Sunday, October 16, 2011

FOOTLIGHTS UPDATE

Author Talk, November 12, 2011, Saturday, 1:30 pm, Tapetes de Lana Weaving Center, Mora, New Mexico, presented as part of a Visiting Scholar Lecture Series funded by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Centennial Grant in support of the new book (in progress), Boomtown on the Western Frontier, and the Friends of the Las Vegas City Museum and Rough Rider Memorial Collection.

The talk will provide an overview of the plays, players, and venues of amateur theatricals in Las Vegas and Fort Union, NM, 1871-1899 with a focus on the Fort's performing companies and rivalries. Slide show of related historical photographs will be available.

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