[The-wheels-museum] WHEELS Events Through August 2

[The Wheels Museum]


 
WHEELS Museum Events
May through July 2025
 
Storyteller Event
Michelle Adam
Michelle is a storyteller, author, teacher and a healer.
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 10 AM 
 
Come out for an adventure of a lifetime.  Michelle Adam will share her latest bilingual adventure with Duende in the City of Rocks.  This is ideal for families and children age 5 and up.  Michelle will take you back to pre-television days with her elf and Kamishibai stage as she tells her bilingual tale of a young boy who journeys into the invisible City of Rocks.  The boy travels through time from the age of dinosaurs to today’s technological age.  Saturday’s event invites participation and dynamic fun for the entire family and includes letters from different elements of the story and a chance for kids to draw and write back.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Suggested Donation is $10.
 
Speaker Event
John Taylor
“Treasures of the Luna Mansion”
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at NOON 

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Children’s Acting
Mike Kimmel, actor and playwright
“Acting and Improv for Creative Kids”
Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 10 AM

 
A fun, creative, hands-on workshop to help young acting students find a strong, solid starting point in the Performing Arts. Together, we will work on comedy and drama scripts, improvisation, conquering stage fright, overcoming roadblocks, and (most importantly) audition technique and psychology.
Your Instructor is a longtime actor with extensive Los Angeles and New York credits and has written twelve books for child, teen, and adult  actors. Class is open to young acting students  of all skill levels—beginner and experienced alike.
 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
HULA HOOP CLASS, FUN AND AMAZEMENTS WITH MEGHAN!
Saturday, June 14 at NOON
Learn from a Hula Hool Professional.  This is a family event for all ages.

WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Mike Katko poetry event on June 14 has been cancelled.
 
Event
“Wonders on Wheels”
Sunday, June 15, 2025 at 10 AM to 2 PM
Wonders on Wheels is the mobile museum program of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. The WoW RV travels all over the state bringing museum exhibits to the people of New Mexico.
This year's exhibit, Eight Sites, One History: Explore the Past at New Mexico Historic Sites highlights the state's diverse sites and includes eight sites throughout the state. These sites invite people to immerse themselves in history by walking the same ground as ancient Indigenous communities, infamous outlaws, and other renowned historical figures. Each site is represented in the WoW with historic artifacts and unique activities presented by the WoW educators.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Speaker Event
Joe McKinney and Chuck Larabee
“The Alvarado Hotel: Why It Was Torn Down and More”
Saturday, June 21 at 11 AM
 
For nearly 70 years, Fred Harvey’s Alvarado Hotel served as a destination for travelers, the social center for Albuquerque residents, and the anchor for the core of downtown Albuquerque. Despite years of preservation advocacy, the Alvarado fell victim to the wrecking ball in early 1970.
Joe McKinney and Chuck Larrabee will discuss the economic forces that led to the hotel’s closure and the citizens’ advocacy efforts to save the landmark. Joe and Chuck were both involved: Chuck as a high school student protesting the hotel’s potential demise, and Joe as a leader of the grass-roots campaign working with city leaders and decision makers trying to halt the demolition and define a future for the structure.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted. 
 
Photography Event
Ambassador Will Itoh
Shades of Light: American Photography in the Nineteenth Century
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This extensively illustrated presentation by Ambassador William Itoh features examples of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes and paper prints (including cartes-de-visite, cabinets and stereoviews) which represent the introduction and development of photography in the Unites States. These enduring images chronicle the story of America in the 19th century including the drama of the Civil War and the opening of the American West. 
William H. Itoh is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A career Foreign Service officer, he served as Executive Secretary of the National Security Council at the White House and as Ambassador to Thailand. He holds BA and MA degrees in History from UNM and was a logistics officer in the US Air Force and Assistant Professor of History at California State University Humboldt before entering the Foreign Service.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Author Event 
Suzanne Stauffer, Author of “Fried Chicken Castaneda”
Saturday, June 28 at 11 AM
You've heard of the Harvey Girls, but do you know about the "other Harvey women," the Couriers of the Southwestern Indian Detours? Learn about the Detours and the New Mexico women who led tourists on 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 8-day auto tours through the Pueblos, canyons, and ruins of northern New Mexico and Arizona and southeastern Colorado. 
Presented by Suzanne Stauffer, who will also be signing copies of her recently released historical mystery, Fried Chicken Castañeda, the first in the Couriers Series featuring Prudence Bates, a trainee Courier. Books can be ordered on Amazon and will be available for purchase at the event. She is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University and now resides in Albuquerque. She is currently working on a collection of biographical sketches of the women who served as Couriers.

WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.  
 
Speaker Event
Ronn Perea. Historian
“Route 66”
Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10 AM
Celebrate the birthday of Route 66 with historian Ronn Perea, one of WHEELS favorite speakers

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted. 
 
Author Event
Sage Vogel
“Dichos en Nichos”
Saturday, July 5 at 10 AM
Sage Vogel’s debut story collection invites readers into the heart of an archetypal 1950s Northern New Mexico village, where the fruit orchards, arroyo roads, adobe homes, and even pigsties hold tales of wit, romance, woe, and wisdom.
Dichos en Nichos contains ten interconnected stories inspired by original dichos—pithy folk sayings and proverbs. Vogel's dichos—presented in both Spanish and English—are shared among a colorful cast of characters. 
The dichos offer guidance, caution, and comfort as the townsfolk navigate themes of identity, community, loss, and love. From tales of sacrifice and survival to those of intimacy and independence, each story is a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.  
 
Speaker Event
John Taylor
“The Development of the Catholic Churches in New Mexico”
Saturday, July 12 at 10 AM

WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Author Event
L.E. Austen, “The Holy Doves”
Saturday, July 12 at  Noon
Ms. Austen will do a short reading of the spiritual thriller novel, “The Holy Doves” with a discussion of the book and the divide between humankind’s behavior and the spiritual morality of the ages.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Saturday, July 13 starting at 8 AM is Car Collector Appreciation Day
 
Author Event
Richard and Shirley Flint
“Overhaul”
Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM
In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city's economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom were part of the growing Hispano and Native American middle class. Their critical work kept the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe's steam trains running and established and maintained Albuquerque's unique character in the region.
Including a generous selection of historic photographs, Overhaul provides a glimpse into the people, places, culture, and special history found in Albuquerque's locomotive shops during the boom of steam railroading. The Flints provide an engaging and informative account of how these shops and workers played a crucial role in the formation and development of the Duke City.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
 
Music Event
3 on a Match Kabaret
Saturday, July 19 at NOON
Back by popular demand! “3 On A Match Kabarett” is not only a musical act, but a theatrical performance group with a distinctive and unconventional approach to musical performance. Embracing the spirit of the European Kabarett style that flourished between the World Wars of the 20th Century, we offer a one-of-a-kind ensemble experience. Our repertoire seamlessly blends traditional songs with elements of humor, satire, and wit, ensuring an unforgettable and entertaining journey for our audience.

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is $10
 
 
Author Event
Suzanne Stauffer
“The Santa Fe Railroad Reading Rooms and the Harvey Publishing Company”
Saturday, July 26 at 11 AM
Learn the who, what, where, and especially the why behind the creation of the Santa Fe Reading Rooms, as well as their link to the Fred Harvey Newsstands and to public library development in the Southwest. Suzanne Stauffer is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University. She now resides in Albuquerque. Her article, ‘Correct provision can be made for their wants’: the reading rooms of the Santa Fe Railroad" was published in Library & Information History 39.1 (2023): 1–22. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2023.0135

 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is $10
 
Photography event
Roland Penttila
Railyard photos by Jim Kubié
Saturday, Auguust 2, 2025 at 10AM
Roland is a retired civil engineer who came to New Mexico in 1998 to work on the NM44 highway project.  He met Peggy in 1999 and they were married in 2003. Roland enjoys photography and has had photos displayed in photo shows, published in books and is currently a photographer for Nob Hill News.  After retirement in 2012, he became interested in Albuquerque’s history and joined the Albuquerque Historical Society and Historic Albuquerque for which he’s the Treasurer.  He volunteers with the Photo Archives of the Albuquerque Museum digitizing their extensive print collection.  Peggy and he live in the Ridgecrest Neighborhood with their rescue dog, Bitty.
 
WHEELS Museum 1100 Second Street SW
Phone: 505 243-6269
Admission is free but donations gratefully accepted

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