VOL III, Issue 16, August 10 – 23, 2016 Dispensing Journalistic Justice Since 2014 ‘We Are This City’ 2 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 3 news www.freeabq.com Spotlight Picks Editor: [email protected] News: [email protected] Saul Knocks it Out of the Park Arts: [email protected] A Venue of Vultures at ABQ BioPark On Twitter: @FreeABQ BY JOHNNY VIZCAINO BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS On Facebook: facebook.com/abqfreepress eason 3 of the Albuquerque- Sbased AMC drama “Better Call Editor Saul” doesn’t begin filming until Dan Vukelich late September, but that didn’t stop (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 the show’s star, Bob Odenkirk, from paying the 505 an early visit. Associate Editor, News Aug. 6 was officially “Better Dennis Domrzalski Call Saul Night” at Isotopes Park, (505) 306-3260 where hundreds of fans lined up for Associate Editor, Arts changes in autographs and pictures with the M. 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DOJ: APD Not Likely to Meet Reform Deadlines Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 International Vulture Awareness Day Be healthier, be happier, be insured at beWellnm. BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Sherri J. Barth x813 Saturday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., general admission prices Ian Maksik x812 ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 Tenth St. SW Life changes that qualify you to enroll espite the celebratory picnic have a huge amount of work due change and that the department’s Cara Tolino x809 Vultureday.org during this special enrollment period: Dthat U.S. District Judge Rob- in four months.” top brass had scuttled a planned Office Administrator ert Brack threw in his courtroom U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez meeting between DOJ officials Brianna Stallings (505) 345-4080, Ext. 817 Divorce on July 28 for the parties in the was more specific about the prog- and beat cops. Published every other week by: Albuquerque Police Department’s ress, or lack thereof, that APD has “It is critical for the Department Death of spouse Great Noggins LLC reform effort, some grim news made so far. He said that APD is of Justice to continue having direct Indian Market Haute Couture Loss of Medicaid P.O. Box 6070 came out of the hearing. in operational compliance with oming to Santa Fe later this month is Indian access to officers, like all other Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 Moved outside coverage area Market EDGE, a contemporary Native American It will take longer than the only 13 of the 278 areas, which stakeholders, to obtain their candid C Gained citizenship originally planned four years means that APD has written po- and open opinions,” Martinez told Publishers art show that will run concurrently with the Santa Fe for APD to complete the reform lices, has trained officers to those Brack. “It is important to foster and Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich Indian Market, which turns 95 this year. New baby A fast-growing part of Indian Market weekend process called for in APD’s settle- policies and is holding officers encourage this type of dialogue, On the cover: New marriage is Native American-designed fashion that will be ment agreement with the U.S. accountable for failing to abide by rather than restrict or obstruct it. Brian Thomas Bailey’s ABQ Balloon Blast Print, which is Loss of job’s health plan showcased in the courtyard of the Santa Fe Conven- Department of Justice. Exactly those policies. The city has expressed concern for sale at wearethiscity.com. For more on the mission of tion Center (201 W. Marcy St.) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Turned 26 years old how much longer isn’t clear, but “In sum, the city is in opera- with the DOJ’s access to officers. We Are This City, see the article on Page 20. Aug. 20. Released from incarceration several people who addressed tional compliance with only 5 per- … We will work through disagree- The contemporary fashion show will include designs Brack conceded that four years cent of the tasks that need to be ments with the City of Albuquer- by Jamie Okuma, the youngest artist to win “Best was too optimistic. With the met fully with the court-approved que. However, we will not let the in Show” at the SWAIA Indian Market, and the only schedule calling for APD to be in consent agreement,” Martinez city make unilateral decisions on artist to win first place three times; and Patricia substantial compliance by No- said. “These facts indicate that we our behalf or to speak for us.” Michaels, who garnered international attention as a vember 2016 with the settlement have many more days in front of During a break in the hearing, Corrections policy: first-runner-up on “Project Runway” Season 11, which Courtesy of agreement it signed with the DOJ, us in this effort than behind us, Martinez told ABQ Free Press It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct SWAIA/Santa Fe Indian Market errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors aired on the Lifetime network in 2013. the prospects look even grimmer. and that the four-year time frame that APD had indeed called off a at the email addresses on this page. Standing room at the fashion show is free. Tickets for seating are $10. “I don’t think it [compliance is very unlikely to be met.” meeting that the DOJ had sched- If you’re a mingler, check out the Indian Market EDGE preview reception and timetable] is sustainable,” James The city signed the settlement uled with beat cops. He added wine tasting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Convention Center, where Ginger, the independent monitor agreement in November 2014. It that one of the ways the DOJ can Where to find creations of designer Maya Stewart will be on display. Her designs have been in the case, told Brack. “Every- calls for APD to engage in consti- truly gauge what officers in the our paper? featured in Vogue, W Magazine, Elle and Vanity Fair, and worn by such celebri- thing is due in four months. We tutional policing efforts centered field need in the way of policies ties as Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway. Tickets to the preview are $50. List of more than The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number IE-HBE-12-001 from the U.S. can’t cram all this stuff into an around the practice of community and training is to talk with them. 550 locations Santa Fe Indian Market/Indian Market EDGE Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents accelerated timetable. It’s a very policing. Tuesday, Aug. 16 through Sunday, Aug. 21 provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views Dennis Domrzalski is an associate at freeabq.com of HHS or any of its agencies. aggressive timeline. I’m not Martinez also hinted that APD editor at ABQ Free Press. Reach him Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe Convention Center saying the city can’t do it, but we was still stubbornly resisting at [email protected] Tickets or more information: swaia.org 4 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS news ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 5 EPA Probing Alleged ABQ Pollution Bias BY ANDY LYMAN ABQ Free Press Local Briefs Was the Public Shut Out of the ART Discourse? NM POLITICAL REPORT BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI wo years after a community advocacy Reynosa said SWOP found that when the ART fatal officer-involved shootings since y the time opposition to Mayor no minutes were kept of the meetings Tgroup filed a complaint against the City contaminants are measured cumulatively the 2010. The call was for Sgt. Anthony B Richard Berry’s Albuquerque because “ART was a guest at most” of Albuquerque, the EPA confirmed it will results show higher amounts of pollution of Mayor Richard Berry’s Albuquerque Sedler, whose wife, APD Sgt. Amy Rapid Transit project crystallized and and was just presenting information. conduct an investigation into the Albuquer- the surrounding communities. The board did Rapid Transit project cleared another Sedler, called 911 at 8:28 p.m. to report fully mobilized last summer, it was Such presentations logically would que Air Quality Division and its governing not accept the results. hurdle. On Aug. 8, the City Council’s that she thought her husband had shot almost too late. have occurred at meetings of the board. “We took it upon ourselves to do their Government Operations Committee himself. A source has told ABQ Free The city was on the verge of, or transit arm of the Mid-Region Council Members of the Southwest Organizing jobs for them,” Reynosa said. “Instead of killed a resolution that would have put Press that Sedler did not shoot him- already had, submitted its $69 million of Governments, which appeared for Project filed a complaint in 2014 against the congratulating community members, they ART to a public vote in a nonbinding self. But the incident set off a frantic, funding proposal for ART to the a time during ART’s early days to Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality retaliated against them and tried to strike referendum. Councilor Diane Gibson 43-minute search for Sedler near the Federal Transit Administration. And, have conducted parallel hearing tracks Control Board and the Air Quality Division. down their efforts.” The retaliation, SWOP had introduced the resolution, which The group said industrial businesses are said in its complaint, came when the board border of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho the FTA had already granted the city with the city on various iterations of died on a 2-2 vote. But Councilor Ken allowed to overly pollute neighborhoods denied the group a chance to present their by officers from Rio Rancho, APD and an exemption from having to do an the ART idea before the city took over Sanchez’s resolution to put ART on hold occupied predominantly people of color. The findings at public hearings. possibly the Sandoval County Sheriff’s environmental assessment of the proj- exclusive control of the project. until business owners along Central complaint also alleged the board discrimi- Eric Jantz, an attorney with the New Mexico Department. The call ended when APD ect’s impact on Central Avenue and its Rick De Reyes said ABQ Ride’s Avenue can be consulted about ART’s nated against community members who live Environmental Law Center, filed the EPA told the other police departments to surrounding neighborhoods. public outreach on ART began in design and its potential negative impact in affected neighborhoods by denying them a complaint on behalf of SWOP. “Each one of cancel their searches for Sedler without City officials consistently told ART November 2012. He said no meeting public hearing. these permits is considered in a vacuum,” on their businesses was approved by the giving those departments any more opponents that the effort was a done minutes or sign-in sheets of that series Now, the EPA is investigating. Jantz said of the current permitting process. committee. At press time, ART oppo- information about the case. So far, APD deal, that their opposition to it, or of meetings were kept, but he invited Juan Reynosa, a field organizer with SWOP, Danny Nevarez, the City of Albuquerque’s nents were still awaiting a decision from has declined to comment. efforts to change it, were unwelcome. the newspaper to file an Inspection said his group tried to work with the board environmental health deputy director, told the U.S. Court of Appeals on whether Burque Media The bureaucratic machinery was of Public Records Act request in the for years to lessen the effects of pollution NM Political Report it’s likely the city cannot the project would be halted while they Data center already grinding away. Mayor Berry’s papier-maché effigy is strapped to the base of an ART sign on a median on Central near event such records exist. from industrial businesses near residential comply with SWOP’s requests. appeal a judge’s decision to deny them a The New Mexico Public Regulation The recent federal court hearing in Cedar NE, along with a sign protesting ART. neighborhoods. “It’s a pretty tall order, what they were preliminary injunction against ART. Stealth project The board and the Air Quality Division asking,” Nevarez said in reference to the Commission has decided to hold hear- which opponents sought an injunction So what happened? attention to, meaning did the news maintain they conducted sufficient studies, cumulative testing methods SWOP requested. PNM rate hike ings on Facebook’s proposed data center against ART bore that out. U.S. District The Albuquerque Journal, the but SWOP says the studies don’t take into The EPA confirmed, in a letter to SWOP and in Los Lunas. Six parties, including the Judge Kenneth Gonzales said he could Were people, especially Central media do its job of thoroughly inform- state’s largest newspaper, published consideration surrounding facilities that add Jantz, that an investigation is pending. The A hearing officer for the Public Regula- City of Albuquerque, have intervened in rule only on what was contained in the Avenue business owners — gener- ing the community about Berry’s a total of seven articles about ART to the overall pollution. letter made it clear that the investigation did tion Commission recommended that a the case to say they support Facebook’s FTA’s administrative record regarding ally politically and socially involved plans, and did City Hall do a diligent between May 2009 and August Reynosa told NM Political Report when com- not imply probable cause or guilt by the city. proposed rate increase sought by the request. If the data center is built here, ART — a record that had been assem- people — not paying attention to a job of getting word out about the 2015. Not one of them mentioned an munity members challenged the permitting Public Service Company of New Mexico it would be one of the largest electricity bled long before opponents organized process that had begun in 2009? project that blew up in its face? upcoming public meeting on ART Andy Lyman is a reporter for NM Political process, board members said there was not be cut by about two-thirds — from consumers in the state, buying about to add their voices to the record. Was there nothing for them to pay — or BRT for Bus Rapid Transit, as it Report, an online non-profit news agency. Checking a box? sufficient evidence on which to base their $123.5 million a year to $41.3 million. If $31 million worth of power a year from was initially called. Only two of the Read more at NMPoliticalReport.com claims. So SWOP gathered their own data. the commission accepts the hearing of- the Public Service Company of New When did you first hear about ART? Did the city do enough to publicize articles — in April and June 2015 — of- ficer’s proposal, residential customers in Mexico. Los Lunas has already ap- the process and engage as many fered details about the project. Albuquerque and Santa Fe would likely people as possible — in the window proved $30 billion in industrial revenue Here’s a timeline of important ART events: regarding ART : The project did not need ART opponent Doug Peterson, a see increases in the 7.2 percent range. bonds for the project. New Mexico is dedicated lanes in order to qualify for an of time when their voices could have lawyer and former chair of the city’s PNM wanted the rate hike to help cover May 28, 2009. Journal publishes article affected the project — or did the city competing with Utah to land the data about a transit study to link Rio Rancho FTA Small Starts grant. Environmental Planning Commission, $655 million in capital investments it center. and Albuquerque’s northwest and east March 21, 2014. Rio Metro Regional do only what was minimally required said he didn’t hear about ART until has made since 2011. Transit District votes to support ART as the sides through a transit link running over in order to be able to check off a box February 2015 when a friend told him Paseo del Norte. area’s first BRT project over the MRCOG’s on its FTA funding application? Lawsuit about it. Peterson served on the EPC City pays April 12, 2010. City, UNM, the Mid- proposed University/Sunport route. The Based on the available record, those New Mexico Health Connections, the agency’s board says ART is more likely to from 2008 to 2013, and he was chair of A judge has penalized the City of Albu- Region Council of Governments sign are questions whose answers are state’s nonprofit cooperative health an agreement to study the possibility quickly get federal funding. the board for two years. subject to opinion and interpretation. querque for failing to release records to plan formed under the Affordable Care of a transportation network that could June 6, 2015. Journal publishes article, “You would think that if the city the Albuquerque Police Department’s The city’s ART project website says it Act, has sued the federal government, provide service between CNM and UNM “Envisioning ART.” started planning this [ART] in 2011, former records custodian, Reynaldo along University Boulevard. The agree- July 29, 2015. ABQ Free Press, which had 17 public meetings with various saying that an ACA rate stabilization that the Environmental Planning Chavez. State District Judge Alan Malott ment eventually results in a proposal published its first issue on April 23, 2014, neighborhood and other organizations program is flawed and punishes insur- to put a Bus Rapid Transit line down Commission would have heard of it,” ordered the city to pay $2,500 in attor- runs its first article quoting people ques- between 2012 and 2015. ers that keep their members healthy University and link up the airport, CNM, tioning the need for ART. Peterson said. “I believe the city did neys fees to Chavez’s lawyer for its fail- UNM and Menaul Boulevard. It also held a series of six, often and rewards those that don’t. The Aug. 3, 2015. City submits its completed just enough so they could later say that ure to turn over the records. Malott said raucous, meetings earlier this year. lawsuit filed July 29 in federal court in July 25, 2011. The city’s ART consultant, funding application to the FTA. they reached out, while knowing it [the InfraConsult LLC, delivers its “Central the city’s refusal to give those records Albuquerque says the risk adjustment Aug. 12, 2015. A group of 30 to 40 Cen- The city also said it notified Central Avenue Corridor Feasibility Assessment” outreach effort] would not be effective.” to Chavez “demonstrates a lack of good program as administered by the U.S. tral Avenue business owners meets with Avenue business owners with door- study to the city. The study says, “The Central Avenue business owner faith warranting sanctions.” Chavez is city officials to talk about ART’s design. