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Iggy Pop Talks Rehab and Politics page 20 2 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 3 news www.freeabq.com editor’s A&E pick Editor: [email protected] Arts: [email protected] ABQ Free Press Pulp News News: [email protected] On Twitter: @FreeABQ compiled by abq free press staff On Facebook: facebook.com/abqfreepress A&E: Three to See will no longer count against the reporter, Jonathan Lowe, told police Deadly landscape Editor 140-character limit in tweets, he just had to go. An onlooker wit- [Page 21] Forty years after the end of the Dan Vukelich according to The New York Times. nessed the event. Goodyear, Ariz., Vietnam war, unexploded bombs (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 #film #BloodOrange #IggyPop police said Lowe was arrested on remain a threat — so much so Space junk “suspicion of public defecation.” Associate Editor, News Samantha Anne Carrillo reviews that grade-schoolers are taught The man Lowe was covering was Dennis Domrzalski how to identify them and how to Approximately 23,000 man-made ob- British thriller ‘Blood Orange’ InstructIon & FacIlItatIon traInIng charged with killing his 6-year-old (505) 306-3260 ce avoid being blown up. Among jects are orbiting the Earth, but only 1,300 of them are satellites. The rest dog as a sacrifice to God. Managing Editor/Arts Editor Gain the knowledge and skills to become an effective professional trainer or the the ordnance for which lessons Invincible Pictures is space junk – debris left over from Samantha Anne Carrillo advanced skills in teaching online, delivering presentations and leading group are being taught are the U.S. M79 Savvy parents discussions. 40-mm grenade and Russian and launches or debris from tests, such as (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 China’s explosion of a satellite a few Figuring out how to keep babies Presentation Certificate—48 hours Start Dates Chinese-made rocket propelled Online Editor years ago. Now, NASA has a radar from crying (and alive) may have • Facilitating Adult Learning Jun 7-Jul 5 grenades. “It’s a life skill,” a Juani Hopwood system on a Pacific atoll that can helped human parents develop [Page 26] • Instructional Systems Design Jul 12-Aug 16 teacher in Quang Tri Province told (505) 345-4080 ext. 816, [email protected] #BeerTown #brewing • Presentation Skills for Trainers Aug 23-Sep 20 NPR News. Quang Tri Province track debris as small as a 2 inches intellectually at a rate unmatched Circulation Manager has the most unexploded ordnance long and warn when the orbit of a by other animals. 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Tiefa helplessness, however, may Online Instructor Certificate—63 hours group fighting against allowing The $15 minimum wage will lead Photography have been the genesis of a sort • Facilitating Adult Learning Jun 7- Jul 5 transgender people to use the to massive cuts in human jobs and Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, of feedback loop, according to • Instructional System Design Jul 12-Aug 16 bathroom of the sex with which an accelerated trend by employers Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm [Page 23] • Introduction to Online Instruction Jul 18-27 a new paper published in the they identify says she’s taking to use robots to fill those jobs, • Basics of Online Course Development—Hybrid Aug 1-17 Proceedings of the National Staff Reporter #Pride #royalty #LadyShug a gun into Target bathrooms to a McDonald’s ex-CEO told Fox Academy of Science. According Rene Thompson protect against assault. Target Business. “I was at the National Rene Thompson interviews the to the website ARS Technica: announced it will allow patrons to Restaurant Show yesterday, and Contributors this issue For more information, contact [email protected] “In the loop, big-headed babies reigning Miss New Mexico Pride use the bathroom that corresponds if you look at the robotic devices Ty Bannerman, Andrew Beale, Samantha Anne Carrillo, are born relatively early in their Megan Riggs 505-277-0077 to their gender identity. “I’m that are coming into the restaurant Gary Glasgow, Bill Hume, Ariane Jarocki, Dan Klein, development to ensure that they ce.unm.edu/Instruction taking a Glock .45 into the ladies industry – it’s cheaper to buy a Ian Maksik, Joe Monahan, Krissi Murison, Sayrah Namasté, fit through the human vaginal room,” she said. “It identifies as $35,000 robotic arm than it is to M. Brianna Stallings, Rene Thompson, Tom Tomorrow canal. The underdeveloped new- my bodyguard.” hire an employee who’s inefficient Copy Editors borns then rely heavily on the making $15 an hour bagging Wendy Fox Dial, Jim Wagner More characters French fries,” Ed Rensi said. savviness of their parents for sur- vival. Through generations, this Director of Sales and Events Beer & Bands for Better Sex Ed Twitter plans to allow more than Media crap selects for brainy parents, which Abby Feldman x802 140 characters. The change means by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS ABQ FREE Press pushes kids to have ever fatter that tagging users by their handles A TV reporter for KPHO-TV in Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 noggins and, thus, earlier births,” he National Campaign to Prevent Teen Attn: Abby Feldman at the beginning of replies and Phoenix was arrested for pooping Cory Calamari x810 which helps ensure survivability Sherri J. 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This sign at Washington Street was also and Equality New Mexico, Beer & Bands kicks off Saturday, June 4, at Tractor Corrections policy: Brewing Company Wells Park (1800 Fourth Street NW). painted over. “I’m also afraid to know how many It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct other lifesaving traffic signs have been covered by errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors Red Light Cameras’ Amanda Machon emcees, and the concert features: paint,” Winter told us. ABQ Free Press alerted Jen at the email addresses on this page. filthy gypsy jazz by Le Chat Lunatique; eclectic songwriter Cali Shaw; circus and aerial performances by the Albuquerque Aerialist Collective; tribal fusion Samp, a spokesperson for the Parks and Recreation movement with Desert Darlings Belly Dance; and veteran funk/soul DJ Leftover Department, which maintains the city’s bike paths. Soul. She said the city maintains signage for 140 of the 170 Where to find VIP admission ($50) gains you entry to a pre-show tasting with Artichoke miles of area bike trails. The day after our inquiry, our paper? Cafe and entry to the main event at 4:30 p.m. General admission tickets ($15) city crews replaced the painted-over signs with new List of more than get you in at 5:30 p.m. ones at a cost of $500, Samp said. 550 locations Saturday, June 4 Emily Ashby at freeabq.com Tractor Brewing Co. Wells Park, 1800 Fourth Street NW Tickets at: beerbands16.brownpapertickets.com 4 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 5 ABQ Free Press Local News Briefs by abq free press staff

TSA lines in damages from this past summer’s could help lead APD’s federally man- murder of 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike, Gold King Mine spill that sent 3 million dated reform effort. When the bonuses the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The Despite ridiculously long security lines gallons of contaminated water into the were announced by the administration indictment filed in federal court on at major U.S. airports, waits at the Animas River and into New Mexico. last year, city councilors were skeptical. May 24 charges the 27-year-old Begaye Albuquerque International Sunport The lawsuit was filed by the New Mex- “This proves the point that I have made with first-degree and felony murder, have been fairly benign. From May ico Environment Department and At- all along: It’s not an effective tool for kidnapping resulting in death, two 10-16, the maximum peak wait time torney General Hector Balderas against retaining officers or command staff counts of aggravated sexual abuse was 13 minutes, with an average peak the EPA, its contractor and the owners the current way it is administered,” resulting in death, and kidnapping of wait time of about 11 minutes. That’s of the Gold King and Sunnyside mines Councilor Diane Gibson said. a minor. Each of the first five counts up from 8.5 minutes peak wait times near Silverton, Colo. The Aug. 5, 2015, carries a mandatory sentence of life in for the same period in 2014, according spill released 888,000 pounds of heavy Jail troubles prison. Begaye is accused of kidnap- to the Transportation Safety Adminis- metals into tributaries of the Animas ping Mike on the Navajo Reservation tration. Jail officials called in an emergency and the San Juan Rivers. According to team to quell a near-riot at the Met- in San Juan County, sexually assaulting Art the federal lawsuit, regulatory deci- ropolitan Detention Center May 21. her and bludgeoning her with a tire sions by the State of Colorado in the Inmates refused to return to their cells iron, then leaving her to die near the The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 1990s allowed the mine’s owners to from a recreation yard and tried to take Shiprock pinnacle. acquired a 1926 painting by Georgia abandon water treatment operations, a jail guard hostage. A show of force O’Keeffe titled “The Barns, Lake leading to a build-up of toxic water by the jail personnel led the inmates to Sandia bid George” that has been shown publicly that eventually flowed into the Animas, end their sit-in, a spokesperson for the The University of New Mexico wants a only once in the past 50 years. The which flows into the San Juan River. jail said. Three inmates were charged piece of Sandia National Laboratories. painting of barns that surrounded Asked whether the State of Colorado with kidnapping, conspiracy, assault Or at least the $2.9 billion-a-year con- the Alfred Stieglitz family property could be a possible defendant in the by a prisoner, battery upon a police tract to operate the sprawling weapons overlooking the shores of Lake George, suit, a spokesman for Balderas’ office officer, and assisting in and assault on a and defense lab on Albuquerque’s N.Y., will be added to the O’Keeffe mu- said Colorado “is not a party to the police officer, jail records show. At least southern edge. UNM is forming a seum’s “My New Yorks” gallery. That lawsuit at this time.” 36 inmates were charged in connection team with four other entities to bid on collection focuses on the significance with the disturbance, jail records show. the contract to run Sandia. The team of New York City and Lake George Bonus babies includes Batelle, The Boeing Company, in O’Keeffe’s artistic and personal Seven, or 41 percent, of 17 Albuquerque Fund-raising Texas A&M University System and development. The painting will go on police commanders who got retention the University of Texas System. The public display within several months, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie bonuses have left APD or are leav- National Nuclear Security Admin- the museum announced. Sanders raised more in campaign ing soon, according to city and state donations from Albuquerque and Santa istration has opened bidding for the Animas spill records. The $6,000 to $12,000-a-year Fe than Republicans by a factor of more contract to manage Sandia. Nineteen bonuses were needed, the administra- than 5-to-1, according to figures com- organizations from around the country New Mexico sued the U.S. Environ- tion of Mayor Richard Berry said, to piled by New Mexico In Depth. For the have expressed interest. The contract mental Protection Agency in federal keep veteran commanders with institu- period examined, Clinton and Sanders will consist of a four-month transition court on May 23, seeking $136 million tional knowledge from retiring so they raised $647,000 in Albuquerque and phase and a five-year base period with $487,000 in Santa Fe. That compares options for up to five more years. to $203,000 raised by all Republican Retired presidential candidates in Albuquerque Gary’s White House Here are before and after and just $55,000 from Santa Fe. The Libertarian Party has nominated photos of an illegal dump former two-term New Mexico Gov. site in the southwestern Foreclosure help Gary Johnson as its candidate for part of Bernalillo County A settlement with Bank of America President. Johnson, who picked former near the Rio Puerco, where has freed up $3.3 million to help Massachusetts Gov. William Weld as 23,600 tires were removed provide legal assistance to New Mexico his running mate, could pick up as from an illegal dump site. homeowners facing foreclosure. The much as 10 percent of the popular Funded by a $62,243 state money is from a 2014 settlement with vote in November, thanks to a large environmental grant, Bank of America and its subsidiaries contingent of “Never Trump” Repub- county crews and 15 over mortgage practices. Terms of the licans looking for an alternative. In inmate laborers over 12 settlement restrict use of the money to 2012, Johnson received 1 percent of days removed 260 tons of foreclosure prevention legal assistance the popular vote. Trump has urged tires, which were cleaned and community redevelopment. The GOP voters to shun Johnson, saying of caked dirt and shredded money will be awarded to legal aid splitting the conservative vote will only at a local tire recycling fa- groups based on grant applications. hand the election to Democrat Hillary cility. About three quarters There are about 5,000 open mortgage Clinton. In the meantime, conservative of the dumped tires were foreclosure cases in the state, according leader William Krisol floated the name removed and recycled. to a spokesman for the New Mexico of still another alternative to Trump. Officials plan to remove Supreme Court. The funds will be dis- He suggests David French, a writer for the rest as funds become bursed by the State Bar of New Mexico. Kristol’s conservative newspaper, the available. Weekly Standard. French is a lawyer Indicted and Iraqi war veteran who could make A federal grand jury indicted Tom a credible run for the White House Bernalillo County Begaye Jr. on murder, kidnapping and under an independent banner, Kristol sexual assault charges for the May 2 said. cont. on page 8 6 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS columns COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 7 On Roaches, Coffee and All Those Trump Got One Thing Right: Credits at the Start of a Movie BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS Susana’s Not Doing Her Job BY JOE MONAHAN If you are 62 and have owned your home hat’s happen- founded by William Black. In 1932, with since 2001, I’m pretty sure I can show Wing, Curious the Great Depression in full swing, Black onald Trump’s Sen. Marco Rubio, whom Martinez en- Cats? This is The converted his 18 Chock full o’Nuts shops Dblistering dorsed for president, tweeted: “The truth you how to eliminate your mortgage Sassy Lass, your into lunch counters, where diners could get attack on Gov. Susana is @GovMartinez is one of the hardest friendly a sandwich and a cup of coffee for a nickel. Martinez’s handling working and most effective governors in payments for the rest of your life. neighborhood It’s from here that the Chock full o’Nuts of the state’s econ- America.”

changes in brainiac. In this coffee brand was born. omy, combined with The truth is Trump is right. The economy edition, I tackle Speaking of hard times, it does makes her refusal to endorse here is a mess. How much a governor bears tough questions sense that someone would assume there’d his candidacy for the responsibility can be argued but not the Call me to learn about this excellent FHA about cockroaches, be something other than coffee beans in Republican presi- facts. Trump zeroed in on Albuquerque’s insured mortgage for Seniors. your life? coffee and the Hollywood system. coffee – there’s historical precedent for dential nomination, high unemployment and loss of manufac- it. Due to bean shortages during the Civil appears to be costing her dearly. turing jobs. Both are indisputable. Dear Sassy Lass: Why do roaches lie War, ground roasted chicory root was used We can report that statewide polling Then he offered a criticism of Martinez’s Make sure you’re covered with affordable on their backs when they die? I don’t as a coffee substitute. Café Du Monde, a conducted for a conservative political stewardship, which could be disputed, 505-292-7200 [email protected] think I’ve ever seen a dead roach on blend of coffee and chicory, remains a New action committee the day after Trump’s saying, “The number of people on food Health Insurance. its feet. Orleans favorite. downtown Albuquerque rally (and stamps in New Mexico has tripled” since Life is full of changes, it’s the one thing you can count on. The average citizen – i.e., neither a gross- The most well-known coffee substitutes semiriot) showed Republicans abandoning 2000. out-obsessed child nor an entomologist – during WWII were German Ersatzkaffee Martinez in droves, spiking her unfavor- Martinez’s office promptly retorted: But the need for health insurance in New Mexico remains would probably prefer to never see another (roasted chicory, rice and peas), and able rating to a record high. “Apparently, Donald Trump doesn’t realize the same. Everyone must be covered. If you’ve experienced cockroach again, living or dead. That’s all-American Postum (roasted wheat bran, Her approval rating prior to the Trump Gov. Martinez wasn’t elected in 2000, that wheat and molasses). appearance had already dropped below some change in your life like losing a job, divorce, or a new because when we see them, it’s in a space she has fought for welfare reform.” we’d like to believe is sanitary (our homes), A few years ago, Chock full o’Nuts added the important 50 percent mark and rested While Trump may have errantly tried Greg Frost, Sr. baby, we’ll help you find affordable health insurance and we associate roaches with filth. the slogan “NO NUTS! 100 percent Coffee” at an historic low of 47 percent, according to imply that the skyrocketing use of Founder options. If you are not sure if it affects your ability to get To combat their presence, we use every- to its packaging – presumably to both to a Public Policy Polling survey. This new food stamps has occurred entirely under thing from diatomaceous earth (nontoxic dispel confusion about its contents, and to poll, of which we hope to be able to Martinez, who took office in 2011, he got Regulation & Licensing Dept Financial Institutions Division, #621. NMLS# 3094 health insurance, or how it might affect the financial to people but it shreds bug exoskeletons) assuage nut allergy fears. Thanks to reader report full details soon, indicates Martinez the big picture right. The economy under assistance you are already receiving or could now qualify to hazardous chemicals in insecticides. Most E. S. H. for submitting this question. is headed lower, considerably lower, Martinez has continued to sputter and the insecticides are organophosphate nerve thanks to one Donald Trump. for, please call us at 855.996.6449, or visit us online at welfare state dramatically expand. poisons that inhibit cholinesterase, an en- Dear Sassy Lass: Every movie starts Martinez also takes a hit in the survey Here was the food stamp story in beWellnm.com, we’ll get you the answers you need. zyme that breaks down the nerve-to-muscle with all these credits. First there’s among independents, many of whom lean November 2010, the month Martinez neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh). This the studio – Paramount, Universal, conservative. Her Democratic support had was first elected: “The percentage of the Be healthier, be happier, be insured at beWellnm. etc. – then a boatload of company leads to tremors and muscle spasms. previously tanked, in large part because state’s population receiving food stamps names: Bad Robot, Lionsgate, Village Roaches are pretty much all thorax and of the ill-fated holiday staff “Pizz-zah” jumped 3.2 points to 19.4 percent over Life changes that qualify you to enroll Roadshow, Dreamworks. Sometimes abdomen teetering around on three pairs party in December. The Trump remarks a year’s time, from November 2009 to during this special enrollment period: there are a half dozen or more. Who of skinny legs. Those spasms and tremors had no noticeable impact on them. But her November 2010. New Mexico recorded the are these companies and what are lead to loss of muscle control, then loss of Republican support that had most recently largest percentage increase in the nation Divorce their roles? balance and the roaches fall over on their been in the mid to high 70s crashed to a in people receiving food stamps from My dear Film Fan, these are examples Death of spouse backs. If their legs don’t work, the roaches stunning 57 percent. November of 2009 to November of 2010,” of film studios, film production and/or Loss of Medicaid can’t grab on to anything to right them- While it’s highly probable that it is The Wall Street Journal reported. distribution companies. selves and they die flipped over. Martinez’s refusal to endorse the nominee We checked the stats from the state Moved outside coverage area A film studio, Paramount Pictures, for Some insecticides affect respiration, of her party that is driving Republican Human Services Department for January Gained citizenship example, has its own privately owned which can also kill a cockroach by making it anger toward her, the economy is playing of this year and found that since Martinez studio facilities used to make films. It is New baby too weak to move, resulting in the roach’s a role as well. It was one of the reasons has taken office, the number of food a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate legs collapsing underneath itself and it that led to a major intraparty defeat of stamp recipients soared to a record high, New marriage Viacom. dying on its abdomen. a key Martinez political ally at the May at least for that month. Some 514,000 New Loss of job’s health plan Production companies (Bad Robot) handle It’s important to note that in the wild, GOP convention. Former New Mexico GOP the actual production process: money, Mexicans were receiving the food assis- Turned 26 years old few cockroaches die on their backs. Chairman Harvey Yates decisively ousted scheduling, scripting, hiring talent and tance in January. With a state population Released from incarceration Roaches are snacks for bats, birds and other longtime GOP National Committeeman staff, the actual production, post-produc- of 2.086 million as of 2014, it means 24.7 small creatures, which means they’re dying and Martinez ally Pat Rogers from the tion, distribution and marketing. Movies percent of the state’s residents are now in the mouths and tummies of these beasts. position. In doing so, Yates said: “We can are produced under business entities that on food stamps, far more than when she So the next time you spy cockroach car- bring the party to unity, but come the next finance films. There may also be several took over. casses with legs folded into their thoraxes, gubernatorial election, if (the economy) different production companies that all “It’s your governor’s fault.” Trump remember: they didn’t lie that way. They isn’t changed, we’re going to be held bellowed to the throng at his downtown contribute to the making of a movie, which accountable.” died that way. Convention Center rally. “We have to get is why you see the phrase “In Association In the wake of the Trump attacks on with ...” in the credits. your governor and get going. She’s got to Dear Sassy Lass: Why is there a coffee Martinez, several prominent national Film distributors are responsible for do a better job, OK? Your governor has called Chock full o’Nuts? It sounds Republicans rose to her defense but marketing a film, and are usually different got to do a better job.” weird to have nuts in coffee. notably did not offer a direct defense of from the production company. It is the With a quarter of the state’s population There’s often a lot more than meets the her economic policies. company that sells the movie to theaters, having incomes low enough to qualify for eye in product brand names, but in this Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker touted her television, DVD, etc. food stamps, someone’s not doing their election prowess: “Governor Martinez has case it is just a name. There are not now, job. The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number IE-HBE-12-001 from the U.S. nor have there even been, nuts in Chock effectively driven conservative reforms in a Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents Got Qs? The Sassy Lass might have provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views full o’Nuts Coffee. some As! Send your questions to blue state won twice by President Obama, Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico of HHS or any of its agencies. The original business name comes from a [email protected] today. while winning re-election by the largest politics. His daily blog can be found at New York chain of 1920s shelled nut shops Your question could be next. margin by a Republican in state history.” joemonahan.com 8 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS columns mystery photo ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 9

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The entire department was dog sculpted Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps looking for the assailant. not wearing helmets, who by artist Glenna • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water At 11 p.m., a classmate, Dave, and I didn’t have riot batons, Goodacre and Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel were dispatched to Sigma Chi and Uni- Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • and who clearly weren’t installed in 2004 at versity to assist University of New Mexico the Albuquerque Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • police with a large disturbance. 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A scrap dealer who bought the dog returned it www.quictrans.com We walked east on Sigma Chi, and missions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • up and toss rocks at us, and we would to authorities, and Sparky is now back in his place in the Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials there they were, a bunch of drunks de- walk backward. By 5 in the morning, museum’s sculpture garden. • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps10300 • Front Ends Menaul • Shocks Blvd • Diagnostics NE • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses stroying the place. As we stared at them, it was done. I smelled like tear gas. No • Coolers • Struts • WaterAlbuquerque, Pumps • Starters • BatteriesNM 87112 • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning505-271-8000 • Brakes • Differen - the first beer bottle was thrown at us. We arrests were made. The only reason the tials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension notified Sgt. Tkach, and 20 minutes later riot ended was the rioters got tired and • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakeseveryone who was available to respond the sun was rising. • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • had arrived: 11 patrol officers, five canine We’ve had a lot of riots since. Most Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning officers, Tkach and Lt. Ramirez. citizens blame the rioters. But when • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles As we • Elec formed- up, Tkach told us to grab trical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air Condi police know there is going to be a our “bats, hats and masks,” meaning tioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • Engines • Axles protest, and that protest turns violent, it night sticks, helmets and gas masks. The • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteries • Belts • Alternators • Air shows a lack of planning. We pay police Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shockshelmets • Diagnostics did not• Engines have •face shields. A to be prepared and to protect lives and Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Batteriesveteran • officerBelts • Alternators told us to • put our badges property. Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Endsin • ourShocks pockets. • Diagnostics He said • Engines it was going to At the Trump disturbance, we saw offi- • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Startersget ugly,• Batteries and rioters• Belts •would Alterna grab at our cers who were not wearing helmets, who tors • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumpsbadges. • Front Ends • Shocks • Diagnostics • didn’t have riot batons, and who clearly Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water RamirezPumps • Starters and Tkach • Batteries had a • plan.Belts •He weren’t prepared for a riot. We saw Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissionsplaced • Fuel Pumps all 11 • of Front us inEnds a skirmish • Shocks •line Diag across police horses with no room to maneuver nostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • CoolersSigma • Struts Chi. • Water The PumpsK9 officers • Starters with • Batteries their • and Trump supporters forced to walk a Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Shocks • barking dogs were behind us. I asked the gantlet of angry protesters. I saw poor Diagnostics • Engines • Axles • Electrical • Suspension • Hoses • Coolers • Struts • Water Pumps • Starters • Bat- K9 sergeant why they were behind us. He planning. APD command did not prepare teries • Belts • Alternators • Air Conditioning • Brakes • Differentials • Transmissions • Fuel Pumps • Front Ends • Find a polling grinned and said it was to keep us from their officers, and that exacerbated a bad Vote fleeing. situation. Absentee We marched east, and within a Anaheim had a larger Trump rally/ couple minutes, the crowd was in view. protest the next day. Pictures showed location near you! Tkach halted us, and Ramirez got on all officers in riot gear, the crowd held a loudspeaker and told the crowd to far away from spectators and a quick-re- Vote disperse. More rocks and bottles were Early action force ready to move in. The thrown. Something hit Dave on his arm Anaheim Police Department had a plan, and knocked him flat. I helped him get but did APD? Anaheim was controlled; to his feet. The scene: a drunken crowd Albuquerque was out of control. We have that greatly outnumbered us, K9 dogs to learn from this. Vote on Election Day snapping at our backs, rocks and bottles The City Council should publicly review hitting us. I was scared. the Trump riot so APD can better prepare Ramirez then did something brilliant. for the next time, because there will be a He announced to the crowd that if their next time. cars were behind us, this would be their Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Cheesy, www.bernco.gov/myvotecenter only chance to get them before they were but true. towed. About 100 people calmly walked past us, got into their cars and left. Cars, Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police (505) 243-VOTE(8683) it seems, are important to Americans, sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. BY JOEY PETERS

10 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 11 ‘Reverse Drug Stings’ Costly Use of APD Manpower Can an APD Officer Use a Suspect as a Human Shield? BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI BY ANDREW BEALE

o some, it was a waste of scarce and stings for more than 20 years and that n wartime, soldiers and their from using civilians as human shields. Tprecious police resources. they are effective, at least temporarily, in Icommanding officers can face severe We reached out to more than two dozen In what could be a metaphor for the reducing drug trafficking and the problems sanctions for using prisoners as lawyers and local and national legal-ad- plight of Albuquerque, the May 9 reverse it causes for neighborhood residents and human shields. But according to the vocacy groups, including the local and sting drug operation by Albuquerque businesses. Albuquerque Police Department, it’s national ACLU, Human Rights Watch, police officers resulted in the arrest of An APD spokesperson said that after the not a problem when police officers do local and federal public defenders’ eight low-level drug users and homeless May 9 sting, calls for service in the area it. offices, and the National Lawyers’ Guild. people, $23.10 in cash, a computer tablet, near Pennsylvania and Central decreased On Feb. 21, APD Detective Angelo All of our attempts either went unan- cell phone, police radio, jacket and colic substantially. Lovato responded to a burglary call swered or resulted in a “no comment.” medicine. City Councilor Diane Gibson doesn’t at a Planet Fitness gym on Alameda The U.S. attorney’s spokesperson, Eliz- For that, police deployed around 15 to 20 think that cops should be arresting low- Road Northwest, according to a abeth Martinez, and federal monitor Dr. officers and support staff for the operation level users and addicts, but she sympa- criminal complaint filed by Lovato. James Ginger also declined to comment. near Central and Pennsylvania Northeast. thizes with the police and with residents He recognized a suspect he identified But local ACLU spokesman Micah And considering all the other support and business owners whose neighborhoods as Reyanon Duncan and called out her McCoy put us in touch with defense services connected with the operation, are plagued by street-level drug deals. name. As Lovato grabbed Duncan’s attorney Philip Davis, who told us he the reverse sting probably cost taxpayers “I get calls from residents and business wrist, an unidentified man drove up thinks Lovato’s actions were most likely between $5,000 and $10,000, experts said. owners every week, and typically they’re and pointed a handgun at Lovato. unlawful. That’s because reverse stings – where saying that they see some mangy looking What Lovato decided to do next may “The Fourth Amendment prohibits cops sell drugs to buyers – are complex guy on their street looking for drugs, so do have crossed a legal line, according to police officers from engaging in the use Tung Chueng operations that require a lot of people to something,” Gibson said. She added that experts interviewed for this article. of excessive or unnecessary force, and it pull off, according to a source familiar with Eden wrote her recently to say that being In the criminal complaint, Lovato seems to me that if you take a citizen and APD drug operations. arrested for drug possession can be the states, “In fear of being shot I picked to the ground, did he punch her, or kick her, armbar put them in harm’s way, you’re doing A sting generally needs three to four event that triggers an addict to get help. Ms. Duncan up and started to walk backwards using her? What type of use of force did he use against just that,” Davis said. her?” detectives to actively flag customers to Intervention her as a shield. I was hoping in doing so the driver “It would not take a rocket scientist to come up sell drugs to. Each detective requires a would