By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – After a five-year break, the New Mexico Comic Expo is returning to Albuquerque with an emphasis on the people whose artwork, stories and merchandise help build comic book culture. The New Mexico Comic Expo will take place Sept. 26 and 27, bringing comic creators, local vendors and celebrity guests […]
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3 Questions: Leba Freed at the WHEELS Museum
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For more than three decades, Leba Freed has worked to preserve a piece of Albuquerque history that helped shape the city itself. As president of WHEELS Museum, Freed has helped transform a preservation effort at the Albuquerque Rail Yards into a museum dedicated to telling the story of transportation […]
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‘Is the City the Grinch?’ Councilor slams decision to cancel Luminaria Bus Tour
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — For 70 years, Burqueños have celebrated Christmas Eve aboard the Luminaria Bus Tour, riding city buses through the Old Town and Huning Castle neighborhoods to see glowing luminarias and neighbors gathered around bonfires. Now, the city has ended the tradition, saying the tour is no longer cost-effective. At Monday’s […]
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Albuquerque Latin American Film Festival looks to fill need for more diverse cinema
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – When Marjorie Churgin moved to Albuquerque from New York City, she expected to leave behind some of the film culture she had grown accustomed to. Instead, discovering The Guild Cinema eventually helped inspire an effort to bring something she felt the city was missing: a Latin American film festival. […]
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Council Preview: City Council faces decisions on shelter and multiple appeals
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque city councilors on Monday will address development projects, city spending and the future of a controversial overnight shelter during a meeting that also includes a slate of routine appointments and contract approvals. During the Sept. 21 meeting, councilors are expected to formally adopt findings from the last meeting’s […]
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Get Out: Prickly Pear Fest and more this weekend in ABQ
The seasons are changing. It’s time to engage our senses. Pay attention to what the world is sending your way this pivotal time of year. Fire up the neurons in your brain and take in all that your eyes, ears, etc. are feeding you right now. That’s my horoscope for you this week. Tantalize your […]
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Delicious New Mexico builds South Valley processing and storage facility to help connect small New Mexico farmers with buyers
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – A new food aggregation center opening in Albuquerque’s South Valley aims to give small and medium-sized New Mexico farmers and their homegrown food products greater access to schools, senior centers and other institutional markets. The Delicious New Mexico Aggregation Center is scheduled to open Sept. 18 as an addition […]
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Albuquerque gets serious about AI with new citywide rules
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Residents in the Duke City will soon be able to track the artificial intelligence tools used by city government, voice concerns to a new advisory board and see new AI rules for city tech vendors after the City Council approved a trio of ordinances targeting AI in city government. […]
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Native American Community Academy’s “Radical Poets Brave Voices” teaches give-and-take of slam poetry to Indigenous students
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Students at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) took to the microphone last Wednesday evening for a night centered on poetry, storytelling and the power of sharing their own experiences. NACA’s Literacy Night, held Sept. 9 at the school’s CNM campus, featured a student poetry slam and open mic […]
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Veterans For Peace billboard off I-40 urges troops, FBI, ICE to refuse ‘unlawful’ orders
An electronic billboard on the south side of the I-40 exit at Wyoming Boulevard displays a message from Veterans For Peace Chapter 63, which serves Albuquerque and Central and Southern New Mexico. The sign debuted from Monday, Sept. 14, runs through through the midterm election and was purchased by chapter members Robert L. Anderson, Charles […]