa Real de Santa Fé. A free reception will be 5:30-7 pm on Friday, Nov. 20, in the Palace of the Governors. The event is hosted by the Women’s Board. Visitors can enter through the Palace at 105 W. Palace Ave., or the History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave.

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Nov 21, 2009
The Founding of Santa Fe from the Ground Down
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Santa Fe Found lecture

Join Stephen Post, assistant director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, for a lecture on the new exhibition, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time. This event, free with museum admission, will be at 2 pm, Saturday, Nov. 21, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave.

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Nov 22, 2009
Chasing History: The quest for art, artifacts and heritage
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series

The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series kicks off at 1 pm on Sunday, Nov. 22, with a special reception followed by former Palace of the Governors Director Thomas E. Chávez, speaking on Chasing History: Quixotic Quests for Arts, Artifacts and Heritage.

Tickets cost $10. Until Nov. 20, subscribers to all five lectures in the series can get a reduced price of $40.

To purchase tickets online (until 4 pm the Friday before each lecture), visit the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website: http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. Tickets can also be purchased at the Museum Shops in the Palace and the New Mexico History Museum.   

 

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Nov 27, 2009 - Nov 29, 2009
Tibetan Folk Art Show & Sale
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Presented by Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops

Special show and sale of Tibetan Folk Art just in time for the Holidays!

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