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[4] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 Brazil, for example. ICANN will be making its final decision on the case within the next few ODDS weeks. Dateline: The Earth A recent study found that the music of Skrillex

AND ENDS causes mosquitoes to suck less blood and stop WEIRD NEWS having sex. Researchers in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand published a study in the Dateline: Arkansas journal Acta Tropica last month looking at the effects of loud music on mosquito behavior. After an alleged night of drinking, two men During the study, scientists loudly played the decided to test their bulletproof vests by shooting Skrillex song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” each other. According to KFSM in Arkansas, on repeat from a speaker placed near a cage of Charles Eugene Ferris and Christopher Hicks female mosquitoes who’d gone 12 hours without were arrested last week after Ferris was admitted eating. The cage also included a virgin male to the hospital complaining of chest pain. A mosquito and a restrained hamster. Every 10 Benton County sheriff’s deputy took a report minutes, a group of 10 female mosquitoes was from Ferris at the hospital. Ferris said he’d been removed and replaced by a new batch. When hired to protect an “asset,” who’d paid Ferris to compared to a control group of mosquitoes who follow him into the woods at Hobbs State Park underwent the same cycle in silence, the group to meet someone. According to the statement he that was exposed to Skrillex’s song sucked gave to police, Ferris and the “asset” entered the significantly less blood from the hamster and had woods late in the evening and met the third less sex. It was discovered that these mosquitoes man. A gunfight supposedly broke out and Ferris took longer to start looking for food—two or said he was struck six time by a bullets. He three minutes, compared to 30 seconds—and claimed to have fired back at the man before made fewer feeding attempts than the control successfully extracting the “asset” and escaping group. They also had five times less sex than the situation in his vehicle. Soon after telling those in silence. It is believed that these police his story, however, Ferris’ wife arrived at behavioral changes were the result of the the hospital and told investigators that her mosquitoes’ confusion, caused by the song’s husband and Hicks had shot each other while constantly rising pitch and excessive noisiness. drinking on the back porch of Ferris’ home. According to the study, “both males and females Ferris eventually admitted that he’d made the produce sounds through the beating of their whole story up to protect Hicks from legal wings. For successful mating to occur, the male trouble. According to Ferris’ second story, he and must harmonize its flight tone with that of its Hicks had been drinking when put on a partner using auditory sensitivity.” The bulletproof vest and asked Hicks to shoot him introduction of loud and disorienting music with a .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle. The vest presumably interrupts this ability and hampers protected Ferris, but the gunshot still caused him attempts at reproduction. pain. Ferris said he became “pissed” and “unloaded the clip into Christopher’s back.” Dateline: The Moon Hicks was also wearing a bulletproof vest at the time and reportedly only suffered minor bruising NASA scientists want to study feces left on the as a result. Both men were arrested last week for moon by astronauts nearly 50 years ago. Vox aggravated assault—a felony—and are free on reports that 96 bags of human waste were left on $5,000 bonds. the moon by the six Apollo missions that have traveled there. The bags include fecal matter, Dateline: The Amazon urine, vomit and diapers. Some have remained untouched for almost five decades. NASA The governments of eight South American scientists are reportedly interested in collecting countries are fighting online retailer Amazon for these bags for analysis. Human waste is fertile the right to use the “.amazon” web address ground for bacteria, and questions about how extension. According to BBC News, the legal that bacteria has fared in the harsh environment battle has been ongoing since 2012. The Internet of the moon could shine light on the resiliency of Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Earth-borne life in space. Experts are unsure if (ICANN)—the agency in charge of the world the bags have even been left intact, as the wide web’s address system—decided to expand its extreme temperature shifts experienced on the list of generic top-level domains to allow moon could have had an effect on the materials companies to apply for personalized address from which they were constructed. It is also extensions. But Amazon’s attempt to use the unclear if the bacteria have survived at all. If the “.amazon” extension was met with concern from bags remained intact, the possibility that internal eight countries that contain the Amazon temperatures reached higher than 100°C could rainforest. The Amazon Cooperation Treaty mean the bacteria only survived for days or Organization (ACTO), which includes the weeks. Researchers say even dead microbes could governments of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, provide useful information about bacterial Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela mutations and resiliency. Data taken from this as members, says that allowing the retailer to experiment could also prove useful to the exclusively use the extension could negatively planning of future Mars missions. Mars could be impact tourism in the area. It proposed an a hospitable environment for our world’s agreement that would allow Amazon to share the bacteria, and the potential for contamination extension with the countries. That proposal was will be better understood after analyzing the rejected by the company, however, which waste left on the moon. a proposed that each country get a version of the extension that is preceded by a two-letter Compiled by Joshua Lee. Email your weird news to abbreviation of each country—br.amazon for [email protected]. APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [5] NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE NEWS | COMMENTARY Former Spy to Run for US Senate A former CIA agent whose identity was exposed The Last Gun Show during the George W. Bush administration has announced she is considering running for the US Senate in New Mexico. Valerie Plame told the Washington Examiner last Changing laws and culture to limit access week that she would “like another opportunity to serve my country,” and will be running as a BY WINSTON SPENCER Democrat. The ex-spy is best known for her part in what is known as the “Plame Affair,” in which White House officials broke a law prohibiting the disclosure ew Mexico has joined a rarefied group, of the identities of covert CIA officers and leaked her becoming the 20th state to require identity to the press. She has since become an Nbackground checks for private gun sales author and public speaker. But critics have raised questions about an anti- and the surrender of weapons by domestic Semitic article she shared on Twitter in September abusers. New Mexico rates 10th in the nation 2017. The article, titled “America’s Jews Are Driving for women killed by gun violence, according to America’s Wars,” was published by the UNZ Review. The article claimed American Jews in senior policy the Violence Policy Center. making positions should recuse themselves from This change was overshadowed by involvement in policy pertaining to the Middle East. declarations from local county sheriffs that they The piece suggested Jews should be labeled during media interviews as “kind-of-like a warning label on a would not enforce the law, using southern-style bottle of rat poison.” nullification as their rationale. Plame initially defended her action, reportedly These new laws recognize the fact that guns tweeting, “First of all, calm down. Re-tweets don’t imply endorsement. Yes, very provocative, but are far deadlier than typical objects found at a thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish.” After yard sale and should be treated as such. Riddick a number of tweets defending the initial tweet, she can kill with a tea cup, but hardly anyone else apologized, saying she “skimmed” the piece “and loaded gun at a gun show. You’d think it was shared it without seeing and considering the rest.” can. These laws make both owner and buyer It was three days past Noah Pozner’s sixth Plame has shared at least eight articles from UNZ legally responsible for the first time. the annual NRA convention. birthday when he was shot 11 times at close Review since 2014. The real change is the venue’s responsibility; That brings us to the “shire reeve” or range with an AR-15. From the depths of a it’s called “the gun show loophole” for a reason. “shirekeeper” concept, an English term that unfathomable pit, his mother’s voice sounded People sell guns at glorified flea markets evolved into the word and concept of “sheriff.” robotic when she recalled asking the police Gov. Appoints State Police Chief without checking if purchasers can legally own Originating in medieval times, the sheriff was “Why were his hand and jaw missing”? Last week Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham a gun. responsible for enforcing the king’s law in Pozner’s hand and jaw were completely appointed a veteran officer to be the New Mexico As long as selling guns without a unincorporated areas, the shire and Sherwood vaporized by point-blank gunfire. State Police Chief. background check was legal, it was easy to stage Forest. Americans have sheriffs for the same In that “last full measure of devotion,” the Lujan Grisham announced the appointment of Tim Johnson as the head of the state police agency shows at big venues like Expo New Mexico. reason: the law extends even into sparsely principal and teachers threw themselves at the and three new deputy chiefs last Friday. Johnson will Now, it’s clear that no public organization will populated areas outside cities and towns. murderer only to be cut down by hypersonic be replacing former Chief Pete Kassetas, who was facilitate lawbreaking because of liability For the most part, these places don’t have bullets delivered in half-second intervals. Had it accused of discriminatory behavior in a lawsuit settled last year, according to the Associated Press. insurance. In the fine print of any insurance the venues or populations for gun shows, but been a manual bolt-action rifle, it could have Kassetas retired last year when former governor policy, the insured promises to follow local, they do have crimes where the actions of law been wrested from the deranged gunman Susana Martinez left office, leaving the state state and federal laws; violation of this clause enforcement are the subject of litigation. One between rounds, but the seemingly bottomless without a police chief for four months. can scarcely imagine the legal peril of a sheriff Johnson and the governor say there will be no allows insurance companies to deny any claim. well of ammunition in the standard US Army- room for discriminatory practices under the new The onus of responsibility is not thrust upon refusing to enforce gun laws when an illegally issued 30-round magazine and auto-reloading leadership, and Lujan Grisham has expressed a a popularly elected sheriff, but an innocuous obtained gun gets used in a crime. made intercession impossible. desire to see more female officers hired in the The NM Constitution allows a sheriff to coming years. She also told reporters she expects building manager. Should a throttle stick open This horror galvanized millions of American increased accountability from the new team of and a monster truck climb into the crowd at enforce laws—not to decide which laws are mothers. In red T-shirts, they outnumbered leaders. “And if there’s a serious failing, I want it Tingley, an insurance company would likely constitutional. We call that person a judge. If a white, burly dudes brandishing banana-clipped addressed immediately,” the governor said. sheriff promotes publicly ignoring a law, Johnson joined the New Mexico State Police cover the damages—after an insurance AR-15s on the statehouse steps, making this nearly two decades ago and was recently company investigation including a defendants’ attorneys will inevitably cite that change in public opinion absolutely apparent to responsible for overseeing criminal investigations. determination that all local laws were followed. action in cases where clients are charged with our lawmakers. The three new deputy chiefs include the agency’s illegally selling or possessing a gun subsequently The clear message is that we must ensure first female deputy chief, Carolyn Huynh, Deputy We are a society regulated by people who Chief Nick Aragon and Deputy Chief Robert vote, sign laws and then write checks for used in the commission of a crime. that people buying guns—no matter where they Thornton III. All three have been with the agency for insurance, because accidents and lawsuits Under the new state law, that’s just a are purchased—have a legal right to do so. over a decade. happen every day of the year. misdemeanor; the real lightning comes from While our sheriffs wore guns into the At the last gun show in Albuquerque in civil liability lawsuits. Roundhouse to deliberately ignore state law, December 2018, guns had to have their actions Sheriff’s departments all have vehicles, students inspired by Parkland survivors staged a NMSU Raises Tuition zip-tied open—so no ammunition could be aircraft, buildings and personnel that must be “die-in” at our state capitol, echoing similar Last week the New Mexico State University Board loaded—and no loaded guns could be carried by insured by insurance companies that require demonstrations across the globe, including of Regents approved a 6 percent tuition increase for anyone, save police. This was a requirement set gun show guns be rendered inactive and that all those in countries where you can no more buy a the 2019-2020 academic year, citing a decrease in out-of-pocket expenses for students. by the insurance company. Dozens of attendees local, state and federal laws be followed. It gun than you could a hand grenade. At the According to an NMSU press release, increases were accidentally shot at gun shows—until this would only take one successful civil wrongful March For Our Lives rally in Berlin on April in scholarships and tuition discounts have brought precaution was taken—joining the roughly death case to break a county or municipality, 20, 2018, a bewildered German girl asked, down the average out-of-pocket costs for more than especially if insurance won’t cover costs due to 90 percent of NMSU students. University leaders 80,000 killed or injured with guns every year. “Why would you even want a gun”? are taking advantage of the relief by increasing The hypocrisy of this requirement was not violations of state law. Why, indeed. a tuition fees. lost on gun show visitors packing a big iron on The road to proactive change in public The Associated Press reports that NMSU is opinion about the danger of guns in public News Editor’s Note: After this column arrived on facing budget shortfalls largely due to low their hip—they waited patiently to have the Monday afternoon, NM State Attorney General enrollment. The university saw a 4 percent decrease new policy explained to them by an unarmed settings and who has access to them began with Hector Balderas warned in a widely-disseminated policy letter that sheriffs and police chiefs across in enrollment compared to last year, which saw a 2.4 security guard who stoically ignored reddened, the mail-order army surplus rifle used to murder the state must enforce new gun laws. In the letter, percent decrease from the year before. Regents a young US President and didn’t end at Sandy Balderas was firm, telling his fellow officers, “As law increased intuition by 3.5 percent last year. a rage-filled faces as he zip-tied guns open. The enforcement officials, we do not have the freedom outrage! Imagine not being able to carry a Hook Elementary School with an AR-15. to pick and choose which state laws we enforce.” [6] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [7] NEWS | ON ASSIGNMENT With the Asylum Seekers On humanity, mercy and maybe even justice BY AUGUST MARCH here in Burque, she said. I asked if I could join in on that celebratory circumstance. She said yes and put me on the phone with esterday morning, I thought this would Eleanor Milroy, one of the leaders of ABQ Y be a difficult story to write. Don’t ask me Interfaith. Ms. Milroy gave me directions and about Friday afternoon, a time of week asked me to wait until 7pm. I rang up our when various citizens stop by Alibi HQ to tell staff photographer, drank a strong cup of their stories, to suggest the newsworthiness of instant coffee with honey and half and half these narratives in hushed and weary or added, put my hair in a discreet ponytail and angry, even bitter tones. walked to my dinosaur juice-powered troca. But it’s the work that counts and whatever the case may be, I’m only human; the result is that I tend to perform triage on the news that A Merciful Homecoming passes through here. And other times, like it I pulled into the parking lot of a local hotel or lump it, local newspapers and reporters are where a typical Burque springtime evening— a bastion of hope for those who feel they replete with the fragrance of wisteria and have no voice. lilac—was commencing. Two young men That constant and concrete connection chatted in Spanish at the lobby door. They and attention to humankind—to the smiled at me and I flashed them the peace narrative of humanity and ultimately to a ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY sign. source of my own humanness—led me to put Inside, families sat at tables, conversing aside the day’s admonitions and conflicts so I members, ahead of their detention hearings. place. After spending some time watching and eating. Children ran about joyously, could focus on the real business. The eyes of On Saturday morning, April 6, one such US them at work and chatting with Brian about tossing paper airplanes into the air or chasing news had turned southward. Amidst government transport vehicle headed toward old-school skateboarding. I went home to after one another, distracted by happiness and bureaucratic failures—Homeland Security el Norte, toward respite in Albuquerque and wait for the inevitable phone call. a sense of fellowship. Many of the adults sat Secretary Kirstjen Nieslen is out as we go to perhaps, if things quietly possessed of the sort of introspection press—border issues will continue to went well with this or Saturday that comes after a first good meal in days. dominate the news cycle. that immigration By Saturday morning, Volunteers busied themselves by helping in And most of that can be folded into judge, toward a new I had given up every way you’d expect a family to interact stories about immigration, about human life. thinking about other with those who have returned from a long beings and about a progressive city filled with important news that and arduous trip. merciful citizens seeking to bring light to a The Donation had come my way so I I was seated and presented to Ms. Milroy. very dark place. could focus on a story We exchanged pleasantries and began to talk Center in depth about what exactly was happening I spent the last part that, if told properly, would reflect its here and all around me. As we spoke the tape The Bus Is Coming of the Friday workday rolled and a handful of folks came and went You see, I had also spent the day waiting to visiting a Catholic primacy in facts. The day passed quickly. I where we were seated. Each one wanted to hear from representatives of Albuquerque church where tell Alibi readers about that day, about the Interfaith. At some point, they were going to donations were being wrote about a young rapper, I listened to a asylum seekers, about mercy and justice. So contact me about a busload of Central gathered for the we proceeded. American asylum seekers who were influx of refugees recording by a local Iraqi immigrant who journeying to The Duke City from a coming to El Duque. The Conversations detention center in the mystical southlands. Women’s clothing, played the oud Weekly Alibi: Eleanor, tell me about the After trekking through Mexico for weeks, children’s shoes, plangently and with a people gathered here tonight. these families of refugees from Guatemala and simple hygienic passion that mirrored Eleanor Milroy: These folks have all Honduras turned themselves in at the Border supplies y todo were his hope and presented themselves for asylum at the near El Paso, officially announcing their being gathered up gratitude. I warned border. They’ve been picked up by the Border plans to seek asylum in the United States. and organized by a my wife and Patrol and processed through ICE. They were running from murderous drug crew of gentlemen coworkers that I Do they have to voluntarily surrender to cartels and a failing agricultural system whose mien was might not be US authorities? caused—at least in part—by global warming. focused into a dutiful available in the late Yes, they voluntarily surrendered on the They had to leave their homes, their families and unwavering kindness. afternoon or early evening because I wanted border, near El Paso. They are processed scattered to cruel winds engendered by global Brian Alonzo and Bill McHugh of ABQ to meet with the people that were coming through ICE. Every one we have here are capitalism and right-wing politics. Interfaith had teamed up with Terry Williams from the south. either fathers with children or mothers with After they willingly surrendered to US from St. Therese Parish to gather, catalogue, At about 5pm, my phone rang. It was children. They have sponsors in the US, authorities, they were held in detention pens, organize and prepare for distribution the tons Camy Condon on the line. She was a usually family members. So ICE processes given military-style food rations and made to of food and clothing that Burqueños had member of ABQ Interfaith who I contacted them and releases them to us, brings them up sleep on concrete floors. At night, as they been driving over to the makeshift warehouse after hearing her story and getting her here by bus. Our job is to get them connected waited to learn their fates, they would cover for the sake of fellow humans now sojourning number from long-time Alibi reader Don to their sponsors. up with emergency blankets made from toward a new world. Schrader. How long have they been traveling and metal. All three worked feverishly but happily in Ms. Condon called to tell me that the what are those conditions like? Finally, after days of waiting, one group that storeroom, and McHugh told me that refugees had arrived. They were greeted with So most of these people have been on the was told they would be transported to Burque here was the essence of their work, the work fellowship and a hot meal and would road for two or three weeks since they left to await connections with US-residing family of Christ, to make Albuquerque a better presently be settling in to their hotel rooms