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid purpose of this [study] is for the InfraCon- knob hangers and fliers about ART For many, it is the first they have heard Steve Schroeder first learned about suing the city for unlawful termination. Services amounts to a “reverse Robin sult LLC team to provide an opinion on and the planning process. of the project. Most are angry about the ART in the middle of June 2015 “after He claims he was fired last year after Hood dynamic.” the feasibility of constructing a median ART opponents say they didn’t hear design. By now, the project is basically reading about it somewhere.” On refusing orders that he find ways to running BRT in Central Avenue from 98th about ART until early to mid-2015. fully formed. June 6, 2015, the Journal published deny public information requests from Suspended Street to Tramway Boulevard.” The study They call the city’s public outreach says a center-lane BRT project on Central February– March 2016. ART officials a lengthy article under the headline members of the public. Chavez wants efforts a sham and designed to satisfy A professor set to return to UNM after is feasible. hold six public meetings, many of them “Envisioning ART.” access to a separate database he built his censure on allegations of sexual contentious and overflowing with vocal an FTA requirement that they do some Nov. 9, 2011. Journal publishes article, By then, the public was standing on of public information requests to APD harassment was suspended on Aug. 9 “City Using Federal Funds for BRT Study.” ART opponents. By now, the city’s ART sort of public outreach. federal funding request is already in the chairs and shouting down speakers from members of the media and the pending a probe into new complaints Nov. 20, 2012. City says it holds its first So how many people attended those hands of the FTA bureaucracy. at the series of City Hall-organized public. against him, the university said. Cris- ART meeting at Mesa Verde Community early public meetings, and what did Feb. 9, 2016. ART gets FTA approval and ART meetings. The question now is tobal Valencia, an anthropology profes- Center. The city holds five more meetings they say? at different locations in the next three is included in President Obama’s budget whether all that noise and commotion Strange 911 call sor, had been cleared in June to return for $69 million. We don’t know, because, apparently, weeks, although no minutes of these fell on deaf ears. Officers from the Albuquerque and Rio to work “under close monitoring” to meetings appear to exist. March 21, 2016. City Council votes 7-2 to no records were kept of them. Rancho police departments responded teach two classes before new allegations Feb. 14, 2014. Transit department plan- accept federal funding for ART. Joan Griffin, president of the public Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor to a suicide call on Aug. 2 for an APD surfaced, UNM said. Valencia is appeal- ner Andrew DeGarmo emails his superiors April 4, 2016. ART opponents file two relations firm that does public relations at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at sergeant who has been involved in three ing his censure. to say he was wrong about a crucial issue lawsuits that seek to halt the project. work for ART, told ABQ Free Press that [email protected] 6 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS/COLUMNS columnS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 7 Where Do the ‘Feel the DA Brandenburg Will Go Down Will ART Torpedo Berry’s As the Watchdog that Didn’t Bark Berners’ Go Now? BY dan klein Political Future? BY JOHNNY VIZCAINO ixteen years is accused of malicious prosecution after BY JOE MONAHAN a long time S a mentally retarded man was arrested hy would a free ride, enabling him to keep his ap- ho will those disenchanted Survey shows shift to Clinton for someone to and held in solitary confinement for WRepublican proval rating above 50 percent. A run for WBernie Sanders voters vote for in A Cop’s hold the same three years, for a rape/murder that DNA mayor alienate so governor could be ill-fated from the start November? Of 123 UNM students we surveyed recently, public office. Kari evidence proved he did not commit. they supported: many business-own- as Berry would be subjected to vigorous ABQ Free Press staked out the UNM View Brandenburg has Albuquerque paid $1.3 million, and the Sanders: 62 ing Republicans along attacks from the dominant conservative campus recently to find out, polling been Bernalillo DA was sanctioned for $45,000. This is Clinton: 9 Central Avenue, even statewide wing of the GOP. He’d face 123 students selected to roughly match County district what happens when the agency tasked Trump: 7 as he floats the idea far fewer hurdles if he sought a third the demographic of the overall UNM attorney since to be the “check and balance” fails to Other (Cruz, Kasich, others): 8 of running for the mayoral term. student body. 2001, and now, in 2016, her office is in act and instead is seen cozily working Didn’t vote in primary: 37 2018 GOP gubernato- Berry would no longer get a free ride Half of UNM undergrads we talked shambles. hand in hand with the very people they rial nomination? After from the Dems if he reversed course and to identified themselves as Bernie Of the 62 Sanders supporters, they In the time that Brandenburg has are supposed to be watching. all, restaurant owners such as Larry and sought four more years at City Hall, but Sanders supporters during the primary now support: been in office, we have gone from a In 2013, Schultz was forced into Dorothy Rainosek, owners of the iconic Democrats are more likely than the Rs to election season. In our unscientific sur- Clinton: 34 DA who was accused of being too cozy retirement as the U.S. Department of Frontier, are major contributors to Re- split the vote among themselves (as they vey, half of those now say they intend Gary Johnson: 11 with Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Justice began doing what the District publican causes and candidates. Ditto for did in 2009), giving Berry a head start Jill Stein: 2 to shift their support to the Democratic Schultz to one who says current Chief Attorney’s Office had for years refused Tom Tinnin, owner of a stretch of property in making a runoff election or securing Unsure: 15 Gorden Eden won’t return her phone presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton – to do — investigate APD’s use of force. near Highland High School and like the the 50 percent of the vote necessary to calls or emails. for better or worse. In 2014, Eden became APD’s chief, Rainoseks ardently opposed to ART. avoid one. In 16 years, Brandenburg has lurched The rest were unsure of who they facing this country and has offered real and soon after, the pendulum of the No reliable polling has been done on between both ends of the spectrum, will support or said they will vote for solutions,” Sanders said in his speech APD-DA relationship went from overly how Berry’s core GOP constituency feels never landing in the middle. Berry has so alienated his a third-party candidate – with most at the Democratic National Conven- friendly to downright hostile. APD about ART, but it’s not a stretch to say When Brandenburg first took office, the overwhelming majority are opposed of those favoring former New Mexico tion. “By these measures, any objective began investigating Brandenburg GOP base that the likely the Albuquerque Police Department to the $119 million rapid bus project. Gov. Gary Johnson, who is running on observer will conclude that, based on for witness intimidation regarding gubernatorial run of her ideas, her leadership, Hilary Clin- was embroiled in the Evidence Room Remember how they cheered in 2009 the Libertarian ticket. criminal charges involving her son. ton must become the next president of scandal, which forced APD Chief Gilbert when then mayoral candidate Berry Lt. Gov. John Sanchez Despite attempts by the Trump cam- APD suspended the investigation, but the United States.” Gallegos to resign. Brandenburg should blasted Mayor Marty Chavez for propos- and the possible paign to woo disenfranchised Sanders after Brandenburg charged two APD supporters, not a single student who have convened a special grand jury to ing a “street car” down the very same candidacy of southern Trending investigate the allegations of fraud, officers with murder in the James Boyd stretch of Central where Berry wants to had been a Sanders supporter indicated homeless camper case, APD command they would shift their support to Trump. “What we’re seeing is similar to embezzlement and tampering with run ART buses? That anti-transit position GOP Congressman staff sent the investigation to the New Overall, we found that in the coming what you found,” said Gabe Sanchez, evidence surrounding that mess, but was key to getting Berry into a mayoral Steve Pearce loom large Mexico attorney general. election, students surveyed said they associate professor of political science instead she did nothing. An opportu- runoff with Chavez and going on to Attorney General Hector Balderas weren’t voting “for” a particular nomi- at UNM and executive director of the nity to right a seriously troubled APD defeat him. Then there’s the matter of money. As reviewed the case and found no merit nee as much as voting “against” one. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ship was squandered. Berry’s zealousness in completing ART he did in 2013, Berry would likely opt to in the criminal allegations against Among respondents whose support Center for Health Policy. After Gallegos resigned, Ray Schultz over the strenuous objections of his own privately finance his campaign, raising Brandenburg and stated he felt it was has shifted from Sanders to Clinton, a “There is pretty clear evidence that was appointed police chief. Both political base prompted this newspaper north of $1 million for October 2017’s politically motivated on APD’s part. to editorialize that Berry was pushing election. Some Democrats would try the common refrain was that Clinton is not [Sanders supporters] are not going to Schultz and Brandenburg stated they Balderas went so far as to state that through an ill-advised project because same, but it’s more difficult for them. Donald Trump. support Trump,” he said. had a great working relationship. They both Eden and Brandenburg had failed some of the millions of dollars earned The City Council recently approved In the larger group of 123 students “[Trump] has attempted to ac- would meet weekly for lunch to work in their leadership positions. by ART contractors will end up in Berry’s a measure that, if approved by voters, surveyed, Trump supporters said a big tively court those votes,” Sanchez said, on issues affecting both agencies. In As the open war between Eden and future gubernatorial campaign kitty. Or would nearly double the amount a part of Trump’s political appeal is that noting that there have been similar hindsight, it seems the Brandenburg- maybe it will be a different kitty? publicly financed candidate could receive he is not a politician. attempts on the part of the Clinton Schultz relationship was far too Brandenburg escalated, APD officer- Berry has so alienated his GOP base for a mayoral run from $362,000 to When asked to provide reasons campaign. close, and it appears they came to an involved shooting cases sat unresolved, that the likely gubernatorial run of Lt. $630,000. That’s a fairly large sum that “A lot hangs in the balance of how informal agreement in which neither sometimes for years. Brandenburg behind his support for Trump, one Gov. John Sanchez and the possible would enable a candidate to compete hard Bernie Sanders works to try to move would say or do anything negative openly admonished APD for its work respondent who hadn’t previously sup- candidacy of southern GOP Congressman with Berry’s seven-figure treasury. The his support over to Hillary,” he said. about the other’s agency. with the Jaquise Lewis Los Altos Skate ported Sanders said, “Really, it’s not Steve Pearce loom large. For Berry, there wrinkle is whether the Bernalillo County Unlike the revolutionary Sanders, During the Schultz years, police use Park killing, but that case too sits those reasons (for), it would be reasons are three choices: retire from politics, Commission will place the measure on against Hillary Clinton. I just don’t Clinton favors an incremental approach of deadly and nondeadly force sky- somewhere in her agency, unresolved. rocketed. There were instances where run for governor, or seek a third term as the November ballot. They meet to trust her, and that’s really the main to policymaking, “and that obviously Brandenburg is leaving, but Eden, citizens had their ears burned off by mayor. decide the issue later this month. If they reason.” just doesn’t excite the young people,” somehow, remains, despite APD’s APD officers using Tasers, and several Retirement does not seem to be in decide they can’t find space for it, get- Despite the boos directed at Clinton Sanchez said. miserable record in reforming itself. unarmed men were shot and killed. In the cards as he is known to have widely ting it approved in time for next year’s by Sanders delegates at the Democratic The real question for the Nov. 8 The new district attorney must set all of these instances, Brandenburg’s talked of his political future. Running election gets complicated. National Convention, Sanders support- election is whether or not Sanders sup- firm guidelines between the DA and office (through the grand jury system) for governor is still on the table, but if There is yet another wrinkle in the ers at UNM said the Vermont sena- porters will actually show up to vote in APD. The DA must collaborate with concluded that justifiable force was Berry is serious, he may be the only one politics of ART. If the project survives tor’s endorsement of Clinton meant November, Sanchez said. APD to make sure the system runs used. Even when civil court judges in the room who sees a clear path to the court challenges and construction something – even if she is now their “Every election cycle, there’s a whole smoothly, but the DA must be an GOP nomination in the aftermath of ART begins in September, a year from now, were publicly questioning APD actions candidate “of last resort.” lot of discussion about the youth vote, advocate for the public’s rights in deal- and the disastrous management of APD. both the construction and the mayoral and testimony — and judges and juries “If he endorses Hilary Clinton, and every single election cycle, they ing with a police department that has a Then there’s mayor, a job he has said he campaign will be fully under way. We’ll awarded massive damage awards in hopefully it’s because he believes in underperform expectations,” he said, “so history of misconduct, criminal acts and would not seek again but that could be know whether it caused the predicted use-of-force cases — Brandenburg did what she’s saying,” one Sanders sup- it’s a calculus, [for Clinton] it’s ‘if I move corruption. The DA must find middle his most likely route, opines Pete Dinelli, traffic chaos and business failures. That nothing. She never voiced complaint or porter said. “I should probably do a to the left on these issues to court the ground in working with APD. The next a former Albuquerque city councilor and outcome could have a large say in concern over Schultz’s APD. little more research before I decide, but young people, will it alienate older vot- District Attorney’s Office can’t be run 2013 mayoral hopeful. determining Berry’s political future. To show how tethered Schultz’s that’s what I was thinking.” ers who are much more likely to vote?’” by APD. Veteran politics watchers say the APD and Brandenburg’s DA office had “This election is about which can- Democrats, the City Council and the Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico Johnny Vizcaino is an editorial intern at become, in 2010 both APD and the didate understands the real problems Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police media have pretty much given Berry a politics. His daily blog can be found at ABQ Free Press. Bernalillo County district attorney were sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. joemonahan.com 8 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS columns/features NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 9 Going Guerilla Against PARCC The Gold King Mine Spill, One Year Later by sayrah namastÉ

s students “Teacher Resistance” will be held 6–8 p.m. Mexican reforms and those in New protests in front of schools, protests at A return Friday, Aug. 26 at the Albuquerque Center for Mexico, and she will discuss local the Capitol, and student walkouts. to school and Peace and Justice, 202 Harvard Dr. SE. It is teachers’ resistance to standardized Teachers recently won a victory teachers prepare organized by the Albuquerque Caucus of Rank testing. Alvarado experienced the ef- through an ACLU lawsuit that caused for another year and File and the Albuquerque Center for Peace fects of the state’s standardized testing the New Mexico Department of Edu- of standardized and Justice. as an indigenous student in the New cation to back off a “gag order” that testing, a group Mexico public school system, and she prevented teachers from criticizing of educators in were arrested and some were killed will reflect on how testing affected her standardized testing. the local teachers’ by Mexican police. Their fight has education. Clayton organized a rally to show union have organized a presentation grown to become a popular movement solidarity with the Oaxacan teachers and potluck they’re calling “School against neo-liberal reforms in Mexico. Speakers will discuss in front of the Mexican Consulate Reform and Teacher Resistance.” Local activist Lois Meyer has col- earlier this summer. The event compares the teachers’ laborated closely with the Oaxaca how Oaxacan unionized “There are those who want a teach- struggles in New Mexico with those teachers for 17 years and was with teachers sparked a ing force that is submissive, cornered, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Presenters include the encamped teachers in Mexico this nationwide resistance incapable of raising its voice,” is an Albuquerque teacher, a local June, when 100 people were injured a warning from Oaxaca found on and nine were killed. She will give her movement against student, and an activist with intimate protest signs. Jai Crank knowledge of how unionized Oaxa- analysis of the impacts of the imposed Mexico’s federally For more information search can teachers sparked a nationwide Mexican reforms and on teachers’ job mandated ‘school reforms’ Facebook using the keywords “school Two views of the San Juan River as it courses through Monument Valley: The photo on the right was taken on Aug. 17, 2015, 12 days after the Gold King mine spill. security and community-based educa- resistance movement against Mexico’s reform” and “teacher resistance.” BY ANDREA MONK tion efforts in rural, marginalized federally mandated “school reforms.” Clayton will talk about local teacher Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the Teachers stormed the ruling party’s Oaxacan communities. resistance to neo-liberal reforms in American Friends Service Committee in t’s been a year now since the Gold The lead EPA official supervis- Gold Corp., owner of the Sunnyside that the hydraulic pressure of the office and occupied their plaza for UNM student Hope Alvarado and New Mexico, where teachers and Albuquerque. She writes about events of King Mine spilled 3 million gallons ing cleanup efforts at the mine site, Mine, has said that neither the com- wastewater trapped inside Gold King months, led large-scale protests and Albuquerque teacher Clayton Levine students have fought back against I interest to Albuquerque’s activist of wastewater loaded with an esti- who was on vacation at the time pany nor Sunnyside mine contributed was significantly above the amounts marches, and blocked highways. Many will provide comparisons between the the high-stakes PARCC test through community. mated 880,000 pounds of toxic metals of the spill, told EPA and Colorado to the spill. anticipated. Despite this, the hy- into southwestern Colorado’s Cement environmental officials not to begin After that decision, the mine con- draulic pressure inside the mine was Creek, which polluted the Animas excavating until after he returned on tinued to fill with water until the toxic never tested during the three months and San Juan rivers. Aug. 14 — so that he could arrange pool reached the equilibrium point at of preparation for the EPA’s ill-fated The State of New Mexico filed a for an engineer to inspect the site and which the amount of water coming Gold King excavation project. Why Did We Take This Photo? lawsuit against the U.S. Environmen- equipment could be set up to handle in through mine drainage was equal Long-term impact tal Protection Agency in May 2016 the discharge. to the amount going out through ell us what this thing is, and win four tickets to an Albuquerque ezica B came in with the “what” of last issue’s mystery photo but was a and another in June against the State The employees ignored these instruc- fractures in the rock and other natural In Utah, the state Department of Isotopes baseball game. The “thing” in the photo is something little light on the purpose of “the thing.” Shannon Wagers was the first T J of Colorado; water quality monitoring tions and told the EPA’s contractor, processes. At that point, according to Environmental Quality reported that publicly visible around town. If you know what it is, tell us with as to solve the mystery of last issue’s photo. Both will get Isotopes tickets. is continuing; use restrictions on river Environmental Restoration, to start the Kinross, the discharges of toxic waste- water sampling in June showed that much detail and context as you can. Send your answers to Here’s Shannon’s July 31 email: water have been lifted; and comments excavation on Aug. 4, which precipi- water would stop. Sunnyside Gold aluminum concentrations exceeded [email protected] by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. “It sure looks like from a stakeholders’ group on water tated the massive spill on Aug. 5. was required to monitor the level of safe levels for aquatic life, that molyb- one of those concrete quality monitoring reports from the toxic wastewater inside the mine for denum levels at Montezuma Creek ‘tombstones’ that EPA were scheduled to be released Criminal probe two years after the bulkheads were had exceeded agricultural quality criteria