Aug 19th Sunday program at 2 pm

The Sweep of American History and Culture as 

Revealed through Currency and Coins

Capitan Public Library    102 East 2nd Street, Capitan, NM 575.354.3035

Program: Sunday,  August 19th,  2:00 PM

Presented by David Higgins 

Eagles, Bison, Native Americans, Tennessee Woodsmen, Discovery of America,

 Western Expansion, Explosion of Agriculture, Rapid Industrialization, 

 Idealization of Women, Wars, and more.

 The numerous re-issues of currency and coins glow with insights into 

the people and events that have made Americans proud. 

They are a serial depiction of how our culture and values have evolved.

The line of evolution will be revealed through numerous photographs

of currency and coins and the interesting stories behind their design.  

Special attention will be given to
 the introduction, development, and
eventual disappearance of Miss Liberty

David Higgins is a retired finance professor 

who taught at universities in Arizona, Wisconsin, 

and Texas.  His expertise areas are economics,

 financial management, treasury operations, 

and personal investment management prior to

 and during retirement.  

He conducts short classes that address current  

economic conditions, personal asset management,the history of money, and the history of the Southwest.  

David and his  wife Peggy reside in Denton, Texas, and spend much of the  summer in Ruidoso.

NOTE:  A light lunch will be served during an intermission in the 90-minute program.      Please RSVP for the lunch portion at 575.354.3035.

Contributions to defer the lunch cost will be appreciated.  

The Capitan public library is donor supported.  Donations and/or volunteer

 assistance are always needed and much appreciated.

For more information call Capitan Public Library at 575-354-3035.  

Writers' meet at Capitan Library this month

Next writers' meeting at Capitan Public Library at 9.45 a.m. Monday, August 13.

Help kids with back-to-school needs

The Capitan Public Library will be collecting school supplies for Capitan Elementary - grades 1-5.  Lists will be posted.

Thanks for caring!

Hmmm - many loved the book. Maybe worth watching. Premiering August 10

This Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Saturday, Aug 4 is $5 for a BAG of Books day. 
Library is open on Saturday 10 am to 2 pm

First Friday is Aug 3 at 7pm, see information below

Thursday, Aug 2 is an Alto Artist Studio Tour PREVIEW party at the Spencer Theater 5pm to 7pm. Great music (of course - it's music performed by Debbie Myers, Fred Kinnan and Jim Helms), awesome ART, a Silent Auction, see special guest Michael Hurd and Free food! See you there!

Voices From the Past: Adventures

 in New Mexico’s Archives

Capitan Public Library welcomes
 Chautauqua Speaker

Robert J. Torrez

Friday, August 3, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.

This presentation is based on the title of the recently published

 Voices From the Past,  The Comanche Raid of 1776 and other Tales of

New Mexico History,  the second volume of short stories  taken from

 the author’s long-running monthly column, “Voices From the Past,
 which has been  published in Round the Roundhouse since 1992. 

The first volume  of these articles was published by the 

University of New Mexico Press in 2004 under the title,

 UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico’s History. 

Robert J. Tórrez, an award-winning author of six books,

 was born and raised in northern New Mexico community of Los Ojos.

 After attending Tierra Amarilla High School, he received his undergraduate

 and graduate education at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas

 and the University of New Mexico. Torres served as the New Mexico State

 Historian from 1987 until his retirement in 2000. 

He continues to research New Mexico’s archives, teach short-term adult
 education courses,  lecture and write on various aspects of New Mexico history.

This program is made available through New Mexico  Humanities Council

Refreshments will follow the presentation. 

Capitan Library Rocked this Summer!

Capitan Public Library completed a exciting summer reading program July 23.  With music being an instrumental part of the program, several musicians performed for the children and their parents; the children were able to play some of the instruments.  The program ended with pinata ruination, hot dogs, and water games.

Top readers were Alice Allen, Fiona Roberts and Wesley Roberts.

First Friday - Aug 3 at 7 pm

Bookclub reads

On Thursday, August 2 @ 10 am, we will be discussing Less  by Andrew Sean Greer. It won the Pulitzer Prize and was the June selection of the PBS NewsHour Book Club. 