[8] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 NEWS | ON ASSIGNMENT home in to figure out what bus. They just don’t know what’s going to Guatemala or to name this and happen next, where they’re bound. When Honduras. Our one of the things they arrive, Heidi does the orientation, tells groups happen to was “Welcome them what this is about, what the process is be mostly Stranger,” but we going to be. Guatemalan with have even talked Heidi: Yes, they come to us really some Hondurans. about changing confused. They feel like they are no longer They’ve been in that because, really human. ICE custody they are not Wow. This is such a complicated anywhere from strangers; they are situation. How is our culture going to sort three to six days. us. This is about us. things out at the border? Some of this These are our Eleanor: Albuquerque Interfaith is trying particular group families, these are to help people that are here, you’re seeing was being held in our children. that before your eyes. But secondly, we’re that pen they made It seems like trying to engage the politics too. We’ve met under a bridge in this is a very with Congresswoman Deb Haaland and with El Paso. Have you welcoming Senator Martin Heinrich’s staff. We’ve also heard of that? environment. It been working with the El Paso Yes. Simon seems like a family Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. This is all Romero of the reunion. It seems in an attempt to define and use a more New York Times enriching to be humane policy. reported last week here, nutritious on immigrants too. being held under the Paseo del Norte I wish you could have met everyone when bridge. Apparently that has stopped for the they came here and got off the bus. Now, meantime, partially because the press they’ve gotten their sense of self back. reported on it. August, I’d like to introduce you to Heidi They’re downright hungry and dehydrated Muñoz and Mario Pino. We refer Mr. Pino as when they get here. They have not had a “Super Mario.” chance to bathe. They sleep on cement floors Mario Pino: Thanks, Carla ... with a small plastic pad and an aluminum Mario, why did these refugees have to blanket. So, to get here, have a hotel room leave their homes and families in Central with a real bed and a shower and food and America? some warmth and sense of community, that’s It’s mostly the gangs. They extort money a huge thing. It’s a big deal. The difference from the common man. It’s like a protection between when they come here and when they racket against families. They go door to door leave is also huge in terms of what a few good and tell people they have to pay a work tax. If sleeps and nutritious meals, a shower and they don’t pay it, somebody in the family gets fresh clothes can do for a person. killed. How long will they stay here? Eleanor: A secondary factor is palm oil. They can stay until their sponsors work It’s a big deal now. People are being shoved out transportation and settlement details. off their land to build palm oil plantations. Then their cases will be heard in immigration The family agricultural model is destroyed. court. They all have their dates. They need to And as long as Americans have an appetite be there in a few weeks, for most of them. for drugs and junk food, there will be a bad [At this time, another volunteer sat down effect on Central America. at the table and began conversing with our So these refugees don’t have an Does having Trump in office impede that reporter as many of the refugees headed opportunity to build a better life in sort of progress? upstairs to their rooms] Guatemala or Honduras? Carla: Well, we’ve got to try. From a Carla Lanting Shibuya: Hi, I’m Carla. Heidi: Exactly. And they suffer a lot to Catholic point of view, there’s two parts to Hi Carla, how are you involved with this escape the chaos. this, there’s mercy and there’s justice. The operation? Did this group know when they got on justice part of this has to ask, “Why is this Well, I am the site director. the bus this morning that things were going happening?” Eleanor: She’s the co-director, we’re sistas! to get at least a little better? And you’re from ABQ Interfaith as Eleanor: They get off the bus and the first The Practice well? thing we say is, “We are not ICE.” So it’s not After that, I excused myself to wander around Yes and The Catholic Worker [Movement] like they get a briefing while they’re on the and get the vibe of the place. As promised, and St. Therese Parish. and before I left, Carla handed me a piece of Eleanor: She’s St. Therese, I’m St. Make a Donation! paper with some writing on it. As I headed Andrew. upstairs this is what I read: Carla, what does all this mean to you, ABQ Interfaith is accepting donations to help the asylum seekers as they “We are each other’s keepers. We claim why is it important? the right to plant and cultivate the seeds of Oh, I should show you the thing I make transition to life in the US. Children’s clothing, small men’s clothing and shoes, relational love. We make a commitment to everyone read before they do this. baseball caps, fresh fruit, shoelaces and the flourishing of compassionate Okay. basic hygienic supplies are always needed. accompaniment, advocacy, justice and the I’ll get it to you before you go. Take donations to beloved community, in repudiation of denial Okay. St. Francis Xavier Church School and fear.” You know what? This is about all of us. 820 Broadway Blvd. SE •M-F 9am-5pm After that, everything, even Friday Really. These are—you know we were trying afternoon, made total sense. a APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [9] EVENT | PREVIEWS EVENT HORIZON APRIL 11-17 SATURDAY APRIL 13 HEART OF SHOWING WHAT TARTNESS THEY’RE GROWING Tart at Heart 5 comes to Sister on A local favorite Saturday morning Saturday, April 13 starting at 2pm. walkabout is finally back, after Tickets are $50 for VIP, or $40 for many months in hibernation. The general admission of patrons 21 and Downtown Growers’ Market opens older. If having a taste for the sour and for business again this Saturday, strange is an interest of yours, this is April 13 starting at 8am. This the place for you. Featuring sour and massive community event features barrel-aged beers from the best locally grown produce, food, breweries on the planet, it’s a three- beverages plus arts and crafts. hour celebration of beers made to give Held in Robinson Park, this that amazing pucker face. Both tickets celebration of local life is the include unlimited tastings, but for $10 perfect start to a weekend and a more, you’ll get a custom beer glass, great way to stock up for a week event T-shirt and an hour of early worth of home cooked perfection. access before doors open. For more It’s free to attend, and all ages are welcome. Live music happens from 10am until noon, yoga starts at 9am, info, check out sisterthebar.com. SISTER and there’s even Zumbini, which “combines music, dance and educational tools for parents and children ages 407 CENTRAL AVE NW, 2PM alibi.com/v/6ds4. 0 to 4 years.” For more information, check out downtowngrowers.org ROBINSON PARK 810 COPPER AVE NW, 8AM (Dan Rayne Pennington) a alibi.com/v/6ey4. (Dan Rayne Pennington) a

A GUY WALKS INTO A TAKE YOUR BAR MEDICINE It was Shakespeare, or possibly someone else, Are you fantasizing about who established that when a guy walks into a apocalyptic planetary events? bar, we should expect the unexpected. Playwright Have you reached the Aniello Fontano continues the tradition, bringing threshold of an absolute audiences into a Chicago bar room for a psychotic meltdown? Are your birthday gathering of friends where “bottom- eyeballs threatening to explode shelf booze and drug stained memories spark out of your face if you have to debates about God, family, addiction and endure one more Trump George Michael.” Standard-issue stuff, right? conversation? You need to Except when an unexpected confession flips cool your jets with an evening the evening’s script. Will our heroes remember of peaceful, meditative music it tomorrow? Find out at the reading of designed to calm your inner Fontano’s F*ucking Heathens or How I Learned demons. Come join Paul to Die this April 13 or April 14 at 2pm as part Temple’s RadianceMatrix this of the 2019 Linnell Festival of New Plays at Saturday, April 13, as he the UNM Experimental Theater on the UNM soothes the savage beast (that’s you) with the mystical power of the Deep Peace Concert at the Cell campus. It’s free, but maybe don’t bring the Theatre. Temple uses a mix of tuned healing bowls, flutes, Sanskrit mantras and Tibetan throat singing to kids. UNM THEATRE X 203 CORNELL NE, 2PM transport listeners to a place where all worries vanish. This all-ages show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 in alibi.com/v/6exw. (Clarke Condé) a advance and $25 at the door. CELL THEATRE 700 FIRST STREET NW, 7:30 TO 9:30PM alibi.com/v/6d3k. (Joshua Lee) a IMAGE BY CLARKE CONDE IMAGE

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BEGIN THE BEGUINE ON POINTE Do you fancy a sort of jazz music that The barrier-breaking history of the Dance Theater features clarinets and saxophones of Harlem is well known among ballet fans, but buoyed by a wide-bodied, flat-wound don’t think for a moment that this company is string guitar making with the rhythm as resting on their reputation. Multi-ethnic and two well-seasoned woodwind players powerfully driven, they are a forceful presence in wind themselves around all that? If the dance world today, continuing to express you answered yes to that tangled up, through dance the experience of African-American somewhat purple question, then we culture. Fortunately for all of us here in New have got the show for you. The Anderson Mexico, they are bringing their contemporary Trio (identical twin brothers Peter and choreography and 16-member traveling company

PHOTO BY MONICA KELLY Will on horns and guitarist Félix Lemerle to Popejoy Hall on the UNM campus this making with the strumming and Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30pm for one show plucking) perform as part of the Placitas Artists Series on Saturday, April 14 at 3pm at Las Placitas only. Tickets start at $25. Appropriate for all Presbyterian Church. This youngish set of next-gen jazzers and Juilliard graduates has been lauded by the ages, this is a great opportunity to bring a music critics over at Gray Lady as well as those residing at Vanity Fair and Jazz Times. That’s reasonable. Their young child who has never seen world-class debut record Correspondence cooks the brain with its hot and fresh perspectives on standards and their ballet. For more information and tickets, see performances—filled with gems written by the likes of Cole Porter and Horace Silver—puts you into a jazz trance popejoypresents.com. POPEJOY HALL 203 CORNELL DR both potent and refreshing. Tickets for this all-ages recital are priced between $15 and $25. LAS PLACITAS NE, 7:30 TO 10PM alibi.com/v/641q. (Clarke Condé) a

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UNM BOOKSTORE Passport and Travel Fair. Apply for a passport, explore what local travel agencies offer, book a vacation and purchase travel materials. The first ten people receive free passport photos. 2301 Central Ave NE. free. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! 697-0110. alibi.com/v/6esm. KIDS UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Julia Robinson Math Festival. Children in grades 5 through 10 experience the joy and power of math through fun activities as well as prizes, raffles and light snacks. 1 University of New Mexico. $10. 12:30-3pm. ALL-AGES! 218-5115. alibi.com/v/6c1a. LEARN ALBUQUERQUE OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Bucket Composting with Bokashi. The science and methodology of the Bokashi bucket method is a useful choice for small indoor spaces and is neat, tidy and requires little physical labor. Registration recommended. 6500 Coors Blvd NW. 1:30-3:30pm. 897-8831. alibi.com/v/6eh2. OSUNA NURSERY Osuna University: Insect Control with Bonide. Learn to treat garden pests with Daniel Schwery and Bonide’s Steve Young. 11am-noon. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6ayp. Also, Osuna University: Growing Herbs. Master gardener Ellen Reid discusses COMMUNITY tips and techniques for growing herbs. 501 Osuna Rd NE. 12:15-1:15pm. ALL-AGES! 345-6644. alibi.com/v/6ayq. SELF SERVE The Art of Spanking with Tristan Taormino. Learn safety THURSDAY APRIL 11 tips, positions, techniques for different sensations, discover a personal FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE Albuquerque Wildlife Federation spanking style using bare hands and toys from paddles to canes Meeting. A presentation by Judy Calman, the staff attorney for N.M. and deliver the intentions behind spankings. 112 Morningside Dr Wild, on recent developments for wilderness protection. 1600 5th NE. $15-$20. 4pm. 18+. 265-5815. alibi.com/v/6c2r. St NW. 7:30-9pm. ALL-AGES! 463-0125. alibi.com/v/6emd. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY Making Change: Albuquerque HEARTLAND HOSPICE In Your Own Words. A grief writing support Academy. Archivist Rich Adam presents the history of the academy group to reflect, remember and renew through restorative writing from the first incarnation to its present 312 acre campus in the in a safe environment. 4001 Indian School Rd NE. 5:30-7pm. 18+. northeast of the city. 423 Central Ave NE. 10:30am-noon. ALL-AGES! 323-1464. alibi.com/v/6ao1. 848-1376. alibi.com/v/6dej. O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Science on Tap: Eat, Drink and Talk Science. UNM PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT UNM Physics Day Talk about science with fellow enthusiasts. 4310 Central Ave SE. 2019. Undergraduates offer research posters and presentations 5:30-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! 255-6782. alibi.com/v/6egj. with tours of the campus observatory, research labs and the Center for Advanced Research Computing as well as a plenary talk by LEARN professor Greg Taylor. 1919 Lomas Blvd NE. 9am-9pm. 18+. SIDEWINDERS ABQ Kink Inclusive Society Slosh. Learn about the 277-1064. alibi.com/v/6d1w. kink/BDSM lifestyle. Nipples and holes must always be covered and no penetration is allowed. Play is for demos only. Waiver required. 8900 Central Ave SE. 6:30pm. 21+. 265-5815. alibi.com/v/6cjn. WELLNESS/FITNESS CHERRY HILLS LIBRARY A Matter of Balance: Coach Training Workshop. This evidence-based program uses group discussion, problem-solving and gentle physical activity to manage the fear of falling and increase activity levels. Registration required and lunch provided. 6901 Barstow St NE. 11am-4pm. 857-8321. alibi.com/v/6d9g. UNM SCHOOL OF LAW Running Medicine Celebrations. Formed as a program of the Native Health Initiative, the vision is to create a culture of wellness through the understanding that running and exercise are potent medicines for mind, body and spirit. 1117 Stanford Dr NE. $15. 5:45-7pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6cxg. FRIDAY APRIL 12 LEARN MARRIOTT PYRAMID GrowthClub: Strategic Planning Day. Create a winning game plan for the next 90 days for your business. Learn strategies for growth and leave with more focus and inspiration 5151 San Francisco NE. $99. 8am-3pm. 18+. 933-6003. alibi.com/v/64ar. RED DOOR BREWING DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Rope Bondage for Cerrillos Hills State Park, Cerrillos Beginners. Playfully explore the different kinds of restraints, how to Moon Hike. Hike by the light of the create a scene and stay safe and sexy. 400 Gold Ave SW. $10. 7:30-8:30pm. 21+. alibi.com/v/6dao. moon and learn interesting lunar facts, folklore and enjoy close-up WELLNESS/FITNESS views of the moon through the ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE STUDIO Arthur Murray Dance Studio Guest Party and Open House. An introductory lesson and a chance spotting scope. to practice new moves, as well as demos from current students. Santa Fe County Rd 59. $5. 7-9pm. 2801 Eubank Blvd NE. 8-9:30pm. ALL-AGES! 296-6112. 474-0196. alibi.com/v/6esa. alibi.com/v/6daa. CHERRY HILLS LIBRARY A Matter of Balance: Coach Training Workshop. 6901 Barstow St NE. 11am-4pm. See 4/11 listing. SPORTS NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE ISOTOPES PARK N.M. United vs. Real Monarchs SLC. Cheer on the The Symphony of Sleep: Sleep and the Brain. This special presen- home team as they take on Salt Lake City. 1601 Avenida Cesar tation with Dr. Russell Morton focuses on the importance of sleep Chavez SE. 7:30pm. ALL-AGES! 924-2255. alibi.com/v/6dgq. with brain health. 1801 Mountain Rd NW. $5-$8. 6:30-8pm. 15+. 841-2840. alibi.com/v/6dpw. OUTDOOR EMBUDO TRAILHEAD Indian School Trailhead Clean-up. Help take care of the open space with projects for all ages and abilities. Indian SATURDAY APRIL 13 School NE. 8:30am-12:30pm. alibi.com/v/6e77. SANTA ANA STAR CASINO, Bernalillo Community Shredding Event. WELLS PETROGLYPH PRESERVE, Velarde Wells Petroglyph Preserve A secure and environmentally-friendly way to destroy and dispose Public Tours. The Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project offers weekly public of paper documents, limited to two cardboard boxes or one trash tours this spring. Pre-registration is required. HWY 68. $35. bag of paper documents per person. 54 Jemez Dam. 9am-noon. 9:30-11:30am. 852-1351. alibi.com/v/6cj8. 771-5644. alibi.com/v/6d4q.

