Arts Profile: Postcommodity’s Raven Chacon On Art Without Borders Postcommodity’s Raven Chacon On Art Without Borders You can buy "scare eye" balloons in most big-box stores. Detailed in bright colors and shapes mimicking the eyes of predatory birds, they’re [...] Sam Adams \ May 31, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Openings At Richard Levy Gallery And 516 Arts On Saturday, May 26 Last Saturday Arts Crawl John Chervinsky’s Frames of Reference is an exquisite contemplation on the interplay between scientific principles and their worldly manifestations. In one of the [...] Sam Adams \ May 24, 2012 Read More “Oranges, Box, and Painting on Door” by John Chervinsky (Courtesy of Richard Levy Gallery)
Performance Preview: Wild Dancing West Returns To Vsa North Fourth Art Center Vsa’s Regional Series Returns With Whitman, War And Psychology Meshi Chavez’ We Two Boys bounces between violent, floor-heaving thumps and gentle gestures. Chavez and his dancing partner, Chip Sherman, gradually build an [...] Christie Chisholm \ May 24, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Journey Out To Corrales And Eldorado For Festive Art Events This Weekend With the cold winds of winter a fleeting memory and the summer sun looming, an art jaunt along I-25 seems like a weekend [...] Sam Adams \ May 17, 2012 Read More
Performance Review: The Dolls Channel Hbo’s Cosmo-Loving Clique With Sex In The Burque Drag Darlings Sex Up The City The Dolls have returned with a new batch of witty and raunchy one-liners, mimed sex scenes and subversive political commentary. But this time, [...] Christie Chisholm \ May 17, 2012 Read More
Performance Review: The Vortex Lines Up David Mamet’s Soulless Film Industry Farce The Vortex Lines Up David Mamet’s Soulless Film Industry Farce Speed-the-Plow is a play about the coke-addled, fortune-obsessed, power-crazed workings of late-’80s Hollywood, fortified with typical David Mamet misogynistic underpinnings. Also in true [...] Christie Chisholm \ May 10, 2012 Read More
Arts Profile: Inexpensive Custom Creations Have Kept Casa De Piñatas A Unm-Area Staple For 16 Years Inexpensive Custom Creations Have Kept Casa De Piñatas A Unm-Area Staple For 16 Years When a pastel version of Edvard Munch’s "The Scream" sold for nearly $120 million on May 2, an angered crowd assembled outside Sotheby’s [...] Sam Adams \ May 10, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Octomania! Octomania! Note to the world’s marketing geniuses: Place the prefix “Octo” in front of any word and you automatically have something people won’t stop [...] Sam Adams \ May 10, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Contribute To The Alibi’s Flash Fiction Contest; Talk For Tedxabq Flash Us It’s that time of year again, when we challenge you wordsmiths to the agonizing task of distilling your most heartbreaking, staggering thoughts of [...] Sam Adams \ May 03, 2012 Read More
Arts Profile: Unm Sophomore Dalton Valerio Drops The Stethoscope For A Pair Of Joffrey Pointe Shoes Unm Sophomore Drops The Stethoscope For A Pair Of Joffrey Pointe Shoes Dalton Valerio is not your average pre-med student. Sure, he’s used his scientific faculties to pursue an interest in medicine since his sophomore [...] Elizabeth Dwyer Sandlin \ May 03, 2012 Read More
