Arts Interview: These Are The People In Your Neighborhood Frank Blazquez’s Barrios De Nuevo Mexico Frank Blazquez is a portrait photographer in Albuquerque. His work is stark. It is unadorned. It stems from a simple technique: Blazquez sees [...] Clarke Conde \ Jul 02, 2020 Read More Frank Blazquez on the campus of the University of New Mexico where the bulletin boards are bare. (Clarke Condé)
Cocktail: Bourbon, Coke And Peanuts An American Classic I was sitting at the bar (as all good stories start) when a pickup truck piled with red chiles in the back pulled [...] Clarke Conde \ Jul 02, 2020 Read More Three great tastes that go great together. (Clarke Condé)
Art Magnified: “New Normal” David Santiago’s “New Normal” David Santiago’s work is out in the world in various forms. You can just as easily find it larger than life on a [...] Clarke Conde \ Jun 25, 2020 Read More One of three versions (black on black) of the “New Normal” limited edition print series created by David Santiago. (Clarke Conde)
Cocktail Culture: Aperol Spritz The Aperol Spritz It seems the cocktail hour has become more fluid of late given the decreased need to actually go anywhere. Begin when and how [...] Clarke Conde \ Jun 25, 2020 Read More (Clarke Condé)
Arts Interview: Bringing Art Auctions Online Jennifer Desantis And The Ot Circus Abq Online Art Auctions Jennifer DeSantis’ business card says she is the “Liaison of Social Activities Extraordinaire” for OT Circus, a non-profit gallery and art event space [...] Clarke Conde \ Jun 25, 2020 Read More Jennifer DeSantis at a distance in Downtown, Albuquerque. (Clarke Condé)
Sonic Reducer: The Path To The Deathless & Obsessed Sonic Reducer: The Path To The Deathless & Obsessed The slow, deliberate sauce that seeps out of Red Mesa’s new album The Path to the Deathless speaks not only to the desolation [...] Clarke Conde \ Jun 25, 2020 Read More
Arts Interview: Local Short Fiction By Subscription Plot Duckies Delivers Literary Goods Staying in? How about reading a good story from a local author right here in New Mexico? That is the idea behind the [...] Clarke Conde \ Mar 26, 2020 Read More “Midnight at the De Anza Motor Inn” by Katy Hammel (Plot Duckies)
Found Objects: Libraries, Videos And Funds Free Books Stuck at home not wanting to get ill from human interaction? Why not read a book? Little Free Libraries are outdoors, open 24/7 [...] Clarke Conde \ Mar 26, 2020 Read More (Clarke Condé)
Found Objects A Bit Of Sunshine In the Albuquerque Museum’s online collection, you will find, in no particular order: Kit Carson’s chair, a Jaune Quick-to-See Smith lithograph, a photograph [...] Clarke Conde \ Mar 19, 2020 Read More
Arts Interview: New Mexico’s First State Poet Laureate A Conversation With Levi Romero Levi Romero is a natural choice as the state of New Mexico’s first poet laureate. His poetry details New Mexico. It speaks to [...] Clarke Conde \ Mar 19, 2020 Read More Levi Romero (Clarke Condé)