New Mexico Magazine

New Mexico Magazine is a monthly publication that showcases various aspects of the Land of Enchantment. It covers a wide range of subjects such as our rich multicultural heritage, arts, climate, environment, and the diverse communities that call New Mexico home. This acclaimed magazine collaborates with the New Mexico Tourism Department to produce the official New Mexico Vacation Guide, along with International Vacation Guides available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Japanese.

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Your July Guide to Events in New Mexico

4 days ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

TINSMITH JUSTIN GALLEGOS MAYRANT got his start at the youth market of Santa Fe’s Traditional Spanish Market in 1998. His ornate crosses, framed mirrors, candleholders, light fixtures, and holiday ornaments feature elaborate handstamped shapes and fine details. “I am known for my intricacy and for creating sculptural work,” says Mayrant, who primarily works on large-scale commissions for much of the year.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | June 20-22

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 See landscapes anew. The Albuquerque Museum unveils works by eight artists who have been inspired by New Mexico’s landscapes in its new exhibition Abstracting Nature, opening Saturday. Rather than recreating the surface likeness in landscape portraits, these artists express their visions and interpretations of earth with carefully selected natural ephemera like pigments, glass, adobe, silk, and clay.
Remembering Flamenco Icon María Benítez

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

LEGENDARY DANCER María Benítez (1942–2024) took flamenco to new heights during her career as a dancer and educator, cementing Santa Fe as a flamenco destination and creating a legacy that lives on in the dancers she trained. Benítez mastered her craft in Spain during the 1960s, before returning to New Mexico and founding one of the most influential flamenco companies and dance schools of the genre.
Inside New Mexico's Deep-Rooted Flamenco Culture

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

IF THE SUNLIT FLOORS OF AN OLD Territorial-Style adobe could talk, they would speak of a flamenco legacy born in the North Valley home. Three generations of Encinias family members danced here, mastering traditions from their Spanish heritage, repeating steps in kind with those of their ancestors.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | June 13-15

2 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 Explore the forest. This weekend wraps up National Forest Week, a celebration of the natural world with outdoors activities hosted throughout the country, including Silver City and Santa Fe. “The Santa Fe National Forest is so integral to the way we think about Santa Fe,” says Catherine Cody, a spokesperson at the National Forest Foundation, who will be in Santa Fe for the festivities.
Love Dark Winds? You'll Want to Read This

2 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Molly Boyle

MISSING YOUR WEEKLY Dark Winds fix while you await season 4 of the AMC drama? Pick up (Harper), Anne Hillerman’s latest mystery set on the Navajo Nation. When the U.S. secretary of energy suddenly visits Shiprock—and uranium mining plans ramp up in the area—Navajo Nation police officer Bernadette Manuelito is wary.
Gene Hackman's Paintings Discovered in Santa Fe Restaurant

2 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Molly Boyle

WHEN GENE HACKMAN died in February, many Santa Feans were unaware that the longtime resident had dabbled in the local art scene, and they may have even dined below Hackman’s vibrant paintings at Jinja Bar & Bistro on Guadalupe Street. After his passing, fans discovered the trove of Hackman’s mostly oil paintings and digital prints hanging at the restaurant, leaving flowers and notes in memoriam.
Albuquerque's Toasted Mobile S'mores Truck Deliver the Campfire Experience

2 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Katy Kelleher

“FOOD IS MY PASSION,” says Ashley Trebitowski, founder of Toasted Albuquerque. “I travel for food, I cook for food, I live for food.” But until last summer, Trebitowski wasn’t in the business of food. Even while running the software development company Pixegon with her husband, Brandon, Ashley always had another dream: to open a coffee shop or food truck. One night while in Portland, Oregon, for work, she had a craving for dessert.
Five Things to Do This Weekend | June 6-8

3 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Maria Manuela

1 Time travel at a new exhibition. A new retrospective exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art takes viewers back to the early years of New Mexico statehood through the embroidered works of Policarpio Valencia (1853–1931). Born in Española, the artist began creating textile work in his seventies, using repurposed household fabrics as his canvas to embroider and record a specifically New Mexican Spanish dialect, which is fading from existence.
How Two Crops Are Changing the Land of Enchantment

3 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Bill Shapiro

FOR A MOMENT, in the honeyed early morning light of the Española Valley, it’s quiet—quiet enough to hear the Río Grande gurgling just beyond the edge of the fields, quiet enough to make out the birdsong drifting from the towering cottonwoods. But then the farmer bends back a bush to reveal at least a dozen oversize peppers. A smile explodes across his face. “See?” he baritones.