Poets Shoot Each Other With Words In Regional Slam Competition Slam Poets Shoot Each Other With Words Poets from around the country will take aim and fire at one another, turning Albuquerque into an O.K. Corral of lyricism. The 2011 [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Read More
Culture Shock: Central Artsy Parts. Photo Show, Old-Timey Postcards, Paintings Of Tacos, And A Scooter Shop Show! Central Artsy Parts There are so many cool art shows happening, all the time, everywhere in this city. I’m just going to cram in a mention [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More Detail from Richard Levy Gallery postcard wall
Flamenco Festival Brings Home The Passion And Soul Of Spain In 2009 there was no Festival Flamenco Internacional. It was a sad year for the National Institute of Flamenco, which produces the showcase, [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More Fuensanta La Moneta
Performance Review: The Vortex Tackles Romeo And Juliet, In Postapocalyptic Style The Vortex Tackles Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare lovers rejoice: The Vortex Theatre’s Will Power! Summer Shakespeare Festival is back. Through Aug. 7, the community theater will teem with iambic [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jun 09, 2011 Read More Willow Hanson and Stafford Douglas as Juliet and Romeo (Mitchell Photography)
Performance Preview: Blackout’s Say You Love Satan Even The Dark Prince Has Romantic Problems Imagine you meet a guy at the laundromat. He’s handsome, charming and smart. He reads Dostoevsky. (But only if you’re into that.) You [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More Zachary Sears (left) and Michael Carter in Say You Love Satan (Katy Belvin)
Culture Shock: The 5Th Annual Duke City Improv Fest The Funnies Our calf of a city is fatted with festivals. I mean geez, we’ve got articles about three in this issue alone. Let’s talk [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More
Deepak And Gotham Chopra Talk Superheroes Deepak And Gotham Chopra Talk Superpowers Superman and Batman have a lot to teach us about ourselves and our capacity for greatness. Also, inside each of us lurks our [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More Gotham and Deepak Chopra (photo courtesy of HarperCollins)
San Francisco’s Odc/Dance And Other Variety At The Sixth Annual Wild Dancing West N4Th Unveils Variety At Sixth Annual Contemporary Dance Festival Athleticism. Dynamic shapes. Seductive rhythms. Thrilling feats. And this is just on video. The website of Dancing Earth, one of the companies featured [...] Summer Olsson \ May 26, 2011 Read More San Francisco’s ODC/Dance (RJ Muna)
Culture Shock: Cultural Sunsets At Old Town, Solo Comedy At The Box Solar Selections Old Town is back with another round of Cultural Sunsets summer programming, which brings culturally edifying entertainment to the plaza most Thursdays through [...] Alibi \ May 26, 2011 Read More (Claire Rice)
Small Engine Gallery: Lucas Hussack’s One Hundred Pieces Rogue Road Trip Inspires 100-Painting Retrospective Sounds like the same old story: Yet another weary traveler, lured into the sandy valley of the Sandias, finds it impossible to leave. [...] Chiquita Paschal \ May 26, 2011 Read More A few of Hussack’s pieces (Photo by Chiquita Paschal)