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PETS OUTDOOR CAMP BOW WOW ALBUQUERQUE Dog Training Paw-ty. Celebrate BACHECHI OPEN SPACE Spring Family Fun Days. Take meas- the fifth anniversay with a free class, meet certified trainers, win a urements of the Rio Grande’s wind and weather patterns with private training consultation, meet adoptable dogs, enjoy food and an anemometer and build one to take home. 9521 Rio Grande music, local vendors and free health exam coupons. 3228 Los Blvd NW. Noon-5pm. ALL-AGES! 314-0398. alibi.com/v/6c5p. Arboles NE. 11am-3pm. ALL-AGES! 881-3647. alibi.com/v/6emv. RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Ales and Tails. Meet the shelter MONDAY APRIL 15 staff, enjoy the company of some friendly adoptable dogs and lounge on the dog-friendly patio with food and a pint. 1912 Second KIDS Street NW. Noon-4pm. ALL-AGES! 900-3909. alibi.com/v/6elx. !EXPLORA! Math Egg-Stravaganza. Hunt for eggs that contain a math riddle or quiz and a coupon or treat from Ideas. 1701 WELLNESS/FITNESS Mountain Rd NW. 10am-6pm. 224-8300. alibi.com/v/6esc. SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY 8th Annual Medicine for the People by the People. A day of free medicine for all hosted by (un)OccupyAlbuquerque and Kalpulli Izkalli with childcare, food TUESDAY APRIL 16 and music, as well as workshops and healing treatments. 3426 PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY LGBQT Support Group. A community Blake Rd SW. 10:30am-4pm. ALL-AGES! 363-2150. support group for all ages open to anyone needing comfort, alibi.com/v/6eq3. relief or a voice. 526 Washington St. 7:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! SPURLINE SUPPLY CO. Oils for Those who Love the Outdoors. 999-8807. alibi.com/v/6db8. Explore oils that promote health to get the most out of outdoor KIDS !EXPLORA! Math Egg-Stravaganza. 1701 Mountain Rd NW. 10am-6pm. See 4/15 listing. LEARN ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Impact and Coffee. Nonprofit leaders, volunteers, funders and people finding their place in the community have a cup of coffee, hear about new social profit ventures and innovation in a six-minute presentation format. 624 Tijeras Ave NW. 9-10am. alibi.com/v/6dh6. PALMILLA SENIOR LIVING Women Make a Difference Breakfast. Speaker Jeaninne Grayson, a transitional life coach, presents “Success: Three Cutting Edge Secrets to Move from Powerless to Passion.” 10301 Golf Course Rd NW. $29. 9:30-11:15am. 18+. 362-8546. alibi.com/v/6efs. WELLNESS/FITNESS ALLEY KATS TAP COMPANY Rise of the Goddess Burlesque Class with Mayo Lua de Frenchie. 7:30-9pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/6eu1. Also, 222 Truman St NE. $10. 7:30-9pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/6eu2. UNM LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER Free and Confidential HIV Testing. Get tested and wait for the results. 1919 Las Lomas NE. 10am-2pm. alibi.com/v/6czc. UNM SCHOOL OF LAW Running Medicine Celebrations. 1117 Boofy’s Best for Pets For Peeps Sake Stanford Dr NE. $15. 5:45-7pm. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. Easter Pet Photos. Bring well- behaved pets for Easter photos in your best Easter attire or use dress-up WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 items available for humans and critters. SOUTH VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY Family Craft: Recyling. 8201 Golf Course Rd NW. $10. Celebrate Earth Day by making a craft out of recycled materials and have a blast. 3904 Isleta Blvd SW. 3-5pm. ALL-AGES! 11am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 890-0757. 877-5170. alibi.com/v/6dbi. alibi.com/v/6eqe. KIDS CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Special Earth Day Storytime. adventures and receive recipes to help with hydration, energy and Preschoolers build literacy skills through stories and crafts with bug-bites when on the go. 800 20th Street NW. $15. 11:30am-1pm. stories about trees and how important they are to the earth as ALL-AGES! 358-8795. alibi.com/v/6ejo. well as games and Earth Day coloring sheets. 8081 Central Ave NW. 10:30-11:30am. 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6d98. UNM SCHOOL OF LAW Running Medicine Celebrations. Formed as a program of the Native Health Initiative, the vision is to create a !EXPLORA! Math Egg-Stravaganza. 1701 Mountain Rd NW. culture of wellness through the understanding that running and 10am-6pm. See 4/15 listing. exercise are potent medicines for mind, body and spirit. 1117 RUDOLFO ANAYA LIBRARY Stanford Dr NE. $15. 8-10am. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6cy1. Earth Day Children’s Craft. Make seed bombs to help plant bee-friendly flowers. 7704 Second CANNABIS Street NW. 4-5pm. 897-8823. alibi.com/v/6da2. TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Art Fight: Cultivating Cannabis Culture. Live art competition with a cannabis theme. Music provided LEARN by DJ Wae Fonkey. 1800 Fourth Street NW. 8-11pm. 21+. 243-6752. EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL National Association of Women alibi.com/v/6el4. Business Owners April Meeting. Hear this month’s presentation “Your Best Foot Forward: Women’s Nutrition, Fitness and Wellness,” featuring experts on nutrition, weight management, SUNDAY APRIL 14 exercise and overall health for women. 1000 Woodward Pl NE. KIDS $25-$30. 11:15am-1pm. alibi.com/v/6egb. !EXPLORA! Sensory-Friendly Hours. Children with special needs NORTH DOMINGO BACA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Off- and their families are provided a sensory friendly environment to The-Cuff Toastmasters Club. Offering a clear pathway toward safely enjoy the museum. Attendance limited to 150 people. Go leveling up your public speaking game and developing leadership online to view the sensory map. 1701 Mountain Rd NW. $0-$10. skills. 7521 Carmel Ave NE. 6-7:15pm. 18+. 764-6475. 10am-noon. ALL-AGES! 224-8300. alibi.com/v/6esk. alibi.com/v/60zb. LEARN PRESBYTERIAN NORTHSIDE Meals on Wheels Volunteer Training. ABQ BIOPARK ZOO Cats and Carnivores Tour. A zookeeper takes The organization is looking for volunteers to help in a variety of participants backstage to get as close as safely possible to the different areas. 5901 Harper Dr NE. 3-4pm. ALL-AGES! most majestic carnivores on earth. For ages 10 and up. 903 10th 823-8064. alibi.com/v/6c4v. Street SW. $75. 1:15-2:15pm. 764-6214. alibi.com/v/6dvv. OUTDOOR SELF SERVE Intimacy for Survivors. Learn techniques that lead to WELLS PETROGLYPH PRESERVE, Velarde Wells Petroglyph letting go of what cannot be recaptured and allow to reclaim the Preserve Public Tours. HWY 68. $35. 9:30-11:30am. See 4/13 erotic, sexual and personal sense of self. 112 Morningside Dr NE. listing. 3-4:30pm. 18+. 265-5815. alibi.com/v/6dap.

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RODEY THEATRE, Popejoy Hall 1n2ian by Jay B. Muskett. 203 Cornell Dr NE. $10-$15. 7:30-9pm. 15+. See 4/11 listing. SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho Cirque du Soleil Corteo. 3001 Civic Center Circle. $39. 7:30pm. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. VORTEX THEATRE Sleuth. The Tony Award-winning play about the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse is played out in a cozy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. $15-$24. 7:30pm. 13+. 247-8600. alibi.com/v/6cv1. SONG & DANCE KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Spring Dance Concert. 4121 Cutler Ave NE. $6-$10. 7pm. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC The Art of Faith: NMPhil’s Music and Arts Festival 2019. 3035 Menaul Blvd NE. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. POPEJOY HALL Hotel California. A Salute to the Eagles blends extraordinary vocal and musical talents to accurately reproduce the sound of the classic rock band’s studio recordings live on stage. 203 Cornell Dr NE. $25-$69. 7:30-10pm. ALL-AGES! 277-9771. alibi.com/v/641m. SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER Guitar N.M. Ensemble Program Concert. A performance featuring the guitar chamber ARTS & LIT players and youth ensemble, directed by Jeremy Mayne. 1025 Broadway Blvd SE. $5. 7-8:30pm. 848-1320. alibi.com/v/6eno. THURSDAY APRIL 11 SATURDAY APRIL 13 WORDS ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Shaken, Not EL CHANTE: CASA DE CULTURA Voices of the Barrio Featuring Stirred. A fundraiser featuring cocktails, food, music, dancing, inter- Zachary Kluckman. The multi-award-winning poet and spoken active-activities and special access to the Museum’s latest exhibition word artist performs to celebrate National Poetry Month. 804 Park as well as a raffle to win a trip for two to Maui, Hawaii. 2000 Ave SW. 7pm. ALL-AGES! 400-9201. alibi.com/v/6cyp. Mountain Rd NW. $65. 7-11pm. 21+. 842-0111. LOBO COMICS The Landlubber Tour. Eisner-award winning alibi.com/v/6c98. cartoonist Aaron Renier and Ignatz-award winning cartoonist Alec Longstreth give a talk about creating a graphic novel, answer ques- WORDS tions and sign copies of their new books. 1016 Juan Tabo Boulevard Northeast. 5-7pm. ALL-AGES! 332-0499. alibi.com/v/6d4x. ART SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER Night of the Arts Exhibit Opening: Free Range Art, Creativity without Limits. Enjoy the opening reception for this exhibition. 1025 Broadway Blvd SE. 5-8pm. 848-1320. alibi.com/v/6df0. STAGE RODEY THEATRE, Popejoy Hall 1n2ian by Jay B. Muskett. Two generations of Native women from a reservation must contend with their tragic past while coming to the realization that the danger they escaped is closing in on them. 203 Cornell Dr NE. $10-$15. 7:30-9pm. 15+. 277-4332. alibi.com/v/6dua. SONG & DANCE KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Spring Dance Concert. The 23rd annual spring concert highlights the work of dancers young and young-at-heart within all of the center’s varied education programs. 4121 Cutler Ave NE. $6-$10. 7pm. ALL-AGES! 224-9808. alibi.com/v/6eg6. NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC The Art of Faith: NMPhil’s Music and Arts Festival 2019. The festival brings together a variety of cultural institutions and organizations to spark dialogue and deepen a collective understanding through music, theatre, film and more. Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho 3035 Menaul Blvd NE. ALL-AGES! 323-4343. alibi.com/v/6d0a. Cirque du Soleil Corteo. The latest and OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Katie Thiroux Trio with Ken most enchanting arena production Peplowski. The bassist, singer and composer on the hard swinging from the famed artistic circus group, tradition of bass masters like Ray Brown and John Clayton, in a centers around a joyous procession, a live concert in support of her most recent album. 210 Yale Blvd SE. $25-$30. 7:30pm. 268-0044. alibi.com/v/69i1. festive parade imagined by a clown. 3001 Civic Center Circle. $39. FRIDAY APRIL 12 7:30pm. ALL-AGES! 891-7300. alibi.com/v/64d5. WORDS 99% PURE MindWell Poetry Featuring Wayne Henry. Celebrate National Poetry Month with the poet ranked fifth best individual poet in the world, Wayne Henry and an open mic for poets and musicians. 3904 Central Ave. 7pm. ALL-AGES! 985-9708. BOOKWORKS Kali Fajardo-Anstine Book Signing and Reading. alibi.com/v/6dwj. The author reads and signs copies of her latest work, Sabrina & Corina. 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 3-5pm. ALL-AGES! 344-8139. ST. ANDREW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rebecca Roanhorse at ABQ Science Fiction Society. The award-winning author from alibi.com/v/6emc. Santa Fe talks about her newest science-fiction novel Storm of ORGANIC BOOKS Joseph Badal Book Signing. The award-winning Locusts. 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE. $1. 7:30-10pm. ALL-AGES! Natural Causes 266-8905. alibi.com/v/6cru. author reads and signs his newest thriller, , the third in the Lassiter/Martinez Case Files book series. 111 Carlisle WAREHOUSE 508 ABQ Unidos Poetry Slam. An open mic and Blvd SE. 3pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6e9i. poetry slam just for youth. 508 First Street NW. 7-9pm. 13+. 296-2738. alibi.com/v/5yel. PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE Cody Polston Signing Event. The Albuquerque author, historian and ghost hunter talks about and STAGE signs his latest non-fiction effort, New Mexico’s Most Haunted: AUX DOG THEATRE The Flick. Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 2013 Obie Award for playwriting, the play is set Exposed. 5850 Eubank Blvd NE. 4-5:30pm. ALL-AGES! 294-2026. in an ailing cinema and follows three underpaid movie ushers, alibi.com/v/6dfh. Avery, Sam and Rose. 3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE. $12-$20. 8pm. UNM CONTINUING EDUCATION BUILDING 2019 UNM Writers 596-0607. alibi.com/v/6d2i. Conference. Editors and agents from NYC join with authors and DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE God of Carnage. The Tony Award- teachers to explore the latest trends in publishing including short winning play involving an altercation between young boys brings stories, novels, narrative non-fiction, poetry and memoir. 1634 together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the University Blvd NE. $199. 8:30am-4:30pm. ALL-AGES! 277-0077. matter. As rum flows, tensions emerge. 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE. $20-$25. 7:30pm. 13+. 563-0316. alibi.com/v/6dj6. alibi.com/v/68wb.

