Day of the Dead grows popular in U.S.

Do you celebrate Dia de los Muertos? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Growing up in South Texas, Kiko Torres saw the Day of the Dead as an obscure holiday celebrated in southern Mexico. Few people dared to discuss it in his small but strong Catholic, Mexican-American community. Still, Torres said he became fascinated by Day of the Dead folk art and ceremonies he saw during his father’s research trips to Mexico. Those images of dancing skeleton figurines and the event’s spiritual messages of honoring the dead, he said, were misunderstood in the United States. “People here thought it was something to be scared of or evil,” said Torres. But that’s changing....

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Food Day Begins This Weekend!

If you like local farmers, delicious food, community involvement and working for meaningful change, then this event is for you! (Note that although Food Day is officially on October 24, there are events as early as October 21 and as late as October 31)   “Food Day will be October 24—in 2011 and in years to come. Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life—parents, teachers, and students; health professionals, community organizers, and local officials; chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes—to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. We will work with people around...

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Top 10 Things To Do in Albuquerque

  It's easy to live in a city and never really take advantage of everything it has to offer. You think to yourself, "Oh, I live here so I'll always have a chance to do it later!" But that's no way to live. You never know what might not be available later on.     Below is a list of some of the best things to do and places to visit in and around the Duke city. Which ones have you done? Which ones are you planning to do? Historic Old Town Plaza National Hispanic Cultural Center Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Albuquerque Museum of Art and History New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science ...

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New Mexico monument reopens archaeological site

Glad to see that Bandelier is back open! “The prehistoric Native American archaeological sites that fill the heart of northern New Mexico's Bandelier National Monument have reopened to visitors, three months after the largest wildfire in the state's recorded history sent employees scrambling to save rare artifacts and irreplaceable artwork. The monument's visitor center and biggest concentration of prehistoric cultural sites survived the fire and a second threat – post-fire flooding that sent ash, sediment and charred debris into the heart of the monument. But the hazardous conditions kept the sites off-limits for weeks, until employees...

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