On Chesil Beach Ian Mcewan Goes Short Not long ago, Ian McEwan was reading to an audience from his new novel On Chesil Beach , a short, finely observed fable [...] John Freeman \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More Ian McEwan
The Donkey Show Barelas Galleries Point To An Interesting Future For Albuquerque Art Leave it to the weirdos at Donkey Gallery to create a guerrilla fashion show challenge. Adorned by local designers, sonicly catered by gaunt [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More Erin Kawamata attempts to record Gabe Romero as he passes gas in the Donkey Gallery parking lot.
One Night Only Black Market Goods Josh Jones is sick of hearing people whine about how Albuquerque doesn’t have all the creative amenities of bigger cities on either coast. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More
Short Story Roundup Varieties Of Disturbance It’s a small misnomer to label this new book by MacArthur "Genius" fellow Lydia Davis a collection of stories. Many of the pieces [...] John Freeman \ Jun 14, 2007 Read More
Folk On The Rocks Albuquerque Folk Festival Comes To Expo New Mexico I have to admit that the term “folk music” gets under my skin, but it’s still the best broadly recognizable label for noncommercial [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 14, 2007 Read More
Culture Shock Cornstalk— The Alibi ‘s editorial staff voted the Cornstalk Institute the “best nonprofit you’ve never heard of.” The South Valley organization provides experiential [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 14, 2007 Read More
Invisible Books An Interview With Howard Zinn In the past month, several of the nation’s biggest book sections—in Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta—have instituted major cutbacks or changes to their [...] John Freeman \ Jun 07, 2007 Read More Howard Zinn
“Unnatural Indecency” Nazi Persecution Of Homosexuals, 1933-1945 More than 60 years down the line, it can be difficult to get all that worked up about Hitler and his dirty deeds. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 07, 2007 Read More Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945 provides a disturbing glimpse into Hitler’s programs to exterminate homosexuals.
Culture Shock Body of Work— Jess Dunn started making environmental art as an undergraduate at the University of California in Santa Cruz. The Las Vegas [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 07, 2007 Read More “The Human-to-Oil Press” by Jess Dunn
¿Quien Es? Dreamscape Desperado At The Albuquerque Museum How funny that the most famous New Mexican who ever lived just happened to be a ruthless killer. If we lived in a [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 31, 2007 Read More William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid"), Ft. Sumner, New Mexico, 1878-1880 (Courtesy Palace of the Governors).