Friday, November 20, 2009 Guidebook on Butterflies Found in N.M. By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer With more than 300 species of gossamer wings, New Mexico flutters in a butterfly paradise. Only Arizona and Texas boast more of these ephemeral creatures, yet the state has never ... full story
Friday, November 20, 2009 Old Finds By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer “Santa Fe Found” links pottery fragments, chain maille and brass tacks in a mosaic of time tracing the story of Santa Fe. Opening today at the Palace of the Governors, the exhibit explores the archaeological ... full story
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Art Market May Be Coming Back to Life By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer The job market may have cratered, but the art market may be sputtering back to life. About a week ago, the Santa Fe Art Auction sold $1.9 million worth of art, compared with $1 ... full story
Sunday, November 15, 2009 Cartoonist Finds Whimsy in the Mundane By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Northern Bureau You can chart the times through the humor of New Yorker cartoons. Take the classic monocled dandy Eustace Tilley, or the absurdist malaise of James Thurber. There was the macabre ... full story
Saturday, November 14, 2009 Artist Aims for Path of Constant Reinvention By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer In "Vision Quest," Frank Buffalo Hyde pairs a sepia-toned Hopi maiden with a hamburger and a fuschia set of false teeth. The artist's signature placement of seemingly ... full story
Friday, November 13, 2009 A point By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer You can chart the times through the humor of New Yorker cartoons. Take the classic monocled dandy Eustace Tilley, or the absurdist malaise of James Thurber. There was the macabre humor of Charles Addams. And who can forget ... full story
Monday, November 02, 2009 Hillerman's Family Documents Sites From His Works By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer Whenever Tony Hillerman got stuck, he'd head for a drive, park beneath a tree and gaze at Shiprock, Mount Taylor or any of the indelible symbols of Indian country ... full story
Friday, October 30, 2009 United by song By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer It all started with a grizzled street musician named Roger Ridley yowling his way through “Stand By Me” to the Zuni heartbeat of the Twin Eagle Drum Group. Gone viral on YouTube, where it has ... full story
Monday, October 26, 2009 Wonders of Will By Kathaleen Roberts Of the Journal That gift has both driven and saved this self-described "music lifer" who clawed back out of the black hole of brain injury through his music. The songwriter covered by Lovett, Nanci Griffith and Little Feat ... full story
Friday, October 23, 2009 Wild and Crazy Picking By Kathaleen Roberts Journal Staff Writer So far, no one has shouted out for “King Tut.” The cerebral author, playwright and arrow-through-his-head comedian Steve Martin is coming to Santa Fe Oct. 25 on the western swing of a ... full story