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APD’s Top Brass Getting Back-door Pay Raises Page 5

Sidewalk Justice Page 7

‘Fallout 4’ Proves Postmodern Epic Page 20

Music: Purity Ring Keeps its Future Pop Promise Page 25 [ after the news ] ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 3

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Editor: [email protected] Next Stop: Second-degree Murder Trial Associate Editor, News: [email protected] Berry Gives APD Brass Back-door Raises Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Advertising: [email protected] On Twitter: @FreeABQ ayor Richard Berry’s administration appears to “There are student councils at schools around the Mhave violated city law by giving hefty reten- city that have more political gravitas than this city tion bonuses to top Albuquerque cops even after the council. I have never seen a more meaningless and City Council decided to ditch the program. useless group of politicians.” Editor The decision to continue giving the $6,000- to “It’s just a scam to get more money for a bunch Dan Vukelich $12,000-a-year bonuses to 19 members of the of fat-cat law enforcement professionals who are (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 command staff was made without approval of the already getting paid too much money,” Payne said. Associate Editor, News Albuquerque City Council as required by the city’s “No one at APD running the place should be getting Dennis Domrzalski budget ordinance. any sort of bonus. The fact that they haven’t been (505) 306-3260 City councilors, the police union and former city fired is their bonus.” councilors are blasting the bonuses. One councilor Associate Editor, Arts suggested it is nonsensical to reward top cops whose Samantha Anne Carrillo leadership led APD to be investigated by the U.S. ‘There are student councils (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 Department of Justice for excessive use of force. at schools around the city that Design To find the money for bonuses for APD’s top brass, have more political gravitas than Terry Kocon, Hannah Reiter, Cathleen Tiefa the administration said it is moving around $200,000 in savings within its budget. Under city law, this city council. I have never Photography however, departments can move money between seen a more meaningless and Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio different line items, but they can’t legally transfer useless group of politicians’ Labreche, Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm Mark Bralley funds to a program not authorized in the budget. — former City Councilor Greg Payne Councilors first learned that bonuses were going to Former Albuquerque police officers Keith Sandy (left) and DominiqueP erez (second from left) have been ordered to stand trial for Contributors this issue top brass at the council’s Aug. 17 meeting, when, un- second-degree murder in the March 2014 shooting death of homeless camper James Boyd. By law, their trial must occur three to nine Lisa Barrow, Hugh Elliott, Barry Gaines, Gary months after their arraignment. Special Prosecutor Randi McGinn, who persuaded Pro Tem Judge Neil Candelaria that there was probable Glasgow, Ariane Jarocki, Elijah Jensen-Lindsey, der questioning from Councilor Diane Gibson, city City Councilor Rey Garduño, who is retiring this cause to bind them over for trial, will be the prosecutor. The case has been assigned to Bernalillo County District Judge Alisa Hadfield. Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry confirmed year, said the administration of Berry, a Republican, Conviction on a charge of second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Megan Kamerick, Roderick Kennedy, Dan Klein, Joe Monahan, Sayrah Namasté, Jerry Ortiz y Pino, the bonuses – legal last fiscal year but not this year – is “doing an end-run around the council.” Robert Reich, M. Brianna Stallings, Rene were still being paid. “I think this is an intentional obfuscation,” said Thompson, Tom Tomorrow “They are,” Perry replied. Garduño, a Democrat. “The big question is, where The commanders have been getting the bonuses are they getting the money? ‘Savings’ is not a good ABQ Free Press Pulp News Copy Editors since the current fiscal year began on July 1. Perry answer.” compiled By abq free press staff Mark Bralley Wendy Fox Dial also said during the meeting that APD found the Gibson, also a Democrat, said, “There is absolutely camera but can be fitted with a 11-and-a-half-foot-long python Jim Wagner money by identifying “savings” within the depart- Nineteen top commanders at APD are getting retention bonuses, no transparency in how the command staff got into Loving ‘Her’ despite an Albuquerque City Council mandate that after July 1, that had eaten a goat the size of a ment’s budget. He didn’t identify those savings. it.” Council President Ken Sanchez, a Democrat, said GoPro Hero 3 or 4. It weighs just Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 bonuses were to go only to street cops. Just as sexual relationships have 12.3 ounces and can fly for eight pit bull. The problem of pythons City councilor Brad Winter has asked the city attor- the council specifically decided to exclude command drastically changed since the Abby Feldman x802 to 10 minutes. After unfolding and boa constrictors – which Garrett Ferguson x809 ney’s office for a legal opinion on the matter. Berry’s staff from eligibility for bonuses this year. days of Queen Victoria, a British it from its whiskey-bottle sized were let loose by hobbyists years office declined to answer questions from ABQ Free sex expert says advances in Colandra Gallegos x807 case, the user connects a camera ago into the state’s swamps – has Cory Calamari x810 Press about the possible illegality. The newspaper Confusion robotics and changing mores sug- Budget Hijinks and flips a switch to spin up its grown so bad, the Florida Wild- John Wehner x812 sent Berry spokeswoman Rhiannon Schroeder a list The retention bonus program has been mired in gest that sexual encounters with propellers. Once it’s airborne, life Commission will sponsor a of 12 questions regarding the bonuses on Aug. 19. Here’s what the city law says about how controversy since it was approved last November robots will be “the norm” within the user twists the controller to public python hunt Jan. 16-Feb. Operations Manager As of Aug. 24, Schroeder had not responded. departments, including APD, can shift funds 50 years. Dr. Helen Driscoll of Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 as a stopgap to keep long-time police officers from change the direction of flight 14 in a bid to slow their spread. within their budgets. In addition to placing the University of Sunderland retiring. It was originally intended for street cops or direction the camera faces Council critics limits on how much money can be moved, in Northeast England told the Published every other week by: with more than 17 years on the job who were using microchips that control the Moon litter Great Noggins LLC the budget ordinance says: British newspaper, the Mirror: Two former councilors said they believe the nearing retirement. leash. In the air the Fotokite Phi P.O. Box 6070 “As virtual reality becomes more A Japanese sports drink company administration has clearly broken the law, and they But shortly after the council approved a memoran- doesn’t have full camera control Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 “No new program not already authorized realistic and immersive and is wants to launch a can of its blasted current councilors for not challenging Berry dum of understanding on the bonuses with the police like more elaborate rigs but at product into space and land it on in the budget shall be implemented … nor able to mimic and even improve Publishers and APD. union, the command staff found a way to give itself $260 for early buyers, its makers the moon. Otsuka Pharmaceuti- shall any existing program authorized in the on the experience of sex with a Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich some of those bonuses. The loophole, Gibson and expect to fill a niche that more budget be terminated. ...” human partner; it is conceivable cal, the maker of Pocari Sweat, others said, was that, according to MOU, the bonuses expensive free-flying drones plans to launch by next summer. Councilors first learned that that some will choose this in would be available to all “sworn” officers who can’t. Carried into space by SpaceX, preference to sex with a less than bonuses were going to top brass the can will be placed on the that is falling asleep at the wheel and not doing their perfect human being.” at the council’s Aug. 17 meeting Snakebit moon by Astrobotic Technology’s Corrections policy: due diligence on their oversight responsibility,” Bonuses for top cops — who don’t It’s python season in Florida’s Griffin Lander, according to the It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct Dinelli said. patrol the streets — is ‘another slap Heel, Spot! errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors Former councilor Greg Payne ripped both the Miami-Dade County – where Wall Street Journal. Some believe at the email addresses on this page. Under the Albuquerque City Charter, the city in the face to the rank-and-file’ To meet the growing demand temperatures in the 90s and high that’s just the beginning for a council and the administration. council is the city’s policy-making body and the only — Shaun Willoughby, police union president for aerial photography without humidity are making Burmese lunar advertising gold rush. At body that can appropriate money for the city’s budget. “This administration treats the council with dealing with the complexity of pythons more active, which the beginning of this century, “There was no doubt that there has been a contempt; but I don’t even think they have put that Federal Aviation Administration means pets and small farm Coca-Cola explored shooting violation of the city ordinance and it was a sneaky much thought into it,” Payne said. qualified, even though Gibson and Garduño said the Where to find regulations, a company has animals are being devoured. lasers at the moon to spell out maneuver on the part of the city administration to “The City Council is supposed to be the poli- bonuses were earmarked for rank-and-file police. unveiled the Fotokite Phi, a For years, the invasive snakes Coke, but abandoned the project our paper? secure these bonuses for management staff,” said cymaking body of the city. The Council sets the Gibson also said she felt pressured by the adminis- camera-carrying drone on a 26- have been killing off much of when the company realized List of more than former councilor Pete Dinelli. direction of the city. Under the Berry administration, tration when it first asked for the bonuses. foot leash. Makers of the Fotokite the native mammalian life in lasers that can transmit a beam 550 locations “They have created out of whole cloth a line-item and [through] the willingness of the current Council “They came to us in the fall with their hair on fire Phi began seeking production the state’s swamps, including the size of Delaware, the size at freeabq.com appropriation and that is a total violation of the city membership, they have become little more than a saying, ‘You had better pass this or hell will freeze funding via Indiegogo earlier this the Everglades. Earlier this needed to be seen by the naked ordinance. And once again you have a city council ceremonial body,” Payne said. over,’” Gibson said. “It was only funded by the month. It doesn’t have its own month, a farmer killed an eye, don’t exist. cont. on page 12 6 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 7 Animas Spill Taints Navajos’ View of One-time Ally Reflecting on N.M.’s Your Legal Guide to Walking BY RENE THOMPSON

