Community Calendar

This is a paid event because we had to pay for the camp grounds and the talent!

Tickets: Day Pass $30
One Night Experience (Fri or Sat) $55
Full Weekend Immersion (Fri–Sun) $80
(The original meetup signer uppers, Christine, Nancy, Barb, Patrice, Shirley, Maureen, Zan, Sara, Jesse, all got the early bird discount for signing up so early ($18/$30)!)

August 28–30 | Sandia Mountains

If your nervous system is tired…
If you’re craving real connection…
If you want to meet lesbian+ and queer women as whole humans

Come to the mountains with us.

We’ve reserved Robin camping site at Cedro Peak in the southern portion of the Sandia Ranger District. The campground is surrounded by ponderosa pine, piñon, and juniper trees. Paved, level paths make the space accessible for wheelchairs and powerchairs. There’s plenty of parking, a covered picnic area, and lots of room to spread out.

Close enough to the interstate to be easy.
Far enough to feel like an exhale.

### What We’ll Do:

• Cornhole (competitive but friendly 😉)
• Folk singing and camp songs around the fire
• Short hikes through the pines
• Optional overnight backpacking adventure
• Deep conversations
• Laughter
• Quiet moments under the stars

Forest Bathing workshops
Music
Hiking
Meet & Greets
Back Packing (optional and led by Nicki)
Fire offering
And so much more!
And yes — plenty of lesbian and queer women.
This is community-building first.
Connection always.

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### Directions

Zan corrected me and Robin campsite is in the Manzanito mountains SOUTH of I-40, not on the west side of the Sandias! Here's a link to the correct information https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/cibola/recreation/cedro-peak-camping-sites-robin-and-jay Please also mention how accessible this site is, to encourage more folx like me to attend.

Also water is not available so we will have some water available for you but bring your own - if you run out we have you covered!)

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This is for women who want something real.
No pressure.
No performance.
Just mountain air, good people, and the kind of weekend you’ll still be smiling about in October.

Tickets go on sale March 15.

Come stand beside women who can stand on their own.
And have the time of your life.

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Robin campsite is in the Manzanito mountains SOUTH of I-40, not on the west side of the Sandias! Here's a link to the correct in

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/cibola/recreation/cedro-peak-camping-sites-robin-and-jay · Tijeras, NM

Tijeras,NM: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/cibola/recreation/cedro-peak-camping-sites-robin-and-jay Website We will be at the Cedro Peak Camp site Robin. This site does not have water. We will have some additional water, but please bring water!

The 2026 Hot Wheels Legends Tour rolls into the Albuquerque area with a live event on Saturday, August 22 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. local time. This epic global contest offers custom car builders the unique opportunity to have their passion projects turned into the next Hot Wheels die-cast toy car. The family-friendly and free event will feature a unique mix of vehicles from across the state, Hot Wheels Garage of Legends life-size cars, and an array of onsite experiences and collectables that are only available on the Tour.

Vista Grande High School has open spaces for 9th to 12th grade students. Want to get caught up or even graduate early? Want to get paid money while also going to school? Want to get ahead with dual enrollment at UNM-Taos? VGHS offers access to all of this and more! Come swing on in to get registered or give us a call: 575-758-5100. VGHS is here to help support all teenagers in Taos County finding the right home for High School!

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), this exhibition highlights the Center’s history through Pueblo imagery and perspectives of the past, present, and future. A combination of fifty objects from the IPCC’s Collections and Archives, with an emphasis on Pueblo pottery, illustrates the significance of the Center as a gathering place where Pueblo arts and culture are celebrated by visitors from around the world and, at once, nurtured by Pueblo communities across the generations. Gallery videos, updated throughout the year, will feature interviews with Pueblo artists, scholars, and culture bearers that present insider views of the IPCC. Join us to celebrate the exhibition on March 21 from 5-8pm during our free, public reception. Visit indianpueblo.org for 50th anniversary program schedule updates including an exhibit closing event on February 15, 2027.

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT.
Organized by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the Vilcek Foundation, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, a unique traveling exhibition featuring over 100 historic and contemporary works in clay, offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels that carry community-based knowledge and personal experience. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), established by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico in 1976, welcomes the pottery vessels back to the Southwest as the “returning home” host venue of the exhibition’s four-year national tour. Curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, Grounded in Clay opens at the IPCC as the leading program of the Center’s 50th anniversary celebration year. The exhibition and its associated events are generously supported by the First Nations Development Institute and Noon Whistle Fund.

