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VOL III, Issue 28, November 23-29, 2016 | News, Analysis, Arts and Entertainment
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www.freeabq.com Editor: [email protected] News: [email protected] Arts: [email protected] On Twitter: @FreeABQ On Facebook: facebook.com/abqfreepress ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY Editor Dan Vukelich (505) 345-4080 ext. 800 General Manager, Sales Director Sarah Bonneau (505) 345-4080 ext. 810 TABLE OF CONTENTS Associate Editor, News Dennis Domrzalski (505) 306-3260 APD Trying to Run Out the Clock - pg 7 News Take Back the Co-Op Associate Editor, Arts Pulp News - pg 8 Jyllian Roach (505) 345-4080 ext. 818 Federal Art Funding The Future of Nob Hill - pg 8, 12 & 13 Circulation Manager Steve Cabiedes (505) 345-4080 ext. 815 Tank of Gas: Cochiti Area - pg 10 Art Director Arts & Food Fight: Mannies vs. Frontier - pg 16 Archie Archuleta Goodbye, Nutcracker - pg 18 Designer/Illustrator Entertainment Film Focus - pg 20 Rob M "Fantastic Beasts" Review Photography Quinn Mander Q & A - pg 22 Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan "Beautifully Broken" Review Antonio Labreche, Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm Contributors this issue Cartoons - pg 15 Moriah Carty, Erika Eddy, Steve "Mo" Features Callboard - pg 19 Fye, Gary Glasgow, Ariane Jarocki, Calendar - pg 21 Dan Klein, Ashley Kurtz, David Lynch, Games - pg 23 Sara MacNeil, Sayrah Namasté, Robert Reich, Tom Tomorrow, Christa Valdez, Lex Voytek Letters - pg 4 & 5 Copy Editors Columns Dan Klein - pg 9 Wendy Fox Dial, Jim Wagner Sayrah Namasté Advertising Account Executive Robert Reich - pg 15 Cara Tolino (505) 345-4080 ext. 810 Sales Department (505) 345-4080 ext. 810 Office Administrator Melissa Wood (505) 345-4080 ext. 817 Published weekly by: Great Noggins LLC P.O. Box 6070 Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 Publishers Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich Cover: Courtesy of the ABQ Museum of Art and History Photo Archive
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That responsibility rests solely with the Public Education Commission, an elected body of ten members from around the state. While we are administratively attached to PED, we are an independent body and serve as the successor to the old New Mexico Board of Education. It is an uncomfortable situation as we ha e not been gi en our own staff. The Legislature created the Charter School Division within PED to be our staff. hat sounded good in the legislation, but in reality it works poorly, as we ha e no say in the staff- ing or the assignments or individuals on that staff. er the last year and a half, the relationship has become more and more contentious and has To the Editor: does getting Republican governors Hey, maybe Darwin should have been hurting the schools as well as the elected, perhaps we wouldn’t be at the been in retail. commission. After the election, my wife and I bottom of every ‘good’ list and the top could no longer justify having a sub- – Norm Segel The PEC does not have a budget al- of every ‘bad.’ scription to the Albuquerque Journal. though 2 percent of [certain] funding “In the digital age where news from is withheld from each school, district So, we cancelled it. Below is my letter To the Editor: to their management saying why. I multiple sources is available on the or state chartered, to pay for services am submitting it to ABQ Free Press internet and our digital devices, why This is regarding the column by to the schools. PED has control of Weekly as a letter to the editor. I think go out of your way to alienate your ayrah amaste about a film about those funds rather than the PEC. a lot of other people feel the same way readers fter all, ew exico is – for Iraqi refugees [Nov. 9-15 issue]. We have no idea what they are used we do. the most part – a blue’ state. I found a better way to change for we ha e tried to find out and we have no control over them. The “I QUIT! You win! We can’t take it “So, for us it is ‘adios’ to your biased minds about the [2003] Iraq War ce of the tate uditor is currently anymore so we canceled our subscrip- paper.” was to just give them facts about the attempting to audit that 2 percent. tion this morning. –Carl Weik neoconservatives, since they pushed for it, and why militarily it would Since April, we have been trying, “My wife and I have decided we fail. This is especially true for those in unsuccessfully, to obtain a contract can no longer read the Albuquerque Editor’s Note: the military. with an attorney in Santa Fe who has ournal during breakfast and fight our ABQ Free Press welcomes readers’ worked with us in the past to facilitate way through the constant barrage of comments on the quality of the news The strategic objective was to our contract negotiations with renew- ‘right-wing’ propaganda. media in New Mexico, including redesign the Middle East and destroy the work by this newspaper, the TV Islam as a force. Neocon Douglas ing schools. PED has been denying “Before moving to Albuquerque, we stations, radio stations and other Feith suggested it in 2001. Condi the contract. They have no business lived in some very conservative states news outlets. Rice admitted this ten years ago. Joe in making that decision, as we are not such as Tennessee, Arizona and Idaho. Wilson told the American people that under their supervision or authority. Nowhere did we experience the total some weeks prior to the invasion. In My point in writing to you after bias in reporting constantly exhibited To the Editor: a biography, Colin Powell is quoted seeing the article on fi e of our charter in your paper. I appreciated Dennis Domrzalski’s saying the same thing. schools, is that in my four years on “It is not just the opinion page, recent articles on the “Take Back the When the strategic objective is the commission in a district that which is totally dominated by the Co-op” situation at La Montañita unattainable, the war is lost before it is covers the largest part of Albuquer- right, but in local reporting right Co-op. I have shopped at the co-op started. Why do you think no military que, no one from any media outlet down to the business page. The pa- for years, traveling often from the far theorist supported it pposing a has contacted me for information tronizing tone is insulting. Give your North Valley to both the Nob Hill and war that can’t be won, whose strategic before writing or reporting on charter readers some credit! Rio Grande Boulevard locations. I schools. I find that insulting to . like the wide variety of items, both objectives can’t be realized, is not “You claim to take no position on I think that is also a disservice to the organic and non-organic foods, the cowardice, but insisting others fight the race for the presidency and then commission and our schools. helpful, friendly staffers and e en the and die while you stay at home totally bombard the reader with an- long hours the co-op stays open. And, is cowardice. – Carmie Lynn Toulouse, public ti-Clinton rhetoric. Secretary Clinton I was grateful when the co-op opened – Gregory Ozimek education commissioner, has been scrutinized exhaustively and the location near Cottonwood Mall on District 3 has been cleared by multiple congres- the West Side. My experience is that sional committees and the FBI. Trump location has gotten more and more To the Editor: is a sexual predator. You honestly Editor’s note: popular with shoppers since open- I think the general public has a see no difference his is a perfect Ms. Toulouse refers to 10 pages ing, and it’s certainly convenient for misunderstanding concerning where example of false equivalency. in the Nov. 9-15 issue that contain those of us living in the many nearby the responsibility for state-chartered paid advertisements placed by “Printing multiple pictures of Susie communities. school actually rests. It is with five area charter schools he ad- Martinez reading to a second-grade onsequently, and for the first time, PED. While they control the formula vertisements were placed by the classroom is not going to convince I recently became a member of the which determines the “grades” and schools to meet an annual PED the people of New Mexico that she is co-op. I did this as an a rmation of can take o er the finances of a state requirement that they publish a a successful governor. However, it is support for the past and current man- school in fiscal trouble, they do not public report card on themselves unlikely that you will ever learn that agement. It’s smart that the co-op has approve or deny new charters or using PED-established criteria fact. If she would work as hard to im- evolved over the years in order to stay renew or refuse charter renewals or prove New Mexico’s economy as she relevant and to stay in business. close state-chartered schools. LETTERS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • 5 To the Editor: old six-foot sidewalks. Charles Ma- bsolute selfishness latched on to and morality in their bodies to vote rohn, an engineer in Minnesota, has people from the left and the right. for a man they hated in order to stop In accord with the letter writer con- said simply, “In retrospect, I under- eople began to fight for ideology in the other team from winning. cerning statements printed recently stand that [insisting on wide, high- favor of doing what’s right. People (“listing what each party supports...”), When will we learn that the future way-like lanes in the city] was utter took politics and transformed it there might as well have been “Bad of the country is more important that insanity. Wider, faster, treeless roads into sport, into being about winners Guys” and “Good Guys” atop the partisan victories? not only ruin our public places, they and losers. This is so fundamentally lists. kill people.” wrong! Politics is the art of crafting After seeing the total lack of grace There are two questions it would and knowledge of policy this elec- Here at home, no one has explained policy to mold society to a desired behoove the editor to answer for the tion cycle, I wonder if the American why Albuquerque needs such wide outcome in which the citizens are readers: If these were paid advertise- people are ready for the