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AND ENDS Dateline: Turkey Garbage collectors in Ankara have opened a WEIRD NEWS public library using only books that have been thrown away by the city’s residents. Dateline: Florida Sanitation workers in Turkey’s capitol had Authorities are warning the public not to been gathering discarded books for months touch wild monkeys in Florida, because they when they opened a library for employees and carry a strain of herpes that can be fatal to their families to peruse. Word about the humans. Health officials say a quarter of the collection began to spread around the feral rhesus macaque population—introduced community, and the sanitation department to the state’s ecosystem in the early 20th along with members of the local government century—carry herpes B, a strain of the virus decided to open the library to the public last that can cause a monkey mild irritation but September. The collection is kept in a can kill a human. Of the monkeys infected, previously vacant brick factory at the only some are infectious. According to sanitation department’s headquarters. It grew researchers studying the disease, the virus lies so large that some of the books have been dormant between flareups, and only between given on loan to local schools. The library 4 and 14 percent of the animals can spread currently holds over 6,000 books that were the virus through their saliva during the fall either discarded or donated by local residents. breeding season. To be infected, a human The selection includes literature, nonfiction, would have to come in direct contact with a children’s books, comics and scientific feral monkey. Doctors are therefore calling the research. Volumes in English and French are disease “low-risk” but “high-consequence.” A also available. Books can be borrowed for two dozen rhesus macaques were released in weeks at a time. A lounge area stocked with Florida’s Silver Springs State Park between chess boards and seating is available for 1930 and 1950 to attract tourists. In 2013, all visitors. official attempts to curb the population were halted by media attention and public outcry. Dateline: Japan A train in Japan barks like a dog to scare Dateline: South Africa animals off the tracks. Transportation officials Some residents of a rural community in in Tokyo have fitted a train with speakers that Eastern Cape are reportedly accusing a play the sounds of deer snorting and dogs deceased woman of witchcraft after her dead barking to prevent collisions with animals. body “gave birth” inside a coffin. According Researchers from the Railway Technical to the woman’s mother, Nomveliso Research Institute (RTRI) say 3-second Nomasonto Mdoyi herself a mother of five in recordings of deer snorts will attract the Mthayisi village near Mbizana was nine attention of any deer who have wandered months pregnant when she died suddenly of onto the tracks and 20 seconds of barking unknown causes. After her death, the dogs will frighten them and cause them to woman’s body remained in a coffin for 10 flee. Authorities claim the system has already days, waiting for her funeral. On the day halved the number of deer sightings on the before the service was to be held, funeral railway lines. If proven effective, permanent parlor staff were reportedly shocked to speakers could be installed at areas where deer discover a stillborn infant lying in the coffin traffic is highest. Accidents caused by with her. The staff claimed to have been too wandering deer are a serious issue in Japan, traumatized to note the infant’s sex. where the transport ministry says there were a Lindokuhle Funeral owner Fundile Makalana record 613 cases of trains striking deer and told reporters that parts of the woman’s body other wild animals in 2016, each resulting in had bloated to almost double the size of a train delays of 30 minutes or more. The normal body, and a special casket had to be animals are attracted to the rails because the designed to hold her. Neighbors allegedly wheels against the tracks cause iron filings to encouraged family members to burn the collect. The deer lick these filings to fulfill bodies of both mother and child out of fear of their dietary needs for iron. Deer crossings witchcraft, but the family went on with a “manned” by ultrasonic waves that deflect funeral and both were buried together in the deer at certain times are also being considered same coffin. Members of the family have as a strategy to lower the number of collision expressed an interest in investigating the incidents. a incident further. According to unnamed medical specialists interviewed by The Daily Compiled by Joshua Lee. Email your weird news to [email protected]. Dispatch, it’s possible for a fetus to be expelled

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[8] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 NEWS | CouNCIl WATCH NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE Martinez’ Speech Interrupted by ICE and ART in January Protesters Gov. Susana Martinez’ introduction at her final State of the State address last week was Council also considers cops interrupted by protesters displaying a banner and shouting from a gallery overlooking the House floor. In the opening moments of the BY CAROLYN CARLSON governor’s speech, a group of demonstrators unrolled a banner and began chanting. The fter a shout-out to Dr. Martin Luther King demonstration was in support of the Dream Act, which would offer conditional residency Jr., the Albuquerque City Council, at its to young immigrants and protect them from AJan. 17 meeting, did a little Burque salsa being removed from the country by the by introducing a bill to strengthen the city’s Department of Homeland Security. The immigrant friendly status. protest was organized by the New Mexico Dream Team, a group made up of young people brought into the US illegally. Within Thawing ICE moments, the demonstrators were removed There was no discussion of immigration from the assembly and Gov. Martinez was able to begin her speech, in which she advised policies at this meeting, as the resolution was stiffer penalties against criminals and said that only introduced and will be formally heard at a she would “never apologize for our law later meeting. The gist of the legislation says enforcement officers doing their jobs.” She that no funds, equipment, personnel or city criticized a constitutional amendment that facilities can be used to assist in or facilitate was approved by voters in 2016 which gives judges the authority to deny bail to the enforcement of federal immigration law. defendants determined to be too dangerous Slipping through a perceived loophole in the and blocks authorities from jailing defendants 2000 immigrant friendly resolution, the former Councilors Peña, Sanchez and Harris ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY who aren’t deemed dangerous or a flight risk Berry administration provided a desk inside because they cannot afford bail. Governor Martinez also spoke about comprehensive tax the downtown Prisoner Transport Center to Diane Gibson took the reins last year to help reform and called for a two percent raise in accommodate ICE, something this resolution Reset create a task force to come up with ideas to teacher salaries. aims to change. The bill says all city residents Councilor Pat Davis brought up the secret address problems caused by long-term vacant shall have equal access to city services, refuses taping of Federal Monitor Dr. James Ginger properties. Other than becoming eyesores for access to all non-public areas of the city’s that was done by members of the previous neighbors, chronically vacant properties New Senate Majority Whip Elected properties by ICE agents without a specific administration’s police administration and encourage transients to set up camp. The warrant and decrees that no city agency, legal team. Chief Administrative Officer Last week, state Sen. Mimi Stewart was group came up with a couple dozen ideas such employee, officer or agent will inquire about Sarita Nair gave a brief synopsis of the elected Senate Majority Whip by state as forming land banks that buy and fix up such Democrats to replace state Sen. Michael citizenship status while interacting with the situation—where Mayor Keller’s new houses for future tenants, as well as websites Padilla. Stewart is a retired educator who has public. administration learned after they took office— worked for Albuquerque Public Schools and is that the former city attorney had filed a notice and hotlines for folks to easily identify a former Field Representative of the American Answer This with US Federal Judge Robert Brack habitually vacant properties in need of Federation of Teachers. She is a member of containing several recordings made of attention. Members said the idea is to spruce New Mexico Women’s Agenda and the New Councilors were quizzical about problems conversations between Ginger and members of up blighted neighborhoods to attract residents Mexico Women’s Foundation. Stewart has with the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project. been a state Senator since 2014, following 20 former Mayor Richard Berry’s administration. who are looking for homes across Burque. The ART project was recently, and accurately, years as a state representative. She was one The Berry administration said, up to that called “a bit of lemon” by new Mayor Tim of the lawmakers who contributed to the point, there was only one recording. Nair Public Statements Legislature’s new anti-harassment policy, Keller. Councilor Pat Davis said his staff is reassured the Council that such shenanigans Several speakers spoke eloquently about which requires an outside consultant to be reviewing the previous administration’s request involved in cases of harassment filed against will not be happening under the new mayor, the proposed resolution to protect our for proposals for the bus contractor. The sitting legislators. Some state Democrats and reported, “We have discontinued this immigrant families and friends. But in this project is afflicted by problems with the have expressed concern over what they point practice and all who had been doing this are reporter’s opinion, one speaker could have out is an all-white leadership serving a large stations and the 60-foot electric buses. To save no longer working for the city. That gives us kept his mouth shut when he verbally, and Hispanic constituency in an area that has face, Davis pointed out that technically the historically elected Hispanic leaders. confidence that going forward this will not be otherwise, mad-dogged the immigrant approval for the bus contractor never came to happening.” supporters before he snorted a racial slur at the Council but it was a decision made solely Davis pointed out that he asked the Council President Ken Sanchez as he left the by the mayor and former administration. previous city attorney and police chief about podium. Freedom of speech is a protected right First Bill of Session Signed Councilor Isaac Benton did a little political the number of secret recordings and was told and we will fight for that right no matter what soft shoe by calmly taking some responsibility The first bill to be signed during the 2018 New there was only one. “I am really troubled,” one must say, but being mean for mean’s sake Mexico Legislative Session was done so under for Council actions related to the project. Like Davis said. But by the end of the week, after a is a different form of speech. Kudos to our local a closing deadline. Senate Bill 1, the Nurse a seasoned architect, he reminded everyone hearing in front of Judge Brack, the new city elected officials who respectfully take what is Licensure Compact—which allows nurses that there are problems with every project. certified in other states to operate in New administration, Ginger and the Department of spouted out by sometimes ill-informed citizens. Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Rael said he Mexico as part of a multistate license Justice staff had what one attorney present at a will be meeting with the bus contractor to program—was adopted in an unusually quick the meeting said was a Kumbaya moment. All and efficient manner. The previous compact work out a resolution to the problems. agreed to move forward working with the new Send your comments about the City Council to was set to expire Thursday, Jan. 18. Failing to But if the contractor can’t resolve the sign onto the new compact would have administration. Nair said in a statement, “We [email protected]. problems to their satisfaction then they will resulted in the loss of all traveling nurses look forward to restoring the trust between the look at other options. In the meantime, come operating in the state, but the governor signed public and its police department.” The next meeting the approved the compact only hours after it to Central Avenue to dine, shop, grab a drink Monday, Feb. 5, 5pm had been endorsed by the house and a day or just give a warm hello to the many Ghost Houses Vincent E. Griego Chambers after it had been approved by the Senate. SB businesses trying to stay afloat while fingers Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center 1 was sponsored jointly by Sens. Gay Kernan, point. Depending on how one counts, there are 1 Civic Plaza NW R-Hobbs; Howie Morales, D-Silver City; and Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, R- between 1,300 to 3,000 vacant or abandoned View it on GOV TV 16 or at cabq.gov/govtv homes throughout the Duke City. Councilor Portales. a

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n 2016, the New Mexico State Auditors office Iconducted an audit. At the time of this investigation, Tim Keller was at the helm of that office, assisted in his investigative pursuits by Sarita Nair, whom the new mayor brought into his nascent administration in December. In any case, the audit turned up shocking news:

Thousands of rape kits, used to gather evidence MAGAZINE AFFINITY OF COURTESY PHOTO in sexual assault claims by citizens, remained untested, residing in various storage spaces in various municipalities around the state. Further, the auditor’s inquiry revealed that 74 percent of the untested kits are from Bernalillo county. As of Nov. 2016, 3,948 rape kits in city evidence rooms remain untested; some date back as far as 1988. Taken altogether the kits represent more than 5,302 statewide, serious Mayor Tim Keller COURTESY NM POLITICAL REPORT There are thousands of untested rape kits in Albuquerque transgressions that might be linked to specific perpetrators, if only the kits were tested. An Executive Order What It Will Take Nurse Examiners (SANE) told reporters that this Myriad reasons were given for the shameful Late last Wednesday morning, Keller— Last year, while revelations about other city problem is in the process of being solved. backlog: many police jurisdictions lack specific whose tenure as auditor first came to grips with expenditures made the news, the Berry Apparently, according to SANE city of policies governing the testing of these kits by the backlog nearly two years ago—armed administration announced that $200,000 was Albuquerque Director Teresa D’Anza, the city has medical professionals. Additionally, many local himself with an executive order and met with being set aside to handle the backlog. The report been budgeted for 10 lab technicians trained to police forces have not had dedicated resources his constituents to discuss his plan to clear the back from the auditor in this matter said testing process the kits, but until 6 months ago, only 3 of to manage, appraise and document kit results; backlog while also implementing a system that would cost up to $7 million. those positions were actually filled. Although the this is often the result of a police force that de- will by its nature take a more sustained and Then Berry reported that the city was eligible new hires have joined the test team, they are still prioritizes the investigation of rape cases because being brought up to speed. Once this goal is serious look at sexual assault in the for and had been selected by the feds to receive an of a lack of personnel and proper training. accomplished, it is believed that test completion metropolitan area. approximately $2.5 million grant to begin a testing End the Backlog, a nonprofit organization rates will substantially improve. Essentially, Keller’s executive order focuses program. Recent media reports say the city hasn’t that is calling for a nationwide end to rape kit been awarded the money; it’s on hold with the rest Finally, Keller’s executive order understands testing backlogs claims that American cultural on the announcement of the creation of a task of the federal budget, apparently. But that hasn’t the underlying problem—that lack of completion attitudes about rape, including victim blaming force, the Albuquerque Sexual Assault kept Keller and company from providing guidance for such ostensibly important kits has implications and sheer disbelief of victims by investigators Evidence Response Team (ASERT) to create a for the huge project’s financial aspect. for criminality and criminal activity. Underfunding has only made the problem worse. Speaking to comprehensive plan to address the backlog. By Each kit will cost $600 to $1000 to process. or lack of vigorous investigation practices is wrong the press in the immediate aftermath of the executive order, APD is tasked with The total, revised cost in this view of the issue and leads to more crime. If cultural bias was original audit, Nair told the Associated Press, cooperating with the task force. The first stands at around $4 million; money that Keller involved in such policing decisions, it will not be “When we see a kit on a shelf and the reason is a installment of the plan is due on March 15 says is “an affordable item. … It’s achievable, moving forward. Correcting this problem certainly lack of perceived victim credibility, we’re just when ASERT members are to submit an which is rare for some of these issues.” means less crime and will benefit the community sort of reinforcing those worst fears and we’re official plan—that includes documentation of Another issue that will be addressed is lack of in many ways. discouraging people from coming forward—and funding requirements, including the use of The effort will require money, and more that just has to stop.” trained laboratory personnel necessary to federal grants and outside vendors, as well as a professionally process such a large number of importantly an urgent cultural sea change. It will In Albuquerque, at least, all of that is about clear process to ensure that new backlog does take vigilance and time to overcome rape culture; to change under new Mayor (and former State specimens, some of which are decades old. At not develop ever again—to the mayor’s office. Keller and company’s order is an affirmative step in Auditor) Tim Keller. Keller’s press conference last week, members of the medical practitioner network Sexual Assault that direction. a

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JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [11] Feature | eDuCatION Grease For the Gears The importance of continued education Yes. Learning can be painful sometimes. BY JOSHUA LEE No one ever said it was going to be easy. But it can also be freeing. Discovering latent started becoming worried about my brain passions you never knew you had can be Iwhen I forgot how old I was. I had to do extremely rewarding, and the New Mexico some quick math in my head before I said, Art League (3409 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE) is a “33. No, 32.” A few weeks later, I met great place to do it. On top of their many someone who didn’t know what band played drawing and painting courses for adults, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and I dropped into a they also have workshops covering a cold panic. Were there signs of hair loss? variety of aspects of the arts, including Wrinkles around the eyes? Was I waking up in business and technique. strange places, wondering how I’d gotten Another place to unearth unknown there? talents is the New Mexico Jazz Turns out, your brains don’t just Workshop (5500 Lomas Blvd. NE), automatically turn into jelly. Risk of where students of all skill levels can dementia can actually be lowered just by get their chops blowing with some of keeping your mind and body fit. A study from the city’s finest jazz instructors. Or if McMaster University in Ontario, Canada you’re too cool for that (sigh) you can CRANIO SACRAL published last year in the Journal of Cognitive try your hand at the badass lifestyle Neuroscience found a strong link between a utilizing the School of Rock’s adult sedentary lifestyle and dementia. In a group of program and embarrass your children have to MASTER CLASS young adults, six weeks of high-intensity (6409 Candelaria Rd. NE). re-learn how to exercise was linked to improvements in Oh! And don’t forget to spend some learn, as stupid as memory. According to the study, those with an time stretching your lower half’s brain, too. Oct 20-22 that sounds. increased level of activity also experienced a Self Serve doesn’t just sell adult toys to There’s always school, of rise in brain-derived neurotrophic factor stimulate the nether regions, it also offers Pelvic Integration course. The University of New (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth courses in sexual education to stimulate your Mexico has a strong catalog for their and function of brain cells. brain. Coming up is a class called “Mastering Continuing Education program that doesn’t But staying in shape physically is only part the BJ: Interactive Skills.” Education is so stop at cooking classes and “Small Business of the battle. Keeping the mind limber seems great. Jan 6-9 Management.” They have plenty of affordable to be just as important. Prevailing wisdom For the 50-plus crowd looking for non- courses you can take just for shits and grins— finds today’s physician encouraging older sexual instruction (at least for the moment), a Basic Class practical shits and impractical grins, like: patients to keep their brains stimulated as a useful program found at UNM Continuing “Complete Financial Planning Primer” or way of fending off Alzheimer disease and other Education is the Osher Lifelong Learning “The Art of Writing Erotica.” forms of dementia. A report published in Institute (OLLI), which serves students who But if the thought of going back to school Jan 11-14 PLOS Medicine says the risk of Alzheimer really want to bite the bone by offering serious makes you squirm, but you’ve caught the disease is two to four times higher for those courses taught by current and emeritus UNM transmission slipping here and there and know who have fewer years of education. According faculty members and experts from the Unwinding it’s time for a tune-up, then you’re in luck. The to the report, there’s reason to believe that community. And in case you still have those adult education business is alive and kicking in regular mental stimulation and memory anxiety nightmares about forgetting your Meridians Rhythms ABQ. exercise can actually slow cognitive decline in locker combination and realizing you aren’t Kicking and grappling, too. As with every older adults who don’t already suffer from wearing pants on the day of the test you didn’t other city in the country, it seems jiu jitsu and dementia. study for: You can relax. There are no grades or mixed martial arts have become a preferred Jan 20-23 Poor Grandpa watching television from the tests or any of that junk. method of sharpening the body for Burqueños. same chair in the same apartment, year after Another good place for those over 50 and One local favorite is the Lutrell/Yee MMA & year—inviting his brain cells to melt and wash looking to keep things rolling is the Oasis Sphenoid Studies Fitness gym (2820 Richmond Dr. NE) which away. It’s a poor habit many of us have: We get learning center in the American Square holds classes in Muay Thai, boxing, MMA, jiu and Intelligence to a certain age, look around and say, “Dude. shopping center (3301 Menaul Blvd. NE, Ste. jitsu and more. We’re also lucky enough to I’m an adult. I’ve got a car. I can buy beer. I’ve 18). Oasis is geared toward keeping their host three of the illustrious Gracie Barra basically figured out all there is to figure out.” students engaged and stimulated mentally and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu schools across town. And we turn all the lights off, stretch out on physically by offering classes on nutrition and If treating your body like a punching bag Jan 25-28 the La-Z-Boy and watch another episode of physical fitness alongside classes on culture doesn’t sound like a fun way to get things “Big Bang Theory” before dozing off. and current events. moving, a solid yoga class is probably the way Talking to the Heart It’s enough evidence that it made me The most important thing here isn’t what to go. Even the most relaxing and easy yoga nervous when I started catching the small you study, but that you study something new. will wake the muscles up and enliven the gray signs of idiocy in my own behavior. A quick Sometimes you have to really beat the grass to matter, but if you want to really crank it up, inventory and I realized I was still listening to find what spurs your mind and body, but drop in on a hot yoga class at Hot Yoga the same music I did when I was in high keeping everything in order is crucial for a Downtown (724 Central Ave. SE). You’d school and rewatching the same movies. long and healthy life. The hardest thing about never guess it, but turning up the heat a little Starting to learn again is harder than you’d learning again is making the initial push. The can make a simple session of shaking out the think. Not only do you have to shake the easiest thing is wearing one of those caps with kinks become a true test of your mettle. aforementioned “know-it-all” attitude, you the propeller on top. It’s required, actually. a

