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UNM beauty uses looks for charity
Andrew Beale | November 4Sita Huber is absolutely gorgeous. The UNM student’s eighth-place showing at a national beauty contest confirms that.
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Artist purees 50s housewife myth
Chris Quintana | November 2Kristianna Smith dropped out of high school around 13 and applied to community college courses at 15.
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'Absurd' isn't quite the word
Graham Gentz | November 2Contrary to what it may seem, Fusion Theatre Company’s production of “Happy Days” is not part of a chain reaction of existentialism tearing through Albuquerque. The writer, Samuel Beckett, is best known for writing “Waiting for Godot” and kicking it with Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Stop thinking; start writing
Antonio Sanchez | November 2While it may take some writers years to compose a full-length novel, one group asks would-be authors to churn one out in a month. Nov.
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Student-run gallery opens doors
Andrew Beale | November 1It was one of those three-in-one events — a gallery, music show and costume party — that displayed a grab bag of UNM students’ artistic endeavors. Except it wasn’t affiliated with the University, even though UNM students organized it. The Monster Mash was the first show at the newly opened Hydra Gallery on Lomas Boulevard.
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Local acts unplug at the El Rey
Alexandra Swanberg | November 1Project Acoustic mandates that bands strip down music to its base — that is, without the bass. Local acts from Albuquerque will play acoustic sets Friday at the El Rey Theater. Event organizer Helmut Perzi said acoustic minimalism is unusual in concerts. “What we’re trying to do is — you see a lot of these bands, and you see them in their same way all the time,” he said.
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Southern tale will suck you back into the Vortex
Graham Gentz | October 29The Vortex is back with the South again, as politely Machiavellian as ever. “The Little Foxes” by Lillian Hellman tells the story of a wealthy, but poignantly non-aristocratic southern family that fall victim to their own destructive methods that created their own greedy success.
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Program fights musical 'Dark Ages'
Andrew Beale | October 28Michael Chapdelaine views the current wave of electronic music in almost apocalyptic terms. As the head of UNM guitar studies, Chapdelaine understandably feels strongly about such things.
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Halloween Culture Briefs
Alexandra Swanberg | October 28Halloween is traditionally believed to be the day when the human and spirit world can interact, leaving the living vulnerable to evil spirits that run amok.
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SUB Culture
Chris Quintana | October 28Lights flash out from the long windows at Andre’s Underground, as a bunch of people smoke outside the seemingly abandoned building off Amherst Drive and Central Avenue. Enter the world of Sub Culture — an art installation, set to the city’s best thumping electronica beats, myriad colored patterns set on an infinite loop and, of course, dancing. Event organizer Shawn Marron said he and his business partner Dylan Sheriff came up with the idea after visiting too many still art installations. “Everything we do there, we try to make it so people can get involved with the art,” Marron said.
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Trick turned treat for charity
Gianna M. May | October 26Nourish International looks to squash world hunger by smashing pumpkins. Pumpkin Bash and Pumpkin Smash will raise money for a summer sustainability project, said Audrey Altwies, the project director.
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Play delves into personal hells
Graham Gentz | October 26An extraordinary amount has been written on what happens after death, despite the fact that no one in a position to write about it has actually experienced it. That endless fascination and fear with the unknown is perhaps why hell is the perfect setting for “No Exit,” a play by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre’s hell appears as a single room with no windows, but this is a misnomer.
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Web exclusive: Murder musical more than meets the ears
Graham Gentz | October 23Forget murder, the journey even to this place was adventure enough. Sandia Park seems a blind distance further into the East Mountains than it actually is.
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Artist Ave: Cedra Wood
Andrew Beale | October 21While many UNM students are busy studying conventional subjects like math and journalism, Cedra Wood is at the back of the C&J building quietly constructing world-class violins. Wood, a master’s student in painting and drawing, spends her spare time working with Violin Shop Director Peter White.
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WORDS TAKING SHAPE
Chris Quintana | October 21In the ceramics studio, a group of about 20 freshmen in a combo English 101/ art studio class transformed their written essays into a works of art.
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'No Exit' signal director's entrance
Antonio Sanchez | October 21Just because the play’s called “No Exit” and is set in hell doesn’t mean you’ll want to leave. Directed by Joseph Montoya, “No Exit,” the premier French existentialist play, was first performed in 1944.
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Choreographer leads with math
Alexandra Swanberg | October 20Considering that any uncoordinated movement set to music can be considered “dancing,” the word itself doesn’t exactly elicit thoughts of hard work.
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Songs of Nominal variety
Andy Beale | October 20The first track on the Noms’ new EP, Choices, promises “Good, Good Times.” The Noms deliver on this guarantee, but the album unfortunately doesn’t offer enough choices. The band provides enjoyable country-twinged indie rock in the vein of Ben Harper or Jack Johnson.
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This pie is b-a-n-a-n-a-s
Jenny Gignac | October 20Looking for a tasty option for fruit about to expire? Throw it in a pie! This one is easy for beginners and tasty, too.
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Show delivers healthy dose of homegrown drama and comedy
Gianna M. May | October 19The thought of performing on television seems to be a task for Hollywood giants, but a local group of actors accomplishes this feat with grandeur and finesse. New this year, the PA Project is a local television station that showcases Albuquerque talent, said Bre Stephens, the creator of the show. “It is not just a highlight of Albuquerque talent, but also a show for the world to see what we are doing,” she said.
