Santa Rosa Fiesta, Dixon NM

Las Fiestas de Santa Rosa will be held Saturday August 27th at 5:30p.m.
With crowning of the SR Queen, and JR Queen, and entertainment by the Pathetics.
Sunday will be the parade starting at the Arroyo de la Mina at 12:00p.m. Entertainment by Los Coyotes, Carl Atencio, Quemoso, Sweet Grass, and Hip Hop dancers from Taos.

Santa Fe Kayak Meetup

The Santa Fe Kayak Meetup group site is designed to help kayakers communicate about events and trips. Use the site to connect with kayaking friends, boating organizations, and check the calendar for upcoming events.

One of the founders, Kelly Gossett, kayak instructor, regularly meets his clients at the Pilar Yacht Club and Cafe (575-758-9072), near the racecourse section of the Rio Grande for the lecture portions of his kayak classes. Students enjoy the opportunity to listen to the lesson on the dining patio while feasting on breakfast burritos from the cafe.

On the calendar of the Meetup site is a boating triathlon on Navajo lake on Aug. 28. check it out!
http://www.meetup.com/Santa-Fe-Kayaking-Meetup/

Wise Fool Circus Camp Show, Penasco NM

From the Wise Fool website: http://www.wisefoolnewmexico.org
It is Wise Fool New Mexico's mission to ignite imagination, build community, and promote social justice through performances and hands on experiences in the arts of circus, puppetry, and theatre

The circus camp show will be held on Friday July 30th at 6 pm at the Penasco theater.

Peñasco Theatre Collective

Inspiring Connections Through Creative Discoveries
15046 St Rd 75
Peñasco NM, 87553
(575) 587-2726
alessandrajo [at] yahoo.com

The Peñasco Theatre Collective, based out of the historic Peñasco Theatre, runs arts and social justice programming in the Peñasco, Espanola, Taos, and surrounding communities north of Santa Fe. Established in 2000, it is a project of nonprofit organizations Wise Fool New Mexico and Art for the Heart.

Peñasco, New Mexico is a beautiful small rural mountain town, population 700. The majority of its residents are Native and Hispano peoples whose families have lived and farmed here for generations.

Peñasco Theatre Collective’s low- or no-cost programming, including workshops, performances, projects in regional schools, and community events, provides the local community with opportunities to experience and participate in the creative process. A variety of artistic mediums are taught and performed, including aerials (trapeze, rope, hoop, fabric), physical theatre (clowning, juggling, acrobalance), poetry, visual art (painting, puppet-making, fabric arts), and dance (flamenco, hip-hop and other movement-based disciplines).

Utilizing the arts, our professional artist/teachers collaborate with young people to create unique opportunities for self-discovery, physical development, personal and collective empowerment, youth visibility and inter-generational connection. The theatre was built as a community gathering place in 1940, and we are carrying on the tradition.

Guided Hike at Wild Rivers Recreation Area

The last Guided Hike of the season is scheduled for Saturday, July 30 at 9:00 AM on Big Arsenic Traill. Meet at the Wild Rivers Visitor Center. Bring a lunch, 2 liters of water, and hiking boots. This is a moderate 3 mile round trip hike. For more information call Wild Rivers Visitor Center 10-4:30 575-586-1150.

Basic Boating Class

July 30 at Eagle Nest Visitors Center. A mandatory class for anyone born on or after Jan 1, 1989, to operate a boat on state waters. Class is free, but size is limited. Provided by New Mexico State Parks. For details, officer Mark Sullivan (575) 776-1680.
from The Taos News Tempo

Sendo del Medio trail in the Rio Grande Gorge

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Taos, was in Pilar and the Orilla Verde Recreation Area today improving the Sendo del Medio Trailheads. This trail is accessible from Orilla Verde, Rio Bravo, Arroyo Hondo, and Petaca campgrounds. This is a beautiful and easy to medium difficulty trail which follows the length of the river. Various vista points offer beautiful views of the river as well as of Petaca canyon. Between Arroyo Hondo and Orilla Verde Campgrounds there is a section which involves some light boulder scrambling that some might choose to avoid. However the majority of the trail is easily negotiable, well constructed, and very scenic.

We thank Rocky Mountain Youth Corps for their continued hard work in the Gorge and in the Recreation Area which is open to the public. A $3.00 parking fee payable to the BLM applies. Each campground has a self service station where visitors can pay the fee and procure a parking ticket.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps crew was invited to the Pilar Yacht Club (758-9072) to enjoy free ice cream cones in acknowledgement of the many improvement they have made in this recreation area.

Make a Costume Hat TODAY!

July 19th Tuesday: Summer reading program activity at the Embudo Valley Library (505-579-9181). The theme of the summer reading program this year is "One World, Many Storyies." So far the activities we have attended have been well organized and lots of fun! Faith Gelvin will guide you in making your own international hat. Target grade levels for this activity are K-12 grades