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 […]
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Councilor slams push to revive defeated tobacco-cannabis zoning ordinance
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Albuquerque smoke shop and cannabis dispensary owners could soon have far fewer places to open after Councilor Renée Grout revived a bill she sponsored by request, just days after a City Council committee recommended rejecting it. Planning Director Alan Varela told the Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee on […]
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Sneakerheads line up to buy the first Nike official “Hatch Chile” shoes
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – Sneaker enthusiasts gathered outside Kingswell Nob Hill Friday morning for the exclusive early release of Nike’s new “Hatch Chile” SB Dunk Low, a shoe inspired by New Mexico’s iconic green chile. The Albuquerque skate shop received the shoes a day before the nationwide release through its partnership with Nike, […]
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Heinrich working for bill to share Sandia Mountains management with Sandia Pueblo, short of pueblo’s ask for total control
Pat Davis, The Paper. & New Mexico Political Report— A Sandia Pueblo plan to claim control over about 10,000 acres of national forest, wilderness and public recreation areas on the western slope of the Sandia Mountains – known as the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area – will not be introduced in Congress as written, […]
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Get Out (Weekend of July 31): Monsoon season energizes weekend events
It’s that time of year in Albuquerque: monsoon season. We’re stuck between the heat of early summer and the dampness of late summer. It’s a time of fire and water here in New Mexico. So, it feels appropriate that we’ve got a few events this week that embrace those two primal elements. Check out Neon […]
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Plastic Fantastic: Take a trip inside the toy box with vinyl designer Mikee Riggs
By Sara Atencio-Gonzales, The Paper. – For Mikee Riggs, making toys was never supposed to become a career. Fifteen years ago, he was working at GNC, sketching characters between customers and wondering what came next. “I’m not the kind of person that should work at a GNC, so I was very miserable, and I was […]
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