Restaurant Review: The Cellar Spanish Cuisine The Cellar Spanish Cuisine Earlier this year, on a trip to Lowe’s, Downtown’s favorite (and only) grocery store, I saw that the shuttered video store and former [...] Nora Hickey \ Dec 24, 2015 Read More 1025 Lomas NW (Eric Williams)
Hang The Maids: Margaret Atwood And Mother Road Go Airborne To Shatter An Old Epic Margaret Atwood And Mother Road Go Airborne To Shatter An Old Epic Through a gloom of low lighting, a pale face emerges. A woman with expressive eyes peers out hesitantly. She is faithful wife Penelope [...] Nora Hickey \ Apr 23, 2015 Read More
D’oh! The Apocalypse Will Be Much Weirder Than You Think Storytelling And “The Simpsons” Drive Experimental Play Since Noah and his ark, people have toyed with the question: What happens when the world as we know it collapses? Answers have [...] Nora Hickey \ Jan 15, 2015 Read More
A Long-Lost Field Guide For The Soul: Rediscover An Ecstatic, Mystic Book Of Nature Writing Rediscover An Ecstatic, Mystic Book Of Nature Writing “There is a poverty of the soul we are currently experiencing.” It was a gloomy Southwest day, a rare grayness encasing Albuquerque, and [...] Nora Hickey \ Dec 11, 2014 Read More
Food News: Bite-Sized Buffet Burque’s Best Source For Edible News The Downtown Gold Avenue corridor has recently turned up the volume on its soulful side. New restaurant on the block, Soul and Vine, [...] Nora Hickey \ Nov 06, 2014 Read More (Courtesy of Soul and Vine via Facebook)
Theater Review: Gothic Rompings Charm In The Mystery Of Irma Vep There are many words to describe a Ken Ansloan production. Bright, bawdy and boisterous all come to mind when contemplating Ansloan’s shows for [...] Nora Hickey \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More Alcazar (Bryan Andrew Lambe) and Lord Edgar (Garrick Milo) (photos by Alan Mitchell)
Diet Schmiet If you’re not quite ready to die in order to get to heaven, the next best route can be found at Nexus. Don’t [...] Nora Hickey \ Oct 09, 2014 Read More
A World Tour When you want your cheese flaming, your lamb perfectly seasoned and your liquor smacking of anise, Yanni’s is your destination. For years, Yanni’s [...] Nora Hickey \ Oct 09, 2014 Read More
Art In The Black: Vortex Theatre Finds New Home For Charming Opening Play Vortex Theatre Finds New Home For Charming Opening Play “Welcome to our new hole in the wall,” jokes Marty Epstein, the Vortex board president, as he welcomes a full house on opening [...] Nora Hickey \ Sep 11, 2014 Read More Vortex board president Marty Epstein welcomes a full house on opening night. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Back To School Guide: The Literary Beat The Wordy Side Of Burque Anyone who claims that poetry is dead clearly hasn’t been to Albuquerque. With the luminous Sandias, the open skies, the thick scent of [...] Nora Hickey \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More ( Very Quiet )