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Inside Room 101 of Ted Chavez Hall on the main TVI campus in Albuquerque, students are studying magic. Eager learners zip, zoom, hustle and bustle around the room, weaving among cameras, tables, cords, microphones, chairs, tripods, lights and each other. Instructors bark out strange incantations, phrases such as, “I want power to all my taps!” … Read more

On the edge of the Rio Grande, next to the Angostura Dam, Randy the test dummy was causing a problem. The 165-pound doll – half-submerged in the cold water – refused to float farther into the river despite prods with sticks by officials from the Bernalillo County Aquatics Program. No, it wasn’t a case of … Read more

A brown-haired boy walks up to the counter of the Westgate Library on Albuquerque’s far West Side and asks branch manager Stephanie Miller where to find books on the Holocaust. “Are you doing an assignment?” Miller asks. “I just really want to read about it,” the boy says. Miller leads him to the nearby shelves … Read more

To give an idea of what the Blue Dragon Cafe is all about, co-owner Norman Everett, sitting in overalls and a ski cap at one of the cafe’s tables, tells a story from October. It was around the presidential debates. The Dragon was packed. In one room, poets recited their work for a contest of … Read more

Some Albuquerque residents who have been watching their water use may soon be watching movies – for free. Customers of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority who participated in the conservation program will be eligible to win one of 1,000 $9 gift certificates to Century Theatres in Albuquerque, Mayor Martin Chavez announced Monday. The … Read more

When Jane Putnam painted her mobile home pink, it was all part of her plan. The plastic pink flamingo in the yard was, too. When Jane Putnam painted her mobile home pink, it was all part of her plan. The plastic pink flamingo in the yard was, too. “It’s just like trailer perfect,” jokes the … Read more

A box of crayons and colored pencils sits atop a $2,500 table in a formal dining room. A toy truck is parked in front of a four-car garage. A worn basketball and football rest in a sunken room attached to the downstairs master bedroom. For restaurateur Frank Marcello, owning a $1.3 million, 6,300-square-foot, five-bedroom, 4-bath … Read more

If you ask Walter Webb, Evergreen Hills is the Beverly Hills of Albuquerque. The 77-year-old retired welder and businessman was one of the first to move to the neighborhood roughly 25 years ago. He says the views, the tranquility and the wildlife are what’s so special about the area – a collection of majestic, mountainside … Read more

As far as Christmas presents go, it was one of the worst. On Dec. 24, 2003, Jerry Shipman, president of the Better Business Bureau of New Mexico, wrote some checks and popped them in his mailbox. He raised the red flag and forgot about them. By the middle of January, he discovered someone had stolen … Read more