The Reader’s Club at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will meet on July 26th to discuss the work of four celebrated artists. The Club will refer to a group of essays about the lives and work of Romare Bearden, Chuck Close, Barkley Hendricks, and Robert Rauschenberg. These artists were chosen because they each incorporated aspects of photography in their lives work. The four also practiced unique techniques when printing, and making collages and portraits.

The meeting is free of charge and will run from 10am to 11:30am.

Don’t forget to read-up on these spectacular artists, and come with something to share.

A Collaboration between The Santa Fe Opera and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum brings children ages 3 to 5 a fun learning program about the senses. The “Opera Makes Sense” program at the Santa Fe Opera shares an innovative experience focused on learning and communicating through the five senses.

The program is on July 23rd from 9:30am to 11:30am in the Pre-K Lab at the O’Keeffe Museum in Downtown, Santa Fe.

This is a chance for parents and children to widen their means of interaction and, despite their difference in age, to learn something new.

Santa Fe kept its place at number five on the list of top 10 cities in the United States and Canada. This will be the fourth year running in 5th place.

According to Travel and Leisure World’s Best Awards 2011 readers’ poll the top four states ahead of Santa Fe are New York City in first place, Charleston in second, Chicago coming in third, and San Francisco in fourth.

Additionally, Encantado Resort scored number 48 on the Top 50 Resorts in the Continental U.S and Canada. But that’s not all! Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, made the list of Top 10 Small City Hotels in the Continental U.S. and Canada, and Ten Thousand Waves Japanese Spa & Resort, is ranked No. 15 on the list of Top 15 Destination Spas Overall.

These and other Travel and Leisure survey results can be found in the magazine’s August edition.