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4 days ago
- Lifestyle
- New York Times
The New Mexico Town That's Still a Beacon for Artists
T's monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list, sharing tips from frequent visitors and locals alike. Sign up here to find us in your inbox once a month, along with our weekly roundup of cultural recommendations, monthly beauty guides and the latest stories from our print issues. Have a question? You can always reach us at tmagazine@ Taos, N.M., is not the type of town where people park themselves at a coffee shop with a laptop. 'It's a place that requires interaction,' says the artist Tony Abeyta. 'We [go to coffee shops] to wake up, to talk about art and where to get our cars fixed. People are working on creative ideas and engaging in high-intellectual conversations and crazy conspiracy theories.' The culture of connection is partly driven by geography. Located in northern New Mexico, about 50 miles from the Colorado border, the town has a population of under 7,000. The great gash of the Rio Grande Gorge is on one side; the Sangre de Cristo Mountains rise on the other. The largest commercial airport lies a little over two hours south, in Albuquerque. In winter there's enough snow to sustain a ski resort. 'It's not the easiest place to live,' says the designer Raquel Allegra. 'There's a feeling of 'This is hard; we've all got to look out for each other.'' Taos has a rich history and a legacy of artistry that extends back some 1,000 years. Between 1100 and 1450, the Taos Pueblo people used adobe to build the main portions of the multistory Taos Pueblo, which has been occupied ever since. Some pottery shards found at the Pueblo are believed to be 800 years old. The Spanish arrived in 1540; missions, colonization and independence from Spain followed. In 1898, 50 years after New Mexico was ceded to the United States, two young artists, Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips, broke a wagon wheel on their way from Denver to Mexico. Entranced, perhaps, by the same qualities that inspire the current influx of creative people — the light, the clouds, the mountains, the sage-blanketed plains, the cottonwood groves and the rift valley with the Rio Grande flowing along its floor — they stayed and eventually established an artist colony. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
27-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
G.O.P. Pushback to Trump's Big Bill, and a Setback to a Contentious Gaza Aid Plan
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New York Times
16-05-2025
- General
- New York Times
Trump's Billion-Dollar Tech Deals, and a Military Buildup at the Border
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New York Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
A New Test of Federal Judges' Power, and Overdose Deaths Plummet
Hosted by Tracy Mumford Produced by Will Jarvis and Ian Stewart Edited by Ian StewartJessica Metzger and Tracy Mumford Featuring Abbie VanSickle and Julia Jacobs In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Examines the Power of District Judges, by Abbie VanSickle House Republicans Push Forward Plan to Cut Taxes, Medicaid and Food Aid, by Catie Edmondson and Margot Sanger-Katz Kennedy, Defending Downsizing, Clashes With Democrats in Tense Hearings, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports, by Jan Hoffman Cassie Ventura Says Sean Combs Used Sex Videos as Blackmail Tools, by Julia Jacobs, Joe Coscarelli and Thomas Fuller How to Win Eurovision in 7 Easy Steps, by Alex Marshall and Miriam Quick Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@ For corrections, email nytnews@ For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Don't You Have a Girlfriend?'
A Fateful Crosswalk 'Why don't you have a girlfriend?' my younger brother asks. 'Everyone thinks you're gay.' Panic consumes 14-year-old me. I pray and hear: 'Find a girlfriend.' I date the most popular girl in high school until I graduate in 1983. The homophobia of that time leaves a deep scar, and I spend my life healing it. Dozens of ill-fated relationships with guys ensue. After I give up on love at 45, I pass a man in a crosswalk who asks, 'Leaving so soon?' I reply: 'What do you want to know? I'm single.' We've been together 14 years. Hope springs eternal. — Michael Hauser In the Wake of Him, Her My 37-year-old brother married Priscilla three weeks before a bicycle accident took his life. They had been together for a while, but, because of the pandemic, I didn't know her well. In the wake of his death, we worked side by side, making impossible decisions and caring for what was left in his absence. We cry a lot. We also laugh. She could have been a stranger I never met. Instead, she became my sister, my brother's last gift to me. Grief gave us a terrible beginning. Love makes it last. — Stephanie Springer Simmering After 37 Years He orders a new TV remote, unclogs the toilet, pays our daughter's car insurance. Not the passion of staying in bed all day in our 20s. Nor the excitement of buying our first house. Or riding gondolas in Venice. It's more like a hearty, slow-cooked meal. He shares our daughter's Instagram post. We plan her college graduation party. Relish her professor's help getting her a job. Love after 37 years. It does not boil over. Rather, it's steady as it simmers. — Kerry Leonard Paone Wrong to Scoff My boyfriend is happiest in the kitchen. A former chef, he moves with confidence and precision — whisking and chopping, tasting and sautéing, all while cursing under his breath at microscopic 'mistakes' made along the way, errors a cereal-minded woman like me would never notice. We recently made potato gnocchi together. As always, he sent me home with a doggie bag. I scoffed at his detailed cooking instructions. This man really thinks I can't boil water? I ignored his warnings and ended up with mashed potatoes. Like the gnocchi, his instructions were made with consideration and care. Sorry, honey! — Sophie Bramnick See more Tiny Love Stories at Submit yours at Want more from Modern Love? Watch the TV series; sign up for the newsletter; or listen to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. We also have swag at the NYT Store and two books, 'Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption' and 'Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less.'