once and that total dissolved cover the west face of Aug. 12. In a letter to New Mexico’s representatives installed and to undertake remedia- solids regularly exceeded health the John B. Roberts The EPA has admitted responsibility in Congress, the EPA says its Office of tion projects for other sites in the area criteria. dam near Juan Tabo for the spill. On June 23, New Mexico Inspector General is working with the that had been contaminated with zinc In New Mexico, the state Environ- and Spain in the far filed suit against the State of Colorado U.S. Department of Justice to determine and iron. ment Department remains concerned Northeast Heights. in the U.S. Supreme Court under a whether crimes were committed by EPA However, almost as soon as the about the long-term effects of the The dam is part of provision of the U.S. Constitution that or by contract employees whose actions bulkheads were installed, the waste- contaminated water and sediment Albuquerque Metro- gives the high court exclusive jurisdic- led to the Gold King Mine spill. The EPA’s water started migrating from the released during the spill. In official politan Area Flood tion over disputes between the states. Region 6 office in Dallas, which oversees Sunnyside Mine to nearby mines, comments to the EPA, New Mexico Control Authority’s According to the lawsuits, the Gold operations in New Mexico, did not return including Gold King. An inspection called for greater scientific integrity network of flood King Mine spill was caused by con- an email seeking further comment. by Colorado’s Division of Minerals control channels, tract workers, supervised by Colorado and Geology found that Gold King and regulatory honesty. The state check dams and and EPA officials, who were attempt- drained one to two gallons of toxic accused the agency of selectively ponding areas. It is ing to excavate tons of rock and debris Toxic buildup wastewater per minute before the “cherry-picking” data to minimize the designed to catch blocking the entrance to the mine as bulkheads’ 1996 installation. By 2005, effects of the spill and of falsely stating flash floods com- part of an ongoing effort to clean up The buildup of toxic mine waste- the discharge rate had risen to 40 publicly that New Mexico irrigation ing down the Bear toxic mine sites in the area. water in the Gold King Mine started gallons per minute — which led the ditches were shut down during the Canyon Arroyo The EPA and the Colorado Division in 1996, when Sunnyside Gold Corp., EPA and Colorado officials in 2011 to spill and therefore contaminated water from the Sandias. of Reclamation, Mining and Safety owner of the neighboring Sunnyside step up efforts to remove toxic waste did not reach crops and livestock. If enough water had long been aware that highly pres- Mine, entered into a consent decree drainage from Gold King and other New Mexico asserted that the EPA came down to spill surized toxic wastewater had been with the State of Colorado that al- mines in the area. has downplayed the seriousness of over the dam, the building up in the mine and neighbor- lowed it to close its water treatment Reports and work orders ex- the spill and made unsubstantiated ‘tombstones’ would ing mines for years and that there plant and instead install hydraulic changed between the EPA, Kinross conclusions about its long-term effects. slow the flow and would be a high risk of a blowout if seals, or “bulkheads,” that would stop and Colorado environmental officials The U.S. Geological Service plans create turbulence, anyone tried to remove the blockage the drainage of wastewater through between 2011 and 2015 indicated that to conduct continuous water quality blunting its destruc- from the opening. the workings of the mine. Kinross all organizations in the loop knew monitoring at four sites along the tive force.” cont. on page 16 10 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS newS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 11 Film Documents Cannabis’ Effect on Teen Brains BY PETER ST. CYR

lbuquerque documentary film- of them claimed benefit,” the committee concluded A maker Chris Schueler spent the they’ve smoke the after reviewing an unnamed attor- past year asking questions about how drug before the age of ney’s inquiry. cannabis affects adolescents’ develop- 13. Some told Schueler Attorney Jason Marks, who repre- ing brains. it opened the door to sents the Cannabis Producers of New In his latest project, “New Mari- experimenting with Mexico, says the advisory opinion, juana,” premiering at a free showing alcohol and other more which is not binding and hasn’t been at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the dangerous drugs, tested in a disciplinary hearing, es- KiMo Theatre Downtown, Schueler including opiates. sentially deprives the medical canna- reports cannabis may be gaining “With all the bis business owners the right to legal social acceptance, but teen smokers changes that we’ve consultation. increase their chance for developing seen in the past few While attorneys can still file legal irreversible mental illnesses, including years regarding legal- complaints on their behalf or repre- schizophrenia, and for getting into ity, it seemed really sent them in civil suit, Marks argues trouble driving intoxicated. important to take a the committee’s guidance essentially look at cannabis and operators. prohibits attorneys from writing busi- “New Marijuana” Broadcast Schedule its various uses,” Schueler said. “We In the Aug. 10 issue of the Bar Bul- ness contracts, memos of understand- Aug. 20, 6 p.m., KASA-TV work with young people around the letin, the State Bar of New Mexico’s ing, and other legal documents. state, and they were all saying that pot Aug. 27, 7 p.m., KASY-TV Ethics Advisory Committee published In 2010, certified public accountants is prevalent, extremely easy to obtain, Sept. 3, 7 p.m., KRQE-TV an advisory opinion warning at- were warned by the New Mexico Ac- and they wanted to know the truth torneys that legal consultations with countancy Board not to perform state Sept. 10, 7 p.m., KWBQ-TV about the drug – good and bad.” dispensary owners could violate their health department-mandated audits The film will air on local televi- Professional Code of Conduct. for dispensaries until after the conflict sion stations later this month and in between federal and state laws is While cannabis use among youth September. “Negotiating contracts for the pur- resolved. has dropped 23 percent in New Mexico chase of cannabis would be directly since 2003, a little more than 50 percent Legal Warning assisting the client to engage in a Peter St. Cyr has covered medical of current Bernalillo County area high Local lawyers may want to think criminal activity” since federal law cannabis in New Mexico since the school students admit they’ve tried twice before providing legal advice still considers the drug to be a con- state legalized it in 2007. Reach him at the drug at least once, and 20 percent to New Mexico’s 35 medical cannabis trolled substance without any medical [email protected] Medical Cannabis Denied N.M. True Certification BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF

pparently, New Mexico won’t application for participation in the A be leaping into the marijuana program,” she wrote. tourism business anytime soon. The Duke Rodriguez, CEO of Scotts- state Tourism Department denied dale, Ariz.-based Ultra Health, ob- “New Mexico True” certification to jected to the denial, saying medical Ultra Health, which operates five cannabis is legal under New Mexico medical cannibas stores in New law and that his company’s products Mexico. are grown and processed wholly “Thank you for your interest and within New Mexico “and therefore application to participate in the New fully meet the criteria to be consid- Mexico True Certified program,” ered in the program.” wrote Aimee Barabe, director of New Mexico has between 25,000 marketing outreach and partnerships and 30,000 medical cannabis patients at the tourism department. — most of them in the Albuquerque “Cannabis is still illegal under metro area. “We are the fastest grow- federal law and New Mexico limits ing sector in New Mexico’s economy,” consumption for medical purposes Rodriguez said. only with a prescription,” Barabe It is estimated that medical can- wrote in a June 24 email denying the nabis sales will reach $45 million in certification request. sales in 2016 – more than the $41.1 “The Tourism Department pri- million generated by the state’s chile marily advertises/markets outside crop. New Mexico craft beers, many of New Mexico, including the New of which are New Mexico True- Mexico True Certified program, and certified, generate about $25 million therefore we cannot accept your in sales. 12 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS sports News ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 13 Lobos’ Krebs Still Living N.M.’s Coming ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Card BY DAN VUKELICH

herman Morrison is an The foundation’s Public Safety Well Beyond His Means Sevangelist of sorts who Assessment uses nine factors to BY richard stevens crisscrosses the country telling determine whether an arrestee government officials they need is dangerous or is a flight risk. t’s time to cut In case you have been living in a to empty their jails – which is Now in use in 30 cities, the I teacher salaries cave — or maybe working two jobs to odd for a judge who has locked tool is race and gender neutral, on the main cam- make ends meet — the Kingdom of up thousands of people in his according to the foundation. In pus at the Universi- Krebs was about $1.54 million in deficit 37 years on the bench. jurisdictions where it is used, it ty of New Mexico. for the 2015-16 season. Yes, that’s But Morrison now says that has dramatically reduced both Let the professors million. And, yes, it’s the seventh time locking up people to await trial the failure-to-appear rate and eat cake. in the past nine seasons that Krebs has just digs a deeper hole for them the incidence of pretrial crime. Raise the prices failed to balance the checkbook in his once they get out and that it of student books. Give 10 percent of the fiscally challenged department. This is has become a growing financial The critics food court profits to the Kingdom of his biggest hole yet. drain on taxpayers. Gerald Madrid, owner of Krebs. Charge those egghead students Here’s an interesting pearl of As The New York Times put Gerald Madrid Bail Bonds in on the main campus an admission fee wisdom from Andrew Cullen, a UNM it in “The Bail Trap,” an August Albuquerque, is president of to enter the library. Raise parking fees. associate vice president in the office of 2015 piece on the inherent the 10-member New Mexico Force the students to go to Lobo foot- planning, budget and analysis. Cullen unfairness of the U.S. bail bond Bail Bond Association, which ball games and purchase Lobo Dogs. was quoted as saying the athletics system, “Every year, thousands lobbied against the proposed It must be nice to live in the King- department’s deficit “could have been of innocent people are sent amendment at the Legislature dom of Krebs — also known as New very easily swept under the rug or hid- to jail only because they can’t this past winter. Mexico Lobos Athletics. Spend what den, but they wanted in full transpar- afford to post bail, putting Everyone is entitled to a you want. Spend what you don’t have. ency to get us fully aware and fully them at risk of losing their jobs, reasonable bond, he said, as Give coaches and sports administrators briefed on that.” custody of their children — Sackhorn defined by the Eighth Amend- pay raises. Pay ex-employees consult- even their lives.” ment to the U.S. Constitution ing fees. “As bail has evolved in A proposed amendment to the New Mexico Constitution would allow judges to hold dangerous people without bond until Or maybe it’s time to give Paul It must be nice to live in trial and to release more people who aren’t dangerous without requiring them to post cash or surety bonds. and mirrored in the New America, it has become less Krebs, UNM’s vice president of athlet- Mexico Constitution, which the Kingdom of Krebs and less a tool for keeping ics, a lesson in Economics 101. That’s judges to release people before trial who aren’t state, “Excessive bail shall not people out of jail, and more and more a trap door for a class some universities offer to help — also known as dangerous. be required, nor excessive fines those who cannot afford to pay it,” wrote Nick Pinto, young people with things like, er, bal- New Mexico Lobos “A person who is not detainable on grounds of imposed, nor cruel and unusual author of the piece. ancing a checkbook. It’s an easy class. dangerousness nor a flight risk in the absence of punishments inflicted.” Athletics Until recently, nobody paid much attention to the You figure out how much money you bond and is otherwise eligible for bail shall not Despite bail reformers’ argu- people who couldn’t post bond, but with lawsuits have. You see how much you spend. be detained solely because of financial inability ments that unsecured bonds Wow! Krebs has to tell the main over jail overcrowding on the rise nationwide, You don’t spend more than you have. to post a money or property bond,” according to are as effective as cash or surety campus when he overspends by $1.54 “People are waking up to how much money they’re Here’s the scenario for Krebs’ intro- the proposed amendment. bonds, Madrid said “there’s no million. Is the main campus making duction into Econ 101: Send King Krebs spending on keeping people locked up in cages,” The District of Columbia courts adopted incentive to show up, and courts him do this? Don’t they have some- Morrison said. into Walmart with $100. Of course, similar rules. “Now, not a single man or woman have no way to enforce them.” thing better to do than stick their noses “The problem in America is that we have too many Dan Vukelich Krebs will come out with $150 in goods, in the District of Columbia is in jail because they He believes the amendment will into Krebs’ Kingdom? Damn, are the people locked up — and the vast majority of them District of Columbia Senior not because he’s dishonest but simply didn’t have the money to get out,” Morrison Superior Court Judge Sherman lead to more crime and that re- good-old-boy days of athletics coming are the wrong people, the people who don’t pose a because that’s what you do in the said. Morrison peat and habitual offenders will to an end? Unlikely — as long as Krebs danger but can’t make a $1,000 or $2,000 bond.” Kingdom of Krebs, where there is little Morrison, a friend of New Mexico Chief be released in larger numbers by is writing the checks and Frank is stick- “Rich people get out of jail, and poor people stay accountability and poor accounting. Justice Charles Daniels, was invited to New Mexico pleading indigency. ing his head in the sand. in,” he said. Probably, there will be a security to discuss the District of Columbia experience. On an Of course, there are lots of reasons A 2010 study by the New Mexico Sentencing Com- What’s needed guard making 12 bucks an hour chas- average day in Washington, 10 percent to 12 percent ing down Krebs and his $300,000-plus and excuses for this money pit, but the mission found the median length of stay in county When arrestees go to court for a bond hearing, main reason comes down to a single of the jail population is ordered held without bond salary in the Walmart parking lot. jails of inmates awaiting trial on felony charges was judges are often in the dark about their prior criminal word: mismanagement. But, if you pre- until a preventive detention hearing can be scheduled Probably, Krebs would pull out his 147 days. The median length of stay of inmates await- records. fer to go the excuse route, the Kingdom in three to five days. cell phone and call UNM President ing trial on misdemeanor charges was 84 days. “If the average person in Albuquerque or Las Cru- of Krebs gives you choices: The state The rest go before judges, and most of those are Robert Frank and say something like: At a cost of $100 to $125 a night per inmate at Ber- ces knew how little a judge knows about the person doesn’t give us enough money; the stu- released without posting a money or surety bond. “Bob. I don’t understand this. I’ve nalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center and standing before them in a bond hearing, they’d be dents don’t give us enough money; our “Ninety percent of them come back and are not never had anyone hold me accountable an average of $65 a night in other counties, that’s an shocked,” said Morrison, who has studied jurisdic- boosters don’t give us enough money; rearrested,” Morrison said. Those 90 percent, most of for spending more than I have. What’s amount that has gotten the attention of New Mexico’s tions around the state. not enough fans come to our games. them poor, don’t lose jobs, apartments or their fami- this crap? Coach Neal really needs counties, the New Mexico Supreme Court and, this To address that, the courts are building a database Maybe the answer is to send Krebs lies because they’re not sitting in jail merely because these extra clipboards. He wants to put past winter, the New Mexico Legislature. to link all New Mexico courts and to allow a judge back to school. UNM supposedly has they can’t raise $500 or $1,000 to post a bond, he said. in an offense this year.” to instantly know whether an arrestee coming before a good one. Enroll him in Econ 101. Proposed amendment “Sometimes the reason people go to jail is not the Frank: “Don’t worry, Paul. I’ll take him for a bond hearing has an outstanding warrant There’s a term in sports that applies to In the 2016 session, the Legislature approved Con- reason they need to stay in jail,” said Sal Baragiola, $50 out of some professor’s salary or a pending case in another jurisdiction, Chief Justice in some department nobody knows Krebs when it comes to balancing the stitutional Amendment No. 1, which goes before New a former Bernalillo County undersheriff and career Daniels said. about, like drama or geospatial studies. books: “There is always next year.” Mexico voters in November. police officer. “Bail reform will have the potential to The Legislature appropriated $500,000 to the New They don’t get paid much anyway The amendment would permit bail to be denied keep the people who are a danger to society incarcer- Mexico Department of Public Safety to get the data- so they won’t miss it. So, you’re cool. Richard Stevens is a former sports “if the prosecuting authority requests a hearing and ated and release the people who aren’t.” base project started. It should be up and running by Now, hurry and get those clipboards writer for The Albuquerque Tribune. proves by clear and convincing evidence that no To aid judges in their decisions to release or detain the end of the year, Daniels said. to Noodles. The regents were hoping More recently, he was an insider at the release conditions will reasonably protect the safety people, New Mexico’s courts seek to adopt a risk Neal’s $950,000 salary package would Lobo athletic department. Reach him at of any other person or the community.” assessment system created by the John and Laura Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press. include an offense this year.” [email protected] At the same time, the amendment would encourage Arnold Foundation, a criminal justice nonprofit. each him at [email protected] 14 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS analysis/letters letters/cartoons ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 15

