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Association of Alternative Newsmedia WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [5] zoological expert Wu Kongju told China’s state know what was happening but could hear Office deputies contacted Boucher at her work. news agency Xinhua. Experts speculate the screams from the kitchen. There were calls for While talking to a deputy, Boucher stated “I ODDS bear may have learned to fake the signs of a doctor, but unfortunately by the time medical have to get on stage” and hung up the phone. pregnancy after associating them with being assistance arrived, the man was already dead. The daughter was located, unharmed, at about pampered. According to Xinhua only 24 After we heard that, we did not continue with 9pm that evening. Boucher was arrested and D percent of female pandas in captivity give our meal.” Police say Peng died before he could charged with misdemeanor obstruction. She N birth. be given lifesaving anti-venom at a hospital. was released on $663 bond the next morning.
A ENDS “It is a highly unusual case, but it appears to be Dateline: China just an accident,” said a police spokesperson. Dateline: Florida WEIRD NEWS A chef from Foshan in the Guangdong In this week’s second most “Florida” story, a province died after a cobra he was preparing bit Dateline: Florida woman in Edgewater is facing drug and child Dateline: China him—20 minutes after he chopped its head off. In this week’s most “Florida” news, police in neglect charges after her 7-year-old son ratted A giant panda has been accused of faking a Chef Peng Fan was preparing a special soup Hudson say 29-year-old Bobbey Jo Boucher was her out for manufacturing meth. Briana pregnancy in order to score better food. The made from Indochinese spitting cobra, a rare talking to an officer about her missing child Buchanan was arrested on Aug. 15 after her keepers of Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding delicacy in China. When the accident but had to hang up on him because she needed landlord spoke to her young son. “Her son, Research Center were excited to see Ai Hin happened, Peng was allegedly throwing the to get up on stage at the strip club. According who’s 7, just told me she keeps bad stuff in her starting to show signs of pregnancy, including severed snake head away when it bit him and to WTPS Boucher is a stripper at the Calendar car, and he opened the trunk and she has a moving less and having a smaller appetite. As injected its neurotoxic venom. Lin Sun, 44, Girls club. The working mom allegedly left her meth lab in her trunk,” Peter Arnold—who is with her previous pregnancies, keepers moved who was dining with his wife at the time, told 10-year-old daughter at a barbecue on the also the brother of Buchanan’s boyfriend—told her into a single, air-conditioned room. “They local media, “We were in the restaurant having afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 27. When the WPTV. Buchanan’s son was also pretty savvy also received more buns, fruits and bamboo, so a meal for my wife’s birthday when suddenly girl did not return, her grandmother called about how his mom gets her ingredients. The some clever pandas have used this to their there was a lot of commotion. We did not local law enforcement. Pasco County Sheriff’s young boy allegedly told Arnold that “Mommy advantage to improve their quality of life,” goes to the store and lies to the people, saying she is sick and needs medicine.” After being shown the mobile meth lab, Arnold took the boy inside and called 911. Buchanan was charged with child neglect with great bodily harm, possession of methamphetamine, manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of listed chemicals and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. Her son was sent to stay with his grandmother.
Dateline: Ohio Volunteers stepped into the kitchen after a fire destroyed one and a half tons of potato salad destined for a Toledo-area German American Festival. The fire started in a refrigeration truck early on Friday, Aug. 22. The accident ruined the mountain of potato salad and hundreds of gallons of sauerkraut shortly before the fest was set to open to the public. Within hours, Toledo’s The Blade newspaper reports, dozens of volunteers with potato peelers and paring knives were skinning spuds to replace the scorched side dish. According to WTOL- TV, it took nearly 150 people to prepare the original potato salad. The festival in the city of Oregon typically serves hundreds of pounds of the stuff each day to accompany its traditional German cuisine. a
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Communities in California: An Overview,” a BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO 2007 paper by Lisa Kresge for the California Institute for Rural Studies, the ear Mexican: I’m estimated population for this from the southeastern group alone was about DUS, and people think 350,000—and that’s just for the that all people from Golden State and doesn’t there are dumb (and, include the many Purépecha, in many cases, Yaquis, Otomis, Mayas, correctly—see Totonacs and many other Bush, G.W.). Is Mexican indigenous groups in there a similar place Cali. Until there’s an in Mexico where incentive for Mexicans to other Mexicans identify as Indian (using an think these people are Aztec name to get into the inbred mouth chonis of a Chicanos Studies breathers? chica doesn’t count ... yet), you’re —Swanee Señor not going to find many Mexicans identify as indio —sad, but verdad . Dear Gabacho: Jalisco. ear Mexican: After having done labor ear Mexican: I am a health researcher, organizing work with Mexicans, I am and at my job I work with large data sets, Dgreatly puzzled as to why all the white, Dincluding data on births in California. lower-class Mexicans I have come across Approximately half of births in California have these weird, ratty hairdos that are so are to mothers who have self-identified their God-awful that they rival what my male race as “white” and their ethnicity as redneck cousins were doing to themselves in “Hispanic,” and as we know the majority of the ’70s. Why do their brown counterparts Latinos in California have ancestry from know how to style their hair so much Mexico. I am wondering why so few Latinos better? identify their race as either Native American —No Entiendo Todo Esta Locura or multiracial? We know from genetic studies that many Mexicans have a significant Dear I Don’t Understand This Craziness: I proportion of Native American ancestry. For don’t get your obsession with skin tone example, see Fejerman et al (Cancer because the Mexi-mullet doesn’t discriminate. Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention It was first popularized in the 1970s by stars of 2010; 19(4): 1074-82), who found that the grupera music, a synth-heavy style of conjunto proportions of Native American ancestry norteño popular in northern Mexico, where among Mexican women averaged 54 percent redneck Texas’ influence predominates. The among those from Monterrey and 69 percent hairstyle spread to other musicians (see: that among persons from Mexico City. guy from Los Tigres del Norte, Ramón Ayala) —An Angelena popular with Mexican immigrant men and trickled down to the fans; it remains de rigeur Dear Gabacha: It’s no real surprise that Mexis for any hombre working under the hot sun. would either not mark any other box to And I’ll betcha this style will come back denote their raza or just mark “white.” As you among you gabachos : Like Islamic scholars most likely know, no one in Mexico wants to preserving the classics during the Dark Ages, identify as Indian because they’re at the Mexicans take care of fads—raising your own bottom of the race chain. That stigma still chickens, trucker hats, food trucks, carries over to the United States: Figures from Pendletons—that ustedes “rediscover,” much the 2010 US Census showed that about to our bemusement. Silly gabachos ! a 175,000 people identified as “Mexican- American Indian,” which would make this group the fourth largest Native American Ask the Mexican at tribe in the United Unidos (only Cherokee, [email protected], be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Choctaw and Navajo would be bigger). But Twitter @gustavoarellano or ask him a video consider that in “Indigenous Oaxacan question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
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ceremonies after arriving in the jungle, I knew BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS without question that my addiction was licked for good. A couple days later, I left the esearch scientist and UNM professor Amazon and flew to Lima where I partied like Robert Rhatigan battled alcoholism for I never had before ... without alcohol. R over a decade. Like many addicts, he tried time and again to overcome his addiction, but What are your thoughts on American willpower and ordinary treatment methods drug policy? How do you feel these The were no good for him. Undeterred, he instead policies impede better understanding sought help from shamans in the Peruvian of, and better treatments for, Amazon, who treated Rhatigan with addiction? TEDxABQ psychedelic plant medicine. The results? Not a American drug policy is rooted in ignorance single craving for booze for over four years, but rather than science. Take cannabis for a burning desire to better understand that example. It’s listed as a Schedule I drug, which Teaser which cured him. means it has no known medical use and a high Rhatigan, whose professional research is potential for abuse. Yet 23 states and the BY TY BANNERMAN unrelated to his addiction and psychedelics, is District of Columbia have looked at a the author of Purging the Monkey , an account of mountain of evidence and decided that simply his recovery as it relates to psychedelic science. For five years now, TEDxABQ isn’t true. Classic psychedelics like LSD, The Weekly Alibi spoke with Rhatigan about psilocybin and mescaline are also listed as has given a local twist to the his unconventional cure and how American Schedule I, even though they are nontoxic drug policy is counterproductive to healing. internationally renowned Robert Rhatigan PHOTO COURTESY OF TEDXABQ.COM and non-addictive, with plenty of evidence TED conference series. This suggesting their therapeutic potential. What methods of conventional They work for some people, but they’re not for I don’t want to suggest that psychedelics year is no different, with the treatment did you use to try to everybody. The biggest problem I had with the are going to help every addict. But they non-profit gearing up to overcome alcoholism? 12-step program (which almost all rehab worked for me, and there is plenty of Addiction recovery is already an uphill battle, showcase 17 remarkable New centers utilize) is that it asked me to accept my evidence—anecdotal and clinical research—to and no solution to a difficult problem has condition and manage it for the rest of my life suggest that under the right conditions, Mexicans who will deliver much chance if your heart isn’t in it. That is to (albeit one day at a time). My goal was very psychedelics have a real potential to treat concise presentations on all say, if you don’t believe in a strategy, it’s not different: to eradicate my desire to drink. I some addicts. However, it is extremely difficult likely to work. I tried willpower over and over, manner of subjects—from wanted to look at a beer the same way I would to move this idea forward due, in part, to our but that was always too weak. I went to AA a a Pepsi. My desire was not to just quit drinking arcane drug policies. bringing technological few times, but quickly knew that it wasn’t for but to not want to drink. AA doesn’t offer innovation to the reservation, me. that. Why is it important for you to share I also saw doctors and therapists and took to how our DNA can be this story at TEDxABQ? What do you prescription medications. That helped me stay How did you discover the shamans want audience members to get from changed through our social sober for almost a year, but after much who treated you? How long were you this talk? interactions, to how music consideration I felt that I did not want to put with them? I want people to know about the synthetic brain-altering drugs in my body for can be used to treat PTSD in I went to the Peruvian Amazon for four weeks. unconventional approach that helped me the rest of my life. I had done enough research to know that overcome addiction. I also hope to members of the military. finding a shaman wouldn’t be difficult, but destigmatize the way Western society views We at the Alibi are pretty How do you feel about more finding someone that I trusted and wanted to psychedelics. These drugs have therapeutic excited about this year’s conventional avenues for addiction work with would be. So it was sort of a journey potential, and when taken under the right treatment? of faith. Two weeks and four difficult conditions, they are extremely safe. a lineup, so we talked to three of the speakers to find out what kind of presentations M O C .
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My buddy and onstage, but it’s much better than characters. Rusty Rutherford 3 PNM is installing ______in I did a public access hidden camera show The highs are higher. Then I began working several New Mexico counties. called “Don’t Watch This.” We did this at YDI. The first kid I clicked with was youth in a different light. Be quicker to help ridiculous rubber mallet bit, and we were through humor. I was able to open these kids and not judge. a) Solar panels going to film us getting kicked out of up through comedy. I taught stand-up to kids, b) Windmills auditions for a talent show. But instead we got and it was great. Now that your YDI program is c) Nuclear reactors picked to do the show, so we did it, and the shutting down, what do you plan to d) Steam engines school ate it up. It was the biggest high I had Why present at TEDxABQ, and what do? ever had, at least without drugs. do you hope people will take away I’m about to start my own program called from your talk? Duke City Dream Lab. It’s an open recording 4 Two-term New Mexico Attorney The first time I remember seeing you My talk is titled “Laughing with Gangstas.” studio where for every hour an adult pays for, General ______is still nine was at the Reptilian Lounge doing a I’ve been working with these kids for eight we give an hour to teens. These kids who points behind incumbent Susana piece called “How to Pick Up Chicks.” years, and I see what comedy does. I want used the program and our resources now Martinez in the race to be our next When did you start doing stand-up? people to think how they can inject more really have nowhere to go, so I’m finding a governor. I did my first open mic at Chelsea’s Street Pub humor in their life and also to look at gang place for them. a a) Bruce King b) Harold Runnels c) Gary King very intelligent about what they do. The cycle d) Marty Chavez TEDx ABQ continued from page 10 “They’re labeled as of traumatic bonding begins with a romance a lot of friends who work or have worked in stage, with the pimps giving gifts and 5 From Sept. 12 to 14, the the sex industry. And they found it so hard to perpetrators of the becoming a “boyfriend.” And they make ______will be held in get out. It’s very close to my heart. crimes when they’re promises, “We’re going to run away together; Albuquerque. we’re going to get married.” What is your talk going to be about? really victims.” They choose girls who are insecure. They a) ¡Cine Magnífico! Latino Film Some parts are going to be a surprise. I’m make them feel beautiful, wanted, and they Festival going to be talking about the lack of give gifts. And then suddenly he hits her. Or b) Circus understanding of people who are exiting the a prostitution charge. The labeling is just so he beats her. And it becomes something that’s c) Nuclear Weapons Scientists sex industry. How these people can still be rough. Sometimes you have these women who no longer a choice. But in between [those] Fiesta exploited after they exit and the difficulty are 25 or 26, and they have a mile-long rap times, you still have these moments of love, d) Walter White Appreciation these women have finding jobs and getting sheet for prostitution or possession of drugs or and it becomes a vicious, ugly cycle. It’s Party back on their feet and how long it actually any of these things, and they’re labeled as emotional abuse, physical abuse and sexual takes to recover from the trauma of being perpetrators of the crimes when they’re really abuse, all in a cluster. trafficked and exploited. victims. And it can make it hard to get a job Another challenge is just in the language Answers: Right now, I’m an Ambassador of Hope or get needed services. we use. How many times have you heard with Shared Hope International. And as part We’ve had 13 and 14-year-old girls in New “She’s just a ‘ho’” or “She’s just a prostitute”? 1) D. El Malpais is the place to visit if you’re of my TED talk, I’m going to be asking men in Mexico who have prostitution charges, and Like they’re lesser-than. And that’s how interested in lava fields and caves. the Albuquerque area to sign up at they’re children. They’re not responsible for society labels these women, like they’re not defendersofhope.com to become a Defender of that. And it’s very difficult to get them out of really people. 2) C. Burque hosts the Albuquerque Police Hope, which means that they’ll take a stand to the life. A lot of them don’t have homes that Pistol Combat Tournament and the National protect women and children. That they’ll they can go back to. Many are runaways. What can people do to help this Police Shooting Championship from Sept. 10 commit to not purchasing or viewing situation? through 18. pornography because there’s really no way to It sounds like you’re working a lot with You can make a lot of difference. Go to tell whether or not a woman is underage. And trying to change people’s perceptions. sharedhope.org, and look up the facts about 3) A. PNM is installing thousands of solar panels that they’ll commit to not purchasing or Do you find that there are certain trafficking. Educate yourself. Call Lynn Sanchez in Valencia, Cibola and Sandoval counties. soliciting sex through Backpage, Craigslist or myths or misunderstandings of the at [homelessness advocacy organization] The other ads. human trafficking world that you Life Link, and ask what they need. 4) C. The latest polls reveal challenger Gary often encounter? And you can change your language. Stop King lagging behind La Tejana. What sorts of challenges do women I think it’s a lot like the myths associated referring to people as lesser-than. Stop saying face when they exit the sex industry? with domestic violence. Like, “Why doesn’t “She’s just a ‘ho.’” She’s not just a prostitute or 5) A. The Cervantes Institute and the National I think the number one challenge is just the she just get out? Why does she keep going a stripper. She’s a young woman with Hispanic Cultural Center are sponsoring the fact that they are labeled. A lot of the time, back?” What people don’t understand is that potential, and there’s hope for her. a Latino Film Festival. a minors, young women under the age of 18, get this is a vicious cycle. And the pimps are often
