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Things
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Nob Hill Med Pot

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Med Pot Comes to Hipster-ville

BY DAN VUKELICH

N ob Hill now has its own

marijuana dispensary.
Birdland the Hippie Store,
3213 Central Ave. N.E., has
leased part of its space to Ultra
Health, a medical marijuana
grower.
The co-located operations
will sell tie-dyed shirts, pipes
and items from the 1960s up
front. Behind Birdlands display
counter is a brightly painted
1960s VW van.
Farther into the store, behind
a locked door controlled by a
buzzer, is a modern showroom
with glass showcases to display
large glass jars full of marijuana
products.
At the time of our interview,
Leonard Salgado, director of
New Mexico operations for
Ultra Health, awaited a final fire
marshal inspection, the last step
before New Mexico Department
of Health approval, to begin
sales to medical marijuana
cardholders.
We sell medical cannabis, a Schedule 1 drug, to
people with a medical marijuana card, and we take
our business as seriously as the Walgreens down
the street, Salgado said.
cardholders statewide, about
half of them in Bernalillo County,
Salgado said.
The average age of Ultra Healths
customers is 50 people who have
tried unsuccessfully to treat pain
with traditional drugs. About half
suffer from post-traumatic stress
disorder, Salgado said.
Jay Steinberg, owner of Bird-
land, said the pairing of the two
businesses in an iconic section of
Albuquerque was a natural. The
neighbors have been so positive
and the response from some is that
they think it will increase their
dining business, Steinberg said.
The sales floor of the dispensary
is accessible only to a medical mar-
ijuana cardholder and a caregiver.
While its warmly lit, the space is
loaded with surveillance cameras
and motion sensors. After hours,
the inventory of 14 strains of mar-
Dan Vukelich
ijuana and edibles are locked in an
Birdland the Hippie Store, 3213 Central Ave. N.E., shares space with a medical marijuana dispensary. 800-pound safe bolted to the floor.
Ultra Health is operated by Sal-
gado and Duke Rodriquez, former
Albuquerque store at 7401 Menaul Blvd. N.E.
CEO of Lovelace Health Systems who served as
Ultra Health, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., grows
secretary of health under former New Mexico Gov.
marijuana for its New Mexico dispensaries in a
Gary Johnson. Salgado was an administrator under
23,000-square-foot greenhouse in Bernalillo, Salgado
said. Under state rules, the company can cultivate Rodriquez at Lovelace.

One Free Salgado already oversees four Ultra Health

locations in Hobbs, Bernalillo, Santa Fe, and another
no more than 450 plants at a time.
There are about 21,000 medical marijuana
Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press.
Reach him at editor@freeabq.com
General
Admission
Ticket Mayors Proposed APD Crisis Contract Could Be Illegal
When Presenting This Ad BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI

M ayor Richard Berrys administration is

working to give a $131,000, federally funded
contract for crisis intervention training for Al-
buquerque police to a nonprofit company run by
March 26th, 6 pm game three APD employees, including two assigned to the
departments Crisis Intervention Unit.
The deal appears to be a violation of the citys
conflict-of-interest rules and of federal purchasing
regulations.
The administration has recommended that the
contract for the video CIT training work go to Crisis
Intervention Team, Inc., a nonprofit formed in 2012.
State records show that CITs president is Nils
Rosenbaum, who makes $113,942 a year as APDs
in-house psychiatrist. The firms secretary is Leah
Acata, and its treasurer is Matthew Tinney. Both are
APD officers who make $58,240 a year, according to
city records.
Tinney and Rosenbaum are currently members of
the citys Crisis Intervention Unit.
Berrys office sent an executive communication, an
EC, to the City Council on March 7 recommending
that the CIT non-profit get the contract. The money
is coming from a U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance
grant that APD was awarded. Berrys recommen-
dation will be heard before a Council committee,
possibly later this month.
Giving the contract to CIT could violate the citys
conflict-of-interest policy. It states the city cant enter
into a contract for more than $1,000 with a business
in which a city employee has a controlling interest
unless the deal has been put out to competitive bid,
or the citys chief administrative officer has waived
that requirement.
It could also violate federal purchasing rules.
A 2004 guide on contracting by the federal Office
of Management and Budget said, Costs of profes-
sional and consultant services rendered by persons
who are members of a particular profession or
possess a special skill, and who are not officers or
employees of the government unit, are allowable.
The EC from Berrys office made no mention
of competitive bidding, conflict of interest or any
waivers.
It was signed by CAO Rob Perry, APD Chief
Gorden Eden and City Attorney Jessica Hernandez,
who presumably knew that CIT is run by APD
employees.
Berrys spokesperson, Rhiannon Schroeder, did
not respond to a phone message and email from
ABQ Free Press asking to talk with Perry about the
proposed contract.
In a telephone interview, Tinney said city and
federal officials knew that CIT was owned by APD
employees.
He added that neither he nor his partners in CIT,
nor their families, can make money from the federal
contract. We cant make any money off it for our
families, and we cant even pay ourselves, Tinney
said.
He added that the contract, if approved, will be
used to hire a coordinator and buy equipment.
Rosenbaum also said that he didnt see a conflict
of interest.
We have no intention of drawing any money
from it [contract/grant]. That would be a horrible
conflict of interest, Rosenbaum said.
Dennis Domrzalski is news editor of ABQ Free Press.
6 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
COLUMNS
You Thought they Balanced
The Budget? Think Again
BY JOE MONAHAN
S ay someone
offered you
three or four dollars
if you showed them
ATTENTION:
you had a dollar bill?
A no-brainer, right?
Apparently not in
the befuddled halls
of the Roundhouse.
Heres the story:
ABQ business owners
The bean counters are now reporting
that the state Medicaid budget is $86
million short. The healthcare program for
low-income New Mexicans was expanded
by President Obama and Gov. Susana
Dont settle for less
Martinez signed off on it.
Because the Feds give three matching
funds for every Medicaid dollar plus
the extra money the Feds are throwing
at us for the next couple years for
Obamacare if we dont come up with
that $86 million pronto, the state will
actually come up short $416 million.
Why advertise in another local newspaper with barely half the circulation With the horrific economic impact such
a drastic cut in spending would have on
of ABQ Free Press? an already ailing economy, youd think
SantaFe would be in a rush to fill the
Reach our 60,000-plus readers for a fraction of what your business is paying budget gap, take the federal match and
keep Medicaid up and running at full
now. strength.
But getting $86 million from a state
Tell us what youre paying now, show us an invoice and well better that budget already ravaged by the collapse Legislature havegiven us. They hope oil
deal and guarantee your rate for up to six insertions. in oil revenue, weak tax collections from
a weak economy and years of excessive
tax cutting, has the austerity hawks in the
Martinez administrationand Legislature
WHATS NOT TO LIKE? looking at cutting Medicaid rather than
fully funding it and, in the process,
leaving that $416 million on the table.
If reimbursement rates for medical
Email ABQ Free Press professionals are slashed dramatically,
Sales Director Pam Gutierrez imagine how many doctors will join
the exodus fleeing our state. Reducing
at pam@freeabq.com today! care for the 850,000 low income New
Mexicans who receive Medicaid benefits
OUR NEXT ISSUE IS MARCH 23 could mean an even less healthy and
less prepared work force. So much for
economic development.
Let ABQ Free Press help your business Ironically, healthcare has been one of
the few sectors showing job growth. If this
be known before its needed. Medicaid debacle is not resolved, thatll
end. And dont forget, this state already
has the highest jobless rate in the nation.
Before the conservatives go off the
rails over Medicaid being too generous
and that it can withstand severe
cuts,keep in mind that Medicaid covers
single adults who make up to $16,242
a year. A family of four making up to
$33,465 qualifies.
Our economy and wages are so deep
in the cellar that its expected that well
over 900,000 New Mexicansnearly joemonahan.com
ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 7
half the states populationwill qualify
for Medicaid by July 2017. This is not a
population with alternatives.
The recent legislative session ended
with a round of self-congratulations and
back-slapping, but now we are seeing
that the budget that the Legislature
crafted was made with popsicle sticks
and tissue paper. They dodged the
heavy lifting necessary to ensure proper
funding for Medicaid or the rest of state
government, for that matter.
Behind this Medicaid crisislooms
political nonsense. Namely, the insistence
by Martinez and her fellow Republi-
cansthat taxes can never, ever be raised
for any reason.
Never mind if it could mean you get a
ride to the cemetery instead of the ER.
Martinez reluctantly signed onto the
Medicaid expansion. A number of other
Republican governors refused. She had
no choice because of the hundredsof
thousands in need here. If she had
opposed the expansion she might have
lost her re-election bid. Now that she is
no longer running Martinez is pursuing
he national ambitions and has already
put the state in her rear-view mirror.
Hope is not a sound budget strategy,
but thats what the governor and the
prices jump and they hope the economy
reinvigorates resulting in a leap in
state revenue thatvoila!solves the
Medicaid crunch.
If not, dont worry. Its just a bunch
of poor people who dont vote anyway.
And they certainly dont contribute to
campaigns because theyre too busy
scrounging for money to pay for their
meds.
The mismanagement in Santa Fe is bad
enough during good times, but in bad
times like these, it is truly dangerous.
True and responsibleleadership in
Santa Fe would have a handful of House
Republicans join with Democrats to raise
the gasoline tax to begin solving the
crisis. They could also have agreed to
sweep into the budget millions of dollars
for pet projects approved by the Legisla-
ture but left gathering dust, sometimes
for years.
In these ever more challenging times,
the state desperately needs leadership,
but right now wed settle for someone
who knows that getting three or four
bucks in return for spending one is a
good deal.
Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico
politics. His daily blog can be found at
8 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
Talk About Raucous: ABQ Weighs in on ART
BY DAN VUKELICH
A BQ Free Press readers are fairly
evenly split on the City of Al-
buquerques plan to build a bus rapid
transit line along ten miles of Central
Avenue, our online poll shows.
Almost half 48.6 percent of the 724
readers responding oppose the project
while 40 percent support it. About 12
percent had no opinion.
Almost 70 percent of respondents say
they never ride city buses, but when
asked, Would you ride the bus rapid
transit? 50.55 percent said yes and
49.45 percent said no.
The newspapers online poll ran from
Feb. 24 to March 4. Responses were
limited to one per IP address.
The newspaper posed several questions
in two ways, with the bus rapid transit
project presented as either the City of
Albuquerques plan or Mayor Richard
Berrys plan. Each version was presented
to half the respondents.
More Online
Find detailed results
of our online poll on the
Albuquerque Rapid Transit
on our website at
freeabq.com
Although responses were roughly the
same for two of the questions, our read-
ers appeared to be offering a referendum
of sorts on the mayor in response to this
pair of questions: What is your overall
opinion of the citys/the mayors bus
rapid transit plan.
Strong opposition to the plan was
nearly nine percentage points higher
39.29 percent vs. 30.67 percent when it
was labeled the mayors plan.
Readers told us the chief drawback of
the plan will be traffic congestion, while
20.17 percent said the project would harm
Central Avenue businesses. Eighty-eight
percent of the people responding to the
poll said they did not own businesses
along the Central Avenue corridor.
The chief benefit of the project that read-
ers cited from the choices we gave them
were more public transit ridership along
Central, making the Central Avenue
corridor more livable, and sprucing up
Central. Those three choices received
roughly the same number of responses.
Only 13.81 percent of the respondents
cite the cost of the $119 million project as
its biggest drawback.
ABQ Free Press staff writer Rene Thompson
contributed to this story.
news NEWS
ART/BRT, Page 8
What Nob Hill business owners say
Astro Zombies owner, Mike DElia: Of
course were afraid of construction, anything that
disrupts the flow in your neighborhood, but it is
inevitable to deal with these issues as a business
owner. Doing a project that is this lengthy, like the
Lead and Coal project that was only supposed to
take six months and ended up lasting 18 months,
hardly any of those businesses down that corridor
survived that project. Every little shop over there
was crushed, but its really not the citys concern,
their only concern is their project. ... The only
people who benefit are the ones who will buy out
all the empty properties once this project is over.
Since there are more than 150 businesses opposed
to this project, there should be more consideration
for the publics concerns. Its clear we dont have
say in this at all and that just blows my mind.
Off Broadway owner, Susan Ricker: Ive been
against this thing for a long, long time, but this
thing is happening, so I want to be for it and to
help make it the best it can possibly be, also so my
business can survive this project. It has put a lot of
stress and strain on our business, and I was getting
to the point that I would like to retire someday,
What people who went to the ART meetings had to say
Chris Anderson: Im for it because Al-
Rene Thompson
buquerque is really in need of a timely rapid tran-
sit, and also because theres a lack of investment
An unidentified man gets in the face of City Councilor Isaac Benton at an ART meeting at Manzano Day School. on this corridor. I feel this project would bring
more of that here and there would be more of a
benefit. This is going to bring jobs we desperately
need here in Albuquerque. This federal money is
going to bring us jobs, and it kind of pisses me off
that people are trying to stand in the way of that
progress.
Maria Batista attended all of the ART meet-
ings. At one, she grabbed City Councilor Isaac
Benton and threw papers: Ive lived here all my
life and I think its pretty disturbing that they have
not included the community in the planning. Their
feasibility studies are almost non-existent besides
research that was done from 05 to 07. They are
not taking the publics safety into consideration.
What people said in our online poll when they were
asked what would they tell Mayor Berry:
We need to build our economy first, rapid
transit later. The reason why rapid transit works
in other regional cities is because they already
had a vibrant or semi-vibrant economy. We have
nothing.
Get your chicken sh*t butt to the meetings!!! hoods in Albuquerque.
Recognize that there is more to Albuquerque
than the Central Corridor. Instead of talking
to your rich buddies, talk to the small business
owners in your city. Eighty-seven percent of a local
Rene Thompson
economy comes from small businesses. Instead
Central Avenue business owner Mike DElia makes his opposition to ART known through his business marquee. of courting out-of-state corporations that offer
low paying jobs and take advantage of our lax
cont. on page 9
ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 9
and that has definitely been set back. Im just
really trying to survive, and all I can do is embrace
it at this point. I dont believe the city cares about
the financial impact this will have on businesses up
and down the Nob Hill district.
Owner of Ojo Optique, Jed Hoffberg: I am
for it, and I think it will be great. I think that its
going to be really hard getting through it, but we
must get accustomed to change and that takes
time. I think that what the result of the project is
going to bring is definitely worthwhile. Its going
to stimulate improvements here in general and
will give a fresh perspective on the area, and
might encourage people to help keep it moving in
an upward and onward direction.
All is One Tattoo Shop owner Delano Garcia
moved his business in preparation of the ART
project to a better location off of a street with a
stoplight. If people couldnt turn left to my shop
I would have lost out on a ton business. It just
reminds me of that Simpsons episode with the
Monorail and the sleazy, swindling salesman that
tries to take the whole towns money, only in this
case, the swindling salesman is our mayor.
James Kurt: Im against it because I ride the
bus every day, and let me tell you, we do not have
a reliable transit system here. I find this project
to be redundant. I just dont understand why
they would put this project on the one street
that already has Rapid Ride buses. Instead why
not extend the Rapid Ride buses all over town on
major streets.
Head Engineer of the ART Project, David
Leard on congestion: Obviously when we take
a lane away, traffic is going to slow down, and
thats just going to happen, so the level of service
is going to increase because it will take people
longer to move through. But right now, all data
shows that people will be able to get through
intersections quickly with set lights for better
traffic flow.
combined reporting laws, invest in the individuals
who have staked their claim here, who like it here,
who have ideas about how to make Albuquerque
better. While we appreciate how easy it is to get
up and down Central, there are other neighbor-
If Mayor Berry really insists on a Bus Rapid
Transit plan, put it on Lomas Avenue. It will still
service Downtown, Nob Hill, UNM, hospitals.
Lomas. Think about it. Its a good idea if ART has
to be.
Its the only decent thing youve proposed since
youve been in office.
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Plowing Through the Details of Police Oversight Were Not Done with REAL ID, Not By a Long shot
BY JOEY PETERS
by Dennis domrzalski New Mexico Political Report

