STOMP brings down the house and on Tuesday, this dance/percussion/comedy troupe definitely did something to Popejoy's foundations. Hurling themselves mind and body through an almost two-hour non-stop set, the eight visiting STOMP practitioners rang this sleepy town awake.
It is hard to sit through writer/director Lukas Moodysson's "Lilya 4-Ever," the Swedish entry into the Academy Awards. At first glance, "Lilya" is nothing more than a depressing story of a young girl forced into prostitution. It hardly seems fit for the Academy Awards, seeing as how Hollywood thrives on happy endings.
by Pamela Herrington Daily Lobo Tennessee Williams' masterpiece "A Streetcar Named Desire," performed by the FUSION Theatre Company at the Cell Theatre, brings the audience into a world of desperate people who are ultimately torn to pieces by their desires.
Most of this summer's blockbuster films generally either follow the theme of old comics or are sequels to another hit film like "Laura Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" starring Angelina Jolie. Similarly, in the summer of 2001, the video game turned summer action movie "Tomb Raider" hit theaters in an attempt to bring Lara Croft, one of the sexiest and most hard-core computer-generated video game characters, to life.
"LUSH", a diverse and spectacular showcase of local artists and UNM alumni, will be on display through July 27 in the Manuel Lujan Fine Arts Building at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Displaying the work of 10 local artists, LUSH focuses primarily on paintings, though there are sculptures, photography and an art installation as well.
"LUSH", a diverse and spectacular showcase of local artists and UNM alumni, will be on display through July 27 in the Manuel Lujan Fine Arts Building at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Displaying the work of 10 local artists, LUSH focuses primarily on paintings, though there are sculptures, photography and an art installation as well.
The Kalakriti School of Bharatanatyam Dance and AID-NM - the New Mexico Chapter of the Association for India's Development - present a one-time opportunity to see world renowned East Indian classical dancers G. Narendra, Mahalakshmi and Lonika Majithia performing at Rodey Theatre this Saturday as a fundraiser to aid rural communities in India.
by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo Chicano poets and writers of New Mexico polish your portfolios - Pancho McFarland and Mark Ramirez are calling for submissions from Chicano youth ages 12-25 for an anthology on social change. The upcoming anthology, Desde el Barrio: Revolutionary Songs and Poems from Our Chicano Streets, is an attempt to make sure young Chicano voices are heard.
An intriguing array of black and white and color photos line the walls at Pearl's Dive, all created by UNM student Anny Gilbert. July 1 kicked off the month-long exhibit titled "AlleyStars." Adding to the charm of the 15 photographs, Albuquerque's Unit 7 Drain entertained the crowd that filled Pearl's Dive with an acoustic set.
The Vortex Theatre is presenting a new play festival of homespun material opening this Friday in celebration of the theater's 26th anniversary. The festival, aptly named "Quickies," is a series of shorts with eight original new plays. The Vortex, a community theater, is known for taking risks, but in the last few months, its board seems to be making changes in its roster of shows, leaving the drug paraphernalia-filled plays behind in search of new types of experimentation.
Puerto Rican sensation Plena Libre is on a mission to spread traditional plena-style salsa to the four corners of the world. On June 18, the Outpost Performance Space gave the 14-piece band its first chance to bring this music to the Southwest at Albuquerque's National Hispanic Cultural Center.
Is Unverified a media hoax, a conceptual art project or a band? According to Kate Nelson in an article for the Albuquerque Tribune, "contrary to what you've seen or heard or read, the Albuquerque band Unverified doesn't exist." Scott Warmuth a.k.a. Scotty Unverified would argue otherwise.
The Tricklock Theatre has produced yet another piece of visual and social splendor with the play "Hip Hop Prophets." You'd be a fool to miss out on this one - the play strips away negative, preconceived notions regarding the genre of hip-hop and creates a positive, open-minded view.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo In the beginning there was the Holy Trinity of stoner rock: Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Monster Magnet. These bands paved the way for heavy-lidded groove and doom bands from around the world. Oddly, from the outset Sweden has maintained a high per capita ratio of great bands in the genre.
Calling all New Mexico bands - the 2003 NM Showcase entry deadline is this Saturday. Showcase producer Michael Feferman established the event two years ago in an effort to get people excited about local musicians. Feferman, who had been living on the East Coast for six years, made his way back to New Mexico and wanted to check out the local music scene.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg, giants in their respective pop music genres, packed the Journal Pavilion in a rowdy and amazing live performance Saturday night. Snoop and his band, the Snoopadellics, opened the show and played for an hour and a half - much to the relief of fans who remembered the half-hour fiasco that was last year's Sunshine Theatre performance.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo While some may think Hollywood has beat the superhero thing to death, any wannabe-caped crusader would pay their own weight in vintage DC pulp to keep the celluloid versions coming. At first glance, the film adaptation of Marvel Comics' The Hulk appears to be just another studio attempt to cash in on the recent success of the Spiderman and X-Men franchises.
Once again, New Mexico was the nation's epicenter of poetry during its 22nd Annual Taos Poetry Circus from June 6-14. Although the circus had many events, including the annual poetry slam and Tag Team Bout, nothing packed the venue as much as the circus' coup de gras - the World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout.
At $6,000, the horror film "Soft For Digging" was the cheapest movie ever screened at the Sundance Film Festival, even cheaper then "El Mariachi" and "The Blair Witch Project." Created by J.T. Petty while at NYU's film school, "Soft For Digging" tells the story of a lonely old man searching for his cat in the woods.
Complete with shaggy locks, three-part harmonies and uber-pop guitar hooks, Rooney is being packaged as a band straight out of the '60s. And that's almost OK for these five L.A. natives. "We made the record in a modern studio and tried to make it appeal to modern people," drummer/singer Ned Brower said.
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