As a woman, there are many challenges I face daily: proving myself to a patriarchal world, living freely yet still remaining to some extent, "lady-like" and - this one's for the boys, too - making my parents proud. Yet, after attending a matchless art show on Sunday, I realized there is something I don't worry about too often - my health.
There is nothing like the issue of abortion to get people all riled up, including myself. Before I begin I would like to praise everyone, pro-life and pro-choice, for writing in and getting his or her opinions heard on this very touchy subject. Now, on with the debate.
Through the power of their music, folk artists Charlie King and Karen Brandow will commemorate the anniversary of two Italian immigrants' 1927 execution while attempting to educate people about the potentially dangerous consequences of the death penalty.
In his poem, "A Raisin in the Sun," Langston Hughes poses the question: "What ever happens to a dream deferred?" The answer to this lies within personal speculation - in a realm far beyond what most of us conceive to be real.
Australian country singer Kasey Chambers made a name for herself with her debut album The Captain and the hit single of the same name.
My first introduction to the Pat Metheny Group came at age 9, on one of many mind-numbing car trips my family took to California.
San Francisco native Tommy Guerrero has returned from skateboarding and relative obscurity with this year's offering of Junk Collector. Guerrero, who became a poster child for Powell Peralta in 1985 when he began his professional skateboarding career, eventually became a member of the Bones Brigade - a sort of a mid to late '80s skateboarding dream team - and was cast in vintage skate films such as "The Search for Animal Chin."
Most of us will never know what it is like to be the progeny of an icon. It could be either good or bad, perhaps resembling a type of euphoric pride or a festering inequality in regard to the parent.
The heart of Aztlan, the Aztec mythic homeland, has been captured by The Albuquerque Museum's latest exhibit that chronicles life from the 1300s to that of the modern Chicano.
OK, it's the weekend after Valentine's Day, and unless you've already made plans to go check out Britney Spears' new flick, you're probably looking for something to do with the person for whom you bought those paper roses and Walgreen's candy.
Young Albuquerque artists will get a taste of the professional art world as they showcase their work this weekend in an upcoming Artscrawl gallery tour.
With funky beats, an acoustic guitar, drum machines and most any other instrument,
The Musical Theatre Southwest's production of the "All Night Strut" is, judging from the response of at least one audience member, positively soporific.
The thought of sharing more than 200 pages with a belching, beer-swigging, football-watching lummox is alarming in the least.
Wilfred Owen once said, "The true poets must be truthful." If ever I have been in the presence of true poets, it has been at an Angry Brown Poets performance. This quadruplet not only speaks truth, but also surpasses the realm of daily thought with profound sagacity.
If you've seen any of the "E-True Hollywood Stories" or Court TV specials on child acting stars, you're aware of the startling epidemic afflicting stars who just couldn't stay cute.
Wilfred Owen once said, “The true poets must be truthful.” If ever I have been in the presence of true poets, it has been at an Angry Brown Poets performance. This quadruplet not only speaks truth, but also surpasses the realm of daily thought with profound sagacity.
If you’ve seen any of the “E-True Hollywood Stories” or Court TV specials on child acting stars, you’re aware of the startling epidemic afflicting stars who just couldn’t stay cute.
If I Was Prince is a compilation album with various artists giving a unique rendition of a different Prince song.
Greek dramas are all so typical: the chorus chants, blind prophets stumble around screeching omens and a whole bunch of dudes hang out in togas.
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