Convincing posts have already been written about the thunder that is Bosque del Apache at 7am:

• You. Must. See. This. by Gant
• Trip to Bosque del Apache by mjh

So I'll keep my report brief. Under a minute, in…

Images of war always evoke a gut response from audiences, especially these days, but when Revolutions founder and artistic director Joe Peracchio told the full crowd at last Tuesday’s presentation of …

Tengo que ask you something. If there was a god, would I still be making government cheese quesadillas? The rey of this neighborhood represented the old cholo ways. If you don’t get out of my yarda, I’m going to call the loco house to come and pick you up. It’s my birth derecho. And finally, I am not your translation servicio! ¿A poco? No me digas. ¡Ay!…

The line of theater-goers stretched across the entire grease-stained driveway of The Filling Station last Saturday for the revival of Tricklock Company’s much missed late night cabaret variety show, The Reptilian Lounge, where the chance of catching new and exciting performance artists and the…

.... presumably they are debating about what they really think, but don't want the rest of us to hear.

Joe Carraro Debate with Sheriff Darren White. Bernalillo County Leadership Breakfast, JB’s Restaurant, Hotel Circle (Behind the Owl Cafe), 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.…

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Isadora, Ersilia, Ottavia, Armilla, or Bersabea? The shadow-puppet animators of Poland’s Teatr Figur transport their audience to each of these beautiful, literary cities in The Smell of Elephants After the Rain, which made its…

• N.M. unemployment ticks upward.
• Federal Judge Don Svet berated Rev. John Dear at his sentencing Thursday for the 2006 "Elevator Nine" failed visit to Sen. Domenici's Frontierland office. Calling the Catholic priest "a phony" and "a coward," Svet nonetheless figured Dear is genuine and brave enough…

Poofy du Vey is an "oh no, front row!" kind of clown performance artist, even though spectators seated safely in the top risers of UNM’s Theatre X on Wednesday night got a little dose of her special social awkwardness, too.

One unlucky but willing victim in the row behind me, Patty, was led to the stage to help Poofy pantomime her way…

Remember back when the Martin Heinrich campaign had a contest to raise $20,000 through their website at the end of the year? Five lucky winners would get to have dinner with Martin at Scalo. Well, the five winners had their date lunch with Martin and spent the time discussing ideas with the…

I'm still recovering my sense of taste, so this post will be a physical excursion rather than a culinary one. Down south and a bit east of us is a quiet national monument that makes an ideal day getaway from Albuquerque.

Despite the directions that…

• MF idol and former Rio Rancho mayor Kevin Jackson is back, this time the target of a lawsuit from his former faith-based non-profit alleging embezzlement.
• SF Reporter looks at perils of venturing from the ski slopes into the…

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The Extreme Makeover is complete and the Martinez family have a fancy new home. Albuquerque Journal has all the details and lots more…

These field trips look like a good time: