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Serving the Com munities of North Central New Mexico
IN THIS ISSUE: Feature - Love and Chocolate
Tales of the Trails - Louisiana Purchase and NM
Feature - All that Jazz in New Mexico
Blinded with Science - Physical forces of attraction
Neighborhood Spotlight - Santa Fe Railyard Baca District Nature’s Circle - Backyard astronomy in February Upcoming Events - Events and highlights this February Bits & Bites - Mardi Gras in NM, King Cakes Side Trips - A day in Los Alamos
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Acorn’s Corner - Kid’s Page Fun
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FEBRUARY 2017, VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2
FRONT PAGE - Chocolate from Bean to Bar 2 From the Editor - February highlights and distractions 3 Community Spotlight - Santa Fe Railyard Baca District 4, 5 Feature - Love and Chocolate 6, 7 Feature - All that Jazz in New Mexico 8, 9 Calendar of Events for February 2017 10 Favorite Side Trips A day in Los Alamos, NM 11 Tales of the Trails - The Louisiana Purchase and New Mexico 12 Blinded With Science - Physical forces of attraction 13 Nature’s Circle -Backyard astronomy by Eric Saltmarsh 14 Bites & Bytes - Mardi Gras in NM, The baby and the King Cake 15 Acorn’s Corner - Kid’s Page February fun 16 The Corridor Back Page
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FROM THE EDITOR When we first think of holidays in February, most of us immediately go to Valentine’s Day. It’s always in the middle of the month. Unless you are allergic to chocolate, you will probably first think of that elixir of love (and, of course, what to get your sweetheart). Surprisingly there are other holidays and special days to which we can look forward during the shortest month of the year. Groundhog Day, of course, is celebrated on February 2nd each year. By now we all should have seen the film by the same name, starring Bill Murray and Andie McDowell. If you have not, it is worth a watch. If you have, then you certainly get the gist of the event. According to HolidaysCalendar.com www.holidayscalendar.com/ month/february here are a few of the other special days assigned to the second month of the year: The Day the Music Died Day, Create a Vacuum Day, National Weatherman’s Day, Kite Flying Day, Toothache Day, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day, Tell a Fairy Tale Day, and National Tooth Fairy Day. OK... Among the more notable days dedicated during February are Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12, and President’s Day, celebrated the 3rd Monday of February in honor of George Washington (as well as any other President whose birthday you wish to celebrate). Lastly, depending on the year, Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday” (aka Shrove Tuesday, carnival, carnivale, and many other names throughout the world) is often celebrated in February. This year Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 28 (the last day of the month). We have assembled a page of information (see Bits & Bites – page 14) and ideas to help you to participate in and enjoy Mardi Gras festivities, including a focus on the King Cake, a delightful edible creation that is a staple for Mardi Gras celebrations throughout the US. When I think of Mardi Gras I always think of Jazz (OK, gumbo and King cake first, but then Jazz). This month we look at the jazz scene in New Mexico and the fine efforts of KSFR 101.1, Santa Fe’s public radio station, as well as other organizations, in bringing Jazz to our part of the world and keeping it alive for all to participate and enjoy. Our lead story this month is about Love and Chocolate. We look at the fine selection of chocolate purveyors in north central New Mexico, with a focus on the newest addition in Santa Fe, Cacao Santa Fe - The Art and Culture of Chocolate. This amazing new addition to the foodie scene brings together some exceptional individuals to offer a complete “bean to bar” experience (see our cover this month). We also bring you a Neighborhood Spotlight on the Baca District, a portion of the Railyard District in Santa Fe. Jefferson LaRouche introduces us to the science of physical attraction, Eric Saltmarsh brings us Backyard Astronomy in February, and historian and scientist Doyle Daves offers a story about how New Mexico was affected by the Louisiana Purchase. Our Side Trips page takes us on a day in Los Alamos, NM. We hope you enjoy this issue and can take part in some of the events that we present – be sure to visit our Calendar Pages to find out all the events taking place this month. Our March issue will be our second anniversary publishing The Corridor. Be on the lookout for our anniversary issue – we hope to have some surprises for you! To find out where you can pick up your copy of The Corridor (and to Find Out More) be sure to visit our online edition at www.TheCorridorNM.com Cheers and salutations, Marc-Paul LaRouche Editor/Publisher – The Corridor editor@thecorridornm.com
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As always, we invite our readers to submit ideas and written works to be considered for publication in The Corridor. We consider ourselves blessed to have the contributors who have helped us to maintain the interest and diversity for which we strive. Please send any submissions for consideration to editor@thecorridornm.com or by snail mail to The Corridor - 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Contact us by phone at (505) 438-9600.
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NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT
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ration to manage and lease 40 acres of the 50 acre Railyard District (excluding the 10 acre park). Richard Czoski is the director of the SFRCC. Mr. Czoski tells The Corridor “We are pleased with the Baca portion. It is becoming the mixed-use area that we had envisioned, with residential buildings, plus light indus-
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According to Mr. Czoski, “we have 3 vacant parcels left, with 2 letters of intent. The new tenants plan to construct multi-family residential units, as well as other mixed use construction.”
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The “Molecule” building at 1228 Flagman Way in Santa Fe’s Baca District. The building is comprised of 11 shipping containers. Corridor staff photo by Marc LaRouche
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point of interest with all of the new construction in the Railyard District, including the Baca community, is the style of construction employed here. When architectural guidelines were drawn up in the Railyard Master Plan it was decided that new buildings would be built in a “contemporary/industrial vernacular”. This was done to differen-
tiate new construction from the historical buildings already in place within the Railyard District. Many of these older buildings were built in the Pueblo Revival style. In the Baca district there are very few older buildings, so most of the District’s construction reflects the contemporary and industrial tone. One building of note in the Baca neighborhood is
the Molecule building on Flagman Way. This building is built entirely from commercial shipping containers. Visitors to the Baca District may be surprised to enter some of these buildings, especially Molecule, a contemporary design store, to discover the open spaces that were created by its builders with the unique placement of the containers.
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A new 5,000 square foot mixed-use building on Flagman Way in the Baca District. This new facility will house offices, retail spaces as well as a new Tea House.
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The Baca District before development Photo - Erika Blumenfeld By permission/Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation
A little history of the Baca District
he wedged-shaped Baca area marks the southern end of the Railyard and once served as a coal and fuel storage yard for the Denver & Rio Grande and New Mexico Central railways, connected to the North Railyard site by a still visible old rail alignment across the area currently occupied by the New Mexico School for the Deaf.
