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1) Habitat for Humanity in Taos – fund raiser this Sunday, 11/15, 6 p.m., Taos Country Club.  click here for information.

 

2) About the 2009 Taos Feeds Taos nonprofit program - Taos Feeds Taos will hand out 1,000 boxes of food at Taos Armory on December 21 and 22, 2009. This is the organizations 24th year of helping needy Taos area families during the holidays.  The project is a community effort.

 

·    Food basket applications for assistance accepted November 17-18, and November 30-Dec. 1, Taos National Guard Armory, Highway 570 (near UNM campus).  Phone number for basket recipients is 575-751-7998

·    Food donations accepted November 20 through December 14 at locations around town

·    Food donations accepted at Taos Armory December 14 – 18

·    Boxes filled December 19 at Taos Armory

·    Boxes distributed at Taos Armory and locations in Questa and Penasco on December 21 and 22.

 

According to TFT, because of the economy, donations in 2008 were down 40% from the previous year so reserves have been depleted and it is vital to raise more money this season.  To make a monetary donation to Taos Feeds Taos with your credit card, go to www.TaosFeedsTaos.org or mail a check made out to Taos Feeds Taos to PO Box 234, Taos 87571.  Volunteering to Help:  Assistance is needed to tape boxes, sort and inventory food and fill boxes. Most work happens at the National Guard Armory on Highway 570 (near UNM campus).  To volunteer, call 575-751-7999. Also view volunteer schedule at www.TaosFeedsTaos.org

 

3) Big Read in Taos Update: Summer Wood, 575.758.0081 (SOMOS office), www.taosbigread.org  -- Paint a mural, meet an owl, read a story…

Kids of all ages will have a chance to celebrate New Mexico’s culture and traditions tomorrow, Saturday, November 14, as the festivities of the Taos Big Read continue.  Fourth- through eighth-graders are invited to join Taos artist Lorrie Bortner to paint a mural based on the themes in Rudolfo Anaya’s novel, Bless Me, Ultima.  Not old enough for the mural painting?  Kids aged three to nine won’t want to miss Story Time at the Taos Children’s Library.  The first 15 to arrive will receive a FREE copy of The Santero’s Miracle, a bilingual children’s book, hardbound and with beautiful full-color illustrations.  It’s written

by Rudolfo Anaya and illustrated by Taos’ own Amy Cordova.  Come Saturday at 10:30 for a spirited, interactive reading of the book and take home

your own copy!

 

Young people aged 10 and up will thrill to get up-close and personal with great horned owls and other wildlife in “Ultima’s Owl and Other Raptors,”

a presentation by the Wildlife Center of Espanola.  Held at the Taos Public Library Community Room from 10:30-11:30, it features animals who

have been rescued and rehabilitated but are unable to fend for themselves in the wild.  Young people can learn the peculiar facts about owls and

other raptors, and find out how humans have made life challenging for them – and learn how to help.  The program is sponsored by Friends of the Taos

Public Library, and is free to all.

 

Adults won’t be slighted this weekend, with a free presentation on “Wild Medicinal Plants of Northern New Mexico.”  In a nod to the role of herbal

medicines in Bless Me, Ultima, Robert Hawley, co-owner of Taos Herb Company, will speak on the role of herbs in healing and health-related

issues in northern New Mexico.  “The Spanish people have long relied on Curanderas and Sobaderas for their healing needs and remedies,” Hawley

explains.  “Taos Herb Company found a niche in this ‘herb wise’ community where the long-lived, time-honored tradition of using herbs for medicine

was established.”  Hawley’s presentation will be held at the Taos Public Library on Saturday, November 14, from 1 to 3pm.

 

And on Tuesday, November 17, adults and teens can find out what goes into “The Making of a Children’s Book” with local legend Amy Cordova, painter,

illustrator, and collaborator with Rudolfo Anaya on a number of popular children’s books.  What do publishers want?  What makes a compelling

story?  What format should you use?  She’ll answer these questions and a host of others from aspiring writers and illustrators at her interactive

talk at the UNM Early Childhood Resource Center, 1335 Gusdorf Road, Suite Q.  The talk will run from 7 until 8:30 pm, and be preceded (6-7pm) by an

informal, facilitated group to discuss Bless Me, Ultima.

