Culture Shock: More Than Misdirection The Magicians At Max's Magic Shop And Theatre Deliver Moments Of The Impossible A small woman—who had been laughing riotously throughout the show—shuffled to the front of the small theater and stood next to magician Bryan [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 12, 2017 Read More (Eric Williams Photography)
Culture Shock: Freedom Of The (Small) Presses Ariel Gore And Tomas Moniz Visit Abq Zine Fest Seven “I wanted to do the right thing, but what was the right thing? Did I fuck up? Now what do I do?” Tomas [...] Maggie Grimason \ Oct 05, 2017 Read More (Tomas Moniz)
Culture Shock: Spooky Meets Cute Angela Oster Vamps It Up At Stranger Factory Angela Oster described a visit to the cemetery with her mother and a friend of the family, who was an amateur photographer. The [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 28, 2017 Read More Angala Oster aims to merge creepy and cute in her work, which will be on display at Stranger Factory (Angela Oster)
Book News: Six Words Fresh Off The Boat Literary Project Makes A Stop In Abq Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote hers like this: “Nobody is ever just a refugee.” M. Night Shyamalan contributed these words: “My accent has become [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 28, 2017 Read More (Callum Bondy)
Theater News: The Art Of Exchange Tricklock's Budding Residency Collaboration With Ndere Cultural Centre We swerved out of the way so as not to hit the baboons as we carefully navigated the bumpy and mountainous dirt road. [...] Juli Hendren \ Sep 28, 2017 Read More Performers from Ndere Cultural Centre in Uganda (Juli Hendren)
Found Objects Bed Time BEDtalks—Albuquerque’s best lecture series, wherein presenters deliver their address from the comfort of bed—is back for the eighth time on Thursday, Sept. 21. [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 21, 2017 Read More
Author Interview: Ashley Biggers Writer’s Work Provides A Roadmap To New Mexico Writer and New Mexico native Ashley Biggers knows her stuff. She’s a seasoned travel journalist with the bylines to prove it—she’s even the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 21, 2017 Read More
Culture Shock: Bead By Bead Etkie Firmly Plants Its Feet In Downtown Albuquerque Behind an unassuming cement wall and across a gravel parking lot on Fourth Street, a workshop-turned-showroom-turned-art-space is quietly taking shape. Inside the building [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 21, 2017 Read More (Etkie)
Found Objects Mural Fest Marches On 508 Mural Fest—which officially kicked off on Sept. 12—continues with a host of events throughout the week. This Thursday, Sept. 14, catch Art [...] Alibi \ Sep 14, 2017 Read More (Two Brunos Photography)
Culture Shock: Somos Albuquerque New Celebration Gathers Community Downtown To Annunciate All That We Are “We’ve all lived the Albuquerque narrative, we live it everyday,” Julia Mandeville said as we sat outside of Deep Space Coffee with Stephen [...] Maggie Grimason \ Sep 14, 2017 Read More A preview of an installation created by local artist Reyes Padilla (Beth Ashley)