It’s time again for the festival that wins my gold medal award for “Best Named Festival” the good ol’ Thirsty Ear Festival in Santa Fe which is happening this weekend June 10, 11 & 12 with a festival kick off party on Thursday (that’s tonight if my dollar store calendar is correct) at Corazon with the lo-fi indie rock band from Columbus, Ohio Times New Viking. The festival is switching More …
The words Albuquerque and comedy are not frequently heard in the same sentence, but the city has come a long way to provide venues for local stand-up comedians to perform—open mic nights, etc.—as well as theater and film productions of which they can be a part. Venues like The Box Performance Space host improv classes, and there are well-attended comedy events popping up all of the time. So it was no surprise that More …
Currents: Santa Fe New Media Festival 2014, celebrating its fifth year from June 13-29, is one of the pre-eminent spots to take in the new in new media. This spans what multimedia artists are making and how also they are incorporating some of the most advanced technologies. How such trends between art ideation and technological invention are influencing the made object and the sensorium by which video and new media art is received, More …