The ten acres of the original site had no paved through streets, but haul trucks exited by surrounding local roads through the adjacent Baca neighborhood. The completed Acequia Trail Easement now connects the Baca area to the North Railyard for hikers and cyclists and provides a major link in the extensive trail system throughout the city of
Santa Fe and beyond. The Acequia Madre flows quietly on the west side of the trail shaded by old-growth Elm trees, and many trail connections with streets in the Sierra Vista Street neighborhood to the west are evident. Source: railyardsantafe.com used by per-
mission from Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation 323 Read Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-3373
The Twisted Cow Compound in the Baca District at 931 Shoofly Street is a Santa Fe live-work condominium setting for artists, creative professionals (architects, graphic designers, musicians, film, video, web production) and small community non-profit administration.
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COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE
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According to Amy Henderson, who wrote an ar-
ticle entitled “How Chocolate and Valentine’s Day Mated for Life” for Smithsonian Magazine in February, 2015, “There’s nothing chaste about chocolate. Movies, which capture our inner cravings in freezeframed moments, have always understood this. From the earliest days of “talkies,” chocolate has been cast as the go-to symbol of seduction. Jean Harlow’s performance in the 1933 film Dinner at Eight forever linked chocolate to decadent indulgence. Draped in satin and sequins, she lounges in bed on a heartshaped pillow, and—finishing touch—suggestively nibbles her way through a giant box of chocolates.” Ms. Henderson goes on to say, “It turns out that chocolate really has a history as a love food. Passion for chocolate is rooted in Mesoamerican history. It was a highly-prized luxury item among Mayan and Aztec
upper class elites, who were known to savor a drink that combined roasted cacao beans with cornmeal, vanilla, honey and chilies. Cacao beans were as valuable a commodity as gold, and were even used to pay taxes levied by Aztec rulers.”
Chocolate’s connection to Valentine’s Day is a
prime example of virtue finding its just reward, although it took centuries for the two essential elements—the rise of chocolate as a popular food, and the celebration of Valentine’s Day as a holiday—to merge.
In the following centuries, Valentine’s Day blos-
somed as an increasingly popular late winter-early spring holiday. Songs, poetry and roses celebrated hearts brimming with love, though candy was not yet
By the time Victoria became Queen in 1837, tech-
nology was poised to transform Valentine’s Day into a commercial bonanza. Victorians loved showering their significant others with Cupid-bedecked gifts and cards, but Valentine’s Day was about to get happier.
By the mid 1800s, the English confectioner houses
of Rowntree, Fry and Cadbury had perfected ways to take chocolate (refined cacao), which heretofore had been consumed mainly as a liquid drink, to a bar form that could be transported, stored and ultimately enjoyed around the world.
Cacao Santa Fe is a TRUE “Bean to Bar” chocolate creator. Cacao beans are sourced from choice locations from Hawaii to as far away as Vietnam, then roasted, ground and ultimately crafted into the finest of chocolates to be found anywhere in the world.
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ucked away in an unassuming industrial building in the emerging Siler District of Santa Fe, chocolate lovers will soon come to know the hidden secrets awaiting them at Cacao Santa Fe, the newest addition to the growing list of chocolatiers in New Mexico.
take and gave the parcel back.
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Today Melanie cultivates about 100
ithin these walls the lucky visitor will discover a trinity of talent and virtuosity. Co-founder Derek Lanter, who hails from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, brings his business acumen and formal education combined with decades of experience in the world of coffee and cacao production, from Japan to California to Hawaii.
As a heartfelt thank you for giving
back the diamonds she was presented with an amazing gift, a box of exquisite, fragrant chocolates that ultimately would change her course in life... cacao trees in Maui Hawaii on a farm that also grows vanilla orchids and provides educational farm tours about chocolate.”
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ent that presides over Cacao Santa Fe is chef mark Sciscenti. In 1999 Mark began researching and recreating historically authentic drinking chocolate recipes representative of the drinking chocolates of Mesoamerica, the historic European period, and through the Colonial Spanish and Colonial New Mexican periods. In 2005, Mark was the sole founder of Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe and was the owner until 2009.
acao Santa Fe’s other co-founder is Melanie Boudar. Melanie is a multi award winning chocolatier and former creator & owner of Sweet Paradise Chocolatier in Wailea, Maui which she started in 2008 and sold in 2015. Melanie’s story involving chocolate is both interesting and inspiring. According to their website, “Melanie’s love of chocolate developed during her numerous trips to Europe as a diamond and gem buyer for fine jewelery companies both in New Mexico and Hawaii. n one of her buying trips she had a diamond deal go wonky when the cutter discovered he’d accidentally undersold the parcel of diamonds and asked for them back. Her broker advised her she could take the issue to diamond court down the street but she empathized with the cutter who would be in trouble for making such a costly mis-
Owner Derek Lanter with two eager customers enjoying the fine drinking chocolate at Cacao Santa Fe
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elanie is also the master chocolatier at Cacao Santa Fe, where she creates a formidable variety of chocolate truffles utilizing the exquisite quality chocolate produced at Cacao Santa Fe.
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involved because sugar was still a precious commodity in Europe.
The third member of the trinity of tal-
In 2016 Mark joined the team at Cacao
Santa Fe, and with good friends Derek and Melanie is now creating and offering his chocolate elixirs, pastries, and special baked goods to the good people of Santa Fe’s midtown district.
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The showroom and chocolate case at Cacao Santa Fe
acao Santa Fe offers regular chocolate classes, workshops, special tastings, 1 hour factory tours, coffee cupping workshops, history classes plus their flagship “Food of the Gods” Chocolate Immersion Workshop. Cacao Santa Fe is located at 3201 Richards Lane, Suite B in Santa Fe, NM. They are open from 7:30 am - 4 pm Monday-Friday and 11 am - 4 pm Saturday Visit their website at www.cacaosantafe.com. (505) 471-0891
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The front counter at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM
Kakawa Chocolate House, located
at 1050 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was founded over 10 years ago on the anthropology of chocolate (Cacao) and a wish to re-introduce their guests to (real) chocolate and its deep roots and rich history! They believe that chocolate should be experienced and they love to chat, educate and sample so their guests have a fun, informative and delicious experience at Kakawa Chocolate House! That sentiment is just as strong today as when they began.
Kakawa
Chocolate House is situated in an old adobe house a short stroll from the Santa Fe plaza and half a block south of Canyon Road. The adobe house lends an intimate, comfortable environment, steeped in the smells of the chocolate creations being made on site. Come in for a taste, relax and stay awhile!
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ith a long history in the Americas, and roots in Europe and to the South in Mesoamerica, some say chocolate is as American as apple pie! Trade routes can be traced from Mesoamerica up into what is now the American southwest, and as close as Chaco Canyon. At Kakawa, they believe in preserving this history, honoring the Mayan and Aztec cultures who we can all thank for the cultivation and preparation of Theobroma Cacao or what we know of today as Chocolate. Truly “Food of the Gods”.
