On the Town: Western Heritage Awards to be September highlight By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record February 26, 2021
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum has announced winners of its most prestigious awards.
The Western Heritage Awards, set for Sept. 17 and 18, will honor some of the biggest names in popular film, literature and television. Among high-profile winners this year are productions that star actors Tom Hanks and Kevin Costner. The event has been expanded to honor individuals from both 2020 and 2021.
Literature award recipients: are “The King of Taos: A Novel” by the late Max Evans, in the Western Novel category; “Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway” by Louis Craft, in the nonfiction book category; “Making a Hand: The Art of H.D. Bugbee” by Michael Grauer, art/photography book; “Silverbelly” by S.J. Dahlstrom, juvenile book; “Transitions in the Changing West: The Photographic Legacy of Jes
I have yet to meet a person that has watched Paramount s Yellowstone that hasn t raved about it. I admit that I m a little late to the party, but in my defense, I didn t have access to Paramount on my television provider. I even went as far as buying Season 1 and Season 2 on DVD so I could catch up before I watched Season 3.
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The show is about cowboys, ranchers more specifically, with sweeping landscapes and what I believe is some of the more realistic portrayals of ranch life. It s no wonder that a show of this magnitude could win an award from the National Cowboy Museum.
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Headlight staff reports
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Get ready to explore the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and New Mexico’s other wonderful cultural institutions in person again.
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced that the state’s eight museums and seven of its historic sites will begin to safely reopen to the public this week, in accordance with COVID-safe practices and public health measures to protect the well-being of patrons.
The Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces reopened on Monday, Feb. 8. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The museum and gift shop are closed on Sunday during this period of partial reopening.
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Focus Features’ 2020 contemporary Western Let Him Go reunited actors Diane Lane and Kevin Costner for the first time since their supporting roles as Superman’s parents in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). The is the first time they have been cast opposite each other in a film’s leading roles.
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The year 2020 was unsatisfying all around, and certainly for Westerns. From a purist point of view, if we strictly define Westerns as taking place in the Western U.S., between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century, it would be more accurate to say that it is a year of no Westerns at all. Every film, and most of the television programs, require generosity as to either period or locale to be included, although many are well worth seeing. With a COVID-19-shortened theatrical release year, there are only four 2020 features to point to.