not shoot.” While carrying Duncan, Lovato Asked point-blank if APD really doesn’t consider with a number of different principles in both federal surveillance and security team. Then there “They [officers] want to make arrests so tripped on a curb and fell down as the vehicle drove using a person as a shield to be a use of force, Tixier and state law that would not allow an officer to act are two take-down, or arrest teams, of five they can get them [addicts] in front of a away. Lovato makes no further mention of the man responded, “I didn’t say that. I’m just wondering if, that way.” to six officers each. After the buyers are Courtesy of Breaking Bad judge who will require them to complete who allegedly pointed a gun at him. I don’t know if it’s outlined in our policy or not. I Jenny Moore, a professor of law at UNM, said some substance abuse or mental health would say no, though. I would have to look into that arrested, they have to be transported to a Walter White, the protagonist in the TV show “Breaking Bad,” made millions manufacturing nearly every country on Earth criminalizes the use police substation and then, eventually to methamphetamines. APD, with the permission of a Bernalillo County District Court judge, program,” Gibson said. “That might be the APD spokesman Tanner Tixier further.” of human shields by its soldiers. She said in an the Metropolitan Detention Center on the made $23.10, plus a few personal effects of homeless people. only way these people [addicts] get to see a Neither Tixier nor anyone else at APD responded email that “customary norms,” or unwritten rules of far West Side, and that takes transportation professional, and it might be the only way defended Lovato’s actions on to multiple follow-up attempts to inquire if he had, international conduct that are so widespread they’re that they get a nudge in the right direction. in fact, looked into it further. During the interview personnel. Kari Brandenburg told this newspaper. “In the the grounds that Duncan considered to be binding everywhere, dictate that So maybe this isn’t so bad.” with Tixier, he did, however, offer an additional “It’s takes a minimum of 20 people and is a very meantime, we have people waiting for calls for was ‘legally restrained’ the use of human shields is illegal. Richard Pugh, the head public defender for the justification. labor-intensive process that, I think, is a waste of service on residential burglaries. The resources need “Under customary international law, the use of Second Judicial District, said Albuquerque needs “She was already under arrest, if she was in hand- manpower that address the symptoms rather than to be expended in different ways.” civilians as human shields is wrong in any armed something like the Law Enforcement Assisted cuffs, so he would (have) legally restrained her,” the problems,” a law enforcement source told ABQ Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis agreed. “At APD didn’t make Lovato available for an inter- conflict situation, because human shields put civil- Diversion [LEAD] program that has been in place in Tixier said. Free Press. the end of the day, the neighborhood was no better view for this article. But in a KOB-TV report after the ians in danger,” Moore said. Seattle since 2011. Under LEAD, instead of arresting APD’s use-of-force policy was recently revised in off than when they [police] showed up,” Davis said. incident, Lovato stated, “Her knowing him, hope- an attempt to bring it into compliance with the City ‘Given the critical needs of “They might have made an impact for a couple fully he wouldn’t shoot.” It’s unclear how Lovato of Albuquerque’s settlement with the U.S. Depart- ‘The Fourth Amendment prohibits of hours, but when the police left, the users came ‘At the end of the day, the determined that Duncan knew the man, though he our community at this time, ment of Justice. The newly revised version of the police officers from engaging in the back.” does say in the criminal complaint that she tried to neighborhood was no better off policy defines force as “any application of physical we would discourage the practice Davis recently asked APD Chief Gorden Eden to pull her wrist away from Lovato and run to the car use of excessive or unnecessary techniques or use of tools as listed in this policy, or of reverse operations’ stop the reverse stings and use department resources than when they [police] showed up’ before Lovato picked her up and shielded himself force, and it seems to me that if any other means used to defend, restrain, overcome, — District Attorney Kari Brandenburg to go after higher level drug dealers. — City Councilor Pat Davis behind her. or otherwise gain physical control of a person.” you take a citizen and put them in In a letter to the chief, Davis wrote, “I believe that In the report, KOB newscaster Tom Joles described Asked if Lovato faced any disciplinary actions re- the process undertaken in this operation [May 9] Lovato’s decision to shelter himself behind Duncan harm’s way, you’re doing just that’ Cost vs. benefit and booking low-level drug users and sellers, police lated to the incident, Tixier said, “Not to my knowl- is misguided and targets the symptom of a larger as an “unexpected but brilliant idea.” In another — Attorney Phil Davis divert them into housing and treatment programs. edge. I have no idea. …There’s over 800 officers in Figuring that most APD officers make $28 an hour problem without bringing any long-term benefit to context, it might be described as a war crime. Assistant Public Defender Alan Wagman also this department. I can’t keep tabs on every single and that 20 officers were needed for an eight-hour the community.” APD, for its part, says it’s not even “force.” She said she doesn’t know of any specific U.S. believes that APD’s reverse sting was a waste of one and where their investigations may or may not operation, the sting itself could have cost up to ‘What force?’ law that bars police from using civilians as human $4,500. Then there’s the cost of the personnel who time and money. lie with IA (Internal Affairs).” shields. But from her perspective, she said, it seems book the suspects into the jail, the cost of keeping An APD spokesperson said “They’ve been doing this type of sting for 20 years, APD spokesman Tanner Tixier defended Lovato’s Was it legal? indefensible. the suspects in jail, and the cost of APD lab per- that after the May 9 sting, calls and it hasn’t stopped it [drug usage],” Wagman said. actions on the grounds that Duncan was “legally “If I hold a person as a shield, when I am armed It’s clearly illegal for a U.S. armed services mem- sonnel to test the drugs that were purchased and He added that instead of sending at least 20 officers restrained.” He said that using a suspect as a shield and have the authority to use weaponry, and that for service in the area near ber to do to an enemy combatant what Lovato did to testify before a grand jury that they were indeed to arrest low-level users, APD could have pursued doesn’t count as a use of force. person is not armed and I am holding her to protect to Duncan. The 2009 Military Commissions Act pro- illegal drugs. Pennsylvania and Central a more effective course to get drug users off the When we read to Tixier Lovato’s statement that he myself, it does not seem to be the legal, moral, or vides for the death penalty if a soldier uses a person And, considering that the District Attorney’s Office decreased substantially streets. “used (Duncan) as a shield,” Tixier responded, “OK. right thing to do. And I say that not as a lawyer but as a shield and the person is killed. If the victim is probably won’t prosecute the people who were ar- “They should have put up a big sign saying, So what force did he use against her?” We told Tixier as a human being,” she said. not killed, the penalties for the soldier are assessed rested, a fair question is whether the operation was a APD’s stance ‘Warning! Police are going to be selling drugs in this again that by his own admission, Lovato had used by a military tribunal. Video missing waste of time and money. area,’” Wagman said. “That would have been more Duncan as a shield. APD didn’t comment for this article, but depart- The legality of Lovato’s actions is less clear. None “Given the critical needs of our community at this effective.” “He picked her up and used her as a shield. OK, After her arrest on Feb. 21, Duncan was charged ment spokespeople have told other news organiza- of the various legal experts we spoke to were able time, we would discourage the practice of reverse Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at so, again, my guess is, my question is, is what force with a variety of crimes ranging from car theft to tions that the department has been doing reverse to point to a specific law that prohibits U.S. police operations,” Bernalillo County District Attorney ABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected] did he use against her?” Tixier said. “Did he take her credit-card fraud. But all the charges were dropped cont. on page 12 12 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS news city life ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 13 Start and end your day with us! Making Your Garden Grow Racking Up the Miles on ABQ Ride BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS

relied on public transportation to get around With a .38-Caliber Hoe IBurque until 2014. Now that I have a vehicle, my by sayrah namastÉ bus use is intermittent, so it was a bit of “Back to the e are people that others carelessly label thugs. Future” when my editor suggested I write a story “Wturning “Everyone at La Plazita is a BTDT. Been about a couple days on the bus. weapons of destruc- there, done that,” Albino likes to say. I decided to take the bus to a series of common tion into tools of He hires former felons and former destinations, including Nob Hill, the Sunport, the construction,” says gang members who have transformed West Side and the Northeast Heights, to examine the KSFR fm Albino Garcia, di- themselves and want to stop the cycle efficiency of current ABQ Ride routes. I took the bus santa fe public radio 101.1 rector of the South of violence for the next kid. They use an twice – once on a Monday and again on a Saturday. Valley organization indigenous model of restorative justice I’d be interested to hear how my experience on La Plazita Institute. that has convinced judges, cops, prosecu- ABQ Ride compares to yours. And while you’re at He means it. Guns are being turned tors and probation officers that there is it, let me know whether you think the proposed into garden tools from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. an alternative to locking up a kid for life. on Saturday, June 18, at 831 Isleta Blvd. RAWTools, a Colorado Mennonite Albuquerque Rapid Transit is a good or bad thing. Award winning news, SW. group, puts the ancient Bible verse “They Email me at [email protected]. RAWTools is bringing a blacksmith will beat their swords into plowshares” Monday forge, APD is providing four confiscated into practice. Their mission is to repur- public affairs & talk radio guns, and La Plazita youth will help pose weapons into hand tools to be My day started just before noon near Central and repurpose them into tools that can be used in the creation of something new, Edith. I made it to Nob Hill on the No. 66 Central used to grow food. preventing the weapon’s use for violence bus in 30 minutes – an awful long time for the The community is invited to watch the and creating a cycle of peace. What distance, but it was a busy time of day, with lots forging and to eat farm-fresh food, enjoy RAWTools does with a forge, La Plazita of people getting on and off at almost every stop. Eclectic music streaming live live music, and learn about how com- does with people. Then I caught the Rapid Ride to San Mateo. Rapid @ ksfr.org munity groups are addressing violence. The event is organized by the Ride buses go faster, have fewer stops and seat more Powerful testimonies from both victims Albuquerque Mennonite Church in people – 56 sitting, up to 86 standing. and perpetrators of gun violence will be coordination with La Plazita Institute, I barely missed the northbound Central/San offered. RAWTools, New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Mateo bus, which meant I had to wait 13 minutes A Rapid Ride bus makes a stop on Central near Presbyterian Hospital. Listener supported public radio I have admired the work of La Plazita Violence, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, for the next one. Waiting at a populated bus stop Institute for many years. It serves youth Veterans for Peace, the Southwest requires patience and, importantly, insulation from Airport/Downtown bus runs every 30 minutes on Northwest Transit Center at Coors and Ellison 10 in custody and those previously incarcer- Organizing Project, and my organization, the cacophony of the street. Carry a smartphone weekdays and every hour on Saturday; there is no minutes later. ated, gang-involved youth, and veterans the American Friends Service Committee. with headphones so you can turn up your music Sunday service. From my vantage points, both on the bus and suffering from post-traumatic stress For more, visit Facebook and search on to block out unsolicited comments. Never take out Connection information for the Rail Runner and at the transit center, it was apparent that issues of disorder. the keywords Guns Into Gardens. your wallet or a pack of cigarettes at a bus stop; it’s shuttles is posted at the Sunport stop near the bag- "DID YOU KNOW" We have worked together to create walking, convenience and accessibility seem greater an invitation for bumming. gage claim area. Three riders disembarked when we small organic farms in the South Valley. Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the on the West Side than in other neighborhoods. For Albuquerque’s I stopped at the Erna Fergusson Library near San arrived at 12:45 p.m., but no one got on. The food grown is eaten by incarcerated American Friends Service Committee in instance, there’s less sidewalk, which places pe- WE CAN REPAIR Mateo and Comanche for two reasons: It’s one of Rather than look like a luggage-less weirdo and kids at the Bernalillo County Juvenile Albuquerque. She writes about events destrians and/or bus patrons dangerously close to of interest to Albuquerque’s activist few public libraries open on Mondays, and I needed YOUR METAL OR Premier Facility Detention Center. The people at La vehicular traffic. Plazita stick their necks out for the community. to charge my phone. Some cities have buses and As we waited, the other passengers stops with charging outlets, but Albuquerque’s not made their frustrations known — in Then, it was back on the bus for the trip back. PLASTIC OPTICAL - for - After getting off the No. 790 in Old Town for a lunch one of them. I sat in the library for 40 minutes, until colorful, unprintable language — FRAME? HUMAN SHIELD, Page 11 my phone got enough of a charge to record my break, I took the 766 Rapid Ride to the Alvarado Mock Trials & observations on my return trip. about the 790’s Saturday Transportation Center at First and Central, where I As I waited to head back Downtown, I was boarded the No. 8 Menaul bus around 3 p.m. less than two weeks later, and she reveals a major piece of missing service hours pleasantly surprised to see that the southbound San The No. 8 is very much a “heart of the city” bus. was released from jail. Duncan is evidence: the video. We solder silver, titanium, Focus Groups Mateo/Comanche stop featured an up-to-date ABQ wait an hour for the next No. 50 to arrive, I stayed now wanted in connection with an APD responded to our request with It’s noisy, crowded and populated with everyday Ride system map. In the past, posted schedules were on the bus. We exited toward Yale, where I saw lots & stainless steel; make unrelated burglary at another gym, a recording of a 911 call from the Burqueños – vatos, homeless veterans, giggly mall- • Trial planning and issue spotting, either out of date or nonexistent, and I’d find myself of covered bus stops in front of the hotels along the MONOCLES; plus, create allegedly committed shortly after her Planet Fitness reporting a theft from a bound teenage girls and other carless folks. in-house facilitators waiting much longer than the schedule indicated. way. Oddly, these shelters dry up almost immedi- release. A warrant for her arrest was locker – but no video or audio record- It took about 45 minutes to get from Downtown glasses supported by • Mock jury services Now, commuters have different ways to ensure ately after you reach Yale’s residential area. issued by Lovato on April 27. ings from the actual arrest. to the Montgomery/Tramway Park & Ride, with prompt arrivals and departures. Some keep sched- My next destination was the Northwest Transit your nose & eyebrows • Witness preparation Phil Sisneros, a spokesman for the plenty of stops along the way. It was there that the ules on their person. Some call 311. Others use the Center on the West Side. The most efficient way • Simulated court and Bernalillo County District Attorney’s without temple's brace. It’s clearly illegal for a UNM smartphone app “Where’s my bus?” which there? The No. 790 Blue Line Rapid Ride at Central No. 8 Menaul bus transmogrified into a No. 5 Mont- deliberation venues Office, said he wasn’t sure why the U.S. armed services tracks all Rapid Ride buses, plus three other routes, and Yale. It runs every 46 minutes or so on Satur- gomery/Carlisle bus. Although initially confused, I • Political polling charges against Duncan were dropped and gives your bus’s ETA to your stop. days (again, no Sunday service). Even though I stayed onboard for the trip back downtown and was in March. member to do to an waited only 10 minutes once I got to the stop, others back home by 5 p.m. “This one was nolle’d [dropped] be- Call 505-263-8425 or email enemy combatant what Saturday had been waiting much longer. As we waited, they In both of my bus-riding instances, journeys that cause we did not have all the evidence [email protected] Lovato did to Duncan Although I chose to wing it for my Monday trip, made their frustrations known – in colorful, unprint- would have taken me one to two hours of driving that we needed at the time, and we I prepped for my Saturday excursion like a Girl able language – about the 790’s Saturday service took me between three to five hours. Eight quarters are consulting with law enforcement Neither Tixier nor Acting APD 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 Scout. My supplies ranged from comfortable boots hours. We boarded at 1:05 p.m. on this matter,” Sisneros said. Records Custodian Javier Urban was gets you a full-day pass – a definite savings on the and a cross-body purse to a book bag packed with In general, it seems that the farther west you go, He didn’t know what evidence in able to explain why the video was expense of gas for my Saturday trip but actually inclement weather gear (just in case, even though it the 790’s bus stops provide better access to com- particular the district attorney was missing. Tixier also said he had no more expensive than the gas it would have taken for 9000 Menaul Blvd. NE was sunny), hand sanitizer, a day planner and two mercial zones than residential ones. There’s lots of missing from the case. But an Inspec- idea why Duncan’s case was dropped. me to tool around on Monday. notebooks. commercial construction, and it’s obviously im- (505) 296-8187 tion of Public Records Act request Andrew Beale is an Albuquerque freelance The day started at 12:14 p.m. My first stop was portant for commerce to have stops at Cottonwood M. Brianna Stallings is a staff writer at ABQ Free Press. www.mulleropticalinc.com trialmetrixnm.com filed by ABQ Free Press in February journalist. the Albuquerque International Sunport. The No. 50 Mall, which we hit at 1:40 p.m. We arrived at the Reach her at [email protected] 14 