The book for September will be 
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. It will be a quick read at 120 pages. It is based on a true story, set in Sudan.

Last chance to see Alto Artists in the libraries. Art leaves July 31 for the tour Aug 3-5

Libraries showing artwork of the artists of the Alto Artist Studio Tour

Capitan Library

Ruidoso Library display case

The exceptional talents of Alto artists are on display at the Ruidoso and the

 Capitan Public Libraries for the months of June and July.  Go to either, or

 go to both, to see art that is a preview of what can be seen on the actual

 Alto Artist Studio Tour in August.  Tour flyers will be out mid-July to show

 the tour route on Aug 3-4-5 weekend. 

 Plus there will be another preview of Alto artists artwork at the Spencer Theater

 free Preview Party on Thursday evening, Aug. 2, with special guest, Michael

 Hurd.

Art at the libraries is available for purchase, but you will need to contact

 the artists  directly to buy their pieces. 

 Contact information is with their art.

At both libraries, you can see the art of: Kai Brown, Nancie Ferguson, Deborah

 Christopherson, Deborah Harris, Anacleto Loya, Steve & Madeline Sabo, Pam

 Schuster and Mark Stambaugh.

At the Ruidoso library, you can also see art by Christine Citarella, Linda Hand,

 Karen McCort and Tish Rhoads.

To view Alto artists work online, go to www.altoartistsstudiotour.com and on

 FaceBook at Alto Artist Studio Tour 2018.

Capitan Public Library is located at 101 E. 2nd St in Capitan. (closed Sundays

 and Mondays). For times open call 575-354-3035

Ruidoso Public Library is located at 107 Kansas City Road in Ruidoso.

 (closed Sundays). For times open call 575-258-3704.  

The August tour will be awesome if the library preview art is any indication.

Ruidoso Library

Ruidoso Library

Ruidoso Library display case

Sunday, July 15 at 2 pm PROGRAM "Precipitation variations in the Southwestern United States" presented by Bob Harper

Climate models tend to predict an increasingly arid 
future for the Southwestern United States, in large
part because of increased evaporation due to rising
global temperatures.  But current climate models do
not handle precipitation well, and are not able to 
accurately model natural variability.

This talk will leave the climate models, 
and present actual precipitation data across 
the Southwestern United States from 1860 to the 
present, focusing on the long term natural variability, 
which to date is much larger than any global warming
related precipitation component.  Multi-decadal variations 
of average precipitation of +/-20% around the long 
term mean are largely driven by Pacific Ocean sea surface
temperature changes.  

Presented by Bob Harper.  He has a A.B. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University (1965) & a PhD in Space Physics from Rice University (1972).  His dissertation was on the dynamics of the Earth's Upper Atmosphere. Harper was also a geophysicist in the Petroleum Industry.

Light refreshments afterwards.  

"The New Mexico Humanities Council does a lot with very little." Request for support

The last few years have been tough on the cultural sector. State budget cuts and threats to eliminate the nation's cultural agencies have pushed some humanities and arts nonprofits to retrench or even close. Your support is critical to helping NMHC forge ahead and continue giving voice to New Mexico's stories.

The New Mexico Humanities Council does a lot with very little. This year we have already served more than 4,500 of the state's students with our National History Day program, booked 98 humanities speakers and performers to appear in 36 communities around the state, awarded 10 grants totaling $55,000 to local nonprofits in support of their cultural work, and launched our Journalism, Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative. 

But that's as far as we can go without support from allies like you. Thousands of New Mexican stories will remain hidden and the creative ideas that could propel us to a more vibrant future will remain unexplored. The thing is, we have big plans. We want to take our speakers bureau on the road to significant historic and archaeological sites and provide you and other New Mexicans with an immersive "humanities-on-the-go" experience, led by experts who can give you each site's "hidden story." We're also developing plans to take high-quality book and story programs across the state. You already know that "story" is a deeply-rooted strand in New Mexico's DNA; your support can help us take storytelling festivals, book fairs, and reading + discussion programs to every corner of the state from Raton to Lordsburg, Clovis to Gallup. Finally, how long has it been since you've been able to chat with your friends at a local bar about current events and ideas through the lens of history or the arts? We want to give you a chance to do exactly this at a Humanities Happy Hour.

