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VOL III, Issue 9, May 4 – May 17, 2016
Albuquerque’s Award-winning Alternative Newspaper
Shocker!
We Say Something
Nice About ABQ
Page 13
TV’s Dyson
Signs Off
Page 5
Did APD Lie
To Us, DOJ?
Page 6
Crowdfunding
a Rock Opera
Page 26
Beholding the Spectacle Page 24
New Mexico Food & Brew News
page 19
editor’s A&E pick
ABQ FREE PRESS • May 4 – May 17, 2016 • 3
A&E: Three to See
[Page 28]
#WithinRange #concerts
Previews of touring jazz, hip-hop,
post-rock and art-punk shows
[Page 26]
#BoomBox #albums
Reviews of new releases by
Aesop Rock, PJ Harvey and Rufus
Wainwright
[Page 22]
#NMFilmFocus #movies #TV
Industry insider Christa Valdez
reports on the state of film in
New Mexico
‘100 % Ginuwine’
Ginuwine is back in the saddle.
And his slot on the ’90s R&B
revival tour circuit came courtesy
of Hollywood and pop culture.
Actor Channing Tatum played
Michael “Magic Mike” Lane, a
stripper at Xquisite, in a 2012
comedy. Tatum’s steamy performance to Ginuwine’s hook-up
paean “Pony” was a zeitgeist
trigger in and of itself.
Then Jenna Dewan-Tatum gave her husband a lap dance to the song during
a reality series lip-sync battle. Cue the comeback. Relive the Timbaland-produced ’90s playground that defined a musical moment in time – a nostalgia I
bet I’m not alone in indulging.
Ginuwine appears at Posh Nightclub (405 Central NW) on Saturday, May
21. Jet City “Pop-N-B” up-and-comer Karlos Farrar and Southwest-based R&B
stalwart David Wade are also on the lineup. Doors are at 6:30 p.m., and the
concert wraps at 11:45 p.m.
The chance to witness a live performance of one song, Ginuwine’s “Pony”
– equestrian metaphor-strewn erotic lyrics and all – is worth the price of
admission but expect other hits from his catalog to be repped. Tickets range
from $25 to $120 for a meet-and-greet with VIP seating.
Samantha Anne Carrillo is a situationist, a fourth-wave feminist and managing
editor of ABQ Free Press. Email her at samantha@freeabq.com
SATURDAY, MAY 21
Shows: Ginuwine Ice Kream Man Tour
6:30-11:45 p.m., Posh Nightclub, 405 Central Ave NW, 721-8589, poshabq.com
Corrections:
In Heath Haussamen’s column in the April 23 issue, it was erroneously reported that
Presbyterian Healthcare Services repaid the State of New Mexico $4 million in disputed
behavioral healthcare services charges. The company that repaid the state $4 million
was Presbyterian Medical Services.
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4 • May 4 – May 17, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS
Sorting Through Muslim Titles,
Baseball and Fossil Fuel
BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
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Dear Sassy Lass:
What’s the difference between these
Muslim titles we hear in the media:
sheikh, emir, mullah, imam, ayatollah
and grand mufti?
According to data released in 2015 by
Pew Research, there were 1.6 billion Muslims in the world as of 2010; Islam is also
the world’s fastest growing religion. With
this in mind, it’s important to distinguish
between Islamic sects and associated terminology. In addition, remember these aren’t
all “Muslim” titles ... because “Muslim”
and “Arabic” are not synonymous.
A sheikh is a man of vast power. It’s an
honorific title for a tribal ruler, inherited
from the father. While “sheikh” can be
used for a learned Muslim man of faith,
as a word, it is independent of religion.
It is used by Arab Christians as a term for
important elder men.
An emir is a commander, general or
prince. It is a noble title of high office.
Although it is one of the names of the
prophet Muhammad, “emir” is not an
exclusively Muslim title and has been held
by Christians. In certain Muslim armies,
“Amir” was also an officer rank.
A mullah is a vicar, master or guardian.
The title is commonly given to local Islamic
clerics or mosque leaders, but it has been
used among some Sephardic Jews to refer
to religious figures. Today, a mullah is
considered an educated religious man.
An imam is a prayer leader. Imams are
spiritual and community leaders. Imams are
defined differently by Sunnis and Shi’as,
a fact often ignored by non-Muslims. For
Sunnis, an imam can lead prayers, even
outside of a mosque. Shi’as believe that an
imam is a man of God and is considered to
be equal to God.
An ayatollah is a term that means “Sign
of Allah.” The title is given to clerics of the
Usuli Twelver Shi’a, the largest brand of
Shi’a. Practitioners of Twelver Shi’a Islam
believe in the Twelve Imams, the spiritual
successors to Muhammad. Ayatollahs are
experts in Islamic studies and teach in
seminaries. The term was popularized with
the creation of Iran’s Qom Seminary in
1922.
The grand mufti is the “general expounder,” or a religious scholar who issues
influential, though not necessarily binding,
legal opinions (fatwas) interpreting Sharia
(Islamic) law. Some grand muftis are
state appointed while others are elected.
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka each
have systems of collective mufti.
Dear Sassy Lass: Why are baseball
games canceled when it rains but
football players must slog it out on a
muddy field?
It’s the nature of the games, Sports Fan,
or rather, how each game depends on
nature for maximum playability. When it
rains, a baseball field – which has a lot of
dirt – quickly becomes a muddy, unplayable mess.
Puddles on the infield mean that the ball
won’t roll. Conversely, a football field –
which typically is all grass – can get soaked
and shredded six ways to Sunday, and the
game can still roll on. Also, more baseball
games are played during a given season,
which means there’s likely to be another
game on that same field the next day.
Fewer football games means the field has
time to heal.
Baseball players aren’t weenies, though,
any more than football stars are superheroes. Major League Baseball teams will play
in light to moderate rain, while NFL games
will be delayed for severe thunderstorms
or hurricanes, as would a baseball game.
Dear Sassy Lass: Scientists say one of
the health threats of burning coal is
mercury contamination. But if coal is
a “fossil fuel” derived from decayed
prehistoric jungles or dinosaurs,
where did the mercury come from?
It’s element-ary, my dear science buff.
Literally. Mercury is a naturally occurring
element of the Earth and is present in
super-low levels in the biosphere. As a
result, it gets absorbed by plants, which is
why you find mercury in coal, a fossil fuel
formed from geologic transformation of
organic materials.
Natural sources such as volcanoes are
responsible for approximately 50 percent
of atmospheric mercury emissions. In
addition, the organic compound methylmercury (mercury plus carbon) forms in
the environment mostly through microbial
metabolism (biotic processes). It can also be
formed by chemical (abiotic) processes.
When coal is burned, a fraction of the
mercury in it is discharged into the atmosphere. The Clean Air Act of 1990 included
mercury on a list of toxic pollutants that
should be controlled as much as possible.
Mercury control in coal-fired power plants
can be achieved by activated carbon injection – which cuts down on mercury, as well
as on sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and
other nasty stuff.
Got Qs? The Sassy Lass might have some
As! Send your questions to thesassylass@
freeabq.com. Your question could be next.
NEWS
ABQ’s Last TV Storyteller Gets Sent Home for Good
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
S
tuart Dyson knows he’s for“I think by birth and ancestry
tunate to have had a 40-year
I’m an American southerner,
career in the radio and TV news
and in the South, Blacks and
business in Albuquerque.
Whites enjoy a tradition of
It was a wild, crazy, fun and
story telling,” Dyson said.
sometimes frustrating 40 years
“Everything is a story. Even
that saw him and his early radio
respectable little old lady
colleagues reach new heights
Baptist tells stories, and it’s with
– or lows – in over-the-top
humor, style and usually with
sensationalism and insensitivity.
some grotesque elements. I’ve
It was a career that saw him
usually been a guy who looks
celebrated for his blue-collar
at situations upside down and
sensibilities and storytelling
inside out.”
abilities.
A temper
And it was a career that threw
Along with Dyson’s eye for
him too many times up against
a different side to a story came
what he politely calls “managewhat some call his refusal to
rial density.”
suffer fools and what others
And now that he has retired
call a bad temper. Years ago,
from the TV news business at
TV, radio and newspaper newsage 64, and after spending 30
rooms were places where peoyears with KOB-TV Channel 4,
ple swore and shouted at each
Dyson pulls no punches about
other and sometimes fought, as
his career, his antics or his
well. And Dyson participated,
run-ins with, well, just about
at least verbally.
everybody.
“I have never been the shy
“If there were any ethics or
Dennis Domrzalski
type, and if I think something
standards in this business, if
is stupid, I will say it’s so. And
there were any justice, I would
After spending 40 years in news, Stuart Dyson said he intends to spend his retirement playing music and watching his
if I think something is a bad
have never been allowed to
401(k) evaporate.
decision, I will criticize it,”
move on,” Dyson recalled of his
Dyson said. He added that his
early days in radio when he and
Radio where he toned down the sensationalism but
first fight with management came at his first radio
two other colleagues ran wild at a small Albuquerque
found odd angles on stories.
job at KUNM-FM 89.9 Radio, which is owned by the
station on the AM dial.
“Even back then, he had a very unique way of
University of New Mexico.
seeing a story and writing and telling it,” said Frank
Murder City
It was the mid-1970s, and Dyson was covering
Haley, a 56-year radio veteran who worked with DyIt was the late 1970s, and Dyson and co-conspirasports for the station when a UNM student killed
son at KOB Radio. “I was blown away by his ability
tors Lisa Breeden and Peter Wellish threw everything
another student. Dyson knew them both and knew
to see an angle to a story that no one else could get.”
they had at the news on KRKE-AM 610 as they tried
that the incident involved a fight over a woman,
In 1982, he was hired at KOB-TV Channel 4 by Dick
to boost ratings on the end-of-the-dial station and
also a UNM student. He wrote the story up and put
Knipfing. It was there that he became known as a
overtake the runaway ratings leader at the time,
it on the air. Then he got called into the office of the
rumpled, regular guy who told great stories and who
KOB-AM 770. That included sound effects to go with
station manager.
was the polar opposite of hair-sprayed, happy-talk
stories about murders, fires and gruesome deaths, as
“She said, ‘Stuart, it was a nice story, but we don’t
suits who recited the news and bored people to death.
well as the “Metro Murder Meter,” a running body
cover murders at KUNM; we’re above that,’’’ Dyson
count that screamed at Duke City residents about
recalled. “I said, ‘These are two UNM students.
It was [at KOB-TV] that he became We’re a community radio station.’ She said, ‘We do
how dangerous the city was.
“We were the ringleaders, we were the conspirators,
not cover murders.’ It was one of the first times I
known as a rumpled, regular guy
and we were getting what Lisa called highly sensaconfronted with stupidity in the newsroom, and
who told great stories and who was was
tional news, and we were a tabloid,” Dyson said.
I was highly critical, and I questioned her judgment,
the polar opposite of
“I invented the Metro Murder Meter. We’d come
and I questioned their intelligence and their compein on Monday mornings, and you’d hear the sound
tence.”
hair-sprayed, happy-talk suits
effects on the radio, ‘Bang, bang, bang’ – three gunIn February 2015, Dyson and veteran KOB anchor
who recited the news and
shots – and then we’d blurt into the microphone, ‘A
Tom Joles nearly came to blows in the newsroom.
bored people to death
weekend of homicidal frenzy in Albuquerque.’
Joles was sent home for a week. And then, this past
“If there was a house fire, it was never ‘There were
April 15, the two had another high-profile argu“He was the last of the television storytellers, someflames.’ It was always, ‘There were flesh-hungry
ment in the newsroom. This time, Dyson was sent
one who cared about language and telling stories in
flames.’ It was in incredibly poor taste. We used
home. When he returned the following Monday, he
an active voice rather than in a passive voice that put
sound effects all the time. A lady got struck by
and KOB management realized it was time that he
the audience to sleep,” said former TV photographer
lightning on her motorcycle on Tramway, and she
actually start his long-planned retirement.
Bill Diven, now an occasional ABQ Free Press contribwas killed, and we used a sound-effects record with
“I have been sort of at war with management peoutor. “He was a throwback to a no-bullshit reporter
a huge explosion and sizzling air. And when I talked
ple in a friendly kind of way for 40 years,” Dyson
who had no respect for authority, which at one time
about capital punishment, I used sizzling bacon. It
says. “Nothing has changed, really.”
was a valued asset in the news business.”
was pretty crazy. You would think that it would have
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at
Dyson said he learned to tell stories while growing
destroyed my career right there.”
ABQ Free Press. Reach him at dennis@freeabq.com
up in small-town Louisiana.
It didn’t, and in 1981 Dyson went to work at KOB
NEWS
Has APD Been Lying to DOJ and Public?
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
O
n March 18, Albuquerque City Attorney Jessica
Hernandez stunned city councilors when
she tried to explain away the Albuquerque Police
Department’s ineptitude at writing policy. APD
officials, she said, thought they were forbidden by
the U.S. Department of Justice from asking other
police departments for help in writing policies, or
from using model policies that are readily available
on the Internet.
Assistant Police Chief Robert Huntsman, APD’s
second in command, echoed those comments. “It
was our understanding we were not allowed to,
or should not, use model policies,” Huntsman told
councilors that day.
But 19 months earlier, on June 11, 2014, APD
Chief Gorden Eden told a group of Albuquerque
business people that he was looking to other police
departments for help in writing policy, especially a
use-of-force policy.
“Thats one of the things we are working on right
now, is working with what other departments
have right now as far as use-of-force policy,”
Eden said during a talk to the Economic Forum
of Albuquerque at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old
Town. “We are also now looking at what is now the
standard, acceptable practices that have been implemented in those cities where DOJ has had findings
of excessive use of force, to find out what courts and
the monitor have defined as what is use of force.”
Eden continued: “We have to move slowly, making sure we follow the guidelines that are going to
be set forth by the United States District Court for
New Mexico, the Department of Justice, and make
sure we conform to those best practices and laws
that already exist.
“I have a three-inch notebook, two of them, that
say, ‘Use-of-force policy,’ or ‘Use-of-force policies
from all over the United States.’ So when someone
asks me a specific question about what’s a use-offorce policy in Seattle, I have it readily available.
Because, right now, departments across the United
States are trying to define the uses of force, what is
the best practice when it comes to the use of force.”
Eden’s comments to the business people came just
as the city and the DOJ were starting negotiations
that led to the settlement agreement to reform
APD’s culture of aggression and pattern of constitutional policing.
It’s not clear when APD officials came to believe
that they could not copy successful policies from
other police departments. APD spokeswoman
Celina Espinoza didn’t answer questions ABQ Free
Press emailed her about the issue.
