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.
Leigh Anne Langwell's art crosses the conventional boundaries of what is expected from photographs - in fact, they're not even called photographs.ˇ Instead, these unique forms are called photograms, a technique which produces photos that look like giant X-ray images, oftentimes obscuring what the viewer is actually looking at.
If punching pillows is not cutting it anymore, Himsa, a haunting thrash/hardcore metal band with rasping vocals and adrenaline-pumping music can help take the edge off with its show Friday at the Launchpad. John Pettibone, the band's vocalist, took some time out to give his perspective on the band, shows and music.
Tonight UNM will not only showcase a group of talented and diverse music professors in Keller Hall, but also a husband and wife who teach and play together. Kimberly Fredenburgh, assistant professor of music at UNM, has put together the recital where she will play viola while her husband, Assistant Professor Kevin Vigneau, will play the obo.
by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo It's not too often indigenous cultures get to tell their story on the silver screen. Starting this month, in celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Anthropology Department will present those stories in the International Indigenous Film Festival.
Ben Folds is a silly guy. Since July 2003 Folds has put out three EPs with his musician friend. His fourth, The Bens, will hit online stores next week. Some would say putting out four EPs only months apart with a handful of songs on each is a strange marketing plan, but Folds, in his normal quirky fashion, thinks otherwise.
The revolution is upon us. The Tricklock Company's fourth annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival began last week. The cultural exchange, experimental and political art and otherwise madcap eclecticism that is the festival won't stop until the end of the month.
The new art show in the ASA Gallery imposed restrictions on who could enter the exhibit - they had to be women, and they had to be connected to UNM. "People were so defensive that only women were allowed to enter the show," curator Ana Urquilla said. "That was part of the point, to have a show that got a reaction.
by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo Six bucks will buy a student a movie ticket, popcorn, a soda and a feel for a diverse mix of films at the Southwest Film Center this semester. The theater, located downstairs in the SUB, will show over 20 films this semester including many genres - from animation to the sick and twisted.
UNM graduate student David Leigh has a way of expressing the most primitive of human emotions without ever saying a word. With only graphite on paper he is able to communicate something visceral and raw that he hopes will elicit a response in everyone who visits his show, "Gold, Golden the Drawings of David Leigh," at The Walls Gallery.
When it comes to finding the answer to escaping one's own perspective or creating first-aid techniques for everyday life, Todd Anderson and Aaron Winston may be on the right track. Their senior art theses, "First Aid for Beautiful People" and "Nadir" give some very likely and reasonable theories.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo Local band Simple has the whole musician thing down pat. The band has mastered using quality equipment, writing superior lyrics and displaying all-around excellent musicianship by being an older, wiser version of the typical local band.
Ani DiFranco heads back to where she came from on her latest album Educated Guess. That's almost right. DiFranco has returned to that uncomfortable space close-up and breathing in your face with her sound and message, but each album brings us a new Ani and the 18-year-old girl just ain't coming back.
Let's face it. Albuquerque doesn't have the high-flying nightlife of New York or L.A., but the El Rey Theatre and Puccini's Golden West Saloon are doing their part to help keep the people of the city entertained. Their grand re-opening, from Jan. 16 through Feb.
When one thinks of the traditional piano performance, a bench, a grand piano and a single musician might come to mind. On Jan. 17, the Bowed Piano Ensemble will defy the limits of traditional piano music at UNM's Keller Hall by throwing all of these conceptions out the door.
The Dance Theatre of Harlem will go just about anywhere. The predominantly black, neoclassical ballet company was the first American troupe to perform in the former Soviet Union as part of a cultural exchange program. It was also the first ensemble from the United States to bring a show to South Africa after a 30-year cultural ban was lifted.
For Yashoda Naidoo, owner of Annapurna Ayurvedic Cuisine and Chai House, Ayurveda is not only a diet, it's a philosophy. Ayurveda is based on the medical science of India, which dates back over 1000 years, Naidoo said. Its purpose is to provide balance by nourishing the body and soul with vegetarian foods that are easy to digest, she said.
Dow Mossman's last four years have been wild. From 1999 to 2001 he was tracked by a documentary filmmaker who read Mossman's 32-year-old novel and became obsessed with finding out what had happened to the writer who was never published again.
Top UNM officials are gearing up for what so far appears to be an uphill battle with the state Legislature in January to fulfill the University's legislative priorities. One major topic at Tuesday's Board of Regents meeting was a rift between what UNM wants and what the state may give regarding salary raises for faculty and staff and tuition increases.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo Picture a karaoke bar. The typical drunken businessmen singing "Eleanor Rigby" or butchering "Sweet Home Alabama" might come to mind. Well, not anymore. Every Monday night at Puccini's Golden West Saloon a new breed of karaoke is emerging.
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