Arts Interview: Print Magic Abq Zine Fest Year Eight With Lawrence Lindell And Many Others “It’s the perfect medium,” artist, musician and educator Lawrence Lindell said over the phone from Oakland, Calif., where he had just returned home [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 04, 2018 Read More Lindell lives in Oakland, but travels often and even internationally for zine fests and similar events (Courtesy of Lawrence Lindell)
Culture Shock: Think Small Tinyscapes Gives Viewers New, Smaller Perspectives “I love the idea of people that I don’t know seeing some tiny world that I’ve created, and thinking, ‘Oh, that’s so whimsical!’ [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 04, 2018 Read More Small worlds are created and shared in Hallee Nguyen’s project, Tinyscapes (Courtesy of Hallee Nguyen)
Art Preview Artist Chemi Rosado-Seijo In Conversation With Journalist Juan D. González For many years Puerto Rican artist Chemi Rosado-Seijo has worked in the mountains of Naranjito with the local community on an expansive art [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 27, 2018 Read More El Cerro, in Puerto Rico, an ongoing project of Chemi Rosado-Seijo (Courtesy of Chemi Rosado-Seijo)
Culture Shock: The Inside Scoop Ap Photo Editor And Pulitizer Juror Visits Abq “I’ll beat you to the punch here,” Hal Buell said over the telephone line, our connection between New York City, where Buell is [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 27, 2018 Read More Longtime AP photo editor and two-time juror on the Pulitizer Prize committee for photography, Hal Buell will visit Albuquerque Sept. 27 (AP Photo)
Arts Interview: By Many Means The Depth And Power Of Linqua Franqa Georgia’s Mariah Parker, AKA Linqua Franqa is a powerhouse. You could describe her work through many channels—she is a hip-hop artist, a poet, [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 27, 2018 Read More Linqua Franqa is the project of performer, poet, politico, activist Mariah Parker. (Stacey Piotrowska)
Culture Shock: Art As A Weapon Lynnette Haozous' Mural Work Aims To Inspire “Art is a language, and it ought to communicate to the largest number of people possible,” artist Amanny Ahmad said in a recent [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 20, 2018 Read More Haozous working on “Original Inhabitants,” a mural collaboration with Joeseph Arnoux at OT Circus Gallery. (Courtesy of Lynnette Haozous)
Found Objects Blackout This Weekend After all—it’s your last chance to catch Blackout Theatre’s wild sketch comedy series, The Legend of Juan Tabo at CNM’s Coal Avenue Theater [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 20, 2018 Read More (Zahra Marwan)
Arts Interview: Young Detectives Complex Play Opens At Vortex Theatre Adapted from the well-loved novel of the same name, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time received much attention during its [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 20, 2018 Read More Tim Crofton, Thomas Yegerlehner and Holly Duell star in the play (Courtesy of the Vortex Theatre)
Culture Shock: Hari Kondabolu Comedian Hari Kondabolu Brings Truth, Visibility To The Stage “I think in comedy, there’s the promise that something will happen—there’s the promise of a laugh—so people are more willing to listen. And [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 13, 2018 Read More (Yoon Kim)
Arts Interview: “Victory Of The Spirit” A Classic Poem Gets A Theatrical Treatment “And now the trumpet sounds,/ The music of the people stirs the Revolution,” begins Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez’ epic poem Yo Soy Joaquin, a [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 13, 2018 Read More Artist Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes brings an epic poem to life (Courtesy of Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes)