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Some may cost almost the same Terry Kocon South Valley bike safety center that is changing the Designer/Illustrator way Albuquerque thinks about bike transportation. showing at the National Hispanic as paying the tax penalty. In fact, some people are paying between Rob Maestas Patrons of the long-gone M&J Sanitary Tortilla Cultural Center. Free tickets available one hour before the show. (Rated R) $50 and $100 per month. And, instead of getting nothing, you can Photography Factory will want to read Sara MacNeil’s story on be covered for everything from preventative care to peace of mind. Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, Page 24 about that long-closed restaurant being Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm transformed into an art gallery. 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published 12/29/16 in the To the Editor: a good and comfortable life, but so Pulp News New Public Affairs Radio Albuquerque Journal cites C.D. New Mexico Gov. Toney Anaya should all Americans. COMPILED BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF Idso and S.B. Idso. The Idsos declared New Mexico a sanctuary There is a misleading narrative Hits ABQ Airwaves are among the dying species state in 1986. Albuquerque is a floating around that these people Free money Over the life of the original $12,500 by dan vukelich | [email protected] of climate-change deniers. sanctuary city within a sanctuary have been totally left behind by loan, Jamie Chastain figures he paid If you’re having trouble finding work, or policy wonks, specifically those station at the American University in They are linked with American state that has a notorious reputation the Obama Administration and the off three times that amount, yet he still consider Finland, where the govern- concerned with free speech and the Washington, D.C. The news and public Legislative Exchange Council, for cultivating violent illegal alien establishment. But they haven’t F owed $12,500 when the loan balance role of the news media in America, there’s affairs schedule spans all 24 hours in the which works secretly to promote criminals within its jurisdiction. been. In the key states that cost ment is experimenting with a univer- was forgiven. a welcome addition to Albuquerque’s day, which means if you’re a fan of New legislation that benefits oil and gas Many transnational criminals are Mrs. Clinton the election, Michigan, sal basic income program by which public radio airwaves. Mexico music, you’ll need to tune to 89.1 industries and corporate interests also illegal aliens. Twenty-five years Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the people will get a monthly government It’s “1A,” which is short for NPR host FM at noon. To the Editor (via voicemail): and is largely funded by the Koch later, in 2011, Gov. Susana Martinez median household income is on par stipend, regardless of whether they’re Pound sand working or even looking for work. Joshua Johnson’s core topic, the First “1A” host Johnson spent more than five So, I’m here at, uh, Bandito’s brothers. undeclared New Mexico as a sanc- with the national average. Can you believe Florida has a sand A just-launched pilot program Amendment. “1A” took to the air after years as the morning news host for mem- having a wonderful lunch and I’m National Geographic released an tuary state. However, the character- That’s because the policies enacted shortage? The Sunshine State has guarantees 2,000 jobless Finns $590 New Year’s upon the retirement from ber station KQED in San Francisco and reading your rag. I’ve always read article called “World to Lose istics of the former lawlessness have by the Obama administration – the been hauling sand to its hurri- a month through 2018. The Finnish daily radio journalism of long-time public teaches podcasting at the University of your paper but today it’s a rag. Two-Thirds of Wild Animals by once again arisen in Albuquerque auto bailout, the stimulus, and the cane-ravaged beaches from quarries government is betting that rather than affairs host Diane Rehm. California at Berkeley journalism school, You know what? You have um…. 2020” in October 2016. Every two [the Dec. 18 discovery of a decapitat- ACA – helped people in those states inland and from slowly depleting sit on the couch, the recipients will get First, the gripe. “1A” airs on KANW- according to the NPR website. the editor… I just want to talk to the years, World Wildlife Fund and ed, sexually mutilated body behind the most. The real people left behind deposits offshore. Now, a recently out of the house and try to 89.1 FM’s second Albuquerque frequency, And it shows. Early topics have includ- editor concerning… concerning a Zoological Society of London a Northeast Heights Walmart]. by the government are the people passed law allows the U.S. Army better themselves. 107.5 FM, which has so little power you ed fake news, Russia’s influence in the couple articles that you have in your update an index of wildlife popula- What New Mexico and Albuquer- without clean water in Flint, the Corps of Engineers to study the po- can lose the signal by standing in front presidential election, diversity in the news [Dec. 28] paper. tions. This report, entitled the Living que are experiencing in this behead- people who don’t have access to tential of using foreign sand, such as of your radio. If you’re in your car, you media and Americans’ disturbing pen- As soon as you open it up, you Planet Index, uses numbers of wild- ing are the benefits of encouraging health care providers in Concordia Boycott sand from the Bahamas. Still standing might have to drive several blocks before chant for seeking out news and opinions have an article here with, um… life established in 1970 as a baseline. criminals per se to congregate Parish, La., and of course, Native in the way, however, is a federal ban the scan function of your radio will settle one agrees with. Miss, uhh, Mases [Sayrah Namasté] The index showed that wildlife among the otherwise peaceful Americans living on reservations. A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is refusing to sing at Donald on use of foreign sand to combat in on 107.5. Which explains this fact, which I learned or whatever the hell her name is, populations have dropped by 58 inhabitants of their city and state. There is a myth being sold that the But, true to its mission, KANW’s so- on “1A”: The Pew Research Center found Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. beach erosion that was approved by and this guy by the name of percent between 1970 and 2012. It is one thing to undeclare a Democrats need to focus on Middle called HD 2 channel delivers full-time that the political divide in the United “Looking from the outside in, it Congress years ago at the behest of Robert Reich. The Living Planet Report 2016 jurisdiction a sanctuary locality or America. The truth is they need to public-affairs programming, including States today is worse than at any time will appear that Choir is endorsing the U.S. dredging lobby. You know what? They’re a bunch indicates that land-based popula- state; it is quite another to make it focus on all of America. To try to “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” (which also since the Civil War. tyranny and facism [sic] by singing of weeping heart sons of bitches. tions have experienced a 38 percent so. Albuquerque and New Mexico set an agenda of a single issue or to airs on the KANW mothership), “Here for this man,” Jan Chamberlin, a Why don’t you guys get a real life? decline. Ocean populations have obviously have a long way to go pander to one demographic niche is Sex change and Now,” “On Point,” “Marketplace,” “1A,” hosted by Joshua Johnson, five-year veteran of the choir, wrote You know what? I’m a crab declined by 37 percent. Freshwater before realizing the return of the rule not good governance. and “The Takeaway” – all quality talk airs for two hours daily on to the chorale’s president in an email A 55-year-old woman has been issued fisherman from Alaska. I live in, populations have suffered an 81 of law. The people of New Mexico saw an shows that dissect the news in breaks for KANW’s HD-2 frequency, 107.5 FM, that she shared on Facebook. “History a birth certificate by the City of uh... I live in New Mexico, and I’m percent decline. The index projects The equation is simple: Sanctu- ineffective legislature and handily news updates by NPR News. starting at 8 a.m. is repeating itself; the same tactics … New York that has the word “inter- really ashamed of this damn paper. I a drop of 68 percent of our total ary cities plus illegal aliens equals returned control of it to the Dem- sex” in the gender field. The woman, “1A” originates from WAMU, an NPR ocrats. The core of the Democratic used by Hitler (identify a problem, wouldn’t even wrap up fish guts in wildlife population by 2020. The transnational crime – a lesson New who uses female pronouns, was born roots of this ecological decline are platform has not changed. However, finding a scapegoat target to blame, this son of a bitch. Mexico has yet to learn in spite of with male genes and female genitalia. You know? Bunch of weepy heart human-caused, whether it is habitat the overwhelming evidence. the approach and the structure of and stirring up people with a combi- About one in 2,000 children born bastards. Why don’t you get rid of… loss, pollution (including emissions — Zack Taylor, chairman, sharing the Democratic belief has nation of fanaticism, false promises, each year can be considered as Start and end your day with us! [incomplete] and get back to what that cause climate change), hunting, National Association of become more direct, more person- and fear, and gathering the funding)” intersex, but under most state and we’re supposed to be as a nation. or changing weather patterns. Former Border Patrol Officers able, and clearer. are being employed by Trump, local laws they’re classified as either You know what? We the people Facing the hard reality of our The Democratic Party has always Chamberlin wrote. “I only know Editor’s note: Police identified male or female. voted for Donald Trump, and if you impact on our world, a world we been the party of the working class I could never ‘throw roses to Hitler.’ the body as that of 42-year-old don’t like it, I’ll buy you a bus ticket love, is painful but necessary. and downtrodden – the party of And I certainly could never sing Clifford Miller of McAlester, Okla. and get the f*** out of America, and — Katherine Irish, Placitas people yearning for equality and for him.” For strength I’ll send you back to Russia. change. But ideas and policies mean To the Editor: A Penn State study of 300,000 peo- — Anonymous To the Editor (via the internet): nothing if you cannot communicate In a couple of days, lawmakers Twediting ple has found a link between iron I am so sorry to hear about the to the people. The New Mexico from across the state will meet in deficiency anemia and hearing loss. To the Editor: decline in business for the Frontier Democratic Party rebuilt its brand Twitter is considering allowing users KSFR fm Santa Fe. Representatives and sen- The solution, according to some beer I’ve enjoyed Moriah Carty’s “On [Dec. 7-13 issue]. We always look without changing its principles. to edit tweets to correct typos. Still to ators will arrive to meet a beautiful wonks, is regular consumption of santa fe public radio 101.1 a Tank of Gas” travel column all forward to eating there and will This is the lesson that the DNC must be decided is whether users will be opening day ceremony, and our state Guinness, which is rich in iron. They along, but I was really pleased with continue even though it is not as learn from New Mexico. allowed to edit mistakes quickly or will meet a familiar face – Democrat- argue that the beer regimen is better her comments about picking up the accessible. — Daniel Ohiri edit their tweets at any time. Permit- ic control of two both houses. than taking iron supplements, which trash in the Dec. 14-20 issue of When I first started to read about ting the latter would require creating Unlike the rest of the nation, which can be harmful because they contain ABQ Free Press Weekly. the ART project, the word that stood a change log, as Twitter is often the experienced a red wave of radical- public record, Twitter CEO Jack Dors- too much iron for the body to handle Award winning news, During my walks along the roads out most to me was “redevelop- ism and discontent, New Mexico ABQ Free Press Weekly welcomes in Corrales, I always take along ment,” which was used a lot. ey tweeted in response to a at once. had a return to normalcy. After it letters to the editor and bylined a tote bag and pick up the litter It looks obvious that the mayor user’s question. opinion pieces, subject to editing public affairs & talk radio lost control of the House in 2014, people so thoughtlessly throw out. and others want as many of the the New Mexico Democratic Party by the newspaper for style and What lies beneath Sometimes I can barely carry it all. businesses along this construction learned the lesson that the DNC length. Letters may appear in Loan interest Scientists and conspiracy buffs are And much of it, of course, is recy- route to fail and go away so high- now must learn. Everything is about print on the newspaper’s web- abuzz about a 151-mile-long anom- clable. What a waste just to throw end apartments and other things A 68-year-old man who struggled to message and structure. site, www.freeabq.com. Writers aly buried 848 meters beneath the it aside. Thanks, Moriah, for your can go in, and some people are pay off his federally guaranteed stu- streaming live Media pundits and columnists should include their full names Antarctic ice sheet. Scientists think Eclectic music comments on the subject. going to make lots if money in the dent debt since 1982 had $400 a month have been spewing unhelpful advice and a daytime phone number @ ksfr.org — Neal Wilgus future – wonder who? garnished from his paycheck while it may be the remains of an asteroid about how the Democrats need to that the newspaper’s editors can — Yvonne Rodriguez he was working, then $177 taken twice the size of the one that hit the focus on blue-collar, working mid- use to contact them. To the Editor: Submissions should be sent to out when he started collecting Social Yucatan and killed off the dinosaurs dle-class whites. That is a mistake. Mr. Miles in his letter entitled [email protected] Security in 2014. Only recently when 252 million years ago. The conspiracy Listener supported public radio Of course, blue-collar, working “Species Extinction Overblown” he applied for debt relief because of a minded among us believe it is an middle-class whites ought to live disability did the garnishments stop. underground city built by aliens. 6 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY FOOD DRINK WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 7 Warm Up Your Budget with Homemade Ramen Beer Town: Double Pub Stop BY TY BANNERMAN | [email protected] BY STEVE “MO” FYE | [email protected] Serving Albuquerque Homestyle he colonization Cheeky Codswallop ESB, cooking for over 35 years Tof Albuquerque’s 5.2 percent, 33 IBU: Don’t Locally owned and operated underserved (beer-wise, let the name fool you, this anyway) neighborhoods burnt copper-colored “extra continues, so this week special bitter” is the least I decided to check out a bitter of the bunch, offer- couple of the new arrivals ing no noticeable bouquet hanging their shingles (though I’ll accept that at two corners of the my senses may still have Northeast Heights. been overwhelmed by the Canteen Brewery Exodus) and only a slight In the extreme eastern touch of toffee in the body. part of the Heights is a An easy drinking ale in the new location for an old British style. favorite. Canteen Brew- The Drafty Kilt Photo Credit: Steve “Mo” Fye ery has been around in one form or The Drafty Kilt is definitely an old- another (it was originally known as Il school brew-pub, located on a street I t’s the New Year, thank goodness, thigh, leaving the partially cooked return it to the pot. Taste and adjust Vicino Brewery) since the 90s, but its didn’t even know existed (seriously, but many of us are scrambling to re- flesh around the bone intact. Half the seasoning, adding soy sauce for I latest location (417 Tramway Blvd NE) 4814 Hardware Dr NE), behind a cover from the annual financial hit of of the cooked chicken will go on the saltiness and umami, and Sriracha or Ingredients: Check In on Facebook and get a free cup of soup with your entree makes a strong case for everything old strip-mall I hadn’t been to in years. the holidays. Maybe your resolution is ramen later, so store it in the fridge other spicy condiments for heat. If the Four large bone-in, skin-on becoming new again. Inside, that old school vibe trans- Christy Mae's Restaurant to eat healthier or be more frugal. This until dinner time. broth seems thin or under flavored, I stopped by on a Monday night, chicken thighs lates to a cozy familiarity. Vintage 1400 San Pedro Dr. N.E. column comes just in time. In a medium to large pot, place the low-sodium broth – store-bought or assuming there’d be a quiet spare The stereotype of poor students chicken bones and other ingredients. homemade – or bouillon can bolster beer cans decorate the walls and the Albuquerque, NM 87110 Half a small white or yellow stool awaiting me. How wrong I was: owner/proprietor himself, Michael living on ramen noodles may be true, If, like