he Animas River spill left a bad taste in the Summer of Ignominy On West Central Avenue Tmouths of many Navajos – and it has little to do By JOE MONAHAN BY RODERICK KENNEDY with the taste of the river water. he reading back to higher ground. ere’s a story from my days in Metro “Let me see your ID.” Relief to Navajos in the weeks after the Aug. 5 spill Tmaterial for the The sorry summer kept delivering HCourt that has its humorous side but “No.” came in the form of tainted water provided by the Summer of ‘15 was even more fodder for the glass is only teaches a solid lesson about the Consti- “Then put your hands on the hood of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while crops definitely not on half-full crowd. Google, one of the tution. Charlie’s gone, but his habit of the car, and spread your legs.” withered in the August heat, said Shiprock Chapter the lighter side for most important companies on the asking the most inconvenient questions Charlie was arrested for refusing to President, Duane “Chili” Yazzie. New Mexicans. Try planet, announced that it was moving is sorely missed. obey the lawful order of a police officer “This company was hired by EPA and they reused as they might to to California the aerospace company One hot summer night in Albu- and put in the police car. When the tanks that they use for other operations” that beat the heat and it had acquired in Moriarty only a year querque, a fellow named Charlie was officer checked the bag, he found a included tanks used in the oil and gas fields of the escape into the plot ago. Gov. Martinez was on hand to walking down West Central Avenue cool can of Diet Coke. He took Charlie of a mindless novel or seek relief in the celebrate Google’s entry into the state from the 7-Eleven drinking from a cold San Juan Basin, Yazzie said. Jai Crank downtown, and booked him into jail. “There was residue of petroleum and oil with magazine pages of pop culture, there but nowhere to be found when the firm can of Diet Coke in a paper bag. A cruis- The point is, Charlie knew that Two views of the San Juan River as it courses through Monument Valley: The photo on the right was taken on Aug. 17, after the was really no way out. The wreckage packed up and headed down I-40. It was ing police officer saw Charlie drinking some of the tanks appearing to be rough inside, so Gold King mine spill. although the police can come up to of this summer will be long-lived and the latest in a very long line of economic from the paper bag, and, it being a slow that bits of rust came out with the discolored water, people and ask questions any time, to long-remembered. disappointments that have haunted the night, pulled over to contact Charlie. which was substantiated by other chapters who also detain a person, and especially to ask More danger the height of the summer recreation season. We start with that mine waste spill state in what historians will no doubt He got out of the car, and walked up to had the same issues,” he said. for ID, requires the officer to have facts In 2014 there were 1,322 Superfund sites on the into the Animas River in the Four look back on as an epic bad news era. Charlie. The breach of the abandoned Gold King mine near he can state that indicate the person Yazzie said residents and farmers who went to the Corners. It alarmed local residents who And that doesn’t include the drumbeat “What do you have in the paper bag?” National Priorities List in the U.S. Only 375 mines stopped has been or is currently com- tanks the EPA provided on Aug. 17 said the water Silverton, Colo., that sent mine wastewater into depend on its waters as well as armchair of horrific crimes that plagued Albu- “Why do you want to know?” nationally and four in New Mexico have been mitting a crime. Without that, further smelled. They refused to use it until new tanks were the Animas is just part of a larger problem facing environmentalists nationwide who querque this summer. This list is depress- “Well, you know it’s illegal to drink cleaned up, according to federal figures. contact depends on the consent of the delivered. the Navajo Nation and anyone else in Southern eyed the eerie, orange tainted river via ing enough without bringing that to the alcohol in public.” Colorado, Northwest New Mexico, Southern Utah Despite initial news media reports, Thomson said person, who is free to discontinue the the Animas spill should have no long-term effect on their TV screens. The EPA, which caused table. “What do you think’s in the bag?” and Northeastern Arizona that relies on the region’s the spill that originated at Silverton, “I don’t know – that’s why I’m asking. “consensual encounter” at any time. water used for human consumption because local Navajo residents complain that rivers. Colorado, will be mired in the mess for Can I look in the bag?” Absent a real suspicion, the officer’s water-treatment plants filter out harmful sediments. EPA officials pressured them The danger comes from the vast number of years. Investigations and reparations are Prior to the sex scandal, “Do you think I’m doing something power to ask questions is limited by the He urged long-term monitoring of aquatic life for requirement that the citizen be free to to sign forms waiving their uninspected abandoned mines which hold toxic de rigueur with such disasters but what Martinez and Valentino illegal?” wastewater similar in composition to that of the signs that heavy-metal contaminants that settled out about accountability? “I don’t know – that’s why I’d like to leave. right to sue the EPA for future breached Gold King mine, said Professor of Civil onto the river bottoms have accumulated in frogs Then there was the summer unravel- were busted for playing look in the bag.” Only when he came to court for trial, damages caused by the spill Engineering at UNM, Bruce Thomson. and fish. ing of new Albuquerque Public Schools politics over a contract “Well, officer, if you don’t have any did the officer find out that Charlie was According to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management “With aquatic organisms, lead can accumulate and Superintendent Luis Valentino. The with a Colorado firm idea what’s in the bag, you don’t have a a local video producer who’d learned That followed release by an EPA contractor of 3 there are 2,278 uninspected abandoned mines in biomagnify, so if those sediments are in the system deputy superintendent he brought to reasonable suspicion to detain me, and about the Constitution by filming drug- million gallons of pumpkin-colored, heavy-metal Colorado and 9,341 in New Mexico. It is estimated for a long period of time, whether it’s measured town may be his own undoing. And it that had questionable you don’t get to look in the bag.” dog searches – a number of them invalid should be. Jason Martinez was not sub- – at the Amtrak station for his show. tainted water into the Animas, which flows into the that many of these mines hold billions of tons of in months or years, there is concern that they will ethical ties “So what do you have in the bag?” jected to a criminal background check “I don’t have to tell you. Am I free to He knew about reasonable suspicion San Juan River, which in turn flows into the Colo- waste water to include toxins including arsenic, be picked up by aquatic organisms and it could before he started punching the clock. rado River and Lake Powell in Southern Nevada. conceivably concentrate to the point that it’s an issue leave now?” And Charlie walked down and what the boundaries were for that Then the shocker hit the headlines. A chief characteristic of this peculiar the sidewalk, away from the officer, Navajo residents complain that EPA officials with the fish,” Thomson said. officer. ‘New Mexicans deserve answers Valentino had put in command a man era in New Mexico has been the lack of who stood there sort of confused. pressured them to sign forms waiving their right Metro Judge Elizabeth Love took as to why this catastrophe who faces trial in Colorado on charges accountability, but now the misdeeds This didn’t last long, though, because about two minutes to dismiss the to sue the EPA for future damages caused by the EPA response of sexually assaulting children. No, that’s are so egregious that they can no longer the more the officer thought about it, it charge. I heard later that as a result spill, a practice that Navajo Nation President Russell happened and why the EPA failed Gov. Susana Martinez issued a statement Aug 19 not summer fiction but the brutal reality be ignored by the body politic (or at just didn’t seem right that Charlie could of a separate settlement, Charlie and Begaye demanded be stopped. to notify us in a timely manner’ ordering the New Mexico Environment Department of failed leadership. least the judiciary) or enabled by a have the last word in the situation. So, a lawyer who’d also been arrested for Because many Navajos do not speak English, he — Gov. Susana Martinez to investigate the cause of the spill and work with a Prior to the sex scandal Martinez public that has grown apathetic, acqui- the officer got back in his car, drove a failing to provide ID when not really put out announcements in Navajo urging residents and Valentino were busted for playing escent and exhausted by the nonstop multi-agency team to review the long-term impact of block or so farther down the street, and under suspicion were allowed to teach not to sign the form. politics over a contract with a Colorado negativity. was waiting for Charlie when Charlie the spill and measure the potential impact on local about consensual encounters, reason- “I guess they figure we’re dumb enough to sign asbestos, cadmium, cyanide and mercury. firm that had questionable ethical ties. Who is ultimately responsible for that ambled by. He stood in front of Charlie, communities, wildlife and agriculture. able suspicion and the Constitution at them,” Begaye told ABQ Free Press. Valentino suspended APS chief financial Animas spill. Will heads roll? Who will and again asked, “So what DO you have The federal government doesn’t have the money the police academy for a couple years. “They would like to get away with as much as “New Mexicans deserve answers as to why this officer Don Moya who opposed their be held accountable for the hiring of in that bag?” to clean up the mines, or even inspect them. The Charlie’s questions – “What do you possible; in this case they want to agree on some catastrophe happened and why the EPA failed to hanky-panky. The sex scandal was like the APS superintendent whose incom- Charlie said, “I don’t have to tell you. 1872 mining law allowed companies to work a think I have in the bag” and “What sort of compensation with the claimants to absolve notify us in a timely manner,” she said. “The EPA instant karma for Moya but yet another petence in hiring a deputy could have Do you think it’s something illegal? You mining claim until the ore played out, then simply crime do you think I’m committing?” the EPA from any additional claims of any kind in has hounded private citizens and businesses for nightmare for Albuquerque whose luck endangered school children? don’t get to check unless you do.” walk away. The law was updated in 1976 to include – are certainly the correct ones, and he doing far less.” picking superintendents over the years Who in the upper reaches of APD will Right about this time, the officer, who the future, so they’re just trying to get away with as reclamation for other types of mines, but not for did not resist his arrest when the of- After failing to respond to local fears for more than is summed up by the saying: “If I didn’t ever lose their job over the scandals that was perhaps not so well trained in the law little damage to their budgets as they can,” he said. hard-rock mines. ficer’s confusion took over, and he didn’t 24 hours after the spill, the EPA announced on Aug. have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” have plagued the department all these of consensual encounters, couldn’t take it Begaye once viewed the EPA as an ally for Nava- The New Mexico Legislature tried twice – in 2007 provoke a fight. Reasonable suspicion 19 that river water quality had returned to pre-spill The summer news dump doesn’t years under Mayor Richard Berry? So far, any more, and asked for Charlie’s ID. jos, but now he feels they can’t be trusted. The EPA’s and 2009 – to force mining companies on state lands is one of those critical things to protect pronouncement that the river is once again safe levels. stop there. Two Albuquerque police no one. Charlie asked, “Do you think I’m com- to clean up abandoned hard-rock mines, but the bills Who will be held accountable for the the innocent in the Constitution. Some has been met with skepticism in Indian Country. The agency has advised the Navajo Nation to start officers were bound over for trial on mitting a crime?” The officer responded, died. second-degree murder charges for the loss of not only Google but the multi- uninformed folks like to call “technicali- Navajos are waiting for independent confirmation using the San Juan River again for irrigation and “No, I just want to check who you are.” notorious fatal shooting of homeless year failure to address the economic Charlie responded, “Officer, if you ties.” before using the river once again. livestock watering and promised to work “closely ‘Superfund’ label camper James Boyd. Sure, you could see problems of this state? The governor? don’t have articulable facts you can Just sometimes, it takes a tough old “The people have lost confidence in them, and with the Navajo Nation in the coming weeks to it coming, but the preliminary hearing The mayor? No one? Will accountability point to supporting a suspicion that I’m judge like Aunt Betty Love, rest her soul, anything they say or do is suspect,” he said. “Then Also working against mine cleanup is the belief ensure that a long-term monitoring plan for the San at which a judge found probable cause finally surface from the wreckage that committing a crime, this is a seizure of to sort it out. It’s not worth a fight on by local municipal leaders that labeling abandoned Juan River is implemented.” you have this crazy business of them hiring a to have the officers stand trial was an was the Summer of ‘15? me, and it’s not reasonable under the the street when the courts know the company that serves the fracking fields and the mines in their region as “Superfund Sites” would That promise is coming a little late for Navajo undeniable low point in the history of Constitution. That’s Brown v. Texas from answer to a clear case. Nation President Begaye. EPA essentially allowing this company to bring us stigmatize their towns and discourage tourism. In the APD and the city. The saving grace Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico the Supreme Court [443 U.S. 47 (1979)]. tainted water, so EPA is batting zero so far,” Begaye Durango, local business leaders were vocal about may be that hitting that low point is the politics. His daily blog can be found at I don’t have to show you my ID. Is this Roderick Kennedy is a judge on the said. the loss of tourism income from the Animas spill at Rene Thompson is a staff writer at ABQ Free Press. only way we can start clawing our way joemonahan.com consensual encounter over?” New Mexico Court of Appeals. 8 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS OPINION OPINION ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 9 ABQ’s Summer of the ‘Know Nothings’ Winning Our Labor Rights By dan klein lbuquerque Mayor Richard Berry has us on the right track,” he has told Was No Walk in the Park Aand City Council President Ken reporters. BY SAYRAH NAMASTé Sanchez apparently haven’t learned A perfect Know Nothing response. that school ends every May. You’d Finally, in our summer of Know abor: The Folks a candidate a question will be asked to Who Brought You write it on an index card, and all cards think that forward-looking city lead- Nothings, we actually have APD L the weekend and the will be presented to the moderator who ers would have planned for school releasing information to us we prob- 40-hour work week, will pose all the questions. being out, maybe creating more ably wish we didn’t know. minimum wage laws, Traveling Exhibit: The Drones Quilt city-sponsored summer programs so ABQ Free Press discovered a dismal paid sick days, paid Project, presently in the possession of kids have fewer opportunities to get state of affairs within APD. In the first vacation, child labor the local chapter of Veterans for Peace, into trouble. six months of 2014, APD reported 11 laws ... well, you get will be on display in Albuquerque from Maybe more summer-time, kid- homicides. For the first six months of this the picture. 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday Sept. 4 at the focused events? year the number was 20 – almost double. Anyway, the Central New Mexico La- Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center, Maybe having more police officers APD continually states that they bor Council invites everyone to celebrate 202 Harvard Dr. S.E. on patrol? have 873 sworn officers, but when the 7th Annual Labor Day Picnic from 11 The idea for a Drones Quilt came from But this is Albuquerque where we just ABQ Free Press news editor Den- a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 7 at Tiguex women in the United Kingdom who paid $5 million to the family of James nis Domrzalski asked APD about Park, at the corner of Mountain Road started the project as a way to memo- Boyd to settle a wrongful-death case. retired officers – people who are no and 19th Street Northwest. rialize people killed by U.S. combat This is Albuquerque, where the longer working but remain on the The council will serve free hot dogs, drones. The project collectively creates Albuquerque Police Department has payroll until they burn off sick time or hamburgers, and non-alcoholic drinks. a piece of artwork that connects the lost almost 300 officers since Berry vacation time – the number of sworn Bring your chairs, blankets, and families names of activists with those killed. was elected mayor. officers dropped to 853. and enjoy entertainment provided by lo- The names humanize the victims and Albuquerque doesn’t have extra How many officers have left APD in cal bands. Bring your banners and wear point out the connectivity between officers nor does it have extra money. the first six months of 2015? your union shirts to show your support. human beings. The American version of Our leaders also don’t have any ideas. The answer is: 56. You read that Most unions with a local presence will the quilt project includes educational They are the Know Nothings at City right, 56 police officers have already have information booths. materials, photographs and information, History of the Labor Movement: If which together with the quilts, will cre- Listen to The Update with Hall. quit or retired from APD in just the you’ve never heard Dr. Luis “Nacho” ate an exhibit that travels the country. first six months of 2015. Quinones of Las Cruces or Diane Pinkey, According to the project’s organizers, Dennis Domrzalski This is Albuquerque, the New Mexico labor historian, speak, “We want to remind Americans that Monday mornings at 8:25. on How many officers have here’s your chance. Both Quinones and each victim was a human being, with where the Albuquerque Pinkey are dedicated labor educators hopes, dreams, plans, friends and family. KANW-FM 89.1 Police Department left APD in the first six with a deep knowledge about the labor We hope that the Drones Quilt Project has lost almost 300 months of 2015? movement that they want to share. will help Americans remember that we The answer is: 56 They will appear from noon to 2:30 are all the same – we are not worth officers since Berry p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at the United more, and they are not worth less.” Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters According to the Center for Investiga- was elected mayor Gary Glasgow The Albuquerque Police Officers As- Local Union No. 412, 510 San Pedro tive Journalism, only about 20 percent sociation, the union for rank-and-file Blvd. S.E. of the people killed in drone strikes What happened in Albuquerque this law in Albuquerque could take effect Boyd. Under oath, Eden stated that cops, reports we may lose another 40 Quinones and Pinkey will take you on have been identified, so there are many summer? would be in summer 2016 – a year he knows nothing about the Boyd officers before the end of the year. All a fun, interactive, multimedia presenta- victims who remain unknown. Addition- A Manzano High School student from now. shooting. This got lots of people – told, that would be about 10 percent tion from the formation of labor guilds ally, Pashtun culture prohibits the re- was murdered in a drive-by shooting. Ken Sanchez’s only idea to keep including current and former APD of the entire police force. Why? in Revolutionary America through the lease of an adult woman’s name, as they rocky marriage between the AFL and consider such publicity, even in death, A 14-year-old was murdered at Pat our kids out of trouble right now is to officers – talking. Albuquerque paid for a study that CIO and New Mexico’s own rich labor to be an invasion of her privacy – which Hurley Park. create a law that might take effect next Eden testified he has not reviewed told us what most police officers struggle. The event is sponsored by means that the identities of hundreds of Six kids are in custody for a crime year. the Boyd shooting because, now, 17 already knew – that officers were spree that left a man dead in his leaving because of Eden and Berry AFSCME Council 18. RSVP by email to women killed in drone strikes will never But the real question is: Why bother? months later, it is still under review [email protected] be publicly known. The unidentified are driveway in the Northeast Heights. APD doesn’t have enough cops to by APD Internal Affairs. This seems and their poor management. Frankly, Does this sound familiar? that study was a waste of our money. City Council Elections Are Coming: memorialized with quilt blocks that say enforce a curfew. When asked why to be Eden’s modus operandi, leaving “Anonymous,” “Unnamed Woman,” It should. In recent years, this has Even when provided written proof The City Council District 6 Coalition of surveillance cameras had been moved controversial police shootings and Neighborhood Associations will sponsor “Unnamed Man,” or “Unnamed Child.” been the story of Albuquerque. Young of their wrongheadedness, the Know out of Pat Hurley Park, which lies investigations under IA investigation the Albuquerque City Council District 6 savages roam our streets while the Nothings can’t learn. Instead, our Know in his district, Sanchez said, “That’s until he leaves office. Candidate Forum from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the Know Nothings do – well – nothing. Nothing mayor is intent on rewarding going to have to be looked at.” Oddly, neither the special prosecut- Thursday, Sept. 3 at the African Ameri- American Friends Service Committee in APD mismanagement by paying tens of Councilor Sanchez is willing to ing attorney in the Boyd shooting can Performing Arts Center Theater on Albuquerque. pass the buck to the Legislature. He case, Randi McGinn, nor the defense thousands in retention bonuses that are the grounds of the New Mexico Expo. wants a new curfew law, but that Under oath, Eden stated attorneys, Sam Bregman nor Luis going only to APD Command officers. Enter through Gate 3 at the corner City Council? Hello? can’t happen unless the Legislature that he knows nothing Robles, asked Eden how he was able of San Pedro Boulevard and Copper The City Council acts. The 2016 legislative session is a about the Boyd shooting to “justify” the Boyd shooting just Albuquerque’s Know Nothings Avenue Northeast. District 6 Coalition short, 30-day session. Even though the days after it occurred when he hadn’t apparently look only far enough Three candidates, Democrats Pat of Neighborhood Associations governor supports a curfew, I doubt been briefed and hadn’t read the ahead to their next election or toward Davis, Sam Kerwin and Republican Hess will sponsor the the Legislature will get around to A perfect Know Nothing response. police reports. Maybe that “justified” locking down their pension. Albu- Yntema, seek to win the seat being Albuquerque City Council District 6 changing the law. Another Know Nothing was APD explanation will come out when this querque Know Nothings have put us vacated by long-time District 6 Councilor Candidate Forum But even if they do change it, that Chief Gorden Eden, who testified case proceeds to a trial. on the Road to Perdition. Rey Garduño, who is not seeking re- from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. only would grant municipalities the in the preliminary hearing of APD And what does Mayor Berry think election. The forum will be moderated Thursday, Sept. 3 at the ability to create their own curfew officers Keith Sandy and Dominique about Eden’s performance and our Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque by the League of Women Voters of African American Performing Arts Central New Mexico. laws, meaning the earliest a new Perez in the shooting death of summer of crime? “I think the chief police officer Center Theater at New Mexico Expo. Audience members who wish to ask 10 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 11 The Higher a CEO’s Pay, the Worse the Company Performs About that Puppeteer Illustration on Our Cover BY ROBERT REICH BY DAN VUKELICH he Securities and Exchange (cynically termed he debacle over the missteps of the Albuquerque governor both donated TCommission approved a rule in “right-to-work” laws) TPublic Schools superintendent provide a window to the campaign of early August requiring that large dramatically reducing into a disturbing statewide effort by Gov. Susana Korte’s challenger, Peggy publicly held corporations disclose the power of unions Martinez and the state Department of Education to Muller-Aragon, and the ratios of the pay of their top to bargain for higher bypass local school boards and implement policy recorded robocalls to GOP CEOs to the pay of their median wages. directly through local school administrators. voters attacking Korte. workers. The result has been “They have created a divisive atmosphere in “Yeah, I think putting About time. higher stock prices the public schools by reaching out to manipulate, money into Peggy’s For the last 30 years almost all but not higher living threaten and coerce superintendents,” said Sen. campaign, that’s outright incentives operating on American corporations standards for most Mimi Stewart, a Democrat and teacher who sits on blatant,” Quezada said. have resulted in lower pay for average workers and Americans. the two legislative school committees. “That’s not even trying higher pay for CEOs and other top executives. Which doesn’t justify “What’s happening is coercion to follow what they to hide their attempt to Consider that in 1965, CEOs of America’s largest sky-high CEO pay want for education reform and not what administra- infiltrate and corrupt the corporations were paid, on average, 20 times the pay unless you think some tors and teachers know needs to be done.” board.” of average workers. CEOs deserve it for As spectacular as the Now, the ratio is over 300 to 1. meltdown at APS was over their political prowess ‘They have created a divisive Not only has CEO pay exploded, so has the pay of in wrangling these the Valentino affair, less publicized examples of top executives just below them. legal changes through atmosphere in the public schools by Santa Fe’s reaching down Congress and state reaching out to manipulate, threaten to the local level have legislatures. Dan Vukelich Courtesy of Breaking Bad The share of corporate income and coerce superintendents’ occurred around the state. devoted to compensating the It even turns out the — Albuquerque Sen. Mimi Stewart When the superin- Gov. Susana Martinez APS Board member Steven Michael Quezada higher the CEO pay, tendent of the Hobbs five highest-paid executives of Cartoonresource the worse the firm school district objected in wealthy districts. large corporations ballooned from does. That Luis Valentino would attempt to text to Skandera’s teacher evaluation plan, that district When the Martinez administration took office, The rule might generate other reforms as well – an average of 5 percent in 1993 Professors Michael J. Cooper of the University of Education Secretary Luis Valentino about how he was threatened in a meeting in the governor’s office it persuaded legislators to set aside increasingly such as pegging corporate tax rates to those ratios. to more than 15 percent by 2005 Utah, Huseyin Gulen of Purdue University, and P. was going after the district’s chief financial officer with a cut-off of donations to the district’s non-profit larger portions of New Mexico’s annual $2.7 billion Raghavendra Rau of the University of Cambridge, Under a bill introduced in the California legisla- for “running roughshot” is a telling detail into how foundation by wealthy donors in the oil and gas education budget for competitive grants that the recently found that companies with the highest-paid ture last year, a company whose CEO earns only deeply Skandera was involved in APS affairs during industry with ties to the governor. That led the PED directly administers. The share of corporate income devoted to com- 25 times the pay of its typical worker would pay a Valentino’s short tenure. Hobbs superintendent to do an about-face on his It is that money that Skandera has been using to pensating the five highest-paid executives of large CEOs returned about 10 percent less to their share- corporate tax rate of only 7 percent, rather than the APS Board member Steven Michael Quezada said challenge to Skandera’s testing regime. browbeat local school officials to acquiesce to her corporations ballooned from an average of 5 percent holders than do their industry peers. 8.8 percent rate now applied to all California firms. his three years on the school board have been a Sen. William Soules, a Las Cruces Democrat and for- policy dictates, critics say. in 1993 to more than 15 percent by 2005 (the latest So why aren’t shareholders hollering about CEO On the other hand, a company whose CEO earns wake-up call to the lengths the Martinez administra- mer teacher, administrator and school board member, “That gives the PED tremendous power to reward data available). pay? Because corporate law in the United States 200 times the pay of its typical employee, would face tion will go to end-run the board legally empowered said similar pressure was applied in Las Cruces. or not reward districts who do or do not enact Corporations might otherwise have devoted this gives shareholders at most an advisory role. They can holler all they want, but CEOs don’t have a 9.5 percent rate. If the CEO earned 400 times, the to supervise its superintendent. reforms desired by the PED,” Soules said. sizable sum to research and development, additional Those reforms include the Partnership for to listen. rate would be 13 percent. “I thought that if we brought someone from San jobs, higher wages for average workers, or divi- Francisco, they wouldn’t have a political agenda, a When the Martinez administration Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle, received a pay The bill hasn’t made it through the legislature dends to shareholders – who, not incidentally, are dog in this thing,” he said. “My hope was to sepa- took office, it persuaded legislators PARCC, test and the PED’s insistence that 50 percent package in 2013 valued at $78.4 million, a sum so because business groups call it a “job killer.” supposed to be the owners of the firm. rate politics from education. Maybe it was ignorant of an experienced teacher’s annual evaluation stunning that Oracle shareholders rejected it. That The reality is the opposite. CEOs don’t create jobs. to set aside increasingly larger Corporate apologists say CEOs and other top on my part to think that.” be based on his or her student’s performance on Their customers create jobs by buying more of what executives are worth these amounts because their made no difference because Ellison controlled the Skandera’s critics believe that commonalities portions of New Mexico’s annual standardized tests. corporations have performed so well over the board. their companies have to sell. in Skandera’s and Valentino’s resumes – places $2.7 billion education budget Despite widespread protests by parents, and even last three decades that CEOs are like star baseball So pushing companies to put less money into the worked, schools attended, organizations belonged for competitive grants that the walkouts by students around New Mexico this spring, players or movie stars. hands of their CEOs and more into the hands of A study by researchers at to – point to a conspiracy, but it was an APS decision PED directly administers the governor and Skandera have held fast to their Baloney. Most CEOs haven’t done anything Purdue University and the their average employees will create more jobs. to hire Valentino. Within education circles, it would demand that local districts implement the mandated special. The entire stock market surged over this The SEC’s disclosure rule isn’t perfect. Some have been unusual that they didn’t previously know testing and evaluations, with almost no compromise. time. University of Cambridge found that corporations could try to game it by contracting each other. The Las Cruces school board was instructed by the “It would be alright if there were an actual Even if a company’s CEO simply played online companies with the highest-paid out their low-wage jobs. Some industries pay their PED that it should use a teacher evaluation system collaboration,” Quezada said of the standardized solitaire for 30 years, the company’s stock would CEOs returned about 10 percent typical workers higher wages than other industries. ‘I thought that if we brought that penalized teachers for taking sick leave – even testing and teacher evaluations. “Problem is, they have ridden the wave. But the rule marks an important start. though they were legally entitled under the district’s haven’t listened to one teacher, one student, one Besides, that stock market surge has had less to do less to their shareholders than someone from San Francisco, union contract, Soules said. school board, and that’s why we’re where we’re at.” By Quezada’s calculation, despite the embarrass- with widespread economic gains than with changes do their industry peers Robert B. Reich, chancellor’s professor of public policy they wouldn’t have a political “They insisted that a teacher, by taking any amount of sick leave when they were sick, would ment caused by the Valentino episode and despite in market rules favoring big companies and major at the University of California at Berkeley and senior agenda, a dog in this thing. have that sick leave use counted against them in the growing opposition to the administration’s banks over average employees, consumers, and fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, In Australia, by contrast, shareholders have the My hope was to separate politics their evaluation,” Soules said. Faced with a possible testing and evaluation measures, the governor and taxpayers. was secretary of labor in the Clinton administration. Consider, for example, the stronger and more right to force an entire corporate board to stand for loss of funding directly controlled by the PED, the Skandera will not back down. Time magazine named him one of the 10 most effective from education. Maybe it was extensive intellectual-property rights now enjoyed re-election if 25 percent or more of a company’s Las Cruces board backed down, Soules said. “I think they want to prove to someone that cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. He has written ignorant on my part to think that’ by major corporations, and the far weaker antitrust shareholders vote against a CEO pay plan two years And that’s been the PED’s MO, aided by a carrot they’re right that they’re right in a short amount — APS Board member Steven Michael Quezada of time because they have higher goals,” Quezada enforcement against them. in a row. 13 books, including the bestsellers “Aftershock” and and stick it got through a restructuring of how New said, referring to talk of the governor as a possible Add in the rash of taxpayer-funded bailouts, Which is why Australian CEOs are paid an “The Work of Nations.” His latest, “Beyond Outrage,” Mexico funds its 89 school districts. But signs of administration involvement in APS For nearly four decades decades, the vast bulk of vice-presidential candidate on the GOP ticket. taxpayer-funded subsidies, and bankruptcies average of only 70 times the pay of the typical is now out in paperback. He is also a founding editor affairs were there before that. the 45-50 percent of the state budget spent on public “Now, it’s too late, with only a couple of years left, favoring big banks and corporations over employees Australian worker. of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of In April, the governor took the unprecedented schools went through what is called the public to change makes her look weak.” and small borrowers. The new SEC rule requiring disclosure of pay Common Cause. His newest film, “Inequality for All,” step of direct involvement in the defeat of APS school funding formula – a equalization formula Not to mention trade agreements making it easier ratios could help strengthen the hand of American is available on Netflix, iTunes, DVD and On Demand. Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press. Reach him at Board member Kathy Korte, a strident Skandera that guarantees kids in poor school districts get the to outsource American jobs, and state legislation shareholders. His blog is robertreich.org critic (and past columnist for this newspaper). The same per capita amount of money each year as kids [email protected] 12 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS OPINION ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 13 APD manpower, Page 5 Letters

