UPCOMING EVENTS in Albuquerque
May 19, Sat.. Asian Pacific Islands American Heritage Day, 10 am to 3 pm, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, 601 Eubank SE (cross street: Lomas), tel. 245-2137. Admission to museum (no extra charge for show): $8 adults; $7 youth/seniors.
May 19, Sat., Santacruzan - Old Town Plaza. 5:30 pm, Mass at San Felipe de Neri Church followed by Procession & Cultural Show at 6:30. Visit: www.fafnm.org.
May 20, Sun, Festival of Asian Cultures, 10:30 am - 4 pm, Civic Plaza. The Philippine Dance Group and Kulintang Ensemble of Albuquerque will perform at 1:00 pm. Visit: www.aaanm.us.
May 24, Thurs, Special Screening of: “Bataan: A 70th Anniversary Commemoration”, 7:00 pm, KIMO Theater, FREE. See poster above.
June 10, Sun, Philippine Independence Day, Potluck Lunch, 11:30 am, Bataan Park, Carlisle & Lomas next to Walgreens. Sponsored by the Fil-Am Foundation of NM. www.fafnm.org.
June 28-30, Thurs-Sat., FANHS National Conference (see right column). See schedule in
Sept. 15, Sat, time to be announced. International Community Day, Hyder Park. Sponsored by the Bernalillo County. Contact Bernalillo County Economic Development & Cultural Services, 314-0495.
Oct. 13-14, Sat, Sun, Taste of New Mexico (Food Festival), starts at noon, Civic Plaza. Sponsored by the Bernalillo County. See info above.
Also visit Fil-Am websites:
www.fafnm.org or www.facebook.com/fafnm
http://riograndefanhs.org or www.facebook.com/rgfanhs
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Contact: 505-214-5150 (voice mail)
This website was updated on 5/17/12.
Photo: FANHS National Conference in Anchorage, Alaska (2008)
14th Biennial National Conference
Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)
June 28 to 30, 2012, Albuquerque Marriott Hotel
hosted by the Rio Grande Chapter and co-sponsored by the Bernalillo County and
the City of Albuquerque.
(Open to Non-members of any race)
The conference coincides with the centennial celebration of the statehood of New Mexico: www.nmcentennial.org.
NOTE: As of May 17, visit FANHS RG temporary website. Thank you for your patience. You can find some information on this website as well.
For the upcoming conference, visit the following pages from this website:
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FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society). Visit FANHS website and FANHS’ blogs. -
Venue: contact Marriott Hotel or call 1-800-334-2086 (ask for the FANHS Conference)
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Advertising/Greeting in souvenir program (Deadline: May 25): AD FORM.
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Call for Papers (for those who want to present a paper or a workshop).
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Family Services (for children coming with participants including those from NM) or click on Family Services FORM. NOTE: Activities for spouses are cancelled due to lack of attendance.
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For happenings in NM that week, click on NM Tourism Calendar.
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Getting around (for out of town participants).
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I want to help (for volunteers)
Visit the official website for this conference:
http://riograndefanhs.org or www.facebook.com/rgfanhs
or contact Emilie Underwood 505-255-2060, crisunderwood@hotmail.com
or Cora Romillo, ccromillo@gmail.com.
For FANHS website & blogs, visit
View a musical video (“Samba Song” by Bong Penera) and “Maria Makiling” (right photo), and other Philippine folktales on www.youtube.com/puppetnettes.
For dances & music from Southern Philippines (left photo above), visit www.youtube.com/kidstalenm.
If you don’t see the videos when you go to the links, click on the right button “puppetnettes” OR “kidstalenm” and then “my channel” or visit: http://kidstale-nm.com (go to “Video Links” for puppets or Ethnic Dances for dances).
Check out all our pages above (see banners) for more information.
