Any visit to Rancho San Julian, spring or summer, for a home-cooked “Gathering” event hosted by Ranch to Table’s Elizabeth Poett should be paired with an equally tasteful spot to stay during your time on California’s Central Coast. Accommodation opti

Santa Fe’s bustling Indigenous fashion scene is hitting new heights after many years of hosting the Santa Fe Indian Market’s annual runway shows and events. Coming to the City Different May 2-5: the country’s first-ever weeklong celebration of Indige

“So what’s a New York reformer doing in the Dakota Territory?” Good question. Theodore Roosevelt (Mason Beals), the twenty something fellow facing this query by an inquisitive reporter, is indeed far from home and out of his element. He abandoned his

He’s not just a tough guy. He’s got vigor, charm, and a singular blend of resilience that reels us in again and again. As Josh Brolin returns to the big and small screens in Dune: Part Two and Season 2 of the western series Outer Range, one thing is

Inside the little storefront on the picture-book-quaint main street of Sulphur, Oklahoma, the Mahota Textiles showroom is decorated with the ghostly silhouette of “Hatchet Woman.” Her body strides forward with a purpose, one hand wielding a hatchet a

In 2011, Josh Brolin was a few years into a resurgence of sorts. He had starred in No Country for Old Men (2007), earned an Academy Award nomination for Milk (2008), and just finished the remake of True Grit (2010). In January 2011, he appeared on th

Kokopelli Ranch is located 20 minutes from the charming Old West sapphire-mining town of Philipsburg, Montana, now a tourist favorite for its painted main street. The property comes with views of the Pintler Range and East Fork Valley and proximity t

At the service celebrating the life of revered Western artist Harold T. Holden, troubadour R.W. Hampton—his longtime friend and one of the presenters when Holden was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners and given the bronze Wrangler Award he hi

Transformations: Wildlife in Inuit Art and Culture This exhibit seeks to explore Inuit history, values, and beliefs from the work of Inuit artists who gained global recognition from the mid-20th century to the present day. National Museum of Wildlife

Beneath a bluff braced against blazing blue sky, the ancient ruins of a Chacoan community unfold below two rock pillars in southern Colorado. Like the better-known ruins at nearby Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde, these sturdy pit houses and kivas made of

His first paintbrush was a stick. As a young boy in Florida, Tom Gilleon spent endless hours drawing in the white sand that covered the lawn of his grandparents’ home. “Every day at 2 o’clock it rained,” he remembers. “You’d do your morning drawing,

The 16th annual Gala at the ‘Gait took place October 21, 2023, with proceeds from the event supporting ManeGait’s mission to help children and adults with disabilities move beyond their boundaries through the healing power of the horse. Gala at the ‘

Ashley Callingbull is more than just a pretty face. Hailing from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada, the 34-year-old is a survivor, model, actress, activist, pageant queen, motivational speaker, in-game host, brand ambassador, soon-to-be published

Ever since America’s first TV network cooking show aired back in 1946, food on the tube has drawn a hungry audience — and a strangely gluttonous one for culinary combat these days. How exactly we went from NBC’s genial I Love to Eat — hosted by James

THE OFFICIAL COWBOY POET OF TEXAS I heard you say it’s closing time,I’m sure you’re tired,you played a lot tonight.It’s taken me this long for that old beerto let me down enough,To get a cheatin’ woman off my mind. Play me something nice and easy,Let

FARM PAC KITCHENS: This Yoakum, Texas, mail-order service offers farm-to-table selections for time-tested entrees, including premium beef cuts, sausages, chicken, turkey, jerky, sauces, sides, and gift sets. farmpac.com PORTER ROAD: Sourced out of Ke

Should you be strolling in downtown Juneau — which is situated in southeastern Alaska and only accessible by boat or plane—you might glimpse Lily Hope (Tlingit) at work on her Chilkat and Ravenstail weavings in her public-facing studio. “I want to be

I’m crouched in the bed of a pickup truck, hanging on for dear life as we lurch across the rolling prairies of South Dakota, hot on the trail of a thundering herd of bison. Bull whips crack and whoops and hollers rise above drumming hoofbeats. Every

Home chefs can devour four seasons of Elizabeth Poett’s cooking show, Ranch to Table, produced at one of the oldest cattle ranches on California’s Central Coast. Streaming on the Magnolia Network, Discovery Plus, and Max, the show aims to up your com

Can’t get enough Western lore? Scroll to the bottom of the C&I homepage to revisit some of the best stories and interviews we’ve shared through the years. We update the homepage weekly with Web-exclusive stories. Some recent posts include news about

Out here in the wilds of Wyoming, words like isolated and remote come to mind. Surveying the vast landscape of sagebrush and rocky undulating hills, I have to remind myself that the ranch where I’m staying for some much-needed R & R is just a 20-minu

C&I: You recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of “Wine Into Water” — a deeply personal song for you that has continued to have a profound effect on people for more than a quarter-century. T. Graham Brown: It never was a big hit, but it has turned

MONTANA IS AS BEAUTIFUL as she is unpredictable. Weather can change in a heartbeat, and that was never more evident than when I attended a recent edition of the Hell’s A-Roarin’ Horse Drive. I was prepared, but not for 39 degrees and a slow drizzle,

BEAUTIFUL BAY-COLORED HORSES CANTER IN THE GOLDEN LIGHT OF TUSCANY. Riders with rough hands and proud faces work together in a dreamlike haze of dust, serious but with a sense of ease well-captured by the camera. Gray long-horned cattle lumber into r

For some delicious proof that a cookbook can be so much more than a litany of instructions with an index, look no further than Elizabeth Poett’s The Ranch Table (2023, HarperCollins). Treasured Rancho San Julian recipes that will be right at home in

The best way to support and shop the work of Indigenous designers, if you can’t visit a market, is to visit their sites. Start with the selected designers’ sites and continue your Native fashion journey at swaianativefashion.org. ■

Climbing into the small kayak and seating myself at the narrow bow takes some doing, but luckily my travel buddy, M.K., is game for pushing the little vessel off the rocks and into Bodega Bay, then settling into the stern to steer. We navigate throug