ART is Already Killing Us, Business Owners Say

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VOL III, Issue 17, Aug. 24 – Sept. 6, 2016
Dispensing Journalistic Justice Since 2014
ART is Already Killing Us,
Business Owners Say
Page 5
Tapping the ATM
At City Hall
Page 2
Nob Hill’s Cobbler
Page 9
‘We Are This City’ Force
Page 14
Beer Fest Season Begins
Page 18
news
2 • August 24 – September 6, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS
Your Tax Dollars at Work? Really?
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
C
ity Hall paid out $12.6 million
in lawsuit settlements and
judgments in the 18 months that
ended March 31 — an average
of $700,000 per month — with a
fifth of all payouts stemming from cases against
the Albuquerque Police
Department.
Those figures, provided
to the City Council by the
city’s legal department,
didn’t include the city’s
$6.5 million settlement
with former APD officer
Jacob Grant, who was shot
eight times by his own
lieutenant in January 2015.
The city settled that case
on March 30 but didn’t
pay Grant until later.
The cases offer a
glimpse into who sues the
city and for what reasons.
By far, APD is the biggest target, with 34 of 100
settlements or verdicts
coming in cases that involved the
department and its officers.
But people have sued, and
received settlements from the
city, for sewage backups, being
hit by buses and garbage trucks,
falling into a six-foot-deep hole
at the National Hispanic Cultural
Center, obstructions on bicycle
paths and having seats break on
them at Isotopes Park.
The city paid $1.3 million in
damages for suits against the
bus system, or ABQ Ride, and
$700,000 for lawsuits against the
Solid Waste Department.
The biggest settlement was for
$3.4 million and involved a 2005
eminent domain action the city
filed against a company, Home
Stewart LLC. The company coun-
tow truck driver Jerry Rodriguez,
who said he was thrown to the
ground by APD plain-clothes
officers in December 2010 after
leaving a local restaurant. The
police were apparently
looking for a vehicle that
had been involved in a
homicide.
Some other settlements
by the city included:
• $20,000 to a 13-year-old
boy who was arrested at
Jackson Middle School.
• $617,500 to a man who
said he was injured when
his bicycle struck a bump
on a bike path near Tingley Pond.
• $312,500 to a woman
who hit a pothole while
riding her bicycle. She
was then struck by a
vehicle.
• $10,000 to a woman
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who said an APD horse
stepped on her foot after
terclaimed the city for breach of
its rider negligently maneuvered
a road construction contract, and
the animal.
the city settled the case during the
• $15,500 to a man who said he
was injured while being transsecond quarter of fiscal year 2015.
ferred to the Metropolitan Deten The City Attorney’s Office gave
tion Center. The man said the
the quarterly litigation reports
injury occurred when the city van
to the council on June 14. The retaking him to the jail struck a cow.
ports are supposed to be filed on
• $500,000 to a female pedestrian
a quarterly basis with the council,
who was hit by a city bus.
but delays caused the city to give
• $27,500 to a woman who was
the council reports from seven
injured at an Isotopes game when
quarters at once.
the seat of her chair broke.
The biggest payout involving
APD was $500,000 and was the
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate
result of a combination verdict
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Christa Valdez, Johnny Vizcaino
Ride sharing service Lyft resumed
operations in Albuquerque after
more than a year’s absence. The
company’s smartphone app and
drivers went live at 9 a.m. on
Aug. 18. Lyft left New Mexico last
May after the state regulators refused to approve regulations that
the company wanted. In January,
the Legislature approved a bill
laying out rules under which Lyft
and other ride sharing services
can operate.
Sexual assault
The University of New Mexico
said a new survey shows that it is
doing a good job when it comes
to taking sexual harassment and
assault seriously on its campuses.
The survey said that 82 percent of
the school’s students believe that
UNM takes sexual assault seriously and that 66 percent think the
school is doing well in its efforts
to prevent sexual assault. The
survey was done by the National
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Special session
Gov. Susana Martinez said she’ll
call the Legislature into special
session sometime in September
to deal with a $600 million dollar
shortfall in the state’s budget. The
special session will cost taxpayers $50,000 a day. Martinez has
insisted that she won’t support
tax increases to close the budget
gap. Earlier this month, she ordered state agencies to slash their
budgets by 5 percent.
Some Like It Hot
BY CORY LEYBA
Y
ou are sweating
profusely through
every pore on your body
and no amount of water
can stop the burn, yet you
can’t help but try every type
of salsa at this year’s 12th
annual Salsa Fiesta.
The family friendly event
will sweep through Historic
Old Town Plaza on Saturday,
Sept. 10 from noon to 7 p.m.
Glory Foods
Every dish at the event will
be handmade by the various competitors. Judging will begin promptly at 2:30
p.m. to bestow the “best salsa” title. A wide variety of freshly made salsa products will be available for your sampling pleasure, but salsa lovers beware: there
are a limited number of free tasting passes and those tend to run out early.
The event will also offer salsa for your ears – this year’s festivities are being
headlined by vocalist Frankie Morales, and salsa band Sabor Canela will also
perform during the tasting.
Historic Old Town Salsa Fiesta
Saturday, Sept. 10, 12–7 p.m.
Albuquerque Old Town Plaza
Free; tasting passes available on first-come, first-served basis
cabq.gov/culturalservices/historic-old-town/salsa-fiesta
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Marc Maron Returns
BY CORY LEYBA
M
arc Maron is more
than just a comedian
and radio and television
personality. His twice weekly
podcast, “WTF with Marc
Maron” has revolutionized
the podcast landscape.
When it first started in
September 2009, many
thought it wasn’t going
to work, but by the time
his podcast hit six million
wtfpod.com
downloads a month there
was no question that Maron was a hit.
A comedic performer for 20 years, Maron has done everything from starring in
his own show “Maron” on the IFC, to being a comedic guest on Conan O’Brien
more than 40 times.
Maron will be in town on Sept. 3 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for
“An Evening with Marc Maron.” The show will benefit the Endorphin Power
Company.
An Evening with Marc Maron
Saturday, Sept. 3; Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; $37
National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St SW
wtfpod.com
Corrections:
In a column by Joe Monahan in the Aug. 10 issue, it was erroneously reported that
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry won election in 2009 in a run-off election. There was
no run-off that year. Berry defeated two opponents in a single round of balloting.
In a story on the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project in the Aug. 10 issue, ABQ Ride
spokesman Rick de Reyes was quoted inaccurately. De Reyes said there are no minutes from
2012 public meetings on ART, but this newspaper was welcome to file a records request for
sign-in sheets from those meetings.
ABQ FREE PRESS • August 24 – September 6, 2016 • 3
NEWS
news
West Side Salon Owner on ART: ‘If my business goes under, that’s it’
A
chorus of West Central Avenue
merchants is asking why economic development should equate
with their going out of business.
On Aug. 17, during another raucous
meeting filled with angry Albuquerque Rapid Transit opponents, City
Hall staffers and City Councilor Ken
Sanchez got an earful from business
owners already suffering because
of pre-ART construction along West
Central Avenue.
The theme that emerged from
testimony: economic destruction,
declining business, layoffs, possible
closings, and plans to relocate to a
different area of the city.
Some of the business owners hurled
accusations that Mayor Richard Berry
is sacrificing their businesses for his
short-term political future and for a
hoped-for millennial-driven revitalization that might take 20 years to
materialize.
As a measure of the tone of the
meeting, Buck Buckner, owner of the
Rainbow Car Spa at Central and Rio
Grande pleaded with city officials to
slow down the ART project. He asked,
then answered his own question about
why the city continues to push ART
despite significant public opposition.
People living along the
Central Avenue corridor
will have to ‘skill up’ for
the jobs ART will
help create
— Gary Oppedahl, director of the city’s
Economic Development Department
“I don’t understand, why the
hurry?” Buckner asked during the
two-hour-long meeting at the Pat Baca
Library at Unser and Central.
“You’re doing a disservice to engineering and engineering technology.
This is a 20-year bet for having millennials come in here for high-paying
jobs that we don’t have. Why? Berry’s
administration is coming to an end
and we have to hurry up and get this
done? That is not serving the public.”
Kimberly Montaño, a widow who
is raising two children, tearfully told
Sanchez, in whose district her business lies, that she is about to lose her
barber shop and salon, Kim’s Chop
Shop, 5809 Central Ave. NW, because
pre-ART water line relocation has
blocked access to her shop.
“My business is down 80 percent.
I’m a widow supporting two children
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Charles Arasim
Greg Pacheco, owner of El Charrito restaurant at 47th and Central, angrily confronts West Side City
Councilor Ken Sanchez and City Hall staffers at a recent Albuquerque Rapid Transit hearing. Many
present complained pre-ART utility work is already driving them to the brink of closure.
alone,” Montaño said. “If we don’t
have business for our businesses [we
have to close]. If my business goes
under, that’s it. Do you think I want to
walk away from my business, something that supports myself and my
children?”
Montaño told ABQ Free Press that
since relocation of Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
lines began, she’s lucky to be doing
$10 a day. Access to her shop has been
blocked since June, she said.
Julian Torrez, owner of Julian’s
Burgers N More at 5500 Central Ave.
SW., said his business is down by
$30,000 in the past 25 days because
customers can’t get to his restaurant.
“There’s no common sense,” about the
construction, Torrez said.
At times, the meeting – called by
Sanchez after earlier reports of lost
business along West Central – nearly
spiraled out of control. At times it
got quite personal. Attendees tried
to shout down Sanchez and other
officials after they took the first 20
minutes of what was scheduled as
an hour-long meeting to explain ART
and the water line construction.
Gary Oppedahl, director of the city’s
Economic Development Department,
said ART is designed to attract millennials, new businesses, higher density
residential projects, and international
travelers to the length of Central. He
said the people living in the neighborhoods along the street would have to
“skill up” for the jobs that he and the
mayor say ART will help create.
The mayor has said with the help of
local business-assistance nonprofits,
a loan fund has been set up to help
business owners adversely impacted
by ART’s construction.
When transit director Bruce Rizzieri
went over his allotted time limit of
two minutes to speak, some of the
nearly 40 audience members started
shouting for him stop.
“Quit speaking,” one woman
shouted. Another yelled, “You’re taking too much time.”
Rizzieri replied, “The more you yell,
the longer I will stay here.”
‘Do you think I want
to walk away from my
business, something that
supports myself and
my children?’
— Kimberly Montaño, a widow
raising two children
Things got personal when Greg Pacheco, owner of the El Charrito restaurant at 47th and Central, recalled how
Sanchez’s parents used to bring him
into the restaurant as a child, when
he was “still a little peon.” Pacheco
continued, “You’re still one.”
Pacheco said Sanchez hadn’t been
in his restaurant since the utility work
started, leaving pipes, construction
equipment, trenches and mounds of
earth blocking access to his and other
businesses.
Eddie Montoya, area supervisor for
the four Golden Pride restaurants in
Albuquerque, told ABQ Free Press
before the meeting that business at
the restaurant at Coors and Central
had dropped by 15 percent since work
began, and that he’s had to lay off six
people from that location.
Councilor Sanchez said that his
business, Gilbert Sanchez Income Tax
& Accounting Services at 5704 Central
Ave. SW, which he inherited from his
father, also had suffered during construction because of a lack of access
for clients.
‘Berry’s administration
is coming to an end and
we have to hurry up and
get this done? That is not
serving the public’
— Buck Buckner, owner of Rainbow
Car Spa on West Central Avenue
Buckner told Sanchez that the problem along Central and throughout
Albuquerque was skyrocketing crime
and that ART wouldn’t solve that. “I
can’t even plant a flower garden [in
front of my business],” Buckner said.
He recently planted $1,000 worth of
flowers in front of his car wash only
to have it destroyed the next morning
by homeless people sleeping in it, he
said. “How are we going to change
Central with a bus?” he asked.
ART opponent Donald Clayton
ridiculed the idea that a bus down
Central would lead to economic
development and jobs for the area.
During the 1930s, hundreds of
thousands of people passed through
Albuquerque along Route 66 on their
way to California,” Clayton said.
He then reminded the city officials
present that the reason for that westward migration was jobs. “California
had jobs, not buses,” Clayton said. “A
bus is not going to change the situation.”
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor
at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at
dennis@freeabq.com
COLUMNS/features
Will Martinez Wake Up and Smell the Veto Override Coffee?
By BILL HUME
I
t is today perhaps the largest state budget deficit in history, and knives are
getting sharpened for the fight over how
lawmakers will deal with it.
