Hillsboro’s Historic Cafe Looks Ahead
THE HILLSBORO GENERAL Store Cafe has been many things in its 147 years: a dry goods store; a bank; a drugstore; a relief center during the Great Depression, when handwritten ledgers of what the town…
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Echoes in Carson National Forest
ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTH OF ABIQUIÚ, in the Carson National Forest, Echo Amphitheater creates the clearest echoes I’ve ever heard. My daughter’s voice ricochets across the concave wall of pink and…
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Santa Fe Opera Trains Rising Stars
IN LATE SUMMER at the Santa Fe Opera, playful light dances on flowers that are not far from their final throes. Waving grasses shimmer greenish gold, lifting and settling in a mild breeze. Underneath…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Engage with emerging artists. The Harwood Art Center celebrates the opening of two new exhibitions during a reception on Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. SURFACE is an annual exhibition showcasing…
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New Mexico’s Route 66 Neon
GET YOUR FIX Johnnie Meier picks a few of his favorite renovated signs. Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari “A blue swallow is the symbol for safe homecoming, and the sprig of laurel leaves invokes the…
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Johnnie Meier Lights Route 66
H ISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST Johnnie Meier is an alchemist of sorts, restoring the magical glow of yesteryear’s neon signs along New Mexico’s Route 66. He’s also the owner of the Classical Gas Museum, in…
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Route 66 Public Art Stops
RUN, Gallup Two days before Robert Wilson learned the city of Gallup wanted him to create a sculpture on Route 66, the mixed-media artist was chasing a pair of jackrabbits along the trails of…
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Vanessa Patricks Takes Center Stage
V ANESSA PATRICKS OWNS THE MIC. She sings, she dances, and she banters with fans who flock to her special brand of snarktastic joy. “Being a comedy queen, I lean into the campiness of drag,” she says…
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Harwood Museum Returns to the Earth
WHEN VISITORS ENTER the Harwood Museum of Art, in Taos, for Unearthing Futures/Desenterrando Futuros, it won’t be through the museum’s usual front door. Instead, the exhibition, which opens June 27…
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Sweet and Spicy Kettle Corn
This recipe originally appeared in “Meet Your Market” by Adele Oliveira…
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