1 st PLACE Glowing Grace , Shirley Estes "The photo Glowing Grace is of my 20-foot tepee on our property in Ruidoso. This photo was taken when my husband and I went out to watch the blue moon rise on…
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“BLACKDOM WAS A REAL PLACE,” Timothy E. Nelson insists. The Santa Fe–based historian introduces his book about the early 20th-century Black homesteader colony in Chaves County with the simple fact of…
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I’M NOT A FAN of oatmeal unless it is sweetened with brown sugar, moistened with heavy cream, and topped with toasted pecans. But the year-old Albuquerque-based 5oat5: The Savory Oat Company is…
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1 Party with some cool clowns. Attend an otherworldly party on Saturday at Fusion Theater, in Albuquerque. Sadness, Madness, and Mayhem : A Haunted Folk Formal with Dust City Opera is a one-of-a-kind…
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1 st PLACE White Sands , Richard Larsson (above) " It was an about-mile hike into the park, capturing the curve of a wind-swept dune hidden amidst a sea of gypsum sand. " —Richard Larsson 2 nd PLACE Old…
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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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IT’S AS IF THE EARTH IS CALMLY GIVING BIRTH HERE, high atop a wind-chewed mountain on the eastern edge of the Río Grande geological rift, while mineral field collectors Bradley Culebro and Michael…
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1 Capture a new perspective. The New Mexico Museum of Art unveils its newest exhibition, Ways of Seeing: Four Photographic Collections , on Saturday, featuring 40 photographs that span decades and an…
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1 st PLACE Within Reach , Chanel Flores (above) “My style of photography is candid, and I hope to capture the real emotions of my subject. After an hour’s shoot with the boy and his mom, we came across…
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SEEKERS HAVE COME to the Land of Enchantment to find themselves for centuries. Perhaps as a result, New Mexicans have picked up a reputation for dabbling in what some might call woo-woo…
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