Alfred Hitchcock once famously said, “Drama is life with the dull parts left out.” However, Tim Sutton’s “Memphis” exists in the moments that most movies leave on the cutting room floor.It exists as a tonal, visual poem. Yet it ripples with nebulous purpose, executing laissez-faire intention.
Suggested headline: A beautiful interviewSuggested sub: The Daily Lobo has a chat with author Chuck PalahniukBy Jyllian RoachAcclaimed author Chuck Palahniuk, best known for his novel-turned-movie “Fight Club”, is coming to campus Monday night as part of the tour for his newest novel, “Beautiful You”. However, staff at the Daily Lobo just couldn’t wait that long, so Palahniuk joined us for a short phone interview on his novel and what it all means. “Beautiful You” seems to be packed with quite a few themes and ideas, but for you, what is the book about?“Superficially, it’s about a female protagonist, but really the book is about – number 1 – arousal addiction, which has become a social problem.
It’s Monday morning. The outfit is complete. Colors and patterns match perfectly and everything seems to be in place.Wait a second — it’s time to accessorize.
If a subject can be taken to its irrational extreme and then blended with the most disturbing imagery possible, Chuck Palahniuk will find the way.His latest novel “Beautiful You” does just that with arousal addiction, and more broadly, manufactured experience versus actual experience.
This year marks the 50th anniversary for the Wilderness Act signed in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and some enthusiasts took time to educate people about the Great Outdoors. The Get Wild Festival, celebrated Saturday at the Civic Center, drew attention to the act that helped protect 9.1 million acres of wilderness lands.
Everyone has a different reason for reading. Books can be an escape, a learning tool, a way to bond with others or simply a method of broadening one’s perspective. Texanna Martin, Graduate and Professional Student Association president, said she likes to read books that challenge her perspective and make her see things from another point of view.
Culture and life have been carried in Southwest artisan vessels for more than 400 years, and now UNM is playing an integral role in the preservation and vitality of its practice. Clarence Cruz, an Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo native, said he aspires to perpetuate the ancient tradition in the 21st century through his students and peers.Cruz has practiced pottery making for 29 years, and is now teaching future generations of potters in his ancient traditional pottery course, he said.
Though it’s only made of pipes, wood and tree branches, the temporary structure behind Hillel House is a symbol of remembrance, struggle and community. Members of UNM’s Jewish organization are celebrating Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday, by constructing their temporary structure behind the building and cooking traditional food.Ezra Rabinsky, a junior linguistics major, said Sukkot is a longstanding traditional holiday in remembrance of the journey their ancestors made through the desert for 40 years after their exodus from Egypt.
I recently picked up the 1966 movie “Harper” from a bargain bin somewhere, under the logic that if it had Paul Newman in it, it would probably be good.
So, what to wear today? Oh, maybe this adorable outfit. Wait! Today’s the day some UNM students have a fitness class, or they are going to workout today.
The smell of sun-touched rubber tires and bike grease fill the air of a local non-profit bike shop that is hoping to help many residents get their own set of wheels.Esperanza Community Bike shop is giving bikes to anyone with $20 and five hours to spare.
Mesmerizing shapes and continuous flurries of reoccurring patterns can be found throughout the Maize Maze taking place in the Rio Grande Community Farm.
By Moriah Carty“Every year when summer fades into fall, you get the hints, the early mornings starts to cool off, the greenness of the trees begin to dial back, all of your senses waken up, you smell chile roasting in the air, and you smell alfalfa, you hear the balloons in the air and you know it’s fall.” But Matt Schmader, Open Space Division superintendent, said “it isn’t fall until the maze is open.” The farm opened this year after a yearlong break because of the drought, he said.
By Graham GentzA horror story about marriage? Tell me something I don’t know.And here I thought this was a documentary.The premise and metaphor of “Honeymoon,” the writing and directing debut of Leigh Janiak, are pretty straightforward: a newly married couple honeymoon at a small cottage by a lake, and upon sleepwalking in the woods one night, the wife begins acting irrevocably strange.
Ding-dong! The Witch is Dead!Wait. Just kidding.
What’s in a name? Judging by the uproar surrounding UNM’s Sex Week, quite a bit.Sex Week, co-organized by the Women’s Health Resource Center and Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center, was designed to stress the importance of consent and raise awareness about sexual assaults, but not everyone was happy with the execution of the event.
A woman in a vagina costume takes the stage in the SUB ballroom, and Sex Week begins. Sex Week is about creating a comfortable atmosphere for students, staff and faculty to talk about sex and to raise awareness of sticky topics like sexual assault through workshops this week.Angela Catena, gender violence program assistant, said Sex Week is a collaboration between local sexuality resource shop Self Serve and the UNM Women’s Resource Center.
Light chatter, the crisp sound of card stock being cut and the smell of glue fill the air in a small downtown art studio. OFFCenter Community Arts Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income and homeless people express themselves artistically, said board secretary Rachel Harris-Huffman.The center avoids a clinical approach. While art therapist interns do come in from time to time, patrons primarily stick to creating art in groups.
The alarm clock rings and it’s time to get ready for school. The morning feels cold, but, like most New Mexico days, it will almost certainly get warmer.
A lifeless wedding dress sparkled under a blue light upon the stage. A remembrance of what could have been.
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