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Party Hard, Drink Smart(er) on New Year’s Eve PageS 20-21 2 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news Editor’s a&e Picks ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 3 Paris Talks More About Business than Climate A&E: Three to See BY DAVID CORREIA “The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales” ARIS – The United Nations Framework Con- the world gave stirring speeches marking the start All are out in Paris.” Instead the agreement uses eu- Albuquerque Museum of Art and History [Page 25] Pvention on Climate Change held its twenty-first of COP21 in a cavernous airplane hangar nearby, phemisms such as “international credited mitigation Dec. 9–April 6 annual meeting on climate change from Nov. 30-Dec. Gates was telling Amanpour that climate change was outcome mechanism.” She explained, “That’s how we 11 north of Paris in Le Bourget, France. The meeting a good business opportunity. He planned to recruit refer to markets in Paris.” was highly anticipated as perhaps the first real oppor- other billionaires, he said, in order to create a massive The predictions of economists and business leaders tunity for a binding global limit on greenhouse gas climate fund that would bankroll the climate mitiga- during the first week were reflected in the agreement emissions since the 1997 meetings in Kyoto, Japan. tion schemes he anticipated the talks would produce. hammered out during the second. The draft agree- The proposed solution to climate change in Kyoto I walked over to the “We Mean Business” kiosk ment at the time this paper went to press relies entire- relied largely on the market to reduce emissions. Cap at the center of conference facility to talk to Dirk ly on a market-based approach to climate mitigation. and trade, as it became known, permits companies to Forrester, the executive director of the International Through seemingly innocuous phrases like “regional University of Oklahoma Press Kadomatsu workshops buy and sell the right to pollute. If one firm reduces Emissions Trading Association, a trade group that economic integration” and “internationally trans- its emissions below a specific cap, it can sell the dif- represents emissions trading firms and investors. I ABQ BioPark [Page 30] ferred mitigation outcomes,” the agreement expands Dec. 19–Jan. 17 ference between what it emits and what it’s allowed told him I’d just seen Bill Gates. “The thing that CEOs the failed policies of Kyoto. to emit. Signatories believed that the Kyoto protocols value get paid attention to,” he said. Ironically, the only mention of “non market mecha- provided a market incentive to reduce emissions and Later, at a news conference of business leaders, one nisms,” an approach one economist called “the Boliv- penalized those who could not. corporate consultant complained that the agreement ian view of the world” comes in “Article 3 ter” of the It hasn’t worked. Climate scientists consider any lacked the kind of market language that once domi- agreement, which is the section that actually creates carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere above 350 nated agreements coming out of the United Nations. Wikimedia Commons the standards for a global trade in carbon credits. parts per million dangerous. Since Kyoto and cap and But at a meeting later in the day on carbon trading, I met more economists and business consultants “The Amazing Nina Simone” trade, levels have spiked from around 360 parts per Andrei Marcu, a business consultant from the Center The Guild Cinema [Page 27] million to over 400 ppm today. for European Policy Studies, explained that negotia- than climate scientists. As Lars Zetterberg, the director for business development for the Swedish Dec. 20–23, 6 p.m. So I went to Paris as an official observer of the talks tors have learned they need to “hide market language Re-Emerging Films to find out what might be different about Paris than in the agreement.” What was “carbon credits” is now Environmental Research Institute, explained to me, every other negotiation. “mitigation outcome.” Every economist and industry they were in Paris because “the agreement will finally As I walked into the official observers’ area of the representative I talked to mentioned this shift in establish the conditions for an international market in conference center on my first day there, I nearly language. Paris was different only in how it talked carbon to emerge.” crashed into Bill Gates as he stood on a plywood plat- about the market. That will be the legacy of Paris. It was a business Fiat Lux form placed squarely in the middle of the conference Christina Hood, a climate policy consultant with convention not a climate convention. by Samantha Anne Carrillo center. He was staring into a camera talking to the the International Energy Agency, told a room full voice of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. of climate finance consultants, “we can’t use words David Correia is an associate professor of American While more than 140 elected leaders from all over anymore like ‘credits,’ or ‘markets,’ or ‘accounting.’ Studies at the University of New Mexico.

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When I moved here, I was unaware of the active luminaria tradition in New Mexico. Nowadays, I call the Ridgecrest neighborhood home, and I still venture out every year to stroll down Ridgecrest Avenue for one of the finest luminaria displays in town. The City of Albuquerque website recommends Ridgecrest, which runs diagonally from Carlisle SE to San Mateo SE; the Country Club Neigh- borhood near Tingley Beach; Old Town, especially near the Plaza; and Los Alamos Civic, which is north of Bridge SW and east of Old Coors SW. This lovely tradition brings light and community to our city. Check out the holiday handiwork of your neighbors or construct your own with paper bags, sand and tea lights. For more info, visit cabq.gov.

Thursday, Dec. 24, after dark Various locations in Albuquerque

ON THE COVER: Cartoonist Gary Glasgow offers his take on World War II’s iconic “Rosie the Riveter” in recognition of the Pentagon’s decision this month to allow women to fill all combat roles. The decision is not without controversy, however. A Rand Corp. survey of 7,600 special forces operators found nearly all believe women will weaken unit effectiveness and drive men from those positions.

CORRECTION: A story in the Nov. 18 issue of the ABQ Free Press incorrectly reported that Gov. Susana Martinez’s political adviser, Jason “Jay” McCleskey, has two children with his wife Nicole. McCleskey has one child with Nicole, a 10-year-old boy. McCleskey and Megan Bye have a 14-year-old daughter together, according to Bye and court documents. 4 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS www.freeabq.com ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 5 news NEWS www.abqarts.com NEWS Editor: [email protected] Tyler Case Looms Large for Eden’s Tenure as Chief Associate Editor, News: [email protected] ABQ Free Press Pulp News BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI compiled by abq free press staff Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] hen you think about it, it’s a stunning devel- and taking action wet and dried into a solid mass that “That’s basically how I pass a lot of its website, GunTV “hopes to engage Advertising: [email protected] Drone warfare opment, really. The head of the Albuquerque against me which officials say is harder than concrete. my time,” he said. more than 85 million outdoors men W On Twitter: @FreeABQ Police Department’s training academy – the person is intended to A 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman The fire started from a spark while a and women,” CNBC reported. Major was ordered by a court to pay $600 responsible for ensuring that police cadets are prop- cause me and crew was drilling holes in the mass to cable providers, including Time War- Editor after damaging her neighbor’s drone Shopping wars erly trained in all aspects of policing from use of other reasonable try and rehydrate them. ner and Verizon, have stated publicly Dan Vukelich force to integrity, honesty and obeying department employees to not while it flew across her driveway. Merchants’ psychological warfare they have no plans to carry GunTV. (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 rules – is facing the loss of her law enforcement file charges of Martina Wlodarsky said she threw on shoppers has risen to a new The show plans to ship purchased Boycott license for allegedly breaking the rules at her former discrimination “driveway gravel” at the drone in self level, the Atlantic magazine reports. weapons to a gun store near the buy- Associate Editor, News defense when she spotted the aircraft job. and retaliation.” An Alabama state legislator is urging Expensive items go in the middle of er, where a federal background check Dennis Domrzalski while investigating a strange sound We won’t know for a while whether the New The alleged Alabamans not to shop at stores shelves because shoppers will opt for will be performed. GunTV’s website (505) 306-3260 Mexico Law Enforcement Academy board will yank retaliation has outside her window. “It sounded like owned by non-Christians. Rep. Alan those things over items on the ends says “sales data is tracked in real time Maj. Jessica Tyler’s license, but the ramifications in “caused me a weed-wacker or something coming Harper, a Republican, said most of shelves. Stores with thermostats giving the firearms industry actual Associate Editor, Arts the case could be huge, especially for APD Chief emotional distress, at me at eye level. I didn’t have a convenience stores are not owned by turned down see shoppers making return-on-investment information Samantha Anne Carrillo Gorden Eden, who didn’t advertise the job and who humiliation, em- choice. No one told me it was under “God-fearing Christians” and should more impulsive purchases, while in the form of an hour-by-hour ratio (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 didn’t conduct a formal background check on Tyler barrassment, and control,” Wlodarsky said. A court be boycotted. The owners of such warmer temperatures lead to more an- of dollars spent to advertise on the Mark Bralley Design that most every other city employee has to undergo. other compensato- ruled that the drone did not pose a stores use their profits to create “death alytical decisions. Popular music leads GunTV versus Sales Channel to sales APD Maj. Jessica Tyler Terry Kocon, C.S. Tiefa And while Tyler has fired back against her old ry damages,” she threat to Wlodarsky and she had no and destruction,” Harper claimed in a to impulsive purchases while less- made.” The show debuts Jan. 20. right to bring it down. message to his constituents which he er-known background music leads to boss, Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales, for said in the statement. Photography concluded with “May God bless.” more focused shoppers. Even snooty moving to decertify her as a cop, there are several Tyler didn’t address what could be a key in the Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, Liz Lopez, clerks have value. Instead of turning Bomb sale questions that have to be answered in the case. case against her. During a March 24 meeting with Potato pyre Adria Malcolm around and leaving a store without The U.S. Air Force has dropped so The first is why the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Gonzales and other BCSO command staff to discuss Firefighters in Farmville, N.C., are Gamer Office spent $25,000 to train 10 reserve deputies the reserve academy, Tyler apparently failed to tell purchasing something, insecure shop- many bombs on Iraq and Syria, it’s Contributors this issue out trying to douse a sweet-potato While his career in golf may be in from Sandoval County and only one from Bernalillo them that the legislative funding they were seeking pers tend to respond to bad service by in danger of running out, USA Today Lisa Barrow, Jeff Berg, David Correia, Bill Diven, Paul Gessing, fire that has been burning since the decline, 39-year-old Tiger Woods says County? Should Bernalillo County taxpayers pay to for the academy had been killed in the state Legisla- buying something. reported. More than 20,000 bombs Gary Glasgow, Heath Haussamen, Juani Hopwood, day after Thanksgiving. A multi-story he is “really good at playing video train reserve deputies from other counties? ture. have been dropped in the ongoing Ariane Jarocki, Dan Klein, Joe Monahan, Sayrah Namasté, storage silo owned by a company games.” Woods, who stunned a news Did Tyler lie to Gonzales when she told him that “Thomas did advise Tyler after he was able to war, leading Air Force procurement Robert Reich, M. Brianna Stallings, Richard Stevens, that uses dehydrated sweet potatoes conference earlier this month by Guns R Us former Sheriff Dan Houston had approved the confirm with Lt. Craig Sevier that the bill hoping to officials to take the unusual step of Rene Thompson, Tom Tomorrow, Efrain Villa, Alan Webber to make pet food caught fire, and the saying he has “nothing in golf to look “GunTV,” a new home shopping shopping for bombs in other coun- academy? Gonzales said he saw nothing in writing possibly reimburse regional academies, was killed at burning structure has been sending to prove that Houston had approved it. And why the Legislature, at approximately 2 p.m.,” the IA re- forward to,” says he spends most of channel is set to hit cable next month tries, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Copy Editors sweet-potato smoke across town for did Tyler apparently fail to tell Gonzales that a plan port said. “Once Tyler was advised by Thomas there his time in front of the video console. and sell firearms 24/7. According to Mark Welsh told the newspaper. Wendy Fox Dial weeks. Previously, the potatoes got she and then-BCSO Capt. Matt Thomas had worked would be no reimbursement, Tyler did not advise Jim Wagner up to get legislative money to pay for the academy the Undersheriff or Sheriff in order to solidify there Sales Director (505) 345-4080 had fallen through? would be no reimbursement forthcoming. Attached Pam Gutierrez x803 Why did Eden not advertise the job as it had been is the text message correspondence obtained from in 2012 when it was last open? Why didn’t Eden do Tyler’s department cell phone where Matt Thomas Featured RENTAL Property Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 a full background check on Tyler, and why did he clearly advised her of the reimbursement not getting Abby Feldman x802 Christian Horstmann x817 not pick up the phone and call Gonzales? passed in the legislative session. These messages Netherwood Park, Albuquerque Cory Calamari x810 John Wehner x812 In a prepared statement released Dec. 10, Tyler had been previously deleted by Tyler and were Garrett Ferguson x809 said the internal affairs investigation that Gonzales retrieved by Lt Brian Lindley.” initiated against her was in retaliation for her having Eden partially answered the question of why he Operations Manager filed a sexual harassment complaint earlier this year didn’t do a full background check on Tyler during a Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 against BCSO Lt. Broderick Sharp. Dec. 9 City Council meeting. “The Sheriff’s Office is attempting to intimidate “In my many meetings with Jessica Tyler she made Published every other week by: A full-service residential and retaliate against me for bringing to light dis- me fully aware that there was an active, ongoing Great Noggins LLC criminatory, harassing, false statements by a ranking investigation by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s and commercial P.O. Box 6070 member of Sheriff’s Department,” Tyler said in the Department. When she told me what it was about property management brokerage Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 statement. “These retaliatory acts are also an attempt [and] how the investigation, she feels, was originat- to discredit my character in the wake of Equal Op- ed, I made the decision that would not influence her serving both renters Publishers portunity Employment Commission (EEOC) Claims ability to serve in this executive role at the acade- and property owners. Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich which I have pending against the Sheriff’s Office.” my,” Eden told councilors. Cover Illustration Tyler filed her first complaint against Sharp in Eden also revealed that he had begun talking to Gary Glasgow January with Bernalillo County. In May, she filed Tyler about the job in March after the training acade- a complaint against Sharp with the Human Rights my’s director, Joe Wolf, resigned. Corrections policy: It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct Bureau of the New Mexico Department of Work- “I made many inquiries regarding Major Tyler’s 515 CENTRAL AVENUE NE errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors force Solutions. “During the previous two years, I background prior to her hiring,” Eden said. “These ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87196-4249 at the email addresses on this page. received communications from other BCSO officers inquiries were consistent with the nature of any ex- NETHERWOOD PARK that Lt. Broderick Sharp was making false, lewd, ecutive appointment because she is not a lateral hire. OFFICE 505-242-0989 sexually harassing statements about me including She is an executive appointment who serves at the 4/BD 2/BA 2400/SF Two separate living areas, Marvin windows throughout, hardwood Where to find FAX 505-242-0969 floors, heater/refrigerated air unit, kitchen with granite counters, extensive front that he had sex with me and he [Sharp] described will of the chief and/or the mayor, just as Joe Wolf our paper? to other BCSO officers false details of explicit sexual TOLL FREE 888-248-0969 did as director. Because she was not applying for a landscaping, 160 SF shop/storage in the back. Tenants pay all utilities. No Smoking! List of more than acts he engaged in with me,” Tyler’s Human Rights lateral patrol officer position, she did not go through SORRY NO PETS! Shool Districts: Montezuma Elementary, Jefferson Middle School, Bureau complaint says. Email [email protected] 550 locations that same process that an officer normally did.” Albuquerque High. $1750/MO $1500/DD 2325 Cutler NE Available December. at freeabq.com “Respondents’ actions against me include re- WWW.MADDOXMGMT.COM www.MaddoxMgmt.com for more info!! taliation, failing to promptly investigate and take Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Press. corrective action, rewarding the sexual harasser, Reach him at [email protected] 6 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS A NALYSIS COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 7 Wrestling with the Cost of Government Openness Santa Needs a Big Sleigh BY BILL DIVEN ew Mexicans take full advantage of the state stopped required To Fill N.M.’s Wish List Npublic-records law, filing many thousands of annual training by joe Monahan requests a year for data and documents, but some for records custo- now question whether the process has become too dians who do the he news this points on the board, we ask Santa to burdensome and expensive. legwork fulfill- TDecember that put them all under one roof and rename New Mexico ranks as Supporters of the Inspection of Public Records Act ing, and in some them “GTHOOT – short for the new the worst-run state (IPRA), however, raise their own question: Are con- cases denying, economic development slogan of “Get in the nation and The Hell Out Of Town.” cerns over cost and compliance only a smokescreen the requests. that Albuquerque’s While we’re on that subject, Santa, for rolling back the law and discouraging public IPRA requires housing market has we also ask that if the stonewalling of oversight of government operations? public bodies to been the nation’s the Inspection of Public Records Act by During one 18-month period, the City of Albu- provide records worst performer APD is not resolved that the department querque responded to 8,814 IPRA requests at an within three days since 2012 makes a henceforth deny all such records request estimated cost of $1.5 million, according to a report or, with written visit to Santa Claus all the more crucial. by using the initials, UYAA, or “Up Your released in October 2014 by the city’s Office of notice to the We’re going to need some super-sized Ass Act.” Internal Audit. It cites a hypothetical request for four requester, within presents to turn this place around. And when WisePies ultimately defaults contracts totaling 240 pages requiring significant 15 days. Santa, we know you’re checking your redactions, copying and legal review and costing the The law list to see who has been naughty and First, we ask Santa to get city $302 for staff time. contains only six nice, and when you look at the political specific catego- leadership here you might want to Gov. Martinez a really ries of exemp- put coal in the entire state’s Christmas high-paying job as a ‘The bottom line is after doing stocking. But we think our Christmas tions – among corporate spokeswoman this for 20 years, the government them medical wish list will give you reason to resist records, police that urge, and you can fly high over our somewhere. That way entities need to embrace the luminaria-lighted land this Christmas Eve informants and of the candidates for athletic directorship,” New she resigns and level- with presents that delight and surprise. public records act as a freedom tactical plans, and letters of reference – but other Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers First, we ask Santa to get Gov. Martinez headed Lt. Gov. John measure and not as an obstacle laws contain dozens more. said in an interview. “Yes, we ended up getting a a really high-paying job as a corporate Sanchez takes over For Rep. Jim Dines, an Albuquerque Republican, very good athletic director who happens to be an to performing their jobs’ spokeswoman somewhere. That way she for the final three years — State Rep. Jim Dines the answer to IPRA problems is not backtracking Aggie, but we had three people who were excellent resigns and level-headed Lt. Gov. John on open government or charging the public more. candidates, once they found out that their names Sanchez takes over for the final three of her second term Higher fees essentially would be a tax on citizens for were going to be public just dropped out. years of her second term, replacing Santa Those costs don’t include the expense of legal records that taxpayers already paid to produce, he “So we’re asking for top positions at the university Fe’s chief Grinch with a smiling elf. on its multi-million dollar pledge for the action when the city is sued over denied requests or said. that we’ll do as we do with presidents: when we get We respectfully ask Santa to give at naming rights for the UNM basketball delays. Those costs totaled $237,000 over three years, “I think that the bottom line is after doing this for down to five, we’ll let you know who they are, and least two or three members of the Albu- arena, could you please arrange for it to according to the 2014 report, and have continued 20 years, the government entities need to embrace then you can do your investigations. Well, that sends querque City Council hind legs that are be renamed “The Bottomless Pit?” since. the public records act as a freedom measure and FOG up a tree, as you can guess.” as strong as those of his mighty reindeer. Just asking, Santa. But the city also suffers an internal problem with not as an obstacle to performing their jobs,” Dines, FOG would be the New Mexico Foundation for That’s the only way Mayor Berry is going No Christmas wish list would be IPRA compliance. Its website lists separate records a former First Amendment and open-government Open Government, the nonpartisan watchdog to change his errant ways. And, Santa, complete without our annual pleading custodians across 22 departments to whom records lawyer, told ABQ Free Press. “With better efficiency, founded in 1989 with support from the legal and don’t forget the state Democratic Party to the North Pole that someone, some- requests can be made. better training, many of these costs can be reduced.” media communities. The next year, with Jim Dines and the Legislature’s Democrats. Please where offer the Albuquerque Journal “The actual number of requests may be significant- One key to efficiency is routinely adding docu- as its attorney, FOG, the Albuquerque Journal and give them a year’s worth of free access to “an offer they can’t refuse” and we get ly different because the City does not have a consis- ments to government websites and making their KOB-TV sued the University of New Mexico Board all Starbucks locations so they can once new ownership that ends the journalistic again become politically caffeinated. We Keep Your Roof tent citywide system for tracking requests,” the 2014 contents easily accessible, he added of Regents over its secretive process in hiring Presi- denial of New Mexico’s real problems. High on the Christmas wish list is a new audit found. The report also discovered the city had The ruckus over IPRA began before the 2015 Leg- dent Richard Peck. To simply have some fun and to aggra- Healthy and Watertight Albuquerque police chief, a new upper vate the far-right that has such disdain islature convened when the Council of University command structure at APD, a police force Presidents representing seven of the state’s four-year for all government spending, we put on What the open records task force found: ‘Yes, we ended up getting a very of over 1,000 and not the dangerously our wish list that Congress make a special Call 505-345-7663 colleges proposed six changes to the law. Those understaffed one we have now. $1 billion appropriation for improve- included broader exemptions for law-enforcement good athletic director who happens (Santa, maybe you can give the mayor For Your Free Estimate • Lack of training of records custodians ments to the City of Albuquerque just so records and victim privacy, opinions and evalua- an all-expense paid vacation to the • Lack of uniformity in copying costs to be an Aggie, but we had three we can see the look on their faces. tions on employment, licensing and permits, and Caribbean for a week and we can get all • Possible unfairness in the current statutory Santa, please don’t forget the gift card For All your Roofing Needs… K-Ram Roofing is There shielding civil-rights complaints, according to draft people who were excellent that done while he’s gone?) $1-a-page copying cost from Sandia Casino for former Secretary Before and After The Storm… No Worries amendments prepared for legislators by the Legisla- candidates, once they found out This is the year we would like to see on of State Dianna Duran. And while you’re tive Council Service. Santa’s sled a gift-wrapped package from that their names were going to at it, could you give some encourage- We Offer High-Quality Residential Roofing Services: What the task force recommended: Only one made it into proposed legislation: the Legislature containing a consti- ment to that federal grand jury that’s be public just dropped out’ tutional amendment to allow a small stronger protections for trade secrets held by state investigating possible campaign finance • More posting of data on government websites — NMSU President Garrey Carruthers portion of the state’s $15 billion Land • Roof Repair universities and intellectual property that outside irregularities by the governor’s chief • Better training of records custodians Grant Permanent School Fund to be used • Roof Installation parties shared with them. political adviser? • Collection of data on how much IPRA for very early childhood programs. The • Roof Replacement But the presidents struck a nerve by also sug- Critics contended the closed-door search fueled Thanks for your consideration, Santa. compliance costs science shows such programs are crucial • Preventative Measures gesting broad language to withhold from public perceptions of insider dealings and the exclusion of Looking over this list we see that if you • Better protection of trade secrets shared with release the names of applicants for university and qualified women and minority candidates. in developing a skilled generation that turns away from a life of dysfunction, even granted only one of our wishes, it We have been proudly servicing the state colleges public-sector jobs. An exemption written into the That led to a court-sanctioned agreement that in the root cause of the state’s generational would be a very Merry Christmas indeed. Albuquerque area for more than 35 years. • Possible protection of public employees’ law after two lawsuits against the University of New future searches all applicants’ names would be re- personal data poverty. Mexico already limits identifying applicants for leased early in the interview process. In 1998 a judge • “Enhanced training” for handling overly Unless the city’s various alphabet soup Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico university presidencies to only the five finalists. found UNM violated the agreement – which halted 3738 Arno Street • Albuquerque, NM 87107 broad requests economic promoters, AED, GACC, EF and politics. His daily blog can be found at “We had in my view a premature announcement the search for Peck’s replacement. NAIOP, can start putting some significant joemonahan.com (505) 345-ROOF con t. on page 14 8 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS opinion/COLUMNS A NALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 9 Gorden Eden May Have Ruined Homeless Memorial, La Posada, What to Do About Disloyal American Corporations Understanding Racism BY ROBERT REICH Jessica Tyler’s Police Career ust like that, Pfizer has decid- BY DAN KLEIN by sayrah namastÉ Jed it’s no longer American. It essica Tyler is a competent police a sworn officer with status in the state omeless International Migrants’ Day and its tenth plans to link up with Ireland’s Jcommander. She became Chief pension system, Municipal Police Plan Hpersons anniversary 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 at Nido Allergan and move its corporate Deputy of the Bernalillo County Sheriff 5, which is reserved for sworn police memorial: Al- del Halcón, 910 Isleta Blvd. S.W. El CENTRO headquarters from New York to Department, a promotion that proves officers only. though most people de Igualdad y Derechos is a Latino-led Ireland. she can compete with anyone in law Remember: Tyler was hired into the are making plans grassroots immigrants’ rights, civil rights, That way it will pay less tax. for the holidays and enforcement. fourth highest position in the police and workers’ justice organization. Ireland’s tax rate is less than tend to keep cozy But Tyler has been done a grave disser- department. It’s a position where she The Christmas Posada is a traditional half that of the United States. in their homes this event in which New Mexicans re-enact vice by Albuquerque Police Department would train and have contact with Ian Read, Pfizer’s chief executive, told the Wall time of year, a part the Biblical story of a pregnant Mary and Chief Gorden Eden. By not following every police officer and new cadet – all Street Journal the higher tax rate in the United APD regulations, Eden hired Tyler with a of whom go through strenuous back- of Albuquerque is Joseph searching for a place to stay in without a home for the holidays or even a States caused Pfizer to compete “with one hand tied cloud over her that is dark and ominous. ground investigations. Bethlehem. In Albuquerque, immigrant warm place for the night. behind our back.” Instead of allowing Tyler to compete Oddly, Eden said that he called the rights groups have used the tradition of According to the local Barrett Foun- Read said he’d tried to lobby Congress to reduce for the position of APD’s director of New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy the Posada dation, an estimated 2,200 people are the corporate tax rate (now 35 percent) but failed, so training, Eden quietly put Tyler into the to inquire about any complaints against to remind homeless in our city each night. What people to Pfizer is leaving. job, did not allow anyone else to apply Tyler. Odd indeed. If Tyler was not being may come as a surprise is that women open their and skipped mandatory APD hiring held to the sworn officer standard, why and children are estimated to make up doors to When Pfizer is no longer steps. did Eden inquire about her law enforce- 50 percent of Albuquerque’s homeless, immigrants By showing cronyism, Eden may have ment certification? yet the Barrett House is only one of two American, the United States rather than ruined a fine commander’s reputation. shelters for just women and children in act like the innkeepers in the story who should stop protecting its On Dec. 9, the Albuquerque City Coun- APD rules appear to our city. cil asked Eden to address the questions The Albuquerque Public Schools have turned away the Holy Family, forcing Mary foreign assets swirling around Tyler’s hiring. When the apply only to the beat thousands of students enrolled in their to give birth in stable meant for animals. job last became vacant in 2012, it was cop, while it seems Title 1 Homeless Project, meaning the Many activists have noted that this Such corporate desertions from the United States circulated nationwide and required a students are living in cars, abandoned ancient story is being replayed in our (technically called “tax inversions”) will cost the Eden and his political Kwanchaift mandatory formal background investi- buildings, motel rooms, shelters, or present day, with our political leaders rest of us taxpayers some $19.5 billion over the next gation. appointees have “doubled up” with others temporarily. refusing to allow Middle Eastern refugees decade, estimates Congress’ joint committee on In his testimony, Eden stated that he no standards What are the major causes of homeless- entry and safety. taxation. In the Pacific Partnership and the upcoming deal government. Yet Pfizer has been among America’s began speaking to Tyler in February. ness? Poverty and lack of affordable hous- Or as one church put it on their sign: Which is fueling demands from Republicans to with the European Union, the interests of American biggest campaign donors and lobbyists. “Christmas: A Story About a Middle East Asked if APD did a background on Tyler, Eden said that Tyler told him about ing, according to the National Coalition lower the corporate tax rate. pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer – gaining In 2014, it ponied up $2,217,066 to candidates (by Family Seeking Refuge.” Eden said that he did the background the BCSO Internal Affairs investigation for the Homeless. “Every year, on the first Donald Trump wants it to be 15 percent. more patent protection abroad, limiting foreign contrast, its major competitor Johnson & Johnson day of winter, we pause and recognize Tickets to the Posada are available at check. Of Eden’s many odd statements being conducted on her. Eden said he Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz want to eliminate release of drug data, and preventing other govern- the devastating and unnecessary causes EL CENTRO or at the door the day of the spent $755,000). And Pfizer spent $9,493,000 on since becoming chief in the spring of could not say anything more, only that the corporate tax altogether. (Why this would save ments from controlling drug prices – have been and consequences of homelessness,” says event. All funds raised will be used to lobbyists. 