Rock Out with These Concert Tips
Prepare. The high-desert sun is no joke. Dress smart for outdoors events. “Sunscreen, sun protection, and hydration are the things that we preach to everybody,” says Jamie Lenfestey, director of…
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Category: Culture
One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2024
Illustration by Chris Philpot. SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST As KARIN EDWARDS of Estes Park, Colorado, was reading Joan Didion’s South and West, one sentence stopped her cold: “Out in Colorado … or out somewhere…
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What We're Reading: Lost Birds
AT THE OUTSET of Lost Birds (Harper), Anne Hillerman’s gripping ninth novel in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series, a man rings up retired detective-turned-private-eye Joe Leaphorn for help. As…
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Delbert Anderson's Musical Journey Home
THE SUN IS ALMOST set as Delbert Anderson returns to the town of Kirtland, near the San Juan River in northwest New Mexico. Returning from a teaching residency at the California Institute of the Arts…
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Five Women Artists to Watch
NEW MEXICO ART watchers already know Eliza Naranjo Morse, Nikesha Breeze, Rose B. Simpson, Szu-Han Ho, and Jennifer Nehrbass. Now, thanks to the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), the rest…
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The Story of Clayton's Dragon
THERE’S A DRAGON in Clayton. The seven-foot-long red metal beast slithers in and out of the exterior of a long-vacant building in the center of town. The four-piece dragon was designed, fabricated…
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Hit These Family-Friendly Summer Festivals
JUNE 17–22 Spaceport America Cup The intercollegiate aerospace engineering conference is inspirational—and open to the public—as more than 150 teams design, build, and fly rockets at New Mexico’s…
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Five Summer Activities for Kids
KEEPING YOUR KIDS BUSY (and off their devices) can feel like a full-time job. Finding fun and educational activities that fit their individual personalities and interests can be even harder. Feel free…
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Don't Miss These Tasty Festivals
JUNE 16 New Mexico Dérive Natural Wine Fest Choose samples from 200 wines from around the world at Santa Fe’s first natty wine festival. JULY 13 Las Cruces Downtown Tequila, Taco, & Cerveza Festival…
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First Person, Airborne
THE GRIZZLE-ALLISON FAMILY FARMS, where the three sons grew up, were situated in eastern New Mexico, about 30 miles south of Roswell, a city of about 40,000 people in the 1940s, near the small town of…
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