Spencer Beckwith On The Arts
Twice A Month During KUNM's Broadcast Of NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday"
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New Mexico can claim an important role in the career of Ida Kavafian. Every summer, the acclaimed violinist travels here from her home on the East Coast.…
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Barelas is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Albuquerque. It was established in 1662 -- before the laying out of Albuquerque's Old Town. Today, Barelas…
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Budget cuts have left music education virtually absent from New Mexico's public schools. Fortunately, local non-profits have been working imaginatively…
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Scattered throughout New Mexico, in cities like Santa Fe and Albuquerque, as well as in small towns like Cordova, Las Trampas and El Rito, are dozens of…
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The Santa Fe Dreamers Project, a non-profit offering free legal services to immigrants, has what amounts to an artist-in-residence this year. hazel…
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Frank and Pilar Leto met over 30 years ago at a Carnaval parade in San Francisco, and they've been celebrating Carnaval ever since. Notably, with a joyful…
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Audiences in Albuquerque have watched Ishan Loomba grow up. He gave his first solo recital here at the age of eight, his orchestral debut came at ten, and…
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Betty Busby is based in Albuquerque but her work wins awards and acclaim around the world. What she creates are called quilts, but they're more accurately…
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In addition to Netflix recently naming Albuquerque its U.S. production hub, the city was also cited by the trade magazine MovieMaker as its No. 1 big city…
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Since 2017, German artist Robert Stokowy has been researching, and reflecting upon, the sonic environments of cities -- among them, Berlin, Miami and…