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1
How many jobs were added to the
Albuquerque metro area this past year?
a) 1
b) 0
c) 8,100
d) 5,000
2
On Saturday, April 11, the Albuquerque
Rail Yards will be hosting a “naked
________________.”
a) food fair
b) foam party
c) train ride
d) homeless encampment workshop
3
A former Albuquerque police officer
involved in the fatal shooting of a
teenage girl now faces a ______________
for a separate use of force incident.
a) guilty conscience
b) hefty lawsuit
c) police oversight board
d) internal affairs investigation
4
The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo now
boasts an updated ______________ exhibit.
a) transdimensional being
b) slimy worm
c) yeti
d) alligator
5
An upcoming Albuquerque Little
Theatre production is titled
_________________.
a) Man of La Mancha
b) The Music Man
c) Into the Woods
d) Noises Off!
Answers:
1) C. According to the New Mexico Department of
Workforce Solutions, Albuquerque’s growth rate
stands at 2.1 percent, which translates to 8,100
new jobs.
2) A. A so-called Naked Food Fair featuring
vegetarian food and healthy eating choices, not
unclothed humans, is planned for this weekend.
Events at the fair include workshops on yoga and
holistic living.
3) B. Officer Jeremy Dear, who was involved in the
2014 shooting of Mary Hawkes, was dismissed
shortly thereafter by APD. Now the former cop is
being sued for a 2013 incident involving alleged
police brutality.
4) D. It took three years for the alligator exhibit
plans to come to fruition, but the enclosure is now
ready and houses 10 new alligators.
5) D. Michael Frayn’s Noises Off! opens at
Albuquerque Little Theatre on Friday, April 10. This
production is directed by Henry Avery and stars
locals Colin Borden, Dehron Foster, Stephanie
Larragoite, Cyd Schulte, Eleanor Smith, Paige
Underwood and other ALT veterans. a
all three shows to catch The Dead in action.
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The Good Ol’ Daze?
Dear Alibi,
As many people who look at a very short
period of time do, they have a distorted view.
Albuquerque was a nice place to live prior to
the early ’90s. There was no gay pride parade
or Alibi. Things were very nice. Then the
miscreants came to the scene. Albuquerque
degenerated into the cesspool it is today.
—Jeb from Albuquerque
The Dead in The Fe
Dear Alibi,
I am a longtime reader of the Alibi and a
longtime Deadhead. While it was great to see
August March’s article in your March 19-25
edition about the new Grateful Dead book No
Simple Highway, it seems that he should
concentrate on the facts and not fluff the truth
or his ego. He states, “I traveled up to Santa Fe
several times to experience The Dead
firsthand.” The Grateful Dead only played
Santa Fe, N.M. once, on Sept. 11, 1983. I do
not know how Mr. March could have seen
them more than that one time in Santa Fe.
(The Dead did play in Albuquerque once also,
at Civic Auditorium on Nov. 17, 1971.) I am
sure Mr. March’s article would have read just
as well and been just as informative if he had
told the truth about how many times he has
seen The Dead. I appreciate his knowledge
and appreciation of The Dead’s music and
scene and enjoyed his article too, but there
was no need to embellish his story. Or maybe
he thinks he did see them more than once in
Santa Fe; that would be an interesting story.
Keep on truckin’!
—Darren Pfeffer
Alibi Managing Editor Samantha Anne
Carrillo responds:
The Grateful Dead played three shows in
the City Different at The Downs at Santa Fe.
Two of these concerts happened in September
1983, and one went down in October 1982.
Mr. March drove up to Santa Fe and back for
RE: Not Just Turquoise and
Fringe
Dear Alibi,
On fashion manufacturing in New Mexico:
It’s like anything—you have to know the
right people who can connect you. We have
“manufacturers” here already. In fact, I bought
a building and am nearly tripling my square
footage. We expect to open June 1, co-locating
three manufacturers in the same building. The
facility will also house the Albuquerque
Fashion Incubator and offer training
opportunities in a real factory environment.
It’s been puzzling to those of us in the trade
that we’ve never gotten a single referral from
AAC—which is the reason why we started
ABQ Fashion Incubator. We hope to be more
effective at connecting designers to resources
that already exist here. Minimums are lower too.
One can get as little as one piece made,
although better pricing is available at
quantities of 50 or more.
It’s kind of crazy. My business has been here
for 20 years come August. And 99.99 percent
of our customers come to us from out of state,
but New Mexico designers are going to LA?
Like I said, crazy. That’s why we’ve started the
Albuquerque Fashion Incubator. Hopefully,
New Mexico residents will benefit with more
clarity and openness.
RE: How to Encounter Duke
City Jazz, Pt. II
Dear Alibi,
Great interview [with Tom Guralnick]! I
remember all of those people and venues!
Vibes player Hari Hamilton, add that to the
list ... keyboardist Arnold Bodmer, who was
later in Alma too, who started with rock band
The Sox ... Zimbabwe Nkenya ... come to
mind too. So many to remember!
—Dwight Loop
Great look into history! I remember being
an underage jazz fan and still being allowed to
“join” the Mirror Lounge. I always thought it
was Bobby Foster who owned the club. It was a
gas seeing cats like Fenton Katz and Arlen
Asher (among others), who were our APS
music teachers, cutting loose and blowing
minds. Danbi’s was the first place where I ever
saw Hawaiian pizza offered. The jams were just
as tasty.
—stokedmofo13
In the interest of accuracy only—not to be
nit-picky—The Roost is entering its seventh
season this year.
—Mark Weaver
I remember Danbi’s well. I did not know
there was a cool club on Broadway though.
—Gene Hill a
—Kathleen Fasanella
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Dateline: Texas
A state trooper has been reprimanded and
ordered to undergo counseling after posing for a
photo with rapper Snoop Dogg at the South by
Southwest music festival in Austin. According to
the Dallas Morning News, Billy Spears was
working security at the event in March when
Snoop Dogg asked to take a picture with him.
The artist posted the image to his Instagram
account. Department of Public Safety and
Transportation officials saw the post, which they
say “reflects poorly on the agency.” Spears was
cited for deficiencies that require counseling by a
superior. His supervisors said the disciplinary
actions were necessary since Snoop, also known
as Calvin Broadus, is a “known criminal” with
prior convictions for drug possession. Spears’
attorney, Ty Clevenger, said his client was
unaware of the rapper’s criminal record.
Clevenger has drafted a letter asking DPS
director Steven McCraw to intervene and
remove Spears’ reprimand.
Dateline: Ohio
Police in Akron say 50-year-old Phyllis Jefferson
stabbed her boyfriend in the groin area because
he ate all the salsa. The incident began around
4pm on March 29 when Jefferson complained to
her 61-year-old boyfriend that he was eating all
of their salsa. Unwilling to go without salsa,
Jefferson allegedly yelled and jammed a pen into
the left side of the man’s pelvis. She then
knocked over his television. He jumped up and
caught the TV before it hit the ground. While he
was busy holding the TV up, police reports say
Jefferson grabbed a small kitchen knife and
stabbed her boyfriend in the left side of his
stomach. The man was taken to Akron General
Medical Center for treatment. Jefferson is now
charged with felonious assault and a
misdemeanor count of criminal damaging.
Dateline: Kentucky
Even though he died in 2012, perennial political
candidate Gatewood Galbraith could end up on
the 2015 ballot for Kentucky governor. Galbraith
was a Lexington lawyer who famously ran for
governor five times and was known for his
longtime stance on legalizing marijuana. A
Pulaski County man is honoring his memory by
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changing his name and running for governor.
Terrill Wayne Newman, 68, of Eubank had his
name legally changed to Gatewood Galbraith
late last month in Pulaski District Court. Now he
intends to file as an independent candidate for
governor. The newly minted Mr. Galbraith must
now get 5,000 Kentucky registered voters’
signatures by Aug. 11 in order to get on the
November general election ballot. “I don’t
expect to be elected governor of Kentucky,”
Galbraith said in an interview with the Lexington
Herald-Leader. “But I sure do hope this warms
Gatewood’s grave.”
Dateline Kentucky
Police in Lexington say a woman who was being
strangled with a bra fended off her attacker by
beating her with a ceramic chicken. Patricia
Leece, 61, said she opened her door early Monday
morning because she thought the person banging
and shouting was her granddaughter. Instead, she
came face to face with 31-year-old Ashley Sies.
Leece told police Sies forced her way into the
house and wrapped a bra around her neck. “She
choked me down, and we fought for a good 15 to
20 minutes,” Leece told WKYT-TV. “Finally, I
saw one of my [ceramic] chickens on the floor, so
I picked it up and started bashing her on the head
with it.” After knocking Sies unconscious, Leece
called 911. Police say Sies was evidently on drugs
and believed she was being followed when she
attacked Leece. Sies was charged with first degree
burglary and is being held on a $10,000 bond.
Dateline: Idaho
Police in northern Idaho say a man who called 911
a dozen times to complain about his bar bill now
faces a $1,000 fine and a year in jail. Post Falls
police say an officer gave Phillip Poissonnier a
ride home after he was kicked out of Club
Tequila just after 1am on Monday, March 30.
KXLY in Spokane/Coeur d’Alene reports that,
shortly after being dropped off, Poissonnier
started calling 911 because he “wanted officers to
come back to his residence on E Park Ridge Loop
to discuss his bar tab.” Police were busy
responding to other emergencies and ignored
Poissonnier as best they could. “We were
responding to a prowler call, and while we’re on
the prowler call, he’s calling 911 making sure he’s
not overcharged,” a police spokesperson told the
television station. Eventually, police showed up
at Poissonnier’s house to investigate. A bartender
at Club Tequila showed police Poissonnier’s
receipts for the night, which showed he was
charged $30 for the 10 beers he ordered.
Poissonnier was issued a misdemeanor citation
for misusing 911. a
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NewS | couNcil wAtch
Somos 1 ABQ
BY CAROLYN CARLSON
t was a hive of activity at the April 6th regular
Albuquerque City Council meeting. The
gallery was full with a line of people waiting to
get in as others left. The meeting went long,
ending just minutes before midnight. Dozens of
men, women and children wore name tags with
“Somos 1 ABQ” or “We are 1 ABQ” in support
of an immigration memorial on the agenda.
One could almost hear the cha-ching when
councilors gave the thumbs up to sell about $90
million in general obligation and tax revenue
bonds. The money will fund myriad voterapproved projects from sewer, street and
infrastructure improvements along with
upgrades to libraries, senior centers, affordable
housing and the BioPark, plus money for many
other public places, spaces and projects.
But not all of those funded projects were met
with applause. Tucked into one of the bond sales
are matching funds needed for the city to apply
for a Federal Transit Administration’s Small
Starts Grant that would begin the process for a
major revamp of the Central Avenue bus
corridor. Some Nob Hill residents said the plan
is not in the best interest of area businesses or
residents.
Councilors introduced a bill that would
dissolve the city’s Open Space Trust Fund to free
up money to buy new parcels of open space
soon. Currently, the city’s $11 million trust fund
can only be used to generate interest—about
$65,000 yearly. Councilors Dan Lewis and Don
Harris co-introduced the bill saying the $11
million should be used now to purchase land
that may not be available in the future. The bill
also gives the okay to check out the possibility of
selling pieces of city-owned land outside
Bernalillo County. City Parks and Recreation
folks have a $95.5 million “wish list” of 16
properties, from the Bosque to the Southwest
Mesa escarpments to the Tijeras Arroyo. The
bill goes to the city’s financial analysts and
should be back up for approval in May.
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Somos 1 ABQ
Councilors approved a memorial on a 5-4 party
line vote that reaffirms the city’s commitment to
Civil Rights, recognizes the contributions of
immigrant entrepreneurs, workers and families,
and urges Congress to pass comprehensive
immigration reform. Councilor Dan Lewis called
the memorial partisan. Councilor Trudy Jones
said this memorial makes a political statement
and is inappropriate for the council. Councilor
Ken Sanchez said this was not a political
statement, but fact. Democrat Councilors Rey
Garduño, Klarissa Peña, Isaac Benton and Diane
Gibson joined Sanchez in passing the memorial.
Reporter’s take
The best part of this discussion was the handful
of immigrants who bravely spoke to the council,
some in Spanish with a translator, some
speaking through tears, about family members
being deported. Albuquerque joins dozens and
dozens of cities and counties across the country
voicing support for President Barack Obama’s
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immigration policies to move forward. Our
councilors did this as more than 70 cities and
counties joined in support to overturn a federal
judge’s restraining order preventing President
Obama’s immigration policy implementation.
Whether this city’s act was a partisan, political
or factual memorial doesn’t matter, as
immigrants are a vital, hardworking, important
and welcome part of our neighborhoods, our city
and our state, in every generation, and this
generation is no different.
More sun and wind please
Councilors pulled their support for the Public
Service Company of New Mexico’s plan to
replace 836 megawatts at the San Juan
Generating Station with more coal, nuclear and
a small amount of renewable energy sources.
More than 30 people signed up to speak out on
this issue. Some were in support of the PNM
plan, but most wanted PNM to take another
look at its plan and come up with sustainable
energy options, such as solar and wind, that use
less water. Republican Councilor Winter joined
the five Democrats to pass this resolution on a 62 vote.
Reporter’s take
It is a no-brainer for the city to send the state’s
largest power company a message to get on
board with more solar and wind energy and a lot
less fossil and nuclear fuels. Councilors on both
sides of the political aisle said they are looking
out for rate payers, not shareholders. Good to
hear, since the electric giant is asking for
changes that will last at least 25 years. Burque
councilors joined Santa Fe councilors in sending
the message to the state Public Regulation
Commission to deny PNM’s plan.
Quick hits
Some potentially tasty, green lease agreements
were approved between the city, Los Poblanos
Fields Open Space, Rasband Dairy, Inc., Rio
Grande Community Farms and Skarsgard Farms
to grow fruit and vegetable crops and do wildlife
farming on the Los Poblanos Fields in the North
Valley.
The city’s newest library was named the
Central & Unser–Patrick J. Baca Library. It is
named after longtime educator, Westside city
councilor and Bernalillo County Commissioner
Pat Baca who passed away in November.
No time left
Councilors postponed approval of the citywide
Bikeways and Trails Facility Plan that will link
up our sprawling metropolis from the Foothills
to the Bosque with safe, well-connected bike
trails.
They also deferred a bill that would outline
how the city will go about spending money or
making any changes in the Rio Grande
Bosque. a
The next regular meeting of the City Council is set for
Monday, April 20, in the Council Chambers in the
basement of City Hall. You can also view it on GOV TV
Channel 16 or at cabq.gov/govtv.
OPINION | ¡ASK A MEXICAN!
BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO
ear Mexican: I’m a 23-yearold Latina attending a Texas
university. I’m taking a class
that is centered around Latino
culture and history. I’m a firstgeneration Tex-Mex kid, and
lately all of the
documentaries and other
course work have been
making me “feel some type
of way”: angry, sad and
overall confused, for lack of
better phrasing. I don’t know
how to handle these feelings,
and it is making me be more
introspective about the
Latino/Mexican part of my identity—
as if I didn’t already have enough issues there. I
don’t want to overthink it, and I don’t want to
always wonder how people perceive me
because of my background. But I don’t know
how to feel about what I am learning and if
what I am feeling is okay. Did you ever go
through something like this identity crisis type
of thing? Any advice on how to feel/handle it?
D
—Down in Denton
Dear Mujer: Was I ever confused about my
ethnic identity? Absolutely—tell your Chicano
Studies professor to assign Orange County: A
Personal History to ustedes, and you’ll get the
carne asada of the matter. But your situation
deserves a more insightful perspective than mine,
so I turn the columna over to one of my bosses:
Alexandro José Gradilla, chair of the
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at
Cal State Fullerton, where I’m an adjunct-atlarge.
“Dear Iztaccíhuat, you are experiencing
‘Chicano Studies Rage 101,’” Gradilla writes.
“Here is a synopsis of why you are feeling the
way you do. After over decade in a K-12 school
system that never really broached or addressed
issues of institutional racism, most students of
color coming out of high school would probably
answer ‘no’ if asked, ‘Have you ever experienced
racism?’ Here is the double problem. Most
students have not learned anything about ‘their’
group. More importantly, they have not been
taught about institutional racism. So taking a
college level history or sociology course—or, as
you experienced—an ethnic studies class where
systemic or structural racism analyses is par for
the course. Then you get what happened to you.
A sudden flood of cold, hard facts connected
with theories of racism—then bam! You are
forever aware of the nature of social inequality in
the United States.
“You ‘see’ how unfair and
obscene racism is. Racism—
and not individual prejudice
or bigotry but an embedded
system of exclusion and
denigration—is a
profoundly ridiculous and
irrational system. Whether
you are learning about the
Mendez, et al. v.
Westminster case or the
Felix Longoria affair, and all
within the short confines of a
quarter or semester—even the
most complacent coconuts are
overwhelmed and bothered! The rage is
famously captured by the quintessential Chicano
movement poem “I am/Yo soy Joaquin” written
by Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales.
“So my little brown Aztec volcano: Your
pending explosion within the classroom is
nothing new. Just remember: Use your new
knowledge to heal, not to hate ...”
Awesome job, profe jefe! Just one more thing
I’ll add: While it’s okay to feel angry, never let
the other side get the better of your anger, as I’ll
show with the next question ...
ear Mexican: Does your cesspool homeland
of Mexico allow illegals to break the law
and sneak in? Hell no—but I guess it’s
okay for the USA to allow it for you and your
deadbeat, wetback cousins. Go fuck yourself,
and I am sure that this is not the first time
you’ve heard that from a fed-up USA taxpayer
who is sick of you parasite moochers from
down south. Clean up your land if you want a
good life. Don’t ride our coattails, you damn
losers.
D
—Klein in Van Nuys
Dear Gabacho: Parasitic moochers riding
coattails? Olla: meet hervidor. Or, in English:
Can’t wait for your beautiful, brown
grandchildren to take Chicano Studies 101! a
Ask the Mexican at [email protected]. Be
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PHOTOS BY ERIC WILLIAMS • ERICWPHOTO.COM
Aspen the horse mare. ... er, mayor
Nervous Hearts
Or how the Pet Mayor of Corrales made me less afraid of myself
BY AMELIA OLSON
s I sat in my car in the dirt lot of Nancy
Freshour’s Corrales home, I wasn’t sure
what to expect. The only reason I was
there was because of a three-fold pamphlet
sent to the Alibi boasting all of the
accomplishments of a mare named Aspen.
Most notably, she is a former Pet Mayor, a
“movie star” and children’s birthday parties’
“most exciting guest.” And though many
people I talked to before making the drive out
to this village found the idea of a “Pet Mayor”
cute, if silly, my gut told me there was more to
Aspen’s story than her star status, American
Competitive Trail Horse Association wins and
political history.
A shadow fell across my windshield as I
fumbled for a notepad and pen. I looked up;
there stood Aspen, with Nancy saddled in.
Aspen’s mane was only slightly ashier than her
black coat. She wore a silver medallion on her
bridle with her name affectionately engraved
next to two small, red flowers. A white stripe
climbed up her snout, from her nostrils all the
way to the space between her gentle eyes.
Nancy had a wide smile and shortly trimmed
hair. Her lipstick reminded me of a shade my
mom wore when I was growing up, and she was
dressed in mostly denim. Both Nancy and
Aspen had a presence that was commanding
and somehow still tender.
“You must be Amelia!” Nancy said as I
stepped outside of the car, and we proceeded
to do the things humans do when they first
meet. The connection Nancy and Aspen have
was immediately and strikingly obvious.
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Without making a sound, Nancy
communicated with Aspen. Saddled on, her
eyes shifted gently, and Aspen began trotting
backwards. Her eyes shifted again, and this
time Aspen began trotting forward. “I do it all
with my hips,” she said.
“You have to trust
Aspen. She will take
care of you, okay?”
Standing in front of the giant mare, I
thought back on the stories of compassion the
pamphlet bragged about. An autistic boy
uncontrollably sobbing, comforted by Aspen’s
love. An elderly woman who had never been
close to a horse in real life, loved and reassured
by Aspen’s gentle heart. Foolish, egotistical
human that I am, I worried Aspen wouldn’t
like me. That somehow all of the magic and
compassion everyone had experienced with
her would be lost on me. That, despite a
lifetime of trying to not do the “wrong” thing,
this horse would know in only a few seconds
that something was not right about me, which
is something I had been afraid of my whole
life.
Nancy spoke firmly, with a confidence that
I both admired and envied. She told me Aspen
has never met a human she didn’t like, and as
she pat the side of Aspen’s underbelly, she told
me “Aspen doesn’t love all other horses
because she is the alpha mare. She’s the boss.”
We both admitted that, like Aspen, we are
bossy women too, but I couldn’t help
wondering if Aspen was reading my growing
fears at every moment.
“Sometimes we reach into dark parts of our
heart. Have you ever done that while you were
riding Aspen?” I softly asked. “Does she know
that we sometimes don’t like ourselves? Do you
think she feels it?”
“Absolutely,” Nancy answered. “This little
girl is my salvation. And the good thing is she
knows it, and I worry sometimes that I put too
much on her because I don’t want her to think
that she has to do all the work and that I don’t
reciprocate.” As Nancy spoke, Aspen began to
whisp her face toward her. Nancy smiled and
said, “So I try to tell her all the time, and I
mean it, ‘You are my life. You are my love.
And I appreciate you so much.’”
We fed Aspen little hockey puck-sized
vegetable treats, and I admired Aspen’s
“brother,” a goat named Clide that was as
charming as he was obviously jealous. Nancy
looked over at me and asked me something
that at first I thought I heard wrong.
“So do you want to ride her?”
“Me?” I asked, shocked and also stalling. I
was terrified of making the wrong decision. I’d
only been horseback riding once with my sister
when we were girls. Now, as an adult, I was
afraid of being hurt, of looking stupid, but also
of allowing fear to rob me of what could be a
beautiful experience.
“I very rarely allow anyone to ride Aspen.
Trainers will warn you that inexperienced
riders can undo the training you’ve done with
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the horse,” Nancy said. Trust does not come
easy for me, but something about Nancy’s
tone, her confidence in asking me and Aspen’s
warm gaze made me feel like I could lean in to
this opportunity.
