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Artist's Avenue 7-6-10
Chris Quintana | July 6DanielDanny Crouch, English/Philosophy, Senior DanielDanny Crouch is a member of the minimalist band Cloud Lantern.
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Zapatista communities offer unique perspective
Andrew Beale | July 6By the time you come back from Oventic, your back will ache to sleep on a real bed, instead of a board.
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Torture taken with a shot of humor
Graham Gentz | July 6“Why Torture is Wrong and the People who Love Them” finds itself wedged into our uncomfortably recent times as a black political morality play with stakes of a more surreal Marx Brothers farce.
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Arte de muertos is alive and well
Jonathon Cunningham | July 6The Day of the Dead is rising early this year. El Arte de Muertos Expo, Albuquerque’s largest Day of the Dead art exhibition, is coming to the Agave del Sol Event Center this weekend. The Arte de Muertos Expo averages 40-50 artists from across the Southwest.
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Andrew Beale's travel blog: Updated July 6
Andrew Beale | June 28Assistant culture editor Andrew Beale shares his experiences and insights while on a self-funded summer-long visit to Mexico. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author.
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Recreation Services offers students cheap thrills
Jenny Gignac | June 28If you can’t afford a vacation, UNM Recreation Services might have a solution for you. One of the many resources and services the department offers is the UNM Getaway Adventure program, which offers opportunities for students to tap into a series of outdoor recreation year-round.
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Local novel a must-read: Review
Kevin Jackson | June 28Rudolfo 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.
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Local novel a must-read: Preview
Candace Hsu | June 28UNM 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.
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Artist's Avenue
Eva Dameron | June 28Photography junior Lily Robles painted a mural on her bedroom wall from the photo of a naked John Lennon wrapped around a clothed Yoko Ono.
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Blog: Moshing is more than meets the black eye
Chris Quintana | June 24Last 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.
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Artist's Avenue
Chris Quintana | June 21Sara Rivera plays the violin, writes stories and poetry, performs in theater and sculpts when she gets the chance.
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DJ battle pits good against evil
Alisha Catanach | June 21Supananny and the Supersonic Masters of Albuquerque will present a night of danceable disarray, a mishmash of music.
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Clothing shop offers chic for cheap
Candace Hsu | June 21Expensive 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.
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Chris Quintana | June 17In journalism, there is often a disconnect between the stories we preview and the events themselves.
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Albuquerque festival not just for old folks
Candace Hsu | June 14Folksy 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.
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Artist's Avenue
Chris Quintana | June 14Graham 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.
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All colors of the spectrum invited to Pride Parade
Andrew Beale | June 7Albuquerque 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.
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Artist's animals blow away in sands of time
Chris Quintana | June 7It’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.
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Festival forces fast-paced, frugal films
Chris Quintana | June 7The 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.
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Artist's Ave.: Alex Borowski
Andrew Beale | June 7by 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.