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South Valley Public Library NEARLY NAKED BICYCLE RIDE A body-positive bike-riding (3904 Isleta SW). 3:30 -4:30pm. 877 -5170. event where creeping and harassment are not allowed. alibi.com/e/106055. Ride at your own risk. Duck Pond (The University of MIDDAY MADNESS TOASTMASTERS Practice speaking New Mexico). 7pm. alibi.com/e/109062. and leadership skills in a safe, supportive STAND UP TO CANCER Event includes luminarias, environment. Greater Albuquerque Chamber of refreshments, a silent auction, door prizes and more. Commerce (115 Gold SW). One -time membership fee. UNM Domenici Center (1 University of New Mexico). Noon -1pm. 255 -2034. alibi.com/e/105142. $25. 6 -8pm. alibi.com/e/105857. QIGONG CLASS Join teacher and physician Storme Lynn TECH REV EXPO A chance to promote your business or for a slow, gentle morning meditation. Los Poblanos organization. Includes panels and afternoon snacks. Historic Inn & Organic Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). Albuquerque Convention Center (401 Second 12:30 -1:30pm. 344 -9297. alibi.com/e/109084. Street NW). $400. 8:30am -4pm. 768 -4575. RECOVER INTERNATIONAL A self-help/support group for alibi.com/e/108544. those who suffer from depression, panic/anxiety TRIBUTE LUNCHEON Event honors Nancy Zeckendorf, who attacks, phobias, bipolar disorder or anger issues. is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lensic Central United Methodist Church (201 University NE). Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe. La Posada de 7-9pm. 508 -4847. alibi.com/e/106493. Santa Fe (330 East Palace Ave., Santa Fe). $100. SENSUAL YOGA Gentle, active yoga class focuses on 11:30am -5pm. 699 -3298. alibi.com/e/108963. sensuality, experiencing saucy movements and more. FIRST FRIDAY FOOD TRUCKS Try a number of cuisines Self Serve (3904 Central SE). $25/person; $40/pair. from a plethora of food trucks. NE Corner of 1st and 7:30 -9pm. 265 -5815. alibi.com/e/98105. Central (110 Central SW). 6 -10pm. STORYTIME Thirty-minute program of stories, songs, alibi.com/e/84330. poetry, puppets, jokes and finger plays for ages 3-6. VIVA NEW MEXICO CHILE FESTIVAL Event is jam-packed Esther Bone Memorial Library (950 Pinetree SE, Rio with family-friendly activities, delicious eats and live Rancho). 1pm. 891 -5012. alibi.com/e/108967. music. Wagner’s Farmland Experience (1420 Desert WALK-IN COMPUTER HELP Stop by for tips, problem- Willow NW, Los Lunas). $5 -$10, FREE for children 4 solving and instruction for various computer programs and under. 4 -11pm. 459 -0719. alibi.com/e/109053. and library resources. Main Library (501 Copper NW). ZIA-BERNALILLO FARMERS MARKET Fresh, locally grown 3-4pm. 768 -5131. alibi.com/e/108651. veggies and fruits, handmade soaps and salves, fresh YOGA FOR ATHLETES Ideal for runners and cyclists, class eggs and more. Zia-Bernalillo Farmers Market (335 S. focuses on opening your hips, healing your lower back Camino del Pueblo, Bernalillo). 4 -7pm. 553 -3290. and stretching major muscle groups. Studio Sway alibi.com/e/104857. (1100 San Mateo NE). $5. 7pm. 710 -5096. alibi.com/e/101693. SATURDAY SEP 6 FRIDAY SEP 5 ABQ CONTRA DANCE Join in for what new dancers call “a rhythmic swirl of awesomeness and dancing.” ASHTANGA YOGA LED PRIMARY SERIES Class for Heights Community Center (823 Buena Vista SE). students and teachers interested in deepening their $4.50 -$9. 7 -10:30pm. 345 -8041. understanding and practice of yoga. Albuquerque alibi.com/e/108833. Ashtanga Yoga Shala (206 Dartmouth NE). $20. BEEKEEPING BASICS Learn the basics about bees in this 6:30 -7:45am. 265 -9289. alibi.com/e/92575. workshop led by Master Beekeepers. Juan Tabo Public BEGINNING AFRICAN DANCE African dance for beginners Library (3407 Juan Tabo NE). 1pm. 291 -6260. taught by Rujeko Dumbutshena. Rhythm Dance alibi.com/e/107405. Company (3808 Central SE). $12 -$60. 5:30 -7pm. BIKE MS: PEDAL LOS PUEBLOS Traverse more than 150 (718) 427 -0421. alibi.com/e/106838. miles of picturesque northern New Mexico, passing BEYOND MEDITATION: COMMUNITY HU Actively explore through five of the eight Northern Pueblos. Cities Of your inner worlds, experience more divine love, a Gold Hotel & Casino (10 Cities of Gold, Santa Fe). feeling of peace and increased awareness by chanting $25 -$35. 8am. 243 -2698. alibi.com/e/82081. HU with others of like mind. Eckankar Center CHESS CLUB Join Mr. Rod Avery, coach of the Dennis (2501 San Pedro NE). 6 -6:30pm. 265 -7388. Chavez Chess Team, for a monthly chess club. Cherry alibi.com/e/74187. Hills Library (6901 Barstow NE). 1 -2pm. 857 -8321. BIOVAN AND RIO RANGER VOLUNTEER TRAINING Learn alibi.com/e/97329. more about being part of the BioVan, which goes to ECOLOGICAL HERBALISM Learn how plants interact in schools to introduce students to the Rio Grande’s healing ways with their plant and animal neighbors biological diversity. ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden and environments. Two Red Brothers Herbal (2601 Central NW). 9:30am -noon. 768 -2000. Apothecary (2400 Rio Grande NW). $10 suggested alibi.com/e/97153. donation. Noon -2pm. 242 -2032. CNM STEMULUS CENTER GRAND OPENING Join in this alibi.com/e/104175. event, which is a big step forward for Albuquerque’s FOOD PRESERVATION I: HOT BATH CANNING AND [14 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI EVENT | PREVIEW with guest speaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a silent auction and more. Hyatt Regency Downtown (330 Tijeras NW). $50 -$5,000. 5 -9:30pm. A I
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I (900 Girard SE). 10:30 -11:30am. 256 -2065. V alibi.com/e/108657. RALLY TO IMPROVE BIRTH Rally to call attention to the health care crisis around US maternity care. Kit Carson Park (1744 Kit Carson SW). 1 -3pm. 232 -2772. alibi.com/e/105861. RUN NERDS RUN! 5K Participants are encouraged to dress like a nerd during the race, which also includes prizes and more. Centennial Engineering Auditorium (UNM Main Campus). $25. 8am. alibi.com/e/100826. STEP IT UP ABQ! AUGUST WALK Join Mayor Richard Berry and Dr. Barry Ramo for a walk in the park. Mariposa Basin Petroglyph Little League Park (6701 Taylor Ranch NW). 9am -noon. alibi.com/e/101580. King Kong of Car TEDXABQ 2014: WHISPERS & ROARS Hear voices of people who are stimulating dialogue and putting ideas Shows into action to improve the community. Popejoy Hall There’s a thing about car shows: A lot of the (203 Cornell NE). $25 -$65. 8am -4:30pm. 925 -5858. time, people think you have to be obsessed alibi.com/e/107403. with trannys and motors to be included in the TOP HAT AND TAILS DOGGIE FASHION SHOW Take your fun. But sometimes a car show comes around furry fashionista to show off their runway best. ABQ that has so much Uptown (2200 Louisiana NE). Noon -3pm. more than vehicular alibi.com/e/109045. 6TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO PIZZA EATING CONTEST jargon that it’s almost FRIDAY Head over and see who can eat the most pizza slices SEPTEMBER 5 a waste to look at in 10 minutes. First place wins $1,000. Pizza 9 the cars ... but you do Santa Ana Star Center (5305 Gibson SE). Noon -4:30pm. 366 -6463. anyways. So if you 3001 Civic Center alibi.com/e/101527. like cars, or tolerate alibi.com/e/108538 AMIGOS BARBEQUE The Amigos de Cerrillos Hills State them, head over to 6 to 10pm Park sponsor this cook-out. Cerrillos Hills State Park the KongFusion Car Visitor Center (37 Main, Cerrillos). 3 -5pm. 474 -0196. Show & Tattoo Expo at Santa Ana Star alibi.com/e/107702. Center (3001 Civic Center NE) in Rio Rancho BRUNCH WITH DEBORAH MADISON The New Mexico author discusses her latest book over brunch. Slate for this three-day extravaganza featuring a Street Café (515 Slate NW). $35 -$110. 11am -noon. bikini contest, a burnout contest, games such 243 -2210. alibi.com/e/107404. as Car Limbo and Car Glow, and cash prizes. IDALIA ROAD MARKETPLACE Check out fresh local That’s just the tip of the motor, so to speak. produce, art, crafts, local business folks and music. There will also be live music, and by that, we Idalia Road Marketplace (1320 Idalia NE, Rio mean rap stars Chamillionaire and Paul Wall, Rancho). 9am -2pm. 553 -5591. alibi.com/e/109043. and industrial rock group Powerman 5000. If LOS POBLANOS FARM & WINE DINNER In celebration of that’s not enough to rev your engine, I don’t their 80th anniversary, the historic inn highlights the know what is. The event happens Friday, flavors of their finest field-to-fork cuisine. Los Poblanos Sept. 5, at 6pm and Saturday, Sept. 6, and Historic Inn & Organic Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). $85. 6pm. 344 -9297. alibi.com/e/109044. Sunday, Sept. 7, at 11am. Tickets go for $5 VIVA NEW MEXICO CHILE FESTIVAL $5 -$10, FREE for (kids), $15 (adults) and three-day passes for children 4 and under. 10am -11pm. See 9/5 listing. $30. Showcasing the “finest and loudest rides in New Mexico,” this should be a memorable SUNDAY SEP 7 outing. (Mark Lopez) a ALBUQUERQUE RECORD CONVENTION Music enthusiasts from throughout the PRESSURE CANNING Find out how to store food for Southwest meet, buy, sell and collect the winter with methods such as hot bath canning and records, tapes, CDs, posters and pressure canning. Gutierrez-Hubbell House memorabilia. MCM Elegante Hotel (6029 Isleta SW). 9am -1pm. 244 -0507. (2020 Menaul NE). $2. 9am -5pm. alibi.com/e/101528. alibi.com/e/109151. See “Aural Fixation.” HAPPY HOUR FOR HOPE Fight cancer with a night out at ARCHAEOLOGY 101 AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES ALONG this event benefiting the American Cancer Society THE RIO GRANDE Discover the practice of Cancer Action Network. New Mexico Veterans Memorial archaeology in our arid state that is littered with clues (1100 Louisiana SE). $25. 5 -8pm. 262 -6014. to the ancient past. Bachechi Open Space (9521 Rio alibi.com/e/108476. Grande NW). 10am -noon. alibi.com/e/103668. INNER COOL, OVERCOMING ANGER & FRUSTRATION BIKE MS: PEDAL LOS PUEBLOS $25 -$35. 8am. See 9/6 Learn to conquer anger to enjoy and make the most listing. out of your life. Kadampa Meditation Center BUFFALO RANGE RIDERS MOUNTED SHOOTING (8701 Comanche NE). $25 -$30. 9:45am -1pm. PRACTICE MATCH The Buffalo Range Riders, a SASS- 292 -5293. alibi.com/e/108432. affiliated mounted shooting club, holds a practice/fun INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT An annual match. Founders Ranch (144 Juan Thomas, event celebrated all over the world which encourages Edgewood). 10am. 401 -4852. alibi.com/e/70427. people of all ages to look at our closest space COFINDME CO-FOUNDER FINDING EVENT Part of Tech companion. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Fiesta ABQ, this event features 60-second pitches by and Science (1801 Mountain NW). 8pm. 841 -2802. tech developers. Verge (317 Commercial NE). $10. alibi.com/e/109042. 6pm. alibi.com/e/107162. INTERNATIONAL VULTURE AWARENESS DAY Visit the FOOTPRINTS AND TRACKS DAY Join in and see fossilized aviaries in the zoo’s Africa exhibit to learn more about footprints and tracks from the museum’s collections. these bald birds. ABQ BioPark Zoo (903 10th New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Street SW). Included with admission. 10am -2pm. (1801 Mountain NW). $4 -$7, FREE for New Mexico 764 -6214. alibi.com/e/93866. residents. 1pm. 841 -2802. alibi.com/e/109047. INTRO FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN Invigorate your mind KONGFUSION 2014 $5 -$30. 11am. See 9/5 listing. and body this fall with some flamenco classes. PÉTANQUE TOURNAMENT French bowling fun for adults Conservatory of Flamenco Arts (UNM Main Campus - and younger with help available for first-time players. Carlisle Gym). $10 -$12. 5pm. 242 -7600. Bataan Park (748 Tulane NE). $10. 12:30 -4pm. alibi.com/e/105238. 797 -8076. alibi.com/e/108630. KONGFUSION 2014 $5 -$30. 11am. See 9/5 listing. REMEMBRANCE RUN 2014 The second annual 5K fun LAND OF ENCHANTMENT FLY-IN Take the family to run/walk/stroll supporting men and women who have experience this gathering of aircrafts from all over the served or are currently serving in all branches of the state and beyond. Double Eagle II Airport (7401 Paseo military. Balloon Fiesta Park (5500 Balloon Fiesta Del Volcan NW). 7am -3pm. alibi.com/e/104901. Parkway). $40. 8:30am -noon. alibi.com/e/109049. PLANNED PARENTHOOD 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Semi-formal event celebrates Planned Parenthood Community Calendar continues on page 16 WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [15 ] alibi.com/e/73333. Community Calendar continued from page 15 NORTHEAST FARMERS’ AND ARTISANS’ MARKET Local and high quality produce, food and crafts. SHADE & SHADOWS Take a look at how our shadows are Albuquerque Academy (6400 Wyoming NE). 3 -6pm. changing, and trace shadows as well. Bachechi Open alibi.com/e/94141. Space (9521 Rio Grande NW). Noon -1:30pm. ZIA-BERNALILLO FARMERS MARKET 4-7pm. See 9/5 alibi.com/e/93868. listing. WANAGI WOLF FUND & RESCUE MEET & GREET Learn about wolves and wolf-dogs, and get your picture taken with Shunka & Shadow. Pet Food Gone Wild WEDNESDAY SEP 10 (2415 Southern SE, Rio Rancho). 12:30 -4:30pm. 1 MILLION CUPS TECH FIESTA EDITION The stories of two 994 -0101. alibi.com/e/108537. entrepreneurs and their companies: 6 minutes of MAD HATTER TEA PARTY Join in for tea, good food, a presentation and 20 minutes of questions and silent auction and some shopping. Delish Restaurant discussion. Fat Pipe ABQ (200 Broadway NE). 9am. (3705 Ellison NW). $35. 11:30am -2pm. 228 -6747. 227 -8802. alibi.com/e/107708. alibi.com/e/109048. 2014 NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR One of Albuquerque’s VIVA NEW MEXICO CHILE FESTIVAL $5 -$10, FREE for biggest events, featuring food, carnival rides, games children 4 and under. 10am -7pm. See 9/5 listing. and more. Expo New Mexico (300 San Pedro NE). alibi.com/e/95198. MONDAY SEP 8 ANYONE MISSING FROM YOUR FAMILY ALBUM? Meet one-on-one with a genealogy consultant to explore ANCIENT POTTERY SHARD REPLICA JEWELRY MODERN your ancestry. Cherry Hills Library (6901 Barstow NE). ANTIQUES A lecture from Mark Stevens from Laguna 11:30am -1pm. 857 -8321. alibi.com/e/107413. Pueblo. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (2401 12th BREASTFEEDING & NEW MOM SUPPORT GROUP Street NW). $3 -$6. 11am. 843 -7270. Designed for new moms, moms breastfeeding children alibi.com/e/109050. of any age and pregnant moms who will be EXPLORE A WILDLIFE HABITAT GARDEN The Xeric Garden breastfeeding. Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center Club of Albuquerque gives a guided tour of its certified (7708 Fourth Street NW, Los Ranchos). 10am -noon. Wildlife Habitat Garden. Albuquerque Garden Center 924 -2229. alibi.com/e/103492. (10120 Lomas NE). 10 -11am. 296 -6020. CARMENCITA’S FITNESS FIESTA ZUMBA Carmencita alibi.com/e/107248. makes you work with fun and challenging cumbia, INTRO FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN $10 -$12. 5pm. See salsa, merengue and other fitness dance moves. 9/6 listing. Rhythm Dance Company (3808 Central SE). $8 -$9. MOONLIGHT GHOST TOUR The ghosts of wild saloons, 5:30 -6:30pm. 250 -6146. alibi.com/e/80560. roaring dance halls, illicit opium dens and private COMPUTERS FOR FAMILIES: INTERNET Join in for the gambling tables are detailed during this 90-minute library’s first family computer class for kids, parents adventure. Tours of Old Town (303 Romero NW). and caregivers. Juan Tabo Public Library (3407 Juan $16 -$20. 10pm. 246 -8687. alibi.com/e/109051. Tabo NE). 6 -7:30pm. 291 -6260. A WORLD OF IDEAS Speaker panel includes SXSW alibi.com/e/108665. Festival director Hugh Forrest, Drew Scheberle and FAMILY STORYTIME Enjoy books, rhymes and movement Capital Factory managing director Mellie price. activities. No registration required. South Valley Public National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Library (3904 Isleta SW). 10:15am -noon. 877 -5170. Street SW). $20. 5:30 -8pm. 246 -2261. alibi.com/e/108664. alibi.com/e/107243. IN SEARCH OF CORONADO AND DE SOTO The Archaeological Conservancy hosts this lecture. Jewish TUESDAY SEP 9 Community Center (5520 Wyoming NE). 6 -7:30pm. 266 -1540. alibi.com/e/108478. CASINO/CUBAN-STYLE SALSA AND RUEDA DE CASINO INTRO FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN $10 -$12. 5pm. See This rich form of salsa dance is influenced by Cuban 9/6 listing. son, rumba, swing dance, mambo, cha-cha and more. MUSICAL TRAIN Children sing songs, play instruments, National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth dance and learn how people from different countries Street SW). 6pm. 246 -2261. alibi.com/e/109052. create their own unique music. Esther Bone Memorial HANDS-ON BIKE MAINTENANCE: FIX A FLAT Bike techs Library (950 Pinetree SE, Rio Rancho). 10am. share tips and tricks for fixing a flat, changing your 891 -5012. alibi.com/e/108989. bike tube and getting back on the go. Albuquerque REI NMSR MEETING Skeptical Inquirer managing editor Ben (1550 Mercantile NE). $20 -$40. 6pm. 247 -1191. Radford talks about the mystery of “the Loretto alibi.com/e/107837. Staircase” in Santa Fe. New Mexico Museum of INTRO/BEGINNING BALLET AFRIQUE: CONTEMPORARY Natural History and Science (1801 Mountain NW). FUSION DANCE Naturally aerobic, basic African dance 7-9pm. 410 -0753. alibi.com/e/109041. blended with accessible and graceful READ TO THE DOGS Children can head to the library and ballet/modern/jazz accents. Maple Street Dance practice their reading with trained therapy dogs. East Space (3215 Central NE). $12 -$15 sliding scale. Mountain Library (1 Old Tijeras, Tijeras). 1 -2pm. (505) 5:30 -7pm. 366 -4982. alibi.com/e/106444. 281 -8508. alibi.com/e/106068. LEVITATED TOY FACTORY LAUNCH PARTY Event for the SEX & PREGNANCY Expectant or TTC (trying to conceive) launching of the new software and digital fabrication parents are invited to discuss sex for conception, start-up company from Jared Tarbell. Levitated Toy during each trimester and during the postpartum Factory (700 Silver SW). $10. 6pm. period. Self Serve (3904 Central SE). $20 each or alibi.com/e/107632. $35/pair. 7:30 -9pm. 265 -5815. alibi.com/e/98106. MUSIC AND MOVEMENT Join in for a rockin’ and rollin’ STORIES IN THE SKY Stories, songs, games and crafts. non-traditional storytime with books, music, Anderson-Abruzzo Balloon Museum (9201 Balloon instruments and fun for everyone. Juan Tabo Public Museum NE). 9:30 -11:45am. 880 -0500. Library (3407 Juan Tabo NE). 11:15am -12:15pm. alibi.com/e/108869. 291 -6260. alibi.com/e/97258. AGRICULTURE COLLABORATIVE MEETING Join Anzia PITCH FIESTA 3.0 Part of Tech Fiesta ABQ, this event is for Bennett of La Cosecha/AgriCultura Network to discuss those who have a business idea but need resources. the nexus of public health and the local food Share your pitch with the experts. The Standard Diner economy. Mid-Region Council of Governments (320 Central SE). $5. 5pm. 243 -1440. (809 Copper NW). 9am -10:30pm. 247 -1750. alibi.com/e/107631. alibi.com/e/109081. START THE CONVERSATION A talk with Dr. Aroop Mangalik DOWNTOWN GROWERS’ MARKET ON CIVIC PLAZA An about advanced health care planning and end-of-life exciting new market in the heart of Downtown. Get choices. Rio Rancho Gracious Retirement Living your fix of local produce, unique artisan creations, (2331 25th Street SE, Rio Rancho). 10 -11am. food truck fare and other tasty items. Civic Plaza 400 -5180. alibi.com/e/108832. (400 Marquette NW). 11am -2pm. 243 -2230. THYROID CANCER SUPPORT GROUP An educational alibi.com/e/100963. support group for anyone suffering from, recently GATEWAY GROWER’S MARKET The Historic Bridge diagnosed or surviving thyroid cancer. Alegre MainStreet program presents a new market with all the Clinical/CC Moldings Building (7320 Fourth produce and good food you love. South Valley Gateway Street NW, Los Ranchos). 6:30 -8pm. 410 -1928. Park (100 Isleta SW). 4 -7pm. alibi.com/e/93895. a
