The Water Authority is in no way associated with the Homeserve company and has recommended that anyone with doubts about their level of insurance coverage contact their own insurance company before purchasing supplemental insurance from anyone.

Because of the suspicious nature of the Homeserve letter, it has been reported to the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office as a likely scam. Their number is 800-678-1508.

SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1 PM opening, INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER,
2401 12TH ST. NW
100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The impact on Pueblo Nations
www.indianpueblo.org/100years

FEBRUARY 3-5, BLACK HISTORY MONTH ARTS & CULTURE WEEKEND
www.nmblackhistorymonth.org
Numerous musical, dance and visual arts activities at the N4th Theatre, 4904 4th St. NW, Roots Revival: Our Struggle, Our Glory, OUr Story

FEBRUARY 8 WEDNESDAY, 9:30-11:30 AM, $20
UNM CONTINUING ED., 277-0563
Spanish Discovery, Exploration and Conquest–Settlement of El Norte 1529-1848, Charles Truxillo, PhD-Latin American Expert

FEBRUARY 8 WEDNESDAY, 7PM, KIMO THEATER DOWNTOWN, FREE
Enrique La Madrid, UNM Professor, Folkorist: Nuevo Mejico: The Spanish Colony — multi-media presentation about the influences and conflicts betweeen the regional native people and Spanish explorers and settlers. Followed by Q & A, meet and greet with refreshments.

FEBRUARY 12, SUNDAY, 2PM–IMPORTANT NEW MEXICANS 1850-1912
CO SPONSORED BY ALBUQUERQUE, CORRALES & SANDOVAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
10 local historians speak on historic persons involved in ranching, education, politians, fine arts, President Taft and much more ! see www.sandovalhistory.org for more information and directions.
Location: Sandoval County Historical Society’s DeLavy House in Bernalillo

ALL MONTH
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, www.nmblackhistorymonth.org

ONGOING
LOS LUNAS MUSEUM OF HERITAGE & ARTS, 251 MAIN ST. SE, (near the water tower) 353-7720www.loslunasnm.gov JANUARY 21 – MARCH 24, 2012
New Mexico’s role in obstructing the Confederate’s Westward expansion during the Civil War.

WEBSITES OF NOTE
www.newmexicohistory.org/centennial.
This is from the State Historian’s office and it deals specifically with the 1910 New Mexico Constitution. It has photos & bios of all the delegates to the 1910 constitutional convention along with the text of the 1910 constitution, the 2012 amended NM constitution and a piece by the Legislative Council Services describing all the changes to the Constitution over the last 100 years. There is also info on president Taft and much more.

The ABQ Public Library has a huge web site devoted to the Centennial and NM History. There are links to all sorts of material. www.cabq.gov/library.

CONTINUED EXHIBITS OF LOCAL & NEW MEXICO HISTORY

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW in Old Town, free parking at lot south of Museum. (Give parking space number to Museum cashier).
FACES FROM OUT PAST, FACING THE FUTURE: ALBUQUERQUE AND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES 2012
More information: www.cabq.gov/museum

New Mexico’s African American Legacy photo panels at the African American Performing Arts Center at Expo NM, 320 San Pedro NE. Exhibit through April 14, 2012. Parking adjacent to the building should be free. If not indicate you are going to the Performing Arts Center.

NEW MEXICO JEWISH PIONEER FAMILIES: IMMIGRATION AND OCCUPATIONS OF OUR EARLY NM JEWISH PIONEERS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 5520 Wyoming NE. Open evenings. A group of photograph panels tell the story of many German speaking European families who came to New Mexico in the 1850′s when it was a territory. The panels continue with family histories into the 1920′s. www.nmjewishhistory.org

BALLOON MUSEUM: A CENTURY OF HIGH FLYING: SCIENCE, SPACE, SPORT–CALL 768-6020 FOR MORE INFORMATION

CENTENNIAL TEACHERS RESOURCE GUIDE
Visit the web sites of the New Mexico Historical Society, www.hsnm.org and the Albuquerque Historical Society, www.albuqhistosoc.org, to see the free Centennial Teachers Resource Guide. The Guide has four sections on New Mexico History and 4th & 7th grade lesson plans. The sections are:
New Mexico’s Long Road to Statehood
New Mexico’s County Courthouses
The Boundaries of New Mexico
New Mexico’s Governors since 1912

SPONSOR A CLASSROOM SET OF JANUARY 2012 CENTENNIAL NEW MEXICO MAGAZINES
If you would like to help the history department of a local high school or middle school, the ABQ Historical Society in cooperation with the New Mexico Magazine, is seeking sponsors for classroom sets of the January 2012 New Mexico Magazine. The magazine may be purchased in sets of 30 for $75 or 40 for $100. Your sponsorship could honor a school, business, former teacher, or relative who appreciated New Mexico history. For more information contact Janet Saiers, 299-5019.

OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE HISTORIAN’S OFFICE www.newmexicohistory.org
SANTA FE EXHIBITS
HISTORIC NEW MEXICO MAPS, “Culture & Cartography on the Road to Statehood” GOVERNOR’S GALLERY — 4TH FLOOR, CAPITAL BUILDING

47 STAR FLAG EXHIBIT, NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

http://lewwallace.aps.edu/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1318158161693

http://lewwallace.aps.edu

http://lwes.aps.edu and then clicking on the link to Schools (at the top)

1) considers the mission and purpose of the Cultural Services Department which is as follows:

The mission of the Cultural Services Department is to enhance the quality of life in the City by celebrating Albuquerque’s unique history and culture, and providing services, entertainment, programs and collections that improve literacy, economic vitality and learning in state of the art facilities that enrich city life and increase tourism to Albuquerque and,

2) meets the criteria of the NEA Our Town project proposal as described in detail here.

Arts organizations interested in partnering with the city’s Cultural Services Department should submit a 1-2 page Statement of Interest by noon on Friday February 10, 2012 which describes 1) a brief overview of the proposed project, 2) how the project meets the Our Town grant requirements, 3) how the project meets the Cultural Services Department mission, and 4) the exact level of city partnership expectation by the arts organization, monetary or otherwise.

By submitting a Statement of Interest to the city, the arts organization acknowledges that, if selected, they will be the official applicant (lead applicant) for the NEA grant. The city will provide the required formal letter of endorsement by the highest ranking official. All other application requirements will be provided by the arts organization.

Statements of Interest must be submitted via e-mail to publicart@cabq.gov by 12:00 noon on Friday, February 10, 2012.

Statements of Interest will be reviewed by the Cultural Services Department Directors, who will issue a final decision on Monday, February 13th.
This e-newsletter was created to keep you up-to-date with news about Albuquerque’s Public Art and Urban Enhancement Program projects and other arts and cultural planning initiatives.

If you have any questions, need more information or want to share news and/or tips for future issues of this e-newsletter or sign yourself or someone else up to receive it, please e-mail us at publicart@cabq.gov.
Thanks for staying involved!

Sherri, Dan, Matt, Becky, Nan and Brendan
Public Art Urban Enhancement Program Staff
Cultural Services Department
City of Albuquerque

Alexis Kerschner Tappan
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Central New Mexico Community College
525 Buena Vista SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
(505) 224-4669
(505) 224-4684 fax

akerschner@cnm.edu

In coming months we are going to announce the cities that stop the most junk mail and we’re hoping Albuquerque makes the cut. We will also be able to track the impact – trees saved, solid waste diverted, CO2 saved – of your particular neighborhood association, which might be an interesting stat for your community to monitor and improve upon.

We are not selling anything; we are simply trying to get the word out that citizens can do this to reduce clutter in their own lives, reduce the trash their community has to dispose of, and save trees from being cut down just so companies can send them mail they don’t even want.

If you have questions, would like more information about Catalog Choice, or would like sample text for newsletters or other communications, please let me know.

Tyler Elliston
VP of Marketing
CatalogChoice.org

Invite your mom and mark your calendar! We have selected a fantastic collection of historic homes for this year’s Historic Home and Garden Tour.

Get your tickets now!

The tour is Sunday May 13, from 11:00am to 3:00pm and starts at Mary Fox Park (14th St and Roma Ave NW). Tickets are available online for a discounted price of $12.50 each. Come spend the day with us touring some of the oldest, most exciting and beautiful houses in Albuquerque.

\”The purpose of the festival is to spark thought by showing the films and to give participants a chance to talk about concrete steps we can take to address our concerns,\” said festival organizer Susan Selbin.

Eight films will cover issues ranging from city water infrastructure and water in the Southwest to the impacts of oil/gas development and the worldwide privatization of water. In panel discussions following the films, local officials, film producers and activists will detail the local implications of issues described in the films. Audience members will be encouraged to ask questions and raise relevant topics.

Films are:
Friday: \”Natural Gas from Shales: Some Myths and Realities\”; \”Split Estate\”; \”Tipping Point.\” Saturday morning: \”Liquid Assets\”; \”American Southwest: are we running dry?\”
Saturday afternoon: \”Water for the World Act of 2011\”; \”Tapped\”; \”Blue Gold.\”

For a detailed schedule and updates, please go to www.cabq.gov/sbcc.

For decades scholars of history have studied and explored the Navajos’ Long Walk and forced incarceration by the United States government during the 1860s at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, shedding new light on the atrocities committed there.
The Mescalero Apaches unique narrative at the Bosque, however, remains largely ignored by modern historians. In this lecture, M. Grace Hunt Watkinson, a master’s student at West Chester University in Pennsylvania in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, delves exclusively into the story of the Mescalero Apaches at Bosque Redondo. Grace sheds light on the horrific conditions at the Bosque and explores aspects of the Mescalero chronicle. She also analyzes the challenges of obtaining objective truth from government records and highlights the importance of native testimony when studying genocide in any form. Ultimately, through Grace’s examination of indigenous oral histories, government documents, and the records of Indian agents and the New Mexican citizenry, she reveals a paper trail of government and military stereotyping used not only to validate violence and cultural genocide against the Apache people but also to alter the public image and treatment of the Mescalero Apaches for decades to come.
About the Scholar:

Originally from South Georgia, Margery Grace Hunt Watkinson obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Georgia in 2008. She is currently finishing her Master of Arts in holocaust and genocide studies at West Chester University in Pennsylvania where she resides with her husband Mark. She plans on pursuing her PhD in history, beginning in the fall of 2012, specializing in Native American genocide.