Without you, we'll be bound simply to continue our programs as they currently are, with little room for experimentation. Your support will make the difference between NMHC maintaining the status quo and taking our work to a new exciting level.

Please help us take our next step toward creating the "humanities council of the future." As always, your gift to the Council is tax-deductible.

Sincerely,  Brandon Johnson, Executive Director / Jerry Brown, Chair, Board of Directors

 PS: More than ever, we need your support to make the humanities more relevant in New Mexico. To make a gift, please go on-line at http://nmhum.org/NMHC.php?c=1146

Grand Marshals for the 2018 Capitan 4th of July Parade

Pat Garrett

Debbie Myers

Jul 12 Chautauqua at NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum

The Churro and the Navajo: One Family's Journey to Save the Sacred Sheep

The Churro and the Navajo: One Family's Journey to Save the Sacred Sheep

Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM

The Navajo elders cried when they saw Sharon Begay bringing the sacred Churro sheep back to the reservation. They thought the "old time" sheep were gone forever. As children, they weaved the fleece and lived on the mutton. They also witnessed government forces slaughter their families' Churro to prevent over-grazing.

Stacia Spragg-Braude's presentation features photographs and anecdotes documenting one
Navajo family's journey to help save the Churro, and in the process, saving the family and Navajo culture.
Stacia Spragg-Braud is a photographer mainly interested in families and communities struggling to maintain cultural identity. She is a former newspaper photographer and has covered projects in the Balkans, Cuba and Uganda, including an extensive project on Bulgarian Gypsies. She is the author of "To Walk in Beauty: A Navajo Family's Journey Home."

Movie at the Carrizozo Library on Sunday July 8 @ 2 pm

Help your Capitan Library this 4th by...eating! Can't get any easier.

Come on over to CAPITAN PUBLIC LIBRARY'S annual bake, book and hot dog sale.  You will be treated to the best hot dogs in town.  Also available to satisfy your hunger will be smoked sausage, nachos, pop corn, water and soft drinks. The dogs and sausage can be plain or with the works (chile, cheese, jalapenos, onions, etc.) The shady backyard will open for you to enjoy your lunch.  Our excellent bakers are busy making goodies for dessert or to take home.  
  
Baked goods will be on sale starting at 8:00 a.m. providing you with munchies as you await the best parade in Lincoln County. 
Anytime after 9 am, visit the book sale room & fill a bag for $5.
 The food window will open at 10:00 a.m. 

You don't need to keep it a secret!
the Capitan Library has some great eats on the 4th!

Come get a dog, or 2 or 3...

SEE YOU ON THE 4TH!

4th of July in Capitan

Come on over to CAPITAN PUBLIC LIBRARY'S annual bake, book and hot dog sale.  You will be treated to the best hot dogs in town.  Also available to satisfy your hunger will be smoked sausage, nachos, pop corn, water and soft drinks. The dogs and sausage can be plain or with the works (chile, cheese, jalapenos, onions, etc.) The shady backyard will open for you to enjoy your lunch.  Our excellent bakers are busy making goodies for dessert or to take home.  Plan to visit the book sale room & fill a bag for $5.  Baked goods will be on sale starting at 8:00 a.m. providing you with munchies as you await the best parade in Lincoln County. 
 The food window will open at 9:00 a.m. 

SEE YOU ON THE 4TH!

 

This is just NOT right

Laura Ingalls Wilder's name has been stripped from a prestigious book award because of racist themes 

The cabin at the "Little House on the Prairie" site is a re-creation built in 1977 

(CNN)After months of deliberation, the organization behind a prestigious book award has decided to remove the name of author Laura Ingalls Wilder because of her portrayal of Native Americans. 

The Association for Library Service to Children gives out the "Laura Ingalls Wilder Award" yearly to authors whose work has made a lasting impact on the world of children's literature. 

The honor will now be known as the Children's Literature Legacy Award. 

The ALSC first announced their intention to revisit the award's name in February, and decided to change it after a meeting over the weekend. 

"This decision was made in consideration of the fact that Wilder's legacy, as represented by her body of work, includes expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with ALSC's core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness," the ALSC's statement reads. 

Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" books are a staple of countless American childhoods. The tales are so ingrained in the traditions of children's literature that it may be easy to forget or overlook that Wilder, who wrote the books in the 1930s and 40s, depicts Native Americans as inhuman and inconsequential. 

An adult re-read reveals several characters, including Wilder's mother, saying things like "The only good Indian is a dead Indian," as well as romanticizing themes of American supremacy and manifest destiny. 

While her father, as portrayed in the books, takes a more nuanced approach to Native Americans in some places, he also described one Indian as "no common trash" because "that was French he spoke."

It's not censorship, the group says

Perhaps this worldview could be more easily dismissed if it were entirely fictional, but the "Little House" books are semi-autobiographical, and recount Wilder's own childhood growing up on the Great Plains. 

While the decision is already inviting backlash similar to any instance of, say, changing the name of a school or removing a Confederate monument, the ALSC preeimptively outlined their full justification:

"Changing the name of the award, or ending the award and establishing a new award, does not prohibit access to Wilder's works or suppress discussion about them. Neither option asks or demands that anyone stop reading Wilder's books, talking about them, or making them available to children. These recommendations do not amount to censorship, nor do they undermine intellectual freedom," a lengthy statement from the ALSC's board reads. 

"Yet perceptions matter, along with the very real pain associated with her works for some, and year after year ALSC gives the impression of upholding Wilder's works through an award that bears her name."

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Free Jarabe Mexicano Concert in Carrizozo on June 24 at 5 pm

Jarabe Mexicano Concert

Jarabe Mexicano, the folkloric and contemporary band now touring the Land of Enchantment, will visit Carrizozo, NM, Sunday, June 24^th 5PM, for a special concert as part of Music in the Parks.  Jarabe Mexicano concerts are a journey through a versatile songbook of Mexican folklore, rock & roll, tex-mex, Latin rock and cumbia-reggae music. Using traditional stringed instruments, accompanied by infectious percussion, the passionate and cheerful concerts of Jarabe also delight with outstanding harmonized voices in Spanish and English. 

As per tradition, the Carrizozo Music in the Parks , Jarabe Mexicano concert is FREE and will take place Sunday, June 24^th, 5PM, in McDonald (Spider) Park, 500 Central Ave. (HWY 54) in the heart of the Carrizozo Commercial Historic District.  Bring your favorite lawn chair, and/or blanket and join the fun.  

BOOK CLUB

Book Club Info from Leila Adams: We had a great discussion of Beneath the Scarlet Sky last Thursday.  If you haven't read it, you should.  It is a true story that is a page turner.

 The book for July 5 is The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-time  by Mark Haddon. It is on the Kindles that can be checked out from Capitan Library. It is the story of a boy who has autism that sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog.  It has recently been made into a play.

The book for August is Less by Andrew Sean Greer.  A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it is funny, and well-written with touches of wisdom.

Book Club meet first Thursday of the month at 10 am

Spencer Theater special program- only $18 tickets. Call the Box Office today to reserve your tickets 575-336-4800. Come out and support these young musicians!

New Mexico State University Jazz Ensemble

Wednesday, June 20, 8pm • $18

 New Mexico State University Jazz Ensemble is made up of the university's finest musicians. Members of the auditioned group come to NMSU from across the country to study music and various other disciplines on campus. The ensemble has performed with numerous international artists including, Tia Fuller (Beyonce’s alto saxophonist, Professor Berklee School of Music), Bobby Shew (Capital Recording Artist), Pete McGuinness (Grammy Nominated Album) and Chris Vadala (Chuck Mangione Group).

The jazz ensembles have recently performed at the International Reno Jazz Festival, toured Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria. They have produced two albums over the past few years, “Home Grown”, featuring Bobby Shew, and “Patience”, released spring of 2017. NMSU Jazz Ensemble will be traveling to Spain this summer where they will be performing at the Conservatori Superior Musica de Castello International Music Festival. They will be premiering two pieces at the festival, Palos Nuevos, composition by Dan Gaily and Pueblo de Taos, commissioned by NMSU and written by Fred Sturm.

The ensemble is under the direction of Dr. Frank “Pancho” Romero, Professor of Music at New Mexico State University.