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Mo’ tasty Just when you thought your cup already runneth The Soldiers on over, Food MoMA: Pudding Things Places brings you completely real foodstuffs for purely visual feastings. Opening at The Tan (1415 Fourth Street SW) on Friday, Sept. 5, the show takes a Our Streets cue from the Museum of Modern Art’s aesthetic but seeks to puncture any sense of pretention. How our protectors have gone from Barney Fife to Robocop Gallery owner Andrew Lyman and show co- organizer Adrian Toto provide the majority of the manipulations of Richard Nixon’s victual-based artworks, receiving a bit of help BY STEVEN ROBERT ALLEN administration in pushing for lock- from creatives like Rachel Rankin, who has a them-up-and-throw-away-the-key laws performance piece planned, and Ryan Garcia, merica declares a lot of wars, and not for drug-related violations, even who intends to go big in his contribution. Food all of them play out on foreign soil. though Nixon and his crew had plenty MoMA is the first in The Tan’s final series of We’ve got the War on Crime, the of evidence that treatment programs exhibits; Lyman plans to leave after 2014. For A were a far more effective way to address Toto, the exhibit has additional meaning. “This is War on Drugs, the War on Terror. It’s a drug abuse and associated crime. my first artistic endeavor since being diagnosed long list. These domestic wars tend to be with my meningioma,” he says, “and I sometimes extremely amorphous. We never quite Nixon’s rationale? Pure politics, of feel as though I pulled some of the energy [I now know who the enemy is, and there’s no course. He understood that putting have] out of this space.” It’s the beginning of the obvious way to measure victory or defeat. forward ridiculous, draconian, anti- end of an era—make sure you’re one of the lucky Because of this, they often go on forever. crime laws would put the fear into people who will one day get to reminisce: We’re never actually going to defeat white Americans in the suburbs and “Remember how great The Tan was?” For more Crime or Drugs or Terror. These things give him the political clout he craved. info, see thetan1415.com or the event page at have always existed in our society, and Adopting a sensible strategy for on.fb.me/1nizzix and note—the popsicles start they always will. reducing crime and addressing drug melting at 7:25pm sharp. There are other drawbacks to this kind abuse certainly would have been better of domestic warfare. One of the biggest is policy. But as Balko shows us over and that it’s transformed our police officers over again throughout this book, Early bloomers from agents of peace and public safety sensible crime policy isn’t what wins Ikebana is a method of fancypants flower into warriors. That transformation has elections. arranging that dates back to 6th-century Japan. become especially obvious since 9/11, but There’s a price to be paid for sexy But it has more in common with alien its roots go back at least as far as the but idiotic short-term political architecture than with your typical flower-store creation of Special Weapons And Tactics solutions. We’re paying that price now bouquet. Emphasizing form and minimalism, (SWAT) teams during the 1960s. SWAT with police departments who often Ikebana celebrates the inherent beauty of teams were once used only to deal with seem to view the general public as the leaves, stems and other materials just as much as the most extreme, violent scenarios— enemy. Balko uses most of the chapters that of blossoms. A demonstration and workshop hostage situations and the like. These in Rise of the Warrior Cop to walk us on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Albuquerque days, SWAT teams can be used for almost through the decades from the 1960s Garden Center (10120 Lomas NE) puts anything, including raiding illegal poker through the present, as American Sangetsu—one of over 3,000 different schools games or even breaking up parties with politicians attempt to outdo each other of Ikebana—into the hands of the curious. Katia underage drinking. in an absurd competition to appear Santos, who’s been formally studying Sangetsu In his book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The tougher on crime than their opponents. What since 1979, teaches the demo ($15, 10 to Militarization of America’s Police Forces the American people got out of this dark 11:30am) and the workshop ($30, 1 to 4pm) (and (PublicAffairs; paperback; $17.99), Radley There’s a price to be political theater is a swamp of terrible public you can get them together with a box lunch for Balko traces the concern with using soldiers as paid for sexy but policy with a long list of bad consequences, $50). Reservations must be made by Sept. 6 by police all the way back to Roman times. Of including cops in almost every city in America calling Sylvia Webb at 771-1592 or Pat Bristol at particular interest is his description of how the idiotic short-term who look and act like Marines on the hunt for 514-3851; be sure to ask about required use of British soldiers to enforce the law in the Osama bin Laden. workshop materials. political solutions. colonies set “long-smoldering hostilities Since the Albuquerque Police Department aflame” and led directly to the American We’re paying that shot James Boyd—the homeless man accused Revolution. When it came to crafting the price now with police of illegal camping in the Sandia foothills—our Old Town old-timers Constitution, the founders consciously city has been central to the national debate Happy first birthday, Genuine Southwest Art & enshrined rights within that document that departments who around the militarization of law enforcement. Gifts. The little shop located on the east side of would restrain soldiers from ever being used to For many of us, it will be difficult to erase from Old Town (1919 Old Town NW) is crammed to the enforce laws on domestic soil. often seem to view our minds the brutal imagery of APD officers gills with gifts, décor and artwork direct from the But this was decades before modern police the general public as in helmets tossing flash grenades, unleashing a hands of nuevomexicanos. Whether you’re in the forces even existed. The first police German Shepherd and firing their assault market for hand-punched tinwork mirrors, department in the United States was created the enemy. weapons at Boyd as he tried to surrender to miniature glass chile ristras or natural stone in 1845 in New York City. Over time the them. necklaces, you can’t walk two feet without political rhetoric around all of the country’s The result of incidents like these, of course, running into it at GSAG. To celebrate their first is increasing distrust between communities and anniversary, the shop’s offering 10 percent off many amorphous enemies dramatically altered They’re often armed to the hilt with helmets, the law enforcement agencies tasked with total purchases during their weekend reception the public’s view of what a police officer could body armor and assault weapons. They can on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 (9am to 9pm) and should be. As Balko writes, “instead of look more like RoboCop than Barney Fife. serving them. We’ve seen that wariness expand and Sept. 7 (9am to 6pm). Various local artisans allowing our soldiers to serve as cops, we’re Given the grim subject matter, Rise of the here in Albuquerque. Anyone who truly wants are joining the festivities in person, including tin turning our cops into soldiers.” Warrior Cop tells this tale in a surprisingly to understand the roots of that lack of trust artist Michael Worthen and ceramicist Andrea Balko is the perfect person to tell the story entertaining and gripping manner. Once he should get a copy of this extraordinary book. Ponzini. More info’s on the shop’s Facebook of this disturbing culture shift, detailing the lays out the deeper historical background for Knowledge might just give us the tools we need page, or call Jennifer Spradlin at 243-1410. With precise manner in which our country has his story, Balko spends most of the book to change this alarming state of affairs. a live music and a free drawing for Backstreet Grill turned its back on some of its most sacred digging into the ugliness of the “tough on gift certificates or a lovely framed photo of the principles. As a writer for the Washington Post , crime” psychology that has plagued the United Steven Robert Allen is the Director of Public Sandia Mountains by Val Isenhower, this may be he specializes in covering criminal justice, drug States for the last 50 years, and he has a real Policy at the American Civil Liberties Union of the perfect weekend to shove some tourists policy and civil liberties. In most American knack for making this material accessible. New Mexico where he works on criminal justice aside and indulge in some Old Town retail cities, he says, police officers don’t look To take just one example, Balko does a reform, among other issues. therapy of your own. a anything like they did a few decades ago. fantastic job describing the Machiavellian
[18 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI BOOKWORKS Laws of Wrath . Actor, director and author A new exhibit from collector favorites Chris Ryniak and alibi.com/e/95235. Arts Lit Eriq La Salle presents his new book. 7pm. 344 -8139. Amanda Louise Spayd. Runs through September. SONG & DANCE & alibi.com/e/108936. 6-9pm. 508 -3049. alibi.com/e/108964. VSA NORTH 4TH ART CENTER Dracula . Elite Dance ART SUMNER & DENE Reg Loving Contemporary Landscapes Company creates a hauntingly beautiful retelling of Calendar THE ARTISTIC IMAGE A Collection of Dreams Opening Opening Reception . New landscapes by Loving. Runs the original story by Bram Stoker. Runs through 9/13. Reception . New works by award-winning photographer through 9/27. 5 -8pm. 842 -1400. $16 -$18. 7 -9pm. 345 -2872. alibi.com/e/97166. Marie Maher. Runs through 9/30. 5 -9pm. 554 -2706. alibi.com/e/109059. FILM THURSDAY SEP 4 alibi.com/e/105666. TAMARIND GALLERY First Friday Tour . Event includes info FANS OF FILM CAFÉ Friday Filmmakers FACTORY ON 5TH ART SPACE Experimental Abstracts on current programs, a tour of the facility, a printing Coffee . A get-together for professional WORDS Opening Reception . A new series of paintings by Eliza demonstration and more. 1:30 -3pm. 277 -3901. filmmakers who are actively working in BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Poetry and Fiction Reading . M. Schmid. Runs through September. 5pm. alibi.com/e/84378. the industry in New Mexico. 3 -6pm. Readings by poets Mike Young and Carrie Murphy, and 977 -9643. alibi.com/e/108962. THE TAN Food MoMa: Pudding Things Places 934 -7592. alibi.com/e/109516. See fiction writer Lily Hoang. 7pm. 243 -0878. GALLERY ABQ Visions of Nature Opening Reception . New Opening Reception . Art meets food in “Reel World.” alibi.com/e/107237. works by James Janis, Carol Lopez and Tricia H. Love. this special series of works by Adrian KIMO THEATRE Filmstock New Mexico . BOOKWORKS Story Time: Rabbits! Storytime with Runs through 9/29. 5 -8pm. 292 -9333. Toto, Andrew Lyman, Ryan Garcia, Rachel Festival showcases short films and Contessa Connie, featuring stories, crafts and snacks. alibi.com/e/108872. Rankin and more. 7:25pm. features, while also highlighting New This week celebrates National Rabbit Month. HARRY E. KINNEY CIVIC PLAZA BernCo Public ArtsCrawl . alibi.com/e/109461. See “Culture Mexico actors. $10 -$40. 7 -9pm. 10:30am. alibi.com/e/108934. Also, Improvisations Start at Civic Plaza, but venture to five different Shock.” 768 -3544. alibi.com/e/107131. See on the Edge: Notes from On and Off Stage . A reading galleries to view some art, eat food and hear live ZENDO Jumbled Opening Reception . Mixed media works “Reel World.” and signing with writer and theater performer Ruth music. 4 -6:30pm. alibi.com/e/107401. by Rebecca Nolda. Runs through September. 5 -7pm. Zaporah. 7pm. 344 -8139. alibi.com/e/108935. INPOST ARTSPACE My Little Dust Opening Reception . 926 -1636. alibi.com/e/108531. SATURDAY SEP 6 ST. JAMES TEAROOM St. James Literary League . A New works from artist Raychael Stine. Runs through STAGE discussion on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar 10/31. 5 -8pm. 268 -0044. alibi.com/e/105219. ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE One Flew WORDS Wilde over tea. $42. 6:30 -8:30pm. 242 -3752. MARIPOSA GALLERY And The Big Storm Began Opening Over the Cuckoo’s Nest . William R. BOOKWORKS Big on Animals: Welcome, Rabbits! The alibi.com/e/108991. Reception . See new works by Greg Tucker in the Stafford directs this adaptation of the bookstore welcomes rabbit visitors. Featuring the book STAGE downstairs gallery and new works by Goldie Garcia in famous book and film about patients in a The Forgotten Rabbit . 10:30am. THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo Thursday the upstairs gallery. 5 -8pm. 268 -6828. mental ward who rebel against an evil alibi.com/e/108938. Also, Dishing Up New Mexico . A Night Laughs . Featuring three nationally touring stand- alibi.com/e/107477. nurse. Runs through 9/14. $12 -$22. reading and signing with writer Dave DeWitt. 3pm. up comedians: Robert Hawkins, Tony Dijamco and MATRIX FINE ART Fusion Opening Reception . Glass and 7:30pm. 242 -4750. alibi.com/e/107662. 344 -8139. alibi.com/e/108939. Keith Breckenridge. $10. 7:30pm. 771 -5680. mosaics by Laura Robbins and Lisa Chernoff. Runs See preview box. EAST MOUNTAIN LIBRARY , Tijeras The Path: Herbs, alibi.com/e/105934. through 9/27. 5 -8pm. 268 -8952. BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE Homeopathy, Holistic Healing . Author Joyce Graham LEARN alibi.com/e/108860. SHOW . Live comedy and improv. $8 -$10. 9 -10pm. discusses and signs her book. 10:30 -11:30am. (505) TAMARIND GALLERY Artists’ Talk . A lecture with Houston- NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP Collections Opening alibi.com/e/108908. Also, Comedy? High energy, fast 281 -8508. alibi.com/e/108656. based artist Robert Pruitt. 5:30pm. 277 -3901. Reception . Etchings, monotype and gravure by Mary moving and hilarious, Comedy? is Albuquerque’s LOMAS-TRAMWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY Graphic Novel Club alibi.com/e/108952. Sundstrom. Runs through 9/27. 5 -8pm. 268 -8952. alternative comedy troupe. $6. 10:30pm -11:45am. for Adults . A new book club for those who enjoy FILM alibi.com/e/108859. 404 -1578. alibi.com/e/65089. discussing how we interpret the juxtaposition of words NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER The Wind SATELLITE COFFEE September Opening Reception . New FOUL PLAY CAFE , Sheraton Uptown Spirits of Suspicion . with art. 2 -3pm. 291 -6295. alibi.com/e/97502. Journeys . Screening of Ciro Guerra’s award-winning works by Roger and Jane Hocking. Runs through Dinner theater special that pays comic tribute to the LOS POBLANOS HISTORIC INN & ORGANIC FARM 2010 drama, filled with music and myth. 7pm. September. 7 -9pm. 907 -4892. alibi.com/e/108049. Thin Man movies, about a woman trying to solve her Qigong Class . Join in for a stroll with award-winning 246 -2261. alibi.com/e/109032. SE-OC RIGHT BRAIN GALLERY SE-OC Right Brain Gallery husband’s murder. $56.50. 7:30 -9:30pm. 377 -9593. author Deborah Madison where she references her Open House . Visit the gallery where technology and alibi.com/e/105863. recent book Vegetable Literacy. $5. 4 -5pm. FRIDAY SEP 5 art hang together. Part of the BernCo Public Artscrawl. THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile . Written 344 -9297. alibi.com/e/109085. 4-6:30pm. 816 -0214. alibi.com/e/108654. Steve Martin, the play outlines a conversation between WORDS STRANGER FACTORY Unseen Forces Opening Reception . Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso at a bar. Runs Arts & Lit Calendar continues on page 2 0 through 9/28. $22. 7:30 -9:30pm. 247 -8600.
WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [19 ] Arts &Lit Calendar continued from page 19 10am -noon. 918 -0240. alibi.com/e/93865. SOUTHWEST WRITERS OFFICE , Carlisle Executive PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE The Time of the Fireflies . A Suites Thats My Baby! A Gathering for Picture Book reading and signing with New Mexico author Critique . A half-day workshop with Betsy James. Kimberley Griffiths Little. 3 -4:30pm. 294 -2026. $40 -$55. 1:30 -4:30pm. alibi.com/e/103664. alibi.com/e/106426. FILM TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS , Old Town The Detectives KIMO THEATRE Filmstock New Mexico . $10 -$40. Who Loved Opera . A reading and signing with writer 11am -9pm. See 9/5 listing. Barbara Langner. 1 -3pm. 242 -7204. ART SUNDAY SEP 7 BERNALILLO COUNTY SOUTH VALLEY WASTEWATER LIFT STATION # 20 South Valley Mural Unveiling . WORDS See the unveiling of the Working ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY The Classroom/Bernalillo County student mural. Art & Legacy of Bernardo Miera y Pacheco . Editor 5:10pm. alibi.com/e/107407. Josef Diaz and essayists Robin Farwell Gavin, Donna DOWNTOWN GROWERS’ SUMMER MARKET ArtStreet Pierce, William Wroth, Charles Carrillo and Dennis at Downtown Growers’ Market . Join in for a morning Reinhartz discuss and sign their book. $1 -$4, FREE of arts, crafts and fun. For kids of all ages. for members and children under 4. 1 -3pm. 9am -1pm. 243 -2230. alibi.com/e/109152. 243 -7255. alibi.com/e/107408. GENUINE SOUTHWEST ART & GIFTS BOOKWORKS Dissonance . A reading and signing with Genuine Southwest Art & Gifts One Year writer Lisa Lenard Cook. 3pm. 344 -8139. Anniversary Party . A public reception alibi.com/e/108941. and celebration where guests can meet ART artists, enjoy refreshments and listen AMAPOLA GALLERY Amapola Gallery Open House . See to live music. 9am -9pm. 243 -1410. works by John Boyes, Mark McAllaster, Anita Daniels alibi.com/e/109038. See “Culture and Donna Dionne. 1 -3pm. 242 -4311. Shock.” alibi.com/e/108836. OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Enchanted Lands GENUINE SOUTHWEST ART & GIFTS Genuine Opening Reception . A gallery show of local Plein Air Southwest Art & Gifts One Year Anniversary Party . artists. Runs through 10/26. 3 -5pm. 897 -8831. 9am -6pm. See 9/6 listing. alibi.com/e/108867. SCOTTSDALE VILLAGE Scottsdale Art Market . THE RIO BRAVO STATE PARK La Corriente del Valle . The Handmade art created by local artists. 9am -3pm. public is invited to the dedication of a 2,000 967 -0254. square-foot mural that portrays the valley’s life WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PARK OFFCenter’s force. 10am -noon. 242 -9267. 12th Annual Folk Art Festival . Featuring arts & crafts alibi.com/e/108635. vendors, folk dances and live music by Bonnie and THE WATERMELON GALLERY , Cedar Crest Gallery Terry Bluhm, Temporary Tattoos and more. Opening Reception . Contemporary woven tapestries 10am -4pm. 247 -1172. alibi.com/e/104095. by Pat Dozier, Janice Thomson Peters, Heather STAGE Gallegos-Rex and LaDonna Mayer. 4 -8pm. ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE One Flew Over the 286 -2164. alibi.com/e/108637. Cuckoo’s Nest . $12 -$22. 2pm. See 9/5 listing. STAGE THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile . Pay ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEATRE One Flew Over the what you will. 2pm. See 9/5 listing. Cuckoo’s Nest . $12 -$22. 7:30pm. See 9/5 listing. SONG & DANCE BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE KOSMOS Chatter Sunday: Violin and Viola Solos . Auditions . Auditionees do a cold reading from the Music by David Felberg (violin), Shanti Randall script, light choreography and perform a short song (viola) and Jacquelyn Helin (piano), and poetry by a capella for the upcoming production Mimi and the Tony Mares. $5 -$15. 10:30 -11:30am. 307 -9647. Ghosts . 2 -4pm. 404 -1578. alibi.com/e/108965. alibi.com/e/108660. FOUL PLAY CAFE , Sheraton Uptown Spirits of ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Cello-Bration . Featuring Suspicion . $56.50. 7:30 -9:30pm. See 9/5 listing. musicians James Holland, Joanna deKeyser, David THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile . $22. Schepps, Dana Winograd, Joel Becktell and more. 7:30 -9:30pm. See 9/5 listing. $12 -$15. 3pm. alibi.com/e/109060. SONG & DANCE FILM VSA NORTH 4TH ART CENTER Dracula . $16 -$18. 2pm, CCA CINEMATHEQUE , Santa Fe The Sturgeon Queens . 7-9pm. See 9/5 listing. Film highlights the New York Jewish immigrant LEARN experience with two women’s stories. Screening also NEW LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Compromising: includes a smoked fish brunch and music. The Frail Bridge Between What We Yearn to Write $12 -$20. 11am. (505) 982 -1338. and What We Do Write . A talk with writer Lois Ruby. alibi.com/e/108933.