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heobroma Cacao, or chocolate has been used for trade, as a form of currency, for religious ceremony, for warrior preparation, for its medicinal properties, as an aphrodisiac and even given as a sign of love. With a history that can be traced back to at least 1500 BCE and the early Olmec (Pre-
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Mayan) civilization, it is surely the “Food of the Gods” with a longevity rarely matched. Early trade routes from Mesoamerica can be traced north into New Mexico and the surrounding regions. This brought Cacao into our area and history centuries before the Spaniards landed on our Florida coast with Cacao on board (1641).
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you can savor a sip of history with Kakawa Chocolate House’s historically inspired drinking chocolate elixirs!
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elebrate the history of chocolate on its journey from Mesoamerica into New Mexico with drinking elixirs by Kakawa Chocolate House.
Kakawa’s
chocolates are made by hand right in their shop, one small batch at a time so they look as beautiful as they taste! The chocolate makers use no preservatives, corn syrups or inverted sugars. Instead, they use mostly organic and as many local ingredients as can create delicious, unique and mind blowing creations.
According to Kakawa chocolatiers,
it’s pretty common to hear guests raving “….this is the best chocolate I’ve ever tasted!”.
Kakawa has been featured national-
ly and internationally for their amazing drinking chocolate elixirs, truffles, caramels and organic ice creams in publications including the New York Times, The LA Times, Sunset magazine, Rachael Ray magazine, The Washington Post and many others. Kakawa Chocolate House is located at 1050 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM Open Mon-Sat 10 am to 6 pm Sun 10 am to 6 pm (505) 982-0388 kakawachocolates.com
Tony Bennet at the counter at Kakawa Chocolate House, Santa Fe, NM
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All that Jazz New Mexico embraces an American original by Marc-Paul LaRouche
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e asked Sean Conlon, KSFR Operations Manager, about the inspiration for all of the Jazz programming on the station each week. Sean tells us “Part of our
mission as a public station is to play music that you don’t hear on com-
mercial venues. We think that jazz is important. People seem to like it, they respond to it. We are committed to jazz and other musics that you are not going to hear on commercial radio; blues, folk, world music, classical, across the board we have a lot of great music shows.”
Jazz and related music programming on KSFR each week visit the website for the complete schedule:
ksfr.org/schedule/week/ksfr
Local jazz luminaries and KSFR DJs Arlen Asher (foreground) and John Trentacosta listen to and enjoy the music that they present each Monday morning on “The Jazz Experience” from 9 am to 12 noon.
New Mexico is well known for
majestic landscapes, southwestern cuisine, an abundance of art and the influence of native and Hispanic cultures. Jazz music, however, is not always the first thing that comes to mind when New Mexico enters a conversation. While this may be true, there is a place for Jazz, America’s original musical art form, and it has a good home in Santa Fe on KSFR, Santa Fe’s public radio station, as well as many other venues throughout central New Mexico. KSFR, with offices housed on the campus of the Santa Fe Community College, offers more than 20 hours of programming each week devoted to Jazz and its derivatives, including Blues, Brazilian and other world music influences.
If
you are looking to start your Monday off on a Jazz note, tune in to KSFR at 101.1 FM or online at ksfr.org from 9 am to noon and treat yourself to a fine collection of jazz standards and favorites, hosted by two of New Mexico’s jazz aficionados and performing greats, drummer John Trentacosta and wind instrument wizard Arlen Asher.
Arlen, who grew up on a farm
in Trenton, Missouri, 90 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri and attended a one-room schoolhouse as a youngster, got his first introduction to music at 7 years old with piano lessons in his home. A few years later his mother, who had aspirations for young Arlen to one day become a concert pianist, bought him a “Cavalier” metal clarinet at the local drugstore in Trenton. Thus began his introduction to wind instruments which he maintains to this day as a multi-instrumentalist of the highest order. Arlen’s jazz influences came from listening to radio stations from the nearby University of Iowa and Iowa State College. After 3 years in the Army, where he was a member of the Army band, Arlen returned to
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Iowa State College, graduating with a degree in TV Production, and moved with his wife to Albuquerque in 1958 to take a job as a director/producer of the fledgling KNME TV station, which had just gone on the air.
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hroughout the 60s, 70 and 80s, Arlen held jazz clinics in Albuquerque schools, where his primary interest was teaching jazz playing. In the 1990s Arlen started the jazz teaching program at The Outpost Performance Space, a non-profit jazz institution in Albuquerque. That program continues to this day.
The Jazz Experience with Arlen Asher and John Trentacosta Jazz Impressions with Dan Piburn Exploring the origins of American Jazz Now’s the Time with Jerry Becker The best in contemporary jazz, with an emphasis on the saxophone The Chicken Shack with Nathaniel Earls Mix of Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul and Funk Good Morning Jazz Straight-ahead, bebop, classic and the latest discoveries More than Jazz with Andy Zadrozny Sentimental Journey with Hap Paull Music from the golden age of jazz, big bands and American popular song Jazz Etcetera with Helga Ancona Jazz with a seductive South American twist Bouncing with Bud with Bud Ryan Rock’n’Roll, Jazz, World, Classical and Standards
A native New Yorker, drummer and
Straight Up leader John Trentacosta brought his collective big band and small group experience to New Mexico in 1992. After two decades as the rhythm force behind jazz notables Chuck Wayne, Jimmy Knepper, and the Al Porcino big band, John brought new energy to the New Mexico jazz scene. He received his formal music education at New York University, and was an Assistant Arts Director for The Staten Island Chamber Music Players, from 1978 – 1992. In 1993, he formed the jazz group Straight Up, and has since become the energy behind the group’s busy concert schedule and the two CD releases “Live Jazz in The Desert” and “No Need For Words.” In 2003, John won a “MIC” award for best producer of the CD “No Need for Words”. John has been a jazz radio host at KSFR since 2006.
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hen we asked John the question “What makes jazz Jazz?”, John said “As a drummer, I think first about what Duke Ellington said ‘It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing’. It’s a very elusive thing; “What is swing?” It’s hard to identify, but when it’s happening, you know it. You can’t sit still, you’re toes are tapping and your feet are stomping, everything is moving and it just gets inside of you”.
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The Outpost Performance Space
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210 Yale SE, Albuquerque, NM
he Outpost Performance Space has been a force in bringing live music performances to central New Mexico since its founding in 1988, by Executive Director Tom Guralnick, who remains in this role today. The original Outpost Performance Space was in the Nob Hill area on Morningside. An old print shop, with an apartment above, the building was converted into a small storefront theater seating 100, with guest quarters and offices above. For ten years, it housed close to 1,000 performances. In the spring of 2000, the Outpost Performance Space moved to a new location. The NEW Outpost Performance Space, at 210 Yale Boulevard SE just two blocks south of historic Route 66, is in the heart of Albuquerque’s thriving University district.