To get on a horse, you need to nestle the
crook of your heel into one stirrup while you
swing your other leg over the saddle. It takes
both physical strength and confidence in the
horse you’re riding. Aspen waits sweetly for me
to muster up the bravery to get on top of her.
Once I am on, we begin slowly trotting. Her
body is powerful and distinctly inhuman. The
swaying of a horse’s body while walking is
rhythmic and indescribably maternal. It’s a
tense excitement that can very quickly turn
into profound anxiety when reality sinks in,
and I am reminded that I am saddled onto a
horse I have only known for about an hour,
and that at any moment I risk being bucked
off. I imagine cracked ribs. Broken teeth. I
imagine having to talk to journalists about my
near-death experience. And yet, none of these
fears come from instinct. They are formed
from years of being afraid of myself, of others
and situations in which I was not in control.
I quietly say “I’m scared, Nancy.”
“Why are you afraid?” Nancy asks, but
when she asks this, her voice is softer than it’s
been throughout the day.
“I don’t know,” I lie. Of course I know; I’m
afraid because we are told our entire lives not
to trust. I am afraid because I don’t want
Aspen to know I’m not as brave as I say I am. I
don’t want to trust anything or anyone, even
for a minute, if it means they can hurt me.
“You’re okay, I promise,” Nancy says. “You
have to trust Aspen. She will take care of you,
okay?”
“I know,” I nervously mutter. Nancy
instructs me to lean into the saddle and settle
in. I do. She asks me if I am okay again; this
time, only half lying, I say I am.
“Are you holding on?” she asks.
“Yes,” I answer. I stare off at the Sandia
Mountains and the blue, baptismal sky, and
settle into the saddle, breathing deeply as my
heart eases. Aspen slowly picks up her pace,
and within a few seconds, we are galloping.
Unlike people, animals don’t care about
accomplishments or status or bone structure or
haircuts. They don’t care if most people like
you or if you are a goddamn rocket scientist.
They have the most sacred and terrifying
ability to cut right through you, down to your
darkest parts and brightest truths. And if you
fear yourself in any way, they can feel it. But
unlike some humans, animals won’t hold you
hostage with your own pain. They simply carry
it for you, for a few moments, because their
hearts are made to heal broken things.
Life is incredibly lonely. We are barbaric at
times, desperate and hungry and nervous. We
may spend our entire lives not trusting. But if
you ever find yourself atop a horse like Aspen,
you will know trust, even for a short moment.
We might laugh at the absurdity of things like
“Pet Mayors” and horse movie stars, but
Aspen and Nancy Freshour
Aspen’s magic isn’t gimmicky, nor is it
delicate. Her magic exist in the way she gently
blinks her eyes as you talk about her love. It’s
in the way she asks for nothing and gives
everything she has. It’s in the way her velvety
black marble eyes look at you, haunting but
never menacing.
Aspen’s magic is in her ability to remind
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you of how it is possible to be sweet and
trusting and alive. That we aren’t as ugly as we
might have always thought. We are not as
lonely as we’re convinced we are. That’s her
most remarkable talent—to hold a nervous
heart and show it how brave it can be, how
fearless it can be and how it was never meant
to be broken. a
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THURSDAY APRIL 9
29TH ANNUAL WOMEN ON THE MOVE AWARDS Celebrate
exceptional women in our community with awards, a silent
auction, a cash bar and live music. National Museum of
Nuclear Science and History (601 Eubank SE). $60.
6-9pm. 245-2137. alibi.com/e/136022.
ADVENTURES IN ART: SPIRALING UPWARD! An introduction
to the world of art through games, books, gallery walks
and projects designed to inspire young creativity.
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
(2000 Mountain NW). $50 per 4-week class.
9am-1:30pm. 243-7255. alibi.com/e/129960.
ALIGN UP’S CORE BREATHING RESTORATION CLASS Restore
your body’s miraculous wiring that syncs deep internal
core movements with your breathing. Orange Yoga
(7528 Fourth Street NW). $7-$15 sliding scale.
5:30-6:30pm. 933-5211. alibi.com/e/137776.
BROWN BAG SEMINAR BioPark staff and field experts
discuss conservation science during this series of informal
lunchtime lectures. ABQ BioPark Aquarium
(2601 Central NW). 11:45am-12:30pm. 848-7180.
alibi.com/e/138348.
DANCING FOR BIRTH: PRENATAL EXERCISE Class
combines relaxation and visualization exercises with
fabulous doula tips and gentle dance moves. Inspired
Birth and Families (6855 Fourth Street NW). $12.
6-7:15pm. 850-3425. alibi.com/e/129506.
FINAL PUBLIC INPUT FOR MORE KIDS IN THE WOODS A
chance to provide your input on how to increase winter
recreational and educational activities in the Sandias. Los
Vecinos Community Center (478 NM 333, Tijeras). 6pm.
alibi.com/e/138451.
JOIN ROLLER DERBY WITH ALBUQUERQUE ROLLER DERBY
Join the resurgence of roller derby and get trained. For
men and women of any skill level. Wells Park (6th and
Mountain). 6:30-8:30pm. 688-2426.
alibi.com/e/127808.
MEETING OF THE MINDS Chris Fenton, director of the HSC Art
Program, gives a talk on “Healing ... For the Time Being.”
UNM Art Museum (203 Cornell NE). Noon.
alibi.com/e/138364.
NOB HILL OPEN LATE Have an early dinner, or shop and have
a late dinner. Participating retailers have weekly
promotions and events. Nob Hill Main Street (on Central
between Washington and Girard). Noon-8pm.
alibi.com/e/135896.
POST-LEGISLATIVE BASH (BUSINESS AND SOCIAL HOUR) A
discussion on the 2015 Legislative Session with
commentary from Senator Mary Kay Papen. Albuquerque
Country Club (601 Laguna SW). $10 for nonmembers.
4:30-6:30pm. alibi.com/e/137970.
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION, IDENTITY, AND POLITICAL
MILITANCY AMONG THE AWAJÚN UNM’s Department of
Anthropology Colloquium Series presents a talk by Dr.
Michael Brown. UNM Hibben Center (University of New
Mexico). 4-5:30pm. 277-4524. alibi.com/e/137848.
RETHINKING SCHOOLS: TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN
TOUGH TIMES Featuring participatory exercises and
discussions focused on multicultural education, critical
literacy and social justice. National Hispanic Cultural
Center (1701 Fourth Street SW). 6pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/137048.
STRESS BUSTERS DEEP FASCIA RELEASE CLASS A superrelaxation circuit training that releases fascia with internal
alignment sequences. Orange Yoga (7528 Fourth
Street NW). $7-$15 sliding scale. 6:45-8pm. 933-5211.
alibi.com/e/137789.
TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX Get help with downloading eBooks,
eAudiobooks, eMagazines, music and more. Loma
Colorado Public Library (755 Loma Colorado NE, Rio
Rancho). FREE, registration required. 1-1:30pm.
891-5013. alibi.com/e/138365.
THURSDAY NIGHT KUNDALINI YOGA Work with breath,
movement, sound (mantra) and meditation. Wellspring
Yoga (5500 San Mateo NE). 5:30-7pm. 881-2187.
alibi.com/e/124945.
VIPASSANA MEDITATION AND DHARMA TALK Forty-minute
meditation followed by a Dharma talk. Albuquerque
Vipassana Center (200 Rosemont NE). Donations
accepted. 6:30-8pm. alibi.com/e/128720.
YINYASATIVE YOGA CLASS Give yourself the gift of guided
practice, tailored to you in small group classes combining
the best of several styles of yoga. Oriental Medical Arts
(2716 San Pedro NE). $15-$40, first class free.
6:30-7:30pm. 506-0136. alibi.com/e/127927.
HOBNOB AT FOUR Meet and mingle over afternoon tea and
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indulge in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. St. James
Tearoom (320 Osuna NE). $43. 4-6pm. 242-3752.
alibi.com/e/138494.
FRIDAY APRIL 10
BREAKFAST WITH PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS Mingle with
speaking pros and those just starting their career. Test
your theories, speech segments and ideas. National
Speakers Association (8905 Crestwood NE). FREE,
breakfast costs separate. 7-9am. 328-2391.
alibi.com/e/138358.
FAMILY DANCE BREAK Join Ms. Chrissy and friends in this
creative movement class aimed for full family
participation. Studio Sway (1100 San Mateo NE). $5 per
child. 3:30-4:30pm. 710-5096. alibi.com/e/137275.
GREETER TRAINING Join the BioPark’s Welcoming Team and
learn more about what this volunteer job entails. ABQ
BioPark Zoo (903 10th Street SW). FREE, prior
application required. 8:30am-2:30pm. 764-6214.
alibi.com/e/138351.
HERBAL WORKSHOP WEEKEND Learn to boost your immune
system and promote general health and wellness with a
series of herbal workshops. Los Poblanos Historic Inn &
Organic Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). $225. 8am-5pm.
344-9297. alibi.com/e/134030.
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE WORKSHOP WITH
KESHET DANCE COMPANY Explore subjects relating to
physics, chemistry and math while also learning basic
dance concepts. Cherry Hills Library (6901 Barstow NE).
4-4:30pm. 857-8321. alibi.com/e/138504.
NM ORGANIZED BLIND 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION The
National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico holds its
annual convention. Sheraton Uptown Hotel
(2600 Louisiana NE). $100. 2pm. 798-0192.
alibi.com/e/135934.
SHAMBHALA TRAINING LEVEL I: THE ART OF BEING
HUMAN Featuring meditation instruction, periods of
meditation practice and talks by senior teachers.
Albuquerque Shambhala Meditation Center
(1102 Mountain NW). $150. 7pm. 505/717-2486.
alibi.com/e/136606.
TRAILS OF THE ANCIENTS GEOTOURISM FAIR Experience a
weekend of history, culture, heritage, enviroment and
preservation with arts & crafts booths, pottery demos
and dance groups. Sky City Cultural Center (Pueblo of
Acoma, I-40, Exit 102, Acoma). 10am-5pm.
alibi.com/e/138495.
YIN YOGA Yin poses target the fascia surrounding the muscle
and are known for creating intense sensation and equally
sweet relief, opening and well-being. Oriental Medical Arts
(2716 San Pedro NE). First class free, $15-$40 after.
6-7pm. 506-0136. alibi.com/e/127875.
SATURDAY APRIL 11
6TH ANNUAL SPRING AFFAIR An annual fundraiser for the
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus with dinner, an auction
and performers. Hotel Cascada (2500 Carlisle NE). $80.
6pm. 888-3311. alibi.com/e/138497.
BACKYARD FARMING SERIES: SUCCESSFUL WATER
PRACTICES & ROLE OF PLANTS This session covers the
basics needed to plan, design or modify your home
garden landscape. Gutierrez-Hubbell House
(6029 Isleta SW). 9am-noon. 314-0398.
alibi.com/e/137243.
BLACKLIGHT BUBBLE PARTY 5K Run, walk or dance your
way through blacklight bubble zones pumped up with
popular, groovin’ dance music. Expo New Mexico
(300 San Pedro NE). $20-$40. 7:45-10:45pm.
alibi.com/e/131284.
CLARIFYING MEDITATIVE WORK: A FRESH LOOK A workshop
for people from any meditation tradition or no tradition
at all. Wat Center (145 Madison NE). $2 suggested
donation. 2-3:45pm. alibi.com/e/138363.
CONNECTING WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE LAND Discover how
to attract and welcome your garden or yard spirits,
increasing the fertility and peace of your home. Blue
Eagle Metaphysical Emporium (2422 Juan Tabo NE).
5-6:30pm. 298-3682. alibi.com/e/137857.
FAMILY YOGA Practice yoga with the whole family. High
Desert Yoga (4600 Copper NE). $12. 12:45-1:45pm.
232-9642. alibi.com/e/88850.
GPS NAVIGATION BASICS CLASS Join in to learn the basics
of hand-held GPS navigation and how to pinpoint your
location, mark waypoints and navigate to distant points.
REI (1550 Mercantile NE). $30-$50. 9:30am.
247-1191. alibi.com/e/138452.
HERBAL WORKSHOP WEEKEND $225. 8am-5pm. See 4/10
listing.
INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE Discuss and practice the role of
questions, suggestions and inference to inquiry, and
model how teachers can integrate existing curriculum to
support inquiry. Explora! (1701 Mountain NW). $20.
1-3pm. 224-8300. alibi.com/e/136079.
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT HEALTH FAIR Celebrate health at
SUNDAY APRIL 12
ALBU-CURVY YOGA Practice yoga postures that work for all
sizes and shapes. Form Studio (3001 Monte Vista NE).
$12, first class FREE. 7-8pm. 730-6122.
alibi.com/e/102758.
CHERRY HILLS TOASTMASTERS Event empowers individuals
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COURTESY OF FOOD TRUCK FESTIVALS OF AMERICA
this multicultural street fair with free lunch, live music
and hands-on activities. UNM Southeast Heights Clinic
(8200 Central SE). 10am-2pm. 272-5885.
alibi.com/e/137242.
INTRO TO BALLET FOR CANCER SURVIVORS A special
course for those who wish to enhance their recovery by
bringing beauty and balance back into their lives through
the art of ballet. Maple Street Dance Studio (Alley
Entrance) (3215 Central). $75-$138. 2:15pm.
265-5495. alibi.com/e/129564.
INTRO TO VIDEO GAMES: SCRATCH PROGRAMMING Create
your own mini-games with Scratch, a programming
language and educational tool. New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science (1801 Mountain NW). $15,
prior registration required. 1-4pm. 841-2802.
alibi.com/e/138499.
JOIN ROLLER DERBY WITH ALBUQUERQUE ROLLER DERBY
10am-noon. See 4/9 listing.
MULTI-GENERATIONAL DANCE WORKSHOP WITH KESHET
DANCE COMPANY Workshop designed to be accessible
to both youth and adults with varying levels of dance
experience. Los Griegos Library (1000 Griegos NW).
10:30-11am. 761-4020. alibi.com/e/138508.
NM ORGANIZED BLIND 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION $100.
2pm. See 4/10 listing.
OSUNA UNIVERSITY: COLOR DESIGN FOR YOUR SPRING
GARDEN In-house landscape architect Louise shows you
how easy it is to make yourself a designer garden. Osuna
Nursery (501 Osuna NE). 10-11am. 345-6644.
alibi.com/e/133419.
PESOS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON’S ARMY George Garcia
discusses a forgotten chapter in the history of the
American Revolution. Casa San Ysidro (973 Old Church,
Corrales). 1:30-2:30pm. (505) 898-3915.
alibi.com/e/135968.
SANTA FE COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MEETING Featuring a talk with Emile Nakhleh, a retired
Senior Intelligence Service officer. Santa Fe University of
Art and Design (1600 St. Michaels, Santa Fe). $15-$20.
3pm. (877) 732-5977. alibi.com/e/138367.
SPRING CLEANUP IN THE SANDIA FOOTHILLS: INDIAN
SCHOOL Help out with general clean-up activities like
trash pickup, trail work and graffiti removal.
Embudo/Indian School Trailhead (Embudo Trail).
8-11:30am. alibi.com/e/137975.
TAMBORA VOLCANO ERUPTION OF 1815 UNM Professor
Louis Scuderi discusses the 1815 volcanic eruption of
Tambora in Indonesia. Esther Bone Memorial Library
(950 Pinetree SE, Rio Rancho). 10-11am. 891-5012.
alibi.com/e/137158.
TRAILS OF THE ANCIENTS GEOTOURISM FAIR 10am-5pm.
See 4/10 listing.
TRAVELS IN THE AMERICAN WEST A public talk with Michael
O’Keeve on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which
occurred in 1876. Los Griegos Library
(1000 Griegos NW). 2pm. 352-4523.
alibi.com/e/137908.
WALK MS: ALBUQUERQUE Make a positive impact in the
lives of all those affected by MS during this walk.
Hoffmantown Church (8888 Harper NE). 9am-1pm.
243-2698. alibi.com/e/135980.
THE ART OF FOOD: OPEN STUDIO FEATURING YUCATECAN
CUISINE A love for cooking meets the passion for
creating everyday functional ceramics. Carolyn Lobeck’s
Home & Studio (1999 Siringo, Santa Fe). 10am-4pm.
310-4511. alibi.com/e/137883.
COOKING CLASSES Try a hands-on cooking class and create
delicious dishes with the supervision of a chef. Cinnamon
Sugar & Spice Cafe (5809 Juan Tabo NE). $40-$75.
5-8pm. 492-2119. alibi.com/e/136359.
GREAT NEW MEXICO FOOD TRUCK AND CRAFT BEER
FESTIVAL Featuring over 20 trucks from the area
serving up a variety of savory dishes, not to mention
beer. Anderson-Abruzzo Balloon Museum
(9201 Balloon Museum NE). $5, FREE for children
under 12. 11am-4pm. alibi.com/e/131285. See
preview box.
LOS RANCHOS GROWERS’ MARKET Featuring great, healthy,
local produce and products, including winter squash,
onions, leeks and more, as well as arts & crafts. Los
Ranchos Village Hall (6718 Rio Grande NW, Los
Ranchos). 10am-noon. alibi.com/e/123431.
NAKED FOOD FAIR A vegetarian food festival with multiple
food vendors, tastings, cooking demos, seminars and
yoga. Albuquerque Rail Yards (777 First Street SW).
$10-$30, FREE for children 12 and under. 10am-5pm.
alibi.com/e/128995.
Circle the Wagons
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know, New Mexico
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has some of the best
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food truck fare in the
Anderson-Abruzzo
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destination. Put two
11am to 4pm
and two together and
it just makes sense.
This weekend check out The Great New
Mexico Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival.
Twenty of your favorite local food trucks,
including Kimo’s Hawaiian BBQ, Artisan
Valley Smokehouse and Adoughbe Pizza, will
be on site at the Albuquerque Balloon
Museum serving up a world of cuisine
alongside a select few of New Mexico’s finest
breweries, including Santa Fe Brewing Co.,
Sierra Blanca/Rio Grande Brewing and Abbey
Beverage Company. Discover your next
favorite food truck, and support your old
buddies as well. Bring the whole family and
make a day of it with face painting for the kids
and live music. Get truckin’ and support local
businesses Saturday, April 11, from 11am to
4pm at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum
(9201 Balloon Museum NE). Entry is $5 for
adults. Children under 12 get in free. You can
purchase tickets in advance at eventbrite.com.
Cash only at the gate; food and drink sold
separately. For a complete list of participating
food trucks and breweries, go to
foodtruckfestivalsofamerica.com. (Mark
Fischer) a
to become more effective communicators and leaders.
Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living
(2801 Louisiana NE). 3-5pm. 298-3682.
alibi.com/e/134692.
HENNA HAIR MASKS AND HAIR DYES Each student makes
and applies a non-dyeing moisturizing hair mask to a
partner. The Source (1111 Carlisle SE). $48. 1-4pm.
228-2356. alibi.com/e/138512.
HERBAL WORKSHOP WEEKEND $225. 8am-5pm. See 4/10
listing.
KNITTING CLASS Learn to read knitting charts and create
basic lace stitches. Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic
Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). $24. 2:30-4:30pm.
344-9297. alibi.com/e/138538.
MEDITATION FOR KIDS Children learn how to build a space
of inner strength and confidence by developing their good
qualities. Kadampa Meditation Center
(8701 Comanche NE). $3 per child suggested donation,
parents free. 10-11:30am. 292-5293.
alibi.com/e/136548.
NM ORGANIZED BLIND 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION $100.
2pm. See 4/10 listing.
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OPEN HOUSE Explore and learn about the liberal Catholic
Church and the benefits Our Lady Queen of Angels can
provide to you. Our Lady Queen of Angels (1701 Tulip, Rio
Rancho). 1-3pm. 238-0360. alibi.com/e/136504.
PRAYERS FOR WORLD PEACE Bring more peace and
happiness into our world by learning to cherish others,
overcome anger and deal with stress. Kadampa
Meditation Center (8701 Comanche NE). $10 suggested
donation. 10-11:30am. 292-5293.
alibi.com/e/136544.
PUBLIC MEDITATION SITTING Join in for a public sitting.
Meditation instruction is available upon request.
Albuquerque Shambhala Meditation Center
(1102 Mountain NW). 10am-noon. 717-2486.
alibi.com/e/131992.
RAINWATER HARVESTING BASICS Explore the important role
of water harvesting to conserve water, support healthy
plants and more. Open Space Visitor Center
(6500 Coors NW). Noon-2pm. 897-8831.
alibi.com/e/138356.
SUNDAY FAMILY FUN Get hands-on learning opportunities,
take a picnic and enjoy the trails. Bachechi Open Space
(9521 Rio Grande NW). 10am-4pm. 314-0398.
alibi.com/e/129242.
THE ART OF FOOD: OPEN STUDIO FEATURING YUCATECAN
CUISINE 10am-4pm. See 4/11 listing.
MONDAY APRIL 13
GENTLE YIN-STYLE YOGA This welcoming, all-levels class
provides gentle movements to release tension from the
shoulders, back and hips. You! Inspired Fitness
(1761 Bellamah NW). $10. 6:45-7:45pm. 433-8685.
alibi.com/e/125323.
INTRO TO POLE DANCING Learn the athletic art of pole
dancing with the best in the Southwest. Southwest Pole
Dancing (107 Jeffferson NE). $15. 5:30-6:25pm.
967-8799. alibi.com/e/134800.
TODDLER TIME A chance for toddlers 4 and under to explore
early-childhood exhibit areas, enjoy stories and join in a
music jam. Explora! (1701 Mountain NW). Included with
admission. 9am. 224-8300. alibi.com/e/129376.
TUESDAY APRIL 14
¡BAILE! CASINO/CUBAN-STYLE SALSA AND RUEDA DE
CASINO Learn a variety of dances from Sarita Streng,
Nick Babic, Adam “El Caballo” Metcalf, Larry Heard and
Ruida 505 Friends. National Hispanic Cultural Center
(1701 Fourth Street SW). $5-$10, or pay what you can.
6-8pm. 246-2261. alibi.com/e/138492.
BIKE MAINTENANCE BASICS An introductory class designed
to help you take care of your bike. REI
(1550 Mercantile NE). 6pm. 247-1191.
alibi.com/e/138453.
BREAKING NEWS TODAY A series of discussions on global
news facilitated by Council on International Relations
board member Rob Reider. Council on International
Relations (413 Grant, Santa Fe). $30-$40.
