Stranger Things Around New Mexico
Center of the Universe, Albuquerque While the Center Of The Universe may be quotidian on the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque campus, Bruce Nauman’s concrete walk-through sculpture has a…
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Tag: Carlsbad
Meet the Jackalope at Red Chimney Pit BBQ
IN 1994, Jill Torres’s grandfather Danny Fowler was in the middle of a high-stakes billiards game. His opponent retrieved a wooden crate from his car and wagered its contents. Fowler won the pot, and…
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Carlsbad History Takes Shape
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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Trace the Goodnight-Loving Trail
WHERE LONGHORNS ONCE kicked up red dust, oil pumpjacks known as “nodding donkeys” now pepper the land along the Pecos River, from the Texas border to up past Artesia. The opportunity to turn hard work…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Toast to summer. Sip and shop at New Mexico’s longest running wine festival, the Santa Fe Wine Festival, Saturday and Sunday at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. “The unique nature of our grounds being…
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Let’s Go Crazy
EVEN IF YOU DON’T recognize the name, you almost certainly know the work of John Van Hamersveld. The graphic designer and one-time art director at Capitol Records created some of the most recognizable…
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Datebook: June 2026
PUT ON YOUR best boots and biggest hat and get ready for a rootin’ tootin’ time at the Wild West Frontier Festival. The fictional 1880s mining town of Jamestown, New Mexico, pops up at the Wildlife…
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Stuff More Family Fun Into the Holidays
MAKE A PLAY DATE Santa Fe Children’s Museum’s newly redesigned Backyard features more than an acre of fenced outdoor space that includes a zipline, amphitheater, sandbox, garden, beehive, and…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Explore the forest. This weekend wraps up National Forest Week, a celebration of the natural world with outdoors activities hosted throughout the country, including Silver City and Santa Fe. “The…
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Datebook: June 2025
FLAMING PURPLE PAINT JOBS, cherry-red lifted Ford F-150s, butter-yellow 1960s Mustangs, and other shiny souped-up hot rods make it fun to ogle the offerings at the Spokes on 66 Car Show in Grants…
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