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ART layout, stringing beads, crimping wire and more. Class fee includes OT CIRCUS GALLERY Artist Market and Pop-Up Shop. A bevy of a tool kit and materials. 800 20th Street NW. $100. local artists, crafters and makers of awesome handmade goods 10:30am-4:30pm. 18+. 266-8443. alibi.com/v/6eg9. showing and selling their wonderful creations both inside the OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE How Outpost Works. An gallery and outside in the lot attached to the gallery. 709 Central informal session with Tom Guralnick about how funding works, Ave NW. 10am-2pm. ALL-AGES! 415-4643. alibi.com/v/6ets. how booking works, among other topics. Ask questions and offer STAGE input and suggestions. 210 Yale Blvd SE. 11am. 268-0044. NEW MEXICO AUX DOG THEATRE The Flick. 3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE. alibi.com/v/69i2. $12-$20. 8pm. See 4/12 listing. FILM DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE God of Carnage. 6921 Montgomery SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER Climate Change Film Blvd NE. $20-$25. 7:30pm. 13+. See 4/12 listing. Festival. An information-packed day, screening films on the effects of global warming in the Southwest combined with presentations SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho Cirque du Soleil Corteo. by local leaders. 1025 Broadway Blvd SE. 10am-5pm. ALL-AGES! 3:30pm. ALL-AGES! Also, 3001 Civic Center Circle. $39. 7:30pm. 242-6058. alibi.com/v/6c7s. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. VORTEX THEATRE Sleuth. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. $15-$24. SUNDAY APRIL 14 7:30pm. 13+. See 4/12 listing. ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Inspired by SONG & DANCE Faith: Josie Lopez and Tracey Whitney. See works from the perma- THE BARELAS EVENT CENTER Black Pearl Live. The first annual nent collection using themes of faith in traditional and unexpected End of Lent Party featuring Black Pearl as they record a live album ways. Tracey Whitney also performs a set of gospel-inspired tunes, as well with a cash bar and food from Supper Food Truck. 907 featuring Steve Figueroa, pianist. 2000 Mountain Rd NW. 1pm. Fourth Street SW. 7pm. 717-2209. alibi.com/v/6ds8. ALL-AGES! 323-4343. alibi.com/v/6d1y. GUTIERREZ-HUBBELL HOUSE Matachines Dance. Dancers from STAGE Cañón de Carnue share the Matachines dance, in conjunction AUX DOG THEATRE The Flick. 3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE. with the exhibit Genizaro Continuance and Identity, on display $12-$20. 2pm. See 4/12 listing. through May. 6029 Isleta Blvd SW. 12:30pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6e47. DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE God of Carnage. 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE. $20-$25. 2pm. 13+. See 4/12 listing. NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC The Art of Faith: NMPhil’s Music and Arts Festival 2019. 3035 Menaul Blvd NE. ALL-AGES! See SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho Cirque du Soleil Corteo. 4/11 listing. 1pm. ALL-AGES! Also, 3001 Civic Center Circle. $39. 5pm. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 listing. OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Our Words Our Songs. Albuquerque-based African-American vocalists, Natalie Barrens VORTEX THEATRE Sleuth. 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE. $15-$24. 2pm. and Richard “Josef Scott” Powdrell, with pianist Tzu Feng Liu, pay 13+. See 4/12 listing. homage to the music of African-American composers. 210 Yale SONG & DANCE Blvd SE. 7:30-9:30pm. 268-0044. alibi.com/v/6dsb. COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH John Reishman and the SANDIA PREP SCHOOL Energy in Motion Final Performances. Jaybirds Bluegrass Concert. 9315 Candelaria Rd NE. $10-$15. August 10, 2019 These are the last for a dance company that has been a part of 7-9pm. ALL-AGES! See 4/11 GIG PERFORMANCE SPACE, local arts for 27 years, featuring selections from previous perform- Santa Fe listing. ances as well as new tap, jazz, ballet and modern by Corey Nagel. NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC The Art of Faith: NMPhil’s Music 532 Osuna Rd NE. $6-$12. 7pm. ALL-AGES! 710-9411. and Arts Festival 2019. 3035 Menaul Blvd NE. ALL-AGES! See alibi.com/v/6dry. 4/11 listing. BALLOON FIESTA PARK ST. STEPHEN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Solid Grounds LEARN Coffeehouse. Singer-songwriters, Kevin Hughes and Joe DeBonis, OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE What Is This Thing Called Jazz play live. 4601 Juan Tabo NE. 7-9pm. ALL-AGES! 293-9673. with Glenn Kostur. The director of Jazz Studies at UNM, offers a alibi.com/v/6c2y. session and discusses how musicians improvise, the different Noon - 8pm styles of jazz, what makes a jazz standard and more. 210 Yale Blvd SE. 3pm. 268-0044. alibi.com/v/6b0j. FILM CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Sunday Movie: Ralph Breaks the Internet. See a screening of the film for free, rated PG. 8081 Central Ave NW. 1:30-3:30pm. ALL-AGES! 768-4320. $5 parking · Entrance is FREE alibi.com/v/6d96. GUILD CINEMA ’80s Sunday Matinee: Grease 2. Enjoy a screening of the classic ’80s flick. 3405 Central Ave NE. 1pm-3am. 255-1848. alibi.com/v/6dui. Don't miss your chance to be a part of MONDAY APRIL 15 SONG & DANCE New Mexico's largest cannabis event! Sandia Mountain Natural History ERNA FERGUSSON LIBRARY Söndörg . Hear a live performance Center, Cedar Crest Spring Writing of Hungarian folk music. 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE. Noon-1pm. Retreat. An SMNHC educator guides ALL-AGES! 888-8100. alibi.com/v/6d9p. a short hike for a day writing, reading NEW MEXICO PHILHARMONIC The Art of Faith: NMPhil’s Music and workshopping with fellow literacy and Arts Festival 2019. 3035 Menaul Blvd NE. ALL-AGES! See RESERVE YOUR BOOTH NOW! teachers in the mountains. Snacks are 4/11 listing. provided, but bring a lunch. RSVP LEARN required. 60 Columbine Ln. 9am-2pm. HODGIN HALL ALUMNI CENTER The Lady in Blue: Sor María de Ágreda. Anna Nogar, PhD, speaks on the transatlantic history 18+. (505) 281-5259. of a Spanish nun, focusing on the 400-year history of her bilo- alibi.com/v/6dw6. cation narrative and the impact of her writing on colonial Mexican society. 1889 Central NE. 7pm. ALL-AGES! 323-4343. email [email protected] alibi.com/v/6d21. LEARN FILM HARWOOD ART CENTER Sketchbook Adventure with Becky CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Adult Movie Night: Happytime or call 505-346-0660 ext. 248 Weishampel. This class focuses on observation-based sketch- Murders. See a screening of the film for free, rated R. 8081 booking while exploring materials and artistic forms for docu- Central Ave NW. 5:30-7:30pm. 18+. 768-4320. menting the world around us. Explore areas around the area for alibi.com/v/6d97. on-site sketching. 1114 Seventh Street NW. $80. 10am-4pm. TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK “Breaking Bad” Retro Watch ALL-AGES! 242-6367. alibi.com/v/6e91. Party. Watch two episodes of the greatest show of all time on MAMA’S MINERALS Beading 101 Class. In two parts, this work- Mondays as the series is played from beginning to end. 1800 shop includes a history of beads, color and design, lunch, design Fourth Street NW. 7-9pm. 21+. 243-6752. alibi.com/v/6ct2. nmhempiesta.comnmhem sta.com Compiled by Ashli Kesali. Submit your events at alibi.com/events. APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [15] WEEKLY CALENDAR ARTS & LIT CONT’D TUESDAY APRIL 16 WORDS ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING Southwest Writers’ Meeting. Poets Jeanne Shannon and Rob Spiegel speak on the great poets of N.M. 2801 Louisiana NE. 7-9pm. ALL-AGES! 830-6034. alibi.com/v/6eiw. SONG & DANCE TONY HILLERMAN LIBRARY Ukulele Jam Session. Bring a ukulele or check one out from the library and join other devotees in a practice session. Registration required. 8205 Apache Ave NE. 5-6:30pm. ALL-AGES! 291-6264. alibi.com/v/6deo. WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 STRANGEFLOCK GALLERY Guerrilla Photo Group. A weekly creative collaborative for photographers, models, makeup artists, stylists and designers of all skill levels. 609 Gold Ave SW. MUSIC 5:30-10:30pm. 18+. alibi.com/v/68i3. WORDS TORTUGA GALLERY Open Poetry Reading. Hosted by Holly Wilson, this is a great opportunity for poets to share their words THURSDAY APRIL 11 in an inspiring atmosphere. Poets also display their books on THE BARLEY ROOM Swag Duo and friends • jazz, blues, Motown • the poet’s table. Refreshments are available. 901 Edith Blvd 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! SE. 6:30-9pm. 15+. 877-4214. alibi.com/v/68e0. BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Rob Roman • WINNING COFFEE CO. Lobo Slam. A poetry slam open to all in variety • 4:30pm • The Chris Ravin Band • classic rock • 7pm • an inclusive space. 111 Harvard Dr SE. 7-10pm. ALL-AGES! FREE • ALL-AGES! 266-0000. alibi.com/v/5ye9. BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Austin Van • LEARN country • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! FUSE MAKERSPACE Show-and-Tell. A member show-and-tell with Robert Mendez and his popcorn balling machine as well CANTEEN BREWHOUSE The Deal • jam, funk, rock • 6pm • FREE as Spencer Millburn and his “Pixel Inventory” project. 101 DIRTY BOURBON Will Bannister • variety • 6pm • $5 • 21+ Broadway Blvd NE. 7-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! 224-5275. alibi.com/v/6eoi. EFFEX NIGHT CLUB Alchemy • goth, electro, industrial, ’80s • 10pm • FREE • 21+ FILM CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Some Like It Hot. See a screening LAUNCHPAD Where’s the Rum? • Ten Ten Division • singer-song- of the classic Marilyn Monroe film. 8081 Central Ave NW. writer • Sleepspent • variety • 9pm 5:30-7:30pm. ALL-AGES! 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6d99. M’TUCCI’S MODERNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Melissa Rios • KIMO THEATRE Experiments in Cinema Program V14.2. singer-songwriter • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Throughout the year Basement Films brings Experiments in RED DOOR BREWING COMPANY Halfway Decent Karaoke • Cinema to schools around N.M. with a goal to inspire a new 7pm • FREE • 21+ generation of filmmakers and shape future trends of cultural representation. 423 Central Ave NW. 7:30-9:30pm. 768-3544. SANDIAGO’S GRILL AT THE TRAM Craig Miller • pop, classic alibi.com/v/6eag. rock • 6pm SAVOY BAR AND GRILL Alex Maryol • blues, acoustic • 6pm • FREE • 21+ FOOD TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Kamikaze Karaoke • • 7pm • FREE • 21+ SATURDAY APRIL 13 WINNING COFFEE CO. Above Average Open Mic • 7pm • FREE • 13+ HOLLOW SPIRITS DISTILLERY Bloom Spring Pairing Dinner. A dining experience with Chef Tristin Rogers, who teamed up with ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Silver String Trio • Americana, blue- Chef Josh Kennon from Fork and Fig, to create a menu remi- grass, folk • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+ niscent of spring, complete with drink pairings. 1324 First Street COMEDY NW. $175. 6-9pm. 21+. 217-5465. alibi.com/v/6ch7. STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Stand-Up Comedy Thursdays • 6pm • $10 • 21+ SISTER Tart at Heart 5. Amazing sour and barrel aged beer curated from the best breweries on the planet, available for pure enjoyment. 407 Central Ave NW. $40-$50. 2pm. 242-4900. FRIDAY APRIL 12 alibi.com/v/6ds4. BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Jeff Noel • acoustic guitar • 4:30pm • The Willies • outlaw country, alternative • SUNDAY APRIL 14 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! B2B2 BARRIO Watermelon Mountain Ranch Fundraiser. Twenty- BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Kit Kat and the five percent of food sales benefit this worthy cause. 2201 Mudflaps • root, rock, blues • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Louisiana Blvd NE. FREE. Noon-9pm. ALL-AGES! 592-9705. CANTERO BREWING COMPANY Kyle Martin Band • country, rock alibi.com/v/6d8u. ’n’ roll, Americana • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! FRAGRANT LEAF TEA BOUTIQUE Japanese Cherry Blossoms THE COUNTY LINE BBQ Los Radiators • acoustic folk, rock, blues • Afternoon Tea. Enjoy a three-course afternoon tea to celebrate 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! the spring cherry blossom season. 3207 Silver Ave. SE. $35. DIRTY BOURBON Will Bannister • variety • 6pm • $5 • 21+ 1-2:30pm. ALL-AGES! 255-0522. alibi.com/v/6da9. INSIDE OUT Lincoln Durham • variety • 7pm WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 LAUNCHPAD BoBo • variety • Judah of Lions • thirdleg • OTW • Torche • 8pm FRENCHISH Hamburger Humpday. A fun weekly rotating burger to get over the week’s hump. Some are classic combos, some M’TUCCI’S MODERNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Ad Lib • variety • 8:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! are a little more daring and some are downright messy, but all are delicious. 3509 Central Ave NE. 5-9pm. ALL-AGES! POKI POKI CEVICHERIA Jacob Chavez Duo • singer-songwriter, 433-5911. alibi.com/v/5zxj. Americana • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! MARBLE BREWERY Brews and Bites Challenge. Brewers team RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Sorceress of Sound and Song up with local chefs to create unique pairings with Marble brews, Marie Black • singer-songwriter • 5pm while patrons vote on their favorite pairs. 9904 Montgomery ROCK AND BREWS Flashback • rock, oldies • 8:30pm • FREE • Blvd NE. 6pm. 323-4030. alibi.com/v/6eae. ALL-AGES! 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TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Caleb Miller • alt.singer-song- RED DOOR BREWING CO. The Draft Sessions Open Mic • 5pm • writer • 6pm • FREE • 21+ FREE • 21+ COMEDY THE RED VELVET UNDERGROUND CAFE Songwriter Series • BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE The Show • Noah Kleinman • David Bridwell • Julian Maynard • singer-song- improv • 9pm • $10 • 13+ writer • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo The Bus Tapes • funk, rock, country, folk, jazz • 9pm • FREE • 21+ MONDAY APRIL 15 BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho New Mexico SATURDAY APRIL 13 Western Music Association • country • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! B2B2 BARRIO Shimon King and The B2 Free Agents • jazz • BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Open Mic with 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho George Russell • Americana, classic rock • 4:30pm • Leah Leyva • classic rock, blues, singer-songwriter • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Robin Barnaville • variety • 4:30pm • Fair Trade Fusion • classic rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! DIRTY BOURBON Will Bannister • variety • 6pm • $5 • 21+ JAM SPOT Lucky 13 • variety • 6:30pm • $10 • ALL-AGES! LAUNCHPAD The Coma Recovery • metal • Nights Like Thieves • Fighting Monsters • Crown and Casket • 9pm MOONLIGHT LOUNGE Sweet Nothin • Gregg Turner Group • Full Speed Veronica • indie, pop rock • Mythologie • 9:30pm POSH NIGHTCLUB Lil Debbie • hip-hop • Dev • 8pm SANDIAGO’S GRILL AT THE TRAM Bardo • classical guitar • 6pm SAVOY BAR AND GRILL Cynical Bird • rock, blues, jazz • 6pm • FREE • 21+ TRACTOR BREWING CO. Beau Rodriguez • rock • 5pm • FREE • 21+ Red Door Brewing Downtown TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Nathan Fox • indie, singer-song- Taproom Casual Wednesdays Open writer, blues • 7pm • FREE • 21+ Mic • Royal Wood • Kevin Baca • YANNI’S AND LEMONI BAR AND GRILL Mystic Vic Blues Band 7:30pm • FREE • 21+ and Beyond • blues • 7:30pm • FREE • 21+ ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Claudio Tolousse Trio • fusion jazz • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+ Rob Roman • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! COMEDY LAUNCHPAD Oh, Sleeper • The Agony Scene • Earth Groans • BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE The Show • metalcore, heavy, deathcore • Polyhedra • death metal • Exist to improv • 9pm • $10 • 13+ Infect • Dakota Ave • 6:30pm • ALL-AGES! LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo The Bus Tapes • TRACTOR BREWING CO. Old-Time Jam • 7:30pm • FREE • 21+ funk, rock, country, folk, jazz • 9pm • FREE • 21+ SUNDAY APRIL 14 TUESDAY APRIL 16 B2B2 BARRIO Uptown Park Jazz • APS Band Showcase • jazz • BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Open Mic with 2pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Spiral Pilots • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Open Mic with BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Oscar Butler • Rob Roman • 1pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! contemporary, folk • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! CANTERO BREWING COMPANY Vinyl Night Out • bring your own records • 6pm • ALL-AGES! RED DOOR BREWING COMPANY BYOV: Bring Your Own Vinyl • 6pm • FREE • 21+ STEEL BENDER BREWYARD Nathan Fox • indie, singer-songwriter, blues • 6pm TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Kamikaze Karaoke • 8pm • FREE • 21+ COMEDY O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Tuesday Homie Hangout • Anthony J Martinez • Greg Ziomek • stand-up comedy • 8pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Rob Roman • variety • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Tractor Brewing Wells Park Gin and BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Chris Ravin • rock Jazz • Eddie Brewer and the Manic ’n’ roll • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! Episodes • jazz, swing, bossa nova • DIRTY BOURBON Seckond Chaynce • variety • 7pm Rob Barnaville • Ryan Hutchens • HISTORIC EL REY THEATER DMX • rap • 8pm singer-songwriter, folk, blues • 5pm • LAUNCHPAD Warlike Wolves • Orenda • DESECRATED HUMANITY • FREE • 21+ Walls Within • metal • Dakota Ave. • 9pm PONDEROSA BREWING COMPANY The Draft Sessions Open Mic • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Julian Dossett Trio • blues, roots, rock, soul, jazz, swing, Western • 4pm • FREE SISTER Jared and the Mill • variety • 8pm THE COOPERAGE Sondorgo • 7:30pm • 22 • ALL-AGES! TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Paul Hunton • singer-song- O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Pint and a Half • Americana, alt.country • writer, indie, Americana • 5pm • FREE • 21+ 4pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

Compiled by Ashli Kesali. Submit your events at alibi.com/events. APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [17] FOUND OBJECTS | MAGNIFIED BY CLARKE CONDÉ ARTS Five Artists, No Waiting The range of this group show stretches from real Nina’s Story to surreal, lowbrow to magical, miniature to dreamy as five artists—Dennis Larkins, Esteban Bojorquez, Tim Prythero, Holly Wood and Jennie Ananke by Viola Arduini Cooley—embark on a shared voyage into South Broadway Cultural Center’s gallery for Free Range Art: Creativity Without Limits. However, BY CLARKE CONDÉ in. She began writing about Nina and life images, arranged and shot in the UNM limits will be placed on visitors ranging into the looking for a symbolic language to describe Biology Museum using the bones of Nina’s library across the hall (hushed voices only, Nina’s story. “I translated a poem and this daughter, Cecilia. “The photographs on the three-week material checkout, etc.). Free iola Arduini knocked on a door in the symbol into DNA, then put that into wall and the bacteria both tell this story in Range: Creativity Without Limits opens biology department of the University of bacteria. That is how I started this work. different ways. The photographs are more Thursday, April 11 from 5pm to 8pm at South V New Mexico. She knew that someone in Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway Blvd Looking at genetics and looking into DNA like documentation of what is there and the SE). This event is free and open to the public. there was doing work with the genetic as a language. DNA is mechanical. It is a bacteria are this transformative energy.” For more information see engineering technique CRISPR and she string of information that makes what we Finally, there is the soundscape that acts southbroadwaytickets.com. wanted to work with CRISPR, too. As a are—what as a shadow over the exhibit. Arduini visual artist, her background was not wanted to manifest the presence of the innately suited to that kind of work, but she ecological crisis of the Anthropocene that Fleeting, Flawed and Unfinished had a purpose; she wanted a poem, a was the cause of the Mexican gray wolf’s From a practiced hand comes paintings that are symbol and ultimately the story of near-extinction. Again, she turned accepting. John Mulvany: All Things are: the progenitorial Mexican gray to the language of DNA, this Impermanent Imperfect Incomplete opens this wolf Nina to grow, evolve, time picking the human p53 Friday, April 12, from 5pm to 8pm at gene and translating it into Exhibit/208 (208 Broadway Blvd SE). This mutate and carry on in the language of living cells. music. “DNA is read in event is also free and open to the public. For triplets in your body so more information see exhibit208.com. She found a scientist each three letters there to teach her become an amino how to introduce acid, and then they UnAmerican Activities DNA into living Dutch, Chicano and Navajo comedians share the create protein organisms; that creates stage with headlining Brit Eddie Stephens as Lobos help Kaatje’s Comedy Café presents the UnAmerican everything else. Comedy Show this Friday. This will be your last each other. I used the same chance to see the incomparable Kaatje Gotcha To method. I read before she goes on a hiatus that she will no understand triplets, then doubt explain and make jokes about at the show. Viola I gave each Hosted by Julien Brooks, the UnAmerican Arduini’s triplet a note Comedy Show gets started at 6pm on Friday, work, you according to April 12 at The Boiler Monkey (600 Central need to first the SW). There is a $5 suggested donation for this understand event and it is open to all ages, though keep in molecular the mass. I see all mind that young ones will certainly hear some importance vulgar, thoroughly American language. For more of this as a information see of Nina. process of bit.ly/TheUnAmericanComedyShow Nina was a translation. Mexican gray When you wolf. The last translate Sleepy Talk female in the something, you While you are sleeping, your brain is busy doing wild, found lose something things that we are just beginning to understand. with her small and you also add These three people—Russell Morton, PhD, Lisa pack in Mexico something.” Cutchen, MD and Shanna Diaz, DO—spend their and swept up to This symphonic days trying to figure out exactly what is become a necessary gene was then happening while you sleep and will share what element of a plan to they know at this fascinating presentation The recorded and placed on restore the Mexican gray a loop triggered by a Symphony of Sleep: Sleep and the Brain as part wolf species to the of the lecture series The Brain: It’s More Than motion sensor. When you You Think at the New Mexico Museum of Natural Southwest. “I look at the approach the exhibit, the History & Science (1801 Mountain Rd NW) Mexican gray wolf as a case music plays, or if you like, the DynaTheater on Friday, April 12 from 6:30pm to study. It is a very powerful story,” human gene is “expressed.” It is an 8pm. Tickets for thoughtful sleepers of all ages says Arduini. “She became Eve.” The aural specter of our own self-created are $8 nonmembers, $7 members, $5 students. restoration of the Mexican gray wolf, with ecological crisis. As Arduini says, “The For more information see nmnaturalhistory.org. all its genetic flaws, angry ranchers and human genome is taking over in a way.” environmental activists, successes, everything is.” Asked what she hopes exhibit-goers will heartbreaks and wild determination, starts Arduini created living bacteria with the get from Ananke, Arduini quickly replies, Iconic Talk with Nina. Viola Arduini’s Ananke starts story of Nina and the Mexican gray wolves’ “questions.” She sees her work as a prompt Have you ever woken up in Petroglyph National with Nina. “In this work I narrate her story restoration within its DNA. It lives in a for further inquiry, not an explanation. “As Monument, looked around and thought to using the bones of her first daughter, glass Petri dish. It will be on display at this yourself, “There are a lot of things I don’t an artist and an educator, I feel that Cecilia,” says Arduini. But Nina, her exhibit. Why? “The Mexican gray wolf is questions are powerful tools. I don’t think understand in this world and these symbols on daughter and the restoration of the Mexican the rocks have got to be counted among them?” suffering such a great genetic loss that I it’s my role to give answers necessarily.” a Then join Diana Molina for her talk on Icons and gray wolf is just the beginning of the story wanted to symbolically, almost as an Symbols of the Borderlands at the Placitas that Arduini wanted to tell. alchemical process, to bring it back to life. Community Library (453 State Highway 165, For Arduini, Nina’s story lets her explore This story is now in living cells. They are Placitas) this Saturday, April 13 from 2pm to the language of what the ancient Greeks going to mutate. They are going to bring Ananke by Viola Arduini 4pm. Molina goes beyond the symbols into the called Ananke. As Arduini describes it, back some creative energy,” she says. Opening Reception Friday, April 12, 6-9pm deeper meaning of common Southwest “Ancient Greeks had three different ideas of Ananke is an intertwined work in three Sanitary Tortilla Factory iconography including the Virgin of Guadalupe, fate: something you choose, something that parts. The first is the bacteria. The second is 401 Second St SW Pancho Villa and in Mimbres rock art. This event happens to you and then Ananke. Ananke is the photographs that offer physical evidence Free and open to the public is free and open to the public. For more mechanical.” That is where the DNA comes of the story of Nina. They are a series of still information call the library at 867-3355. a [18] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 ARTS | INTERVIEW The Inescapable Story of One in Two Playwright shines light on Indian Country sexual violence in 1N2IAN

