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8th Grader To Represent State at Bee
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 19When 13 year old Joana Fernandez won her school district's Spanish spelling bee, she took the job of representing the district in the state competition very seriously three hours of practice a day serious. It paid off for the eighth grader from Rio Ran... »
Cervantes Festival Features Graffiti
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 18A year of planning, and it's finally ready. The inaugural Festival Cervantes, Writing Art will be held from Thursday through Saturday."We wanted to use music, art and literature to bring different cultures together," says Milly Castañeda Ledwith, cultu... »
Symphonic Chorus quick to establish its own voice
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 15The defunct New Mexico Symphony Orchestra presented some concerts augmented by voices for large choral works. Those voices were known as the NMSO Chorus, and its longtime leader was Roger Melone, the NMSO's resident conductor. Melone is still in the bu... »
Master's legacy a century long
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 15Abad E. Lucero was a renaissance man. The New Mexico native was a furniture maker who made all of his own hardware, oftentimes recycling car parts and bullet casings to do so. He was also a sculptor, painter and photographer and created art well into h... »
Violinist gets another chance at Shostakovich
Albuquerque Nm Journal
Apr 15Musically, violinist David Felberg was prepared. But Felberg wasn't prepared for an unforeseen event. He was to have played Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. But the NMSO shut down a week before the sch... »
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Librotraficante Caravan Stops in New Mexico Bringing Free Speech to Arizona
Democracy For New Mexico
Mar 15From our Southern Correspondent Stephen Jones. The Librotraficante Caravan made a stop at the Mesilla Cultural Center just off the Mesilla Plaza in Thursday morning. The Caravan was in southern New Mexico to bring awareness to the attempt by Arizona... »
Award winning author teaches five-part poetry workshop
Abqarts.com
Mar 08By Kayla Sawyer Valerie Martínez is the author and editor of eight books of poetry and nonfiction; her work »
Writing workshop focuses on female form, uses photography to inspire
Abqarts.com
Mar 08By Kayla Sawyet When it comes to poetry, Jessica Helen Lopez has slammed her way to national recognition, performing »
Women & Creativity 2012: Two Women & Creativity profiles
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Feb 29Meet Jessica Helen Lopez and Valerie Martinez By Kayla Sawyer Jessica Helen Lopez »
Scenario: February 2012
Abqarts.com
Feb 29Being female in the arts no doubt is fraught with the same inequities as women face in day-to-day life. »