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Maria Manuela
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Maria Manuela

Maria Manuela is a writer, curator and model based in Santa Fe, where she was born and raised. Currently, she is writing a short story collection of magical realism folk stories based in the Southwest.

Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Tamale Festival, Las Cruces Taste tons of masa wrapped deliciousness during the Tamale Festival on Sunday from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces. Attendees can try…

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Datebook: May 2024

IF FOOD IS ONE OF THE BEST ways to experience culture, then the New Mexico Tamale Festival cooks up the perfect chance to take a huge bite. The Cinco de Mayo celebration brings together local…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Eat Indigenous food. A three-day event featuring Indigenous chefs from throughout the Southwest, the Taste of Decolonization focuses on Native food, its history, and its future. The inaugural event…

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Putting Culture on the Catwalk

A PUFFY, WHITE BOMBER JACKET evokes desert skies. Pieced together using elegant patchwork, it incorporates vintage textiles to create a billowy shape that seems borrowed from monsoon clouds. Blue…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Turn trash to treasure. Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke Creek), a faculty member at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), creates striking works that push the boundaries of jewelry as an artistic…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Focus on abstraction. The Taos Abstract Artists Collective opens its Spring Exhibition at the Taos Center for the Arts with a reception on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. Featuring works by 64 abstract…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Have a classically cool time. Classic car lovers take over downtown Artesia during the 25th annual Main Event Car Show and Cruise. It kicks off Friday at the Bulldog Bowl when a parade of cool…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Come to dinner. Santa Fe’s Form & Concept gallery opens its newest exhibition, A Feast to Remember , with an artist reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. The installation piece by Santa Fe artist Jenny…

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Datebook: April 2024

THE TOWERING PECAN TREES in southern New Mexico have grown near the Río Grande for more than 100 years. Many are attributed to Fabián García, the first director of the New Mexico State University…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Go Baroque. Enjoy songs by female French Baroque composers during SF Pro Musica’s Baroque Holy Week concert. The Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon performances at the First Presbyterian Church…

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