me, you save chicken bones the savoriness. it was Geeks Who Drink night at www.christymaes.com but you can have a healthier version and carcasses in the freezer, add more Bring the broth to a rolling boil and onion, finely diced Campbell (who founded Tractor in Canteen, and the weekly trivia contest its previous Belen-based incarnation) with just a bit of prep time in the bones for even better richness. Cook add one block of packaged ramen had attracted a raucous, lively crowd. Monday - Saturday 10:30am - 8pm Closed Sundays kitchen. Authentic ramen restaurants without water for a few minutes to noodles per person. After a minute Half a large carrot, grated is on hand to sling a few brews, tell The atmosphere was infectious, even stories from his Vietnam days or crack Kids eat for $1.99 all day. (Includes drink) make their names on the broth and brown the bones and release flavors. or so, break up the noodles and serve for a trivially challenged wallflower the toppings for their dishes. You can Add a quart of water per chicken in large bowls. Warm up the chicken 1 rib of celery, finely chopped jokes about how Wild Turkey makes like myself, and the fire on the en- him “break out in handcuffs.” get similar results and eliminate much thigh bone and bring to a simmer. with a ladle of hot broth. Finish the 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh ginger closed patio, featuring honey-colored of the sodium and additives dish with the chicken and the The beer is also old school in all the polished concrete and twenty-some- right ways, where tried and true styles by making ramen at home. rest of the garnishes, arranging 5 to 7 (or more!) large cloves of thing taps lined up against the brick There are several great everything for a nice presen- meet a dose of adjunct-based experi- garlic, crushed backsplash behind the bar, made for a mentation. recipes for homemade ramen tation. welcoming stop-over. noodles, but that’s a subject Make sure to provide Wee Beastie Scottish Ale, 5 percent, A pinch of aromatic spices Of course, the beers are tried-and- 20 IBU: The bouquet is only subtly for later. It takes more effort chopsticks for the true slurping true in this location, with a few spe- from your collection: anise, star smoky, but the body follows up with than the average home cook ramen experience. Spoons are cials. I ordered up a flight and savored serious peat flavor and smoke in body. wants to invest. not necessary; just drink the anise or fennel, coriander seed the flavors. This has now claimed the honor of However, the cheap tasty broth straight from the Flashback IPA, 7.2 percent, 80 IBU: or cumin seed, bay leaf being my wife’s favorite local brew. packaged noodles work fine bowl. This brew offers a subtle piney Groundskeeper Willie Cream Ale, 5 if you throw away the “flavor This recipe is just a starting bouquet – think more of a breeze percent, 12 IBU: Calling this a cream packet.” The seasonings in point. The technique will work wafting through a forest than licking a ale is probably stretching it, but it’s instant ramen are little more with nearly all proteins and pinecone – and a nectary sweetness to good! A fruity aroma turns into a than salt and additives. There vegetables. Experiment with the body. body of burnt currant and apricot-y is as much sodium in a single subtle seasonings, just a bit of High Plains Pils, 5.5 percent: There’s overtones. The mouth feel is smooth package as the average adult each. The broth should have a tanginess to this quenching lager, Total Cost: and sparkly just before a bitter finish. should consume in two meals. The The longer the bone broth simmers, a deep, complex flavor without any mixed in with the typical pilsner Campbell Toe IPA, 7 percent, 70 IBU: packaged noodles are not health food the better the flavor. I like to prep one ingredient shouting over the rest. crispness. Color is a flawless, trans- Chicken: $3.16 If you can get past the name, this IPA by any means, but work as a base for everything the night before and then Since most appropriate ingredients are parent gold. homemade ramen. let the broth cook low and slow in a among the cheapest available, this is is surprisingly light in hop headiness. Ramen $.50 Exodus IPA, 7.2 percent: Oh man, this The body takes a deep dive into I went to my local grocery store for crock pot overnight. If you want to a perfect way to practice and develop IPA is at the other end of the spectrum the ingredients I needed to cook a serve the same night, simmer for at earthiness and there’s a surprising your culinary palate. Ginger $.64 from the Flashback. The resiny hops large portion of ramen for two. Total least 45 minutes. You may need to add One big batch of broth made every are almost overwhelming, and earn lack of the brightness you expect from an India pale ale. cost was less than $6. a bit more water to keep the volume. couple of weeks can be easily frozen Garlic $.33 every bit of the drink’s 100 IBU. A Simple Chicken Ramen Broth An added benefit is that your kitchen in small portions and can be turned swallow is sticky all the way down. If McWabbit APA, 6 percent, 35 IBU: for Two will smell awesome. into ramen quickly, with each meal for Radishes $.79 a ponderosa pine could tend bar, this Another not-so-hoppy pale ale, this While the broth deepens in flavor, two to four costing less than buying a one has a rich malty bouquet and First, cook the salted and peppered is the beer it would serve you. prep the garnishes and toppings. I like fast-food combo meal for two people. sweet caramel flavor. chicken in a skillet over low to medi- Carrot $.29 Dark and Lusty Stout, 6.8 percent, finely shredded carrot, green onions, Until next time, enjoy your um heat. I left the skin on and cooked 55 IBU: A deep liqueur-like chocolate sliced snow peas, paper-thin radish Beer Town! the chicken until it was just short of Steve “Mo” Fye is an Instructional Tech in Green onion $.79 and coffee flavor that slides like velvet and crisped chicken skin. Soft-cooked done all the way through. Remove the the Culinary Arts program at Central New down the gullet. The menu descrip- Ty Bannerman is a beer drinker, co-host eggs are also terrific in ramen. skin and reserve. Mexico Community College and will slurp tion promises “stone fruit,” but I of the City on the Edge podcast and author Strain the solids from the broth and Cut off most of the meat from each noodles with the best of them. detected more of a fig accent. of “Forgotten Albuquerque.” 8 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY FILM CALLBOARD WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 9 Rolling in the ‘La La Land’ a Local Auditions in One Place Spectacular Modern Musical New Year o you dream of spotlights and cheering fans? Then maybe it’s time to take those dreams and make them a reality. And it all BY DAVID LYNCH | [email protected] BY CHRISTA VALDEZ | [email protected] Dstarts with picking up a copy of ABQ Free Press Weekly, where we make it easy to find all the local auditions for stage and screen. See? The first step is simple. The rest? That’s up to you. That’s up to you. irector Damien Chazelle takes moments we simply don’t see out of Dthe acute direction he utilized for contemporary Hollywood. Screen “Whiplash” – one of the most mem- A sharp ear might also notice the orable works of 2015 – and infuses it subtle returns of the film’s main MALE Open ethnicity, 25-40 – Neil Email age, resume, headshot with even more ambition and charis- theme. It almost becomes its own ma in his latest feature film. “Earth 6” and phone number to southpa- character, surveilling Mia and Sebas- Jan. 20 & 21, Santa Fe [email protected] The result is “La La Land,” a film that tian as sparks between them fly, and Send headshots and resume is van Gogh’s “Starry Night” come to [email protected] Open ethnicity, 21-55 – Luther even when they begin to doubt the life. 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She seems so natu- way, and sometimes we might not get [email protected] George Bracket ral here, dancing as though she came PAID Non-singing role Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons up on the same path. “South Pacific” Open ethnicity, 40s – Franklin Jan. 14 & 15, 1-4 p.m. t’s shaping up to be a banner year invaded post-9/11 Afghanistan on Untitled sci-fi feature Albuquerque Little Theatre Ifor the New Mexico Film Industry. horseback to help topple the Taliban Filming in March/April, 2017 224 San Pasquale SW, The year kicks off with the return of in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. It will be Send resume and headshots to Albuquerque [email protected] Prepare a 1-minute audition the beloved NBC series “The Night moving south to Socorro for filming song with sheet music Photo Credit: nicoletaionescu Shift,” which will film its fourth sea- the first few weeks of January before FEMALE Email age, resume, headshot son in Albuquerque this spring. heading back to the Duke City. 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Non-singing role Jan. 28, 12-4:30 p.m. Albuquerque Little Theatre Jan. 14 & 15, 1-4 p.m. Jan. 29, 10-11:30 a.m. 10 episodes into production later this The Netflix mini-series “Godless” Open ethnicity, 30s – Andrea “South Pacific” Jan. 14 & 15, 1-4 p.m. 224 San Pasquale SW, Albuquerque Little Theatre Vortex Theatre Untitled sci-fi feature Albuquerque 224 San Pasquale SW, year. will be released on the streaming Filming in March/April, 2017 Albuquerque Little Theatre 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE, The pilot for TNT network’s network by mid-2017. 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He has his moments as well, but perience, and the sense of magic that and phone number to southpa- nesses, with del Toro even making New Mexico-made releases will be a [email protected] a big appearance for the Lobos win source of entertainment on its own. his performance feels comparatively has perhaps been lost along the way. FEMALE Pacific Islander, 10-11 – Ngana Stage Soprano at the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in The current awards season is sure subdued, as if he’s playing a version Chazelle may believe he has per- Open ethnicity, 22-35 – Professor Open ethnicity, 21-27 – Ensign of himself with a charm that is well Tenor Nellie Forbush “South Pacific” December. to yield wins and losses for locally formed a duty by demanding our MALE Jan. 14 & 15, 1-4 p.m. established. “South Pacific” Mezzo Want your casting Also still rolling in Albuquerque made productions including “Gold,” attention with a wholly unique and Open ethnicity, 19-25 – Lt. 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[email protected] and phone number to southpa- and CIA operatives who secretly industry news for ABQ Free Press Weekly. song with sheet music that provide a wealth of memorable [email protected] 10 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY THEATER WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 11 Catching Up with Miss Honey Cult Classic Meets Musical Theater in ‘Heathers’ BY ASHLEY KURTZ | [email protected] Albuquerque’s BY ASHLEY KURTZ Premier Facility usical Theatre who doesn’t quite fit MSouthwest is in, to a girl who de- - for - hosting a bit of a cult cides to do what’s right classic. in the face of bullies, all “Heathers, the Musi- while her world blows Mock Trials & cal” is a wonderful bit up around her. of small theater that is Don’t be fooled Focus Groups hilarious, dark and not though, the other true for the faint of heart. star of this show is Directed by the Rodrigo Zaragoza. • Trial planning and issue spotting, in-house facilitators talented Devon Photo Credit: Glenn Pepe He’s chillingly scary as Frieder, the show is the manipulative and • Mock jury services a stage version of the cunning Jason Dean, • Witness preparation 1988 cult classic film starring Winona or J.D. Equally as talented as Frieder, • Simulated court and Ryder and Christian Slater. It keeps the two combine wit with unnerving deliberation venues the black comedy, the controversial chemistry to create a show that’s • Political polling themes, and memorable catch-phras- worth a night out. es and mixes it up with catchy It’s a show that has become ex- Call 505-263-8425 or email Photo: Courtesy Jan Turri showtunes and dance numbers. tremely relevant, bringing topics like Put together in less than three teen suicide and the consequences of [email protected] ost of us know the story of The original books by Roald Dahl weeks, it’s an impressive feat from an bullying to light in a way audiences 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 M“Matilda”: A young girl with were pretty dark. Do you think impressive cast. probably wouldn’t expect. magical powers helps to overthrow a there’s anything especially Roald Frieder plays protagonist Veronica tyrannical headmistress and changes Dahl-esque in this show? Sawyer, a smart-ass outsider who “Heathers” runs through Jan. 15 her own destiny, with the help of It’s often really dark material, is brought into the vicious circle of at 6320 Domingo Rd. NE Ste B, a kind, loving teacher to guide her but it’s a ‘family show’ and it’s a Heathers. Albuquerque. along the way. story that kids read. In this show, Songs like “Beautiful” and “Dead Information or tickets: trialmetrixnm.com That teacher, Miss Honey, is one of the Wormwoods are larger than life Girl Walking” show Veronica’s musicaltheatresw.com the main reasons Matilda finds her characters and they’re terrifying. I character develop from a social misfit voice, and is a pure light amongst the feel like the show in a lot of ways is darker tendencies of the show. from Matilda’s perspective, just even Paula Brancati, who delights the way the set design is, and Miss audiences as Miss Honey in “Matilda Trunchbull’s costume. All of it is very ‘Blithe Spirit’ Romps through the Musical,” took a break from her true to the illustrations from the book. busy rehearsal schedule to chat about I think it really honors his vision Séance Gone Wrong Miss Honey, the kids in the show and when he wrote it. It feels like a really BY ASHLEY KURTZ everything “Matilda.” good representation of the book. WEEKLY The Adobe Theater once again My favorite “Matilda” character has What’s it like to work with so many delivers a quirky play, and this time always been Miss Honey. Which one kids? it’s Nöel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit.” did you love most when you first It’s amazing. The ensemble kids In 1940s England, a group of friends read it? are so impressive to me. They work gather for a séance, drinks and a good Brancati: My favorite character is so hard, and the choreography is so night together. Unfortunately, things Matilda. Especially in the way she’s special and it’s so unique and it’s so don’t go quite according to plan. portrayed in the musical, because it sharp, tricky and specific and they Charles Condomine (Stephen really peels back the layers one at a pull it off so wonderfully. And the Zamora) and his wife Ruth (Carolyn time through Tim Minchin’s songs. three Matildas are amazing and it’s Hogan) host a séance to gain expe- She has incredible anthems like nothing short of incredible what Photo Credit: Jim Welker rience for a book Charles is writing. “Naughty,” where she’s so mischie- they’re doing, and each of them bring They ask the magnificently ridiculous vous, and “Quiet” in the second act, their own personality to it and it medium Madame Arcati (Jen Ste- To watch as Charles’ world slowly that is so moving and speaks to her keeps it really fresh for me, who gets phenson) to summon a spirit, but she unravels at the hands of his dead character and her strength. to work with each of them and devel- accidentally summons Charles’ first wife is pure amusement, but it’s even ONLINE op my own relationship with them. What’s your take on the relationship wife, Elvira (Lorri Oliver). funnier to watch the aftermath of the between Matilda and Miss Honey? 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I don’t think they’ve to buy tickets and to learn more. tension, confusion and snarky banter adobetheater.org ever truly felt like they’ve been seen, Let ABQ’s Best Alternative Newspaper are hysterical to watch. so they need each other. Help You Find Your Soulmate 12 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY MUSIC ??? WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 13 Run the Jewels Snailmate Always Hopping Crushes Three in a Row BY MELISSA WOOD | [email protected] BY BRADLEY T. SCHUMAN | [email protected] alen Lander is still Ariel Monet’s “We have a bunch of new stuff, but favorite rapper. we are really taking our time with it. f you don’t know the hip hop K As a teen, she would frequently We will probably be playing the new wrecking ball strapped to a I sneak out of her parents’ house to songs long before we record,” said monster truck full of dynamite watch him Monet. murder machine that is Run the perform With Lander on Jewels, stop reading this article, get as TKLB?, vocals and key- yourself into an appropriate bit of dragging her board and Monet headspace, and go listen to their friends along on drums (and the first two albums, with her. occasional trian- Run the Jewels and Run the Jewels “I was in gle), it’s impossible 2, as loudly as your neighbors will Photo Credit: Mass Appeal Records high school for Snailmate to tolerate. chorus so catchy you’ll probably find and I’d sneak have anything but Okay, now that everyone is on the yourself singing along in seconds. out to go see an experimental same page, Run the Jewels 3 is so good “Thieves (Screamed the Ghost)” is him play and sound. that adjectives like phenomenal, epic one of my favorite two tracks off the I’d drag all “We really and astounding weren’t good enough to album. It’s dark, it’s jaded. The whis- Local dog, Hunny, models one of my friends latched onto convey how I felt while listening to it. pered background responses to the Snailmate’s limited-run dog capes. out and they ‘Synth Punk Hip It has everything I loved from the first verses are painful and on point: “He Photo Credit: Johnny Vizcaino [would ask] Hop.’ We really try two albums, grown up into an even had the highest hopes …” El-P takes ‘Who are we going to see?’ and [I’d to find a succinct way to say it and try more terrifying sonic sharp-toothed over for the second half of the song, tell them] ‘It doesn’t matter, you’re to be all encompassing, but it’s hard predator. Killer Mike and and starts in even darker: “Late night, coming’ and I’d pack my Suburban with because we want to convey that we are El-P seem completely incapable of fail- same night / God, let me sleep, please, like nine kids and we’d go see him play a live band,” Lander said. “We are not ing to produce a lyrically and musically I’m begging you.” Tunde Adebimpe wherever he was.” a robot computer, but also that we are virtuosic rampage through the gutters offers a powerful melody, before the Monet was not only listening to not rock n’ roll. We don’t have guitars and penthouses of hip hop that is an song slips into a sample of Dr. Martin music though, she and three others so it’s really hard to find a short easy evolutionary leap over its counterparts. Luther King Jr: “A riot is the language had formed the bluesy rock all-female genre name to sum it all up.” Run the Jewels has always had a fear- of the unheard.” group Sister Lip in 2012. When the two aren’t playing music, some sound, with harsh lyrics dripping Later, “Panther like a Panther” “That was my baby and we had a they are either working at the Rhythm in viscous poetry and jarringly pow- punches you in the eye, holds you good thing going. But we did a tour Room bar in Phoenix, where Lander erful basslines coupled with complex against a wall, and screams in your face and got home after three months, and is a manager and Monet does security melodies that kick you in the head. before shambling into the night to find they were like ‘we are never doing that and runs sound; or making their own There’s an overt theme of rebellion and more victims. It’s my other favorite, it’s again.’ So, I was like ‘well then I have unique merchandise. a “F*ck You” mentality that runs in ferocious, it’s flawless, it’s the prime to part ways.’” The group features parallel to another of my favorite hip example of what I’m going to compare When the band the same stickers, CDs, hop groups, Doomtree. Run the Jewels new hip hop to in 2017, to divide the split and the bemysnailmate.com band shirts and posters says whatever the hell they feel like good from the great. venues previously facebook.com/snailmate found at most merch saying, and they do it flawlessly. The album finishes with a few less booked for Sister soundcloud.com/snailmate tables, but they also The album is seamless – don’t set driving but no less excellent songs, and Lip were up for make unique, limit- it to shuffle, listen to it in order – it’s then excuses itself brusquely with “A grabs, Monet ed-run items, like capes superbly arranged and mixed. Report to the Shareholders/Kill Your approached her favorite rapper, Lander for dogs or onesies. Lander does most The opening track, Masters.” Two songs with an opportunity to launch a new of the artwork and the pair does all of “Down,” steps in blending seamlessly runthejewels.com project: Snailmate. The two jumped on their own screen printing. immediately with a facebook.com/therealrunthejewels into one, an appeal the open dates and embarked on their Snailmate will play the final date of simple beat. The lyrics soundcloud.com/runthejewels to revolt and burn first tour. their winter tour in Albuquerque for are intense, and Killer something down, And never stopped. free at Burt’s Tiki Lounge (515 Central Mike says it simply: and if Killer Mike and To say Snailmate tours often, is an Ave. NW, Albuquerque) on Jan. 14. You “Ballot or bullet / you better use one.” El-P can’t convince you, Zack de la Rocha understatement. The two used every can hear them at bemysnailmate.com if “Talk to Me” is loaded with great shows up to drive the point home. cent they had to break their lease in you can’t make the show. samples, reminding me of Madvillain’s I’m done. I’ve listened to this album Phoenix so they didn’t have to spend track “All Caps.” three times in a row, and I am physi- their time working doubles to pay rent “Legend Has It” takes it up a bit fur- cally tired. It’s intense. It’s going into Melissa Wood is a music feature writer for in a house they barely lived in. ther with samples of crowds chanting my record collection. My friends are ABQ Free Press Weekly. The duo has had remarkable success and a constant build of pressure, and probably going to get tired of it, but in a short time in part because of their folds smoothly into “Call Ticketron.” I won’t. This album is past platinum, almost-non-stop touring schedule, “Hey Kids” is a punk rock riot it’s made of adamantium. You need but also because they try to book anthem. The bassline is punishing to listen to it, over and over, until you diverse bills, not shying away from any and dark, and the lyrical content is an understand what I mean. opportunity to play. on-the-scene report of what revolution Run the Jewels’ tour isn’t stopping The two have some ambitious goals sounds like. The rapid-fire, smart-as- in Albuquerque, but they will be at for 2017. They will begin touring in hell lyrical delivery is something other the Fillmore in Denver on Feb. 11. Run March, hopefully reaching as far as rappers should aspire to. They should the Jewels 3 is available now digitally; Love our music tastes? Japan. They also plan to re-record some build a shrine to it in the studio, and physical copies will be released Jan. 13. Hear the artists we’ve reviewed of their previous tracks, record at least burn rice paper roses as offerings. on our Spotify station! Bradley T. Schuman is a pop culture geek two music videos and lay down some “Stay Gold” bangs hard, starting out Just search ABQ Free Press. and music nerd with far too many records entirely new songs as well. with a clip of Killer Mike’s son, and a and opinions. 14 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ART/literature EVENT WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 15 Artists Inspired by New Mexico Landscapes Comedians Fight Fear with Laughter

BY SARA MACNEIL | [email protected] BY JOHNNY VIZCAINO | [email protected] Trump “uses low-hang- iconic in free speech than a stand-up comic pushing ing fruit, he’s a bully,” boundaries, taking risks, and breaking taboos,” he said. n upcoming exhibition features are still living there,” she said. “The “I use the land itself so it’s a part of f you thought last year’s election cycle was some kind she said. “Good comedi- “For stand-ups to support the ACLU is totally appropri- Atwo artists whose artwork shifted landscape is majestic. I can’t tell you the piece,” she said. Iof weird joke that made people cry until they laughed, ans are honest, fair and ate, and we’re thrilled to have that support.” after seeing the vast, open land of the how much I miss it.” Other works by Pretzeus feature you’re not alone. objective. Those would As defenders of liberty, the ACLU is as important now as Southwest. Belitz collages her own work, pieces of scrap steel juxtaposed with Comedians across the country have organized the “What be good traits in a presi- it has ever been, McCoy said. “Crossing Paths” features work by tearing up and putting her drawings, wax, emphasizing a dichotomy be- A Joke” national comedy festival to be held inauguration dent, but he’s a fraud.” “However your time and talents allow,” he said. “Now Jennifer Pretzeus and Monique Belitz. prints, and watercolor paintings back tween man and nature, a balance and weekend, with proceeds going to benefit the American Comedy has a way of is a great time to join and support the ACLU.” The exhibition is at the Open Space together to create new transitions and a necessary exchange. Civil Liberties Union. making difficult topics In another appropriate move, the Albuquerque “What Visitor Gallery, a city-run art space meaning. One of her large-scale mu- Pretzeus studied graphic design and The 84 shows happening in 33 cities, including Albu- easier to talk about, A Joke” event will be hosted by Sidewinders, a gay bar on dedicated to the preservation and rals on paper is about the migration advertising at Kent State University in querque, have one cause: to stand up to the human rights Minton said, in this case, the Southeast side of town. appreciation of Albuquerque’s unique of sandhill cranes, snow geese, and Ohio, and also studied at the School of violations put forth in policy proposals by the soon-to-be it can provide people Trump may have succeeded by playing into the anger and landscapes. blackbirds. The work creates intricate Visual Arts in New York and Evanston President of the United States. with an opportunity to animosity of some elements in society, but opposing him support the ACLU. will require the opposite, said owner Michael Burdick. Belitz was born in Urtrecht, a city patterns of marks that suggests differ- Jennifer Pretzeus Art Center in Chicago. Currently, she “He can’t attack all of us on Twitter at once,” said veter- in the Netherlands founded by the ent types of birds without realistically studies at the Encaustic Art Institute an Albuquerque comedian Mary Byrd, who spearheaded “It’s going to make peo- “If we don’t laugh, and don’t organize, and aren’t ready, Romans in the first century. As a Euro- representing them. “I feel like I’m in a sculpture gallery in Santa Fe, where she also shows organization for the event on a local level. ple want to come out and the next four years could be a major disaster for our pean, she’s used to places with a long “Hyper-realistic paintings bore me when I’m on this trail. There are so her work. “What matters is that we’re organizing early,” she said. have a good time,” she Daniel “Danger” Varoz, country,” he said, citing the risk a Trump administration said. “It’ll inspire them to founder of Open Source poses to the socially progressive gains made over the history. When she came to America, to death. Everything is already there. many interesting formations,” she said. Sara MacNeil is an ABQ Free Press “Because our new president has repeatedly threatened she moved to Oregon and was put off Why should I look?” she said. “I don’t The titles of her boulder pieces relate human rights, we decided that we need to start arming maybe get involved.” Comedy Club, performs years. “That’s the reason we’re supporting the ACLU in Weekly journalism intern. at Winning Coffee. by a state with a history that only goes want to spell everything out. I just to the meaning she’s assigned the – funding organizations that will help preserve those Free speech is at their fight against injustice.” Photo: Johnny Vizcaino back a little more than 150 years. want to suggest, so the viewer has rocks. “Stepping Stone” is an abstract rights.” the heart of stand-up Achieving progress requires people be proactive instead She earned her Master of Fine Arts, to think.” representation of a large boulder Jennifer Pretzeus will give an artist Donald Trump is often criticized for winning last year’s comedy, and the ACLU is of waiting until things go wrong to react, and finding sil- talk with trail guide Charlie Wood, and Master of Arts in art history from blocking the trail. election by appealing to the country’s lowest common wary of an administration Byrd, Minton, and 10 ver linings instead of focusing on the looming dark cloud on the Pino Trail on March 11. the University of New Mexico, where “It reminds me to view obstacles as denominator – irresponsibly capitalizing on the fears and that has threatened to use other comics from around that is a Trump administration, Burdick said. she revived a special connection to a stepping stones,” Pretzeus said. “Ev- Monique Belitz is teaching a mural frustrations of some voters while scapegoating others, and its power to curtail any of the state, including “If we allow anger to consume us, we’re no better than land that has so much history. ery time I go to that trail, it’s to find making workshop at Open Space playing into an age-old, hate-fueled brand of politics. the constitutional rights of Lucas CorVatta, Ann Gora, what happened to elect this president,” he said, “We need Belitz is currently living in Nebraska balance,” she said about her piece, Visitor Gallery on Jan. 13 from His performance on the campaign trail can be likened any American, said Micah and Danger Varoz, will to find comedy in ourselves, we need to find comedy in where she teaches all levels of paint- “Balance Rock.” 3:30 to 5 p.m. to that of a hack comedian stumbling into an onstage rant McCoy, communications perform at life, in order to move forward. Organize through laughter. ing, two-dimensional design and art Pretzeus has been obsessed with featuring incoherent threats instead of punchlines, said director with ACLU of Sidewinders starting at Not through hate, but love.” 8 p.m. on Jan. 19. history classes at Doane University. rocks since she was a child, starting local comedian Caitlin Minton, who also helped organize New Mexico. Johnny Vizcaino is a ABQ Free Press Weekly “There is nothing more She has shown her work in Nebraska, Monique Belitz her first collection in fourth grade. She “Crossing Paths” is at the Open the event. journalism intern. New York, Oregon, New Mexico, creates her own pigments out of clay, Space Visitor Gallery Ohio, Colorado, Massachusetts, Cali- Pretzeus has been hiking the Pino dirt, minerals, ash and charcoal. She 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque fornia, Panama, Germany, and South Trail in the Sandia foothills for 10 also encases a horse hair in the wax to from Jan. 14 through March 19. Korea. years. She uses the boulders she sees create a single, irregular line in some cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open- “In New Mexico, the history goes along the trail as source imagery for paintings, or carves thin lines into the space/open-space-visitor-center back 2,000 years. Ancient cultures her work. wax, filling them with oil paint. ‘Art of Living Other People’s Lives’ a Haphazard Ramble

BY LEX VOYTEK | [email protected]

he Art of Living Other People’s this internet-driven insightful and arrogant. the voice and the strange meandering “TLives,” had moments of hap- age. And yet, the He has several stories style almost lost me. hazardly strung together brilliance. writing felt under- about travelling abroad, This part of the story was The memoir of Greg Dybec, the cooked and at times which were interesting cringe-worthy and ultimately felt managing editor of Elite Daily – a fact like a personal resume and even funny until he unresolved. It read as though Dybec he reminds the reader of often – reads written in prose form. interrupted the flow of the truly believed he was a great pick-up in a stream of consciousness – as I haven’t been so scenes with superfluous artist. He writes a half-hearted scene though he is regaling us with random torn on my opinion explanation of who he is about the moment he stopped “neg- and crazy stories from his life over of a book in a long as a person. ging” – backhandedly complimenting beers. time, which made this Perhaps one of the more and manipulating women – and how This method worked well when he an interesting read. I relevant stories in the he felt better for doing so, but it still was recalling things like the story of had visceral reactions book was about the time reads as a dangerous possible valida- when he almost took the job writing – both positively and he taught his mother to tion of the practice in general. articles about men’s underwear; negatively. I found use social media, since Lex Voytek is a nervous wreck however, somewhere near the half- myself laughing out a common thread, given and reading quiets the noise. way mark I started to wonder how the loud, then fighting the the title and theme, was stories come together. urge to throw the book in a moment about the internet and living our lives The answer is they never do. The of anger towards the narrator’s more and more online. This story was “The Art of Living other answer – I am still not sure if it thoughts and confessions. Whatever filled with humor and irony, and had Other People’s Lives” matters. this book is or isn’t, I can say for sure a subtlety I appreciated. is available at all major The book had a lot of great and even that it was not boring. Then there was a story about the book retailers in paperback powerful moments, and it is apparent Dybec goes on tangents of exposi- summer Dybec became a pick-up and eBook. that Dybec is an insightful writer for tion that border somewhere between artist. This is where the arrogance of 16 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY COMMUNITY NEWS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 17

Bike riders must follow all Only a bicycle helmet is traffic laws when riding made specifically to protect on the street — but they head injuries from a fall off can switch to riding on the of a bicycle. Other types of sidewalk if there are fewer helmets aren’t designed for than two traffic lanes and no bicycle injuries. bike lane.

