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Stories May 2013
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Stories April 2013
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Jenny Vincent's 100th Birthday
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Two part interview by Robin Collier with Jenny Vincent New Year's Eve 2006. She tells of how she came to Taos, her school, the McCarthy period, how she collected & taught Spanish music, her music publishing, with some songs.
Jenny Vincent part 1 28 min
Jenny Vincent part 2 28 min
Live performance of the Jenny Vincent Trio September 2007 at the Martinez Hacienda with Rick Klein & Audrey Davis.
Martinez Hacienda 2007 56 min
All photos & recording by Robin Collier. Copyright Cultural Energy 2006-2013
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Welcome & Introductions
Sam Fernald 2:48
Water Resources Research Institute
Vimal Chaitanya 8:12
Vice President for Research, New Mexico State University
Sylvia Rodríguez 5:28
University of New Mexico
All pdf slides are copyrighted by the presentors, their organizations, or their sources.
For best understanding of the presentation open the slides in another window, advancing while you listen.
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited & Normalized by Spence Stall. Thanks to Miguel Santistevan, AIRIE, NMSU, NMAA, Guido Lambelet and Mike Scarborough for financial support in recording the conference.
CNH Panels:
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Acequias
Alcalde Acequia - NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Science Center
Session 1: Multi-Theme Data Acquisition
Moderater Andres Cibils 2:01
Mexico State University
Acequia Hydrology Foundations of Community Resilience to Changing Climate and Land Use
Sam Fernald 16:41
Water Resources Research Institute
Fernald Slides pdf © 2013
Ecosystem Services, Faunal Biodiversity and Vegetation Dynamics in Response to ForecastedLand-Use and Climate Change within the Upper Rio Grande
Ken Boykin 12:06
New Mexico State University
Boykin Slides pdf © 2013
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Acequia Cleaning, Guerrero, Mexico
Source: Jacinta Palerm
Session 2: Data Integration and Modeling the Interplay of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Factors in an Acequia Community
Moderated by Sylvia Rodríguez
Monitoring and Modeling Hydrologic Connectivity in Semi-Arid Watersheds
Carlos Ochoa 16:01
New Mexico State University
Ocha Slides pdf © 2013
Acequia Perspectives on Climate-Change and Population Growth and the Perspectives of Preparedness and Adaptation
Brian Hurd 16:46
New Mexico State University
Hurd Slides pdf © 2013
Modeling the Hydrologic/ Ecologic/ Economic/ Social Dynamics of Small Scale Community Irrigation Systems (Acequias)
Vince Tidwell 16:15
Sandia National Laboratories
Tidwell Slides pdf © 2013
Modeling Panel Q & A 29:44
Session 3: Spain, United States, Chile
Moderated by Devon G. Peña, University of Washington in Seattle
Deven Peña Panel Intro 3:15
Encounters with the Moral Economy of Water: Convergent Evolution and Diffusion in Valencia
Paul Trawick 24:07
Idaho State University
Trawick Slides © 2013
Safeguarding Valencian Acequias: History and Values of a Millennial Water Sharing Culture
Luis Pablo Martínez 39:09
Directorate General of Cultural Heritage, Valencia, Spain
Martínez Slides © 2013
Society and Hydrology in a Chilean Andean Watershed: How Poor Knowledge of the Hydrological System Produces Social Conflicts
José Luis Arumí 16:46
Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
Arumí Slides © 2013
The Effects of Social and Economic Disturbances on the Taos Acequias of Northern New Mexico
Michael Cox 25:04
Dartmouth College
Cox Slides © 2013
Q & A 33:08
Closing Remarks 5:26
Sam Fernald, Sylvia Rodríguez
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Session 4: Bali, Mexico, Morocco
Moderated by Steve Guldan, New Mexico State University
Regime Shifts in the Morning of the World
Steve Lansing 19:09
University of Arizona, Santa Fe Institute
No Slides
Visible and Invisible Self-Managed Irrigation Organizations
Jacinta Palerm 22:39
Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico-Texcoco
Palerm Slides © 2013
Irrigation Management in Pre-Saharan Morocco: Some Perspectives from the Assag(q)yas of the Ziz Oasis
Hsain Ilahiane 24:25
University of Kentucky
Ilahiane Slides © 2013
Modern assaguiya, Morocco
Source: Hasain Ilahiane
Is the Crafting of Self-Governing Irrigation Institutions in the XXth Century Following Elinor Ostrom’s Principles Still Relevant in the Beginning of the XXI Century?