[12] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 Feature | education married to hell A guide to student loan debt BY AUGUST MARCH Why not provides a clear outline of the deFauLt? steps necessary to achieve Defaulting on a consolidation. o you did it. student loan—whether First, borrowers must College wasn’t that hard; even the classes on S you suffer the sign paperwork which cultural anthropology, Aristotelean ethics ignominy of authorizes repayment of and advanced dada base design seemed to breeze garnishment or tax- the defaulted loan through right by, when you thought about it from the refund attachment or a new loan; then the desk in your office at your $70,000 a year entry not—will have borrower must make three level tech job. disastrous effects on voluntary, on-time, full But then all those student loans you took out your economy, short- monthly payments to their started coming back to haunt you. You knew it term and long-term. defaulted account. Defaulted might take you up to 20 years to pay off the debt, Your credit score loans can’t be consolidated if but had kept that stressful fact at a comfortable, will decline; as a there’s a garnishment order abstract distance for a few years after graduation. result, financing a associated with them, unless The payments were high—when you finally new car, buying a and until a judge has lifted the began making them—the collectors intimidating house or just judgment or the ruling on the and finally you fell behind, choosing a relatively living garnishment vacated (which is small disposable income ($1000 per month) over comfortably may pretty rare in student loan civil a solid credit rating. become just out law). You did the ghost thing to the point that you of reach—the seriously began to believe that they had forgotten consequences of Forbearance and about you. your loan’s deFerment They didn’t. The phone calls and emails default status. Simply stated, you can’t continued. Letters started arriving, soon they By working on getting achieve either of these situational filled the bottom drawer of your favorite IKEA your student loan payments back on track, you categories if your loan is in default. desk at home. And then one day when you create a trail that says you are trying to And in any case, they are both temporary in checked your bank account after the latest direct reestablish good credit and can be trusted to scope and duration. deposit from work you noticed you only had make other credit-based purchases responsibly. Forbearance occurs when the government $150 available. Digging—for the first time— grants a borrower a respite from payment due to through the stack of correspondence the federal rehabiLitation economic hardship. Although the need to make student loan authorities had sent you over the The federal government has specific regular principal payments to your loan may be past year, you finally found what you’ve been guidelines for rehabilitating a defaulted loan. If officially suspended, interest on the loan looking for. you have defaulted on a loan, there’s a good continues to accrue. The notice of garnishment was official but chance the government will garnish your Deferment is a status that is rarely granted, simple. You had defaulted on your loans six paycheck or offset tax refunds in an attempt to but in which, generally speaking interest does months prior. Since you hadn’t responded for any get some of their money back. By entering into not accrue during the payment suspension of the official electronic notifications sent your and completing a rehabilitation agreement with period. way, the Department of Education felt that it had the Department of Education, borrowers can no choice but to sue you for the $241,000 you ultimately end involuntary collection methods Loan Forgiveness owed for tuition and fees at this or that highly and begin whittling down their debt by making Loan forgiveness programs are available for rated post-secondary institution. regular monthly payments. borrowers interested in working as teachers in The result was a court order that sent roughly To participate in the federal student loan much needed areas or in other realms of public two-thirds of your income over to your defaulted rehabilitation program you have to have been service deemed worthy by the Department of part of the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan account, on schedule, every two weeks. The Education. For these types of programs, Program or the Federal Family Education Loan main result of this of course was that you couldn’t interested parties must be willing to sign on to Program and be willing to agree in writing to really afford to eat or take public transportation long-term employment programs where their make nine voluntary, reasonable—often income- anymore either. Then there was the thing about skills are used to bolster at-risk students, school based—monthly payments to the institution or districts and other caregiving community your rent. Oh, yeah. financial organization assigned to the defaulted Feel free to wake up screaming any time now. organizations. loan. Once you’ve successfully completed the In very unusual circumstances, a borrowers Fortunately there are ways to set things agreement, the period of default ends and straight with the government and your student loan may be discharged. That is, if their borrowers begin at square one again. educational institution closes or faces problems loans. Though loan forgiveness for large This one time process also applies to Perkins populations of college-educated Americans with student certification a loan may be labeled loans, but there is a separate process and as discharged. The only other ways to achieve remains a pipe-dream—except in the special administrative authority for that type of loan this status is through death or total disability. cases noted below—there are ways to rehabilitate rehabilitation. Student loans are ordinarily cannot be your loans and get you back on track. The result discharged through bankruptcy proceedings. may not be perfect, but it’s guaranteed to be Loan consoLidation For more information on how to work with nightmare ending, rendering a scary lifelong Besides rehabilitating a defaulted student the federal government to resolve issues with commitment into a few years of measured loan, borrowers can also use a method called student loans, visit suffering that ultimately results in financial loan consolidation to end a default situation. In https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay- freedom. instances such as these, the government again loans/default/get-out get out from under that burning, sulfurous rock once and for all. a JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [13] EVENT | PREVIEWS EVENT HORIZON WEEK OF JAN. 25-31

THURSDAY JAN. 25 SATURDAY JAN. 27

TWELVE YEARS OF TWO FOOLS COME TOGETHER “MR. Albuquerque’s own little slice of Ireland and self-proclaimed SANDMAN, largest selection of whisky in the Southwest turns 12-years- We live in interesting times, and you don’t have to old this weekend. Two Fools Tavern has their 12th go to a head shop to find fellow cannabis proponents BRING ME A Anniversary Party Jan. 25 anymore. This Saturday, Jan. 27, you can find a slew all day on Saturday, (or, y’know, New Mexico State Capitol during their open hours—11am to midnight). There are of them hanging at the , DREAM” celebrating the second annual Cannabis Awareness specials on whisky and beer, as well as bagpipers performing Day to the delight of all involved. Get yourself some fish and . NM EMPACT invites cannabis-lovers of all Barbershop quartets stripes to come together for a day of unity and chips (the best in the city) or haggis, if you’re brave. TWO are quite possibly the solidarity to celebrate the leaf and spread awareness FOOLS TAVERN 3211 CENTRAL AVE NE, alibi.com/v/5h98. (Robin Babb) a purest joy one can about its beneficial properties. Join your comrades experience in this cold, in communicating what the people want to our dark world. Four-part state representatives starting at 8am at the harmonies mixed with Roundhouse. NEW MEXICO STATE CAPITOL 490 OLD SANTA FE upbeat pop music, TRAIL, 8AM TO 2PM alibi.com/v/5h9b. (Joshua Lee) a matching outfits and smiling faces—these singing groups have been around since the 17th century, and the novelty has not yet worn out. Treat yourself to the spectacular tradition of bona fide a capella when Irrational Exuberance, a quartet of all women, perform on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Taylor Ranch Library. Singing begins at 2pm and all FRIDAY JAN. 26 ages are welcome to this free event. TAYLOR R ANCH L IBRARY 5 7 00 B OGART S T NW, 2 TO 1, 2, 3, 4 2:45PM alibi.com/v/5frv. (Taylor Grabowsky) a Corrales has always been our bucolic neighbor to the north. With it’s quiet tree-lined acequias and age-old COURTESY OF ALBQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY LIBRARIES habitations, it’s the perfect place to take a break from the city. Chamber music is sorta like that too; it has the power and beauty to sweep listeners away to another more peaceful place. Thank heavens, then, for the Corrales AN ODE TO SPACE OPERA Cultural Arts Council who created the Music in Corrales series in 1986 to bring such instances of wonder to the The Expanse series—for fellow nerds who have been paying attention—was nominated for a citizens of the area. The Council kicks off its 2018 season 2017 Hugo Award for best series. That accolade alone shares a lot of what you need to know with a performance by the world-renowned Jasper String about this far-reaching space opera series penned by locals Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck Quartet, an earthy and erudite ensemble out of Temple under the pseudonym James S.A. Corey. The series follows a wide cast of characters as they University charged with preserving and elucidating one of navigate the changes precipitated by contact with an ancient civilization. The latest in the the most profound forms of musical expression in Western series, Persepolis Rising, was released last December, and this Saturday, Jan. 27, fans have culture. On Friday, Jan. 26, join violinists J. Freivogel and the opportunity to get their copy signed by both authors at a special event at Page One. Sae Chonabayashi, violist Sam Quintal and cellist Rachel Additionally, Franck and Abraham deliver a talk and answer questions about their series. This Henderson Freivogel for a recital featuring the chamber totally free science fiction fun kicks off at 4pm. PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE 5850 EUBANK BLVD NE, 4 TO works of Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy. The New Yorker 5:30PM alibi.com/v/5gkq. (Maggie Grimason) a COURTESY OF PAGE ONE EVENTS heralded their performances as outstanding and exceptional; listeners in Burque may find that same truth evident by attending an event that begins at 7:30pm. Tickets are $22 TUESDAY JAN. 30 to $25. HISTORIC OLD SAN YSIDRO CHURCH 966 OLD CHURCH RD, a 7:30 TO 9PM alibi.com/v/5fms. (August March) SHOW AND TELL PHOTO BY VANESSA BRICENO-SCHERZER Ah, the safety of childhood. For at least some of us the early years were not as fraught and demanding as the adult world. There was plenty of time to pretend, explore and grow. Contrariwise there’s hardly enough time after the age of majority occurs to keep track of the adventures, much less make sure that they are wholesome, fun and embrace the sense of safety and freedom that some kids grow up on. Well, the news is that on Tuesday, Jan. 30, you can have a little bit of that childhood innocence back (but not all of it; nobody knows any 10-year-olds with tattoos and a proclivity for horrorcore and Jaegermeister, after all) by participating in Show & Tell: Preschool for Adults. It’s be happening Downtown at one of our city’s most comfortable and convenient nightspots, so feel free to dress down in your jammies, just like you do when headed for Walmart. JK. This awesome night of childishly fun yet seriously adult indulgences which require guests to be 21+ is $5 and begins at 8pm, Moonlight Lounge. MOONLIGHT LOUNGE 120 CENTRAL AVE SW, 7PM alibi.com/v/5h3w. (August March) a COURTESY OF 6AM GROUP RAVE ARCHIVE

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BALLOON FIESTA PARK Best Buddies Friendship Ball. Boogie down to celebrate friendship and the spirit of inclusion. 5000 COMMUNITY Balloon Fiesta Parkway NE. $15. 7-10pm. 13+. 389-7828. alibi.com/v/5f1e. CALENDAR KIDS LOMAS-TRAMWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY Hip-Hop with Keshet Dance. Kids ages 4 to 5 use isolated movements, rhythmic techniques and THURSDAY JAN 25 explosive stage presence to express themselves through great music. 908 Eastridge Dr NE. 10:30-11:15am. 291-6295. alibi.com/v/5eqe. BOSQUE SCHOOL Horizons Albuquerque Benefit Reception. Guest speaker UNM Interim President Dr. Chaouki Abdalah speaks NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Baby Flamenco. Children about closing the education gap. Silent aution to raise money ages 3 to 5 learn techniques to develop rhythm and coordination for Horizons Albuquerque. 4000 Bosque School Rd NW. $100. for beginning flamenco dancers. 10-11am. alibi.com/v/5g62. Also, 6-8pm. 21+. (575) 636-4706. alibi.com/v/5g8c. Intro to Child Flamenco. Basic introduction to skills and processes of flamenco that prepare students 5 to 12 to advance through the KIDS curriculum. 1620 Central Ave SE. $13. 5:15-6:15pm. 242-7600. ETTIN GAMES AND HOBBIES Board Game Night. For all levels of alibi.com/v/5g6p. gamers, from beginner to advanced in an open, family friendly, inclu- sive environment. 8252 Menaul Blvd NE. 6-11pm. ALL-AGES! LEARN 503-6993. alibi.com/v/5dcx. ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY The US-Mexico Border. Exhibition curator Lowery Stokes Sims discusses how the LOMAS-TRAMWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY Creative Movement with border serves as a catalyst for initiating social engagement and Keshet Dance. Keshet Dance Company’s introduction to movement cultural dialogue for artists and designers working today. 2000 and music for kids two to three years old. 908 Eastridge Dr NE. Mountain Rd NW. $1-$4. 1-2pm. 243-7255. alibi.com/v/5frs. 10:30-11am. 291-6295. alibi.com/v/5eqd. CENTURY 14 DOWNTOWN Downtown Walking Tour. Learn about the WELLNESS/FITNESS diverse settlers and their contributions to local history. 100 Central CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Winter Classes. Beginners to Ave SW. 10am-noon. ALL-AGES! 289-0589. alibi.com/v/5h1d. advanced-level students learn a variety of dancing techniques. Recieve ten percent off when you mention “Alibi”. 401 Rio Grande GUTIERREZ-HUBBELL HOUSE Plant Propagation. Stage indoor Blvd NW. $12-$160. 5:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! 247-0622. plantings so that colder season veggies like spinach and lettuce alibi.com/v/5fgn. and warm season ones like squash and tomatoes are ready for the garden when the climate is right. 6029 Isleta Blvd SW. 9am-noon. HILAND DANCE STUDIO Salsa Basics For The Beginner. ALL-AGES! 314-0398. alibi.com/v/5gkc. Fundamental skills that set a strong foundation for understanding this timeless dance. 7-8pm. 13+. alibi.com/v/4rmk. Also, HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER Gray Panthers of Greater Albuquerque. Bachata. Learn about the basics of this Latin dance and Havens Levitt from Sage ABQ hosts a discussion about issues impor- Dominican music. 8-9pm. 13+. alibi.com/v/4ro2. Also, Body tant to senior LGBT citizens and ways in which they can be helped. Movement and Isolation. Explore a variety of movements while 131 Monroe Street NE. 1-3pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/5gze. focusing on control, balance and strength. 130 Jackson St NE. MAIN LIBRARY Surveying and Mapping N.M. Retired engineer $12. 9-10:15pm. 13+. 268-1558. alibi.com/v/4rpj. and surveyor Santiago Romero Jr. shares N.M.’s wild history from KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NEW MEXICO Meditation Class. the Spanish land grants to the public land system. 501 Copper Experience how mediation can bring meaning and joy into life. 142 Ave NW. 10:30am-noon. ALL-AGES! 768-5141. alibi.com/v/5eqf. Monroe St NE. $10 per drop-in class. 6-7:30pm. ALL-AGES! SPORTS/OUTDOOR 292-5293. alibi.com/v/5fnt. EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL King of the Cage: Horizon. Undefeated MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Zumba Bliss. Zumba, fighter Sherwin Price goes against Steve Miranda. 1000 Woodward Latin dancing and kickboxing for all fitness levels. 3215 Central Pl NE. 7-9:30pm. 245-7100. alibi.com/v/5fyu. Ave NE. $5. 4:40-5:30pm. ALL-AGES! 977-8881. alibi.com/v/54xv. WELLNESS/FITNESS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Boomers Plus Beginning ALBUQUERQUE OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Workshop: Explore Flamenco. A gentle flamenco class for adults, seniors and absolute Your Three Fold Legacy Story. Explore patterns and the meaning in beginners. 1620 Central Ave SE. $13. Noon-1pm. 242-7600. life through a progression of guided experiences. Registration alibi.com/v/5f32. required. 6500 Coors Blvd NW. $65. 9:30am-3:30pm. 897-8831. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Zumba Throwback Thursday. Classic alibi.com/v/5g1t. Zumba dances. 4619 Lomas Blvd NE. $5. 6pm. ALL-AGES! ALBUQUERQUE SQUARE DANCE CENTER Contra Dance Class. 620-0327. alibi.com/v/5g8g. Learn how to square dance without a partner. All ages, genders and YOGASAAR Level I Vinyasa Yoga. Yoga poses, breathwork and simple beginners are welcome. 4915 Hawkins St NE. $8-$9. 7-10pm. meditation that benefits all levels. Emphasis is on safely building ALL-AGES! 289-2992. alibi.com/v/4jac. poses using props and pose stages. 2205 Silver Ave SE. $12. CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Winter Classes. 401 Rio Grande 9-10:15am. 13+. 227-7765. alibi.com/v/5g2x. Blvd NW. $12-$160. 5:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Stephen Ministry Introductory FRIDAY JAN 26 Workshop. Church leaders and other members to learn about a ALBUQUERQUE SHAMBHALA CENTER Basic Goodness One: ministry system that equips and mobilizes laypeople for effective Weekend Program. Practice contemplative investigations of the caring ministry. 7701 Candelaria Rd. NE. $15-$50. 9am-1pm. self based on the foundations of mindfulness and much more. ALL-AGES! (314) 248-2600. alibi.com/v/5frt. 1102 Mountain Rd NW. $125. 7-9pm. 717-2486. alibi.com/v/5grz. KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NEW MEXICO Awaken Your YOGA ART SPACE Yoga Nidra Meditation. Formulate sankalpas, Spiritual Potential. An introduction to the blessing empowerment stectch and more. 8338 Comanche Rd NE. $15. 4pm. ALL-AGES! of Buddha Shakyamuni. 142 Monroe St NE. $60-$70. 9am-4pm. 310-7457. alibi.com/v/5enw. ALL-AGES! 292-5293. alibi.com/v/5fnu. MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Embodied Creativity and WELLNESS/FITNESS Improvisation. Give form to inner creativity through dance and music CLUB PILATES Grand Opening. Raise money for the Barrett improvisation as well as meditation and mindfulness practices. House Shelter and improve your health at the newest pilates 3215 Central Ave NE. $10-$12. 4:15-5:45pm. 13+. 350-6971. studio in town. 11000 Montgomery Blvd NE. 8am. 395-9511. alibi.com/v/55cm. alibi.com/v/5f2v. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Adult Intro to Flamenco. A NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER fun and casual experiential introduction to flamenco. 9-10am. Experience the Sound of Soul. Chant HU, a once secret name for alibi.com/v/5g5h. Also, Beginning Sevillanas for Adults. Learn God. 7521 Carmel Ave NE. 7-8pm. ALL-AGES! (800) 876-6704. Sevillanas, a popular Spanish folk dance. No partners needed and alibi.com/v/5ftb. no experience necessary. 1620 Central Ave SE. $13. 10-11am. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Zumba. ZJ Izzy and ZJ Von guide 242-7600. alibi.com/v/5g7s. locals through intense cardio. 4619 Lomas Blvd NE. $12-$15. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Zumba Toning. Build muscle 6:30-8pm. ALL-AGES! 620-0327. alibi.com/v/5g8d. endurance with cardio. 4619 Lomas Blvd NE. $5. 10-11am. ALL-AGES! 620-0327. alibi.com/v/5gcr. SATURDAY JAN 27 VESSEL HEALTH Connecting with Our Chakras. Align and connect NEW MEXICO STATE CAPITOL, Santa Fe 2018 Cannabis Awareness with chakras for better health and energy. 10601 Fourth Street Day. Represent your organization business, meet like-minded NW. $60. 9am-3pm. 18+. (951) 545-4068. alibi.com/v/5hdr. people and communicate with State Representatives. 490 Old Santa Fe Trail. 8am-2pm. alibi.com/v/5h9b. See Event Horizon.

