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Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos Halloweekend, Los Alamos If you’re that person—or family—who’s really into Halloween, Los Alamos is the place to be this weekend, as the city’s annual…

Five Things to Do This Weekend

1 Go global. Film screenings, panels, artist talks, and parties make up the Santa Fe International Film Festival at Violet Crown Cinema, the Jean Cocteau Cinema, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and…

What We're Reading: Murder at Sleeping Tiger

AT A FICTIONAL MEDITATION CENTER near Taos, all is not Zen. A record snowstorm closes roads, people fall dead, and Sheriff Ulysses Walker suspects … murrderr. Dixon-based behavioral therapist C.R…

Become a Jewelry Rock Star

BEHIND A STRIP-MALL DOOR, A SMALL brigade of makers has blowtorches blazing, tiny hammers swinging, and buffing stones whirling. At Albuquerque Silver & Stone Academy, beginners and pros alike learn…

One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2022

Meta-Googling Jon Jackson, who lives in Albuquerque, sent in a whopper that belongs only in virtual reality. When his Google Pixel 3 XL phone battery failed a few years back, he sent Google a message…

Try Your Hand at Jewelry Making

Decide what you want to make. Then find who teaches it. Albuquerque’s Meltdown Studio offers specialized classes in specific styles of jewelry, including corset and spinner rings, cuff bracelets, and…

Earn Your Spurs in Silversmithing

OUT WHERE THE HIGH PLAINS meet Route 66, people from all over the world are drawn to the Cowboy Arts/Western Silversmithing associate’s degree program at Mesalands Community College, in Tucumcari…

These Brooms Will Sweep You Off Your Feet

IN A STUDIO AT EL ZAGUÁN, a historic adobe compound for artists and writers on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road, Julia Tait Dickenson makes brooms—but not just any brooms. “I like to make functional things…

Manhattan Project Leaders, Frozen in Time

IN THE END, J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER and Leslie Groves’s time in Los Alamos flitted past quickly. Their legacy, however, lives on—not only in a pair of bronze statues downtown but also in the city’s…