The Albuquerque Historical Society & the Historical Society of NM
Encourage your participation in the following history & cultural events:
THE ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY August 18, 2 pm. Journalist and long-time television reporter Rodger Beimer speaks about “Stories and the Colorful of the New Mexico State Fair”. Come early to guarantee a seat. Free parking & Free admission to the ABQ Museum in Old Town. albuqhistsoc.org.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEW MEXICO. New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. Read about it, https://newmexicohistory.org/n
ART PROJECTS, GAMES, GARDENING, CONCERTS, CAREER EXPLORATION, COMPUTER TRAINING, COOKING, & MORE – ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES AT THE BRANCHES OF THE ABC LIBRARY SYSTEM, Go to abqlibrary.org to review listing by location, days and times! Be sure to look for all kinds of free family & children’s activities.
Randall Davey Audubon Center and sanctuary, 1800 Upper Canyon Rd. in Santa Fe. Tour the gardens and historic Randall Davey house. Fridays @ 2 pm are docent led house tours, $5. More info at RandallDavey.audubon.org. Mon. – Sat., 8am-4pm. Hundreds more events detailed at AbqToDo.com.
AUGUST 2Â JEMEZ PUEBLO FEAST DAY
AUGUST 2, 5-8 pm, free. ALBUQUERQUE ARTS CRAWL, artscrawlabq.org. Open house at various art galleries around ABQ, meet and visit with artists in person.
AUGUST 2, 5-9 pm, free. Albuquerque Art Walk downtown Central between 1st & 8th St. Stores & restaurants open, various vendors, food trucks.
AUGUST 2, 10:30 am, free, virtual or in-person. ABQ Genealogical society DNA Research Group meets on the 2nd floor of the Downtown Library. ABQGEN.ORG.
AUGUST 2 and every Friday in Aug / Sept., 5-8 pm, free. La Familia Growers Market, at Westside Community Center, 1250 Isleta Blvd. SW. Music, food, arts and crafts vendors, and more. More information at laFamiliaGrowersmarket.org.
AUGUST 2/3/4, Fridays @ 12 noon, Sat/Sun 11 am & 2 pm, fee. Cultural dances, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. indianpueblo.org.
AUGUST 3, 3-4 pm, free. NM Author David Ryan speaks about “Wandering in the Clear Light of NM-exploring around NM”.  Juan Tabo Library. 3407 Juan Tabo NE, 291-6260.
AUGUST 3/10/17/24/31, 8am, free. Farmer’s Market at Robinson Park, 8th & Central and the Los Ranchos Art Market, 6718 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
AUGUST 3, 10 am, free. Ernie Pyle birthday commemoration. Ernie Pyle Library, 900 Girard SE, pays tribute to the award winning WW II correspondent who was killed in the late days of WW II.
AUGUST 3, 2 pm, free. Author Dan Flores speaks on Wild New World at the Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, 6510 Western Trail NW
AUGUST 3, 11 am, free. Come tour the historic Gutierrez Hubbell House.  6029 Isleta SW. This territorial style 1850s house is on both the state and national registers. More info at dottaviano@bernco.gov.
AUGUST 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 9am-1 pm, FREE. Winrock Park Market. Food vendors, artisans, live music, kids play area. At east end of Winrock near movie theater.
AUGUST 3, 1pm, free. Author Jerry Thompson speaks on “Under the Pinon Tree: Finding a Place in Pie Town”. Magdalena Public Library, 108 N. Main St in historic Magdalena. 575-854-2361.
AUGUST 3, 10 am, FREE but seating limited to 50. Historian & author John Taylor speaks about the restoration of AT & SF 2926 engine.  Contact 505-243-6269 or info@WheelsMuseum.com. or leba4@aol.com. Wheels Museum, 1100 2ndSt. SW.
AUGUST 3, 10am, free. Dr. Joseph Moreno, well known expert, speaks about the Matachines Dances of San Lorenzo. Martha Liebert Library in Bernalillo, 145 Calle Malinche.
AUGUST 3, 8-11 am. Come help clean up Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. Wear hard soled shoes and bring your own tools. Garbage bags provided. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryAB
AUGUST 3, 2pm, free. Virginia Dodier speaks about “Presbyterian Missions of Northern NM”, Kit Carson Board Room, 118 Cruz Alta Rd. Presented by the Taos County Historical Society. More information at TaosCountyHistoricalSociety.
AUGUST 3, 5-10 pm, free. SummerFest Westside at Ventana Ranch Community Park, 10000 Universe NW.Music, vendors, kids activities. Park and Ride available at CNM Westside Campus.
