You need to give people what they want in ways they don’t expect. This is exactly what David Mamet’s “Oleanna” and the Duke City Repertory Theatre have done marvelously.
Is college putting a damper on your spirits? Come pamper up here. The recently opened Albuquerque Baths is a business that offers a new sort of spa experience. “It’s not just a spa oriented toward the ladies or expensive spa treatments, but an affordable place for everyone to just hang,” said Henry Bruner, who runs the baths with his wife Michelle Collins.
It was like playtime for hardcore punk fans. Stabbed In Back, an Albuquerque band that signed with a national label, got together for its first show since the band broke up four years ago.
It might have started in Great Britain, but it’s become a stamp of Americana. Stamp collecting is practiced across the nation, and the Albuquerque Philatelist Society is the epicenter for local collectors.
Dear cast and crew of “I Considered Smiling,” The Desert Rose Playhouse and everyone: There is nowhere to begin.
The Southwest’s premier gay and lesbian movie fest is coming to UNM. Starting today, the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival enters its eighth year as the only such film festival in New Mexico.
The UNM branch of Amnesty International is a student organization trying to balance changing the world with bolstering group membership. The UNM chapter, according to founder and co-president Jon Dunn, is part of a global effort to mobilize citizens to pressure government officials to stop human rights abuses. Adrian Groenendyk, publicity coordinator, said the group’s first major event of the year is Saturday, and those interested must register by noon today. “We’re hosting Student Activist Training,” Groenendyk said.
Just because art has aesthetic value doesn’t mean it has monetary value. The CAA Professional-Development Workshop for Artists, which takes place Saturday, encourages artists to market their work in order to make a living, said event director Susan Schear.
New Mexico is a wild place, but there’s no guarantee it will stay that way. Outside factors like commercial interests and abusive recreation practices could destroy wild land, but it would remain untouched if it were declared official wilderness.
Since 1994, Birdland and has been “Gratefully Deadicated” to providing unique, quality products for anyone nostalgic about the 60s. Store owner Jay Steinberg said he wanted to start a business that embodied the music he grew up with.
Seldom do people meet the authors of books they read. UNM professor Celia Lopez-Chavez teaches an honors class called The Legacy of Writing: Voices, Words and Flavors of New Mexico.
Our entire city is an illegal, underground art gallery. Whatever you may think of urban graffiti, a huge amount of effort and creativity is involved in plastering the city with stencils, stickers, lettering and random bursts of black spray paint. Downtown Albuquerque’s 516 ARTS gallery, in conjunction with the ACLU-NM and 23 other Albuquerque-based organizations, celebrates the energy of graffiti with “STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression.” The event goes on throughout October and November, and it features a two-part exhibit at 516 ARTS, a pair of documentaries running this month at the Guild Cinema, a series of (legal) murals downtown and a string of other events throughout the two months.
“Firebugs” When a play’s got too much metaphorical gasoline, it burns itself down. Such is the case with “Firebugs.” Max Frisch’s script is all over the place.
Albuquerque is slowly becoming a big deal. From the prolific theater to the booming film industry, there is interest flooding our little desert town.
It’s not just another hastily slapped together production. “Firebugs” is directed by Paul Ford, and as with any plan, he said he hopes it goes well.
“La lucha sigue” reads the graffitied wall in Oaxaca, Mexico. “The fight continues” this month, as the struggle for justice in Oaxaca continues at UNM. Now through Oct.
Undulating across distant water and land, contemporary artists from all over the world are coming to Albuquerque’s N4th Theater for Global DanceFest. The cultural immersion takes over the city four weekends in October, and it will feature a medley of media including film, theater and dance.
Bring out your pint glasses, dust off your beer goggles and tap into your inner Bostonian. Fourteen microbreweries, including nine locally owned ones, will offer beer directly from their tap room during the inaugural New Mexico Brew Fest taking place Saturday at Expo New Mexico. “It’s our Octoberfest,” said Aaron Moore, Marble Brewing sales manager. The event is presented by Local IQ Magazine and sponsored by Marble Brewing Company and the Santa Few Brewing Company.
Jenny London and Kim Coleman have the luck of the Irish on their side. Once just two dance instructors for New Mexico’s McTeggart School of Irish Dancing, the sisters formed their own dancing academy after their program was dropped in September from the McTeggart company.
Imagine staring down the barrel of injustice because your lifestyle instantly sets you apart. Or just see Tim Miller’s performance at Rodey Theatre and hear about his firsthand experiences. In “Glory Box,” Miller reflects on his personal episodes as they relate to situations gay, lesbian and bisexual people find themselves in.
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