Ras Rody has been operating a roadside farmstand in Jamaica for 20+ years. He makes traditional Rastafarian dishes utilizing produce he sources from the hills surrounding his home\, and over the years his cuisine has come to provide way more than just nourishment. In fact\, his restaurant operates as something of a cultural epicenter\, educating its regulars on healthy eating\, fostering important discussion\, and teaching the young ones about their cultural roots. His self-published cookbook will help him spread the gospel worldwide. He now lives in Albuquerque's North Valley\, and will be sharing his cookbook - and some delicious food samples - with Bookworks on Feb. 7.
View the cookbook here\: http\://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/ras-rody-organic-sips-bites-sweets...
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T173000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/toddler-music-and-dance-time URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/toddler-music-and-dance-time SUMMARY:Toddler Music and Dance Time! DESCRIPTION:Join us for this story time and dance party. We focus on books which can lead us to stretching and movement and singing. It's especially geared to toddlers\, but preschoolers are welcome too.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120208T200000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/oaisis-book-fair URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/oaisis-book-fair SUMMARY:OASIS Book Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, February 8 at 1 pm for a special event. Browse a selection of books from local authors who will be making presentations at OASIS this semester. Books will be for sale\, and light refreshments provided.
Call OASIS to rsvp. Event is free.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/book-chat URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/book-chat SUMMARY:Book Chat! DESCRIPTION:Already looking for your great summer read? Are you part of a book club\, and need some suggestions for great club reads for 2012? Come to the store at 7 p.m. on February 8 to hear about great new books coming out for the spring and summer from some very good friends of our store and the most knowledgeable book people we know - our publisher's representatives Jim Riggs with MPS\, Meg Sherman with W.W. Norton Publishers\, and Michele Sulka with Random House. Our booksellers will also share some titles they are excited about for 2012. Free refreshments!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120213T000000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/association-specialists-group-work-conference-asgw URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/association-specialists-group-work-conference-asgw SUMMARY:Association for Specialists in Group Work Conference (ASGW) DESCRIPTION:About ASGW\: The Association for Speciailists in Group Work is a division of the American Counseling Association. As Counseling Professionals who are interested in and specialize in group work\, we valued the creation of community\; service to our members\, their clients\, and the profession\; and leadership as a process to facilitate the growth and developemtn of individuals and groups.
At the conference\, the featured keynote address will be given by Lee Mun Wah\, a community therapist and producer and director of several documentary films including "\;The Color of Fear"\;. He will also facilitate a two hour workshop following his keynote address on Friday\, February 10.
The conference begins on Thursday\, February 9th with a series of preconference activities on conference theme on self care\, wellness\, multicultural and social justice issues.
90 minute and 60 minute skill building sessions\, panel discussions\, and poster presentations will be offered throughout the conference.
We invite you to share your practice and research related to the use of group work in addressing a variety of topics including\: wellness\, holistic health\, trauma\, community building\, ecological/community based interventions\, disaster and crises-related work\, multicultural and social justice issues\, prevention\, conflict mediation\, peace-work\, and complementary/indigenous healing practices.
For more information\, visit http\://www.asgw.org/index.htm
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120209T173000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-0 SUMMARY:Story Time at Bookworks! DESCRIPTION:Start the year reading with your young children. Bookworks resumes our weekly Story Time! We will gather every Thursday morning at 10\:30 in our children's book corner. Stories\, snacks and just a little bit of singing!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/sit-and-sign-maggi-petton-author-heavens-daughter URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/sit-and-sign-maggi-petton-author-heavens-daughter SUMMARY:Sit and Sign with Maggi Petton\, author of Heaven's Daughter DESCRIPTION:Heaven's Daughter is the story of an unlikely trio inexplicably united during the Civil War. Noni\, resilient and wise\, has endured the hardship of being ripped from her African home. She lives an unimagineable life of slavery in the American South. When her daughter\, Efuru\, is threatened they run away. Deep in a North Carolina forest they meet Abby\, a northern white girl who has just escaped her kidnapper\, a Confederate soldier.
