At its finest, the reality portrayed in opera is a hyperreality. Plucking out the most dramatic, the funniest, the most extreme moments in [...]

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins. —Dave Barry [...]

Mick Sheldon grew up during the '50s and '60s in Nevada. As a child, his father—a ventriloquist with a yellow monkey—ran a local [...]

For better or worse, excellent art is often born out of disaster. Matthew Lutz’ grandfather died following a brutal battle with lung and [...]

On some days, Carl works as a reporter for a supermarket tabloid. On others, he's the official plant waterer for a corporation. On [...]

Catch them when they're young … and cheap. Many singers in the Santa Fe Opera's Apprentice Program have gone on to impressive national [...]

Anyone in the market for a 40-pound, life-sized fiberglass cow? “New MexiCow” is just such an animal and oh-so-much more. Created by Chicago [...]

Last year, right around this same time, I suffered an outbreak of hives around my crotch and torso. Freaked the bejesus out of [...]

Despite Spain's advanced age, the country only became a democracy in 1975 after a long hard struggle. The history of that struggle is [...]

War of the Worlds, Fantastic Four and Mr. and Mrs. Smith cost bazillions of dollars to produce and are packed full of pretty [...]