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YOGA ART SPACE Intro To Yoga Workshop. Learn basic fundamentals alibi.com/v/4ql0. Also, Salsa Level One. Build on the fundamentals of the practice. 8338 Comanche Rd NE. $20. 1pm. ALL-AGES! of salsa dancing by reinforcing the basic steps, essential footwork, 310-7457. alibi.com/v/5enx. turning and spin techniques, as well as leading and following methods. 130 Jackson NE. $12. 8:30-9:30pm. 13+. 268-1558. YOGASAAR Balancing the Five Elements: Space. Balance alibi.com/v/4qn8. the Vishuddha chakra through a deep yoga nidra and explore rhythms for balancing all chakras. 2205 Silver Ave SE. $50-$60. HILAND THEATER Zumba Fitness. Newcomers and seasoned 11am-1pm. 18+. 227-7765. alibi.com/v/5gw5. dancers participate in a high energy dance-cardio class. 4800 Central Ave SE. $6. 5:45-6:45pm. 13+. 489-9168. SUNDAY JAN 28 alibi.com/v/5fm9. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Zumba Fitness. Newcomers and NCSF Certified Strength Coach (online) NEW KIDS seasoned dancers participate in a high energy dance-cardio class. CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (PG). 4619 Lomas Blvd NE. $5. 4:30pm. ALL-AGES! 620-0327. Learn to develop exercise programs for a variety of sports. Use Surly the squirrel and his animal friends find out that a corrupt alibi.com/v/5g9y. techniques that include biomechanics, injury prevention and more. mayor plans to bulldoze their favorite park to make way for an amusement park. 8081 Central Ave NW. 1:30-3:30pm. ALL-AGES! Course: GES146 70 hours $595 768-4320. alibi.com/v/5eqh. TUESDAY JAN 30 MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Music and Movement. Kids learn KIDS Personal Trainer for NASM Certification (online) fundamentals of music and dance through integrative methods of ETTIN GAMES AND HOBBIES Board Game Night. 8252 Menaul teaching movement and sound together. 3215 Central Ave NE. $10. Blvd NE. 6-11pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. Personal trainers are exercise professionals who help clients workout safely to 12:45-1:45pm. 350-6971. alibi.com/v/55b7. achieve certain fitness goals. The National Academy of Sports Medicine will LEARN TAYLOR RANCH LIBRARY Preschool LEAP Into Science: Bright WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER Veterans Outreach. Veterans learn support your self-paced course with course materials, videos and activities. Lights Dark Shadows. Explore light and shadows using flashlights. about the nuances and complicated details regarding the VA and 5700 Bogart St NW. 2-4pm. 897-8816. alibi.com/v/5frz. Course: GES160 80 hours $1,295 state veterans benefits. Bring your DD-214 form. 1250 Isleta SW. LEARN 10:10am-2pm. 18+. 383-2414. alibi.com/v/5et7. Self-paced online / NASM Exam voucher included GUTIERREZ-HUBBELL HOUSE History and Culture of New Mexico WELLNESS/FITNESS Series: Seeds that Connect and Feed Us. Discover what makes a CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Winter Classes. 401 Rio Grande Accelerated Fitness Trainer Clinic crop native, the culinary and cultural significance as well as fasci- Blvd NW. $12-$160. 5:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. nating stories of how seeds connect humans. 6029 Isleta Blvd SW. Before starting a client on a fitness regimen, personal trainers assess the 1-2:30pm. ALL-AGES! 314-0398. alibi.com/v/5gkd. HILAND DANCE STUDIO Salsa Essentials: Ladies Techniques. Focus person’s current level of fitness. This clinic will prepare you for interacting on fundamental and essential skills necessary to become stronger SPORTS/OUTDOOR dance partner. 7-8pm. alibi.com/v/4qop. Also, Spin and Turning with clients to assess, develop fitness plans and motivate success. ALBUQUERQUE IWAMA AIKIDO Grand Opening. Performances by Techniques. Develop control, strength and balance on the dancefloor. the New Mexico Taiko as well as aikido, karate, and tai chi demon- $12. 8-9pm. 13+. alibi.com/v/4qq6. Also, Body Movement and Course: 38231 24 hours $725 strations. 4312 Lomas Blvd NE. 1-3pm. ALL-AGES! 999-9696. Isolation. Explore a variety of movements while focusing on control, Apr 27-30 F-M 9:00am-4:00pm alibi.com/v/5gij. balance and strength. 130 Jackson NE. $12. 9-10pm. 13+. 268-1558. alibi.com/v/4qrn. Held at the ICWA gym on Comanche, east of I-25 WELLNESS/FITNESS ALBUQUERQUE OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Yoga with a View. NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Baile Rueda de Casino A guided yoga class in a unique setting overlooking 18 acres of Cuban Salsa Dance Class. Teens and adults learn footwork, agricultural fields. All abilities and levels welcome. $5-$15. 9am. partner skills and choreography. 1701 Fourth Street SW. $5-$10. 505.277.0077 alibi.com/v/5ev4. Also, Marriage of Heaven and Earth Qigong. 6-8pm. 13+. 246-2261. alibi.com/v/5ekl. CE.UNM.EDU/COACH Exercise that helps heal the neck, back, spine as well as joints. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Boomers Plus Beginning Registration recommended. 6500 Coors Blvd NW. $5. 2:15-3:15pm. Flamenco. 1620 Central Ave SE. $13. Noon-1pm. See 1/25 listing. 897-8831. alibi.com/v/5fkk. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Zumba Fitness. 4:30pm. ALL-AGES! ALBUQUERQUE SHAMBHALA CENTER Open Meditation Sitting See 1/29 listing. Also, Zumba Toning. Build muscle endurance with Practice. Practice meditation with fellow community members. cardio. 4619 Lomas Blvd NE. $5. 6-3pm. ALL-AGES! 620-0327. 1102 Mountain Rd NW. 10am-noon. 717-2486. alibi.com/v/5gno. alibi.com/v/5ge8. CLUB PILATES. 11000 Montgomery Blvd NE. 8am. See 1/26 The Future of Water Conservation listing. WEDNESDAY JAN 31 MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Zumba and Kickboxing. All level ETTIN GAMES AND HOBBIES Dungeons and Dragons Adventurer’s inclusive class. 3215 Central Ave NE. $5-$8. 11am-12:30pm. League: Encounters. New players and Dungeon Masters welcome. ALL-AGES! 977-8881. alibi.com/v/5502. Great for all ages and experience levels. 8252 Menaul Blvd NE. SABRINA’S Z CREW FITNESS Strong by Zumba. Burpees, push $2. 6:30-11pm. 13+. 503-6993. alibi.com/v/5dcf. ups, planks, squats, jumps, lunges and core work. 4619 Lomas KIDS Blvd NE. $5. 4pm. 13+. 207-4953. alibi.com/v/5gh6. ERNA FERGUSSON LIBRARY Creative Movement with Keshet WAXING THE CITY Waxing, swag bags, adult beverages and Dance. An introduction to movement and music through a variety Following 2+ years of planning and public input, positive changes are in snacks, and early bird free wax service. 6400 Holly Ave NE. of fun activities where children learn basic dance concepts. Parent 1-3:30pm. alibi.com/v/5h3c. participation required. For ages 2 to 3. 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE. store for our community’s world-renowned water conservation strategy. 10:15-10:45am. 888-8100. alibi.com/v/5eqi. Want to learn more? Join us at one of these information sessions, hosted MONDAY JAN 29 LEARN O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Indivisible Nob Hill Weekly Meeting. NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE by the Water Authority: Progressive precinct training to energize the community and inject Red Rocks from Earth to Mars. Learn about the small iron concretions the state Democratic party with an active and conscientious, progres- called “blueberries” and the layered sedimentary rocks found on sive voice. 4310 Central Ave SE. 5:30-7:30pm. ALL-AGES! Mars and also in N.M. 1801 Mountain Rd NW. 6:30-8pm. FEB. 6 (Tuesday) – Manzano Mesa Multi-Generational Center, 501 Elizabeth SE 350-3323. alibi.com/v/5bto. 841-2840. alibi.com/v/5fs0. KIDS WELLNESS/FITNESS FEB. 8 (Thursday) – Holiday Park Community Center, 11710 Comanche NE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Intro to Child Flamenco. ALBUQUERQUE SHAMBHALA CENTER Public Sitting Meditation. 1620 Central Ave SE. $13. 5:15-6:15pm. See 1/27 listing. Practice meditation with fellow community members. 6-7pm. alibi.com/v/5gp3. Also, Lost Art of Good Conversations Salons. FEB. 13 (Tuesday) – Don Newton-Taylor Ranch Community Center, 4900 Kachina NW LEARN Simple and practical advice based on the teachings of Sakyong SELF SERVE Whip It Good: The Art of Erotic Flogging. Incorporate Mipham to help you know how to listen and speak more mindfully. FEB. 15 (Thursday) – Patrick J. Baca Library, 8081 Central SW sensual and seductive flogging into your sex life. 3904 Central 1102 Mountain Rd NW. 7-8:30pm. 717-2486. alibi.com/v/5grw. Ave SE. $20. 7:30pm. 18+. 265-5815. alibi.com/v/5eva. CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Winter Classes. 401 Rio Grande All sessions last from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. WELLNESS/FITNESS Blvd NW. $12-$160. 5:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. ALBUQUERQUE SHAMBHALA CENTER Heart of Recovery ECKANKAR CENTER Wisdom on Solving Problems. Conquer fears, Meditation Group. A meditation and sharing support group focused work beyond the symptoms of a problem, resolve karma and trans- Attendees will be entered in a drawing for a free rain barrel! on the practice of Buddhist teachings and the 12 steps of recovery form the way you see yourself and more. 2501 San Pedro Dr NE. while integrating the Dharma and the basic goodness of meditation. 12:30-1:30pm. ALL-AGES! (800) 876-6704. alibi.com/v/5ft7. 1102 Mountain Rd NW. 6-7:30pm. 717-2486. alibi.com/v/5gqh. HILAND DANCE STUDIO Salsa On Two Footwork. Introduction to a For more information, please visit www.abcwua.org CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Winter Classes. 401 Rio Grande variety of footwork techniques and improve your sense of rhythm Blvd NW. $12-$160. 5:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. and timing. 130 Jackson NE. $12. 7:30-8:30pm. 13+. 268-1558. HILAND DANCE STUDIO Salsa Rhythm and Timing. Learn about alibi.com/v/4rjl. the different instruments that make up a salsa song to connect better to the music through dance. 7:30-8:30pm. 13+.

Compiled by Megan Reneau, Zabrina Chavez and Ashli Mayo. Submit your events at alibi.com/events. [16] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [17] FOUND OBJECTS ARTS | CULTURE SHOCK BY MAGGIE GRIMASON A Design of Defiance Expansive exhibition creatively explores the complexity of the border

BY MAGGIE GRIMASON who do that legally everyday and the time commitment it takes n the schematics of artists and architects going back and forth. IRonald Rael and Virgina San Fratello’s The disparity of relative design project, the painful split created by ease going one direction, LARA GOLDMANN AND THE LINE/ASSEMBLED COLLECTIVE the border wall is envisioned as sutured by the relative complication productive architecture. Pulled from of going the other.” The day has come imagination and deftly put to paper and into Despite that difficulty of The CFA Downtown Studio (113 Fourth Street models, the wall is reimagined as useful movement for people, the NW) is playing host to a new art installation infrastructure for communities affected on flow of products across that takes the shape of a multimedia work both sides of the boundary. Rael and San those lines runs largely coupled with a film essay, the totality of which Fratello do this by proposing libraries and unimpeded. “Tijuana is is titled these are the days, my friends, these water capture stations as built-in municipal one of the largest are the days. The work is born out of two structures. Works such as this one illustrate a producers of appliances places—Albuquerque and Berlin. These are the dynamism around design on the border, in the world!” Sims days ... was created by multidisciplinary artist despite the tendency to over-simplify the pointed out. “We’re really and current Burque resident Lara Goldmann in topic. In the whole of The US-Mexico Border: collaboration with the line/assembled reliant on products Place, Imagination, and Possibility, borderlands collective (Lara and Jordana Goldmann), based coming from Mexico that in Berlin. These are the days, my friends, these are explored as much more than a barrier, but make our lives what they are the days explores topics of knowledge in as a site of fluidity, exchange, communication are today,” yet there are relationship to greater structures. As the and identity-shaping. so many “assumptions of artists so succinctly summed it up: “If we begin This exhibition of about 47 artists working the origins and with the sugar crisis and end with a bottle of in the 10 states of Mexico and the US that authenticities of products champagne—what exactly happened in touch the border was first debuted at LA’s that really have nothing between?” The show is on display at the CFA Craft and Folk Art Museum, but will take up to do with where they until Feb. 7, and on Thursday, Jan. 25, at residence at 516 ARTS (516 Central Ave. came from.” 5:30pm the artists are on-hand for a talk, film SW), with expanded content at the screening and formal reception. Arising around the Albuquerque Museum (2000 Mountain Rd. flow of humans and NW) for a tenure of about three months, with products across the Four days of miracles an opening reception happening on Jan. 27 border is design The Miracle of Ballydonal by James Caputo is between 6 and 8pm. The show, designed by illustrating tremendous many things—it offers theater-goers humor, Museum of Arts and Design Curator Emerita resiliency and ingenuity. romance, a few tongue-in-cheek laughs, and Lowery Stokes Sims and Mexico City-based In the work of artist yes, a miracle, too. Set in a far flung Irish town, independent curator Ana Elena Mallet Guillermo Galindo, largely in a pub on a foggy Christmas Eve, the provocatively addresses, “design across the objects left behind by play tells the story of three sort-of wise men as border, communication across the border,” as migrants are used to they bid farewell to a beloved friend, Eileen. Sims explained via phone from her home in construct musical What starts out as straightforward and New York City. innocent has plenty of hijinks in store. Fusion instruments. Margarita As Sims and Mallet undertook curatorial “La Bestia/ The Beast" by Guillermo GUILLERMO BERT, Theater Company (700 First Street NW) kicks Cabrera crafts cacti out of Bert, 2015, cotton weaving and audio COURTESY OF 516 ARTS off 2018 with a staged reading for four nights research trips to Tijuana, Ensenada, El Paso, border patrol uniforms, only. On Jan. 25 to Jan. 28 audiences can Juárez, Calexico and other hubs, they hit upon embroidered with the settle in for the delirious comedy and charm, so the intellectual organization of the show. dramatic stories of those who have crossed, or becomes defiantly, triumphantly clear—that grab a seat while you still can. Tickets and Place, imagination and possibility were tried to do so. These works speak not just to no wall can stop the flow of people and ideas further details can be found online at approached with great intentionality, ingenuity, but in persistent cultural exchange across the border. “That’s pretty much—if you fusionnm.org. enunciating issues around the physical reality and the survival of culture and craft that serves want—the philosophy behind our show,” Sims of the border, the poetic subject of it and the both sides of the wall. said. “In a sliver of the world, to demonstrate One night only at Nativo border as a site of ingenuity and creative “It was interesting to think about the that the interaction and exchange between solutions. These trips and the structure of the protocols of design thinking—in other words, cultures is always constant.” The power of Artist Joseph Arnoux is a unique talent. The show were developed back in 2015. That it has Spokane-born, Michigan-raised, current New that your practice has a direct connection to a creative expression underlines and strengthens taken on such potency in light of increased Mexican brings concepts to light through community,” Sims said. And moreover, that that fluidity. “What has always impressed me,” landscapes instilled with symbolism, contract emphasis on so-called “border issues” and we are all more bound up with the border than Sims summarized, “is the resiliency of the and animals—all imbued with activism. On increasingly exclusionist policies is we might guess. “I think borders are prevalent creative sector all over the world, and the way Friday, Jan. 26, Nativo Lodge (6000 Pan happenstance, but it makes the show all the in everyone’s experience, more so than we that they can glean from situations very American Fwy NE), where Arnoux has painted more illuminating, instructive, encouraging. really think … [and] chopping off these powerful statements that talk about human a whole room in his unique style, hosts a one- “As we were creating this exhibition we avenues of access has real impact,” she conditions, how resilient people can be in night-only exhibition of Arnoux’s black and were really struck by the fact that it became so explained. Art has a unique capacity to make solving those problems.” white illustrations, ColorBlind. Arnoux—who is relevant politically. … [But] as the presidential these ties strikingly apparent. It does so in a The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, both Piikani (Blackfeet Nation) and Sp’q’n’i campaign progressed and the rhetoric about “very personal way, as well as an intellectual and Possibility opens on Jan. 27 and will be on (Spokane Tribe)—diverges from his typical, the border increased, all this work had greater colorful style and delves into his experience of and visual [one]. Art does it best because art display until April 14. On Jan. 27, Lowery protan colorblindness—making it difficult for relevancy,” Sims said. On a personal level, does it without words. Art shows you exactly Stokes Sims and Ana Elena Mallet discuss the him to see red, green, blue and purple tones. Sims was struck by the “dynamics of crossing what it is.” exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum at The reception is open to the public and runs the border. How when you leave the United Through its exploration of the charged 1pm. A host of events are happening in from 5 to 9pm, there is a cash bar, and AnTro States going to Mexico, it is a fairly division between the US and Mexico in all its conjunction with the exhibition. For all the Shemayme and DJ Clouded Daily provide uncomplicated process, but coming back … complexity, while honoring its history, its latest details, check 516 ART’s website at tunes. a sort of thinking about the number of people culture, its craft and design, one thing 516arts.org. a [18] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 ARTS | ARTS inTeRvieW L.M.TTT.. Weaving Across Land and Time RENEWWALAL C.E.U.sC.E M. Jenea Sanchez’ “Border Tapestry” visits Sanitary Tortilla Factory

