[The-wheels-museum] New WHEELS events

[The Wheels Museum]


 
 
WHEELS Museum Events
April 2025
All events are at WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
 
 
 
Storyteller Event
Diane Rossbach
“The Circus in New Mexico”
Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10 AM 
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
From the Speaker:, Working trains quickly capture visitors’ attention, but I also discovered a wonderful, small, glass-enclosed cabinet on the western wall filled with colorful Circus related curios like miniature carriages, animals, and zanies.  Now, I’m a Circus nut, so right then and there I knew I needed to dedicate some Saturday WHEELS Museum time to The Circus in New Mexico.  Did you know that when the first Circus came to Santa Fe, by train on a spur line of course, that to exercise the Circus elephants they walked them around Santa Fe Plaza?  What a shock the altitude must have been!
As an oral, tale-spinning spoken word artist, Dianne Rossbach has told tales throughout the Southwest and Hawaii.  She enjoys sharing generational histories, origin stories, and traditional folktales. Her stories are integrated with her abiding interest in family, nature, and the power of a good tale well told.  Her tales are sprinkled with creativity, humor, and cultural history as she invites listeners to discover ways that the past can bring meaning to the present.  You can reach her at rossbachd at msn.com <mailto:rossbachd at msn.com>.
 
Speaker Event
Addison Fulton
“The Social Animal”
Saturday, April 12, 2025 at NOON 
 
 Correy is a werewolf, and it only gets worse for her from there. At a college party one night, she finds herself cornered She does what any trapped animal would do; she fights.
As time passes, the magnitude of what happened that night slowly begins to sink in for her. Now, she and her friends must work together to cover her tracks, and Correy must grapple with what it means to be a woman, a human, a wolf, and over all, a social animal.
 
Werewolves are almost never depicted as women, despite the parallels that can be drawn to the human feminine experience. Women are expected to conform to idealized standards, such as being docile, kind, and peaceful; they are expected to confine themselves to the realm of the domestic, instead of being allowed to indulge in impulse and be their authentic selves. The inversion of the typical werewolf trope in the monster novel allows for exploration of femininity, gender roles, self-control, viciousness, protectiveness, and family.
 
The speaker will be providing a fruit, meat and cheese plate as refreshments to the event. 
 
Speaker Event – Book Review
Jon Ghahate
Book Review of 'The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians:  The Impact of the Atchinson, Topeka,  and the Santa Fe and the Pueblos of  the Rio Grande”
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10 AM 
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Jon will speak based on the book The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The impact of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad by Richard. H Frost.
Jon Ghahate (Guu Wahd Dzee [Keres]/Keshshi [Zuni]) was the former Museum Cultural 
Educator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and has developed presentations 
on the histories, the cultures, and the narratives of NM Pueblo communities and
the ancestral Indigenous communities that resided throughout the US Southwest,
such as Chaco Historical Cultural Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Bandelier National
Park, Gila Cliff Dwellings, and many other historical and cultural sites.
 
Author Event
Michael Perlin
“Albuquerque’s Butchers, Bakers and Candlestick Makers” about early businesses in Albuquerque
Saturday, April 19, 2025 at NOON 
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Michael Henry Perlin is an author and illustrator of five published books about the history and architecture of Albuquerque. Albuquerque's economic growth and cultural diversity was shaped by the arrival of many newcomers. His fourth book, Albuquerque's Butchers, Bakers & Candlestick Makers contains some accounts of unknown or forgotten pioneers of the city's retail history. The illustrations feature well known landmarks but few people  know of or remember the pioneering tradesmen responsible for creating those businesses. Butchers, bakers and "candlestick makers" literally and figuratively formed the very backbone of this community.
 
Speaker Event
Ronn Perea
“The Ernie Pyle Story”
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 11 AM
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Ronn, a favorite speaker and storyteller at WHEELS, will present a pictorial story about Ernie Pyle. Pyle lived in and loved Albuquerque. At the time of his death in 1945, Pyle was among the best-known American war correspondents. His syndicated column was published in 400 daily and 300 weekly newspapers nationwide. President Harry Truman said of Pyle, "No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told. He deserves the gratitude of all his countrymen”.

 
 
Music Event
Gary Costley
Ukulele Perfomance
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at NOON 
Admission is $10
Gary Costley plays a mix of humorous religious and pop culture tunes on the ukulele. He also plays “rapulele” songs and medleys. His influences include Weird Al Yankovic, Ray Stevens and Roger Miller. https://www.gigsalad.com/gary_costley_albuquerque



78 Records Wanted for the Next 78 Spinners Sale this Fall!

Contact wheelsmuseum at swcp.com <mailto:wheels at swcp.com> to arrange drop off/pickup. 



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