If you ask the governor, her name is Suze Hanna, Suze Hanna Texicana, with a not-so-silent “haych.” She dislikes being called “Susana”; she came from “Texicana”; and she’s violently afraid of all things Danish (a pun on former New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish, in case that wasn’t clear). She sold the state's jet covered wagon, wants a radio in every New Mexico home and spends entirely too much time with some guy named Percy.

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Once, when I was a kid, I was at dinner with my parents and their friends; dinner was finished, and my parents were refusing to leave. I was probably 7 or 8 years old, and I didn't have a lot of patience for adults and after-dinner wine talk. I was going through a junior photography phase, but I was still a bit too klutzy for a regular camera, so I practiced for a while with disposable Kodak flash cameras.

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Now that Best of Santa Fe 2011 (both of them) and some of the post-special-issue malaise have settled down a bit, welcome to Cut, Copy, Paste, SFR's new English language and copy-editing blog, which—fair warning—consists primarily of griping about various grammar blunders and, more than likely, contributing a few of my own.

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What's it like listening to two-plus hours of Cole Porter songs? That depends on how you feel about Cole Porter.

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If, like me, you suffer from asthma (or other respiratory ailments), you've probably been hurting more than most on account of the fires. Smoke and ash weigh heavily on even unhindered lungs, so we've compiled the following tips to help you stay healthy.

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This week, Pages & Stages sat down with Busy McCarroll and Anna Blea, the brains behind Phame Inc.'s Glame for a special preview of this upcoming theater production.

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This week, Pages & Stages takes a look at local author Alexandra Diaz' book Of All the Stupid Things, a young adult drama with its figurative finger on the pulse of some very adult issues. First, though, a digression.

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You know those viral wedding videos in which the bridal party members perform choreographed dance moves on their way down aisle? They should give you some idea of what to expect from The Wedding Singer.

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Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one of those unhappy campers that often leaves one dazed and stewing in moral decrepitude. And that's when it's done well.

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This week, Pages & Stages went out to Wise Fool New Mexico's annual Feast of Fools fundraiser, a combination of circus acts, dinner theater, tapas and a dance party.

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