2014, this is the strangest. Since when when the truth comes out we will all Albuquerque Healthcare for the Home- further EL CENTRO’s fight for immigrants’ the Treasury more money than further corporate tax central points of contention. So far in the 2016 election cycle, it’s been one of the does the chief of a large metropolitan know he made the right decision to hire less, which organizes the annual Homeless and workers’ rights. For information call inversions is unclear.) And Pfizer has been one of the biggest beneficia- top ten corporate donors. police department do the work of a Tyler. Persons Memorial. (505) 246-1627. Rather than lower corporate tax rates, an easier ries. From now on, it shouldn’t be. Pfizer’s political generosity has paid off – prevent- background detective? (Tyler’s attorneys later said the IA Understanding racism: The New fix would be to take away the benefits of corporate ing Congress from attaching a prescription drug APD background checks normally probe was an attempt by the sheriff to Mexico Asian Family Center is hosting citizenship from any company that deserts America. In 2013, Pfizer raked in nearly benefit to Medicare, or from making it easier for ge- are assigned to APD’s Recruiting and retaliate against her for filing an Equal The Albuquerque Public its “2016 Writing and Art ‘Courageous One big benefit is the U.S. patent system that Selection Division, where an impartial Opportunity Employment Commission $4 billion on sales of the Prevnar nerics to enter the market, or from using Medicare’s Conversation’” competition. Youths and grants companies like Pfizer longer patent protec- APD detective does the research – work sexual harassment charge against BCSO Schools have thousands bargaining power to reduce drug prices. young adults age 13 to 24 are encouraged tion and easier ways to extend it than most other 13 vaccine, which prevents that includes a multi-page personal Lt. Broderick Sharp.) And the company has donated hundreds of thou- of students enrolled in to submit written work or visual art on the advanced economies. Eden tried to shift some responsibility diseases caused by pneumococcal sands of dollars to the candidacies of state attorneys background history statement, a multi- their Title 1 Homeless theme: “How Racism Has Affected Me.” In 2013, Pfizer raked in nearly $4 billion on sales page personal integrity statement and for Tyler’s hiring to the U.S. Justice bacteria — from ear infections to general in order to get favorable settlements in cases Works chosen will be presented during of the Prevnar 13 vaccine, which prevents diseases many other mandatory forms that must Department monitor, James Ginger, Project, meaning the brought against it. the 2016 legislative session at the Capitol caused by pneumococcal bacteria – from ear infec- pneumonia — for which Pfizer be completed and kept on file. and to the office of New Mexico U.S. students are living But by deserting America, Pfizer relinquishes its in Santa Fe. Fill out the application at: tions to pneumonia – for which Pfizer is the only is the only manufacturer Everything a background detective Attorney Damon Martinez, who Eden right to influence American politics. in cars, abandoned nmafc.org/events/2016-writing-art-cou- manufacturer. does must be documented. Eden’s claimed reviewed her resume and had rageous-conversation. The deadline for U.S. pharmaceutical companies rake in about $12 If Pfizer or any other American corporation wants testimony reflected that he did none no problem with her hiring. I bet Eden buildings, motel rooms, Other countries wouldn’t allow their patent sys- submissions is Jan. 8. billion a year because Medicare isn’t allowed to use to leave America to avoid U.S. taxes, that’s their of this. When asked by Councilor Dan didn’t tell them that Tyler was under an shelters, or ‘doubled up’ tems to justify such huge charges. As the year comes to a close, many Neither should we – especially when Pfizer stops its huge bargaining power to get lower drug prices. business. Lewis if he spoke to Tyler’s old boss, IA investigation. people are looking to make donations with others temporarily being an American company. But a non-American company like Pfizer shouldn’t But they should no longer get any of the benefits Sheriff Manny Gonzales, Eden replied he Eden’s disregard of department policy to support local work either in the spirit The U.S. government also protects the assets of get any of this windfall. From now on, Medicare of American citizenship – because they’ve stopped had not. has created a clear double standard of giving or to help reduce their taxes. The 30-year-old organization provides American corporations all over the world. should squeeze every penny it can out of Pfizer. paying for them. Who does an employment background at APD. Street cops are held to a high A helpful website to search for local caring and comprehensive health and American drug companies also get a free ride off without speaking to the old employer? standard while Eden’s friends are held organizations by issue, from animal In the early 2000s, after a Chinese company support services, linking people experi- Robert B. Reich, chancellor’s professor of public policy at the Eden went on to say that the sheriff to no standards. Eden clearly is showing replicated Pfizer’s formula for Viagra, the U.S. Trade of basic research done by the National Institutes of encing homelessness to individual and rights to youth organizing, can be found and police share a building and many cronyism to Tyler by not allowing her to Representative put China on a “priority watch list” Health. University of California at Berkeley and senior fellow at the collective solutions. The organization at greatnonprofits.org. People rate and compete against other candidates. and charged China with “inadequate enforcement” Last year the NIH began a collaboration with Blum Center for Developing Economies, was secretary of labor deputies spoke highly of Tyler – which is serves about 7,000 people in Albuquerque review the nonprofits, explaining why APD rules appear to apply only to the Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation – sub- in the Clinton administration. Time magazine named him one to say that Eden based a top-level hiring each year and its vision is a world without they think it’s a worthy place to donate or against such piracy. of the 10 most effective cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. decision on water cooler talk. This is beat cop, while it seems Eden and his homelessness. volunteer. Soon thereafter the Chinese backed down. Now sidizing Pfizer’s appropriation of early scientific embarrassing to report. political appointees have no standards. The memorial will be held 12:45-3 p.m. China is one of Pfizer’s major sources of revenue. discoveries for new medications. He has written 13 books, including the bestsellers “Aftershock” Eden then said that Tyler was hired to The real victims here are APD’s and Friday, Dec. 18 at Albuquerque Healthcare Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the But when Pfizer is no longer American, the United In the future, Pfizer shouldn’t qualify for this and “The Work of Nations.” His latest, “Beyond Outrage,” fill an “at will” management position, Tyler’s reputation. for the Homeless, 1217 First St. N.W. American Friends Service Committee in States should stop protecting its foreign assets. subsidy, either. is now out in paperback. He is also a founding editor of the presumably meaning that the same high International Migrants Day: Albuquerque. She writes about events Nor should Pfizer reap the benefits when the Finally, non-American corporations face restric- American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. standards that apply to an APD street Dan Klein is a retired APD sergeant. El CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos will of interest to Albuquerque’s activist United States goes to bat for American corporations tions on what they can donate to U.S. candidates His newest film, “Inequality for All,” is available on Netflix, cop do not apply to her. In fact, Tyler is He can be contacted via Facebook. host a Christmas Posada to celebrate community. in trade deals. for public office, and how they can lobby the U.S. iTunes, DVD and On Demand. His blog is robertreich.org 10 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS A NALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 11 Local Briefs N.M. Campaign Finance Laws compiled by abq free press staff was submitted by Jericho Terrazas of Need Massive Overhaul New boat rules BY HEATH HAUSSAMEN Albuquerque. All entries will be on The New Mexico Department of Game display at the center, at 12th Street and t’s going to be ex- too. Some residents in my hometown and Fish seeks public comment on pro- Menaul Boulevard Northwest, through Ihausting and, too of Las Cruces received an anonymous posed rule changes to aquatic invasive Jan. 6. Voting for the “People’s Choice often, impossible to mailer a few weeks ago attacking a follow the money City Council candidate. City law forbids species rules to require all out-of-state Award” remains open through Jan. 2. boat owners to pass an inspection spent on elections anonymous mailers. But it’s difficult to before launching a watercraft in New in New Mexico next find the offenders. Trading desks for cars year. Mexico. The proposed rules also would Even if we could identify those APD Chief Gorden Eden announced I expect the state responsible, there’s no penalty for viola- make it mandatory for all boaters to to be flooded with a reorganization that gets as many as tions. Lawbreakers apparently operate stop at aquatic invasive species inspec- political spending. with impunity. tion and decontamination stations to two dozen headquarters personnel out In addition to the presidential race, ensure their watercraft are free of zebra from behind desks and onto the street. several members of our congressional and quagga mussels, which grow The shift will occur over the next few delegation are up for re-election. The crisis in campaign quickly, clogging water-supply inlet months through reassignment and On a state level, there’s a fight finance transparency pipes. New Mexico is one of only six attrition. To combat the retirement of brewing for control of the New Mexico should spark action in the APD officers, the Albuquerque City House of Representatives and Senate. western states that remain free of the Dianna Duran’s resignation also means Council sweetened the pot for police next legislative session invasive mussels. a secretary of state race. officer raises, bonuses and back pay So-called “dark money” – cash in January. Gov. Susana Isotopes Park to $8.2 million in a bid to get APD pay funneled through nonprofits that Martinez, who controls back to levels called for in a 2008 con- don’t have to disclose donors – is a big The Albuquerque Isotopes are in talks tract that Mayor Richard Berry broke problem on the right and on the left. the agenda, hasn’t with the City of Albuquerque to extend upon his election to office in 2009. It’s so pervasive that Democratic mem- decided whether to allow the netting behind home plate toward bers of Congress recently complained the outfield of Isotopes Park. Isotopes consideration of reform about dark money in a video created To register, call 505-277-0077. For more information, contact Loree Nalin at General Manager John Traub said the Secretary of state by a left-leaning group funded by dark Las Cruces’ election will be remem- 505-277-6025 or [email protected]. team is following the lead of Major Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed money. bered for an out-of-town super PAC’s League Baseball. “We do understand Albuquerque City Councilor Brad immense spending. While GOAL that you may not want to sit behind a Winter as secretary of state, replacing Duran had been WestPAC is disclosing donors, there still net due to the desire to interact with Dianna Duran, who was sentenced for are barriers to transparency. The City of the players and have the feeling that fraud and embezzlement for spending stealing money from Las Cruces doesn’t require candidates you are close to the action,” Traub said hundreds of thousands of dollars her campaign for years or groups to file finance reports in the two weeks before an election. We in an email to season ticketholders. from her campaign fund to gamble before anyone noticed “However, we fully support MLB’s in casinos around the state. Winter, know nothing about the mad dash to the finish line until a month after the direction to continue to emphasize fan a career APS administrator, briefly Weak laws, a lack of enforcement and election is over, when a final report is safety as our utmost priority.” Exactly served as interim superintendent of ethically challenged decisions add to due. how far the nets would be extended the Albuquerque Public Schools until the problem in New Mexico. Duran had And the big money that has seeped hasn’t been decided. Raquel Martinez Benavides Reedy was been stealing money from her cam- into local elections doesn’t show up appointed to replace ousted former paign for years before anyone noticed. at FollowTheMoney.org – a national Gingerbread winner superintendent Luis Valentino. Many others have been sloppy, at best, database of money in state politics – or about reporting campaign donations the federal money-in-politics database The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Teacher evaluations and spending. OpenSecrets.org. announced the winners of its seventh State law isn’t clear on how lobbyists Another group’s spending in the Las annual gingerbread house competition. A Santa Fe District judge found a should report donations to candidates. Cruces election was small but illustrates The winning adult entry (pictured) substantial likelihood that Gov. Susana KOB-TV recently identified hundreds of how difficult it is to track money. The was submitted by Denise Dorn of Alto, Martinez’s and Hanna Skandera’s thousands of dollars in donations to 10 ProgressNow New Mexico PAC raised legislators that were nearly impossible N.M. The winning children’s entry method for evaluating New Mexico about $3,100. Almost half came as to track because of discrepancies donations from individuals whose teachers is a sham. District Judge between how candidates and lobbyists identities the group was required to David K. Thomson issued a prelimi- reported them. disclose. Another $400 came from a nary injunction against the evaluation And Court of Appeals Judge J. Miles different ProgressNow PAC. You’ll have method known as VAM – for Value Hanisee intentionally concealed use of to look up finance reports for that PAC Added Method – that states it lacks the a political operative’s services when he if you want to know how it’s funded. scientific certainty needed to justify ran for election in 2014. Hanisee paid Finally, $1,247.04 came as an in-kind its use in deciding the professional Jay McCleskey’s company, McCleskey donation of staff time from Pro- Media, through a DBA (a company fate of thousands of New Mexico gressNow’s nonprofit, which is allowed “doing business as” a different name) to keep its funding secret. public school teachers. Martinez also instead of writing checks directly to Confused? I am. It’s hard to keep up announced a proposal to pay a $10,000 McCleskey Media – which, as a result, with all of this. I suspect that’s inten- stipend to top-performing teachers. didn’t appear on public finance reports. tional. All this reveals that the state’s campaign finance reporting system is a joke. The crisis in campaign finance Heath Haussamen runs NMPolitics. ABQ Free Press Online transparency should spark action in net, a news organization devoted to Stay current through the ABQ Free Press website and the next legislative session in January. hard-hitting, fair exploration of politics social media, which are updated with breaking news between editions. Gov. Susana Martinez, who controls and government that seeks to inform, the agenda, hasn’t decided whether to engage and build community. Reach him allow consideration of reform. Online: freeabq.com Twitter: @freeabq at [email protected], on Facebook at Facebook: Facebook.com/abqfreepress There are local-government problems /haussamen, or on twitter @haussamen 12 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news OPINION/CARTOONS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 13 Paleontologist Describes Pentaceratops Find Beware of Petty Tyrants BY RENE THOMPSON Who Cost Us All Money BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

