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The holidays are always a wonderful time of the year, but sometimes getting ready for them is a little stressful. Take a break this holiday season and join New Mexico author/film historian Jeff Berg as he shares some of Hollywood's “Christmas Past.” Jeff will be at the Placitas Community Library on Saturday, December 14 at […]
Susan Bapty, Director of Education and Volunteer Programs at the Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico will use parts of The Path to Genocide, a US Holocaust Memorial Museum Film to spark discussion. This film examines the Nazis’ rise and consolidation of power in Germany. Read the Press Release.
Anna Rudolph is a Placitas songwriter with lots of street cred for the eight short years that she has been writing, playing and singing. With over two hundred original songs on her playlist, three CDs, several singles and ten nominations in various categories for a New Mexico Music Award (NMMA), Anna has immersed herself in […]
Anna Rudolph is a Placitas songwriter with lots of street cred for the eight short years that she has been writing, playing and singing. With over two hundred original songs on her playlist, three CDs, several singles and ten nominations in various categories for a New Mexico Music Award (NMMA), Anna has immersed herself in […]
Did you know there is a Night Sky Protection Act in New Mexico?...that there are 37 Night Sky Parks in the United States?..that there are also Night Sky Preserves?...that Placitas sponsors Night Sky Parties? New Mexico residents are blessed with dark skies filled with amazing displays of planets, stars, even comets, often visible to the naked […]
“Born to the Navajo Nation, now a Marine—Private First Class Chester Nez—I’d never seen the ocean before enlisting,” recalled one of the original code talkers on a transport ship to Guadalcanal where the Japanese enemy waited in 1942. “I reminded myself that my Navajo people had always been warriors, protectors. In that there was honor. […]
The Placitas Community Library is pleased to announce a tree care seminar on Saturday, February 29 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Collin meeting room. The seminar will be conducted by Thomas Neiman, an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist. Tom will be discussing tree selection, how to plant, early care, and […]
Raised on a South Carolina sea island, Ralph Steele’s life was tempered by experiences in the Vietnam War. Trained as a psychotherapist, Ralph Steele decided, midlife that ‘tending the fire’ of his life would be to take robes as a forest monk in Thailand and Myanmar---for a year or for a lifetime. He left his […]
The library is closing at 1:30 p.m. today
Library CLOSED--All events and meeting room use is canceled through March 31. Please check our website for the latest updates.
Special Guests: Wanagi Wolf Rescue Ambassadors: Angel, Freyja, and Jyoti! Children will be given priority seating closest to the Ambassadors. Bring your camera to take pictures! (Small donation requested.)
Mikail Deese, founder and owner of the bird rescue, "On A Wing and A Prayer" will introduce three owls that are native to the area. You can ask questions and take photos with the owls. She will provide information on the best ways to help wild birds. This program is for all ages.
Speakers: Eugene David Vigil and Rose A. B. Vigil. ARTIST STATEMENT: Eugene David Vigil Since I was born and raised in the Chimayo Valley, I have always had an interest for the traditions of the area. My goal is to preserve and promote all aspects of Hispanic weavings, from the most traditional to the contemporary. […]
Pre-Register now for the April 14th, 7 p.m. Zoom Book Talk You must be pre-registered to attend. Hope to see you there! REGISTER > Order your signed copy of "Stargazer" New York Times' bestselling author Anne Hillerman returns with a gripping new installment in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. Murder, deception, and the stars […]
Join us for a series of conversations on issues of race, class, and systemic divisions in our culture and community. Juneteenth (June 19) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers received news that the war had ended […]
Collin Meeting Room featuring “Wayne Jones’ Placitas: There Was a Time” Doris Fields, PhD The Collin Meeting Room is being reinvigorated with a new, special purpose, evolving as an education space for Placitas History. Periodically, PCL’s Collin Meeting Room (CMR) will focus on various areas and eras of Placitas History, including but not limited to […]
By Shara Moscinska Conversations with great minds are priceless, and I had such an invaluable conversation with Jon Ghahate, who is of the Laguna & Zuni Pueblos and the Museum Cultural Educator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Jon will be the featured guest for October’s Placitas Reads: Color, Class, and Caste; The Other Social […]
By Jillian Gonzales Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead This is the exact sentiment that comes to mind when I think back on the six-plus months a small group of committed citizens worked together to bring […]
Join friends and family for an indoor stroll through a festive German town reimagined at Placitas Winery, where halls will be decked with hand-crafted, holiday-style gifts. Come share in the joy of the season while benefitting our community library. Enjoy authentic German and European tasty treats, such as bratwurst with sauerkraut, latkes, pretzels, and more! […]
Martha Liebert, founder and namesake of the Bernalillo Public Library and past president of the Sandoval County Historical Society will be speaking about her book, "Bernalillo Between the River and a Hard Place". Come listen to Martha talk about the Sandoval County Historical Society and the making of the book about the history and stories […]
Ms. Rebecca Correa Skartwed and Land Grant historian Dr. Jacobo Bacawill educate us about heirs, acequias (community-operated watercourse), parciantes, the phenomenal land Grant activities that have been taking place in Placitas over the past 10 years, and about the history and purpose of Land Grants overall
These New Mexico authors explore and discuss the theme Women on the Edge in their poetry, novels, and short stories. Each will read an excerpt from her own work to illustrate this aspect of their writing and each will also share a favorite excerpt from the book of one of the other two writers. The books […]
The Placitas Community Library is delighted to remind the community that one of our agaves (century plants) is about to bloom. We invite you to come enjoy the flowering for approximately the next two weeks from late June to early July. Note that the plant is pollinated by bats, so do not be alarmed if […]
Join Diane Herrera Shepard for a fun and interactive one-week Spanish Class (10 hours) October 2-6. 2023, from 10-12. This will be a short, intensive, and fun class. Click here for more information.