DOJ ain’t buying it
In a March 25 letter to Mayor Richard Berry and
City Council President Dan Lewis, U.S. Attorney
Damon Martinez said the DOJ never told APD it
couldn’t ask other departments for help in developing policies, and that it repeatedly encouraged it to
reach out.
“The impression is incorrect, and we are perplexed
about how this belief came to be,” Martinez’s letter
said. “Since the inception of our negotiations on the
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COLUMNS
Handicapping Trump’s Impact
In N.M. Not as Easy as it Sounds
BY JOE MONAHAN
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Since 2014, Gorden Eden has issued contradictory statements on
reviewing use-of-force policies of other agencies and prohibiting
shooting at moving vehicles.
CASA [Court-Approved Settlement Agreement],
DOJ has consistently encouraged APD to evaluate
other departments’ policies and draw from best
practices in order to meet the shared objectives that
became embodied in the CASA.”
Martinez’s letter also addressed Huntsman’s
March 18, remarks to councilors. “DOJ has not
prohibited or discouraged APD from using model
policies,” the letter said. “To the contrary, we have
encouraged the City to examine model policies and
policies from other departments in developing its
own policies and practices,” the letter said.
“Throughout the five-month negotiation process,
both DOJ and the City repeatedly invoked best
practices from model policies and policies from
other departments in staking out their positions on
various provisions of the CASA.”
Martinez’s letter went on to say that APD relied
on the Las Vegas, Nev., police department’s use-offorce policy in developing APD’s policy that was
approved on Jan. 21 by the independent monitor,
James Ginger.
Another contradiction?
During his talk to the Economic Forum, Eden also
said that shortly after he became chief in February
2014, he changed APD policy to prohibit officers
from shooting at moving vehicles to disable them.
But a year later, in the spring of 2015, when APD
officers shot at three moving vehicles in 10 days,
Eden defended the officers’ actions in two of the
cases, saying the officers’ lives were at risk.
cont. on page 10
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N
ow that Donald
Trump has just
about clinched the
2016 GOP presidential
nomination, the question arises whether
the unpredictable
billionaire could
possibly make a play
for New Mexico’s five
electoral votes this November.
The short answer is no.
According to Gallup, “The Donald’s”
unfavorable rating among Hispanics in
March was a sky-high 77 percent. That
pretty much takes him out of the running
here in any contest with Hillary Clinton. In
that same Gallup poll, “The Hillary” scored
a 59 percent favorable approval rating
among Hispanics.
But there is a wrinkle that has political
watchers wondering if the race could be
closer than assumed. Veteran New Mexico
GOP pollster Bruce Donisthorpe, who has
polled for both Republicans and Democrats, conducted extensive polling of the
state this spring. He says he has never seen
such anger and downright hatred toward
politics and politicians.
“It was not unusual for likely voters to
tell us that they hate all politicians and to
slam down the phone. That goes beyond
mere anger and could impact voter
turnout this November.”
Donisthorpe says the animosity felt
toward the political class will translate
into a lower vote turnout, not higher.
“They are not happy with their choices
and rather than hold their noses and vote
for someone, we are sensing that many of
them will simply stay home.”
In response to his findings Donisthorpe
has already lowered his voter turnout
projection. He forecasts that it will fall below that of the 2012 presidential election
when about 772,000 people cast ballots
for president. How much of a decline from
that point, if any, he says, will become
more clear later in the year.
That lower turnout is good news for
Trump. The most likely people to vote this
year remain Anglo conservative Republicans, reports Donisthorpe. “The Republicans remain the most reliable voters and
that could mean a closer race between
Clinton and Trump but she remains the
solid favorite here. The state has voted
Democratic in the last two presidential
elections and that pattern can be expected
to hold.”
The most turned-off segment of the
electorate right now is independents, a
block that continues to grow (19 percent)
as more voters turn away from the
two major parties. “Our polling shows
independent [voters] are especially turned
off by the tone of politics these days,” said
Donisthorpe.
Turnout could be further hurt by a
presidential race that is seen as a runaway.
“If Clinton is far ahead in the polls
here, there will be little to drive voters to
the polls. The only statewide race is for
secretary of state. There is really nothing
else, except the battle for control of the
state House which is now in the hands of
the Republicans and the uphill battle by
the Republicans to try to take control of
the state Senate. That is not going to drive
turnout.”
Donisthorpe says low voter turnout is
always best for the reliable Republicans
as their percentage of the vote grows as
more independents and Democrats stay
home.
“I think that could be more relevant for
the legislative races and help the Republicans, but not so much when it comes to
Trump, who is a tough fit for our state’s
demographics.”
But what if Gov. Susana Martinez ended
up on the presidential ticket with Trump?
Wouldn’t that boost turnout here?
Probably so, but that is not going to
happen. Martinez has been highly critical
of Trump’s immigration policies and her
political operatives have been consistently
critical of Trump on social media.
Then there’s Martinez’s stumble when
she had that ill-fated holiday staff pizza
party. Much-publicized audiotapes from
the night show her appearing to be
intoxicated as she berated a hotel clerk –
an incident that alienated so many New
Mexicans predisposed to support her as
an up-and-coming Latina ascending the
national stage.
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Taj Mahal
In concert at the Santa Fe
Market Pavillion
trio
May 26
7:30 pm
‘In practice, the chairman
of the Republican
Governors Association
has become a punch line’
— The Washington Post
A Washington Post political column
summed it up this way: “In practice, the
chairman of the Republican Governors Association has become a punch line among
some GOP elites in D.C. She’s gotten a
reputation within corners of the consultant class as Palinesque: gaffe-prone, not
intellectually curious, and not up for the
rigors of a national campaign.”
And that says volumes.
Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico
politics. His daily blog can be found at
joemonahan.com
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This concert is co-presented by Double D Productions & KSFR Radio
NEWS
Marching Against Monsanto U.S. Cops Have Been Dying
In the Line of Duty Since 1791
by sayrah namastÉ
F
ighting GMOs:
The group GMO
Free New Mexico
has organized
several events this
month as part of
a global campaign
against Monsanto
and genetically
modified foods and in support of local
farmers.
Things kick off with “Art Fight:
Farmers, Food and Friends” at 7 p.m.
on Friday, May 13, at Tractor Brewing’s
Wells Park brewhouse, 1800 Fourth
St. NW. Artists will create agricultural-themed work in front of a live
audience, then auction off the artwork
at the end of the evening.
Hub City Sound System will perform,
so bring your dancing shoes.
Eight days later, at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, May 21, Albuquerque will
join 428 other cities in 38 countries in
the “March Against Monsanto.” The
initiative highlights the anti-GMO
movement’s arguments over the
dangers posed by Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds and the cancer
danger allegedly posed by its herbicide
Roundup.
Protestors will meet at Rio Grande
Boulevard and Central Avenue and
march to the Downtown Grower’s Market at Robinson Park, then rally at the
west end of the park where participants
can buy food from the local farmers.
Anti-Monsanto activities continue
3-9 p.m., Saturday, May 28. GMO Free
New Mexico along with Diné Relief
Initiative, Affordable Solar and Soilutions Inc., celebrate #FOOD, #FARMERS
& #FRIENDS at Tractor Brewing’s Wells
Park brewhouse. The event features
music by Keith Sanchez, Burque SOL
and several other bands.
Non-GMO food will be provided
by food trucks My Sweet Basil and
Conchita’s Creations. Red Tractor Farm
will give away free tomato, basil and
chile plants. Representatives from the
New Mexico Beekeepers Association
will answer questions about pollinators.
Children’s activities, arts and craft
vendors, poets, live art demonstrations
and a seed mural are all part of the fun.
More info on Facebook, keyword: GMO
Free New Mexico.
Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the
American Friends Service Committee in
Albuquerque. She writes about events
of interest to Albuquerque’s activist
community.
BY dan klein
“I John F. Kennedy,
President of the
United States of
America, do hereby
designate May 15,
1963, and May 15
of each succeeding
year, as Peace
Officers Memorial
Day, in honor of those peace officers who,
through their courageous deeds, have lost
their lives or have become disabled in the
performance of duty.
I also designate the week of May 12
through May 18, 1963, and the calendar
week during which May 15 occurs of each
succeeding year, as Police Week, in recognition of the service given by the men and
women who, night and day, protect us
through the enforcement of our laws.”
A Cop’s
View
D
uring the month of May, I invite
you to attend at least one of the
Peace Officer Memorial events that will
be held in New Mexico.
The New Mexico Law Enforcement
Academy will hold its memorial at 9:30
a.m., May 25, at 4491 Cerrillos Road in
Santa Fe.
The City of Rio Rancho will hold its
memorial at 4 p.m., May 27, at Veterans
Park, 750 Pinetree Road SE.
The Southern New Mexico Law Enforcement Memorial will be held at 10
a.m., May 10, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave.
It’s important to understand that
peace officers come from all walks of
life in America. They are not an occupying army; peace officers are us – citizens
who serve other citizens.
According to the Officer Down
Memorial Page (odmp.org), the first
line-of-duty death of a U.S. peace officer
occurred in 1791 when Darius Quimby
was shot and killed in Albany, N.Y., while
serving a warrant.
Over the past decade, on average, 150
American peace officers die in the line
of duty each year. The majority of those
deaths come from automobile crashes.
The first officer to die in a car wreck was
U.S. Marshal Charles Day, who died in
Arizona in 1918.
The Albuquerque Police Department
has lost officers Jeffrey Russell (2002)
and Richard Armijo (1958) to car wrecks.
Other agencies that lost officers to car
crashes are Bernalillo County (deputies
Francis Miera, 2010; Angelic Garcia,
2001; and Ray Davis, 1969. Rio Rancho
lost officers Germaine Casey in 2007 and
Anthony Haase in 2015.
In 2015, the Albuquerque metro area
was shaken by the killings of Rio Rancho
Police Officer Anthony “Nigel” Benner
and Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel
Webster, as well as by the shooting of
Albuquerque Police Detective Jacob
Grant. Grant survived but is permanently
disabled.
We gather to honor all fallen peace
officers.
These include Washington County,
La., Deputy Oneal Moore (1965), a Black
man who was slain because of the color
of his skin; and Corporal Dennis Engelhard (2009), an openly gay trooper with
the Missouri State Highway Patrol who
was struck and killed by a vehicle.
New York City Police Department
cadet Mohammed Hamdani, a Muslim,
died while saving lives on Sept. 11,
2001. He was honored with a full police
funeral by NYPD, yet his name still does
not appear on formal lists of NYPD
dead.
These last three were – are – treated
as second-class citizens because of their
race, religion and love, yet they still
served and sacrificed all. Sadly, there is
no greater love than to lay down your
life for an all-too-often ungrateful
nation.
Gail Cobb of the Metropolitan Police
Department of the District of Columbia
(1974) was the first female officer slain
in the line of duty. She was also the first
Black woman officer killed in the line
of duty. Omaha, Neb., police Officer
Kerrie Orozco (2015) was gunned down
days after she had given birth and right
before she was to start maternity leave.
Navajo Police Officer Alex Yazzie
(2015) was slain while on patrol in Arizona. Homeland Security Special Agent
Jaime Zapata (2011) was killed by drug
cartel members. U.S. Marshal Zacarias
Toro Jr. succumbed to illness related to
9/11 – in 2015, 14 years later.
These are but a few of the officers I
hope we’ll remember. I hope we also
remember those officers who may not
have died while on duty but for whom
the stress of the job certainly took their
lives. Officers who commit suicide or
who turn to drugs or alcohol often do so
to ease the pain of sights none of us can
understand. They deserve our compassion and assistance.
The national police memorial in
Washington, D.C., has more than 20,758
names. Peace officers come from all
walks of life. They represent all races
and sexual orientations. In short, peace
officers represent America. This month,
take the time to thank them.
Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police
sergeant. Reach him via Facebook and
Twitter via @Dankleinabq.
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Lead, Coal Residents Want Answers on ART Safety Impact
BY JUANI HOPWOOD
Joseph Aguirre, a plaintiff in a recent lawsuit against
the City seeking an injunction to stop the $119 million
Albuquerque Bus Rapid Transit project, says ART
will lead to more traffic accidents on Lead and Coal
avenues.
Aguirre and his neighborhood association know
about accidents on Lead and Coal. Last year, a red light
runner at Girard Boulevard sent a city bus careening
into a house. He and his neighbors can offer up a photo
portfolio of accidents involving trees, signs, landscaping and, of course, cars that have led them to call the
traffic on the two streets a “demolition derby.”
City officials have argued in public hearings that
sending more Central traffic to the two one-way
streets will lead to more congestion and thus speeds
will be slower. A spokesperson for the ART project
says there’s plenty of capacity for diverted Central
traffic on the two streets and that city and federal
officials have deemed the Central Avenue traffic
diversions safe.
“There will be one lane of traffic open in each
direction of Central during the entire construction
period and afterwards,” said Joanie Griffin of Griffin
& Associates, an ART spokesperson. “If people want
to take Lead and Coal or other side streets to avoid
Central, there is plenty of capacity according to traffic
studies.”
Aguirre, who lives on Lead, doesn’t buy it. “It’s very
likely that the number of accidents is simply related
to the volume of traffic. So, to argue that, somehow,
affecting speed by causing more congestion is going
to reduce the accident count – it’s not a carefully
thought-out and studied analysis,” he said.
Aguirre is a party to a Bernalillo County District
Court lawsuit against ART. Another lawsuit to delay
ART construction is pending in New Mexico U.S.
District Court.
“There are these high velocity, high impact collisions. People have had rollover accidents in proximity
to their homes, cars crashing through corners, bringing down signposts – collisions where, easily, someone
would have been killed if they had been standing on a
corner,” he said.
“Cars are, with frequency, knocking down trees,
running onto the sidewalks or into walls,” he said.
“The City is fundamentally just not doing its job; they
need to keep the cars on the road.”
Aguirre worries residences on Lead and Coal are too
eden, Page 6
“The Albuquerque Police Department
had a policy where you could shoot at
a moving vehicle to disable the vehicle.
That is use of deadly force no matter
which way you look at it,” Eden told
the Economic Forum audience. “And
one of the things we did very early on is
we took that option away.”
Former Albuquerque City Councilor
Pete Dinelli has this interpretation
of Martinez’s letter: “To me, he
near the street, with some as
close as 18 feet away. Also
hazardous are the numerous
access points. “There are
so many intersections, and
they’re very closely spaced,
plus alleys, plus driveways,
so there are all these points
where people cross the roadway, and that creates more
accident risks,” he said.
Melanie Martinez, a
spokesperson for Municipal
Development, the lead city
agency on ART, said the department worked to reduce
crashes on Lead and Coal
during a redesign completed
in 2012. “Driving lanes were
reduced from three to two,
bike lanes were added and
sidewalks were widened,
1,200 trees and 8,200 bushes
were planted,” she said.