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS news NEWS/POLLS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 15 Berry: ART Construction to Start in July PNM ‘Smart Meters’ Could What ABQ Free Press Readers BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Think of the Presidential Candidates ayor Richard Berry’s administration says for the past two months to put together an efficient stations will be placed so they will be accessible to Come to ABQ by 2020 Editor’s note: In our May 18 issue, we Bernie Sanders: a revolutionary presidential M construction on the $119 million Albuquerque construction plan that will minimize disruption to maintenance crews in the future. BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI ran a summary of our ABQ Free Press nominee who could bring our government back to the standards JFK had during the best Rapid Transit project along Central Avenue will businesses and residents,” Berry said. Readers’ Presidential Preference Poll in The city, meanwhile, has yet to get permission f all goes according to plan, by 2020, with the latest technology and provide years of our country. — Tabitha, Democrat begin in late July. Whether that construction actually begins, how- from the Federal Transportation Administration that Ithe Public Service Company of New customers with these new enhance- which Bernie Sanders was your over- Trump: dangerous moron. — Lisa, Democrat The initial construction will take place in the ever, will be up to a federal judge. Two lawsuits seek it can go ahead and spend the $69 million federal Mexico will know exactly how much ments,” McGinnis Porter said. “We an- whelming favorite. Here’s a sampling of University of New Mexico area between Girard to stop ART. A hearing on a preliminary junction to grant for the ART, said John McCall, an attorney for electricity you use in any given hour, ticipate improved billing accuracy, the your responses to the question, “Name a Bernie Sanders represents 99 percent of the on the east and Cedar on the west, and then in the halt ART is expected in July. Both lawsuits allege that ART opponents. That’s because Congress has yet to and, if your power goes out, it’ll know ability of customers to pick their own candidate still in the race and give us a people. He is honest, trustworthy and caring Downtown area from I-25 to 10th Street. the city has violated federal historic preservation approve President Obama’s budget, which contains without you having to report it. payment date and to immediately do a candid assessment of him or her.” and is working to help these people, who in The initial ART line will run from Louisiana on the laws and that it lied to the Federal Transit Adminis- the ART grant. It’s all part of PNM’s proposed $87.2 connection of a disconnection without the past have just been swept under the rug. — Laura, Democrat east to Coors on the West Side. Construction on the tration about the level of public support for ART. ART opponents have said the project will hurt million Advanced Metering Infrastruc- sending someone out there.” Hillary Clinton. She’s got such a long history in entire project is scheduled to be completed in late 2017. The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility small businesses along the route because it will limit ture, or smart meter, While more utilities the public eye that she would have a difficult Jill Stein advocates much of what Sanders is The construction team is being led by Bradbury Authority angered ART opponents last month when automobile access to those businesses. ART will project that aims to are shifting to smart time winning the general election. The fact offering plus more with her “Green New Deal” Stamm Construction, and the team “is planning it began work to relocate water lines along the ART that Rs have managed to nominate such a have dedicated bus lanes in the middle of Central, replace 531,000 me- meters, not everyone plan, which will create millions of jobs by to avoid construction in Nob Hill and Old Town route. ART opponents called it an underhanded flawed, weak, radioactive candidate is a huge transitioning to 100 percent clean renewable and on many sections of the route, auto traffic will chanical electric meters likes them. They raise during the holidays and is working closely with attempt by Berry’s administration to start the project blessing. This will be like winning the World energy by 2030. — Annie, Democrat be limited to one lane in each direction. with digital meters that privacy, health and event planners to coordinate construction with key before a judge heard arguments in the two lawsuits. Cup 1-0 on an own goal, but we should take it. send information about billing concerns. For Trump: unfairly misunderstood. events,” the city said in a news release. ABCWUA spokesman David Morris said water Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Free — Joe, Democrat your power usage to instance, should a — Jordan, Independent “The construction team has worked diligently lines have to be moved from under where ART Press. Reach him at dennis @freeabq.com Hillary Clinton is a cynical and corrupt person, the utility via radio utility be able to know Gary Johnson. Only candidate other than signals. for sale to the highest bidder, and in politics to exactly when you’re serve her own ambition and interests. Donald Trump who understands the danger If approved by the using electricity, and — Stue, Republican of our national debt and how our current New Mexico Public will utilities sell that economy is on the verge of collapse. Regulation Commis- information to other Donald Trump. The reason I prefer him is — Aaron, Republican Paris Sale of Stolen Acoma Pueblo Shield Canceled sion, the new meters because he isn’t a typical politician. Many call BY DAN VUKELICH companies? And Bernie Sanders is the answer to our nation’s would eliminate the him a “reality star” but he is truly just a good will 531,000 meters businessman. I appreciate his passionate plans problems. We cannot let someone bought t took multiple appeals by a variety of U.S. gov- “When these items leave our need for 124 PNM meter readers and emitting radio signals every hour affect and desires to do what he thinks is best for our and paid for by Wall Street continue to feed ernment officials, but pressure on a French auction their vehicles and would result in a net I Pueblo, this is how much it peoples’ health? country. However, he needs to act like an adult corporate greed. — Jovani, Independent house to cancel the sale of a pilfered Acoma Pueblo hurts,” Riley said, choking up. savings of $20.9 million over a 20-year And then there’s the billing concerns. and choose his words wisely. Donald Trump is a dangerous opportunistic cultural artifact paid off. period, according to filings with the “For a person in my position to Smart meters will allow utilities to — Emily, Independent troll who should limit himself to bankrupting U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich announced on May 30 speak and express my emotions PRC. introduce different prices for consump- Gary Johnson. He’s a two-time governor with casinos and exploiting his imported wives. that the sale of a stolen Acoma ceremonial shield this way is maybe in some eyes PNM seeks to recover from ratepayers tion based on the time of day and the an extremely high approval rate due to his — Michelle, Green had been canceled. not a role model for males, but the $1.5 million cost to educate custom- season, something many consumers ability to do his job without interfering with Bernie Sanders is in my opinion the candidate “This is welcome news, and I am pleased that this is how much it hurts my ers about the new meters and the $5 might not want. Conspiracy theo- citizens’ rights and freedoms while leaving most committed to protecting the rights of pressure from the Pueblo, federal officials, and the million cost of offering severance pack- people when we see these cultural rists elsewhere oppose smart meters office with money in the bank instead of labor and ending U.S. imperialism. ages to the meter readers whose jobs public at large forced the auction house to cancel its items put up for sale.” because, they believe, they’ll eventually higher taxes and debt. — Marialexandria, — Margaret, Democrat sale,” Heinrich said. “But it never should have come Last year, Riley said, 24 cultur- will be eliminated by the new meters. allow a utility to scale back service to other party to this.” PNM is also looking to recover the Donald Trump is a garbage human. ally important items from Acoma customers they believe are using too Donald Trump. Speaks his mind, truly cares “unrecovered” costs of its current — Rachael, Democrat The Eve Auction House of Paris apparently pulled Pueblo were auctioned in 10 sales. much power. about America and all American citizens. A the shield from the sale after U.S. Interior Secretary In a letter to U.S. Secretary of mechanical meters, which it estimates very intelligent man that can negotiate and Bernie Sanders is a truly authentic candidate Sally Jewell joined Heinrich in calling for French State John Kerry, Heinrich wrote, to be approximately $33 million, over a choose the right people to make America who represents my first opportunity to vote authorities to block the sale of the shield. The shield “The United States must do 20-year period. great again. — Lisa, Republican for the greater good instead of the lesser of was stolen from Acoma Pueblo several decades ago. Whether this all happens, though, is two evils. — Martin, Democrat everything in its power to ensure PNM seeks to recover Bernie Sanders. The only candidate who could “Auctioning off tribal sacred objects is extremely up to the PRC. The agency will hold that priceless Native American end up in the same breath as Washington, Hillary Clinton is a lying, manipulative, hearings on PNM’s plan this summer, from ratepayers the $1.5 troubling not only because tribal law precludes the cultural artifacts are returned to Lincoln, and FDR. — Matt, Democrat heartless criminal who cares more about the and the utility has told the commission million cost to educate sale of these objects by individuals, but because the rightful homes instead of be- lining of her back pocket than the American items held by a dealer or collector are likely the that it won’t start the project unless customers about the new Bernie Sanders’ values reflect my own, but people. ing sold off to the highest bidder.” Congress will block him from accomplishing results of wrongful transfer and may be for sale Eve Auction House all of its requested costs are approved, — Brian, Democrat In March, Republican U.S. Rep. meters and the $5 million anything. — Lisa, Democrat illegally,” Jewell wrote to French authorities. PRC spokesman Carlos Padilla said. Steve Pearce of Southern New Bernie Sanders means well but has all the “I call upon the French government to work with If the PRC does approve those costs, cost of offering severance Hillary gets things done. She’s much more of The shield was listed for auction at between 5,000 Mexico introduced a bill to curb wrong solutions. — Daniel, other the United States government and with tribes to PNM would begin installing the packages to the meter a progressive change agent than anyone else and 7,000 Euros, or $5,600 to $7,800. the export of Native American religious and cultural Trump is bat-shit crazy.— Denise, Democrat find a path toward repatriating these cultural items back-office computer and communica- running. — Carter, Democrat “I implore the Republic of France to take immedi- artifacts. readers whose jobs will which are at the heart of Native American heritage tions equipment in 2017. By the end of If Donald Trump wins, he will be indicted ate forceful action to prevent this deplorable action,” Kevin Gover, former director of the Bureau of be eliminated Donald Trump has all the qualifications for the and identity,” she wrote. that year, PNM would have installed anti-Christ. — Jan, Independent before his first term is up.— Elisa, Democrat Indian Affairs, now with the National Museum of According to an affidavit by a granddaughter of Acoma Pueblo Gov. Kurt Riley told a news confer- 5,000 meters to test the system. Full by the new meters the American Indian, said that since 1989, under Bernie Sanders is the most progressive of the Bernie Sanders. I think he is the least likely to one of the tribe’s traditional leaders, the painted ence held at the Smithsonian Institution’s National installation would begin in 2018 and be U.S. law, all museums that receive federal funds are mainstream candidates running for office who continue our pattern of endless war. leather and wood shield went missing during the Museum of the American Indian. completed by 2020. — Susan, Democrat legally bound to return items of Native American If you want to opt out of a smart meter has a long career looking out for the well-be- 1970s when the home of the family that cared for it “We are appealing to the people of France and to The cost to ratepayers for those new patrimony and human remains to their tribes. because of any of those concerns, it’ll ing of his community. — Daniel, Independent Donald Trump is a plant by the Clinton was broken into. the French authorities to honor our humanity and meters? cost you. Under PNM’s proposal, cus- campaign so they can scare or bully both It was not immediately clear whether the shield the value of our ancient traditional beliefs by stop- Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press. Reach him at An additional $5 a year through 2024, Hillary Clinton. She’s whip-smart, and while tomers who opt out would be charged a her complicated political history makes her Democrats and Republicans into voting for her. would be returned to New Mexico. ping the sale and returning this item,” he said. [email protected] when it would show up as a negative one-time fee of $35 and then an ongoing seem difficult to trust, I’m confident she’s more — “S,” Democrat on bills because of the cost savings, fee of $46.96 a month. honest than not and would be an effective Trump is an idiot. So is Hillary. Gary turned Out-of-state litigation experience considered. Liberal salary and PNM spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis leader on both domestic and foreign issues. For busy, high-level personal injury firm benefits, substantial trial support and logistics available. Porter said. Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor into a crackpot and is not even trying. We are — Karie, Democrat screwed either way this time around. HELP WANTED: in Albuquerque Email [email protected], or mail resume to: “Technology has advanced over the at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at — Brett, Democrat “Lawyer,” 1720 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Ste. 100, Albuquerque NM 87110 years, and we are trying to stay current [email protected] 16 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS CARTOONS/ANALYSIS letters/cartoons ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 17

Could 2010 Water Deal To the Editor: of 2013. At that time, the New Mexico Human Having just attended the Donald Trump rally in Services Department accused 15 of the state’s Albuquerque, it has now become clear just what a behavioral health providers, who provided Have Saved Intel Jobs? Trump presidency would mean. 80 percent of the state’s behavioral health BY BILL HUME Inside the auditorium there were a few thousand services, of fraud. This was done without ardent supporters and a few dozen nonsupporters due process. This immediately stopped their s the end imminent for Intel Rio mental enhancement projects. Cost who were quickly escorted out as soon as they funding. Many of these providers were forced IRancho? to the state would have been 30,000 were identified, including a few who were seen to to close; causing undue hardship to the clients Word spread recently that acre feet of credit water placed in be wearing anti-Trump attire who wound up in they served. Almost three years later, all 15 of the unjustly layoff notices had been sent to an escrow. In the face of legislative a scuffle with private security personnel, one of whom wound up with a bloody nose. accused providers have been cleared but the undetermined number of the plant’s opposition fomented by MRGCD, Outside, several hundred protesters gathered in damage is already done. Now, lawsuits have approximately 1,900 workers. The the Interstate Stream Commission front of the auditorium and at nearby intersections been filed against the state. It remains to be layoffs are part of a worldwide rejected the proposal. while others drove their cars on streets not blocked seen what the ultimate cost to the state for downsizing that will spell the end Would Intel Rio Rancho have off with signs and flags indicating their objection to these unwarranted actions will be. for plants in the United States, been more competitive within the Trump’s visit. These protests began at about 4 p.m. We cannot afford another fiasco like the India, Canada, Japan, Romania, company if the water deal had and dispersed after 11 p.m. Smoke bombs were behavioral health crisis we experienced. Germany and closed? thrown around intermittently. Our children are too important to be denied Russia, according to During the A couple hundred police officers were on hand, required services for their educational success. published reports. negotiations, Intel including several on horseback. Lines were formed If changes are required to improve the quality If Rio Rancho is steadfastly refused to prevent protesters from advancing on the of education for special education students and to make sure that valuable public dollars on the chopping to predict any auditorium while those leaving the Trump event were escorted across the walkway and out the west are wisely and effectively spent, all available block, a significant result from the deal’s building a block away from the protesters, “for information must be used. contributing factor consummation, their own safety,” I was told. The PED must be attentive to public com- could be the 2010 so it’s unlikely So Donald Trump has apparently been able, in a ment and input from students, parents, care- failure by New Mex- Intel would suggest relatively brief span of time, to split the American givers, family members and professions who ico to close on a today that its failure populace into nearly even segments, not ones that work with special education students. complex water deal played any role in hate each other, but rather into one segment that – Dan Frampton, National Association of that would have the current fate of supports him, no matter what, and the other that Social Workers-New Mexico materially reduced the operating Rio Rancho. But there is no escaping dislikes everything about him, with the police cost of the Rio Rancho facility. the fact that the deal’s rejection was forming a line to separate the two. To the Editor: Is this what the future holds? If so, it won’t be a Intel had as many as 7,000 a setback for Intel New Mexico. We miss Stuart Dyson on KOB. He was the good thing for anyone, except maybe Trump. employed at its peak. It was down In 2013, Intel announced that 400 only one to give life to a dying news team. to 3,300 employees in 2013; today of its 3,300 Rio Rancho jobs were – Robert DiGiulio – Jan it’s just above half of that — and going away — a 12 percent cut in by year-end it will be even fewer, employment just when the metro To the Editor: To the Editor: if any. economy was already reeling. Now Bill Hume should know that my father, Otto Thank you for your cover story about Stuart Intel approached the state in more jobs will be cut by year’s end. Hake, of Bond and Son, sheep and cattle empire Dyson. KOB, you are dead to me. 2006 about trying to work out Then, the water side of the mid-twentieth century, created the “Rio Grande – Mary Navy” to combat the Texans who were demanding something on its expense of buying aborted