He’s Bringing Funny Back: Comedian Will Spottedbear Is Back In Burque Comedian Will Spottedbear Is Back In Burque I caught up with Will Spottedbear on the phone as he drove from Minneapolis to Oklahoma City a few days ago. Spottedbear says [...] Alisa Valdes \ Mar 07, 2019 Read More Will Spottedbear (courtesy of the artist)
Creative Conjuring: Local Artists Talk Process Local Artists Talk Process I posed the question “What is your creative process like?” to four local artists. Here are the answers they gave.Eryn Bent, Singer-SongwriterI’m an [...] Alisa Valdes \ Mar 07, 2019 Read More
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ballet Rep Shines In A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ballet Repertory Theatre of New Mexico is once again staging the full-length classical ballet A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the KiMo Theatre, and [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 28, 2019 Read More Katherine Liljestrand as Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in Ballet Repertory Theatre of NM’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Jeff Giese)
The Secret Painter Vicente Telles Grapples With Growing Fame In my experience, there are really only two kinds of artists in the word. There are those mediocre practitioners who strut through life, [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 28, 2019 Read More Albuquerque santero and painter Vicente Telles is a rising star in the national postmodern Chicano art scene. (courtesy of the artist)
Author Profile: Jennifer Givhan Poet Jennifer Givhan Writes Us A Thing When you’re writing about a writer as deft and decorated as Albuquerque’s Jennifer Givhan, the most sensible thing to do is to throw [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 28, 2019 Read More
Albee Damned (Good) Local Actresses Dish On Their Roles In Pulitzer-Winning Play Edward Albee is one of the best playwrights the United States has ever produced. As with many great writers, he came from a [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 21, 2019 Read More Left to right: Actresses Lacey Bingham, Laura Norman and Tilcara Webb star in Aux Dog Theatre's rendition of Three Tall Women. (VJ Liberatori)
Found Objects Spring Into Dance The University of New Mexico’s dance department kicks off its 2019 spring production season with the faculty dance concert, Forefront, opening Friday, Feb. [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 21, 2019 Read More
Poetry Out Loud Abq Local Teens Compete In Nationwide Poetry Competition This Sunday, Feb. 24, all of the past and present poet laureates for the City of Albuquerque will perform their work at Bookworks [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 21, 2019 Read More Last year's competitors in the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition. Support this year's crew by attending a reading at Bookworks Sunday Feb. 24. (Tim Keller photography)
Bliss And Makeup Local Makeup Artist Soars In Film Industry Albuquerque’s Ashlynne Padilla majored in business marketing at the University of New Mexico, with an eye towards being a lawyer. But the universe [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 14, 2019 Read More Ashlynne Padilla and “Burn Victim” makeup (Ashlynne Padilla)
Art Preview: We Are Neighbors Poet And Photographer Team Up For Book And Exhibit We Are Neighbors is a new collection of poems and photos from poet Hakim Bellamy and civil designer/photographer Justin Thor Simenson, both of [...] Alisa Valdes \ Feb 14, 2019 Read More (Justin Thor Simenson and Hakim Bellamy)