I don't know how I find entertainment. It just seems to fall into my lap. Take the movie "Ong Bak," a product of Thailand that recently traversed the Pacific to become a legendary flea-market hit.
by Damian Garde Daily Lobo Modern jazz is often associated with stuffy clubs frequented by bespectacled men in cardigans. However, for Le Chat Lunatique, this definition could hardly be more misguided. The Albuquerque quartet specializes in what they call "filthy, mangy jazz," a rollicking racket that would sound right at home in the grimiest of 1920s speakeasies.
UNM students with an affinity for the stage or the writing of Ray Bradbury might want to consider a visit to the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Beginning Aug. 31, the acclaimed New Mexico acting troupe Teatro Nuevo MÇxico will be at the center nightly until Sept. 3, performing a version of Ray Bradbury's "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit."
UNM student Cori Hoover received her first tarot card reading this week. "I always wanted to," she said. "I didn't have anything to do, and I thought I would try it out."
Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and photographer Lucian Niemeyer said it does not make a difference to him if he wins the award. "I am just a messenger - just a very small person in this whole thing," he said. "It is the people in Africa that need rescuing, help and attention."
Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Available Sept. 11 Electronica is one of those musical categories that takes me a while to warm up to. There are only so many computer-generated sounds I can withstand before what I'm listening to ceases to be music and becomes glorified video game noise.
With so many choices for concerts on Saturday night, any band entering Albuquerque faced stiff competition. Still, enough people passed on Fall Crawl and Willie Nelson to fill the Outpost Performance Space on Yale Boulevard for the Asylum Street Spankers, a six-piece band of filthy-mouthed country-blues revivalists from Austin, Texas.
When we walked into our first class last week, we all shared the same thought: wanting out. The four main characters in Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down don't expect to find each other with the same purpose of ending their lives at North London's most popular suicide spot on New Year's Eve. Martin, Maureen, JJ and Jess set aside their intentions for a chat and some pizza.
Three years ago, Rocky Norwell was walking Downtown when he stumbled upon the vacant building that would later become the Trillion Space. The multi-purpose gallery and studio located Downtown has provided many local artists with a place to create and showcase their work.
When life hands you lemons, sometimes you find out you really like lemons. Case in point: My car has been out of commission the past couple of weeks. But the silver lining to this very expensive, annoying cloud is that I've rediscovered my bicycle.
Jonathan Abrams is a veteran cardiologist at UNM's medical school, but he is also an art lover. Abrams is a self-described art groupie with numerous ties to the art world, a collector with a sizeable collection and the organizer and guest curator of "Painting - Alive and Well!" - an exhibit of eight artists that is on display at the UNM Art Museum.
When O'Niell's Pub shut down in 2004, owner Rob O'Niell wanted the new location to stay true to the original. "We took an existing building and created basically the same space we had at our first location in Nob Hill - kind of an updated look, but people will still recognize it as O'Niell's Pub," he said.
The story I am about to write is a strange one, although it is set in and around a seemingly ordinary place. Most of its details come from interviews with the main subjects' family members.
Nicole Montes, owner of Silver Board Shop, said the Silver Skate Jam will attract a diverse group of people. "Doctors, lawyers, students, grandparents and grandkids - these days there isn't a stereotypical skateboarder anymore," she said. "So there is no set example of who is coming."
The word acequia is Spanish for irrigation ditch. Bookstore owner Gary Wilkie said that is one of the reasons he named his store Acequia Booksellers.
Across the street from UNM, a new clothing shop called UNI has more T-shirt designs than any other store in the state, said owner Greg Cook. "There are 35 different colors, and we have the largest selection of designs in New Mexico," Cook said.
Group puts out an unfortunate repeat Jurassic 5 Feedback Available Now Jurassic 5 is one of the few hip-hop groups that I can actually stand. A lot of hip-hop these days is the same boring backbeat applied to the questionable-voice talents of whatever recording artist of the minute is being pushed the hardest.
The wait is finally over. After hitting theaters last Friday, we can now see if "Snakes on a Plane" lives up to the hype.
This time of year must be an auspicious one for mini-music festivals in New Mexico.
In just two years, UNM's marching band has almost doubled in size. In 2004, the band had 82 members. Today, it has 140. "It's because of our new band director," said senior Heather Hansen. "I think that's why."
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