Tag: Fiestas & Festivals

Go. See. Do | January 2018

By Jordan Eddy on Dec. 15, 2017

Above: If you're driven by a competitive spirit and a love of fresh powder, hit New Mexico's ski areas this month. Photography by Reed Weimer. TEN … NINE … EIGHT … At the New Year’s Eve countdown in…

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Whole Hog

By Gwyneth Doland on Dec. 15, 2017

INSIDE THE JUDGES' TENT, the water bottles have frozen, and so has the ink in our pens. A volunteer sees me struggling to write and hands me a chubby permanent marker to rate the latest sample of…

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Go. See. Do | December 2017

By Jordan Eddy on Nov. 13, 2017

Above: A hot-air balloon over Gallup, during the Red Rock Balloon Rally. Photography Courtesy New Mexico Tourism Department. HOLIDAY BIZARRE New Mexico’s avant-garde spirit thrives this holiday…

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Go. See. Do. | November 2017

By Gwyneth Doland on Oct. 17, 2017

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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An Appreciation of the New Mexico County Fair

By David Pike on Jul. 15, 2017

COME AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, after the warm summer breezes have played through but before the first snaps of cool autumn air arrive, our state enacts a certain ritual—a rite of passage, really, one…

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New Traditions

By Andrew Roush on Jun. 14, 2017

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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Go. See. Do | July 2017

By Andrew Roush on Jun. 14, 2017

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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Go. See. Do. | June 2017

By Andrew Roush on May. 15, 2017

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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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

By Andrew Roush on May. 15, 2017

Former barbecue world champion Kelly Wertz returns to Smokin' on the Pecos. New Mexico’s state championship barbecue tournament was born from a morning of binge-watching the TV show BBQ Pitmasters…

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Go. See. Do. | May 2017

By Andrew Roush & Kate Nelson on May. 01, 2017

Above: The Liberators perform gunfight reenactments at Rawhide Days. Photography by Connie Loveland Photography BEAR WITH US Smokey never sleeps. For 70 years, he’s educated Americans about the…

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