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Taking back tea time
Nicole Perez | September 13Tea master Jessica Heintzleman dunks a 6-inch tea bag into a small pot as steam smothers her white bonnet.
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Grow exotic tea in your own backyard
September 13St. James Tearoom imports its teas from China and India, but you can grow your own in your backyard.
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Herb store offers oils, spell kits, psychic readings
Megan Underwood | September 13Abitha’s Apothecary doesn’t sell pill bottles and cough syrup — the walls are lined with spells to help spell-makers get out of jail, have children and win money.
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Parkour passion sparks gym
Antonio Sanchez | September 11It was late one night in 1998 when Donna and her boyfriend Daniel scaled the abandoned Albuquerque High building to look over the city.
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The Weekly Free
September 11If you finished all your homework for the week on Sunday — because every student is that on top of it — then you’re probably at a loss for what to do with yourself during the week. Luckily, the Daily Lobo can rescue you from your proactive nature by giving you some free ways to waste time. Don’t worry, you’ll still get straight A’s.
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‘Salesman’ depicts dying dreams
Graham Gentz | September 11I like my theater bleak and waiting to die. The type that breaks down into the best of dark despairs: naked, horrifying tragedy and the fatalism of a crippling reality. “Death of a Salesman” is all of that.
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Student club spotlight
Nicole Perez | September 6We get it — you’re trying to be cool by not participating in anything on campus. But all you’ve got to show for it are some thumbs calloused by a video-game controller, plus a seriously damaged liver.
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Audience acts to effect justice
Justino Brokaw | September 6Theater audience members aren’t just spectators anymore — they’re “spec-actors” who participate in the outcome of the performance.
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Recipes enrich outreach effort
Antonio Sanchez | September 6Whether it’s sliced fruit mixed with Greek yogurt, or your mother’s homemade green-chile cheese enchiladas, recipes for great dishes are meant to be shared.
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Day of the Dead alive and well
Antonio Sanchez | September 5A six-horned, papier-mâché demon snarled over professor Regina Corritore’s shoulders as she stood by her desk.
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An artist behind ’80s childhood
Megan Underwood | September 5Many children of the 1980s and ’90s remember Skeletor crying, “I’ll get you for this, He-Man!”
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Fest shares Okinawan dance
Nicole Perez | September 4Sanae Higashimori Wright spent four years saving money from yard sales to fund Sunday’s celebration of Okinawan Japanese culture.
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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.
