A Man With A Plan
Above: The George I. Sánchez Collaborative Community School. AFTER JON ANDERSON moved to Albuquerque in 1970 to study architecture at the University of New Mexico, he hopped in the car every chance…
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Tony Hillerman: An Open Book
“HILLERMAN!” That’s how New Mexico’s favorite mystery writer answered the phone—with a newspaperman’s gruff bark. It was all bluff and habit. He loved people. Everyday folks, cops, aspiring writers…
Read MoreHome at Last
SPRING HOME SHOWS This is the season for home-product shows around NM. You can expect to find a range of exhibitors offering products and services related to home building, improvement, remodeling…
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When Worlds Collude
NEED TO KNOW APRIL 4 An Evening with Ottmar Liebert New Mexico Philharmonic; David Felberg, conductor. 6 p.m., Popejoy Hall on the UNM campus, Albuquerque. (505) 323-4343; nmphil.org, unmtickets.com…
Read MoreBirds of Paradise
NEED TO KNOW The Corrales Bosque Preserve follows the west side of the Río Grande from Albuquerque at Alameda Blvd. north to the Río Rancho city limit. The preserve is open during daylight hours…
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If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Already
BELLS AND WHISTLES One year, wine cellars appeared in Albuquerque—chilled and darkened rooms often styled and staged to resemble the basement of a Tuscan villa. This year’s amenities include gadgetry…
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Homes of the Art Colonists
BEFORE SANTA FE’S Camino del Monte Sol became the archetypal art-colony road, before any other houses dotted the hills above Acequia Madre southeast of the Plaza, artist, preservationist, and Hispanic…
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ENCHANTED FORTRESS Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe The massive pink Scottish Rite Temple anchors the north end of downtown Santa Fe like a Moorish citadel. That’s no surprise, since architects Hunt…
Read MoreEnchantment, For Sale
If you live somewhere else, or if you’re already here and currently renting, surely you’ve had the notion: wouldn’t it be great to buy a house in New Mexico? Then a nagging voice clears its throat…
Read MoreExotic Abiquiú
NEED TO KNOW Bosshard Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. From U.S. 84 in Abiquiú, turn onto County Road 187, found across the street from Bode’s General Store. The gallery (#10) is located…
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