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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Beginning August 25, 2009, American Eagle (part of American Airline fleet) will begin non-stop service between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport.  American Airline is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

“This service is a long-anticipated opportunity, which will open new doors for Santa Fe businesses and help us move forward on our economic development goals of diversifying the local economy and providing high-wage jobs,” said Santa Fe Mayor David Coss.

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) On April 6, 2009, at 6pm at Tipton Hall there will be a panel discussion titled, “Dark History: Rudolf Baranik and Art About History”. The panel discussing the life and work of Rudolf Baranik includes: David Craven, Jim Drobnick, Lucy Lippard, and May Stevens

Rudolf Baranik was a painter and rare character in the art world of the 1970’s and 80’s, refusing to choose between making work that was beautiful and work that was political in an environment that was not keen to blur the line between the two.

Although well-known amongst the activist communities of the late 60’s and early 70’s, Baranik continues to be strangely absent from the histories and collections of
the mainstream art world. Richard Leslie wrote in 1998 a few months after Baranik’s death:

“One of the dirty little secrets of the more canonical art world is that it continues to claim for art the ‘aura’ of social relevance derived from the
early politicized history of the avant-garde while at the same time it marginalizes art forms such as Baranik’s that are developed from fully-committed political positions.”

The panel will discuss Baranik’s role in art history in addition to his art about history, and how art serves as a way of memorializing, in the strictest sense of the word, the past. Admission is $5.

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Some parts of New Mexico, like Rio Rancho, are experiencing a sharp growth in home building permits being issued. KRQE has the story:

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(Santa Fe News) Santa Fe Community College has amassed a group of 70 volunteers to help single parents, students, and low-income households file their taxes. The program is free and runs through April 15, 2009. This is the second straight year Santa Fe Community College has offered the service.

The service is being offered at the William C. Witter Fitness Education Center, on the mezzanine overlooking the college campus at 6401 Richards Ave.. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays – 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more information on the program, Santa Fe residents can call 428-1780. Last year more than 5,000 Santa Fe residents took advantage of the program. If you plan on taking advantage of the program, be sure to call for more information and also go to www.sfccnm.edu and click “Need Tax Help?” for a list of items you’ll need to bring with you.

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) The takeover of the College of Santa Fe by the State of New Mexico has been approved by the House Education Committee. According to The New Mexican:

“Members voted 6-5 to approve House Bill 577, which was introduced by Rep. Lucky Varela, D-Santa Fe, and outlines the requirements for any institution interested in a takeover.

Discussion around the bill lasted more than 90 minutes and presented the first opportunity for lawmakers to publicly question both the bill’s sponsors and higher education officials…”

Read the full story here.

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(Santa Fe News) On March 9, filmmaker Godfrey Reggio will be a guest speaker as part of the Santa Fe Art Institute’s 2009 visiting artist and lecture season Memory: Shadow & Light – Art as individual/collective memory.

The topic Reggio has selected to speak on is “MEMORIES OF MASSMAN / MEMORIES OF AMNESIA” which focuses on the ideas of “The Hidden Kingdom of Ordinary Daily Living—
cinematic memories of a world unseen, ” “Digital memory / rooted future / running out of time,” and “Memory at the speed of light / the vivid unknown.”

The lecture costs $5 for the general public and $2.50 for Santa Fe Art Institute members, students, and seniors. It is at 6pm on March 9, 2009 at Tipton Hall.

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Thanks to a delay approved by the House of Representatives, Americans will have more time to upgrade their TV sets to receive digital-only signals. Just two weeks away from the original deadline, the House of Representatives approved a delay of four months, making the new switch to digital June 12, 2009. The move is especially important for the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is in the highest market of citizens not ready for the switch. Only 12% of Santa Fe residents were prepared for the switch to digital.

The government lists the main reason for the switch, in addition to upgrading television signals, as follows:

“Converting to DTV also will free up parts of the scarce and valuable broadcast spectrum. Those portions of the spectrum can then be used for other important services, such as public and safety services (police and fire departments, emergency rescue), and advanced wireless services.”

The switch was supposed to take place on February 17, but both the House and Senate approved delays stating that the United States wasn’t ready yet even though it has known about the switch for years. Cities in New Mexico, like Santa Fe and Albuquerque were the worst prepared for the switch according to a national poll.

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) The stimulus package to help states and citizens during the recession has cleared its first hurdle in the House or Representatives. Should the Senate pass it, help will be on the way, including in the State of New Mexico. KRQE explains in this news report (to play the video, click the play icon under the video)…

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) The unemployed in New Mexico are struggling to find work as the economy continues in its downward spiral. KRQE has a video report on the story (press the play button under the video and to the left to play)…

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(Santa Fe Homes Blog) This week the House rejeccted a bill that would further delay the transition of American households to digital television.  With no further delays, on February 17 all media will be forced to transmit digitally. The problem is that out of all the markets measured by Neilson, the Albuquerque-Santa Fe market is at the bottom of the list for being prepared for the transition, with less than 13% of households ready for the change.

The U.S. government has set up an informative Website at www.dtv.gov which discusses all aspects of the transition and how it will affect television viewing and households. With the majority of Santa Fe residents unprepared for the transition, many may face a surprise when their television stops working on February 17.

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