Wipe Out Artists Say The Removal Of Graffiti Murals Is More Than Just Cleanup; It Stamps Out A Tradition Of Public Space Reclamation Part two of a two-part series. Read Part one here.Renowned Albuquerque artist and graffiti writer Mike (Ipiotis) 360 doesn’t like blank walls; they [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 17, 2007 Read More The wall around Amigos y Amigas at 1020 Edith before it was painted over. (Courtesey of Mike 360)
Heroes Honoring The Work Of Frank Sanchez Last week, while I was meeting with a community organizer who works for Albuquerque Interfaith, she asked me, “Who do you think of [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ May 17, 2007 Read More
Their Turn Albuquerque Youth Ask The City Council To Approve An Arts Space Just For Them A runty Slayer T-shirt is adrift in a lake of beige, blue and gray suits. It floats down through clumps of swollen shoulder [...] Laura Marrich \ May 17, 2007 Read More With funding from the city, the old Ice House building (and its snack bar) may get a new life as a teen-run arts space. (Laura Marrich)
Opera Unlimited Not Just Fat Ladies In Steel Bras There’s singing. Then there’s singing. The 6- and 7-year-olds at East San Jose Elementary School had most likely never heard a soprano singing [...] Jim Scarantino \ May 10, 2007 Read More Kids performing in Opera Unlimited’s production of The Mikado .
Repast With Palast The Rock Star Of Investigative Reporting Santa Fe’s Lensic Theater. A packed house. Techno rap rattles the sound system. A gruff baritone on full automatic slams rhymes of defiance [...] Jim Scarantino \ May 10, 2007 Read More
The End Of The Spear Our Obsession With War One of the amenities of living in this high-tech world that our household most enjoys sampling is Netflix. We watch films ordered from [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ May 10, 2007 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: Italy— A fan of the AC Milan soccer team, angry over the poor performance of Brazilian-born goalie Dida, put the player up [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 10, 2007 Read More
Thin Line How to be an American Journalist, Part II —Last week, “Thin Line” focused on an eye-opening documentary by Bill Moyers on how the [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 10, 2007 Read More
White Wash Clean-Up Of Graffiti Murals Angers Artists Part One Of A Two-Part Series Sofa’s been writing graffiti for 17 years. He was arrested for it three times in his younger days, back when he was going [...] Marisa Demarco \ May 10, 2007 Read More Graffiti artist Rock stands in front of the now-blank wall that used to exhibit his crocodile hunter tribute behind the Pop ‘n’ Taco on Central and Edith. (Xavier Mascareñas)
Aztec It To The Man I just read your interview with film maker Salvador Carrasco about his movie The Other Conquest and its re-release in the states [Film [...] Alibi \ May 10, 2007 Read More