Old photographs, a painting of a penis, a spelling bee award from elementary school and his mother's Christmas stocking are a few ornaments on the four walls of Don Schrader's apartment.
For poet Damien Flores, slam poetry is an art that defies boundaries. "It's something everyone can get into," he said. Flores is the president of UNM Lobo Slam, a group of student poets who have garnered national attention in the past year. Flores was a member of the team representing UNM at the 2005 National Poetry Slam, a competition the team went on to win.
On the western edge of Albuquerque stand five calm, reddish-black volcanoes, all in a line.
Status Salon is not just a place to get a haircut. "I was trying to get the local art and hip-hop scene and do something with it," said owner Rett Beecher.
by Marcella Ortega Daily Lobo Summerhouse Tea and Trading Company owner Charlotte Webster is fascinated with the study of tea. "It was very captivating to me," she said. Webster opened her tea house three years ago. She carries 90 different teas from 10 different countries such as France, Australia, ...
Everclear Welcome to the Drama Club Available Today Everclear has some issues. If lead singer Art Alexakis isn't singing about a crappy childhood, being poor or drug abuse, he's singing about his ex-wife. With two new members in the band, it seems Everclear wants to make a fresh start. However, ...
by Shandea Williams Daily Lobo When trying to decide on a restaurant for my first review, I felt it had to be one that is newer, smaller and close to campus. There are only a few places within walking distance of campus that offer tasty vegetarian and vegan meals for decent prices. Even meat lovers ...
by Jen Shark Daily Lobo With school in full swing, I find myself with barely any free time - especially to eat. Sometimes, the easiest choice is to grab a nice, big, juicy burger from Sonic or perhaps across the street at McDonald's. Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, might change someone's ...
Last week in "My Strange New Mexico," we explored the short-lived Placitas, N.M., hippie communes of the 1960s and '70s.
Members of Urban Exiles don't walk around buildings. "We go over and through," Tad Turpen said. Turpen and UNM student John Whitmore are active members of Urban Exiles, a local parkour group. Parkour is a French street sport that involves leaping from building to building, balancing on railings and scaling walls.
When Michael Stokes walks around UNM, it's a bit like a band member walking through a guitar store - for every person he sees talking with friends, he sees a person with an instrument.
Jumping out of an airplane is easier than it looks. "I took a class, then jumped the next day," said Claire Hilleary, graduate student and skydiver.
Despite his death in 2003, Johnny Cash has remained a fixture in American culture and, arguably, is more popular than ever before.
A few weeks ago, I stumbled onto a DVD that featured snippets from 100 years of blues music performed by living legends at Radio City Music Hall.
UNM graduate student and photographer Sam McFarlane said there is something about white. "It looks sexual and beautiful against the black background," he said.
It's hard to find a good action movie these days. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a good action star, for that matter. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor made a concerted effort to revive the genre when they wrote and directed "Crank." Unfortunately, "Crank" doesn't quite measure up. The film is not particularly bad in any one area - it simply fails to shine.
It doesn't take a geologist to appreciate rocks these days.
Keith Johnstone, owner of Corrales Winery, said there is nothing magical about making wine. "They've been doing this for 6,000 years," he said. "How complicated can it be?"
When the weather warms, birds fly north along the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico - swooping over the picketed steel towers on the mountains' highest point, gliding up the mountains' gray granite spine, dropping down the mountains' northern end and coming to rest among the green desert foothills of the village of Placitas.
On the West Side of Albuquerque lies a treasure unknown to many. Fallas Paredes, a discount clothing outlet, carries a variety of clothing, shoes and house dÇcor at insanely low prices.
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