Sarah Palin’s Death Panels Exist To the Editor: tested for health effects, but To the Editor: To the Editor: I respect opinions I disagree those who are in the know – The concept of the new city website New Mexico educators work for stu- with but only informed opin- Ph.D.s, MDs and those who abq66.com is unique and provides a dent reading success every day, usually In the Form of Healthcare Clerks ions. In the cartoon suggest- are electro-magnetically sensi- great service and knowledge base for without sufficient support. Even in these By BILL HUME ing that the NRA is in league tive have tried to get the word residents. One of its purposes is to show- conditions, many positive programs are oo Big to Fail. That has been the battle with ISIS (6/29-7/12 issue), out to the public. case the historic, vintage culture of his- being moved with support from admin- Tcry against behemoth banks and financial cartoonist Gary Glasgow Lloyd’s of London excludes toric Route 66 in Albuquerque. With the istrators and local school boards. Too institutions. Now, a Too Big to Regulate banner clearly shows complete igno- coverage for claims caused pending ART rapid transit system due to often, news coverage regarding educa- should be unfurled alongside it. rance of firearms, gun laws by exposure to nonionizing take place, abq66.com will unfortunately tion matters fails to appreciate the posi- When the U.S. Department of Justice filed and the position of the NRA radiation. become a history documentary showing tive approach toward student success suit to block the merger of healthcare giants as concerns efforts at enacting How common is Electro- what used to be rather than what is. The promoted by the National Education Anthem and Cigna, the CEO of Anthem sug- more gun control laws. magnetic Hypersensitivity website editor will be quite busy deleting Association-New Mexico and practiced gested its participation in the Affordable Care While “assault rifle” is a Syndrome? Estimates vary all the businesses that close due to the by educators on a daily basis. Act exchanges may be at risk if the merger is valid term, guns of that type widely, but several countries unnecessary and destructive project. Solutions must begin with all of us. blocked — effectively holding its 800,000-plus (capable of fully automatic report around 4 percent to 10 — Jeffrey Paul Working together, we can improve edu- ACA exchange clients hostage to its business fire) have been effectively percent. Extrapolated figures cational and quality-of- life indicators for goals. Justice challenged the Anthem-Cigna banned since 1934. So the car- suggest that 50 percent of the children in this state. This work will take merger at the same time it opposed a parallel toonist’s caption that the “U.S. population may be affected by To the Editor: teamwork from all organizations, parents mating of giants Aetna and Humana. Seventy-five years ago, our country Consider the implications of Anthem’s threat: Senate refuses to restrict sales 2017, and it remains possible and public schools. We need to listen went to war against a megalomaniac If the government doesn’t acquiesce in its of assault rifles” is incorrect. that EHS could manifest in all to the voices of all concerned. We need merger, further increasing the market concen- I am sure that he actu- members of the population with delusions of grandeur who prom- to respect the educators who teach our tration of the healthcare oligopoly, it will exact ally refers to the guns termed with enough exposure. ised his countrymen he would make children. retribution. It will strike back at a government “assault weapons” under the Many children are currently their country great again and solve all A recent Albuquerque Journal edito- program to extend healthcare to previously bans, both expired and newly affected but undiagnosed. their problems. He whipped the citizenry rial mischaracterizes our position about uninsured Americans. It suggests that two Sarah Palin, mother of death panels lie. proposed, but what does that Children are likely to be more into a frenzy by appealing to their baser mandatory retention of students in third instincts and blaming all their problems healthcare titans think they are so big that another. One can look at Medicaid funding in say about the cartoonist’s vulnerable to developing grade, based on standardized student either they set the rules or they’ll pick up their New Mexico these days to see that the require- credibility? These bans in- EHS since their exposure is on others, including immigrants, Jews, test scores. NEA-New Mexico advocates marbles and go home to the more lucrative ment to continue isn’t always a guarantee that clude not only military-style higher and outcomes may be and other minorities that were not for positive, proactive policies and segments of the market. levels of service are maintained. semiautomatic rifles but worse, given their developing “Aryan” (i.e., white). evidence-based programs to achieve When First Lady Hillary Clinton set out in Opposition to a national single-payer plan nearly all semiauto firearms. systems and greater time for Today, our country, as well as others, greater student success in reading. the mid-1990s to design a plan for universal has been pitched largely on assertions that Recent polls purport to latent effects. Brain tumors can see history repeating itself. Too many We must provide more intensive healthcare, she and her experts leaned toward government couldn’t run an efficient program show that most Americans, have overtaken leukemia as a people, including those too lazy, too self- remediation (including one-on-one help a single-payer system, something along the and that government control is an anathema including many gun owners, leading cause of death in chil- centered, too racist, too uninformed or where needed) if students are struggling lines of Medicare — except for everybody. The to healthcare. We may have avoided the so- favor a ban on military-style dren (both are associated with poorly educated are listening to another to read at all grades but especially up to healthcare industry (think Anthem, Cigna and called “death panels,” but any physician who semiautomatic rifles. If legisla- electromagnetic frequency megalomaniac bully telling them he can and including third grade. their colleagues) mounted a scare campaign has pleaded and cajoled to gain approval for a solve all their problems and make their that stopped it dead in its tracks (remember the tion were proposed to do only exposure). Parents, teachers of record for each needed procedure or medication knows that a that, rather than to ban all There is evidence that ge- country great again if only they elect him student, the school administrator and “death panels” that Sarah Palin touted in 2009?). death panel function does exists today — per- When the Obama administration launched semiautos, it might succeed. netic damage caused by expo- “supreme ruler” – the Constitution and related education professionals of the formed by a “prior approval” clerk with a cost Unfortunately, the gun-control sure within current guidelines democratic principles be damned. district should form a team approach its universal healthcare push, it backed away avoidance checklist in his computer. lobby always reaches for more may not only damage the Granted, there are problems around to determine whether a student should from a single-payer system. Other than an The long-term costs and savings of extending than it can grasp. Terrorists exposed child but could also the world that need to be addressed, but be promoted to the next grade. These expansion of Medicaid eligibility, the Afford- healthcare coverage across the previously unin- not by sacrificing the ideals on which able Care Act left the market exclusively to the sured are still working themselves out in New and/or mentally deranged damage their offspring. There student assistance teams meet to decide our country was founded. Our Found- for-profit healthcare companies. The industry Mexico and across the country. The benefit of shooters don’t choose long, is some evidence that autism collectively if the student should be did quite well in the ACA rollout years, and preventive care, for example, doesn’t show up heavy, wood-and-steel rifles, and Asberger’s Syndrome ing Fathers believed that an “informed retained or promoted. millions upon millions of Americans were able in the year in which it was first provided. only recreational shooters do, are caused by low-intensity electorate” was necessary to the success We must provide for screening assess- to obtain coverage despite pre-existing condi- There’s no escaping the fact that the so why should such firearms EMFs. of our republic. Today, we can see how ment in the first nine weeks of the school tions or limited resources. veterinary standard of service now rules the be banned? Recently, I created a true that is. year. Measuring student performance Things didn’t stay rosy, however. Costs Our citizenry needs to wake up and American healthcare system. Decisions on — Brian Leavy MoveOn petition. Search on on a single test score is pedagogically pushed against premiums, squeezing the treatment can turn on who pays instead of “stop smart meters.” Hear- realize that each of us has a responsibil- wrong. profitability of the ACA exchange segment. the needs of the patient. So, who would you ings at the Public Regulations ity to learn what will work for us, what is United Healthcare, the nation’s largest, an- To the Editor: — Betty Patterson, president, NEA- prefer making that decision: a telephone clerk Commission start Aug. 22. best for people of all color, faith, sex and nounced in April that it would withdraw from You have probably heard New Mexico protecting a profit margin or a government PNM has not been given gender, and who best to elect to carry out the exchanges in most of the 34 states in which that the Public Service Com- bureaucrat? With a government plan in place, permission to install these the dreams and aspirations of a success- it participated. pany of New Mexico is trying individuals could make that choice. Smart meters yet, but the ful democracy. New Mexico’s own Presbyterian Health Plan, to get approval to replace all It seems by now that the addition of a single- company has stated it is going Generations have fought to retain the for-profit arm of the nonprofit Presbyte- of our electric meters with ABQ Free Press welcomes letters to the payer government system may be the only to happen. You will either get these rights, yet too many of us refuse to rian Healthcare Systems, announced last month way for the people to be protected against a smart meters. editor and bylined opinion pieces, sub- a smart meter or you can pay exercise our right to vote, for whatever ject to editing by the newspaper for it was withdrawing from ACA exchange healthcare industry that is already too big and Smart meters have a radio participation because of losses. Apparently, the opt-out fee: $46.95. reason. style and length. Letters may appear too controlling. frequency radiation wave the the actuaries didn’t get it right in setting the There are many places that Until we, as a nation, commit to these in print on the newspaper’s website, The tighter the oligopoly, the easier it is to length of a football field, and premium structures on this previously uncov- have stopped Smart meters rights – not “God-given,” but given by www.freeabq.com. Writers should control costs and increase profits. That in itself they work 24 hours a day, ered segment of the population. from being installed – Wash- all those who fought and died for them – include their full name and a daytime isn’t necessarily immoral from a business stand- seven days a week. There are These withdrawals demonstrate what private ington, Oregon, Virginia, and the U.S. will continue down the slide of phone number that the newspaper’s point; it just doesn’t fit in the humanitarian health complications with enterprise providing an essential service can do communities in California mediocrity to become just another failed editors can use to contact them. service that healthcare is supposed to provide. these meters. Those who are if the finances go south — just quit. and Massachusetts among experiment in governing. Submissions should be sent to already sick, children and the [email protected] Government doesn’t have that alternative. Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor of the them. It must find a way to continue one way or Albuquerque Journal and later served as a policy elderly are more at risk. — Terry Warkentine adviser to former Gov. Bill Richardson. These meters have not been — Rachel Hart 16 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS news solutions ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 17 Nob Hill Business Owners, Residents gold king mine, page 9 Turning Schools into Community Hubs Animas and San Juan rivers in New Colorado’s governor to request that BY DEDE FELDMAN Crushed by Berry’s ART Steamroller Mexico and the Navajo Nation – one the Animas River Basin be designated BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI near Cedar Hill, one near Aztec, one as a Superfund site. A decision is arbara Pacheco, whose daughter and funding from founda- near Shiprock and one at Farmington. goes to Manzano Mesa Elemen- tions, from the Legislature, here is one good that traffic diverted from Central would expected this fall. B Colorado has been monitoring tary School in the Southeast Heights, wherever she could, to lift the Tthing that has have on the surrounding residential Water quality monitoring has come out of Mayor neighborhoods. When Strell, an architect water quality near Durango and continued throughout the three states knows what it’s like to need help. A concept off the ground. Richard Berry’s deter- who lives in one of those neighborhoods, reports that it saw a quick return to affected by the spill and in the Navajo few years ago, she needed food for The preschool program her family and sought out her daugh- is just one of the ABC Com- mination to impose tried to testify about what he thought pre-spill levels for most metals – but Nation, with EPA and Colorado au- ter’s school community coordinator, munity School Partnership’s his Albuquerque the impact would be, U.S. District Judge these levels were high before the spill thorities asserting that contamination Deanna Creighton Cook. efforts at parental engage- Rapid Transit project Kenneth Gonzales shut him down, saying thanks to about 300 active or closed levels had returned to normal within on the city and its he wasn’t a traffic expert. but still-draining mines in the Animas Pacheco walked away with enough ment. The best known is the a week after the spill and rose only residents. So now, residents can’t be experts River watershed area. food for her family and a coat. And Homework Diner, a weekly And that’s the real- about their own neighborhoods, streets briefly during 2016 “storm events,” then she paid it forward by asking after-school program that also ity that regular citizens and the people or houses, and they don’t even matter Navajo claims when heavy rainfall caused metals what she could do to help. started at Manzano Mesa. whose neighborhoods and businesses enough before the eyes of the law to be The Navajo Nation, whose reserva- that had “settled” into the soil washed Pacheco, who is bilingual, now Homework Diner, which will be affected by ART now know where able to testify about what they predict tion covers 27,425 square miles in into the rivers. coordinates 32 other parents to as- was featured on NBC News they stand with Berry, his bureaucrats, will happen to their neighborhoods. southwestern Colorado, northern semble student backpacks filled with in 2014, helps families meet the real estate developers, the Federal Traffic engineers and bureaucrats matter, New Mexico, southeastern Utah and weekend food for hungry students their food needs while with Transit Administration and the law. The EPA has admitted but regular people don’t. northern Arizona, has arguably been — usually more than 50 of them. She’s the help of tutors learn how The fact is, those people who pay Paternoster testified that he thought the most affected. responsibility for the spill. in charge of rounding up food for to help their kids with their the city’s bills don’t matter, and their ART would be a catastrophe for busi- The San Juan is one of the Navajos’ On June 23, New Mexico food drives and operating the school’s homework. The school- opinions are unwelcome. They should nesses along Central, including the Nob mobile food pantry. work is followed by a meal shut up, slink subserviently into their four sacred rivers. The pollution of the Hill icon he owns, Scalo Northern Italian filed suit against the State “We come from different countries,” prepared by CNM culinary Johnny Vizcaino houses and be grateful for what Lord Grill. He said he expected sales to fall by river affected traditional ceremonial of Colorado in the U.S. says Maria Valqui, another parent. students, which gives parents Berry and his minions have told them up to 50 percent. practices tied to the river, as well as Former NFL lineman Jose Munoz is head of the Community Schools project, which aims to make schools a delivery “We don’t always have family here, so a break from the kitchen one point for other needed services for the surrounding neighborhood. they must accept — no matter how much And Buckner testified that he needed the livelihoods of subsistence farmers Supreme Court under the other parents become friends with night a week. they don’t want it. a certain number of cars on Central to and ranchers. Suicide rates on the res- a provision of the U.S. cupcakes and coffee, and the coordi- A chief benefit is that Maria Bautista doesn’t matter, nor keep his Rainbow car wash going. He ervation increased for weeks after the Constitution that gives Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Public reading, 13 percent. does Rob Strell. Stella Padilla and Doug said he believed ART would cut auto nator, she covers our needs.” the program gets parents spill, and people paid to have bottled Schools and United Way, which is Munoz wants to methodically Peterson don’t matter either, and Alaric traffic on the street by at least a third water trucked in for months because the high court exclusive Valqui is the prime mover of the engaged in their children’s school Preschool Co-Op, which began when allowing Munoz to scale it up. Now in identify and address the real needs of Buckner should get out of the car wash and jeopardize his business’s viability. they were afraid to drink the mustard- jurisdiction over disputes progress. parents told the coordinator that there “This is as much about the parents 23 Albuquerque schools, it is look- families — school by school, neighbor- business. Peterson, who owns property on Cen- colored water from the rivers. between the states was no affordable bilingual local as the students,” Principal Peggy ing to expand to 30. There are now hood by neighborhood — and with None of us matters anymore. We’re tral, also testified about the destruction Navajo Nation President Russell childcare for their young children to Candelaria says. “By being around community schools in Santa Fe, Las a little help from the business and the slaves of bureaucrats, planners, real he thought ART would cause, especially Begaye has requested $2 million in estate developers and politicians with allow them to work. the teachers, parents are learning how Cruces, and soon, there will be one in governmental sectors match each through the elimination of left-hand emergency funding, water quality Colorado lawmakers introduced dollar signs in their eyes. The Albuquer- turn lanes along the nine-mile route. Two years later, Valqui and a team to help their children with school- the West Las Vegas school district. school with the services it needs. monitoring, reimbursement to the “Good Samaritan” legislation this que Rapid Transit project is concrete But according to the city’s and the of preschool-certified parent teachers work at home.” The Center for Education Policy “Community schools don’t solve Navajo people for lost crops and live- year that would encourage groups, proof that the regulations, laws and FTA’s lawyers, and to the judge, all that run a preschool program in a portable Early news coverage had Home- Research at UNM found a correlation everything,” says APS Board Member stock, and other costs. An economic such as the Animas River Stakehold- plans are rigged in their favor. testimony was speculative. It couldn’t be building on Manzano Mesa’s grounds. work Diner’s founder, Jose Munoz’s between the program’s after-school Barbara Petersen. “But they are defi- analyst found that the Navajo Nation ers Group in Colorado, to attempt When regular people try to challenge taken into account because it provided Valqui, originally from Peru, led phone ringing with people from activities, increased grade-point nitely a step in the right direction.” lost $982,000 in agricultural produc- voluntary cleanups of leaking mine a big-dollar, federally funded project no real evidence of the “irreparable her team through preschool train- around the state and nation wanting averages and school attendance. sites by reducing the groups’ potential that City Hall wants built, the bureau- damage” ART might cause. tion alone during the first two weeks ing process at Central New Mexico to replicate it. At Pajarito Elementary School in a Dede Feldman is a former state senator and liability under the Clean Water Act. cratic steamroller makes them irrelevant Yet when the city said there would be after the spill. The EPA awarded the Community College. The coordinator The project secured funding low-income area of the South Valley, author of the book, “Inside the New Mexico to the process, and then, for good more than $1 billion worth of develop- Navajo Nation $445,000 to offset costs Other legislation would amend the opened doors and got scholarships from Bernalillo County, the City of math scores increased 20 percent and Senate: Boots, Suits and Citizens.” measure, flattens them. ment along the ART route – a figure the tribe incurred due to the spill. 