Martinez referred questions
on the safety impact of ART
on Lead and Coal to Griffin,
who cited traffic study data
by the Mid-Region Council
of Governments. The study
performed as part of a federal grant to seek funding for
ART estimated that 200 cars
will be diverted from Central Accidents like this one at Coal and Carlisle have led residents of the University Heights
during each of the morning
Neighborhood to call the traffic on Lead and Coal avenues a “demolition derby.”
and evening rush hours
“which is approximately five
Neighborhood associations sent letters to the City
cars per minute – hardly a
Council
proposing adjustments to the project’s plans
‘demolition derby,’” Griffin said in an email.
before
the
City Council voted to approve ART. “Our
Aguirre agrees that the 2012 Lead/Coal redesign
bottom line was we did not want the vehicle lane
succeeded in improving accessibility and landscaping
reduction between San Mateo and Girard, the one
but, “from a safety point of view, many of us feel
adjustment that could have made the project have less
it was a failure; there are still unacceptable safety
onerous impacts ... a more realistic plan would be to
problems in immediate proximity to people’s homes
give up the dedicated bus lanes and use the existing
and sidewalks. As much as the ART planners might
Rapid Ride model with enhancements,” Aguirre said.
want to ignore that, they can’t. They can’t propose a
configuration that will send more traffic to Lead and
Coal when there are these unacceptable problems.”
[Martinez] is basically saying someone
is lying. They [APD] were intentionally
misleading the DOJ,” Dinelli said.
He referenced Ginger’s March 3
report to the federal court judge who is
overseeing the reform process. During
his report, Ginger told Judge Robert
Brack that APD was engaging in a
policy of “do little, delay and deflect,”
when it came to complying with the
settlement agreement.
Dinelli blamed that policy on Huntsman, who headed APD’s SWAT team at
one time. Huntsman retired from APD
Juani Hopwood is a staff writer at ABQ Free Press. Reach
her at juani@freeabq.com
Freelance journalist Charles Arasim
shot the June 11, 2014 video of
Chief Eden at the Economic Forum
of Albuquerque meeting.
See freeabq.com to discover just
what Eden said.
in 2012, but was rehired by Eden in
April 2014 to help lead the reform process. In its April, 2014 report on APD’s
abuses, the DOJ laid much of the blame
for those abuses on the SWAT team.
“Huntsman is being asked to either
rewrite or review the very policies he
had a hand in drafting in the first place
and that got us into this mess,” Dinelli
said. “Ginger said the department was
delaying, doing little and deflecting. Is
Huntsman part of that? They need to
ask Huntsman, ‘Who told you that you
could not look at these other policies,
or did you just make it up?’“
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor
at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at
dennis@freeabq.com
NEWS
Remembering Malcolm X,
Dancing and Protesting Debt
Industrial Strength Clean-up
by sayrah namastÉ
C
elebrating Malcolm X: Malcolm X’s
famous words still hold true today:
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers
will have you hating the people who are
being oppressed and loving the people
who are doing the oppressing.”
The inaugural Malcom X Festival will
be held from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday,
May 21, at Thomas Bell Park, 3001
University Blvd. SE. Organizers describe
the family-friendly festival as “promoting
solidarity and unity in the Black community by any means necessary.”
There will be speakers, food vendors,
and entertainment in celebration of the
late civil rights leader.
Social Justice Soul Train: The
SouthWest Organizing Project invites
everyone over 21 to a night of soul, funk
and dance at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May
21, at Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave. SW.
Wear your funkiest old school styles and,
organizers say, “For just five bucks you
can get up to get down” while supporting SWOP’s community organizing and
youth internships. More at: swop.net.
Debt service: The Million Student
March is a national campaign to cancel
all student debt, make public college
tuition free and to raise the minimum
wage. It has gained momentum with
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’
endorsement.
Get on the Social
Justice Soul Train
Locally, students have organized the
“Million Student March Against Student
Debt and Racism at UNM,” which starts
at noon on Monday, May 16, on the
UNM campus. In solidarity with the Black
Liberation Collective, organizers are demanding that all colleges and universities
divest from private prisons. For more
information: Facebook, keyword Million
Student March at UNM.
— Sayrah Namasté
ABQ Free Press Snags Awards
ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF
A
BQ Free Press staffers took home
nine awards, including three firstplace finishes, in the prestigious Society of
Professional Journalists’ “Top of the Rockies”
contest in April.
The paper won in several categories,
including: front page design, and investigative
reporting, news, and arts and entertainment
reporting. The contest included entries from
reporters and journalism organizations in
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
ABQ Free Press submitted entries in the
30,000-75,000 circulation category. With
print runs that have varied from 45,000 to
60,000 copies, ABQ Free Press is New Mexico’s
second-largest newspaper. Most of the state’s
newspapers have circulations of less than
25,000.
Writer Bob Klein placed first in investigative
reporting for a story on why the Mixed
Waste Landfill on Kirtland Air Force Base
that contains highly radioactive materials
and toxic chemicals could blow up and how
state environment officials seem content with
covering the landfill with dirt rather than
more expensive methods of remediation.
“We’re only two years old and we’re making
an impact,” said co-publisher Will Ferguson.
“We’re putting out quality journalism that
enhances the public dialogue.”
News Editor Dennis Domrzalski placed first
in the News Reporting category for a story
questioning the need for Mayor Richard
Berry’s proposed Bus Rapid Transit project
down Central Avenue.
ABQ Free Press contributor Megan Kamerick
won first place in the Arts and Entertainment
Enterprise Reporting category for a story
about artists who turned “orphaned” business
signs along Central Avenue into canvases for
art.
Artist Gary Glasgow and designer Terry
Kocon placed third in the Front Page Design
category for a cartoon featuring Gov. Susana
Martinez as a puppeteer manipulating
members of the Albuquerque Public Schools
Board.
ABQ Free Press editor Dan Vukelich placed
second in news reporting for a collaboration
on the impact of lobbyists and their campaign
contributions on failed legislation aimed at
curbing payday lenders’ interest rates. Writer
Lisa Barrow won a third place for an interview
with local artist Nani Chacon.
Here are the ABQ Free Press winners:
First place, Investigative Reporting: Bob Klein
First place, News Reporting: Dennis Domrzalski
First place, Arts & Entertainment Enterprise
Reporting: Megan Kamerick
Second place, News Reporting:
Rene Thompson, Dan Vukelich
Second place, News Feature:
Dennis Domrzalski
Second place, Arts & Entertainment:
Megan Kamerick
Third place, Front Page Design:
Gary Glasgow, Terry Kocon
Third place, Investigative reporting:
Dennis Domrzalski
Third place, Arts & Entertainment Enterprise Reporting: Lisa Barrow
A
massive new weapon has now been deployed in the battle to clean up
the Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak: 40,000 pounds of granular activated carbon that is stripping aviation fuel constituents out of the contaminated water table. At a cost of $14.2 million, the U.S. Air Force has built a
system of three extraction wells, pipes and a 4,000-square-foot, full-scale
treatment plant, complete with two metal vessels that each hold 20,000
pounds of carbon. To date, the system has cleaned 52 million gallons of
water contaminated with ethylene dibromide. The system is pumping 400
gallons of water a minute, or 576,000 gallons a day, and has the capacity
to treat 800 gallons a minute. Water enters the plant with an average EDB
concentration of 100 parts per trillion, which is twice the allowable limit,
and leaves with no detectable EDB. The cleaned water is used to irrigate
KAFB’s golf course and to recharge the aquifer.
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Why Did We Shoot This Photo?
BY DERICK JONES
BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF
T
ell us what this thing is and win four
tickets to the Duke City Gladiators’ arena
football team’s game against the Amarillo
Venom at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, at
Tingley Coliseum. 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.
Wednesday, May 11.
B
ob Wilson of Albuquerque was the first to respond to
the photo in our April 20-May 3 issue:
Your photo is of the top of the North Tower of the two
“Tricentennial Towers,” located on I-40 at the intersection
with Rio Grande Boulevard. The towers are part of the
Public Art program in Albuquerque. They were designed by
a team at High Desert Forge and constructed and installed
in 2006 as part of Albuquerque’s 300th birthday celebration.
The most interesting thing about the two towers is that
though they are similar, 65 feet tall, weighing approximately
14 tons, and made of steel alloy, with stainless steel, tin, and
copper paint, they are actually quite different. Your photo is
of the “Nature Tower,” which represents the environmental
features of the area, including clouds, rain and the
four cardinal directions. The
“Craft Tower” was designed
to replicate the traditional
punched-tin technique.
Paint colors were chosen
to complement both of the
structures and the existing
site palette. Installation
coincided with a visit from
the duke and duchess of
Alburquerque.
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H
ave you ever wanted to pack up your entire life
and just move somewhere completely different?
Well, I didn’t do exactly that – not in in so many
words – but I did spend a fair amount of time
researching the pros and cons of living in Albuquerque before moving more than 850 miles
across the country.
Did I have a new job relocating me? Was I going to
school out here?
No. I simply took a test.
About six months ago, my partner and I decided it
was time to make the big leap from our hometown
of Shreveport, a small town in north Louisiana, to
somewhere more fitting for our family. We both had
our own ideas of what our “ideal” location could be.
I leaned toward the beach and Florida. My partner,
Evan, was interested in the West Coast, mainly
Washington or Oregon.
After spending the last two years developing our
business, a brick-and-mortar vintage clothing store
with a significant online presence, we realized we
could take our brand anywhere and sell our goods
online from any city in the country. “You don’t have
a job there and you’re just moving? Isn’t it supposed
to be the other way around?” people would ask.
But why Albuquerque?
Rather than throwing a dart at a map, we sought
out a third party for help choosing which place was
right for us. That’s how we found FindYourSpot.
com, an online 250-question quiz that’s powered
by an algorithm designed to match your family’s
needs with a short list of places where you should
be living.
Matchmaking
“It sounds simplistic, but I wanted to help people
be happy,” said Brent Eskew, creator of the website.
“With all the travel and transportation options in
our modern society and the ability to work digitally
and remotely, there is no
reason to be stuck somewhere that does not fit
you – just because your
parents or grandparents
grew up there.”
Are you a young
family? Are schools
in your neighborhood
important? By providing
answers along the continuum from “strongly
agree” to “strongly disagree,” quiz takers are
able to guide themselves
through the test to find
their top 24 spots in the
United States.
Rene Thompson
Askew said he hopes
In
our
mind’s
eye
we
saw
desert,
sand,
cactus
–
and
nothing.
How
could
we
get
placed
by a computer
people like me who take
in a city in the middle of nowhere?
the test gain an understanding of all the great
But as soon as we started to dive into what this city
places available that match their particular interests
had to offer, we were floored. We found a bustling
and style. “[People] should explore an amazing
vintage community full of entrepreneurs and busicountry full of fantastic choices, so many of which
ness owners, multiple coffee shops and breweries
are undiscovered,” he said.
for every type of person and a downtown that we
Number one of our list was not Albuquerque, but
could actually afford. One of the first connections we
somewhere a little more west – Salem, Ore. It’s not
made was Albuquerque native Amelia Olson, who
that Salem wasn’t a viable contender, but the more
like us, is a young business owner and has a passion
we thought about living in Oregon, the less it made
for vintage clothing.
sense for us financially and physically. Neither one
Connecting
of us wanted to be that far from our parents, and
even though 12 hours away is far, it’s still a lot closer
We connected with Amelia through Instagram,
than Oregon.
one of the best platforms we used in researching
After nixing Salem and Portland, the other top city
Albuquerque. We spent the months before our move
the website picked for us, we focused in on Alchatting about the city, the vintage business and
buquerque. In our mind’s eye we saw desert, sand,
why one would want to set up shop out west.
cactus – and nothing. How could we get placed by a
She said it succinctly: “I realized how impossibly
computer in a city in the middle of nowhere?
special our town is. Albuquerque is sincere, inclusive and honest. There are so many amazingly
ambitious things happening in Albuquerque right
now and it’s a real testament to being secure in your
talents and not confusing arrogance for success.”
“People remember your name, your kid’s name,”
she said. “Being able to enjoy the experiences a large
city has to offer, while still being very connected to
your community is something so, so special and I’m
always humbled by the people that live here.”
It’s only been a couple of months but the test
was right. We love it here. I love it because I get to
wake up to mountains every day and the weather is
beautiful. Not having mosquitos – a big check mark.
Evan says it’s the first time he’s felt at home. We
both have our reasons, but something about being
here makes sense.
I sold my car, left our brick-and-mortar business
behind and purged most of my possessions. Living
Downtown has been one of the best choices I’ve
made.
If you see former Shreveport journalist Derick Jones
walking Downtown, give him a big wave and a smile.
CARTOONS/analysis
Some Politicians Don’t Get
Public/political Distinction
BY HEATH HAUSSAMEN
D
uring a radio interview about her efforts
to gather the signatures needed to run for
secretary of state, Republican Rep. Nora Espinoza
of Roswell directed listeners to her official
legislative webpage to contact her and to help.
“They can look on my legislative website, and
it’s on there, so that they can email me, and I can
mail them a petition,” Espinoza said in February
in response to a question from the radio host.
Democrats hit hard. The state Democratic Party filed an ethics
complaint accusing Espinoza of inappropriately using public
resources to campaign.
“Official government resources cannot and must not be used for
campaigning. Period,” Debra Haaland, the chair of the state Democratic Party, said at the time. “It violates the law, and it violates the
public’s trust.”
Haaland is correct. Espinoza should not have directed people to
the Legislature’s official website to contact her about her petition to
run for secretary of state.
Some members of Haaland’s own party also need to take her
words to heart. Such as Michael Padilla, an Albuquerque Democrat
who is the party’s majority whip in the state Senate.
Early this month, Padilla’s re-election campaign sent an email
inviting people to his fourth annual job fair. It claimed that, to date,
Padilla’s job fairs have “helped over 1,600 people find new jobs.”
And the email, which states that it’s paid for by Padilla’s campaign,
does the very thing Haaland correctly pointed out as inappropriate
when Espinoza did it.
“Click here for my legislative web site,” Padilla’s campaign-funded
email states. The “here” links to the Legislature’s official website.
I’ve written on this issue many times. A former governor and
lieutenant governor, former president pro tem of the state Senate,
former secretary of state, former union president in Albuquerque,
and a former Santa Fe County sheriff are among those who’ve used
government resources for political purposes.
The amount of public money that is misused in these cases is
usually small or, in some cases, immeasurable (a line in an email
that leads to a click to a public website). In other words, in a state
plagued by government waste and corruption, there are more
serious offenses than these.
But the mindset that it’s OK to mix campaign and official government resources leads to bigger problems. These offenses are serious
because, left unchecked, they contribute to a culture that allows
larger abuses of the public trust.
