Hundreds of artists, friends, acquaintances and art connoisseurs gathered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday to celebrate the life of artist Luis JimÇnez, who died after a portion of a 32-foot-tall sculpture fell and crushed him in his studio on June 13.
Before Kyle Tuffli became a swing dancer, he was hardly a swinger. "I was a socially awkward junior high kid, and it was the best way to meet girls," Tuffli said. "I never had a single girlfriend before I started swing dancing, but once I started swing dancing, everything changed."
Ziggy Marley spent years trying to find God, but when a Catholic woman asked Marley his religion, the answer came to him in a split second - love.
Rock band puts out unoriginal sludge The Shys Astoria Available Now When my untimely demise arrives and I am dragged to the brimstone-lined halls of Hades - bad people section - the Shys shall surely be the soundtrack ensuring that my eternity sucks. I say this because every second I have to listen ...
Kevin Smith has come full circle with his movies. No one expected the circle to include a donkey show, but that doesn't diminish his latest film in any way.
First, there were movies - silent movies. A noiseless, black and white locomotive would hurtle toward the audience, and people would leap from their chairs to go running for the exits.
Erika Lee Turner has been interested in movies since she was a kid. "I never cared about the plot, just how they did it," she said.
Many theater majors at UNM graduate with nothing more than a degree and a future of waiting tables in New York or Los Angeles. But there are other options, said Joe Peracchio, artistic director of the Albuquerque-based Tricklock Company, a nonprofit theater organization.
It was impossible to find a seat at Scalo Northern Italian Grill Monday night. The crowd was there to see trumpet player Justin Ray perform for the release party of his self-titled debut album.
A new festival will be jazzing up New Mexico for the next two weeks. There will be performances in Albuquerque as well as Santa Fe, said Tom Guralnick, founder of the New Mexico Jazz Festival and executive director of Outpost Productions.
Carson Bennett has been creatively stuck. Bennett is a graduate student at UNM and writes creative nonfiction and personal essays. Every year, he seeks rejuvenation at the Taos Summer Writers' Conference.
Jonson Gallery's new exhibit is as close to home as it gets. The exhibit is the second installment of the Jonson by Decade series, which showcases paintings by the gallery's founder Raymond Jonson from 1920 through 1929.
Band makes loneliness sound good Blackpool Lights This Town's Disaster Available Now I'll admit it. I was a little skeptical about Blackpool Lights. It seemed like an obscure name with even more obscure album art - a cartoon rendering of a burning town. Bad marketing approach? Sure.
With the release of their latest album, Flat-Pack Philosophy, the Buzzcocks are going back to their roots. The band out of Manchester, England, was formed during the punk boom of the late 1970s along with bands like the Sex Pistols. Steve Diggle, guitarist and vocalist for the Buzzcocks, said the initial period was political and explosive.
Matt Witkowski and David Reis met at Loborientation in 2004. Now, the UNM students are in the process of expanding their clothing company Rhidden. "It's our own style," Witkowski said. "It's not limited. It's not skater or designer. It's our own thing."
Video game fanatics in Albuquerque have a new opportunity to get their fix. The Dragon's Lair Ultimate Gaming Arena at 5000 Menaul Blvd. has been open for three weeks and is getting positive feedback from the gaming community, co-owner Kevin Nelson said.
The first time Steven Chavez saw a Mexican marimba was in 1980. Now, the experienced folk musician owns 33 marimbas from around the world and different eras. A marimba is a percussion instrument typically associated with folk music. It has several keys which are struck by mallets in order to produce sound.
Danny Winn and the Earthlings thought they would play in the Warped Tour - they were wrong. "Too bad we didn't get that," said saxophonist John DuBois. "There were no ska bands on there." Winn said the tour probably wants to give more exposure to other local bands and is why they won't be playing this year. "When we started, we were the only ska band in Albuquerque. Now there about seven," he said.
by Debra Au Daily Lobo The Vincent Black Shadow Fears in the Water Available July 11 After listening to the Vincent Black Shadow's Fears in the Water, I've become a new-found fan of not only the band, but the genre of ska as a whole. Despite some rather morbid cover art - a lone toy rubber ducky floating in a tub of jet black liquid - the album is fun and really upbeat.
If you happen to stumble into the UNM Art Museum, you will be pleasantly surprised. In the downstairs level, you will find an exhibit of paintings by Clinton Adams that will take you on an artistic safari through time.
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