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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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, ...
Critics have hailed "In Search of a Midnight Kiss," directed by Alex Holdridge, as the best American indie film in years, comparing it to Woody Allen's early works such as "Manhattan," and "Annie Hall." The film is black and white and gives the viewer the perspective of spying on someone's private life.
The Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is gaining popularity. Closet Cinema will present the sixth annual festival from Friday to Oct. 2 at four venues in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Over the past five years, the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival has become one of the biggest film festivals in New Mexico, said program director Roberto Appicciafoco, and last year it saw a 30 percent increase in ticket sales.
UNM senior Aric Grauke is a highly creative yet logical builder studying architecture. Taking a bunch of math classes this semester to fulfill his degree requirements, he has still found the time to design projects around the world and keep his brain oiled.
Albuquerque is pooling its resources to send Gabi Rojas to dance school in New York City. Rojas graduated from the UNM dance and theater department last semester and was accepted into the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater school. Her benefit show, "Muevete," is at 7 p.
It's nice to see the Coen brothers being funny again, even if it is their typical dark humor. "Burn After Reading" is in the comedic style of their previous works "Raising Arizona" and "Fargo." While it isn't immediately obvious, the film is actually told after the fact, in a discussion about the events between two CIA agents in Langley, Va.
Angelica Norwood, owner of the Tokyo Hardcore clothing store, learned to make clothes a few years ago. "I actually really started making them when I got pregnant, because I stopped going out, and I would just sit at home and sew and sew and sew," she said.
The Red Elvises, a Russian rockabilly band, formed in southern California about 10 years ago. Their theatrical personas culminate onstage in red costumes or animal-print suits and a gigantic red triangle bass weighing 35 pounds, and sometimes all four members drum on one set during a drum solo.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to pick up a Stormtrooper with the Force and smack him into a wall until he dies, you don't have to wonder anymore. "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" finally puts gamers into the shoes of a Sith apprentice - in fact, Darth Vader's "secret" apprentice.
Quilting has been passed down from mothers to children for generations. On Monday at the UNM Continuing Education building, almost 100 members of the New Mexico Quilters' Association gathered around an exhibition of quilts that were judged in a quilting contest at the State Fair.
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