Thierry Ruf 25:45
Supagro-Institut des régions chaudes, Montpellier, France
Ruf Slides © 2013
Roundtable Discussion/Q & A 16:46
New Mexico Acequia Workshop
Co-chaired by José Rivera and Quita Ortiz, in which scholars and activists are invited to formulate and propose an agenda of research and policy based on new insight.
Roman aqueduct near Valencia, Spain
Source: Luis Pablo Martínez
Photo: Petercero
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Stories March 2013
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Town Manager, Oscar Rodriguez
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Taos County Commission
Annexation & Command Center
Mar 11 2012 meeting
Audio minimally edited, due to error first portion of Arsenio Cordova's comment is missing
Public Comment 18:04
Staff-Commission 1:13:52
Exec Session-Lease 50:38
Recorded/edited by Robin Collier |
Town of Taos Council meeting on 911 Lease & Airport annexation
The town voted Mar 12, 2012 to sign a lease for the 911 facility from Kit Carson Electric Coop and to annex the airport & Hwy 64. Both El Prado S.&W. & Taos County promise legal challenges to the annexation.
Public Comment General 16:46
911 Kit Carson Lease 19:46
Matt Foster airport 11:02
Public on annexation 1:02:49
County Presentation 31:07
Council discussion/vote 1:14:17
Recorded/edited by Robin Collier |
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Stories February 2013
Below are underlined links to our segments now online. If you want to save the mp3 file for later listening, on Windows, click on the link with the right mouse button, on the Mac, click on the link while holding the control key. Click on images for an enlarged view.
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Compadrazco: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo & Beyond
Celebration of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Española, Feb. 23, 2013
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Taos High Schools Poets
Vista Grande, Taos Academy, Chrysalis, Taos High School
Somos Winter Writers Series
Feb 21 2013 Intro by Jan Smith
Intro 2:50
Poets 1:20:36
Thanks 3:43
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall |
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Pilar Trujillo 11:07
Adam Baca 1:17
Estevan Arellano 25:00
Panel Thanks 0:49
Mike Scarborough 34:06
Mike Q & A - Ending 7:00
Recorded & Normalized by Robin Collier
Some presentations are handicapped by use of Power Point which is slowly destroying our oral traditions & skills |
Economic Development
Workshop Feb 19 2012 for the Town of Taos "Re-Vision 20/20" plan. Pauses without content for SWOP public input edited out
Economic Development 1:42:41
Recorded & normalized by Robin Collier
Joint work study by Town of Taos, Taos County & Kit Carson Electric Coop
Command Center &
Airport Annexation
Tuesday Feb 12 2012
Command Center Part 1 58:54
Command Center Part 2 1:09:38
Airport Funding/Annexation 1:02:47
Acoustics in Commission Chambers are very bad. Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall
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Crimes Against Peace
Allen Ferguson, JD, MFA
Harvey Solomon Lecture Series
Feb 9, Intro by George Jaramillo
Intro 2:10
Crimes Against Peace 57:26
Q & A 31:45
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall
Airport Annexation
Taos Planning Commission hearing on annexation of Airport & Rt 64
Feb 5 2012
Hearing was continued to Mar 6
Full Hearing 1:13:19
Recorded & normalized by Robin Collier
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Allegra Houston
Lara Santoro
SOMOS Winter Writers Series
Jan 31 2013 Intro by Jan Smith
Intro 8:31
Allegra & Lara 51:54
Q & A 2:25
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall
Drones
What Activists Can Do
Robert Naiman - Santa Fe
of Just Foreign Policy & President of Truth-Out.org Hosted by Amnesty International Feb 5 2013
Intro 1:31
Robert Naiman 47:04
Q & A 27:53
Recorded & edited by Robin Collier
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Stories January 2013
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Dr. Rodriguez spoke about her work with NMSU on an interdisciplinary study of acequias and her work with the New Mexico Acequia Assocation on training new Mayordomos.
