Applause!
Virgil Ortiz at his Cochiti Pueblo home. Photo by Minesh Bacrania. BACK TO THE FUTURE Spoiler alert: Virgil Ortiz just might have superpowers. Mild-mannered by day, the Cochiti ceramist mounts…
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Stairway to the Heavens
(above) Decades in the making, the artwork is still under construction and not open to the public. Charles Ross and his dog Pi atop Star Axis’ central staircase. AND SO THEY CAME WEST. A handful of…
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Their Turn to Shine
( above ) Catalina Delgado-Trunk, pictured in her Albuquerque studio, has reinvented papel picado in New Mexico. NEED TO KNOW Governor’s Arts Awards, September 18. The state hosts a reception and…
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Market Pride, Market Joy
Catwalk couture! DJ battles! Lego Kachinas! Indian Market has come a long way from its roots in scrupulously traditional Pueblo pottery—although it still has that in abundance. Last year’s debut of…
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A Gift from the Wind
(above) The Romeros on the rocks near their ancestral Cochiti Pueblo. From left: Cara, Diego, Santiago, and Mateo. MARKETS IN MOTION Though it’s enjoyed international acclaim since its founding in…
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Freedom Writer
NEED TO KNOW June 4 A Night of Poetry, featuring Jimmy Santiago Baca with Hakim Bellamy, Hawah Kasat, Jose Antonio Ponce, and Adam Jones. 6 p.m. at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. $10. June…
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David Bradley has lost count of how many Route 66 ball caps he owns. His favorite is a black one he bought at a souvenir shop on the Turquoise Trail, where he lived for many years. It reminds him of…
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What's Happening
89623 FEBRUARY 6–8, 14–16, 28 PEAK PARTIES The state’s best winter activities may start on a mountaintop, but there’s no slowing down when you reach the foot of your run. Ski-area events this month…
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JANUARY 29 ONCE UPON A DREAM Hard as it is to believe, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker weren’t always Tchaikovsky’s most popular ballets. That accolade once belonged to The Sleeping Beauty , a pre-Disney…
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Card Games
Holiday card by artist Gustave Baumann. IN THE WINTER of 1919, Gustave Baumann sat down…
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