Mice for dinner again? Can't we be a little more creative in here people? (April 19). I hear New York's finest pickpocket lives in the Monkey House,. He'd be perfect for my team (April 14). I know the Bronx Zoo doesn't like it when you tap on the glass, but I don't…

Without a little dramaturgy, you won’t know where you are. Dramaturgy — which sounds far too much like a major affliction — is the process of establishing physical, social, political and other contexts for a given play.

There are other functions of dramaturgy, too,…

Well folks, this is it.  The end of an era.  Today is the last day of the Morning Fix.  DCF will be changing the format of the Morning Fix and moving it into the Forum section of the site.  It will be called Today in ABQ.  News stories will be still be posted every day for you to comment on, but it will be less labor intensive for those of us that have taken turns with the Morning Fix all these years. A big…

• Albuquerque marine gone wild and viral!
• The food pods are coming!  Now if we can get that falafel cart from NYC over here...
• Caldera still listed on…

• Brokencyde, your music is embarrassing enough... don't make asses of yourselves and then tell people you are a band from Albuquerque.
• One of the coolest things you'll ever see,…

NOB HILL--Whatever the calendar says, Earth Day in Nob Hill means one thing:  the big street fair on Silver Ave. just behind La Montanita Co-op.  This year the "real" Earth Day was a week late.  The party occurred the week before.  And if you missed it, be assured all the regulars were there, Fig Man, bedding…

• I think the odor was gym shoes. 
• Tucanos outta gas on Easter.  Maybe it was a good thing...…

Most of you know that I am a burlesque performer. Most of you know that I am very proud of what I do, and the international community that supports the burlesque movement.  Every day I learn something new, and am in awe of and inspired by what performers in this genre are doing.  It is one of the most eclectic and jaw-dropping performance mediums I have ever known.  The traditional bump, grind, and tease aside - burlesque is…

• APD sharing real-time investigative information with private business groups on social media to help stop crime.  
• Swamp cooler thermostat rebate available. 
• List Porn: …

Ever tried to impress your fantasy girl?  The poet thinks back a few decades to when Albuquerque's used car lot owners were huge celebrities and Masterson entertained those sorts of dreams.  Actually, this sounds a lot like somebody who could be on television today.



Currently an English professor at…

The Recovery Cat Museum is now online, with 30 cartoons and 27 logos

from the past. For the casual reader and the dedicated afficiando.

Kindly visit and enjoy!…

What did you do to celebrate Earth Day?  The kids at Escuela del Sol had a parade!  Check out the way cool giant puppets!  And let me give props to their fabulous art teacher…

It's a favorite joke of mine that pieces for the viola were what killed Brahms, Shostakovich, and Bartok. Even Bloch has an unfinished suite for the instrument - and I'm sure there are others. Fittingly (and unintentionally?), the conductor whose final work is…

Morgan Faulkner earned her Equity card about six months ago, a status symbol among actors, a level of acceptance for professionalism in her industry. Since then she’s not found any work. (Well, she’s a waitress.)

Eight…

• Where will you be next Friday morning at 3am? I'll be sleeping.
• Trolley ride + GPS = fun tourist experience.
• Home sales are…

• Tamarind exhibit gets press in Edinburgh.
• Slate says Gary Johnson is announcing his presidential bid today, and also that he wants to be Ron Paul.
• Taos police don't know who the latest person to jump off the Gorge…

• Local firm among nation's "Top 300 Startups". Begs the question, how many are there, in total?
• National Park Service grant will help Ernie Pyle library.
• Easter Sunday feelgood family film on Hallmark Channel tells a…

• Wild and Scenic Film Festival at The Guild this weekend!
• Possible Gold Leed Certified building was just dedicated at UNM.
• Finally,…