Let's end the argument: Yes, standing in front of a beach wearing nothing but a painted-on bikini is a sport. That's right. Recently, the most ridiculous product of America's puritanical heritage hit newsstands and mailboxes all over the U.S. By 9 p.m., it had disappeared to the bathrooms of the homes of about 140,000 puberty-stricken boys.
While the diamond-studded Jesus pieces hanging from your favorite rapper's neck may seem right at home, there was once a time when East Coast hip-hop dabbled in blasphemy.
Music is a key element in the work of graffiti artist Luke Aiello. "You get letters, and you just flow with them like waves," he said. "That's how my basic flow is, like water. It's cool just to get loose. That's what I tell everyone else who is interested. I tell them, 'Just practice and flow with it. Let it take you.'"
Occasionally, when a star explodes, its field of gravity will cause the star's remains to collapse in upon itself in a world-shaking cascade of unstoppable force and motion.
There are people out there who will stoop to any level to come up with ammo for anti-video game lobbying. It would help if people would stop handing them perfect little packages to use in their misguided crusades.
Women didn't have equal footing in Albuquerque's poetry scene until poet Lisa Gill started The Rag in 1999. The Rag, which used to be a monthly poetry broadside for women poets, was part of a series to boost their productivity and means for an outlet.
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People have their boundaries. Through March 4, UNM's Theatre X will explore the concept of boundaries and what happens when people cross them, as it presents three plays in the series "Pressing Boundaries."
My last theme party was depressing. Instead of a house full of people dressed like they were from the 1940s, about 10 people showed up in street clothes. I was the only one in costume except for my cousin Orlando, who made a desperate attempt at an ensemble that consisted of a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a baseball bat. He looked like Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez from "The Sandlot."
People born in the year of the pig know how to enjoy life. "Pigs are honest and genuine," martial arts student Bill Doleman said. "Sometimes, they can be over the top. If they have two beers, they will give you one."
There's a burgeoning music scene three hours southeast of El Paso, in Texas' Big Bend region. This isn't a place one would expect to find such a thing. A quick look at a satellite image reveals a whole lot of nothing. But if one were to look closely, one might notice the tiny burg of Marfa, Texas.
Artist Michael Olivares invented a method to mesh paintings and frames. Olivares, known as Miko, created what he calls gel emulsions by scanning his paintings or drawings onto archival paper. Then, he brushes an acrylic gel medium recipe onto the print and lets it dry for a few days.
One hundred million years ago, New Mexico lay nameless and borderless and partially submerged beneath sprawling, shallow seas. Dinosaurs of every size and appetite wandered to the edge of such seas, in search of plants, water or smaller creatures further down the food chain. The air above them hung hot and dense, sagging with humidity, and pterosaurs flapped and glided against it.
Twenty years ago, Natalie Goldberg broke the paradigm on the way people approach writing with her best-selling book Writing Down the Bones.
More people write poetry than read it. Many of us have never been to a classical music concert, an art show or a play. It's undeniable - a lot of classic art forms are struggling to stay relevant.
I didn't think you could put Korean and barbecue in the same sentence until I ate at the Korean BBQ House. The restaurant has an abundance of flavors and cooking techniques that will tempt your taste buds and fill your tummy.
Last month, DJ Drama, a high-profile mixtape DJ, had his downtown Atlanta studio raided by the SWAT team. He wasn't fronting a drug-dealing business or laundering money for local criminals. He was producing copies of his popular Gangsta Grillz mixtapes.
Over the next four days, doctors, nurses and researchers will become movie ushers. The Italian Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, will benefit UNM's Children's Hospital. Twelve Italian films will play at four theaters throughout Albuquerque and Rio Rancho.
There are as many reasons to talk about the strangeness of New Mexico as there are reasons to avoid talking about it altogether.
If you walk by the Duck Pond on Fridays at about 3 p.m., you might find the UNM Capoeira Club singing in Portuguese, playing Brazilian instruments, dancing and throwing backflips. Club president Daniel Young, a junior, said capoeira at UNM is taking off.
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