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Judy Nickell wrote a question-and-answer column for the Albuquerque Tribune for many years, and the seed for her new book came from queries of readers about who some of the city’s streets were named for and why.
Nickell will discuss her book, “Atrisco to Zena Lona: A Snappy Survey of Selected Albuquerque Street Names,” from 1-3 p.m. today at Treasure House Books & Gifts, 2012 South Plaza NW, Old Town, and at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW.
The book contains concise stories of street names and categories of some names, such as animals, birds and flowers. There’s an explanation and pronunciation of Spanish names. The publisher is Rio Grande Books.
Nickell is also a master gardener and a certified arborist.
AT BOOKWORKS: Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW, hosts these events this week. … Les Crowder and Heather Harrell discuss their book “Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health” at 3 p.m. today. The book provides information on hive management and other aspects of top-bar hives, in which the interior resembles a hollow log. This type allows bees to build combs naturally. Though it has a slightly lower honey yield, it produces more beeswax than a typical box hive. The book is aimed at home and hobbyist beekeepers as well as home orchardists, gardeners and permaculture practitioners who want bees for pollination, honey and beeswax. … Jeffrey Pilcher chats about his new book, “Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. The author explains the incarnation of the taco as a Mexican-American fast food and how surfers spread the word globally about the food. … Henrietta Christmas discusses her book “Probates and Wills, Santa Fe: 1774-1896″ at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. The book covers three periods in New Mexico’s history — Spanish Colonial, Mexican and Territorial.
SOUTHWEST WRITERS EVENT: Suspense writer Joe Badal of Sandia Park gives a talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE. His talk is called “Joe Badal Gives Writing Tips and the Real History Behind His Fiction.” $5 general public. Badal’s new book is titled “Shell Game.”
IN OLD TOWN: Ezequiel L. Ortiz and James A. McClure sign their book “Don Jose: An American Soldier’s Courage and Faith in Japanese Captivity” from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Treasure House Books & Gifts, 2012 South Plaza NW.
CENTENNIAL BOOK TALK: David Holtby gives a talk at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 on his new book “Forty-Seventh Star,” which is about New Mexico’s long road to statehood. The talk, sponsored by the Albuquerque Historical Society, is at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain NW. Free.
IN SANTA FE: Collected Works, 202 Galisteo, hosts these author events. … Elaine Pinkerton discusses her book “The Goodbye Baby” and gives a free memoir-writing workshop with the goal of turning personal journals or family letters into a book at 3 p.m. today. … Bart Kaltenbach and Barbara Anschel give a slide-show presentation about their book “Sun, Sticks and Mud: 1,000 Years of Earth Building in the Desert Southwest” at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15. Through critical essays and photography, the book presents the history, and anticipated future use, of mud as a sustainable material for energy-efficient building design. … Anne Lacy and Anne Valley-Fox will talk about the books “Stories from Hispano New Mexico” and “Lost Treasures & Old Mines” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. Lacy and Valley-Fox compiled and edited the books, which are the third and fourth volumes, respectively, in the New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project series.
