Meet Angelique Midthunder: The Star Maker
E MMY-NOMINATED CASTING director Angelique Midthunder may have been born in Bangkok, but for the last two decades she’s been an integral force in New Mexico’s booming film industry. “It’s been…
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Tag: Culture
Editor’s Letter: Game Time
THE AUDIENCE cheered as the screen went dark and the credits rolled on Rez Ball. Hosted by the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFIFF), the special screening was more than an early preview of the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Halloween Espooky Mercado Shop Halloween-themed goods made by local vendors at the second annual Espooky Mercado at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque. It…
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What We’re Reading: A Passing West
DAGOBERTO GILB’S book of personal and journalistic essays, A Passing West (UNM Press), is as fun as it is thought-provoking. His meditations on Mexican American identity and life in the West take…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2024
BON VOYAGE As a Santa Fean looking to take a vacation, ALAN HILL was intrigued by a recent piece of clickbait advertising on Yahoo.com. “Empty Alaska Cruises Departing from New Mexico that Seniors Can…
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Barelas Is for the Gente
A CALICO CAT LOUNGES ON THE PATIO in front of La Mexicana Tortilla Co. Cleo and her two cohorts are street cats in their golden years that the crew of the historic Albuquerque establishment treat with…
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An Ode to the St. James Hotel
THE BULLET HOLES in the ceiling will be missed. So, too, will the St. James Hotel’s bison burgers, ice-cold beers, and the sound of bootheels on the old wooden floor. The list of Old West figures who…
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The Hood Celebrates Art and Culture
THE PLAYFUL definition printed on the door of the Hood in Las Cruces sums up what awaits inside and beyond: the hood (slang) noun : short for “neigh · bor · hood” : community · culture · barrio :…
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Emily Trujillo’s Modern Take on Weaving
AT 31 YEARS OLD, Emily Trujillo is the heir apparent to a textile legacy that began eight generations ago, when Mexico-born Diego Trujillo settled in the village of Chimayó in the mid-1600s. Over the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: September 2024
WHEN IN ROAM Several years ago, JUSTIN MORRIS received an unusually high cell phone bill, so he called his carrier. “Did you travel last month?” the representative asked. “I did spend some time in New…
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