Words are flying — and words may
have to be eaten before the dust settles.
What’s more, Gov. Susana Martinez may
be poised to follow Gary Johnson, New
Mexico’s last Republican governor, into
the history books in a unique and unflattering way.
But first, some more recent history:
Remember Gov. Martinez’s incessant talk
about the “deficit” she inherited from
the Bill Richardson administration in
2010? Purists always insisted that wasn’t
actually a deficit, and they were right.
Here’s why:
“The state is nearly 5 percent, or
$260 million, short of what’s needed to
maintain current services and programs
in the next budget year, which starts in
July 2011,” the Albuquerque Journal
reported at the time. The “deficit,” then,
was in reality a grim fund projection for
the upcoming legislative session – not a
budget deficit, per se.
Contrast that with: “Senate Finance
Committee Chairman John Arthur Smith,
a Deming Democrat, said on July 21,
2016, that the state is facing a deficit of
more than $150 million for the budget
year that ended June 30 (that would be
a budget deficit already booked), along
with prospects of a shortfall in the new
(current) budget year of between $300
million and $500 million,” the Journal
reported.
“Smith said, ‘All remedies … not
just cuts, but new revenues’ should be
considered.”
New Mexico has logged an entire year
in the red and is well into another with
no real solution at hand. State Treasurer
Tim Eichenberg told the state Board of
Finance last month that from July 2015 to
July 2016, expenditures exceeded revenue
by $600 million.
If it walks like a deficit and it quacks
like a deficit …
So, the Martinez administration has
logged a $300 million true deficit for the
last fiscal year – and faces an additional
shortfall of up to $500 million in the current fiscal year. This appears to be unique
in state history – and current overspending may in fact be a crime under the state
constitution.
Legislative leaders and Gov. Martinez
have agreed that a special session will be
necessary to fix the spread between cash
on hand and expenditures. And this is
where the knives come out.
The governor continues at every
opportunity to reaffirm her vow to veto
any and all tax increases. Democrats insist
major budget sectors are off limits for
further cuts – schools and higher education among them.
“We can’t just cut ourselves out of the
problem – that’s not going to work,”
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez,
a Belen Democrat, told the Journal. And,
there are rumblings among the Republican faithful that a tax component will be
inescapable in stanching the red ink flow.
So, with hard lines already drawn on
what budget areas must remain immune
to cuts and a gubernatorial stone wall
against new taxes, the battleground is
prepared.
It is possible that the Martinez administration and legislative leaders might
negotiate a budget compromise in advance of a special legislative session. If not,
the stage will be set for Gov. Martinez’s
reprise of Gov. Gary Johnson’s first-off full
legislative smack-down back in 2002.
On March 6, 2002, Johnson vetoed a
compromise budget hammered out in
tooth-and-nail negotiations in the waning
days of the Legislature, putting the state
in danger of being without a budget
when the following fiscal year started
mere months later. He refused to call the
Legislature back to address the impasse.
In response, legislators in late May took
matters into their own hands. A bipartisan majority united to call themselves
back into “extraordinary session” for the
first time in state history. The lawmakers
met and passed a compromise budget.
“In the end, it wasn’t even close,”
said a Journal editorial on May 25, 2002.
“Faced with a choice between backing
their maverick governor or responsible
government, Republican legislators
joined with the Democrats to override
Gov. Gary Johnson’s veto of a compromise
state budget Friday. …
“The lawmakers gathered Friday morning, passed the budget by early afternoon, and sent it to the governor’s office
where it was promptly vetoed – and
back to the Legislature for the override.
Legislators were on their way home while
the sun was still shining.”
The override vote was 36-4 in the Senate,
62-7 in the House. Again, not even close.
Will cooler heads fashion a compromise
this time, or will Gov. Martinez also be
smacked down by a Legislature unwilling
to go AWOL from its fiscal responsibility?
Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor
of the Albuquerque Journal and later
served as a policy adviser to former
Gov. Bill Richardson.
Why Did We Take This Photo?
T
ell us what this thing is, and win two tickets to the “Get the Led Out —
The American Led Zeppelin” show, a production of Chuck Deleonardis
Presents, at 9 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Sunshine Theater, 120 Central Ave. SW.
The “thing” in the photo is something publicly visible around town. If you
know what it is, tell us with as much detail and context as you can. Send
your answers to editor@freeabq.com by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2.
A cast of thousands, OK, more than a dozen, solved last issue’s puzzle.
Gordy Andersen is our first two-time winner with his explanation, sent at
3:30 p.m. Aug. 10:
“That’s a close-up of the stitching on the Albuquerque Dodgers/Dukes/
Isotopes giant baseball that originally
sat in front of Tingley Field – across
from the zoo “back in the day” – and
resides currently in front of Isotopes
park. It has somehow survived well
over half a century of potential abuse
and vandalism. It is also a popular place
for parents and others to use as a prearranged meeting spot before or after
a game and it has a special place in the
hearts of Albuquerque residents regardless of their interest in baseball or not.
Arguably, it’s one of the oldest and most
endearing “landmarks” in our city.
Also identifying the “thing” were Al
Thiel, Armand Huertaz, Talericod27,
Nick Chavez, Joyce O’Connell, Daisy
columnS
Dems Ready to Take Back
House Thanks to Guess Who
BY JOE MONAHAN
A
s the traditional
Labor Day
campaign kick-off
nears and regular
voters and not just
political junkies
begin paying attention, there is cautious
optimism among
state Democrats that
the historic Republican takeover of the
state House of Representatives will end
just as it did when the Rs last took control
of the chamber over 60 years ago. It was in 1952 when the Rs last
claimed the House and it was short-lived.
Two years later, in 1954, they were
swept away by the Dems, staying in the
minority until they took the prize again
in 2014, with Gov. Susana Martinez’s big
re-election win providing a major assist. The Republicans have a 37-33 advantage (there is one vacancy) so it will take
a pick-up of a handful of seats by the
Democrats to take back control. A top
political aide to state Senate Democrats
says the Republican candidacy of Donald
Trump could be pivotal.
“Right now, in August, Trump has
been scaring Democrats, making them
more likely to vote while many Republicans are rejecting their nominee and
less likely to vote. If the top of the ticket
performs very poorly, that can’t help but
influence the legislative races. That’s the
main reason there is cautious optimism
about our chances,” the aide said.
Another reason Dems are
more hopeful this cycle
is the standing of
Gov. Susana Martinez
Alderete, Dave Ink, Lisa Garcia, Anton Brown, Sanjuana Garcia, Val Zaba,
Mark Del Frate, Jonathan Roybal, Diane Glenn, Gabe Radler and Ginger
Hindman.
Remember, there’s a deadline for answering correctly to win, so get that
answer to us pronto.
Another reason Dems are more
hopeful this cycle is the standing of Gov.
Susana Martinez. Her public approval
rating has sunk below 50 percent for the
first time since she assumed office over
six years ago. She polled at 47 percent
approval in the most recent poll, but
she could be even lower today. That PPP
survey was taken before she tangled
with Donald Trump who she has refused
to endorse and who scorned her job
performance at a May rally in Albuquerque. The large crowd went along with
Trump and booed the governor. Flash forward to August and the boo
birds were back when GOP VP nominee
Mike Pence held a town hall meeting in
Albuquerque. This time she was praised
for her job performance as governor,
but like Trump, Pence drew loud boos.
And that’s from Republicans. If Martinez
is now having trouble with her base supporters, you can bet her approval rating
is sinking. A popular sitting governor
could have success in making the case
for continued control of the House for
her party; an unpopular governor not so
much.
No matter who’s in charge in Santa
Fe, come January it’s going to be more
headache than celebration. The gargantuan state budget shortfall will still be
front and center. Unpleasant choices of
spending cuts and tax hikes await the
governor and lawmakers. Unpleasant choices of
spending cuts and tax
hikes await the governor
and lawmakers
That will be despite a special session
of the Legislature the governor says she’s
calling in September to tackle the budget crisis brought on largely by a crash
in oil and natural gas prices. A session
smack in the middle of a campaign when
all 112 legislators stand for re-election
guarantees that the minimum will be
done.
In this case key legislators are looking
at plugging a hole as big as $200 million
left over from the budget year that
ended June 30. But as far as taking on
the even bigger shortfall forecast for the
current budget year that began July 1,
the politicians will kick that can into the
next regular session of the Legislature
in January. If they are lucky, by then
revenues will have stabilized. If they are
unlucky, as they have been for two years,
the state will still be coming up short.
Getting elected is the first order of
business for a politician. Ours are going
to end up administering pain to a wide
cross section of voters but they aren’t going to give those same voters the chance
to punish them at the polls in November.
Meanwhile, be on guard for some
extreme ideas to surface in these
extraordinary budget times. Already we
are hearing proposals to shorten the
school year for the public schools by two
full weeks to save money. Another plan
would take a meat ax to the state’s $2.7
billion public school budget and shave it
by an alarming $250 million. With that
kind of stuff on the table, who controls
the Legislature in 2017 is going to be
more than a parlor game. Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico
politics. His daily blog can be found at
joemonahan.com
Will the NFL Change
Its Tune on Cannabis?
BY PETER ST. CYR
news/opinion
N.M. Should Exploit
The Cannabis Economy
I
R
f you’re like us, you can’t wait for the premiere of the NFL’s 2017 regular season and a rematch of this year’s
Super Bowl, featuring the Denver
Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
Ahead of the game, professional
players and their union reps want the
league to set aside a portion of its $100
million medical research budget to
study whether medical cannabis can
effectively treat potentially debilitating and traumatic brain injuries such
as concussions, and other neurological
issues.
Players have been reluctant to sign
up for medical cannabis programs
because they’re prohibited from using
the drug and are subject to random
drug tests. But now that the league’s
controversial medical director, Elliot
Pellman, has retired, players say the
NFL should review a UCLA study
showing that cannabinoids are a
tremendous neural protector. The
study found that medications high in
cannabinoids foster growth of new
brain and nerve cells.
Chill out
Alcohol vs. pot? Booze makes
people more aggressive than smoking
pot and is a factor in nearly 40 percent
of all violent crimes, but the news
on marijuana’s impact on aggressive
behavior is a mixed bag. Two of the
drug’s potential side effects — paranoia and anxiety — are conditions that
occasionally manifest themselves in
violent outbursts.
But on the flip side, a 2014 study
found that marijuana use among
couples was linked to lower rates of
domestic violence. Another project
involving college students showed that
the more doses students were given, the
less likely they were to administer electric shocks to people in another room.
Just don’t expect the league or sports
networks that make millions selling
sponsorships to beer companies to
start airing ads for Purple Kush, Super
Lemon Haze, Green Arrow Haze or
cannabis-medicated drops.
Looming shortage
A new medical cannabis market
study has a dire warning for medical
cannabis patients.
Thousands of program cardholders
could be forced to buy their medication from the black market if licensed
producers don’t increase their annual
harvest yield 600 percent by early 2018.
Kelly O’Donnell, a former New
Mexico and Regulation and Licensing
Department secretary under Bill Richardson, prepared the study. O’Donnell
contends a health department regulation that limits producers to 450 plants
needs to be changed quickly to keep
up with increased demand.
Despite an 81 percent increase in
the number of patients enrolled in the
medical cannabis program between
June 2015 and June 2016, Health
Secretary-designate Lynn Gallagher
has signaled she won’t change the
rule because she’s worried about the
potential for federal intervention and
large producers monopolizing the
market, among other reasons.
New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra
Health, Inc., along with Nicole Sena,
the mother of the state’s youngest cannabis cardholder, have filed a lawsuit
over the state’s production limit.
The plaintiffs asked Santa Fe District
Judge David K. Thomson to order
the public health agency to change its
production limitation rules before the
shortage leads to a public health crisis.
Their attorney, Brian Egolf, said the
department’s “artificial constraints”
will get worse unless the limit is lifted
or eliminated.
State law requires the department to
be able to provide a three-month uninterrupted supply of medication. While
dispensaries don’t currently have
patients waiting in lines for plants to
be dried, cured and trimmed, Ultra
Health principal Rodriguez told ABQ
Free Press that without more plants he
can’t develop specialized products, including medication that Sena provides
her 8-month-old daughter, who suffers
from a rare form of epilepsy.
Sena has been forced to travel across
state lines to Colorado to purchase
Haley’s Hope, a cannabinoid oil.
Peter St. Cyr has covered medical cannabis in New Mexico since the state
legalized it in 2007. Reach him at
peter.stcyr@gmail.com
BY JIM KENNEY
ight now, New Mexico is struggling with a $600-plus million
deficit. The governor says she won’t
raise taxes and ordered a 5 percent
across-the-board cut in state operations.