Abby and Efuru become fast friends. Journey with the girls as they grow\, struggling with family relationships\, prejudice and dysfunction. Watch their relationship change through war\, mistakes\, betrayal and love.
Heaven's Daughter invites us to examine how we work to deceive ourselves - the resulting consequences - and how forgiveness helps us heal.
Our Cross-Cultural Crafts series continues with a special day of crafts and story time related to Valentine's Day and how people celebrate love around the world. We only have 12 spots\, so please RSVP to Connie at kids@bkwrks.com early.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T220000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/book-talk-and-yoga-demonstration-cottonwood-yoga-call-sedona-journey-heart-dahn-yoga-founder-i URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/book-talk-and-yoga-demonstration-cottonwood-yoga-call-sedona-journey-heart-dahn-yoga-founder-i SUMMARY:Book talk and yoga demonstration by Cottonwood Yoga for The Call of Sedona\: Journey of the Heart by Dahn Yoga founder Ilchi Lee DESCRIPTION:Join yoga teachers from Cottonwood Yoga for book discussions and demonstrations of the meditation and exercises highlighted in Ilchi Lee's new book\, The Call of Sedona\: Journey of the Heart.
This event will feature\:
Introduction to the book and its author
Introduction to experiencing Ki Energy and foundations of Eastern Philosophy
The Message of Sedona for our relationship with the Earth
Breathing and meditation techniques
Lee's book provides a range of advice on meditation and enlightened living that will benefit anyone\, anywhere.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120212T220000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/bobby-bridger-where-tall-grass-grows-becoming-indigenous-and-mythological-legacy-american-west URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/bobby-bridger-where-tall-grass-grows-becoming-indigenous-and-mythological-legacy-american-west SUMMARY:Bobby Bridger\, Where the Tall Grass Grows\: Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West DESCRIPTION:In this entertaining and thought-provoking book\, noted historian and musician Bobby Bridger explores the impact of Native American culture on the American psyche.Where the Tall Grass Grows examines the impact of indigenous American mythology on contemporary identity and the development of modern popular entertainment\, particularly the Hollywood film industry.
The prophecies of the Lakota holy man Black Elk are woven into a chronicle of American Indians in the American cultural psyche from the era of Buffalo Bill\, Sitting Bull\, and the Wild West through the creation of the Western\, John Wayne\, Dances with Wolves\, Avatar\, and modern mythmaking. In so doing\, Bridger provides a highly original look at American history and culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Bobby will also be performing some of his original music at his signing event.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120214T192100Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120214T192100Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/anti-valentines-day-contest-bookworks URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/anti-valentines-day-contest-bookworks SUMMARY:Anti-Valentine's Day Contest at Bookworks DESCRIPTION:Have you ever had a bad date? Not just a vaguely unsatisfying date - like\, a REALLY bad date\, that made you question your sanity\, your sexuality\, or the existence of a loving God? Enter the first-annual Bookworks Anti-Valentine's Day Contest and share your misery with the world! (Or\, at least\, our customers.) Submit your best worst date story to events@bkwrks.com (under 250 words\, please) by Feb. 10. Three (un)lucky submitters - the ones with the saddest\, most horrifying\, or most heinous stories\, as decided by Bookworks staff - will win some great prizes from Bookworks\, including gift certificates\, a free copy of Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler\, and some other appropriately misanthropic items. Winners and their winning entries will be announced/posted on February 14 on our website and Facebook page.