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Editor’s note: Venue Plus continues “In Case You Didn’t Know,” a weekly feature with fun tidbits about New Mexicans and their projects. Storytelling runs through Dale Lotreck’s blood. The Santa Fe-based writer continues to evolve within the literary world, although one thing has remained the same – his honesty. It was decades ago that Lotreck sat down at his IBM Selectric II to write his debut novel, “Ruby Leaving Texas.” This was a machine that had no correction feature, as corrections Dale Lotreck in the documentary “Whiteboy Back to the Wall 1988-2018”). (Courtesy of Er...

During his time off from performing, Fuentes has kept busy producing new music. In fact, he’s made trips to El Paso, where he’s recorded at Star City Studio & OM gallery. “Hopefully, I’ll be able to put it out this year,” he says. “I’ve had to keep my focus on music and keep a level head while w Albuquerque-based musician Gabriel A. Fuentes is working on new musical projects. (Courtesy of Isabel Fuentes) orking on it. I’m trying to get the track list together and figuring out the masters.” Fuentes is toying with the idea of releasing singles until the album is released.

Editor’s note: Venue Plus continues “In Case You Didn’t Know,” a weekly feature with fun tidbits about New Mexicans and their projects. Leading up to the November election, there were tons of political ads on TV. Odds are Addison Foskey was in one of them. The Albuquerque-based actor was seen in Bernalillo County’s push to get people to register to vote. ................................................................ “I’ve never been an overly political person,” Foskey says. “With this last election, I felt like I wanted to participate in this so I can say something.” Fos...

They were college students in Missouri when she gave him her heart. In 1973, she gave him her hand in marriage. A few years later, she gave him one of her kidneys. That transplant – his second – gave him life. That gave Russell and Sharon Hamilton more years filled with art and literature and love and giving that to others. The Hamiltons moved to Albuquerque in 1976 when Russell was accepted as a student at the Tamarind Institute for fine art lithography at the University of New Mexico. ................................................................ He became a renowned master printmaker...

Editor’s note: Venue Plus continues “In Case You Didn’t Know,” a weekly feature with fun tidbits about New Mexicans and their projects. As an acting coach, Ron Weisberg gets an up-close look at the passion of the people taking his classes at Sol Acting Studios. Being able to observe others helps Weisberg cultivate other ways of getting people interested in the film industry. That’s why Sol Acting Studios created an animation department. ................................................................ “We have people that can teach animation and illustration to kids,” he says. �...