ABQ BioPark Gets a Wild Makeover
“THE BAAAABBBYYY!” shrieks a woman behind me, pushing a stroller, jolting me out of my quiet study of Gila, the ABQ BioPark Zoo’s four-month-old baby gorilla. I spin around to make sure the woman’s…
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Category: Albuquerque
Making the River of Lights
A CRAFTSMAN BORN AND RAISED in Albuquerque, Joey Trujillo was originally hired at the ABQ BioPark for horticulture and construction in 2001. But everything changed when Trujillo’s boss saw him weld a…
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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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Route 66 Road Trip: Tijeras to West Albuquerque
ROUTE TIJERAS TO WEST ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 30 miles • Nob Hill, Central Avenue, Fourth Street EAT. Housed in a former Phillips service station, the 66 Diner channels the 1950s, with burgers, shakes…
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Two Paths, One Epic Route 66
WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED Route 66–era buildings and a necklace of neon bling along the 18-mile Route 66 stretch known as Central Avenue, Albuquerque could easily be considered the Route 66 capital of…
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Barelas Is for the Gente
A CALICO CAT LOUNGES ON THE PATIO in front of La Mexicana Tortilla Co. Cleo and her two cohorts are street cats in their golden years that the crew of the historic Albuquerque establishment treat with…
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Take a Tour of UNM's Campus
WHEN NEW MEXICO’S TERRITORIAL government decided in 1889 to establish an institution of higher learning in Albuquerque, it called for a school sited on 20 acres of “high and dry” land, uphill from the…
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