Archive for the 'Travel & Culture' Category



Enjoy “cooking Tuesdays” in April

Coached and encouraged in our Bonne Cuisine classes, you’ll have new confidence, recipes and techniques to take home and share with family and friends. Enjoy “Cooking Tuesdays” in April with chef Gilda Latzky!

Gilda Latzky
A long history with cooking includes 27 years of teaching French and Italian Cuisine at The Epicurean Gallery, her own business in […]

Writers: Meet one-on-one with an editor or agent!

At our upcoming Writers Conference, attendees can schedule a ten minute one-on-one meeting with an editor or agent. Pitch your writing project, or enjoy a personal Q&A session with a leader in the publishing world!

Writers Conference: From Start to Sales IV
8:30am - 4:30pm, Saturday, April 19
Learn more about the Conference here / Enroll online […]

Art & Hiking instructor wins award

Susan Thiele, Continuing Education instructor for The Hiking Artist, starting March 11, and Topo Map and Compass for the Wilderness Hiker, starting April 23, will be awarded the “Creative Juices Prize for Visual Art” in the upcoming 30th Anniversary Issue of UNM’s Conceptions Southwest. Conceptions Southwest (CSW) has been the fine arts and literary […]

Horse around with Continuing Ed!

Join us!
This Saturday, March 8:
Photographing Animals
at The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos
The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos is home to horses that have been rescued from abuse and neglect. They love visitors and attention and are willing models. You will have the opportunity to photograph both group and individual portraits. You do not have to be a […]

Screenwriting genre: Romantic Comedy

Employment for screenwriters in New Mexico is projected to grow 33.3% by 2012! With all of the attention from Hollywood and state focus on growing the New Mexico film industry, there is a lot of support for finding and nurturing our own storytellers and creative talent. There’s never been a more encouraging time to foster […]

Field Trips in March

Photographing Animals at The Horse Shelter in Cerrillos
The Horse Shelter is home to horses that have been rescued from abuse and neglect. They love visitors and attention and are willing models. You will have the opportunity to photograph both group and individual portraits.
You do not have to be a photographer to participate. Feel free to […]

Award-winning photographer leads close encounters with horses

Lynne Pomeranz combines her lifelong feeling for horses with a talent for photography to lead others on close encounters of the equine kind. Lynn has developed workshops to share some of her own marvelous experiences in getting to know horses in their natural setting. UNM Continuing Education is fortunate to offer two of her […]

Take a field trip and see New Mexico!

Enjoy fun, educational Field Trips with the Story of New Mexico! People travel from all over the world to see the amazing sights of New Mexico — and we can take them in with a day trip or two. Many of our students join us again and again, taking another trip to experience some new […]

Great gift idea for those age 50 and over

Do you know someone age 50 and over who might enjoy stimulating, university level courses — at affordable prices — without the stress of tests or grades? Give them an Osher membership and let them choose from an exciting variety of educational opportunities in the coming year! The annual Osher membership is only $40 […]

“Anasazi Americans” author presents class on their fate and our lessons

What happened to them and what lessons can we learn from the resilient survivors of the Chaco Anasazi?
Ancient hunter/gatherers in the American Southwest first learned to become farmers, then later attained the knowledge and power to create North America’s grandest regional society, the Chaco-Anasazi… only to go on to lose all that they had created! […]