Book Reviews
TURQUOISE, WATER, SKY: Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts BY MAXINE E. MCBRINN, ROSS E. ALTSHULER (MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 2015) Last year, New Mexico’s long-standing love affair with…
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Category: 2015
Strong Stuff
GRAPEVINES WERE FIRST PLANTED in New Mexico in 1629, and the craft beer scene, although its genesis is more recent (1988), is prolific and award-winning enough to cause us to confidently refer to the…
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From the Ground Up
(above) A student piece from a CLAY festival workshop taught by Diego Valles and Carla Martinez, a ceramist couple from Mata Ortiz, Mexico. NEED TO KNOW Silver City’s CLAY festival runs July 27…
Read MoreBringin’ It All Back Home
NEED TO KNOW Michael Hearne’s 13th Annual Big Barndance Music Festival, September 10–12, noon to 11 p.m. daily, Kit Carson Park. Festival passes are $99 until August 1, then $110, taxes included…
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What's Happening | August 2015
(above) Michael Franti performs in conjunction with the Santa Fe Yoga Festival. JULY 31–AUGUST 8 80 YEARS STRONG Lovington embraces a raucous takeover each summer when the Lea County Fair and PRCA…
Read MoreCovering the Angles
Way back when I was the features editor of a major metropolitan daily newspaper, I scored a lot of points with the business editor by telling her I thought every story, including the kinds of…
Read MoreCarrizozo Renaissance
NEED TO KNOW The Carrizozo Artist Tour and Festival will be held the weekend of August 15–16. Open during the festival: galleries and businesses along 12th St., as well as individual artist studios…
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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…
Read MoreOne of Our 50 Is Missing
SEND US YOUR STORY—PLEASE! Send your “Missing” anecdotes to fifty@nmmagazine.com or Fifty, New Mexico Magazine, 495 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Include your name, hometown, and state…
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