CALENDAR

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018

SANTA FE CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB: Community Room, Santa Fe Public Library, Main Branch, 145 Washington Ave., 505-955-6780. Meets 5:45 to 7:45 p.m.; no charge.

THE SANTA FE CHAPTER OF THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICO: A free talk by two speakers on at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 1701 Arroyo Chamiso Road. Zoe Davidson, the BLM-NM State Botanist, will speak on “Rare Plant Management in New Mexico.” Ella Samuel, works for Zoe Davidson at the BLM and as a contractor for Applied Ecology Southwest Program and the Southwest Seed Partnership. Her talk is titled, “Native Plant Material Program at the BLM-NM.” Meetings and talks are free and open to all. For more information, email tom@thomasantonio.org or call Tom Antonio 505-690-5105.

INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS: Hear from the School for Advanced Research 2018-9 Resident Scholars, IARC Interns, and the Native Artist Fellow. Free event. Noon to 1 p.m.; 660 Garcia St. Register in advance 505-954-7237.

GENEALOGY MEETING: The Santa Fe County Genealogy Society holds its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the LDS Church at 410 Rodeo Road. The discussion topic will be “German Research.”

FRIENDS OF THE WHEELWRIGHT BOOK CLUB: Mary Cabot Wheelwright Library, 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, 505-982-4636. Join the discussion of Turquoise: The Great American Turquoise Rush 1890-1910, by Philip Chambless and Mike Ryan; 1:30 p.m.; no charge.

PEOPLE TO PEOPLE: New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., 505-476-5072., Zozobra organizer Ray Sandoval discusses Will Shuster’s original marionette effigy of Old Man Gloom; 12:30 p.m.; by museum admission.

¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Joaquin Gallegos; 7 to 9 p.m.; no cover. 213 Washington Ave., 505-983-6756.

For more events, see Pasatiempo in Friday’s edition, or view the community calendar on our website, www.santafenewmexican.com. To submit an events listing, send an email to service@sfnewmexican.com.