Data from 2010 show fatal Albuquerque has more than and nonfatal crash-related 400 miles of bicycle paths injuries to bicyclists resulted and trails. in lifetime medical costs and productivity losses of $10 billion.

Bicyclists accounted for 2 percent of all traffic deaths and 2 percent of all crash-re- There was a 64 percent lated injuries in 2014. increase in bicyclists traveling to work from 2000 to 2012.

Retired electrician Jerry Bock often restores bikes for Esperanza’s Earn A Bike Program. Bock became a regular at Es- Scott Mackenzie assists James Frederickson and his son as the two work on a bike with brake issues. “I couldn’t fix it An industry overview by peranza after his doctor told him to get more exercise. “It was the doctor’s orders,” he said. “They told me to either at home,” Frederickson said. “I was just destroying the bike.” Photo by Sara MacNeil walk, run, or ride.” Photo by Sara MacNeil Bicyclist deaths occur most the National Bike Dealers often between 6 and 9 Association said bicycle sales p.m. (20%) and in urban were at $6.2 billion in 2015. areas (71%). The majority This includes retail sales of of bicyclists killed were bicycles, related parts and male (88%), and the largest accessories, through all number of males injured channels of distribution. were aged 20-24. About one in five bicyclists (21%) killed in crashes had blood alcohol By Sara MacNeil | [email protected] concentrations (BACs) of .08 t’s a common situation: Someone steals the front Earn-A-Bike program. “When you’re retired, you start looking for grams per deciliter (g/dL) or Itire from your bicycle, and the $50 replacement “We’d like to see more kids riding their bikes to things to do. Bikes are fun to work on,” he said. higher, the illegal alcohol cost inhibits your ability to get around town. school. Part of that means getting their families For those who already own a bicycle, Esperanza 505-224-6668 In Albuquerque, the Parks and Recreation out riding together. Parents need to re-enforce the also provides the tools, shop space and a staff of 5600 Esperanza Drive NW, level in all states. Department has designed a local center that has safety aspects of riding a bike,” said Hugh Hulse, mechanics to help bicyclists learn to do repairs made it its mission to make sure this scenario and one of Esperanza’s bicycle educators. and maintenance on their own. Albuquerque others like it don’t stop bicyclists from rolling The bikes earned through the program are Santiago Valencia, a 14-year-old student from safely around town. donated by community members that Hulse and West Mesa High School, goes to the shop with a The staff at Esperanza Bicycle Safety Education others at Esperanza then rebuild. The shop has buddy to work on a BMX stunt bike. Center, located on the edge of the South Valley given away 1,000 bikes over three years. Bikes “I started coming when I was in middle school. and West Mesa, won’t just replace the tire for free, that can’t be rebuilt are stripped for parts to stock My friends told me about it,” Valencia said. but they’ll also show you how to do it yourself. the shop and are given free to those who come to Now, he now introduces his friends to While Esperanza informs youth and adults on Esperanza to work on their bikes. Esperanza, helping others work on their bikes bicycle maintenance, the most important goal Jerry Bock is an Esperanza volunteer who helps out of the shop regularly. for the volunteers at Esperanza is to educate to restore bikes for Earn-A-Bike. Bock, a retired Hulse said, “We instill mechanical experience, people on safety, going so far as to give electrician, started riding bicycles after his doctor community members an opportunity to earn a suggested he get more exercise. so you feel comfortable using your bike.” “I love what we do here,” Esperanza mechanic Alex Vigil said. refurbished bike and helmet by completing two Bock has collected seven bicycles of his own Sara MacNeil is an ABQ Free Press Photo by Sara MacNeil of the center’s safety classes through its and volunteers at Esperanza 20 hours a week. Weekly journalism intern. NEWS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 19 Field in Mayor’s Race Already Crowded BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI | [email protected] t’s here again, another mayoral race. And with Oh, and throw in Berry’s $119 million Albuquer- on the ballot. IMayor Richard Berry saying he won’t seek a third que Rapid Transit project, which, like it or not, the Candidates who want to get public financing, term, the field for the Oct. 3 election is wide open. next mayor will inherit. which will amount to approximately $360,000, will So far, 11 people either have announced their There’s another twist to this year’s election: Five have an even tougher time. They’ll have to collect candidacies or are expected to in the coming weeks. City Council seats are up, and there’s the possibil- $5 donations from 3,600 registered voters in the city They include two city councilors, a former councilor ity that there will be at least two new councilors. to qualify for public funds. Each donation can be WEEKLY and one-time mayoral candidate, a county commis- That’s because Councilor Dan Lewis has already made only in cash or with a check, and the payment sioner and others. announced his mayoral candidacy and because must be accompanied by a receipt. Both the petition With the race wide open, and eight years of a Councilor Ken Sanchez is expected to announce signatures and donations will take volunteers and stagnating economy, you can expect the candidates shortly. They can’t run for re-election and for mayor organization. to rip Berry and distance themselves – Republicans at the same time. In the coming weeks and months, ABQ Free included – from most of his policies and projects. And while 11 people have announced or will soon Press Weekly will profile the candidates and their Take The Leap! The main issues will undoubtedly be the econo- do so, that’s no guarantee that all of them will be platforms in detail. Until then, here’s a brief look at my, crime and reforming the Albuquerque Police on the October ballot. Candidates must collect 3,000 those who have already announced or are expected Department. petition signatures from registered city voters to get to do so.

Edward Aragon, party unknown Brian Colón, Democrat for mayor: in 1989 and in 2013 when Wayne Johnson, Republican he lost to Mayor Berry. Since his loss, Aragon’s Lawyer and Second-term Dinelli has been one of Berry’s most voicemail describes former chairman county vocal critics. him as a radio talk of the state commissioner Status: Considering a run show host. He did Democratic from the not respond to a Party. He was Northeast telephone voicemail born in New Michelle Garcia Holmes, Heights who message request York and came to owns a media Independent for information. Valencia County company. John- Status: Running as a young child. Former son has support- He is a partner at Albuquerque ed the proposed Robles, Rael & Anaya, P.C., and was police detective Santolina development on the West Democrat Deanna Archuleta, the Democratic Party’s nominee for and chief of staff Side and has favored industrial reve- Former lieutenant governor in 2010. Graduat- for the New nue bond projects brought before the Bernalillo ed from the University of New Mexico Mexico attorney commission. He is likely to make the County county School of Law in 2001. general. economy an issue if he runs. commissioner Status: Likely to run Organized the AG’s government Status: Likely to run who worked corruption unit and helped convict the as a deputy “Ether Rapist,” Robert Howard Bruce. assistant Pete Dinelli, Democrat She also served on a joint terrorism Tim Keller, Democrat secretary in the Former city coun- task force and on a panel organized to State auditor U.S. Department cilor, chief deputy fight internet child pornography. and former state of the Interior district attorney Status: Running senator from the under President Obama. Archuleta and head of the Southeast said economic development and city’s Safe City Heights. As jobs will be the main themes of her Strike Force un- auditor, Keller What are you waiting for? campaign. der Mayor Marty has released Status: Running Chavez. Dinelli scathing reports has had two about the Advertise in the alternative newspaper people are talking about unsuccessful runs backlog of untested rape kits throughout the ABQ Free Press Weekly readers are among the most engaged, educated and affluent consumers in the cont. on page 22 Albuquerque-Santa Fe area. They read us for our investigative reporting, news and analysis, and our connection with the To talk about how ABQ Free Press Weekly Countdown to ABQ’s election Albuquerque arts and entertainment scene. Depending on the can meet your advertising needs, Feb. 16: First day candidates can April 1, noon: Deadline for candidates June 28: Deadline for council withdraw from the race. Also, the issue, our circulation varies between 30,000 and 60,000. Call Melissa Wood at begin collecting petition signatures. seeking public financing to submit their candidates to submit their petition filing day for write-in candidates. (505) 345-4080, Ext. 816. They’ll need 3,000 signatures from qualifying donations. signatures. Each week, readers snap up ABQ Free Press Weekly from registered voters in the city to qualify Aug. 29: First day for absentee ballots our 400-plus locations, and take it home to read cover to cover. for the ballot. Also, it’s the first day April 28: Deadline for mayoral Aug. 4: First day that mayoral and to be issued. For a copy of our media kit, email that candidates who are looking to get candidates to submit their petition council candidates can begin planting General Manager/Sales Director Sarah Bonneau Our website freeabq.com gets tens of thousands of unique public financing for their campaigns signatures to the clerk’s office. and plastering their campaign signs Sept. 13: Early voting begins. at [email protected], to begin collecting $5 qualifying around town. visitors each month. or call her at (505) 345-4080, Ext. 803. donations from registered voters in the May 1: First day for City Council Sept. 29: Early and absentee voting city. They’ll need approximately 3,600 candidates to begin collecting petition Aug. 9: City clerk certifies candidates ends. So the question you should ask your marketing people is: of those $5 donations to qualify for signatures. They’ll need 500 signatures for the ballot. Why would you want to advertise in any other newspaper? public financing. from registered voters in their district. Oct. 3: Election day. Polls are open 7 Aug. 15: Last day for candidates to a.m.-7 p.m. 20 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS NEWS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 21 APD Reform Deal Headed for Train Wreck? Previewing the 2017 New Mexico Legislature

BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI | [email protected] BY DAN VUKELICH he Legislature meets in Santa Fe on Jan. 17 to increases starting on Jan. 1, 2019. Would eliminate of up to 5 cents a gallon of gas in 1-cent increments. ore than two years into the effort to reform messages with Saucedo and Hernandez seeking address New Mexico’s ongoing budget deficits an exception for hospitality servers who receive tips Rep. Randal Crowder and Rep. Roberto Were APD Videos Hacked? T the Albuquerque Police Department, relations clarification. They did not immediately respond. and to consider possible changes to almost any area that has kept their minimum wage at $2.13 an hour. “Bobby” Gonzales. M Story on Page 26 between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city Hernandez said the city wants its complaints of state law. According to pre-filed legislation, the Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero. Guns are nearing meltdown. about Ginger’s responsibili- agenda appears to be heavy on guns, changes to Government transparency Documents and telephone ties taken to U.S. Magistrate education funding and the minimum wage. conference transcripts show Stephan Vidmar for a type The acronyms HJR and SJR refer to proposed SJR5/SB56. Would the two sides remain bitterly of mediation. Magistrates House and Senate joint resolutions, or constitutional SB26. Would require archiving of webcasts of amend the New divided over the role and frequently mediate disputes amendments, that require voter approval and do not legislative floor sessions and make them available Mexico Constitution expectations of the indepen- in lawsuits before federal require the governor’s signature. HB and SB refer to through the Legislature’s website. Sen. Sander Rue. to allow anyone 18 dent monitor in the case. The judges. House and Senate bills that require the governor’s years old or older not divisions have led to heated Saucedo and Ginger said signature. SB54. Would have New Mexico join other states in otherwise prohibited and sometimes emotional they preferred any decision agreeing to elect the President of the United States by law to carry a con- exchanges between lawyers on the disagreements to Education through direct popular vote and do away with the cealed firearm without for the city and the DOJ. be made by Brack himself. Electoral College for these states. The system for the a permit. SB56 contains the enabling Now, the DOJ is accusing Ginger told Brack that the SJR2. Would amend the New Mexico Constitution affected states would take effect once enough states the city of doing almost process he has been using to return administration of education in New Mexi- representing a majority of the nation’s electoral legislation should the amendment be approved by nothing to resolve the issues, to deal with the city and co to a 10-member elected board of education whose votes join the agreement. Sen. Carlos Cisneros. voters. Sen. William Neville. and the city is asking that APD is pretty much the policies would be implemented by a board-appoint- a federal court magistrate same one he used while ed education superintendent. New Mexico used this SB68. Would require the HB50/SB28. Would require background checks of judge be brought in to medi- successfully overseeing system until a constitutional amendment created an New Mexico Board of buyers of guns privately sold or traded, including ate the dispute. police reform efforts in appointed education secretary during the Richards Medical Examiners to cre- weapons sold at gun shows. Checks would be done A more drastic step would Pittsburgh and New Jersey. administration. Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, Sen. ate a web portal to allow through a federally licensed firearms dealer. Would be for the U.S. District judge “This has gone on longer Michael Padilla. the public to know more exempt checks for transfers between family mem- overseeing the case to take than any project that I’ve about medical providers, bers, by or to law enforcement officers, members of over operation and reform had experience with at this HJR1/SJR3. Would amend the New Mexico Consti- including providers’ the armed forces and certain security guards. Sen. of the police department level,” Ginger said. tution to allow distribution of up to 5 percent of the criminal record and disci- Richard Martinez. Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard. himself. annual interest earned in the Land Grant Permanent plinary history, if any, and Crime “There has been no Judge fed up Fund to support early childhood education. If the amounts of payments meaningful effort by the approved by New Mexico voters, the change would to settle malpractice claims. Sen. Sander Rue. At one point during the city to work with the parties require approval of the U.S. Congress. Sen. Michael HB53. Would allow local governments to impose conference Hernandez and the monitor to identify Padilla. SB72. Would create a permanent 12-member state curfews between midnight and 5 a.m. for children made what some might points of agreement and PHOTO CREDIT: Sociopat_empat ethics board appointed by the governor and in- under 16 and allow police to take into protective consider a threat against disagreement,” DOJ attorney SB62. Would simplify the system used to grade dependent entities in the state to staggered terms. custody a curfew-violating child whose parents or Ginger. Luis Saucedo told U.S. District Court Judge Robert public schools, using a letter grade system based on Would have subpoena power to investigate allega- guardian could not be contacted. Rep. Nate Gentry. “We do not want to publicly criticize the monitor Brack during a Jan. 5 status conference. 100 possible points. Criteria would include academic tions of ethical misconduct by candidates and state if we don’t have to,” Hernandez said. “That’s the “Your Honor, our conversations have not been growth of both the top 25th percentile and the high- contractors. Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto. HB54. Would stiffen penalties and expand covered reason we thought that working first among the easy. They have involved feelings of frustration and ‘We spent much time est 25th percentile in reading and math; progress in crimes punishable under New Mexico’s “Three parties and then maybe with Judge Vidmar would confusion,” Saucedo told Brack. “We spent much discussing conversations that have language proficiency; college readiness; and schools’ HB73. Would prohibit former public officials from Strikes” law. Rep. Nate Gentry. be preferable because we are not trying to publicly time discussing conversations that have taken place parental engagement, among other benchmarks. accepting employment as paid lobbyists for two taken place in the past, rehashing old criticize or embarrass the monitor in any way.” in the past, rehashing old controversies and pointing Sen. Mimi Stewart. years after their terms end. Would make violation a HB72. Would reinstate the death penalty in New controversies and pointing fingers for Brack told the lawyers he was disturbed by the fingers for delays and problems.” misdemeanor. Rep. Jim Dines. Mexico. Rep. Monica Youngblood. disagreements about Ginger’s role and that he Minimum wage Saucedo went on to say that the city has unfairly delays and problems’ wasn’t going to let a threat of public embarrassment Taxes attacked the independent monitor in the case, James – U.S. Justice Department lawyer Luis Saucedo HB74. Would enhance penalties for repeat criminal send the issue to a magistrate judge for resolution. Ginger, whose public reports have unrelentingly HB67/SB36. Would raise offenders, including repeat drunken-driving offend- “And I am as concerned today as I’ve ever been at ripped APD for having a “culture of low account- the state minimum wage SB50. Would change the income tax brackets for ers. Rep. Jim Dines. any point in the process,” Brack said. ability” and for having little appetite for reform. to $8.45 per hour for New Mexico taxpayers and include a new top Hernandez went on, “There are also a number of “To tell me that, two-plus years into this process Other “The parties have a responsibility and a duty to employees of companies bracket, and tax single people making more than communication issues that have become impedi- we are still not clear on roles and responsibilities, or the Court to assist and support the monitor in carry- with 10 or more employ- $187,500 a year at the rate of $8,983.50, plus 8.2 ments to both trying to resolve those issues and also rather [what], the monitor’s obligations … are being ing out his duties under the CASA [Court approved ees; and to $7.50 an hour percent of any amount over $187,500. Joint filers SJR4/SB22. Would amend the New Mexico Con- to the reform process, itself.” challenged, it’s disturbing, to say the least.” settlement agreement],” Saucedo added. “This, we for companies with 10 or fewer employees. Calls making more than $375,000 would be taxed at the stitution to allow the Legislature to set the min- Hernandez also told Brack that the city has had Brack continued: “And I would hate for anyone believe, does not include attacking the monitor or for separate cost of living increases starting on Jan. rate of $17,967, plus 8.2 percent of any amount over imum qualifications to hold the office of county concerns about Ginger’s responsibilities since at and everyone to be embarrassed and called out in a blaming implementation problems at APD on the 1, 2018, for all categories of employers. Would hold $375,000. Sen. Bill O’Neill. sheriff. If SJR4 is approved by voters in 2018, SB22 least the spring of 2016 and that the city reached public way, but we’re not going to use Judge Vidmar monitor.” out to the DOJ and the monitoring team but did not employees harmless if the cost of living decreases. would require county sheriffs to have five years of to avoid embarrassment that may be necessary to Sen. William Soules. HB61/SB41. Would extend through 2025 the New professional civilian or military law enforcement receive responses. move the process forward. ‘Process suffering’ “And so we, the city, reached out again in De- Mexico solar tax credit that expired on Dec. 31, 2016, experience and hold a New Mexico law enforcement “I’ve told you just very recently the hand-holding HB67. Would call for an $8.40 minimum wage with the credit starting at 10 percent for systems certification. Sen. Michael Padilla. During the conference call to assess progress on cember and – or maybe even late November and is done. These issues need to be addressed. They brought those issues up again and said, we need to starting in 2018 and mandate step increases until the installed prior to Jan. 1, 2019, and declining to 5 achieving the terms of the 2014 settlement of the need to be resolved. And it would be in everyone’s minimum wage reaches $10.10 an hour in 2020. Calls percent for those installed by Jan. 1, 2025. Sen. Mimi SB58. Would allow customers to take their own DOJ’s lawsuit over civil rights violations by APD, address these, we need to resolve these, they can no interest to resolve them short of the public pro- longer go unaddressed, the process is suffering,” for separate annual cost-of-living increases. Rep. Stewart. Rep. Sarah Maestas Barnes. wine into bars and restaurants, provided the wine is City Attorney Jessica Hernandez denied that the nouncements that are certainly going to come.” Miguel Garcia. not on the restaurant’s menu. Provides for a corkage city was attacking Ginger but said “the city does Hernandez said. Neither Saucedo nor Hernandez detailed exact- Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at HB63. Would allow local governments to impose fee and would allow a partially consumed bottle of have concerns about the roles, responsibilities ABQ Free Press Weekly. HB27. Would raise the state minimum wage to $7.50 fuel taxes for construction of bridges and highways, wine opened during a meal to be taken home. and expectations between the parties and the moni- ly what their differences are regarding Ginger’s responsibilities. ABQ Free Press Weekly left phone an hour effective July 1, 2017, and to $15 an hour but would prohibit use tax proceeds for public Sen. Ron Griggs. toring team.” on Jan. 1, 2018, with separate annual cost-of-living transit projects. Would allow local imposition 22 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS SPORTS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 23 Working Classroom Founder Progressive Summit Seeds of Noodles’ Failure Planted 20 Years Ago Touched the Lives of Many BY DANIEL LIBIT | nmfishbowl.com By SARA MACNEIL | [email protected] Editor’s note: ABQ Free Press Weekly is excerpting a portion of t’s been said you begin saving the world as Commodity: Redistributing the Goods,” writer Daniel Libit’s 9,300-word piece detailing the Iby saving one person at a time. Nan a research article showing how language Elsasser lived life with that thought in differences are connected to social and professional career of Lobo Men’s Basketball Coach mind. “She pulled me out of depression,” economic disparities. Craig Neal, published on nmfishbowl.com. Richard McClarkin said about his late wife. Along with Kyle Mackenzie and As Libit did, ABQ Free Press Weekly contacted the McClarkin wasn’t the only person Yvonne Tixier y Vigil, Elsasser wrote “Las UNM Athletics Department seeking comment from Elsasser, founder and executive director of Mujeres: Conversations from a Hispanic Neal. Through a UNM athletics spokesperson, Neal Working Classroom, helped by introduc- Community,” a book of interviews with declined to be interviewed or respond to the article. ing them to theater. New Mexico Hispanic women published in The excerpt published here deals with Neal’s “It’s hard to comprehend how she 1980 by The Feminist Press. time with the Toronto Raptors and with the Iowa accomplished so much in her life. I feel Elsasser told Crosswinds Weekly in 2003, Hawkeyes, where he coached under Steve Alford, like she accomplished enough for three later his boss at UNM. lifetimes,” said Meggan Gomez, Working To give context to the excerpt, we’ve included the Classroom theater director. first three paragraphs of the original nmfishbowl. Elsasser worked up until the end of her com piece below: life. After she retired in 2014, she started SPROUTS International Theater Company. Photo: Johnny Vizcaino It’s over. Even if it’s not over yet. Even if it might not be With stage four cancer, she collaborated U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, an Albuquerque Democrat who has announced over for a while – that surely has less to do with the man with Lisandra Tena to produce “Guera,” a her candidacy for New Mexico governor in 2018, speaks with constituents in question than the exigencies of his situation. attending a summit for progressive candidates, voters and organizers on Jan. play about a woman surviving childhood Craig Neal’s problems as a college basketball coach with a drug-addicted mother. 7. The event was sponsored by ProgressNow New Mexico. About 400 people attended breakout sessions to discuss the nuts and bolts of political organizing have by now become self-evident: the mounting losses, Elsasser was diagnosed with colon cancer and maintaining momentum beyond individual election cycles. for starters, but really the entire package – the cockeyed in January 2015. She died on Dec. 19 at age 72. PHOTO CREDIT: Si.com public statements; the scapegoating; the sophistry; the McClarkin met Elsasser in a courtroom pretense; the lack of discipline; the thin skin (that’s worse reporters the tale about his virtuoso performance in organization recalled Neal’s “colorful” character and where she was serving as a character MAYOR’S RACE, page 19 witness. He was working as a defense than Steve Alford’s, if that’s possible). discovering the future NBA star. hankering for the nightlife. One could say that it was impossible to see this coming, attorney on another case. Nan Elsasser and husband state and about potential violations of Stella Padilla, Democrat Raptors tenure law by former APD Chief Ray Schultz except that it was 20 years in the making. “One of her employees violated Richard McClarkin Old Town activist Alford may have been the drill and former state Tax and Revenue Make no mistake: Several top Raptors executives probation and was called to court. Nan who got involved represented him because she knew Department Secretary Demesia n 1996, Craig Neal, the former George Tech bas- of the time, who spoke with NMFishbowl.com, master with a whistle, sources said, “The catalyst [for Working Classroom] in politics in he was Black and nobody in a biased was my trip to Bluefields, Nicaragua, in Padilla. ketball star, landed a scouting job with the Toronto supported the idea that Neal was instrumental in the but Neal was the control freak March 2015 when I system would speak up for him,” he said. December of 1986 during a civil war.” Status: Running Raptors. The organization’s top scout, Jim Kelly, team’s McGrady pick. But as a formative accom- she first learned Elsasser told McClarkin about a Working Elsasser returned to Albuquerque and had known Neal from their days in Germany, where plishment, it was also a problematic one: convincing In an interview with NMFishbowl.com, Glen about Berry’s $119 Classroom workshop. He signed up for spoke to a class at Washington Middle Kelly was a coach and Neal had played professional- Neal, from the very beginning, that he knew better Grunwald, then the Raptors general manager, made Republican million Albuquer- one taught by Moises Kaufman, writer of School about her Nicaragua experience, Dan Lewis, ly for a time. than everyone else. note of Neal’s conspicuous “off-court personality,” que Rapid Transit the acclaimed “Laramie Project,” a play informing students about children their City councilor In 2000, the Raptors hired Hall of Famer Lenny saying the young assistant “would tend to do some Project. Since about the murder of Mathew Shepard in own age going to school with no paper, from the West Wilkens as head coach, and Neal was promoted to then, Padilla has bizarre types of things, going out after games.” Laramie, Wyo. pencils or food. Side since 2009. ‘He was an assistant who would the last coaching spot on the bench. He joined Dick fiercely opposed ART and has blasted “I thought it was all positive,” Grunwald said, Kaufman brought high-caliber theater That spurred the students to write and Led the effort in Helm, Wilkens’ longtime top assistant, who had all city councilors who supported it. really like to be a head coach. without providing specifics. “But you could always people to the company. “Nan had con- illustrate their own books for the Bluefield 2014 to once coached Neal in the NBA Summer League. get a good story about Noodles.” Others, however, nections throughout the world. When she children. Elsasser facilitated the project, Padilla is a retired widow with two get rid of And I will leave it at that’ Over the next three years, according to a source thought Neal, by then in his mid-30s, was trying too found a guest artist she liked, she found and The Albuquerque Tribune printed grown children. She has called city then-APD Chief — Dick Helm, Raptors assistant coach close to Wilkens, Neal repeatedly clashed with hard to live the life of the NBA star he never had out who their friends were,” Gomez said. 1,000 copies of each book the students government a “snake pit.” Ray Schultz. the head coach in a way that seemed like he was been. After McClarkin took his first theater had made. Elsasser took the books to Status: Running Was one of the “He wanted to be a coach, for sure,” Kelly, now trying to undermine Wilkens’ authority. The source acting workshop, he was hooked and Nicaragua to use for teacher training. first council- with the Dallas Mavericks, told me. “His father was thought Neal was trying to angle for a promotion — Move to Iowa impressed by Elsasser’s vision. “It was a “Hundreds of Nicaraguan children Democrat a coach. He always talked about coaching.” community designed to bring traditional- learned to read courtesy of those books,” ors to ask that the U.S. Department Ken Sanchez, perhaps, even for the head coaching job itself — in Following Wilkens’ firing in 2003, Neal was ly neglected and overlooked people into wrote Lisa Polisar, a Crosswinds Weekly of Justice investigate APD. He has Albuquerque city More specifically, Neal made it well known that he the event of a shakeup. Through a spokesperson, demoted back to scouting, where he lasted for one the art world,” he said. reporter. owned two small businesses and is an councilor and former intended to become an NBA head coach, and sooner Wilkens declined to comment for this story. Others more season, before being let go in an organizational Elsasser was a Fulbright Scholar. She Under Elsasser’s direction, Working executive in an Albuquerque-based Bernalillo County rather than later. involved in the Raptors at the time described the housecleaning. Two and a half weeks later, he land- taught an experimental writing program Classroom won awards from the Albu- wholesale petroleum supply county commis- Neal would be with the Raptors for a total of seven Neal/Wilkens dynamic in milder terms. ed at the University of Iowa as Steve Alford’s top for honors students at the College of the querque Arts Alliance, American Alliance company. sioner. Sanchez, an seasons, toggling between the roles of a scout and a assistant, bringing with him an NBA résumé and, in Virgin Islands. She also taught English for Theater and Education, Albuquerque Status: Running accountant, has been low-level assistant. But arguably, his most memora- The Alford-Neal coaching duo the minds of some, a preening sense of superiority. composition at Santa Fe’s Institute of Human Rights Board and Family Circle a staunch supporter ble work was in that very first year, when he pros- struck many as an example “(Iowa) had a pretty good run for a couple of American Indian Arts. Magazine. Steve Madison, Democrat of ART and says the pected a high school star named Tracy McGrady, years, and, all of a sudden, here comes this flop- She wrote articles for various academic The last Working Classroom project city couldn’t pass up who was playing at Mt. Zion Christian Academy in of strange bedfellows py-haired, expensive-suit guy, who is tall, and all journals and other publications on Elsasser helped raise money for is “Solving Madison, who millions of dollars in federal funding. North Carolina. I heard [about] is that he’s a two-handicap [golfer] language and education equity, including for X,” a play premiering Feb. 16 at the describes himself He has also worked to thwart an Neal, who had been living in Atlanta, became the “Craig always did feel that he was an outstanding and Jon Barry is his best friend,” said a source close a piece on the shortage of after-school National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 as a Democrat who attempt by Berry to privatize a por- Raptors’ point person for McGrady, who Toronto coach — he was very knowledgeable, very good,” to the Iowa program. program funding for ABQ Free Press Fourth St. SW. “This is the last of her hand leans Independent, tion of police services. Sanchez was ended up selecting with the ninth pick of the 1997 Helm told me. “And the second part of that is that I The Alford-Neal coaching duo struck many as Weekly (Oct. 8, 2014). touching the organization,” Gomez said. did not respond to an unsuccessful candidate for state NBA draft. While the decision was ultimately that think he would really all along like to be a head coach an example of strange bedfellows, but there were In 1981, she wrote “Through Writing A celebration of Elsasser’s life will be a request for treasurer in 2002. of Isaiah Thomas, then the Raptors’ president, Neal somewhere. He was an assistant who would really like some noticeable similarities between the child- We Transform our World: Third World held on the date she was born, June 29. information. Status: Likely to run has long claimed it as the feather in his cap. For two to be a head coach. And I will leave it at that.” hood friends: they were both from Indiana; both Women and Literacy” with Kyle Fiore. Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor decades running, Neal has been telling basketball Meanwhile, several sources in the Raptors pronounced Christians; and both strikingly vain With Patricia Irvine, she wrote “Literacy Sara MacNeil is an ABQ Free Press Weekly journalism intern. at ABQ Free Press Weekly. cont. on page 24 24 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY SPORTS/NEWS TRAVEL WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 25 SEEDS, page 23 M&J Sanitary Tortilla On A Tank of Gas: That’s MAD-rid, not Madrid – especially about their appearance. recruiting prowess. BY MORIAH CARTY | [email protected] But whereas Alford’s presentation The 2004-2005 season, Neal’s first, Reborn as Art Space was traditional and clean-shaven, was a capricious period of highs and Neal evinced a style that was, at once, very deep lows at Iowa. Midway By SARA MACNEIL | [email protected] op in the car and let’s head north along the Tur- more dashing and disheveled – Gor- through, star player Pierre Pierce was Hquoise Trail National Scenic Byway to Madrid. don Gekko, but after the stock starts dismissed from the program after ongtime residents of Albuquerque Turquoise Trail is one of 25 national scenic byways plummeting. being charged with sexual assault. Lremember the M&J Sanitary Tortilla in New Mexico. At 52 miles long along NM 14, Factory at the south edge of Down- “Steve was always well-groomed, Two years before, Alford had allowed it connects Albuquerque to Santa Fe, with many town as a high-powered lunch spot and so was Craig, but he was different Pierce to return to the team, following scenic vistas. The backside of the Sandias loom in that displayed the works of local artists well-groomed,” said Billy Garrett, the distance – almost unrecognizable without their a sexual assault charge in an entirely on its cooking-oil infused walls. who served as an assistant at Iowa separate case. granite faces. The restaurant, tortillas and sopapillas Madrid is just big enough that, if you were to during Alford’s final season. On the court, the Hawkeyes put are long gone, but the art is making a sneeze on the drive through, you’d catch the tail end According to multiple Hawkeye comeback. professional proposals for their shows of it. sources, Neal and Alford quickly ‘They have two legends on With the help of a new interior, new to be featured at Sanitary Tortilla Once a ghost town after the coal mine industry fell formed a two-person clique, regularly lighting and climate control, Sheri Crid- their bench. Steve, naturally, Factory. apart in the 1950s, Madrid was brought back to life secluding themselves in Alford’s office er and her business partner, Barbara The Sanitary Tortilla Factory collab- in the 1970s. Local artists came in and renewed it. to the exclusion of the rest of the staff. and Craig Neal, who thinks Bell, are turning the vacant building at orates with the UNM art department, Interestingly, no chain businesses are allowed in the This dynamic, those sources said, 403 Second St. SW into an art gallery he’s a legend’ 516 ARTS and the Albuquerque caused an immediate and profound and 15 artist studios. town, making it just that much more original. — former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins Museum of Art. strain in the team, which was further Crider and Bell rented the old Enough history, let’s get started. On the east side of “In time, the space will be recognized inflamed by Neal’s high-handedness. restaurant with hopes of purchasing the road, you can’t miss it, is our first stop. nationally as an art space. My hope is the 13,700-square foot space. The Park here, and prepare to walk through the small, “Alford needs a dominant personal- up middling results, finishing 7-9 in that it’s a legacy. Something that lives renovation took about three months. unique town. ity around him,” said one source close conference play. Nonetheless, they beyond my life,” Crider said. Crider, a licensed contractor, did the to the situation. “(Neal) is a dominant received an at-large bid to the NCAA Notable art critic Lucy Lippard and work herself. personality. His whole thing is: You tournament, where they faced Cin- Bill Gilbert, who started the Land Arts Albuquerque to Java Junction: 43.8 miles need me worse than I need you.” cinnati in the first round. For just the program at the University of New Always start with a cup o’ coffee. A day without Self-promotion second time in six years under Alford, Notable art critic Lucy Mexico, serve as jurors for Crider’s and coffee is a day without the sun. the Hawkeyes earned a spot in the Lippard and Bill Gilbert, who Bell’s planned Sanitary Tortilla Factory Java Junction also has many scrumptious pastries. Alford may have been the drill NCAA Tournament, where they faced started the Land Arts artist residency. Most of their supplies come from local vendors in master with a whistle, sources said, Cincinnati in the first round. Crider moved to the Sanitary Tortilla Santa Fe, and others from small, sustainable New but Neal was the control freak. “He Factory from her old space, SCA “They have two legends on their program at the University Mexican family farms. Photos: Moriah Carty didn’t want anybody having any say bench,” Bob Huggins, then Cincinna- of New Mexico, serve as Contemporary Gallery at 525 Haines Savor the morning with your companions. The Ave. NW, because her landlord other than him,” said a source. Even ti’s coach, joked to reporters before warm cup of coffee will keep you going for the rest jurors for an upcoming wouldn’t sell the space. “I would have mining towns, the layout feels familiar. The re- Garrett, who remains fond of Neal, the game. “Steve, naturally, and Craig of the day. said there was an obvious difference Sanitary Tortilla Factory never had any equity always giving painted new shops don’t hide the old architecture. Neal, who thinks he’s a legend.” On to the next waypoint. when it came to the two top coaches’ money to someone else. Upgrades go Previously homes, the storefronts are filled with The comment hit home with some in artist residency willingness to delegate. to the landlord,” she said. local trinkets. the Hawkeye program. Crider is keeping the name of the “Steve didn’t micromanage,” said The $81,000 renovation involved On the south side of the road, a bit down the way, “It was a joke,” one former player old turquoise and blue building for her Garrett, now an assistant at DePaul. tearing out storeroom walls and reside some funky, incomplete pieces of artwork. told me, “but I remember reading that new art space because she values the “He wouldn’t stand over your walk-in coolers. Heating and cooling Here, you become the missing piece. thinking it was true.” history of the building. shoulder. … Craig might be the guy were upgraded for artist work areas. Pull out your camera, it’s time to let your Many remember the M&J Sanitary Iowa lost the game. The front area of the space, where goofy side out. Designed by a local artist, the out- [asking], ‘Are you doing it? Have you Tortilla Factory for its popular New The next season, Iowa posted its best the patrons once dined on posole and door photography studio allows you to become any checked on that?’” Mexican food. The restaurant was record under Alford, winning the Big green-chile-smothered burritos, had number of characters: a cowboy, or maybe a The other main complaint that featured in The New York Times, Ten tournament and earning a No. 3 sufficient climate control, but the rest newlywed couple. would emerge at Iowa was Neal’s Cosmopolitan, and the New Yorker. seed in the NCAA Tournament. But of the factory was served only by a zest for self-promotion. Despite his M&J once catered a party hosted by Connie’s Photo Park to The Mine Shaft as a harbinger for things to come in swamp cooler. aw-shucks protestations, people then-President Bill Clinton. Tavern: Loboland, the team would be upset by Crider started the renovations with around him said he spent a lot of time, The restaurant had “sanitary” in the the No. 14 seed, Northwestern State, the hope she and Bell could get a loan On the way to the tavern, head east but take the indeed too much time, cultivating name because the company used a to purchase the space, but that wasn’t longest way possible. It’s time to be a tourist. relationships with national basketball in the first round. tortilla-making machine, which in the a certainty. “It’s hard to qualify for a The art is as quirky as the town; from recycled art mid-20th century was viewed as more reporters, trying to convince them Daniel Libit, a New Mexico native, is edi- loan being a low-budget art facility. It’s to polished stone. The scenic byway is called The sanitary than making tortillas by hand. of his coaching brilliance and tor of nmfishbowl.com. He lives in Chicago. not a typical business,” Crider said. Turquoise Trail for a reason. The area is rich in tur- “The restaurant’s owners, Bea and If you go on the weekend, you might catch a spe- But on Dec. 9, Crider and Bell were quoise, which is celebrated in the custom, handmade Jake Montoya, had regular art shows, cial event. The tavern always has something lively approved for a loan from Accion In- jewelry found in almost every store. and artists remember their returned going on. ternational – a nonprofit micro lender Nob Hill’s HeyJhonny Closing artworks smelling like tortilla chips,” If you’re lucky, you might spot the jeweler in the that serves low-income clients – that Crider said. back, crafting the next unique piece. BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF allowed them to purchase the building. The Mine Shaft Tavern to Albuquerque: Business suffered from construction Every store represents a special part of Madrid. Since Crider first began providing 43.8 miles ob Hill is bracing for its first small Ford said on Jan. 9. “There are many on Lead and Coal avenues, and the There’s a woman with a boot fetish. A man who a space for artists, her goal was to Another long day under the colorful sunset, time Nbusiness casualty of 2017, and the variables that went into this decision, M&J closed in 2004 after 30 years. A crafts delectable chocolates. While each of the shops showcase artwork at no charge to the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project is partly including the changing face of brick and food manufacturing business occupied sell different items, they all have a similar feel. to retrace our steps back to home. artist. Crider is an artist herself and to blame, the owner says. mortar retail, online sales, the change of the space until 2012, and the building When you’ve exhausted your exploratory shop- knows the challenges. Java Junction to Connie’s Photo Park: After 20 years as a local specialty retailer, the Nob Hill neighborhood and the impact was empty until Crider took it over. ping, make your way back to the tavern and order Stops: Many; Miles: about 99 “We have to make the artwork, Begin walking west on the side of the road. As you Hey Jhonny, 3418 Central Ave. SW, is going of the ART project.” some grub. Sadly, they don’t have a house brew, but pay for the materials, and then we make your way to the park, make sure to stop in the out of business next month. Hey Jhonny is having a series of sales with they do carry many local beers. “It is with a heavy heart that we have increasing discounts on inventory until it have to rent a place to show it,” she Sara MacNeil is an ABQ Free Press odd but intriguing shops. Moriah Carty is an Albuquerque local with a heavy decided to close the store,” owner Tom closes its doors on Feb. 17, Ford said. said. Artists and curators must submit journalism intern. If you’ve been through other old, revitalized sense of wanderlust. 26 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS/COLUMNS COLUMNS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 27 Schultz and Taser-gate Still Loom; Two Well-funded Republicans Mass Incarceration Film, Oh, the Words ABQ City Suggests APD Video Hacked Face off in ABQ Mayor’s Race Celebration of Dr. King Longs To Hear in 2017 BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI BY JOE MONAHAN BY SAYRAH NAMASTÉ BY DAN KLEIN

