The University of New Mexico

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Media Contacts: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593, michal@unm.edu
Jazmen Bradford, jazbradford@gmail.com

February 27, 2009

Video and Photo Opportunities at UNM, March 1-7

Sunday, March 1

Rudolfo Anaya, author of “Shaman Winter” (UNM Press), gives a talk and book signing at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, at 1 p.m. Call (505) 344-8139.

Monday, March 2

Fraternities and sororities perform musical skits that follow a theme and promote philanthropy for Greek Sing in Student Union Building ballrooms A and B, 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $5. Call (505) 277-4706.

Wednesday, March 4

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology presents Oven and Fry Bread Day, a baking demonstration by the Edaakies of Isleta Pueblo, in the courtyard from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Call (505) 277-4405.

Thursday, March 5

The UNM Art Museum presents “Whirling Return of the Ancestors and Gods: Yoruba Performance Arts,” a lecture by Henry Drewal, Evue Bascomb professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, at 5:30 p.m. The lecture is part of a speaker series, “Visual Cultures of the African World: Tradition, Transculturation, and Post-Colonialism.” Call Esther Golden, (505) 277-6773.

Friday, March 6

The Tamarind Institute gives a monthly tour of the lithography workshop and gallery, 1:30-3 p.m. Call Shelly Smith at (505) 277-3792.

Saturday, March 7

Okhay Owingeh potter Clarence Cruz explains the “Elements of the Earth” with pottery making, story time and passport books as part of the Maxwell Museum’s “Passport to People” family program, 1-3:30 p.m. Call (505) 277-4405.

Levi Romero, author of “A Poetry of Remembrance” (UNM Press), gives a reading to celebrate Hispanic poets in conjunction with the exhibit “Chicana Badgirls: Las Hociconas” at 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave. SW, at 8 p.m. Call (505) 242-1445.