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Page 25 what it should be. officers a shift to cover the City of Within Range: From deep house to cello rock ...... Page Already this year, there have been Albuquerque. You’ve got a department 26 at least 31 homicides in Albuquer- that in the last year-and-a-half has been Local all-ages venue supports live music with label, studio ...... Page 28 que, compared to 28 for all of last in meltdown. Officers are overworked year. In 2014, violent crimes rose and underpaid.” by 12.4 percent, with increases Dinelli knows about response times. seen in the number of robberies, From 2007 to 2009 he was the interim aggravated assaults, auto thefts, director of the city’s 911 system under arsons and larcenies, according to then-Mayor Marty Chavez. “Response APD figures. times had skyrocketed and I was While Mayor Richard Berry’s charged with implementing procedures administration says the city has Dan Vukelich to get them down. We implemented ag- some 878 sworn officers, it never gressive hiring and training procedures APD Officer Tanner Tixier briefs the news media during a standoff with a suspect who shot at police, then really says that the number of cops broke into the home of a couple near Zuni Road and Louisiana Boulevard Southeast earlier this month. The and at the end of 2009 we got response actually patrolling the streets and suspect surrendered and no one was injured. times down to eight minutes and responding to all of those calls is a fifty-four seconds,” Dinelli said. Fox Searchlight Carlos Matos little over 400 – and that’s to cover service a year. They are tired; they are walking in Delays in responding to calls could be three shifts. the door with 20 calls for service backed up. Crime catastrophic. “Domestic violence is a ‘Priority 1’ call, 25 27 Nor does his office say that the number is actually is going through the roof and there are not enough and usually after the eighth or ninth domestic violence lower on any given day because of cops being on police officers in the city,” said Shaun Willoughby, call it results in a body bag,” Dinelli said. “When you vacation, sick leave or in court. Nor does it mention vice president of the Albuquerque Police Officers have a minute to a minute-and-a-half delay you are that of those 878 officers, 155 are sergeants and other Association. looking at serious injury [to cops and the public].” supervisors who don’t take service calls. City Hall “There is very little proactive policing going on; Willoughby said there are many reasons why the rarely notes that on average, 60 cops retire or leave they have created a reactive police force. Guys don’t department is losing officers. Pay, which for a patrol CORRALES the department each year. have time to do community policing; they don’t officer tops out at $26.44 an hour after seven years, is probably the biggest. So is the barrage of negative have time to sit down with kids in the park; they Because violent crime is up and don’t even have time to eat lunch.” publicity the department has gotten over the past BIKE & WINE T UR Because violent crime is up and the number of several years for excessive use of force, and what the number of cops is shrinking, cops is shrinking, response times to the most serious Willoughby said is a lack of support from Berry’s TH TH response times to the most serious 911 calls – robberies, domestic violence, car crashes administration and the City Council. AUGUST 8 & 9 911 calls … are up more than and homicides – are up more than two minutes over “There should be over 600 police officers just in 2010, said former City Councilor Pete Dinelli. It Field Services,” Willoughby said. “Officers are just two minutes over 2010 now takes an average of 11 minutes and 12 seconds miserable. It is going to take years to repair this. It to respond to the most serious calls, categorized as won’t happen overnight.” It all means that cops here aren’t really preventing “Priority 1” calls, Dinelli said. + crime; they’re reacting to it. APD has loosened its requirements for applicants Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at “Police officers are averaging 2,000 calls for to join the force, but Dinelli, who unsuccessfully ABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected]

4 AWARD-WINNING WINERIES residents who traveled 50 or more people on layovers at the airports; miles from their homes, according to or truck drivers who bought fuel or 4 TASTINGS • 10 MILES • GOOD FOOD Tourism Stats Appear Inflated numbers given to ABQ Free Press by relieved their bladders in the Land of by Dennis Domrzalski the Tourism Department. Enchantment on their way through $8 EARLY TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT The visitation stats were compiled New Mexico. ou have to wonder if the New everyone in the state of California by Longwoods International, which Officials didn’t respond directly CORRALESBIKEANDWINETOUR.COM YMexico Tourism Department is came to New Mexico last year. extrapolates the number of “visi- to those questions, but they did say counting people in airliners flying at Or, put another way, as many as tors” based on surveys filled out by that 17.8 million of those alleged 33 ABQ FREE PRESS HAS 30 TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY 39,000 feet as visitors to the Land of one in 10 Americans trooped through travelers. The New Mexico figures million visitors were day-trippers Enchantment. Old Town, bought turquoise on the were based on 2,900 trip surveys. and that 14.9 million of them were TO READERS. ENTER YOUR EMAIL AT Earlier this month, the Tourism Santa Fe Plaza, or visited the tourist Longwoods didn’t return an ABQ overnight visitors. TINY.CC/FREEABQTICKETS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN Department breathlessly announced attractions in Tucumcari, Vaughn or Free Press phone call on the matter. So thanks, New Mexico, you ac- that nearly 33 million people visited Lordsburg. We asked the Tourism Department counted for much of that questionable (505)379-5072 New Mexico in 2014. The numbers aren’t legit, though. if “visitors” included everyone who tourism surge. Good job. Just stay If the numbers are legit, that would It turns out that 30 percent of those drove through the state in order to away from former CNN anchors at CORRALESBIKEANDWINETOUR.COM mean that the equivalent of nearly so-called “visitors” were New Mexico get to Texas, Arizona or Colorado; the Motel 6 near I-40 and Coors. COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 7 Can Pols Be Trusted to Keep UNM Regents Missed Chance Hands off BioPark Funds? To Lead on Climate Change By JOE MONAHAN BY JERRY ORTIZ Y PINO

t $28 million millions in lawsuit settlements con- t was simply bills itself as a nationally recognized Aand counting. tinue to pile up as well as the millions Icoincidental, but scientific research institution, would That’s the stunning needed to finance federally mandated the timing of the be eager to make a public, dramatic number the city APD reforms. And not to mention publication of the gesture that would put it firmly on the powerful statement has paid out since the struggle the city has been having side of state-of-the-art information on from Pope Francis 2010 as a result of increasing the general fund budget by atmospheric contamination from burn- on Climate Change lawsuits stemming even one percent or so a year the last ing coal, petroleum and gas. makes the UNM And it was right after UNM’s refusal to from APD shootings. several years. Board of Regents’ make that stand that Pope Francis’ new- There’s little talk refusal in June to est encyclical came out. It is a clarion call about how all this cash headed to get rid of the university’s investments in for making precisely the type of change families of the victims and their at- Fifteen years is a very fossil fuels seem even weaker and more in our thinking about the environment, torneys is impacting the city budget long time to keep the poli- wrong-headed than it appeared at first energy and the economy that 350.org and city services but it is. The city is ticians in line, especially glance. was asking of the regents. It is not a self-insured and a portion of the budget I accompanied Tom Sullivan of 350.org doomsday document. Rather, it is filled for each city department is devoted to as millions in lawsuit when he made his presentation to the with the same type of optimism and joy that insurance. settlements continue to regents’ finance and facilities commit- that his previous letters have reflected. The tab skyrocketed by another $5 pile up as well as the tee. Sullivan’s organization has led the But it cannot be misunderstood: million as a result of the city’s settle- initiative in New Mexico to persuade the Short-term decisions made with only the ment with the family of James Boyd, millions needed to university to divest itself of the handful corporate profit margin in mind can no the homeless man shot and killed by finance federally of oil, coal and gas stocks that the UNM longer be tolerated. The consequences Albuquerque police in March 2014 in mandated APD reforms Foundation owns, which actually make are too drastic: our civilization hangs in the most notorious of the shootings. up less than five percent of its entire the balance. And that leads us to that proposal to investment portfolio. The Pope has been strongly attacked Mayor Richard Berry has not taken a increase the city’s gross receipts tax by Sullivan’s environmental group has for his position. Fox network talking position on the BioPark tax but the facil- an eighth of a cent to finance improve- successfully led divestment campaigns on heads are going as far as calling him ity did open its doors free to the public ments at the BioPark. a couple of dozen college and university a Marxist. Republican candidates for a day during the petition drive, an A petition drive to gather the signa- campuses in the U.S., most recently at and congressional leaders are making tures of about 14,000 registered voters obvious move to build support for the Stanford. It hoped that the thousands of preposterous attempts at defending signatures it had gathered on a petition to place the tax before voters at the tax hike. And by using a tax increase “Saint” Adam Smith from the Pope’s might sway UNM to follow suit. Sullivan’s city’s October election ballot recently to finance the BioPark Berry and the efforts at excommunicating that failed case was clear and well-documented: concluded. Those signatures now have council don’t use the city’s bonding prophet of the “invisible hand of the Fossil fuel companies under-perform the to be validated by the city clerk. If the capacity to finance the improvements, marketplace.” rest of the stock exchange, so getting rid tax hike makes it on the ballot and the traditional way of financing zoo The U.S. Catholic hierarchy, ac- of them would improve, not hurt, the voters approve, it is estimated it will improvements. Bonding capacity has customed as they are to knee-jerk revenue stream the university looks for generate about $17 million annually. been strained, in part, because of falter- alliances with the GOP over bedroom from its investments. The tax would last for 15 years, giving ing tax collections brought about by the morality legislation and with wealthy In fact, since the regents opted to the BioPark a cool $255 million to long-running economic stagnation. bankers and financial advisors over real hang on to their oil and gas stocks, finance its master development plan. Maybe in a year or two the mayor and estate matters and investments, seem those investments’ value has dropped The BioPark includes the zoo, aquarium, council will tell the BioPark its general uncertain about where to turn next as on news of the continuing market glut botanic garden and Tingley Beach. budget can be trimmed because of all the little Argentine Pope overturns the and depressed prices. So it wasn’t a the tax money coming in? That would money lenders’ stalls in the Temple. The BioPark is a highly popular attrac- smart choice the regents made in the free up millions for other city needs – By simply speaking the truth, Francis tion. A poll commissioned by backers of short run. Longer term, it looks even like paying off more lawsuits and APD has turned the international energy de- the tax found that more than 70 percent worse. Stubbornly, UNM’s investment reforms. bate on its head. A great many political of the respondents had made a visit advisors are hanging on to the out-of- Beyond that fear, there is the concern there in the past two years. The poll also date belief that fossil fuels’ future as an thinkers are blinking and re-evaluating found that 58 percent of respondents that yet another increase in the gross energy source is bright. And buggy whip their positions. support the BioPark tax after being told receipts tax will fall on the backs of and livery stable stocks will rebound It may be time for the UNM regents the various ways the money would be low-income citizens. They pay a much soon, too. to revisit their play-it-safe decision spent. Therein lies the rub. larger share of their income in such tax. But Sullivan and 350.org were not to hitch their wagon to fossil fuel Would this 15-year-long tax really be Then there was that July 1 increase in banging their heads against the immov- companies. The arc of history (and the used in its entirety each and every year the Bernalillo County gross receipts tax able object that the UNM Foundation moral authority of the Pope) would for BioPark improvements or is it really a taking it up to 7.1875 percent and rais- and regents proved to be just out of seem to demand it. When enough stealth “Berry Bail Out?” ing further questions about the area’s concern to maximize the university’s of us say “No More!” we will reach a In 1999 Mayor Baca won voter approval reliance on the regressive tax. investment revenue. They were hoping tipping point and the inexorable swing of a quarter cent tax for public transpor- Some may see the questioning of how for an unequivocal statement on man- toward catastrophe will be slowed, and tation but a 2005 city audit found not all this BioPark tax plan would play out as made climate change from the flagship hopefully stopped. UNM missed its first opportunity to lead. It should recon- the money was being spent as originally an exercise in paranoia, but given the academic institution in our state. sider and make a statement for future billed. The city’s financial condition today backdrop of what has been happening Since 99 percent of climate scientists generations. is much more precarious and redirecting in Albuquerque lately, paranoia can be are in agreement that fossil fuel use of the BioPark tax proceeds by the mayor seen as a virtue. has to be reduced if we are to have any and city council is thus more likely, say hope of avoiding catastrophe, it wasn’t Jerry Ortiz y Pino is a state senator from tax critics. Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico far-fetched to believe that UNM, which Albuquerque. Fifteen years is a very long time to politics. His daily blog can be found at keep the politicians in line, especially as joemonahan.com Efrain Villa’s Aimless Vagabond column will return next issue. 8 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS OPINION NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 9 Ignoring Taser-gate Won’t Force UNMH to Account Breaking the Two-party Stranglehold BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

