Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Feel the spirit of flamenco. Starting Friday, Festival Flamenco de Alburquerque brings hundreds of flamenco artists from around the world to perform, teach classes, and collaborate in the Duke City…
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What We're Reading: The Half White Album
“SOME CRITICS SAY you should never start or even use a dream in a story,” writes Cynthia J. Sylvester (Diné) in The Half-White Album (UNM Press), “but I’m awake now and pretending that it wasn’t a…
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Meet Expert Hiker Cindy Brown
I N HER EARLIEST MEMORY , Cindy Brown was on a trail. “My parents took our family out hiking, camping, fishing, and boating,” she says. “I always loved being outside. Anyone looking for me could find me…
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Dust Off Your Boots and Hit the Trails
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Soledad Canyon Loop. This easy, four-mile loop northeast of Las Cruces offers a rich experience of the Chihuahuan Desert microclimates of the Organ Mountain–Desert Peaks…
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Editor's Letter: Happy Trails
I LOVE THE FEELING OF THE TRAILHEAD. There’s a thrill in pressing start on my AllTrails app, taking those first few steps, and heading out for a new adventure. The rhythmic sound of the earth…
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Hike Flag Mountain for Panoramic Views
THE TRAIL DISAPPEARED INTO THE OLD BURN SCAR. Young aspen and oak, regrown since the 1996 Lama fire, shimmered in yellows, reds, and oranges. We pushed into the growth and scrambled up the ridge…
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Memories: Three Feet Wide
“GRANDPA, WHY DO TRAINS need three tracks to run on?” That naive question by a little boy of eight unlocked a storehouse of memories thousands of miles long but seldom over three feet wide. “Well…
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Datebook: June 2023
JOAQUÍN ENCINIAS VIEWS THE ANNUAL Festival Flamenco Alburquerque as a big, beautiful, artistic gift. The oldest and largest flamenco festival outside of Spain brings more than 100 flamenco dancers…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Sip and savor. New Mexico Cocktail Week kicks off this weekend with an abundance of frothy events, including Saturday’s sold-out Taco Wars, Chef & Shaker Dinners that pair drinks with bites at some…
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Bizcochitos
THE BELOVED BIZCOCHITO In 1989, New Mexico became the first state to declare an official state cookie, despite a humorous legislature floor debate over how to spell it. Bizcochito or biscochito…
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