As Secretary of the New Mexico Tourism Department, I welcome you to New Mexico, a truly diverse destination. The ski areas are booming, thanks to recent storms, and winter festivities are in full swing. Come celebrate a season like no other in a place like no other: New Mexico, your Land of Enchantment.
Michael Cerletti
The Sacramento Mountains come alive with Mardi Gras down-home style - Mardi Gras in the Clouds - February 12-14, 2010, in Cloudcroft.
The event offers all the fun of the traditional Mardi Gras festivities of New Orleans in a friendly, family-oriented atmosphere.
The festivities kick-off Friday (Feb. 12) with the introduction of the reigning King & Queen of Mardi Gras followed by a Cajun Cooking contest. The fun continues throughout the evening with a Fais-Do-Do (dance) at The Lodge "Red Dog Saloon" Party featuring entertainment and contests.
The Town of Red River also knows how to celebrate Mardi Gras, February 11-16, 2010.
"Where in the World is Red River?" Mardi Gras events will include parades, masquerade balls, Cajun food, music and fun. Krewe de Tauxn, Krewe de Lush, Mountain Pirate Krewe, Motley Krewe, Krewe de Cocodrie, Krewe de Voodoo - are you the next Krewe to sweep the contests? Take the challenge - create your own Krewe for "Mardi Gras in the Mountains."
"Red or green?" may be New Mexico's official state question, but diners will face many more delectable choices during the state's first-ever Restaurant Week promotion in Santa Fe (February 28-March 6) and Albuquerque (March 7-13).
More than 60 restaurants and hotels are participating in both cities. Restaurants will feature three-course, prix-fixe dinner menus for $25 per person, $25 for two, or, at a few restaurants, $40 per person.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque is joining with Santa Fe-based Teatro to present "The Ballad of Sucio's Frog," February 4-7, 2010, in the Center's Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts.
Show times are 7 p.m. on Feb. 4; 8 p.m. on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6; and 2 p.m. on Feb. 7. Tickets are $15, $20, and $25 with a $5 Center member discount and can be purchased at Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Center box office, located at 1701 4th Street SW, on the corner of 4th Street and Avenida César Chávez.
Free-wheeling Billy the Kid may have helped start the legend of Lincoln, but it is the tiny New Mexico town's past and current residents who keep the legends alive through their preservation of the area's history.
True West Magazine's 2010 Top True Western Towns lists Lincoln as number eight. Virginia City, Nevada, won the top award. The True Western Towns are featured in the January/February 2010 issue, on newsstands now.
Volunteer groups are the key to Lincoln's success. Partners in Preservation, the Lincoln County Historical Society and the Old Lincoln Days Pageant Committee work together to preserve the many circa 1880 buildings, including the courthouse (from which Billy the Kid escaped in 1881), the Tunstall Store and the Montano Store.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park will host Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change on February 6, 2010, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., in recognition of World Wetlands Day.
Sponsored by the New Mexico State Parks Foundation and the Friends of Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, the event includes bird tours, live raptors, children's activities and programs by area experts about wetlands, jaguars, insects and reptiles.
Rio Rancho's seventh annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship - complete with live entertainment, fun jumps, pig races, kids' corral, and, of course, food galore - is March 26-27, 2010, at the Santa Ana Star Center in the Rio Rancho City Center.
Times are noon-9 p.m. Friday March 26 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday March 27. Parking is $10 per car, which includes admission.
The 22nd annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show - with 200 exhibitors offering a quick taste of more than 1,000 unique products from the fast growing fiery foods and barbecue industries - is March 5-7, 2010, at the Sandia Resort and Casino Events Center.
The National Fiery Foods & BBQ Show is the largest and most visited show in the world relating to spicy foods and barbecue. The show attracts more than 14,000 trade and general public attendees from all over the world.
New Mexico Magazine is known for its stunning photography of the land and its people. But we aren't the only ones who can capture these cherished places. 34 winning images evoke awe, intrigue, and a connection to New Mexico. From a tiny beetle at White Sands to a sweeping vista of Ship Rock, see cherished places anew with the winners of our annual Photo Contest. Find out more about our Photo Contest here.
For the past decade, the editors of MovieMaker Magazine have paid careful attention to location trends. While moviemakers in traditional cinema cities such as New York and Los Angeles might have an edge over their peers in lesser-known production areas, Albuquerque has defied the odds by jumping to the top of its list of the country's best cities in which to be an independent moviemaker. Read more here...
The New Mexico Tourism Department invites its industry partners across the state to publish the digital edition of the 2010 New Mexico Vacation Guide on their websites.
The 192-page guide is identical to the printed version and offers a bounty of useful tips for travelers, ranging from suggested itineraries to breakouts of the state's top attractions and events. There are maps and charts galore, detailed regional and city-by-city listings, and special sections covering outdoor adventures, arts and culture, and Native New Mexico.
Learn how to add the interactive guide to you website here.
View the online GUIDE NOW!
For the second time in three years, the State of New Mexico's float entry in the Tournament of Roses® Parade - "Enchantment is in the Air" - is winner of the coveted Grand Marshal's Trophy January 1, 2010 in Pasadena, Calif.
More than one million spectators lining Colorado Blvd. and millions more watching around the world were treated to the antics of Academy-Award®-winning Pepé Le Pew and Penelope Pussycat, entertainers of the young and the young at heart for more than 60 years, as they took to the southern California skies aboard one of the Land of Enchantment's most iconic images.
The commissioning of USS New Mexico (SSN 779) submarine is March 27, 2010, 10 a.m., at the Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia.
The USS New Mexico is the Navy's newest Virginia-class nuclear submarine. She just completed back-to-back Alpha and Bravo sea trials, and by all reports, she excelled during sea trials and returned to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard two days early. The shipyard hopes to deliver the submarine to the Navy before the end of the year.
Magical Taos is like no place on Earth and neighboring Taos Ski Valley offers the ultimate in winter adventure. Enter the “Ski the Taos Sun Getaway” and experience them both as our guest.
This getaway package includes two-day's lodging at Historic Taos Inn; two days of skiing for two at world-famous Taos Ski Valley; dinner for two at Lambert's in Taos; and a private tub for two plus an all-day access pass at neighboring Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs.
Hundreds of years of rich cultural interaction among Spanish explorers, Native Americans and American immigrants have created a diverse climate of understanding in Taos, where the pace is slow and the air is clean. Taos offers visitors a warm and friendly community.
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