torch to be lanes when anta e gets along fine happy and free. ments, why were they not identified passed. The president-elect will get with much naturally slower, narrower But instead, we had Bernie-sup- as such? Why, on the back cover of the none of my prayers or good wishes. lanes, with curb parking, too. And porting purists who refused to back ct. - issue, was this unidentified I reserve that for the perseverance visitors pay good money to visit and Hillary or even voted for Trump to paid advertisement directly to the of the strength and character of the walk around Santa Fe! Not so much “make a point.” We also had Ted right of the Bernalillo County govern- American people. Albuquerque. No, everyone drives Cruz and John Kasich supporters who ment voter information box (implying around here, and they drive fast. shredded every piece of self-respect – Daniel Ohiri its sanction)? But we really do know better. Was its placement there a coinci- Last year, the city paid eff peck, a dence? This borders on duplicity. This national expert on creating streets that would not be surprising to see in the people want to walk along. He told Alibi. I thought the Free Press hewed them how to make Downtown more To the Editor: to a higher standard. “walkable,” AND that city car lanes I am in shock. Chump – G. R. Robertson shouldn’t be any more than 10 feet thinks the presidency is a wide. The city is following his part-time job and that he can advice on Downtown streets, thank Editor’s note: come and go as he pleases. you. So his good ideas end at the The letter writer has a point. The He is not a public servant, he railroad tracks? ad in question should have been is not smart, he has serious identified as such with the iden- What a waste of a $120 million character issues, and he must tifier “paid advertisement”along opportunity to make Central Avenue, not be inaugurated. Historic Route 66, a street we can with the source of the ad. Americans have not even all love. begun to understand how To the Editor: – John Hooker much the U.S. will be endangered if this groping What a wasted opportunity to make con man takes o ce. Central Avenue a great street, a pretty To the Editor: street, a street people would enjoy! The hellish campaign season was There will be civil war if Why do the mayor and his engi- duly marked by frayed relationships Chump is inaugurated. I am neers insist on building a highway between friends and families. Why? convinced that just because I past UNM and through Nob Hill to Because we collectively decided as a don’t know the solution does allow his bus rapid-transit system to nation that facts mean nothing. We not mean there isn’t one! We make record time? (During the hours have put facts in the same category as must pool our intelligence it runs.) opinions, and that is why we just had and stop this menace before the ugliest election in American histo- But bus riders also have to walk, any more damage is done. ry. We were drawn to candidates and don’t they? There has to be a way, hope- Facebook debates based on emotion fully a legal and ethical one. Why won’t the designers and and selfish impulses. contractors improve the quality of ac- – Kelita Smith It doesn’t matter that the unemploy- tually walking to and from the bus or ment rate nationally is better than it riding a bike on Central to reach those was in 1995. Someone might disagree local businesses he says he wants to with that statement, but you cannot ABQ Free Press help? Oh, I guess there will be a nice disagree with a fact. Just because you Weekly welcomes letters park-and-ride lot somewhere at Expo don’t feel better off than you did in to the editor and bylined New Mexico. 1995 doesn’t mean the whole country opinion pieces, subject to As it’s going now, the contractors is ust as bad off as you. editing by the newspa- will scape Central clean from curb he catastrophic umpster fire of per for style and length. to curb and pave it for the bus lanes an election we just witnessed was the Letters may appear in down the center. Most sidewalks will most chaotic and nauseating series print on the newspaper’s remain as they are. A few segments of nonsense our nation has ever website, freeabq.com. will get new sidewalks and street trees seen. This election was a wholesale Writers should include to replace the median trees lost – but repudiation of the Democratic Party. their full names and a not Nob Hill. Not only that, it was a rejection of the daytime phone number Instead, drivers will get one gener- “establishment,” although there is no that the newspaper’s ous, fast lane each way, and the buses clear consensus as to what or who the editors can use to con- will get their own fat, unobstructed “establishment” is and is not. Most tact them. Submissions lanes that local racers can use off importantly, the most tragic outcome should be sent to hours). Central will have four lanes, this turbulent year has given us is a [email protected] each 13 to 17 feet wide! With miserly, total rejection of facts and logic. 6 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY
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BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
he way Albuquerque attorney they blasted private, I suppose than your current people in order TPeter Cubra sees it, the Ginger’s I have seen to really get to the facts, and so why Albuquerque Police Department is findings. some of that in don’t we like get rid of this guy? Why don’t we try somebody else?’ trying to shoot the messenger in its “These life, but doing dealings with the U.S. Department accusations are it for all the “At that point,” Cubra continued, of Justice and a federal judge. in my career public to hear and “everything slows down some The messenger is James Ginger, unprecedented then to under- more, we have lots of chaos, they the independent monitor in the and I don’t mine the entire ask for another couple of years to case whose job is to guide APD understand credibility of get the job done. And then the next through a series of reforms, return why anyone this process thing that you know, there is a new it to constitutional policing and end would do it and this court administration in Washington and its practice of excessive use of force unless they – I have never they ask for some replacements for against the city’s populace. are trying seen it before. these guys, so why don’t we just get this over with? And then they are By trashing the monitor, it ap- to kill the “To me it going to ask you to just let this go, pears APD is trying get the monitor messenger,” smells like never hold them to the agreement.” kicked off the case and replaced by Cubra told they are try- someone new – a development that U.S. District ing to get softer City Attorney Jessica Hernandez would set back any hope of reform Judge Robert findings from the said the city posted the critical at APD by years. Brack, who is monitor by attack- letter about Ginger to its website overseeing the settlement of ing them publicly if he says after Brack refused to let the city In a Nov. 18 court hearing, Cubra, the U.S. Department of Justice’s things against them,” Cubra said. change Ginger’s special report. “We a veteran civil rights lawyer who civil rights case against APD. thought that it would be di cult represents mentally ill people and “Here is what it looks like to me,” for the public to understand your has sued APD and the Metropolitan I ha e ne er seen it so flagrant Cubra told the judge. “Recently we decision if they did not understand Detention Center on their behalf, and I have never seen it so public. have begun to attack the monitor, the parties’ concerns that you were laid out what he believes APD’s And so I would hope that you say that he doesn’t know what he is deciding,” Hernandez told Brack in game plan is. would do everything that talking about or he is unfair or we you can to make sure that no one are doing better than he says. the Nov. 18 hearing. First came APD’s attempt to cen- who is involved in this lawsuit sor Ginger’s report on APD’s prog- “At that point you’re either dis- would ever again accuse your mon- Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor ress – or lack thereof – in reforming crediting the court’s findings or you itor of, quote, ‘grossly mischaracter- at ABQ Free Press Weekly. Reach him at itself. Then came the city’s posting are trying to set up the court to say, izing the department’s status.’ [email protected] of a confidential letter between ‘You know, judge, you really need attorneys on its website in which “If they want to bash your agent in somebody smarter, better, younger,
‘Take Back the Co-op’ Wins 4 Seats, Says Fight’s Not Over
BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF
group dissatisfied with the four board seats. The winners re- “We want to return to an emphasis He said that special meeting had yet Amanagement of La Montañita ceived a combined total of 4,036 votes on local organic food, and we want to be scheduled. Co-op is nearly halfway to its goal out of 6,784 votes to see the workers The Take Back the Co-op group has of removing all nine of the co-op’s cast. The co-op treated better. Un- alleged a conspiracy among three current board members in what they has around 16,000 ‘We want to return to an fortunately, a lot national groups to homogenize all say is a fight to return the co-op to its members. of the information co-ops in the nation and make them founding values. “I think people emphasis on local organic was hidden and look and operate like one another. A slate of candidates supported by were concerned food, and we want to see we want to make The group also said it wanted to oust the “Take Back the Co-op” organiza- about the issues sure that 16,000 La Montañita Executive Director the workers treated members have ac- tion won all four board seats that were we brought up: – Take Back the Dennis Hanley. up for a vote in the regular board the focus on better’ cess to information Co-op leader Django Zeaman we felt that was Hanley told ABQ Free Press previ- election that occurred earlier this labor issues, ously that the move to sell non-organ- month. The group intends to continue local, sustainable hidden and kept from us.” ic products was necessary to compete its effort to call a special board organic food and against competitors that include meeting to oust the remaining fi e more transparency Zeaman and Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts and board members. and democratic involvement of the his group have gathered about 1,800 Whole Foods. While the co-op was a The four winners were Gina Dennis, members,” Django Zeaman, head of petition signatures calling for a special pioneer in offering organic and local Elise Wheeler, Marissa Joe and Chad the Take Back the Co-op movement, board meeting in which they want to produce in the 1970s, it has to change Jones. Twelve candidates vied for the told ABQ Free Press Weekly. oust the remaining board members. to compete, Hanley said. 8 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS Pulp News Federal ART Funding COMPILED BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF Gets Less Certain
