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Editor: [email protected] ABQ Free Press Pulp News Associate Editor, News: [email protected] Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] compiled By abq free press staff New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper VOL II, Issue 9, May 6, 2015 Advertising: [email protected] their culture encourages the Japanese Air freshener to bottle up anger and sadness, the rui- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled On Twitter: @FreeABQ katsu sessions are unleashing torrents that – in the absence of evidence of a of tears. In This Issue crime – police can’t detain a motorist longer than the time it takes to issue Worse than cable Editor a traffic ticket. The 6-3 decision came Dan Vukelich in the case of a man who was seen The U.S. Secret Service took more than (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 by a Nebraska police officer to veer 13 months to fix a broken home alarm NEWS briefly onto the shoulder. The man and at former President George H.W. Bush’s Associate Editor, News ABQ Free Press Pulp News...... Page Houston home, the New York Daily Dennis Domrzalski 2 his passenger were pulled over, their Fighting mental illness: Two new approaches...... Page documents were checked, and they were News reported. Agents first requested (505) 306-3260 4 found to have no outstanding warrants. a new alarm system in 2010 but were So long Lyft, we hardly knew ya...... Page 5 Twenty minutes after the stop began, denied by superiors. When the system Associate Editor, Arts Jon Stewart on why he’s leaving “The Daily Show”...... Page finally failed, it took more than a year Cover Story: 7 rather than let them go, the police officer Stephanie Hainsfurther Scoring legislators on kids’ issues...... Page asked if his K-9 could sniff the car, and of stepped-up patrols before higher-ups (505) 301-0905 10 the driver said “no.” The driver and authorized a replacement. “This adds to APD stalks us, APD critics say...... Page 11 passenger were detained until a second the growing list of significant concerns Design Is DEA racially profiling Amtrak passengers here?...... Page Congress has had with the management 12 officer arrived, and the dog “alerted” to Terry Kocon, Hannah Reiter, Cathleen Tiefa The end of privacy as we know it...... Page amphetamines in the car. In a majority of the Secret Service,” said Jason Chaf- 13 fetz, a Utah Republican and chairman of Former prosecutor repents his evil asset-forfeiture ways...... Page opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Photography 17 the House Oversight Committee. Ginsburg, the court’s majority found Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham asks DOJ to probe DOE training of APD...... Page 18 that “a rather strong hunch” was not Labreche, Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm Rail Yards Market starts new season...... Page enough probable cause to detain the A penny saved 22 driver further after the initial purpose Millennials are saving at a rate twice Contributors this issue of the traffic stop had been completed. that of Generation X, The Atlantic Andy Beale, Rich Boucher, Bill Diven, In dissent, Justice Samuel Alito said reports. Jarred by the 2008 recession Paul Gessing, Gary Glasgow, Great Beyond COLUMNS the strong smell of deodorizer was that hit just as many of them were Music Blog, Victor Wallace Hughes Jr., Ariane Joe Monahan: Feeling the love...... Page cause enough to prolong the stop, NPR entering the job market, Millennials Jarocki, Dan Klein, Betsy Model, Joe Monahan, 9 reported. have an average of $17,000 saved Sayrah Namasté, Michael Odell, Richard Oyama, Efrain Villa: Street theater...... Page 9 Deleted history toward retirement, compared to the Robert Reich, Hunter Riley, Saffron Tomato, Dan Klein: APD should skip the cop toys and return to policing...... Page 15 $11,000 Gen Xers had saved at the Sal Treppiedi, Efrain Villa, Alan Webber Robert Reich: Big money now corrupting nonprofits, too...... Page BuzzFeed is looking into the deletion 19 same age. Millennial credit-card debt ABeerQ: Biking and beer in Santa Fe...... Page of more than 1,000 posts on its site, a averages $700, half of that of Gen Xers Copy Editors 22 few of which were critical of BuzzFeed’s at the same age. Millennials also tend Wendy Fox Dial advertising partners, the website to value price over quality. The maga- Jim Wagner Gawker reported. The internal review by the BuzzFeed’s deputy managing zine suggested that high student-loan OPINION debt taken on by Millennials – more Sales Manager editor found advertising considerations Greta Weiner, (505) 345-4080, Ext, 803 N.M.’s outdated regulatory environment is to blame for Uber/Lyft predicament...... Page wrongly played a role in three of the than 35 percent of them have student 10 loan debt averaging more than $7,500 Gary Glasgow cartoons...... Page deletions, while copyright issues, tone, Sales representative 16 Letters to the editor (apparently you don’t like Hillary as much as we do)...... Page duplicated posts and technical errors – may be part of the equation. Colandra Gallegos, (505) 345-4080, Ext. 807 16 were other reasons posts were taken Rotten core down. BuzzFeed has been roundly Operations Manager criticized for the deletions, which have Banking corrupts, and bankers are Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 highlighted the ephemeral nature of corrupted absolutely by the industry ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & MORE the Internet. Researchers say history they serve, according to a new study. Published every other week by: Calling All Pets...... Page 18 is being rewritten or, more accurately, Researchers in Switzerland found that Great Noggins LLC Deep Dish: Breakfast all day; Nick & Jimmy’s...... Page overwritten. URL footnotes in every- 20 experienced bankers tend to cheat and P.O. Box 6070 thing from research papers to U.S. Sex Q-and-A: Orgasms and masturbation...... Page cut corners more often than people in Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 21 Supreme Court opinions are disappear- other professions. The study, “Business Theater: “Angels of Light” comes to Aux Dog...... Page 23 ing forever at an alarming rate. Culture and Dishonesty in the Banking Publishers Music: Corner Laughers; Arthur Nasson; Hop Along; ballads at the Outpost…...... Page 23 Industry,” used a simple test. Knowing Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich Spotlights: Around town...... Page Crying game that a correct result of “heads” in a 24 Cathartic group crying among strang- coin-flipping exercise would result in Film: Summer sex comedies; “While We’re Young”; “Truth”…...... Page 25 ers is sweeping Japan and leaving a payment of $20 per flip, people were Music: Eddie Montgomery/Troy Gentry country duo at Isleta...... Page Corrections policy: 26 entire theaters of people feeling better tasked with flipping a coin 10 times It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct You Should Go: Xylophones, poetry, beer, blues...... Page afterwards. In 40-minute sessions, in private, then reporting the results. errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors 26 organizers of communal sessions of Bankers, as well as a control group of at the email addresses on this page. Calendar of arts and entertainment events...... Pages 28-32 rui-katsu, or “tear-seeking,” are shown nonbankers, reported a rate of “heads” Crossword puzzle...... Page 32 clips from animated shorts, feature films of 51.6 percent, which is statistically Classified ads...... Page and YouTube video memorials honoring indistinguishable from the expected 50 Where to find 32 dead pets. Each successive short video percent result. But when bankers were our paper? gets sadder and sadder until audiences given subtle cues reminding them of List of more than are left sobbing. The phenomenon, the industry they worked in, the rate of 550 locations which started in 2013, has taken hold in “correct” slips jumped to 58.2 percent. “There are norms in the workplace that at freeabq.com Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, according to Jon Stewart on the set of “The Daily Show,” which he’s leaving after 16 years. the newspaper Asahi Shinbun. Because induce them to cheat,” said Alain Cohn, On the cover: (Photo by Martin Crook) lead author of the study. PAGE 4 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 5 UNM Researcher Uses Electricity to Treat Schizophrenia Fare Regulation Means Uber May Be Next to Abandon N.M. BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

niversity of New Mexico their playing skills. The yft is already gone. Uresearchers are using low Defense Advanced Research LNow the question is levels of electric current to treat Projects Agency is funding whether Uber will bail. Lyft’s N.M. Exit May Mean schizophrenia, enhance learning Clark’s work in tDCS in the The New Mexico More DWIs, Ex-driver Says and treat substance addiction. hope soldiers can be taught Public Regulation The work by Vince Clark, to spot battlefield dangers Commission voted 4-1 elissa Roberge is heartbroken over ride ser- a psychologist, successfully more quickly. Another UNM on April 22 that the two Mvice Lyft’s decision to suspend its operations in New Mexico. silenced for months the voices researcher, Eric Claus, is ride-hailing services Heartbroken because she’s losing half her inside the head of a 40-year-old researching tDCS use in could operate under the income, the best job she’s ever had and because Albuquerque woman who had treating alcoholism. state’s Motor Carrier she believes the loss of Lyft will mean more drunks suffered from schizophrenia since In the case of Clark’s test Act, but that act calls will attempt to drive their vehicles because they she was a teen. Clark’s work was subject, the woman has been for the state – not the lack an alternative. profiled in the April 6 issue of beset with voices in her head companies – to set rates. A former bartender, DWI advocate and a victim New Yorker magazine. since she was 16. They tell her State Rep. Monica of a drunken driver, Roberge is passionate about Schizophrenia is a recurring she is stupid or ugly. She also Youngblood, an Albu- the role Lyft has played in preventing people from theme in the Albuquerque Police has seen demons hanging querque Republican drinking and driving. Department’s difficulty in dealing from the ceiling of her room. who tried to create an with the people it is supposed to Told once by a voice that if entirely new regulatory serve and protect. Some of the 28 she talked to anyone, her scheme for the compa- ‘I’d say that 99.5 percent of fatal shootings by APD in recent head would explode; she nies, isn’t optimistic that the people you drive after the years involved people in the didn’t speak to anyone for Uber will stick around. Juan Antonio Labreche Unlike other commercial drivers, Uber drivers (like the one depicted in this company-supplied photo) will be subject to sun goes down are drinking’ throes of mental-illness crises. three days. “The Motor Carrier drug and alcohol testing only in the event of an accident. – Melissa Roberge, ex-Lyft driver In the most recent issue of ABQ Vince Clark, a UNM researcher, uses low-voltage DC current to stimulate or suppress the firing of neurons in the brains of test subjects. Early After less than a week of Act is onerous and is Free Press, writer Andy Beale results show the regimen can enhance learning, suppress addiction and treat schizophrenia. Clark’s tDCS treatments, the referred to as onerous detailed how a SWAT standoff voices went away, allowing even by the taxi indus- “The no-drug test is a mockery,” Espinosa said. “I have a background in New Mexico as a DWI this past November was sparked part of an army assigned to kill him. the woman for the first try,” Youngblood said. “The PRC is establishing TNCs got other breaks from the PRC, said attorney advocate, and when Lyft came here I thought it by a schizophrenic man’s delusion that police were The experimental treatment technique used by time in her life to drive and shop free “of someone tariffs [rates], and that completely goes against what Michael Cadigan, who represents Albuquerque Cab was so important because it could help prevent Clark – trans-cranial direct-current stimulation, or constantly telling me I’m a horrible person.” Her Co. DWIs,” Roberge said. Lyft emailed its drivers on May 1 that it was Trans-cranial direct-current tDCS, for short – employs up to 2 milliamps of DC voices stayed away for four months with no further Cab companies must operate 24-7 and cannot suspending its New Mexico operations on May electricity to either stimulate or inhibit the firing treatments but were beginning to return at the time ‘We have allowed one industry refuse a fare, Cadigan said. Cab companies also are stimulation, or tDCS, for short, employs 14. The San Francisco-based firm cited new neurons in the brain. Placement of electrodes on the the New Yorker article on Clark’s work was written. required to have station points from which their [taxi companies] to stifle innovation, regulations imposed on ridesharing services by the up to 2 milliamps of DC electricity skull determines which part of the brain – learning, Long-term risks of tDCS are not known. Some job creation and entrepreneurship’ vehicles are dispatched. None of those rules apply to New Mexico Public Regulation Commission as the to either stimulate or inhibit the memory, or emotional response – is affected. research suggests that gains in one area, enhanced – Rep. Monica Youngblood the TNCs, Cadigan said. reason. firing neurons in the brain The technique has been shown to improve learning learning, for example, have been found to be offset If Uber continues operations in New Mexico “State officials have moved forward with onerous and memory. Video gamers have used it to enhance by an inability to later recall what was learned. and agrees for its vehicles to display a PRC permit ridesharing requirements that make it nearly makes the [Uber-Lyft] technology work and what number, a break it has been getting will come to an impossible for drivers like you to thrive on a peer- makes them affordable in a lot of cities. We have end. Cab companies pay a $1,400 monthly fee to the to-peer platform,” the email said. BernCo Exploring Nonpolice Responses to Mental Illness Calls been so unfriendly to this industry. We have allowed city of Albuquerque in order to pick up riders at the Roberge said taxis aren’t effective in keeping one industry [taxi companies] to stifle innovation, Albuquerque International Sunport, Cadigan said. people from drinking and driving, especially when BY ANDY BEALE into custody and transport them to a In February, the Bernalillo County run together, and it’s very common for job creation and entrepreneurship.” Uber hasn’t paid that fee because, unlike taxis, their someone calls a cab from a bar, because it usually ernalillo County is gearing up for facility (for treatment),” Hanna said. Commission approved a one-eighth- people to have a dual problem.” Youngblood’s assertion that the PRC was pro- vehicles can’t be identified as a ride service, he said. takes more than an hour for a cab to arrive. In that Ba new approach to responding to He said his unit relies on conver- cent gross-receipts tax increase, O’Malley speaks from experience. tecting the taxi industry monopoly isn’t shared by time, the customer who called has grown frustrat- mental-illness crises, one that may not sation and negotiation rather than on which will raise about $21 million for Years ago, her brother, who suffered everyone, especially PRC Commissioner Valerie ed and drives off in their own vehicle, she added. physical force to gain cooperation. the construction of a mental-health always involve the police. from schizophrenia, committed suicide. Espinosa, who was the lone vote against the new ‘The public should be worried that “We have to do something to impact DWI and They’ve “basically had a 100 percent triage center to provide comprehensive we have to do something different,” Roberge said. Looking for solutions that will work in O’Malley said the difficulty she faced regulations for the companies. nobody will know if these people service rate” in terms of taking people treatment to people with mental-health New Mexico, city and county officials trying to get him help made her “They are no different than a cab; they are [giving into custody once they receive a or substance-abuse issues. are habitual drug and alcohol users recently traveled to Tucson, Ariz., conscious of gaps in mental-health rides] for hire,” Espinosa said. court order, he said. Although the The center is expected to open in that are transporting the public’ to study how that city has dealt with treatment in New Mexico. She also Espinosa said she was galled by the exception Pima County Sheriff’s Department five to eight years, according to Tom – Michael Cadigan, cab company attorney mental-health since the 2011 shooting became aware of the “lack of under- fellow commissioners made for the firms in he said. “That is shocking. I think the public should does use a SWAT team if a suspect is Swisstack, Bernalillo County deputy of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by a standing” often shown by the police regards to drug and alcohol testing. All companies be worried that nobody will know if these people determined to be a danger to others, county manager. when dealing with people suffering regulated by the Motor Carrier Act must conduct [Uber and Lyft drivers] are habitual drug and mentally ill man who wounded Giffords Hanna said they try to exhaust all County Commissioner Debbie from mental illness. Some of the pre-employment drug and alcohol tests for their Cadigan disagreed with the PRC’s drug-testing alcohol users that are transporting the public.” and killed six others. other options first. O’Malley said it’s necessary to provide people shot and killed by APD in the workers. But the PRC ruled that Uber, Lyft and other decision for TNCs. Doug Hanna, commander of Pima “If somebody’s barricaded in their substance-abuse treatment as well County’s Mental Health Investigative past few years were mentally people “transportation network carriers” (TNCs) must test “They will become the only motor carriers in the Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at house, they don’t want to come out, as mental-health services because their contract drivers only after a traffic crash. state that are exempt from drug and alcohol testing,” ABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected] Support Team, said his unit redirects we will send the MHST team out the two go hand in hand, with people threatening suicide. people into treatment who otherwise there as well. Some of our CIT (Crisis suffering from mental illness often “He was the kind of person that was would be sent to jail. They serve court Intervention Team) people will go out turning to street drugs to treat their hearing voices. I imagine that if the orders mandating that people get there as well,” he said. “I’ve been on symptoms. circumstances were, you know, he was inpatient treatment and act as first re- calls where somebody’s on the side of “You have to understand, people are a person that could have been killed To Advertise: sponders on calls with a mental-health [by the police] because of something the road, with a gun to their head kind self-medicating in a lot of ways,” she Reach Albuquerque’s Contact Greta Weiner component. of thing. And I’ve truly seen how some said. “I think some people feel that he did,” O’Malley said of her brother. (505) 345-4080 “We may have to go to a residence, of this training does come into play. way: that if someone has an addiction, most informed audience or find somebody if they’re homeless, And really what it comes down to is somehow that’s the problem, it’s not Andy Beale is an Albuquerque freelance [email protected] and serve the court order, take them just communication.” that they have mental illness. They writer. NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 7 Jon Stewart on When the Joke Isn’t Funny BY MICHAEL ODELL THE INTERVIEW PEOPLE

