Community Calendar

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Dine & Donate is a fundraising dining experience in partnership with The Grief Center at M'tucci's Moderno Restaurant on Thursday, November 20th to honor Children's Grief Awareness Day. Enjoy lunch, dinner or drinks with friends this day at this location, and M'tucci's Moderno will donate a portion of all proceeds that day to The Grief Center. Take-out included!

Flash Fiction Writing Contest to support Ethos Literacy, a nonprofit adult literacy program. The challenge: 100 words on one of these topics: chicken(s), detour, purple, something lost. Age Limit: 14+. 6 prizes including Best Youth Story (writers 14 - 17). E-Publication. Cost: $15 per story submission.

Arrowsoul Art Collective’s mural installation fuses concepts of the beginning, present, and future of Indigenous pictographic arts. Based in the Southwest region, Arrowsoul Art Collective creates graffiti walls and mural paintings inspired by the evolving meanings of “Future Old School” and “Indigenous Freeways.” The artists create new visions of the Southwest landscape through blending letter structures, illustrative architecture, and textured palettes of places of home. Arrowsoul Art Collective’s projects reunite communities along the Rio Grande through creative participation. Located in the Art Through Struggle Gallery, their newest mural will be on display through June 28, 2026.

Free for museum members, or with admission.

Curated by the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at The University of New Mexico, “Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture” showcases a near-present history of the architectural sovereignty that emerged after the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act. This exhibition focuses on the work of Pueblo architects while representing design concepts from regional ancestral sites that continue to influence 20th and 21st century Pueblo architecture. It will be on view in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s South Gallery from March 25 through December 7, 2025

Free for museum members, or with admission.

We are delighted and extremely glad to announce our next series after the grand success of Pediatrics 2025. The “5th International Conference on Pediatrics and Neonatology” will be held in Paris, France, November 21-22, 2025.
The program will grab on both international and regional speakers' who are experts in neonatal and pediatric knowledge. Topics would focus on common and updated scientific knowledge with the theme “Evolving therapeutics in Pediatrics and Neonatology – Heal a child, change the world”.
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Every child deserves high-quality health care and you could make it happen.”

Our conference covers a wide range of important topics related to pediatrics and neonatology, such as investigating the most recent developments in the care of newborns and their mothers, comprehending and treating respiratory conditions in newborns, addressing heart-related issues in children and infants, emphasizing optimal nutrition and healthy growth for children, exploring surgical interventions for pediatric and neonatal conditions, managing critical conditions and emergency situations in children, diagnosing and treating neurological disorders in young patients; talking about hormonal disorders in young patients; addressing gastrointestinal issues in young patients; emphasizing the special healthcare needs of adolescents; addressing issues related to vision in young patients; talking about lung-related issues in young patients; addressing developmental and behavioral aspects in children; managing skin-related issues in pediatric patients; discussing about issues related to the ears, nose, and throat in children; conversing about medication-related aspects in pediatric care; covering a wide range of diseases and disorders affecting children and infants; presenting concrete instances of neurological disorders in young patients.

We cordially welcome all concerned people to come join us and make it successful by your participation!!
Join us either virtually or in Paris, France and get inspired by the industry's top children care professionals and discover what it takes to advance your practice by providing better patient care.

The Annual Pueblo Gingerbread House Contest is a favorite holiday tradition at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Children and adults are invited to enter a gingerbread house inspired by a Pueblo village, house, community church or historic building with prizes awarded in children’s and adult categories. This is an annual holiday event that is a unique way to share and enjoy Pueblo culture with your family.

Application Available: November 4th-December 19th

Submission Starting Date: November 18th

Gingerbread Display Dates: November 18th-January 4th

Judging open to visitors starting December 19th-January 4th

Announcement of winners January 6th

On Friday, November 21, the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is hosting a two part program that focuses on freedom of expression and the expectations and responsibilities of cultural institutions in a climate of social and cultural crisis. The two programs, Lexicon of Liberty and Designing to Disrupt will be held in the museum’s North Gallery and they are free and open to the public.

The first program will take place from 10 – 11 am and is in collaboration with the UNM Honors College. It is called Lexicon of Liberty, a banned book Read-in inspired by the work of UNM Honors College. It is also a chance for attendees to share—on a gallery wall—their favorite literary works or passages that embody the principles of freedom of expression and resistance to oppression in all forms. Do you have a book that’s close to your heart that has been subject to censorship? Bring it and share a portion. Between the list of banned books and the written quotes and reading suggestions, we look to compile a reading list that will serve as a Lexicon of Liberty.

The second program will take place from 11 am – 12 pm, Designing to Disrupt, is a roundtable discussion on what cultural institutions and culture workers need to do to reimagine their impact and potential to disrupt the status quo. Participants will be using a deck of cards titled “Design to Disrupt” created by museum worker Chaya Arabia; a toolkit developed as part of her M.A. Thesis. As Arabia has stated: “[the] disruption of the status quo is necessary to create a bridge between how things have been done and a future state that we collectively are still defining.” For the Maxwell Museum, in particular, this is an opportunity to reflect on the relevance of our new institutional vision in this environment of social and cultural crisis. That is, how do the Museum’s “Three Rs”--- Reconcile injustices; Restoring voices; and Realizing Community---garner even more urgency in this moment?

These programs are organized to coincide with the occurrence of Fall of Freedom, a national call to action that invites artists, creators, and communities to take part in creative resistance and celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the fabric of our nation. Fall of Freedom has enabled a network of such actions that are taking place on November 21 and 22.

This event is open to UNM students, faculty, and staff, as well as the general public.

The Same Place at the Same Time is a series of three exhibition rotations that trace how art lives within, emerges from, and connects Taos’ creative communities. By gathering a varied array of arts—wood-fired ceramics, volunteer radio, and Pueblo foodways—into the rotating gallery space, the exhibition highlights the many interconnected maker groups within our larger Taos community. The inclusion of visual art, music, and food emphasizes the diversity of creativity that constructs thriving cultures and communities.

The exhibition is process-focused and collectively developed, documenting how these groups operate and co-curated by the groups themselves. It explores the wide-ranging organizational structures of these collectives, in turn allowing us to consider how these frameworks influence art making, relationships, and the rich culture of Taos. It asks how we might further nurture this expansive web of connections, both inside and outside of the gallery space.

Harwood Museum of Art is honored to collaborate with local artists, makers, and cultural leaders who shape and define Taos’s remarkable artistic landscape.

Curated by Kate Miller, Curatorial Assistant, Harwood Museum of Art.

Image Credit: KNCE Studio. Courtesy of True Taos Radio, KNCE 93.5 FM

Pursuit of Happiness: Gi Bill in Taos refocuses the story of post-World War II artistic movements by highlighting those artists working, communing, and connecting in Taos from 1945 onward. These artists founded the next great wave of abstraction that took root in the region, bringing their vast creativity and international connections to the community. Highlighting works from Harwood Museum of Art’s permanent collection and sourcing significant loans regionally and nationally, this exhibition tells the story of how Taos contributed to conversations and explorations in the national art scene during the post-World War II period.