Why Bother? The Point Of Voting. (Also, Register By Oct. 5!) The Point Of Voting How many elections have you participated in where your single vote decided the outcome? The answer is probably z ero. Yet we have [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More
Election 2010: Register By Tuesday, Oct. 5, Or No Ballot For You Do It Now Or No Ballot For You We’ve gotten used to the lightning speed of the digital age. These days, we don’t have to wait for much. Want a T-shirt [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More
Last-Minute Voting Info Last-Minute Election Day Voting Info In political circles, people used to always talk about voting as a civic responsibility . That’s fine. Democracy will crumble (has crumbled?) without [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Oct 01, 2009 Read More
City Boss Fight 2009: Why Wait For Election Day? Get Your Voting Done Now! (And Bring Your Id.) I spend much of my professional life complaining about all the things government does wrong. I’m not naturally a whiny person, but it’s [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 17, 2009 Read More
Arts Interview: The Return Of The Native An Interview With Charles Mackay, General Director Of The Santa Fe Opera John Crosby, the founder of the Santa Fe Opera (SFO), was a bona fide visionary. The SFO was—and, in many ways, still is—his [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jul 23, 2009 Read More Charles MacKay, Santa Fe Opera general director (Ken Howard)
The Land Of Disenchantment New Mexico’s Ongoing Problem With Government Corruption And What Can Be Done To Fix It Have you heard this story already? A couple weeks ago, Gov. Bill Richardson announced he wouldn’t be taking the post of U.S. commerce [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jan 22, 2009 Read More
Performance Review: Electoral Dysfunctions At The Vortex Theatre Electoral Dysfunctions At The Vortex Theatre This election is tailor-made for political junkies. Tensions are running high. A lot of talking heads, generally those who aren’t actual economists, say [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Oct 16, 2008 Read More Susan Erickson’s “Ozzy Osbourne Explains It All For You” (Alan Mitchell Photography)
Your Voting Questions Answered Count Every Vote New Mexico Brings A Nonpartisan Voter-Protection Program To Our State Debates are heating up. Political signs are sprouting in yards all over New Mexico. Campaign ads are proliferating like partisan bunnies on our [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Oct 02, 2008 Read More
Performance Review: Luke! I Am Your Father! Adriana Mater At The Santa Fe Opera So I couldn’t stop thinking about Star Wars while taking in the Santa Fe Opera’s American premiere of Adriana Mater, and I feel [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More Monica Groop and Pia Freund in Adriana Mater (Heikki Tuuli)
End Of An Era An Interview With The Santa Fe Opera’s Richard Gaddes During New Mexico’s monsoon season, clouds well up on the dry mesas, thunder cracks the sky wide open and, when we’re lucky, our [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More Richard Gaddes (Robert Godwin)