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[4] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 While they waited for authorities to arrive, the bear reportedly took notice of them. “It ODDS bumps on the door. It scratches, trying with all its might to get in,” one boy recounted. “We had to push as hard as we could.” It took 13 minutes for Placer County Sheriff’s Office

AND ENDS Deputy Allyson Prero to make it to the home. WEIRD NEWS She reportedly opened the front door and fired a “bear round” from her shotgun to frighten Dateline: Germany the animal away. According to reports, the bear helped itself to some taco meat, two pints The German town of Bielefeld is offering €1 of ice cream and some crackers. It left quite a million for proof of its non-existence. mess, but no one was hurt during the ordeal. According to The Local in Germany, the city is battling a conspiracy theory that originated on Usenet in 1994 and has persisted to this day. Dateline: Iceland Usenet user Achim Held started the audacious Iceland officials held a funeral for the first rumor that Bielefeld doesn’t exist as a tongue- glacier to disappear due to climate change. in-cheek nod to conspiracy theory subculture. The Guardian reports that around 100 people Held pointed out that you never meet anyone attended a ceremony earlier this month to from Bielefeld, and no major industry can mark the glacier’s passing. A bronze plaque trace its origins to the town. He claimed a was mounted on the bare rock where the shadowy cabal was responsible for the Okjökull glacier once stood that bears the obfuscation and demanded that the truth be inscription: “Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to revealed. The joke spread, becoming a fixture lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 of German culture over the next two decades. years, all our glaciers are expected to follow It was further suggested by some that the town the same path. This monument is to is an access point to Atlantis and that the acknowledge that we know what is happening city’s university is actually an extraterrestrial and what needs to be done. Only you know if spaceship. German Chancellor Angela Merkel we did it.” It is also labelled “415 ppm CO2,” even got in on the gag during a speech in 2012 the record level of carbon dioxide measured in by mentioning that she’d attended an event in the atmosphere last May. Icelandic prime Bielefeld, and she believed it did exist. She minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and former UN was unable to confirm her visit, however, human rights commissioner Mary Robinson stating only that she’d “had the impression” were in attendance at the ceremony. “I hope that she was there. This year marks the 25th this ceremony will be an inspiration not only anniversary of the theory’s inception, and the to us here in Iceland but also for the rest of town of Bielefeld is looking to end the the world, because what we are seeing here is controversy once and for all. “For those who just one face of the climate crisis,” Katrín cling to the claim ‘Bielefeld does not exist,’ reportedly said. Okjökull officially lost its there is an incentive to give us the ultimate glacier status in 2014. proof. One million euro!!!” tweeted the Bielefeld city account. The tweet was Dateline: United Arab accompanied by an image with the caption: Emirates “Die #Bielefeldmillion The End of a A woman is allegedly seeking a divorce from Conspiracy.” According to town officials, adult her husband because he loves her too much. Germans have until Sep. 5 to submit Khaleej Times reports that an unnamed Gulf “incontrovertible” evidence—either national reportedly complained to a Shariah photographic, filmed or written—to the city to court in Fujairah because her husband “never receive a €1 million reward. City leaders yelled at me or turned me down.” According reportedly said they were “99.99 percent to the woman’s husband, he cooked, cleaned certain that we can refute any evidence.” and doted on his wife. “I was choked by extreme love and affection,” she told the Dateline: California court. “He even helped me clean the house.” The woman supposedly wished to have more Two teens came face-to-face with a bear last arguments and said her husband was easily week—in their kitchen. According to the Los pushed around. She allegedly complained Angeles Times, the two boys were watching TV about his weight at one point in their yearlong when they heard the refrigerator emitting a marriage, and he responded by exercising until beeping sound that signaled the door had been his leg suffered a fracture. Despite the woman’s left open for too long. After investigating, the appeal, the husband reportedly requested that boys realized that a bear had somehow the court advise his wife to withdraw the wandered into the kitchen and was raiding the divorce case. The court ordered an fridge. The teens separated themselves from adjournment to give the couple a chance to the animal by closing a sliding door. One boy work things out. a called his mother, who was upstairs, to warn Compiled by Joshua Lee. Email your weird news to her not to come down. He then called 911. [email protected].

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [5] NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE NEWS | ON ASSIGNMENT State Pushes Census for Funding New Mexico is making a multimillion-dollar effort Revitalizing Our Democracy to encourage residents to participate in the US Census and avoid losing funding. The Associated Press reports that the “I Public financing will evolve if voters say so Count New Mexico” website, icountnm.gov, launched last week. The site features a video of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pleading with BY AUGUST MARCH residents to participate in next year’s national survey. According to the site, political his November, residents of Albuquerque representation and the distribution of federal funds are determined by the number of census will go to the polls to elect City Council participants, and the state stands to lose about Trepresentatives, have their say on bond $3,750 in annual federal spending for each spending and influence the way that elections uncounted resident. The site also says that are funded and carried out here in Burque. Medicaid is the largest Census guided program, and even a 1 percent undercount would cost Among the issues being put to a vote: New Mexico $32 million a year for the next 10 Democracy Dollars for public campaign years. The state is offering $2.4 million in grant financing in municipal elections. In case you money to historically undercounted county haven’t heard, this proposal involves giving governments that successfully encourage their money in small amounts—$25 per registered residents to participate. The 2020 US Census will be the first ever to voter, to be exact—to citizens so that they be conducted largely online by the Census may show financial support for candidate(s) of Bureau. The agency is reportedly sending their choosing. invitations to complete the online survey to 80 Candidates who agree to the principles and Dede Feldman COREY YAZZIE percent of American households. then qualify for public financing from the City Right now, Burque’s public financing It sounds like public financing works as it of Albuquerque will be eligible to recieve process is very rigorous, right? is. Why add more money and decision- these small, individual campaign donations. The main thing about public financing, the making to the process? Home For Sex-Trafficked Teens Planned For proponents of the measure, including main premise, is that candidates agree not to The problem we ran into was that public The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families former New Mexico Senator Dede Feldman— accept any private contributions and they financing was hobbled by a 2011 Supreme Department and Bernalillo County are opening who’s heading up the effort to move this agree to limit their spending to whatever the Court decision called Arizona Voters. There a safe house for teenage survivors of sex legislation from bill to law—the new funding public stipend is. In Albuquerque, the city was one provision [of the law in Arizona] that trafficking. formula means a reinvestment in democracy clerk administers the program. Each candidate According to KOAT, CYFD and Bernalillo said if a privately funded candidate outspent a must collect individual $5 donations from 1 County received up to $1 million to build and with payoffs for candidates, political parties publicly financed candidate, additional funds staff the facility. There are currently a limited and, most importantly, the citizens who vote percent of the registered voters in their would become available from government number of shelter options for sex-trafficked in municipal elections. relevant district or municipality. They have to coffers for use by the public candidates. There collect signatures to get on the ballot, too. teens, and many are housed in the same shelters For those who exercise their right to vote, was to be an additional distribution of public Those are two different processes. Both are as adults and the mentally ill. The safe house will the benefits range from providing a real money because “Daddy Warbucks” was buying separate from the awarding of Democracy be better equipped to serve these children. impetus to get excited about supporting a the election. That portion of the law was It will provide trauma-informed care and Dollars, which comes later down the line. particular candidate to actually influencing struck down by the Supreme Court. They said substance abuse treatment for up to 16 children the outcome of local races via their individual between the ages of 12 and 16. A rotating staff the practice was an infringement on the free or community material input. How is the proposed system different will enable the facility to provide around-the- from what happens now? speech of the privately financed candidate. Weekly Alibi met with Feldman to get the clock attention. We’re talking about developing a hybrid That really handicapped publicly financed lowdown on this latest variation on Authorities expect to complete the facility by system. The way the public financing system candidates. representative democracy. This is what she 2020 and hope to open a second safe house in now works—and this would not change—is southern New Mexico. told us about a program specifically designed that candidates [who qualify] receive a stipend What was the result of that change? If you suspect a person is being sex with you, the voter, in mind. This is a mechanism that will allow trafficked, you can report it at 505-GET-FREE. of $1 per voter in their district or municipality. Democracy Dollars adds potential funding to candidates who are participating in public Weekly Alibi: For some reason, changes to that formula and puts financial power in the financing to raise additional money. The the way we vote always seem complicated hands of the voter. really creative thing about it, I think, is that it Residents Fight Mining Proposal to the general public. So, Ms. Feldman, does that by enabling ordinary people who what are Democracy Dollars and how will Residents near the village of Pecos are fighting Depending on the number of voters in a otherwise may not participate in a municipal Proposition 2 work? a proposal to conduct exploratory mining specific location, funding amounts can election. This proposal gives each eligible Dede Feldman: Well, last week was a big week operations on Santa Fe National Forest land. pretty widely, it seems. voter a $25 coupon which he or she can The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that for the Democracy Dollars campaign. Now it’s Yes. donate to the candidate of their choice. They Australian-based New World Cobalt and its on the ballot for November. Last year, as you American subsidiary, Comexico LLC, submitted may know, 28,000 signatures were gathered by get one coupon per office being voted on. And the initial gathering of $5 a request to search for copper, zinc and gold on volunteers from a number of community two acres of land near Tererro, N.M. contributions to qualify sounds like hard organizations to get this issue on the ballot. This Where does the money come from? Last week, more than 100 residents from work. is a public financing program. It is a fix to our This is the wonderful thing; it’s not going to the area met to discuss their concerns and look It is. It takes a lot of work and they current financing program that we have here in cost the city any extra money because there is for ways to slow or halt the mining company’s [candidates] only have a one month period [to progress. Lela McFerrin, vice president of the Albuquerque. Proposition 2 will only pertain to already a fund—it contains about $3 million fundraise]. If they do qualify for the ballot, Upper Pecos Watershed Association, said the municipal elections. We do have public right now—in city coffers that comes from the then they qualify for the [public financing] group is worried about the quality of the water financing for other elections at the state level, original open and ethical government coming out of the watershed. stipend. It all hinges on a mathematical for the Public Regulation Commission and also program that has been providing public Mike Haynes, general manager and CEO of formula. Public financing is a voluntary for the state court of appeals and the state New World Cobalt, said their concerns were program. The basic theory behind it is that, financing since the law went into effect in supreme court. The City of Santa Fe adopted influenced from “hysteria and misinformation.” number one, campaigns are too dominated by 2007. One tenth of 1 percent of the general He likened the exploratory process to “drilling public financing by a vote of the people in 2008. big money and special interest contributions fund gets kicked in, so there is plenty of water holes in someone’s back yard.” He We instituted public financing for municipal and number two, candidates therefore cater to money. It will be a wonderful way to revitalize predicted a “one in 200 or one in 300 chance” elections in Albuquerque in 2005. That was that the company will find enough big contributors and not to everyday voters. elections in Albuquerque. Ordinary people done by an overwhelming margin, 69 to 70 mineralization to justify building a mine. Public financing is a way that candidates can will have a real stake in the candidates they percent of the voters asked for public financing. State officials are reviewing the proposal. a run without being dependent on big donors. support and elect. a

[6] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [7] NEWS | ON ASSIGNMENT A Conversation with Deb Haaland US Rep visits Weekly Alibi for a chat BY AUGUST MARCH committee that will, essentially, investigate the problem and tell Congress what to do. That committee will include law year and a couple months from now, the enforcement, victims or their family members, AUnited States of America will hold—by victims’ advocates and non-profits that stand many citizens’ anxious accounting—the against violence towards women. most important election ever to be held in the 234 year history of our republic. I would consider these to be progressive The 2020 general election features an all- measures—that is legislative matters that important presidential race, but will also are designed to move our culture forward include elections for a replacement for US in a positive, inclusive way. Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) as well Absolutely. as for positions in the US House of Representatives—which all come up for But do you think there’s support from the election every two years, unlike the Senate, Congress, from people in Washington, to whose victors serve staggered 6-year terms. move in that direction? We’ll definitely get those sorts of bills passed Up north, in District 3, the race is wide- in the House. There’re enough caring, open, and though we are veering toward informed Congress people on board to say, endorsing Santa Fe District Attorney Marco “Yes, we need to pass these sorts of bills.” If Serna as the best fit for this decisive district, Mitch McConnell would put the bills we we’re still in the investigative state, and passed [up for a vote] on the Senate floor, my frankly, with such a deep and wide field, guess is that a lot of Senators—not just anything is possible here before Labor Day. Democrats, but Republicans, too—would In the south, District 2—a region care enough about this issue to pass and complicated by competing rural and urban move it forward. voices stretched over a thinly populated and quickly aging psychogeography, there’s still That sounds like an ongoing problem in the Senate. the chance that Rep. Xochitl Torres Small It is an ongoing problem. Hopefully, we can may be primaried. Her proposed countermove: Representative Deb Haaland ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY defeat Mitch McConnell. Aside from having a getting close to the rural base in her district new president, we really need to do something by moving to the center, and maybe even ever Democratic majority returned to Congress in deeply and work hard with respect to that. about him. He’s just terrible. so slightly into right field—especially with Jan. 2019, and she recently told the press that We’ve gotten a few related bills passed out of regard to her positions on guns, renewable she supported an impeachment investigation, committee. One of those will protect the area Our strategy is to keep voters engaged and energy and the primacy of oil and gas as well. around Chaco Canyon from oil and gas interested in upcoming elections by companies in places of influence like Clovis Haaland has also recently endorsed in a development. Of course, you take two steps interfacing directly with political leaders. But the main thing we want to encourage is and Hobbs. couple of important yet seemingly different forward and one step back. They [the federal government] did open up some areas for voting. We want people to get out and vote. District 1 is a different story. After running upcoming elections. It’s been widely reported drilling. That’s very important to this process. a successful campaign in 2018 and rightfully that Haaland supports Elizabeth Warren’s participating in the blue wave that brought a campaign for president and yesterday the You’ve also worked a lot on the Green new breath—and a Democratic majority—to And the Bureau of Land Management Congresswoman showed her far-reaching, well New Deal. But I still run into readers the US House of Representatives, Deb keeps issuing drilling permits for use on rounded influence by endorsing Albuquerque public land adjacent to Chaco. who don’t quite understand what that Haaland has continued to move forward, City Councilor Pat Davis for re-election in Right. Now our public lands emit 25 percent means. Could you please explain the delivering on a progressive agenda while also District 6. of the carbon that is emitted by our country. Green New Deal? embracing a legislative and a cultural With her local and national influence on It’s not a hard legislative piece at the moment. inclusivity that continues to win over fans, the ascent, and in the midst of a very busy So ultimately we’ll need to make public We’re still talking about it; we’re still putting voters and other members of the leadership in our ideas of what it will comprise. We’re schedule during an August recess, Haaland lands carbon-neutral, right? class in Washington, D.C. still deciding what should be included in any took the time to come by and chat with That would be amazing. Yes. That would be Haaland’s breathtakingly brave stances on legislative package we create toward its Weekly Alibi. We talked about all sorts of one of my goals. So we’re working on that and issues like the climate emergency, Indigenous also on the issue of missing and murdered implementation. You know, when we passed political stuff and our staff photographer took HR 1, it was a series of bills that included rights and sovereignty, renewable energy and Indigenous women too. pictures, too. voting protections, campaign finance reforms an overarching platform called the Green ... My contribution was same-day voter New Deal have led to her take an active and Right. That’s an issue that’s been talked Weekly Alibi: What are you working on, registration. I’m feeling like that’s how we’ll visible role as an advocate for progressive Rep. Haaland; what are your priorities about for a couple days now in the news. I end up doing the Green New Deal. American governance. now as you move into the second year of know this has been a problem across the A political opponent of the current your first term? Americas, in New Mexico and throughout So, it will be presented as an omnibus bill Republican Presidential administration, Representative Deb Haaland: As I Central America. As one progresses to the entire house? Haaland has been equally fierce in her campaigned on last year, the environment is South, the tragedy grows. Exactly. So there’s a select committee on criticism of President Donald J. Trump while really my biggest priority. On climate change, Absolutely. So in that regard, we’ve climate change or something like that, in the working for positive and substantive change. there’s an urgency there that we’ve never introduced a number of bills, including the House. They are still convening. My guess is She supported oversight efforts when the experienced before. So I’ll continue to care Not Invisible Act of 2019, which will create a that some time soon, we’ll all get together and

