Daily Lobo 10/03/2022

Balloon Fiesta celebrates fifty yearsin the sky

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By Maddie Pukite

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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta took flight for the 50th time at Balloon Fiesta Park on Satur day, Oct. 1st, sending hundreds of hot air balloons up into the sky once again to enchant the thousands of visitors who will gather from the first through the ninth of the month.

The Fiesta is an event that attracts both balloonists and visitors from all around the world. The event being hosted in Albuqerque was no matter of chance: the so-called “Albuquer que Box,” a mix of weather patterns and landscape, providesperfect con ditions for flying, according to the Fiesta’s website.

Bill Butler, who has piloted at the Fiesta for the past 25 years and goes by the name “Captain Bill,” said that it is an event you have to experience to understand and encouraged ev eryone to come out.

Also commemorating 25 years at the Fiesta are Nader Vadiee, a retired professor from the Univer sity of New Mexico, and Meran Vadiee, his wife. For the duration of the Fiesta, they will be selling Southwestern-style jewelry in the Artisan Goods tent.

“I’m very happy that they are sustaining this event. And it’s a good promotion for Albuquerque visitors. This was a very insightful investment (for) the people who started this. Now we are celebrating the 50th year, which is great,” Nader

Vadiee said.

A first for this year’s festivities is an Aerial Drone Light Show at 5:45 a.m. on days of the festival, sponsored by Sandia Resort and Casino. This show features drones lighting up differ ent images in the sky an hour and fifteen minutes before the balloons take flight. With the additional fes tivities and excitement for the 50th year, Nader Vadiee said he looks for ward to the event, and hopes for a clear sky.

“It’s a nice happy family event … Colorful, exciting, magnificent … (You) meet a lot of nice people. You’ll meet a lot of people from all over the world, from all over the United States. They appreciate art (and) have disposable money to buy art,” Nader Vadiee said.

Two of the balloons that float through the sky are depictions of Yoda and Darth Vader from the “Star Wars” series. For the past fifteen years, (seven for the newer Yoda balloon), members of various Star Wars cosplay groups have accompa nied the Darth Vader balloon. These groups include members of the 501st Legion, the Rebel Legion, the Mandalorian Mercs and the Galactic Academy, according to Nina Marley, a member of the 501st Legion.

“This is just a whole bunch of Star Wars nerds who love Star Wars so much. We come out and help sup port community events through costuming,” Marley said.

Occasionally, customers are able to go up in the Vader bal loon, according to Marley and Jenn

Darnell, another member of the 501st Legion. The Yoda balloon’s Belgian pilot, Ben Oit, is also a mem ber of the 501st Legion, but does not fly in costume, according to Darnell. The Vader balloon will only be mak ing select appearances this year.

“(There’s) a lot more to see be cause of the 50th … (It’s) exciting: it’s meeting up with friends, hanging and giving people good smiles in the mornings and good photos in the af ternoon,” Darnell said.

Maddie Pukite is the manag ing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at managingedi tor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @maddogpukite

Albuquerque Starbucks first to unionize in New Mexico

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Albu querque Starbucks located off of Rio Grande Boulevard and Interstate 40 became the first location of the na tional coffee chain to unionize in New Mexico. The New Mexico Public Rela tions Board counted employee ballots ultimately siding in favor of unionizing in a 10-7 vote.

Jacob Sherwood, a barista and lead organizer, said that they began the unionization process in May after hav ing several issues with the company.

“It was just seeing the same problems with the company — un derstaffing shifts, labor cuts, mediocre wages — I started seeing these things over and over and over. And the only response we’d ever get from upper management is, ‘Oh, we’re looking

into how we can improve partners’ lives, etc.’’,” Sherwood said. “But noth ing meaningful came from it … It was just union busting.”

One problem Sherwood encoun tered personally was a fluctuation and loss of hours, working 30 hours on some weeks and as little as eight hours on others: “I need that money to pay bills. I can’t take a hit for hours,” Sherwood said.

“We as workers, and this goes for any industry, you don’t want to feel disposable. You want to build a mean ingful relationship with your work and your life and everything. I think a lot of people are realizing, coming out of the pandemic, how disposable we were,” Sherwood said.

Madz Dazzo, another barista and lead organizer, talked about not getting paid a living wage as a shift su pervisor — something that motivated their want to unionize. In bargaining, Dazo said the union plans to work

toward pay increases that adjust with inflation, along with a “just cause” clause, which mandates that there has to be a legitimate reason to terminate an employee.

