Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a wild weekend. Step into a village frozen in time for Old Lincoln Days and The Last Escape of Billy the Kid pageant. The village of Lincoln is the state’s most visited historic site, and for a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Shop small at these Christmas markets. String of Lights Market, Santa Fe Sixty vendors take over the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion at the Railyard on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. The eighth annual…
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Fall for These Three Colorful Hikes
EACH FALL, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO’S glimmering aspen groves draw hikers and leaf peepers to bathe in the golden light. But for those willing to go farther afield, the Land of Enchantment’s color wheel…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Gaze at ethereal sculptures. Spiritual themes appear in the figures carved by late sculptor Patrociño Barela, whose work makes up the new exhibition, Patrociño Barela: I Stand On My Own Feet at the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Feel the spirit of flamenco. Starting Friday, Festival Flamenco de Alburquerque brings hundreds of flamenco artists from around the world to perform, teach classes, and collaborate in the Duke City…
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Rael’s Serves Up Artistic Treats
APPROACHING THE COUNTER TO ORDER A DRINK at Rael’s Store & Coffee Shop, in Questa, you can’t help but notice the abundance of local art. An array of carved wooden religious figures, paintings of…
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Triple Play
WITH QUESTA'S STUNNING NATURAL VISTAS and community spirit, it’s no surprise former mayor and longtime resident Malaquias Rael is fond of saying, “I’m not a millionaire, but I have a millionaire’s…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
The Questa History Trail includes a stop at the restored San Antonio de Padua church plaza. Photograph by J. Leven. Trek through history. Questa rolls out the dusty carpet for National Trails Day with…
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A Town Reborn
Above: Questa abuts the wildlands of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Photographs by Minesh Bacrania. THE VILLAGE OF QUESTA perches where the Sangre de Cristo peaks and ponderosa pine…
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A Hero's Questa
Above: Near Questa, the Rio Grande cuts an 800-foot gorge through volcanic rock. Photograph by Geraint Smith. At an elevation of 7,461 feet, the mountain enclave of Questa is the gateway to the Río…
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