Arroyo Seco News

Thanks to a $5,000 contribution from Taos County, dogs and cats in Arroyo Seco, Questa and Peasco can get spayed or neutered next month.

Famed Pakistani journalist Shuja Nawaz contacted Horse Fly yesterday inquiring about potential second homer, Pervez Musharraf. The ex-Pakistani President, according to postings on the Internet, is allegedly building a house in Taos, due to his close relationship with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Now and again someone comes along who by their example conveys to younger people the ways of family and community love and respect. A few sometimes become a symbol of old-time values, even without seeking attention.

Such an individual was Solidea Martínez, 99, of Arroyo Seco, who touched many hearts, and though she has gone home, she will be long remembered. Martínez died Wednesday (July 30), undoubtedly in the arms of the Lord she loved and served throughout her life time.

Scott Carlson Pottery offered the jazz musings of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue at the Seco Stroll last evening. Hailing from Tremé, the most musical neighborhood in the most musical city – New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has made the leap from child prodigy to Professional Master Musician.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Join Rivers & Birds for an artistic workshop celebration in honor of Earth! EARTH ALTARS. A workshop inspired by the ephemeral nature-based art of Andy Goldsworthy. Creating artistic forms from nature, we will celebrate our relationship with the natural world and through this process affirm our kinship with our Mother Earth.

Workshop Duration: One and half days. Friday, August 8, 7-9:30 PM at the Bareiss Gallery, Saturday all day out in nature (time and place to be determined by the group on Friday). Cost of Workshop: $100. Items to bring: For Friday night, a potluck dish and earth poem. For Saturday snacks, lunch, water, sun protection. PLEASE RSVP: Rivers & Birds at 776-5200

By Flannery Burke (University Press of Kansas, 248 pages, $34.95)

The protagonist of Witter Bynner's misogynistic play of 1926 -- "Cake: An Indulgence" -- is a wealthy, oft-married woman, identified only as "the Lady," who seeks adventure, romance and pleasure in various exotic locales. It was well understood at the time that the Lady was modeled on the domineering but irrepressible Mabel Dodge Luhan, the "salon primitivist," in D.H. Lawrence's words. Between 1917 and 1929, Luhan transformed her adopted Taos home in northern New Mexico into a cultural hinterland for those on the avant-garde of cultural expression, including artists and writers she had come to know in New York City. This salon in the desert is the subject of Flannery Burke's entertaining "From Greenwich Village to Taos."

Fantastic images of the Arroyo Seco Fourth of July Parade from Rick Romancito of the TAOS NEWS.

Northern New Mexico is like a treasured friend, where a visit can prove tonic and revitalizing.

Arroyo Seco Parade starts Noon on Friday, July 4, 2008. The uniquely American holiday of Independence Day might not be reveled so much these days as a celebration of the Colonies’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which solidified separation from Great Britain. But it is still about patriotism, community and family. The holiday’s modern connection with fireworks, parades, carnivals, barbecues, picnics and baseball games is alive and well, and the Enchanted Circle is no exception.

Beautiful shots of Rio Grande river gorge, i like the old truck and the gift shop looks so inviting.. i'd love to go inside.... i look forward to viewing tomorrows shots.... - Smile ; ) LOVE the mural - are the ...

A New Mexico jury has awarded $2.15 million in damages to an Arroyo Seco woman whose earlier default judgment was ignored by an insurance company.

Met my new photo buddy in Taos - here are samples of our day: One side of the Taos Plaza square: Taos_Plaza Thunderhead over Taos mountains: Thunderhead Took tons of 'abstracts' of the famous San Francisco de ...

A large group of area residents and visitors make the hike to Williams Lake Wednesday (June 18), arriving just in time to catch moonrise over Wheeler Peak.

Taos School of Music continues a venerable tradition

Since 1963, the Taos School of Music has launched the careers of some of the world’s finest classical musicians. High in the mountains above Taos, the clean, cool air and near-ascetic atmosphere provides the kind of environment perfectly suited to focusing a student’s acumen, sharpening it to near perfection during an intensive eight-week program that includes a thrilling schedule of public performances which benefits music lovers of all ages.

By Patricia Chambers,TAOS NEWS Monday, June 2, 2008 10:05 AM MDT

The Society of the Muse of the Southwest (SOMOS) scored a coup Sunday (June 1) by hosting Valerie Plame with her husband and former Ambassador Joseph Wilson for the organization's annual fund raiser at the Bavarian Restaurant in the Taos Ski Valley.