Events

This experience focuses on chile and garlic diversity and blends both culinary and medicinal benefits of these potent foods in a journey through fields and culinary tastings, leveraging diverse food cultures, scientific inquiry, and traditional dishes to inspire your own inclusion at home and capturing the many anti-bacterial and anti-viral benefits of these crops for…

This experience focuses on some of the most significant food crops of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Learn about the history of maize, types of corns, growing methods and culinary traditions, including nixtamalization. Landrace corn varieties are highly nutritious, adding a substantial crop to your pantry. This short course will also include millets.

For a long, late autumn weekend of walking and writing, stargazing and animal appreciation at Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch near Cortez, Colorado

Recharge cellular mitochondria using color and light and sound as an information carrier.

Recharge cellular mitochondria using color and light and sound as an information carrier.

This experience renews our relationship with grains as we learn about these crops in the field and their significance in farming systems. In this experience we also focus on the diverse cultural dishes, the magic of sourdough fermentation in bread baking, and dive deeply into the scientific evidence of whole grain nutrition and impacts on…

An unforgettable evening beneath the vast dark skies of the Southwest is coming back. After an extraordinary response from last year's performances, Symphony Chaco – Chamber Concert: A Journey of the Spirit returns on Saturday, August 29, 2026, 7PM for another immersive night of music, landscape, culture, and soul-stirring artistry. Set against the mystical beauty of the high desert and…

On the evening around the Autumnal Equinox, Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch welcomes STRATA, an unforgettable outdoor performance featuring acclaimed author Craig Childs and award-winning vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Beth Quist. Gate opens: 5:30PM Shuttle ends 6:45PM Show starts: 7:00PM STRATA is a spoken, musical journey through layers of history and geology led by our storyteller, Craig Childs. You'll come away entertained…

Join Pam Houston & Amy Irvine for a long, late autumn weekend of walking, writing, stargazing and animal appreciation at Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch. We will walk and talk and sit together. There will be prompts and strategies to get the elements of the physical world we love on the page. We’ll soak…

Reading and signing of Pam and Amy’s NEW books.(We did not plan to write about animals at the same time, but we’re glad we did!)