Billy the Kid arrives at The Albuquerque Museum on May 13

May at The Albuquerque Museum

Opening Sunday, May 13
Dreamscape Desperado: Billy the Kid and the Outlaw in America
The story of legendary gunman Billy the Kid presented through historic artifacts and contemporary pop culture. This exhibit explores the life and death of Billy the Kid and looks at why this infamous character continues to fascinate the public 125 years after his death in Fort Sumner, NM. Don’t miss the classic Billy the Kid Film Series on select Thursdays during the exhibition. On display through July 22, 2007.

Opening Day activities
1 p.m. Billy the Kid Lecture
Learn more about famous outlaw Billy the Kid in a lecture by Paul Hutton, the guest curator of the Dreamscape Desperado exhibition.
2 – 4 p.m. Billy the Kid Musical Performance
On opening day Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout will introduce museum visitors to music popular in the days of Billy the Kid in their performance called Don’t Forget the Gallina: The Music of Billy the Kid and His Times.

May Events

Thursday, May 10
Artist Judy Chicago and author Gail Levin will discuss the re-installation of the Birth Project exhibition at The Albuquerque Museum and sign copies of the new Chicago biography written by Levin. The book signing takes place from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. and the dialogue begins at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Saturday, May 12 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Heritage Day at Casa San Ysidro
Celebrate Heritage Day 2007 at the museum's historic house Casa San Ysidro located in the Village of Corrales. Visitors of all ages will enjoy music, performances and artist demonstrations. Admission is free. Directions: Take Corrales Road north 3.2 miles, turn west on Old Church Road. For more information call 505-898-3915.
Sunday, May 20 -10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
23rd Annual Museum Car Show
One of Albuquerque’s largest car shows takes place every May at The Albuquerque Museum. Hundreds of antique, classic, exotic and sports cars will be on display in the museum parking lot along with trucks, motorcycles and vintage camper trailers.
Admission is free. The fee to participate in the car show is $10.00.
Thursday, May 24 - 6:30 p.m.
Classic Film Series
Billy the Kid (1930)
This is the first talking picture about Billy the Kid based on the 1926 novel The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns. Director King Vidor casts All-American football star Johnny Mack Brown in the role of the Kid. Filmed near Gallup, NM the movie is renowned for its realistic settings and epic scope. Please note this is a classic film that has not been re-mastered. 95 minutes.
Admission to the film series is free.
Free General Admission Days at The Albuquerque Museum.
The first Wednesday of the month is a free general admission day. General admission to the Museum is also free every Sunday morning from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturdays in May - Family Art Workshops – 1 – 2:30 pm
All supplies are provided. Free with Museum general admission.
Also on display

Out of the Bag
An exhibition featuring never-before exhibited examples of handbags and pouches from the Museum’s permanent collection. Out of the Bag includes Victorian beaded reticules and mesh purses, fringed “flapper” bags, Plateau, Plains and Apache beaded pouches, and a silver filigree dance purse. On display through Sept. 16.
Judy Chicago: The Birth Project
The Birth Project was created by internationally renowned feminist artist and writer Judy Chicago from 1980 – 1985. It was designed by Chicago and executed in cooperation with 150 skilled needle workers. The collection includes images of birth and creation in embroidery, needlepoint, crochet, macramé and quilting which are combined with drawing and paintings by Judy Chicago. On display through August 19.
Haunted Highways
A collection of photographs by the late Ralph Looney, longtime journalist for the Albuquerque Tribune, featuring ghost towns of New Mexico and portraits of the people who lived there. The images were taken by Looney for his book Haunted Highways: The Ghost Towns of New Mexico published in 1968. On display through June 2007.

The Sewell Family: Old Town and the Tourist Pottery Market
The story of the Sewell family’s role in the preservation of the Old Town Armijo properties, and the subsequent revival of the local tourist pottery market. On display through August 2007.

Alburquerque Conmemorado – Alburquerque Commemorated
From its history collections and photograph archives The Albuquerque Museum presents artifacts that, brought together for the first time, commemorate people, places and events in our city’s history.

Common Ground: Art in New Mexico
Common Ground is a permanent art exhibition highlighting a significant amount of museum-owned works from the late 19th century to the present day. It is displayed chronologically giving visitors a glimpse into the evolution of art in New Mexico.

Four Centuries: A History of Albuquerque
A permanent exhibition of local history depicting four hundred years of the history of Albuquerque and the Rio Grande Valley region. Look over early maps, arms and armor and weaving. Learn about trade routes, colonial life and statehood era relics.
Leslie E. Venzuela
Public Relations & Marketing
The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
2000 Mountain Road NW
505-243-7255
lvenzuela@cabq.gov
www.cabq.gov/museum

Albuquerque: Educator Discount Day at Bookworks

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From: Shannon D.
Date: 2007-05-03 11:27:30
Reply: http://www.abqhomelearners.org/reply.php?topic_id=1291

I called Bookworks and Homeschoolers are included this day!!