n the first place God board found it horrifying that a citizen demanded “Imade idiots. That was honesty and integrity of them. for practice. Then He made So who are these petty minds that apparently School Boards.” hate criticism and who’ve just cost you a lot of If Mark Twain were money? Former APS Board President Marty Esquiv- still around and watching el, who, ironically, is a First Amendment attorney; the Albuquerque Public former board member David Robbins and former Schools board, I’m guessing APS superintendent Winston Brooks, now known he’d change his famous as the $350,000 man. line to include something like “vindictive, despicable, hypocritical, sleazy, power-mad, petty little dictators who just cost you, The APS board found the taxpayers, about a million bucks because they couldn’t stand that a member of the public dared MacQuigg’s effort at good criticize them.” citizenship and free speech Dan Vukelich Thanks to a few former APS board members who so outrageous, threatening New Mexico Museum of Natural History and fit the above description, you’ll have to dig deeper Science paleontologist Amanda Cantrell spotted into your pockets to pay off a guy who dared to try and dangerous that in 2010 the baby Pentaceratops fossil protruding from to hold them accountable by calling them out at it banned him from attending sandstone in the San Juan Bisti Wilderness in public meetings. 2011. The guy is Charles “Ched MacQuigg,” a former further meetings until he APS teacher, who, for the past 20 years has been repented, kissed their asses, fter the discovery of a baby Pen- going to APS board meetings and doing what changed his ways and Ataceratops in San Juan County in citizens are supposed to do: demanding that board 2011, it took four years and a National members and school officials hold themselves agreed to shut up Guard helicopter to get the fossils to to the same standards of integrity, honesty and character they demand of students. He also criti- their new home at the New Mexico Mu- The incidents that led to the lawsuit began Nov. cized board members and school officials by name seum of Natural History and Science. 4, 2009, when Esquivel had MacQuigg ejected from New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science for refusing to release public information about The endeavor took so long because a public board meeting. MacQuigg had signed up potential wrongdoing in the school system. to speak during the public comment period of the paleontologists had to first unearth the The Pentaceratops is so named because it has five horns. In some cities, MacQuigg would be honored as a meeting. When he spoke, MacQuigg focused on fossils from sandstone on U.S. Bureau of decent citizen who cared enough to get involved the “Pillars of Trustworthiness” as outlined in the Land Management property where land said she just happened to look over yet but she’s confident the skeletal Pentaceratops ever found. The San and drag himself to hundreds of meetings. Not in Character Counts curriculum that APS once taught. vehicles are prohibited and weather left and saw the fossil protruding from remains are mostly intact. Juan Basin is where the very first Pen- Albuquerque. Here, and especially at APS, citizens When MacQuigg addressed some board members who demand accountability and honesty from their short windows for transport. rock about 100 feet away. The museum’s curator, Spencer taceratops fossil was found in 1921 by by name, they went crazy and lashed out at him. public officials are figuratively stomped and spit on There were three separate sets of “People ask me how long it takes Lucas, said argon dating of the sur- paleontologist Charles Sternberg. The Esquivel had MacQuigg tossed out of the meeting and derided as nuisances and misfits. fossils. All were sheathed in protective to find a fossil and I like to tell them rounding sediment revealed that the herbivore is much like the Triceratops under the excuse that MacQuigg was talking about The APS board found MacQuigg’s effort at good plaster jackets for the helicopter trip to it happens in an instant,” she said, nearly complete skeletal baby Pentac- but has five horns versus three. The forbidden personnel issues. citizenship and free speech so outrageous, threat- Albuquerque. “it’s just one of those really gratifying Then-board member Robert Lucero jumped on eratops is about 73 million years old. Pentaceratops is older than the Tricer- ening and dangerous that in 2010 it banned him MacQuigg, first with the insanity that a member The find was made by the New things just for that reason.” “We don’t know if it’s 100 percent atops by about 5 million years. from attending of the public wasn’t allowed to address board Mexico Museum of Natural History’s Since her find, Cantrell said she of the skeleton. It looks like at least 80 The baby is about the size of a further meetings members by name. Geoscience Collections Manager has been invited to speak about her percent is there, but we won’t know rhino. It will take extensive repair until he repented, “I would motion that addressing board members Amanda Cantrell, who said it was the discovery at science conferences until we fully clean the rock away,” and reconstruction before it can go on kissed their asses, – we will talk about issues, but addressing board most exciting find of her career. throughout the country. Lucas said. It will take more than a display at the museum at 18th Street changed his ways members is inappropriate for public forums, so I and agreed to shut Cantrell was on a paleontological The fossils were in particularly hard year to remove the fossils from the and Mountain Road Northwest. would ask that either be refrained or the public up. survey in 2011 when she came upon sandstone, which was tough to dig 3,000 pounds of sandstone and plaster forum stopped,” Lucero said. Eventually, Esquivel Rene Thompson is a staff writer for Rather than the site in the San Juan Bisti Wilder- through with hand tools. Cantrell said they are encased in. jumped in. caving, MacQuigg ness south of Farmington. Cantrell they have not found the feet or horns The fossil is one of only 10 ABQ Free Press. “It’s very clear that we’ve made it – we’ve told sued APS in you not to address personnel issues. If you want federal court in to continue this you can leave,” Esquivel told 2012 saying the MacQuigg. board violated ABQ Free Press Launches Dating Site “I haven’t addressed a personnel issue,” Mac- his civil rights. On readers who simply need to introduced, and the Internet is a Quigg replied. compiled by abq free press staff Dec. 8, APS settled proven way to do that.” Mark Bralley the case. Details “You can leave … You can leave. You’re done. BQ Free Press has entered into an agreement with The newspaper’s partner, White Label Dating, is probably You are done. You are done. You are done,” Charles MacQuigg of the deal were Aan internationally recognized online dating company the “largest online dating site you’ve never heard of,” said initially secret, and Esquivel said. to offer a dating service through our website. its partner account manager, Gary Taylor. That’s because all APS threatened MacQuigg with the loss of $10,000 Esquivel, and the others are gone from APS, but The link on our site, www.freeabq.com, gives readers entré of its sites, like ours, are locally branded. of the settlement money if he told the public how I’m sure they still hate to be criticized by name. to a list of 3,000 people in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area The company operates the back end of sites affiliated much its board members had cost us. But APS So, for good measure, here goes: Marty Esquivel, looking for a soulmate. with the London Guardian, the Daily Mail, San Diego City caved and revealed it would shell out $95,000 to Winston Brooks, Robert Lucero and David Robbins, “This newspaper is for people who care,” said editor Dan Beat, Salt Lake City Weekly, the Los Angeles News Group, MacQuigg and $480,000 to his attorneys. APS paid you are all despicable, petty tyrants who cost all Vukelich. “It makes sense that we help them find others who the Wonkette, New Times, Tucson Weekly and the Santa Fe its own attorneys $288,000 to defend itself. That’s us for your sickening behavior. You owe us money. feel the same way they do.” Reporter and dozens of other media outlets. almost a million bucks. Insurance will cover most Pay up. “You don’t have to be lonely this Christmas,” he said. “The The company has offices in Boston and San Francisco, Lon- of it, but we still got screwed because some people database of people looking for partners shows there are don and Melbourne. It was launched in 2003 and has won can’t stand to be criticized. Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at plenty of people out there with the same interests as our awards as one of the U.K.’s fastest-growing tech companies. A million dollars down a rat hole because the APS ABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected] 14 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS A NALYSIS opinion ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 15

2,070 for all of last year and 2,287 in 2014. IPRA, Page 6 During one 18-month period, the City of Albuquerque responded to “It is just part of the normal function and process N.M.’s Good, Bad and Ugly of 2015 A later court agreement and a revision of IPRA 8,814 IPRA requests at an estimated cost of any government agency in the state or country required that only the top five names be released. of $1.5 million, according to a report really,” said Robert Kidd, a former Albuquerque In 1998, again with Dines a lead counsel, FOG and released in October 2014 by the city’s deputy city attorney picked to head the compliance Editor’s note: This is an email conversation between Alan projects. That’s not political ideology; that’s mana- record. Nobody’s proposing the government build the Farmington Daily Times sued the city of Farm- Office of Internal Audit. office in 2013. “We understand the spirit behind Webber, a businessman who sought the 2014 Democratic gerial incompetence. broadband. Maybe you didn’t get the memo: There ington when it refused to identify applicants for the act, the need for transparency, the need for the nomination for governor, and Paul Gessing, a Libertarian Speaking of infrastructure: Where’s high-speed are companies like Google that do this all over the city manager. Again a court ruled in favor of open One public records custodian told public to be aware of how government functions.” who heads the Rio Grande Foundation. The topic was Internet for the whole state? Every business today country – and regulations aren’t the issue. government under IPRA. ABQ Free Press the agency is regularly With the increasing workload, if the Legislature New Mexico’s ups and downs in 2015. needs that. Why have we had seven years of declin- Ok, how about some good news! “That was a case that certainly stands for the asked to provide large volumes of copies were to tweak anything, it might reexamine the ing travel out of the Sunport? You want a private We’re beginning to see entrepreneurship blossom proposition that when you’re hiring people and that requesters don’t pick up or pay for. timelines and deadlines, Kidd said. lan Webber: It’s been a tough year for our sector economy? Business people have to be able to in New Mexico and not just in Albuquerque: There you’re going to pay them from tax dollars, then the In one case, copies that cost the The more than 50 records custodians and their Astate, let’s be honest. Corruption, unem- get here. are startups from Hobbs to Farmington, Silver City agency $1,000 are still at the agency. public has a right to know who’s applying and what deputies working for the county go through training ployment, stagnation. The Secretary of State was Paul, this is too depressing! Isn’t there some good to Taos. We’ve got incubators and accelerators, the process is about,” Dines said. “I have not been sessions twice a year, and new hires receive one-on- forced to resign because she was violating the very news? workshops and labs, often combin- provided any empirical data that opening up the one training. And while the county already posts campaign finance laws ing public and private resources. some frequently requested documents like contracts she was elected to enforce. process is going to result in someone who is unqual- of things in the open here. It’s not like were hiding We’ve got entrepreneurs moving on its website, it plans to add more in the future, That’s bad. Then she cut a ified being hired or that you don’t get a good pool.” anything.” to New Mexico to start their com- Kidd said. deal that lets her keep her Dines retired in 2011 after a 39-year legal career. The university presidents alerted both Dines panies. And New Mexico venture “Keeping in mind the ends of the public records pension as a reward for Albuquerque voters elected him to the state House and FOG to their proposed IPRA plans, and both investors are networking all over the act is transparency, creating systems, trying to keep her bad behavior. That’s last year succeeding Rep. Jim White in the Four Hills opposed what FOG executive director Susan Boe Southwest and into Mexico. ahead of curve and dedicating resources is probably bad. And weeks later, the and far Southeast Heights district once represented called “sweeping changes.” They were, however, It’s still small-scale. But as I wrote the best way to deal with this.” he added. governor’s been too busy to by Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry. supportive enough of additional protection for trade in Fast Company magazine 20 years Meanwhile the Office of the Attorney General, name a replacement. That’s While high-profile IPRA requests and lawsuits secrets and intellectual property that Rep. W. Ken ago, this is the right direction. It’s the may create the impression the act is only used by which enforces IPRA and publishes a 51-page com- bad. Martinez, a Grants Democrat, introduced as a 27- economy of the future. the news media, that is not the case. The city’s 2014 pliance guide, receives about a dozen complaints a Then there’s the economy. word amendment to IPRA. Gessing: Sorry, Alan, when big-gov- audit found the general public, lawyers and law month over alleged violations of it or a companion That’s worse. It’s so bad A House committee endorsed the amendment, ernment-types start talking about firms responsible for significant percentages with law, the state Open Meetings Act (OMA). Often we’re losing people. That’s but the bill never made it to a floor vote. Instead “broadband for the whole state,” nearly half of the requests directed at the Albuquer- the problem is not deliberate violations but lack terrible. After all the calls the House approved a Martinez memorial creating it sounds like you are asking for que Police Department. of understanding of how to comply with the laws, for a “closing fund” to lure a task force to study the “administrative and fiscal government to step in. If a private Attorney General Hector Balderas said. big companies into our burdens” of IPRA as it applies to universities, col- company will do it, that would be state, less than one-fifth of leges and public school districts. great. ‘I have not been provided any the money has been spent. It also looked into privacy needs and potential One request from an applicant In terms of positives, I’d echo your empirical data that opening up We can’t even bribe com- claims by individuals. The 15-member task force not hired for a position generated sentiments on the entrepreneurial panies to come here! the process is going to result in included NMFOG, city and county associations, rep- efforts statewide. Green shoots see to 10,000 pages of digital records, That’s bad strategy and resentatives of state government and public-school be popping up no matter how rocky someone who is unqualified and another tied up two even worse implementa- administrators, the Legislative Council Service and the soil. being hired or that you don’t get tion. universities and community colleges. doctorate-level faculty members Included in this is the micro-brew- Paul Gessing: There’s one a good pool’ While Dines said he supports the task force if it for eight or more hours each thing, Alan, that you and ery boom which has come to New — Dines leads to better data on IPRA issues, Boe is skeptical hunting not for IPRA exceptions I can agree on: 2015 was Mexico in part thanks to reductions it will resolve anything. a rough one. Our state is in the beer excise tax that were enact- Boe is among those concerned the new litany of but potential violations of a federal The law dates to 1977 and in recent years evolved among the most dependent ed a few years back. complaints about costs and workload is a setup for law protecting student records from an acronym pronounced IP-ruh to a verb, as in in the nation on oil pro- One additional item for optimism scaling back IPRA. Two legislative insiders con- “we’ll IPRA that.” duction. One-third of our is that, thanks to a bipartisan coali- tacted by ABQ Free Press said they hear rumblings “I’m going to guess there has been a trend away “IPRA and OMA are the first line of defense in annual budget is funded tion that included Rio Grande Foun- of IPRA amendments being introduced in 2016 from media requests and a trend toward us doing reducing corruption, waste, and abuse,” Balderas by that industry. When the dation, and universal support in the Legislature in January but they were not privy to the the discovery work for people who want to sue the said. “Therefore, ensuring compliance is the best price drops from $110 to $40, it will leave a mark. Legislature and from Gov. Susana details. Gessing: It’s true that the current situation is university,” said Carruthers, who was governor of approach.” The unemployment rate is now second-highest Martinez, New Mexico now has the strongest civil “We feel public bodies not only have a duty to particularly dire. The world has changed and New New Mexico from 1987 through 1990. Businesses While his staff holds monthly daylong training ses- in the nation. Again, not good, but we didn’t get to asset forfeiture protections in the nation. gather records but to provide them,” Boe said. “Any Mexico’s policies haven’t kept up. hoping to sell products and services also file exten- sions on both laws around the state, the Legislature this point overnight. Our state has never had much Webber: We can have that same growth in each income that could be generated by that is offset by No amount of capital outlay spending is going sive requests about university operations to craft should modernize penalties for violations to include of a private sector. Our economy was built on two of our micro-economies. Let’s embrace renewable public policy and democracy concerns. to turn around our economy. We need real policy their sales pitches, he added. fines, mandatory training and targeted penalties things: extractive industries and federal spending. energy and take advantage of sun and wind power. “We don’t want to chill the public’s right to know; reforms. NMSU only began systematically tracking IPRA aimed at the nature of individual offenses, he added. Neither of these is as stable as it once was. Cheaper, cleaner electricity is good for all New that’s critical.” Speaking of broadband, in the 2015 legislative request in July 2014. The log shows many a pot- The city’s 2014 IPRA audit made recommendations Unfortunately, when presented with several op- Mexicans and helps businesses grow. A leader in the state in organizing and processing session, a bill to reduce onerous regulations on pourri. Some are directed at the athletic department, to the city