Datebook: October 2024
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people make the trip for the awe and joy of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. “It’s the largest balloon event in the world,” says Tom Garrity, media director and…
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Tag: Family Friendly
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Lean into fall. Aspencade Music & Arts Festival As honey-hued leaves hit their peak, Aspencade Music & Arts Festival brings live music and an arts market to Red River this weekend, making a trip to…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Listen to music in the mountains. Folk songs, Americana ballads, country melodies, and bluegrass tunes fill the forest in Kingston during Pickamania, the annual three-day music festival at the…
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Step Inside the Luminarium
THE SHARPEST DESCRIPTION of the PASEO, Taos’s beloved 10-year-old outdoor art extravaganza, came from a tattooed tough guy in a leather jacket. He was shouldering his sleeping toddler at the tail end…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Don’t miss Indian Market weekend. The biggest Indigenous arts gathering in the world, Santa Fe Indian Market takes the City Different by storm this weekend. Hundreds of artist booths, spanning 12…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Take the family to the fair. It’s hard not to feel like a kid at the San Juan County Fair in Farmington, where colorful lights, whooshing rides, fun games, and delicious eats are at your…
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5 Must-Do Nature Tours
Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary. Take a Friday-afternoon docent-led tour of the mid-1900s Randall Davey House and Studio at the property, which also offers free guided bird walks every…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See Shakespeare in the garden. The Santa Fe Classic Theater company performs Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Thursday through Sunday at 7 p.m. “It’s one of his most…
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Tips for Summer Family Fun
SCOTT NYDAM FOUNDED Gallup’s Silver Stallion to help get kids interested in mountain biking. The club has grown from one middle school physical education mountain-bike program in 2018 to 13 in-school…
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The Ultimate Summer Adventure Guide
MY FAMILY ROAD-TRIPPED throughout New Mexico in the summers when I was growing up, tent-camping out of a Ford Econoline van. Opportunities for outdoor fun seemed to await us around every corner: We’d…
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