Step Back in Time in Cimarrón
SOUTH COLLISON AVENUE cuts through the center of Cimarrón like a thread through time. A product of the Santa Fe Trail, the mid-1800s trade route from Franklin, Missouri, to Santa Fe, the town of…
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Faces of the Fair: Rodeo Star Seth Hall
P ROFESSIONAL TIE-DOWN ROPER Seth Hall grew up in Albuquerque but travels to 80 rodeos throughout the country each season to compete. His sport requires roping a calf, dismounting his horse, and tying…
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Air Races Take Flight in Roswell
FOR FIVE DAYS THIS MONTH, the best pilots from around the globe land in Roswell for the full-throttle thrills of the National Championship Air Races. “This is the only place in the world where you can…
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Music Takes Center Stage
THE NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR always brings in top-notch headliners. This year is no different, with performances from Wynonna Judd, Cypress Hill, Grupo Marca Registrada, and Clay Walker. But the fair…
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State Fair Rodeo FAQs
WHO ARE THE COWBOYS? “We get some of the top-ranked cowboys in the world,” he says. “One of the big reasons is, not only just the money that we offer here, but we’re one of the final stops before the…
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Support Your Local Rez Band
I PAY THE COVER and slip into the back of a packed crowd inside Launchpad, a rock club in downtown Albuquerque. It’s Gathering of the Nations weekend, when the city plays host to the largest powwow in…
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Meet Josh Watson: Champion F1 Air Racer
W HEN JOSH WATSON is not running the AeroDynamic Aviation flight school in San Jose, California, he races airplanes. The son of a pilot, Watson claimed the 2023 National Championship Air Races F1…
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Max Gomez Strikes a Chord
M AX GOMEZ GREW UP IN TAOS, where he began honing his craft—what he describes as “American storytelling with an acoustic guitar”—as a teenager, playing beloved venues like the Taos Inn. His relaxed…
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Person to Meet: Donald Schmitt
R OSWELL’S INTERNATIONAL UFO MUSEUM lead investigator Donald Schmitt came to New Mexico from Chicago in 1989 as a non-believer. But after speaking with witnesses and looking at the evidence, Schmitt…
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