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On May 20-21, 2012 an annular solar eclipse will take place starting in China, moving up through Japan, under the Aleutian Islands, entering North America in Northern California, moving passed Reno, through Zion National Park in Southern Utah and the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona, over Albuquerque, New Mexico and ending passed Lubbock, Texas.
This very awesome sight will be visible from the Pie Town / Quemado area shortly before sunset (weather permitting). The track of the eclipse is about 100 miles wide. To get a good view, select a site with an unobstructed view of the horizon to the WNW, where the sun will set.
Due to conflicting events within the community, the workshop Arts For Cellular Healing with Ruth Hamilton has been rescheduled for Saturday April 21st at 1pm.
There are still several spaces spaces available for the workshop at this time. The charge is $35 and covers course materials. Deadline for registration is Monday April 16th. Click on the link to download a PDF with more on this interesting workshop! Arts for Cellular Healing 4-21-12
State Leaders Urged to Support Tobacco Prevention Initiatives
Kids in New Mexico will take center stage in the fight against tobacco on March 21 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the 17th annual Kick Butts Day. More than 1,100 events are planned across the nation (for a list of local events see below).
Organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and sponsored by the United Health Foundation, Kick Butts Day is an annual celebration of youth leadership and activism in the fight against tobacco use. On Kick Butts Day, youth will encourage their peers to stay tobacco-free and educate their communities about the dangers of tobacco and the tobacco industry’s harmful marketing practices.
This year, Kick Butts Day comes just after a new report by the U.S. Surgeon General found that while the nation has made tremendous progress in reducing youth smoking, youth tobacco use remains a “pediatric epidemic” that requires urgent action. The Surgeon General’s report reached the following conclusions:
While the high school smoking rate has been cut nearly in half since the mid-1990s, more than 3.6 million middle and high school students still smoke.
In addition to long-term consequence such as cancer and heart disease, tobacco use immediately harms the health of youth and young adults. Smoking quickly causes nicotine addiction, cardiovascular damage, slower lung growth and shortness of breath.
Tobacco marketing causes kids to start and continue using tobacco products. Tobacco companies spend more than $10 billion a year – more than $1 million an hour – to advertise and promote their products.
Science and experience have identified proven strategies to reduce youth tobacco use. These include mass media campaigns, increasing the price of cigarettes through higher tobacco taxes, smoke-free policies and school and community prevention programs.
“Kids are sending two powerful messages on Kick Butts Day: They want the tobacco companies to stop targeting them, and they want elected leaders to protect them from tobacco,” said Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. “We know how to win the fight against tobacco. Elected officials across the nation should support these proven solutions, including higher tobacco taxes, strong smoke-free laws and well-funded tobacco prevention programs.”
Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing $96 billion in health care bills each year. Nationally, 19.5 percent of high school students still smoke, and another 1,000 kids become regular smokers every day.
In New Mexico, tobacco use claims 2,100 lives and costs $461 million in health care bills each year. Currently, 24 percent of the state’s high school students smoke.
On Kick Butts Day, kids turn the tables on Big Tobacco with events that range from “They put WHAT in a cigarette?” demonstrations to health fairs to rallies at state capitols. Activities in New Mexico include (all events are on March 21 unless otherwise noted):
Boys & Girls Club members of La Merced Elementary Schoolin Belen will host a “They Put WHAT In a Cigarette!” event to expose the truth about hazardous chemicals in cigarettes. Mayor Rudy Jaramillo will talk with kids about his experience with tobacco. Time: 3:15 p.m. Location: La Merced Elementary School, Belen. Contact: Christina Jaramillo (505) 859-2217.
The Evolvement group in Albuquerque will host an “In the Clear Car Smash” event at Manzano High School. The event will feature students smashing a car in the high school’s common area to highlight the dangers of second hand smoke. Time: 12 p.m. Location: 12200 Lomas Boulevard N.E., Albuquerque. Contact: Vanessa Gutierrez (505) 688-7011.
Students at the Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe will hostadaylong eventto promote Kick Butts Day by displaying educational posters and information about the dangers of tobacco use. Location: 2100 Yucca Road, Santa Fe. Contact: Laurie Longiaru (505) 467-2400.