BY CLARKE CONDÉ How was it to put together the full production? It’s been good so far. It’s been good to see ne in two is shocking. It is a number that from the wings just how a non-Native director Oshould horrify everyone. It is the kind of would take my material and translate it so that statistic that should make everyone stop a non-Native audience can comprehend it. It’s what they are doing and look for a solution been real eye-opening. It’s been fun to see all immediately. But it is not. Instead it is a my stuff come alive but also what translates number that Native women deal with every and what doesn’t. What kind of work I still need to do for the script so that it does day without enough notice inside Indian translate. I want it to be able to reach both Country, and even less outside. Weekly Alibi audiences; my own Native audience, but also a sat down with playwright Jay B. Muskett to non-Native audience. talk about this statistic that drives his new play opening Thursday. The following is an Is it difficult to hand over your work? edited version of that conversation. I think it is difficult for any artist. Of course. Me and Gleason [Bauer, the director] had a lot Weekly Alibi: What is this play about? of talks. She approached the script from an Jay B. Muskett: 1N2IAN is about two Native angle of respect. She knew this would be a women who are running away from their past. learning process and I’ve seen her take that They think they’re safe, but what they don’t process into her own process. It was great to realize is that they can’t run away from their see she is approaching from that direction. A past and this danger that is following them. It lot of my fears were alleviated when I saw that. is characteristic of what is happening today in So I said “OK, this is their time. This is the cast and her trying to figure what this is all Indian Country where a lot of Native woman about for them.” It’s been nice to see what I are being targeted by individuals and ending created is in good hands. up either missing or murdered. It’s a big thing that has been happening around Indian It is an all Native cast? Country for a long time. Native women have We have all correct casting. There is one to grow up just being vigilant. One in two. I Caucasian character. All the other cast is play around with the title one in two in the Native. title 1N2IAN. One in two Native women have experienced sexual abuse. Were you writing this for a Native audience or a general audience? One in two? 50 percent? I’m always writing for a Native audience Over 50 percent. It’s like 56.1 [percent] or because I’m Native. I figure they are going to something like that. It’s a horrific stat. This get my jokes the first time around. But theater play is about that, essentially. It’s about a is for everyone. Theater is about community. woman and a daughter that have to face and There should be no one that is turned away live with this danger every day. No matter from theater. where they go, it is always something that is following them and always something they What message do you want people to take have to be vigilant about. away? That your story counts. The indigenous stories Are you trying to raise awareness or are that [we grew up with] there is a lot of history, you trying to simply tell a tale? a lot of negative history, around that part of I’m doing a little bit of both. This script is a the story. However, the other part of the story little bit different than what we perceive as is look how much we’ve lived through. We’ve Western theater. It’s Native theater. It’s been lived through invasion, colonialism, boarding developed with a Native audience in mind. schools, smallpox—we lived through all that It’s a ceremonial performance where it’s both and we’re still here. This is how we get storytelling as well as a morality tale. I want to through it. Through storytelling. a tell the story which is based around this family, but I also want to tell the story of these 1N2IAN (Indian) women that are not around to tell their own Opening Thursday, April 11, 7:30pm Rodey Theater story. As a storyteller, as a modern storyteller, UNM Main Campus as a native storyteller, it’s kind of my duty to Tickets: $15 general, $12 faculty, seniors or $10 do this. To tell the story but also spread students, staff awareness that there is danger out there. APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [19] WEEKLY SPECIALS FOOD | RESTAURANT REVIEW BY DAN PENNINGTON Boozy Brunch Brunch Prix Nexus Blue: King of Barbeque Fixe Tasting Menu Event is You don’t find local barbeque like this often. happening at Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro (3009 Central NE) on Sunday, April 14 starting at 1pm. They’ll have a five- course ELEVATE menu highlighting the best of brunch, paired with cocktails and wines. Tickets are $25 or $36 with their select pairings. Reservations are required, so be sure to call 254-9462 and lock in your spot before it’s sold out. Zinc is well known for it’s high-end food and amazing drink selection, so this is sure to be a perfect weekend outing with friends. You can find more information on the menu and tickets at zincabq.com.

Frenchish Beerversary Frenchish (3509 Central NE) is celebrating their one-year anniversary and Marble Brewery’s 11th The brisket sandwich is absolutely heavenly. ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY anniversary, and they’re doing it in style. On Tuesday, April 16, starting at 6pm, they’ll be BY DAN PENNINGTON In the end, I went with a beer flight, a pulled Two down, two to go, and the brisket doing a specialty beer dinner. For $75, you can pork sandwich with sweet sauce, a brisket be a part of a four-course meal paired with sandwich was the obvious next choice. Served sandwich with the house barbeque sauce, mac Marble Brewery beers. Call them at 433-5911 to omething most people don’t know about me the same way as the pulled pork sandwich, I and cheese, and a peach-cherry cobbler. For make your reservation now, as this event is sure is that my dad’s side of the family came from immediately noticed the thick lines of juicy fat to be packed. Frenchish is known for their S beers, I grabbed an Imperial Cream Ale, Honey sticking out. The brisket is cooked fantastically West Virginia, so I have a decent chunk of inventive dishes that pair flavors and styles you Chamomile Wheat, Chocolate Porter and Red with an even distribution of flavor throughout Southern background in me. Granted, my food don’t normally see in Albuquerque, so expect an Ale. All four beers carried a different palate with the meat. There wasn’t a single bite that wasn’t exceptional set of dishes to make the most of experience growing up wasn’t purely Southern, a great finish, and while I’d love to go into detail their one-year birthday. as good as the one before it. Add on the sweet and was a strange amalgamation of Southeast about each one, I’d much rather get into the so- sauce, and the level of delicious-ness explodes to Asian and Italian, with comfort food mixed in. called meat of this article, specifically talking the next stage, definitely my favorite of the two. Nevertheless, it was a part of my formative tastes about the meat. Just know that no matter which Finally, what barbeque meal would be CBD Chefs? growing up, and that resulted in me having an beer you grab, you’re not going to be dissatisfied complete without dessert? The peach-cherry The National Restaurant Association and extra-special place in my heart for barbeque. with it. cobbler was this hot-melty combination of sweet American Culinary Federation have found that If you’ve never been to Nexus Brewery, Let’s start with the pulled pork sandwich, three out of four chefs have named CBD and and chewy, every bite packed with warm fruity cannabis-infused dishes as their prediction for please accept my condolences. It is definitive which was served on a sesame seed bun and mixture and soft breading. The filling glistened the next big food trend of 2019. While soul food central, with some of the best fried came with pickles and onions. The first thing I in the sunlight, as if it were some holy grail to nationwide legality of said products is still a ways chicken and waffles you can get in the state. On noticed was the brilliant color of the pulled quest after, this final piece to what had already off, in places like Colorado where it’s legal, we’re my first day here at Weekly Alibi, I got an email pork. It’s a fiery red and stands out on the plate. been an exceptional meal. I had reached my seeing an explosion of inventive dishes taking with a small press release mentioning the official My goal was to try a little bit of everything I upper limit of fullness about two bites into the advantage of these ingredients. It’s not too far opening of Nexus Blue Smokehouse, and my could, give it a few bites and take the rest home pulled pork, but I ventured forward, driven by out to think that in the next five years, we’ll see a excitement couldn’t be contained. for later. This turned out to be an impossible large number of specialized restaurants featuring the desire to not let a single bite of this go to primarily dishes that take advantage of the The first thing that stood out about Nexus task, because inevitably, I ate every single thing waste. relaxing nature of CBD. Other big trends noted Blue Smokehouse was its location: 1511 on the plate. The pork is moist, tender, flavorful You absolutely 100 percent have to check by chefs were environmental sustainability and Broadway Blvd SE. Over off Avenida Cesar and cooked to perfection. The brilliant red came this place out. With indoor and outdoor seating paper straws. Chavez, it was not the normal location for a new from spices that gave it enough of a kick to and the amazing weather we’re having, plus a restaurant. Ultimately, I feel like this is a good stand out, without leaving you sweating. Add to massive section in the back that will be thing, as we’ve watched development happening that the house barbeque sauce, and you have renovated to include a stage and a bar, there’s a Cotton Candy Hamburger? Yep. all over the city for all these well-established something that is an unexpected level of quality lot of exciting things coming for Nexus Blue The Albuquerque Isotopes have shown off some places and bringing new flavor and attention to you don’t often find in barbeque. This is comfort Smokehouse. Good barbeque is easy, but great of the new culinary options they’ll be offering the Barelas/South Valley area isn’t a bad thing. food to its core, and there’s no fear of being too barbeque proves a far rarer find. a this upcoming season, and some of them are But, if you don’t have to travel far to get to it, bold. taking a big step outside of the normal comfort can it really be all that good? With one whole sandwich down and three zone. Most notably, the Tumbleweed Burger is a Walking in, you immediately notice a few more plates to go, I jumped into the mac and step towards adventure, featuring ghost pepper Nexus Blue Smokehouse cheese, red chile cotton candy and a green chile things. First off, the whole place is impeccably cheese. This is a multi-cheese gooey delight, clean and new. The renovation work that went with a little crispiness on top and long heavy 1511 Broadway Blvd SE bun. Another interesting addition is The Comfort 505-445-1545 Burger, which is your typical hamburger, but with into this location is fantastic. Second, the smell noodles that soak up all this cheesy goodness, NexusBrewery.com the addition of chicken strips and country gravy. hits you right as the door opens. The smokers in packing a ton of flavor into every bite. I found Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 11am-8:30pm It’s going to be interesting to see how the public the back give this beautiful scent of proper myself scraping the bottom of the dish to get all Vibe: Relaxed, authentic barbeque. reacts to these new additions, but ultimately, it’s barbecue smokiness to the whole building. With the leftover stragglers, because the idea of Alibi Recommends: pulled pork sandwich, mac and great to see that a variety of choices are coming a huge menu to choose from and wide array of tossing even half a bite of this away seemed like to Isotopes Park this season. a cheese, chocolate porter sauces, it’s hard to even pick where to start. heresy.

[20] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 FOOD | FOOD FEELINGS Healing Food An Hy Quan fills 505 niche

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This pho is so amazing, pictures can’t do it justice. DAN PENNINGTON BY DAN PENNINGTON recommend the spot to just about anyone and everyone I can.” Another friend who recommended it, Eric Kohen, told me “It’s his isn’t a review. Upon taking over the just simply some of the best Vietnamese in T desk of food editor here at Weekly Alibi, I town,” and that, “Beyond that, Bill is asked people for suggestions and leads on friendly and accommodating. Took my friend food and such around the city. While I got a there last week [who is] allergic to onions lot of cool suggestions about a bunch of and she was delighted at how much of the places I had never heard of, one resounding menu he could accommodate.” The agreement from everyone was An Hy Quan. resounding input I got was the same feeling I An Hy Quan is a Vietnamese vegan had while eating there. This was a place to restaurant in the Heights, something I’ll be relax, recenter yourself and eat without fear or worry. quite honest that I have no experience with. But all of this pales in comparison to a I wasn’t even sure I could set aside my message I received from a friend and prejudices about vegan food to do an honest neighbor, who refers to herself as an “avid review because it is so outside my fan” and wished to remain anonymous for wheelhouse. this article, but had such an amazing tie-in We ran a review of them back in 2016, that I couldn’t pass up sharing. This fan grew and they haven’t undergone any big changes up with Korean and Chinese parents but since then, so I was unsure how to approach struggled to enjoy any home cooked meals this story if at all. I went in, and after once they went vegetarian, due to any meat looking through the menu, I saw they did cooked with the dish. “As someone who grew pho, which is one of my all-time favorite up so cultured with cuisine, I thought for a dishes. Somehow, even doing it totally while that I was dishonoring my own ethnic vegan, they had made one of the best bowls background,” they told me, in reference to of pho I have ever had. I honestly couldn’t having gone vegetarian. “It wasn’t until I believe that this wasn’t a beef broth and discovered An Hy Quan where I could enjoy absolutely devoured the entire thing in one familiar family dishes that I grew up eating go. I apologized to the person running my but guilt free,” she told me in a message. “But card, because the first thing out of my mouth their food is killer Asian (mostly was, “I didn’t know vegan food could be this Vietnamese) and it’s not dry, tasteless rabbit good.” It was spicy in all the right ways, food.” giving me a full breadth of flavor and So at the end of the day, what is the story opening my sinuses the way a good broth here? Like I said, this isn’t a review; I think should. The noodles were heavier than it’s a love letter. Albuquerque has such a traditional pho noodles, but they held so fantastic food culture that is so varied and much broth on them that you couldn’t stop unique, but with eight different people yourself from slurping them down. Even the reaching out to tell me to try An Hy Quan, vegan “meat” that accompanied the dish was it’s clear that a chord was struck in the fantastic. I was scared to try them at first, but community. The food is great, and it by the end, I was digging at the bottom of resonates with people and gives others ties my bowl to make sure I hadn’t missed one. back their to heritage in a new way and is I reached out to some people about their head and shoulders above the crowd for what love for An Hy Quan after I visited, to get a you expect vegan food to be. For the first little more input. “It’s healing food. I time in my life I’m a converted believer that literally felt like death after 12 hours, ate vegan food can actually be good. I have no curry noodles, survived another shift the question that I will be back there again to next day,” said Vinny Belotti, a friend of eat more, because earnestly I loved it. a mine who was the first to recommend it. “I APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [21] REEL WORLD FILM | FILM REVIEW BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Experi-Mental Missing Link Animated adventure looks to the classics for inspiration BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY

Reza Golchin’s “About One Image,” playing eems like everybody and his brother is at Experiments in Cinema 14.2 Spumping out CGI-animated kids’ movies Experiments in Cinema from Albuquerque indie arts these days. They hit theaters on a near- organization Basement Films returns for its “v14.2” weekly basis and run the gamut from the presentation. For 14 years (more or less) exceptional (anything from Pixar) to the Experiments in Cinema has brought cutting-edge experimental cinema from around the world to our merely diversionary (Paramount Animation’s dusty little town. This Tuesday, April 16, through recent Wonder Park). So when a film breaks Saturday, April 20, Basement Films is back with screenings, lectures, panel discussions, receptions the mold in any small way, it’s worth noting. and hands-on workshops all around town. Among The American animation studio Laika has the special guests lined up this year are Ant Farm made a name for itself among animation founder Chip Lord, “poet trapped in a camcorder” Tommy Becker, festival director Oona Mosna and buffs for producing a string of three- international festival curator Kyros Kikos. Other dimensional stop-motion-animated features. Cinema founder and godfather of “found footage” The studio first burst out with Henry Selick’s filmmaking Craig Baldwin (Spectres of the Spectrum, Sonic Outlaws, ¡O No Coronado!, 2009 fable Coraline. That was followed by Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America) is ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls and Kubo and the on hand, screening his works and participating in a string of Q&As. Filmmaker Taylor Dunne and Two Strings—all offbeat fantasies that failed multimedia artist Eric Stewart teach a free 16mm to generate much attention at the box office workshop at UNM ArtsLab on Thursday from 10am but were roundly praised for their artistic to 2pm. On Wednesday, from 7:30 to 8:30pm, The family resemblance isn’t strong. there’s a free “Regional Youth Program” screening skill. Now comes the old-fashioned at KiMo Theatre (423 Central Ave NW). That’s adventure comedy Missing Link, which is as Missing Link (even one utilizing the most up-to-date of followed—from 8:45 to 9:45pm—by a selection of gorgeously crafted as its predecessors and 3D-printed silicone models) is painstaking. experimental shorts culled from Videoex, Written and directed by Chris Butler Switzerland’s largest festival dedicated to boasts one of Laika’s most accessible Starring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zach The textures on display here are stunning experimental film and video. The majority of storylines to date. Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Fry (something even the most high-tech ticketed events take place throughout the week at The briskly paced film centers on Sir Rated PG computer animation can’t properly the Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) and cost $10 per day general admission or $8 per day for Lionel Frost (voiced with brio by Hugh Opens Thursday 4/11. replicate). From the rough tweeds of Sir students. For a complete schedule of events, go to Jackman), a wealthy, chisel-chinned Lionel’s suits to the multilayered leaves of experimentsincinema.org. Victorian-era adventurer who has spent years to ferry Mr. Link (as he soon dubs him) to the Indian jungle, Missing Link is awash in crossing the globe trying to prove the the fabled city of Shangri-La. eye-boggling detail. existence of various cryptozoological Being a proper cartoon villain, however, Even the most beautifully rendered Cinematic Climate creatures. After yet another failed adventure Lord Piggot-Dunceb has taken steps to environments wouldn’t amount to much if The Climate Disruption Film Festival blows into (this one to capture conclusive evidence of Albuquerque on Saturday, April 13 at South ensure Frost’s failure. He hires a merciless not for a winning narrative. With Missing the elusive Loch Ness Monster), Frost finds Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway Blvd. fortune hunter named Stenk (Timothy Link, Laika finally finds an emotional SE). Doors open at 9am. At 9:15am moderator himself shunned by an exclusive London- Olyphant) to keep Frost and his no-longer- backbone that was missing in films like Sara Beltran Caro welcomes New Mexico’s cabinet based society of gentleman explorers. mythical companion from reaching their secretary for Energy, Mineral & Natural Resources, Membership in said society—and the Boxtrolls and Kubo. The growing friendship Sarah Propst, and City of Albuquerque destination. Realizing that the only possible recognition of his various wild scientific between Frost and Mr. Link is truly Sustainability Officer Kelsey Rader, for opening map to Shangri-La rests with the widow of remarks. Films start at 10am with the locally theories—is the sole goal of Sir Lionel’s life. touching. Of course, Frost is going to Frost’s old partner, Frost and Link head to produced documentary “Sacred Land, Sacred But the snooty club members—led by gruff, eventually have to come to terms with the California to acquire (steal, really) the map Water,” featuring a post-film Q&A with filmmakers gun-toting hunter Lord Piggot-Dunceb possible exploitation of his new friend for Donald T. Phillips, Lewis Jacobs and Craig Barth. from Adelina Fortnight (Zoe Saldana). But (Stephen Fry)—are faintly embarrassed by personal gain. But Missing Link doesn’t try There is a vegetarian buffet lunch in the SBCC the widow proves a tough nut to crack. Bored dining area starting at 1pm. State Land Frost and his crazy adventures. Stung by the to build him up as some selfish, secret- with her life and craving some adventure of Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard leads a rejection, Frost makes a bet with Piggot- keeping bad guy just so it can make with the her own, she demands to go along with the presentation and audience Q&A from 1:30 to 2pm. Dunceb: If he can prove the existence of just expected third-act character change. Sure The final film of the day, “Call of Life: Facing the boys. What follows is a round-the-world one of his hard-to-find monsters, he’ll be Mass Extinction” starts at 4:15pm. After that chase via train, steamship and various other there are lessons to be learned, and attendees are invited to visit tables staffed by allowed into the club. If he fails, he’ll leave, Jules Verne-approved methods of everyone will eventually figure out that various local organizations and vendors. The event once and for all, in disgrace. conveyance. what they want and what they need aren’t shuts down at 5:30pm. This is a free event and Encouraged by a letter from America open to the public. To ensure a seat, however, A lot of the elements contained within necessarily the same thing. But the film’s advising him about the possible location of attendees are advised to RSVP in advance by Missing Link come preassembled, straight off simple script (provided by its director, Chris emailing [email protected]. For a complete the legend known as Bigfoot, Frost packs up the shelf. In addition to the aforementioned Butler), is smartly structured, nicely schedule of films, presentations and panel his equipment and heads for the Pacific Verne, there are recognizable chunks of dovetailing Frost’s and Link’s stories of discussions, go to bit.ly/2D3i6LU. Northwest. Much to his surprise, he finds a Victorian fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard (King personal growth. This is aided by some very single, lonely and unexpectedly erudite Solomon’s Mines), pulp novelist Edgar Rice sasquatch (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) good back-and-forth camaraderie between Hot Night Burroughs (Tarzan) and comic book genius waiting for him. It seems that this hairy man the leads, who treat it almost like a Laurel Classic Movie Night is back at the Central and Carl Barks (“Tralla La” from Walt Disney’s of the forest is the last of his kind. Unable to and Hardy film. Galifianakis is a particular Unser Library (8081 Central Ave. NW). Uncle Scrooge). Given those roots, there’s Wednesday, April 17 from 5:30 to 7:30pm, the locate any friends, he has written to Frost in standout, providing the most emotional role plenty of Indiana Jones on display as well. library hosts a free screening of the Billy Wilder’s hopes that the world traveler will guide him of his career (voicing an animated lump of 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot. Tony Curtis and But the familiarity of elements doesn’t hurt to the Himalayas—where rumors of clay, no less). Jack Lemmon star as a pair of musicians on the run Missing Link any. In fact, its choice of mysterious Yeti sightings could provide the Lovingly rendered, swiftly paced and from mobsters, who hide out by posing as members inspirations gives the film a quaintly old- of an all-female band. Marilyn Monroe, of course, species-appropriate companionship our tenderhearted to a fault, Missing Link is an fashioned adventure novel feel. co-stars as singer Sugar Kane Kowalczyk. The titular ape-man craves. Touched by the entertaining comic adventure for audiences Central and Unser Library shows free screenings of Visually, of course, this is a stunning friendly fuzzball’s sad story (and sure that of all ages. Here’s hoping this handcrafted classic Hollywood movies the third Wednesday of achievement. The amount of work that goes every month. a such a globe-hopping adventure would secure treasure doesn’t get lost in Hollywood’s sea into producing a stop-motion-animated film his place in the explorer’s club), Frost agrees of CGI. a [22] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Blind Ambition BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY “In the Dark” on The CW

he CW’s new dramedy-cum-mystery “In the because she’s blind (and also because the body T Dark” goes to great lengths to prove its does a quick vanishing act). protagonist is a messy, defiant and (dare we So naturally, Murphy decides to turn say) controversial antiheroine. The show Sherlock and solve Tyson’s murder herself— reminds us of it in nearly every scene. Our gal with the occasional help of her nervously Murphy (Perry Mattfeld, who had a short run protective roommate (Brooke Markham), her on Showtime’s “Shameless”) is a bitter and seeing eye dog and an ineffectual cop (Rich cynical drunk. She’s sexually promiscuous, Sommer from “Mad Men”). This puts “In the sleeping with random strangers and married Dark” in roughly the same orbit as other men. She’s a misanthrope, who hates people “millennials solve a mystery” (aka “hipster almost as much as she hates herself. She’s also noir”) shows such as “Search Party.” Mattfeld is a charismatic performer and does hot and young and—did we mention?—blind. her best to fill out the strong-but-scared woman TV is doing a better job these days (certainly hiding underneath her character’s hard exterior. better than the movie industry) of representing But the show doesn’t give her much to do other diversity. And it’s encouraging to see a series, than smoke and scowl and be lusted after by particularly on the teen soap-oriented CW every male in Chicago. The mystery stuff is network, with a blind woman as the main mostly back burner, and the show spends far character (although Mattfeld herself is sighted). more time on Murphy’s personal life. Her kindly But “In the Dark” tries too hard. Instead of adoptive parents, for example, run a charity for presenting us with a believable, well rounded guide dogs—mostly to provide their troubled character who happens to be blind, the show daughter with a stable job. Of course, in goes all “edgy” on us, giving us someone who’s perfectly scripted irony, Murphy hates dogs as basically an annoying jerk. A differently abled much as she hates people. person who’s not a saint? That’s progressive, “In the Dark” is the brainchild of Corinne isn’t it? Admittedly, anyone can be a jerk. But Kingsbury (who worked on “Fam” and “The “In the Dark” spends too much of its time Newsroom”). Michael Showalter (a member of pointing out how blind (totally) and how jerky comedy troupe The State, writer of Wet Hot (really) its main character is—all the while, American Summer and—unsurprisingly—co- patting itself on the back for coming up with creator “Search Party”) serves as executive such a politically incorrect premise. producer and director of the show’s pilot. The plot of the show is equally overworked. There’s no lack of talent here. A few tweaks Murphy’s one and only friend is a 15-year-old and a bit of time, and this could be a watchable drug dealer named Tyson (Thamela dramedy for adults. But as it sits, the show is too Mpumlwana). He once saved her from a brutal desperate to mash up disparate genres and to mugging, so he’s actually a nice kid (drug impress us with its dark humor and prickly dealing notwithstanding). One night Murphy characters. a wanders into Tyson’s back alley hangout and stumbles across his cold, dead body. She reports “In the Dark” airs Thursdays at 8pm on KWBQ-19. it to the police, but they don’t believe her

“Special” (Netflix streaming anytime) MONDAY 15 THE WEEK IN A young gay man with cerebral palsy breaks out from his insular rut in “No Good Nick” (Netflix SLOTH hopes of finally getting the life he streaming anytime) Melissa wants in this coming-of-age series Joan Hart (“Sabrina the executive produced by Jim Parsons Teenage Witch”) and Sean Astin (“The Big Bang Theory”). Creator/star (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) THURSDAY 11 Ryan O’Connell is gay and does have star in this comedy about a 13- “Black Summer” (Netflix streaming cerebral palsy, so points for year-old grifter who “infiltrates a anytime) If you’re a massive fan of representation. family with the intention of The Asylum’s goofy-cheap “Walking getting revenge on them for Dead” knockoff series “Z Nation” SATURDAY 13 unknowingly ruining her life.” over on Syfy, then you’ll be … one But as she gets to know them, of the viewers for this “companion “Charles Manson: The Funeral” she questions whether she can prequel” starring Jaime King (Reelz 6pm) This documentary go through with her plan. (Bulletproof Monk, Sin City, “Hart of tracks the journey of Jason Freeman, Dixie”). Charles Manson’s grandson, as he TUESDAY 16 attempts to recover the remains of “Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly the infamous serial killer. … So he D & Vinny” (MTV 6pm) MTV: “Bless This Mess” (KOAT-7 could bury them. … Not so he could 8:30pm) Newlyweds Rio (Lake Celebrating 10 years of trying to make souvenir paperweights out of get two idiots from New Jersey laid. Bell) and Mike (Dax Shepard) the ashes. … Not yet anyway. decide to ditch big city life, moving from fast-paced New FRIDAY 12 SUNDAY 14 York to rural Nebraska. Shockingly, they quickly learn “Huge in France” (Netflix streaming “Game of Thrones” (HBO 7pm) The that the farming life isn’t as anytime) In this semi- obsessively beloved fantasy series autobiographical sitcom, French easy as they expected. What, from the pen of George R.R. Martin have they never watched “Green comedy star Gad Elmaleh moves to returns for its eighth and final Los Angeles to reconnect with his Acres” with Eddie Albert and season. We only get six episodes this Eva Gabor? Or at least “The son—only to discover that he’s left time around. But they’re big ones, so all his fame and celebrity perks Simple Life” with Paris Hilton … enjoy. and Nicole Richie? back home in Europe. “Les Misérables” (KNME-5 8pm) “Mighty Little Bheem” (Netflix Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to streaming anytime) Netflix television in a six-part adaptation WEDNESDAY 17 releases the first East Indian from screenwriter Andrew Davies “Breakthrough: The Ideas That preschool animated series. It’s (Bridget Jones’s Diary, “House of Changed the World” (KNME-5 about an innocent toddler whose Cards”). Dominic West (“The Wire”) is 9pm) This PBS docu-series “boundless curiosity” gets him into Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo (Selma) starts out with an oldie but a all sorts of adventure and mischief. is Inspector Javert and Lily Collins goodie: the telescope. a Also, he’s super strong. (Mirror Mirror) is poor Fantine.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) NEW Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ classic adven- 3 Faces ture flick about a globe-hopping archaeologist (Harri- This charming Iranian drama—filmmaker Jafar son Ford) punching Nazis and kissing girls returns to Panahi’s fourth feature since being banned from the theaters. 115 minutes. PG. (Flix Brewhouse) industry in his own country—won Best Screenplay at Shrek (2001) the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The self-referential The photorealistic animation in this kids’ book come- (and slyly fictional) story concerns a cell phone to-life was groundbreaking at the time, and a top- video of a young woman evidently taking her own life notch cast (Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie after her parents forbid her from realizing her dream Murphy) ensures plenty of laughs throughout. The of becoming an actress. Both intrigued and worried, story takes place in a fantasy world where fairy tales actress Behnaz Jafari (playing herself) and director are real and a big, green ogre searches for love. 89 Jafar Panahi (playing himself) hit the road in search minutes. PG. (Flix Brewhouse) of the woman’s village to investigate. In Farsi with English subtitles. 100 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Fri- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory day 3412 at Guild Cinema) (1971) After The candy-coated fantasy classic based on Roald Ralph Fiennes’ nephew Hero Fiennes Tiffin (no, re- Dahl’s nonsense-filled children’s book returns to the ally) and Josephine Langford (Wolf Creek) star in big screen. It’s darker and more chaotic than you this “new adult romance” (it’s a thing) about a young probably remember, and damn is Gene Wilder good. woman who falls for a hunky British dude with a 100 minutes. G. (Icon Cinemas Albuquerque) “dark secret.” It’s basically Fifty Shades for teens and is based on the stupidly popular book series (originally published on the “social storytelling plat- form” Wattpad) by Anna Todd. She claims all her STILL PLAYING books are inspired by the music and fandom of One Hellboy The Aftermath Direction. (Honestly, I’m not making this up.) 106 Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke and Alexander Skars- minutes. PG-13. (Opens Thursday 4/11 at Century Little utes. Unrated. (Opens Thursday 4/18 at Century 14 gard star in this melodrama-heavy historical ro- Rio, Century 14 Downtown, AMC Albuquerque 12, Hollywood, tired of remakes and reboots (sorta), is Downtown, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Sta- mance. In the, well, aftermath of WWII, an aloof Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX now really getting into opposites. So what’s the op- dium 16 IMAX & RPX) British colonel (Clarke) and his emotionally & RPX, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) posite of the smash hit Big, a bodyswap comedy wounded wife (Knightley) are assigned to live in about a young white boy who magically wakes up in Rifftrax Live: Octaman Hamburg during the postwar reconstruction of Ger- Breakthrough the body of a grown up? Obviously, a bodyswap The Rifftrax gang (Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and many. But tensions arise with the German widower Tragedy strikes when Joyce Smith’s adopted son falls comedy about a grown-up black woman who magi- Kevin Murphy) get on the microphones and make (Skarsgard) who previously owned the house. Also, through the ice on a frozen lake in Missouri. Trapped cally wakes up in the body of a young girl. Regina fun of a cheesy 1971 monster movie about a team in case you couldn’t figure it out, the German dude underwater for more than 15 minutes and rushed to Hall (Girls Trip) and Issa Rae (“Orange Is the New of researchers who discover a strange mutation of is really hot, leading to the inevitable soapy love tri- a local hospital, the 14-year-old is given a slim Black”) star. 109 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Thursday man and octopus, which proceeds to terrorize angle. R. (Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge) chance of survival by doctors. But mom and dad 4/11 at Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, Cot- them. Pier Angeli, Kerwin Mathews and Jeff Morrow stay by his bedside praying for a miracle. This reli- tonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & star (but not as Octaman—that’s Read Morgan Apollo 11 gious drama is based on the best-selling Christian RPX, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, under the rubber, who went on to play “cop” in Back Documentarian Todd David Miller (The Last Steps) book The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) to the Future). 120 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Thurs- combs through some 11,000 hours of newly discov- Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection. So, day 4/18 at Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16, ered synched audio recordings, 16mm Mission Con- spoiler alert: He doesn’t die. Topher Grace (“That Mary Magdalene Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) trol films and previously unreleased 70mm footage Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) stars ’70s Show”) plays a pastor. 116 minutes. PG. Triple Threat from the launch and recovery to compile this portrait (Opens Wednesday 4/17 at Century Rio, Century 14 as the titular, Biblical figure. Constricted by the hier- of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. This space archies of the day, Mary defies her traditional family A big ol’ pile of martial arts superstars from around Downtown, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Sta- the world join forces (or not) in this ass-kicking spectacular hits theaters just in time to celebrate dium 16 IMAX & RPX) to join a new social movement led by the charis- the 50th anniversary of the historic landing. There is matic Jesus of Nazareth (Joaquin Phoenix, strad- free-for-all. When a contract is taken out on a bil- no voiceover or interviews here, just glorious historic Chitralahari dling a mighty wide range this year between this lionaire’s daughter (Celina Jade), a small band of footage of Buzz, Neil, Michael and the crew back at Sai Dharam Tej (Rey, Subramanyan For Sale) and and the upcoming Joker movie—but if Christian down-and-out mercenaries (Ong-Bak’s Tony Jaa and Mission Control. 93 minutes. G. (High Ridge) Kalyani Priyadarshan (Hello!, Bahubali: The Begin- Bale could be both Jesus and Batman, why not?). The Matrix’s Tiger Chen among them) must go toe- ning) star in this “romantic entertainer” about a Director Garth Davis (Lion) strives more for high- to-toe and fist-to-fist with a group of professional Ash Is Purest White down-and-out dude who is “not able to find success minded art than for old-fashioned religious drama. assassins (Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael From indie filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still despite many attempts.” Yes, there will be singing Christian conservatives probably won’t take to this Bisping) in order to stop them. Iko Uwais (The Raid) Life, A Touch of Sin) comes this sweeping bit of real- and dancing. In Telugu with English subtitles. 131 revisionist version casting Mary as a proto-feminist and JeeJa Yanin (Chocolate) are also in there, in ist cinema. Set between 2001 and 2017, this film minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 4/12 at Movies for #MeToo times. 120 minutes. R. (Opens Friday case you needed more ass-kicking. 96 minutes. Un- follows the story of tough gal Qiao (Jia’s wife and West) 4/12 at Guild Cinema) rated. (Opens Friday 4/12 at Guild Cinema) muse Tao Zhao) who hangs out with her low-rent gangster boyfriend only to end up behind bars, tak- Experiments in Cinema 14.2 Missing Link ing the rap for an illegal firearm. Five years later, Basement Film’s 14th annual (more or less) outing Reviewed this issue. 95 minutes. PG. (Opens Thurs- she’s let out of prison and begins a journey across brings some of the most cutting-edge experimental day 4/11 at Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, RETURNING the face of a rapidly changing China to confront her films from around the world to Albuquerque. Among AMC Albuquerque 12, Cottonwood Stadium 16, ex. Beautifully shot in some ugly locations, the film Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX, Icon Cinemas Al- Ben-Hur (1959) the special guests this year are Ant Farm founder Charlton Heston stars as the titular Jewish prince, evolves over time from a gangster saga to a charac- Chip Lord and “found footage” godfather Craig Bald- buquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, High ter study to a thought-provoking metaphor for Ridge) betrayed by a Roman friend and sent into slavery. win (Sonic Outlaws, Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies For years, our hero struggles to regain his freedom China’s increasingly capitalistic evolution. Reviewed Under America). From Tuesday, April 16 through Sat- Penguin Highway and find his revenge. Directed by the legendary in v28 i14. 136 minutes. Unrated. (High Ridge) urday, April 20, there will be screenings, workshops, William Wyler (Wuthering Heights, Roman Holiday, panel discussions, receptions, Q&As and countless In this cute animated fantasy (based on the sci-fi The Beach Bum novel by Tomihiko Morimi), a budding fourth-grade Funny Girl), this old-school Hollywood epic is as Indie trash-art filmmaker Harmony Korine (Kids, eyeball-bending multimedia experiences. For a com- genius investigates the mysterious reasons behind picturesque as they come. 212 minutes. (Century plete listing of events, go to Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy, Trash Humpers) writes the sudden appearance of penguins in his sleepy, Rio) and directs this stoner comedy starring the likes of experimentsincinema.org. Unrated. (Opens Tuesday landlocked Japanese village. The junior scientist 4/16 at Guild Cinema) The Goonies (1985) Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, soon traces the penguin-based invasion back to a Martin Lawrence, Zac Efron and Jonah Hill. Mc- young woman working at a nearby dental clinic and The cult adventure comedy returns to the big screen Grease 2 (1982) where it belongs. Join Mikey, Mouth, Data, Chunk Conaughey is the titular beach bum, a rebellious It’s not nearly the movie musical classic the 1978 the otherworldly power she unwittingly possesses. Florida stoner-poet named Moondog who lives by Screened in English dubbed and English subtitled and the rest of the Goonies gang as they search for original was. But this oft-forgotten follow up starring the long-lost treasure of One-Eyed Willie under- his own rules. It’s Korine’s lightest film, but you’d a young Michelle Pfieffer and some dude named versions. 118 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Sunday better be on the same gonzo-weird wavelength to 4/14 at Century Rio) neath their sleepy Pacific Northwest town. Sean Maxwell Caulfield (hey, he went on to star in “Dy- Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman and Martha appreciate its garish, weed-fueled charms. 95 min- nasty” and “The Colbys”) is probably a cult classic to Penguins Plimpton headline the retro cast. It’s got pirates, utes. R. (High Ridge) someone. Feel free to sing along to “Rock-a-Hula- Disneynature unveils its annual Earth Day docu- buried treasure, a hideously deformed John Ma- The Best of Enemies Luau.” You know the lyrics, right? 115 minutes. PG. mentary offering. This one’s about penguins. Aimed tuszak and a theme song from Cyndi Lauper. Hon- Taraji P. Henson stars in this biographical drama (Opens Sunday 4/14 at Guild Cinema) at the younger environmentalists out there, it tells estly, what could be more nostalgic? 114 minutes. about little-known civil rights activist Ann Atwater, Hellboy the “story” of Steve, an Adélie penguin who’s on a PG. (Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 who in 1971 went head-to-head with C.P. Ellis, the British director Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The De- quest to find a life partner and start a family in the IMAX & RPX) Exalted Grand Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan (played icy Antarctic. Ed Helms (The Hangover, “The Office”) here by Sam Rockwell), over the issue of school seg- scent, Doomsday) helms this reboot of the super- narrates. 76 minutes. G. (Opens Wednesday 4/17 Hidden Figures (2016) natural action series based on Mike Mignola’s comic This important historical drama is based on the true regation. Against all odds, she actually changed his at Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock mind, and the two became close friends who to- book of the same name. David Harbour (“Stranger Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) story of the Human Calculators, a team of African- Things”) takes over for Ron Perlman as the demonic American women who worked for NASA, providing gether worked on a number of social causes over superhero. In this outing, he’s battling an ancient The Pilgrim’s Progress crucial mathematical data in the early, pre-com- the years. 133 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Cot- sorceress (Milla Jovovich) bent on some apocalyptic What kid wouldn’t love a CGI cartoon version of puter days of the American space program. Taraji P. tonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & revenge. 120 minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 4/11 at John Bunyan’s 1678 Christian allegory? Ben Price Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe star RPX, High Ridge) Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, AMC Albu- (who starred in the Australian miniseries “Tony”) is alongside Kevin Costner and Kirsten Dunst. It’s a Captain Marvel querque 12, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Sta- the voice of a Christian pilgrim (named Christian formulaic, feel-good tribute to unsung heroes, but it The new age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe be- dium 16 IMAX & RPX, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Pilgrim) who faces distractions, challenges and per- delivers its predetermined beats with humor and gins with something of a flashback. It’s the ’90s and Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) ils along his journey to the Celestial City. 108 min- sympathy. 127 minutes. PG. (Flix Brewhouse) a young(er) Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) encoun-

