Discover a Santo Wonderland
SEPARATED FROM THEIR NEAREST SUPPLY points in Mexico, Spanish colonial–era artists in New Mexico made do with the materials they found here. Cottonwood branches and roots became bultos, or statues…
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Tag: Santa Fe
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos Halloweekend, Los Alamos If you’re that person—or family—who’s really into Halloween, Los Alamos is the place to be this weekend, as the city’s annual…
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Plaza Café Celebrates 75 Years
AS A KID, ONE OF LEONARDO RAZATOS’S jobs was to stand on a milk crate and make toast all day for customers of his family’s restaurant, the Plaza Café—a Santa Fe Plaza landmark celebrating 75 years…
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Datebook: November 2022
A HOLIDAY MARKET FOR NEW MEXICO FOODIES, co-sponsored by the state’s Department of Agriculture? It’s almost too good to be true, but it is true—#nmtrue, that is. On November 19 and 20, the New Mexico…
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San Miguel Chapel's Historic Treasures
LAURIANNE FIORENTINO PULLS OUT HER PHONE and calls up a photo. We’re standing in the 1710 rebuild of San Miguel Chapel, first constructed by Santa Fe’s earliest settlers around a century before then…
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The Mills Grind Slowly
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO are many oldfashioned water mills, used for grinding the small crops grown in the valleys along the water courses. Each settlement usually has its own mill to crush…
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Keeping the Faith for New Mexico's Historic Churches
THE LITTLE CHAPEL IN THE PASTORAL Gallinas River Valley had seen decades of cherished rites before it began to crumble. In 2019, historic preservationists undertook lifesaving actions to firm up San…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Go global. Film screenings, panels, artist talks, and parties make up the Santa Fe International Film Festival at Violet Crown Cinema, the Jean Cocteau Cinema, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and…
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Try Your Hand at Jewelry Making
Decide what you want to make. Then find who teaches it. Albuquerque’s Meltdown Studio offers specialized classes in specific styles of jewelry, including corset and spinner rings, cuff bracelets, and…
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These Brooms Will Sweep You Off Your Feet
IN A STUDIO AT EL ZAGUÁN, a historic adobe compound for artists and writers on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road, Julia Tait Dickenson makes brooms—but not just any brooms. “I like to make functional things…
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