Putting Culture on the Table
IN THE 1920S AND ’30S, ONE OF THE HOTTEST spots in Santa Fe was a Chinese-American restaurant. Members of Santa Fe’s artists-and-writers colony shared tables, stories, and chop suey at Henry Gee Gay…
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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 Watch Indigenous culture shine. The 101st Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial brings a slew of celebratory events to Gallup August 4–13, including an art market, dance performances, pow wows…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Spanish art. A signature summer event on the Santa Fe Plaza, Traditional Spanish Market celebrates the breadth and depth of Spanish art in the Land of Enchantment. From tinwork and wood…
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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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Why We Love NM: Our Art Tells Sacred Stories
THE ART OF THE SANTERO, or maker of saintly images, is believed to have begun around 1760 in colonial New Mexico. Franciscan priests, charged with the task of establishing Christianity on the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: July 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. A PRESCRIPTION FOR FRUSTRATION Former Rio Rancho resident NANCY BELL once traveled from New Mexico to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. While there, she needed to refill a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Stop and smell the lavender. Lavender in the Village Festival takes over Hartnett Park in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The biggest celebration of lavender in the…
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Why We Love NM: Here, Native People Tell Their Own Stories
N EW MEXICO’S INDIGENOUS-LED INSTITUTIONS, such as the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, in Santa Fe, extend their expertise nationally, forging lasting partnerships with major museums from coast to…
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The Art of Water
CAN A RIVER SING? If you walk under the ramada in Santa Fe’s Railyard Park this month, you can hear the Río Grande belting it out. At separate intervals along the pathway, hidden speakers transmit six…
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