[24] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 FILM | CAPSULES BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY ters one of the universe’s most powerful beings, an The Public alien soldier caught in a war with a shape-shifting Emilio Estevez writes, directs and stars in this well- race known as the Kree. But is Captain Marvel (Brie Theater Contact Info: meaning drama about an act of civil disobedience that Larson from Room) really an alien, or do her roots turns into a standoff with police. Seems a group of lie far closer to Earth? 124 minutes. PG-13. (Cen- AMC ALBUQUERQUE 12 homeless people in Cincinnati have peacefully (if ille- tury 14 Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 3810 Las Estancias Way SW • 544-2360 gally) taken over a public library to seek shelter from 12, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio the bitter winter cold. This draws the attentions of an Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, CENTURY 14 DOWNTOWN ambitious TV reporter (Gabrielle Union), a police nego- Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) 100 Central SW • 243-9555 tiator (Alec Baldwin), a pair of dueling mayoral candi- dates (Christian Slater, Kelvin Webb) and one Dumbo outspoken librarian (Estevez). 119 minutes. PG-13. Tim Burton helms the latest in Disney’s unstoppable CENTURY RIO (High Ridge) parade of live-action remakes of animated classics. I-25 & Jefferson • 343-9000 Surprising no one, Burton opts for a much darker Shazam! take on the classic 1941 cartoon. The screenplay by COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16 After years of wallowing in husky whispers and grimdark Ehren Kruger (Scream 3, The Ring, Transformers: Re- Cottonwood Mall • (844) 462-7342 ext. #607 atmospheres, DC Comics/Warner Bros. finally realizes venge of the Fallen, Ghost in the Shell) strips away that superhero movies should be fun, aspirational most of the familiar scenes, adding all sorts of com- FLIX BREWHOUSE and—dare we say it?—heroic. A streetwise 14-year-old plications about wounded war vets, motherless chil- 3236 La Orilla NW • 445-8500 orphan (wide-eyed Asher Angel from Disney’s “Andi dren and evil circus promoters. Colin Farrell, Michael Mack”) is contacted by an otherworldly wizard who gifts Keaton and Danny DeVito star. 112 minutes. PG. GUILD CINEMA him with a host of magical superpowers (not to men- (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albu- tion the ability to transform into a musclebound adult— querque 12, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albu- 3405 Central NE • 255-1848 played by Zachary Levi). With the help of his adoptive querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood family, our “hero” does his best to figure out his abilities Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) HIGH RIDGE (not to mention the meaning of heroism). But it’s not 12910 Indian School NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #605 long before an evil scientist (Mark Stong as Dr. Sivana) Five Feet Apart shows up trying to steal those powers. This entertaining From Romeo and Juliet to Love Story, teenagers ICON CINEMAS ALBUQUERQUE and surprisingly heartfelt action comedy trusts its have proven their affinity for people falling in love 13120-A Central Ave. SE • 814-7469 source material, accepting the cartoonish elements and dying young. This romantic drama, starring Cole and borrowing a lot from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Sprouse ( “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody,” MOVIES 8 “New 52” version of the character. 132 minutes. PG- “Riverdale”) and Haley Lu Richardson 13. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albu- (“Ravenswood,” Split), follows two teenagers with 4591 San Mateo NE • 888-4773 querque 12, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas cystic fibrosis who meet in a hospital and fall in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cotton- love. Unfortunately, thanks to their weakened im- MOVIES WEST wood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) mune systems, they must maintain the titular dis- 9201 Coors NW • 898-4664 tance between them. Expect to cry. 98 minutes. They Shall Not Grow Old PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio RIO RANCHO PREMIERE CINEMA Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings series) directs this Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16) 1000 Premiere Parkway • 994-3300 humble historical documentary about World War I, fea- turing never-before-seen footage, to commemorate the Gloria Bell centennial of the conflict’s end. 99 minutes. R. (AMC Argentine filmmaker Sebastián Lelio Americanizes SUB THEATER Albuquerque 12) his beloved 2013 drama. Julianne Moore stars as a UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-5608 divorcée of a certain age whose only joy in life Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral seems to be hanging out at a disco-themed singles WINROCK STADIUM 16 IMAX & RPX After 11 plays, 11 movies and one animated special, bar somewhere in the greater Los Angeles area. She 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE • (844) 462-7342 ext. #4058 writer-director-producer-star Tyler Perry puts on the wig crosses paths with a recent divorcé (John Turturro), and makeup one last time (allegedly) as tough, cranky, and a low-key romance evolves. Unfortunately, his elderly black lady Madea Simmons. For this comic out- divorce is far fresher, and he finds himself still stuck ing it appears Madea’s joyous family reunion turns into under the thumb of his clingy ex-wife and inept a nightmare when the Simmons clan (several members daughters. The on-again, off-again relationship be- Lucifer of which are played by Perry, of course) finds itself in tween our two leads forms the loose narrative center When the boss of a ruling political party so powerful backwoods Georgia with an unexpected funeral to at- of this film, which—like the excellent Moore—is far he’s likened to “God” dies unexpectedly, the loss of tend. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) more interested in getting deep inside the skin of its leadership causes a vacuum among his greedy fellow titular character. Reviewed in v28 i12. 102 minutes. politicos. A strong candidate for replacement arrives Unplanned R. (Cottonwood Stadium 16, High Ridge) in the form of manly Stephen Nedumbally (Indian su- This “faith-based” drama is adapted from the memoir perstar Mohanlal, an actor in roughly 360 films). De- by Abby Johnson, who was “one of the youngest Hotel Mumbai spite the heavily political setting, at some Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation.” Ac- Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Jason Isaacs and Anupam point—naturally—it goes Indian action movie crazy cording to Johnson, she was “extremely pro-choice” and Kher headline this epic dramatic take on the 2008 with plenty of assassins, explosions, guns and kung involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions. That was be- terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The film laser-fo- fu. In Malayalam with English subtitles. 175 minutes. fore 2009, anyway, when she allegedly witnessed an cusses its attention on the impossibly lush Taj Mahal Unrated. (Century Rio) abortion on ultrasound and experienced a life-changing Palace Hotel, which was invaded by a small group of conversion. She’s now a prominent anti-abortion ac- Pakistani terrorists, who proceeded to execute The Mustang tivist and runs her own ministry. If you’re one of those guests and staff members for three horrifying days. Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, The Danish people who hangs out on the sidewalks outside abor- This mostly fictionalized account focusses on the Girl) stars as a violent inmate in a Nevada prison who tion clinics holding signs of aborted fetuses and pray- terrified guests and the loyal staff members fighting gets the opportunity to take part in a rehabilitation ing, this is totally the movie for you. Ashley Bratcher (of to keep them alive. Though it plays out like an en- therapy program involving the training of wild horses. faith-based films War Room, Badge of Faith and 90 semble disaster movie, Patel’s Sikh waiter is the It’s a well-worn story about redemption and cute ani- Minutes in Heaven) stars. 106 minutes. R. (Century heart of the film, struggling against all odds to save mals. But Schoenaerts breathes a lot of emotion into Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Sta- lives. It’s a brutally blunt film, but a gripping one. Re- the familiar proceedings. 96 minutes. R. (Century 14 dium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) viewed in v28 i13. 123 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Downtown, High Ridge) Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge) Us No Manches Frida 2 “We have met the enemy and he is us,” quipped car- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden The 2016 Spanish language hit No Manches Frida toonist Walt Kelly in his 1953 book The Pogo Papers. World followed a semi-smooth ex-con trying to recover some Writer-director Jordan Peele takes that warning and Although DreamWorks’ Dragon series gets less at- hidden loot from a previous bank robbery—by posing runs with it in this follow up to his 2017 horror smash tention than the Shrek or Kung Fu Panda films, it’s a as a substitute teacher in the high school where the Get Out. In this unbelievably creepy home invasion tender, fast-moving and visually imaginative bunch money is now stuck. In this equally silly sequel, our thriller, a happy middle-class family (Lupita Nyong’o, of fantasy films. The coming-of-age-but-with-dragons seemingly reformed criminal (Omar Chaparro) is get- Winston Duke and kids) finds itself stalked and terror- trilogy rounds out here with this emotional, exciting ting his wedding called off by nerdy-but-hot teacher ized by a group of strangers who appear to be their segment introducing a new dragon (a sparkling Lucy (Martha Higareda) and fighting to save the run- exact physical duplicates. 116 minutes. R. (Century 14 white female to counterpoint our hero’s ebony down school from closure. 102 minutes. R. (Century Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix pet/pal Toothless) and a new villain (evil F. Murray Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12) Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Abraham, who’s determined to exterminate every Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock last dragon). 104 minutes. PG. (Century Rio, Cotton- Pet Sematary Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX) wood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & The popular Stephen King horror novel, turned into a Wonder Park RPX) movie back in 1989, gets a reboot. This time around Jason Clarke (Terminator Genisys) and Amy Seimetz Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Animation and Ilion The Kid Animation Studios (makers of various OK toons, includ- (Alien: Covenant) are the grieving parents who turn to ing Barnyard, Sherlock Gnomes and Planet 51) offer Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ethan Hawke a mysterious, mystical burial ground when their (Reality Bites), Dane DeHaan (Valerian and the City up this 3D-animated cartoon about a wildly imagina- daughter is accidentally killed. Nothing good comes tive young girl who dreams up a magical amusement of a Thousand Planets) and Vincent D’Onofrio (who out of that, I can assure you. 101 minutes. R. (Cen- also directs) star in this semi-historical tale of a park in her bedroom—only to discover that it exists out young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid’s encounter tury 14 Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque in the nearby woods and is staffed by various talking with Sheriff Pat Garrett. 100 minutes. R. (Movies 8, 12, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Rio animals. Jennifer Garner, Kenan Thompson, Mila Kunis, Movies West) Rancho Premiere Cinema, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX John Oliver, Ken Jeong and Matthew Broderick are & RPX, Cottonwood Stadium 16) among the voice cast. 85 minutes. PG. (Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Cottonwood Stadium 16)

APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [25] SONIC REDUCER BY AUGUST MARCH Rahim AlHaj Letters from Iraq: Oud and String Quartet (Smithsonian Folkways) Originally released by Smithsonian Folkways about two years ago— and now available digitally through Bandcamp—this collection of program music features the oud playing and musical vision of Albuquerque resident Rahim AlHaj. He’s a notable member of the local music community who came out to the high desert at the beginning of the 21st century, as a political refugee seeking asylum. Since his tenure in Burque began, AlHaj has received NEA fellowships, performed worldwide and even jammed out with REM. In broad terms his work embraces traditional Iraqi techniques and tonalities while also employing Western instrumentation and deeply felt personal and cultural narratives. This record documents the lives of humans caught up in war and its consequences. Through personal correspondence and the widely emotional evocations of a string quartet playing in conjunction with the the traditional tunings of the oud, AlHaj creates evocative and thoughtful soundscapes, each, it seems, a component in an organic machine that seeks refuge, peace and ultimately reconciliation. Tracks like “Letter 4-The Last Time We Will Fly Birds” speaks to the starkness and dissonance of war, of the impossibility of returning to the times that came before. But by the time the album ends with a track titled “Letter 8-Voices to Remember,” a hope for the future is borne upon sparkling strings and searching harmonic discourse. Black Unicorn Black Unicorn LIVE at Launchpad, March 21, 2019 (Self-released) Jeremy McCollum has a posse. JK. Really, the axe master for longtime Burque super stoner band SuperGiant has another band and dang it, you ought to give their latest record a listen; it’s so far removed from the guitarist’s other work as to make pique just about any rocker’s interest. More importantly it genuinely jams, creating a surfed-out and smoky world where the roots of rocanrol shine and the overall sound is the season of summer, elusive yet satisfying just like that extra special cheeseburger in paradise you plan to capture and conquer come the Fourth of July. Recently recorded at Burque’s best rock club for the rest of time and even unto the apocalypse, Launchpad, this virtual 45 minute set by the up and coming, counterintuitive alternative to SuperGiant presents a repertoire that is bluesy, ballsy and as broken as the best in west-coast rock coming from the OC at this very moment. Tuneage like “Surf Fever” is as relentless as the ocean while doo-wop numbers like “Goodbye” give listeners an indication of the commitment to rocanrol these dudes are making while paddling out to a musical past that can slay if not quickly controlled. The stylistic changes all come off as knowing and I’m sure Jeremy and company must have listened to millions of records to get this out of that. Mi favorito: the slinky eighth track, “I Want More.” Y’all listening? a

