The Dead Man's Carnival is coming to town from Wisconsin. "There's a deep cultural history of circuses and vaudeville in Wisconsin," member Sir Pinkerton Xyloma said. "The Circus World Museum is in Baraboo, Wisc. There's also the International Clown Museum.
Another year has gone by, and "Duke Nukem Forever" still hasn't been released. All kidding aside, 2008 was a hell of a year for the huddled gaming masses. "Fallout 3" hit the streets in October, and it's probably safe to say that it's the best RPG since "Planescape: Torment" graced the cathode-ray tubes in 1997.
They did it again. Once more, Hollywood has remade a great film into a steaming pile of horse crap. The latest victim is "The Day the Earth Stood Still." We should have seen this coming. The first sign that something foul was afoot came when they cast Keanu "Wooden Face" Reeves in the starring role of Klaatu, and it only gets worse from there.
"Urbane Expo" will showcase emerging artists under 21 with a black-tie-optional night of performance, music and art. "It has a dual meaning," organizer Amy Dalness said. "You think 'urban,' like street, city, kind of hip - urban has a lot of meanings. But 'urbane' means kind of refined and sophisticated.
Artist and Maine-native Kelin Underwood said she's never eaten peyote but has traveled a lot. "I had this serious anxiety issue and was not, like, bound to one place but kind of feeling stuck, like I could never branch out," she said. So she took her dog and a bunch of art she made in high school and took off across the States.
On the second floor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering building is what might be the coolest lab on campus. There aren't any lab benches, just a couple of couches, a few tables and a 200-inch projection screen. Attached to the screen is an Xbox 360.
Music meets literature as American Indian music legend Robert Mirabal will read from his first novel, Running Alone in Photographs, today in the SUB Ballroom from noon to 1:30 p.m. He will read three passages of different subjects, followed by a Q&A session and then a book signing at American Indian Student Services, 1119 Mesa Vista Hall.
Sexuality experiments on fruit flies inspired writer-director Max Mitchell's latest political satire movie, "Horror in the Wind." "In biogenetics, there are ways of changing the pheromones, the DNA of a fruit fly, so you can fool the one fruit fly into thinking the female is really a male," he said.
Eleven-year-old Micah Yoder is one of seven guitar players featured on the Web site YoungGuitarProdigies.com. "It was just after my eighth birthday when I got my first guitar," the Albuquerque resident said. "Dad said if I played six months for a half hour each day that he'd give me lessons.
"The 49 Sins" features 42 one-minute plays and seven 10-minute plays about lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. It finishes this weekend at North Fourth Art Center at 4904 Fourth Street N.W. Sister Mary Abomination, a character painted to look dead, acts as the show's silent host.
Friday is the last day to submit writing, art and music to Conceptions Southwest. Editor Jennifer Olson said the publication usually gets between 200 and 300 submissions. "For the size of the University, that's not very much," Olson said. "People shouldn't hesitate to submit.
Last month, the American work force took a big shock to its system. Productivity fell, and absenteeism rose to levels not seen since January 2007. Many workers seem apathetic about their jobs, and most appear to be getting less sleep than they need. The reason for this should be obvious to all.
For the past two years, Local iQ has put on the Funky Sweater Get Down, a music event where people donate food and clothing to charities. The Funky Sweater Get Down kicks off Friday at 8 p.m. at the Launchpad. "We call it an 'ugly-sweater party' because we like people showing up wearing their used sweaters," said Kevin Hopper, Local iQ's editor.
Choreographer Shira Greenberg does "The Nutcracker" nuttier than the traditional ballet. "Nutcracker on the Rocks" is a modern dance performance set to the music of Van Morrison, the Velvet Underground, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and Medeski Martin & Wood.
Self-taught painter Darrin Armijo Wardle's style is a culmination of different periods in Spanish art history, especially cubism, Francisco de Goya's political undertones and the subject of bulls. "Goya's just one of the most incredible artists," Wardle said.
Art studio junior Gabriel Alarid can sometimes be found dragging huge paintings of heads across campus. He also draws faces with black string and gel medium, a move influenced by Jackson Pollock's drip paintings. In 2003, a fire destroyed all his belongings, including his first sketchbook, at his apartment in Denver.
If you're looking for an unusual Christmas gift on a college budget, go no farther than ASUNM's Holiday Arts & Crafts fair for handmade gifts. "We're providing students with an affordable way to buy gifts, but we're also promoting the arts at UNM in general, and arts straight across the board," said Zane White, event director and contributing artist.
College is the perfect time to tap into the culinary side of the brain. There is a plethora of food that lends itself to college cooking. I have talked to many people throughout my life who say their cooking is so bad they manage to burn water. I'm here to tell you, and show you, that you can learn the ways of a college chef.
A condenser mic is enough to amplify Shara Worden's wineglass arrangements onstage. Worden, magical-realism composer/arranger of the band My Brightest Diamond, will bring her string-based music to the Cooperage on Sunday. "I do all the arranging, and I tell everybody what to do," she said.
Artists are decorating and enhancing toilet seats for the Wooden Cow Gallery's art show "Art de Toilette." Elaine Russell, member of the Wooden Cow cooperative, organized the show, which will be displayed in the gallery's bathroom. Artists pay a $20 entry fee, which also pays for the wooden toilet seat.
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