Johnnie Meier Lights Route 66
H ISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST Johnnie Meier is an alchemist of sorts, restoring the magical glow of yesteryear’s neon signs along New Mexico’s Route 66. He’s also the owner of the Classical Gas Museum, in…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See works by unhoused artists. In partnership with ArtStreet, a branch of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque unveils a new exhibition, Entwined , with a…
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Route 66 Road Trip: Tijeras to West Albuquerque
ROUTE TIJERAS TO WEST ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 30 miles • Nob Hill, Central Avenue, Fourth Street EAT. Housed in a former Phillips service station, the 66 Diner channels the 1950s, with burgers, shakes…
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Two Paths, One Epic Route 66
WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED Route 66–era buildings and a necklace of neon bling along the 18-mile Route 66 stretch known as Central Avenue, Albuquerque could easily be considered the Route 66 capital of…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See an artist blend memory and tradition. The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe opens Jordan Ann Craig: My Way Home , a new exhibition highlighting the work of the Northern…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See a unique collaborative performance. Ideas of belonging and cultural identity permeate Illustration, Songs, and Memory: Until There’s Nothing Left to Give , a performance by visual artist Zahra…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Lift off for White Sands. See hot air balloons lift off from the dunes at White Sands National Park during the White Sands Balloon Glow Invitational on Saturday starting at 7 a.m. On Saturday…
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25 Reasons to Love Route 66
COME TAKE A RIDE. The passenger door is open. We have a 19-foot-long shell-pink and iridescent-lavender American automobile to take us down the road. Some days, as the early-summer sun shakes down…
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True Grit: New Mexico's Western Mythos
IN 2008, THE LURID DRAMA No Country for Old Men won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. A gloriously creepy essay on violence—in which a madman toting a cattle gun teases victims into calling a coin…
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