[8] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 NEWS | ON ASSIGNMENT talk about what it is we need to do and how So ultimately, to get this Green New we can get it done. In the meantime, everyday Deal going, we’re talking about a huge I wake up worried about ... shift in the way Americans, live, think, do business and interact with each The climate change issue. other and the environment. How will Yes! And the rainforest is on fire now! that happen? It seems like a very long- term project, given its scope. So a whole bunch of world-changing I think it’s going to be ongoing. You know, issues are coming to a head this summer. when the Europeans first came to this Do these extreme environmental events continent, in the late 1400s, the resources resonate or even register with voters? were vast. Water, animals, labor, all of those If people don’t realize how urgent a problem things. The Native Americans had a handle this is, they need to get on board as soon as on how to make the most out of the possible. This is an issue that is not going resources they had. They were accomplished away. If we stopped pouring carbon into the agriculturalists; they new how to build in atmosphere today—we still wouldn’t be able the desert. to correct the damage we’ve already done to this planet. All we can hope for is that we They had a different model for their slow it down and that we essentially adapt to civilization. what the changing climate will mean for all of That’s true. But that situation gave the us. Here in the high desert, we’ve experienced Europeans license to use what they wanted. some of that already: higher temperatures, There was no thought about conserving sustained drought. anything. Animals went extinct. They were slaughtering 1000 buffalo per day. It was How can we lessen the impact that we really bad. have upon the Earth? How can we diminish New Mexico’s carbon footprint? Have we gotten better than that? We should all feel personally obligated to a We’ve gotten better but that mindset of change our habits. entitled use with no conservation was how this country was started. We need to—when Well, I’ve been carrying around this I think about the Amazon rainforest and the plastic McDonald’s coffee cup for a couple Indigenous people who have lived there for weeks now. thousands of years and know how to care for It will never go away. It will last for 3 million the land—listen to Indigenous people about years! how to care for the land, for the Earth. We need to go back there and realize that Right but I’m going to keep it and use it till things are finite. I go away, which is only about 30 years. But I hope that helps out a bit. The fact is The media and some Republicans are that we’re overwhelmed by plastic! talking about a division in the Democratic Not only that, but plastics are made from party between centrists and fossil fuels. progressives. Is that a real beef? We say progressive. In the case of Elizabeth So do we need to end our reliance on Warren, her plans will benefit every single fossil fuels, too? American. When I ran my campaign, I ran on That would be really nice, wouldn’t it? a progressive agenda, too. I won by 23 percent in the general election. That tells me that a But it’s difficult to change ingrained progressive agenda that is inclusive of various habits. points of view is attractive to voters; you don’t We need to recycle, we need to be cognizant have to be a progressive to vote for something of the trash that we are each generating. I’ve that will benefit you and your family. I don’t signed on to the Zero Waste Act, as well, in line with that belief, that’s Rep. [Ilhan] buy the big divisions that some people are Omar’s bill. We need recycling. talking about. We’ll come together. There’s an “indivisible” pledge out there that says “I will That’s another thing I wanted to ask you support whomever wins the primary election.” about. Recycling. The recycling program I signed on to that. I feel like the turnout will in Burque—and in many other western be higher than usual in 2020. There’s already cities I’m told—is stuck because the a lot of excitement and energy. People don’t companies overseas, especially China, want another Republican term. that were buying US recyclables have stopped buying plastic and paper. How Like the blue wave in 2018? can we get back on track with regard to Yes, but bigger, stronger. recycling in the US and in Burque? We need to build our own recycling facilities Anything else you want to tell our here in this country. It’s unlikely that we’ll readers? ever have zero waste, but that’s something we The 2020 Census is coming up. Please answer can still strive for. We need to have our own you door and be counted, New Mexicans! recycling facilities and we need to give This is a hard-to-count state. incentives to companies that use recycled products and materials. You heard her, citizens! a

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [9] FOUND OBJECTS ARTS | INTERVIEW BY CLARKE CONDÉ What Can Be Said 90 Years of UNM Press Albuquerque poets come together to reflect on the victims of the terrorist murders in El Paso, Texas earlier this month. 22 Poems: A Benefit Reading and Candlelight Vigil for El Paso will be A Conversation with Director Stephen Hull held at National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street SW) on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 6pm to 8pm. Donations benefit the El Paso BY CLARKE CONDÉ Shooting Victims’ Fund. For more information on this free, all-ages event, see nhccnm.org. or 90 years, University of New Mexico Press has supported the writers and thinkers of You Thought You Had It Bad FNew Mexico. It offers, as UNM Press The world was coming apart in 1916. In one little Director Stephen Hull has said, a view of our chaotic part of northern France, eight unionist state and its people to the world that would soldiers from the soon-to-be chaotic northern likely not be seen without it. As the Press part of the island of Ireland headed into one of the bloodiest battles in human history. Opening approaches this milestone, Hull’s goal is to keep Friday, Aug. 30 at The Vortex Theatre (2900 University of New Mexico Press at the center of Carlisle Blvd. NE) at 7:30pm, Observe the Sons of literary and cultural life in New Mexico. In the Ulster Marching Towards the Somme mixes the turbulent world of book publishing, that is a tall horror of World War I with the personal stories that brought the men there. For more information order, but UNM Press’ role is more critical now and specially-priced $17 opening weekend tickets, than at any time in the last 90 years. see vortexabq.org. Weekly Alibi sat down with Stephen Hull to talk about where University of New Mexico Press has been and where it is going. The following is Crying Fowl an edited version of that interview.

Weekly Alibi: Will we still need an academic press in another 90 years? Stephen Hull: I absolutely think so. What it will look like, I can’t say. If I knew that, I would Director Stephen Hull at University of New Mexico Press PHOTO BY CLARKE CONDÉ bottle it and sell it. Will academic publishing be run by robot overlords with chips in our brains? I Within the realm of academic presses, don’t know. I hate to think so because like an where is UNM Press in the sense of tone? awful lot of people, I happen to love books. I University of New Mexico We are special and exemplary in a couple of mean, the physicality of books. Press 90th Anniversary Panel ways. When I was at Dartmouth’s University PHOTO BY CLARKE CONDÉ We publish books that nobody else will and Sunday, Sept. 8, 3pm Press of New England, a fine press that has been some people need. Bookworks Albuquerque You and your toddler have been getting away with around for 50 years and published lots and lots of it for awhile now, but you are making everybody We have two missions here at the University 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW different things including some well-regarded sick. Well, everybody that is a duck, really. If you of New Mexico Press. One is to advance the Free trade books, they published Peyton Place. Yet didn’t already know, you can’t feed ducks (or other boundaries of scholarship in the scholarly waterfowl) bread. Don’t give them Cheetos, within the ecosystem of New England, nobody disciplines in which we publish, which are popcorn or tortillas either. It’s not good for them really knew anything about us. chiefly anthropology and archaeology, Latin and it fouls the water that we are trying to keep On the popular book side, we look for books When I drove out here, my first stop in New American studies, U.S. Western history, Native fowled. Instead, bring your bread on down to Bread that are going to be interesting, original and Mexico was in Taos. As soon as I hit New Amnesty Day at Tingley Beach on Saturday, Aug. American studies and border studies; Chicana have something to say to an audience that we Mexico—the air, the light, the mountains—it 31 from 9am to 1pm and trade it in for waterfowl- and Chicano studies. We try to publish the best, feel we can identify and reach. We look for a was like, this is great! I went to a used bookstore, friendly pellets. For more information about this most interesting, what we hope will be the most free, all-ages event, see cabq.gov. good, original concept. We look for good because that’s what I do. I started talking to important, necessarily narrow work of scholars writing. We look for an author that has a people there and said I was going to be starting in these disciplines from all over the world. connection to her topic, is passionate about it at UNM Press. They knew all about the press. The second thing we do is publish books by, Look Out and will help promote it. They could point to the Press books. UNM Press for and about New Mexico. We are New Take another final look at the month of August is an important part of literary and cultural life with Mark Jakubowski as OT Circus (709 Central Mexico’s window on the world. That has always in New Mexico. It kind of shocked me, coming Ave. NW) presents Eche Otro Vistazo — the Art been a co-equal mission. Well, I guess I can’t say You publish books from people who are not from a place where that was just not the case. of Jakubowski on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 5pm to what it was 90 years ago, but for the last 30 years from New Mexico and have not gone to 9pm. If you, like Jakubowski, “get high on funky it has been a co-equal mission. UNM. How do you define a UNM Press book? peculiarities,” “think out of order” or believe That is something that we actually talk a lot What is the future direction for the UNM “colors are magic,” then you are not going to about. Every book that an editor proposes for Press? want to miss this one-night-only display of When you are approached by a new-to-you publication gets talked about. Is this a fit for It is really the thing that has been occupying a paintings. For more information on this free, all- author, are you looking for work that is the list? We will publish books that touch lot of my time. There are things that we do well ages event, see otcircus.com. popular, significant or well written? upon New Mexico. It may be set in New and are part of our mission that we are going to Obviously, all three would be ideal, but how Mexico. It may have a New Mexican topic, continue to do. We will continue to publish do you weigh those things? Lost and Found even if it’s not by someone presently living in scholarly books in the fields in which we excel. It depends on the kind of book that it is, which Lance Ryan McGoldrick unofficially introduces the New Mexico or may have never lived in New We’re going to continue to publish books that means largely where it is coming from and who soon-to-be installed work A Place to Ponder on Mexico. We publish books that fit in with the are important to New Mexico, by New Mexico Saturday, Aug. 31 from 6pm to 9pm at Factory on it is for. If it is a scholarly book, then there is topic areas that we think are endemic to New and for New Mexico, and present New Mexico 5th Gallery (1715 Fifth Street NW). The first in a very particular rubric that we look for. Does this Mexico and important to our sense of to the world. I like to think that we publish series of installations collectively called Lost advance the field? Is the scholarship sound? Will Highways, A Place to Ponder is described as “an identity. For instance, we’ll publish books by, books with New Mexico and Southwestern this be respected and used by its audience? interactive water cube” that will soon find its home for and about Native Americans by writers roots and national resonance. What does that in the Lincoln County town of Carrizozo atop a that are from elsewhere. They may not be mean going forward? We are going to continue platform made of charred lumber. “With Lost That would fall under the “significant” specifically about the Diné, one of the to do what we do well and we are setting up Highways, I want to help people slow down, category. explore and reconnect with nature, through the pueblos or one of the tribes here, but are some new initiatives. We are also doing some beauty of New Mexico,” says McGoldrick. “There Those books are all seriously vetted by senior more broadly about Native American life and things that are in a sense for us a return. We are already so many reasons to take a road trip. My scholars and experts in the field for significance, experience. That falls under our rubric. We used to be one of the top two or three publishers sculptures are added excuse to indulge in a little but also for readability. We are more aware than consider ourselves to be, and want to in U.S. Western history. We’ve done less of that adventure.” For more information about this free, most of the perils of academic jargon. We don’t continue to be, an important publisher on in the last decade. That is something we want to all-ages preview event for this site-specific try to perpetuate it as an art form. installation, see losthighwaysnm.com. a Native American topics. return to. a [10] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 ARTS | MAGNIFIED After Elvis Left the Building Thoughts on Ben Roe Jr.’s Elvis and Birds

COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

BY CLARKE CONDÉ Elvis and Birds By Ben Roe Jr. lvis and Birds by Ben Roe Jr. currently hangs in South Broadway Cultural Center Ethe naturally lit and underappreciated gallery 1025 Broadway Blvd. SE space of the South Broadway Cultural Center On Exhibit Through Aug. 31 as part of the group show Recurrences, joined by work by Roberto Salas and Bobby J. Jones. A simply be the better way to see them as a work of driven by collage, Elvis and Birds is an counterpoint to Elvis. Clearly, these bird assemblage of parts with a complexity best illustrations have held up longer than Elvis’ considered by separating the main elements and reputation in our collective appreciation, but the taking them one at a time. history of bird illustration—a history that extends First, there is Elvis. When confronted with an through the cave paintings of Lascaux and back Elvis of any shape or context, what we say may be undoubtably as far as music itself—has also generational. A creature made wholly out of a suffered over the years from a reluctance by some branding strategy, perceptions of Elvis have to be truly considered art. Bird illustrations are changed wildly over the generations since his 1956 not, after all, created to show the artist’s appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Likewise, originality, but to show what the bird looks like the continued use and purpose of Elvis for people who can’t go see the actual bird. Does iconography in art has changed as well. It was 30 anyone still doubt that Elvis was not created to years ago this summer that cultural critic Flavor show his originality, but rather to render a more Flav made plain and public his reconsidered manageable version of African-American music attitude towards the legacy of Elvis. “Fuck him and to white audiences? The inclusion of the birds in John Wayne,” said the man wearing the big clock. Elvis and Birds leaves the viewer wondering if Holding a unique place in the American these bird illustrations don’t have more in canon of iconography, over time Elvis has gone common with Elvis iconography than apparent at from veneration (with John Wayne) by Andy first glance. Warhol, to endless farce à la impersonators, to Finally, let’s consider the thin, colorful, nearly full-bore reconsiderations of not only his songs opaque vertical lines of Elvis and Birds. They and the legitimacy of his place in the Rock and dominate the composition and obliterate your Roll Hall of Fame, but deep dives into his creepy view. You really can’t get a good look at what is relationship with Priscilla by the likes of Malcolm beneath with all of those lines there. Maybe Elvis and Gladwell and others. His inclusion in given all the questions that the individual Birds is a bold choice that can send the viewer iconography of Elvis and of the birds brings up, it spinning off in many directions. is better that way. Regardless, Ben Roe Jr. has Then there are the birds. Against the advice done an exceptional job putting together a fine of Anne Lamott, taking them as a group may piece that raises those questions. a

