of a 6-foot tall telephone pole wrapped in muslin stuffed with tumbleweeds. The artist Gustave Baumann created his head. It was too small. Today, participants stuff scribbled pieces of paper marking ...
SANTA FE, N.M. — High anxiety about White House politics, hurricane flooding and even the threat of nuclear war with North Korea is adding an extra spark to the annual burning of a giant, ghostly ...
THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON MUSEUM IS HOSTING A STEAM NIGHT WITH A SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATING TWO ICONIC NEW MEXICO TRADITIONS. ZOZOBRA AND BALLOONS. LAST NIGHT, PEOPLE GATHERED IN CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ...
For decades, residents in Santa Fe, N.M., have gathered to burn a massive puppet — but only after stuffing it with symbols of their woes. It's a... Long Before Burning Man, Zozobra Brought Fire And ...
The Skirball Cultural Center has long been a place to encounter all sorts of ebullient and splendid sights — an exhibit celebrating the legendary Muppet maven Jim Henson was on view a few years back— ...
For those of us who grew up in Santa Fe, N.M., there are few figures that loom larger than Zozobra. I mean that literally, as much as figuratively: The 50-foot-tall marionette is as familiar as Santa ...