THE NEW LIBRARY IS UNDERWAY

We continue to move closer to completion, and we now plan on closing the current library on

April 1st and opening the new library on April 29th. As we will be moving ourselves, we continue

to look for volunteer to help with the move.  If you have a truck and will be available in March,

please contact the library at 867-3355 and leave your name, phone number and email address

for Anne Frost.  If our dates change, we will keep you updated.

Thank you for all of your support to date.

HOW DO YOU PICTURE PLACITAS ?

Placitas Community Library (PCL) and photography group, Perspectives- Sharing an Open Vision,

are excited to announce PICTURE PLACITAS: a community celebration, in words and images, of the

incredible place we inhabit. We invite all who live in Placitas to share your view of this unique community.

Your celebrations of Placitas will create the first exhibit in the new library in early 2010. As part of the

Grand Opening of the new PCL facility, we plan a mosaic style exhibit and sale of these 8x10 images

created by us and inspired by Placitas. This is a celebration for all of us, not only those who consider

themselves artists. You may submit "Pictures" as photos, paintings, poems, essays or other images.

So pick up that brush, get out there with your camera, sit down with pen and paper, sort through

those old pictures and share your view of this remarkable, historic, diverse place we are lucky to call

home. The subject can be anything: people, views, buildings, plants, animals, clouds, food, the

Placitas troll, anything at all that captures your “Placitas”.

The Placitas Community Library is undertaking this project in collaboration with PERSPECTIVES -

Sharing an Open Vision . PERSPECTIVES embraces excellence, originality and innovation in all

photo-based art. The founding members of the group are David Cramer, Fernando Delgado,

Joan Fenicle and Barry McCormick. These Placitas-based artists are donating their time and

expertise to curate this show.

David Cramer is an award-winning nature and scenic photographer with an emphasis on missions,

wild horses and other unique subjects that reflect the rich history of this part of the world. David

also leads photography workshops for all skill levels. For more information, please visit:

www.davidcramer.com

Fernando Delgado came to New Mexico via Cuba and a successful 25-year career as a creative

director for the advertising industry in New York . He attended The Cooper Union School of Art

and Parsons School of Design in New York where he studied with Louise Nevelson, Milton Glaser,

Henry Wolf and Herb Lubalin. His work is currently on exhibition at The National Hispanic CulturalCenter

Art Museum, The Andrews Art Museum in North Carolina and in October, at The Albuquerque Museum.

For more information, please visit: www.fernandodelgadophotography.com

Joan Fenicle came to New Mexico from the Colorado Rockies. She has interpreted the scenery and

culture of the Southwest in paintings and photographs for years. She is photo editor for albuquerqueARTS

magazine and coordinator of the Artscrawl gallery events in Albuquerque . For more information, please

visit:

www.backroadsnm.com

Barry McCormick was a commercial photographer for more than 30 years in the New York metro area.

Since moving to Placitas, he has concentrated on fine art figurative work. He has exhibited in a number

of New Mexico group shows and his work is collected internationally. For more information, please visit:

www.McCormick-Photography.com

Mounting of work for the Picture Placitas installation is being donated by Framing Concepts, 5809-B

Juan Tabo NE in Albuquerque .

PERSPECTIVES members and members of the PCL Program Committee will be making short presentations

to interested groups during the fall. Please call the Library 867-5340 and leave a message for Anne Frost

if you are interested in having us come to your group.

Entries will be accepted beginning September 1, 2009 and must be accompanied by a completed entry

form. Look for brochures around town with the distinctive PICTURE PLACITAS logo to find entry forms

and guidelines for submissions.

Look around at the amazing place that is Placitas and let it inspire you!

Click here for an entry form and waiver

Click here for Picture Placitas guidelines

Click here for Model Release

We The People Bookshelf

The Placitas Community Library is proud to announce that we have been selected to receive the 2009

We the People Bookshelf, a collection of 17 books on the “Picturing America” theme. This program,

presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library

Association, encourages young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes

in American history. Look for this outstanding collection of books currently displayed in the children's

room. This is the third year in a row that PCL has been selected!

The 2009 We the People  Bookshelf is currently on display in the Children's Room.  All books in the

We the People Bookshelf collection for 2009 as well as past years are denoted by an American flag

sticker on the spine of the book.

ADULT PROGRAMS
 

With the success of the first library book club, a second book club has begun. The first book club

has now been closed to new member, but the second book club is actively looking for new members

to join. If you are interested in joining please call the library at 867-3355 and leave your name

for Norma or Sandy.

Book Club One (closed to new members) meets on the first Monday of each month at 4:00pm.

The next books being read are as follows:

Jan 4 – Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Feb 1 – The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Mar 1 – Mozart’s Sister by Rita Charbonnier

April 5 – The Trial & Death of Socrates – 4 Dialogues by Plate

Book Club Two (accepting new members) meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 4:00pm.

The next books being read are as follows:

Jan 19 – For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Feb 16 – Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

Mar 16 – Close Range by Annie Proux

Please call the library at 867-3355 to verify dates and locations.  

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS  

Upcoming Events

THE CHILDREN'S READING PROGRAM

The Children’s Reading Program will be on hold until after the move to the new library.

COMPUTER TRAINING – ONE ON ONE

For those of you who would like to hone your computer skills, the library offers computer training

for free, one on one by Joan Jander. If you are interested, please call the library at 867-3355 and

leave your name and number for Joan, and she will contact you and schedule time.

MARY’S PICKS

Mary has a number of selections for you with this update.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson – If you have not ready this amazing story, you do not

have a real picture of the Middle East.  The sequel, Stones into Schools is also wonderful. 

You will meet Middle Easterns that you will come to love.  They are very human and not terrorists.

Southwestern Mysteries you may have missed; these authors are great!

- Thomas Perry; fast action, high suspense, delightful

- Sue Henry; set in an RV for her tales set in competitive dog sled racing

- Dana Stabenow; An Alaskan native and ex-police officer, she helps to keep the reservation safe

General Fiction: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier is historical fiction set at a Victorian

sea resort.  It has great characters and is filled with love, friendship and fossils.

Non-Fiction: Author Mary Pipher in Seeking Peace identifies herself as the worst Buddhist in the

world and takes the reader on a journey to perspectives for which Pain as well as Beauty is

necessary.

Selected New Additions to the Library Collection

Non-Fiction

Change the Way you see Everything by Kathryn Cramer (153.85 Cramer)

Don’t Miss Your Life by Charles Baumbich (204 Baumbich)

Real Solutions for Busy Moms by Kathy Ireland (248.8 Ireland)

The Hidden Life of Deer by Elizabeth Thomas (599.6515 Thomas)

Fiction

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay

The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell

Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts

The Red Gate by Richard Sutton

Cutting for Stone by A. Verghese

Biography

Prairie Tale by Melissa Gilbert

Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies

The Blood of Lambs by Kamal Saleem

Mysteries

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

On the Grind by Stephen Cannell

U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

Hardball by Sara Paretsky

Earthway by Aimee Thurlo

Movies

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (VA FIC Curious)

Defiance (VA FIC Defiance)

Lakeview Terrace (VA FIC Lakeview)

Taken (VA FIC Taken)

Valkyrie (VA FIC Valkyrie)

Santa Fe produced radio broadcasts "Aspectos Culturales"

These weekly broadcasts, hosted by Roberto Mondragon, are dedicated to the preservation and

sharing of Hispanic Culture. They also support bilingual language development, with music, interviews,

and other aspects of Hispanic Culture. Mr. Mondragon brings alive the flavor of the New Mexican

landscape. CDs of these broadcasts are available at the library for a three week check out period.