While both Dazzo and Sher wood said many co-workers were on board, there was also a lot of fear around unionizing.

“We had people who showed in terest, but for the most part, it was really fearful of the company, of their jobs, and just fear — that’s a lot of it. And we had a really close count of 10 to seven. That’s pretty close, and I at tribute a lot of that to just the fear and intimidation practices of Starbucks,” Sherwood said.

A lot of this fear stemmed from never knowing if the shift you’re work ing would be your last, Sherwood said. Dazzo and Sherwood also said they were met with a lot of anti-union rhetoric from Starbucks, further ce menting their fear. However, after a

meeting with representatives from Starbucks Worker’s United, a lot of myths were dispelled, according to Dazzo.

“They clarified a lot of stuff about unionizing for us. Starbucks has been telling people that if your store union ized you can’t transfer to another store, which is not true. (Starbucks) were also saying that you can’t cover shifts at other stores, which is also not true,” Dazzo said.

Before starting unionization efforts, Sherwood said he had never met the district manager, but afterward saw him more frequently. In meetings with management, “they put a lot of em phasis on the fact that we would have to pay union dues, and they made it sound like it was going to be a lot more than it actually is,” Dazzo said.

The store’s unionization marks the 34th state to have a unionized Starbucks, acording to Albuquerque Business First. Sherwood said that

he hopes this causes a lot of residual effects on the labor movement and leads more stores to unionize.

“I think it’s huge. Starbucks has been around for a long time, and over the last year, we’ve had a lot of stores unionize. I think a lot of other places are seeing it; we’ve already seen Chi potle start unionizing, Trader Joe’s started unionizing. A lot of companies that did not have union representation before are really starting to look for it,” Dazzo said.

Sherwood said that efforts like these are especially important as he believes the country is heading into another recession, drawing compari sons to the Great Recession of 2007.

“When Fortune 500 companies are faced with an economic crisis, the first people to go are the minimum wage workers. We don’t have that job security. They can fire us at

Union from page 2 will — whenever for whatever,” Sherwood said.

Currently, the bargaining process has yet to start. The wording of the New Mexico law states that the com pany must “come in good faith” to bargain with the union, with no direct timeline on how soon after union ization the company must come to the table.

“Right now, the wording of the law is to come in good faith. Well, that’s a really vague terminology, right? It’s not really descriptive as to how long

they have. So that’s another union busting technique, right, because the law is purposely vague. They can make it stretch out for years,” Sherwood said.

A spokesperson for Starbucks said in a statement that they will, “respect the National Labor Relations Board process and bargain in good faith, and hopes the union does the same,” as re ported by Source New Mexico.

Dazzo asked for continued sup port from community members as the unionization process continues.

“I think right now we just really

needed support from our community, because since the vote has come back, there has been a lot of targeting of prounion partners at my store,” Dazzo said. “So having just the support of the community telling us like they’re excited that we’re unionizing and or dering is union strong is awesome.”

Maddie Pukite is the managing editor at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at managingeditor@dailylo bo.com or on Twitter @maddogpukite

ABQ Zine Fest showcases ama-zine artists

By John Scott

@JScott050901

This past Saturday, Oct. 1 marked the 11th annual ABQ Zine Fest, host ed at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory in downtown Albuquerque. Founded by Mayra Errin Jones, a Master of Fine Arts candidate in dramatic writing at the University of New Mexico, and co-produced by Liza Bley, the event served as a chance for local artists to showcase their handmade crafts amongst a crowd of artistic commu nity members and newcomers alike.

The word “zine” comes from a shortening of “magazine,” and can constitute a multitude of different interdisciplinary conceptions. Typi cally, zines are small booklets of original work created and copied by an artist for distribution.

“Zines are self-published works,” Errin Jones said. “So, zines can be anything from a per-zine — a person al zine — could be a travel log, could be anything. And then a zine fest is a gathering of people who write zines and they can be traded, sold, shared.”

Errin Jones was inspired to start ABQ Zine Fest after attending a num ber of different zine fests across the country. Given her experience pro ducing her own work as a theater artist, Errin Jones already had a sense of what she wanted to do for ABQ Zine Fest, with Albquerque providing a perfect location.