Come join us Thursday, Nov. 9 at 6 PM for a program to learn how to make charitable contributions from your IRA distributions while reducing your tax burdens.
On Saturday, November 11 at 10 AM members of SGC are hosting an informal gathering for any of you who are interested in creating your own giving circle, one that both inspires you and meets important community needs. Join us to find out more.
PCL invites you to attend a talk on the unique water system that is Las Acequias de Placitas on Saturday, December 2, from 2-3 PM.
Placitas Community Library is delighted to host a conversation between two of our favorite authors, Anne Hillerman and our own Ron Franscell, on Sunday, June 23 at 2pm. Over the last 14 years Anne has become a dear friend of this Library and she honors us with a visit with each new book. Lost Birds […]
A concert in support of Placitas Community Library. Listen to three Placitas singer-songwriters as they perform original compositions, each in their unique style.
Hampton Sides will share his new work, The Wide Wide Sea. This work of narrative non-fiction is at once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration. Read More About This Event >>
Over the past eight years PACE has offered courses on science, water rights and where our water comes from, literature, jazz and classical music, life planning in our senior years, and many other topics. A complete schedule will be available in August. Join us for an overview of the Fall courses and a sneak peek […]
DANCE OUT! DJs: Ken Grimes and Neal Solomon First Fridays - Starting Sept 6 (October 4 Date Cancelled!!) Drop-in 5:30-7:30 PM Adults & Children welcomed
Please join us for two programs at the Placitas Community Library on September 28th at 1pm and October 5th at 1pm presented by Kelley and Ric Tredwin of Altalune.
Please join us for two programs at the Placitas Community Library on September 28th at 1pm and October 5th at 1pm presented by Kelley and Ric Tredwin of Altalune.
The Placitas Community Library invites you to an afternoon of poetry featuring NM poets Hilda Raz, Katherine Seluja and Sarah Kotchian. In recognition of National Mental Illness Awareness Week, some of the poems will honor the role of poetry as a witness to mental health challenges.
La Parranda: Club de Español (Every Wed at 10 AM): Enjoy the opportunity to experience español with Diane Herrera Shepard and other guests. The Club is open to anyone who wants to learn, use, practice, or converse in Spanish.
La Parranda: Club de Español (Every Wed at 10 AM): Enjoy the opportunity to experience español with Diane Herrera Shepard and other guests. The Club is open to anyone who wants to learn, use, practice, or converse in Spanish.
J. Green will be speaking about her debut novel, No More Empty Spaces, at the Placitas Community Library on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2 p.m. If you like reading or writing or rocks, this is the event for you!
Senator Feldman will talk about the upcoming session of the New Mexico legislature including the issues it will tackle and the process it will follow to pass bills and a budget. The talk will draw upon her book, Inside the New Mexico Senate: Boots Suits and Citizens.
KUPR DJ, MC and star of stage and screen Keith Allen West will lead us through the history and the plans for 2025.
Drop-in from 5:30 to 6:30 all ages welcome! No cover and no reservations!
All are welcome! Just come and move to the music!
Drs. Daniel and Susan Arreola will be speaking at the Placitas Community Library at 2 p.m. on March 29th about "The Geographer's Eye: Sight and Insight." They will explain, along with audience participation, how geographers view place and landscape. The audience will be asked to share their responses to a slide exercise so that we all learn […]
All are welcome! Just come and move to the music!
