Datebook: July 2026
WORLDS COLLIDE OVER the Fourth of July weekend as the annual Roswell UFO Festival lands on the country’s 250th birthday celebration. But Tommi Jo “TJ” Conyers, the city’s special event supervisor…
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Ride into Route 66 Summerfest
FOR DIEGO LUCERO, deputy director of the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Arts & Culture, this year’s Route 66 Summerfest will feel like walking through the evolution of the Mother Road. With four…
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Datebook: June 2024
ONLY SEVEN YEARS after the Stonewall uprising in New York City, almost 100 marchers came out in the summer of 1976 to celebrate the first-ever Pride march in Albuquerque. “We have a rich history of…
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Grounded in Family
INSIDE GROUNDED, a mural of a young woman wearing a brightly flowered hat greets you with a distant gaze, her long braids curling around cacti. Positioned over an inviting green couch, the intriguing…
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Meet the Burger Boys
ERIC AND NINO WALZ GREW UP 20 YARDS from the Burger Boy in Cedar Crest. But to the brothers, the former Tastee-Freez was just their grandparents’ restaurant, where folks gathered for huevos rancheros…
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Datebook: March 2024
THE IRISH GOT AROUND, especially in America, and traditions from the Celts thrive in the Land of Enchantment. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the wearing of the color green to symbolize a sense of…
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What We're Reading: Shoot the Moon
SET IN THE 1960S and filled with beautifully captured moments of nostalgia, Shoot the Moon (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) is a heartfelt novel from Isa Arsén, a love letter to the Southwest inspired by…
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IAIA Offers Double Vision in New Exhibits
IN 2023, THE READERS of USA Today voted the Santa Fe–based IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts the third-best art museum in the country. Run by the Institute of American Indian Arts, which has a…
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A Shop for the Adventurous Soul
THAYNE NORD WANTS YOU to enjoy the journey—no matter where it takes you or what form it takes. Step inside Tourist, his small but mighty outdoor gear shop on Santa Fe’s Garcia Street, and you can see…
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Discover Lun + Ojo's Eye for Art
TOBY PUTNAM WAS SEARCHING for something different. The path he’d been on was long and bumpy. Putnam left his Montana home at 18 for the Utah desert and stayed there. When his older brother passed away…
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