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Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment
Images reveal bonds between photography and archaeology
The wall cuts horizontally across the photograph. It has vertical holes for an entrance and window. But glass, door, and ceiling have disintegrated It’s a desolate wall. Still, a presence clings to it. People depended on its adobe long ago … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, December 2005
Foreboding territory: Film about sexual harassment grimly fascinating
“The War Between the Sexes” is a term generally used with humor, to describe the flirting, game-playing and jockeying for power that mark relations between males and females in any culture. In the new film “North Country,” however, the War … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, November 2005
Great Stories have timeless appeal
Recently, while casting about for something to read, I came upon a bestselling novel by a current author. About two chapters into the book, I suspected that all was not right with the heroine, a woman in her 30s. I … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, October 2005
Common threads link Polish, Navajo weavers
The flowers and geometric designs seem to dance off the rugs hanging in Farmington’s Downtown Center Gallery, the Farmington Museum’s newest exhibit space. Some tapestries feature bold, bright colors. Others offer more subtle palettes: brown, gray and black. Some tell … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, September 2005
Santa Fe Opera gives apprentices a voice
With an arm around Lindoro, her lover, Rosina hurls an insult at Dr. Bartolo. The old fool will not marry her for her money! Bartolo gapes, wondering how Lindoro got into Rosina’a room, disguised as a drunken soldier. The old … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, August 2005
A man of mettle
Floyd Johnson’s unique hobby has drawn visitors from across the U.S. and abroad to his rural Dolores “Allmosa Ranch.” A community of big and small people, even aliens, on foot and riding in everything from a wagon to a wheelchair, … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, August 2005
Jeff Solon entertains regions jazz-lovers
In a corner of the patio of The Bluffs Restaurant on Farmington’s East Main Street, Jeff Solon finishes adjusting his saxophone strap. Beside him, another musician curls his right hand around an electric guitar’s fret board. The early crowd gathered … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, July 2005
Albuquerque exhibit explores Spain’s soul
“(The city) has never seen a show quite like this,” boasts the Albuquerque Museum’s web page featuring “El Alma de España: The Soul of Spain,” an art show which opened May 15 in the brand-new North Gallery. It’s the first … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, June 2005
Birding festival has Cortez a-flutter
This April brings a new event to Montezuma County, the Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival. Offered through a partnership with the Forest Service, BLM, San Juan Mountains Association, Mesa Verde Country, Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Mesa Verde National Park, … Continue reading
Published in April 2005, Arts & Entertainment
Jersey gal making sweet music in Mancos
Two hours with local jazz singer Joyce Simpson is enough time to make anyone fall in love with her. She’s beautiful, she’s funny, she’s warm, and her voice makes you hope she’ll burst into song right there in the P&D … Continue reading
Published in Arts & Entertainment, December 2003