Friday, December 13, 2019 |

Late Taos poet Peter Rabbit's 'Cabeza de Vaca' epic poem released

In this new book, Pater Rabbit explores the indigenous healing practices and world view that put Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca’s peripatetic adventure at odds with the 16th century rulers of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

"An epic poem is a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats."

Parishioners reenact Holy Family's fateful journey

Dozens of reenactors gather at the doorstep of the second home to beg shelter during the 2018 Las Posadas in Ranchos de Taos.

Get out the mittens, mufflers and mukluks starting Monday evening (Dec. 16) and head to Las Posadas, nine nights of processions honoring the nine months of Baby Jesus in Mother Mary's womb and the birth, ending with midnight mass Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

Russian music concerts offer a pleasing collusion

Originally from Moscow, pianist Gleb Ivanov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers included the renowned Lev Naumov and where he was a protégé of Mstislav Rostropovich.

The Taos Chamber Music Group celebrates the holidays with a weekend of Russian music featuring works by Alexander Borodin, Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Arensky.

Holiday show of song, dance and seeds

Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal, pictured playing his flute indoors.

Drawing from his roots at Taos Pueblo and his travels around the world, Grammy and Nammy (Native American Music Awards) recipient Robert Mirabal creates an entirely unique experience for his audiences. Mirabal joins with family and friends once again this season for a show that includes storytelling, music, dance and visual imagery.

Feel the warmth of the season at Bonfires on Bent Street

Friends and neighbors, new friends and old, congregate during the Bonfires on Bent Street holiday event.

The monthlong Yuletide in Taos celebration, which kicked off last weekend, continues Saturday (Dec. 14) when the John Dunn House Shops and the merchants on Bent Street join forces once again on a day packed with good tidings and family fun.

Taos Ski Valley to host world championships

State invests in Cimarron sawmill business

Trial postponed for former bank manager accused of embezzlement

Women in need fill HEART House

Report: LANL lost track of 250 barrels of nuke waste

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Greta Brunschwyler received the Governor's Award for the promotion of cultural tourism in Oregon and a national Award of Excellence from the American Association of Museums and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

Art

'Museums should be a cornerstone of the community'

The first time Greta Brunschwyler visited Taos was in the early 2000s. She and her mother spent hours scouring the Millicent Rogers Museum - a fateful visit indeed.

Subhankar Banerjee explains the impact of climate change to areas of Alaska tundra and the New Mexican high desert surrounding Taos. Banerjee's appearance at a special tour on Tuesday (Dec. 3) was in conjunction with an exhibition of his large environmental photographs titled 'Long Environmentalism,' which opens to the public Friday (Dec. 13) at the Harwood Museum of Art.

Art

Museum celebrates Larry Bell at 80

The Harwood Museum of Art kicks off its winter season this weekend with a banquet of work from four featured New Mexico artists: Larry Bell, Subhankar Banerjee, Dean Pulver and Beatrice Mandelman.

Cast members pose for a photo Monday (Dec. 2) during a rehearsal of the radio play 'You Can't Take It With You.'

Theater

Dinner and one great show

Taos Onstage and the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership have collaborated on a delicious holiday radio play and dinner theater.

Music that feeds the body and soul

Hunger in Taos County is a chronic problem. For 34 years, Taos Feeds Taos has worked to alleviate hunger during the winter holiday season. To support their efforts, the Taos band Last to Know has held an annual benefit concert and food drive. This year marks the 12th annual benefit concert, and opens with Foggy Memory Boys followed by Last to Know.

After almost a year of work, The Blues Rockets' first album, 'I Used to Have Fun,' is ready for release.

Music

Blues Rockets launch their first record

When it's right, it's right. Jackson Price, founder of Big Swing Theory, was raised on the blues. Even with his successful swing band, he found that he still needed another outlet.

Part of the production staff pose for a photo during shooting in Taos Ski Valley.

Video

Locals make video to inspire change

What happens when diverse members of a small community come together to create uplifting music? The answer is in "To the Mountaintop," a new video project.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It's hard to believe we're smack in the middle of the 2019 holiday season, but here we are. The last 12 months have flown by fast and furious as we've nevertheless paused during the last week to count and celebrate the abundant blessings we have here in town, especially with our family, friends, and neighbors.

Locals and visitors take in the sights during the annual Lighting Ledoux holiday event. Ledoux Street contains a number of shops and two museums.

Holidays

Lighting Ledoux, a homegrown holiday tradition

In considering the many December festivities throughout town, Lighting Ledoux is one of the most anticipated and, well, enchanting.

Many Taoseños and visitors make attending the annual tree lighting ceremony at the 'livingroom of Taos,' a family tradition.

Holidays

Taos Inn shares its own brand of holiday magic

There's no time during the year when the Adobe Bar at the Historic Taos Inn feels more like the "living room of Taos" than during the holiday season, and Saturday (Dec. 7) will not disappoint.

Now showing in Taos: ‘Harriet’

Clearly, director Kasi Lemmons had a monumental weight thrust upon her shoulders to depict the life and times of American hero Harriet Tubman (1822-1913). In every scene, one feels the director's intense desire to "get it right" because the world would certainly judge every frame and utterance for their authenticity and faithfulness to this important, yet largely unknown, historical figure.

The cast of "Knives Out" (2019) includes, from left, Don Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, K Callan, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome, Toni Collette and Katherine Langford.

Movies

Now showing in Taos: ‘Knives Out’

This one might seem like a low budget production as it opens, but there are no credits so you don’t know who’s in it at first or even what it’s called. This is a clever way of ...

Princess Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) disarms Olaf (Josh Gad) in a scene from 'Frozen II.'

Movies

Now showing in Taos: ‘Frozen II’

Lightning rarely strikes twice in animated movies, and now with the “Disney Princess Movie” imprint to uphold, the motive to electrify audiences for the new “Frozen II” movie is even more imperative ...

'Weird Santa' and other tales to be read

One is a 70-year-old published author. The other is a 13-year-old aspiring writer. Both will be reading from their work — which includes the provocatively titled "Weird Santa" — on Friday (Dec. 6), 7 p.m., at The Society of the Muse of the Southwest, a.k.a. SOMOS, at 108 Civic Plaza Drive.

Catherine Strisik has a poetry project called 'Poetry in Nature.' This involves placing nature poems on stones, walls and pillars in natural environment locations around Taos written by living poets of Taos County.

Books

New Taos poet laureate named

Longtime Taos resident Catherine Strisik has been named the new Taos poet laureate, according to an announcement from Jan Smith, executive director of the local Society of the Muse of the Southwest, also known as SOMOS.

Author Erika T. Wurth is of Apache, Chickasaw and Cherokee heritage. She teaches creative writing at Western Illinois University. Her other publications include the novel 'Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend,' two collections of poetry and a collection of short stories, 'Buckskin Cocaine.'

Book Review

Book chronicles a beautiful tragedy

Erika T. Wurth's newest novel, "You Who Enter Here," is not your typical New Mexico story. There are no farmers or curanderas, no historical figures or famous artists. There are no scenic backdrops with rivers and mountains and old adobe homes.

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