What We’re Doing This Weekend
This Father’s Day weekend is all about Dad, music, rafting, and even a good-ol’-fashioned crab boil, done the New Mexico way (with lots of craft beer). Friday, June 15 Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo Silver…
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Posts From: June 2018
Yes, New Mexico Is a State
AN EDUCATED GUESS Bill Young was having dinner with a family in Jaipur, India, when the host’s father asked where Young was from. “I told him, ‘A small town just north of Albuquerque, New Mexico,’…
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The History Pages
Above: The late Janaloo Hill in Shakespeare, which she and her parents owned and maintained. Photograph by Buddy Mays / Alamy Stock. ROADSIDE STOP State Historical Marker: Shakespeare An 1869…
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With Anthony Bourdain in New Mexico
Because Tony Bourdain’s primary reason for being was to eat his way around the world, the places and cuisines he showcased all came to acquire a glow of the familiar for a global audience. No one…
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Mapmaker, Mapmaker
See image below for more product details. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. 1. Rustic Heart of NM wall hanging by Darryl Willison ($19). The Albuquerque Museum (505-242-0434, albuquerquemuseum.org). 2…
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How to Hike Southern NM's Argentina Canyon
Above: The Argentina Canyon. Photograph by Laurence Parent. This moderate 6.3-mile hike loops through lush, high-altitude forest (climbing from 7,380 to 9,100 feet) and along rushing streams in the…
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Beers Made For Summer
Like a lot of places throughout the country, New Mexico’s craft beer has become a matter of state pride. A lot of our breweries are known for their West Coast style IPAs, but these summer seasonals…
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What We’re Doing This Weekend
Spending the next two days on the couch watching Netflix may have its appeal, but it’s beautiful out—there’s no excuse for sitting around home. Here’s a round-up of the rad things to do this weekend…
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Wild About Art
Above: Maria Hajic in the Gerald Peters Gallery. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. HER CREDENTIALS DON'T MIRROR those of most curators, but Maria Hajic’s fresh perspective helped elevate American…
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Carlsbad Caverns Reveal More of Their Secrets
THE RESEARCHERS UNFOLD AND STEADY the lanky yellow limbs of a tripod, then attach a camera, a nondescript gray plastic case with a big glass eye. One of them takes out a stylus and taps tiny boxes on…
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