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PHOTOSTORY: ABQ Railyards hosts TEDx Talks event
Culture

TEDxABQ takes over the Railyards

Maria Fernandez | September 16

The annual TEDxABQ event returned to the recently renovated Albuquerque Railyards on Saturday, Aug. 29, bringing together creative minds from all over the state to share ideas and sit in to listen to scientists, researchers, musicians, local business owners and many more to discuss their interests.  TEDx events are locally organized events for the TED company, which hosts the well-known “TED Talks” featuring researchers, professors, storytellers and others who have ideas they want to share. The TEDxABQ event featured a variety of speakers who are from, have lived in, or have connections to New Mexico. This year’s event, with a “Reframe” theme, featured 19 speakers and a variety of local businesses and vendors, and a collaboration with the New Mexico Fashion Council. 

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Culture

Social media success propels local romance bookstore

Maria Fernandez | September 14

Albuquerque’s newest romance bookstore and coffee shop, Vellum&Vine, opened its doors on Saturday, Aug. 15, attracting a long line of romance and fantasy lovers on opening day, and the store’s popularity has stayed strong in the days since.  The independent and woman-owned store features a large variety of romance, fantasy and thriller books and merchandise, along with multiple study nooks and seating, and a coffee bar serving a number of bespoke drinks with romance book-themed names, including “Golden Retriever Boyfriend” and “Men Written by Women”, which were all created and chosen by the staff, owner Shyann Reichard told the Daily Lobo. 

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‘Adults’ Season 2 is Bigger, Funnier and Furrier

Maria Fernandez | September 7

Warning: This review contains spoilers  The second season of FX’s “Adults” dropped on Aug. 27, bringing back the modern version of Friends, with raunchier jokes and hilariously funny dialogue that usually sounds insane out of context – just queue any sentence from Season 2, Episode 3 — if you know, you know.  “Adults” follows Samir, Issa, Billie, Paul Baker and Anton, five mid-twenties best friends living together in Queens, New York and trying to make the best of their early adult years.  The show explores many of the typical highs and lows of being in your twenties, including living with your best friends, losing your job, dating struggles and much more. 

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OPINION: REVIEW: ‘Tony’, the origin story of America’s beloved travel writer

Maria Fernandez | August 24

A24’s newest biopic “Tony” hit theaters this past weekend, this time bringing world-renowned chef, author and writer Anthony Bourdain to the big screen. “Tony” tells the story of Anthony Bourdain, who published multiple books about both the culinary world and travel, and led shows including CNN’s “Parts Unknown” and Discovery Channel’s “No Reservations”, trekking around the world to connect food, history and politics. He died while filming an episode of “Parts Unknown” in France in 2018. The film is his “bildungsroman” – a coming-of-age origin story for Bourdain, following him through a summer in Provincetown, MA, where he worked as a dishwasher in a seafood restaurant and later developed his passion for cooking. 

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Culture

UNM hosts ‘Venezuela After Maduro’ talk with NYT journalist

Maria Fernandez | April 6

Native New Mexican and international correspondent for the New York Times, Simon Romero, has spent most of his career writing for Bloomberg and the New York Times in Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico. On Thursday, April 2, the University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute hosted “Venezuela After Maduro,” a talk with Romero discussing the political and socioeconomic changes in the country in the wake of Nicolas Maduro’s capture by the United States in January.

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Trojan Horses and gladiator skirts: Lobo football’s new offensive strategy

Maria Fernandez | March 30

At a press conference on Wednesday, April 1, University of New Mexico Lobo football Head Coach Lobo Louie announced the team will be implementing a new offensive strategy at the beginning of next season: a Trojan Horse.  The Trojan Horse will be known as the “Trojan Lobo,” and the program hopes the figure will become a beloved part of Lobo football history. Student fees for athletics will be raised by $200 per person to pay for the 50-foot wooden horse with the head of a Lobo. 

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OPINION: Rating best crying spots on campus

Maria Fernandez | March 30

At the Daily Lobo, we often publish stories on the best places to study, grab coffee or a bite to eat near the University of New Mexico campus, but we don’t typically discuss where to have a good cry. As a person who’s cried in a lot of places on campus, here’s the best and worst places to have a good sob fest. Whether you’re a solo crier, prefer a group sobbing session or a quiet crier, there’s something for you.  Centennial Library individual study spaces: 8/10 We’re starting strong with the underground Centennial Science and Engineering Library, where the lowest floor has individual study rooms with barely enough room for one person — two could fit if you’ve got a crying buddy. 

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News

New BioPark CT scanner progresses animal care

Maria Fernandez | February 16

In December, the ABQ BioPark Zoo became one of a dozen zoos in the U.S. to add an on-site CT scanner to its veterinary care system.  CT scanners provide advanced imaging through a series of X-rays, generating a more detailed, 3D rendition of the 2D X-ray information, Carol Bradford, the senior veterinarian at the BioPark, said. “In the past, we would take X-rays or ultrasound here at the zoo, and then if there was something we felt we were not able to diagnose or diagnose properly, we would take the animal off grounds to a veterinary specialty hospital,” Bradford said. 

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Albuquerque nominated for ‘Best City for Street Art’

Maria Fernandez | February 9

In Albuquerque, street art covers public buildings, highway underpasses, restaurants, hotels and more, depicting New Mexico’s diverse cultures, political and social issues and history. With its diverse and stunning illustrations has come national recognition that could earn the city the title of being the nation’s very best for street art. In late January, Albuquerque was nominated for USA Today’s “Best City for Street Art” competition, vying for the most votes against cities including Atlanta, Austin, Texas and Chicago. The competition examines street art beyond its eye-catching features and colors, looking instead into the cultural significance that each city’s street art represents.

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Culture

100 years of the historic Route 66

Maria Fernandez | February 2

Coined the “Mother Road” by John Steinbeck in his 1939 “The Grapes of Wrath” novel, the U.S. Route 66 has been a beloved part of New Mexico’s history since its opening in 1926 as an official highway. Route 66 is a landmark of American development and urbanization of the West, connecting Michigan Avenue in Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California — a total of 2,238 miles in its final form, according to The Route 66 website. Though travel on Route 66 lessened as the larger U.S. highway system was built, the magic of the “Mother Road” can still be seen in the cities and towns along its original route and through the oral histories of locals.

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Maria Fernandez | February 15

UNM Lobos guard, Joana Magalhães (3), faces off against Colorado State guard Lexus Bargesser during the UNM versus Colorado State at The Pit on Saturday, Feb. 14.

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