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Walking toward a cure

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Recognizing ‘the Legend’

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Gallup Senior Center dedicates dining hall to Juan Delgado

A legend has died, or rather, “The Legend” has died.

This was the moniker given to Juan Delgado around Gallup. In an interview with the Sun, Tim Delgado, Juan’s youngest son, explained how his father earned that name.

“A lot of people called him ‘The Legend’ because he did everything. There wasn’t a lot that my dad did not do,” Tim said. “When he applied himself and did something he was really good at it. He took on things that people thought were impossible.”



EARLY LIFE

Juan was born on Jan. 25, 1931, in Winslow, Ariz. He was three months old when his family moved to Gallup.

Growing up in...

Showing off their purple school spirit

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Film Prize Jr. launches third year in New Mexico

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Film professionals, legislators, cabinet officials, teachers and students gathered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sept. 7 to celebrate the launch of Film Prize Jr's third year in New Mexico. The statewide youth film education and festival program supports youth grades 5-12 to create short films.

Last year, the program grew by 55%, featuring 93 student films from over 50 schools in 20 NM counties. All of the films were featured on the big screen at their festival at the Albuquerque Convention Center in April 2023.

Students compete for scholarships and media grants in categories such as comedy, drama, thriller, animations, and documentary.

This year, the program is...

ZART shines the spotlight on Zuni art

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The cliché of starving artists is an old saw for a reason: Very few artists make a living from their artwork.  It’s even more difficult for those who live in remote places and have few opportunities to show their work.

For Zuni artists, that’s changing. The Keshi Foundation, which opened a Zuni gallery in Santa Fe decades ago, opened the Zuni Artist Resource Team at 120 W. Coal Ave. in early August. The Gallup site is open Tuesdays through Fridays and will be open during ArtsCrawl events.

The shop is part gallery, representing about 230 artisans so far, part fledgling Museum of Zuni Art, part training center and part web resource to help the artists display and market their...

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