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Wild Rivers Paint Out this weekend
From dramatic chasms and mountain meadows to traditional architectural gems, there is a subject to satisfy every plein-air painters taste at the third annual Wild Rivers Plein-Air Paint Out. The event ...
Alpine artistry
Taos Ski Valley is hosting its third annual arts festival this year with 10 confirmed artists showing off a nice mix of textile, wool work and paintings.The event is sponsored by …
A storyteller's songwriter
His first paid gig was at the Riverside Lounge in Benson, Arizona where he played guitar with a fiddle band. And, he was 25 when he wrote a song he finally felt comfortable playing out in public. …
Baile with the best
An historical first in Taos is about to happen. Al Hurricane Jr. is headlining the first Taos Fiesta Music Festival at the KTAOS Solar Center and said he "is excited to play in Taos. …
¡Que viva la musica!
It's hard to imagine the Taos Fiestas without the inspiring soundtrack of nonstop live music. The musical banquet weaves its magic into the whole Fiestas experience.The months-long …
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Music
Fiesta show
The next exhibition planned at Studio 107-B is titled "Red, White and Brown." Gallery owner-director Maye Torres announces that it is being mounted to honor the tricultural heritage …
Art
Natural connections
Four women artists all feel a strong connection to nature and to each other. They've come together to spread their wings and try out some new ideas. Each artist is experimenting, …
Art
The flavor of color
There is a psychology to color. Some will elevate our mood, and others will cast a somber shadow. Often, color underscores our memories and emotions, either intentionally or …
Art
Multitalented
Iconic is the very definition of fine art photographer and photojournalist Terry Fiala. Taos and the Southwest are in his bones and fill his imagery to overflowing.You've walked where he shot "The …
Art
You want how much for that?
What goes into an artist's price for their work? How to price art is not often spoken about. Few written guidelines for how to price art exist, but in some ways much about …
Art
Going for it
Taos artist Teruko Wilde's new work is evocative. Her canvas and brush strokes seem to harness the momentum of time and light. Her use of color is bold. The new show is titled "In …
Fine art
Feast for eyes and ears
What inspired an interactive event with the unlikely juxtaposition of "Print and Piano" in its name? "It's all about alliteration," quipped artist and Studio 107-B proprietor Maye …
Art
With 40 years of making art in Taos, Mark Strong has a homecoming at the Harwood
Mark Strong's artwork is so well-known throughout Taos that, even though this is his first time exhibiting at the Harwood Museum of Art, a few of his pieces are already in its …
Art
Collector reveals rare treasures by the late Taos artist Bill Gersh
The self-described outlaw artist, poet and former member of Magic Tortoise Commune in La Lama, Bill Gersh would have been 75 on July 15.His daughter Georgia is the owner of the …
Art talk
Virginia Couse Leavitt plans art talk at Harwood Museum
Summer art colony sojourns were all the rage in France in the 1900s. Students and professional artists flocked to the French countryside to paint and beat the Paris heat. Michigan …
Art
Works by Suzanne Wiggin at Fechin Studio
'Chasing God" might be one way of explaining what Suzanne Wiggin does in her art work. "In Pursuit," the title of her new exhibit of oil paintings and ink monotypes at the Taos …
Fine art
By native hands
The Taos Society of Artists put this dusty little town on the map in the early part of the 20th century by conveying to the world the look, feel and texture of our people through …
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Literary arts
Creative exchange
Once upon a time, the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque in collaboration with the D.H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives hosted an annual writers conference in Taos called the Taos …
Books
Memoir of women’s movement offers personal insight
New Mexico author Sabra Moore’s vividly illustrated memoir chronicling 22 years of her life, art, and collaboration with other women artists at the center of New York City’s “second feminist wave” is the focus of a presentation this week at SOMOS.
Second time around
The working styles and perspective on their own mortality could not be more divergent between the authors John Nichols and Natalie Goldberg.Nichols is nocturnal. He "comes alive at …
Lecture
Live and let live
Matthew (Matt) Barnes said he believes cattle can coexist with keystone predators, such as wolves and grizzly bears on the Western landscape. His research suggests that one of the …
Literary arts
Joe Hayes to appear at UNM-Taos
The University of New Mexico-Taos will host Joe Hayes, award-winning author and a nationally recognized teller of bilingual Spanish-English stories that draw from Hispanic, Native American and Anglo cultures.