In September we’ll have a special
legislative session and probably more
belt-tightening.
Yet we’re minimizing and ignoring
a great revenue source for the state:
cannabis.
New Mexicans can take pride in the
fact that it was the first state in the nation to recognize the value of medical
cannabis. But now, rather than taking
full advantage of this business – and
make no mistake, it is every bit as
much a business as any pharmacy
– the state seems intent on undermining medical marijuana as a positive
part of New Mexico’s economy.
Two recent examples: The New
Mexico Tourism Department recently
denied Ultra Health, one of about 35
medical cannabis providers in the
state, the opportunity to participate in
the tourism campaign, New Mexico
True. The state proudly promotes all
kinds of New Mexican businesses.
But for some reason, medical cannabis isn’t eligible for the New Mexico
True campaign.
A few weeks later, Ultra Health was
denied the opportunity to become a
sponsor of the International Balloon
Fiesta, as if medical cannabis were
something to be ashamed of, something to hide or apologize for.
This is exactly the wrong approach.
New Mexico should promote its
medical cannabis industry by demonstrating how it helps all kinds
of people, from veterans who are
dealing with PTSD, to cancer patients
who want relief from some of the
side-effects of their treatment, to
those with chronic pain diagnosed
and undiagnosed ailments. This is serious, helpful medicine, and we need
to take credit for it, not apologize.
This year, New Mexico medical
cannabis sales are expected to exceed
$45 million. If you had a multimillion
dollar budget shortfall, wouldn’t you
want more medical cannabis contributions to our economy, not less?
Similarly, recreational cannabis
can be a cure for at least some of the
state’s budget ills. Colorado cannabis
sales reached a record-setting $996
million in 2015. The state collected
more than $135 million in cannabis
taxes and fees with more than $35
million earmarked to school construction projects.
Beyond those numbers are collateral benefits: increased commercial
occupancy rates and sales, increased
residential sales and property values,
higher paying jobs, expansion of
academic programs in science and
Colorado collected
more than $135 million
in cannabis taxes and
fees with more than
$35 million earmarked
to school construction
projects
agriculture, etc.
New Mexico needs an economic
boom like Alaska, Colorado, Oregon,
and Washington received from
cannabis, and the state needs to stay
competitive with its neighbors, such
as Arizona, which may be considering
a cannabis ballot initiative this fall.
New Mexico needs to take advantage
of its agricultural heritage and use
recreational cannabis to help plug the
hole in our budget – and not just as a
quick fix but as an ongoing source of
revenue, job creation, property value
increases, etc.
The upcoming special legislative
session needs to enact financial legislation that diversifies and increases
state revenues. Cutting state agencies
and state programs hurts New Mexicans – educational programs, senior
services, mental health services, law
enforcement, state employees, etc.
And, budget cuts today simply postpone dealing with the fiscal issue. The
state will face this again and again
until something is done about it.
If the special legislative session
does not adopt financial reform
through expanding New Mexico’s
cannabis economy, exercise your disapproval in November when voting
for your representative in the New
Mexico House and Senate.
Jim Kenney is a resident of Albuquerque.
He is not affiliated with Ultra Health or
any other medical cannabis company.
Reach him at kenney.jim@gmail.com
NEWS
Saving Soles along Central for 61 Years
BY JOHNNY VIZCAINO
S
ince 1955, the Martinez family has
run a shoe repair shop in one part
of Nob Hill or another.
For a stint in the ’50s, the shop was
located at what remains of the Nob
Hill Business Center, before circumstances prompted the owners to
move farther east on Central Avenue
between Carlisle and San Mateo.
For years it was at 4208 Central Ave.
NE before a year or so ago moving
across the street to 4207 Central Ave. NE.
Julio Martinez, the shop’s current
owner, said he inherited the business
from his father and brother several
years back, but he began working in
the shop in the mid-1960s, and he’s
watched Nob Hill evolve ever since.
“I was around here when I was 18,”
he said. “I’m turning 71.”
From shops closing to buildings
burning, Martinez said he’s seen the
changes that the years have brought
to historic Route 66. For all the dining
that transpires in Nob Hill nowadays,
he said there isn’t nearly as much
shopping going on anymore.
“There were a lot of services [being
provided] up and down here, but it’s
been messed up since the digital age
has come into play.”
In the past, Nob Hill was home to
a local pharmacy, grocery, bakery,
even a bookstore and dental practice,
Martinez said — all the makings of a
complete community.
“It was a good life,” Martinez said.
“Not like today, everybody’s in a rush.”
In the past, Nob Hill
was home to a local
pharmacy, grocery,
bakery, even a bookstore
and dental practice,
Martinez said — all the
makings of a complete
community
Despite ups and downs in the
Albuquerque economy, Martinez said
he’s “always had business,” a good
fortune he accredits to his “customer
first” approach to doing business.
Some customer relationships span the
course of decades, he said, “twenty,
thirty years. Dedicated customers, I’ve
had a lot of those.”
The shop is lined with things that
were gifted to Martinez from customers.
“I’ve always believed in treating my
customers as best I can,” he said.
Johnny Vizcaino
Julio Martinez, owner of Nob Hill Shoe Repair, 4207 Central NE, has seen plenty of changes in Nob Hill since he started working in the family
business in 1963.
The New Mexico film industry
has also played a part in providing the shop with clientele, he said.
The Nob Hill Shoe Repair shop’s
handiwork has been featured in film
projects such as “Better Call Saul” and
“Preacher,” as well as Disney’s “The
Lone Ranger,” and even the upcoming
“Wolverine” sequel being filmed in
Northern New Mexico.
In “Breaking Bad,” he was asked
to repair a character’s cowboy boots,
which were worn down at the heels.
Shoe repair isn’t all for show, he
said: A person’s physical well-being is
often at stake. Offices that do orthopedic work have sought the shop’s
services for generations, Martinez said.
Children’s shoes, for instance, are
no longer an issue of any importance.
“They’re wearing tennis shoes;
parents aren’t paying attention to
(children’s) feet,” he said. “They’re
buying them crap.”
Martinez said he understands that
children grow out of shoes, but if parents aren’t mindful of what they put
on their children’s feet, they run the
risk of allowing orthopedic problems
to develop.
The decline of shoe standards has
created its share of business problems
as well, he said.
“How long do you think a $9.99
pair of shoes will wear?” he asked, referring to a poster in the shop explaining the benefits of shoe repair. There
were more of these posted throughout
his shop in the past, he said, but
“people don’t pay attention to that
anymore, not like they used to.”
‘How long do you think a
$9.99 pair of shoes
will wear?’
— Julio Martinez
Another poster, on the front of
the store, had less to do with shoe
repair but was just as business oriented. “STOP ART,” the poster reads.
Martinez, like some other Nob Hill
business owners, said he is staunchly
opposed to the development of the
Albuquerque Rapid Transit system, a
move he calls redundant.
“[The city] is going to have this
‘super bus,’ they call it, going up
and down [Central], but then they’re
going to have the other buses running
up and down, too,” he said. “I don’t
think the mayor realizes that he’s
hurting a lot of people.”
There simply aren’t enough destinations of importance along the singlestreet route to have a beneficial impact
in the community, he said. “The
university, Presbyterian Hospital,
that’s it. Do you think people are going to walk from Central all the way
to where the zoo is?”
“Since I’ve been here, (the city) has
redone that median at least six times,”
Martinez said. “They’ve done just
about everything to that middle section
that you can think of, and for what?”
‘I don’t think the mayor
realizes that he’s hurting
a lot of people’
— Martinez on ART
“That’s what they’re going to ruin,
Route 66,” he said. “I have a lot of
history here.”
Johnny Vizcaino is an editorial intern at
ABQ Free Press.
Whining and Lying Are What
ABQ’s Leaders Do Best
BY dan klein
I
f you ask any police officer what
really pisses them
off, they’ll tell you:
liars. Cops hate
lying and liars, and
politicians spewing
spin is just like
lying. I’ve had a lot
to hate recently.
Every time I see the City of Albuquerque
video graphic showing the ART buses
easily zooming up and down Central
Avenue, with no passenger cars in the
right-hand lane, I get mad. Do you want
to know what Central is going to look
like once ART is complete? Take a look
at the traffic congestion currently on
west Central. It’s down to one lane in
each direction, and traffic is a congested
mess. Mayor Richard Berry’s office
doesn’t show you those videos.
Once ART is in place, the ART bus,
probably empty most times, will fly up
Central, while you and I sit in passenger
cars in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Cars
barely crawling along and then diverting
into the adjoining neighborhoods, that’s
the future of ART.
ART opponents should create their
own graphics and present them to
the mainstream media to use on their
nightly news reports. The next time
Berry and the City Council show you
graphics that reflect no cars in the righthand lane, call them out as liars.
Let’s not forget District Attorney
Kari Brandenburg. The running joke
now is that if you ask Brandenburg any
question about her office’s failings,
her response will be, “It’s the fault of
the Case Management Order” (CMO)
– a court rule that requires cases to be
prosecuted quickly or charges dropped.
It’s never Brandenburg’s fault.
When asked why her office has dozens
of police shooting cases that have not
been reviewed, Brandenburg’s excuses
ran the gamut. Her office is overworked,
she has limited resources, some attorneys are ill and one attorney has died.
Nothing but excuses. She refuses to own
anything. APD is making fewer arrests,
so how is the office overworked? And
having employees who are ill or who
pass away, is that a reasonable excuse? I
don’t think so.
Ask any successful business person and
they will tell you that sick employees
will happen, and if you are going to be
successful you figure out how to work
around that. That is, unless you’re an
elected district attorney, then you use it
as an excuse. When this excuse doesn’t
A Cop’s
View
work, you blame it on the CMO.
The next spinner is APD Chief Gorden
Eden. When a TV station confronted Eden
on out-of-control crime, Eden responded
that APD was doing a good job. When
that excuse quickly fell apart, Eden shifted
gears to blame the courts, changes in
bond rules and the Legislature.
Except Eden’s excuses don’t make
sense. Crime began to shoot up when
Berry became mayor, and through
his austerity measures, officers began
fleeing APD. APOA President Shawn
Willoughby said, “prove me wrong, but
you can’t.” He’s right, crime went up
when Berry began driving off officers.
But Eden won’t say that, Berry pays him
$170,000 to spin instead.
Eden has become
‘Whiner in Chief.’ Instead
of accepting blame he
plays the pity card
This is where two rivals, Brandenburg
and Eden, grasp at the same branch of
blame – it’s the CMO’s fault. They ignore
that the CMO was forced upon them by
the New Mexico Supreme Court because
of years of mismanagement in the local
criminal justice system. Some of this
occurred before Eden was chief, but all of
it happened under Brandenburg’s tenure.
The CMO guarantees the citizen’s
constitutional rights. Without the CMO,
innocent citizens – our neighbors – were
sitting for months, and sometimes years,
in jail, losing everything. Eden and
Brandenburg helped to cause the CMO,
so for them to blame all their current
issues on it, is a sick, laughable, liar’s spin.
At the end of the TV report Eden
insulted every person who has worn a
badge. He played the pity card. When it
became clear that crime is up and that
Berry and Eden are partly to blame,
Eden stated, “Our officers, right now
feel, we are by ourselves.” Oh, poor
baby, but that’s also a lie.
Albuquerque citizens support APD
like no other town would, based on
the last six years of blunders. Eden has
become “Whiner in Chief.” Instead of
accepting blame he plays the pity card.
Until these public officials own the
mess they have created nothing will be
fixed. I have yet to hear one of them say
that it’s their fault.
And remember, if you don’t like this
column, blame it on the CMO.
Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police
sergeant. Reach him on Facebook.
columns/letters
To the Editor:
Dan Klein’s recent column, “DA’s
Legacy of Failure,” is rampant with
errors and misinformation.
The evidence room scandal at
APD occurred in 2004 and 2005,
years after I took office. Contrary to
Klein’s assertion that nothing was
done about the scandal, the New
Mexico Attorney General’s Office
was called in to aid in the investigation. They have the capacity to
initiate and investigate their own
cases, unlike the DA’s Office. We
deferred to them, as we often do
in our longstanding and ongoing
partnership with them.