[26] WEEKLY ALIBI APRIL 11-17, 2019 MUSIC | INTERVIEW Let There Be Rap M.O. Music reps Burque hip-hop BY AUGUST MARCH little bit of money, so I can flex. But I also have stuff on the album like “Old Ways” which is a song about, well, the hook says “My mind is ack in his early days a music critic, August trying to bring me back to my old ways.” I wrote BMarch used to run into all kinda kids who that when I was about seven months sober. It’s told him all about how they wanted to be about how your mind is always trying to trick rock stars. Cars would cruise past his house in the you, telling you, “you’re good, you’re good,” and Heights blaring powerfully hypnotic sounds. The that you can always go back to what you were sound of guitars was intoxicating, whether doing and hang out with the same people as slitheringly soothing or cacophonously crunchy. before. But really, you can’t. You have to stay The bass could very well be the heartbeat of rock focused and live. There’s also a song on the and roll personified, he thought. So too, the album called “No More.” My mom never really drums were like bone—hard, linear, maybe even liked my music but she approved of that song. mineral—lovingly supporting the fresh and fiery flesh that was the meat of his imagined rocanrol Now she digs your music? animal. Rawr. Yeah, it’s about time! When punk broke in 1979, March glimpsed the inevitable through special aviators glasses Did you tell her you had won the Best that had come from the future. But what he saw Rapper category in Weekly Alibi’s Best of M.O. Music ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY also started to become apparent to anyone with Burque Music? the bravery to live or work within the perplexing but we moved up to Michigan. I graduated from Serio? You were in a coma from drug abuse? I did, I did. I showed her the newspaper and she polymorphic realm known as postmodernism. was really happy. That last song is really just Rock was cooked, done. Though there would high school out there. Totally. They didn’t think I was going to make it. telling my mom, my family—the real people in be enough leftovers for many a future feast, an my life who are with me—that we don’t have to Were you interested in music growing up? end to this long dinner would inevitably come to struggle anymore. We can overcome it. I’ve pass. I didn’t really take it seriously until I was 17 or But you’re clean now? come a long way to tell them that. Rock and roll had grown heavy in the ’70s as 18. Music was an outlet for me to put all my Yeah, I’m over a year sober. it reached its peak. By 1980 the downward spiral emotions into. I’d been through a lot of stuff. It’s What’s next for M.O. Music? had begun. Punk rock was just one of its a way for me to express myself, because otherwise How did that whole experience affect your harbingers. That warning sign was followed by a I am quiet, a laid-back kinda dude. I let it all out I’m going to stay here for a bit and see where music? that goes. Hip-hop culture is just beginning in real earthquake; that monumental movement—a through the music. I still make music, but I didn’t put anything out thing that ultimately reset the popular music Albuquerque. The bigger picture is to move out at all when I was on drugs. Now that I’m sober, to Atlanta; there’s a banging hip-hop scene out transmitters and receivers all over America—is Did hip-hop in particular give you an that’s changed. called hip-hop. opportunity to speak about what’s on your there, and audiences were really supportive of So now when I run into young listeners on me when I went out there this past winter. mind? How long have you been working in the streets of Burque, they mostly don’t talk Yeah. Absolutely. Burque? about rocanrol music. But you can bet, sure as So you’re already rocking Atlanta? shooting, that they wanna chat about hip-hop Almost two years. I picked back up on drinking I won a contest at Leo’s Upstairs Lounge. DJ B. What is your flow about? when I got out here, so I put myself into MATS nation. And some of them will come right out I mainly like to tell my story, a little bit about Moss from Atlanta came and I won. He takes and say it: they wanna be rappers and they will [detox], went to Turquoise Lodge and went the top three artists from several cities. He pays myself, things that I’ve endured, things I’ve through another program. I got out in February. work their asses off to master poetry and flow, to accomplished. All of the things I’ve overcome for the hotel in Atlanta and studio time; you just become arhats of the turntable, the Bozak. are in the mix. Plus it’s for people that like to got to get there. I was the only rapper from Now that you’ve found your mojo, what’s M.O. Music is a lot like that, except for the party. Albuquerque who actually won and then went fact that he’s already on the road to becoming a next? to Atlanta. I shot a music video out there, respected rap artist. With a dangerous and Since I’ve cleaned up my act, things have been Tell me more. “Can’t Stop Me.” cunning sense of rhythm, a gritty expressionism blowing up. I just dropped my album, I started out with a couple of homies that were based on a hard life coming up in Lansing, M.O.tivation 2, I just played two shows, my recording. We were called the Infamous Writers. But Burque still has some allure, que no? Michigan, a struggle with substance abuse and an album release, then another gig at Red Velvet We had a little group and then things fell apart, Yeah, I’m down with it. I do some work with attitude that says triumph over adversity is Underground. so I purchased my own mic and gear and started Dead Rapper’s Society out here, and they rock. possible—while defeat proves merely a out again. Then I started recording at Crack They’re really close homies. I get a lot of support distraction—this dude was the winner of the What’s the focus of your new work? out here. But I also get some fake support, Best Rapper Best of House Recording Studio in Lansing, Michigan. category in this year’s Basically, I just put out a lot of real music. I people who want to bite my style. Burque Music readers’ poll. found a couple of beatmakers to work with. While you you were out there, did you drop The artist stopped by the office on Cash Keys, he’s from Santa. Audio Music, he’s any records? Ah, but the whole music scene here has Wednesday to reflect and point to a future where from Albuquerque. Then I got some beats hip-hop is king—where his status at the We put out a minor mixtape, but I graduated always been fickle, I say. But if you look from high school and started doing solo work online from people that like my stuff, like Key deeply you will find the real truth, it’s out roundtable is guaranteed by hard work, a sharp Rex Beats. He did four of my tracks. I just put it tongue and badass beats. again. I changed my name too. I used to be called there, as someone once said. People really M.O. Motivation but I dropped the motivation all together to show people that I’m back and to love music in this town. tell listeners that if you’ve been through the Weekly Alibi: Who are you? part. Overall, people really dig my sound. It’s same things, similar experiences as me, if you inspirational; there’s a lot of emotion in it plus it M.O. Music: I go by M.O. Music. put your mind to it, you can get past that and How did you end up in Burque? has good vibes. accomplish anything. How long have you been making rap and Really, my mom had already been out here for a hip-hop? few years. So like, really I was really into hustling What would you tell someone from the dope. I was slanging a lot of dope out there in Tell our readers about the songs on About seven years. future if they came back, found your work Michigan. I abused the money I made and M.O.tivation 2. and asked, “What is M.O. Music?” started drinking a lot and taking Xanax. Long Well, there’s “True Religion,” which is a song M.O. Music is life. It’s about from where you What’s your story? story short, I OD’ed and was brain-dead for three about Michigan. I like to dress well now because started, from the nothingness into becoming I grew up with no father. He committed suicide days. The doctors were going to pull the plug, but at one point I was homeless, and I came from someone. It’s about believing in that process. It’s when I was, like, three. I’m from Dallas, Texas, nothing, basically. But I’m good now, I have a I woke up unexpectedly. about making dreams reality. a

APRIL 11-17, 2019 WEEKLY ALIBI [27] BAKED GOODS | CANNABIS NEWS BY JOSHUA LEE Getting Along STATES bill and bipartisanship f you’ve been paying attention, you’ve possession of marijuana. The law states that noticed the frail tapestry of reality has been anyone caught with less than a half ounce of I cannabis or paraphernalia in their possession fraying at the edges for the past couple of years. The world of fantasy seems to have will be subject to a $50 fine and issued a collided with its ugly twin, reality, and the two penalty assessment (which is not considered a criminal conviction). First-time offenders with have been awkwardly wrestling for our more than half an ounce but less than an entertainment on the nightly news. Yes, I’m ounce will be found guilty of a misdemeanor talking about the complete memetic takeover and punished with a fine of not less than $50 of the “way things are” by the collective and not more than $100 or by imprisonment weirdness of the world’s subcultures as they’re for no more than 15 days. First-time offenders thrust into the harsh sunlight of the with more than an ounce but less than internet. When furries, transgenics and eight ounces will be found guilty of a augmented reality have become passé, misdemeanor and punished with a fine it isn’t surprising that cannabis seems of not less than $100 and not more like less of a threat to the general than $1,000 or by imprisonment for less than a year. Anything more than status quo than it did some 50 years that will be a fourth degree felony. ago. This is good news, to be sure, And maybe that’s why more and but it’s not great news. In fact it more policy makers are signaling feels like a bit of a slap following that they’re warming up to the idea. the failure of two legalization A bipartisan group of lawmakers bills during this year’s legislative reintroduced a bill into the House and session. Senate last week that would protect the Don’t get me wrong—it’s great cannabis industry in states where it’s been that less people will be jailed for something legalized for medical or recreational use. The that shouldn’t be illegal in the first place, but STATES (Strengthening the Tenth it’s proof that our leaders are still holding onto Amendment Through Entrusting States) Act outdated and, frankly, foolish ideas surrounding would amend the Controlled Substances Act the drug. to limit the number of federal actions against I don’t know why I’d be shocked. Abortion these states that are available to the Drug is still technically illegal in New Mexico. I Enforcement Agency. The legislation was mean, really. introduced with 13 Democratic and 13 Republican cosponsors in the House. There seems to be a rising number of GOP Strain Corner members who support cannabis reform right A week of hiking and picking up heavy stuff now. This is notable, as the issue is finally had left my muscles sore and my back in leaving the bounds of partisan rhetoric. Forbes disarray. I limped my way into Cannaceutics recently reported that the House’s top (4316 Carlisle Blvd. NE Ste. D) with pain Republican on criminal justice issues, co- relief on my mind. I hadn’t been by in a while. sponsor of the STATES Act and House They’ve finally expanded the waiting room and Judiciary Committee member Rep. Doug added an actual showroom, which made the Collins, said it was “incumbent on Congress to experience way easier and more comfortable. I clarify these issues and reform our federal laws.” picked out a gram of Back to the Future (THC: According to Rolling Stone, Republican Sen. 27.14%, CBD: < 0.1%—$11/gram) and headed Cory Gardner, lead sponsor of the bill in the home with the idea of smoking it while Senate, claims he already spoke to President watching the film with the same name. Donald Trump and convinced him to endorse a Back home, I fired up the movie and packed state’s rights approach to marijuana reform. a bowl. The buds were sticky and dense. It This sounds likely, considering Trump’s support smelled pungent and sharp, with a light hint of of a previous version of the bill last year. cat piss. An indica-dominant hybrid, this cross And that means that we all need to stop of Road Kill Skunk and Allen Wrench tastes buying into the “Republicans versus incredibly sour and skunky. Its powerful effects Democrats” argument that has dominated were evident almost immediately. political discourse in this country—at least in Before the DeLorean had even made an this instance of cannabis reform. I highly doubt appearance, I was already feeling like jelly. The there’s some comic book supervillain out there body high from this strain is incredibly purposefully planting this divisive argument to pervasive and instead of pain, I felt a light tired cause discord among the ranks, but if there was, looseness in my joints and back. I stayed very then it would be the perfect plan. spacey and unfocused through the first half of the movie and finally gave up when my eyelids Decrim Bill Signed turned into sheets of slate and demanded that I take a nap. I only budged once—when I heard Throw your hats in the air and celebrate the the classic “Hello, McFly”—but I kept my eyes little victories. closed. Last week Gov. 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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Qing Dynasty controlled Pooh stories. He said there are two ways to navigate wisdom of pop singer Pat Benatar, who in 1983 told us, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author J. R. R. China from the mid-seventeenth century to the early through life. Either you “take a bearing on something in the “Love is a battlefield”? Was Ovid implying that to succeed Tolkien toiled on his masterpiece The Lord of the Rings for twentieth century. It was the fifth biggest empire in world future and steer towards it, or take a bearing on something in the amorous arts we must be heroic warriors prepared 12 years. Once he finished, it wasn’t published for more history. But eventually it faded, as all mighty regimes do. in the past and steer away from it.” So in his view, “There to overcome fears and risk psychological dangers? than five years. So 17 years passed between the time he Revolution came in 1911, forcing the last emperor to are those who look ahead and pull and those who look Probably. But I will also point out that it takes as much launched his precious project and the time when it reached abdicate and giving birth to the Republic of China. I’m behind and push.” I’m hoping that in the coming weeks and courage to create fun, interesting togetherness as it does an audience. I don’t think you will need that much patience inclined to think of your life in 2019 as having some months, you will make a delighted commitment to the first to wrestle with the problems that togetherness brings. You in shepherding your own venture to full expression, similarities to that transition. It’s the end of one era and option: taking a bearing on something in the future and need just as much bravura and panache to explore the Capricorn. But I hope you’ll summon as much faith in the beginning of another; a changing of the guard and a steering towards it. I think that approach will inspire you sweet mysteries of intimacy as you do to explore the achy yourself as Tolkien had to rouse in himself. To do so will passing of the torch. The coming weeks will be a favorable toward the most interesting success. mysteries of intimacy. Keep these thoughts in mind as you bring out the best in you! time to be very active in deciding and visualizing the marshal your audacity to deepen and expand your best AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Released in 1998, The empire you want next. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The national animal of Finland is relationships in the coming weeks. the brown bear. The national insect is the ladybug and the Prince of Egypt is an animated film that tells the story of TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I hope that sometime soon national instrument is a stringed instrument known as the SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The literal meaning of the the Hebrew prophet Moses. In the climactic event, the you’ll acquire a new source of support or inspiration. Now kantele. As for the national author, it’s Aleksis Kivi, who French term jolie-laide is “pretty and ugly.” Bloggers at hero uses magic to part the waters of the Red Sea, is a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to produced just one novel that took him 10 years to write. wordsnquotes.com define it as follows: “It’s a fascinating allowing his people to run across the sea floor and escape attract influences that are in alignment with your deep He also published a short collection of odes and a few quirkiness that’s irresistible, like a face you want to keep the army that’s chasing them. To make that seven-minute values. This addition might be a person or animal. It could plays, adding up to a grand total of less than 800 pages of looking at even if you can’t decide whether it is beautiful or scene, 28 professional animators labored for 318,000 be a vibrant symbol or useful tool. It may even be a work. I think that the efforts you make in the coming not.” Jolie-laide overlaps with the Japanese term wabi- hours. In the coming months, you could create your own fantasy character or departed ancestor that will stimulate weeks could have a disproportionately large impact, as sabi, which describes a person or thing that is lovely version of that marvel, Aquarius. But you’ll need a team to vitality you haven’t been able to summon on your own. Be well, Leo. What you lack in quantity will be irrelevant because of its imperfection and incompleteness. I bring help you, and that team is not yet ready to go. The coming on the lookout for this enhancement. compared to the sheer quality you generate. these facts to your attention because I think you have weeks will be a favorable time to get it ready, though. extraordinary potential to be a master embodier of both GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Poet David Hinton analyzed PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean businessman Steve VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I follow the blogger jolie-laide and wabi-sabi in the coming weeks. the Chinese word for “poetry.” Its etymological meaning is Evanescent Voyager because she makes me cry with sad Jobs testified that taking LSD was “one of the two or “words spoken at the fertility altar.” Let’s make that your joy and exultant poignance on a regular basis. One of her SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As Czech playwright three most important things” he ever did in his life. It theme, even if you don’t write or read poetry. I suspect the other fans wrote her a love note I could have written Vaclav Havel (1936–2011) matured, he became a political opened his mind in ways he felt were crucial to his coming weeks will be a favorable time to take a vow or myself. It said, “Your emotional brilliance and thoughtful dissident who opposed the Soviet Union’s authoritarian development. What are the three most important things utter a solemn intention in front of a homemade fertility passion break me into pieces and then weave me back grip on his country. Eventually he was a key player in the you’ve ever done, Pisces? I invite you to revisit at least one altar. The oath you speak might express a desire to boost together with more coherence than I had before reading Velvet Revolution that banished Communism. When of them, and see if you can take it to the next step of its your use of your physical vitality: your lust for life, your you. I revere your alchemical talent for undoing me so you Czechoslovakia emerged as a new democracy, its people power to inspire you. What if it has even more to offer you adoration of the natural world, or your power to produce can heal me; for lowering my defenses so I can be open to elected him president. Havel later thanked Lou Reed and in your efforts to become the person you want to be? a new human life. Or your vow to foster your fertility could your riches; for demolishing my habitual trance so you can the band The Velvet Underground for fully awakening his be more metaphorical and symbolic in nature: the awaken my sleeping genius.” I believe that in the coming liberationist leadership. He said their unruly music stoked HOMEWORK: WHAT OTHER SIGN WOULD YOU WANT TO BE imaginative intimacy you will explore or the creativity weeks, life itself will offer to perform these same services his longing to establish a culture where total creative IF YOU COULD TAKE A VACATION FROM YOUR ACTUAL you’ll express in future works of art or the generous for you, Virgo. I urge you to accept! freedom was possible. I mention this, Sagittarius, because SIGN? WHY? WRITE FREEWILLASTROLOGY.COM. effects you want to have on the world. now is a favorable time to identify the music or art or films LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Love is no assignment for or literature that might fuel your emancipation in the Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly CANCER (June 21-July 22): Christopher Robin Milne was cowards.” That’s a quote attributed to the ancient Roman audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. 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