For a full list of Kick Butts Day events in New Mexico, visit www.kickbuttsday.org/events. Additional information about tobacco, including state-by-state statistics, can be found at www.tobaccofreekids.org.
About the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leading force in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its deadly toll in the United States and around the world. Our vision is a future free of the death and disease caused by tobacco. We work to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. For more information, visit www.tobaccofreekids.org.
Using art to solve life’s problems is a technique known as Expressive Arts Therapy. The therapeutic discipline has been a recognized tool in psychology since the late 1940s and incorporates drawing, painting, sculpting, music and dance.
According to the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, “the expressive arts combine the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing and other creative processes to foster deep personal growth and community development. By integrating the arts processes and allowing one to flow into another, we gain access to our inner resources for healing, clarity, illumination and creativity.”
Area residents will have a chance to learn more about Expressive Arts and how to use it in their daily lives when Mary Mac’s Café in the High Country Lodge will host a workshop by therapist Ruth Hamilton of Magdalena.
Her workshop, “Arts For Cellular Healing,” will be held Saturday, Mar. 17, from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $35.
According to University of Texas psychologist James Pennebaker, at about three months, people stop talking about a painful event. Those unresolved feelings are internalized and become toxic and spread until another painful event reveals these and other buried feelings.
Expressive Arts can help one process and transform their feelings before they are tucked away inside, Hamilton said.
“Expressive Arts can give you a perspective on your life that is like the dawning of a new day. The beautiful sunrise gives hope that your stressful emotions can be transformed,” Hamilton said. “With Expressive Arts, you can depict these stressful emotions and transform them just as the colors of morning transform the sky. All thoughts start first in pictures and imagery. In order to make changes, you must access the mind’s imagery. Art is the expression of the body’s inner language.”
In an Expressive Arts session, one does not need to be an artist, Hamilton said. “We’re teaching art, we’re teaching how express yourself through the arts.”
“Often simple pictures reveal the imagery. An expressive arts counselor will help you access the images that your body, mind, and spirit need to heal painful emotions and physical symptoms.
Life has challenges that cause grief and painful emotions. Time alone does not always heal these painful emotions.”
Prior to her involvement with expressive arts, Hamilton spent 21 years using humor in therapy.
“I actually founded the nonprofit Carolina Health and Humor Association in 1989,” she said. “It promoted therapeutic humor around the country. I spent those years teaching the staff in hospitals how to use humor in patients. You’re using a lot of stand-up comedy, which we saw improve their health.”
Hamilton even went to Russia with the real-life Patch Adams.
“It was a goodwill tour of hospitals in Russia to demonstrate therapeutic humor,” she said.
Hamilton made the transition from humor therapy because “I wanted to focus more on art for healing, and I like working with small groups.”
Her demonstrations on humor therapy were sometimes before audiences of up to 6,000.
“I did a lot of public speaking and tours. Now I work with small groups, like the one at Mary Mac’s” she said.
At the University of North Carolina Hospital she worked one-on-one with children who were getting chemotherapy. “I used watercolor techniques to help them become interested in the power of watercolors during their therapy,” Hamilton said. “I use big brushes, everything is oversized. It became a family kind of thing with family members joining in.”
At Duke Medical Center in North Caroline she used expressive arts with heart transplant patients.
“They’re able to visualize the body cells and immune system, because all healing must start with cells before healing can happen,” she said. “Illness begins at the cellular level. Some have an illness going on for years.
Hamilton explained that Expressive Arts sessions begin with relaxation exercises and inner focusing. “You’ll be guided to sense the body’s wisdom and to note the inner imagery,” she said. “Often the body is trying to tell you about stress producing situations in your life.”
Through visual arts using watercolor, pastels, oil crayons, and colored pencils attendees can learn to identify, display, and transform their images, she said.“Sound, laughter, and music activate vibrational healing to soothe the spirit. Movement, dance, and healing gestures mobilize the body’s healthy hormones. Storytelling and native and tribal myths help you tap into the wisdom of the ages,” Hamilton said. “Three dimensional design, mandalas, and sculpture bring focus and clarity that can release stress. All of these expressive arts help you create healing and growth pathways.”
Ruth Hamilton moved to Socorro County four years ago, but still spends part of her time in Durham, North Carolina. “I love being here in Magdalena,” she said. “I like the stories I hear in the cafés. I love the art that is created by the people here, and appreciate everyone’s love of music and going to dances in the area. Believe it or not, I teach clog dancing.”
