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Movie Review: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" cements legacy of beloved film series

Timber Mabes | August 12

The first and original film, “Jurassic Park” (1993) has lead us five movies later to the latest in the series of the American classics, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” Soon after “Jurassic Park” was released it was followed by two more movies, “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997) and “Jurassic Park III” (2001), completing the trilogy. In 2015, the beloved series was brought back to life with the extremely popular continuation, “Jurassic World” and on June 22, the fifth movie of the series was released: “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.”

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Jazz enthusiasts descend on Colorado for Telluride Festival

Timber Mabes | August 6

Each year in August, jazz-lovers of all kinds gather in Telluride, Colorado to take part in the Telluride Jazz festival. This year makes the festival will be making its 42nd annual appearance. Beginning Friday, August 3rd and ending on Sunday, August 5th, festival-goers will gathered in the mountain- valley town located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for a three day, overnight music festival.

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Photo Story: Thousands gather for 2018 Summerfest

Madison Spratto | August 3

Thousands gathered on July 21 to celebrate a U.S. historic treasure — Route 66. Nob Hill in Albuquerque came to life during the Route 66 Summerfest with live music, including headliner Irma Thomas, known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans. Central Avenue from Girard Boulevard to Washington Street was lined with street performers, vendors and food trucks.The heat didn’t stop Burqueños of all ages from rock climbing, dancing and carnival games. The Old Route 66 Car Show brought some of that old fashion feel back to the road with more than two blocks of cars lined up, hoods popped.

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Movie Review: "I Feel Pretty" fails at promoting body positivity

Timber Mabes | July 26

Released on April 20, “I Feel Pretty” was one of the most exciting upcoming movies of the year because it was produced by and starred A-List comedian, Amy Schumer. Best known for her recent role in the 2015 film “Trainwreck” and her long history of work as a popular stand-up comedian, Schumer’s casting provided this film with a lot of potential.

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Massive crowds come out for the 2018 Lavender Festival

Colton Newman | July 8

Despite the heat wave that washed through Los Ranchos on Saturday, the 10th Annual Lavender Festival drew a massive crowd to the usually quiet North Valley.

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Movie Review: Ocean's 8 feels truly revolutionary

Timber Mabes | July 8

With all the excitement surrounding its release, it was almost impossible not to have extremely high expectations for “Ocean’s 8.” Along with that, “Ocean’s 8” had an extremely large act to follow, with “Ocean’s 11” (2001), “Ocean's 12” (2004) and “Ocean's 13” (2007) being such well-known and loved films.

A guide walks through one of the interactive exhibits at the XYZ installation captured on June 27, 2018 at ARTECHOUSE in Albuquerque.

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ARTECHOUSE: Interactive art exhibit opens in Albuquerque

Megan Holmen | July 1

Albuquerque is now the most recent home to XYZT, an art exhibit by ARTECHOUSE that explores the combination of art and technology in an interactive way, allowing visitors to be an active part of the artistic process. According to Tati, one of the founders of ARTECHOUSE and the managing director, the exhibit seeks to create a space where art and technology can blend together to reflect modern society. Employees at the ARTECHOUSE only go by their first names, she said.

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Movie Review: Incredibles 2 focuses on family and social issues

Timber Mabes | July 1

Excitement for “Incredibles 2” was largely created by the huge, 14-year time gap between the original film and its sequel. The film was released on June 15, and was written and directed by Brad Bird, who also directed the original film.

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Movie Review: Rampage sees "The Rock" in a familiar role

Timber Mabes | June 24

Released on April 13th, “Rampage” was one of the most well-advertised films of the year. It was almost impossible to browse the internet without seeing some sort of “Rampage” advertisement. And these advertisements most likely featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson flexing in tattered clothing in front of a war-torn, smoke-filled cityscape.

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Movie Review: Tag provides decent comedy with all-star cast

Timber Mabes | June 22

I was extremely excited to see the movie “Tag” after I viewed it’s trailer during the previews of almost every other movie I saw in theaters. From the trailer, I could immediately tell that “Tag” was supposed to be hilarious, and I thought that the movie’s extremely unique plotline really strengthened its chance of being a successful comedy.

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Movie Review: Adrift proves surprisingly emotional

Timber Mabes | June 17

Released on June 1, “Adrift” follows the true story of a couple, Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp, who were lost at sea when commissioned to sail a yacht from Tahiti to San Diego in 1983. The movie is based on the book "Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea," written by Oldham as a reflection of her journey and her thoughts on surviving Hurricane Raymond.

Photo courtesy of UNM Medieval Studies website.

