by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo A long line of people snaked along the length of Woodward Hall to have books signed by award-winning authors, but one UNM class gets those authors all to itself. Tony Hillerman and N. Scott Momaday read from their works Tuesday to a near-capacity crowd.
by Nancy Chang Daily Lobo Folk, rock and blues is the name of the game for Albuquerque band Alpha Blue's album Agave Summer. The band put the finishing touches on the CD, which is folk-rock coupled with an occasional Middle Eastern flavor. The group created a richly complicated and diverse sound with influence from the intoxicating desert sun, while incorporating world-beat, country and pop into the grooves.
by Noah Armstrong Daily Lobo Local music echoed off the walls of the Lobo Theater Saturday night when Jason Daniello, Evading Alastor and Boss Ordinance joined forces to give the crowd a taste of Albuquerque. Daniello, who performed without his band, warmed up with his rendition of "Hell's Bells" behind the closed theater door.
Encounters with Hollywood celebrities could be business as usual for New Mexicans if Gov. Bill Richardson has his way. On May 26 and 27, the governor and officials from the New Mexico state film office went to Hollywood and met with major film executives from Universal, Dreamworks SKG, Warner Brothers, MGM and Paramount studios, in an attempt to bring filming here.
Whether it is a serious poem about culture clashes or an ode to Johnny Cash, the Albuquerque Slam Team knows how to move a crowd. This Saturday and Sunday the group will showcase its talent at the 2004 Southwest Shootout, an exhibition of about 15 teams from around the Southwest.
Sophie Martin may have lost her job Monday. Martin is the director of marketing and operations at Albuquerque's Madstone Theater. The national chain of indie movie-showing theaters announced Monday all nine theaters were closed, and work on the incomplete Baltimore theater would not be finished.
For 18 years the Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque has not settled for anything but the best. This year is no exception. The National Institute of Flamenco has booked nearly 40 artists from all over the world to perform, teach and judge competitions for 10 days starting Friday at Rodey Theater.
Aldizorontophoskyphorniostikos believes in happy accidents. Can anyone say it three times fast? Can anyone say it at all? Probably not, but that's the group's point. This group of nine artists wants to have a dialogue about accidents and chaos in everyday life in the South Broadway Cultural Center show, and what they call it doesn't matter.
As with most everything in American society, monopolistic means have long dictated the music industry with a handful of labels that control the scene. For those not into mainstream music or the mongers that control the airwaves, Fitehouse may be a band worth listening to.
by Libby Kelly Daily Lobo Linda Bahm is not an artist, but she is taking the UNM Art Museum by storm. Bahm has taken up the challenge to fill former director Peter Walch's shoes and wants to improve the museum and make it more visible to the public.
As printed April 15, 2004 by Libby Kelly Daily Lobo Cautionary tales like "Little Red Riding Hood" and the popular folktale of La Llorana have haunted the borders of childhood nightmares since anyone can remember. Kathleen Alcal†, author and a visiting lecturer at UNM, uses oral tales in her works of fiction and nonfiction.
As printed March 9, 2004 by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo One of the world's most famous architects, Louis Kahn, mysteriously died penniless and alone in a restroom in Penn Station at the age of 73. The documentary of his life is much like an artistic obituary, but the filmmaker does not leave out the secrets and mistakes of his father's life.
As printed Jan. 28, 2004 by Amanda Jackson Daily Lobo Metal never looked so good. Associate Professor of Art Constance DeJong has given metal its glory day in a new book about her and her work titled Metal. DeJong takes cold, hard metal to a new place where the utilitarian object becomes not only fine art, but emotion-evoking, eye-catching, stunning art.
by Esther Marie Griego Daily Lobo Visual art, theater and a tinge of surrealism will mingle this weekend at the Harwood Theater when object theater takes the stage. Most people have no idea what object theater is, but Loren Kahn and Isabelle Kessler are working to change this.
School is nearly out, finals are just about over, and the Guild Cinema's Three Weekend Film Festivals in May is here to help fill all that spare time. The first weekend of the film festival began Friday with the Madcat International Women's Film Festival and ends with the Itinerant Cinemascape on May 21.
Echo Helstrom, Echo Helstorm C- The new album from Portland's Echo Helstrom is essentially indie-rock for the Dave Mathews Band fan. The album has acoustic, heartfelt songs that sound similar to Boise's Draw. Many sad and sweet songs lounge throughout the album, but vocalist Ross Seligman's voice can't quite carry the band, which leaves many of the songs quite boring.
Public art took a leap into a gallery space last weekend when "Contemporary Arts in the Public Realm" opened at Magn°fico. What exactly is art in the public realm? "That's the question we want people to think about," Melody Mock, Magn°fico's director of exhibits and programs said.
Some students know what it's like to have to work and go to school. The stress, the lack of sleep, the coffee bill - it gets debilitating. Unfortunately, students in Cuba have it worse. Teresa Dovalpage - a former professor in a Cuban university and UNM student - has published a novel with an inside look the Cuban education system called A Girl Like Che Guevara.
Local artist and UNM student Naomi Shersty seems to have found what most people only dream of - acceptance. In her master's thesis exhibit, "what joy do i bring you?" Shersty explores the path that has brought her to her position as both an artist and an individual, and addresses the ways in which people within a society come to find a sense of identity.
A hip-hop, freestyle battle usually involves one MC tearing down another. This Saturday it will be a little different at Spring Breakz 2004, said Cyrus Gould, planner of the event. During the freestyle battle, Gould will hold up cards with political words on them and the MCs will have to rhyme about that topic.
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