earing that City Hall is about to enter General is reviewing all civil and criminal he race for one of the Innovate business incubators ne-hun- MLK’s Birthday elcome to open and honest with my staff. Not!!!” into a $5 million deal with a company concerns related to this matter and will Albuquerque at Broadway Boulevard and Central dred-fifty 2017! Citizens Police Oversight Board: “Chief F T O This coming weekend, Albuquerque W that might have broken the law, City update the City Council as soon as the mayor has begun Avenue Northeast. years of racism in 2016 was a tough Eden and Mayor Berry are no longer celebrates the life of Dr. King and the Councilor Dan Lewis wants the state review is complete.” to firm up with the He took a bite out of the Albu- 100 minutes. That’s year, so how could ignoring us! We are working together legacy of the civil rights movement A Cop’s Attorney General’s Office to release the first major Repub- querque Public Schools by calling it how director Ava we make 2017 to make APD great again.” Hacking through several events. At 10 a.m., results of its criminal probe into former lican contender a “failed” district and endorsing its DuVernay, who View better? How about Albuquerque Police Officers Asso- In what a member of the Police Saturday, Jan. 14, everyone can join the Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz’s tossing his hat into break-up into smaller districts. The directed “Middle quotes from local ciation President Shawn Willoughby: Oversight Board is calling the “tee up Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March and dealings with Taser International. the ring. Legislature is likely to tackle that issue of Nowhere” and politicians that “I want to thank the mayor and City to an excuse,” the city is apparently Celebration. Schultz steered a $2 million no-bid Two-term Albu- in the upcoming session. “Selma,” describes would be great if Council for reinstating retention suggesting that Taser’s evidence.com The march begins at the corner of contract for Albuquerque Police Depart- querque Republican City Councilor Dan But it was on crime that Lewis made her newest film “13th,” a documentary spoken in the next 12 months. bonuses for veteran officers. Because of cloud storage service might have been University Boulevard and Martin Luther ment lapel cameras to Taser in 2013 and, Lewis came prepared for his entrance his mark. That’s going to be the driver that explores the connections between Mayor Richard Berry: “I would like to this, no officers retired in 2017, and hacked. King Jr. Avenue Northeast and will according to a state audit, told company onto the city and state political stages. of the turnout in the crime-fearing, the enslavement of Black people and apologize to Albuquerque for the high APD has grown to the 1,000-officer The idea of hacking was broached head west on MLK Avenue and end officials that the deal was “greased.” He had done pre-Christmas polling affluent Albuquerque Heights, which mass incarceration. crime that plagues us. It’s my fault for staffing level!” by Chief Administrative Officer and at Civic Plaza Downtown with a short At the time, Schultz was preparing to that showed the city’s crime epidemic votes overwhelmingly Republican and The United States is currently impris- destroying a once-great police depart- City Attorney Jessica Hernandez at a commemorative program from 11 retire and take a $1,000-a-day job with was far and away the most important has the power to advance a Republican oning 2.3 million people, which is the ment. Please forgive me.” City Council meeting on Dec. 19. That a.m.-1 p.m. Free city buses will bring Taser and was already working for the issue for likely voters, and he ham- successor to Berry into the Mayor’s Of- highest incarceration rate in the world. Berry to Chief Administrative Officer Berry to Chief suggestion would be a convenient way marchers back from Civic Plaza to the company while still on the city payroll. mered away at it when he took to the fice, despite the city being heavily Dem Thanks to Young Women United, you Rob Perry: “Rob, you don’t deserve that for APD to deny responsibility if it is start of the march. The event is being Administrative Officer In a letter Jan. 9 to Attorney General podium. in registration. Turnout for mayoral can see the film for free at 5:30 p.m., $45,000 per year raise. I am holding you found that some APD officers have organized by the New Mexico Martin Rob Perry: ‘Rob, you don’t Hector Balderas, Lewis asked that the He said, “Our city is in a public safety elections is low, which magnifies the on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Outpost accountable and taking the taxpayers’ altered lapel camera videos, as alleged Luther King Jr. Commission. For more results of the investigation be provided crisis” and that we can’t let “criminals perennially strong Republican turnout. Performance Space, 210 Yale Blvd. SE. money back.” deserve that $45,000 per by Reynaldo Chavez, the department’s information, call (505) 222-6466. to the council by early February. define Albuquerque. … Danger should The fly in Lewis’ soup is GOP Ber- There will be a panel discussion after Berry to businesses on Central Avenue: former records custodian, said over- The Martin Luther King Jr. Multicul- year raise. I am holding you That’s when councilors are expected to not be the word that comes to mind nalillo County Commissioner Wayne the film. “I am sorry. I should have listened to sight board member Joanne Fine. tural Council will host the 27th annual accountable and taking the vote on a city bid-evaluation committee’s when people think about Johnson who may announce a mayoral you about ART.” On Jan. 9, in a meeting of Civilian Po- celebration of Dr. King’s life from 1-3 recommendation that Taser get a new $5 Albuquerque.” bid soon. Also, the rumor mill has Police Chief Gorden Eden, “I resign. taxpayers’ money back’ lice Oversight Board, Police Oversight p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at Congregation million contract – this one a multi-year former APD Sergeant and Republican Mass incarceration has I admit I am way over my head here. Agency Executive Director Ed Harness Albert, 3800 Louisiana Blvd. NE. deal to supply APD with another 2,000 Pal Heh making another mayoral run. been referred to as the I have no clue what I am doing. My Any member of the City Council, any was asked about the idea that Taser’s ‘We will embrace change, The keynote speaker will be Rabbi body cameras, as well as cloud video That could split the GOP vote rather appointment wasn’t justified.” member at all: “Mayor Berry, Mr. Perry evidence.com video cloud storage site ‘new Jim Crow’ Stephen Lewis Fuchs. “Keep the Dream storage services. not the status quo. than unify it around one candidate like Eden to Assistant Chief Huntsman and Chief Eden, I have no faith in your was vulnerable. Alive” Awards will be given to Wings “The City Council wants to make Lewis. The title reflects the film’s premise: and the APD command: “Those $12,000 abilities. Have you looked at Albuquer- “What the city is alleging, or trying As mayor, along with for LIFE International, a group that the best, most well-informed decision If no candidate gets 50 percent in how the Thirteenth Amendment led to retention bonuses were meant for our que? It’s a war zone, and you caused it.” to disprove or prove, is that there may new police leadership, helps ex-offenders and their families; possible,” Lewis wrote in the letter. the Oct. 3 balloting, the two top vote mass incarceration in the United States. cops on the beat. I am taking it from Gov. Martinez and Mayor Berry: “We have been, if there was tampering, former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman; and “This means, of course, not awarding we will transform APD’ getters advance to a run-off election According to author and professor you and giving it to them.” are moving forward to build a new, that it may have been from outside Michelle Gonzalez, former Albuquer- a second contract to a firm that may — Candidate Dan Lewis influences and it may have been like a month later. If there’s only one big Michelle Alexander, African-Americans Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry, state-of-the-art concert and fairgrounds have already violated City ordinances or que district manager for Smith’s Food a hacking situation, and they’re trying GOP name in the race, he’s virtually are more likely than white offenders to “Silvio (Dell’Angela): Let’s have dinner, because Tingley Coliseum stinks, and regulations,” he wrote. and Drug and a long-time volunteer to say that the system is the problem Lewis, 46, is seeking to replace fellow guaranteed a runoff spot. get prison sentences for drug offenses, on me. I think we need to put the past everyone’s known it for decades.” Lewis, an announced candidate in the with the Martin Luther King Jr. and it wasn’t an internal problem with Republican Richard Berry. The mayor is Still, Lewis has the support of the even though studies have consistently behind us. My house, Sunday Sen. John Arthur Smith: “I am happy Oct. 3 mayoral election, said there are Multicultural Council. particular officers,” Harness said. not seeking a third term. While Lewis Harvey Yates faction of the GOP, shown that they are not more likely to at 5 p.m.?” to announce that the state budget crisis “concerns, on many fronts, of inap- Several New Mexico high school Joanne Fine, who had asked Harness didn’t zing Berry directly, he signaled which has battled with Gov. Susana use or sell drugs than white people. City Councilor Pat Davis: “My com- is over! New Mexico will start focusing propriate actions taken by certain City seniors will receive scholarships for about the city’s suggestion of hacking, when it comes to the deeply troubled Martinez’s camp. That means GOP Mass incarceration has been referred ments will be very brief” (greeted with on infrastructure repair, and we will officials and possibly by Taser Interna- college. Two of the scholarships are told ABQ Free Press Weekly, “It is the Albuquerque Police Department, he grassroots support and money from to as the “new Jim Crow,” which riotous applause). use only New Mexico companies and tional representatives themselves.” in memory of Christopher Torres and tee up of an excuse.” will not pick up where Berry left off. the New Mexico oil fields. Lewis has means that carrying on the work of the City Councilor Brad Winter: “I am workers!” The Attorney General’s office launched Milton Hall, both killed by Albuquer- “I’m just sick of ‘It’s not our fault.’ “We will embrace change, not the raised well over $100,000 and has civil rights movement carries with it the deeply concerned about the mayor’s Silvio Dell’Angela: “I had a great time its probe of Schultz and Taser in early que police. For more information I’m sick of it,” she told this newspaper. status quo. As mayor, along with new hired veteran campaign fundraiser Teri need to push for prison reform. plan, and therefore I won’t vote in at Rob Perry’s house. He is a gracious 2015 after State Auditor Tim Keller re- call Joycelyn Pegues Jackson at “I would rather see the police depart- police leadership, we will transform Baird. Insiders say Johnson will have The event is organized by Young favor of it.” host, and we plan on having a Friday leased an report that found that Schultz (505) 688-4162 or visit mlkmc.com. ment say we are as concerned about APD,” Lewis declared. to come with at least $250,000 to be Women United, which works with City Attorney Jessica Hernandez: “I date night with the entire City Council.” and Taser may have violated city and the possibility of evidence tampering as Lewis is the first mayoral candidate competitive and to give Lewis a run for young women of color in New Mex- Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with admit that it has been city policy to Attorney General Hector Balderas: state laws. Keller’s audit noted Schultz’s everybody else.” to indicate he may replace current APD the top GOP spot. If he runs, Heh will ico on criminal justice reform with a the American Friends Service Committee deflect, divert and delay when it comes “I have made a decision on the Taser consultant role with the company as well Attorney Tom Grover, who represents Chief Gorden Eden. But he is not saying live off the fat of the land and play in gender-lens perspective while decrimi- in Albuquerque. She writes about to working with the Department of pay-to-play investigation.” as freebies like meals and trips that other Chavez, the former records historian explicitly that Eden is out. That will be single-digit territory. nalizing substance use and pregnancy. events of interest to Albuquerque’s Justice and the ABQ Free Press Weekly. I APD’s public records supervisor: “Here city employees took from Taser. who made the allegation of video an issue until and if he does. Like Berry, Lewis comes across as a Alongside LGBTQ youth of color, the activist community. am sorry, and I invite Dennis Domrzalski are your public records requests, no Lewis, a Republican and frequent tampering, ridiculed the city’s hacking Lewis also said he would support the solid citizen with an affable personality group also works on de-stigmatizing to come to my office and research any redactions and, bingo, done within 15 political ally of the mayor, first called for theory. politically difficult proposal of consoli- who pursues a moderate image, but treatment for mental illness; increasing public document he wants to see.” days, like the law says.” a probe into Schultz’s dealings with Taser “It’s pretty clear these guys at the city dating the city’s and Bernalillo County’s as a church pastor he has important access women of color have to a full The Martin Luther King Jr. Gov. Susana Martinez at the State of ABQ Free Press Weekly Associate in April of 2014. don’t have a clue about what is going public safety agencies, arguing it evangelical support. The Rev. Steve range of birthing options and center- the State speech: “We suck, and I own Editor Dennis Domrzalski: “Klein, I really Last month, Mayor Richard Berry’s Multicultural Council on, and that they are scrambling to would create “a new standard in Smotherman of Legacy Church, sport- ing on the midwifery model of care; part of the blame. I am devoting all enjoy your phone calls at all hours of administration announced that it had make up any and all excuses for their accountability and efficiency.” ing membership north of 10,000, was maintaining and growing access to will host the 27th annual of my efforts to compromise with the the day and night.” selected Taser to supply APD with 2,000 own failures. To say that without fully On the city’s struggling economy, one of those introducing Lewis during reproductive healthcare; and building Legislature to move this state forward. ABQ Free Press Weekly Editor Dan new lapel cameras and cloud storage. celebration of Dr. King’s life on vetting it shows you how reckless and Lewis did not offer much. He recited his announcement Sunday. That could educational equity and support for I will legalize Marijuana! Piz-zah and Vukelich: “Klein, you deserve a big The proposed new contract was put out Monday, Jan. 16, 1-3 p.m. careless these guys are.” Republican boilerplate about making put a lot of boots on the campaign trail expectant and young parents. weed for everyone!” raise! I am going to get you that money to bid and nine companies responded City officials did not immediately government friendly for business but re- and bucks in Lewis’ campaign fund. YWU’s goal is to support people’s at Congregation Albert, Federal monitor James Ginger: that Berry is taking from Rob Perry!” and a selection committee ultimately lied on Berry’s “Innovate Albuquerque” access to resources, information and “APD has achieved 100 percent of the [Editor’s note: In your dreams, Klein.] reply to requests for comment. Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico 3800 Louisiana Blvd. NE recommended Taser. program for his economic message. In education, to spur thoughtful deci- consent decree. APD command staff are politics. His daily blog can be found at Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police James Hallinan, a spokesman for Bal- Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor fact, he staged his announcement from sions about their own bodies and lives. excellent at writing policy. They are very deras, said, “The Office of the Attorney at ABQ Free Press Weekly. joemonahan.com sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. SUDOKU by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