So let’s hope Espinoza has learned her lesson. Let’s hope Padilla
does, too. And that their examples help educate other government
officials and shift our state’s culture to one that shows greater
respect for the public trust.
Because New Mexico, which too often ranks at the bottom of all
the important lists, isn’t going to improve until we collectively take
the public trust more seriously.
We’ve made progress in this area in recent years. I believe most of
our government officials avoid using public resources to campaign.
But clearly, we need to continue efforts to educate officials on the
importance of keeping their government and campaign activities
separate. We all need to play a role in holding our government
officials accountable by voting, paying attention to what they’re
doing and speaking out in our communities.
And, as I’ve written before, we need to create a state ethics
commission to set ethical standards in government, educate officials
on those standards, and help police violations.
Haussamen runs NMPolitics.net, a news organization.
Reach him at heath@haussamen.com, on Facebook at /haussamen,
or on twitter @haussamen.
analysis/cartoons
Fight over Rio’s Water Could
Involve Cast of Tens of Thousands
BY BILL HUME
I
s it the shot that triggers the mother of all
water battles in the Middle Rio Grande, or is
it a futile gambit doomed from the beginning
by a longstanding precedent?
“It” is the lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guardians, seeking to require New Mexico’s top
water boss, the state engineer, to fulfill his
statutory duty and force an accounting of the
water used by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District – a statutory requirement past
due since way back in the 20th century.
“We think the state engineer has a mandatory duty to hold MRGCD accountable,” said
Jennifer Pelz, wild rivers program director for
WildEarth Guardians.
MRGCD’s water rights – or at least its water
permits (more on this below) – currently
belong to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the
legacy of a federal bailout in the middle of the
past century.
“I am aware of it generally,” said Bureau
of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan Lopez,
adding he had not been briefed in detail.
Desired result: A writ forcing the state
engineer to demand a “proof of beneficial
use,” as required by state statutes, that could
trigger a general adjudication of water rights
in the Middle Rio Grande. This would entail
compiling a list of all holders of water rights,
their amount, place of use, and their priority
date. For comparison, an adjudication of the
lower Rio Grande has been going on since
the 1980s. That case includes about 10,000
water claimants and has cost tens of millions
of dollars over decades. Each water claimant
has the right to an individual examination of
his right – and all have the right to contest
everybody else’s.
Obviously, the Lower Rio Grande adjudication
would seem easy in comparison to a Middle
Rio Grande legal free-for-all with its estimated
30,000 to 40,000 claimants.
Water rights law requires a prospective user
to apply for a permit (which MRGCD did in
1930). Upon completion of the proposed project, the applicant is to provide proof that the
water is in fact being put to beneficial use – at
which time a license, the actual water right,
is issued. MRGCD never filed that proof of
beneficial use – and it is that nonperformance
that WildEarth Guardians is seeking to require
the state engineer to remedy now.
However, the New Mexico Constitution, state
water law and longstanding practice give the
state engineer wide discretion. State engineers,
since the establishment of MRGCD, have
“exercised discretion” in not requiring the
proof of beneficial use – with the exception
of an abortive attempt in the late 1990s by
then-State Engineer Tom Turney. MRGCD filed
for extensions through 1961. The Bureau of
Reclamation filed for extensions through 1987.
Then the extensions stopped.
The situation is further complicated by the
fact the water delivered by MRGCD has a
variety of legal underpinnings. There are the
prior and paramount rights of the Middle
Rio Grande Pueblos. Then there are pre-1907
rights – predating the first territorial water
law. Pre-1907 rights are the gold standard
of non-Indian rights. Following those are
the rights established by permit and license
between 1907 and the completion of MRGCD’s
works in the 1930s. Finally, there are the newly
reclaimed lands brought into production by
MRGCD.
Should MRGCD – or the Bureau of Reclamation – be required to provide a detailed proof
of beneficial use, the interests of all of these
different classes of water claimants could be
in conflict – with each other and with MRGCD,
greatly complicating the issue for the preparer
of the proof.
the New Mexico Constitution,
state water law and longstanding practice give the
state engineer wide
discretion. State engineers,
since the establishment of
MRGCD, have ‘exercised
discretion’ in not requiring the
proof of beneficial use
“If the state engineer … set a deadline for
demonstrating proof of beneficial use or
canceled the subject permits for failure to do
so, then surface water could be available to
Guardians and the public for beneficial use,”
according to the lawsuit. It also noted the
existence of a 30,000-acre-foot storage right
that the Guardians hold in Abiquiu Reservoir,
in which water could be stored for environmental purposes.
So, on the one hand, the WildEarth Guardians lawsuit seeks to initiate a process that
could well require an accounting of all the
water in the middle reach of the Rio Grande.
On the other hand, if the state engineer’s
discretion is as far reaching as it seems, the
effort to force his hand on this issue will fail.
Nonetheless, there is yet another avenue buried in the complexity of state water law. That
is the provision that any water right holder
can demand an adjudication. So, WildEarth
Guardians could buy a farm with water rights,
demand an adjudication, set off the domino
effect of conflicting rights and claims of rights.
If that happens, watch state officials scramble
for a way to evade the clear mandates of that
provision of law.
Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor of the
Albuquerque Journal and later served as a policy
adviser to former Gov. Bill Richardson.
sports
Checking for Life Signs
At Lobo Baseball, Softball
I
CALLING ALL PETS
BY richard stevens
f you had to come
up with a theme
for Ray Birmingham’s baseball Lobos
in 2016, it could be:
two steps forward
and one step back.
But is this good
enough?
When you play baseball in the Mountain West Conference – not a highly
respected conference for diamond play
since TCU bolted – you probably need to
dance to the theme of three steps forward and one back. And you absolutely
need some signature wins.
Which brings up this question: Do the
ball-pounding University of New Mexico
Lobos need to win the Mountain West
Conference May 25-29 on Lobo Field in
order to scratch their way back into the
NCAA Tournament?
The answer probably is “yes” because
an at-large berth is not something you
can count on in the Mountain West. It’s
probably not something the Lobos can
count on either unless they finish red hot
and attract additional attention beyond
a possible Mountain West regular-season
title. The automatic NCAA bid goes to the
Mountain West tourney king.
The MWC is a long shot to crack the
Top 10 in conference rankings. One RPI
site has the Mountain West in the No. 13
slot heading into the month of May. Any
Mountain West team hoping for an atlarge bid probably needs to be in the Top
40 (RPI) as a team because there are too
many conference champions in wannabe
leagues grabbing automatic bids.
One thing is certain: Birmingham’s
Lobos need to get back on the Road to
Omaha, even if it’s another ho-hum firstround-and-out. For recruiting purposes,
the Lobos need to establish themselves
as a program where players can expect
to play in the postseason. It’s a key to
building a program.
Witness the softball Lady Lobos. The Lobos’ softball program has been unable to
establish itself as a vehicle to postseason
play, and that has to hurt in recruiting.
The softball Lobos have made the
NCAA playoffs once in the history of
the program. Coach Erica Beach could
be breathing her last gasps as a Lobo
coach, but it’s not that she isn’t a good
coach. She inherited a program in a deep
hole, and her Lobos have been unable
to significantly cut the gap between San
Diego State and now, since the conference realignment, Fresno State.
The softball Lobos will not make
postseason play in 2016. The Fresno State
Bulldogs grabbed the regular-season
crown and the Mountain West’s automatic NCAA bid.
The SDSU Aztecs and the Fresno
Bulldogs have the edge in recruiting
leftover talent ignored by the Pac-12.
They have geographical advantages.
The New Mexico softball talent pool is
shallow. Arguably/probably, the top three
softball players from New Mexico high
schools over the past five years ended
up at Oklahoma. Shelby Pendley, a Lobo
assistant coach, played in two College
World Series at Oklahoma and was on a
national championship team.
So, the bottom line is if you want to
participate in the NCAA postseason as a
Lady Lobo softball player, you go sit in a
sports bar and watch ESPN.
Birmingham’s Lobos have done better
with postseason – with first-round-andout appearances in 2010, 2011, 2012 and
2013, However, if they miss in 2016, that’s
a three-year drought. If you want to
establish yourself as a consistent postseason program, that’s too long.
One thing is certain:
Birmingham’s Lobos
need to get back on the
Road to Omaha, even
if it’s another ho-hum
first-round-and-out
Staying with the mens’ baseball Lobos,
finally, they’ve been frustrating because
they are good and on the cusp of being
very good. Yet, a key series for UNM
was the three-game road trip to Arizona
State. The third game in that series
on May 1 was a 1-0 loss by the Lobos’
hard-hitting bats, which handed ASU the
sweep.
The Lobos were given an opportunity to
take three steps forward but instead took
three steps backwards. It was the Lobos’
fourth loss in five games. The reality was
that UNM needed to win at least one
game against ASU – especially to wipe
out the memory of a three-game sweep
by Dallas Baptist earlier this season that
included a 33-8 spanking.
Will the NCAA Selection Committee
remember that incredible and embarrassing 33-run collapse?
Probably – but the Lobos can save
themselves a lot of worry by winning the
Mountain West Tournament.
Richard Stevens is a former sports
writer for The Albuquerque Tribune.
More recently, he was an insider at the
Lobo athletic department. Reach him at
rstev50@gmail.com
Keith Lewis, a
carpenter, sent us
this photo of his
dog, Diego. “He’s a
total nature boy
and loves to be
with me working
in the yard or
building something,”
Lewis said.
Send it to
petphotos@freeabq.com
Include your name, phone
number, and your pet’s
name, and we’ll try to
reserve their spot in the pet parade.
Arts
CALL
NOTICE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE COUNTY POST-PRIMARY CONVENTION
Cheech and Chong Rock Route 66
by Rene Thompson
Pursuant to the Rules of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, a Call is hereby issued
for the election of Democratic Party delegates and alternates to the State Post-Primary
Convention. This Call is published to inform all registered Democrats of Bernalillo
County about the ward meetings to be held to elect delegates and alternates of the
Democratic Party of Bernalillo County. All voting shall be done by secret ballot in
accordance with DPNM State rule 19. NO Resolutions to be submitted. If you have
any questions, please contact: Democratic Party of Bernalillo County, PO Box 51264,
Albuquerque, NM 87181, 505-515-9662, www.bernalillodems.org
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WARD 10A - 10AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW
WARD 10B - 10AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARDS 11A &11B - 10AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW
WARD 11C - 11:30 AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW
WARDS 12A & 12B - 10AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARD 13A - 10AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd
WARD 13B - 11:30AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARDS 14A, 14B & 14C - 11:30AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARDS 15A & 15B - 10:30AM North Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE
WARDS 16A & 16B - 10AM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW
WARD 16C - 1PM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARDS 17A & 17B - 10AM Del Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE
WARD 17C - 12:30PM North Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE
WARDS 18A & 18B - 11:30AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW
WARDS 18C & 18D - 1PM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW
WARDS 19A, 19B & 19C - 10 AM Manzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE
WARDS 20A & 20B - 11:30AM Manzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE
WARDS 21A & 21B - 11:30AM Manzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE
WARDS 22A & 22B - 1PM Manzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE
WARDS 23A - 10AM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW
WARDS 23B & 23C - 11:30AM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW
WARD 24A - 9:30AM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE
WARD 24B - 1PM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE
WARD 24C - 1PM Manzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE
WARD 25A - 10AM Del Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE
WARDS 25B & 25C - 12PM Del Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE
WARDS 26A & 26B - 1 PM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW
WARD 27A - 12PM Del Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE
WARD 27B - 10:30AM North Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE
WARD 27C - 12:30PM North Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE
WARDS 28B & 28C - 11:30AM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE
WARD 29A - 11:30AM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW
WARDS 29B & 29C - 1PM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW
WARDS 30B & 30C - 1PM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE
WARD 31A - 12:30PM North Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE
WARD 31B - 9:30AM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE, WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2016, 6PM TBD
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY POST-PRIMARY CONVENTION,
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2016, Registration 12-1:45PM Firm,
Meeting begins at 2PM
UNM Continuing Education Auditorium, 1634 University NE, Albuquerque
PURPOSE OF COUNTY CONVENTION
The purpose of the County Convention is to pass through the delegates and
alternates elected at the Ward elections the Democratic Party of New Mexico
Post-Primary Convention, and conduct other business pertaining to the county.
DONE THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 2016 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY, BY:
Ana Canales, County Chair Democratic Party of Bernalillo County
I
conic stoner duo Cheech and Chong play their classic, comedic tunes at
Route 66 Casino’s Legends Theater
(14500 Central SW) on May 14, starting at 8 p.m. VIP tickets to this 18-plus
event have already sold out, but silver,
gold and platinum tickets are available
at $28, $37 and $50 respectively.
The comedy and music duo met in
Canada in the late ’60s. Cheech and
Chong went on to create a franchise
with nine albums, including two
Grammy nominations, and eight
feature films. In honor of the pair’s visit
to Route 66, ABQ Free Press compiled
a list of five lesser-known facts about
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
Number One: Everyone knows Tommy
Chong’s persona as the ultimate stoner
who not only advocates marijuana use
but also sells his own lines of medical
and recreational marijuana and paraphernalia. Fewer know about his soul
band The Calgary Shades.
In an interview with cannabisculture.
com, Chong said, “The Calgary Chief
of Police called the President of the Legion and ordered us to a meeting at the
Mayor’s Office where they mentioned
complaints of trashed homes, brawls,
underage drinking, rowdy mobs and
vandalism, all blamed on The Calgary
Shades. The Chief told me there in front
of the Mayor, ‘All of Calgary thinks it
would be a good idea if you and your
band left town.’”
Number Two: Cheech Marin’s birth
name was Richard Anthony, and his
nickname Cheech was in fact diminutive for “chicharron,” a pork rind
snack. He grew up in South Central
L.A., and his father, Oscar Marin, was a
30-year veteran of the LAPD.
The actor who played one of the biggest
stoners of all time had a cop for a dad.
Marin owns one of the largest collections of
Chicano art in the world. He has collected
since the ’80s, and pieces from his collection
are often featured in museum shows.
Number Three:
The duo split
up in 1985, and
Marin went on
to star in films
like “Born in East
L.A.” and “The
Shrimp on the
Barbie,” but it
took over seven
years for them to
even sort of reconcile. If not for
the stellar casting
of animated film
“FernGully: The
Last Rainforest” in 1992, wherein both
voiced characters, Cheech and Chong
might have gone without ever working
together again.
Marin and Chong didn’t actually
reunite until 2003, when both appeared
on an episode of “Biography” and
said they were willing to put the past
behind them. They planned to make
another movie that year, but then
Chong’s bong company was seized by
the feds. He took a plea deal and spent
nine months in jail.