BY RYAN NORTH
[20 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI EVENT | PREVIEW
The Cuckoo Flies Again In 1962 Ken Kesey wasn’t yet known as a Merry Prankster when his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, groundbreaking for its critical portrayal of a mental institution, launched him from a ’60s acid muncher to the higher pantheon of American letters. For the 85th anniversary of Albuquerque Little Theatre (224 San Pasquale SW), William FRIDAY R. Stafford directs the stage adaptation of the book. Join the crazies and SEPTEMBER 5 follow the intrigues of Randle P. McMurphy—famously played by Jack Albuquerque Little Nicholson in the movie version—as he pleads insanity to elude criminal Theatre charges and spends a stint in a psychiatric hospital. We soon wonder which is 224 San Pasquale SW worse—jail or the psych ward? Things get heated as he butts heads with the alibi.com/e/107662 dominatrix-like Nurse Ratched, who rules the hospital with an iron fist. The 7:30pm action mounts when McMurphy leads the patients into open revolt and all hell breaks loose. It’s a bold look at what defines “insanity” in an uptight society. Who’s crazier, the doctor or the patient? Runs through Sept. 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2pm; with a special performance on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7:30pm. Tickets $12-$22. See albuquerquelittletheatre.org or call 242-4750 for more info. (Ian Wolff) a
JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA , Santa Fe WEDNESDAY SEP 10 Ladyhawke . Fantasy film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick. WORDS Film is followed by a Q&A with director BOOKWORKS Whoo Did It? Mystery Book Club . For Edward Khmara. $6 -$13. 6:30pm. young readers aged 8-12. This month’s selection is alibi.com/e/109523. See “Reel World.” Spy School . 4:30pm. alibi.com/e/108945. Also, KIMO THEATRE Julie and Julia . Julia Child’s story of her Bookworks Book Club . This session focuses on My start in the cooking profession is intertwined with Julie Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Neel. 7pm. Powell’s challenge to cook all of Child’s recipes. Part of 344 -8139. alibi.com/e/108946. the Magnificent Meryl series. $5 -$7. 2 -4pm. ART 768 -3544. alibi.com/e/107160. TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK Art Fusion For a Cause . Participate in an open mic, see live art, buy tickets for a drawing, and drink some beer. FREE. MONDAY SEP 8 8-10pm. 243 -6752. alibi.com/e/108026. WORDS LEARN BOOKWORKS Vamos a Leer Book Club . A monthly book ALBUQUERQUE GARDEN CENTER Ikebana Demonstration and Workshop . Visiting club that reads and discusses literature of Latin Sangetsu Ikebana master instructor America. 5pm. alibi.com/e/108942. Also, Mr. Katia Santos leads this workshop. Wormfood and the Zombabies . Dominic Sedillo reads $15 -$50. 10am -4pm. 514 -3851. and signs his new book. 7pm. 344 -8139. alibi.com/e/108029. See “Culture alibi.com/e/108943. Shock.” LEARN GUERRILLA PHOTO GROUP Open Studio Play Time . A CORRALES SENIOR CENTER , Corrales Acting Techniques creative collaborative for models, photographers, and Scene Study . The weekly class provides beginners stylists, makeup/hair artists and clothing designers. with valuable insights into the art of being someone 5:30pm -midnight. 681 -7471. alibi.com/e/89602. else on stage. Instructor: Pat Price. $60 for 4 classes. QUELAB IgniteNM #15 . A fast-paced series of 6:30 -7:30pm. 505 -269 -428. alibi.com/e/89547. enlightening events built entirely on community interests. $10. 7 -9pm. alibi.com/e/107714. TUESDAY SEP 9 SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER Mask Making Session Two . A mask-making workshop for artists. WORDS 6:30 -9pm. 848 -1320. alibi.com/e/108666. BOOKWORKS 5 Dharma Types . A reading and signing with writer Simon Chokoisky. 7pm. 344 -8139. ON GOING alibi.com/e/108944. NOTICES STAGE HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART , Taos Film ST. JAMES TEAROOM Murder Most Fowl: Colonel Sanders Submission . The deadline to submit Kicks the Bucket . An interactive mystery with full your film to the Taos Fall Arts Film afternoon tea and a glass of champagne or sparkling Festival is on 9/5. “Honoring Our cider. Runs through 9/24. $60. 6:30 -8:30pm. Land” is this year’s theme, so 242 -3752. alibi.com/e/108996. submissions should focus on air, wate SONG & DANCE and land. Head to FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Albuquerque Civic Chorus Fall taosfallarts.com/film_festival to enter. Season 2014 . If you love to sing, consider joining The fest itself starts on 9/27. (575) others who share your passion. No auditions 758 -9826. alibi.com/e/109513. See necessary. 7 -9pm. 980 -6611. alibi.com/e/105941. “Reel World.” a WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [21 ] FLASH IN THE PAN FOOD | reStaurant review BY ARI LEVAUX M O C . O T O
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Good Manners Fish and chips Crab legs for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck by Amy Alkon St. Martin’s Griffin Paperback Fresh Fish by a Ghostly Sea $14.99 Down N Dirty Seafood Boil
Let’s talk about tipping. ear of corn (skip it unless you have a weird People believe that they tip solely based on the BY GAIL GUENGERICH penchant for overly-soft, cafeteria-grade corn) quality of the server or the service. And the truth Down N Dirty or a whole sausage (the andouille is good). is that some people do, but a whole lot just ew Mexico harbors its share of ghosts— Seafood Boil The landlocked may find it a little believe they do. We like to believe that we’re native people ghosts, mushroom cloud 6100 Fourth Street NW backwards to toss a turfy-pig product in with all rational and do things for good reasons. But ghosts, dinosaur ghosts—not to mention of that surfy shellfish, but chucking in sausage because our brains like to conserve energy where N 345-0595 they can, we have a lot of cognitive biases that our ghost ocean. I’m sure you all know that Hours: 11am to 9pm Monday through Friday is a long-standing boil tradition all along the lead us to act automatically, in ways that aren’t New Mexico was once covered by a shallow 12pm to 9pm Saturday East and Gulf Coasts. Just think about how wholly rational. sea. If you don’t know it explicitly, you can feel 12pm to 8pm Sunday you’re mixing and matching. The andouille is it in your bones. It haunts us with little the perfect complement for an order of meat- For example: If you’re male, you’re likely to tip Price range: $13-$50 for fish alone bigger if your waitress is blond, if she’s wearing imprints of sea creatures in limestone, strange skimpy crawfish in Cajun sauce for instance, Vibe: Coastal blue collar red lipstick, a red dress or has a flower in her hair, drowning sensations and plains that are but I wouldn’t boil it with my scallops. according to research by French behavioral distinctly oceanic on moonlit nights. Vegetarian options: Umm ... no. Sides include sweet potato fries, onion scientist Nicolas Guéguen. And yet the sea’s material pleasures Extras: Bibs and buckets, animal pleasures rings, coleslaw, bread (a white bolillo roll) and Other customers will leave bigger tips if the (seafood, ummm ... water) are nowhere to be The Weekly Alibi recommends: Mussels, crab of any white rice. If you think it’s wise to pair butter- server does things to create the feeling of a found. Why must you torment us, Ghost sort or smaller shrimp in Down N Dirty sauce, tall drenched sea meats with fried food, by all familiar relationship between server and cherry coke, side of rice customer, like if the server squats down at the Ocean?! means make it happen, but I recommend table, coming to the customer’s eye level and Thank God for small mercies like Down N ordering the rice so you can soak up your extra making conversation seem more intimate. This, in Dirty Seafood Boil. Nothing instantly siphons sauce. The sauces here are all quite good (but research by Cornell University’s Michael Lynn the sea inland like sticking some steamy No, I’m serious, put on the bib—this food you should venture outside the “cleaner” ones and colleagues, increased the tip amount by 20 crustaceans in your face. And nowhere can is wet and messy and plateless, and you will be and try either the Cajun or Down-N-Dirty— percent for a waiter and 25 percent for a you stick steamy crustaceans in your face with handling it mostly with your bare hands. an addictive slurry of spices and chopped waitress. Giving chocolates or mints with the such abandon as Down N Dirty. (Besides, everyone is wearing bibs—a merry garlic). And “hot” is still very eatable. check also increases the tip. So all of these Why? Because it’s not one of those fish scene we may not see again until the nursing A few caveats—1) don’t upgrade to the people who think “I’m fair, I’m rational, I just tip restaurants trafficking in white platters, home.) more pricey jumbo shrimp. Our server told us according to the service,” the truth is probably eh, tinkling silverware and smooth jazz that only Here’s how it works: You order your all of the shrimp is good, but we found some of not so much. serve to remind us just how not at the shore shellfish by the pound ranging from $9.88 the jumbos a little rubbery. 2) Conspicuously What if the service is truly terrible? we are. Instead it’s just you, your hands, a (clams) to $32.88 (colossal king crab legs). missing from the menu is beer, so you’ll have If you don’t tip at all, it makes you look bad if napkin dispenser and a knotted clear plastic Prices and offerings flux with the market. The to wash that lobster (once considered poor you’re with dining companions, and the server bag of shellfish drenched in seasoned butter. lobster and blue crab are served whole or in man’s food) down with a coke or iced tea. 3) Be can pretend that it’s on you, that you were the Down N Dirty perfectly captures the sort of pieces over a pound, so you will have to do forewarned this is a pricey meal without the terrible one. So if the service is egregiously bad, no-muss, dive-y nautical-kitsch you would find some price-per-pound math to figure out how usual pomp and circumstance of a pricey use an idea I borrowed from my pal Steve in a small town somewhere on the coast. much you’re spending. meal—that’s because you’re not paying for Dublanica, author of Keep The Change , and give Our server claimed that most people can your tip to the busboy instead. This means you The strangest thing about the place is atmosphere (there’s a drop tile ceiling) or the haven’t cheaped out, but you haven’t also gone how quietly (buzz-wise) it has existed for the down two pounds at a sitting, and while I royal treatment (though the service is fast and all Stockholm Syndrome and rewarded someone first year of its opening, even while it has respect the expansive and patriotic American friendly) or haute cuisine. You are paying for for treating you terribly. carved itself such a unique niche—the beach appetite, this seems excessive. My friend and I the raw materials—the abducted little sea Approaching the situation with compassion is party boil and its primal carnivorous pleasures. couldn’t finish three pounds between us. And I creatures themselves. counterintuitive but very helpful. Look for clues Maybe it’s the low-visibility location on north wanted to. The sweet-succulent Down-N- So, yes, I love this restaurant. It’s unstuffy, as to why you’re getting bad service. Is this Fourth Street. But I also suspect some people Dirty sauced crab claws ($23.88) we devoured, delicious, primal and fun. There are bibs and person having a bad day? Are they covering three are a little freaked out by the word “seafood the deliquescent mussels in garlic butter we tin buckets, the gratifying sound of cracking sections? Or are they just a person who thinks boil” (which doesn’t sound appetizing if you barely polished off, but the colossal Cajun- and peeling shells, and enough butter and “ha ha, you’re going to wait for your lunch”? Even don’t know any better) and any suggestion of butter jumbo shrimp, we could not conquer. garlic to drown a sailor. There’s nautical if you end up giving someone more of a benefit of either getting down or getting dirty. So consider the actual meat content of your tchotchkes and a crab tank and piles upon the doubt than they deserve, you’ll feel better if you call up compassion and say, “ OK , maybe this Just how down and dirty you want to get chosen victim before ordering. piles of sea-sugared flesh found only in person isn’t trying to screw me over. Maybe is up to you—for the shell-shy/sadly From there, you select your decadent shellfish from actual oceans. Oh lordy! No there’s something wrong.” And by the way, don’t squeamish, there’s scallops and rock shrimp butter-based sauce of choice (garlic butter, more eating phantom crab legs at home alone! blame the waiter if the kitchen doesn’t make food that involve no peeling. For the rest of us, tie lemon pepper, Cajun or Down-N-Dirty), Bless you, Down N Dirty for saving us from you like. Don’t find ways to be cheap. a on your sexy, plastic, crab-printed bib because specify spice-quotient (mild, medium or hot) that one indignation, on top of our other there are whole crustaceans to be and decide if you want anything else in the indignations in this diaphanous, beautiful, dismembered. bag. Options include a whole potato, a partial ghost-stricken land. a
[22 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI Best of Burque restaurants | 2013 winners
oting begins today in the hotly contested Best of Burque Restaurant awards. Every year Alibi readers cast their votes on alibi.com, hoping their beloved food mongers will at last savor V the taste of victory. Every year we review angry correspondence from readers and restaurateurs alike, demanding an explanation for the outrageous results. And every year the explanation is the same: The readers picked the winners by popular vote. The 2013 winners are below. Who deserves to keep their crown? Who deserves the top spots in 2014? And in which categories did last year’s voters really screw up? Only YOU can decide.
