Tour the Festival of the Cranes and Holiday Craft Show in Socorro
Come experience the 22nd Annual Festival of the Cranes at Bosque del Apache and the Holiday Festival of the Cranes Crafts Show in Socorro. This is the largest event held in Socorro County each year and UNM Continuing Education has organized a trip on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 8am-7pm to experience it. An $82 course fee includes a boxed lunch, tour guide (expert, Steve Cox), and transportation. Come prepared to do some holiday shopping bring your cameras to capture the cranes.
Bid on handmade Navajo rugs at the Crownpoint Rug Auction
UNM Continuing Education is pleased to invite you to the Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction on Friday, November 13, 2009. At the auction you will see many traditional weavers and view exquisite handmade Navajo rugs of all sizes, regional styles, and prices. A large number of Native American crafts people have other wares on sale, including jewelry, pottery, beadwork, and more. Dont miss this significant cultural event. An $87 course fee includes tour guide and transportation. We’ll leave at 12:30pm, have dinner in Grants, and then travel to Crownpoint. There will be time to view the rugs before the auction at 7:00. The bus will leave from Crownpoint at 10:00pm, and return to Albuquerque at midnight. You will find this an unforgettable evening, whether you are interested in purchasing or are just along for the ride.
These four films dramatize/cover key moments in American History and feature some of film’s greatest directors and actors. The directors include Walter Hill, Frank Capra, Clint Eastwood, Michael Curtiz, George Stevens, Randall Wallace, Julie Taymore and Oliver Stone. One film (Giant) features Southwestern locations and themes. 
One of the top fine art foundries in the United States, located just a few miles north of Santa Fe, Shidoni Foundry’s galleries offer bronze sculptures and other art works, and a rare chance to find out what goes on behind the scenes when a bronze statue is created. Adjacent to the foundry you’ll find a bronze sculpture gallery where you can browse among sculptures in styles ranging from contemporary to traditional. Across the grounds, the Shidoni Arts Gallery features works in other media, such as glass and wood. The most spectacular sight here, though, is the outdoor sculpture gallery that’s situated between the two indoor ones. Here you’ll find a rotating display of large sculptures, notable for their sheer size and created in enough styles that just everyone will find something they like. (Shidoni pours 10,000 pounds of bronze per month.) We’ll visit Tesuque Glassworks next to Shidoni, where we’ll see Charlie Miner’s fabulous lost wax castings. Fee includes travel, a boxed lunch, travel and dessert after our tour at the beautiful Encantado Resort.
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