NM Centennial Events
Mayor Richard J. Berry invites you to celebrate our heritage, celebrate our Centennial. All events are Free.
2012 NM Centennial Speaker Series:
Mysteries of Chaco Canyon.
Thursday, January 12 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Rich Freidman - Archeologist and Historian
Nuevo Méjico – The Spanish Colony
Wednesday, February 8 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Enrique Lamadrid - UNM Professor, and Folklorist
Our Struggle for Statehood.
Wednesday, June 13 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Richard Melzer - UNM Professor, Historian
Albuquerque -- From Railroad Depot to The Crossroads of New Mexico
Wednesday, July 11 - 7 p.m.
Speakers: David Kammer - Photographer, Scholar & Jeanne Whitehouse-Peterson - Fiction Writer
New Mexico -- Health Mecca
Wednesday, September 12 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Jake Spidle- UNM Professor, Historian
The Labs and High Tech in New Mexico.
Wednesday, November 14 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Carlos Vasquez - Historian, National Hispanic Cultural Center
100 Years of Statehood
Wednesday, December 12 - 7 p.m.
Speaker: Tom Chavez – Former State Historian
2012 NM Centennial Living History Series:
Ghostly Folklore -- La Llorona
Wednesday, March 14 - 7 p.m.
Performed by: Rosalia de Aragon - Singer, Actor
Dona Tules – Gambling Queen of Santa Fe
Wednesday, April 11 - 7 p.m.
Performed by: VanAnn Moore – Research Historian, Chautauqua Performer
Buffalo Soldiers – Black Cavalry in New Mexico
Wednesday, May 9 - 7 p.m.
Performed by Fred Hampton – Historian, Secretary of Buffalo Soldier Society of New Mexico
Clyde & Carrie Tingley -- Politics and Influence
Wednesday, August 8 - 7 p.m.
Performed by David Jackson and Van ann Moore - Research Historians, Chautauqua performers
Laura Gilpin, Photographer - NM Landscapes and Portraits.
Wednesday, October 10 - 7 p.m.
Performed by Deborah Blanche – Research Historian, Actor
2012 NM Centennial Film Series
Easy Rider (1969)
Wednesday, January 18 - 7 p.m.
Billy the Kid (1930)
Wednesday, February 15 - 7 p.m.
The Texas Rangers (1936)
Wednesday, March 21 - 7 p.m.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Wednesday, April 18 - 7 p.m.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Wednesday, May 16 - 7 p.m.
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Wednesday, June 20 - 7 p.m.
Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
Wednesday, July 18 - 7 p.m.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Wednesday, August 15 - 7 p.m.
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Wednesday, September 19 - 7 p.m.
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Wednesday, October 17 - 7 p.m.
3:10 To Yuma (2007)
Wednesday, November 28 - 7 p.m.
NOTE: This film will be screened on the fouth Wednesday of the month due to the Thanks Giving Holiday.
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Wednesday, December 19 - 7 p.m.