Number Four: Chong has beaten
cancer twice, and he says he owes
his recovery to cannabis. In 2012, he
announced that he had prostate cancer,
and in 2015, he battled colorectal cancer. Chong has repeatedly testified that
his use of cannabis oil and buds while
undergoing cancer treatment was what
ultimately saved his life.
Number Five: Many actors have had
cameos in eight Cheech and Chong
films, four of which Chong directed
himself, including Paul Reubens (aka
Pee Wee Herman), Strother Martin
(“Cool Hand Luke”) and Tom Skerritt
(“Alien”). Comedian Sandra Bernhard’s
acting debut was in “Nice Dreams”
before going on to star in Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy.”
Other celebs and icons who made
appearances ran the gamut from LSD
advocate Timothy Leary to actress
Evelyn Guerrero.
Even Chong’s wife Shelby was in
most of the movies. Chong’s daughter
from his first marriage, Rae Dawn
Chong (“Quest for Fire”), never acted
in his movies, but she did go on star in,
write and direct her own films.
For more info about Cheech and Chong’s
upcoming show, visit holdmyticket.com/
event/238273-cheech-chong
Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for ABQ
Free Press. Email her at rene@freeabq.com
Food/drink
Bites of Burque: On Hunger, ART and the Co-op
by TY BANNERMAN
‘Let them eat cake’
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports
that state workers in the Income
Support Division testified under oath
that they were encouraged by their superiors in the Martinez administration
to fraudulently deny food assistance
to hungry New Mexican families.
The five state employees spoke at
a federal hearing investigating the
state’s Human Services Department,
admitting that management had
pressured them into falsifying income
information on applications for emergency food assistance in order to deny
or delay fulfilling claims.
The ghost of Denny’s
The site of the former Denny’s
restaurant on Central near UNM is
slated to house a Chipotle Mexican
Grill, a Jersey Mike’s sandwich franchise and a Verizon store in the near
future. The building gained notoriety
after being featured as a location in
the final season of hit AMC series
“Breaking Bad.”
A work of ART?
Construction of the controversial
Albuquerque Rapid Transit project
has yet to begin, but one former Nob
Hill restaurant is already blaming the
project for its closure.
According to Albuquerque Business
First, former Soul & Vine general
manager Michael Vigil stated that the
business decided to close owing to
fears that the impending ART construction would adversely affect their
future profitability.
The storefront at 3409 Central NE
won’t stand empty for long. 99 Degree
Seafood Kitchen, a seafood boil concept restaurant, will soon move into
the space.
Full steam ahead
The Boiler Monkey Bistro gave up
its signature steampunk bus years
ago, yet owner Matt Fuemmler says
the restaurant is once again on the
move. The gourmet creperie will depart from its 724 Mountain Road NW
location and reopen by midsummer
on the southwest corner of Central
and Sixth Street.
Grocery chopping
With the closure of Albuquerque
wholesale food distributor GDi, two
New Mexico towns have been left
without local grocery stores. Stores
in Carrizozo and Mountainair were
shuttered on April 21, leaving residents to travel to other communities
to purchase food.
State of the Co-op
On April 12, employees of the
La Montañita Co-op branch on Rio
Grande Boulevard voted 36-3 in favor
of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. According to the Albuquerque Journal, workers raised concerns about
pay and benefits before the vote, and
Co-op management said it would not
contest the election results. The five
other Co-op branches are unaffected
by this decision.
Bag it up
According to a memo from Shirlene
Sitton, Santa Fe’s Environmental
Services director, that city’s ban on
plastic bags and 10 cent-charge for
paper bags in grocery stores has been
a success. In the eight months since
the program’s implementation, the
city has netted $92,000 in fees and has
significantly reduced the number of
plastic bags that wind up in landfills.
Ty Bannerman is passionate about both
food and journalism, and he reports on Albuquerque food news for ABQ Free Press.
Beer Town: Flight Club vs. Draft News
by TY BANNERMAN
D
raft Station ABQ (1720 Central SW) sometimes
feels like Albuquerque’s forgotten taproom. Situated on Central just east of Old Town, it occupies a
part of town where beer havens are in short supply.
Yet there’s never a crowd. Why?
My theory involves two things: First, the name
“Draft Station” is a bit generic and doesn’t promote
the fact that it’s a Chama River taproom. Second,
the business’ sign is nearly invisible, disappearing
between the bright banner for Five Star Burgers and
the classic neon blaze of Garcia’s.
If people don’t know you’re there, they can’t drop
in. The place is definitely worth a visit, especially
if you want to get your drink on amid serenity. For
this issue’s Flight Club, I decided to pop in and
sample the Chama offerings. Here’s what I found:
Class VI Golden Lager (5.0 ABV): This lager features a light, straw-colored luster and a bitter finish.
Especially on a spring afternoon, Class VI’s smidge
of apricot-like fruitiness makes it a lovely
patio-sipping beer, but the moderate ABV
means you may need a nap afterward.
Rio Chama (5.0 ABV): Malty sweetness
melts to a lingering bitterness on the back
of the tongue, while the faintest aroma
of hops beckons. This is one of Chama’s
signature offerings, and for good reason.
Jackalope IPA (6.2 ABV): Bring this
draught to your lips, and a sage-like hop
scent hits your nose, calling to mind arid
prairies where legendary jackalopes are
said to play. It comes on with a metallic
tang that gives way to the heavily hopped
bitterness the style is known for. The
mouth-feel is dense, almost syrupy.
Copper John (5.3 ABV): This golden pale
ale asserts itself with a thick malty flavor
that downplays its sweetness. Hops are hardly there
and balance perfectly with the malt, bestowing a
high drinkability. A faint metallic taste follows the
swallow. Perhaps it’s copper?
Vermillion Red (6.0 ABV): This heavy ale boasts a
liquor-like assertiveness and a touch of citrus. It’s a
bolstering drink with a hint of smoke.
Islay Chaser (3.3 ABV): There’s a strong, piney
smokiness to this one. It feels lighter in the mouth
than most ales, and the cherry accent gives you
another reason to take a drink.
And the Beer Town Seal of Awesomeness goes to
... Class VI Golden Lager, perfect for whiling away a
sunny afternoon.
Bosque bites on horizon
Word has come down the pike that the Bosque
Brewery will soon add a full kitchen. Details are
scant at the moment, but I’ll have more for you soon.
New distillery on Marble
The craft beer movement continues to expand, and
the craft spirit movement follows suit. Our city’s
newest distillery makes that connection obvious by
opening just down the street from the original Marble Brewery. The dream child of entrepreneurs Peter
Arathoon and Zach Hulme, Still Spirits is expected
to open this summer and offer housemade vodka
and whiskey. The owners chose the location due to
the area’s pedestrian-friendly vibe.
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drink
beer town, Page 19
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Food Trucks
Beer Tasting
Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op
Chris Goblet, considered the state’s ambassador
of craft beer during his tenure as executive director
of the New Mexico Brewers’ Guild, has officially
turned traitor to the barley revolution by casting
his lot with the pinky-extending glass sniffers at the
New Mexico Wine and Grape Growers Association.
As the new executive director for that collective
of regressive fruit stompers, Goblet will work with
New Mexico’s 45 wineries to raise the profile of local
vintners, even as craft beer captures the lion’s share
of attention. His crime will never be forgiven.
Speaking of synergy between distilleries and
breweries, the outfit formerly known as Distillery
365 has adopted a name change that reflects its new
focus on both beer and spirits. Broken Trail Spirits
+ Brew — the name references its origin as an idea
between two friends hiking the Sandias — now has
five taps alongside its lineup of 365 spirits, including
Holy Ghost vodka and Tres Pistolas whiskey.
Apparently, there’s a subset of runners who enjoy
beer and beer drinkers who enjoy running. No
judgment, but that sounds like sheer lunacy to me.
The ABQ Brew Dash is a 5K race that caters to these
weirdos.
It sounds worth checking out even if “fun run”
isn’t in your vocabulary. This year, organizers expect
the race to attract some 2,000 entrants; the event will
begin at 1 p.m. on May 14 at the Civic Plaza and
follow Route 66. There will be food trucks galore
and prizes for costumes.
Hops headed for opening?
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“Coming soon” for about a year, the long-rumored
Hops Brewery may finally be on its way to opening. According to the Albuquerque Journal, owner
Jim Shull expects a grand opening sometime this
summer. The brewery will occupy 3507 Central NE,
a storefront that formerly housed Revolver Vintage.
Now this is more my speed. Instead of running
with, like, your legs and muscles, the Ale Trail offers
a luxury climate-controlled trolley to transport
drinkers to three breweries for behind-the-scenes
tours and samples.
It happens on Saturday, May 7, at the Albuquerque Hotel (800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW),
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
starting at noon and ending around 3 p.m. Tickets
are $50 and include a complementary pint at each
brewery as well as souvenir swag.
Kellys does Santa Fe
Santa Fe Dining, the New Mexico-based behemoth
behind Chama River Brewing Co., Blue Corn Brewing,
Rio Chama and The Draft Station, has set its sights on
venerable Nob Hill institution Kellys Brewpub.
The plan is in its initial phase, but the company
hopes to complete the transition by the end of the
summer. Santa Fe Dining President Jim Hargrove
has stated that the company does not intend to make
any major changes to Kellys.
On Friday, April 29, the Albuquerque Journal
reported that a class action lawsuit filed by seven
plaintiffs alleges that Kellys failed to comply with
the City’s minimum wage ordinance by offsetting
that pay raise by requiring employees to tip out.
Big Brew goin’ down
The Dukes of Ale, Albuquerque’s oldest homebrewing club, will demonstrate homebrew techniques at Broken Trail Spirits + Brew (2921 Stanford
NE) at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 7. Attendees can
observe the brewing process and ask questions of
the Dukes themselves.
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.
film
NM Film Focus: On Industry, Creativity and Technology
by CHRISTA VALDEZ
L
ike most “overnight success” stories,
the booming New Mexico film
industry has been a work in progress
for decades. It was nourished by Gary
Johnson and Bill Richardson with
both ex-guvs’ sweeping support of
film incentives. But the industry’s
stronghold grew precarious under
once infamously “anti-Hollywood”
incumbent governor Susana Martinez.
The never-say-die attitude of
industry supporters ensures that the
local movie business rolls on. It takes
the interest, effort – sometimes-literal
blood, sweat and tears – and tenacity
of hardworking New Mexicans to
keep the industry alive here.
For the average New Mexico
resident, attending casting calls or
scanning for public notices of neighborhood filming is a passing phase.
Few know the names of encouraging
folks at the Roundhouse and in union
halls and the countless small business
owners and organizations that band
together to ensure our state’s production lights don’t dim.
Even a subtle show of support can
make a difference between surviving
and thriving to your friendly neighborhood filmmaker. With continued
government and community support,
indicators suggest there’s no end to
the industry’s growth and sustainability potential.
We may well be living in the most
transformative time in our state’s
economic history, and that’s thanks
in large part to film, television and
new media productions. In addition
to revenue that pours into the state
by visiting productions, local projects
afford New Mexicans all sorts of
interesting opportunities.
It’s getting so you can’t throw a
stone without hitting someone who’s
part of the game. Chances to get in on
this expansive, job-creating industry
are in bloom all around us. One of
several locals making their mark via
the Internet is actor and filmmaker
Matt Page. I recently spoke with
Page about the trials and triumphs
of being New Mexico’s reigning 25
million-views man.
Via Master Ken, his character on
hit web series “Enter the Dojo,” Page
now makes a living from a passion
project that began as a fun weekend
activity. The fourth season of the
online series is set for release soon,
and Page says he’s excited about opportunities the show’s notoriety will
Network series “From Dusk Till
Dawn.” Both series are regularly
casting for a wide array of “types.”
Background for “Preacher” is being
cast by White Turtle Casting. Lorrie
Latham is the background casting
director on “From Dusk Till Dawn.”
Though set to wrap their respective
fifth and third seasons, longtimers
“The Night Shift” (Albuquerque) and
“Longmire” (Santa Fe) will be casting
background throughout the next
several weeks.
In major motion
Enter the Dojo
Master Ken (Matt Page) prepares to bring the hammer down on web series “Enter the Dojo.”
offer to more locals looking to join the
ranks of cast and crew.
Streaming services are picking up
original content at a breakneck pace.
It’s only a matter of time before New
Mexico productions will be considered for mainstream distribution.
Netflix, for example, is certainly no
stranger to New Mexico. This fall,
the streaming service saw the mostwatched movie debut in company
history with locally made Adam
Sandler comedy “The Ridiculous Six.”
The network also holds the reins
of wildly popular contemporary
Western “Longmire.” The series was
adopted by Netflix when voracious
fans launched an online campaign
petitioning for the show’s return. With
“Longmire” and productions like
it comes an influx of creatives who
sometimes fall in love with The Land
of Enchantment.
Cassidy Freeman plays Cady Longmire, aka protagonist Walt’s daughter,
on “Longmire,” and she eagerly helps
out at area events that bolster the film
community. Last fall in Taos, Freeman
was inspired to jump into the production of a locally conceived feature.
Written by Cheryl Nichols and Arron
Shiver, Freeman describes the movie
as an evocative and uniquely New
Mexican drama she was drawn to.
Created on a shoestring budget over
a few weeks, Freeman, her co-stars
and the film crew lived and breathed
the project. Everyone pitched in on
necessary roles to ensure the work’s
completion. Freeman reveals that
she’s ready to get in on other projects
filming all over the state. Here’s
hoping Albuquerque will see more of
Freeman in the coming months; she
tells me she’s already a hit at many of
northern New Mexico’s finest karaoke
hangouts.
Ready, set, casting
Be ready to giddy-up to Santa
Fe this summer when new Netflix
mini-series “Godless” will be in
search of a late 1800s-era Western cast.
Finishing up this spring, AMC
series “Preacher” continues to roll
film in Albuquerque. So does El Rey
The feature film “No Exit” will
be casting IRL firefighters for background and featured roles starting in
mid-May or early June. In addition to the Wolverine
franchise’s third installment, several unnamed films will shoot this
summer in Albuquerque and Santa
Fe. Men, women and children of all
“types” and ethnicities will be needed
for important background.
Specific featured roles range from
“unique looks” to real and former
military. Up-to-date casting notices
are posted as they become available
at: oneheadlightink.com/nm-film/
casting-calls
New Mexico film expert Christa Valdez,
of OneHeadlightInk.com and ChristaValdez.com, reports on movie industry news
for ABQ Free Press.
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From left, Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) and his daughter Cady Longmire (Cassidy Freeman)
on A&E-cum-Netflix drama “Longmire.”
