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The BellRays with Reverend Horton Heat, Lords of Altamont NMHC0363-1015 Tuesday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Sunshine Theater, 120 Central SW, $20 / Ages 13+ 4 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS www.freeabq.com ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 5 news NEWS www.abqarts.com ANALYSIS Editor: [email protected] Ribbon-cutting Mayor Ducks Hard Questions ABQ Free Press Pulp News Associate Editor, News: [email protected] BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI compiled by abq free press staff Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] Kinder bloodsuckers by “whistleblowers” that climate schedule implemented by former Advertising: [email protected] ayor Richard Berry “is committed to transpar- data were manipulated at NOAA. Mency within city government,” according to the House Speaker John Boehner has led On Twitter: @FreeABQ University of California scientists are City of Albuquerque’s website. The mayor wanted to Another Texas member of Congress, to a “do-nothing” Congress. Accord- working to engineer a malaria-free Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Editor be seen as a leader of a national movement to bring ing to Jolly’s office, over the last 20 mosquito which, if successful, could said Smith’s allegations smack “of the Dan Vukelich more openness to government, he told The Econo- eliminate a disease that kills 600,000 discredited tactics used by climate years, the U.S. House has been in (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 mist magazine in November 2011, midway through people annually. Their approach is change denial groups ... to sway pub- session on average 137 days each year. his first term. two-fold, according to the New York lic opinion based on misinformation, Comparatively, the typical American Associate Editor, News Lately, though, that commitment appeared to have Times. One genetic modification Coming Soon Dennis Domrzalski innuendo and falsehoods.” worker putting in a 40-hour, 5-day waned – at least when it comes to answering ques- makes the mosquito resistant to the (505) 306-3260 tions from this newspaper. workweek is at his or her job 241 days parasite that causes malaria. The End of Days ABQ Free Press Since May, Berry and his spokesperson have repeat- each year. Associate Editor, Arts other is a modification that causes 100 Two signs: TV evangelist Jim Bakker edly failed, or refused, to answer questions from ABQ percent of the engineered mosquito’s is wearing black clothing in mourning Killer kids Samantha Anne Carrillo Free Press on a wide range of public-policy issues, genes to be transmitted to offspring, of the coming apocalypse. “I am in (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 including the $100 million bus rapid transit project instead of the normal 50 percent. Toddlers finding and shooting guns he wants to put on Central Avenue and the retention mourning because the people aren’t Design Together, the modifications could free have left 43 people dead in 2015, ac- bonuses for 19 members of the Albuquerque Police ready,” he said. And in Blount County, Terry Kocon, C.S. Tiefa a large geographic region of malaria Tenn., officials tried to pass a reso- cording to The Washington Post. In 31 Department’s command staff. within 10 mosquito generations, the lution asking God to “pass us by in of those cases, the toddler shot himself Photography Most recently, the administration failed to answer newspaper reported. His coming wrath” over the Supreme questions about why the chief of the city’s Aviation or herself. In August, an Alabama Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, Liz Lopez, Court’s same-sex ruling and “not Adria Malcolm Police department had been suspended. Berry him- Climate denial 2-year-old found his father’s semi-au- destroy us as He did to Sodom and Online self refused to answer questions from the paper when A Texas congressman is planning Gomorrah.” The resolution did not tomatic pistol and shot him. More re- Contributors this issue it called his personal cell phone three times. Berry to hold hearings on the National come to a vote. cently, a 6-year-old found his father’s Julia Angwin, Lisa Barrow, Captain America, Hugh Elliott, appeared to have hung up on the first call from the Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- gun and killed his 3-year-old brother Dating Gary Glasgow, Juani Hopwood, Ariane Jarocki, paper’s reporter, and he failed to return two mes- tration’s scientific findings that global Get to work while playing cops and robbers. This Meet People Who Care Roderick Kennedy, Dan Klein, Robert Klein, Joe Monahan, sages the reporter left. warming is not slowing down or A Florida congressman has intro- Sayrah Namasté, Robert Reich, Sebastian Rotella, The job of communicating with the news media and past January, an Albuquerque 3-year- abating. Rep. Lamar Smith plans to duced a bill to require Congress to Let ABQ’s Best Alternative M. Brianna Stallings, Rene Thompson, Tom Tomorrow getting reporters answers to their questions falls to call NOAA Administrator Kathryn work a 40-hour week. Rep. David old picked up his father’s gun and Newspaper Help You Find Rhiannon Schroeder, Berry’s director of communi- Sullivan before his House science and Jolly, a Florida Republican, says the shot and wounded the father and his Your Soulmate Copy Editors cations. But since May, Schroeder, who makes $33.43 Dan Vukelich Wendy Fox Dial technology committee on allegations loose two-weeks-on, one-week-off pregnant mother. an hour, or $69,534 a year, hasn’t answered a single Rihannon Schroeder, Mayor Richard Berry’s spokesperson, limits Jim Wagner question from about a dozen or so posed by this news media access to the mayor and fails to respond to questions newspaper. Nor has she arranged requested inter- about public policy that could result in negative publicity. Sales Director (505) 345-4080 views with Berry or the city’s chief administrative Pam Gutierrez x803 officer, Rob Perry. Schroeder has failed to answer the Stonewalled? paper’s questions even when the paper was directed Featured RENTAL Property Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 Matthew Reichbach, editor of the New Mexico by city department spokespeople to contact her. Abby Feldman x802 Christian Horstmann x817 Political Report, an online news organization, said his Netherwood Park, Albuquerque Cory Calamari x810 Teddy Mitchell x814 reporters have different experiences with Schroeder Garrett Ferguson x809 John Wehner x812 Since May, Schroeder, who makes when they ask her questions about the administra- $33.43 an hour, or $69,534 a year, tion. “They are not great, but they are not the worst,” Operations Manager in terms of responding, Reichbach said. “We have Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 hasn’t answered a single question gotten responses from them in the past, but if it’s any Published every other week by: from about a dozen or so posed by sort of negative story they don’t respond at all.” City Councilor Diane Gibson, a Democrat, said she A full-service residential Great Noggins LLC this newspaper hears frequently from reporters at the city’s three P.O. Box 6070 and commercial major TV stations that they have had difficulty in get- Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 property management brokerage For instance, the paper recently called the city’s Hu- ting their questions answered by this administration. man Resources director, Mary Scott, to ask about is- Gibson said she has also been told that Berry himself serving both renters Publishers sues regarding the potential loss of information from Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich is mostly not accessible to the media. and property owners. city employees’ personnel files. Scott told the paper “I get at least one phone call or face-to-face com- Cover Illustration that all such inquiries had to go through Schroeder. ment a day from people about not being able to reach Gary Glasgow The paper emailed Schroeder a list of questions on the mayor,” Gibson said. “Rhiannon makes $69,000 Corrections policy: the issue. 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cont.cont. on page 11 6 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 7 Faith, Plus a Jab and a Kick, Propel Holly Holm to Stardom On Pot, Addiction BY JUANI HOPWOOD And Geezers n the words of the City by joe Monahan ICouncil in its declaration of November as Holly Holm espite gaining enue from legal marijuana. That’s true. Month in Albuquerque, “Holly Dmomentum Colorado took in about $70 million from Holm took the MMA world elsewhere, legal- pot taxes in its most recently completed We Keep Your Roof izing recreational by storm in her recent and fiscal year. If New Mexico sold half of marijuana use in what it did – a reasonable estimate inspiring win against former Healthy and Watertight New Mexico still given our population – and we had the UFC Bantamweight Champion seems a far-off same tax structure as our neighbor to Ronda Rousey.” prospect. A constitu- the north, that would mean tax revenue Call 505-345-7663 Her Nov. 14 second-round tional amendment of about $35 million. That’s nothing to KO showed “strength of both that would send the sneeze at it but in the scope of a state For Your Free Estimate body and character,” the coun- issue to the voters to decide has been budget of $6.2 billion it is not a game cil declared. introduced in the past and failed to win changer. For All your Roofing Needs… K-Ram Roofing is There Anyone who watched over the Legislature. We will likely see it Before and After The Storm… No Worries Holm’s massive upset over again in the 2016 legislative session and Rousey knows that the coun- with a similar result. Sen. John Pinto, a We Offer High-Quality Residential Roofing Services: cil’s description is apt, but Supporters argue that polling shows Democrat who has now that Holly Holm Month about 50 percent of the state’s registered voters would go for a Colorado type represented much of the • Roof Repair has drawn to a close, what’s • Roof Installation next for New Mexico’s poised marijuana law. But New Mexico is not Four Corners area in Colorado, so while polling shows a huge • Roof Replacement and tenacious champion? majority of registered voters between Santa Fe since 1977, • Preventative Measures After Holm was proclaimed the ages of 18 to 34 favor legalization, will turn 91 this month. the winner of “UFC 193: Rous- we think they are going to have to wait If he seeks re-election We have been proudly servicing the ey vs. Holm,” she respectfully longer than they expect to legally light Albuquerque area for more than 35 years. hugged Rousey and said, “I re- their joints. next year, he would be ally admire you for being such The state Republican Party was torn 96 when he finishes his 3738 Arno Street • Albuquerque, NM 87107 a great, dominant champion. apart over legalizing marijuana when None of us would be here GOP Gov. Gary Johnson proposed it in four-year term in 2020 (505) 345-ROOF without you, so I appreciate the late 1990s. Fast forward to today you.” and there is quiet support among some The battle to legalize pot is not going Like soccer, UFC has risen Rs for softening the marijuana laws but away in New Mexico. Far from it. But in popularity in the United none of them publicly advocate such it may last much longer than we think. States, progressing from niche Courtesy of Holly Holm legislation and Gov. Martinez has said You’ve heard about how New Mexico, she is flatly opposed. While a constitu- once one of the youngest states in the to mainstream sport. With Holly Holm’s win plants Albuquerque on the Mixed Martial Arts map. tional amendment needs approval of nation, is getting more gray as many of her notoriety and showwom- the legislature but not the Governor, her its young leave to seek higher paying an-ship, superstar Ronda discipline and craft. After her victory, setting personal (and world) records pride on the progression of the sport when asked if she could sense that instead of collecting notches in her and the state in worldwide estimation opposition keeps the lid – to use a bad jobs not available here. It seems our Rousey helped UFC gain a legitimacy pun – on the legalization movement. legislators are following that trend, not the crowd in Melbourne Australia belt. Because she focused on doing her since the fight. and fan base that gave the UFC 193 Then there is the state’s massive leaving here, but getting a lot more recognized her dominance in the best without letting herself become match worldwide appeal. Holm says a rematch with Rousey substance abuse problem that has us gray. Although many on Planet Earth fight, Holm responded “I knew I was distracted by the trappings of the title, would be great, but if it doesn’t mate- leading the nation or close to it in alco- Sen. John Pinto, a Democrat who has are champing at the bit for a rematch presenting something different.” Holm wasn’t intimidated by Rousey’s rialize, her growing legion of fans will hol abuse and opioid overdoses. A recent represented much of the Four Corners between the two fighters, Rousey has Although she is both talented and pristine record. That kind of confi- be eager to watch Holm train and adapt study found 12.5 out of 100,000 New area in Santa Fe since 1977, will turn 91 bowed out of the UFC scene, ready experienced, “The Preacher’s Daugh- dence and focus will serve her well in and plan for a different opponent. Mexicans between 12 and 25 suffered this month. If he seeks re-election next for a new chapter in her life. Which ter” takes a monastic approach to her building on Rousey’s legacy. The City Council’s resolution ends an opioid overdose in 2011-2013. That’s year, he would be 96 when he finishes means all eyes remain on Holm. training and credits her success to her Faith in, and respect for, herself gave by inviting the Albuquerque com- double from ten years ago. We are one his four-year term in 2020, making As if speaking on behalf of the equally committed support system: her the opportunity. The fight was munity to gather to celebrate Holm’s of only three states with such a high him one of the oldest legislators in franchise, Holm said of Rousey’s her family, her teammates, and her about herself and her own abilities. “tremendous display of true talent rate. Officials do think overdoses have the nation’s history. Pinto has not yet begun to decline recently. Still, it’s not announced whether he will seek another future plans, “Do what you wanna do. friends. In preparation for the fight, Holm focuses on “the moment” and character” and by extending “a a big leap to speculate that the state’s term. If you’re passionate about it and want Holm and her team trained for facing which feeds into how mentally and special recognition to the dedicated historic drug abuse problem could be Then there is Northern New Mexico to avenge that loss, then great; if you a stronger competitor. To do that, she physically present she is during her team in Holm’s corner.” dampening the drive to legalize pot Democrat State Rep. Nick Salazar, now trained with male teammates. “To get fights. It brings an awareness and a want to focus on other things, that’s “I hope it inspires anybody to take a even though marijuana is not classified 86 and serving since 1974. He is weighing clarity to a fast-paced and fluctuating great. I’m supportive of any fighter a more natural feel for a stronger per- chance,” Holm said after her victory. as a dangerous drug. a bid for yet another two-year term. He doing what they’re passionate about: son, I needed to train with the guys,” match. She says it’s important for her Just because the house odds weren’t The social problems of alcohol abuse has a fellow octogenarian in the Senate. whatever she wants to do.” she said. to find her own rhythm each time in her favor doesn’t mean that Holm were front and center yet again in late Mary Kay Papen is 83 and all signs point According to Holm, “training camp and use that to best her opponent. Holm realizes that their fight sym- was ever gambling. She trained, November when three Albuquerque to her seeking re-election in 2016. was harder” than the actual fight Self-possessed and fully aware, she bolized or embodied the franchise’s researched and prepared and had sup- twenty-somethings had their lives The old saying has it that “youth must against Rousey. This makes sense is her own best asset. Those traits snuffed out by what police called an be served.” Maybe so, but in the case evolution and that it’s up to her as the port. “I know you have to be vulnera- new star on the rise to guide the sport because Holm doesn’t see her victory also make her a great role model and “extremely intoxicated” 23 year old. It’s of certain legislative seats the youthful, ble, for a minute — just give yourself onward through its adolescence. as Rousey’s dethroning. “At the end gifted ambassador for the sport. those kind of incidents which happen would-be replacements are becoming the opportunity to try, just don’t count Holm is a different kind of heroine of the day, she’s just a competitor and And that Holm has proven to be — with deadly regularity in New Mexico seniors as they wait their turn. yourself out,” she said. than Rousey, and different from any the I hope she’s doing well,” Holm said not just representing combat sports or that sets us apart from Colorado and sport has seen before. She possesses about her notorious opponent. women alone, but the City of Albu- Juani Hopwood is an editorial intern at helps stall the legalization movement. Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico Then there’s the argument that the a specifically Olympian athleti- Holm says she essentially competes querque and even the state of New ABQ Free Press. Reach her at juani@ politics. His daily blog can be found at state would rake in millions in tax rev- cism; her fighting style is a blend of with herself, which means she’s Mexico at large. Holm reflects with freeabq.com joemonahan.com 8 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS OPINION NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 9 Let’s Place Blame Where On the Front Lines of European Counterterror BY SEBASTIAN ROTELLA ProPublica It Squarely Belongs ARIS — Weeks after the Paris terror attacks, PEurope remains on edge. Police in Belgium, an- BY DAN KLEIN ticipating a similar assault, went on highest alert as he ship of Albuquerque continues to Who’s to blame when two of the they pressed the hunt for the surviving attacker with Tdrift aimlessly, as if its rudder were largest three police departments in New the help of law enforcement in neighboring nations. broken, under the failed command of Mexico – the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s In France, the massive investigation continues. Mayor Richard J. Berry. Office and New Mexico State Police – are Spain and other nations have intensified defenses Bad news seems to follow this man. both staffed at 100 percent while the against a terror offensive against the West by the His one quality of being able to spin third (meaning the largest) APD, has Islamic State. Weary, tense and somber after the the truth and deflect blame to others officers fleeing? bloodshed, top law enforcement officials from three appears to be failing. Even his safety An APD officer likened our current countries spoke to ProPublica about the threat and zone of conservative talk radio aficio- dismal state to a sports team where the response. Three asked for anonymity because of the nados had him on his heels recently as players are exceptional but the coaches dangers they face and because they are not autho- listeners blamed him for the collapse of and general manager are horrible. They rized to speak publicly. the Albuquerque Police Department. are saying, “Albuquerque, your beat All the while, Berry continues to say Belgium cops are top-notch. It’s the leadership of that crime is up in Albuquerque because the chief and mayor that have caused The counterterror investigator was exhausted. – sadly – we’re part of a national trend. APD’s problems.” He had spent days hunting for Salah Abdeslam, Whoa. I’m saying: Don’t let Berry get away the remaining fugitive in the Paris attacks. The Be ready, Mr. Berry, mayor of Al- with his lies. other suspects are dead. They included Abdeslam’s buquerque. Be forewarned. I’m sorry, but the evidence is in: The brother, who blew himself up during the massacre in Better yet, stand back, because we needle points, again, to Berry and APD Paris, and his old friend Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the now hereby do declare an official “Pants Chief Gorden Eden. suspected ringleader from Belgium, who died in a on fire” rating – meaning “Liar, liar, I’m not a voice in the wilderness fierce gunfight with French police. pants on fire.” But Abdeslam remained on the run, last spotted in According to the Brennan Center for here. In recent testimony before the Belgium and believed to be wearing an explosives Justice at New York University’s School Legislative Finance Committee, PERA Fusolino belt like the attackers who killed and died in Paris. A of Law, Berry’s claim is just not true. director Wayne Propst said PERA has human bomb ready to explode. The fugitive was one Throughout the nation, crime during a huge unfunded liability and that demoralizing to see an unprecedented swarm of police were well aware that more suicide bombers of the main reasons Belgian authorities raised the 2015 is no higher than in 2014. FBI crime Berry’s double-dipping will only further foreign media on the streets of Brussels, to hear took part in the Paris attacks than had ever struck terror alert in Brussels to its maximum level Satur- stats for Albuquerque, however, show undermine the fund. Berry denies the complaints that Belgian law enforcement hadn’t at once on European soil. The investigator was day, Nov. 21. The subway system shut down. Soccer that crime has risen dramatically since negative impact but doesn’t provide done more to prevent the attacks. perplexed about why three suicide bombers hadn’t games were canceled. Authorities urged people to Berry became mayor in 2009. proof otherwise. He also blames APD “There has been a lot of criticism of us,” the inves- done more damage at the France-Germany soccer stay inside and avoid crowded places. Teams of sol- Let’s digest that. cop retirements on the PERA and tigator said. “But we don’t have big budgets. We are match at the Stade de France the night of Nov. 13. diers and police patrolled empty streets looking for Berry continues to beat the drum. pension reform. Yet the county and just a small service. We are overwhelmed. We are The trio failed to get inside the stadium, and killed Abdeslam and other Belgians suspected of plotting Crime will come down if we allow state police forces are both 100 percent trying our hardest: stepping on the gas, as we say in only one victim despite the presence of crowds. imminent suicide attacks. double dipping for retired police staffed. Belgium.” “Two of them may have blown themselves up officers. The mayor says it won’t hurt Duh! They’re in the same PERA Abaaoud, from the tough suburb of Molenbeek, because they were running,” he said. “TATP [explo- the cop pension fund. (The people at pension plan as APD. So why are ‘Two of them may have blown had been a top investigative target since January, sive] is unstable if you run and do crazy things; it the pension fund, meanwhile, say it will those officers staying and APD officers when police killed two Islamic State gunmen in the can blow up. It may have been unintentional.” destroy the fund and ruin New Mexico’s themselves up because they leaving? city of Verviers and foiled a plot launched by the Another Belgian counterterror official said the credit rating and cripple us and make us were running. TATP [explosive] is On Oct. 19, Berry refused a City Coun- Belgian ringleader. A court convicted Abaaoud in mindset of his prey was no mystery. a Wall Street pension pariah.) cil offer to appropriate money to settle unstable if you run and do crazy Berry also claims that other police absentia, making him one of Europe’s most wanted “The Islamic State gives criminals an opportunity the police contract dispute. One month things; it can blow up. It may have men. Yet he slipped back from his base in Syria to to avenge themselves,” the senior official said, his departments, such as Santa Fe and the and two murders later, Berry embraced lead the Paris rampage. voice full of disgust. “It’s a pretext for hate. A chance New Mexico State Police, also are having that same offer. been unintentional’ Police believe Abaaoud had been back in Europe to shoot cops, the bourgeoisie, the infidels, everyone manpower issues. During a recent radio OK. Here’s my final argument: — Belgian counterterror official on why the for two or three months. He was part of a team of they’ve always hated and resented. They have the interview, Berry quoted a headline from Why didn’t Berry or any of his top Stade de France suicide bombers killed only The Associated Press that said, “N.M. French and Belgian foreign fighters in Syria who same psychology as the mass killers you have in commanders order a background inves- one person beside themselves Police, Sheriffs See Officer, Deputy trained and deployed operatives on a string of plots the United States. But they do it as a group, not as tigation on APD’s director of training Shortage.” targeting their homelands during the past two years. individuals.” before hiring her? What Berry didn’t say is that the Investigators are trying to figure out why Her previous employer, the Bernalillo “It’s very weird he’s still alive,” the investigator headline was from December 2013, two Abaaoud shifted from a remote shot-caller to a front- County Sherriff’s Office, filed a com- said. “Maybe he has another mission. He’s violent. ‘The border between years ago! line fighter. Perhaps senior figures in the Islamic plaint to revoke her law enforcement Very dangerous.” In October, ABQ Free Press found that State sacrificed him in order to ensure the success of gangsterism and terrorism certification. Does this sound familiar? The investigator had been working in a command the Santa Fe Police Department is down a terror spectacular, the investigator said. has blurred’ It’s exactly what the Albuquerque Public post with French police deployed to Belgium to 17 officers but still is staffed at 90 per- “He was a member of a command group. Not the Schools did this past summer when they exchange information. He had participated in raids — French counterterror official cent. The State Police told us they have top guy,” he said. “If he’s the top guy, he’s never didn’t do a background check and hired and searches, poring through data from confiscated 36 officer vacancies but are still staffed going to come back to do some shooting in France. a suspected sex offender. The chief of phones and computers. The week had been a blur. France at 94 percent. The Santa Fe department He was like a field supervisor. A criminal who had Albuquerque’s Aviation Police is on He and his colleagues were still coming to the grips A few days after the Paris attacks, Commandant graduated five new officers in Novem- connections in the robbery underworld, who knew suspension. Berry and his aides refuse to with a grim reality: The extremist underworld of Mohamed Douhane talked to two colleagues in the ber (bringing it to 93 percent staffed), France and Europe well.” comment. Belgium had helped spawn the most devastating forensic division of the French national police. and the State Police will graduate 36 “You can’t just leave Syria like that,” he said. “You new officers on Dec. 4, bringing them to And the words continue. attack on European soil since the Madrid train They were experienced, hard-nosed crime scene need clearance.” 100 percent staffed! bombings of 2004. investigators accustomed to all manner of mayhem Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque As they hunted for the fugitive Abdeslam, Belgian So, let’s step back: police sergeant. Reach him on Facebook. In addition to the physical danger, it was and bloodshed. But no amount of experience was cont. on page 15 10 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS opinion NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 11

mayor, page 5 audit that found irregularities in how APD’s Helping Kids, Filming Cops contract psychologist was being paid. Berry “pretty disturbing” to hear that Berry’s office wasn’t didn’t respond. Two weeks later, Gibson saw answering ABQ Free Press’ questions. the mayor at a news conference and asked And Honoring Rey Garduño Another KOB reporter, Stuart Dyson, also said he why he hadn’t responded, and Berry agreed by sayrah namastÉ gets needed information from the Mayor’s Office. to meet with her in his City Hall office. “He [Berry] said he had not read the internal trying to pass legislation that would “My relationship with the mayor and his adminis- elping audit report or my letter,” Gibson said. “I told vulnerable make it illegal to film cops. tration are very open. I have not had these issues,” H him, ‘You really need to read it.’ I feel like I kids: One way to Thankfully here in New Mexico, the Dyson said, “but I have talked with colleagues who was stonewalled on the audit report. During get a holiday gift local chapter of the ACLU has created a have had their difficulties. No one in any branch the meeting, he said he’d have somebody get for your loved one “Mobile Justice App” for smartphones. of the media should be singled out or excluded. It back to me. I’m still waiting.” while supporting a I have organized a workshop with them angers me if that is happening.” Former City Councilor Rey Garduño said fantastic nonprofit that will show people how to use this Dyson added that he doesn’t ask the most difficult Berry’s claim of working with councilors isn’t is to shop at the innovative tool at 6 p.m., Tuesday Dec. questions of Berry’s office. “I am a despicably super- true. In his year as council president, Garduño eighth annual 8 at the Albuquerque Peace & Justice ficial reporter,” he said. said, Berry never met with him and in his Dan Vukelich “Jewelry Extravaganza,” a fundraiser for Center, 202 Harvard Dr. S.E. The new app Janet Blair, a former TV reporter who has held sev- eight years as a councilor, Garduño had only a Pegasus Legal Services for Children. allows New Mexicans to use their smart eral government PR jobs and who spent six months Mayor Richard Berry appeared at a news conference at Coronado Center Saturday, handful of meetings with the mayor. before Thanksgiving; he urged shoppers to lock their cars, keep packages The Jewelry Extravaganza will be held phones to record police encounters and last year as APD’s spokesperson, said she is seeing Garduño said that in the beginning of Ber- out of sight and not drive while drunk. noon-3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 at the file reports of law enforcement mis- much more hostility from government officials December 19 ry’s first term, the two had mutual standing Bosque School, 4000 Learning Rd. N.W. conduct directly to the ACLU. We know toward reporters and news organizations than in the Mexico Foundation for Open Government. 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Discounts not valid on Both Gibson and Garduño said they believe Ber- and equally.” existing layaways, previous purchases, neglect. Pegasus annually serves about Organizing Project (SWOP) Annual Perry is running the city and that ry’s refusal to cooperate with them, meaning Demo- pawn consignment, special orders or in 500 homeless and runaway youth, Holiday Party and “Community Roast” all the mayor does is cut ribbons’ conjunction with any other offers. children in foster care, pregnant and for outgoing City Councilor Rey Gar- crats, was most likely at the direction of Republican ‘We have gotten responses from — City Councilor Diane Gibson parenting teens, children being raised duño is from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 political consultant Jay McCleskey, who ran Berry’s them in the past, but if it’s any 1501 LOMAS NW 3300 CENTRAL SE by their grandparents, and children at the Albuquerque Mennonite Church, two campaigns. McCleskey has a reputation as a The Original Factory Outlet Collection of Jewelry & Antiques needing special education services. 1300 Girard Blvd. N.E. Garduño served “I think a lot of it has to do with the APD situa- ruthless operative who councils public officials to sort of negative story they Recently the State Bar of New Mexico on City Council for two terms and served tion, and that has kind of spread over to City Hall,” limit their access to political friends and to shun don’t respond at all’ news media pursuing potentially damaging stories. www.GertrudeZachary.com recognized Pegasus Legal Services for as Council president in his final term. He Blair said. “I know there is great temptation by city — Matthew Reichbach, New Mexico Political Report Children with its 2015 Outstanding also served on the board of the South leaders to not answer questions from journalists or The FBI is investigating McCleskey in connection Legal Organization Award. Pegasus has West Organizing Project for many years. organizations they perceive to be hostile. I’m not with some of Gov. Susana Martinez’s fundraising Councilor Isaac Benton said it is “absolutely not” impacted state policy by helping to pass “Rey is an all around inspiration in the saying I agree with it, but that is what it appears to efforts. McCleskey also advises the governor, who proper for Schroeder to refuse to answer ABQ Free a ban on corporal punishment in schools way he stood up to a lot of the oppres- be.” also limits access to the news media. Press questions involving public policy. “Why hire a and to make it legal for teenagers to sions he saw,” said Javier Martinez, the In the 1990s, Blair served as then-Mayor Martin person for that?” Benton asked. “Why do they have authorize their own healthcare, an issue Executive Director of SWOP. Chavez’s spokesperson. She said she answered Punishment? that is important for homeless youth. “Even though we didn’t have the that position? It does seem to be a waste of public questions from all media outlets. “I was required to ABQ Free Press has run opinion pieces and edito- “We are only able to serve a fraction majority of council votes on many issues, funds.” answer every question and provide information as rials that have been critical of Berry, a poll in which of the community needs. Poverty plus he was a critical voice for the struggle completely as I could,” she said. our readers castigated the mayor’s performance, substance abuse equals lots of abused, and in defense of those who have not Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Free Her stint at APD gave Blair an insight into the fear and news stories that challenged some of his claims. neglected, and abandoned kids,” been served by our economy or the Press. Send your news tips to [email protected] and hostility that some government officials can It is not uncommon for public officials to try to limit said Liz McGrath, Executive Director mainstream in New Mexico. We look to have toward the media. “When I was at APD, a lot access by reporters and media organizations that are of Pegasus. For more info visit www. him as an example of what is possible of people there expressed the feeling that we should critical of them, but we don’t know whether that’s pegasuslaw.org and we hope to continue empowering not talk to them [media] because they will screw it Policing the police: Over the past folks to run for office.” why Schroeder has failed to answer our questions up and make us look bad,” Blair said. “It was very because, well, she refuses to call or email us back. The Public Relations Code year the national discourse around Festive fundraiser: The Albuquerque clear that the advice I was giving them was not what police brutality has changed due largely Peace & Justice Center’s Annual Holiday (She did respond recently to our editorial intern’s The Public Relations Society of America, a they wanted to hear.” inquiries about Albuquerque’s favorable ranking to the steady stream of video footage Gala will be held 6-10 p.m., Saturday, Calls to the Albuquerque Journal’s managing professional group, has a code of ethics that for digital access among U.S. cities, and the city’s governs its members. Rihannon Schroeder is not that ordinary people have captured of Dec. 12 at the First Unitarian Church, editor, Karen Moses, and KRQE-TV’s Iain Munro, installation of retractable bollards along bike paths a member of the group and