Life often imitates art. The horror on television screens during the nightly news is just as tragic as the scripted drama of films. So the argument is that reality takes its cues from the misery presented in the media. "The Garage Dialogues" performed by the members of OmniRootz, a theater company, proves dramatic effect is not less heart-wrenching when real life takes the stage.
The Coen brothers' latest movie "Bad Santa" is, without a doubt, the most subversive holiday film ever made. This ultra foul-mouthed take on the holiday season is not only offensive, it just may be a new Christmas tradition for all of the Scrooges out there.
Carl Donsbach grew up listening to '60s and '70s rock 'n' roll. Over the years, his musical tastes expanded, and last week, his composition "Palomita Cancion for Piano Trio" won the New Mexico Composer's Competition held by the John Donald Robb Musical Trust at UNM.
There's no better way to share music than to teach it.ˇ This idea seems to be key in the success of Marc's Guitar Center.ˇIn honor of its 25th year, the UNM area business will be giving away guitars and conducting workshops at local Albuquerque public schools.
Comedian and scholar of intoxication Dave Attell says that Jack Daniels could easily beat Captain Morgan in a fistfight. "Jack Daniels has the heart, but Captain Morgan has the wind," Attell said. "Captain Morgan's the kind of guy who would not beat you that day, but would find you a week later and beat you in the head with a hammer.
In his weekly spot on "The Daily Show," Lewis Black peppers political commentary with comedy. These two components of his routine may seem incompatible, but for Black, modern politics and comedy are one and the same - both are likely to be ridiculous. While Black is making audiences laugh with his political observations, he said he finds the state of affairs in America slightly less amusing.
The Words Afire play festival allows aspiring playwrights to see their visions materialized on stage. Words Afire offers them experience in professional theater, and subjects them to the whole experience of putting their work in the hands of directors, actors and organizers.
Magn°fico is taking a chance with UNM art students during this year's Artscrawl. Emerging artists will sell their work alongside established artists in the Downtown gallery in a show called "Art Market: An Exhibit of Works for Sale." Tonight, Magn°fico will begin selling the work of over 40 local artists, including UNM's Allison Carey, Naomi Shersty, Sherlock Terry, John Rise, Michael Sonnichsen and professor Patrick Nagatani.
The independent, low-budget film "The Station Agent" quietly wowed critics across the nation and swept up several awards even before its national release date. The film will be opening in Albuquerque Friday at Madstone. For star Bobby Cannavale, the film was an opportunity to work with great friends.
The title "Tupac: Resurrection" suggests controversial rapper Tupac Shakur is back, when in fact, he never left. The movie offers a complete story of Tupac's life as told by the rapper himself. In the seven years after his death, Tupac became the number one selling rap artist in pop music history, according to Billboard Music charts.
"Small Voices" is an old story in a new setting. The film is a Philippine import that tells the story of a young woman, Melinda (the up-and-coming Alessandra de Rossi), who journeys to a small village in the Philippines to teach in a place where "only the rich can afford to dream.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo Though Modest Mouse has been around for years, the band is now finally poised to become the reigning king of unsettling, introspective indie rock. Vocalist Isaac Brock, complete with a Who-like pose, is the musical genius behind the edgy band from the Northwest that played to a sold-out Sunshine Theater Friday.
Tommy Castro is one humble musician. He has been hailed as the next B.B. King, performed on stage with some of the best blues musicians in the business and even received praise from the legendary Carlos Santana. Yet all he wants is to pay tribute to his idols and come to New Mexico for some sopapillas.
The Words Afire Festival is bringing all walks of life from UNM's theater program together. The festival has entered into its second week and shows no signs of letting up, putting 10 more plays up on three stages in the UNM area. The work is inspired and fresh with student directors working alongside student playwrights and a cast of primarily student actors.
After fighting for a space in the newly renovated SUB, the Art Student Association will celebrate its victory at the grand reopening of the ASA Student Gallery tomorrow night. The ASA Gallery is a student-run art gallery, which provides space for UNM students to exhibit their artwork in a professional and academic environment.
UNM's percussion ensemble will do more than keep the beat at Keller Hall tonight. When most people think of percussion instruments, they might envision drums, symbols and chimes used mostly as background sound supplementing an orchestra. When Scott Ney, director of percussion studies at UNM, thinks of percussion he hears the sound of breaking glass, clinking water glasses, and umbrellas and table tops played all together with no accompaniment.
Darediablo is rock and nothing else. The band out of New York is not the kind of rock you have to qualify with a descriptive adjective like "emo," "indie" or "sedimentary." No, Darediablo's latest release, Feeding Frenzy, just strait-up rocks. That doesn't mean the songs are derivative or boring.
Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green dressed in drag, guide us through the chaotic New York club scene in "Party Monster," currently showing at Madstone Theaters. Even though the first part of this film drags - no pun intended - and lacks a real story, the plot slowly builds up, gradually offering a unique experience that is comical and tragic.
UNM senior Michael Borowski says he knows what solitude is like. He vividly remembers those adolescent feelings of alienation and isolation that most people would like to forget. This memory affected him, and as a result he has consciously devoted his work as an artist to this experience.
There is nothing more pathetic than a performer who insults people while remaining in comfortable anonymity behind a toy puppet dog. The only thing that could be sadder is a CD featuring that toy puppet dog. Triumph the insult comic dog, the popular character from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," has just released a comedy CD/DVD, Come Poop With Me.
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