The Mills Grind Slowly
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO are many oldfashioned water mills, used for grinding the small crops grown in the valleys along the water courses. Each settlement usually has its own mill to crush…
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Category: 2022
Keeping the Faith for New Mexico's Historic Churches
THE LITTLE CHAPEL IN THE PASTORAL Gallinas River Valley had seen decades of cherished rites before it began to crumble. In 2019, historic preservationists undertook lifesaving actions to firm up San…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Go global. Film screenings, panels, artist talks, and parties make up the Santa Fe International Film Festival at Violet Crown Cinema, the Jean Cocteau Cinema, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and…
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What We're Reading: Murder at Sleeping Tiger
AT A FICTIONAL MEDITATION CENTER near Taos, all is not Zen. A record snowstorm closes roads, people fall dead, and Sheriff Ulysses Walker suspects … murrderr. Dixon-based behavioral therapist C.R…
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Become a Jewelry Rock Star
BEHIND A STRIP-MALL DOOR, A SMALL brigade of makers has blowtorches blazing, tiny hammers swinging, and buffing stones whirling. At Albuquerque Silver & Stone Academy, beginners and pros alike learn…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2022
Meta-Googling Jon Jackson, who lives in Albuquerque, sent in a whopper that belongs only in virtual reality. When his Google Pixel 3 XL phone battery failed a few years back, he sent Google a message…
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Try Your Hand at Jewelry Making
Decide what you want to make. Then find who teaches it. Albuquerque’s Meltdown Studio offers specialized classes in specific styles of jewelry, including corset and spinner rings, cuff bracelets, and…
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Earn Your Spurs in Silversmithing
OUT WHERE THE HIGH PLAINS meet Route 66, people from all over the world are drawn to the Cowboy Arts/Western Silversmithing associate’s degree program at Mesalands Community College, in Tucumcari…
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These Brooms Will Sweep You Off Your Feet
IN A STUDIO AT EL ZAGUÁN, a historic adobe compound for artists and writers on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road, Julia Tait Dickenson makes brooms—but not just any brooms. “I like to make functional things…
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Manhattan Project Leaders, Frozen in Time
IN THE END, J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER and Leslie Groves’s time in Los Alamos flitted past quickly. Their legacy, however, lives on—not only in a pair of bronze statues downtown but also in the city’s…
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