11:30am-1:30pm. (505) 982-4931.
alibi.com/e/133483.
CONTENTMENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE SERIES This
course consists of pre-recorded video teachings
by Acharya (senior teacher) Eve Rosenthal. Albuquerque
Shambhala Center (1102 Mountain NW). $100. 7-9pm.
717-2486. alibi.com/e/134990.
DINNER WITH LEADERS WITH GUEST ANN LERNER Join the
Young Professionals of Albuquerque for this inaugural
event. Artichoke Café (424 Central SE). $15-$30.
7-8:30pm. 243-0200. alibi.com/e/138343.
DOWNTOWN KUNDALINI YOGA TUESDAYS Experience the
effects of tapping into the positive energy inside you. The
Simms Building (400 Gold SW). $7-$50. Noon-1pm.
242-1478. alibi.com/e/128429.
FREE FISHING DERBY Catch one of the tagged trout and win
a prize. Fishing licenses required for anglers 12 and
older. Tingley Beach (1800 Tingley SW). 7:15am-4pm.
768-2000. alibi.com/e/138502.
GENTLE YOGA HAPPY HOUR Release the tension from your
day and mindfully transition into your evening with this
welcoming, nurturing practice. Form Studio (3001 Monte
Vista NE). $12 drop in. 5:45-6:45pm. 433-8685.
alibi.com/e/132859.
HOME COMPOSTING BASICS Learn the science, materials
and methods of drought-proofing your garden soil in
order to grow vegetables, fruits and berries. Barelas
Senior Center (714 Seventh Street SW). 2-4pm.
929-0414. alibi.com/e/135311.
AN INTRODUCTION TO STAMP COLLECTING Join the High
Desert Philatelic Society for a special presentation.
Cherry Hills Library (6901 Barstow NE). 6-7pm.
857-8321. alibi.com/e/138511.
JOIN ROLLER DERBY WITH ALBUQUERQUE ROLLER DERBY
6:30-8:30pm. See 4/9 listing.
MELLOW YOGA For baby boomers, office workers and people
who aren’t as active as they’d like to be. Form Studio
(3001 Monte Vista NE). $12-$100. 7-8pm. 433-8685.
alibi.com/e/107198.
PRENATAL YOGA Explore ways to reduce the aches and
pains that accompany pregnancy while preparing for your
journey in a nurturing and supportive environment.
Inspired Birth and Families (6855 Fourth Street NW).
$10. 5:30pm. 232-2772. alibi.com/e/129613.
THYROID CANCER SUPPORT GROUP An educational support
group for anyone suffering from, recently diagnosed with
or surviving thyroid cancer. Alegre Clinical/CC Moldings
Building (7320 Fourth Street NW, Los Ranchos).
6:30-8pm. 410-1928. alibi.com/e/73340.
TUESDAY NIGHT SWING DANCE All-ages swing dance with
beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons. Heights
Community Center (823 Buena Vista SE). $4.
7-10:30pm. 710-3840. alibi.com/e/137547.
GINGER BEER Learn how to create your own probiotic “ginger
bug,” and use that to make yummy and refreshing (nonalcoholic) ginger beer. The Source (1111 Carlisle SE).
$20. 6-7pm. 228-2356. alibi.com/e/138513.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 15
BACKGAMMON INSTRUCTION AND MATCH A terrific
opportunity to learn the game, meet interesting new
people and participate in matches. Flying Star Café
(723 Silver SW). 5-9pm. (201) 454-3989.
alibi.com/e/135291.
BEYOND MEDITATION: COMMUNITY HU CHANT Join likeminded people in singing HU, a universal love song to the
Divine. The Source (1111 Carlisle SE). 6-6:30pm.
265-7388. alibi.com/e/138338.
BREASTFEEDING GROUP Enjoy some light, healthy snacks
and the company of other moms and their babies. Dar a
Luz Birth & Health Center (7708 Fourth Street NW, Los
Ranchos). 10am-noon. 924-2229. alibi.com/e/132150.
HIGH DESERT PHILATELIC SOCIETY MEETING All ages of
stamp collectors and any skill level welcome. Mesa View
Church (4701 Montano NW). 6-8pm.
alibi.com/e/124804.
INTRO TO BALLET FOR CANCER SURVIVORS $75-$138.
2:15pm. See 4/11 listing.
SENIOR YOGA This gentle class helps seniors build and retain
muscle tone, range of motion and balance. Form Studio
(3001 Monte Vista NE). $10-$80. 10:45-11:45am.
433-8685. alibi.com/e/107284.
SIDDHA YOGA MEDITATION Experience your inner self by
joining in for a weekly chanting and meditation program.
Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Albuquerque
(4308 Carlisle NE). 7-8:30pm. 291-5434.
alibi.com/e/136609.
TALKING SERVICE: VETERANS READING & DISCUSSION
GROUP A free reading and discussion program for
veterans. Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
(1309 Fourth Street SW). 6:30-8pm. 504-6830.
alibi.com/e/138462.
WHOLE TONING Free your voice, open your heart and
harmonize your whole being with whole toning. Maple
Street Dance Space (3215 Central NE). $10 suggested
donation. Noon-1pm. 818-8762. alibi.com/e/134955.
YOGA FOR OUTDOOR FITNESS Learn yoga basics and
develop your balance, endurance and strength (inner and
physical). REI (1550 Mercantile NE). 6pm. 247-1191.
alibi.com/e/138454. a
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APRIL 9-15, 2015
W E E K LY B U S I N E S S P R O F I L E • PA I D A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Brookline College
What is Brookline College?
Near the Rio Grande, nestled in the heart
of Albuquerque’s South Valley, Brookline
College provides premier educational
opportunities in a manageable, comfortable and
accessible environment. Featuring excellent
faculty, a full range of support services,
accredited programs in a variety of academic and
career fields and an administration and staff who
are passionately committed to student success,
Brookline College offers what many institutions
only promise.
• Founded in 1979 as the Arizona Institute
of Business Technology, Brookline College has
been part of the Albuquerque educational scene
since 2004. The institution, which also has
schools located in Phoenix, Tucson and Tempe,
Ariz., is accredited by the Accrediting Council
for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS)
to award diplomas, associate degrees, and
bachelor’s degrees. The Accrediting Council for
Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a
nationally recognized accrediting agency by the
United States Department of Education and is
recognized by the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation.
• Brookline College is pleased to announce
that initial accreditation has been granted to the
school’s nursing program in Albuquerque, N.M.
This action, taken by the Accreditation
Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN),
is voluntary and is only granted through a
lengthy and arduous peer-review process.
• Nursing school accreditation creates a
gateway for nursing students to qualify to attend
other accredited schools to pursue advanced
studies, including master’s programs. It also
makes Brookline College-Albuquerque graduates
competitive in the job market; employers prefer
to hire practitioners from accredited institutions
because they are well trained and ready to
assume the responsibilities required in an
increasingly complex and competitive healthcare
industry.
• According to Campus Director Tom
Bogush, Brookline’s Albuquerque campus now
offers two BSN tracks. “The traditional program
takes as little as 120 weeks to complete. The
second academic track, designed for
baccalaureate degree graduates, allows students
to transition into nursing after only 15-16
months of full-time study.
• We are also pleased to announce that
Brookline College Albuquerque is now accepting
enrollments for a Certified Nursing Assistant
program. In light of recent healthcare reform
legislation and the identification of national
quality and safety initiatives, there is a greater
need than ever for health care personnel who are
competent and provide safe patient care.
Brookline College believes certification is the
first step in preparing your nursing assistants to
meet the healthcare demands of New Mexico’s
increasingly diverse and aging population, and we
are excited to offer this program to improve
health outcomes across the state.
• In just five weeks, students will be
prepared with the knowledge, skills and
professionalism required to successfully pass the
Nursing Aide Certification Exam and provide
high-quality care to patients in acute, sub-acute,
and long-term care facilities. For less than $1000,
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health care personnel can become Certified
Nursing Assistants with the knowledge and
training to improve patient care within a facility.
• Brookline College also features programs
in the growing allied health field, offering
certificate programs in ever-expanding health
industries such as Medical Assisting, Medical
Insurance Billing and Coding, as well as
Pharmacy Technician. These programs are
taught by experts in the field and students get to
work and learn in classroom and laboratory
settings that provide essential experience
as they transition from
school to career.
• Our Criminal Justice Program, led by
program director and veteran crime prevention
specialist Ron Hollie offers associate and
bachelor’s programs focused on the latest in
criminology, private security, corrections, loss
prevention, and homeland security issues. With
relatively small classes focused on hands-on
learning, the CJ program prepares students for
real-world scenarios in the law-enforcement
field. Brookline College also offers an associate
of science degree in Business and is an
independent, accredited institution dedicated to
meeting the educational needs of a continously
developing multicultural society. The institution
is committed to preparing students academically
and professionally to meet the constantly
changing employment requirements of business,
industry, public service organizations and
medical support agencies functioning in a highly
advanced and expanding technological
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ART| TheATeR Review
ART SCENESTER
BY JOSHUA LEE
A New Normal
The Warrior in the Dancer
Yjastros XXIXth Season
Thursday, April 9, at 7pm, and Friday and
Saturday, April 10 and 11, at 8pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 Fourth Street SW
Tickets: $15-$45
nifnm.org, nhccnm.org, 724-4771
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WEEKLY ALIBI
APRIL 9-15, 2015
MTS brings authenticity to America’s most dysfunctional family
PHOTO BY CASSIDY KNIGHT
Standing in the corner of the space where the
Yjastros dance company is rehearsing, beads of
sweat begin to dot my hairline. By my calculations,
the thermostat must be somewhere in the 180s,
but Joaquin Encinias looks as cool as a cucumber.
He is a cannonball of contained energy, silently
watching the dancers work through their number
for a moment, then suddenly shooting to his feet
and clapping his hands. “Yes!”
Encinias is Yjastros’ art director and one of the
choreographers for their upcoming performance,
XXIXth Season. Yjastros is the only dedicated
touring flamenco repertory company in America. It
boasts some of the greatest talents in the country
and has become inextricably linked with
Albuquerque’s emergence as a flamenco capital.
Encinias is a world-class flamenco dancer, and
though I am at least a head taller than him, I get
the feeling he could take me down without blinking
and then dance on my head with graceful ease.
It’s not a thought that usually rides alongside
images of dancers, but flamenco is something of a
warrior’s dance. The zapateado (stomping). The
jaleo (claps and hollers that often come from the
audience as well as performers—sometimes
roughly translated as “hell-raising”). There’s an
element of stylized violence and a martial arts
sensibility that separates it from other forms of
dance. At its core thrums a celebration of the
animal nature hidden within us.
Encinias describes it as a way of life. “Flamenco
is a philosophy of dedication. And pure emotion. It
seems like just this crazy spurt of energy, but really
it is a lot of very focused energy. You need to have
that laser focus, and that’s true in anything. These
are people who are passionate about what they
do, and they fuse everything they have into it, and
you can feel that energy. Flamenco demands that,
and it pulls it out of people.”
Next to him, I feel like I have two left feet
shoved into one right shoe. I trip over my laces at
least once and bump into a doorjamb hard enough
to dislocate my ego. Encinias is nice enough to
pretend he doesn’t notice.
Instead, he goes on to explain how this art
form, so popular throughout the rest of the world,
has had comparatively little attention here in the
states, and how our very own National Institute of
Flamenco is fixing the problem by turning our city
into one of the great centers of American
flamenco. It pulls first-rate talent into
Albuquerque’s orbit by hosting top-notch
teachers-in-residence, who then add to the
growing body of knowledge crystallizing within the
city.
The Institute’s director of philanthropy Marisa
Magallanez characterizes Yjastros as “a living
archive,” housing a number of classic and modern
pieces that are constantly revisited and passed on
to new members. She also calls it a “canvas” where
choreographers can create new works that will
become part of the cultural landscape.
Yjastros will be lending their canvas to two new
pieces at this weekend’s XXIXth Season: “Jaleos
5J” by Pedro Córdoba and “De Azúcar Blanca y
Almendras” by Manuela Rios, which will debut next
to a number of the company’s existing repertory.
Performances of XXIXth Season will take place at
the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth
Street SW) starting Thursday at 7pm, and
continuing Friday and Saturday at 8pm. Tickets
are on sale now at the NHCC box office and at
nhccnm.org. For more info visit nifnm.org. a
When you're an Addams: From left, Beth Elliot, Julia Parma, Chris Armijo, Benjamin Smith, Lisette
Herrera, Alejandro Ramirez, Robert Johnson
BY BLAKE DRIVER
The Addams Family
ombstones bearing the dates of bygone
centuries welcome audiences to the
warehouse performance space. Onstage,
an oil portrait of Cousin Itt—a mass of floorlength locks sporting a pair of spectacles—
hangs proudly over the Gothic staircase. A
full moon illuminates the Addams family
boneyard, glimpsed through a wrought-iron
estate gate. Canned “buh-da-da-dum (snap
snap)” theme music pipes through the sound
system as the lights go down.
“It’s kinda spooky,” someone in the back
row exclaims.
Enter the seven members of the Addams
family, garbed in a crypt-like color palette to
match their macabre dispositions.
“Ah, the intoxicating smell of the
graveyard,” proclaims Gomez, the Addams
patriarch, played by Chris Armijo.
The morbid assembly is instantly
recognizable from the cartoons, TV series,
movie adaptations and merchandise they’ve
inspired since they first appeared in the
1930s as single-panel cartoons in The New
Yorker. In a new Broadway version of The
Addams Family at Musical Theatre
Southwest’s Center for Theatre (6320-B
Domingo NE), daughter Wednesday begs her
oddball clan for just “One Normal Night” so
she can invite her suburban guy-next-door
sweetie and his parents over for dinner. A
hilarious campaign for normality ensues for
two acts and two hours. When the vanilla
Beinekes show up for their petting-zoo repast
at the Addams mansion—situated in the
middle of Central Park—the collision of
T
Runs through Sunday, April 26
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 4pm
MTS Center for Theatre
6320-B Domingo NE
265-9119, musicaltheatresw.com
Tickets: $20-22
cultures compels viewers to, as Grandma
Addams suggests, “define normal.”
On the surface this lighthearted musical
comedy, which has been criticized in tougher
markets for its banal storyline, would appear
to lack dramatic depth. But the cast of 20
actors, singers and dancers in MTS’s staging,
along with director David Bryant’s carefully
executed production concept, achieves a
show-tune miracle by inspiring audiences to
question, deeply, the notion of conformity.
“You root for them for the most part,” says
Bryant, who’s making his community theater
directorial debut. “It’s definitely a different
definition of normalcy.”
The dramatic juxtaposition of the
Addamses and the Beinekes reveals that,
especially in this new age of evolving familial
values, odd is not so different. From the
beginning, it’s the Addams’ dysfunctionality
—a father who hates lying as much as telling
the truth, a big sister whose best show of
enthusiasm is a slightly shallower frown, a
grandmother peddling peyote to her
grandchildren—that makes them readily
accessible. The characters are firmly in the
21st century now, with Grandma smoking
weed in the attic and children texting instead
of reading books. Some light profanity bombs,
which Bryant was careful not to censor, put
them even closer.
“Because the family is so abnormal, and
they’re okay with it, I think it has a neat
message about just accepting others for their
differences and uniqueness, regardless of
what that may be,” Bryant says.
Embodying this touching deviance
required more development and research
than meets the eye.
“For me, this is probably the most
challenging role because it’s so iconic,” says
Lisette Herrera, who plays Morticia and is
still memorable for her portrayal of Lina
Lamont in Albuquerque Little Theatre’s
2012 Singin’ in the Rain. “And so to live up to
an expectation of what Morticia is supposed
to talk like, walk like, look like, be like, act
like, but then do it in a musical form, is
pretty tough.”
“In a musical such as this, where the
characters border on caricature, it’s essential
to do a deep character study because you
have to still make them real,” says Beth
Elliot, who plays Grandma with side-splitting
acumen. “You have to give them heart and
soul, and it’s so easy just to flip into
cartoonish mode. If you do that, then nobody
cares.”
The cast fraternized outside of rehearsal
through social media, which Bryant says was
important for working well as a family on
stage. This warm rapport extends to a
hallmark MTS chorus of Addams
ancestors—living, dead and undecided—
consisting of a caveman, pilgrim, flight
attendant and a handful of other colorful kin.
“It’s established a lot of cohesiveness that
I’ve never done with another cast, and it’s
sort of built our bond a little bit stronger,”
says Chris Armijo.
The intimate confines of MTS’s black box
put the audience right in the action. Bryant
has used the available space to maximum
effect (even if some of the scene changes are
overdone and time-consuming). Turning out
the musical-theater event of the season with
a twistless script and a funny yet unremarkable
pop score speaks directly to the ensemble’s
strong performances. Robert Johnson, who’s
made Albuquerque audiences laugh for 25
years, does a glowing Fester. Choreographer
Shirley Roach, whose signature dance lifts
put her stamp on the production, adds her
expressive magic to the chorus and makes it a
challenge to look elsewhere, even with
homegrown heartthrob Leon Garcia doing
the “rigor mortis” as a Victorian relative right
next to her.
Like the song says, “When you’re an
Addams (snap snap), you have to put some
poison in your day.” a
Arts & Lit
Calendar
THURSDAY APRIL 9
STAGE
KIMO THEATRE Region VI AACT Fest 2015. See some of the
best theater performances from actors and production
crews from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New
Mexico. $20. 7:30-9:30pm. 768-3544.
alibi.com/e/136411.
STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Stand-up Comedy
Thursday. Featuring three of the country’s best stand-up
comedians: J.R. Brow, Iggy Samaniego and Anthony
“Animal” Garcia. $10. 7:30pm. 771-5680.
alibi.com/e/134853.
SONG & DANCE
LOMA COLORADO PUBLIC LIBRARY, Rio Rancho Four
Centuries of Music Live! The Rio Rancho Symphonic Band
presents a program of ensemble music featuring four
members of their clarinet section. 6:30-7:30pm.
891-5013. alibi.com/e/138366.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Yjastros XXIXth
Season. The National Institute of Flamenco presents
this performance, debuting choreography by Manuela
Rios, Pedro Córdoba and more. $15-$45. 7pm.
242-7600. alibi.com/e/138347. See “Art Scenester.”
LEARN
APPLE MOUNTAIN MUSIC Ewan Dobson Guitar Clinic. A 90minute demonstration/Q&A clinic with master finger-style
guitarist Ewan Dobson. $22. 6:30-8pm. 237-2048.
alibi.com/e/136408.
ART SANCTUARY, Santa Fe Paint Moment: Santa Fe Art
Classes. A two-hour, step-by-step, guided painting class to
inspire your inner artist. $45. 6-8pm. (575) 404-1801.
alibi.com/e/133335.
FILM
LA TIENDA EXHIBIT SPACE, Eldorado The Hi Lo Country. A
screening of Stephen Frears’ American Western, starring
Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Woody Harrelson and Patricia
Arquette. $5 suggested donation. 7pm. (505)
466-4688. alibi.com/e/139061. See “Reel World.”
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Stockholm. A
screening of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s romantic film, which won
a Goya award for Best New Actor. 7pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/138493.
FRIDAY APRIL 10
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Native American Community Academy
Fundraiser. The Academy’s Radical Poets perform. 6pm.
344-8139. alibi.com/e/137049.
CENTRAL FEATURES Dear Erin Hart. A book signing with
UNM instructor and photographer Jessamyn Lovell.
6-8pm. alibi.com/e/139063. See preview box.
TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town Lonely Street. A reading
and signing with writer Steve Brewer. 5-8pm. 242-7204.
ART
INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Reticulation &
Refinement Opening Reception. A collection of works by
Native artists Charles Lovato, Diane O’Leary, Woody Crumbo
and more. 6-7pm. 843-7270. alibi.com/e/137974.
KALM YOGA Apto Opening Reception. Featuring diverse works
by 10 different artists presenting pieces from a semesterlong project. 6-9pm. alibi.com/e/138427.
PAGE COLEMAN GALLERY The Grand Expand Opening
Reception. New 3D works by Ali Gallo, Gwyn Metz and
Maria Ross. 5:30-8pm. 238-5071. alibi.com/e/137151.
STRANGER FACTORY Safe Harbor Opening Reception. New
works from Chris Ryniak and Amanda Louise Spayd. Runs
through 4/26. 6-9pm. 508-3049. alibi.com/e/138329.
STAGE
ADOBE THEATER DelikateSSen. The story of two brothers
orphaned in the Holocaust, who own a struggling Jewish
delicatessen in New York City, circa 1972. Runs through
4/26. $15-$17. 7:30pm. 898-9222.
alibi.com/e/137165.
ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Noises Off! Called the
funniest farce ever written, this play features a cast of
itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Runs
through 4/26. $12-$22. 7:30-9:30pm. 242-4750.
alibi.com/e/136531.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE
SHOW. Live comedy and imrov. $8-$10. 8-9pm.
alibi.com/e/136566. Also, Comedy? Albuquerque’s DIY
comedy troupe provides improv, sketch and music. $8.
9:30pm. alibi.com/e/135330. Also, Kenny Zimlinghaus:
Clean Your Clock Tour. The New York stand-up comic
provides some laughs, along with local comedian Genevieve
Mueller. Hosted by Danger K Varoz. $15. 10:30pm.
404-1578. alibi.com/e/137641.
ENGINE HOUSE THEATER, Madrid #DyingToTextGary. Threshold
Art Collective presents an original multimedia exploration of
love, sex and the internet. Runs through 4/11. $15.
8-9:30pm. 750-0124. alibi.com/e/136474.
KIMO THEATRE Region VI AACT Fest 2015. $20. 2-4pm,
7:30-9:30pm. See 4/9 listing.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Addams Family. See the
creepy, kooky family live in this original story for the
stage. Runs through 4/26. $20-$22. 8-10pm. 265-9119.
alibi.com/e/134467. See “Theater Review.”
POPEJOY HALL, UNM Center for the Arts Mamma Mia! Catch
this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits
with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.
Runs through 4/11. $35-$80. 8pm. 277-8010.
alibi.com/e/118248.
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE, Santa Fe Macbeth. The play chronicles
the destruction of a respected couple when ambition leads
to murder, anarchy and the destruction of all they love. Runs
through 4/19. $15-$20. 7:30-9pm. 988-4262.
alibi.com/e/136509.