Olden days rest of his life destroying these fi e BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI people. e didn’t speak about any- Working too hard? Maybe you here won’t be any money from the getting forgi able loans to offset their thing else and I found it ery bi arre. should tell your boss about medi- . . ongress this year for ayor losses due to construction might I told him I didn’t think it was the T eval English peasants who took an ichard erry’s lbuquerque apid not get them. best way of spending his life. I said it a erage of days off each year was going to eat him up and do more ransit pro ect. he city has less than , for religious holidays and festivals, damage to him than them. ouse peaker aul yan an- available in a fund for loans to those compared to the paltry . days the nounced on o . that epublicans businesses, and that money won’t typical modern merican takes off would pass a continuing resolution be a ailable until arch, which one from work. ot only that, the typical Peanut patch during the lame-duck session to fund business owner said will be too late. peasant’s work day was far different. the go ernment through arch when he , is far less than the . In a Boston University paper titled esearchers ha e de eloped a skin it will consider a spending plan by the million the city originally said it had he erworked merican he patch that peanut-allergy sufferers rump administration. hoped to make a ailable for loans. nexpected ecline of Leisure, the can wear to build immunity from paper’s authors wrote typical a peanut immune reaction. ests That means Congress won’t be ity ouncilor en anche , who working day in the medieval period ha e shown the patch works best on debating resident bama’s proposed has been critici ed for his support stretched from dawn to dusk work children ages to but also ha e budget, which includes million of , said he was shocked when and was intermittent – called to a shown that almost half the people for . he learned how little was in the loan halt for breakfast, lunch, the who wore it for a year developed he continuing resolution will most fund. e said he learned that not significant resistance to their customary afternoon nap, likely keep federal spending levels at through the mayor of unicipal e- peanut allergies. s many as and dinner. ccording - le els, and there’s no elopment epartment but only after million mericans suffer to the paper, the money for in that budget, said making a request directly to the city’s from peanut allergies. medie al calendar on ancock, a member of the conomic e elopment epartment. was filled with Dearth of ni ersity eights eighborhood It’s astonishing because we antici- holidays – o cial business ssociation, who follows pated million, anche told church holi- congressional budgetary matters. ree ress eekly. e were talking days included ales of caskets he ederal ransit dministration million. not only long four years from has yet to appro e for actual anche added that if each loan acations’ at now, as baby boom- funding, but Berry’s administration were the proposed , , the city Christmas, ers start dying off started construction on in ctober would have enough money to “help Easter and mid- in larger numbers, with million in other federal . businesses. he ew exico summer – but are estimated to be grants recei ed in pre ious years. estaurant ssociation, which oppos- also numerous million – down es the pro ect, says of its members saints’ and rest from . billion in oan ri n, a pri ate contractor days. In addi- . he expected who is doing public relations work along entral are negati ely affected tion to o cial drop is due to boom- for , said city o cials belie e they by construction. celebrations, there ers’ increasing use of can get some money out of the anche said he was told by city were often weeks’ cremation. ut fear not. continuing resolution. o cials they are still trying to raise worth of ales to mark Funeral homes deprived he continuing resolution may money for the loan fund, but he important life events of their chief profit center allow for funding of some -fund- questioned the appropriateness of (bride ales or wake ales), are turning to high-end urns, ed infrastructure pro ects, ri n the effort. as well as less momentous which can cost as much as , , said. ayors from cities with mall ne entral enue business owner occasions scot ale, lamb ale, and e en though low-end functional tarts grants are working on this was furious that the city had so little hock ale . ll told, holiday leisure ersions can be bought at almart specific request with ongress. he money in the loan fund. time in medieval England took up for as little as , the all treet added that the city will continue to probably about one-third of the year. ournal reported. “They want us to wait and prove use pre ious and highway grants that we ha e been hurt. I and e ery- Settling scores Dazzled to keep construction going. one along this corridor has had a drop ormer ity ouncilor and in business, said atrick rey, owner irgin tlantic ichard ran- olice in hen hen, hina, are using opponent ete inelli said ongress’ of the kateshop at entral son foreshadowed what he thinks a bright headlights to punish drivers decision to not consider bama’s e. . Trump administration will be about, who don’t dim their high beams for budget further jeopardizes the bulk of citing a pri ate lunch he had with oncoming ehicles. nce pulled o er, y arch we might not ha e ’s funding and places the pro ect rump. ome years ago, r. rump in addition to a fine, offending sidewalks in front of our building. at serious risk. in ited me to lunch for a one-to-one motorists are forced to sit in a chair They want us to prove that they made meeting at his apartment in Manhat- and stare into police an headlights “The mayor should order an imme- us go out of business, and by the time tan, ranson wrote on irgin.com. set on high for a minute while reciting diate cessation of the pro ect until they we need the money we’ll be hanging e had not met before and I accept- tra c regulations. he idea started on ha e a definiti e statement whether or on by a thread and won’t be able to do ed. en before the starters arri ed, eibo, hina’s closest equi alent to not the money is forthcoming, inelli anything with it. he began telling me about how he had witter. ra c police comrades, one said. ou ha e a mayor that has been asked a number of people for help eibo commenter wrote, I belie e gambling on getting a federal grant Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor after his latest bankruptcy and how this kind of punishment is not right, that is in total eopardy. at ABQ Free Press Weekly. Reach him at fi e of them were unwilling to help. it’s inhumane, they should have to Meanwhile, business owners along [email protected] He told me he was going to spend the look for minutes. entral enue who counted on COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • 9 NM Politicians are Expert About that First Thanksgiving; In the Gift of Giving Offering Advice to Immigrants
BY DAN KLEIN BY SAYRAH NAMASTÉ ere in the Berry, City Councilors Brad Winter Hland of mis t and Pat Davis tried to wrap a $3.9 lthough “National studies show that politicians, million gift – the partial Awe picture receiving DACA [status] means a 45 Christmas presents privatization of APD – for Winter’s families feasting percent increase in wages. It means are already under campaign treasurer. That gift got together around work with dignity, not work under the tree. returned. Thank goodness they kept the dinner table, the table. Immigrants get better Let’s peek at the receipt. Thanksgiving Day wages and working conditions. I what’s there. District Attorney Kari was rst pro- know a DACA student who is now Democratic state Brandenburg re-gifted a political claimed in 1637 a practicing attorney. Many are Sen. Michael Sanchez gave the gift “thank you” to Attorney General by the governor going into the health eld,” of martyrdom to his fellow Demo- Hector Balderas. Last year, Balderas of Massachusetts O’Sullivan said. crats. Not to be outdone, with the gave Brandenburg the gift of no Bay Colony to commemorate the help of voter backlash, Gov. Susana prosecution for her activities “wiping out of the Pequot people,” Martinez gave the gift of a House involving her sons’ crimes. a massacre of more than 700 indige- majority to the Democrats. The Albuquerque Dream- This year, Brandenburg gave nous men, women and children. ers Clinic was just a week U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan Balderas the prosecution of APD From 6:45-7:45 a.m. on Thurs- gave Albuquerque Rapid Transit Of cer Dan Webster’s alleged killer. day, Nov. 24, the annual Circle of old when Election Day foes a gift by refusing to approve It’ll be an easy conviction that will Remembrance will be held at the President Obama’s budget. That get Balderas good PR just in time turned the lives of DACA Center for Peace and Justice, 202 budget has ART’s money in it. We’ll for the 2018 election cycle. workers upside down see if it’s still there in 2017. Harvard Drive SE. The event is a Why doesn’t Brandenburg give chance for people in Albuquerque Balderas the 30-plus police shooting to gather to share prayers and Based on the successful Santa Fe cases she hasn’t reviewed? Some thoughts for slaughtered people. Dreamers Project, the Albuquerque are now more than three years old! Mayor Richard