Dark matters: Explore some of the forces at work behind the scenes of sunny New Mexico’s history. Is it any wonder that a state with such dramatic underpinnings has produced exceptional storytellers? From a desperate Spanish colony with sad tales of slavery, to the backwoods development of the earth-shattering, history-changing atomic bomb, the stories demand to be told.
Sign up for the series for $65 and save $49 over the cost of the lectures individually. Or, sign up for individual lectures of interest for the single session price of $19. Lecture topics are listed below.
NEW! “Series within the Series” - The Manhattan Project, six studies spread out over the two Lecture Series this semester.
Lecture Series 1 topics: (click on the titles to go to the individual lecture course descriptions, where you may register online if you choose.)
The Manhattan Project - Personalities & Personal Ethics
pt. 1 / Rio Rancho: Sept. 17 / Abq: Sept. 19
Tony Hillerman - charismatic New Mexico mystery writer in person
Rio Rancho: Sept. 24 / Abq: Sept 26
New Mexico Main Street - restoration & revitalization
Rio Rancho: Oct 1 / Abq: Oct. 3
The Manhattan Project - The Atomic Theory / pt. 2
Rio Rancho: Oct. 8 / Abq: Oct. 10
Life in OLD New Mexico - a desparate Spanish colony & tales of slavery
Rio Rancho: Oct. 15 / Abq: Oct. 17
The Manhattan Project - The Project Takes Shape / pt. 3
Rio Rancho: Oct 22 / Abq: Oct. 24