hen does satire become incitement? Are come- could’ve been won Wdians ever responsible for the repercussions of by a dildo rolled their gags? The horrific attack on French magazine in glitter,” Stewart Charlie Hebdo in January certainly focused minds joked at the time.) on this debate. He plays Springs- And Jon Stewart, the soon-to-be-retiring host of teen’s “Born to Run” America’s satirical “The Daily Show,” has also been to pump himself up taking a hard look at his material, particularly his before every show, Middle Eastern work. so is there any truth “As a satirist, I felt I was not on the field of play,” to the rumors he will he says. “I shout from the stands. I squawk from harness his huge a privileged perch. As such I thought there are no credibility with a consequences. But now I know there are.” political career? I meet Stewart in a hotel in London’s Mayfair “No, I will never section. He may be an American comedy star with seek public office,” a reputed $15 million contract but he is a famously he says firmly. “I down-home New Jersey boy. We don’t really have a don’t think people guy like him in Britain but, he counters, what we do listen to the views of have is “good newspapers plus your Paxman and comedians. Unless your Humphrys. And then you have your Prime they are Russell Rick Kerns, Getty Images Minister’s Questions. Trust me, you’ve evolved Brand but he has mechanisms with integrity. The only complaint I much nicer hair than have is that you’re still touchy about satirizing the me.” “I have a wife and children, please don’t hurt me’’ to Queen. That’s just weird.” Film-making is one thing that does interest him. bemused Iranian shoppers. “Rosewater,” his directorial debut, which was He then walked the streets wearing a T-shirt released in North America late last year, is being bearing the legend “I’m With Jew” (an arrow on the ‘I get nervous knee-to-knee with released in the U.K. this month. T-shirt pointed to his Jewish colleague, producer Obama because I’m convinced he It’s an adaptation of the best-selling memoir, Greenberg) and visited an Iranian family at home, is kept in the fridge until “Then They Came For Me: A Story of Injustice complimenting the mother of two children on their and Survival In Iran’s Most Notorious Prison,” by “nice cave” and, as a gift, handed her daughter a the last possible moment. Iranian-born journalist Maziar Bahari, who was carton of 200 Marlboro cigarettes. The guy is just the crispest man imprisoned and tortured in Iran while covering Was Jones satirizing America’s paranoiac reaction you will ever meet’ the 2009 elections between the hardline Mahmoud to Iranians or the Iranians themselves? It’s debat- able. But what really upset the authorities was yet – Jon Stewart Ahmadinejad and reforming Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Why did Mazier Bahari end up in jail? He ap- to come: Just before the election Jones met Bahari in peared in one of Stewart’s Daily Show sketches, a Tehran café and asked him to take part in a spoof Here the roles of chat show host, comedian, that’s why. The details bear retelling since they Daily Show interview. “As a spy can you tell me, politician and news anchors are discrete but Stewart reveal the gulf that exists between what a Jewish- why is Iran so scary?” he asked Bahari. is like a duck-billed platypus of news media, American comedian and Iranian clerics believe displaying an odd combination of features from constitutes satire. Why did Mazier Bahari end up these disparate forms. He can read the news straight In 2009, Bahari went to Tehran to interview like BBC’s Huw Edwards, but then tear it to pieces Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the most important Iranian in jail? He appeared in one of like, say, Charlie Brooker. He’s very funny but flip election for a generation. Meanwhile, Stewart and Stewart’s Daily Show sketches, him over and he has claws; he interrogates the likes his Daily Show team had, after a year of negotia- that’s why of Obama and Clinton, of whom he says, “You have tions, managed to secure Iranian media visas with a to be very wary because they become whoever you far more light-hearted agenda: to show a hip, young are and make you feel good.” Daily Show audience what life is like in Iran. Ahmadinejad won the rigged election. There American politics is daunting, he says, because “No one from a satirical news show applies for followed rioting by pro-Mousavi supporters and a the discourse is dominated by those with the most entry to an Axis of Evil country with much hope in media crackdown. Bahari was arrested for filming money. “I get nervous knee-to-knee with Obama,” his heart,” says Stewart, “But when they said yes, no the unrest. When the Republican Guard police he adds wryly, “because I’m convinced he is kept in one was more surprised than us. I’m not sure they found a copy of the spoof interview on his laptop, the fridge until the last possible moment. The guy is actually checked what ‘The Daily Show’ was.” helpfully titled “Spy in coffee shop,’’ they were con- just the crispest man you will ever meet.” Stewart promptly dispatched the show’s chief joke vinced they had captured a high-value intelligence After 16 years doing “The Daily Show,” though, foreign correspondent Jason Jones and producer asset, albeit a very brazen one. He was detained for Stewart has had enough. He no longer gets the same Tim Greenberg to Tehran. “We wanted to satirize the nearly four months in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. satisfaction from it that he once did and is bored popular American view of Iran, which is that when Bahari could have been forgiven for thinking, “Of with the political process and unenthused by the they’re not gathered in the streets barbecuing our all the satirical sketches in all the cafés in all the upcoming U.S. election. He has announced that his flag they are building nuclear bombs.” world, I had to walk into one of Jon Stewart’s.” appearance on Aug. 6 would be his last. But that’s not quite how “The Daily Show” footage In the 1950s, under the Shah’s regime, his father So what next for the man voted the most-trusted turned out. had been imprisoned there for being a communist American in news since the venerated CBS anchor Jones was filmed walking through a Tehran and had the fingernails on his right hand removed Walter Cronkite? (“It was an internet poll that marketplace crying and with his hands up pleading, with pliers. And in the 80s his sister Maryam was

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As we enter noticed is at the dark and mysterious piled high with The man walks away, mumbling, phone call telling him what had U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the warm weather Copper Lounge on Central Avenue. Sor- blankets, bags and “Crazy bitch talkin’ to the Peewee happened. he was freed. But he had to agree to months and the ry, in Santa Fe there’s no place to hide. clothing is on the Herman freak show and she act like I’m spy for Iran and sign his mother’s activity calendar In Las Cruces, try La Posta restaurant in verge of toppling. A the pervert.” gets busier, we offer Old Mesilla where the tourists hang. ‘With the Iranian regime Tehran flat over as a surety. There tattered hat floats Rico begins to sway bashfully and was better news in London; he got for your enjoyment The best place to learn about the atop her head on then stoops over to smooth out his you are dealing with back in time to witness the birth of his (and debate) our list history of the state is in the pages of the disheveled, gray stockings. He straightens himself out little-known New Mexico Historical Re- daughter and Stewart bought the film of the “Best of Albuquerque and New hair, the brim adorned with plastic bird and nonchalantly informs Angie that highly weaponized Mexico.” view, published quarterly and available rights to his memoir. figurines nesting on frayed artificial if she wants to get pregnant, he will stupidity’ The best New Mexican food in through UNM. The best place to see “Did I feel guilty? Yes, of course,” flowers. remove his condom. – Stewart Albuquerque is at Padilla’s Mexican state history up close is at the Lincoln says Stewart, “But I soon realized that I go sit next to her, but she startles “Eww! That’s disgusting, Rico! And I Kitchen at Girard and Indian School NE County Courthouse and the surrounding and quickly scoots away from me on the already told you I’m a lesbian! You’re not as a satirist you can only control your and at Barelas Coffee House on Fourth buildings where the legacy and saga of bench. Her fragile, pale hands begin to wearing it right now, are you?” “Like any satirist my first thought intentions. In ‘Rosewater,’ I wanted to Street Southwest. In Santa Fe, it’s the Billy the Kid are preserved. was ‘This is a joke.’ Then I swal- tell a story about how a totalitar- nervously paw at her stained muumuu. “I think it fell off,” he grumbles. “Can old standbys of Tomasita’s and The It’s true. The best place for a New “Good evening,” I slur. “I guess it’s lowed pretty hard and like any ian government’s collective Shed delivering the real deal. They’re I make some offerings to you, my goth truly melodramatic showbiz paranoia can affect one guy. technically morning now, huh?” goddess?” the best. Really. She bites her lower lip with what is person, I thought, ‘This is all Sure, I felt a responsibility to The best green chile cheeseburgers The best stretches of “Again? Fine. What do you got for me left of her teeth and fixes her stare about me!’ But I quickly found Maziar, but also to plenty of in the state are still at the Owl Bar & this time?” roadway in ABQ are on people pouring out of the movie some context. The banality of others who got the shit kicked Cafe and the Buckhorn Tavern in San Rico begins digging in his bag. He theater across the street from us. Our the authoritarian mind out of them.” Antonio, south of Socorro. That’s in Rio Grande Boulevard pulls out wet wipes and lays them at view of the glass door entrance is can never be under- In his day job, Stewart large part because you’re always hungry in the North Valley and Angie’s feet while she continues to intermittently blocked by cars filled with estimated. The Jason sits in an air-conditioned by the time you pull into the two joints smoke. “OK, you done?” she asks. the stretch of Tramway weekend revelers inching forward onto Jones sketch could Manhattan office with that are just yards from each other. He shakes his head, rifles through Central Avenue. Here in Albuquerque, not have been more The best scenic drive in New Mexico where you are driving his bag and excitedly hands her a small a team of whip-smart teenagers and teenagers-at-heart derive is around the Enchanted Circle in the right at the Sandia tube. clearly a joke. But with writers trading gags enjoyment from cruising, an activity that North featuring Angel Fire and Eagle “Thanks for the lipstick, Rico. Is that the Iranian regime you about current affairs Mountains people in other parts of the world would Nest. The runners-up are too numerous all?” are dealing with highly over coffee and simply refer to as “commuting in traffic.” to mention. Mexico bachelor party is at the bars Bird-hat Woman quietly leans over to weaponized stupidity.” Danish. It would be A tall, dark, bald man walks up to The Sandia Resort and Casino of Juarez just across the border at El me and whispers: “But lesbians don’t “Rosewater,” so called an understatement to us and asks me if I have a cigarette. I Amphitheater is the best place to enjoy Paso. The best place to get married in wear lipstick.” because, blindfolded, say making “Rosewater” shake my head. a concert in New Mexico, although they New Mexico is indoors, as wind, rain I put my finger to my mouth to signal Bahari identified his chief took him out of his comfort He turns to the woman and asks, don’t bring in many big acts anymore. and extreme heat have been known to to her that we should not speak during tormentor by his cologne, zone. He’d never directed “What about you, Mary Poppins?” The best indoor theater venue in the unpredictably crash many a wedding the show. is a powerful film with a great lead a film before. It was 100 degrees on Visibly shaken by the man’s presence, state is the 691-seat Journal Theatre at party. The best place for a post-divorce Rico culminates with his pièce de performance from Mexican actor location in Jordan, 48 miles from the the National Hispanic Cultural Center celebration (or mourning) is the pre- she recoils and looks down without résistance. As if handling the Shroud Gael Garcia Bernal as Bahari. Bahari’s Syrian border. His small Arab crew on Fourth Street. The runner-up is the viously noted Copper Lounge. Cheap saying a word. of Turin, he delicately pulls out a small, experiences at the hands of the Iranian didn’t speak English. It was Ramadan Outpost Performance Space on Yale drinks, and no one will notice you. Annoyed, the man walks away black piece of fabric. Bird-hat Woman Proudly Serving New Mexico For Over 30 Years security apparatus are both grotesque so everyone was hungry. Boulevard Southeast where the jazz The best time and place to see a mumbling, “Crazy bitch got birds all up and I crane our necks to get a better and bleakly hilarious. 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The runner-up is the Albuquerque joemonahan.com cigarette returns and asks Angie if “the Reach Efrain Villa through his website, couldn’t find any incriminating embassy has re-opened (following International Sunport terminal. albuquerquedriveshaft.com freak” is bothering her. aimlessvagabond.com Driveshafts cont. on page 12 PAGE 10 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS OPINION/NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 11 Regulators Need to Adapt or N.M. Scoring the Legislature on Kids, APD Stalks, Harasses Us, Cop Critics Claim Will Miss ‘The Age of Disruption’ Plus Building a Radio Station BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI BYSayrah NAMASTÉ ones, and Uber/Lyft are only the latest bout a year and a half ago, Stephen you get to a point where you are not examples. The taxi industry is too heavily ere are coming planning commission’s recommendation ATorres turned his Ford F-150 pickup intimidated by them anymore, and you regulated and has been for some time. Hevents of interest to approve the Santolina Master Plan. onto his residential street on the West don’t care what happens,” Fuentes said. Costly fees and entry barriers have made to grassroots activists They are the Southwest Organizing Proj- Side when the front passenger side Ken Ellis’ son, Ken Ellis III, was taxis more expensive and less responsive or anyone interested ect, Bernalillo County Place Matters, the wheel came off. killed by Albuquerque police officers in to customer demands than they could be. in social justice in South Valley Coalition of Neighborhood Torres got out to see what was wrong January 2010. Since then, the father has Rather than applying outdated and Albuquerque. Associations and the Center for Social and found that all five of the wheel’s become an outspoken critic of APD. onerous regulations to new entrants, Mother’s Day: Sustainable Systems. More information is lug nuts had come off. It had never “After they killed my son, they started Paul Gessing Alan Webber policymakers should reduce unnecessary You can support at contrasantolina.wordpress.com before happened to Torres. surveillance on the whole damn family. regulations that drive up costs and reduce incarcerated mothers Grow local: If you’re planting a Over the next couple of months, some I have been approached on several Editor’s note: This is an email conversation competition. by donating boxes of new, empty breast garden and need seedlings, traditional or all of the lug nuts on the same wheel occasions and have been told to stop In terms of PNM and the electricity between Alan Webber, a businessman who milk storage bags to Young Women ollas for watering, or just want local came off two more times, said Torres, talking bad about APD,” Ellis said. market, I don’t see market-driven sought the 2014 Democratic nomination for United, 309 Gold Ave. S.W. so that honey or local eggs, East Central an Albuquerque attorney whose son “Immediately after they killed my son, “disruption” occurring just yet. Natural governor, and Paul Gessing, a Libertarian mothers at the Metropolitan Detention Ministries, 123 Vermont St. N.E. is the Christopher had been fatally shot by I couldn’t leave the house without a cop who heads the Rio Grande Foundation. gas will continue to take market share Center will have better access to place to go. The nonprofit has created from coal, but wind and solar already Albuquerque police officers in April being on either end of the street 24-7. The discussion was whether New Mexico’s pumping breast milk for their newborns. a community housing cooperative, food 2011. They kill someone and put the family regulatory structure, developed in the 19th receive exponentially higher subsidies Young Women United (YWU) is a co-op, and a low-income health clinic per kilowatt-hour than their traditional The grieving father, who had became under surveillance. My reaction was century, can keep pace with the rapidly community-organizing project by and for serving predominately immigrants in the a vocal critic of APD, could come to disbelief at first and, of course, you’re changing business environment. The New counterparts. self-identified young women of color in International District. You might not see the winds of only one conclusion: Somebody was afraid.” Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Webber: New Mexico. Check out its “Growing Awareness change blowing across the utility land- trying to intimidate him for speaking Dinah Vargas, a long-time APD critic, difficulty in dealing with the Uber and Lyft “We believe social change should Urban Farm,” which includes several Dan Vukelich scape, Paul, but the utilities do! out against the police department, he feared that she and the passengers in ride-hailing services is one example. come from those most impacted by an greenhouses and free-range chickens People who have spoken out about APD violence see police cars on city streets in a new light after spotting police Headlines in newspapers and maga- said. her black Ford Explorer, including Mary issue,” says the group. “Our mission is in the heart of the city. East Central parked by their houses or following them. zines talk about electric utilities trapped Paul Gessing: New Mexico’s govern- building communities where all people Ministries started in 1999 and turned a “The second time, I said there was no Jobe, whose husband had been killed by in a “death spiral.” Two years ago, the ing bodies should have a gentle touch can access the information, education drug house into a community center to coincidence. I can’t prove it was APD an APD officer, were going to be killed Edison Electric Institute issued a white Sylvia Fuentes’ son, Len, was killed by APD officers when it comes to regulating ride-share and resources needed to make real support low-income, mostly immigrant or an APD sympathizer, or somebody being a jerk,” by APD officers last year. paper on “disruptive challenges.” on July 27, 2010. In November of that year, she went services like Lyft and Uber. These decisions about their bodies and lives.” folks. Over the years, it added a play- Torres said. “But not three times.” The incident occurred after they attended at 3 a.m. innovative services should be encouraged Some states are getting ahead of the to an Albuquerque City Council meeting and spoke vigil for Mary Hawkes, who was fatally shot by an curve of change. Massachusetts recently YWU announced a legislative victory ground, youth programs, a thrift store, out against the police department’s culture of aggres- by reasonable regulations rather than the when the governor signed HB 84, which urban farm and a food co-op that’s APD officer in April 2014. They were stopped near companies and their drivers being put out began an inquiry into options to modernize ‘I went into a panic, and I was sion – a characteristic of the department confirmed in Central and Wyoming Northeast following the vigil, the grid system. Maryland is exploring creates a path to licensure for birth open three days a week and provides of business by costly and unfair rules and a U.S. Department of Justice report four years later. which had been timed to coincide with the hour of the “Utility 2.0,” and California regulators centers in New Mexico and allows them groceries to approximately 100 families. afraid to go out onto my porch regulations. Her outspokenness apparently had consequences. day that Hawkes was killed by Officer Jeremy Dear. recently convened a public forum to talk to be reimbursed for their facility fees. Members of the co-op volunteer 30 min- Unfair regulations are often enacted because they might say I had “I wanted them to stop the killing, and within 24 about their overall energy policy. YWU expects this will increase access utes per week and give a small monetary “We got pulled over by three or four cruisers, and I at the behest of the taxi industries (here a weapon and shoot me’ hours [of attending the City Council meeting] police If we learn anything from the Uber/Lyft to maternal and reproductive care in donation to help ensure the sustainability thought, that was it, we were done,” Vargas said. and elsewhere) … have lobbied in Santa were parked in front and back of my house,” Fuentes debate, it’s this: Change is coming, driven rural areas for families of color and of the project. It also offers social justice – Sylvia Torres The officers Fe both to eliminate competition not only said. “I went into a panic, and I was afraid to go by technology and new business models. indigenous women. Learn about their classes for sixth through 12th graders, who stopped in the form of Lyft and Uber, but in the out onto my porch because they might say I had a No industry is exempt. You’re either at the campaigns at: youngwomenunited.org. after-school clubs and youth internships. Torres isn’t alone. ABQ Free Press interviewed her told them form of any new entrants into the heavily weapon and shoot me. I have never seen so many table, or you’re on the menu. Right now, in How kids fared at the Roundhouse: Visit eastcentralministries.org. five other people whose relatives have been killed they had gotten regulated taxi industry. cops around me in my life, and it was like they were energy policy, we’re on the menu. Time to New Mexico Voices for Children will host Going on the air: You can help build a by APD officers or who have become critics of the a report that This isn’t just about Alan Webber: get a seat. post-legislative wrap-ups at 4 p.m. May community radio station! Radio Burque department, and they tell similar stories. APD cars trying to intimidate me.” someone with a Uber and Lyft. We’re living in “The Age To the extent that market 13 and at 9 a.m. May 14 at 625 Silver is a new low-power FM community suddenly show up on their streets. They are followed Fuentes, now 73, recalled a day when she was weapon was in of Disruption.” It’s hard to think of a Gessing: changes are driven by individuals Ave. SW, in the first-floor conference radio station in southwest Albuquerque. by marked and unmarked police cars. All say they driving north on Coors Boulevard on her way to Rio a vehicle that fit business that isn’t being disrupted by new making informed decisions, this is the room. The group will report on which The Radio Burque Project sprang from fear for their lives. Rancho. the description technology and new business models. very essence of “creative destruction” as bills will improve child well-being in discussions of the New Mexico Digital All said they empathized with Bernalillo County of her SUV. AirBNB is the largest hotel company in the envisioned by Harvard economist Joseph New Mexico, which are likely to make Justice Coalition and more than 15 world – without owning a hotel. District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, who went public ‘After they killed my son, they Vargas said she Schumpeter. Clearly, you and I agree that it worse, and whether lawmakers made organizations that believe in community in a recent interview with ABQ Free Press to say that didn’t believe Syvlia Fuentes says she took this low-resolution PNM (and every energy company in consumer choice driven by technology is kids a priority in the state budget. The access to the media. started surveillance on the photo of an Albuquerque police car parked near the country) has to reinvent its business she was told by friendly officers within APD to fear them and is con- her house, and she believes it was part of an creating the market for Uber and Lyft and nonprofit, nonpartisan organization uses “We want to work with historically for her safety after her office filed murder charges whole damn family’ vinced the stop model. Many of these cases will land that the regulatory burden on both should evidence-based advocacy to create marginalized communities in our city effort to intimidate her. against two APD officers. – Ken Ellis was just plain in front of the PRC – which makes it be light. sustainable change that will improve the and surrounding areas, and create Asked about the allegations of harassment of critics, harassment. New Mexico’s most important economic Perhaps we can both agree that costly lives of New Mexico’s children. Reser- radio content shaped by those same APD spokeswoman Celina Espinosa said the depart- Activist Charles Arasim, a former auto mechanic, development agency. and ineffective drug testing for ride-share vations are required. RSVP at info@ community voices through creativity and ment “is concerned with every citizen’s safety.” “All of a sudden, there was a cop car to the right has been videotaping anti-APD rallies and City The PRC needs to use these cases to (and taxi) drivers as desired by New nmvoices.org or (505) 244-9505. Include collaboration, so as not to be limited “Anyone who has a complaint can file it with our of me, there was one to the left and one in front and Council meetings since 2011. In early April, he was “think differently.” We need the innova- Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas your name and which day you plan to to a single idea of what defines radio tion and entrepreneurship enabled by Internal Affairs Department. …. Every complaint is one behind,” Fuentes said. She’s not sure but believes driving west on I-40 when suddenly a dark blue car, is unnecessary? attend because seating is limited. programming,” say the organizers. they were police service aide vehicles. The formation, disruption. But the public needs safe- The utility industry is different in many investigated,” Espinosa said. which he believed was an unmarked APD vehicle, Santolina: The battle over the The Federal Communications which reminded her of a flight of the Air Force guards – who owns the data, what kind ways from Uber/Lyft. For starters, utili- Shortly after Torres’ son was killed, APD squad began tailgating him. The car “peeled off” at an exit proposed 14,000-acre development on Commission recently agreed to grant Thunderbirds, bracketed her in traffic and rode with of insurance is required, are drivers given ties tend to be heavily regulated or even the far West Side south of I-40 contin- licenses to thousands of nonprofit cars suddenly appeared on the street at another son’s leading to the police shooting range, Arasim said. background checks? her for about two miles, then split off and “went in all monopolies. If we are to expect utilities ues at 4 p.m. May 11 at a hearing of the organizations to broadcast on an FM home in Rio Rancho, Torres said. None of the people who claim APD has tried to It’s also time to review old regulations directions” when they crossed the city of Albuquer- to innovate and respond to changing Bernalillo County Commission in the channel. Contact Neza Leal at Media “What the heck was APD doing in Rio Rancho? It intimidate them has filed police reports about the in- on traditional companies: Do the old que’s boundary with Rio Rancho, she said. customer demands, we need increased basement of 1 Civic Plaza. The Contra Literacy Project: neza@medialiteracy- wasn’t a take-home car, and we were wondering if cidents. “We were terrified of the police department,” requirements fit the new circumstances? Over time, Fuentes began taking pictures of the competition and fewer regulations. Santolina Working Group will rally at 3 project.org or call (505) 828-3266. it was an intimidation factor,” Torres said. “After Ellis said. “Why would you go to an organization that Done right, disruption is a chance for new officers she believed were following her. “After awhile p.m. on the plaza prior to the hearing to my son was killed, I was fearful for my safety. What just murdered your son? Hell no.” opportunities in New Mexico. If you’d like Alan Webber and Paul Gessing voice its opposition. Full disclosure: I am Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the would they do to my wife and other sons? I was Gessing: Alan, you’re correct that we Related APD story to take on a political, governmental, tech- part of this group. American Friends Service Committee in worried that someone was trying to teach us a lesson Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at are in an age of disruption. New economic nological or economic issue, send a note to Four organizations have appealed the Albuquerque. and to shut us up.” on Page 18 ABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected] models are replacing old and outdated [email protected] PAGE 12 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS ANALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 13 DEA Grabs $16K from Black Amtrak Passenger, Denies Racial Profiling Big Data and Machine Learning Spell the End of Privacy BY VICTOR WALLACE HUGHES JR. The attorney, Michael Pancer of A passenger who was familiar with DEA raids on the San Diego, believes the seizure of Southwest Chief talked to Rivers after the agents left Rivers’ money was racially moti- and began calling attorneys for him. Two he called n Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” man is Learning. vated. In an April 29 letter to U.S. in Albuquerque declined to take the case, but Pancer Iexpelled from the Garden of Eden for Machines constantly re-evaluated the Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Michigan did. being tempted into eating forbidden fruit data within their databases to identify new Democrat, Pancer laid out the case Pancer told ABQ Free Press that his office has from the Tree of Knowledge. relationships within the data. Every time and asked for Conyers’ help in handled many civil asset forfeiture cases and that it Adam and Eve had it easy. They had to the data changes even a small amount, getting Rivers’ money back. could take 60 to 90 days for Rivers to get his money deal with only one temptation. We have or when new data is added, the machine “I know that lately there has been back, if he gets it back at all. Under federal law, to deal with two: Big Data and Machine starts over and creates a whole new world. a lot of press coverage about state Rivers has to prove that the money wasn’t gotten Learning, and our punishment for suc- Machines learn from each world they cre- and federal agents seizing money through criminal activity. cumbing to the temptations these two ate, and they learn how to learn from each from citizens of the United States Pancer said seizing money is a no-lose gamble for temptresses offer modern life may be the new world, in effect, teaching themselves. without any cause,” Pancer wrote. law enforcement agencies. 21st century version of Milton’s casting More data means more learning. The “It amounts to theft by the govern- out: “Privacy Lost.” better they get at learning, the more data ment. This case is an example of The DEA agent didn’t ask any Almost everything you do creates digital they get. It’s an endless circle. such a situation and exacerbated by data – digital footprints that leave a trail Theoretically, there is no end to where the fact that it would appear that white passengers if he could right back to you and your most intimate Machine Learning can go. Leaders in Bill Diven Mr. Rivers’ race played a role in the search their bags secrets. “There’s nothing that cannot be the field predict machines will become Over the last two years, U.S. Drug Enforcement agents have seized $1 million in cash from passengers incident.” found through some search engine or on smarter than humans in the next decade or during stops in Albuquerque by Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. A spokesman for the local office “They have made a practice of doing searches the Internet somewhere,” said Google’s so. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill of the DEA denied race played a without probable cause, convincing innocent people BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI ex-CEO, Eric Schmidt. Gates have gone on record with concerns factor. to give them consent [to search their bags],” Pancer Smart phones, GPS, IPads, apps and providing. That smartphone app for controlling that artificial intelligence eventually will A DEA agent boarded the rain when it stopped in said. “If there is a fair amount of cash they seize it social media work only when they communicate your home air-conditioning unit? You just recorded pose a threat to humans. oseph Sampson Rivers’ attorney believes his Albuquerque around 4:40 p.m. that day on its way to and wait to see what the person who lost it does. with other devices. Ironically, digital introductions when you get home and what temperature you It took humans millions of years to develop our Jclient was robbed in broad daylight in Albuquer- Los Angeles. He started asking passengers questions Some individuals they’ve taken money from are not between two devices are more personal than actual like. Same with using your phone to control your current intelligence, but machines may accomplish que on April 15. about where they were going and why, Pancer’s letter acquainted with the legal system and they don’t human interactions. Meeting a stranger requires streaming video, or your kids’ video monitor. Those that in decades. And machine evolution won’t stop. Robbed by government employees. said. Rivers told the agent he was headed to Los know that they can try to get the money back.” saying only “Hello” in the same language. Your health apps on your cell phone are collecting blood We may be replaced, and certain jobs may be elimi- And robbed because he’s Black. Angeles to make a music video, and the agent asked if Sean Waite, agent-in-charge of the DEA’s Albu- digital device must exchange detailed information pressure, heart rate, body mass, time spent exercis- nated. If your job involves analysis of data, you are Rivers, a 22-year-old from Michigan, suffered the he could search his bag. Rivers agreed and the agent querque office, said he couldn’t discuss Rivers’ case, about you with strangers before it can even hear the ing and miles jogged. When all appliances broadcast likely to be among the first supplanted by artificial fate of many people who ride Amtrak’s Southwest found the money that “was still in the envelope that but said the DEA doesn’t target people by race. The other party. information, the coming “Internet of Everything” intelligence in just a few years. Reading X-rays and Chief. When it stopped in Albuquerque, he was Mr. Rivers got it in from the bank,” Pancer wrote. DEA looks for inconsistencies in stories, how recent- It’s like having fifth-date knowledge before you will contain a data-rich collection of ever-more analyzing stock market trends are things that can be relieved of the cash he was carrying by U.S. Drug The agent continued to question Rivers about the ly the train tickets have been purchased and other even shake hands – knowing all about his or her personal information that includes when you wake performed by machines. Wall Street analysts are the Enforcement Administration agents. cash and his intentions, and three times he told them things to identify drug dealers and money couriers. past boyfriends or girlfriends before you’ve kissed. up and brew your first cup of coffee. new auto-assembly workers. the same story, Pancer’s letter said. The agent told “Race has nothing to do with it,” Waite said. Agents took $16,000 from Rivers, money he and his At least at the end of bad date, you can go home and The good news from this inevitable future is Rivers he didn’t believe him and asked him to remove The Southwest Chief is lucrative for the DEA. In mother said he’s saved to make a music video in Los not call again. Digital handshakes are more intimate that machines may be able to solve huge human Angeles. After they took his money, agents said he his shoes and he searched him, Pancer’s letter said. the past two years, Albuquerque agents have seized than sex. There are no one-night stands in the digital The ‘Internet of Things’ is filling in problems, such as curing cancer. It’s all based on was on his own to get back home to the Detroit area, A second agent arrived and Rivers “arranged for the about $1 million from passengers, Waite said. On world. the missing data about your data, and the more the better. Whether you had she said. agents to speak with his mother by phone and she told average, agents seize drugs on the train four times a Credit and debit cards go even further. Every measles before the age of 6 or your grandmother them the same story, Pancer’s letter continued. The week, he said. habits that your purchase history electronic purchase advertises what you are buying, was a redhead from Ireland could be determinative agents took the money anyway. isn’t already providing when, and where. You’d be less noticeable branding in figuring out the right cancer treatment for you, Passengers who witnessed “He [Rivers] told them, if they took the money, ‘In my mind they stole his money’ a scarlet “A” on your forehead than using a credit the incident questioned the he had no means to survive, as he had no family or something no human could figure out. – Michael Pancer, Rivers’ lawyer card. Perhaps you believe you can preserve your friends in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The agents told DEA agents about why they privacy by hiding in the crowd. Dream on. Data him that was his responsibility as to how he was going But the electronics you carry are only part of the storage costs have plummeted, and storage facilities Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk had singled out Rivers to survive and get home,” according to Pancer’s letter. Pancer thinks Rivers was targeted because of his story, even for people who try to “go dark digitally.” inconceivable a few years ago are now common and Passengers who witnessed the incident questioned race. “They didn’t ask any other passengers for License plate readers, digital cameras of all kinds, and Bill Gates have gone on getting bigger. Ask the NSA. Call anyone, and the And now, all Rivers can do is hope that his attorney the DEA agents about why Rivers had been singled out. permission to search; they just focused on him. In facial and voice recognition software, and aerial im- record with concerns that artificial NSA will get the information, store it and access if will be able to navigate the federal civil asset forfei- The agent didn’t ask any white passengers if he could my mind they stole his money.” agery don’t even require you to broadcast anything. intelligence will eventually pose ture process and get the money back. search their bags, Pancer said the witnesses reported. Your data is passively collected as you walk down and when they deem it relevant. As a character on the street or into a store. a “Star Trek” TV spinoff was fond of saying, “Resis- a threat to humans tance is futile.” But Big Data needs a partner: Machine Learning, The bad news is those machines eventually will jon stewart, PAGE 8 people are watching “The Daily Digital handshakes are more the second temptress. Simply put, Machine Learning know everything about you individually and Show,” though not always the audi- is the greatest problem-solving technique since the collectively. We’re creatures of habit, and habits a 2011 attack) and the U.S. has lifted ence he intended. Post-Hebdo, satire intimate than sex. There are no Scientific Method. The essence of Machine Learning leave digital footprints. Figure out your path, figure some trade sanctions. However, the is having a tough time. Do comedians one-night stands in the digital world is that there is information in data, and the more you out you. As Schmidt, formerly of Google, said, “We signs are Stewart’s film will not aid a need to heed the law of unintended Free Estimates, Insurance Jobs Welcome look at the data, the more likely you are to find that don’t need you to type at all. We know where you cultural rapprochement. consequences? 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A 2010 University of California - for - Just like the military, no one wants to study found an 85 percent failure rate have their police officers lacking for for dogs and their noses in sniffing out tools. But just like with the military, drugs or bombs. We live in a time where Mock Trials & many times law enforcement wastes our science and technology are better tools money on tools that are not necessary than a dog handler trying to figure out LIST Focus Groups or have become outdated. what “Spot” is trying to tell him. Selma Tasers and dogs and horse units are was 50 years ago. Since then we have examples. • Trial planning and issue spotting, YOUR EVENT in-house facilitators First, let’s talk about Tasers. What would cause a police department to The DOJ found that after • Mock jury services purchase Taser stun guns? In 2007, the APD officers were issued WITH US • Witness preparation Albuquerque Police Department had Tasers, use of lethaal • Simulated court and hoped that outfitting all APD officers with We publish on every other deliberation venues Tasers would reduce the use of lethal force skyrocketed force, reduce the number of excessive and citizen complaints Wednesday. Our next issue is • Political polling force complaints against police officers, alleging excessive force May 20. Send us news of and reduce injuries. What actually your community event in Call 505-263-8425 or email happened was the opposite. rose dramatically [email protected] The U.S. Department of Justice plenty of time to let people studied Taser use by APD, and in its put a man on the moon, yet we still use know about it. 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 2014 report it found that APD officers dogs to control our citizens and to find used Tasers in an “unconstitutional contraband? Doggies belong as pets, manner.” The DOJ found that after not as police tools. Email to: APD officers were issued Tasers, use And what about horses? APD has a of lethal force skyrocketed and citizen staffing crisis. Cops on horseback are [email protected] complaints alleging excessive force rose a waste of limited resources. The better trialmetrixnm.com dramatically. use for horse-mounted officers would be to put them back in police cars to handle citizens’ calls for help. This is a When I see police dogs no-brainer. at riot situations Law enforcement must continually I think back to Nazi review which tools work and get rid of those that don’t. The DOJ report clearly Germany and Selma showed Taser use in Albuquerque has Small Business Accounting failed to achieve its purpose, yet the po- The DOJ reported that Taser use by lice chief and mayor have not suspend- APD officers caused the opposite of Specialists Dedicated to ed their use. Independent studies show what APD command had hoped for. So that a dog’s nose fails at an alarming why are APD officers still being issued rate, yet we still use them. APD has a Your Financial Success and using Tasers? Prior to 2007, APD staffing crisis, yet we still have officers had a better record in dealing with riding horses who are unavailable to citizens. APD should go back to the • Accounting Services • Tax Planning/Consulting respond to 911 calls. Why? training that focused on crisis interven- Albuquerque city leaders have spent • Financial Business • Tax Representation tion techniques, verbal judo, pepper a lot of OUR money on items, people spray and hands-on defense tactics. • Tax Preparation • IRS Defense The past training worked better than and policies that don’t work. Those in stunning our citizens into compliance. charge have forgotten just what a police Looking at it another way, if this was department is supposed to do – which Mayor Richard Berry’s personal money is to promptly respond to a citizen’s call and he was spending it on an alarm for help with a well-trained police officer system for his home, but the alarm didn’t who has the support of the administra- work and his home was burglarized, tion. would he continue spending his money Law-abiding citizens want an officer with that alarm company? Of course not, to show up when they call for one. They so why does he continue to waste our don’t care about “coffee with a cop” or money on Taser? “tweeting with a cop” or YouTube press And then there are the police dogs. releases. Mayor Berry and Chief Eden We live in the 21st century, but when I don’t have any idea what APD should see police dogs at riot situations I think do, because they don’t speak to the back to Nazi Germany and Selma, Ala. citizens, who want APD to go back to 1011 Fourth Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 Police dogs send the wrong message the basics. to the community. In a riot situation, we 505.462.9090 have better tools than having a dog bite Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police www.thebecerragroup.net someone. officer. Reach him at [email protected] PAGE 16 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS OPINION NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 17

Letters To the Editor: Former Prosecutor’s About-face Led to Civil Forfeiture Repeal BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI To the Editor: Really, we have one of the most corrupt indi- Thank you for you editorial about Hillary and viduals to walk the planet and you praise her for why you support her in the 2016 election. I placed what? Because she is a woman. Good God, what rad Cates had had enough of the using seized cash and property to fund a copy of the article so that people could read it is wrong with you people? ABQ free press you are Bunconstitutional abuses of federal and their operations, supplanting general tax in our office. It is a prime example of the reason not. state civil asset forfeiture laws and worked revenue, and this led to the most extreme the press in this country simply ignores the facts — Walter to repeal the laws he once enforced. abuses: law enforcement efforts based that come out about people that they support. To The former New Mexico state legislator, upon what cash and property they could To the Editor: say that Hillary will clean up money in politics is federal prosecutor and former director of seize to fund themselves, rather than in Are you kidding me? Hillary? First of all, any like saying that she now has seen the light of her the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of an even-handed effort to enforce the law,” woman who stays married to a man who cheats past and will change 180 degrees and give back Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Cates and another former federal prosecu- from the Clinton Trust Fund all of the millions repeatedly on her, when Bill was messing around with Jennifer Flowers and who know who else, called civil forfeiture the “heavy hand of tor wrote in a September 2014 op-ed piece that were accumulated in the past eight years. I government goes amok.” for The Washington Post. totally agree with Will [Ferguson’s] statement, but plus Monica when he was President! She has no integrity! She is in it for the money just like her Earlier this year, Cates, an international And while many believe civil asset to [associate] that statement with Hillary is like business lawyer who lives in Las Cruces, forfeiture to be contrary to the Constitu- calling a goat a racehorse. She should be in jail. phony marriage! Bill makes millions on speaking collaborated with state Rep. Zachary tion, it has been part of U.S. law since the — Chuck engagements plus has Secret Service detail for life and you want to extend the same for her? Cook, a Ruidoso Republican, to repeal the nation’s founding, Cates added. power of government to seize the assets of To the Editor: — Denice The idea is based on British Navigation Not one sentence that describes any accom- someone not convicted of a crime. Acts, which were established in the plishment of Hillary’s during her 12 years in To the Editor: “Law enforcement agencies have gotten mid-1600s. The Acts required imports public office. The silence is because she has no Regarding your article, “DA says she fears for addicted to this money, and my hope is and exports from England to be carried accomplishments. The only “reporters” to get near her safety,” I do not blame her. Witness what that these programs, which are at such a on British ships, Cates explained. If that her are those pre-screened and who submit their happened to Mary Han, the lawyer who also fundamental conflict with the Constitu- wasn’t the case, the ships or their cargo questions in advance. I remember Vice President exposed the misdoings of the APD and cost them tion, [are ended],” Cates told ABQ Free could be seized and sold, with the money George H.W. Bush standing on the steps at the a lot of money. Press. “I don’t think they are fixable and Former prosecutor Brad Cates (seated) testified as an expert witness during Rep. Zachary Cook’s successful going to the British Crown. Civic Plaza giving a speech with people, average Mary was found dead in her car. The death they are in need of abolishment.” effort to repeal New Mexico’s civil forfeiture law earlier this year. “Asset forfeiture was one of the first bills Albuquerque people, shouting questions to him. was quickly ruled a suicide, even though anyone Cates served as the director of the DOJ’s passed by the new Congress in 1789, but knowledgeable about automobiles or suicide Don Schrader was holding up his chalk board. Asset Forfeiture office from 1985 to 1989. police departments funded themselves with money in a maritime situation,” Cates said. “So knows that a well tuned Mercedes Benz does not Hillary hires party operatives and actors to sit He originally supported forfeiture as a way to made from forfeitures. The process became known the thing has been with us since the beginning. But emit that much carbon monoxide. The death scene in a coffee shop for a pretend “just stopped by combat drug dealers and cartels. But in the mid- when you take the concept and apply it to the body was then left unsecured and was trashed by a as “policing for profit.” for a cup of joe with the folks” minute that was 1980s the program expanded and Cates watched as “Law enforcement agents and prosecutors began of federal criminal law, it makes no sense anymore.” a staged photo-op. Hillary is a stealth woman, a crowd of onlookers, including many high lev- fraud. Such people are dangerous. el functionaries of New Mexico’s law enforcement — Phil establishment including top-ranking members of the APD. Valuable jewelry went missing, and To the Editor: key parts of what normally should have been Damn, what are you people smoking? You seri- carefully preserved forensic evidence were lost to ously think that the most corrupt, lying, self-serv- the formal chain of possession. ing elitist hag to ever infest the State Department Due to the near total destruction of forensic is really the best choice to serve as President? Does evidence and general official disinterest, if the the word “Benghazi” mean ANYTHING to you? death was a homicide, those responsible have How about the mysterious deaths surrounding apparently gotten cleanly away with it. Yes, if the Whitewater scandal? Oh, and she champions I were Kari, I too would be worried about my women’s rights. Apparently her acceptance of her safety. rapist husband’s illicit affairs doesn’t qualify as a – Bruce violation of said rights. She is a nasty, pandering, ABQ Free Press welcomes letters to the editor and vengeful opportunist of the worst kind … Al bylined opinion pieces, subject to editing by the Sharpton and Karl Marx in a pant suit. This has newspaper for style and length. Letters may appear in print on the newspaper’s website, www.freeabq. got to be the most horrifyingly stupid position com. Writers should include their full name and a your “rag” (I will NOT call it a newspaper) could daytime phone number that the newspaper’s editors possibly take. It would serve nicely as fish wrap or can use to contact them. Submissions should be bird cage liner. sent to [email protected] — Akroguy

