“By the Power of Grayskull!” When you hear that phrase, you are taken back in time - sitting in front of your television on a Saturday morning with a bowl of cereal watching He-Man and The Master of the Universe. The classic Saturday morning cartoon is discovering a resurgence under the direction of Kevin Smith. Masters of the Universe Revelation, premiering on July 23rd on Netflix, picks up where the iconic characters left off decades ago. After a cataclysmic battle between

The Adobe Theater’s final online-only presentation (before going back to live audiences in October) is Native American Voices – five short plays written, directed, and performed by Native Americans. Each play expresses the humanity that we all share and that ultimately brings us closer together. The plays will be directed by Kim Delfina Gleason (Executive Director of Two Worlds NM), Stanley Shunkamolah, and Jay Muskett. They Shoot Basketballs, Don’t They? By Claude Jackson, J

The Levitt AMP Gallup Music Series announces its 2021 headlining performers featuring a diverse set of artists that will perform music spanning genres from country to reggae at El Morro Theatre each Thursday evening from August 12 to September 23. So grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to tune in online or in person! The lineup for this year’s concert series features: 8/12: Felix y Los Gatos (Albuquerque, NM) 8/19: Alice Wallace (Nashville, TN) 8/26: Jesse D

AMarie Castillo is a hometown girl who followed her dreams. But found herself moving back to the Land of Enchantment unexpectedly. Sadly, her mom passed away from cancer, leaving her to help raise her sister’s kids with her stepdad. Many would have seen this situation as the end of their career. But for Castillo, the pandemic taught me anything is possible, and you can make anything happen anywhere. While creating a game plan, she fell in love with Albuquerque all over again

What inspired this event to come to fruition? ABQ Artwalk launched three years ago as a simple art collective organizing multiple downtown events. Even though the collective had been organizing art & music events since late 2015, it wasn’t till 2018 that the collective started to find itself hosting multiple art events at various venues - the birth of the Albuquerque Artwalk. ABQ Artwalk’s mission is to elevate New Mexico’s emerging creative economy by supporting local creati

By Winter Elise Welcome to Art Nueva. Where a renaissance woman makes art to celebrate the living and the dead. With big plans and bigger sculptor’s pieces in the works, Art Nueva is a name you should commit to memory. Southwestern-inspired pieces ranging from necklaces to wall art to installation pieces. This bone-collector makes pieces that will send chills down your spine. A few years ago, Scar Letta, owner of Art Nueva, lived in the mountains of New Mexico. During her lon

The New Mexico Film Office announces The Artist, a multimedia game and interactive experience by Electric Playhouse Inc. is being produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico though the end of July 2021. “New Mexico’s creative economy is one of its best assets, we are at the epicenter of left brains and right brains, creators and disruptors. Electric Playhouse is the essence of the creative culture that exists in our state and their project, an interactive gamified dining experience,

Why do these storythons bring such excitement? Because everyone always comes up with such great stories. It's been surprising to me how well this event works to bring out everyone's creativity Do you find new, inspired writers coming through every time? New writers? Sometimes, but not all the time. I generally get one new writer per event. The rest are writers looking to accomplish a writing goal or looking to restart their creative writing. Why do you have such a love for th