BY MAGGIE GRIMASON

rtist M. Jenea Sanchez hails from both Asides of the US-Mexico border, calling both Douglas, Ariz. And Agua Prieta, Sonora, home. Her work is a persistent ‹ Face Therapy w/ Hydrother yap inquiry into identity and fluidity. Her work, March 10 & 11 “Border Tapestry,” is on display at Sanitary Tortilla Factory (401 Second Street SW) NHZZH4KHL/UHPKU0‹ LN alongside works by Postcommodity, Eric for the TTaable Paul-Riege and Tara Evonne Trudell in March 17 & 18 Interior Landscapes, until Feb. 23. ‹°  LO[NUPII\YJ: Alibi: Can you describe your personal O;YPH/SP6[V/KUH`KV) `WHYL experience of the US-Mexico border? April 7th Sanchez: My personal experience began as a child, growing up in Arizona and having NM School of family in Mexico. We took many trips into JP[\LWHYLO;SHY\[H5 ZJ Mexico to large cities and smaller pueblitos !W[[O  NYV[UZTU that would ultimately influence my worldview and my personal identity. During Instructor: my middle school years we moved to Agua Gwynne Ann Unruh Prieta for a few years which meant we LMT #578, RMTI #I-116 crossed several times a day into Douglas. We Artist M. Jenea Sanchez weaving her “Border Tapestry” through the border ROSA SANCHEZ 575-313-3703 attended school in Douglas and also [for] our newmexicohealingtherapies.com extra curricular activities, except for dance. unrealized aspects of the borderlands. I have mother and I wove the fabrics onto the … The weekends were spent hanging out in learned through living on the border that fence. After the installation of the tapestry, Agua Prieta, at the plazas rollerblading, nothing is permanent. I have lived a border we reflected [on] my mother’s memories of going to baseball games and sitting outside life with no fence, a chainlink fence, a 10ft my Nana, who passed away months before I listening and dancing to Selena with our iron fence, and now an 18ft iron fence. The was born. We spoke about how crossing the neighbors. … If I had to describe this region new iteration of a wall is more than a good border back in her younger days was with one word, I would say, generous. In so reason to keep speaking and creating our different. The movement among Douglas many cases, binational communities are not truths through art with hopes to instill and Agua Prieta residents was more fluid, held in the highest regard, and no matter memories and local values into the compared to the more visible border we what, the people remain humble and subconsciousness of inhabitants and visitors know today. We then removed the fabrics as generous. of the border. carefully as they were installed. Our audience consisted only of a border patrol How does this speak to your art How was “Border Tapestry” conceived? agent watching from afar. When we left the practice? [It] was conceived by borrowing fabrics that site, so did he. Growing up, my interaction with the border belonged to my mother and grandmother was ubiquitous. Life existed equally on both and weaving them through the border fence. What is your highest aspiration for the sides. I do not remember feeling like the The idea was to make visual the work? fence or politics was dividing our interdependence of the generational fabrics My highest aspiration for viewers of this community. The border felt like a long tied together to remain united, along with work would be to reflect on their own family stoplight, as we were moving from one place the existence of both countries to hold a stories and how they intertwine with people to another in one community. It’s a really tapestry intact. For that moment the fence close and far, … that through a piece like beautiful thing to have the privilege to go was rendered invisible and served merely as “Border Tapestry,” one could dissolve the between two amazing countries in a matter a frame for the tapestry. On a personal level, physical barrier and remember that we are of minutes. … When I attended college in I intended to represent how my family has all made up of the same human “fabric,” as Phoenix and began getting involved in created and maintained a woven lifestyle idealistic as that sounds. activist groups … I quickly learned that between the US and Mexico. There are not there was a polarizing idea surrounding the only strong economic ties between the two What has surfaced or what have you border. That the border was a dangerous countries, but familial and cultural ties that discovered in the process of making art place with high crime and drug-infested keep the heart of the borderlands beating. in this terrain? streets. My work became about telling my Without close relationships bonded by love, Border fluidity is all about relationships. … story of the border, what I thought of as the respect and admiration, everything else Like having the best of reasons to cross the truth, in order to push back against the stark would fall apart. border, whether it be to visit family, eat at generalization of a place I called home. As the best taco stands or economic trade. an artist, my goal is for the work to hold this How is it created or installed? Human interest is key. When the desire is community in the highest regard. My work “Border Tapestry” was installed in 2009. The there, boundaries are minimized. When does not always paint an over-idealized project brought my mother, cousin and I out common goals are shared, anything is picture of the border but intends to to the fence to perform this action. My possible. a celebrate the overlooked, overworked and

JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [19] Calendar | arts & lit

HISTORIC OLD SAN YSIDRO CHURCH, Corrales Jasper String KUNM 89.9 FM ARTS & LIT Quartet. The Oberlin-trained quartet performs the works of Beethoven, Mozart and Debussy. 966 Old Church Rd. $22-$25. kunm.org CALENDAR 7:30-9pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/5fms. See Event Horizon. SATURDAY JAN 27 THURSDAY JAN 25 WORDS OT CIRCUS GALLERY The Erthod Chronicles. Artist Victor Saenz ART and author Anita E. Shepherd talk about their book and sign copies. CFA DOWNTOWN These are the Days, My Friends, These are the 709 Central Ave NW. 5-9pm. ALL-AGES! (678) 923-2755. Days Opening Reception. A film essay and multimedia art instal- alibi.com/v/5fw8. lation by The Line/Assembled Collective. Runs through Feb. 7. 113 Fourth Street NW. 5:30pm. alibi.com/v/5hao. See Found PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE Persepolis Rising: The Expanse Book 7. Objects. Local authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck under the pseu- donym James S.A. Corey talk about and sign their latest space OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE It Sounds So Simple. opera novel. 5850 Eubank Blvd NE. 4-5:30pm. ALL-AGES! Photographic works of students from La Cueva High School. Runs 294-2026. alibi.com/v/5gkq. See Event Horizon. through 1/27. 210 Yale Blvd SE. 2-5:30pm. 268-0044. alibi.com/v/5ds1. YOGA ART SPACE Book Club. Read and discuss books related to yoga. 8338 Comanche Rd NE. Donations encouraged. 11am-noon. STAGE ALL-AGES! 310-7457. alibi.com/v/5enj. Q-STAFF THEATRE Pie. A comedic and magical exploration of what happens when we don’t know what to do next. 400 Broadway Blvd ART SE. $10-$15. 7-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! 474-8400. alibi.com/v/5fb6. 516 ARTS The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility Opening Reception. Contemporary artists explore the STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Jim Breuer. Stand up perfor- border as a physical reality, subject and as a site for production mace by Jim Breuer. 54 Jemez Dam. $20-$40. 7:30pm. 21+. and solution. Runs through 4/14. 516 Central Ave SW. 5-8pm. 771-5680. alibi.com/v/5fca. ALL-AGES! 242-1445. alibi.com/v/5e4k. See Found Objects. LEARN CENTRAL FEATURES CONTEMPORARY ART Boundless Opening FORM & CONCEPT, Santa Fe Artist Talk and Preview: Jodi Colella. Reception. Experimental artist-made books that prioritizes conceptual A preview discussion of the solo exhibition Unidentified Women. book forms, non-traditional materials, collaborative or interdisciplinary 435 S Guadalupe. 2-3pm. ALL-AGES! 982-8111. alibi.com/v/5f2o. projects, and unconventional approaches to narrative, storytelling, and documentation. Runs through 3/10. 514 Central Ave SW. FILM 6-8pm. ALL-AGES! 252-9983. alibi.com/v/5h4p. NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Red Sky at Morning. Based on the novel by Richard Bradford, an adolescent boy must GRACE CHURCH Mother Daughter Tea and Painting. Mothers and deal with adjusting to a new land, new culture, making friends, daughters enjoy tea and guided painting. 6901 San Antonio Dr. Much more than RADIO experiencing first love and war. 1701 Fourth Street SW. Free ticketed NE. $5. 10am-noon. alibi.com/v/5g4r. event. 7pm. 13+. 246-2261. alibi.com/v/5fmu. real news FRIDAY JAN 26 ART CFA DOWNTOWN These are the Days, My Friends, These are the Days. 113 Fourth Street NW. 10am-6pm. alibi.com/v/5hap. See 1/26 and Found Objects. FORM & CONCEPT, Santa Fe Unidentified Women Opening Reception. Fiber artist Jodi Colella shows her newest work inspired by daguerreotype portraits of men and women from the 18th and 19th century. Runs through 3/17. 435 S Guadalupe. 5-7pm. ALL-AGES! 982-8111. alibi.com/v/5f2n. OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE It Sounds So Simple. 210 Yale Blvd SE. 2-5:30pm. See 1/25 listing. REMARQUE: NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP Fifth Annual NEW MEXICO ART LEAGUE Biologique Opening International Print Exhibition. Stunning varierty of prints from around Reception. Meet the artists who created works based on the world. Runs through 1/27. 3812 Central Ave SE. 10am-6pm. and inspired by nature. Runs through 2/24. 3409 Juan ALL-AGES! 268-8952. alibi.com/v/5d56. Tabo Blvd NE. 5-7pm. ALL-AGES! 293-5034. STAGE alibi.com/v/5h5f. NEED HELP WITH AN ADDICTION? ADOBE THEATER Doublewide, Texas. A hilarious, fast-paced comedy, where residents of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas are WANT YOUR LIFE BACK? thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is REMARQUE: NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP Fifth Annual determined to annex them. 9813 Fourth Street NW. $15-$17. International Print Exhibition. 3812 Central Ave SE. 10am-6pm. 7:30pm. 13+. 898-9222. alibi.com/v/5fnc. ALL-AGES! See 1/26 listing. ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Wait Until Dark. Frederick Knott’s Valle Del Sol of New Mexico is offering Intensive STAGE thriller adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, follows story of Susan Hendrix ADOBE THEATER Doublewide, Texas. 9813 Fourth Street NW. Outpatient (IOP) services for Adults and Youth in who is a recently blinded housewife who unwittingly possesses a $15-$17. 7:30pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. doll filled with diamonds. 224 San Pasquale Ave SW. $14-$23. Eight (8) locations across New Mexico (Grants, 7:30-9:30pm. 13+. 242-4750. alibi.com/v/5f4j. ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Wait Until Dark. 224 San Pasquale Ave SW. $14-$23. 7:30-9:30pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. Santa Rosa, Moriarty, Bernalillo, Los Lunas, Toas, BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE The Show. Espanola, Raton). The IOP groups are held Short-form improv based on audience suggestions. 100 Gold Ave BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE STEAM. The SW. 9-10pm. 404-1578. alibi.com/v/5fxk. Box Performace Space’s best and brightest improv students take afternoons and evenings several times a week by audience suggestions and use them to create a fully improvised licensed and trained clinicians. In addition the Q-STAFF THEATRE Pie. 400 Broadway Blvd SE. $10-$15. 7-8:30pm. performance in the classic Harold structure. $6. 7:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. 13+. alibi.com/v/5gsv. Also, The Show. 100 Gold Ave SW. 9-10pm. following programs are offered at our offices: STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Jim Breuer. 54 Jemez Dam. See 1/26 listing. 404-1578. $20-$40. 7pm, 9:30pm. 21+. See 1/25 listing. Q-STAFF THEATRE Pie. 400 Broadway Blvd SE. $10-$15. 7-8:30pm. Outpatient Individual, Family and Group Therapy VORTEX THEATRE The Father. A mystery wrapped in a high-stakes ALL-AGES! See 1/25 listing. experience of a person with Alzheimer’s. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. Intensive Outpatient Therapy VORTEX THEATRE The Father. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. $15-$22. $15-$22. 7:30pm. 13+. 247-8600. alibi.com/v/5fja. 7:30pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. Psychosocial Rehab SONG & DANCE Comprehensive Community Support Services (CCSS) SONG & DANCE CORRALES ARTS CENTER, Corrales Piper Jones Band. Authentic CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN Commemorate International Care for Mental Health, Behavioral and Substance Abuse Issues traditional tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Appalachia accompanied Holocaust Remembrance Day. A performance of Donald Behavioral Management Services (BMS) by original instrumentals. 4940 Corrales Rd. $15. 7pm. ALL-AGES! McCullough’s Holocaust Cantata (Songs from the Camps) commem- 980-6161. alibi.com/v/5ejb. Behavioral Health Respite orating Yom Hashaoh. 318 Silver Ave SW. $0-$25. 3-4:30pm. HILAND DANCE STUDIO Latin Dance Social. Mingle with locals ALL-AGES! 821-1956. alibi.com/v/5gvb. while salsa dancing. 130 Jackson St NE. $7. 9:30pm-1am. 13+. Stop by or call Valle Del Sol today! (505) 867-2383 268-1558. alibi.com/v/4qlt. or visit us on the web @ valledelsolofnewmexico.com Compiled by Megan Reneau, Zabrina Chavez and Ashli Mayo. Submit your events at alibi.com/events. [20] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 Calendar | arts & lit

KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2018 Makers Space Business SONG & DANCE Workshop Series. Dancemakers rehearse, participate in technique FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Albuquerque Civic Chorus Open classes, business training as well as engage in peer support while Rehearsals. Join the local chorus. 10101 Montgomery NE. 7-9pm. developing new work. 4121 Cutler NE. $3-$150. 9:30-11am. 21+. 18+. alibi.com/v/5g3q. 221-5168. alibi.com/v/5h4j. KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2018 Makers Space Business KIMO THEATRE Portland Cello Project. A live performance from the Workshop Series. $3-$150. 9:30-11am. 21+. Also, 4121 Cutler educational group with a revolving cast of cellists whose mission NE. $15. Noon-1:30pm. 13+. See 1/27 listing. is to build bridges between different musical communities through collaboration with myriad artists. 423 Central Ave NW. $10-$30. 7:30-9:30pm. 768-3522. alibi.com/v/5fru. WEDNESDAY JAN 31 NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Marshall Performing Arts ART Conservatory: Winter Spectacular 2018. Performances of tap, jazz, 516 ARTS The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility. ballet and more. 1701 Fourth Street SW. $10. 2-4pm. 246-2261. 516 Central Ave SW. Noon-5pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/30 listing. alibi.com/v/5frw. 5. GALLERY, Santa Fe William Georgenes. Honor the life, work and ODDFELLOWS HALL, Santa Fe Contra Dance. Dance to the tunes memory of Santa Fean artist by viewing his best creations. Runs of ATC String Band wiht live calling from Katherine Bueler. 1125 through 2/14. 2351 Fox Rd. 257-8417. alibi.com/v/5fqu. Cerrillos Rd. $8-$9. 7-10:30pm. ALL-AGES! (563) 379-9020. CFA DOWNTOWN These are the Days, My Friends, These are the alibi.com/v/5f5z. Days. 113 Fourth Street NW. 10am-6pm. See 1/26 listing. See POPEJOY HALL Mozart’s Requiem Fundraising Special. Roger Melone Found Objects. conducts the NMPhil and New Mexico Symphonic Chorus in Mozart’s NEW MEXICO ART LEAGUE Biologique. 3409 Juan Tabo Blvd NE. Requiem and Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major. Fundraiser bene- 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! See 1/30 listing. fitting the NMPhil featuring Anna Dmytrenko. 203 Cornell Dr NE. $50-$150. 6-8:30pm. 323-4343. alibi.com/v/5frq. SONG & DANCE TAYLOR RANCH LIBRARY Irrational Exuberance Barbershop JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER ALBUQUERQUE Quartet. Irrational Exuberance brings a fun show with barbershop Chorus Rehearsal. The adult Kol Simkah Chorus group and the harmony to the Albuquerque public. 5700 Bogart St NW. kids’ Teruah choir practice World, jazz, classical, Broadway, folk, litur- 2-2:45pm. 897-8816. alibi.com/v/5frv. See Event Horizon. gical and pop music with a Jewish flare to them. 5520 Wyoming Blvd NE. 6-9pm. ALL-AGES! 236-9796. alibi.com/v/5ful. LEARN KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2018 Makers Space Business NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO Beginning Sevillanas for Adults. Workshop Series. $3-$150. 9:30-11am. 21+. Also, 4121 Cutler A fun and casual experiential introduction to flamenco. 1620 Central NE. $15. 11:30am-1pm. 13+. See 1/27 listing. Ave SE. $13. 10am-11pm. 242-7600. alibi.com/v/5f4u. FILM ONGOING UNM CONTINUING EDUCATION BUILDING Poetry and Film. Study poetic techniques, poems, filmmaking terminology and more. 1634 ART University Blvd NE. $65. 1-3:30pm. 277-0077. alibi.com/v/5f46. ALBUQUERQUE OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Edge Effect. Twelve artists show 2D work, pottery, hanging sculpture and book arts. SUNDAY JAN 28 6500 Coors Blvd NW. 9am-5pm. 897-8831. alibi.com/v/5g03. ART ART HOUSE SANTA FE, Santa Fe In Real Time. Newly acquired





/0$)& works from the Thoma Foundation’s digital art collection that use LAS PLACITAS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Placitas Placitas Artists real-time software to autonomously generate virtual simulations. Series January Reception. Works by sculptor Jim Fish, photographer Thu-Sat. 231 Delgado St. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 995-0231. Victoria Mlady, painter Marcia Rackstraw and jeweler Caitlin Velázquez- alibi.com/v/5gkz. /$"/5 %" Fagley. QTango shares the history of Tango. Runs through 2/2. 7 Paseo De San Antonio Rd. 2-5pm. ALL-AGES! 05-867-8080. ART.I.FACT, Santa Fe Twig and Call. Aviva Bauman of Twig Works alibi.com/v/5gin. jewelry and photographer Chelsea Call show their best and new works. Runs through 1/27. Thu-Sat. 930 Baca St. Noon-4pm. STAGE ALL-AGES! 982-5000. alibi.com/v/5cu5. ADOBE THEATER Doublewide, Texas. 9813 Fourth Street NW. $15-$17. 2pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. BACHECHI OPEN SPACE Vivarium. Works from artist Danielle Rae Miller. Runs through 3/11. Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed. 9521 Rio Grande ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE Wait Until Dark. 224 San Pasquale Blvd NW. 9am-5:30pm. ALL-AGES! 314-0467. alibi.com/v/5gj8. Ave SW. $14-$23. 7:30-9:30pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. 4"563%": EYE ON THE MOUNTAIN GALLERY, Santa Fe Fourth Annual VORTEX THEATRE The Father. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. $15-$22. Guadalupe Group Art Show. Browse the wood carvings of local 6" 2pm. 13+. See 1/26 listing. artists as well as renowned artists Rob Yancey, Ernie Roybal and Bob Zettler. Runs through 2/23. 614 Agua Fria St. Noon-5pm. SONG & DANCE ALL-AGES! (928) 308-0319. alibi.com/v/5dxe. KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2018 Makers Space Business Workshop Series. $3-$150. 10:30-11:30am. 21+. Also, FORM & CONCEPT, Santa Fe Unidentified Women. Fiber artist Jodi Dancemakers rehearse, participate in technique classes, business Colella shows her newest work inspired by daguerreotype)&"- portraits 626&326&)* "/0
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0'$0..&3$& 3& training as well as engage in peer support while developing new of men and women from the 18th and 19th century. Runs through work. 4121 Cutler NE. $15. Noon-1:30pm. 13+. See 1/27 listing. 3/17. Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/5fv2. Also, Reckless Abandon. Thais Mather presents a monumental art "-#626&326& "3(& 5
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5* 7&/5 MONDAY JAN 29 installation and an interconnected series of performances and events examining patriarchal structures. Runs through 2/18. Thu- 0SEF 0OMOF XXX)$/.PS SONG & DANCE Sat, Tue-Wed. 435 S Guadalupe. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 982-8111. KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2018 Makers Space Business alibi.com/v/5c7j. Workshop Series. $3-$150. 9:30-11am. 21+. Also, 4121 Cutler GALLERY ABQ Masterworks Salon Awardees Show. Works from NE. $15. Noon-1:30pm. 13+. See 1/27 listing. watercolor artist Ruth Andrews-Vreeland, water media and oil artist Russ Ball, and pastel artist Chris Cook. Runs through 1/31. Thu- TUESDAY JAN 30 Sat, Tue-Wed. 8210 Menaul NE. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 292-9333. alibi.com/v/5fcx. WORDS UNM CONTINUING EDUCATION BUILDING Writing Poetry. Sharpen GHOSTWOLF GALLERY Resolve, Evolve. A group show centered writing skills, share work with other poets and discuss poems written around renewal, forward movement, personal evolution and tran- by members of the group, providing constructive, respectful feedback scendence. Runs through 1/31. 2043 South Plaza NW. 11am-6pm. and offering suggestions for revision. For ages 50+. 1634 University 18+. 246-9653. alibi.com/v/5fdl. Blvd NE. $75. 1-3pm. (505) 277-0077, option 1. alibi.com/v/5f4d. JEMEZ FINE ART GALLERY, Jemez Springs Mountain Magic. Runs through 3/31. 17346 NM Hwy 4. 2pm. ALL-AGES! (575) 829-3340. ART alibi.com/v/5dnr. 516 ARTS The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility. Contemporary artists explore the border as a physical reality, subject MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART, Santa Fe No Idle Hands: and as a site for production and solution. Runs through 4/14. 516 The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art. Enjoy the first large-scale Central Ave SW. Noon-5pm. ALL-AGES! 242-1445. alibi.com/v/5h6j. museum exhibition dedicated to tramp art since 1975. More than 150 examples of tramp art, concentrating on works from the US, with NEW MEXICO ART LEAGUE Biologique. Works based on and inspired additional international examples. Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed. 706 Camino by nature. Runs through 2/24. 3409 Juan Tabo Blvd NE. 10am-4pm. Lejo. $7-$12. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 577-1347. alibi.com/v/4la6. ALL-AGES! 293-5034. alibi.com/v/5h5y. RICHARD LEVY GALLERY Follow the Line. Wall sculptures and works on paper based on Amidakuji, a Japanese game of chance from Emi Ozawa. Runs through 3/2. Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed. 514 Central Ave SW. 11am-4pm. ALL-AGES! 766-9888. alibi.com/v/5dkq.

JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [21] FOOD | FOOD inTerview Travis McKenzie Brings Gardens to APS The Teacher of the Year hopes for more growth, bigger food budgets

Travis McKenzie and his Van Buren Middle School students in their garden

BY ROBIN BABB together local farmers and the people who one teacher. And if that one teacher leaves, bees and hummingbirds in the spring. All this need their produce the most through often that garden will leave too.” was planted and tended by middle schoolers. marketing, policy development and Right now, McKenzie has a policy-making The students that McKenzie teaches are a ravis McKenzie is just dismissing his community events. McKenzie wants his mission on his horizon. “House Bill 62!” he racially diverse group, but most of them come Tstudents from the computer lab when I students to accept the award with him shouts as he shuffles around some papers on his from poor families. “In our community here, meet him at Van Buren Middle School. because, as he says, “none of this would desk. He brings me the text of the proposed food security is a huge issue,” he tells me. “I One of the students, a boy who must be 14 or happen without them.” He shows me a printed bill, which, if signed into law, would provide don’t really like to call it a food desert, because 15, is dressed in fatigues. I don’t know if this is “Roundhouse Scavenger Hunt” sheet that he’s $400,000 for the public education department a desert is a natural environment. There’s life because of a ROTC class or just because he giving to all of them. He’s asking them to form to buy New Mexico-grown fruits and in the desert, there’s balance. We’re trying to likes the look. Something about his untucked groups to find out who their representative is vegetables for its public schools, charter evolve people’s vocabulary—this is a food shirt and big, curly hair makes me think more and then come up with a food- or farm-related schools and juvenile detention centers. “You apartheid, really. This is an oppressive force. of a resistance fighter than a soldier, though. question to ask them. “They’re learning about know, when you think about it, it sounds like a It’s not nature that did this.” McKenzie hopes He bumps fists with McKenzie on the way out government in their social studies class, but I lot of money, but $400,000 spread out among that by teaching young people the skills they the door. can reinforce it with the stuff we’re doing every school district in New Mexico …” he need to grow their own food, he can help After all his students leave, we head into here,” he says. “Which is good because shrugs. “But it’s a start. We’re trying to work alleviate some of the systemic hunger and McKenzie’s classroom to chat about a topic sometimes when we teach government in our way up to a million.” poverty that are such huge problems in our direct near and dear to his heart: gardens. From the schools it’s not relatable. This is like, .” McKenzie has recently been working in a state. window I can see some of the raised beds that The reasons McKenzie is getting this more official educational capacity as a teacher On my way out from the school I swing by he’s built with his students out in the empty Teacher of the Year award are myriad. Over for Albuquerque Public Schools. Since Aug. the empty northern lot where McKenzie tells courtyard—nothing is growing in there now the years, he’s worked with many nonprofit 2017 he’s been teaching a gardening elective me he hopes to develop a wilder, less since it’s January, of course. But that doesn’t organizations to educate young people about at Van Buren, a class where students can spend cultivated garden later this year. Right now it’s mean he isn’t busy still. Or, as he would say, food and farming with after school programs, time outdoors, build something together, plant all pale, dry dirt that would need some tilling “we’re busy.” It’s not always clear who summer camps and field trips. When he and harvest food, and learn about the culture and water before it could grow anything. McKenzie is referring to when he says “we,” worked at the Cornelio Candelaria Organic and history of the crops. As he takes me to see Except for right in the middle of the lot, where but it’s likely one of the dozen or so Farm in the South Valley, he had students the half acre of land right off Louisiana Street he’s planted an Asian pear tree—in tribute, he agricultural or community organizations he come from Amy Biehl High School to work on that he and his students have cultivated, says, to Masanobu Fukuoka, the Japanese The One Straw Revolution works with. Or, possibly, it’s just that he’s their senior projects or complete service hours McKenzie tells me about what they’ve grown farmer and author of . uncomfortable taking full credit for all the at the farm. “So I would facilitate educational so far. “These collards have grown all through In the book, Fukuoka outlines a radical form of things he’s done. programing for about 1,000 kids a year who the cold, and some of this green lettuce is still farming that involves very little intervention What he’s excited about today is bringing came through our farm” he says. Then he sticking around too.” He sticks his hands into in the crops’ natural way of growing. By letting his students up to Santa Fe on the following worked with the Southwest Organizing Project the soil of one of the rows and breaks it up things grow and go to seed and die, the soil Tuesday—it’s Food and Farms Day at the (SWOP), where he helped eight schools in the between his fingers. “Look at that color,” he will become richer and will grow things more roundhouse, an event where local farmers and International District organize teams to build says admiringly. It’s dark and soft: signs of easily in the future, goes the ideology. It’s ranchers are honored by the state. It’s also gardens on their campuses. It was important to good, healthy earth. “And we’ve only watered difficult to look at the dry desert soil and see when McKenzie will be receiving his Teacher have a team of people to support the garden, once so far this year.” There’s also a half dozen the potential for lush growth, but it’s a vision of the Year Award from Farm to Table New he says, because “there’s something we call fruit trees, a semi-circle of benches that make that McKenzie believes in. And he has a Mexico, a nonprofit organization that brings ‘one teacher wonder’ syndrome—usually a up the outdoor classroom and a “pollinator history of turning his vision into reality. a school garden is sponsored and supported by sanctuary”: flowering plants that will attract

[22] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY SPECIALS BY ROBIN BABB Japanese Kitchen

Teppan, sushi, & Japanese Cuisine

“Omakase” is available at Sushi Bar Sushi Bar

6511 America’s Parkway ABQ NM, 87110 JAN LAIRD OF JAN'S ON 4TH (505) 872-1166

inus the Souper Bowl, which is an exciting practices to get you started brewing. This seminar is Mevent worth highlighting, all of the events in Saturday, Jan. 27 from 4 to 6pm, and costs $10— this week’s Weekly Specials are classes of some register at swgrapeandgrain.com or by calling 332- sort. Because no matter how old you are or whether 2739. They host these brewing classes throughout you’re enrolled in a learning institution, you can the year at regular intervals, so if you miss this one, Steakhouse always afford to gain some new skills. Besides these just check their calendar for later classes. gardening, cooking and brewing classes below, Experience the always keep in mind that University of New Mexico 6521 America’s Parkway has plenty of ongoing Continuing Education classes, ABQ NM, 87110 Splendor & Excitement and most of them are pretty cheap and easy to work Pigskins, Pizza and Platters: of Japan! into your schedule. Because, honestly, you always (505) 884-8937 have time to learn stuff—as long as you make time Gourmet Super Bowl Foods for it. We can all do better than chips and salsa for the japanesekitchen.com Super Bowl this year, no? On Saturday, Jan. 27, from 6 to 8:30pm, learn how to make a gourmet Superbowl spread at Joliesse Chocolates with their Chocolate Bar Making Class at La back-by-popular-demand savory snack class. Some of the dishes are smoked paprika bacon mushrooms Joliesse potato skins, ricotta sage-stuffed mushrooms, and Ever wanted to learn how to make chocolate at mac and cheese bombs. Yum. Tickets are $59 and home? If so, you’ll want to check out La Joliesse’s this class fills up fast, so sign up now at (6855 Fourth Street NW) classes. From 6:30 to lajoliesse.com or by calling 369-1561. 8pm on Friday, Jan. 26, they have a small chocolate bar making workshop where participants can taste and compare different chocolates and then make their own using all provided ingredients. The cost for the class is $55 per person, and space is limited. If Seeds That Connect and Feed Us you miss this class, there’s another one at the same time on Friday, Feb. 23. Sign up at lajoliesse.com or at Gutierrez-Hubbell House by calling 369-1561. Spring is just around the corner, and that means planting season. If you want to try your hand at planting a garden this year (or if you’re a seasoned green thumb who wants to learn a little bit more Souper Bowl 2018 about seeds), check out Gutierrez-Hubbell House Roadrunner Food Bank hosts the Souper Bowl (6029 Isleta Blvd. SW) from 1 to 2:30pm on every year on the weekend before the Super Bowl Sunday, Jan. 28, for a free public lesson on seeds at their 5840 Office Blvd. NE location. This and what makes certain plants “native” to New fundraiser event brings together 40 chefs and Mexico. Participants learn about the historic, restaurants from all over New Mexico to cook soups cultural and culinary significance of certain crops as and desserts for you, the guests, to taste and judge. well as how to grow them. Register for the class at There’s live music, prizes to win and plenty of great bernco.gov/community-services/event- food to eat. To be a part of it, head to the food bank registration.aspx. on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 11am to 2pm. Your ticket price ($42 for adults, $10 for children under 11) goes towards helping Roadrunner Food Bank feed poor and homeless folks in our city. Oh, also? I’ll be Comprehensive Cooking Class at one of the guest judges this year. Come say hi. Buy your tickets at rrfb.org. Jan’s on 4th Jan Laird has been doing these cooking classes for about nine years, so you know you’re in capable hands when you sign up for her six-week-long Beginner/Extract Brewing Seminar comprehensive cooking class. Starting on Jan. 31, the class meets at the Jan’s on 4th Cooking School at Southwest Grape & Grain (10004 Fourth Street NW) from 6 to 9pm every If you’ve never brewed beer (or anything else, for Wednesday through March 14. Students learn that matter) but you want to start, this is the class everything from how to handle a knife and read a for you. The friendly and knowledgeable folks at recipe to how to make handful of sauces for any Southwest Grape & Grain teach you all the basic dish. The cost is $357 for the six-week course. Sign terminology, what equipment you need and the best up at janson4th.com or by calling 350-0600. a JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [23] crispy, is glazed in a tamarind sauce that would appeal to orange chicken fans. The Thai yellow Chowtown curry is creamy and expertly spiced, but you can a rotating guide to restaurants we like always ask to have the heat adjusted.

suggest a restaurant or search for more at: MIDTOWN w alibi.com/chowtown PHO 79 VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT These listings have no connection with Alibi advertising 2007 Candelaria Rd NE, 883-3747 • $ [Vietnamese] This is a no-frills kind of place, but if you like Vietnamese food and don’t particularly care about atmosphere, you should definitely seek it out. The pho is bolstering and wholesome, and Banh Mi the beef tendon is spectacular. From time to time, they’ve even been known to fly in mass quantities of crawfish for your tail-eating, head-sucking and Pho pleasure. PHO NGUYEN 7202 Menaul Blvd NE, 830-6554 • $ Galore [Vietnamese, Asian] Pho Nguyen (if you’re a Vietnamese pronunciation newbie, say “Fun Win”) BY ROBIN BABB has all the goods—from delicious pho (Vietnamese soup) to vermicelli dishes. The environment is comfortable and the food flavorful. his week we’re taking a look at the many options for tasty Vietnamese food VIET TASTE T Albuquerque has to offer. Whether you 5721 Menaul Blvd NE, 888-0101 • $ stick with the basic banh mi and pho or you’re [Vietnamese, Asian] Who doesn’t like a hot, feeling more adventurous—quail and sticky inexpensive, filling bowl of pho? Or a tank of rice, perhaps?—you can find plenty of sweet-and-sour soup with catfish? We don’t know delicious examples of southeast Asian cuisine people like that, and neither should you. Having a here. Banh Mi Coda, notably, makes their light lunch of a papaya salad with shrimp and an own bread for their banh mi, and is a great avocado shake is just the thing to shake off days of stress and too many cheeseburgers. And since place if you want a cheap and tasty lunch to nothing on the menu costs over 10 bucks, you can carry out. An Hy Quan has plenty of treat your lazy, good-for-nothing co-workers to vegetarian and vegan options, and SweeTea lunch. Just don’t call them names to their faces. Bakery Cafe has some Vietnamese baked goods that you’ll not find anywhere else in NOB HILL town. It’s been a little cold the past week, and a big bowl of pho is sounding pretty good right STREETFOOD ASIA about now, no? a 3422 Central Ave SE, 260-0088 • $$ Welcome back students! [Asian, Chinese, Dim Sum, Fusion, Japanese, Korean, Take Out/To-Go, Thai, Vietnamese] On DOWNTOWN the streets of Asia, vendors often specialize in one dish handed down through generations, preparing ASIAN NOODLE BAR quick meals for passersby like hot noodle bowls, 318 Central Ave SW, 224-9119 • $$ exotic sandwiches and spicy skewered satays. [Asian, Sushi, Fusion, Vietnamese] This is the StreetFood Asia is a hotbed of cultural diversity spot for satisfying pre- or post-movie cravings with serving Vietnamese pho, Korean noodles, a menu that stretches across the Asian continent. Japanese udon, and Malaysian and Chinese stir- Think pho and pad Thai with a side of Japanese fry. StreetFood Asia’s menu offers a dizzying array cold sesame noodles. The warming Thai soup is of sauces, toppings, garnishes, meats, seafood restorative on chilly days. Inside, it’s clean, classy, and vegetables in dinner portions or small plates calm and open until 11pm on the weekends. in the heart of Nob Hill. Exotic bar drinks and a long list of excellent sakes add sparkle to your FAIRGROUNDS meal. CAFÉ DA LAT NORTHEAST HEIGHTS 5615 Central Ave NE, 266-5559 • $ [Vietnamese, Asian] Consistently one of the best BASIL LEAF Vietnamese joints in town. Da Lat does a 1225 Eubank Blvd NE, 323-2594 • $ magnificent breaded frog leg appetizer. The crispy [Vietnamese, Asian] The pho is fragrant, the golden legs are scrumptious dipped in Da Lat’s coffee is strong and sweet, and ordinary dishes are salty, tangy nuoc cham sauce. interesting because you want to know how this kitchen is going to finish it. Spring rolls are a level above others, well-rolled and multi-textured. This I-25 CORRIDOR place has one of the crispiest papaya salads in town; the salad topped with two flavors of beef PLUM CAFE ASIAN GRILL jerky is especially out of hand. A steamed tilapia 4959 Pan American W Fwy NE, 433-3448 • $$ dish yields white, flaky fish bathed in a dark, black [Asian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai] Plum Cafe peppery sauce and is flanked with broccoli and Asian Grill serves a mix of Chinese, Vietnamese carrots. Nice looking desserts, wine and saki. and Thai food that’s a familiar favorite in Albuquerque. Plum uses the order-at-the counter model, but the dining area is spacious and HUONG THAO VIETNAMESE CUISINE Albuquerque UNM Albuquerque Eastside elegant. Plus, its location in the Century Rio 1016 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Ste B, 292-8222 • $ 2201 Sliver Avenue SE 5200 Eubank NE Suite E7 complex is right on the money for folks looking for [Vietnamese, Asian, Vegetarian/Health Foods] PH: (505) 262-2424 PH: (505) 275-2424 Check us out online at: a bite before or after a movie. Most dishes can be A quiet restaurant in a strip mall just north of Albuquerque 4th Street Santa Fe chaishoppe.com made vegetarian. The tama cod, battered and Lomas on Juan Tabo, Huong Thao has been serving 5939 4th St NW 1620 st Michael’s Drive PH: (505) 254-2424 PH: (505)988-9688 KEY: $ = Inexpensive $8 or less | $$ = Moderate $8 to $15 | $$$ = Expensive $15 to $20 | $$$$ = Very Expensive $20 and up [24] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 French baguette. If cilantro or pickled veggies don’t mesh well with your taste buds, coconut cake, beautiful steamed pandan buns and light, airy sesame balls are suited for any palate. Don’t forget to try the rice pudding!

CAFÉ TRANG Extended Happy Hour prices 230 Louisiana Blvd SE Ste A, 232- With purchase of Entrée In Altitude Bar & Grill 6764 • $ Promo Code: AltitudeAlibi ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY [Vietnamese, Asian] AN HY QUAN VEGETARIAN The Café Trang menu includes several types of spring rolls (try the up Vietnamese food for almost two decades. The shrimp sausage), noodle dishes, soups, vegetarian Happy Hour place is unassuming and the service friendly. Try dishes and rice dishes that are made from scratch the fresh spring rolls and a big bowl o’ pho. For and to order. Café Trang also serves Vietnamese $3.50 Draft Beer dessert, you can’t go wrong with a creamy coconut sandwiches made on special baguettes and offers shake. double the meat for just two bucks extra. Closed $3.50 Select Wines Mondays. $4.00 "You Call It" Well Drinks AN HY QUAN VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT MAY CAFÉ 1405 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 332-8565 • $ 111 Louisiana Blvd SE, Ste A, 265-4448 • $ - Friday Night Karaoke From 9pm to 12am Drink [Vegan, Vegetarian, Vietnamese] These piquant [Vietnamese, Asian] The standard-bearer for dishes will satisfy all with flavor and price. Try the Vietnamese food in Albuquerque, May Café’s Specials All Night papaya salad: slivers of papaya in a light chili dining room is light and airy, and the service is sauce, topped with fresh basil and crushed reliably fast and friendly. Try the Vietnamese peanuts, this is something that we could literally sandwich appetizer, grilled pork with rice eat everyday. An Hy Quan only serves up vermicelli, shrimp in ginger sauce or catfish in a Vietnamese vegetarian and vegan dishes. clay pot.

