Space Coyotes In Barelas; Kokeshi Cacti Near Unm Space Coyotes? Oh My God, Those Are Space Coyotes On Wednesday, I walked into The Normal Gallery in Barelas to view Scott Williams’ installation With Great Abandon . “Man,” I said with [...] John Bear \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More To boldly go where no undomesticated canine has gone before. (John Bear)
A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline Brings The Music Of A Country Master To Rodey Theatre A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline Brings The Music Of A Country Master To Rodey Theatre A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline is more a concert than a piece of theater. Its nearly two-hour run time (intermission included) consists [...] Christie Chisholm \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More Look out, Patsy! They’re right behind you! Oh wait. It’s just your back-up singers. (photo courtesy of Robert Cochnar)
Birds, Elvis And Watching Art That Only Exists For An Hour Or Two. Give ’Em The Bird: Results Show My first attempt at getting people to send in art has been a complete success: four entries as of press time. You have [...] John Bear \ Oct 07, 2010 Read More A black necked stilt flapping it’s wings in Belen. (That’s right. I put my own photo up. Me me me.) (John Bear)
If You Google Candida, You Get Pictures Of Yeast Infections In People’s Mouths. Gross. The Adobe Theater Does George Bernard Shaw Candida is not a play about yeast; it’s a play about love.Rev. James Mavor Morell is a boisterous, loquacious Englishman with a penchant [...] Christie Chisholm \ Oct 07, 2010 Read More George Bernard Shaw is watching you, but the sun is in his eyes and he can’t see all that well. (twisitheatreblog.com)
Gay Performance Art Hated On By Republicans, Comics Nerds Stay Up All Night If George Bush Sr. Hated It, It Has To Be Good Tim Miller. This guy got his National Endowment for the Arts grant taken away under pressure from the first Bush Administration for the [...] John Bear \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Tim Miller, sued for being gay. Won for being right. (cleveland.com)
Street Art Gets Invited In For A Drink And Maybe A Snack 516 Takes It To The Streets It can be a mural on a street corner, a piece of art pasted to a wall or a rainbow dripped down the [...] John Bear \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More “The Great White Buffalo” by Ernest Doty. He doesn’t appreciate Purple People Eater jokes.
When Graffiti Artists Grow Up Talking With Street Artist Chaz Bojórquez Chaz Bojórquez has never been caught, but he has been chased. He laughs when he admits it, because it seems slightly absurd: a [...] Christie Chisholm \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More “Los Locos de Cali” by Chaz Bojórquez is a 10-color serigraph (silk screen print).
Einstein And Picasso Walk Into A Bar: The Aux Dog Theatre Puts On Picasso At The Lapin Agile The Aux Dog Theatre Puts On Picasso At The Lapin Agile Art and science are usually viewed as separate, walled-off worlds. It’s been said that art, while influenced by philosophy and strategy, maintains steadfast [...] Christie Chisholm \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More The Aux Dog players take on a Steve Martin original. From left: Kelsey Ann Olson, Paul Rodriguez Jr., Nick Ganjei, Graham Gentz and Joe P. Martinez. (Christy Lopez)
Bodies ... This Exhibit Won’t Just Creep You Out, It Will Teach You About Your Body And How Rotten You Are To It Bodies ... The Exhibition Comes To Albuquerque Once the initial wave of creepy wears off, Bodies … The Exhibition— well,maybe “creepy” is being too modest. The exhibit, which opened Sept. [...] John Bear \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More Like I said, “Once the initial wave of creepy wears off ...” (John Bear)
Culture Shock: Zodiac, Psychedelic German, Man Obsessed With Birds Zodiac: Not The Serial Killer, The Sexy Painting Local artist Katie Calico is working on a series of paintings based on the zodiac, and the results are decidedly titillating.The paintings and [...] John Bear \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More An ibis and a duck (John Bear)