by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo Walking down Central Avenue is a good way to meet an eclectic assortment of interesting people - Central Avenue monthly magazine and open mic are each also a great way to encounter an equally diverse collection of poetry.
When directors Michele Torino and Kevin Paul decided to call their improvisational dance-theater performance "Strange Attractors," they could not have picked a more accordant name. Friday night's performance was not only strange, in a good way, it was also complex, combining modern dance, music and poetry with a hint of acting.
Although notorious for tongue-in-cheek songs about lesbians and drugs, NOFX have rounded the corner of a touchstone career move with their politically-throttling album, The War on Errorism. Despite being aging punk veterans - a status that indicates dying one's hair pink to hide the gray - Fat Mike, Melvin, El Hefe and Smelly's newest release brings a healthy dose of volatile political science to the mosh pit.
by Lisa J. Tabet The Daily Lobo This Tuesday, Kota Yamazaki and Mina Nishumura will take the stage at UNM's Rodey Theatre in "Meronna," a Butoh dance performance. Butoh is a contemporary avant-garde dance form originating in Japan and first performed there in 1959.
One look at the movie "Assassination Tango" and we can see that Robert Duvall has aged. Duvall wrote, directed and produced "Assassination Tango" and, like most of his other films, it centers heavily on character study. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Duvall's age has not made him ineffective.
First-time author Manny Garcia spoke to a small crowd at the UNM Bookstore Saturday about his autobiography An Accidental Soldier: Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam. The novel is based on Garica's experience of becoming an Army ranger at age 17. He began his talk by reading the opening passage in which he made his first kill - a middle-aged Vietnamese woman.
Set in a post World War III environment, "Equilibrium" may be one of the most action-packed movies you have never seen. The film enjoyed limited success in its theatrical run due to poor critical acclaim and an initial release run that consisted of only the top 20 markets - New Mexico was not one of them.
It's a little known fact that Albuquerque has a thriving singer/songwriting scene. It's also a little known fact that Roger Jameson is one of the most consistent singer/songwriters in town. That he hasn't gotten more recognition for that is a shame, but his latest, The Great Compromise (Red Rebel Records), may finally change that.
by Libby Kelly Daily Lobo Cunt is one of the most despised and venomous words in the English language. However, this word was once a term of reverence. Inga Muscio, author of the book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, attempts to reconcile this grievous mistake.
A perfect way to calm down during finals is to attend the innagural Women of Color- Mixed Race Women Art Exhibit, annual event, Friday from 3-5 p.m. The exhibit will be a celebration for the students of the U.S. Women of Color class and the amazing and intense artwork and poetry that was produced throughout the semester.
Looking for a way to beat your finals-induced blues? Well this Saturday at the El Rey Theatre you'll be able to kill two birds with one stone as you dance to the grooves of some of Albuquerque's best local bands and help the Village Health Project combat the AIDS crisis in Africa.
"The Dead Monkey," now playing at the Vortex Theatre, confronts the audience with uncomfortable situations in a small, intimate setting. The play, written by Nick Dark and directed by Thane Kenny, centers on an aging couple named Hank and Dolores. Hank (Lou Mazullo) lived his youth as a magnificent surfer whose claim to fame was his pet monkey that surfed on his back.
The All-American Rejects aren't the absolute sexiest band in the world, but they are damn close. "Be still my heart" would be a good mantra to repeat while listening to the group's new self-titled album to avoid jumping up and down and screaming like a crazed-teenie bopper.
The man in black is fine with The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, a band from San Diego, appropriating his name. This band - that insists it's not a reinvention - will be playing Saturday at Puccini's Golden West Saloon. Their latest album, Distance Between (Ultimatum Music), is of the crying-in-your-whiskey variety and represents the band's move toward the future.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo Imagine a band comprised of seasoned veterans with nothing to lose and young guns too green to care. That sums up the latest incarnation of The Allman Brothers Band, and they are once again playing music that reaches far beyond the confines of commercial radio - music that is timeless, inspiring and downright necessary in this age of worthless pop-schlock.
On Friday, the Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Association held a dance at the El Rey Theatre, commemorating a day that had not yet occurred - Cinco de Mayo. The dance was put on by the graduate students in order to raise money to send fellow students to conferences around the nation to present their studies.
Tom Robbins, the modern day master of the metaphor, was in Albuquerque Friday night to kick off a tour to promote his new book Villa Incognito. About 250 people packed into Bookworks at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. to hear Robbins read selections from Villa and other works and to get their copies of his classics signed.
Following the smash success of "X-Men" in 2000, a rebirth of films based on comic books appeared and naturally, so did a sequel. The original "X-Men" had many downfalls and though commercially successful, the movie did not go down in cinema history. Although an entertaining film, it hardly had the drawing power that fellow comic-book adaptee "Spiderman" packed into the theaters last summer.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo Over the weekend, Madstone Theaters launched its Film Forward series - six independent films without distributors that can only be seen at Madstone. One of these films, "Te Amo," was made in Chile and examines teenage angst as four friends refurbish an abandoned house in the Chilean countryside, using it as a haven from the troubles in their own homes.
Depicting the essence of the human condition is not a simple task, but Samuel Beckett did just that in a perfect, yet disturbing way when he wrote the play, "Waiting for Godot." In celebration of the play's 50th anniversary, Albuquerque's Tricklock Company is performing the play with four of the company's finest comedic actors.
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