Nicholas Skaldetvind

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REVIEW: UNM staging of “Ashes” is unsettling in a very correct way

Nicholas Skaldetvind | June 4

There are productions that ask to be understood, and there are productions that alter the conditions under which understanding takes place. “Ashes” is one of the latter. Presented by the University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance, “Ashes,” directed by professor Alejandro Tomás Rodriguez, ignites an atmosphere where thought itself is slowed, through its repetitions, silences, fractured exchanges, visuals and soundscapes.

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Students take a ‘pawse’ during midterms

Nicholas Skaldetvind | October 27

A team of adorable faces and wagging tails provided students with memorable moments and smiles during midterm exam week. Each semester, the Southwest Canine Corps of Volunteers’ therapy dogs and their handlers visit the University of New Mexico for the “Cuddle a Canine” event. At this semester’s event, hosted on Oct. 23, a pack of eight dogs of a wide variety of breeds, all with fuzzy faces, came to campus. As the event unfolded near Zimmerman Library, students took time out of their routine and enjoyed the little things in life — in the form of fur and teeth.

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REVIEW: ‘To yield is a power:’ Christina Pugh and the poetics of ‘Revelation’

Nicholas Skaldetvind | October 20

Apocalyptic writing has always wrestled with the same question that drives poetry: what can language reveal when the world seems on the verge of collapse? In her Tupelo Press collection from 2024, “The Right Hand,” Christina Pugh transforms that ancient tension into an inquiry, both of spirit and of body. Her poems inherit the intensity of “The Book of Revelation” yet move through the material world: needles, basil leaves, marble, skin, with an alert and visionary calm. Apocalypse, in her poetry, becomes an opening, rather than an ending.

REVIEW: UNM staging of “Ashes” is unsettling in a very correct way

Students take a ‘pawse’ during midterms

REVIEW: ‘To yield is a power:’ Christina Pugh and the poetics of ‘Revelation’

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