Make the Stench Go Away For Indigent Care Funds end a guy abroad for five ballot. The two top vote getters By dan klein BY SAYRAH NAMASTé Syears and he comes back a in the primary would then face write this column in defense of every- 2014. All three investigations have been ospital Account- The North Valley Coalition, a group bomb thrower. each other in a general election. I one’s fundamental right to a speedy forwarded to Balderas with very strong Hability: How working to protect the public health Back in New Mexico after a That process, Perls said, trial, including those who have been language that crimes may have been com- does the community of the community, has requested that five-and-a-half-year stint as a would force candidates to ap- accused of Taser pay-to-play allegations. mitted by Albuquerque public officials. hold UNM Hospital health professionals, along with inter- foreign service officer, former peal to a broad range of voters, How long does justice take in New Which brings me back to the question accountable for the ested residents and businesses in the state Rep. Bob Perls is preparing rather than to just the extremists Mexico? Months? Years? Will the Taser – Attorney General Balderas, how long millions of taxpayer area, conduct a health impact assessment a huge bomb and he’s aiming who tend to dominate current pay-to-play corruption investigation go do we have to wait? In fairness to the dollars it receives to help inform decision makers about the it at New Mexico’s two-party party primaries. And that could the way of Rebecca Vigil-Giron’s prosecu- Albuquerque employees named in these that are meant for impact of the station on local residents. political and electoral process. lead to more participation tion? Judge Pat Murdoch’s prosecution? investigations, and the citizens as well, the indigent care? Go solar: New Mexico is often ranked Currently, 22 percent of New Both of these individuals spent years attorney general must act quickly. of voters in the middle who Even after Obamacare, approximately last in the country on many issues, but Mexico’s registered voters – in a judicial “limbo,” waiting for local currently feel disenfranchised. 60,000 Bernalillo County residents remain the good news is we are ranked No. 2 for more than 262,000 people – are district attorneys and a prior New Mexico uninsured. UNM Hospital receives $90 “Candidates would have Mayor Richard Berry has solar energy capacity and No. 11 for wind excluded from the primary attorney general to make a decision on million per year in property taxes for to reach out to moderate energy capacity. Juntos, which has joined election process because they whether or not to prosecute. ignored all three Taser indigent care, yet has refused to use the Democrats, Republicans, an outreach campaign of the Conserva- are registered as something This is unfair to the defendant and to the funds on behalf of some 30,000 very low- Independents and Greens,” investigations. He has tion Voters New Mexico Education Fund, citizens. Murdoch was in limbo for almost income Bernalillo County residents, often other than Republicans or Perls said. “There would be a seeks to persuade the Public Service three years before Santa Fe District Attor- not placed on leave saddling them with medical debt. Democrats. whole new range of voters who Company of New Mexico to move away ney Spence-Pacheco made the decision that any employee named. Additionally UNMH does not report Perls wants to blow up the will get enthused and a whole from coal-based energy to solar, wind, APD had no case against him. Three years! how it spends the indigent fund. A broad state’s two-party primary new range of candidates who There have been no and renewable energy. Vigil-Giron’s case moved like molasses coalition that includes labor activists, election process and rebuild it are going to jump in.” through the New Mexico judicial system. disciplinary actions healthcare providers, senior citizen Hispanics are disproportionately as a nonpartisan, open primary She was first investigated in 2007. She groups and social service providers are impacted by air and water pollution; process where anyone could run How much more investigation is needed Supporters and was charged with felonies in 2009, then urging the Bernalillo County Commission Juntos was created to give them a voice and vote in a primary election. to make a decision? Three more investiga- charges were dismissed in 2012 because to follow its own healthcare task force on issues that impact them. His proposed plan is modeled detractors tions have now been turned over to the State violated her right to a speedy recommendations and renegotiate its PNM’s San Juan Generating Station in on open primary processes in trial. Five years of living in a judicial hell, Balderas for possible prosecution. When I Barry Barnes The idea of open, nonpartisan lease with UNMH. the Four Corners area supplies most of California, Washington and Ne- where she couldn’t move on with her life asked about the status of Balderas’ probe, primaries is in its infancy in The county leases land to UNMH and New Mexico with coal-generated electric- braska, and he says it’s needed because of a pending prosecution. I was provided this response from his provides the hospital with property tax ity. The EPA recently required PNM to taxpayers, including disenfranchised independents, the U.S., and certainly in New Our Constitution promises a speedy spokesman, James Hallinan: to break the monopoly that extremists in both the dollars earmarked by law for indigent make changes to cut emissions. The good are paying to hold primary elections for the two Mexico. But Perls has some supporters. Viki Har- trial, not to place defendants in a position “This is an ongoing investigation. As Democratic and Republican parties have on politics, patient care, but the county receives news is that PNM responded by closing major parties, which are private organizations. That rison, executive director of Common Cause New where the sword of prosecution hangs part of any investigation conducted by the elections and government in this state. He has no accounting for how those funds are two of the plant’s four smokestacks. But has to end, Perls said. Mexico, supports the idea for many of the reasons over their heads for years. Office of the attorney general, all facts formed a nonprofit, New Mexico Open Primaries, spent. what will PNM replace them with? Perls articulates. She says that younger voters, With this in mind I come back to retired and circumstances are analyzed as well as and is looking to get a constitutional amendment To solve the accountability problem, The company is proposing coal, natural especially those under the age of 24, are disgusted Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz all parties alleged to be involved. The first passed next year that will open up New Mexico’s How it would work the county’s healthcare task force gas (which drives fracking) and nuclear with Democrats and Republicans. and other high-ranking members of APD referral was received in March of 2014 primary elections to all candidates and voters. developed a roadmap that would plug energy, and only 12 percent renewable Perls wants the Legislature to approve a constitu- “The majority of our folks in New Mexico ages 18 and Albuquerque City Hall. There have under the previous administration and “I came to the conclusion that our election system the holes in the healthcare safety net energy sources. The New Mexico Public tional amendment that would “ensure that no voter now been three investigations into APD immediately upon taking office, Attorney is broken,” Perls said. “And the objective evidence to 24 are registered as Independent or Declined to by coordinating medical, mental health Regulation Commission is reviewing the and allegations of special treatment for General Balderas ordered an office-wide that it is broken is that we can’t solve basic problems shall be excluded from any election,” and which State,” Harrison says. “The number of voters who and social services for all low-income PNM replacement case and may make Taser. State Auditor Tim Keller released his case and file review. As such, the matter in America. We can’t get our debt under control, we would be put to a public vote. If approved, lawmak- have registered as DTS in New Mexico has tripled in residents – with community input – in a a decision this summer. At first many investigation in April. His report detailed has been under active investigation during can’t solve entitlement programs, and we can’t pass ers would write laws changing the electoral process. the last 30 years.” way that properly accounts for UNMH’s parties were in favor of PNM’s plan, but criminal allegations against Schultz and this administration. The state auditor’s a tax code that even a Ph.D. in tax can understand. Perls wants a system of nonpartisan open prima- Harrison said that many of the young people she report supplemented this ongoing inves- share of county property taxes. now they oppose it, including Attorney others at APD and Albuquerque City Hall. We can’t, in New Mexico, reinvigorate our economic ries where anyone could run for office and everyone talks with view the Democratic and Republican par- This investigation began under current New tigation. We will inform the public of any You can support this grassroots General Hector Balderas. engine so that we are creating jobs so that our sons would be able to vote. Candidates would have to ties as street gangs. “They describe the parties as the Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas in action taken in relation to this matter.” campaign by signing a petition started Juntos opposes coal, gas, and nuclear and daughters don’t have to leave the state. meet certain signature requirements to get on the Bloods and Crips, and they see extremists catering 2014, when he was State Auditor. This May, I hope the Taser investigation receives by Together for Health/Juntos para la options due to negative impact on the Salud (www.juntosnm.org). If you are “These are fundamental issues; these are not to the most extreme in their party,” she said. the Albuquerque city auditor released her the speedy review that the case against environment and people’s health. It sup- part of an organization that wants to partisan issues. These are issues that 80 percent of Republican Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort of Sandia report that mirrored the state auditor’s and ex-Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy ports solar, wind and energy efficiency. Voter registration in New Mexico endorse the campaign, contact Juntos via all New Mexicans and Americans say, ‘We should Park opposes open primaries. “Any time someone named more possible criminal infractions, Rodella received from United States At- The group delivered a petition with 6,500 its website. Together for Health/Juntos be able to solve this.’ But our current system is comes up with these utopian ideas, it sounds good such as soliciting Taser for donations to the torney Damon Martinez. Rodella’s criminal signatures to the governor, PRC, and May 2015 para la Salud is the newest iteration of to people that politics should be utopian, but the APD ski team. (APD has a ski team?) incident occurred on March 11, 2014. His PNM executives urging that the company electing people who won’t come together to solve the Community Coalition for Healthcare Democratic:...... 550,009...... 47 percent ugliness of it is that it is not utopian. I would be very Last month, Albuquerque’s inspector trial began less than six months later, on pursue more renewable energy sources. basic problems. We are electing people who care September 22. That is the speed of trial Access, which has been working on Republican:...... 367,719...... 31 percent against this and I would vote against it,” Beffort general released his report, laying out For more information, visit facebook. about winning, and that’s about it. Our politics more potentially criminal allegations for the Constitution demands. county social safety net issues for almost said. com/JuntosNM. have become a blood sport and it is no longer about DTS:...... 225,877...... 19 percent Schultz and others involved in the Taser Justice delayed is justice denied. Let’s hope 15 years. Perls acknowledges opening up primaries in New The PRC may vote as early as Aug. building coalitions about moving America forward.” Other:...... 36,250...... 3 percent body camera contract. that the Taser investigations, which are North Valley waste: Historically, Mexico is going to be a huge challenge. Democratic 5 on the PNM replacement case. The Perls, who served two terms in the Legislature as a How did the city react? being ignored by Berry, get put on the fast waste transfer stations were placed in state Sen. Bill O’Neill of Albuquerque has tried for elected regulators need to hear from Democrat from Sandoval County in the 1990s, said, Mayor Richard Berry has ignored all track by Balderas. The people involved in low-income communities of color. So “We are basically a centrist country that is driven November 2004 the last three legislative sessions to get a bill creating where does the City of Albuquerque plan their constituents before the vote. three Taser investigations. He has not the Taser investigation deserve to know, in by an election and campaign finance system that’s Democratic:...... 550,519...... 50 percent a nonpartisan redistricting commission for the state. placed on leave any employee named. a timely manner, if they will or will not face to build a solid waste transfer station? In Commissioners Karen Montoya and driven by the extremists. Republican:...... 359,563...... 33 percent It has never gotten out of the Senate’s Rules Com- There have been no disciplinary actions. prosecution. Leaving them in judicial purga- the North Valley – and not in the horsey- Lynda Lovejoy represent Albuquerque. “So we’ve got this massive disconnect in this mittee, he said. In fact, in every regular session since It appears Berry plans to ignore his tory is unfair to all involved, including the set part of the valley. The proposed site Montoya and Lovejoy can be reached at Greens:...... 9,724...... 1 percent country between where the voters want our elected 2009, an open primary constitutional amendment own inspector general and city auditor public whose tax dollars are involved. Let’s is in a working-class neighborhood near 1-888-427-5772. Other parties:...... 20,580...... 2 percent investigations and will not hold any of his not make the same mistakes of the past. Edith Boulevard and Griegos Road North- officials to be versus where the elected officials need or bill has been introduced. None has ever gotten a No party:...... 164,986...... 15 percent high-ranking employees accountable. west. Sixty-five percent of North Valley Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the to be to stay in office,” he said. committee hearing, according to the Legislature’s Balderas announced his office has been Dan Klein is a retired residents are Hispanic and more than a American Friends Service Committee in Another thing that burns the 52-year-old Perls online bill locator. investigating the Taser contract since Albuquerque police officer. third overall live below the poverty line. Albuquerque. about the current election process is that the state’s “It’s not an easy thing to do,” O’Neill said. 10 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 11 Farm Project Gives Vets a Place to Gather, Talk Lack of Commercial Space Hinders ABQ Recruitment BY JOSEPH SORRENTINO BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