Berry is Dreamers Clinic was just a week That’s a gift that Balderas doesn’t The ceremony will be held outside, hoping for that ART want. “Aw, you really shouldn’t,” he so dress for the weather. Feel free old when Election Day turned the present in Trump’s must have told Brandenburg. to bring sage, cedar and a snack lives of DACA workers upside down. to share. For more, call (505) Trump has said he will end the budget, but then, Trump Then there’s the missing gift to DACA program, which he can do Albuquerque from Balderas – the 304-3144 or visit facebook.com/ without Congress’ approval because has a long memory alleged pay-to-play Taser/Ray lpdocchapter.albuquerque. it was an executive order. Schultz case. Hey, Hector, it’s been You may have seen that editorial three years. Seriously. How long There is tremendous fear in the The gift of “crow” goes to Albu- cartoon of Native Americans build- does it take? ing a wall as the May ower arrives. immigrant community, and I have querque Chief Operating Of cer been impressed with how the immi- Michael Riordan. On Nov. 7, Riordan Judge Alicia Had eld gave Special The confused pilgrims say to each grant rights community immediately told city councilors, “It [a federal Prosecutor Randi McGinn the gift other: “They say they are building a refusal to fund a project like ART] of not having to decide. The same wall because too many of us enter mobilized to support a population has never happened. This would be week prosecutors dropped charges illegally, won’t learn the language so heavily scapegoated in Trump’s an historical event if we were not to in a mistrial of a jail guard rape or assimilate into their culture.” election campaign. receive this grant agreement.” case, Had eld let McGinn off The Albuquerque Dreamers Clinic the hook on a retrial of the James It’s a reminder that unless you are is still ling DACA renewals, but it And then, an historical event hap- Boyd murder. Native American, you are an immi- pened. Donald Trump was elected grant to this land. is unknown whether Trump will president the next day. Billionaire George Soros gave DA- honor the two-year work elect Raul Torrez the gift of more Right after the election, immi- authorization period guaranteed Mayor Richard Berry is hoping for than $100,000 to win what ulti- grant rights groups moved quickly that ART present in Trump’s budget, through the program. However, the mately was an uncontested election. to support vulnerable people in our but then, Trump has a long memory. clinic is no longer doing new intakes Maybe Torrez can gift some of that community, knowing that the next Berry, known to friends as R.J., left to R.J. for ART. because the staff does not want to town when Trump held a rally in president wants to build a wall and expose people not currently known May, a sign that he didn’t support The last gifts are from Berry to his deport millions of immigrants. to the government to the risk “The Donald.” staff. He gave Chief Administrative The Albuquerque Dreamers Clinic of deportation. Of cer Rob Perry a $44,000 pay started in late October as a free Albuquerque police of cers have raise to get Perry to $191,000 a Instead, the clinic is organizing given Berry the gift of ight – their year. Berry gave APD Chief Gorden walk-in legal clinic for immigrants “Know Your Rights” workshops, own – as veteran cops ee APD in Eden a $10,000 raise to get Eden to applying for the Deferred Action for supporting immigrants with green record numbers. If only Berry had $168,000 a year. Nice gestures, R.J., Childhood Arrivals, a program Presi- cards and survivors of violence given them the same $12,000 reten- considering how bad a job Perry dent Obama put in place in 2012. with U-visas. tion bonus he gave APD brass! But and Eden are doing running the city DACA allows immigrants who that present’s nowhere to be found. and APD. Advice from the clinic is free, and Maybe the mayor left it in plain came as children without no appointment is necessary. Just sight inside a car parked at the mall. I have an idea! KOAT-TV says permission to temporarily get work walk in from 1-6 p.m. on any APD’s “Cops for Kids” Christmas authorization and defer any action Monday at Casa de Salud, 1608 For the citizens, Berry has the gift program is short $8,000. How about to remove them. Isleta Blvd. SW. Learn more at: of high crime. Lucky us. Perry and Eden donate $4,000 each? Emma O’Sullivan, an attorney who santafedreamersproject.org. Berry gave Peter Winograd Come on, guys. That would be some $68,000 to blame someone else for real Christmas spirit! staffs the clinic every week, said she sees DACA as an economic devel- his crime problem. It must be nice Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the to be a friend of R.J. OK if I call you opment program because work American Friends Service Committee in Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police R.J., R.J.? authorization increases economic Albuquerque. She writes about events of in- sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. opportunities. terest to Albuquerque’s activist community. 10 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY TANK OF GAS On A Tank of Gas: Cochiti Area
BY MORIAH CARTY
et’s head north again for some true LNew Mexico adventures. On the southeast side of Jemez, nestled amidst three different ueblos, a world of excitement and wonder awaits. Start north on I-25 until exit 259, then head west on NM 22. Eventually “National Monument” signage can help lead the way. Albuquerque to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: 54.7 miles Better known as Tent Rocks, Ka- sha-Katuwe means “white rock” in Keresan, which is the language of the ueblo people. he cone- or tent-like figures are the result of volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. he rock is fairly brittle as you head up the canyon. he hike wea es between tight spaces worn down through years of erosion. It feels claustrophobic at times, as it narrows and widens. It opens up as you near the base of the fairly steep climb to the top. he ascent is fairly di cult as you scramble o er some short ledges – careful foot placement is key. On the way back down, you can connect with the Cave Loop, which eventu- ally takes you back to the car. otal mileage is just shy of 3.5 miles. ake your way back to and head west again. The signage makes this trip a bree e. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks to Stone Kiva Restaurant: 9.6 miles Stone Kiva is one of the only that helps control the Rio Grande. If you don’t have your own means of floating on the water, check out And that’s a wrap. Make sure to restaurants in the area, but it doesn’t It is one of the largest earth-filled be respectful of the land around at disappoint. nag some burgers and dams in the United States, and it’s some rentals in town before making the trip. he pa ed boat ramp makes every stop on the trip as it is rich with beer, but not too much, before heading about fi e miles long from end to end. culture and tradition for others. out to sea. Sort of impressive for a state as dry as for easy access. New Mexico. t some point before sunset, pull Sayonara weekend travels, until rder dessert to-go, it’ll be the next time. perfect snack for later. Cochiti has all the amenities of out the dessert from earlier and enjoy the serenity. It’s not often New Mexi- ollow east until the turn off any campground: camping, hiking, cans find themsel es in the presence Stops: 3; Miles 116.7 for Cochiti Lake; make a left. fishing, boating, swimming and picnic grounds. of so much water. Stone Kiva Restau- hile swimming is probably out of Moriah Carty is an Albuquerque local with rant to Cochiti Lake: the question this time of year, boating Cochiti Lake to a heavy sense of wanderlust. 2.5 miles is a nice pastime on the no-wake lake. Albuquerque: You might even spot some windsurf- 49.9 miles Cochiti Lake is a product of the dam ers while you’re there. ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • 11 2 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY EWS EWS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • The Future of Nob Hill is … Uncertain BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI AND SARA MACNEIL
ob Hill, Albuquerque’s only real small, family-run, clothing, entertain- Nneighborhood shopping district, ment, arts, jewelry and retail shops. may be defined through the years Ron Halbgewachs, president of the Trending in Nob Hill: ART by its adaptability. Nob Hill Neighborhood Association, BY SARA MACNEIL Nearly abandoned in the 1970s agrees with a consultant hired by the when retail businesses and shoppers city, that Nob Hill should try to land You can’t talk about the future of While the historical heritage of moved to the Coronado and Winrock “brand-name anchor stores” that will Nob Hill without Mayor Richard Old Route 66 has in recent years malls, the area reinvented itself in be attractive to millennials. Berry’s $119 million Albuquerque attracted many to both Nob Hill the 1980s as a thriving strip of small, “Attracting millennials is the goal. Rapid Transit project injecting itself and Albuquerque, ART has ruined into the conversation. eclectic, mom-and-pop retail shops Young people do web searches look- its ambiance as trees, flowers and xeriscaping have been torn out, and restaurants resembling the pedes- ing for main stores,” Halbgewachs Like it or not, as evidenced by an Schroeder said. trian-friendly neighborhood shopping said. “Any shopping mall uses anchor ree ress eekly sur ey of districts in older big cities. stores. There are plenty of bars and Nob Hill business owners up and “It’s going to be a concrete Now, Nob Hill is changing once again. restaurants that need to be balanced down Central Avenue during late canyon,” he said. October and early November, ART Although he acknowledges it’s too Small retailers are closing, and bars, with stores.” has become a factor in the destiny of late, Jesus Gomez, owner of Canvas breweries and restaurants are taking The city’s consultant, Robert Burque’s quirkiest neighborhood. Artistry, a self-described “eatery, their places. Sidewalks once populated Gibbs, said Nob Hill “should remain As we visited store after store, bar and urban art collective” at 3120 with graying pony-tailed