cops. For the fiscal year that began bargaining unit. that argument and said that some of To the Editor: To the Editor: July 1, $1.7 million has been set aside Willoughby called bonuses for top those command staffers are the ones President James E. Carter has inspired me We read with interest your article on “How for rank-and-file police – police at the cops – who don’t patrol the streets who got APD into trouble. since I was an 18-year-old farm boy from Airliners Create Cloudy Skies Over ABQ.” rank of lieutenant and below – under – “another slap in the face to the “We are now getting a very veiled just outside Fort Worth, Texas. I didn’t know That you address the ongoing appearance of a selection system devised by the rank-and-file.” threat from them that if we don’t give what I wanted in the immediate future, other jet trails followed by spreading cirrus clouds administration and the union, the Albu- At the Aug. 17 City Council meet- them retention bonuses they are going than to engage in some great adventure and is to be commended. Most people don’t get their heads out of their iPhones and iPads to querque Police Officers Association. ing, Perry told councilors that the to retire,” Gibson said. “That’s bad turn it all into a book someday. How that look up and notice the obvious. retention bonuses are needed for the faith coming from the command staff. would happen, I had no idea. Did it work? However, the conclusions you come to command staff because APD needs “Culture change comes from the top But Jimmy Carter was a man of peace, and Gibson and others argue that the he kept our nation out of war long enough are a regurgitation of disinformation that to keep its executive and institu- down, so maybe it’s not so horrible perpetuates a normalcy bias against any tional knowledge, especially now as a thing that we lose some command for me to attend college, then join the U.S. Coast Guard for four years as a search-and- questioning of the geoengineering elephant staff. Someone who comes in fresh The issue of bonuses rescue crewman – where my sought-after in the room. will look at our systems with new for top cops is separate ‘Culture change comes adventures were realized to the extreme. The proposals to disperse aerosol par- eyes. It is really critical that we really After the military, having not been sent to ticulates in the stratosphere via jet aircraft and apart from a from the top down, do change APD.” a needless and costly war due to Carter’s to combat global warming (for example, continuing bonus so maybe it’s not so effective diplomatic policies as commander- the Wellbach patent, 1991) are not “con- spiracies,” and the campaign to engineer the program aimed at horrible a thing that we in-chief, I enrolled at The University of Texas What do you think? at Austin, where I studied writing, and climate using this technique is observed, in Mark Bralley retaining beat cops lose some command became friends with State Treasurer Ann real time, around the globe. Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry told the Richards, and staffers for U.S. Senator Lloyd Go to the EPA “chemtrail” propaganda City Council on Aug. 17 that APD brass was get- staff. Someone who This article is posted online in if you wish, or do a real article for Albu- the news section of freeabq.com Bentsen, a Texas Democrat. ting bonuses funded by “savings” within APD. retention bonus program didn’t do comes in fresh will Ann Richards and I shared a love of querque citizens concerned with the health anything to keep APD officers from writing, and she became my mentor. Her effects of these particulates and the lies that look at our systems We’d like to hear your com- retiring. letters still mean a great deal to me, and I “journalists” refuse to challenge about what council until the end of the fiscal year, with new eyes’ ments. Tell us what you think of have many over the years from her advising is happening to our skies. which was June 30.” Since Jan. 1, 56 officers have left Mayor Richard Berry’s decision — City Councilor Diane Gibson me on the art of writing, among other things — Bert Goodrich To clarify confusion of whether top APD, according to figures provided to give $6,000- to $12,000-a-year related to literature and politics. I would APD officials should get retention by the city. That’s nearly a full year’s retention bonuses to the top work as a press aide for U.S. Sen. Lloyd To the Editor: bonuses, the council let the MOU loss in only six months, said APOA 19 commanders at the it embarks on a multi-year effort to Bentsen in summer and fall of 1988, when Regarding your story, “What Lessons Have expire as of July 1. Vice President Shaun Willoughby. comply with a U.S. Department of Albuquerque Police Department. We Learned Since the Last “Bad War?” in the “It was only benefiting 75 to 80 he ran for vice president under Michael The issue of bonuses for top cops is Justice consent decree to curtail APD’s Or, e-mail us at Dukakis and simultaneously for re-election Aug. 12 issue: people,” he said, adding that there are separate and apart from a continuing use of excessive force. [email protected] to the U.S. Senate. Which he won handily. First, a study done by the military found nearly 700 officers who are part of the bonus program aimed at retaining beat But Gibson and others don’t buy I believe God will watch over the peace- that one-third of young Americans were makers of this world, in their health and in physically or mentally ineligible for military their physical trials, with the certainty that service. So they are more wannabe warriors He will be there through our natural cycles than Spartans. of life and death. Second, the political elites don’t care One of the most effective, and impressive, about the lives of troops. Why? In an article, Featured RENTAL Property moves Carter made in office was to bring “Whose Military Is It Anyway?” retired U.S. together Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Air Force Lt. Col. William Astore, a former 200 Rio Grande, Albuquerque and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, U.S. Air Force Academy instructor, showed at Camp David where a peace agreement how it has become an imperial police force, was reached in 1978 – against all odds. As similar to the French Foreign Legion. Their a result, Sadat and Begin shared the Nobel motto was “You joined the Legion to die. The Peace Prize later. That was a major success, Legion will send you where you can die!” and a big step in the right direction for The solution is to hold the politicians Middle East peace – long-term. accountable. Parents from Idaho, whose sons A full-service residential I honor Carter’s legacy as a good man, a were in the military, suggested a bill entitled, and commercial fine naval officer, and a remarkable President “Patriot Politicians Lead War.” Politicians of the United States – past and present. And I who vote for war would have to enlist or property management brokerage want to thank him for saving my young life. require their children to enlist in the infantry. — John W. Flores, Albuquerque If they don’t, they can’t vote for or support serving both renters the war. That is the honorable thing to do. and property owners. To the Editor: Finally, Americans are addicted to hope I am writing in regards to the article and allergic to the truth. But acting like a published July 15, 2015, about the Rail Yard coward never saved anyone. I will fight for restoration. Robert Digiulio was spot on that bill. Anyone else with a backbone can with his opinion piece. 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John Kuehl sent us this on a bass drum, to fall for the mirage that curfew laws Ruig Santos Where they exist, the courts have a photo of the newest the bandwagon for represent. Before today’s teens were far more precise tool than a blunt- establishing curfew even born, Albuquerque’s then-mayor, addition to his family. Tempting as it is to employ the cudgel headed curfew law hammer that laws for teenagers Marty Chavez, during his first term, “Her name is Gemma Lou of a curfew on kids who are pushing turns every tardy teen into a nail to be seems prepared to created a curfew to solve the “problem” against parental (and societal) authority, hauled in and pounded down. and she is a 7-month-old roll on down the of kids out too late. there are far better (and constitutional) Curfew laws are counter-productive, rescue dog that we highway right into The courts struck it down at the urging approaches that can be used first. But as all the research into juvenile delin- the 30-day legislative session in January of the American Civil Liberties Union. adopted from the they require some creativity on the part quency shows clearly that the deeper 2016. Turned out it was still a free country! of our policymakers – and they require a young person gets into the juvenile wonderful folks at How much momentum it develops Who knew? money to put them in place, though far justice system, the more difficult is it for EnchantMutts,” John between now and then will depend on less money than would be needed to him to ever escape into productive adult wrote. “Like us, she is how many more scary television stories impose a curfew law and to deal with life. about “young savages” and “mobbing Gov. Susana Martinez, very appreciative of the its violators – especially now when our Curfew “arrests” – when the cops pick teens” are aired between now and then. still more comfortable as police department is so strapped for you up, teens don’t make the legal dis- ABQ Free Press ... at least It scarcely matters that all the sta- prosecutor-in-chief than manpower to cover the city’s beats. tinction a lawyer might make between I think that is why she ate tistical measures of violent crime and New Mexico has long had a “CHINS” an arrest and “detention” – put young teen crime are trending downward. as chief executive, knows the front page and back statute – “Children in Need of Services.” people on the wrong side of the law Public opinion will be swayed far more page. Note to self: how to play on public It is a perfectly good law, one that the and begin to change how they think readily by three or four sensationalized outrage and citizen fear court could use to order an out-of-con- about themselves. do not leave paper on incidents on the evening news and the trol adolescent and his or her family to With each repetition of that message, coffee table while she front page of the morning paper than avail themselves of services: counseling, the label is reinforced. Services aim to by actual information. And police, the courts said, shouldn’t is still a puppy.” parental training, drug or alcohol reha- change that label, not deepen it. That’s Gov. Susana Martinez, still more be hauling in citizens (yes, teenagers bilitation, academic assistance, tutoring, why they work and curfews don’t. comfortable as prosecutor-in-chief than are citizens) when those citizens haven’t and temporary out-of-home placements as chief executive, knows how to play broken any laws. If you are 19 and are for brief “cooling off” periods. on public outrage and citizen fear. Her walking home from work after midnight Jerry Ortiz y Pino is a Democratic state CHINS is on the books, but it hasn’t propaganda machinery will churn out a or are talking outside a coffee shop senator from Albuquerque. hundred reasons why teenagers who are before heading home in the early morn- Send it to out late at night have to be locked up, ing hours, you are within the law. [email protected] even if they’ve done nothing worse than So why should it be different if you working late at their after-school job or are 17 and doing those same things? Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, missing a ride home from a basketball At least that’s the question the courts and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. game or weekend party. posed 20 years ago when the last spasm We’ve been all through this before. of public enthusiasm for curfews got Martinez (or Mayor Richard Berry, who wiped out. Jonas L. Jensen NM GS03 #372499 Specializing in Tile Installation Ceramic Porcelain Stone Glass Mosaic and More