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Bonkerz Comedy. Featuring comedian
Steven Michael Quezada from AMC’s hit show “Breaking
Bad.” $15-$25. 8pm. (505) 982-0775.
alibi.com/e/136459.
SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER 4th Magic Treehouse:
Dinosaurs After Dark. A musical theater production that
offers a fresh revival of the adventurous spirit these books
evoked. $10. 7pm. 848-1320. alibi.com/e/138352.
TEATRO PARAGUAS, Santa Fe Word Over All: Walt Whitman and
Pablo Neruda. A celebration of poetry and prose by two of
America’s most beloved poets. $10. 7:30-9:15pm. (505)
424-1601. alibi.com/e/137845.
SONG & DANCE
AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo NM
UNM Jazz Festival. Featuring the UNM Jazz Band I with
guest trombonist Marshall Gilkes. $5-$10. 7-8:30pm.
222-0778. alibi.com/e/136025.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Tito La Rosa Sound Healing
Ceremony. Tito La Rosa brings the legacy of the Flower
Ceremony lovingly handed down to him from the Q’ero
Nation of Peru. $125, pre-registration required. 1-4pm.
710-2785. alibi.com/e/135731.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Yjastros XXIXth
Season. $15-$45. 8pm. See 4/9 listing.
SANDIA BAPTIST CHURCH Spring Concert with the Bar-D
Wranglers! The Young At Heart Choir presents its spring
concert. $15-$20. 2pm, 7pm. alibi.com/e/136023.
LEARN
SOUTH BROADWAY LIBRARY Intro to Charcoal Drawing. Learn
the basics and methods of drawing a still life with vine
charcoals. 4:30-5:30pm. 764-1742. alibi.com/e/138505.
SATURDAY APRIL 11
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Story Time! Local author Caroline Starr Rose
signs her new book Bluebirds. 10:30am.
alibi.com/e/137050. Also, In the Lotus of the Heart. A
reading and signing with writer and renowned Vedanta
teacher Shubhraji. 3pm. alibi.com/e/137051. Also, The
Mas Tequila Review Five Year Anniversary Reading.
Readings from writers Rich Boucher, Lauren Camp, Jennifer
Givhan, Larry Goodell and more. 5pm. 344-8139.
alibi.com/e/137052.
JUAN TABO PUBLIC LIBRARY A Spring Potpourri of Poetry. Six
talented, local poets read their own work, followed by an
open mic. 1-2:30pm. 291-6260. alibi.com/e/138509.
RIO GRANDE NATURE CENTER Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe,
Taos, and Northern New Mexico. A lecture and book signing
with writers Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey. $3 per
vehicle. 10:30-11:30am. 344-7240.
alibi.com/e/137597.
TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town Bush League Boys: The
Postwar Legends of Baseball in the American Southwest. A
reading and signing with writer Toby Smith. 1-3pm.
242-7204.
ART
ALLAN HOUSER ART PARK, Santa Fe 2nd Annual Family Day.
Families are invited to participate in a range of art-making
activities that highlight contemporary Native arts.
Noon-3pm. alibi.com/e/138362.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Exhibit Tour:
Ofrendas + Orixas. Join guest curator David Hernandez
Rivero for a tour exploring the iconography and ofrendas of
Candomblé. 1-2pm. 246-2261. alibi.com/e/137980.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART, Santa Fe Slow Art Day.
Participants look at five pre-selected works of art for 10
minutes each and then meet together for a guided
discussion. Included with museum admission. 1-3pm.
476-5061. alibi.com/e/137802.
STAGE
ADOBE THEATER DelikateSSen. $15-$17. 7:30pm. See 4/10
listing.
ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Noises Off! $12-$22.
7:30-9:30pm. See 4/10 listing.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE
SHOW. $8-$10. 8-9pm. See 4/10 listing.
ENGINE HOUSE THEATER, Madrid #DyingToTextGary. $15.
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8-9:30pm. See 4/10 listing.
FOUL PLAY CAFE, Sheraton Uptown The Game Show Murders.
Dinner theater following a group of game show contestants
who will do anything to win. $57. 7:30-10pm. 377-9593.
alibi.com/e/131843.
HOTEL ANDALUZ The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery
Comedy Dinner Show. The largest, award-winning,
interactive comedic murder mystery dinner show in the
United States. $59.95. 6-9pm. 242-9090.
alibi.com/e/138500.
KIMO THEATRE Region VI AACT Fest 2015. $20. 2-4pm,
7:30-9:30pm. See 4/9 listing.
LEGENDS THEATER @ ROUTE 66 CASINO Carlos Mencia. The
comedian and actor makes a stop in the Duke City.
$25-$55. 8pm. 352-7925. alibi.com/e/136494.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Addams Family.
$20-$22. 8-10pm. See 4/10 listing.
POPEJOY HALL, UNM Center for the Arts Mamma Mia!
$35-$80. 2pm, 8pm. See 4/10 listing.
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE, Santa Fe Macbeth. $15-$20.
7:30-9pm. See 4/10 listing.
SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER 4th Magic Treehouse:
Dinosaurs after Dark. $10. 2pm, 7pm. See 4/10 listing.
TEATRO PARAGUAS, Santa Fe Word Over All: Walt Whitman
and Pablo Neruda. $10. 7:30-9:15pm. See 4/10 listing.
UNM’S EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, Center for the Arts 2am
Lovely. An unconventional story of artistic self-discovery
about a woman who strives to create original work despite
her many distractions. Runs through 4/11. $10-$15.
7:30-9:30pm. 277-4332. alibi.com/e/137081.
SONG & DANCE
KELLER HALL, UNM Guitar New Mexico Classical Guitar
Concert. Live classical performances by Michael
Chapdelaine, Lynn McGrath, the Albuquerque Academy
Guitar Quartet and more. 8pm. 277-2131.
alibi.com/e/135843.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Yjastros XXIXth
Season. $15-$45. 8pm. See 4/9 listing.
O’SHAUGHNESSY PERFORMANCE SPACE, Santa Fe A
Gathering of Voices for Steven M. Miller. A memorial
concert for the composer and musician. 7pm.
alibi.com/e/137928.
LEARN
NEW LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH How To Plot: Every Good
Story Needs One. Instructor Melody Groves goes over the
beginnings and basics of plotting. $39-$49. 9am-noon.
830-6034. alibi.com/e/137639.
FILM
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE
Symphony of the Soil. Celebrate the 2015 International
Year of Soils with director/writer/producer Deborah
Koons Garcia with a showing of her documentary.
$4-$6. 7pm. 841-2802. alibi.com/e/138498. See “Reel
World.”
SUNDAY APRIL 12
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words. A reading
and signing with writer Loretta Hall. 3pm. 344-8139.
alibi.com/e/137053.
ART
AMAPOLA GALLERY Amapola Open House Crystal Clouds.
New works by Gloria Casale (glass works), Philip Green
(ceramics), Denise Ballou (oil paintings) and more. 1-3pm.
242-4311. alibi.com/e/137801.
STAGE
ADOBE THEATER DelikateSSen. $15-$17. 2pm. See 4/10
listing.
ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Noises Off! $12-$22. 2pm.
See 4/10 listing.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Addams Family.
$20-$22. 4-6pm. See 4/10 listing.
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE, Santa Fe Macbeth. $15-$20. 2pm.
See 4/10 listing.
SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER 4th Magic Treehouse:
Dinosaurs after Dark. $10. 2pm. See 4/10 listing.
TEATRO PARAGUAS, Santa Fe Word Over All: Walt Whitman
and Pablo Neruda. Pay what you wish. 2pm. See 4/10
listing.
SONG & DANCE
CONGREGATION ALBERT Holocaust Cantata (Songs from the
Camps). A chamber presentation of Donald McCullough’s
composition, featuring cellist David Schepps and narrator
Cantor Barbara Finn. 3-4:30pm. 821-1956.
alibi.com/e/133970.
ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL Free Band Concert. The
Albuquerque Concert Band invites the public to a concert
featuring clarinetist Mario Thompson. Donations accepted.
3-4pm. 883-2882. alibi.com/e/135844.
THE KOSMOS Chatter Sunday: Mendelssohn Octet. Featuring
musicians David Felberg (viola), Ruxandra Marquardt
(violin), James Holland (cello) and poet Tom Crawford.
$5-$15. 10-11am. 307-9647. alibi.com/e/135760.
LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Santa Fe Sibelius &
Brahms. The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra’s dramatic
tribute to two incomparable composers. $22-$76. 4-6pm.
983-3530. alibi.com/e/134590.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER NMPhil Stars. The
New Mexico Philharmonic provides a concert featuring
music by three great composers: Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven. $24-$68. 2pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/138359.
ST. JOHN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Music @ St. John’s
Concert Series. Featuring renowned organist Christopher
Houlihan. Freewill offerings accepted. 2-3:30pm.
883-9717. alibi.com/e/134992.
LEARN
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY
Contemporary Issues Series: Jimmy Santiago Baca. A
monthly lecture series in conjunction with the museum’s
new history exhibit: Only in Albuquerque. Noon-1pm.
243-7255. alibi.com/e/138357.
MONDAY APRIL 13
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Third Plate. A reading and signing with writer
Dan Barber. 7pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/137054.
LEARN
CORRALES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Corrales Acting
Techniques and Scene Study. Acting for beginners includes
reading monologues and acting with fellow students. $60
a month. 6-7pm. 897-3351. alibi.com/e/125157.
EVENT | PREVIEW
An Eye for an Eye for Art
“Erin Hart was convicted and served time,”
intones an ominous voiceover. But: “It wasn’t
enough for Lovell.” Later an interviewer asks the
artist, “Was this an eye for an eye?” The supposed
hunger for revenge in a March 20 “Today” show
segment belongs to Albuquerque’s own Jessamyn
Lovell. She’s a UNM
instructor, photographer
FRIDAY
and writer whose
APRIL 10
documentary art project,
Dear Erin Hart, has
Central Features
received worldwide
109 Fifth Street SW
alibi.com/e/139063
coverage for the
intriguing questions it
6 to 8pm
PHOTO BY JESSAMYN LOVELL
raises about identity,
privacy and empathy.
After a stranger named
Erin Hart stole Lovell’s driver’s license and, soon
after, her identity, Lovell went in search of the
woman. She ultimately hired a private investigator
and trailed the identity thief for a day,
PHOTO BY JESSAMYN LOVELL photographing her, taking video and interviewing
those who’d interacted with her. Then she worked
her documentation into a traveling exhibit. Now SF Camerawork—the very place where Lovell’s wallet
was first stolen—has published Dear Erin Hart as a new monograph, which Lovell signs at Central
Features (109 Fifth Street SW, centralfeatures.com) on Friday, April 10, from 6 to 8pm. It’s clear that
significant cultural baggage lurks beneath the surface of Lovell’s project—that “Today” segment ends
with a host’s baffling analysis, “Looks to me like the identity thief just picked the wrong person.” Who
would be the right person, I wonder? (Lisa Barrow) a
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TUESDAY APRIL 14
WORDS
BOOKWORKS The Turquoise Trail. A reading and signing with
writer Dawn-Marie Lopez and photographer Raul Lopez
Ponce. 7pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/137055.
MAIN LIBRARY Spine Poetry. Write poems using the titles
found on book spines. 3:30-4:30pm. 768-5131.
alibi.com/e/138510.
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK Poetry And Beer Open Mic
and Slam. ABQ’s longest-running poetry slam and open
mic. FREE. 7pm. 243-6752. alibi.com/e/136321.
SONG & DANCE
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Albuquerque Civic Chorus
Rehearsals Begin. If you love to sing, join others who share
your passion. 7-9pm. 981-6611. alibi.com/e/126191.
LEARN
KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS KIIC Business Basics Series.
Classs covers demystifying the mystery of business plans
for art entrepreneurs. $25. 1:30-3pm. 224-9808.
alibi.com/e/136528.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 15
WORDS
BOOKWORKS One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen. A
reading and signing with writer Santiago Vaquera Vasquez.
7pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/137057.
ONGOING
ART
516 ARTS From the Ground Up: Design Here + Now. 516 ARTS
announces From the Ground Up: Design Here + Now,
showcasing contemporary work by established and
emerging Albuquerque area designers and architects. The
exhibition features both built and speculative projects.
Varying widely in scale, the work demonstrates shared
interests in innovation, experience, material, form and
function. The exhibition is curated by Katya Crawford,
Viviette Hunt, Kristen Shaw and Mira Woodson, and is part
of the collaboration On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque
Art + Design (www.ABQonthemap.com). 242-1445.
alibi.com/e/122441.
APRIL PRICE PROJECT GALLERY Where-Wear and
Middlescapes. alibi.com/e/128255. Also, Views From the
Beach. New works by Laverne Harper, Marietta Patricia
Leis, Mary Ann Strandell, Allan Paine Radebaugh and
more. 573-0895. alibi.com/e/138635.
ART HOUSE SANTA FE, Santa Fe Luminous Flux: Digital and
Geometric Art from the Thoma Foundation. Luminous Flux,
the inaugural exhibition at Art House, presents innovations
in computer, digital, interactive, video,
and electroluminescent art from the Thoma Foundation
collection. 4pm. 995-0231. alibi.com/e/127432.
THE BREW CAFE Egg Tempuras. Egg tempura paintings by
Eliza M. Schmid. 629-9453. alibi.com/e/137364.
CHIAROSCURO CONTEMPORARY ART, Santa Fe The Santa Fe
Years. New works by Bebe Krimmer. Runs through 4/25.
(505) 992-0711. alibi.com/e/136261.
CORRALES BOSQUE GALLERY, Corrales April Featured Artist:
Gail Gering. Gail Gering’s new works transform recycled
and salvaged materials to create works of fantasy and
illusion. 331-1364. alibi.com/e/137182.
DOWNTOWN CONTEMPORARY GALLERY Cool Kids Never Die.
Work by local artists Jon Sanchez, Jonathan Perea (Pnut),
Jeremy Montoya, Nicole Riner, Austin Zachary and Derek
Smith representing pop culture from 1980s and 1990s.
363-3870.
EXPO NEW MEXICO 2015 InSight Women’s Photography
Show. A group exhibition of more than 125 works by 61
women photographers from across the state.
alibi.com/e/137467.
EYE ON THE MOUNTAIN GALLERY, Santa Fe Two Women &
One Show: Plein Air Contemporary Colorists. Eye on the
Mountain Art Gallery Announces Spring Art Event: 5-9pm.
(928) 308-0319. alibi.com/e/135771.
GALLERY 901, Santa Fe An Evening of Dance & Music in Art.
Opening: April 3rd with an artist reception from 5-8pm
and continuing through April 29th 10am-5pm. (505)
780-8390. alibi.com/e/131125.
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM, Santa Fe Modernism Made in
New Mexico. Exhibition features fifteen pioneering artists
and investigates how the high desert landscape and local
cultures of New Mexico inspired a radical new direction in
American Modernism during the first half of the 20th
century $0-$12. (505) 946-1000. alibi.com/e/128076.
HARWOOD ART CENTER Encompass: 7th & Mountain
Community Celebration. A multigenerational art event with
4 exhibition openings, 40 open artist studios, collaborative
art making projects and more. alibi.com/e/134882. Also,
Encompass: 7th & Mountain. 242-6367.
alibi.com/e/133045.
INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Native American Student
Art Show. Native American students will explore symbols of
leadership in family, school and community in the Indian
Pueblo Cultural Center’s 36th Annual Student Art Show. The
theme honors the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln Canes
being presented to the 19 Pueblos by President Abraham
Lincoln as a symbol of sovereignty. Artwork will be judged
by Pueblo artists and leaders, with awards announced at
the opening reception on April 4th at 12:00 pm. $6 adults,
$5.50 seniors, $4 New Mexico residents,. 9am-5pm.
843-7270. alibi.com/e/136109.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Wanderlust and Fanciful Food
and Southwest Art. New works by Terry Lawson Dunn and
Leona Rubin. 348-4518. alibi.com/e/137489.
KALM YOGA Apto. UNM Advanced Interdisciplinary Portfolio
class invites the public to an exciting art show featuring
bodies of work from semester long projects by ten artists.
554-2228. alibi.com/e/138547.
MATRIX FINE ART Feathered Creatures. Paintings by Sarah
Hartshorne. 268-8952. alibi.com/e/137208.
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE, Santa Fe Turquoise,
Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning. The Stone and Its
Meaning, opening April 13, 2014 at the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture, highlights the Museum’s extensive
collection of Southwestern turquoise jewelry and presents
all aspects of the stone, from geology, mining and history,
to questions of authenticity and value.People in the
Southwest have used turquoise for jewelry and ceremonial
purposes and traded valuable stones both within and
outside the region for over a thousand years. Turquoise,
Water, Sky presents hundreds of necklaces, bracelets,
belts, rings, earrings, silver boxes and other objects
illustrating how the stone was used and its deep
significance to the people of the region. This
comprehensive consideration of the stone runs through
March 2016. alibi.com/e/77851. Also, Allan Houser
Centennial Tribute. Featuring more than 20 monumental
sculptures in the Milner Plaza. (505) 476-1250.
alibi.com/e/103233.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER AfroBrasil: Art and
Identities. $3/adult, $2/senior, $0/kids under 15,
$0/Sundays. alibi.com/e/123879. Also, The Penitentes of
New Mexico. The National Hispanic Cultural Center
presents an exhibit on the Fraternidad Piadosa de los
Hermanos de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, or Los
Hermanos de la Luz (The Brothers of Light), a religious
confraternity that dates back centuries in both Spain and
New Mexico. The opening on Saturday, February 21
includes a reception as well as a lecture and performance.
Ray John de Aragon will sign his book “The Penitentes of
New Mexico” (Sunstone Press, 2006.. 3pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/131505.
NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP The Mysterious
Conspiracy of Existence. Etchings by David Avery.
268-8952. alibi.com/e/137227.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE
Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution. This NatGeo
traveling exhibition highlights the importance of birds of
paradise to New Guinea. Runs through 8/16. Free with
admission. 841-2802. alibi.com/e/130648.
PACIFIC EXHIBITS Pacific Exhibits: Rachel Popowcer. Pacific
Exhibits is a micro-gallery located in the storefront window
of the historic Pacific Building in downtown Albuquerque,
NM. The purpose of Pacific Exhibits is to champion
remarkable contemporary visual art, and to help support
the local artists who create it, by providing an alternative
venue for exhibitions and sales. 24 hour viewing, streetside only; please do not disturb the building tenants.
(575) 737-8261. alibi.com/e/137389.
SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN, Santa Fe Morphing Nature.
Site-specific sculptures made by students from the
Institute of American Indian Arts and the Santa Fe
University of Art and Design. alibi.com/e/119898.
STRANGER FACTORY Safe Harbor. New works from Chris
Ryniak and Amanda Louise Spayd. 508-3049.
alibi.com/e/138604.
SUMNER & DENE Dan Garrett, Mark Horst & Rik Burkard. New
works by the artists as part of the citywide On the Map
exhibition. 842-1400. alibi.com/e/137416.
TAI MODERN, Santa Fe Ramona Sakiestewa: Tangram
Butterfly and Other Shapes. New artworks by the
contemporary Native American artist. (505) 984-1387.
alibi.com/e/87020.
TAMARIND GALLERY Foodie: On Eats, Eating, and Eateries in
Albuquerque. New lithographs that celebrate Albuquerque’s
unique food scene. Runs through 5/15. 277-3792.
alibi.com/e/133631.
TORTUGA GALLERY Delicate Wisdom, Sacred Laughter. New
and renewing works by Julie Suzanne Brokken. 506-0820.
alibi.com/e/138579.
UNM LAW SCHOOL Student Artist Show. Works by UNM Law
School and College of Fine Arts students. 277-8648.
alibi.com/e/135500.
VSA NORTH 4TH ART CENTER Down the Line. New sculpture
and other works by artist Michael Naranjo as part of the
citywide On the Map exhibition. 345-2872.
alibi.com/e/137438.
ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART, Santa Fe Keeping
Things Whole: Sculpture. New works by Guy Dill, Aurelius
Aurelius and Rachel Stevens. (505) 982-8111.
alibi.com/e/136288.
NOTICES
NMWIF Fiesta! The final deadline is April 15 to submit your
films for the New Mexico Women in Film Fiesta! 2015.
They are currently accepting submissions for
Documentary, Narrative, Animation, New Media,
Experimental and more. Price to submit is $20, and you
must currently be or have been a NMWIF member. For
more info head to nmwif.com. $20. See “Reel World.” a
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FOOD | resTauranT review
THE MOUTHFUL
BY TY BANNERMAN
Answering the Call
Flying Star’s new “café menu” aims
for affordability and quality
When news first broke that Flying Star—that
fixture of Albuquerque eating since the late
’90s—was facing bankruptcy, many of my
friends turned into arm chair business strategists
and weighed in with what they saw as the
company’s fatal mistake. Over-expansion was a
popular theory, along with criticism of the
coffee-shop wing of the enterprise, Satellite, and
the trade-dress redesign it had gone through
recently, perhaps in preparation for breaking into
out-of-state markets. But, by far, the most
common refrain was about the prices.
“Maybe they shouldn’t charge so damned
much.”
This was voiced with some variation
(sometimes people said “so goddamned much”)
by almost everyone I spoke to. And it seems that
Flying Star’s owners, Mark and Jean Bernstein,
were having similar conversations and decided to
respond. Walk into a Flying Star right now, and in
front of the familiar baked goods case and
ordering counter, you’ll see the brand new “Café
Menu” emblazoned on its very own display
stand. More shockingly, you’ll find, right there on
that list, sandwiches for less than $10 and a
grouping of hamburgers for about the same
price. In other words, the stars of Flying Star
have heard your cries for affordable options, and
they have answered them.
How does it all stack up, though, really? To
find out, I rounded up a group of my office-mates
and headed over to the nearest Star (you’re
never more than .5 miles away in this town) and
gave it a shot. Here’s what we had, and what we
thought.
BLT, $8.50
Constance Moss, Front Desk
“It was really good. Loved the pretzel roll it came
on, and the artisan mustard. The bacon was
excellent. All in all it seemed to have a more
Germanic influence than most BLTs. I’m not sure
if $8.50 for it was a great value, but it was a
great BLT.”