I have always tried to maintain
a good working relationship with
all the agencies we depend on
and interact with. This was true
when Chief Schultz was with
APD. However, any allegation our
relationship was “too close” is fiction. I don’t believe I ever met with
Chief Schultz outside a meeting
including many other persons, nor
did I ever have lunch with him. The
lines of communication were open,
as they needed to be, but it was
common for weeks to pass, possibly
months, when communication with
the Chief wasn’t necessary and we
interacted with others at APD. I
absolutely deny there was ever any
informal agreement not to criticize
each other’s agency. The record of
our disagreements negate this falsehood.
Criminal cases have been dismissed in record numbers since
the inception of LR2-400, which
became effective on February 2,
2015. The New Mexico Supreme
Court imposed the rule in Bernalillo County as an attempt to fast
track criminal cases. There were
meetings, involving all the affected
parties, for 18 months prior to its
imposition. Unfortunately, APD
did not attend most of the meetings
and thus was unaware of its impact
on our criminal justice system. The
rule mandates all discovery must be
turned over to the defense counsel
at arraignment. Discovery includes
police reports, lapel cameras, CAD
reports, witness statements and numerous other items. The DA’s Office
does not create, nor have control
over discovery until it is handed
over to us.
Since LR2-400 came into effect,
and even before, we have been
involved in training APD as to the
requirements and implications of
the rule and have been meeting
with them on a frequent and
regular basis to help them expedite
the discovery process. In-house,
we have implemented numerous
systems and check lists to track
discovery, letting law enforcement
agencies know what we need and
the timelines.
A statement that we are “at war”
with APD is false and diminishes
our daily efforts and contact with
them. In many ways, I believe we
are working better than ever with
the men and women of the agency.
To place APD’s trouble at the feet
of the DA is absurd and disingenuous. This is an agency that, over
the past two years, is in compliance with a mere 5 percent of the
settlement agreement with the U.S.
Department of Justice, which has
oversight authority and jurisdiction. The DA’s Office does not have
the authority or the jurisdiction to
dictate the policies and day-to-day
business of APD.
I have heard it said that one can’t
let the facts get in the way of a good
story, but Dan, you are in orbit.
Earth to Dan, earth to Dan…!
— Bernalillo County District Attorney
Kari Brandenburg
To the Editor:
I am in agreement with Bernalillo
County District Judge Nan Nash in
her decision to let the construction
continue for needed capital outlay
projects within the Albuquerque
Public Schools. It is of vital importance for construction projects to
continue or begin at such schools
as Albuquerque High, Rio Grande,
West Mesa, and Valley.
Valley was built in 1954, Albuquerque High in 1973, Rio Grande
in 1959, and West Mesa in 1966.
These older schools, as well as
elementary and middle schools are
in dire need of refurbishing and
re-building.
I am a member of the Valley High
School Construction Committee
and I have had three generations of
my family attend Valley. The voters
have spoken.
Yet, Mr. Robert Pidcock plans
an appeal on this issue to the New
Mexico Supreme Court. I’ll be in
Santa Fe to oppose his challenge.
Give it a rest. We desperately need
these projects to continue for the
well-being and safety of our students.
— Phil Ewing
letters/cartoons
To the Editor:
As we have seen in the current presidential race and in recent local elections,
big money still dominates the way we
fund campaigns at all levels. From the
Koch brothers spending millions in the
Republican presidential primary to the
Santolina developers spending tens of
thousands in the recent Bernalillo County
Commission Democratic primary, powerful wealthy individuals and organizations
seek to influence elections by spending
big money in campaigns. But we have a
chance to reduce that influence in next
year’s mayoral race.
On an 8-1 vote, the Albuquerque City
Council recently passed legislation to
make the city’s public financing program
workable again. Our thanks go to City
Councilors Don Harris and Pat Davis for
reaching across the aisle to fix the current
system, which was originally approved
by about 69 percent of the voters in 2005.
As soon as the Bernalillo County
Commission works out the positions of
various measures on this fall’s ballot, city
voters can expect to see it on the ballot
in November. If the charter amendment
passes, it will apply to next year’s mayoral race. And that will certainly determine
who will choose to run — or sit out — the
contest for our most important local office. It will also determine whether those
candidates will spend their time raising
money or talking directly to voters and
learning the issues.
Both of us are proud of our roles in
advancing voluntary public financing
for elections — on the state level for
the Public Regulation Commission and
higher courts, and here in Albuquerque
for the City Council and Mayor’s Office.
Despite some of its limitations, it’s still
the best tool we have to allow candidates
to concentrate on voters rather than large
donors and to increase the field to the
widest range of candidates.
But since Citizens United and other
court decisions, there are some problems
that need to be addressed in the current
system. The current program leaves
candidates who participate at a disadvantage because the amount they are granted
by the city is not even in the ballpark
when they are up against candidates who
are privately funded. That’s what happened to the losing candidate who ran
using public financing in the last mayoral
election. He was outspent two to one by
the current mayor, who ran on private
contributions.
The council’s charter amendment solves
this problem by increasing the public stipend for participating mayoral candidates
from $1 to $1.75 per voter. A qualifying
mayoral candidate would get $630,000,
enough to compete with privately funded
candidates. To get the stipend, candidates
must collect small donations from local
constituents, something not all candidates are willing or able to do. That’s the
original intent of the system — to increase
the role of small donors, ordinary citizens,
and encourage candidates to focus on
voters, rather than spending time raising
money from special interests and mega
donors. That’s a small price for voters to
pay to reduce the influence of powerful
interests in our city government.
Now, thanks to the City Council’s fix,
more candidates from both parties and all
walks of life will have an incentive to run
in next year’s mayoral race, and voters
will benefit since the pool will not be limited to the well-heeled or well-connected.
Fortunately, updating the system does
not require a massive boost in funding.
The charter amendment is well within
what the city has already budgeted for the
system. According to the council’s staff,
every other year there is already a twotenth of 1 percent infusion into the $1.04
million fund — enough to keep it solvent
until 2021 at the current rate of candidate
participation.
Sure, this fix has its detractors. The
stipend is not enough, some say; it
won’t completely level the playing field.
Independent, anonymous political action
committees can still weigh in, as they did
in the most recent City Council elections.
But with public financing, mayoral
candidates can at least mount viable
campaigns against privately funded
candidates. The charter amendment is an
important piece of the puzzle we must
solve to encourage a diversity of candidates, restore competition and public
confidence that elections are not just a
top-dollar affair. And who knows? It
might even increase voter participation in
our low turnout city elections.
— Eric Griego, a former city councilor and
state senator, was the sponsor of the 2005
bill to place public financing of Albuquerque
elections on the ballot. Dede Feldman, a
former state senator, was the sponsor of the
bill creating public financing for the Public
Regulation Commission in 2003 and for the
N.M. Supreme and Court of Appeals in 2007.
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What Happens When the Lights Go Out?
news
Events to Support Peltier
Clemency Set for September
I
n a normal day, 3,000 to 4,000 alarms go off on computers in the Public Service
Company of New Mexico’s
Power Operations Facility in
the South Valley. The alarms
sound for anything from
power outages to doors being
opened by maintenance crews
at the company’s generation
and distribution facilities.
But Aug. 7 was no normal
day.
Nearly 200,000 alarms went
off, signaling an outage that
left nearly 130,000 PNM customers without power. It was
the utility’s worst outage in 15
years.
It began around 7:30 p.m.
when lightning struck a PNM
substation at Ladera and
Unser on Albuquerque’s West
Side. In a matter of seconds, 81
substations were shut down as
the computerized grid began
throwing open circuit breakers
in an act of self-preservation.
“It happened in seconds,”
Aubrey Johnson, PNM’s vice
president of operations, said
as he explained how the vast
network of substations, power Lightning hit a PNM facility like this one on Aug. 7, cutting power to nearly 130,000 PNM customers.
lines, circuit breakers and generating plants shut itself off to
it’s generated. With 130,000 custom They also had to restart the two
prevent further damage. If too much
power plants to make sure there was
ers suddenly without power, there
power is moving through the lines,
enough power once the lines were
wouldn’t have been anywhere for all
they, and all the switches, transformback in service.
that power to go. So the system made
ers and sensors will basically fry, and
Generating and delivering electricity
less electricity.
so will any electronics in homes and
to 500,000 customers is a complex task
“It appears they [two Albuquerque
businesses.
because utilities have to match genpower plants] tripped because there
eration to demand, and that demand
was
not
enough
load
on
the
system,”
Lightning strike
changes constantly. It means that PNM
Johnson said.
The lightning blast that rocked the
has to constantly increase or decrease
substation on Aug. 7 basically caused
Getting the grid back up
the amount of electricity it generates.
a reduction in voltage throughout the
It does that in part by controlling how
It took PNM about three hours to
system, which is not a good thing,
much steam is let into the turbines at its
restore most of the power. So how did
said Dave Eubank, PNM’s director of
plants that use steam to make power.
they do it?
power operations. It caused voltage to
There are four giant valves that
Basically, by working backwards
drop below what was an acceptable
control
the flow of steam into the
and turning one substation back on at
level, Eubank said.
turbines.
Three are usually set at the
a time.
Low voltage can damage the system
same
level,
while the fourth is used
The first thing PNM’s operators
and electronics just as too much voltas
a
control
valve. It can be adjusted
had to do was make sure that nothage can. Too much voltage will cause
remotely
every
15 seconds to increase
ing really was fried and that all those
a motor to run too fast and burn out,
or
decrease
the
amount
of power
switches, sensors and breakers were
while too little voltage will make a
that’s
generated,
Johnson
said.
working properly. Then they pushed
motor run slower and burn it out all
“Every
megawatt
of
power
that
icons on their computers to close
the same, Johnson said.
we
produce
is
being
consumed
at the
circuit breakers that had tripped open
The lightning strike also caused two
same
time,”
he
said.
“All
day,
we
are
after the lightning strike and got
of PNM’s gas-fired power plants in
matching
demand
with
generation.”
power flowing back through the lines.
the area to shut down as well, in what
“In very simplistic terms, all we
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor
also might have been an act of selfare doing is completing the circuits,”
at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at
preservation. Electricity really can’t be
stored and must be consumed when
Johnson said.
dennis@freeabq.com
columns/features
CALLING ALL PETS
by sayrah namastÉ
W
Courtesy PNM
Tracking outages
State regulators require New Mexico
utilities to maintain records of unplanned interruptions of service that
document the cause, date and time,
and duration of outages that affect
10 percent or more of customers or
involve 100 megawatts or more of
jurisdictional load.
Since 2014, PNM filed 21 reports
for the Albuquerque area. Causes
ranged from inclement weather and
technical mishaps to car accidents,
as well as accidents involving snakes
making contact with energized
underground facilities.
The nearest in scope to the recordsetting Aug. 7 outage occurred in
August of last year, when 16,478
customers were affected and 25
megawatts of electricity were lost.
By contrast, 550 megawatts of
electricity were lost in the Aug. 7
outage.
— Johnny Vizcaino
ant to help
free an innocent man from
prison? Activists
in Albuquerque
and around the
world hope to do
just that for American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier, who has
maintained his innocence during more
than 40 years of imprisonment.
The late South African president
Nelson Mandela, Amnesty International, Harry Belafonte, the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, National Congress of American Indians,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev.
Jesse Jackson are just
some of the people
who have asked for
his release.
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey
Clark has served
as one of Peltier’s
lawyers pro bono.
Even Judge Heaney,
who originally ruled
against him, now
supports Peltier’s release, saying that the
FBI used improper
tactics to convict him.
You may be surprised to learn that
Peltier has strong
connections to our city. The Indigenous Rights Center, which opened
last year in Albuquerque, was created
at the behest of Peltier. Local resident
Peter Clark is the co-director alongside Peltier’s niece, Kari Ann Boushee.
They are just a few people who are allowed to be in regular communication
with him. The programs the Center
runs are based on the vision of Peltier
and carried out on his behalf.
Peltier was arrested as a 31-yearold and charged with killing two FBI
agents on very little evidence. Now
turning 72, his health is failing and he
has exhausted every legal option. His
last chance at freedom is clemency from
President Obama in his final months of
office. It is highly unlikely Peltier will
live through another presidency.
This is why local activists and
people around the world are fervently
working to persuade Obama to grant
clemency. And they are optimistic
— Obama’s lawyers are talking with
Peltier’s lawyers. Local activists have
also petitioned U.S. Sens. Martin
Heinrich and Tom Udall, and earlier
this year they pressured First Lady
Michelle Obama during her visit to
the Santa Fe Indian School. One of the
things the elected officials want to see
is public support for clemency before
they will act.
“This is his last chance at freedom.