1872 mining law to require mining It’s no secret that ART doesn’t have provided by the National Association of In June, in a written statement companies to pay fees for the cleanup much public support and that many Industrial and Office Properties – and given before the Senate Committee on of inactive mines. Meet Jose Munoz Munoz, who holds an MBA, is known in the field as in Nevada, Indiana and Florida, and since 2008, New people, especially business owners along a figure that many believed is wildly Indian Affairs, Begaye also requested “Mr. Community Schools.” He’s careful to say this is Mexico. My mom was a teacher for 37 years, and she’s In its lawsuit against the EPA and an inspiration. After football, I started with the Boys Central Avenue and people in the nearby speculative — the judge accepted it. a “fair and independent assessment ose Munoz, a 6-foot-4 former offensive lineman not about one man but is about one mission: “to bring the mine owners and the state of the school and the community together to make sure and Girls Club as a teen director and served all over. neighborhoods, hate it. The opinions of regular citizens and of the role the EPA played in events J with San Diego Chargers, is setting about to build a Just drive along Central and count the business people don’t matter, but those Colorado, New Mexico seeks a court network of schools that do more than hold classes. He kids are on track to graduate from high school ready I have a passion for kids. Some of the neighborhoods leading up to the spill”; resources to yellow anti-ART signs in the windows of of the city’s planning bureaucrats and order that the defendants are jointly wants schools to serve as a hub of community activ- for college, career and life.” were really rough. There were multiple deaths in one enable the Navajo Nation to conduct businesses. But merely hating something, the people at NAIOP — whose commer- liable for all of New Mexico’s past ity — as a central node for dispensing services to the ABQ Free Press sat down with him to find out what gang area, but the teens continued to hang out, and its own monitoring of water, soil and finally, the families engaged, the schools partnered and or thinking it’s poorly designed and cial builder members stand to benefit and future costs of responding to the surrounding neighborhood, whether it’s food assistance he does. the neighborhoods came back. won’t work, isn’t grounds to kill a feder- from ART-related construction — did crops; funds for emergency prepared- or a place that offers preschool services for working spill. The suit seeks punitive damages What does your background in the NFL have to do One of my milestones was when I went back to a ally funded project. matter. Apparently, some speculation is ness for future disasters; the EPA’s full mothers. and the cost of cleanup, remedia- with community schools? graduation, and one of the kids from a tough neigh- In the case of ART, there had to be more equal than other speculation. support for listing the Upper Animas He’s executive director of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo tion and economic loss to the state’s Munoz: I was an offensive lineman in my 20s, borhood came up with his son and said, “If it wasn’t substantial environmental controversy, Strell was allowed to testify that Mining District as a Superfund site; County Community School Partnership. From a shared tourism and agriculture. The suit also playing with the San Diego Chargers and in Canada for this man, I would be dead or in jail.” and not just mere opposition, according he thought ART would destroy his and resources to stabilize farming office in the Bernalillo County Parks and Recreation and Europe. Linemen get no glory and seek no glory, seeks a court order requiring EPA Department, east of Downtown, he coordinates funding, to lawyers for the city and the FTA who neighborhood’s character and take away along the San Juan River. but they pave the way. I’ve tried to pave the way for What’s the idea of a community school? brings together school coordinators, arranges confer- argued for ART in federal court. Busi- the very reasons he chose to live there. Administrator Gina McCarthy to seek community schools by developing relationships and It’s to support kids who need help by using the ences and runs webinars for groups hoping to replicate community’s assets. It all goes back to John Dewey ness owners who think that ART might His testimony was sincere, moving and Other responses a halt to toxic waste discharges from building on the infrastructure that the county, city, ABC’s signature programs. in 1902, who said that schools are the social centers greatly reduce their business, or kill it eloquent, but in the end, it had no effect. inactive and abandoned mines in APS, United Way and businesses have set up for us. In February 2016, San Juan County In 2014, Munoz and his signature services, the of democracy. Is there another building in the com- completely, don’t count, either. Economic And why should it have had? He’s just Colorado. They have a joint-powers agreement that mandates commissioners and trustees in the Homework Diner and the Parent Pre-School Co-Op, munity that has the ability to gather in the population? losses to individual businesses don’t a regular citizen. participation and blends $2.4 million in funding. It’s Andrea Monk is a freelance writer and were recognized nationally. To see what Munoz’s team No. Schools can partner with everyone and draw on qualify as an environmental controversy. small southwestern Colorado com- “all hands in” — another football saying. has accomplished, the national Coalition of Community existing resources from lots of different organizations. Two grueling days of testimony in Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor munity of Silverton, after resisting law school graduate who recently returned Schools brought its national conference here in April What have been some of the milestones in Parents, the community –— they want to help. But federal court showed that neither the city at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at for years because of concerns about to New Mexico to prepare for taking the – an event that packed the Albuquerque Convention your career? every school is unique, and our program relies on the nor the FTA studied the potential impact [email protected] the possible impact on tourism, asked New Mexico bar exam. Center. I was born on the South Side of Chicago and lived school coordinator and council. 18 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS Community ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 19 Why Yelp Gets Local Right BY HOWIE KAIBEL

hen I moved to Albuquerque 20 favorite mixologist, Austin, at M’tucci’s Ital- Wyears ago (practically to the day), I ian. I’ve even been known to drop some local described New Mexico as “America’s Out- science. Did you know that Don Schrader is a back.” That’s the only way I could wrap urine drinker? Don’t judge: he’ll probably live my head around this place. As a transplant longer than any of us. from the Midwest, I was torn between A review of the Wolfe’s Bagels location on adoration for this Martian netherworld and Montgomery reminds me of the days when the impetus to somehow communicate to I ate those same bagels in Nob Hill, then my peeps back home how foreign Burque shopped at Bow Wow Records before catching really seemed to a newcomer. a film at The Lobo Theater. I still don’t under- This remains true today. As much as I admire our Department of Tourism for stand why Albuquerque doesn’t plant many promoting the beauty of our state, there’s trees, or why our parks don’t have bathrooms, a lot more to life in Albuquerque that’s or why people walk at such a painfully slow #NewMexicoTrue. It took me the better pace. Still, these are just some of the reasons part of two decades to realize that Yelp why I love this town. They’re also reasons was the ideal blog to creatively express our to empower your own freedom of expres- many unique truths. sion – not as an expert, but as an everyday Full disclosure: I work for Yelp, so of Burqueño. course I’m going to advocate for it as an Pixabay We know that ABQ Free Press consistently incredible resource for local word on the reports and presents opinion from a local point street. I can also back up that idea, though, of view, content you share with friends and because I know and love this town. I get same breed of easy-going punk rock twentysome- neighbors because it’s a trustworthy news source. frustrated and thrilled for this town. My heart breaks things since I moved here. It’s in my review. We also encourage you to voice yourself on a digital for this town. I put a page on Yelp for the Tumbleweed Snow- Like many New Mexicans, I have my issues with man who pops up on I-40 during the holidays. I public forum that celebrates Local. Do you have an Texas, as illustrated in a review of Vick’s Vittles — voice my scorn for the Fiesta Dancers sculpture opinion about Albuquerque? Share it on Yelp. and I still think the food wins. When I reflect on one next to Popejoy Hall, and my love for the Number Howie Kaibel is the Community Director for Yelp of my favorite local pet stores, Clark’s Pet Empo- 9 breakfast burrito at Golden Pride. I cheerlead for Albuquerque. He connects people with great local busi- rium, my first thought is that they’ve been hiring the the Rail Runner, roast the Rio Grande, and toast my nesses. Want to connect? Email [email protected] Start and end your day with us! KSFR fm Celebrating santa fe public radio 101.1

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or the next few issues, ABQ Free Press will More than 70 youth and families participated in these even bigger projects so that Albuquerque’s creative showcase local art on its cover, as well as edito- interactive art experiences, which invited community community can continue to grow and be proud of its Goodwill in New Mexico F By ABQ Free Press Staff rial contributions from Albuquerque group We Are members to create abstract art by throwing balloons accomplishments. We believe that the economic and This City. The organization develops authentic local, filled with paint at a designated wall and 10 fiber- social impact of We Are This City has profound value he year 2016 marks Goodwill also helping to provide career oppor- national and international infrastructure for Albu- board panels. These were then cut into 2-by-2-foot to our communities-at-large. TIndustries of New Mexico’s 75th tunities through sales revenue. querque creatives. The goal is long-term sustainable sections and shared with 75 artists invited to add The “We Are This City” manifesto was written by year as a nonprofit service provider Goodwill Industries of New Mexico growth for the creative economy, an objective fully their creative flair. The cover image featured in this Hakim Bellamy, project collaborator and inaugural in the state. That’s quite an impres- also focuses on green initiatives, say- supported by this publication. issue is one example from this process. Poet Laureate of Albuquerque (2012-2014). sive feat, one that President and CEO ing that Goodwill was “green before In September 2015, We Are This City hosted two We Are This City continues to leverage their Mary Best is thrilled to share with the going green was cool.” That may community-driven events titled “ABQ Balloon Blast.” relationships, momentum and support to develop community. sound jocular, but it shows in GINM’s “[New Mexico] Goodwill has 15 collection data. Its 2015 annual report stores and donation centers, and offers states that nearly 11.4 million pounds We Are This City … programs and services reaching of material was recycled and kept out We be because stars gotta land somewhere? every county in the state,” Best said. of landfills. a bucket of Rio, because the center of the universe Goodwill Industries of New Mexico It’s remarkable how many different two handfuls of mesa, has gotta be somewhere? (GINM) estimates it has “changed the kinds of people Goodwill Industries an open box full of God because even “the sun” lives of over 100,000 New Mexicans International has reached in its 114- between the Sandias has a vacation home in New Mexico. since 1941.” year history and how many of people and the volcanoes because we be made upwards have been affected by Goodwill over our name is mud. not down words the course of their lives. We be like mountaintop, we be ‘The public’s generous close enough to heaven adobe inside and out. That impact continues today. and clear enough of sky We might look like donations have made our Goodwill Industries of New Mexico for the creator armored vegetarians, but we be success possible’ just launched a new call center train- to mouth-to-mouth us alive. the coolest gatas you’ll ever meet — President and CEO Mary Best ing program, designed to provide job We make dirty, on the inside. seekers with a new set of marketable the new “immaculate,” We be workplace skills. On Thursday, Aug. make car washes obsolete. entrepreneurs and doers. Founded in 1902 in Boston by the 11, Albuquerque will also welcome a We be Somewhere between bright ideas and Rev. Edgar J. Helms, this charitable new Goodwill location at 3401 N.M. urban farm hands “done and done.” nonprofit organization was first called 528 (Alameda and Coors, near for rural app developers, We be Goodwill in 1915. Goodwill provides Cottonwood Mall). be the best brewed beans chile by blood and balloon for lungs. and microbrew We be job training, employment place- in a six mesa radius ... no “I” in team, but two in familia ment services and other programs in a hundred mañana radius We be for people facing barriers to finding We be coffee shop crushes Full moons and photosynthesis Courtesy of the artist jobs. For its 100th anniversary in Albuquerque’s And conversations not a cloud to be found Brian Thomas Bailey 2002, Goodwill Industries launched We be the crème de la creatives We be radiant an international workforce develop- We powder with pollen Worshipping the skies rian Thomas Bailey was born in 1971 in the back- ment initiative designed to integrate Premier Facility And monsoon foundation for make up With hand signs that 505 Bwoods of Scranton, Pennsylvania. An artist from 20 million people into the workplace On the rare occasion we make up To remind our unidentified flying cousins an early age, Bailey could make his mark well before by the year 2020. Today, the nonprofit - for - Only when the winter white tablecloths the mesa That we out here, he could walk or talk. As a child, he learned how to Goodwill Industries International Inc. We be aquifers Fighting for our light copy the funny papers and impress friends with the serves people in 17 nations. of brown gold. We be loco cheap parlor tricks of a young artist. a We be the same colored souls We be local In 2015, Goodwill Industries of Mock Trials & The boy who always dreamed of making it big New Mexico served 14,912 individu- We be an open heart horizon We be lobos then packed his bags and moved to New York City Transplants, land grants singing to the night. als and placed 1,133 individuals into to learn the ways of big city artist types. His worldly Focus Groups And colonial survivors We are your favorite city’s community-based employment. education at the School of Visual Arts did not satisfy We be favorite city. GINM proclaims that it “serves New • Trial planning and issue spotting, People of the earth The heart of the Southwest him, though, so with BFA in hand, he moved to Mexicans in search of employment or in-house facilitators And out of this world leaning just a lil to the left Albuquerque in 1998. skills training,” including low-income At the same time. in New Mexico’s chest. Inspiration for this work lies mostly in the folk, seniors over 55, homeless veterans and • Mock jury services We inherit this pride Native American and street art Bailey found in New people with developmental disabilities. • Witness preparation This “keep it real” estate of intellectual property – Hakim Bellamy Mexico. Burqueños can see Bailey’s work on the Despite GINM’s accomplishments, • Simulated court and We B-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E, aye! lower level of the Albuquerque Convention Center, CEO Best is quick to acknowledge that deliberation venues We be near the fireplace. Sold to the CABQ Public Art Col- sunsets so beautiful “the public’s generous donations have • Political polling lection, the piece features 16 tiles with portraits of made our success possible.” they paint themselves local artists. on the edge of the earth. In 2010, Goodwill Industries Bailey’s involvement with We Are This City stems Call 505-263-8425 or email We be International launched the Donate [email protected] where dreams come to live from the relationship he built with WATC originator Movement to demonstrate the value Max Baptise, himself a patron of Bailey’s art. The and retire. that donated goods have for people 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 We be elements of community involvement, support and and the planet. Programs and services artists making careers networking of the arts group all appealed to Bailey as are funded primarily by revenue out of thin air. an independent artist, who used the group’s skills to generated through the sale of donated We be market his work in a modern way. clothing, housewares and furniture. made up words like Today, Bailey is back in Scranton, where he works Through responsible donation, usable #Sunport, Hakim Bellamy Abby Feldman for a screen-printing operation and paints at home by items are diverted from landfills while trialmetrixnm.com candlelight with his two dogs. 22 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS creativity film ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 23 Bike More, Write Better NM Film Focus: Blockbuster Support for New Mexico Film & Media by CHRISTA VALDEZ