baby boomers, as a specialty district, not a modern seeking voices in the conversation Central Ave. SE, said ART should university students and young families shopping center.” about what the future holds for ha e been built on a different street, pushing baby strollers are increasingly “Nob Hill will have a hard time Nob Hill, owner after owner probably Lomas Boulevard. being filled with bar-goers. Johnny Vizcaino surviving unless new retail is brought Kelly’s Brew Pub purchased the old Jones Motor Co. garage in 1999 and turned it into a craft brewery, restaurant and outdoor beer garden. brought up ART. “It’s been forced on us without And with that change come fears by in,” he said. Most said ART-related construction any agreement to the time frame,” neighborhood residents and business But neither Halbgewachs nor Gibbs and congestion already has led to a Gomez said. become the nostalgic haven for small, owners that the area will become an- could offer examples of what kinds But wait … dramatic drop in foot tra c and sales. Some say once ART is built, local locally owned retailers. “Nob Hill is Many foresee ART as the beginning other bar-heavy Downtown, complete of anchor stores they’d like to see, retail stores, unable to sustain them- no longer what it was built to be,” of the end of their livelihoods. with rowdy drunks, fights and omit although they made clear they’re not sel es, will be the first to disappear. she said. “It would be better if there Despite the talk of doom and gloom and urine in streets and alleys. talking about Walmarts or Targets. Steve Schroeder, owner of Nob Hill were a better mix, but we have to be along the ART route, Nob Hill is “Construction will kill them. ART Much of the change is being driven Neither man explained how the area, Music, a record store at 3419 Central will bury them,” Schroder said. realistic.” showing success in filling commer- by technology and changing shopping with its dearth of parking and old, Ave. NE, said business is down by cial space that had remained vacant 20 percent since ART construction lan ulford, owner of ield habits as more people shop online, at small retail spaces, would be able to following the recession. started. Thirty percent of Schroeder’s and rame at ulane ri e , destination malls like ABQ Uptown attract anchor stores. The threats predicted that with construction, the The vacancy rate for commercial customers are from out of town. and big-name retailers. Those changes only people using Central will be Gibbs said the area needs more spaces around the city is 7 percent, Omar Nesheiwat, owner of Sahara raise the question of whether the parking, slower tra c and more professional drivers. small, family-owned retail shops that Architect Tony Anella, an ART but in Nob Hill, it’s 5.6 percent, said Middle Eastern Eatery, 2622 Central landscaping to become attractive to opponent who owns several proper- Dan Hernandez, an associate broker at Ave. SE, said his business is down 35 “Other drivers are going to be are the heart of Nob Hill can survive. speeding down Silver with all the new retail tenants. ore trees, flowers ties on Central in Nob Hill and the Berger Briggs Real Estate & Insurance percent since construction began. At the same time, Mayor Richard and less gra ti would be a good start, pedestrians, bicyclists and skate- University area, said he thinks ART Inc. Joe Millard, assistant manager Berry’s Albuquerque Rapid Transit he said. boarders,” he said. will accelerate the death spiral of “ART might be causing some at the Astro-Zombies, a comic project is permanently altering the Currently, Nob Hill is made up of small retail caused by the internet. book store at 3100 Central Ave. om ord, owner of ey honny, retailers to give up the ghost, but we gift store at 3418 Central Ave. SE, portion of Central Avenue that runs Johnny Vizcaino , said foot tra c has dropped 70-80 percent independent local retail- Jackie Swerbinsky sorts through the book racks at Astro- educed ehicular tra c will mean haven’t seen that yet,” he said. through Nob Hill, and the project’s dramatically. He called ART a said holiday shopping this year ers, Gibbs said. He envisions a desired Zombies, a comic book store at 3100 Central Ave. SE, one fewer customers for many businesses, critics fear it will forever transform he flip side of the internet threat “horrible, horrible idea.” began late. mix of 10 percent national retailers, of the eclectic specialty shops that gained Nob Hill its which then won’t be able to afford Nob Hill into a collection of franchise to local retail, Hernandez said, is that “Today is Saturday, and Nob Hill 30-40 percent regional retailers, and 50 reputation as a quirky shopping district. their rents, Anella said, which in turn “I have yet to meet a neighbor on stores and chain restaurants. percent local retailers. it “has given small mom-and-pop Central who is for this,” Millard said. is empty, ord said on the afternoon will lead to mortgage problems for businesses access to the world” and of Oct. 22. “Everything we were landlords. “The only ones who seem to be for it vibrant and prospering neighborhood bring in many more customers than market-savvy retailers no longer have are people who aren’t on Central.” guaranteed was a lie. Nobody associ- What they want “Developers will swoop in and buy to rely solely on customers from their ated with this project can be trusted No mas restaurants with a mix of shops, restaurants and do retail shops. In the course of an Larry Rainosek, owner of the immediate area. or believed.” cultural entertainment.” hour, anyone counting heads entering up those properties,” Anella said, rontier and olden ride restau- The changes being forced upon it businesses along Central can see that. adding that they would most likely be “Before, you were really restricted to rants, said business at his Golden A business owner who was an early Attorney Morris Chavez tried to Competition and congestion are raise questions about what, exactly, But the debate always seems to come rented to restaurant chains and fran- someone that was in driving distance Pride store at the west end of ART proponent of ART and still believes open a Mexican restaurant with a two reasons Nob Hill residents and Nob Hill wants to be. back to parking. chise stores because banks see them as of you,” Hernandez said. “And plus, construction is down 15-20 percent the project will be good for Nob Hill full-service bar in Nob Hill but saw his business owners cite in their opposition spoke with ree ress eekly, Many area residents say they want less risky than lending to mom-and- they might not have even known that since ART construction began. concept shot down. Nob Hill knows to more restaurants and bars. Existing “A lot of places that were retail have but he declined to be quoted for this the neighborhood to be more of what pop operators. you existed.” what it doesn’t want, he said, but restaurants don’t want the competition, become restaurants, and the problem usiness at his iconic rontier at article, saying ART has become so it was before the bars and restaurants If that scenario plays out, “I think ornell and entral has fluctuated doesn’t know what it does want. while the surrounding neighborhood is that that parking spills into resi- divisive an issue that he fears for his mo ed in. In an unscientific ree doesn’t want the congestion and dential areas,” Bernstein said. “But you will see a proliferation of the Sara MacNeil is an editorial intern for the ABQ wildly, but is trending mostly down. business and his employees. Press Weekly survey over several “It depends who you ask. Some want franchise culture [along Central],” Free Press Weekly. His Golden Pride fried-chicken store parking problems restaurants and cars landlords love restaurants because A spokesperson for ART was weeks, residents used terms such as Nob Hill to be a huge shopping and Anella said. “You are going to see this on West Central at Old Coors Road has bring to side streets off entral enue. they pay more and they sign longer contacted for this article but did entertainment district. Others want it organic success story transform itself laid off six people. ainosek is trying See a related story on Albuquerque ean ernstein, owner of the lying leases.” not respond. to be a quiet neighborhood,” Chavez with a lot more of the same – franchise get them placed at his other locations. Rapid Transit on Page 8 Star restaurants, said restaurants Bernstein doesn’t think the area can said. “I would like to see it grow into a culture, franchise America.” 4 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY
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Proceeds benefit the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation. www.festivaloftreesnm.com CARTOONS/COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • Democratic Party, New Message Needed BY ROBERT REICH t’s time for a New Democratic content with the status quo. “The IParty. The old Democratic Party economy is in good shape,” he said. has become a giant fundraising ma- ost mericans are better off than chine, too often reflecting the goals they’ve been in years.” and values of the moneyed interests. Wrong. Median family income is It has been taken over by Washington- lower now than it was 16 years ago, based fundraisers, bundlers, analysts ad usted for inflation. orkers with- and pollsters who have focused on out college degrees – the old working raising campaign money from corporate class that voted for Trump – have and Wall Street executives. fallen furthest. The election of 2016 has repudiated Most economic gains, meanwhile, the old Democratic Party. We need have gone to the top – elicit bank a New Democratic Party capable of bailouts, corporate subsidies, special organizing and mobilizing Americans tax loopholes, favorable trade deals. in opposition to Donald Trump’s Wealth, power and crony capitalism Republican Party, which has taken fit together. mericans know a take- over all three branches of the U.S. over has occurred, and they blame the government. establishment for it. We need a New Democratic Party The Democratic Party once repre- that will turn millions of people into sented the working class. ut o er the an activist army to peacefully resist past three decades, the party