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Visitors are invited to explore the history of Billy the Kid and Historic Lincoln during the annual Old Lincoln Days event.
The New Mexico Semi-Quincentennial Commission has launched "NM 1776," a statewide initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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By New Mexico Sun | Jul 16, 2025
The City of Las Cruces is inviting residents to participate in the development of a master plan for Young Park.
By Brian C. Nixon | Jul 8, 2025
Time machines exist. They’re called books. Books transmit the thoughts and cultures from the past and bring them to the present.
By New Mexico Sun | Jul 2, 2025
As the Gila National Wilderness marks its 100th anniversary, a journey through this historic area reveals its natural wonders and rich history.
By New Mexico Sun | Jul 2, 2025
Las Cruces Public Art and the City Art Board are inviting the public to attend a dedication ceremony for a new mural at the Youth Development and Diversion (YDD) facility.
By Brian C. Nixon | Jun 26, 2025
When you think of the state most associated with Georgia O’Keeffe, you probably think of New Mexico. Fitting: She lived in New Mexico for forty years.
By Brian C. Nixon | Jun 20, 2025
When people from out of town ask me about the first arts-dedicated space they should visit in Albuquerque, I immediately recommend 516 ARTS.
By Brian C. Nixon | Jun 8, 2025
On August 24, 1821, Spain and Mexico signed the Treaty of Córdoba, giving Mexico a large mass of land, including a significant part of what is now the western portion of United States of America.
By New Mexico Sun | Jun 5, 2025
The Santa Fe Opera has announced its continued collaboration with 95.5 KHFM Classical Public Radio for the fifth consecutive year to provide free radio broadcasts of its 2025 Opening Nights.
By Brian C. Nixon | May 28, 2025
I first heard of the seminal string quartet Brooklyn Rider on NPR’s All Things Considered. If my memory serves me correctly, it was around 2010.
By Brian C. Nixon | May 13, 2025
Experimental, improvisatory music is not for the faint of heart.
By Brian C. Nixon | May 1, 2025
Pulitzer-nominated poet, translator, and educator, Arthur Sze, is a National Treasure.
By Brian C. Nixon | Apr 25, 2025
I don’t know what it is about experimental film that attracts me. Maybe it’s the poetic nature of the medium, a nonlinear methodology of expression.
By Brian C. Nixon | Apr 8, 2025
It’s tough to determine when Irish immigrants first began to populate New Mexico. Irish soldiers fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American War between the years 1846-1848, with some staying in the region.
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 31, 2025
The Latin word sublimis is taken from the prefix sub, ‘up to,’ and the suffix, limus, ‘oblique.’ The word means high up, great. In English the word is sublime.
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 22, 2025
Since a kid in Jr. High, J.S. Bach has loomed large in my world. It may be hearing his music in church had something to do with it.
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 15, 2025
Walking into Exhibit 208 a few months back, I was struck by marvelously rendered black and white portraits, paintings that conjured historical photographs but executed in a contemporary style.
By Brian C. Nixon | Mar 5, 2025
Walking into the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona, my mind goes back to when I was a child growing up in “Old Pueblo,” Tucson’s nickname.
By Brian C. Nixon | Feb 25, 2025
Contrary to what some websites declare, artist and printmaker Dan Socha is residing on planet earth. Or, as artist and curator Kim Arthun tells me, “Dan is very much still alive.” At 82, his work is as strong as ever.
