Art Magnified: Essential Worker By Eric Cousineau Essential Worker By Eric Cousineau Eric Cousineau is a single father of two who works full time at Trader Joe’s in Santa Fe. He is what we call [...] Clarke Conde \ Sep 03, 2020 Read More Francisco. Meat department associate, El Paisano Supermarket. Santa Fe, NM, 2020. (Eric Cousineau)
Meeting Hugo Silver Linings From A Lousy Summer With the approaching Labor Day, say goodbye to the days of socially distant swimming pools, smell ya’ later to your white shoes longing [...] Clarke Conde \ Sep 03, 2020 Read More Silver linings from a lousy summer (Clarke Condé)
Sonic Reducer: Renewal Of The Supreme Being And Liberate The one-man band Archon is back with another Highborne project, Renewal of the Supreme Being, sure to disturb your sleep. Well-refined, Renewal is [...] Clarke Conde \ Sep 03, 2020 Read More (courtesy of the artist)
Empathy Vs. Hate New Mexico Holocaust Museum Revisited Where does hate and intolerance come from? On the streets, on social media and in national campaigns, it infuses the conversation about the [...] Clarke Conde \ Sep 03, 2020 Read More New Mexico Holocaust Museum’s Executive Director Leon Natker stands in front of the Flossenbürg flag, part of the museum’s collection. The flag was painted by the prisoners of the Nazi’s Flossenbürg, Germany concentration camp and given to a New Mexican solider that helped liberate the camp. (Clarke Condé)
13 Election Myths Secretary Of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver Debunks Them All Suppressing the vote is a time-tested strategy deployed by those fearing that the voice of too many people will hamper their oppressive ways. [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 27, 2020 Read More (provided)
Considering The Man O’ War There are many drinks named after animals such as the juvenile “Grasshopper”, the previously discussed Mule variations (see the Aug. 13 edition of [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 27, 2020 Read More Don’t let the name fool you. The Man O’ War is a lover, not a fighter. (Clarke Condé)
Art Magnified: Yoshimura‘s “Do Not Disappoint Your Mother” Yoshimura‘s “Do Not Disappoint Your Mother” The story goes like this: It was 1920 and 24-year-old Tennessee state legislator Harry Burn was faced with a choice. Thirty-five of the [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 27, 2020 Read More (Clarke Condé)
Big Feelings By Gigi Bella Gigi Bella’s new collection Big Feelings is not a narrative work, but its poems flow like a drive through the streets, stopping at [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 20, 2020 Read More (Clarke Condé)
The Old Fashioned Back East there are towns named puzzling things like “Old Lyme” and “Old Saybrook” that resulted from people living there, moving someplace nearby, [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 20, 2020 Read More The most classic of classic cocktails (Clarke Condé)
Field Trip Through Albuquerque Be A Tourist In Your Hometown With in-person school out this fall, you can also count out field trips. Sad but true, students and chaperones alike are going to [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 13, 2020 Read More