Sunday, May 6 at 1pm Celebrate Teachers!
Pre-K - 12 Teachers, Librarians, Principals in the greater Albuquerque Metro Area are invited to Bookworks to celebrate educators!

Refreshments, a raffle, a new educator's discount program, and the generous gift of 35% off all purchases in the store that afternoon await! Educators are invited to arrive at one o'clock to register for the 35% discount coupon (good that day only) and hear about the innovative programs Bookworks offers to schools. Plus when you register you are entered in our raffle for gift certificates, book bags, posters, books and more. Educators will hear about Bookworks' longstanding fundraisers, how we can bring authors to your school, and get to meet our store's staff dedicated to supplying wonderful books for students in our greater Albuquerque / Rio Rancho community.

Teachers - start off your special week with an afternoon surrounded by great books at Bookworks! 4022 Rio Grande NW www.bkwrks.com 344-8139

Albuquerque: First Friday Fractals - now THREE shows

Hi everyone, and welcome to a whole bunch of new people on the list this month...

We have a number of exciting announcements to share. First of all, we've added a third show to our First Friday Fractals program, this Friday May 4th at the LodeStar Planetarium. This is in response to the overwhelming turnout we've seen, where we've now sold out all 24 shows in a row! Hopefully this will allow everyone who wants to come to get in this time. BUT - I still recommend calling the Natural History Museum box office starting on Friday morning to reserve your tickets. The number is 841-2869. The shows will now be offered at 6:00, 7:30 and 8:45, and this will be true for the shows on June 1'st as well.

And another fun and exciting announcement: The Fractal Foundation has been awarded a grant from the City of Albuquerque's Urban Enhancement Trust Fund to support our "Albuquerque Fractal Challenge" program. This will allow us to teach thousands more children about the beauty of fractals. It will also pay for the prizes for the Fractal Challenge. The students who create the most interesting and beautiful fractals will have their mathematical artworks reproduced - huge - on billboards and wrapped on the sides of buildings! We'll be using advertising technology to advertise math, science, art, and the creativity of our students. Pretty cool! Learn more about this program - and how you (or your children) can participate. Thank you Albuquerque!

And now for some numbers... we just passed a fun milestone. With the presentation I gave at Enchanted Hills Elementary school in Rio Rancho this morning, we have now taught over 9000 people about fractals and chaos theory. Almost exactly half of that number is children, or 4538. Given that there's about 326,000 students in New Mexico, we're now 1.3% of the way there in our goal to leave no child unfractalled! ;)

And finally, one more fun little note - the Albuquerque Journal is doing a profile of me in the People section of this Friday's paper, and the story should, hopefully, cover fractals and the Fractal Foundation's activities in some detail, so check it out if you get a chance.

Thanks for your interest and support, and I hope to see you one of these days at a fractal show somewhere!


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-Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D.
Executive Director
http://www.FractalFoundation.org
Next First Friday Fractals shows: May 4th and June 1'st - now with THREE showings!


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REMINDER-Tonight Baskin Robbins 31c cone night!

Wednesday, May 2, 5pm-10pm.
Baskin-Robbin 31 Cent Cone Night, you may also have a chance to donate to your local fire station. A donation of $100,000 will be made by Baskin-Robbins to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx

School Days at the 2007 New Mexico State Fair

Email me if you want the attachments and your group does not accept them! There is a brochure as well as a application.--Tabbi

Dear Tabitha—



My name is Larry Parker and I am working with Harry Pavlides at EXPO New Mexico on the school days program.



Harry has asked that I send you the pdf flyer and registratiom/application form for this year’s School Days Program at the fair. I have attached these two items with this email.

The registration/application form has been designed to allow you to download, complete on your computer and then email back to EXPO NM.



If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. The email address is lparker@exponm.com. You can call me at 222-9700. We have a new phone system, so

this number may different than what is on the materials. However, the old EXPO NM phone number- 265-1791 is still working and will remain active for several months.



Thank you for your interest in School Days at the State Fair.



Cordially,





Larry D. Parker

Special Assistant to the Deputy Manager

For Partnership Coordination

EXPO New Mexico- Home of the State Fair

An Enterprise Agency of the State of New Mexico

Webresource: Everyday Explorer, Natl Geographic

Everyday Explorer, from the National Geographic Site

http://www.everydayexplorer.com/index.html

A great site to set up wildlife lessons. It has lot of links, lesson plans and you can filter by zipcode. You can keep wildlife lists online, keep scrapbooks online, watch video, look up animals, too much to mention.

Ginou