We must act now, or Leonard will
surely die in prison,” says Clark, a
personal friend of Peltier who has
spent decades trying to get him
released. Locally, there is a series
of events being held as part of the
international clemency campaign.
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of the UNM Student Union Building.
A discussion about how people can get
involved in the clemency campaign will
follow the film.
On Peltier’s birthday, Sept 12, the
film, “Warrior,” which tells his life
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are 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 8 p.m. Tickets
are $5 and $8. Updates on the clemency campaign will be shared at each
showing. Prints of Peltier’s artwork
will be awarded as door prizes.
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Creative Capital: ABQ Rising
(or, things I talk about all the time and want everyone to know)
BY JULIA MANDEVILLE
A
lbuquerque is a constellation of art, culture and
innovation. Our city reverberates with the talent
and passion of those who live here.
This makes for an incredible opportunity: Through
thoughtful development strategies that focus on celebrating and honoring what makes this place so unique, we
have the potential to raise the conditions and quality of
life for everyone in our community.
Our urban landscape feels defined as much by our multicultural makeup as by the creativity of our individual
citizens. We see it illustrated everywhere. In hand-painted
shop signs, vintage neon and contemporary murals.
Lowriders, tattoos and street art. Galleries, museums and
maker’s spaces. Theatre companies, aerialist collectives
and dance institutes. Slam poetry, live music and pop-up
shows. Adobe, Victorian and modern buildings. Breweries, coffee shops and restaurants. Locally owned retail,
farmers’ markets and start-ups.
We are bursting at the seams with vision, and we are
channeling that energy to magnify positive outcomes.
Though we sometimes hear its “absence” lamented
in public discourse, we do have the intellectual capital
to compete in an increasingly knowledge-based global
economy.
Manuel-Julian Montoya, Ph.D. and professor of creative
enterprise at UNM’s Anderson School of Management,
emphasizes: “New Mexico is a special place because its
diversity and its heritage express very different realities
that co-exist with one another. Our artists, poets, scientists, and engineers all represent the collision of art and
science in a state that is equal parts first-world economy
and emerging economy. This is why the phrase ‘Land of
Enchantment’ still matters – magic and fantasy are modes
of expression that play a crucial role in making sense of a
world that is sometimes beyond our senses.”
So how does Albuquerque embrace these roots and
cultivate “enchantment” as a sustainable asset, resource
and benefit?
Montoya suggests, “Albuquerque, as the urban center
and economic hub of the state, is also the receiver of the
fantastic realities that make us timeless and ‘in-between’
[economies]. Art is vital to mediating that important
part of our identity, and it is what makes us resilient and
relevant in a fast-changing world.”
The City of Albuquerque has long recognized this. Paraphrasing her predecessor, Gordon Church, Sherri Brueggemann, manager of the city’s Public Art Urban Enhancement
Program, said: “The city’s commitment to program and
fund arts and culture contributes to how the city defines
itself and nurtures its character and soul.”
Many of our municipal policies reflect this commitment
and, with one of the largest cultural services departments
and one of the oldest public art programs in the country, we
have a relatively strong existing infrastructure to build on.
This framework is enhanced by nonprofit organizations
such as 516 Arts, Artful Life, Creative Startups, Harwood
Art Center, Keshet Ideas and Innovation Center, MediaDesk, SINC, TIASO, We Are This City, WESST and
Working Classroom, to name just a few.
They employ diverse approaches and serve diverse
population segments. Yet, their mission work demonstrates shared values of building capacity for creative
entrepreneurs and entities, increasing educational and
professional development opportunities, growing equal
access and financial mobility, expanding audiences
and identifying new markets, and contributing to the
vibrancy and vitality of our city. Ultimately, they strive
for deep social impact.
Key actors in our private sector recognize that “the role
of arts, culture, and creativity is critical to community and
economic development,” said David Silverman, principal
of Geltmore LLC and board chair of Downtown ABQ
MainStreet. “Authentic and vibrant places can be found
where the arts are flourishing. Any good real estate developer understands that. We see Downtown Albuquerque,
in particular, as very ripe with opportunity, especially as
more support is provided to engage the arts and culture
community as catalysts in our revitalization efforts.”
There is robust evidence of the foundational role that
arts and culture play in our economy. UNM’s Bureau
of Business and Economic Research found that arts and
cultural industries in Albuquerque/Bernalillo County
generate more than $1.2 billion in annual revenues and
approximately 20,000 jobs.
The study, issued in 2007 and available on the bureau’s
website, also made recommendations for how to leverage
and grow the impact of our creative sectors.
Similar recommendations were extended statewide
in the bureau’s most recent creative economy report,
published in 2014. Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell and Gillian Joyce
asserted: “A successful long-term strategy must involve
a balance of policies that preserve and renew the state’s
unique social and cultural environment with initiatives
that avail its creative professionals with the energy and
opportunities that globalization and emerging technologies offer.”
Four broad priorities are identified – which echo and
reinforce the above mentioned nonprofits’ work and,
additionally, call out the need for increased funding and
investment.
Local leaders are pursuing integrative research and
policy initiatives. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall’s office drafted and
is preparing to sponsor the federal CREATE Act, which
would provide comprehensive resources for entrepreneurs in the arts to transform the economy.
The N.M. Department of Cultural Affairs and UNM
regularly convene an arts and culture working group of
private-sector and public-sector representatives. The city
council approved the Arts and Cultural District Plan for
Downtown Albuquerque MainStreet.
As they develop their work for Bloomberg Philanthropies, ABQ iTeam identified “homegrown commerce,”
particularly in the creative fields, as a potential focal area.
The Albuquerque Public Schools Office of Innovation is
exploring educational models that, if adopted, would implement arts as part of the core curriculum for students.
We all know Albuquerque faces an array of profound
challenges. Our extraordinary creative culture can serve
as an engine of meaningful and lasting change – and
because it exists by virtue of our people, it affords us,
each and together, the chance to define exactly what that
change looks like.
About the Cover Artist:
David Santiago
Devoid of clothing, the women of St Jame are
known for being nude. However, a closer examination reveals a deeper level of exposure. Each work is
built atop a wood panel hand-picked by the artist,
with a variety of mediums – primarily charcoal and
pastel, but also acrylic, ink and makeup, bringing
them to life. Yet, even staring back at you, blushing with awareness, they reveal a transparency
preserved despite the layers of mediums, a hint of
wood grain that recalls what they are really made
of. This inception of meaning, details within a
detail, continues across each face – their freckles,
sun spots, are actually stars in disguise, a constellation hidden somewhere within their array. Even the
artist’s signature “St Jame” is something of a puzzle,
a derivation of his last name – St Jame > Saint James
> Santo Yago > Santiago.
Santiago was born and raised in Albuquerque and
spent his early years as a Hawaiian-shirt-wearing,
rolly-backpack-pulling superfan of the film “Titanic.” Eventually, he forsook the former and embraced
the latter, becoming a charcoal artist specializing in
female portraiture.
A graduate of the University of New Mexico with
a B.A. in architecture, Santiago discovered many of
the techniques and mediums he still uses, as well as
a love of art, and work ethic that can only be born
from architecture school’s rigorous sleep-depriving
demands. Santiago is the exclusive artist of Tractor
Brewing Co. and is a featured artist of We Are This
City. He has shown and been published nationally.
For Santiago, art is a passion, constantly evolving
through artistic experimentation and experience.
Each piece is defined not only as a final product
but also through the process, materials and ideas
that went into its creation. In observing a glimpse
of its wood-grained origin within the final product,
viewers are allowed to be part of the artistic journey
and to reflect on their own path to that moment. It
allows them to delve deeper, be reflective, exposed,
naked with the art.
Courtesy of David Santiago
Local artist David Santiago, a member of the We Are This
City collective, works primarily in charcoal and believes
viewers should be a part of the artistic process.
creativity
Music Makers: Lilah Rose — A Pyragraph Profile
BY IRENE ENTILA
Pyragraph is the online career and lifestyle
magazine for artists, musicians, writers
and other creatives worldwide. Career and
life advice for artists, by artists. Read our
daily posts at Pyragraph.com.
W
hat was the recording process
like for “Young Together”?
The process of writing and recording “Young Together” was long and
filled with love, pain, blood, sweat and
tears. It has been in the making for
two years sonically and over five years
lyrically/material wise. The songs
hold a deep and personal message. So
often we are broken, lost and rejected;
yet so often we are in love, happy and
prospering. I lost a beautiful childhood
friend who inspired much of the older
material. In addition, I experienced
love and kindness, inspiration and encouragement from others in so many
ways during that time, which inspired
the happier and lighter parts of the
album.
Writing and recording is a way of
healing for me and many. This collection of songs showcases my first fulllength studio album. It is the first time
I recorded all of my acoustic guitar
and piano songs, and with the help of
musicians, created fully orchestrated
pieces. I am in the final phases of
pressing it, gathering all the last details
needed.
I’m so proud of what the wonderful
musicians contributed, amongst whom
include Christian Puckett (drums),
Kris Kerby (drums), Monica Demarco (bass/cello), David Schripsema
(trumpet), myself (vocals, keys, guitar,
producer), and co-producer/engineer,
Howard Wulkan. I loved being in the
studio and hearing these long-lost
parts of me come to fruition in song. I
can’t help but feel emotional about all
the help and support received.
I recorded this album with the
Brian Sena
Lilah Rose is an electronic pop/alternative rock singer-songwriter based out of Albuquerque. Rose
uses vocal looping to showcase the voice as an instrument and continues to explore all genres of
music, incorporating melodic synthesizers, rhythms, beats and visuals to her sounds. She is today’s
featured Music Maker.
aid of all my Indiegogo supporters,
where the finances for the record came
from. I am looking forward to reconnecting with those contributors. The
plan is to release this baby … in August. I am truly grateful and excited.
Beer, wine or whiskey, and why?
Damn, it depends on the night. If I
plan on rocking and rolling, whiskey,
please. I like whiskey for singing and
freeing inhibitions. If I am eating pasta
or steak, red wine. Beer is acceptable
any day at some point because it is
pretty much water anyway. Adult
beverages are great while camping too,
and at BBQs.
Who are you listening to right now?
I love listening to dance music. I also
love listening to hard rock. I also love
trance rock, anything loud. Bjork and
Grimes are cool. Tame Impala is really
cool. I truly enjoy listening to my
friends’ recordings. Friends’ records
are the best because you get to hear
and support them doing what they
love too and even get to know them
better as people.
What’s your current instrument? Give
details for our gear-whore readers.
It depends which set I’m playing. If I
am solo, I loop with a Boss VE-5 Vocal
Performer. It allows me to build my
songs like puzzles with what feels like
endless loop layering. I recently had
a friend restore/re-string my father’s
vintage red hollow body Gibson and
have been playing it with full band
shows. I never knew I would love
electric guitar so much after learning
and mostly writing with an acoustic
Martin (also, thanks to my father). I’ve
been trying to learn more about what I
don’t know.
If you could play/tour anywhere in
the world, where would it be?
I want to tour Europe. I’ve never
been overseas, and I’ve always
yearned to go. Touring and playing
music for so many wonderful new
people would be such a glorious
journey. It’s all I want to do with my
life. I’d be honored to play my music
to new ears and inspire someone I
have yet to meet in some way. I’ve also
always wanted to meet long-lost family as my heritage is Scottish, Irish and
a little Welsh. I would love to know a
new lifestyle and way of living. I definitely plan on going someday (soon)!
Irene Entila is a teacher, runner, writer
and taco enthusiast. Originally from
Washington state, she was lured into the
Land of Entrapment by the lack of rainfall
and an abundance of teaching opportunities. She recently launched the satire blog
GayGenda.com.
Follow Lilah Rose online and keep
an eye out for her release of “Young
Together”:
Bandcamp: lilahrose.bandcamp.com
Facebook: facebook.com/lilahrosemusic
Twitter: twitter.com/lilahrosemusic
Instagram: instagram.com/
lilahroseparade
YouTube: youtube.com/lilahrosemusic
Disney Remake Shines as Bright as Original
BY DAN GUTIERREZ
may consider the original “Pete’s
Dragon” (1977) the catalyst for my
love of film. As a child, I abused the
VHS tape by playing it so many times
even the white puffy box it came in
was a danger to my miniature fingers – its edges were reduced to sharp
plastic shards. In this modern world of
mediocre remakes, I was worried about
Disney tapping into a film that means
so much to me. But I’m happy to say,
they did not disappoint. The modern “Pete’s Dragon” relies
on 3-D computer animation versus the
two dimensional traditional painted cel
animation to create the lovable Elliot. If
you were expecting a scaly version of
the classic dragon, you will be a little
surprised to see a fluffy huggable beast.
