Albuquerque’s Champion Johnny Tapia, Revisited “I’ll Live And Die Here. This Is My Pride And Joy, New Mexico.” In November of 2003, the late, great Johnny Tapia welcomed the Alibi into his East Mountains home for a candid interview. The beloved [...] Alibi \ May 31, 2012 Read More
Johnny Tapia’s Public Memorial Service On Sunday evening at The Pit, Burqueños will gather to honor Johnny Tapia. Viewing begins at 6:45 p.m. and the service is scheduled [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 31, 2012 Read More Johnny Tapia in his early 20s, when he was beginning his professional career and starting to make a name for himself nationally (Courtesy of Johnny Tapia)
Postcommodity On The Rise Anyone who’s interested in sound- and art-installation in the Southwest is probably familiar with Postcommodity. The collective, comprised of four Native American artists [...] Sam Adams \ May 31, 2012 Read More “Repellent Eye Over Phoenix” (COURTESY OF Postcommodity)
Webgame Wednesday: Nuclearoids Puzzles are so much better when explosions are involved. Nuclearoids is a unique action puzzler that’s a bit like playing pool on a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 31, 2012 Read More
Gila Cliff Dwellings To Reopen Tomorrow A few weeks back, our New Mexico-traversing columnist Elizabeth W. Hughes found herself in love with the Gila. She wrote a great piece [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 24, 2012 Read More A 700-year-old residence in the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (Elizabeth W. Hughes)
R.i.p., Disco Queen In more sad music news, Donna Summers died today at age 63 after battling cancer. Margaret Wright \ May 24, 2012 Read More
Wild Dancing West Tonight At Vsa This year’s installation of Wild Dancing West opens with Burque native Meshi Chavez’ We Two Boys at VSA North Fourth Art Center (4904 [...] Sam Adams \ May 24, 2012 Read More Meshi Chavez and Chip Sherman in We Two Boys (Stephen Miller)
The Daily Word In Facebook Stocks, Frankenfish, Finger Sandwich Facebook hits the stock market, but not every one is buying in. Trayvon Martin case gets more complex.Fort Wingate man who admitted to [...] Sam Adams \ May 24, 2012 Read More
Alibi Picks: Staging The Southwest The late Santa Fe playwright James Galloway left quite the theatrical imprint; the actors and actresses that have appeared in his plays refer [...] Adam Fox \ May 24, 2012 Read More
Alibi Picks: Breaking Balls While Walter White might resemble an undersized Kevin Youkilis, he doesn’t exactly cut a sporting figure. And Jesse Pinkman fielding hot grounders at [...] Sam Adams \ May 24, 2012 Read More