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ritics of the Albuquerque Police APD, should be trained in military style ot long ago, I A few weeks ago, dozens of cli- CDepartment are cheering a decision whatsoever,” Vargas said. “They act like Nwas asked to mate scientists and environmental by the U.S. Department of Energy to they are occupying a foreign country. It speak to a religious groups asked that museums of look at whether APD officers need the looks like APD is walking through the congregation about science and natural history “cut military-style training the DOE has been desert at 120 degrees looking for Osama widening inequal- all ties” with fossil fuel companies offering them. bin Laden, and at the end of the day it is ity. Shortly before I and philanthropists like the Koch Both the DOE and the U.S. Depart- our people they are shooting. It’s good began, the head of brothers. ment of Justice said on May 5 that they news that they are looking into it.” the congregation “When some of the biggest will review APD’s use of classes at the Charles Arasim, another APD critic, asked that I not contributors to climate change DOE’s National Training Center on echoed Vargas’ comments. “I don’t advocate raising taxes on the wealthy. and funders of misinformation Kirtland Air Force Base. The review was understand why a city police force He said he didn’t want to antago- on climate science sponsor prompted by a letter Congresswoman needs this kind of training,” Arasim nize certain wealthy congregants on exhibitions … they undermine Michelle Lujan Grisham sent them in said. What justifies this? What are they whose generosity the congregation public confidence in the validity February asking whether APD should expecting?” depended. of the institutions responsible have access to facilities and classes An APD spokesman said the depart- I had a similar exchange last year for transmitting scientific knowl- that are used to train people to protect ment had no comment as of press time. with the president of a small college edge,” their statement said. the nation’s nuclear weapons from CALLING ALL PETS who had invited me to give a lecture Even though gift agreements by The city signed a consent decree with terrorists. that his board of trustees would be universities, museums and other Those classes, Grisham said in the DOJ last October after the federal agency found that the department had Gary Castro of ABQ Driveshaft sent us this photo attending. “I’d appreciate it if you nonprofits often bar donors from announcing the joint decision, include didn’t criticize Wall Street,” he said, a pattern of using excessive force and of his two shop cats, Lucca and Farrah. being involved in decisions about training on vehicle ambush and leading explaining that several of the trustees what’s investigated or shown, engaging in unconstitutional policing “The gray cat is Lucca. They play together and hang out small units in combat situations. “The were investment bankers. such institutions don’t want to practices. at night in [an] outdoor cat enclosure,” he says. courses do not appear to have any It seems to be happening all over. bite hands that feed them. Grisham has criticized military-style relevance to community policing in the A nonprofit group devoted to voting think tanks, and nonprofits are now kissing wealthy This isn’t a matter of ideology. training for police forces, especially the city of Albuquerque,” Grisham said. Send it to rights decides it won’t launch a campaign against posteriors as never before. Wealthy progressives can exert as much quiet influ- Dinah Vargas, an APD critic and NTC courses. Rather than learning how But that money often comes with strings. [email protected] big money in politics for fear of alienating wealthy ence over the agendas of nonprofits as can wealthy member of the group Albuquerque to ambush vehicles, APD officers need donors. When Comcast, for example, finances a non- conservatives. Justice, said the decision to review more training in dealing with people in Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, profit such as the International Center for Law and APD’s use of the NTC was welcome. “I crisis, and especially those with mental and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. Economics, the center supports Comcast’s proposed don’t think our police force, specifically illness, Grisham said. A nonprofit group devoted to merger with Time Warner. ‘There’s really no choice,’ voting rights decides it won’t When the Charles Koch Foundation pledges $1.5 a university dean said. ‘We’ve got launch a campaign against big million to Florida State University’s economics to go where the money is’ money in politics for fear of department, it stipulates that a Koch-appointed advisory committee will select professors and CALLING ALL PETS alienating wealthy donors undertake annual evaluations. It’s a matter of big money influencing what should The Koch brothers now fund 350 programs at more and should not be investigated, revealed and A Washington think tank releases a study on than 250 colleges and universities across America. discussed – especially when it comes to the tighten- inequality that fails to mention the role big corpora- You can bet that funding doesn’t underwrite ing nexus between concentrated wealth and political tions and Wall Street have played in weakening research on inequality and environmental justice. power and how that power further enhances great the nation’s labor and antitrust laws, presumably wealth. because the think tank doesn’t want to antagonize It’s bad enough big money Philanthropy is noble. But when it’s mostly in the We’ve got the herd its corporate and Wall Street donors. hands of a few super-rich and giant corporations and A major university shapes research and courses is buying off politicians. It’s also is the only game available, it can easily be abused. around economic topics of interest to its biggest buying off nonprofits that used Our democracy is directly threatened when the donors, notably avoiding any mention of the to be sources of investigation, rich buy off politicians. Time for you to increasing power of large corporations and Wall information and social change But no less dangerous is the quieter and more round up the advertisers Street on the economy. insidious buy-off of institutions that democracy It’s bad enough big money is buying off politi- from criticizing big money depends on to research, investigate, expose and cians. It’s also buying off nonprofits that used to mobilize action against what is occurring. be sources of investigation, information and social David Koch’s $23 million in donations to public change from criticizing big money. television earned him positions on the boards of Robert B. Reich, chancellor’s professor of public policy Help Wanted: Advertising Account Executive Other sources of funding are drying up. Research two prominent public-broadcasting stations. It also at the University of California at Berkeley and senior ABQ Free Press — Albuquerque, NM Gene Wampfler sent us this photo of Mia. grants are waning. Funds for social services of guaranteed that a documentary critical of the Kochs fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, churches and community groups are growing scarce. didn’t air. was secretary of labor in the Clinton administration. We’ve corralled a great audience, “Mia is a rescue cat I got from Legislatures are cutting back on university fund- As Ruby Lerner, president and founding director Time magazine named him one of the 10 most effective time for you to BRAND some advertisers! New Mexico Animal Friends,” Gene says. ing. Appropriations for public television, the arts, of Creative Capital, a grant-making institution for cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. He has written “She was reclusive, but look at her now!” museums and libraries are being slashed. the arts, told the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, “self- 13 books, including the bestsellers “Aftershock” and This job includes cold calls, warm calls and leads. So what are nonprofits to do? censorship” practiced by public television … raises “The Work of Nations.” His latest, “Beyond Outrage,” The rep will be calling on local businesses to sell “There’s really no choice,” a university dean said. issues about what public television means. They are is now out in paperback. He is also a founding editor advertising for our paper. Some sales experience For information: Send it to “We’ve got to go where the money is.” in the middle of so much funding pressure.” of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of required. Reliable transportation required. [email protected] [email protected] And more than at any time since the Gilded Age David Koch also has donated tens of millions of Common Cause. His new film, “Inequality for All,” is Advertising sales experience a plus. We have of the late 19th century, the money is now in the dollars to the American Museum of Natural History available on Netflix, iTunes, DVD and On Demand. generous commissions! Some billing accounts Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, pockets of big corporations and the super wealthy. in New York and the Smithsonian National Museum His blog is robertreich.org available for those who sign on first. and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. Ask us about bonuses! So the presidents of universities, congregations, of Natural History and sits on their boards. 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I completely disagree. And since May stress, lack of sleep, hormonal fluctu- was a grown-up restaurant, and, in my And they’ve got it all: Italian, Greek, is International Masturbation Month ation, etc. So if you’re able to take the 20s, being a regular there meant I was a New Mexican, American, seafood, (commemorating when Jocelyn Elder was pressure off of yourself that you HAVE city woman at last. steak, beautifully presented. You could forced to quit by President Bill Clinton to have an orgasm every time you have Nick & Jimmy’s is that kind of place. go there for dinner every night and for advocating masturbation as a healthy sex, that might help your mind and body The see-and-be-seen dining room is have something different and equally thing), it’s a great time to put those skills feel more relaxed. And sometimes that buzzing at dinner, with casual fine-dining satisfying. to use and celebrate this month’s mes- is just what you need to get to a space service and a “this is the place” ambi- In the mood for Greek, everybody’s sage. As the adage goes, masturbation is where orgasms are happening for both ence. The bar is noisy and popular at favorite food? Order the Pastitsio or sex with someone you love! of you. happy hour (all day drink specials, with Moussaka, for Nick & Jimmy’s and its Seriously, masturbation is a great appetizer specials 3-8 p.m., until 9 p.m. sister restaurants are the only places in way to practice safer sex, get to know on Saturdays). Ask for a table for two in town that know how to make béchamel your body and how it works, as well as Hunter Riley manages the woman-owned the front room if you’re in the mood for sauce. to explore pleasure safely without the sex shop, Self Serve Toys, and manages a love; it’s usually quiet at dinner, and you pressure of a partner. sex education blog (hunterrileysexeduca- can watch the mountains turn pink. When the co-founders of Self Serve SW corner of I-25 and Jefferson NE, ton.com). Send your questions to her at The feeling at Nick & Jimmy’s is were choosing a name for the store, 344-9169, nickandjimmysrestaurant.com [email protected] PAGE 22 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS LIVING STAGES ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 23 Rail Yards Market Re-opens ABeerQ: Biking for Beer Psychedelic Troupe Immortalized by Local Playwright BY ARIANE JAROCKI and rides with world-famous cyclist BY STEPHANIE HAINSFURTHER he Rail Yards Market is going full Following their mission to nurture the Rebecca Rusch (The Queen of Pain), Tsteam again this year from early next generation of local entrepreneurs, and beer dinners in which Santa Fe en Ansloan is known for co-founding The Dolls, Ansloan plays JuJu, a fictitious Cockette in the May to the end of October. Held in the they also are offering half-booth spaces chefs will pair beer with their own culinary KAlbuquerque’s drag theater company. Shortly, present time, reminiscing to a young journalist about historic Blacksmith Shop at 777 First and once-a-month spaces for artisans. creations. Being Santa Fe, artistry is a he’ll be known for writing the first play about The the old days and his relationship with Hibiscus, St. SW from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., RYM is a Attendees can use their SNAP (Supple- requisite component of any gathering, Cockettes, a psychedelic theater troupe in San Fran- played by Garrick Milo. Young JuJu is played by great way to spend your Sunday. and The Handmade Bike and Handcraft- mental Nutrition Assistance Program) cisco back in the days when the political practice of Brian Andrew Lamb. There was controversy earlier this year benefits at RYM. In June, participants ed Beer Showcase will feature plenty of “gender bending” was newly minted. masterpieces of the two-wheeled and The Cockettes were the subject of an award- about whether the market would be able can use WIC (Women, Infants, and “Some of them had aliases, like Hibiscus (George to call “all aboard,” but through the city’s fizzy kind. winning 2002 documentary, “The Cockettes,” Children Supplemental Food Program) Harris),” said Ansloan. “They were so flamboyant. generous compromises on date, times A schedule of events can be found at co-directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman. as well as their SNAP “double up food BY EFRAIN VILLA As a writer, I was fascinated by their story.” and rent, this nonprofit community organi- www.outsidesantafe.com. Some events are Weissman heard about Albuquerque’s premiere of bucks” at the RYM to buy double the Hibiscus, a drag queen, lived with a group of zation is excited to be back on track. hat do brewers, cyclists, beer free but require preregistration. Entrance to “Angels of Light” and called Ansloan on a recent produce for half the price. men and women in Haight-Ashbury in 1969. The “These types of contracts take time, enthusiasts, world-renowned chefs the beer gardens is $15 and includes your weekend to wish him luck with the show. Diversity has been on the mind of W group cross-dressed, among other expressions of and although the negotiations put us and kick-ass bands have in common? first beer. The Craft-Brewed Concert Pass “It was so exciting, since [the film] has been such a the RYM volunteer coordinators and rebellion against a straight-laced society, and put Russell Maynor greatly behind schedule, participants Probably a lot of awesome things, and will get you access to the beer gardens leaders. A wider range of food choices big inspiration,” Ansloan said. Weissman has cited a have been very understanding and this month you can add another item on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $35 their LSD-fueled fantasies on stage. They wrote their such as East African and Caribbean, in 1972. Hibiscus stayed in San Francisco, because 1971 film parody called “Tricia’s Wedding,” spoof- are enthusiastic about opening day,” to the list: From May 13-17, all of these (includes one beer per night). own material, consisting of spoofs on show tunes Asian, Latin American, and traditional he believed theater should be free. He also believed ing President Richard Nixon’s daughter’s wedding Market Manager Alaska Piper said. people will come together in the City Sandia Shuttle is offering discounted and original musical comedies, and they charged New Mexican cuisine has been added that The Cockettes schtick would not translate well and featuring The Cockettes, as his inspiration for “Everyone in city administration has Different to celebrate craft beer and the rates of $20 from the Albuquerque Sun- nothing for their performances. Sometimes, they to a New York audience (he was right). making a film about them and their times. been very supportive and collaborative, to last year’s tempting list of delicacies. great outdoors during the second annual port to downtown Santa Fe (one way); wore nothing to their performances. and we’re excited to continue an More New Mexican performers and Outside Bike & Brew Festival. you can load your bike for an additional “1969 San Francisco was such a free time. No one Ansloan’s play is called “Angels of Light: The “Angels of Light” premieres May 15 at the Aux awesome relationship together.” Spanish-language acts are scheduled. The event was created last year when $5. The Rail Runner will operate on its was shocked by nudity, it was accepted, even to Practically True Story of the Cockettes.” “Angels of Dog Theatre in Nob Hill and runs through May 30. normal schedule with added cars to You can catch the Rail Yards Market Themes have been set this year to several organizations got together to some extent on the streets. In New York, queens Light” was Hibiscus’ new name for his troupe after Tickets are $20 at auxdog.com, (505) 254-7716. accommodate bicycles (one-way fares four times a month (save the fifth involve different members and organiza- figure out how to further capitalize on the were arrested on a daily basis,” Ansloan said of his the split. range from $1 to $10; children under Sunday of May and August for other tions from all over the community. May’s popularity of Santa Fe Century, an annual research for the play. “It’s a factual play, but the fictitious part is the love Stephanie Hainsfurther is an associate editor for nine are free; and any train ticket is also community events). themes include Mother’s Day, Buy Local bicycle tour event that typically attracts valid as a day pass on Albuquerque’s bus The Cockettes were invited to the New York stage story,” Ansloan said. ABQ Free Press. There are lots of other changes this and NM Nature. For the season’s festive nearly 3,000 cyclists and more than 130 network). For more info: riometro.org. year. RYM now has an every-other-week themes and volunteer opportunities and volunteers. Just 30 miles away from the festival other ways to get involved, check out “We wanted to give Century participants vending system to allow a wider range of shenanigans, in the formerly secret city railyardsmarket.org. more reasons to stick around and explore artisan vendors. This allows for more than of Los Alamos, Jason Fitzpatrick, general Sounds from the Superhighway: Going Coast to Coast 100 vendors every Sunday, up from 65, New Mexico, so we thought, ‘Why not a beer festival?’ said Chris Goblet, director manager of the newly opened Bathtub BY SAL TREPPIEDI but still focusing on farm fresh, healthy fare, Ariane Jarocki is an editorial intern for of the New Mexico Brewers Guild. “Once Row Brewing Co-op, wants to welcome and handmade New Mexican objects. “My simple take on this,” Nasson said, “is when ABQ Free Press. Outside [magazine] signed on as title cyclists and noncyclists to the first and alifornia’s Corner Laughers are nerdy geeks with someone is conveying something genuine, rather sponsor, the whole event was propelled only cooperative brewery in the state. Cinstruments. Their forthcoming release is “The Multilingual Minstrels at the Outpost than something archly calculated, it’s obvious. As you into the national spotlight via ads in their “In this town, you are almost never more Matilda Effect.” According to lead vocalist Karla Kane, Local talent Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee delve further into my catalog, you can see a great deal magazine and television network.” than a mile away from great trails, and our the album’s title “is a reference to the phenomenon of have a recent release, “The Wandering Ballad,” a of experimentation as well as a unique voice geared In the first year, the festival attracted brewery is a great place to cool off and female scientists’ accomplishments being overlooked in collection of traditional and medieval ballads from toward personal expression. I think this is what I feel more than 8,000 attendees, approximately support a community venture,” Fitzpatrick favor of those of their male colleagues.” Sweden, Finland, the British Isles, France, and the you and others may be sensing as you speak about 1,800 from out of state. Organizers are said. Kane explains why the band chose this title. “One United States. authenticity.” expecting attendance figures to more than The team at Bathtub Row Brewing is song (‘Queen of the Meadow’) specifically mentions this Scott and Johanna have toured extensively over the Upon listening to Nasson’s new EP, and knowing he’s double this year and out-of-state participa- currently working hard to serve up their phenomenon in the case of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. year, leading to their selection of the music for this CD. from Boston, my first comparison was to The J. Geils Band. tion to grow to 2,500 tourists. own brews by the end of the month, but The album as a whole features a lot of female characters, “The songs are picked from a number of produc- Nasson doesn’t completely disagree. “The J. Geils “There will be about 4,500 cyclists in the meantime they have beers on tap in addition to me personally, and I wanted to give it a title tions we have performed during the last five years, comparison works in some ways as we are both participating in the 30th Santa Fe Century from five New Mexican breweries: La that reflects my feminist beliefs, but in a subtle way.” where we both tell the story and sing it,” Scott said. informed by American blues, jazz, jump and the like.” alone,” Goblet said. “We think there will Cumbre, Bosque, Second Street, Chama Musically, the Corner Laughers can be described as “Each ballad has many variants. We chose the ones But keep listening and you can also hear Dr. John as be more than 6,000 concertgoers on top River, and Santa Fe Brewing. surf pop, but I prefer to call it infectious. Kane is quick we find most musically interesting.” well as Randy Newman and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light of that plus many more people who will “These breweries have been very to describe them as “nerds,” and after researching the Songs such as “Les Tristes Noce,” “Systrarna” Orchestra. BTW, tell me Nasson doesn’t bare a striking take part in the other activities.” helpful in helping us get started, and background to the track “Martha (Cincinnati, 1914),” and “Skön Anna” are sung in their native tongues. resemblance to Dion DiMucci. Check out Nasson’s Although events during the festival cater to we’re very proud to be serving up their you get it. Martha was a passenger pigeon and, upon The latter is included twice, each with a different video for the title track from his new EP. various ages and fitness levels, organizers beer for now,” Fitzpatrick said. her death at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, she was frozen (arthurnasson. arrangement. As Scott explains, this was not a are specifically courting a younger demo- Why are local brewers so chummy? in a 300-pound block of ice and shipped to the Smithso- com / TW: @arthurnasson / FB: arthurnasson). problem for Johanna. From Philadelphia, and their new album, graphic than the average Santa Fe tourist. Fitzpatrick said, “New Mexican breweries nian. After traveling extensively in exhibit after exhibit, Hop Along “Johanna’s mother tongue is Swedish from the “Painted Shut,” out this month on Saddle Creek Records, “Santa Fe excels in culture and cuisine, are selling every last drop they are Martha once again is on display. Swedish minority in Finland. She also studied the- will make their way May 21 to Launchpad in Albuquer- and through this festival we also get making, and they recognize that a rising I highly recommend using at least Wikipedia before ater in France and speaks French, as well as being que. You may recall that Hop Along was scheduled to to showcase our outstanding outdoor tide lifts all ships so that we don’t have listening to this or any Corner Laughers album. familiar with some East Indian languages where she perform as the opener for The War on Drugs but will now recreation opportunities, which oftentimes to be cutthroat with each other. Sam “‘Ultraviolet Garden’ is a reference to a book by evo- studied dance for 15 years.” return as the headliner. Check out the Great Beyond get overlooked but are important to active, Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery had lutionary biologist Richard Dawkins,” Kane said. “‘Tomb You can catch Scott and Johanna at 8 p.m. on Music Blog for a stream of the new album. young visitors,” Goblet said. it right when he said, ‘Our industry is 99 of Leopards’ is an ancient Etruscan archaeological site Friday, May 29, at the Outpost Performance Space Even pint-sized athletes, 18 months to percent asshole free.’” near Rome.” (saddle-creek.com/hopalong / as they perform with Larry Otis (guitar, bass), Dr. Tej five years old, will be able to learn new Bathtub Row Brewing is at 163 Central Gotta love nerds! (cornerlaughers.com / TW: @HopAlongtheband / FB: hopalongtheband) Bhavsar (sitar), Phrank Bramlitt (percussion), cycling skills in the STRIDER Adventure Park Square and is open Monday-Thurs- TW: @cornerlaughers / FB: CornerLaughers). Liz Madden from Ireland and other special guests. Zone on Saturday (a free activity). day 2-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday noon-11 Boston’s Arthur Nasson has released seven albums Get your dose of independent music between issues On the duo’s blog, Johanna notes: “I have always Some of the highlights of the festival p.m., and Sunday noon-10 p.m. and, now, two EPs. One, his most recent release, “The by heading over to the Great Beyond Music Blog at loved cultural clashes while creating, and playing include concerts, multiple beer gardens Emperor’s New Sound,” has been receiving excellent greatbeyondmusic.wordpress.com or follow on with musicians with different style backgrounds featuring New Mexican and Colorado Efrain Villa is The Aimless Vagabond reviews. Twitter (@GreatBeyondBlog) and Facebook by searching allows for a real feast of different interpretations of breweries, guided trail excursions, clinics (aimlessvagabond.com). One word often associated with Nasson’s music is “Great Beyond Music Blog.” You also can email comments, these age-old melodies.” (hongelldarsee.com) authentic. suggestions and tips to [email protected] PAGE 24 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS SPOTLIGHTS SCREENS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 25 SPOTLIGHTS It’s the Summer It’s Not Forever: ‘While We’re Young’ BY ARIANE ZAROCKI a housemate, can afford a good-sized of Sex Comedies loft in the city? What are their sources of disposable income? Granted, Josh BY STEPHANIE HAINSFURTHER always picks up the tab. e’re all kinky. That’s the message at Part of the comedy also lies in the Wthe movies in the upcoming season, loss of information from one genera- and it’s fresh, touching, human, funny tion to the next, or how such informa- and too often cringeworthy. (You can tion is processed and morphed. Thus, assume all of these films are rated R. Cornelia’s father, Leslie (Charles David Sedaris’ satire is a breath of fresh air in We don’t want the children to know how A24 Grodin), is a luminary of cinema an uptight, politically correct world. Much of his much fun sex can be.) Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are a conflicted Gen-X vérité documentary and Josh’s former work has an autobiographical focus. Self-dep- The artists employ elements such as Amy Schumer’s character is named couple in “While We’re Young.” Photo credit: recating in style, his personal essays touch mentor. The director raises questions water and fire to capture how they react with on family life, drug addictions, homosexuality, Amy in “Trainwreck,” and that nonalias sound. The incorporation of science and BY RICHARD OYAMA about truth and authenticity with FRIDAY, MAY 8 and life as an expatriate. His latest work, Let’s signals it’s a semiautobiographic technology to create this exhibition creates Jamie as representative of the relativ- Explore Diabetes with Owls (audio version), Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd., an easily accessible art show to entice the screenplay she wrote, directed by Judd received a 56th annual Grammy Nomination. he sharply observed comedy of ist new breed that plays fast and loose El Prado, (575) 758-1900 art-fainthearted. Apatow. Amy sleeps around, and it’s See description below. Along with his writings, Sedaris’ original radio TNoah Baumbach’s “While We’re with the facts, a child of Twitter and MUSIC: BEATS ANTIQUE getting kinda boring. In the course of her That’s the way to play it. pieces can be heard on This American Life. MAY 15-17 SATURDAY, MAY 9 Young” derives from an older couple’s sound bites, of the narcissistic cult of SATURDAY, MAY 9 Known to read from published works...from his magazine writing, she meets a sweet, In theaters now is “The D Train” in STAGES: THE OUTTAKES envy for a couple of free-and-easy online personality, as opposed to the Historic El Rey Theater, 622 Central Moleskine, Sedaris will present a cornucopia FAMILY: 2ND ANNUAL PAW PAGEANT funny guy who changes her mind. The which Hollywood may have realized of anecdotes that touch upon the human AirDance New Mexico, 3030 Isleta millennials. That this reviewer is a socially engaged filmmaking Josh and Ave. SW, 510-2582 Albuquerque “DOG SHOW FOR EVERY DOG” plot is trite. But it’s from a grown-up that Jack Black is a real actor after condition. Blvd. SW, 842-9418, airdance.org 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Railyard Park, boomer complicates my review of this Leslie gamely uphold. MUSIC: BEATS ANTIQUE AirDance New Mexico has built a multimedia, woman’s POV, and that saves it from the Beats Antique was born from Bay Area mem- 740 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, all. He’s on the committee for the high group collaboration for an evening of aerial rom-com dumpster. age-bound farce. Add to that the cast- What’s skewed about “While We’re bers David Satori, Zoey Jakes and Tommy THROUGH MAY 30 syfsa.org/dog-show school reunion when he discovers that dance theater and live music. Aerial dance ing of the former Beastie Boy Adam Young,” though, is that ambition and Cappel. Their influences are widespread, Anyone with a fur baby likely will argue that Sex from a woman’s view can be ARTSPREE: VISIBLE SOUND is more than just trapezes; it includes Oliver Lawless, the most popular guy way from classical Indian to flamenco to EDM. “A their pup is the cutest. Well, the Santa Fe hilarious. Psych studies show that Horovitz and Peter Yarrow of, yes, power reside exclusively in the male, Central Features, 109 5th St. SW, equipment such as aerial silks, lyra or aerial back when, is now that handsome man Thousand Faces” tour is more than one way Youth Symphony Association is prepared to Peter, Paul and Mary, and the situa- even in the rarefied atmosphere of 243-3389, centralfeatures.com hoops, and “the contraption,” a double-ham- women who have never met each other on the Banana Boat commercials. Dan to catch great music; it’s also an experience. Part of On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque help with the decision process. Competitive mock-trapeze combination. Be prepared to are laughing together within 45 seconds tion is rife with satirical possibilities. documentary film. Surely there’s a Beats Antique will fill your body with the Art + Design, “Visible Sound” is an explo- events include best-dressed dog, my dog’s Landsmen (Black) goes from hometown see dancers fly, spin, and dangle their way Josh (Ben Stiller), a Gen-X documen- Barbara Kopple, Shirley Clarke or groove. ration into how we can visually observe the got talent, best biscuit catcher, and more. of being introduced. What do you think Pittsburgh to LA to track down Lawless through the air. capturing of sound. Filled with demonstra- Everyone is invited to register for the event we’re laughing about? tary filmmaker stalled in his effort to Charlotte Zwerin among the creative “The Outtakes” revels in the flawed and and bring him to the reunion. Excesses SATURDAY, MAY 9 tions and works of art, this exhibit brings on the organization’s website; children are imperfect parts of life. Vignettes include It’s a switch — an adult woman in her ensue. finish an ambitious second film, and elite —or, more plainly put, fierce together Southwestern artists Sasha vom encouraged to participate! To round out this COMEDY: DAVID SEDARIS a shipwreck focusing on the lyra as a life 30s afraid of commitment and baffled by his wife, Cornelia (Naomi Watts), career woman somewhere on the Dorp, Andrea Polli and Alyce Santoro, as pageant, there will be music from the Mari- Sex? Oh, yeah, this is no spoiler be- 8 p.m., Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Cam- preserver, aerial silks as a game to distract the happiness of couples — but it’s still well as field recordings from a select group achi Estrella ensemble, student orchestras, cause it’s in all the reviews, but Dan and befriend a younger couple, Jamie scene? pus, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, from family dysfunction, and robots trying to of UNM students who worked under Polli’s and jazz ensembles, as well as pet-themed as predictable as “Must Love Dogs.” Out Oliver have a one-night stand together. (Adam Driver) and his wife, Darby For all their hipster trappings, Cor- unmtickets.com, fly even though it is out of their design specs. vendors and organizations. in July. popejoypresents.com direction. It’s unexpected because they’re straight (Amanda Seyfried). Jamie is a novice nelia and Darby are consigned to the Another July release by a female guys, but it’s a truth only one of them documentarian, while Darby makes role of helpmates like a conventional screenwriter, Melissa Rauch of “The Big can face. Still, this movie is a comedy ice cream. Their tastes are decidedly 1940s romantic comedy. Baumbach’s Deli Man Bang Theory,” gets downright naughty about how far a person will go to be one retro — vinyl, VHS tapes, typewriters film ends with something of a familiar Sunday, June 7, 1:00 p.m., JCC; with a meticulously choreographed sex of the cool kids. — but their energies and democratic trope, too, and how the viewer takes scene between two gymnasts in “The Other films that offer up comedic, enthusiasms for — or leveling of — it depends entirely on what you with special Knish, Hot Dog, & pickle lunch for $5 at 12:30 