by Ester Marie Griego Daily Lobo What do you get when you take three gringo journalists and stick them in the heart of Mexico? You get Hat Dance, a new novel by UNM professor Michael Thomas. Thomas, a trained anthropologist, uses his experience with Mexican culture to tell a story of the challenges a group of American journalists face in a small Mexican village.
SWFC's silver screen hasn't ever seen a weekend of all student-made films before now. Thursday through Saturday, the ASUNM Southwest Film Center will host its First Annual Student Film Festival. Roxy Traino, a Media Arts major, entered her experimental film, "Echoes Through the Eyes of Narcissus" into the competition.
Robert Creeley is known for his countless awards and more than 30 volumes of poetry. Gus Blaisdell, who died last fall, is remembered for his 25 years of teaching at UNM, his poetry and essays. Get the two long-time friends together talking about poetry and art, have UNM Media Arts instructor Bryan Konefsky and his class tape the talk, and the film, "Robert Creeley and Gus Blaisdell in Conversation" is born.
by Esther Marie Griego Daily Lobo When one thinks of Shakespeare, sex, scandal and cover-ups are probably not the first things that come to mind. But in the Tricklock Company's upcoming production of "Macbett" directed by Joe Feldman, corruption reigns and devious politicians abound.
Krista Pino Daily Lobo The UNM Orchestra and students from the opera theater course perform a love story in the revised opera, "Thoroughly Modern Martha" at Keller Hall this weekend. "I call it a romp," said Director Marilyn Tyler. "It's very funny." Two friends, Lady Harriet Durham and Nancy, venture off for a weekend at Stately Manor, a hotel and spa.
President Clinton has called her "hostile, combative, and even disrespectful." The Indonesian military has declared her "a threat to national security." Newt Gingrich has advised his "mother to talk to no reporters because of people like (her)." Now, Amy Goodman, the award-winning journalist and host of "Democracy Now!," along with her brother David, is stepping out of the radio studio to expose the lies, propaganda and cover-ups running rampant in the upper echelons of leadership in the new book, The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers and the Media Who Love Them.
Alan Moore says all it takes is one bad day to reduce a man to lunacy. Ivanov has several bad days to choose from. "Ivanov," one of Anton Chekhov's lesser-known plays, centers around a fiercely idealistic man at the turn of the century in Russia. Ivanov, though living in a very orthodox Christian state, marries a Jewish woman, teaches serf children to read and believes in organic farming.
UNM film students will be sharing screen time with some of the Americas' most talented filmmakers Saturday at the Sin Fronteras Film Festival. Sin Fronteras, or without boarders, is in its second year thanks to UNM's Student Organization for Latin American Studies.
by James Moore U-Wire The Lantern (Ohio State U.) "The Punisher," the big screen adaptation of a comic book anti-hero, is disappointing and remarkably bad in nearly every way. The film is a mishmash of the character's story of origin, a dozen generic action movies, a liberal cribbing from the far superior comic book miniseries "The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and a dull plot.
Like the Queen's Royal Guard, the Empire State Building or even a decent light post, New Mexican Erection is standing conspicuously tall. The powerhouse heavy-metal band, made up of guitarist Miguel "Keeb" Romero, vocalist Travis Manning, Bevo on bass and Ray Ryneer on drums, is proof positive that Albuquerque has no claim to the title of New Mexico's music capital.
In 1981, a group of activists in New York City decided it was time to give the public an alternative to mainstream corporate media - Paper Tiger Television was born. Thursday, Carlos Pareja, a video maker with the organization, will show PTTV videos and host a discussion at UNM.
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 non-fiction.
UNM painting instructor Kathleen Jesse said she isn't really a painter. She makes paintings, thoroughly realistic ones at that, with acrylic and pencil, but she still says she's not a painter. She said she likes to think of herself as an image maker. She spoke at the UNM Art Museum's Tuesday Talk about her show, "War Paintings for the Nursery.
For audiences, it's the continuous click-clack of the shoes that makes tap dancing such an exciting spectacle. For performers, it's the creation of an art form that drives the motions in their feet. At this year's 6th-annual New Mexico Tap Jam, audiences can watch amazing artists perform myriad of tap styles ranging from Jazz, Swing, Hip-hop and Broadway.
by Krista Pino Daily Lobo Rock 'n' roll, art and dinner is the theme for UNM's Annual Ceramics Silent Auction tonight. In an effort to raise money, UNM Ceramics Club will be holding the auction at ReBar. With $5 bidding increments, interested buyers can sign up to take home art created by the University's finest ceramics makers.
Let's face it, sequels usually bite the big one. Classics like "Batman and Robin," "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Crow: City of Angels" refuse to let moviegoers forget that sequels are usually the ultimate letdown. Never fear, "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" is not your average sequel.
Go ahead, admit it - you really don't know all there is to know when it comes to sex. Paul Joannides does and proves it in the Guide to Getting it On. The Guide is an amusing and overly sarcastic book that discusses in detail all aspects of "the nasty," in common and slang terms, unlike most material on the subject that takes the proper and more physiological approach.
Daily Lobo: How did you decide on the black market as a topic for this book? Eric Schlosser: You might think of a black market in New York City, but you wouldn't think of it in the heartland of America. So that started me thinking about the workings of the underground.
Eric Schlosser writes in his new book that the American black market comprises about 10 percent of the national economy - that adds up to roughly $1 trillion, and it's still growing. Yet for all the money and influence that arises from this market, few people have ever been truly exposed to its inner workings.
Attention die hard fans of "The O.C." Run, don't walk, to the nearest music store - your favorite TV show now has a CD mix of the show's best music. The creators of the popular Wednesday night series have begun a CD series, this being the first of many mixes of the show's music.
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