Dreamy desert music that lifts the soul and sparks the heart with electronic pop vibes. That’s Sun Sounds. A musical duo featuring vocalist Tessa Nickerson and her partner Will Ribbans, is making waves in the local music scene with their live performances, as well as songs released and available online. Their music is a journey of songs that uplift on a relaxing evening while watching that New Mexico sunset spill its orange rays into the horizon. I had the privilege to chat w

Following the pandemic pause of 2020, the 13th edition of New Mexico’s largest, longest running celebration of Italian cinema and culture resumes with critically-acclaimed dramas, laugh-out-loud comedies, and a special feature Showcase Film of significant social and historical importance. The 2021 program also includes the festival’s classic closing food/wine/live music event hosted by festival title sponsor, Nick & Jimmy’s Restaurant. The festival launches on Tuesday, Octobe

Food. We have all eaten it, purchased it, admired it in pictures, and some of us even cooked it. It inspires conversations and innovations. Time could be spent outside with our hands in the dirt to grow it or inside with pots and pans to make mini masterpieces and disasters. However, when you view food, it comes with stories. Grandma’s account of the homeland, be it another state, another country, or the same house you are standing in. Maybe it’s the story of how the food got

We’re excited to see one of our favorite playhouses, The Adobe Theater, back to doing live events. They’re excited to be presenting their next production, Dinner with the Boys by Dan Lauria, directed by Rhonda Ware, performed by Dan Ware, Yannig Morin, Daniel Anaya and Nick Urzetta. Dan Lauria is better known as an actor – foremost the father in the TV series The Wonder Years – this was his playwriting debut in 2015. Rhonda Ware will be making her directorial debut with The A

I guess the saying is true, in the best way possible, "New Mexico is the Land of Entrapment." Or I should say, "Home is Where the Heart Is." I grew up in New Mexico. I went to Onate Elementary, Jackson Middle School, and graduated from Eldorado High School. I moved to Los Angeles for college, then spent the last 13 years in New York City. Never would I have thought that I would be spending my 35th birthday at an Aggies VS Lobos football game. Not to be negative, just when I t