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'Tis the season for pumpkins and ghost stories and corn mazes and scary movies. And, in this case, pirates, too. Wagner Farmers in Corrales has all the bases covered with 2.6 miles of pirate themed trail through corn fields, a petting zoo, picnic areas, train rides and a pumpkin patch. Do ye dare? If ye do, head north to the farm any day between Thursday, Sept. 20 and Halloween from 9am to 6pm with $9 on hand for adults or $7 for kids. Check wagnersfarmlandexperience.com for more details.

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Once in a great while an event so mindbending comes along that we are speechless. That's obviously not true, because we have at least 100 words to say about it. But, we guarantee Christina Agapakis has well over 100 words to say on the subject as the Harvard-trained creative director of Gingko Bioworks discusses merging engineering and biology to create living bacteria and other life for commercial purposes. The Real World of Synthetic Biology comes to life through the ideas of creating rose oil from yeast, cheese from human bacteria and ultimately replacing current technologies with new biology, engineering living cells to shape communities, cultures and the future. On Thursday, Sept. 20 from 6:30 to 7:30pm, join in the illuminating discussion and hear fascinating intelligence on a subject foreign to most at James A. Little Theatre in Santa Fe. All ages are welcome and the public pays just $10 while members listen for free.