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Five Things to Do This Weekend

Above: Joe West performs alongside his uncle Archie West for a live stream concert from the family's living room. Photograph courtesy of Joe West. PATIO DINING, FOLK MUSIC, and dipping your toes in…

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Track Record

AFTER YEARS OF BACKBREAKING LABOR to lay railroad tracks over Ratón Pass and across the high plains, on July 4, 1879, two locomotives arrived in Las Vegas on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway…

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One of Our 50 Is Missing

Illustration by Chris Philpot You Could Drive It in a Cah Mike Benavides was visiting Boston and popped into a seafood shop, hoping to bring shrimp home to his mom in Albuquerque. How might he carry…

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The Bluest Stone

Above: Herculano Montoya of Cienega at the Tiffany Turquoise Mine near Turquoise Post, Cerrillos, New Mexico; 1937–1939. Photograph by Bill Lippincott/Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. EVEN…

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The Muralist

Above: Frederico Vigil in his home studio. Photograph courtesy of Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News. PERCHED ON A SCAFFOLD that hugs the walls of an Albuquerque Convention…

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Sharp Objects

Above: Shihan Fine Knives are rustic but elegant. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. SHEHAN PRULL has worked with metals since he was 12 years old, first studying under Santa Fe artist Tom Joyce. In 2006…

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Eat Your Greens

Above: Don't toss those greens. Roast your beets and mix the greens with orange and ginger for this tasty dish. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. MORE THAN EVER, it seems wise to follow our doctors’ (and…

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Ride the Río's Rapids

Above: Yes, there are rivers in New Mexico—and some move really fast. Photograph by Ryan Heffernan. CALL IT "RIVER TIME"—that hypnotic space where the real world falls away and you float, just float…

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Reach New Hot-Air Heights

Above: In New Mexico, even the sky wears jewelry. Photograph by John McCauley FROM A DISTANCE, hot-air balloons look like they’re hardly moving. But when I stood in the basket for my first ride over…

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