Let me not underplay the events of
this tragedy. When I saw this film, I was
sitting about two seats away from a 3- or
4-year-old girl. The first few minutes of
this film are very dark – within a single
scene they were able to give Pete a
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Elliot has more of
the personality of an
overgrown puppy or a
playful cat, which gave
the movie a different tone
I was so engrossed in the
story, I cried like the child
who was sitting just a few
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an overgrown puppy or a playful cat,
which gave the movie a different tone.
Instead of this being a buddy film with
Elliot and Pete getting into trouble, it
feels like Pete wants to reunite with
his pet/guardian and is shocked and
frightened by the modern world. This
slight variation on tone doesn’t detract
from the story. Honestly, I couldn’t help
but think of my own fur babies when
watching this film. The movie takes
its time to tell the story and gets you
completely wrapped into the fantasy it
has established.
The plot varies slightly from the
original; it now begins in the mid-to-late
1970’s when a young Pete (Oakes Fegley) is tragically orphaned in the woods
and soon befriends a large and lovable
dragon named Elliot.
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backstory, introduce our Elliot, and make
a child sitting a few feet away from me
say out loud, “Mommy, I’m scared.” She
wasn’t alone, I was scared too.
Years later, Natalie (Oona Laurence)
discovers a much older Pete in the wild,
and her dad (Wes Bentley) and his
girlfriend, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard)
bring him home in hopes of identifying
his origins.
Locked with the vocabulary of a
5-year-old and the knowledge of the
outdoors, the now 11-year-old Pete becomes increasingly desperate to return
to his natural home. Elliot also wants to
reunite with Pete. All the while, Gavin
(Karl Urban), a logger who is Natalie’s
uncle, has become aware and wary of
Elliot’s presence and devises a plan to
capture him. I was so engrossed in the story, I
cried like the child who was sitting just
a few seats away. Actually, she held it
together better than I did. This tale is
truly a tribute to our pet companions.
It’s sweet, it’s lovable, it’s something I
highly recommend for the whole family.
Dan Gutierrez is a member of the Broadcast
Film Critics Association, hosts a nationally
syndicated radio program called Directors
Cut Radio, and can be seen each Friday
on Good Day New Mexico on KOB-TV 4.
Follow @movieguydan on Twitter.
Beer Town: Our Mug Runneth Over
drink
by TY BANNERMAN
S
chool has started and the faintest
breath of cooler air has wafted
into the city. Autumn is on the way,
the Barley Moon rises and the traditional time of beer celebrations will
soon be waxing into fullness. Which
means that there’s plenty of ale-related news to report.
perfect for the notquite-adventurous
drinker.
Pub stop:
Bathtub Row
On a fest
It seems like we’ve only just recovered from Hopfest in late August, but
that was really just to get you primed
up for a season of festivals from now
until Christmas.
On Sept. 3 and 4, we have the
much-vaunted Mountain West Brew
Fest, which slid into the spot at
Loretto Park in Bernalillo that was
occupied by the New Mexico Wine
Festival until two years ago.
One of the best things about this
event is how close it is to a Rail Runner station, which means you can take
a pleasant train ride up to the fest,
give your sampling mug a workout
and then tipsily stumble back to the
train, all without endangering your
fellow humans.
As usual, a lineup of local breweries (and even a holdout winery or
two!) will be on the spot to tantalize
you with their wares. Of particular
note will be a booth run by The 377
Brewery, an outfit that’s been working
toward renovating the old furniture
store at 2027 Yale Blvd SE. This will be
a chance to sample the brews before
the official opening (still no word on
when that might be, exactly, but soon
probably).
Brew Fest admission is $20 and
includes a sampling glass. If you’re
some kind of bigshot, you can opt
for the VIP admission for $30 and get
early access and entry to the “VIP
tent” where, no doubt, all kinds of
shady activities will be underway.
Check mountainwestbrewfest.com for
more info.
Got a hot tip on Albuquerque’s beer scene?
Know of a seasonal draft I’ve simply got to try?
Drop me a line at beertownabq@gmail.com
If you like to sample local brews
in an environment replete with other
local goods, then New Mexico True
Fest at Expo New Mexico’s state
fairgrounds will be worthy of your
calendar as well. Based on the popular
and ubiquitous New Mexico True
advertising campaign, which seeks
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to highlight New Mexico as a “state
full of culture, pride, diversity and
unparalleled adventure,” the fest will
focus on foods and products raised,
grown or made right here in the Land
of Enchantment.
So, figure on there being plenty of
green chile available, but also meat
and dairy, produce and yes, a beer
garden chock full of local brews. The
event will feature a food truck rally, a
midway’s worth of rides and games,
and live music.
Check out newmexico.org/truefest
for more info. It’s also taking place on
Sept. 3 and 4, but hey, why not go to
True Fest on one day and Mountain
West on the other?
Marble keeps rolling
By the time this article sees print,
Marble’s Heights Taproom will have
officially opened its doors at 9904
Montgomery NE. In addition to a beer
garden, the location will also sport
a small brewery which will focus on
barrel-aged beers.
Rise of the Republic
Do you hear stirring songs of
craft-beer revolution coming from the
other side of the Sandias? If so, that’s
because, after a long period of relative
quiet, the Ale Republic is showing
signs of opening soon. In fact, one of
those signs is a literal one advertising
its location at 28 Arroyo Seco in Cedar
Crest.
Photos and postings on Ale Republic’s Facebook page indicate that
construction is coming to a close, the
permits are in order and the Ale Republicans are looking at a soft opening in the very near future. Check
alerepublic.com and facebook.com/
alerepublic for the latest updates.
New brews from Santa Fe
I had the opportunity to sample
some seasonals from Santa Fe Brewing
recently. The Autonomous Collective
IPA (brewed for the IPA Challenge,
but I have no idea where the “collective” enters into it and neither did
my server) made a serious impact on
my taste buds with its orange-peelesque bouquet and massive grapefruit
overtones. The swallow is followed by
an almost honey-sweet finish, which
is perfect for a late summer afternoon.
Also on tap is the Sunset Limited,
a French farmhouse ale with lemony
front and a hint of coriander. It’s just
sour enough to be interesting, so
On a particularly
hot weekend I
decided to do
what all Albuquerqueans should do
when the weather
gets unbearable
and escaped to
the mountains.
The Jemez was the
range of choice,
so after a few
hours in the upper
alpine reaches, I
came down to the
secret city to check
out the latest in
weapons-grade
breweries.
Bathtub Row
(163 Central
Park Square, Los
Alamos) is Los
Alamos’ only
brewery so far, and
it seems to be quite
successful. Tucked into a non-descript
strip mall and sparsely furnished, it’s
more of a first-wave taproom of the
kind that would have been perfectly
at home in Albuquerque about 10
years ago.
A recent change in brewers left
the selection at bare minimum (two
house-made ales versus the seven that
are normally on tap), but what was
there was on point. I tried the Hoppenheimer IPA and found it a suitably
explosive hop bomb.
Fortunately, what the brewery
lacked in style and brews-on-hand
was more than made up for with a
cadre of loyal drinkers enjoying themselves and their beverage of choice
with the kind of gentle atmospheric
conversation that the best pubs bring
out in their clientele. I’ll definitely
stop in next time I’m up on the Mesa,
and hopefully they’ll have a few more
beers for me to try.
Ty Bannerman is a beer drinker, co-host
of the City on the Edge podcast and
author of “Forgotten Albuquerque,” as
well as a forthcoming memoir. He most
recently served as feature and food editor
at Weekly Alibi.
Facebook.com/HughJackman
by CHRISTA VALDEZ
I
n times like these, it can be tough to keep track of all the celebrity comings
and goings around the state.
One pleasant side effect of playing
host to temporary residents who enjoy
their time filming in New Mexico is the
view of the state they share with their
fans all over the world.
The raves about the Land of Enchantment from Hugh Jackman may have
drawn to a close for the time being, as
the untitled “Wolverine” sequel has
wrapped, but during his time here, the
lead X-Man posted photos and videos of
stunning views and great reviews about
his experiences here all over his social
media accounts.
Not to worry, star gazers, there’s no
shortage of celeb sighting possibilities
with a full marquee of first tier talent
with current projects or scheduled
shoots from Las Vegas to T or C.
In Santa Fe, droves of background talent are being put to work on the movie
“Villa Capri,” starring Morgan Freeman,
Rene Russo and Tommy Lee Jones. The
production is slated to head to the
Albuquerque area in the coming weeks
and film through the end of September.
Now in production, the period
western “Hostiles,” starring Christian
Bale and Rosamund Pike, will continue
to film in Santa Fe and surrounding
areas through late September.
The all-star cast of the feature film
tentatively titled “Granite Mountain,”
starring Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly
and Josh Brolin, continues filming in
Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico
through Sept. 20. The film, directed
by Joseph Kosinski, is about the tragic
Yarnell Hill fires of 2013 that claimed
the lives of all but one member of an
elite 20-man team known as the Granite
Mountain Hotshots.
A supernatural NBC pilot called
“Midnight Texas,” which filmed primarily in Albuquerque in the spring is set to
resume production of a full first season
by early October.
The city’s beloved cast and crew of
“Better Call Saul” is also due back on
location and at Albuquerque Studios
this fall for the third season of the hit
AMC series.
The late 1890s feature film “Woman
Walks Ahead” starring Jessica Chastain
and Michael Greyeyes is getting ready
to shoot in New Mexico. The production
is currently casting for Native American
men, women and children as well as a
whole slew of background talent.
An independent feature film called
“Rose,” starring Cybil Shepard and
James Brolin, is headed to southern New
Mexico in September.
The highly anticipated Netflix
original miniseries “Godless” starring
Michelle Dockery, Jeff Daniels, and Jack
O’Connell is scheduled to film through
December in northern New Mexico.
Original streaming series, “T@gged”
is currently casting for its second season.
Created by New Mexico native Hannah
Macpherson, season one is available at
go90.com.
New Mexico film expert Christa Valdez,
of OneHeadlightInk.com and
ChristaValdez.com, reports on movie
industry news for ABQ Free Press.