Celebrate with IPCC! Bring your family and friends and join us for a full, free day of culture and celebration at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Come celebrate 50 years of culture, creativity, and legacy with us:
● Family Activities and Face Painting
● Photo Booth
● Bingo with Prizes
● Pueblo Dances All Day
● Contemporary and Youth Artists
● Food Trucks
● Complimentary cupcakes and cake pops
● And pick up a special 50th anniversary giveaway as we mark this milestone together!
Free Admission | Suggested Donations Welcome
Cultural Dance Schedule
● 10:00am: Lightning Boy Foundation (Pojoaque Pueblo)
● 11:00am: Cellicion Traditional Dancers (Zuni Pueblo)
● 12:00pm: Tewa/Hopi Dance Group (Hopi Pueblo)
● 1:00pm: Black Eagle Drum Group (Pueblo of Jemez)
● 2:00pm: Tewa Dancers from the North (Ohkay Owingeh)
● 3:00pm: More to come!
Sponsored by Nusenda Credit Union

On the 100th anniversary of Route 66 in 2026, experience “The Old Road”—a mural that at once remembers the first major highway traversing the United States and gives emphasis to its impact on Pueblo communities and New Mexico. Through the eyes of artists Warren Montoya (Pueblos of Santa Ana/Santa Clara), Margarita Paz-Pedro (Pueblo of Laguna/Mexican American), Akilah Martinez (Diné), and Keith Scott (Pueblo of Laguna), this multi-dimensional installation travels through time showing Pueblo people and places along the “Mother Road,” otherwise known as Route 66. Explore the eccentric narrative created by these artists as they look at multiple roads simultaneously, from ancestral times to recent history, to glimpses of the present and future. Already a historic exchange route within Indigenous communities, Route 66 still echoes in the personality and culture of New Mexico byways. Journey through this mural located in the Art Through Struggle Gallery at the end of the IPCC’s permanent exhibition.
Image: Keith Scott, Laguna Pueblo Water Tower, 2023, digital photograph.

The NMSU Art Museum is excited to announce the opening of Mapping Spaces: Selections from the Lannan Art Collection at NMSU. This exhibition will showcase selections from the generous gift of 63 works of art from the Lannan Art Collection to the NMSU Permanent Art Collection in 2024. Mapping Spaces will open in the Contemporary Gallery on Thursday, June 11th, and run until September 5th, 2026.

After almost 65 years, with 27 of those spent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lannan Foundation closed in 2024. As part of Lannan’s closure, the Foundation gifted its remaining collection of more than 1,600 objects to 55 institutions, including the NMSU Art Museum. By adding these pieces to the UAM’s collection, this gift deepens the significance of the works by placing them into an academic context, where teaching, research, and public engagement further activate each of them. The NMSU Permanent Art Collection continues to evolve and grow not only as a repository of contemporary art objects, but also as a living resource that invites ongoing dialogue about the role of artists in shaping how the NMSU and Las Cruces communities understand our dynamic border region.

Featuring artists such as Claudia Andujar, Subhankar Banerjee, Max Cole, Pard Morrison, Victoria Sambunaris, and James Turrell, Mapping Spaces brings together a dynamic range of artists whose works explore landscapes and the environment, documentary photography, abstraction, and traditional art historical references. Together, this exhibition features artists at the center of the UAM’s mission, emphasizing the importance of continued support for art, research, and community-engaged practices in cultivating a creative ecosystem across New Mexico.

Join us for the opening reception on June 11th from 4:30-6:30 PM. UAM is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, at 1308 E. University Ave., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003. Admission to all programming is free and open to the public. For more information and a detailed calendar with associated programs and dates please visit uam.nmsu.edu.

Join Public Design Agency and UNM School of Architecture and Planning students for interactive design workshops open to all ages. Your ideas will directly shape SITE SANTA FE's visitor experience for years to come.
Not able to join us in person? Fill out the survey online!

TAKE THE SURVEY: https://imjoolia.github.io/PDA-SITE-SURVEY/index.html

Hosted by Public Design Agency (PDA) and UNM Design Planning and Assistance Center (DPAC)

Inspired by both the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes in 1969 as well as a treatise written at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) that same year and first published in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this presentation of Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 marks a kind of ‘homecoming’ for the conceptual basis of the groundbreaking exhibition, which has been previously shown in the Northeastern United States and in Canada.

Curated by Candice Hopkins