Events
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...
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.
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.
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!
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
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!
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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!
Due to problems with the availability of Jim's book from the publisher, we are canceling this event. We hope to reschedule with Jim for later in the year.
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!
Fifty years ago, author Madeleine L'Engle took young readers on a time adventure in her book, A Wrinkle in Time. This year, on a day that only happens every four years - Leap Day, February 29 - we're going to host a tribute to this modern classic of children's literature. Customers are asked to wear vintage clothes that reflect the styles of 50 years ago. We will have a Wrinkle in Time trivia contest and a short reader's theatre to recapture the the spell of this wonderful book, which because of the wonder of books like this is that they can be read from generation to generation, time and time again!
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 10:30 a.m.
We have had a great group showing up ever week for Story Time - but we always have room for more! Each week, Connie picks a new theme and we read a story and share a song or other activity related to the theme. We gather every Thursday morning at 10:30 in our children's book corner. Come see us, and bring a friend! Our themes for March are:
March 1: We'll do a special Ezra Jack Keats tribute, including The Snowy Day (which turned 50 years old this year!) and Pete's Chair
March 8: Our theme will be LIONS (Because March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, at least in New Mexico!)
March 14: In honor of St. Patrick's Day and the annual Wearin 'o' the Green, we'll have a special storytime about St. Patrick's Day and leprechauns!
March 22: Spring will have sprung by this week and so we will have a storytime that is all about springtime, and how our gardens grow.
March 29: Birthdays are super-fun! Even if you do not have a March birthday, come and talk about birthdays and different ways to celebrate them.
Please email kids@bkwrks.com with any questions.
Wear purple socks, wear polka dot socks, wear socks with stripes - whatever socks you choose! But get your little feet and ears over to Bookworks for the Dr.Seuss Read Across America Celebration. Whether it's Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat, or Hop on Pop, we are going to have a tongue-twisting, happy word party to take part in this nationwide nod to reading!
The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse interprets the art, architecture, and gardens of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse, an architectural gem and a unique gift from the people of Tajikistan to their "sister city," Boulder, Colorado. In addition, it explores the cultural context of the teahouse and how the unique gift bridges an ever-widening east-west culture gap and brings the people of two sister cities closer together.
The books will interest and serve as a resource for people involved in grass-roots efforts to build peace and international understanding, for members of sister cities organizations, and for students of Islamic. Persian, and Central Asian art, architecture, and cultures.
The Girl Scouts are turning 100 this year, and we know there are a lot of former and current Girl Scouts out there who have fond memories of their time in uniform. So, starting now, please send Connie (kids@bkwrks.com) copies of photos of yourself and friends from your Girl Scout days, favorite camp fire songs, stories of your favorite Girl Scout experiences, etc., and she will start putting together a scrapbook. We'll gather on March 3 to look at the scrapbook, reminisce, and celebrate the Girl Scouts! Bring a box of your favorite Girl Scout cookies to share in the "Ode to My Favorite Cookies" on-the-spot poetry reading!
Virtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement? Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they describe in their own lives. The resulting guidance -- along with the accompanying downloadable Brain Sync audio program -- can help you activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles, and enliven every faculty.
Blackout Theatre will present a workshop/demonstration detailing the basics of theatrical improvisation (techniques you may be familiar with if you've ever heard of The Second City or the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and how these techniques may be used in the creation of new works of theatre from written source material. This event will be highly funny and entertaining, providing lots of opportunities for audience members to ask questions and get involved.
Blackout Theatre is a national award-winning theatre company based in Albuquerque. Recent acclaimed productions include an adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and "The Sparrow's Daughter: A Cuento" a play based on New Mexican myth and monster stories. For more information about Blackout, please visit www.Blackouttheatre.com
A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job far from the streets of lower Manhattan: working as one of the last fire lookouts in America. Spending nearly half the year in a 7' x 7' tower, 10,000 feet above sea level in remote New Mexico, his tasks were simple: keep watch over one of the most fire-prone forests in the country and sound the alarm at the first sign of smoke.
Fire Season is Connors's remarkable reflection on work, our place in the wild, and the charms of solitude. The landscape over which he keeps watch is rugged and roadless-it was the first region in the world to be officially placed off limits to industrial machines-and it typically gets hit by lightning more than 30,000 times per year.
Written with narrative verve and startling beauty, and filled with reflections on his literary forebears who also served as lookouts - among them Edward Abbey, Jack Kerouac, Norman Maclean, and Gary Snyder - Fire Season is a book to stand the test of time.