The talk gives a taste of the major international conference "Acequias and the Future of Resilience in Global Perspective" March 2-3 in Las Cruces
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The Chile Assoc. lobbyist, Charlie Marquez, jokes that he is sick from eating some organic food. Expert witness Louie Hena from Tesuque Pueblo with sponsor Senator Peter Wirth.
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SB 18 GMO Labeling
Hearing in the NM Senate Public Affairs Committee Jan 29, 2012
on SB 18 sponsored by Senator Peter Wirth to require labeling of foods with Genetically Modified organism (GMO) content. Bill text
Full hearing 1:17:35
Recorded by Robin Collier & edited by Spence Stall |
The bill passed with no reccomendation and was to go to the Judiciary, but on the Senate floor Jan 30 was instead sent to Corporation & Transportation and the Public Affairs report was not adopted, effectively killing the bill.
In progress - being edited this week "Remarkable Women of Words Festival" from Apr 14, 2012
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Stories December 2012
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Historia de Nuevo México
Malcolm Ebright Balancing the Narratives Pueblo Land Title History
Rick Hendricks, State Historian
Sandia Pueblo Land Grant History
Northern New Mexico College
El Rito Campus Oct, 12, 2012. |
Malcolm Ebright 27:34
Q & A Ebright 4:47
Rick Hendricks 40:13
Q & A Pueblo Land 16:31
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall |
Jenny Vincent (not present), Joanne Forman, Phyllis Hotch,
Enriqueta Vasquez, Anna Bryson, Thomas Hatcher, & Bjorn Halvorsen
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Climate of Fear
Remembering the McCarthy Era
Is it Happening Again?
Taos Seniors share their memories of the Senator Joe McCarthy Era, 1950 - 1954, and the hearings of the House of Un-American Activities (HUAC), from before World War Two until 1975. Many in Taos were greatly hurt by this period of black-listing, demagoguery, baseless defamation, and mudslinging, fueled by fear of Communism.
Dec 4, 2010 Taos Public Library
Organized by Joanne Forman
Recorded by Robin Collier
Edited by Spence Stall |
Intro by Robin Collier
& Joanne Forman 3:57
Enriqueta Vasquez 18:07
Jenny Vincent (2006) 16:56 |
Phyllis Hotch 9:15
Thomas Hatcher 20:32
Bjorn Halvorsen 16:11
Anna Bryson 13:18 |
Comment by
Enriqueta Vasquez 0:49
Joanne Forman 15:35
Discussion 30:51 |
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Stories November 2012
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Historia de Nuevo México
Patricia Marroquin Norby,
University of Wisconsin
O'Keeffe Country?
Estevan Arellano, Querencia
Levi Romero UNM Digital Cuentos
Northern New Mexico College
El Rito Campus Oct, 12, 2012.
Go here for Film missing from Levi's talk
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Popé Society - Corn 31:53 Above: Tony Reyna & Robert Nelson
Robert Miribal, Robert Nelson, Steve Parks, Tony Reyna and others speak about growing corn at Tiwa Farms at Taos Pueblo. Sep. 29, 2012
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Peter Rabbit & Anne MacNaughton in the Cultural Energy studios
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Aldo Leopold
Courtney White, co-founder of the Quivira Coalition speaks about Aldo Leopold's life. Oct. 18, 2012
Acknowledgements 9:18
Intro to Courtney 4:50
Aldo Leopold Talk 43:56
Q & A with Courtney 27:38
Recorded by Robin Collier edited by Spence Stall
Peter Rabbit 14:48
Nancy Ryan interviews Peter Rabbit and Anne MacNaughton and they read. Peter passed this October 2012. Sound & edit by Nancy Ryan not by Cultural Energy.
