The Daily Word 11.11.10: R.i.p. Dino De Laurentiis, Gov. Martinez, Bernie Madoff’s Boxers Today is Veterans Day, and veterans make up 20 percent of our homeless population. Brain-damaged troops are often re-deployed.Help homeless female veterans tonight [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More
5Th Annual Scavenger Hunt Is This Weekend! Sign-Up Deadline Is 3 P.m. Friday, Nov. 19 For the last four years we’ve asked readers to scour the city, taking pictures of themselves with assigned objects and sending them in [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More
The New Mexico Independent, As We Know It, Is Closed. The New Mexico Independent is closing down its larger operation, according to statements on Twitter from NMI editor Gwyneth Doland. She writes:“The New [...] Dan Enger \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More
The Daily Word 11.29.10: Nielsen And Kirchner Die, Johson And Finnegan Fight, Picasso Art, Scientist Bombs And Wikileaks. Leslie Nielsen died. So did director Irvin Kershner.Watch the Johnson / Finnegan football fight.There were bomb attacks on two Iranian nuclear scientists.A French [...] Nick Brown \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More
This Week's Feature: Alibi’s All-Local Holiday Gift Guide 2010 This Week's Feature: Alibi’s All-Local Holiday Gift Guide 2010 Local Makers 2010—your handcrafted, Albuquerque-centric holiday gift guide. Local Makers: spotlight on some one-of-a-kind local crafters and their crafts. Etsy-Querque: Some of our [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More Cigar Box Guitar Kit, Uptown Gifts (mojocbg.com)
This Week's News/Opinion: Peacecraft Faces Closure; Transgender Day Of Remembrance & Local Events This Week's News/Opinion: Peacecraft Faces Closure; Transgender Day Of Remembrance & Local Events A 1926 hospital building in East Downtown comes back to life as a boutique hotel—behold the conversion in photos. Photo Essay : A [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More The drawing room at the Hotel Parq Central—a place where people once withdrew after dinner—is situated near the hotel's entrance on the first level. The room is decked in vintage ephemera including Albuquerque postcards, an AT & SF railroad map and toy trains. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Rowdy’s Dream Blog #177: I Buy My Sister A Potato-Powered Mp3 Player. I buy my sister a potato-powered MP3 player. There is a canister of them on the counter at the coffee shop. The player [...] Nick Brown \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More
This Week's Music: Fun With Fearless Dutch Jazzman Ben Herman (Tonight!); Le Serpent Rouge This Week's Music: Fun With Fearless Dutch Jazzman Ben Herman (Tonight!); Le Serpent Rouge Jazzed : Well-dressed, genre-hopping, award-winning-amazing Dutch jazzman Benjamin Herman is ready to play anything, anytime; playing tonight at Outpost Performance Space. His 2004 [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More Dutch jazzman Benjamin Herman quotes Louis Armstrong: “Way back, I set myself to be a happy man, and made it.”
This Week's Food & Dining: Foodie Gadget Heaven; Pesce Alla Ligure In Genoa This Week's Food & Dining: Foodie Gadget Heaven; Pesce Alla Ligure In Genoa Mina’s Dish : Mina Yamashita tells you where to go before exchanging gifts with a chef or serious foodie— holiday shopping at National [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More Some of Genoa’s streets are as tight as slot canyons. (Ari LeVaux)
This Week's Film & Tv: Enter The Void, The Car, Physical Sfx & Explosion Workshop, “Conan” This Week's Film & Tv: Enter The Void, The Car, Physical Sfx & Explosion Workshop, “Conan” Reel World : Shave up for the casting call; make stuff go boom; Friends of Film, Video and Arts make funny Film Review [...] Alibi \ Nov 18, 2010 Read More Enter the Void