True Heroes 2023: Leba Freed
LEBA FREED HAS BEEN WORKING to preserve the Albuquerque Rail Yards for nearly four decades. Built in 1914 to service steam locomotives as part of the railroad expansion that occurred in the early 20th…
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True Heroes 2023: Holly and Noelle Chavez
DEBORAH DINGWALL’S 39-YEAR-OLD SON was living at home when he began struggling with mental illness. Despite her efforts to help, she had to ask him to leave when he became aggressive. Suddenly…
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True Heroes 2023: Carmen Baca
THE SPRING MORNING started the same as any other for writer Carmen Baca. But around 2 p.m. on April 6, 2022, from her home in Cañoncito de las Manuelitas, Baca noticed smoke snaking across the sky off…
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Remembering John Nichols
ONE OF NEW MEXICO’S most beloved writers left us on Monday, November 27. John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War, died at age 83. Born and raised in New York, he wrote his first novels there…
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2023 True Heroes
Join us on November 16 at 7 p.m. for New Mexico Magazine's True Heroes recognition ceremony on YouTube: @newmexicomag Presented by New Mexico Magazine and KOB 4. CARMEN BACA The longtime Las Vegas…
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A Look into Lucy R. Lippard's Life
WRITER, ART CRITIC, CURATOR, AND ACTIVIST Lucy R. Lippard is no stranger to the publishing world. She has authored hundreds of articles and more than 20 books, including Pueblo Chico: Land and Lives…
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Delmas Howe Sets the Art Mood
AS A BOY, HE OFTEN LAY IN THE GRASS to watch the billowing cumulus clouds roll in from the Black Range. A sweet-eyed bassoon player who also liked to read about Greek and Roman mythology, he was…
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Will Grant Journeys into the Old West
IN MAY 2019, WILL GRANT AND HIS PARTNER, CLAIRE ANTOSZEWSKI, drove more than 700 miles from their home in Santa Fe to St. Joseph, Missouri, with Grant’s two horses, Chicken Fry and Badger, in tow. The…
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Fly the Friendly New Mexico Skies
CHRIS DAHL-BREDINE CHASES THE LIGHT. “I’m moved by sunrises and sunsets,” he says. “There’s nothing quite like the beautiful New Mexico light, and I just want to be right there in it.” Flying high in…
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Nominate Your True Hero
NEW MEXICANS ARE KNOWN FOR their resilience and compassion. From volunteers and philanthropists to healthcare workers and educators, many individuals went above and beyond to serve their communities…
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