The Office of the State Historian is a division of the State Records Center and Archives. Among the projects administered by the Office of the State Historian is the New Mexico history website, www.newmexicohistory.org. Research is conducted in archival repositories in the state including the State Records Center and Archives; the Center for Southwest Research at UNM; the Fray Angelico History Library; the Rio Grande Collections Archive at New Mexico State University; and others.

ONGOING
LOS LUNAS MUSEUM OF HERITAGE & ARTS, 251 MAIN ST. SE, (near the water tower) 353-7720www.loslunasnm.gov
JANUARY 21 – MARCH 24, 2012
New Mexico’s role in obstructing the Confederate’s Westward expansion during the Civil War.
SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2-4 PM, LOS LUNAS MUSEUM OF HERITAGE & ARTS FEBRUARY 4, Centennial Presentation, Baldwin Burr-President of the Valencia County Historical Society
SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1PM, INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER, 2401 12TH ST. NW
100 Years of State & Federal Policy: The impact on Pueblo Nations
www.indianpueblo.org/100years
WEBSITES OF NOTE
www.newmexicohistory.org/centennial.
It is from the State Historian’s office and it deals specifically with the 1910 New Mexico Constitution. It has photos & bios of all the delegates to the 1910 constitutional convention along with the text of the 1910 constitution, the 2012 amended NM constitution and a piece by the Legislative Council Services describing all the changes to the Constitution over the last 100 years. There is also info on president Taft and much more.

Also the ABQ Public Library has a huge web site devoted to the Centennial and NM History. There are links to all sorts of material. www.cabq.gov/library.

CONTINUED EXHIBITS OF LOCAL & NEW MEXICO HISTORY
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW in Old Town, free parking at lot south of Museum. (Give parking space number to Museum cashier).
FACES FROM OUT PAST, FACING THE FUTURE: ALBUQUERQUE AND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
ALBUQUERQUE CELEBRATES 2012
More information: www.cabq.gov/museum

New Mexico’s African American Legacy photo panels at the African American Performing Arts Center at Expo NM, 320 San Pedro NE. Exhibit through April 14, 2012. Parking adjacent to the building should be free. If not indicate you are going to the Performing Arts Center.
NEW MEXICO JEWISH PIONEER FAMILIES: IMMIGRATION AND OCCUPATIONS OF OUR EARLY NM JEWISH PIONEERS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 5520 Wyoming NE. Open evenings. A group of photograph panels tell the story of many German speaking European families who came to New Mexico in the 1850′s when it was a territory. The panels continue with family histories into the 1920′s. www.nmjewishhistory.org

CENTENNIAL TEACHERS RESOURCE GUIDE
Visit the web sites of the New Mexico Historical Society, www.hsnm.org and the Albuquerque Historical Society, www.albuqhistosoc.org, to see the free Centennial Teachers Resource Guide. The Guide has four sections on New Mexico History and 4th & 7th grade lesson plans. The sections are:
New Mexico’s Long Road to Statehood
New Mexico’s County Courthouses
The Boundaries of New Mexico
New Mexico’s Governors since 1912

SPONSOR A CLASSROOM SET OF JANUARY 2012 CENTENNIAL NEW MEXICO MAGAZINES
If you would like to help the history department of a local high school or middle school, the ABQ Historical Society in cooperation with the New Mexico Magazine, is seeking sponsors for classroom sets of the January 2012 New Mexico Magazine. The magazine may be purchased in sets of 30 for $75 or 40 for $100. Your sponsorship could honor a school, business, former teacher, or relative who appreciated New Mexico history. For more information contact Janet Saiers, 299-5019.

OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE NEW MEXICO CENTENNIAL www.nmcentennial.org
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE HISTORIAN’S OFFICE www.newmexicohistory.org

SANTA FE EXHIBITS
GOOD MORNING NEW MEXICO art exhibit of 33 paintings–one for every NM County; State Land Office Lobby, 310 Old Santa Fe Trail. Open from 9-5 except building closed from 12 noon – 1pm.

HISTORIC NEW MEXICO MAPS, “Culture & Cartography on the Road to Statehood” GOVERNOR’S GALLERY — 4TH FLOOR, CAPITAL BUILDING
47 STAR FLAG EXHIBIT, NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

For more information contact Janet Saiers at 299-5019 or jsaiers@msn.com