by Nathan Jacquez Daily Lobo By the time you read this, the "Words Afire" play festival will already be barreling along. The annual play festival is host to many up and coming local playwrights and directors at various venues across Albuquerque.
by Michael Sanchez Daily Lobo "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" is a new rockumentary from first-time director Sam Jones, chronicling the now infamous story of Wilco's album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Hailed by fans, Rolling Stone - who called it "a masterpiece" and "the first great album of [2002]" - and alternative press alike, the incredible journey this album took on its way to finally being released is now well-known.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo The Cell Theatre, an up-and-coming creative Downtown hotbed, is presenting an excellent night of drama. The play "Buried Child," by Sam Shepard won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979 and is still fresh and haunting 23 years later.
Staff Report "Blast!," an event that's part of the Ovation Series at Popejoy Hall, is making some big promises. "I was helpless in the path of this visual and aural juggernaut," said Kevin Nance, critic for The Tennessean in a press release. "It far outdoes ("Stomp" and "Riverdance") with youthful energy and cocky panache.
Staff Report Attention all poets, writers and artists, put down your Ramen and canned pea soufflÇ and listen up - Conceptions Southwest is now accepting submissions. And no, they don't pay. Maybe you should hold on to your cuisine. The magazine does publish.
On Saturday Nov. 2, the India Student Association's dance demonstration, featuring guest artist, Deepa Ponnappan focused on the fluid, southern style of Bharatanatyyam. Because of Ponnappan's great attention to detail, skill and beauty were embedded in every piece.
by Kevin Killough Guest Columnist Perhaps you've seen the new anti-ecstasy campaign produced by the Partnership for a Drug Free America. One television commercial shows a girl dancing at a rave, surrounded by lights and music. Suddenly, she falls to the floor sick and unconscious.
by Kevin Killough Guest Columnist Perhaps you've seen the new anti-ecstasy campaign produced by the Partnership for a Drug Free America. One television commercial shows a girl dancing at a rave, surrounded by lights and music. Suddenly, she falls to the floor sick and unconscious.
When I heard that Of A Revolution, better know as O.A.R., was planning to return to Albuquerque Halloween night, I jumped at the invitation to interview the talented quintet. I thought back to my first encounter with the band, just months ago at the Jeep World Tour where they played with Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley and dozens more.
by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo In the Barelas neighborhood south of Downtown, Virginia Hampton, Stephanie Willis and Lloyd Venable have turned the rambling historic building at 929 Fourth St. SW nto an art center. They call it Out Ch'Yonda. Together, Hampton and Willis have produced around 10 plays over the past four years as Omniroots Productions.
by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo In the Barelas neighborhood south of Downtown, Virginia Hampton, Stephanie Willis and Lloyd Venable have turned the rambling historic building at 929 Fourth St. SW nto an art center. They call it Out Ch'Yonda. Together, Hampton and Willis have produced around 10 plays over the past four years as Omniroots Productions.
by Alex Tarrand Daily Lobo Hey ladies, need some quick cash? Tired of asking your parents how much they're going to leave you when they're gone, and them just not getting the hint to die? Well, if your one of those ambitious women who opens gift cards just to announce how much the check inside is worth, then you may be a competitive candidate for next year's voyeur series, "The Bachelor.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo In light of the recent onslaught of half-truths our government is feeding the American public to garner support for deplorably racist foreign policies against the good people of Iraq, I decided to watch "Revenge of the Cheerleaders" in a moment of denial.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo For years MTV and its counterparts have been synonymous with popular culture. MTV decides, in a musical sense, who lives and who dies. Since the early '80s, MTV has decided what people listen to. Within the last ten years, MTV has gone more from music videos into the depths of "Road Rules" marathons and cheesy game shows that last five episodes.
His name is GRONK. He is a magical madman. GRONK the magical madman likes to paint music. Well, sort of. He is actually a very nice man and a visual artist who enjoys using his paintbrush as an instrument. GRONK is visiting UNM from Los Angeles because he and composer Joseph Julian Gonzalez have recently collaborated on a visual/musical piece called "Tormenta Cantada.
Warning: Nerf Herder is not for the mature. Nerf Herder is not for uppity socialites. Nerf Herder should not be played in front of your grandmother nor is it suitable for charity banquets. Do not attempt to drink champagne while listening to Nerf Herder. When Sammy Hagar ridicules and chastises the members of a band, their coolness rating automatically shoots through the roof.
by Michael Sanchez Daily Lobo In a twist of the story of the Prodigal Son from the Bible, comes "Comment J'ai Tue Mon Pere," a film from France that gives us the story of the Prodigal Father. After being absent from his sons' lives for more than twenty years, Maurice (played by Michel Bouquet) attends a party that his oldest son, Jean-Luc (played by the capable Charles Berling) is throwing in Versailles.
by Carilyn Rome Daily Lobo The Theatre X at UNM's Center for the Arts has produced an array of non-commercial productions. All of these shows have left audiences with a new appreciation for performing arts and maybe a new perspective on the world around them.
by Nathan Jacquez Daily Lobo Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville: welcome to "Jackass." What can really be said about a movie based on a show about stupid people doing stupid things - besides the fact that it is inherently hilarious? Any movie that starts and ends with the disclaimer, "the following stunts were performed by professionals, so for your safety and the protection of those around you, Paramount pictures and MTV insist that neither you nor your dumb little buddies attempt any of what you're about to see," automatically earns a top review from me.
by Sahar Anwar Daily Lobo If you skipped Saturday night's show at the Launchpad, then shame on you, because you missed a good one. Local act Unit 7 Drain, which was left drummerless but nevertheless affably tried to make do with a borrowed drummer, opened for non-locals The Spoon.
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