AUGUST 4, Santo Domingo Pueblo Feast Day
AUGUST 4, 8 am, free. Bosque Wild Guided Hike (2 miles, leave pets at home). Check in at the Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors NW. RSVP 768-4950.
AUGUST 4, 10 am-2pm, free. Railyards Market in historic Barelas. Every Sunday. 777 1stSt. SW – enter parking area at 1st & Hazeldine SW. All are encouraged to walk or bicycle due to limited parking. RailyardsMarket.org
AUGUST 4, 10 am-4pm, free 1st Sunday admission to the National Hispanic CC Art Museum. 1701 4th St. SW at Bridge. nhccnm.org.
AUGUST 4, 11, 18, 25, Sunday mornings admission free from 9 am-1 pm at the Albuquerque Museum. Go to cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerq
AUGUST 6, moment of reflection to mark the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945 and bombing of Nagasaki August 9, 1945.
AUGUST 6 (repeats Aug. 21), 6:30 pm, free. Evening hike (1.5 miles) in Piedras Marcadas Canyon unit of Petroglyph National Monument. Bring plenty of water.  9501 Golf Course Rd. NW.
AUGUST 6, moment of reflection to mark the sinking of the USS Bullhead submarine August 6, 1945 with 84 hands on board. This was the last US Navy ship sunk in WW II and the ABQ City park at the end of San Pedro SE is named for the USS Bullhead.
AUGUST 7, First day of school for students grades 1-12, Albuquerque Public Schools. More information at aps.edu.
AUGUST 7, 10 am, free.  Art & Music for a new Democracy. ABQ Museum director Andrew Connors speaks about the exhibit “Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1776-1976”. Albuquerque Museum.
AUGUST 7, free program, 12 noon, virtual. A Nuclear Family: Coming of Age in Oppenheimer’s Secret City. Ellen Wilder Bradbury Reid shares her memories of growing up in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. NM History Museum Friends of History.Go to the website FriendsofHistoryNM.org/lecture
AUGUST 8/15/22, 5-8 pm, free but Limited seating. Chatter performs a variety of classical music on Thursdays at the ABQ Museum.
The Sandoval County Historical Society will not meet in August. Sandoval County Historical Society & Museum, 161 Homestead Lane, located between the Santa Ana Star Casino and Coronado Historic Site, just north of 550, turn at the dirt road by the IHOP. SandovalHistory.org. 505-867-2755.
The Albuquerque Press Women & Friends will not meet in August. In-person at Weck’s Restaurant, 7301 Paseo del Norte NE.  (You may purchase food/beverage.) More info from lockettabq@comcast.net. Sponsored by Albuquerque Press Women and Friends
AUGUST 9/10/11 – Feast of San Lorenzo, Rotary Park in Bernalillo. Includes the Los Matachines dance down Main St. Sunday mass, 10am at Our Lady of Sorrows. More information on Town of Bernalillo website, tobnm.gov.
AUGUST 9, 12 noon-1pm, free. Luke Bulla plays the fiddle, violin and guitar and sings. International District Library, 7601 Central NE, 768-4970.
AUGUST 10 PICURIS PUEBLO FEAST DAY
AUGUST 10, 12 noon-1pm, entry fee. COMMEMORATION OF PUEBLO REVOLT OF 1680 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center with speaker Jon Ghahate (Laguna, Zuni). Indianpueblo.org.
AUGUST 10, 11am-4pm, free. Local Indigenous artisans display and sell their work at the Open Space Visitors Center. 6500 Coors NW
AUGUST 10, 3-4 pm, free. The Sandia Mountain Dulcimers play. South Broadway Library, 1025 Broadway SE, 764-1742.
AUGUST 10, 10:30 am, free. Lindy Blaskey speaks about ABQ’s music scene in the 1960s. Blaskey’s group Lindy and the LaVells were inducted into the NM Music Hall of Fame in 2017. Special Collections Library 423 Central NE. Watch for parking restrictions.
AUGUST 10, 1-3 pm, free. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales presents Time Travel with historic actors. More information from Aaron Gardner, call 898-3915 or agardner@cabq.gov. cabq.gov/artsculture.
AUGUST 10, 1-3 pm, free. Closing event for Pano Connections exhibit at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Nhccnm.org.
AUGUST 10, 10 am-4pm, free. Regular monthly book sale by the Friends of the ABQ BernCo Public Library. Main branch, 5th & Copper NW. Two hour free parking across the street at the City garage. Bring your ticket in to be stamped.
AUGUST 10, 11 am, FREE but seating limited to 50. Phil and Roseanne Archuleta speak about NM Historical Markers.  Contact 505-243-6269 or info@WheelsMuseum.com. or leba4@aol.com. Wheels Museum, 1100 2ndSt. SW.