Since its inception, Outpost has presented a uniquely diverse array of well over 1,200 concerts (currently more than 100 per year) by artists ranging from international music stars such as Zimbabwe’s Thomas Mapfumo or Puerto Rico’s Los Pleneros de la 21; to jazz masters Dave Brubeck and Wayne Shorter; to avant garde jazz heroes Steve Lacy and Roscoe Mitchell; to women jazz artists Jane Ira Bloom or Joanne Brackeen; to latin jazz icons Jerry Gonzales and Chucho Valdes; to blues and gospel master Pops Staples; to folk icon Rosalie Sorrels; to singer songwriters, Lucy Kaplansky and Dar Williams; to experimental music explorers Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith and Joan LaBarbara; to blues greats Johnny Shines or Rory Block; to hundreds of local artists, teen and youth performers, and more.
A centerpiece of Outpost’s education program is its Jazz Improvisation
Classes which were first offered in 1996 in a 5 week tutorial to some of Albuquerque’s finest young jazz talents. Since that time the program has grown to a year-round one with over 30 weeks of classes, three instructors, and yearly scholarships offered to worthy graduates. In the past fifteen years, more than 2,000 students have participated in this program.
FIND OUT MORE about The Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque’s Non-Profit, Member-Supported, Community-Based Performing Arts Center at www.outpostspace.org (505) 268-0044
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Join us for a fabulous night of music, food, dancing, and more! This gala fundraiser has something for everyone including 3 bands, wonderful food and drink, face painting, card readers, incredible vendors and a silent auction. This year’s featured performers include the Kari Simmons Band and Stanlie Kee & Step In. Don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Mexico style! Costumes suggested, but not required. Doors open at 6:30 pm Albuquerque Museum of Art (2000 Mountain Rd. NW) Tickets: $65 each, with four-top and six-top tables available! (Price includes one complimentary drink!) (505) 255-9788 www.nmjazz.org
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Don’t miss Bits & Bytes (page 14) for more on Mardi Gras fun! Santa Fe Music Collective is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the uniquely American music art form of Jazz and its practitioners. Their mission is to bring a greater appreciation and understanding of Jazz (from its beginnings to present day) through performance and educational programs. The Santa Fe Music Collective is proud to serve the community by bringing artistic excellence to each and every performance and program. They are committed, both individually and collectively, to enriching and vitalizing the community through inspiring performances of new and timeless Jazz music. www.santafemusiccollective.org.
Richard G. Robinson, CPA, CGMA 5 Caliente Road Santa Fe, NM 87508
All Concerts Presented at Museum Hill Café in Santa Fe Information and Reservations: 505-983-6820
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Calendar of Events - February 2017
FIND OUT MORE online at http://thecorridornm.com/calendar/ National Park FEE FREE Day Feb 20 @ 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Taos & North Wednesday-Sunday Feb 3-5 - Taos Winter Wine Festival - Taos, NM Friday until End of season 1-2pm - Ski With A Forest Ranger - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito
Saturday-Sunday Feb 4 & 5 - Rando Raid: US Ski Mountaineering Nationals - Taos Ski Valley Saturday Feb 4 8am-3pm - USASA Slopestyle - Taos Ski Valley Sunday & Monday Feb 5 & 6 9am-3pm - Never Summer Snowboard Demo - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito Feb 6 Until March 27 - Taos Pueblo Annual Closure Sunday & Monday Feb 12 & 13 9am-3pm Never Summer Snowboard Demo - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito Sunday & Monday Feb 19 & 20 9am-3pm Never Summer Snowboard Demo - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito Friday-Tuesday Feb 24-28 - Mardi Gras in Angel Fire - Angel Fire Sunday-Sunday Feb 26-Mar 5 - Taos Restaurant Week Sunday Feb 26 9am-3pm - Never Summer Snowboard Demo - Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito Los Alamos Sunday Feb 5 5:30-7pm - Valentine’s Concerts - Los Alamos Little Theater, 1670 Nectar St, Los Alamos Sunday Feb 5 5:30-7:30pm - Annual Valentine’s Concert - Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Rd, Los Alamos Saturday Feb 11 5-10pm - Full Moon Winter Recreation - Valles Caldera National Preserve, 39201 NM-4, Jemez Springs Saturday Feb 18 10:30am-1pm - Valles Calderas Guided Snowshoe Hike - Valles Caldera National Preserve, 39201 NM-4, Jemez Springs Saturday Feb 25 10:30am-1pm - Valles Calderas Guided Snowshoe Hike - Valles Caldera National Preserve, 39201 NM-4, Jemez Springs Las Vegas, Pecos Friday 8pm-12am - Astronomy Open House NMHU Ivan Hilton Science Building, Las Vegas Saturday 8am-12pm - Tri-county Farmers Market - Mallette’s – Mora Hwy Mile Marker 3, Las Vegas Saturday 10am-12pm - Battle of Glorieta Pass Tour – Pecos NHP, 1 Peach Drive, Pecos Saturday 1:30-3:30pm - Civil War in the West Tour – Pecos NHP, 1 Peach Drive, Pecos Sunday 1:30-3pm - Forked Lightning Ranch House Tour – Pecos NHP, 1 Peach Drive, Pecos Turquoise Trail and Rt 66 Friday-Sunday 9am-4pm - Skiing at Sandia Peak Ski Area - Sandia Peak Ski Area, 11 NM536, Sandia Park Saturday Feb 4 11am-1pm - Cabin Fever Hike Cerrillos Hills State Park, Co Rd 59, Cerrillos Saturday Feb 4 12:30-4:30pm - Museum of the American Military Family Open House - Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center, 546B Hwy 333, Tijeras. Learn more about our museum and our work preserving the legacy of military families. Saturday Feb 18 2-4pm - Estevan The Black Presentation - Cerrillos Hills State Park Visitor Center, Co Rd 59, Cerrillos Albuquerque Ongoing until Feb 19 9am-5pm - Winter Fire Colors Show - Botanic Garden:ABQ BioPark,
