The Tamarind Institute, a division of UNM's College of Fine Arts, is considered by many artists around the world to be the premiere studio and workspace for an art form that could be called the most popular medium of the 20th century.
The Apex Theory recently released its debut full-length album, Topsy-Turvy, which earned high critical acclaim. The album is the follow-up to an EP that was released earlier this year and is an impressive introductory piece of work.
Last year, I ate a 72-ounce steak with all the fixings. That's right - four and one-half pounds of cow. Let that serve as an indication of my relative inexperience with vegetarian cuisine. For my latest review, I decided to patronize 20 Carrots Cafe, an establishment that is decidedly not carnivore-friendly. However, for that special veggie, it might be the right place.
Poetry shook the Outpost Performance Space Friday as New Mexico's top performance poets battled it out for a coveted spot on the five-poet 2002 Albuquerque Slam Team.
Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. capitalized on the 1997 MIT graduation speech hoax where he was quoted offering the following advice to college graduates: "wear sunscreen."
Carmen Lomas Garza, an internationally acclaimed artist whose work echoed the pride and ownership associated with the 1960s Chicano Movement, will present an impressive retrospective this weekend at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
I must confess that my interview with Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is something I still struggle to understand.
A strange phenomenon is rapidly taking over the world. In 1999, it was estimated to have brought in more than $12 billion - exceeding the gross national product of Cambodia, El Salvador and Jamaica combined. For years, fans have dressed up as space aliens waving glowing swords, and have devoted weeks to stand in line for it. This week, it even graces the cover of Time magazine.
G. Love and the Special Sauce will be pouring it on thick at the Paramount in Santa Fe tonight.
For those who lamented that another "Amelie" would be hard to come by, jubilant relief has arrived in the form of the coming-of-age foreign film, "Y Tu Mam† TambiÇn."
"Joshua" is a new film that is running for a limited time in Albuquerque. The film stars Tony Goldwyn, best known for his role in "Ghost," as the title character. It also casts in supporting roles F. Murray Abraham, who won an Oscar for his performance in "Amadeus," and Kurt Fuller, who has appeared in such films as "Scary Movie" and "Wayne's World."
Since its inception in 1994, the Taos Talking Picture Festival has grown into one of the nation's premiere film festivals, showcasing a broad and spectacular array of local, national and international talent. And this year's festival was no exception.
LOS ANGELES - To understand The Rock, you have to break him into three pieces. First there's his World Wrestling Federation persona, also nicknamed "The People's Champ," a body-slamming muscleman known for raising his eyebrow suggestively and snarling wisecracks that whip crowds of thousands into a frenzy.
Descending out of the purple and green sky that the south cast on rock 'n' roll and blues from the '20s to the '70s, comes the Gen-X, fourth infantry division ready to enter the cyber age. Wielding a myriad of hip-thrustin, booty-slappin attitudes, Throw Rag's latest release, Tee-tot, is the next skirmish in the rock-blues battle. The only problem is that, to my knowledge, electric rockabilly had lost the battle quite a while ago.
From classical music to goofball punk and food to environmental speakers, this year's Fiestas event Saturday at UNM promises a little something for everyone.
The UNM Theatre Department's production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" is an enchanting late spring diversion.
I have always wondered why going to the opera was such a big deal. Then again, I had never gone to one until Friday night. Upon my venture to the UNM Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra's performance, I was stripped of all my preconceived misconceptions and bombarded with a new slew of guided perceptions - most of which are positive.
If, as Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon wrote in 1983, "people pay to see other people believe in themselves," how are we to explain our fascination in paying to see people drink themselves into oblivion and destroy things?
Sarah Montague wants to prove to the world that she's a smart, modern writer.
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