SAIGON RESTAURANT PHO #1 VIETNAMESE 6001 San Mateo Blvd SE, 884-0706 • $ 414 San Pedro Dr SE, 268-0488 • $ (505) 855-6085 [Vietnamese, Asian] A delightful Vietnamese [Vietnamese, Asian] There are many dishes you’ll restaurant, Saigon has plenty of comfy booths if find on the menu here and nowhere else. Get 2500 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 you want to eat in, and speedy service if you plan adventurous with a creamy jackfruit shake, salted to take out. In the mood for something different? plum soda or mouthwateringly crispy catfish. Do Say … quail? Saigon has got you covered. Just not resist the seven courses of beef or pho with make sure you don’t leave without tasting the rare beef. Trust us, they’re fantastic. perfectly seasoned, rich pho broth and a glass of Thai iced tea. QUE HUONG 7010 Central Ave SE, Ste C, 262-0575 • $ SWEETEA BAKERY CAFE [Vietnamese, Asian] When you’re really hungover, Perfecting chocolate in Albuquerque for 22 years 4565 San Mateo Blvd NE, (505)582-2592 • $$ nothing hits the spot like Que Huong’s Vietnamese [Vietnamese] Get ready for some amazing baked stew with chicken and curry. You’ll lick your lips treats that cross Vietnamese and French cuisine to after every spoonful of the mysteriously spicy bring diners a truly unique experience. From broth. Wrap the chunks of meat and vegetables in traditional pork buns to new creations, like the pieces of crusty French bread and thank your lucky banana nut bread, SweeTea’s baked goods are stars you discovered Vietnamese food. Other some of the best around. If you’re looking for highlights on the menu include delectable grilled something a little more filling, try their fresh beef rolls wrapped in grape leaves and spicy Vietnamese sandwiches or a savory stew. Don’t lemongrass chicken. forget to grab one of their famous teas while you take in the sleek, hip ambience. SAIGON FAR EAST 901 San Pedro Dr SE, Ste D-E, 255-7408 • $ SOUTHEAST [Vietnamese, Asian] Whether you’re an avowed herbivore or not, Saigon offers a large menu full of 2000 VIETNAM almost unbelievably cheap and tasty vegetarian 601 San Mateo Blvd SE, 232-0900 • $ options. (Of course, there’s meat, too.) Perfect for [Vietnamese, Asian] Try to disregard the fact that takeout, or stick around to enjoy the pool tables this place is attached to an auto emissions testing and the charming, tropical airplane hangar décor. shop—the food is the real deal. The menu is packed with delicately flavored soups, rice and PHO LINH VIETNAMESE GRILL vermicelli dishes for the vegetarian and meat-eater 9100 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, 266-3368 alike. Portions are more than generous, and so are [Coffee/Tea/Espresso, Vegan, Vietnamese] One the prices. Try the lemongrass tofu. of the few places in this city where you can get seven kinds of beef in one sitting. Or if you aren’t BANH MI CODA in a beefy mooood, try another authentic 230 Louisiana Blvd SE Ste C, 232-0085 • $ Vietnamese dish from the huge menu, like fresh [Asian, Bakery/Sweets, Deli/Sandwiches, spring rolls, wonton egg noodle soup or cashew Vietnamese] Oh, the glories of a Vietnamese tofu. Pair it up with a fresh coconut milk shake and sandwich with pickled carrots and daikon, you’ve got yourself a meal. This is a great hidden cucumber, cilantro, sliced jalapeño and jewel of a date spot, so show your significant other Vietnamese mayo on a freshly baked 12-inch that you’ve got class—and lemongrass (try some wrapped around the beef ball appetizer).

KEY: $ = Inexpensive $8 or less | $$ = Moderate $8 to $15 | $$$ = Expensive $15 to $20 | $$$$ = Very Expensive $20 and up JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [25] REEL WORLD FILM | FILM revIew BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY

Ultima Encore In the Fade The National Hispanic Cultural Center was scheduled to screen the 1971 film version of Red Cross-cultural crime drama puts a match to modern European society Sky at Morning—based on Richard Bradford’s New Mexico-set, 1968 novel—on Thursday, Jan. 25. But the Jan. 18 screening of Bless Me, Ultima—based on Rudolfo Anaya’s iconic coming-of-age novel—proved so popular that the theater was filled to overflow capacity. As a result, NHCC’s Bank of America Theatre is bringing Bless Me, Ultima back for another screening on Jan. 25. The film, directed by Carl Franklin in 2011, concerns a young boy sent to live in a small New Mexico town in the ’40s. There, he is educated in the ways of spirituality by a mysterious curandera. Tickets to this event are free, but you need to show up at the box office (1701 Fourth Street SW) one hour before showtime to claim them. The box office opens at 6pm; the film screens at 7pm. For more info go to nhccnm.org. Industry of Film Eric Witt, executive director of the Santa Fe Film Office, joins the Santa Fe Business Incubator on Tuesday, Jan. 30 for an intensive talk about the history and objectives of the state’s efforts to build up the film industry and support local filmmakers. Witt gives a talk starting at 6pm, Depressed, traumatized and out for revenge ... but looking cool. followed by an audience Q&A. Obviously, the more input from the local film community, the BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY sequence with an almost unbearable amount better this event will be. So, if you’re a part of of tension and emotional punch. Will the our state’s film industry—professional or In the Fade suspects—both clearly responsible—be amateur—please consider attending. The Santa erman-Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin Directed by Fatih Akin found guilty? Fe Business Incubator is located at 3900 Paseo shoots movies not on film but on flash Starring Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, del Sol in Santa Fe. For more info go to sfbi.net. G The film’s final third, “The Sea,” explores paper. His 1998 film Short Sharp Shock, Numan Acar the aftermath of the trial and Katja’s his 2004 film Head-On, his 2007 film The Rated R reaction to it. It’s here that Akin starts Gimme a (Tax) Break Edge of Heaven and others have explored Opens Monday 1/29 moving a source of flame closer and closer to Are you an independent New Mexico filmmaker? devastating modern worlds of senseless his explosive narrative. Like all of Akin’s Would you like to claim your share of the state’s violence, unfathomable tragedy and the stories, the film flirts with ideas of brutal 25 to 30 percent tax incentive program on all consequences of surviving both. Shot Connecting the two easiest dots they revenge and graceful redemption and the productions? It is actually possible, if you know thorny territory between. It’s hard to guess the ins and outs. The New Mexico Film Incentive through with themes of culture clash, have—a Middle-Easterner and a bomb—the is the first topic of the New Mexico Film Office’s religious conflict, racial intolerance, police try to imply that Nuri may have been where this one will end up. And when it free monthly Educational Speaker Series on xenophobia and the coin-flip antipodes of involved in some sort of terrorist activity, does hit its final, hard-earned conclusion, Wednesday, Jan. 31. Lisa Lucas from the New revenge and forgiveness, Akin’s provocative and Katja bristles at the suggestion. A few Akin pulls the rug out from under viewers— Mexico Film Office gives you the facts you need subtle inquiries among old friends confirms many of whom will be shocked to find who to know in order to quality for these State of films are highly flammable documents just waiting for a stray spark to ignite them. His her beliefs: There’s no good reason for her and what they end up sympathizing with. As New Mexico tax credits. Admission is free and always, Akin is making broader sociological open to the public. To attend this event, please latest, the Golden Globe-winning drama, In husband to be targeted. points amid his laceratingly personal dramas. RSVP to [email protected]. The the Fade, is no exception. In the Fade is—like other Akin films— In some ways In the Fade is one of Akin’s New Mexico Film Office’s monthly Educational Diane Kruger (Troy, National Treasure, broken up into three distinct chapters. The Speaker Series takes place from 6 to 7pm at the most accessible, least complex films. Boiled Inglourious Basterds) nails down her finest first, “The Family,” shows Katja dealing with Joseph Montoya Building in the Bid Room (1100 down to its constituent story beats, it could film role (and took home Best Actress the immediate aftermath of her husband and S. St. Francis Drive in Santa Fe). For more info be viewed as your basic revenge thriller. It’s Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her son’s murder. Slate-faced and dark-eyed, she go to nmfilm.com/monthly-speaker-series.aspx. not nearly as edgy as Akin’s suicidal efforts) as our savage, broken heroine Katja. goes about her new life: shopping for coffins, romance Head-On nor as profound as his As In the Fade fades up, our Teutonic leading arguing with relatives, doing whatever drugs melancholy, multi-character tapestry The Corpus + Kuchar lady is seen marrying Turkish-born Nuri she can get her hands on to numb the pain. Edge of Heaven. There is power in this film, Corpus Arts—a member-supported, nonprofit Sekerci (Numan Acar) in a prison Unable to find a logical reason for the however, and much of it comes from Kruger. organization aimed fostering queer cultures and ceremony. Six years later, ex-con Nuri is out killings, Katja settles on a theory. She literacies by providing “radical library resources” The actress holds nothing back, letting the of jail and on the straight and narrow. He believes that neo-Nazi terrorists may be in a safe space—has been hosting some edgy, grief, pain and anger of her character spill owns a storefront tax business in Hamburg. behind the attack. In today’s Germany it’s interesting film events of late. This Wednesday, out onto the screen in tears and blood. Even He and Katja have a 6-year-old son. not too far-fetched an idea. But police are Jan. 31, for example, Corpus Arts is hooking up in moments of quietude and stillness, there’s with LowLife Vids’n’Vinyl to present “Corpus Everything seems good for the young reluctant to listen to Katja, believing the a keening sadness to her performance. Pay Movie Night—Hermanos Kuchar!” The Kuchar family—until one random, tragic day when victim’s criminal past must still be the closer attention and you’ll notice a lot of the brothers, George and Mike, were luminaries of a nail bomb goes off on the sidewalk in front contributing factor. the NYC underground film scene in the ’60s and hot button issues Akin folds into this of Nuri’s office. Katja’s husband and son are Eventually, however, a pair of suspects are ’70s. The Kuchars made over 200 experimental, deceptively simple story. Notice how the both dead. The lingering question is why? found and put on trial for the murders. The “low-fi” films and videos in their career. police and the media react to the crime, On paper Nuri was an ethnic Kurd, a film’s second chapter, “Justice,” concerns “Hermanos Kuchar!” features a documentary and searching for a racial or religious motive first other short films by and about George and Muslim and, most prominently, a former Katja’s ordeals in court as she endures and foremost. Contemplate how “justice” is Michael. The screening runs from 8 to 11pm. drug dealer. Could any of these be testimony describing her young son’s brutal served in the mockingly titled second Nonmembers are encouraged to contribute a $2 contributing factors in his death, wonder the death and defense lawyers slandering her to $5 donation at the door for admission. Corpus segment. And feel free to sift through the local police. But Katja is emphatic that her and her husband’s reputation. Though, at Arts is located at 123 Seventh Street NW. a rubble the film’s explosive climax looking husband was apolitical, agnostic and no this point, the film becomes a traditional for answers to the ugly questions Akin asks longer involved in the criminal world. courtroom drama, Akin stages the extended of today’s fractious society. a [26] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX By DEVIN D. O’LEary TV News Updates from Around the Dial all Hail McHale Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson (Happy!), the series is set in a world where In addition to the wealth of movies, sitcoms, superheroes have embraced the darker sides of reality shows and cooking competitions, Netflix their celebrity and fame. Keeping these is now going full bore with talk shows. Joel frequently corrupt superheroes in check is a McHale, longtime host of E! Network’s “The group of ultra-violent, blue-collar, CIA-backed Soup” and star of NBC’s cult hit “Community,” vigilantes known as “the boys.” Chance has signed on to host and executive produce Crawford (“Gossip Girl”), Jessie T. Usher “The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale.” (Independence Day: Resurgence), Erin Moriarty The half-hour comedy show is described as “a (“Jessica Jones”), Antony Starr (“Banshee”) and sharp, absurdist look at pop culture and news Dominique McElligott (“The Last Tycoon”) are from across the globe.” The mix of celebrity among the cast so far. Sadly, it doesn’t look as if guest, comedy sketches and video clips from British actor Simon Pegg—whom the series around the world sounds a lot like “The artist (Robertson) intentionally drew as the Soup”—which McHale hosted from 2004 to main protagonist, Hughie Campbell—will be 2015. Fans of the actor/stand-up comic only on board. Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”) is the have to wait until Feb. 18 to catch the weekly show’s producer. Seth Rogen and Evan series streaming on Netflix. Goldberg (AMC’s “Preacher”) will direct. The Method to the Madness show is scheduled to debut in 2019. Netflix has also signed Michael Douglas for its Mix It Up upcoming comedy series “The Kominsky FOX has ordered a pilot for a musical series Method.” The show is created by Chuck Lorre called “Mixtape.” Creator-writer-producer (“Grace Under Fire,” “Dharma & Greg,” “Two Joshua Safran (“Gossip Girl,” “Smash,” and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory”) and “Quantico”) helms the show, described as a centers on the life of Sandy Kominsky, “an “romantic musical drama that looks at a actor who years ago had a brief fling with disparate group of interconnected people in success and is now a revered Hollywood acting contemporary Los Angeles through the lens of coach.” Also signed on to the principal cast are the music that defines who they are.” Since Alan Arkin as Kominsky’s long-suffering agent stepping down as showrunner on ABC’s and Nancy Travis as a student in one of his “Quantico,” Safran has also lined up a acting classes. The 10-episode first season is supernatural drama at AMC. That untitled expected to debut later this year. project is being called a “new take” on the traditional ghost story, looking at the lifelong VAGE’S The Boys are Back haunting of a woman and the man who loves DAN SA Not to be outdone by fellow download service her. Both series are in their early development Netflix, rival Amazon Studios has sent its new stages, so no word on casting or air dates for series “The Boys” straight to development. either. a Based on the comic book of the same name by

coaches millennials to be the best they MONDAY 29 can be. Tip No. 1: Don’t take advice THE WEEK IN from a castmember of “Jersey Shore.” “America on Fire” (A&E 9:03pm) Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Story (Lifetime 6pm) Mid-’90s Charlie LeDuff goes deep inside SLOTH pop/soul singer Toni Braxton has the world of the American militia evolved into an actress. (She played movement. FILM FESTIVAL Rosalie Rosebud in The Oogieloves in ETS the Big Balloon Adventure.) Here she TUESDAY 30 TICK THURSDAY 25 stars as real-life heroine Antionette Tuff, an Atlanta bookkeeper who saved “Babylon Berlin” (Netflix SALE “MVP: Most Valuable Performer” students at an elementary school from streaming anytime) This German ON (KRQE-13 7pm) Head-to-head a deranged gunman. period drama, set in the ’30s, is competition, elimination voting and based on the crime novels novels celebrity mentors? Seen it all before? “Conan Without Borders” (TBS 8pm) of Volker Kutscher and promises a NOW! Not so fast. This pre-Super Bowl talent Conan O’Brien jumps on the topic du kaleidoscope of music, show is reserved exclusively for jour by broadcasting his eponymous decadence, sex, corruption and professional NFL football players. talk show from Donald Trump’s favorite murder. shithole country, Haiti. “State of the Union” (KASA- “2018 Countdown to Valentine’s Day 2/KOB-4/KNME-5/KOAT- FRIDAY 26 Preview Show” (Hallmark 9pm) I 7/KRQE-13 7pm) I’m just know this is hard to believe, but—in the guessing here, but I bet it’s gonna GUILD THEATER “Britannia” (Amazon streaming wake of its Thanksgiving-themed rom- be “great, tremendous, the best anytime) Roman soldiers fight sexy ever.” female druids in this wacko-looking, coms, it’s Christmas-themed rom-coms “Games of Thrones”-esque historical and its general winter-themed rom- “Citizen Rose” (E! 9pm) Rose fantasy series from British playwright coms—Hallmark is gearing up for a hell McGowan—the actor/activist at Jez Butterworth. of a lot of Valentine’s Day-themed rom- the forefront of the #metoo Feb 2 & 3 coms. movement—gets her own docu- “Dirty Money” (Netflix streaming reality show. anytime) Documentarian Alex Gibney SUNDAY 28 “Super Bowl Greatest (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Commercials 2018” (KRQE-13 ALBUQUERQUE Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, Going “2018 Pro Bowl” (KOAT-7 12:50pm) 9pm) This year marks the 25th Clear: Scientology & the Prison of The fan-favorite best NFL players—the anniversary of an iconic Belief) tackles topics from corporate one’s not in the Super Bowl, anyway— McDonald’s commercial, so greed to food biz corruption to a go head-to-head in the league’s annual you’ve totally got to tune in for the certain orange president in this new epic tribute. investigative series. “let’s all try not to get hurt” game. SHOWTIMES & TICKETS AT “60th Annual Grammy Awards” (KRQE- WEDNESDAY 31 SATURDAY 27 13 5:30pm) James Corden hosts. HUMPFILMFEST.COM Scheduled performers include: Lady “Buried: Knights Templar and the “Young Americans” (TLC 6am) Jenni Gaga, Childish Gambino, P!nk, Little Holy Grail” (History 6pm) Which “JWoww” Farley from “Jersey Shore” Big Town and Patti LuPone. do you think basic cable documentary shows will discover first: Bigfoot or the Holy Grail. a