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2601 Central Ave. NW, Abq Ongoing until Feb 28 – 6th Annual New Mexico Black History Month Festival - Various locations in Abq. http://nmblackhistorymonth.com/ Ongoing Feb 3-Mar 2 - Mask de Arte Exhibit Placitas Community Library, 453 NM-165, Placitas Through May 28 - Exhibition: Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage - National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 Fourth St. SW, Abq Through Jun 30 - Exhibition: Pueblo Revolt by Virgil Ortiz-2016 Artist-in-Residence - Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Abq Ongoing Feb 4-Oct 8 - Exhibition: Critical Assembly-The Secrets of Los Alamos 1944 - National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, 601 Eubank Blvd. SE, Abq Ongoing Tuesday-Sunday Feb 25-Aug 27 9am5pm - Exhibition: Hollywood Southwest New Mexico In Film And Television - Albuquerque Museum 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Abq. First Thursday 5:30-7:30pm - HAH! Happy Arte Hour - National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St. SW, Abq. Adults are invited for creative fun in a relaxed, social setting. Tapas are for sale and a cash bar to fuel your creative juices. First Friday - Citywide ARTScrawl – Various Locations in Abq - Albuquerque’s city wide, free gallery tour. http://artscrawlabq.org/ Sunday 11am-1pm - Corrales Growers’ Winter Market - 500 Jones Rd, Corrales Saturday 10am–12pm - Los Ranchos Growers’ and Arts Markets - 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Los Ranchos. Saturday 2-3pm - Saturdays in the Museum Tours - National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 Fourth St. SW, Abq. Each tour will be different depending on the exhibit and theme. Saturday Feb 4 2-4pm - Art in the Afternoon: Eileen & the In-Betweens - Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Abq - Enjoy live music, food and drink specials provided by Slate at the Museum. Sunday Feb 5 2pm - Concert: Albuquerque Concert Band - Eldorado High School Performing Arts Center, 11300 Montgomery Blvd NE, Abq. The ACB invites you to join us for our first concert of the New Year! We are happy to announce that renowned Tuba player Keith Jordan will be a featured soloist. Saturday Feb 11 2-4pm - Art in the Afternoon: Shane Wallin - Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Abq. Enjoy live music, food and drink specials provided by Slate at the Museum. Saturday Feb 11 8:30-11:30am - EAA Young Eagles Flights - Albuquerque Double Eagle II Airport, 7401 Atrisco Vista Blvd NW, Abq. Free airplane rides for youth 8-17 years provided by volunteer pilots with signed parental permission and weather permitting. Saturday Feb 11 6-7pm - Love Bugs Adults Only Valentine’s Event - Botanic Garden:ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave. NW, Abq. Enjoy appetizers along with bug encounters and keeper talks about “bug love.” Saturday Feb 11 5-7pm - Presentation: Fire, Stones, & the Brilliance of Love: A Conversation with Female Jewelers - Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St. NW, Abq. Explore the world of Native jewelry from the perspective of several skilled women who are making their mark as metalsmiths. Saturday Feb 11 10-11:30am - I Love Nature Workshop Series: Recycled Art Cards - Open
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Space Visitor Center (Westside), 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Abq. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this family-friendly workshop. Free-please preregister. Saturday Feb 11 1-4pm - Second Saturday at Casa San Ysidro - 973 Old Church Rd., Corrales. A community celebration of our founders, Tony Garcia, Ward Alan Minge, and Shirley Jolly Minge. Saturday Feb 11 10am-3pm – Discover STEM Day - National Museum of Nuclear Science & History 601 Eubank Blvd. SE, Abq. All activities are kid-friendly, completely interactive and designed to spark interest in the scientific fields of science and engineering. Saturday & Sunday Feb 11 & 12 7am - Friends & Lovers Balloon Rally – Balloon Fiesta Park, 5000 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy, Abq Sunday Feb 12 2pm - Chispa: A Mariachi Valentine’s, Featuring Reynaldo Maestas - Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Abq Sunday Feb 12 2pm - Concert: Billie Holiday-Singin’ the Blues - KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave. NW, Abq. Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley performs Billie Holiday: Singing the Blues. Free Thursday Feb 16 5-8:30pm - 3rd Thursday: Klezmer & Knishes - Albuquerque Museum 2000 Mountain Rd. NW, Abq. A celebration of Jewish culture through food, music and art. Thursday Feb 16 5:30-7:30pm - Salud y Sabor: Brasil - National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St. SW, Abq. A partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of food, art, and more. Friday Feb 17 8-11am - Great Backyard Bird Count - Botanic Garden:ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave. NW, Abq. Grab your binoculars and head to the Botanic Garden for the second day of the nation-wide Great Backyard Bird Count Friday-Sunday Feb 17-19 - USATF Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships - Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 2nd St NW, Abq Sunday Feb 19 10-11:30am - I Love Nature Workshop Series: Bird Seed Hearts - Open Space Visitor Center (Westside) 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Abq. Participants will create heart-shaped suet for birds, baths for bees, and other gifts for our flora and fauna friends. Please pre-register. Thursday-Saturday Feb 23-25 - Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships - Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 2nd St NW, Abq Saturday & Sunday Feb 25 & 26 - 2017 Albuquerque Home Remodeling and Lifestyle Show New Mexico State Fairgrounds, 300 San Pedro Dr NE, Abq Saturday Feb 25 2-5pm - Art in the Afternoon: Garry Martin Beasley - Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW Abq. There will be food and drink specials provided by Slate at the Museum. Sunday Feb 26 10am-2pm - Kids’ Fishing Fair - Tingley Beach:ABQ BioPark, 1800 Tingley Dr. SW, Abq. Children, ages 4-12, are invited to learn all about fishing by visiting fun and interactive Discovery Stations. Free. Tuesday-Sunday Feb 28-Mar 5 - Performance: Motown the Musical – Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr NE, Abq. Tuesday-Thursday 7:30pm, Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm & 8pm, Sunday 1pm & 6:30pm Friday-Sunday Mar 3-5 - 2017 Fiery Foods Show - Sandia Resort and Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd, Abq. You can sample everything from blazing BBQ to superhot salsa to mild and savory marinades and rubs, even sweet heat desserts! Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 11am-7pm, Sunday 11am-6pm.