stood what is about to happen – providing by as corporations hammered unions, them with daily explanations of what the backbone of the White working is occurring in Trump’s administra- class. It failed to push reform or en- tion, along with tasks that individuals forcement of labor laws or to impose and groups can do to stop or mitigate meaningful penalties on companies their harmful effects. It must be a that violate them. party that will protect vulnerable populations from harassment and exclusion – including undocumented What happened in America on Election young people, recent immigrants, Day should not be seen as a victory for people of color and women. hatefulness over decency but rather as a repudiation of the Democratic power It must be a party that will recruit a new generation of progressive can- structure that wrote off Bernie Sanders didates to run at the local, state and as an aberration national levels in 2018 and beyond, including a leader to take on Trump oth ill linton and arack bama in 2020. ardently pushed for free-trade agree- It must be a party that will do ments without providing millions of everything possible to advance the blue-collar workers who thereby lost progressive agenda at state and local their jobs the means of getting new levels – getting big money out of poli- ones that paid at least as well. tics, reversing widening inequality, ex- Democrats also allowed antitrust panding healthcare, reversing climate enforcement to ossify – with the result change, ending the militarization of that large corporations have grown police and mass incarceration of our far larger and major industries more people, and stopping interminable concentrated. and open-ended warfare. The power structure is shocked What happened in America on by the outcome of the 2016 election Election Day should not be seen because it cut itself off from the li es as a victory for hatefulness over of most Americans. Perhaps it also decency but rather as a repudiation doesn’t wish to understand, because of the Democratic power structure that would also mean acknowledging that wrote off ernie anders as an its own central role in enabling the aberration. presidency of Donald Trump. The old Democratic Party doesn’t Robert B. Reich, chancellor’s professor of have a clue about what has happened public policy at the University of California at to most Americans. A respected Berkeley and senior fellow at the Blum Center Democratic political insider recently for Developing Economies, was secretary of labor in the Clinton administration. This column was told me that most people were largely edited for space. The entire piece can be found at robertreich.org. • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY F A Pair of Huevos
Mannies' huevos rancheros come with hash browns and a garnish of Chile was the key to the Frontier Restaurant's win for best lettuce and tomato. Unlike most, it's served on a flour tortilla. huevos rancheros. The wonderful house made tortilla on the side helped, too. Mannies Frontier 2900 Central Ave SE, 2400 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505) 265-1669 ! (505) 266-0550 BY STEVE “MO” FYE
uevos Rancheros might be an I still don’t have a great The chile (I decided to order Hiconic entry on New Mexican automatically think balance of heat Christmas for both reviews) had menus, but the recipe originated in of beans as breakfast and fla or oes the less heat than I wished, but was Old Mexico. food. I have, however, come presentation make you still very good. Mannies offers both But that isn’t going to stop Burque- to love the New Mexico theory that if want to dig right in? red and green chile in vegetarian nos from taking the dish and making you throw an egg on it, it’s breakfast. For more than four decades, the or meat versions. The eggs were it their own. Then again, there’s seldom a time UNM community and locals alike cooked properly, but the beans were a bit bland. Perhaps second only to menudo, that putting an egg on an entrée is bad ha e flocked to he rontier and huevos rancheros is the breakfast of idea. Every cook and restaurant has a Mannies for quick meals. I have a The Huevos at Frontier are hung-over champions. Science backs personalized version of the dish. love-hate relationship with both, consistently good, this time was no this up. The albumin in eggs bonds In Albuquerque, of course, you because I have eaten at each so often exception. The beans were refried with and helps flush the toxins left be- get your choice of red, green or that I have occasionally had meals and had the best fla or of the two hind after a night of boozy excess. The Christmas. Some serve the dish with that fell far short of my expectations. restaurants. The chile was hot and still beans metabolize quickly to stabilize a flour tortilla. ome places add rice Even picky food writers know had excellent fla or. I sprung for the blood sugar levels without a crash. or potatoes. Lettuce and tomatoes? that restaurants can have bad days, 50 cent addition of cheddar cheese. Chile heals all wounds and has been Why not? There will likely be however, a bad day can make a Based on taste, Frontier comes out shown to boost the metabolism. shredded cheese. first-time guest ne er return. he ast on top. Some folks might choose the Originally, huevos rancheros was So how do we judge huevos majority of my meals at both have larger portion at Mannies, but I go the fare of Mexican farmers and rancheros on an objective basis? been delicious and satisfying. for fla or and heat when it comes to ranchers (thus the name) after early o make this food fight fair, I Mannies’ Huevos Rancheros breakfast. morning chores were complete. In had to establish some guidelines. were pretty representative of the its simplest and ideal form, the dish uthenticity is no mirror of fla or and Albuquerque version of the dish, Steve “Mo” Fye is an instructional tech in the Culinary Arts program at Central New Mexico consists of a corn tortilla, pinto beans quality, so I chose to judge based on but came on a flour tortilla and were Community College and will throw an egg on and an egg or two topped with a the components: Is the egg properly garnished with lettuce and tomato. anything, breakfast or not. tomato-based chile sauce. cooked? Are the beans tender and The portion was large enough that I Since I was raised in the Midwest, properly seasoned? Does the chile took some home. ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY A E Keshet Says Goodbye to 'Nutcracker on the Rocks'
BY SARA MACNEIL
eshet Dance Company is closing Kits trademark production “Nutcracker on the Rocks” this year to make room for additional pro- gramming. “Nutcracker on the Rocks” isn’t only special for being a boisterous contemporary interpretation of “The Nutcracker,” but also for being a production that has created a diverse community during its 20-year run. The performance featured dancers of all ages, professional and non-pro- fessional performers, and included children with disabilities, ensuring everyone and anyone who wanted to be involved had a part. “Nutcracker on the Rocks” was a community col- laborati e pro ect that reflects eshet’s belief that anyone can dance. Vladimir Conde Reche has danced the role of the Nutcracker Prince in “Nutcracker on the Rocks” for seven years. This year, he’s sharing the role and dancing 10 of the 18 performanc- es. Conde Reche has danced with many different performers during his time in the production, as various Pat Barrett dancers have moved in and out of the role of Marie and the Rat Queen. but I’m excited to see what direction “The structure has stayed the hira will take the company next. same, what changed was the peo- hira reenberg, eshet founder and ar- ple performing,” he said. “The cast tistic director, said she created “Nutcracker changes and people bring something on the Rocks” to introduce the company to different, he said, adding that a mix lbuquerque. ow that eshet has created of dancers at different le els allows for a significant community here, she said it unexpected surprises. was time to pursue new creative endeavors. “Nutcracker on the Rocks” increased “We’re working on engaging people all from dancers in its first production to year long, rather than one event here and to 140 dancers in the current production. one event there,” Greenberg said. Anyone who auditioned could participate eshet is launching an international if they could commit to the professional dance festi al next year, as well as touring rehearsal schedule its performance company nationally and Although the rehearsal structure was a internationally. The company is taking big commitment, many dancers participated a program that works with incarcerated in the production year after year. Children youth in detention centers to fi e pilot cities who started when they were young moved as well. their way up through roles, becoming “As a company grows some of the core principal dancers in the show. Pat Barrett Pat Barrett values can get buried in the pursuit of grow- Elysia Pope performed in “Nutcracker on ing programs and productions,” Greenberg the ocks from the age of six to . ope said. “I’m proud that even as the company After she retired from the show, Pope Pope performed Drosselmeyer in ev- performed every role in the show, even grows, our philosophy of openness doesn’t was called back in 2013 to play Madam ery show that run of the production. She dancing as the Nutcracker Prince during a disappear,” she said. Drosselmeyer, the magician who brings will play Drosselmeyer again, as well as rehearsal. The one character Pope has never the Nutcracker to life. Pope received a the Rat Queen, in this year’s “Nutcrack- For more information, and to buy played was protagonist Marie, which she telephone call on opening night, three hours er on the Rocks.” tickets for “Nutcracker on the Rocks,” visit wasn’t particularly interested in. keshetarts.org before the curtain would open It’s really exciting to perform “I like being the villain. I’m good at it,” “I had to rely on muscle memory and all again with the company that built me she said. Pope played the evil Rat Queen Sara MacNeil is an editorial intern for the ABQ of my years doing the show to soak back up into the dancer that I am today,” her senior year of high school in her last Free Press Weekly. in within a couple of hours,” she said. she said. “‘Nutcracker on the Rocks’ performance in the production. holds a special place in my heart, CALLBOARD ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • The Callboard: Local Auditions in One Place
