True Heroes 2022: Beverly Charley
IN HER EARLY TWENTIES, WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMY, Farmington native Beverly Charley felt her heart grow three times bigger. Charley was leading a supply convoy in Somalia when one of the vehicles…
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Category: 2022
Fired Up for the Holidays
S ARAH HART LOVED THE ANNUAL Bonfires On Bent Street even before she opened Ennui Gallery on a small street lined with shops and galleries north of the Taos Plaza. A printmaker, painter, and graphic…
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The Pecos River Shines Bright
B OAT TOURS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER through a wonderland of twinkling light displays, a Christmas Village arts and crafts market, and visits with Santa have enchanted Carlsbad for more than three…
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Add a Dash of Cheer With These Cooking Classes
Santa Fe School of Cooking, Santa Fe Make tantalizing tamales with the guidance of Chef de Cuisine Noe Cano, who has worked at many of Santa Fe’s top restaurants. “The key to great tamales is lots of…
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Shining a Light on Holiday Traditions
IF NOT FOR THE PAPER-BAG LANTERNS snaking over the sand dunes, I might’ve been afraid of the dark. Last December’s quarter moon was still rising on the 2021 Elephant Butte Luminaria Beachwalk when I…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Float over Gallup. Hot-air balloons mosey along dramatic canyons and over sandstone cliffs at the Red Rock Balloon Rally—the second-largest balloon rally in North America (and in New Mexico!)—which…
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Biscochitos Baked in Tradition
WHILE GROWING UP ON SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, LaShon Cate learned to make biscochitos with her grandmother Candelaria Sandoval. “She had a day care with all the granddaughters,” Cate says. “We all had our…
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Editor's Letter: Cheer Squad
ALMOST NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU for the funky fun of your first Madrid Christmas Parade—no matter how many times you’ve visited the ghost town turned artist haven or binged the Hallmark Channel’s…
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Datebook: December 2022
AS IF A GATHERING OF 200 COLORFUL HOT-AIR BALLOONS isn’t enough, the Red Rock Balloon Rally cranks up the volume with a spectacular setting in Gallup’s Red Rock Park, three days of family-friendly…
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Solo the Yak Brings Christmas Joy
I F THE MADRID CHRISTMAS PARADE HAD A PRINCESS , Maizie Blue would bear the off-kilter crown. The Española 13-year-old has been riding Solo the Yak, adorned with a bright red nose and led by Santa…
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