Tossed Caesar Salad, $10.95
Mark Lopez, Copy/Calendars Editor
“This was pretty tasty, although the chicken was
a tad dry. With this kind of salad, the dressing
can sometimes be overpowering, but I was
pleasantly surprised by how it complemented the
flavors of the chicken, cheese and croutons. I
think the cheese could have done with a little
more shredding. But that’s just me. For $11, I
probably wouldn’t order this salad again. Then
again, my motto in life is ‘If it’s cheap or free, it’s
me.’”
New Mexico Burger, $10.95
Ty Bannerman, Food and Features Editor
“I was surprised they didn’t ask me how I wanted
it done, but it came out a pretty solid medium, so
I was happy with that. The local beef was firm
and flavorful, and the chile had a smoky heat to it
that set it apart from many of Albuquerque’s
also-ran green chile burgers. I ordered onion
rings on the side, and they had a nice crisp batter
and weren’t greasy. The onions themselves were
sweet and delicious. All in all, a good burger for
the price.”
Final judgment: There’s nothing earthshatteringly new here, though it’s nice to see a
better selection of burgers and a few bucks
knocked off the prices. We’re still not talking
about a lunch “bargain” at Flying Star, but the
food is high quality with a lot of local ingredients,
and the prices now seem more in line with our
expectations. a
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From Top to Bottom
Exploring the menu at Viet Taste
BY ARI LEVAUX
iet Taste is the only Vietnamese restaurant in
town I’ve been to where it’s not abnormal to
wait for a table. It isn’t a long wait, and once
you get your table the waiting is over. Servers
thread the room attentively. Food arrives quickly.
There is a cheerful glow in the dining room,
and a feeling that most of the people in the dining
hall have been here before. They are enjoying
their food, or are about to be, and they know it.
The 20-odd tables are arranged efficiently just to
the cozy side of crowded. It feels happening, but
not cramped. The scene is classy but casual, with
more bamboo in the dining room than most Tikki
Bars. The walls hold paintings of village-scapes
and portraits, carefully lit to cast sunburst halos
around the frames.
On the surface, Viet Taste appears to cater to
American tastes. The papaya salad is about as
light on the fish sauce as I’ve encountered in
ABQ—it might not even have a drop. The pho is
fragrant and rich, but not at all gamey. Every item
on the bamboo-clad menu is peanut-free, and its
order seems cleverly designed to separate the
adventurous gastronauts from the meathead who
wandered in looking for Chinese food—and
satisfy them both. It is at once the kind of newbiefriendly Asian restaurant you would take a
relative to in order to introduce them to the
cuisine and a haven for the discerning, phoconsuming public to have their needs met
promptly and with five stars. The menu has a
daring side as well, which I was able to find,
reliably, at the end of every menu section in
which I indulged.
Number 32, noodle soup with special beef
stew, brings up the rear of the “Rice Noodle and
Egg Noodle Soup” category. It was the first order
I’d attempted to place from the back of a Viet
Taste menu section, and my server attempted to
intervene. “Please don’t order that,” he said.
“Non-Asians don’t tend to like it. It’s too fatty.”
I took that as a challenge and ordered it. It
was, indeed, a thick, fatty broth with melted
carrots and numerous chunks of cartilaginous,
tender beef, which I imagined to be cut from near
the joints of the bones that are boiled in making
the pho. The flavor was indeed pho-like, but
stronger, more concentrated and intense. As with
all of the noodle soups I tried at Viet Taste, the
garnish salad was beautiful and big.
While the challenging choices seem to be
hidden at the bottom of the menu sections, the
tamer options tend to be found leading off each
category. At the top of the appetizer menu, for
example, are spring rolls and egg rolls. The
bottom of the list is where you will find the
exquisite beef stew sandwich.
The sandwich arrived on two dishes. One was
a bowl of hefty meat chunks partially submerged
in a thick gravy that was spiced similarly to the
special beef stew. On a separate plate was a plain,
toasted, six-inch baguette, sliced lengthwise. The
chunks of meat, oxtail perhaps, or sinuous
cuttings from the long bone joints, were buttery
soft, crisscrossed with melted tendon and other
V
PHOTO BY XAVIER MASCAREÑAS
Clockwise from top: vermicelli with grilled
shrimp and pork, mixed vegetables stewed in a
vegetarian sweet and sour broth, papaya salad
with shrimp
Viet Taste
5721 Menaul NE
888-0101
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
Vibe: Elegant and efficient
Booze: No
The Alibi recommends: Beef stew sandwich, deep-fried
salted and pepper shrimp, sweet 3 bean drink, rice with
spicy lemongrass tofu and broccoli, bun bo hue
connective tissues. The velvety sauce contained
the flavor profile of pho, but in a more crude,
immediate manner. You crunch down on errant
coriander seeds. A full star anise pod floats by. It’s
a pho curry, thickened with melted gristle and
probably other things.
I ripped off pieces of hot baguette and wrapped
them around chunks of pho curry. The curry
merges happily with the steaming, moist interior
of the bread, forming a dank aura of flavor held
together by the toasted crust. For $6.50, this dish
is both a complete steal and a complete meal.
The beef stew sandwich and special beef stew
deliver concentrated versions of the classic pho
profile. The pho itself is relatively thin and dilute,
more of a smooth, hydrating penetrant than
rough, greasy lubricant. It’s flavorful, but no one
flavor stands out. It’s a flawless bowl of pho, but
my favorite item on the beef noodle soup list was
the final option, bun bo hue
, the spicy
stepbrother of pho.
More penetrating than pho, bun bo hue is
spicy in every way. It includes copious amounts of
red chile and a tangle of mysterious and fragrant
herbs, roots and stalks, chiefly lemongrass, which
simmer in the red and yellow broth. The soup
packs a cleansing wallop, setting every pore and
membrane agush, and will make you sweat in
summer and winter alike.
While my focus is drawn to the meaty, greasy,
lusty side of the menu, vegetarians are well cared
for at Viet Taste. The tofu papaya salad, which
can also be ordered non-veg, with chicken or
shrimp, is composed of thin, crisp shreds of green
papaya, carrots, and little else besides the grand
slabs of tofu. The shrimp and chicken salad is
built on a crunchy, chewy vinaigrette of jicama
and carrot, which they will also serve as a veggie
version.
The most striking plant-based option is billed
as “sweet 3 bean drink,” though it isn’t anything
like a drink. I’ve tried bean cups in the past and
wanted to like them, but couldn’t. I’ve never even
finished one. This time, love was the only option.
There were three different colored bean
products, one of which, the blue one, looked
distinctly gummy bear-like. Like the others, it
tasted conspicuously dry and bland. But thanks to
an unmixed combination of shaved ice and
coconut cream—a sweet, creamy somethin’somethin’ that dripped and melted into the mealy
bean stuff—it came together just right.
Zoning out over a project like a sweet 3 bean
drink affords the opportunity to look around and
take in the ambience. There is more bamboo in
that room than in most tiki bars. Wide bamboo
logs form a mock grove at the north end of the
space. Thin bamboo forms a thatched roof over
the cash register counter, clad in medium-gauge
bamboo. The walls hold paintings of villagescapes and portraits, which are carefully lit to cast
sunburst halos around the frames.
I also witnessed four sizzling clay pots delivered
to a happy table. It was number 71, my server
informed me, rice in hot clay pot (with choice of
protein). It was the last item in the “Rice Dish”
category, and looked the part. I tried it myself, and
it delivered.
But the second-to-last entry, fried rice with
country-style steak, was just as good. Cubes of
tender, seasoned beef were artfully arranged upon
lightly fried rice, along with ripe tomato slices and
other garnishes.
As the end of each section was consistently
delivering the kind of edgy food I was looking for,
I looked to the final section (before the drinks) of
the menu for the grand finale.
This was a short list dubbed “Home Style
Special.” The second-to-last on the list, number
100, is deep-fried salted and pepper shrimp. Order
this, even if you don’t like fried food. Even if you
don’t like shrimp.
You get a choice of peeled or skins-on for extra
crunch. We went with extra crunch. The shrimp
were battered with what appeared to be rice flour,
fried in a kind of clump, and topped with a stirfried mixture of green onions and jalapeños that
pretty much took this dish over the top. The
gritty salt crust added to the crunch, the dust of
black pepper contributed to the spice, and it all
came together magnificently. I’m not much of a
shrimp eater, and yet I could not stop eating
these.
The salted and pepper shrimp were even more
spectacular than the beef stew sandwich. But if
you’re looking for value, that bowl of that pho
curry remains the best use of $6.50 in town.
There’s a lot of value to be found on that
menu, which makes it well worth the occasional
wait. Alibi readers chose Viet Taste as their
favorite Vietnamese restaurant last year, and after
a few visits I can see why. a
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of hip swagger. The items range from a typical
breakfast burrito, smothered in local chilé, to a
ribeye steak. If you’re particularly hungry in the AM,
check out their stack of nutso hot cakes. They come
with grilled bananas, peanut butter, roasted
almonds, molasses and maple syrup.
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From Dusk
Til Dawn
230 Sixth Street SW, 243-7070 • $
[NEW MEXICAN] Cecilia’s is the matriarch of one of
Albuquerque’s best breakfast burritos and red chile.
Clinging close to the heart of Downtown on Sixth
Street and Silver, Cecilia makes the food herself in
the kitchen. The red chile is no joke, and the prices
are pretty friggin’ cheap too.
FARINA PIZZERIA & WINE BAR
PIATTINI
1403 Girard NE, 792-1700 • $$$
[ITALIAN] “Piattini” is Italian for “small plate,” which
just so happens to be the specialty of this North
Campus bistro. Carpaccio (thin sheets of raw beef
tenderloin), granchio (griddled crab cakes) and
truffle fries join the likes of funghi pizza and
watermelon salad in a dining experience that’s
rigged for sharing. Make sure that you bring enough
friends to make a dent in the menu, and also that
at least one of those small plates has the
surprisingly good gluten-free calamari.
DOWNTOWN
AL’S BIG DIPPER
501 Copper NW, 314-1118 • $
[DELI/SANDWICHES] Al’s has moved from the old
Relish space Downtown to a spot inside the Main
Library on Copper and serves a hefty menu of
inspired hot and cold sandwiches. There’s an
emphasis on homemade touches, from the sweet
onion jam on the roast beef sandwich to the cookie
that comes with every order. Good salads, daily
made-from-scratch soups, a new sandwich special
every day and a supremely good gluten-free bread
keep the lunch crowd on its toes.
AMERASIA & SUMO SUSHI
800 Third Street NW, 246-1615 • $$
[ASIAN] Dim sum and sushi under the same roof?
It’s like a dream come true. Owner Hyangami Yi’s
food is as good as it gets, with exquisite dim sum
plates and buns. Feel free to order sushi from her
brother Woo Youn, who runs the adjoining
restaurant. He’s got all the usual sashimi and nigiri,
but it’s the original, creative rolls that really set
Sumo apart—that, and the adorable little train that
ferries your pickled ginger around the sushi bar.
THE BREW
311 Gold SW, 363-9453 • $
[COFFEE/TEA/ESPRESSO] Another coffee shop
squeezing its way into the burgeoning Downtown
caffeination scene may seem like a hard sell, but
the Brew is poised to make a lasting mark with its
comfortable seating, low-key, classy vibe and
superior beverage menu. Our favorites include the
green tea latte, the red chile mocha and the
cortado—a drink that hovers somewhere between
cappuccino and latte.
510 Central SE, 243-0130 • $$$
[PIZZA] Farina’s gluten-free pizza is soft and chewy,
unlike a lot of its competitors inedible variations of
gluten-free offerings. Its menu hosts a variety of
indulgent and rich salads. With ingredients like goat
cheese, pine nuts and beets, Farina knows how to
serve up an excellent meal and offers an excellent
selection of craft beer and wine.
GRAVY
725 Central NE, 242-4299 • $$
[AMERICAN] After two years of preparation, Gravy has
finally opened in the old Milton’s building. The
place looks great, with a distinctly swank take on
the classic diner aesthetic, and the menu follows
suit. Multiple varieties of pancakes are offered for
breakfast, along with huevos rancheros and an eggy
pot pie. Dinner is comfort food-oriented—think
meatloaf, fried chicken and chicken-fried steak—
and there’s plenty of beer (locally brewed and
otherwise) on tap with which to wash it down. Try
the fried green tomatoes!
MAK’S QUICKFIRE KITCHEN
411 Central NW, 242-6563 • $
[CHINESE] This is Chinese fast food through and
through, with styrofoam plates and plastic forks, but
don’t let that keep you away. The food here is
actually very good, with traditional AmericanChinese favorites like sweet and sour or General
Tso’s chicken ready and waiting on the steam table
from 11am to 1pm, or cooked fresh afterwards.
There are even a few New Mexican twists like green
chile egg rolls. Oh, and the hot mustard is pretty
much nuclear. You’ve been warned.
TAQUERÍA MEXICO
415 Lomas NE, 242-3445 • $
[MEXICAN] Ever had tongue? On a delicious
sandwich? The Alibi production guys will be the first
to tell you that Taquería Mexico’s lengua is as tasty
as it is conceptually disturbing. The tortas come on
big, hot rolls, stuffed with your choice of meats,
lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and avocado. The chips
are so fresh, they put other baskets to shame. The
big, juicy burgers are fantastic, as are the shrimp
cocktail, the in-house horchata and the tacos (of
course). And their flan ... indescribably good.
FAIRGROUNDS
BAGGIN’S GOURMET SANDWICHES
CAFÉ BIEN
400 Central SW, 246-2436 • $$
[AMERICAN] Taking over the spot formerly occupied
by Nick’s Crossroads Café, this new-kid-on-theblock offers breakfast, lunch and dinner with a side
5900 Lomas NE, 262-1451 • $
[DELI/SANDWICHES] Baggin’s prepares satisfying hot
and cold hoagies at a decent price, with a
chocolate chip cookie thrown in at no extra charge.
Tandoori khoobiyan
The “sundown” is a staple for chronic dine-’n’drivers; basically a turkey dinner in sandwich form,
complete with stuffing and cranberry sauce. Try it
on toasted whole wheat or sourdough instead of
the standard roll. This old-school sandwich
emporium has been at the top of our BoBR
categories for Best Sandwich and Best Soup many
times over the years.
FAR NORTHEAST HEIGHTS
SAVOY WINE BAR & GRILL
10601 Montgomery NE, 294-9463 • $$$$
[FINE DINING] Wine flights are the best way to try
different selections without going broke, and Savoy
has some interesting choices. They pair perfectly
with the restaurant’s stunning interiors and lovely
New American meat and fish dishes. In addition to
a brilliant wine list, Savoy offers patios, drink
specials throughout the day and a cordial and wellinformed staff.
THREE DOG BAKERY
9821 Montgomery NE, 294-2300
[SPECIALTY FOOD STORE] Your pets need to eat too!
Pup-cakes and decadent treats won’t break the
bank at this dog treat mecca. Dogs will love the
natural flavors and presentation of the shop’s
extremely affordable offerings, and you’ll be
tempted to try one yourself.
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occupied by Vivace, B2B Bistronomy is a small
restaurant with a straightforward goal: to serve the
best damn local-beef hamburgers and microbrewed
beers around. With eight burgers to choose from—
including the delectable Nawlins with blue
cheese—and 33 local beers on tap, the joint should
be a beacon for anyone with a carnivorous
appetite.
GECKO’S BAR & TAPAS
3500 Central SE, 262-1848 • $
[BAR AND GRILL/PUB] Gecko’s tapas won our readers’
hearts in BoBR 2014, but it isn’t just the tapas that
draw in a familiar and friendly crowd. On Mondays
the burgers are all $5 each and come with fries or
salad. Watch some sports, eat a burger and enjoy a
seasonal ale.
LIMONATA ITALIAN STREET FOOD
CAFFE
3220 Silver SE, 266-0607 • $
[ITALIAN] This sunny café occupies the sweet spot in
The Village at Silver and Wellesley vacated by Café
Giuseppe. Giuseppe regulars will be happy to know
Limonata still offers killer espresso, now paired with
a large array of mouth-slavering Italian treats. Try
the prosciutto panini, the antipasto platter for two,
or stock up on authentic Italian groceries in the
market.
NOB HILL BAR & GRILL
MIDTOWN
TAJ MAHAL
1430 Carlisle NE, 255-1994 • $$$
[INDIAN] Taj Mahal has some killer naan. In fact,
you’ll probably ditch your fork in favor of this edible
utensil, using it to scoop up mounds of delicately
textured, beautifully sauced and aromatic Indian
food. Wash it down with not-too-sweet hot chai,
which is frequently replenished at no extra cost by
the attentive service. For dessert, don’t miss the
refreshing mango custard.
3128 Central SE, 266-4455 • $$$
[AMERICAN] If you like your comfort food with a
gourmet twist, it’s here. Nob Hill Bar & Grill boasts
meatloaf (crowned with smoked bacon) and
burgers (American kobe). The appetizers and
classic cocktails alone are worth the visit. Cheese
sticks encrusted in nuts and miso-seared ahi tuna
on wontons go down swimmingly (did we mention
the saltwater aquarium?) with a signature cocktail
or an organic ale. A few vegetarian entrées, decent
hours, a full bar and comfy but chic atmosphere
make Nob Hill Bar & Grill a solid addition to the
neighborhood.
NOB HILL
THE SHOP
B2B BISTRONOMY
3118 Central SE, 262-2222 • $
[AMERICAN] Nestled into half of the space formerly
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TAJ MAHAL
2933 Monte Vista NE, 433-2795 • $$
[AMERICAN] It’s in a location that has seen quite a
few restaurants come and go over the years, but The
Shop looks like it might be poised to make a real
go of it. With an emphasis on high quality, locally
sourced foods, the menu here covers breakfast (try
the pancakes and the chilaquiles) and lunch (I
suggest a cubano or chicken and waffles) with
equal finesse and attention to detail. Here’s hoping
they stick around.
ZACATECA’S TACOS & TEQUILA
3423 Central NE, 255-TACO (8226) • $$
[MEXICAN] Zacateca’s is an upscale taco-andtequila concept and the baby of Mark Kiffin,
whose Santa Fe restaurant The Compound is
renowned for its ingredients and artistry. His
Pacific rock cod taco is perfectly browned on the
outside, juicy on the inside and oozing with
glorious fish grease. With the addition of coleslaw
and habanero salsa, this is not the taco of
anyone’s abuelita. Toast her health with a threemescal sampler, which comes in terra cotta
dishes. Often features live music.
NORTH VALLEY
FARM & TABLE
8917 Fourth Street NW, 503-7124 • $$$
[ORGANIC/LOCALLY GROWN] The Far North Valley
setting is gorgeous, inside and out (the spacious
courtyard overlooks 10 acres of farm field). The
local and organic ingredients are meticulously
sourced, and the food is reasonably priced for
what you get. Several salad options and vegetarian
entrées make it a perfect place to graze.
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY
STEAKHOUSE
6855 Fourth Street NW, 341-0831 • $$$$
[STEAKHOUSE] Vernon’s is a swanky underground
spot for good eats and high times, delivered
speakeasy-style. The dining room is walled with
lustrous, ebony adobe, and the tables are clothed
in crisp, black and white linens. By the glass or
bottle, there’s plenty of quality hooch. The menu is
classic steakhouse stuff, with beef tournedos in a
silky demi-glace, fresh fish and a damn fine veal
Oscar. Check out the Black Diamond Lounge to
take in the fancy cocktails and live music.
NORTHEAST HEIGHTS
THE RANGE CAFÉ
4401 Wyoming NE, 293-2633 • $$
[AMERICAN] Do not leave The Range without ordering
something involving bacon and queso, even if it
means you have to get side dishes of them both.
These people serve thick, meaty bacon and
obviously understand the power of the dreamy,
cheesy creation we call queso to transform simple
breakfast items from ho-hum to hot damn! Or, if
you’re feeling less indulgent, order a giant cobb
salad with roast turkey and buttery Cabernet
vinaigrette.
OLD TOWN
ANTIQUITY RESTAURANT
112 Romero NW, 247-3545 • $$$$
[FRENCH] This creaking, wooden-floored and quaint
restaurant is located in Old Town and is one of the
few places in the city unafraid of serving a very rare
steak. The all-around energy is charming and old
timey, and the menu is thoughtful and satisfying.
Save your money, and treat yo self.
UNIVERSITY
ANNAPURNA’S WORLD VEGETARIAN
CAFÉ
2201 Silver SE, 262-CHAI (2424) • $
[VEGETARIAN/HEALTH FOODS] Ayurvedic cuisine
supposedly works with your body’s natural energies
and constitution to create “soul” food that’s on a
whole new plane. Winners of Best Vegetarian in our
restaurant poll several years running, Annapurna
serves food that is satisfying but never heavy and,
well, you just feel better after you eat there. Try
Sunday brunch with spiced, gluten-free, vegan
pancakes and breakfast quinoa (but you’ll have to
live without scrambled eggs, sorry). The shaded
courtyard to the side of the restaurant is
spectacular.
EL PATIO DE ALBUQUERQUE
142 Harvard SE, 268-4245 • $$
[NEW MEXICAN] A can’t-miss New Mexican spot
steeped in lived-in UNM area charm. There are
amazing beans, potatoes and, of course,
sopaipillas. And some really tasty green chile
chicken enchiladas. And live guitar music. And,
yum. If there’s Frito pie on the specials board, get it.
GARCIA’S KITCHEN
8518 Indian School NE, 292-5505 • $
[NEW MEXICAN] If it’s salt-of-the-earth, tried-andtrue New Mexican favorites you’re after, hit up a
Garcia’s in your area. It has daily specials,
breakfast any time and even a “gringo menu”
that’ll fill you up without depleting your wallet. The
huevos rancheros with green chile will leave you
licking the plate and contemplating seconds.
MING DYNASTY
1551 Eubank NE, 296-0298 • $$
[CHINESE] Ming Dynasty serves dim sum that
comes closest to an authentic Chinatown
experience as you’re going to get in Albuquerque.
Affable owner Minh Tang has made it easy for
uninitiated diners to partake in this Chinese meal
with an organized dim sum menu: Dishes—
including spareribs, steamed barbecue pork buns
and, yes, stewed chicken feet—are grouped by
price and include individual pictures. Or order
standbys such as the pork and wonton soup right
off the menu.