Spiciest Food in Albuquerque: Sadie’s Best Appetizers: Gecko’s Bar and Tapas Best Food Truck: The Supper Truck Best Wings: Monte Vista Fire Station Best Place to Find a Food Truck: Best Burger: Holy Cow Pod at Talin Supermarket Best French Fries: Frontier Restaurant Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Guests: Best Pizza: Dion’s Pizza El Pinto Restaurant & Cantina Best Pasta (Western): Joe’s Pasta House Best Bar Food: Gecko’s Bar and Tapas Best Noodles (Asian): Asian Noodle Bar Best Fine Dining: Artichoke Café Best Falafel: Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery Best Late Night Eating: Frontier Restaurant Best Gyros: Gyros Mediterranean Best Commitment to Local Ingredients: Best Tacos: Taqueria Mexico Farm & Table Best Mac and Cheese: Flying Star Café Best Place for Adventurous Eaters: Talking Drums Restaurant Best Barbecue: Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q Best Downtown Restaurant: Tucanos Best Steakhouse: Best Restaurant in Nob Hill: Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse Scalo Northern Italian Grill Best Seafood: Pelican’s Restaurant Best Restaurant in the North Valley: Sophia’s Place Best Salad: Vinaigrette Best Restaurant in the South Valley: Best Sandwiches: Relish Gourmet Sandwiches Grandma’s K & I Diner Best Pho (Vietnamese soup): Pho #1 Best Heights Restaurant: Jennifer James 101 Best Soup (American style): Al’s Big Dipper Best Restaurant on the Westside: Best Sushi: Shogun Sushi Jinja Bar & Bistro Best Tempura: Mr. Sushi Best Restaurant in Rio Rancho: Best Indian Curry: Taj Mahal Turtle Mountain Brewing Co. Best Thai Curry: Orchid Thai Cuisine/Thai Vegan Best Restaurant in the East Mountains: Ribs Hickory Pit BBQ Best Huevos Rancheros: The Range Café Best Local Brewery: Marble Brewery Best Breakfast Burrito: Frontier Restaurant/ Best New Restaurant: Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria Golden Pride BBQ, Chicken & Ribs Most Missed Restaurant: Bella Vista Best Pancakes: Weck’s Best Chef: Tom Docherty (Café Lush) Best Waffles: Nexus Brewery Best Patio: El Pinto Restaurant & Cantina Best French Toast: Flying Star Café Best Eggs: Weck’s Best New Mexican Restaurant: Sadie’s Best Bacon: Gold Street Caffe Best Green Chile Cheeseburger: Owl Café Best Healthy Breakfast: Best Green Chile: Sadie’s The Grove Café and Market Best Red Chile: Duran Central Pharmacy Best Cup of Coffee: Best Tortillas: Frontier Restaurant/ Satellite Coffee/Flying Star Café Golden Pride BBQ, Chicken & Ribs Best Brunch: The Grove Café and Market Best Tamales: El Modelo Best Biscuits and Gravy: Duke City Donuts Best Sopaipillas: El Patio Best Chicken Fried Steak: The Range Café Best Enchiladas: Duran Central Pharmacy Best Hash Browns/Homefries: Weck’s Best Chips and Salsa: Sadie’s Best Burrito: Twisters Best Greek/Mediterranean: Olympia Café Best Margarita: Garduño’s Best Middle Eastern Restaurant: Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery Best Desserts: Flying Star Café (by a huge margin) Best Italian: Scalo Northern Italian Grill Best Chocolates: Candy Lady Best French: La Crêpe Michel Best Donuts: Rebel Donut Best Vietnamese: Viet Taste Best Cupcakes: Cake Fetish Best Thai: Orchid Thai Cuisine Best Cookies: Cravin’ Cookies … and More! Best Fusion: CoolWater Fusion Restaurant Best European Bakery: Le Chantilly Pastry Shop Best Chinese: Kai’s Chinese Restaurant Best Frozen Desserts: Olo Yogurt Studio Best Indian: Taj Mahal Best Milkshakes: 66 Diner Best Japanese: Kokoro Japanese Restaurant Best Southern Food: Nexus Brewery Best Vegetarian Restaurant: Most Wanted Ethnic Cuisine That's Not in Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café Albuquerque: Ethiopian Best Vegan Food: Thai Vegan Best Veggie Burger: Bistronomy B2B VOTE NOW AT Best Grilled Cheese: Flying Star Café ALIBI.COM Best Tofu Dish: Flying Star Café’s Buddha Bowl WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2014 [23 ] may mix freely with the formally attired in that Chow town wonderful New Mexican way that so annoys the Easterners among us. a rotating guide to restaurants we like
suggest a restaurant or search for more at: SOUTHEAST w alibi.com/chowtown PUPUSERIA Y RESTAURANT SALVADOREÑO These listings have no connection with Alibi advertising 1701 Bridge SW, 268-0136 • $ [LATIN AMERICAN ] Albuquerque’s first Salvadoran restaurant is definitely worth checking in on, because, brothers and sisters, if you love sweet plantain, this place has the best in town. It’s also Surf got the best pupusa —no relation to the pupu platter—and who doesn’t like the idea of a soft, thick corn tortilla filled with meat (chicharrón, and Turf fish, beef, or ham) and cheese? Make it lunch with a deliciously weird imported soda named FAR NORTHEAST HEIGHTS Tropi Champan . NANTUCKET SHOALS SEAFOOD UPPER NOB HILL MARKET 5415 Academy NE, 821-5787 • $$ I LOVE SUSHI SERGIO SALVADOR SALVADORPHOTO.COM LOS EQUIPALES [SPECIALTY FOOD STORE ] Nantucket Shoals is just 4500 Silver SE, 265-1300 • $$$ down the road from Whole Foods but often stocks [MARISCOS/MEXICAN SEAFOOD ] The seafaring items that the big store’s seafood department unusually firm deliciousness. The epic Charola De in a silky demi-glace, fresh fish and a damn fine mateys at Los Equipales make a very fine bowl of does not. Call or stop in for fresh fish, soft shell Mariscos platter (fried, steamed and raw) must veal Oscar. Voted Best Steakhouse for 2013. siete mares soup. And the fish tacos and ceviche crabs, roe, compound butters and more. Ask be seen to be believed. Don’t fill up on the chips. will make you forget you live inland. While you’re about the house-made fish stock. NORTHEAST HEIGHTS at it, the glass jars of housemade horchata are EL ZARANDEADO so huge, you could practically swim in them. If PELICAN’S RESTAURANT 6500 Central SE, 266-0143 • $$ I LOVE SUSHI TEPPAN GRILL you prefer to stay dry, try the flan instead. 9800 Montgomery NE, 298-7678 • $$$$ [MARISCOS/MEXICAN SEAFOOD ] A marisqueria 6001 San Mateo NE, 883-3618 • $$ [STEAKHOUSE ] Rough-hewn wood planks lead you specializing in Sinaloense-style seafood, El [JAPANESE ] I Love Sushi maintains that rare WESTSIDE into this nautically themed steak and seafood combination of quality and value, with sushi Zarandeado takes a craftsman’s approach to your MARISCOS ALTAMAR restaurant, which doesn’t start seating for dinner meals. There’s the molcajete Sinaloense , in which that’s very fresh, amply portioned and reasonably 1517 Coors NW, 831-1496 • $$ until 5pm. Luckily, happy hour begins at 4pm. Have a basalt mortar is filled with mariscos and a priced. If raw isn’t your deal, anything involving a “Lady Godiva” hot cocktail and a baker’s dozen pureed green chile sauce, then baked; the tempura (like the New Mexico roll with crazy-hot [MARISCOS/MEXICAN SEAFOOD ] This Westside gem of “topless” oysters in the bar while you wait. Then cocomarisco , a young coconut emptied of its fried green chile strips) is a real treat. Or sit at awards patrons with steamy, heaping plates of dive into creamy clam chowder, 10-ounce, butter- water and packed with a mix of marinated one of the teppan tables and watch the pros Mexican seafood in a clean, cozy dining area. sweet Australian lobster tail and Ranchero seafood and young coconut flesh; and above all, sizzle up your choice of ingredients a few inches Breakfast, lunch or dinner, it’s usually pretty center-cut top sirloin. There’s plenty of key lime pie el zarandeado itself, a grey snapper “cult object” away from your plate. What we said about hopping, though there’s always a seat and in the icebox and Phil Collins on the speakers. that needs to be ordered an hour ahead of time. tempura also applies to dessert, so be sure to prompt service. Try the shrimp or crab quesadilla, end your nutrient-dense dinner with a softball- with just the right balance of cheese and SAMURAI GRILL & SUSHI BAR RAGIN’ SHRIMP sized scoop of ice cream that’s been seafood. The cocktails have delicious shrimp 9500 Montgomery NE, 275-6601 • $$$ 3624 Central SE, 254-1544 • $$$ batter-dipped and fried. Mmm ... fried. (even octopus) served in their own juices with [ ] hunks of avocado, spices and onion. When the JAPANESE Even if you don’t get out much to the [CAJUN ] Cajun-style shrimp with an emphasis on menu warns you something’s going to be hot, it Southeast side of town (where the highest spicy, although Jamaican and Indian sauces have PACIFIC PARADISE TROPICAL GRILL & SUSHI BAR really is. You can always cool off with an order of concentration of Asian restaurants are in been added to the offerings. The menu also homemade flan. a Albuquerque), you can still get some of the best includes sandwiches, salads and Cajun 3000 San Pedro NE, Suite D, 881-0999 • $$ sushi around at Samurai Grill’s original location specialties like pan-fried gator, jambalaya and [ASIAN ] Well, aloha! Artificial palm trees and in the Northeast Heights. The sushi tastes almost gumbo. beach murals wrap around elevated booths that impossibly fresh, and the chefs are pros at look over tables with wicker chairs—there’s even a presentation. Make sure you try one of the SHOGUN JAPANESE RESTAURANT tiki bar and walls paneled in bamboo. Fittingly, delicious specialty rolls. 3310 Central SE, 265-9166 • $$$ Pacific Paradise serves up diverse cuisine from all around the Ring of Fire, Asia and Hawaii. And ZORBA’S FINE GREEK CUISINE [JAPANESE ] Shogun serves sashimi, nigiri and sushi rolls in a fashionable Nob Hill setting. Park the tropical ice creams are fantastic. Mild and 11225 Montgomery NE, 323-2695 • $ yourself by the sushi bar to watch the chefs almost savory, the avocado ice cream is a [GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN ] Gyros, souvlaki, skillfully prepare Japanese specialties as calming end to a large meal, while the plum wine taramosalata , roast chicken and potatoes, leg of outgoing orders float past you on little wooden ice cream is light and slightly tart with chewy lamb, lentil soup—the menu at Zorba’s rings boats. The spider roll (with fried soft shell crab) is pieces of fruit. familiar, and no wonder: The family behind highly addictive, so be sure to order enough for Zorba’s is the same that opened the Olympia everyone in your party. OLD TOWN Café near UNM more than 35 years ago. But ANTIQUITY RESTAURANT here, in the far Northeast Heights, you’ll notice a NORTH VALLEY long, expanded list of dishes, including more 112 Romero NW, 247-3545 • $$$$ seafood and desserts, plus a lot of elbow room VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY [STEAKHOUSE ] It’s a classy kind of joint, this and a generous patio. STEAKHOUSE Antiquity; tablecloths, waiters with bow ties and 6855 Fourth Street NW, 341-0831 • $$$$ fancified French food (including seafood) that will NOB HILL [STEAKHOUSE ] Vernon’s is a swanky underground push you toward ecstasy even as it drains your spot for good eats and high times, delivered pocketbook. But it’s unmistakably Albuquerque EL SARAPE speakeasy-style. The dining room is walled with too. For one thing it’s in an ancient Old Town 5025 Central NE, 266-1907 • $$ lustrous, ebony adobe, and the tables are clothed hacienda, the kind with an uneven floor, two-foot- [MARISCOS/MEXICAN SEAFOOD ] Mariscos and in crisp, black and white linens. By the glass or thick walls at every doorway and rooms that northern Mexican cuisine with a unique flair. bottle, there’s plenty of quality hooch. The menu ramble back farther than you would ever guess Various ceviche-like dishes feature raw shrimp of is classic steakhouse stuff, with beef tournedos from the outside. For another, the blue-jeaned
KEY: $ = Inexpensive $8 or less | $$ = Moderate $8 to $15 | $$$ = Expensive $15 to $20 | $$$$ = Very Expensive $20 and up [24 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [25 ] REEL WORLD FILM | revIew BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Stock up on film Filmstock, the innovative quad-state short film festival, starts off this Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6, right here in Albuquerque. Filmstock breezes through Denver in October, Salt Lake City in November and Tempe in December. Award-winning films from here in New Mexico will have the opportunity to screen at the other three legs of the festival, ensuring fame and fortune (maybe) for our homegrown filmmakers. This year organizers have partnered up with Filmstock New Mexico to shine a spotlight on New Mexican actors. This will consist of a live competition featuring local actors presenting film blocks, introducing red carpet events and participating in a monologue- off. Among the shorts being screened this year are 12 past award winners and 16 new official selections. The films are organized into themed blocks—from “The Pursuit of Happiness” to “The Human Experience.” Individual tickets to the programming blocks are running $10 apiece. All-access passes, which include all festival events as well as the filmmaker reception at Villa di Capo Ristorante Italiano, are $40 each. Films will be shown at the KiMo Theatre (423 Central NW) starting at 7pm on Friday and 11am on Saturday. For a complete lineup, including all film titles, go to Cigars and Jiffy Pop? Now that’s camping. filmstockfilmfestival.com/filmstock-new-mexico. It’s elemental If you’re a filmmaker who didn’t submit your work in time for this year’s Filmstock, other Land Ho! opportunities await. This Friday, Sept. 5, is the deadline to submit to the Taos Fall Arts Film Old friends are the best friends in slow-moving Festival. This year’s theme is “honoring our land,” and all films must tie in to the “globally road trip through Iceland relevant subject” of air, water or land. Any film addressing the environment is qualified to enter. male bonding and a lot of lovely sights to see. Maximum running time is 10 minutes. There are BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY Land Ho! Land Ho! is as much a couple’s therapy session as no entry fees. A jury will select the 10 best films Opens Friday 9/5 it is a beautifully shot travelogue of an to be screened in the Arthur Bell Auditorium at itch and Colin have been friends for a long Written and directed by Aaron Katz infrequently seen country. the Harwood Museum of Art during the 2014 time. Years ago they found themselves & Martha Stephens Structurally speaking (in the general sense Taos Arts Festival (starting Sept. 27). For M married to a pair of sisters. Mitch’s wife Starring Earl Lynn Nelson, Paul Eenhoorn that there is no structure at all here), Land Ho! complete information on how to submit your eventually divorced him. Colin’s wife passed Rated R most closely resembles The Trip , Steve Coogan short film, go to taosfallarts.com/film_festival. away. The two are now well into retirement age and Rob Brydon’s talky, largely improvised and more or less all on their own, isolated from ramble through Northwest England’s Lake Hawke talk former spouses and adult offspring by the quickly thousand tiny details, exactly why these two are District. Eating, drinking and conversing take up most of the run time. Nelson (who appeared in Screenwriter Edward Khmara will appear at the piling sands of time. In a fit of nostalgic friends. On the one hand, they were thrown Jean Cocteau Cinema on Sunday, Sept. 7 to excitement, Mitch reaches out to his old friend together by the coincidence of marriage. On the Stephens’ other two films) and Eenhoorn introduce a screening of his 1985 cult fantasy and former brother-in-law by proposing a spur-of- other hand, they complement each other nicely. (a veteran Australian TV actor) are no Coogan Ladyhawke starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger the-moment trip to Iceland. Well, not so much They share some of the same hard-luck stories. and Brydon. They’re not trying to be. The laughs, Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The screening “proposing” as simply informing Colin he’s They know each other’s jokes. They parrot like everything else here, are low-key and begins at 6:30pm. A Q&A will follow. Tickets purchased tickets and they’re leaving tomorrow. favorite movie lines back and forth just like any organic, growing out of situations rather than run $6 to $12. The Jean Cocteau is located at This happy-go-lucky bullying pretty much lays two best friends. punch lines. Nelson and Eenhoorn excel at the 418 Montezuma Ave. in Santa Fe. For more info out the relationship between our two But why are they in Iceland, precisely? Well, sort of scrappy love/hate shorthand of people go to jeancocteaucinema.com. protagonists, forming the centerpiece of the Mitch seems to think it will add some adventure who’ve spent way too much time together. It’s all amusing, amiable old guy road trip Land Ho! to their dull lives, and perhaps they can get a bit about the characters here, and our boys feel quite This microcosmic indie is a collaboration of their youthful groove back. It’s not the real—sometimes uncomfortably so. Coffee talk between Portland filmmaker Aaron Katz ( Quiet smartest of plans. Two old dudes touring Iceland Though it would be a mistake to insert too Friday Filmmakers Coffee is a bimonthly get- City , Cold Weather ) and Appalachia-based auteur is pretty much the polar opposite of Angela much meaning in the film’s uncluttered together for professional filmmakers who are Martha Stephens ( Passenger Pigeons , Pilgrim Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg hanging out narrative, there are certainly issues of aging, “actively working in the industry to connect with Song ). Land Ho! is pretty much the first film from beachside in Jamaica. Mercifully, Land Ho! gets retirement, boredom and loneliness floating each other in a supportive atmosphere and share either to show up anywhere other than at film through without a single Viagra joke. around the fringes. Is there such a thing as “over current NM film production news.” The next meet- festivals. And you can tell, almost before the Instead, Mitch and Colin tour the geysers, the hill”? And what does it really mean? The film up will take place Friday, Sept. 5, from 3 to 6pm at relax in the geothermal spas, eat lots of great- never stares deep enough into the mirror to the Fans of Film Cafe (504 Yale SE). For the rest credits are done rolling, that Land Ho! is one of actually answer any of these questions, preferring of the year, it looks like FFC will gather at Fans of those “journey, not the destination” kind of looking food and banter in that Film in Albuquerque on the first Friday of every things. meaningless/meaningful way that longtime pals instead to quietly observe the day-to-day month and at the Jean Cocteau building (418 Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) is a loudmouthed often do. We learn a tiny bit about what makes banalities of life and the distracting geological Montezuma Ave.) in Santa Fe on the third Friday surgeon from New Orleans, always ready with a them tick, gather up a couple of small secrets and formations of Iceland. There are no epiphanies of every month. If you’re thinking of attending, you raunchy joke or a rude aside. Colin (Paul generally learn to appreciate these two past-their- here, no grand character arcs, no surprise can RSVP to [email protected] or Eenhoorn) is a quiet Australian, forever trying to prime, charming-in-their-own-way fellas (despite endings. Ultimately, it’s just a circuitous line on a check out facebook.com/FridayFilmakersCoffee steer his pal toward some polite manners. And Mitch’s sometimes lecherous take on life). map, signaling neither beginning nor end. for more details. a yet the filmmakers manage to tell us, in a There’s a decent amount of humor, a touch of Sometimes that’s all you need. a
[26 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX Americans in Paris “The Cosmopolitans” on Amazon
BY MARK LOPEZ
hat becomes of the brokenhearted? Well, according to writer/director Whit W Stillman, they go to Paris. In a recent interview with Buzzfeed , Stillman said, “I think men go there and have their hearts broken, but women come there with their hearts broken.” Such is the case with his first television show “The Cosmopolitans.” The dialogue-heavy dramedy takes note from Stillman’s feature- length projects, such as Damsels in Distress and Metropolitan , by placing a privileged group of invites her to a party where they run into a select Caucasian Americans in the midst of the City group of Paris glitterati, including fashion of Love, searching for, well, I guess love. And journalist Vicky (Chloë Sevigny reuniting with talking about it a lot. Stillman after The Last Days of Disco ). And that’s First up, we have Jimmy (Adam Brody, “The pretty much the plot. Conversations at a cafe. O.C.,” Lovelace ), the somewhat upbeat, Conversations at a party. pragmatic front man of the proceedings who But the interesting thing about Stillman’s takes a shine to the beautiful Camille (Dree works is his ability to create a context through Hemingway from indie gem Starlet ) at a party. words shared between people—especially words Next up is Hal (Jordan Rountree), Jimmy’s close shared between strangers. Take for instance a friend who is in the midst of a break-up/make- conversation between Aubrey and Vicky, where up (aka relationship hell). Then we have the we learn of Vicky’s contempt for Parisian men, token foreigner in Sandro (Adriano Giannini). boys who try to act like men and the women So what’s the show about? Well ... that depends who fall for them. We also catch a glimpse of on what you take from it. Like the Aubrey’s naiveté within the mix of all this aforementioned Damsels in Distress , the value in privilege: the vast wasteland of the rich and Stillman’s latest project is discovered within its parties in mansions with mix-ups over an conversations. uninvited drug dealer. Some might view the Plotwise there’s not a lot going on in the series and come out thinking it’s dull. If you like show’s pilot (one of five “test pilots” Amazon your TV shows steamy and dramatic, stick with has just released on Instant Video). The group of “Scandal.” However, those who’ve invested time friends stumbles upon a lonely Alabama girl in Stillman as an auteur of the bourgeoisie named Aubrey (Carrie MacLemore) at a cafe might find something observantly appealing in while having a lengthy conversation about the “The Cosmopolitans.” a day Hal met his ex-but-not-quite-girlfriend Clemence. After hearing Aubrey’s similar “The Cosmopolitans” is available now via Amazon brokenhearted/relationship-Jenga tale, the group Instant Video.