Albuquerque, NM 505-933-1009 www.jonasljensen.com [email protected] 16 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS FOOD arts ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 17 Food Fights Benefit Community Matters of the Art: ‘Lost Souls’ vs. ‘Ghost Food’ BY LISA BARROW evocatively layered multimedia canvases depicting inspire and spark creativity in talented Albuquerque altered humans, their flesh often gray and mottled to chefs, enhancing the city’s culinary scene in the resemble stone, touched with dramatic light that evokes process. “I think it’s on the cusp of that,” he says. A Renaissance beauty while rippling with dark undercur- native of Albuquerque, Perseo has also worked in rents. Distortion, texture and grotesquerie are key fea- Hawaii, Colorado and Arizona at various Hyatt Hotels tures. His more recent work plays with Byzantine flatness Corp. resorts. and coloration in combination with painted mechanical Ruiz hails from San Francisco and describes the elements. LaRotonda’s show also incorporates a number of his sculptures, haunting figures that seem salvaged Californian chef community as tight-knit. He says from ancient carnivals of the damned. Albuquerque’s foodie scene seems much more The eight original sculptures of Titzer’s “Peccadilloes” compartmentalized. “It’s like there [are] cliques in the evoke body-horror tempered by a sense of humor and restaurant crowd,” Ruiz says. “So the goal is to create toylike whimsy. The humanoid figures populating his an event where chefs can come hang out together body of work tend to be riddled with bees, peppermint Courtesy of Miram Simun and rally around a cause.” candies, protruding branches or other things that sim- The revenue from the $10 ticket sales, plus the CC BY Betsy Weber ply should not be where they are, but their marvelous ences covering global climate change and its sidekicks: money raised by auctioning off several dishes, ben- details – from the keys of an accordion to the glistening alternative energy, the food economy and water issues. efits a given charity at each event. At this Food Fight, Tinkertown rabbit hole bodies of fish forming a mystic’s beard – arouse a kind The 14 posters of the Public Energy Art Kit (P.E.A.K.) the beneficiary was the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Do you know Tinkertown, that one-of-a-kind of hypnotic fascination. Though Titzer’s sculptures are fuse compelling design with factual messaging about In a nod to the Wild West, chefs bring only their art installation/museum/carnival of the weird and layered with enough paint and varnish to resemble fracking, energy density, corporate energy hegemony knives. Stacy Wilson of Just The Best Produce comes wonderful located a half-hour east of Albuquerque? ceramic or baked clay, they’re actually composed of and more to encourage direct and immediate action. up with the mystery ingredients and donates them. Its influence has long spilled beyond its own kitschy, hand-carved wood. Sarita Zaleha’s ongoing “Mourning Global Warming” Each chef must use all three ingredients in the meticulously populated borders – and now, it’s inspiring Earles enters viewers into a mysterious and girlish creation of their two dishes. They’re judged on project asks participants to hand-stitch the names of a new, all-ages theater production from the Cardboard world in “Through the Eye.” Her show includes presentation, taste and creative use of ingredients. natural disasters around the world. Sewn into patch- Playhouse Theatre Company. paintings in oil or gouache, pencil drawings, articulated It’s on. Raul Maestas slices pork loin and adds a work flags and displayed to bring attention to climate Casey Mraz, co-writer (with Jason Witter) of “Tinker paper dolls and archival prints. The apparent simplicity bag of green chile to a pan. He has three saucepans change, the piece creates a conversation in the context Town: A Musical Play,” says he imagines the show “as a of her work exudes, on closer examination, eerie going on the massive stove. When the poached eggs of work traditionally associated with women. The Little 505 Food Fight sort of ‘Night at the Museum’ meets ‘Toy Story’ meets currents of hidden childhood, masked selves and girls emerge, he excises the orange yolks with a cookie Sun Pop-Up Shop pools the talents of European artist ‘Indian in the Cupboard’ meets a Tim Burton film.” hybridized with plants or animals in gestures toward cutter. Maestas owns and operates a food truck called Kester’s grilled pork chops have a green chile-white sauce on a bed of Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen to offer Employing a cast of 27 child and adult actors, it relates unexplained discord. Streetfoodblvd, but he cut his culinary teeth at Hyatt huitlacoche custard, charred Brussels sprouts and sliced jalapeño. LED solar lamps as part of a global, socially conscious the tale of unhappy middle-schooler Gemini, who Tamaya, a French restaurant and a sushi joint. For business strategy benefiting communities in Sub-Saha- follows classmate Jacob through a portal that lands 505 Food Fight him, the challenge to come up with a new special in ran Africa, where 70 percent of people lack access to “Yeah, take it,” Maestas nods, handing him a box. them in Tinker Town, a model Western scene built by one hour is a real buzz. basic electricity. At the 505 Food Fight, Raul Maestas (Streetfoodblvd) carves pork A collegial respect reigns despite the rush of competi- her father. Naturally, the two must join forces to make “I like that rush, that battle, that quick mind,” loin as competitor Dale Kester (Joseph’s Culinary Pub) looks on. tion. On the Food Fight website, there’s a tagline that their escape; along the way, they meet a diverse range Perhaps the most compelling artwork belongs to Maestas says in a later interview. reads: “No egos – just great food and great times.” of folk and bring peace to the town. Miram Simun. Pushing interactivity to a new level He was happy to join the Food Fight in showcasing BY MEGAN KAMERICK An hour into competition, Kester and Maestas deliver The show is still in development, so if you attend the of haunting, Star-Trekkian post-reality, “GhostFood” local talent. “There’s good chefs here [in Albuquerque], their dishes to the judges. Maestas plates creamy grits 7 p.m. performances on Friday, Aug. 28, or Saturday, gives the public the chance to experience what might and nobody knows them,” Maestas says. “And there are ven for a chef, it’s an unusual combination of ingre- with blue cheese, smoked salmon and green chile Aug. 29, at South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 remain when our current unsustainable food practices good cooks too. In a lot of restaurants, the chefs are the Edients: Pork loin. (Sounds good.) Duck eggs. (Hmm, topped with poached duck eggs, huitlacoche and fried Broadway SE), you’ll see a staged reading. “The actors stars, but it’s the three guys in back making him a star.” sage leaves. The main course is blackened pork chops I’m intrigued.) And … corn smut. (Say what now?!) will move around on stage, and there will be some ‘GhostFood’ gives [us] the It’s a Thursday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At topped with the huitlacoche ragout. costumes, but the actors will be carrying scripts. It’s Kester offers a charred kale salad with tomato vinai- the Standard Diner, chefs Raul Maestas and Dale Kester A collegial respect reigns more of a glorified staged reading. So it’s not just a chance to experience what might face the challenge of incorporating all three ingre- grette and a poached duck egg. His grilled pork chops staged reading, and it’s not really a full production,” remain when current unsustainable dients in two competing dishes each. They’ve got 60 [at 505 Food Fight] despite the have a green chile-white sauce on a bed of huitlacoche explains co-director Doug Montoya (with Kristin Berg). custard, charred Brussels sprouts and sliced jalapeño. food practices are taken to their minutes and access to the Standard Diner’s cavernous rush of competition “I almost want to call it Readers Theatre.” Courtesy of Craig LaRotonda kitchen and whatever they need from the well-stocked Judges Daniel Marquez, the executive chef of Zacate- Though not yet a full-fledged production, music and logical conclusion walk-in refrigerator and prep station. cas; Jordan Holcomb, executive chef at Bistronomy B2B singing will be part of the show. “The music is influ- Stranger Factory (circusposterus.com, 508-3049) is A panel of judges awaits the finished products. And At another array of burners, Dale Kester torches kale and Howie Kaibel of Yelp tally the scores and declare are taken to their logical conclusion. “GhostFood” enced by Western music (most notably ‘cowboy’ and open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until the judges and chefs are encircled by an enthusiastic and chops onions to sauté with fresh heirloom toma- Maestas winner. He will go on to face Round 1 victor takes the form of a food truck serving three “soon-to- ‘pioneer’ music, such as country, folk, bluegrass, etc.) 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on group of observers, clutching drinks and shouting toes. Dale is the executive sous chef at Joseph’s Culinary Sean Staggs of Los Poblanos in a later round. be-unavailable” delicacies – cod, peanut butter and mixed with circus music,” says Mraz. “It has elements of Sunday. After the opening reception on Friday, Sept. Pub in Santa Fe. His interest in all things culinary started “I knew he was a dark horse and had some skills,” encouragement. Welcome to the 505 Food Fight. vaudeville and the Buffalo Bill-Wild West shows of the 4, from 6 to 9 p.m., these shows lurk in a deliciously chocolate. The consumed foods consist of tasteless at an early age. Dale stood on a stool at age 6, joyously says Perseo, who worked with Maestas at Tamaya. “I late 19th century.” creepy manner until Sept. 27. texture analogues paired with appropriate scents stirring roux as his mother Keyna urged him to never thought it could go either way.” Whether you’re a theater geek, simply ready for a delivered through a specially designed headpiece. The cease, lest he scorch the heart of all good gumbo. In a nod to the Wild West, chefs All in all, the event raised $850 for the Indian Pueblo fun family outing or want to support the ambition and result is surprisingly – even distressingly – realistic. This Keyna Kester is in the audience. She says she exposed Cultural Center, which will host a future Food Fight talent of local writers, performers and theater groups, Future noms will spook you really could be how your grandkids eat. bring only their knives Dale to a range of good food early on, and it took root. round. And so on. Executive Director Travis Suazo says “Tinker Town” promises a giddyup of a good time. Earlier this month (see freeabq.com/?p=3066) I gave Luckily the Downtown Block Party will have plenty of “He’s modified my recipes into gorgeous dishes,” she the proceeds will support the community garden at the Learn more at cardboard-playhouse.org. you a heads-up about the fascinating range of eco-con- non-synthesized food opportunities, including Robert says. IPCC, something that’s integral to educating visitors and This round was the second in a bracket that continues scious artworks on display in 516 ARTS’ “HABITAT: Hoberg of the Downtown Growers’ Market and Food Dale Kester creates a custard with the corn smut. This Native students about pueblo culture. The center is also every three weeks throughout the fall. It’s the brain- Exploring Climate Change Through Art,” running Aug. Karma, Fresco New Mexico, Pop Fizz and the Street Food ingredient, also known as huitlacoche, dates back to the creating an indigenous seed bank. Art creep child of David Ruiz, the owner of Downtown restaurant 29 through Oct. 31. But like one of our planet’s rapidly Institute. See the sights, listen to music from Racine Soul and Vine, and Mike Perseo, the executive corpo- Aztecs. Considered a delicacy in Mexico, it’s akin to a The next 505 Food Fight takes place Thursday, Sept. 3 Strangeness is afoot for September in the outlandish melting icebergs, far more lurks beneath the surface. Kreyol, Jade Masque and DJ Gabriel Jaureguiberry, and rate chef at Standard Diner, the Range Cafés and a mushroom or truffle. Dale confesses in a later interview at tapas joint Zacatecas (3423 Central NE). The players space of Stranger Factory’s Nob Hill storefront (3411 In particular, Saturday, Sept. 12, offers a slew of give some thought to the big questions. For more infor- concept destination coming soon to Bernalillo called that it wasn’t an ingredient he was familiar with. Maestas are Cristina Martinez of the Artichoke Cafe and Elvis Central NE) after an expansion earlier this year. Main- mind-expanding encounters not to be missed. For the mation, call the gallery at 242-1445 or visit 516arts.org. the Freight House. had never seen huitlacoche, but he used it to whip up a Bencomo of Pasión Latin Fusion. For more information, taining the gallery’s usual aesthetic of grisly/cute and third year running, 516 ARTS and partners close down Ruiz and Perseo became fans of a similar idea ragout with heavy cream, parmesan, shallots and wine. including tickets, visit 505foodfight.com. sinister/twee, artists Craig LaRotonda, Kevin Titzer and Central Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets for showcased on the Esquire channel’s “Knife Fight” and As the 30-minute warning rings out, Kester pops Amy Earles offer up a diverse assortment of beguiling an epic, arts-based outdoor celebration. The HABITAT: Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt City writers collective, pondered doing something similar here for a couple around the corner to ask Maestas for some white wine Megan Kamerick is an independent radio and print works in two and three dimensions in a triad of solo Downtown Block Party is free and, from 4 to 8 p.m., tweets with exceeding irregularity @OhLisaBarrow and most years. Perseo says the goals of 505 Food Fight are to and green chile. journalist and producer at New Mexico PBS. shows. features performances, interactive art explorations, recently served as arts and lit editor and web editor at the “A Consortium of Lost Souls” includes LaRotonda’s demos and crucial (but palatable) education experi- Weekly Alibi. 18 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS FOOD/DRINK ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 19 Sweet Spots: Next Level Café & Macarons in ABQ BY ARIANE JAROCKI

