The Return Of The Giant Puppets We Art The People Folk Art Festival The mainstream art world can be dirty, deceptive and painfully exclusive, especially for scrappy unknown artists struggling to make names for themselves. For [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 10, 2006 Read More Don't be frightened. The giant puppets mean you no harm.
Culture Shock Ice, Ice, Baby— So, the other day I’m riding my bicycle over to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science to [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 10, 2006 Read More “Emperor Penguins” by Jody Forster
Tales Of The Displaced Tom and Huck were small-time dreamers compared to the characters of T.C. Boyle’s fiction. His get-rich-quick schemers have done everything under the sun [...] John Freeman \ Aug 03, 2006 Read More
Culture Shock Five in One— This Sunday, Aug. 6, would be a fine time to head over to the Albuquerque Museum. As usual, admission is [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 03, 2006 Read More
From Vietnam To Venezuela Parks Gallery Erin Currier crosses cultures, religions, geographic boundaries and political lines to celebrate the strength of the human spirit. She forces viewers to honor [...] Abigail Blueher \ Aug 03, 2006 Read More “Los Schoolboys of the Americas” by Erin Currier
Barry Moser Palace Of The Governors Chances are you’re already familiar with Barry Moser’s work. He’s one of the best illustrators of our time, illustrating over 300 titles in [...] Abigail Blueher \ Aug 03, 2006 Read More “Poe” by Barry Moser
Full Fathom Five The Tempest At The Santa Fe Opera Of all Shakespeare’s 38 plays, it’s his last one, The Tempest , that seems the most logical candidate for a mutation into opera. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 03, 2006 Read More Cyndia Sieden (center) as Ariel does some superhuman singing in the Santa Fe Opera’s production of The Tempest .
Zarzuela Cabaret National Hispanic Cultural Center What is a zarzuela ? Glad you asked. It’s a form of Spanish opera that got its start in the mid-1600s and is [...] Abigail Blueher \ Jul 27, 2006 Read More Teatro Nuevo Mexico’s performance of zarzuelas runs this weekend at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
War Paint N4 Th Gallery A unique combination of Southwestern landscape, pop culture and ancient mythologies come together in New Mexican artist Shawn Pham-Warrick’s exhibit, War Paint . [...] Abigail Blueher \ Jul 27, 2006 Read More Untitled by Shawn Pham-Warrick
The Laugh Track To Stardom The Great Southwest Laff Off Hilarity is an art. It takes skill, hours of creative energy and constant rehearsal to be a stand-up comic. Comedians must also be [...] Amy Dalness \ Jul 27, 2006 Read More Joe Delucia performs at the Great Southwest Laff Off. (Wes Naman)