is not bound by it. violence by police. Such videos verify 3700 Carlisle Blvd. N.E. The event were not returned by deadline. what marginalized peoples have been features live music by Native Roots (a to facilitate maintenance access, but she basically The code states, in part: experiencing for decades, but their reggae band), food and drink for sale, referred the intern back to her original news release). assertions had largely been dismissed. informational tables by various social Not just the media Shortly before this issue of ABQ Free Press went “Fairness: We deal fairly with clients, employ- Footage of Eric Garner’s suffocation at justice organizations, and a silent auc- While Berry, a Republican, often talks about to press, Schroeder was sent a list of six questions ers, competitors, peers, vendors, the media, and the hands of the NYPD; the beating of tion to raise funds for the P&J Center. bipartisanship and working cooperatively with about the mayor’s news media policy, including this the general public. We respect all opinions and a pregnant woman on the LA freeway Call 505-268-9557 if your grassroots councilors, Gibson said that’s not true, at least in her one: “Do you feel that city taxpayers who are paying support the right of free expression. “Free Flow of Information: Core Principle Pro- by a California patrol officer; images of social justice organization wants to table experience. your $69,000-a-year salary – that includes Free Press tecting and advancing the free flow of accurate Walter Scott being killed as he fled a at the event or to volunteer to cook “He [Berry] doesn’t call me back. It’s clear to readers – are getting their money’s worth in your and truthful information is essential to serving South Carolina cop – all of it challenged posole or bake desserts. everybody that Rob Perry is running the city and refusal to respond to media inquiries and answer the public interest and contributing to informed the idea that police are always in the questions?” She did not respond. that all the mayor does is cut ribbons. But as far as decision making in a democratic society. right. If limiting access by critical media is official policy Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the addressing city policy and making the city function, “Intent: To maintain the integrity of relation- Sadly, lawmakers in Texas, Illinois, at the mayor’s office, that would be improper American Friends Service Committee in he really doesn’t have anything to do with that,” ships with the media, government officials, and Maryland, and Massachusetts have because Schroeder is being paid with public funds Albuquerque. She writes about events Gibson said. the public.” responded to the public’s realization of interest to Albuquerque’s activist More than a month ago, Gibson said she sent Berry and has the responsibility to treat all media outlets that police can be violent racists by community. a letter detailing her concerns about an internal city fairly, said Susan Boe, executive director of the New 12 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news letters/humor ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 13

State, Sandia: Just Cover Up Nuke Waste at KAFB To the Editor: are allowed to travel to the United States. BY BOB KLEIN We should not turn our backs on the U.S. It is ludicrous to think that ISIS would refugee program. infiltrate the refugee program in order to andia National Laboratories and New Mexico Politicians are opposing the relocation of smuggle terrorists into the United States Senvironmental officials have intentionally misled Syrian refugees in the U.S. until “a proper because there are far less restrictive ways to the public for years about the contents of a radioac- vetting process is in place,” when they know get here. If ISIS wanted to send terrorists to tive landfill at the south end of Kirtland Air Force very well that the process is already incredi- the U.S., they would have a much easier time Base, government documents show. bly arduous, and takes about 18 to 24 months taking advantage of our lenient visa waiver In addition to a hodge-podge of low-level radioac- to complete. rules. tive waste, the landfill also contains high-level nu- They are perpetuating fear and misun- In the 1980s, the U.S. relaxed its regula- clear waste, including 119 drums of plutonium- and derstandings about a group of people that tions, which required every foreign tourist to americium-contaminated waste, plus a toxic brew of desperately need our help, for the sake of be screened at an American Embassy. Today, other hazardous chemicals, the documents show. their own political gain. 38 nations, including most of Europe, have The shallow, unlined landfill also contains Tho- Since Syria broke out in civil war in 2011, visa waiver programs, which allow tourists rium, Cesium-137, Strontium-90, and hundreds of only about 2,000 of the almost 25,000 refugees to enter the country by simply answering a tons of depleted Uranium-238 and even a radioac- that have initiated the screening process have few questions on the Internet and showing tive fire truck. The landfill has been leaking radioac- been admitted to the U.S. Worldwide, of the a passport with a digital photograph. Last tive and hazardous chemicals for decades. In 1974, 14.4 million refugees that the United Nations year, roughly 20 million people entered the there were two depleted uranium fires, record show. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) U.S. with visa waivers. The implications of Federal regulations require that high-level nuclear considers a priority for resettlement, less tightening security for tourists to the U.S. waste be deposited in a deep geological repository, than 1 percent of them are actually submitted could have severe economic implications yet in a hearing last July a hearing officer dismissed for placement in any of the 28 countries that on our tourism industry, which is probably all evidence obtained under the federal Freedom resettle refugees. why politicians are scapegoating potential of Information Act that revealed that some of the In order to gain status as a refugee in the refugees instead. Sandia landfill waste was “high-level.” United States of America, one must success- The fear of an ISIS-led attack is justified; Local environmental advocates are outraged that fully advance through an intensive screening however, we shouldn’t allow politicians to despite official records showing what the landfill process. The U.S. Department of State held a highjack our refugee program in order to cre- really contains, the government is willing to rely on special briefing on Nov. 17 that outlined the ate a false sense of national security. Refugees inaccurate and incomplete records from the 2004 procedure that around three million refugees are not the threat. They have been forced to to the U.S. have completed since the 1970s. flee their homes and their countries for fear hearing, throw some more dirt on the landfill, plant Refugees undergo intensive security of persecution. They have been “properly some native plants and move on. screenings that involve multiple federal vetted” and deserve to be welcomed by the Misrepresentation of the moldering contents of the intelligence, security, and law enforcement most successful and hospitable nation in the landfill could represent a violation of federal law. Tiero agencies. The UNHCR initiates the process world. That law, the federal Resource Conservation and A stock image illustrating disposal drums of radioactive waste. by first verifying the refugee’s identity and — Rachel White Recovery Act, requires that federal and state offi- background history through a series of cials, upon discovery of errors or omissions in the How we got here spent fuel. Excavating the landfill to remove the biographical inspections. Syrian applicants To the editor: official record of such a landfill, correct the inven- low-level nuclear waste in it would be too costly and In 1985, the EPA designated the New Mexico must pass an additional, extensive screening Back in March of 2001 I was appointed tory and act accordingly to address any previously too dangerous and that the best solution is to cover Environment Department as the responsible agency by the Department of Homeland Security, to the City of Albuquerque Redistricting unrevealed dangers. it up with dirt and vegetation and monitor it, the for monitoring and overseeing the disposal within called “Syria Enhanced Review.” If passed, Committee by then City Councilor Vincent In 2004, Sandia officials testified the landfill -con spokesman said. New Mexico of both Sandia National Laboratories the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser- Griego, representing the North Valley. tained only low-level radioactive waste. But disposal “The NMED Hearing Officer’s Report from the low-level mixed radioactive and hazardous waste as vices reviews all the documentation, and if Low and behold there was Jay McCleskey sheets made available to ABQ Free Press show that 2004 public hearing, based on inventory data, well as waste brought here from nuclear test sites in approved, the International Organization for in the audience at every meeting. No problem fuel pins and rods of U-235 were routinely deposited concluded that the MWL does not contain waste the Marshall Islands, Nevada, and Los Alamos. Migration verifies the refugee’s credentials. with that, but he was communicating by in the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) from Cold War- defined as high-level, i.e., the highly radioactive The landfill, formerly known as the Technical The slightest bit of suspicion is cause for the cell phone with Republican members of the era nuclear reactor meltdown experiments, along material resulting from the reprocessing of spent Area 3 Radioactive Waste Dump, was until 1988 case to be forwarded to the Fraud Detection committee during the meetings to try and with waste from nuclear weapons experiments and nuclear fuel. No evidence from subsequent hearings, the main location for disposal of high-level mixed and National Security Division of USCIS. configure Republican [City Council] districts. atomic bomb explosions. including a review of disposal sheets, has changed radioactive waste from nuclear reactor meltdown The State Department fingerprints and They tried very hard to redistrict the North that conclusion,” lab spokesman James Danneskiold experiments, atomic bomb test experiments, a space photographs the refugees and runs all of Valley area with the West Side close to and ‘I can truthfully say that after said in an email to ABQ Free Press. nuclear reactor program and spent fuel, according to their biographical and biometric information around the St. Pius area in a pro-Republican working at hundreds of waste sites That attitude, in the face of the documented government records. through the FBI criminal database and DHS’ area. I told them the area is not contiguous to presence of high-level waste, has incensed envi- The 2.6-acre dump, surrounded by three-strand criminal and terrorist watch list. They are the North Valley and their needs and issues and DOE and DOD sites, I have ronmental advocates who – since the 2004 hearing barbed wire, is located in an isolated piece of wind- also screened through USCIS and Immi- are different than those of the North Valley. never seen a more troubling site – obtained, through FOIA, documents that show swept desert about 4.8 miles from the Albuquerque gration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) I got fired up and won the argument. I told than the Sandia MWL dump’ otherwise. VA Center. It’s roughly equidistant from Gibson databases to check for previous contact with Vincent what Jay was doing and he put a “Basically, all the new information regarding Boulevard Southeast and Isleta Pueblo. immigration officials. stop to it. So it doesn’t surprise me that he’s — Michael Barcelona, nuclear waste disposal expert the existence of high-level waste in the MWL was Following a contentious three-day hearing last If admitted, they go through more vetting being investigated by the Feds! excluded,” said Dave McCoy of Citizen Action New July, a hearing officer, Christopher Saucedo, who processes with organizations such as the De- — Phil Ewing, retired former The sheets were among a 5,000-document cache Mexico, which has called for a cleanup of the site. was appointed by NMED, ruled that “feasibility of partment of Defense, the State Department’s Albuquerque Public Schools vice of records obtained by Citizen Action New Mexico He cited fires and explosions at the Waste Isolation excavation ... is not an issue” since it was “conclu- Consular Lookout and Support System, the principal and former educational under the Freedom of Information Act. They are Pilot Plant near Carlsbad last year and, more recent- sively determined” at a 2004 hearing that the lab FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, and the analyst for Raymond Sanchez and official, signed and dated records documenting ly, at a radiological storage facility in Beatty, Nev., in didn’t have the means to safely move the landfill. National Counterterrorism Center. Ben Lujan the content and location of the highly radioactive If advanced, the refugees go through health October, as evidence of the potential danger posed Saucedo also ruled that the landfill’s inventory “is ABQ Free Press welcomes letters to the editor and material. by the Sandia landfill. reasonably complete” and was “not an issue in this screenings for diseases that could prevent bylined opinion pieces, subject to editing by the A Sandia spokesman, when asked about the “Putting the RCRA regulation aside for the [2015] proceeding.” He also ruled that MWL “does them admittance into the U.S. If they pass newspaper for style and length. Letters may appear all of these screenings, it is only then that the in print on the newspaper’s website, www.freeabq. contents of the landfill, denied there is any high-lev- moment, they go to great lengths to cover up and not contain high-level radioactive waste.” com. Writers should include their full name and a el waste in it. He cited the definition of such waste misinform. How about the truth from SNL? How “The inventory of the MWL and whether high small fraction of refugees who have success- daytime phone number that the newspaper’s editors fully completed this intensive vetting process can use to contact them. Submissions should be sent as the materials generated during reprocessing of about the effects of the waste on human beings?” level waste is contained herein is not at issue in this to [email protected] cont. on page 14 14 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 15

landfill, Page 12 terror, Page 9 Nov. 21, an unprecedented show of force at a Missing Disposal Sheets panel] and misled the conclusions of The Cost Spanish sporting event. the two reviews. The panel was also “FOIA documents and careful In 2003, the cost of digging up “We are ready,” the counterterror chief said. proceeding,” he wrote. deceived as to the risk assessment enough for the task of working the scene at the review of [Sandia] reports showed the radioactive material and “We know how bad it could have been if the “Both,” Saucedo wrote, “were considered resolved for the MWL. In the Phase 2 RCRA Bataclan music hall, a slaughterhouse where three [despite repeated denials and moving it for storage elsewhere was bombers in Paris had gained entry to the stadi- in the 2004 proceeding.” Saucedo concluded that he Facility investigation, sodium was terrorists killed 89 concertgoers. misrepresentations] that Sandia described only as an ‘essential estimated at between $545 million um. That part of the plot seemed amateurish, “did not receive new evidence that would require or had extensively conducted nuclear and $702 million. That cost, plus “It was the ultimate carnage,” Douhane said. nutrient’ and it was not disclosed thankfully.” compel a change in the remedy selection.” reactor meltdown experiments. The the potential exposure to workers, “They were exhausted, obliterated. They had to go that it was mixed inseparably in The match in Madrid transpired without Local researchers, citizens and scientists strenu- disposal sheets were never shown to the experiments. [Metallic sodium is why Sandia says excavation was through that scene systematically and collect and incident. ously contested the decision and argue government the panels [evaluating the danger presents a great risk of fire.] Sandia rejected. Eric Nuttall, a member of a record evidence. Think about what that was like. posed by the landfill] and the con- congressional panel that examined The Paris attacks, which killed 130, are not officials are purposely relying on incomplete or mis- has intentionally not disclosed the They didn’t sleep for two days.” clusions of WERC would likely have the landfill threat, said similar ex- the worst terror strike in the history of main- represented 2004 data, and that federal law requires details of the experiments and the Douhane, the secretary general of the Synergie been different [requiring Sandia comprehensive disposal of all the cavations elsewhere have occurred land Europe. That sad honor goes to Madrid, them to consider the new evidence that the waste is Officiers police union, has a rare perspective. He’s to excavate the MWL]. NMED was waste.” without radioactive exposure to where a crew of radicalized Moroccan drug more dangerous than publicly acknowledged back unaware of the disposal sheets until workers. “Those concerns are not a one of the highest-ranking officers of Muslim dealers and al Qaida-connected militants then. April 2015. A different conclusion — Eric Nuttall, UNM professor emeritus, valid argument,” Nuttall said. descent in the French police, the son of an immi- planted bombs on commuter trains on March would have been made by the member congressional panel grant bus driver from Algeria. He believes the WERC panels because it would 11, 2004. The death toll was 191. Paris attacks will cause an unprecedented backlash Self-deception have been shown that the MWL The skillfully timed attack played a role in the Routine Disposal Hot Wheels against extremism among French Muslims. In a January 5, 2015, letter to NMED Secretary contained Mixed High-Level Waste upset victory of the Socialist Party in elections In Pit 13 of the Sandia