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [11] WEEKLY SPECIALS FOOD | RESTAURANT REVIEW BY DAN PENNINGTON Transitions in Life I learned something this past weekend. I finally Need a Pita, Take a Pita moved to my new place, and while more space and better lighting is always appreciated, I had functionally been without a kitchen for the last Need-A-Pita does Middle Eastern food perfectly year. Naturally, it was the first thing I got set up and running in the new place. What I didn’t BY DAN PENNINGTON realize was that I forgot everything I knew about cooking. Even my attempts at simple meals have produced only middling results. The ’ll be honest. As much as I come across as a saying “Use it or lose it” has never been more man about town, eating and delighting in true than me burning the ever-loving hell out of I many different foodstuffs, there are some my bacon. What I’m trying to say is, appreciate the joy of your kitchen. Spend the time in it that gaps in my knowledge and experience. For it deserves. If that’s not an option for you, then example, Middle Eastern food. There was maybe check out one of these events instead, never really a reason why I haven’t eaten more leaving your kitchen to its own devices. of it. In fact, like many people, after the first Avengers movie where we see our valiant heroes celebrating victory with a sit-down The Post-Harvest Rest shawarma meal, I was intrigued to try it out. The Albuquerque Harvest Wine Festival will be But it never happened, and part of that was happening at Balloon Fiesta Park from just me putting it off. There are so many places Saturday, Aug. 31 through Monday, Sept. 2 from noon to 6pm. Tickets are $20 and worth to try, and man, what happens if I pick the every penny. Why is that? The tagline on the wrong one and end up hating the whole Facebook event page says it all: 2000 Bottles. country’s cuisine? So, I skipped out time and 20 Wineries. 2 Dueling Pianos. With the dog time again until I realized that it’s been nearly days of summer coming to an end, what better 7 years since that moment, and I’m still un- way to welcome fall than with an afternoon with wine and friends? Add on to that the magical shawarma’d. Then, something changed. stylings of two pianos metaphorically battling it Being in the position of food editor with out with some of your favorite tunes throughout Weekly Alibi, I was in a slightly strange the ages, and you’ve got the hot girl summer position. I’m a notoriously picky eater, to the send-off you’ve been waiting for. point that I typically turn down dinner at a friend’s home because I don’t want to be that person who didn’t like their objectively good Beef shawarma is officially a new favorite of mine. ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY Tempranillo? I Hardly Knew Her food just because of an unrefined palate. I Tempranillo wines are characterized by cherry, mentioned none of this in my interview, comfortable to eat. I knew my main course plum, tomato and dried fig flavors, with a musky because I had an ulterior motive in taking the Need-A-Pita was ahead of me, but I struggled with the idea tone of leather, tobacco and vanilla. With a job. It was time for my tastes to grow up. It was of not finishing either of these, worrying that slight earthy undertone to it, it’s a great wine all time to eat anything and everything with 5017 Menaul Blvd. NE they just wouldn’t be quite as good on reheat. around. While our state has some phenomenal 610-9721 abandon and joy. Yeah, some things just won’t But then the moment of truth came. tempranillos of its own, how does the rest of the Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11am-5pm ever click with me, but adventure and boldness Earth’s Mightiest Heroes all agreed to world compare? Find out at Slate Street Cafe Closed Sunday (515 Slate Ave. NW), which will be hosting a go a long way in terms of dining, and I wanted shawarma, but how would Dan feel about it? Vibe: Family friendly and open Tempranillo Wine Tasting. For the meager price in. That’s where Need-A-Pita shows up. Alibi Recommends: The beef shawarma, The answer, in a shock to no one, was that I of $20, you’ll be given three tastes of different You see, Need-A-Pita found a niche here in loved it. The beef shawarma platter ($12.45) tempranillos and the stories and profiles behind spinach pie, baklava Albuquerque. Yes, we have other Middle not only came with a heaping mound of meat them with a light food pairing. With no Eastern food spots that have long been reservations required, you can sit down and and tzatziki sauce, but also a whole helping of enjoy a relaxing evening with friends from 5pm established, and yes, they all have unique rice, a side of hummus, a small salad and to 7:30pm on Thursday Aug. 29. For more things that could qualify them as “the best coffee, here’s the gist of it: It’s like a regular some peppers for tasting. The flavor of the information on the event, contact Slate Street around.” But they called me and told me that I coffee with a smoother and more consistent meat was just spicy enough to let you know it Cafe by phone at 243-2210, or visit their had to come by. This wasn’t an ask; it was an flavor, and an excessive amount of finely meant business, but not so hot to warrant Facebook to check out the event page. obvious statement. They were here, they were ground coffee in it. Without filtration, you’re needing a glass of water as to. The rice was cooking, so why wasn’t I sitting down and left with a thick drink that leaves your lips a about the best damn rice I’ve ever had, eating? So, I realized, much like Tony Stark, little numb from caffeine and joy. Their take cooked to just the right consistency where it Whiskey Off My Feet my time had come. on it is no different, and I was enamored stuck together well enough to eat, but was You might be wondering what these events and Located in the Northeast Heights, Need-A- with the robust flavors and how smooth it never mushy or crunchy. The hummus was a the loss of my cooking ability from disuse have Pita sits tucked into a small strip mall that went down. in common. When one falls from grace such as I, could make it easy to miss. The interior is great fit for the rest of the dish, and I ended there’s an emotional toll taken with it. So I Maybe it’s Middle Eastern culture, but up using it to pair with the leftover pies to simple, with a large well-lit dining room every person I’ve met from out there has been resort to drinking to deal with my feelings. Wine ensure I didn’t miss out on anything. surrounded by walls of both wood and brick. I so immensely kind and gracious that it’s almost is the natural go to, but whiskey shall forever I finished with the baklava ($1.59), and always hold my heart. Which is why the didn’t tell them I was coming; I usually never disconcerting. I was offered extra things to try which was simply done well. It was crunchy, $80 Whiskey Dinner at Two Fools Tavern (3211 do, and I don’t say anything until after the at no cost, I was checked on constantly in it had flaky layers and it was sweet enough to Central Ave. NE), happening Tuesday, Sept. 3 meal. But as I walked in, the owner came over regard to every piece of the meal and I was from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, will be the true victor instantly and invited me in, full hospitality. treated better here than at almost any other sate my need for dessert. Much like the of my attention. A five-course meal with five Walking me through the menu, I ended up restaurant I’ve ever been in within this city. baklava, Need-A-Pita is all about layers. It selected pairings of whiskey, this is the true making some choices based on would be easy to mistake it for just another solution to most of life’s problems. Phenomenal Kindness was at the top of the menu here. food, dark liquor and a traditional Irish-styled recommendations that left me fully stuffed I had a spinach pie ($1.95) and a meat pie eatery on Menaul but peel back a few layers, pub. RSVPs are recommended, as this event will and with a scratched itch I hadn’t known was ($2.25) that was filled with chicken. The and it’s a place of love and care towards the sell out, arguably with me buying 4 tickets for itching in the first place. spinach pie was great. It came out hot and food that gives it more oomph than you find myself to stock my fridge for the next few Let’s start with the drinks. Nothing too fresh, and the doughy exterior melted in my in some other parts of the city. While I could weeks while I reteach myself the essentials of wild or fancy here, but they do offer Turkish mouth while the warm spinach took over the never officially endorse it on behalf of the the kitchen. For more information, call Two coffee ($1.95), which is arguably my favorite Avengers, I can certainly endorse it on my Fools Tavern at 265-7447. a whole taste profile. The meat pie was this form of coffee. If you’ve never had Turkish twirled creation loaded with meat that just felt own behalf. a

[12] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 FOOD | FESTIVAL NEWS Hot Dogs, Oreos, Maybe Lard? Food On-A-Stick Festival Signals Summer’s End

You + This = Joy

BY DAN PENNINGTON Worried the plethora of rides at Cliff’s won’t be enough to match the joy of eating you’ll be indulging in? Fear not! Music, games and want to take a moment and step back some entertainment will be provided by The Crew Iwords I have said. Back in July, I wrote an NM. Featuring dancers, DJs, musicians and a article concerning the Pork & Brew festival. model, their website says, “One thing we have in Within it, I made a lot of, well, let’s call them common is we all know how to have fun!” So wild, unfounded claims. These claims got me in expect to do that with them around. some hot water with the powers that be, and I Does that not fully sate your need for want to take a second to set the record straight. entertainment? Well then, join them on Sept. 2 I said that the festival that was being held was for a live performance by the Partizani Brass as patriotic as it gets, and that it was the most Band. This group of 10 players focuses on a New American food festival out there. Well here it Orleans-style percussion-driven sound and has is. The phrase many an ex-girlfriend has been experience with the theatrics of performance, waiting to hear me utter: I was wrong. I present including dancing, stilting and what is listed as “theatrical zaniness.” If that isn’t enough already, to you the Food On-A-Stick Festival. they also perform songs from all sorts of musical To avoid having to offer another retraction catalogues, including jazz, Balkan, Bollywood, in the future, I will not say this is the most funk and beyond. American food festival there is. But hot damn, The most important info, as always, is the it’s reaching for that title. What speaks more to cost. At visitalbuquerque.org, the event entry the heart of the good folks in the US of A than cost is listed as $10.99 to $26.99 a ticket, though serving their favorite foods on a stick, thereby no further information is offered about what the releasing them from burdens of cutlery and ticket cost covers or why the disparity in price. table manners in favor of something far more But honestly, what price isn’t the right one to pay … salacious? Long stick in hand, a typically for food on stick? Have you ever had deep-fried phallic-shaped food stuff, just waiting to be cheesecake on a stick? It’s actually unholy how brought to your mouth and swallowed down fantastic it tastes, even though inside your mind gleefully? Perhaps not this time. No doubt your you’re screaming because you know what the deep-fried Twinkies and Snickers bars will be consequences are. The consequences are a higher on full display here, but expect a change to the cholesterol and smile that won’t leave your face. typical food-on-stick norm with this event. While many jokes are being had here, the Taking place over Labor Day weekend truth is this: There earnestly isn’t much more (Sept. 1, 11am to 9pm, and Sept. 2, 11am to fun to be had than walking around a beloved 6pm) at Cliff’s Amusement Park (4800 childhood memory haven while eating some Osuna Rd. NE), you’ll find yourself amazing food on the go. Stick-based or not, the surrounded by memories of your childhood vendor line-up this year is amazing, and Cliff’s days spent running across the park in search has always been an absolute blast to spend an of the next cool ride. Only this time, you’re afternoon at. With entertainment, food, rides on the hunt for the next great food and more, it’s going to be one of the best send- adventure to partake of. Some of the amazing offs you can give this summer. So, get the food trucks on site include Black Iron family, head down and grab a cheesecake on a Catering Company, ChocGlitz & Cream, stick. Ride The Rattler one last time. Buy one Evolve to You Catering, Gourmet Doner of those gigantic jawbreakers that your Mom Kebab, Kimo’s Hawaiian BBQ, Snow Cone said you couldn’t have but you found enough Xpress (side note, quite interested to see how change to buy and snuck home to snack on for that’s going to work with the theme) and over a month. You’ve earned this last hoorah TeddyLu Concessions. of summer. a

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [13] EVENT | PREVIEWS EVENT HORIZON AUGUST 29- SEPTEMBER 4

FRIDAY AUGUST 30 SATURDAY AUGUST 31 EL HOMBRE SUCCULENTS, LLAMEANTE INDEED ESPERANZADO Bring the whole family on down to the ABQ The Burning of Zozobra is about as BioPark Botanic Garden made up as anything in the mythology of this weekend and learn the European West. Created by the from the pros which cacti Santa Fe Kiwanis Club to broaden the are prickly and which audience for the previously somber, are not at the Cactus religiously toned Fiestas de Santa Fe that and Succulent Show. happen in the second week of September, Folks from the Cactus the event has grown into a world class attraction with its own mythology, timeline, and Succulent Society characters y todo. And it’s not as associated of New Mexico are on with Fiestas as it was in decades past. hand, showing off their This year, it happens on the weekend prize-winning plants and preceding the annual celebration of offering tips on how not Oñate’s reconquista of New Mexico and to get stuck with the its capital city in particular. Anyway, in wrong cactus in this arid the rite of Zozobra, magical dancers environment. The show appear, loud music commences, fire is runs Saturday, Aug. 31 played with, rockets soar into the air and through Monday, Sept. a huge, hand-constructed puppet 2 from 9am to 5pm. representing fear and regret is put to the Show admission is torch. It’s fun and certainly a “must” to included with BioPark earn your Nuevo Mexicano wings. It all admission. For more happens at Fort Marcy Park in Santa Fe information on this all- on Friday, Aug. 30, beginning at sunset. ages event, see General admission tickets to this all- abqbiopark.com. ABQ ages, authentic state spectacle are $10 in advance or $15 on the day he burns. BIOPARK BOTANIC GARDEN 2601 CENTRAL AVE NW, 9AM FORT MARCY PARK 490 BISHOPS LODGE ROAD, 7PM alibi.com/v/6qfl. (August March) a TO 5PM alibi.com/v/6raj. (Clarke IMAGE COURTESY OF SANTA FE KIWANIS CLUB IMAGE BY STEPHANIE GREENE Condé) a

IMAGE BY SARAH LACHISE WATCH YOUR P’S AND P’S THERE WILL BE BOAS The prickly pear is the only fruit to gain notoriety based solely on alliteration. Celebrate this misunderstood The stories of the soiled doves of the Western frontier towns fill Moriarty Civic Center this Saturday, Aug. culinary tongue-twister at the New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival this Saturday, Aug. 31, at Three Sisters Kitchen. 31 at 1pm for Old West Saloon Girls, Madams and Bordellos. Join “living history duo” Dixie Boyle and Browse vendors presenting a plethora of prickly pear products and pedagogical cooking demonstrations. Check Donna Deiner for their lecture on how the parlor girls won the West and find out what exactly is involved in out the potable prickly pear cocktail competition and enjoy powerful music and pleasing art that probably, their reenactment of the brothel business of the Wild West. Then maybe wash your hands. For more presumably involves prickly pears. Tickets are $3 to $20. The festival runs from 10am to 6pm. THREE SISTERS KITCHEN information on this free, all-ages event, see cityofmoriarty.org. MORIARTY CIVIC CENTER 202 BROADWAY, 1 TO 2PM 109 GOLD ST SW, 10AM TO 6PM alibi.com/v/6lja. (Joshua Lee) a alibi.com/v/6qzr. (Clarke Condé) a

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FRIDAY AUG 30 SPORTS SANDIA CASINO AMPHITHEATER 4th Annual Kidney Cup Golf Tournament. Support this worthy cause by playing a round of golf for charity. 30 Rainbow NE. $200-$750. 12:30pm. ALL-AGES! 998-7442. alibi.com/v/6qlx. WELLNESS/FITNESS MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE All Levels Hip-Hop Dance Class. Learn the techniques that make this style so much fun to play with socially and professionally. 3215 Central Ave NE. $15. 7:10pm. ALL-AGES! 440-6265. alibi.com/v/69qf. SANDIA RESORT & CASINO Community Health Fair and COMMUNITY Presentations. Learn about health concerns from the profes- sionals. 30 Rainbow Rd NE. 8:30am-12:30pm. ALL-AGES! 998-7442. alibi.com/v/6qlw. THURSDAY AUG 29 CANNABIS KIDS PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY Bud’s WAP. Bud’s weekly aggregation of BOOKWORKS Story Time. Connie tells stories and sings songs patients is a medical cannabis sharing and educational event with an occasional craft and snack. 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW. hosted by Sheridan Lund. You must have proof of a medical 10:30am. 344-8139. alibi.com/v/6ltk. cannabis card and photo ID. 526 Washington St. $8. 6:30-8pm. 21+. alibi.com/v/6qip. MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Suzuki Music and Movement Class for Children. A class for children ages 0 to 4 and expecting mothers in their third trimester to nurture musical development, SATURDAY AUG 31 build motor, emotional and social skills, character development ABQ BIOPARK AQUARIUM Aquarium Tour. Explore the top side and readiness for preschool. 3215 Central Ave NE. $22. of the tanks led by an aquarist who answers all your biting ques- 9:30-10:30am. (903) 780-1030. alibi.com/v/6lx5. tions. Proceeds benefit animals of the tour. 2601 Central Ave LEARN NW. $75. 1:30-2:30pm. 848-7180. alibi.com/v/6duu. AZBUQA RUSSIAN SCHOOL Introduction to Russian. Explore NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE the language and culture of Russia in this beginner class and Drinks and Dancing with the Dinos. Enjoy a cash bar, a DJ playing learn practical ways to use vocabulary and grammar in real-life a mix of popular social dance music and a food truck amongst situations. 308 High St SE. 6-8pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/61lq. the exhibits, including the Bisti Beast. 1801 Mountain Rd NW. SELF SERVE How to Have Great Group Sex, Threesomes and $10. 6-8pm. 21+. 206-9144. alibi.com/v/6qs6. More. Sex educators provide lessons on safe, drama-free group KIDS sex. 112 Morningside Dr NE. $15-$20. 7:30-9pm. 18+. FLAMENCO WORKS, INC. Mom and Baby Flamenco. This class 265-5815. alibi.com/v/6opj. is designed exclusively for mothers and children to take together. WELLNESS/FITNESS 1010 Coal Ave SW. $10. 9:30-10:15am. ALL-AGES! 503-6040. FLAMENCO WORKS, INC. Intro to Flamenco. This class is designed alibi.com/v/6qa6. to get the feet wet in some juicy rhythm with basic flamenco WELLNESS/FITNESS techniques. 5:30-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6qap. Also, DIRTY BOURBON Two Step Lessons. Learn to dance to country Flamenco Therapie. This class is for feeling out the different music and have have the opportunity to dance to a live band. rhythms and is meant to make students strong enough to dance 9800 Montgomery Blvd NE. 7pm. 296-2726. alibi.com/v/6qg8. flamenco and to feel good doing it. Some experience is necessary. 1010 Coal Ave SW. $18. 6:30-7:30pm. ALL-AGES! 503-6040. NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF YOGA Prana Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Find alibi.com/v/6qbo. a state of clarity in mind and body through movement, breath and ritual moving peacefully through the cleansing monsoon MANZANO MESA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Wise Women season and toward the grounding energy of the Fall Equinox. Do Belly Dance. Internationally-renowned instructor, Amaya, leads 1111 Carlisle Blvd SE. $10. 8-9am. ALL-AGES! 268-0918. a class in the art of belly dance. 501 Elizabeth St SE. $5-$10. alibi.com/v/6q10. 6:15-7:15pm. 13+. 280-3638. alibi.com/v/6iis. NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF YOGA Prana Vinyasa Lunchtime Series. SUNDAY SEPT 1 Slow down in this midday lunar, slow flow class. Release excess heat left over from summer, allow your higher self to emerge and NEW MEXICO VETERANS MEMORIAL Red, White, Blues and expand in this lunchtime series. 1111 Carlisle Blvd SE. $10. Brews with Cars Too. Enjoy beer and cars for labor day while Noon-1pm. ALL-AGES! 268-0918. alibi.com/v/6qck. supporting the AFSA Chapter 1201 and the NM Veterans memo- rial. 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE. $0-$22. 11am-5pm. alibi.com/v/6qul. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 6 3rd Annual Fundraiser Rummage Sale. Enjoy foods, crafts, vintage items and more. 3801 Osuna Rd NE. 9am-2pm. ALL-AGES! 400-4977. alibi.com/v/6plk. KIDS ABQ PARTYSPACE Day Glow. A blacklight dance party benefiting Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless. Wear your favorite UV reactive gear, neon and white and expect glow sticks, refreshments, a DJ and raffles. 300 Menaul Blvd NW. $0-$5. 1-4pm. ALL-AGES! 615-0597. alibi.com/v/6qk8. SANDIA PREP SCHOOL 35 and Older Ultimate Frisbee Pickup Game. All experience levels play for fun. 532 Osuna Rd NE. 10-11:30am. 344-1671. alibi.com/v/5u8y. WELLNESS/FITNESS ALBUQUERQUE SQUARE DANCE CENTER Social Ballroom and Latin Dance. Take a beginner lesson and then hit the floor for social dances featuring ballroom (waltz, tango, foxtrot), Latin (rumba, cha cha, salsa, bolero), tango, swing and club (night club, two-step) music. 4915 Hawkins St NE. $2-$10. 6-9pm. ALL-AGES! 660-9957. alibi.com/v/6ms2. RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Pints and Planks. Have a pint SATURDAY AUG 31 and start Sunday with energy and a smile. 1912 Second Street NW. $5. 11am-noon. ALL-AGES! 900-3909. alibi.com/v/6joa. SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT Socialist Reading Group. ABQ Democratic Socialists of America host a biweekly reading group to tackle leftist-literature in a MONDAY SEPT 2 friendly group setting. No prior reading required. 211 !EXPLORA! Makerspace Open Hours. 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LOTUS TREE AYURVEDA Prayer and Meditation Group. Learn stilling the mind, concentration and meditation practices. No previous experience needed. 7015 Fourth Street. $12-$40. 7-8pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/63wr. NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF YOGA Yoga for Athletes. A course to enhance athletic performance, prevent injuries and increase flexibility. 1111 Carlisle Blvd SE. $10. 6-7pm. ALL-AGES! 268-0918. alibi.com/v/6q0o. WEDNESDAY SEPT 4 JUAN TABO PUBLIC LIBRARY Workshops: The Power of You. A four-part workshop on personal development with changing topics each week. 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE. 6-7pm. 291-6260. alibi.com/v/6pyx. KIDS LOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY, Rio Rancho Family Bingo. Compete against friends and family and feel the rush of shouting “Bingo!” to win various prizes. 755 Loma Colorado NE. 3-4:30pm. ALL-AGES! 891-5013. alibi.com/v/6qu0. LEARN SUNDAY SEPT 1 NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE Climate, Caves and Abandoned Mines: A 21st Century Cave ISOTOPES PARK New Mexico United Match #11. Cheer Allegory. Charles Jackson discusses the problems with the twen- on the home team as they take on the Orange County tieth-century conceptualizations of digital representation and SC. 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE. 4-6pm. climate science, using examples from border region dust storms 924-2255. alibi.com/v/6qgm. and more. 1801 Mountain Rd NW. 7-9pm. ALL-AGES! 288-0937. alibi.com/v/6qud. PETS and share stories about the process of creating the project VETERINARY DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY OF NEW MEXICO, through displaying work or recording a digital story. 1701 Algodones Complimentary Oral and Dental Evaluations for Mountain Rd NW. $0-$10. 3-5pm. ALL-AGES! 224-8300. Service Animals. 5 Camino Karsten. 8am-noon. ALL-AGES! See alibi.com/v/6neg. 9/3 listing. WELLNESS/FITNESS WELLNESS/FITNESS ALBUQUERQUE SQUARE DANCE CENTER LGBTQIA Square AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo NM Dance. Wilde Bunch Square Dance Club holds an open house Faithful, Fathers, Family and Fitness Challenge Kickoff. A 22- with basic square dance calls and no partner required. All are week program created to help fathers in the community develop welcome. 4915 Hawkins St NE. 7-9pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/6bgs. healthier habits in nutrition and physical fitness. 310 San Pedro FLAMENCO WORKS, INC. Flamenco Kids Class in Barelas. Learn Dr NE. 10am-6pm. 222-0778. alibi.com/v/6qzm. with world-class flamenco artists with opportunities for youth to perform in professional settings at a pre-professional and professional level. Classes available for all ages and levels. 1010 Coal Ave SW. $12. 5:30-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! 503-6040. alibi.com/v/6q99. RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Yoga with Yoga Zo. Get a fresh start to the week with an all-levels class. 1912 Second Street NW. $10. 6:30pm. ALL-AGES! 900-3909. alibi.com/v/6ce9. TUESDAY SEPT 3 GREEN JEANS FARMERY The Next Generation: N.M. Munch. A safe, inclusive space for younger kinksters to meet their peers and explore their dark side in a welcoming, accepting environment open to those 18 to 35. 3600 Cutler Ave NE. 6-8pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/6a2y. PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY LGBQT Support Group. A community support group for all ages open to anyone needing comfort, relief or a voice. 526 Washington St. 7:30pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6kx7. KIDS CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY SepSTEMber: The Mystery of the Monster Bug’s Shadow. Learn about light and how it creates shadows with a fun story and a hands-on exploration of light and science. For ages 6 to 9. 8081 Central Ave NW. TUESDAY SEPT 3 4:30-5:30pm. 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6pqe. VETERINARY DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY OF NEW OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Music Together Family Classes MEXICO, Algodones Complimentary Oral and Dental Free Demo. A music and movement approach to early childhood Evaluations for Service Animals. Complimentary oral music development of basic music competence and the actual and dental evaluations for service animals for service experience of music rather than the learning of concepts or info. animal are available throughout September. 5 Camino 210 Yale Blvd SE. 4:30-5:15pm. 268-0044. alibi.com/v/6qx3. Karsten. 8am-noon. ALL-AGES! 471-0747. alibi.com/v/6q7o. WELLNESS/FITNESS FLAMENCO WORKS, INC. Intro to Flamenco. 5:30-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! Also, Flamenco Therapie. 1010 Coal Ave SW. $18. 6:30-7:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/29 listing. FLAMENCO WORKS, INC. Flamenco Kids Class in Barelas. 1010 LLOYD SHAW DANCE CENTER Newcomer Swing and Latin Coal Ave SW. $12. 5:30-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 9/2 listing. Classes. Explore a different set of dances in each class. HIGH DESERT YOGA Sufi Universal Dance. Ms. Lisa Joy facilitates Understand the similarities and differences between each dance a workout infusing breath-work into fluid movement activating to learn multiple dances at the same time, in a fun method. the mind, body, psyche connectivity and unlocking the creative. 5506 Coal SE. $5-$10. 6:30-8pm. 15+. 948-1579. 4600 Copper Ave NE. $22-$110. 7:30-9pm. 13+. 322-4757. alibi.com/v/68cg. alibi.com/v/6qsb. LOS VECINOS COMMUNITY CENTER, Tijeras UNM Hospital LLOYD SHAW DANCE CENTER Newcomer and Intermediate 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment. Find input on Argentine Tango. Learn the basics and fundamentals of this initiatives that improve the overall health of the community. 478 amazing dance and delve further into the techniques and secrets 1/2 NM 333. 6:30-8pm. ALL-AGES! 925-0933. that make this style unforgettable. 5506 Coal SE. $10-$17. alibi.com/v/6r3q. 7:30-9pm. 15+. 948-1579. alibi.com/v/69h1.