T he Albuquerque Civilian Police Oversight Board

(CPOB) is up against the clock when it comes
to police abuse cases its supposed to review. The
nine-member board is under extreme and confusing
time constraints in which to review cases against
officers and make recommendations for discipline.
People have said there are death
squads and that they wont even
call the police. On the other side
is that the APD can do no wrong.
Those are the extremes
oversight agency head Ed Harness
For instance, although the board technically has 30
days to review findings in completed police shoot-
ing cases and make disciplinary recommendations,
in reality, because of meeting schedules and other
issues, its only five to seven days.
In less serious cases like those involving officers
being rude, or violations of police department policy,
the board has 30 days to recommend discipline to
the chief of police. But that 30-day clock starts tick-
ing once those investigations have been completed
by the Civilian Police Oversight Agency (CPOA).
And since the board only meets once a month, many
days, or even weeks, could pass before the board
reviews a case and makes a recommendation for
discipline.
That short time frame has some CPOB members
worried that the citys new civilian police oversight
process might be doomed to fail, at least when it
comes to the boards ability to review police shoot-
ing and excessive use of force cases in a manner that
gives them enough time to weigh in with disciplin-
ary recommendations.
The question is whether or not it is doable, and
we dont know if that is doable, CPOB member
Joanne Fine said, adding that the process might be
structurally flawed.
Board member Jeffery Scott Wilson said during
a recent board meeting that he was worried the
confusing deadlines, schedules and time constraints
could set the process up for failure.
And CPOA Executive Director Ed Harness said
that some of the timelines get dicey.
The timelines are basically dictated by the police
union contract that says the police chief has 30 days
to decide on discipline against police officers after a
completed investigation, Harness said.
So far, the timelines havent meant much because
the CPOA and the board have been wading through
a backlog of cases from the old police oversight pro-
cess, and the window of being able to recommend
discipline has long passed. But they could present
problems in the future as the CPOA and the board
move forward on new cases.
As the oversight process moves forward, the
CPOA and the CPOB have vowed to be transparent
and to listen to members of the community.
The Civilian Police Oversight
Board has 30 days to recommend
discipline to the chief of police
I want the public to know that we want to know
what they know, Harness said. We want to be of
service to the public so that we can be part of getting
some trust back to the community.
I hear a wide range of allegations against the
police department, he continued. People have said
there are death squads and that they wont even call
the police. On the other side is that the APD can do
no wrong. Those are the extremes. We would like to
know what the reality is and we cant know what
the reality is unless we get cooperation from the
public.
CALL NOW!
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SALES ENDIN
W hen the governor signed the bill that state
lawmakers passed last month establishing a
two-tier drivers license system in New Mexico, all
involved congratulated themselves for ending a
years-long, contentious debate over drivers licenses
for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
The key reason the Legislature passed the bill this
year was to comply with a controversial federal law
passed 11 years ago in the wake of the 9/11 terror
attacks in 2001. Largely absent from the discussion
was how compliance with various provisions in the
law will impact New Mexico in future years.
The Real ID Act establishes national standards for
state identification cards in an effort to crack down
on fraud and identity theft. The law is one of the
national security reforms that came out of recom-
mendations from the 9/11 Commission.
Critics lament the laws potential chilling effect on
privacy.
Its essentially moving towards a national ID
card, state Rep. Antonio Moe Maestas, an Al-
buquerque Democrat, said in an interview.
Real ID established nearly 100 requirements that
states need to follow in order to comply with the
law. In the decade since it went into effect, not all
states jumped on board. Seventeen states pushed
back and passed laws opposing compliance with
Real ID. The federal Department of Homeland Se-
curity, which enforces Real ID, has pushed back its
deadlines for compliance numerous times, although
it rejected extensions requested by New Mexico and
Washington State late last year.
Currently, DHS is enforcing only 18 requirements
to deem states compliant with Real ID, which in-
clude making ID applicants undergo a facial image
capture, sign under penalty of perjury they are not
giving false information, and requiring documenta-
tion for birth dates, legal status, address and Social
Security number.
The question is whether and when DHS will start
enforcing the other benchmarks.
DHS came with a material compliance checklist,
Jim Harper, a senior fellow with the Cato Institute,
libertarian Washington D.C. think tank, said in an
interview. Thats not full compliance with the law.
One controversial benchmark that currently isnt
being enforced is a requirement that all states share
drivers license information in an interstate network.
Currently just four states are complaint and share
Real ID databases with each other.
At some point later, DHS is going to come back
and say New Mexico is not compliant until the state
puts data into the [interstate] system, Harper said.
Thats going to be the next step.
The text of this part of the law is vague, reading
that all states must provide electronic access to all
other states to information contained in the motor
vehicle database of the state. Harper warns that the
language compels even states with two-tier systems
to share all information in the interstate network.
For now, some state lawmakers dont seem too
concerned about how New Mexico will meet future
compliance with future benchmarks.
That sort of thing, thats something I dont get
into, said Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, a
Portales Republican.
Ingle, a key player in the drivers license legis-
lation, said the lawmakers will cross that bridge
when we get there.
At some point, if its necessary, other things will
come up and I dont know if we can handle it ad-
ministratively or if well have to do kind of a change
in some kind of a law, Ingle said.
A spokesman with the New Mexico Taxation and
Revenue Department, which will oversee imple-
mentation of the states compliance with Real ID,
did not return a phone call or email seeking com-
ment before press time.
A spokesman with the federal DHS referred NM
Political Report to the department websites section
on frequently asked questions about Real ID, which
says the law does not create a national identification
card and gives states autonomy to maintain records
and control who gets access to those records and
under what circumstances.
Regardless of what the laws impact will be here,
Maestas laments that Real ID was really never part
of the debate over the drivers license issue.
Gov. Susana Martinez praised the bill for ending
a state law that she contended made New Mexico
a magnet for illegal immigrants from all over the
world who come here to grab that drivers license
and then leave our state to go elsewhere.
Andy Lyman of NM Political Report contributed
reporting for this story.

Alas, Poor GOP, I Knew Him Well

BY robert reich

Im writing to
you today to an-
nounce the death
Trumpoids who love The Donald and
are becoming convinced the greatest
threats to their wellbeing are Muslims,
Sometimes it did them with diffi-
culty, as when it strained to choose
Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Barry
Republican colleagues.
Without a Republican Party, its just
us and them. And one of them could
of the Republican Blacks, and Mexicans. Goldwater in 1964, and Mitt Romney even become the next President of the
Party. It is no longer Each of these tribes has its own sep- in 2012. United States.
a living, vital, ani- arate political organization, its own But there was always enough of a
Robert B. Reich, chancellors profes-
mate organization. distinct sources of campaign funding, Republican Party to do these impor-
sor of public policy at the University of
It died in 2016. its own unique ideology and its own tant tasks to span the divides, give
California at Berkeley and senior fel-
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Expert: APD Following Wrong Path in Crisis Intervention
BY ANDREW BEALE
T he man who set up the nations
first Crisis Intervention Team
has a message for Albuquerque:
Youre following the wrong model.
Sam Cochran, a 30-year veteran
of the Memphis police force before
he retired, was charged with
implementing the first CIT program
in the country following what
he describes as a tragic event
that may sound all too familiar to
Albuquerque residents.
In 1988, Memphis police shot and
killed Joseph DeWayne Robinson,
27, who suffered from paranoid
schizophrenia, after his mother
called 911 for help with her suicidal
son.
The City of Memphis responded
by seeking and listening to the
advice of advocacy groups and
family members of the mentally ill,
including the National Alliance on
Mental Illness.
Their solution: a highly special-
ized group of highly trained, highly
motivated officers within the de-
partment tasked with responding to
calls involving a person in mental
crisis to keep them from escalating
into gunfire.
Stock image by Aaron Amat
Portland Police Bureaus crisis intervention model.
While we commend PPB for training all officers
social worker interdiction approach
is dangerous.
What they [APDs crisis unit] do
is really a case-management function
in order to sort of encourage, coerce,
persuade people to take treatment, to
stay home, stay sober, go to the day
program if they have one, you know,
to just kind of keep them on the
straight and narrow so that we dont
end up with a future crisis, Cubra
said.
Thats different from a team that re-
sponds to an ongoing crisis, he said.
I would happily say for the record
that what Albuquerque has done has
been contrary to all of the principles
of crisis intervention teams, Cubra
said. And its quite dangerous and
needs to stop.
APD spokesman Tanner Tixier,
contacted for this article, directed the
ABQ Free Press to email questions
to him. He then failed to respond to
repeated emails over several days.
Outside review
Ed Harness, director of Al-
buquerques Civilian Police Over-
sight Agency, said his agency hasnt
had a chance yet to review Albuquerques crisis
ABQ Free Press Local Briefs
BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF
Holm loses
Holly Holms reign as the UFC
bantamweight champion didnt last
long less than four months. On
March 5, Miesha Tate took down
Holm in the fifth round of their title
bout with something called a rear-
naked choke. Apparently realizing
she was losing on all the judges
scorecards, Tate went for it in the final
round. She jumped onto Holms back,
slipped her right under the champs
chin and choked Holm until she went
unconscious. Holm was honest about
the defeat. I let my guard down
and it cost me the fight, she said in
her post-fight news conference. It
was only last November that Holm
stunned the UFC world by defeating
to federal agents and could have been
Ronda Rousey in Australia.
arrested. In a March 3 letter to the U.S.
More chile
Theres some good news for New
Mexico chile lovers and growers.
After years of steady decline, chile
production in the state jumped by 2.5
percent in 2015. The number of acres
planted grew to 8,300 from 8,100, and
the harvest jumped to 66,700 tons
from 58,700 tons in 2014, the New
Mexico Department of Agriculture
reported. The value of that crop was
$41.1 million compared to $38.7
million in 2014. While New Mexico
farmers planted more chile last year,
they harvested the same number of
acres 7,700 as they did in 2014.
Webster slaying
The idea behind the Ale Republic is
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
wants answers from the federal gov-
ernment about why it let a dangerous
convicted felon stay on Albuquerques
streets. Davon Lymon, is alleged to
have fatally shot Albuquerque Police
Officer Daniel Webster last October,
about three weeks after he sold a gun
process and the brewery should be
open later this year.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives, Lujan Grisham asked
if the ATF has written guidelines on
when to arrest a suspected criminal
during undercover operations. She
also wants to know if the ATF shares
information regarding its undercover
operations with state and local police
departments, and whether ATF
considers how potentially dangerous
or violent a suspected criminal is
when determining when to arrest a
suspected criminal during undercover
operations.
New brewery
A brewery of the people and by the
people is taking shape in Cedar Crest.
to have customers help the owners
decide what kind of beer to brew.
Brewery co-founder Zach Gould
said hell invite customers to help
develop beers. Once thats done, those
customers will vote on what beers the
Ale Republic should have on tap. The
owners are completing the permitting
DA says: No mas
District Attorney Kari Brandenburg,
Bernalillo Countys longest-serving
head prosecutor, said she will not seek
a fifth term. Three candidates have
announced. Brandenburg did not rule
out a run for another office.
New jobs?
Presbyterian Health Plan is looking
for business outside the state. The
insurer has signed a letter of intent
to provide Medicaid managed care
services to a group of 11 health sys-
tems in North Carolina. The prospect
of new business has Presbyterian
considering a $20 million expansion
to its corporate headquarters in
Albuquerque. If the deal is approved
by federal and North Carolina
regulators, it could bring 600 jobs to
Albuquerque.
No sick leave
Heres some lousy news for New
Mexico workers: Nearly 50 percent
of private-sector workers in the state
dont receive paid sick leave the
lowest rate in the nation, according
to a study by New Mexico Voices for
Children. It means that workers cant
stay home when theyre sick, nor can
they take the time to go see a doctor,
or take their children to get better,
without forfeiting wages.