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/valentines-day-cookie-show-and-tell-and-chat-cookie-expert-julie-usher URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/valentines-day-cookie-show-and-tell-and-chat-cookie-expert-julie-usher SUMMARY:Valentine's Day cookie \\"Show-and-Tell\\" and Chat with cookie expert Julie Usher DESCRIPTION:Delve into the world of cookie magic\, where you can make everything from edible jewelry to cookie bacon and eggs! Organized by theme\, each chapter overflows with luscious photographs and dozens of recipes and cookie crafting ideas. With carefully illustrated details\, award-winning author Julia M. Usher expertly guides you in the making of perfect cookie masterpieces. At Bookworks\, Julia will share some cookie-decorating techniques and talk about how you can make your ordinary cookies extraordinary!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T233000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/bookworks-kids-event-join-our-new-battle-books-club-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/bookworks-kids-event-join-our-new-battle-books-club-0 SUMMARY:A Bookworks Kids! Event\: Join our NEW Battle of the Books Club! DESCRIPTION:In support of the the Battle of the Books program\, which encourages elementary and mid-school students to read more books\, Bookworks will begin a book club for elementary and middle-grade kids. Each month\, students will choose a couple of pages from selected Battle of the Books titles\, and read or perform them out loud. This is an exciting new club just for older kids - come by and check it out!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120216T173000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-1 SUMMARY:Story Time at Bookworks! DESCRIPTION:Bookworks resumes our weekly Story Time! We will gather every Thursday morning at 10\:30 in our children's book corner. Stories\, snacks and just a little bit of singing!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120217T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120219T000000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/new-mexico-organic-farming-conference URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/new-mexico-organic-farming-conference SUMMARY:New Mexico Organic Farming Conference DESCRIPTION:The 2012 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference is an annual opportunity for producers and researchers from around the southwest to share their experiences and expertise and Bookworks is proud to offer the following titles and many more at the conference.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T173000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/black-history-month-childrens-story-hakim-bellamy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/black-history-month-childrens-story-hakim-bellamy SUMMARY:Black History Month\: A Children's Story with Hakim Bellamy DESCRIPTION:For you and the youngest members of your last name\, Bookworks has invited poet and hip hop artist Hakim Bellamy to read Black History Month's \\"greatest hits\\"...for kids! Children of all ages are cordially invited to join Hakim and the Bookworks team as they decide to make Black history a family affair. On Saturday\, Feb. 18th at 10\:30 am\, a selection of children's books written by African American authors will be read by Bellamy at an hour long event in Albuquerque's largest\, locally-owned\, independent bookstore.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120218T220000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/terry-davis-popejoy-hall-talks-about-damn-yankees-faust-and-making-deals-devil URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/terry-davis-popejoy-hall-talks-about-damn-yankees-faust-and-making-deals-devil SUMMARY:Terry Davis from Popejoy Hall talks about Damn Yankees\, Faust\, and making deals with the Devil DESCRIPTION:Terry Davis\, from the Marketing Department of Popejoy Hall\, discusses the creation of the hit musical Damn Yankees\, from its origins as a novelette by Douglass Wallop to its incarnation as the first successful musical about baseball. Its creators include Broadway legends George Abbott\, Richard Adler\, Jerry Ross\, Bob Fosse and Hal Prince\, among others\, and brought a little known actress\, Gwen Verdon\, to stardom. This was the second hit for composer/lyricist team of Adler and Ross\, who were being called the next Rodgers &\; Hammerstein\, but their glory was short-lived\, for Damn Yankees was the last musical they would create as a team.
