The Great Unknown
“[The mountains] stand on the western horizon, above the peppered desert, ice-white and Pleistocene in the morning, a flat blue against the sky’s dull red in the dusk. A high plateau lies at their…
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Crowd Pleasers
Above: An all-ages show at the Center of Contemporary Arts. PHOTOGRAPHY BY: COURTSEY CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON this spring, months before opening night of the Santa Fe…
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In His Own Skin
Above: Santa Fe artist Frank Buffalo Hyde explores charged issues in bright, playful images. “THAT'S MY REAL NAME, by the way,” Frank Buffalo Hyde announces out of the blue. “A lot of people think I…
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Reels On Wheels
When Jake Cordova, 20, was a high school senior in Las Vegas, the Fort Union Drive-In, where he worked part-time, threatened to close. Film studios were no longer supplying new 35-millimeter prints…
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Old Man River
Above: Taylor Streit in the Río Grande Gorge. A 2001 inductee to the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame’s Legendary Guide List, he opened the Taos Fly Shop in 1980. THE TROUT MUST be feeding by now in…
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Onward and Upward
As the Sandia Peak Tramway soars into its 50th year—and welcomes its 11 millionth passenger this spring—it’s set to create even more golden moments for high-minded Burqueños. To mark its anniversary…
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Erin Wade’s Salad Days
Above: The Nutty Pear-fessor salad is served at Vinaigrette, her restaurant next door to her Modern General. It’s made with grilled Bosc pears, bacon crumbles, toasted pecan halves, and tangy Maytag…
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Neo Santa Fe
Above Violet Crown Cinema is a magnetic new anchor in the Railyard. The multiplex presents films from foreign to arty to blockbuster, and its menu offers bacony brussels sprouts, burgers and truffle…
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The Sense of Place
Above illustration by Joel Nakamura I’ve spent a good chunk of my life in stinking cities, which sounds redundant—what urban area doesn’t have a little funk to it? To recall my stay in Brooklyn is to…
Read MoreThe Yak Who Stalled Christmas
NEED TO KNOW This year’s Madrid Christmas parade begins at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. The town’s holiday light displays kick off that night. Visit during the first three weekends of December to see…
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