UPPER NOB HILL
DION’S PIZZA
4717 Central NE, 265-6919 • $
[PIZZA] Besides having the Best Pizza, according to
past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion’s also
has a wonderful selection of salads—particularly
the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with
spring-mix greens—sandwiches (the pastrami is
especially good) and out-of-this-world house ranch
dressing. The pizza is made fresh, and the folks at
Dion’s have had over 30 years to perfect their
unique Albuqerque take on pizza pie.
SALATHAI
3619 Copper NE, 265-9330 • $$
[THAI] Salathai combines kind, quick service with
mega-amazing and affordable food. An excellent
choice for vegetarians and carnivores alike, the menu
is strong from beginning to end. Their affordable
lunch specials boast a special Thai soup, egg rolls
and a tapioca dessert that hits the spot. a
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REEL WORLD
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
It Follows
Cowboy country
On Thursday, April 9, Reel New Mexico will
present a screening of the 1998 film The Hi-Lo
Country. This gritty, noirish Western is set in
New Mexico cattle country in the aftermath of
World War II. The film stars Billy Crudup, Woody
Harrelson, Sam Elliott and Patricia Arquette. It is
based on the novel by local author Max Evans
and was shot entirely in New Mexico. There will
be a special invited guest that night,
author/journalist Robert Nott who recently cowrote a book with Evans about noted director
Sam Peckinpah. A $5 suggested donation gets
you in the door. The event starts at 7pm at La
Tienda Performance Space at Eldorado in
Santa Fe. Go to reelnewmexico.com for
directions.
Innovative indie horror flick creeps into the mainstream
Dirt simple
Just your typical date night in suburban Detroit.
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
Did you know that 2015 has been declared
“International Year of Soils”? It has—according
to the UN anyway. And what better way to
celebrate than with a special movie screening at
the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
Science (1801 Mountain NW)? Deborah Koons
Garcia (the widow of Jerry Garcia, if that makes
it more exciting for you) will be there on
Saturday, April 11, from 7 to 9:30pm to screen a
film she wrote, produced and directed.
Symphony of the Soil is a 103-minute
documentary drawing on “ancient knowledge
and cutting-edge science” to explain how United
States topsoil is degrading in quality and
quantity, while cropland is eroding at a pace at
least 10 times faster than it takes to replace it.
Ms. Koons Garcia is a passionate
environmentalist and filmmaker who also
directed 2004’s The Future of Food. She will
join audiences for a post-film question and
discussion period. Admission to this event is $6
general admission, $5 museum members and $4
students. You can purchase tickets in advance at
nmnaturalhistory.org.
Women + film
This coming Wednesday, April 15, is the final
deadline for filmmakers to submit their work for
consideration in the 2015 New Mexico Women
in Film Fiesta. This is the 10th anniversary of the
public film/video festival, and entrants must be
or have been a NMWIF member between 2005
and 2015. Submission is open to works of all
lengths in the following categories:
Documentary, Narrative, Animation, New Media,
Experimental, Webisodes or Series, Music Video
and Commercial, Corporate or Promotional
Video. Late entry fee price is $20 per film. The
NMWIF Fiesta screenings will take place July 10
in Las Cruces, July 11 in Albuquerque and July 12
in Santa Fe. For complete entry details, go to
nmwif.com. a
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t’s refreshing to find out that, occasionally,
the movie industry is capable of surprising
itself and its audiences. Normally,
Hollywood movie studios prefer things to be as
predictable as possible. They like it when the
art of moviemaking is reduced to a simple
formula. (“The marketing department
calculates that a reboot of a movie franchise
originally made between 1982 and 1991 with
Will Smith cast in the lead role will make
$140 million on a Memorial Day opening
weekend. Let’s get on that!”) But there’s still
the rare, unsung indie that busts out of the art
house circuit to overperform in mainstream
cinemas. And it’s that kind of thing that keeps
a lot of us going back to movie theaters.
Last month Radius—the genre film
division of The Weinstein Company—yanked
David Robert Mitchell’s innovative horror
film It Follows from VOD and independent
theatrical distribution (including, it should be
noted, a visit to Alibi Midnight Movie
Madness at Guild Cinema). Apparently, the
film was getting such lavish praise on the
internet after its film festival debut that the
company felt it deserved a wider platform.
Weeks later, bolstered by a national ad
campaign, Radius put the film in more than
1,200 multiplexes across the country. The film
pulled in more than $5 million—which isn’t a
lot in Hollywood terms—but it’s not shabby
for a low-budget film that probably cost a lot
less than that to produce. Plus, it’s already
surpassed 20 Feet from Stardom as Radius’
biggest-ever theatrical release.
So what is it that’s launched this little
chiller from film fest favorite to “the best
American horror film in years”? Let’s turn off
I
It Follows
Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell
Starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia
Luccardi
Rated R
Now playing
the lights and head into the basement to find
out.
Mitchell’s only previous feature was a littleseen 2010 dramedy called The Myth of the
American Sleepover. And yet, It Follows
demonstrates an amazingly mature command
of genre, style and budgetary constraints. The
story centers around Jay (Maika Monroe from
Adam Wingard’s underrated thriller The
Guest), a young woman stuck somewhere
between high school and college in the
suburbs of Detroit. Like a lot of people her age,
she has a casual sexual encounter with her
short-time boyfriend in the backseat of his car
late one night. That’s when things get weird.
The soon-to-disappear boyfriend informs her
that he’s passed along a mysterious curse by
sleeping with her. She’s now going to be
pursued by a nameless, faceless creature that
will kill her if it reaches her. It’s not fast, but it
will never, ever stop.
Convincing her gaggle of young friends
that the threat is real, Jay fights to stay one
step ahead of the shape-shifting succubus
nipping slowly at her heels. This gives her the
luxury of contemplating her one “out”: passing
the curse along to another person by sleeping
with them.
Mitchell has taken what was something of
an unspoken ’80s horror movie trope—have
teenage sex, and the mask-wearing slasher will
catch up to you and murder you—and turned
it into the central plot point. The usual
paranoia over teenage sex (with its fears of
discovery, failure, embarrassment and disease)
has been amped up a thousand-fold here.
There are elements of The Ring and other
“curse”-based films, but Mitchell knows how
to pick and choose his influences. Whereas
other horror films tend to operate on the
principal of random evil, It Follows
contemplates an entirely intentional
supernatural comeuppance.
Working within an obviously limited
budget, It Follows does wonders. It joins a
short list of indie films that have thought long
and hard on their limited resources and come
up with a project that is entirely fitting.
(Other notable genre examples might be
Shane Carruth’s Primer, Nacho Vigalondo’s
Timecrimes or Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool—
all of which cannily incorporate their lowbudget roots into their storylines.) With It
Follows there are just enough bloody, practical
effects on display to convince viewers of the
visceral danger. And the judicious CGI work
is sufficient to sell the film’s supernatural
angle. The “monster” at the heart of It Follows
is its greatest asset. The budget-conscious
creature (wisely left without origin or
explanation) assumes the form of ordinary
people, who shamble quietly toward our
heroine. It’s a rare film that can summon up
pinprick dread simply from showing a person
walking toward the camera. So good is the
gimmick that it keeps viewers nervously
searching the background of every shot for a
conspicuously out-of-place person.
The production design of the film is also
incredibly thoughtful. It’s set in a purposefully
drab suburb filled with curbside garbage cans
and chain-link fences. The color scheme is
burned-out and dull. The props consist of old
rotary phones and hulking television sets
(which only seem to broadcast 1950s horror
movies). Mitchell has clearly been influenced
by ’80s horror films. The tacky, suburban vibe
borrows a lot from Wes Craven’s A Nightmare
on Elm Street, while the throbbing synthesizer
score is pure John Carpenter. But Mitchell
isn’t satisfied simply aping the flashback ’80
styles. One character carries around a tiny,
Kindle-like e-reader that surpasses today’s
technology. It’s a brilliant blurring of eras that
leaves audiences adrift in time and place.
In the end, It Follows doesn’t break entirely
new ground. It’s not as if viewers have never
seen anything like it. Instead, it’s an incredibly
fresh look at familiar material—a savvy, slowburn horror flick that lives in the quiet,
shadowy spaces between scares. The
filmmakers knew what films to borrow from,
and they knew what they could get away with
given a small budget, a limited cast and a
handful of memorable settings. The result is
easily (and deservedly) one of the best horror
films in recent memory. a
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#sixseasonsandamovie
“Community” on Yahoo!
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
elevision is weird and confusing and
terribly exciting these days. Shows that
have been canceled and abandoned by
traditional broadcast networks are starting to
see new life on cable stations, websites or
instant download services. “Arrested
Development,” for example, wound up on
Netflix seven years after it was dropped by
FOX. The latest series to get tossed an internet
lifeline is NBC’s “Community.” Fans wounded
by the show’s cancellation can now luxuriate
in a whole new season being broadcast (if
that’s the word) on venerable internet search
engine Yahoo!
“Community” first aired in 2009 and built
up a sizable cult following thanks to its taste
for meta humor and snappy parodies of classic
TV tropes. Unfortunately, it was canceled after
five seasons. But Yahoo! Screen has picked it
up for a 13-episode sixth season, which began
airing in weekly installments on March 17.
The show picks up right where it left off at
the low-rent community college of Greendale
(now proudly “ranked fifth on Colorado’s
alphabetical listing of community colleges”).
Since we last visited, there have been a few
minor changes. Kindly single mother Shirley
(Yvette Nicole Brown) has moved to Atlanta.
(Movie and TV-minded Abed assumes she’s
starring in her own spin-off.) Troy (Donald
Glover) is still absent, and Pierce (Chevy
Chase) is still dead (although neither
character goes without their shout-outs).
Remaining characters Jeff (Joel McHale),
T
THE WEEK IN
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THURSDAY 9
“The Watch” (National Geographic 8pm)
NatGeo’s new series profiles people who
live in isolation, including a lighthouse
keeper, an abandoned amusement park
watchman and a motorcycle club
member who patrols an empty toxic
mining town in Oklahoma.
“The Comedians” (FX 11pm) In this
amusingly meta sitcom, Billy Crystal and
Josh Gad play Billy Crystal and Josh
Gad, who have been reluctantly
partnered up to star in a sitcom for FX.
FRIDAY 10
“Daredevil” (Netflix anytime) Marvel’s bold
new phase, translating comic book
characters into gritty TV series, arrives on
Netflix. Charlie Cox (“Boardwalk
Empire”) stars as the titular blind
superhero. Vincent D’Onofrio (“Law and
Order: Criminal Intent”) is his
archenemy, Kingpin.
Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance (Showtime
7pm) Showtime chronicles Elvis
Costello’s life from child to musical icon.
Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Abed (Danny Pudi),
Annie (Alison Brie) and Chang (Ken Jeong)
continue to operate the “Save Greendale”
committee.
The season’s opening episode amps up the
ridiculous factor with a frisbee-based disaster
that totals the campus’ cafeteria. Desperate for
help, the dean (Jim Rash) hires an outside
financial consultant named Frankie Dart (the
always welcome Paget Brewster from “Friends”
and “Criminal Minds”) to help fix the
struggling school.
Brewster is a great addition to the show,
giving it what it’s mostly lacked—a “straight”
person to bounce off all the regular wackos.
Her character is a self-described “boring,”
grounded-in-reality administrator who could
actually put Greendale back in the black. This
sets up the central concept of this new season,
succinctly described by lawyer-turned-teacher
Jeff: “How much can you improve Greendale
before it stops being Greendale?” Rather than
portray her as a villainous foil, however,
Frankie is shown as a skilled financial officer
who admires (in some sense) the crazy antics
of the Greendale gang. (Although she does try
to get Abed to stop “cutting to a montage”
whenever he needs to get something done.)
It’s good to see that, even with a few new
additions (including Keith David as
Greendale’s eccentric new IT person),
“Community” is strong as ever. Longtime fans
(and maybe even some new converts) will love
this new season, which is as fast, funny and
self-referential as the first five. a
“Community” now airs on screen.yahoo.com.
SATURDAY 11
“Cutting Crew” (El Rey 7pm) It didn’t take
long for Robert Rodriguez’ edgy,
Mexploitation network to go the generic
cable route. Here, for example, is a
reality show about a barber shop in
Philadelphia.
Text to Kill (Lifetime 6pm) Dina Meyer
(Starship Troopers) stars in this version
of I Know What You Did Last Summer,
updated for today’s text-messaging
teens. (I no wht u did last summr. LOL.
#blackmail.)
Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room
(Hallmark Movie Channel 7pm) Lori
Loughlin stars in another mystery movie
based on Suzi Weinert’s oddly specific
book series. (“I’m sorry, this man was
murdered at an estate sale. I can’t
help.”)
“Polka Kings” (Reelz 7:30pm) I suppose it
was just a matter of time before a polka
band (in this case, the Ohio-based
Chardon Polka Band) got its own reality
show.
SUNDAY 12
“2015 MTV Movie Awards” (MTV 9pm)
Amy Schumer hosts. Shailene Woodley
gets the Trailblazer Award. Kevin Hart gets
the Comedic Genius Award.
“Game of Thrones” (HBO 7pm) Start
watching the new season before the
spoilers get out and you find out who
dies horribly.
MONDAY 13
“TURN: Washington’s Spies” (AMC
7pm) AMC’s surprisingly juicy
historical drama returns for a second
season.
“Cucumber” (LOGO 11pm) Russell T.
Davies (“Queer as Folk,” “Doctor
Who”) writes and produces this
drama/comedy exploring the many
facets of middle-aged, 21st-century
gay life in England.
“Banana” (LOGO 2:30am) This
companion series to “Cucumber” is
described as an anthology series that
focuses on a wider range of LGBT
relationships.
TUESDAY 14
“Justified” (FX 11pm) The Kentuckybased crime series (inspired by
Elmore Leonard’s stories) comes to an
end with Raylan, Boyd and Ava in one
last bloody battle to find out who
leaves town alive.
“Good Work” (E! 2am) Each week TV
personality RuPaul, plastic surgeon Dr.
Terry Dubrow and actress Sandra
Vergara dish on surgical procedures
stars have had (allegedly).
WEDNESDAY 15
“Survivorman: Bigfoot” (Discovery 8pm)
Outdoor survivalist Les Stroud runs
out of survival ideas and goes looking
for Bigfoot instead. a
APRIL 9-15, 2015
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FILM | CAPSULES
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
OPENING THIS WEEK
Danny Collins
Al Pacino stars as an aging musician who has transitioned
from Bob Dylan integrity to kitschy, burned-out pop star.
When his manager (Christopher Plummer) stumbles across
a long-lost, 40-year-old piece of fan mail from John Lennon
himself, our hero decides it’s time for some late-in-life
redemption. He sets off on a cross-country road trip to
reunite with the adult son (Bobby Cannavale) he fathered
with a groupie, then holes up in suburban New Jersey
hoping his songwriting muse will return. Pacino takes this
assignment seriously, but writer-director Dan Fogelman
(Cars, Bolt, Tangled) veers toward the sitcomish. 106
minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 4/9 at Century 14 Downtown)
Experiments in Cinema v10.T36
UNM Media Arts instructor Bryan Konefsky presents the
10th annual installment of his epic tribute to experimental
films/videos from around the world. Workshops, art
installations and more screenings than you can shake a
projector at will fill five days (April 15 through 19) at Guild
Cinema and beyond. Works from as close as Albuquerque
area charter schools and as far away as Pakistan, Hungary,
Japan and the Philippines will be screened. Go to
experimentsincinema.org for a complete list of films and
times. (Opens Wednesday 4/15 at Guild Cinema)
Fed Up
Documentary filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and TV
journalist Katie Couric lead viewers on a potent exposé of
the American food industry. Why—despite media attention,
the public’s fascination with appearance and government
polices to combat childhood obesity—are we getting fatter
and less healthy? Could the answer lie in long-standing
processed food biz policy? 92 minutes. PG. (Opens
Thursday 4/9 at SUB Theater)
A group of native Liberian missionaries make a desperate
cross-country trip through their war-torn country to save one
of their own. This Mormon-made, Mormon-targeted film is
based loosely on a true story. 113 minutes. PG-13. (Opens
Friday 4/10 at Century Rio)
Kill Me Three Times
Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) stars in this
blackly comic thriller from Australia as a professional
hitman who finds himself embroiled in three tales of
murder, blackmail and revenge. 90 minutes. R. (Opens
Friday 4/10 at Guild Cinema)
Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
This oddball experiment in setting and character is
(extremely) loosely based on the true urban legend of a
young Japanese woman who wound up dead in the woods
of North Dakota—allegedly looking for the lost suitcase full
of money from Fargo. Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim)
stars as the mysterious social outcast wandering around the
upper Midwest in search of treasure. The situations are
near-absurdist, but ultra-indie filmmakers David & Nathan
Zellner (Goliath, Kid-Thing) have created a beguiling cultural
fable that is both melancholic and weirdly uplifting. 105
minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 4/10 at Guild Cinema)
The Longest Ride
Clint Eastwood’s studly son Scott Eastwood stars in this
extremely Nicholas Sparks-esque adaptation of a Nicholas
Sparks novel. Eastwood is a rodeo rider sidelined by injury
who falls for a sweet, artsy college girl (Britt Robertson from
“Under the Dome”). At some point they rescue an old man
(Alan Alda) from an auto accident. The sweet, artsy college
girl helps the old dude recover in the hospital by reading a
bunch of his love letters from the 1940s. So, yup, we get a
flashback-filled B-story in which young Alan Alda (Jack
Huston) romances Oona Chaplin in picturesque North
Carolina. There’s a lot of flannel and lakes and romantic
picnics. 139 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Thursday 4/9 at Rio
Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14 Downtown, Century
Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Woman in Gold
British treasure Helen Mirren stars as Maria Altmann, an
octogenarian Jewish refugee who takes on the Austrian
WEEKLY ALIBI
STILL PLAYING
‘71
A young, British army recruit (Jack O’Connell from 300: Rise
of an Empire) graduates boot camp only to find himself
smack dab in the middle of “The Troubles” in northern
Ireland, circa 1971. On his first day out, our protagonist gets
ambushed by Catholic nationalists and left behind by his
squad. For one tension-filled night, he’s got to figure out
who his friends are, what his enemies look like and how he’s
going to stay alive on the riot-torn streets of Belfast. This
raw, minimalist thriller ignores political history in favor of
brutal, breathless action. Reviewed in v24 i12. 99 minutes.
R. (Century 14 Downtown)
American Sniper
Reliable but rarely more than workmanlike director Clint
Eastwood helms this biopic based on the biography of Navy
SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. Bradley Cooper is excellent, running
through all the emotions of our main character as he goes
from front-line shellshocked to home-front rehabilitated. But
Eastwood waffles too much between gung-ho patriotism
and a more reasoned examination of the horrors our
modern military men and women are asked to endure. It
wants to tackle some big moral issues, but unlike
Eastwood’s Unforgiven, it can’t break the Hollywood formula
long enough to find the metaphorical weight behind the
story. 132 minutes. R. (Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century 14
Downtown, SUB Theater)
Cinderella
Freetown
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government to recover a Gustav Klimt masterpiece stolen by
the Nazis during World War II. It’s based on a true story.
Unfortunately, it’s a mostly speech-heavy courtroom drama.
And what the hell is Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Green
Lantern) doing here playing a Jewish lawyer? 109 minutes.
PG-13. (Opens Thursday 4/9 at Century 14 Downtown,
Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
APRIL 9-15, 2015
Kenneth Branagh (Henry V, Thor) directs this straight-faced,
unironic live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1950 animated
gem. It looks gorgeous from top to bottom, and Lily James
(from “Downton Abbey”) seems perfectly appropriate as the
ball-going protagonist. But this version adds nothing
whatsoever new to the old story. For Disney princess
completists only. Reviewed in v24 i11. 113 minutes. PG.
(Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere
Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
David and Goliath
Timothy A. Chey (writer-director of Fakin’ Da Funk) helms
this “faith-based” Biblical epic that allegedly cost $50
million to produce ($20 million more than The Passion of
the Christ). The best that can be said about this production
is it looks like a million bucks. Miles Sloman (who was a
floor runner on the “Doc Martin” TV show) stars as David,
and Jerry Sokolosky (who once played an arm-wrestling
biker in a Mr. Clean commercial) is Goliath. Paul Hughes
(everybody’s favorite “uncredited commuter” in StreetDance
2) stops by as King Saul. I know what you’re thinking: “But
who will play Abinadab?” It’s Richard Summers-Calvert!
(You probably know him best as “royal assistant” on “The
Royals.”) 92 minutes. PG. (Century Rio)
Do You Believe?
From the creators of God’s Not Dead comes some more
preaching to the choir. Like a Jesus-based version of Crash,
this film consists of a bunch of random, seemingly
unconnected characters (a pastor, a pregnant teenage girl,
a nurse, a paramedic, an ex-soldier, a homeless mother, a
suicidal young man, a lawyer), all of whose lives are
“interconnected by the hand of God.” Ted McGinley
(“Married with Children”), Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring), Mira Sorvino (Mighty
Aphrodite), Delroy Lindo (Get Shorty), Lee Majors (“The Six
Million Dollar Man”), Brian Bosworth (former NFL linebacker
and star of Stone Cold) and Cybill Shepherd (The Last
Picture Show) are among the odd cast. 115 minutes. PG13. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema)
Furious 7
The automotive insult to gravity and various related forms of
physics continues, despite the untimely death of star Paul
Walker. Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ludacris
Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
pick up the slack, shooting and/or crashing cars into
countless people, places and things. Seems Evil British Guy
(Jason Statham) is going after car thief/invincible superhero
Dominic Toretto and crew for killing his brother, Evil British
Guy From The Last Movie (Luke Evans). 137 minutes. PG13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14 Downtown,
Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Get Hard
It Follows
In this innovative, flashback-’80s-style horror flick, teenagers
who have sex are hunted down by a nameless, faceless and
completely unstoppable monster. The only way to fend it
off? Pass the curse on to some other poor victim by ... you
know, sleeping with them. It sounds outlandish, but writerdirector David Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American
Sleepover) has crafted one of the purest, scariest horror
films in years with this one. 100 minutes. R. (Century Rio,
Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Will Ferrell and the clearly overworked Kevin Hart (six films
last year and two so far in 2015) star in this racial comedy.
