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Store has costume options galore for theme parties

Marcella Ortega | February 21

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."

Chinese Cultural Center members Charlie Herbert, left, and Keith Winterkorn perform the Dance of the Dragon on Sunday at a Chinese New Year celebration at 427 Adams St. S.E.

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Celebrating the pig for Chinese New Year

Marcella Ortega | February 20

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."

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Don't miss a beat from this small-town Texas rock trio

Rhian Hibner | February 20

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 sketches a single-line drawing in his home studio on Tuesday. "It's a very delicate idea of infinity and how anything can be captured with one line," Olivares said.

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Art is not a sissy sport

Marcella Ortega | February 15

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.

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Alleged sightings of flying reptiles cause residents to reconsider history

Mike Smith | February 15

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.

Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones.

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Writer gets pencils moving

February 15

Twenty years ago, Natalie Goldberg broke the paradigm on the way people approach writing with her best-selling book Writing Down the Bones.

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Republican word wizard has mastered the fine art of Orwellian doublespeak

Joe Buffaloe | February 13

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.

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Get a lot of food without breaking the bank at the Korean BBQ House

Shandea Williams | February 13

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.

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Mixtape DJs are an annoying yet necessary evil in the hip-hop industry

Damian Garde | February 13

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.

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Projecting Italian culture

Marcella Ortega | February 8

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.

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N.M. still allows cruelty toward roosters, rattlesnakes

Mike Smith | February 8

There are as many reasons to talk about the strangeness of New Mexico as there are reasons to avoid talking about it altogether.

UNM Capoeira Club president Daniel Young warms up before class Wednesday at Capoeira Pegadas on 4817 Central Avenue N.E.

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Brazilian martial art catches on

Bryan Gibel | February 8

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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Slippery Weazel takes it to the street

Rachel Green | February 7

Members of Slippery Weazel are street musicians by default. Since vocalist and guitarist Ryan Inman is under 21, the local grunge band can't play in bars.

Clinical hypnotherapist Christina Florence sits in her office on San Pedro Boulevard on Tuesday. Florence said she can help relieve test anxiety, aid sour relationships and free writer's block.

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Healer taps out stress, worries

February 7

Christina Florence said she can help students relieve test anxiety, aid sour relationships, free writer's block and sometimes help the chronically ill find a road to recovery.

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PlayStation 3 priced to fail with few game options and stringent HD demands

Rhian Hibner | February 7

It has been nearly four months since the release of the Nintendo Wii, and people still have to camp out each Sunday morning in front of their local Best Buy or Target to get one. Meanwhile, PlayStation 3s sit in their boxes collecting dust.

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The Lobo threesome

Debra Au | February 6

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Great deals at Walgreens can keep you looking hip

Marcella Ortega | February 6

It was just another Sunday afternoon in the student ghetto when a hot Latin boy showed up at our door. He invited my roommate Eva to a Super Bowl party. She had never attended a Super Bowl party in her life, but she's always down for new experiences.

Artist David Nakabayashi points out a grade school award he received that is collaged into his work titled "I'd Rather Be Swimming" on Friday at the Yale Art Center.

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N.M. artist gets inspiration from love and knives

February 6

For February, the month of love, artist David Nakabayashi hung an exhibit of 50 paintings and drawings about knives at the Yale Art Center.

Juliet, played by Caitlin Aase, right, talks to her nurse, played by Teri Sweeney, during a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" on Sunday at the Albuquerque Little Theatre.

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Strong performances in Shakespeare's classic play

Maria V. Kramer | February 1

With "Romeo and Juliet" showing at the Albuquerque Little Theatre through Feb. 18, director Peter Kierst has taken on a challenge of immense magnitude - the clichÇ factor. Every American high school graduate has read the play at least once and already sacked it for pickup lines.

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New Mexico's version of the Loch Ness Monster

Mike Smith | February 1

When it comes to tales of enormous and legendary amphibians, Scotland boasts its elusive mascot in the waters of Loch Ness, China shares rumors of a gorge-dwelling creature that chases fishermen, and South Africa reports fearfully on a carnivorous half-horse, half-fish.