p.m. Bronze.” Whew, there’s a new definition fresh takes on sex are “The Overnight” high and low culture enliven the older think about its familiarity. I thought it for “flop sweat.” Rauch’s character, Hope, (June) and “Sleeping with Other People” childless couple, who find themselves tiresome. is a former Olympic bronze medalist (August). I’m going to see all of them drifting from their married-with- Baumbach’s intergenerational com- who can’t get her success back. She’s right after I get in the mood with a rerun children friends. edy also fashionably turns on pop- frustrated and in a very low place, so she of “Sex, Lies and Videotape.” overdoes everything, from snorting OTC Prodded by the youngsters, Cornelia cultural references — what’s gotten, meds to having risky one-night stands. takes a hiphop dance classm and Josh what’s missed, how they’re taken — Stephanie Hainsfurther is an associate editor The movie could have gone the bathos sports a fedora. Cornelia bolts from as signifiers of hip. My relationship to for ABQ Free Press. or redemption route, but it’s a comedy. a child-rearing music jam, complain- American pop in all of its gargantuan ing of the “baby cult.” Jamie and production has been ambivalent. And Darby invite them to a hallucinogenic I, for one, am perfectly content to be ayahuasca ritual. Josh tries to shed his old, beyond the reach of caring what N.M. Film ‘Truth’ Debuts in ABQ, Santa Fe “wistful, disdainful” 40-year-old skin. the song “Eye of the Tiger” referenced Baumbach’s dialogue is often quite in the film means — if anything. the ability to live by deception. wry and acerbic, though it should Who really cares? “Truth” will screen at the Guild be said that the story is decidedly Cinema on Sat., May 16, and Manhattan-centric. One is left to pon- Richard Oyama is a poet, novelist at the Jean Cocteau Cinema der how Jamie and Darby, even with and old fogy. in Santa Fe, Sat., May 30 and Mon., June 1. “Truth” follows a diverse group A Little Dream”, “Copycat”), along with hospital they break into was once of college students who stumble New Mexico actors Johnny Tabor, infected with a deadly virus. Now they into a top secret facility hidden Sabrina Gomez, Kenneth McGlothin, have it, and they must fight against time, somewhere deep in the moun- Fabian Valle, Kathleen Shurkin, Marcelle armed guards and an inability to lie, to tains of the Gila wilderness. Bowman, Jack Lutz and many more. discover the lengths some men will go to Truth follows a diverse group of in an attempt to hide the truth. he story of the American deli is the man, owner and maven (as well as The film was shot primarily inner of the Audience Award for college students who stumble into a Morgan R. Lewis of Morgan On story of Jews – their immigration, a Yiddish-speaking, French-trained in Silver City, from a script by actor/ T Best Horror/Sci Fi Feature at the top secret facility hidden in plain sight Media says “New Mexico works well migration, upward mobility, and western chef) who currently operates one of the W director Michael J. Cramer (“Weird 2015 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, somewhere deep in the mountains of as a backdrop for the film, providing a assimilation. The principal guide of “Deli country’s top delis, Kenny and Ziggy’s Science”, “Summer Camp Nightmare”) “Truth” is an alternative-universe thriller the Gila wilderness. credible sense of isolation.” Man” is the effusive and charming Ziggy in Houston. Jerry Stiller, Larry King and and starring William McNamara (“Dream about who we really are when we lose The students don’t know that the Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen others are featured. (2014, 60 minutes) PAGE 26 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS STAGES ‘Folks Like Us’ Tour Brings Kentucky Boys to Isleta BY BETSY MODEL “And that’s not a gimmick or a put-on, that’s who T-Roy and I are. It’s who we are.” hile they’ve not quite hit endangered species On the weekend following this interview and before status, duos are becoming increasingly rare W heading west again towards Albuquerque, what the two in country music and those that survive are of the men are going to do is head back to where they grew rare-breed variety. up for a different kind of playing: they’re heading home For Montgomery Gentry – the duo made up of country to watch the Kentucky Derby and not, laughs Montgom- music veterans Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry – ery, from a couch in front of a television. the 15-year collaboration has resulted in millions of sold “I love the Derby and if you’re a true Kentucky boy, you records, 20 charted singles and more than a handful of do what you need to, to get home and attend the parties CMA, ACM and Grammy award nominations for No. 1 and the events and watch it up close. It’s a big deal in singles like “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” “Lucky Man” Kentucky and it should be. It’s an American tradition.” and “Back When I Knew It All.” If the subjects of both America and tradition have Both Kentucky natives, the duo were inducted into the Kristin Barlowe been the mainstay of Montgomery Gentry’s music for Kentucky Music Hall of Fame last month. On May 9, in the last 15 years, it’s not changing anytime soon. Their the middle of a cross-country tour, Montgomery Gentry Eddie Montgomery (l.) and Troy Gentry head to Isleta Casino on May 9. new album, “Folks Like Us,” drops on June 9 and if that will perform at Isleta Resort & Casino. same title track and cover art featuring the two men That the duo has a distinctive sound is undeniable; “Some folks in the music business today are singers laid up against an American flag doesn’t reassure their you won’t mistake a Montgomery Gentry song like “Hell and they do great in the studio and cut great singles fans who count on the duo for songs about small-town Yeah” or “My Town” when it rotates on the radio among or playing in front of cameras. But if you ever want to values, additional titles like “Back on a Dirt Road” from the likes of Taylor Swift or Darius Rucker. There’s really get a sense of what a crowd is or isn’t responding the 10-song project should. In fact, said Montgomery, nothing soft, sweet or “pop” in their music and if the to? Play a honky tonk where you’re sometimes just feet that’s why they aim for venues like Albuquerque. sound is blue-collar honky tonk from opening chords to away from the folks you’re playing to and you can see “We’re outdoorsmen. Both T-Roy and I hunt and fish last refrain, Eddie Montgomery is clear that that’s who their faces or hear what they’re saying. You learn to and spend time outdoors when we’re not on a bus or he and Troy Gentry are and always will be. listen to your audience and your fans,” Montgomery said. touring and every time we head west we’re amazed at “It’s our roots, plain and simple. I literally grew up in Obviously, playing to sold-out concert venues and what we see. There’s a wide openness that calls and honky tonks. I mean, really! My parents played the bars continuing to rack up singles, their “Deep South” sound isn’t makes you want to head out and see what there is and and the bartenders were the babysitters for me and my lost on their fans. And if their music never does cross over y’all live in a beautiful spot for all that. You’ve still got small brother John Michael [country music artist John Michael to a pop or country-rock station, that’s just fine with them. towns, too, and that’s a big thing for us. Anyone who likes Montgomery] while they played,” he said. “I think the “You know, we sing about what we choose to, not our music knows we’re all about the small towns.” music and the sound is simply part of the blood and, what’s popular, and if that means we listen to 150 Montgomery Gentry play Isleta Resort & Casino at growing up in that environment, you learn quickly that as songs for a new album before choosing those eight or 8 p.m. on Sat., May 9. Tickets start at $50 and are a performer in a bar you’re an extension of the audience.” nine that feel real or right or true to us, that’s just fine,” available at holdmyticket.com. What Montgomery Gentry’s audiences seem to want he said. “We’re about small towns and bars and our is more of what they’ve come to expect from the duo fighting men and working hard during the week to put including songs that speak of values like home, hearth, food on the table and then playing hard on the weekend Betsy Model writes celebrity interviews for ABQ Free Press. pride and patriotism. and letting off steam with friends. Her work also appears in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and other national publications. You Should Go: Poetry, Beer and Bellies BY RICH BOUCHER things of beauty) and a delightfully lawless not that anyone minded. The Canadian presented by the Four Winds Belly Dance time. This happening is hosted by the rasp’n’roller hits Albuquerque’s shores Troupe, is going down (and side to side and ylophones are an awful lot of fun, and I talented and effervescent Damien Flores. (don’t think on that one too hard) at 8 p.m. up and down and front to back) at 8 p.m. on hope to one day cover an event for ABQ X No fee at the door, but come with a thirst on Monday, May 18, at the Sandia Resort Tuesday, May 19, at the brewery. I’ve seen Free Press that explicitly employs or deals for urgent words and heady libations. You and Casino. I’m going to run to you, be- this troupe in action and can tell you that with all manner of xylophones. And let me should go. cause tears are not enough, and it cuts like you must see them in action – it’s not even a tell you, I wouldn’t and couldn’t put it past If you’re looking for a different sort of a knife. He’s an American-acting Canadian choice anymore; you just HAVE to now. Host Olympia, Wash.-based cave people Earth literary jaunt, I’ll point you in the right and has short hair. You should go. Maria Chavez and the rest of her troupe will (we’re having an influx of Washingtonites, direction; in fact, I’ll point you across town for It’s only a few nights later that the next have you mesmerized as you sip from the aren’t we?) to maybe vaporize some the ; at 3 p.m. Saturday, thing happens that you should be at. cup of everlasting life, and you don’t even xylophones in their upcoming show at Sister Cross Town Poets The May 16, The Gallery ABQ (on Menaul at the , um, have to pay a cover for this. You should go. on Monday, May 11. Hailing from Dallas, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Hoffmantown Center) plays host to feature explodes all over you with harmonica, Later that week, you need to be at the “stonegazers” opens the show True Widow poets Andrea “Andi” Penner, Jules Nyquist, theremin (woob woob woob!) and attitude Outpost Theatre (and be ready to sweat and by rocking you ever so slowly and hard at Joanne Bodin and Susan Paquet. The wide- at 9:30 p.m. at the Launch Pad on Thurs- jump) at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 22, to see 9 p.m. It’s 13 smackeroonieolios to get in ly published, Albuquerque-based poets will day, May 21, for the low, low self-esteem blues legend Taj Mahal with the the door and into the next world. Bring your Taj Mahal offer a special four-way feature (60-minute price of $15. I’m told their style is “seminal” (pray for him to do “Big Butt Blues”) rock Stonehenge cloaks. You should go. Trio time limit, pinfalls count anywhere and win and “rooted in rock and roll,” and who am everything you’ve ever believed in right off Ironically enough, I was arrested by the match) followed by a limited open mic. I to argue with a rock critic with a gun? of your face. Tickets start at 25 bucks, a fair Albuquerque poet Nate Maxson last night, It’s free, so why not pack up the Subaru and You can’t live your life afraid of every little sum, in all honesty, to see the Grammy-win- so please forgive your loving correspondent throw some culture into your yogurt. Berets thing, so you should go to a rock show just ning musical deity in the flesh. No shame in if this next item sounds like madness: not allowed. You should go. like this. In fact, you should go to this one. sweating the Devil out of you in time to the POETRY and BEER. Actually, that DOES I distinctly remember getting kissed by Don’t bring earplugs; they’re unbecoming beat. You should go. sound like madness. And the madness the first girl who actually wanted to kiss me on you. You should be at it. will ensue on Tuesday, May 12, at the (God bless her) in the summer of ’85, and Let’s get off of the rock ’n’ roll and poetry Wells Park Tractor Brewery for the monthly Rich Boucher is a natural redhead and pub- ’ blockbuster “Summer of for a minute and talk about bellies and (and “variety,” as the Bryan Adams lished performance poet living in Albuquer- Poetry and Beer ‘69” was on the radio at the time. Actually, it bodies and drums and the sweet verse ABQSLAMS website tells us) show: Come que and so totally NOT a robot that it isn’t was on the radio ALL the time that summer, of the hips in motion. , for the fantastic local brews (the stouts are Beer and Bellies even funny. So there. PAGE 28 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS EVENTS EVENTS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 29 CALENDAr CALENDAr CASINOS MAY 9-JULY 16 May 21, Karaoke MAY 6-JUNE 29 MAY 9-30 SATURDAY, MAY 23 MAY 22-JUNE 14 SCREENS May 22, Whiskey Baby MAY 8-30 & ONGOING INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS SUNSHINE THEATER, 120 Central Ave SW, TRACTOR BREWERY: NOB HILL, BREIZH AMERIKA COLLECTIVE SPAMALOT MAY 6-JUNE 28 RESORT & CASINO, ONGOING 764-0249, sunshinetheaterlive.com 118 Tulane Dr SE, 433-5654, 8 pm, GiG Performance Space, 1808 Second Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224 San Pasquale BUFFALO THUNDER RESORT & CASINO, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Mescalero, May 6, Walk the Moon, The Griswolds getplowed.com St, Santa Fe, breizh-amerika.com/the-collective Ave SW, 242-4750, albuquerquelittletheatre.org FILMS AT THE GUILD 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, (800) 545-9011, ticketmaster.com, CITIES OF GOLD CASINO, May 8, Hollywood Undead, Cane Hill May 9, 5 pm, Setting the Tone: Cali Shaw The Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE Santa Fe, (505) 455-5555, innofthemountaingods.com 10-B Cities of Gold Rd, Santa Fe, May 21, Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire May 20, 8:30 pm, Dos Pendejos MAY 29-30 FRIDAY, MAY 22 255-1848; for movie times: guildcinema.com (505) 455-4232, citiesofgold.com Magician: The Astonishing Life and buffalothunderresort.com May 9, It’s a Woman Thing May 24, Apocalyptica, Art of Dying May 30, 8 pm, Cider Night Fever: DJ Nicolatron DURANGO BLUES TRAIN AMY SCHUMER LIVE! May 6-8, Tom Keifer Lodging, Food & Drink, Golf, Bowling and Grieves Work of Orson Welles In the Ballroom: May 15, Nightly Bingo May 26, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Route 66 Casino, Legends Theater, May 28, 8 pm, Chris Young May 27, Action Bronson MAY 9-JUNE 11 479 Main Ave, Durango, CO 14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866, May 6-8, The Lady from Shanghai At Shadeh Nightclub: June 5, 8 pm, Thomas Rhett May 28, All That Remains, Devour the Day (866) 515-6166, rt66casino.com May 8-9, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 8 pm-4 am, Live Music HISTORIC EL REY THEATER, Fridays, June 6, 8 pm, Hinder CLUBS & PUBS June 1, Tyler, the Creator with special guest Taco more info: durangobluestrain.com Tickets on sale at rt66casino.com May 9-10, Mommie Dearest – A Mother’s Day 9 pm-4 am, Live Music 622 Central Ave SW, 242-2353, Saturdays, June 21, Frank Caliendo June 6, J Boog, Hot Rain, Westafa Weekend Joan Crawford Special DJ Chil elreyabq.com May 8, July 16, Daughtry MAY 6-18 June 12, Sepultura, Destruction, Arsis, Beats Antique JUNE 20-21 SATURDAY, MAY 23 May 9-10, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? DJ Big Worm May 9, May 9, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Starkill Yellow Claw, Gent & Jawns feat. Panda — A Mother’s Day Weekend Joan Crawford DJ Quico In Club 49: LOW SPIRITS, 2823 Second St NW, May 14, WINDRIDER MUSIC FEST NTM PHIL A THE ZOO: May 15, June 15, Yelawolf Bassrush North American Takeover Special DJ Soiree Every Wednesday, 7 pm, Laugh Out Loud 344-9555, lowspiritslive.com June 11, Ski Apache, 1286 Ski Run Rd, Alto, STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER! May 16, You, White Manna, The Myrrors, June 29, Dizzy Wright feat. 12th Planet, Loudpvck, Kove May 9-10, The Strong Man DJ Chil Stand-Up Comedy Series May 6, more info: skiapache.com Rio Grande Zoo, 903 10th St SW, 764-6200, May 22, The Holy Glories nmphil.org May 11-14, Tough Being Loved by Jerks DJ Cut MAY 7-22 In Stereo Bar: May 23, In Lounge 54: Hydrant, Deer in Headlights, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 May 15-18, Spring DJ Flo Fader Live Local Music, Fri.