he Veteran Farmer Program was originally n economic development circles the choosing a state. Vierck talked with 21 Tdesigned to teach military veterans how to grow Imantra is often, “If you build a building companies that passed on New Mexico for organic food and how to run their own farms. they will come.” their relocation. Of those, eight said the But the program, located on a small plot of land Unfortunately for the Albuquerque lack of available buildings was the main in the Los Poblanos Open Space, has grown beyond metro area, there aren’t many vacant and reason. Five firms said other states offered its original purpose. It now includes community usable commercial and industrial build- better incentive programs. members and has provided vets with more than just ings. Almost none have been built since Phoenix, Denver and other larger metro an opportunity to learn how to grow food. 2008, and that’s hurting the state’s efforts areas overbuilt in the years leading up to “The backdrop here, it’s soothing,” said Jeff to recruit companies. the recession. And while that was a bad Thomas, a 61-year-old Vietnam era veteran who has In the past two years, the lack of suitable thing then, it’s now a blessing because been with the program four years. “It gives vets a buildings has cost the state between 40 to companies can cheaply pick up relatively venue to tell their stories without the expectations 50 percent of its 120 relocation prospects, new, vacant buildings to buy or rent, said of a peer group or a trauma counselor.” It has also said Steve Vierck, president and CEO of on a speculative basis, and neither developers nor Jim Chynoweth, managing director of CBRE in helped volunteers better understand vets. the New Mexico Economic Development Partner- bankers here are in the mood to build and finance Albuquerque. Chynoweth isn’t optimistic that ship, the organization charged with recruiting such projects. Albuquerque will ever be able to compete for companies to the state. Speculative buildings, especially in larger markets ‘Fellowship with other vets makes economic development projects with the likes of “The number one reason we get [for decisions to like Phoenix and Denver, are typically built “by you feel less crazy. These are Denver, Phoenix or Austin. not locate in New Mexico] is the scarcity of existing people that have money and they don’t require people who understand you’ buildings, and it’s primarily manufacturing- financing,” said Ron Shettlesworth, president and “We haven’t had any significant speculative — Sarah Jacobson appropriate buildings, some distribution and office CEO of Main Bank in Albuquerque. construction since 2008 and 2009, and even then the buildings appropriate to technical support opera- “Albuquerque just doesn’t have a plethora of stuff that got built did not get built as Class A, and The idea for the program began when Robin Sey- tions,” Vierck said. people or companies that are flush with money to so we are way behind in our caliber of building rela- del attended the Ecological Farming Conference in Joseph Sorrentino “About 70 percent of our prospects said they want an build on a speculative basis,” Shettlesworth said. tive to competing markets,” Chynoweth said. “Our California in 2011. “I met veterans who talked about existing building as opposed to doing a build-to-suit.” “There are some developers that are willing to industrial employment has been losing jobs over the a project where they worked on farms,” Seydel said. And because of Albuquerque’s small size, its leverage on a speculative basis, but who is going to past eight years versus gaining. We’re at the same “They talked about how therapeutic it was.” Seydel, Sarah Jacobson, a former Army nurse, says her involvement in the Veteran Farmer Program has helped her readjust to civilian life. middle-of-nowhere location and its lack of private lend them money?” employment level for the types of jobs that typically who is the membership and community develop- capital, the situation isn’t going to get better anytime Vierck estimated the problem has cost the state occupy industrial space as we were in the 1980s. We ment director at La Montañita Co-op, secured Community Farm. Seydel said there are five vets infantry from 1970 to 1971. “I was wounded,” he soon, said commercial real estate and banking a minimum of 2,000 jobs in the past two years, have never been an attractive market for speculative funding for the program from the co-op and grants who are “solid participants” and others who attend said. “But it wasn’t bad, just soft tissue.” experts. That’s because buildings suitable for although the exact number isn’t known because development because we’ve got a low-demand from New Mexico’s Department of Agriculture. sporadically. On any given day, the group is supple- Although he says he had a little trouble sleeping industrial and commercial relocations must be built companies typically don’t give a reason for not market. We are not a distribution hub.” The program began in 2012 and was located down- mented by Seydel, two other co-op employees and a the first year after being wounded, he’s not in the town for three years before a construction project couple of volunteers. program because of trauma. “I like to garden,” he displaced it. It moved to Los Poblanos this year, William Wiley, a Vietnam vet who has also been said. “I like to eat [he recently made pesto from basil on a half acre of land donated by the Rio Grande with the program for four years, served in the he’d picked in the garden] and I like being around other vets, guys who might need a role model, someone to talk to.” Another unintended consequence of the program is the effect it’s had on some non-military partici- pants. Seydel was a protester during the Vietnam War and a conscientious objector counselor. “I’d tell people not to go to Vietnam,” she said. “Now I understand why they went: it was a service to their community. I have a good friend in Jeff [Thomas] who has shared his experiences with me. I have a broader understanding for why people do what they do ... I recognize the depth of their sacrifice.” Sarah Jacobson took a break from weeding a row of lettuce to chat. She’d been a practical nurse in the Army and was stationed in Germany for 15 months beginning in January 2004, where she cared for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Seeing so much trauma deeply affected her and she found readjusting to civilian life challenging. “I wanted to be part of life again after being part of war,” she said, adding that being around other vets has helped her. “Fellowship with other vets makes you feel less crazy. These are people who understand you.” She didn’t hesitate when asked what the Veteran Farmer program has done for her. “This farm helps to heal,” Joseph Sorrentino she said. “This is the best program I’ve found for vets.”

Jeff Thomas, a Vietnam era veteran, said farming “gives vets a venue to tell their stories without the expectations of a peer Joseph Sorrentino is an Albuquerque freelance writer who group or a trauma counselor.” writes about immigration and farmworkers. 12 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS OPINION ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 13

Laboratory during a survey of nests. ABQ Free Press Local Briefs Biologists say this is the greatest Turn Rail Yards Machine Shop By abq free press staff Auditor’s fraud hotline alleged that number of owls found at the lab since Settlement senior officials of the agency improp- the species first showed up in Los erly intervened in tax matters, Keller’s Alamos County in 1993. The Mexican Into Centerpiece of Destination BY ROBERT DIGIULIO The City of Albuquerque and the office said in a statement. “There is no spotted owl is one of the largest owls family of James Boyd, who was shot place for preferential treatment when native to North America. Its average o quote the “Albuquerque Rail Yards something to do with railroad locomotives to death by Albuquerque police it comes to taxpayers. Any abuse of wingspan is three and a half feet, and TMaster Development Plan” adopted and rail cars. Locally, there is Steam Loco- officers in March 2014, have reached power that costs our state revenue or its height ranges from 16-19 inches. June, 2014, “The Machine Shop building is motive ATSF 2926 that has been restored a $5 million settlement in the family’s leads to retaliation against employees Females are usually larger than the the largest and most significant structure at outdoors enduring the weather and theft. It lawsuit. “The family hopes Albu- who speak up is deeply troubling,” males. Both males and females have the Rail Yards site (Page 130, parcel 5). needed a better place then and its owners Keller said. querque becomes a model for other white and brown markings on their Elsewhere, under the heading “Preserve still want to locate it at the Rail Yards. cities struggling with the same issues breasts. and Adaptively Reuse,” the plan states, “It Across the country there are dozens of around the country,” attorney Shan- Air quality could be just the ‘envelope’ (outside wall) locomotives and rail cars needing a place non Kennedy said. Boyd, a schizo- or could include interiors, parts or whole.” like the Machine Shop in which to be phrenic homeless camper, was fatally The Albuquerque Air Quality Worker safety (Page 100, paragraph 10.2.1). refurbished and stored. Locomotive 3751 in shot after an hours-long standoff with Control Board sided with the San The New Mexico Environment De- Sacramento is one. Others have mentioned police in the Sandia foothills where he Jose neighborhood by rejecting partment has levied $144,600 in fines The highest use for the their interest, including the Rail Runner had been camping illegally. Former a motion from the Albuquerque against the Albuquerque Bernalillo which lacks adequate repair facilities. BNSF APD officer Keith Sandy and officer Environmental Health Department for County Water Utility Authority for Machine Shop would be to may benefit by having a spot in a shop Dominique Perez have been charged summary judgment on an air permit 44 workplace safety violations at its return it to something close retroactively granted to a gasoline closer than California. The Albuquerque Rail with second-degree murder in the North Side water filtration plant. distribution depot. The Honstein Oil to its original purpose which Yards could become the center of expertise case. A preliminary hearing in the case The largest fine – $55,000 – was Co. fuel depot had been operating is scheduled to begin on Aug. 3 in for a “willful-serious” violation in would have something to and facilities for this type of work. And in the San Jose neighborhood for Bernalillo County District Court. which two plant employees alleg- do with railroad locomotives how ecstatic would historical preservation decades without an air permit. The edly were exposed to ozone because societies and departments be all across the health department urged the air qual- and rail cars they weren’t wearing air-purifying land and the world. Tax probe ity board to decide the community’s None of the many wonderful ideas respirators that were certified by the And then it states that the Machine Shop State Auditor Tim Keller says he has appeal of the air permit in a “paper contained in the Master Plan would be National Institute for Occupational will be used for “Business/Professional Uses; conducted an initial investigation into trial” rather than by allowing the excluded by using the Machine Shop in this community to present evidence about Safety and Health, according to the Office, Light Manufacturing, Training/Edu- alleged wrongdoing by senior officials way. Every one of them would still be viable the health impacts of air pollution May 20 letter the NMED sent to the cation, Accessory Cultural Uses, Railroad- of the New Mexico Taxation and and, in fact, would be enhanced by having a from Honstein’s operation and other Water Utility Authority regarding the related Facilities.” (Page 51, Figure 5). Revenue Department. An anonymous working museum at the center of the project. nearby air pollution sources. A full violations. The water authority said So the plan is to split up the 165,000 square complaint to the Office of the State Other related endeavors could also be hearing on the matter has not been it has corrected or is in the process of feet floor area of a steel-framed, glass-walled scheduled. correcting the violations, and many of historic heavy industrial building containing located there. A trade or vocational school the fines will be abated. Water author- several robust overhead cranes into offices teaching welding, machine shop and Owlish ity spokesman David Morris said no and classrooms that may or may not even carpentry could locate in the Machine Shop. workers were exposed to harmful use the existing walls but rather be walls Large sculptural objects could be fashioned Seven chicks of Mexican spotted owls ozone levels and that the agency is within walls, but with magnificent steel there taking advantage of the overhead were found at Los Alamos National appealing the $55,000 fine. beams and girders and the aforementioned cranes, rail and loading facilities. overhead cranes, which then may or may be visible and certainly not useful. A trade or vocational school The “largest and most significant structure teaching welding, machine at the Rail Yards site” will be reduced to a shop and carpentry could facade concealing the most ordinary offices and classrooms built separately within locate in the Machine Shop the giant shop. This building is the most important representation of an industry The mezzanine level running the length of that at one time employed 25 percent of the shop, about twenty feet wide located on Albuquerque workers. the south side of the building, could be used as an observation deck for visitors to see the locomotives and rail cars and observe Across the country there are them being rebuilt. This would be much like dozens of locomotives and being on the field and up close to watch the rail cars needing a place like inflations and launches at Balloon Fiesta, something Albuquerque is famous for. the Machine Shop in which to And how about a ride on the rails starting be refurbished and stored just outside the Machine Shop going to the Turntable, being turned around there, Leaving out the Machine Shop, there is going back through the Shop and across the still over 140,000 square feet of floor area in Transfer Table into the Boiler Shop and then other buildings planned for preservation back again on a sort of trolley type vehicle and adaptive reuse and much more than refurbished or designed and built at the that in new office and retail space planned Shop that is preferably electric powered. for construction. Maybe Tesla would donate a motor and The highest use for the Machine Shop some batteries. would be to return it to something close to its original purpose which would have Robert DiGiulio is an Albuquerque resident. 14 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS PETS/OPINION NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 15 County Recruits Students to Update South Valley Landscape, Art Albuquerque’s BY MEGAN KAMERICK Premier Facility umberto Medina is from the South as “South Valley is home” or questions HValley, and he knows it has a reputa- such as “What traditions have you kept - for - tion among people who don’t live there. alive?” They also worked with several Jonas L. Jensen “I feel like the South Valley is portrayed businesses on Bridge, including Price NM GS03 #372499 as ghetto, but as I grew up, I felt that’s Transmissions, Taller Sergio Grajeda and Mock Trials & not the fact,” Medina says. “People are C&L Transmissions, to help them create Specializing in really caring for each other and look new signs. Focus Groups out for each other.” Medina is part of a “Our mission is getting youth Tile Installation team of students at Working Classroom involved in community and social that hopes to bring more holistic visions action and education, and so we are • Trial planning and issue spotting, of the South Valley into our collective in-house facilitators teaching them through our concepts a Ceramic consciousness through public art. lot of things they can use in life,” says • Mock jury services The nonprofit has been working with Porcelain Rosalie López, visual arts program • Witness preparation South Valley MainStreet and Bernalillo director at Working Classroom. They’ve Stone • Simulated court and County Cultural Services for the past four deliberation venues months, exploring the history of the area learned about design and type and color Glass and listening to residents describe why ordinances, she adds. • Political polling CALLING ALL PETS Mosaic and More it’s so meaningful to them. And they’ve learned a lot about Katie Stone sent us this photo of Betty. “She Recently at the National Hispanic their own neighborhood as well. “I Call 505-263-8425 or email was a bottle baby, found abandoned at less Cultural Center, students unveiled three feel good that I’m giving back to the [email protected] than one week old and hand-raised by foster conceptual art proposals for the Bridge community and that I got a chance to 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 parents through Animal Humane of New Boulevard entrance to the valley. These pieces were do something so important to someone as fixing up Mexico. We adopted her at eight weeks old. inspired by a combination of listening sessions with their sign – and also just to get a chance to feel like a community members and research and collaboration grownup,” Werito says. “It gave us a chance to feel Albuquerque, NM Betty is five years old today and is softer than with New York-based artist Ronny Quevedo. One professional.” 505-933-1009 a baby bunny. She is a snuggler who loves to piece imagines sculptures of Mexican gray wolves Esteban Aguilar says every design has a history www.jonasljensen.com sleep curled between us at night,” Katie writes. enclosed within a structure of adobe and vigas. The behind it. “I pass Bridge Boulevard almost every [email protected] trialmetrixnm.com lobos would transform from vital wolf to a skeleton day,” he says. “It feels good to, you know, just pass Send it to to convey the nature of extinction. by and see signs that we actually worked on.” Another proposed concept includes hanging murals The process created a chance to share stories among [email protected] dedicated to Spider Woman, the Navajo weaving generations, Lopez says. Include your name, phone number, goddess who represents balance and unity. Working Richard Meadows hopes to collaborate with the and your pet’s name, and we’ll try to reserve Classroom student Lora Werito is Navajo, and she Working Classroom students on other such projects. He’s the executive their spot in the pet parade. wanted to acknowledge the Native roots intertwined (From top) Working Classroom students’ conceptual art pro- with Hispanic and Chicano heritage in the valley. director of South Valley MainStreet, which is one posals for the Bridge Boulevard entrance to the South Valley of four MainStreet projects in Albuquerque and 37 “I also wanted to include a sand painting of our pay tribute to the Mexican gray wolf and Navajo weaving creation story, where my people struggled through deity Spider Woman. around the state. The program works with business three different worlds before we got to the current owners and residents to revitalize commercial one and how we stuck together as a people and corridors. “It’s supposed to be about self-reliance fought against the troubles together,” Werito says. Bernadette Miera, cultural services manager with and volunteerism and community, especially young That relates to the South Valley because “we’re Bernalillo County, spearheaded the idea of including people being part of revitalization, rather than a unified people.” art in this redevelopment project by applying for a top-down gentrification model,” Meadows says. $75,000 Our Town grant from the National Endow- MainStreet received a grant from PNM, and 40 ment for the Arts. “It’s really important as we start volunteers recently painted four buildings on Bridge ‘Rather than ‘Let’s bring Tesla to looking at how this whole corridor will be redevel- just over the Rio Grande Bridge. The group also is Albuquerque,’ let’s invest in the oped, the place-making concepts that will come in, working on a pop-up visitor center in one of the businesses we already have’ the art that will eventually be on this corridor and buildings, and Meadows hopes to include Working seeing these youth through our public art process,” — South Valley MainStreet Classroom on that project. MainStreet is also about Miera says. Executive Director Richard Meadows fostering the creative economy, he says. “Rather than The students will present their concepts to the Ber- ‘Let’s bring Tesla to Albuquerque,’ let’s invest in the nalillo County Public Arts Board, which also will put businesses we already have – our local growers and This public art is part of a multimillion-dollar out a call for proposals. The idea is to seek additional local artisans and other business,” Meadows says. overhaul planned for the Bridge Boulevard corridor, funds to create art for installation in the corridor. “Let’s invest in local industries, and that’s going to from Eighth Street near the Cultural Center to Coors Students will continue to be involved, she says. be our base economy for the South Valley.” Boulevard. It will involve road improvements, According to Miera, the voices of young people landscaping, lighting and signage. Bernalillo County often are missing at public meetings. “Hopefully Humberto Medina plans to remain in the South officials asked attendees at the Cultural Center event this gives them a feel for the community process Valley, and he envisions a future of new businesses to weigh in on possible art projects along the cor- and inspires them enough to keep them engaged in and homes along this corridor. He just graduated ridor. The research and input gathered by Working the community – and understand the importance from the ACE Leadership High School, and he is Classroom will be used to create a public art plan for of being engaged in the community and helping to interested in being part of that future. “I want to the corridor, says Carrie Moritomo, cultural services shape it,” she says. manage these projects,” he says. marketing specialist with Bernalillo County. The The students received stipends and signed contracts students also worked with Partnership For Com- to help them build professional skills. Part of the proj- Megan Kamerick is an independent radio and print munity Action and Creative Albuquerque. ect included temporary billboards with phrases such journalist and producer at New Mexico PBS. photo contest ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 17

BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO ABQ Free Press Photo Contest: And the Winner Is …

As it has for time immemorial, debate over the actual value of contests and awards in Our jury: the artistic and literary worlds wages on. Merriam-Webster defines “award” as: something that is ABQ Free Press photographers conferred or bestowed especially on the basis of merit or need. Being blessed with readers who are Juan Antonio LaBreche and Adria Malcolm also talented photographers is something we intend to celebrate. Thus, the contest, the award and Andre Ross is a writer, filmmaker and photographer from Albuquerque, the party. It’s our way of giving you props. N.M. Over the past several years, he has had the opportunity to direct Here’s how it worked: We convened a jury of seven professional photographers who evaluated music videos for artists all over the world. Learn more at andreross.info. and deliberated over all entries to our annual photo contest. And the jury has now spoken. Join Joy Godfrey has been trying “to live up to the name mom gave me ABQ Free Press in celebrating these award-winning photographers at a one-night opening/closing via photography since 1982, the year of my first camera.” reception/exhibition at Adieux Café (420 Central SW) on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. joygodfreyphotography.com Crudités/appetizers will be served. Our winning photograph, along with three worthy runners-up, Argeesht Mirzakhanian is a Los Angeles-based photographer who will be professionally printed and framed by The Artistic Image and displayed at the reception. can be found walking around the streets with a Fuji or Nikon in hand, Photos not collected by their respective creators/authorized representatives will be put on perma- stepping into the studio at times. mirzphotography.com nent display at ABQ Free Press headquarters. The envelope please … Raja Ananda mirajadesign.tumblr.com Minh Quan minhquanphoto.com

First Place Kelcie Spurgin, “Hoof Print Impressions”

A lifelong resident of Albuquerque, Kelcie spends most of her free time trail riding in the Bosque with her mother and their two paint geldings, Roux and Gus. She is inspired to take most of her photographs in the Bosque from a unique, in-the-saddle perspective.

second and third place winners on page 18 18 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS PHOTO CONTEST ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 19 F4: Fall for Festivals, Fairs, Fiestas & Fun Second Place Julie Hillskemper, “Zebra” ur F4 events calendar is your nuevomexicano late sum- BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO mer/fall events guide. Compiled by calendars editor and Ocontributing writer Ariane Jarocki, this pullout feature covers it all, from sights and sounds with a distinctly New Mexican flavor – 64th Annual Traditional Spanish Market, Fiestas de Salud Traditional Health Fairs and Native American dance performances – to those with broader popular appeal – Bubonicon 47: Women of Wonder, P-Funk and Taylor Dane concerts at Route 66 Summer- fest, TEDxABQ 2015, ¡Globalquerque!, the Guild Cinema’s annual film noir fest and something called a Hipster’s Craft Fair. Lists like these make a strong case for scheduling more time for play in our overbooked day-to-day lives.

