Rudolfo A. Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima is a fantastic choice for this fall’s Lobo Reading Experience. No matter a student’s background, the novel has a lot to offer.
UNM is turning the page and opening up Bless Me, Ultima to campus newcomers. The Lobo Reading Experience is back for the second time, featuring Rudolfo Anaya’s book, Bless Me, Ultima.
Photography junior Lily Robles painted a mural on her bedroom wall from the photo of a naked John Lennon wrapped around a clothed Yoko Ono.
Last week, I attended my first punk show and let my opinions be know here (XXX) but the best part of the experience got left out.
Sara Rivera plays the violin, writes stories and poetry, performs in theater and sculpts when she gets the chance.
Supananny and the Supersonic Masters of Albuquerque will present a night of danceable disarray, a mishmash of music.
Expensive clothing is that way for one reason: It looks better. But what if you can get it cheaper? Bill Fort, the owner of Hallowed Ground New and Recycled Fashion, tries to answer that question.
In journalism, there is often a disconnect between the stories we preview and the events themselves.
Folksy fun is returning to the Duke City for the 12th time in the form of The Albuquerque Folk Festival. The lineup offers activities for the young and old.
Graham Gentz is a modern-day Renaissance man in the vein of the Shakespearean characters he portrays. Gentz, a junior majoring in creative writing and astrophysics, is an aspiring scientist, actor, screenwriter and director. He’s one of the actors in the Summer Shakespeare Festival. Also, he likes climbing trees.
Albuquerque is gearing up to show its pride. The city’s annual Pride Festival kicks off this week to show support for the community’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Danny Hernandez, organizer and public relations director for Albuquerque Pride, said the organization is expecting more than 20,000 spectators to show up for the Pride parade on Saturday. “If you go out there, you’ll see that, starting at Girard and Central all the way to between Central and San Pedro, the streets are almost completely lined with people,” he said. Hernandez said the event is important to the United States gay rights movement. “Napoleon decriminalized homosexual acts in 1810,” he said.
It’s 100 degrees, possibly hotter, on the ground, but Daniel Richmond is on his knees pouring fine sand over searing hot metal stencils at the Downtown Civic Plaza.
The 48-Hour Film Project challenges average people to do in two days what professional film makers take months to do: complete a film from screenplay to editing.
by Andrew Beale Daily Lobo C, a member of band Cobra Moonshine, is into mashups. Popularized by the artist “Girltalk,” mashups sample different parts from different songs and mix them together to create an entirely new song.
Is it really worth it to pay a little more for fresh local food? Ann Simon thinks so. Simon is the economic development planner for the Agriculture Collaborative, a branch of the Mid-Region Council of Governments of New Mexico. She also helped coordinate the third annual Local Food Festival and Field Day, on Sunday. “We’re trying to raise the value of agriculture in peoples’ minds,” Simon said.
UNM senior Renée Hemsing, a violin-performance major, said violinists are more romantic than the general population because of their zest for lush, sad strings.
To ride the train and see the works of Shakespeare or to stay home alone — that’s a question that doesn’t even need asking. On Saturday, a local group of actors from UNM will perform scenes from the bard’s famous plays for the amusement of all those who happen to be riding the Railrunner.
Albuquerque seems like an unlikely rival for such cultural hubs as New York and L.A.; but in the world of flamenco, the Duke City reigns supreme. Eva Encinias-Sandoval, UNM professor and director of the National Institute of Flamenco, said, “The national and international communities are envious and surprised at what we have here.” Albuquerque’s flamenco scene has a nationally-acclaimed flamenco conservatory.
The electronica tent at the Desert Rocks Music Festival in Moab, Utah has the sun to thank for its power.
Roller skates have never been so brutal. On Saturday, the all-girl roller derby team, Muñecas Muertas, will face off against the Denver Roller Dolls, which are ranked third in the nation. Savannah Wasko, a member of Muñecas Muertas, said the roller derby league started five years ago.
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