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He Not Dead: Novel Resurrects ‘Mistah Kurtz!’
historical, political and geographical
reality while exploiting every fictional possibility. Ironically, fidelity
to Conrad and to late-19th century
realities, creates a paradoxical surrealism in the novel while it asserts the
concrete. It’s not a new or alternate reality; it simply fixates on the strangeness of Conrad’s reality and gives
bones to the ghosts.
“Mistah Kurtz—he dead.
A Penny for the Old Guy”
— The epigraph from T.S. Eliot’s
“The Hollow Men”
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Spectacle Caravan
Tess Coats and Spectacle Caravan
She’s also been selling the products
she plans to offer at events around
town like Moonstone Saturdays at
Downtown bar Sister.
Working in retail for nearly 15
years has given her the advantage
she needs, of truly knowing what
works and what doesn’t, Coats
explains. Through participation in Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial support
systems like ABQid and Hautepreneurs, her business acumen is only
amplifying.
Acquiring the Airstream was her biggest task at hand — now everything, as
she puts it, has begun to shift into place.
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or Tess Coats, community is everything.
Without their support, she wouldn’t
be where she is today – debuting her
mobile boutique Spectacle Caravan.
“This is a reimagined shopping experience,” Coats said, sipping an iced
coffee at one of her favorite shops,
Velvet. Baby in hand (and baby in
belly), the 30-year-old-mom is literally
juggling the things most important to
her – her family and her dream.
And she’s determined to pull it off.
In June of 2015, Coats raised nearly
$6,000 for her mobile project, and the
bulk of that went directly into purchasing the backbone of her business.
Coats believes Spectacle should be a
form of emotional escapism — and she
feels sure you’ll find that inside her
29-foot 1975 Airstream Land Yacht.
“We’ve seen businesses crumble,
brick and mortar places that just
close,” Coats said. “Then you see
this new business model of mobile
emerge — food trucks, vintage shops,
all sorts of things.”
Spectacle Caravan made its official
debut on May 1 at the Rail Yards
Market. “I wanted to be mobile since
the get-go,” Coats said. Albuquerque
hasn’t seen anything like her business,
and that intrigued the entrepreneur.
Coats said she’s been sitting on
the idea for quite some time, but two
years ago, she decided this was the
avenue she wanted to take. As a visual
merchandiser for Marble Brewery and
The Grove Cafe and Market, with a
background in visual communication
design from FIDM in Los Angeles,
Coats has already established herself
as someone who knows good style.
word
“This was the biggest customer
validation, people actually paying me
for this idea,” said Coats, who raised
her initial goal, the funds to buy the
Airstream, through an IndieGoGo
campaign. “That was huge for me.”
There’s still a bit of money to raise,
but Coat’s plan from the beginning
was to stay as debt-free as possible.
Taking her time on this venture was
key. Eliminating the cost of rent was
her first goal, now she’s on to her
second — preparing and refining the
inventory.
Some of the products you’ll find in
her wonderland include handmade
ceramics from Hanselmann Pottery,
based in Corrales, N.M. “We already
have a following for their thumb
cups,” said Coats, who explained
these cups have an indentation for the
thumb, making it easier to hold.
You’ll also find lipsticks and other
beauty products by Howl Cosmetics, which is based right here in
Albuquerque. Coats said she wants
to bank on products such as Howl
because no one else in the area has,
and that gives her an advantage. Their
products are also vegan and cruelty
free.
“I want to sell more of a variety
of offerings versus quantity,” Coats
explained. “But I want to make sure I
have products people are familiar with.
When you take a trip, there are places
you will always visit because you’re
used to it back home. I want to make
sure to have those products available.”
As Coats becomes more mobile and
takes her business on the road, she
says her product offerings will shift
based on where she is; in the process,
she can create a true caravan of entrepreneurs.
“My next milestone? I’d like to
acquire a parking lot where all things
mobile can [exist]. Austin, Portland
and San Francisco all have it — why
not us? It would encourage more
entrepreneurs who don’t have a lot of
money to start up,” Coats said.
And the even bigger growth plan is
rentals. Coats said she would love to
eventually coordinate mobile units for
events. First things first, she’ll be exclusively focusing on the branding of
Spectacle and establishing her online
presence during the next year.
The final phases of renovating and
retrofitting the vintage classic are
almost done, thanks to Couty Design.
Coats’ initial goal to keep it as “retro”
as possible has since wavered, but
customers who enter Spectacle Caravan will nevertheless be transported.
“I’m not reinventing the wheel, but
[this] needed to happen here,” Coats
said, adding that she hopes others
start to jump on this trend. “I welcome
healthy competition.”
Derick Jones reports on art, retail and
fashion for ABQ Free Press. Email him at
derickjonesla@gmail.com
ll Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz.” That sentence from Joseph Conrad’s anti-imperialism classic “Heart of Darkness”
encapsulates the troublesome character of its protagonist, Kurtz.
The Great White Hope-turnedmegalomaniacal demigod, Kurtz’s
descent into madness has long been
presented to high school English
classes — and in filmic adaptations
set during the Vietnam War — as a
cautionary tale against colonialism’s
taloned grip on humanity.
Aside from eking out “The horror! The horror!” to narrator Marlow
as he died, what were Kurtz’s final
thoughts? The thoughts in those papers he bestowed to Marlow — that
Marlow refused to share?
That’s the question that author,
musician and scholar James Reich
answers in his latest novel, “Mistah
Kurtz! A Prelude to Heart of Darkness” (published in March by Anti-Oedipus Press). England native
Reich is co-founder of post-punk
band Venus Bogardus and a contributing faculty member at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Reich presents a reading, Q&A
session and book signing for “Mistah
Kurtz!” at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande
Blvd. NW) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May
19. For more info, call 344-8139 or visit
bkwrks.com/james-reich. ABQ Free
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Press conversed via email with Reich
about “Mistah Kurtz!”, the compulsion to tell the antihero’s story and
making the leap from indie author to
indie publisher.
ABQ Free Press: Your body of work
focuses on the underdog, with
protagonists like Judas in “I, Judas”
and radical antinuclear terrorist
Varyushka Cash in “Bombshell.” How
does “Mistah Kurtz!” tie into this?
James Reich: I’m drawn to the antiheroic mode, courageous scumbags
maybe, but all of these characters are
fighting against aspects of the calcification of narrative in fiction and in
our political reality, tyrannies sustained by language, as well as their
own existential problems.
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Writing is my method of analyzing culture. Their anger is essentially
mine, but as John Lydon said, “Anger
is an energy.” It’s not romanticized.
Their defiance takes guts because
they’re all combating extraordinary
power.
Given the expansive creative legacy
of “Heart of Darkness” — which
ranges from T.S. Eliot [“The Hollow
Men”] to Francis Ford Coppola
[“Apocalypse Now”] to artist Fiona
Banner — does it feel like you’re
creating an alternate reality with
“Mistah Kurtz!”?
My work was to fit Kurtz to
Your first two books were released
by indie publisher Soft Skull, but
“Mistah Kurtz!” was published by
lesser-known Anti-Oedipus Press.
What inspired that transition?
Anti-Oedipus has a greater commitment to more avant-garde aesthetics, and I wanted to work with
the authors on their list, including
major influences on my writing like
Laurence Rickels and Barry Malzberg.
The founder, D. Harlan Wilson, is a
longstanding supporter and writer
of the bizarre, the slipstream, science
fiction, and experimentation.
What have you learned as an author
that translates to how you run your
own small press Stalking Horse?
My career as a writer, and now
even as chair of creative writing and
literature at Santa Fe University of
Art and Design, have only reinforced
my conviction: Profound art demands
profound risk. I’m never more satisfied than when I can say, “That was
an audacious move.” I can only hope
that others feel the same way.
M. Brianna Stallings writes so you don’t
have to.
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m Box: Aesop Rock, PJ Harvey and Rufus Wainwright
Aesop Rock: “The Impossible Kid”
(Rhymesayers)
I wasn’t sure it was possible for a
rap lyric about nondairy creamer to
sound badass, but damned if Aesop
Rock didn’t pull it off on “Supercell,”
an unrepentant declaration of an
uncertain self from new album “The
Impossible Kid.”
It’s an intimate, cathartic record
from the Portland, Ore. native known
for some of the most eloquent rhymes
in contemporary hip-hop; these
include “Slurpee” and “Xerxes” and
“poultry” and “Hecate.” “Rings”
warns that haters will “chop you
down just to count your rings,” while
the chorus of “Lazy Eye” commands
listeners to “act natural, whatever that
means for you.” The grossly named
“Blood Sandwich” is the heart of the
work, a tender shout-out to fraternal
love and ’80s industrial music.
I recommend watching the full
album video: the record plays over a
condensed version of Kubrick’s “The
Shining,” staged by wooden peg
people taped to sticks. Really.
PJ Harvey: “The Hope Six
Demolition Project”
(Vagrant/Island)
Is creative documentation equal
to action or is it paltry “awareness”?
PJ Harvey’s new album “The Hope
Six Demolition Project” raises that
question. Following up 2011 Mercury
Prize-winning release “Let England
Shake,” “Hope Six” turns a scathing
eye to geopolitics.
The landscape of “Let England
Shake” was overseas, examining the
Imperialist legacy of her homeland.
As North Americans, we have time,
history and geography as emotional
buffer from that subject.
“Hope Six” focuses most of its
Vagrant/Island
attention on the U.S.A. instead. In fact,
“The Community of Hope” has been
derided as exploitive by community
politicians in Washington, D.C. Lick
your wounds if you must, but don’t
ignore this engrossing, discordant and
powerful record. Unified by industrial
beats, eerie harmonies and saxophones, “The Ministry of Defence,”
“River Anacostia,” “Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln” and
“Dollar, Dollar” are prime examples.
Rufus Wainwright: “Take All My
Loves — 9 Shakespeare Sonnets”
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Four centuries have elapsed since
Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal
coil. Now extravagant chanteur Rufus
Wainwright honors The Bard’s legacy
with his second Deutsche Grammophon release “Take All My Loves: 9
Shakespeare Sonnets.”
It’s exactly what it seems: diverse
musical interpretations of Billy’s
poems. Like “Prima Donna,” it
features readings by Carrie Fisher,
William Shatner and Helena Bonham
Carter and accompaniment by the
BBC Symphony Orchestra. Occultic
chanting fleshes out “Take All My
Loves (Sonnet 40),” with a recitation
midway through by producer Marius
de Vries.
Wainwright’s arrangements for
Sonnets 10, 20 and 43 are the same as
on 2010’s “Days For Nights: Songs For
Lulu” but vocal duties fall to Austrian
soprano Anna Prohaska. Meanwhile,
Florence Welch performs a crystalline ’60s pop rendition of “When in
Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s
Eyes (Sonnet 29).” This is a delightful
classical crossover album for lit and
music lovers alike.
Music geek M. Brianna Stallings reviews
new albums for ABQ Free Press.
An evening of the cattiest films in ABQ
June 25 at the KiMo Theater, 421 Central Ave. NW
2:00 pm Matinee | 5:30 pm VIP Reception | 7:00 pm Evening Showing
Tickets available now at AnimalHumaneNM.org/FelineFilmFestival
• $15 for General Admission
• $10 for Children under 12 (free for children 3 and under)
• $50 for VIP Admission
All tickets include parking
Local Band Crowdfunds Rock Opera
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elf-described “fantasy death-pop”
outfit Shoulder Voices occupies
the same wild, weird and trippy
world as The Flaming Lips, H.R.
Pufnstuf and Willy Wonka. For this
quirky local band, there’s magic in
darkness and cuddles in chaos – plus
tons of stuffed animals.
For several years, Shoulder Voices
has injected “Querque” into the 505
scene. Now the group asks its hometown to chip in to crowdfund Shoulder Voices’ new “wannabe rock opera”
titled “The Stuffed Animal Band.”
Shoulder Voices’ Kickstarter
campaign wraps up with a closing
show on Friday, May 13, at Sister (407
Central NW). Jessie Deluxe and Lilah
Rose open. Doors are at 9 p.m., and
five bucks gets you in.
ABQ Free Press conducted a rapidfire email interview with the band’s
gloriously outlandish frontman Little
Bobby Tucker.
ABQ Free Press: Tell us about your
new album.
It allows us to express any and
all emotions, and hopefully hook
the listener into feeling something. Fantasy death pop can turn
a song about heartache and regret
into something that you can’t help
but dance around to.
Why fund your new album using
Kickstarter?
This will be the first album for
Wes Naman
which
we will not being going
Little Bobby sees a comely apparition.
into debt financially. This means
Little Bobby Tucker: “The Stuffed
that fans, friends, family and
Animal Band” is about love, sex,
strangers can all as a “crowd” preorheartache, suicide and stuffed anider our album, order shirts, and other
mals. It’s the darkest, most cathartic
merchandise, like stuffed animals.
album we’ve recorded.
Then we will make the stuff, know We’ve fashioned it as a song cycle
ing the “who, what, and where” of
that’s also a recreation of a live show,
it. It is also a great promotional tool,
complete with crowd noises and the
a way to advertise the band for the
bouncer telling you to get out at the
length of the campaign, and after.
end of the night. It pays homage to
How was the Kickstarter kickoff
the local music scene and the rotating
show at Low Spirits?
cast of characters [who] populate it.
Awesome. By the end of the night,
Can you explain “fantasy death
there was glitter everywhere ... in adpop,” your self-applied genre label?
dition to stuffed animals. We played
with a cool touring outfit called
Snailmate, and locals Ghetto Blast and
Sugarmotor.
Where can people check out podcasts
and your makeup tutorials?
The makeup tutorials will be available as a reward for our Kickstarter
backers. I write a weekly, “ol’ timey”
advice column about the creative arts,
politics and glitter at Pyragraph, an online magazine for artists. I also recently
became an associate producer on a
podcast called “Melodic Treks” which
is dedicated to the music of Star Trek.
What can fans expect at your upcoming concert?
Great music by Lilah Rose and
Jessie Deluxe followed by a stuffed
animal-filled-frenzy/party. There will
be jokes followed by an ’80s dance
party. Just follow the trail of glitter
from the Andromeda Galaxy to Sister.
Even though the show’s on Friday,
May 13, I promise: you will get lucky.
M. Brianna Stallings is also a fan of
glitter and stuffed animals.
Submit your purr-fect cat video entries to
FelineFilms@AnimalHumaneNM.org by May 15
Guidelines available at
AnimalHumaneNM.org/FelineFilmFestival
Presented by Animal Humane New Mexico and CABQ Film Office
The Stichmans in memory of Bella
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emperatures rise along with
hemlines. Cacti and cottonwoods
bloom. Bicycles weave through
traffic. Brewpubs open their patios to
prep for longer, hotter nights. These
are just a few of the signs that spring
is in full swing in Albuquerque. Another surefire sign? Oodles of good
music of every stripe and genre.
