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Honoring the History of the Rail Yards

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on October 18, 2014 1

By Alex Paramo

“In the Fall of 1868 construction began in Topeka, Kansas on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line under the leadership of Cyrus K. Holliday. The Santa Fe was operating 28 miles of track in 1869. The line from Topeka to Atchison was completed in early 1872 and entered Colorado by the end of December. The line opened to Albuquerque in March 1880.” From the Wheels Museum Website.

This Sunday we honor the Albuquerque Rail Yards grounds, workers, and neighborhood folks. The Rail Yards were a major hub of activity up until the 1940’s. Come down with your photos and stories about the  Rail Yards space and structures. The Rail Yards Market along with the WHEELS Museum are revitalizing this space, come be a part of it on Sunday, October 19 from 9am to 3pm.

Planned Programming

unnamedRYM Traditional Zone welcomes local Papel Picado Artist Chris Baca for Celebrating Barelas and Rail Yards History Day this Sunday. Chris has reached a level of mastery with the beautiful Cut Paper Traditional Arts and will be teaching his process all market day. Come join us for some festive surprises and take a hand made memory home with you.

SUVASouthwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) educates students to excel in the fields of Fine Arts, Design, Advertising and Visual Communications within a student focused environment committed to the highest standards of academic achievement, scholarly inquiry, creativity and citizenship in a diverse world community.

Please join us this week in the Pop Up Gallery on the Rail Yards for SUVA’s Halloween Student exhibition. Information will be on hand about their “Dance Macabre” Halloween Event.

October 19At the Children’s Zone we are happy to have Lita Sandoval the Administrator for Escuela del Sol Montessori, Communications and Special Projects with the Harwood Art Center. This fall, Harwood Art Center is hosting a series of free Creative Roots Community Art Making Days in partnership with Bernalillo County. Participants of all ages will be invited to create an artwork on a cut-out cottonwood leaf from recycled paper bags. The leaves will be for a collaborative comity exhibition “reCreating the Cottonwoods” that will be hosted at Bernalillo County’s Bachechi Open Space Center on January 23, 2015 from 4-6pm. The leaves will highlight the beauty of the cottonwood tree, the importance of it in our community and the need for its preservation.

Rail Yards Market Entertainment

On our Main and Community Stages we will be featuring the best in Local Entertainers and talented folks including but not limited to:

Hakim Bellamy is Albuquerque’s Inaugural Poet Laureate. We are honored to have him reciting his poetry at 10 am on the Main Stage. For full program please click here. 

Wherever you are from, come down to the Rail Yards Market this Sunday, get a closer look at the grounds and gain a further appreciation of the folks that moved the world at that time.
See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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International Day of Peace

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on September 20, 2014 Respond

By Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo Community Publishing“Imagine all the people living life in peace…You may say I am a dreamer but I am not the only one, I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one” – John Lennon

International Day of Peace at the UN (video below)

The words of this John Lennon song, Imagine (originally released in 1971), still resonate today. Unfortunately we still have wars scarring our planet at each corner. There is still violence being enacted upon folks on every continent and in every country. We also are subject to economic violence in the form of the growing popularity of wage slavery among corporate strategists. Every year, on September 21, since 1984, the world is called upon to take a moment to consider peace: International Peace Day/World Peace Day.

“Imagine all the people sharing the all the world…”

Peace at the Rail Yards Market

At the Rail Yards Market (RYM) we celebrate peace by creating a space where folks from all walks of life within our community, (local merchants, artists, entertainers, vendors, craftsmen, growers, volunteers, organizers…) can occupy for a few hours and feel a kinship among each other. We will be having our own private and public moments to celebrate and promote peace. We hope you join us:

Sustainability Zone welcomes Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) Educators and students, featuring Alyssa Metoyer, with demonstrations of environmentally sound and Sustainable Interior Design.

Live TSimmons6pixArts Zone will be showing the highly accomplished Encaustic mixed media work of local artist Tricia Simmons. She helps us celebrate peace with her nature-inspired using materials – such as flowers, pods, leaves, twigs, weeds and grasses- found all over the country. Some of them are painted with a fine silver paste that is kiln fired at 1650 degrees for two hours after which the natural material burns away. What is left is .999% fine silver. In her encaustic mixed media pieces, she uses natural material as well as paper, metal, found objects, oil paint, and encaustic cast figures with encaustic medium and paint.

Offcerter flyerThis Week in the POP-Up Gallery will feature a group exhibit by Off Center Studios. OFFCenter Community Arts Project is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit arts organization which believes art-making is central to community building. Their mission is to promote positive self identity and resilience through art making by providing a safe environment for creative social interaction with an emphasis to enhance the lives of those most marginalized in our community.