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Calendar of Events - February 2017 (Cont’d)
Be sure to check out all the events online at http://thecorridornm.com/calendar/ Santa Fe Sunday 10am–4pm - Railyard Artisan Market 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe Monday 7-8:30pm - Monday Night Swing Lesson & Dance - Odd Fellows Lodge, 1125 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe Tuesday 10:30–11am - Books and Babies – Santa Fe Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe Tuesday 10:30-11:15am - Preschool Story Time – Santa Fe Library La Farge Branch, 1730 Llano St, Santa Fe Tuesday 3:30-4:30pm - Science After School – Santa Fe Library Southside Branch, 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe Tuesday 7:30-11:00pm - Argentine Tango Milonga - El Meson Restaurant & Tapas Bar, 213 Washington Ave, Santa Fe Wednesday 10:30-11am - Books and Babies – Santa Fe Library La Farge Branch, 1730 Llano St, Santa Fe Wednesday 10:45–11:30am - Preschool Story Time - Southside Branch @ 6855 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, Wednesday 3:30-4:30pm - Science After School – Santa Fe Library Southside Branch, 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe Wednesday 5:45-7:45pm - Children’s Chess Club – Santa Fe Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe Wednesday 6-9pm - Taps and Tabletops - Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe Thursday 10:45-11:30am - Preschool Story Time – Santa Fe Library Southside Branch, 6855 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe Thursday 11-11:45am - Preschool Story Time Santa Fe Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe Thursday 3:30-4:30pm - Science After School – Santa Fe Library Southside Branch, 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe Thursday 8-10:30pm - Geeks Who Drink Pub Trivia - Second Street Brewery, 1607 Paseo De Peralta #10, Santa Fe Saturday 7am-1pm - Santa Fe Farmers Market 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe Saturday 8am-1pm - Santa Fe Artists’ Market 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe Saturday & Sunday 8am-3pm - Winter Market at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe - El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe Friday Feb 3 1-4pm - First Friday Open House - Ralph T Coe Foundation for the Arts, 1590 B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe Friday Feb 3 5:30-7:45pm - First Friday: The Shiners Club - New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe Friday Feb 3 7:30-9pm - Mitochondriacs - GIG Performance Space, 1808 2nd St, Santa Fe Friday–Sunday Feb 3-5 - Santa Fe Youth Hockey Games - Genoviva Chavez Center, 3221 Rodeo Rd, Santa Fe. Featuring the SFHA Mites, Squirts, Pewees and Bantam teams. Saturday Feb 4 11am – 3pm - Controlled Burn Live Music - Ski Santa Fe, End of State Road 475, Santa Fe
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Saturday Feb 4 2-4pm - Chocolates, Roses & Truthful Lies: A Poetry Reading - IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), 108 Cathedral Pl, Santa Fe
and Confessions - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Friday Feb 24 5-7pm - Last Friday ArtWalk Santa Fe Railyard Arts District, 544 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe
Sunday Feb 5 10am-5pm - First Sunday NM Residents Free - NM Museums, Santa Fe
Friday Feb 24 7pm - WildEarth Guardians Telluride MountainFilm
Friday & Saturday Feb 10 &Feb 11 - Mezcal & Tequila Festival - Drury Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe, 828 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe
Friday Feb 10 7-9pm - Vista Grande Library Saturday Feb 25 11am and 6pm - The Met: Live Family Movie Night - Vista Grande Public Library, 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado Subdivision, Santa Fe in HD—Rusalka - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 26 7:30-9:30pm - Dianne Reeves Saturday Feb 11 11am – 3pm - Sean Lucy Live - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Music- Ski Santa Fe, End of State Road 475, Santa Francisco St, Santa Fe Fe Saturday Feb 11 7:30-9pm - Crossing Delancey: Staged Dramatic Reading - Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E De Vargas St, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 12 2-3:15pm - A Musical Journey - St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe. This High Desert Winds concert follows the historical development of wind band music, including compositions by Sousa, Copland, Whitacre and Ticheli.
Tuesday Feb 28 7:30-9:30pm – Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet Shadowland by Pilobolus - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Friday Mar 3 7:30-9:30pm – Trombone Shorty - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe
Sunday Feb 12 1-4pm - Valentine’s Day Extravaganzaǃ - New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 12 2-3:30pm - Crossing Delancey: Staged Dramatic Reading - Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E De Vargas St, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 12 3-4:30pm - Serenata of Santa Fe: Complex Stories - First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 12 7:30-9:30pm - California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Tuesday Feb 14 6:30-7:30pm - Santa Fe Branch of the NAACP Meeting - The Montecito Library, 500 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe. Our meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month, Wednesday Feb 15 12-1pm - The Enduring Legacy of José María Apodaca and Higenio V. Gonzales - Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 750 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe Wednesday Feb 15 5-6pm - Lannan Foundation presents Readings and Conversations: Eileen Myles with Dan Chiasson - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Thursday Feb 16 7-9pm - Guitarist Jason Vieaux - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Friday Feb 17 7-10pm - National Theatre Live in HD: Saint Joan - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Saturday Feb 18 11am–3pm - Sean Lucy Live Music - Ski Santa Fe, End of State Road 475, Santa Fe Sunday Feb 19 – Sunday Feb 26 - Santa Fe Restaurant Week - Santa Fe Sunday Feb 19 1-3pm and 4-6pm - Rodrigo, Dvořák & Schubert Concert - Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe Tuesday Feb 21 6-7:30pm - Fascinating Facts of New Mexico: Aliens, Artists, Atoms, and More by Marty Gerber - Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe Tuesday Feb 21 7:30-9:30pm - Cirque: Cuisine
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A day in and around Los Alamos, NM
Los Alamos is an easy drive from Santa Fe. Famous for the national laboratory and the Manhattan project, this small city has many great museums, a national monument, a national historic park, a national preserve and a nice ski area. Additional recreation options also include a seasonal outdoor ice skating rink, cross country skiing and snowshoeing, rock climbing, wildlife viewing and other outdoor activities. Art and culture can be found at the Art Center, numerous concerts, art shows, plays and more. Also, local yarn and quilt shops have unique items for crafting your own unique creations. The annual Las Vegas Artists’ Studio Tour is in the fall and weekend arts and craft shows are held throughout the year.
A short drive from Fuller Lodge west on Central Avenue is the Los Alamos Nature Center; turn right at the aquatic center onto Canyon Road. Here you will find wonderful children’s activities, interactive and interpretive displays and one of the only planetariums in this part of northern NM. A spacious viewing center allows visitors of all ages to experience the variety of wildlife that visits the backyard preserve, spectacularly set against the breathtaking panorama of the local landscape, reaching from river beds below to often-snow-capped peaks above. Bird feeders outside host many birds and small mammals. A night-vision camera captures otherwise-hidden night life, including the occasional elusive visit by a mountain lion.
There are several delicious places for lunch (or breakfast or dinner). Restaurants to try include Blue Window Bistro (they moved up the street next to Starbucks), Pajarito Brewpub & Grill, El Parasol, Ruby K’s Bagel Cafe (also next to Starbucks), and even some deli food and a beer (or wine) at the Smith’s Marketplace Grocery Store!
A first stop in Los Alamos is at the Bradbury Science Museum, which is free and has exhibits about much more than just the first atomic bombs. Over 2000 archaeological sites are located within the lab boundaries. You can spend ½ hour to ½ a day at the museum. This museum is free and the staff and volunteers are welcoming. Many students in Northern New Mexico have had at least one field trip during their school years to this museum.
