New Mexico Museums Get Hands-On
MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES are reaching beyond their walls to attract new audiences, spark young minds, and spread the enchantment. “These programs bring our collections to life and make every visit…
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Explore New Mexico’s Farm & Ranch Museum
ON A CLOUDLESS MAY morning, girls in sparkly white dresses and boys in tidy polos mill about. The crowd of more than 250 goes silent as Bishop Peter Baldacchino strides to the front of the New Mexico…
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Cultural Gems Across New Mexico
FOR NEW MEXICO STATE historian Rob Martínez, the Land of Enchantment is a place where the past animates the present and culture thrives. The Albuquerque native and former high school teacher’s family…
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Inside the Wingfield House Museum
THE SOUND OF the Wingfield Heritage House Museum screen door slamming shut on a sunny March morning delights Susan Lutterman. It sounds just like the original, she says, and evokes memories of her…
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A Healing Labyrinth Takes Shape
FROM ANY POINT along the Trinity Turtle Healing Labyrinth Park, the sounds of cars, pickups, and semitrailers zipping along US 54/70 are almost imperceptible. Maybe it’s the yin and yang of the place:…
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Camping Gear Designed for Kids
WHEN OUTDOOR enthusiasts Tavis and Amber Malcolm took their 10-week-old son, Morrison, nicknamed Mo, on his inaugural camping trip in 2018, they bundled him in everything they could find to keep him…
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Slow Down in Cloudcroft
AS I WALK INTO High Rollin’ Coffee, in Cloudcroft, a sticker on the register greets me like a gentle nudge to the hippocampus: “On Mountain Time.” I peruse the menu board of grain bowls, toasts…
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Parker Hooks Rides Toward Rodeo Glory
T WELVE-YEAR-OLD PARKER HOOKS has been riding bulls for half his life. He started on the backs of sheep—what’s known as mutton busting—at age three at the Lea County Fair and Rodeo in his hometown of…
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Reactions to Hwéeldi Mural
ABSORBING EVEN A FRACTION of the harrowing story of the Long Walk—the U.S. Army’s forced removal of thousands of Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) people to the Bosque Redondo Indian…
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Sip Desert Spirits at Tumbleweed Lounge
SOTOLD FASHIONED, QUATRO O SEVEN, It’s Got a Bee on It, Tulie Mule, and Sotoloma. The whimsically named cocktails at Tumbleweed Lounge aren’t made with whiskey, vodka, gin, or rum. No, the Tularosa…
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