hen I think coffee, up the Bright & Early gamut, from classics like lavender Wexotic, faraway Breakfast Blend. It’s also a and chocolate to contemporary faves destinations come to mind. reasonable compromise for like red velvet and birthday cake. Yet familiar, old Albuquer- houseguests who can’t give Every month sees the debut of a few que hosts next-level coffee up that classic all-American limited-edition flavors. My go-to company Prosum Roasters. drip flavor. lately is salted caramel, the ultimate Speaking of a sense of place, Prosum has mad game. combination filled with homemade cheery, random snapshots Their espresso machine is a caramel. This flavor is also visually wallpaper the entrance to Synesso. In layman’s terms, transfixing – a turquoise cookie with Prosum’s roastery. Owner the Synesso is the Ferrari of edible gold flake. Cindy Guttromson’s infec- espresso machines. There tious smile beams back from are only two in the state, many of the photos. Before and this sleek machine Instagram-worthy protest can be feigned, my makes one astonishingly serving suggestion: hands are wrapped around smooth latte. L’Amour’s macarons play an enchanting brew. Pro-tip: There is a vast well with coffee and tea Guttromson reveals that spectrum of ways to get your she has visited all but one caffeine fix. Ask the folks at of the plantations Prosum Prosum about craft methods Other standout August flavors sources its coffee from. like the Japanese siphon, Che- include: apricot, filled with locally As proprietor – and thus mex, Turkish, French press, made jam; Hazelnut Crunch with barista-in-chief – Gut- Clever Coffee Dripper and surprise hazelnut core; and PBnJ, a tromson’s acquisition trips the manual pour over. Each grape-flavored macaron filled with have taken her to Ethiopia, brewing method enhances peanut butter cream and grape jelly. Nicaragua, Mexico and El Ariane Jarocki different aspects and nuances Pro-tip: L’Amour celebrates Salvador. She gestures to the of both the beans and the Throwback Thursdays every week photos and their children, Prosum Roasters’ Japanese siphon processing method. Prosum with a vintage-themed confection. huts, harvest workers and Roasters is located at 3228 Los Past examples range from cream-puffs semi-precious beans aplenty. Arboles NE, Suite 100. Look to Boston Cream Pie. Limited-edition Pointing out a hut, Guttromson Prosum Roasters for the giant flag sails that welcome you and seasonal flavors tend to sell out explains that the adjacent plants are 3228 Los Arboles NE, Suite 100 at the complex gate. quickly, so plan accordingly. From heirloom varietals that thrive in the prosumroasters.com yogurt parfaits, cupcakes and scones wild. 379-5136 L’Amour Baking Company to quiche to the vaunted macaron, The term “fair trade” is more than a Hours welcomes guests with a larger-than- L’Amour has the goods. talking point at Prosum. Guttromson Monday – Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. life, glowing notes that for every bag of “green” On Sundays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. dessert case. When beans she buys, money is given at Rail Yards Market I visit, pastry chef back to programs and organizations 777 First Street SW Amelia Chavez has helping to improve the quality of filled it to the brim life for coffee pickers. If she wasn’t fuzzy. Prosum’s specialty is the with particularly already a believer, bearing witness to medium-to-dark roast range. Most of bright, vivid treats. the change that sustainable wages can her green coffee beans – technically Her specialty is the make in people’s lives would have seeds from a coffee pod – are pro- French macaron sealed the deal. cessed naturally using the honeyed (pronounced mak- For example, one program focuses method. It sounds sweet, but this a-ron not mak-a– of construction projects in Chiapas. technique requires removal of the roon), a substantial, Another, in Ethiopia, funds building a coffee berry’s skin while leaving the yielding confection. library and providing sustainable and gooey mucilage on the beans. Historically, the reusable feminine hygiene products to Each time she gets a new batch of cookie never gained encourage female students to stay in beans, they’re roasted four different much ground in school. Plantations are also stepping ways before being taste-tested. And the US. it’s not outside the norm for this cycle Naturally gluten- Ariane Jarocki to repeat itself several times before free, the basic L’Amour’s macarons The term “fair trade” perfection is achieved. macaron recipe is more than a talking Guttromson’s passionate lecture on uses almond flour, L’Amour Baking Company sugar and egg whites. L’Amour uses point at Prosum processing coffee berries also engaged 6920 Fourth Street NW my senses with samples: smooth local ingredients whenever possible. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Nicaraguan Finca Santa Teresa de Chavez grows her own lavender and lamourbaking.co up their game. Her Nicaraguan Logos, fruity Ethiopian Shukery Kel- uses Distillery 365 vodka to distill her 345-0273 supplier pays his pickers double lensoo, crisp Steller Cold brew blend own vanilla extract. Instagram-worthy Hours what other nearby plantations pay. and rich Horse Thief, a 500-year-old serving suggestions: These cookies Tuesdays through Fridays: They serve meat once a day in a place mocha java blend recipe that melds a play well with coffee and tea, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. where the norm is once a week. dark Sumatra with a light Ethiopian. make a breathtaking boxed gift. On Saturdays: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. But enough with the warm and For a more classic coffee flavor, pick The flavors of L’Amour run the 20 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS SCREENS SCREENS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 21 Game On: Postmodern Epic ‘Fallout 4’ Film Capsules BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO

