Balkan folk group Goddess of Arno was created as a homage to band member Beth Cohen’s dog, Brigit, and the street she lives on. Based in southeast Albuquerque, the seven-member dance group blends traditional Balkan music with modern instruments.
Even if you’re not a screaming Goth girl or if you somehow missed the Tim Burton adaptation, you can still walk into “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and probably know what you’re in for. The Musical Theater Southwest’s production is mercilessly long, totaling around three hours. Maybe it’s heresy, but can’t we cut some of these songs?
There are so many Vietnamese food joints in town that one wonders what it takes to differentiate and make a name in the genre. The answer is simple: superior food at reasonable prices. And the food at Pho 79 is indeed superior.
Weeks after the series finale of “Breaking Bad,” local fans laid to rest the memory of Walter White. The Saturday-evening funeral, held at Sunset Memorial Park, charged attendees $20 to remember and mourn the lead character of AMC’s TV show and to raise money for Albuquerque Health Care for Homeless (AHCH).
Walter White’s final resting place isn’t so final after all. Fans who pushed for a burial site for the fictional “Breaking Bad” protagonist at Sunset Memorial Park are withdrawing their plans after a petition against the burial site was started by residents, according to a press release from the funeral organizers.
Nuclear physicist and UFO-ologist Stanton Friedman cannot get enough of New Mexico, which is why he will be speaking on campus this week for the fourth year.
There are lots of fun and free things to do this week, and plenty of them will help you gear up for Halloween. If you need more to get into the spirit, don’t forget that Friday is National Chucky The Notorious Killer Doll Day.
The room is painted black. The only light comes from three narrow spotlights, one near the door and two others on the opposite side of the room. Under the first spotlight spins a potato on a fishing line.
Usually when one imagines a poetry reading, the image involves a single speaker under a spotlight reading from a note card or reciting verse from memory. Santa Fe group Teatro Paraguas is changing that image one reading at a time.
It is hard to imagine what anyone would do to survive in the midst of war. Would you chat up the guards for better rations? Would you lie to other prisoners if it meant not admitting to yourself that they were going to die? Would you sleep with enemy soldiers for warmth and protection?
Seven-member sibling band The Hunts will return to UNM for an encore performance Wednesday. Self-described as an indie folk group, the band is composed of twins Jesse and Jenni, and siblings Josh, Jonathon, Jordon, Justin, and JJ, ranging in age from 15 to 24.
Bank account in the red? Piggy bank empty? Wallet filled only with the ghosts of yesterday’s bills? Don’t worry, there’s plenty of fun things to do this week that only cost your time.
The day-to-day scene of the KUNM headquarters is a productive, community-based environment. Any door throughout the maze of hallways that makes up the third floor of Oñate Hall could lead to an office where shots are being called
Fall is the time for earthy flavors, and root vegetables fit the bill perfectly. There are numerous varieties which lend themselves to many cooking techniques, from simple to extravagant. One of the easiest ways to prepare these vegetables is to wash them well, peel and dice.
Midterms are over, balloonists are flooding the city and Fall Break is days away. What’s a college kid to do? Plenty!
The 42nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicked off Saturday morning. Here is a curation story of social media posts from the event’s second day.
After several lineups and eight albums, members of local folk-punk group Arroyo Deathmatch is hard at work on its ninth album.
Today kicks off UNM’s weekendlong screenings of the international Manhattan Short Film Festival. What began as a projection of homemade short films on the side of a truck in New York to a crowd of about 300 passers-by 15 years ago has blown up into a call for filmmakers and audience members on a global scale.
The question to ask, when presented with a story and its characters, laughter, tragedies and success becomes, “Do you believe?” If you have to ask that question time and time again throughout a single play, you might have a problem. The Vortex’s newest production of Sam Shepard’s play “Curse of the Starving Class” comprises many moments, both good and bad.
For those of you who love food and books, this is a pretty awesome week. National Taco Day is Friday and Star Wars Reads Day is Saturday and there are free events for both.
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