Davis has an MFA from the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of New Mexico and has taught the History of the American Musical in the department and for UNM's Continuing Education Department.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120219T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120219T220000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/joe-gans-and-history-african-americans-boxing-author-colleen-aycock URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/joe-gans-and-history-african-americans-boxing-author-colleen-aycock SUMMARY:Joe Gans and the history of African-Americans in Boxing with author Colleen Aycock DESCRIPTION:Colleen will give a brief presentation on the early black boxers and how they influenced the sport (sharing research and selections from a book she contributed to\, The First Black Boxing Champions)\, and little more history on Joe Gans\, the first African-American world boxing champion and his impact on the development of American sport. Aycock has written a book\, Joe Gans\: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion about Gans\, based on extensive research. Her book is being developed into a new play about Gans and his struggle to become champion in 1902 Jim Crow America. Aycock will also bring a couple of the actors and the director for a brief dramatic reading of the play\, which will be staged in Albuquerque in April.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120222T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120222T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/poetry-night-bookworks-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/poetry-night-bookworks-0 SUMMARY:Poetry Night at Bookworks! DESCRIPTION:We are starting a new open-mic poetry night at Bookworks and would love for our local poets to come and join us and share some of their work! Poets will be limited to a 5-minute reading and then there will be time for open discussion and sharing after the readings are complete.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120227T000000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/water-conservation-and-xeriscape-conference-and-expo URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/water-conservation-and-xeriscape-conference-and-expo SUMMARY:Water Conservation and Xeriscape Conference and Expo DESCRIPTION:17th Water Conservation Conference
Date\: February 23 and 24\, 2012
Location\: Crowne Plaza Hotel 1901 University Blvd NE\, Albuquerque\, New Mexico http\://g.co/maps/c65r7
The 17th Water Conservation and Xeriscape Conference theme “Collaborations for New Solutions” is the thread weaving together new ideas and practical strategies in the interrelated fields of landscape\, architecture\, agriculture and ecology for more sustainable and vital living and working spaces.
Steven Kress\, Dave Gutzler\, Daniel Wallach\, Catherine Hart\, Danielle Pieranunzi\, Karlis Viceps\, Kathleen Wolf\, William deBuys\, Judy Mielke\, Miguel Santistevan\, Nate Downey\, and Nan Sterman will be speaking at this event. Complete speaker information at www.xeriscapenm.com
As always the conference will wrap up with an artist. This year chef Clay Chapman of Omaha’s Grey Plume\, awarded the title of America’s greenest restaurant\, will take the final step from field to fork. Friday evening in an independent dinner event hosted by Los Poblanos Inn ( http\:/www.lospoblanos.com/events-calendar/ )\, Chef Jonathan Perno will team up with Chef Clay Chapman to prepare a meal fit for the water wise. We invite you to experience the warmth and charm of Los Poblanos Inn\, and thank the team there for their collaboration for slow and succulent solutions to winter dining. Water flows through every part of all our lives. Cooperating is how we use water best to sustain and uplift the community. It’s an equal opportunity endeavor. Registration information and information on special conference hotel rates available for attendees staying at the Crowne Plaza is on our website. http\://www.xeriscapenm.com
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2012 Xeriscape Expo
Date\: February 25 and 26\, 2012
Location\: Expo New Mexico State Fairgrounds San Pedro Blvd NE between Central and Lomas http\://g.co/maps/m9jpx
For homeowners wanting to improve their gardens and use less water to do it\, the Xeriscape Expo includes exhibitors showcasing the latest in water conservation information and products\, local food\, plants and know-how. Eighteen speakers give practical strategies for better gardens using less water. Event admission is free\; on site parking is $5.00 (save by carpooling or riding the bus or your bike).
