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We know, you’re done with politics and elections. Burque still has one more round of those to go, but for today can we just take a break and dig into something a little different?

This week, The Paper. explores ABQ’s underground and big league poetry scenes (the new National Poet Laureate is a New Mexican, ICYMI, and we talked to him).

Pick up The Paper on stands this week for that and more (including election wrap ups from City Desk)…

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“Come to write. Come to witness. Come to call the spirits within us,” was the tagline for a semi-underground, Halloween-themed poetry slam at a dark venue

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In a quiet classroom at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) in Albuquerque, Manuel González asks his students to write to their ancestors during

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When I finally got Santa Fe-based poet Arthur Sze on the phone, I couldn’t resist asking him how he was feeling in the moment. On the morning of the

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Inside the walls of New Mexico’s juvenile detention centers, dance has become a quiet act of creativity. For nearly three decades, Keshet Dance Company’s



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Thursday, November 6th from 6-9pm, join us on the patio for the Chris Dracup Trio. Known for his soulful electric and acoustic blues, Chris brings the spirit of the southern delta to life with masterful slide guitar and original songwriting that resonates across the Southwest.The weather’s warming up, the patio is calling, and the good eats and cold beer are waiting. Settle in for a laid-back evening of live music and local flavor.

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Collect Gallery is hosting a free music show in our space Thursday, November 13, at 8PM.

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Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of nm.news. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.