Sultry jazz at Outpost
For vocalist Alicia Olatuja, it’s not
just All That Jazz. As a classically
trained mezzo soprano, Olatuja
made her recital debut at Carnegie
Hall, and her professional debut as
Sacagawea in the world premiere
operetta “Corps of Discovery” at the
Opera Memphis. Olatuja has also
performed at The Kennedy Center.
It was her breathtaking, dexterous
solo performance with the Brooklyn
Tabernacle Choir at the 2013 inauguration of President Obama on the
National Mall that brought her to the
attention of the world. Praised by pundits ranging from “The View” to The
New York Times, Olatuja’s lustrous
voice harkens back to Anita Baker and
Dianne Reeves.
Her musical style seamlessly blends
elements of jazz, classical, pop and
gospel music. All styles are at work
on her solo album, fittingly entitled
“Timeless.” In addition to solo work,
she also performs with her husband,
bassist Michael Olatuja, in their African
jazz band The Olatuja Project; the pair
released album “The Promise” in 2013.
Olatuja performs Saturday, May 7,
at Outpost Performance Space (210
Yale SE). Doors to this all-ages show
open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at
7:30 p.m. This concert is sponsored
by Annapurna World Vegetarian
Cafe and presented in memory of late
music lover Dr. Eddie Chelist.
Tickets $15-$20 at holdmyticket.com
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Next up on the decks are two superstars of underground hip-hop: Harlem
MC Immortal Technique and Philly
collective Jedi Mind Tricks. Immortal
Technique and JMT blow the roof off
Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) at
7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10.
A Peruvian native with college and
prison on his resume, Felipe Coronel
aka Immortal Technique believes in
the power of musical protest. Fierce,
outspoken and provocative, his rapidfire lyrics tackle institutionalized
tyranny and oppression, government
overreach, colonialism and revolution.
Coronel puts his money where his
mouth is, or rather, where his rhymes
are. He regularly visits prisons,
donates money to overseas children’s
hospitals and has even partnered
with human rights group Omeid
International to build an orphanage in
Afghanistan.
Jedi Mind Tricks was founded
by high school buddies Vinnie Paz
(Vincenzo Luvineri) and Stoupe the
Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin).
A revolving door of members, coupled
with the group’s twin passions for
mythology and gangsta rap, and an
array of collaborations with artists like
GZA, Killah Priest and Immortal Technique, all contribute to JMT’s uniquely
woke sound.
JMT’s most widely acclaimed
album is 2006’s “Servants in Heaven,
Kings in Hell,” renowned for musical
diversity and meaty lyrics. Their new
album is 2015’s “The Thief and the
Fallen.”
13-and-up show; Tickets $25 at
sunshinetheaterlive.com
Tortoise + Chris Brokaw
Pop quiz, music nerds: Did you
know that the ’90s spawned more
genres than merely grunge, thirdwave ska and neo-soul? That’s right.
We can also thank the decade for postrock.
Characterized by irregular rhythms
and a cocktail of jazz/electro/prog
influences, examples of post-rock
include Explosions in the Sky, Stereolab and Sigur Ros. Each and every
one can thank Chicago experimentalist
Tortoise for paving the way starting
way back in 1990.
Tortoise’s defiantly angular sound
is so lauded, in fact, that in 2010, their
hometown commissioned a special
collection of music designed to commemorate Chicago’s jazz and improv
music culture.
These works would inspire Tortoise’s latest album “The Catastrophist.” Tortoise brings the post-rock
power to Burque on Saturday, May
14 at Launchpad (618 Central SW).
Also on the bill is slowcore star and
multi-instrumentalist Chris Brokaw,
the founder of Codeine, guitarist for
blues-punk group Come, Capitan
Records champion and collaborator
with artists like Steve Wynn, Thurston
Moore and Willard Grant Conspiracy.
Doors are at 8 p.m., and the music
starts at 8:30 p.m.
21-plus show; Tickets $17 at
launchpadrocks.com
Titus Andronicus + La Sera
It may not seem like you can get
down with good old-fashioned rock
n’ roll dancing to an album titled “The
Most Lamentable Tragedy,” but as
ever, New Jersey art punk band Titus
Andronicus defies expectations.
The choking snottiness in singer
Patrick Stickles’ voice as he wails
about “The Angry Hour” or a “More
Perfect Union” conjures The Clash,
The Damned and The Dead Boys.
“The Most Lamentable Tragedy” an
excoriating look at mental illness, is
the second of two concept albums
from a band that took its name from
a Shakespeare play; the first was their
sophomore release, 2010’s “The Monitor,” loosely based on the Civil War.
Experience Titus Andronicus on
Wednesday, May 18 at Launchpad
(618 Central SW).
Titus will be joined by noise pop band
La Sera. Founded by Katy Goodman,
a Jersey native who currently calls
California home and is former bassist
of short-lived dream noise outfit The
Vivian Girls.
Goodman launched indie rock outfit
La Sera (Spanish for “the will”) in
2010, and the group released its eponymous debut in 2011. La Sera’s latest
“Music for Listening to Music To” was
produced by Ryan Adams and came
out in March.
La Sera has also toured with Tennis,
Jenny Lewis, Father John Misty, Kate
Nash and The Julie Ruin. Doors for
this Titus Andronicus and La Sera
double-header open at 7 p.m., and the
show starts at 8.
13-and-up show; Tickets $15 at launchpadrocks.com
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SATURDAY, MAY 7
1 Barbara Bean: Otto & the Octopus
— For Moms and Kids
9 am, The Desert Oasis Teaching Garden,
6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, 858-8855,
thedotgarden.org
4 Kenny Chavez’ 10th Annual Cinco
de Mayo Folk Art & Music Festival
See freeabq.com for a more
extensive list of events.
MAY 8–13
Low Spirits
2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555,
lowspiritslive.com
May 8, Sawyer Fredericks
May 13, Eric McFadden
MAY 9–16
Sister Bar
407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900,
sisterthebar.com
May 9, Guitar Legend-Dick Dale
May 16, Linear Downfall, Personals
THROUGH MAY 15
Anna in the Tropics
Desert Rose Playhouse,
6921 Montgomery Blvd NE Ste E,
881-0503, desertroseplayhouse.net
THROUGH MAY 22
Dividing the Estate
The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street NW,
898-9222, adobetheater.org
MAY 6–7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
A One-Act Ballet
11 am, Lew Wallace Elementary,
513 6th St NW, 604-3434,
abqdna.com
Motion
Market
10 am, Free, Rail Yards Market ABQ,
777 1st St SW, railyardsmarket.org
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
MAY 8 – 9
SUNDAY, MAY 8
12 Serial Mom — A John Water’s
8 NM Phil:
Mother’s Day Concert at the Zoo
10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St SW,
768-2000, abqbiopark.com
Mother Day Special
Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE,
255-1848, guildcinema.com
Ancient Mermaids
Clark Libbey
7 pm, Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Cir,
Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369,
meowwolf.com
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and
Bloody Mary Bar
11 am, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
The Ansolvers
Part of Art in the Afternoon
2 pm, Free,
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600,
cabq.gov/museum
Chispa Latin Jazz
Part of Centennial Celebration Concert
7 pm, Free, Petroglyph National
Monument, 6510 Western Trail NW,
899-0205, nps.gov/petr
Eileen and the In-betweens
7 pm, Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Blvd SE,
369-1648, tortugagallery.org
Hotel California
Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus,
203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858,
unmtickets.com
I Saw the Mystery:
Lifesongs in Concert 2016
7 pm, Lensic Theater,
211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe,
(505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
Marc Cotterell
9 pm, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW
Shane Wallin
Part of Summertime in Old Town
7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, 303
Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov
SUNDAY, MAY 8
ABQ Philharmonic: Mahler’s
Symphony Number 2
SATURDAY, MAY 7
7:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW,
724-4771, nmapo.org
7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044,
outpostspace.org
Historic Home, Garden and
Architectural Tour
Community of Joy, ELCA,
841 Saratoga Dr, Rio Rancho,
977-4160, rr-yc.org
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org
Alicia Olatuja
10 Mother’s Day Downtown
7 Ballet Repertory Theatre: Voices in 11 Mother’s Day at the Rail Yards
3 Plant Sale and
Community Q&A
SHOWS
1 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo,
303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov
Mother’s Day Concert:
Where is Fancy Bred?
2 pm, East Mountain Library,
1 Old Tijeras Rd, Tijeras,
RSVP: 281-8508,
abclibrary.org
City of Dreamers
in the
in Old Town
5 Bonsai Show
6 Rio Rancho Youth Chorus
2 Mother/Daughter Tea Party
Visit our fabulous online calendar featuring hot links to cool
events in the ABQ area.
9 Mother’s Day Celebration
ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW,
10:30 am, Bookworks,
4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139,
bkwrks.com
9 am, Farm & Table Parking Lot,
8917 4th St NW, kennychavez.com
MAY 7–8
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Conor Hanick: Piano Trios
10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,
1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org
The Popejoy Awards
6:30 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main
Campus, 203 Cornell Drive,
925-5858, unmtickets.com
MONDAY, MAY 9
Matt Andersen & the Bona Fide
7:30 pm, The Cooperage,
7220 Lomas Blvd NE,
ampconcerts.org
Yuja Wang
7:30 pm, Lensic Theater,
TUESDAY, MAY 10
An Evening with
Jackson Browne
7: 30 pm, Lensic Theater,
(505) 988-1234, ampconcerts.org
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Eliza Rickman
Noon, Free, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, 888-8100,
ampconcerts.org
5 pm, Free, Los Griegos Library,
1000 Griegos Rd NW, 761-4020,
ampconcerts.org
The Temporary Tattoos
5 pm, Marble Brewery, 111 Marble Ave,
243-2739, marblebrewery.com
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THURSDAY, MAY 12
Brian Wingard Group Feat.
Bobby Shew
7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044,
outpostspace.org
Illenium
9 pm, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW,
redfishent.com
MAY 12–29
The Drunken City
Duke City Repertory Theatre,
700 1st St NW, 797-7081,
dukecityrep.com
FRIDAY, MAY 13
Art Groove 2016 — Free Your
Mind and Shine to benefit
NAMI ABQ, CTN, AFSP
5 pm, Tortuga, 901 Edith Blvd SE,
506-0820, artgroovenm.com
Gregg Daigle Band
Luz De Luna
Part of Art in the Afternoon
2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of
Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW,
242-4600, cabq.gov/museum
Sometimes it Snows in April:
An Evening Dedicated to Prince
7 pm, Tractor Brewing-Wells Park,
1800 4th St NW, 243-6752,
getplowed.com
The Temporary Tattoos
7 pm, The Range Cafe,
925 Camino Del Pueblo, Bernalillo,
867-1700, rangecafe.com
Zoltan and the Fortune Tellers
MAY 14 –15
Beethoven Festival
Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco,
Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234,
ticketssantafe.org
SUNDAY, MAY 15
The Real Matt Jones
Big Wild
5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant
and Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd,
Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327,
mynewmexicogolf.com/prairiestar_home
8 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave
SW, elreyabq.com
Conor Hanick: Ligeti Concerto
SATURDAY, MAY 14
3rd Annual John Lewis
Celebration
Academy of Dance and Music:
Trippin’ the Light Fantastic
2 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center,
1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 848-1320,
southbroadwaytickets.com
Cheech & Chong
8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central
Ave SW, 352-7866, route66casino.com
Four Tet
9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave
SW, elreyabq.com
9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,
1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org
3 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center,
1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 848-1320,
southbroadwaytickets.com
Quietly Kept
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and
Bloody Mary Bar
11 am, Distillery 365, 2921 Stanford Dr
NE, 221-6281, distillery365.com
STEM and Us
BY ARIANE JAROCKI
SCREENS
CALENDAr CALENDAr
See freeabq.com for a more
extensive list of events.
May 7–20
Center for Contemporary Arts
Cinematheque
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505)
982-1338, ccasantafe.org
May 7, How to Let Go of the World
and Love All the Things Climate
Can’t Change
May 7, Here Come the Videofreex
Starts May 13, Eva Hesse
Starts May 20, The Idol
MAY 7–26
Guild Cinema
W
hile vital to our national brain trust, subjects like
science, technology, engineering and math have
traditionally been taught in isolation, making them more
intimidating than necessary. That’s where STEM comes in. The
acronym refers to an initiative to highlight the intrigue and
ecstasy of the hard sciences by offering hands-on learning
and demonstrations of their worldly applications.
Hosted by Explora Science Center, the first annual ABQ
STEM Fiesta will serve as a space for children to explore
these subjects. At Tiguex Park (1800 Mountain Road NW) on
Friday, May 13, 1-5 p.m., organizations like ABC Library, ABQ
BioPark, Fractal Foundation, The Albuquerque Astronomical
Society and New Mexico PBS highlight the ways in which
numbers, data and formulas prove transcendent.