Cochran is quick to point out the strengths he
sees in the Albuquerque Police Department. Hes
enthusiastic about the work done by APDs crisis
outreach officers, and he has nothing but praise
for the officers he encountered on a recent visit to
Albuquerque.
But Cochran said he cant shake the feeling that
our city is making a mistake in the way it handles
crisis intervention.
Competing models
Nationally, there are two models for handling
crisis situations: the Memphis model that Cochran
helped create and the Portland model. The most
important difference between the two is the number
of officers specifically designated as crisis interven-
tion specialists.
In the Portland model, all officers in a department
are given training in crisis intervention and are
expected to respond to crisis calls. In the Memphis
model, a small group of specialized crisis officers
within a department, who work closely with com-
munity advocacy groups, is summoned to all crisis
calls.
APD is following the Portland model and is giving
all officers 40 hours of crisis training, but it is not
developing a specialized unit to respond to danger-
ous crisis events.
In a public presentation Cochran gave in Al-
buquerque last month, he pointed to a U.S. De-
partment of Justice review of the City of Portlands
performance. The review specifically rebukes the
on crisis matters, this approach assumes incorrectly
that all PPB officers are equally capable of safely
handling crisis situations and fails to build greater
capacity among qualified officers, the report states.
APDs path
Paradoxically, the U.S. Justice Department settle-
ment agreement with APD over its history of exces-
sive use of force seems to take the opposite direction
of what the DOJ concluded in Portland.
I think theres not a flaw in what [Albuquerque
is] trying to do. I think people are trying to best
promote as much training as possible to elevate the
officers to a better awareness, Cochran said.
But training is only going to carry you so far,
he said. Not all police officers are suited for or are
even interested in crisis work with the mentally ill.
An example of the flaw in APDs approach, Cochran
said, is that theres no clear on-scene leader in such
events.
Thats a serious flaw, right there, he said. If
everybody is trained, [theres a] lack of clarity of
who is the leader, and Im saying in a crisis event,
there needs to be a designated leader.
Albuquerque attorney Peter Cubra, who has
litigated major cases involving the rights of disabled
people, helped bring Cochran to Albuquerque last
month. Cubra praised APDs progress but said as
now constituted, its crisis unit does not have the
same duties as a specialized Crisis Intervention
Team.
He said the path APD is taking following a
intervention policies. The agency is in the process
of hiring a data analyst, he said, and he was unable
to provide specific information about APDs crisis
training process.
Cochran said APD Lt. Glenn St. Onge, who over-
sees crisis training for the department, did express
his preference for the Portland model as opposed
to the Memphis model during a presentation that
Harness attended.
Its not Cochrans first time in the Duke City. He
played a minor role in establishing Albuquerques
first (and now disbanded) Crisis Intervention Team
in 1997 during a period when APD was first pushed
to develop nonlethal approaches to crisis events
use of verbal judo, bean-bag rounds and stun
devices.
That approach was eventually eclipsed by APDs
preference to use heavily armed SWAT teams,
armored vehicles and shootings, which in turn
fueled APDs culture of aggression that led to
DOJs intervention to stop the departments pattern
of unconstitutional policing that left up to 30 people
dead.
After visiting the city this year, Cochran said the
officers he interacted with left him with the same
optimism he had 19 years ago.
I am leaving Albuquerque with the same feelings
and expectations of when I left Albuquerque in
1997, he said. And that was a good feeling.
Andrew Beale is an Albuquerque freelance journalist
and frequent contributor to ABQ Free Press.
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Helping the ABQ Indian Center, The Link Between Gun Violence and Police Shootings
And is a Special Session Likely? BY BILL HUME

by sayrah namast
A 24-year-old Army
veteran accosted at
contemporaries civil-
ian or police than was

W hat the
heck hap-
pened at the
seen at roadsides where a person has died.
It is illegal to destroy a descanso, so local
activists hope police will stop removing
gunpoint at an Al-
buquerque ATM pulled
his own sidearm and
ever the case in the late
20th century. The result
is more separation,
Roundhouse? Sen. tributes that remind people of his killing. chased the would-be more latent hostility
Jerry Ortiz y Pino, The vigil and placement of the memorial armed robber back to in interpersonal inter-
an Albuquerque is set for 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 at his car. With the veteran actions. In minority
Democrat, offers the spot in the foothills where Boyd was and his friend, armed communities, these
his annual post-leg- killed, not far from the trailhead east of
with a knife, approach- tendencies are greatly
islative town

CALLING
Tramway Boulevard at Copper Avenue N.E.
hall on the 2016
ing, the would-be robber magnified.
Bringing scholars and community to-
legislative session and policies that affect sped away, shooting and
gether: A common problem for university
killing the veteran. Police tactics
Albuquerque residents. The event is 1 p.m. scholars and researchers is a disconnect
Sunday, March 13 at the Hotel Blue, 717 Gun violence yet I remember many

