Experiments in Cinema v21.5 (Thursday 16, Film) Albuquerque’s homegrown, international experimental film festival comes back for what looks to be its 21st year of existence. It runs Thursday, April 16 through Sunday, April 19 at Nob Hill’s Guild Cinema (3405 Central Ave. NE). In addition to films from around the world, Experiments in Cinema v21.5 includes a presentation of queer experimental shorts curated by […]
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Albuquerque’s Food Truck Festival Marks 10 Years of Flavor at Balloon Fiesta Park This Weekend
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – The 11th Annual Great New Mexico Food Truck and Craft Beverage Festival is set to return to Balloon Fiesta Park on April 18, bringing a full day of food, drinks and entertainment to Albuquerque. Hosted by Food Truck Festivals of America, the event has become one of the area’s most anticipated […]
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Theatre 3 Contemplates Love in “How the Stars Used to Shine There”
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. — A decade after it was first written, How the Stars Used to Shine There is finally getting a fresh life on stage at Theatre 3. Co-written by Michelle Lawson-Hughes and Jenny Hoffman, the play explores what happens after a relationship ends and what might be said if two people had one […]
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Women Who Run ABQ: Liz McKenzie is creating, connecting and finding meaning through it all
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales — In Albuquerque, Liz McKenzie is not easy to define. She is a chef, a baker, a business owner, a musician and an ultrarunner. But when asked who she is beyond all of that, her answer starts somewhere deeper. “I like to reflect a lot and just kind of see how far […]
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Rio Rancho Players open new theater with airport comedy-drama
Rio Rancho’s community theater group takes the stage at a new home this month, opening It Happened at the Airport — two one-act plays set in an airline terminal — at their new location on NM 528. Rio Rancho Players, a program of Rio Rancho Creative Crossroads, will perform at 1640A 528/Pat D’Arco Hwy, a […]
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Women Who Run ABQ: Chef Marie Yniguez is Cooking Up Something Deeper Than Food in Albuquerque
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper — For Chef Marie Yniguez, the title itself does not quite fit. “You know, people consider me a chef. I’m just a good-ass glorified line cook,” says Yniguez. But in Albuquerque, Yniguez has become something more than that. Through her food, her businesses and her presence in the community, she has […]
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Writer/Journalist Probes His Family’s, His State’s and the Very Universe’s connection to Atomic History
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper — Albuquerque writer and journalist Ty Bannerman begins his new book with a personal question. Where do we come from, and how does history shape who we become? In his memoir Nuclear Family, Bannerman explores those questions by tracing his family’s connection to one of the most consequential scientific developments in […]
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Jemez Historic Site marks Earth Day with hike, hands-on cultural activities
Visitors to Jemez Historic Site can explore Indigenous connections to the Jemez Mountains during a special Earth Day celebration April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Site staff will lead a 3.2-mile guided hike to Oak Canyon — an area not typically open to the public — from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with […]
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A New Mexico senator earns James Beard nomination alongside Mesa Provisions, Bow & Arrow Brewing
The James Beard Awards are some of the most competitive and prestigious recognitions in food and beverage, so how did a New Mexico politician end up on the list alongside a local chef and brewery? Albuquerque chef Steve Riley of Mesa Provisions in Nob Hill and Bow & Arrow Brewing, a Native women-owned brewery founded […]
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Hyatt Regency Tamaya marks 25 years with anniversary package, memories campaign
A Sandoval County resort celebrating a quarter-century of welcoming guests is marking the milestone with a new discount package and a community memories campaign. Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, located on 500 acres of the Santa Ana Pueblo between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, turns 25 this year. To commemorate the anniversary, the resort launched […]