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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Celebrate Native art and culture. Indigenous artwork comes to downtown Farmington during the 34th annual Totah Festival & Indian Market, Friday through Sunday at the Farmington Civic Center. The…

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Datebook: September 2023

WHAT STARTED AS A BACKYARD HANGOUT in the 1980s has evolved into a three-day music festival among Kingston’s towering ponderosa pines. Featuring bluegrass, Americana, and folk, this year’s Pickamania…

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Hatch Is for Chile Lovers

OUTSIDE THE PEPPER POT RESTAURANT, Hatch resident Rodrigo Varela is chatting with friends and family when a fire engine’s siren interrupts them. As the vehicle turns onto West Hall Street, Varela…

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Editor's Letter: Fire Works

"BURN HIM! BURN HIM!” The ceremonies at last year’s 98th Burning of Zozobra had been delayed to permit the record crowd of 71,000 to finish making its way into Santa Fe’s Fort Marcy Park, and the…

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Tips for Zozobra Newbies

Be cool. “The first thing is, go with a positive attitude,” says Ray Sandoval, Zozobra event chair. “You’re there to get rid of negative energy. Don’t bring negative energy with you.” Be prepared…

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Turn Your Glooms into Smoke

➤ Please burn cancer. ➤ I want to forget my military memories and be happy in my civilian life. ➤ My negativity, needing more money, not being able to do more, my not wanting to travel, not being able…

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ZozoFest Gets the Party Going

IT’S THE PARTY BEFORE THE PARTY. ZozoFest, which takes place annually the weekend before the Burning of Zozobra, provides a first look at Old Man Gloom, a chance to stuff glooms into the puppet, and…

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Meet Zozobra's Keeper

IT’S MIDMORNING IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, in a mostly empty room next to the Boot Barn at Santa Fe Place Mall. Jacob Romero, Zozobra construction chair, oversees a small crew as the creation of Old…

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Burn, Zozobra, Burn!

THE WOMAN APPROACHED the “gloom” table flanked by two boys, perhaps seven or eight years old. They advanced quietly—at least compared with the melee of people feverishly jotting down their glooms and…

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