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McGloin Armstrong [email protected] “The Iceman Cometh” “Sanctuary: A Medieval Murder Send an email to Open ethnicity, 10-12 – Lucy Dec. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mystery” [email protected] Vortex Theater (2900 Carlisle Blvd. Nov. 26, 1 to 4 p.m. Fletcher NE, Albuquerque) Nov. 27, 6 to 8 p.m. “Sanctuary: A Medieval Murder Prepare a 1-2 minute monologue Adobe Theater (9813 Fourth St Mystery” [email protected] Nov. 26, 1 to 4 p.m. 2 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY F L NM Film Focus: And the Hits Just Keep Coming BY CHRISTA VALDEZ orthern New Mexico just in the Land of Enchantment. Nwrapped on a true-life prison New Mexico is slated to play host break movie about the New York to the adaptation of the comic book state penitentiary escape of two series calped, created by ason murderers aided by prison worker Aaron. “Scalped” is a modern-day oyce itchell. he drama, directed crime story set on a Native American by tephen olkin and starring oe Indian reservation. It explores power, Anderson and Myk Watford, is loyalty and spirituality. Adapted for scheduled to air on Lifetime early merica by writer oug ung, next year. the production is expected to shoot It looks like Albuquerque will be in multiple locations beginning very next to host a production for the early next year. network. Rumor has it that a suspense Still rolling in New Mexico: “Get thriller, produced by Reel One Enter- Shorty” series for the Epix network; tainment, revolving around a fright- “Sicario” sequel “Saldado”; NBC se- ening adoption experience is slated to ries “Midnight, Texas”; AMC's “Better begin filming in the uke ity by the all aul and the etflix mini-series end of the month. Shoot New Mexico “Godless” and multiple independent Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment is productions. 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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Enjoyable, But Not Perfect BY DAVID LYNCH was one of the seemingly few who being perhaps the toughest to follow of be much darker titular beasts provide memorable Iwasn’t particularly enamored by all nine movies in the universe. stories when sequences of their own that make the idea of a new franchise set in While it has its moments of compared to for the film’s highlights. what can only be referred to now as a grandeur, a novel would have been the other Potter In the lead role, Eddie Redmayne Harry Potter cinematic universe. the best way to showcase Rowling’s films, including is a ehicle of confident nai et , his Having read the Harry Potter series signature ambitious storytelling with Muggle – sorry, nervous smile and even his gait rounds and watched the previous eight movies a multitude of storylines that intersect “No Maj” – out a fantastic turn. hen the film more than a few times, I was perfectly in confusing ways. paranoia and the isn’t pretending to make protagonists fragile line that satisfied with the uni erse . . After a Firebolt-esque start, the out of other characters, Redmayne’s keeps wizarding Rowling created. The breadth, even movie slows down to the speed of a scenes steal the show. society under before the advent of Pottermore, was Cleansweep Eleven broomstick. The Warner Bros. the covers. atherine aterston also effecti ely enriching enough that I was content first act is exceptionally well done, embraces her role as a former Auror with even the more ambiguous details focusing on Newt Scamander and But when you remember the who has fallen from grace, conveying of Rowling’s world. what he’s hiding in his suitcase. previous Harry Potter movies centered a quietly determined performance on a terrorist with no regard for the After watching “Fantastic Beasts” An early sequence in a New York opposite Redmayne’s clumsy lives of schoolchildren, “Fantastic – the first of a reported fi e films that bank is hilarious and moves along Scamander. Beasts” isn’t incredibly provocative. will attempt to turn said ambiguity swiftly. But some characters are clearly Tight, cohesive narratives helped into canon – I don’t find myself unnecessary and as a result, the David Yates, who also directed the make the otter films so strong. he counting the days until the sequel. motives and stories of others are not last four Potter entries, provides an main problem with “Fantastic Beasts” If you can get past the messy tangle of fleshed out. It’s almost as if owling aesthetic much like the one fans fell is that it isn’t sure where to focus its narratives and frustratingly expendable was so concerned about writing a in love with – trademark visual cues storytelling efforts. ecause of that, characters, “Fantastic Beasts” does add predictable story that she offered like the logo hovering ominously it’s tough to walk away with the same some new things to the wizarding world several plotlines in the hopes that at through the clouds and moving sense of wonder generated by the many are so familiar with. least one would be compelling. photos in newspapers. stronger Potter entries. “Fantastic Beasts” is visually “Fantastic Beasts” does introduce The varied, imaginative creature spectacular, but the film suffers from new themes that initially appear to design is also top-notch – the David Lynch is an award-winning film critic. CALENDAR ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • 2
THROUGH DECEMBER 31 Christmas is a Funny Thing MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Native Realities: Superheroes of 3 pm, Desert Rose Playhouse, 6921 Yelawolf 7 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Past, Present, and Future Montgomery Blvd NE Ste E, 881-0503, Take Turkey Day Fun Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe desertroseplayhouse.net St, Santa Fe, 982-8111, formandcon- Out of the Kitchen TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 cept.center NOVEMBER Slander & Nghtmre THROUGH JANUARY 31 28-DECEMBER 9 7 pm, Sunshine Theater, 120 Central Nutcracker on the Rocks BY ERIKA EDDY DADA Centennial: Day of the Ave SW, 764-0249, sunshinetheater- Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Dead Reception, Friday, live.com Ave NE, 227-8583, keshetarts.org Hang out with the November 4, 5-7 pm International family this weekend Museum of Collage, Assemblage TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 without spending hours SCREENS and Construction Archives, 1925 Rosina St Ste C, Santa Fe, (505) State Health Insurance & in the kitchen by leaving 303-3034, collagemuseum.com Assistance Program the entertaining to the NOVEMBER 1 pm, Free, Esther Bone Memorial 24-DECEMBER 3 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Library, 950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio professionals. Rancho, 891-5012x3128, rioran- Guild Cinema John Cleese & Eric Idle chol-ibraries.org Hocus Pocus is a 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848, 7:30 pm, Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque family-friendly show guildcinema.com Convention Center, 401 2nd Street WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Through November 24, 18th Annual NW, 768-4575, albuquer-quecc.com 30 of sophisticated magic Animation Show of Shows Through November 24, Tampopo – a Reception – Elegance of Mutation: Artist in Residence Open Studio and unusual acts from 3 pm, Free, Institute of American Indian Happy Thanksgiving Treat Japanese Bunny Tobias Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, professional magicians. Noodle Style! Reception – Kin: Gabriel Craig & iaia.edu The 7th annual show is November 25-26, Kizumonogatari Part Amy Weiks 2: Nekketsu 5 pm, Form & Concept, 435 S back in Albuquerque with November 25-28, Tanna Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, (505) A Conversation with Betty Hahn “How’d they do that” November 25-28, The Handmaiden 982-8111, formandconcept.center & April Watson: Stories from the November 26-27, Children’s Film Camera acts on stage, comedy, 5:30 pm, Free, UNM Art Museum, 203 Festival Seattle 2016 – See the World, NOVEMBER 25-26 Cornell Drive, 277-4001, unmartmuse- audience interaction and Feed Your Mind: Animated Shorts Winter Spanish Market in um.org close-up magic. November 29, I am Me: Understanding Albuquerque the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Hotel Albuquerque, The team behind Hocus NOVEMBER and Identity 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, (505) 30-DECEMBER 2 Pocus revamps their show November 30-December 3, Girl Asleep 982-2226, spanishcolonial.org November 30-December 3, Little Sister ASUNM Arts & Crafts Fair each year and gets great re views from locals. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 am, Free, UNM Student Union Catch one of the two shows at KiMo Theater Saturday, Nov. 26 THROUGH NOVEMBER 24 26 Building Ballrooms, 1 University of Jean Cocteau Cinema Indies First New Mexico, 277-6544, craftstu-dio. at 3 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. unm.edu 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 10 am, Free, Page One Books, 5850 For more information, or to buy tickets, visit 466-5528, Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026, hocuspocusshow.com jeancocteaucinema.com page1book.com Grow the Growers Program Through November 24, The Quiet 5:30 pm, Bernalillo County Extension Earth Winterfest Office, 1510 Menaul Blvd NW Ext, Through November 24, The Love 3 pm, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza 314-0400, bernco.gov Witch NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave SHOWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 NW, albuquerquecc.