Art Pics: Instagram Democratizes New Mexico Photography Instagram Democratizes New Mexico Photography The famous photographer Ansel Adams once said of New Mexico that it was “the most completely beautiful place I have ever seen.” Adams’ [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 24, 2019 Read More The mesa outside of Taos (Tanner Ausome Williams)
Culture Shock: Not Asked, Not Told Acclaimed Baldwin Documentary Dogged By Accusations Of Bi-Erasure Let’s talk about James Baldwin. You know, the award-winning American novelist, playwright, essayist, intellectual and social critic. James Baldwin. And, more specifically… —well, [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 24, 2019 Read More Novelist, playwright and social critic James Baldwin (Mottke Weissman)
Art News: Entire Staff Of Warehouse 508 Laid Off Without Notice Entire Staff Of Warehouse 508 Laid Off Without Notice In a move Friday that stunned the local arts community, the board of directors for New Mexico Xtreme Sports Association, Inc. (NMXSports) laid [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 24, 2019 Read More A recent concert at Warehouse 508. Arts programs could be in jeopardy now that the entire staff has been laid off.
Culture Shock: From Pain, Graceful Compassion Sparrow Dance Productions Seeks To Heal Community Trauma Through Dance There are people in this world who experience trauma and let it freeze them in pain and fear, forevermore. And then there are [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 17, 2019 Read More Christina Daly-Smith teaches a class at Sparrow Dance Productions (Eric Williams Photography)
Found Objects Abq Comic Con Is Here Alrighty, folks. It’s that time of year again: Comic Con! You know, the singularly holy weekend when dressing up as your favorite anime [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 17, 2019 Read More (courtesy of Albuquerque Comic Con)
Opinion: What’s The Matter With Belen? City’s Religious Right Would Rather Be Broke Than Support Feminist Art Belen, New Mexico, is home to just 7,089 people, but more than 30 churches. A quick 33-mile drive south of Albuquerque, Belen (whose [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 10, 2019 Read More
Found Objects Art From The Heart The New Mexico Humanities Council is playing host to a juried art exhibit curated by the New Mexico African American Arts Guild; it [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 10, 2019 Read More (courtesy of the artist)
Arts Interview: Fugelsang-A-Lang-A-Lang Call And Response With John Fugelsang And Danger K. Varoz Comedian John Fugelsang is best known for his regular segments on the Stephanie Miller progressive talk radio show, where he serves as sort [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 10, 2019 Read More Comedian John Fugelsang performs at the KiMo Theatre Jan. 12
Local Lit Mercedez Holtry Unites City’s Poets Albuquerque grows poets the way Dublin conjures memoirists. Maybe it is the extremes of beauty and pain that rub up against each other [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 03, 2019 Read More
Culture Shock: The Radical We Max Baptiste Uses Art To Build Community In 2004, when audio engineer Max Baptiste founded a video game company in Albuquerque with a couple of his friends, he had no [...] Alisa Valdes \ Jan 03, 2019 Read More (Artist Sheldon Richards)