New Mexico theatre companies expand their boundaries
By Natalia Ankiewicz and Jamesha Begay / News Port A long table in the middle of a room. A single chandelier burning. A silhouetted woman moans as a man lurches towards her. In the darkness, the audience watches. In this opening scene of Phantasmagoria, the audience is enveloped in the performance — literally standing on […]
Looking back on a favorite NM pumpkin patch
By Natalia Ankiewicz and Jamesha Begay / News Port This year, McCall’s Pumpkin Patch celebrated its 21st year of business. The 300 acre farm in Moriarty, New Mexico, became a major seasonal employer as they continued to draw families and school kids to its fields this last fall. Looking back, the pumpkin patch has changed […]
Albuquerque ups its investment in sports tourism
By Hayley Estrada and Steven DeAnda / NM News Port Marissa Gomez can barely remember the days when she and her friends were able to practice at the Los Altos Park without the fear of being bothered by dozens of people living out of shopping carts. “It is really upsetting to see the softball diamonds […]
ABQ celebrates music and culture at SOMOS festival
By: Madison Spratto / NM News Port Music, art, culture, food and drink came together at SOMOS Albuquerque, an annual Burque festival. Civic Plaza in Downtown was filled with food trucks, vendors, performers and more Saturday afternoon, until late in the evening. All senses were necessary to experience what the festival had to offer. It […]
Canine stars dazzle at the fair
By: Madison Spratto / NM News Port Some special performers made a big splash at the New Mexico State Fair this year. For the first time ever, 13 rescued Canine Stars captured the audience’s attention with a dog show that included agility courses and a crowd favorite—dock jumping. Dogs of all breeds, sizes and […]
DIY venues offer eclectic live music and more
By Bella Davis / NM News Port On an otherwise quiet Sunday evening in Barelas, piercing screams and experimental punk music rang out from a small building glowing with purple light. Four acts—Spliceling, Jackie Chacón, Velvet Q, and Nuh Uh—were playing at the Tannex, one of several DIY music spaces in Albuquerque. Under disco balls […]
MMA academy brings success and fame to Albuquerque
Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque has produced some of the most prominent names in professional mixed martial arts — names like Jon “Bones” Jones, the current defending Light Heavyweight champion, and Holly Holm, a former champion in the women’s Bantamweight division. “What makes us unique is the family aspect,” said Eric Dodson, a Jackson […]
NM’s pro soccer team leads in the rankings and among new fans
By Matthew Narvaiz / NM News Port / NM News Port / A record-setting soccer crowd of 15,023 filled Albuquerque’s Isotopes Park on Cinco de Mayo, and were treated to a victory by the new professional soccer team, New Mexico United. New Mexico United (4-1-5) defeated visiting San Antonio FC (3-5-1) by a score of […]
Monarchs and Milkweed
By Makayla Grijalva and Shayla Cunico / Daily Lobo / Editors Note: This story was originally published in the Daily Lobo. This is under a collaboration the New Mexico New Port has with the New Mexico Daily Lobo. Tatia Veltkamp, owner of Wings of Enchantment, has a home filled to the brim with butterflies — […]
The art behind transforming a baseball field to soccer at isotopes park
By Sergio Guerrero & Joshua Grajeda / NM News Port / The Albuquerque Isotopes are not the only team playing at Isotopes Park this season — as they now share their stomping grounds with New Mexico United, the new professional soccer team. That means the 16 year-old stadium will undergo transformation from a baseball field […]