After lunch, head to Bandelier National Monument. There are actually two monuments here. The main monument is in Frijoles Canyon. The other less-known monument is the outlying Tsankawi Section. At this site you will be able to see petroglyphs and an Ancestral Pueblo village. You may also wish to stop by the White Rock Visitor Center for general information to learn everything about Los Alamos and White Rock.
Just down the street at 2132 Central Avenue is the Fuller Lodge, the original boys school building that the US Government took over for the Manhattan Project. There is a self-guided tour of Los Alamos Historic sites. At Fuller Lodge is the Art Center, a wonderful gallery of local arts and crafts, from small decorative items to jewelry to fine art. Each visit we’ve had here has different items at all price ranges. Many of these artists participate in the Los Alamos Artist Studio Tour in the fall. To learn more about the arts center visit http://www.fullerlodgeartcenter. com/ To learn more about the history of the Los alamos ranch School visit http://www.fullerlodgeartcenter.com/
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One last place to visit is the wonderful view from Overlook Park in White Rock. Turn off Hwy 4 onto Rover Blvd in White Rock to Meadow Lane and then left on Overlook Road. There are signs to the park which has recreational fields of all kinds, trails and even a radio-controlled car racetrack. At the end of the road is the Overlook Viewpoint. Here you will experience ncredible views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Rio Grande River.
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Map of the Louisiana Purchase - wikimedia image
The Louisiana Purchase and Northeastern New Mexico by Doyle Daves Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation
When Thomas Jefferson agreed
to purchase “Louisiana” from France in 1803, its boundaries were unknown. Jefferson dispatched two groups of exploration. Lewis and Clark left St. Louis, traveled up the Missouri River and eventually reached the Pacific coast by following the Columbia River. Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s group started similarly but turned south toward the Rocky Mountains where they became lost and nearly perished in deep winter snow before finally arriving at Santa Fe. Based on reports from these expeditions, Jefferson declared that “Louisiana” consisted of the drainage of all tributaries that entered the Mississippi River from the west.
the Sapello River joins the Mora River and these waters flow to the Mississippi.
Spain, which had ceded “Louisi-
ana” to France shortly before the United States acquired it, insisted that “Louisiana” was limited to a narrow strip of land along the western bank of the Mississippi. Resolution of these differences was achieved in 1819 when Secretary of State John Quincy Adams reached an agreement with Spanish Minister Luis de Onis. The Adams-Onis Treaty set the boundary between the United States and the Spanish Province of New Mexico, at the Arkansas River. The Arkansas arises in the Rockies near Leadville. Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas, ith this declaration, President Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Jefferson, unknowingly, claimed Mississippi. Bent’s Fort, on the the northeast quadrant of New northern bank of the Arkansas in Mexico. We know now that the eastern Colorado, was a principal Gallinas River that runs through stop on the mountain branch of the Las Vegas is the northern-most Santa Fe Trail. stream arising on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains efferson’s claim that northeastthat flows into the Rio Grande. ern New Mexico was part of the About ten miles north of Las Vegas United States was never defended. a modest rise in the terrain (near Thus, New Mexico remained part the Onava exit off Interstate-25) of Spain and, later, of Mexico until separates the Rio Grande drainage the Mexican War and the Treaty of from that of the Mississippi. Ten Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. miles farther north at Watrous,
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Science & Technology by Jefferson LaRouche
Physical Forces of Attraction With any concept, many properties must be kept in balance. This is especially interesting to see in climate science. We have made highly-advanced data centers for precise monitoring every property about the weather that we can gather. There are constant readings, predictions, and live simulations of local temperature, humidity, and pressure, to create accurate forecasts and predictions. When the forces get too turbulent, tornadoes and hurricanes form. Their inherent structure is similar to how black holes function, inspiring the design of camera lenses, Dyson household fans, and magnetic coils. There is a central passageway which drives surrounding material from one side to the other.
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The main difference has to do with how massive each of the structures are. In an object that takes up volume, mass is used to calculate the attracting force of everything around it. That force is gravity. Stars form when enough hydrogen atoms attract to one another by crowding one another until they form helium via nuclear fusion. This same process occurs until denser atoms form, creating all the different elements on the periodic table. In that sense, we are all formed by stars, which has been the principle behind Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. Many of these concepts are the basis of the founding research behind Los Alamos National Labs. We were trying to build an explosive device to achieve superiority, and instead unleashed an ethical debate about utilization of technology that is still in progress. I’ll be writing a lot more about Los Alamos in upcoming issues, so stay tuned.
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Backyard Astronomy by Eric Saltmarsh FEBRUARY’S NIGHT SKY
February
2017 opens with the crescent moon, Mars, and Venus in a line above the WSW horizon at 7pm MST on the 1st, all in the faint constellation Pisces. The bright constellations of Taurus, Auriga, and Gemini are high in the sky in the SSE, while trailing Orion and Canis Major are closer to the horizon in the SE. The head of Leo the Lion is rising above the ENE horizon, looking like a reverse question mark.
By mid-month, the
constellation Gemini is high overhead at 9pm MST. One of the constellations of the zodiac, Gemini is situated between Taurus and Cancer (Note: the zodiac is the group of 13 constellations that the sun appears to travel through, as the Earth orbits it during the course of a year – in case you’re wondering, the 13th zodiacal constellation is Ophiuchus).
Gemini rises just af-
ter sunset at the winter solstice and is lost in the solar glare at the summer solstice. Because the Earth slowly wobbles on its axis over a period of 25,000 years, the solstice points slowly migrate from one constellation to another. The summer solstice
point resided in Gemini for almost two millenniums before crossing into Taurus in 1989. The ancient Babylonians knew the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini as ‘the Great Twins.’ They were considered minor gods associated with the underworld.
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‘recent’ Greek mythology saw the constellation as a representation of Pollux and Castor, twin sons of their earthly mother, Leda. While the twins were conceived on the same night, the Greek god Zeus was the father of immortal Pollux; Tyndareus, the king of Sparta and Leda’s husband, was the father of mortal Castor.
Despite
their very different fathers, the twin half-brothers were quite close. When Castor died, crestfallen Pollux asked his father to use his godly powers to reunite the brothers. As a result, the two brothers were set in the sky, where they would remain together forever. The two brightest stars in Gemini are named for the heavenly brothers of Greek mythology. Pollux, an orange giant star, is slightly brighter than blue-white Castor. While Castor looks like a single star to the unaided eye, it’s
actually a star system consisting of six stars -- three pairs of double stars all orbiting around a common center of gravity. Imagine what life would be like on a planet revolving around one of those six, gravitationally-related stars.
