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Jyllian Roach | November 18New things to learn? Check. Art to see and hear? Check? Relevant pop culture activities? Check. Looks like a good week to be in Albuquerque.
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Behind the decision: Three women's stories related to the abortion issue
Jyllian Roach | November 14Sarah Crawford’s, Jocelyn Quintana’s and Ruthie Fogelman’s ages span across two decades. Their life stories and career goals are radically different, but they have one important thing in common: all three women got pregnant and considered abortion. The Nov. 19 vote on the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” has sparked heated local conversation on New Mexico’s late-term abortion laws as well as broad debates about abortion in general.
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IMAX theater to the max
Fiona-Maria Featherston | November 14Big changes are coming to Winrock Center this week as a new 16-screen IMAX theater welcomes moviegoers to its grand opening. The Winrock Stadium 16 celebrated its grand opening week with $2 popcorn
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Show Me How: To make deodorant
Mariam Ajala | November 14Whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior in college, the temptation to spend money is everywhere and before you know it, there’s not a penny left to shop for the important stuff. And let’s face it, it’s hard to put your foot firmly on the ground and stick to a budget when all you want to do is have fun.
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Theater Review: Play crashes and stays burning
Graham Gentz | November 14Entertainment should strive to provide what the audience wants, but not in the way they expect. Or if they can’t be bothered, just some hackneyed trash will do. The Aux Dog Theatre has selected “Boeing Boeing,” a 1960s French sex farce, as its oddly dated choice for its current production.
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Book review: Erotic book features happy endings
Jyllian Roach | November 12I’m not really one to read erotic books. I have nothing against them, and I know plenty of people who find excitement in reading tales of the kinky, but I’m just not one of them. When I first opened “The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories,” I wasn’t quite sure what I was in for.
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November 12Cellists, karaoke, wine and even a carnival; this week is full of unique events for students looking for something to do.
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Memories by design
William Aranda | November 8Daniel Libeskind talks with his fans and the public after his lecture “The Language of Architecture” at Woodward Hall on Thursday evening.
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Building a history: Architect reflects on a legacy at UNM
Antonio Sanchez | November 7When construction for the Duck Pond began in 1974, University architect Van Dorn Hooker said he shrugged off initial criticism of the project. As Dorn Hooker wrote of the most vocal nay-sayers, the staff of the New Mexico Daily Lobo, in his book “Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico,”
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Why is it called Popejoy Hall?
Antonio Sanchez | November 7Former University architect Van Dorn Hooker spent the past three years composing a comprehensive list of short biographies each person whose name is on a UNM building, monument or memorial. While Dorn Hooker’s untitled work is waiting to be published, the Daily Lobo has compiled a short list detailing three prominent figures.
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Art trio makes passion a reality
Mariam Ajala | November 7The droning roar reverberates against the wooden floorboards as the movements of a lithe woman weave about the stage. A hum sounds again as a man with a gray ponytail blows into the 3-foot didgeridoo. Behind them, the soft swishing and scratching of charcoal sticks on paper.
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Erotic play keeps getting better
Fiona-Maria Featherston | November 7Theater students dive into sexually repressed, 19th century Germany in this season’s musical, exploring dangerously intimate issues that are still relevant today. Racy and controversial both then and now, “Spring Awakening” was originally written and staged by Frank Wedekind in 1891.
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Lemmy et al. still rocking
William Aranda | November 6Motörhead seems to get louder with every new album, and “Aftershock” is no exception. The 21st album from the band, which was founded by Lemmy Kilmister and now features Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee, never strays from the group’s speed metal roots, and it doesn’t disappoint, either.
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For Your Ears
Antonio Sanchez | November 6Most music scenes have a band or two that are heralded as being the genre’s “nice guys.” The Swellers fit that bill in the world of melodic punk. These Flint, Mich. natives play music that is fast, fun and stripped of the pretense countless other punk bands have.
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Bacon buffs pig out at pork party
Steve “Mo” Fye | November 5New Mexicans love their bacon, and the turnout of nearly 8,000 pork lovers at the Southwest Bacon Fest Saturday demonstrated that nicely. Some vendors were prepared for the large turnout, but others were not, leading to long waits for some booths, especially the beer vendors.
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Play mix of rock, sex and Germany
Graham Gentz | November 5Why is there a rock musical about 1890s German school children hitting puberty in a cold, sexually confusing and unhelpful society? Well, because there was a play written in Germany on exactly that time about exactly that.
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Jyllian Roach | November 5For most of us, the candy hangover is still going strong, so let’s make it an easy week filled with sitting events and quiet.
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The 2013 ACP/CMA Conference in 35 tweets
Jyllian Roach | November 3Miss the College Media conference in New Orleans? Just curious about what student journalists are taught? Here’s the best tips, tricks and moments from last week’s conference.
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Rocky Horror group recreate classic every month
Fiona-Maria Featherston | October 31“Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which first premiered on the big screen in 1975, is a movie with a simple plot: Freshly engaged and clean-cut kids Brad Majors and Janet Weiss have some car trouble on the way to visit an old mentor and seek help at a house down the road.
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Show Me How: To Do Calavera Makeup
Mariam Ajala | October 31The sugar skull could be one of the top ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Albuquerque. As spirits are welcomed back into the lives of many during this holiday season, what better way than to dress as the traditional calavera to honor the deceased?