DEFINITIVE DOZEN
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
1 OUTDOOR: Day of Mindfulness
and Nature
8:30 am, Free, Carolino Canyon Open Space,
10914 NM 337, Tijeras, (505) 452-5222,
lotusdragon.com
5 EVENTS: Zozobra
7 pm, Fort Marcy Park, 490 Washington Ave,
Santa Fe, burnzozobra.com
2 pm, New Mexico History Museum,
113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200,
nmhistorymuseum.org
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
3 SHOWS: Tanya Tagaq
7 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco,
Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
AUGUST 29–30
4 SHOWS: Twelfth Night
7 pm, Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Cir,
Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369,
internationalshakespeare.center
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Jazz Goes to the Opera
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SEPTEMBER 4–5
9 EATS: Bourbon, Whisky, Rye
in the
Trade Show & Expo
El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW,
whiskytradeshow.com
SEPTEMBER 2–8
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
2 WORD: Behind the Locked Doors of 6 SCREENS: Space Jam
General Motors Design:
Dennis Little
CALENDAr CALENDAr
Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave,
Santa Fe, (505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
10 WORD: Dirty Mind Zine Reading
8 pm, The Tannex, 1417 4th St SW,
thetannex.com
SEPTEMBER 2–29
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
7 CULTURE: Song of the West: Erin
Currier; Home/Abroad: Latent
Image Collective; Replacement
System 5.1: Jane Gordon
Reception, Friday, September 2, 6–8 pm
Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th St NW,
242-6367, harwoodartcenter.org
11 OUTDOORS: Star Party
7:30 pm, Cerrillos Hills State Park,
37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, (505) 474-0196,
cerrilloshills.org
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
12 EVENTS: OFFCenter’s Folk
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
8 SHOWS: Endorphin Power Company
Benefit feat. Marc Maron
Art Festival
10 am, Free, Robinson Park, 8th and
Central, 247-1172, offcenterarts.org
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7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org
4 pm, African American Performing
Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE,
222-0778, operasouthwest.org
Misfits’ Cabaret
7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
SEPTEMBER 8–10
Michael Hearne’s Big Barn
Dance Music Festival
Kit Carson Park,
211 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos,
michaelhearne.com/bigbarndance
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Black Sabbath
7:30 pm, Isleta Amphitheater,
5601 University Blvd SE, ticketmaster.com
Judge Bob & the Hung Jury
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Eryn Bent Trio
AlmaZazz
Albuquerque Little Theatre,
224 San Pasquale Ave SW,
242-4750,
albuquerquelittletheatre.org
Part of Summertime in Old Town
1 pm, Free, Historic Old Town,
Rio Grande Blvd & Central Ave NW,
768-3556, cabq.gov
AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 18
Pianist James D’León
Part of Music at the Museum
5:30 pm, Free, New Mexico Museum
of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
redfishent.com
407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900,
sisterthebar.com
August 27, Flashback 80’s Summer Jam
September 8, LowLife Vids’n’Vinyl
SEPTEMBER 3–15
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
puebloharvestcafe.com
SHOWS
Sister Bar
Launchpad
launchpadrocks.com
August 27, Drew Baldridge,
Michael Tyler
August 30, Danava, The Shrine
August 31, Retox
September 1, Bleached
September 2, Kid Dinosaur, St
Petersburg
September 3, Michelle Arnold
Memorial Show
September 5, Death Angel, Suspended
September 6, Russian Circles,
Cloakroom
September 7, Master, Sacrificial
Slaughter
September 8, Mic Club 41
September 9, Concepto Tambor
September 10, Dark Arts: A Night of
Darkly Decadent Burlesque
September 11, The Minders,
Marty Crandall
September 13, Ronoso, Crawl
September 16, Mac Sabbath
Low Spirits
2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555,
lowspiritslive.com
Sunshine Theater
sunshinetheaterlive.com
September 3, Watsky, Witt Lowry
September 8, Black Uhuru
September 10, Tiger Army
September 11, Bayside,
The Menzingers
September 13, Cavalera Return
to Roots
September 15, SWANS, Baby Dee
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24
Hand to God
The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St NW,
766-9412, liveatthecell.com
AUGUST 26–27
The Merchant of Venice
7 pm, Santa Fe High School Performing
Arts Center, 2100 Yucca St, Santa Fe,
AUGUST 26–28
Soaring Eagle Dance Group
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
The Gavones of Philadelphia
The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th St NW,
898-9222, adobetheater.org
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
Entourage Jazz
Justin Shandor Elvis’
Blue Hawaii
5 pm, Albuquerque Museum
of Art & History,
2000 Mountain Rd NW, chatterabq.org
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
Souren Baronian & Paul Brown
11:30 am, Free, Special Collections
Library, 423 Central NE, 848-1376,
abclibrary.org
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
Rubi Ate the Fig
6 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort & Casino,
287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Mescalero,
(800) 545-9011,
innofthemountaingods.com
7:30 pm, The Cooperage,
7220 Lomas Blvd NE, ampconcerts.org
Scott and Johanna
Hongell-Darsee CD Release
7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044,
ampconcerts.org
Sol de La Noche
Part of Summertime in Old Town
7 pm, Free, Historic Old Town,
Rio Grande Blvd & Central Ave NW,
768-3556, cabq.gov
Tal Burdine
Part of Art in the Afternoon
2 pm, Free,
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
2000 Mountain Rd NW,
242-4600,
albuquerquemuseum.org
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
The Black Lillies
Mstrkrft
9 pm, El Rey Theater,
622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com
Son Como Son
Felix Y Los Gatos
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
Nash Bash 2016
Tracy Lawrence
7 pm, Expo New Mexico,
300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700,
exponm.com
SEPTEMBER 9–17
Cinderella
North Fourth Arts Center,
4904 4th St NW, 440-0434, elitnm.net
Polish Ambassador
8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
(575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com
Todd Tijerina
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
SEPTEMBER 2–3
The Merchant of Venice
7 pm, Santa Fe High School Performing
Arts Center, 2100 Yucca St, Santa Fe,
Calle 66
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
The Gipsy Kings
Talmage Burdine
Contemporary Piano
Foreigner
6 pm, Loma Colorado Main Library,
755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE,
Rio Rancho,
891-5013x3033,
riorancholibraries.org
5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant
and Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd,
Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327,
mynewmexicogolf.com
7 pm, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
768-4575, albuquerquecc.com
5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant
and Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd,
Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327,
mynewmexicogolf.com
6:30 pm, El Rey Theater,
8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central
Ave SW, 352-7866, rt66casino.com
Huey Lewis and the News
8 pm, Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd,
796-7500, sandiacasino.com
6:45 pm, Expo New Mexico,
exponm.com
Alchemie
7 pm, Los Cuates Sandia Park,
12540 NM-14, Sandia Park,
281-0315, loscuatesrestaurants.com
Ben Perea: Banjo and Guitar
Classics
Carmina Burana
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
Auntie Mame
38 Special
Cafe Mocha
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Funk of the West
August 27, Acoustic Show: Joel and
Jeremy of Supergiant
August 28, Babes & Bullies BBQ
September 1, The Dirty River Boys
September 2, Black Bottom Lighters
September 3, Throw the Temple
September 4, ESE, Econarchy
September 5, Nikki HIll
September 9, Black Tie, Chicharra
September 10, Merican Slang,
Moonhat
September 11, Bob Log III
September 16, Music is the Enemy
CD Release
4:30 pm, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Catholic Church, 9502 4th St NW,
nminterfaithdialogue.org
Jesse Vernier
Visit our fabulous online
calendar featuring hot links to
cool events in the ABQ area:
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Pilgrims and Prophets of Peace
5 Seconds of Summer
7:30 pm, Isleta Amphitheater,
5601 University Blvd SE, ticketmaster.com
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Tumbleweeds
Part of Art in the Afternoon
2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of
Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW,
242-4600, albuquerquemuseum.org
Chase Bryant
exponm.com
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas
7 pm, Isleta Amphitheater,
5601 University Blvd SE,
ticketmaster.com
LOCASH
exponm.com
7:30 pm, Popejoy Hall,
UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Drive,
925-5858, nmphil.org
El Ten Eleven
8 pm, El Rey Theater,
SEPTEMBER 16–18
Frequinox
Taos Mesa Brewing,
(575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
SCREENS
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848,
guildcinema.com
Through August 27, Satanic
Through August 29, Tale of Tales
Through August 29, Therapy for A
Vampire
August 27-28, Space Dogs: Adventure
to the Moon
August 30-Sept 1, NOT FILM – Documentary
August 30-Sept 1, FILM
September 2, Mystery Men
September 2-5, Les Cowboys
September 2-5, Microbe & Gasoline
September 6-7 & 13-15, Don’t Blink:
Robert Frank
September 6-7 & 13-15, Nuts!
September 8-11, For the Love of
Spock
September 8-11, Sundance Film
Festival 2016 Short Films Tour!
September 10-11, Igby Goes Down
September 12, Warrior: The Life of
Leonard Peltier
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
Through September 1, From Afar
(Desde Allá)
Through September 1, Summertime
(La Belle Saison)
Through September 1, This is
Spinal Tap
September 2-8, Hiroshima
September 8-15, Elevator to the
Gallows
September 16-22, Fantastic Planet
September 16-22, Klown Forever
AUGUST 28 –SEPTEMBER 18
Center for Contemporary Arts
Cinematheque
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org
August 28, In Search of Israeli Cuisine
— The Movie
August 31, The Real Dirt on Farmer
John
September 2-4, Teatro Alla Scala: The
Temple of Wonders
September 2-5, Richard III with
Ralph Fiennes
September 9-11, Infinite Space: The
Architecture of John Lautner
Starts September 16, The Sound of
Redemption
September 16-18, Saint Peter’s and
the Papal Basilicas of Rome
Banana and
Champagne Time
BY CORY LEYBA
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
The Water is so Clear that a
Blind Man Could See
3 pm, Harwood Museum of Art,
238 Ledoux St, Taos, (575) 758-9826,
harwoodmuseum.com
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
The Desperate Hours
2 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
Forrest Gump
7 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
The Birds
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
Smoke Signals
Part of Movies on the Plaza
Dusk, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
albuquerquecc.com
Little Miss Sunshine
7 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544,
kimotickets.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Frozen
Part of Movies on the Plaza
Dusk, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
albuquerquecc.com
Lake Placid
Part of Movie on the Lake
6:30 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort & Casino,
287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Mescalero,
(800) 545-9011,
EVENTS
THROUGH AUGUST 27
2016 Mountainair Sunflower Festival
Mountain Arts on Broadway,
101 W. Broadway, Mountainair,
manzanomountainartcouncil.org/
sunflowerfestival.html
THROUGH AUGUST 28
Albuquerque Latin Dance
Festival
Various Locations, Albuquerque,
abqlatinfest.org
Bubonicon 48: Rockets, Robots
& Rayguns
Albuquerque Marriott Uptown,
2101 Louisiana Blvd NE, 266-8905,
bubonicon.com
Martin Adolfsson
W
hether headlining for thousands of screaming
fans at festivals like the Electric Daisy Carnival in
Las Vegas, Nevada or playing here in New Mexico, Dada
Life always puts on an energetic performance complete
with all the colors of life and, of course, champagne and
bananas.
That’s right, their stage show revolves around the rules
of Dada and the use and consumption of champagne and
bananas are both a must in the world of Dada.
Comprised of the DJ duo Olle Cornéer and Stefan
Engblom, Dada Life hails from Stockholm, Sweden and
their progressive electro big room sound, their arduous
touring schedule and their wild stage show have grown
them a loyal fan base worldwide.
First debuting in 2006, Dada Life has several full length
releases including “The Rules of Dada” (2012), which
reached number one on the iTunes dance charts, and their
most recent venture, “Welcome to Dada Land” from 2015.
Prepare yourself to dive deep into the world of Dada on
Friday, Sept. 2 at the Stage at Santa Ana Star Casino.
