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Blue Dragon's open mic hits the lottery
Blake Driver | April 3Open mic night at the Blue Dragon CafÇ survived a recent make-over and is still one of the city's best venues for amateur music.
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Bell’s ‘Cheebah-Ha’ stories are indeed lost
Angela Williams | March 29Usually myths evolve from cultures, but sometimes individuals attempt to create them. Such is the case with Canadian poet and author Chris Bell’s “Tales of the Lost Cheebah-Ha,” a book of fictional myth Bell created by drawing from the plentiful banquet of worldly cultural myths.
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Humanity and truth ‘Blow’
Emily Sperry | March 29What makes a movie successful is a filmmaker’s talent and ability to portray humanity, life and truth. If these elements exist, everything else usually falls into place.
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Professor defends bold works of female artists
Blake Driver | March 29A recent controversy over an art piece on display in Santa Fe raises new questions concerning the artistic expression of certain Hispanic-American ideals.
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‘Good Grief’ answers the big question
Simon Trujillo | March 29UNM student and playwright Susan Erickson’s production of “Good Grief” is an unconventional meditation on relationships and death, which conveys a mystical atmosphere with live music and dance.
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Arts in Brief
March 29Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Continues at the Southwest Film Center:
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Andrews’ subtle music sad, poetic
Justin Bailey | March 29Some songwriters try to immediately bowl you over, and others use more subtle methods to slowly creep under your skin. Nels Andrews fits into the latter category.
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Have drummer, Lighthouse will travel
Yvette Montoya | March 27For a group of guys who began their musical careers playing in an elementary school gym in Malibu, Calif., Lifehouse has certainly seen some progress for its efforts.
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Allen takes one-man `House' to new levels
Justin Bailey | March 27The Riverside Ensemble has done it again with "House," a one-man show performed by Riverside Theatre actor Shenoah Allen, who is passionate, subtle, hilarious and profound in the role of Victor.
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Outkast stirs up the funk
Danny Sonnenberg | March 26Soaring since the release of the new, now 15 million-plus copies sold album Stankonia, Outkast took Wednesday night's Convention Center crowd to the place which all funky things come from.
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Tiffany changes music, style, image
Rachel Heisler | March 22The Tiffany that performed in front of Popejoy Hall yesterday was not the Tiffany some people may have been expecting.
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On the Scene
Rachel Heisler | March 22Scenester has recently attained new levels of rock 'n' roll wisdom, creativity and expertise on its new CD, Spoon-fed Corporate Rock.
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Godsmack upstaged by its opening acts
Kori Kim | March 22Heavy metal band Godsmack played to a sold-out show at the Convention Center Tuesday on its "Wake the Fuck Up" tour.
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Sean Etigson returns with new sound, bandmates
Anika Amon | March 22A native to Albuquerque splashes into the local scene with a new groove and some added band mates.
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Trio of bands rock the Launchpad
Mindy Stutzman | March 22Maybe it's my old age, maybe it's too many early '90s punk shows, but, wow, is the Launchpad loud!
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Styn top speaker at English symposium
Liz Butler | March 22UNM's English Department is holding its 12th annual Southwest Symposium titled "The Silicon Coyote: Where Past Meets Present in the American Southwest," Friday and Saturday.
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Baseboard Heaters rock a small crowd
Mindy Stutzman | March 21Baseboard Heaters rocked all 13 people in attendance at the Golden West Saloon concert Monday night. On its CD release tour with the band Mountain Con from Seattle, and on its way from South By Southwest, Baseboard Heaters knew within minutes of walking into the Golden West that it had not been booked at one of Albuquerque’s trendiest venues.
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Travel guide a great resource on Europe
Blake Driver | March 21Students who plan to backpack through Europe this summer will find a great resource in the revised Lonely Planet travel guide “Europe On A Shoestring,” which is just as informative as the original and about an inch thicker.
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‘15 Minutes’ shady, unrealistic
Daniel Sonnenberg | March 21Director John Herzfeld’s new action movie “15 Minutes” is a movie that shows just how far people will go for 15 minutes of fame. Robert De Niro gives a stellar performance as Eddie Flemming, a tough New York City homicide detective, who is constantly in the media’s spotlight. A spotlight so bright that it seems as though he gets no work done.
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Hootie fans abandon chairs
Blake Driver | March 20Hootie and the Blowfish convinced Albuquerque audience members to abandon their seats and help the band celebrate its last tour engagement in true rock-concert fashion.