The Children’s Zone brings us the Duke City Repertory Theatre, which is a non-profit professional theatre company that performs in the heart of Downtown Albuquerque. On September 21st, children at the RYM will have an opportunity to work with all of these teachers in a fun and engaging environment. Activities will include physical and group games that develop into acting-centered exercises. All of these activities build and hone the skills of bravery, imagination, teamwork, confidence, and creative problem solving. From jump-rope, frisbee, and playground exercises, games progress to some of DCRT’s favorite activities including “Ninja Foot Tag,” “Bippity Bippity Bop,” and “Machines.”

On the Community Stage we will be featuring our usual wonderful assortment of Movement, Meditation and Mindfulness. One of Albuquerque’s most popular bands, The Temporary Tattoos delight fans of all ages and will be playing at 11am on the main stage. Come check them out and bring your dancing shoes! The Lymbs, will be playing a rare acoustic set on the Main Stage at 1:00 pm this Sunday. Unplugged and undeniably talented! For complete schedule please click here.

Bringing about Peace

To bring about peace we must first find it in our hearts to care. Care, not only for the well-being of our family, friends and neighbors but also for the people you disagree with. We must have compassion for and empathy toward the people around the world that we can’t see but we know are suffering, toward the people in our community who have to worry about food & shelter. On Sunday we invite you to take a moment and feel the peace that resides in your heart and share it with us at the RYM. Together we can spread peace, one community at a time and eventually “live as one.”
See You Sunday!
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Thank you to Susie O’Donoghue at Pingo Studios and Clark Libbey for their contributions to this article.

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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Celebrating Inter-Dependence Day

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on July 5, 2014 1

Each time this year, as parades and fireworks fill our 4th of July celebrations, we celebrate
America’s birth as a nation. However, the Rail Yards Market (RYM) would like our community to consider celebrating this holiday by considering our Inter-dependence on each other and appreciate the holistic nature of our community, society and world.

Interdependence

One Market, One Community, One World, One Love

Lets think of how we treat other, how we treat the earth and natural resources, how nations interact with one another with the the realization that we are all connected. Think of how we can celebrate our freedom as a nation through working to improve our communities, our state, and other parts of the world, knowing that if they suffer, we suffer as well. Let’s celebrate knowing that we can all prosper together as a global community, a society and an interconnected community here in Albuquerque at the Rail Yards Market.

Inter-Dependence Day at the RYM

SUVARail Yards Market Live Art Zone sends a warm welcome out to the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA)’s Junior student Torri Lester joining us on Sunday, July 6th, for our Market Day of Learning, Inspiration and the Live Demo Beauty of Oil Paints meeting the Canvas. RYM is proud to kick off our Suva Sponsorship presence with the artistic talents of Ms. Lester. Let yourself flow with us at RYM and the Spark of Creation that reflects our Interdependent ways of living. See you there!!!
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The programming below is not affiliated with SUVA

Giving with Joel DavisAt the Pop-Up Art Zone we will be featuring the art of Joel Davis. “A re-­‐occurring theme in my work is the duality that occurs within nature and Society. I feel that everything we perceive and interact with contains opposing Truths. Using predominantly recycled materials such as Tile, Stone, Steel, Trash, And reclaimed wood, I attempt to create work that shows alternative perspectives To Social, Political, and Environmental issues. The other side of my creative process is just simply making an effort to create Art out of materials others have discarded. Often the found object Suggests the finished piece.”

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The Children’s Zone is bringing in Keith Sanchez, internationally recognized singer-songwriter, who will be giving free lessons to the kiddos! Bring your own guitar and meet Keith at the Community Stage at 10!! Keith is the founder and lead instructor at the New Mexico Academy of Rock & Blues. Spots still available for their summer camp, please visit their website (http://www.nmarb.com) for more info. Keith is also an educator, has worked on movie and theatrical scores and is a creative collaborator at Community Publishing. 

NM OrganicsThe Sustainability Zone brings the everyday chemical-free products of NM Organics! “We are a local small company focused on our lead product No Mo B.O pit cream! This is a natural deodorant made from organic products that contains no aluminum. Most deodorant has aluminum as the main ingredient as anti-perspirant. We also make a natural cleaner, laundry soap,lip balm and some other hand made products. We love to keep our family safe and want to do the same for you.” We welcome NM Organics into our RYM community!

PETriotic Animal Adoption

PETriotic Event

Attention Rail Yards Market community and animal lovers everywhere, on Sunday, July 6, we are hosting Animal Humane New Mexico for a PET-riotic Adoption Event! In partnership with Albuquerque Animal Welfare and ASPCA, they are bringing lots of adoptable dogs & kittens that are looking for homes! Kiss 97.3 will be broadcasting live. Come on down this Sunday and find your new best friend! Please share to help spread the word and find these animals a loving new home.