hat brings out droves of people as just one benefit of the New Mexico Won a rainy weeknight in Albu- film business. Rep. Antonio “Moe” querque? Our movie biz. Maestas also touted the major eco- New Mexico film industry friends, nomic impact of the industry, as well faithful and hopefuls gathered at Albu- as the importance of government querque Studios for a mixer hosted by efforts to continue that growth. BY IRENE ENTILA the all-new Film Business Alliance of During the 2013 Legislative ses- New Mexico (FBANM). On the studio sion, Maestas introduced what is lots where “Breaking Bad” and lots of now historic legislation — a union Pyragraph is the online career and lifestyle ‘Science-y’ stuff other major productions have filmed initiative, dubbed the “Breaking Bad” magazine for artists, musicians, writers Biking (or any type of intense in recent years, business owners, film bill ­— that called for a 5% increase in and other creatives worldwide. Career and cardio) produces three compounds in workers and industry advocates met incentives for TV series production. life advice for artists, by artists. Read our the brain that are essential to anti- with the common goal of fostering The bill has since become the most daily posts at Pyragraph.com. anxiety, attention and concentration. industry communications and oppor- successful job creation bill in New Those are endorphins, dopamine, and ottonwood trees on the side of the tunities throughout the state. Mexico this century. norepinephrine. Endorphins are the Bosque Trail zoom by as I ride my New Mexico boasts an ever-expand- State Sen. Lisa Torraco also rallied C “feel-good” chemicals (also known as bike along it. It’s just me, my bike, and ing infrastructure of businesses that the crowd of industry supporters. our bodies’ natural opiate and anxiety my thoughts. The only sounds to be service multiplatform productions. Earlier in the day, Torraco publicly reducer). Dopamine and norepineph- heard are the wind rustling through The combined efforts of thousands of vowed to continue championing the rine are responsible for attention and the leaves, a repetitive squeak com- locals end up on screens, both big and same film-friendly legislation that she concentration (think of an alternate ing from the bike, and the occasional small, throughout the world. These introduced in this year’s session. The Ritalin). “leeeeeeeeft” as I pass pedestrians and jobs are made possible by many of the legislation aims to expand the exist- So, what does all of this have to other cyclists. individuals who attended the FBANM ing production incentives that benefit do with writing? Well, if you are Things are coming together in my event. Members of the film commu- full-service post-production distribu- the type who gets overly anxious mind, and those thoughts are about nity, including representatives from tion services; the hope is to encourage about approaching deadlines and/or the research I’ve done about the the local film union, various city film companies to relocate, and eventually wanders off to “mindless internetting correlations between “not-giving-a- organizations, the New Mexico Film stay, in New Mexico. time” during productive hours (like Christa Valdez f%@#” and quality writing (meaning Office and area studio heads came out Based on the many film-related or- me), then this means a whole lot. On ABQ Studios Lot Pre-event how does giving too many fucks serve in force to network. ganizations that are coming together the days I don’t take a bike break (or as a barrier towards creative energy more often in this vein, the most any kind of exercise break), my mind when it comes to writing). While on self-evident truth of the business of feels like a drunken one man band this bike ride, I was able to visualize doing business with the New Mexico stumbling everywhere and bouncing a web about this research. By that film industry is that our voices and from one incoherent song to another time, my Endomodo app recited that votes matter if we are to sustain the making a bunch of racket with the I was at the 10-mile mark which is the state’s most thriving, and versatile, instruments that don’t make sense. perfect point to pull into a coffee shop After biking, the anxiety turns into economic sector. and start writing. I sat at Java Joe’s the productive type of stress, and I am with my journal, a cup of coffee, and able to focus on the task at hand for biscotti ready to draw out the web I more than 30 minutes — versus the visualized along with a page explana- alternative 5-10 minutes. tion of the diagram. Happy, satisfied, and accomplished, Functional stuff I sipped my coffee and looked out To me, biking has served as a space of the window for a mental break of to imagine the process of organizing people-watching. and categorizing thoughts, which Christa Valdez The purpose of sharing this story is an essential stage to the writing is to show that biking can be a tool to process while burning energy at the Matt Rauchberg use when there are oodles of thoughts same time. This is because the rhythm to organize. I found that being a or cadence of biking relaxes the mind Where the sets of “Better Call Saul,” writer whose mind is always going like meditation. Then, the floodgates “Preacher” and “Night Shift” recently Clarke Conde. at 150 mph frustrating, especially of effective problem solving opens. stood, Matt Rauchberg, Albuquerque Christa Valdez when there are a gazillion awesome I am able to think of a solution to a Studios’ senior VP of business devel- thoughts running around in my mind problem, or how to write that pesky opment, introduced FBANM-specific State Rep. Nate Gentry Australian Cattle Dog or Jack Russell vehicle traffic. Also, it is best not to like a daycare full of children hopped paragraph. When it comes to organiz- initiatives. Rauchberg also welcomed Terrier, I would suggest incorporat- listen to music — or keep the volume To find out more about FBANM, up on too much birthday cake. For ing thoughts, all of the thoughts are state representatives to take the ing exercise breaks in your writing relatively low. visit fbanm.com. For breaking updates the longest time in my writing career, trying to squeeze through the same podium. Each echoed a sentiment of on productions, casting calls, industry I hadn’t pinpointed what works for door before biking. During or after routine. It doesn’t have to be biking. It Irene Entila is a teacher, runner, writer support for collective efforts across all notices and events, visit me. A quiet room with something biking, thoughts come through the could be running, walking, dancing in and taco enthusiast. Originally from manner of film-related work, services oneheadlightink.com. tactile to use, such as a stress ball, is door one-by-one in a single file line your living room, etc. Washington State, she was lured into the and businesses. not for me. What works is constant which makes them easier to categorize One more note: Keep in mind that Land of Entrapment by the lack of rainfall Nate Gentry, a state representa- New Mexico film expert Christa Valdez, movement. Unless I have one of those in the proper main idea. there are safety precautions. Exercise and an abundance of teaching opportuni- tive and House majority leader, cited of OneHeadlightInk.com and fancy bicycle desks, taking bike breaks There you go folks. If you are a is best done on a multipurpose fitness ties. She recently launched the satire blog an estimated 10 percent increase in ChristaValdez.com, reports on movie works for a few reasons. writer and have the energy of an trail where there is no motorized GayGenda.com industry revenues, “year after year,” industry news for ABQ Free Press. 24 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS drink PETS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 25 Running of the Chihuahuas Beer Town: Back-to-school Brewing By M. BRIANNA STALLINGS by TY BANNERMAN he was found on the West Mesa in What inspired you to create it? CALLING ALL PETS t long last, this terrible hot summer For tickets or more information visit 2014. Full-grown but still tiny at Brown: I’d just arrived in New is drawing to an end, which albuquerquehopfest.com S A under four pounds, two friends saved Mexico. Within my first week, I saw at means it’s time to start your back-to- Pub stop: Three Rivers Brewery, her from the talons of a Harris’ hawk. least five guys walking Chihuahuas. school shopping. Let’s see: pencils, She needed a home. In any other state, men are not so paper, notebooks, barley, hops, mash Farmington The second I saw those ears that excited to walk Chihuahuas. Here, tuns ... I had an opportunity to head up took up half of her head, I knew it’s a badge of honor. Sure enough, I The CNM Brewing Academy kicks north the other weekend, so I dropped she was my dog. Holly, my rescue soon discovered that Chihuahuas are off its inaugural semester this fall in at Three Rivers Brewery, a Four Chihuahua, has been one of my most like the unsung heroes of New Mexico with a program that promises to give Corners area brewery that’s been faithful pets – running circles around culture. a full survey of the ins and outs of making waves with their award-win- me in the yard, burrowing under When I launched The Running of beer production. Attendees will work ning IPA. I’ve never spent any time in blankets to cuddle by my side, giddy the Chihuahuas, I thought I’d get toward a certificate in brewing, while Farmington before, and I have to say I every time I return home. around 500 people. I just went on Shelley Shaw sent us this also having opportunities to earn enjoyed checking it out. Chihuahuas are a beloved breed social media and started marketing photo of Spottow (Spot- other relevant certifications, including Downtown Farmington is a charm- among many New Mexicans, so it. We had 2,000 people show up, oh), who was one of six in forklift operation and various safety ing slice of classic urbania, made all much so that when Micaela Brown with 143 racing Chihuahuas. I knew I a litter. “He loves to play with our older dogs and trainings. the more enjoyable by the fact that of Inspire People Media relocated to needed to do this again. CNM’s course description states thinks he rules the roost,” Three Rivers Brewery takes up an Albuquerque in 2015, she launched that students will learn all of the ba- she says. “He always puts entire block of 100 East Main Street. The Running of the Chihuahuas. The Why do you think New Mexicans sics about “production, identification, a smile on our faces.” There’s a taproom, a pizza joint and a event was such a success that Brown have a soft spot for Chihuahuas? and evaluation of alcoholic bever- restaurant all lined up in a circa 1912 is bringing it back this year. New Mexico in general has a signifi- ages,” which definitely sounds like a newspaper building, and all serving The Second Annual Running of cant dog culture. PetSmart and Petco college experience worth pursuing. So Three Rivers brews. The family and I the Chihuahuas runs from 8:45 a.m. stores have the largest volume of sales go young zymurgists to the hop vine- Technology, Certificate of Achieve- Casino (11000 Broadway SE, I-25 and chose the restaurant, which inhabits to 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 20 at in this market out of anywhere in the covered halls of Central New Mexico ment program. Hwy 47, exit 215) on Saturday, August Send it to the one-time pharmacy that shared Balloon Fiesta Park (5000 Balloon U.S. With Chihuahuas specifically, I Community College, and set yourself 27, with a promise of beers from over Hop to it space with the paper. Fiesta Pkwy NE). The event features think people just love the breed. [email protected] on the path of brewing greatness. I, 70 different breweries (both local and There I downed an Arroyo Amber, a doggie/owner lookalike costume Photo should be hi-res, 250 kb or bigger. Include your name, for one, can’t wait to help you with One of the metro area’s biggest beer farther-flung). a sweet malted, subtly hopped pour contest with $500 in prizes, a beer Tell me about this year’s event. How your homework. festivals is on the horizon this month. This is the festival’s eighth year, so phone number, and your pet’s name, and we’ll try to reserve their that was wonderfully refreshing after garden from Rio Bravo Brewing many races will there be? Visit CNM’s website for more The Albuquerque Hopfest will liven there’s a good chance you know what spot in the pet parade. our sweltering road trip. The Arroyo Company, food trucks and vendors, I have three different categories. One info on how to apply to the Brewing things up at the Isleta Resort and to expect, but if not, here’s the scoop: inflatable jumpers for the kids and a Amber perfectly complemented the is for Chihuahuas and Chihuahua $30 in advance ($35 at the door) gets few surprises. mixes from five to fifteen pounds. Southwest burger (served with pepper you inside at 3 p.m. and gives you Tickets range from $10 to $35, and Then I have The Race of the Littles, jack cheese and green chile). Hit them unlimited sampling opportunities are available from eventbrite.com. A the dogs from one to four pounds. No matter what age, career, up the next time you’re on the road. while you groove to three stages worth portion of the proceeds will benefit They don’t really run. They mostly One of the best things about New or family status, of music. Paws and Stripes, a local nonprofit just look cute. (laughs) Mexico’s microbrew explosion is that, with the help If that’s not enough, you can up the that trains shelter dogs to be service This year I’m also launching a new no matter which direction you go in price to $40 to start your tasting at 2 animals, then pairs them with veter- category. A number of people have of BeMeBetter, you can this state, you’ll never be far from a p.m., an hour earlier than the rubes ans suffering from PTSD or traumatic asked for a tripod race [for Chihua- decent pint of beer. reach the next level in a who only dropped three sawbucks. brain injuries. huas with three legs]. So I’ve got some For the plutocrats among us, there’s a Ty Bannerman is a beer drinker, co-host ABQ Free Press spoke with Brown tripods, and a couple of Chihuahuas nurturing and caring environment. $55 VIP ticket that gives you access to of the City on the Edge podcast, and about The Running of the Chihuahuas with only two legs. early sampling plus exclusive pours, author of “Forgotten Albuquerque” as and how New Mexicans celebrate food pairings and a special lounge well as a forthcoming memoir. He most these little dogs with big racing That’s a logical tie-in, since a portion wherein you may mingle with the recently served as feature and food editor dreams. of this year’s proceeds will benefit upper echelon of the barley elite. at Weekly Alibi. Paws and Stripes, which pairs ser- ABQ Free Press: You hosted the in- vice animals with veterans. augural Running of the Chihuahuas Yes, they’re the beneficiary this year. in 2015, which turned out to be a hit. All of their dogs come from shelters. My whole fam- ily are military folks. If there is any way, shape or form that I can tie rescue dogs with veterans, I will. They are the www.bemebetter.com organization that does both. M. Brianna 505.293.2881 Stallings is a staff 3736 Eubank Blvd. NE Suite B1 writer for ABQ Free Press. Albuquerque, NM 87111 Pixabay Pixabay 26 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS LIVING ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 27 Within Range: Summer’s End Events CALENDAr by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS

ummer 2016 officially ends on sampling of activities available. Get DEFINITIVE DOZEN SSeptember 22, but let’s face it: the your hands dirty and your brains THROUGH AUGUST 14 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 List your even season is most definitely thinking 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 1 SHOWS: King Henry IV, Part 1 5 EVENTS: Running of the 9 SCREENS: Santa Fe High School, 2100 Yucca St, Chihuahuas Los albañiles/The Bricklayers in the T winding down. The Saturday, August 27; and Santa Fe, (505) 466-3533, 8:45 am, Balloon Fiesta Park, 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, late-coming monsoon 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, upstartcrowsofsantafe.org 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org runningchihuahua.com ABQ F season is rolling in each August 28 at the Ander- THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 11 ree Press evening to cool down son Abruzzo Albuquerque 6 OUTDOORS: Medicinal Herbs in the 2 EATS: Salud y Sabor: Puerto Rico Garden: Mary Deaguero 10 SHOWS: Electoral Dysfunctions these hot days. Kids are International Balloon Mu- 5:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic 10 am, Free, Albuquerque Garden Center, The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, calenda begrudgingly headed back to seum, 9201 Balloon Museum Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020, 247-8600, vortexabq.org Email event info,R nhccnm.org xericgardenclub.org including event name, date, school. The first chiles are ready Dr. NE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 for the roast. time, address and contact The ABQ Maker Faire will happen FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 AUGUST 20–21 11 COMMUNITY: A Night in the Say so long to summer in Burque with rain or shine. Attendees ages 16-18 3 SHOWS: Goddess of Arno Balkan 7 SCREENS: Film Screening: 40’s: Big Band Swing phone number these upcoming events. need a parent to sign a release form Band A Small Good Thing 7 pm, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial, 7 pm, Anatolia Turkish Mediterranean Grill, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, or website, to to participate in hands-on activities. 1 pm, Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, Bosque Chile Festival 2016 313 Central Ave NW Ste B, 242-6718, 255-1848, asmallgoodthing.com nmvetsmemorial.org [email protected] Food trucks will be on site. Guests are anatoliaturkishgrillabq.com Celebrate the chile harvest at the also welcome to bring picnics. No pets SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 one month in advance AUGUST 19–SEPTEMBER 16 Bosque Chile Festival, running from allowed. 8 WORD: Plants of the Rio Grande: 12 WORD: Behind the Locked Doors of publication. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, August 20 4 CULTURE: Tarantino VS Kubrick Veronica Iglesias of General Motors Design: Tickets for one-day admission are Art Show Dennis Little on Plaza Mayor at the National His- 9 am, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, $10 adults; $5 children, seniors 60-plus Reception, Friday, August 19, 6–9pm 6500 Coors Blvd NW, RSVP: 452-5222, 2 pm, New Mexico History Museum, panic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth St. and retired and active military. Tickets Downtown Contemporary Gallery, cabq.gov/openspace 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, SW). This free public event includes to attend both days are $15 adults; $8 105 4th St SW, 363-3870, nmhistorymuseum.org downtowncontemporary.com loads of entertainment, kids’ activities, children, seniors 60-plus and retired arts and crafts vendors, food trucks and active military. Parking is free. Visit our fabulous online Little River Band and chef demonstrations. To “Make” your tickets appear, visit AUGUST 19 –26 FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 Artists performing include Leah calendar featuring hot links to Sunshine Theater 7 pm, Isleta Resort & Casino, Jeez LaWeez The Bellamy Brothers & eventbrite.com. To volunteer, visit cool events in the ABQ area: 11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 724-3800, Leyva & The Band (Blues/Rock); The 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, Part of Full Moon Concert Gene Watson makerfaireabq.com/volunteer. For freeabq.com sunshinetheaterlive.com isleta.com 7 pm, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, 8 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort West Wind Band (Country); La Chapar- more information, visit albuquerque- SHOWS August 19, Silversun Pickups, Pherkad 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, rita Monica Valdez; Rebecca Arscott minimakerfaire.com. A Silent Film 8 pm, Marble Brewery, 111 Marble Ave, cabq.gov/openspace Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, (Reggae/Pop); On Point Dance Studio AUGUST 13–17 August 26, Baroness, Pallbearer 243-2739, marblebrewery.com DJ Mark Farina innofthemountaingods.com Women’s Voices Concert: (Jazz, Hip Hop, Folklorico Dance); New Mexico True Fest Sister Bar 8 pm, Meow Wolf,1352 Rufina Cir, Bike In Comedy THROUGH AUGUST 14 Exquisite Power Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369, 2 pm, Free, Old Town Farm, 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, Severo y Grupo Fuego (NM Spanish The Land of Enchantment is truly Hir 7 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & meowwolf.com 949 Montoya St NW, 764-9116, sisterthebar.com Music); and Crossroads (Variety Top 40). one of the most unique and diverse The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Mala Mana oldtownfarm.com August 13, Apathy and Celph Titled 247-8600, vortexabq.org 242-4600, nmjazz.org Local folks and restaurants will places in the United States. Enjoy all August 17, Get Dead/Russian 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Domingos en Arte feat. Jesús On the Twentieth Century also be competing in a chile and salsa the hues of New Mexico True with the Girlfriends MONDAY, AUGUST 15 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Díaz y Su QBA taste-off. For just a five-buck sampler The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th St NW, puebloharvestcafe.com 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural first-ever New Mexico True Fest, held AUGUST 13–SEPTEMBER 1 898-9222, adobetheater.org Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, wrist band, guests can pick the winner with Melissa Etheridge Prisma Labor Day Weekend, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Launchpad 5:30 pm, Free, Prairie Star Restaurant nhccnm.org THROUGH AUGUST 20 7 pm, Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd, of the chile and salsa taste off. The and Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, Saturday, September 3 and 10 a.m.