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
¡Globalquerque! Evening Music Schedule Performers are listed here roughly in order of appearance, starting at 6 p.m. Go to globalquerque.com for detailed information. Yuri Yunakov Ensemble (Bulgaria)Te [...] Mel Minter \ Sep 15, 2011 Read More Buffy Sainte-Marie
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
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
Sandia Labs Mixed Waste Landfill The EPA says the Sandia Labs Mixed Waste Landfill isn’t a threat, but a 2011 report by Citizen Action says otherwise. The mixed-waste [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Kirtland Air Force Base Kirtland Air Force Base is a morass of frightening stuff—namely, nuclear weapons and a massive jet fuel hemorrhage. Although Air Force head honchos [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Tales From The Blotter Here are highlights from the June 2011 Albuquerque Police Department Monthly Report ( cabq.gov/police/reports). They happened in a ’hood near you. (EK) Southeast [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
Corporate Coffee Beware the coffee! This is the very McDonald’s where, in 1992, Stella Liebeck ordered a 49 cent cup of joe and then spilled [...] Alibi \ Aug 18, 2011 Read More