Hamilton also is a designer of jewelry and uses gems and rocks she collects while hiking around Pinon Springs.
Her jewelry can be seen at the Market Place and Bear Mountain Gallery in Magdalena, and Alamo Gallery and Gifts in Socorro.
She says, “each piece of jewelry art expresses a healing combination of colors, gem stones, and precious metals.”
The “Arts For Cellular Healing,” will be from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 17.Call Mary Mac’s Café at 575-854-2063 for reservations or information. The cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door.
MARY MAC’S CAFE – now located on Hwy 60 in Magdalena, in the High Country Lodge. We are open 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday through Saturday 7am – 7pm and Sunday9am – 7pm. Telephone number is 575-854-2063. We have a very similar menu to our former location with daily specials, soup of the day, jumbo muffins, cakes and pies plus Mexican food & other regional dishes. Dinner is served from 5pm-7pm. We also offer made to order whole pizzas to eat in or take out – with our own sauce recipe and crust. Pizza orders accepted from 11am – 7pm daily 7 days a week. Call 854-2063 to order. Large 2 topping pizza $15.95. Whole pies, cakes and cheesecakes available by special order. Meeting and banquet facilities. No charge or nominal charge for non profit group’s use of the meeting room. Call for details.
Larry Shaw created Pi Day in 1988.[3] The holiday was celebrated at the San FranciscoExploratorium, where Shaw worked as a physicist,[4] with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, then consuming fruit pies.[5] The Exploratorium continues to hold Pi Day celebrations.[6]”
So… HAPPY PI DAY!
PS And, next time you ARE in Pie Town, do visit Kathy at the Pie-O-Neer, “Home of New Mexico’s Best Dessert”!
Larry Shaw, the founder of Pi Day, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco
Albuquerque recognized as center for flamenco in U.S.
The National Institute of Flamenco in Albuquerque, New Mexico, proudly announces the 25th anniversary celebration of Festival Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque, June 8-16, 2012. Featuring nine days of performances by Spain’s greatest living artists, Festival Flamenco is an exciting opportunity for newcomers to discover the art form, and for aficionados to indulge in a flamenco immersion experience.
For 25 years, the romantic lure of flamenco draws artists and visitors from across the globe to Albuquerque, which is known as the center for flamenco in the United States. “I’ve realized this is one of the most important festivals in the world because of their tradition, their respect, and the love they have toward flamenco,” said Jose Maya, a past festival artist.
The spectacular Festival Flamenco exposes arts patrons and students to over 50 of the most highly revered flamenco artists in the world. These talented artists have performed on stages in Sevilla, Paris, New York and Tokyo. Past festival artists include: Antonio Canales, members of the Amaya family dynasty and the Farruco family.
During the festival, the public is invited to impressive evening performances each night. In addition, the master artists teach more than 30 workshops covering a range of flamenco practicum-related topics for novice, professional and everyone in between. For those new to flamenco, a beginner’s workshop includes basic components of the art form; and for the more serious student, a variety of advanced and special topics courses are available for enrollment.
Festival Flamenco is internationally recognized as the most comprehensive aesthetic and educational platform, for its presentation of cutting edge performers, academic research symposia and youth programming.
The festival is part of Savor Albuquerque, a celebration of arts, culture and cuisine. New Mexico is comprised of a blend of cultural influences with rich history and Spanish ancestry. Culture and heritage events and attractions are among the most popular reasons to visit Albuquerque, which was recently recognized as one of “15 Destinations on the Rise” by www.TripAdvisor.com and is one of Hotwire.com’s 2012 best value cities.
For information about the 25th anniversary of the Festival Flamenco, visit www.ffi25.org.
Adela Campallo performs during the annual Festival Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque, which celebrates 25 years June 8-16, 2012. Novice and expert performers come together for flamenco workshops, courses and performances in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival is part of Savor Albuquerque: Arts, Culture and Cuisine. Learn more at www.ffi25.org. (PRNewsFoto/Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Using art to solve life’s problems is a technique known as Expressive Arts Therapy. The therapeutic discipline has been a recognized tool in psychology since the late 1940s and incorporates drawing, painting, sculpting, music and dance.
