Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Get jazzy in Taos. The great alto saxophonist Frank Morgan called Taos home for five years before his passing in 2007. Now, the Frank Morgan Jazz Festival honors his legacy by bringing some of the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Experience independent cinema. Santa Fe International Film Festival This festival showcasing independent, international, and Indigenous films has become one of the most lauded in the country, and…
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Summer Eats and Treats
DURING THE DOG DAYS, I start looking at my stove as an enemy. Not only has the heat zapped my energy to cook, but working over a hot oven sounds like a punishment of the cruel and unusual variety…
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19 Must-Try Taco Spots in New Mexico
CASA TACO James Pecherski has been making puffy tacos for more than 30 years—even before he came to Santa Fe as the executive sous chef for Coyote Cafe in 1994. When the Detroit native opened Casa…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Tamale Festival, Las Cruces Taste tons of masa wrapped deliciousness during the Tamale Festival on Sunday from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces. Attendees can try…
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Close Encounters of the Space Kind
NO, WE’RE NOT CLOSE to having Scotty beam us up in the Enterprise transporter system like on Star Trek, but some of the otherworldly objects of science fiction aren’t so alien in the real world today…
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Enjoy Hot-Air Balloons Year-Round
➤ Taos Mountain Balloon Rally October 27–29 Fall colors in the mountains add to the spectacle of this intimate event, which draws about 35 balloons each year. ➤ Artesia Balloons & Tunes Festival…
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Ham the Astrochimp's Journey into Space
AT THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF SPACE HISTORY, in Alamogordo, visitors leave bananas on the gravestone of Ham the Astrochimp as a tribute to the first great ape who was launched into space. “Before an…
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Have a Blast with Fourth of July Fireworks
Alamogordo Alamogordo presents its most patriotic theme yet with the “Salute to Freedom” Independence Day Parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Oregon Avenue and travels down 10th Street to New York…
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Feel the Love at Hi-D-Ho
MIKA MYERS GREW UP PREPARING BURGERS with her grandmother, Patricia Dulany, who owned Alamogordo’s Hi-D-Ho Drive-In from the late 1970s until Myers took over as owner. Myers, who also works as a…
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