While a number of folk acts have risen quickly to fame in the past few years, Okkervil River gained their audience at a steady rate since 1999. This act continues to plug along with new songs that have added a healthy twinge of Bruce Springsteen to their usual folk flair.
There really isn’t much to say about ‘Juno and the Paycock.” It’s not terrible, but it’s not very good, either. It’s screamy, odd, bland and long. Written in 1924 and set in 1922, the play is incredibly Irish in an exaggeratedly tragic way. When the narrative starts, it just doesn’t stop
Only eight of the 30 religious student organizations on campus are not a branch of Christianity, and not everyone agrees whether UNM does enough to support these groups.
Like a milkshake, the strawberry frappuccino is a cool, refreshing drink easily made at home on hot summer days. Alexander Clash, a Starbucks barista, said a simple strawberry fappuccino can be made with a few simple ingredients.
Freedom of the press is dwindling in the United States, according to a recent study. The Reporters Without Borders annual World Press Freedom Index ranked the U.S. at number 46 out of 180 countries for press freedoms, putting the country just below Romania and just above Haiti.
Albuquerque’s local comedy scene has grown in recent years, and is getting better, A.J. Martinez, local stand-up comedian, said. Martinez, who has been performing stand-up comedy for six years, is one of many local comedians who host an open mike comedy show in Albuquerque, where anyone has the opportunity to perform.
Welcome back! If you’re not quite out of the Spring Break mindset, check out these free events to stretch out the fun a little longer.
Theater has a bit of a PR problem. People have a lot of preconceived notions about what it is and what it can do. I would even go so far as to generalize that most people have zero interest in watching plays.
A line of about 100 people stood before a man with thick-framed glasses and tattoos from knuckles to jaw. Internationally famed artist Mike “Giant” Lesage came home to Albuquerque to hundreds of supportive friends and excited fans on Sunday.
Favorite shirt lose a button? Sew it back on. Local crafter Elizabeth Galvez said sewing buttons requires just a couple of sewing supplies and a few simple steps to get those annoying little fasteners back in place.
Antonia Sarvis dismantled a pink ladies’ shaving razor and pressed the blade into her skin. She did this over and over. The scars from a years-long internal battle that cover the arms and legs of sophomore psychology major Sarvis don’t bother her anymore, she said she embraces the reminder of what she survived.
Calvary Zender attends classes, spends time with his friends and plays Half-Life 2 on the weekends. But unlike most students, he spends every other Monday discussing J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Kate O’Donnell’s last patient of the day is Maria Cabrera, who has acquired more than $57,000 in medical debt. The two sit in a dimly lit room in the Casa de Salud Family Medical Office, where O’Donnell works as a medical debt manager. She works with Cabrera and several dozen other South Valley residents who are struggling with medical debt.
Kevin “Kookie” Jones said he wakes up every morning to music playing in his head — after he finishes his morning prayers. He said being a member of a church has been a substitute for the gang violence and other troubles his family was surrounded by while living in Houston.
This week’s sweetest free events seem to be limited to Wednesday and Thursday. That’s OK, though — they’re still pretty cool. Students with incredible time-management skills could even make it to all three events on Wednesday!
I never get tired of “A Midsummer’s Night Dream.” I’ve seen it performed by more than a dozen different casts and companies on stage, watched the 1935, 1968 and 1999 movie versions and have even been in it twice.
Oppression. Islam. Terrorism. For many Americans, these words are the only things they know about Arab culture. Countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have received a lot of negative attention in the United States since the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The magic of Disney left its mark on students and staff when former Disney animator Phil Young regaled his audience with stories about the legendary company.
March is here and with spring break right around the corner, many will want to rush to the gym to work off those winter pounds. Adrian Prieto, a senior exercise science major, said a simple weight squat is a great way to tone the body when combined with a healthy diet.
Jim Burbank, long time English lecturer and director of the internship program for English, is set to retire at the end of this semester.
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