Above: Dezbah Evans in costume at last year's Indigenous Comic Con as Rey from the Star Wars series. Photography by Gabriela Campos. Zombies have seized popular culture, from The Simpsons to an undead…
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Above: Mariachi musicians at Silver City's Dia de los Muertos. Photography by Jay Hemphill. CLASSIC WESTERN “By the time I was 17, life was really whippin’ up and the son of a gun never stopped. It…
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Above: Duke City Pedaler's Party bike makes New Mexico Brew Fest a movable feat. SOUTHERN CULTURE The Southern New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo, September 27–October 1 in Las Cruces, delivers thrills…
Read MoreAbove: Steamroller-size art at the Southwest Print Fiesta. Photography by Jay Hemphill. SOLE-FUL Using yucca fiber, animal sinew, and hides from buffalo, elk, and deer, Native peoples for centuries…
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Above: The Angel Fire Food and Wine Roundup includes music and dancing. Courtesy The Angel Fire Food and Wine Roundup. GUNS BLAZING All year, Lincoln Historic Site visitors meander through a town…
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Does folk art have to be old-fashioned to be authentic? The International Folk Art Market doesn’t think so. At this year’s event, July 14–16, some traditional art forms go contemporary with the…
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Brenda Rae stars in the opera Lucia dei Lammermoor, one of the operas scheduled at Santa Fe Opera this season. Photography Courtesy Santa Fe Opera. BIG BANGS Independence Day weekend inspires…
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Ceremonial masks and larger-than-life costumes delight visitors of all ages at the Museum of International Folk Art. Photography Courtesy Museum of International Folk Art. BEST ANNUAL EVENTS Nearly…
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Farmers bring flavor to downtown Las Cruces. I moved to Las Cruces in the mid-1990s, after an international confab of friends assured me it was “the place where great souls of the planet have decided…
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Above: Dust off your boots for Gallup's Best of the Best Rodeo. Photography Courtesy Best of the Best Rodeo / Nakai Photography. THE ROUTE IS ROCKIN’ Tucumcari basks in the neon glow of midcentury…
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