deal. water from New Mexico. The “Navy” refused up water rights to offset its well Intel still faces that tall offset To the Editor: to give anymore water than it could. My father pumping over the years. Water law People need to be correctly and truthfully requirement, so it presumably has was the self-anointed “Commodore” of the New is mind-numbingly complex, but the informed of what is happening in this election. kept on buying water rights, drying Mexico Navy to fight for New Mexico water rights. short version is Intel has to pay back Mainstream media and the DNC have rigged up agriculture in the Middle Rio I guess the battle still continues 100 years later! the river for water that percolates this election and are shoving it into people’s Grande Valley. Its water rights port- – Bart Hake, native New Mexican, underground to replace what it faces every day. I’m so disgusted with the folio — which would have gone Santa Ana, California pumps out. The total required rises blatant lies and misinformation. to strategic reserve environmental This type of journalism is not doing any for as long as the wells are operat- uses — will instead go back into the To the Editor: justice for the people and should be con- ing but is offset during that period marketplace as Intel’s shutdown The Public Education Department is in the demned at some point. The people need real by return flows to the river. offset tail recedes. They most likely process of rewriting the guidelines for special news. We are on the brink of the most impor- When return flow credits end with will end up disappearing into the education services in New Mexico. The PED tant election in the history of this country, and the cessation of pumping, the offset endlessly growing portfolio of the claims that many schools are billing for ser- we are being lied to. requirement spikes upward, then Middle Valley’s big users — or sold vices which they should not, and has proposed What a disgrace to our democracy!! We will tails off in a hockey-stick descent to an entirely new major water user. dramatically cutting back on those supportive not be lied to!!! Enough is enough!! Report the curve over the next 100 years or so. It’s true that the current round services to students in special education which truth! #feelthebern After more than three years of of layoffs may just be another drip increase students’ ability to succeed. – Tonia In response to these actions, a coalition of negotiation and calculation, a deal rather than a death sentence. But parents, school social workers, occupational was struck. But it tanked because of either way, one can’t help wonder- therapists, school psychologists, audiologists, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dis- ing if Rio Rancho’s fabs might have trict opposition — and indifference physical therapists, speech and language had more corporate cachet if the therapists have joined together to voice our by environmental groups. MRGCD water deal had closed six years ago. concerns and take action to protect special ABQ Free Press welcomes letters to maintained it had an exclusive right It’s certain that New Mexico’s education services in New Mexico. the editor and bylined opinion pieces, to any “credit water” (over-deliver- rejecting the deal that the state and The PED has made these claims and pro- subject to editing by the newspaper for style and length. Letters may appear in ies to Elephant Butte) accumulated posed these changes with virtually no input Intel worked on for three-plus years print on the newspaper’s website, www. under the Rio Grande Compact. didn’t leave a pleasant taste in the from students, parents, caregivers, family So, the state ended up turning freeabq.com. Writers should include their mouths of those making long-term members, our schools, or the professionals full name and a daytime phone number down 741 acre feet of senior middle decisions at the chip-making giant. who work with the students. The substantial that the newspaper’s editors can use to Rio Grande water rights for the changes the PED is proposing puts the state contact them. Submissions should be sent Strategic Water Reserve (2010 Bill Hume is a former editorial page at risk of losing federal funding for special to [email protected] market value, approximately $11.1 editor of the Albuquerque Journal education. million) and $10 million cash, paid and later served as a policy adviser This situation is very reminiscent of the behavioral health crisis which began in June out over 10 years for river environ- to former Gov. Bill Richardson. analysis ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 19 Breaking Down the Cause Of the Trump Rally Riot CALLING ALL PETS BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI here are a lot of big “ifs” in life, and Turning violent there are many “ifs” involving the an- T Protest organizers say they don’t know ti-Donald Trump riot near the Albuquerque who started the violence but insist it wasn’t Convention Center on May 24. their supporters. They argue the violence Perhaps the biggest “if” of the event was caused by a second group of people that left six Albuquerque police officers who began to arrive as it was getting dark. injured is what would have — or not have Davis said his organization’s protesters — happened, had the protest been held began leaving at 7 p.m., well before dusk. on Civic Plaza where organizers originally requested. The organizations that coordinated the anti-Trump protest that drew about 1,000 people wanted it to be held on Civic Plaza, which would have put it about a block away from the entrance to the east wing Thomas Plunkett sent us of the convention center where the Trump this photo of his two Bengal event was held. Putting the protesters on cats. “Gold Rush, the large the plaza would have kept them isolated male Bengal on the left, and blocked by the convention center’s loves and always watches west wing – the building directly across Send it to over his mate, Delight,” the street from the plaza – and away from Thomas wrote. “These two Trump supporters. [email protected] Rene Thompson are inseparable and do But, according to Albuquerque City Include your name, phone everything together.” Councilor Patrick Davis, executive director number, and your pet’s of ProgressNow New Mexico, one of the Even APD, which tweeted about the riot, groups that organized the protest, that gave that impression. At 8:58 p.m., APD name, and we’ll try to request was denied because there was a tweeted: “Appears that most of the reserve their spot in the pet parade. convention in the west wing and perhaps @RealDonaldTrump protesters have left other events on the plaza. City officials & remaining contingent is only looking to decided to put the protesters elsewhere. cause trouble and be destructive.” That elsewhere was at Second Street and But that’s really not the case. According to protester Sayrah Namasté (a writer for Baby Powder, Tijeras Avenue and pretty much right in Adopted from this newspaper), it was sometime around 7 front of the entrances to the convention Animal Humane center’s east wing, where Trump supporters or shortly thereafter that protesters began had formed a line while waiting to enter to rush the metal barricades in front of the the facility. convention center and were trying to enter Police barricades lined the sidewalk the building. Protesters knocked barricades over, and police tried to pick them up. Then leading to the convention center’s en- someone lit a T-shirt on fire and things trance, and protesters crammed up against quickly got out of control, Namasté said. those barricades, which meant they were Rocks started flying, and police sent just four or five feet away from Trump smoke canisters into the crowd. supporters trying to get into the rally. Then police forced the protesters west The proximity of the two groups of peo- on Tijeras to Third Street where low-riders ple with opposing political views sparked had been driving past the west side of the shouting matches. Trump supporters said convention center all night, some waving they were shouted at and spat upon as they Mexican flags from their cars. There, things walked past the protesters. Many Trump continued spiraling out of control. At least supporters shouted back. One APD officer one man jumped from car to car on Third called it “the gantlet of hate.” Street. He eventually landed on a State George Lujan, a spokesman for the Police car and broke its window, Namasté Looking for a SouthWest Organizing Project, one of the said. organizations that helped with the protest, In the end, at least 150 cops were hit by cuddly cat companion? said the setup was a confrontation waiting rocks, and about $10,000 in damage was to happen. done to the convention center, APD said. “There was no sidewalk access for the Albuquerque City Council President Dan Visit both of our locations throughout June protesters, and they were corralled all in Lewis attended the Trump rally. He said and find the street in the sun all afternoon long,” the protest organizers are to blame for the for Adopt a Shelter Cat Month Lujan said. “And all the streets were violence, no matter how much they deny it. your purr-fect feline friend! completely blocked off except for a small “You can’t invite everyone to the party four-foot area for supporters to walk and bring the matches and gas and then be in, and [they] were forced to walk by all shocked when the fire erupts,” Lewissaid. the protesters. It’s almost like they were inviting it for there to be confrontations,” Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor Lujan said. at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at dennis @freeabq.com ADOPTADOPT AnimalHumaneNM.org 20 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS music film/music ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 21 ‘American Valhalla’: An Interview with Iggy Pop Leading Man Standing: Iggy & ‘Blood Orange’ BY KRISSI MURISON BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO THE INTERVIEW PEOPLE long time coming. It wasn’t until odfather of punk Iggy Pop e can’t wait to get it out. For the mid-1990s, when the title track Gis no stranger to the silver H appearance’s sake, he came on off “Lust for Life” was used in the screen. Cameos as his sinewy, wearing a tuxedo jacket, with nothing opening sequence of the film “Train- suntanned self outpace character underneath. But a couple of songs in spotting,” that he began to learn how roles at a rate of 10 to 3 on his and Iggy Pop can contain himself no to cash in on “Brand Iggy.” A Stooges IMDB page, and many of his fil- longer. He pulls the jacket off, setting reunion tour, clothing line and ad mic characters are still Iggy doing free the most famous torso in rock. campaign for car insurance duly Iggy. That was before his feature Iggy — 69 and now more leather followed. film lead debut. handbag than human — pounds his From then on, his legacy and In British thriller “Blood chest like a gorilla, humps a speaker influence snowballed. He, Bowie and Orange,” Pop’s standout perfor- stack, pauses to tell a story about their fellow artistic conspirator and mance proves that recent roles meeting Chuck Berry on LSD and friend Lou Reed were heralded as — characters like Local Drunk throws himself off the stage at Phila- rock’n’roll’s sacred triangle. Reed, the (“Asthma”) and Nurse (“Shark- delphia’s Academy of Music. visionary; Bowie, the hit-maker; Iggy, topus vs. Whalewolf”) — were A 130-pound blur of crocodile skin, the great performer. For now, though, mere preludes. “Blood Orange” sinew and Miami Beach hair. Two he must contend with a more dubious is director/screenwriter Toby hours and untold stage dives later, he honour: Last Man Standing. Tobias’ feature film debut too. finally waves goodbye to his audience Reed died in 2013. Bowie, of course, Thing is, on both counts, you’d and heads straight into a backstage went in January. He doesn’t want to never know it. photoshoot with The Sunday Times talk about losing Bowie. “I don’t feel The film’s opening tableaux Magazine. like being the guy who dines out on depicts ageing rock star Bill (Pop), It is only here, with the adrenaline that subject. That’s all,” he shrugs. his cataracts and his shotgun subsiding, that the toll on his body His bandmate Josh Homme pre- tromping around a swanky estate begins to tell. He is limping — the viously told me that Iggy was at his in Ibiza — he’s hunting rabbit — result of more than half a century’s home in Miami when he got the news while Bill’s stunning, hypersexual Invincible Pictures lunacy. He has scoliosis, cartilage loss, at 4.30 a.m. Later that morning he spouse Isabelle (Kacey Clarke damaged ligaments and bones that flew to LA to rehearse for this tour. née Barnfield,“Grange Hill,” no longer connect as nature originally “I was, like, you don’t even need a BBC) swims nude to provoke a up as a zen yet predatory alpha with a freshly prismatic bokeh and blurred depictions of the intended. reason, just whatever you want to response from shy pool boy David (Antonio Magro). killed rabbit. Isabelle makes a mean rabbit stew. Bill hyper-stylized setting. The only CGI you’ll find here Iggy is the undisputed godfather of do,” Homme says. “But he said, ‘I’m At a candlelit supper, we’re granted a voyeuristic recites a chest-thumping paean to the equality of his was used to create Bill’s cataracts. Iggy Pop stands punk — the one Johnny Rotten, Alice coming.’ I admire that. He’s very old- look into the privacy of a happily married couple’s marriage. He provides for his wife, and he doesn’t 5’7” but on the global stage, he remains larger than Cooper and The Clash aspired to be school that way.” maximally minimalist dream house/dream life. need or want her money. “Money kills love, son,” life; yet costars Kacey Clarke and Ben Lamb stand — if only they’d had his stomach for Iggy’s current band is a supergroup Amid paradise, Bill is heavily medicated. Inside Bill drawlingly concludes. on equal theatrical footing with the rock star. self-destruction. In the late 1960s and of contemporary rockers: Homme and their ivory tower of sorts, he matter-of-factly ingests Bill invites/goads Lucas into going hunting early ’70s, with his band The Stooges, Dean Fertita from California’s Queens the prescription-strength contents of amber vials the next morn. Punctuated by gunshots — in the Iggy would deliberately cut himself of the Stone Age on guitar and bass, and blister packs: diclofenac, an über-NSAID; brush and by the pool — this is where the narrative “Blood Orange” is now available on DVD in the U.S. Matt Helders from Sheffield’s Arctic with glass, break bones, expose his performance like that, I ask, as the rest energy not to make music in some painkillers like dihydrocodeine, fentanyl nasal spray embarks on a series of zig-zagging plot twists. In For more info, visit bloodorangemovie.com Monkeys on drums. They all collabo- genitals or throw himself into the of the room clears. form again, but perhaps not quite and morphine sulfate oral solution; and diazepam the hands of a lesser director — or with actors who rated on the album. crowd to be beaten by biker gangs. “Sorry?” enough to perform and promote an- aka Valium. shone less brightly in each other’s reflection — the Homme is also a founding member “I think we’ve got enough now,” I repeat the question, louder, in his other big, commercial Iggy Pop record Antagonist Lucas (Ben Lamb, “Divergent”) arrives Gordian knot that manifests could have come off as of Eagles of Death Metal, the band Samantha Anne Carrillo is a situationist, fourth-wave he tells the photographer after 10 other ear. like this one. as Isabelle sunbathes and Bill nods off in his home unwieldy and farcical but Tobias has things well in that was playing at the Bataclan in feminist and managing editor of ABQ Free Press. Email minutes. “Oh no, this ear’s worse. It has a Raised in a trailer park in Mich- music studio. Isabelle is a widower, and Lucas is hand — as does Bill, it seems. Paris during November’s terrorist her at [email protected] He hobbles through a side door into bone spur in it,” he says in his languid igan, he spent much of his early her late husband’s son … and a former lover. Lucas Mark Patten’s cinematography serves the story attacks. Although he was not perform- his dressing room (the heel on one baritone. “I’m an addictive kind of career destitute and homeless. At is angry about his “stolen” inheritance. Bill shows ably, artfully illustrating Bill’s blurred vision with ing with them that night, Homme of his Dr. Martens boots is stacked person; for many years I was addicted his roughest patch, he was a heroin suffers survivor’s guilt. higher than the other, to balance out to swimming, no matter how cold addict, sleeping in a garage on a Tour rehearsals, then, became a wel- AMERICAN, Page 20 will say to you, ‘Er, dude, we were recently emancipated from a tiny cage can I say? I’m not going to go there.” his dodgy hips). the water. The doctor told me this stolen mattress, supported by a gay come distraction for both men. “After kind of having a good time when you “down at the end of Florida where I ask him to help me make sense Waiting for him is his third wife, ear started to grow a spur to protect hustler called Bruce. He was rescued Paris and Bowie died, we both had didn’t put shit in there.’” they don’t think of animals in the of Donald Trump’s appeal among Nina Alu, an Irish-Nigerian bomb- itself. So my hearing, which is not that by David Bowie, his great fan, friend finally all the way down to outside the something we really cared about to He tries to eat healthily. “I was an same way,” and who now enjoys his America’s white working class — the shell and former air hostess, 25 years brilliant in the right ear, is worse on and benefactor, who took him off to liquor store at 6 a.m., waiting for them work on, and I needed that,” Homme extreme foodie before that was ‘in.’ I own Instagram account, @BiggyPop, kind of people Iggy grew up around his junior. The effect is curative and the left.” Berlin. to open.” says. know a lot about what food does to with 16,000 followers. before he became a hotshot with a instant. Iggy settles on the sofa while I try again: How do you feel after a It was in Berlin that he created his Rehab never worked for him — “In It’s nice to see Iggy sipping his posh you, but I’m not really going to sub- We talk about politics. He says Mediterranean-revival beach house. Nina offers me champagne. performance like that? seminal 1977 albums “The Idiot” and rehab I was a hero,” he said. “I went wine. Most former alcoholics have scribe to Goop [Gwyneth Paltrow’s he voted Obama in the last two US “In America, we are a cruder race “Or I have a nice Bordeaux,” he “Awful!” he convulses with laugh- “Lust for Life” — both written and into one and it was all ‘Hey, Iggy, two settings — all or nothing — but in batshit lifestyle website] any time elections “because if I didn’t, my wife and people place a lot of value on sin- growls in my ear. “If you’d like that.” ter. It is an amazing laugh. The kind co-produced by Bowie. The younger I’ve got some Valium, wanna have his old age, Iggy has discovered mod- soon. God, all those girls just need would have killed me. No, I always cerity, it’s a huge deal in the US. And Nina pours from a bottle of Château that is always funnier than the joke Bowie, by the way, had been so in a Jacuzzi?’” One shrink had some eration. Not that he was exaggerating to be thrown in a fiery pit. ‘But I’m liked him. I gave him some dough.” the problem is that the only sincerity Pichon-Longueville ($220 a pop), itself. A hilarious, haywire, Scooby thrall to Iggy that he wrote “The Jean success committing him to an actual about having an addictive personality. upper class, you can’t do this to me! He is less enthused by his options on which a large group of people can while his manager brings in a plate Doo seizure of a laugh. Genie” about him (“he’s outrageous, mental-health ward. He has since He has surmised his chemical I’m nouveau riche! I’m an actress! I’m this time around. “Ahhh,” he sighs, agree is ‘boffo’ sincerity — a boffo is of cheese. Iggy finds his glasses so he This tour is to promote his latest he screams and he bawls”) and almost perfected his formula for beating odyssey thus: “I went from grass to on the Internet!’” he squeals. then laughs, then sighs again. “There’s like a clown, a vulgarity. That’s what can see me better. The tuxedo, by the album, “Post Pop Depression,” a certainly based parts of his Ziggy addictions. hashish to LSD to heroin. Then coke The only thing to put him off his more under heaven and earth than is appeals to people.” way, is back on — though there is still hard-rock meditation on mortality Stardust character on him. “You go three days without any and heroin. Then down the steps from stride these days is a giant cockatoo dreamt of under Bernie [Sanders]’s no sign of a shirt. that is quietly being billed as his last Even after Bowie’s intervention, poison in your body. You’ll go back Krissi Murison writes for the there to meth to Quaaludes. Then called Biggy Pop, which his wife philosophy. And I mean, Hillary? What How do you recover after a great hurrah. He has too much manic though, mainstream success was a and do a little, and then your body Times of London. cont. on page 21 culture/living ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 23 Forty Years Proud: A Slice of Pride Yaass Queen: An Interview BY rene thompson

