"The Vaudevilles" takes a look at the softer side of Anton Chekhov in a funny and raw way that lets actors express their emotions within the writing. It runs through Saturday at Aux Dog Theatre at 3011 Monte Vista N.E. Vaudeville means "song of the streets," and it was started in Paris in the 18th century.
The concept of machine guns mounted on cars has fascinated 5-year-old boys since machine guns and cars were invented. And if what they say is true, that the man is just the boy grown large, then "Death Race" is easily the most awesome action movie ever. Unfortunately, the man isn't just the boy grown large.
Mike Fleming used to drum for Bo Diddley. He's one of the handful of musicians with an interesting backstory who gather at The Filling Station the fourth Sunday of each month for an open electric blues jam. Wendy Beach came up with the idea for Blues Jam. It goes from 6 to 9 p.
The Thirsty Ear Festival takes place on an old movie set where Clint Eastwood and John Wayne filmed many a scene. "When you walk in, it's like walking into 1850s Wyoming," festival organizer Mike Koster said of the J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch in Santa Fe. "There are two streets going through the town, and where they meet, that's the stage.
Travis Parkin said if he'd opened his T-shirt shop in 2002, officials might have strung him up under the Patriot Act. "But now people realize the war was a sham and was based on a lie, and they're starting to - even on network TV, people are outspoken about this," he said, "so we feel it's 'safe' to express ourselves, as well.
Now that another school year is upon us, hallways are clogged, lines in the SUB are long and everywhere a bicyclist goes, nervous-looking freshmen are freezing in place and causing collisions. In the interest of easing congestion, this latest edition of Console Wars is dedicated to the forthcoming games of the fall - after all, the more freshmen there are playing these games, the less people there will be clogging up campus when spring comes around.
Andrew Yiannakis wants to make UNM the mecca for classical jujutsu. "There's a bunch of martial art here in Albuquerque," he said. "You have Brazilian Jujutsu and variations from other systems. These systems are sport- or competition-oriented. They basically severed their moorings, their roots, and they no longer reflect the original philosophies and traditions from which they came.
Comedian Chris Clobber answers his phone with a long sentence in French when he doesn't recognize the incoming number. "I just do that to throw off people," he said. His brand of comedy is the same way. To get a laugh, he freaks out the audience instead of trying to relate.
The Handsome Family's music comes from the gallows. Their lyrics stand alone as poetic works, artfully twisting tragic tales into epic epitaphs. You could imagine each song as a long posting on a gravestone. They keep it simple with guitar, bass, banjo and autoharp.
A shined-up, renovated Route 66 is a reason for a parade in Edgewood, N.M. "We're celebrating Route 66 heritage," Edgewood Chamber of Commerce director Myra Oden said. "We're celebrating our new highway, harvest festival - we're just looking for any reason to have a party.
The Enemy UK We'll Live and Die In These Towns Available Now 4/5 It's not often that you manage to find a band that sounds like the Beatles and Iggy Pop at the same time, but The Enemy UK manages to pull it off, and they sound good doing it. Their first album, We'll Live and Die In These Towns, has no business being anyone's first album.
The Hellblinki Sextet have formed a musical trinity that invokes opera, punk rock and Sesame Street. They have only three musicians, but they make enough noise to sound like six. "We wanted to have kind of a jazz-type name, so it had to be a sextet," frontman Andrew Benjamin said.
Taste the blendsation of Keva Juice, a smoothie shop now located across the street from the UNM campus. Nestled in the Brick Light District, next to Satellite Coffee and Brickyard Pizza, the new shop offers an array of smoothies, such as the Hawaiian Holiday and the Razmanian Devil.
Nob Hill is the mecca of locally owned and operated shopping in Albuquerque. Home to chic, urban shops that sell everything from antiques to modern furniture and hot-off-the-runway fashions, Nob Hill's homegrown reputation may come under attack this November when Urban Outfitters joins the neighborhood.
Students looking for their weekly comic book fix need go no further than University Comic Warehouse, a short walk across Central Avenue from the Communication & Journalism building. It's a laid-back shop, opening around noon most days. Inside, the store is decorated only by posters advertising the comics that fill every shelf.
"The X-Files: I Want To Believe" is not a waste of 100 minutes, nor is it a waste of $10. But it isn't a compelling use of time or money either. The movie is not particularly outstanding, but it's not a bottom-dwelling waste either. It's worth watching for any fan of the series, but it is exactly what series creator Chris Carter billed it as: a long episode of the "Monster of the Week" variety.
10 Years Division Available Now 4.5/5 Shame on the person who says he likes music and doesn't own this album. Since its May 13 release, Division has sold less than 100,000 copies. In other words, less than 100,000 people know what an awesome album everyone else is missing.
Christopher Nolan has completely surpassed "Batman Begins" with his latest outing of the masked vigilante. This is no mean feat, as "Batman Begins" was widely hailed as the best Batman movie ever made when it came out in 2005. Now, the torch has been passed to "The Dark Knight.
The modern musical takes yet another hit in the form of "Mamma Mia!" - a hideous adaptation of the wildly successful Abba-inspired stage show about a bride-to-be on a Greek island trying to work out which of three men knocked up her "reckless little slut" of a mother 20 years earlier.
Director Guillermo del Toro has been working on his imagery since "Pan's Labyrinth," and his latest work, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," has an impressive collection of his signature creepy crawlers. But rather than inspiring nightmares, the creatures stir up a mixture of amusement and awe.
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