This year’s speakers include David Salman\, Jim Brooks\, Richard Perce\, Ryan Daniell\, Judith Phillips\, Cheryl Kent\, Nate Downey\, Tamara Saimons\, Kimberly Selving\, Roger Alink\, Mark Brotton\, George Radnovich\, and Ryan Kowal. Complete speaker information at www.xeriscapenm.com
Exhibitors from non-profit and public sector agencies provide free information and the opportunity to speak with water planners\, wildlife biologists and rehabilitators\, volunteers from other water conservation organizations\, and landscape professionals concerned with using water resources wisely. The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge education van and Garden Railroaders appeal to kids of all ages. Vendors showcase the best in gardening materials including xeric plants and cisterns to catch water for them\, pervious paving materials\, compost and mulches\, and recycled/antique garden furnishings and local foods produced with care for the sustaining aquifers. For details please go to http\://www.xeriscapenm.com/xeriscape_conferences/2012/expo.php
All under one roof you can get inspired\, get informed and have a great time meeting friends and neighbors who are concerned with using our water wisely. Please join us in getting 2012 off to a productive start!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T173000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/story-time-bookworks-2 SUMMARY:Story Time at Bookworks! DESCRIPTION:Bookworks resumes our weekly Story Time! We will gather every Thursday morning at 10\:30 in our children's book corner. Stories\, snacks and just a little bit of singing!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120224T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120224T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/mark-winne-food-rebels-guerrilla-gardeners-and-smart-cookin-mamas-fighting-back-age-industrial URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/mark-winne-food-rebels-guerrilla-gardeners-and-smart-cookin-mamas-fighting-back-age-industrial SUMMARY:Mark Winne - Food Rebels\, Guerrilla Gardeners\, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas\: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture DESCRIPTION:We welcome Mark to celebrate the release of the paperback of his book!
Agribusiness giants don't want you to know-or care-if the food you eat is genetically modified\, factory farmed\, or grown with toxic chemicals. But the rapidly growing alternative food movement is resisting these practices and helping people reclaim their connections to their food. A forty-year veteran of this movement\, Mark Winne introduces us to innovative \\"local doers\\" defying industrial agribusiness and leading the charge to bring nutritious\, sustainable\, and affordable food to all. All across the country\, these leaders are turning urban wastelands into farms\, creating local dairy collectives\, preserving farmland\, bringing food education to children and adults in diabetes-prone neighborhoods\, promoting food democracy\, and empowering communities. Winne's hope is that all of these efforts\, scaled up and adopted more widely\, will ultimately allow the alternative food system to dethrone the industrial-and he challenges us to go beyond eating local to become part of a larger solution\, demanding a system that sustains body and soul.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T020000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/sit-and-sign-greg-sagemiller-his-book-walking-earth URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/sit-and-sign-greg-sagemiller-his-book-walking-earth SUMMARY:Sit and Sign with Greg Sagemiller for his book Walking Earth DESCRIPTION:About Walking Earth\: Readers must strap in for a fast and perilous ride through the Navajo's Dinetah and Utah's canyon country. Young Navajo Kika Windsong and her daredevil boyfriend\, Howie Parker\, set out to recover the world's most treasured archaeological artifacts. Twelve of the artifacts are incised with a code etched as an ideogram. The world's top code breaker and a world renowned museum curator are recruited to crack it. Trace minerals link the artifacts to volcanic bedrock of Easter Island\, 10\,000 miles away. Other artifacts resemble enigmatic statues of that Pacific island. Clues surface which suggest a lost civilization migrated 18\,000 years ago from the Island to the Colorado Plateau. New theories positing humans migrated northeasterly into the Americas from southern latitudes are introduced. Proof lies in deciphering the ideogram. Chilean scholars join forces with the American team in a race to announce the earth-shattering paradigm. Characters vault from each page as tension peaks and the mystery untangles. Windsong narrates images of Navajo creation stories garnered from her youth. A Navajo Nation Policeman blends rich Navajo lore into the adventure. A covert intelligence agent weaves a treacherous web of deceit and espionage into the plot. The veteran National Security Agency sleuth is linked to a mole in a the US Department of Energy. Spy games detonate with his double-crossing Plan B. \\"Dirty bombs\\" threaten a major source of the West's power and water. Those yearning for blood-thirsty action will satisfy their palate as archaeological looters slay anyone getting in their way of stealing the artifacts. An invincible foe is introduced to literature - Whitey\, whose global reputation crowns him with an ominous nickname\: \\"Impossible to Kill\\". Magnificent Southwest landscapes are viewed through a naturalist's eyes. Life in the arid Southwest\, its Native cultures and diverse archaeological ruins become ingrained in readers. A galvanized ending\, orchestrated by NSA's master spy at Fort Meade headquarters\, occurs on Navajoland near sacred Navajo Mountain.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120225T220000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/mark-raney-secrets-pueblo-universe URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/mark-raney-secrets-pueblo-universe SUMMARY:Mark Raney\, Secrets of the Pueblo Universe DESCRIPTION:Over the years a great deal has been written about Pueblo cultures and their reverence for the heavens\, particularly for the sun and the moon. There is a third aspect to their relationship with the heavens that has received very little attention because it has largely been kept secret by the tribes. The third component of Pueblo cultures' reverence for the heavens is the focus of this book\, and that is the stars. \\"Secrets\\" revolves around matching ancient southwestern iconography to constellations and showing patterns between these constellations and modern ceremonial dates. The patterns show that most daytime ceremonies\, both current and historical\, are held when the representative constellation is at a cardinal point (defined as upper meridian passage\, lower meridian passage\, rising or setting) at sunrise on the day of the native ceremonial. Sunset ceremonies are also tied to cardinal positions but at sunset instead of sunrise. Over 60 illustrations with 20 overlays on star charts show the comparison between ancient art and the stars. A list of modern ceremonials and stellar positions at sunrise and sunset provide repeating patterns made more compelling by cross-tribal repletion. The study was further enhanced when the main ceremonial gods of the Tewa (Humpbacks\, Deer\, Turtle and Eagle) were found to be in a section of the Milky Way bisected on both sides by the ecliptic. That location meant that they were not random entities scattered throughout the universe\, increasing their significance. Their placement also coincided with a section of the Milky Way revealed in a published story by well-known 20th-century Tewa artist and writer Pablita Velarde. The book marks a giant leap in the understanding of southwestern cultures.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120207T082351Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120226T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120226T180000Z UID:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/jim-hinckley-ghost-towns-route-66 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.bkwrks.com/event/jim-hinckley-ghost-towns-route-66 SUMMARY:Jim Hinckley\, Ghost Towns of Route 66 DESCRIPTION:Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West\, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells\, railroad stops\, cattle ranches\, resorts\, stagecoach stops\, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 25 ghost towns\, rich in stories and history\, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66.
Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America's favorite highway!
The world of the "\;Pope of Peppers"\; - Dave DeWitt\, is hot\, spicy\, and filled with trivia that those who partake of the pepper need to know. Besides quizzes\, resources\, and many facts\, there are also insights into the travels of Dave DeWitt including Martha Stewart\, Paul Prudhomme\, Ted Nugent\, Kinky Friedman\, Bobby Flay\, Joe Perry\, Gary Collins\, Bryant Gumbel\, Mark Miller\, Alice Cooper\, and even Zubin Mehta. There are chapters of stories for the various regions all over the world where chile is used and enjoyed. The Scoville Heat Scale is shown as well as the Pungency Values of Superhot Chiles.
Bhut Jolokia\, the ghost pepper or the "\;Hottest Pepper on Earth"\; is now a huge topic. People can't get enough of hot and that is why Dave's National Fiery Foods Show has\, for 24 years\, been the greatest trade show in New Mexico.
The Chilehead Resources also has a Chile Chronology from 1493 to present.
This is the one book of chiles you need to get the facts. It is filled with laughs and sarcasm and that signature Dave DeWitt sense of curiosity and humor. Dave Dewitt has written over 40 books on gardening\, cuisine\, recipes\, barbeque\, cooking\, and chiles\, He is an award-winning author and most recently tied with himself for First Place in the Cooking Category of the New Mexico Book Awards.
More information about the book is available here\: http\://nmsantos.com/Sunbelt/Chile-Trivia/Chile-Trivia.html
Anyone who purchases a copy of the book at the signing will receive a FREE pass into the Fiery Foods Show\, which will be held March 3-4 at Sandia Resort and Casino!
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