2022 True Heroes
Join us on November 17 at 7 p.m. for New Mexico Magazine's True Heroes recognition ceremony on Facebook: @NewMexicoMagazine Dr. Sanjeev Arora The Albuquerque gastroenterologist’s Project ECHO is…
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Category: People
Plaza Café Celebrates 75 Years
AS A KID, ONE OF LEONARDO RAZATOS’S jobs was to stand on a milk crate and make toast all day for customers of his family’s restaurant, the Plaza Café—a Santa Fe Plaza landmark celebrating 75 years…
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Balloon Pilot Reaches New Heights
RAY BAIR FOLLOWED WHAT HE CALLS a “natural sequence of steps” into ballooning—from spectator to crewman to balloon owner to pilot. In 1973, Bair and his wife, Carol, attended the very first World Hot…
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Shad Mayfield Busts Rodeo Barriers
AS THE SON OF tie-down roping standout Sylvester Mayfield, Shad Mayfield grew up with big boots to fill. “When I was little, I started practicing by walking around with a rope in my hand, just roping…
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Marla Allison Colors New Worlds
“I AM FROM LAGUNA PUEBLO, so I paint Laguna Pueblo,” says Marla Allison, though her influences span from Hopi and Laguna pottery designs to the modernism of Paul Klee and Pablo Picasso. Art lovers in…
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Luis Tapia Carves A New Path
JUDGING BY THE MAN'S DROOPED HEAD and slumped shoulders, the bottle of tequila on the table dealt a knockout blow. Carved from wood, in the style of a Spanish colonial bulto, the figure hardly seems a…
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Larry Crumpler's Mars Mission
VOLCANOLOGIST LARRY CRUMPLER has long studied New Mexico’s lava-filled past while working at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, in Albuquerque. Over the last 15 years, his research…
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The Man Behind The Dukes Logo
A DELIGHTED GRIN BREAKS OVER DICK MOOT'S FACE when he spies my Albuquerque Dukes baseball hat. The Spanish conquistador logo, which he hastily designed in 1972—after a newspaper contest to name what…
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A Cuentista’s Magic
SINCE ITS PUBLICATION in 1972, Bless Me, Ultima has inspired countless people across this country and around the globe, both young and old, to read, write, and listen with a sincere appreciation for…
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This Fashion Designer Is Back 4 Good
TEARS RISE IN AMY DENET DEAL'S EYES when she talks about the first time she entered a room full of people who looked like her—a moment when she felt like she was home. As a Diné person raised off Diné…
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