Explore Santa Fe: Local News and Sports

I have always loved winter sports.  One of my earliest memories is as a young child sitting between my mother and father as we, with an experienced driver at the wheel, flew down the Mount Van Hoevenberg Bobsled Run in Lake Placid (NY) in a four-man sled.  One of my fondest childhood memories was being taken to the Automat and then to the Old Madison Square Garden to see my beloved New York Rangers, especially my heroes Gump Worsley, Lou Fontanato, and Andy Bathgate get creamed by the Detroit Red Wings who were led by Gordie Howe and Terry Sawchuck.

People interested in green building, solar energy and water harvesting can take one or all six in a series of weekly green building classes offered at Santa Fe Community College beginning today.

Governor Bill Richardson today announced that directing brothers Joel and Ethan Coen will film part of their upcoming western "True Grit" in New Mexico. The Paramount Pictures production will shoot in the Santa Fe area during March and April and is expected to employ approximately 100 New Mexico cast and crew members. The movie is set for release on Christmas Day 2010.

Often "called a good time for a great cause," the annual ARTfeast -- featuring fine art, food, wine, fashion and homes -- rolls out once again the last weekend of February.

"This is the premier winter celebration when the entire Santa Fe community gets together to support art in the public schools," said Connie Axton, owner of Ventana Fine Art and president of ARTsmart, which sponsors ARTfeast. "We couldn't do it without the wonderful public school art teachers and their talented students, as well as all the restaurants, hotels, media, business underwriters and sponsors who participate not to mention the art galleries of Santa Fe that support the effort.

Virtual images of an earring from the 1600s or 1700s and a 7,000-year-old projectile point are among the exhibits in a show opening at the Palace of the Governors later this month.