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Frank's Jazz Hands WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Crosstalk: Connie Willis NOVEMBER 25-30 7:30 pm, Free, Yanni’s, 3109 Central Ave 30 NOVEMBER 26-27 6 pm, Free, Page One Books, 5850 Sister Bar NE, 268-9250, yannisandlemoni.com Here, There, & Everywhere 7th Annual Hocus Pocus Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026, 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave Magic Show KiMo Theatre, 423 407 Central A ve SW, 242-4900, page1book.com NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Central Ave NW, 768-3544, sisterthebar.com Little River Band kimotickets.com November 25, Cold Turkey Get Down Inn of the Mountain Gods Answers. Puzzles on page 23 November 26, Flashback 80’s Video Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo NOVEMBER Music Dance Party Canyon Rd, Mescalero, EVENTS 26-DECEMBER 4 (800) 545-9011, innofthemountain- November 27, Tele Novella, Sun Dog The Nutcracker Ballet November 29, Dream Beach, gods.com THROUGH NOVEMBER 25 9x9 Art Show Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Reighnbeau 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, Quintessence: Messiah Sing Reception, Friday, November 4, 5-8 pm November 30, Echos popejoypresents.com 3 pm, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, African American Performing Arts Launchpad 114 Carlisle Blvd SE, 672-8863, Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, NOVEMBER 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, quintessence-abq.com 222-0778, aapacnm.org 26-DECEMBER 11 launchpadrocks.com Tal Burdine THROUGH NOVEMBER 26 Peter Pan November 25, Standing Rock Potluck Rodey Theatre, UNM Main Campus, 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of New Mexico Chroma: November 26, Dirty Deeds Burlesque: 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Katherine Irish Blue Lily Día De Los Muertos landmarkmusicals.com November 29, Chino XL, Planet Asia 242-4600, albuquerquemuseum.org Atelier, 3209 Silver Ave SE, November 30, Metalachi 263-6675, bluelilyatelier.com NOVEMBER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 26-DECEMBER 30 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Chatter Cabaret: Two Trios and THROUGH NOVEMBER 28 Influence of the Past: Marla River of Lights The Gershom Brothers a Quintet 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, 5 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & Allison 7 pm, Hotel Andaluz, 125 2nd St NW, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Loma Colorado Main Library, 755 242-9090, hotelandaluz.com abqbiopark.com chatterabq.com Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Rio Rittz w/ Jarren Benton Rancho, 891-5013x3033, riorancho- SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 li-braries.org 7 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave Cool Yule Holiday Concert Christmas Tree Lighting SW, elreyabq.com 3 pm, Free w/ RSVP, KiMo Theatre, THROUGH DECEMBER 4 4 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo NOVEMBER 25-26 kimotickets.com The Henry Project: Henry IV & Henry V The Vortex Theatre, Canyon Rd, Mescalero, Danny Duran & Slo Burnin’ (800) 545-9011, innofthemountain- 2900 Carlisle NE, 247-8600, Dirty Bourbon, 9800 Montgomery Blvd de Profundis: Stars I Shall Find gods.com vortexabq.org NE, 296-2726, thedirtybourbon.com 3 pm, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 114 Carlisle Blvd SE, depro.org 22 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY F L L ERA RE In the Presence of a King: Quinn Mander And the Complexities of Being Henry
BY ASHLEY KURTZ
laying the main role in a show is to him, and what does it mean to be What’s the most Palready tough, but Quinn Mander an honorable king, to be a good king? has the challenge of starring in two And how much of that does he take enjoyable part shows as a single character: Henry in from the example of his father, Henry of this role? Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” and “Hen- IV; who was a very particular type of Everyone is so passion- ry V.” Mander develops the character king? Assuming the role of kingship ately dedicated to this project through two shows as he matures the question for Henry is duty. It’s no matter the size of their from a slightly rebellious young not about him, it’s about the seat of role. It’s wonderful. It’s been prince to a king trying to do the best England. It’s about the crown, the a true blessing to be part of he can for his people. Combining both station of the crown and the service this project. There’s a lot of part one and part two of “Henry IV” that it’s owed. cross-gender casting. Some into one play, while also putting on of the characters are actually “Henry V” provides Mander, and the Can you tell me changed to women; like the rest of the cast, with the opportunity Duke of York is a woman to allow the audience to see a com- what your biggest playing a woman. In Pis- plete character and country transform, challenge is? tol’s case, who is played by while also seeing the consequences of Augusta Allen-Jones, Pistol There’s a lot of lines. Well, it the choices Henry makes. is still a man, she’s playing can be challenging to go back and him as a male. So, there are forth because a lot of times I have to both cases where you’ve got Can you summarize remember what play I’m in. But it’s women playing male roles as also remembering where in the arc the two shows a bit? women, and women playing I’m in is more important, it’s not even This is really the story of a young male roles as men. lines, but where in the growth of the man growing up and having to as- character am I? And how do I get in sume all the responsibility and duty of touch with that organically when I Ashley Kurtz is a freelance theater Lynn Roylance being a king, what that really means walk into rehearsal? critic. ‘Beautifully Broken’ is Just Broken
BY LEX VOYTEK
I know I'm not supposed to judge a A gorgeous to strippers and other sex workers admirable autonomy and emotional book by its cover, but I should have stranger walks without much qualification. awareness. But even with Kat's aware- known Laura Lee’s new adult fiction in, and she pre- Kat’s mother, who Kat just refers to ness and growing strength, it still novel, “Beautifully Broken” was going dictably tries to as Cybil, is a prostitute and a heroin turned into a damsel in distress story to be iffy. seduce him. She addict. Of course. Cybil is why Kat where Prince Charming saved the day. Not only that, but the title suggests doesn't want to has been ‘bounced around the system’ It was in that moment I knew the the manic pixie dream girl trope, or at exchange names – as Kat says – as a foster child. Cybil woman would be healed and saved the very least, some sort of outdated or stories, she is exactly the popular assumption of by the man. There weren't enough idea that beautiful women have some just wants to sex workers – selfish, drug-addled pages left for Lee to flip the script internal flaw to be managed. screw. and beyond hope. with a refreshing twist of power. This book was a train wreck, and as The book Kat may use sexuality to get her way, I wasn't just mad at the miserable such I was compelled to keep flipping LAN Fiction LLC supposes this but Lee suggests Kat is better than her experience of reading the book, I through the pages as the story reached is what every mother because she doesn’t have sex was appalled by the perpetuation of total destruction. I was hopeful of man wants, and the duo goes back to for money, just to escape reality. destructive mythologies. the gorgeous stranger's house. The maybe even a surprising redemption Lee further misrepresents men by I'll admit there was something in the end, a resolution to the irre- reader then endures a clumsy mess compelling enough about the book to of attempted erotica in first person, making them into an untrue stereotype sponsible story telling that made the as well – they are controlled by sexual read the entire thing, but I felt dirty sloppy writing worth reading. present tense narrative for the next and betrayed by the final chapter. several pages. urges and will cave to impulse when a It never came. beautiful woman tempts them. I should have stopped there, but I Lex Voytek is a nervous wreck and read- The book starts with high school thought it would get better. Instead, I tried to forgive the ignorance in ing quiets the noise. Reach her at student Kat celebrating her 18th birth- the book recklessly uses cliché the serious subjects Lee was trying [email protected] day in a dive bar by way of a fake ID. tropes from 'hot for teacher taboos' to tackle because she did give Kat an PUZZLES ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 23-29, 2016 • 2 Sudoku Crossword by Myles Mellor and Sally York by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan Across company summer Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into 1. West Indies 52. Hokkaido 23. Gospels follow- native er nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column native 6. Plaintive cry 53. Short order? 24. Stake driver and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 10. Immaculate 56. He painted 25. Selection 14. Suppose "The Love Letter" 26. Bury 15. Eye 59. Former British 27. Hot rod propel- 16. Better protectorate lant 17. He drew the 60. Leaves home? 28. Consonant type "Vitruvian Man" 61. Kind of ticket 29. Critical 20. Frick collection 62. College in 30. Shack 21. Buck passers? Portland, Ore. 34. Peer 22. Cone-shaped 63. Class 36. Assurance 23. Word for Yorick 64. Flip 37. Cemetery sights 24. Cartoonist 38. Off-color Walker Down 40. At full speed 25. He painted 1. Cuba libre ingre- 43. Alabama city "The Old Tower" dient 44. 1960's musical 31. Sleep ___ 2. Monkey 45. Punish, in a way 32. Mark's successor 3. Wild time 46. Knots 33. School of the 4. Whistle Stop ___ 49. A bit cracked future? 5. Old usher 50. Focal point 35. Pharaoh and 6. Small-scale 51. Butter namesakes 7. Psyches 52. Not docked 36. Arroyo 8. Antediluvian 53. Maintains 38. ___ lamp 9. Guns et al. confidently 39. Be off 10. Literally, "way 54. Reply to "Shall 40. Air of the gods" we?" 41. Anon's partner 11. Southern side? 55. 2004 Brad Pitt 42. He painted 12. Machu Picchu film "Tain't You" builder 57. James Whit- 47. Pair at sea 13. Enclose a room comb Riley's "___ I 48. Capture 18. Stable color Went Mad" 49. Railway 19. Sign of late 58. Bygone bird Answers for all puzzles on page 21 24 • November 23-29, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY
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