ALL PETS
John Wombacher sent us this photo of Bucky W., a 3-and-a-half-year-old
mixed-breed training to be a therapy dog with the Warm Hearts Network
of New Mexico. I convinced his owners to let me adopt him when he was
8 weeks old, John said. Soon hell be certified and Ill share him with
even more folks. Also, Im training him to be in show business.
Send it to
petphotos@freeabq.com
Include your name, phone number, and your pets name,
and well try to reserve their spot in the pet parade.
Central Ave. N.W.
I hold town halls at least four times a
year to get feedback from constituents
about issues that are important to them,
Ortiz y Pino said. I think the highlight will
be a frank discussion of just how serious
our economic situation is, and how likely
we are to require a special session to deal
with falling revenues, he said.
More impact from the economic
downturn: There are many homeless
Native Americans in Albuquerque and they
need vital help like a place to pick up their
Social Security check or VA benefits, or a
place they can go simply to use the phone.
The Albuquerque Indian Center, located
in the International District at 105 Texas St.
S.E., has served those needs for more than
25 years, helping Native Americans who
lack housing or are experiencing poverty.
The center provides counseling, free
meals, legal help, and domestic violence
and batterers treatment, and AA meet-
ings. Also available are Internet and email
access, and hygiene kits.
But this year, the center is facing
financial problems and it needs support to
pay its water and utility bills until funding
comes through.
The center is holding a benefit concert at
6 p.m., Saturday, March 12 at Warehouse
508, located at 508 First St. N.W. The event
is titled Native Voices Showcase and will
feature Grammy nominee and former Miss
Navajo Nation, Radmilla Cody.
For more, go to facebook.com/
events/1715419282026797
Harassment of the homeless: One
overlooked and continuing problem
that homeless people have to deal with
is police harassment. Two years ago, the
fatal shooting by police of homeless
camper James Boyd as he tried to sleep
in the foothills became an international
news story.
Boyds shooting galvanized sustained
protests against Albuquerque Police
Department violence, and Bernalillo
County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg
eventually filed murder charges against
two police officers.
The anniversary of Boyds death will
be marked with a vigil and placement of
a descanso, a traditional marker often
from the local community, resulting in
work that doesnt serve the public.
Aiming to change that is the Raza
Graduate Student Conferences annual
event starting at 8 a.m. on both Thursday,
March 24 and Friday, March 25 at the
UNM Student Union Building.
The event is titled Atl-Tlachinolli:
Decolonized Healing. Atl-Tlachinolli angry vet having been
is a Nahuatl, or Aztec, term that means
burning water. It symbolizes the
coalescing of contradictions that creates a
balanced union from which neither force
overpowers the other.
As scholars of color we often struggle
to balance our identities with the realities
of academia, said one of the organizers,
Melina Juarez.
My experience at the beginning of grad
school was really difficult. There was not
support for non-traditional grad students
and it made me want to quit. So I sought
out a support system from other students
of color through Raza Graduate Student
Association, shared what was going on
and the idea of the conference came
about, she said.
The conference brings together people
of color, non-traditional graduate students
and the local community.
The public is encouraged to attend
the free conference and learn about
topics that include Historical Trauma;
Indigenous struggles and methodologies
and (De)Colonization politics and theory.
There will be a social justice panel with
grassroots activists.
Academics can get insulated and this
is a way for scholars and researchers to
produce work that is valued and needed
by the community, Juarez said.
As part of the event, a healing center
will be set up during the events second
day offering four hours with free
massages, traditional limpias, and other
healing work.
For more, visit:
facebook.com/events/157932074567505
Sayrah Namast is an organizer with
the American Friends Service Committee
in Albuquerque. She writes about events
of interest to Albuquerques activist
community.
again on the streets of
Albuquerque.
The nagging question
is: If the veteran hadnt
had a gun, would this
episode have more
likely ended with an
robbed but still alive?
Guns on both sides of
a confrontation are a
virtual guarantee of a
violent conclusion.
Gun violence in this
country has increased
exponentially in recent years, highlighted by sense-
less multiple homicides by firearms. For many, the
obvious remedy is to curtail access to guns partic-
ularly by those with histories of violence or mental
illness.
For many, the gun is only the tool;
the shooter is the problem.
If Guns Kill, Spoons Make
Rosie ODonnell Fat! is the not
illogical bumper sticker assertion
For many others, the gun is only the tool; the
shooter is the problem. If Guns Kill, Spoons Make
Rosie ODonnell Fat! is the not illogical bumper
sticker assertion.
By way of background, this writer came of age
in a small New Mexico town. My father taught me
to shoot with the family .22 bolt-action rifle. If we
had the family car at school, there might easily have
been firearms in the trunk. I bought my first gun
at 16 years of age in an Albuquerque department
store, without parental participation. The only
requirement was that I showed a drivers license
and produced $64.
Grab your gun
Restrictions on purchasing, anxieties about ease of
ownership and incidents of gun atrocities were
virtually nonexistent in the 1950s and 60s. So whats
different today?
One factor, I think, is that use of guns in the street
has acquired an uncertain legitimacy through
familiarity. There are drastically more cases of
persons shooting strangers. It keeps the public con-
stantly concerned that these things are a palpable
risk. Proliferation of licenses for concealed carry has
blossomed.
And then theres the new, more hardened percep-
tion of law enforcement. The wave of police shoot-
ings in recent years has turned on its head the image
of a policeman as a benign authority figure.
People read of persons shot to death by police in
situations in which in retrospect it seemed unnec-
essary. The public especially the Albuquerque
public grew accustomed to seeing the almost daily
deployment of SWAT teams groups of officers
armed and uniformed like heavies from a war zone
traveling in armored military vehicles.
matched by their more violence-prone adversaries.
View of police
The net result is that people have changed their
attitudes toward police. Call police when a family
member is distraught? Maybe not. Experience warns
that theres a real possibility it might end in death.
The red- and blue-marked police vehicles of the
community policing era are being phased out for
sinister gray-black cruisers that look like special
effects from a police state movie. Protect and Serve
is segueing perhaps to Protect Ourselves from
Those We Serve.
It goes without saying that the actions painting the
black eye on police are perpetuated by an exceed-
ingly small minority of the force but they form the
publics impression. Instead of being perceived as
a benign authority figure, the officer is increasingly
seen as a sinister adversarial force to be feared.
So, the average informed citizen of today has a
much greater sense of personal threat from armed
years ago when I
watched a confrontation
between an apparently
drunk man armed with
a pistol and a group of
APD officers. I heard
officers, crouched be-
hind their car, pointing
their pistols at the man,
shouting, Drop the
gun, drop the gun.
Another officer tiptoed
around the corner of
the building, quietly up
behind the man and
deftly grabbed the pistol out of his hand. The others
rushed up, holstering their arms, and none too
gently took the man to the ground and handcuffed
him alive.
The wave of police shootings
in recent years has turned on
its head the image of a policeman
as a benign authority figure
Its hard to imagine todays APD risking a ma-
neuver like that. But at the same time, they work
in meaner streets, with their quick use of guns
When one citizen in the 100 that an officer encoun-
ters during a shift presents an actual deadly threat,
the officer must still use some measure of precaution
with the other 99 as he goes about his business.
It seems to me that guns dont cause violence, but
peoples attitude about others proclivity for their
use certainly does. And the increased threat of gun
violence to police officers increases officers quick
use of deadly force which in turn increases the
likelihood that somebody with a gun will be quick
to use his.
Somehow, we have to nurse this fear/acceptance
of gun violence out of our everyday attitudes on
both sides of the badge and among all strata of our
society. Only through something like that will we
ever exorcise the gun violence scourge.
Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor of the
Albuquerque Journal and later served as a policy adviser
to former Gov. Bill Richardson.
16 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
By Any Measure, the APS-CNM Bond Election Was Rigged
BY ROBERT PIDCOCK
I have been asked by ABQ Free Press
why I chose to file a lawsuit against
the Albuquerque Public Schools and the
Central New Mexico Community College
concerning the tax and bond election held
on Feb. 2, 2016.
Some people would look the other way
if they saw a child being abused. Some
would not. Some people would walk past
if they saw an old person on the street in
trouble. Some would not.
Some people would just say, Its New
Mexico if they saw repeated and sys-
temic failure in their schools and a failed
election process. I did not.
The success I have found as a lawyer af-
fords me the opportunity to do the right
thing in ways that others are unable. I
have been gifted with a law license and
wonderful clients over the years. Now, I
have the opportunity to give my work to
the public when I see the need.
I will not discuss the specific legal issues
in the lawsuit, since those would best be
understood by reading the complaint.
However, the issues are numerous and
substantial, including:
APS changing the tax mill levy rate on
the ballot just 12 days before the election,
when the law requires the ballot issues to
be published 50 days before the election;
No individual projects to be funded
were listed on the ballots, which forced
voters to accept all spending by APS
and CNM or reject everything, just to get the small
portion that they may think is really needed;
The vague wording on the ballot gave APS and
CNM the legal ability to ignore any statements
they made prior to the election to fund any specific
projects and spend the money on any buildings they
wish.
In 2014, Manzano High School had a four-year
graduation rate of only 57.2 percent. Six percent
of the schools students there dropped out in 2013
alone.
This year, APS has decided to spend $21.9 million
at Manzano, but when you voted last month, if you
thought the planned spending would be on science
or computer labs or a better library for research and
learning, you would have been mistaken.
The money will actually be spent on a new athlet-
ics complex.
CNM says it will spend some of its share of the
bond money on a new wine and beer academy.
Even though I enjoy wine and beer, in a state with
the level of alcohol-related issues we have, it is
particularly irresponsible for a public-funded
educational institution to choose to spend taxpayer
money on such a program. CNM may as well use
tax dollars to teach farmers how to grow tobacco for
cigarettes.
I have lived in Albuquerque for 30 years. It seems
that the news stories about APS written today could
have been written 30 years ago. Stories of poor grad-
uation rates, top-heavy administration that earns too
much and does too little, perpetually disgruntled
teachers that want higher pay but no more work,
and a seemingly clueless APS Board of Education,
have been repeated over and over for decades.
The public is simply numb to it all, and very few
bother to vote on the requests for obscene amounts
of money for replacing leaking roofs and pencils
in the classrooms, when the money for roof patch-
ing and pencil purchases actually turns into a $5
million private health clinic for administrators and
employees or $55 million for athletic facilities, as in
the most recent election.
In election after election, whatever amount APS
and CNM request to tax, borrow and spend virtu-
ally always passes thanks to the small number of
voters and CNMs and APS hide-the-ball strategy of
selecting voting locations.
Five of the initial 30 voting sites for the most recent
election were put on CNM campuses. There were
nearly 485,000 eligible voters in the election and
there are about 27,000 CNM students of all types,
full time and part time.
Instead of using sites convenient to voters, voting
was held in hard-to-navigate school locations, often
without general parking. By contrast, the selection
of voting sites was incredibly convenient for the
27,000 CNM students, faculty and employees, but
opinion
the moving words of that great leader
from the earth.
bureaucratic oligarchy that they believe
not so for the other 458,000 eligible voters of the
general public.
And this year, it all worked as it has for years.
Roughly 19,000 people voted to give APS the
authority to tax everyone $375 million and borrow
$200 million, and that far exceeded the roughly
10,000 people who voted against the issues.
Nearly 20,000 people voted for the CNM bond
issue while roughly 9,000 voted against. CNMs
share of the bond issue would have passed if just
37 percent of the CNM student body alone walked
down the hall from class and bothered to vote.
Nor did APS or CNM governing boards bother to
advertise the election.
CNM spent a total of just over $62,000, according
to CNM documents, to obtain $84 million.
APS has not provided the total of what it spent,
but from the documents they have produced in
response to requests, the school district produced
proof of only about $16,000. In return, theyll get
$575 million.
Maybe this can all be changed.
One thing I know: We have to try. We have to
require APS and CNM to comply with the law so
voters can make informed choices. That would be a
good beginning.
Robert Pidcock is an Albuquerque attorney who
unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2008.
opinion
Lets Call ART What It is,
A Victory for Our Ruling Class
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
T here are only a
few things that
stir my soul to joy,
gratitude and ecstasy:
a cold 15-pack on a
Saturday morning,
an ICBM streaking
through the night
sky from Vandenberg
Air Force Base, and
who once proclaimed, Government of
the bureaucrats, by the planners, for the
developers and contractors shall not perish
Unfortunately, all great concepts mutate
over time into the horrific opposite of
their original meaning and intent. Such
has it been with that noble concept of
government by the bureaucrats, which is
being perverted by the people.
Puny little people pathetic troublemak-
ers who never learned their place to bow
subserviently before their kings have
created in their defective minds a warped
and so disfigured view of our beloved
that its supposed to be government of
the people, by the people and for the
people.
Sickening, to be sure. Dangerous.
The slovenly masses have failed to
understand that it is their place to be
governed by the rich, powerful and
connected, and from these unwashed
masses has arisen the stench of dissent
that had threatened the bank accounts of
our noble ruling class.
But now, thanks to strong leadership,
things are changing back to their proper,
and hopefully, permanent alignment.
That glorious concept of government by
bureaucrats, and not by farmers, factory
workers, car mechanics and retail workers,
has reasserted its authority within the City
of Albuquerque. The loud and unenlight-
ened masses are being properly put in
their place.
To thank for this righteous return to
the divine right of the bureaucrats and
the politically connected to impose their
will, we have Mayor Richard Berry and his
Albuquerque Rapid Transit project.
It is beautiful to watch.
The tiny minds and squeakers are now
whimpering that they never had a say
in the $119 million project that will rip
up Central Avenue for months and will
probably drive many small companies out
of business; that they were never asked
whether they wanted or needed the
project; that they feel dictated to; that
the deal is the definition of a mayor who
doesnt have a real economic development
ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 17
Coming soon: Your Flying Car
plan; and that its Berrys way of throwing
gobs of public money at his pals, our pals,
in the contracting business and in NAIOP
and nothing more.
Of course thats what it is. And so what?
Thats the way things operate. Thats
how money is made. The little people
need to get used to it. The politicians,
bureaucrats, planners and developers run
this town.
Heres another way this thing is the
absolute gorgeous embodiment of
government by and for the bureaucrats.
Did anyone see any mobs of people
storming City Hall and the mayors office
demanding Bus Rapid Transit down Cen-
tral? Did Berrys office receive thousands,
hundreds, or maybe even tens of letters
from citizens demanding BRT?
T
Are the CEOs of IBM, Microsoft, Boeing
wo men from Slovakia have been testing a two-seat flying car with collapsible wings
and other global corporations in New
since 2014 and plan to put it on sale this year for delivery within three years.
York, Chicago and Silicon Valley, firing off
urgent messages to their boards, saying, Aeromobils Flying Roadster (shown in flight above and road configuration below) can
Thank God almighty! Theyre building a
reach a top speed of 124 miles an hour in the air and 99 miles an hour on land. A sport pilots
license will be needed to fly it. No price has been announced.
10-mile-long BRT system in Albuquerque.
Its what weve been waiting for. We move
The TF-X, another car-plane being developed by Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, will have
a top speed of 200 miles an hour on the ground and 500 in the air. When it finally hits the
to Albuquerque now! market several years from now, the TF-X will have a reported priced tag of $261,000.
Of course not.
This wasnt on anyones mind until our
bureaucrats realized there were pots of
federal grant money to be had, money
that could be thrown at our best people,
the developers and contractors.
The bureaucrats and planners un-
doubtedly with the input of wise
www.ruizdelatorre.com
developers saw that money and hatched
the plan that would benefit the noble
citys oligarchy. Of course BRT isnt needed,
(505) 544-5400
but if we governed and acted on the basis
of need and whats right instead of whats
best for our pals, our pals would never
make the kind of money we want them to.
Now, some losers are whining that the Have you been seriously injured?
citys ART meetings were a sham because
Are you being charged with a crime?
the project was a done deal. Theyve
Have you been wrongfully convicted?
complained that during meetings they
were forced into separate groups so as
to divide them and dilute their voices of
WE HELP LAW MAKE SENSE
opposition to ART.
Well, thats exactly what went on. So
what?
Personal Injury Criminal Defense
Remember, its government of the
bureaucrats, by the planners, for the Civil Rights Appeals
developers and contractors. The little
people, the ones who pay the bills, get no Foreclosure Habeas Corpus
voice and have no power. We do! Estate Planning Extraordinary Writs
It was Abe Lincoln who spouted that Divorce Drug Possession
garbage about government of the people
not perishing from the Earth. Well, who Entertainment Law Murder
needs Lincoln when youve got Richard J. Family Law DWI
Berry?
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor Se Habla Espaol
at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at
dennis@freeabq.com
18 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
Mr. Mayor, Repeating a Lie
Doesnt Make it True
BY dan Klein
I t appears neither the mainstream
Albuquerque media nor our govern-
ment officials care about the truth.
A story from KRQE-TV on Feb. 25, 2016,
proclaimed, Its a problem all across the
state, agencies struggling to fill their
police academies. The same problem goes
for New Mexico State Police.
An Albuquerque Journal editorial
stated that because the Legislature
failed to approve Mayor Richard Berrys
double-dipping bill for retired police,
citizens who need a cop should try
calling your state senator.
Both KOB-TV and KOAT-TV stations
chimed in with their own statewide
police-shortage reports. Berry is now
threatening to raid smaller departments
by offering signing bonuses to later-
al-transfer officers because APD is in
a hiring crisis. The media drinks this
rhetoric like a Berry-flavored Kool-Aid,
never bothering to check the facts.
If they did, they would know its a lie.
I naively thought the truth would be
reported after an ABQ Free Press survey
of 60 police agencies in New Mexico
this past October proved there is no
shortage of police officers outside of
Albuquerque.
I honestly thought this urban legend
DID YOU KNOW
perpetuated by Berry would end and
that the mainstream media would use
our survey to put an end to the myth of
THERE MAY BE MONEY a statewide police shortage. Instead, they
AVAILABLE TO YOU ignored it. Nor did they ask Berry for
proof of the statewide cop-acalypse.
FOR EYEWEAR AFTER I can only assume the news editors
CATARACT SURGERY? found it was easier to repeat what Berry
Must be 65 Years of Age
was selling them rather than fact-check
him.
With that in mind, allow me to
fact-check the local media as well. In an
You May be Eligible editorial, the Journal blamed the Senate
Democrats for the failure of Berrys
For Benefits! return-to-work bill.
The truth is that neither Sen. Stuart
Ingle, a Portales Republican who
serves as Senate minority leader, nor
Call MULLER OPTICAL Albuquerque Republican Rep. Larry
Larraaga two of the bills co-sponsors
Today for your FREE took time to present the bill in the
Consultation Senate Public Affairs Committee at a
crucial point in the session.
After the committee waited hours
elp
Let Us H our
for the return-to-work bills sponsors to
You Find Y appear, without someone to present the
te
Soulma
bill and ask the committee to act on it,
the bill died.
Instead of telling their readers to call
www.freeabq.com/dating/ their senator, the Journal should more
accurately be telling them to call Ingle
9000 Menaul NE and Larraaga.
(505) 296-8187 But wait, theres more.
columns news ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 19
Why Did We Shoot This Photo?
W hats in this photo? Why the hell did
we shoot it? This is the start of a new
ABQ Free Press photo feature of places and
Next up: New Mexico State Police
Chief Pete Kassetas. My survey of the
New Mexico State Police,conducted
things around Albuquerque that may have
some sort of significance historical,
cultural, or notorious.
after they graduated a new class in early
December, revealed that that agency Whether its locations or details from
was 100 percent staffed, at 678 officers, Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul or just
with no openings. close-ups of everyday things that an
That led Pete Dinelli, Albuquerques observant Burqueo should recognize,
former director of Albuquerques public well be out there with our smartphones.
safety task force, in testimony before
a House committee less than a month Your job is to identify it and send us
later, to praise Kassetas for achieving your answer, plus a little bit of detail and
100 percent staffing. context. Each issues winner will be the
Kassetas responded by telling Dinelli, person who our judges believe provided the
How dare you say my agency is 100 most entertaining explanation in 150 words
percent filled! I guess Kassetas doesnt or less. Well publish the winning answer
take compliments very well. Then, the following issue.
Kassetas boss, Greg Fouratt, secretary of
the New Mexico Department of Public Send your entries to editor@freeabq.com
Safety, testified before another House with the subject line Mystery Photo by
committee that NMSP was down 81 5 p.m. the Wednesday after each issues
officers. publication date in this case, March 16.
Fouratt now headed to Las Cruces to
be a U.S. magistrate never explained This issues prize: Two tickets to the
why his head count was in conflict with March 23 Gladiators arena-football game
what NMSP told us. He just dumped a Dan Vukelich at Tingley Coliseum.
number out there, and no one in the
mainstream media challenged him. Just
days after Fouratts testimony, Kassetas
appeared on KRQE-TV and stated, Im
ce
probably down 52 officers.
So which is it? Is NMSP 100 percent
staffed or short 81 officers or short 52
officers? In less than 90 days, the leaders
of NMSP floated three different staffing
figures. Why is the truth so difficult?
And why does the mainstream media
ignore this?
APD is graduating 38 new officers,
bringing its numbers to 852 sworn
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How Long Must We Wait For Were for Kasich the Sane One
Santa Fe to Clean Up its Act?
BY DAN VUKELICH

By HEATH HAUSSAMEN I f there must be a Republican in the White

House, please, God, let it be John Kasich.
We agree with him that in the recent Repub-
Fresh-faced Marco Rubio, hoping to be the
GOP establishment alternative, has been clearly
outclassed by his rivals. We reluctantly agree with

B ribery. Fraud. Perjury.

Tampering with public
records. Violating the ethical
principles of public service.
Former Sen. Phil Griego is
charged with egregious abuses of
the public trust. As a lawmaker
he pushed a bill to let a private
company buy a historic Santa Fe
building from the state. What
Griego didnt disclose, the attor-
ney general alleges, is that the
company paid Griego more than
$50,000 for his assistance.
If its true, Griego should be
punished.
But what then? Weve been
convicting and ousting misbe-
having state government officials
for more than a decade. It doesnt
seem to be reducing corruption
or helping our state rise from the
bottom of important lists.
I believe the vast majority of
New Mexicos 112 legislators
and other government officials
and employees are hard-working,
statements. It would require
those who have consulting busi-
nesses or spouses with consulting
businesses to disclose informa-
tion about clients who paid them
more than $1,000.
The legislation comes partly in
response to an issue I reported
on in 2015. State Auditor Tim
Keller, when he was a senator,
failed to disclose that he did work
for Laguna Pueblo. He actually
claimed the opposite.
Kellers Laguna work created
a potential conflict. He repeat-
edly criticized the Martinez
Administrations awarding of a
25-year lease toThe Downs at
Albuquerqueto operate a casino
and racetrack at the state fair-
grounds. Laguna Pueblo was the
losing bidder.
Keller had reason to scruti-
nize the questionable deal. The
fairgrounds are located in the
Senate district that as a state sen-
ator he represented at the time.
lican presidential debates, hes been the only
adult on the stage.
Thats why were endorsing him in the GOP
primary. Too bad theres a chance hell likely be
out of the race before New Mexicos Republicans
vote in June, but we can only hope.
This newspaper endorsed Hillary Clinton within
a week of her announcement last year. We stand
behind that endorsement, although we get an
email a week urging us to feel the Bern.
But back to the Republicans.
Who can support Donald Trump with his
boorish, junior high insults and race-baiting
behavior and call themselves a fair-minded,
tolerant American?
In a recent phone call, a friend in Maine
pointed out that Trumps rhetoric mirrors
perfectly that of Adolf Hitler as he rose to power
in Germany in the 1930s: Lets Make Germany
Great Again.
Trumps speeches echo another Hitlerian theme:
Our nations problems are the machinations of
others. Not Jews, but Mexicans and Muslims.
Even Trumps demand that his crowds raise their
hands to swear theyll vote creepily echoes the
stiff-armed salute of the Nazis.
The other choices are hardly more appealing.
Trump that Rubio who has the backing of Gov.
Susana Martinez is a lightweight.
But well go further and suggest Rubio will
be little more than a stooge for the GOP estab-
lishment, which includes Wall Street, the War
Machine and the fossil fuel industry.
When we look at Ted Cruz, we see a religious
zealot who will roll back 75 years of progress on
civil rights. And then theres the likeability factor.
Quoting Cruzs fellow Republican, South Carolina
Sen. Lindsey Graham, If you killed Ted Cruz on
the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the
Senate, nobody would convict you.
That leaves Ohio Gov. Kasich. While theres
much not to like his stands on labor and
abortion, for example he has bolstered the
economy of a faltering Rust Belt state and
straightened out Ohios finances. In Congress,
while the ranking member of the House Budget
Committee, he helped balance the U.S. budget.
Rather than throw insults, Kasich talks about
jobs and working with the other side of the aisle.
Thats what the United States of America needs
now.
Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press.
Reach him at editor@freeabq.com