-5 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, 796-7500, sandiacasino.com Los Primos Bosque Chile Festival is presented launchpadrocks.com SHOWDOWN Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327, Part of Summertime in Old Town p.m. Sunday, September 4 at Expo Tricklock Performance Laboratory, Riff Raff by Bernalillo County, the Middle Rio August 13, Monolord mynewmexicogolf.com 1 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, New Mexico. This event is presented August 17, Castle, Anesthesia 110 Gold Ave SW, 254-8393, 7 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov Grande Conservation District, and tricklock.com SW, elreyabq.com Sander van Doorn by the New Mexico Tourism Depart- August 19, Pouya 9 pm, Santa Ana Star Casino, Quebe Sisters the NHCC. For more information, call ment. August 20, Agent Orange THROUGH AUGUST 22 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana 7:30 pm, The Cooperage, 7220 Lomas 505-468-1418, email bosquechilefesti- August 22, Ghetto Blast Pueblo, 867-0000, redfishent.com Blvd NE, 232-9868, ampconcerts.org True Fest will feature a Specialty August 24, Full of Hell Santa Fe Chamber Music Albuquerque Concert Band: [email protected] or visit bernco.gov/ Schnee Foods Showcase, an assortment of August 25, Carnifex Festival Free Summer Concert AUGUST 19–21 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, bosquechilefestival. local food trucks, arts and crafts made August 31, Retox Various locations, Santa Fe, 7 pm, Free, New Mexico Veterans’ santafechambermusic.com Memorial Amphitheater, Acoma Dance Group 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org Those willing to splurge for a little September 1, Bleached Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, by artisans from across the state, the 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, abqband.org after-hours fun are invited to stick 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, MONDAY, AUGUST 22 True Brew Beer Garden (with local AUGUST 13–28 THROUGH AUGUST 26 Disturbed & Breaking around for “Hot After Dark” at 7:30 indianpueblo.org LOCASH craft breweries), local music from the Low Spirits Santa Fe Bandstand Benjamin The Seven Ages of Manya 8 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort p.m., featuring Soul Divine’s perfor- 2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555, Free, Santa Fe Bandstand, Santa Fe, Isleta Amphitheater, 5601 University N.M. Band showcase, the New Mexico Musical Theatre Southwest, & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, mance of their Earth, Wind & Fire trib- lowspiritslive.com 986-6054, more info: Blvd SE, livenation.com Wine and Jazz Festival (featuring local 6320-B Domingo NE, 265-9119, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, August 13, Let it Grow santafebandstand.org ute. Tickets are $22 each with children wineries) and loads of carnival games THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 musicaltheatresw.com innofthemountaingods.com under 12 free, and are available for August 16, Trakktor, Diverje AUGUST 12–14 and amusement rides on the Midway. August 18, David Bazan, Michael Nau Chatter SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 AUGUST 22 & 24 purchase for the evening concert at August 19, Shook Twins Hopi/Tewa Sinom Dance Group 5:30 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art Free to attend; charges may apply to Cheap Shots — From Celtics to Twelfth Night August 22, Three Bad Jacks Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, www.nhccnm.org or 505-246-2261. Quebequois 7 pm, Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Cir, apply to some event features. Please August 25, Born Divine 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 242-4600, albuquerquemuseum.org 7 pm, Free, Elena Gallegos Picnic Area, Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369, note: New Mexico True Certified August 26, Digital Divas indianpueblo.org Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire Nosotros 452-5200, cabq.gov internationalshakespeare.center partners are eligible to participate in August 27, Acoustic Show: Joel and Titanium 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, A multi-generational gathering that Jeremy of Supergiant African American Performing Arts 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Dirty Brown Jug Band True Fest free of charge. To learn more 7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 brings together a whole assortment August 28, ESE, Econarchy Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, puebloharvestcafe.com about the New Mexico True Certified 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov Explosions in the Sky of the 505 population, including 222-0778, danceexpose.org Shook Twins program, or to apply for membership, AUGUST 13–27 Chile Pi 7:30 pm, Meow Wolf,1352 Rufina Cir, Part of Summer Nights Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369, tech enthusiasts, crafters, hobbyists, Dirty Bourbon SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 6 pm, Free, Pappadeaux Seafood visit nmtourism.org/truecertified. For 7 pm, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave meowwolf.com engineers, artists and students, the 9800 Montgomery Blvd NE, 296-2726, Bad Katz Blues Kitchen, 5011 Pan American Fwy NE, event information, visit exponm.com. NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire is a thedirtybourbon.com 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 345-0240 Terra Plena Through August 13, Redneck 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Tracey Whitney & Horace 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, great event for creative-minded folks Staff writer M. Brianna Stallings spent Alexander Young Raven & the Sweet Potato August 18-20, Desert Dixie puebloharvestcafe.com Pie Band 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 19 years being NM True. She is now 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, interested in making fun and interest- August 25-27, Chad Freeman 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, puebloharvestcafe.com Frank Caliendo 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, ing projects. Robots and metals and departing the Land of Enchantment to 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 8 pm, Route 66 Casino, 14500 Central outpostspace.org textiles, oh my! That’s just a small pursue a Master’s Degree in Vermont. 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Scott and Johanna CALENDAr CALENDAr1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS Sunday Family Fun SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 AUGUST 15–21 AUGUST 27–28 10 am, Bachechi Open Space, Hongell-Darsee CD Release Native Cinema Showcase Albuquerque Mini Maker Drinking Liberally — Cedar The Dirty Dash 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Crest Chapter 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 314-0398, 9 am, Wildlife West Nature Park, New Mexico History Museum, Faire 2016 bernco.gov/openspace 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum, 5 pm, Greenside Café, 12165 NM-14, 87 N. Frontage Rd, Edgewood, ampconcerts.org Cedar Crest, 264-1368, (505) 281-7665, thedirtydash.com To-may-to, Baroness Reigns 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, drinkingliberally.org OUTDOORS BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS AUGUST 29–30 768-6020, makerfaire.com AUGUST 20–21 FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 Twelfth Night The Sandlot 1ST THURSDAYS African Violet Show & Sale COMMUNITY Obon Festival 7 pm, Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Cir, Part of Movies on the Plaza HAH! Happy Arte Hour ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, To-mah-to Fiesta! 7 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, Santa Fe, (505) 395-6369, Dusk, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza AUGUST 18–SEPTEMBER 22 5:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF internationalshakespeare.center 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, NW, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave Mindfulness Meditation Classes Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, abqbiopark.com 724-4771, nhccnm.org abqbiopark.com SEPTEMBER 2–3 NW, albuquerquecc.com Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293, The Merchant of Venice The Wrong Man THURSDAYS FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, meditationinnewmex-ico.org Bosque Moonlight Hike 7 pm, Santa Fe High School Performing Aquarium Overnight 768-3544, kimotickets.com Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons & 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Tingley Beach, Arts Center, 2100 Yucca St, Santa Fe, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 Dancing 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, internationalshakespeare.center Ave NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Taoist QiGong Class 8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque, abqbiopark.com 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928, Indiana Jones and the 3:30 pm, Open Space Visitor Center, SCREENS qbarabq.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 Last Crusade 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, The Dirty Dash cabq.gov/openspace Mining History Hike AUGUST 13–19 KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 1ST FRIDAYS 9 am, Wildlife West Nature Park, 768-3544, kimotickets.com 11 am, Cerrillos Hills State Park, Center for Contemporary Arts SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 First Friday Fractals 87 N. Frontage Rd, Edgewood, 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, (505) 281-7665, thedirtydash.com Cinematheque SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 Learn Bridge in a Day New Mexico Natural History Museum, (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Doug Seymour We’re No Angels Duke City Bridge Club, AUGUST 20–21 10th Annual Tomato Fiesta (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org nmnaturalhistory.org 11 am, Albuquerque Garden Center, 2 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave 8616 Northeastern Blvd NE, RSVP: African Violet Show & Sale August 13 & 14–18, Renoir: 228-3512 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020, NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, 2601 ou’d think that a metal band would only embrace Revered and Reviled FRIDAYS albuquerquetomatofiesta.com Central Ave NW, 764-6200, the color black. The discography of Savannah sludge Starts August 19, On Meditation FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 ONGOING Salsa En La Bodega Y Starts August 19, Lo and Behold: 9:30 pm, The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St abqbiopark.com Beetlejuice THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 metal band Baroness, however, seems to cover the whole Reveries of the Connected World MONDAYS NW, 766-9412, liveatthecell.com Part of Movies on the Plaza TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 NM Women’s 9-Hole Associa- rainbow. August 19, A Small Good Thing Free Fibromyalgia tion Scrambles Tournament Dusk, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Bosque Moonlight Hike The group’s heralded debut, “The Red Album” (2007), Movement Class 1ST SATURDAYS 8 am, Santa Fe Country Club, Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardeners AUGUST 13–SEPTEMBER 1 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Tingley Beach, was followed by 2009’s “Blue Record,” later named the albuquerquecc.com 1 pm, Free, Khoo Wellness, The Organ Transplant Aware- 3950 Country Club Rd, Santa Fe, Guild Cinema 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, 20th Greatest Metal Album in History by LA Weekly. Front- 8338 Comanche Rd NE, 393-5556, ness Program of New Mexico (505) 293-2806 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 khoowellness.com 10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library, abqbiopark.com ou say “tomato,” but they say “tomato fiesta” – and man John Baizley and Company then released “Yellow & guildcinema.com 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, more info: SEPTEMBER 8–10 & 23–24 it’s coming to the Albuquerque Garden Center in late The Desperate Hours Y Green” in 2012. Through August 13, The Wailing TUESDAYS 344-0512 SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 2 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave Homescape Solutions: A Work- August. Baroness’ latest release, 2015’s “Purple,” was met with Through August 15, Hunt for the Casino del Rueda Dance Class Mining History Hike shop for the Home Gardener NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com 11 am, Cerrillos Hills State Park, If you’re into Beefsteaks, plums, Early Girls, Romas, Green almost universal critical acclaim from music critics. Re- Wilderpeople 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural 2ND SATURDAYS 6:30 pm, Sandoval County Extension 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, Zebras or any other varietal of the berry of the Solanum Through August 15, Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, American Veterans Post 7 Office, 711 Camino Del Pueblo, leased through their own label, Abraxan Hymns, “Purple” EVENTS (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org The Congressman nhccnm.org Meeting Bernalillo, RSVP: 867-2582, lycopersicum, take the whole family to the Albuquerque was listed as one of Rolling Stone’s Best Metal Albums of August 13–14, Shanghai Express SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Knit Clique 1 pm, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10th Annual Tomato Fiesta sando-valmastergardeners.org Area Extension Master Gardeners annual event. 2015. August 16–18, Barfly 4 pm, Esther Bone Memorial Library, 401, 2011 Girard Blvd SE, 366-3032 11 am, Albuquerque Garden Center, Heirloom tomatoes will be for sale. There will also be August 19–22, Lo and Behold: An Artful Mid-Summer’s Day Baroness has performed with bands such as Converge, 950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Reveries of the Connected World Noon, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, 2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS heirloom tomato tastings, kids’ activities, a garden trade fair, Isis, Mastodon and Deftones, and also appeared at such 891-5012x3128, riorancholibraries.org albuquerquetomatofiesta.com Star Party August 19–22, Viva 6500 Coors Blvd NW, RSVP: 897-8831, tool sharpening, cooking demonstrations and free gardening Coder Dojo 7:30 pm, Cerrillos Hills State Park, festivals as Coachella and Bonnaroo. August 23–25, Raiders! double fea- cabq.gov/openspace 2ND TUESDAYS 10 am, ages 7-17, Quelab, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, seminars. Baroness plays a show for ages 13 and up on Friday, tured w/ the documentary AUGUST 13–14 Foreclosure Defense 680 Haines Ave NW, NM Women’s 9-Hole Association (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org It’s $5 general admission for this big bright red party; kids August 26 at the Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW). August 26–27, Satanic coderdojoabq.github.io Scrambles Tournament Albuquerque Gun & Blade Show Support Group under 12 get in for free. Music will be provided by the Alpha Doom metal group Pallbearer opens. $20 tickets available August 26–29, Tale of Tales 8 am, Santa Fe Country Club, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 August 26–29, Therapy for A Vampire Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr 6:30 pm, John Marshall Multi-Service Blues Trio. For more information, visit abqmastergardeners. 3RD SATURDAYS 3950 Country Club Rd, Santa Fe, Tarantula Hike from holdmyticket.com August 27-28, Space Dogs: Adventure NE, 222-9700, exponm.com Center, 1500 Walter St SE, Rm 214, org or AlbuquerqueTomatoFiesta.com. Lyme Get Together (505) 293-2806 3 pm, Cerrillos Hills State Park, to the Moon RSVP: 336-0509, dontmoveout.com Baroness and Pallbearer 12, Free, location varies, more info: 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, And never fear, Burqueños: it’s not quite too late to plant August 30-Sept 1, NOT FILM – SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Korean War Veterans SEPTEMBER 8–10 & 23–24 Friday, Aug. 26; Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; $20 304-9411 (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org tomatoes. Your best bet is to plant plum or cherry type Documentary Westside Summerfest feat. Open Meeting Homescape Solutions: A Work- Sunshine Theater, 120 Central SW tomato seedlings in a container. Look for varieties like Tiny August 30-Sept 1, FILM Big Head Todd & The Monsters 1 pm, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial, SATURDAYS shop for the Home Gardener 5 pm, Ellison between Alameda and 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, EATS Tim or Sun Gold that produce in 55-60 days. Then hope 764-0249, sunshinetheaterlive.com Downtown Walking Tours with 6:30 pm, Sandoval County Extension AUGUST 14–SEPTEMBER 8 Cottonwood Dr, Albuquerque, nmvetsmemorial.org Albuquerque Historical Society Office, 711 Camino Del Pueblo, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 there’s not a cool fall. The heat has put a screeching halt to Jean Cocteau Cinema 311, cabq.gov 1ST WEDNESDAYS 10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st Bernalillo, RSVP: 867-2582, 2nd Annual Humble Coffee already-established plants’ tomato production, according to 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) by Century Theater, 289-0586 sando-valmastergardeners.org ABQ Free Press’ resident master gardener. 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com AUGUST 25–28 Book to Art for Kids Birthday Bash Jugamos Juntos — Children’s FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 AUGUST 26–28 August 14, Naledi: A Baby Albuquerque Latin Dance 10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 10 am, Free, Humble Coffee, Event Tenth Annual Tomato Fiesta Dinner Theater in the Park: Soaring Eagle Dance Group Elephant’s Tale Festival 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 4200 Lomas Blvd NE, 289-9909, 10:30 am, National Hispanic Cultural Star Party 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 Round House Steps Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, August 19–25, She Sings to the Stars Various Locations, Albuquerque, indianpueblo.org humblecoffeeco.com Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 7:30 pm, Cerrillos Hills State Park, Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas NE 6 pm, Center for Ageless Living/ 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, August 19–25, The Adventures of abqlatinfest.org 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, 2ND WEDNESDAYS nhccnm.org WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 $5 admission, free to kids 12 and under Community Park, 5 Thomas Rd, indianpueblo.org Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org Los Lunas, (505) 865-8813, August 26–Sept 1, From Afar AUGUST 26–27 Drinking Liberally — ABQ Chapter Saturday Night Swing Dance Roasted Salsa-making Class (505) 292-7144 5:30 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, nmagelessliving.info AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 11 (Desde Allá) 2016 Mountainair Sunflower 6 pm, O’Niell’s NE Heights, 7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 AlbuquerqueTomatoFiesta.com 3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146, 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Eric Johnson Auntie Mame August 26-Sept 1, Summertime Festival 3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368, Tarantula Hike drinkingliberally.org abqswing.com puebloharvestcafe.com 7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Albuquerque Little Theatre, (La Belle Saison) Mountain Arts on Broadway, 3 pm, Cerrillos Hills State Park, Ave NW, 768-3544, ampconcerts.org 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, August 26-Sept 1, This is Spinal Tap 101 W Broadway, Mountainair, Sportsmen and Women’s Meet- Storytime Saturday 37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 September 2–8, Hiroshima manzanomountainartcoun-cil.org/ 2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books, Albuquerque Wing and Beer WEDNESDAYS Jeez LaWeez albuquerquelittletheatre.org ing: NM Wildlife Federation (505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org September 2–8, Space Jam sunflowerfestival.html 5850 Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026, Bosque Chile Festival Festival 5:30 pm, Prairie Star Restaurant and 6 pm, Tractor Brewing — Wells Park, Talin Market Food Truck AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 18 1800 4th St NW, page1book.com 11 am, Free, National Hispanic Cultural 1 pm, Albuquerque Rail Yards, Round Up Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 OUTDOORS Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 777 1st St SW, Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327, The Gavones of Philadelphia facebook.com/nmwildlife 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE New Marijuana with Q&A Fly-In: Land of Enchantment 3RD SUNDAYS nhccnm.org abqwingandbeer.eventbrite.com mynewmexicogolf.com The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th St NW, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 Wednesday Night in the 898-9222, adobetheater.org 6 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Fly-In and Airport Open House WEDNESDAYS Family Fun Day Soul Kitchen Obon Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 ONGOING Railyard (Through August) Ave NW, 768-3544, safeteen.net 8 am, Double Eagle II Airport, ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam 1:30 pm, New Mexico History 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 7 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, 4 pm, Santa Fe Railyard Park, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 7401 Atrisco Vista Blvd, eaa179.org 5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing, Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, 9th Annual Albuquerque 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, Hopfest Beer Fest TUESDAYS 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, Justin Shandor Elvis’ SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Mama’s Minerals 11th Annual 9800 Montgomery Ave NE, (505) 476-5200, puebloharvestcafe.com abqbiopark.com Truckin’ Tuesdays (505) 982-3373 Blue Hawaii The Caine Mutiny lizardtailbrewing.com/home nmhistorymuseum.org Isleta Resort & Casino, Arts & Crafts Fair 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, 6 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods 2 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave 11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 724-3800, AUGUST 26–27 10 am, Free, Mama’s Minerals, Stories in the Sky with Laurie FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, THURSDAYS Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com SUNDAYS albuquerquehopfest.com 800 20th St NW, 266-8443, Magovern Aquarium Overnight albuquerquecc.com Thirsty Thursdays The Merchant of Venice Salsa Sunday Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, mamasminerals.com 9:30 am & 11 am, Anderson Abruzzo 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central 6 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park, 7 pm, Santa Fe High School Performing 2 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro, innofthemountaingods.com Balloon Museum, Ave NW, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, Arts Center, 2100 Yucca St, Santa Fe, 901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, internationalshakespeare.center 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, 768-6050, yogazoabq.com 768-6020, balloonmuseum.com 243-9916, stclairwinery.com 30 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • 31

