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Sage Fine Art Gallery presents featured artist Pat Pollard, through Nov. 3. Sage Fine Art Gallery, 115 E Plaza, Taos. For more information, call 575-758-9396. The Ranch at Taos Gallery

Donabe Gallery and Grill presents “Poetry in Black and White,” photographs by David Douglas, through Sept. 4. Donabe Gallery and Grill, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos. For more information,

Festival goers are also invited to bring their own photography to be reviewed by guest speakers

Todays writers are James A. Saddington and Cornelia Schultz of Fort Wayne and John G. Mohr of Grabill

In addition to playing its role in preserving and showcasing cultural or natural heritage, museums play a crucial role in facilitating public education and cultural participation among visitors. With the limitation on physical visits and onsite activities because of the COVID-19 pandemic, museums around the...

Our Pandemic Year: A mother’s indomitable spirit Photograph courtesy of Diane Kemble Published: 3/3/2021 8:56:32 PM Modified: 3/3/2021 8:56:29 PM Editor’s note: In anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s arrival in the Upper Valley, we asked Valley News readers to reflect on the last 12 months. By DIANE KEMBLE I kept hearing the word “resilient” and thought about how perfectly that word describes my mother, born in 1911. I decided to make a handmade book ab...

Barbara Rose THERE ARE FEW INSTANCES IN WHICH the critic has to evaluate work that has had some special personal significance for him; but those instances are often the most challenging. When I abandoned the provinces, I came to New York to study the Old Masters. But Morningside Heights soon proved less compelling than 57th Street. This was something I couldn’t justify for a long time. One day, however, I saw abstract paintings that succeeded in preserv...