taosplaza.com site syndication http://www.taosplaza.com 2008-05-16T03:42:56+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/images/M_images/masthead02.gif text/html 2005-03-11T23:01:52+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/15/184/ Taos - Soul of the Southwest Video (3min 4sec) with Lou Kohl Morgan takes you on a tour of Taos and what makes it special to each of us here. Visit Taos Pueblo, Taos Plaza, Taos Canyon, Taos Ski Valley, and a whole bunch of other places in Taos. Welcome to Taos, The Soul of the Southwest. Taos is a place..., a reasonably small town in northern New Mexico. People come here today to visit the numerous art galleries, see the Taos Pueblo - the Taos Pueblo dates back one thousands years or more, the old Saint Francis de Asis church in Ranchos de Taos, the Rio Grande Gorge, and to simply enjoy the special feeling of getting away from the usual and the norm. Taos is the mountain we live beneath. Many say that they have come here to heal. It is a sacred place. The mountain, it is said, will 'spit you out' if you are not meant to be here. The mountains are monumental. It is a place where synchronicity happens every day. People speak of 'knowing' and 'feeling'. It is a spiritual place and has drawn peoples here for centuries. It is obviously a place... text/html 2007-10-23T08:39:27+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/3727/184/ Taos - Explore Life At A Higher Level. This excellent video (3min 10sec) by Taos Video Works will give you an insight about Taos. Taos, New Mexico, has always been a unique place. It appeals to people who have an independent spirit. It appeals to those who seek the different. It is home to those who value diversity, history, and privacy, combined with unsurpassed wild and architectural beauty, cultural offerings, challenging thought, and a constant element of surprise. For thousands each year Taos is a destination. A place to ground their lives. A place to be refreshed. For many of us it is not only a place, but a state of mind. It is the embodiment of Life At A Higher Level. We treasure the special things we offer, and are glad to share them. We welcome you and invite you to experience a small glimpse of what we as Taoseños know and value. text/html 2005-04-09T18:18:15+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/34/178/ Flying Over Taos Video (4min 12sec). Have you ever wanted to fly over Taos in a small plane? Take off from and land at Taos Municipal Airport with Pavel Lukes, Ellary Simms, and J. R. Ransom in a 1959 Beechcraft Bonanza K-35 V-tail. Check out the whole town, Taos Plaza, the mountains - A Beautiful Sight! You get an almost perfect view of Taos from the air. Taos, Plaza, El Torreon Hacienda, The Rodeo Grounds and Baseball field. Flying in Taos is great for viewing your perspective Real Estate purchase and several Real Estate agents take buyers up into the skies of Taos. Flying in Taos is also just plain fun. There are some other airports around (such as Angel Fire) where light planes can land.... There are great views of the mountains, the whole town, as well as views of El Torreon Hacienda, the historic La Lomita section, El Monte Sagrado, Pavel's new office building over by the High School's ball field, and the area west of town. Look for historic Taos Plaza. If you haven't flown over Taos you'l love this fun video, by J. R. Ransom, with our own Frank Vuotto (http://www7.taosnet.com/f10/index.html) providing the video editing, music, and sound.... text/html 2008-04-26T11:11:25+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/8056/153/ What’s So Nice About Taos? by J. R. Ransom (http://www.taosplaza.com/component/option,com_contact/task,view/contact_id,8/Itemid,161/). Well, probably my favorite thing about Taos is the remoteness. Taos has always been ‘off the grid.' That’s why Taos is what it is today. Even the railroad didn’t run all the way up here. There haven’t ever been many people here, actually. That’s why Taos isn’t all filled up with the same rubber stamp, franchise brand malls and ‘marketing concept’ sort of food chains that seem to be all over everywhere else. There just weren’t enough people. For locals, besides all the social stuff about ‘hanging out” in Taos, just talking with friends over coffee or drinks or some food out in town or in a house, a cool part about Taos is the ‘remoteness from people’ that can be achieved here. It’s really very excellent. Considering sacred Taos Mountain, mountain valleys, canyons and the gorge, it is a real place to get away from mostly everyone for rather long periods of time. That’s assuming that you stay in Taos for a stretch. text/html 2007-01-11T12:45:56+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/147/178/ Microlight Flying the Rio Grande Gorge is Video (4min 21sec) of a microlight flight of our beautiful and spectacular Rio Grande Gorge near Taos. 3 Pilots take off from Taos, New Mexico and fly over the Rio Grande Gorge! Spectacular scenery along with 2 inflight cameras make this a must see. Built in 1965, the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge is the second highest suspension bridge in the United States. It's 1200 feet wide and over 650 feet above the river below. text/html 2008-01-08T03:30:13+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/5314/193/ Michael Hearne and South