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Shallow plot mars ‘Sleeper’
Justino Brokaw | September 4Terrorism becomes a source of comedy in Catherine Butterfield’s “The Sleeper,” a dark comedy about post-9/11 anxiety and paranoia.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Storey | September 4If celebrating the long weekend didn’t already give you enough freedom, the Daily Lobo has you covered. Check out these free events — if you even have any free time this week, which is doubtful, given that we’re all slaves to our education.
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An Eastern Spin
Antonio Sanchez | August 30Tucked away behind a burial ground for abandoned trucks is a tiny pottery studio. Surrounded by scraps of metal and spare tires, the creative haven itself is quaint
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‘It is a matter of physics’
Nicole Perez | August 30Professional potter Jim Srubek learned his craft from a Japanese national living treasure, and is one of the few teachers of the Arita method in the U.S.
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New bakery features dazzling doughnuts
Megan Underwood | August 30Albuquerque’s favorite crystal drug is hitting the streets again — this time on top of a fluffy, hand-crafted doughnut.
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Garlic fest gives weekend kick
Megan Underwood | August 28Three contestants downed raw garlic cloves with increasing intensity. The two male contestants began to grow red in the face, sweat dripping from their brows, while the lone female contestant remained completely unfazed.
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Death parable misses the mark
Graham Gentz | August 28“Little Red” claims to be a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, but the only real resemblance it bears to the fairy tale is a relationship between a girl and her grandmother — and at some point a wolf is kinda-sorta involved.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Storey | August 28Chances are you’re still reeling from the shock of buying that $200 chemistry textbook. Not to worry, you don’t have to resign yourself to a life of reading it in solitude just because it cost a small fortune.
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Scooters Rule
Nicole Perez | August 23A lone mechanic revs the engine of a red, dirt-spattered scooter as fumes pour from the muffler into every crevice of the dark garage.
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Scooter buff lives to race and repair
Nicole Perez | August 23Sean Campbell, co-founder and co-owner of Blue Smoke Garage, learned how to service his scooter by trial and error.
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Sci-fi fans converge
Antonio Sanchez | August 23It’s the end of the world as we know it at this year’s Albuquerque science fiction convention, and sci-fi fans feel fine.
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For Your Ears
Antonio Sanchez | August 23Exotic Animal Petting Zoo plays music for fans of The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fear Before the March of Flames and Really Loud Band with a Ridiculously Long Name.
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Week in the Gila was no walk in the park
Nicole Perez | August 22My journey to the Gila National Forest to volunteer for the U.S. Forest Service began on Sunday, when I missed the 5 p.m. Greyhound from Albuquerque and squeezed my way onto the next one, which left at 2:50 the following morning.
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Fashion Q&A
Megan Underwood | August 22Tiffany Clash’s style is defined by budget-friendly thrift store pieces with a handmade touch — she cut and bleached her shorts herself.
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Hopfest provides brews, tunes and rides
Nicole Storey | August 22Matt Jones brews beer in the depths of his garage, sings in front of hundreds of people and is paid to write songs for other musicians — so he’s right at home at Albuquerque’s fifth annual Hopfest.
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Twitterpated over tomatoes
Antonio Sanchez | August 21Teresa Edens pushed back her hat, which was decorated with ripe, red tomatoes, while her red earrings and bracelets jingled. She sat down under a tree and read a tomato-themed joke posted there.
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Editorial cartoonist gets a strip
Nicole Perez | August 21Daily Lobo cartoonist Juan Tabone’s uncensored, unapologetic style has evoked cheers and jeers from the University community illustrated in his work.
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The Weekly Free
Nicole Perez | August 21Maybe you’re sitting pretty on top of a mound of cash from your scholarship refund. Or maybe you’re just as broke as usual after buying new school clothes. Either way, save up that greenery by doing something free for a change.
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Local band rocks ‘mangy jazz’
Nicole Perez | August 13Violinist Muni Kulasinghe found inspiration in a Polish gypsy who played violin with the opposite hand, held it upright on his knee like a cello and grabbed the bow in a fist.
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Shared ingredients bind 3 diverse plays
Justino Brokaw | August 13Blackout Theatre Company’s newest plays each feature a two-person cast, minimal set, the use of a nursery rhyme, a phrase repeated four times and references to a house and season — but the similarities among them end there.
