Performing Arts
Maria Benitez Brought Flamenco to the Forefront
Santa Fe’s own Maria Benitez passed away in her sleep on Tuesday, September 3rd. Maria Benitez was born in Taos, N.M in 1950 . She
September 5, 2024
Santa Fe’s own Maria Benitez passed away in her sleep on Tuesday, September 3rd. Maria Benitez was born in Taos, N.M in 1950 . She
Since 1924, nearly everyone in Santa Fe has taken part in the annual celebration of the burning of Zozobra “Old Man Gloom” at Ft. Marcy
Death rituals in the military include the custom of the riderless horse funeral procession. This tradition dates back to the 14th century when mourners would
Instrumental in Santa Fe becoming an art mecca was the anthropologist Edgar L. Hewett who came to Santa Fe from Greeley, Colorado, in 1893 in
During the 19th century New Mexico’s most common form of capital punishment was death by hanging. These early executions were made public in the belief
In 1864 Lucien B. Maxwell was the largest land grant owner in the world. His was a rags-to-riches story, he born in Illinois in 1818
Villanueva is a small community in San Miguel County that resides along the Pecos River. For the past sixty years the people of this village,
This nation’s founding fathers were all Masons. Masonry began in England 1717 and in Scotland in 1770. During this era, the Old World authority regulated
In the 1960s when I was growing up everyone shopped on the Santa Fe Plaza. Back then store owners went out of their way to
In 1920 the self-taught artist, Velina Shije Herrera, gave the state of New Mexico permission to use his design of the Zia sun symbol as