Ferrell is millionaire James King, busted for fraud and
bound for San Quentin. On the run from police, James ends
up in the South Central LA home of family man Darnell
Lewis (Hart). Mistaking him for a street thug (because, you
know, racial humor), James offers to pay the man to school
him in the art of being a gangsta—so he can survive in
prison. Needless to say, this mismatched buddy comedy
doesn’t try very hard. 100 minutes. R. (Century 14
Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio,
Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, X-Men: First Class) directs
this fast, funny, impossibly kinetic action flick based on the
comic book by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted). Newcomer
Taron Egerton stars as a trendy British street kid who gets
recruited to a top-secret spy agency that’s, like, James Bond
cranked up to 11. Colin Firth is the young spy’s perfectly
aloof bad-ass of a trainer. Samuel L. Jackson is the hightech baddie. 129 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Premiere
Cinema, Century Rio)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Home
McFarland, USA
DreamWorks Animation mashes together E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial and Lilo & Stitch in the hopes that wayward alien
mascot Oh (voiced by Jim Parsons from “The Big Bang
Theory”) will become the next toy/video game/t-shirtgenerating machine. It’s safe to say he won’t. The story,
about a misfit alien who befriends a lonely Earth girl
(Rihanna), feels awfully recycled. If you’re an adult who
doesn’t find Parsons’ voice grating, you might survive a
screening with your kids. 94 minutes. PG. (Century 14
Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio,
Cottonwood Stadium 16)
This Disney-produced “based on the inspirational true story”
sports flick is pure formula. But it’s a formula that works.
Kevin Costner is a high school coach exiled to a dirtwater
farming community in California. There, he creates a winning
cross country running team with some of the ragtag local
migrant worker kids. It’s all very familiar, but director Niki
Caro (Whale Rider) shows considerable sympathy to the
impoverished farm workers depicted here. Reviewed in v24
i8. 129 minutes. PG. (Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16,
Century 14 Downtown)
An Honest Liar
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel gave audiences the exact
dose of twee elderly romance, exotic locals and faintly
inuendo-filled comedy they were looking for. So everybody
from director (Shakespeare in Love’s John Madden) to cast
(Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy) have
returned for more of the same. Seems the now successful
retirement hotel in Jaipur, India, has only one vacancy left,
prompting newcomers (including Richard Gere) to fight for
space. 122 minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Century
Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
The life and career of renowned stage magician and
professional skeptic/dubunker of the paranormal James
Randi is explored in this twisty and highly entertaining
documentary portrait. The fact that Randi came out as gay a
few years ago—in his 80s!—shows the old guy still has a
trick or two up his sleeve. 90 minutes. Unrated. (Guild
Cinema)
Insurgent
The popular young adult book series about a dystopian
future in which mean old adults won’t let rebellious teens
grow up to be whatever they want returns with the second
outing in the trilogy (which will, inevitably, turn into four
films). Shailene Woodley is back as troublemaking
“divergent” Tris, who’s obliged to run and fight and take a
bunch of tests (no, really) in this predictably rote sequel.
119 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio,
Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Wild Tales
From Argentina comes this blackly comic anthology of
revenge tales that fit somewhere between the violent
vignettes of Pulp Fiction and the twisty short stories of “The
Twilight Zone.” Impeccably shot and smartly written, the six
tales featured here are bloody brilliant bursts of comedy
and tragedy. In Spanish with English subtitles. Reviewed in
v24 i13. 122 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown) a
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Insurgent Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20; Mon-Thu 1:35,
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‘71 Fri-Sun 11:40am, 5:10, 10:40; Mon-Wed 11:40am, 5:10;
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McFarland, USA Fri-Wed 2:10, 7:40; Thu 2:10
Cinderella Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50; Mon-Thu 1:00,
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:10,
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It Follows Fri-Mon 11:15am, 2:05, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40; Tue
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Home Fri-Sat 10:10am, 11:05am, 11:55am, 12:55, 1:50,
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10:10am, 11:05am, 11:55am, 12:55, 1:50, 2:45, 3:40,
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Get Hard Fri-Sat 10:55am, 11:50am, 1:40, 2:35, 4:30, 5:30,
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11:50am, 1:40, 2:35, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:25, 8:20, 9:25,
10:20
Do You Believe? Fri-Thu 10:00am, 1:15, 4:30, 7:40, 10:45
Insurgent Fri-Thu 10:00am, 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40
Cinderella Fri-Sat 11:10am, 12:45, 2:15, 3:50, 5:20, 6:55,
8:25, 10:00, 11:30; Sun-Mon 11:10am, 12:45, 2:15, 3:50,
5:20, 6:55, 8:25, 10:00
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fri-Mon 12:20, 3:35,
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2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20
Paddington Fri-Thu 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05
Jupiter Ascending Fri-Thu 12:35, 6:50
Jupiter Ascending 3D Fri-Thu 3:40, 9:55
Seventh Son 3D Fri-Thu 4:25, 10:00
Seventh Son Fri-Thu 1:40, 7:15
Taken 3 Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:15
Into the Woods Fri-Thu 4:05, 9:50
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MUSIC | SHOW UP!
SONIC REDUCER
Into the Wild
This Is The Kit
Bashed Out
(Brassland Records)
I have no idea how Kate
Stables remained
unknown to me for so
long. But if there’s one
thing I’m sure of, it’s that
hers is the voice folk music has been waiting
for. Imagine Sandy Denny was bitten by a
radioactive spider or Christine McVie’s
dressing room got bombarded by cosmic rays.
Whatever origin story you go with, there’s
something undeniable about the new folk
prime mover’s vox and vision. Stables delivers
hearty servings of her revolutionary, dulcet
tones and themes on This Is The Kit’s third
studio album Bashed Out. Her version and
envisioning of the avant/neo-folk spirit
captivates on standout tracks like
“Misunderstanding,” “Magic Spell” and “Cold
and Got Colder,” as well as the title track. In
Stables’ sonic world, brass swells, violin
scrapes and surprisingly, her beloved banjo is
restrained to one brilliant example, “Spores All
Settling.” All hail Kate Stables. (Samantha
Anne Carrillo)
Polar Bear
Same As You
(The Leaf Label)
British jazz band Polar
Bear’s multi-genre
tendencies make for a
daring collection of
recordings and
performances. Their latest release Same As
You finds finesse propelling the ensemble
through six tracks. This collection of songs’
variety and tonal beauty rests on
improvisation and is not afraid of innovation.
Polar Bear’s rhythm section is at the center of
it all. Drummer Seb Rochford is the leader of
the band, and his focused percussion and
interaction with the other players, especially
bassist Tom Herbert, shine throughout the
work. Influenced by electronica and
worldbeat, Polar Bear commands on pieces
like opener “Life Love and Light” and final
track “Unrelenting Unconditional,” an epic
that grounds the group in jazz while
magnifying their potential across the entire
musical spectrum of sounds and ideas.
(August March)
Brian Wilson
No Pier Pressure
(Capitol Records)
Brian Wilson urged The
Beach Boys past simple
surf rock and into the
dominion of art. Partly in
response to his insecurity
about The Beatles and wholly in testament to
his genius, Wilson’s lush, sometimes
experimental directions may have been
personally satisfying, but they led to a band
crisis. Accustomed to songs about girls and
cars, The Beach Boys struggled with Wilson’s
vision. Their audience didn’t find much
comfort on the outskirts either. Decades after
their popular downfall, Wilson continues to be
a voice of harmonic, melodic authority. Latest
No Pier Pressure marks a return to basics,
highlighting Wilson’s output as a workman-like
songwriter. It’s pure pop this time around on
tunes like “On the Island” and “Guess You Had
to Be There.” It’s no Pet Sounds, but it’s still
Brian Wilson, as clear and formidable as ever.
(August March) a
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Three howl-worthy gigs for your week
BY AUGUST MARCH
etal Guru, is it you?/ Sitting there in
your armour plated chair/ Metal
Guru, is it true?/ Metal Guru, is it
true?/ All alone without a telephone/ Metal
Guru could it be/ You’re gonna bring my baby
to me/ She’ll be wild you know/ A rock ’n’ roll
child/ Metal guru has it been/ Just like a silverstudded sabre-tooth dream/ I’ll be clean you
know/ Pollution machine/ Metal Guru, is it
you?”—“Metal Guru” written by Marc Bolan
and performed by T. Rex
“M
In just a few, well-enunciated lines, Marc
Bolan sums up the nature and procession of
rocanrol music from sometimes lonely and
metallic undertones to dreamlike
transcendence of reality. We should all be so
lucky, so clean—so like a sonic pollution
machine—as we trip the light fantastic at this
week’s conglomeration of concerts. Here we
go; it’ll be wild, you know.
Thursday
Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def slides into the
Ballrooms of Mars—I mean the historic El
Rey Theater (622 Central SW)—on
Thursday, April 9, bringing an entourage that
reps the best hip-hop nation has on offer. His
mates on the Black On Both Sides tour
include Black Milk and The Reminders.
Besides being an essential voice in the
development and subsequent exposition of the
underground sound, Bey has substantial
interest and influence as a cultural observer
and commentator—a much finer avocation
than Ice-T’s gig on “Law & Order: SVU.” Mos
Def’s contrarian views on the state of America
are as sharp as his flow; both are informed and
buoyed by the thunderous, unrelenting rhythm
of urban experience.
Curtis Cross goes by the moniker Black
Milk and comes straight outta Motor City.
Influenced by J Dilla, his work stands in stark
contrast to fellow Detroit icons like Eminem
and Obie Trice. Like Dilla, Cross’ produce
reflects a deep reverence for soulful East Coast
art-rappers like De La Soul and A Tribe Called
Quest.
The Reminders’ purposely indeterminable,
fluctuating genre has roots in both European
and American aesthetics. The French flow,
polyrhythmic recollections and soul-soaked
sensibilities of Big Samir and Aja Black are
badass, and their commitment to social justice
is even badder; both are global in scope.
Jordan Miles and DJ Ohm open this 18-plus
peregrination to pure goodness, and it’ll only
cost you $35 to get into the El Rey’s spacious
environs for this 8pm show.
Saturday
As a howling wolf (UNM alum) who’s no
square-in-corkscrew-hair, I’ve long taken an
interest in the university’s spring outdoor
COURTESY OF ARTIST
Mos Def
music festival UNM Fiestas. Back in the day,
I’d savor the opportunity to spend a day
listening to local and national acts while
sitting on the periphery of a sunny, verdant
Johnson Field. Party bands were big in those
days, and Joe “King” Carrasco and the Crowns
were often atop the bill, gold diadem and all.
Nowadays, it’s very different but also strangely
the same. The 2015 iteration of the Fiestas
happens on Saturday, April 11.
Quintessentially quirky, crazy-cool DJ Carnage
headlines wise and wigged-out supporting acts
like Del the Funky Homosapien and Slow
Magic.
DJ Carnage is Diamonte Blackmon. His
grooves are deep and janglingly glitchy,
incorporating hip-hop, trance and trap in a
subtly transgressive subgenre of EDM that’s
best absorbed during a partied-out reality. That
vibe will be in full effect at UNM Fiestas, but
it’s also present during deep REM sleep and
lovemaking sessions.
Del the Funky Homosapien, a legendary
voice in West Coast alternative hip-hop—
who’s likely a visitor from another planet or
perhaps even the 31st century—ought to be
your main man because his rock-steady studies
of life among humans absolutely rock the
house. Noted as a lyricist for Ice Cube’s early
outfits, a contributor to cartoon rock gods
Gorillaz and the originator and perpetrator of
some the universe’s deepest flows, Teren
Delvon Jones’ heart beats hip-hop.
Regal regalia was a de rigueur accoutrement
of ’80s party rock. Decades later, masks often
accompany excursions into the world of the
musical fiesta. Slow Magic is certainly
enigmatic by those standards, but the dude
totally has a gift for laying out elusively
ambient, serene tuneage. Other notorious acts
at this year’s party include local synth-rockers
Ugly Robot and boundless dirty jazz
proponents Le Chat Lunatique, plus Austinite
glam space-rockers Sphynx, whose potential
for IDM mischief is vast.
UNM Fiestas at Johnson Field kicks off at
1pm and proceeds until well after dark.
Carnage takes the stage at 8pm. As the official
press release notes, admission to Fiestas is free
and open to the public. But keep in mind that
alcohol, smoking, drugs, dogs and coolers are
all strictly verboten. Parking will be difficult
that day as many events happen on that part
of campus. We suggest parking in the Yale
Parking Structure south of Lomas. For more
deets on Fiestas, call ASUNM Special Events
at 277-5602.
Tuesday
With the universe reclining in your hair, rest up
for a couple diurnal rotations; then bounce on
over to The Tannex (1417 Fourth Street SW)
on Tuesday, April 14, for a performance by
Austin, Texas, indie-rock popsters Pollen Rx.
A triad composed of
bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Maud Morgan,
guitarist/vocalist Ben Hirsch and drummer
Andy Palmer, Pollen Rx creates music that’s
intrinsically danceable but also populated with
grit and game.
Mauro Woody is one of our burg’s most
talented and productive singer-songwriters,
and her local influence spans genres ranging
from folk to experimental noise. Woody is also
featured in the evening’s sonic program, as is a
new ensemble known as Italian Rats. This allages recital of fair bones and wild winds costs
only five bucks, and it begins just as the sun
retires at 7:30pm.
I saw a video of T. Rex performing “Metal
Guru” on YouTube. It was recorded in
December 1972 for a TV show on the Beeb
called “Top of the Pops.” Everyone in the
video looks fresh and vital except for Marc
Bolan, whose wan visage verges on the
vampiric. That’s too damn sad for words, but it
has nothing to do with the fact that this
week’s kickass concerts are bound together by
a spirit of timeless beauty bestowed on rock
culture by visionaries like Bolan. Like this
week’s offerings, and despite his “Ballad of a
Thin Man”-esque ennui, he’s still quite outta
sight. a
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MUSIC | IntErvIEw
Evian, Cowboy Hats and
(Aging) Young Gods
An interview with Swans’ Michael Gira
BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
hil Spector gave the world a majestic Wall
of Sound as his inner demons encroached.
Musician/producer/author/Young Gods
Records founder Michael Gira gives us his own
dissonant “wall of sound”—dense and
immersive, addled with demons, slaves and
buried children. As the founding member of no
wave/industrial outfit Swans and, later psychfolk band Angels of Light, Gira has spent over
30 years making uncompromising music full of
passion and power. Gira abandoned the latter
project in 2010 to return to the former. Since
then, Swans has released three critically
acclaimed albums, including To Be Kind, which
was named one of The Village Voice’s “Pazz and
Jop’s Top 20 Albums of 2014.”
With his craggy face, piercing eyes and white
cowboy hat, Gira looks like a forgotten portrait
from Richard Avedon’s In The American West.
Get him talking, though, and Gira is an amiable
conversationalist, his bass-baritone voice
graveled from cigars and full of directness and
dry humor. The Alibi spoke with Gira by phone
about Swans’ new album, as well as working
with St. Vincent, the perils of peeing on tour
and the best place in Burque to find a cowboy
hat. Editor’s note: Swans' Albuquerque
concert, slated for Thursday, April 9, has been
canceled.
P
Tell me about the inspiration behind Swans’ To Be
Kind.
There was no specific influence. Our work from
the past does guide us to move in the direction
of things implied in previous albums, to find a
way to move forward. We are influenced by
movies sometimes. You know Lars von Trier’s
Melancholia?
contributing member and former spouse) Jarboe.
We’d take an Evian bottle and cut off the top,
straight across. It’s perfect for women to pee
through. We left a litter trail of those things
across the country when we were touring.
Swans’ music is often described as scary, violent and
even dirge-like. “Where Does a Body End?” was
recently ranked as one of the 13 scariest rock songs of
all time. What are your thoughts on that?
There’s one word to describe it: “stupid.” I think
that you and I share enthusiasm for Melancholia;
is that scary? Well, maybe ... if you’re used to
watching Bad Santa. The music we’ve made over
these last five years has been specifically geared
toward ecstasy—an ... inside sound, a stairway to
the stars.
You’ve got some festivals on your touring schedule
this year, including Big Ears, Coachella and Primavera.
Any acts you plan to check out?
I usually don’t see music live. Our music is not
played at an insubstantial level in terms of
volume, which means my ears are pretty much
constantly hurting. So I try to avoid live music
as much as possible.
Have you noticed any changes to your audience as a
result of Swans’ new releases (My Father Will Guide
Me Up a Rope to the Sky, The Seer and To Be Kind)?
Our audience is growing. That’s a wonderful
blessing, and to see young people there is even
better. We put everything in our music no
matter who’s there, and people seem get quite a
kick out of it. This is not a comeback. I reached
an impasse with Angels of Light. Swans seems
more viable. The music is new, moving forward,
not hearkening back. It’s very gratifying to see a
large audience for us, truly and directly receiving
music and getting something positive from it.
Actually, I’m looking forward to coming to your
town.
Absolutely. Great movie.
The song “Kirsten Supine” was about the
moment in the film where Kirsten Dunst is lying
naked on a mossy hill, and the malevolent
planet is shining its light down on her.
St. Vincent’s Annie Clark provided backing vocals for a
lot of songs on To Be Kind. How was it to work with
her?
Our record’s producer, John Congleton, is also
her producer. She’d become a fan of ours after he
gave her our music a couple of years ago. I like
female singers. I like how their voices work with
music. [Annie is] very much a journeyman. She
came into the studio and sang lots of one-note
tracks—deep, long, bellowing notes over and
over for hours. She never complained, and she
was always in perfect pitch.
Did you read St. Vincent’s Grammy acceptance letter?
It’s really honest about the challenges faced by
touring musicians—bed bugs, shitty motels, peeing in
cups.
I was gonna give her some tips on that whole
peeing in a cup thing. I encountered that a lot
when I was performing with (Swans
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Oh yeah? Why’s that?
I had a job once [in New Mexico] as a surveyor’s
assistant in the Four Corners area. I was
hitchhiking across the country and ran out of
money in Casper, Wyo. A nice woman put me
up in her hotel. When she had no more work,
she tried to help me find a job and contacted the
surveyor’s office. I lived in a tent, went out for
12 hours a day, was flown out in a helicopter for
six weeks. Putting down stakes there left an
indelible mark on me. It’s a magical place.
When was it that you were out here?
Probably before you were born. [laughs]
Try me.
1971 or ’72?
Fair enough. That is before I was born, and before I
lived here. [laughter]
I also plan to visit a very fine establishment
when I’m your town: The Man’s Hat Shop.
They’ve got a good selection of cowboy hats,
and they’re very nice people. a
Music
Calendar
THURSDAY APRIL 9
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Eryn Bent • indie, folk • 8pm •
FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Blackwater • 9pm • $5
HISTORIC EL REY THEATER Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey 15 Year
Anniversary: Black Milk • The Reminders • hip-hop •
8pm • $35 • See “Show Up!”
HOTEL ANDALUZ Jesus Bas y MÁS • 7pm • ALL-AGES!
THE JAM SPOT PSO • Black Heads • Econarchy • metal • Vassar
Bastards • revival punk • Audibly Spectral • 6pm • $5 •
ALL-AGES!
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Tito La Rosa Sound Healing
Concert • 7pm • $20-$25 • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD The Ghost Inside • melodic hardcore • The Acacia
Strain • Gideon • melodic hardcore • In Hearts Wake • 7pm •
$15
LIZARD TAIL BREWING Kamikaze Karaoke • 7:30pm • FREE •
ALL-AGES!
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Jam Night: Jimmy Jones • 6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Alex Maryol • blues, rock • 8pm •
FREE
NED’S BAR & GRILL DNA • funk, R&B • 6pm • FREE
OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE John Abercrombie Quartet •
jazz • 7:30pm • $20-$25 • ALL-AGES!
POSH NIGHTCLUB Throwback Thursday • 9pm • FREE
Q BAR Latin Gold Thursday • 8pm
RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 6:30pm • FREE
SANTA FE SOL, Santa Fe Karaoke Thursday • 6pm • $5
SAVOY BAR & GRILL Dos Gatos • acoustic • 6pm • FREE
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Latin Night with VDJ Dany • Golden: Oldschool Hip-hop • 9pm • $5
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO Joan Cere • 6pm • FREE
SUNSHINE THEATER Swans • experimental rock • Little
Annie featuring Paul Walfisch • 9pm • $20 • See “Music
Interview.”
TONY HILLERMAN LIBRARY Ewan Dobson • solo guitarist •
noon • FREE • ALL-AGES!
TORTUGA GALLERY ColdReading Trio • Micah Hood • 7:30pm •
$5-$15 donation
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Karaoke • 9:30pm • FREE
WINNING COFFEE CO. Above Average Open Mic • 7pm •
FREE • ALL-AGES!
FRIDAY APRIL 10
ABQ SUNPORT GREAT HALL The Rebbe’s Orkestra • 11am •
FREE • ALL-AGES!
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm •
FREE
THE BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Murata •
contemporary • 7pm • FREE
CARAVAN EAST Midnight Rain • country • 5pm • $5
COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Willy J • 6pm • FREE
THE COOPERAGE Ewan Dobson • solo guitarist • 8pm • $20 •
ALL-AGES!
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Joe West & The Santa Fe
Revue • 8:30pm • FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Blackwater • 9pm • $5
THE GASWORKS Letlive. • Stolas • Drifter • Aura • deathcore •
Aria’s Cadens • 7:30pm • $12 • ALL-AGES!