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [17] WEEKLY CALENDAR ARTS & LIT THURSDAY AUG 29 WORDS BOOKWORKS Mary Carter, The Three Day Departure of Ms. Annette Zinn. The author reads from and discusses her new work. 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 6pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/v/6ltl. SONG & DANCE HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque. Enjoy dynamic world-class performances, exquisite Sevillan tapas and craft cocktails, with 60 percent of proceeds supporting the National Institute of Flamenco. 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $10-$30. 8-9:10pm. 21+. 222-8797. alibi.com/v/6r43. LEARN SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF VISUAL ARTS Figure Drawing. Sharpen figurative skills working from a live model in a relaxing and supportive environment. All skill levels and media welcome (no photography). 5000 Marble Ave. NE. 7-9pm. 18+. 254-7575. alibi.com/v/6jrj. FILM TUESDAY SEPT 3 BOW AND ARROW BREWERY Special Film Screening: Welcome Q-STAFF THEATRE Consider This. A romp through the to Gwichyaa Zhee. Enjoy a film that highlights the connection between threats to Bears Ears National Monument and the Arctic pre-history of American theater, from Greek tragedy to Refuge through the perspectives of the Diné and Gwich’in. 602 commedia dell’arte, clown, buffoon, masks and more. McKnight Ave NW. 6-8pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6qtm. 400 Broadway Blvd SE. $10-$15. 7:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! 453-3790. alibi.com/v/6r57. FRIDAY AUG 30 STAGE THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Meet the Publishers. Meet ADOBE THEATER Harvey. An adaptation of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer some of NM’s publishing companies for an evening of live music, Prize-winning play comes to Albuquerque. 9813 Fourth Street NW. poetry and art. Pitch stories, get insights about publishing a book $17-$20. 7:30-9:30pm. ALL-AGES! 898-9222. alibi.com/v/6pne. and enjoy great drinks and food. 206 Broadway SE. 2-6pm. ALL-AGES! 639-5831. alibi.com/v/6qt7. DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE Next to Normal. A production that showcases powerhouse vocals while exploring pressing contem- TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town Sue Houser Book Signing. porary issues of trauma, loss, mental health treatment and the The author signs copies of her children’s book The Corn Whisperer. meaning of family. 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE. $20-$25. 2012 South Plaza NW. 1-2:05pm. ALL-AGES! 242-7204. 7:30-9:45pm. 15+. 563-0316. alibi.com/v/6ofo. alibi.com/v/6qtn. SONG & DANCE ART HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque. 800 Rio LOS RANCHOS VILLAGE HALL, Los Ranchos Los Ranchos Art Grande Blvd NW. $10-$30. 8-9:10pm. 21+. See 8/29 listing. Market. Find handcrafted jewelry, pottery, woodwork, needlecraft and fabric accessories, sculpture, soap and seasonal produce, FILM honey, plants, herbs and more as well as food and live music. USTUDIOS The Colt Balok Show Presents Daryl Davis. In this live 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 7am-noon. ALL-AGES! 344-6582. interview, hear how Daryl Davis was able to convince more than alibi.com/v/6hbk. 200 Klu Klux Klan members to throw in their robes. 912 Third Street NW. 5-7pm. 13+. 967-7624. alibi.com/v/6qtj. OT CIRCUS GALLERY Eche Otro Vistazo: The Art of Jakubowski. A one-night pop-up solo exhibit with DJ Intus Mortuis spinning tunes, light refreshments and the artist is raffles off a 10”x12” SATURDAY AUG 31 print. 709 Central Ave NW. 5-9pm. ALL-AGES! 415-4643. WORDS alibi.com/v/6q17. BOOKWORKS Rich Boucher: All of this Candy Belongs to Me. The PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT Pottery of Jemez Pueblo. Albuquerque poet shares his new work. 4022 Rio Grande Blvd Josephine Toya sets up on the patio, weather permitting, and NW. 3pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/v/6ltm. demonstrates the technique of traditional, hand-shaped pottery PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE Sean Gandert Signing Event. The former before your eyes. 6510 Western Trail NW. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! Albuquerque author talks about and signs his fiction effort American 505-899-0205, ext. 335. alibi.com/v/6kam. Saint. 5850 Eubank Blvd NE. 4-5:25pm. ALL-AGES! 294-2026. alibi.com/v/6qik. STAGE ADOBE THEATER Harvey. 9813 Fourth Street NW. $17-$20. 7:30-9:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/30 listing. DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE Next to Normal. 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE. $20-$25. 7:30-9:45pm. 15+. See 8/30 listing. SONG & DANCE CASA FLAMENCA 2019 Tablao Season. Experience the 6th season in the heart of Old Town with a spectacular lineup of world-class artists in an intimate venue reminiscent of the clubs of Andalusia, Spain. 401 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $30. 8-9:15pm. ALL-AGES! 247-0622. alibi.com/v/6q8i. HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque. 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $10-$30. 8-9:10pm. 21+. See 8/29 listing. ST. STEPHEN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Solid Grounds Coffeehouse. Calvin Appleberry tickles the keys live. 4601 Juan Tabo NE. 7-9pm. ALL-AGES! 293-9673. alibi.com/v/6oha. LEARN MAMA’S MINERALS Herringbone Rope Bracelet Class. Learn to create a six-bead rope using a variety of bead sizes as well as how to attach a metal clasp of choice. Beaded clasps are also demonstrated during class. Pre-registration recommended. 800 20th Street NW. $60. 10:30am-2:30pm. 15+. 266-8443. alibi.com/v/6q5y. SATURDAY AUG 31 SUNDAY SEPT 1 GUILD CINEMA Carnival of Souls. Enjoy a one-night- only screening of the film that inspired George A. WORDS Romero’s Night of the Living Dead with a pre-show TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town J.L. Greger Book Signing. performance from Jordan Jonas. 3405 Central Ave NE. The local author signs new editions of her science traveler thriller 10:30pm-12:15am. 255-1848. alibi.com/v/6qwz. novels I Saw You in Beirut and Malignancy. 2012 South Plaza NW. 1-3pm. ALL-AGES! 242-7204. alibi.com/v/6qtq. [18] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY CALENDAR

ART PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT Pottery of Jemez Pueblo. 6510 Western Trail NW. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/31 listing. STAGE ADOBE THEATER Harvey. 9813 Fourth Street NW. $17-$20. 7:30-9:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/30 listing. DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE Next to Normal. 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE. $20-$25. 7:30-9:45pm. 15+. See 8/30 listing. SONG & DANCE CASA FLAMENCA 2019 Tablao Season. 401 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $38. 6-7:15pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/31 listing. HOTEL ALBUQUERQUE Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque. 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $10-$30. 6-7:10pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/29 FOOD listing. FILM CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Sunday Movie: Isn’t It Romantic. THURSDAY AUG 29 Enjoy a free screening of the film, rated PG-13. 8081 Central Ave FLYING STAR CAFÉ, Far Northeast Heights Quintessence NW. 1:30-3:30pm. ALL-AGES! 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6pqd. Choral Fundraiser. Ten percent of all sales benefit the arts. 8000 Paseo Del Norte NE. FREE. 4-8pm. ALL-AGES! 923-4211. MONDAY SEPT 2 alibi.com/v/6qcj. ART PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY Community Pot Luck Dinner. Enjoy a PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT Pottery of Jemez Pueblo. community meal at the art and education center. Don’t forget 6510 Western Trail NW. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/31 listing. to bring a contribution. 526 Washington St. FREE. 7pm. ALL-AGES! (512) 573-5279. alibi.com/v/6qi4. SEPT 3 TUESDAY THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Burger Knights. Enjoy LEARN grassfed beef and bison burgers, loaded fries and great veggie FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Community Chorus Rehearsals. Join options. 206 Broadway SE. 5pm. 21+. alibi.com/v/6qkf. the Albuquerque Civic Chorus as enthusiasm, a sense of humor and a love of choral music is all you need. No audition required. 10101 Montgomery NE. 7-9pm. alibi.com/v/6q86. FRIDAY AUG 30 LA LUNA BAKERY AND CAFE Friday Farmers Market. Enjoy live WEDNESDAY SEPT 4 music, a kids’ zone, craft beers, vendors and food. 319 Fifth WORDS Street SW. FREE. 3pm. ALL-AGES! 550-1119. alibi.com/v/6ekp. TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY Writing Wednesdays. A place for writers to write and get critiques on pages. 118 Tulane Dr SE. SATURDAYAUG 31 4pm. 21+. 243-6752. alibi.com/v/6q4w. THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Smokin’ Saturdays. Mighty TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Poetry and Beer. The longest Mike’s Meats is smokin’ on the patio. 206 Broadway SE. 4-8pm. running open mic and poetry slam in Albuquerque welcomes all 21+. alibi.com/v/6qkw. to listen, judge, compete or just read. 1800 Fourth Street NW. 8pm. 21+. 243-6752. alibi.com/v/6q4r. THREE SISTERS KITCHEN NM Prickly Pear Festival. The first in STAGE an annual series that seeks to celebrate everything prickly pear Q-STAFF THEATRE Consider This. 400 Broadway Blvd SE. $10-$15. with prickly pear products, cooking demos, a prickly pear cocktail 7:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 9/3 listing. competition, live music, art and much more. 109 Gold St SW. $3-$8. 10am-6pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6lja. LEARN THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Artisan Spotlight Talk and Shop. Meet local artisans, learn about their craft, Q&A and shop SUNDAY SEPT 1 unique, local wares. 206 Broadway SE. 5-8pm. 21+. ALBUQUERQUE RAIL YARDS Albuquerque Rail Yards Market. alibi.com/v/6occ. A market celebrating all things local and at the heart of NM FILM culture with hundreds food, farm, artisan and healing vendors, GUILD CINEMA ¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival live music as well as a kids’ zone. 1100 Second Street SW. 2019. The festival features first-time filmmakers and established FREE. 10am-2pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6fxu. masters alike, bringing to NM the best of award-winning comedies, documentaries, animation and dramatic masterpieces. 3405 Central Ave NE. 6-7pm. 255-1848. alibi.com/v/6qx8. MONDAY SEPT 2 BALLOON FIESTA PARK Harvest Wine Festival. 5500 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy NE. $25-$30. 11am-5pm. ALL-AGES! See 8/31 listing. TUESDAY SEPT 3 RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Taco Tuesday. Enjoy $2 tacos for a celebratory Tuesday. 1912 Second Street NW. ALL-AGES! 900-3909. alibi.com/v/6nuc. TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY Taco Tuesday. Street, tacos, taquitos and beer. Live a little. 118 Tulane Dr SE. Noon-11:55pm. 21+. 243-6752. alibi.com/v/6r0q. TRACTOR BREWING FOUR HILLS Taco Tuesday. 13170 Central Ave SE. Noon-10pm. 21+. See TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY listing. TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARKTaco Tuesday. 1800 Fourth Street NW. Noon. 21+. See TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY listing. TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDETaco Tuesday. 5720 McMahon Blvd. Noon-11pm. 21+. See TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY listing. SATURDAYAUG 31 BALLOON FIESTA PARK Harvest Wine Festival. Sample WEDNESDAY SEPT 4 and shop from NM’s top wineries, artisans and chefs, B2B BISTRONOMY, in Nob HillSanta Fe Brewing Company while enjoying dueling pianos from Uptown Funk Tap Takeover. Enjoy seven award-winning beers from NM’s Dueling Piano Bar in the cool comfort of tremendous original craft brewery with giveaways, food and drink specials. tents. 5500 Balloon Fiesta Pkwy NE. $25-$30. 3115 Central Ave SE. FREE. 5-8pm. 258-2786. 11am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 933-8650. alibi.com/v/6pn7. alibi.com/v/6r2a.