MUSIC JULY 24-26 Red Turtle Dancers: SUNDAY, JULY 26 Pojoaque The Albuquerque Battle of Indian Pueblo Cultural AUGUST 5-8 the Bands Center, 2401 12th St NW, Bernalillo County 4-H Fair Launchpad, 618 Central Ave 843-7270, indianpueblo.org 8 am, Expo New Mexico, 300 SW, 764-8887, San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, exponm.com launchpadrocks.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 Latin Fest THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 6 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Santa Fe Yoga Festival Downtown Summerfest: Central Ave NW, 768-3544, 8 am, Scottish Rite Temple, Taylor Dayne newmexicosredwineband.com Hipster’s Craft Fair 463 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, 5 pm, free, Civic Plaza, 400 Benjamin Chan, “Spring Rose” 10 am, Hip Stitch Sewing ampconcerts.org Third Place Marquette Ave NW, JULY 31-AUGUST 2 Lounge, 7001 San Antonio Dr cabq.gov/culturalservices Cellicion Traditional NE, 821-2739, hipstitchabq.com AUGUST 7-9 Zuni Dancers Old Lincoln Days SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Route 66 Summerfest: Room- ful of Blues 8:30 am, Lincoln Historic Site, Westside Summerfest: 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 2 pm, Historic Nob Hill, 12 miles east of Capitan on US George Clinton and Parlia- indianpueblo.org route66central.com 380, Lincoln, RSVP: nmhistoric- ment Funkadelic sites.org/lincoln, (575) 653-4082 5 pm, Free, Cottonwood Dr JULY 18-19 and Ellison Dr NW, 768-3556, SCREENS SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 ¡Viva Mexico! Celebration cabq.gov/culturalservices JULY 17-26 12th Annual Pueblo 10am, Rancho de las Golondri- Independence Day AUGUST 28-30 12th Annual Festival nas, 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, of Film Noir 7 am, Free, Jemez Pueblo Plaza Roots Reggae Ska Salsa (505) 471-2261, golondrinas. and Jemez Historic Site, (575) Treasure House Books The Guild Cinema, 3405 org Music Festival 2015 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; for 829-3530, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa in Old Town Plaza movie times: guildcinema.com JULY 20-25 nmmonuments.org/jemez Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com JULY 23-25 ¡Viva La Cultura 2015! AUGUST 21-23 BOOK SIGNING 2015 NM Film 7 Media Free, Various locations, Santa Viva II to benefit SEPTEMBER 4-6 Industry Conference Fe, (505) 982-2226 x109, span- El Ranchito de los Ninos High Mountain Hideout Isleta Resort & Casino, 11000 ishcolonial.org, ticketssantafe. Valencia County Fairgrounds, by Ronn Perea The Bavarian, 100 Kachina Rd, Broadway SE, nmfilm.com org 10 I-25 Business Loop, Belen, vivalanm.com Taos Ski Valley, NM, JULY 24-26 (575) 776-8020, thebavarian.net JULY 30-31 48 Hour Film Project Edgewood Arts AUGUST 28-30 SEPTEMBER 5-7 Festival & Music Festival Bubonicon 47: New Mexico Wine & Jazz KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave 7 pm, Wildlife West Nature Women of Wonder Festival NW, 768-3544, Park, 87 N Frontage Rd, Albuquerque Marriott Isleta Casino & Resort, 11000 kimotickets.com Edgewood, wildlifewest.org 2101 Louisiana Blvd NE Christina Weeks, “Kiwanis Cabin” bubonicon.com Honorable Mention Broadway Blvd SE, 510-1312, JULY 25-26 winecountrynm.com FRIDAY, JULY 31 Trails in Motion Film 64th Annual Traditional AUGUST 29-30 SEPTEMBER 18-20 Festival Spanish Market Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire Telluride Blues & Brews 5 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 8 am, Free, Historic Santa Fe Festival ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, (800) Plaza, Santa Fe, 10 am, Anderson Abruzzo Telluride, Colorado, 517-9816, trailsinmotion.com, spanishcolonial.org Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon tellurideblues.com taosskivalley.com/trailrun Museum Dr NE, Albuquerque- FRIDAY, JULY 31 minimakerfaire.com SEPTEMBER 25-26 SEPTEMBER 18-20 Chic-I-Boom Ball Fiesta de los Niños: ¡Globalquerque! ¡Cinemagnifico! Albuquer- 5:30 pm, Anderson Abruzzo A Children’s Celebration National Hispanic Cultural que’s Latino Film Festival Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon 10 am, Rancho de las Golondri- Center, Plaza Mayor, 1701 4th Instituto Cervantes, 1701 Museum Dr NE, 768-6020, nas, 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, St SW, ampconcerts.org Fourth St SW, 724-4777, balloonmuseum.com 471-2261, golondrinas.org cinemagnifico.com STAGES AUGUST 1-2 SEPTEMBER 19-20 FAIRS, FESTIVALS Summer Festival and Wild Santa Fe Renaissance Fair JULY 17-19 & FIESTAS West Adventures 10am, Rancho de las Golondri- Big Thunder Dancers: Rancho de las Golondrinas, nas, 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, Hopi/Cochiti SATURDAY, JULY 18 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, (505) 471-2261, sfrenfair.org Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 471-2261, golondrinas.org BMG Fan Fest Saturday, July 25 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 10 am, DoubleTree, 201 Noon - 5pm indianpueblo.org Marquette, 804-7650 20 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS F4/WORD ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 21 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 2015 Gathering XXII Glass, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 FUNDRAISERS JULY 27-31 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Beads & Jewelry Bazaar Jubilee Arts & Crafts Fair Back-to-School Fun Fest The 4th Annual ABQLYMPICS Santa Fe NM Wicked Bite of ABQ: Craft Beer & TEDxABQ 2015 10 am, Free, Hotel Albuquerque, 9 am, Free, Jubilee Villa, 601 1 pm, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, TUESDAY, JULY 21 5:30 pm, Altura Park, Morning- Wine Run Food Festival 10 am, Albuquerque, ‘Vostok’ Jumps the Miocene 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Jubilee Blvd, Los Lunas, 366- 217 Johnson St, Santa Fe, (505) Santa Fe Chamber Music side Dr NE and Hannett Ave NE, 4 pm, El Rancho de las 11 am, Balloon Fiesta tedxabq.com (614) 222-2243, isgb.org 1995, 946-1000, okeeffemuseum.org Festival Music & Wine Gala twitter.com/abqlympics Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Park, 5500 Balloon Fiesta [email protected] JULY 22-26 6 pm, La Posada de Santa Fe, Rd, Santa Fe, Parkway, 768-6050, biteo- ART & ARTWARD Epoch Mega-shark 330 E Palace Ave, tickets: SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 wickedwinerun.com fabq.com Santa Fe Grand Prix Welcome BY DAN VUKELICH OCTOBER 2-4 COMMUNITY (505) 983-2075 ext 111, Up & Over 10k Trail Run BOUND Equicenter de Santa Fe, 100 Albuquerque Fall Gem, Min- santafechambermusic.com 7 am, Taos Ski Valley, (800) 517- OPENING SEPTEMBER 21 SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 South Polo Dr, Santa Fe, SATURDAY, JULY 18 SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 f you’re looking for the grand with the Loch Ness monster as a youth eral & Jewelry Show 9816, taosskivalley.com/trailrun Fiesta of Flowers Albuquerque Hopfest equicenterdesantafe.com Viva Mexico Traditional Expo New Mexico, 300 San SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 9 am, All of ABQ BioPark, 2 pm, Isleta Resort & Art in the Park Iunified conspiracy theory – where draws him to Lake Vostok, a freshwa- Health Fair Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, exponm. A Russian Night in Taos: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Casino, 11000 Broadway 9:30 am, La Entrada Park, aliens, UFOs, the military-industrial ter lake thousands of feet underneath SATURDAY, JULY 25 10am, Rancho de las Golondri- com 11th Annual Gala Exhibition ABQ Yoga Gathering SE, 724-3800, albuquer- 84 W. La Entrada, Corrales, complex, the Trilateral Commission, the Antarctic ice sheet. 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La Entrada, Corrales, whales and crocodiles live in primor- Summer Festival & Wild West Noon, Free, UNM Main Campus, 3rd Annual Southwest sci-fi adventure, Alten makes the jump 471-2261, golondrinas.org Adventures New Mexico Outdoor Expo Lomas Blvd NE, Bacon Festival nmartistsmarket.org dial rivers and lakes, where laser- Duck Pond, 1 University Blvd NE, into transdimensional space – possibly 10am, Rancho de las Golondri- OUTDOORS Shooting Range Park, 16001 xericgardenclub.org 10 am, Balloon Fiesta equipped submersibles race to reach Wool Festival Weekend Arts unm.edu SEPTEMBER 19-20 a leap too far – dragging the reader & Crafts nas, 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, Shooting Range Access Rd, Park, 5500 Balloon Fiesta an ancient extraterrestrial craft holding 471-2261, golondrinas.org SATURDAY, JULY 18 wildlife.state.nm.us Parkway NE, 510-1312, Durango Autumn Arts into a hard-to-follow exploration of Taos, more info: taos.org SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 FOOD & Festival the key to mankind’s survival. 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People of all ages mill business Zendo, which buys organic fruit Vinaigrette owner and chef Erin Wade’s bready casserole. Since Modern General elbow-to-elbow, eat at tables for its coffee shop. The shift to a storefront sustainable offerings since 2008. Wade mills its own flour, the kolaches use that clustered against the wall, lean on maintains that business strategy, but adds a herself grows the organic vegetables, house-milled flour. Make time to peruse the lengthy counter talking with new question: “What do people enjoy that salad greens and herbs that form the their drink menu of both alcoholic and kitchen staff and patiently form a we can make … from abundant, quality, foundation of her menus. Now Wade non-alcoholic beverages; then order the line to place their orders – a line organic ingredients?” introduces a new brunch menu at Portuguese Lemonade made with ruby that snakes all the way back to an When it comes to food, intention matters. Vinaigrette’s Albuquerque location (1828 Port and muddled mint. area where packaged groceries “If you’re eating junk food … the people Central SW). While soups and sandwiches Vinaigrette crowd slatwall shelves. who make it are putting as cheap ingredients are on the menu, it’s the salads that truly 1828 Central SW Wait, this is opening night at the An apple a day in it as they possibly can, and producing it for shine – with their insightful combina- 842-5507, vinaigretteonline.com juice bar? Sometimes Saffron gets pensive about as cheap as they possibly can, and they have tions and carefully selected ingredients. Amazingly enough, it is. And potentially alcoholic beverages that she no interest in your vitality,” Hoberg says. Their La Pepita salad was a seasonal to be clear, “juice” here is not a rarely sees and dearly misses. Plenty of Vital Foods, on the other hand, wants to be favorite but has now earned itself a per- High Desert attracts euphemism for booze or vaping beer and wine abound in New Mexico, “an establishment that people can trust.” manent spot. It combines chopped green supplies. Hordes of Burqueños haute cuisine but there’s comparatively little hard Hoberg makes it a point to distinguish the kale with shredded chicken, black beans, have come out to Vital Foods Chef Jean Pierre Gozard, the owner of cider. But there is Santa Sidra, a Santa promotion of health from being judgmental crumbled cotija, diced avocado with (924 Coal SW) to sample their Café Jean Pierre, has opened Le Troquet Fe-based hard cider maker that launched about others’ food choices. The message spicy pepitas. The lemon-cumin vinai- fresh produce, fruit juice blends, Vital Foods Bistro (228 Gold SW) at the site formerly one year ago. And there seems to be is that you don’t have grette elevates this dish further. Healthy sandwiches and other plant-based, occupied by Le Café Miche. The bistro’s a tiny craft cider-distilling movement to be a health nut has never tasted more delectable. There organic fare. They’re treating it like the Vital Foods summer hours are Monday through Satur- happening in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe or eco-warrior to are seasonal salads and saffron and all, party it is – DJ ZiaSon concocts a funky, 924 Coal SW day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and area. Last year Santa Sidra, owned by enjoy plant-based food. but I swooned over one of their special jazzy atmosphere while kids romp on 243-3922 from 5 to 9 p.m. for dinner. They’re closed Michael and Stacy Zercher, bought over “Without condemning salads with burrata. The fresh greens the sidewalk and the conversation vitalfoodsnm.com, twitter.com/foodsvital on Sundays. Plans are in the works to 50,000 pounds of New Mexico apples, what other people are are all wonderful, but the key is the swells to a low roar. Clearly a lot of food offer a Saturday brunch menu with music and they don’t require apples to be Hours: Mondays - Fridays: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. doing, it is what it is. … burrata, a full-bodied mozzarella with a is being shoveled into a lot of mouths. on the patio. Call for reservations and perfect or unblemished. In fact, they say, Saturdays and Sundays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Some people who come heart of cream that steals this show. The Opening night offerings include a visit their website for more information. “We buy apples that would otherwise Price range: $-$$ in the store will be 100 Albuquerque location also showcases special $1 menu that is unlike anything never be harvested because they’re percent dedicated to it. Le Troquet Bistro Mickey D’s ever dreamed of. I order blemished or the wrong size to be sold in And some people just 228 Gold SW one of everything, and it’s a chromatic (From top) Vital Foods’ chalk- grocery stores or at farmers’ markets.” board proudly displays their want a smoothie. They 508-1166, abqfrenchrestaurant.com smorgasbord. Beverages include two kinds of smooth- Keep on Food commitment to local, seasonal don’t even need to like a Santa Sidra ies (orange and green), carrot juice and strawberry produce. The cafe’s purple leaf smoothie – they can get 1730 Camino Carlos Rey, Suite 1, Santa Fe lemonade. The best of these is the green smoothie, cucumber boats were voted Truckin’ toast … and cold-brew The best thing since 425-6122, santasidra.com which has a summery, sweet banana flavor. It’s the kind most photogenic. coffee. Is that a radical MONDAYS of thing you can drink for taste while simultaneously sliced bread person? No.” But neither Go searching … or go hungry. Farmer Monte’s Hard Cider is another feeling smug about how healthy it is. The carrot juice’s lettuces, diced avocado, mild hummus dollops and dill We already love their bread, and is it a deprived customer. While there are other vegan excellent entry into the local cider field. tang is as bright as its vehemently orange color – it’s sprigs, would be absolute crunchy perfection if they TUESDAYS now they’re taking it to the next level. restaurants and plenty of vegan options on Albuquerque $499,000 It’s made by Skarsgard Farms of Albu- tasty as long as you are extremely fond of carrots. only had a touch more salt – but for me, the bottom line Tasty Tuesdays Great Harvest Bread Company (11200 menus, Hoberg says, “We are purposefully choosing to querque. They use organic Fuji and Gala Which I luckily am. is that this is reasonably priced, high-quality nourish- 4:30 pm, Hyder Park, 700 Richmond Dr Montgomery NE Suite #4) offers their represent that simple, close-to-the-earth lifestyle that at Placitas, NM apples harvested from Excelsior Orchard The sandwiches, served on crusty, whole-grain bread ment. Anyone can add salt if their palate craves it. SE, facebook.com/TastyTuesdaysABQ new Great Harvest Classic & Signature its core acknowledges that to survive, and even thrive, it in Colorado. It’s available in cans that from the Bosque Baking Company (922 Coal SW) right And let me declare that I would forgive almost any Truckin’ Tuesdays Lunchtime sandwiches. Great Harvest is unnecessary to go further and take another life.” • NO QUALIFYING Skarsgard can deliver right to your door. next door, also prove delicious. The avocado and veg- amount of blandness for tonight’s dessert cup – pitted 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, describes them as featuring “innovative, Plans are currently in development for a produce Skarsgard Farms etable includes diced red bell pepper, baby spinach leaves dates stuffed with a heavenly chocolate ganache and • REAL ESTATE CONTRACT Third St NW and Marquette Ave NW, exciting and bold flavors you can’t find buyers’ club and other savings options for repeat cus- 3435 Stanford NE and cucumber. The hummus and vegetable combines ar- enriched by just the right amount of salty bite. For information: albuquerquecc.com anywhere else.” Sandwiches include tomers. Vital Foods also hosts weekly Sunday brunches 681-4060, skarsgardfarms.com tichokes and – in a move that seems like it shouldn’t work A couple days after the opening, I spoke with Robert ABQRE.com the Baja Chipotle Turkey (thin slices of helmed by “kitchen queen” Rosa Zamora, known for WEDNESDAYS but somehow does – crispy slices of