FRIDAY, MAY 13
ABQ STEM Fiesta 2016
1-5 p.m., Free, Tiguex Park, 1800 Mountain Road NW,
224-8300, explora.us
Trio Los Amigos de
New Mexico
THURSDAY, MAY 19
303 Romero St NW, 311,
cabq.gov
9 pm, Effex Nightclub,
420 Central SW
Willy Sucre & Friends
Part of Placitas Artists Series May Concert
3 pm, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church,
7 Paseo de San Antonio, Placitas,
867-8080, placitasartistsseries.org
MONDAY, MAY 16
Native Spirits
7 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema,
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
TUESDAY, MAY 17
Rising Appalachia
12:30 pm, Free, N4th Theater,
4904 4th St NW, 345-2140,
RSVP: ampconcerts.org
8 pm, Dirty Bourbon,
9800 Montgomery Blvd NE,
296-2726, ampconcerts.org
Barely Alive
Jazz Brasileiro
6 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro,
901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW,
243-9916, stclairwinery.com
Rising Appalachia
7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
MAY 19–20
NM School for the Arts:
Artspring 2016
Lensic Theater,
(505) 988-1234,
ticketssantafe.org
FRIDAY, MAY 20
Chatter at the Petroglyphs
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
7 pm, Free w/RSVP, Petroglyph
National Monument,
6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205,
chatterabq.org
Rising Appalachia
Chris Dracup
7:30 pm, Skylight,
139 W. San Francisco St,
Santa Fe, (505) 982-0775
5:30 pm, Prairie Star Restaurant and
Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Santa
Ana Pueblo, 867-3327,
mynewmexicogolf.com/prairiestar_home
3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848,
guildcinema.com
Through May 7, Krisha, Songs My
Brothers Taught Me
May 7, The Man Who Would Be Fred
May 13-14, Mad Tiger
May 13-16, Above and Below, High Rise
May 14-18, Dinner at Eight
May 19, Kung-Fu Master
MAY 13 –26
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505)
466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com
Through May 12, Mermaid
May 13-19, Brigend, High-Rise
May 14, The Man Who Would be Fred
THROUGH JULY 31
EVENTS
COMMUNITY
MAY 6–7
THROUGH JUNE 2
RoboRAVE International
Introduction to Buddhism
Meditation Classes
Albuquerque Convention Center,
401 2nd St SW, 867-2007,
roboquerque.org
MAY 6–8
Sabaku Con 2016
Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North,
5151 San Francisco Rd NE,
sabakucon.com
Burque Derby to benefit the
ABQ Youth Symphony
SATURDAY, MAY 7
2 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park,
5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway,
burquederby.com
Mama’s Minerals Alternative
Health Fair
10 am, Free, Mama’s Minerals,
800 20th St NW, RSVP: 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
Turkish Festival
11 am, Raindrop Foundation Turkish
Cultural Center, 7901 Mountain Rd NE,
859-3751,
raindropturkishhouse.org/albuquerque
MAY 7– 8
Herbfest 2016
10 am, Rio Grande Nature Center,
2901 Candelaria NW, 344-7240,
rgnc.org
Institute of American Indian Arts,
83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu
5 pm, Santa Ana Star Center, 3001
Civic Center Circle NE, 891-7300,
santaanastarcenter.com
Part of Teen Movie Saturday
3 pm, South Valley Library,
3904 Isleta Blvd SW, 877-5170,
abclibrary.org
WWE Live
MAY 13–15
THURSDAY, MAY 12
10 am, National Museum of Nuclear
Science & History, 601 Eubank Blvd SE,
245-2137, nuclearmuseum.org
3 pm, Free, South Valley Library,
abclibrary.org
MAY 14 –15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Driving Miss Daisy
3 pm, Free, South Valley Library,
abclibrary.org
SUNDAY, MAY 15
Inside Out
Part of Sunday Under the Stars
6 pm, Free, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon
Rd, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011,
innofthemountaingods.com
6 pm, Guadalupe Stables,
10138 Bosque Circle NW, 615-3670,
etcnm.org
Kids’ Variety Show
1 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044,
outpostspace.org
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Kids’ Rock Geology Class
10 am, Free, Mama’s Minerals,
800 20th St NW, RSVP: 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
MONDAY, MAY 16
AARP Smart Driver Course
1 pm, Loma Colorado Main Library,
755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE,
Rio Rancho, 891-5013x3033,
riorancholibraries.org
TUESDAYS
Asian Pacific Islander American
Heritage Day
Big Hero 6
Hooves Healing Hearts
Fundraiser
Double Eagle II Airport,
7401 Atrisco Vista Blvd, eaa.org
SATURDAY, MAY 14
FRIDAY, MAY 13
10 am, Free, Loma Colorado and
Esther Bone, 891-5013 x3033,
ONGOING
1 pm, Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave
NE, 255-1848, guildcinema.com
7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central
Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
Free Comic Book Day:
Rio Rancho Libraries
B-17 Flying Fortress Flights &
Ground Tours
Jeff Berg’s Made in Boo! Mexico
Convinced
Volunteers needed for NM
Veterans’ Museum
SATURDAY, MAY 7
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Part 1
THROUGH JULY
New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
IAIA Student Filmmaker
Showcase
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation
Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293,
meditationinnewmexico.org
Heritage Day at Casa
San Ysidro
10 am, Casa San Ysidro,
973 Old Church Road, Corrales,
897-8828, www.cabq.gov
Santa Fe Green Festival
8 am, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe,
555 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe,
(505) 428-9123,
santafegreenchamber.org
SUNDAY, MAY 15
32nd Annual NMCC Classic
Auto Show
10:30 am, Free, Albuquerque Museum
of Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd
NW, 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum
MAY 19 –21
Albuquerque Quilt, Craft, &
Sewing Festival
10 am, Expo New Mexico,
Manuel Lujan Building, 300 San Pedro
Dr NE, 222-9700, exponm.com
Casino del Rueda Dance Class
6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
2ND TUESDAYS
Korean War Veterans Open
Meeting
1 pm, New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
2ND WEDNESDAYS
Drinking Liberally — ABQ
Chapter
6 pm, O’Niell’s NE Heights,
3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
Sportsmen and Women’s Meeting: NM Wildlife Federation
6 pm, Tractor Brewing – Wells Park,
1800 4th St NW,
facebook.com/nmwildlife
THURSDAYS
SATURDAY, MAY 14
SUNDAYS
Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons &
Dancing
Placitas Garden Tour
Rail Yards Market ABQ
9 am, Placitas, NM,
(505) 867-3355,
placitasgardentour.com
10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW,
railyardsmarket.org
8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque,
800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928,
qbarabq.com
1ST FRIDAYS
First Friday Fractals
New Mexico Natural History Museum,
1801 Mountain Rd NW,
nmnaturalhistory.org
1ST SATURDAYS
The Organ Transplant Awareness Program of New Mexico
10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, more info:
344-0512
2ND SATURDAYS
American Veterans
Post 7 Meeting
1 pm, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 401, 2011 Girard Blvd SE,
366-3032
SATURDAYS
Downtown Walking Tours with
Albuquerque Historical Society
10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st
by Century Theater, 289-0586
Saturday Night Swing Dance
7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company,
3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146,
abqswing.com
3RD SUNDAYS
Family Fun Day
1:30 pm, New Mexico History
Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org
SUNDAYS
Salsa Sunday
2 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro,
901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW,
243-9916, stclairwinery.com
Sunday Family Fun
10 am, Bachechi Open Space,
bernco.gov/openspace
OUTDOORS
FRIDAY, MAY 20
Aquarium Overnight:
Sleeping with Sharks
6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark,
2601 Central Ave NW,
EATS
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Tequila, Taco & Cerveza Fest
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW,
Tequilatacocervezafest.com
MAY 13–AUGUST 26
ABQ Food Fridays
4 pm, Civic Plaza, SW Section,
1 Civic Plaza NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, civicplazapresents.com
SATURDAY, MAY 14
ABQ Brew Dash 2016
1 pm, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
Piedras Marcadas Pueblo
Site Tour
10 am, Free, Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center,
6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205,
nps.gov/petr
Xeriscape Seminar: Claude
Ceniceros
Campaign Finance Reform and
March 2016 Legislation:
Senator Tom Udall
11:30 am, MCM Eleganté Hotel,
2020 Menaul Blvd NE, RSVP by 5/2:
884-8441, lunch@lwvcnm.org
Hidden Chicano Cinema — Film
Dramas in the Borderlands:
A. Gabriel Melendez
2 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
Mongrels: Stephen Graham
Jones
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505)
466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com
Paul Andrew Hutton: Book
Signing
11 am, Page One Books, 5850 Eubank
Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
THURSDAY, MAY 19
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Salud y Sabor: Estados Unidos
Get Lost – Gabe McKenna Book
2: Robert D. Kidera
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
3 pm, Page One Books, 5850 Eubank
Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
TUESDAY, MAY 10
Making the Most of Social Security Benefits: Brad Yablonsky
5:30 pm, Lomas Tramway Library,
908 Eastridge Dr NE, RSVP: 880-2755,
abclibrary.org
Readings with Stephen
Graham Jones & Dan Wells
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com
FRIDAYS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Coffee Education and Tasting
Kit Carson and Lucien
Maxwell, Compadres:
Stephen Zimmer
Bonsai Show
ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW,
SATURDAYS
MONDAY, MAY 9
7 am, Robinson Park, 8th & Central,
252-2959, downtowngrowers.org
9 am, Free, Explora,
1701 Mountain Rd NW,
224-8300, explora.us
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Small Press and Local Author Fair
Truckin’ Tuesdays
Downtown Growers’ Market
Santa Fe Farmers Market:
Railyard
8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at
Guadalupe, Santa Fe,
farmersmarketsnm.org
BY ARIANE JAROCKI
Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW,
344-8139, bkwrks.com
May 7, Elizabeth Church, Atomic
Weight of Love
May 8, Stephen Graham Jones,
Mongrels
May 13, Katarina Bivald, The Readers
of Broken Wheel Recommend
May 14, Mark Lee Gardner, Rough
Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His
Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal
Charge up San Juan Hill
May 15, Michael Arkin, Judicial
Indiscretion
10 am, Free, Los Poblanos Historic Inn
& Organic Farm,
lospoblanos.com
TUESDAYS
Family Time Travel
MAY 7–15
2 pm, Barnes & Noble-Coronado Mall,
6600 Menaul Boulevard NE,
barnesandnoble.com
6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters,
3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100,
379-5136, prosumroasters.com
Mercury Transit Viewing
WORD
Tasty Wednesday: Herbed
Pecans with Lavender
ONGOING
10 am, Ilsa and Rey Garduño
Community Garden, 1410 Wellesley Dr
SE, swop.net
MAY 7– 8
5 pm, Greenside Café, 12165 NM-14,
Cedar Crest, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
9 am, Valles Caldera National Preserve,
39201 Highway 4, Jemez Springs,
RSVP: (505) 988-9126 x0,
wildearthguardians.org
Feed the Hood: Opening Day
Fiesta & Spring Planting
ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam
Drinking Liberally — Cedar Crest Chapter
Volunteer Tree Planting Event
SATURDAY, MAY 7
WEDNESDAYS
1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS
9 am, Gutierrez-Hubbell House,
6029 Isleta Blvd SW, RSVP: 244-0507,
bernco.gov/openspace
5:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
10 am, Cherry Hills Library,
6901 Barstow St NE, 857-8321,
abclibrary.org
5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing,
9800 Montgomery Ave NE,
lizardtailbrewing.com/home
Recycled and Natural Building
Materials in the Garden
& Complete Garden Design
Part of Brainpower & Brownbags
Lunch Lectures
Noon, New Mexico History Museum,
Meem Community Room,
113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org
Louise Gluck with Peter Streckfus
Part of Readings and Conversations series
Los Golondrinas
E
l Rancho de Las Golondrinas is a living history museum
preserving traditions and culture of our state’s Hispano
past. Visiting Las Golondrinas feels like you’ve time-traveled
to 18th century New Mexico.
This unique institution in a rural farming valley celebrates
all things family from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May
14 and Sunday, May 15. Gather friends or family and travel
north for wool-spinning, mask-making, atlatl throwing,
period games, wagon rides and adorable miniature horses.
The New Mexico Wildlife Center will host a native bird
show on Saturday afternoon and Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley will tell stories of the Rio Grande with puppets on
Sunday. Visit golondrinas.org for the full schedule.
MAY 14–15
Fiesta de La Familia
10 a.m.-4 p.m., El Rancho de Las Golondrinas,
334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, (505) 471-2261, golondrinas.org
THURSDAY, MAY 12
SUNDAY, MAY 15
The Opposite of Comfortable:
Sharon Nir
Summoning: Jeanne Shannon
Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
FRIDAY, MAY 13
The Rebecca Salsbury James
Collection: Karli Wurzelbacher
12:15 pm, New Mexico Museum of
Art, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026,
page1book.com
THURSDAY, MAY 19
Hiking to History — A Guide to
Off-Road New Mexico Historic
Sites: Robert Julyan
6:30 pm, Page One Books,
5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41,
294-2026, page1book.com
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Crossroads: Bennie‚
Yellowman‘ Nelson
& Ben Nelson
Noon, Free w/RSVP, Indian Pueblo
Cultural Center, 2401 12th St NW,
843-7270, indianpueblo.org
People Create Cities: the
Sikh Community
10:30 am, Special Collections Library,
423 Central NE, 848-1376
abclibrary.org
Shark-A-Bet: Ray Troll
10 am, New Mexico Natural History
Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW,
nmnaturalhistory.org
cont. on page 32
Puzzle on page 32
CLASSIFIEDS/CROSSWORD
Crossword
by Myles Mellor and Sally York
Across
cont. from page 31
TUESDAY, MAY 17
WEDNESDAYS
MAY 13 –JUNE 5
Michele Buchanan Celtic
Harp Concert & Book
Signing
Crazy Wisdom Poetry
Dissonance: Carol Coates
4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts,
808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172,
offcenterarts.org
Reception: Friday, May 13,
5–7 pm
Tansey Contemporary,
652 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 995-8513,
tanseycontemporary.com
6 pm, Loma Colorado Main
Library, 755 Loma Colorado
Blvd NE,
Rio Rancho, 891-5013x3033,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
But I Do It with Honor —
Cultural Pirating & Spiritual Obscenity: Shawn
Price
Part of The Counter-Narrative
5:30 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St NW,
843-7270, indianpueblo.org
FRIDAY, MAY 20
The Last Ranch — The
American West Book 3:
Michael McGarrity
7 pm, Page One Books, 5850
Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41,
294-2026, page1book.com
ONGOING
1ST WEDNESDAYS
CULTURE
FIRST SATURDAYS
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
El Rito Open Studios
10 am, Free, Follow the Signs,
El Rito, NM, (505) 927-8461,
facebook.com/ElRitoOpenStudiosFirstSaturdays
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Greg Blea Art Opening
7 pm, Distillery 365, 2921
Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
MAY 7–28
The New Mexico Watercolor Spring Exhibition
Reception: Saturday, May 7,
1– 4 pm
Expo New Mexico,
300 San Pedro Dr NE, 385-0542,
nmwatercolorsociety.org
Poetry and Beer
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Exhibition Walk Through
with Artists: Jami Porter Lara & J Matthew
Thomas
4 pm, Central Features,
514 Central SW, 243-3389,
centralfeatures.com
SATURDAY, MAY 14
Studio Sale in Gallery
6 pm, 516 ARTS, 516 Central
Ave SW, 242-1445, 516arts.org
MAY 14–SEPTEMBER 5
The Buzzsaw Sharks of
Long Ago
New Mexico Natural History
Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd
NW, nmnaturalhistory.org
MAY 14–SEPTEMBER 25
America’s Road: The
Journey of Route 66
7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells
Park, 1800 4th St NW,
243-6752, getplowed.com
National Museum of Nuclear
Science & History, 601 Eubank
Blvd SE, 245-2137,
nuclearmuseum.org
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22. Unskilled
23. ___ for impact
25. Cost of living?
26. A constellation
28. Viewable
32. Editor Harold
34. Brain wave
35. Day ___
38. Office accessory
42. College major
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44. Kind of gun
45. In a vigorous manner, in music
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49. A-line line
51. Digital tome
53. Capital city
55. Not busy
56. Cousin of an ostrich
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62. Kind of arch
63. Blackthorn
64. Related maternally
65. Cousin of a gull
66. Priestly garb
67. Dallied (with)
Down
1. Sobriquet for Haydn
2. Mellowed
3. Smoothing machine
4. Idiosyncrasy
5. True inner self
6. Go fast
7. Tummy trouble
8. H.S. biology topic
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27. At any point
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57. Parcel
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