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TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Comedy Roast Battles • stand- SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL Joe Daddy and The Amazing up, roast • 8pm • 21+ Honeyboys • swamp blues • 6pm • FREE • 21+ ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Dan Golden • variety • 11am • FRIDAY AUG 30 ALL-AGES! ALE REPUBLIC, Cedar Crest Odd Dog • classic rock • 5pm • 21+ MONDAY SEPT 2 BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Maríon Carrillo • singer-songwriter • 4:30pm • January Storm • classic rock • 7pm • CANTEEN TAPROOM Brain Gang Trivia • 7pm • FREE • 18+ FREE • ALL-AGES! CANTERO BREWING COMPANY Karaoke Night • 6pm • FREE • BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY SECOND STREET TAPROOM ALL-AGES! 10 O’Clock Blues • blues • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! LAUNCHPAD For Your Health • Bad Gateway • death metal, grind- BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Partners core • Pits • Nora Cursed • 9pm • $5 N Crime • classic rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! TRACTOR BREWING CO. Old Time Jam Band • 10am • FREE • CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Foxfire • bluegrass, 21+ MUSIC classic rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! COMEDY DIRTY BOURBON Asphalt Cowboys • country • 6pm • $5 • 21+ INSIDE OUT Open Mic • stand-up comedy • 8pm • FREE • 21+ HISTORIC EL REY THEATER Drezo • bass, electronic • 9pm TUESDAY SEPT 3 THURSDAY ISLETA RESORT & CASINO KC and The Sunshine Band • disco, AUG 29 dance • 8pm BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Open Mic with Spiral Pilots • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Rob Roman • LAUNCHPAD Music is the Enemy • post-punk • Distances • hard- FRIDAY AUG 30 variety • 4:30pm • The Chris Ravin Band • classic rock • 7pm • FREE • core • The Talking Hours • indie rock • Crushed!? • 9pm BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY SECOND STREET TAPROOM ALL-AGES! TRACTOR BREWING CO. 8th Anniversary Party • Jacob Open Mic and Jam with Chris Ravin • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! THE LIBRARY BAR & GRILL Brain Gang Trivia • 8pm • FREE • 18+ BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Austin Chavez and Friends • singer-songwriter, folk, Americana • BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Van • country • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David and Co. • DJ Flo Fader • hip-hop • 5pm • FREE • 21+ Nostalgia Blue • variety • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! R&B, oldies • 9pm • FREE • 21+ CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Cali Shaw Duo • indie, folk, Americana • CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales John Urban and Lynn 6pm • FREE • 21+ MARBLE BREWERY Kelsey Manning • folk • Gabriel Tafoya • blues, Taylor • acoustic folk, blues • 6pm alternative • 7pm • Songwriter Showcase • acoustic • Adam Hooks • MARBLE BREWERY Fresh Brewed Acoustic Grooves • variety • CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales The Richmond Street singer-songwriter • Danny Harp • Ceekay Jones • rap • Katy P and INSIDE OUT Austin Stirling • Gunsafe • alt.country • Luke King Jazz Trio • jazz • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! 7pm • Soul Divide • rock, electronic • Saturday Night Fever Blisters • The Business • 8pm • FREE • 21+ dance, funk • 8pm • FREE • 21+ Cave • Trigger Trash • 7pm DIRTY BOURBON Asphalt Cowboys • country • 6pm • $5 • 21+ MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Freddie Schwartz • acoustic, MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid The Iyah Band • reggae • 3pm • LAUNCHPAD The Ordinary Things • World’s Greatest Dad • Five INSIDE OUT Where’s the Rum? • Sleepspent • variety • JJ Lawlins • covers • 5pm • Next 2 the Tracks • outlaw country • 8pm Julian Dossett Trio • blues, roots, rock, soul, jazz, swing, Western • Mile Float • indie • Dymer • 9pm Dulce Base • 7pm MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Fourth Degree • rock • 6pm • FREE • 21+ 8pm MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Acoustic Open Mic Hosted by Steve Kinabrew • 6pm • FREE • 21+ LA LUNA BAKERY AND CAFE Above-Average Open Mic • 6:30pm • M’TUCCI’S MODERNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Lani Nash • singer- MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Shindig • acoustic, punk • 1:30pm • Split FREE • 13+ songwriter • 8:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Decision • classic rock • 6pm • FREE • 21+ TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Kamikaze Karaoke • 8pm • FREE • 21+ LAUNCHPAD The Despots • surf, punk, blues • Manhigh • rock • RANCHERS CLUB Karl Richardson Trio • variety • 5:30pm • FREE • O’HARE’S GRILLE & PUB, Rio Rancho Brain Gang Trivia • Fad Vandals • alternative • Musnttouchit • Ashes of Jupiter • Dead 18+ 8:30pm • FREE • 18+ City Radio • 8pm WEDNESDAY SEPT 4 ROCK AND BREWS Flashback • rock, oldies • 8:30pm • FREE • RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Sorceress of Sound and Song MARBLE BREWERY Julian Dossett Quintet • Western swing, blues, ALL-AGES! Marie Black • singer-songwriter • 5pm BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Music with jazz, rockabilly • 2pm • Beats of Burque • dance, electronic, hip- Mike • variety • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! hop • DJ Justincredible • 8pm • FREE • 21+ STONE FACE TAVERN Todd Tijerina Trio • blues, dance, roots, RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Jimmy Deveney and The rock • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+ Silver Foxes • honky tonk • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY SECOND STREET TAPROOM MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras ETC Band • country • 6pm • FREE • 21+ Spiral Pilots • classic rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Dan Garduno • singer-song- SANDBAR BREWERY AND GRILL Royce Bell • R&B • 7pm M’TUCCI’S MODERNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Oscar Butler • writer • 7pm • FREE • 21+ BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Chris contemporary, folk • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! SAVOY BAR AND GRILL Kari Simmons and The Groove Line • Ravin • rock ’n’ roll • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Kyle Martin • country, rock ’n’ soul, R&B • 6pm • FREE • 21+ SANDIAGO’S GRILL AT THE TRAM Luvin Life Duo • variety • 7pm roll, Americana • 5pm • FREE • 21+ CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Brain Gang Trivia • 6pm • FREE • 18+ SAVOY BAR AND GRILL Silver String Trio • Americana, bluegrass, SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL Stanlie Kee and Step In • TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Kyle Murphy • country • 7pm • blues • 6pm • FREE • 21+ LAUNCHPAD Void Dancer • Holy Grove • stoner rock • Red Mesa • folk • 6pm • FREE • 21+ FREE • 21+ 8pm TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY Joshua Benjamin Johnson • THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY Brendangerous • electronic • PONDEROSA BREWING COMPANY The Draft Sessions Open URBAN 360 PIZZA GRILL AND TAP HOUSE Band of JEB • soft Americana • Bud Melvin • 8-bit, banjo • 6pm • FREE • 21+ Ben Bitten • Blue Sunshine • 7pm • FREE • 21+ rock • 7:30pm Mic • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! 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CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Comedy Night • Zach Abeyta • stand- BEST WESTERN RIO GRANDE INN Geneva and Dan Duo • oldies, up comedy • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+ country, rock, jazz, blues, Spanish • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! LEGENDS THEATER @ ROUTE 66 CASINO Sebastian BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Soocee and Maniscalco • stand-up comedy • 8pm Turner • acoustic variety • 4:30pm • Boss Hogg • country • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Saturday Stand-Up Spectacular • stand-up comedy • 9:30pm • $5 • 18+ BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Night Moves • indie pop, rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! SUNDAY SEPT 1 CANTERO BREWING COMPANY Dirty Brown Jug Band • outlaw country, bluegrass • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY, Rio Rancho Open Mic with Rob Roman • 1pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales The Incredible Woodpeckers • classic rock, blues, reggae • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY SECOND STREET TAPROOM Chad Carrier • variety • 4:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! DIRTY BOURBON Sim Balkey • country • Asphalt Cowboys • country • 6pm • $5 • 21+ KAKTUS BREWING COMPANY, Bernalillo Kaktus Kats Blues Jam • 3pm HIGH AND DRY BREWING Martin y Moso • acoustic, soul, Latin • 7pm • FREE • 21+ KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY TobyRiffic Karaoke Show • 3pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! INSIDE OUT Pawn Shop Poster Boys • ska, reggae • Crazy Fool • ska, reggae • Casual Fridays • ska • sharksuit • 8pm LAUNCHPAD Upon a Burning Body • heavy metal • 6pm • Upon a Burning Body • heavy metal • Of Virtue • Speaking With Ghosts • JAM SPOT Anal-Decimation Fest • Diesel Drinker • metal • 5pm 9pm FRIDAY AUG 30 FRIDAY AUG 30 LAUNCHPAD Mitchsimply • variety • Jrama • DJ-In • Kahlila Hughes • MOONLIGHT LOUNGE BaLonely • Carpool Tunnels • Lost Mc-X • Steady Dope • 9pm Remotes • variety • 8pm KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY Ultimate Comedy RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Hip-Hop Fest • LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David and Co. • R&B, Fight #23: Champions Battle Royale • Zach Abeyta • Chuckie Campbell • hip-hop • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Melissa Rios • singer-songwriter • 4pm • oldies • 9pm • FREE • 21+ FREE • ALL-AGES! stand-up comedy • Ariel Holmes • 8:30pm

[20] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [21] REEL WORLD FILM | FILM REVIEW BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Head Out on the Highway After the Wedding The 1989 film Powwow Highway, a classic of Native American cinema, is based on the novel American remake of Danish film milks the mama drama by David Seals and was shot here in New Mexico by director Jonathan Wacks (a former department chair for the film program at the late, great College of Santa Fe). It follows the journey of two Cheyenne Indian friends with very different outlooks on life: Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer), a spiritual seeker trying to find answers to life’s questions, and Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez), a realist who sees the world in black-and-white terms. When Buddy’s sister is jailed in Santa Fe, the mismatched pals hit the highway in a dilapidated 1964 Buick to bail her out. This Thursday, Aug. 29, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (in partnership with the 24th Annual Red Nation International Film Festival) is hosting a special 30th anniversary screening for the film. It starts at 7pm with a meet-and- greet with the film’s star, local actor Gary Farmer. At 8pm there will be a drum contest. The film itself starts at 8:30pm in IPCC’s courtyard. Bring your own blankets and chairs. A $5 suggested donation gets you in the door. The IPCC is located at 2401 12th Street NW. For more info go to indianpueblo.org. #ProtectTheArctic “Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee” is a short documentary connecting the environmental threats to Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska through the perspectives of the Diné Somebody’s upset there’s not an open bar. (Navajo) and Gwich’in (First Nations). This Thursday, Aug. 29, you can catch the film at unpack—all centered around some mighty Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. (602 McKnight Ave. BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY NW) starting at 6pm. Admission is free. All ages After the Wedding convenient coincidence. are welcome. Speakers will be there to show Freundlich, to his credit, doesn’t oversell ith After the Wedding, C-list writer- Directed by Bart Freundlich viewers how they can stand with the Gwich’in Starring Michelle Williams, Julianne the melodrama. There are plenty of human- director Bart Freundlich (The Myth of Nation to protect the Arctic. W Moore, Billy Crudup sized moments of pain and confusion between Fingerprints, Catch That Kid, Trust the Rated PG-13 the various surprise announcements. Though Mix It Up Man, Wolves) and his A-list actress wife Opens Friday 8/30. maybe that’s more to the credit of his well- The New Mexico Film Foundation is sponsoring Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights, The Big picked cast and not to Freundlich’s another one of its patented Filmmaker Mixers at Lebowski, Far From Heaven, The Kids Are All inconsistent secondhand script and Rock & Brews (4800 Montgomery Blvd. NE) Right) have cannibalized Danish filmmaker Isabel before they’ll hand over the proposed workmanlike direction (including some this Saturday, Aug. 31, from 1 to 4pm. This a Susanne Bier’s Academy Award-nominated two million dollars. sledgehammer-subtle symbolism and several great chance for amateur and professional pointlessly extravagant drone shots). Williams writers, directors, actors and film crew members 2006 film of the same name. Bier (Brothers, Reluctantly, Isabel gets on a plane and flies and Moore do quite well bouncing off one from around the state to meet one another and Things We Lost in the Fire, In a Better World, to New York. There’s she’s put up in a luxury another, giving off polite sparks and radiating socialize. This month’s mixer also serves as an Bird Box) burst onto the international scene hotel and chauffeured to the chic uptown introduction for many to new Albuquerque Film office of Theresa Young (Julianne Moore), a quiet mistrust. Their relationship—a mixture Office Director Amber Dodson, who will be with After the Wedding, which lost out on the wealthy media buyer with money to burn. of admiration, suspicion and philanthropic there with Barbara Kerford, site outreach Best Foreign Language Oscar to Florian Theresa is very busy right now, has a lot of condescension—is certainly the most complex director for the New Mexico Film Office. Food Henckel von Donnersmarck’s excellent The and drink are available for purchase, of course, charity offers on the table, evidently, and asks and interesting in the film. Crudup mostly and there will be a few doorprize giveaways Lives of Others. Luckily, no one has attempted Isabel to stick around through weekend. turns his face 25 degrees away from the camera courtesy of NMFF. to remake von Donnersmarck’s film. Yet. Theresa’s daughter Grace (Abby Quinn) just lens and stares off into space, indicating deep Freundlich’s brilliant innovation (besides happens to be getting married the next dy, and thought and internal conflict. Magnificent Start the now English dialogue) is to gender-swap Isabel ends up on the guest list for the chi-chi The actors do their best under the most of the film’s roles in order to provide a circumstances (particularly Quinn, who stood ¡Cine Magnifico!, Albuquerque’s homegrown ceremony. Latino Film Festival, hits the National Hispanic juicy part for his wife. The story now centers At the impossibly posh wedding, Isabel’s out in Gillian Robespierre’s underrated 2017 Cultural Center Sept. 4 through 8 with loads of on Isabel (Michelle Williams), a middle-aged distaste for the extravagances of the 1 comedy Landline). But Freundlich’s script documentaries, features and short films. We’ll woman penitently working at an orphanage in percenters is barely disguised. Then she crosses continues to toss emotional hand grenades have a rundown of the various films in next India (a role played by Mads Mikkelsen in paths with Theresa’s husband, a famous into the room and slam the door shut on these week’s paper. But it all kicks off this coming poor characters. He expects, by the end, that Wednesday, Sept. 4, with a VIP opening Bier’s version). Isabel is desperate to vaccinate sculptor by the name of Oscar (Billy Crudup, reception at the NHCC (1701 Fourth Street SW) India’s street kids, to rescue child prostitutes who starred opposite Moore in Freundlich’s audience will have dissolved into an starting at 6pm. Join organizers and audience and to basically save the world. And yet she’s 2005 rom-com Trust the Man). The film’s exhausted weepy state. But the plot members for tapas and drinks before the opening still got time to devote attention to one lonely pushy score gets all dark and moody, Isabel machinations feel too preordained, too easy night film, Black is Beltza. That animated film kid in the orphanage she co-founded. Makes for audiences to telegraph. The story of people comes from Spain and relates the true story of makes a bunch of sour faces, and we just know artists/puppeteers from San Fermin, who came you wonder what she’s making up for. that these two have a past together. And not whose best intentions often end up to America in 1965 to participate in a New York Unfortunately, Isabel’s saintly mission is just any old past, but a past. To say much more steamrolling over the lives and emotions of City parade, only to come face-to-face with hamstrung by a lack of funds. She’s hoping for would rob the film of its few melodramatic others is both touching and universal. But America’s racial problems. Admission is $10 a big donation from some rich folks in New pleasures. Suffice to say that there are plenty overall, the film lacks the teary-eyed impact of general or $8 students and seniors. You can grab Bier’s tightly controlled original. a tickets in advance at cinemagnifico.com. a York, but they want an in-person report from of mysteries, secrets and recriminations to