clerk to resume IPRA training; improve tions for spurring New Mexico’s private sector, the Innovative agriculture is a huge opportunity: In- IPRA requests is Bernalillo County, which created an telecom providers was introduced on a bipartisan others seek copies of employment contracts, includ- request tracking and consider an automated tracking Democrat-controlled State Senate blocked myriad dustrial hemp can support rural New Mexicans and Office of Ethics Compliance that opened about two basis by Republican Rep. Sarah Maestas Barnes and ing Carruthers’. There are repeated requests from system; bring compliance procedures up to date; reforms. benefit micro-manufacturers who can use hemp for years ago. The office consolidates both IPRA compli- Albuquerque Democrat Sen. Michael Padilla. The the same person for NMSU museum records, and and prepare a checklist of IPRA exceptions for Webber: I agree with you, Paul. It would be nice to more than 25,000 products. ance and records management and administers the denying requests. The clerk agreed saying training bill would have made it more cost-effective for the another from a Navy recruiter seeking information have private-sector experience in state government. Let’s use our $50 million “closing fund” to help county’s Code of Conduct Ordinance. would resume in December 2014 with the other state’s leading broadband provider to expand its on students. But things haven’t always been this bad. existing small and medium-sized companies grow One staff person is assigned fulltime to accept tasks accomplished by July 2015. network. The Senate majority leader didn’t even One request from an applicant not hired for a po- In 2003, New Mexico’s unemployment rate was and add jobs. New Mexico entrepreneurs know IPRA requests, parcel them out to appropriate ABQ Free Press sent voice and email inquiries to move the bill for a vote. sition generated 10,000 pages of digital records, and 4.9 percent. Today it’s 6.5 percent. Same depen- our water scarcity is an opportunity for innovation departments and track compliance with the law and Mayor Berry’s office on Oct. 15 asking whether those This has been par for the course in New Mexico. another tied up two doctorate-level faculty members dency on energy (including renewables), tourism, – let’s support them. New Mexico is filled with for eight or more hours each hunting not for IPRA its timelines. Most of the requests arrive through the tasks had been completed but had not received a We don’t need government-run broadband (or agriculture, film and entertainment, small and cultural creatives – high-speed Internet for every- exceptions but potential violations of a federal law transparency portal on the county website, and all response by the time this issue went to press. bigger government in general). We just need to get medium-sized businesses. one means our artists and craftspeople can sell their protecting student records. go into a tracking database. government off the necks of private sector provid- The state auditor says we’ve got billions – bil- remarkable creations all over the world. “Yes, it’s burdensome,” Carruthers said. “We want As of mid December, the office had processed Bill Diven is an Albuquerque freelance journalist who ers. lions! – of unspent capital improvement dollars The good news is, we are surrounded by opportu- to be open. We have public meetings; we do lots about 2,600 IPRA requests this year compared to writes for the Sandoval County Signpost. Webber: Hey, Paul, get a grip! You’re like a stuck to put people to work on critical infrastructure nity. That’s reason enough for optimism. SPORTS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 17 Lobos Finally Digging Themselves Out of the Locksley Cellar BY RICHARD STEVENS ossibly the best with the Albuquerque football commu- Pcompliment nity went up. The season began with you can throw grumblings about the “Old Man’s” at the 2015 New ability to push this program around Mexico Lobos foot- the corner. The Lobos now have a clear ball team doesn’t view of life on the other side of that really come across corner. as a warm hug: But will 2016 be a tougher year for The Lobos really the Lobos and maybe not as productive weren’t a very good football team. on the scoreboard – and in the win But in the end, that’s something you column? Possibly. The Lobos will not really had to like about this scrappy be viewed as a Mountain West bully in band of Lobos. Because a huge step 2016, but they will have gained a lot to a program digging itself out of the of respect from their upsets of 2015. A mud created by Mike Locksley and few victims from 2015 will be looking Paul Krebs is to field a team that can for payback in 2016. win when it’s not the best team on the It also will be interesting to see if field. the Lobos can improve their appeal at Bob Davie’s Lobos did that in a big the gates of University Stadium. The way in the 2015 regular season with crowds were still an embarrassment signature statement wins over Utah and the empty seats at the Air Force State, Boise State and Air Force. game shouted out a community’s Were the Lobos fortunate in carving preference for big-time football on the out a 7-5 slate and advancing to the tube. You also couldn’t hide the fact New Mexico Bowl? Of course. Had Ha- that the Lobos were not an exciting waii run an off-tackle play and set up a team to watch. chip-shot field goal, the Lobos season There are still many gaps to fill in might have gone in another direction. this program, but while Davie might The Lobos found energy and a future be quick to pat himself on the back, he in a bad coaching decision from the also is wise enough to see the holes. Hawaii staff. The Lobos benefited from “We are not yet there,” Davie admitted a mediocre Mountain West Conference. at the end of the season. The Lobos also ran into a Utah State Still, the Lobos are at a place on team and a Boise State team that were the Mountain West hill they did not clearly better than the Lobos, but prob- appear capable of reaching heading ably failed to take the Lobos seriously. into the season. They were a win away By the time those teams woke up the from playing in the MW Championship Lobos were taking themselves seriously, game. They reached the postseason. and that’s another huge step for a They also should now reach a lot of program. The Aggies and the Broncos recruits that they were not capable outplayed New Mexico but they also of reaching before – before wins over overlooked New Mexico. Boise State, Utah State and Air Force. The Lobos won the scoreboard battle Winning breeds winning, but it also and that is something Davie’s program opens doors and young minds. It’s fair needed to do. His program that to say that a lot of football players over sprouted from a horrid 3-33 stretch the years came to New Mexico because (2009-11) had finally beaten some their first, second and maybe even marquee teams – well, marquee teams their third choices were not interested from a marginal Mountain West. in them. The Lobos have climbed that Air Force might or might not have ladder, too. The credibility meter at been better than the Lobos, but the UNM has pushed the needle higher Falcons already had clinched a spot while also pushing itself into a few in the Mountain West Championship more living rooms. game and were coasting toward San And if the Lobos can make the same Diego State. steps in recruiting that they did on the The Lobos got a few early Christmas scoreboard in 2015, the luck factor gifts and had what it took to open might be fortified by better Lobos. them. The Lobos avoided the lump Really, this is the step the Lobos need of coal and they were rewarded with maybe more than anything. post-season play. It’s also obvious that Davie should have been handed Richard Stevens is a former sports writer Mountain West Coach of the Year for The Albuquerque Tribune. More honors, which he did not receive. recently he was an insider at the Lobo Davie’s runaway ego probably was athletic department. Reach him at damaged by that snub, but his stock [email protected] 18 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS A NALYSIS/cartoons ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 19 Holly Holm Day in ABQ APD Progress on DOJ Deal Spotty BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

Amy Mathis o one doubts that it will take Basically, APD officers aren’t being and resilient policy system is virtually compliance because of one omission sent us this photo Ntime for the Albuquerque Police trained on use-of-force because there guaranteed to fail to deliver a training and additional language that permits of her cat Savannah, Department to get into full compli- is no policy in place. product,” the report says. action that seems to place APD policy who likes playing ance with the settlement agreement Ginger ripped APD’s policymak- And then there’s APD’s apparent in conflict with the language of this with her toy sheep. it signed with the U.S. Department of ing process as inept. That’s hugely desire to allow officers to shoot at paragraph’s requirement.” Justice last year over the fact that its important because without good moving vehicles. The settlement Even when APD has tried to abide officers were shooting too many peo- policymaking there won’t be good agreement specifically prohibits it: by the letter and spirit of the settle- ple. It isn’t easy to change a culture in training, and without proper training, ment agreement, it has fallen short. any institution or company, large or change won’t occur, Ginger has said. The agreement requires that all cops small. “In short, policy development ‘In terms of the policies get crisis intervention training. APD But the chances that APD will be processes at APD are in need of signif- that APD has drafted announced earlier this year that it in substantial compliance with the icant and immediate revision,” Gin- so far, they have been had put all its officers through a CIT settlement agreement’s 280 require- ger’s report says. “Responsibilities for difficult to understand, course. ments by next November seem slim policy writing, dissemination, revision But APD began the CIT training considering the first mixed report on and assessment are disjointed and poorly organized, before it could be vetted by Ginger’s APD’s progress by the DOJ’s indepen- disorganized. In terms of the policies and apparently team. Ginger later found that the dent monitor, James Ginger, earlier that APD has drafted so far, they have written piecemeal’ training was inadequate, and now this month. been difficult to understand, poorly the city is apparently trying to decide — DOJ monitor’s report Ginger had some good news and organized, and apparently written whether to retrain all those officers some bad news on Dec. 3 when he piecemeal, without an overarching under a program that Ginger has detailed APD’s initial progress. The understanding of the function of “APD shall adopt a policy that approved. CALLING ALL PETS good: the SWAT Team, Canine Unit policy in guiding officer conduct and prohibits officers from discharging a “What is left now is two-tiered – and Bomb Squad all have made signif- forming the basis for APD’s training firearm from a moving vehicle or at over 800 officers trained under the icant progress in training in de-es- program. a moving vehicle, including shooting ‘old’ version and a smaller number calation techniques and using the “For example, the monitors gave to disable a moving vehicle, unless an under the ‘new’ or current version,” Send it to minimum force necessary to resolve failing marks to critical policy ele- occupant of the vehicle is using lethal said City Councilor Diane Gibson. To Rene Thompson [email protected] an incident. ments on their initial reviews, finding force, other than the vehicle itself,” the fix the problem, Gibson, Ginger and “Likely as a result of these improve- fatal flaws in APD’s policies covering agreement says. others agreed to retrain the officers Holly Holm takes the microphone during the City of Albuquerque’s celebration Dec. 6 of her MMA Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, ments, APD saw commendable results use of force, internal affairs, supervi- APD’s draft policy for shooting at only if they failed a CIT test. But bantamweight championship victory over Ronda Rousey. A Holm-Rousey rematch has been set for and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. UFC 200 in Las Vegas on July 9, the Los Angeles Times reported. from its tactical operations, many of sion and other areas. Because policy moving vehicles omitted the line, Gibson said she still has yet to hear which were resolved without any is the foundation of training, the “other than the vehicle itself” and from Mayor Richard Berry about the force being used,” Ginger’s report deficiencies in APD’s policy devel- allowed for “lethal force against the proposed fix. says. opment must be worked out before driver of a vehicle if the driver is CALL NOW! The bad: As of the end of May, APD APD’s training program will be able using a vehicle itself as lethal force,” Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor SALES ENDING SOON! still hadn’t developed an acceptable to function properly. Any training de- Ginger’s report says. “APD’s current at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at use-of-force policy after two tries. veloped and delivered absent a strong Use of Force Policy falls short of [email protected]

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Mary & Tito’s topped with only green, but I have to nother year draws to a close. the family venture 2711 Fourth Street NW admit it was great paired with the red. APeople reflect, bond with family being backed by his 344-6266 Their relleno is filled with a simple, and engage in all those other holiday mother-in-law. His Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Fri-Sat 9 a.m.–8 p.m. white cheese that didn’t overpower activities us jaded types are quick to wife and business the entirety of the chile, and the scoff at or side-eye. I only just became partner, Sheryl, breading held up without being thick aware of side-eyeing, and I’m not sure known locally as ven a seasoned Burqueña foodie I have it down; after all, one cannot the “Brew Wid- Eoccasionally misses a great restau- Green chile may appear side-eye oneself in the mirror unless ow,” is certainly rant. When a friend expressed shock … never mind. I’m here to talk beer, no bystander in at my never having heard of Mary & dull when chopped, but not ocular gestures. the brewery. As a Tito’s, I felt I’d been shamed by every the green at Mary & Tito’s former president abuela in a five-mile radius. (For what boasts a musicality Dana Koller of Kaktus of the Dukes of Ale it’s worth, it’s in a part of town I don’t brew club and the often visit.) After learning about the that plays well with Brewing in Bernalillo business manager awards Mary & Tito’s has earned garlic and other flavors plans to do his part behind Mike’s for both their food and red chile, I to combat end-of-year success, she brings ventured out for a taste test. or eggy in the least. Even the beans anxieties by opening a her own extensive and rice, which normally seem an industry experience When a friend expressed afterthought on a plate like this, were second Kaktus taproom to the operation. shock at my never having really very good. The beans have a in the old Amore space In addition to the Ariane Jarocki pork-based flavor that makes them a celebration and heard of Mary & Tito’s, On the topic of misalignment, sleeping with future Above: Mary & Tito’s Large Combo offers a sampling of the restaurant’s standouts. strong contender to be served all on I felt I’d been shamed Below: The red chile makes the Carne Adovada plate at Mary & Tito’s. their own. OffKilter Brewing Co.’s Mike Camp- business partners, by every abuela in a bell says his new place is “a celebration December gifts us of Scotland and all things slightly with stress. For five-mile radius The first taste of the red skewed,” so my fellow side-eyers will the collegiate set, Steven Guzzardi via Flickr fit right in. Campbell, a two-decade the month marks here is all complex, and A new year means brand-new flights of beer. All cheer! This is an honest-to-goodness fami- the back end is pure heat brewing veteran, notes that he hopes to a frantic hurtle ly restaurant. The wall in the hallway open the location (4814 Hardware NE) toward finals and introduce ourselves to Albuquerque. that as a student-only night,” Koller is covered in family photos as a home in January, but experience tells him research papers and, not infrequent- People will be able to have a private says. “When you’re in school, it’s things in the brewery biz don’t always ly, a scholar’s last chance to score a might be. Mary & Tito’s main seating If you’re a red chile fanatic, you holiday party at our place. All they sometimes hard to meet [like-mind- go as planned. “If it’s not one thing, it’s decent grade. Dana Koller of Kaktus area is an organized hodgepodge of must try the Carne Adovada plate. have to do is ensure there’s a min- ed] people in fun settings that don’t your mother,” Campbell laughs. “We’ll Brewing in Bernalillo plans to do his booths and tables. Our waitress had There’s enough red chile to mix into imum food order of $500 for their involve crazy bar scenes.” open when we open, but we think part to combat end-of-year anxieties her hands full but reassured us that every bite on your plate, plus extra to group. Plus they’ll get a sneak peek at I propose that the first lecture be January is a pretty safe bet.” by opening a second Kaktus taproom she’d be right over to take our order. sop up with your tortilla. The flautas our new place.” The location’s grand an intercultural examination of the After two decades of being the in the old Amore space (2929 Monte Through trial and error, I’ve learned here are also excellent. Follow my opening is slated for Thursday, Dec. pervasiveness and complexities of venerable brewer at places like Vista