Murphy ( Clueless, Sin City ) gets the hunter shows? This one, featuring THE WEEK IN sleazy TV movie treatment. members of the “Tennessee Wraith Sophia Grace and Rosie’s Royal Chasers,” ranks pretty high on both Adventure (Nickelodeon 6pm) counts. SLOTH Singing cousins go to Switzelvania to cover a new queen’s coronation for MONDAY 8 Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. Either THURSDAY 4 that’s the plot for Nickelodeon’s new “American Ninja Warrior” (KOB-4 tween movie, or I was hallucinating 8pm) Here it is, your last chance “NFL Kickoff 2014” (KOAT-7 6:30pm) when I wrote that. to cheer for Kacy Catanzaro. In this particular case, the kickoff is “The Chair” (Starz 9pm) Fans of the “Love Prison” (A&E 8pm) Somehow literal and not just figurative. The late “Project Greenlight” might this reality dating competition Green Bay Packers take on the appreciate this reality competition doesn’t lock would-be suitors in Seattle Seahawks. about dueling directors. prison, but sends them to just another reality show island for FRIDAY 5 SUNDAY 7 bikini-clad canoodling. “Stand Up to Cancer” (KASA-2, KOB-4, “The ABCs of Schoolhouse Rock!” TUESDAY 9 KOAT-7, KNME-5 7pm) Stars support (KOAT-7 6pm) Chandra Wilson from cancer research with a good, old- “Fashion Rocks” (KNME-5 8pm) fashioned telethon. The Who, Jennifer “Grey’s Anatomy” hosts a tribute to the beloved Saturday morning I am so excited. This annual, Ryan Hudson, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Ariana Seacrest-produced excuse to get Grande and Dave Matthews perform, educational cartoon from the ’70s. Interviews with creators and writers scantily clad models and rock creating one of the least cohesive stars on stage at the same time lineups in the history of fundraisers. are included, as well as a countdown of the top five “Schoolhouse Rock!” traditionally signals the end of the “Pond Stars” (National Geographic Wild segments. wretched summer TV season. 8pm) A few weeks ago, I asked if there Survive one night with Duran was an industry so boring that TV “Utopia” (KASA-2 7pm) FOX’s biggest Duran, KISS, Miranda Lambert, couldn’t make a docu-reality show reality show gamble sends a group of Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull and the about it. TV is working hard to answer people (the usual mix of rabid fall TV premieres will be here soon. my question. Why, here’s a show about Christians, proud homosexuals, a company that builds backyard random hotties and arrogant tools) ponds. Ponds, you say? Fascinating. to live out in the woods and build WEDNESDAY 10 That must involve a lot of digging of their own society for one solid year. Sadly for the participants, this will “I Heart Nick Carter” (VH1 8pm) It holes. Please tell me all about it for an really seems like this reality show entire season, Nat Geo Wild. probably go off the air in three weeks. about Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his fiancée “navigating their SATURDAY 6 “Ghost Asylum” (Destination America life together” should have been 8pm) How fake and yet still titled, “Oh, Yeah, I Used to Heart The Brittany Murphy Stor y (Lifetime unproductive do you like your ghost Nick Carter Back in 1997.” a 6pm) Poor, late actress Brittany
WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [27 ] FILM | CAPSULES
STILL PLAYING Thwaites) is chosen to learn from an elderly man (Jeff Bridges) and mysteriously gains all the superpowers in the universe by BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world. Note to all future using 100 percent of her brain. We’re talking Jackie Chan, all of OPENING THIS WEEK As Above/So Below dystopian leaders: Get rid of the teenagers. If YA literature is any the X-Men and Neo at the end of The Matrix combined. In this archaeologically minded supernatural thriller, a group of indication ( Hunger Games , Divergent , Matched , Delirium , Naturally she employs these powers to get revenge on the bad 16 Acres explorers descends into the skeleton-filled catacombs below Unwind , The Maze Runner ), two photogenic teenagers in love people. Given that she can control all of time and space, The American Institute of Architects presents another design- Paris, only to come face-to-face with their own fears made real. will invariably bring down your society. 94 minutes. PG-13. there’s not a lot of tension. But if 2001: A Space Odyssey based movie night. This 2012 documentary chronicles the If you’re a “found footage” completist, you might be the (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere encapsulated mind-blowing cinema for drug-addled hippies in rebuilding of Ground Zero in New York. The controversy, the audience for this low-budget mixture of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16) 1968, then this will surely melt the synapses of filmgoers politics and the cost involved in reimagining the World Trade and The Descent from the Brothers Dowdle ( The Poughkeepsie currently using only 10 percent of their brains. 90 minutes. R. Center site are all examined. Double-featured with How Much Tapes , Quarantine , Devil ). 93 minutes. R. (Century 14 Guardians of the Galaxy (Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? 95 minutes. (Opens Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, Marvel Comics’ superhero movies take off in a different Thursday 9/11 at Guild Cinema) Cottonwood Stadium 16) direction, heading into outer space for this buoyantly comic, Magic in the Moonlight endlessly entertaining sci-fi romp. A band of misfits, criminals Woody Allen’s 44th film is a lightweight charmer. Colin Firth How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Begin Again and brash adventurers is conscripted into saving the galaxy plays a professional magician and debunker who travels to Foster? Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo star in this music industry when a powerful alien warlord comes looking for a weapon of Southern France (circa 1920) to expose a fraudulent The American Institute of Architects presents another design- dramedy for writer-director John Carney ( Once ). Knightley plays cosmos-threatening proportions. Cult filmmaker James Gunn spiritualist. Our hero is shocked to find the charlatan is a wide- based movie night. This 2010 documentary profiles a young singer-songwriter who gets dumped by her famous (Tromeo and Juliet, Dawn of the Dead, Slither, Super ) writes eyed American cutie (Emma Stone). Even more shocking, he Manchester-born architect Norman Foster with a round-the- boyfriend (Adam Levine) and begins a promising collaboration and directs. Chris Pratt (“Parks and Recreation”), Bradley can’t figure out her tricks. Could it be that she actually has the world survey of his most iconic works: Berlin’s Reichstag, with a disgraced record company executive (Ruffalo). 104 Cooper ( The Hangover ), Zoe Saldana ( Star Trek ) and Lee Pace ability to speak to the dead? The outcome of this period Beijing Airport’s International Terminal, New York’s Hearst Tower. minutes. R. (High Ridge) (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ) star. 121 minutes. PG- romcom is never remotely in doubt, but the cast is quite Double-featured with 16 Acres . 78 minutes. Unrated. (Opens 13. (Century Rio, Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere likable, and the setting is lovely to look at. Reviewed in v23 i33. Thursday 9/11 at Guild Cinema) Boyhood Cinema, High Ridge, Cottonwood Stadium 16) 97 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge) The Identical Filmmaker Richard Linklater ( Slacker , Dazed and Confused , Before Sunrise ) spent 12 years—off and on—shooting this In this faith-based musical drama, impoverished twin brothers Hercules A Most Wanted Man Drexel and Ryan are separated at birth during the Great coming-of-age tale. Instead of being gimmicky, the film is Wrestlin’ thespian Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as The spy novels of John le Carré make for gripping reading, but Depression. Drexel grows up to become Elvis (or at least the comfortingly real and quietly observational. We simply watch as legendary demigod Hercules, hired to protect the King of Thrace they rarely translate well into film. The deglamorized, workaday low-budget, trademark-free equivalent), and Ryan is pressured Mason (Ellar Coltrane) grows from age 5 to age 18 and and his daughter from a tyrannical warlord. Ian McShane, John espionage world le Carré portrays is in direct conflict with to become a reverend by his devoutly Christian parents (Ray experiences all that life throws at him. His parents (Patricia Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Peter Mullan and Joseph Fiennes mill action-heavy modern cinema. Dutch director Anton Corbijn Liotta and Ashley Judd). But Ryan wants to be a hip-shaking Arquette and Ethan Hawke) are divorced, and he drifts from around in the background trying to look Greek. Brett Ratner (Control, The American ) gives it the old college try, though. Drexel impersonator. Craziness! When the two brothers (both video games to ogling lingerie catalogues to dealing with awful (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3 ) directs this Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his last starring role, is a world- played by real-life Elvis impersonator Blake Rayne) eventually stepparents to navigating high school. The free-flowing narrative musclebound fantasy based on the comic book Hercules: The weary German counterterrorism agent tracking a Russian cross paths, everybody comes to Jesus. 107 minutes. PG. never tries to impose a “story” on the proceedings—and yet it’s Thracian Wars . The trailers are sort of false advertising, but the Muslim refugee through Hamburg. It’s a smart, well-acted (Opens Friday 9/5 at Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, never dull. Instead, it’s a lesson in regression for audiences as film does a semi-commendable job of bringing the mythical jigsaw puzzle, but a bit too slow-paced for its own good. 121 Cottonwood Stadium 16) they recall all the funny, sad, rough, joyous, confusing moments hero down to earth. 98 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio) minutes. R. (High Ridge) that make up pre-adulthood. 165 minutes. R. (Century 14 Land Ho! Downtown, High Ridge) The Hundred-Foot Journey The November Man Reviewed this issue. 95 minutes. R. (Opens Friday 9/5 at After the untimely death of their matriarch, a brokenhearted Pierce Brosnan stars as an ex-CIA operative who is brought Century 14 Downtown) Calvary Indian clan wanders Europe looking for a place to open up back from retirement (of course he is) and pitted against a Brendan Gleeson reunites with The Guard director John Michael their family restaurant. They end up in an impossibly former protégé (Luke Bracey, who played Cobra Commander in The One I Love McDonagh for this downbeat drama tinged with black comedy. picturesque French town where Papa (Om Puri) decides to G.I. Joe: Retaliation ) in one of those deadly games of cat-and- A married couple (Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss) on the Gleeson plays a small-town Irish priest who takes confession hang up his shingle across the street from a Michelin Star mouse that spies/assassins love to play on screen. There’s verge of separation are urged by their therapist (Ted Danson) to from a mysterious parishioner who promises to kill him by restaurant. Gifted young chef Hassan (Manish Dayal) falls in some decent action, but you’ve seen it all before. Based on the salvage their relationship with a weekend retreat. What follows week’s end. While juggling the spiritual needs of the town’s love with the rival sous chef (Charlotte Le Bon), while Papa seventh book in the “November Man” series by author Bill is a surreal mix of romantic comedy and “Twilight Zone”-style countless fallen souls, our righteous protagonist tries to solve starts up a love/hate relationship with the fancy French Granger. 106 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, Cottonwood weirdness in which various timelines or alternate life paths (or the matter of his own impending murder. The cast—especially restaurant’s uptight owner (Helen Mirren). This is exactly Stadium 16, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema) something) crash together in a most confusing manner. Gleeson—is on top of its game. But not everyone will adapt to (exactly ) the sort of semi-exotic foodie romance you would Duplass and Moss (who improvised most of their dialogue) are the whiplash mood swings of this existential Agatha Christie expect from the director of Chocolat . Reviewed in v23 i32. 122 Planes: Fire & Rescue the highlight of this claustrophobic and fitfully clever Charlie variation. 100 minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge) minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Against the better judgments of the Pixar folks, Disney released Kaufman/Spike Jonze-inspired fantasia. 91 minutes. Unrated. Cinema, Century Rio, High Ridge, Cottonwood Stadium 16) a chintzy, aerial knockoff of the Cars franchise last year. Despite (Opens FRiday 9/5 at Guild Cinema) Cantinflas the obvious lack of effort and the presence of Dane Cook, the Óscar Jaenada stars in this Spanish-language biopic about If I Stay film made money. So here’s a sequel, which at least comes Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist beloved Mexican comedy star Cantinflas. In English and Capitalizing on the beautiful tragedy of The Fault in Our Stars , with better animation and adds the excitement of firefighting. Less than six years after winning both the Tour de France and Spanish with English subtitles. 106 minutes. PG. (Cottonwood this romantic drama adapts another weepy teen lit hit. Young Most kids like firefighting. 83 minutes. PG. (Rio Rancho the Giro d’Italia, cyclist Marco Pantani died of acute cocaine Stadium 16, Century Rio) Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass ) is on the edge of Premiere Cinema) poisoning in a cheap hotel room. This empathetic documentary traces the tragic battles, both internal and external, fought by adulthood, about to go off to Juilliard to study music. But a Chef tragic car accident kills off her parents and leaves her in a Sin City: A Dame to Kill For the most important Italian cyclist of his generation. 96 minutes. Jon Favreau (now famous as the director of Iron Man ) returns Director Robert Rodriguez finally gets around to adapting more Unrated. (Opens Sunday 9/7 at Guild Cinema) coma. An out-of-body experience leaves our gal wandering to his indie film roots, writing, directing and starring in this around watching friends and family gather at the hospital and of Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels. This newest collection The Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Notes humble comedy about a famous chef who loses his fancy drifting freely through her memories. Now she must decide if of ultra-stylized, noir-drenched crime stories is more or less a on the Life of Nat Hentoff restaurant job and starts over with a food truck. John she should wake up and get on with her life or just kick the prequel to the original film—in that most of the dead characters For the past 65 years, writer Nat Hentoff has not only Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofía Vergara, bucket. 106 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio like Mickey Rourke’s Marv and Bruce Willis’ Hartigan are all championed jazz as an art form, he’s spearheaded the rise of Amy Sedaris and Robert Downey Jr. drop by to help out their Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century back to absorb more abuse. This time around, everybody’s “alternative” journalism in America. At the center of this pal. 115 minutes. R. (High Ridge) Rio) gunning for the first film’s “big bad” Senator Roark (Powers documentary are three extraordinary conversations with Hentoff Boothe). Eva Green ( Casino Royale , “Penny Dreadful”) joins the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Into the Storm cast as the titular femme fatale. 102 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho himself. Music by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and John Coltrane Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) was a not-half-bad as well as commentary by Amiri Baraka, Stanley Crouch and We’ve had found-footage horror films ( The Blair Witch Project et Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) attempt to reboot a classic film series without really rebooting al), found-footage monster movies ( Cloverfield ), found-footage Floyd Abrams help complete the portrait of the artist as an old it. The sci-fi actioner fits neatly in amongst the ’60s and ’70s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles man. 86 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 9/5 at Guild Cinema) cop movies ( End of Watch ), found-footage superhero films Planet of the Apes films. Now things get a little more ... ape- (Chronicle ) and found-footage kids’ films ( Earth to Echo ). So Überproducer Michael Bay ( Bad Boys , Armageddon , Rabbit-Proof Fence like, with Caesar and his army of genetically modified apes why not some found-footage disaster porn? Into the Storm Transformers ) has his grubby fingerprints all over this This true-life drama from 2002 relates a dark and often threatening to wipe out the last surviving band of humans. takes the basic plot of Twister , throws in some handheld unnecessary reboot of the classic comic book/cartoon series. unspoken chapter in Australian history. Up until the 1950s, the Bottom line: Apes with machine guns riding horses=good camera and adds a whole bunch more CGI destruction. It The special effects are a major upgrade, but the story—scarred Australian government routinely removed half-caste children times. Reviewed in v23 i29. 130 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio) comes to us from the director of Final Destination 5 and the by all the usual overworked, underwritten tropes of modern from their Aboriginal mothers and shipped them off to screenwriting—takes a lot of liberties with the original. It’s not a The Expendables 3 writer of Step Up All In . 89 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho internment camps to be trained as domestic servants. Here Premiere Cinema, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) travesty, but it’s probably not what fans want either. 101 one tough-minded little girl skips out on a camp and embarks Sylvester Stallone’s retirement home for old action stars minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere on 1,500-mile journey (with two younger girls in tow) to return returns. The overcrowded cast list this time around includes Let’s Be Cops Cinema, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16) to her home. Shocking in its truth, inspiring in its message (if a Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson (still hanging out off the little black-and-white in its storytelling), this well-crafted tale is Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry set of FOX’s “New Girl”) are a couple of struggling pals who When the Game Stands Tall an emotional winner. 95 minutes. R. (Thursday 9/4 at SUB Crews, Antonio Banderas, Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz, Jet Li, decide to dress up as cops for a costume party. Mistaken for Thanks to legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, De La Salle Theater) Robert Davi and Kelsey Grammer. Mel is the bad guy. Go figure. real police officers, and afforded respect for the first time in High School’s football team went undefeated for 12 years—an (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood their lives, the two decide to keep up the charade. unprecedented 151-game winning streak. Eventually, of course, Scarface Stadium 16) Unfortunately a collection of real-life mobsters and dirty the streak had to come to an end. This inspirational, based-on- This is arguably the best thing that Oliver Stone ever had his detectives put our dressed-up do-gooders in mortal danger. a-true-story drama looks at what happened next. The script is name attached to. Brian De Palma’s epic dissection of the Ghostbusters Yes, it’s as silly as you’re thinking. 104 minutes. R. (Cottonwood incredibly sincere, and star Jim Caviezel ( The Passion of the gangster saga is still a sight to behold with a gonzo The classic 1984 supernatural comedy returns to the big Christ ) does stoic and soft-spoken quite well. But the film is performance by Al Pacino and some legendary bloodshed. screen, just in time for its 30th anniversary. Feel free to quote Stadium 16, Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio) produced by Sony offshoot Affirm Films and is aimed squarely Everything about it is excessive, but that fits the story like a along (“It’s true, this man has no penis.”) as Bill Murray, Dan at evangelical Christians. If you like your glove. 170 minutes. R. (friday at Century 14 Downtown, Century Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson zap ghosts and Lucy formulaic sports movies laced with a Rio) demons in midtown Manhattan. 105 minutes. PG. (Century French filmmaker Luc Besson ( La Femme Nikita, Leon: The minimum of Bible quotes, this is not the Rio) Sign Painters Professional, The Fifth Element ) gets back into the swing of film for you. 115 minutes. PG. (Century This wonderfully small-scale documentary examines the The Giver action filmmaking with this monumentally strange, and epically 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere inevitable death and surprising rebirth of traditional, hand- Lois Lowry’s much-loved teen lit sci-fi novel finally makes it to silly sci-fi flick. Scarlett Johansson stars as a woman tricked Cinema, Century Rio, Cottonwood painted storefronts, murals, banners and barn signs. 80 the big screen. In a futuristic dystopia—seemingly without war, into becoming a mule for an experimental drug. When the bags Stadium 16) a minutes. (Opens Thursday 9/11 at Guild Cinema) pain, suffering, differences or choice—a young man(Brenton of illegal chemicals in her stomach break open, she instantly FULL SELECTION OF CAPSULE REVIEWS AT ALIBI.COM. [28 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI FILM | TIMES
