Día de Los Muertos has nothing to do with Halloween, despite their proximate dates and common focus on death. The Meso-American festival was over 3,000 years old when the Spanish Conquistadors encountered it in what is now Mexico. The celebration honored family members who had passed onto the other side of existence and reflected the […]
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This Week on Santa Fe’s Creative Scene, October 1, 2010
The aspens are changing, the days’ temps swinging in wide arcs from cool to hot. And the light, the fabulous Santa Fe light, is in its soft, pellucid glory. I love Fall. It may be the twilight of the year’s cycle, but it feels like a Spring of possibilities. Is it my perennial optimism or […]
This Week on Santa Fe’s Creative Scene–8/13/10
I’m the luckiest kid, I get to do what I love to do everyday. – Phillip Phillip’s been counting: Ten days, four days and now one. On Saturday, August 14th, Phillip Vigil will have the Opening at Shiprock Santa Fe that he, and we, have been looking forward to since he was invited to join […]
Santa Fe International Folk Market
Despite my passion for travel, curiosity about world cultures and love of art, I had never managed to make it to the world-renowned Santa Fe International Folk Market. I’d always been working. This year, I hit the ground running as a volunteer. Joshua Maes and I spent a few hours working the cashier’s station. It […]
Thriving Arts = Thriving Cities: Towards a Santa Fe + Albuquerque Arts Link
Great cities are defined by great art. We acknowledge the fact, profit from the spirit, but don’t necessarily involve ourselves with feeding our city’s vital arts character. Blessedly, in New Mexico, many do. Last week, I took part in #abqtalk: a Twitter Talk show moderated by William C. Reichard, multi-talented communications pro and author of the […]
