Clovis Cranks Up the Volume
WITH 90 MINUTES UNTIL SHOWTIME, parking is already scarce at the Curry County Events Center. I hurry toward the front gates, passing out-of-towners as they help their children down from dusty pickups…
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Tag: Music
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Come to dinner. Santa Fe’s Form & Concept gallery opens its newest exhibition, A Feast to Remember , with an artist reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. The installation piece by Santa Fe artist Jenny…
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Datebook: April 2024
THE TOWERING PECAN TREES in southern New Mexico have grown near the Río Grande for more than 100 years. Many are attributed to Fabián García, the first director of the New Mexico State University…
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Dissonance in the Desert
COMPOSER RAVEN CHACON TRACES coordinates in the air above the dining table of his Albuquerque bungalow. He triangulates the house his father built in Corrales in the early 1970s; the Navajo Nation of…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Catch Music City in Santa Fe. Nashville’s Bluebird Café is known for hosting intimate concerts where famous musicians like Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, and Maren Morris drop in at the 90-person…
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Get Ready to Rock
KEN PETERSON THINKS of Bands of Enchantment as a New Mexico postcard to the world. Set to begin its third season on January 27, the Albuquerque-based TV show features local, national, and…
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A Spectacle to Behold
A FEW MILES NORTH OF TAOS, a massive pair of thick-rimmed glasses peers out onto NM 150 near the driveway to the Bareiss Gallery. In 2002, Texas artist Steve Teeters constructed two sculptures of…
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San Miguel Chapel Sets the Stage
LAURIANNE FIORENTINO IS SPEAKING TO A GROUP of tourists on a warm summer morning at San Miguel Chapel. Fiorentino, chapel director since July 2022, explains how the original 1610 structure was built…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Native art and culture. Indigenous artwork comes to downtown Farmington during the 34th annual Totah Festival & Indian Market, Friday through Sunday at the Farmington Civic Center. The…
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Nacha Mendez Inspires the Next Generation
AT AGE SEVEN, a severed fingertip nearly kept Margarita Cordero, who performs as Nacha Mendez, from a career in music. Inspired by the ranchera songs her grandmother (the original Nacha Mendez) taught…
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