nuclear The reaction among Muslims has been stronger Ryan Flynn, Michael Barcelona, an internationally that would have contained highly “Disposal sheets show that fuel three days later. Voters expressed anger at the reactive metallic sodium intimately elements (rods) of uranium -235 and dump is an intact fire engine that than after the attacks in January that killed 17 known professor of chemistry at Western Michigan was buried on Feb.2, 1965, at the governing center-right party for its military mixed with Enriched Uranium-235, cuttings were routinely disposed people at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish University and a recognized toxic waste expert, boundary of the dump’s classified presence in Iraq and initial mixed signals about and multiple fission products.” of in the MWL. The disposal sheets grocery, Douhane said. One victim in those attacks expressed his “continued outrage” over the “shame- show MWL disposal of waste section. According to the accompa- whether Basque or Islamic terrorists were — Eric Nuttall, professor emeritus, was a policewoman. ful record” displayed by state and federal officials in containing plutonium and other nying disposal sheet, at the time it responsible. Police pursued the bombers for a chemistry/nuclear engineering, UNM, was interred the emergency vehicle The new strike on Paris, ordered this time by their stewardship of the landfill. transuranics from nuclear weapons nerve-wracking three weeks. The fugitives blew member WERC Congressional panel measured 1800 curies of radiation. Islamic State leaders, “was an attack on the French “I can truthfully say that after working at hun- experiments and atomic bomb Without knowing the particulars of people, on young people, working neighborhoods, themselves up during a police siege, killing a dreds of waste sites and DOE and DOD sites, I have waste ... waste [that is] primarily from Sandia’s Technical Area I the truck’s contamination, a nuclear SWAT team officer. “The issue of [high-level waste] on the art of French living,” he said. never seen a more troubling site than the Sandia where secret military experiments engineer familiar with the situation “The Madrid attack was more sophisticat- within the MWL was of concern. French Muslims were shocked and saddened MWL dump,” Barcelona wrote in his letter to Flynn. were performed using nuclear said, “In general, I can tell you that ed,” the counterterror chief said. “They used Sandia National Laboratories denied after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Douhane said. “The disposal of high level nuclear waste and material obtained from many 1800 curies is a lot of radiation.” technology, telephones that had been altered ever having conducted experiments But some had misgivings about the worldwide chemical materials without adequate inventory, atomic bomb tests.” using uranium fuel pins in the MWL. “I am Charlie” campaign in solidarity with the for the bombs. They stayed on the loose after unlined waste sites with no effective cover, and the Hence the topic was not further in- — Testimony from hearings on the Sandia satirical magazine, which published caricatures the attack, trying to strike again. And there was ridiculous monitoring well network that NMED told vestigated by either [congressional landfill held last July of the Prophet Mohamed seen as blasphemous by the planning to affect the elections. But what is Raresgud them was faulty in the early 1990s … borders on many Muslims. Feelings were more muted in slums significant in Paris is that this is an attack by the The French military guards the Eiffel Tower after a recent terrorist attack. criminal,” Barcelona wrote. where deprivation and alienation intertwine with Islamic State. It represents a qualitative leap.” “The [MWL] dump has no doubt been leaking game of dodgeball for years with the environment criminality and extremism, he said. Anti-Semitism Measured by the number of foreign fighters, since its inception in 1959,” he said in his letter to who resembled him, the counterterror chief said. paying the price. It sickens me.” is a sad reality among angry youths in those areas, the threat in Spain is less intense than in France or Flynn. “The Islamic State has acquired an enormous Douhane said. Belgium. Spanish police have identified 138 fighters Barcelona never received a reply. amount of blank passports, both Syrian and Iraqi,” “They think that by attacking a grocery they are who have gone to Syria compared to about 2,000 ji- In 2000 and 2002, Congress sponsored two inde- What the state says he said. “They are authentic. They also have a lot fighting for their community,” he said. “This men- hadis from France. Belgium has counted about 500, pendent reviews of the landfill by the Waste Educa- NMED and the other agencies involved, as well of authentic European passports at their disposal. tality is well-ingrained. A rather sizeable minority the largest proportionate contingent from Europe. tion Research Consortium, known by its acronym as Saucedo’s ruling, say everything is in order, They confiscate the passport of every foreign fighter of young Muslims manifests a brutal, violent and WERC. The group’s report concluded that “human including the reliability and appropriateness of the who arrives, so they have a stock of nationalities, cretinous anti-Semitism.” ‘The Islamic State has acquired health risk and the ecological risk screening assess- “vegetative soil cover with bio-intrusion cover” and they can use them to provide a fake identity Terrorists try to worsen divisions in French so- ment for the MWL is adequate.” Sandia and NMED have proposed and that the an enormous amount of blank based on resemblance.” ciety, Douhane said. “The great majority of French Eric Nuttall, who was appointed to serve on the hearing officer accepted. NMED did not respond to Muslims are completely integrated in France. The passports, both Syrian and Iraqi’ The Paris rampage reflected the savagery of the WERC Panel, testified, “Those conclusions would ABQ Free Press inquiries during the preparation of bad guys want a clash of civilizations. The Muslim — Spanish counterterror official Islamic State’s reign in Syria and Iraq. Yet, not every have been impacted and altered had Sandia dis- this story. community is taken hostage. They are viewed with foreign fighter returns bent on mass murder. closed the nuclear meltdown experiments and the On Oct. 24, Secretary Flynn said he was hopeful suspicion by non-Muslims, but the Islamists say Nonetheless, Moroccans are plentiful in the Islam- “We have had guys come back who are repen- related radioactive and toxic waste disposal sheets that he would have completed his review of the they are not true Muslims.” ic State. Abaaoud and other attackers in Paris were tant,” he said. “They are disgusted. They surren- and four memoranda of Sandia management written document within 45 days, adding that because of The proximity and power of jihad in Syria has of Moroccan origin and had links to the country. dered to police when they got back. They said, ‘I’d during the period 1997-98.” the complexity of the issues and the specific recom- forced French law enforcement to dig in as never Spain’s geography as a crossroads into Europe from rather go to jail here. I can’t stand what I saw in He continued, “Those documents were never mendations, he might take longer. “I’m a lawyer,” he before against the nexus of crime and terror. Morocco makes it vulnerable. Most Spanish foreign Syria.’” submitted for the WERC panels’ review and would says, “and I make sure I read things carefully. In the “The fact is, any little punk from the slums can fighters come from Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s terri- Nonetheless, Spanish police have arrested mili- have substantially altered” their conclusions. “The end, it will have my signature on it.” go off to Syria,” Douhane said. “There are more torial enclaves in northern Morocco. They are often tants accused of preparing attacks after radicalizing Sandia risk assessment reports omitted key informa- Hearing Officer Christopher Saucedo did not dangerous people than ever who are capable of grouped with European and Moroccan militants in on the Internet without direct contact with the tion.” return phone calls for comment. Syria. committing an attack. The border between gang- Islamic State. After being arrested at the Warsaw “If the WERC panel had known of the presence Allison Majure, communication director for the Like many others in European law enforcement, sterism and terrorism has blurred.” airport upon his return from fighting in Syria, a and nature of the mixed high-level wastes and the state environment department, said she contacted the Spanish counterterror chief is aghast at the militant married to a Spanish woman admitted that capacity of Sandia for safe, remote, robotic excava- Kathryn Roberts, the head of NMED’s Resource Pro- Spain ease with which terrorists elude Europe’s border Islamic State leaders told him to do reconnaissance tion, the conclusions of the WERC would have been tection Division, who responded that NMED is not The counterterror chief was worried about controls. At least two of the suicide bombers in far different.” in violation of RCRA. Neither Majure nor Roberts the Madrid-Barcelona soccer game. And not just Paris are thought to have used Syrian documents on potential targets in Europe. The group’s new Further, he wrote: “The information presented to provided the basis for that conclusion. because he’s a Real Madrid fan. and entered via Greece in the chaotic flow of Syrian aggressiveness requires a higher level of vigilance. WERC was intentionally deceptive and supportive The match between rival powerhouses is a soccer refugees. “It’s a new strategy,” said the counterterror Bob Klein’s investigation of the Veterans Administration, of Sandia’s concealed plan generated in 1997-98 by This Sandia landfill disposal sheet, obtained under the Freedom of classic watched by a global audience estimated as “We have the reality of a union like the United official. “They have intensified their activity. They Sandia management to never excavate the MWL.” “Wounded Men, Broken Promises: How the Veterans Information Act, shows that fission products identified as nuclear high as 400 million. After the suicide bombings out- States, but different legislation among countries,” want to do actions in the West.” McCoy calls the agencies’ misrepresentations Administration Betrays Yesterday’s Heroes,” was named fuel pins are buried in Sandia’s mixed-waste landfill at the south side the Paris stadium, it seems clear that Islamic he said. “Entering Europe is easy.” “stonewalling.” He also calls it playing with the a Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards finalist in 1981. end of Kirtland Air Force Base. Fission products are classified as Sebastian Rotella, an award-winning foreign “high-level nuclear waste.” State sees soccer games as vulnerable, high-profile An urgent question: How did Abaaoud cross the lives of Albuquerque citizens. Barcelona, the WMU targets. Spanish authorities deployed more than continent unnoticed to lead the plot? He may sim- correspondent and investigative reporter, is a senior professor, adds, “It’s been a carefully orchestrated 2,500 police and security guards for the game on ply have used the authentic passport of someone reporter at ProPublica. 16 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS humor ANALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 17 Judges Already Have Power to Lock Up Dangerous Arrestees

BY RODERICK KENNEDY

he proposed constitutional this, or worse, don’t care about it, Tamendment on pretrial is wrong. release isn’t the only thing So, on the front burner is cooking on the justice system’s the task of putting together a stove. While it’s an important system that swings into action element in the debate, it’s not the moment someone is arrested the only one. to find out who they are and What has been missing is what danger, if any, they pose an explanation of how the if released on bail. I’m talking law already provides most of about a quick and reliable system the procedures promoted by that gathers the information that new efforts. Bail hearings are a judge needs to make a bail quickly becoming much more decision, pronto. important parts of judges’ work In those rare cases where CALLING ALL PETS than ever before, and places someone ought to be held where practices have been slack because they’d be dangerous, Jeff Reynolds sent us pictures of his two “babes,” Brody MacBut- are tightening up. But it cannot the defendant’s criminal record ters and Maddie MacButters, which were rescued from a Raton be limited to just the court- should be put on the bench by ranch and from the Navajo Nation, respectively. This is Maddie. room. someone by the time the judge “The last name MacButters was derived from ‘these guys fell into For background, New Mex- sets bail, usually the morning butter,’ a saying from the First Great Depression,” Jeff wrote. ico courts are trying to comply after arrest – which is what they with the New Mexico Supreme did when I was a Metro judge. Rules of criminal procedure require courts to Court’s decision in the case of Walter Brown, who Now pretrial release may go statewide. release a person on personal recognizance or an was charged in 2011 with first-degree murder, That’s why the Supreme Court is trying to unsecured (no money) appearance bond unless the Send it to then wrongly held in jail for more than two years strengthen the information-gathering process about court makes a written finding that such a release because he could not raise enough money to make arrestees’ histories from the moment they’re arrested For People [email protected] will not reasonably assure that person’s appearance bail – even after it became apparent he was neither a so judges can make informed decisions at a bail Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, in court. If a court finds that the person is unlikely to danger to others nor a flight risk. hearing in a very short timeline. We have to mini- Who Give a Damn appear or would pose a danger to any other person and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. In the Brown case, the New Mexico Supreme mize the possibility of bad results. or the community, the court has to go to work to Court held that a district court had abused its make more findings. discretion, by considering only the seriousness of That work requires actively assessing a number of If a prosecutor has to work the offense and not considering other factors. The factors including ties to the community and danger- Supreme Court swung into action, convening a harder to make bail arguments ousness. The prosecution can still ask the court to committee to review bail-bond procedures in New “detain a person without bail pending trial” – that as the Constitution requires, Mexico courts, and a proposed court rule is already requires a special hearing – but, as I mentioned the public should gladly pay to circulating. earlier, that’s part of the Constitution already. But let’s look at what we already have: We have a have that happen. If more people The Brown case was decided as it was because the New Mexico Constitution (Art. II, Sec. 13, amended are required to check records, District Court did not follow the rules on the other in 1980 and 1988) that already permits persons to be side of the coin. After having a long hearing and then pay for it held without bail in capital cases where the evidence specifically finding no evidence that Brown “would is strong. commit new crimes, pose a danger to anyone, or But that costs money and could easily require 25 fail to appear in court if released from custody,” the people in Bernalillo County alone. If a prosecutor We have a New Mexico court set a bond due only to the “seriousness of the has to work harder to make bail arguments as the alleged offense.” That is not permissible. Constitution (Art. II, Sec. 13, Constitution requires, the public should gladly pay Since the Brown case, the Supreme Court has amended in 1980 and 1988) to have that happen. If more people are required to banned ‘one-size-fits-all’ bail schedules that match a check records, then pay for it. The end result is that that already permits persons to be dollar figure for bail to a particular crime and allow- better decisions on bail and bonding will be made held without bail in capital cases ing release just for putting up the money – which by the courts. never made sense and was simply a shortcut in an where the evidence is strong The public should know that this is about much overburdened system. more than just a proposed new constitutional Courts cannot refuse to grant bail just to prevent That same section allows bail to be denied for amendment to keep people locked up. a person’s release. Period. The Supreme Court in 60 days if the defendant has been convicted of two This paper has a copy of the Brown decision Brown said, “The inescapable reality is that no judge previous felonies in New Mexico, or is accused of posted on its website. Read it. It has a great history can predict the future with certainty or guarantee using a deadly weapon in the present case and has of bail, and a thorough discussion of the issues we’re that a person will appear in court or refrain from one or more prior felony convictions in New Mexico. all grappling with right now. In a world where only committing future crimes. In every case, a defendant If the State can come up with proof of the prior a minority of citizens uses their citizenship actively may commit an offense while out on bond, just as felonies in the seven days after an arrest, they can at the ballot box, the best we can do is put the best any person who has never committed a crime may ask the judge for the defendant to be held without information out there, and hope folks will pay atten- commit one.” bail – a period of time that can be extended if a trial tion. There’s not a judge who handles criminal cases is delayed. – from setting bail to sentencing – who doesn’t con- But, to be clear, under existing court rules, danger- Roderick Kennedy is a judge on the New Mexico Court sider the risk any offender might pose to the public ous people can be held without bail under other laws. of Appeals. if released. Thinking that judges don’t think about NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 19 Eleven Months After Being Shot by APD Boss, Detective Perseveres BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