The easiest deep sky
object to find in Gemini is Messier 35 (M35), a loose cluster of about 200 stars that covers an expanse of sky approximately equal to that of a full moon. This asterism appears as a small, fuzzy ‘star,’ just visible to the unaided eye, near the northernmost foot of Gemini. Binoculars or a small telescope is all that’s needed to resolve this fuzzy star into a striking sprinkle of stardust. A more challenging deep sky object to observe is the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), so named because the nebula resembles a face surrounded by a fur hood. Detailed observation of this remnant of an exploding star requires a medium-sized telescope. Telescopes of four to eight inches can reveal the ‘face,’ which is really a gaseous bubble surrounding a central star, and the ‘hood,’ which is gas, shot through with spokes of lighter-colored material.
Here is a summary of inter- February 10: The ‘Snow esting night sky events oc- Moon’ (also called the curring in February 2017: ‘Hunger Moon’) is full at 5:33pm MST. Moonrise February 5: The bright or- is at 5:39pm MST, so the ange star Aldebaran is a moon will be virtually full mere 0.2 degrees south of when it comes up. There is waxing gibbous moon at a penumbral lunar eclipse 2:14pm MST. Look for this (sunlight passing through pair, still close together, as Earth’s atmosphere, bedusk deepens on this eve- ing dimmed before hitting ning. the moon – not easily observed) associated with this
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A crescent moon and Mercury (middle left) setting over the Sandia Mountains at sunset. - photo by Eric Salt marsh Bright Venus and faint Neptune appear very close together in the sunset sky on January 12, 2017. Neptune is below and to the left of Venus, enshrouded within the brighter planet’s glare. Mars is also nearby, above and to the left.
The constellation Gemini as it appears in the eastern sky, just after sunset at the beginning of February.
Stars rising in the northeast, over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This is what the northeast sky looks like in mid-February at 2:30am MST. The bright star Vega, in the constellation Lyra, is on the right; the tail, neck, and one wing of Cygnus the Swan are just rising over the mountains.
full moon, but it will not be will be high in the SE sky visible from New Mexico. before dawn begins, in the constellation Corona BoFebruary 11: Comet 45P realis, near the border with Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusa- Hercules. kova passes Earth at a distance of eight million February 11: The brightmiles. While at the limit of est star in the constellation naked eye viewing, light Leo, Regulus, is 0.8 defrom the just past full moon grees north of the waning, will require binoculars or gibbous moon at 7:04am a telescope to see it in the MST. Since the sun rises at morning sky. The comet 6:54am, look for this close
pair in the west before dawn interferes. February 26: New moon. A total annular solar eclipse (an eclipse in which the moon’s disk is slightly smaller than the sun’s, leaving a thin ring of sunlight around the moon at totality) will occur, but it won’t be visible from New Mexico.
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Mardi Gras 2017 falls on Tuesday, February 28 The most popular time to visit New Orleans is the extended weekend before Mardi Gras (February 24- 28). Come
then and you’ll be sure to catch the most popular parades, like Endymion, Bacchus, Zulu, Rex and all of the festive celebrations throughout the whole city. Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” is the last day of the Carnival season as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Most visitors will plan to arrive no later than Saturday, February 25, 2017 in order to enjoy an extended weekend of festivities.
To get the full story on Mardi Gras in New Orleans visit www.mardigrasneworleans.com If you are planning to be in New Orleans later this Spring,
get your tickets now for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, held this year from April 28 through May 7, 2017.
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Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Mexico style! See our story on Jazz in New Mexico (pages
6 and 7) to find out more about this and other Jazz events. Also visit
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A classic King Cake Photo: http://toriavey.com The King Cake is a staple of Mardi Gras celebrations and has come to symbolize Mardi Gras in New Orleans. As part of New Orleans’s Christian faith, the coming of the wise men bearing gifts to the Christ Child is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. This is referred to as the Feast of the Epiphany, or Little Christmas on the Twelfth Night. This is a time of celebration, exchanging gifts and feasting. Today, the tradition continues as people all over the world gather for festive Twelfth Night celebrations. A popular custom was and still is the baking of a special cake in honor of the three kings, called “A King’s Cake.” The oval-shaped cakes usually are made of braided cinnamon dough, covered with icing or sprinkled with sugar colored in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple (representing justice), green (for faith) and gold (for power). Some folks like their cakes plain, but there are a variety of fillings available, including cream cheese, lemon and chocolate. The king cake has its roots in medieval France and Spain. In colonial Louisiana, Creoles celebrated this time of year with the bal du roi (king’s ball), where they served a fancy cake with a bean placed inside. The person who found the bean in his or her piece of cake became the king or queen of the next ball, creating a series of balls that would culminate with the final grand event on Mardi Gras evening. In the 1940s, McKenzie’s Bakery owner Donald Entringer baked and sold king cakes to locals. One day, a traveling salesman visited the baker and had an overabundance of little porcelain dolls he hoped to sell. Entringer bought the dolls to hide in the king cakes. Eventually, he ran out of the porcelain dolls and bought less expensive plastic ones. Over time, people have claimed that the plastic baby represents baby Jesus because of the season’s religious connection to King’s Day.
Mardi Gras in the Mountains - Mardi Gras at Ski School photo -www.redriverchamber.org/mardi-gras-in-the-mountains
Mardi Gras in the Mountains - Red River New Mexico Thursday, February 23rd through Tuesday, February 28, 2017 The week is filled with costume balls, bead tossing, singing and dancing, Cajun and Creole gourmet delights, parades, kids costume contest, cajun cook-off, burning of the Loup-garu, crawfish boils, downhill gator race, and more! Start planning your costumes - the 2017 Mardi Gras theme will be “Nightmare on Main Street.” Visit the Red River Chamber website for a complete schedule www.redriverchamber.org/mardi-gras-in-the-mountains rrinfo@redriverchamber.org (575) 754-2366
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There are as many recipes for King Cakes as there are bakers willing to attempt to make this tasty treat. The process is somewhat involved, and requires more space than we have on this page. Here are some go-to recipes online as well as places to order your King Cake in time for Mardi Gras. HOW TO MAKE A KING CAKE zagleft.com/recipe/traditional-mardi-gras-king-cake-recipe/ www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2013/01/all_you_need_to_know_to_bake_a.html www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-a-king-cake-for-mardi-gras-107049 WHERE TO GET YOUR KING CAKE FOR MARDI GRAS in Albuquerque: www.abccakeshopnm.com/Mardi_Gras_Kings_Cake Whole Foods (check their website for your local store) www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list Direct from New Orleans https://kingkingcakes.com/, https://gambinos.com/, https://www.randazzokingcake.com/, http://cannataskingcakes.com/, https://www.haydelbakery.com/KingCakes, http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/kingcakes.htmls
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