by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Rudolfo Anaya said he writes every morning. The New Mexico author is nominated for the Southwest Book Award for Serafina's Stories, a collection of 12 New Mexico folk tales translated from Spanish into English and set in the context of a story.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Show this weekend, average symphony will not be, sayeth Yoda. The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Chorus will bring the music of all six "Star Wars" films to Popejoy Hall. Conductor Byron Herrington said the show will include projection screens, choreographed dancers and special lighting effects flashing over the orchestra to create a multimedia presentation.
by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo Everyone loves a good rummage sale. Cheap furniture. An occasional cool T-shirt. Stacks of random CDs. Shopping the way it's meant to be. This Sunday, though, it will also be for a good cause. The Nob Hill Business Association is having a rummage sale to benefit Habitat for Humanity, which hopes to build affordable new homes for those who live in the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Could you forgive a serial killer? That is the question Bryony Lavery's play "Frozen" explores. The play, opening at Theatre X on Thursday, examines our ideas of justice, guilt and rehabilitation through the story of Ralph, a man who raped and killed seven pre-teen girls.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Jason Mraz is a musician who becomes irritated when asked to label his music. "Everybody is doing a crossover thing now. I got tired of trying to explain all our different influences because there are a lot of them," he said. "At the end of the day, it's pop-rock.
by Scott Albright Daily Lobo Institute - the side project of Bush's Gavin Rossdale - has a new album, Distort Yourself, which reeks of broken-down technological junk thrown into the scrapyard of bad rock. Songs like "Information Age" give the impression that instead of using a guitar, the band decided to connect an old defibrillator into a broken fax machine to create a painful mixture of high-pitched twangs.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Artist Jim Kraft, 67, said he made a list of things he wants to do before he dies, and putting on an art show is one of them. His show at the Harwood Art Center is one of five on display. "I don't know if it's my last. I may do another one," he said.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Lisa Lenard-Cook has always been a writer, she said. "They tell me when I was a little girl, I was picking up a pen before I could talk," she said. Lenard-Cook has been nominated for the first annual Southwest Book Award in fiction for her novel Dissonance.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Taproot proves you can teach an old dog new tricks. With their third album, Blue-Sky Research, members of Taproot have learned new ways to expand the possibilities of their instruments and voices. The structures of each song flow together with better skill.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Leigh-Ann Santillanes, the director of "Orphans," first saw the play 15 years ago and was immediately drawn to it. "There was something about it that was so tremendously beautiful," she said. At the Vortex Theatre, Santillanes and her cast have created a production of tremendous beauty - a strange, sad beauty that is more unsettling than uplifting.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo I didn't know they made home lobotomy kits. But A&M Records did in the form of a poorly produced album by the Pussycat Dolls. Their debut - and hopefully only - record was released on Sept. 13, about three months after the single "Don't Cha" first burned holes into our eardrums with incessant radio play.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo A film festival in Albuquerque aims to change stereotypes about gays and lesbians on mainstream television and film. "The D Word," a parody on the television series "The L Word" is one of many films to be shown at the third annual Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Albuquerque and Santa Fe on Friday.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo UNM student Paul Ortiz said he has somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 records. "You name it, I've got it," he said. But for Ortiz, who is one of a pair of DJs who started a dance night called the Snugfit Social Club, a diverse range of albums is prerequisite to being a DJ.
by Scott Albright Daily Lobo The Barelas Community Center will see DJs spinning and mixing the night away at the "Battle for Katrina." The show will support victims of Hurricane Katrina. Local performers Garbage Pail Kidz, 2bers, GWH and special guests will be on stage while B-boys and girls break dance on the floor to show their support for those suffering from the disaster.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Our Bodies, Ourselves is no ordinary women's health book. Besides physical health, it covers mental health, reproductive, environmental and occupational health, women's empowerment, aging, abortion, masturbation and sexuality.
by David Barnes Daily Lobo Hundreds of works of art will be displayed at the Albuquerque Museum's miniature exhibition and fund-raiser. Elias Rivera, who was born in New York before moving to Santa Fe in the early 1980s, has become internationally known for his figurative paintings.
by John Bear Daily Lobo More than 10 local bands will converge at Launchpad on Monday to do what they do best - play music. But this isn't your standard rock 'n' roll show. They are playing to raise money to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Jeremy Fine from Detach Records said all proceeds will be given to the Red Cross.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo For 10 years, Southern California native Michael Heralda has been reconnecting with his roots and, specifically, the Day of the Dead. "The Day of the Dead has evolved and changed over the years due to the popularity of the tradition," Heralda said.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Charles de Lint is a reader's writer. His books remind readers why they fell in love with literature in the first place. He summons to mind the perfect fireside night for bookworms - cozily snuggled into a favorite chair or nestled under a favorite blanket, sipping a steaming cup of tea.
by John Bear Daily Lobo In the early '90s, whitey central command activated its most elite operative at the time, Eminem, to infiltrate hip-hop culture and commence phase one of Operation Co-opt. He failed. Eminem didn't live up to his potential as an MC, opting to take the easy road with unrefined venting about how much he hates his mother and his baby mama.
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