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Old School James Olmos and Gabriel Iglesias are among the voice Hostiles OPENING THIS WEEK A trio of middle-aged nudniks (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell talent. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Ran- In 1892—as the American West and the "Indian Wars" are 42 Grams: The Evolution of a Chef and Vince Vaughn) decide to recapture their youth by cho Premiere Cinema) dying off—a legendary Army captain (Christian Bale) This intimate foodie documentary shows how chef Jake forming a phony fraternity house. This 2003 film tries to agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief (Wes Studi) and his Bickelhaupt went from running an illegal restaurant out of resurrect the golden age of "guy" comedies like Stripes The Commuter family through dangerous territory in this mournful, hard- his apartment to being a culinary celebrity in less than a and Caddyshack, but pretty much just captures the rude, Liam Neeson does his now standard "quiet, unassuming hitting historical Western from writer-director Scott Cooper year. Filmmaker Jack C. Newell follows Bickelhaupt and gross-out vibe of modern-day counterparts like Slackers old dude kicks some serious ass" thing in this transporta- (Crazy Heart). As the hard journey wears on, the troupe his dedicated wife as they lease out an abandoned and Tomcats. 90 minutes. R. (Wednesday 1/31 at Flix tion-based thriller. Neeson reunites with Spanish director adds a string of disparate new members, raising the dan- chicken joint to open their dream restaurant. Menus are Brewhouse) Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop) for ... well, Non-Stop on a ger and tension level. This dark, thoughtful Western has developed, staff is hired and fired, and a marriage is train instead of a plane. Seems that Neeson's unassum- more than a few tonal echoes of Clint Eastwood's era- strained under the weight of the American Dream. 82 Padmaavat ing businessman gets caught up in a murderous criminal ending Unforgiven. 134 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Century minutes. Unrated. (Opens Saturday 1/27 at Guild Cin- In medieval Rajasthan Queen Padmavati (Deepika conspiracy during his regular commute home. Vera 14 Downtown, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albu- ema) Padukone) is married to a noble king and lives in a pros- Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill and Elizabeth McGov- querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Sta- perous fortress—at least until an ambitious sultan hears ern are along for the ride. 104 minutes. PG-13. (Century dium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12) Behind the Lens: A Humans of New Mexico of Padmavati's beauty and decides he must have her for Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) Documentary himself. This epic historical drama is the first Hindi film to I, Tonya Humans of New Mexico, a community project collecting be released in IMAX 3D format. In Hindi with English sub- Darkest Hour Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) stars as disgraced ice the oral histories of everyday New Mexicans, presents the titles. 164 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Thursday 1/25 at Gary Oldman transforms himself for this historical biopic skater Tonya Harding in this snarky, scuzzy comedy-drama first in a string of documentary screenings. Behind the Century 14 Downtown) about British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The film— about her notorious, knee-capping rivalry with Nancy Ker- directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, rigan (Caitlin Carver). 120 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Cen- Lens is a two-part documentary that offers a unique look The Road Movie behind the scenes at the Humans of New Mexico project. Anna Karenina)—covers much the same early World War II tury 14 Downtown, Cottonwood Stadium 16) This bizarro, docu-reality film culls all its footage from time period as Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Despite its The documentary follows the journey of Humans of New Russian dashcam video, capturing some of the craziest, Insidious: The Last Key Mexico collective members across the state to capture di- wartime setting, the film is really a testament to the see-it-to-believe-it scenes on the planet. Among the real- power of words and the ability of great speakers (not to It's a general rule of thumb: Beware any horror movie with verse and poignant stories. 60 minutes. Unrated. (Opens life images captured by unsuspecting Russian motorists: the words "Last" or "Final" in the title. They're probably Sunday 1/28 at Guild Cinema) mention great actors) to inspire others. 125 minutes. PG- a comet crashing to the Earth, an epic forest fire and 13. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) lying. In any case, here's the fourth film in the ghostly In- Django more road rage than you can shake a broken steering sidious franchise. Chronologically speaking, this one This musical biopic looks at the life of famed wheel at. In Russian with English subtitles. 70 minutes. Den of Thieves takes place after Insidious 3, but before Insidious and In- guitarist/composer Django Reinhardt, semi-fictionalizing Unrated. (Opens Monday 1/29 at Guild Cinema) This gritty crime saga alternately follows an elite unit of sidious 2. It concentrates on demonologist Elise Rainier the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most suc- (cult actress Lin Shaye) as she goes to New Mexico to in- his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. There's Spirited Away more cloak-and-dagger intrigue than music, really, but cessful bank robbery crew. While the outlaws plan a vestigate the haunted house she grew up in. 103 min- Master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki won a de- seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank, utes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, star Reda Kateb (Zero Dark Thirty) gets points for served Oscar for this magnificent dark fantasy about a charisma. In English, French, German and Romany with the cops close in on them. It really wants to be a Michael Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, AMC Albuquerque 12, Cot- young girl lost in a spirit world filled with ghosts and Mann film. But it ain't. Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr. tonwood Stadium 16) English subtitles. 117 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Thursday witches. The Alice in Wonderland-meets-The Brothers 1/25 at Guild Cinema) and 50 Cent star. 140 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Premiere Grimm storyline lifts this far above typical kiddie film fare. Cinema, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix Brew- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle The Final Year Freakishly inventive and filled with jaw-dropping flights of house, Century 14 Downtown, Icon Cinemas Albu- Only grown-up hipster nerds play board games now, so The final 365 days of Barack Obama's presidency are visual fancy, this cross-cultural gem is an animation clas- querque, Cottonwood Stadium 16) this belated sequel to 1995's Jumanji finds a bunch of chronicled in this fly-on-the-wall look into Obama's for- sic that begs to be seen. 125 minutes. PG. (Monday teens discovering an ancient, mystical video game ver- eign policy team. The filmmakers followed Secretary of 1/29 at Flix Brewhouse) Dunkirk sion of Jumanji. Naturally, they try it out and get trans- State John Kerry, United Nations Ambassador Samantha Writer-director Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, ported inside the game itself. The joke this time around is Power and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes The Dark Knight trilogy) offers the finest film of his al- that they end up in the "bodies" of some stereotypical on an around-the-world tour through 21 countries lead- ready impressive career with this epic yet intimate war video game avatars (played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin ing up to the inauguration of President Trump. If you won- STILL PLAYING story about the evacuation of Dunkirk, France during Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan) and must use their der what diplomacy used to look like, here's the place to 12 Strong World War II. Nolan's ingenious script spins three stories three allotted lives to escape. 119 minutes. PG-13. (Cen- start. 89 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Thursday 1/25 at at once, taking us to a week before the evacuation, a day tury 14 Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, A team of Special Forces solders (Chris Hemsworth, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Guild Cinema) Michael Shannon and Michael Peña among them) are before the evacuation and an hour before the evacuation. Reviewed in v26 i29. 106 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio) Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16) Gone with the Wind sent into Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11. Their mission: Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in this Oscar-gobbling team up with an Afghani warlord and take down a Taliban Ferdinand Lady Bird 1939 adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's Civil War ro- stronghold—in less than three weeks. Based on a true, John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, Gina Ro- Writer/actress Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, Mistress Amer- mance. See it on the big screen as God and David O. declassified story, this simple war drama (on horseback, driquez and Peyton Manning provide the voices for this ica, Francis Ha) turns director for this witty, well-observed Selznick intended. 238 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Sunday no less) captures some thrilling battle scenes. (Director CGI toon about a kindhearted, flower-sniffing bull, who is coming-of-age drama. Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, Brooklyn) 1/28 at Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) Nicolai Fuglsig was an actual war photographer in mistaken for a dangerous beast and taken from his idyllic stars a Northern California girl stuck in Catholic school Kosovo.) If only the story had more depth and drama to home. Based on the popular 1936 picture book by and applying to a bunch of East Coast colleges in hopes In the Fade it. Reviewed in v27 i3. 130 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Pre- Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson. 106 minutes. PG. (Cen- of escaping her overbearing, hypercritical mother (Laurie Reviewed this issue. 105 minutes. R. (Opens Monday miere Cinema, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix tury Rio) Metcalf, employing her sitcom skills to great effect). Re- 1/29 at Guild Cinema) Brewhouse, Century 14 Downtown, Icon Cinemas Albu- viewed in v26 i47. 93 minutes. R. (Cottonwood Stadium querque, Cottonwood Stadium 16) Forever My Girl 16, Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, AMC Albu- Lemon If you love movies based on Nicolas Sparks books … I querque 12) Alternative comedian Brett Gelman ("Jeff & Some Aliens," All the Money in the World personally think you should be questioning your taste "Eagleheart," "The Eric Andre Show") co-writes and stars Director Ridley Scott tackles the true story of 16-year-old level. On the other hand, the makers of this sub-Lifetime Molly's Game in this awkward comedy for his wife Janicza Bravo (who John Paul Getty III, who was kidnapped and held for ran- Channel romance think that if you love movies based on Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar) stars in co-writes and directs). Gelman plays a failing, middle- som in 1973. While his parents (played here by Michelle Nicolas Sparks books, you should totally come watch this based-on-a-true-story gambling drama from noted aged actor who's life unravels after his girlfriend of 10 Williams and Mark Wahlberg) go crazy trying to find him, their film. No, it's not based on a Nicolas Sparks book, writer-director Aaron Sorkin ("Sports Night," "The West years splits. Steeped in miserablism, this absurdist anti- his billionaire grandfather (Christopher Plummer) refuses but writer-director Bethany Ashton Wolf (who co-wrote the Wing," "The Newsroom"). Chastain tackles the role of comedy wallows in bizarre dialogue and awkward situa- to cough up one red cent. And yes, this is the film that Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who runs the world's tions. Gillian Jacobs, Judy Greer and Michael Cera are one Leonardo DiCaprio film no one's ever seen, Don's Kevin Spacey got edited out of. His last-second replace- Plum) sure knows how to work those tropes. Seems a fa- most exclusive high-stakes poker game and becomes the among castmembers acting weird. 83 minutes. Unrated. ment, Mr. Plummer, was just nominated for a Golden target of an FBI investigation. Idris Elba, Kevin Costner (Opens Friday 1/26 at SUB Theater) mous country music star (Alex Roe, The 5th Wave) returns Globe. Sucks to be, Kev. 132 minutes. R. (Century Rio) to his small Louisiana hometown after 10 years. He and Michael Cera costar. 140 minutes. R. (AMC Albu- querque 12) Maze Runner: The Death Cure Call Me By Your Name promptly reunites with the high-school sweetheart he left The YA-literature-based Maze Runner films (2014's The Brit James Ivory (Howards End, Remains of the Day, A at the altar (Jessica Rothe, Happy Death Day) and inher- Paddington 2 Maze Runner, 2015's The Scorch Trials and this trilogy- Room With a View) adapts the book from André Aciman, its a previously unknown daughter. The producers use the The computer-animated/live-action adaptation of ender) aren't exactly the most original in the "teenagers and Italian Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) directs this words "heartwarming" and "uplifting" an awful lot. 104 Michael Bond's beloved children's books returns for a se- battle a fascist future government" genre. But they do lush, louche and incredibly languid coming-of-age love minutes. PG. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, quel. This time around, the kindly young bear (voiced by have a zippy, action-packed vibe that teens and tweens story. Teenage Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is an upper- Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century 14 Downtown) Ben Whishaw) takes on a series of jobs in order to earn seem to enjoy. Here, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his pals upper middle-class Jewish-American kid lazing around money to buy a present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birth- (all of whom are immune to the "Flare virus" wiping out Get Out his academic parents' Italian villa for the summer. Twen- A young African-American man (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) day. PG. (Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix Brew- mankind) fight their way through the zombie-filled waste- tysomething Oliver (Armie Hammer) is the Adonis-like house, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere land to the mythical "Last City." 142 minutes. PG-13. visits his new Caucasian girlfriend's liberal parents Cinema) graduate student who shows up to push papers for Elio's (Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener) in their upscale (Opens Thursday 1/25 at Century 14 Downtown, Century dad. The two lol about the pool, eating ripe fruit and glar- Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Ran- country estate. The family and their lily-white neighbors Phantom Thread cho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, AMC Al- ing at each other under hooded eyelids. After an hour or seem weirdly, condescendingly friendly. Is our protagonist Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, buquerque 12) so of that, Elio gets around to confessing that he might being paranoid or is there something sinister going on? There Will Be Blood) reunites with Daniel Day-Lewis for be gay and might be attracted to Oliver. Lots of walks Reviewed in v26 i9. 103 minutes. R. (Century 14 Down- this Hitchcockian period romance about a perfectionist Mom and Dad through the picturesque Italian countryside and a few in- town, Century Rio) fashion designer (Day-Lewis) in post-World War II London. Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair star in this nutzoid horror- credibly academic debates ensue. Also, some sex. A tiny One day our self-absorbed genius stumbles across a action flick from writer-director Bryan Taylor (Crank, bit anyway. Reviewed in v27 i2. 132 minutes. R. (Century The Greatest Showman funny, ordinary and disarmingly frank waitress (Luxem- Gamer, "Happy!"). A teenage girl and her little brother are 14 Downtown) Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya bourg-born unknown Vicky Krieps), whom he adopts as forced to survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass (Disney Channel fans, rejoice) star in this musical biopic his new muse—much to the chagrin of his overprotective hysteria of unknown origin causes parents to turn vio- Coco about pioneering circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum. Oddly Pixar turns to Mexican culture and Day of the Dead for sister (Lesley Manville). 130 minutes. R. (Century Rio, lently against their own kids. Trapped at home, our young enough, this one's not based on a stage musical, but fea- Century 14 Downtown) protagonists try their best to fight off the suddenly mur- this animated feature about an aspiring young musician tures an original script by Jenny Bicks ("Men in Trees") derous intentions of the titular duo (played in full-on crazy who confronts his family's ancestral ban on music by en- and Joe Condon (Chicago). 105 minutes. PG. (Century Pitch Perfect 3 mode by Cage and Blair). 83 minutes. R. (Opens Friday tering the Land of the Dead to work out the mystery. Gael Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, It feels like they made 10 of these films already, despite 1/26 at Guild Cinema) García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alfonso Arau, Edward Cottonwood Stadium 16) the fact that this is only the third in the series. Anna

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Writer-director Rian Johnson (of cult hits Brick, The Theater Contact Info: Brothers Bloom and Looper) takes over the reins for this follow-up to J.J. Abrams' energetic-but-hidebound 2015 AMC ALBUQUERQUE 12 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Now that the setup 3810 Las Estancias Way SW • 544-2360 is out of the way, "Force sensitive" young warrior Rey (Daisy Ridley) has hunted down Luke Skywalker (Mark CENTURY 14 DOWNTOWN Hamill) and is looking for a little training. But is the now- 100 Central SW • 243-9555 cynical Jedi willing to accept a disciple? And will Rey stick around or run off just like Luke did, looking for re- CENTURY RIO venge against emotionally unstable villain Kylo Ren I-25 & Jefferson • 343-9000 (Adam Driver)? This epic, unexpected outing heads in directions few fans saw coming—leaving some to grouse COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16 and others to rejoice. Frankly, its break with tradition Cottonwood Mall • (844) 462-7342 ext. #607 along with its mixture of sharp character drama and out- sized action makes it this a Star Wars for the new mil- FLIX BREWHOUSE lennium. 152 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, AMC 3236 La Orilla NW • 445-8500 Albuquerque 12, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albu- querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood GUILD CINEMA Stadium 16) 3405 Central NE • 255-1848 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh (who gave us the fine In Bruges) HIGH RIDGE writes and directs this brilliant, bitter crime dramedy. 12910 Indian School NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #605 Frances McDormand guarantees herself an Oscar nomi- nation as Mildred, a permanently angry divorcée whose ICON CINEMAS ALBUQUERQUE teenage daughter was raped and murdered. With no 13120-A Central Ave. SE • 814-7469 progress on the case in the last seven months, mom erects three billboards castigating the popular local po- MOVIES 8 lice chief (Woody Harrelson) for his inaction. This sets 4591 San Mateo NE • 888-4773 off a chain of ugly repercussions in their tiny community. There are bursts of fine character-based humor (particu- larly from Sam Rockwell as a dimwitted police officer), MOVIES WEST but the overarching tone is one of ordinary, well-mean- 9201 Coors NW • 898-4664 ing people trying to do the right thing but ending up doing the exact wrong thing. Reviewed in v26 i48. 115 RIO RANCHO PREMIERE CINEMA minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, UNM 1000 Premiere Parkway • 994-3300 Midweek Movies, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, AMC Albuquerque 12) SUB THEATER UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-5608

WINROCK STADIUM 16 IMAX & RPX SECOND RUN 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #4058 A Bad Moms Christmas In this sequel to the raunchy 2016 hit, overworked, under-appreciated Mila Kunis, Katheryn Hahn and Kris- Kendrick, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wil- ten Bell are back and being visited by their overbearing son return as the now-former members of a college a mothers (Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski and cappella chorus who reunite to go on a USO tour (which Cheryl Hines) for the holidays. R. (Movies 8) is also a competition, because everything has to be a singing competition these days). If you're some insane Daddy's Home 2 fan of Pentatonix, "Glee" and "American Idol," and can't This follow-up to the 2015 Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg get enough a cappella mashups of Britney Spears songs, mild smirkfest finds wimpy stepfather Will Ferrell and this musical comedy is aimed squarely at you. 93 min- macho biological dad Mark Wahlberg (now getting along utes. PG-13. (Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Rio just fine) visited by their own intrusive dads. Farrell gets Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16) John Lithgow and Wahlberg gets Mel Gibson. 100 min- utes. PG-13. (Movies 8) The Post Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in Downsizing this incredibly timely (if a bit self-congratulatory) drama In an economically depressed near-future world, people about journalists at the Washington Post and the New (Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, in this case) volunteer to York Times struggling with the decision to publish the be shrunk down to mere inches to increase their per- Pentagon Papers, detailing the controversial involvement sonal wealth and have less of an impact on the environ- of the United States government in the Vietnam War. It's a ment. Naturally, things don't work out for our pressure cooker of a literary thriller about hard journalism protagonists quite the way they expected, forcing them and value of the Fourth Estate in a democratic society to reevaluate their (tiny) lives. 135 minutes. R. (Movies that still imagines itself a Capra-esque game changer. 8) 115 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Flix Brew- house, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Justice League Cinema, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg (and maybe a certain big blue Boy Scout) join forces to Proud Mary fight off an apocalyptic alien invasion. It's another incre- Taraji P. Henson stars in this blaxploitation-esque action mental improvement in the DC/Warner Bros. brand, but thriller as a hitwoman (the kind with a crazy selection of it's punishingly frenetic, the CGI is on overload and wigs and a giant closet full of neatly organized guns) everybody looks like an overdesigned basketball shoe. working for an organized crime family in Boston. As is 121 minutes. PG-13. (Movies 8) usually the case with this kind of thing, she crosses paths with an innocent kid, awakening her maternal instincts Murder On the Orient Express Midnight and causing her to turn against her criminal employers. R. Kenneth Branagh directs this classy, rather traditional, (Century Rio) star-stuffed take on Agatha Christie's oft-filmed murder mystery. 114 minutes. PG-13. (Movies 8) Movie The Shape of Water Mexican horror auteur Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, The Only the Brave Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) co-writes and Based on the true, tragic story of the Granite Mountain MadnessPRESENTS directs this loving update of postwar monster movies. Hotshots, this tough-as-nails tearjerker looks into the Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) stars as a mute cleaning lives and motivations of a group of wildfire fighters in woman working in a top-secret government lab, circa rural Arizona. Reviewed in v26 i42. 133 minutes. PG-13.

MOMAND DAD 1962. There, she meets a similarly voiceless amphibian (Movies 8) man (played by famed man-in-a-rubber-suit actor Doug The Star Jones). She befriends him, tries to free him and eventu- A small but brave donkey convinces a bunch of wacky, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ally falls in love with him. This adult-oriented, mid-century wisecracking animal pals to defy King Herod and go in JAN. 26 AND 27 • 10:30PM modern fairy tale about love and xenophobia is gorgeous, search of the Star of Bethlehem. Yup, its a CGI cartoon timely and filled with humid sexuality. Reviewed in v26 retelling of the birth of Baby Jesus—from the perspective i51. 123 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, Century of all those animals you jam in the back of the Christ- Rio, Flix Brewhouse, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cot- mas creche. 86 minutes. PG. (Movies 8) tonwood Stadium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12) JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [29] WEEKLY BUSINESS PROFILE • PAID ADVERTISEMENT

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How long has this show been around? event. Over time they heard others nickname the show, “The What makes this show important to Albuquerque? Supernationals,” so they shortened the name. The Supernationals Auto Show is entering its 27th anniversary this year. The show has become a strong family tradition in It originated after long time auto show producer Daryl Starbird left Albuquerque and has a charity focus as well. Each year TNT thepAlbuquerque market in the early ‘90s. Matt Torres and his business How did it grow into what it is now? Promotions Inc. works with the Ronald McDonald House Reggie and Matt who in combination have over 50 years partner Joe Welby started a show in 1992 called the Desert States Rod & charities as well as each of the McDonald’s restaurant owners experience with auto events have built the show into a Custom Show which tested the waters and found success. In 1993, they to place “FREE” children’s tickets in each of the McDonalds nationally recognized event. The event showcases a strong invited Reggie Tibbetts to join their team and the show restaurants, so every child in Albuquerque can attend the variety of sponsors and commercial vendors and has become the was remodeled as The Custom Automotive Supernationals. Joe Welby event. A donation from each returned ticket as well as a silent place to be for local and national businesses. left for other ventures and Reggie and Matt continued the tradition of the auction collects a sizable donation for the Ronald McDonald What can I find at the show? House each year. The event brings in the most current feature vehicles from Anything else car lovers should know? the front covers of national car magazines along with the top It is always a challenge to top the last year's event, touring national show cars each year. however this year will be the biggest and best year ever as we What’s the theme this year? celebrate our 27th anniversary! This year the show is focusing on the quality of the How do I get tickets? National Car Builders and will feature the top touring show Tickets for the Supernationals are available at the gate: vehicles from all over the nation to include regional and local $16 for adults; $4.50 for children 6-12, under 6 free, or cars. purchase advance adult tickets on line at Anything particularly special? www.thesupernationals.com/tickets/ or at NAPA Auto Parts Stores where you can save $2.50 per ticket. Get your free There will be over 250 of the Nations Top Show cars on children’s tickets at all Albuquerque and surrounding area display to include: The “Mulholland Speedster” which won top McDonalds to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities. billing at the Grand National Roadster Show in LA; “Berlin The Supernationals hot line is 505-332-7111. Buick” a 1957 Chop Top VW Bug with a Mid Engine Buick www.thesupernationals.com Motor; Breaking Bad, Lowrider from the front cover of Low Rider Magazine; “GT/51” a 51 Ford, wildly modified and was a top 5 car at Hot August Nites”; the “Shark,” a 1938 Graham and “Mirage” show rod that both were Great 8 Cars at the Detroit Ridler Show; and from Sweden, “Charger RTR” a wildly modified Dodge Charger with a V-10 Viper Motor, and a host of many other top feature cars. See the website for details. Will there be any special guests? Candy Clark will be returning to the event this year in a special display, “American Grafitti Row" that will feature a '58 Chevy, a Deuce Coupe and a '56 Porthole T-bird like in the movie. This is a special anniversary for the movie and we are pleased to present Miss Candy Clark. She will be present with lots of memorabilia to be signed for your collections. Also, see Michael Andretti’s winning Kraco Indy Car from the www.unserracingmuseum.com as well as over 250 of the nations weird, wild and different show cars.

