Other ¡Globalquerque! Attractions The festival is called ¡Globalquerque!, but it has a little addendum to its name that’s worth noting: “New Mexico’s Annual Celebration of World [...] Mel Minter \ Sep 15, 2011 Read More
Cedric Watson: A World Of Music In One Man A World Of Music In One Man If you’re putting together a world music festival, fiddler/accordionist/singer/songwriter Cedric Watson gives you a head start. The Creole music that the four-time Grammy [...] Mel Minter \ Sep 15, 2011 Read More
What’s World? Musicians Comment On Their Place In The Global Scene Musicians Comment On Their Place In The Global Scene World music.The term irks me like a pebble in the shoe. If it’s in the world and it’s music, literally all music is [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 15, 2011 Read More
Five Seven Five: The Winners Of Our 19Th Annual Haiku Contest The Winners Of Our 19 Th Annual Haiku Contest After announcingour yearly haiku contest,mail and comments rained.It seems many thinkthat one must know Japaneseto write a haiku.It’s true: Our lettersystems are vastly [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 08, 2011 Read More
Prison Missives: From The Inside Out And Back Again Radio Project Reaches Out To Inmates And Their Families, Breaking The Silence Around America’s Prisons It started with a chess game. Volunteer radio DJ Nick Szuberla challenged the Wallens Ridge State Prison to offer up its most skilled [...] Marisa Demarco \ Sep 01, 2011 Read More Nick Szuberla and the Media Literacy Project collected stories that will be shared on community cable channel 27, KUNM and at kitescampaigns.org. Call in your prison-related tale: (877) 518-0606. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Operation Art Box: Creative Types Give The Alibi (And Central) A Makeover We put out a call to local artists, asking them to show us how they’d redesign an Alibi distribution box. We were subsequently [...] Summer Olsson \ Aug 25, 2011 Read More
Dangerous Dogs Since 2005, seven dogs residing in zip code 87121 (south of Central between 98 th Street and Coors) have been monitored by the [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Bicycle Deaths Ghost bikes are descanso s (roadside memorials) that remind us of cyclists killed by vehicles. Although the New Mexico Department of Transportation documents [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Duis Although we can’t tell you which roads are guaranteed to bring you home safe on a Friday night, we can tell you which [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Car Crashes We can’t always blame it on the booze. Sometimes bad drivers are just bad drivers, particularly on Paseo del Norte. A report by [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
