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Twirl’s Invent Event
It’s almost that time again! Twirl Taos’ 5th Annual Invent Event will take place on Saturday, April 27th 12-4pm at the Enos Garcia Elementary School Gym. As usual this is a free community Maker Faire...
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UNM Taos Digital Media Arts 2019 Program
The Digital Media Arts Department at UNM Taos has been busy! As April’s showers bring on May’s flowers, the team at UNM/Taos DMA are doing more than just “Singin’ in the rain!” They have just...
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The Environment Through A Lens
Mother Earth is in crisis. Our oceans are filled with plastic and poison, our Earth is suffocating from toxic emissions. As we are being divided and conquered by petty politics, the real news is...
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420 At Southwest Wellness
April 20 is not just a random day in the year. The date is unofficially the national holiday for cannabis. Unlike holidays like Christmas or Easter, this holiday is part of a growing non-traditional...
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Earth Week At Rio Fernando Park
Earth Week is a big one for the Taos Land Trust’s Rio Fernando Park! With events planned all week culminating in “Our Land and Trails Exploration Day” on Sunday, April 28, 2019. I met with Juniper...
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From The Earth
Pottery is the earliest man made material. Objects made from clay that have been fashioned into a desired shape, dried, and either fired or baked to fix their form, pottery is one of the most common...
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Notes On The Landscape
Every day is Earth Day. Or should be. As Earth Week draws to a close, a show at the Bareiss Gallery, organized by Paul O’Connor (as if he’s not busy enough making his own extraordinary art), opens...
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Judy Chicago At The Harwood
Judy Chicago’s The Birth Project from New Mexico Collections, opens at the Harwood Museum of Art on June 2nd. The Birth Project was created in the 1980s in collaboration with 150 needle workers after...
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Angus MacDonald’s Italian Journey
“I have spent the day well just looking and looking. It is the same in art as in life. The deeper one penetrates, the broader grows the view.” So wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his Italian...
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Chad Manley At OTA Contemporary
Chad Manley was born in 1969, at the very end of the decade that was to change popular culture forever. A freewheeling, Bohemian childhood spent in the untamed, sun-bleached mountains of Pecos in...
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Local Flavor’s May Issue
When Local Flavor first appeared on New Mexico newstands, it was mostly about food. In the years since, it has grown to become one of the region’s most valued print (and digital) resources, covering...
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Policing Sting
April 4th 1979 at the Bottom Line, The Police played their first NYC gig. “You sound lively! The singer noted, before the band broke into “I cant stand losing you.” Ska punk with a steady bass...
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Love Hate: Life Lessons Learned In Yoga Class
I never thought I’d be one of “those people,” but Yoga has changed my life. Back in the 60’s I had a cousin who returned from India one summer, dressed in white robes and spent hours a day twisted...
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Salon X Goes Green
Today more than ever, consumers vote with their dollars. By doing so they are literally channeling their spending into responsible brands and services that support healthy communities and a healthy...
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Dennis Hopper’s Easy Ride
Dennis Hopper Day was first proclaimed by the 30th Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson on May 17th in 2010. Then-Gov. Richardson, a movie aficionado, proclaimed the day (Hopper’s birthday), as...
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Rainbow Bright
May is the perfect time for a quick, afternoon getaway. Although there is plenty to do in Taos all summer long, beginning with the merry month of May, the warmer weather and longer days, beckon many...
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Lighthouse
Come in. If this Chic Shack looks familiar, it’s because we have visited it before, or it may be deja vu – due to the Earth energies and ley lines crossing and surrounding this magical property....
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The Cellar Turns Two!
There’s a lot going on in Taos this weekend. The Lilac Festival starts off our summer season and the entire town is fragrant with the heavy blossoms dripping off their boughs. The winter snows and...
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Juniper Comes Home To The Harwood
A few weeks ago I met Juniper Manley for lunch at Manzanita Market. She had recently been appointed by the Harwood Museum of Art as its new Director, but was still transitioning from her gig as...
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Wheel Of History
For Margo Beutler-Gins, the Blumenschein Home’s 100th birthday is personal. Her great-grandfather Bert Phillips was Ernest Blumenschein travelling companion when their wagon wheel broke on the road...
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