What We’re Reading: Wolvers
TAYLOR BROWN’S Wolvers (St. Martin’s Press) drops readers into southwestern New Mexico’s rugged Gila Wilderness, where the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves has reignited old tensions. At the…
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Category: Arts & Entertainment
Get Set for the Tucumcari Film Festival
FOR FILMMAKER RACHEL BARRETT, the Tucumcari Film Festival is like an old-school double feature. She gets to show her movies at the Historic Odeon Theatre and the Tucumcari Railroad Depot alongside…
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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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Eric-Paul Riege Brings Art to Life
IN 2019, DINÉ MULTIMEDIA ARTIST Eric-Paul Riege exhibited Hóló—it xistz at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. In video documentation of the five-hour performance, Riege wears a masked headdress…
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These Historic Theaters are the Reel Deal
CAVERN THEATRE Carlsbad OPENED: 1951 SEATS: 665 After an $8.4 million remodel, the Art Deco–style theater blends modern amenities, like hearing-assistance headsets, with historic touches, like the…
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Historic Theaters Light Up Main Streets
OUT ON BULLARD STREET, the Silco Theater’s Art Deco marquee casts a pale neon wash across Silver City’s mostly darkened downtown. Just inside, checkerboard floors catch the low light as I slip into…
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Reclaiming the Survival Field Guide
MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN classic army field manuals at military surplus stores or kept one close while you served. Or perhaps you dusted one off while browsing through a veteran relative’s things, intrigued…
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What We’re Reading: Horses
NAVAJO NATION poet laureate Jake Skeets won several national awards for his 2019 debut, which centers on queer eros on the rez. His stunning follow-up, Horses (Milkweed Editions), describes…
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What We’re Reading: I Am Agatha
IN HER DEBUT NOVEL, I Am Agatha (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster), Nancy Foley channels the distinctive rhythms of a famous artist’s interior monologue. Inspired by a rumored packet of destroyed…
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Passing Down New Mexico’s Heritage Crafts
AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD on the yellow-hilled outskirts of Carlsbad, the door to Wagon Trail Riding Equipment, home of Trinity Saddles, is open to the warm breeze. Walking into Rosemary Wilkie’s…
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