Monday, June 17, 2019 |

Now showing in Taos: 'Men in Black: International'

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth star as Agents M and H in 'Men in Black: International.'

The comedy-sci-fi concept behind Men in Black could probably go on forever if its creators had as much imagination as the special effects designers hired to come up with all ...

Reluctant nominee Gus Foster honored by arts council

Courtesy Ash HaywoodPatrons raise a toast to Foster during the gala at The Stakeout restaurant.

A sold-out capacity greeted the Taos Arts Council's second annual gala Friday (June 7) at the newly repurposed Stakeout restaurant on Outlaw Hill south of Ranchos de Taos. The …

Taos Star Guide

The full moon in Sagittarius on Monday (June e 17) opposes Gemini’s solar position. Sagittarius rules the planet Jupiter, so areas of exploration and excessiveness ...

Secret life of Taos hippies

Those were the days: Life and Love in 1970s' New Mexico by Phaedra Greenwood and Jim Levy

Photo gallery: Up close with snakes and raptors

Joaquin Reyes, of Taos, guides his 2-year-old son, Mathius Reyes, as he touches a Western hognose snake.

The Taos Youth and Family Center had some visitors over the weekend, but not the human kind. They were Harley, Patches and Soul -- a Western hognose snake, a desert box turtle and a turkey vulture. …

Chamisal man indicted in brother’s death

Body of Albuquerque woman recovered from Río Grande Gorge

Taos Air grounded for the summer

5G? Not in this neck of the woods

Rare murder investigation rattles Taos Pueblo

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Artist Joseph Henry Sharp in his studio on Kit Carson Road in Taos. His studio, as well as the studio and home of E.I. Couse, are open to the public as cultural properties known as the Couse-Sharp Historic Site.

Arts and Culture

Painter's eye-opening odyssey through Indian Country

Spending several winters painting in Montana's subzero temperatures, Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953) recorded on canvas the perceived end of the Northern Plains Indian civilization. …

Karla Eoff, left, and Kristen Woolf in a scene from 'Cellphone Mystics,' part of their 'Two Old Ladies Acting Out' performance planned this weekend at SOMOS.

Theater

'Owning who we are, without apologies or explanations'

Act out (transitive verb): To represent in action; to translate into action; to express something directly in overt behavior without modification to comply with social norms …

'Sahds Grocery and Market, 1970,' photograph by William 'Bill' Davis ' Pete Sahd was a member of the well-known Sahd family which lived in this area for decades. [The grocery] was located on the hill going up to Taos' main intersection and only traffic light.'

Art

Picturing Taos over five decades

Stroll down a legendary lane with Taos photographer extraordinaire William "Bill" Davis and be regaled during his 50th anniversary photography exhibit, opening with a reception …

Murphey's WestFest returns to Red River

Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Last Bandeleros, RW Hampton, Robert Mirabal and more will appear during Michael Martin Murphey's American WestFest® when it returns to Red River July 11-13 …

Morgan Timms/ The Taos NewsJimmy Stadler, left, performs with middle school band Steven and Associates as they play 'Rock and Roll All Nite' by KISS during Taos Academy Charter School's Autumn Music Show at KTAOS Solar Center. The Stadler Band will perform at today's (June 13) Taos Plaza Live free concert.

Hometown guitar heroes

One is a progressive rocker. The other is a crowd-pleasing, highly versatile artist. It is no surprise, then, that both call Taos their hometown. Bones of Romero and the Jimmy Stadler …

The Taos News file photoStudents are seen rehearsing in the Encore Gallery at the Taos Community Auditorium.

School of hard notes

The Taos School of Music in Taos Ski Valley has been fulfilling its stated mission of "preparing young masters for the world stage, and bringing superb performances to chamber music …

Taos Star Guide

This week, you can witness Mercury and Mars in a duet line dance with Luna in our early evening skies. Mars can be located below and to the right of Sunday’s (June 9) first-quarter moon ...

Enjarradores Andy Valerio and Warren Kelly use shovels to tear away the cracked mud on the San Francisco de Asis Church on Saturday (June 1) during the annual remudding of the historic church in Ranchos de Taos.

Culture

Photo gallery: Of earth, hands and tradition

Parishioners and community members began the long process of replacing and restoring the exterior adobe walls of the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church over the weekend in the Ranchos de Taos Plaza.

Olivia Romo poses in front of a mural in Barrio Ancón in Santa Fe.

Books

Poet Olivia Romo sings to the acequias

The first thing that farmer, poet and water rights activist Olivia Romo wants Tempo readers to know about her is that she is very proud of being a Taoseña."I am truly indebted to my community …

Now showing in Taos: ‘Dark Phoenix’

The most disturbing part of “Dark Phoenix,” the new X-Men movie, is not the apocalyptic attack from a mysterious cosmic force or the aliens that want to control it and wipe out all life on earth ...

Millie Bobby Brown, of TV’s “Stranger Things” fame, makes her feature film debut as Madison Russell in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.”

Movies

Now showing in Taos: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters’

Epic. That’s about all I can say about the new “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.” With the sound cranked up high enough to jiggle your synapses, the movie is a visual and aural experience unlike many in cinemas since the Sensurround in 1974’s “Earthquake.”