“Albuquerque has a strong past in self-published works and anarchist culture and things like that. So ABQ Zine Fest aims to continue that DIY spirit in a literary sense … Albuquer que is a great place to experiment and try new things. And Albuquerque did not have a zine fest before and had zinesters who were writing all over town and things like that. But there

wasn’t a central place to experience zine culture, the kind of things that happen at zine fest,” Errin Jones said.

Amaris Ketcham, an associate professor at the UNM Honors Col lege, came to Zine Fest to show off her students’ work from the graphic memoir class that she co-teaches alongside professor Megan Jacobs. Ketcham said that, while none of the students in the class previously knew about ABQ Zine Fest due to it being canceled in 2020 and moved to an alternative format in 2021, their attendance this year has proved beneficial.

“Zine Fest last year was a really dif ferent manifestation where people sent in zines and then there was a little book shop, pop-up of them. And then obviously the year before it didn’t happen at all. So, I think (the students have) been introduced to a community of like-minded people that they could be a part of outside university,” Ketcham said.

Andrew Jogi, a student in the graphic memoir class, appreciated being able to present their artistic creations to people in a forum where they could interact with them.

“It’s really cool. I didn’t really think that I — my drawings — (could) kind of be presented like that. For me, just seeing people be interested in them, it’s been super cool,” Jogi said.

Errin Jones emphasized the point of the fest is focused on community as opposed to monetary gain for her or anyone else involved with the fest.

“The opportunity to get to know people a little bit better is our goal, I suppose. But I don’t wanna say that, it’s any goal. There’s no capitalist goal … This isn’t a vertical growth kind of thing like a lot of things are. A lot of events are expected to get bigger ev ery year, and I don’t know if that’s the point. I think the point is longevity

and to be able to produce it, to con tinue to produce it,” Errin Jones said.

Events like ABQ Zine Fest help to create a more positive environment in a town who’s news cycle can of ten feel very negative, according to Ketcham. Ultimately, she said the event is just fun, with zines offer ing a unique way to experience art and community.

“So here we are. We’re coming to downtown; it’s fun, it’s lively. Ev eryone is energized about making handmade products to sell and to swap and to share. There’s like a trade ethos that’s involved in it, and so I think that’s really cool,” Ketcham said.

Of course, Errin Jones pointed out that any sort of event can’t be done alone: Sanitary Tortilla Factory, the nonprofit Three Sisters Kitchen and Zendo Coffee were just a few groups that Errin Jones said were important to bringing ABQ Zine Fest to life. She also noted the important role that zines can play in people’s lives and the importance of artistic creation.

“There are people who used to write zines when they were in their teens and then quit, but zines go on. And it’s a great way to connect with your own thoughts, your own story … and to feel confident about your ex perience in life,” Errin Jones said. “So I think zines serve that purpose. And there are people who’ve been writing zines continuously since they were young, and there are people who are just getting into zines now, and it doesn’t matter. It’s just great to have people writing and creating.”

John Scott is the editor-in-chief at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JScott050901

REVIEW: ‘Avatar’ rereleased: good or bad?

Two Daily Lobo editors dive in to the film to see if the landmark 2009 blockbuster still holds up

Hair sex aside: In defense of ‘Avatar,’ 13 years later

By Spenser Willden @spenserwillden

Listen, I get it: blue cat-people, Unobtanium, Sam Worthington and hair sex, if you watch the extended edition. James Cam eron’s “Avatar,” released in 2009, is inherently a little bit bad. But watching the re-release in IMAX 3D this week, I can’t help but

find myself completely bought in anyway — visually stunning, emotionally compelling and tech nologically impressive, I hate to say that “Avatar” is kind of good.

At first, I worried it wouldn’t hold up to my expectations upon rewatch. The beginning, both too fast and too slow, finds itself bogged down by exaggerated exposition and Worthington’s bland, emotionless narration.

However, once we enter the for ests of Pandora, the film takes off like a banshee, and it doesn’t slow down.

Though critics often detract from its cultural importance, “Av atar” brought in over $30 million at the box office thirteen years after its release, proving its stay ing power last weekend when it returned to theaters in promotion of its upcoming sequel, “Avatar:

The Way of the Water.”

This being said, the film se verely suffers in some key areas. The allegorical narrative is that of the white savior, and the Na’vi tribe is represented as an infantilized amalgamation of Indegenous tribes and cul tures; even for 2009, they’re flat and offensive.