he 2016 Albuquerque Pride Parade LGBTIQ Candlelight Vigil With Shug De La Cruz Thappens Saturday, June 11, at 10 Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m. BY rene thompson a.m. The parade itself joyfully rep- Morningside Park resents the LGBTQ community up 300 Aliso NE “My goal is to make and down storied Route 66, and this headlines this year, so year’s 40 Years Proud celebration As the site of Albuquerque’s first the outfit is going to be boasts plenty of distinctively Pride- Pride March in 1976, Morningside pretty creative.” themed events surrounding a week Park is adorned with metal art As for the national that culminates in one of the biggest sculptures provided by the City of restroom debate, De annual parades in New Mexico. We’ve Albuquerque that honor the LGBTIQ; La Cruz notes that the listed only a handful of events, so the I stands for intersex. The vigil cel- transgender community visit abqpride.com to learn more. ebrates and honors those who began has had to cope with Cont. on page 25 backlash for asserting its gender identity. “I have a bunch of trans brothers and sisters who I know struggle with that on a daily basis,” she said. “I’ve always seen the transgender community Megan Riggs / Mirrored Moments Photography treated as if they’re on the Lady Shug De La Cruz, Miss New Mexico Pride 2016 back bumper-totem pole regarding how they’re nnual Pride events celebrate the perceived in the LGBTQ community.” LGBTQ community, including A De La Cruz can attest to knowing generations who fought tirelessly for members of the LGBTQ community equal rights. New Mexico’s largest who avoid using public restrooms gay pride parade brings a procession altogether. That reality hinges on the of prismatic color and a spectrum of fact that public restrooms are one of identity to Route 66 on Saturday, June the most likely places to be attacked. 11. The reigning Miss New Mexico “I live in the Farmington area, and Pride, Lady Shug De La Cruz, will it’s still very conservative here,” preside over the festivities. she said. “I pass as female or get ABQ Free Press spoke by phone confused for female all the time, so it with De La Cruz about growing up can be really hard for me to walk into gay in rural New Mexico and the na- a restroom without getting looks or tional transgender restroom debate. feeling uncomfortable. De La Cruz grew up in Northern “There were times in high school I Online Careers New Mexico, within the Navajo Na- avoided it altogether, and I would have ce tion, and she couldn’t wait to venture issues where I would make myself Online classes at UNM Continuing Education are an into the larger world. She moved to just not go, or I would try to sneak in easy, affordable way for you to get the training you Las Vegas, Nev., and that’s where when nobody was around. Sometimes need to take your career to the next level. she found her true calling as a fierce I would just go outside instead of deal- Human Resources Professional female impersonator. ing with all the negativity that came Human Resources Professional $1,795 “The best part about doing drag with it.” is being able to be creative. It’s just In De La Cruz’s opinion, the Sustainable Energies Biofuel Production Operations $2,595 another way of expressing yourself,” importance of the entire LGBTQ Natural Gas Plant Operations $2,595 De La Cruz said. “Some days, I want community rallying around the Solar Power Professional $1,895 to be super glamorous, punk or club transgender community can’t be Wind Energy Professional $2,395 kid. I’m my own Barbie.” overstated. Senior Certified Sustainability Professional $2,495 De La Cruz returned to New “There are more issues for trans- Forensics — Next start date July 5 Mexico to help her family and to genders than lesbians or gay males Bloodborne Pathogen Training $150 contribute to her native community, right now. I’m not trying to bash Certified Crime Scene Investigator Test Prep $199 what my gay brothers and sisters Introduction to Firearms and Toolmarks $199 especially gay Native Americans Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Investigations $150 living on the res. Even via telephone, go through at all. I’m just saying Shooting Reconstruction $199 her excitement about this year’s it needs to be equal among us. We Forensic Entomology $150 parade is palpable. should see equality within [our own Ethics in Forensic Science $150 “This is my first parade, and I’m community] as well,” she said. really excited ... because it’s my home Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for All classes are offered online. For more information, contact [email protected]. state, and my mom is helping me ABQ Free Press. Email her at 505-277-0077 with my outfit,” De La Cruz said. [email protected] ce.unm.edu/OnlineCareers

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Placed by Deborah Kastman UNM Extended Learning/Continuing Education 505-277-6216 [email protected] ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 25 Q: What does your hotel Q: What’s one of the they’re just a number how to ABQ Free Press sat offer that’s different most difficult challenges here with us, so that is from other hotels in the hotel faces, and how why we always appreci- HOTEL down with the Albuquerque? do you overcome that? ate feedback from our A: First off, there are A: We are very inten- customers, so we know Hotel Andaluz many luxuries here that tionally secluded in the our guests are treated Hospitality: The Professor’s Green Dream you would not find at heart of Downtown, to the best service and BY IAN MAKSIK Director of Sales other hotels. We have and we don’t advertise accommodations. Frette bedding we get who we are all over the Q: The inside of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. Chris Jacoby from a housewares building, instead we do hotel has an eclectic It’s perfection personified. company out of Milan, like hotels in Barcelona art collection. How are It reminds me of an incident from my GM Italy, and there are only and only have small these pieces chosen? to talk about a handful of hotels that signs at the door to give A: The first floor dis- days at the JFK Hilton. Called to the room of an partner with them. Our a reserved ambience plays pieces from Mr. older lady, she met me at the door with her head why the hotel comforters are North- with a European Span- Goodman’s collection, wrapped in a massive towel. Her exact words ern Canadian goose ish-themed home-away- with an assortment of were, “It’s blowing on me from somewhere, a is so special down comforters, and from-home feel. vintage Southwestern draft, and I’m going to catch a cold.” they’re the kind you Many people in the and contemporary I’ve felt that same chill in hotel rooms during when it comes would find at high end area still don’t know art to give that homey my travels on the training circuit. The rooms at Four Seasons suites, we’re here or what we Albuquerque feel. but we have them in all offer, especially for the But the second floor has Hotel Andaluz are so perfectly cooled that it’s The Hotel Andaluz to their supreme our rooms. Shampoos, locals with our restau- pieces for sale that are impossible to locate the AC duct. You just feel has an opulent history lotions and those types rant bar that offers live selected from a local cool without ever feeling cold. services, luxury of amenities are picked music every weekend, gallery we’ve partnered When guests leave their room, the lighting goes rooted in New Mexico’s exclusively from the so communication and with to feature local art- to sleep based on sensors. When guests re-enter, past, as the structure accommodations Molton Brown collec- marketing are crucial ists; we change that out the light sensors react again, brightening the tion from London. to overcoming that quarterly, so our guests room. It’s a totally efficient energy matrix system. was built in 1939. It is and cozy location. We pride ourselves on obstacle. can enjoy the rich art now a historical site being one of the most Q: How does the hotel New Mexico has to offer It’s alive. sustainable hotels in the contribute to the local right in our hotel. The room service was also a pleasure. The room that was purchased by country with our LEED community? Q: What entices people service attendant called to let me know that my owner Gary Goodman Gold certification. The A: We at Hotel Andaluz to come to Albuquer- breakfast was on the way up. They sent out for a in 2005. To reopen HVAC system for our are proud to contribute que, and what’s your gluten-free bagel, having noticed that fact on my heating and air con- to the local community, favorite part about it? comment card. as The Hotel Andaluz ditioning is one of the being locally owned A: It’s one of the top most efficient we could ourselves. Hotel Anda- places for people to My breakfast tray arrived. All the hot items of today, extensive find, as it’s tied into the luz gives to multiple come visit in the sum- were appropriately hot, and all the cold items renovations in 2009 hotel’s power saving sys- charities throughout the mer or just in general; were actually cold. With a touch, the low coffee tem, so when people are year. Recently, we have we have beautiful table rose to cocktail height for a comfortable cost more than $30 not occupying a room, donated to Big Brothers year-round weather, breakfast. million. Since that everything is in sleep and Big Sisters of New phenomenal food, a rich The servers at Hotel Andaluz are well trained. mode, and only when Mexico, Bedz 4 KIDZ, diversity of people and They’re equipped with the most important item renovation, the hotel a guest has checked in and the University of culture, easily accessible recently checked in at Hotel Andaluz for an over- were used. All product purchase decisions are based does the system make New Mexico. By giving mountains and histor- any server can carry, a genuine smile. Hotel An- has been given a LEED Inight stay. I was there to experience their service on reducing environmental impact. daluz is definitely a candidate for our first annual the room ready for donations, we are able ical sites for outdoor techniques and procedures. My purpose was to You also won’t find those miniature, disposable Gold Certification for guests. The system even to help charities and activities, and the ex- White Glove Awards. knows when you’re in schools raise money traordinary vibe of hot evaluate it for candidacy in the inaugural ABQ Free bath products either. Shampoo, conditioner and To enter your venue as a candidate, email Ian its green environmental Press White Glove Awards. I’d heard about “green body wash pumps are mounted on shower walls. impact and the room or not, and all for various causes and spots like Downtown, Maksik at [email protected]. of that is to ultimately support area residents Nob Hill or Old Town. hotels” but I’d never had a true green experience. These showers are so soothing I could have re- Fun fact: 73 percent of patrons return to food ser- sustainability. It is the conserve as much as and organizations to When you travel, you Hotel Andaluz prides itself on a multitude of mained in there for hours. vice establishments based on the quality of service. possible. improve local neighbor- don’t want everything first historic hotel in the “green dream” applications. The sun warms sixty The low-flow shower system infuses oxygen into That’s an “86” aka “I’m out” from the Professor of The hotel even rewards hoods. to be the same, and I percent of the hotel’s hot water. Rainwater that’s well water. Eschewing sliding doors entirely, the guests who are envi- Q: What are you pas- think Albuquerque Service. Southwest to receive collected in a 1,250-gallon tank is then filtered to showers have a person-sized opening opposite the ronmentally conscious sionate about when it offers something unlike Ian Maksik is a Cornell Hotel School graduate and a this accreditation. Hotel consumers and drive comes to your business? any other city in the water the roof garden. All compostable materials, shower head. A six-inch lip surrounds the shower Andaluz is pet friendly, hybrid vehicles with free A: We are clearly Southwest because of its including kitchen waste, get recycled. perimeter to prevent splashes. Step in and out hands former Hilton general manager and catering editor for valet parking. Accord- passionate about exceptional distinction There are no plastic water bottles here. Instead free. New York magazine CUE. Known as “America’s Service has complimentary ing to TripAdvisor and sustainability, because being rooted in the past Hotel Andaluz provides bottles you refill with The toilets boast a two-flush system. The #1 and Guru,” Maksik has keynoted, lectured and trained Wi-Fi throughout and guests who come here, it’s absolutely the right with an eye toward the filtered water. Hydroponic produce is grown onsite, #2 buttons provide the perfect flush for guests owners, management and staff of hospitality facilities in our four-star cantina thing to do. future. and the carpet is renewable bamboo. Paints with the doing, well, number one or number two. What 21 countries and at notable industry conferences. Contact a library with comfy MÁS Tapas y Vino, is And we are sincerely Q: Who are your favor- him at [email protected] or (954) 804-5413. fireplace seating and one of the premier tapas passionate about the ite sorts of guests? lowest possible Voluble Organic Composite (VOC) impressed me most about Hotel Andaluz was the locations in the city, service we provide to A: It depends really valet parking, as well with a stunning second each and every one because we get such a as a plethora of luxury floor view. The hotel of our guests. We pay varied group of clients. Pride, Page 23 Scalo Pride Pancake Breakfast After the parade, PrideFest is the place to go for amenities and a four- is also conveniently lo- attention to what we We value our guests who Saturday, June 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. music, dancing, two beer zones, a poetry slam and cated Downtown, right call the six senses, such come here to appreciate the Pride movement and attracted more than 300 Scalo Northern Italian Grill a water/play park where everyone can cool off. star restaurant. across from the Con- as lighting, music, the the culture and history participants in 2015. The event is free, and the open- 3500 Central SE The PrideFest fun zone will offer inflatable jousting, vention Center, and just signature scent that of our city or folks who boxing, sumo wrestling and a mechanical bull to test blocks from clubs and wafts throughout the just want get away from ing Pride celebration follows. Watch the parade in style from the patio of Scalo riders’ cowboy skill. Local LGBTQ archives collected bars, museums, the Rail building, the food, the it all in a chic, upscale Art Reception Northern Italian Grill. Devour a stack of rainbow THIS IS A PAID over several decades will be on display, and there’s ADVERTISEMENT Runner and an assort- atmosphere, and the environment. We get so Friday, June 10, at 7 p.m. flapjacks at Pancakes for Pride. Entry is $20, and also a car show scheduled. General admission tick- ment of New Mexico sixth being how all those many types of guests, Expo New Mexico alongside colorful pancakes, you get your own spot fusion-based cuisines. things make our guests and our primary goal ets for PrideFest are $15 at All those qualities feel when they stay here. is to make sure every- 300 San Pedro NE away from the crowds. Make sure to get there early to secure a seat. holdmyticket.com/tickets/238438 Reception 505.242.9090 make Hotel Andaluz We work incredibly one who stays at Hotel The Century 21 Unica Real Estate Art Show honors Reservations 1.877.987.9090 exceptional and it all hard to make sure Andaluz leaves Albu- local artists for special achievements with awards PrideFest Visit abqpride.com to learn more about this year’s comes together to offer everything is taken care querque with a longing Saturday, June 11-12, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. local Pride events. MÁS Tapas Y Vino Reservations 505.923.9080 something very out of of when you stay at our to keep coming back. given to participating artists in a number of cate- Youth Dance: 7:30-10:30 p.m. Address 125 Second Street NW ABQ, NM 87102 the ordinary in Albu- hotel, and we don’t gories. Refreshments will be provided, and a grand toast will signal commencement of LGBTQ celebra- Expo New Mexico Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for ABQ Free Press. For More Information Visit hotelandaluz.com querque. want people to feel like tion. 300 San Pedro NE 26 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS drink/comedy music ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 27 Beer Town: Aftermath Even Grant-Lee Phillips ‘Needs a Little Sanctuary’ by TY BANNERMAN by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS

