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First-class sushi is worth the drive to Rio Rancho
Shandea Williams | April 19Ladies and gentlemen, we have found a winner.
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Classic play offers solid performances
Maria V. Kramer | April 17Thunder grumbles over weathered stone battlements. In the pale, dappled light, three veiled figures emerge from the earth. The noise of a storm continues as the figures work their hideous magic, casting long, black shadows on the walls.
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Artist finds his muse in moths, the moon
April 17There's a relatively new guy in town, and he's already earning his place in the local art community and on the airwaves. Artist and radio DJ BillyJoe Miller, who moved from Seattle to Albuquerque last July, is showing his paintings and photographs at Winning Coffee Co.
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Poet infuses work with humor, history
Marcella Ortega | April 17Poetry is not about victory for slam poet Damien Flores. Flores, along with UNM Lobo Slam teammates Hakim Bellamy, Aaron Cuffee and Carlos Contreras, took second place among 20 teams in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational at Eastern Michigan University on April 7.
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Club brings Vegas to N.M.
Tiffany Alberty | April 17Club 7 opened its doors to Downtown Albuquerque on Friday. Patrons stood outside in a long line waiting to enter the club at 515 Central Ave. N.W. Inside, it was packed with about 250 people. Club 7 replaced the Coliseum, but it has a completely different look and feel.
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Carving out a new space
April 12There's a new warehouse art space in town, and everyone's invited to the grand opening Friday. Local artists Matt Righter and Arjan McNamara got The Curio up and running a little over a month ago.
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Finding Spanish gold can make you wealthy; it can also accelerate your retirement
Daniel V. Garcia | April 12The following is a tale that overflowed from "Dan Digs" into "My Strange New Mexico." I recently visited my grandmother and her friend, Tommy Gabaldon, who told me about a time in his youth when he found a treasure box filled with Spanish gold coins in Albuquerque.
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Duke City will play host to comedy's royal family
Marcella Ortega | April 12When I got a hold of comedian Paul Rodriguez, he was sitting by his pool watching his white gardener work. "Well, I couldn't have a Latino gardener - pshh," he said.
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Shakespeare doesn't have to be so boring
Marcella Ortega | April 12After 27 years of teaching, "Twelfth Night" will be the last hurrah for UNM professor Denise Schulz. "It has everything you could want - humor, love, sword fighting, singing, dancing. It's not dry, boring Shakespeare," Schulz said.
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Soltero the perfect definition of musical evolution
Mike Smith | April 11Aside from the desert, writing and my family, the greatest love of my life has always been music. Music has always been there for me - providing lyrics to justify my adolescence, soundtracks for my friendships, and a major source of relaxation, energy and catharsis. And usually, my favorite music is made by musicians willing to evolve - bands like Radiohead and Wilco - bands that change, play around and push themselves to do more.
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'Grindhouse' pokes fun at its own genre
Joe Buffaloe | April 11The term "grind house" refers to seedy movie theaters in the '60s and '70s that showed low-quality B-movies filled with sex, violence and general tastelessness. The Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino project of the same name is a spoof of and an homage to this lost format.
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Camel can't capture smokers through suggestion
Joe Buffaloe | April 10In the movie "City of God," after the villain kills every drug dealer in his Brazilian slum to take over their business, the narrator suggests, "If drugs had been legal, (he) would have been man of the year."
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Exhibition showcases absurdist artwork
April 10In the late '70s, there was an organization called Albuquerque United Artists. Harry Morris, Mike Hart and Mark Woody became friends through that art scene, and they've gathered for a joint art exhibition called "Collective Madness," which runs through April 14 at the Yale Art Center.
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PlayStation 3 gives Microsoft a run for its money
Rhian Hibner | April 10The war of the consoles, so clear and easily defined in the fall of 2006, has become murky and unpredictable over the course of the winter. The Nintendo Wii is still flying off the shelves at a predictable rate, but surprisingly, the sales of the PlayStation 3 have begun to reach sustainable levels.
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The Lobo threesome
Debra Au | April 10Timbaland Shock Value Available Now If Timbaland is said to be one of the greatest pop, R&B and rap producers, Shock Value will affirm this and add to his versatility. It's hard to pinpoint which tracks will be hit singles because of the genres incorporated; most songs on the album can be played on ...
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Panic-inducing catfish the size of school buses make waves and good stories
Mike Smith | April 5Elephant Butte Reservoir can get fairly deep - around 80 feet near the dam - deep enough for sunken boats to stay sunken, for enormous fish to stay hidden and for stories of such fish to remain nearly impossible to confirm.
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Organic food, live music and toy markers make for a good cup of joe
Shandea Williams | April 5Mainstream coffeehouses are all the same: expensive food, crappy coffee and unpleasant company.
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Teaching young artists old tricks
April 5Lithography was in danger of becoming an archaic medium 50 years ago. So June Wayne, who dropped out of high school at 15 to pursue art, got a Ford Foundation grant and started the Tamarind Institute in 1960 in Los Angeles. In 1970, the institute moved to Albuquerque.
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Christ's last hurrah fares well on stage
Marcella Ortega | April 3I know Jesus is supposed to be the superstar, but this time, it's Judas' turn to shine. After years of sporting my mom's old "Jesus Christ Superstar" shirt, I finally saw the real deal at Popejoy Hall on Friday.
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Band holds on to artistic freedom
Marcella Ortega | April 3In the past six years, Soular has come a long way from recording demos and performing in Albuquerque clubs.