August 20, David Thurlo, CALENDArRob Thy The History and Genealogy of FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 CALENDArTHROUGH AUGUST 21 THROUGH AUGUST 31 Back to Life: The Community of Historic Fairview Cemetery Neighbor the Los Padillas Neighborhood: All Inclusive Gallery Show: Kawano Shoko Contemporary Traditionalist: Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, August 21, Ross Hassig, Polygamy Andres Armijo Carrie Fell, Tom Palmore, TAI Modern, 1601 Paseo de Peralta, Kevin Red Star 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, & the Rise and Demise of the Aztec Part of Stories of the Middle Rio Star Liana York Santa Fe, (505) 984-1387, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Ave, Fiddle the Night Away Empire cabq.gov/museum Grande,10:30 am, Gutierrez-Hubbell 5 pm, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace taimodern.com Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, Sudsy Savings Tips August 25, Margaret Randall, Talking House, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, RSVP: Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, sorrelsky.com 60 Shades of Black, Atelier Stick 314-0398, gutierrezhubbellhouse.org BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF sorrelsky.com THROUGH AUGUST 23 The Maya: William M. Frej Zobel’s collection inspired by with the Quebe Sisters August 26, Joe Lansdale, Honkytonk Santa Fe Opera’s Don Giovanni: Lions and Hikers and Bears — 41st Annual Wheelwright Mu- Love Letters to Albuquerque: Peyton Wright Gallery, 237 E. Palace Ave, Samurai Peter Schmid Oh My!: Daryl Ratajczak seum’s Benefit Auction Elizabeth Barraclough Santa Fe, (505) 989-9888, M. BRIANNA STALLINGS August 27, Francis Healey, Eat to Beat Reception, Friday, August 12, 5–7:30 pm 10 am, Free, Open Space Visitor Center, 10 am, Wheelwright Museum of the KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, peytonwright.com Alzheimer’s Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace Ave, 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, 768-3544, kimotickets.com August 28, Zelda Gatuskin, Digital National Parks — Through the Santa Fe, (505) 986-3432, cabq.gov/openspace Santa Fe, (505) 982-4636, Salon 7-15-16: Rebecca Face Eyes of Our Artists patina-gallery.com August 30, Charles M, The Jungle ONGOING wheelwright.org Bluestone, Peter Millett, Genuine Southwest Arts & Gifts, Within Chris Richter 1919 Old Town Rd NW, Ste 2, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15 AUGUST 19–OCTOBER 30 Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, August 31, Megan Feldman 1ST WEDNESDAYS 243-1410, genuinesouthwest.com Landscape of an Artist — Living ReFashion 558 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, (505) Bettencourt, Triumph of the Heart Poetry and Beer Treasure: Dan Namingha Reception, Friday, August 19, 5–7 pm 992-0711, chiaroscurosantafe.com THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1 September 1, Ron Chapman, 7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells Park, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe St, Killer Grace & My Name is Wonder 1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, get- Placitas Community Center 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, (505) Santa Fe, (505) 982-8111, THROUGH AUGUST 24 plowed.com Painting Class Exhibit 476-1269, indianartsandcul-ture.org SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 formandconcept.center Under the Rainbow: Navajo Reception, Saturday, August 13, 2–4 pm, Book Release — She was WEDNESDAYS Germantown Blankets Placitas Community Library, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 17 AUGUST 19–DECEMBER 31 c. 1880–1920 Sheriff: Melody Groves Crazy Wisdom Poetry 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, As We See It: Works by Ten Akunnittinni — A Kinngait Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, 3 pm, Quarter Celtic BrewPub, 4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, 808 Park placitaslibrary.com Contemporary Native Family Portrait: Pitseolak 602A Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, (520) 1100 San Mateo Blvd NE #50, Ave SW, 247-1172, offcenterarts.org American Photographers Ashoona, Napachie Pootoogook, 722-7798, medicinemangallery.com THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2 508-7830, melodygroves.net 516 ARTS, 516 Central Ave SW, Annie Pootoo-gook Poetry and Spoken Word w/ Color Coded 242-1445, 516arts.org CULTURE IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native THROUGH AUGUST 25 Gina Marselle Tamarind Institute, 2500 Central Ave Arts, Helen Hardin Media Gallery, 108 The Path Made by Walking: An Exuberance of Color In 7 pm, Free, Elena Gallegos Picnic Area, LAST THURSDAYS SE, 277-3901, tamarind.unm.edu Cathedral Pl, Santa Fe, iaia.edu/museum Mark Horst & Susie Protiva Studio Jewelry 452-5200, cabq.gov Indigenous Culture’s Night Out Legends and Monsters: Eliza Tansey Contemporary, 652 Canyon Rd, Stripped: Juliana Coles Schmid & Denise Weaver Ross ey, we’re not trying to throw “Hints from Heloise” out of Quebe Sisters Wonders of the Weavers: 6 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, AUGUST 20–21 Santa Fe, (505) 995-8513, Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th St NW, Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Blvd SE, a job, but we thought we’d share this cool little money- Deb Slaney 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, Portal Artisans Celebration 242-6367, harwoodartcenter.org tanseycontemporary.com H indianpueblo.org 369-1648, tortugagallery.org saving tip. 1 pm, Free, Casa San Ysidro, New Mexico History Museum, 113 he press bio for Western swing fiddlers The Quebe Sisters The Sky is the Water: THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18 973 Old Church Road, Corrales, Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, THROUGH AUGUST 27 You know those pump foam-soap dispensers you see at the FIRST SATURDAYS Sheryl Zacharia Tpoints out that their surname rhymes with “maybe.” 897-8828, www.cabq.gov nmhistorymuseum.org Celebration of Color — Santa Fe Faces: Alan Pearlman store for anywhere from 89 cents to $1.49? Pronunciation is important, but 505 music fans won’t want to THROUGH SEPTEMBER The Joy of Splash Art Reception, Friday, August 12, 5–7 pm New Mexico History Museum, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Tansey Contemporary, 652 Canyon Rd, Well, when ours went dry a few months ago, we were say maybe to these passionate traditional country performers. El Rito Open Studios MONDAY, AUGUST 22 Blue Lily Atelier, 3209 Silver Ave SE, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Santa Fe, (505) 995-8513, loathe to throw it into the recycling bin, so we brought it to Eat to Beat Alzheimer’s — 10 am, Free, Follow the Signs, El Rito, Brunch & Reception with 263-6675, bluelilyatelier.com 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org The Quebe Sisters perform Sunday, August 21 at the Cooper- Delicious Recipes and New tanseycontemporary.com the ABQ Free Press World Headquarters. Once in the execu- NM, (505) 927-8461, Pablita Abeyta Chris Gustin, Tony Marsh, age (7220 Lomas NE). Doors open at 6 p.m., and the fiddles Research to Prevent and Slow THROUGH SEPTEMBER 23 facebook.com/ElRitoOpenStudios 9 am, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Sunkoo Yuh tive rest room, we grabbed the pink liquid soap dispenser by start to fangling at 7:30 p.m. Dementia: Francie Healey THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3 Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, Santa Fe Clay, 545 Camino de la Familia, Modern Ruin: Thomas Frontini the sink and poured a 50-50 mixture of soap and water into 3 pm, Page One Books, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Echoes of the Civil War — The The Americana trio has three albums: “Texas Fiddlers” sorrelsky.com Santa Fe, (505) 984-1122, Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, Civil War Pinhole Project: the foam dispenser, then let it coalesce overnight. (2003); “Timeless” (2008); and “Every Which-A-Way” (2014); Explora Portal to the Public santafeclay.com SW, 766-9888, levygallery.com 294-2026, page1book.com 1 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, AUGUST 26–OCTOBER 21 Michael Falco The maintenance guy was amazed. The liquid soap bill and has spent more than a decade playing shows around the 224-8300, explora.us The New Mexico Watercolor Past is Present: Alternative THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25 went down because the thick stuff lasted longer. The staff world. In addition to performing as headliners, The Quebe MONDAY, AUGUST 15 Residency Society Exhibition Reception, Friday, August 26, 5–7 pm Processes in Contemporary America’s Road: The Journey likes it too because it’s faster than all that scrubbing needed Sisters have also shared the stage with such country luminaries In The Lotus of the Heart: AUGUST 16–SEPTEMBER 10 JCC, 5520 Wyoming, 892-378, Photography of Route 66 Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe St, nmwatercolorsociety.org to rinse off the 100-proof soap. as Willie Nelson, George Strait and Merle Haggard, among Shubhraji Big Crow: Rick Bartow Santa Fe, (505) 982-8111, Tin Type Portraits: Bryan National Museum of Nuclear Science & Pressient But we didn’t stop there. Our Mr. Wizard gene said, “Go others. 6 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, Contemporary Native American Art formandconcept.center Whitney History, 601 Eubank Blvd SE, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Exhibition Weyrich Gallery, 2935-D Louisiana Blvd 245-2137, nuclearmuseum.org further” in the name of efficacious sanitation. Tickets for the Quebe Sisters are $22 in advance, $27 day David Richard Gallery, 1570 Pacheco St 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com Emotive: Rose B Simpson AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 24 NE, 883-7410, weyrichgallery.com Ste A1, Santa Fe, 983-9555, So, when the other foam hand soap dispenser at home of show (including all service charges). This is a 21-and-over THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 Reception, Friday, August 19, 5–7 pm Solo Exhibition: Lynn Boggess THROUGH AUGUST 28 davidrichardgallery.com came up a dry hole, we did the same thing with the dish soap show unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Reception, Friday, August 26, 5–7 pm Nonsense Abstractings: JL The House on Mango Street: – one half water, one half dish soap. Author Event: Don Bullis New Paintings: Lee McVey Limited seating available. For tickets or more information, visit 558 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, (505) Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe Johnson & Dave Ortiz Artists Interpret Community 6:30 pm, Loma Colorado Main Library, Purple Sage Gallery, 201 San Felipe Now, just like the baristas at the espresso bar we have a ampconcerts.org 992-0711, chiaroscurosantafe.com St, Santa Fe, (505) 995-9902, Page Coleman Gallery, 6320-B Linn Ave National Hispanic Cultural Center, 755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, NW, Albuquerque, (505) 450-4059, choice of a handy one shot or double shot of foam dish soap evokecontemporary.com NE, 238-5071, pagecoleman.com 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, The Quebe Sisters 891-5013x3033, riorancholibraries.org WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 purplesagegallery.biz nhccnm.org for those little clean-ups – a bowl and spoon, a dirty coffee Sunday, Aug. 21; Doors at 6 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m.; $22 The Counter-Narrative: Pueblo Summer Lecture Series: AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 30 Open Stories — Finding Art in THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5 cup, the dog’s food bowl, whatever – jobs that would have All the Right Places: THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 advance, $27 day of show Catholicism Christine Golden ReForm: Subversive Fashion The Buzzsaw Sharks of Long used more soap per use had we gone with the high octane. 5:30 pm, Free, Indian Pueblo Cultural 7 pm, Free, Santa Fe Clay, 545 Camino Reception, Friday, August 26, 6–8 pm Chris Meyer Flamenco — From Spain to The Cooperage, 7220 Lomas NE Ago Since then, the level of the dish soap has hardly moved, Center, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, de la Familia, Santa Fe, Central Features, 514 Central SW, Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors New Mexico New Mexico Natural History Museum, we’ve saved some money and we’re reusing a rather complex 255-1657, ampconcerts.org indianpueblo.org (505) 984-1122, santafeclay.com 243-3389, centralfeatures.com Blvd NW, 897-8831, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, (505) cabq.gov/openspace nmnaturalhistory.org 476-1200, internationalfolkart.org piece of plastic. It’s not what Don Schrader would do, but not THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 ONGOING Outer Limits: Brandt Peters & Plein Air New Mexico: The everyone can — or wants to — be Don Schrader. FRIDAYS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Coyota in the Kitchen — A Artist Talk: Matika Wilbur Kathie Olivas THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6 Paintings of Marian Berg THROUGH AUGUST 14 Coffee Education and Tasting 35¢ Chicken Dinner Memoir of New and Old 6 pm, Free, 516 ARTS, 516 Central Ave Stranger Factory, 3411 Central Ave NE, Wilde: Teruko Takauchi Sierra Club Office, 2215 Lead Ave SE, 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, Nobhillis100.com/events Mexico: Anita Rodriguez SW, 242-1445, 516arts.org Touches of Grace: 508-3049, strangerfactory.com Total Arts Gallery, 22-A Kit Carson Rd, 277-2798 3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100, 6:30 pm, Page One Books, Native Art Now: Gretchen Ewert Still Life and Figure Paintings: Taos, (575) 758-4667, Soft Looks: Soft Core Poster Route 66: Radiance, Rust & 379-5136, prosumroasters.com NOVEMBER 5 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, Ben Nighthorse, Kevin Red Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace Ave, Eason Eige totalartsgallery.com Art and Film Trailers from the Revival on the Mother Road Nob Hill Main Street 294-2026, page1book.com Star, Ray Tracey Santa Fe, (505) 986-3432, Freestyle Gallery, 1114 Central Ave SW, Archives of Peter Van Horne Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, SATURDAYS patina-gallery.com THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, Annual Dinner FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 5 pm, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Albuquerque, 948-3840, IMEC, 101 Amherst Dr SE, 265-8352, Nobhillis100.com/events Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 501-6555, freestylegallery.com A Retrospective: shopimec.com cabq.gov/museum Puzzle on page 32 THROUGH NOV 5 Future Tense — Marked THROUGH AUGUST 15 sorrelsky.com Watercolor Show Michael Kenna A World in Photographs: Existence in the Xenobia’s Crowns: THROUGH OCTOBER 10 Downtown Growers’ Market WORD New Fossil Discoveries at the Jewish Community Center, photo-eye Gallery, 541 S. Guadalupe St, Kerry Halasz Contemporary Landscape: Xenobia Bailey 7 am, Robinson Park, 8th and Central, Museum: Amanda Cantrell 5520 Wyoming Blvd, 332-0565, Santa Fe, (505) 988-5152, photoeye.com Loma Colorado Main Library, Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Traci Quinn & Stefan Batista Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace Ave, 252-2959, downtowngrowers.org AUGUST 14–SEPTEMBER 1 9:30 am, New Mexico Natural History jccabq.org 755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Lowriders 6 pm, Free, 516 ARTS, 516 Central Ave Santa Fe, (505) 986-3432, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe Farmers Market: Bookworks Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11 Rio Rancho, 891-5013 x3033, SW, 242-1445, 516arts.org patina-gallery.com 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, Railyard 4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139, nmnaturalhistory.org THROUGH AUGUST 30 Assumed Identities: Photographs riorancholibrar-ies.org (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org 8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at bkwrks.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 THROUGH AUGUST 20 Where’s the Green?: DyeFusion by Anne Noggle Guadalupe, Santa Fe, August 14, Juan Blea, 49 Tips & AUGUST 18–19 Esther Bone Memorial Library, Self-Regard: Artist Self-Portraits THROUGH OCTOBER 2 Computed Tomography — Vívido: Nicholas Herrera & THROUGH OCTOBER 22 farmersmarketsnm.org Insights for Understanding Addiction Wheelwright Museum’s 950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho, from the Collection Drawing into Architecture: New Technology Applied to Patrick McGrath Muñiz Into the Future: Culture Power August 16, Michelle Adam, Child of Annual Auction 891-5012x3128, riorancholibraries.org New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Sketches and Models by New Problems: Dr. Jimenez Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe in Native American Art SUNDAYS Duende Wheelwright Museum of the American Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5072, Antoine Predock 7 pm, New Mexico Natural History St, Santa Fe, (505) 995-9902, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Rail Yards Market ABQ August 18, Elise Rosenhaupt, Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, nmartmuseum.org Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, evokecontemporary.com 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, (505) 10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW, Climbing Back: A Family’s Journey (505) 982-4636, wheelwright.org 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, nmnaturalhistory.org railyardsmarket.org Through Brain Injury albuquerquemuseum.org 476-1269, indianartsandculture.org 32 • August 10 – August 23, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS CROSSWORD Crossword by Myles Mellor and Sally York

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