NE) across from UNM’s Main that great nuevomexicano food often example, and acquaint yourself with 31, aka New Year’s Eve. the side-eye gesture’s implications for Tractor, La Cazuela and several other Campus. requires a relaxed ordering stance. Mary and Tito’s. The Kaktus satellite location hopes social justice. Happy New Year! After ordering, the food came from successful ventures, why open a A soft opening week ending Dec. to embody a colorful, productive ABQ Free Press stringer/bon vivant the kitchen — hot and fast. Resident foodie Ariane Jarocki fearlessly brewery now? “I guess it all started 23 is planned for groups in the Duke vibe. “I was thinking we could host Efrain Villa chronicles the Albuquerque And the brief wait at the beginning explores and reports on Albuquerque’s with me sleeping with the investor’s City to “rent” the facility for free, says academic talks on Mondays with very brewing scene in his ABeerQ column. was so worth it. I opted for the day’s restaurant, food truck and bakery scenes daughter,” Campbell jokes, describing Koller. “We think it’s a nice way to aggressive specials and designate Reach him at aimlessvagabond.com special, the Large Combo. This plate for ABQ Free Press. Ariane Jarocki offers a sampling of Mary & Tito’s standouts. The classic dish includes a beef taco, a rolled cheese enchilada and From there, I moved on to the a chile relleno, and it’s served with gen- Christmas-covered enchilada and It Starts With You! erous sides of Spanish rice and beans. relleno. The enchilada’s unpretentious Businessman Gary Goodman Typically, in a combo, one item shines filling of cheddar cheese and onions above and beyond the rest. In Mary was brilliantly offset by the spicy chile and a group of donors will match flavor. Green chile may appear dull gifts made in December when chopped, but the green at Mary up to $80,000. Your gift provides Through trial and error, & Tito’s boasts a musicality that plays twice as many meals in 2016! I’ve learned that great well with garlic and other flavors. ______nuevomexicano food In my book, the red chile was the often requires a relaxed pièce de résistance. Its smoky flavor www.rrfb.org suggests the inclusion of chipotle. ordering stance The first taste of the red here is all text 505.933.7732 complex, and the back end is pure & Tito’s Large Combo, everything heat. Luckily, it’s a heat that can be 1 in 3 was on par. The taco shell — a freshly quenched, allowing for continued children go fried, crispy vehicle — delivered beefy, enjoyment. Eccentrically Captured Photography OffKilter Brewing Co. cheesy goodness to my mouth. I usually prefer my chile relleno hungry in The chalkboard tap menu and recycled skateboard taps at Kaktus Brewing Co. in Bernalillo. Veteran brewer Mike Campbell brings his considerable experience to his own venture, OffKilter New Mexico Brewing Co. 24 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CULTURE/FILM ART ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 25 Trapped!: N.M. Film Focus: Matters of the Art: Tinsmiths, Elves and the Octofox BY LISA BARROW Escape for the Holidays On Dirk Norris On a hot tin nicho satire at the South Broad- • The wonderment that emerges from BY RENE THOMPSON BY JEFF BERG Thanks to the efforts of researcher way Cultural Center on candles and sand packed into brown and author Maurice Dixon, an Friday and Saturday, paper bags isn’t fully appreciated magine this: You’re locked in a room NM Escape Room intriguing nuevomexicano art Dec. 18 and 19, at anywhere except in New Mexico. Iand must solve puzzles, find clues 3916 Carlisle Blvd NE mystery has finally been solved. 8 p.m. Unsur- and decode messages to make your On Christmas Eve, luminarias (or 289-1002 The case is laid out in a new exhibit prisingly, the way to freedom and glory. Do you farolitos) dot the streets with their nmescaperoom.com opening Saturday, Dec. 19, at the show might not be have what it takes to escape? calming and memorable light. The Albuquerque Museum of Art and suitable for younger The escape-room trend began when History (2000 Mountain NW). “The viewers, who should City of Albuquerque recommends point-and-click adventure games Map” is set in a Victorian-style room Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonza- be permitted to keep four neighborhoods in particular for blew up online; the concept evolved with a Wild West storyline – winners les: A Tinsmith and Poet in Territorial their illusions intact for a nighttime stroll if you want to take into a real-life adventure game that must find Jesse James’ treasure map New Mexico” brings together artifacts as long as possible. Visit in some glowing tradition: Ridgecrest, promotes team building while offer- within Bob Ford’s abode; Ford is ru- including tin nichos, retablos and pro- southbroadwaytickets. ing fun. stretching diagonally from Carlisle SE mored to have stolen the map before cessional pieces, as well as examples com for $10 tickets and The earliest, IRL escape room was to San Mateo SE, puts up luminarias killing James. The third room’s theme of poetry and music all created by a more information. created by Takao Kato in Japan circa along the median; the Country Club is called “The Unpublished”; it’s set prolific Santa Fe-born artist whose 2007. It took off so quickly that by in a ‘70s bachelor pad with a govern- Santa’s grab bag Neighborhood, near Tingley Beach; significance was nearly lost to history. 2012, the game made its way to the ment espionage theme, and slated to This lump-o’coal-free Old Town, especially the Plaza; and New Mexico’s hojalatero — or United States. begin taking reservations as early as gathering of December tinsmith — tradition dates back to Los Alamos Civic, stretching north of Solving mysteries in an interactive mid-December. events is brought to you Mexico’s independence from Spain Bridge SW and east of Old Coors SW. way is what makes this a game worth There are a number of different in the true holiday spirit in 1821. With the advent of a thriving playing again and again. Versions types of puzzles in the rooms them- – which I personally con- trade in canned foodstuffs between • There’s more distinctively New of the concept are popping up from selves, so wear your thinking cap, sider to be one of cheer- the U.S. and Mexico, savvy craftspeo- Mexico holiday flavor to be had at coast to coast. Denizens of the Duke delegate responsibility accordingly ful resignation. Cheerful ple began to reuse the metal con- City can enjoy a fun, competitive and ensure that communication is a because of twinkly the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s tainers for folksy décor like frames, night out at NM Escape Room. top priority. Some of the puzzles can lights, gifting, generosity Annual Pueblo Gingerbread House boxes, chandeliers and crosses. They Two separate rooms and accompa- be extremely tough to crack solo, and and fond memories, but Competition, which is on display invested considerable ingenuity into nying themes are currently offered, the whole team is needed to get out also wrote poetry, composed corridos also resigned to pressure, relentless now through Jan. 3, 2016. While first, their designs, forging punches, cutting advertising and a few crummy mem- and another room will be unlocked in time. If your team can’t outwit the and taught school. second and third place winners are al- shapes, hammering and soldering the soon. Each one has individual themes room, game masters are watching on The history-opening exhibit runs ories in the mix. Hey, just like people, tin and frequently applying glass and ready in place, voting on the People’s and storyline sagas that unfold while standby so participants can ask for through Apr. 4, 2016. Museum holidays can be compli- paint elements. Later, this plebian ver- players have a limited time, one extra clues if their team can’t advance. admission is $1 to $4, with plenty of cated. Whether you’re sion of silversmithing fell out of favor hour, to figure out the clues and get The only caveat I have about NM irk Norris is a longtime advo- Later, during college, he signed up opportunities to get in for free. For participating in Ye Merry with 20th-century decorators, and the locks off the door in time. Expect Escape Room is to bring enough Dcate and supporter of the New for a Feature Film Production class. more information, stop by albuquer- Yuletide enthusiastically, more than a few unexpected twists people for a full team. Otherwise, you Mexico film industry. His low-key Norris recalls that the course was led the underappreciated pieces became quemuseum.org or call 842-0111. reluctantly or by associa- and turns. may be teamed up with strangers, demeanor belies his essential role in by LA screenwriter Billy Fields, who scattered and anonymous. tion only, the Duke City The escape scenarios include “The have to fly solo or end up not hav- the sort of behind-the-scenes work was building a studio and making Crumpet crisis offers a candy factory Cabin,” a murder-mystery theme ing enough time to complete all the that often goes unheralded. In 2014, videos. Fields also gave him his Like “How the Grinch full of opportunities to where one must find hints to the iden- puzzles. Bring a minimum of 6 to 8 he created the New Mexico Film first freelance gig. “My first job was Stole Christmas” and forge new traditions, tity of the cabin’s owner, who hap- people to have a thoroughly enjoy- Foundation, a support system for dry-walling his office. After that, he “National Lampoon’s get a wicked sugar rush pens to be a serial killer. “The Blood able experience and a real chance local independent filmmakers, where told me he had run out of money,” Christmas Vacation,” David going and find ways to of escaping the he serves as executive director. says Norris. Sedaris’ “Santaland Diaries” feel good amid the rush: room. The satis- Norris stopped moving for a sec- Norris graduated UNM and relo- has become something of a faction of solving ond, and I quickly corralled him for cated to the Southern New Mexico tradition for those lovers of • If you’re stuffing a fleet the mystery is an interview with ABQ Free Press. town of Oscuro, near Carrizozo. He Christmas lore who appre- of stockings, support worth it. This is a man who eats, sleeps and managed the Oscuro High Desert ciate a bit of cranky mixed the shops that do one of The next time breathes New Mexico film. Born in Hostel for 9 years. In 2004, the with their Kringle. two things: 1) support you’re looking Madison, Wis., Norris reveals a for- building burned to the ground, and The story of Sedaris’ expe- local artists and 2) serve for something rience as one of Santa’s elves you cookies. The Octopus and the Fox mative experience with the medium Norris found himself searching. A Choice category continues through new in ABQ, at Macy’s Department Store (514 Central SE) does both with their at age 10. “I was Batman, my brother former guest of the hostel, whose Jan. 2. Stop by the IPCC (2401 12th take a group of was Robin and the kid across the script featured it as a location, had in New York, humiliatingly Holiday Cookie Party! on Friday, Dec. complete with a costume Street NW) to pick out your favorite friends or the street was Mr. Moneybags. His father called Norris one year prior to dis- 18, from 6 to 10 p.m. Surrounded by of “green velvet knickers, the zoological swirl of owl mittens, gingerbread casa inspired by a Pueblo whole family had an 8mm camera and filmed our cuss bringing a crew in to film. She a forest green velvet smock sloth necklaces and roadrunner to NM Escape little neighborhood play.” and the producer arrived in Oscuro village, church, home or historic Extensive research in the public and a perky little hat decorated with pillows, decorate your own sweets Room to see if When their father bought a Super to scout locations the night after the dwelling. While you’re there, take a record and meticulous matching of spangles,” first debuted on NPR in for free with tasty supplies provided you can work as 8 camera, he and his brother made hostel burned. gander at the towering Christmas tree unique tin-stamp “fingerprints” by 1992. In it, Sedaris — aka Crumpet by Octofox (though you can bring a team to defeat a stop-motion animation involving “They spent a few weeks in adorned with nuevomexicano-themed the dreaded art historian Dixon, who co-curates — recounts everything from a brief, your own if you have a favorite icing Hot Wheels, Play Dough and trans- Carrizozo, rewriting and filming,” ornaments in the courtyard. locked doors. the museum’s exhibit with Deb doomed infatuation with fellow elf or candy). Games are on the agenda, formation. Norris scored his first says Norris. “I became the Unit Slaney, have revealed that a plethora Snowball to his monumental apathy too, with chances to win Octofox gift Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt “deal” in 8th grade, convincing the Production Manager and had a of tinworks previously attributed in the face of the second person in a bags. Showing up is the only way City Writers collective. Visit her on the science club to bring him along as a small, [on camera] role as a police An artistic rendering to nameless tinsmiths in counties day to tell him they’re going to get you’ll have a chance at this Christmas interwebs at facebook.com/LisaBarrow- of “The Cabin” mur- videographer on their annual trip. officer.” The film was titled “Déjà Vu: throughout northern New Mexico him fired. miracle. See theoctopusandthefox.com LikesWords. She most recently served as der-mystery scenario It was an auspicious beginning for Hera’s Odyssey.” Edited at Santa Fe’s can actually be traced directly to one Catch a local staging of the delight- or call 203-2659 for details. Courtesy NM Escape Room arts & lit and web editor at Weekly Alibi. at NM Escape Room young Norris. Lightningwood Studios, the movie Higinio V. Gonzales (1842–1921), who fully disaffected, sardonic holiday con t. on page 26 26 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS music music ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 27 B m Box: Reviews of New Music Within Range: Auld Lang Syne Edition BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS Celebrating Nina Simone whose passion and power Park & Ride is: park at the divas and other sensual delights as quiet-loud-quiet format of a Pixies throwing knives directly into grocery The rest of the population may be soundtracked the Civil Zoo and take a free shuttle the renowned ABQ burlesque troupe song, if Frank Black were singing store PA systems. Still, you have spending their cinematic energy at Rights movement. General to River of Lights at the presents Double Your Pleasure on about saving the children instead of not known suffering until you’ve “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but admission is $8; tickets are $5 Botanic Garden. Pick up tickets Thursday, Dec. 31 at Launchpad (618 going to the beach — and if the rest of worked retail in a small record store the Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) for seniors, kids 12 and under, early or at the gate starting at Central SW). Headlining boylesk duo, the band had been replaced by a third- on Christmas Eve, with a boss whose isn’t abandoning those unfazed by this and students with valid ID. Call 5:30 p.m. Tickets are also available Seattle’s Original Twins won the “Best rate Trans-Siberian Orchestra knock- in-store play picks include Cajun and global spectacle empty-handed. A not- 255-1848 or visit guildcinema.com online at riveroflights.org/tickets. For Small Group” award at the 25th Annual off. As the number of churchgoers Hawaiian interpretations of holiday so-long time ago, in an artistic galaxy for more info. more information, call the New Mexico Tournament of Tease this June in Las continues to dwindle, His Holiness favorites. That said, had Cassie seemingly far away from our own, BioPark Society at 764-6227 or email Vegas, Nev. MembersParis and Trojan and his handlers are savvy to his need Tynker sails River of Lights Ramone’s new album “Christmas there lived a mercurial musical genius [email protected]. will tease and titillate anyone with a to appeal to a younger generation. Beloved Santa Fean performance in Reno” been around a decade ago named Eunice Kathleen Waymon, pulse, and fetish model Alyxzandrea “Wake Up!,” billed as Christian prog troupe Clan Tynker has been wowing Wylde doomtroops into 2016 when I had said record store job, I better known as Dr. Nina Simone. Asher, burlesque performer Mayo Lua rock, seeks to do just that. Admittedly, audiences of all ages with fami- Perhaps the bright lights of the BioPark would have played this sucker every This year alone saw the release of De Frenchie and local drag stars Scarlett there is a gentleness to the Argentine’s ly-friendly circus antics since 1995. aren’t your style. May I instead suggest chance I could. Partly because I dig two documentaries about Simone. and host Vanessa Patricks add intrigue voice. He sounds like he’s always the form — Vivian Girl’s minor-key The New Mexico troupe has shared its something a bit darker and heavier? to interest. Guests can also look forward smiling when he speaks, but “Wake chord progressions, echoing distortion one-of-a-kind as- Heavy metal even? Raise those devil Pope Francis like Erykah Badu and Lil’ Kim sharing to an after-hours dance party with DJ Up!” still ends up being a laughably and laconic delivery — and partly sortment of talents fists in the air on Sunday, Dec. 27, for Brian Botkiller. Doors are at 8 p.m., and her previous singles, guest appearanc- “Wake Up!” dull bore. because I would be grateful that at festivals all over Black Label Society’s “Doomtrooping the curtain rises at 8:30. As things are es on queer rapper Le1f’s outstanding (Believe Digital IT) there’s finally a Christmas album out the world, including Into 2016” Tour at Sunshine Theater gonna get hot, this show is ages 21 and there for those of us who see the dire release “Riot Boi” and now, the self-re- Scotland, Egypt and (120 Central SW). Doors are at 