Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See landscapes anew. The Albuquerque Museum unveils works by eight artists who have been inspired by New Mexico’s landscapes in its new exhibition Abstracting Nature , opening Saturday. Rather than…
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Posts From: June 2025
One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2025
FOUL BALL Back in 1980, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team had an academic and gambling scandal that became a national story. “I can remember coach Norm Ellenberger telling Mike…
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Level Up Your Summer: New Mexican
LOG A NEW DEAL ART TOUR If you’re traveling east on I-40, you might consider Gallup your gateway to New Mexico art. One of four New Mexico federal art centers during the New Deal, the city is home…
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Koo-Weh Cookies Mixes Art and Flavor
HOW HARD CAN IT BE? Trisha Ray thought several years ago when she offered to make custom sugar-cookie bouquets for each member of her son’s football team. Very hard, it turned out. “They weren’t the…
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New Mexico’s Best Gas Station Eats
CLUB GAS, RUIDOSO Thursday is Enchilada Night at Club Gas, the Ruidoso Chevron station that houses a popular to-go counter and a lounge with a full bar. “There’s a line out the door,” says owner…
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Remembering María Benítez
LEGENDARY DANCER María Benítez (1942–2024) took flamenco to new heights during her career as a dancer and educator, cementing Santa Fe as a flamenco destination and creating a legacy that lives on in…
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Albuquerque’s Flamenco Legacy Dances On
IF THE SUNLIT FLOORS OF AN OLD Territorial-Style adobe could talk, they would speak of a flamenco legacy born in the North Valley home. Three generations of Encinias family members danced here…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Explore the forest. This weekend wraps up National Forest Week, a celebration of the natural world with outdoors activities hosted throughout the country, including Silver City and Santa Fe. “The…
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Find Gene Hackman’s Art in Santa Fe
WHEN GENE HACKMAN died in February, many Santa Feans were unaware that the longtime resident had dabbled in the local art scene, and they may have even dined below Hackman’s vibrant paintings at Jinja…
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What We're Reading: Shadow of the Solstice
MISSING YOUR WEEKLY Dark Winds fix while you await season 4 of the AMC drama? Pick up Shadow of the Solstice (Harper), Anne Hillerman’s latest mystery set on the Navajo Nation. When the U.S. secretary…
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