2016

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.

Willa on My Mind

BY CANDACE WALSH I’ll begin my editorship with a shameful confession: after fourteen years in Santa Fe, I [...]

Forever Young

A groundbreaking juvenile dinosaur discovery in northwestern New Mexico enlivens the record. BY DR. SPENCER [...]

Indelible Grace

BY LARS KRUTAK IN ASIA, TATTOOING TRADITIONS ABIDE AS BOTH PRAYER AND PROTECTION [...]

Sounding the Soul

BY CARMELLA PADILLA In the beginning was el cante—the song. The song was its own instrument. Its notes, [...]

The Adobe Ambassador

The Curious Backstory of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Genesis. . . and Edifice BY KHRISTAAN D. [...]

The Exile Factor

Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition, and New World identities At an unprecedented exhibition, a hidden diaspora [...]

Machine Dreams

A LOW, SLOW JOURNEY FROM PACHUCO TO PRICELESS BY DON J. USNER It all began for Johnny Martinez when he went [...]

Chasing the Lowrider Muse

BY KATHERINE WARE It takes a special vision and a lot of hard work to transform an abandoned car into a [...]

A Moving Passion

BY DANIEL KOSHAREK In 1977 Lowrider magazine quietly launched in San Jose, California, with the intent of [...]

The Morris Miniature Circus

BY LAURA ADDISON The golden age of the American circus (1870s–1930s) coincided with an era of modernization [...]

Everything New is New Again

BY CINDRA KLINE LLOYD HENRI KIVA NEW’s life as designer, artist, scholar, and visionary educator remains a [...]

Blessings and Good Fortune

BY FELICIA KATZ-HARRIS Almost universally, yet through varied means and belief systems, people have found [...]

In New Mexico the flamenco tradition is now several generations strong. Even though there have been many contributors to the development and growth of flamenco in our state, dancer Vicente Romero (1937–95) is widely credited with creating the vibrant flamenco scene in northern New Mexico that still thrives today. [...]