On Saturday night the Sunshine Theatre packed hundreds of hip-hop fans between their walls for an amazing night of politically aware music featuring Gangstarr, Common and Talib Kweli, among others. The show lasted roughly five hours and was crammed with amazing performances set back just a bit by some technical difficulties.
The Tricklock Company has produced a play so intelligent and intense that in two hours you will not only be thoroughly entertained, but your perspective on guns and violence may change. "The Glorious and Bloodthirsty Billy The Kid - The Greatest Serial Killer of our Time! Wild West Show and Cabaret," will run until April 13.
The world in "Plunda," a new play by Jim Linnell, walks the line between the surreal and abstract and accessible, straightforward narrative. I've been researching this play for a week now and still have no idea what to expect. But that's the point, and quite an effective one at that, because it sure as hell has got my curiosity smoldering with the flame of anticipation.
What is the artist's role in today's society, especially in the United States after Sept. 11 and now the war with Iraq? I don't know and it seems to me that many artists don't really know either. Art can be political, social, economical, environmental, personal or all of the above, but what can artists do in a time when nothing about the future is certain? While watching the 75th Annual Academy Awards, the most widely recognized awards ceremony on Earth, I was soon consumed by the thought of whether any of the artists being honored would speak out about the war, especially with the backlash that occurred after lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, spoke her mind about President Bush.
The M.C. Hammer mentality that says a music group needs more than 10 members to succeed doesn't apply to the rock/metal/grunge duo Jucifer. In fact, the two, who are actually a married couple, do just fine on their own. Their new album I Name You Destroyer proves exactly that.
Staff Report The UNM 21st Century Speakers Series will get a dose of magical realism with an appearance by acclaimed Latin American author Isabel Allende Wednesday night at Popejoy Hall. With several novels to her credit, Allende is one of the foremost figures in the Latin American feminist literary awakening.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo The South West Film Center will show two hard-hitting films about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this weekend. "Gaza Strip," by James Longley, is a documentary about life in the open-air prison in the Gaza Strip.
There are so many issues in this world to be concerned about — who knew one of them was going to be the simple act of dancing? The RAVE (Reducing American’s Vulnerability to Ecstasy) Act is not a new topic of discussion, but is still a major issue concerning our very basic rights and freedoms.
by Mar°a B. Del R°o Daily Lobo Grubb Graebner's play, "A Couple of Psychopaths Sitting Around Waiting for the Drugs to Kick In," directed by Miguel Martinez, is one large dose of a dysfunctional family. Add the drugs to that and you got yourself a big psychotic mess.
If a music major and a computer science major were to go out on a date where would they go? Besides the occasional program using the sonata form, or a musical piece based on the Fibonacci sequence, what could they possibly find in common besides a vast resource of incompatible jargon? The answer to the second question lies simply within the realm of live electro-acoustic music, the use of technology to create sound within the context of a live performance.
by Jacque Oldfield Daily Lobo UNM's Masley Art Gallery unveiled the Art Education Alumni Exhibit on Tuesday, March 11 featuring over 50 works by 35 different alumni artists. Masley Gallery Curator Melissa Bruce and Gallery Faculty Director Linney Wix assembled the collection and had the difficult job of selecting which pieces would be displayed in the scant 800 square foot gallery space.
The Quails rocked the house on Tuesday night at the Launchpad -- in a very formulaic way. Early 1990s Seattle-area bands such as Bikini Kill, Le Tigre and the Breeders quite obviously heavily influence the trio from San Francisco. The Quails put a twist on the genre and, get ready for this, there's a man in the band.
The critically acclaimed Aquila Theatre Company made a stop at Popejoy to perform William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Saturday. Though Shakespeare is known as a master of expressing human emotion, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is his equivalent of a Marx Brothers movie.
by John D. Bess Daily Lobo For the last two and a half years, I've lived a double life -- mild-mannered college student by day, groove-possessed rock monster by night. But now my secret is out. In spite of the glances from conservative peers and jaded comments to "grow up already," the unthinkable has happened.
A recent business trip landed me in New York City for a weekend where I filled my days and nights studying marketing and business strategies. Just kidding. It was just a shallow excuse for me to go to a lot of Broadway shows. The first show I saw was "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a play with a little music about the effects of racism on its victims.
The show on display at the UNM Art Museum, "Highlights of the Collection," is too rich to see in just one visit. In spite of the depth of the collection, on many days the museum is almost empty. "More people nationally and internationally know about this collection than people on campus," said Michael Certo, curator of the education and public programs for the museum.
4 Stars out of 4 Lately it seems like just about anyone is allowed to make a film — whether they are capable of it doesn’t seem to be important. Fortunately, there are filmmakers who exist outside of Hollywood. One of them is Spanish director Pedro Almod¢var.
The Lanchpad, Albuquerque’s premier venue for local and up-and-coming bands, played host last Saturday to Rock Out of The Box: Volume one compilation CD party. The doors opened at 4 p.m. for the eight-hour show that featured nine of the 13 bands who lent their talents to the compilation.
3 Stars for Design, 4 Stars for Acting This production of “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller at the Albuquerque Little Theatre is a great representation of one of the most poignant plays in history. It is based on the Salem Witch Trials and was written by Miller during the McCarthy-Era witch hunts.
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