NEW IN THEATERS size of an ant. Naturally, hijinks involving high-stakes theft and geopolitics ensue. Douglas and cast members including Paul Rudd, T.I., John Slattery and Bobby AMERICAN ULTRA Cannavale do their utmost to urge the plot forward. Director Nima Nourizadeh’s mash-up of flannel-clad 117 minutes. Rated PG-13 stoner comedy and well-dressed, high-tech espionage film finds convenience store clerk/sleeper agent Mike MINIONS (Jesse Eisenberg, “Zombieland”) preparing to propose If you have young children, you can probably skip this to longtime girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart, “Twi- review. The “minion” originates from “Despicable light”). The script is clearly as informed by Hollywood Me.” This is some sort of children’s film franchise that marketing as by author Max Landis. When the sleeper centers on a megavillain, his minions and three orphans awakens, think “Pleasureland” meets “The Manchurian named Margo, Edith and Agnes. “Minions” itself is a Candidate.” 95 minutes. Rated R Owen Wilson senses danger in “No Escape.” prequel-slash-spinoff. Is it a metaphor for evolution or NO ESCAPE devolution? Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Geoffrey Bethesda Bethesda Some folks prefer him either a wacky comedic genius or Rush contribute vocal talent. 91 minutes. Rated PG A Cold War-era breakfast scene Putting the dystopia in “dystopian” a member of a cerebral ensemble of artistes attached to Wes Anderson’s aesthetic vision. But “No Escape” MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION By Rene Thompson can customize housing. “Fallout 4’s” creators must can tell their canine companion where to go and gives theatergoers an opportunity to witness Owen The fifth film in the M:I series finds Impossible Mission have realized people were spending more time what to do. The dog can help with salvage efforts Wilson as family man-turned-postmodern action hero Force leader Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) no longer an he hype surrounding “Fallout 4’s” Nov. 10 release unofficial part of the U.S. government, but he’s still out building than actually following the storyline. and attack enemies on command like lower-echelon Jack Dwyer. Jack and his family find themselves in date started with an impressive announcement at there doing secret agent things. Incoming CIA Chief T Another impressive option is the game’s weap- cohorts Ed-E and Rex in “Fallout: New Vegas.” unfriendly territory in Southeast Asia. There are no E3 this year that took over buzz at the convention. Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), former IMF colleagues on-making attributes. Going beyond mere repair The critically acclaimed Vault-Tec Assisted Target- hilarious revelations or poetic epiphanies here. Instead, The promotional iOS and Android “Fallout Shelter Brandt (Jeremy Renner) and Benji (Simon Pegg) and and maintenance, gamers can create practically any expect hot lead and narrow misses as the Dwyers make ing System, or VATS, also has received an upgrade. British agent/frenemy Isla Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) add apps netted $5.1 million in revenue in-app purchases weapon they dream up. “New Vegas” was a total their escape. 103 minutes. Rated R Instead of pausing altogether when targeting interest to two hours and 11 minutes of fights, crashes, in their first two weeks, according to Tech Times. disappointment when it came to innovative, custom enemies, things slow down, and players can target Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel gab in “The End of the Tour.” fireballs and beatings. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13 Think Gaming estimates that the Bethesda Game menu options. “Fallout 4” players can customize SINISTER 2 Studios app averages 32,000 downloads a day and easily, an indicator of good overall combat flow. their Power Armor from the ground up. These THE END OF THE TOUR “Sinister 2,” the sequel to 2012 farmhouse shocker already has a total of 85.3 million downloads. This element targets a demographic that wants “Sinister,” takes a story about haunting past the realm MR. HOLMES aspects of play will offer players months, even years, Jason Segel (“How I Met Your Mother”) channels late The gaming community’s intense anticipation first-person shooting capabilities that speed up of the genre into a territory that’s wickedly frightening More recently acquainted with Robert Downey, Jr.’s of tinkering time to perfect worlds and property. author David Foster Wallace in this dramatic portrait of of Fallout 4 stems from the five years that have during combat. – if only for its plot’s exploitative nature. Ready yourself brand of methodical, substance-abusing detective? The storyline here is different. The series’ protago- the all-too-brief life of a tragic literary figure. Wallace’s for death by electrocution, overheated rats and hungry This is altogether different but succeeds on its terms. passed since the last installment of “Fallout: New nist typically emerges into the aftermath of nuclear conversations with Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky alligators as encounters with a demon, Bughuul, are Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) spends his golden years Vegas,” which paled in comparison to “Fallout 3.” holocaust from an underground vault. In this (Jesse Eisenberg, “Zombieland”) frames discourses on The advanced graphics are impres- reviewed by an all-American family. Despite contrived solving mysteries, especially those that confounded him “Fallout 4” boasts vast customization options and an version, players see how the world of Fallout and joy, growth and illumination while also portending custody battles and conflicts with the law, they’re dead the first time around. Surprise! The master sleuth refuses impressive replay value when compared with other the city of Boston existed before as well as after the sive with faster and fresher rates at darkness. Adapted from Lipsky’s memoir, Donald set on getting on with their lives. Remember: You can to retire, instead revisiting a perplexing case from the role-playing game, aka RPG, competitors. bomb dropped. This fictional timeline hews to iconic Margulies’ script ably assists Segel and Eisenberg’s natu- 30 frames per second and runs at always leave your seat for more popcorn and soda. 97 past. Laura Linney costars. 104 minutes. Rated PG The art-life continuum gets a nod from Bethesda’s 1940’s and 1950’s motifs with an emphasis on that ralistic portrayal of writers authentically encountering 1080p (progressive scan) resolution minutes. Rated R wearable, interactive pip-boys (the series’ electronic “nuclear families of the future” vibe. the world in studied vignettes. 106 minutes. Rated R STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON organizer for inventory, skills, stats and quest info); Gender option worries – that there was only one that gives vivid saturation, a Seminal West Coast rap crew N.W.A. (an acroynm for this IRL addition is a first for Bethesda. PC Gamer gender – are unfounded. Bethesda put that rumor welcome 360 from the series’ HITMAN: AGENT 47 STILL PLAYING “Niggaz Wit Attitude”) gets the biopic treatment in F. reports that these limited edition pip-boy games to rest with the ability to select a male or female typical doom and gloom scenery. This film is an adaptation of a video game called “Hit- Gary Gray’s much-buzzed about feature film “Straight sold out almost immediately. If you’re coveting one, protagonist – and the face shape, hair color and man” that’s all about killing. The cinematic adaptation Outta Compton.” O’Shea Jackson, Jr. plays his real-life your best bet is eBay. But brace yourself for disap- “Hitman: Agent 47” calls on the game’s virtually AMNESIAC style, body frame and skin color manipulation Was the 1990 filmic adaptation of Stephen King’s novel father, Ice Cube. Fresh-faced versions of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, pointment because the developers have no plans to anonymous characters, vaguely rendered criminal Bethesda games are known for. The advanced graphics are impressive with faster “Misery” too nuanced for your discerning taste in MC Ren and DJ Yella round out the thespians who de- produce more. syndicates and a loose plot that’s centered around –you and fresher frame rates at 30 frames per second and obsession and torture-themed movies? If so, Michael pict the band of gangstas once known as the “world’s Console players with an Xbox One can download guessed it – murder. Bringing this movie to the silver run at 1080p (progressive scan) resolution, giving Polish’s “Amnesiac” is your dream come true. Featuring most dangerous group.” 147 minutes. Rated R and install a plethora of crowd-sourced game screen was an attempt to further degrade the moral The entire ‘Fallout 4’ non-player vivid saturation, which is a welcome 360 from the Polish’s wife Kate Bosworth as “Woman” and rising modifications. Until now, this has benefited only PC fabric of America. That’s a bad joke but this is an even series’ typical doom and gloom scenery. Bethesda horror star Wes Bentley as “Man,” there’s no subtlety TERMINATOR GENISYS users, and it’s never been accessible via console play. character system has been com- worse film. Star Rupert Friend (“Pride & Prejudice”) Arnold is back, and he kills. More specifically, the latest reports that its developers accessed a heavily to speak of. Can Bosworth summon Kathy Bates-with- Introducing player mods to the world of consoles pletely restructured. It took 20 doesn’t help matters by playing the titular role with a film in the Terminator franchise proves the past is modified creation engine evolved from the one used a-sledgehammer gravitas? There’s only one way to find is an overdue undertaking. With “Fallout 4,” wan nonchalance. 96 minutes. Rated R always fertile ground for the future. The Terminator voice actors — recording 13, 000 in “Skyrim.” out. 90 minutes. Unrated console players finally can access their creativity by has aged, there is an alternative timeline to reckon Innovation in open-world RPG makes “Fallout 4” uploading unique creations for others to enjoy. The lines of dialogue each — over LISTEN TO ME MARLON with, and the Earth and its human inhabitants may still one of the most eagerly anticipated, long-awaited The enigma of American icon Marlon Brando – his life, AMY Bethesda team hopes to bring mods to the PlaySta- two years to record Chanteuse Amy Winehouse was born, she lived and she be doomed. Tune in for the stunning coup de grace. series installments in history. A game-of-the-year his work and his intense love affair with acting – proves tion 4 version after its initial release. died. In between days, her prodigious talent as a singer 126 minutes. Rated PG-13 nomination or win isn’t out of the question. cinematic treasure for documentary filmmaker Stevan Something that differentiates “Fallout 4” is the Fallout characters can talk with nonplayer charac- became apparent. As she began to explore her gifts, Riley. Riley’s “Listen to Me Marlon” chronicles the expansion of the game’s building capabilities. Holistically, Bethesda has a lot to make up for. addiction descended like a hurricane. Asif Kapadia’s TRAINWRECK ters, aka NPCs, for the first time in the series. This artist’s life in all its complexity and chaos. Created in The ever-present bugs and glitches in “New Vegas” documentary relies heavily on archival recordings of Amy Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow team up to bring the Players can construct their own shelters and areas of gives players an incentive to pay closer attention to conjunction with Brando’s estate, this is a filmic love geographic interest, adding sandbox-style attributes. the storyline. The entire NPC conversation system never were properly patched or updated. This lapse on Amy. Like the lady herself, the result is astonishingly romantic life of substance-friendly, commitment-phobic letter that’s nuanced by Brando’s own recordings of journalist Amy (played by Schumer) to the big screen. This gives players the ability to customize their has been completely restructured. It took 20 voice made the experience worse, rendering entire mis- beautiful and ultimately tragic. 128 minutes. Rated R himself in various states of ecstatic delirium, business- Amy is assigned a feature on golden boy/sports surgeon world in ways never before possible. Not only can actors – recording 13,000 lines of dialogue each sions pointless. But all signs point to Bethesda giving like formality and unbounded genius. Curated to Aaron (Bill Hader), and the polar opposites fall hard for players scavenge for the materials to build struc- – more than two years to record. This presages a nu- fans exactly what they want and need with “Fallout ANT MAN reveal a multitude of aspects, “Listen to Me Marlon” each other. But as many a Facebook relationship status tures, they can feed power to the buildings, con- anced dialogue experience. It’s confirmed that Ron 4.” Rather than simplifying for shorter attention Marvel reaches toward self-referential humor only is a must-see for Brando fans and cinephiles alike. 95 proclaims, “it’s complicated.” Tilda Swinton plays Amy’s struct electronic equipment and defend areas from Perlman (“Hellboy”) is the narrator, but not much spans, “Fallout 4” is a love letter to real gamers. to come up with an at-once-muddled-by-detail-and- minutes. Unrated listicle-loving editor at a Maxim-esque men’s magazine, raider attacks. Bethesda takes a cue from “Skyrim’s” is known about the other 19 voices and characters. confused-in-tone clunker. A guy (Michael Douglas) gets hold of a suit that shrinks him to – wait for it – the and LeBron James portrays Aaron’s “Downton Abbey”- downloadable Hearthfire content, wherein players There’s also the inclusion of a loyal hound. Players Rene Thompson is a staff writer for ABQ Free Press. obsessed BFF. 124 minutes. Rated R

Jumps 22 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS SCREENS STAGES ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 23 Standing Room Only: ‘Hannibal’ Masters the Art of Seduction Having ‘Sex with Strangers’ BY HUGH ELLIOTT BY BARRY GAINES don’t have the horror movie gene. Hannibal is no exception. If there’s on’t let the salacious and furniture; a fireplace I’m immune to the intentions of I a relationship status called “deeply title of Laura Eason’s stage left keeps out the thrillers, suspense movies, slasher D dysfunctional obsession,” that’s the play “Sex With Strangers” cold. To be fair, the second movies, and other films that use pain- box Lecter and Graham check. Their throw you. This intelligent act set – Olivia’s Chicago ful circumstances and lonely houses dance echoes Lecter’s filmic bond two-person, two-set play apartment – is burdened to scare people. The horror genre with Clarice Starling in The Silence of has as much to do with with one too many unlikely just doesn’t affect me, make me want the Lambs. Once again, Hannibal is a literature as with lust, with tchotchkes. Sound designer to hide my eyes or grab my friend. master at ingratiating himself into the identity as with indecency. Matt Worley’s meaningful That’s one reason I’ve been indifferent souls of his pursuers. The play is set firmly in soundtracks break between to the body of work surrounding However Graham isn’t the only cyber civilization – where scenes. author Thomas Harris’ fictional serial heart that Lecter worms his way into. books are delivered by The Olivia/Ethan pas de killer Hannibal Lecter. There are some great cameos, notably Nooks, iPads, tablets, deux only works with two Sure, I’ve seen “The Silence of The Eddie Izzard as another psychopath Kindles and something strong, skilled performers Lambs” – I’m not a savage – and that the show plays against type to called the Kobo Aura H2O and sensitive direction. snippets of the largely forgettable great effect. Hannibal’s ex-therapist- – for beach reading. These As Ethan, handsome actor sequels, but I’ve never read Harris’ turned-wife Bedelia Du Maurier days, conversation via text Michael Weppler gives a books. When I heard about a TV series is played by the stunning Gillian messaging can and does high-energy performance titled “Hannibal” – just one word, like Anderson, and her portrayal of Du happen, even when commu- of a man who might be a “Cher” – I expected a tepid rehash of Maurier is spellbinding. She speaks in nicants are seated together. little too good to be true. characters who’ve become cultural measured restraint, as if she’s carefully It’s all about the “e-.” Thus Ethan’s attraction to Olivia punchlines. You know what would pulling sentences from her mouth like “Sex with Strangers” is hangs thick in the theater make me scream? One more reference taffy. It’s hard to tell if she’s drugged engrossing and timely. air, but he never forgets his to “fava beans and a nice Chianti,” or just traumatized so extensively Under the masterful direc- branding needs and the or anyone wearing a protective face that every movement is an exercise in tion of Leslee Richards, the importance of good P.R. At mask. The envelope was pushed keeping her sanity intact. I’ve never Vortex Theatre production is its core, his motivation is beyond its limit long ago, and there’s been a big “X Files” fan, but if her ideally cast and powerfully Christy Lopez directly correlated with the nothing new or worthwhile to extract performance here hints at what we can performed. The couple that reads together ... bottom line. His dark side from it. expect from the reboot, I’m so in. The first act is set in a flares in chilling ways. Wep- Boy was I wrong. We can’t (and don’t want to) look living room during a cozy pler channels a player, with Rather than hopeless redux, NBC’s away from Anderson’s languid, 1940s writers’ retreat in Michigan. Strangers” originated as Ethan’s blog. launched would be a cinch. aplomb, adding suspense to “Hannibal” ended up being one of the movie star beauty. It’s the perfect fit A March blizzard rages outside, and In it, he catalogued his weekly seduc- In the scenes that follow, this un- the proceedings. most original crime dramas on the air for a show that revels in a timeless Olivia sips wine while occasionally tion and “conquest” of a new woman likely couple works their way through Bridget Kelly gives a nuanced but unfortunately ends its series run aesthetic. Social media and electronic marking on a manuscript. She wrote he met at a bar. He did this every a literary liaison with benefits. Sure, performance as Olivia. Her expansive this week. Created by Bryan Fuller, devices are ghosts here, no Facebook and published a novel at 25 years week for one year. A bet with a barfly they find each other attractive, but nonverbal vocabulary emphasizes who’s known for the sci-fi show or texts on their cellphones. While old; now a thirtysomething, she’s still results in a series of one-night-stands. are they playing roles to please her evolving reactions to Ethan’s “Heroes” and the visually witty, dark chatting with friends recently about licking her psychic wounds from the He refers to it as “an Internet memoir one another? Olivia wants Ethan’s boyish bravado. Kelly ably presents based on the intoxicated recollections attention, his self-assuredness, and comedy “Pushing Daisies,” Fuller NBC the advent of dating apps and their book’s mixed reviews and disappoint- Eason’s intense, intellectual dialogue switched up the pace with “Hannibal” impact on relationships, I posited that ing sales. She is tentatively playing at of a certifiable asshole.” his worship of her words and body. as something akin to flirtatious – tackling more dramatic themes and Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson) and former patient/current husband Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads what these apps lack is the element of revising her second novel but overall You see, Ethan is actively pursuing Ethan desperately needs the ground- banter. Even as she passionately Mikkelson) update American Gothic. featuring explicit violence rarely seen seduction. It’s hard to overstate how a Olivia seems genuinely terrified – Olivia. He adores her book – he read ing Olivia provides. He dreams of disagrees with Ethan, her infatuation afraid to encounter rejection while it twice – and her photography. He accomplishing something worthwhile with him is plain for all to see. The outside the realm of premium cable. and purring accent. He glides el- (as one does), he draws while listen- clever conversation or subtle gesture finding a publisher. lavishly compliments her, reassuring with his writing career. In and around rousing argument between these two Initially I was curious about Lecter’s egantly around his immaculate home, ing to classical music, and he’s also can affect attraction. “Hannibal” Olivia’s pseudo-tranquility is inter- her that he’s no longer the brash all this, playwright Eason’s pointed characters in the second act is one of icky murders and cannibalism, expect- preparing “gourmet meals” for his a master chef (natch). He does it all. allows itself to revel in these good, rupted by another writer’s arrival. The misogynist of “Sex with Strangers.” dialogue skillfully probes. the best such scenes I’ve ever seen. Is ing titillation if not outright shock. friends. You can imagine Hannibal’s It’s a wonder he even finds time to old-fashioned techniques, and it handsome twentysomething is named Moreover, Ethan offers Olivia a refer- Above and beyond a stellar cast, their ardor borne of necessity? We are Instead, I found myself seduced by its spread in Martha Stewart magazine. kill people with his busy schedule. works. Ethan, and he’s cold, hungry and brim- ral to his agent and his own expertise director Leslie Richards benefits left both guessing at and caring about visual lushness. The cinematography We’re talking pages. Hannibal is the During the course of the series we’re “Hannibal” ends its TV run this ming with self-confidence. It seems in the world of online publishing. from a top-notch support team. Set the answer. in Hannibal approaches its dark epitome of the “effete villain” film mesmerized as we watch Hannibal week and with it an elegant world Ethan’s book – from which this play Why not invent a nom de plume? designer David LaFonte created a subjects with astounding beauty. trope. He’s an evil mastermind who skillfully prepare meal after meal. of seduction. One character says takes its title – was wildly successful, She could republish her first novel as warm, comfortable setting for the Barry Gaines is a Professor Emeritus It helps that Hannibal, played by lives a life of extravagant luxury, like The camera luxuriates in his precise to Hannibal “I know what you’re replete with a sequel and film adapta- an e-book? Self-publishing her new play’s first act. Beige and maroon at UNM and Administrator of the Mads Mikkelson, is all cheekbones almost every Bond villain in history. knife work and the saturated mouth- afraid of. It’s not pain or solitude; tion meetings on the books. “Sex With work on the online app he recently tones connect the walls, carpeting American Theater Critics Association. The idea watering colors of the cuisine and its it’s indignity.” Perhaps that’s true that there’s an presentation. Hannibal’s seduction of horror movies as well. More than upper echelon of of us is so complete that although physical pain or haunted houses, the society that uses we know his ingredients are also his indignity these films impose on their Hear the Latest on Acts inordinate wealth victims, we still wonder how one little victims is what really makes us cringe. to hide their evil bite might taste. The violence in “Hannibal” might not and Bands Coming to ABQ deeds is perhaps Hannibal’s seduction is equal- shock you, but the recognition that you’re really not so different from a classist notion. opportunity, as he bewitches every The Update with Yet Hannibal’s character, not just his faithful viewers. Lecter probably will. allure is unmis- His chief adversary and the show’s Samantha Anne Carrillo takable. He’s a protagonist is FBI serial killer expert Hugh Elliott is an artist and writer former surgeon Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). Graham living in California. Find him on Twitter Monday mornings at 8:25am who became a tends to get too emotionally entangled @wehogayman. NBC on psychotherapist with the criminals he pursues, and KANW 89.1-FM Who’s Hannibal having for dinner? kanw.com 24 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS MUSIC ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 25 Purity Ring Keeps its Future Pop Promise by M. Brianna Stallings