According to the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, “the expressive arts combine the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing and other creative processes to foster deep personal growth and community development. By integrating the arts processes and allowing one to flow into another, we gain access to our inner resources for healing, clarity, illumination and creativity.”
Area residents will have a chance to learn more about Expressive Arts and how to use it in their daily lives when Mary Mac’s Café in the High Country Lodge will host a workshop by therapist Ruth Hamilton of Magdalena.
Her workshop, “Arts For Cellular Healing,” will be held Saturday, Mar. 17, from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $35.
According to University of Texas psychologist James Pennebaker, at about three months, people stop talking about a painful event. Those unresolved feelings are internalized and become toxic and spread until another painful event reveals these and other buried feelings.
Expressive Arts can help one process and transform their feelings before they are tucked away inside, Hamilton said.
“Expressive Arts can give you a perspective on your life that is like the dawning of a new day. The beautiful sunrise gives hope that your stressful emotions can be transformed,” Hamilton said. “With Expressive Arts, you can depict these stressful emotions and transform them just as the colors of morning transform the sky. All thoughts start first in pictures and imagery. In order to make changes, you must access the mind’s imagery. Art is the expression of the body’s inner language.”
In an Expressive Arts session, one does not need to be an artist, Hamilton said. “We’re teaching art, we’re teaching how express yourself through the arts.”
“Often simple pictures reveal the imagery. An expressive arts counselor will help you access the images that your body, mind, and spirit need to heal painful emotions and physical symptoms.
Life has challenges that cause grief and painful emotions. Time alone does not always heal these painful emotions.”
Prior to her involvement with expressive arts, Hamilton spent 21 years using humor in therapy.
“I actually founded the nonprofit Carolina Health and Humor Association in 1989,” she said. “It promoted therapeutic humor around the country. I spent those years teaching the staff in hospitals how to use humor in patients. You’re using a lot of stand-up comedy, which we saw improve their health.”
Hamilton even went to Russia with the real-life Patch Adams.
“It was a goodwill tour of hospitals in Russia to demonstrate therapeutic humor,” she said.
Hamilton made the transition from humor therapy because “I wanted to focus more on art for healing, and I like working with small groups.”
Her demonstrations on humor therapy were sometimes before audiences of up to 6,000.
“I did a lot of public speaking and tours. Now I work with small groups, like the one at Mary Mac’s” she said.
At the University of North Carolina Hospital she worked one-on-one with children who were getting chemotherapy. “I used watercolor techniques to help them become interested in the power of watercolors during their therapy,” Hamilton said. “I use big brushes, everything is oversized. It became a family kind of thing with family members joining in.”
At Duke Medical Center in North Caroline she used expressive arts with heart transplant patients.
“They’re able to visualize the body cells and immune system, because all healing must start with cells before healing can happen,” she said. “Illness begins at the cellular level. Some have an illness going on for years.
Hamilton explained that Expressive Arts sessions begin with relaxation exercises and inner focusing. “You’ll be guided to sense the body’s wisdom and to note the inner imagery,” she said. “Often the body is trying to tell you about stress producing situations in your life.”
Through visual arts using watercolor, pastels, oil crayons, and colored pencils attendees can learn to identify, display, and transform their images, she said.“Sound, laughter, and music activate vibrational healing to soothe the spirit. Movement, dance, and healing gestures mobilize the body’s healthy hormones. Storytelling and native and tribal myths help you tap into the wisdom of the ages,” Hamilton said. “Three dimensional design, mandalas, and sculpture bring focus and clarity that can release stress. All of these expressive arts help you create healing and growth pathways.”
Ruth Hamilton moved to Socorro County four years ago, but still spends part of her time in Durham, North Carolina. “I love being here in Magdalena,” she said. “I like the stories I hear in the cafés. I love the art that is created by the people here, and appreciate everyone’s love of music and going to dances in the area. Believe it or not, I teach clog dancing.”
Hamilton also is a designer of jewelry and uses gems and rocks she collects while hiking around Pinon Springs.
She says, “each piece of jewelry art expresses a healing combination of colors, gem stones, and precious metals.”
The “Arts For Cellular Healing,” will be from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 17.Call Mary Mac’s Café at 575-854-2063 for reservations or information. The cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door.