What N.M. Needs Next

good people.
But systemic, structural flaws
discourage ethical behavior. We
dont pay lawmakers or give
them adequate resources to do
their jobs. We choose to let them
be dependent on campaign
donors and lobbyists.
Paying legislators alone wont
fix this mess. There must be
stronger accountabilityinclud-
ing a commission that sets ethical
standards for government and
helps police violationsand
better transparency.
Its noteworthy that archived
video of a 2014 Senate Rules
Committee hearing, recorded
by the Governors Office, helps
make the case against Griego.
The amateur recording shows
Griego presenting the resolu-
tion authorizing the real-estate
transaction.
Fortunately, House members
finally voted this year to begin
publicly archiving video of their
hearings. But senators continue
resisting archiving their webcasts.
Webcast archiving isnt
enough. New Mexico needs
many reforms. For example,
Gov. Susana Martinez and some
Republicans have pushed a bill
that would require all candidates
for legislative and statewide
offices and many other offi-
cials to file financial disclosure
But Keller also had a business
relationship with Laguna that he
didnt disclose.
The situation highlights a seri-
ous problem: Many of our unpaid
lawmakers have to seek other
employment that creates conflicts.
In the extreme that can lead to
Griegos alleged crimes.
Our weak laws sometimes
dont require transparency. How
many others act unethically in
secret?
Keller and Martinez have
made mistakes, but theyre
among those working for change.
Both support increased financial
disclosure.
We must work together to
build a system that encourages
ethical behavior. Voters should
embrace amending the state
Constitution to pay our legisla-
tors. Policymakers must accept
widespread reforms to increase
transparency and accountability.
That will help the best among
us lead. It will enable govern-
ment to act in the interest of all
New Mexicans. Its how well
begin to rise from the bottom of
important lists.
Haussamen runs NMPolitics.net,
an online news organization.
Reach him at heath@haussamen.com,
on Facebook at /haussamen, or on
twitter @haussamen
BY SEN. PETE CAMPOS
I believe we can diversify our economy and begin
to stabilize state revenues by:
Strengthening our support of the film industry;
examining exemptions and credits and whether
they are functioning as intended. I have served
in the Legislature for over 25 years, and in that
Promoting our natural attractions; time, I dont think I have ever seen a proposed
Cutting red tape and focusing on what tax exemption that wasnt sold to the Legislature
works best for small businesses, particularly as economic development.
in rural areas; and We need to take a close look at those exemp-
Expanding the clean energy industry; and tions to determine whether they still represent
Improving our statewide broadband economic development. Tax reform is going to
technology system by shoring up dead spots mean some hard choices for the Legislature, but
in rural communities. this session showed that our dependence on too
We should discuss making the best use of few sources of revenue can get us into trouble.
our water and strengthening our agricultural We need to develop innovations that are
industry, too. genuinely tailored to meet the needs of New
Its true that these measures will help us Mexicans. I firmly believe that we have the brain
diversify our economy, which should translate to power, experience and ability to develop the
a more stable, predictable budgeting process (at
kind of innovations we will need to diversify our
least as far as revenues are concerned).
economy and reform our tax system.
There is an even greater benefit to these
In addition to diversifying our economy and tax
measures, though: well-paying jobs. Growing the
reform, we should begin immediately to carefully
film and clean energy industries and promoting
review our budget. Analysis should be conducted
small businesses will equal more jobs for New
to assess current and trending public needs, like
Mexicans.
public education and health care. It is critical
Plus, small businesses help make up the fabric
that we get started as early as possible on this
of all New Mexico communities, particularly the
and that we stay committed to it throughout the
smaller, rural ones. Helping them grow and be
interim.
able to hire people has always been a top priority
I began the 2016 legislative session with a
of mine.
message of hope. I will not give up on that hope,
To me, there is no better source of hope than a
especially now, when there is so much work yet
job with a decent wage or owning a business that
to be done and the vision for our path forward
functions as a vital part of the community, both in
has never been more clear.
terms of goods and services and in employment
of others. Sen. Pete Campos is a Democrat from Las Vegas
We also have to re-evaluate our tax base by who sits on the Senate Finance Committee.
sports
Is This Finally the Year
For Birminghams Lobos?
BY RICHARD STEVENS
T he sky is fall-
ing! The sky is
falling! That was
the cry of Chicken
Little, who really
did believe the sky
was falling. The
cowardly chicken
was wrong.
Lobo baseball coach Ray Birmingham
has a yearly cry, too: The road to
Omaha. The road to Omaha. The
optimistic New Mexico coach believes
his Lobos will make it to Omaha some
day. This is the site of the College World
Series. Its where the big boys of college
baseball go to play.
So far, Birmingham has been wrong
about reaching that lofty destination,
and you cant help but wonder if
Chicken Littles prediction will come true
first.
Its not that Birminghams Lobos
arent doing well. They have wedged
their foot onto the NCAA path four
times from 2010 to 2013, which is a
tremendous achievement and a credit to
UNMs shoot-from-the-hip (Ah, shucks,
Im from Hobbs) coach. The Lobos last
NCAA bid prior to Birmingham came in
the 1960s.
Birmingham has done a lot of good at
UNM since his hire in 2008 was pushed
through by a lot of wise politicians and
powerful money men, who put the lean
on the UNM administration to pluck
Birmingham away from New Mexico
Junior College.
Birmingham had won 75 percent of
his games at NMJC and won a national
JC title. He also had the reputation of
building his squads with New Mexico
talent. A lot of Lobo fans like to see
New Mexico talent on UNM rosters.
Birmingham has a nice squad in 2016,
too. His Lobos clawed their way into the
Top 25 earlier this season, and they have
the potential to move in and out of
those rankings all year.
Because Birmingham has pitching.
The backbone of Birminghams success
at UNM has been his sticks. His Lobos hit
baseballs the way Donald Trump smacks
around political opponents. But in base-
ball, you often hit for show and pitch to
advance in NCAA play. The Lobo hitting
can be overrated, too. The Lobos have
always hit the ball. From 1971, UNM had
40 seasons hitting .290 or higher. From
1991, UNM had 24 of 25 seasons above
.300 at the plate.
But a lot of those Lobo teams had
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very little on the mound. In 1998, UNM
hit .332 at the plate and yielded an ERA
of 9.04. Thats awful. Birminghams last
four seasons produced an ERA under
5.00. Thats pretty good.
His Lobos of 2016 have the chance to
produce the right combination at the
plate and on the mound. Birmingham
has a strong core of hitters back. Better
yet, he returns nine of 11 pitchers from
2015.
The Lobos under Birmingham are 3-8
in NCAA play going 1-2, 0-2, 1-2 and 1-2.
The Lobos also have missed the NCAA
tourney the past two seasons. UNM
went 32-27 in 2015, finishing 17-13 in
the Mountain West (fourth place) with
a young team.
The Lobos might have the balance
to make a little more noise in the first
round of NCAA play, but there are issues
that could roadblock Birminghams stroll
down the lane to Omaha: the home-
field advantage.
Usually, of course not always, the
home team advances. Birminghams
Lobos have been sent on the road each
time partly because of their status
in the NCAA pecking order but also
because of their facility.
Lobo Field now called Santa Ana
Star Field is a work in progress. It
is a far cry from the days when UNM
played in Isotopes Park, which had to be
considered one of the premier college
sites in America. Isotopes Park has
stadium seats, modern concession stands,
decent restrooms, and is protected
from the wind, rain and sun. It was
fan friendly, and a lot of fans attended
Lobo games for the same reason they
attend Isotopes games for the venue.
Now, you go to Lobo games only for
the Lobos. On a bad weather day, that
might not be enough.
The Santa Ana Star Field is something
you might expect to find in . . . well,
lets say its not something you would
expect to find as an NCAA site.
So, are Birminghams Lobos doomed
and destined to die on the NCAA road?
Maybe not this year! The Lobos have
hitting. The Lobos have pitching. The
Lobos have Birmingham.
Maybe the sky will fall on somebody
else.
Richard Stevens is a former sports
writer for The Albuquerque Tribune.
More recently, he was an insider at the
Lobo athletic department. Reach him at
rstev50@gmail.com

Our March 23 ABQ Free Press Small Business Spotlights and
Taxes special issue will feature:
The latest news
in the tax world
How to file accurately
(and advantageously)
How this tax season differs
for individuals and small
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Ruiz de la Torre Law Firm: We Help Law Make Sense
1801 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Suite C
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Open MonFri, 9 am5 pm
(505) 544-5400
ruizdelatorrelaw.com
Carlos Ruiz de la Torre may seem young at 36, but he
has more than ten years of experience defending clients
in criminal cases. He meticulously investigates his cases
and he ensures his clients have a good understanding of
the law.
We sat down with Ruiz de la Torre to find out what his
firm is all about and why he is so passionate about
providing second chances to his clients.
Q: Why the law?
A: Because I enjoy helping people with the law and solving their problems. When I went into law school, it was actually because a friend was going
and my dad was also lawyer, so I figured I would try it out.
Q: What type of cases do you handle?
A: Ive done a lot of criminal defense appeals. If they didnt get a fair trial for whatever reason, sometimes you can get a persons conviction
overturned. Thats always the best feeling and one of the most exciting things that Ive been able to accomplish. Were taking on more than criminal
defense work, and some personal injury, family law and some entertainment law. Were also trying new forms of handling cases for family law and
divorce such as collaborative or mediated divorces. When people come in, sometimes theyre confused about the process and we want to make
sure they know the process of the law every step of the way.
Q: How many cases have you represented?
A: Ive represented hundreds of cases. I did appeals with the Public Defenders office for more than five years. Theres no end to the caseloads the
PDs office takes on appeal.
Q: Other than a law degree, what kind of special training or knowledge do you have?
A: Actually, my background before criminal law was entertainment law and I studied music and got bachelors and masters degrees concentrating in
jazz and master piano.
Q: What is your philosophy, your key to winning?
A: Really, its all about preparation and thoroughness in what I bring to a case, and to truly
understand the history of the case, as well as planning the best strategy possible. I pride myself on
being a lawyer who will take the time needed to properly prepare.
Q: What makes your firm stand out from the rest?
A: Were compassionate and we make sure the law makes sense to our clients.
Q: How do you or your business contribute to the local community?
A: We do help to set up non-profits in getting them organized, and some non-profits could be
charged up to $5,000 for a lawyers services, so we assist them as much as we can in the
beginning stages so they dont end up broke before they even get started. We also contribute to
a lot of local stuff, like Gods Warehouse
Q: Why Albuquerque?
A: I love the mountains and wide-openness of Albuquerque, the pace of life here, the people and
the mix of cultures, as well as the small town feel in such a big city.
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arts food ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 27

Matters of the Art: Meow Wolf, Chupacabra Cantina

BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
French Fusion Invades Downtown
BY KARIE LUIDENS

H ey there, Matters of the Art

readers. Im still filling in for
the eminent Lisa Barrow, who will
they must abandon many things that
made up their lives. You cant outrun
a soldiers gun while carrying a grand
soon return to these pages. piano on your back.
Meow Wolf Fortunately for all of us, we can
Its life force stems from fierce cre- carry our cultural heritage with us as we
ative passion; its physical space seek refuge in a new place: our foods,
Breve Crpes & Coffee
400 Gold SW
cannoli and sushi-like mini-rolls.
Given how protective the French
are of their culinary customs, what
620-4148
would they say about this sort of ex-
breveabq.com
Hours: MonFri, 7 a.m.4 p.m. perimentation? When an online photo
Sat. 8 a.m.3 p.m. of crpes stacked and cut cake-style
went viral recently, French comment-

