Heard Guild Presents … Vera Marie Badertscher

Monday, January 30, 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Encanto Room

Vera Marie Badertscher will discuss her book Quincy Tahoma: The Life and Art of a Navajo Artist, the story of one of the 20th Century’s most talented – and little-known – Native artists. Booksigning to follow. Lecture is free and open to the public.  

Heard Guild Meeting

Wednesday, February 15

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; lecture at 11 a.m.

Steele Auditorium

Vernelda Grant, tribal archeologist for the San Carlos Apache Tribe and a tribal member, will speak about current issues affecting the tribal community. Free and open to the public.

Lecture: “Geronimo and Chiricahua Apache Culture”

Sunday, February 19

2 p.m.

Monte Vista Room

Author and researcher Robert Utley will speak about Geronimo’s Chiricahua Apache culture and how well he adhered to it. Prominent features of the culture as specially related to Geronimo will be the distinction between war and raid; his relationship with Usen, the Chiricahua deity and creator; the concept of personal power; and his relationship to ceremonies, rituals and traditions.

Heard Guild Presents … Deb Slaney, “Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel”

Tuesday, February 28

1:30 p.m.

Monte Vista Room

Curator Deborah Slaney, a familiar face at the Heard, will discuss her book Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel. Free and open to the public.