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Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 30-June 1

1 week ago | l8r.it | Maria Manuela

1 Raise a glass. For 10 years, the New Mexico Cocktails and Culture Festival has hosted parties, pairings, and educational sipping events in Santa Fe. Three years ago, it expanded in partnership with Edible New Mexico to create New Mexico Cocktail Week, which reaches bars, distilleries, and restaurants around the state. “New Mexico Cocktail Week functions as a cocktail-forward restaurant week,” says Natalie Bovis, also known as the Liquid Muse, who founded the fest.
What’s Happening in New Mexico This June

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

FLAMING PURPLE PAINT JOBS, cherry-red lifted Ford F-150s, butter-yellow 1960s Mustangs, and other shiny souped-up hot rods make it fun to ogle the offerings at the Spokes on 66 Car Show in Grants. Taking over Riverwalk Park on June 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the show includes more than 20 categories, six specialty awards, and a heap of family-friendly entertainment.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 23-26

2 weeks ago | l8r.it | Maria Manuela

1 Attend a new Native art festival. After almost 20 years as a Memorial Day tradition in Santa Fe, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Native Treasures Art Market is being replaced by a new Native Elements Art Festival + Market. The festival, which kicked off Wednesday, features more than 150 Indigenous artists, an art walk, live music, a night market, a Friday night VIP reception at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens, and a closing reception on Memorial Day.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 23-26

2 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 Attend a new Native art festival. After almost 20 years as a Memorial Day tradition in Santa Fe, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Native Treasures Art Market is being replaced by a new Native Elements Art Festival + Market. The festival, which kicked off Wednesday, features more than 150 Indigenous artists, an art walk, live music, a night market, a Friday night VIP reception at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens, and a closing reception on Memorial Day.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 16-18

3 weeks ago | l8r.it | Maria Manuela

1 Attend an opening reception. Artists from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ MFA studio arts program show work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Santa Fe at the exhibition Not Here, But There. It includes a variety of mediums by six artists whose work bridges the space between innovation and tradition, hence its title, which is a play on the phrase “neither here nor there,” meaning something that is not significant, reimagined as a reference to liminal and transitional spaces.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 16-18

3 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 Attend an opening reception. Artists from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ MFA studio arts program show work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Santa Fe at the exhibition Not Here, But There. It includes a variety of mediums by six artists whose work bridges the space between innovation and tradition, hence its title, which is a play on the phrase “neither here nor there,” meaning something that is not significant, reimagined as a reference to liminal and transitional spaces.
Sexual function and dysfunction in the LGBTQIA+ community-including before and after gender-affirming surgery: recommendations from the Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM 2024) | Sexual Medicine Reviews | Oxford Academic

1 month ago | academic.oup.com | Maria Manuela

For the Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine, recommendations and guidelines for clinical care of LGBTQIA+ (ie, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual) individuals have been proposed. Gender and sexual diversity is an umbrella term for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and has been proposed by the Committee as a less stigmatizing term, including sexual orientation and trans and gender diversity (see Supplementary Files - Glossary).
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 9-11

1 month ago | l8r.it | Maria Manuela

1 Hit the Native fashion catwalk. Native Fashion Week Santa FeTaking over the Santa Fe Railyard Thursday through Sunday, the inaugural Native Fashion Week Santa Fe is led by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, who has curated Indigenous fashion shows for more than 15 years. At Warehouse 21, watch the runway for new collections by designers including Lauren Good Day, Lesley Hampton, Pamela Baker, and the Son of Picasso.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 9-11

1 month ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 Hit the Native fashion catwalk. Native Fashion Week Santa Fe Taking over the Santa Fe Railyard Thursday through Sunday, the inaugural Native Fashion Week Santa Fe is led by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, who has curated Indigenous fashion shows for more than 15 years. At Warehouse 21, watch the runway for new collections by designers including Lauren Good Day, Lesley Hampton, Pamela Baker, and the Son of Picasso.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | May 2-4

1 month ago | l8r.it | Maria Manuela

1 See wool become yarn. Many of us wear wool, but few know how it gets from a sheep’s coat to the yarn that makes our cozy sweaters. At the Bosque Redondo Fiber Fair near Fort Sumner, learn about this process through sheep shearing demonstrations, workshops, and ranger talks on Saturday. Six experts from Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild will demonstrate many of the wool-curing processes, from shearing to washing, skirting, and carding, using the memorial’s resident Navajo Churro sheep.