Tempo Culture
Theater
The power of one
Mary Harris Jones (1837-1930) is a historical figure most commonly known as Mother Jones. In the early 1900s, she emerged as an outspoken labor organizer. She rallied on behalf of …
Theater
Shakespearean fantasy
Get ready to slip into the sultry Tuscan night and cool forests of Monte De Athens with director Karen Thibodeau, The Taos Children's Theatre and Taos Youth Ballet. Thibodeau and her …
Culture
Taos author commissioned by the Tatar Ministry of Culture
Amid the 2018 FIFA world cup, in an interview on the national evening news, Taos resident Sam Burke-Favreo speaks with Dimitri Torov, a Russian sports anchor about his book, "The …
Outdoor festival
Cool off at this weekend's Bacon and Brews Festival
Recently, Taos chef Wilkes Medley was in a quandary in the kitchen of the restaurant he and pastry chef and wife Collen own (Medley. in El Prado.) He pondered as he paced, "What could …
Celebration
Fun and funky: A Fourth of July Parade like no other
Arroyo Seco's Independence Day parade is a fun and funky way to celebrate our national holiday.It's a party, pure and simple. And animals are back! Burros, horses, …
Fire and fury
If you were in Taos around 2000, you may remember when Guillermo Gomez-Peña created a stir with his unique brand of radical Chicano performance art. Well, he’s back and the years …
Tasty little pillows of delight
Sopapillas. When you bite into one of these delicious pastries, expertly prepared, you know it.
A universal facial expression of pure bliss appears, accompanied by a silent reverie of all that is …
Tempo Film
Movies
Movie review: "Skyscraper"
What's not to like? Dwayne Johnson is a cool dude. He can do comedy, drama (sorta), and outrageous action; and with his massive physique and chiseled good looks, he commands …
Movies
Movie review "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"
Once upon a time, a wealthy philanthropist named John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) had an idea for an amusement park that would change the world. So, playing God, he used …
Movies
Movie review - 'The Incredibles 2'
Helen and Bob Parr are your typical early 1960's couple. They work hard while raising a preteen daughter, a precocious boy, and a rambunctious toddler ...
Movies
Movie review: "Hereditary"
In the new horror feature, "Hereditary," family plays an important role not only because it forms the backdrop for a paranormal mystery, but because it shapes the characters created by writer-director Ari Aster.
Movies
Movie review: 'Adrift'
One might imagine a film having a minimal cast to be ideal. In the case of "Adrift," there is the added appeal of working with two attractive actors beloved by fans eager to …
Movies
Movie review: 'Solo'
The question about how Han Solo could make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs is finally answered. Now, snooty know-it-alls pontificating over how "a parsec is not a …
Movies
Movie review: 'Deadpool 2'
For this writer, falling for the "Deadpool" movies is a rather uncomfortable guilty pleasure.On one hand, I haven't laughed this hard at any movie in a really long time. On …
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Music
Genuine Americana
The ride may take you through some disheartening sights. Traveling east from Taos to Cimarrón, New Mexico along U.S. 64 you'll probably see some of the devastation from the …
Music
Ranky Tanky comes to Taos
From the top of American jazz charts, Ranky Tanky weaves their musical magic Thursday (July 19) at the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership.
Music
The buttery sound of jazz
Renowned for his lush buttery tone, soaring lyricism and dexterous technique, Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as "one of the most emotionally expressive improvisers of his generation" …
Music
Reggae and gothic grooves
Come explore the folk-rock borderlands with Taos' own Bone Orchard, a band that loves the shadowy places of the romantic West and all it represents in our collective psyche. Then, let down your hair …
Heavenly boys
Los Lonely Boys hardly need an introduction in Taos. The band of brothers has been coming to our town for a long time, and when they do, they are wrapped up in a warm Taos …
Hampton aims to please old – and new – country music fans
A well-known book offers the advice, "Do what you love, the money will follow." This is not for the faint of heart as R.W. Hampton learned the day he …
Music
Rock and soul music
This week's Taos Plaza Live offers up three hours of local, live music, instead of the usual two. Singer-songwriter Jennifer Peterson takes the stage at 5:30 p.m. backed by the Andrews, Morel & …
Tempo Review
Movie review
Raw nerve
The producers of "The First Purge" want to poke a raw nerve with a sharp stick. And whether you flinch when they do could determine whether you take this movie as an elaborate …
Movies
Movie review: 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado'
The first sequence in the "Sicario" sequel seems straight out of the POTUS playbook for why "the wall" must be built. Middle Eastern terrorists are shown sneaking over the …
What's Spinning
Big Apple to the wide open spaces
This week, we go from the streets of NYC to the the cold of the great plains to discover two interesting bands.
Cinemafile
Diversity hire
Bright
Tempo grade: B-
The line between comedy and serious drama is as thin as a fairy’s wing, and in the new Netflix original movie, “Bright,” the difference is even thinner. …
Cinemafile
Snake eyes
There are a few laughs in the new Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedy, but they are almost accidental and surely not part of the script that seems to have been scribbled on 3-inch-by-5-inch cards in …
Into the deep
There isn’t a whole lot to Johannes Roberts’ shark-bait thriller, “47 Meters Down.” The actors are middle-of-the-road. The plot is “Jaws”-light. And, because the …
Review
Idle hands
Mothers and their children — good, bad, saintly or incredibly, violently evil — have always been at the core of Ridley Scott’s “Alien” saga. Even the …
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