Datebook: May 2026
THIS YEAR, expect double the fun at the annual Smokey Bear Days. The two-day bash at Smokey Bear Historical Park, in Capitán, celebrates both the wildfire-prevention icon’s birthday and the park’s…
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Category: April
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Catch an arts panel. On Saturday at 2 p.m., artists, activists, and lawyers gather at the Albuquerque Museum to speak about the mass incarceration of immigrants in New Mexico and the rest of the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2026
DISS TRACK KATHLEEN MCNERNEY of Albuquerque felt bypassed by an article titled “A Musical Route 66 Road Trip” in The Week last December. The piece mapped out an itinerary and soundtrack for Mother…
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Voices of Chaco: Judy Tuwaletstiwa
C HACO CHANGED Judy Tuwaletstiwa’s life, both personally and as an artist. For one, it’s where she met her husband, Phillip Tuwaletstiwa (Hopi). Her time in the canyon also launched a creative journey…
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Walk Chaco’s Ancient Trails
THE TRAIL TO TSIN KLETSIN meanders through sagebrush, sandstone, and desert washes before climbing up to the Ancestral Puebloan great house. The South Mesa structure seems to stand alone, far removed…
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Ancient Astronomy at Chaco Canyon
WHILE THE SKY still just hints at dawn, people line up at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center, waiting for the gates to open on what, for many, will be a once-in-a-lifetime view…
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The Story Behind The Black Shawl
THE RICH BLUES and heavenly golds of New Mexico’s landscape were beloved by 20th-century figurative painters. They paid less attention to the region’s mystical purples, found in uncanny valleys…
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Red Chile Mocha Milkshake
This recipe originall appeared in "Ode to Hi-D-Ho" by Joshua Wheeler…
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Ode to Hi-D-Ho Drive In
TO ORDER A WORLD-FAMOUS TIGER Burger—or anything else—from Alamogordo’s Hi-D-Ho Drive In, you simply flash your headlights. They’ve done it this way since 1952. You push the button or twist the dial a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Go out to dinner—or brunch. This weekend is a great time to visit some of the best restaurants in the Duke City during Albuquerque Restaurant Week. The event welcomes hungry patrons to dine at…
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