AUGUST 11, 10 am-4 pm, free. Jemez Historic Site commemorates Pueblo Independence Day with Native dances, Native art vendors and food.
AUGUST 10, 6-8:30 PM, free. Open Space community concert with Conservation Carnivale from 6:30-7pm followed by live music till 8:30 pm. Tijeras BioZone Education Center, 15600 Central SE. Sponsored by COA Open Space Div. contact 768-4959 for more info.
AUGUST 10, 1 pm, virtual, $20. Anthropological Genetic History. The Celt Iberian Connection to NM Families (Haplogroup R1b1). Presented by Angel Cervantes and the New Mexico DNA project and Iberian Peninsula DNA Institute. Payment must be by postal mail. Contact angelrcervantes@gmail.com for postal address and to register.
AUGUST 14, 7 pm, free. The Albuquerque Concert Band performs outdoors at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial, 1100 Louisiana SE. abqband.org.
AUGUST 15, free. 5:30-6:30 pm, Lone Pinon performs; 7 pm, film Stand & Deliver (1998). National Hispanic Cultural Center. nhccnm.org.
AUGUST 15 Zia Pueblo Feast Day
AUGUST 15, 5-8pm, free. 3rd THURSDAY AT ABQ MUSEUM. All exhibits open. Chatter will play. Food & Beverage for sale.
AUGUST 18, 1-4 pm, free. UNM invites Alums & friends to the Great Green Chile Roast. Ex Novo Brewery Event Center, 4895 Corrales Rd. Food & beverage vendors.
AUGUST 18, 2 pm, free. “Stories and the Colorful History of the New Mexico State Fair” presented by long time journalist and television reporter Rodger Beimer. Come early to guarantee a seat. Free parking and free admission to the ABQ Museum. Sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society. albuqhistsoc.org.
AUGUST 22/23, 11 am, $2. National Hispanic Cultural Center, tour of Torreon. nhccnm.org
AUGUST 22, 6:30-8PM, entry fee. The Journey of the Perseverance Rover on Mars by Dr. Larry Crumpler. NM Natural History Museum.
AUGUST 23, 6-7:30 pm, $10 includes drink ticket. Science on Tap-Water Water Everywhere ! presented by UNM’s Dr. Anjali Mulchandani. He discusses all things water in Albuquerque .Nuclear Science Museum, 601 Eubank SE. NuclearMuseum.org
AUGUST 24 10-am-4 pm, free Mountainair, NM. Annual Sunflower Festival with food vendors, crafts. Sponsored by the Manzano Mountain Art Council, Mountainair, NM. ManzanoMountainArtCouncil.org.
AUGUST 24, 2-5:30 PM, free. Wizard of Oz 85th anniversary with games and crafts and watch the movie at 3:30 pm. Lomas Tramway Library, 908 Eastridge Dr. NE, 291-6295.
AUGUST 25, 11 am, FREE but seating limited to 50. John Taylor speaks about “I’ve been working on the Railroad… Santa Fe Railroad that is”.  Contact 505-243-6269 or info@WheelsMuseum.com. or leba4@aol.com. Wheels Museum, 1100 2ndSt. SW.
AUGUST 25, 10am, free. Baker Morrow speaks about Gardens & Customs when the New World met the Old in 17th Century NM. Martha Liebert Library in Bernalillo, 145 Calle Malinche, 867-1440. Sponsored by the Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites. More info Kuaua.org
AUGUST 25 , 7 pm, free by Zoom. Author and historian John Taylor presents “The Jewish Merchants of Valencia County”. Sponsored by the NM Jewish Historical Society. To get link contact admin@nmjhs.org, 505-348-4471.
AUGUST 26 WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY commemorates August 26, 1920 certification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution which prohibits .. Denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of Sex.
AUGUST 28 Isleta Pueblo Feast Day
AUGUST 28, 12 noon, free. In person or by Zoom. Deputy State Historian Nicolasa Chanez & state archivist Jonathan Pringle speak on “Zozobra: 100 years of Old Man Gloom“. NM state archive and Record Center. Part of the Tertulia Historica Series. More information at NewMexicoHistory.org or 476-7911.
AUGUST 30, $35,Tickets. Burning of Zozobra in Santa Fe.
AUGUST 31, 10 am, free but seating limited to 50. Author/historian John Taylor speaks about Photographer Jack Delano who photographed images in NM during the 1930s/40s for the Farm Security Administration.  Contact 505-243-6269 or info@WheelsMuseum.com. or leba4@aol.com. Wheels Museum, 1100 2ndSt. SW.