Santa Fes old Silva Lanes Bowling
Alleyis partly owned by literary
sensation George R. R. Martin.
Its opening attracted talents like
musician/author Amanda Palmer,
accordionist/artist Jason Webley
and beloved country doomers The
Handsome Family, for an already
sold-out weekend of music. The
Meow Wolf artspaces eagerly an-
ticipated emergence has even been
heralded in the LA Times.
On Thursday, March 17, at 5
p.m., The City Different welcomes
The Venue Different, at the grand
opening of the Meow Wolf Art Complex (1352 Ru-
fina Circle). Guests are invited to experience Meow
Wolfs first permanent exhibition, The House of
Eternal Return.
From the outside, it looks like the ceiling split open
and an old Victorian house dropped fully-formed
from the sky. Inside the whopping 20,000 square
foot space, visitors of all ages can play live-action
choose-your-own-adventure in an assortment of
passageways within an imaginative multiverse of
unexpected environments.
Thursdays $250 VIP gala includes dinner, drinks,
and entertainment. The public opening starts at 2
p.m. on Friday, March 18. Although The House
will be open and available until 2 a.m., the music
portion of the evening (Palmer and Webley) quickly
sold out, as did the next nights The Handsome
Family concert.
Exhibition hours on Sunday, March 20 run from
9 a.m. to 2 a.m., with sweet dance beats provided
by Chicagos Sassmouth, Denvers David Last and
homegrown Numbtron. The music starts at 9 p.m.,
and tickets are still available. Opening weekend
prices for viewing the exquisite House are $25 for
adults and $15 for kids. Thereafter, general admis-
sion will range from $10 to $18.
Regular Meow Wolf hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday, with late hours possi-
ble on Fridays and Saturdays; the complex is closed
Monday and Tuesday. For arts patrons with pockets
too light to invest in the $2,000 Lifetime Pass, a
$150 annual family pass thats good for up to five
family members is also available. For more info,
call (505) 395-6369 or visit
meowwolf.com/tickets
Story Space
People leave their homelands for a variety of
reasons, including extreme poverty, religious and
ethnic persecution and perpetual war. In their flight,
jokes, music, art, stories and legends. But
how do our traditions evolve, and how
are they maintained in the strange new
place we call home?
Thats one of many questions
raised by Story Space: Stories & Songs
Immigrant & Refugee Artists, happen-
ing from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 20,
at Outpost Performance Space (210 Yale
SE). All ages are welcome for a series of
short performative talks with renowned
immigrant and refugee artists who
now live in Albuquerque. Story Space
explores art as it relates to notions of
cultural identity, migration and belonging.
Featured artists include two-time Grammy
Award nominee Rahim Al Haj, a virtuoso oud
musician and composer from Iraq who The San
Francisco Chronicle described as one of the
greatest oud players in the world; Nada Kherbik,
a journalist, teacher and Arabic interpreter from
Syria; Rujeko Dumbutshena, a dancer from Zimba-
bwe who appeared in Fela!, a Broadway musical
about Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti; and Mexico
native Chuy Martinez, a musician and former host
of TV show Lo Maduro De La Cultura.
Story Space is moderated by folklorist and
urban/regional planner Wade Patterson and pre-
sented in conjunction with 516 ARTS exhibition At
Home in the World which runs through April 16.
Five-dollar tickets for Story Space are available at
holdmyticket.com. To learn more, call 268-0044 or
visit outpostspace.org
cont. on page 27
W
alk into Breve Crpes & Coffee ers reacted with shock and horror.
(400 Gold SW), and you may
feel youve stepped out of downtown
Albuquerque and into a caf in south-
ern France.
Sunlight streams in through an
all-glass front facade, setting uphol-
stered seats aglow. Burlap coffee sacks
and jars of freshly cut flowers hang
above tables. Behind the counter, the
baristas aprons match the wall an
expanse of Yves Klein blue thats
reminiscent of the Mediterranean.
And, of course, theres the heavenly
scent of coffee and crpes.
On Breves vibe, food and
moniker
On the ambiance: We purposely did half
our seating with comfy chairs and couches so
people would stay and relax, says co-owner
Mandy Garrison.
On the name, Breve: I wanted it to
be something that would roll off the tongue,
something that just sounded good when you
said it.
On the menu: People eat with their eyes
first, which is why we work so hard to make the
crpes pretty.
Espresso machines are now rel-
atively commonplace in American
cafs, but Breve offers an even rarer
sight, a genuine crpe griddle. The
cooks spread batter over its 16-inch
surface and flip it with a careful flick
Is this crpe heaven?
of a spatula. The resulting tissue-y
gold pancakes are crisp around the
edges but thick enough in the center
to support your choice of toppings.
Which toppings, you ask? Co-
owner Mandy Garrison addresses the
topic over a macchiato: The Nutella
crpes are very popular. And all of the
fruit, any combination you can think
of. Berries, bananas and Nutella?!
Vive la France!
Examine Breves design more
closely, and its plain to see Garrison
and partners Billy Nguyen and Teddy
Friedman are doing more than merely
emulating chic French eateries. Bagels,
complete with green chile cream
cheese, are also on the menu.
The potted succulents rep
the Southwest, not the south of
France. Alongside the Nutella sits
Courtesy of Breve
Skippy peanut butter and a bag of
mini-marshmallows. This is still
America, yall.
More than being anything in par-
ticularFrench, Italian, whateverI
want it to be a welcoming experience,
Garrison confirms. The priority here
isnt tedious authenticity; its sensory
pleasure.
One glance at Breves Instagram
feed (instagram.com/breve) reveals
how breathtakingly bouquet-like their
creations are. That unparalleled visual
component is thanks to chef Friedman,
who brings more than a decade of
culinary experience to the Brev team.
Were always looking for inspira-
tion, Friedman says. Were going
to do crpe cakes as well layered
crpes with buttercream frosting.
Shes also experimenting with a crpe
BuzzFeed France declared it un
crime international against crpes.
Friedman and Garrison dont care
about such snobbery. They believe
Burqueos are ready to embrace new
twists on an old-world favorite. And
it seems theyre right. Within an hour
of their grand opening early on Sat-
urday, Feb. 27, every seat in the house
was filled.
When I joined the line, it was all
hands on deck as staff hustled double
time to meet demand. Despite valiant
effort, a single griddle can cook only
one crpe at a time, and some of
us waited a full 15 minutes for our
orders. Oh, well, I thought, theres
nothing more French than leisurely
service.
Then Friedman finished my order
and delivered it with an apologetic
grin. Sorry it took so long. Thanks
for waiting! Lets face it: Theres
really nothing more American than
service with a smile.
So, is it more French or American?
On first bite of my crispy-soft pancake
and its melting Nutella, it was clear
that Brev offers the best of both
worlds. As for the wait, dont fret;
Friedman assured me theyre getting
a second griddle soon.
Karie Luidens is an Albuquerque-based
writer of criticism, commentary, current
events, and semiconnected musings.

ABQ Free Press matters of art, Page 26

is now hiring
The Chupacabra Cantina
Account Executives Las Meganenas (the big girls) is a Latina
(salary plus commission) repertory troupe operating on the core belief that its
members hold a unique position in society, that of
storytellers. Company founder, Atrisco neighbor-
hood native, actress, filmmaker, photographer and
Contact Pam Gutierrez: Chupacabra director Alicia Lueras Maldonado is
something of a Renaissance woman.
pam@freeabq.com The troupe, which has already received two
(505) 345-4080, ext. 803 McCune grants, presents The Chupacabra Cantina
at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10 and 17; Friday,
March 11 and 18; Saturday March 12 and 19; and at
2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 and 20, at VSA North
song embellishes the tales. This is the sec-
ond year of The Chupacabra Cantina,
written by Soledad Hindi. It was first per-
formed in 2015 at the National Hispanic
Cultural Center.
Presented by Atlixco Productions as
part of N.M. Women & Creativity Month,
the play boasts performances from Hindi,
Valerie Borrego, Vivian Fernandez Gelln,
Nicole Gramlich, Juanita Roberts, Jaime
Pardo, JoAnn Ulibarr, Olivia Baldwin-
Geiln, Miranda Sol Urrea and Lita
Sandoval.
Thursday tickets are $10. For Friday
through Sunday shows, general admis-
sion is $18. Students and seniors save

Now Hiring:
Fourth Art Center (4904 Fourth Ave NW). three bucks. For more info, visit hold-
The production includes stories from around the myticket.com/event/233562
globe, from Palestine to Tierra Amarilla, a ghost
town in Northern New Mexico. Live music and M. Brianna Stallings writes so you dont Courtesy of Las Meganenas
have to.
28 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
On Service: The Boss Is Coming To Dinner
BY IAN MAKSICK
O MG! Your better half invited
their boss and spouse to dinner.
Theyre from New Mexico but have
traveled extensively and dined in fine
restaurants worldwide. You met them
at the holiday party and company pic-
nic. Theyre great, but you havent had
any special guests over in a while, and
you want to make a great impression.
To access an expanded version of this
article, with Professor Services place setting
download, visit freeabq.com and browse
Living, How To subcategories.
Professor Service says, KISS:
Keep It Service Simple. Dont try to
compete with restaurants. Instead,
add New Mexico touches to standard
American fare. Use the good china, if
you have some. If not, make sure all
items are spotlessly clean and nothing
is chipped.
If youre fretting about setting
the table, re-watch that scene
from Pretty Woman where the
hotel manager tells Julia Roberts,
We always eat from the outside
in. A good KISS menu is a Cae-
sar salad, a duo of roasted-grilled
beef overlapping grilled chicken
breastno worries about
rare, medium or well-done
preferencescomplemented
by potatoes and vegetables and
a dessert pie. For beverages,
provide bottled water, wine and
beer. Have ice cream on hand,
along with diet soda and sugar
substitutes.
To look like a mind-reader, call
the boss assistants or co-workers
to glean inside info on their food
preferences, allergies and sensi-
tivitiesthink gluten-freeso
youre prepared for all contin-
gencies. Serve a dynamite bread
item. For a touch of New Mexico,
serve warm tortillas and a choice
of garlic croutons or tortilla chips
with the Caesar salad. Some hot
New Mexican appetizers wouldnt be
amiss here. Use imaginative garnish
aka plate dcor because presentation
is what makes simple special. As a
centerpiece, fill a sombrero with cacti
or flowers.
The secret to setting a table is TTT
(Touch Touch Touch*) so every setting
is identical. Tuck a simple rectangular
napkin fold under the base plate
or place a pyramid fold to the left,
leaving the base plate free so salad
can be preset; this leaves more time
for conversation with everyone at the
table. (See TTT sample setting online.)
Like a catered affair, set the table
in advance. If you remember that
the boss drank Corona at the picnic,
kick off small talk by asking a
related trivia question: Does any-
body know the reason why lime
is served in a bottle of Corona?
(Answer: To keep the flies away.)
Its always a nice ice-breaker.
Get out the good linen or use
placemats for a less formal feeling.
If youre really nervous about the
lefts and rights of service, remem-
ber to serve food with the left hand
from the left, pour beverages from
the right with the right hand and
clear everything from the right
with the right hand. In any case,
its always LL/RR; whatever you
do from the left of the guest, use
your left hand and from the right,
use your right. This method of serving
ensures youre always maintaining
open body language and eye contact
and never backhanding or putting
your elbow in someones face.
Use the base plateor a nap- wine with your right hand.
kin folded in a 10-inch by 10-inch
squareas the template with forks safety by using a 10-inch round plate
touching the left of the napkin, knives
touching the right and dessert flatware
touching the top. The water glass is
the guide glass, and it always touches
the tip of the dinner
knife, while the wine glass touches
the water glass. Never lift a glass or
cup and saucer off the table to pour.
Use a napkin splash-guard with your
left hand a rectangular fold will
stop anythingbetween the glass
and guest when pouring water or
Show you care about your guests
as a splash-guard to prevent hot ouch
splashes. So germs shall never mix,
always hold flatware by the neck (just
living
below the tine or bowls) and knives
by the waist (between blade and
handle). Grab glasses by the stem or
base. These spots are least likely to
balmy Barley Peak. But while taking
be touched by guests, thus less-
ening the spread of germs.
Dessert and coffee can be
offered at the table, but serve
it in the living room or on a
patio or porch to mix it up. Set
it up buffet style. As a parting
gift, offer a bottle of water
for the road adorned with a
ribbon and a thank-you-for-
coming card attached.
When were out of some-
thing in the service industry,
we say 86, but thats a
whole nother story. In my
next column, learn to add
pizzazz features to make the
boss coming to dinner an even
more memorable occasion.
Thats an 86 for now from
Ian Maksik, Professor of
Service.
*TTT (Touch Touch Touch)
is copyrighted by Ian Maksik,
Professor of Service.
Ian Maksik is a Cornell Hotel School
graduate, former Hilton general manager
and catering editor for New York maga-
zine CUE. Known as Americas Service
Guru, Maksik has keynoted, lectured and
trained owners, management and staff of
hospitality facilities in 21 countries and at
notable industry conferences. Contact him
at ian@usawaiter.com or (954) 804-5413.
DRINK
Beer Town: The View from Barley Peak
by TY BANNERMANN
H ow many more breweries and tap
rooms can our city handle? Ive
heard people asking that question and
have asked it myself for a couple years
now; so far, the answer has repeatedly
come back as More, more, more!
Thats no problem from where Im
sitting, somewhere near the top of
in the hop-scented breeze, Ive stum-
bled upon a theory. In order for the
beer bubble to continue expanding,
breweries will have to orient them-
selves away from the novelty of the
beer itself and toward the community
that supports it.
Were long past the point where
most people will drive across town for
the sheer excitement of trying a micro-
brewed ale. Instead, as the taprooms
anchor themselves in new neighbor-
hoods, let them adapt to serve those
neighborhoods and become comfort-
able, family friendly gathering spots,
with clientele that actually reflects the
neighborhood.
Bienvenidos!
With that in mind, it makes perfect
sense that this issues offerings start
with Quarter Celtic Brewpub (1100
San Mateo Blvd. NE), a place Im sure
to frequent, as it offers all the precise
qualities I extolled above.
The warmly appointed interior
design, an expansive patio, boasts
friendly staff and a casual atmosphere.
The semihidden location, inside the
ACE Hardware Courtyard in the spot
previously occupied by Fremonts
Fine Foods, reinforces the relaxed
outdoor seating by providing a
buffer from the bane of patio dining
A beer class at Quarter Celtic
ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 29
everywhere: the
stink and roar of
nearby traffic.
It doesnt hurt
that the beer and
food here are excel-
lent as well. Pair the
fish and chips with
a pint of Scottish ale
to really soak in the
Celtic vibe.
Meanwhile,
Firkin Brew House
has quietly opened
at 3351 Columbia
NE. The prohibi-
tion-themed joint
has been slinging
brews since Feb. 5,
though they only
just appeared on
my radar. Come on,
guys, hit me up at
the email at the bot- Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.
tom of the column.
President Jim Hargrove, the plan probably already aware of the kombu-
In their defense,
the grand opening isnt until March is to use the bars license for a new cha craze. This lumpy, slightly bubbly
19, when you can show up in your location of its more substantial Draft tea has been ascribed a wide variety of
best roaring 20s duds for a chance Station concept. healing properties by its proponents,
at winning prizes. Get more info at ranging from gastrointestinal relief to,
trissell.wix.com/thefirkinbrewhouse. well, immortality.
Got a hot tip on Albuquerques beer scene?
On the horizon, weve got Monks The scientific and medical commu-
Know of a seasonal draft Ive simply got to try?
Lab Brewery, Ale Republic and, oh, nities havent exactly endorsed these
Drop me a line at beertownabq@gmail.com.
about 238 more breweries set to open claims, but you can get a draft pint of
sometime this spring. the mystery liquid at Bow & Arrow
Bye-bye, Microbar The fighting hop-heads Brewing Co. (608 McKnight NW).
Our citys love of hops is making Why not? It probably wont kill you.
On a less cheerful note, Chama
waves on the national stage. The word
Rivers Downtown Microbar, located DIY Dog
from the tireless reporters at Darkside
in the Sunshine Theater Building for
Brew Crew (nmdarksidebrewcrew. Heres some exciting news for
the past decade, closed in early March.
com) is that Turtle Mountains Adrift homebrewers. Scotland-based Brew
What? Why? That place was always
IPA, Bosque Brewings Scale Tipper Dog, perhaps best known for its Punk
packed. According to Chama River
IPA and Boxing Bears Bear Knuckle IPA, just released every single one of
IPA have advanced to Round 4 of its beer recipes in a free, open-source
Brewing News National IPA chal- document.
lenge, beating rivals from all over the Thats more than 200 beers that you
country. Check out brewingnews.com can start brewing up right away, from
to cheer for our brewing brawlers. simple pale ales to oak-aged barley
wines. Each recipe has been scaled
Brew of the fortnight down to homebrew proportions, and
The beer that tantalized my taste the booklet, available for download at
buds this time around is a rye offering brewdog.com, includes instructions
from Chama River. Smooth and crisp, for all-grain brewing.
with a touch of fruit and a beauti- Thats it for now, Albuquerque.
ful red luster, Rye-kus is a fine, 6.3 Until next time, Ill see you, in spirit if
percent ABV beverage for enjoying naught else, at your neighborhood or
a gentle spring breeze on the Chama
backyard taproom.
River Draft Stations patio (1720
Central Ave. SW). Tip one back to the Ty Bannerman is a beer drinker, co-host
memory of the Downtown Microbar. of City on the Edge podcast and author
of Forgotten Albuquerque as well as
Kombucha, man
a forthcoming memoir. He most recently
If youre a fan not only of beer served as managing, feature and food
Quarter Celtic Brewpub
but all things fermentable, youre editor at Weekly Alibi.
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drink sports ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 31

