Houser Studio & Sculpture Garden
I was fortunate enough to be in New Mexico when the Allan Houser Studio and Sculpture Garden, south of Santa Fe, was welcoming visitors to an open house and sculpture garden tour, so I spent …
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National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque was founded in 1969. It teaches the story of the Atomic Age, covering early nuclear research and today’s peaceful uses of nuclear technology. The museum’s …
Santa Fe Opera
I’ve long been aware of the Santa Fe Opera and its reputation as a unique venue since my theater days in New York City in the 1980s and ’90s, when a number of colleagues directed …
The Albuquerque Museum
The Albuquerque Museum has a collection of fine art which included many works that captivated me, in addition to several galleries of artifacts and historical items from the city’s history. There was also a traveling …
Rattlesnake Museum
WARNING: The Rattlesnake Museum is all about rattlesnakes, so if snakes give you the heebie-jeebies, you might want to skip this post! Albuquerque is home to the Rattlesnake Museum, supposedly the world’s largest collection of …
Rocking Across Denver
While I was hanging out in Denver all by my lonesome, there happened to be some opportunities to take in a few concerts in and around the city. They were all at outdoor venues. Hootie …
Denver Nature and Science Museum
Besides exhibits on “The Power of Poison” and “Vasily Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life,” the Denver Nature and Science Museum had plenty to keep me occupied on a very hot July afternoon. The …
“Power of Poison” at the Denver Nature & Science Museum
The Denver Nature and Science Museum had a fun exhibit on “The Power of Poison.” Besides models of venomous and poisonous plants and animals such as bullet ants, wandering spiders, poison dart frog, and snakes, …
Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life
An unexpected delight at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was a gallery that includes the only collection of gem sculptures on public display outside of Moscow created by Vasily Konovalenko. Born in 1929 …
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is housed in a smallish but impressive space in downtown Denver. The works on display included intricate small-scale drawings, video and film, photography, sculpture, and cross-disciplinary works. When I …