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Taos County law enforcement discover marijuana grow-op off State Road 518

Bealls store in Taos converting – not closing

Taos Police: No credible threat at Taos High School, Taos Middle School

Questa school board member admits to felony conviction at candidates’ forum

Town releases financial impact for Sting, Barn Dance

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Tempo Arts
Michael McCormick poses for a portrait in front of one of the many Bill Baker pieces in his downtown gallery Friday (Oct. 4.)
Art

Michael McCormick Gallery needs help

Michael McCormick is scared. Illness and slow sales are killing his bottom line at Michael McCormick & Sons Gallery, located a few doors north of Taos Plaza.He has fallen …
George Whitten is a third generation rancher in the San Luis Valley of central Colorado with his wife Julie Sullivan. The couple raise cattle on a mix of private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the mountains that form the western border of the valley. Whitten has practiced a form of rotation grazing for years that improves soil and grasslands. He'll give a talk on regenerative practices at the Río Fernando Park in Taos Saturday (Oct. 12) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Entertainment

What's happening in Taos?

This week the weather is predicted to give locals a taste of cooler temps, but that doesn't mean there's any stop to a wide variety of arts and entertainment happenings going on in and around Taos ...
Courtesy David ForlanoNew Mexico actor and writer Debrianna Mansini has had a recurring role in 'Breaking Bad' and its prequel, 'Better Call Saul.'

Tasty tales of food, family and love onstage

Part of the fun of watching shows and movies filmed in Northern New Mexico is spotting our actor friends in the background of crowd scenes or sometimes in speaking parts. New Mexico …

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Tempo Music
Cellist Rebecca Carón (pictured) along with violinist Emily Aquin and pianist Jacquelyn Helin will perform works by composers Igor Stravinsky, Astor Piazzolla and Johannes Brahms this weekend (Oct. 12-13).
Music

Ensemble celebrates 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'

Three of Taos Soundscapes' world-class musicians take the stage this weekend, offering two concerts of music celebrating the theme of "Autumnal Bliss."On Saturday (Oct. 12), at 3 p.m., …
Jazz flautist Ali Ryerson has played Carnegie Hall and other stages around the world. She'll headline a quartet performing Saturday (Oct. 12) at the Harwood Museum.
Music

Flute player plans thrills for Taos jazz fans

Jazz flute player Ali Ryerson was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Art Ryerson, was a top New York City studio guitarist who recorded with jazz and popular music icons …
Courtesy photoPianist Claire Detels

Monthly music concerts start at First Presbyterian

A new music series titled "First Friday Noon at First Presbyterian" is debuting Friday (Oct. 4) at noon at the First Presbyterian Church of Taos, 215 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. This is …

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Tempo Culture
Astrology

Taos Star Guide

As the sun sets this week, night sky watchers can locate Mercury and Venus traveling low to the western horizon. Saturn and Jupiter can be seen ...
Courtesy New Mexico PBSVan Ann Moore shares the history of shrewd, trailblazing women from New Mexico's Territorial period.

Performer enlivens presentation about women in the Wild West

For anyone interested in finding out about "The Amazing Women of the Wild West," the Taos County Historical Society has a program coming up just for you.Van Ann Moore is probably one of …
Courtesy image'La Reconquista' by Anita Rodríguez. The model is Anita Galvan, who has an art gallery in Guanajuato, according to Rodríguez.

Event designed to foster 'healing and reconciliation'

After the recent performance by a group called La Pocha Nostra -- one small part of The Paseo art expo Sept. 13-14 -- a groundswell of reactions by many people, some of whom never …

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Tempo Film
Will Smith as Henry Brogan and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Danny Zakarweski in a scene from 'Gemini Man,' directed by Ang Lee.
Movie review

Now showing in Taos: ‘Gemini Man’

Will Smith actually plays his age, 51, in director Ang Lee’s action thriller “Gemini Man,” but given the level of CGI and stunt double agility exhibited by his character, you’re probably supposed to think, “Dang, he looks pretty good for an old guy.”
Warner Bros...Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, a.k.a. "Joker."..
Movie review

Now showing in Taos: ‘Joker’

There has not been in recent memory an actor who has so thoroughly projected such a gut-wrenching mixture of despair, confusion, terror, and, yes, insanity, within the first moments of appearing on …
One of the more thrilling moments in 'Downton Abbey' is a dance between Lucy Smith (Tuppence Middleton) and Tom Branson (Allen Leech).
Movies

Movie review: 'Downton Abbey'

Julian Fellowes has created quite a little industry cataloguing the manners and accoutrement of British aristocracy circa 1920s via his popular television show, “Downton Abbey.”

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Tempo Books
Book jacket from Harvey Mudd's new book
Book review

Who is Harvey Mudd?

Recording the entire span of one's life is generally referred to as an autobiography, whereas a memoir serves to answer one fundamental life question and only covers those events that pertain to that …
'Moving water releases energy that has the ability to positively influence human health,' said Francisco Guevara, owner of Los Rios River Runners and one of the storytellers at the upcoming festival. 'There's the adrenaline rush, there's the rush from just the sheer beauty. When you're floating down a calm, beautiful, peaceful part of the river, especially at sunset when the light is changing, it's sublime. Why would you want to sit in an office? If I have a choice, I'll take this, thank you very much.'
Books

Taos Storytelling Festival celebrates 20th anniversary

Everyone loves a good story — one that makes us shiver in our skin, laugh out loud or cry. A good story reminds us of our baggage and blessings. We feel it in our bones ...
Courtesy imageCover art for Scott Archer Jones' new book

Author uncovers a dark night of the soul

Whether they are visible or not, we all carry our wounds in our body -- a scar on our skin or a scar onour heart. When we are alone, we might be able to ignore it but in relationships, we are often …

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