Pints & Planks Fuses Yoga and Beer

BY rene thompson
Destiny Readies to Rumble
BY TY BANNERMAN

I ntoxication and exercise dont

necessarily go hand in hand. Yet O n March 19, Destiny Wrestling Organizations
heavyweight champion, the wickedly scraggly
Johnny K, will defend his title from homegrown
What do you find so
compelling about
wrestling?
a new trend fuses these activities
together in an unlikely way. Its catch- baby-face Thunder at the Westside Community Its definitely the
ing on in breweries throughout the Center (1250 Isleta Blvd. SW). stories. In boxing, its
country, including Albuquerque. just two guys fighting.
In mixed martial arts,
Destiny Wrestlings next match, Gimmicks Are Forever,
Pints & Planks its just two guys
starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the
Where: Rio Bravo Brewery fighting. Theres no
Westside Community Center (1250 Isleta Blvd. SW).
1912 Second Street NW set-up. With wrestling,
Visit facebook.com/DWOwrestling for more info.
When: Sundays at 11 a.m. theres a back story to
Cost: $5 donation it. I like how theres
Meanwhile, take-no-prisoners tag team Brute a dramatic reason for
Rio Bravo Brewing Co. (1912 66 will dish out pain to rivals The Keepers of the these matches to take
Second Street NW) and YogaZo Faith. And you can bet your ass that Hobo Hank place.
teamed up to offer these hybrid yoga and DWOs Director of Competition Matthew
classes every Sunday at 11 a.m. A $5 Roblezs long-standing feud will continue unabated Who are your fans?
donation for the Pints & Planks class especially after Roblez arranged for Hank to get We have something
comes with a $2 discount from Rio assaulted outside the ring at the last match. for everyone. Kids
Bravo on the students first pint. Wait, what? Listen up. If you havent attended love us. We have
YogaZo owner/instructor Ashley DWOs Albuquerque wrestling matches, youve many female fans, as
Fathergill says that while pairing beer
Rene Thompson
honestly been missing one of the most entertaining well. We wanna make
and yoga might sound strange, people shows in town. The bouts offer all the fun of WWE- everybody aware that Nick Cvjetkovich aka Sinn Bodhi once called WWE SmackDown home.
Pints & Planks: Fitness trend brings yoga and beer to a whole new frontier
are beginning to love the idea of doing style matchs oversized gimmicks and theatrics this is something you
yoga while enjoying a brewski on without the crass commercialism of Vince McMa- can bring your family
presently being donated to Animal most reasonable classes offered. After setting, these well-rounded all-level Plus these guys are going out there, and theyre
Sunday mornings. hons empire. to. Its something different. Its absolutely the oppo-
Humane New Mexico. Theyre also only a handful of classes, a real sense classes feature themed, upbeat sound- giving you 110 percent. Its something that gives us
Part of those $5 donations goes Best of all, DWO is 100 percent Albuquerque. In site of what youll get at an Isotopes or basketball
hosting a monthly pet adoption event. of community has already begun to tracks. Fathergill encourages everyone an edge over WWE, if youre deciding whether to
toward non-profit organizations in advance of the March 19 bout, ABQ Free Press sat game. People love it, and people are loud. You saw
Fathergills master plan includes form, Fathergill says, because the class to take beverage breaks aka the beer watch a TV show or come to a DWO show. I think
need. Thats the reason I wanted to down with DWO Commissioner Adam Merrick people were loud that night [you attended].
donating to a number of organizations, genuinely brings people together to pose between yoga poses. its a no-brainer.
do Pints & Planks, says Fathergill, to talk about the organizations roots and why he
so participants contribute to making socialize in a different way, one that When the class ends at noon, its
because I want to start getting non thinks its even better than WWE. Definitely. When you came out in your suit, every- Ty Bannerman co-hosts City on the Edge podcast,
a real impact on a variety of causes in was lacking in The Duke City. business as usual at the Rio Bravo
-profits involved togive back to the one went a little crazy. And then the guy with the freelances for publications like ABQ Free Press and Atlas
New Mexico. The atmosphere is laidback, Brewery when regular patrons are
community but also because I want to ABQ Free Press: Tell me about Destiny Wrestling sunglasses? Obscura, and authored Forgotten Albuquerque and a
The beer and yoga trend runs whereas some yoga studios could allowed entry and food trucks begin
have this be a community based event. Organization. Where did it come from? Matthew Roblez! Hes our director of competition. forthcoming memoir. He most recently served as manag-
$10$15 per class in some other cities, prove a bit intense or intimidating filling the street outside. At present,
Pints & Planks proceeds are Adam Merrick: Honestly, it was an idea I came up ing, features and food editor at Weekly Alibi.
making Pints & Planks one of the for beginners. In a fun, comfortable three instructors rotate classes.
with in high school. Me and some friends just did it Right! Hes this sort of sleazy cheater. At one point,
Whether someones a veteran yogi,
for fun. We didnt take it seriously at all. Then a few he bopped somebody on the head or something
a complete beginner or merely a beer
years later, Id say 2006, I came across some guys like that, and the crowd was booing like crazy.
connoisseur, Fathergill says these
who were really into wrestling. And they were really Yeah, hes always getting involved. Hes in charge
classes are designed for all practition-
passionate about it. They wanted to pursue it and of the matchmaking at Destiny Wrestling. Hes
ers over age 21. You can do as much
try and bring it back because Albuquerque has a rich been a great asset, plain and simple. As far as the
or as little as you want. If people just
history with wrestling. storytelling side of it, I think hes a great. You saw
want to sit and watch, they can do
how involved he was at Day of Destiny [in October
that too, Fathergill said.
Does it? 2015]. He cost Martin Casaus his match, but he got
In the warmer months, Fathergill
There used to be events at the Convention Center what was coming to him during that match with
plans to hold the event outdoors,
back in the 70s with Ricky Romero. He was really Hobo Hank when the Sheik blinded him with the
where attendees can enjoy the beer
popular. Unfortunately, those events stopped. Mike fireball. So he can take a beating. I dont like mix-
garden patio and even bring their dog
London was a huge promoter here in Albuquerque ing it up with these wrestlers because I know how
along. She also hopes to incorporate
during the 70s. This is all stuff we learned along the ferocious these guys can get, especially in the heat of
the outside class with other events Above: Local fans can purchase innovative merch, like
way. And we knew there were other fans here be- battle. So I try to stay away from that stuff. I only get wrestler-adorned prayer candles.
held at Rio Bravo, adding a raffle for a
cause every time we went to a WWE show at the Pit involved if its really needed.
free growler during every class which
or the Star Center, there were thousands of people. Below: DWO ring girls interact with fans.
will include a $5 gift card toward
So there was a fan base for it already. Why should somebody go see a Destiny Wrestling
fill-up.
event rather than stay home and watching the
The minimal class cost boasts the
Who is we exactly? WWE on TV?
added bonus of giving back to the
That would be myself and three other gentlemen Getting the interaction with the wrestlers! When
community. The prospect of having
who were [and are] wrestlers. Thats the DeathRage youre watching it on TV, youre not gonna have
a frosty cold one while stretching
Cartel [Josh Pain, Dextor Deranged and Johnny K John Cena come out and slap your hand while
it all out may entice you to try out
Das Boot]; we originally put this together. This is youre sitting on the couch. At DWO, you get that
Albuquerques newest wellness trend.
kind of our baby. I was the one who didnt have interaction. You can say Hey, Johnny K, you suck!
You really cant go wrong by trying
aspirations to wrestle. I was more intrigued with and you might get a reaction from Johnny. Who
out this fitness crazeat least once.
behind-the-scenes stuff doing whatever I could to knows? You can sit out there and cheer for Dom
Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for be a part of the show and they were more into the Vitalli.
ABQ Free Press. wrestling part. And Dom Vitalli might give you a thumbs up.
All photos courtesy of Isaac AlaridPease
32 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
N.M. Film Focus: Seeing, Being Stars
by CHRISTA VALDEZ
High Desert production
New Mexico is packed to the rafters
with spring productions. The AMC
series Preacher is filming its first
full season in Albuquerque. Television
pilot Midnight Texas, based on a su-
pernatural fiction series, is being shot
alongside the third season of the NBC
medical drama The Night Shift.
In other parts of the Duke City, an
untitled sci-fi series pilot comes to
town in mid-March, and El Rey net-
work series From Dusk Till Dawn
trades its Texas home for the Land of
Enchantment.
Up north in Santa Fe, lawman Walt
Longmire is ready to climb back in
the saddle, and hes not the least bit
lonesome. Later this month, produc-
tion commences on the fifth season of
the characters namesake series.
A new western series set in the
1800s is also expected to start produc-
tion in Santa Fe this summer. Sci-fi is
slated to return to the City Different
by summers end, in the form of a
series titled Red Mars. Remember,
our states capital city played host to
the Fox series Cosmos: A Space Time
Odyssey in 2013.
Big-screen dreams
A teen drama known as Star Girl
Rock Out with Your Co-op
BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
D own to drink, jam and stroll? Then
downtown Albuquerque is your
rockin bar-hopping destination. But
what if youre a diehard music fan
whos under 21? There are plenty of
venues with all-ages nights but those
spots also sling booze. Enter The Co-Op,
a new venue entirely devoted to all-
ages shows.
Its housed in the old Freed Company
storefront (415 Central NW), a space
that once traded in exquisite imported
oddities and was also the home of
now-defunct, all-ages Amped Perfor-
mance Space.
So far, The Co-Op is a hit with young
music lovers. Recently, it was one
of many national stops on the Three
Headed Monstour with Hawthorne
Heights, Mest and The Ataris, and
tickets are already sold out for Young
Americans: An All-Ages Tribute to Da-
vid Bowie, happening Friday, March
11. Dont despair, though: The Co-Op
still has some great shows coming up.
is projected to film in Albuquerque
starting in April. The cruelest month
will also boast Hugh Jackman sight-
ings all over New Mexico. The third
installment of the Wolverine franchise
will be shot here from late April
through the end of July.
Southwest scene
Albuquerque proves a stellar stand-
in for the Middle East in the political
journalism comedy Whiskey Tango
Doll Skin hails from Arizona; when
this foursome pops into Albuquerque
on Saturday, March 12, the third stop
on their 2016 tour, theyll have played
two shows in their home state, opening
for legendary punk malcontents Dead
Kennedys.
That makes sense; although Doll
Skins members are all teenagers, this
all-female group is as loud, fast and out
of control as their punk elders. Opening
acts include On Your Doorstep, Sheep
as Wolves and the Albuquerque School
of Rock Performance Band. Doors are
at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7.
Tickets are $10 via holdmyticket.com.
On Tuesday, March 22, The Co-Op
welcomes My Body Sings Electric,
a poppy post-hardcore quintet from
Denver whose crisp sound earned them
a Buzzworthy nod from MTV in 2014.
They share the bill with twin sisters
Brooke and Brit of the duo Good Graeff.
Brookes on guitar, Brits in charge of
cello, and both sing. They can trace
Foxtrot, starring Tina
Fey and now playing in
theaters nationwide.
Later in March, New
Mexico will be well dis-
guised as an otherworldly
fortress in the widely
anticipated flick Batman
v Superman: Dawn of
Justice. Albuquerque
can also be seen playing
herself in the second sea-
son of Better Call Saul,
airing Mondays on AMC
through April 18.
Homegrown talent
Lakota-Sioux actor-
precedent setter-director
Amber Midthunder
recently made national headlines with
the news that she landed a co-starring
role opposite Dan Stevens and Aubrey
Plaza in the FX network series pilot
Legion.
On Oscar night, the world caught
a glimpse of Bosque High School stu-
dent Forrest Goodluck. Albuquerque
teen Goodlucks role opposite
Leonardo DiCaprio was literally front
and center at the awards ceremony,
as a clip from The Revenant fea-
turing Goodluck played right before
Doll Skin members pose for a photo with Dave Grohl.
their roots to busking for tourists in
Sarasota, Fla., but Good Graeff also has
a loyal fanbase in Vietnam where the
sisters both moved to teach English and
offer motorcycle tours.
film/music
DiCaprio finally nabbed the Best Ac-
tor Oscar at the 88th annual Academy
Awards.
Farewell, A&M
For the better part of the past
decade, three Screen Actors Guild-
franchised talent agencies have called
our state their home base. On April
4, 2016, just two will exist here. After
years as the head of Santa Fe-based
A&M Talent House, talent agent Jody
Black announced the agencys closure
in late February. The remaining SAG-
franchised talent agencies are Mitchell
& Presley Talent Group and The
OAgency.
Film 101
Pro-tip: There is no such thing as a
casting agent. The term is frequently
misused, usually in an attempt to
describe either the position of either
a casting director or a talent agent. A
casting director is hired by produc-
tions to cast talent in background
or leading roles. A talent agent
represents contracted clients, namely
actors, in seeking out such roles and
negotiating professional fees.
New Mexico film expert Christa Valdez,
of OneHeadlightInk.com, reports on
movie industry news for ABQ Free Press.
Courtesy of artist
As ever, doors are at 6:30 p.m., with
music at 7. Ten-dollar tickets are avail-
able at holdmyticket.com.
For more information about The
Co-Op, visit facebook.com/coopabq
film
Hello, Doris: May-December Romance Spans Generations
BY JEFF BERG
A t age 69, Academy Award-win-
ning actress Sally Field is the
prime theatrical mover in what may
be the indie romance of the year:
Hello: My Name is Doris.
The films titular character is a single
sixty-something living and working
in Manhattan. Her job in a large firms
accounting department is nothing to
write home about. She seems lonely
and goes to therapy but somehow
avoids opening up while not seeming
withdrawn. After a transformative
self-help seminar, Doris finally feels
Hello, My Name is Doris
opens on Friday, March 18,
at Century 14 Downtown in Albuquerque
and the Violet Crown in Santa Fe.
Visit fandango.com for showtimes.
motivated to get what she wants. But
what is that exactly?
Is she content rambling around
the Hoarders set she and her late
mother called home? Her brother
Todd (Stephen Root) and his grating
spouse Cynthia (Wendi McLendon-
Covey) urge Doris to clean up and sell
the house, perhaps eyeing a percent-
age. The always whip-smart Tyne
Daly plays Doris loyal work BFF.
Dressed like a colorblind gumdrop,
the otherwise gray mundanity of
Doris existence builds to a crescendo,
and shes overdue some well-de-
served excitement. Doris meets the
firms new art director, John Fremont
(Max Greenfield), in a crowded-ele-
vator meet cute. Instantly and thor-
oughly twitterpated, she has no idea
John is headed to his first day of work
at her office.
A lovestruck Doris manufactures
far-fetched excuses to get closer to
John. His gregarious responses seem
to emanate from kindness, but she
mistakenly reads
them as a reciproca-
tion of romantic in-
terest instead. Never
minding the (age)
gap, Doris becomes
convinced John is
gently pursuing her.
Standout support-
ing and cameo
roles include Peter
Gallagher, Natasha
Lyonne, Elizabeth
Reaser, Bleachers
frontman Jack
ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 33
Antonoff, and YouTube
comedy star Anna Akana.
John is naturally flirta-
tious, leading Doris to fall
further head-over-heels.
After a casual date and
innuendo lost in transla-
tion, Field and Fremonts
physical comedy chops
brilliantly illustrate the
absurdity of not just a May-
December romance but
really any human relation-
ship. When Doris asks John
to re-inflate the ergonomic
ball thats replaced her
office chair, total hilarity
ensues.
Misconstrued cues and
Roadside Attractions
entirely unsubtle clues
prevail throughout. Deceit Doris Miller (Sally Field) and John Fremont (Max Greenfield) stroll down lovers lane in Hello: My Name is Doris.
urged on by adoration
nearly always proves dan- debuted at SXSW in March 2015 and In a bedazzled nutshell, Doris time-
gerous. Doris 13-year-old niece helps was quickly snapped up by Roadside less love story is worthy of moviego-
her make a phony Facebook profile. Attractions. The quirky romantic ers ranging from mature to Millennial.
This act proves a major problem later
dramedy won the coveted headliner
in the game, one that leads Doris to Jeff Berg is New Mexicos foremost film
audience award, so dont be shocked
continue to see Johns intentions as historian, and he writes about movies for
if much of the blue hair in its theater
she hopes they are. ABQ Free Press.
audience was achieved with a bottle
Greenfield, star of TV show New
of Manic Panic.
Girl, also had a role in this years
Oscar winner The Big Short.
Greenfield fleshes out the character
of John as a genuinely nice guy who
unintentionally misleads Doris while
deeply involved with a woman closer
to his own age.
Director Michael Showalter based
Doris on a short film directed by
co-screenwriter Laura Terrus, and he
shot the movie in just three weeks.
Showalters usual stomping ground
is TV, including the 2015 miniseries
Wet Hot American Summer and, Submit your purr-fect
more recently, an episode of the hit
Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie. cat videos by April 30
Hello, My Name is Doris checks
Submit entries to:
all the requisite boxes for a film thatll
FelineFilms@AnimalHumaneNM.org
AnimalHumaneNM.org
rate with adults of all ages. The movie
Prizes to be awarded at the event:
$250 Best in Show Cash Prize
Gift Baskets for 2nd & 3rd Place
Guidelines available at:
AnimalHumaneNM.org/FelineFilmFestival
Roadside Attractions
film ABQ FREE PRESS March 9, 2016 35

