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Dec 3, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009
Santa Fe Film Festival at the Museum
New Mexico History Museum
Selected screenings

The Santa Fe Film Festival returns for its 10th seasons Dec. 2-6, with selected showings in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. For ticket info, go to the festival web site: http://santafefilmfestival.com. Click below for details on showings at the museum.

Film-goers: Enter through the Museum's Washington Avenue entrance.

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Dec 3, 2009
Lecture by Victoria Sambunaris and Bill Gilbert
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Artists  Victoria Sambunaris anc Bill Gilbert will hold a dialogue about "The Road Trip" as an artistic practice on Thursday, December 3, 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 December 3, 6 p.m. Free admission.

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Dec 6, 2009
Winter Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
on Museum Hill

Enjoy all age hands on activities including card making, batik making and beaded figures, seasonal refreshments and a puppet show by Los Titeriiteros begins at 1 pm! Admission is by Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. free on Sundays!

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Dec 6, 2009
Winter Traditions
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Featuring “Pueblo Christmas” performance by Robert Mirabal (Taos Pueblo), storytelling and booksigning by Jonathan Warm Day (Taos Pueblo), dance performance by Daryl Sakeva (Hopi) and family, hands-on Christmas activities, and refreshments.

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Dec 8, 2009
Displaying New Mexico Photographers
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum discuss "Recollections -- 30 Years as Gallerists Working with Photographers from New Mexico." 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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Dec 9, 2009
Slideluck Potshow
New Mexico History Museum
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A Global Photography Phenomenon

Center, Santa Fe's service organization for photographers, brings the Slideluck Potshow to the museum from 6:30-9 pm Dec. 9. After light refreshments, a slideshow of anywhere from 15 to 50 photographers takes place. This is a free, public event.

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Dec 10, 2009
Music for the holidays
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Classical guitarist Ana Maria Cardinalli-Padilla

Take a break from the hustle-and-bustle to hear classical guitarist Ana Maria Cardinalli-Padilla perform holiday classics in the second-floor Frost Foundation Gathering Space. Her performance is free with museum admission.

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Dec 11, 2009
Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
An Annual Favorite!

Santa Fe's beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for a 25th-anniversary evening of hot cider, live music, entertainment -- and the fabled visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- in the fabled magic of the Palace of the Governors. A free, family event.

The History Museum and Palace will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this event. Enter through the Palace at 105 W. Palace Ave. The History Museum will remain closed during the event. 

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Dec 11, 2009
Holiday Music in the Lobby
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Classical guitarist Ana Maria Cardinalli-Padilla

Take a break from the hustle-and-bustle to hear classical guitarist Ana Maria Cardinalli-Padilla perform holiday classics in the main lobby of the History Museum. Her performance is free with museum admission.

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Dec 12, 2009
Young Native Artists Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
See the next generation of portal artists

THIS JUST IN: The show will go on on Sunday, too!

Children and grandchildren of the Palace of the Governors' Portal Program show off their creations -- and give you a chance to pick up some nifty Christmas presents. Come to the John Gaw Meem Room on Washington Avenue for this free event.

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Dec 13, 2009
Young Native Artists Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
See the next generation of portal artists

THIS JUST IN: The show will go on on Sunday, too!

Children and grandchildren of the Palace of the Governors' Portal Program show off their creations -- and give you a chance to pick up some nifty Christmas presents. Come to the John Gaw Meem Room on Washington Avenue for this free event.

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Dec 16, 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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Dec 20, 2009
Walking Together
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Community Labyrinth Walk

Walking Together Celebrating the Winter Solstice
The Santa Fe Labyrinth Resource Group» cordially invites the public to a community labyrinth walk with live music. The labyrinth is outdoors, please dress warmly. Call Elaine Coleman at 983-9747 for more information.

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Dec 20, 2009
Opening Reception for Material World: Textiles and Dress from Collections
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Opening reception

Opening with a reception hosted by the Museum of New Mexico Women's Board. Admission is by Museum admission, New Mexico residents with ID free on Sundays. Foundation members and youth 16 and unders always free!

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Dec 24, 2009 - Dec 25, 2009
Museum Closed on Christmas Eve and Day
New Mexico History Museum

Besides Christmas Day, the New Mexico History Museum will be closed on Christmas Eve in compliance with the state government furlough day. Doors will reopen at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 26.

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