A S A TEENAGE RUNAWAY, Gemma Ra’Star DiFerdinando ended up in the Southwest in 2001 after hopping on a freight train with two Catahoula leopard dogs she found under a house. Through the kindness of…
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WREN PRATHER-STROUD may share her name with a bird for a reason: She was destined to fly and explore. The Carlsbad artist has visited Jerusalem as a 19-year-old exchange student, ridden a camel to…
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O VER THE LOUDSPEAKER, you hear the announcer introduce the next performer seconds before the first drumbeat resonates across the dance circle and into the crowd, which is gathered to watch three-time…
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J AMES FLOWERS REMAINS MODEST about serving in the U.S. Army Air Force as a pilot and first lieutenant. At 110, the Tuskegee Airman is the oldest living veteran in the U.S. While Flowers says he tries…
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V ANESSA PATRICKS OWNS THE MIC. She sings, she dances, and she banters with fans who flock to her special brand of snarktastic joy. “Being a comedy queen, I lean into the campiness of drag,” she says…
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E VEN IN A BASTION of creativity like Santa Fe, Peshawn Bread (Comanche/Kiowa/Cherokee) stands out. “Clothing keeps me warm and alive,” Bread says, while wearing a yellow-and-black-plaid, fuzzy duster;…
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DAVID POLICANSKY has been tracking down and photographing historic Catholic churches since he first visited New Mexico in 2005. “I immediately noticed these interesting old churches all over the…
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E MMA KAISA BUNCH first picked up a golf club at age nine and was already playing in European tournaments at 13. But she was far from an instant success. “I got last every time,” recalls the New Mexico…
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B ORN INTO A FAMILY of Mississippi sharecroppers, Sarah Addison learned the art of storytelling while rocking on her grandmother’s knees, listening to her elder weave tales of wit and wisdom…
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T HERE’S A CERTAIN SKILL —a vibe—to driving a lowrider. “You’ve got to lean back, turn on your radio, and just cruise it,” Arthur Angelo Medina says. Known to most as LowLow, Medina and his wife, Joan…
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