Cultural Gems Across New Mexico
FOR NEW MEXICO STATE historian Rob Martínez, the Land of Enchantment is a place where the past animates the present and culture thrives. The Albuquerque native and former high school teacher’s family…
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Category: Culture
Full Sail in Shiprock
SHIPROCK HAS BECOME one of the most recognizable places in the Southwest. Dozens of movies and TV shows have filmed scenes before the dramatic 7,178-foot peak that rises sharply from the desert floor…
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Fresh Takes at IAIA
“WHAT’S DIFFERENT HERE is that you can really see what Indigenous artists are doing today,” says Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation), director of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)…
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What We’re Reading: Pasó por Aquí and The Desire of the Moth
WRITER, COWBOY, RANCHER, miner, and army scout Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869–1934) is remembered today for little more than coining the phrase “the land of enchantment.” A recent reissue of two of his…
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Guided Tours Along Route 66
ACOMA PUEBLO ALONG ROUTE 66 Acoma Pueblo was settled atop a 367-foot sandstone mesa nearly a millennia before nearby Route 66 came through. A 90-minute guided tour from the Sky City Cultural Center…
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Meet Route 66 Remixed Artist Akilah Martinez
THE DINÉ ARTIST and first-place winner in the 2025 MIT Reality Hack competition founded Glittering World Girl to use technology to foster cultural revitalization. As part of the Route 66 Remixed…
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Where Route 66 Still Moves
ON A WEEKEND NIGHT on Central Avenue, Route 66 does not feel historic. It feels active. Cars move slowly beneath old motel signs and storefront lights, an Impala rolling low, a Monte Carlo on wire…
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Route 66 Through Vintage Postcards
TUCUMCARI MOUNTAIN (ABOVE), 1938 “This card is pure Americana,” Lambert says. “As indicated by the messages on many other cards, heading west on Route 66 and seeing Tucumcari Mountain for the first…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2026
IN JEOPARDY! On a recent episode of Celebrity Jeopardy!, actor STEVEN WEBER buzzed in with “What is New Mexico?” to a clue asking in which country the state of Puebla is located. Macaulay Culkin then…
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3 Ways to Celebrate Route 66
The Other Route 66: 100 Years of People, Identity, and Place in Albuquerque June 6–January 3, 2027 “What is a road without people traveling on it?” asks Alicia Romero, head curator at Albuquerque…
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