GIG PERFORMANCE SPACE, Santa Fe Richard Smith •
country, jazz, pop • 7:30pm • $20
GRAVITY NIGHTCLUB AND LOUNGE RAGER: Bodhi Beatz •
Entheogen • electronic • Zooplankton • Saunders • Revolt •
7pm • $15
HISTORIC OLD TOWN Elvis Live on the Plaza • 4pm • FREE
ISLETA RESORT & CASINO: THE SHOWROOM Craig Morgan •
country • 8pm • $20-$30
THE JAM SPOT Our Own Accord • Lacerated Faith • The Horned
God • stoner rock • Fatally Dying Within • W.A.R. • 7pm
LAUNCHPAD Upon a Burning Body • heavy metal • Butcher
Babies • Illumina AD • 8:30pm • $15
LAZY LIZARD GRILL, Cedar Crest Odd Dog • classic rock •
7pm • FREE
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David & Co. •
9pm • FREE
MARBLE BREWERY Le Chat Lunatique • dirty jazz • 8pm •
FREE
MARBLE BREWERY WESTSIDE TAP ROOM Joanie & Darin •
6pm
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Duo Rasminko • gypsy jazz •
5pm • The Porter Draw • alt.country, Americana • 7pm •
FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras John Wells • 1:30pm • Rock Zone •
rock • 6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Chris Dracup • acoustic blues •
9pm • FREE
NED’S BAR & GRILL The Woodpeckers • classic rock • 6pm •
Ravenous • classic rock • 9pm • FREE
OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Roust the House Teen
Performance Night • 7:30pm • $3
Q BAR Various DJs • 8pm • FREE
THE RANGE CAFÉ, Bernalillo Jody Vanesky & Groove Time •
blues, swing • 7pm • FREE
SISTER Train Conductor Album Release: Reighnbeau •
shoegaze, electronic • Lady Uranium • smearwave,
dustpop • 9pm • $5
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe The Alchemy Party • 9pm • $7 • Reggae
Dancehall Friday • 10pm
STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Escape Friday: DJ
Devin • Chris de Jesus • 9pm • $10 for men
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO The DCN Project • funk, soul •
6pm • FREE
SUNSHINE THEATER Tech N9ne • rap, hip-hop • Chris Webby •
Krizz Kaliko • King 810 • ZUSE • 3rdLeg • 7pm • $34
TLUR PA LOUNGE, Sandia Resort and Casino Fat City •
Latin, reggae, swing • 9:30pm • FREE
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Border Avenue • 9:30pm •
FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Calvin Appleberry •
solo piano • 7pm • FREE
SATURDAY APRIL 11
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Art in the
Afternoon: Jody Vanesky & Groove Time • blues, swing •
2pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
THE BARLEY ROOM Flashback • variety • 8:30pm • FREE
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm •
FREE
CARAVAN EAST Midnight Rain • country • Los Campeones del
Desierto • Latin, Spanish • 4pm • $10
COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Comedy Showcase
hosted by Rusty Rutherford • 9pm • FREE
THE COOPERAGE DJ Salsa • 9:30pm • $5
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Happy Hour with Bill Hearne •
1pm • The Bus Tapes • folk, rock • 8:30pm • FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Blackwater • 9pm • $5
DUKE CITY SOUND STAGE Sounds of Satellites • Red Sweater
Lullaby • rock • Great States • rock, alternative • So Say We
All • nerdcore • Indie Pigeon • The Frets and the Fretless •
7pm • $7.50-$10 • ALL-AGES!
GRAVITY NIGHTCLUB AND LOUNGE RAGER: Evnflo •
Thing1Thing2 • DJ contest • K16 • Chris Clinton • 7pm • $15
THE JAM SPOT End To End • metal • Fallen Prophets • metal •
Holocaustic • metal, classic rock • The Red Death • Visions
of Death • 7pm • $7 • ALL-AGES!
LA MESA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Blues & BBQ Benefit
Concert: The Rudy Boy Experiment • rock, blues • Crystal
Inferno • Stanlie Kee & Step In • blues, funk, jazz • 4pm •
Donations requested at the door
LAUNCHPAD Babes & Bullies Fundraiser: Laughing Dog •
metal • Econarchy • metal • YAR • Sorry Guero! • 9:30pm •
$10
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David & Co. •
9pm • FREE
LOW SPIRITS Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line •
Americana • 9:30pm • $8
MARBLE BREWERY WESTSIDE TAP ROOM Ziatron • 6pm
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Les Genes Bryants • Cajun •
7pm • FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Broken Rules Blues Band • 1:30pm •
Iron Chiwawa • 6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Mystic Vic Blues Band • 9pm •
FREE
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Spring Salsa
Dance Party: Team Havana • 7:30pm • $13-$15 •
ALL-AGES!
NED’S BAR & GRILL Vanilla Pop • dance, variety • 9:30pm •
$5
OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Baracutanga • Latin, folk
fusion • 7:30pm • $10-$15
Q BAR DJ Sez • 8pm • $10
RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 7pm • FREE
THE RAPTOR HOUSE Catholic Guilt • Bad Future • punk • Slow
Jeremiah • death pop • Weed Rat • 7pm • $4
SIDELINES SPORTS GRILLE & BAR deLuX • 9pm • FREE
SISTER Tart At Hart • 4pm • $35 • Akword Actwrite & Dahhm
Life’s Double Album Release Party • 8pm • $10
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Alchemy 2.0 • 9pm
THE SPOT CAFE, Corrales B-Man & the MizzBeeHavens •
rock, country, pop • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Vegas Night: DJ Que •
9pm • $5 for women; $10 for men
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO Ray Anthony & Power Slyde •
6pm • FREE
STONE FACE TAVERN Vinyl Tap • classic rock • 8:30pm
Music Calendar continues on page 34
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EVENT | PREVIEW
TLUR PA LOUNGE, Sandia Resort and Casino Fat City •
Latin, reggae, swing • 9:30pm • FREE
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK In The Mix: DJ Cloudface •
9pm • FREE
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Border Avenue • 9:30pm •
FREE
UNM JOHNSON FIELD UNM Fiestas 2015: Ugly Robot •
rock • Sol de la Noche • Le Chat Lunatique • dirty
jazz • The Lonely Biscuits • Sphinx • Del the Funky
Homosapien • hip-hop • Carnage • death metal • 1pm •
FREE • ALL-AGES! • See “Show Up!”
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Lori Michaels • jazz
piano, vocals • 7pm • FREE
ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Hello Dollface • soul, pop, indie •
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SUNDAY APRIL 12
CANTEEN BREWHOUSE The Bus Tapes • folk, rock • 3pm •
FREE
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Broomdust Gospel Quartet •
1pm • Gary Gorence • blues, rock • 8pm • FREE
GOLD HOUSE Crown Larks • Bone Forest • power jams • YOU •
Post War Germany • rock, indie • 7pm • Donations
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THE JAM SPOT Up in Hell Tour: Incite • groove metal • Better
Left Unsaid • Slaves and Blades • Noctophetamine •
Lacerated Faith • metal • Testify • Prosthetic Fate • Sorry
Guero! • 7pm • $5-$7 • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Best. Ever. Albuquerque! • 4:15pm • $10-$15 •
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MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Sean Burns • roots,
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VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo
piano • 6pm • FREE
MONDAY APRIL 13
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Cowgirl Karaoke hosted by
Michele Leidig • 9pm • FREE
LAUNCHPAD The English Beat • ska • 9pm • $20 • See
preview box.
LIZARD TAIL BREWING Open Mic Night • 7pm
TUESDAY APRIL 14
BEN MICHAEL’S Joe Daddy Blues Jam Session • 7pm • FREE
CANTEEN BREWHOUSE The Tumbleweeds • Western swing •
6pm • FREE
CARAVAN EAST Whiskey Wild • country • 5pm • FREE, ladies
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THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Troy Browne Duo • Americana •
8pm • FREE
DUKE CITY SOUND STAGE No Tide • pop, punk • 7pm • $7 •
ALL-AGES!
FIRST TURN LOUNGE, Downs Racetrack and Casino
Karaoke Night • 7pm • FREE
THE GASWORKS Defeater • Counterparts • metalcore •
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ALL-AGES!
IMBIBE College Night with DJ Automatic & Drummer Camilo
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LAUNCHPAD Slow Motion Tour: Jarren Benton • rap • 7:30pm •
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MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Timbo Jam Session • 7pm •
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MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Gene Corbin • Americana • 6pm • FREE
NED’S BAR & GRILL Picoso • Latin, motown • 6pm • FREE
POSH NIGHTCLUB Latin Tuesday: DJ Quico • 9pm • FREE
Q BAR Piano Bar with John Cousins • 5pm • FREE
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Karaoke With VDJ Dany • 9pm
TANNEX Pollen Rx • dance, punk • Mauro Woody • Italian
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ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Sean Burns • roots, Americana •
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 15
THE BARLEY ROOM Karaoke with DJ Scarlett Diva • 9pm •
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BEN MICHAEL’S Sammy Perez Jazz Jam Session • 7pm • FREE
THE COWGIRL BBQ, Santa Fe Sean Burns Duo • 8pm • FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Open Mic Night • 6pm • FREE
DUKE CITY SOUND STAGE ALTO! • Lady Uranium • smearwave,
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FIRST TURN LOUNGE, Downs Racetrack and Casino
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APRIL 13
The English Beat—a
Launchpad
ska band with a
618 Central SW
history of dominating
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the scene with their
9pm
inimitable pop-laced
version of the dancerock style—plays
Launchpad (618 Central SW) on Monday,
April 13. Led by David Wakeling on guitar and
featuring the poptastic vocals of Ranking
Roger, The English Beat broke up after their
phenomenal success in the early ’80s.
Afterward its two main players respectively
formed General Public and Fine Young
Cannibals, and the hits just kept on coming.
Recently reunited in their separateness,
Wakeling now fronts The English Beat, and
Roger is doing The Beat with Ranking Roger.
These discrete units have both recorded live
and studio work that reinvigorates their
signature sound with 21st-century flavor.
Wakeling’s version of the band tours the US
this spring, and a party town like Burque
should prove a great gig for them. Jared
Palazzolo is guitarist for the revisioned Beat,
Larry Young plays bass, and Rhythmm
Epkins handles the drums. With Matt Morrish
on sax and Kevin Lum on keys, showgoers
should expect a jamming time. Admission to
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StrAight dopE | AdVicE From thE AbySS
by cEcil AdAmS
What Are Vaccines Saving Us
From, Exactly?
Can you do the teeming millions a
favor? The Jenny McCarthy
contingent is going on about the risks
of vaccinations, but absent from this
discussion is any consideration of the
risk of the diseases.
—Mark J. Costello
This recent measles outbreak got me
wondering about the cost. I read an
article saying the Centers for Disease
Control report that "every dollar spent
on the measles, mumps and rubella
vaccine saves the US $23.30 in
medical costs.” It also said that
Arizona spent $800,000 to contain
an outbreak. I understand the
necessity for vaccinations, but what
costs are they talking about?
—Bob from Lansing
You’re asking whether vaccination is worth it.
There could be stupider questions—just wait till
some C-grade celebrity leads the charge against
indoor plumbing and electric lights. However, for
now those questioning the value of vaccination
pretty much have the market cornered on idiotic. By
any measure childhood immunization has been one
of humanity’s great achievements, substantially
eradicating diseases that in centuries past
depopulated continents, and killed or crippled
thousands every year. But today few have any clue,
leading some to ask why we still need to poke
babies with needles and all that jazz.
So fine. Let me explain why locking up mass
murderers makes sense.
The argument has changed since we last talked
vaccines in 2007. The second McCarthy era has
seemingly come and gone, as Jenny has walked
back many of her claims about the mercury-autism
link, now thoroughly debunked. Likewise, Andrew
Wakefield’s findings tying the measles-mumpsrubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease have
been judged bogus at best. However, newer and
equally daft vaccine myths have taken their place:
It’s not the mercury; it’s the aluminum. Aluminum
is added to some vaccines to boost their
effectiveness. But aluminum is common in the
environment—many babies get a fair amount via the
water mixed into formula. After conducting a study
in 2011, the FDA concluded, along with the rest of
the scientific community, that the amount currently
used in vaccines poses no significant risk.
Too many vaccines administered simultaneously
or in close succession can overwhelm the immune
system. This has become a popular, “reasonable”
position: We’re not against vaccinations; we just
want to space them out better. Problem: There’s no
evidence of anything harmful about the current
vaccination schedule but good reason to think
monkeying with it leads to lower immunization rates.
A 1994 paper found an effort to administer MMR
shots at the same time as other vaccinations would
have spared a third of the unvaccinated
preschoolers who got measles during an early-90s
US outbreak.
Vaccines haven’t actually been that effective—
death rates were decreasing in the relevant diseases
even before the vaccines were introduced. No shit
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death rates were going down—health care in
general improved drastically once we got past the
era of bloodletting, and mortality from all sorts of
causes declined throughout the 20th century. None
of that accounts for the massive drops in disease
period immediately after the introduction of
vaccines. Just before the measles vaccine was
licensed in the US in 1963, annual average incidence
was around 500,000 cases (with probably several
million more unreported); by 1966 we were down to
about 200,000 new cases, and by 1968 just
22,000. During its first 20 years, the measles
vaccine prevented an estimated 52 million cases,
17,400 instances of mental impairment and 5,000
deaths.
Then there’s smallpox, diphtheria and whooping
cough. They killed thousands of Americans a year at
their respective pre-vaccine peaks; by 2004 annual
deaths had been reduced by more than 99 percent.
Polio vaccination led to equally dramatic drops—the
US has been polio-free since 1975.
But you asked about MMR cost, possibly
thinking measles is a mild disease. Not for
everybody. A 2004 paper estimated the
hypothetical cost of not giving the MMR vaccine to
any of the 3.8 million American babies born in 2001,
factoring in medical treatment, long-term care of
kids left disabled, lost wages for the dead, reduced
earnings for the hearing-impaired and so on. Grand
total: $7.9 billion for that one batch of babies,
against $300 million in vaccination costs.
A study of polio vaccination found a net benefit
of $180 billion from 1955 to 2014. When the value
of avoided suffering, paralysis and death was
included, the benefit rose to $800 billion.
Are vaccines risk-free? Nothing is risk-free. In
1955, when the polio vaccine was in development,
the release of a defective specimen led to 200
cases of paralysis and 10 deaths. Tragic? Absolutely,
but the program went on; no one doubted a
successful vaccine would save far more lives.
The concept of herd immunity having now been
explained often enough that even state legislators
understand it, since the beginning of this year
lawmakers in a dozen states have introduced bills
modifying vaccination policy—some eliminating the
personal or philosophical exemption, others requiring
school districts to make vaccination-rate information
publicly available. Medicofascism? Some think so.
But if ever there were justification for public
intrusion into private decision-making, this is it. a
Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o
Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.
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CAN’T FORGET THAT LOOK
You came in to RL for lunch on Saturday, March 28th,
wearing a yellow shirt, and gave this waiter a look I will
not soon forget. You were with a date so I couldn’t
approach you, but I hope you’ll come back and give me
another chance. I can’t forget you and won’t forgive
myself until the situation is rectified.
sooooo spot on.
Even the fact that you prominently mentioned OLIVES!
for Leo.
It’s eerie, I tell you. You’re either a prophet or have ESP.
Amazing!
Let’s hope the right person reads it, lol Thanks,
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and tanned, and looked great in your terry cloth or velour
summer dress. You asked if I was still waiting on your way
in and I complimented you on your fantastic smile. You
poked your head back through to flash that smile again
and thank me in that sultry voice. I know there were
sparks there. Tell me what color your hair and your dress
is/was and I’ll know it’s you.
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You had just won the MWC Indoor Championship … BWW,
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Uitwaaien is a Dutch
word that means to go out for a stroll in windy
weather simply because it’s exhilarating. I don’t know
any language that has parallel terms for running in
the rain for the dizzy joy of it, or dancing through a
meadow in the dark because it’s such nonsensical
fun, or singing at full volume while riding alone in an
elevator in the mad-happy quest to purge your
tension. But in the coming weeks, you don’t need to
describe or explain experiences like this; you just
need to do them. Experiment with giving your
instinctive need for exuberance lots of room to play.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When he was in his
fifties, French painter Claude Monet finally achieved
financial success. He used his new riches to buy a
house and land, then hired gardeners to help him
make a pond full of water lilies. For the first time in
his life, he began to paint water lilies. During the next
30 years, they were his obsession and his specialty.
He made them a central feature of 250 canvases,
which now serve as one of his signature
contributions to art history. “I planted my water lilies
for pleasure,” he said. “I cultivated them without
thinking of painting them. And then suddenly, I had
the revelation of the magic of my pond.” I regard the
imminent future as a good time for you to do
something similar, Gemini: Create or find a source of
beauty that will stimulate your sense of wonder and
fuel your passion to express yourself for a long time.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Everything we do in life
is based on fear, especially love,” said Cancerian
comedian Mel Brooks. Although he was joking, he
was also quite serious. More often than we like to
admit, desperation infects our quest to be cared for.
Our decisions about love may be motivated by a
dread of loneliness. We worry about whether we are
worthy of getting the help and support we need. It’s a
fundamental human problem, so there’s no reason to
be ashamed if you have this tendency yourself.
Having said that, I’m happy to report that you now
have the necessary power to overcome this
tendency. You will be able to summon tremendous
courage as you revise and refine your relationship
with love. It’s time to disappear the fear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you ever feel reverence
and awe, Leo? Are there times when you
spontaneously yearn to engage in acts of worship? Is
there anyone or anything that evokes your
admiration, humility and gratitude? The coming
weeks will be a good time to seek out experiences
like these. According to my reading of the astrological
omens, you will get tender jolts of transformational
inspiration if you blend yourself with a sublime force
that you trust and respect.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A lot has happened since
you were ... uh ... indisposed. You’ve missed out on
several plot twists. The circle has been broken,
repaired, broken again and partially repaired. Rumors
have been flying, allegiances have been shifting, and
riddles have been deepening. So are you ready yet to
return to the heated action? Have you learned as
much as you can from the commotion that provoked
your retreat? Don’t try to return too early. Make sure
you are at least 70 percent healed.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Rent, but don’t buy yet.
That’s my $250-per-hour advice. Keep rehearsing,
but don’t start performing the actual show. OK? Flirt,
but don’t fall in love. Can you handle that much
impulse control? Are you strong enough to explore
rob brezsny
the deeper mysteries of patience? I swear to you that
your burning questions will ultimately be answered if
you don’t try to force the answers to arrive according
to a set timetable. I guarantee that you will make the
necessary connections as long as you don’t insist
that they satisfy every single one of your criteria.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Guerrilla Girls are a
group of prankster activists who use humor to
expose sexism and racism in the art world. Every so
often they take a “weenie count” at New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art. During their first survey
in 1989, they found that 5 percent of the artists who
had work hanging in the galleries were women, while
85 percent of the nudes depicted in the paintings
were women. More recently, in 2012, their weenie
count revealed that 4 percent of the artists were
female, but 76 percent of the naked people in the
paintings were female. The coming week would be a
good time for you to take a weenie count in your own
sphere, Scorpio. Conditions are more favorable than
usual to call attention to gender disparities and to
initiate corrective action.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English term
“engine” refers primarily to a machine that transforms
energy into mechanical power. But its roots are in the
Old French word engin, which meant skill or wit, and
in the Latin word ingenium, defined as “inborn
talent.” I’d like to borrow the original meanings to
devise your horoscope this week. According to my
reading of the astrological omens, your “engine” is
unusually strong right now, which means that your
cultivated skills and innate talents are functioning at
peak levels. I suggest you make intensive use of them
to produce maximum amounts of energy and gather
more of the clout you’d love to wield.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What I’m about to
say is not a hard scientific fact, but it is a rigorous
poetic fable. You don’t need to go to the mountain,
because the mountain is willing and able to come to
you. But will it actually come to you? Yes, but only if
you meet two conditions. The mountain will pick
itself up and move all the way to where you are if you
make a lot of room for it, and if you are prepared to
work with the changes its arrival will bring.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you were a 4-yearold, cookies might be a valuable treasure to you.
Given a choice between a bowl of stir-fried organic
vegetables and a plate full of chocolate coconut
macaroons, you’d probably choose the macaroons.
For that matter, if you were 4 years old and were
asked to decide between getting a pile of macaroons
and a free vacation to Bali or an original painting by
Matisse or a personal horoscope reading from the
world’s greatest astrologer, you’d also opt for the
cookies. But since you’re a grownup, your list of
priorities is screwed on straight, right? You would
never get distracted by a sugary, transitory treat that
would cause you to ignore a more nourishing and
long-lasting pleasure. Right?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On June 23, 1917, Babe
Ruth was the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
in a Major League Baseball game against the
Washington Senators. After the first batter drew a
walk, Ruth got upset with the home plate umpire and
punched him in the head. Ejected! Banished! The
Babe had to be dragged off the field by the cops. The
new pitcher was Ernie Shore. He proceeded to pitch a
perfect game, allowing no further Washington player
to reach base in all nine innings. In the coming weeks,
Pisces, I see you as having the potential to duplicate
Ernie Shore’s performance in your own sphere.
Coming in as a replacement, you will excel. Chosen as
a substitute, you will outdo the original. a
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1 Word before out or put
5 It precedes theta
15 3-D med. scan
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17 Rob Ford, by residence
19 With 20-Across, the first cat
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20 See 19-Across
22 Luau staple
23 Two-player card game
24 Twice-serving dog president?
32 Affix, as a button
33 “As I see it,” in a text
34 “Night” author Wiesel
35 “Mod Squad” member
4 “Hell ___!”
43 Jordan’s neighbor
36 Flower part made up of sepals
44 Like some furniture polishes
38 Up and quit
5 Key of Brahms’s Symphony No.
4
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6 Dire
40 Ending for spat
7 Grammar class faux pas
48 Modern Maturity publisher
41 Directed (toward)
8 Zenith competitor, once
49 Radar reading
42 Recent small, furry president in
a cage?
9 Porto ___, Brazil
50 “I totally agree!”
10 You, long ago
51 Elite Eight org.
46 Resort type
11 Radial, e.g.
52 Iodine-rich seaweed
47 Victorian or Edwardian, e.g.
12 Rowing machine unit
53 Lowdown
48 Leading pot-bellied pig president?
13 Delivery path, for short
54 Certain tide
18 Decide not to go green?
55 Texting protocol initials
56 Evian or Perrier
57 Picture of pandemonium
21 “I ___ soul to the company
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58 Actress Hemingway
24 Queen, in Quebec
59 Brian who released “Ambient
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60 ___ Romeo (Italian car
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27 Pale purple
55 Underwater naval habitat
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62 WSJ rival
63 Each
©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords
26 Words from the teacher?
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wild words.
28 Aboveboard, slangily
29 Texas Revolution site
30 “Separate Tables” Oscar
winner David
31 Monopoly holding
Down
32 Go through mud
1 Like molasses
36 Deserving of blame
2 Turner of note
37 Koran focus
3 Formicary dwellers
41 “Delta of Venus” author Nin
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