lbuquerque Police Detective Jacob Grant is re- Amarkably upbeat, strong and free of bitterness considering the horrific damage that was done to his body at the hands and gun of a fellow police officer. The eight to nine .45-caliber hollow-point rounds that slammed into his body on Jan. 9 worked as designed: They flattened and expanded so as to bludgeon, rip and explode his organs, bones, mus- cles and nerves. The damage those bullets did can cause one to tremble. Grant lost his spleen and gallbladder. Significant portions of his colon, pancreas and lungs have been removed. Two ends of his liver were shot off. There were four bullet holes in his stomach and diaphragm. Nerves in his left arm were severed, and his left hand is just about useless. One of his hands was broken. Grant lost his spleen and gallbladder. Significant portions of his colon, pancreas and lungs have been removed. Two ends of his liver were shot off

Today, Grant can see his intestines through a thin layer of skin because his abdominal wall and the Jacob Grant Family muscles in it were shot away. Doctors grafted skin from his leg onto his abdomen as a temporary mea- Jacob Grant in happier days. sure to hold his intestines inside his body while he awaits surgeries that will try to rebuild his abdomi- GoFundMe and Wells Fargo] accounts. We have nal wall. Before the skin graft, he could see his liver. HHe decided to live and was awake the entire ride known that this has been coming, and we have been He can’t lift more than five pounds and probably to the hospital. He lost 80 percent of his blood and budgeting and saving as much as we could,” he never will be able to pick up his children again. The was awake when he suffered temporary blindness said. “We’re cutting back on day care and a vehicle. 37-year-old Grant says he’s strong and free of bitter- because of a loss of blood pressure. Then things We’re planners.” So far, the GoFundMe account has ness because he has no choice but to be that way. went quiet. He was unconscious for a week and raised $18,770 from 220 donors. “If I allow myself to go down that road to pity a half at the University of New Mexico Hospital Some of Grant’s colleagues and former cops and bitterness, it’s going to have a major impact on while doctors, nurses and others assigned to his care believe that Grant has been forgotten by APD and my family, and they need me to remain strong and worked frantically to save his life. His hospital stay by the public. But Grant doesn’t see it that way. He handle this,” Grant said of his wife, Laura, and two was three months. said he’s never been a very public guy and that he children, a 7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy. doesn’t want pity. “Friends say, ‘Oh, you are so strong.’ That’s flat- “I don’t like a lot of drama. I don’t want to be a tering, but it’s not like I had a choice. My choice was ‘Friends say, ‘Oh, you are so guy with his hand out looking for money. I’m not either you handle it or you die. It’s not the choice to strong.’ That’s flattering, but it’s not going to complain, and I’m not going to throw a pity be stronger than anyone else; it’s just that I’m in this like I had a choice. My choice was party,” he said. situation.” The ordeal has taught Grant many things, but one Grant doesn’t want to die, although he almost did either you handle it or you die’ sticks in his mind. “Your life is not just about you,” in the ambulance on the way to the hospital that day — Jacob Grant he says. “You have to think about how things are after he was shot by his APD supervisor, Lt. Greg going to affect everyone else.” Brachle, during an undercover drug bust. He was Now, Grant, a veteran who served as an infantry about to welcome death as a way of escaping the platoon leader with the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2005, Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Free pain his shattered body was suffering. is coping with the present, which, along with his Press. Reach him at [email protected] “The situation definitely makes you more aware physical damage, involves severe financial hardship, of death. I was right there,” Grant explained in an as well as uncertainty about what the future holds. interview about his situation. “I felt myself slipping Grant is still an APD cop but he’s on workers’ com- at one point in the ambulance, it hurt so bad.” pensation, which means he’s getting 60-70 percent of How you can help At one point, Grant told himself that the pain his salary. His wife will have to quit her job to care Two accounts have been set up to donate would be over because he would soon be dead. But for him, especially in January when he undergoes money to Jacob Grant and his family. then his reason for living flashed in his mind. “Right further surgeries to rebuild his abdominal wall. He The first is at GoFundMe: when I was slipping, an obscure picture of my chil- wants to be a full-time cop again but knows that that https://www.gofundme.com/5ga2yzu4 dren popped into my head. The kids were looking is likely impossible. The second is a Wells Fargo account: at me and smiling, and at that point the thought of “We’re cutting back on expenses, and we have No. 84898100708 being dead was silly,” Grant said. gotten some people who have donated money [to 20 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS analysis NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 21 Red State Voters Aren’t So Red—Just Pissed Off Forget the NSA, Worry About Your Smart TV BYROBERT REICH BY JULIA ANGWIN ’ve just returned That’s part of it. But mostly, I think, ProPublica from three weeks they see Trump as someone who’ll I makers are constantly in “red” America. stand up for them – a countervailing crowing about the It was ostensibly TV power against the perceived conspir- tricks their smart TVs can do. a book tour, but acy of big corporations, Wall Street, But one of the most popular I wanted to talk and big government. brands has a feature that it’s not with conservative Trump isn’t saying what the advertising: Vizio’s Smart TVs Republicans and moneyed interests in the GOP want track your viewing habits and Tea Partiers. to hear. He’d impose tariffs on Ameri- share them with advertisers, I intended to put into practice what can companies that send manufactur- who then can find you on your I tell my students – that the best way ing overseas, for example. phone and other devices. to learn is to talk with people who He’d raise taxes on hedge-fund The tracking – which Vizio disagree with you. I wanted to learn managers. (“The hedge-fund guys calls “Smart Interactivity” – is from red America, and hoped they’d didn’t build this country,” Trump says. turned on by default for the also learn a bit from me (and perhaps They’re “getting away with murder.”) more than 10 million Smart also buy my book). TVs that the company has sold. Customers who want to escape I met with a group of Most of the people I met it have to opt out. in America’s heartland In a statement, Vizio said cus- small farmers in Missouri tomers’ “non-personal identifi- who were livid about want big money out of able information may be shared growth of ‘factory farms’ politics, and think the with select partners … to permit Supreme Court’s these companies to make, owned and run by big for example, better-informed corporations, that abused Whenever I suggested that big Wall A surprising number of people I ‘Citizens United’ decisions regarding content land and cattle, damaged Street banks be busted up – “any met think the economic system is bi- decision was shameful production, programming and the environment, and bank that’s too big to fail is too big, ased in favor of the rich. (That’s con- advertising.” period” – I got loud applause. Vizio’s actions appear to go sistent with a recent Quinnipiac poll He’d protect Social Security and ultimately harmed In Kansas City I met with Tea Par- beyond what others are doing in which 46 percent of Republicans Medicare. consumers tiers who were angry that hedge-fund in the emerging interactive believe “the system favors the I kept hearing “Trump is so rich he managers had wangled their own television industry. Vizio rivals wealthy.”) can’t be bought.” But something odd happened. It special “carried interest” tax deal. Samsung and LG Electronics The more conversations I had, the Heartland Republicans and turned out that many of the conser- “No reason for it,” said one. only track users’ viewing habits more I understood the connection vative Republicans and Tea Partiers I “They’re not investing a dime of their progressive Democrats remain wide if customers choose to turn on between their view of “crony capital- apart on social and cultural issues. the feature. And unlike Vizio, Vizio’s smart TVs send information about your viewing habits to data brokers, who match that information with other data collected from other devices connected to met agreed with much of what I had own money. But they’ve paid off the the Internet through your IP address. to say, and I agreed with them. politicians.” ism” and their dislike of government. But there’s a growing overlap on eco- they don’t appear to provide For example, most condemned They don’t oppose government nomics. The populist upsurge is real. the information in a form that or recorded. The viewing patterns then are connect- – don’t apply to its business. what they called “crony capitalism,” More Republicans per se. In fact, as the Pew Research I sincerely hope Donald Trump allows advertisers to reach users on other devices. ed your IP address – the Internet address that can be Vizio hopes its new tracking forays will provide by which they mean big corporations Center has found, more Republicans doesn’t become president. He’s a Vizio’s technology works by analyzing snippets of used to identify every device in a home, from your a boost to the thin profit margins it earns in the com- the shows you’re watching, whether on traditional TV to a phone. getting sweetheart deals from the favor additional spending favor additional spending on Social divider and a buffoon. petitive television manufacturing business. In a filing television or streaming Internet services such as Net- IP addresses can increasingly be linked to indi- in October for an initial public offering, Vizio touted government because of lobbying and on Social Security, Security, Medicare, education, and But I do hope the economic popu- campaign contributions. lists in both parties come together. flix. Vizio determines the date, time, and channel of viduals. Data broker Experian, for instance, offers a its ability to provide “highly specific viewing behav- Medicare, education, and infrastructure than want to cut those “data enrichment” service that provides “hundreds I met with a group of small farmers That’s the only way we’re going to programs, as well as whether you watched them live ior data on a massive scale with great accuracy.” infrastructure than want to programs. of attributes,” such as age, profes- The company said in its filing that evenuesr from in Missouri who were livid about reform a system that’s now rigged Rather, they see government as the sion and “wealth indicators” tied its viewing data business are not yet significant. But growth of “factory farms” owned cut those programs against most of us. vehicle for big corporations and Wall to a particular IP address. and run by big corporations, that people familiar with the company said that Vizio Vizio recently updated its has begun working to combine its viewing data with abused land and cattle, damaged the Street to exert their power in ways Robert B. Reich, chancellor’s professor of In Raleigh, I heard from local bank- privacy policy to say it has begun information about users that it gets from data broker environment, and ultimately harmed that hurt the little guy. public policy at the University of Califor- How Vizio Smart TVs ers who thought Bill Clinton should providing data about customers’ Neustar. consumers. They call themselves Republicans nia at Berkeley and senior fellow at the never have repealed the Glass-Stea- viewing habits to companies that Neustar declined to comment about the rela- They claimed giant food processors but many of the inhabitants of Amer- Blum Center for Developing Economies, gall Act. “Clinton was in the pockets Track You “may combine this information tionship but said the company does not handle or were using their monopoly power ica’s heartland are populists in the was secretary of labor in the Clinton ad- of Wall Street just like George W. • You watch TV with other information about distribute viewing information about Vizio users. to squeeze the farmers dry, and the Bush was,” said one. tradition of William Jennings Bryan. ministration. Time magazine named him • Vizio tracks what you viewed devices associated with that IP A spokeswoman for Tapad, a company that helps government was doing squat about it Most of the people I met in Amer- one of the 10 most effective cabinet secre- address.” The company does not identify users across their many devices, said that because of Big Agriculture’s money. • Vizio collects your IP address ica’s heartland want big money out I kept hearing ‘Trump is taries of the 20th century. He has written promise to encrypt IP addresses its contracts prevent it from sharing the name of the I met in Cincinnati with Republican of politics, and think the Supreme 13 books, including the bestsellers “Af- • Vizio works with data brokers to connect your before sharing them. companies it works with. small-business owners who are still Court’s “Citizens United” decision so rich he can’t be bought’ tershock” and “The Work of Nations.” IP address with your gender, age, income, and Cable TV companies An Experian spokeswoman said, “We currently do hurting from the bursting of the housing was shameful. His latest, “Beyond Outrage,” is now out interests and video rental companies are not have a relationship with Vizio.” bubble and the bailout of Wall Street. Most are also dead-set against the in paperback. He is also a founding editor prohibited by law from selling “Why didn’t underwater home- Trans Pacific Partnership. In fact, I also began to understand why of the American Prospect magazine and • Vizio passes this “enhanced data” to information about the viewing Julia Angwin is a senior reporter at ProPublica. owners get any help?” one business they’re opposed to trade agreements, many of them are attracted to Donald chairman of Common Cause. His newest advertisers, who can track all devices that have habits of their customers. Howev- From 2000 to 2013, she was a reporter at The Wall Street owner asked rhetorically. “Because including NAFTA, that they believe Trump. I had assumed they were film, “Inequality for All,” is available on er, Vizio says that those laws – the Journal, where she led a privacy investigative team that Wall Street has all the power.” Others connected to your home IP address have made it easier for corporations attracted by Trump’s blunderbuss Netflix, iTunes, DVD and On Demand. Video Privacy Protection Act was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Report- nodded in agreement. to outsource American jobs abroad. and his scapegoating of immigrants. His blog is robertreich.org and cable subscriber protections ing in 2011 and won a Gerald Loeb Award in 2010. 22 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ART ENTERTAINMENT/0pinion ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 23 Matters of the Art: Xmas Ceasefire, Tusks and Complexity Stigma, Not HIV, Is the Enemy by lisa barrow by lisa barrow T renchant warfare Collective takes a different approach. harlie Sheen’s recent acknowledg- I asked Sashua ment of his HIV-positive status on World War I — the Great War — Instead of adding to the anonymous C Patton, the exec- NBC’s “Today” show may seem like the lives on in our collective memory as onslaught of retail products in the utive director of last thing we ought to worry about. perhaps the most pointless, gruesome world, the collective seeks to tie its Alianza of New Between the Syrian refugee crisis, clash of the 20th century. Thirty lifting-up of local art and enterprises Mexico, which bombings around the world and the million were killed and wounded to one-of-a-kind experiences. Case in provides programs ongoing electoral shit show, why should in a conflict that endured four years point: “MANIFOLD,” open only from and services to New we devote a single brain cell to the and introduced the world to chemical 6-11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. Mexicans living with health problems of an unapologetically warfare, aerial bombardment and Nine visual artists showcase their or affected by HIV, degenerate celebrity? Especially one genocide as an instrument of war. work for this unusual show. Rocky to help out with who’s just as famous for offscreen reck- But in December 1914, an under- Norton, an energetic wunderkind who some facts. (Patton lessness and domestic violence as for his standing of the war’s human cost excels at everything from photography also happens to be waning television and film career. was just beginning to dawn on both to crisscrossing the country with his my cousin.) “Men, For better or worse, Sheen is the sides, which at first had assumed that French bulldog Caroline to custom women, gay [and] latest, most recognizable public face of the war would be over in a matter furniture construction, covers large-s- straight” can all a condition that affects 35 million adults of weeks. Unprepared for the new cale canvases in bold strokes of house acquire the virus, and children worldwide, according to realities of poison gas and heavy ar- paint and oil crayon. Shana Levenson Patton says. “HIV depicts human faces in charcoal or oil estimates from the Joint United Nations tillery, both sides instead had suffered Buran Theater does not discrimi- Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS). incomprehensible losses. A stalemate with striking sensitivity and faithful- nate.” Contracting “MAMMOTH” runs for two nights only: at Tricklock Performance Laboratory, 7:30 p.m. on Friday and ness. Elana Schwartz shapes mythic, In the US alone, the CDC puts the ground the war’s momentum to a Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12. HIV