Results for keyword: culture
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The power of music, the power of obsession
Sarah Bird’s well-written novel The Flamenco Academy weaves the history of this dramatic dance form into a obsessed young woman’s search for identity.
by Margaret Foley, Nov 12, 2007 -
The Last Ride
Longtime hitchhiker Dev Carey tells Michelle Nijhuis about some of his best – and worst – adventures on Western highways.
by Dev Carey and Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 29, 2007 -
Educating the economy
Western communities such as Lander, Wyo., are suddenly working hard to lure new colleges to town
by Rebecca Huntington, Apr 30, 2007 -
Tequila-fueled tunes
The music Roger Clyne writes and performs with his band, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, is inspired by the Arizona desert
by Fletcher Jacobs, Dec 25, 2006 -
Life in the transition zone
Longtime community activist and HCN board member Luis Torres is delighted to see environmentalists and loggers working together in the forests of his native northern New Mexico
by Paul Larmer, Oct 30, 2006 -
Nuestra America
In Translation Nation, Hector Tobar looks at the new Latino immigrants and examines the way the immigration experience has changed in America
by Mark E Hayes, Jun 26, 2006 -
Healing the border with words
Award-winning author Denise Chavez created the Border Book Festival, and founded a Cultural Center in Mesilla, N.M., to help heal the cultural wounds of the U.S.-Mexico border
by Susan J. Tweit, Dec 12, 2005






