Show Up!: Sure As The Sandias Rise Like Olympus Above El Valle “I stopped an old man along the way/ Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies/ He turned to me as [...] August March \ Jun 07, 2018 Music Sleep (courtesy of the artist)
Culture Shock: Pathways To The Past New Public Art Project Honors And Illuminates The History Of Mountain Road Mountain Road has a unique pull—it’s certainly not like every road cutting an east-west path across the city. Artist Juliana Coles enumerated a [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Art (Al Parra and Friends of Mountain Road)
Found Objects: Rezartx, Shakespeare On The Rail, Red Planet Still Resonant Rezilience, sometimes also known as REZARTX, is back for the third year running, bringing a celebration of Indigenous arts to the National Hispanic [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Art (Courtesy of Tanaya Winder and REZARTX)
Try This At Home: After The Rain Jessica O’brien’s Monsoon Season Cocktail For this issue I got to interview Jessica O’Brien, the cocktail master at Sister Bar. A true artist in the medium of booze, [...] Robin Babb \ Jun 07, 2018 Food Jessica O’Brien’s drink inspired by the first rain (Jessica O’Brien)
Cocktail Culture: Jessica O’brien Jessica O’brien Makes Weekly Cocktail Masterpieces At Sister If you follow Sister Bar on social media (or, you know, if you actually go to the bar), you’ve likely seen one of [...] Robin Babb \ Jun 07, 2018 Food Jessica O'Brien mixes up a custom cocktail for her Monday night pop-up (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Golf, Bike Lanes And No Ice Council Focuses On Quality Of Life The fourth of June brought in a sparse crowd for a short two-hour Albuquerque City Council regular meeting where more golf entertainment options [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 07, 2018 News The jocular members of the council (Eric Williams Photography)
Newscity: Art Woes Continue, Aps Requests Funds For Failing School, Clarkson Sues Nmsu Over Termination Art Woes Continue During a press conference last week, Mayor Tim Keller told reporters that while ART construction is nearing completion, many issues continue to plague [...] Joshua Lee \ Jun 07, 2018 News
Sonic Reducer: Eric Lisausky And Theo Rego In case you want to know, Eric Lisausky is the brains behind YOU, an Albuquerque-based prog-rock band that absolutely established a new standard [...] Alibi \ Jun 07, 2018 Music
Arts Interview: Vanesa Coloma Vanesa Coloma's Homage To A Golden Age Kicks Off Flamenco Festival To watch Vanesa Coloma dance—especially in her show Flamenklórica—is to see an innovator flexing skilled creative muscle. Mesmerizing footwork is woven between spoken [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Art Vanesa Coloma brings a new golden age of flamenco to the stage as part this year’s Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque (Celina Yeyén)
Cookbook Review: More With Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple Jodi Moreno’s First Cookbook Combines Whole Foods And Big Flavor I tend to gravitate towards cookbooks with recipes that are very similar to things I already cook. That seems like a pretty reasonable [...] Robin Babb \ May 31, 2018 Food Jodi Moreno’s first cookbook is a flavorful “how to cook” guide (courtesy of the publisher)