Placitas Community Library’s spring Star Party will be April 5, beginning at 6pm with Solar viewing. At 7pm The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) own Star Master teach us about the multitude of star which will be in view that night--- First Quarter Moon, the planets Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, bright stars.....Sirius, Procyon, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Regulus, […]
In 1997, Dennis Bumgarner and his son, Jon, rode their bicycles 3196 miles over the course of thirty-two days, from the Pacific Ocean at Dillon Beach, California to the Atlantic at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, across the Great Basin, traversing the Rockies, across the plains and over the Appalachians and on […]
Come join our panel discussion and bring your questions!
This seminar presented by Kelley and Ric Tredwin of Altalune provides some tools and framework for positively engaging in money conversations with your spouse, children (young or adult) or aging parents.
Kelly Butterman explains the science and potential benefits of cannabis.
Save the date Sunday July 13th at 2 p.m. at the Placitas Library for a special showing of the PBS documentary The Bomb The first half of the movie will be shown leading up to the Trinity explosion, with time after for serious discussion of the current implications of nuclear weaponry. We encourage those present […]
Please come to our Concert and Fundraiser with singer-songwriters James Bell, Anna Rudolph, and Dennis Bumgarner! $20 Donation and refreshments!
Dance Out! You are invited to boogie featuring Ken Grimes from 89.9 KUPR.
Sept 13 at 2pm We are all worried of financial scams. And we have good reason to be nervous. We are wired to fall for scams. And they are on the rise. They are also getting more sophisticated. We are going to talk about research on scams, why people fall for them and how to […]
Conversations about money don't have to be so nerve-wracking. Whether you have to talk to parents, children, your employer, or potential donors for your favorite cause, getting the courage to talk about money can be tough. Even facing your own internal thoughts about money, and taking positive steps can be hard, and that's only involving you! When […]
Magdalena Donahue will present a talk on her most recent book, Roadside Geology of New Mexico.
The Star Party will begin at 5 PM with solar viewing. At 7pm, the Albuquerque Astronomical Society’s (TAAS) will present a talk on the night sky followed by general viewing until 10 PM. There will be a variety of types and sizes of telescopes.
All are invited to boogie!
New time and date! Dr. Wendy Johnson is the author of KINSHIP MEDICINE: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves. In her talk, she will explore how our well-being is rooted in relationship and connection--with each other and the natural world.
Participants receive a guidebook (which covers subjects like aging in place, advance directives), forms, and lunch. Registration is required. See the visual for RSVP details.
Join the Bird Alliance of Central New Mexico and the Jardineros Birding Buddies at the Placitas Community Library for a presentation on how birds migrate, where you can safely observe them, and help them along their way.
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, Placitas poet Larry Goodell will read and perform his work.
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
The Albuquerque Astronomical Society’s (TAAS) own Star Master will teach us about the stars and planets on view. After the talk, the sky will be dark viewing via telescope will continue until 10 PM..
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
Placitas Library will host two of the Southwest’s most celebrated crime writers Ron Franscell and Anne Hillerman, who will come together for an intimate ‘fireside’ chat centered on Ron’s gripping new mystery novel, Deep End, and the true Placitas story that inspired it.
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
PCL Adult Program
Join Nina Amir, author of Change the World One Book at a Time: Make a Positive and Meaningful Difference with Your Words, as she presents three fundamental steps to take in order to make a positive and meaningful difference. A Q&A on writing for change, traditional and self publishing, and becoming an author will be […]
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
Garrett Peck will discuss his latest book, The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop (University of New Mexico Press). He is an author, independent historian, and tour guide, and his book focuses on Cather's travels and how she wrote her novel. She visited the Southwest six times between 1912 and 1926, […]
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
Please welcome our own scholar of Native American history and Pueblo cultural historian, Jon Ghahate. Jon is from the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni, and a member of the Turkey and Badger Clans. He will speak about Chaco Canyon. Despite the massive 14 impressive Great Houses, expansive 50,000 square mile architectural and agrarian influence, little is […]
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
Join PCL on September 12th at 2:00pm for a free screening of the award winning documentary The Librarians by Academy Award nominee and Peabody winner Kim A. Snyder. This is NOT the TV show by the same name. Whether you’re a librarian or not this attack on libraries affects you and your community. If this […]
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
The Placitas Community Library in partnership with AltaLune’s financial advisers Kelley and Ric Tredwin will run four programs September thru December to help attendees increase their knowledge and comfort with finances. All ages and both men and women are welcome to join. The first program deals with FINANCIAL CLUTTER, SCAMS, and ORGANIZING YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE.
Jules and John live in Placitas and are excited to share poems from their assortment of award-winning books, along with new work. Themes such as the New Mexico landscape, road ghosts, wildlife, nuclear history, fun with forms, and word-play may inspire to write your own. A portion of book sales will benefit the library.
La Parrada Club de Espanol -- PCL Adult Program
Open to all interested in learning Spanish. All levels welcome.
Spanish Club
A talk on the emergence of Puebloan culture then and now.
