Part two in a series The National Hispanic Cultural Center has announced the construction of two memorials for two local men who lost their lives during the Vietnam Conflict. New Mexican sculptor Sonny Rivera will be joined by artists Cristina Gonzales and Jacob Sisneros in creating memorials for Pfc. Manuel Mora and Sgt. Pete Padilla.
Nervous excitement fills the air as 200 people gather to watch the Curandera demonstrate laugh therapy. A woman is called on as a volunteer, but there’s one problem — she hasn’t been able to laugh for 10 years.
The fallen sons of two Barelas neighborhood families are finally being memorialized at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Marine Pfc. Manuel Mora and Marine Sgt. Pete Padilla gave their lives in service during the Vietnam conflict. The NHCC promised in 2000 to honor Mora and Padilla with a park and memorial.
Electronic vibes channeled straight from the ‘80s find a fresh revival with Little Daylight’s first full-length release, aptly titled “Hello Memory.” The hooks on some of the tracks of this album are intriguingly misleading. The well-produced album has quite a few things going for it: quality musicians, hooks and beats that curl in close to the listener and a vocalist whose control and range hints at a lot of undiscovered talent.
In order to reveal their true identities, comic artists sought to remove the mask of anonymity at this year’s Albuquerque Comic Expo. Stephen McCranie, a UNM studio art graduate, has been drawing comics since before he knew how to write.
With so many vegetables in season, now is a great time to experiment with tempura. Tempura is an old Japanese method of battering and quickly deep frying foods. This dish was actually brought to Japan by the Portuguese in the 16th century, but it has long been associated with Japanese cuisine. Since the frying time is so short, and the batter is quite thin, this method of frying foods adds far less fat than traditional western breading or batter.
One student is stuffing her engineering knowledge into a 5-foot whale. Avery Lopez, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering, founded PeaPow Plush, a business making custom stuffed animals and characters, in December 2013.
Deep frying has the potential to be the most hazardous method of cooking used in the kitchen. Here are some tips for safe deep frying.
A 24-mile nylon fence is the representation of two artists’ vision — a vision that is still being honored 38 years later. The Albuquerque Museum is hosting a three-part film series alongside the exhibition of the daring duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection, from now until mid-September. Elizabeth Becker, the Curator of Education at the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, said she is directing the film series, and calls their film a “human story,” because it relays the difficulties Christo and Jeanne-Claude overcame in order to construct the fence. “Each film is crafted so that it highlights the anger, the drama, the highs and lows on a grand scale,” Becker said. Great music and great shots create the drama and all three documentaries focus on the difficulties of each installment, she said. “They are very conscious of their environmental impact,” Becker said.
Whether he’s picking up a car in a fit of green rage, or picking up some weights just to keep fit, Lou Ferrigno still has the inspiration of comic books close to his heart. Lou Ferrigno, an internationally famous and respected body builder, is best known for his portrayal of the Incredible Hulk in the 1977-1981 T.V series of the same name.
News has traveled fast about the stegomastodon skull unearthed near Elephant Butte, but what no one knows yet is where the fossil will be displayed. Randall Gann, public information officer for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, said the fossil has a long way to go before anyone can start thinking about its final home.
The silhouette of a 147-foot-tall cottonwood stands high at the center of the city, ignored by people as they speed by on a day-to-day basis. The ABQ BioPark, in collaboration with Albuquerque Open Space Division, is re-introducing residents to this natural wonder with the Moonlight Bosque Hike.
It’s hard to talk about grief. It’s hard to write about grief. People talk in circles and denial runs as thick as herring roe. It often doesn’t make the most enticing dialogue either.
A student traveled from the tropics of Africa to the bosque of Los Lunas to achieve his lifelong dream of obtaining an education. Nuhu Alhassan, a native of Ghana, said he is attending the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus and is working toward his nursing degree. ____
This year’s Vans Warped Tour will feature a band that caters to audiences with an ACIDIC taste in music. ACIDIC, one of the new acts performing at this year’s Tour, has been building a reputation as the hardest working rock band from southern California, according to the band’s website.
Musicians take inspiration from all sorts of places when making an album. For pianist Aaron Trumm, his came from his lungs — or rather, from someone else’s lungs. Trumm said he was born with cystic fibrosis and was referred for a lung transplant when he became ill in 2013. He was 38 years old with lungs at 18 percent capacity.
Bang’jaQ pulls her blade back with a sense of pride after slaying a giant saber bear — an act that ensures her mother’s place in Sto-Vo-Kor. Bang’jaQ isn’t real, though; she’s the original persona of Cree Myers, winner of this year’s Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, an event held annually in Atlanta, Georgia.
A rich and diverse culture of photographers is being shown political reverence for the first time in many years. Starting June 9, Oscar Muñoz’s “Biographías” as well as the “Luz Restirada” collection from the UNM Art Museum’s private inventory will be featured, free to the public, all summer long.
There is a lot of damn theatre in Albuquerque. More than 40 theatre organizations belong to the Albuquerque Theatre Guild. Not bad for a city with a population just under a million. Most of this is “community theatre,” where locals volunteer for little or no money.
A local publishing company is moving forward by going back to 7000 B.C. 7000 B.C., a non-profit organization based in northern New Mexico, is working to keep a sense of wonder alive by providing local comic book creators, writers and artists opportunities to develop their own styles of storytelling while promoting the cultural significance of comic art.
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