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WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [29 ] AURAL FIXATION MUSIC | ShoW UP! BY MARK LOPEZ Round ‘n’ Round She Goes ... Albuquerque Record Convention brings music home Oh, the record player. To some, it’s simply an unfettered reminder of years past, decades when the idea of computers translating and storing music as zeroes and ones was unheard of. When the phonograph was introduced in 1877, do you reckon they thought, “Man, if only this could be more compact and let you play music by swiping your finger on a screen. Wouldn’t that be swell?” That’s highly unlikely. There’s been a resurgence of folks hearkening back to the good ol’ days by owning a record player, hitting local music emporiums for vinyl and watching those circular LPs go round and round; sounds vibrate, come together and bleed out of the speakers like the last song you’ll hear before you go to Heaven—assuming you’ve been Freestyle Fellowship Mini Mansions good. Albuquerque Record Convention Everything All of the Time Sunday, Sept. 7, 9am-5pm MCM Elegante Hotel Ballroom A compendium of concerts you shouldn’t miss 2020 Menaul NE Tickets: $2 at the door Wednesday BY AUGUST MARCH Sunday AM Post-hardcore prog rockers Hail the Sun On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 7, Chatter make a concert appearance Downtown as Hell, even Neil Young has designed a digital ABQ presents a recital of chamber music at “So ya/ Thought ya/ Might like to go to the part of their Blue Swan Tour on music player (Pono) that boasts of replicating the The Kosmos (1715 Fifth Street NW) show./ To feel the warm thrill of confusion/ Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Blackwater Music sounds of an actual record. Young released a featuring violist Shanti Randall , violinist promo video wherein Patti Smith, David Crosby, That space cadet glow./ Tell me is something (109 Fourth Street NW). Melodic yet David Felberg and pianist Jacquelyn Helin . Gillian Welch and Duane Eddy all testified to eluding you, sunshine?/ Is this not what you mathy—with peculiar punk and death They’ll perform the last composition by Dmitri Pono’s awesome sound. Preach it, y’all. You expected to see?/ If you wanna find out what’s metal asides protruding from their Shostakovich, Sonata for Viola and Piano . Also might be asking yourself, “Where is all this behind these cold eyes/ You’ll just have to California-made concrete rock wall—Hail nostalgia going?” Well, it’s leading toward a on the program is Kurt Atterberg’s Suite No. 3 claw your way through this disguise.”—Pink the Sun tours in support of their new album celebration for record enthusiasts—people who for Violin and Viola . Randall has played on Floyd, “In the Flesh?” Wake , which drops at the end of September. still find comfort in placing a record on a turntable recordings by Randy Newman and Ray So continues another thrilling week of These metallic dudes from Chico, Calif., to listen to those loose, rhythmic notes Charles, as well as contributing to a plethora emanating from the ether. bashing my head into the home stereo are joined on tour by emo-arithmetic outfit of cinematic soundtracks. Helin has wide Does that sound like you? If so, you may want system. This is a practice intertwined with Icarus the Owl from Portlandia and Sin performance credits too, and she’s recently to head over to the Albuquerque Record crawling through online events calendars like City screamo adherent Stolas . This is an been sponsored by the Steinway Piano Convention on Sunday, Sept. 7, at the MCM my life absolutely depended on it—like cars all-ages event that’ll run your average Elegante Hotel (2020 Menaul NE). This Company. Felberg, one of Chatter’s prime parked in front of my house overnight wait to teenage concertgoer eight bucks. Doors are momentary vinyl nirvana serves as a place for movers, has been referred to as one of Burque’s take me away to a special music interrogation at 6:30pm, and the nerdy musical magic record lovers to “meet, buy, sell and collect most intensely talented musicians. The unit if I don’t indulge the interwebz. begins at 7pm. records, tapes, CDs, posters, memorabilia, etc.” musical selections by mid-20th century Dealers come from all over to show off what Afterward this ritual concludes with composers contrast Shostakovich’s modernist they’ve got, and more often than not, it’s another called “being driven around town by tendencies with Atterberg’s attention to Thursday something you’ll want. a coterie of concert-craving comrades.” This After dark on Thursday, Sept. 11, Burt’s traditional European compositional In 1980, the convention’s founder lost some experience has good results because the music Tiki Lounge (313 Gold SW) hosts a benefit money when the premiere event didn’t prove as techniques. Admission ranges from $5 to $15, scene in Albuquerque is like, totally loaded for outsider women’s music festival Gatas y successful as he hoped. So he passed the torch and the concert commences at 10:30am. over to Mike Walsh, who still coordinates the with great shows just about every damn night Vatas. Homegirls Records is a dance party affair. Owing to growing interest in this once- of the week. featuring the most mod, post-everything thriving, still-surviving format, he made the It’s impossible for me to cover or see Sunday PM sounds spun out by Burque’s top human DJs, Power-pop trio Mini Mansions floats into Low yearly convention into a semi-annual experience. them all in “one fell swoop.” (BTW that’s Bea (Jessica Stone), Nicolatron (Nicole Spirits (2823 Second Street NW) on the “For the first three years, we didn’t make any how Macduff describes the death of his family Candelaria), Mello (Sanchez), Tahnee evening of Sunday, Sept. 7. Using informed, money, but someone had to do it because there’s at the hands of Macbeth’s henchmen—which (Udero), Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Elizabeth such an interest in vinyl in Albuquerque,” said ornate melodies fashioned around a minimalist has nothing to do with music but makes for Salazar) and Cassyle (Jessica Cassyle Carr). Walsh. “I get [everyone] from college kids to the instrumental setup, the group produces songs great allusions). But I kind of expect you to Expect everything exuberant from this big band era, guys from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. I that have been compared to the output of go see some of these awesome gigs; knock off gathering of turntable-toting geniuses. That get guys looking for ’60s rock, punk, hip-hop, Elliott Smith, The New Pornographers and the staying-at-home-and-sulking bit for includes music that spans genres both gentle whatever. It’s all in there: classical, doo-wop, even the ancient and ironic mop-tops from every kind of music that’s out there.” crissakes. and jumping, from blues to oldies to Liverpool. Listening to Mini Mansions reveals Like most music nerds, my first instinct was to something-you-haven’t-heard-for-ages-but- a brand of rock and roll focused on songwriting inquire what happens if they don’t have a certain find-instantly-recognizable just as the record record (because, by God, I will find that Karen Friday rigor and a nuanced attention to surprising On the evening of Friday, Sept. 5, Launchpad needle drops to begin its revolutionary Dalton album). hooks and fascinating thematic digressions. (618 Central SW) gets with hip-hop nation. work. The cover is $5, and the gamboling “If it’s not there, I make announcements and Band leader Michael Shuman hails from Supporting their latest release The Masters , gets going at 9pm proper. refer them to a dealer,” Walsh said. “If the dealer Queens of the Stone Age, bringing newish Freestyle Fellowship headlines a show that Experiencing even one of these has it at home and didn’t bring it, they can get cohorts Tyler Parkford and Zach Dawes along ahold of them. But if it’s something really rare, it’s also features Wake Self , DJ Young Native musical extravaganzas is a qualifying event. for the ride. Their trip verges on the probably at the show.” and Akword Actwrite . Freestyle You become part of the greater musical cinematically psychedelic while hewing to a I was also curious about what surprises Walsh Fellowship— Aceyalone, Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E. culture in this town by getting down to the has encountered during the three decades he’s format that’s sure to generate earworms and Self Jupiter —has demonstrated a sound of your choice; more than one and been handling the convention. His answer? writhing with thick, bright harmonies. Local commitment to a subgenre focused on musical you’re effectively immersed. Any more than “Continual interest in vinyl. It’s not waned at all; Thom Yorke/John Lennon/Prince disciple and lyrical improvisation. The resulting work that, and you’ll end up like the rest of us it’s continuous.” St. Petersburg opens. This 21-plus iteration of has a feeling of jazzy immediacy that’s bold here—forever bound to the beauty of So if you fancy yourself an aficionado of sonic the Magical Mystery Tour costs but eight sentiment, scoot on over and scope the LPs. and buttery. It’s only 10 clams to krunk the Burque’s infinitely diverse aural offerings. bones. Roll up at 7pm, and begin your journey Who knows? You might find an original pressing night away; doors are at 8pm, and the extra- Oh well, it could be worse. Just ask of the White Album ... or maybe even the Black at 8pm. good vibes flow at 9:30pm. Macduff. a Album . Or even ... heck, just go. a
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Her family ties Tides • Siddhartha • Through the Gates • Louder Than swing • 9pm • FREE may have something to do with that: Her Sirens • Cicada • metalcore • 7pm • $5 SHADE TREE CUSTOM CYCLES AND CAFE Mondo mother was a notable modernist composer, and THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Drastic Andrew • Vibrations • reggae, rock • 7pm • FREE her half-brother was a fellow named Pete. Oh, progressive rock, Americana • 8pm • FREE SHERATON UPTOWN HOTEL Live Music & Drink Specials • and her husband was a righteous dude named DIRTY BOURBON The Emmett Bower Band • country, rock • 6pm • FREE Ewan MacColl, who wrote “The First Time Ever 6pm • $5, FREE for ladies SIDELINES SPORTS GRILLE & BAR Kombat Kitty • rock • I Saw Your Face” because he was in love with EMBERS STEAKHOUSE , Isleta Casino The Bad Katz Trio • 9pm • FREE blues, gospel, rock • 6pm • FREE Peggy. That’s historically important, but SISTER Pandemonium • Baracutanga • Latin, folk fusion • FIRST TURN LOUNGE , Downs Racetrack and Casino DJ Justin Credible • 9pm • $8 Seeger’s songs would stand out even if she had Service Industry Night featuring DJ Mister E • 9pm • come here from Venus 2000 years ago— THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo R3HAB • FREE electronic • 9pm • $35 they’re that good. Seeger’s new album HOTEL ANDALUZ Chris Livingston and Eric Jecklin • jazz • Everything Changes , out on Signet Records, is TLUR PA LOUNGE , Sandia Resort and Casino The REEL 6pm • FREE Band • 9:30pm • FREE a soulful exploration of her life experiences. IMBIBE 1st Thursday Comedy Hosted by Dawn Schary • TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Unwound • country • Seeger has long been recognized as a 7:30pm • THROWBACK with DJ Flo Fader • 9:30pm • 9:30pm • FREE formidable multi-instrumentalist. Here, backed FREE VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Jim Almand • by a band that includes son Calum MacColl, she ISLETA AMPHITHEATER Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014: jazz • 6pm • Zoltan Orkestar • swing, jazz • 7:30pm • has the opportunity to revel in all she’s learned Blake Shelton • country • The Band Perry • country • FREE in this life, including the fluid chops she carries Dan + Shay • Neal McCoy • 7pm • $29.25 -$59 around in her guitar case. Jazz-nuanced and LAUNCHPAD The Weirdos • Get Action • punk • Shitty and SATURDAY SEP 6 introspective, Everything Changes is the folk the Terribles • garage, punk • 9pm • $10 album of the year. LOW SPIRITS Black Carl • funk, rock • Cali Shaw Band • THE BARLEY ROOM Flashback • variety • 8:30pm • FREE indie, Americana • 9pm • $8 BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm • MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid Big Broadcast Benefit: Joe FREE West • Hot Honey • southern folk, rock • 7pm • $5 BLACKBIRD BUVETTE The Goldsteins • cabaret • 10pm • FKA twigs suggested donation • ALL -AGES! FREE LP1 MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras Boss Hogg • country • 6pm • FREE CARAVAN EAST Under the Radar • country • Simpatico • (XL Recordings) NED’S BAR & GRILL The Hanks • 7pm • FREE Latin, Spanish • 5pm • $7 PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL , Santa Fe David Geist • cabaret • THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Django Mex • gypsy, swing • Tahliah Barnett is also 6pm • $2 FKA twigs. The simple title 2pm • White Buffalo • Americana • 8:30pm • FREE PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Rodney DIRTY BOURBON The Emmett Bower Band • country, rock • of her debut full-length Bowe • 6pm • $10 LP1 belies an intense 6pm • $5 RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 6:30pm • FREE DOWNTOWN GROWERS’ SUMMER MARKET Marimba complexity revealed track by track on a record SAVOY BAR & GRILL The DCN Project • funk, soul • 7pm • Southwest • 7am • FREE • ALL -AGES! that eschews earth orbit for interstellar travel. FREE • ALL -AGES! EFFEX Vanilla Ace 2014 #USAce Tour • 9pm • $7.99 Menacingly esoteric yet sumptuously groovy, SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL The Bus Tapes • folk, GRAVITY NIGHTCLUB Electric Sky Paint Party • 7pm • $10 rock • 9pm • FREE LP1 takes apart R&B, pop and experimental IMBIBE Ryan Shea • 10pm • FREE SISTER Next Three Miles • indie, folk • Sloan Armitage and music conceits with confessional aplomb. ISLETA RESORT & CASINO: THE SHOWROOM Travis Tritt • The Wandering Lares • Youngsville • country, folk • 9pm • Barnett’s vocal range is stunning; it country • 8pm • $25 -$35 $5 demonstrates control of the artist’s vast LAUNCHPAD Beard • rock • The Lymbs • rock • Howlin’ TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK Thirsty Thursday: Keith emotional reservoir without becoming overtly Wolves • punk-a-billy • Fire to the Rescue • rock • Danger Sanchez • 8pm • FREE sentimental or maudlin. From a twisted Lines • 8pm • $5 TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Karaoke • 7:30pm • FREE musicological reading of this material, it might LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo David & Co. • VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Chris Thomas • 9pm • FREE seem twigs is the futuristic progeny of Björk piano, vocals • 6pm • FREE and Peter Gabriel. Yet any comparison to other LOW SPIRITS Lewi Longmire and Friends • James Whiton • ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Gleewood • folk, rock • Wildewood • indie, Americana • 8pm • $7 works is probably ultimately irrelevant in this 9:30pm • FREE case. Tracks like “Hours,” “Pendulum” and the MARBLE BREWERY SeptemberFest: Cali Shaw Duo • blackwatermusicabq.com ghost-laden glitchiness of “Numbers” have a FRIDAY SEP 5 Stephanie Hatfield & the Hotmess • noon • $20 burning ache to them that defies history and its MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid Paul Cataldo • Americana, antecedents. If this is an example of where roots • 1pm • Jim & Tim • soulful blues • 2pm • Thursday September 4 ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER Los Tigres del Broomdust Caravan • honky tonk • 8pm • FREE music of the 21st century is heading, then Norte • Latin, Spanish • 7pm • $40 MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras The Deteriorators • 1:30pm • deLuX • space truly is the place. BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm • 6pm • FREE FREE NED’S BAR & GRILL City By Storm • 9pm • FREE WE RISE BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Gleewood • folk, rock • 7pm • PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL , Santa Fe Ron Newman • 6pm • Ariana “Leftover Soul” with DJ Leftovers • 10pm • FREE $2 Grande CARAVAN EAST Under the Radar • country • Black Pearl • PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Raven & The My Everything variety • 5pm • $5 Sweet Potato Band • 6pm • $10 THE TIDES COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Oscar Butler • RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 7pm • FREE (Island Records) contemporary, folk • 6pm • FREE SANDIA RESORT & CASINO Sparx • Latin • Lorenzo SIDDHARTHA Ariana Grande’s second THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Happy Hour with Tito Rios • Antonio • Paul Rodriguez • comedian • 8pm • $50 -$75 5pm • Lumbre del Sol • Chicano rock • 8:30pm • FREE record, My Everything , SANTA ANA STAR CENTER , Rio Rancho Kongfusion 2014: DIRTY BOURBON The Emmett Bower Band • country, rock • THROUGH THE GATES succinctly illustrates just Chamillionaire • Paul Wall • rap • 11am • $5 -$30 • 6pm • $5 ALL -AGES! how shallow and derivative popular music can EMBERS STEAKHOUSE , Isleta Casino Desert Soul • be when it’s steered by commercial objectives. SAVOY BAR & GRILL Le Chat Lunatique • dirty jazz • 7pm • LOUDER THAN SIRENS classic rock, contemporary • 6pm • FREE FREE • ALL -AGES! By no means a horribly bad or incompetent HAYNES PARK , Rio Rancho Rio Rancho End Of Summer collection of song-like artifice, My Everything SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Los Unusual CICADA Bash • 6pm • $10 • ALL -AGES! Suspects • blues • 9pm • FREE proclaims nothing in particular. Instead, it HOTEL ANDALUZ Jazz Brasileiro • bossa nova • 6:30pm • SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL Chava and Paid My Dues SHOW @ 7PM • $5 PRE SALE $8 DOS presents a syrupy conglomeration of feel-good FREE Rhythm & Blues • 6:30pm • FREE tuneage that—while momentarily fun and HYATT REGENCY TAMAYA RESORT , Santa Ana Pueblo SHADE TREE CUSTOM CYCLES AND CAFE Tooth and Nail • Wednesday September 10 sexy—is instantly and unfortunately Swag duo • jazz, blues, Motown • 6pm • FREE • 6pm • Squash Blossom Boys • bluegrass, folk • 9pm • forgettable. Other critics have gone to some ALL -AGES! FREE length to implore potential listeners to give a IMBIBE DJ Rotation • 10pm • FREE SIDELINES SPORTS GRILLE & BAR Vinyl Tap • classic listen to this not-so-hot mess because it’s LA BASILICA HOUSE The Rebel Set • Get Action • punk • rock • 9pm • FREE HAIL THE SUN better than what Katy Perry has attempted. Abandoned Mansions • 8pm • $5 SNEAKERZ CRB • classic rock • 9pm • $5 That’s a pretty good indication of the level of LAUNCHPAD Freestyle Fellowship • Wake THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo Luxe: DJ discourse being dealt out here. Rampant with Self and DJ Young Native • Akword Automatic • 7:30pm • $5 for women; $10 for men STOLAS musical and lyrical clichés—like “Hands on Me” Actwrite • rap, hip-hop • 9:30pm • $10 • TLUR PA LOUNGE , Sandia Resort and Casino The REEL and “Break Free”—and featuring the dubious See “Show Up!.” Band • 9:30pm • FREE ICARUS THE OWL assistance of sellouts like Sean Combs and LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR , Bernalillo David & Co. • TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK In The Mix: Live DJs • Childish Gambino, My Everything is perfect 9pm • FREE 9pm • FREE SHOW @ 7PM • $8 PRE SALE $10 DOS MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid Paw & Erik • bluegrass • listening for shopping at Target or strolling TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Unwound • country • 5pm • Hello Dollface • soul, pop, indie • 7pm • FREE meaningfully toward the pharmacy for 9:30pm • FREE th MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras Ron Lucero • 1:30pm • Odd Dog • 109 4 Street NW summertime antihistamine tablets. a classic rock • 6pm • FREE FOURTH AND CENTRAL (505) 269-9591 Music Calendar continues on page 34 [32 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [33 ] Music Calendar continued from page 32 EVENT | PREVIEW
