Journal Slaps 12,000 People Give or take. PJ Sedillo, organizer of Albuquerque’s annual Pridefest, says 9,000 tickets were sold. He estimates at least 3,000 watched the rainbow [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More
Thinking Outside The Pine Box Environmentally Friendly Burials Save More Than One Kind Of Green Dienna Genther handcrafts coffins. She has a simple business philosophy, offering a practical alternative to the expensive products sold by mainstream manufacturers.“The majority [...] Marquis Dufek \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More If a knot falls out of a board on one of Dienna Genther’s coffins, she calls it a “spirit hole.” (Corinne Marie Genther)
Feeling The Pinch A Depressed Economy Makes Homeless Care Providers Sweat All around Albuquerque, those who take care of the city’s homeless are being asked to make due with less.As gas and food prices [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More (Rex Barron)
Odds & Ends DATELINE: DENMARK— A note to impassioned animal activists: Eating household pets may not be the best way to further your cause. A group [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
The Udall Economy Restricting Energy Supplies Means Higher Prices Tom Udall’s Senate campaign is running a television ad blaming high gasoline, food and health care costs on “the George W. Bush economy.” [...] Jim Scarantino \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More
Dying Blue Collars Green Youth And City Councilors Ally For Green Jobs Training It started with a survey asking several hundred of Albuquerque’s youth a straight question: “What concerns you?” Most common answer: the environment. Their [...] Skyler Swezy \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More New Mexico Youth Organized poses in front of the “Bus for Change” after a Saturday trash pick-up in Alamosa Park. (Alicia Maldonado)
Weapons Of Mass Distraction “Alternative Radio” Host David Barsamian Says Millions Are Tuning Out Mainstream Media The United States is a threat to Iran, rather than the other way around, says journalist David Barsamian. For 30 years, Armenian author [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More David Barsamian speaks at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice on Friday, June 13. (Simon McCormack)
Answer Me This Cruising for trouble. What’s APS up to? Los Alamos gets a new toy. And what exotic animal found its way to Santa Fe? [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More
Happy Gay Day Alibi staffers disguised as Queen’s Freddie Mercury danced their way up Central in a heavenly float last Saturday, June 14, for the Gay [...] Alibi \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More (Christie Chisholm)
No-Go For 2000 Gold Condos University Area Project Deemed "Too Intense" For The Neighborhood The City Council unanimously told a condo developer that it likes the idea of a project at the 2000 Gold parking lot—just not [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More