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Patrick Dougherty (Artisode 2.4)
Artist Patrick Dougherty is known around the world for turning simple twigs into grand architectural masterpieces. In Artisode 2.4 watch his latest project unfold on the campus of Albuquerque's Bosque School, as he works with students and community members to tap into the mythology of the Green Man.
Cast: KNME
Published 8 months ago
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Why Save the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow?
Learn how the team at Albuquerque BioPark’s Rearing and Breeding Facility works to recover the endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow from extinction, and ultimately, preserves New Mexico’s river of life.
Cast: KNME
Published 9 months ago
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NM in Focus: The Mayor-Elect (2009-11-13)
What goes on behind closed doors as Richard J. Berry prepares to take over the helm at Albuquerque City Hall? This week on New Mexico In Focus, an exclusive behind the scenes look, as NMiF Correspendent Gwyneth Doland spends a morning with Berry just weeks before his first day on the job. Then on our roundtable segment THE LINE, opinions and insight on the soon-to-be Mayor's biggest challenges, the future of public financing in the elections, not to mention the Governor's final verdict on the budget bill, and health care reform morphs into a battle over abortion rights. There’s also a special video treat, as we meet Daizy, the Rio Grande Zoo’s baby elephant.
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.Published 9 months ago
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Frida Kahlo: Portrait of a Woman
Born near Mexico City in 1907, Frida Kahlo lived in the shadow of her renowned muralist husband for much of her married life. Her paintings were labeled "surrealistic" because they dealt with intense and very personal images her childhood bout with polio, a bus accident that nearly claimed her life, and her tumultuous marriage to Diego Rivera. Frida met Diego when she was 17, and their union was passionate but rocky. Diego had many affairs, the most destructive with Frida's younger sister, Christina. The couple divorced in 1940 but remarried the same year. It was during this time that Frida's career began to soar her artwork was selling and she was attaining a reputation of her own. Her health, on the other hand, was deteriorating. She had undergone nearly 30 operations on her back and foot and now her leg was faltering. She was often bedridden, creating her small 12" x 15" self portraits in her sick room. In 1953, her right leg had to be amputated. Her spirits fell further and she died in July, 1954.
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.Published 9 months ago
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Surviving Columbus: First Contact
Late one afternoon in May 1539, the world of the Pueblo Indians changed forever when Estebanico - a Black slave from Morocco - and his 300 retinue of Mexican Indians marched into the Zuni city of Hawikuh. Through wild tales and exaggerations, Hawikuh would be transformed into one of the fabled Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, and a year later, Coronado and his soldiers would wreak destruction and violence on this peaceful world in search of non existent gold. Surviving Columbus is a search for the Pueblo people's view of these first encounters with European civilization, told exclusively through the voices and visions of the Pueblo Indians.
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.Published 9 months ago
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Jimmy Santiago Baca
Jimmy Santiago Baca's world is consumed by words and poetry. Whether he's typing away on his latest novel, collaborating with musicians for future recordings, or performing in such diverse places as a downtown bar or the hills of Tajique, New Mexico, his energy for putting words to feelings and feelings to paper never quits. The recipient of the 1989 International Hispanic Heritage Award, Baca writes of the barrio, his love for family and culture, and his personal struggles in overcoming illiteracy and drug addiction, an addiction which landed him in prison for several years. In this half hour special, a blend of interview and performance, we hear and see "the world according to Jimmy."
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.Published 9 months ago
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El Ranchito de las Flores
Known as a "Living Legend" of the Las Vegas and Mora communities, musician Tonie Apodaca invites KNME into her tiny home to hear stories and music of her life in Northern New Mexico. With a musical career that spans fifty years, Tonie's repertoire includes many local favorites. She plays original songs such as "My Beautiful Dahlias," as well as songs she learned from her parents, who were musicians as well.
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.Published 9 months ago
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