BQ Beer Week is over, and all you Got a hot tip on Albuquerque’s beer scene? someone on the staff know, and your oots may run deep, but even an Green Corn” was funded in part by have to show for it is the afterglow A Know of a seasonal draft I’ve simply got to try? beer and food will still arrive promptly. R older plant can thrive in new a PledgeMusic campaign. Would you of celebrating our burg’s barley-based The Kaktus folks plan to open a coffee Drop me a line at [email protected] soil. That’s if you know how to make advocate crowdfunding for musi- niche. Nurse your “afterglow” — hydrate shop in the extra dining area. Kaktus is the transfer. It’s a handy gardening tip cians and other artists? and pop your choice of buffered analge- an odd joint, with a perfect patio, a fine and solid advice for people too. Both businesses struggled to effectively Crowdfunding can offer creators sics — and meditate on how lucky you are beer selection and genuinely good food. Born and raised in Stockton, Calif., use the strange layout. Two glass- a lot. To begin with, it’s a way of to live in a “beer town.” musician Grant-Lee Phillips moved doored main dining rooms are spaced Ain’t this America? realizing the project, obviously, by Albuquerque prioritizes the pro- to Los Angeles at age 19. He founded out on the first floor and divided by a In observance of election season, gathering the funds, but it also puts duction of the libation you love. Beer the short-lived group Shiva Burlesque short hallway. The spread-out design Budweiser will change its name to Week’s frenetic free-for-all pace has before finding international success in you in touch with the people that are results in patrons’ confusion on stepping “America” this summer. The rebranding relaxed, so let’s embrace a more relaxed the 1990s with his alternative Ameri- interested in your work. That’s just as inside. Should you go left, right, or up effort has received lots of attention be- take on enjoying our very own beer cana band Grant Lee Buffalo. meaningful as the funding itself. the stairs? Without a central anteroom, cause people like me can’t resist writing town. A pub stop is clearly in order. Phillips disbanded Grant Lee I did house concerts as part of the every direction seems like it might be about it. Pub Stop: Buffalo in 1999 to pursue a solo career, fundraising package. That opportu- “wrong.” I will simply point out that Budweiser releasing eight solo albums between nity, to show up with my guitar in Kaktus Brewing Now, the beer: Ranging from a the sun descends, it’s a relaxing place to is a product of the Anheuser-Busch 2000 and 2016. In between, he had hand and play in the living rooms of “GuyPA” to an Irish stout, Kaktus offers imbibe. InBev company, a multinational beer Company Inc. a recurring guest role as the town people that have been listening to my the usual range of styles. My favor- Food-wise, I was pleasantly surprised. conglomerate based in Belgium; InBev troubadour on the hit television series music for a long time, was revitalizing. Nob Hill ites are an exemplary London porter I ordered the buffalo frito pie, made has owned the Budweiser brand since “Gilmore Girls”; that show is cur- with strong chocolate overtones and with lean buffalo meat that’s been cum- 2008. I satirically applaud InBev’s It bled into my performances ev- 2929 Monte Vista NE rently filming a reboot for Netflix. a thirst-quenching Helles lager with a inized and sautéed. My kids went for marketing. What could be more apropos erywhere else. When I step on a stage Kaktus Brewing Company Inc. Nob light body and a bitter finish. a pepperoni pizza. The pie’s thin crust In 2013, Phillips’ roots — which had for election season than lying about how now, I have a new marker, a yardstick, Hill is an outpost of the Bernalillo-based Especially on cool summer nights, was crispy, and the cured meat was full flourished for 30 years in the Golden American you are? where I say to myself: This ought to brewery. The Albuquerque metro’s Kak- State sunshine — were transplanted I prefer the stairs. It’s an odd trip up: of flavor and spice without proving too feel as intimate and as connected as tus colony occupies a three-story tower While the second floor is inhabited hot. The menu isn’t gourmet food or Ty Bannerman is a beer drinker, co-host of the to the verdant country of Nashville. those house concerts. So I think that in an ancient strip mall just east of UNM. by entirely unrelated offices, the third anything, but it was totally appropriate City on the Edge podcast, and author of “For- Phillips’ latest record, “The Narrows,” crowdfunding serves a lot of different The space previously housed Amoré boasts an outdoor patio that’s the per- for a casual patio dinner. gotten Albuquerque” as well as a forthcoming seamlessly traverses the country — a Pizza and The Beach, which left its mark fect place for sipping local beer. Avoid Kaktus’ service is more than adequate. memoir. He most recently served as feature sonic chronicle of the move his family purposes. with Ernest Doty’s shark-man mural. the patio during the heat of the day; as If you decide to ascend the staircase, let and food editor at Weekly Alibi. made from southern Cali to way What kind of creative community do down South. As always, his burnished tenor you have in Nashville? rings confessional and confident It’s harder to come by. One of the Widows and Weddings: Or How ABQ Does Comedy throughout. Phillips planted his roots challenges when you live in a place like Los Angeles is finding your own by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS even further by recording “The Nar- rows” at Nashville’s Easy Eye Studio, tribe. That can take lot of time. It’s ‘How to Be a Widow’ She has opened for comedians Doug a phone interview with exquisite wit owned by Dan Auerbach of The Black somehow much easier when you’re The average citizen probably wouldn’t Stanhope and Marc Maron and co-hosts Natasha Leggero, I would don my finest Keys. in your 20s; you have more tolerance crack wise about death by liver failure Dead Things Podcast with Will Bolt. ball gown. She’s just that swank. [Editor’s note: The Grant-Lee and energy. These days, when I come Along with Riki Lindhome (half of the — which is why comedian Genevieve Mueller presents a live reading of “How Phillips concert scheduled at The home from the road, I’m much more to be a Widow” at 7 p.m. on Friday, June comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates), Leg- Mueller isn’t an average citizen. After Co-Op was canceled due to a dis- inclined to spend time with my fam- 10, at Tortuga (901 Edith SE). For more gero is executive producer of turn-of- losing her fatalistic husband to severe agreement between management ily. I’m not on the prowl for a scene. info on this free event, visit facebook. the-century sitcom “Another Period,” a and venue. Phillips’ management alcohol abuse when their infant son was [laughs] com/events/1763727730539710. spoof hybrid of “Downton Abbey” and relayed his desire to make up the Al- just 5 months old, the widow Mueller ran “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” In buquerque concert soon. We’re gonna with the adage “Tragedy plus time equals ‘The Honeymoon Tour’ Fans are abuzz about the upcoming it, shallow, wealthy Rhode Island sisters hold you to that, Mr. Phillips.] comedy” and found a way to laugh at Netflix reboot of the beloved series The American comedy landscape is Lillian (Leggero) and Beatrice (Lind- Phillips spoke with ABQ Free Press devastating loss. One result is her six-part geographically. It’s like a GPS tracking It was inspiring. In terms of the “Gilmore Girls.” Did your work on peppered with married power cou- home) Betancourt are preoccupied with by phone about “The Narrows,” how essay series, “How to be a Widow,” pub- system that tells you where I’ve been Earth itself, maybe there is a connec- that show earn you a new group of ples: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Jerry fame, beauty and celebrity. Leggero has place informs his songs, the nonmone- lished online at Medium.com. and where I’m going — and where I tion there. There’s a natural sense of fans? Stiller and Anne Meara, Gene Wilder also appeared on “Modern Family,” “In- tary benefits of crowdfunding and his Vulnerable, scathing and self-aware, am emotionally. gratitude and awe that Native peoples and Gilda Radner, Megan Mullally and side Amy Schumer,” “Chelsea Lately” possible return to the fictional town of It did! I’ll show up to sound-check “How to be a Widow” brilliantly ad- are accustomed to; it’s the church that Nick Offerman. As of October 2015, add and “Drunk History.” is also a published playwright and au- Stars Hollow. You’re Native American, of Creek, in Hamburg, and lo and behold! dresses such seemingly unhilarious top- stand-up comedians Natasha Leggero Moshe Kasher, meanwhile, finds hu- Blackfoot and Cherokee ancestry. Do we worship in. There’s a young person with a bunch thor. His 2012 memoir is titled “Kasher ABQ Free Press: Tell me about ics as “How to be a Mom to a Son Who and Moshe Kasher to that list. The new- mor in being the son of deaf Jewish par- you think the thread of place that of “Gilmore Girls” DVDs under their in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy your songwriting process for “The How was your experience at Dan has a Dead Dad” and “How to Heal Just lyish-weds celebrate with The Honey- ents, Christians and atheists clashing in courses through your body of work arm for me to sign. They come to the from Oakland Who Became a Drug Ad- Narrows.” Aside from living in a Auerbach’s Easy Eye Studio? Enough.” Mueller says the best review moon Tour, coming to the NHCC Bank YouTube videos’ comments, and the ro- can be attributed to your Native dict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then new geographic location, what was Dan has a fantastic studio in Nash- show. Often they come to the shows she ever got for her comedy “was when a of America Theatre (1701 Fourth Street dential hairiness of his forearms. That’s Turned 16.” heritage — i.e., a sense of belonging ville. It’s old school — lots of old gear with their mothers. lady came up to me afterwards and said, SW) at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14. different about this record? just the stuff I can print. Presale tickets for The Honeymoon and displacement? that hisses and sparks — plus all the ‘You make me feel bad about laughing When I interviewed late comedian Kasher’s comedy albums include Phillips: It was a time of great I traveled a lot when I was a kid. Will you be reprising your role as the Tour are available for $20 at nhccnm. new stuff you need to make a record. but I can’t stop myself,’ then gave me her Joan Rivers in 2011, I told the fashion- 2009’s “Everyone You Know Is Going upheaval: moving from Los Angeles My grandmother took me with her on town troubadour? org. Season 2 of “Another Period” pre- I felt like it was the right place. He ba- business card. She was a grief counselor. able funny girl I’d dressed up for our to Die, and Then You Are!,” and 2013’s after living there for 30 years, moving long road trips, and occasionally my Yes, indeed. In fact, I’ve already mieres on Comedy Central the day sically gave [“The Narrows”] engineer I hope people listen to my story and real- phone call; I knew she couldn’t see me, “Live in Oakland.” Alongside a recur- to Tennessee. Then my dad passed parents would drive from California spent some time working on it. after Leggero and Kasher appear in Al- Collin Dupuis the keys to the place so ize there is not one right way to grieve.” but I suspected she would instinctively ring “Another Period” role, Kasher has away in the latter part of 2013. That to Oklahoma. I suppose the travel bug buquerque. we could make this record, and I’m Mueller has written for Cracked and know if my outfit wasn’t on point. Riv- appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy sense of loss is found in the songs, as bit me at that early age, realizing there M. Brianna Stallings is a staff writer for quite grateful for his blessing to do so. Reductress and wrote a column called ers laughed and replied, “Good call. And Fallon,” “John Oliver’s New York Stand M. Brianna Stallings is a staff writer for well as a sense of hope. Every album was a lot of stimulus that came from ABQ Free Press. Email her at Comedy Matters in the Weekly Alibi. you’re right. I would!” Were I granted Up Show” and “Chelsea Lately.” Kasher ABQ Free Press. I create is a document of where I am being on the move. Your 2012 record “Walking in the [email protected] 28 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • 29

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SCREENS Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Rusted Root JUNE 3–16 Part 2 5 pm, North Domingo Park, Wyoming Guild Cinema Part of Sunday Under the Stars and Carmel, 311, cabq.gov Heights of Summer D EFINitive DOZEN List your even 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848, 6 pm, Free, Inn of the Mountain Gods JUNE 11–12 guildcinema.com Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon BY ARIANE JAROCKI SATURDAY, JUNE 4 THURSDAY, JUNE 9 9 SHOWS: The Tempest June 3-4, Blue Velvet Rd, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, East Mountain Fiber & Studio in the T Tour OUTDOORS: Butterfly Education SHOWS: Summer Nights: Part of Shakespeare on the Plaza June 3-6, Cemetery of Splendor innofthemountaingods.com 1 5 11 am, Various Locations, East and Awareness Day JeeZ LaWeez 7:30 pm, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, June 3-6, Sweet Bean Mountains, eastmountainfibertour.com 9 am, Plant World, 250 El Pueblo Rd NE, 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 311, ABQ F June 4-5, Dream On! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 cultureabq.com ree 271-0325, wingsofenchantment.com 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, Press June 7-9; June 14-16, Men & Chicken Guardians of the Galaxy JUNE 12–18 abqbiopark.com June 7-9; June 14-16, Weiner: The Part of Movies on the Plaza 2 EVENTS: Reuse-apalooza TUESDAY, JUNE 14 Festival Flamenco 29 1 pm, Santa Fe Railyard Park, calenda Documentary on Anthony Weiner Dusk/8:10 pm, Free, Civic Plaza, SATURDAY, JUNE 11 10 SHOWS: Natasha Leggero & Email event info,R June 10-13, Francofonia 1 Civic Plaza NW, Third St NW and National Hispanic Cultural Center, 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, Moshe Kasher 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org (505) 695-1005, 6 EVENTS: ABQ Pride Parade including event name, date, June 10-13, Hockney Marquette NW, albuquerquecc.com 8 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, reunityresources.com 10 am, Free, Nob Hill, abqpride.com June 10, The Birdcage 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org time, address and contact June 11-12, Comic Geniuses When FRIDAY, JUNE 17 JUNE 16–19 SCREENS: Monty Python and the 7 WORD: Transforming Story of Figs: 3 OUTDOORS: Twilight Tour They Were Young! Ironman 3 New Mexico Classical Guitar Holy Grail Sing-Along Lloyd Kreitzer 11 at the Zoo phone number (Spanish w/English subtitles) Festival 11:15 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, Part of Second Saturday at Casa San Ysidro 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, JUNE 10–17 2 pm, Free, South Broadway Cultural Keller Hall, UNM Main Campus, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, 1 pm, Free, Casa San Ysidro, or website, to 903 10th St SW, 768-2000 Center for Contemporary Arts Center, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, newmexicoclassicalguitarfestival.org (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com 973 Old Church Road, Corrales, 897-8828, [email protected] www.cabq.gov abqbiopark.com Cinematheque 848-1320, southbroadwaytickets.com SATURDAY, JUNE 18 4 COMMUNITY: Summer Kick-Off one month in advance 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, Yappy Hour to benefit Watermelon JUNE 11–12 THURSDAY, JUNE 16 (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Destiny Wrestling’s Summer Mountain Ranch of publication. Starts June 10, The Idol Festivus EATS: Horno Bread Baking 12 CULTURE: 3rd Thursday: Zardoz 3 pm, Marble Brewery Westside, 8 Starts June 17, Sunset Song 6 pm, Vista Grande Community Rusted Root Demonstration Family Night Part of Up Late at the Cocteau 5740 Night Whisper Rd NW, 5 pm, Free, Starts June 17, Paths of the Soul 11:15 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, Center, 15 La Madera Rd, Sandia Park, 243-2739, marblebrewery.com 10 am, Free, Petroglyph National [email protected], Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) he City of Albuquerque kicks off summer in style with Monument, 6510 Western Trail NW, JUNE 10–23 facebook.com/dwowrestling 899-0205, nps.gov/petr 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242-4600, 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com Heights Summerfest on Saturday, June 11. Hosted cabq.gov/museum Jean Cocteau Cinema Guns into Gardens: From T 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Weapons of Destruction to at North Domingo Park, the festival starts at 5 p.m. and 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com Home Tools of Construction features a diverse lineup: Rusted Root (alt-bluegrass/jam Visit our fabulous online THROUGH JUNE 5 4th Annual New Mexico Joseph General Band Sonyk Vortex June 10-16, Men & Chicken Part of Sunday Under the Stars 10 am, La Plazita Institute, band), The Porter Draw (alt-country/Americana), Alex Maryol June 10-16, Approaching the 831 Isleta Blvd SW, abqmennonite.org calendar featuring hot links to Music on the Mesa Chamber Music Festival Part of Summertime in Old Town Part of Summertime in Old Town 6 pm, Free, Inn of the Mountain Gods (blues/rock) and Cali Shaw Band (folk-rock). During national Unknown cool events in the ABQ area: Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, 2 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central 7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, 303 1 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon June 17-23, The Last King JUNE 18–19 headliner Rusted Root’s 26-year history, the band has shared freeabq.com El Prado, (575) 758-1900, Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov Rd, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, (Birkebeinerne) the stage with acts like Santana, Dave Matthews and The taosmusiconthemesa.com Mountain Heart Tango Club innofthemountaingods.com Herb & Lavender Fair SHOWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Part of Zoo Music Part of Summertime in Old Town June 17-23, Dragon Inn 10 am, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Allman Brothers Band. THROUGH JUNE 19 Albuquerque Concert Band: 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St 2 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, 303 June 17-23, A Touch of Zen WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, Shake your booty, score snacks from local food trucks and JUNE 4–16 Summer Concert Indie Q (505) 471-2261, golondrinas.org Hairspray SW, 768-2000, abqbiopark.com Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov THROUGH JULY 31 enjoy a beer in the Microbrew Garden. Free activities for Low Spirits Albuquerque Little Theatre, 7 pm, Free, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Yay Carl Petersen 7 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central IAIA Student Filmmaker kids include face painting and a 25-foot rock climbing wall. 2823 Second St NW, 344-9555, 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr 7 pm, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com COMMUNITY Showcase Thirty-five local vendors will peddle their wares — every- lowspiritslive.com albuquerquelittletheatre.org NE, 768-6020, balloonmuseum.com 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, Los Van Van Institute of American Indian Arts, THROUGH JUNE 2 June 4, Pridezilla! – Paris A GoGo Darius Rucker brokentrailspirits.com 7 pm, Santa Fe Brewing, 35 Fire Pl, EVENTS thing from soap to jewelry to salsa — at the festival market. June 5, The Honeycutters 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu Introduction to Buddhism SATURDAY, JUNE 4 7 pm, Isleta Amphitheater, 5601 Uni- Santa Fe, ampconcerts.org SATURDAY, JUNE 11 June 7, Johnny & Joey of Old Man versity Blvd SE, ticketmaster.com JUNE 10–11 JUNE 3–5 Meditation Classes Dimensions: Under the Big Top SUNDAY, JUNE 5 Heights Summerfest feat. Rusted Root Markley and Youth Brigade Dimensions School of Dance and Music, Wind Rider Music Festival THURSDAY, JUNE 16 San Felipe de Neri Fiestas Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation Aladdin June 9, Dale Watson & His Lone Stars 4901 Paseo del Norte NE, Ste B, THURSDAY, JUNE 9 Reloaded The Noms Historic Old Town, Rio Grande Blvd & Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293, 5 pm, North Domingo Park, Wyoming and Carmel, Part of Sunday Under the Stars June 10, Ben Nichols of Lucero, Oliver 821-6164, danceandmusicnm.com Deaf Comedy Returns with Ski Apache, 1286 Ski Run Road, Part of Summer Nights Central Ave NW, 768-2000, cabq.gov meditationinnewmexico.org 311, cabq.gov Peck 6 pm, Free, Inn of the Mountain Gods Folias Duo Levi & Kyle Alto, NM (575) 464-3600, 6:30 pm, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, June 16, Clark Libbey Band, The Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon SATURDAY, JUNE 4 THROUGH JULY 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of 10:15 pm, The Guild Cinema, 3405 windridermusicfest.com 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, March Divide Rd, Mescalero, Volunteers