Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (Friday 13, Film) The world’s premiere mountain sports and culture film festival heads to Albuquerque on its world tour. Banff Mountain Film Festival hits the KiMo Theatre (423 Central Ave. NW) on Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14. Each night, starting at 7 p.m. the festival presents a […]
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Photographer Nathaniel Paolinelli Captures the Humans Behind the Hydraulics in Seventh & Central: Lowriders
On Sundays in Albuquerque, engines idle low along Central Avenue. Families gather along the sidewalks as candy-painted Chevys glide past murals and storefronts. At Seventh Street and Central, a photographer found not only striking images, but a community that would reshape how he sees his hometown. For Nathaniel Tetsuro Paolinelli, the project that became Seventh […]
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The boss’ daughter becomes the boss at High Noon in Old Town
For Carla Villa, running High Noon Restaurant & Saloon is more than managing a well-known Old Town restaurant. It means carrying forward a family legacy while leading one of Albuquerque’s long-standing local businesses as a woman in the industry. About this series March marks Women’s History Month, a time dedicated to recognizing the achievements and […]
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Boba Catch: Rio Rancho’s quirky new entertainment hub
By Noah Gollin, The Paper. — Boba Catch, the new entertainment center in Rio Rancho, feels almost too surreal to exist. It is a claw arcade and boba tea shop fitted with a Korean ramen bar, ice cream, and full-body VR simulators. A large, Transformers-esque animatronic robot greets you at the door. It is not […]
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Diane Denish: A Women’s Day reminder from Gallup
Corner to Corner Diane Denish is a former lieutenant governor of New Mexico. She is a native of Hobbs and now lives in Albuquerque. Reach her at diane@dianedenish.com This was the week to celebrate International Women’s Day, designated March 8. Honestly, I hadn’t paid much attention beyond reading headlines about observances. But I was drawn […]
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Poetry Out Loud Allows Students to Speak Their Truth
High school students from across New Mexico take the stage this weekend to compete in the state finals of the Poetry Out Loud competition, marking the program’s first time being held in Albuquerque. The event takes place Sunday, March 8 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, where 11 finalists will recite poems they have memorized […]
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Get Out! (March 5-11)
24th Annual KlezmerQuerque (Fri. 6, Festival) KlezmerQuerque is an annual celebration of Jewish arts and culture, including Klezmer and traditional Jewish music, Yiddish language, songs and dance, concerts, Shabbat services and hands-on workshops. It happens at Congregation Nahalat Shalom (3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW) on Friday, March 6, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 7, […]
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Albuquerque’s Mayor said arrests were “Not the solution” to homelessness. Yet jail bookings have skyrocketed.
By Nicole Santa Cruz and Ruth Talbot, ProPublica, photography by Ramsay de Give for ProPublica — During his reelection campaign last fall, the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, criticized his challenger for suggesting the city should get tougher on the homeless population. Such an approach would be cruel, Tim Keller said during a televised debate […]
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Funny Fiesta Gets Serious
What started as an effort to support Albuquerque comedians and artists has evolved into the city’s most ambitious comedy week yet. The ABQ Funny Fiesta returns this year not just as a weekend event, but as a full week of stand-up, improv and variety programming spread across eight Downtown venues. With 27 shows, dozens of […]
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New Mexico Goatheads Build Momentum for Inaugural Season
As the New Mexico Goatheads prepare to drop the puck on their inaugural season, the front office has hit the ice running. It was May 7 of last year when guests in sharp suits gathered at the Rio Rancho Events Center to make it official: Pro hockey was coming back to New Mexico. The team […]
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