Hillsboro, Kingston, and Lake Valley developed in 1877 with the discovery of gold and silver. The towns were interconnected, and the history of one cannot be discussed without the others. Hillsboro became the center of commerce and law, and from 1884 to 1939 it was the Sierra County seat. Mining created the towns, but cattle, sheep, and goat ranching provided a more stable economic base. The towns remain surrounded by large ranches, some still owned by the original families' descendants. When the mines played out, Lake Valley became a ghost town; Hillsboro and Kingston are now quiet villages with a mix of old families, writers, artists, and retirees. The area had its share of Indian wars, range conflicts, prostitutes, rustlers, floods, and politicos who rose to fame and fell in shame, but it also had hardworking businessmen, miners, and cowboys who lived peaceful daily lives. The authors of Around Hillsboro acknowledge the sensational and newsworthy events of the area's history while heralding the people who provided a productive but less visible part of it.
Due to problems with his book's availability, Rod has canceled his event with us in March. We will reschedule with him later in the year.
Network Marketing is one of the hottest, fastest, growing businesses of our time. It is also one of the most misunderstood. This book will allow you to make a sound, fact-based evaluation of the Network Marketing profession and the companies you may be considering getting involved with. I hope to help you avoid the heartache and financial frustration of jumping in and learning the hard way.
In 1911, New Mexico found itself at the center of a vicious international conspiracy that threatened its proposed statehood. The unjust commitment of a woman to an insane asylum reveals a plot to ? nd a missing document, Article X of the Treaty of Mesilla-the Revert Document. Tensions rise as two nations position for legal control over the territory, and soon the United States and Mexico are on a collision course toward war. If the document emerges before Arizona and New Mexico can attain statehood, Mexico could legally recover those lost territories-thereby changing history.
During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free of her pimp and her past and devoted herself to helping other young girls escape "the life."
In Girls Like Us, Lloyd reveals the dark world of commercial sex trafficking in cinematic detail and tells the story of her groundbreaking nonprofit organization: GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. With great humanity, she shares the stories of the girls whose lives GEMS has helped-small victories that have healed her wounds and made her whole.
Rachel Lloyd's riveting survivor story is the true tale of her hard-won escape from the commercial sex industry and her bold founding of GEMS, to help countless other young girls escape "the life." Lloyd's unflinchingly honest memoir is a powerful story of inhuman abuse, enduring hope, and the promise of redemption. Revelatory, authentic, and brave, Girls Like Us is an unforgettable memoir.
Bookworks is proud to partner with a local nonprofit, Five Stones International, to welcome Rachel to Albuquerque. More information about Five Stones: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Five-Stones-International/120417871326203...
Discover how the world's top companies create thriving, engaged workforces.
Most leaders know that a winning, engaged culture is the key to attracting top talent-and customers. Yet it remains elusive how exactly to create this ideal workplace-one where everyone from the front lines to the boardroom knows the company's values and feels comfortable and empowered to act on them.
Based on Ann Rhoades' years of experience with JetBlue, Southwest, and other companies known for their trailblazing corporate cultures, Built on Values reveals exactly how leaders can create winning environments that allow their employees and their companies to thrive. Companies that create or improve values-based cultures can become higher performers, both in customer and employee satisfaction and financial return.
Through stories, examples, and interviews with many of the top leaders she has worked directly with-including Dave Barger and Joel Peterson of JetBlue Airways, Rick Federico of P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Rick Kelleher of Pyramid Hotel Group, and Ruthita Fike of Loma Linda Hospitals-Ann Rhoades reveals the processes by which these companies created their well-known cultures. Providing a clear blueprint for how to accomplish culture change, Built on Values shows exactly how any organization can exceed the expectations of employees and customers. With Rhoades' Values Blueprint, you will learn how to develop and tailor your organization's goals, how put them into action, and why it is essential to hire, fire, and reward people based on values.
Whether curing an ailing company culture or creating a new one from scratch, Built on Values shows companies exactly how they can get on the pathway to greatness.
Heart-stopping prose and crackling observations on a spiritual journey toward a life rich in love and freedom.
Stuck in a dead-end relationship, this fearless narrator leaves her metaphorical baggage behind and finds a comfort zone in the air, "feeling safest with one plane ticket in her hand and another in her underwear drawer." She flies around the world, finding reasons to love life in dozens of far-flung places from Alaska to Bhutan. Along the way she weathers unplanned losses of altitude, air pressure, and landing gear. With the help of a squad of loyal, funny, wise friends and massage therapists, she learns to sort truth from self-deception, self-involvement from self-possession.
At last, having found a new partner "who loves Don DeLillo and the NHL" and a daughter "who needs you to teach her to dive and to laugh at herself" - not to mention two dogs and two horses - "staying home becomes more of an option. Maybe."
