One of Our 50 Is Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD Mark Gruen lives in Albuquerque, so it seemed pretty reasonable to him that he could watch “our awesome” New Mexico United soccer…
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Category: January 2020
Digging Deep
Above: The Silver City Museum. Photography courtesy of Silver City Museum. As a Norteña, I sometimes feel like other parts of the state elude me, including a place like Silver City, where the whole…
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Street Smarts
I have a soft spot for both Vietnamese food and French crepes, but I never thought of them working together as fusion. Even the word is suspect to me. But Tapas Tree Grill, in Silver City, proved me…
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Brown Girl Magic
Above: A Culture Club client. Photograph by Maryssa Chavez. This month, Culture Club Salon celebrates its two-year anniversary. Owner Jenny Gonzales opened it in January 2018 with community in mind…
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White Shoes
“IT'S JUST LIKE WALKING. Don’t make it weird,” a friend advises as I buckle into snowshoes for a maiden journey. With my first steps, I feel the urge to widen my stance and amble like a newbie cowgirl…
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Healing Waters
FIRST FIND BIBO, north of Laguna Pueblo. From there, NM 279 leads to the small village of Seboyeta. Curve around the old church, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, and you’ll come upon a dirt road that…
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State of Art
Above: Paula Tackett. Photograph by John McCauley. PAULA TACKETT REGULARLY STOPS VISITORS inside the Roundhouse, New Mexico’s capitol building, to say, “You’re in the best art gallery in the state.”…
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Change of Pace
Above: Aztec's Alien Run Trail offers other-wordly vistas and mild weather, even in the deepest part of winter. Photographs by Jeremy Wade Shockley. AT NINE ON A SATURDAY night, Farmington is quiet…
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We Hereby Declare
Above: Scenes from the citizenship ceremony at Aztec Ruins National Monument. Photographs by Jeremy Wade Shockley. We have come many miles to this place where so many have come before. The event that…
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