[22] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Fall Into TV Broadcast Networks set premiere dates eptember is upon us, and that means the big Sbroadcast networks will be opening the gates on a new fall season of dramas, sitcoms and reality shows. So what do we have to look forward to, and when can we see it? ABC “Mixed-ish” (Tuesday, Sept. 24) is the second spin-off of “Black-ish” (after “Grown-ish”). It recounts the experiences of teenager Rainbow Johnson (Arica Himmel), the mixed-race daughter of hippie parents who send her to mainstream public school for the first time in the 1980s. Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays the grown-up version of Rainbow Johnson on “Black-ish,” narrates the show. “Emergence” (Sept. 24) is described as a “character-driven thriller” about a police chief (the great Alison Tolman from loses his job, moves onto his sister’s couch and for Midseason: “Formerly wealthy sister (and “Fargo”) who finds a child near the site of a ends up coaching a diverse group of hopefuls husband) move back in with single suburban mysterious accident. Though the little girl has no seeking US citizenship) in “Sunnyside” mom” sitcom “Broke,” redundant spin-off of Dick memory of what happened, her identity could be (Thursday, Sept. 26). Held for Midseason: The Wolf’s “FBI” series “FBI: Most Wanted” and Edie the key to an international (possibly fatherhood drama “Council of Dads,” the Falco as first female Chief of Police for Los supernatural) conspiracy. Based on the popular “grandparents move in with empty nesters” Angeles drama “Tommy.” graphic novel series, “Stumptown” (Wednesday, sitcom “Indebted,” the Kenan Thompson-led Sept. 25) follows the adventures of a tough, family sitcom “The Kenan Show,” the “Lincoln FOX sarcastic army vet (Cobie Smulders from “How I Rhyme” detective novel-based procedural “Prodigal Son” (Monday, Sept 23) is a serial Met Your Mother”) who works as a private “Lincoln,” and the musical fantasy “Zoey’s killer profiler series. (This twist: Our hero’s dad investigator in Portland. “Kids Say the Darndest Extraordinary Playlist.” was a serial killer.) Phil Lord and Christopher Things” (Sunday, Oct. 6) finds the ubiquitous Miller (The LEGO Movie) produce the animated Tiffany Haddish taking over for imprisoned Bill CBS sitcom “Bless the Harts” (Sunday, Sept. 29) Cosby (who borrowed the idea from Art Billy Gardell (“Mike & Molly”) and Folake about a poor but happy Southern family. Linkletter) and interviewing kids. Held for Olowofoyeku star as a Detroit businessman and a “Almost Family” (Wednesday, Oct. 2) is a Midseason: Cross-cultural romancer “The Baker Nigerian nurse who fall in love, sitcom-style, in remake of the Australian drama “Sisters,” about a & The Beauty,” legal drama “For Life” and family “Bob Hearts Abishola” (Monday, Sept. 23). fertility doctor who personally fathers at least 100 sitcom “United We Fall.” “All Rise” (Monday, Sept. 23) is, as you might children, causing much confusion in his family. expect, an LA-based courtroom drama. “The Held for Midseason: Texas-based “911” spin-off NBC Unicorn” (Thursday, Sept. 26) stars Walton “Lone Star,” soapy drama about wealthy Southern Christian TV moguls “Filthy Rich,” Jimmy Smits (“LA Law”) heads back to the Goggins (“Justified”) as a recently widowed dad reentering the dating scene. “Carol’s Second Wild West lawman becomes head of LA courtroom in the legal drama “Bluff City Law” County’s Sheriff’s Department cop drama (Monday, Sept. 23). Bradley Whitford (“Veep”) Act” (Thursday, Sept. 26) stars Patricia Heaton (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) as a retired “Deputy,” blue-collar family sitcom is a Princeton music professor who takes over a “Outmatched,” extreme sports small-town church choir in “Perfect Harmony” teacher and empty nester who decides to start Harold & over as a medical intern. “Evil” (Thursday, Sept. competition/gameshow “Ultimate Tag,” Amy (Thursday, Sept. 26). Kal Penn ( Poehler-produced animated comedy Kumar Go to White Castle) stars as the youngest 26) follows the “X-Files” template of people investigating creepy supernatural mysteries. Held “Duncanville” and Alaska-based animated New York City Councilman ever (who promptly sitcom “The Great North.” a

“Maigret” (Ovation 5pm) British TUESDAY 3 comedian Rowan Atkinson (“Mr. Bean,” THE WEEK IN “Blackadder”) stars as Georges “Valley of the Damned” (ID 8pm) Murder- SLOTH Simenon’s gruff-but-brilliant French obsessed Investigation Discovery explores detective Jules Maigret in this Colorado’s “Prison Valley,” home to 15 European-style mystery series. high-security prisons, including America’s THURSDAY 29 “Ripper Street” and “Once Upon at Time,” only Federal Supermax facility. a human detective and a fairy team up to SUNDAY 1 Falling Inn Love (Netflix streaming stop a string of murders in a Victorian WEDNESDAY 4 anytime) Well, Netflix has finally gone fantasy world in which various “ABC Fall Preview Special” (KOAT-7 and done it. In addition to adding all the supernatural realms have “crossed over” 9pm) ABC gives viewers a sneak peek “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu HGTV-esque and Food Network-inspired into ours, bringing some very unusual at its new fall lineup—“Kids Say the streaming anytime) This semi- shows they could come up with, the immigrants to late-1800s London. Darndedst Things” and all. fictionalized series (created by RZA) streaming service is now angling to “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” dramatizes the creation of famed rap replicate Halllmark’s sappiest TV movie (Netflix streaming anytime) In this epic MONDAY 2 group the Wu-Tang Clan in early ’90s New rom-coms. Here, an overworked San “prequel” series to Jim Henson’s puppet- York. Francisco business executive (Christina based fantasy fave, a group of peaceful Untouchable (Hulu streaming anytime) “A Student’s Guide to Your First Year of Milian) wins a rustic inn in New Zealand, Gelflings discover the horrifying secret The rise and fall of disgraced College” (YouTube streaming anytime) which she tries to renovate with the help behind the evil Skeksis’ power, inspiring Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein Former First Lady Michelle Obama and of a hunky handyman (Adam Demos). them to lead a rebellion. is covered in this feature-length others offers new students advice for Romantic hijinks ensue. documentary. “Carole & Tuesday” (Netflix streaming starting college. “Brides, Grooms and Emergency Rooms” anytime) Netflix unleashes this atypical Steven Universe The Movie (Cartoon “Dog’s Most Wanted” (WGN America 7pm) (TLC 8pm) At least TLC is here to keep anime from creator Shinichiro Watanabe Network 7pm) CN’s much-loved sci-fi Duane “Dog” Chapman and his wife Beth romance appropriately horrifying. (“Cowboy Bebop,” “Space Dandy”). Set in fantasy gets a new chapter—and it’s a head into their third docu-reality crime- the future on the colonized planet of Mars, musical! Steven thought his time fighting show after A&E’s “Dog the Bounty FRIDAY 30 the series follows a young, wannabe defending the Earth from alien threats Hunter” (2004 to 2012) and CMT’s “Dog musician who finds an unexpected partner was over. But when a new Gem shows and Beth: On the Hunt” (2013 to 2015). “Carnival Row” (Amazon streaming in a wealthy society girl who also dreams up looking for revenge, Steven and his This one’s slightly marred by the fact that anytime) In this oddball mash-up of of becoming a musician. On Mars, mind super-powered friends face their Beth Chapman died in June of this year you. biggest challenge yet. from cancer. a SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [23] FILM | CAPSULES BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY NEW 2019 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Seven short films, selected from this year’s Sun- dance Film Festival, are spotlighted in this eclec- tic collection. From Canada we’ve got “Fast Horse,” a documentary about the bareback horse- racing tradition among the Blackfoot tribe. From the US comes “Suicide by Sunlight,” the genre- busting tale of a day-walking black vampire, pro- tected by the melanin in her skin, fighting to regain custody of her estranged daughters. Hong Kong’s “Musteum” takes us on an eye-opening animated trip through an art museum with a class full of mischievous children. 96 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 8/30 at Guild Cinema) After the Wedding Reviewed this issue. 112 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Friday 8/30 at Century 14 Downtown) Bennett’s War After surviving an IED explosion in combat over- seas, a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit is medically discharged with a broken back. Against all odds he trains to make a comeback as a motocross racer. This bargain basement motor- sport drama comes to us from Alex Ranarivelo, di- rector of Dirt and The Ride and Born to Race. 95 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Thursday 8/29 at Cen- tury Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Sta- dium 16 IMAX & RPX) Don’t Let Go Billed as a horror mystery, this genre exercise is more of a family drama with a slight supernatural twist. After the family of an LAPD detective (David Saaho Oyelowo) dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his young RETURNING 1962 Academy Award winner for Best Picture. The quel,” our intrepid hero finds himself framed for an niece. The head-scratching twist is that the call is film is based on the biography of T.E. Lawrence, a attempted assassination on the president of the coming from four days in the past, giving our pro- The Breakfast Club (1985) British Army officer caught up in the political tur- United States (Morgan Freeman). Oh no! He’s gotta tagonist the opportunity to prevent the murders John Hughes’ iconic comedy/drama about high moil of Arabia during World War I. It’s the sort of go rogue to clear his name, just like Tom Cruise in before they happen. Writer-director Jacob Aaron school stereotypes stuck in detention returns to film that should only be watched in a movie the- every installation of the Mission: Impossible series. Estes (2004’s promising Mean Creek) tries his the big screen with Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, ater. 216 minutes. PG. (Opens Sunday 9/1 at Cen- 120 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, Century best, but the clunky story ties itself in knots. 103 Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally tury Rio, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX, Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Sheedy in tow. 97 minutes. R. (Opens Tuesday 9/3 Cottonwood Stadium 16) Rancho Premiere Cinema) minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 8/29 at Century at Flix Brewhouse) Rio) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Angry Birds Movie 2 Killerman It: Chapter One (2017) the Ring (2001) I don’t understand it myself, but evidently the 2016 Recently divorced Liam Hemsworth stars in this Bill Skarsgard (“Hemlock Grove”) takes over from New Zealand director Peter Jackson’s epic adapta- computer-animated feature based on the smart- violent, existential crime thriller about a New York Tim Curry as the demonic clown luring kids into the tion of J.R.R. Tolkein’s fantasy classic returns to the phone game your kid played the hell out of back in City money launderer who wakes up with no sewers of a small New England town. 135 minutes. big screen. Reviewed in v10 i51. 178 minutes. PG- 2010 needed a sequel. This time around, the angry R. (Opens Friday 8/30 at Century Rio) 13. (Sunday 9/1 at Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) birds and their scheming pig enemies must join memory and millions of dollars in stolen cash forces in order to defeat … eh, something. You don’t and drugs. Now he’s got to scour the streets try- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Pulp Fiction (1994) care. It might be enough to shut your kids up for an ing to figure out what he’s gotten himself into In the first installment of this over-the-top action Quentin Tarantino’s portmanteau-style masterpiece hour and a half, allowing the parental despair rag- while avoiding a crew of violent and crooked cops flick, we meet “The Bride” (Uma Thurman), a re- about crime, punishment and vanilla millkshakes ing in your sleepless brain to subside for a brief, out for blood. 112 minutes. R. (Opens Friday venge-seeking assassin out to bump off her former returns to the big screen. Feel free to quote along. shining moment. That’s all that really matters, isn’t 8/30 at Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) boss (David Carradine), who was responsible for Odds are, you already know all the dialogue. 154 it? Isn’t it? 96 minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, killing her husband at the altar. It’s crazed, chaotic Saaho minutes. R. (Friday 8/29 at Winrock Stadium 16 Century Rio, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Ran- and insanely gory in the best Quentin Tarantino IMAX & RPX) cho Premiere Cinema) This Indian action thriller—shot simultaneously in way possible. 90 minutes. R. (Friday 8/29 at Win- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu—stars Prabhas (Varsham, rock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) The Art of Racing in the Rain Chakram, Baahubali: The Beginning) as a tough- It ain’t art, but it sure is fun. The late, great Burt Garth Stein’s aggressively tear-jerking novel The Art guy cop who uses an arsenal of weapons to bat- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) Reynolds stars in this 1977 romp about a trucker of Racing in the Rain is one of those wildly popular, tle a gang of heavily armed thugs who have taken Writer/director Quentin Tarantino pulls the rug out using a Trans Am to distract the local sheriff (Jackie cloyingly sentimental stories in which the dog nar- over the city. Screened in Telugu with English sub- from under us in this second-half/sequel to Gleason) while he smuggles a runaway bride (Sally rates the whole thing in voice-over and then dies. In titles, Tamil with English subtitles and Hindi with 2003’s epic revenge saga. Although the first film Field) and a semi full of Coors across the Missis- this bland cinematic adaptation, Milo Ventimiglia English subtitles versions. (Check theaters for cor- features nonstop action and bloodshed, this one— sippi River. 96 minutes. PG. (Opens Sunday 9/1 at plays an aspiring race car driver who adopts a rect screenings.) 170 minutes. Unrated. (Opens amazingly—is almost all absorbing character Flix Brewhouse) golden retriever pup who can’t shut off his interior Thursday 8/29 at Century Rio, Movies West) drama. Tarantino has done an amazing job defying monologue for 10 damn minutes. Kevin Costner expectations and creating a twisty, complex mix of provides the voice for the dog who narrates the en- Soviet Hippies kung-fu action, dark drama and sly comedy. 127 This research-driven documentary takes an an- tire film, philosophically yet humorously comment- minutes. R. (Friday 8/29 at Winrock Stadium 16 STILL PLAYING ing on everything from marriage to career to family thropological look at the hippie movement in the IMAX & RPX) USSR. Unseen archives, music from the Soviet 47 Meters Down: Uncaged tragedy. As in the book, the dog talks like a Bran- underground and psychedelic animations paint a The Last Starfighter (1984) What’s the matter? Discovery’s “Shark Week” not deis humanities professor (“Gestures are all that I historical portrait of this vast yet unknown cultural This 1984 sci-fi fantasy is most noted for its video enough for you? OK, here’s a low-budget “in name have; sometimes they must be grand in nature. And movement. Director Terje Toomistu will be on hand game-inspired plot and its pioneering use of com- only” sequel to 2017’s survivalist horror film 47 Me- while I occasionally step over the line and into the at Guild Cinema on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to talk puter-generated special effects. The effects look ters Down. This one finds a bunch of vacationing world of the melodramatic, it is what I must do in about the film. 75 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Tues- mighty primitive these days, but the film is still es- teens (celeb offspring Sistine Rose Stallone among order to communicate clearly and effectively”) in- day 9/3 at Guild Cinema) capist fun. Largely forgotten actor Lance Guest them) stuck in some underwater Mayan caves with stead of like those Facebook doggo memes stars as an unhappy teen who spends his days a pack of hungry sharks. 89 minutes. PG-13. (Cen- (“Hooman, gib me a cronchy yummo!”), which is Tod@s Caen playing a high-tech video game at a seedy trailer tury Rio, Century 14 Downtown, Icon Cinemas Albu- way more realistic. 109 minutes. PG. (Century Rio, Adán (Omar Chaparro) is a charming Latin se- court. As luck would have it, though, the video querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) ducer instructing guys in the fine art of conquer- game is a secret recruitment tool of space aliens Angel Has Fallen Blinded by the Light ing women. Mia (Martha Higareda) is a feminist who need help battling an evil empire. Soon our A Pakistani teen living in the industrial English town TV producer working on a series about “women hero is using his joystick-waggling skills to pilot a Odds are you only vaguely recall the generic 2013 action flick Olympus Has Fallen or its even more of Luton, circa 1987, discovers the music of Bruce empowerment,” which aims to teach ladies how to real spaceship. At some point, he gets to kiss Springsteen, finding cross-cultural kinship in The have men eating out of their hands. The two cross Catherine Mary Stewart as well. Not bad for a day’s forgettable 2016 sequel London Has Fallen (both of which barely recovered their budget at the box Boss’ gritty rock anthems. Director Gurinder Chadha paths at a bar one fateful night, launching an all- work. 101 minutes. PG. (Opens Wednesday 9/4 at (Bend it Like Beckham, Bride & Prejudice) gives the out war of the sexes. This retrograde rom-com Flix Brewhouse) office). But if you’re an absolute sucker for Tom Clancey-esque thrillers, then you may be mildly ex- Brassed Off/The Full Monty/Kinky Boots treatment comes to us straight outta Mexico. In Spanish to this familiar tale of working class uplift in de- with English subtitles. 120 minutes. PG-13. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) cited to see Gerard Butler reprise his role as tough Peter O’Toole stars in director David Lean’s epic Secret Service Agent Mike Banning. For this “three- pressed rural England. It’s a genial, likable coming- (Opens Thursday 8/29 at Century Rio) of-age offering, but Bruce’s tough songs don’t

