From the West Mesa to the East Mountains, Albuquerque has 30,000 acres of open space that people can survey, but the largest open space in the city is the night sky. Jodi Hedderig, manager of the Open Space Visitor Center, said the center provides information about these 30,000 acres and access to trails, gardens and wetlands.
Albuquerque will soon house the single largest collection of poetry in the U.S., if an Albuquerque-based poetry group’s plan works out. The group, Speak Easy , is working to build a collection of poetry to be placed in a library the group will construct.
With “Say You Love Satan,” an occult parody of the romantic comedy genre, Blackout Theatre proves it can elevate plays far above the level of the script alone. On paper, “Say You Love Satan” is a cutesy, gay love story packed with one-liners and pop-culture references that will be familiar to viewers of Hollywood’s romantic comedies in the past 10 years.
”True Colors” may be performed by high school students, but it would be a mistake to underestimate these kids. The performance was the second of three shows in the Wild Dancing West Festival, an exhibition of local contemporary dance performances.
School is out, leaving unemployed music fans everywhere with nothing to blow off to go to a show. While live music is certainly less exciting when it’s not completely irresponsible for you to be there, it will still help curb the boredom of staring at your wall in the summer heat.
For the fourth year, Albuquerque’s finest restaurants and chefs were pitted against each other on June 5 in the name of raising money for New Mexicans who don’t always know where they will get their next meal.
The First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque isn’t just a place for parishioners to profess their faith; the congregation’s walls are canvases for painters.
Albuquerque citizens gathered Saturday at the Alvarado Transportation Center to celebrate the past and future of public transportation for city’s first Train Day. People toured the inside of the Rail Runner and an Amtrak Superliner. Train Day has been celebrated nationally since 2008, but this is the first year Albuquerque participated. City Councilor Isaac Benton, who also works with the Middle Rio Grande Regional Transit District, said he is intrigued by trains’ efficiency, romance and sheer power. “The country was really built by rail,” he said. “Our city, our downtown didn’t exist until we brought rail here.” Before Albuquerque became a metropolis, it was a small, rural community in 1880, said Steven Bradford, of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society. He said trains helped Albuquerque grow into its present form.
The best works by UNM student filmmakers will be on display at the Guild Cinema on Wednesday and Thursday. The Cinematic Arts Student Showcase is a free annual event and has a program every day, each featuring about 15 students, according to Deborah Fort, an associate professor with the department and the coordinator of the showcase.
Six intricately carved horses pull a miniature painted wagon past meticulously constructed old-time refreshment stands — all beneath a brilliant circus canopy. The outside walls are adorned with vintage signs sporting ads like “Pennzoil – Safe Lubrication,” “Beware of Dog,” “Coca Cola,” and “Panhandle 10 miles, Conway 19.” Welcome to Tinkertown Museum, a zany collection of trinkets and art nestled in the sleepy East Mountains.
It was Saturday afternoon. I was chillin’ on the couch at a friend’s place, watching a James Bond spoof flick.
Since the end of June 2010, the Sustainability Studies program has been on its last leg, but grants gave it the cash infusion it needs to stay afloat and provided extra funding to start summer programs. Bruce Milne, the founder and director of the program, said the W.K.
Expect the unexpected when approaching Larry’s Hats. The facade is painted with bright rainbow squares and the large sign is a luminescent purple, giving it a whimsical and fanciful look.
There is one word that comes to mind when trying to describe “La Fea: A FlamenChoreoMyth.” It’s often overused, but it carries weight in this case.
Its Facebook page describes the band’s sound as “tragically underrated droney psych-rock.” Local band CanyonLands originated as a project called Small Flightless Birds that started while vocalist/guitarist Nathan Bickley was attending the University.
What do you get when you mix a blended-up cartoon baby, a cocktail of bodily fluids and gore that makes “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” look like “Bambi”? Burning Paradise Video has the answer.
It’s the last movie rental holdout, a Pandora’s box full of lost treasures. Burning Paradise Video has outlasted Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, and remains unconquerable terrain for the Redbox and Netflix.
Cartoonist Stephen McCranie has a pointy, kind face, and is dismayingly tall. His name is just as unwieldy.
Phooey on you, brainless America. Boy, oh, boy, did the big-wigs hit it big, selling us not only sneakers, burgers, insurance and batteries, but also slinging us the subliminal.
Students who have had to pick between a general graduation ceremony and a ceremony for their department now have a third option: Rainbow Graduation. It’s a new ceremony for LGBTQ students and their friends (and allies) organized by the LGBTQ Resource Center.
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