Events

Members of the New Mexico Search and Rescue team will speak at the Placitas Community Library March 4th at 2:00 on locating and rescuing people lost or injured while hiking mountainous areas of New Mexico. They will discuss the “10 Essentials” you need in your backpack, what the do’s and don’ts are if you are […]

Drop by the library on Saturday, February 25, 2–4pm and take home a personalized bookmark created by Escribiente calligraphers, just for you. As you watch the magic unfold during these demonstrations, you’ll learn about how different tools – from metal nibs to pointed brushes that are used to create a wide variety of different calligraphic hands.

Historian Nancy Bartlit will speak at the Placitas Community Library on February 18 at 2pm. Her talk “Silent Voices of World War II,” will illustrate five aspects of New Mexico encounters with Japan. These include the Bataan Death March which 2000 NM National Guardsmen endured. The Navajo Code Talkers whose innovative use of their language […]

Join folklorist and researcher Benjamin Radford at the Placitas Community Library on Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the Gracie Lee room as he describes his first-hand investigations into some of New Mexico’s most famous and bizarre ghosts, from Albuquerque’s famous KiMo theater to Santa Fe courthouse spirit to the legend of La […]