Robin Collier photo June 2004
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Stories October, 2012
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PRC KEC Oct 16 Hearing
NM Public Regulation Commission rescinds the requirement in their rate ruling that Kit Carson Electric Coop divest the Broadband division into a separate entity, thus likely allowing the Coop to keep their funding to build the broadband. The Coop must make regular reports to the PRC of the same financial information reported to the Rural Utilities Service (RUS).
Entire KEC-PRC Hearing 1:24:25
Recorded & edited by Robin Collier
Luis Reyes explains why he withheld information from RUS about the PRC divestiture order.
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Board President Bobby Ortega listens. Robin Collier Photo
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Stories September, 2012
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Dr. Katherine Toy Miller
Spiritual Connections: Georgia O'Keeffe and D. H. Lawrence.
Sponsored by the Friends of D H Lawrence. June 11, 2011
Dr. Miller Intro 1:52
Dr. Miller 2011 talk 1:00:52
Recorded by Robin Collier & edited by Spence Stall |
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Stories August, 2012
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Taos Celebration of the Young Aug. 31-Sep. 3
Regeneration Festival
Organized by Lyla June Johnston
Web site FaceBook
NNSA Plutonium Hearing Aug 25
Video of public comment
National Nuclear Security Administration hearing on the draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement August 25 in Santa Fe. DOE plans to bring 14.4 tons of surplus plutonium to LANL and/or WIPP.
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Arroyo Hondo Land Grant Federal Suit Dismissed
Federal Court Judge M. Christina Armijo dismissed the Arroyo Hondo Land Grant title company suit on Aug 30 for lack of standing. Title Company plaintiffs showed no damage. The land owners them selves were not party to the suit, and they are the ones that would have the damage, and should have been the plaintiffs.
PDF of Armijo Ruling
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Peaceful Skies Teach-In
Review of major developments on US military's plans for operations over New Mexico
August 22 Taos KEC meeting room
Intro by Carol Miller 1:19
Cliff Bain 1:21
Carol Miller talk 27:44
Gov. JD Martinez Picuris Pueblo 3:04
Peggy Nelson Amigos Bravos 29:15
Miguel Santistevan 7:30
Q & A 23:34
Recorded by Robin Collier & edited by Spence Stall
pdf of Sildes from Carol Miller's talk
10.7 megs
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Stories July, 2012.
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Jerry Padilla
We mourn the passing of historian, musican, story teller, writer, and former Taos News Spanish editor, Jerry Padilla. Funeral services are planned Friday July 13 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Taos. A rosary will be at 9 a.m., followed by funeral mass at 10 a.m.
An example of his great knowledge is heard in his talk at the Taos Library in 2009.
Comanchero Traders
Jerry Padilla speaking Apr 25 2009 for the Old Spanish Trail Assoc.
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Our apologies for delay in posting many stories. We are recording as many great events & talks as we can, but because we are working on key issues so we can get on the air, we have had to take a break from most editing & posting. You will hear many of these when we get on the air. Thank you for your patience!
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David Barsamian in New Mexico
Friday July 6, 2012, 7 PM
"U.S.-Israel: War on Iran”
Unitarian Church
107 W. Barcelona, Santa Fe, NM
Intro by Jeff Hass 6:46
David Barsamian on Iran 1:23:37
Q & A with David 5:56
Recorded & edited by Robin Collier
Anniversary memorial for Harvey Solomon June 18, 2012
Harvey Memorial 43:23
Recorded by Robin Collier,
edited by Spence Stall
A memorial for Kay Soloman wll be held Tuesday, July 10 at 5 pm.
at the Inger Jirby Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden on LeDoux Street. Food and refreshments will be served.
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Stories June, 2012.
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Tara Lumpkin
An interview of the director of Izilwane by our SMU in Taos intern, Carlos Peter Bujosa.