needed for NM Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Central Ave NE, 255-1848; guildcin- abqbiopark.com Albuquerque Folk Festival ema.com SATURDAY, JUNE 11 (800) 545-9011, 9 am, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Mu- Veterans’ Museum 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum Sportsmen and Women’s Meet- JUNE 4–17 JUNE 16–19 innofthemountaingods.com seum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial, ONGOING Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra & ing: NM Wildlife Federation Sister Bar Leon Russell JUNE 9–10 New Mexico Classical Guitar 768-6020, abqfolkfest.com 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, 7 pm, Lensic Theater, Big Sol Band THURSDAY, JUNE 9 TUESDAYS 6 pm, Tractor Brewing – Wells Park, 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, Much Ado About Nothing Part of Jazz Under the Stars Festival feat. Jorge Caballero, nmvetsmemorial.org 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, Ace in the Hole Casino del Rueda Dance Class 1800 4th St NW, sisterthebar.com Part of Shakespeare on the Plaza 7 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & Tantalus Guitar Quartet, Calvin JUNE 4–5 (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural facebook.com/nmwildlife June 4, Spice Boys, Holy Glories 7:30 pm, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Hazen 2016 Kirtland Air Force Base NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, June 10, Blockhead Mountain Natives 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum UNM Main Campus, newmexicoclassi- Air Show Mama’s Minerals Kids’ Sum- WEDNESDAYS June 17, Funk Things: 45s and LPs 7 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave 311, cultureabq.com calguitarfestival.org Kirtland Air Force Base, 1551st St, mer Camp: June nhccnm.org Darren Geffre Band FRIDAY, JUNE 10 ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam all Nite SW, elreyabq.com Kirtland AFB, 853-7500, kirtland.af.mil 10 am, Mama’s Minerals, 800 20th St NM Foreclosure Study Group Part of Summertime in Old Town The Avengers 5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing, Musical Instruments of the JUNE 9–12 FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Spring Festival and Fiber NW, 266-8443, mamasminerals.com 6:30 pm, Cuidandos Los Ninos, JUNE 6–17 7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, (Spanish w/English subtitles) 9800 Montgomery Ave NE, Pueblos: Marlon Magalena THE SEVEN: Strange Bedfel- Calle 66 Arts Fair Women’s Freedom Riders Meet 1500 Walter St SE, Rm 214, 310-9638, 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov 2 pm, Free, South Broadway Cultural lizardtailbrewing.com/home Launchpad 6:30 pm, Free, Petroglyph National lows – Short Works Festival Part of Salsa Under the Stars 10 am, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, & Greet dontmoveout.com Oriental Potpourri Gala Show Center, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, Stories in the Sky 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, Monument, 6510 Western Trail NW, The Cell, 700 1st St NW, 766-9412, 7 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & 334 Los Pinos Rd, Santa Fe, 4 pm, Thunderbird Harley-Davidson, with AZIZ 848-1320, southbroadwaytickets.com 2ND TUESDAYS with Laurie Magovern launchpadrocks.com 899-0205, nps.gov/petr/ fusionabq.org History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, (505) 471-2261, golondrinas.org 5000 Alameda Blvd NE, 856-1600, 7 pm, African American Performing 9:30 am & 11 am, Anderson Abruzzo June 6, Snakes, Echoes of Fallen Oak Ridge Boys 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum Suspicion thunderbirdhd.com Korean War Veterans Open Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, Balloon Museum, June 7, Speedy Ortiz, The Good Life 8 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Re- FRIDAY, JUNE 10 Lindley Creek Family Band KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, SUNDAY, JUNE 5 Meeting June 9, New Kingston, Mondo 222-0778, eventbrite.com 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, sort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Alchemie Part of Summertime in Old Town 768-3544, kimotickets.com NMApHC Appaloosa Horse THURSDAY, JUNE 9 1 pm, New Mexico Veterans’ Memo- Vibrations Saudade 768-6020, balloonmuseum.com Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, 6 pm, The County Line, 9600 Tramway 7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, Show LGBTIQ Candlelight Vigil rial, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, June 10, Blinddryve, Inaeona 7:30 pm, The Range Café, SATURDAY, JUNE 11 innofthemountaingods.com Blvd NE, 856-7477 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov 8 am, Expo New Mexico, Outdoor 7:30 pm, Morning Side Park, Lead nmvetsmemorial.org June 11, Troyboi 925 Camino Del Pueblo, Bernalillo, 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS Combo Unico Inside Out Horse Complex, 300 San Pedro Dr NE, Ave and Morningside Dr, 873-8084, June 12, Oryx, Dysphotic 867-1700, rangecafe.com NMGMC: Boys of Summer 1ST WEDNESDAYS Drinking Liberally – Cedar SUNDAY, JUNE 5 Part of Salsa Under the Stars Part of Movies in the Park 222-9700, exponm.com abqpride.com June 13, Scalafrea, Fields of Elysium 7:30 pm, Hiland Theater, 4800 Central Crest Chapter Clark Libbey 7 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art Dusk, Free, Prado Del Sol (Twin Parks), Book to Art for Kids June 14, Holy White Hounds, Throw SUNDAY, JUNE 12 Ave SE, 872-1800, nmgmc.org New Mexico Desertfest 2016 5 pm, Greenside Café, 12165 NM-14, Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 242- 4300 Avenida Mañana NE, bernco.gov JUNE 9–JULY 7 10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the Temple Young Dubliners 4 pm, Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd, Cedar Crest, 264-1368, Bloody Mary Bar 4600, cabq.gov/museum FinnFest Sunset Boulevard Meditations for Healing Body 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, June 17, Jaime Trujillo Memorial Show Part of Zoo Music 796-7500, sandiacasino.com drinkingliberally.org 11 am, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, 9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, & Mind indianpueblo.org DJ Dan 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 6 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation JUNE 8–16 Quietly Kept 903 10th St SW, 768-2000, 2ND WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS brokentrailspirits.com effexabq.com Wizards Albuquerque PrideFest 2016 Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293, Sunshine Theater Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and abqbiopark.com Drinking Liberally — ABQ Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons & Domingos en Arte feat. Part of Up Late at the Cocteau 11 am, Expo New Mexico, meditationinnewmexico.org 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, Filastine, Bionik Bloody Mary Bar Chapter Dancing Nosotros SATURDAY, JUNE 18 11:15 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, 300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, sunshinetheaterlive.com 7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC 11 am, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, SATURDAY, JUNE 11 6 pm, O’Niell’s NE Heights, 8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque, 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Mesa Rd, El Prado, (575) 758-1900, Alchemie 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) exponm.com June 8, Stephen “Ragga” Marley 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, Hug a Horse Community Day 3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368, 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928, Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, taosmesabrewing.com 6 pm, La Cumbre Taproom, 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com June 10, Berner brokentrailspirits.com Family PRIDE Celebration 10 am, Walkin N Circles Ranch, drinkingliberally.org qbarabq.com nhccnm.org 3313 Girard Blvd NE, 872-0225, 11 am, Free, Morningside Park, June 16, DevilDriver, Holy Grail Hermitude 198 Weimer Rd, Stanley, 286-0779, lacumbrebrewing.com Albquerque, 831-8930 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave wncr.org SW, elreyabq.com 30 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS

MONDAY, JUNE 6 CALENDArONGOING SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Native Plants for the Habitat Aging in Place – Resources Garden TUESDAYS Available in Placitas 10 am, Albuquerque Garden Center, Truckin’ Tuesdays 2 pm, Free, Placitas Community Library, Cante y Baile 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020, 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, xericgardenclub.org 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, placitaslibrary.com BY ARIANE JAROCKI albuquerquecc.com JUNE 6–10 Detained and Deported – WEDNESDAYS Stories of Immigrant Families World Ocean Week Event Under Fire: Margaret Regan ABQ BioPark, 2601 Central Ave NW, Talin Market Food Truck 6 pm, Free, First Unitarian Church, 764-6200, abqbiopark.com Round Up 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, 433-2757, 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE TUESDAY, JUNE 7 nmimmigrantjustice.org Residential Rainwater FRIDAYS SUNDAY, JUNE 12 Coffee Education and Tasting Harvesting Basics Roadsouls: Betsy James 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, 7 pm, Free, Meadowlark Senior Center, 3 pm, Page One Books, 3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100, 4330 Meadowlark Ln SE, Rio Rancho, 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 379-5136, prosumroasters.com nmcomposters.org 294-2026, page1book.com SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Downtown Growers’ Market Crush the Shell Trade Opera Unveiled 2016: Demonstration 7 am, Robinson Park, 8th and Central, 252-2959, downtowngrowers.org Desiree Mays Part of World Ocean Week 6 pm, Page One Books, 11 am, ABQ BioPark Aquarium, Santa Fe Farmers Market: 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, Railyard 294-2026, page1book.com abqbiopark.com 8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at Guadalupe, Santa Fe, Pablo Guidali FRIDAY, JUNE 17 THURSDAY, JUNE 9 farmersmarketsnm.org Bokashi Bucket Composting CreativeMornings: Broken Rocío Molina 9 am, New Mexico History Museum, 9:30 am, Free w/RSVP, Highland Senior SUNDAYS 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Center, 131 Monroe NE, RSVP: Rail Yards Market ABQ 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org rom June 11 through 18, the National Institute of 767-5210, nmcomposters.org 10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW, The Serpent’s Crown: Hana Flamenco presents the 29th annual Festival Flamenco at railyardsmarket.org F SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Samek Norton the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street 43rd Annual Albuquerque WORD 6 pm, Collected Works Bookstore, SW). This sonic and kinetic extravaganza brings the best of Garden Tour: Altura Park 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, flamenco to the stage in Albuquerque. Dance workshops 8 am, Albuquerque Garden Center, JUNE 4–17 (505) 988-4226, and a kids’ camp run concurrently with the fest. 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, 296-6020, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW, collectedworksbookstore.com Whether you’re intrigued by the traditional or the avant- albuquerquegardencenter.org 344-8139, bkwrks.com June 4, Ross Van Deusen, What Makes SATURDAY, JUNE 18 garde, this year’s performance lineup offers something for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 a Rainbow Book Sale Library Fundraiser everyone. Performers include Rocío Molina, Pedro Córdoba, Eco Friendly Garden Pest Man- June 5, Frank Tirro, With Trumpet 9 am, Free, New Mexico Museum of Juana Amaya, Antonio Molina aka “El Choro,” Manuel agement & Bible: The Illustrated Life of James Art, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, Liñán, Gema Moneo and Yjastros. 1 pm, 711 S Camino Del Pueblo, Hembray (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org Bernalillo, June 7, Janice Gourley, Live and Love Yip Harburg-Broadway’s Social JUNE 11-18 sandovalmastergardeners.org/public- Again Conscience: Jane Ellen Festival Flamenco 29 class-registration June 9, Dan Flores, Coyote America 2 pm, Placitas Community Library, June 10, Walter Cooper, Unbuttoned: National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Gay Life in the Santa Fe Arts Scene placitaslibrary.com 724-4771, nhccnm.org The Neon Run Albuquerque June 11, Nasario Garcia, Grandpa Full schedule and ticket information: ffi29.org 6 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park, Lobo’s Matanza: A New Mexico SUNDAY, JUNE 19 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, Tradition ¡ÓRALE! Border Low & Border 768-6050, theneonrun.redpodium.com June 12, Michael McGarrity, The Last Slow: Denise Chavez Ranch 2 pm, New Mexico History Museum, 1ST FRIDAYS SATURDAYS SUNDAY, JUNE 19 June 14, Ron Hamm, Ross Calvin: 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) First Friday Fractals Downtown Walking Tours with Father’s Day Fiesta & Zoo Dad’s Interpreter of the American Southwest 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org New Mexico Natural History Museum, Albuquerque Historical Society Discovery Day June 15, Marilyn Stablein, Bind, Alter, Fold 1801 Mountain Rd NW, 10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st Noon, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St TUESDAY, JUNE 21 June 17, Fernanda Santos, The Fire nmnaturalhistory.org by Century Theater, 289-0586 SW, 768-2000, abqbiopark.com Route 66 in New Mexico: Line: The Story of Granite Mountain Bruce Shaffer Jugamos Juntos – Children’s Hotshots and One of the Deadliest 1ST SATURDAYS EATS 6:30 pm, Esther Bone Memorial Library, Event Days in American Firefighting The Organ Transplant Aware- 950 Pinetree Rd SE, Rio Rancho, 10:30 am, National Hispanic Cultural THROUGH JUNE 5 ness Program of New Mexico Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, SATURDAY, JUNE 4 891-5012x3128, riorancholibraries.org 10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library, nhccnm.org ABQ Beer Week 3700 San Mateo Blvd NE, more info: Various locations, abqbeerweek.com Small Press and Local Author Saturday Night Swing Dance 344-0512 Fair 7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company, TUESDAY, JUNE 16 11 am, Page One Books, 3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146, 2ND SATURDAYS Salud y Sabor: España 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, abqswing.com 294-2026, page1book.com American Veterans Post 7 5:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Meeting Storytime Saturday Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, Those Who Served: Honoring 1 pm, Veterans of Foreign Wars 2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books, nhccnm.org D-Day: Jeff Lowdermilk Puzzle on page 32 Post 401, 2011 Girard Blvd SE, 5850 Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026, 2 pm, New Mexico History Museum, 366-3032 page1book.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Frybread Making Workshop: 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org 2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS OUTDOORS Level II Women Marked for History: Coder Dojo 5:30 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Phil T. & Rosanne Roberts 10 am, ages 7–17, Quelab, 680 Haines JUNE 3– 4 2401 12th St NW, RSVP:724-3510, Archuletta Ave NW, coderdojoabq.github.io 70th Annual African Violet indianpueblo.org 2 pm, Free, Placitas Community Library, Convention 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, 3RD SATURDAYS Crowne Plaza Hotel, JUNE 22–26 placitaslibrary.com Lyme Get Together 1901 University Blvd NE, Vintage Albuquerque to ben- 12, Free, location varies, more info: albuquerqueafricanvioletclub.org efit AYSP, NDI-NM, NM Jazz FRIDAY, JUNE 10 304-9411 Workshop, NM Phil, Art in the Live Reading: How to be a SATURDAY, JUNE 4 School Widow National Free Fishing Day Various Locations, Albuquerque, 7 pm, Free, Tortuga, 901 Edith Blvd SE, 9 am, Free, Tingley Beach, 323-3915, vintagealbuquerque.org 506-0820, tortugagallery.org 1800 Tingley Drive SW, 311, cabq.gov 32 • June 1 – June 14, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS Calendar/CROSSWORD Crossword This Way and That by Myles Mellor and Sally York cont. from page 30 Across 58. Showy flower 27. Indian tourist stop 1. Classified informa- 59. D.C. al ___ (musical 28. Chichi WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 WEDNESDAYS JUNE 10–JULY 23 tion? direction) 29. Kind of partner Historic Architecture of Crazy Wisdom Poetry Inherit the Dust: Nick 5. One way to be taken 60. Suffix with neur- 31. Just Route 66: Kaisa Barthuli 4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, Brandt 10. Fly, e.g. 61. Hinder 32. G8 member 6:30 pm, Free, Loma Colorado 808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172, photo-eye Gallery, 541 S. 62. Opposite of charge 33. Provocative Main Library, 755 Loma Colorado offcenterarts.org Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, (505) 14. “It was ___ mistake!” Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, 891-5013 988-5152, photoeye.com 15. Parlor piece 63. Actor Green of 34. Jewish month x3033, riorancholibraries.org CULTURE “Buffy the Vampire 35. Strong cleaners JUNE 11–JULY 9 16. Head or night Slayer” 37. More than unpop- THURSDAY, JUNE 23 LAST THURSDAYS Words & Images: The starter Medicare Basics: Gary Indigenous Culture’s Rainbow Artists 17. Film unit 64. Fop’s footwear ular Forrest Night Out Reception, Saturday, June 11, 18. Cockamamie 65. Wraps (up) 38. Crooked 6 pm, Free, Loma Colorado 6 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural 6 pm, Tortuga, 901 Edith Blvd 39. Illegal shares of Main Library, 755 Loma Colorado Center, 2401 12th St NW, 843- SE, 506-0820, tortugagallery.org 19. Battering wind Down Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, 891-5013 profits 7270, indianpueblo.org 20. One way to move 1. Rattles x3033, riorancholibraries.org SUNDAY, JUNE 12 43. Rat 23. Rock fracture 2. Promise, e.g. FIRST SATURDAYS A View in the Collection 44. Nuptial sites FRIDAY, JUNE 24 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural 24. Gardener’s soil 3. Cheese variety 45. Island ring Maps that Won the West: El Rito Open Studios Center, 2401 12th St NW, 25. Whips 4. Playa Imre Joseph Demhard 10 am, Free, Follow the signs, 843-7270, indianpueblo.org 46. Flies alone 28. Astringent 5. Farewells 5 pm, Free, New Mexico El Rito, NM, (505) 927-8461, 47. Chew the scenery History Museum, 113 Lincoln JUNE 12–AUGUST 27 30. Achieving Moksha is 6. Double facebook.com/ElRitoOpenStudios 48. Indigenous Cana- Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, The New Mexico Water- one of its goals 7. “Stop!” nmhistorymuseum.org SATURDAY, JUNE 4 color Society Exhibition 31. Rivera product dian Reception, Sunday, June 12, 8. Empty talk UrbanRefuge A.R.T.S. 33. Elusive one 49. Peach ___ ONGOING Workshop Series 2– 4 pm, JCC, 5520 Wyoming, 9. Had down cold 892-378, 36. One way to move 50. Pomp 1ST WEDNESDAYS 10 am, Free, Valle de Oro 10. Organized perse- National Wildlife Refuge, 7851 nmwatercolorsociety.org 40. Balancing pro 52. Does in Poetry and Beer cution 2nd St SW, friendsofvalledeoro. 41. Order 53. Alternative to steps 7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells wildapricot.org 11. Duck Park, 1800 4th St NW, 54. “Blue” or “White” 42. Chills and fever 12. Goes (for) 243-6752, getplowed.com river 43. Hordeolum 13. Deuce toppers 55. Avon anti-aging 44. Monovalent radicals 21. Ate brand 46. Île de la Cité locale 22. “Be-Bop-___” 56. Historic Virginia 49. Free-for-all 25. Accord family 51. Every which way 26. Campus store 57. Boor Answers on page 30