AUGUST 31-SEPT. 2, 10am-4pm, free. Traditional pottery of Jemez Pueblo, demonstration by Josephine Toya. Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center’s shaded outdoor patio.6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205, more information at nps.gov/petr</a
AUGUST 31, 1:30-3 pm, included with admission. Heritage Spinning and Weaving. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales.  More information from Aaron Gardner, call or agardner@cabq.gov. cabq.gov/artsculture
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument near Mountainair. Enjoy a guided tour program from 7:30-8:15 then view the pristine night sky with telescopes. Contact Natalia Sanchez Hernandez for more info. Call 505-847-2585, ext. 221.
NATIVE DANCERS AT INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER SUMMER SCHEDULE: FRIDAYS 12 NOON; SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, 11 AM & 2 PM.
IN AUGUST FREE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY, 1-3 PM AT Old Town Plaza. Detailed list on City’s website cabq.gov. Contact 768-3556, bortiz@cabq.gov.
HUNDREDS MORE EVENTS LISTED ONÂ ABQTODO.COM
Randall Davey Audubon Center and sanctuary, 1800 Upper Canyon Rd. in Santa Fe. Tour the gardens and historic Randall Davey house. Fridays @ 2 pm are docent led house tours, $5. Saturdays @8:30 am are guided bird walk. More info at RandallDavey.audubon.org. Monday – Saturday, 8am-4pm.
The historic court case involving Isleta pueblo member Miguel Trujillo and voting rights for Native Americans. To request traveling exhibit contact tasneem.bsaies@dca.nm.gov. There is a six part podcast available at podcast.nmculture.org
DOZENS OF ACTIVITIES & PODCASTS DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL, NMhumanities.org
INDIAN EDUCATION AT UNM, iaie.unm.edu. Watch several previously recorded programs about Native American education, the Dine language and more.
HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATIONÂ (historicSantaFe.or
The Wheels Museum, 1100 2nd St. SW. Monday -Thursday, 9 am-12 noon, Sat. 12 noon-2pm. Call first to confirm, 243-6269 or info@wheelsmuseum.org
MURALS OF ALBUQUERQUE (www.murosabq.com) This shows over 130 murals in the ABQ metro area. You click on each picture and it shows the mural, gives its title and address, describes the image, and the artists.
ONLINE TOUR OF THE 15 HISTORIC MURALS AT THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER The tour gives details of the artist and the dance or ritual illustrated in the mural. https://indianpueblo.org/puebl
Cibola County History Museum, 525 West High St., Grants NM. Go to the museum’s Facebook page for more information.
NUCLEAR MUSEUM – The Museum has a huge collection of oral history interviews (also transcribed) called Voices of the Manhattan Project. There are some 600 interviews of individuals who were either at the Manhattan Project or a family member who worked there. The interviews are organized into 39 categories such as: Internment of Japanese Americans, Life in the Secret cities, Hispanic employees, Native American. https://www.nuclearmuseum.org/
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Historic Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale SE. invites anyone to come and hoe tumbleweeds and goat heads. The cemetery is open dawn to dusk and accessible through the gates of Fairview Memorial Park. Wear hard soled shoes & bring your own tools.  www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryA
AMAZING HISTORY / CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE
Many of the museums and cultural centers in the ABQ metro area have put programming on their websites, Facebook pages or YouTube links. This includes everything from:
- concerts, history lectures, video tours of various museum collections,
- photograph pod casts, curriculum and study guides for children, audio interviews,
All of this is free and even “low tech” individuals can navigate these websites. There are YouTube channels available at no cost to watch to all. You are urged to explore many websites but especially these:
- CORONADO HISTORIC SITE – Watch numerous programs from the website of the Friends of Coronado Historic Site. Kuaua.org/presentations. All info on their website.
- NEW MEXICO HISTORY IN TEN MINUTESÂ (newmexicohistory.org)
 On the home page, go to the bottom and click on Video of the Month. The entire list of episodes will appear by clicking on the corner of the video. NM State Historian Rob Martinez is most engaging and informative and there are more than 40 Episodes. The episodes may be heard in chronological order or by topic which is introduced in the first minute or so of the episode. - CIVIC AUDITORIUM HISTORY VIDEO (1957-1986) www.modernabq.org. Go to the Resources Tab, then the drop down to the three Civic Auditorium videos. They tell the story of the structure: why it was built, how it was used and why it was ultimately demolished.
- HOLOCAUST MUSEUM and GELLERT EDUCATION CENTER NM, 616 Central SW. Go to the website nmholocaustmuseum.org. Questions call 247-0606.