 

These free events are part of the Taos Big Read.  The program is sponsored locally by SOMOS and the Town of Taos Public Library, and continues through

December 5.  For more information about The Big Read – including a schedule of free events and book discussion groups – visit www.taosbigread.org or call SOMOS at 758-0081.  The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

 

4) The Town of Taos is still accepting applications for the 27th Annual Taos Yuletide Arts and Crafts Fair.  This year the fair will be held November 27 – 29, 2009.  If you are interested in displaying your crafts, please fill out the attached application and return it with a picture of your art/craft and payment to the Taos Youth & Family Center as soon as possible.  Booth space is limited and will be on a first come, first serve basis.   Spaces available are # 6, # 7, # 8, # 9, # 10, # 21, # 22, # 23 and # 28 in Don Fernando Hall.  Attached is the floor plan for Don Fernando Hall.  If you have any questions, please call me at 758-4160 or at 737-2643.

 

5) Taos Center for the Arts – happenings this weekend.  The Taos Community Auditorium is owned by the Town of Taos. 

 

133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte       Taos, NM 87571       (575) 758-2052     www.tcataos.org     Charles Strong Paintings from the Sixties Charles Strong's dark and muscular abstract paintings from the 1960s will be exhibited through December 15 at the Encore Gallery Taos Community Auditorium Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 11 am to 3 pm or by appointment 758-2052     A Light In My Soul/ Una Luz En Mi Alma Friday and Saturday, November 13 & 14 at 7 PM A new drama based on the life stories of New Mexican Conversos or Crypto-Jews presented by Working Classroom and the Taos Jewish Center The Saturday evening performance will be followed by a reception and Q&A with the cast. Tickets can be purchased at FX 18 gifts and jewelry on Bent St. in Taos or www.taosjewishcenter.org. Advanced tickets are $12.00; at the door $15.00 for students and seniors, all others $18.00. $55 includes entrance for one to the performance and the post-performance reception. Visit Working Classroom for more information http://www.workingclassroom.org/programs/theater/     MOVIES AT THE TCA "Amreeka" Sunday, Nov. 15, 2:00 PM Monday & Tuesday Nov. 16 & 17, 7:30 PM A drama centered on an immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois. "The beauty of Amreeka is in first-time director Cherien Dabis' nimble touch. Dabis doesn't sugarcoat the painful transition to life in a foreign country, but she doesn't limit herself to the melodrama. Hardship and ignorant attitudes are taken in stride, almost with the cinematic equivalent of a rueful smile, offset by a steady ethnic pride. The result is a convincing and bittersweet look at the struggles of a pair of Palestinian immigrants and their extended family of not-so-recent arrivals. National Geographic Entertainment's first venture into feature films is a particularly vibrant." -- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Language: English/Arabic, Runtime: 96 min. Rated PG-13 for brief drug use involving teens, and some language.   Tickets: $7.50, $6.50 TCA Members and Students. Box office opens 45 minutes prior to screening times   Taos Center for the Arts Program Underwriters: First Community Bank, DMC Broadcasting KKIT/KVOT, KTAO, LUNA and Five Magazine El Monte Sagrado, The Historic Taos Inn, Indian Hills Inn Business Brokers of Taos, The Taos News William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Sleep Sanctuary, Toto Home, Taos Physical Therapy , Cid's Food Market, 5 Star Burgers, Webb Design, Taos Net, The UPS Store, Taos Horse Fly

www.tcataos.org

 

6) Budget Travel Magazine – Vote for Taos!  November 22, 2009 Deadline.

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Readers’ Choice Nominations
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3. Is there a local mascot?
4. What's the weirdest piece of local folklore?
5. Anything else that qualifies as "cool" (i.e. organic coffee shops, wine bars, a hotel in a renovated barn or warehouse)?