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Free Taos Icons Art Reception

Taos Country Club hosts a free Taos Icons fine art exhibit on Friday August 7 showing work by nearly all the 54 prominent Taos artists who are part of the Taos Icon group. We know for sure that you’ll see pieces by the Michael McCormick Gallery’s Miguel Martinez, Malcolm Furlow, Shelbee Mares, and Michael Archuleta, […]

Free Summer Music at Taos Plaza Live

It’s Taos Plaza Live season, with free music in the historic Taos Plaza from 6:00-8:00pm on Thursday nights, now through September 3, 2009. Performers include The Rifters, Jenny Byrd, John & Viv, Kim & the Caballeros, Bone Orchard, Michael Hearne, Jimmy Stadler, and many more fabulous local favorites.  Scope out the full schedule of talent playing everything […]

Free Wilder Nightingale Fine Art Reception

Free artist reception at Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, on Sat, May 23, 2009, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. The ‘Far Out’ show features Landscapes Remembering the Summer of Love by artists Peggy Immel, Judith Stroh-Miller and Kemper Coley. Free reception at Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, 119-A Kit Carson Road, Taos.

Free Folk Life Festival Millicent Rogers Museum

The free 7th Annual Folk Life Festival at the Millicent Rogers Museum is from noon to 4:00 pm on May 16, 2009, featuring tri-cultural music and dance, artist demonstrations, art activities, and face painting (The face painting is presumably for the kids, but hey, it’s Taos. Whatever takes your fancy.)

Free Meet Author/Activist at Brodsky Books

Meet author and activist Mark Rudd, who’ll discuss and sign copies of his new memoir Underground: My Life With SDS and the Weathermen on Saturday May 2, from 4:00-6:00 pm, at the Brodsky Bookshop. (Straight afterwards, Rudd speaks at a World Peace Week gathering at the Taos Artist Co-op next door to Brodsky Bookshop.) A […]

Free Earth Day Activities at Blossoms (new date)

Get set for spring at Blossoms Organic Garden Center on Sat April 25, where there’s free family fun between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm to celebrate Earth Day. Free food, music by Omar Rain, and a fruit tree raffle. Kids can try rock painting, make a bird feeder, or take part in a plant-life scavenger hunt. At […]