Fundraising at the RYM

Raven & the Sweet Potato Band will be hosting a fundraiser for us at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Thursday July 10 (6 pm-10 pm). Additionally, they will be performing this Sunday at the market! Tickets for the fundraiser will be available at the Information Booth at the market & by emailing railyardsmarket@gmail.com Local musicians supporting our local market: Whats your #LocalMotive

More Entertainment

As usual we will have our usual slew of entertainers, poets, and talented folks including but not limited to: Andean Flutes, Angelo Maresco, Dakari, and Georgio O’Neil,  For the complete schedule please click here

Inter-Dependence Day

As a global society moving toward an uncertain future, we can gain comfort in knowing that together we can overcome any obstacles and climb any mountains. Let us take this holiday to celebrate Inter-dependence, and then to act according to the timeless dictum: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno – One for all and all for one!
See You Sunday!!

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

Thank you to contributing writers: Anthony Fleg of the Native Health Initiative and independent Healing Artist April Parrish

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The Gift of Giving

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on June 28, 2014 1

What motivates people to give: give of themselves, give of their possessions, give of their karmic energy? Do we as humans have an innate sense of responsibility toward our fellow person? Some folks like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dedicated their life to giving and gave their life while giving. It is a well known fact that Dr. King gave his life to fight not only racial injustice, but economic injustices (please give the video a listen). Personally I volunteer my time and talents to the Rail Yards Market because I believe in it’s idea and subscribe to it’s ideals.


Part of the Mission

In my view, the Rail Yards Market (RYM) provides an invaluable opportunity to create a venue where  education, arts, entertainment and alternative food options are at the finger tips of the whole community. A community that includes those less fortunate who are not exposed to this type of programming in their everyday life.  Exposure to creativity and creative outlets can dramatically change the course of people lives. If my efforts at the RYM touches one of the 6,000 people that venture through on any given Sunday, then the many hours that all the volunteers put into the market are well worth it!

In the Spirit of Giving


The multi-talented Raven & the Sweet Potato Pie Band, will be performing this Sunday and at a fundrasier for the Rail Yards Market at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in July. Tickets for the fundraiser will be available on Sunday (a portion of the proceeds will be donated to  the RYM). The band performs at 2pm on the Main Stage.

Art & EducationGiving with Tiphan Hunter

The RYM Live Arts Zone welcomes lauded local Multimedia Artisan and Writer Tiphan Hunter for the whole Market Day on Sunday June 29th! Hunter will be presenting Charcoal Sketches and Live Painting. You won’t want to miss this University of New Mexico Fine Arts Alumni. Join us in Creative Beauty.

Giving with Joel DavisAt the Pop-Up Art Zone we will be featuring the art of Joel Davis. “A re-­‐occurring theme in my work is the duality that occurs within nature and Society. I feel that everything we perceive and interact with contains opposing Truths. Using predominantly recycled materials such as Tile, Stone, Steel, Trash, And reclaimed wood, I attempt to create work that shows alternative perspectives To Social, Political, and Environmental issues. The other side of my creative process is just simply making an effort to create Art out of materials others have discarded. Often the found object Suggests the finished piece.” 

Children’s Zone activities include FUSION Theatre Company presentation of Princess Marisol & the Moon Thieves. Based upon my multimedia children’s story of the same name, bring the family to watch a fun family-friendly play about a Princess and who otter sidekick in search of two mischievous musicians that have stolen the moon! More information about the bilingual multimedia eBook can be found by clicking here. Showtime is 10:30 am at the Main Stage. 


Afternoon programming at the Children’s Zone includes a special appearance by Princess Marisol herself teaching children how to make colorful polymer bounding balls! Assisted by super educator/artistmusician Stephanie Galloway and your truly. 

Jade Leyva Seed MuralsWe will also be featuring Jade Leyva Seeds Mural at the Traditional Zone. “Jade Leyva was born in Mexico City on June 18, 1976. Growing up in an artistʼs household (her mother is a painter and textile artist) and surrounded by a number of talented family members involved in various arts and cultural pursuits, Jade has been in constant contact with the artistic process her entire life.” We are thrilled to have her as an Educator this weekend at the RYM!

We will also be entertained by Poets, Four Winds Belly Dancing, and many other entertainer. Please visit the Rail Yards Market website for complete schedule include times and locations.  We have wonderful local growers, local vendors, and local food offerings! 

I recently read an article where the author states, “Giving back is where you give, and then nothing happens. No benefits for you, no recognition, nothing tangible gets sent your way. Your biggest and sole reward is the realization that you’ve made a significant change in someone’s life. And if not “significant” then a positive change nevertheless.” I wholeheartedly agree. If you are interested in donating your time, resources or a few dollars to this Volunteer-Powered initiative please visit the Rail Yards Market website for details. 

What is your #LocalMotive for giving? I would really like to know. See you Sunday….

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital programmer at Rail Yards Market.
#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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