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Medieval Studies attracts variety of students

Megan Holmen | June 17

The University of New Mexico's Medieval Institute is an interdisciplinary course of study that combines both English and history classes focusing on medieval studies, said Emily Northcutt, a recent UNM graduate. Northcutt was the president of the Medieval Studies Student Organization during the spring semester of 2018. According to Northcutt, the Medieval Institute benefits the entire Albuquerque community, not just students attending UNM. She said this is due to the annual spring lecture series. The spring lecture series brings in people from all over the community.

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Album Review: Cardi B lives up to hype on "Invasion of Privacy"

Colton Newman | June 17

The world belonged to Belcalis Almanzar, other wise known as Cardi B, even if only for a day. On April 7, Cardi B released her debut studio album titled “Invasion of Privacy.” No other album or artist in 2018 has had so much to prove. With Cardi B’s fan base growing by the day and her fame being held up by her groundbreaking hit “Bodak Yellow,” her future in the music industry seemed to weigh on the success of “Invasion of Privacy.”

Shrimp taco at El Cotorro, taken June 15, 2018.

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Ranking the best tacos in ABQ

Danielle Prokop and Shayla Cunico | June 17

We started at the crack of dawn — 11 a.m. — with one goal in mind, to find the perfect taco. Before we start, let’s introduce ourselves. Danielle Prokop and Shayla Cunico are both New Mexican natives and editors for the Daily Lobo. Shayla hails from Las Cruces, and Danielle was grown in a test tube in Los Alamos. Both have been eating tacos for at least 21 years.

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Movie Review: Despite unique plot, Truth or Dare still disappoints

Timber Mabes | June 15

For about a month, every time I clicked on a YouTube video I was first forced to watch a commercial advertising the film “Truth or Dare.” The commercial featured Lucy Hale, well known for her role as Aria in the TV show Pretty Little Liars, screaming at her male friend, daring him to cut his tongue out. The male character holds out his tongue, grips a knife, says something along the lines of “I can’t believe I’m doing this” and then — the screen fades to black.

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Forrest Gump and Nikes: A queer analysis of Frank Ocean

Shayla Cunico | June 10

Music’s most elusive act, Christopher Edwin Breaux, also known as Frank Ocean, has taken the world of music to new depths with not only his incomparable lyricism, but the vulnerability that he expresses through them. Throughout his career, Ocean has become more open with expressing his sexuality through his art. In July of 2012, Ocean decided to make his first statement addressing his sexuality through an open letter on his Tumblr page. He explained that his first love was indeed a man and gave a detailed account of his loss of love they experienced.

Collage includes scenes from movies Moonlight, Love Simon and Brokeback Mountain.

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Four LGBTQ movies to see during Pride Month

Timber Mabes | June 10

It is the month of June which means it is once again Pride Month. Pride Month consists of celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and groups across the world. Here are four movies that have taken bold steps to raise awareness and acceptance for the LGBTQ community and have worked to make an impact on societies understanding of the LGBTQ today.

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Movie Review: Deadpool 2 continues to redefine superhero genre

Timber Mabes | June 4

As someone who had not yet seen the first “Deadpool” film and is not incredibly keen on superhero movies in general, I was not at all excited to see “Deadpool 2.” That being said, this movie was so much more than your average superhero movie. It wasn’t at all child-friendly and was made up of an extreme amount of crude humor — not at all what I was expecting.

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Movie Review: "Solo" reveals hidden layers in Star Wars universe

Timber Mabes | June 3

Released on May 24th, 2018, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” has been one of the most anticipated and greatest advertised new movies of 2018. The Star Wars franchise kicked off the summer with this exciting new release, which serves as a backstory for the beloved Star Wars character, Han Solo.

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Album Review: Pusha T creates classic with "Daytona"

Colton Newman | June 3

Hip-Hop has entered a strange phase of punk rap, where there’s an over saturation of “Lil’ this” and “Lil’ that’s”, mumble rap has peaked and a rapper having colored hair doesn’t start and end with Nicki Minaj anymore. Kanye West and Pusha T saw this and instead of making another high art, experimental album like “The Life Of Pablo,” they hunkered down in Wyoming and spent a year and a half finding the cure to this ailing genre, this would take the form of “DAYTONA.” Before the release of “Daytona,” which is the first of many G.O.O.D Music albums coming this month, Diddy released a handwritten note stating that “Daytona” is “amodern day masterpiece. A flawless Hip-Hip gem. Classic but current. In real time! A true classic!”This kind of praise for an album that wasn’t event publicly available could prove detrimental by setting standards too high and leaving room to disappoint.