Jokes are supposed to be funny. Those who tell jokes are supposed to be wise enough to know that. Unfortunately, a famous advice columnist called Dame Edna Everage of the magazine Vanity Fair has a bit of trouble distinguishing the thin, but crucial, line between humor and bigotry.
Jay Friedman knows sex -- he's not only an internationally known sex educator, but he's not afraid to tell the world the things he knows about the subject. At 7:30 p.m., tonight, in Woodward Hall, Friedman will share his wealth of sexual knowledge with UNM in his lecture titled "The J-Spot, A Sex Educator Tells All.
I began my new year like any red-blooded, logically driven American -- I read my horoscope. Strangely enough, my horoscope predicted that this year, Cuban leader Fidel Castro would die and close the final chapter on the ill-fated Cuban experiment. The astrologer went on to predict that his death would not only signal the reunification of Cuban families shattered by century-old political/economic debates, but that Cuba would open her arms to the United States and become an American playground.
If I had to choose one word to sum up "Bosoms and Neglect," the new play at the Vortex, that word would be: brilliant. A stellar small cast plus an intimate setting made for an altogether entertaining and engaging night at the theater, which is usually one of my least favorite places to be.
Take a kid raised on "Weird" Al Yankovic records, mix in some contemporary lyrics and add a Howie Day-esque approach to doing live shows and you have Keller Williams. Not really a new musician on the scene, Williams has dropped six albums in a little more than six years and is now on tour for his latest, a record titled Dance, which is actually a remix of his previous album, Laugh.
Get ready to step up, yo, because the greatest show on earth is coming to town and I'm not talking about the circus -- it's called Step Afrika! and the members do not mess around. Step Afrika! will be performing tonight, at 7 p.m., in Keller Hall. According to the Web site at www.
The voice of Soundgarden, the power of Rage Against the Machine -- Audioslave is here. One of the most anticipated musical projects of all time has finally arrived and, yes, it was worth the wait. With legendary ex-Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell and the seminal Rage Against the Machine trio, bassist Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk on percussion and guitarist Tom Morello backing him up, Audioslave is, in short, amazing.
Say "vagina." Now say it 128 times. That's how many times actresses Gretchen Lee Krich, Joyce Lee and Maureen McCormick, of "Brady Bunch" fame, said it in the performance of "The Vagina Monologues" at The Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe Tuesday night.
by Marissa Juarez Daily Lobo As many of us as college students know, there is nothing better than a visit home now and then and for author and poet Simon Ortiz, his trip to Albuquerque on Thursday will be just that -- a return home. Born in Albuquerque in the early '40s, Ortiz grew up in the Acoma Pueblo community just west of the city.
Even after the severe beating administered to Jackie Chan for his role in "The Tuxedo," the scrappy master is back and ready to take on the entire English army. It's always good to see a classic Hollywood convention shattered. Case in point: sequels are supposed to suck.
by Elizabeth Romero Daily Lobo Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto uses inordinately long exposures, a 19th century camera and 8" x 10" film to make images that are as much about time as about the sea. In an age of speed and digital technology, Sugimoto is actually timeless.
Farruquito and Juana Amaya are two of the greatest living flamenco dancers in the world right now and to miss them this Friday at the Kimo Theatre would be a betrayal to the Force. In attempting to describe Farruquito's abilities as a flamenco dancer, one cannot help but use an extended metaphor comparing him to a Jedi Master.
On Saturday, artist and UNM instructor Rujeko Dumbutshena opened the Blue Tribe School of Music and Dance, something she called the culmination of a life-long dream. She said she intends that the new school will be a haven for students of all types of expression that has roots in African movement.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Performance artist Miranda July is aiming to achieve an effect. She will be at UNM this Wednesday and Thursday at the Arts Technology Center, on Los Lomas and at Rodey Theatre in the UNM Center for the Arts. Performance art can be some pretty freaky stuff and oftentimes it's a powerfully intimate window into an artist's or audience's psyche.
Actor Cheech Marin said he chose the words very carefully when selecting a title for the exhibition of his private collection of Chicano Art. "Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge" is also a book featuring Marin's compilation of prominent Chicano artists.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Boo-Ray Esq., or Ray Thomas Jr. Esq., is a rapper/lawyer from Buffalo, N.Y. The Daily Lobo conducted an interview with this up and coming artist on his EP release Gemini: Two Sides of the Same Dollar. Daily Lobo: You were born in Buffalo, N.
Ever since new computer and special effect technology swept up the movie industry during the mid and late '90s, previously dying genres seem to be coming back to life --including horror. "Darkness Falls" is the new suspense/horror Sony Pictures flick released last week.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo The "More Than Code" photography exhibit in the Art Building until Feb. 3, attempts to answer the question of what establishes gender identity. A show designed to be controversial and thought-provoking is expected to have some shock value.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo The revolution is not over just yet -- this weekend is the grand finale of the Third Annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The main events are Daniel Stein of the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre performing "Windowspeak" at Theatre X and Jednotka (Unit) from the Czech Republic presenting "Passenger" at Rodey Theatre.
Solutions by The State News
