Friday Voyage: Yucatán II: Uxmal
Epitomizing the region's architectural style, Uxmal remains one of the most important archaeological sites for study of Maya culture.
The Age of Lies
If there is human life one hundred years from now, and analysts refer to our time, it may well be dubbed the Age of Lies like the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. Going much farther back into the mist of prehistory, they may call it the Period of Lies, like the Cretaceous or Jurassic. Of course for this to happen those analysts would have to retain some understanding of what constitutes truth and how to sort impressive advertising from what really was. This may be difficult because lies beget lies and the habit of truth is (sometimes permanently) eroded…
Gone Fishing — New Works by Heidi Pollard
Local artist Heidi Pollard has seventeen new gouaches at The Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale Blvd. SE. The show opened February 6th and will be up through the end of March. The small but alive and evocative images shouldn’t be missed; viewers are welcome from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or during the Outpost’s regularly scheduled performances.
In contrast with most spaces that are not designed specifically as galleries, The Outpost is a good place to see art. It shows this work off to its best advantage, the pristine gray walls really popping the luminous colors….
Friday Voyage: Yucatán, Part 1: Chichén Itzá
Margaret Randall begins a series on the Yucatán with this ancient metropolis, home to over 200,000 people in the ancient world.
The Role of Small Presses in Fortifying Literature
San Antonio-based Wings Press and other regional small presses offer relevance and empowerment in the face of conservative backlash.
What Happens When We Don’t Remember: Tlatelolco
Witnessing a political massacre and the surreal experience of walking through a museum dedicated to it.
Frida’s Bathroom: A Contested Space
A locked room gives a glimpse into the mystery, complexity and strength of a Mexican icon.
Goodbye, Tony
Albuquerque, New Mexico, the world of justice, and poetry lost E. A. “Tony” Mares just after noon on January 30, 2015. Tony was gentle and kind but tough and righteous when the situation called for those qualities. With deep roots in this land and its people, his scholarship extended to Spain and Mexico in search of early events and figures of relevance; and showed up in his prolific poetry, articles, and in the memories of generations of grateful students…
Friday Voyage: Mexico City
The Aztecs called it Tenochtitlán; and the city that rose from a lake is still slowly revealing its ancient secrets to a modern metropolis.
‘I, the worst of all women’
The life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the brilliant and defiant 17th century religious sister and author who's become a feminist icon.