Council Passes Revised Pet Ordinance After deferring it eight million times, the City Council has finally passed Councilor Sally Mayer’s pet ordinance. The mayor says he’ll sign it, [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 25, 2006 Read More Awwwwwww!
Pajama Dudes Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen—the comedy duo known throughout the civilized world as the Pajama Men—did not wear pajamas during their two performances [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 18, 2006 Read More The Pajama Men did not wear pajamas at the Q-Staff Theatre.
Culture Shock The Shining Town— OmniRootz Productions presents a new production of Owen Vincent Dodson’s play The Shining Town , opening this Friday at Out [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 18, 2006 Read More
Private Art In Public Colección Femsa At The National Hispanic Cultural Center Several people have approached me over the last couple weeks with variations on the same question: “Dude/Steve-o/Your Highness, have you seen the new [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 18, 2006 Read More “Ambush” by Alberto Ibanez Cerda
Chitty Chitty Bike Bike Ben Lowney Lets Me Take His Antique Bikes For A Spin My job isn’t always a big sloppy barrel of monkey fun. Last week, though, when Ben Lowney let me take his antique bikes [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More Ben Lowney takes a cruise on the weirdest bike in his collection. “I saw an ad for the 'Swing Bike' in 1975,” says Lowney. “Donny Osmond used to ride one on stage during 'The Osmond Show'.” The rear tire has its own fork that's attached to the frame with springs. This allows both the front and the rear tire to turn. Lowney says you can do all kinds of tricks on it, including riding with one tire on the curb and one in the gutter. When I took it for a spin, I could barely stay on it—it made me feel drunk. (Wes Naman)
Meet The Minutemen Members of the Minuteman Project are coming to Albuquerque this evening. The project is on a cross-country tour to promote tighter security along [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More
In Cesar’s Name Are Pro-Immigrant Protesters Twisting The Message Of Cesar Chavez? Here’s a fascinating article in this week’s Tucson Weekly by Tom Danehy about how labor organizer Cesar Chavez would have reacted to the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More
Bosque Adventures, Part 18 The wife and I tooled around the Bosque this weekend with the dogs, as we’ve been doing almost every weekend for the past [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More On a beach south of Central, I jammed my palm into a burr that looked just like this one.
Revenge Of The Pez This very evening Steve White will be performing his infamous Pez Theater show at OffCenter (808 Park SW) along with urban storyteller Harrison [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More Pezzzzz, pez, pez, pezzzzz, pezzzzzzz ...
Congrats, M We stole our newest staff writer, Marisa Demarco, from the Tribune a while back. Before Demarco left our favorite Albuquerque daily for the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 11, 2006 Read More