doesn’t say number at 1.2 million. The New Mexico halt just months into the conflict, as sylvan sculptures from natural wood, anything about Department of Health reports the latest each side literally dug in, scraping beating in the breasts of so-called heart; and its music a song that is quite foam, plaster and other materials. what kind of person numbers as 3,114 for our state, mostly in out muddy, miserable trenches that enemies — constructed through the explicitly only about tusks. A “paleo- Stacy Hawkinson, Reyes Padilla, Deret you are or what Albuquerque. These numbers make the Gilles Mingasson/ABC stretched from the Swiss Alps to the artifice of political machinations — it’s fable” that examines romance and Roberts, Bruce Shortz and volunteer your morals are. As public response to Sheen’s announcement English Channel along the conflagra- a drama that couldn’t be more timely. destruction in poetic-yet-plain lan- curators Jodie Herrera and Angie she points out, “HIV Embattled actor Charlie Sheen reprised his role as Boy in Police Station from cult ‘80s film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in 2015 on a telling — and at times, chilling — one. tion’s Western Front. Written by Peter Rothstein, directed guage that woos and baffles in equal Poynter Rehnberg fill out the lineup. is present in blood, ABC’s “The Goldbergs.” By donating one piece for a silent One of the biggest barriers to the by Julia Thudium measure, “MAMMOTH” promises an sex fluids (pre-cum, It’s also crucial to acknowledge how auction, each artist of “MANIFOLD” prevention, diagnosis and treatment of and featuring music experimentalism grounded in heady cum, vaginal fluids and anal fluids) and far medical knowledge has come since Albuquerque HIV Resources is supporting the show’s venue, SCA HIV today is stigma. Scrolling through direction by Lina ideas. breast milk.” the 1980s. “Now,” says Patton, “with Contemporary (524 Haines NW), as comment threads on the hundreds of New Mexico AIDS Services Ramos with Cheryl Created by Buran Theatre of New Getting HIV-positive blood in a cut on the introduction of PrEP (pre-exposure articles posted by news and entertain- 625 Truman NE / nmas.net Sharps, “All is Calm” York City, which describes itself as an it prepares to move in January to the your hand can lead to infection. Having ment websites in the wake of Sheen’s prophylaxis) the risk of infection is even 327-7043 runs Dec. 4–27 at “ensemble of disparate multidisciplin- old Sanitary Tortilla Factory on Second an HIV-positive mother can mean being disclosure reveals that, amid plenty lower.” PrEP involves taking a specific, Offers support and prevention education. The Vortex (2900 ary and intergenerational artists who Street. The proceeds will be split evenly born with the virus. This doesn’t mean of sincere well-wishing, a significant FDA-approved drug that dramatically Services include free rapid HIV testing, medical Carlisle NE), 7:30 joyfully and anarchi- with Health Care for the Homeless. that behavior is divorced from the percentage of the public is stuck in 1988 lowers the chance an HIV-negative part- and non-medical case management, mental p.m. on Fridays cally reconfigure narra- spread of HIV. As Patton explains, “Hav- when it comes to their attitudes and ner will become infected. There’s also health, substance abuse, nutrition therapy, and Saturdays and tive, form, production, ing sex with anyone, when you don’t prejudices about HIV. PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis), a drug emergency financial assistance and more. 2 p.m. on Sundays. gender and genre to know their status, is a risk. Multiply a Many commenters suggest that HIV regimen that, if taken within 72 hours of You also can catch develop ambitious single partner with unknown HIV status UNM Truman Health Services is the inevitable outcome of having lots exposure (because, say, a condom broke), the show at 7:30 theatre productions,” by any number of partners, and that 801 Encino NE, Ste. F / unmtruman.com of sex and doing lots of drugs. (It’s not.) can prevent the virus’ spread. The Vortex Theater p.m. on Dec. 10 and the play makes its way risk increases. This is true for any gender 272-1312 Some paint it as a sort of karmic retribu- As discussed at length in Sheen’s “All is Calm” runs Dec. 4-27 at The Vortex (2900 Carlisle NE), 7:30 p.m. on 17 (Thursdays) or at to Tricklock Perfor- Conducts free HIV tests with results in 30 min- tion — a reaping of what’s been sown. identity, sexual preference, age, race or interview, modern-day drugs can reduce Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. 6 p.m. on Christmas mance Laboratory ethnicity.” But we’re talking risk here, the amount of HIV virus in the blood to utes or less. Provides primary care, medication Day. (110 Gold SW) with (Not that either.) Others posit that it adherence, dental care, pharmacy, behavioral proves Sheen engaged in homosexual not absolutes. Some people engage in “undetectable” levels. “The less virus It was here in the war’s first year Tickets are $19–$22; see vortexabq.org its original directors, health and complementary therapies. sex. (Who cares? But again, that’s totally risky behaviors and never contract HIV; present in the blood, the less likely that a moment of grace erupted apro- or motherroad.org for details. writer Adam R. Burnett not how it works.) it’s also possible to become infected the transmission becomes, and the less dam- Southwest CARE Center pos of nothing, never to be repeated. and Anne Cecelia Throbbing hearts of the ice age As the CDC notes, “Early identifi- first time you have sex. age is being done to the person living Specialty Services During the Christmas Truce of 1914, Haney, but re-cast with cation of [HIV] infection empowers In the “Today” interview, Matt Lauer with HIV by the virus,” says Patton. 4710 Jefferson NE, Ste. A / southwestcare.org as strains of Christmas carols began “Is it a boy, or is it a girl?” asks an Burqueñas including individuals to take action that benefits leaned heavily on Sheen about his The first cases of HIV — then known 780-4040 to float over the wasteland between assistant in a lab coat and latex exam Donna Jewell, Lauren SCA Contemporary both their own health and the public partners. But must we assume Sheen’s as gay-related immune deficiency or Albuquerque location offers a pharmacy, trenches, a few men on either side laid gloves. She is gaping open-mouthed Poole, Lisa Nevada and By donating one piece for a silent auction, each artist of “MANIFOLD” health.” But stigmatizing those with partners are passive victims of some GRID — were reported in 1981. None of HIV treatment and primary care. Services are down their arms and ventured into at Beloved, whose labor — conducted others. Buran company is supporting the show’s venue, SCA Contemporary HIV — precisely what people are doing kind of HIV monster? “When we see this is new. Yet until confronted with this available regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. the no man’s land to fraternize with to a symphony of animal noises — has member Casey Mraz, when they spew this hateful, ignorant partners where one is HIV positive and reality by a vulgar white celebrity, you’d the enemy. They exchanged cigarettes, been hidden from the audience. The who composed the original music, is a Former ABQ Poet Laureate Hakim First Nations Community HealthSource garbage as comments online — is pre- the other is negative, we say they are a think everyone woke up on Nov. 17, told stories and even started spon- Scientist, who appears exhilarated by UNM alum. Bellamy and DJ Birdman also gift the 5608 Zuni SE / fnch.org cisely what keeps people from getting magnetic couple. I have never viewed 2015 completely unaware that millions taneous soccer matches until forced what’s happening, thrusts her head “MAMMOTH” runs for two nights evening with exquisite sound and 262-2481 tested in the first place. the negative partner in a magnetic have been living with, dying of and by their superiors to retreat to their into view. Her fervent voice rings out. only: at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Tractor Brewing with beer. More info Services include free HIV testing, education, Sheen is, by all indications, a violent relationship as a victim,” says Patton. grappling with HIV for the past 34 years. “It’s a mammoth!” Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12. Get your $12 is at popupabq.wix.com/collective. counseling and workshops for Native American separate sides. misogynist whose rampant self-destruc- “That’s ridiculous. There are millions of Here’s hoping that Sheen, faced with “MAMMOTH” looks very likely tickets at the door. For more info, visit It’s one night of intensely local plea- families and other underserved populations “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce tiveness and delusions of grandeur magnetic partnerships. There have been the prospect of being a spokesperson, to be the surreal, hyper-elusive love the event page at bit.ly/mammothABQ sures that’s not to be missed. in Albuquerque, including the homeless. of 1914,” a co-production of The Vor- cost him a job that reportedly paid for years. Proper self-care, knowledge will live up to his own assessment: “I story you’ve been (unknowingly) and burantheatre.com. Case management services range from food tex Theatre and Mother Road Theatre Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt around $1.8 million per episode. I’m not of which behaviors (sexual or other) have a responsibility now to better waiting all year to see. Its settings pantry (Comida Buena) to client advocacy and Company, gives voice to this near-mir- Many and various City Writers collective. Visit her on the exactly a fan. But that doesn’t mean we might put you at risk for contracting myself and to help a lot of other include a scientist’s lab and a frozen emergency rent assistance. acle of history through the songs and interwebs at facebook.com/LisaBarrow- need to pass judgment on the guy for HIV, and knowledge and practice of people.” That’s good advice, and I know tundra; its actions the smothering of In a 24/7/365 world of consumer words of the men who were there. LikesWords. She most recently served as contracting a virus that literally anyone prevention methods help keep negative some Internet commenters who ought a beating, disembodied mammoth indulgence, Albuquerque’s Pop-Up As a reminder of the human hearts arts & lit and web editor at Weekly Alibi. can get. partners negative.” take this suggestion to heart. 24 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS Hyolida food ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 25 Holiday Giving: Game On ABQ Icons: Raves in a Barn by ARIANE JAROCKI by ARIANE JAROCKI

was smothered in white pepper Murphy’s Mule Barn s society becomes ever more entan- Splendor ABQ Game Stores: Ticket to Ride gravy, but it wasn’t hard to imagine 9700 Second Street NW Agled in a high-tech web, the rate Suggested Age: 10 and up Suggested Age: 8 and up the down-home staple covered in 898-7600 Number of Players: 2 to 4 Active Imagination Number of Players: 2 to 5 of face-to-face interaction continues to 1120 Montgomery Blvd NE, 299-2019, melted cheese and green chile. Suf- Hours: Mon.–Sat: 6 a.m.–8 p.m. Playing Time: 30 minutes decline. Games have gone from some- aifamilyandarena.com Playing Time: 30–60 minutes fice to say, I know what I’m ordering Sunday: 7 a.m.–2 p.m. thing that you do while seated together Build a rail route across the United It’s the Renaissance, and you’re a Astro-Zombies the next time I visit this hodgepodge to something you do in a virtual world merchant trying to win the favor of 3100 Central Ave SE, 232-7800, astrozombies.com States (or another country, based on of a North Valley hot spot. The homestyle gravy has a pleasant- via wires, an IP address and a game the nobles. To garner prestige and the the version you choose) by collecting That said, my huevos craving ly thick mouth feel, and a smattering controller and headset. But there’s still Empire Board Game Library and playing matching train cards patronage of the nobles, you need the 3503 Central Ave SE, 232-4263, was sated and then some. The of sausage crumbles adds another hope for IRL gaming. Of late, tabletop gems that these nobles want. How empiregamelibrary.com to claim routes that connect cities. hint of sweetness in Murphy’s red dimension of texture and taste. Mak- gaming is experiencing a resurgence in can you get these nobles to visit your Part board game, part card game chile contrasted nicely with savory, ing gravy this complex — a mélange popularity and availability. Page One Bookstore shop? Players must collect gems and 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026, (like Rummy), Ticket to Ride has an cheesy eggs and tender pinto beans. of cracked black pepper, savory ultra-wide age range. The play is trade those gems in for refined gem page1book.com Their green chile is served piping sausage and creamy, even buttery easily explained, which makes it a cards, ultimately earning 15 prestige hot and boasts chunks of salty pork. flavor – takes a lot of practice, and great game to jump into. Points are points. This is a quick game of strat- the gardens). The first player to attain My typical huevos consumption Murphy’s has it down. Along with a egy, and a winning streak can easily scored by the length of track lain, des- seven cards receives the Emperor’s method begins with the eggs; the strong, consistent menu, the relaxed, change in a turn. This game could be tination connections and the longest favor (extra points). Everyone’s cards resulting yolk-chile mixture infuses unpretentious vibe of this North Val- shared with even younger children as continuous route length. The soundest are totaled to declare a winner. the beans with extra flavor. At Mur- ley standout is conducive to warm, long as they have a grasp of addition. strategy is connecting your cities This game has pictograms for all the phy’s, I broke the yolks and folded fuzzy feelings. With each turn, you choose from a few cards and actions, so it makes a great and blocking other players’ routes. different actions: select three different Multiple versions of this game exist, together a brilliant mess of chile, game for multilingual groups. The eggs, beans and crispy hash browns. Resident foodie Ariane Jarocki fearlessly gems, select two of the same gem or charming panda, the game’s neat illus- making it a nice geography lesson as explores and reports on Albuquerque’s a reserve chip. From there, you can well as a fun family game. This game The accompanying flour tortilla sops tration and its hands-on building play restaurant, food truck and bakery scenes “buy” the refined gem cards by match- boasts a quick setup, quality game up the remains of the plate. can win over the biggest naysayer. for ABQ Free Press. ing your gems to the cost of the cards pieces and major re-playability. For the price, the portions here Rene Thompson or by using the refined gem cards you were rather have. If your cards equal the needs generous. Our Tabletop gaming includes anything that of the noble, you also win the noble server men- involves boards, dice or cards. But it’s card. This game features high-quality tioned that the not a nostalgic rehash of pre-videogame specialized poker chips, beautifully kitchen bakes culture, with bright basic designs and illustrated cards and widely recogniz- Ariane Jarocki Murphy’s simple objectives, i.e. Milton Bradley able nobles like Henry VIII. biscuits fresh anything. Tabletop gaming has recaptured The décor at Murphy’s Mule Barn features lassos, cowboy hats, an old-fashioned kerosene lantern, every morning. Rene Thompson charmingly mismatched plates and coffee cups and a mural of the namesake pack animal. the popular imagination with exquisite Yet my dining illustration, challenging objectives, companion ad- cooperative goals and re-playability. This Love Letter n my first visit to a restaurant, Murphy’s has bucolic décor down Suggested Age: 8 and up mitted defeat style of gaming is more adult, engaging OI usually hang back a moment pat, and the vibe here is refreshingly Number of Players: 2 to 4 Rene Thompson before even the 20-and-up age bracket who may want to observe what other patrons are casual. Defying Southern-fried Playing Time: 20 minutes tasting his side to play a game before hitting the club or devouring. Crossing the threshold tradition, I ordered huevos before Dead of Winter of homemade during a lazy BBQ-centric Sunday. All the eligible young men seek to at Murphy’s Mule Barn, (tunnel) sipping strong coffee and taking Suggested Age: 12 and up biscuits and That said, these new games aren’t woo the Princess of Tempest, but she vision of huevos rancheros danced everything in. That’s when I realized Number of Players: 2 to 5 gravy. Natural- just for the millennial-barfly set. A lot of has locked herself in the palace. The Playing Time: 45–210 minutes in my head. Thing is, Murphy’s is my mistake. A freshly delivered ly, I stepped in Ariane Jarocki these games can be played both by chil- only way to get your letters in is by renowned for their chicken-fried chicken-fried steak mocked me from It’s winter in an apocalyptic, zombie to investigate. At Murphy’s Mule Barn, from left, a side of biscuits and gravy photobombs dren and adults. For parents struggling your dealing with the royal court and steak. an adjacent table. The titanic entrée -ridden town. You’re part of a survivor huevos rancheros. with videogame junkies, tabletop games Rene Thompson having them sneak letters to her. Players may offer a way to bond with offspring must climb the social ladder to get their colony. In this cooperative game, you … after you peel them away from their Takenoko letters to the princess. have to work together to keep the It Starts With You! PS4. Many offer a quick game time, so Suggested Age: 8 and up It’s a fast-moving, card-based game colony alive. Each player has their Number of Players: 2 to 4 you can get in a couple games after a wherein you navigate the court system own, personal objective they’re trying Businessman Gary Goodman Playing Time: 45 minutes to accomplish above and beyond the leisurely dinner. This holiday season, through your connections to its most and a group of donors will match group’s objective of survival. Do you instead of dropping $50 on a videogame, The Emperor of China gives a panda powerful members. At the end of each gifts made in December sabotage the group or will you take one check out these titles for fun, IRL family to the Emperor of Japan. The panda round, whoever has the highest card up to $80,000. Your gift provides for the team? bonding time. will live in the Emperor’s Imperial gets their letter delivered to the prin- twice as many meals in 2016! These and other games can also be Gardens. Much to the Emperor’s cess, receiving one point; the first player It’s very “Walking Dead.” It also found at local shops, so you can buy surprise and the gardener’s angst, the to reach a score of 7 wins. allows you to add in a back story for ______savvy and locally. Stores like Astro-Zom- panda starts to eat all the bamboo. This is a game of bluffs and de- your character, increasing personal en- www.rrfb.org bies, Active Imagination, Empire Board As trusted court members, players duction. On discard, each card has a joyment. This game is more adult in the Game Library and Page One Bookstore must take care of both the garden and special action, which can allow even the critical thinking demanded by playing. text 505.933.7732 all have tabletop games in stock. They the panda. Each turn allows for two lowliest card to win a round. If the idea That can make for challenging, exciting play, especially when it extends into can also suggest games of any type and actions. Points are scored by cards of love letters incites too much mocking, for any age range. If there’s a game matching the actions of the panda there are multiple incarnations of the the lengthier ranges of game play. 1 in 3 The difficulty in meeting objectives is you can’t live without, special orders (eating certain types/amounts of bam- same game that include Batman or Hob- children go are possible. In the hope it may spark boo), the gardener (growing certain bit versions. The original Love Letters considerable, so if you want a challenge your interest, I’ve compiled my favorite types/amounts of bamboo) and the game comes in a velvet pouch, making and re-playability, Dead of Winter is hungry in games below. Emperor (building certain designs in it an easy game for those on the go. the game for you. New Mexico 26 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS tv music ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 27 Within Range: Downtown Dance Holidaze Standing Room Only: ‘Fargo’ Exceeds Mimicry BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS BY Hugh Elliott Launch Yourself into Good Music up are killer psychobilly legends with he second season of the unforgetta- becomes involved in the death of the Launchpad, 618 Central SW A Reverend Horton Heat Christmas Tble FX series “Fargo” takes place in youngest Gerhardt son. All these peo- 505-764-8887 featuring The BellRays and The Lords of 1979. Fun fact: I actually visited Fargo, ple come under investigation by a state John Lennon may have once said the Altamont, on Tuesday Dec. 15. The Rev N.D., in 1979. At college, I was the gay trooper and the local sheriff. Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and company are no strangers to the 505, BFF for a trio of girls on my dorm floor. but when it comes to being “Kooler a town that loves its greaser boys, Betty One invited me to spend Thanksgiv- “Fargo” airs Mondays at Than Jesus,” that title goes pin-up girls, and classic ing with her family in Fargo; I agreed 8 p.m. on FX. to My Life with The Thrill car culture. The band’s because I was young and thought I Kill Kult, also known as latest album, 2014’s “Rev,” should explore the world. Fargo was Thrill Kill Kult or simply races right up that alley cold and flat. What I wanted more As befits the Coen Brothers’ filmic TKK, this industrial-dance with tracks like “Victory than anything was a pair of authentic source material, “Fargo’s” plot can group with roots in Chica- Lap,” “Smell of Gasoline” and cowboy boots, and I was told they’re seem convoluted, a random series of go has been getting asses on “Scenery Going By.” Reverend sold everywhere in Fargo. I didn’t ask events. Part of the show’s satisfaction dancefloors in sexy, sacrilegious Horton Heat’s also no stranger to why, and I didn’t care. I got the perfect lies in how skillfully disparate oc- celebration for more than 25 years. rockin’ out on Christmas carols; the new pair for $25. This, I told myself, currences align and click like a Rube The band’s music — created by Groovie band released the delightful “We Three was the reason I went to Fargo. It was Goldberg contraption. There was a Mann and Buzz McCoy — is chock full FX Productions Kings” in 2005. Fans of Alabama Shakes my destiny — my fate. brilliant turn in Season 1, and Season of kitsch, trash and goth glamour and and Detroit Cobras will definitely want Peggy Blomquist (Kirsten Dunst) dreams of life outside the small-town beauty parlor in FX’s “Fargo.” Of course, it wasn’t. But something 2 — which has a completely different has landed them on bills with everyone to show up early enough to catch Lisa in that frozen, monochromatic land- cast and plot — ups the ante as “Fargo” from Lords of Acid to KMFDM. With a Kekaula’s explosive vocals as frontwom- scape invites one to ponder destiny mixes in characters’ brushes with is assigned to protect him. Reagan wants to leave behind. For what, she’s cinematic and often controversial sound, an for the BellRays, while psych-rock and fate. “Fargo” agrees. history. gives his rote stump speech, featuring not sure, but her unpredictability brings it makes sense that Thrill Kill Kult’s mu- junkies should definitely check out The The second, currently airing season The year 1979 was a turning point his infamous call for America to be “a its own tension to the proceedings. For sic was also crucial to the storyline of the Lords of Altamont. Doors are at 7 p.m.; Winter Registration Begins November 30 in our country. Americans were still deals with the clash between two or- shining city upon a hill.” He saw it as both husband and wife, fate has curious 2013 dark comedy “Sexy Evil Genius” show at 8 p.m. Tickets to this 13-and-up dealing with the aftershock of the ganized crime factions in the Midwest. America’s destiny — and his own fate plans in store. starring Seth Green and Michelle Tracht- show are $20 at sunshinetheaterlive.com. One side of this war is the Gerhardt Vietnam War — almost all of “Fargo’s” — to lead. State Trooper Lou Solverson at- enberg. Roll in like “Sex on Wheelz” to Next up, Sunshine Theater and 104.1 family, whose patriarchal leader just characters discuss the war’s impact on It also was the year Margaret tempts to connect the dots between TKK’s show at Launchpad, on Sunday, FM present “How The Edge Stole Christ- suffered a debilitating stroke. His them — while the year also marked the Thatcher was elected prime minister. these characters and events. Indeed Dec. 6. Doors are at 7 p.m.; show opens mas!” with X Ambassadors and Night remaining two sons struggle to keep ascension of Ronald Reagan and a new On “Fargo,” when Floyd Gerhardt’s Wilson’s character and his 6-year-old with DJ K. Oss starting at 8 p.m. Tickets Riots, on Thursday Dec. 17. Brooklyn the family business afloat while their Conservative Right. Reagan himself for this 21+ show are $13 and available husband is paralyzed by a stroke, daughter are a younger version of alt-rockers who deftly combine elements mother steps in to lead. makes a campaign stop in Minnesota, at HoldMyTicket.com. Floyd (Jean Smart) quietly and reso- the first season’s retired father (Keith of acoustic and electronic music, X Meanwhile, a small-town couple and the state trooper (Patrick Wilson) There it is, peering out from the crevic- lutely takes over leading the family. Carradine) and his adult daughter. This Ambassadors were formed by brother es of every cynical grown-up heart: the When she tells adversaries about is the sly connection between the two Sam and Casey Harris along with mutual kid inside secretly delighted by all the becoming a strong woman, she begins seasons. Wilson doesn’t mimic Carra- pal Noah Feldshuh. The group got loads twinkly lights and cheerful music that with her children, both dead and alive, dine, but he exhibits the same dogged of attention for “The Jungle,” a collab- permeates our world each December. each one a battle she fought. resolve to solve a case. Amid chaos, oration with Jamie N Commons, which That childlike glee can best be summed “I’m not afraid of a war,” she calmly he is the one person who’s looking for in turn landed them lots of listeners for up with !!! — the band, not the giddy intones in her best Iron Lady mode. some logic to it all — to have destiny 2015’s debut album, “VHS.” Meanwhile, exclamation. Pronounced Chk Chk Chk, Smart’s performance is riveting, not the explain itself. His father-in-law (Ted !!! makes dance-punk music for people Cali synth-dance rockers Night Riots least because of the power and deter- Danson) is the local sheriff, and the two started out grassroots and label-less as mination she exudes with the most who dig on The Flaming Lips and men calmly go about their business, “Yo Gabba Gabba!” in equal measure. a high school band with an incessant minimal affect. And she smokes a pipe. searching for the reasons some people’s touring schedule; their tireless efforts Never underestimate the power of a Founded by Nic Offer in Sacramento in fates lead to murder. 1996, !!!’s giddy creativity has led to six won them a loyal fan base along the @The Albuquerque Rail Yards woman who smokes a pipe. Whatever An added twist this season comes way. The band released their third studio you think you know about Jean Smart, albums, five EPs, covers of The Magnetic in the form of extraterrestrial involve- Fields and Nate Dogg and opening gigs EP “Howl” earlier this year. Rock radio :: Hot Food :: Fresh Produce :: Handmade Arts & Crafts :: leave that behind. She will be rightly ment. At first, this subplot seemed un- listeners ages 13 and up are welcome. remembered at award season and for Red Hot Chili Peppers. The group’s :: Food & Book Drive :: Children’s Activities :: Music & More :: like the meat-and-potatoes world that latest record “As If” includes butt-wig- Doors are at 7 p.m.; show is at 8 p.m. deserves every accolade she gets. the “Fargo” brand always inhabits. But Tickets are $25 via holdmyticket.com. 1979 also was the deadline that gling tracks like “Bam City,” “Ooo” and it’s presented so quietly, with minimal “Freedom ’15.” !!! performs as them- Last but not least, Sunshine Theater came and went for the ratification intrusion, that it somehow works per- selves as opening band Stereolad (their presents The Howlin’ Holiday Jam, a of the Equal Rights Amendment in fectly. Humans historically have looked Stereolab tribute group), and ABQ’s benefit concert with all proceeds going Congress. Floyd Gerhardt stealthily to the stars for a hint of their destinies. self-proclaimed “party-prog trio” YOU to New Day Youth & Family Services. moves into a position of power, but One “Fargo” character posits that there mediates. Dance it up at Launchpad on Enjoy a night of rock, blues, soul and other women in the series wrestle is no fate; humans actually are just the Tuesday, Dec. 8. Doors for this 13-plus funk on Friday Dec. 18. The program with women’s changing societal roles. playthings of aliens. This theory comes show open at 7 p.m.; show’s at 8 p.m. lineup includes music from Junior Peggy Blumquist (Kirsten Dunst) is a and goes without rebuke, as plausible Tickets are $15 at launchpadrocks.com. Mack, Kevin Cummings, Kofi Burbridge small-town beautician who dreams of as any for the path our actions take — and many more. Doors are at 7 p.m.; the escaping matrimonial destiny with her Let the Sunshine In with These paths endlessly intertwining on flat, music gets rockin’ at 8 p.m. Although butcher husband, Ed (Jesse Plemons). Holiday Shows snow-covered land. “Fargo” brilliantly, general admission tickets start at $15 Dunst’s trademark unfocused gaze and Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) fearlessly takes us down these roads (visit holdmyticket.com for info), you scattered, nervous energy perfectly 505-764-0249 in a completely engrossing way. You can still become an official event spon- suit a woman unsure of her place in As the temperatures drop and F don’t want to miss it. sor. Check out bit.ly/HowlinSponsors RailYardsMarket.org DownTownGrowers.com her world. She is, as another character Christmas draws near, Sunshine Theater to learn more. says, a “bit touched.” As her blocky, Hugh Elliott is a writer and artist living invites you to bask in their bright holiday Made possible by Community Members like you, and... steadfast husband, Plemons exempli- in California who rarely uses his Twitter cheer with not one but three fantastic M. Brianna Stallings writes so you don’t fies remnants of the past that Peggy handle @wehogayman. Christmas concerts back-to-back. First have to. 28 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 29

MUSIC & PERFORMANCES List your even THROUGH DECEMBER 6 D EFINitiveLY THE HOLIDAYS in the T The Farolitos of Christmas DECEMBER 4–27 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, All is Calm: The Christmas Truce Wynonna & The Big Noise Christmas Mariachi Christmas Hanging of the Greens ABQ F nhccnm.org ree P of 1914 8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 5:45 pm, Free, UNM Bookstore, 2301 Central Ave NW, ress The Nutcracker Ballet The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 247-8600, vortexabq.org rt66casino.com 925-5858, unmtickets.com unmevent.unm.edu Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Dr NE, 292-4245, calenda Holiday Stroll newmexicoballet.org Email event info,R DECEMBER 4-30 DECEMBER 11–13 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 5 pm, Historic Old Town, 768-3556, cabq.gov Nutcracker on the Rocks including event name, date, The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holiday Christmas Joy 2015 Reverend Horton Heat Christmas Pueblo Shop & Stroll: A Fireside Tradition Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, 227-8583, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, Adobe Theater, 9813 Fourth St NW, 898-9222, adobetheater.org Sunshine Theater, 120 Central Ave SW, 5 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, time, address and contact keshetarts.org theperformers.org 764-0249, sunshinetheaterlive.com indianpueblo.org SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 phone number FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Christmas in New Mexico: Dancing through the SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 DECEMBER 15–16 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Broadway Santa or website, to Decades Moscow’s Ballet: Nutcracker A Christmas Story Annual Madrid Christmas Parade 7 pm, African American Performing Arts Center Exhibit Hall, Expo 3 pm, Albuquerque Convention Center, 7 pm, African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900, 4 pm, Madrid, NM, visitmadridnm.com [email protected] NM, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, 833-2849 NE, 880-1488, bailabaila.com 401 2nd St SW, 573-075, ticketmaster.com taosmesabrewing.com one month in advance David Felberg: Handel’s Messiah NMGMC: The Hopes and Fears of all the Years The Nutcracker Ballet FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 7 pm, Central United Methodist Church, 201 University Blvd NE, 7:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave, Santa Fe, Moriarty High School Performing Arts Center, 200 Center St, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 Christmas at the Palace of publication. 323-4343, nmphil.org nmgmc.org Moriarty, (505) 281-6141, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 5:30 pm, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, eastmtndance.com Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Drive NE, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org DECEMBER 4–5 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 Joe West & The Santa Fe Revue 925-5858, unmtickets.com Joyous Shabbat and Happy Hanukkah Coro Lux: KiMo Christmas Concert Concert of Christmas Music Holiday Shindig Recital Navideño 6:30 pm, Congregation Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW, and Carol Sing 3 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, 8 pm, Outpost Performance Space, 7 pm, Rodey Theatre, UNM Main Campus, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 343-8227, nahalatshalom.org SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com abqband.org 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, outpostspace.org 925-5858, unmtickets.com Lights of Kuaua SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 DECEMBER 4–13 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 5 pm, Free, Coronado State Monument, 485 Kuaua Rd, Bernalillo, DECEMBER 12–24 DECEMBER 18–19 Winterfest 2015 – A Storybook Holiday 867-3351, kuaua.com Greetings Santa Fe Opera Holiday Concert Ballet Repertory Theatre of New Mexico: The Santaland Diaries Noon, Rio Rancho City Center, 891-5015, Farolito Trail of Lights 5K East Mountain Centre for Theatre, Vista Grande Community 7:00 pm, Old San Ysidro Church, The Nutcracker 8 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, ci.rio-rancho.nm.us/index.aspx 5 pm, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 9169 Coors Blvd Center, Sandia Park, (505) 286-1950, emct.org 966 Old Church Road, Corrales KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, southbroadwaytickets.com NW, active.com Doors open at 6:30 – first come, first seated 33rd Annual Holiday Dance with DECEMBER 4–24 DECEMBER 18–20 FAMILY DECEMBER 10-13 South by Southwest MUSEUMS & TALKS A Christmas Carol 6 pm, Albuquerque Square Dance Center, The Nutcracker Ballet in the FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, Nutcracker on the Rocks 4915 Hawkins St NE, holdmyticket.com Land of Enchantment Gingerbread Enchantment FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 albuquerquelittletheatre.org Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler Ave NE, 227-8583, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 6:30 pm, Expo New Mexico, Hispanic Arts Building, Susan Topper Weber: Nativities of the American keshetarts.org nhccnm.org 300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, exponm.com Southwest SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 4 pm, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 750 Camino Lejo, Santa SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Fe, (505) 982-2226, spanishcolonial.org A Celtic Christmas Breakfast with Santa Treasures from a Trunk: The Costumes of Los Pastores 2:30 pm, Scottish Rite Temple, 463 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, 8 am, Cottonwood Mall, 10000 Coors Blvd NW, 897-6571 (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org 5:30 pm, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org Holiday Pops! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 Holiday Open House 6 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Holidays Take Flight 6 pm, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 500 Redondo Dr SE, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, nmphil.org 9 am, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum, 277-4405, unm.edu/~maxwell 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, 768-6020, balloonmuseum.com DECEMBER 19–24 Interactive Holiday Cards & Luminarias DUKE CITY BINGO 1 pm, New Mexico Natural History Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd A Baroque Christmas OUTDOORS Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, NW, 841-2800, RSVP: nmnaturalhistory.org (505) 982-0092, santafepromusica.com THROUGH JANUARY 2 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 We play bingo EVERY DAY and EVERY NIGHT River of Lights FAIRS, FESTIVALS & FIESTAS 6 pm, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, A History of Holiday Music: Peter Chase abqbiopark.com 6:30 pm, Free, Esther Bone Library, 950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Ran- THROUGH DECEMBER 7 cho, 891-5012, riorancholibraries.org DECEMBER 5-31 Gingerbread House Contest Viewing SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED ATM Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, December Garden Holidays indianpueblo.org ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Las Posadas 5:30 pm, New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org EXTENDED PARKING • SECURITY OFFICERS • ALL AGES CAN PLAY • CLEAN BUILDING • SMOKING/NON-SMOKING AVAILABLE MUSIC FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 PERFORMANCES White Mountain Apache De La Soul Cactus Tractor Crown Dancers PACKS FOR ANY WE PAY UP TO ALL PROCEEDS GO SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 8 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, THROUGH DECEMBER 2O Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, HIGH-DEFINITION Gumboots SW, elreyabq.com 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, Memoir 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, BUDGET OR $300,000 MONTHLY IN BACK TO SUPPORT indianpueblo.org MONITORS 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, Robert DeLong outpostspace.org The Desert Rose Playhouse, LOCAL NON-PROFITS 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 10 pm, Santa Ana Star Casino, J.Phlip 6921 Montgomery Blvd NE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 FAMILY BUDGET “CASH PRIZES” 881-0503, 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana 9 pm, Effex, 420 Central Ave, 842-8870, Red Turtle Dancers (Pojoaque) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Pueblo, 867-0000, santaanastar.com effexabq.com desertroseplayhouse.net David Berkeley Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Parade of Lasers: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 6 pm, Free, Los Griegos Library, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 3LAU, Prince Fox, Jenaux 1000 Griegos Rd NW, 761-4020, Kids Variety Show indianpueblo.org • EACH SPEEDY PAYS $100 • TWO $1000 COVER ALLS EACH DAY Michael Anthony & 9 pm, El Rey Theater, abclibrary.org First Take Trio 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com 1 pm, Free, Outpost Performance Space, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 Divine Union Presents 7:30 pm, Old San Ysidro Church, 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, outpostspace.org Eldorado HS Screamin’ Eagles Scott Kelly & Bruce Lamont 966 Old Church Road, Corrales, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 & Golden Image Jazz Bands • DOORS OPEN AT 11am • DAY SESSION STARTS AT 12:30pm, NIGHT AT 7pm (benefit for the Endorphin Power musicincorrales.org The Brandenburg Concertos Peñasco Theater Benefit 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Company) 6 pm, St Francis Auditorium, 2 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 107 W Palace Ave, 476-5072, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, outpostspace.org DUKECITYBINGO.NET • 505.293.5676 • 11342 LEXINGTON NE, ABQ NM 87123 1701 4th St SW, Takemitsu and Schumann santafepromusica.com (575) 758-1900, 724-4771, nhccnm.org 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, taosmesabrewing.com 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 30 • December 2, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • December 2, 2015 • 31 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER 12-13 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 WORD Albuquerque Philharmonic Gun & Blade Show Entrepreneurial Seminar for Bosque Wild Guided Orchestra Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr NE, Veterans Nature Walk SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Bonfire of the Luminarias Twinkle Light 7:30 pm, Donation, Immanuel 222-9700, exponm.com 6:30 pm, New Mexico Veterans Memorial, 9 am, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, Jamey Stillings: The Presbyterian Church, Young Native Artists Winter 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 453-0341 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, Evolution of Ivanph Solar BY ariane jarocki 114 Carlisle Blvd SE, 433-7445, Show & Sale cabq.gov/openspace 3 pm, photo-eye Bookstore, nmpao.org THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 376 Garcia St Ste A, Santa Fe, Parade 9 am, New Mexico History Museum, DEC 17-JAN 17, 2016 BY ariane jarocki 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico Cross Country Ski (505) 988-5152 x121, DECEMBER 18–JANUARY 3 (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org Club Membership Meeting Kadomatsu Japanese Garden photoeye.com The Little Mermaid 7 pm, Albuquerque Garden Center, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, Returning the Gift Literature African American Performing Arts Center, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Festival & Readings 310 San Pedro, 265-9119, Rail Yards Holiday Market nmccskiclub.org SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 9 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, musicaltheatresw.com 11 am, The Yards, 777 1st St SW, Rio Rancho Foster/Adoption 2401 12th St NW, railyardsmarket.org Information Meeting Holiday Animal 843-7270, indianpueblo.org Enrichments at the Zoo SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 5:30 pm, 4359 Jager Dr NE Ste D, 9:30 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St Storyweaving Workshop Fontenelle Family Dancers Rio Rancho, 327-5316 x1123, cyfd.org FAMILY SW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com with Spiderwoman Theater’s (Zuni/Omaha) Muriel Miguel & Gloria Miguel Animal Superpowers Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 2 pm, Institute of American Indian Arts, 10 am, Cerrillos Hills State Park, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, New Mexico School for the Arts The New Mexico 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, indianpueblo.org Open House Environmental Improvement Santa Fe, iaia.edu (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org Roust the House Teen 10 am, New Mexico School for the Arts, Board Public Hearing Performance Night 275 E Alameda, Santa Fe, 9 am, NM State Capitol Building Rm SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, (505) 310-4194, nmschoolforthearts.org 307, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, MARKETS Jeff Berg: New Mexico 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, env.nm.gov DEC THROUGH APRIL Filmmaking outpostspace.org WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Page1 Books, Los Ranchos Growers’ Market Agnes Chavez: Projecting FUNDRAISERS 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 2nd Saturdays, 10 am, SCREENS Climate Change, ages 12+ 294-2026, page1book.com 4 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW, farmersmarketsnm.org SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 RSVP: 224-8341, explora.us CTHF Festival of Trees FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 An Unbroken Thread: Wool Gala 2015 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 ABQ Women of the World THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 6 pm, Albuquerque Convention Center, Poetry Slam Championship Wikimedia commons, commons.wikimedia.org CABQ & Weaving in Northern New Corrales Growers’ Market Explora Science at the CNM 401 2nd St NW, festivaloftreesnm.com 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Mexico 11 am, 500 Jones Rd & Corrales Rd, rom 5 to 8:30 pm, the night will be filled with the glow of tiny flames. Outlined with 1:30 pm, New Mexico History Museum, Stemulus Center 210 Yale Blvd SE, ne of my favorite things about this time of year is the SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 farmersmarketsnm.org over a thousand farolitos, the historic ruins of “Gisewa” Pueblo and San José de los 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, 11 am, Free, CNM Stemulus Center, 268-0044, outpostspace.org F Ooverabundance of brightly colored lights. They adorn (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org 20 1st Plaza Ctr NW, 224-8323, Toys for Tots Motorcycle Run FOOD AND DRINK Jemez Mission Church will be lit in a way harkening back to their creation. The Indian houses and trees, making everything a little more festive. Cool explora.us 10:30 am, The Home Depot, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 village ruins are over 500 years old and the church dates to 1621. Just one of seven state cars, fire trucks, marching bands and your favorite Burqueños SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 1800 Main St NW, Los Lunas, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Four Square Leagues & historic sites, Jemez Historic Site is a great place to experience how the past has shaped New Monday SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 (505) 864-6709, Pueblo Land in New Mexico will be decked with 300,000 lights to celebrate the holiday. Reserve Ale Release Party Mexico’s culture. True luminarias (bonfires) will be constructed and will light the stage for 7:15 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Parents’ Night Out: Food Fun nmlegionriders.org 5:30 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Marble Brewery, 111 Marble Ave, Each year the parade outdoes itself, becoming more and more Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 5:30 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd Center, 2401 12th St NW, performances of traditional Jemez song and dance. Partake in wagon rides, acquire new Wearable Art Show to benefit 243-2739, marblebrewery.com creative. Leave your stroller at home; thousands fill the streets nhccnm.org NW, RSVP: 224-8300, explora.us Placitas Library 843-7270, indianpueblo.org art or enjoy delicious Pueblo food. to see the show. The parade is still residing in the Nob Hill Photos with Santa 2 pm, Free, Placitas Community Library, TALKS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 district, so plan on walking to the event; or there will be a free SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 11 am, Duke City Harley-Davidson, 453 Hwy 165, Placitas, MUSEUMS 8603 Lomas Blvd NE, 275-3853, Light Among the Ruins Park and Ride option at University and Lomas. Bundle up and The Polar Express 867-3355, placitaslibrary.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 6:30 pm, New Mexico Natural History dukecityhd.com FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 5th Annual CEC Symposium: 5 pm, Free, Jemez Historic Site, 18160 Highway 4, Jemez Springs, be ready to be dazzled! Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 First Friday Fractals The Polar Express Pajama Intersectionality (575) 829-3530, jemezsprings.org, nmhistoricsites.org nmnaturalhistory.org Party (3D) Notah Begay III Foundation 6 pm, New Mexico Natural SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 8:30 am, UNM SUB, Main Campus, 6:30 pm, New Mexico Natural History 10 Year Anniversary History Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 277-9523, clps.unm.edu NW, 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org Twinkle Light Parade Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Celebration Dinner THROUGH DECEMBER 12 Randal Biggers, THROUGH DECEMBER 10 5:15 pm, Free, Nob Hill, Central Ave between Washington St and It’s a Wonderful Life nmnaturalhistory.org 6 pm, Sandia Resort & Casino, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 Necessary Force: Art in the Sandi Ludescher, Percy Yi Land Arts of the American Girard Blvd, 6 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, Star Wars Party 30 Rainbow Rd, 867-0775, 606 Broadway SE, 453-0423 Artist Talks & Poetry: Vamos al Museo: Staging the Self Police State West Exhibition 2015 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, 11 am, Lobo Anime & Comics, nb3foundation.org 311, cabq.gov Scott Greene, Beau Carey 11 am, National Hispanic Cultural Cen- Sowing Seeds in the Garden: M-F 9 am–4:45 pm, kimotickets.com 1016 Juan Tabo Blvd NE Ste D, DECEMBER 4-5 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 & Melisa Garcia ter, 1701 4th St SW, The Mulvany Family Collection of John Sommers Gallery 332-0499, lobocomics.com 6 pm, Free, 516 ARTS, 516 Central Ave Annual Holiday Sale & Open House Guardians Treehugger Bash 724-4771, nhccnm.org African Art at UNM, UNM Art Museum, Art Building #84 Rm 202, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Tablao Flamenco FAIRS, FESTIVALS & SW, 242-1445, 516arts.org 203 Cornell Drive, 242-1445, Santa Fe Clay, 545 Camino de la UNM Main Campus, 6 pm, The Grove Café and Market, The Milk Carton Kids 8 pm, Casa Flamenca, 401 Rio Grande FIESTAS COMMUNITY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 unmartmuseum.org Familia, Santa Fe, (505) 984-1122, landarts.unm.edu Blvd NW, 247-0622, casaflamenca.org 600 Central Ave SE Ste A, 795-3006, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 santafeclay.com 8 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Be sure to check the Craftapalooza: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 wildearthguardians.org Wool and Weaving Day Francisco, Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, Holiday Fairs previously listed in Humans + Resources= THROUGH JAN 3, 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 16 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Focus Groups Red Wagon Farm Fundraiser 1:30 pm, New Mexico History Museum, DECEMBER 6-27 ticketssantafe.org our November 18 issue! Contact us Problems: Dr Janie Chermak Atomic Steam Native Bone and Far to Home: A Celebration of Women — City of Albuquerque Planning Dept, 6:30 pm, Low Spirits, 2823 2nd St NW, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, if you need a copy. 7 pm, New Mexico Natural History Photography Show ANMPAS Photographic Kent Williams Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico 344-9555, lowspiritslive.com (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Plaza Del Sol Building Basement, Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, National Museum of Nuclear Science Art Show EVOKE Contemporary, 8 pm, San Miguel Mission, Juan Gabriel: Bienvenidos FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Hearing Rm 813, 600 2nd St NW, 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 & History, 601 Eubank Blvd SE, Free, Expo New Mexico, 550 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, (505) 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, 924-3932, cabq.gov SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, al Noa Noa Tour Placitas Community Library 245-2137, nuclearmuseum.org 995-9902, 821-1956, polyphonynm.com 8:30 am: Resiliency & Sustainability Peace Center Holiday Gala with WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 Tree of Life—Wire Sculpture: Cam- anmpas.com Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Flea Market Electric Train Exhibit evokecontemporary.com THROUGH On the Up and Up 10:30 am: Service Provision Native Roots ille Argeanas & Jayne Aubele 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, 7 am, The Merc, 221 NM-165, Placitas, CreativeMorning with Santa Fe Children’s Museum, 1050 Old DECEMBER 26 12:30 pm, AirDance ArtSpace, 1 pm: Implementation/Small Area Planning 6 pm, First Unitarian Church, 9 am, New Mexico Natural FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 (505) 955-6200, 404-8657, placitaslibrary.com Ed Fenimore Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505) 989-8359, Three Wishes 3030 Isleta Blvd SW, 842-9418, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, 268-9557, History Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Winter Gallery Party communityconventioncenter.com 9 am, New Mexico History santafechildrensmuseum.org KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, airdancenm.org SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 abqpeaceandjustice.org 841-2800, RSVP: nmnaturalhistory.org 6 pm, Studio 14, 2860 State Hwy 14, DECEMBER 5–6 Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Pet Adoption Day with Animal Poetics of Light: Madrid, (505) 474-6360, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 La Cueva Craft Show Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, ONGOING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 Humane of New Mexico SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 Pinhole Photography studio14madrid.com Peter Pan La Cueva High School, nmhistorymuseum.org A Celebration of Women — 1 pm, Duke City Harley-Davidson, 2nd Annual Rainmakers Art New Mexico History Museum,

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