yellow squash. And Hoberg by phone. In charge of Vital Foods’ marketing, smoked turkey breast with chipotle-hon- he’s also personally passionate about food as a mecha- her culinary wizardry as owner of the much-missed or call Ronn Perea at 505-239-9681 Talin Market Food Truck Round Up Santa Fe Cider Works is another New the BBQ soy curls with jalapeño slaw balances a chewy ey/lime yogurt sauce, shaved cabbage, nism for health and healing; these interests serve him Mint Tulip Vegan Café. One thing customers should not 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE Mexico hard cider producer. Their tagline is: sweetness with mild fire.I can’t pick a favorite from the pickled red onions, avocado and pepper expect is a static set of offerings. “Made in Santa Fe at 7,260 Feet ~ For the three – the sandwich with soy curls is the most exotic, but well in his role as manager of the Downtown Growers’ jack cheese on GH’s Nine Grain bread) “We’ve put out there for people to expect change,” says FRIDAYS Elevated Palate.” Santa Fe Cider Works uses all three are essentially uncomplicated, well-prepared Market. I ask him what makes a particular food “vital.” and the mysteriously named “Italian.” Hoberg, noting the café’s two chalkboard menus – one ABQ Food Fridays a special English cider yeast in their fermen- food. For anyone who still thinks grilled cheeses or veggie “Well, certainly if you’re starving in the woods and The Italian showcases shaved Genoa that breaks out basic categories like hot cereal or soup 4 pm, Civic Plaza, SW Section, tation process. They also offer another fruity burgers are the only sans-meat sandwich options, food you’ve got a pack of M&M’s in your pocket, that might salami and ham topped with a roasted and salad, and another that reflects ingredients of the 1 Civic Plaza NW, Third St NW variety of cider in addition to the traditional like this can be something of a revelation. be vital,” Hoberg acknowledges. In other words, red pepper-black olive tapenade and moment. “Our business is set up to respond to growers’ and Marquette Ave NW, apple aka The Cider Different. Their En- The orange smoothie and strawberry lemonade ideology doesn’t trump reality. But in the context provolone cheese drizzled with red bounty in any given time,” he says. Buying what growers civicplazapresents.com chanted Cherry blends fresh-pressed apples aren’t bad, but they’re far less sweet than you’d expect of everyday life, the cuisine at Vital Foods serves up wine vinaigrette on Honey White bread. have lots of helps a shop like Vital Foods get a good price, Coffee Tasting with tart cherries. This artisan producer is them to be. The lemonade is a lovely shade of pinkish- connection. “Call it metaphysical or whatever … with These lunchtime sandwiches are served benefits growers who are looking to unload an abundant 6:30 pm, Free, Prosum Roasters, 3228 so small that there are only two employees, orange, though, and has a distinctly slippery mouthfeel that certain connection there, you can feel it,” Hoberg Monday through Saturday from 10:30 crop and benefits the community with the freshest Los Arboles Ave NE, 379-5136, owners Jordana “Jordy” Dralle and Michelle that I enjoy. Another gorgeous $1 course was the rice says. “And sometimes when we get used to not having a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. possible sustenance. “From the Earth to you, we want prosumroasters.com Vignery. Want to sample it? Dralle and and vegetable bowl, which is heaped with shallots, that connection in the things that we consume, because on Sundays. everybody involved to be happy that they’re involved.” shredded cabbage, red bell pepper, jalapeño and yel- they’re all from giant operations – not that giant SATURDAYS Vignery say to call (575-513-SFCW) or email Great Harvest Bread Co. ([email protected]) if you low squash to form a multicolored medley. It’s whole- operations can’t have tons of soul, that’s totally not the Beer & Breakfast Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt City writers collective, 11200 Montgomery NE Suite #4 want to stop by. some and filling, but it could use some salt or sauce to case but in a lot of cases it is. And when it’s missing, you 7 am, Red Door Brewing Company, 293-8277, ghabq.com make its flavors truly pop.M ost beautiful of all are the just get used to it. I feel like some people don’t know tweets with exceeding irregularity @OhLisaBarrow and most 1001 Candelaria Rd NE, 633-6675, Santa Fe Cider Works purple leaf cucumber boats, which, with their colorful what it is they are missing.” recently served as arts and lit editor and web editor at the reddoorbrewing.com santafeciderworks.org Weekly Alibi. 24 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS SCREENS SCREENS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 25 Standing Room Only: ‘Ballers’ on ‘The Brink’ Things We Do in the Dark: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ BY HUGH ELLIOTT BY RICHARD OYAMA BO has been working out, brah. just watching these shows. motion is a terrible thing. The “terminally H There was a time when the TTThe infusion of movie stars Eawkward” protagonist of “Me and Earl and the network was known for its more into television series can work well Dying Girl,” Greg (Thomas Mann), spends a lot of “feminine” and emotional shows, “Six for everyone involved. The show his high school career avoiding its inevitable costs. Feet Under” and “Sex and The City” itself gets some instant cachet and He deflects it with barbed sarcasm and sends up were two of the most popular. Hell, attention, and the star is afforded an classic art films with his colleague Earl (RJ Cyler), the whole spin on “The Sopranos” opportunity to reinvent themselves using stop-motion animation, to create silly Truffaut was that we were seeing the softer and gather critical acclaim à la pulp homages like “The 400 Bros.” When his mother side of criminal killers. To cut to the fiction. When it works on TV, as it did (Connie Britton), the “Lebron James of nagging,” chase, one word sums it up: “Girls.” with Woody Harrelson and Matthew forces him to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), Apparently it’s goodbye to all that. McConaughey on AMC’s “True Detec- a classmate who’s been diagnosed with leukemia, Two new “comedies” premiered tive,” the results are beyond impres- Greg has no choice but to close the distance within. on HBO last week: “Ballers” stars sive. We’re captivated when these Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and screenwriter Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, and icons appear intentionally bereft, as Jesse Andrews are all too aware of genre formulas. “The Brink” stars Jack Black. Grandly if we are seeing the “real actor” – not In a voiceover, Greg emphatically states that this celebrating the mythical macho trifecta just the characters they sell in films. isn’t “a touching, romantic story.” But in its slow, of sports, guns and chicks, both are as Our empathy jumps off the charts. patient unspooling, the film’s very anti-genre resis- testosterone laden as one can get with- tance and restraint delivers a low-keyed catharsis, enhanced by Brian Eno’s ambient music. In large out actually being sperm. In “Ballers” part, this is because Rachel is the fulcrum of the Johnson plays ex-football player “Ballers” is brought to film’s eponymous trio. There’s a lovely scene where Spencer Strasmore who now wanders you by the creator of (Above) “Ballers” Rachel dominates the bedroom foreground as Greg the Earth, spreading his muscle-y “Entourage,” which was shows The Rock in a looks on haplessly. As the son of a gourmand sociol- wisdom to other former jocks. Drugs serious relationship ogy professor (Nick Offerman), Greg is a middle- admittedly a timely suc- with his sexy sports car. and chicks abound. In “The Brink” cess back when people class adolescent who’s at once over-articulate and at Jack Black portrays low-level manager (Left) In “The Brink,” a loss for words: “Cancer sucks.” He describes Earl Alex Talbot at the U.S. Embassy in still said “bromance” Jack Black plays Alex Fox Searchlight Pictures Talbot, a low-level U.S. as his “co-worker,” which Earl maintains is because Pakistan who becomes embroiled in without a hint of irony. Embassy manager who he cannot admit to their friendship. Above, from right, Greg (Thomas Mann) and his hippie-gourmand dad (Nick Offerman) snack on the porch with Greg’s the country’s war. There are drugs and becomes embroiled in Earl is black and lives in a rougher Pittsburgh bestie Earl (RJ Cyler) in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” Below, “the dying girl”, Rachel (Olivia Cooke), throws a knowing look over her shoulder, as Greg looks on from the background. chicks aplenty. You could get jock itch a war in Pakistan. neighborhood, but he and Greg share a love of Dwayne Johnson could have used cinema. Frequent, hilarious allusions to German this sort of makeover. Until now, Gomez-Rejon occasionally gets self-consciously arty filmmaker Werner Herzog express Greg’s doomy his movies have dutifully portrayed with overhead shots and the like, but for the most HBO angst. One of this film’s primary pleasures is the part, he’s stylistically controlled and thankfully not at heroic blow-up doll “Ahnold.2” bond between Earl and Greg, a connection at once all slavishly imitative of the filmmakers that Greg and bulldozing his way through filmic IDGAF performance complete with was admittedly a timely success back detached and prickly but always free of evasion, Earl parody. The payoff in “Me and Earl and the Dy- disaster porn like “San Andreas.” In hookers, bondage and booze in the when people still said “bromance” as Earl’s bluntness wouldn’t allow it. There’s an ing Girl” comes in the form of Greg’s self-discovery many ways his persona has been an Situation Room, wherein Robbins without a hint of irony. Another show amusing scene where they accidentally get high on and the knowledge that our lives are perpetually extension of his wrestling past. Family oozes next-level Selina Myer insincer- glamorizing dude culture must have marijuana, but Earl maintains his cool. For Greg, unfolding. He also proves an unreliable narrator, but friendly and painfully noble, he’s a ity. Great – you may be thinking seemed like a good idea at the time, Earl is a moral compass, and someone who clearly that’s an acceptable literary device in books, of which bruiser with a heart of gold. That’s – I love some “Doctor Strangelove”- sating a want the new “Entourage” intuits Rachel’s genuineness beyond considerations this movie contains multitudes. Movies are a place nice but everyone secretly loves the of race and class. esque crazy. But the other half of the movie would create. “People are where we all live in the dark, and sometimes we are bad boy; so on paper, “Ballers” may Is this an idealization? I think not. One could argue show is set in war-torn Pakistan and gonna want more of that!” mustache- replenished by tears that fall like rain. have seemed the perfect escape from that the Civil Rights movement was a watershed replete with waterboarding, which twirling studio execs tittered. Oops. such low-level dullness. The Rock moment in 20th century American history. Mann Richard Oyama wonders what he’ll be when he grows up is where things take a turn for even Culture has shifted, and fewer could basically just YOLO the hell darker than expected. It’s a total and Cyler play out their friendship with the sort of to be a man. and fewer people are acquiescing to out and do drugs, curse and bang toss-up between “too soon” and “just guarded, tentative torpor that most American males the allure of the boy’s club. Neither everybody to show us he’s moving not funny.” will recognize. Earl breaks through Greg’s “Ballers” nor “The Brink” has one intellectualism with straight-up sex talk on. Think Miley Cyrus with muscles. Like The Rock, Jack Black’s comedic major female character. Comedies and truth-telling. The film’s rendering of Instead, he earnestly fumbles through shtick also depends on his body; in about women on HBO tend to succeed high school as a war of contesting tribes is his lines before his Macy’s balloon of Black’s case however his dad bod guar- when they counter cultural expecta- a familiar trope, but more disappointing a body bounces off to the next scene. antees he doesn’t have to move much. (and familiar) are the cartoonish adult Rob Corddry is thrown into the mix as He’s played this character before, the tions, but the male-centric comedies characters, like Greg’s hippie-ish dad and his crazed boss, and injects some manic nebbish whose wisecracking ways hide on HBO – yes, I’m also talking to you, Denise (Molly Shannon), Rachel’s single “Wolf of Wall Street” vibe. Frankly, I’d “Looking” – work hard not to rock the his inner sensitivity. There are scenes – mom with serious boundary issues. These rather watch whatever show Corddry boat. From the network that brought like the waterboarding – wherein one are essentially stereotypes and, unlike thinks he’s on. us the complexity of “The Comeback,” can only assume that Black intended to the teenagers, the filmmakers do little to it’s a letdown. We expect better from “Ballers” comes off as an also-ran demonstrate his acting range without humanize them or disabuse the viewer HBO than the Esquire Channel with “Fast and Furious” flick, but “The being upstaged by a giant CGI ape. of the notion that they’re anything other Brink” faces an even bigger identity But, man, we miss the ape. bigger muscles. than grotesques. But I guess the sons must crisis. At times it wants to be “VEEP,” Why HBO has thrown these two always rise up and slay their fathers. It’s especially when Tim Robbins (“Mystic mediocre guy shows at us now is a Hugh Elliott is a writer and artist living ever been true, at least in America where River”) drops the mic in his role as puzzle. “Ballers” is brought to you in California who rarely uses his Twitter elders are hardly esteemed. Fox Searchlight the secretary of state. It’s a pretty fun, by the creator of “Entourage,” which handle @wehogayman 26 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS MUSIC MUSIC ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 27 Within Range: From Deep House to Cello Rock Día de Le Butcherettes: Teri Gender Bender on Music and Mortality BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS and Experimental Hip-hop o matter how many times female There, it’s like they try to make your Le Butcherettes with Melvins BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO On Wednesday, July 15, the inimi- (407 Central SW) on July 18. Brought back-together” card so early in their Nmusicians save us (Aretha), shock journey as a musician hard as hell. table Steely Dan brings the swoon to to life by new local production crew respective career. Their live show is us (Gaga) or scare us (Diamanda), You have this mischievous joy on Sunday, July 19, couple weeks ago, my personal Isleta Amphitheater (5601 University Power of 8, this beat happening also bound to provide some interesting there’s still a vocal disbelief that such your face when you play live. What’s 21+, 8 p.m. A aural history – from Texas teen to SE). If yet another out-of-this-world features local DJs Eldon and Ana M. anecdotes. creatures can even exist. Combine that it like when you perform? Launchpad nuevomexicano thirtysomething – re- with an inhospitable cultural climate, 618 Central SW Steely Dan concert Wear something that I feel like everything is possible. My sulted in a stellar collision Downtown. breathes, because Make like it’s the ‘80s when local and it takes a vibrant, unapologetic Tickets: $17 isn’t enough to father passed away a while ago. He The concert was on a weeknight. Af- draw you out into it’s gonna get hot synth/new wave band Lindy Vision voice to kick against the pricks. That’s lebutcherettes.net, was a big music fan, so when I play ter a long day at work (with another the limelight, in there. Interested hosts a release party for their debut where Teri Gender Bender, frontwom- themelvins.net I feel closer to him. I feel like death to follow), the potential for lost sleep Elvis Costello & The parties are advised to full-length “Luck + Life” at Low Spir- an and founder of indie punk band doesn’t exist when you’re playing and excessive caffeine consumption Imposters are also arrive by 8 p.m., with its (2823 Second Street NW) on Sat- Le Butcherettes, comes in. With her music even though at the same time, still could not dampen my enthusiasm. on the lineup. Word a $5 cover and an ID urday, July 25. A special appearance history of brazen stage antics (think when you release music, it’s like I mean, Geto Boys. Shushing my on the street is that proving you’re 21 or by Utahraptor and a DJ set by Karma making out with a bloody pig’s head you’re killing part of yourself. But it better angels, I headed to Sister for a the iconic bands are over. If you get there Shims enhance the celebratory vibe, while dressed as a ‘50s housewife), takes shape into something else [so] truly legendary performance