Book Review: Pond Pond Stands Apart From Literary Convention Claire-Louise Bennett’s auspicious debut, Pond, distinguishes itself from other books published this year in every way—from subject to structure to tone, all the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 29, 2016 Read More
Culture Shock: History Lessons On City Walls Galas De La Sol Paints The Stories Of Women Of Color Artist and community organizer Izabelle Fernandez Williams stood before a blank wall in Las Cruces with a team of volunteer artists, all of [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 29, 2016 Read More (Galas de la Sol)
Culture Shock: A Map Of Joy Photographer Jesse Rieser Explores The Many Ways Americans Celebrate Christmas By the time he sat down to call me on Monday morning, Jesse Rieser had spent the weekend photographing SeaWorld employees playing with [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 22, 2016 Read More (Jesse Rieser)
Arts Interview: Compassionate Anarchy Adam Burnett Delivers A Piece That's “Part Monologue, Part Magic Act, Part Drag Show, Part Karaoke” Playwright Adam Burnett is headed to Albuquerque with an important message, a message delivered from the persona of Dolly Dali, a mash-up of [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 15, 2016 Read More
Culture Shock: Long May You Run Corpus Arts Marks One Year With A Series Of Benefits For Standing Rock “We’ve painted a lot of things black in the last year,” Steven Serrano laughed as he, Edward Phillips and I huddled around the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 15, 2016 Read More The Corpus Arts library (Corpus Arts)
Culture Shock: Getting Free Idris Goodwin's Notes Toward Liberation Through Imagination “We the people,” Idris Goodwin intoned, his voice rendered a decibel quieter through the phone line connecting our voices between Denver and Albuquerque. [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 08, 2016 Read More (Chaz Bojórquez)
Theater Review: My Three Angels The Adobe Theater’s Take On Holiday Cheer I don’t mind a saccharine seasonal play. But cut that unabashed sweetness with a shot of dark humor and the convenient miracles of [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 08, 2016 Read More Left to Right: Tim Riley, Brian Jackson, Shangreaux Lagrave and Doris Hargrave (George A. Williams)
Culture Shock: Four Years Of Fandom Albuquerque's Anime Convention Is All About Finding Connection “Even if you’ve never seen an anime in your life, you recognize when people are passionate about something [and] that energy is contagious,” [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 01, 2016 Read More Cosplay at Con-Jikan 3 (XYZ Snapper)
Theater Review: Nutcracker On The Rocks 'Tis The Season For Air Guitar And More At Keshet The first time I saw The Nutcracker, I was transfixed—bear with me here, I was eight—and I spent the whole remaining winter reading [...] Maggie Grimason \ Dec 01, 2016 Read More (Pat Berrett)
Culture Shock: “Always Face The Curtain With A Bow” Eric Idle And John Cleese Reunite Once More I don’t know what your teenage years were like, but I will freely admit that mine involved a lot of board games, drama [...] Maggie Grimason \ Nov 24, 2016 Read More Eric Idle and John Cleese (Rod Millington)