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE The DCN Project • funk, soul • 7:30am • The Night kNights • funk, pop, rock • 6pm • FREE VICK’S VITTLES “We Can Duet” Live Music • 5pm • FREE ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO The Rudy Boy Experiment • rock, blues • 9:30pm • FREE SUNDAY SEP 7 BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Dan Shaffer Art Opening with The Hit Squad • 6pm • FREE CORRALES GROWERS’ MARKET , Corrales Haiku Cowboys • 9am • FREE THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Cowgirl Brunch with The Santa Fe Revue • Americana • noon • The Tom Rheam Playing Goddess Trio • jazz, pop, rock • 8pm • FREE Before Coronado’s colonization, one of the HISTORIC OLD TOWN Sherri & the Ex’s • 1pm • FREE • names for this place was Tiguex. Nowadays ALL -AGES! the name has both mystic and civic HOMESTEAD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER , Placitas Rob connotations; it recalls the world as it was Wolfskill & Southwest Junction • Americana, roots • 7pm • $15 • ALL -AGES! before European intervention, and it’s the THE KOSMOS Chatter Sunday: David name of a park near the historic center of Felberg • violin • Shanti Randall • viola • Albuquerque. And it’s the perfect place to Jacquelyn Helin • piano • Tony Mares • ponder the mystery and magic of human and poetry • 10:30am • $5 -$15 • See “Show animal life on earth, past and present. On Up!.” Sunday, Sept. 7, at 4:30pm, Tiguex Park LAUNCHPAD The Skatalites • Crazy Fool • ska, reggae • (1800 Mountain NW) will be the site of 8pm • $15 Animales Animados: LOW SPIRITS Mini Mansions • indie, rock • St. Petersburg • 8pm • $8 • See “Show Gods, Goddesses and SUNDAY Up!.” Mythical Creatures, a SEPTEMBER 7 MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid The Barbwires • soulful collaborative effort blues • 3pm • FREE combining the talents Tiguex Park SANTA ANA STAR CENTER , Rio Rancho Kongfusion 2014: 1800 Mountain NW of Burque’s musical alibi.com/e/109458 Powerman 5000 • rock, industrial • 11am • $5 -$30 • avant-garde and a 4:30pm ALL -AGES! lofty incarnation of SHADE TREE CUSTOM CYCLES AND CAFE Danny the Harp • variety • noon • FREE our burg’s awesome SPIRIT ABUSE The Roost Series: th3 e1emental aerialists, represented by the Albuquerque orke5tra + projections • Words by Local Poets Guild • Aerialist Collective and AirDance ArtSpace. 7:30pm • $5 -$10 sliding scale Musical discourses by Monica Demarco, Mauro TIGUEX PARK Gatas y Vatas Benefit: Woody, Gena Lawson and others will be Animales Animados • 4:30pm • $10 accompanied and interpreted by air dancers suggested donation • See preview box. including Christina Cavaleri, Joanna Furgal, VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo Guadalupe Chavez, Tasha Books and Kristen piano • 6pm • FREE Galbreath. The suggested donation is $10. Proceeds generated through this musical flight MONDAY SEP 8 through the before time go toward supporting BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Whiskey Business Karaoke! • 9pm • homegrown women’s experimental music FREE festival Gatas y Vatas. (August March) a THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Cowgirl Karaoke hosted by Michele Leidig • 9pm • FREE VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo piano • 6pm • FREE HOTEL CASCADA The Tracey Whitney Trio • 6pm • FREE LAUNCHPAD Cicada • metalcore • Synchronicity • 9pm • $5 LOW SPIRITS The Glass Menageries • The Klondykes • TUESDAY SEP 9 garage • 9pm • $5 BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz • MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras The Stingrays • 6pm • FREE 6:30pm • Try vs. Try: Bi-weekly Open Mic • 10:30pm • NED’S BAR & GRILL Sammy D • 6pm • FREE FREE NICKY V’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA B-Man & the CARAVAN EAST Whiskey Wild • country • 5pm • FREE, ladies MizzBeeHavens • rock • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL -AGES! night RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 6:30pm • FREE THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe Bittersweet Highway • folk • SISTER Blood of Kings • heavy metal • Hessian • metal • 8pm • FREE 9pm • $5 IMBIBE College Night with DJ Automatic & Drummer VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo Camilo Quinones • 9pm • FREE piano • 6pm • FREE LAUNCHPAD Honduran • Roñoso • sludge, grind • WAREHOUSE 21 , Santa Fe The Bash: Open Mic/Jam • MyManMike • Drunk Dad • Doomed To Exist • metal, 5pm • FREE punk • 9pm • $5 MINE SHAFT TAVERN , Madrid Timbo Jam Session • 7pm • THURSDAY SEP 11 FREE MOLLY’S BAR , Tijeras Acoustic DNA Band • 6pm • FREE BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE Homegirls Records NED’S BAR & GRILL Picosso • 6pm • FREE Dance Party: DJs Bea • Nicolatron • VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo Mello • Tahnee • Dizzy Miss Lizzy • piano • 6pm • FREE Cassyle • 9pm • $5 • See “Show Up!.” ZIA DINER , Santa Fe Bluegrass Jam • 6pm • FREE • EFFEX Innovation is Solid Gold: Tech Fiesta Dance Party • ALL -AGES! 9pm • FREE ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Philip Gibbs • folk • 8pm • FREE EMBERS STEAKHOUSE , Isleta Casino Eryn Bent • indie, folk • 6pm • FREE FIRST TURN LOUNGE , Downs Racetrack and Casino WEDNESDAY SEP 10 Service Industry Night featuring DJ Mister E • 9pm • BEN MICHAEL’S Jazz Jam Session hosted by Asher FREE Barrerras Trio • 7pm • FREE • ALL -AGES! HISTORIC EL REY THEATER Paper Diamond • electronic • BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Trapdoor Social • alternative LA 8:30pm • $10 -$20 duo • Alien Space Kitchen • Quietly Kept • 9pm • FREE IMBIBE THROWBACK with DJ Flo Fader • 9:30pm • FREE BLACKWATER MUSIC Hail the Sun • post- LOW SPIRITS Anarkomedy: The Howlin’ Wolves • punk-a- hardcore • Stolas • Icarus the Owl • billy • Ann Gora • host • Comedy by Eddie Stephens • indie, pop-punk • 7pm • $8 -$10 • See Jason Orange and more • 9pm • $7 “Show Up!.” SISTER Sioux City Pete and the Beggars • Terri Schiavo THE COWGIRL BBQ , Santa Fe The Littlest Birds • acoustic Dance Party • garage punk • Throttlebomb • 9pm • $3 folk • 8pm • FREE TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK pLOUD Music Series: DIRTY BOURBON Latin Sin Wednesdays with DeeJay Burque Sol • rock, reggae • 8pm • FREE Louie • 6pm • FREE TRIPLE SEVENS , Isleta Casino Karaoke • 7:30pm • FREE EMBERS STEAKHOUSE , Isleta Casino Acoustic Essence • ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Jody Vanesky & Groove Time • 6pm • FREE 9:30pm • FREE a [34 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [35 ] Dating WARNING straight Dope | aDvice from the abyss by cecil aDams
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A study conducted for the Aerodrome sounds more scientific. As one might deduce, given Safety Branch of Transport Canada (Harris and the scarcity of actual working scarecrows, as Davis, 1998)—which I cite partly for its opposed to the showbiz variety (seriously, have you thoroughness (much of the preceding information ever seen one?), the old-fashioned stuffed dummy was drawn from it) and partly because in 40-plus doesn’t accomplish much. One series of tests with years of columns, this is my first excuse to use the mannequins protecting a simulated soybean field word aerodrome —says the following techniques are from doves found each scarecrow could protect highly recommended: between 0.03 to 0.06 acres. You’d need at least 16 • Habitat modification. An example described at scarecrows per acre or more than 10,000 per length is the above-mentioned tall grass, which square mile, and even then they’d lose effectiveness many (though not all) bird species avoid because it once the birds got used to them. hides both food (worms and such) and predators. • Some claim you can improve your scarecrows' One concedes that in suburbia tall grass around the effectiveness by tarting them up with reflective homestead isn’t going to endear you to the streamers or pinwheels, though little payoff has neighbors. been documented for this. Getting more ambitious, • Physical barriers. The following method has a you can rig them to move, make noise or both. Lest certain grim interest: an overhead grid of you think the propane-powered version referred to monofilament line spaced at intervals of anywhere above solves your bird issues once and for all, be from 1.5 to 12 meters. Although the gaps are wide aware that some species, blackbirds in particular, enough for birds to pass through, the grid’s may display a maddening tenacity. In one set of “deterrent effect ... is quite pronounced,” we read. tests, artillery-backed scarecrows reduced bird What’s more, it stays pronounced—that is, the birds damage 84 percent, but in another it was just 8 don’t become blasé about the grid—for a reason that percent. Population size may be a factor: One flock a moment’s thought will make obvious: “The of blackbirds was estimated to number 46,000, unexpected encounter of a bird with a thin, difficult- which may not recall the glory days of the passenger to-see line has a startling effect.” pigeon but is still a lot of birds. Too cruel? Another recommendation from Harris • As you may deduce from the tenor of the and Davis is bird balls, which isn’t the schoolyard discussion up to this point, in bird-shooing the smart insult juvenile minds may imagine but rather is the money’s on shock and awe, although selective practice of concealing bodies of water with a surface slaughter also has its advocates. For example, in the layer of four-inch plastic spheres, which might be a discussion of live ammunition referred to above, we great idea at aerodromes but aesthetics-wise does a learn that shooting at and thus killing unwanted real number on the koi pond. birds is a common control strategy but “is done • Good old shock and awe, including mainly to reinforce the effectiveness of non-lethal pyrotechnics and shooting. Falcons and broadcast bird scaring devices that are also in use.” In other distress calls also get high marks but—you'll notice a words: bird terrorism. The experts, you’ll (I hope) be theme here—tend to freak out the homeowners’ pleased to note, don’t think much of this plan’s association. Thus the dilemma evident to strategists deterrent value, in part because with live ammo the since Machiavelli’s day: politically acceptable but noise is loudest at the gun. In contrast, pyrotechnics, ineffective vs. drastic but does the job. the preferred technology, delivers the noise to the birds. Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654. Subscribe to the Straight Dope podcast at the iTunes Store. [36 ] SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 WEEKLY ALIBI WEEKLY ALIBI SEPTEMBER 4-10 , 2014 [37 ] Free Will Astrology | Horoscopes by rob brezsny carrying an egg in a spoon that they clasped in their ARIES (March 21-April 19): I don’t usually do this mouths as they sat facing backwards on a trotting kind of thing, but I’m going to suggest that you horse. That seemingly improbable task reminds me of monitor the number six. My hypothesis is that six has what you’re working on right now, Libra. Your been trying to grab your attention, perhaps even in balancing act isn’t quite as demanding, but it is askew or inconvenient ways. Its purpose? To nudge testing you in ways you’re not accustomed to. My you to tune in to beneficial influences that you have prognosis: You will master what’s required of you been ignoring. I furthermore suspect that six is faster than the kids at Zoe’s horse camp. Every one angling to show you clues about what is both the of them broke at least eight eggs before succeeding. cause of your unscratchable itch and the cure for I suspect that three or four attempts will be enough that itch. So lighten up and have fun with this absurd for you. mystery, Aries. Without taking it too seriously, allow SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Peter the Great was six to be your weird little teacher. Let it prick your the Tsar of Russia from 1682 until 1725. Under his intuition with quirky notions and outlandish rule, his nation became a major empire. He also led a speculations. If nothing comes of it, there will be no cultural revolution that brought modern European- harm done. If it leads you to helpful discoveries, style ideas and influences to Russia. But for our hallelujah. purposes right now, I want to call attention to one of TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In English the rare his other accomplishments: The All-Joking, All- word “trouvaille” means a lucky find or an Drunken Council of Fools and Jesters. It was a club unexpected windfall. In French “trouvaille” can refer he organized with his allies to ensure there would to the same thing and even more: something always be an abundance of parties for him to enjoy. I interesting or exceptional that is discovered don’t think you need alcohol as an essential part of fortuitously; a fun or enlightening blessing that’s your own efforts to sustain maximum revelry in the generated through the efforts of a vigorous coming weeks, Scorpio. But I do suggest you imagination. Of course I can’t guarantee that you will convene a similar brain trust. experience a trouvaille or two (or even three) in the SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Roald Dahl’s coming days, Taurus. But the conditions are as ripe kids’ story James and the Giant Peach , 501 seagulls CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO SEXINESS lucky I get to marry you this year!! as they can be for such a possibility. are needed to carry the giant peach from a spot near No amount of Rx medication can override a man’s sense Love Freckles the Azores all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to of smell & launch a rock-hard erection even in the GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Dutch word presence of an attractive woman who wears blue- TO DOOM FROM GLOOM epibreren means that even though you are goofing New York City. But physics students at the UK’s contacts to mask her brown eyes, bleaches her dark I’m crazy about you, R. Although I’ve known you for over off, you are trying to create the impression that you University of Leicester have determined that such a brown hair to appear blond, etc. when she doesn’t believe 20 years, these last 17 months with you have been are hard at work. I wouldn’t be totally opposed to modest contingent wouldn’t be nearly enough to in scented soaps, deodarants, douching, enemas, amazing. You are the only man I want to kiss, hold hands you indulging in some major epibreren in the coming achieve a successful airlift. By their calculations, especially if she wants the man to engage in hoohah and and be with. You always make me smile and laugh no days. More importantly, the cosmos won’t exact any there’d have to be a minimum of 2,425,907 seagulls ‘starfish’ french-kissing. Sorry. Give me the Felicia Clover, matter what mood I’m in. Every time you say we are karmic repercussions for it. I suspect, in fact, that the involved. I urge you to consider the possibility that the Crystal Bottoms, Alexis Texas types—give me soulmates, my heart lights up. We have a special cosmos is secretly conspiring for you to enjoy more you, too, will require more power than you have hamminess not decay ugh connection that is so unique. You are gorgeous, sexy, slack and spaciousness than usual. You’re overdue to estimated to accomplish your own magic feat. charming and funny. I’d marry you tomorrow. I thank God Certainly not almost 5,000 times more, as in the everyday for bringing us together. Always Only You. Love T recharge your spiritual and emotional batteries, and SAW YOU AT THE EXPO HOME SHOW AUG case of the seagulls. Fifteen percent more should be 24TH that will require extra repose and quietude. If you You were running the booth for Blue Ridge AHHHHHHH have to engage in a bit of masquerade to get the enough. (P.S. I’m almost positive you can rustle up Communication. I should have introduced myself! I’ve been I just saw you and WHY DO I HAVE TO BE SO ease you need, so be it. that extra 15 percent.) regretting it ever since! Please reply! So mad at myself! SHY!?!?!?! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): So far, 53 toys have -____- good grief... CANCER (June 21-July 22): When James Franco HAYASHI + CHILDREN began to learn his craft as an actor, he was young been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. They Hayashi on Sunday 8/24/14 MARINERS LAMENT and poor. A gig at McDonald’s paid for his acting include crayons, the jump rope, Mr. Potato Head, the Your daughter SO sweet and quiet Dearest Morgan lessons and allowed him to earn a living. He also yo-yo, the rubber duckie and dominoes. My favorite My kiddos that and NOT so much! In my dreams your eyes are the seas, used his time on the job as an opportunity to build his inductee—and the toy that is most symbolically Your eyes in connection deep and beautiful skills as a performer. While serving customers useful to you right now—is the plain old cardboard Your smile at my startle I am the sailor, forlorn and cast adrift in your waters burgers and fries, he practiced speaking to them in a box. Of all the world’s playthings, it is perhaps the You remember that moment too Leave me not to the cruelty of these doldrums variety of different accents. Now would be an one that requires and activates the most Lets establish contact! Favor me with your smile excellent time for you to adopt a similar strategy, imagination. It can become a fort, a spaceship, a TT Shine by day upon my decks washing machine, a cave, a submarine and many Warm my brow with your gracious light Cancerian. Even if you are not doing what you love other exotic things. I think you need to be around HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FUTURE WIFE And I will gaze into the Heavens that to do full-time, you can and should take stronger Happy Birthday Cheesecake. Reflect in your eyes by night. measures to prepare yourself for that day when you influences akin to the cardboard box because they You have made my life complete since I met you. I hope Wishing there were more stars will be doing more of what you love to do. are likely to unleash your dormant creativity. you have the best birthday week ever and I am soo And more time. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are a few of the major AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m not opposed to companies that got their starts in home garages: you fighting a good fight. It’s quite possible you Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mattel, Amazon and would become smarter and stronger by wrangling Disney. Even if you’re not in full support of their with a worthy adversary or struggling against a bad business practices, you’ve got to admit that their influence. The passion you summon to outwit an humble origins didn’t limit their ability to become rich obstacle could bestow blessings not only on you but and powerful. As I meditate on the long-term on other people, as well. But here’s a big caveat: I astrological omens, I surmise you are now in a hope you will not get embroiled in a showdown with position to launch a project that could follow a an imaginary foe. I pray that you will refrain from a similar arc. It would be more modest, of course. I futile combat with a slippery delusion. Choose your don’t foresee you ultimately becoming an battles carefully, Aquarius. international corporation worth billions of dollars. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): During the next six But the success would be bigger than I think you can weeks, I suggest you regard symbiosis as one of your imagine. key themes. Be alert for ways you can cultivate more VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I have a hypothesis that interesting and intense forms of intimacy. Magnetize everyone is born with the same amount of luck,” says yourself to the joys of teamwork and collaboration. cartoonist Scott Adams. “But luck doesn’t appear to Which of your skills and talents are most useful to be spread evenly across a person’s life. Some people other people? Which are most likely to inspire your use up all of their luck early in life. Others start out in allies to offer you their best skills and talents? I bad circumstances and finish strong.” How would suggest you highlight everything about yourself that you assess your own distribution of luck, Virgo? is most likely to win you love, appreciation and help. According to my projections, you are in a phase when luck is flowing stronger and deeper than usual. And I HOMEWORK: MAKE A PLAYFUL EFFORT TO CHANGE bet it will intensify in the coming weeks. I suggest SOMETHING YOU’VE ALWAYS ASSUMED YOU COULD you use it wisely—which is to say, with flair and NEVER CHANGE. TESTIFY AT aplomb and generosity. 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