New Mexico Magazine

08/09/2026

Alisha and AJ Owens were on their way to Red River when a For Sale sign at Eagle Nest Cabins & Marina caught AJ's attention. By January, the longtime Eagle Nest Lake visitor and his family were the property's new owners.

The Owenses now oversee 11 cabins, boat rentals, a marina shop, and RV parking just up the road from Eagle Nest Lake State Park. They plan to add more RV spots, refinish the cabins, and remain open for the winter ski season.

Read more: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/eagle-nest-cabins-marina/

08/08/2026

🗃️ From our Backstory archive: A bullet hole in the Old Lincoln County Courthouse may date to Billy the Kid's 1881 escape. Historians have traced the mark to at least the 1920s, but whether it truly came from the Kid's gun remains part of the legend. Read more: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/lincoln-county-courthouse-old-west-history-billy-the-kid-bullet-hole/

08/07/2026

5 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!
Walk in the footsteps of Billy the Kid during Old Lincoln Days, embrace tradition at the Gallup InterTribal Indian Ceremonial, explore the art of New Mexico by taking an art tour, get your buzz on at the Santa Fe Beer Festival, and reflect on the Golden Years of space history at the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

Read more: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/five-things-to-do-this-weekend-august-7/

08/07/2026

Josiah Enriquez, of Pojoaque Pueblo, picked up his first hoop at eight years old under the tutelage of the late Nakotah LaRance. Now a three-time world champion and master instructor with Lightning Boy Foundation, Inc., he teaches young dancers to move with confidence and carry the tradition forward.

Read his story: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/josiah-enriquez-hoop-dance/

Photograph courtesy of Santa Fe County Tourism/ Zoë Marieh Urness.

08/07/2026

At the Museum of New Mexico system’s Conservation Lab, on Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, the old canvases kept coming. Over the decades, the Paul Burlin paintings had been cut and resized, yellowed by bright light, stripped from their frames, rolled into brittle scrolls, and packed into boxes. Conservator Bradford Epley spent two years meticulously cleaning six of them.

The Burlin paintings are only one example of the culturally significant objects that pass through the Santa Fe lab. Conservators work alongside artists, historians, descendants, and community experts to determine how objects should be repaired, stored, or exhibited.

Read more: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/new-mexico-museum-conservation-lab/

Photographs by Tira Howard.

08/06/2026

For one weekend each August, Old Lincoln Days fills Calle la Placita with reenacted gunfights, galloping horses, and "The Last Escape of Billy the Kid," the nation's oldest continuously running folk pageant. But Lincoln doesn't pack away its history when the festival ends.

Year-round, visitors can explore the Tunstall Store, walk through the courthouse where Billy made his infamous escape, and spend time in historic buildings that now serve as homes, museums, galleries, shops, and gathering places.

Read more: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/old-lincoln-days/

Photographs by Nathaniel Tetsuro Paolinelli

08/05/2026

📢 Calling all photographers! Enter the 26th Annual New Mexico Magazine Photo Awards through September 15. Submit up to 10 images for $75 and receive a free 2027 New Mexico Magazine calendar.

Enter now: https://zurl.co/photo-awards

08/05/2026

Indian Market weekend extends beyond the Plaza. Hear Sage Bond, Levi Platero, and Keith Secola at the IndigenousWays Festival, shop hundreds of artists at the Free Indian Market Show, and find art, fashion, film, music, and dance at the Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival.

See what's happening August 14–16 in Santa Fe and Pojoaque: https://zurl.co/indian-market-events

Hear Sage Bond, Levi Platero, and Keith Secola at the Railyard, then shop two free Native art markets in Santa Fe and Pojoaque.

08/04/2026

We want to see where the New Mexico Route 66 app takes you this week! 🚗

Starting August 4, open the New Mexico Route 66 app, tap Badges, and choose any badge. Check in at one of its participating locations, then share the stop on social media and tag us.

The first 10 people to complete those steps by August 11 will receive a Route 66 mug. Add or so we can find your post!

App details are available at nmmag.us/app. Available while supplies last.

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08/04/2026

A three-year-old camping west of Albuquerque once insisted that he had found dinosaur eggs. He was right. The fossilized eggshell fragments, about 150 million years old, now invite young museum visitors to imagine what they might uncover in New Mexico's rocks.

Following an eight-month closure and a $3.67 million renovation, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science has reopened with refreshed galleries, 300 previously undisplayed specimens, and plenty of longtime favorites.

Read the story here: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/new-mexico-natural-history-museum-renovation/