Tara Lumpkin 18:07
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Butchie Denver
We have lost a tireless advocate to protect our land and water. Butchie died Monday June 27 at a hospice in California. Memorials will be held at in Arroyo Hondo at Midtown Lounge from 5:30 pm to 8 pm on Friday, July 6 and a more public celebration with slides from the family from 4-6 pm Sunday July 8 at the Sagebrush Inn. |
Butchie Denver at the Taos County Commission in 2011, speaking on the need for a Water Committee for Taos County.
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Taos Community Foundation
An interview of the director of TCF, Elizabeth Crittenden Palacios, by our SMU in Taos intern, Carlos Peter Bujosa.
Taos Community Foundation 14:58
Caleb Mapes
An innocent Taos soul who didn't fit into the mainstream is gone.
Hiroshima, What's That? 18:43
Radio play written by Joanne Forman, Performed by Ruth Farbach
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Stories May, 2012
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Taos County Commission Candidates Forums
Sponsored by Taos Friends United May 7th & 8th
District 3 Llano Quemado 1:42:29
District 4 Arroyo Hondo 1:35:11
Vote early or June 5th.
Recorded by Robin Collier,
edited by Spence Stall
Acequia del Monte - Talpa
Hearing on Water Rights Transfer May 3, 2012
Application by Ernest Valerio and 3 brothers & sister to tranfer 4.57 acres of water rights to El Valle de los Ranchos Water & Sanitation District
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Miguel Santistevan Seeds, Soil & Water: Stop Thinking, Start Hoeing
Presentation at the Taos Valley Acequia Association April 28, 2012
Seeds, Soil & Water 34:55 |
Full Audio of Water Transfer Hearing 1:33:40
On May 17, 2012 the Commissioners of Acequia de Monte unanimous denied the water transfer application.
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Stories April, 2012
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On April 3, 2012, Cultural Energy purchased another small radio station, 90.1 FM now re-named KCEI, which will allow us to better cover communities north of Taos, and get on the air sooner. Huge thanks to a very generous anonymous donor! We continue working on our Picuris signal, 89.5 FM, now re-named KCEY, which will provide our best southern coverage. |
David Barsamian in Montezuma, New Mexico Mon Apr 9 7 pm
War of the Words: Decoding Propaganda - Sponsored by the
Las Vegas Peace & Justice Center
Intro by Pat Lehan 2:15
David Barsamian 1:23:27
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Stories March, 2012
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David Barsamian in New Mexico
Tue Mar 20 6:30 Santa Fe
Lannan Foundation. James Little
David in conversation with Chris Williams on the Ecological Crisis.
Wed Mar 21, 6 pm
Uprisings: Kashmir to Cairo to Wall Street
Albuq Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE, Albuquerque 505-858-0882
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Stories January - February, 2012
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Taos Town Council Candidates Forum sponsored by Taos Friends United
February 6, 2012
Intros 8:29
Judi Cantu 12:28
Andrew Gonzales 15:18
Linda Knief 14:37
Break info 1:45
Luke Pavel 11:07
Fred Peralta 14:15
Amy Quintana 6:00
Outro 0:53
Unedited except for pauses
Our apologies for delay in posting many stories. We are recording great events & talks as we can, but because we are working on key issues so we can get on the air, we have had to take a break from most editing. Thank you for your patience!
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Taos Town Council Candidates Forum sponsored by Taos Chamber of Commerce & KTAO
February 13, 2012
Opening 13:36
Q1 Thinking Out of the Box 9:56
Q2 Economic Development 11:28
Q3 Historic District 10:27
Q4 Affordable Housing 12:30
Q5 Command Center 8:49
Q6 Free Box 10:14
Closing 11:01
Unedited except for pauses.
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LASG update meeting on the CMRR & related issues
Wednesday, February 22, at the Cloud Cliff Bakery, 1805 2nd Street, Santa Fe, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
On Thursday, February 23, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, 118 Cruz Alta Road,Taos, 6:30-8:30 pm.
David Barsamian Speaking in Taos at the Harwood Museum of Art Arthur Bell Auditorium
Friday February 17 7 pm.
Jointly presented by Cultural Energy, the Harwood Museum of Art & the University of New Mexico
Tickets & More Info Here
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