- ALBUQUERQUE OASIS LIFELONG LEARNING PRESENTS VARIOUS NM TOPICSÂ www.albuquerque.oasisne
t.org or 884-4529.
ALBUQUERQUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVED VIDEO PROGRAMS
The Albuquerque Historical Society provides videos of scheduled program presentations. The videos are linked from the appropriate AHS Program pages. Presentations captured on videos to date include:
- Arches and Artistry: A Chronicle of Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel
Matt Kluge, July 21, 2024 - Maisel’s Murals
Paul Secord, June 16, 2024 - History of Telephones in New Mexico
Susie Turner, April 21, 2024 - The Downtown Albuquerque Walking Tour: For People Who Prefer to Sit
Roland Penttila, January 21, 2024 - Movies Made in Albuquerque
Jeff Berg, November 19, 2023 - What’s in a Name?
Elaine Briseño, October 15, 2023 - Albuquerque’s Involvement with the American Space Program
Loretta Hall, September 17, 2023 - The Role of the New Mexico State Historian
Rob Martinez, August 20, 2023 - Historic Fairview Cemetery: THE Place to be Buried Since 1881
Gail Rubin, July 16, 2023 - History of South Broadway and Kirtland Addition Neighborhoods
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, June 18, 2023. - The Heritage of Historic US Route 66 in Albuquerque
Roger Zimmerman and Melissa Lea Beasley-Lee, April 16, 2023 - History of Mariachi in Albuquerque
Peter Sanchez, March 19, 2023 - Biography of Casey Luna
Dr. Richard Melzer, February 19, 2023 - History of The University of Albuquerque
John Taylor, January 15, 2023 - History of UNM Press: The Largest Book Publishing Company in New Mexico
Beth Hadas, November 20, 2022 - One With the Land: Voices of the Atrisco Land Grant
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, October 16, 2022 - One With the Land: Voices of the Atrisco Land Grant
Anthony “Tony” DellaFlora, October 16, 2022 - Picture This!: Online Storytelling Through Photo Archives
Jill Hartke, September 18, 2022 - The History of Public Art Urban Enhancement in Albuquerque
Sherri Brueggemann, August 21, 2022 - Neighborhoods at a Crossroads: Hoffmantown
Anthony DellaFlora, July 17, 2022 - African American Homesteaders in Albuquerque
Rita Powdrell, June 19, 2022 - Victory from the Shadows
Elaine Carson, March 20, 2022 - The Ten Dons, Plus One
Kathy Seidel, February 20, 2022 - Erna Fergusson, First Lady of New Mexico Letters
Joe Sabatini, January 16, 2022 - The History of Los Poblanos
Kate Garner, November 21, 2021 - Stories of Early Albuquerque
Rosemary McNerney Winkler – October 17, 2021 - Overhaul: A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops
Richard and Shirley Cushing Flint – September 19, 2021 - Building Community & Culture: Jews in 20th Century Albuquerque
Harvey Buchalter, July 18, 2021 - Life of Mrs. Carnis Salisbury: Albuquerque Fair Housing and Civil Rights Pioneer
Brian Eagan – June 20, 2021 - Doing History in a City Looking Forward
Albuquerque Museum Director Andrew Connors – April 18, 2021 - 60th Anniversary of Little Beaver Town
Roland Penttila – March 21, 2021 - An Iconic View: A Photographic Study of First and Central, 1880 to 2020
Richard Ruddy – February 21, 2021 - Historic Fairview Cemetery: Final Resting Place for Notable People in Albuquerque History
Gail Rubin, CT – January 17, 2021 - The Spanish Flu Pandemic in New Mexico 1918-1920
Rick Hendricks, Ph.D, – November 15, 2020 - Architectural History of Albuquerque’s Old Main Library
Teri Reynoso – October 18, 2020 - The Photo Heritage of Eddie Ross Cobb and Daphne Cobb: Unbending Courage and Creativity
Sueki (Susan) Woodward – September 20, 2020 - They Won the Vote! : Suffrage and Suffragists in New Mexico
Sylvia Ramos Cruz, M.D. – August 23, 2020 - Albuquerque Sculptor Herb Goldman
Lisa Goldman – July 19, 2020 - Secret Albuquerque: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Ashley M. Biggers – June 21, 2020 - Albuquerque in the Nuclear Age
Duane Hughes – February 16, 2020
- Early History of the Albuquerque Open Space Program
Rex Funk – January 19, 2020 - A History Lover’s Guide to Albuquerque
Roger Zimmerman – November 17, 2019 - Ridgecrest Area History: The Parkland Hills Addition
Willam Dodge – October 20, 2019 - History of Menaul School
Dr. Christine Sierra – September 15, 2019