The Albuquerque Folk Festival Says It’s Hip To Be Square Dancing The 13 Th Annual Albuquerque Folk Festival Says It’s Hip To Be Square Dancing What can you do at the folk festival? Almost everything. (Within limits, people. Keep your pants on.) The aforementioned question is posed at [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Music
Culture Shock: Submit Your Ideas To Art-Ify Some Alibi Boxes Arty Boxes I always want to see more art in the streets. Sometimes I walk past a banged-up paper distribution stand, electric box or dumpster [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Art
Feature: The Winners Of Our Flash Fiction Contest The Winners Of Our Flash Fiction Contest Entries started pouring in as soon as we announced this year’s Flash Fiction contest. It was like that closet you haphazardly throw things [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Feature
Poetry News: Artist In Residence At Nhcc Explains Projects, Joins Regional Slam Competition Nhcc’s Resident Word-Slinger Will Join Southwest Shootout Joaquin Zihuatanejo radiates enthusiasm. When I was introduced to him at a poetry reading two weeks ago, he looked like a kid who [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Art
Odds & Ends: Wife Overboard, Most Pierced Woman Marries, Boob Job Promise Present, Deadly Flying Bear, Cemetery Sex Odds & Ends: Wife Overboard, Most Pierced Woman Marries, Boob Job Promise Present, Deadly Flying Bear, Cemetery Sex Dateline: Sweden— An intoxicated sailor sparked a major sea rescue operation by reporting that his wife had fallen overboard—even though, as it later [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 16, 2011 News
Poets Shoot Each Other With Words In Regional Slam Competition Slam Poets Shoot Each Other With Words Poets from around the country will take aim and fire at one another, turning Albuquerque into an O.K. Corral of lyricism. The 2011 [...] Summer Olsson \ Jun 16, 2011 Art
Mina's Dish: Dance Studio And Diner Combo Comes Out Swinging Dance Studio And Diner Combo Comes Out Swinging In 1927, Lindberg crossed the Atlantic and the world began dancing the Lindy. Energetic devotees swing on—and Rachel Green makes a career of [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jun 16, 2011 Food
Week In Sloth: Voltron Returns, Miss Usa Gets Crowned, More Cake Decorating Shows Debut The Week In Sloth “Voltron Force” (Nicktoons 6:30 p.m.) The popular ’80s anime gets rebooted for a new generation. The Truth Below (MTV 11 p.m.) In this [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 16, 2011 Film
Flyer On The Wall: I Heart Lady Legs I Heart Lady Legs Multiple flyers featuring ladies’ backsides were available for this week’s micro-column. Of them, we most fancied the bold graphics and utter trashiness of [...] Alibi \ Jun 16, 2011 Music
Music To Your Ears: Father’s Day Edition Cheers To Dad When I was little, my father made me memorize Wordsworth poems and frequently took me and my sister to Shakespeare plays. But he [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 16, 2011 Music Bobby Hendricks' Drifters