Inside the Life of a Rodeo Clown
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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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Main Street Days at the State Fair
September 4 – Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: Learn about New Mexico’s law enforcement agencies, from local police to the FBI. September 5 – Firefighters & Smokey Bear Day: Climb aboard dozens of…
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State Fair Rides for Every Thrill Level
The Grand Carousel is the centerpiece of the midway, with 60 colorful horses in rows of four, bobbing up and down to the calliope sounds that fill the air. “It’s the largest portable one they make,”…
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State Fair Rodeo FAQs
WHO ARE THE COWBOYS? “We get some of the top-ranked cowboys in the world,” he says. “One of the big reasons is, not only just the money that we offer here, but we’re one of the final stops before the…
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The State Fair Serves Up Big Flavor
REX THOMPSON knows how to wow the crowds. Sure, the cotton candy, funnel cakes, and fries are fair-food essentials, but the owner of Rex’s Hamburgers, in Albuquerque, understands that the midway is…
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Tips to Score Big at the NM State Fair
AH, THE MIDWAY: A magical land where dreams are inflated to the size of a giant plush banana—and crushed in three tosses or less. But carnival pro Paul Smith, who has worked fairs for more than half a…
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What We’re Reading: The Kármán Line
T HE KÁRMÁN LINE (Rescue Press), the title of Daisy Atterbury’s breathtaking, genre-blurring memoir in poetry and prose, refers to the threshold between Earth and outer space. “Above the Kármán line,”…
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Outsiders Are In at Kukani Gallery
ARTIST JESSE LITTLEBIRD’S 1973 Dodge Dart is not a lowrider, although people often mistake it for one. It might be a boat compared to most modern compacts, but the Dart is typically smaller than the…
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