Small Wonders of Patagonia: Collage

From a tree stump that looks like it's been sculpted by Giacometti, to a semaphore at "the end of the line", a pocket park mural that perhaps you haven't walked inside of, a quiet place for serenity, an alley entrance with antique colossal doors, and pix inside a church, to a bicycle that looks like it's waiting Harry Potter, and a hand-made sign expressing a certain sentiment TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SMALL WONDERS

EXPRESSIONS OF ART AND LIFE: Paula Wittner

No doubt about it, Patagonia is a thriving arts community with local galleries representing groups of artists like Creative Spirit Artists, Mesquite Grove Gallery, and Metamorphosis.
One artist who has lived in the community for years has her work exhibited as a feature artist in a number of shows in other locations throughout the years.

This one is currently at The Mesa Art Center.

There's a write-up on the current show that you can see in this link: http://www.arcosanti.org/today/2009/06/08/1244481319317.html

New Way to Bring The Flavors of The Desert into Your Home

Residents of Patagonia frequently have parties and celebrations in their homes and public places where everyone brings a dish to the table - "Pot Luck".
A new angle on the urge to entertain based on native/heritage foods, with recipes provided to make it easy, combined with a fund-raising campaign is now featured on the website for Native Seeds Search www.nativeseeds.org

The Annual Flavors of The Desert event is now being approached in a different way - A house party is a fun, easy way to raise money and educate people about Native Seeds/SEARCH. By celebrating Flavors of the Desert at home with friends, family, and colleagues, 100% of your donation will be fully invested in their ground-breaking conservation work and the growing areas here at the farm in Patagonia.

You will find very detailed and helpful step-by-step guidance on how to stage an event: everything from a House Party Kit, to an invitation, to a suggested program for your house party. Recipes are provided for the traditional mainstays: beans, chile, corn, mesquite, pinole, and squash in separate downloads on the website.
Here are a few to get your tastebuds excited: Sizzling Peanut Soup, Vegetable Posole, Mesquite Cornbread, Southwest Focaccia, Tamale Pie, and Pinole Squash Bread.

Historic Property Resource Survey 1994

Locations marked with black squares are individually eligible or a potentially contributing property in the mapping of the Town of Patagonia done by Don W. Ryden AIA/Architects Inc.
You might or might not be surprised that there are only two properties here listed in The National Register of Historic Places:
1. Cady Hall/Patagonia Public Library @ 342 Duquesne
2. The James Finley House ID Number 74000462

Other Potential Contributor Historic Properties include:
Richardson Park 4th Avenue & McKeown
Patagonia Jail
Area of McKeown & Third Avenue
Area of Duquesne & Third Avenue
Lopez Pool Hall on Duquesne
Grammar School on the Hill
SW Corner of Lenon & 2nd Avenue

Other individual locations include
339, 355, 361, 371, 387, 423, 451, 455 McKeown Avenue
366, 292, 275 Duquesne Avenue
273 McKeown
321,381, 289, 430, 405, 414, 430, 433, 433 Duquesne
372, 357, 370, 406, 426 Santa Rita
469, 4, 542 Harshaw
191 Third Avenue
327, 355, 416, 408-410 Sonoita
384, 364, 335, 320,284, 280, 278, 274, 132 Naugle Avenue
195, 170, 261, 265 Third Avenue
345, 306 Pennsylvania Avenue

378, 330, 326, 322, 318, 354 Sonoita Avenue

Two-Day Showcase of Mountain Empire Authors & Their Books

The Patagonia-Mountain Empire Visitor Information Center and Mariposa Books, located at 317 McKeown Avenue in Patagonia will host a special two-day local writers "Round Up" as part of activities highlighting regional attractions in southeastern Arizona for the First Annual Wine, Dine and UnWind Weekend scheduled for Father's Day Weekend June 20-21, 2009.

Authors are scheduled hourly for in-person talks and discussions that inspired them to write about The Mountain Empire and why they choose to live here - digging into almost forgotten and hidden histories and family stories from early settlers and homesteaders, the people who helped to forge our shared heritage in living from the land with ranching and local industries, information about places and destinations that might go un-noticed or passed by today through the centuries of progress, and a focus on the conservation and regeneration of the natural resources attracting both residents and visitors now . . . places, people and progress, as well as personal narratives written by these authors, both fiction and non-fiction, have been organized by Ann Caston for this very special event.
Please note that all author's titles purchased at the discussion/book-signing weekend event are discounted at 10%.

Saturday June 20 Schedule
11:00 Dr Elizabeth Bernays and Linda Gheen
12:00 Joel Bernstein
1:00 Gail Woodard and Fred Fisher
2:00 Paul Mihalik
3:00 J.P.S. Brown
4:00 Janet Winans

Sunday June 21 Schedule
11:00 Betty Foster Escapule
12:00 Tom Wood
1:00 Stephen Strom and Karen Strom
2:00 Betty Barr
3:00 Katie Goodwin
4:00 Murray Bolesta

Creative Spirit Artists Gallery, that shares the location at 317 McKeown Avenue, will be offering a sidewalk sale of some of the works from more than 25 local artists whose works are on exhibition there in one location during this two-day event.