We're opening up our store to homeschooling families who want to meet other homeschoolers and read great books! We'll provide meeting space and suggestions for age-appropriate books. What happens after that is up to the group! We can help arrange author talks or book reading competitions if people are interested. Come to the inaugural meeting of the Bookworks Homeschool Book Group and explore the possibilities!
Join local author Katherine Hauth at our Battle of the Books drama club. She will be answering questions about her book, What's for Dinner?
Bookworks is proud to announce that we will host George Dohrmann, Sports Illustrated reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of the amazing book Play Their Hearts Out, which is about "grassroots" basketball and the factory-style production of young basketball stars, starting as young as age 9.
The book's central story is about the early basketball development of Demetrius Walker, who in 2005 was featured in a Sports Illustrated article that touted him as "the next LeBron James." Walker is currently playing basketball for the UNM Lobos.
Mr. Dohrmann will be here in Albuquerque covering the NCAA tournament, and graciously agreed to do an event with us on March 14 at 7 p.m.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting
Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports
Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars. Play Their Hearts Out reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” epilogue by the author, this thoroughly compelling narrative exposes the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory.
This newly updated and revised edition of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Albuquerque hits classic trails and uncovers paths where no guidebook has gone before. This is the essential guide to north-central New Mexico, from the black lava badlands in El Malpais National Monument to the cool aspens in Santa Fe National Forest. Explore newly opened lands in the Ojito Wilderness and the Valles Caldera, or revisit the past with nostalgic walks along the Rio Grande and Route 66. Hikes lead to ancient pueblos, ghost towns, slot canyons, strange hoodoos and other treasures in the heart of New Mexico, all just a daytrip or less from the Duke City.
On Ciao Italia, which has been airing on PBS for more than twenty years, Mary Ann Esposito has taught millions of fans how to cook delicious, authentic Italian dishes. In her previous books, she has shown us how to make a quick meal with just five ingredients, helped us get dinner on the table in just thirty minutes, and encouraged us to slow down and take it easy in the kitchen while re-creating the rich aromas of Italy. Now Mary Ann returns to her family's humble beginnings to bring us a treasure trove of more than 200 time-honored recipes. They represent traditional, everyday foods that she regards as culinary royalty-always admired, respected, and passed down through generations. Even better, they are easy to make and guaranteed to please. Gorgeously designed with appetizing full-color photographs of recipes and homespun essays about Italian cooking and family traditions throughout, Ciao Italia Family Classics will have fans old and new pulling it off the shelf again and again.
A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller.
"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?"
Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell 'fried chicken, not books, because Negroes don't read,' Lewis took five books and one-hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X.
In No Crystal Stair, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson combines meticulous research with a storyteller's flair to document the life and times of her great uncle Lewis Michaux, an extraordinary literacy pioneer of the Civil Rights era.
"My life was no crystal stair, far from it. But I'm taking my leave with some pride. It tickles me to know that those folks who said I could never sell books to black people are eating crow. I'd say my seeds grew pretty damn well. And not just the book business. It's the more important business of moving our people forward that has real meaning."
Luli Russell never imagines the hurricanes, figurative and real, that will roar through her life when she turns fifty. A traditional Green Bay housewife, she has buried her artistic talent under the demands of family. For her birthday, her husband Herb and their four children give her a trip to Santa Fe on her own, a month of painting lessons, and an enviable set of watercolors.
An hysterical call from her teenage daughter turns her dream trip into a nightmare. Minutes later, still in shock, Luli finds a bleeding man lying helpless in a parking lot. Her call for help is answered by Adán Alire, a former medic in Vietnam. He knows how to rescue the old man, and his kindhearted wife Rosealba knows how to rescue Luli.
An Apricot Year throws together a quartet of dissimilar people who find their common humanity outweighs their differences as they meet in the shade of a bountiful apricot tree.
Poetry night continues! This is a completely open and free-form event for poets to share their work and meet other poets in the community. Poetry enthusiasts are welcome too! Come join the conversation.
I've known it since last night:
It's been too long to expect them to return.
Something's happened.
May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead-just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens: May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, May's memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But she's determined to find her way home again. Caroline Starr Rose's fast-paced novel, written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love.
Alex is in the U.K. and is unable to travel to Albuquerque for his event at Bookworks. We will attempt to reschedule with him at a later date.
One of the most exciting movie releases in recent years is happening March 23 when The Hunger Games is released in theaters! If you're planning to see the movie at midnight, stop by Bookworks first - come in costume! We'll have snacks, a trivia contest, and some fun giveaways. Party ends at 10 so you can get to the movie on time. Make plans to come to Bookworks on March 22, and May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor!