Cameron, in making Jake Sully the savior of the Na’vi people, in

tended him to represent the way the white man can make amends and serve as an ally to Indige nous communities, but taken in conjunction with his messianic characterization and messy body politics of being an “Avatar” (it’s own unexamined and insidi ous form of colonization), this doesn’t work.

Taking its immature politics

13 years later, ‘Avatar’ is still an overhyped, problematic slog

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It’s December 2009. “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas is dominating the radio. The econ omy is in shambles. People still can’t get enough of the most recent “Twilight” movie that came out the month before. But you — all you are thinking about as you take your seat in a surprisingly crowded moviehouse with your 3D glasses

is the film you are about to watch, a film that is about to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. Wait, sorry, I’m having trouble recalling the title … Oh! James Cameron’s “Avatar.”

Now, nearly 13 years later, “Ava tar” is back in theaters to prep audiences for the long-gestating se quel, “Avatar: The Way of the Water.” You would have thought 13 years would give them enough time to think of a better title, but alas. Now feels like as good a time as ever to

revisit the landmark blockbuster and ask the question: was the movie actually any good? At least good enough to justify multiple sequels being filmed back-to-back all these years later? The short answer is no; the long answer is also no.

Before I really get into the nuts and bolts of what makes “Avatar” such a shit show, I will say that it was quite nostalgic to watch the film in theaters again. I can’t remember the last time I watched something in 3D, let alone something in 3D with Sam

Worthington as the lead.

However, this nostalgia quickly wore thin. As the nearly three-hour film went on, my eyes became sorer and sorer, equally suffering from the 3D glasses and straining to discern whatever Worthington was trying to do.

Yes, you read that runtime right: this film is a whopping 2 hours and 41 minutes, and it most certainly feels like it. This is one of the more disappointing aspects of the film. A majority of this runtime is spent with

Worthington’s Jake Sully attempt ing to learn about and become one of the Na’vi people. This is great on paper, but in execution — when a majority of this time is spent going through stereotypical Indigenous people culture-isms — it makes the film feel longer than it needs to be.

Usually, by this point in a re view, I will have provided a brief summary of the plot of the film. This is not the case with this one.

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Defense from page 4 in conjunction with the thin and predictable plot and often wood en performances that come with the genre, this movie has more than earned its fair share of criti cism.

Still, the genre occasion ally detracts, a lot of the film’s strength lie in these flaws, which I lovingly refer to as sci-fi bullshit. The precious mineral being called “Unobtanium,” the Na’vi’s neural hair tendrils — though the movie certainly takes itself

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It’s not because I’m assuming people have seen the movie at this point and already know what it’s about; it’s because you don’t need to see the movie to know what this film is about. It’s the same white savior narrative we’ve seen played out dozens of times in a number of different films.

Cameron was at least minute ly aware of this and attempted to alleviate it through his detailed cre ation of the Na’vi and their home Pandora. But even with the absurd

seriously, it’s not afraid to be unabashedly genre.

The conceits of the film are inherently absurd, but Cameron doesn’t make fun of them. Imag ine how a modern blockbuster would handle these elements of the world — “Um, our mineral is called Unobtanium? Un-obtainium. Don’t you think that’s a little on the nose?”

This self-seriousness, in com bination with the marvelous motion capture and CGI, makes

“Avatar” a refreshing trip to the movies for modern audiences who are deservedly tired of the superhero schlock. Take in com bination the nostalgia of the 3D glasses and the predictability, and you’ve got a great mindless trip to the movies.

Normally, an overly predict able plot is a downside, but with “Avatar” it works, building the audience to an explosive cli max complete with a helicopter dogfight, a Na’vi versus Stephen

Lang mech showdown, and more whip pans than you’d think a movie could fit in 2 hours and 41 minutes. The action is smooth, easy to follow and well-shot — it could’ve been ten minutes longer and I wouldn’t have minded.

With Cameron’s delay of the sequel due to technological con straints of the time period, I hope to see a reappraisal not only of the work that goes into VFX but also of the workers’ rights considering the obscene and thankless hours

asked by companies like Disney. If “Avatar” led us into a cul-de-sac of low-budget, high intensity CGI, here’s hoping “Avatar: Way of the Water” can lead us out, allowing us all to finally acknowledge that, like it or not, Cameron is king.