-Sat., 9 pm May 7, May 17, Shy Girls featuring P. Morris May 29, Feliz & His Flying Guitar, Russell James Pyle NED’S BAR & GRILL, 2509 San Mateo SUNDAY, MAY 24 May 15-18, The Kidnapping of May 30, DJ 12 Tribe Open 7 days UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Michel Houellebecq May 13, Author & Punisher, Father of the Flood Boulevard NE, 884-4680, nedsnm.com MAY 9-JUNE 29 Skylight, 139 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, May 8-9, The DCN Project TAJ MAHAL TRIO Truth At the Turquoise Trail: May 14, Swingin’ Utters May 7, Live Mic Karaoke (505) 982-0775 Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco, May 16, May 15-16, Carl Silva THE JAM SPOT, 239 San Pedro NE, Revenge of the Mekons Fridays, 9:30 pm-2 am, Live Music May 16, Eric McFadden May 8, Ravenous Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org May 19-21, May 22-23, Vinyl Tap 440-2600 Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Saturdays, 9:30 pm-12 am, Live Music May 18, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Nots May 9, Hartless May 19-21, UFC 187 May 9, Battle of the Bands Washington, DC May 8, Cissy & Sapphire May 23, May 10, Danger Zone STAGES TUESDAY, MAY 26 Raven Hills May 16, The Animal In Me, Like Monroe, 52 Tuesdays May 9, Cissy & Sapphire May 29, MAY 6-22 May 12, Picosso May 22-25, Raven Hills Assassins, Darkness Divided ONGOING SHIP OF FOOLS: NIV SHEINFELD AND Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine May 15, Numethods May 30, May 14, Live Mic Karaoke May 22-25, LAUNCHPAD, 618 Central Ave SW, May 22, Joey Breakdown, Minic Audio, OREN LAOR DANCE PROJECTS Skin Trade May 16, Numethods May 15, 6 pm, Double Plow THE BOX, 100 Gold Ave SW #112, May 22-23, MAY 9-OCTOBER 9 764-8887, launchpadrocks.com Off Tha Ricta Records Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, Crafting a Nation May 22, The Animated Jukebox IAMSU!, Rome Fortune May 15, 9 pm, Traveler in Pain theboxabq.com May 24, May 6, May 30, Left to Rot, Goo-Née-Née, What Lies in 224-9808, keshetdance.org Roar May 23, The Animated Jukebox ISLETA RESORT & CASINO, Fiend aka International Jones, May 17, Danger Zone Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm, The Show: Live May 26-28, May 7, Between, Impact Theory, In Dying My Soul Marie’s Story May 29, JD’s 11000 Broadway SE, 724-3800, Dezert Banditz, Mat-Dre, Illnickell, Dmize May 19, Picosso Comedy Improv WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 May 29-June 3, June 27, Chuckklez, MADD Loco, Sinful Lyricist, The 100-Year-Old Man Who May 30, JD’s isleta.com Melt-Banana May 21, Live Mic Karaoke Fridays, 9:30 pm, Comedy? Improv, Sketch May 29-June 3, May 8, Cannibis Klown, Hazzestein Climbed out the Window and Disappeared Expressway to Yr Skull!, Hounds Low, May 22, Tribute Show and Music TWO ROOM APARTMENT: MAY 8-30 & ONGOING At the Amphitheater: May 9, June 29, Brassknuckle Boys, 99 Bottles, Song of the Sea starting 7 pm: Death Convention Singers, Rabid Childs NIVE SHEINFELD AND OREN LAOR May 30-31, MAY 7-JUNE 29 Annihilate, Class War, Infirmary THROUGH MAY 8 DANCE PROJECTS Everything is Terrible! Legends SANTA ANA STAR CASINO, Country Megaticket D.O.A., Brassknuckle Boys, June 4, May 14, May 10, Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, About Elly 54 Jemez Dam Rd, Bernalillo, 867-0000, Train, The Fray, Matt Nathanson The Dying Beds DECLINE AND FALL; OR A GUIDE TO June 5-8, May 27, SISTER BAR, 407 Central Ave SW, MAY 10-31 & ONGOING 224-9808, keshetdance.org Human Centipede III santaanastar.com June 4, Luke Bryan Randy Houser, 242-4900, sisterthebar.com HOW THE END BEGINS FOR THOSE TOO June 5-6, Dustin Lynch Solstafir, Ancient Wisdom ZINC CELLAR BAR, 3009 Central Ave NE, June 6-7, Nightmare in Las Cruces Part 2 At The Stage at The Star: May 7, BIG TO FAIL THURSDAY, MAY 28 Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Today is the Day, Lazer/Wulf, Bathhouse 254-9462, zincabq.com Tricklock Performance Laboratory, June 27-28, Ernest & Celestine Stand-Up Comedy Thursdays, 7:30 pm June 19, May 8, Chase Bryant Earth & True Widow Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 110 Gold Ave SW, 414-3738, [email protected] EDDIE IZZARD: FORCE MAJEURE TOUR Escape Fridays (DJs), 9 pm May 11, enjoy good music, tasty food and great drinks in Kiva Auditorium, MAY 6-JULY 16 Vans Warped Tour David Liebe Hart Vegas Nights Saturdays (DJs), 9 pm June 24, May 13, the cellar bar. Live music on Tuesday features THROUGH MAY 17 Albuquerque Convention Center, Downtown Thunder Down Under June 30, Nickelback May 14, Nothing, Cloakroom F AthOM EVENTS, May 10, blues duos from 8 pm to 11 pm. On Thursday 401 Second Street NW, 768-4575, at selected movie theaters, Dev July 12, Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, May 21, Hop Along, Field Mouse RABBIT HOLE May 16, and Saturday nights, larger bands perform from albuquerquecc.com fathomevents.com David Koechner Sam Hunt May 27, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Desert Rose Playhouse, 6921 Montgomery Blvd May 21, 9:30 pm to 12:30 am. During Sunday brunch, Tickets on sale now: eddieizzard.com/gigs RiffTrax Live 2015: The Room July 15, Steely Dan, Elvis Costello, May 29, Ufomammut, Usnea, Black Maria NE, 881-0503, deserthouseplayhouse.com May 6, enjoy the live music of solo artists in the main RiffTrax Live 2015: The Room MAY 8-SEPTEMBER 24 The Imposters June 5, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, May 12, dining room from 11 am until 2 pm. SIEMBRA: LATINO THEATER FESTIVAL JUNE 4-7 Backstreet Boys July 18, Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Brothers Leeches of Lore EP Release May 13, SANDIA RESORT & CASINO, May 10, Ambrose Rivera National Hispanic Cultural Center, Texas Rising Osborne, A Thousand Horses June 13, Agalloch, Helen Money MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET May 20, 30 Rainbow Rd, 796-7500, May 17, Jack Hansen 1701 Fourth Street SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Stratford Festival HD: Antony and July 21, J. Cole, Big Sean, YG, Jeremih June 29, Geto Boys May 21, sandiacasino.com May 24, Dan Dowling May 7-10, The Sad Room 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, Cleopatra July 28, Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa, Hoodie Allen MAY 8-30 May 31, Jose Salazar May 14-17, The Sad Room popejoypresents.com One Night for ONE DROP Amphiteater/Ballroom: August 14, Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, June 10, Gabriel Iglesias DCI 2015 Tour Premiere May 8, Maddie and Tae, Canaan Smith COOLWATER FUSION, Wyoming Mall, ONGOING THURSDAY, MAY 7 June 17, Bryan Adams JUNE 7-13 Exhibition on Screen: Girl with a May 18, August 27, Kelly Clarkson with Pentatonix 2010 Wyoming Blvd NE, 332-2665, June 23, George Thorogood and the HOME FREE Pearl Earring June 16, August 30, Slipknot, Lamb of God, coolwaterfusion.com DRAFT STATION ABQ, 1720 Central SW, FESTIVAL FLAMENCO INTERNACIONAL Destroyers, Brain Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, Fare Thee Well: Grateful Dead, Bullet for My Valentine May 8, 6 pm, Oscar Butler draft-station.com DE ALBURQUERQUE July 3-5, Tears for Fears Tuesdays, 7 pm, The Draft Sessions, kimotickets.com, holdmytickets.com Presented by Heritage Hotels & Resorts, Live from Soldier Field June 18, September 11, Def Leppard, STYX, Tesla May 9, 9 pm, Comedy Showcase hosted by live local indie Sharknado 2: The Second One June 27, Little Big Town September 17, Brad Paisley, Justin Moore, Jason Green SATURDAY, MAY 9 more info: ffi28.org July 9, Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Exhibition on Screen: July 17, Micket Guyton May 11, Thee Oh Sees, Sun Dog, Hold Glories May 15, 6 pm, Oscar Butler July 14, Colin Hay JULY 3-AUGUST 29 The Impressionists September 25, Def Leppard, STYX, Tesla May 12, The Contortonist, Auras May 16, 9 pm, Comedy Showcase hosted by MUSIC DAVID SEDARIS 8 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Sharknado 2: The Second One August 9, John Fogerty September 27, Foo Fighters May 13, Stick Figure, Ballyhoo!, Innastate Mary Byrd THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT July 16, Ricky Martin SUNDAY, MAY 10 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, September 24, October 1, Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, May 14, R. Ring, Bellemah May 22, 6 pm, Shane Wallin MAY 8-15 Raelynn Bad Suns, Talk in Tongues popejoypresents.com RIGOLETTO Tlur Pa Lounge: May 15, May 23, 9 pm, Comedy Showcase hosted by HARMONIFEST DJ Cut & Huggy the Entertainer, October 9, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, May 17, Secrets, Empty Sails, Follow the Call, Danger Varoz 3 pm, Marble Brewery, 111 Marble Ave, MOODY BLUES LA FINTA GIARDINIERA JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA, Frankie Ballard 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, Sun.-Thurs., 8 pm-12 am Liars at Best May 29, 6 pm, Jill Cohen 243-2739, marblebrewery.com Route 66 Casino, Legends Theater, SALOME Kyle, Benz Shelton 9 pm, Comedy Showcase hosted by (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com Live Entertainment, Fri.-Sat., 9:30 pm-1:30 am In the Showroom: May 20, May 30, 14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866, May 21, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Dawn Shary LIFE ROAD MUSIC FESTIVAL rt66casino.com COLD MOUNTAIN May 8-9, John Carpenter’s They Live May 9, Montgomery Gentry Free, 11 am, IAIA Campus, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Bien Shur Lounge & Patio: Bloody Phoenix, Econarchy, Tickets on sale at rt66casino.com May 11, 7 pm, Musical Monday: Max Hatt, May 22, The Man in Black: Johnny Cash Tribute May 22, SANTA FE OPERA Live Music, Fri.-Sat., 9 pm-1 am Burns like Hell, Laughing Dog, Yar MAY 9-16 Santa Fe, (505) 424-2339, iaia.edu North on US 84/285 to Exit 168: “Tesuque Edda Glass, Matthew Andrae June 6, Johnny Rivers MAY 15-17 Village/Opera Drive/ Ave Monte Sereno,” turn May 15, Mad Max: Fury Road MAY 9-JUNE 6 July 17, Dancing with the Stars Live! SNEAKERZ SPORTS GRILLE, TRACEY WHITNEY TRIO MAY 6-23 left, turn right onto frontage road, 1.4 miles to 4100 San Mateo Blvd NE, 837-1708, 2 pm, Old Town Gazebo, 2000 Mountain Rd NW THE OUTTAKES At Embers Steakhouse: Opera entrance, (505) 986-5900, MAY 8-29 ROUTE 66 CASINO, TRACTOR BREWERY: WELLS PARK, sneakerzsportsbar.com AirDance ArtSpace, 3030 Isleta Blvd SW, starting 6 pm: THURSDAY, MAY 21 more info: santafeopera.org 14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866, 1800 Fourth St NW, 243-6752, May 9, 7 pm, Primal Panic Showcase Albuquerque, 842-9418, airdance.org CCA CINEMATHEQUE, rt66casino.com 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, At Triple Sevens Saloon: getplowed.com May 15, 6 pm, Secret 7 BREIZH AMERIKA COLLECTIVE OPENING SEPTEMBER 15 (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org In Legends Theatre: starting 9:30 pm: May 6, 7 pm, Kamikaze Karaoke May 15, 9 pm, Karaoke 4 pm, Juan Tabo Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd SATURDAY, MAY 16 The Epic of Everest, May 9, Moody Blues May 6, Whiskey & Women May 13, 7 pm, Art Fusion for a Cause May 16, 9 am, 16th Annual Brandon’s Cause NE, breizh-amerika.com/the-collective THE BOOK OF MORMON Starts May 8, 9TH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST FUNNYFEST Welcome to Me May 22, Amy Schumer May 7, Karaoke May 14, 8 pm, pLOUD Music Series: Burque Sol Fundraising Volleyball Tournament 7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Heaven Adores You June 6, Vicki Lawrence May 8, Brushfire May 19, 8 pm, Beer and Bellies Four Winds May 16, 7 pm, Chris Ravin Showcase FRIDAY, MAY 22 768-3544, holdmyticket.com, Drive, 925-5858, popejoypresents.com May 14, Belly Dance I Am Big Bird, Misery Loves May 9, Brushfire BREIZH AMERIKA COLLECTIVE more info: southwestfunnyfest.com Starts May 15, At Thunder Road Bar 7 pm, Kamikaze Karaoke Comedy, The Seven Five starting at 9 pm: May 13, Whiskey & Women May 20, 8 pm, The Cooperage, 7220 Lomas Blvd NE, May 14, Karaoke May 21, 8 pm, Thirsty Thursday: Keith Sanchez breizh-amerika.com/the-collective NTM PHIL A THE ZOO: May 16, 7:30 pm, Rebirth of a Nation featuring May 15, Redneck May 23, 6 pm, Beer and Boards GERSHWIN: CRAZY FOR YOU! DJ Spooky, presented by Santa Fe Opera Rio Grande Zoo, 903 10th St SW, 764-6200, May 16, Redneck Starts May 22, Slow West, Good Kill nmphil.org May 20, Whiskey & Women Starts May 29, Tangerines PAGE 30 • May 6, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS EVENTS EVENTS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 6, 2015 • PAGE 31 CALENDAr CALENDAr SATURDAY, MAY 16 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 MONDAY, MAY 25 FARMER’S MARKET BOOKS & POETRY FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, YEAR ROUND THROUGH MAY 28 JUNE 5-AUGUST 8 ONLY THOSE WHO LIMP ALLOWED EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES: MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAYS MAY 6-MAY 23 TOAST A GHOST! HAUNTED PUB CRAWL DORSA/VENTRAL: MARNE ELMORE, FRACTION OF A SECOND CRIPS NOT CREEPS SHORTS 9 am, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial History & Ghost Tours of Old Town, LINDSEY SCHMITT Part of Photosummer 2015 DRAMA SIGHTED Part of New Media New Mexico, Amphitheater, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, DOWNTOWN GROWER’S MARKET BOOKWORKS 303 Romero St NW-N120 One exhibition, two locations: 8 am, Robinson Park, Eighth & Central, 4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139, bkwrks.com BALANCE: LANCE RYAN MCGOLDRICK 6 pm, Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle currentsnewmedia.org nmvetsmemorial.org A 3-hour ghost walk that visits Old Town Harwood Art Center, 1114 Seventh St NW, 516 ARTS, 516 Central SW, downtowngrowers.com Free unless otherwise noted; some events take Marie Ste B, Santa Fe, RSVP: (505) 424-1601, 7 pm, Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St, Albuquerque’s haunted bars, pubs and saloons. 242-6367, harwoodartcenter.org 242-1445, 516arts.org teatroparaguas.org Santa Fe, (512) 495-9600, SATURDAY, MAY 30 May 9, Sage & Jared’s Happy Gland Band place at other venues as noted. Adults only, 9 pm, $10 not including drinks, UNM Art Museum, Main Campus, Popejoy Hall, Los Primos 7 pm, Norma Libman, Lonely Village facebook.com/violetcrownsantafe SWING DANCE TO BIG BAND May 23, May 6, taxes, or gratuities, 246-8687. THROUGH MAY 29 277-7315, unmartmuseum.org OPENING MAY 23 7 pm, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial May 7, 7 pm, Alice Lee, Necklace of Stones: THURSDAY, JUNE 25 SUNDAYS A Memoir of Poetry and Place RECURRING DAILY, YEAR ROUND JEWELRY AND ART IN LIVING COLOR: JUNE 13-JULY 24 JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU’S SECRET Amphitheater, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 1 pm, Turning Points in Women’s Lives, FRAN RYAN, RITA PONGETTI OCEAN 3D YOUR DAY IS MY NIGHT: EXPERIMENTAL nmvetsmemorial.org RAIL YARDS MARKET (ABQ) May 9, BOSQUE BIKE TOUR EXPOSURE: GORDON PARKS, La Vida Llena Anthology The Gallery ABQ, 8210 Menaul Boulevard NE, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 9 am, 777 First St SW, railyardsmarketabq.com Routes Bicycle Rentals & Tours, RANIA MATAR 3 pm, Michaela Carter, Further Out Than thegalleryabq.com PREHISTORIC PLANET 3D Part of New Media New Mexico, SATURDAY, JUNE 6 May 10, Desert Darlings, Quietly Kept, Leah May 9, 404 San Felipe St NW Part of Photosummer 2015 Leyva and the Band You Thought TINY GIANTS 3D currentsnewmedia.org ALBUQUERQUE FOLK FESTIVAL This 2-hour ride showcases beautiful scenery, MARTA LIGHT: RHYTHM AND GESTURES Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave SW, Lockheed Martin Dynatheater, New Mexico 7 pm, Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St, Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE May 17, Zachary Kluckman hosts POETS, May 14, 7 pm, Ashlet Biggers, 100 Things to do flora and fauna, and professional tour guides Weyrich Gallery, 2935-D Louisiana Blvd NE, 766-9888, levygallery.com Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd Santa Fe, (512) 495-9600, Music, food, storytelling, workshops and much Desert Stars Polynesian Dance, Good Green in Albuquerque before You Die who identify the many historic and significant 883-7410, weyrichgallery.com Sage Harrington, Scotty and the 3 pm, Sean Prentiss, Finding Abbey JUNE 19-JULY 25 NW, 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org facebook.com/violetcrownsantafe more. Tickets: abqfolkfest.org May 24, May 16, landmarks along the trail. 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MONDAY, MAY 18 May 16, SNOWMASS MAMMOTH FEST: MUSIC, OF SLAM and ghost stories during this lantern-lit, Central Ave SE Ste 100-B, 268-8952, new- THROUGH AUGUST 2 May 20, 4:30 pm, American Girl Book Club BREWS, CHILI 90-minute excursion through the haunted history ABQ JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL ALEX GREY & ALLYSON GREY: 7 pm, Madrid Old Coal Town Museum & groundsgallery.com Rupprecht Matthies: ¿Being Home? More info: jccabq.org, afme.net May 21, 10:30 am, Story Time! Outer Space Roaring Folk Valley, Snowmass Village, A GUIDED MEDITATION AND TALK Engine House Theatre, Madrid, of the people who lived and died around Old Colorado, (877) 987-6487, 7 pm, Synergia Ranch, 26 Synergia Rd, Santa poetryslam.com/slam/slam-enchantment Town since 1706. 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CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF currentsnewmedia.org 10 am, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial SATURDAYS, YEAR ROUND THROUGH MAY 23 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, (505) 424-2339, iaia.edu AUCTION NUESTRO MAESTRO MARCO GARCIA MAY 6-JUNE 26 Taos Art Museum at Fechin House, 227 Paseo Event Center, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, SUNDAY, MAY 10 del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM nmvetsmemorial.org ALBUCREEPY DOWNTOWN GHOST WALK ALASKA TO ALBUQUERQUE — THE HAPPINESS IS A WARM PROJECTOR By ABQ Trolley Co., start at Hotel Andaluz, 1701 Fourth St SW, 246-2261, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, Spector More info: taosartmuseum.org PHOTOGRAPHIC GICLEES OF SHERRI BURR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 MOTHER’S DAY BUFFET AND LODGING JUNE 10-JUNE 13 125 Second St NW nationalhispaniccenter.org City-County Government Building, 1 Civic Plaza, Ripps Project Space, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Albucreepy’s experienced paranormal investiga- Santa Fe, (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES: PACKAGE 10th Floor, Ste 10111, 468-7108 The Lodge Resort, 601 Corona Pl, Cloudcroft, THINKING AND WRITING ABOUT tor leads you to historic (and reportedly haunted) THROUGH AUGUST 30 SHORTS GARDENS NM, (800) 395-6343, thelodgeresort.com NEW MEDIA ART sites, including the KiMo Theater, Kiva FRIDAY, MAY 15 cont. on page 32 Part of New Media New Mexico, Part of New Media New Mexico VIEWS FROM THE BEACH Mother’s Day Lodging Package including one NOW OPEN Auditorium, old Bernalillo County Courthouse, Alice Price Projects Gallery, Downtown Hyatt,

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