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Cedric Watson jams with Bijou Creole guitarist Chris Stafford on Saturday (Nov. 16) during their show at Taos Mesa Brewing in El Prado.

Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole brought the tasty sounds of Creole culture to Taos

Artist finds a feathery passion for beadwork

Audrey Kunkel's intricate beaded earrings - she is often inspired by the colors of birds.

Audrey Kunkel's passion for beading began in the mid-1980s when a neighbor's relative showed her beaded earrings that she had designed. Kunkel found herself enthused about each piece and asked, "Where did you get the beads?" Then, as now, Kunkel was well known in the El Rito-Latir area for her love of macaws and other parrots. So, she took some macaw feathers from her birds down to a small bead shop which used to be near the Taos Plaza.

Book chronicles a beautiful tragedy

Author Erika T. Wurth is of Apache, Chickasaw and Cherokee heritage. She teaches creative writing at Western Illinois University. Her other publications include the novel 'Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend,' two collections of poetry and a collection of short stories, 'Buckskin Cocaine.'

Erika T. Wurth's newest novel, "You Who Enter Here," is not your typical New Mexico story. There are no farmers or curanderas, no historical figures or famous artists. There are no scenic backdrops with rivers and mountains and old adobe homes.

Get ready for a bouzouki boogie

Playing music rooted in Mediterranean, Balkan, Mexican and Southern U.S. traditions are Chipper Thompson, left, and Roger Landes.

Last May, multi-instrumentalists Chipper Thompson and Roger Landes broke their hiatus of more than a decade to play their wildly original bouzouki tunes in Alamosa, Colorado, and Santa Fe. Now, Thompson and Landes are revitalizing the Taos sound waves with their impressive collection inspired by Mediterranean, Balkan, Mexican and Southern U.S. tunes, as well as their gifted imaginations.

Talk to offer revealing look at New Mexico historic churches

Frank Graziano's book is a survey of New Mexico's historic churches as well as a 'deeply personal and revealing examination of practicing Catholics and clergy in the Hispanic and Native communities where these churches are located.'

An overview of historic churches throughout New Mexico by researcher Frank Graziano is the highlight of this year's Christmas luncheon hosted by the Taos County Historical Society.

Snowstorm underway for Taos

Woman charged in two strong-arm robberies in Taos

Legislature calls for new UNM center due to neurologist shortage

Sugar Lane murder suspect denied bail

Taos Air to offer flights to California

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Tempo Arts

Handcrafted knife and sheath by Travis Webb

Arts

Taos Folk, a holiday gift bonanza

If you've been in Taos over the past few years, you know this is the season for Taos Folk. What is it? Let's just say, it's one of those things that is best experienced rather than explained.

'Rabbit Sun,' egg tempera on paper, 12 3/4-by-19 inches by Audra Elizabeth Knutson

Art

Fresh outlooks in '40 Under 40' show

Artists ranging in age from teens through 30-somethings will be featured in the Taos Center for the Arts' "40 Under 40" show. The exhibit is set to open with a reception Thursday (Nov. 21), 4-6 p.m., in the Encore Gallery of the Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte.

Pictured are some of the Academy of Performing Arts senior company members as they rehearse for their benefit show this weekend. “Memories Of 7" is Saturday (Nov. 23), 6 p.m., at Old Martina’s Hall, 4140 State Road 68 in Ranchos de Taos. Join them for desserts, dancing and prizes. Purchase raffle or performance tickets by calling the studio at (575) 770–0189.

Enterainment

What's happening in Taos?

The big holiday season is just around the corner and Taoseños are already getting into the spirit. But, even before that bursts upon the scene locals and visitors have a lot to look forward to in terms of art and entertainment. Here's a brief sample.

Uplifting voices of 'Love'

The selection process for the approaching concert for the Taos Community Choir was a bit like a blind date between Erick Brunner, the director of the chorus, and professor André García-Nuthmann, the director of Highlands University Madrigal Choir, also known as El Coro de la Tierra Alta.

Music

Music designed to inspire and unite

Roots Rising is an incredible, eclectic lineup of blues, soul, Latin and gospel infused voices that includes artists Matt Andersen, Gaby Moreno and Liz Vice, brought to Taos thanks to AMP Concerts. It happens Friday (Nov. 22), 7:30 p.m., at the Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte.

Frank Morgan, circa 1990, was a master alto sax player who spent years in prison due to heroin addiction before mounting a comeback in the 1980s. A documentary film of his life and times titled 'Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story' and directed by N.C. Heikin was released in 2014.

Music

'It doesn't get better than this'

This weekend, the Taos Jazz Bebop Society is inviting jazz fans from near and far to its fifth annual Frank Morgan Taos Jazz Festival, featuring some of the biggest names in the field.

Taos Star Guide

Now that Mercury has stationed direct, energy will begin to feel stabilized once again. Scorpio season might be over but ...

Students in Santa Fe were given permission to participate in a climate strike last September organized by youth advocacy group Youth United for Climate Action.

Culture

Group brings 'Climate Reality' home to roost

For one full day, former Vice President Al Gore and members of Climate Reality's network of more than 20,000 Climate Reality leaders from 154 countries will participate in "The Climate Reality Project for 24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action," a global conversation about the climate crisis and its solutions in communities around the world. Among those communities is Taos, where students from Vista Grande High School will dance to music and create spoken word pieces with local Climate Reality leader Jean E. Stevens. The event is planned to start at 1 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 21) at Vagrant Heart gallery, 216 Paseo del Canon East.

A mini slier flies down the slopes Sunday (Nov. 10) at Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort.

Photo Gallery: First on the slopes

Skiers and snowboarders were treated to a crisp, bluebird day at Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort Sunday (Nov. 10), as they took to the slopes at the only ski resort presently open in New Mexico.

Now showing in Taos: ‘Ford v Ferrari’

The new car racing film "Ford v Ferrari" by James Mangold is a well-designed bit of semi-macho fluff based upon a real life rivalry ...

Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone in a scene from "Doctor Sleep."

Movies

Now showing in Taos: ‘Doctor Sleep’

They killed a kid — not just haul him off-screen to so something unseen and unspeakable. No, they showed his terror, and the blood, and the torture.

Grace and Dani (Mackenzie Davis and Natalia Reyes) face a violent attack in 'Terminator: Dark Fate.'

Movies

Now showing in Taos: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’

While we may not have been “psychedelized” as the Chambers Brothers suggested, the past can be tricky and so can the future. That’s why remembering ...

Last week of SOMOS Prose Month offers great writers from Taos and afar

SOMOS Prose Month curator Johanna DeBiase has organized a densely packed month of high-quality readings, and she has saved some of the best for last.Many of this week's readings …

Prose Month curator and workshop leader Johanna DeBiase is the author of fabulist novella 'Mama & the Hungry Hole' (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2015).

Books

How do you build a great enemy?

The third workshop in the Prose Month series is titled "The Power of the Dark Side: Creating the Perfect Adversary." It will be given Saturday (Nov. 16), from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the SOMOS Salon, 108 Civic Plaza Drive. The fee to participate is $45; $40 for SOMOS members.

A tireless environmentalist, political commentator and observer of the vagaries of human experience, Taos author John Nichols will be reading from his memoir in progress.

Books

Universe on the head of a pen

SOMOS-sponsored Prose Month is not losing any steam as it moves into its third weekend of multiple nights of readings by regional authors.

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