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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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It takes time to sort through 23,000 years of history. Especially when the research has unveiled so many unheard stories. During the early days of the pandemic Katie Stone envisioned New Mexico history lessons for groups of children. Then it turned remote as mass gatherings were canceled. As the founder and executive director of the podcast, "The Children's Hour," Stone was forced to think outside the box to get information to the masses. "The Children's Hour," is an...
Diversifying the film industry has been the goal for nearly a decade. This is why the New Mexico Film Office has invested in leading training programs in various aspects of the industry. It’s starting to pay off. The film office announced that 10 productions have either filmed or are getting ready to film around the state — in addition to “Roswell, New Mexico,” “Better Call Saul” or any Netflix productions currently in production. Across the 10 productions, 488 crew members, 123 New Mexico actors and 327 extras will be hir...
Movie theaters are still closed due to the pandemic, but New Mexicans will get a chance to see Tom Hanks’ “News of the World.” The film was released on Christmas in theaters — just in time for Oscar consideration. Beginning on Friday, the New Mexico-filmed production will be available on-demand via Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango Now, Google Play, Vudu and Xfinity. Principal photography began on the project in October 2019, where it filmed in and around Santa Fe for a few months. “News of the World” is based on th...
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science has been a resource for New Mexicans for more than 30 years. For nearly six months, staff has been working on taking its collections online. It has opened the door to more than 110,000 fossil and biological specimens, as the museum’s collection records are now publicly available through Arctos, a web-based database. Arctos provides research-grade data to scientists and facilitates public access to the data and images. Users of the database can find out more about plant, a...
New Mexico has plenty of history — especially its place in the Wild West. The area was home to Billy the Kid and his famous shoot outs, mainly one with Sheriff Pat Garrett. A new story hits Albuquerque and Santa Fe theaters — albeit briefly — this weekend, and it was filmed in New Mexico. Vincent D’Onofrio’s feature film directorial debut “The Kid” has a limited run through Wednesday. “The distributor did not select any of our theatres to play it,” an Allen Theatres spokesperson wrote in an email. “We were hoping because...