by the taking turns opening after 10 p.m., admission alongside a food truck, photo booth, passionate lyrics and almost feral that people interpret it differently, and progenitor of the Dirty South genre. shows on this tour. Tickets fees double to a still- exclusive Lindy Vision merch, jewelry voice, Gender Bender reminds listeners you feed off of peoples’ energy; it’s a Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill to this all-ages gig start at totally-reasonable $10. vendors and lots and lots of neon. So of the transcendent power of women to two-way street. (Coughing on the line) were on. Playing both hits and cult $34 (lawn seats) and range up to $666 bring your totally outrageous self and cut through the shock and stereotypes faves, the H-Town threesome also (private, VIP box). The rarefied sound On Tuesday, July 21, experimental/ rock your finest ‘80s gear. This 21-plus in order to make powerful music. Are you okay? performed “Dear Mama” in tribute show starts at 9 p.m., and admission revs up at 7:30 p.m. Bring your BFF, industrial hip-hop outfit Death Grips Yeah, I’m okay. It’s a nice ritual. to Tupac and a staggering détourne- spouse or parent – or anyone with brings its arcane, veve-adorned shtick is a measly five bucks. On Monday, ABQ Free Press spoke by phone Every culture has it. I think that’s ment of the Steve Miller Band’s “The impeccable taste. As Walter Becker to Sunshine Theater (120 Central July 27, cello-rock purveyor Rasputina with Gender Bender about touring what humanity shares in common: Joker.” It was just a show – and it was and Donald Fagen might intone, SW). Fans and curious onlookers aged gives you an excuse to bust out your with Melvins, kidnappings, poetry death, music and taxes. so much more than that. The way “Throw out your gold teeth / And see 13-and-over are welcomed into the fingerless, lace gloves before autumn and the deadliness of garlic. the human brain processes sound is how they roll.” third world at 8 p.m. But entrance to proper. That 21-plus recital at Launch- Le Butcherettes is touring again with No, I was asking because I heard you intertwined with memories of place, this nothing-is-sacred recital will run pad (618 Central SW) starts at 9 p.m., the Melvins, right? How’s it going? coughing. Do you have a cold? experience and emotions. Put more For high desert denizens craving you 17 bones. Personally “Niggas on and tickets are $15. Before ever touring with them, we Oh, no. I thought you meant okay simply, a song is the closest thing to a deep house, Saturday night’s all right the Moon” is the only Death Grips had the chance to bond because I mentally. (Laughs) It’s just allergies. time machine outside of the realm of for dancing – or swaying, as is often release I have truly dug. But you’ve For more rad concert listings, follow played shows with Jello Biafra, and But yeah, all’s good. sci-fi. So get out there and listen. my wont – with London-based DJ, gotta give props to a group that pulls ABQ Free Press on Facebook at [Melvins frontman] King Buzzo was The real reason I asked was I producer and artist GIOM at Sister the “we’re-breaking-up-no-we’re- facebook.com/ABQFreePress. Katja Ruge there. He had no idea who Le Butch- watched your interview in December erettes were; then he saw us play. He with Consequence Of Sound, where approached us and asked us to tour you said you nearly choked to death with them. Being a huge Melvins fan, on garlic. So when you were cough- I was blown away. ing, I thought, “Is she okay?” They’re down-to-earth people. (Laughter) Yeah, that was horrible, They’ve helped us with things that but otherwise I’m still doing okay. 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Unfortunately there are so many SATURDAY, JULY 18 FRIDAY, JULY 24 in the throw from Chevy on a Stick DEFINITIVE DOZEN That album was recorded three years cases where people don’t, but they 5 SCREENS: Can’t Stop the Serenity 9 SCREENS: Abe Makes a Movie: on Gibson and San Mateo, died with the will to live. Don’t get me WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 2015 to benefit Equality Now and Official Premiere ABQ Free Duke City Sound Stage (2013 ago, but then Omar Rodríguez-López UNM Children’s Hospital 7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave wrong: Mexico is a beautiful country. WORD: Kleft Jaw Press: Press Ridgecrest SE) is Albuquerque’s [The Mars Volta, Antemasque, and Le 1 6 pm, Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Butcherettes’ producer] invited me to It’s just a shame that it’s in the hands of Richard Oyama, Rich Boucher, 768-3522, kimotickets.com, ca new all-ages venue. Started in Nate Maxson cantstoptheserenity.com FRIDAY, JULY 24 lendar start a new band [Bosnian Rainbows], pigs. Nothing is ever enough for them. January, theirs is a story straight 7 pm, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd 10 COMMUNITY: A Night in the 40s: Email event info, including I know you’re also a poet. Tell me NW, 344-8139, bkwrks.com JULY 18-19 from the annals of rock history: so I put my record on pause. When I Big Band Swing came back to it later, I thought, “This more about your book, “El Caparazón OUTDOORS: Half-price Weekend 6 pm, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial event name, date, time, four fellas with a vision join THURSDAY, JULY 16 6 needs a spoken word piece,” and Perdido (The Missing Carcass).” ABQ BioPark Zoo, Aquarium and Botanic Visitors Center, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, forces to change the face of their STAGES: Everything Backwards address and contact phone Henry is perfect for that. I was told that 2 Garden, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 256-2042, nmvetsmemorial.org local music scene. It was only available in this Mexican … And, in Heels: the Artistry of number or website, to he supports Le Butcherettes because he TUESDAY, JULY 21 SATURDAY, JULY 25 Booker and studio producer bookstore called Porrua. Unfortu- Ginger Rogers saw us open for Iggy & The Stooges, so 5 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of Art 7 F AMILY: Show Me A Story; MUSEUMS: Earthen Architecture: [email protected] Jonathan Anderson was ap- nately, all the copies just sold out, but Interactive Summer Stories: 11 I reached out to him. & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242- Past, Present and Future proached by Rhett Butler (a people can order it online. My second 4600, fusionabq.com Laurie Magovern 1 pm, Free, New Mexico History Museum, one month in advance of former musician, not the “Gone with Belen native Adam Smith. “In I explained to him what my feelings book is already finished. It’s abstract, 2 pm, Free, North Valley Library, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, FRIDAY, JULY17 7704B Second St NW, abclibrary.gov publication. with the Wind” protagonist) about the past he put together Belen Fest out were during the making of [“Cry is for based on those dreams where you (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org The Flies”], about my guilt for leaving wake up in the middle of the night 3 COMMUNITY: Explora Adult starting a venue. Anderson told ABQ in the middle of nowhere,” Anderson Night: Sustainable Science THURSDAY, JULY 23 OPENING JULY 25 Free Press that “we weren’t sure said. “Smith’s a vegan. One of his Mexico even though I felt mistreated by and think, “I have to write this down 6:30 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, 8 WORD: The Mexican & La Cucaracha: 12 MUSEUMS: Generations of Prayer, about dealing with a liquor license, friends was teasing him, called him the music scene there. He came up with before I forget it”. 224-8300, explora.us A Night at the Museum Song & Dance: Larry Phillips Sr. 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, but an all-ages venue by itself didn’t a sad vegan. So that’s where he got “Moment of Guilt,” this amazing story It’s cool that you brought up my SATURDAY, JULY 18 Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, about Death approaching a man who CLUBS AND PUBS: Giom seem all that sustainable.” Along the name.” The fest lineup includes poetry. It doesn’t happen much, so 4 indianpueblo.org with Butler’s son R.J., and Albu- local bands Rawrr!, So Say We All, refuses to feel guilt, refuses to even that’s awesome. Sister Bar, 407 Central Ave SW, be touched by it. It’s an empowering 242-4900, sisterthebar.com querque Isotopes Game Production Ugly Robot, Floodstate, Dead Mary Have you read “The Verging Cities” message and good closure for me. Manager Kris Shepard, Anderson and more. by Natalie Scenters-Zapico? She’s a JULY 16-25 SATURDAY, JULY 18 said that they “decided that DCSS Things kick off at 6 pm; five bucks gets What about the new album that’s out in borderland poet from El Paso/Ciudad CLUBS & PUBS MUSIC Sister Bar, Bul Sol would include a recording studio and you in. September? What can listeners expect? Juarez. It’s terrific. Could I share it JULY 16-25 THURSDAY, JULY 16 practice space for bands, and that 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, sisterthebar.com Part of Summertime in Old Town Then on Monday, July 27, at 7 p.m., It’s based on experiences that I’ve with you? Marble Brewery July 16, Low Life Vids ‘n’ Vinyl: DJs Rygar Todo Mundo 7 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, cabq.gov we’d also offer on-location sound Duke City Sound Stage welcomes seen – for example, through the eyes of Are you kidding me? Of course! That 111 Marble Ave NW, 243-2739, and Caterwaul Part of Summer Nights Concert Series Entourage Jazz with guest Beth Schenck services for live bands.” NJ instrumental rock trio Vasudeva. marblebrewery.com July 19, Electric Funeral 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, my mother as a woman growing up in would be amazing. Part of Art in the Afternoon In addition, the Sound Stage is Local acts Saturday Night Riot, Crttrz July 17, Liver Down the River July 24, Leeches of Lore, Ask an Adult 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, July 18, Poses & Pints July 25, Ancient River, Sun Dog, Holy Glories home to DCS Records. According and Tides also perform. Friends Forever 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, July 22, Todd and the Fox Noon, Free, Tony Hillerman Library, cabq.gov/museum to Anderson, the label functions as Four bands for an $8 cover? 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Drop a line July 18, In the Mix: DJ Flo Fader July 25, Jones & Miles Band FRIDAY, JULY 17 7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, July 21, Beer & Bellies Belly Dance July 26, Dan Dowling El Prado, (575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com Kickoff show at 7 p.m. on Friday, July to [email protected]. Bri Bagwell July 25, In the Mix: BuddhaFunk July 28, Sky Choice & Nolan Smith The Scumfrog Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com 17. Tickets are $10 general, $30 VIP. 9 pm, Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave SW, On Saturday, July 18, there’s Sad M. Brianna Stallings writes so you don’t JULY 16-28 JULY 17-28 Chris Dracup elreyabq.com Vegan Fest, presented in cooperation have to. The Jam Spot Low Spirits Part of Party on the Patio 239 San Pedro NE, 440-2600, 2823 Second St NW, 344-9555, lowspiritslive.com 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 2401 12th St NW, SUNDAY, JULY 19 [email protected] July 17, Keith Sanchez, Dos Pendejos 724-3510, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe Watermelon Mountain Jug Band, Prisma July 16, Barrows, Distances, Echos of Fallen July 18, Ras Dre Z Foundation Band, Ryan I Charanga del Valle Part of Summertime in Old Town July 17, Abigail Williams, DreddMaster July 24, Cactus Tractor, Sister Sweet, Wildewood Part of Salsa under the Stars 1 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, July 19, Take in the Distance July 25, Lindy Vision CD 7 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, cabq.gov July 22, Mouth of the South 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, July 24, Blue Ivy, In the End, the Hanks JULY 18-25 cabq.gov/museum MONDAY, JULY 20 July 25, Kirra Sneakerz Sports Grille The DCN Project Squash Blossom Boys July 27, Chrysalis 4100 San Mateo Blvd NE, 837-1708, 9 pm, Free, Santa Ana Star Casino, Lounge 54, 6 pm, Cherry Hills Library, 6901 Barstow St NE, July 28, Mobile Death Camp sneakerzsportsbar.com 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana, 867-0000, ampconcerts.org Skylight July 18, 9 am, Branden’s Cause Fundraising lounge54atthestar.com Volleyball Tourney; 8 pm, Primal Panic Glory in the TUESDAY, JULY 21 139 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, Eastside Ramblers (505) 982-0775, skylightsantafe.com Desert Showcase J Cole July 24, Secret 7 2 pm, Juan Tabo Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, July 18, Dark is the Night Circus 291-6260, abclibrary.org 7 pm, Isleta Amphitheater, July 21, Alex Maryol and Friends July 25, 9 am, ALS Fundraising Volleyball Tourney 5601 University Blvd SE, 452-5100, isleta.com July 27, Diego’s Umbrellas Peter White JULY 19-25 Part of Zoo Music Trio Trujillo July 28, Alex Maryol and Friends Noon, South Broadway Library, Sunshine Theater 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th Street SW, 1025 Broadway Blvd SE, 764-1742, abclibrary.gov JULY 16-24 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com The Dirty Bourbon sunshinetheaterlive.com Said the Sky WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 July 19, Upon a Burning Body, Dance Gavin 9 pm, Effex Albuquerque, redfishent.com 9800 Montgomery Blvd NW, 296-2726, Alex Maryol dirtybourbon.com Dance, A Skylight Drive, iwrestledabearonce Youngsville July 25, Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Devil you Know 6 pm, Free, Hotel Andaluz, Rooftop Bar, July 16-18, Chad Freeman & Redline Part of Summertime in Old Town 125 2nd St NW, hoteldndaluz.com July 23-25, Zona Road 7 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, ONGOING The Hard Road Rolling Revue July 24, Jason Boland cabq.gov Draft Station ABQ 7:30 pm, The Cooperage, 7220 Lomas Blvd NE, 1720 Central SW, draft-station.com ampconcerts.org Tuesdays, 7 pm, The Draft Sessions, live local indie 30 • July 1, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • July 15, 2015 • 31 CALENDAr CALENDAr THURSDAY, JULY 23 JULY 24-AUGUST 16 TUESDAY, JULY 21 TALKS WORD MUSEUMS Camila The Real Thing Jumanji 7 pm, 3001 Civic Center Cir NE, Rio Rancho, The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 247-8600, Part of Free Family Film Series FRIDAY, JULY 17 SATURDAY, JULY 18 THROUGH JULY 26 891-7300, santaanastarcenter.com vortexabq.org Free, Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St, The Grand Circle: Lynda Sanchez, Apache Legends & Lore Focus on Photography: Fire Season Chava & Paid My Dues Chispa: Eva Torrez & An All Star Cast Santa Fe, (512) 495-9600, santafe.violetcrowncin- An Ultralight Trike Aerial Tour Around of Southern New Mexico: From the To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait Part of Party on the Patio 7:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, emas.com the Four Corners: Jeff Gilkey Sacred Mountain New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 2401 12th St NW, 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 7 pm, New Mexico Natural History Museum, 1801 2 pm, Lincoln Historic Site, 12 miles east of Santa Fe, (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org 724-3510, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 Mountain Rd NW, 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org apitan on US 380, Lincoln, RSVP: nmhistoricsites.org, (575) 653-4025 SATURDAY, JULY 18 Don Conoscenti TUESDAY, JULY 28 Batman Forever Colors of the Southwest: Part of 90s Batman: All Four Films Part of Summer Nights Concert Schedule Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa, Hoodie Allen Eddie Dominguez On Fairy Stories (for grownups): Family Program: Abstraction Through 3 pm, Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, Isleta Resort & Casino, 11000 Broadway SE, 5:30 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Discussion Collaborative Lines 768-3522, kimotickets.com 9:30 am, Free, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 724-3800, isleta.com Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5072, 1:30 pm, Juan Tabo Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd nmartmuseum.org NE, 291-6260, abclibrary.org 217 Johnson St, Santa Fe (505) 946-1000, FRIDAY, JULY 24 THURSDAY, JULY 23 okeeffemuseum.org SCREENS SATURDAY, JULY 18 MONDAY, JULY 20 Chatham County Line Cat Ballou 7 pm, Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Part of Zoo Music JULY 17-29 Clemente Gutiérrez 1716-1785: Writing about Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, 768-3522, kimotickets.com Spaniard, Merchant & Just Plain and Peckinpah: Paul Seydor 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th Street SW, CCA Cinematheque 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Wealthy: Henrietta Martínez Christmas Part of Brainpower & Brownbags