t’s such a clean, Iresounding band name, isn’t it? Purity Ring. It has a purity of purpose. And there’s the underly- ing tongue-in-cheek humor of it; the Canadian duo — self-described as a purveyor of “future pop” — took its name from a cornerstone of our nation’s Christian abstinence-only sex ed movement. There is something inherently pure and clean, even crystalline, about Purity Ring’s sound. As Purity Ring, Corin Roddick’s intricate instrumentals and Megan James’ angelic vocals and dark lyrics elevate electronic music to a transcendent level. It’s a sound they defined on hit 2012 debut “Shrines” and solidified with “Another Eternity,” released in March. Their first record was virtual collaboration, with Roddick in Montreal

and James more than 750 Sebastian Mlynarski miles away in Halifax. “Another Eternity” Purity Ring’s Corin Roddick (from left) and Megan James found the wunderkind twosome together IRL Purity Ring with HANA Was there a sense of ease because the music. I know that you, Megan, have a great deal in their hometown of Friday, Sept. 4, 8pm, 18+ y’all were recording together in your of input on Purity Ring’s video and visual aesthetics. Edmonton, Alberta. The Historic El Rey Theater hometown of Edmonton? Tell me more about that. After a sold-out world 622 Central SW That did help, too. It was comfortable. “Bodyache” was more art than video work. And tour in the spring and Tickets: $23.99, 21-plus; I could just go home after. It was a nice “push pull” was kind of ... Actually, I wish there were stellar TV performances VIP mezzanine access $4.99 way to have a break. See, when you’re not more [Purity Ring] videos right now. It’s been a slow — think “Late Night For more info, visit bit.ly/PurityRingABQ at home and you’re writing, it’s like this process. We don’t want to put things out that we aren’t with Seth Meyers” and 24-hour thing. I think breaks in the writing completely on side with. I’d like to have a relationship “Conan” — Purity Ring process are so vital; otherwise, you can go with a director in a way that’s actually collaborative. has reclaimed the road crazy and start wanting to shoot yourself. (Laughs) So With videos, you hire a director; then they come in and on its fall tour. The duo last played Santa Fe in 2012, yeah, it was nice to do the record at home. shoot what they want with your budget. I do like a and their triumphant nuevomexicano return (and first lot of our videos, but it’s important for us to maintain gig in Albuquerque) is slated for Friday, Sept. 4, at the Do you feel as though growing up in the frozen, our ideas and our process. It’s as important as our live Historic El Rey Theater (622 Central SW). industrial landscape of Edmonton influenced your show or our songs. ABQ Free Press spoke by phone with Purity Ring’s work, or do you think your sound is just informed Megan James about the power of an Edmonton by the two of you, together? A little of both? What informs your live performance aesthetic? winter, the challenges of translating music into representative videos, and what Burque fans can Definitely both. We each came from the hardcore We did a lot of research in terms of what certain expect at their live show. community there. Part of it transformed into a kinds of lights can do, what the stage setup would noise community. We were there for years. I’m still be like, looking at what other people had. What we ABQ Free Press: Tell me more about Purity Ring’s fascinated with the community in Edmonton and the have right now was originally designed by a com- latest album “Another Eternity.” What was it like things that come out of it. And I think with “Another pany in the UK that has an art installation. It’s made making an album IRL with Corin? Eternity,” being there lent a certain crispness to the so you could walk into the lights and be surrounded vocals. I’m very influenced by the weather, and the by them. We took that idea and interpreted it in Megan James: I wouldn’t go back. winter is pretty abrasive there. terms of a stage setting, where you don’t go into it, It was so much easier. We actually had but you see what it looks like from afar, and it makes the time and space to communicate what we With the videos for “push pull” and “Bodyache,” a different, but just as effective, impression from that wanted. It was also a more collaborative effort. slow, methodical visuals underscore the energy of perspective. We chose to use that because we could cont. on page 26 26 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS MUSIC MUSIC ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 27 purity ring, Page 25 Within Range: On Cracker, DakhaBrakha and Sleep Albuquerque’s BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO

Premier Facility n 2013, country music icons Em- who aren’t ready to tickets, visit nhccnm. of Burque’s most notorious residents Imylou Harris and Rodney Crowell let go of either band. org or call 724-4771. kick cancer’s ass … again. (Editor’s - for - released a Grammy-winning duet On Tuesday, Sept. And don’t forget to note: We love you, Gordy.) album titled “Old Yellow Moon.” 2, Lowery performs mark your calendar On Sunday, Sept. 20, fans of The critical accolades for “Old Yellow at a double-header for Globalquerque, Stereolab can attend a performance Mock Trials & Moon” banished any lingering concert featuring both happening the by Laetitia Sadier at Sister (407 doubts about the wisdom of teaming seminal rock groups at weekend of Sept. 25 Central NW). It’s tempting to wax Focus Groups up. Their second duet album, “The Launchpad (618 Central and 26. To learn more nostalgic about “Emperor Tomato Traveling Kind,” dropped on None- SW). The doors to Lowery- about Globalquerque, visit Ketchup” and “Dots and Loops,” but • Trial planning and issue spotting, such Records this summer. Touring ville open at 7 p.m., and the globalquerque.org. Sadier’s post-Stereolab body of work in-house facilitators in support of that release, Harris and show revs up at 8 p.m. Admission to The next evening, a benefit concert on Drag City and Too Pure is crying • Mock jury services Crowell play the Santa Fe Opera (301 this 21-plus gig will run you $20. of another (thoroughly rocking) sort out for your attention. Catch up with • Witness preparation Opera Drive) on Monday, Aug. 31. Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” collective happens Downtown. Gordyfest, a Sadier at laetitiasadier.com. Doors Proceeds from the all-ages concert DakhaBrakha soundtracks the North 21-plus hardcore fundraiser, goes are at 7 p.m., and the 21-plus concert • Simulated court and Sebastian Mlynarski deliberation venues benefit the Santa Fe Humane Society, American premiere of Aleksandr down at Launchpad (618 Central bleeps to life at 8 p.m. Tickets are and there are eight tiers of admission Dovzhenko’s restored 1930 film SW) on Saturday, Sept. 12. Ultimate $10. Deradoorian and Reighnbeau • Political polling format it around the songs really well theatricality for the ABQ show? ranging from $31 to $106. Doors are “Earth.” DahkaBrahka’s live accom- doom/stoner metal trio Sleep open the show. Also on Sunday, based on Corin’s instruments. It’s It won’t be quite the same. There at 6:30 p.m., and the stage lights up at paniment of the all-ages screening headlines the heavy, big-hearted fest. electro-industrial stalwart My Life really just about presenting the songs Call 505-263-8425 or email will be a lot of lights and a lot of fog. 7:30 p.m. happens on Friday, Sept. 11, at the Benefiting O.G. ABQ punk Gordy with the Thrill Kill Kult blows the lid in such a way that does them justice. [email protected] (Laughs) But no, it won’t be the same After his band Camper Van National Hispanic Cultural Center Andersen (Black Maria), local heavies off Launchpad (618 Central SW) on as it was on “Conan.” We don’t tour Beethoven disbanded in 1990, (1701 Fourth Street SW). Apart from Tenderizor, Supergiant, Shoggoth, their 2015 Electrick Messiah Tour. That 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 I was really impressed by the style of or travel with those crystal lamps, frontman David Lowery formed alt. its own wonder, the event benefits this Anesthesia, Sandia Man and Hanta 21-plus, devilish dance party starts at your recent performance of “Bodyache” because they’re really heavy. We have rock band Cracker. Cracker vocalist year’s iteration of Albuquerque-based rock for Gordy’s medical bills. The 8 p.m., and $13 gets you in. on “Conan.” There was a tall, crystal- a more efficient aesthetic on tour, but Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman world music festival ¡Globalquerque! doors swing wide to accommodate shaped drum stand that Corin was hopefully it’ll be as visually interest- For more up-to-date ABQ concert listings, playing, an array of natural crystals ing for people. are the only founding members still in The projectors beam and sounds Andersen’s fans and friends at 5 p.m. blinking in rhythm as they surrounded play. Times change and people move emerge at 7:30 p.m., and admission The amps crank up to 11 at 5:30 p.m. follow ABQ Free Press on Facebook at trialmetrixnm.com you, and a rolling cloud of fog encir- M. Brianna Stallings writes on, but there’s good news for fans is $22. For more info and to secure The $20 cover charge goes to help one facebook.com/ABQFreePress. cling your feet. Can we expect a similar so you don’t have to. 28 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 29

