Visions of Petaca
IN SOME WAYS, it was a strange choice for these politically active twentysomethings to settle in Petaca: The town was home to about 50 very traditional Hispano Catholic families with roots in the area…
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Category: Arts & Entertainment
Rest Easy, Dennis Hopper
TOWARD THE CENTER of a small cemetery in Ranchos de Taos, among rocks and desert scrub, a weathered wooden cross marks the grave of Dennis Hopper. Bandanas, motorcycle patches, and beads flutter from…
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Take a Little Trip Through Lowrider Culture
I’D GROWN UP in Albuquerque seeing lowriders my whole life, but mostly in passing. One Sunday in 2017, I took my camera to Seventh Street and Central Avenue. I wanted to photograph scenes I’d only…
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The 7,500-Foot Literary Fest
LITTLE HAS CHANGED since Willa Cather’s rendering of Santa Fe nearly a hundred years ago. The evening’s tangerine light still catches low rooftops, the Plaza still stands crisp and green underfoot…
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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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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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