Dada Life
Friday, Sept. 2; 9 p.m.; Ages 21+
The Stage at Santa Ana Star Casino,
54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd., Santa Ana Pueblo
dadalife.com
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
SEPTEMBER 3–4
JCC Outdoor Artfest
New Mexico Wine & Jazz
Festival
9 am, Free, Jewish Community Center,
5520 Wyoming Blvd, 332-0565,
jccabq.org
Mama’s Minerals 11th Annual
Arts & Crafts Fair
10 am, Free, Mama’s Minerals,
800 20th St NW, 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
Expo New Mexico,
winecountrynm.com/2016-nm-wineand-jazz-festival
New Mexico True Fest
New Mexico Black Expo
Noon, Expo New Mexico,
newmexico.org
1 pm, Free, Civic Plaza,
1 Civic Plaza NW,
nmblackexpo.com
Wildlife West Harvest Festival
10 am, Wildlife West Nature Park,
87 N. Frontage Rd, Edgewood,
(505) 281-7665, wildlifewest.org
AUGUST 27–28
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Albuquerque Mini Maker
Faire 2016
End of Summer Bash
Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum,
9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE,
768-6020, makerfaire.com
Turquoise Trail Arts Festival
10 am, Free, Various Locations,
438-3008, turquoisetrail.org
3 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort
& Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd,
Mescalero, (800) 545-9011,
CALENDAr CALENDAr
SEPTEMBER 8–18
ONGOING
2ND WEDNESDAYS
1ST FRIDAYS
New Mexico State Fair
MONDAYS
Drinking Liberally — ABQ Chapter
First Friday Fractals
Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr
NE, 222-9700, exponm.com
Free Fibromyalgia
Movement Class
Umbrella Week: Art + Tech
+ Culture
1 pm, Free, Khoo Wellness,
8338 Comanche Rd NE, 393-5556,
khoowellness.com
Various Locations, umbrellaweek.org
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s
7th Annual Gala
6 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
Xtreme Bulls
7 pm, Expo New Mexico,
exponm.com
COMMUNITY
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22
Mindfulness Meditation Classes
Thursdays, 7 pm,
Kadampa Meditation Center,
142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293,
meditationinnewmexico.org
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
Learn Bridge in a Day
Duke City Bridge Club,
8616 Northeastern Blvd NE,
RSVP: 228-3512
Paws and Stripes Celebration
of Heroes Gala
5 pm, Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown,
2600 Louisiana NE, 999-1201 x301,
www.pawsandstripes.org
2ND MONDAYS
Veterans for Peace Chapter
063 Meeting
5:30 pm, Albuquerque Center for Peace
& Justice, 202 Harvard Dr SE, 271-9274
TUESDAYS
Casino del Rueda Dance Class
6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Knit Clique
4 pm, Esther Bone Memorial Library,
950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho,
891-5012x3128, riorancholibraries.org
6 pm, O’Niell’s NE Heights,
3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
Sportsmen and Women’s
Meeting: NM Wildlife Federation
Foreclosure Defense
Support Group
6:30 pm, John Marshall Multi-Service
Center, 1500 Walter St SE, Rm 214,
RSVP: 336-0509, dontmoveout.com
Korean War Veterans
Open Meeting
1 pm, New Mexico Veterans’
Memorial, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE,
256-2042, nmvetsmemorial.org
1ST WEDNESDAYS
Book to Art for Kids
10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books,
5850 Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
New Mexico Natural History Museum,
nmnaturalhistory.org
3RD SUNDAYS
FRIDAYS
Family Fun Day
6 pm, Tractor Brewing — Wells Park,
1800 4th St NW, facebook.com/nmwildlife
9:30 pm, The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St
NW, 766-9412, liveatthecell.com
1:30 pm, New Mexico History
Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org
WEDNESDAYS
1ST SATURDAYS
SUNDAYS
ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam
5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing,
9800 Montgomery Ave NE,
lizardtailbrewing.com/home
Stories in the Sky with
Laurie Magovern
9:30 am & 11 am,
Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum,
9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE,
768-6020, bal-loonmuseum.com
1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS
Drinking Liberally — Cedar Crest Chapter
2ND TUESDAYS
Storytime Saturday
Salsa En La Bodega
Salsa Sunday
The Organ Transplant Awareness Program of New Mexico
2 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro,
901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW,
243-9916, stclairwinery.com
10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE,
more info: 344-0512
Sunday Family Fun
10 am, Bachechi Open Space,
9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 314-0398,
bernco.gov/openspace
2ND SATURDAYS
American Veterans
Post 7 Meeting
OUTDOORS
1 pm, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
401, 2011 Girard Blvd SE, 366-3032
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS
Mining History Hike
11 am, Cerrillos Hills State Park,
37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM,
(505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org
Coder Dojo
5 pm, Greenside Café,
12165 NM-14, Cedar Crest, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
10 am, ages 7-17, Quelab, 680 Haines
Ave NW, coderdojoabq.github.io
1ST THURSDAYS
Lyme Get Together
10th Annual Tomato Fiesta
3RD SATURDAYS
11 am, Albuquerque Garden Center,
10120 Lomas Blvd NE,
296-6020,
albuquerquetomatofiesta.com
HAH! Happy Arte Hour
12, Free, location varies, more info: 304-9411
5:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic
Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW,
724-4771, nhccnm.org
SATURDAYS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
THURSDAYS
Downtown Walking Tours with
Albuquerque Historical Society
10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st
by Century Theater, 289-0586
7:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden,
2601 Central Ave NW,
764-6200,
abqbiopark.com
Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons
& Dancing
8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque,
800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928,
qbarabq.com
Night Walk at the Botanic Garden
Saturday Night Swing Dance
7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company,
3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146,
abqswing.com
SATURDAYS
International Vulture
Awareness Day
Downtown Growers’ Market
10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St SW,
768-2000, abqbiopark.com
7 am, Robinson Park,
8th and Central, 252-2959,
downtowngrowers.org
Santa Fe Farmers Market:
Railyard
NM Women’s 9-Hole Association
Scrambles Tournament
8 am, Santa Fe Country Club,
3950 Country Club Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 293-2806
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Medicinal Herbal Plants
in the Habitat Garden:
May Deaguero
10 am, Free,
Albuquerque Garden Center,
10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020,
albuquerquegardencenter.org
EATS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
9th Annual Albuquerque
Hopfest Beer Fest
Isleta Resort & Casino,
11000 Broadway Blvd SE,
724-3800,
albuquerquehopfest.com
Albuquerque Wing and
Beer Festival
1 pm, Albuquerque Rail Yards,
777 1st St SW,
abqwingandbeer.eventbrite.com
SEPTEMBER 3–4
Mountain West Brew Fest
Noon, Loretto Park,
237 S Camino del Pueblo, Bernalillo,
mountainwestbrewfest.com
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6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109
Food on a Stick Fest
11 am, Cliff’s Amusement Park,
4800 Osuna Rd NE,
881-9373, foodonastickfest.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Indian Bread Baking
11 am, Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology,
500 Redondo Dr SE, 277-4405,
unm.edu/~maxwell
ONGOING
TUESDAYS
Truckin’ Tuesdays
11 am, Civic Plaza,
1 Civic Plaza NW, 3rd St NW and
Marquette Ave NW,
albuquerquecc.com
WEDNESDAYS
Talin Market Food Truck
Round Up
11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE
Wednesday Night in the
Railyard
4 pm, Santa Fe Railyard Park,
740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-3373
THURSDAYS
Thirsty Thursdays
6 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park,
5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway,
768-6050, yogazoabq.com
FRIDAYS
Coffee Education and Tasting
trialmetrixnm.com
6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters,
3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100,
379-5136, prosumroasters.com
8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta
at Guadalupe, Santa Fe,
farmersmarketsnm.org
SUNDAYS
Rail Yards Market ABQ
10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW,
railyardsmarket.org
WORD
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139,
bkwrks.com
August 27, Francis Healey, Eat to Beat
Alzheimer’s
August 28, Zelda Gatuskin,
Digital Face
August 30, Charles M, The Jungle
Within
August 31, Megan Feldman
Bettencourt, Triumph of the Heart
September 1, Ron Chapman, Killer
Grace & My Name is Wonder
September 6, Patrick Conoway,
Listening with My Eyes: An Abused
Horse, a Mother with Alzheimer’s, the
Journey to Help Them Both
September 7, John Fleck, Water is for
Fighting over: and Other Myths about
Water in the West
September 8, Christina Florence, Be
Alive in Five for Parents and Kids
September 9, Barbara Schoichet,
Don’t Think Twice: Adventure and
Healing at 100 Miles Per Hour
September 10, Mel Yazawa, Contested Conventions
September 11, Seth Hoffman, Janie
and the Hummingbird, for kids
September 13, Shauna Osborn,
Arachnid Verve
September 15, Ron Hart, Sephardic
Jews: History, Religion and People
September 16, Jamie Tworkoski, If
You Feel Too Much
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
Computed Tomography —
New Technology Applied to
New Problems: Dr. Jimenez
7 pm, New Mexico Natural History
Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW,
nmnaturalhistory.org
The History and Genealogy of
the Los Padillas Neighborhood:
Andres Armijo
(505) 466-3533,
966 Old Church Rd, Corrales,
363-6554
The New Mexico Watercolor
Society Exhibition
A Man Called Ove —
Fredrik Backman: Bookworm
Book Club
SEPTEMBER 2–OCTOBER 2
JCC, 5520 Wyoming, 892-378,
nmwatercolorsociety.org
4:30 pm, Esther Bone Memorial
Library, 950 Pinetree Rd SE,
Rio Rancho, 891-5012 x3128,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Leaving Time — Jodi Picoult:
Bookworm Book Club
Every Performance is an
Interpretation!:
Shakespeare Talks
5:30 pm, Santa Fe Woman’s Club,
1616 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe,
New Paintings: Lee McVey
Purple Sage Gallery,
201 San Felipe NW, Albuquerque,
(505) 450-4059,purplesagegallery.biz
ONGOING
Artful Looking: Elaine Ritchel
Open Space Visitor Center,
6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831,
cabq.gov/openspace
Poetry and Beer
3 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells Park,
1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, getplowed.com
SEPTEMBER 3–27
WEDNESDAYS
Greetings From New Mexico:
Angel Wynn
1ST WEDNESDAYS
Crazy Wisdom Poetry
4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts,
808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172,
offcenterarts.org
Reception, Friday, September 2,
5–7 pm
Gallery 901, 708 Canyon Rd,
Santa Fe, (505) 780-8390
CULTURE
SEPTEMBER 3–30
FIRST SATURDAYS
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Reception, Saturday, September 3,
5–8 pm
606 Gallery, 606 Broadway, SE,
877-4503
El Rito Open Studios
10 am, Free, Follow the Signs,
El Rito, NM, (505) 927-8461,
facebook.com/ElRitoOpenStudios
AUGUST 26–OCTOBER 21
The Surrealists Don’t Mind
SEPTEMBER 9–30
Two-woman Show: Maura Allen & Jenny Gummersall
Reception, Friday, August 26, 5–7 pm
Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe St,
Santa Fe, (505) 982-8111,
formandconcept.center
5–7:30 pm
Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Ave,
Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555,
sorrelsky.com
SEPTEMBER 9–DECEMBER 30
Residency
Solo Exhibition: Lynn Boggess
Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe St
Santa Fe, (505) 995-9902,
evokecontemporary.com
ReForm: Subversive Fashion
Central Features, 514 Central SW,
243-3389, centralfeatures.com
SEPTEMBER 1–23
The 20 New Mexico Photographers Project Edition and
Exhibition
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Abstract Architects
THROUGH AUGUST 28
Open Stories — Finding Art in
All the Right Places:
Chris Meyer
Lions and Hikers and Bears —
Oh My!: Daryl Ratajczak
7 pm, Free, Elena Gallegos Picnic Area,
452-5200, projectcoyote.org
SEPTEMBER 2–NOVEMBER 2
Weyrich Gallery,
2935-D Louisiana Blvd NE, 883-7410,
weyrichgallery.com
Esther Bone Memorial Library,
Reception, Saturday, September 3, 5–7 pm
Edition One Gallery,
1036 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 570-5385,
editionone.gallery
Project Coyote: Judy Paulsen
& Dave Parsons
5–7 pm
MILL Contemporary, 702½ Canyon
Road, Santa Fe, (505) 983-6668,
millcontemp.com
Pressient
11 am, Esther Bone Memorial Library,
891-5012x3128,
Part of Stories of the Middle
Rio Grande
10:30 am, Gutierrez-Hubbell House,
6029 Isleta Blvd SW, RSVP: 314-0398,
gutierrezhubbellhouse.org
10 am, Free, Open Space Visitor
Center, 6500 Coors Blvd NW,
897-8831, cabq.gov/openspace
Recent Works: John Chang
& Carol Gove
Rose Simpson — Gallery Talk
of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
Sandia Heights Artists
Preview Night
5 pm, High Desert Art and Frame,
12611 Montgomery Blvd NE Ste A-4,
265-4066, highdesertartandframe.com
SEPTEMBER 2–4
Celebrate Sunshine:
Barb Ruble
5–8 pmHistoric Old San Ysidro Church,
Innovation in Print:
Garo Antreasian
Free, Tamarind Institute,
2500 Central Ave SE, 277-3901,
tamarind.unm.edu
SEPTEMBER 10–11
Alameda Studio Tour
10 am, maps available at:
Desert Rose Antiques,
7209 4th St, 710-0257,
alamedastudiotour.com
Sandia Heights 13th Annual
Studio Tour
Tramway and San Rafael,
sandiaheightsartists.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Adult Night at Explora:
Inventive Art
6:30 pm, Explora,
224-8300, explora.us
ONGOING
THROUGH AUGUST 27
Celebration of Color —
The Joy of Splash Art
Blue Lily Atelier, 3209 Silver Ave SE,
263-6675,
bluelilyatelier.com
Chris Gustin, Tony Marsh,
Sunkoo Yuh
Santa Fe Clay,
545 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe,
(505) 984-1122,
santafeclay.com
Outer Limits: Brandt Peters
& Kathie Olivas
Stranger Factory,
3411 Central Ave NE, 508-3049,
strangerfactory.com
Still Life and Figure Paintings:
Eason Eige
Freestyle Gallery,
1114 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque,
948-3840, freestylegallery.com
Watercolor Show
Jewish Community Center,
5520 Wyoming Blvd, 332-0565,
jccabq.org
THROUGH AUGUST 30
Where’s the Green?: DyeFusion
Esther Bone Memorial Library,
THROUGH AUGUST 31
Contemporary Traditionalist:
Kevin Red Star
Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Ave,
Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555,
sorrelsky.com
The Maya: William M. Frej
Peyton Wright Gallery,
237 E. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 989-9888,
peytonwright.com
National Parks — Through the
Eyes of Our Artists
Genuine Southwest Arts & Gifts,
1919 Old Town Rd NW, Ste 2,
243-1410, genuinesouthwest.com
A Retrospective: Margo Hoff
Peyton Wright Gallery, 237 E Palace Ave,
Santa Fe, (505) 989-9888,
peytonwright.com
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1
Placitas Community Center
Painting Class Exhibit
Reception, Saturday, August 13, 2–4 pm
Placitas Community Library,
453 Hwy 165, 867-3355,
placitaslibrary.com
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