[30] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 MUSIC | SHOW UP! SONIC REDUCER BY AUGUST MARCH

As a warm up for listening to and writing this week’s Smile “Sonic Reducer,” I took a few minutes out and listened to selected tracks from the proto-monumental Clouds Taste Metallic album, a work by The Flaming Lips. This And all your bad dreams will end was the last record they made with Ronald Jones handling the lead guitars and right before semi-new BY AUGUST MARCH drummer Steven Drozd—now an institutional creative force behind the Lip’s symphonic psychedelia—took t’s like I never had to see it in your veritable command of the band’s direction. It’s a mixed package with Wayne Coyne’s noisy, shambling eyes or feel it/ I could tell when you “I narratives neatly countered by Drozd’s informed pop smile/ It’s like I didn’t need to say presence. I really like the way Drozd beats the hell anything or do much, I could tell/ When outta the drums, Bonzo style. Each track is better you smile/ All of the subatomic pieces come than the last, incrementally nuanced, I think. Just so together and/ Unfold themselves in a you know, that experience may have colored what second/ Every single molecule is right, follows. when /All of the subatomic pieces come together and unfold/ Themselves in a Bill Palmer second.”—“When You Smile,”a song by A Whisper In The Trees The Flaming Lips from the album Clouds (Bill Palmer Music) Taste Metallic. Bill Palmer’s new album is a Just so you know, this is my heartfelt spacious thing, though ironically attempt to make you smile. They pay me to he begins the recording by be witty, but I can’t help but sometimes feel singing that he wants to put his like a particularly indecisive Hamlet love in a box because she belongs to the wind. Despite confronting a particularly petulant Ophelia that dutifully ill paternalism, the guitar playing is in some big lonely castle that doubles as a plangent, the singer’s tone wistful and strong, full of kickass rocanrol venue. Whether you know merciful, redemptive failure. Palmer’s simple yet self- me or not you oughta laugh at that and Sammus COURTESY OF THE ARTIST reflective string style is often arranged around then hopefully think to yourself, “you know, complex, yet strikingly straightforward rocanrol moments; keyboard and trap-set accompanists add Mr. March is right, I should be rocking the corner of the state. They will be coming to collaborative work of progressive, conceptual depth to the work by suggesting that Palmer’s lyrical fuck out right at this very moment!” That’s our humble burg to rock the fuck out with rappers Ceschi and Factor Chandelier. Most how my reasoning goes. Anyway, I’ll see you vision is much deeper than his voice suggests. local luminaries Rock Jong Il on Saturday, interestingly though, local rappers K. Favorite tracks: “Lake” and “Ships.” all out there in the world. Jan. 27, at, wait for it, Launchpad (618 Benally and LetsJust B are also on this Central Ave. SW). The band’s followed killer bill which begins with a ritual Jeremy Barnes Friday fortune’s call for the past 20 odd years, performance of a dude who is considered to Spring ’17 Live In Satan’s Launchpad (618 Central Ave. SW) releasing albums like Shit Out of Luck, Death be one of the oddest, dankest and most Finger proprietor and local impressario Joe By Television and last year’s Stella Sapiente provacative of Burque rappers, Summon (LM Dupli-cation) Anderson has got to be smiling this week as along the way. Founder Kody Templeton The Wulf. Man, this one’s gonna get crazy Jeremy Barnes, a resident of his venue is carrying the weight of the more also fronts Teenage Bottlerocket, in case you good with a stellar array like that, so go, want to know. As for Rock Jong Il, lets just dang it, go. Bliss and the abyss await. $10 to Duke City, N.M., was one of the than decent Albuquerque shows this week. members of a band called say that band members Jeff Cohen, Johhny $12 • 8pm • 21+. It all starts with wide, conversationally Neutral Milk Hotel. Following nuanced awakening on Friday, Jan. 26, Huchmala, Jay Collins, Bob Beckley and that, he and his life when The Coma Recovery and The Brandon Davis are one of Burque’s best Monday companion/collaborator/wife representatives of a tradition that includes Talking Hours headline a gloriously local Smilingly take a break from the 600 block of Heather Trost formed another band called A Hawk notables like Hüsker Dü as well as local show at Burque’s legendary gateway to the downtown Burque on Monday night—and and a Hacksaw. He makes a helluva lotta music and on outfits like Russian Girlfriends. I’m still rocanrol stars. As you may recall, the former really the East Coast flava too— by checking this recording from last year, recently released, Barnes digging “Planet X” and “Wasted Life” from sonic ensemble makes thunderously epic out Cali’s latest hip-hop sensation 24hrs. demonstrates his command of the organ. He 2016’s Dictators of Rock LP, and you can to, if improvises another world, circus-like but ethereal and excusions into the dark heart of musical This new made master of microphone you only go to this awesome show! Shadow resoundingly, relentlessly all-consuming. Two 16 expression, with tuneage like “Red mastery, mystery and anonymity (he told Creeps creep out to open up this night of for minute tracks guarantee that oblivion is a button push Lightning Child, Great Emptiness” and interruptedblogs.com back in 2016 that he “Beneath One Silent Orchestra.” I wanna realz pop-laced punk. $10 • 9pm • 21+. away; just don’t listen as you summon sleep, elsewise felt like his enigmatic persona was key to his be prepared to dream of infinite Gothic landscapes. say they have a complex, fast-beating post- success) will be performing at The Jam Spot rock heart made from one of the heavier Sunday (415 Central Ave. NW) on Monday, Jan. metals on the periodic table, but that might Lawrse A thing that really makes me smile is 29. The recordist behind hits like “What Companion Radio, Vol I: get me in trouble because of their knowing that hip-hop nation is currently You Like,” a collaboration with Ty Dolla Extrovert propulsive beats. I’ve already told you about being filled up with talented, totally hep $ign and Wiz Khalifa, tells the press that “I (Self-Released) The Talking Hours; they’re golden, dude. young women whose work outshines just lost excitement for my music for a while— Shoe-gazy drifters and ear-damagers about anything else currently being now, I’m excited about the whole In the liner notes to this work of intuitively expansive electro, Soliloquist and Pacenotes open this trip produced in a male-dominated music scene. transformation of 24hrs and not just being a composer Lawrence-Anthony into guitar-glazed eternity. $5 • 9pm • 21+. Such is the case with Enongo Lumumba- new artist, but being a new artist with the Martinez writes that he intends this recording to be Kasongo, better known by her nom de rap as knowledge of someone that’s been through heard by cyborgs, outsiders whose ultimate freedom Saturday Sammus. An educated, literate flowmaster it. Not, just the success of being a new artist, resides in the agency of dance. The results of this If you haven’t had the chance to get a load who incorporates elements of nerdcore and but my brother—okay, now, I know. Instead manifesto are often ecstatic, ringing through the new, of what the rocanrol from the great state of video game music into her abstract of looking 1 car up, I’m looking 10 cars up, worldly information implicit in “True Indigo,” to the Wyoming is all about, then have I got some compostitions, she’ll be joined on stage on and 3 blocks over at what I’m going to be frantic and beauteous lurch of movement forward news to make you smile, fellow lovers of Sunday, Jan. 28 at Launchpad (618 Central doing this time next year, the same day.” suggested by “Home.” There is a resolution of sorts at rock music. The Lillingtons are a quartet Ave. SW) by New York harbinger of Listener, it sounds like you should be there the end of this recording; the bright and calming climax from Newcastle, a town of about three hardcore, Heron whose new work includes to hear the rest. $21.25 to $37.25 • 8:30pm in “Contact (Hope)” happens through a type of thousand smiling souls in the northeast the anthemic “How Low,” and the • All-ages (13+). a courage that is necessarily naked but thankfully, universally human. a

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JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [33] straIght dope | advIce from the abyss by cecIl adams Is music universal?

Scientifically speaking, is music not too hard, though, to make the case it shouldn’t universal? If some advanced matter either way. for extraterrestrial came to Earth, would Besides the musical passages, the METI he recognize our music? message contains a primer on earth math and physics—from basic arithmetic and geometry up —Jim B., via the Straight Dope Message Board through trig, which gets you to the sine function and Final Week ultimately to the wave forms that convey audible Is music universal? Well, that’s a bet being made sound, as well as a clock function meant to get by the group Messaging Extraterrestrial across the idea of measuring time in seconds. The Intelligence. Not content to simply scan the skies for plan is to provide a conceptual toolkit for budding signs of life, the METI folks want to go ahead and music lovers on other planets: everything they’d NOMINATIONS say howdy, which they’re attempting to do via a need, ideally, to look at the other data and have a transmission station in Norway, beaming a binary- shot at figuring out it's supposed to represent notes coded message at one potentially life-friendly at various pitches over varying lengths of time. exoplanet 12 light-years away. The content of their Even if the aliens can’t hear the music in the message? Melodies, sense that we created in understand hearing, collaboration with an they’ll be able to artsy Barcelona perceive the patterns music festival—lest formed by its you thought we’d constituent data, subject our pen pals and, with any luck, to, say, “Escape (The grok it anyway. The Pina Colada Song).” mathematical For the moment, orderliness of Bach’s let’s put the more, uh, Goldberg Variations, universal sense of you’d think, might “universal” on hold have a beauty that and start a little transcends mere closer to home. audibility. And who BEST OF THE BEST BEST ““GIG”” bandband Leaving aside all the knows? Maybe the receiving civilization BEST RELEASES BEST ESTABLISHMENTS pop-sci baloney about music being a will have some BEST SERVICES BEST of GENRE BEST SERVICES “universal souped-up hi-fi BEST MUSICIANS ODDS AND ENDS language”—a phrase equipment that specially calibrated transposes our sound to drive both musicologists and linguists nuts—we waves into a spectrum more locally popular—light, F B can say nonetheless that music is universal here on say. O UR Earth: virtually all cultures produce it in some form. Just the same, they may not see what the big T Q We’ve been at it a long time, creating tunes for at deal is. In a 2001 paper, the musicologist David S U least 50,000 years—possibly as long as 250,000, Huron asks us, in the service of explaining various E E if you count our a cappella period. evolutionary theories of music, to engage in a little B Music This long-term commitment has led some thought experiment. Imagine you’re an alien scientists to suggest that the tendency to make scientist visiting Earth, Huron writes. A lot of what music must have had some role to play natural- you see makes sense to you on a behavioral level: selection-wise. But what? The list of theories is eating, sleeping, etc. But you’d also see us creating longer than Wagner’s Ring Cycle: music could have music, listening to it, incorporating it into our been a “proto-language,” a mode of human religious ceremonies and mating rituals—and all this communication before formal languages developed; you might find yourself baffled by. “Even if Martian 20 18 music might facilitate social cohesion, like grooming anthropologists had ears, I suspect they would be does for other primates; music might soothe stumped by music,” Huron concludes. cognitive dissonance in our brains and help us His point is that music as we understand it may perform complex tasks; and so on. be a uniquely human behavior—graspable by Not exactly settled science, but let’s accept for extraterrestrial listeners, sure, but they might find the sake of discussion that our taste for music is an our devotion curious. To be fair, this wouldn’t put Nominate your favorite bands evolutionary adaptation. Is there any reason to think them too far behind earth anthropologists; as our friends from the exoplanet GJ 273b—the target discussed earlier, we’re still puzzling it out ourselves. NOW THROUGH JAN. 30 audience for the METI transmission—would’ve From METI’s perspective, this isn’t a bug but a See the winners LIVE March 24th evolved similarly? I’ll point you toward an intriguing feature: any alien civilization we contact, the recent paper in the International Journal of thinking goes, is likely to be much more advanced Astrobiology, where a few scientists argue that if than we are, so bragging about our scientific advanced extraterrestrials have also undergone a achievements is probably pointless—they’re there process of natural selection (and there’s no reason already, whereas music and other earthly arts might to think otherwise), they might resemble us in some be sui generis enough to pique their interest. To me, fundamental biological ways, and to a degree that though, this argues for sending the very best stuff Submit yours now might surprise us. we’ve got. No offense to the composers in But can they boogie? I regret to inform you this Barcelona, but if we’re trying to turn extraterrestrial at paper didn’t go so far as to venture a guess, Jim. It’s heads here, why screw around? Play ’em some alibi.com Stevie Wonder already. [34] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 25-31, 2018 BAkEd gOOdS | CAnnABiS REViEW By JOShuA LEE $65 for renewals $99 for new patients We Can Smell Our Own 15% off for all Veterans Sessions an easy enemy for lawmakers Medical Cannabis few weeks ago I said that rather than Booker (D-NJ) last year. This bill is Certifications bringing an end to cannabis acceptance supported by a dozen House Democrats and A would remove cannabis from the federal list in the US, US Attorney General Jeff Walk-ins are welcome Sessions was going to unite the Republican of controlled substances. 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I mean, I building long enough to write a don’t want to jinx anything, but I doubt memo that reversed Obama era it. What it does is get people buzzing policies which protect states where about it and realizing that Americans cannabis is legal from federal want cannabis legalized. prosecutors. His long, ribbon-like tongue licked his eyeball and he Edibles Mistaken For sighed with contentment. But the memo only told federal Candy at ABQ School prosecutors that they were free to Colorado passed a law last year go go after whomever they liked, banning producers from making their state laws be damned. It was a policy change edibles look like animals, people or fruit. CBD and More rather than a law change, and so far, no They did it as a safety precaution to keep dispensaries have been tear gassed by children from mistaking them for candy and stormtroopers. accidentally dosing themselves. Liquid Drops What did happen: Republican Sen. 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Teachers and faculty were bill titled the “REFER Act,” which would given an impromptu class on identifying effectively reverse Sessions’ reversal of the cannabis edibles and students were warned Cole memo, barring federal law enforcement about the dangers of eating unknown foods. agencies from prosecuting cannabis The school’s policy of not allowing outside producers and consumers in states where it’s food or drink was apparently reiterated. All legal (as long as certain safety restrictions five children were sent home with their are observed). The bill is co-sponsored by parents and have returned to school with Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Don Young seemingly no lasting effects. (R-AK), Dina Titus (D-NV) and Jared Polis Nevertheless, it would do us well to (D-CO). remember to keep our meds in a safe area But here’s the big one: The “Marijuana where children can’t find them. Hopefully, Justice Act,” introduced by Reps. Lee and when we’re done arguing about whether to Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). It’s a companion legalize or not, we can start looking at real piece to a bill introduced by Sen. Cory issues, like installing common sense in producers. a JANUARY 25-31, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [35] | Horoscopes by rob brezsny ! )*+,-./!".00.1,2!)*+ -, ./!".00.1,2! Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Anders Haugen was that the actor playing Spuds was a female dog competed for the US as a ski jumper in the 1924 Winter whose owners called her Evie. To earn money, the poor 34564.734564.7! Olympics. Although he was an accomplished athlete creature, who was born under the sign of Libra, was who had previously set a world record for distance, he forced to assume a false identity. To honor Evie’s !"#$%&'(")'*$+$$!"#$%&'(")'*$+$$ won no medals at the games. But wait! Fifty years later, memory, and in alignment with current astrological !!! a sports historian discovered that there had a been a omens, I urge you human Libras to strip away any scoring mistake back in 1924. In fact, Haugen had done layers of false identity you’ve been pressured to ,&-./,&-. /()$ )$(00")"#&-*$,"-123"$")"#&--*$*$,,"-"-" 123"$ well enough to win the bronze medal. The mistake was acquire. Be your real self—to the max. rectified, and he finally got his long-postponed award. I SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The giant panda is a foresee a comparable development happening in your '''()*+,-./".00.1,234564.7(-57'''()* ./-,+ ".0 ,1.0 234564.7(-57! bear native to China. In the wild, its diet is 99 percent life, Aries. Recognition or appreciation you deserved to bamboo. But bamboo is not an energy-rich food, which have received some time ago will finally come your way. !! ! means the creature has to compensate by consuming ?A??A?MNOOMLKLPMNOOMLKLP! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1899, Sobhuza II 20 to 30 pounds of the stuff every day. Because it’s so became King of Swaziland even though he was less busy gathering its sustenance, the panda doesn’t have !"#$%&!!!"#$%"#$%&!& !!!!!! 554!4!::*Q:!?A?M*MQ:!? A? KKBKBKM@@PLRPLR! than five months old. He kept his job for the next 82 time to do much socializing. I mention this, Scorpio, years, and along the way managed to play an important because I want to offer up the panda as your anti- 8,.!9*./:;!.8, !9*./:;!?@AB!C57.2!D/E+(!FG!H"!> 5!CBA@? 5!7.2!D/ +E (!FG!H"!>!#1IJ!F)!KLBBA!#1 JI F)!ABBLK role when his nation gained independence from the power animal for the coming weeks. According to my colonial rule of the United Kingdom. These days you reading of the astrological omens, you should have a may feel a bit like Sobhuza did when he was still in diversified approach to getting your needs met—not diapers, Taurus: not sufficiently prepared or mature for just in regards to food, but in every other way as well. the greater responsibilities that are coming your way. Variety is not just the spice of life; it’s the essence. But just as he received competent help in his early SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re the star of years from his uncle and grandmother, I suspect you’ll the “movie” that endlessly unfolds in your imagination. receive the support you’ll need to ripen. There may be a number of other lead actors and GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In my ideal world, actresses, but few if any have your luster and stature. dancing and singing wouldn’t be luxuries practiced You also have a supporting cast, as well as a full primarily by professionals. They would be regular complement of extras. To generate all the adventure occurrences in our daily routines. We’d dance and sing you need, your story needs a lot of dramatis personae. whenever we needed a break from the numbing trance. In the coming weeks, I suggest that you be alert for We’d whirl and hum to pass the time. We would greet certain minor characters who are primed to start each other with an interpretative movement and a little playing a bigger role in your narrative. Consider the tune. In schools, dance and song would be a standard possibility of inviting them to say and do more to part of the curriculum—as important as math and advance the plot. history. That’s my utopian dream, Gemini. What’s CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Thirty-five miles yours? In accordance with the astrological omens, I per hour is typically the highest speed attained by the urge you to identify the soul medicine you’d love to US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. That’s not very incorporate into your everyday regimen. Then go ahead fast. On the other hand, each ship’s engine generates and incorporate it! It’s time for you to get more 190 megawatts, enough to provide the energy needs of aggressive about creating the world you want to live in. 140,000 houses, and can go more than 20 years CANCER (June 21-July 22): Psychology pioneer without refueling. If you don’t mind, I’m going to Carl Jung believed that most of our big problems can compare you to one of those aircraft carriers during the never be fully solved. And that’s actually a good thing. next four weeks. You may not be moving fast, but you Working on them keeps us lively, in a state of constant will have maximum stamina and power. transformation. It ensures we don’t stagnate. I AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The pawpaw is a generally agree with Jung’s high opinion of our tasty fruit that blends the flavors of mango, banana and problems. We should indeed be grateful for the way melon. But you rarely find it in grocery stores. One they impel us to grow. However, I think that’s irrelevant reason is that the fruit ripens very fast after being for you right now. Why? Because you have an picked. Another is that the pollination process is unprecedented opportunity to solve and graduate from complicated. In response to these issues, a plant a major long-running problem. So no, don’t be grateful scientist named Neal Peterson has been trying to breed for it. Get rid of it. Say goodbye to it forever. the pawpaw to be more commercially viable. Because LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Between now and March 21, of his work, cultivated crops have finally begun showing you will be invited, encouraged and pushed to deepen up at some farmers’ markets. I’d like to see you your understanding of intimate relationships. You will undertake metaphorically similar labors in 2018, have the chance to learn much, much more about how Aquarius. 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