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A celebration of New Mexico’s Latin American heritage, customs and traditions, ¡Fiesta Latina! is a three-day family event, where participants explore Latin culture, rhythms, flavors and crafts at…
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Posts From: August 2021
Here's How Leaves Get Their Fall Colors
Leaves contain yellow and red pigments all summer, but only as the chlorophyll molecules break down do those colors become visible. Illustration by Chris Philpot. Fall Fade As days shorten in the fall…
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Moved by Nature
Catch a glimpse of "shimmering" Aspen along the Aspen Vista Trail in the Santa Fe National Forest. Photograph by Tira Howard. ASPEN LEAVES ATTACH TO BRANCHES with long stems, called petioles, that…
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See Fall Color Shimmer Across the Jemez Mountains
Pockets of fall color glimmer across the charred ridges of the Jemez Mountains. A FEW SLIM, BLACKENED PINE TREES—some now up to their waists in baby aspens—stand sentry on the ridgetops running off…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: August 2021
Wait, There's Another Vegas? Richard Rindone found a 1984 paperback of Zane Grey’s The Shepherd of Guadaloupe (1930) in one of his Santa Fe neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries. The synopsis on the…
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Musician Eliza Gilkyson is Back
Folk singer Eliza Gilkyson has long been rooted among the high mesas of northern New Mexico . Photograph by Todd Wolfson. TO HEAR HER TELL IT, Eliza Gilkyson has always been on her way back. Although…
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Editor's Letter: After the Fall
The Jemez Mountains offer a vibrant display of fall colors. Photograph by NMTD. IT WAS MID-NOVEMBER when we finally made it to Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos, for the first time. By…
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Datebook: September and October 2021
Ten days is barely enough time to pack in all the fun of the New Mexico State Fair. Photograph by NMTD. DUELING BANJOS Tune up for two great music fests. Big Barn Dance September 9 – 11, 2021 With two…
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Meet the Man Behind the Voice of Zozobra
ANTHONY MICHAELS-MOORE'S VOICE HOLDS AUDIENCES SPELLBOUND. But the Santa Fe Opera baritone seemed destined for a military career before becoming the first British winner of the Luciano Pavarotti…
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