7 p.m., We all thought Adele’s “25” would be bleakness of the season through the lease of her own full-length debut Italy. Comprised and the show starts at the most talked-about release of the manufactured cheer. Cassie’s covers of “Pregnant with Success,” Junglepussy of brothers, sisters, 7:30. Launched in ’98 by year. Nope. Turns out that Pope Fran- “Wonderful Christmastime,” “I’ll Be could easily usurp Nicki Minaj as and shenanigans former Ozzy guitarist cis — head honcho of the Holy See, Home for Christmas” and especially today’s hip-hop heroine. “Pregnant” galore, Clan Tynker Zakk Wylde, Black Label capitalism critic and spiritual leader “Sleigh Ride” are standouts. is a savvy, crass takedown of patriar- adds their trade- Society gives the genre’s mark glimmering fans what they want: of over 1.2 billion people — had an chal norms. Junglepussy cites Kelis as album up his flowing white sleeves. Junglepussy magic to the annual long hair, leather vests one of her many influences; indeed, And it’s ... weird. Like, weirder than “Pregnant With Success” River of Lights at and screaming riffs on “Pop for You” is her most “Bossy” Jeff Bridges’ “Sleeping Tapes,” and Re-Emerging Films the ABQ BioPark loud double guitars. (Distrokid.com) cut, slicing down a dude with the that’s saying something. Despite “The Amazing Nina Simone” will screen at Guild Cinema this month. Botanic Garden Black Label Society’s It’s become a rap record standard to frank proclamation, “I don’t get horny commanding listeners to “Wake (2601 Central NW). latest release “Catacombs Black Label Society feature a disembodied listener flip- when you look at me.” “Nothing for Their show features of the Black Vatican” Up!,” it’s hard to listen to these 11 “What Happened, Miss Simone?” ping around the dial before landing Me” is 2015’s “What Have You Done juggling, stilt-walking, unicycle-riding, won critical praise from Black Label Society’s “Doomtrooping Into 2016” Tour at Sunshine tracks without instead achieving the was produced with cooperation from Theater Cassie Ramone on a call-in radio show. Less common, live music and so much more. It’s a the hard rock and guitar opposite; it’ll lull you right to sleep. for Me Lately?” while “Get It right” her daughter Lisa and premiered at however, is a girlfriend calling out perfect post-Xmas weekend event. This press, despite Wylde’s only half-joking Formulaic in the extreme, each track “Christmas in Reno” includes a “Supa Dupa” shout-out Sundance in January before erupting over. Tickets are $15 in advance and her lackluster man by telling him that year’s River of Lights boasts over 500 admission that “Vatican” was “going starts off slow (chiming bells, Spanish (Burger Records) to Missy Elliott’s style. In under 35 on Netflix in June. Then there’s “The $20 at the door. A champagne toast at “relationships are more than food illuminated sculptures, lit with more to be all completely the same as the guitar and angelic harmonies) and minutes, McHayle’s razor-sharp wit Amazing Nina Simone” (108 minutes), midnight is included with the ticket To say that Christmas music is and lusty interactions, dude.” Born than two million lights. It’s open from last nine records, except just different steadied by a different Pope speech, on “Pregnant With Success” slices which screened at the Guild from Nov. price. Limited seating available for this pervasive this time of year would be Shayna McHayle, that lady eloquently 6 to 9:30 p.m. through Jan. 2, 2016; Clan song titles.” BLS has a delightfully self- through stereotypes about sex, money 2-5 and has four encore screenings New Year’s Eve naughtiness, so grab swells into a bloated, heavily orches- generous. It is inescapable, relentless, laying the smackdown on her bad BF Tynker is scheduled to perform Dec. aware sense of humor, though. Want Sunday, Dec. 20, through Wednesday, those advance tickets at holdmyticket. trated roof-raiser, then dwindles back hounding us all into absent-minded is better known as 24-year-old indie and black women in contemporary 26-30 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 proof? Search out the band’s cover of Dec. 23, at 6 p.m. only. Directed by Jeff com while you can. down to more Pope quotes. It’s the sing-alongs as we daydream about NYC rapper Junglepussy. With fans America. for guests aged 13 and up; kids ages Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” on L. Lieberman, the film offers a view 3-12 get in for$6; and admission is free YouTube for a laugh. Openers Hunt- M. Brianna Stallings writes so you don’t of this prodigious artist, activist and to kids younger than 3. No senior or ress, featuring operatically trained have to. dirk norris, Page 24 leaving to start the Foundation. should be increased or removed. industry in our state while offering American expatriate through the eyes member discounts available, but a free vocalist Jill Janus, and LA psych-punk His tenure at the film office came The cap allows the state to budget financial assistance and educational of more than 50 interviewees, includ- trio The Shrine break the silence. Tick- screened in Europe but was never at a busy time because of state film for the tax credit refund, so it has a opportunities to local independent ing musical colleagues, ets to this ages 13-plus show are $29.50 incentives. “The film incentives were purpose.” Norris offers the figure of filmmakers. family members, friends distributed stateside. “If I recall cor- at holdmyticket.com. rectly, ‘Déjà Vu’ was one of the first never meant to be long-term,” says $150 million, since that figure would January 2016 marks the Foun- and lovers. Simone was films to take advantage of the state Norris. “But other states quickly likely never be reached. dation’s second year, and it has renowned for her lush, Twice the naughty, nice saw the advantage and started The seed of the idea for the New androgynous contralto, film incentives.” awarded $20,000 in grants, hosted a There’s an episode of “Bob’s Burgers” implementing their own. I would Mexico Film Foundation came to her dextrous piano work Norris was president of the Car- number of workshops and initiated wherein middle child Gene Belcher be in favor of eliminating the film Norris while working at the state and her brilliant original grumbles to his sisters that there’s too rizozo Chamber of Commerce when a fiscal sponsor program, a post-pro- incentives if all states eliminated film office. “One of my jobs while works and interpretations. much pressure on kids to have fun in the cast and crew of “The Book of duction grant and a travel stipend so them.” He lists other selling points working there was to investigate the Standouts include “I Loves the summer. “It’s like New Year’s Eve filmmakers can get to festivals. Eli” arrived in town. Fresh from that of our state, including well-trained possibility of creating a foundation You Porgy,” “Feeling for kids,” he complains. I’ll confess Another interesting Foundation success, Norris went on to convince crews, infrastructure and a variety of that would work directly with the Good” and the classic that sometimes, even after years as an presence is Santa Fean “Game of mayors of the five municipalities locations. film office similarly to what the -Mu protest anthem “Mississip- adult, I totally get what he’s laying within Lincoln County to create a As long as other states continue seum Foundation does with the De- Thrones” author George R.R. Martin, pi Goddam.” In a cultural down. Come Dec. 31, it can almost climate teeming with film commission to encourage indus- to offer incentives – as 35 currently partment of Cultural Affairs.” When who has sponsored a $5000 screen- feel like you’d have to split yourself violent, systemic oppres- try interest. Norris gained valuable do – New Mexico has to remain that entity failed to manifest, he writing grant since the foundation’s in two in order to check out all of the sion of black lives, “The experience. When the Outreach competitive,” he concludes. “I don’t saw a real need for an organization inception. available awesome. Thankfully for us Amazing Nina Simone” big kids in Burque, Burlesque Noir is Manager position for the state film think there needs to be an increase focused on supporting New Mexico Jeff Berg is our state’s foremost film histo- Clan Tynker Alyxzandrea Asher proves a vital portrait of looking out for us. Ring in 2016 with office opened up, he was hired. He in incentives, but the issue of a cap filmmakers. The Foundation’s mis- rian, and he reports on film and industry Santa Fean performance troupe Clan Tynker has been wowing a brilliant creative voice a glittering night of drag, burlesque ABQ burlesque troupe presents Double Your worked there for 18 months before must be addressed. Either the cap sion is to grow the independent film happenings for ABQ Free Press. audiences of all ages with family-friendly circus antics since 1995. Pleasure on Thursday, Dec. 31 28 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 29 PERFORMANCES Roust the House Teen FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 Stories in the Sky with Laurie FUNDRAISERS Performance Night Every Thing Will Be Fine Magovern THROUGH DECEMBER 2O 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Jean Cocteau Cinema, Wednesdays, 9:30 am and 11 am, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 Cinderella — The E! True Holly- 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum, 2nd Annual Rainmakers Art wood Story outpostspace.org (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, Auction DEFINITIVELY THE HOLIDAYS National Hispanic Cultural Center, 768-6020, balloonmuseum.com 5:30 pm, Timber Studio, DECEMBER 26–27 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org FAIRS, FESTIVALS & Storytime Saturday 849 Hardy Ave SW, THROUGH DECEMBER 24 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 White Eagle Dancers (Zuni) 2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books, rainmakersnm.wix.com/rainmakersnm MUSIC Memoir Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, FIESTAS Ballet Repertory Theatre of New Mexi- Jingle Belly Raqs 2015 The Desert Rose Playhouse, 6921 5850 Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 co: The Nutcracker 3 pm, Anasazi Fields Winery, 26 Camino de List Montgomery Blvd NE, 881-0503, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 page1book.com OUTDOORS yo indianpueblo.org Sunday Family Fun Howlin’ Holiday Jam to benefit New Day KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, los Pueblitos, Placitas, isalangstudios.com ur desertroseplayhouse.net Dummy Gelunde Ski Launch even Sundays, 10 am, Bachechi Open Space, THROUGH DECEMBER 31 Sunshine Theater, 120 Central Ave SW, kimotickets.com in the T The Wind in the Willows THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 and Torchlight Parade 764-0249, sunshinetheaterlive.com 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 314-0398, December Garden Holidays A Christmas Carol FAIRS, FESTIVALS & Aux Dog Theatre, 3011 Monte Vista Cirque Ziva 3 pm, Ski Apache, 1286 Ski Run Road, bernco.gov/openspace ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224 San Pasquale FIESTAS Blvd NE, 254-7716, auxdog.com Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central Ave Alto, NM (575) 464-3600, skiapache.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 ABQ F Toddler Time 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Ave SW, 242-4750, albuquerquelittletheatre.org ree SW, 352-7866, rt66casino.com Nob Hill Holiday Park & Shop Roots and Wires Holiday Blues Party Press Tuesdays, 9 am, Explora, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 9 am, Nob Hill, rt66central.com 7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, THROUGH JANUARY 2, THROUGH DECEMBER 27 Flower’s 3rd Annual Bah! Albuquerque Philharmonic 1701 Mountain Rd NW, 224-8300, El Prado, (575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com calenda SCREENS explora.us 2016 All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Humbug! Holiday Social Event to Orchestra FAMILY Email event info,R River of Lights DECEMBER 19–24 The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 247-8600, benefit F.A.T. Katz Cat Rescue including event name, date, 7:30 pm, Donation, Immanuel Pres- DECEMBER 18-JANUARY 3 vortexabq.org 6 pm, Boofy’s Best for Pets, byterian Church, 114 Carlisle Blvd SE, Guild Cinema SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 COMMUNITY 6 pm, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, A Baroque Christmas 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 8201 Golf Course Rd NW #C2, time, address and contact 433-7445, nmpao.org 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) THROUGH DECEMBER 30 Parents’ Night Out: Food Fun FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 890-0757, boofysbest.com guildcinema.com 5:30 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd 982-0092, santafepromusica.com DECEMBER 18–JANUARY 3, The New Mexico Environmental THROUGH JANUARY 17, 2016 The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the phone number December 18–19, Dennis Hopper: NW, RSVP: 224-8300, explora.us Holiday THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 2016 Improvement Board Kadomatsu Japanese Garden SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 or website, to The American Dreamer—Easy Rider & Star Wars Party Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth St NW, 898-9222, Luminarias at Acoma Pueblo The Little Mermaid Drugs; Legend Public Hearing ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, Enchantment Albuquerque Handbell 11 am, Lobo Anime & Comics, 9 am, NM State Capitol Building, adobetheater.org 7 pm, Free, Sky City Cultural Center & [email protected] African American Performing Arts December 19–20, Difret 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Ensemble 1016 Juan Tabo Blvd NE Ste D, Rm 307, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, Haak’u Museum, 15 mi South on I-40 @ Center, 310 San Pedro, 265-9119, December 20–23, Buena Vista Social 3 pm, Sandia Preparatory School, 532 Osuna Rd FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 one month in advance 332-0499, lobocomics.com env.nm.gov SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 exit 102, Acoma, NM, musicaltheatresw.com Club; The Amazing Nina Simone NE, 818-8214, enchantmenthandbells.org Mannheim Steamroller Christmas (505) 552-7861, acomaskycity.org of publication. December 26–30, Kahlil Gibran’s The SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 Farolito Trail of Lights 5K Santa Fe Desert Chorale: Noche Serena Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 5 pm, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Prophet; The Kindergarten Teacher CM Healy Reading: If Mom ONGOING 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, unmtickets.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 Bedtime Stories Institute, 9169 Coors Blvd NW, December 31–Jan 1, The Jerk & The Became an Octopus 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org Sandia Prep Performing Arts Center, active.com New Year’s Eve on Civic Plaza Man with Two Brains 2 pm, Free, Erna Fergusson Library, THROUGH DECEMBER 29 DECEMBER 18–19 532 Osuna Rd NE, 831-2722, lame- 8 pm, Free, 1 Civic Plaza NW, CCA Cinematheque 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, 888-8100, Tuesday Night Swing Dance Zoo Animals Holiday Enrich- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 The Santaland Diaries DECEMBER 21–22 sadanceacademy.net civicplazapresents.com 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505) abclibrary.org 5 pm, Heights Community Center, ments Fresh2Def: Deck the Halls 8 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Cookies and Story Time with Mrs. Claus Fontenelle Family Dancers 982-1338, ccasantafe.org 823 Buena Vista Dr SE, 710-3840, 9:30 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 10 pm, Burt’s Tiki Lounge, 313 Gold Ave SW Broadway Blvd SW, southbroadwaytickets.com FAMILY Rude Boy Cookies, 115 Harvard St Ste7, 200- (Zuni/Omaha) December 18–20, The Masters: Exhi- ONGOING thecalmingfour.org 903 10th St SW, 764-6200, 2235, rudeboycookies.com Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, bition on Screen – Vermeer and Music abqbiopark.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 DECEMBER 18–20 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 Coder Dojo 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, December 26–28, The Masters: Exhi- Second and fourth Saturdays, 10 am, Christmas Eve Orchestra Concert The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 Photos with Santa indianpueblo.org bition on Screen – Rembrandt ages 7-17, Quelab, 680 Haines Ave Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, Enchantment 11 am, Duke City Harley-Davidson, 8603 Lomas Noon Year’s Eve Family Celebration January 1–3, The Masters: Exhibition NW, coderdojoabq.github.io (505) 988-1234, lensic.org National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St Blvd NE, 275-3853, dukecityhd.com 10 am, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, on Screen — Matisse SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 The Polar Express Pajama 224-8323, explora.us Recital Navideño Party (3D) New Year’s Eve Orchestra Concert Xtreme Komedy Presents Rodey Theatre, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell 6 pm, New Mexico Natural History Museum, FUNDRAISERS 5 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco, Drive NE, 925-5858, unmtickets.com 1801 Mountain Rd NW, nmnaturalhistory.org Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, lensic.org SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 Charles Fleischer Ryan McGarvey’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 Luminaria Network 3rd Annual 7 pm, Low Spirits, 2823 2nd St NW, A Celtic Christmas The Polar Express Pajama Holiday Event to benefit APS Elemen- 2015 New Year’s Eve lowspiritslive.com 2:30 pm, Scottish Rite Temple, Party (2D) tary Schools 463 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, 6 pm, New Mexico Natural History Museum, 2 pm, Adieux Café, 420 Central Ave SW, Concert Gala & Dance PERFORMANCES (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org 1801 Mountain Rd NW, nmnaturalhistory.org facebook.com/Luminaria-Network Holiday Pops! Winter Solstice Festival 2015 Doors Open 8:30pm THROUGH DECEMBER 2O 6 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 5 pm, Santa Fe Children’s Museum, 4646 Menaul Blvd. NE The Nutcracker: Duke City Repertory 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, nmphil.org 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505) 989-8359, Bubbles & Bubbly: Explora’s New Show Begins 9:00pm Theatre santafechildrensmuseum.org Year’s Eve Bash Open daily, 9 am – 6 pm The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St NW, 766-9412, 8:30 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Dance Begins 11pm dukecityrep.com 224-8300, explora.us Looking for a great MUSIC Parade of Lasers: 3LAU, Prince Na’an Stop Terra Trio TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29 white elephant gift? Fox, Jenaux 6 pm, Marble Brewery, 111 Marble Ave, Part of Art in the Afternoon The Willies Legendary Hollywood Comedian FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 243-2739, marblebrewery.com 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of 7 pm, The Barley Room, Wanting to donate your Calle 66 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com Novus Rex Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 5200 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B5, 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum and Voice of Roger Rabbit holiday decorations? 