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Debate party adds T-shirts, music into political mix

October 14

The revolution may not be televised, but at least you can watch the third installment of the presidential debates Wednesday. "It's an important time, and the whole world is paying attention to what we do during this election, to kind of see if we are going along the same course that we have been, or we are going to try and start changing our course," said Leon Howard, a UNM law student who will host a debate watch party at the SUB Ballroom from 6 to 9 p.

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Artists convert common into curious

Andrew Salazar | October 14

There's a 13-foot inflated sitting man with a hamburger for a head at the Albuquerque Museum. "That one's titled 'The Mayor Rests,'" said Ramona Zamir-Gonzalez, senior assistant at the Albuquerque Museum. "It's attached to this pump that puts air into it, but it kind of sighs and breathes and groans.

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Exploring black culture

Jeffrey Hertz | October 9

The New Mexico Black Expo will be an open house for New Mexicans who want to learn more about the Albuquerque black community. The expo will be held Friday at the State Fairgrounds from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday at Civic Plaza from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Band hits fresh scene for new album

October 9

The South Austin Jug Band made its latest album, Strange Invitation, at the Hotel Chelsea. "It was better than my wildest dreams," singer and guitarist James Hyland said. "I was scared we'd go up there and end up sitting in a room looking at each other. It's hard not to be inspired there.

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Film criticizes military evangelism

Pat Lohmann | October 8

Michael L. Weinstein said he didn't know what he was getting himself into when he founded the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in 2006. Now the Albuquerque native and his family endure death threats from religious fundamentalists, he said. Weinstein was on campus Monday for a showing of "Constantine's Sword," a documentary about evangelism in the armed forces.

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Artist's Avenue

October 8

Technically-inclined UNM linguistics student and artist Chris Clavio fixed a bunch of Columbia University's sound equipment for fun two summers ago. Now he is looking to change the world with his T-shirt company called Azoova, while living it up playing tuba in the UNM marching band.

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TV stars rally to encourage voting

October 7

For those who have yet to register to vote, today is your last day, even if it means simply filling out a change-of-address form. In preparation for Election Day, actress Eva Longoria of the show "Desperate Housewives" and actor Adam Rodriguez of "CSI: Miami" have been driving around the country, rallying people to register and to vote for Sen.

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Unusual matchup succeeds on all counts

Rhian Hibner | October 7

Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst isn't the strangest onscreen matchup of all time, but it has to be in the top 10. For the most part, the matchup works in "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People." They share an onscreen chemistry that isn't the norm in modern cinema but has more in common with the great romantic comedies of the '50s and '60s.

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Painter cavorts in creepiest crannies

October 7

UNM student Jonathan Grimes hung his first art show of abstract paintings at Winning Coffee Co. last week. They resemble square, green and gold kaleidoscopic jewels - an impressive and well-executed series for someone with no art training. "It's kind of a regurgitation of very primal things I don't know how to communicate in any other way except for painting," Grimes said.

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Improv duo's onstage bond sparks strong performances

Jeffrey Hertz | October 2

The Pajama Men have been living on the same wavelength since they met each other in high school. "Even though I was a punk rock kid and Mark (Chavez) was a physics nerd, we seemed to jell straight from the beginning," said Shenoah Allen, one of the Pajama Men.

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Play offers creative take on 'Frankenstein' story

October 2

UNM's theatre and dance department is doing "Frankenstein" in an unusual vein. "It's pretty much reality times 10, 100 percent of the time," actor Starnes Reveley said, who plays the unloved creature from Mary Shelley's book. "Everyone's screaming and crying and drooling and laughing hysterically.

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Drag kings, queens perform for charities

Mary Saavedra | October 2

This year's Sinatra DeVine charity drag show, "Teaze," is a dance-heavy production. "We have 150 people who are performing onstage, not getting a cent," co-founder and drag performer P.J. Sedillo said. "They pay for their own costumes, their set designs. It's a great opportunity to give back.

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Benefits of buzz (Slideshow)

October 2

Megan Piper Mahoney put horse manure and some newspaper in a can and lit it on fire. It's the beekeeper's first step before going into the hives. "It doesn't hurt the bees at all," she said. "The smoke kind of makes it so they don't fly out at you. Bees communicate with pheromones.

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Fans support band through highs, lows (Slideshow)

Joey Trisolini | October 2

Iron and Wine frontman Sam Beam was visibly nervous when he stepped under the blue and white lights before a raucous crowd Tuesday night. Beam took a seat and stared, squinting at the audience for a moment, a bit hesitant to start, while a roar of applause beat off the walls of Popejoy Hall.

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Rapper hails old-school methods

September 30

Rapper Tuscanooga Keith likes his hip-hop old-school. His DIY ethics make him a well-rounded and driven performer on and around the local scene. He said he's heavily influenced by the four main elements of hip-hop culture: graffiti, DJing, MCing and break dancing.

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Art exhibit fosters culture of graffiti (Slideshow)

Xochitl Campos | September 30

Only lawyers and painters can change black to white, attorney Joseph Sullivan said. He said attorneys change their arguments from case to case, just like graffiti artists can change their medium from wall to canvas. Sullivan will be among several artists featured at Bomb the Canvas, an art exposition designed to illustrate hip-hop culture through graffiti.

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Performer to promote deaf awareness at event

Rhian Hibner | September 30

Chances are most people have no idea this week is National Deaf Awareness Week. For the deaf community, that's a problem. Picture this: A deaf person makes a phone call, using a Video Relay Service - commonly abbreviated VRS - and when the hearing person answers, they hear that abbreviation, have no idea what it means and hangs up.

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'Choke' remains loyal to Palahniuk's nihilism

Chris Quintana | September 30

Choking as a career path may draw incredulous stares from many, but that is the life choice of Victor Mancini, the lead character of the film "Choke." Based on the 2001 novel Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk, the movie chronicles the conflicted life of Victor. Victor is a sex-addicted con man working in a living museum of Colonial America.

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Storybook Steps

Jeffrey Hertz | September 25

"The Lonely Bucket" dance show was named to sound like the title of a children's book. The hour-long show features vignettes between each dance piece, like dance commercials interrupting a dance show. "One of the vignettes is 'The A's of Modern Dance,'" dancer and choreographer Rosamond Stewart said.

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The Lobo Threesome

September 25

The Subways All or Nothing Available Now 2/5 New Musical Express announced The Subways' All or Nothing release is UK's best rock album of the year. These must be dull and uninspiring times if this is the yardstick by which we measure good rock. It has plenty of energy, and the producer, Butch Vig, ...