Culture Shock: The Art Of Compromise Anyone who’s ever been in any kind of human relationship with anyone knows that compromise is key. Whether it’s eating at a home-style [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Oct 15, 2009 Read More
Performance Review: The Ties That Blind Oedipus At Aux Dog In many ways, Sophocles’ Oedipus Re x epitomizes the Ancient Greek tragedy. The narrative is framed by prophecy; poetic priests foreshadow and omniscient [...] Julia Mandeville \ Oct 15, 2009 Read More The cast of Oedipus takes a break from augury and incest.
Culture Shock: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later The brutal 1998 murder of college student Matthew Shepard just outside Laramie, Wyo., had repercussions far beyond the tragic loss of one young [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Oct 08, 2009 Read More
Performance Preview The Land Beyond The Forest: Dracula And Swoop The Carlisle Performance Space at UNM looks as if the total contents of the theater department—costumes, sets, actors and all—were dropped inside and [...] Julia Mandeville \ Oct 08, 2009 Read More I vant to suck your—wait, you’ve had a blood test, right? (Bill Walters)
Arts Interview: Ars Poetica Poet And New Unm Prof Dana Levin Talks Teaching For 11 years, poet Dana Levin taught creative writing at the College of Santa Fe. Though CSF has managed to come back to [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Oct 08, 2009 Read More Dana Levin
Arts Interview: Get Drunk Rascals, Scoundrels & Sitch Though artist Evan Dent is new to Albuquerque, he’s clear on what works in this town: hand-painted signs on businesses and "killer" food. [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Oct 01, 2009 Read More “The Rub” by Evan Dent
Culture Shock: Something For Everyone Something For Everyone Do you love comics? Do you adore trucker speed? Well, then, 24 Hour Comics Day is your cup of Mountain Dew. Every year, [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Oct 01, 2009 Read More
The Art Of Rescue: Watermelon Ranch’s Furball 2009 Watermelon Ranch’s Furball 2009 It all started as one couple’s dream: a scenic 10-acre ranch with lots of fresh air and a little cottage. For dogs. And [...] W. Jacob Divett \ Oct 01, 2009 Read More A hand-painted boot helps decorate a previous Furball.
Culture Shock: So Juvenile What to do about teenagers? They ruin your couches, they smell weird and there’s lots of hugging. We older folk forget, perhaps intentionally, [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Sep 24, 2009 Read More
Downtown’s Go! Arts Festival Now in its eighth year, Downtown’s GO! Arts Festival is concerned, naturally, with the promotion of the arts. But perhaps even more important [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Sep 24, 2009 Read More