Talk and Book Signing

ALBUQUERQUE’S NATURAL HISTORY SETTING
Voices in Science, Fall, 2006 Talks at the Museum Series

Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 7 p.m.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104

Admission $2.00 for the general public, $1.00 for members, seniors and students
For more information, contact 505-841-2872

DISCUSSION
On Tuesday, October 17 at 7 p.m., three experts on Albuquerque’s natural history will be presenting a lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Museum staff members Jayne Aubele, Tim Aydelott and Larry Crumpler will be discussing how the location and geology of the Albuquerque area influenced the unique growth of the city as part of the museum’s Voices in Science Series. Following the discussion, they will be signing copies of the new book to which they are contributors, Albuquerque: Portrait of a Western City (Clear Light Publishing, 2006). Admission is $2.00 for the general public, $1.00 for members, seniors and students.
Albuquerque’s location has contributed to the flourishing of the city through the natural factors of the Rio Grande, the Sandias and Tijeras pass, among others. Aubele, Aydelott and Crumpler will talk about the Rio Grande Rift that caused the valley where the river now flows and the mountains that form our eastern skyline as well as the volcanoes that created our west mesa. Albuquerque has experienced 300 years as a city, thousands of years as a good place to live, and millions of years of geology.
Tim Aydelott is the Museum’s Public Information Officer. He has taught students all over the state about their local natural history in museum outreach programs. Jayne Aubele is Senior Education Specialist, a geologist who has extensive field experience in New Mexico. Larry Crumpler, Ph.D., is Research Curator, a geologist with particular interest in New Mexico’s volcanoes.

BOOK SIGNING
Aydelott, Aubele and Crumpler contributed a fascinating chapter covering the geology of the Albuquerque area to the new book, Albuquerque: Portrait of a Western City. Compiled as the city celebrates its Tricentennial, Albuquerque: Portrait of a Western City celebrates the city’s rich history and culture while providing travelers with a selection of the best places to go and things to do. A book signing will follow the event.

ALBUQUERQUE
Portrait of a Western City
Many Cultures & Opportunities

Edited by Mary Kay Cline
Contributions by Tomás Atencio, Jayne Aubele, Tim Aydelott, Cynthia L. Chavez, Larry Crumpler, Jerry Geist, Tazbah McCullah, Tom Miles, Jim Moore, Sherry Robinson, Tom Rutherford, Joe S. Sando, Carlos Vasquez and Jim Walther.

ISBN 1-57416-087-7 , 136 b&w photos, 4 maps, 6 x 9, 288 pp., $16.95 WEB BOOK FORMATâ„¢

www.clearlightbooks.com/albuquerque