[24] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 FILM | CAPSULES BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY always gel with the film’s cornier moments of musi- ment home he’s been stuck in by clueless officials SECOND RUN cal feel-goodery. Reviewed in v28 i33. 117 min- in hopes of joining a pro wresting school run by utes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, Theater Contact Info: his idol, the Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Annabelle Comes Home Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) Church). He soon befriends an angry jerk of a fish- After various Conjuring films, assorted Annabelle AMC ALBUQUERQUE 12 erman (he’s got a backstory, so it’s OK) played by features and a handful of what-have-you spin-offs Dora and the Lost City of Gold 3810 Las Estancias Way SW • 544-2360 Shia LaBeouf. Naturally, the two travel downriver (The Nun, The Curse of La Llorona), The Conjuring The globe-hopping Nickelodeon kiddy cartoon on a raft, Huck and Finn style. Later on, improba- Universe comes back to everybody’s favorite creepy “Dora the Explorer” gets a live-action reboot. Is- CENTURY 14 DOWNTOWN bly, they’re joined by a pretty attendant (Dakota doll. Seems the ghost-hunting Warrens have locked abela Moner (Transformers: The Last Knight) stars 100 Central SW • 243-9555 Johnson) from the nursing home and chased by a the titular toy in their supernatural museum for safe- as the inquisitive preteen who leads her friends (in- couple of evil crab fisherman (played by Yelawolf keeping. But when the couple’s young daughter lets cluding her talking monkey, voiced by Danny Trejo) and John Hawkes). Gottsagen’s earnest perform- the doll out, all hell breaks loose. Literally. 106 min- on a jungle adventure to locate her missing par- CENTURY RIO I-25 & Jefferson • 343-9000 ance is the heart and soul of the film, and his dis- utes. R. (Movies 8, Movies West) ents. Benicio Del Toro is Swiper. I repeat: Oscar win- arming presence breaks LaBeouf of his worst ner Benicio Del Toro is the evil criminal fox, Swiper. method acting habits. But viewing this well-inten- The Art of Self-Defense 102 minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Century COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16 tioned road movie as anything other than a feel- After being mugged and badly beaten, a timid ac- Rio, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Pre- Cottonwood Mall • (844) 462-7342 ext. #607 good fairy tale exposes an awful lot of cliché plot countant (Jesse Eisenberg from The Social Network) miere Cinema) beats and schmaltzy sentiment. 93 minutes. PG- takes a self-defense class at a seedy local karate FLIX BREWHOUSE 13. (Century Rio) dojo. This quirky comedy blends the awkward humor The Farewell 3236 La Orilla NW • 445-8500 of Napoleon Dynamite with the increasingly grim vio- Scene-stealing comedian Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Ready or Not lence of Fight Club for a hilarious and hard-hitting Asians) expands her repertoire with this intimate GUILD CINEMA If somebody could turn truth or dare into a horror satire of toxic masculinity. Reviewed in v28 i29. 104 comedy-drama about a Chinese-American family movie, why not hide and seek? Aussie actress minutes. R. (Movies West, Movies 8) that discovers their grandmother has only a short 3405 Central NE • 255-1848 Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Booksmart time left to live and decide to keep her in the dark Ebbing, Missouri) stars as a young bride who goes (which is a traditional Chinese thing, apparently). HIGH RIDGE On the eve of their high school graduation, two aca- 12910 Indian School NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #605 to a creepy country estate to meet her rich new demic overachievers (Kaitlyn Dever from “Last Man Naturally, the family talks cousin Hao Hao (Chen husband’s mysterious in-laws. There, she’s invited Han) and his new Japanese girlfriend (Aoi Standing” and Beanie Feldstein from Lady Bird) re- to partake in an age-old family tradition known as alize they should have worked less and partied Mizuhara) into getting married on the spur of the ICON CINEMAS ALBUQUERQUE game night. The game is Hide and Seek, but it be- moment so the entire extended clan has an excuse 13120-A Central Ave. SE • 814-7469 more. Determined not to miss out, the gals set out comes quickly apparent that this game is deadly to cram four years’ worth of teenage shenanigans to reunite in China with granny. This funny-sad, serious, and if the family finds her, they will kill semi-autobiographical tale is based loosely on the MOVIES 8 into one raunchy, drunken night. 102 minutes. R. her. Adam Brody, Henry Czerny and Andie Mac- (SUB Theater) life of its writer-director Lulu Wang. Awkwafina 4591 San Mateo NE • 888-4773 Dowell are among the colorful cast of this pleas- grounds the whole thing with a funny, sensitive and antly surprising, lovingly art-directed (and Crawl incredibly soulful performance. In English and Man- MOVIES WEST cartoonishly gory) black comedy. Reviewed in v28 French horror dude Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension, darin with English subtitles. 100 minutes. PG. (Cen- 9201 Coors NW • 898-4664 i24. 95 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Century 14 The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) directs this tense, tury Rio, Century 14 Downtown) Downtown, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albu- nature-gone-wild thriller about a young woman Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw RIO RANCHO PREMIERE CINEMA querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) trapped with her injured father in their flooded home 1000 Premiere Parkway • 994-3300 during a Category 5 hurricane—which is bad Hollywood, evidently, can’t make Fast & Furious Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark enough. But then giant alligators show up, hungry for movies at a fast and furious enough pace. So here’s In the ’80s the monster-filled, short story-jammed SUB THEATER human flesh. 87 minutes. R. (Movies 8, Movies a “sidequel” with lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (writ- West) Johnson) and mercenary-for-hire Shaw (Jason UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-5608 ten by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Statham) in some mismatched buddy comedy ac- Gammell) was a must-read for middle-school kids John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum tion. The squabbling duo are reluctantly paired up WINROCK STADIUM 16 IMAX & RPX looking for some literary shocks. Now, Mexican The third film in Keanu Reeves’ comeback trilogy, to fight a “cyber-genetically enhanced” villain (Idris 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #4058 horror king Guillermo del Toro produces (but does which finds our unstoppable hitman John Wick on Elba) with super powers. Not that this series ever not direct) this loose adaptation. The film is set in the run with a $14 million dollar bounty on his had much grounding in reality, but it’s now officially small town New England where a group of young head, follows the trend of over-the-top-and-back- become The Avengers of car chase movies. 135 people investigates the mystery of Sarah Bellows, again action. Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, Ian Mc- minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Marianne Ihren are the subjects of this documen- a haunted woman who wrote all of her twisted Shane, Laurence Fishburne and Mark Dacascos are Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio tary love story from director Nick Broomfield (Mon- nightmares into a book. And now all of those sto- among the gunslinging guest stars. 130 minutes. R. Rancho Premiere Cinema) ster in a Box, Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial ries are coming to life. (Which, if we’re being hon- (Movies 8, Movies West) Good Boys Killer, Kurt & Coutney). Despite the title, the narra- est, is kinda the plot to 2015’s Goosebumps Men In Black: International How about an incredibly raunchy comedy starring tive steers more toward the “Leonard” side of adaptation.) 111 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Tessa Thompson teams up with her Thor: Ragnarok little kids? That’s different. Three “good” sixth grade things. The duo only spent about 10 years together, Downtown, Century Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cine- costar Chris Hemsworth as a conspiracy theorist who boys ditch school and embark on their first disobe- and Cohen just has a bigger story to tell. Nonethe- mas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) worms her way into the new London branch of the less, it’s a compelling tale of love found and lost dient adventure—which quickly devolves into a wild Spider-Man: Far From Home MIB. There, she is recruited and teamed up with a romp involving stolen drugs, angry teenage girls and and of the people who inspire us. Reviewed in v28 partner to fend off a series of alien attacks taking i30. 102 minutes. R. (Guild Cinema) Peter Parker (the pitch perfect Tom Holland) jets one rager of a party. Jacob Tremblay (Room), Keith off to Europe for a class trip where he’s quickly re- place around the globe. 114 minutes. PG-13. L. Williams (“The Last Man on Earth”) and Brady Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood cruited by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to help (Movies 8, Movies West) Noon (“Boardwalk Empire”) are the three little Quentin Tarantino’s latest sprawling, multi-storyline fight off an invasion of extradimensional elemen- Rocketman scamps getting into some seriously R-rated trouble. examination of time, place and people heads to tals. Making things more complicated is the arrival 89 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, This biopic about the life and times of British rock 1969 SoCal to track fading TV cowboy Rick Dalton of new “hero” in town Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). star Elton John turns the musician’s flamboyant Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his best friend/stunt Reviewed in v28 i27. 129 minutes. PG-13. (Cen- Rancho Premiere Cinema) stage costumes and outsized persona into a flashy, double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as they navigate a tury 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Pre- fantastical journey through rock history. Taron The Kitchen rapidly changing Hollywood landscape. Along the miere Cinema, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) does ener- Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Had- way, they cross paths with various real-life pop cul- getic work as the piano pounder at the center of it tural icons, from the famous (Bruce Lee) to the in- Toy Story 4 dish star in this crime drama adaptation of the Ver- Woody, Buzz and the rest of the Toy story gang are all. 121 minutes. R. (Movies 8, Movies West, UNM tigo comic book of the same name by Ollie Masters famous (Charles Manson). It’s a surprisingly Midweek Movies) mature, meditative look at middle age, changing back in this latest outing for animation giant Pixar. and Ming Doyle. The ladies play the wives of some Seems that little Bonnie (who took over the toys Irish mobsters in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, circa times and seismic cultural forces—at least until The Secret Life of Pets 2 the lurid, revisionist fantasia of an ending, which after Andy grew up and went off to college in Toy For this go-around, city-bred dog Max and his fellow 1978. When their husbands get busted and end up Story 3) has created a beloved new plaything in jail, our former housewives step up, proving sur- owes more than a wink and a nod to Inglourious apartment-dwelling pet pals (voiced by Kevin Hart, Basterds. 161 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, (named “Forky”) out of a plastic spork, some pipe Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Dana Carvey, Hannibal prisingly adept at breaking the law, running the cleaners and a couple mismatched googly eyes. rackets and taking out the competition. 102 min- Century Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Rio Rancho Premiere Buress and Harrison Ford) are adjusting to daytime Cinema, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) But when Forky gets lost during a road trip, Buzz life—interrupted now by a new, stay-at-home baby. utes. R. (Century Rio) and Woody vow to rescue the freakish little dude. PG. (Movies 8, Movies West) The Lion King Overcomer 100 minutes. G. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Pre- Alex Kendrick (Facing the Giants, Courageous, War miere Cinema, Century 14 Downtown, Icon Cine- Stuber Disney remakes its 1994 animated hit The Lion On the spur of the moment, a tough LA detective King as a “live-action” film. Of course, since it’s all Room) writes, directs and stars in this “uplifting” mas Albuquerque) family drama about a high school basketball (Dave Bautista) hot on the trial of a sadistic terrorist done with CGI, none of it is actually live-action. It’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette who recruits a mild-mannered Uber driver named just another cartoon, but with different animation. coach named John Harrison whose team faces an uncertain future after the town’s largest manufac- Maria Semple’s hit novel is turned into a witty, of Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) for transportation. Over the The cast—now consisting of Donald Glover, Bey- unfocussed cinematic dramedy by filmmaker course of one crazy night, the mismatched partners oncé, Chiwitel Ejiofor, James Earl Jones, Alfre turing plant shuts down. Thanks to the school’s shrinking staff and budget, John is forced to coach Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Before are forced to work together to save the day. Like ya Woodard, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen and Sunset, School of Rock, Boyhood). A loving mom do. 93 minutes. R. (Movies 8, Movies West) John Oliver—is mighty impressive. But if you’ve seen cross-country. There he meets Hannah Scott (Aryn Wright-Thompson), an unlikely but inspirational (Cate Blanchett), compelled to reconnect with her the original, you’ve seen this one. Pretty much shot- creative passions after years of sacrificing herself Yesterday for-shot. How nostalgic are you? 118 minutes. PG. runner who pushes herself to the limit. Spoiler Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) di- alert: This is a faith-based movie, so all troubles for her family, goes missing in Antarctica. This (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Flix Brew- forces her family to break out of their codepen- rects this modern-day fantasy about a struggling house, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Pre- (economic, sporting or otherwise) will be over- British musician (Himesh Patel) who wakes up one come thanks to the power of prayer. 119 minutes. dent rut and embark on an epic adventure to find miere Cinema) her. Judy Greer, Kristen Wiig, Billy Crudup, Lau- day to realize he’s somehow slipped into an alter- PG. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) nate timeline and is the only one in the world who Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love rence Fishburne and James Urbaniak are among The Peanut Butter Falcon remembers The Beatles. Naturally, he starts “writing” Singer-songwriter and object of cult worship the interesting cast, most of which are reduced to their music and becomes a superstar. 116 minutes. Leonard Cohen and his longtime girlfriend/muse A young man with Down syndrome (Zack mere cameos. 104 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio) a Gottsagen) escapes from the Deep South retire- PG-13. (Movies West, Movies 8)

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [25] SONIC REDUCER MUSIC | INTERVIEW BY AUGUST MARCH Russell James Pay Attention (Self-released) Journey of The Owl I spent some time talking with Russell James before Coming up with Campos he pulled up stakes and left for the Left Coast. It seemed like a proper time in the BY AUGUST MARCH enigmatic folk musician’s narrative to move on to the next outpost. ometime in July the calendar went crazy As I spoke to James, it became clear that and that wasn’t unexpected. Summertime something in his mind was turning around and S in Burque always means lots of shows, a round, that the forces he harnessed to make awesome folk music with The Porter Draw— plethora of music festivals and just about and later as a solo roots act—had finally taken every musician in town jockeying for position over, and meant to take Russell with them as at a starting gate that portends better they careened toward a new path that would coverage, greater attendance and even more leave only traces of what came before in its mighty, churning wake. notoriety that biting the head off of a bat or Much like the day Dylan put aside his folky being able to play “The Black Page” with ways as he headed down Hwy. 61, or perhaps subtlety and conviction. the moment Elton John and Bernie Taupin That means that the peripheral devices, abandoned their mythical, made-up Americana activities and structures running in the right before banging out “Saturday Night’s background—at an organization where Alright For Fightin’—come to think about it, James’ effervescent evolution might even be employees are paid to observe and report on analogized in terms of the realizations Billy the main phenomenon—get full up. It isn’t Ray Cyrus must have had in his own American improper to carry the summery analogy further music showdown with Lil Nas X at “Old Town on that account. Email inboxes are full, talent Road”—this recorded work marks a sea becomes ripe and the whole of the scene seems change for the artist known as Russell James. newly fecund as day burns through day in a I use the term artist in an purely respectful rock and roll world that seems without end. sense here—James calls forth and evokes relentlessly beautiful demons and angels from Doing something about those natural the vasty deep he’s found. It’s a form of tendencies the scene has every summer—to maximalist expressionism that barely allows come to fruition, to grow to completeness in listeners into an ornately explosive and the cool Burque nights between June and colorful world where Russell and his September—means those paid observers ought Jeremy Campos ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY instrumentalism act only as arcane, abstruse to be keeping their ears to the ground, waiting transmitters of some faraway truth. for that gentle sound, as someone once said. Lush and noisy in a challenging way—but After some consideration, I decided her I’ll tell you now. The volume is with a plethora of melodic bifurcations and suggestion would make a great feature. I’d get unforgivingly loud. The crackle and hum of The Owl Studios • Albuquerque, N.M. diversions offered plaintively, honestly and to talk to someone making their way— with a sort of wonder that has the power to activity is relentless. Finding a nugget of Email: [email protected] grandly, creatively and with newly acquired shock both performer and listener—this might meaning residing in all that activity and sound Instagram: @theowlstudios gravitas—down the sonic river that courses at first be considered a difficult work to those and being can be daunting. 602-469-4088 through this town and through its heart as a familiar with James’ beginnings here in Burque Thank G_d for relentlessness. One time a but it’s heartening to know this is an important symbol of change. former art director in these parts asked how I work as it winds from musical encounter to And our readers would dig it, too, I chose who and what to cover, given the awful musical encounter, entranced by its own reckoned. So Friday afternoon, I drove out to No kidding? That’s cool! magical atmospherics and anxious tone. volume and terrible tenacity of what I had to Campos’ new studio, The Owl, to talk to the Basically he started taking appointments Halfway through, I thought that I would let roll over me on a daily basis. dude about music, recording and what it takes using his old Pro Tools rig and tape. have liked to have seen other American bands Crafty as ever, I lied and said I picked like R.E.M. or Dinosaur Jr. go down this wild, to bring those forces to life. As I drove heat things out randomly, using a dartboard. Of shimmered through the Bosque neighborhood Like reel-to-reel four-track tape? soaring, flower and memory strewn path. course it’s actually much more complicated No, it was ADAT; that was very big when I The third track, “Meltdown” is singular in as nearby and I stopped by the side of the road much as it uses a dense form of electronica to than that. I do a lot of analysis, for instance; to by some peaches and corn at a wooden was a kid. I used to go with him all the create a haunting subtext about de- there’s rarely anything that’s randomly chosen fruit stand. time. I was attached to my dad. He was my personalization. Such esoteric endeavors are in my work. That stuff was fresh, too, I thought as I best friend. And he’s a guitar player, ever rarely successful by practitioners of traditional Often I look for a symbol to represent entered the gated compound at Campos’ since he was about eight. He taught me folk but it works for James because it’s so something that can stand in for the whole. recording studio. Our staff photographer was how to play guitar. He taught me to play compellingly counterintutive, set against the That’s what I did this week when I approached every instrument I have here in this banner of what he produced in the before time, already there, snapping away. I took a bite of Jeremy Campos, a young sound engineer who peach and sat down ready to talk. studio—pianos, guitars, a drum kit. I’m in Burque. Here he shows that he has truly collecting a bunch of vintage gear. That’s been transported to newer, hepper digs. It’s a came out to Burque from Gallup, N.M., to stark contrast, but a damn beautiful one. hear about his journey making his dreams of Weekly Alibi: How did you end up in what I’m into. Ever since I was about 11, James returns to his roots—albeit succeeding in the music business blossom and Burque with this awesome studio? I’ve liked to record ideas. That’s what I like augmented by the electronic echoes of the bear fruit. Jeremy Campos: So I grew up in Gallup. My to do. future—on the final track, “My Lullaby.” An associate of Campos—and a longtime whole family is musical. When I was about 11 Listening to this album, wondering about the supplier of leads to the paper, from both work years old, my father built a recording studio Tell me more about that process. way James looked at me during our last with the ACLU and as a member of the local near the reservation, before you hit Grants Well, my dad would lay down a riff and I’d meeting—and thinking about the words I’ve be like, “ I wanna record that!” He showed had with other musical visionaries like Brian art music community—called a few times to [New Mexico]. Basically where the Red Rock Wilson or Wayne Coyne—I’m glad he took the tell me I ought to talk to Campos about his Casino is now. In that general area near Ciniza me how to run the board, all of that. But trip. It might be a dangerous way to go, but the work out here in The Duke City as an up-and- Refinery, there were two trailers, I remember. since I touched the board, it was kinda game results are without compare. a coming sound engineer. My father converted one into a studio. over for me.