1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505) 982-1338, FRIDAY, JULY 24 10:30 am, Free, Gutierrez-Hubbell House, 6029 Noon, Free, Washington Ave Entrance, New Crossword Puzzle appears on page 32

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Chuck Hawley ccasantafe.org The Mexican & La Cucaracha: Isleta SW, gutierrezhubbellhouse.org Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa SCAR

TAGS ME I D Part of Summertime in Old Town DROSS Starts July 17, “Aloft,” “A Borrowed Identity” ‘Bordertown’ Fe, (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org

7 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, July 18-20, “Rear Window” T urquoise: The Gemstone of AKRO AMEN 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, AURAE

cabq.gov July 19, “Wilde Salomé,” “Salomé” Enchantment: Joe Dan Lowry FRIDAY, JULY 24 NANDOUT I CKER I FL 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Noon, Free, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,

James Reams and the Barnstormers Starts July 24, “3 1/2 Minutes: 10 Bullets” EOW ME Courtesy of artist Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, indianpueblo.org The Mexican & La Cucaracha: PUS

Part of Chuckwagon Dinner & Music Series July 25-27, “Journey to Italy” Book Signing & Luncheon OSEL E MORS 1 pm, Free, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts, 25 Years on Borrowed Time: Bill Pentler SETUPON

6 pm, Wildlife West Nature Park, 87 N. Frontage Experimental/industrial hip-hop crew Death Grips rocks Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) 352-7720, loslunasnm.gov Noon, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Salon Ortega, RATTY HOYA JULY 18-30 Part of Saturday Sunset Series CE I

Rd, Edgewood, (505) 281-7665, wildlifewest.org on Tuesday, July 21. See Within Range on page 26 for more deets. 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org The Guild Cinema Spare Parts 7 pm, Elena Gallegos Picnic Area, 452-5200, RUNBACKANDFORTH

Latin All Stars Orchestra Part of Movies in the Park cabq.gov/parksandrecreation

EAT DLE I Part of Salsa Under the Stars 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; for movie times: SATURDAY, JULY 25 ODEON

guildcinema.com Dusk, Free, Raymond G Sanchez Community Center, T CLE I UTR

Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, 2000 Desert Duo, Kevin Herig Trio Lady in the Light presented by A River Runs Through Us: P I LETR

July 18, “Deli Man” 9800 Fourth St NW, 314-0477, bernco.gov SUNDAY, JULY 19

OOH Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum and Kyle Ruggles FUSION Theatre Richard Melzer, John Taylor HULA

July 19, “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret” Archaeology of the Lincoln County War:

2 pm, Free, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts, Part of Summertime in Old Town 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, BOUNCEUPANDDOWN Power Slyde July 24-25, “7 Minutes” SATURDAY, JULY 25 David Kirkpatrick

Part of Live Music on the Patio at Prairie Star 1 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum 352-7720, loslunasnm.gov UNDER NOPE July 25-26, “A Town Called Panic” Bridge on the River Kwai 2 pm, Lincoln Historic Site, 12 miles east of RARE

5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant and Wine cabq.gov SANTO UFOS Wiz of the West July 27-30, “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito” KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Capitan on US 380, Lincoln, ACHE

Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, Echoes from Cold Mountain: St. Pius High School, 531 St Josephs Dr NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com nmhistoricsites.org/lincoln, (575) 653-4025

GUSH TAPA 867-3327, mynewmexicogolf.com TT BI Chatter Sunday Albuquerque, playconservatory.org JULY 19-28 Pacific Rim 3D The Unpredictable River; History of the Sweater Beats 9:30 am, Kosmos Performance Space at the JULY 18-AUGUST 2 Jean Cocteau Cinema 6:30 pm, Lockheed Martin Dynatheater, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District: 9 pm, Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave SW, Factory on 5th, 1715 Fifth St NW, chatterabq.org 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 466-5528, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Adrian Oglesby elreyabq.com The Music Man TUESDAY, JULY 28 jeancocteaucinema.com 1801 Mountain Rd NW, 841-2816, 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Tijerina Acoustic Trio Rodey Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell July 19, Julesworks Follies: “#37 Vaudeville Edition” dynasummermovies.brownpapertickets.com 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, 9 pm, Free, Santa Ana Star Casino, Lounge 54, Diego’s Umbrella Drive, 925-5858, unmtickets.com July 28, “Hannah and Her Sisters” cabq.gov/museum 8 pm, Low Spirits, 2823 Second St NW, SUNDAY, JULY 26 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana, 867-0000, SUNDAY, JULY 19 lounge54atthestar.com ampconcerts.org THURSDAY, JULY 16 Play Misty for Me SATURDAY, JULY 25 Francois Rabbath En La Estancia Part of Clint Eastwood Retrospective 1968-72 Forming New Mexico: Anthony P Reeve, M.D. SATURDAY, JULY 25 STAGES 6 pm, Keller Hall, UNM Main Campus, 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 2 pm, Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Dr. Enrique Lamadrid Branchez w/ Heroes X Villians 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, unmtickets.com 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 768-3522, kimotickets.com 6:30 pm, Petroglyph National Monument, 6510 Board Certified - THROUGH JULY 31 Western Trail NW, 899-0205, nps.gov/petr 8:30 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW, JULY 19-28 McCabe & Mrs. Miller American Board of Physical elreyabq.com Comedy Question Mark Part of Great Westerns Series MONDAY, JULY 28 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Jimbo Merril Fridays, 9:30 pm, The Box Performance Space, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, Labyrinth Medicine & Rehab 6 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art, 2 pm, San Pedro Library, 5600 Trumball Ave SE, 100 Gold Ave SW #112, theboxabqtickets.com kimotickets.com Part of Free Family Film Series 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 983-2075, 256-2067, abclibrary.org Free, Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St, FRIDAY, JULY 17 santafechambermusic.com FRIDAY, JULY 17 Santa Fe, (512) 495-9600, santafe.violetcrowncinemas.com Joanie & Combo Special July 19-20, 6 pm, Mozart & Tchaikovsky Albuquerque Philharmonic Chamber The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Part of Party on the Patio July 21, 6 pm, Jon Kimura Parker Solo Piano MEDICAL Orchestra: Mozart & Pärt Part of Sci-Fi Second Takes 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 2401 12th St NW, July 23, Noon, Kirill Gerstein Piano Recital 7:30 pm, donation, Keller Hall, UNM Main Cam- Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3522, 724-3510, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe July 25, 5 pm, Bach Goldberg Variations pus, 203 Cornell Drive, 433-7445, unmtickets.com kimotickets.com John P. Martinez July 26-27, 6 pm, Piano and Clarinet Quintets MARIJUANA Part of Art in the Afternoon Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, July 28, Noon, Beethoven Quartets 101 Dalmatians Colin Hay Part of Railyard Park Movie Series 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Sandia Resort & Casino, Amphitheater, 8 pm, Free, Santa Fe Railyard Park, EXAMS 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, Albuquerque Academy, Simms 30 Rainbow Rd, 796-7500, sandiacasino.com 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, ampconcerts.org cabq.gov/museum Auditorium, 6400 Wyoming NE, (505) 983-2075, John Proulx/Le Chat Lunatique Dancing with the Stars Live! santafechambermusic.com SATURDAY, JULY 18 Full refund if No Part of Jazz Under the Stars 8 pm, Isleta Resort & Casino, 11000 Broadway July 22-23, 7:30 pm, A Trio of TriosJ Star Trek: Into Darkness 3D 7pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Blvd SE, 724-3800, isleta.com 6:30 pm, Lockheed Martin Dynatheater, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, THURSDAY, JULY 23 JULY 17-18 New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Card is Awarded cabq.gov/museum Kirill Gerstein Piano Recital Postcards from Paradise 1801 Mountain Rd NW, 841-2816, The Luna Cats Part of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Cell Theatre, 700 First St NW, 766-9412, dynasummermovies.brownpapertickets.com Part of Summertime in Old Town Noon, New Mexico Museum of Art, liveatthecell.com 7 pm, Old Town Plaza, 303 Romero St NW, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 983-2075, SUNDAY, JULY 19 santafechambermusic.com cabq.gov SATURDAY, JULY 18 Joe Kidd Yousef Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Brothers JULY 23-AUGUST 2 Part of Clint Eastwood Retrospective 1968-72 9 pm, Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com 2 pm, Kimo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Osborne, A Thousand Horses Shrek the Musical Jr. 5110 San Francisco Rd NE 768-3522, kimotickets.com SUNDAY, JULY 26 Isleta Resort & Casino, 11000 Broadway SE, South Broadway Cultural Center, 724-3800, isleta.com 1025 Broadway Blvd SE, 848-1320, cabq.gov/sbcc Albuquerque, NM 87109 Chispa: Dos Santos: An Evening with Jim Norton Anti-Beat Orquestra with Nosotros 7pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, FRIDAY, JULY 24 505-797-7691 • 505-797-7686 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Aaron Lewis 1701 Fourth St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 8 pm, Route 66 Casino Hotel, I-40 exit 140, www.medicalcannabisnm.com 352-7866, rt66casino.com 32 • July 15, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CLASSIFIEDS/CROSSWORD “Move It!” classifieds by Myles Mellor and Sally York real estate Across 50. 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