28 • • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY WWW.FREEABQ.COM • • 29 January 11-17, 2017 CARTOONS/COLUMNS Eachpuzz Sudokules puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smallerJanuary 11-17, 2017 grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each APD Handling of Maez Case of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult.Crossword Deserves Further Scrutiny by Myles Mellor and Sally York BY BILL HUME Level: Easy Across 49. Section in the 20. Make knotted couple of weeks ago, I wrote spent 10 months in jail, and a state Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 A about how readers’ perceptions representative resigned her seat. squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 1. In the past newspaper patterns – not editor’s intentions – usually Following Donovan Maez’s arrest, 5. Debate position (abbreviation) 22. “___ so fast!” dictated whether newspapers were Republican lawmakers – citing the 8. Slip (into) 51. Forget 23. “20/20” network deemed biased in the public eye. drive-by shooting death of which Maez 3 12. Tries to win 52. Perjure 24. Thai language Indeed, newspapers aren’t alone was falsely accused – quickly called for 13. Marvel Comics 53. Network of nerves 25. Place to stay among entities whose public persona reinstating the death penalty. Dennis 54. Clever 26. Belfry denizen is determined by public perceptions Maez’s complaint to the Civilian Police super villain 55. Picnic buster 28. Cincinnati or rather than by institutional intentions. Oversight Agency calls for an investi- 27 514. “How ___!” The Albuquerque Police Department gation of the lead officer for possible 15. “The King’s 56. Board member Karate? almost assuredly is a better organiza- perjury and intimidating witnesses 5 2 3978 Speech” problem 29. Theory tion than the dismal picture its recent – and for an investigation of the 16. Water tester Down 30. Greek vowel public shortcomings have portrayed. detective’s entire chain of command, 17. Guitar part 1. Harry Potter’s 31. Member of Cong. Yet it, too, tends to become the sum of up to Chief Gorden Eden. mailman 33. Stand by its mistakes in the mind of the public, Given the political overtones, it 218 6 94 18. Jazz component 2. Film genre 36. A B vitamin rather than the steady performance of becomes imperative to know exactly 20. Pound its field officers day in and day out. who knew what, when – and why. 21. Laughing dog 3. Truncheon 39. Group of eight ______89326 23. Con’s explanation 4. See 40. Wimbledon contest 5. Terse with final Dennis Maez’s complaint There is one item of collateral 27. US mountains 6. Lodger 41. Provide a top to to the Civilian Police damage from the Republicans losing 59 1 728 32. Fruit with slippery the state House of Representatives rind 7. Buck 42. Creative Oversight Agency calls for that’s a loss to the entire Legislature 34. French, melancholy 8. Lab burner 44. Ripped your shirt an investigation of the lead and by extension to the entire state. 9456 1 3 35. Hold 9. The god of War 45. Wild goat I’m talking about the resignation of officer for possible perjury 37. Commercial maker 10. ___ is life! 46. Mention House Speaker Don Tripp. 11. Comic character 47. Promise and intimidating witnesses “At some point, everybody has an 38. Manner of speaking 1 87 comment 48. Taking after exit strategy, and this just felt like the 40. Kind of tissue APD’s public image picked up a right time,” Tripp told the Albuquer- 43. Vinegary 19. The magician made 50. Detective, for short disconcerting political orientation in que Journal. “When you go from being it appear out of the case of Donovan Maez, arrested for 6 47. Change course speaker to a regular member of the ____ (2 words) murder and incarcerated for 10 months 48. Schtick House, it’s awkward for everyone.” Level: EASY before being completely exonerated. Solution on page 31 It was a bit of logic totally in line Investigating officers made major Level: MEDIUM-HARD Answers on page 31 with the practical approach Tripp mistakes: first, that they targeted an brought to most legislative matters innocent youth, and second, that they 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 during his 17-year tenure. Across targeted the grandson of a former U.S. There are a few thoughtful, com- Secret Service agent. With his Secret 1. In the past petent legislators in both parties and 12 13 14 Service experience and as a detective, on both sides of the aisle in the New Dennis Maez had both the motivation 5. Debate position Mexico Legislature – men and women 15 16 17 and the technical knowledge for taking who spend as much effort on genuine on his grandson’s accusers. 8. Slip (into) problem solving as they do on partisan And here is where the perceptions 18 19 20 priorities. Tripp is a member of this group. part comes in. APD, run by a Republi- 12. Tries to win Tripp’s one term as House speaker can appointee of a Republican mayor put his style in conflict with the poli- 13. Marvel Comics super villain 21 22 (who uses the same slash-and-burn tics-over-all approach of other House political campaign strategist as Gov. Republicans. Could Tripp have been 14. "How ___!" 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Susana Martinez), just happened to more forceful in pushing back against have made this false case against the his colleagues who preferred political 15. "The King's Speech" problem son of a Democratic state representa- 32 33 34 posturing to problem solving? Perhaps tive, Stephanie Maez, who resigned her – but it was his first term, and the 16. Water tester seat to deal with the family upheaval 35 36 37 imperative of maintaining Republican caused by her son’s arrest. solidarity in their new-found majority 17. Guitar part Grandfather Dennis Maez, in a position undoubtedly loomed high. 38 39 formal complaint to the Civilian 18. Jazz component His soon-to-be former colleagues are Police Oversight Agency, alleges a losing a voice of reason in the debates detective may have bullied witnesses 20. Pound 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 to come during perhaps the most and committed perjury in building the financially ominous legislative session bogus case against his grandson. It is to 21. Laughing dog 47 48 49 50 in history. be hoped that the details of what went 23. Con's explanation wrong, and why, will be determined Bill Hume is a former editorial page 51 52 53 and appropriate action taken. The only editor of the Albuquerque Journal and 27. US mountains facts clear at this point are that based later served as a policy adviser to former 54 55 56 on a false accusation, a young man Gov. Bill Richardson. 32. Fruit with slippery rind 34. French, melancholy 35. Hold 11. Comic character comment 37. Commercial maker 19. The magician made it appear out of ____ (2 words) 38. Manner of speaking 20. Make knotted patterns 40. Kind of tissue 22. "___ so fast!" 43. Vinegary 23. "20/20" network 47. Change course 24. Thai language 48. Schtick 25. Place to stay 49. Section in the newspaper (abbreviation) 26. Belfry denizen 51. Forget 28. Cincinnati or Karate? 52. Perjure 29. Theory 53. Network of nerves 30. Greek vowel 54. Clever 31. Member of Cong. 55. Picnic buster 33. Stand by 56. Board member 36. A B vitamin Down 39. Group of eight 1. Harry Potter's mailman 40. Wimbledon contest with final 2. Film genre 41. Provide a top to 3. Truncheon 42. Creative 4. See 44. Ripped your shirt 5. Terse 45. Wild goat 6. Lodger 46. Mention 7. Buck 47. Promise 8. Lab burner 48. Taking after 9. The god of War 50. Detective, for short 10. ___ is life! 30 • January 11-17, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY CALENDAr CALENDAr WWW.FREEABQ.COM • January 11-17, 2017 • 31

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 EVENTS THROUGH FEBRUARY 3 JANUARY 14-APRIL 16 Jazz Brasileiro Chico & Rita Pajama Movie: Labyrinth Wilderness and the National The Carved Line: Winter Whiskerland 7:30 pm, Yanni’s 7 pm, Free 3 pm, Free THROUGH JANUARY 14 Parks: Ian Shive Block Printing in New Mexico 3109 Central Ave NE National Hispanic Cultural Center South Broadway Library IAIA Winter Readers Gathering Edition One Gallery Albuquerque Museum of Art & History The Final Draft 268-9250 1701 4th St SW 1025 Broadway Blvd SE 6 pm 1036 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe 2000 Mountain Rd NW Market yannisandlemoni.com 724-4771 764-1742 Institute of American Indian Arts (505) 570-5385 242-4600 BY ERIKA EDDY BY ERIKA EDDY Rebbe’s Orkestra nhccnm.org abqlibrary.org 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe editionone.gallery albuquerquemuseum.org Noon, Free Sterlin Harjo Sydney Freeland (Diné) iaia.edu Erna Fergusson Library (Seminole/Muskogee) Film Screening THROUGH FEBRUARY 11 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE Film Screening 7:15 pm THROUGH JANUARY 15 Revelation through China Miéville with Jord/ana 888-8100, abqlibrary.org 7:15 pm Institute of American Indian Arts Kadomatsu in the Japanese Concealment: Christo and Rosenberg Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe Garden Jeanne-Claude 7 pm SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe iaia.edu ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden MILL Contemporary Lensic Theater Dixie Nickel Changebox, iaia.edu 2601 Central Ave NW 702 1/2 Canyon Rd 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe High Desert Americana JANUARY 14-15 764-6200 Gypsy Alley, Santa Fe (505) 988-1234 9 pm, Free FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof abqbiopark.com (505) 983-6668 ticketssantafe.org Monte Vista Fire Station War of the Worlds KiMo Theatre Peaceable Kingdom: millcontemp.com 3201 Central Ave NE, KiMo Theatre 423 Central Ave NW Claire Kahn’s New Mexico JANUARY 18-FEBRUARY 22 themontevistafirestation.com 423 Central Ave NW 768-3544, kimotickets.com Patina Gallery WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 True North Financial Ministries From Havana to Lima 768-3544 131 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe Beginning Meditation Practice — Money Academy 8 pm kimotickets.com (505) 986-3432 10:30 am, Free Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, Free National Hispanic Cultural Center patina-gallery.com Juan Tabo Library New City Church 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE 6300 San Mateo Blvd. NE F-1 nhccnm.org THROUGH JANUARY 21 291-6260 314-3470 abqlibrary.org tnabq.org Marietta Benevento Affinity: Brad Wilson Stranger Factory’s Reception, Friday, December 2, 5-7 pm 2 pm, Free JANUARY 12-APRIL 21 ONGOING Albuquerque Museum of Art & History photo-eye Gallery 541 S. Guadalupe St, Santa Fe| Life in Pieces — Quilts: 2000 Mountain Rd NW Emilie Bezzeg TUESDAYS 242-4600, ‘Made in (505) 988-5152 Reception, Truckin’ Tuesdays albuquerquemuseum.org photoeye.com Thursday, January 12, 5-6:30 pm 11 am, Civic Plaza MONDAY, JANUARY 16 THROUGH JANUARY 26 Oasis Albuquerque Gallery 1 Civic Plaza NW Photo Credit: Pixabay New Mexico’ 3301 Menaul Blvd NE Ste 18 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW J Boog New Year, New You — A Spiritual Revolution 884-4529 albuquerquecc.com f you are looking for a furry friend or just a way to shop 8 pm BY JYLLIAN ROACH oasisabq.org Sunshine Theater Thursdays, 7 pm 1ST WEDNESDAYS Ilocal and help out Albuquerque’s shelter animals, visit 120 Central Ave SW Kadampa Meditation Center 142 Monroe St NE JANUARY 12-15 Poetry and Beer Animal Humane’s Winter Whiskerland Market. 764-0249 Matilda The Musical 7 pm sunshinetheaterlive.com 292-5293 The indoor market hosts artists, makers and local meditationinnewmexico.org Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus Tractor Brewing Wells Park vendors to raise funds for the thousands of pets being 203 Cornell Drive 1800 4th St NW Photo Credit: People of the Sun SCREENS Hot Iron: Tucumcari Iron Pour 243-6752 cared for each year. 925-5858 Verge: Margaret Fitzgerald popejoypresents.com getplowed.com JANUARY 11-14 Harwood Art Center eautifully crafted spoken word and poetry is fun and 1114 7th St NW WEDNESDAYS The City of Albuquerque’s Animal Welfare Department Center for Contemporary Arts JANUARY 13-14 Blaid-back when enjoyed in an unexpected atmosphere. will be there with adoptable pets seeking a new home Cinematheque 242-6367 Some are Isthmuses: Crazy Wisdom Poetry 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe harwoodartcenter.org A Decade of Buran Theatre 4 pm, Free until 5 p.m. (505) 982-1338, OffCenter Arts The Final Draft poetry open mic and poetry slam will be THROUGH JANUARY 27 7 pm, ccasantafe.org Tricklock Performance Laboratory 808 Park Ave SW hosted by performance art collective People of the Sun, at The market takes place Saturday, Jan. 14 from 1 to 6 p.m., January 2017 110 Gold Ave SW 247-1172 Through January 14 Placitas Artists Series Draft Station ABQ (1720 Central Ave., Albuquerque) on at 710 Central Ave. SE (the building just east of the 254-8393 offcenterarts.org The Dekalog Reception, Sunday, January 15, 2-3 pm Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Holy Cow restaurant). tricklock.com January 11, Burn Country Las Placitas Presbyterian Church Talin Market January 12, Yochi 7 Paseo de San Antonio, Placitas, JANUARY 13-15 Food Truck Round Up 867-8080 Albuquerque’s Poet Laureate Manuel Gonzalez and Starts January 13, Hunter Gatherer Albuquerque Comic Con 11 am placitasartistsseries.org Albuquerque Poet Laureate Emeritus Jessica Helen Lopez, SHOWS Albuquerque Convention Center 88 Louisiana Blvd SE January 12, LowLife’s 6th Anniversary JANUARY 11-19 along with special guest Katrina Guarascio will keep the JANUARY 11-18 January 14, Entombed AD THROUGH JANUARY 28 401 2nd St SW January 15, Moonstone January Jean Cocteau Cinema 768-4575 THURSDAYS rhythm going as the draughts are poured. Low Spirits Small Treasures Pop-Up 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe The Meatball Chronicles Thirsty Thursdays 2823 2nd St NW Reception, Friday, December 9, 5-7 pm (505) 466-5528, 3rd Annual Q Solo Festival 6 pm 344-9555 jeancocteaucinema.com Santa Fe Clay Prizes will be given to the top slam poets. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 Aux Dog Theatre Balloon Fiesta Park lowspiritslive.com Through January 11, Throne of Blood 545 Camino de la Familia, Santa Fe Martin Sexton 3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway January 11, Wednesday Open Mic Through January 13, Seven Samurai (505) 984-1122| 7:30 pm 254-7716 768-6050 January 12, The Living Deads Through January 19, Mifune: santafeclay.com South Broadway Cultural Center auxdog.com yogazoabq.com January 13, Red Light Cameras 1025 Broadway Blvd SW The Last Samurai January 15, Fast Heart Mart THROUGH JANUARY 29 848-1320 January 12-17, One Piece Film: Gold THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 FRIDAYS January 16, The Munsens Alice in Wonderland ampconcerts.org January 13-19, Chatty Catties Coffee Education and Tasting January 18, Wednesday Open Mic The Vortex Theatre Dances from the Dynasties: January 15, Awakening in Taos 6:30 pm, 2900 Carlisle NE 2,500 Years of Dance Launchpad THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 January 16, Aliens (Director’s Cut) Photo Credit: John Sumrow Prosum Roasters, 247-8600 1 pm, Free 618 Central Ave SW Andy McKee 228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100 JANUARY 11-20 vortexabq.org Cherry Hills Library 764-8887 7:30 pm or the first time in its six-year history, Stranger Factory 6901 Barstow St NE 379-5136 Guild Cinema Puzzles on page 29

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