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Email event info, includ- August 26, Chicarra, Italian Rats, September 5, Poses & Pints and Indian 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Part of Art in the Afternoon 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Noon, South Valley Gateway Park, The Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Star Canyon September 10, Surf Lords indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of 100 Isleta Blvd SW, 468-1418, 255-1848; guildcinema.com ing event name, date, August 28, Shrimp Night AUGUST 28-29 Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 bernco.gov/community-services AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 10 The Gruve August 29, Leeches of Lore, Major 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 time, address and contact Zinc Cellar Bar The Jam Spot 5:30 pm, Free, Museums: Games, Varma Cross 3 the common S E N S E – the animals AUGUST 29-30 Talks: Elephant Social Structure August 30, Homeshake, Sheer Agony, 3009 Central Ave NE, 254-9462, 239 San Pedro NE, 440-2600, Prairie Star Restaurant and Wine Bar, Holy Water and Whiskey 11 phone number or website, With musical serenades by Screens: Fantastic Journey: Part of Zoo Brown Bag Seminar Ballets zincabq.com [email protected] 288 Prairie Star Rd, Part of Chuckwagon Dinner 7 Adelaide Boedecker, Tatiana Vassilieva Animated Shorts — Children’s Film 12:45 pm, ABQ BioPark, September 8, The Atomic Bitchwax, August 27, You Knew Me When August 28, Carion Kind, Fatally Dying Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327, & Music Series to 5:45 pm, SITE Santa Fe, Festival 2015 903 10th St NW, 764-6200, Mos Generator August 29, Da Terra Meiga Within, Gooneenees mynewmexicogolf.com/prairiestar_home Wildlife West Nature Park, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, The Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, cabq.gov [email protected] September 9, Grooms, Time Wound, August 30, Dan Golden August 29, Spice 1, and locals 87 N. 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NEEDTOBREATHE, Poema August 29, Mutoid Man, Wild Throne 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Novalima 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, 888-8100, August 30, Prayer, Sleepdeath the Jaded Heart Band 6 pm, Open Space Visitor Center, The Bavarian, 100 Kachina Rd, 7:30 pm, Sandia Casino, Three Classic Fairy Tales Part of NM State Fair 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, abclibrary.org September 1, Cracker, Camper Van August 28, 9 pm, Karaoke 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, Taos Ski Valley, NM, 30 Rainbow Rd NE, 796-7500, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe 20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, Santa Ana Star Center, 7 pm, Tingley Coliseum, Beethoven August 29, 8 am, Chromosome/Colitis cabq.gov/openspace SKRUX, Kick n Licks (575) 776-8020, sandiacasino.com Rio Gumbo (575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com 3001 Civic Center Circle NE, 300 San Pedro Dr, Fundraising Tourney Rebecca Arscott 9 pm, El Rey Theater, thebavarian.net September 3, Roc the Mic Club Part of Thirsty Thursdays Music Series 891-7300, unmtickets.com/NMStateFair September 5, Throw the Temple August 29, 7:30 pm, Spence Band 7 pm, Old Town Gazebo, Red Light Ramblers 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com AUGUST 28-30 4 pm, Balloon Fiesta Event Center, santaanastarcenter.com August 31, 11 am, CNM Volleyball 303 Romero St NW, 768-3556, 2 pm, Cherry Hills Library, 6901 Bar- Twisted Owls SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 CD Release Show 9401 Balloon Museum Dr NW, Red Turtle Dancers (Pojoaque) SEPTEMBER 10-26 Class cabq.gov stow St NE, 857-8321, abclibrary.org 7 pm, Old Town Gazebo, Chatter at the Acropolis: 768-6062, cabq.gov Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 303 Romero St NW, 768-3556, cabq.gov Downtown Rooftop Concert 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, Disgraced 7pm, Acropolis Parking Structure, indianpueblo.org One Man Breaking Bad: The Cell, 700 1st St NW, SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 220 Copper NW, chatterabq.com Miles Allen 766-9412, fusionabq.org Bobbie and All Around Mota Flashback SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave 1 pm, Free, 7 pm, Old Town Gazebo, Part of Party on the Patio Heart NW, 768-3544, ampconcerts.org 303 Romero St NW, 768-3556, cabq.gov 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Buffalo Thunder, Chatter Sunday: 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe, Solo Cello – Bach + Britten indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe (505) 455-5555, 10:30 am, Kosmos Performance Space Sun City Music Festival buffalothunderresort.com Honor Thy Fried Food at the Factory on 5th, El Paso, TX, suncitymusicfestival.com Justin Shandor: The Ultimate Chemdry of New Mexico 1715 5th St NW, Elvis Concert chatterabq.org SEPTEMBER 5-7 Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort Latin Dance Party New Mexico Wine & Jazz Festival & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, with Nosotros Isleta Casino & Resort, Mescalero, Serving our customers in Bernalillo, 6 pm, The Yards, 777 1st St SW 11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 510-1312, (800) 545-9011, ticketmaster.com, winecountrynm.com innofthemountaingods.com Valencia, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, S. Sandoval Willy Porter 7:30 pm, Cooperage Restaurant, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Three Days Grace Counties the right way since 1979 7220 Lomas Blvd NE, 255-1657, 8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central ampconcerts.org Mindi Abair Ave SW, 352-7866, rt66casino.com 7 pm, Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid Justin Shandor: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 North, 5151 San Francisco NE, * Green Certified Carpet Cleaning * Tile and Grout Cleaning 899-5029, theoasislive.com The Ultimate Elvis Concert Cookin’ * Full Submersion Area Rug Cleaning * Drapery Cleaning Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort by Samantha Anne Carrillo Part of Party on the Patio MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, * Upholstery Cleaning * Pet Urine Odor Removal Experts 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Mescalero, Metalachi 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, (800) 545-9011, ticketmaster.com, On Monday, Sept. 7, head to Cliff’s Amusement Park * Leather Cleaning * Granite Renewal Service 6 pm, Free, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe innofthemountaingods.com Santa Fe Railyard Plaza, (4800 Osuna NE) for the inaugural Food On A Stick Fest. Soriba Fofana 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, Man in the Mirror: This deep-fried spectacular makes the end of summer Noon, Free, ampconcerts.org A Tribute to the King of Pop more pointedly tasty than in years past. This brand-new South Broadway Cultural Center, 7 pm, Isleta Amphitheater, 11000 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Broadway Blvd SE, 452-5100, festival showcases over 20 local vendors focusing on ampconcerts.org Chava & Paid My Dues isleta.com foods that can be affixed to a stick, bathed in hot oil Part of Party on the Patio FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 and then joyfully consumed. Kimo’s Hawaiian Barbeque 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, is bringing the bacon-wrapped Spam. The Celia’s Cafe Judge Bob & The Hung Jury 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Slipknot, Lamb of God, 5:30 pm, Prairie Star Restaurant and indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe Bullet for my Valentine fest menu boasts cornflake and honey-battered fried ice Mention ABQ Free Press for 10% OFF of any of our services Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Isleta Resort & Casino, cream. Visit foodonastickfest.com to see what Irrational Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327, PERFORMANCES 11000 Broadway SE, 724-3800, Pie, Pop Fizz, Rebel Donuts and others are cooking up … mynewmexicogolf.com/prairiestar_home isleta.com ALBUQUERQUE 883-1133 • SANTA FE 988-5405 THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 on a stick. Le Chat Lunatique General admission is $8.95; LOS ALAMOS 662-5366 • LOS LUNAS/BELEN 865-2899 Part of Party on the Patio Kelly Clarkson with Pentatonix SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Isleta Resort & Casino, Anjelah Johnson a full day’s ride pass, including WWW.CLEANERCARPET.NET 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 11000 Broadway SE, 724-3800, 8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central four food sticks, costs $27.95. indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe isleta.com Ave SW, 352-7866, rt66casino.com 30 • August 26, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • August 26, 2015 • 31 ONGOING Sunday Family Fun AUGUST 29-30 Santa Fe NM Wicked Wine Run FOOD AND DRINK TALKS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Sundays, 10 am, 4 pm, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Celebration of Heroes: Banquet Performance, Politics, and Bachechi Open Space, 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, THROUGH AUGUST 29 and Auction to benefit Paws THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 Piety: Pageantry and Identity What can you expect at this 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, wickedwinerun.com Murder at the Abilene Saloon Fairest of Them All and Stripes Gruet Winery Tour The Iran Nuclear Deal — in Colonial Mexico City: by Samantha Anne Carrillo year’s New Mexico State Fair? 314-0398, bernco.gov/openspace Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown, Hotel Albuquerque, 800 Rio Grande THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13 2 pm, 8400 Pan American Frwy NE, Why it is in the US and Dr Linda A Curcio-Nagy 2600 Louisiana Blvd NE, 377-9593, In the country vernacular, the Toddler Time Blvd, pawsandstripes.org 821-0055 International Community’s 6 pm, New Mexico History Museum, Tuesdays, 9 am, Explora, Monarch: Orange Takes Flight foulplaycafe.com technical term is “a hoot.” This Wine Tasting: Napa Valley Interest: Ambassador 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, 224-8300, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Joseph Wilson (505) 476-5200, storied, annual event brings 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, 5 pm, Slate Street Café, THROUGH AUGUST 30 explora.us 3rd Annual WinWin Art 6 pm, Free, Congregation Albert, nmhistorymuseum.org out native New Mexicans and (505) 471-9103, 515 Slate Ave NW, 243-2210, Picnic Lottery: Tamarind Institute 3800 Louisiana Blvd NE, 883-1818, santafebotanicalgarden.org slatestreetcafe.com The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street transplants alike. For 10 glorious COMMUNITY Tickets on sale now congregationalbert.org FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Part of the “Summer of Color” all NW, 898-9222, adobetheater.org days, from Sept. 10 to 20, Expo 4 pm, Tamarind Institute, 2500 Central SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Hispanic Heritage Month Kick around Santa Fe New Mexico (300 San Pedro SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Ave SE, 277-3901, tamarind.unm.edu THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 Off Press Conference THROUGH SEPTEMBER 13 8th Annual Albuquerque NE) plays host to the grandest Big Band Swing 2015: Tamarind’s Prints Charming Ball MARKETS Hopfest Xtreme Beer Fest Stories of the Middle Rio 11 am, Free, Old Town Gazebo, Arsenic and Old Lace collection of farm animals, A Night in the 40’s 8 pm, Tamarind Institute, 2 pm, Isleta Amphitheater, Grande: Alameda 303 Romero St NW, 7 pm, Free, 7 pm, Free, Bachechi Open Space, hhc-abq.wix.com/hispanicheritagecommittee Albuquerque Little Theatre, midway rides, arts and crafts 2500 Central Ave SE, 277-3901, FRIDAYS 5601 University Blvd SE, 452-5100, 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial, tamarind.unm.edu isleta.com 9521 Rio Grande NE, albuquerquelittletheatre.org exhibits and fried food vendors 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, Los Poblanos Friday Farm Stand RSVP: 314-0398, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 6th Annual Gala Fundraiser: Honey Tasting available in an urban setting. nmvetsmemorial.org 3 pm, 4803 Rio Grande Blvd NW, bernco.gov/community-services History of the Purple Heart: Sex with Strangers Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 9 am, Open Space Visitor Center, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, Larry Blair The Vortex Theater, 2900 Carlisle NE, Live music by local and national Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact: SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 lospoblanos.com Part of the Military Lecture Series 247-8600, vortexabq.com acts, an awesome and sometimes 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, cabq.gov/openspace Ray McGovern & Rey Garduño Bien Milonguero Tango School: 10 am, New Mexico Veterans’ terrifying rodeo and a sampling indianpueblo.org/Gala SATURDAYS 1 pm, ABQ Mennonite Church, Grand Opening Lions, Tigers & Beers, Oh My! 1300 Girard NE, 268-9557, Memorial Event Center, SCREENS Armijo Village Growers’ Market 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 Tenth of the best nuevomexicano art 4 pm, Las Puertas, 1512 1st St NW, OUTDOORS abqpeaceandjustice.org 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, AUGUST 26-September 11 and culture await. As the saying 244-0290, bienmilonguero.com 8 am, Isleta Blvd and Arenal Rd SW SW, 768-2000, abqbiopark.com 256-2042, Downtown Growers’ Market FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 nmvetsmemorial.org The Guild Cinema goes, all’s fair in love and 4-H. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 8 am, Robinson Park, El Presidio de Santa Barbara; Elephant Social Structure 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; Or was that war and turkey legs? Backyard Apiary Tour Casino/Cuban-Style Salsa and 8th and Central, Bloody Sundays: Brunch & Its Founding, Heyday, Death Part of Zoo Brown Bag Seminar guildcinema.com Visit exponm.com for 9 am, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, Rueda de Casino downtowngrowers.com Bloody Mary Bar with Greg and Rebirth: Jarrell Jackman 12:45 pm, ABQ BioPark, August 26-27, Gemma Bovery 6500 Coors Blvd NW, more deets. 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Swardson 6 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art, 903 10th St NW, 764-6200, cabq.gov August 26-27, The 100-Year-Old Man RSVP: 897-8831, Edgewood Farmers’ Market Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 11 am, Distillery 365, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, Who Climbed out the Window and cabq.gov/openspace 3 pm, Tractor Supply Company, nhccnm.org 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, (505) 476-5072, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Disappeared Kung Fu Movie Night 8 Marietta Ct, Edgewood, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 distillery365.com nmartmuseum.org August 28-31, Gueros 6 pm, Free, Mantis Kung Fu Academy, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 (505) 269-1577 Luncheon — History and 2015 Mountainair Sunflower Earthworks Program: Find a Bug Dine Out for Pets Culture of the Gutierrez August 28-31, Tu dors Nicole 8338 Comanche Rd NE, kungfuabq.com Dam to Dam Run 2015 Los Ranchos Growers’ Market August 28-29, Turbo Kid Festival 2 pm, Santa Fe Children’s Museum, HAH! Happy Arte Hour Noon, Bistronomy B2B, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Hubbell House: Flora Sanchez Toy Story 8 am, Albuquerque, 299-3521, 7 am, 8528 Rio Grande Blvd NW, September 1-3, FILMAGE: 10 am, Dr. Saul Community Building, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, 5:30 pm, Free, 3118 Central Ave SE, Climate Change and Bird 11:30 am, Part of Movies on the Plaza irunfit.org 344-1023, The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL 109 N. Roosevelt Ave, Mountainair, (505) 989-8359, National Hispanic Cultural Center, animalhumanenm.org Migration: Margaret UNM Continuing Education Building, 8:10 pm, Free, Civic Plaza, losranchosgrowersmarket.com September 4, Jiz is Coming!: NM, manzanomountainartcouncil.org santafechildrensmuseum.org 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, A Day of Mindfulness and “Peggy” Darr 1634 University Blvd NE, 1 Civic Plaza NW, 3rd St NW and Santa Fe Farmers Market SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 A Fundraiser! Land of Enchantment Fly-In nhccnm.org Nature led by Albuquerque 1 pm, Free, RSVP by 9/4: 271-2078, Marquette Ave NW, albuquerquecc.com AUGUST 29-30 8 am, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, September 4-7, Kurt Cobain: and Double Eagle II Airport City Council District 6 Buddhist Fellowship Mountain West Brew Fest Petroglyph National Monument, [email protected] 8:30 am, Carolino Canyon, santafefarmersmarket.com Montage of Heck SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire Open House Candidate Forum 11 am, Loretto Park, 6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205, September 4-7, Steve Jobs: 10 am, Anderson Abruzzo 8 am, Free, Double Eagle II Airport, 6 pm, African-American Performing RSVP: 452-5222, South Valley Growers’ Market 237 S. Camino del Pueblo, Bernalillo, nps.gov/petr Avengers 3D cabq.gov/openspace, lotusdragon.com Crossword Puzzle appears on page 32

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SEPTEMBER 4-5 [email protected] NM 4-H Rodeo September 4, The American Dreamer NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave August 29, 10:30 am, Jacqueline Kelly, 7 pm, Free, Tingley Coliseum, September 4, Ride the Pink Horse NW, albuquerquecc.com “The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate” SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 300 San Pedro, (575) 639-5110, August 29, 3 pm, Sage and Jared’s Free Vet Care Clinic for Pets aces.nmsu.edu/4h SEPTEMBER 2-9 FAIRS, FESTIVALS & Happy Gland Band of the Homeless Fathom Events FIESTAS September 3, 10:30 am, Story Time! ONGOING 9 am, Free but must RSVP, at selected movie theaters, September 10, 10:30 am, Story Time! 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