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Really? What happened next? yet. But yeah, I invite everyone to come down Yeah. After high school, my dad asked me I got into a bad car accident, and I ultimately moved here for a tour. Right now I’m recording and what I wanted to do. I told him that I just back to Phoenix. Basically LA ate me alive. mixing people for free. wanted to go big on the band scene and do something there. But he’s the who actually Really, Califas? But it looks like this place is set up to be a applied for me to go to a conservatory in The accident was really bad. My ribs and my car profitable endeavor. Phoenix. He applied without me knowing. I were totally smashed. I needed to have a car to Absolutely. I’ve been going to other studios here got a call from Phoenix telling me that they get to and from work. So I had to put all this in town in an attempt to build relationships, money into my car. I got kicked out of my had my application to the recording school. partnerships. apartment. I was living in my car in LA and They wanted to ask me a few questions at the taking showers at the studio. I got caught and What are your impressions of some of those Conservatory for Recording Arts [and they were like, “What’s going on with you?” other studios? Sciences] in Phoenix. I was like, whoa. I find that a lot of the studios I’ve been in around That’s a drag, although I’ve heard similar here are very much genre-oriented. That’s not a What happened next? stories about the city. I didn’t do well in LA, negative thing but I always see opportunities for In 2012, the day after Thanksgiving, I started that’s for sure. It can be a really hard and cross-fertilization and collaboration. There’s school. I learned everything from live sound unforgiving place. plenty of creativity in Burque. I’m trying to get to recording with MIDI and recording with So I came back to Phoenix and contacted some everyone to work together. I love so many tape—I already knew how to record with friends who wanted to build a studio. Since I different genres! I grew up with my dad, loving tape—but it was cool. You learn [about] the had graduated at the top of my class, I was able the ’80s rock scene. When I play guitar, all I can tape age, the digital age, post-production to find work. I couch-surfed and recorded people think of is ’80s riffs, like Eddie Van Halen and practices for film, video game sound ... who needed mix tapes, a lot of hip-hop. I also Slayer. And people end up asking me how I’m helped build three studios out in Phoenix. I tried into that because I make so much hip-hop. It’s I’ve heard a lot of sound engineers who to build partnerships with people, but it never because I listen to so much. make their bread and butter with film and completely worked out to my satisfaction. I video game contracts ... knew I had to do it myself. So I moved back to What influenced you coming up, besides Book editing has become really big, believe it Albuquerque. I didn’t have much trouble in your father? or not. For audiobooks. Some engineers make Phoenix, except for finding steady work. Out A lot of different guitar players. And in Gallup, here, I have family. really good money doing that, editing it’s this big metal scene. So I was into a lot of audiobooks. I did that when I had my rock at 17, 18, 19 years old. I formed a band with So what sort of work are you doing out here internship in Hollywood after graduation. a couple of my friends and got into the whole in the North Valley? metal scene. But listening to different guitar Right now, I have a day job working with players introduced me to different genres. First, I Tell me about that. computers, but I’m trying really hard to make got into thrash metal, but because of that, I later I moved to LA. I got an internship at Serenity this happen 24/7. I’m not just wanting to record learned to appreciate the blues. West [Recording]. hip-hop, either. I want to record everything. But I do get a lot of hip-hop people coming through. Are you playing out these days? That’s a pretty happening studio. I’m playing in a band with Isaac Aragon [Isaac Yeah, I got to work around artists like J-Lo, It’s very popular in the Burkes! Aragon & The Healing]. I play lead guitar, we do Snoop Dogg and the Backstreet Boys. [Laughs] I also did some work with Burque SOL, a lot of soul. I’ve been playing with him for about Aerosmith too. A bunch of different bands, the reggae group. They came in, had a tour, three years now. just running patches and cables. jammed out. I haven’t heard back from them What is essential to a good recording? I get a lot of people who want to record, but have never recorded. I think an essential is someone who has an idea and has had some practice producing a version of what they want to hear, having it down in a sense. If they have a song, and say, “It’s going to start like this and end like this,” that helps. A good sense of post- production helps with a recording that is authentic. If you have a good song, there’s always something you can add to it in the studio. A lot of artists, even some of the hip-hop artists I work with, approach me and say they have this song, and it has a hook and verse but no bridge. And I’m like, “You should throw this cool idea in here, that’s the bridge, musically and creatively.” That’s when collaboration begins.

Is that the natural role of the producer in a studio environment? I don’t usually take a producer role consciously, but I listen to so much and so carefully that it’s easy for me to jump on what the next wave will be, or even what’s going on right now as the tape unwinds. I’ve got some great ideas. a THE OWL STUDIOS

AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [27] BAKED GOODS | CANNABIS NEWS BY JOSHUA LEE Cultivating Science SRI lawsuit promising

he march toward scientific progress in the The DEA has been given until the end of T world of weed continues as researchers August to respond to the lawsuit and press for more opportunities to explain why it hasn’t followed through. conduct research. Shocking, I know. On a related note, US Rep. Matt The federal government might have Gaetz, of Florida, spoke to reporters its hand forced when it comes to last week at a radio town hall approving new marijuana cultivation meeting in Pensacola and addressed licenses. A lawsuit filed by Dr. Sue the need for more federally Sisley, a researcher at the sanctioned research of cannabis. “I Scottsdale Research Institute, will be meeting with Attorney against the US Drug Enforcement General Bill Barr in the coming Administration for failing to weeks to discuss the Department of Justice’s license new marijuana approach to unlocking cultivators is reportedly making more research grants,” progress. said Gaetz. “So that we Sisley made headlines earlier can have American this year as the US researcher to innovation applied to our complete first ever Food and Drug health care in a way that can Administration-approved clinical get people off of some of these trial of cannabis as a treatment for PTSD. In devastating opioids and painkillers, and on the past, she complained about the quality of to a more natural product.” Gaetz is a noted the marijuana provided by federal sources for proponent of medical cannabis. the study, and in June, the SRI filed a lawsuit with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, accusing the DEA and the US Attorney General of dragging their feet Strain Corner in processing the institute’s cultivation We visited the neon green Organtica application. The suit called the delay building (4001 Menaul Blvd. NE) to “unlawful, unreasonable and egregious.” What’s celebrate the end of the dog days. There’s really crazy here is that Sisley isn’t asking them nothing better than easing back in your to approve the application, she just wants it favorite chair with a cool indica at-hand processed. to watch the summer recede into the See: The only federally approved cannabis horizon. Well, theoretically, anyway. It ‘s producer is the University of Mississippi, and it’s still hot as hell with no end in sight, well-known that the marijuana cultivated by the thanks to climate revision™. The institution is subpar at best. In 2016, the DEA summer is a blight upon this feeble announced it would be opening the doors to animal, and no amount of air other cultivators and began accepting conditioning is ever going to make that applications, but they haven’t made another better. Marijuana helps, though. peep about it since. The SRI reportedly applied To help me over the hump days of for a license immediately upon hearing the summer, I packed a bowl of Sexdriver Kush announcement and have been pressing the (THC: 22.4%—$12/gram). I chose this agency for a response for almost three years. All strain because its name conjured terrible they heard was crickets. images that I can’t put into print. It Sisley isn’t even blaming the agency. She says smelled swampy and musky but had a the institute has had a positive relationship with floral and sweet taste. the local DEA office—that they seem I can’t say I felt all that sexy after supportive of her work. “We are also suing the smoking, but I did turn into a sleepy pile Attorney General, not just the DEA because my on the couch. I left half of a burnt bud in gut tells me that the DEA is not responsible for the pipe and laid my head back. I closed impeding this,” she said to the Arizona Capitol my eyes— Times. The lawsuit seems like a final, desperate My wife kicked my foot. I started. move. “What’s happening?” I blurted. But according to Sisley, the case has grown a “You’re snoring,” she said. pair of legs. Her hotshot Texas lawyers are even “I was just clearing my throat.” taking the federal agency on pro bono. “Groups are offering to submit amicus briefs … we are in “Take your glasses off.” good shape to succeed here,” she told reporters. While I would recommend Sexdriver SRI’s Houstonian lawyers, Matt Zorn and Kush to anyone suffering from pain or Shane Pennington, have reportedly filed a insomnia, I don’t know if it had any petition for a writ of mandamus. “We’re direct effect on my sex drive. There asking one judicial branch of government to might have been a spicy dream in there order a different branch of government to do somewhere, but I couldn’t tell you. For something, and they don’t like doing that,” me, those moments were just a deep Zorn told Leafly. He says it’s rare for a writ of blank chasm that went on for miles. mandamus to be granted but is apparently I yawned, removed my glasses, and fell desperate enough to try. back in. a [28] WEEKLY ALIBI AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY | HOROSCOPES BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are examples of surgeon who said that Mantle compensated for his activities I recommend you try in the coming days. 1. injury with “neuromuscular genius.” I’m thinking that in Build a campfire on the beach with friends and regale the next few weeks you’re in a position to accomplish each other with stories of your most interesting an equivalent of Mantle’s heroic adjustment. successes. 2. Buy eccentric treasures at a flea market and ever thereafter refer to them as your holy icons. 3. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Most people who belong Climb a hill and sit on the grass as you sing your to the Church of Satan neither believe in nor worship favorite songs and watch the moon slowly rise over Satan. (They’re atheists and don’t believe in the the eastern horizon. 4. Take naps when you’re “not supernatural.) I think a comparable principle is true for supposed to.” 5. Sneak into an orchard at night and eat many right-wing fundamentalist Christians. Their fruit plucked just moments before. 6. Tell a beloved actions and words are replete with bigotry, hard- person a fairy tale in which he or she is the hero. heartedness, materialism and selfishness: So contrary to what the real Jesus Christ taught that they in effect TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The hardiest creature on don’t believe in or worship Jesus Christ. I mention this, the planet may be the bacterium known as Scorpio, in hope of inspiring you to take inventory of Deinococcus radiodurans. It can endure exposure to whether your stated ideals are reflected in the radiation, intense cold, dehydration, acid and vacuum. I practical details of how you live your life. That’s propose we make it your power creature for the always an interesting and important task, of course, coming weeks. Why? Not because I expect you’ll have but it’s especially so for you right now. The coming to deal with a lot of extreme conditions, but rather weeks will be an excellent time to purge any hypocrisy because I think you’ll be exceptionally robust, both from your system and get your actual behavior in physically and psychologically. If you’ve been waiting close alignment with your deepest values. for the right time to succeed at demanding challenges that require you to be in top form, now is a good time SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s the right time to do it. P.S. Deinococcus radiodurans is colloquially for you to create a fresh mission statement and referred to as Conan the Bacterium, borrowing from promotional campaign. For inspiration, read mine: “My the spirit of the fictional character Conan the column ‘Free Will Astrology’ offers you a wide Barbarian, who is renowned for his strength and selection of realities to choose from. With 4,212 years agility. of dedication to customer service (over the course of my last 13 incarnations), I’m a reliable ally supporting GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the yearly cycle of many your efforts to escape your oppressive conditioning Geminis, retreating into a state akin to hibernation and other people’s hells. My horoscopes come with an makes sense during the end of August and the first ironclad guarantee: If the advice you read is wrong, three weeks of September. But since many of you are you’re under no obligation to believe it. And high-energy sophisticates, you often override your remember: a panel of 531 experts has determined that body’s signals. And then nature pushes back by ‘Free Will Astrology’ is an effective therapy for your compelling you to slow down. The result may be a chronic wounds and primordial pain. It is also dramatic rhythm that feels like constantly taking three steps proof that there is no good reason to be afraid of life.” forward and two steps backward. May I suggest a different approach this year? Would you consider CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here are good surrendering, even slightly, to the invitation to relax questions for you to meditate on during the next four and recharge? weeks. 1. How can you attract resources that will expand your mind and your world? 2. Are you bold CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you decide to travel to a enough to reach out to wise sources and provocative particular place via hot air balloon, you must be influences that could connect you with useful tricks prepared for the possibility that your route will be and practical treasures? 3. What interesting lessons indirect. At different altitudes, the wind may be can you stir up as you explore the mercurial edges, blowing in different directions: toward the east at 100 skirt the changeable boundaries, journey to catalytic feet high, but toward the southwest at 200 feet. The frontiers, and make pilgrimages to holy hubbubs? 4. trick for the pilot is to jockey up and down until finding How best can you encourage lyrical emotion over a layer that’s headed toward the desired destination. I polished sentimentality? Joyous idealism over see your life right now as having a metaphorical astringent zealotry? Exuberant integrity over resemblance to this riddle. You have not yet formulaic kindness? discovered the layer that will take you where you want to go. But I bet you will soon. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Considering how bright you is choose which rules you want to live by,” wrote have been burning since the Flame Angels designated author Wallace Stegner, “and it’s persistent and you as the Hottest Cool Person of the Month, I aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without hesitate to urge you to simmer down. But I must. any.” That will be an excellent meditation for you Before there’s a meltdown in your vicinity, please during the coming weeks. I trust you are long past the lower your thermostat. Not a lot. Just a little. If you do time of fantasizing you can live without any rules. that, everyone will continue to see your gleaming Your challenge now is to adjust some of the rules you charisma in the best possible light. But don’t you dare have been living by, or even dare to align yourself with extinguish your blaze. Don’t apologize for your brilliant some new rules—and then completely commit yourself shimmer. The rest of us need your magical radiance. to being loyal to them and enjoying them. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Shogun is a bestselling PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Given the astrological novel about an Englishman who transforms himself omens that will symbolize your personal story in the into a samurai warrior in 17th-century Japan. Written coming weeks and months, I think Piscean author by James Clavell, it’s over 1,100 pages long. Clavell Nikos Kazantzakis articulated the perfect prescription testified that the idea for the story sprang up in him for you. I invite you to interpret his thoughts to fit when he read one line in his daughter’s school book: your circumstances. “We’re going to start with small, “In 1600 an Englishman went to Japan and became a easy things,” he wrote. “Then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we samurai.” I suspect it’s highly likely you will soon finish the big things, we shall undertake the encounter a seed like that, Virgo: a bare inspiration impossible.” Here’s an additional prod from that will eventually bloom into a Big Thing. Kazantzakis: “Reach what you cannot.” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran athlete Mickey Mantle is in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. He HOMEWORK: WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST FOR THE had a spectacular 18-year career, winning the Most PERSON OR ANIMAL YOU LOVE BEST? Valuable Player Award three times, playing in 12 FREEWILLASTROLOGY.COM a World Series and being selected to the All-Star team 16 times. So it’s astounding that he played with a torn Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The ligament in his knee for 17 years, according to his audio horoscopes are also available by phone at (877) 873-4888 biographer Jane Leavy. 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