“Theater is always dying,” said Pulitzer prize winning playwright David Mamet. In Albuquerque, this seems to exist as a perpetual freefall in orbit of the final death, which is, perhaps, why theater people find the whole thing so appealing. Those of a UNM persuasion can possibly find such things immediately.
As a ball of clay can be stretched and shaped into a towering work of art, the tugging nature of ambition can take an idea and mold it into something grander.
Outside Agora’s booth during the UNM Welcome Back Days, a man, Jim Browning, is talking about to a volunteer about how his mother is in a hospice.
In recent years, hummus has become a well-known snack-food staple. Its lesser-known sister dish, baba ganoush, has remained largely undiscovered by the public.
Editor, Aug. 18 marks the day that General Motors announced it will begin the process of re-privatizing its company, taking the first major steps in paying off its taxpayer-funded loans.
A new year is beginning, which means that new complaints will be bubbling forth from every single person on campus, like the stench of yogurt left in dorm rooms.
For now, Elizabeth Lambert will be allowed to play, but the gag order on her right to exercise free speech has yet to be lifted. Athletics Director Paul Krebs said Tuesday that Lambert will be reinstated to the UNM women’s soccer team.
This summer, the Lobo Gardens class planted a seed for what grew into a full semester-long course focusing on community gardens and sustainability issues.
Albuquerque Fire Department responded to a residential fire in the 200 block of Cornell Drive S.E.
Editor, I saw the letter Benjamin Sanchez wrote against gay marriage in the Daily Lobo on Monday. I thought that, as a philosophy major who specializes in being unreasonable, I could take a whack at responding to it. The first problem with Sanchez’s argument is that it cites Aristotle.
Editor, I am sure many will wonder why I would defend President Schmidly and his staff in light of all the controversy.
As I lean back on my ergonomic Home Solutions desk chair and bite into my Starbucks spinach and feta wrap, I can’t help but think of how irritated I’ve become by the subtle sponsorship plugs that occur in movies these days.
From page to screen to audience, the Albuquerque Film Festival covers it all. Running from August 25-29, the local fiesta consists of movie screenings, music, panels and other events held throughout the city. Rich Henrich, founder and executive director of Film4Change, the nonprofit organization presenting the festival, is the man running the show behind the scenes.
Jessie Hudson is, by her own admission, obsessed with jellyfish. Hudson, a senior majoring in studio art, paints the creatures in a variety of styles, ranging from oil painting to comic-book-style printmaking.
“Same Time, Next Year” by Bernard Slade is a different, feel-good kind of adultery. The set and premise are simple: A man and woman meet in a Californian seaside cottage for extramarital sex and conversation one day a year for 24 years. The play is split into two acts, each consisting of three scenes, and each scene takes place about five years apart.
Seven years ago, the Silver Skate Shop began with five boards, a handful of shirts and a mini ramp.
A new emergency alert system, LoboAlerts, is replacing TextMe as the method the University uses to inform students of emergencies on campus.
The last suspect in a university book theft ring was arrested, and officials in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office are ready to prosecute the racketeering ring after more than three years of investigation.
Passengers riding the Rail Runner Express are now able to connect to any Rio Metro Regional Transit District bus for free with a valid Rail Runner ticket or monthly/annual pass. Chris Blewett, Rio Metro Regional Transit District staff director, said this year the district consolidated and expanded its transit services to include all bus services in Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Belen and Los Lunas.
Editor, I oppose allowing people in a homosexual relationship to be married or to be granted a civil union.
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