Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Experience the magic of Christmas. Christmas Carols & Luminarias in Mesilla Spend Christmas Eve at the Historic Mesilla Plaza, where thousands of luminarias, Christmas lights, and carolers make…
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Posts From: December 2023
An Acoma Pueblo Christmas
PEOPLE TELL PRUDY CORREA that they love her storyteller pottery figures because they’re so joyful, with their eyes lifted to the sky and their mouths open in song. “I’m happy when I’m working, and…
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True Heroes 2023: Elizabeth Potter
COLIN LEWIS IS JUST ONE of the Lincoln County parents who has recently struggled to make ends meet. The single father cares for his four kids on his disability income. Thankfully, Ruidoso Food 4 Kids…
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True Heroes 2023: Carolyn Olson
WHEN CAROLYN OLSON fell this summer and fractured her ankle in two places, she didn’t slow down at all. At age 82, she got a knee scooter so as not to miss a minute of coaching her Special Olympics…
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Treat Yourself to Eldora Chocolate
TWO YEARS AGO, a couple from Houston stopped in to Eldora Chocolate, in Albuquerque, for a tour and tasting. When owner Steve Prickett asked the visitors what else they were doing in town, they said…
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Discover Lun + Ojo's Eye for Art
TOBY PUTNAM WAS SEARCHING for something different. The path he’d been on was long and bumpy. Putnam left his Montana home at 18 for the Utah desert and stayed there. When his older brother passed away…
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Add Enchantment to Your Holiday Decor
Light it up. The tiny mining town of Madrid has an outsize reputation for lighting the night. In the early 1900s, the town enjoyed free electricity supplied by the coal mining companies, which allowed…
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22 Giftworthy Page-Turners
ART Harwood Centennial: 100 Works for 100 Years Nicole Dial-Kay, Emily Santhanam (Museum of New Mexico Press) The Harwood Foundation opened its first show in 1923, more than a decade before the town…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Dance with the Nutcracker. Festival Ballet Albuquerque puts an enchanting spin on The Nutcracker this weekend by incorporating New Mexican heritage and traditions into Tchaikovsky’s traditional…
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