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PANIC05 Companions Program

Dear fellow Companions at the PANIC05 meeting:

A program of meetings and excursions has been planned for your stay in Santa Fe. Details and sign-up information follow. We hope you will consider joining the outings. We look forward to meeting you and to sharing your explorations of charming Santa Fe and beautiful New Mexico.

Angela Barnes and Beverly Cooper
for the Companions Program Committee




Monday, October 24, 2005

08:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome and complimentary Coffee Hour
Hilton Hotel Pinon Grill
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Walking tour of downtown Santa Fe
Museum-trained docents will lead groups of 15 - 18 participants on a walking tour of historic Santa Fe, the seat of government - under four flags - for almost 400 years and the site of hunter-gatherer habitation for thousands of years before that. The tour, lasting about one hour and forty-five minutes, costs $10.00 per person, children under 17 free.
So that enough docents will be available to lead these small groups, please indicate your expectation to join the walking tour on the Conference Registration Form. Docents will be on hand during the Coffee Hour to take your $10.00 payment in cash or by check made out to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and will lead the tour groups at 10:00 a.m. following the Coffee Hour directly from the Hilton Hotel Pinon Grill.


02:30 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Cooking Class and Tasting
Santa Fe School of Cooking
This acclaimed recreational cooking school will offer a three-hour class on Southwest Tapas, those regional and tasty hors d'oeuvres. You'll enjoy the tasting, but will still have room for dinner! The class, accommodating a maximum of 44 participants, costs $65.00 plus tax per person.
If you wish to join this activity, please reserve your place in the cooking class by:
  • telephone at 505 983-4511 (preferred);
  • email to: e-mail@santafeschoolofcooking.com;
  • or on line between August 1 and September 15 at
    http://santafeschoolofcooking.com
    Select 'Southwest Cooking School'
    Select 'Cooking Classes'
    Select 'Southwest Tapas'
    Select 'October 24'
    After your name, enter PANIC
    Enter your hotel telephone number
Registered, prepaid cooking class participants should make their way on foot in time for the 2:30 class to the:

Santa Fe School of Cooking
116 W. San Francisco St.
(two blocks from Hilton Hotel, upstairs in the Plaza Mercado)



Tuesday, October 25, 2005

All Day Taos Outing - details to follow


Wednesday, October 26, 2005

12:30 p.m.       Conference Excursions
Companions are welcome to join the Wednesday afternoon Excursions planned for all Conference participants. Please indicate your interest in these Excursions on the Conference Registration Site


Thursday, October 27, 2005 - or anytime, but please note that museums are closed on Mondays

Museum Visits

There are several and quite varied museums on or within walking distance of the Plaza in Santa Fe. In addition, we invite you to consider these other museum possibilities a short bus or taxi ride away, all grouped together in one location as part of the 'Museum Hill' complex.
  • Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, admission $7.00
  • Museum of International Folk Art, admission $7.00 (or $15.00 pass for four days unlimited visits to four museums, including the two museums above plus the downtown Palace of the Governors and Museum of Fine Arts)
  • Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, admission $6.00
  • Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, admission free
  • Museum Hill CafĂ©, lunch entrees from $7.00 - $8.50
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology displays the art, artifacts and archeology of the Southwest from ancestral to contemporary times.

The Museum of International Folk Art houses a collection of the world's folk arts, including toys, textiles, household goods and religious art.

The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art exhibits the Spanish Colonial arts tradition throughout the world, including New Mexico, once the northernmost point of the Spanish empire.

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian presents contemporary and historic art and artifacts, including the world's largest sand painting collection.

The Museum Hill Cafe offers mountain views and a varied menu.

Transportation to Museum Hill on Camino Lejo

City bus "M" stop, Sheridan Avenue (two blocks from Hilton Hotel, one-half block from Sweeney Center) departing every forty-five minutes, fare $0.50 per person each way

or

Capitol City Cab, 438-0000, fare approximately $11.00 each way



Last update 6 July 2005 - comments, questions to panic05@lanl.gov