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.
In the past decade, war has again become an important part of the reality of American life. Despite its atrocities, many authors have used war as a useful tool to examine the beauties of humanity.
The artwork adorning the walls on the lower level of the SUB is intended to make the viewer uncomfortable, artist Charles Ellis said.
World cultures converge in a store in Nob Hill, yet most people pass without giving it a second glance.
Festival won’t be fenced by borders ¡Globalquerque! comes but once a year, and this weekend, ’tis the season to hear music from all over the planet. The music and culture festival enters its sixth year and is unique in the Southwest, said Tom Frouge, ¡Globalquerque!
It seems safe to say that filmmaker Kevin Hansen has quite a bee in his bonnet. His 2010 documentary short “Nicotine Bees,” showing at the SUB’s Southwest Film Center from Thursday-Sunday, exposes the root of the pandemic bee population decline that created a buzz in the news a few years ago.
Despite having a great name, I really didn’t think I was going to like Music is the Enemy. Take any random track from the band’s new CD, Mr. Murdoch … We’re Ready For Our Target Audience, and the first thing that assaults your ears is a wall of death-metal sound.
If you want to see something like you’ve never seen before, go to Blackout. The theater company dreams bigger than any other else and that absolutely shows. If you were lucky enough to see “The Circus Plays,” you can appreciate what Blackout Theatre Company brings to the table.
Burqueños have a chance to immerse themselves in Japanese culture on Sunday at the Japanese-American Citizens League’s Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival). The annual festival, which is anime-themed this year in recognition of the art’s growing popularity in and out of Japan, gives attendees a taste of different Japanese art forms such as origami, calligraphy, martial arts and, of course, cos-play for anime enthusiasts.
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