By Southwest perform original songs "Reckless Love" and "Red Willow Way" in this video (6min 4sec), plus there's some real good interview material with Michael. It's hard to describe just how good Michael Hearne really is. His guitar work, singing and songwriting are really superb. Michael Hearne is probably the best example of 'The Southwest Sound'. Michael is also probably the best Country musician who doesn't have a major label recording and touring contract. Over the past several years, Michael Hearne and South by Southwest have created a new and unique kind of music. “Southwestern Americana” as Michael calls it “Songs about the southwest with an acoustic feel”. Michael Hearne’s incredibly smooth voice and amazing acoustic guitar style combined with Carmen Acciaioli’s musical mastery of the steel guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, and hammered dulcimer, with the extremely talented Zeke Severenson on stand up and electric bass and you have what people all over the Southwest and beyond call their favorite band. text/html 2008-04-13T00:14:39+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/7652/145/ Taos Spring Arts Celebration Held in May. The Taos Spring Arts Celebration, held throughout Taos in May, is a showcase for the visual, performing, and literary arts of the community and allows you to rub elbows with the many artists who call Taos home. The Mother's Day Arts and Crafts weekend during the festival always draws an especially large crowd. Spring Arts in Taos - May 23- 27, 2008 The Visual Arts for KidSight. All events take place at The El Monte Sagrado Resort, 317 Kit Carson Road, Taos, New Mexico Friday, May 23, 2008 5:30-10pm The Taos Gallery Association and The Lions Club of Taos team up for a Collector's Dinner to preview a special Spring Art Collection from each Taos Gallery Association member to benefit KidSight, the Lion's Club eye-screening program for kids in Northern New Mexico and the Taos Gallery Association’s Art Scholarship Program. Call your favorite Taos Gallery for your ticket today. Tickets $125 per person. text/html 2008-04-11T09:15:04+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/7595/153/ The 10th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival 2008 takes place in Kit Carson Park right here in the center of Taos, June 27 - 29, 2008. Taos Solar Music Fest is one of the most laid back and fun of all the southwest music festivals. Both great stage acts and great audiences come from all over the US and many other countries to hear the music, hang out with friends and feel the great vibes of Taos. There's also a unique 'solar village' where you can see some the the latest gadgetry for solar generation of electricity and heat. Come experience great music, interactive alternative energy displays and exquisite views at the 9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival in Kit Carson Park in downtown Taos, New Mexico. Taos is hailed as the Solar capital of the world by official proclamation. The festival brings a larger community to this smaller one with national acts and new ideas while honoring the ethnic diversity of northern New Mexico. text/html 2008-01-07T23:18:24+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/5313/179/ This delightful video (9min 57sec) features old footage of then 92 year old painter Georgia O'Keeffe taken in and around her home at the Ghost Ranch, her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, not far from Taos. Georgia O'Keeffe: "When I got to New Mexico, that was mine. As soon as I saw it, that was my country. I'd never seen anything like it before but it fitted to me exactly. It's something that's in the air. It's different. The sky is different. The stars are different. The wind is different. I shouldn't say too much about this, 'cause other people may get interested and I don't want them interested. "I don't go out like that now, but I used to get right up in the morning and start out and stay out all day. I'd start off around seven and not get back until around five. "Hot? Well, of course it was hot. It was terribly hot. And in the afternoon at about four o'clock, the bees would try to get in the car, so you'd have to close the windows. Of course it was hot. "But a Model-A was wonderful. You could take the back seat out. I could sit on the driver's... text/html 2008-04-10T05:30:07+01:00 http://www.taosplaza.com http://www.taosplaza.com/content/view/7575/178/ Fun Video: Bike'n Backroads New Mexico Motorcycle Run is a great way to check out some of the turf here before you roll into the Taos area that is the Southwest's Mecca for Memorial Day gatherings as well as just a great place to ride. Ray Wylie takes a ride through New Mexico. On the way, he visits Santa Fe, Madrid (the location for the set of Maggie's Diner from the movie Wild Hogs), Hyde Memorial State Park, Tesuque, Taos, Red River, Angel Fire, the Rio Grande Gorge, Chama and Pagosa Springs. Known by some as New Mexico Bike Week, the Annual Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally (May 23 - 26, 2008) in Red River, New Mexico is a popular rally destination due to its scenic location and great climate. Centrally located in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range of New Mexico, the rally is surrounded by 1.5 million pristine acres of the Carson National Forest.