Spenser Willden is the culture editor at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at culture@dailylobo. com or on Twitter @spenserwillden

amount of detail that was poured into creating the customs, practices, language and look of the Na’vi, all we get on screen is this strange, vague Indigenous identity.

Of course, most people aren’t watching “Avatar” for the plot: they’re watching it for the special effects.

“Avatar” set a precedent for motion capture technology when it first came out and, for the most part, it still holds up. I will refrain from any sort of nit picks or squabbles I may have had with the CGI because it seems unfair

to judge a film on special effects that are 13 years old. The CGI holds up quite well, and there were admittedly a few moments where I was impressed by what they were able to do with the technology.

One point I will allow myself in regards to the special effects is the actor’s performances. While Cam eron was not setting himself up for success by casting Worthington, he’s the only one who’s perfor mance translates quite well to his Avatar form, mainly because he’s

just as wooden and stiff as he is as a human. All of the actors who are play ing motion captured characters feel like they’re doing voiceover work; each CGI character only really has one discernible expression, and it never really changes.

My general feelings on “Ava tar” can be summed up in one word: disappointment. It’s dis appointing to see the amount of behind-the-scenes work that went into the world of “Avatar” that didn’t make it into the film. It’s disap

pointing to see the highest-grossing film of all time could have been a steward for on-screen representa tion, but it wasn’t. Ultimately, it’s disappointing to see the precedent “Avatar” set in regards to over-reliance on CGI. At least now the bar is so low it will be hard for the sequels to be as disappointing.

John Scott is the editor-in-chief at the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @JScott050901

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UNM volleyball loses competitivematch to Colorado State

By Thomas Bulger

@ThomasBulger10

The University of New Mexico volleyball team played the Colo rado State University Rams on Saturday, Oct. 1. The final score of 3-1 Rams does not reflect how competitive of a match it was: the Lobos lost with a scoring margin of only -5 and had more blocks and digs than the Rams.

Kaitlynn Biassou had 17.5 points to lead the team in scoring. Uxue Guereca had a double-double with 12.5 points and 12 digs. Avital Jaloba led in blocks with eight and had a hit

ting percentage of .538.

The Rams are 11-4 on the season and are undefeated in conference play at 4-0, mak ing them first in the Mountain West Conference.

In the first set, Ram Ruby Kay ser started with the serve and Kennedy Stanford scored the first point for Colorado State. The Lobos took the lead in the set at 3-2 with an Alena Moldan ace. The Rams then went on a 9-2 scoring run, though, that forced the Lobos to take a timeout down 12-7.

Biassou had a kill for the Lobos to interrupt the 6-0 scoring run out of the time out, but the Rams

did not slow down, making UNM take another timeout down 18-10. Out of the timeout, the Lobos put together an impressive 10-5 run to keep the set competitive. The Rams took a timeout to try to stop UNM’s momentum while still up 23-20.

At set point for the Rams, Bi assou had back-to-back kills and Moldan had an ace, making the score 24-23. The Rams won the first set 25-23 off a Karina Leber kill, now up in the match 1-0.

UNM scored the first point of the second set and were able to build a lead to go up 4-2. The Lobos stayed in front, but the Rams tied the game four times

before taking the lead. UNM called a timeout down 13-9.

The Lobos came out of the timeout going on a 6-2 run to tie the game. The Rams answered with a 4-0 run of their own, with Stanford scoring back-to-back points. The Lobos then called a timeout down 19-15.

Out of the timeout, UNM went on a run which forced Colorado State to take a timeout up 22-20. The Lobos did not lose any mo mentum, tying the game at 23-23 with a Jaloba and Melissa Walden block. Ultimately, Kayser had an ace to set up the Rams’ set point, and they won the set 26-24 off a Naeemah Weathers and Stanford

block. Colorado was now up in the match 2-0.

The third set started with the Lobos taking the lead 4-1; Bias sou scored the first and fourth points. Kali Wolf had an ace to put the Lobos up 7-3, followed by a Guereca kill.

The Lobos went on a 5-0 run with Wolf at the serve. Lea Zurlin den and Lauryn Payne had a block to put the Lobos up 14-6. Colorado State called a time out down 18-9. Out of their timeout, the Rams scored back-to-back points and had a 4-0 run to put them down 23-18.

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Biassou served at set point, but Leber had a spike to give the Rams possession. Malaya Jones had an error which gave the Lobos the set, winning 25-19 and bringing the match score to 2-1.

