By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – The Vortex Theatre is preparing to raise the curtain on the world premiere of They Must Be Women Now, a new play by Nedra Pezold Roberts that explores family, identity and the forces that shape women’s lives across generations. The production, directed by RayRey Griego, opens Aug. 14 as […]
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Nob Hill’s Guild Cinema Celebrates 60 years on Route 66
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For six decades, the Guild Cinema has offered Albuquerque moviegoers something they cannot always find at a multiplex. From independent and foreign films to documentaries, cult classics and local productions, the Nob Hill theater has become a destination for audiences looking for a different kind of movie experience. Now, […]
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Bill to restrict cannabis, smoke shop locations goes up in smoke
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Smoke shop and cannabis dispensary owners rolled into the Albuquerque City Council chambers Monday, Aug. 3 and watched a zoning bill that would have separated the two businesses go up in smoke. City councilors voted 6-3 to reject Ordinance O-26-39, sponsored by Councilor Renée Grout at the request of […]
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Get Out! Steve Earl, Kane Brown and Uncle Fest all coming to ABQ (Week of Aug. 7)
Summer can’t possibly be winding down, can it? It’s still a hundred degrees out there. And yet Walreens has already started putting out Halloween decorations. Say it ain’t so! How is it already “back to school” time, a phrase that still puts dread in the hearts of those of us who are too old to […]
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A Brief History of Guild Cinema
This Nob Hill institution first debuted as The Guild Art Theatre, filling its 153 original seats in February of 1966 with a grand opening screening of Red Lanterns, a sequel to Jules Dassin’s Never On Sunday. (That 1962 film about prostitutes in Greece got Don Pancho’s Arts Theater down the block declared “out of bounds” […]
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Albuquerque-based Horizon Review gets lit
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Some art exists only for a moment. A stage performance ends, a gallery exhibit comes down and a reading concludes. For Leah Livingston, editor-in-chief of Horizon Review, those creative moments deserve a life beyond the stage or gallery. That belief inspired the creation of the Albuquerque-based literary and fine […]
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City Council cracks down on stolen copper, brass sales
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Burqueños whose catalytic converters get stolen or whose streetlights go dark because of stripped copper wiring have a new tool aimed at fighting the market for stolen metal after the City Council voted 8-1 Monday night to toughen the city’s recycling laws. The council approved the Sale of Recycled […]
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Procedural mutiny: ABQ City Councilors overrule Council President to block tax ballot measure
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Taxpayers in the Duke City will not see a proposed gross receipts tax increase on their November ballots after city councilors used a procedural move to stop the measure before it reached a vote. During the Aug. 3 City Council meeting, Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn used a parliamentary challenge to […]
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Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute adds to ABQ’s food culture with Indigenous Farmers Market
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – A new Indigenous market at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is giving Indigenous farmers, artisans, bakers and food vendors a place to connect with customers while supporting entrepreneurship and education. The market, which launched in late July, grew out of a U.S. Department of Agriculture extension grant and […]
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Bosque cleanup hauls off 16 tons of debris near Rio Bravo
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Mattresses, tents and scorched brush piled up along the Rio Grande this month as crews worked through Burque’s Bosque between Rio Bravo Boulevard and Interstate 40, clearing fire hazards from the river corridor during a historically dry summer. The third annual, multiagency cleanup wrapped up this week after crews […]