Sunday, May 11, 2008 Recollections of A Life Spent Trying Harder By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer “Taking on Giants — Fabián Chávez Jr. and New Mexico Politics” by David Roybal UNM Press, $27.95, 304 pp. This engaging biography is about Fabián Chávez Jr., one of ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Politics, Then and Now By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer “In Justice,” by David Iglesias with Davin Seay Wiley, $25.95, 256 pp. David Iglesias' first foray into New Mexico politics came in 1998, when he ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Dog's Best Friend To Have Day By David Steinberg Of the Journal Ted Kerasote, author of “Merle's Door, Lessons from a Freethinking Dog,” will discuss his book at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15 at Page One, 11018 Montgomery NE. Kerasote, a wilderness writer, found ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Former Garage in Barelas Gets New Life in Arts By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer There's a new performance space in town, and its owners want it to be more than that. The space, in the Barelas neighborhood just south of Downtown Albuquerque, is called The ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Canadian Inspired by News, Hockey By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards says her ideas for songs can come out of conversations just as easily as from observations. “It's watching some of life's moments right in ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 East Indian Ensemble Rooted in Chanting By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Maybe the name dhrupad means nothing to you. But to singer Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar, it means everything. Dhrupad, according to Dagar, is one of the oldest forms of East Indian classical ... full story 05/10/08
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Jazz Trio Going Off-The-Cuff By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Albuquerque jazz pianist Jeff Brown is leading a trio in concert this week whose drummer lives in Kansas and whose bassist is in college in Texas. One question might be: When will they have time to ... full story 05/10/08
Friday, May 09, 2008 Los Reyes Preserving Music of Mexico By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Two anniversaries will be celebrated in concert this weekend. One is the 15th anniversary of the multicultural Albuquerque arts program Lo Madura de La Cultura ... full story 05/09/08
Monday, May 5, 2008 AHS Seniors Revive Tradition of Giving Artwork to School By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer Credit the students - many, not a few - at Albuquerque High School for restarting an old tradition. The tradition, which lapsed for at least several decades, was that ... full story 05/04/08
Sunday, May 04, 2008 'La Traviata' Among '09 S.F. Opera Offerings By David Steinberg Journal Staff Writer SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2009 festival season repertory and presented its general director-designate Charles MacKay. MacKay, who is only the third ... full story 05/03/08