Colorado State started the fourth set going up 6-2. Leber had an error to put the Lobos within one point, but a kill maintained the Rams’ lead. Stanford had an error which tied the game for the

Lobos at 13-13.

After the Rams took the lead, the Lobos tied it up again at 17-17.

UNM took a timeout after Alyssa Groves and Weathers had a block to put the Rams up by 4. At match point, CSU’s Ciera Pritchard had an ace to win the set 25-18, ulti mately winning the match 3-1.

Head coach Jon Newman-Gonchar talked about a couple mistakes the team made that could have

put the Lobos in a better posi tion. He was overall happy with the team’s performance, and said losses like this served as learning opportunities to be ready to rep licate what worked against teams in the future.

“There was a couple situations, a couple moments, just where we would have liked to (have) been better at the exact moment because that’s what opened up a

3-point run. And we’re figuring that out; It’s the early part of the season for conference. We’re go ing to see all these teams again, so we take these chances to go battle them, and then let’s flip the result. That’s our method,” Newman-Gonchar said.

The Lobos are now 10-4 over all and 1-3 in conference games. The team has a lot to build on to make a run in the Mountain West.

They play the Air Force in John son Center on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m.

Thomas Bulger is the sports edi tor for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @thomasbulger10

UNM Theatre department previews fall shows

By Elizabeth Secor

@esecor2003

With their fall 2022 season, the Uni versity of New Mexico Department of Theatre & Dance has prepared a line up of several plays for local audiences to enjoy, including “Frankenstein,” “The Season of La Llorona” and the bi-annual Linnell Festival of New Plays.

An overarching theme of the two non-Linnell Festival plays is the idea of monsters, and how we de fine them culturally, according to Manuel Lopez Ainza, an actor in “The Season of La Llorona.”

“What is the definition of monsters? Frankenstein, it’s a literal monster. But when you watch the show, what you

think of monster might switch,” Ainza said. “So is humanity (a) monster? Is conquest a monster? I think it makes you kind of rethink who really is the monster in the story.”

The actors for all three shows were selected through an audition process including blind auditions and callbacks, according to Jayla Franklin-Sullivan, an actress in this year’s production of “Smokebox,” the main production of the Linnell Fes tival, written by third-year Dramatic Writing Program Masters of Fine Arts candidate Julia Storch.

“With the auditions for this year, they gave us a cast list for each play. So you could (find) your preferred part or what you’re going after. But it’s basical ly a blind audition,” Franklin-Sullivan said. “You audition, and then they’ll

have you do callbacks for whatever they want you in.”

“Smokebox” will show on Oct. 6th and 7th at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. in the X Theatre. The show fol lows a queer woman with Alzheimer’s journey through life, flashing back and forth between herself at 16, 40, 50 and 85 years old. In addition to this play, the Linnell Festival will also feature several table reads of various plays written by first and second-year MFA students.

While “Smokebox” will feature at the Linnell Festival, “Frankenstein” will show weekends Nov. 4-13, with “The Season of La Llorona” showing week ends Nov. 11-20. Ticket prices are $8 for students.

“La Llorona is a very popular mythical figure, but (The Season of La Llorona) is a retelling of that. And we

actually go back in time, and talk about the colonization of the Aztecs and how La Llorona fits in there,” Ainza said. “So, it’s a reimagining of who she was, or who she is, and what it means to be a Llorona. And I’m really excited about participating in this one because the cast, it really is representational of Latinos and Mexicans.”

In addition to the plays, Ainza touched on the variety of dance per formances coming up in the Fall 2022 season with the upcoming show “Precipice” running weekends Oct. 28Nov. 12, with the performance on the 30th being a sensory-friendly version.

“The dance shows are always spec tacular; there are a variety of styles from contemporary to African to fla menco. And the dancers also work very hard, and students help with

costumes, and lighting design, and set design,” Aniza wrote to the Daily Lobo. “The agility, flexibility, movement, and rhythm that our students in dance contain is astounding, and when they work in a group, it is moving!”

The plays for the fall 2022 sea son have a great variety of repre sentation, including “Smokebox,” Franklin-Sullivan said.

“I’m super excited about the queer representation aspect of it, how it’s about two young women who both are bisexual and build this beautiful rela tionship and live a long life together,” Franklin-Sullivan said.

Elizabeth Secor is a beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @esecor2003

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