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Adult Programs
Stress Relief at Your Fingertips by Matri Murphy
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesMost of us living in this “modern” world are under chronic stress—this is known as “stress overload” and it’s something you feel everyday—this silently but continuously sabotages your well-being and limits access to a more fulfilling life. Stress is a part of living. Chronic stress is very different than Acute stress. Acute stress is necessary […]
Medicare 101
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States
A Farewell to Bill Dunmire – One More Hike With Bill
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesFor those of you who knew Bill or simply had a hike with him, how would you, in a few short words, describe him? Naturalist, park ranger, author, photographer, rock and mountain climber, river cruise aficionado, loving husband, father and friend, composter, actor/singer in Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, volunteer weather tracker, expert on native flora […]
Holiday Myth and Tradition on Film
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesThe 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 […]
Holocaust Museum Director to Speak at Library
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesSusan 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 Songwriting Workshop
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesAnna 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 Songwriting Workshop
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesAnna 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 […]
Dark Skies Presentaton
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesDid 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 […]
Chester Nez: World War II Navajo Code Talker
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States“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. […]
How to Choose and Care for Your Trees
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesThe 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 […]
Meditation and War as Teachers and Healers
Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United StatesRaised 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 […]