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 7:30 pm, St Michael & All Angels 332-0800, barleyroom.com 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, i Episcopal Church, 601 Montaño Rd NW, The Earful Needing the perfect ndianpueblo.org/visit/cafe.html The Brandenburg Concertos 842-9613, musica-antigua.org 8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 6 pm, St Francis Auditorium, Cactus Tractor Mesa Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900, The Brandenburg Concertos sweater for an 107 W Palace Ave, 476-5072, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, taosmesabrewing.com 6 pm, St Francis Auditorium, santafepromusica.com office party? 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, Soul Sessions – 5 ft Kraftee Vinyl Love: Justin O’Brien, 107 W Palace Ave, 476-5072, outpostspace.org Cuicani Sin Fronteras 9 pm, Burt’s Tiki Lounge, Slouch, Carla Lyn santafepromusica.com Part of Art in the Afternoon 313 Gold Ave SW Dawn Schary Eddy Stephens Jeffery Candelaria Calvin Appleberry 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW, Animal Humane’s 2 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 7 pm, Free, Vernon’s Speakeasy, elreyabq.com History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 Thrift Shop is the 6855 4th St NW, 341-0831, thehid- Borgore 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum Mija SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 densteakhouse.com 8:30 pm, El Rey Theater, Stereo Bar, Charles Fleischer place for you! DCN Project 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW, Eryn Bent 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com Clark Libbey CD Release Pueblo Harvest Café, redfishent.com 3 pm, Corrales Bistro Brewery, 7 pm, Tortuga, 901 Edith Blvd SE, 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 4908 Corrales Rd, Corrales, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, Come help us 506-0820, tortugagallery.org indianpueblo.org/visit/cafe.html SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 cbbistro.com 2016 $50 General Admission, $100 Couples, $10 Dance Only save more lives Emily Davis Jazz Brasileiro Joanie & Combo Special Mahler’s 9th Elephant Revival 8 pm, Tractor Brewing, To schedule a free pick up of large 2:30 pm, La Montañita Co-op Westside, 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, 8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, Tickets can be purchased at this holiday season. 118 Tulane Dr SE, getplowed.com donations, please call 505.938.7915. 3601 Old Airport Rd NW Ste D, 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, J.Phlip lamontanita.coop indianpueblo.org/visit/cafe.html (575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com 9 pm, Effex, 420 Central Ave, Shop. Donate. Volunteer. Help homeless pets. 842-8870, effexabq.com For rooms & reservations 505-888-3311 30 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • December 16, 2015 • 31

WORD Electric Train Exhibit THROUGH FEBRUARY 14, THROUGH DECEMBER 25 Santa Fe Children’s Museum, 2016 DECEMBER 28–JANUARY 2, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, Placitas Artists Series: Decem- 2016 (505) 989-8359, SWAIAs Moving Image Class X ber Visual Artists Get Your Kadomatsu On! santafechildrensmuseum.org Winners 2015 Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW, Where’s Cinderella Now? Institute of American Indian Arts, 7 Paseo de San Antonio, Placitas, BY JUANI HOPWOOD 344-8139, bkwrks.com The NAACP—100 Years of Dedi- BY JUANI HOPWOOD 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu 867-8080, placitasartistsseries.org December 28, Neesha Arter, cated Service Controlled African American Performing Arts Center, THROUGH FEBRUARY 21, THROUGH DECEMBER 26 January 2, Denise Kahn, Hot Air 310 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-0785, 1x15 – One Model, Fifteen aapacnm.org 2016 An American Modernism Photographers SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 Pottery of the US South: New Mexico Museum of Art, Matrix Fine Art, 3812 Central Ave SE, Glass Eye Poets Society Poetry A Living Tradition 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, Ste 100A, 268-8952, Readings Museum of International Folk Art, (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org matrixfineart.com 6 pm, Studio 14, 2860C State Hwy 14, 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, Three Wishes Madrid, (505) 474-6360 (505) 476-1200, THROUGH FEBRUARY 26, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, internationalfolkart.org JANUARY 2-9, 2016 2016 768-3544, kimotickets.com Unsuspected Possibilities Echoes of the Civil War The Institute of American SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, New Mexico History Museum, THROUGH DECEMBER 27 Indian Arts Writers Festival: Santa Fe, (505) 989-1199, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, ANMPAS Photographic Art Nightly Readings sitesantafe.org 6 pm, Free, Institute of American (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org Show Free, Expo New Mexico, Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, THROUGH JANUARY 10, THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, Santa Fe, iaia.edu 2016 300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, 2016 anmpas.com From New York to New Mexi- ONGOING Starry Night The Land Mark Show co: Masterworks of American Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Center for Contemporary Arts, Modernism from the Vilcek WEDNESDAYS 750 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, Foundation Collection Crazy Wisdom Poetry (505) 982-2226, spanishcolonial.org (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, 217 Johnson St, Santa Fe, Parch 808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172, THROUGH MAY 22, 2016 (505) 946-1000, okeeffemuseum.org Open Space Visitor Center, offcenterarts.org Hard Edge Abstraction 6500 Coors Rd NW, 897-8831, Poetics of Light: Pinhole Pho- Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, cabq.gov/openspace BQ BioPark hosts kadomatsu workshops in the Sasebo Japanese Garden from 9 a.m. to 4:30 MUSEUMS tography 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, New Mexico History Museum, cabq.gov/museum THROUGH DECEMBER 30 Ap.m. every day, starting Friday, Dec. 18. Kadomatsu — which translates as “gate pine” — THROUGH DECEMBER 19 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Christmas in Color are arboreal arrangements created in celebration of the Japanese New Year. In a 600-year-old 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org Pueblo Stories by the Fire THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, Pippin Contemporary, 200 Canyon Rd, tradition, kadomatsu are placed in pairs flanking the entrance to houses to attract toshigami, 5 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2017 Santa Fe, (505) 795-7476, protective ancestral spirits that bestow abundance and happiness on families. Shintoism holds THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 2016 Original Instructions: Pueblo pippincontemporary.com that watchful gods are enshrined in all things, and kadomatsu are essentially formal invitations indianpueblo.org Sovereignty and Pueblo Indian Country: The Art of for kind toshigami to enter a home. They also serve as temporary housing for the honored dei- December 19, Aaron Kie (Laguna) Governance THROUGH DECEMBER 31 David Bradley 1 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, ties; toshigami won’t visit if kadomatsu aren’t present. In its structural makeup, pine represents Elizabeth Showers Truck Show DECEMBER 19-APRIL 4, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W Palace Ave, longevity, bamboo stands for prosperity and ume tree sprigs represent steadfastness. Three 2016 Museum Hill, Santa Fe, indianpueblo.org Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, central bamboo shoots positioned at different heights are bound with woven straw. The tallest The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio (505) 476-1269, sorrelsky.com indianartsandculture.org THROUGH JULY 31, 2017 represents heaven, the middle shoot represents humanity and the shortest stands in for Earth. V. Gonzales: A Tinsmith and Featured Works by VSA Artists Finished arrangements will welcome toshigami into the Japanese Garden through Sunday, Jan. Poet of Territorial New Mexico THROUGH JANUARY 17, Visions and Visionaries Peace and Justice Center, his holiday season, The Dolls bring traditional English pantomime to the National Hispanic Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 17, when kadomatsu are burned to appease and release toshigami. 202 Harvard Dr SE, 268-9557, Cultural Center’s Wells Fargo Theatre. Panto has been integral to a classic English Christmas 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, 2016 Helen Hardin Media Gallery, T vsartsnm.org cabq.gov/museum Between Two Worlds: Folk Art- 108 Cathedral Pl, Santa Fe, for centuries, maybe even more so than mistletoe or Saint Nick’s beard. Far from the sooty Dick- Float: Christian Haub FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 THROUGH SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 ists Reflect on The Immigrant iaia.edu/museum ensian drama Americans may imagine, there’s nothing austere about Christmas panto in merry MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Experience David Richard Gallery, Kadomatsu in the Japanese Garden 544 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, olde England or The Dolls’ spectacular stage style. The beloved Albuquerque troupe’s original Lunar Monday Museum of International Folk Art, ARTSPREE (505) 983-9555, musical comedy “Cinderella: The E! True Hollywood Story” uses the archetypal fairy tale as a ba- All day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., workshop included with admission 7 pm, Donation based, New Mexico 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, davidrichardgallery.com sis for a characteristically bawdy production. Sprucing up their version with uproarious slapstick, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central NW, 768-2000, cabq.gov/culturalservices/biopark/events/kadomatsu Natural History Museum, (505) 476-1200, JANUARY 1-31, 2016 1801 Mountain Rd NW, internationalfolkart.org Winter Wonderland Group Show THROUGH JANUARY 1, elaborately costumed cross-dressing and boisterous audience participation, The Dolls are poised nmnaturalhistory.org Georgia O’Keeffe in Process Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Ave, 2016 to bring down the house (all four walls!) again this Christmas. It’s the perfect performative Looking Forward Looking Back Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, sorrelsky.com stocking stuffer: colorful, inventive and unforgettable. The Dolls blend the traditional and the FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Mementos: 55 Years of SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 FRIDAYS Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Memorabilia topical to bring their raucous (yet refreshingly family-friendly) comedy to life. Sensational drag First Friday Fractals THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 217 Johnson St, Santa Fe, Tamarind Institute, 2500 Central Ave SE, performances, dazzling costumes and British invasion pantomime make this annual production Open Space Winter Solstice Corrales Growers’ Market ABQ Food Fridays 6 pm, New Mexico Natural History (505) 946-1000, okeeffemuseum.org 2016 Mandala Creation 11 am, 500 Jones Rd & Corrales Rd, 4 pm, Civic Plaza, SW Section, 1 Civic 277-3901, tamarind.unm.edu your family’s next, best holiday tradition. Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Environmental Resiliency & 10 am, Open Space Visitor Center, farmersmarketsnm.org Plaza NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org THROUGH JANUARY 29, 2016 Nonlinear Creative Research: 6500 Coors Rd NW, Upcoming dates: Feb 7, Mar 6, Apr 3 Ave NW, civicplazapresents.com THROUGH JANUARY 2, FRIDAY, DEC. 11–SUNDAY, DEC. 13, Barelas: A Community An Evening with Nina Elder, cabq.gov, mandalaproject.org 2016 ONGOING Reimagining Lucy Lippard, and Erin Elder FRIDAY, DEC. 18–SUNDAY, DEC. 20 Venus: Peter Millett FOOD AND DRINK TALKS Free, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 7 pm, 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave, 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday, $20 THROUGH DECEMBER 31 Chiaroscuro, 558 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, MARKETS 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 242-1445, 516arts.com FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 25 THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, An Evening Redness in the (505) 992-0711, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, 246-2261, nationalhispaniccenter.org Mementos SATURDAYS YEAR ROUND & JANUARY 1 2016 West chiaroscurosantafe.com Tamarind Institute, 2500 Central Ave SE, ONGOING Santa Fe Farmers Market: Coffee Education and Tasting Environmental Resiliency & Wanderings: Meryl McMaster 277-3901, tamarind.unm.edu Railyard THROUGH JANUARY 3, 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, Nonlinear Creative Research: Waabanishimo (She Dances Till THROUGH DECEMBER 20 Puzzle on page 32 8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at Guada- 2016 THROUGH TUESDAY, 3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100, Nina Elder & Lucy Lippard Daylight): Eve-Lauryn LaFoun- THROUGH JANUARY 30, Paintings of the Old West: THROUGH JANUARY 8, lupe, Santa Fe, Winter Salon Group Exhibition 379-5136, prosumroasters.com 7 pm, 516 ARTS, 516 Central Ave SW, tain 2016 Santiago Perez 2016 FEBRUARY 9, 2016 farmersmarketsnm.org 242-1445, 516arts.org Dimestore Cowboys, 4940 Corrales Rd Stranger Factory, 3411 Central Ave NE, Soft Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Mexico at the Hour of Combat: Coming Home: Mary (Muller) ONGOING Ste 100, Corrales, 244-1493, 508-3049, strangerfactory.com Edition One Gallery, 1036 Canyon Rd, THROUGH MARCH Helen Hardin Media Gallery, Sabino Osuna’s Photographs of Moore Bailey SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, dimestorecowboys.com Santa Fe, (323) 422-8306, TUESDAYS 108 Cathedral Pl, Santa Fe, the Mexican Revolution THROUGH JANUARY 4, OASIS Art Gallery, 3301 Menaul Blvd Red Willow Farmers Market 2016 editionone.gallery iaia.edu/museum NE Ste 18, 884-4529, oasisabq.org, Wednesdays, 9 am, 885 Star Rd, Truckin’ Tuesdays Looking Forward Looking ¡Viva la Revolución!: The THROUGH DECEMBER 21 2016 marypaints.com Taos Pueblo, farmersmarketsnm.org 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Back: Ligia Bouton, Angela THROUGH JANUARY 3, 2016 Legacy of the Mexican Gravity’s Delta: Eric Garduno Printervention THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 11 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, Revolution at the University Small Scale, Big Ideas Ellsworth, Micol Hebron Atomic Steam Photography Día De Los Muertos: William Frej VSA North 4th gallery, 4904 4th St NW, Art of Devotion: Historic Art of DECEMBER THROUGH APRIL albuquerquecc.com of New Mexico Tansey Contemporary, 652 Canyon Rd, 11 am, New Mexico Museum of Art, Show Peters Projects, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, vsartsnm.org the Americas Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Santa Fe, (505) 995-8513, Los Ranchos Growers’ Market 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) National Museum of Nuclear Science & Santa Fe, (505) 954-5700, Peyton Wright Gallery, WEDNESDAYS UNM Main Campus, 500 Redondo Dr SE, tanseycontemporary.com 2nd Saturdays, 10 am, 476-5118, nmartmuseum.org History, 601 Eubank Blvd SE, petersprojects.com 237 E Palace Ave, Santa Fe, Talin Market Food Truck Round Up 277-4405, unm.edu/~maxwell 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 245-2137, nuclearmuseum.org (505) 989-9888, peytonwright.com farmersmarketsnm.org 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE 32 • December 16, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CLASSIFIEDS/CROSSWORD classifieds Crossword real estate by Myles Mellor For Sale UNM SOUTH/RIDGCREST/SIESTA HILLS 2/BD 1/BA 1100/SF Absolutely darling QUIET NE Ground floor 1/BD 1/BA 600/ Across 50. 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