Culture Shock: Albuquerque Otherworld Mark Beyer's First Collection In 12 Years Delves Into The City's Strangeness In the narrow storefront of the shop and gallery space of Los Angeles’ Family Books near West Hollywood, a small crowd was gathered [...] Maggie Grimason \ Nov 02, 2017 Read More (Mark Beyer)
Culture Shock: Inside The Invasion Blackout Theatre Company's New Chapter Of Quarantine The sound was cued, the fake blood—culled from commercial “jugs of blood” now lining the wall—was poured, and Blackout Theatre company member Shannon [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 26, 2017 Read More Shannon Flynn performs in the latest installment of the Quarantine saga (Josh Bien)
Found Objects Passengers In A Drifting Ship “Of course I was under the spell, and the wonderful part is that, even at the time, I perfectly knew I was. But [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 26, 2017 Read More
Culture Shock: All The Good To Come In The Workshop And Beyond At Fathers Building Futures The woodshop of the expansive building on north Fourth Street was abuzz with machinery and movement as I walked through. There, production lead [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 19, 2017 Read More George Sandoval working in the wood workshop at Fathers Building Futures (Kate Livingston)
Art Preview: Rendezvous With Dancer And Choreographer Erika Pujič At Shift Dance Festival This Thursday—that is, Oct. 19—sees the kickoff of SHIFT Dance collective’s second annual SHIFT Dance Festival, a three-day celebration of dance in all [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 19, 2017 Read More Choreographer and dancer Erika Pujič comes to SHIFT Dance Festival (Kelsey Paschich)
Culture Shock: More Than Misdirection The Magicians At Max's Magic Shop And Theatre Deliver Moments Of The Impossible A small woman—who had been laughing riotously throughout the show—shuffled to the front of the small theater and stood next to magician Bryan [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 12, 2017 Read More (Eric Williams Photography)
Theater Review: The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Musical Theatre Southwest's Pitch Perfect Jekyll & Hyde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—the classic tale of one man’s treacherous quest to unlock the secrets of the divided [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 12, 2017 Read More Colin Burdge does double duty as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Southwest Musical Theatre's production (Jason Ponic)
Culture Shock: Freedom Of The (Small) Presses Ariel Gore And Tomas Moniz Visit Abq Zine Fest Seven “I wanted to do the right thing, but what was the right thing? Did I fuck up? Now what do I do?” Tomas [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 05, 2017 Read More (Tomas Moniz)
Book News: Six Words Fresh Off The Boat Literary Project Makes A Stop In Abq Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote hers like this: “Nobody is ever just a refugee.” M. Night Shyamalan contributed these words: “My accent has become [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 28, 2017 Read More (Callum Bondy)
Culture Shock: Spooky Meets Cute Angela Oster Vamps It Up At Stranger Factory Angela Oster described a visit to the cemetery with her mother and a friend of the family, who was an amateur photographer. The [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 28, 2017 Read More Angala Oster aims to merge creepy and cute in her work, which will be on display at Stranger Factory (Angela Oster)