The Oscars or: How I Learned to Love Jenny Beavan

by SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO

W hether consumed sincerely or

ironically, the 88th Academy
Awards proffered quite the spectacle.
Leonardo DiCaprio finally scored one
of those really fancy paperweights.
Host Chris Rock must have felt the
#OscarsSoWhite protest pressure, but
he performed and provoked more
than ably.

For an expanded, link-infused version

of this list, including technical, editing
and documentary Oscar winners, visit
the Film category of our website,
freeabq.com

Assisted by Tracy Morgan and

Whoopi Goldberg, Rock slayed in a
sketch about black character tropes in
film. For me, though, the 2016 Oscars
was all about the convention-defying
red carpet style and unshakeable con-
fidence of Jenny Beavan, who won the
Oscar for best costume design Oscar for
her work on Mad Max: Fury Road.
Unencumbered by 3-inch heels
and strategically placed gaffers tape, At this years Academy Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor for his role as American frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenant.
Beavan unabashedly strutted from
the nosebleed section (read: tech- to visually body-check, giggle and style and comfort rather than solely column on page 32 to learn more
nical award nominee seating), past blanch at Beavans decidedly un-prin- paying tribute to the fairy tale branda- about homegrown talent being show-
A-list actors and directors in all their cessy garb; see the Vine that started it palooza that is the Oscars and related cased on the screens all over.
smoldering product-placement glory. all at bit.ly/BeavenVine. media coverage. (Thing is, I can never 2016 Academy Award Highlights
Directors seated near the aisle appear Beavan audaciously dressed for remember who Leo was wearing. A list of the winners for best, well,
Funny that!) everything, begins here; visit freeabq.
2016 Academy Awards Highlights Speaking of DiCaprio, Albuquerque com for the complete, hyperlinked
teen actor Forrest Goodluck scored version.
Best picture: Spotlight Oscar screentime when his role oppo- Samantha Anne Carrillo is a situation-
Best actor: Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant site this years Best Actor was spot- ist, fourth-wave feminist and managing
lighted prior to Leos long-awaited win. editor at ABQ Free Press. Email her at
Best actress: Brie Larson, Room Read this issues N.M. Film Focus samantha@freeabq.com
Best supporting actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best supporting actress: Alicia Vikander, The Danish
Girl
Best director: Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Best original screenplay: Spotlight, by Josh Singer
and Tom McCarthy
Best adapted screenplay: The Big Short, by Charles
Randolph and AdamMcKay
Best foreign-language film: Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best costume design: Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny
Beavan)
Best production design: Mad Max: Fury Road
(Production design by Colin Gibson; set decoration
by Lisa Thompson)
In his role opposite DiCaprio, Albuquerque actor Forrest Goodluck shines as Hugh Glass teenage
son Hawk.
36 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
Within Range: March In!
by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
The Austin Piazzolla Quintet
Argentine musician Astor Piaz-
zolla was a revolutionary composer,
transforming tango into an all-new
genre, nuevo tango, through his
incorporation of jazz and classical
sounds. Piazzolla died in 1992, but
The Austin Piazzolla Quintent
his innovative legacy lives on thanks
to the musical artistry of the Austin
Piazzolla Quintet.
Founded in 2009 in Austin, Texas
by violinist James Anderson, the
quintet also features pianist Jonathan
Geer; Mike Maddux on accordion and
bandoneon; cellist Tony Rogers; and
bassist Pat Harris. These five esteemed
musicians specialize in one-of-a-kind
arrangements of Piazzollas works, as
well as passionate improvisations and
original compositions.
The Quintet released their first
album, 2010s Libertango, to rave
reviews and sold-out performances
around Texas. 2013s Lo Que Vendra
saw the groups audience expand to a
national level.
APQs latest release, fittingly titled
APQ, includes original compositions
by Anderson and Geer, as well as Piaz-
zollas Michelangelo 70, Soledad,
Retrato de Milton, and Kicho.
Revel in the nuevo tango sounds of
the Austin Piazzolla Quintet on Sun-
day, March 13, at Outpost
Performance Space (210
Yale SE). Doors are at 7
p.m., and the music starts
at 7:30. All ages are wel-
come. Tickets range from
$15 to $20. Learn more at
outpostspace.org
In the sun with
Silverstein
When you name yourself
after a beloved childrens Silverstein
book author who also
wrote songs like A Boy Named Sue
and had illustrations printed regularly
in Playboy, youre bound to have a
lot of diverse influences under your
own belt.
Since its formation in 2000, Cana-
dian post-hardcore band Silverstein
thats right, named
for the
late Shel
Silver-
stein has
released
a body
of work
that deftly
maneu-
vers from
Courtesy of artist
hardcore to emo to
heavy metal: from
When Broken Is
Easily Fixed, the groups 2003
debut, to 2015s I Am Alive in
Everything I Touch.
Along the way, Silverstein
has recorded a wide swath of
covers, including OneRepublic,
Green Day, NOFX, Fleetwood
Mac and Kanye West, and
played the Vans Warped Tour
and Australias Soundwave
Festival. Now Silverstein plays
right here in the 505, at Sun-
shine Theater (120 Central SW)
on Wednesday, March 16.
In keeping with Silversteins
eclectic sensibilities, the band is
touring with an international roster of
fellow heavies including Calis Being
As An Ocean; Kentuckians Ema-
rosa; Japanese metalcore screamers
Coldrain; and fellow Canucks Rarity.
Doors to this 13-plus show open at 6
p.m., and the hardcore sounds kick off
at 6:30. Tickets are $18. For more info,
visit sunshinetheaterlive.com
Courtesy of artist
music
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Caladh Nua all hail from eponymous debut album came out the del Sol Montessori of publica
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Site Specific Installations: Nanibah tion.
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counties in Ireland. The Described on AllMusic as fusing 5:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center,
Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th St NW,
group features five artists with breath- goth pop drama and garage rock en- 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org
242-6367, harwoodartcenter.org
ergy, My Gold Mask released two
EPs in 2010, then in 2013 brought
in a third member, drummer
James Andrew, in 2013. Second
full-length, Leave Me Midnight,
came out shortly thereafter in the
same year. Now, My Gold Mask
tours in support of their latest
record, Anxious Utopia, released
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March 25, BloodStone The Art and
keshetarts.org SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Sound of Metal Pouya with The Buffet Boys
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March 15, Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, MARCH 1323 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
Caladh Nua nies and creative lyrics on debut 3 pm, Tricklock Performance 7 pm, Warehouse 508, 508 1st St NW,
After the Burial Laboratory, 110 Gold Ave SW, 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, 296-2738, warehouse508.org
full-length Gatsby, Great States March 16, Silverstein, Being As An Sister Bar
407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, 254-8393, womenandcreativity.org outpostspace.org
seems poised to be the Next Big Radio Ocean, Emarosa Carl Peterson THURSDAY, MARCH 17
taking range and skill: Brian Mooney March 21, blessthefall, Miss May I, sisterthebar.com Green Velvet
Thing to come out of Burque. March 13, Bongzilla, Black Cobra 9 pm, The Stage, Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch Uxia and Narf
(banjo, bouzouki, whistles); Lisa Butler
The Plot in You and Bloody Mary Bar Noon, Free, North Valley Library,
Doors to this 21-and-up show are at March 17, EN Young Santa Ana Star Casino, 54 Jemez
(lead vocals, fiddle); Paddy Tutty (fid-
March 22, Fear Factory
March 18, Conan w/Serial Hawk, Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, 11 am, Distillery 365, 7704 2nd St NW, 897-8823,
8 p.m., and the show starts at 9. Ticket
dle, viola, bodhran); Derek Morrissey MARCH 1225 Sandia Man 867-0000, santaanastar.com 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, ampconcerts.org
prices arent listed at press time, but distillery365.com
(button accordion); and Caoimhn Launchpad
March 21, Weedeater, Author Jake Shimabukuro FRIDAY, MARCH 18
visit lowspiritslive.com to get that info. & Punisher, Today is the Day 7:30 pm, Albuquerque Academy, Chatter Cabaret:
Fearghail (guitar, flute, vocals). Irish
618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887,
March 23, Head Wound City Simms Center for the Performing Arts, Rare + Romantic Eryn Bent
M. Brianna Stallings writes so you dont launchpadrocks.com
5 pm, National Hispanic Cultural 7 pm, Distillery 365, 2921
Music Magazine characterizes the Ca- March 12, Beard Cd Release Show 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE,
ladh Nua sound as solid traditional
have to. March 13, Skizzy Mars SHOWS ampconcerts.org Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
March 14, Prayers, Plague Vendor 2nd Annual Rock and Rhythm chatterabq.org
music with plenty of flair and lots of March 15, New Years Day, Blinddryve
THROUGH MARCH 19 Foundation Benefit Concert Dreamflights Masterworks Polyphony:
musical imagination. March 16, Koffin Kats, Russian The Philadelphia Story 2 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, 1:30 pm, AirDance ArtSpace, Voices of New Mexico
With influences Girlfriends The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 848-1320, 3030 Isleta Blvd SW, 842-9418, 7 pm, Cathedral of St John,
318 Silver Ave SW, 821-1956,
ranging from classics
March 17, Pouya, Fat Nick and the 247-8600, vortexabq.org southbroadwaytickets.com airdance.org
polyphonynm.com
Frederick Frahm: Neighbor-
like The Chieftains
Buffet Boys
THROUGH MARCH 20 Shinedown
The Curtis Institute of Music
March 18, Intronaut, Scale the Summit Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort hood Concert of Organ Music
and Planxty to March 19, Butcher Babies, Anesthesia The Chupacabra Cantina & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, 3 pm, St. Luke Lutheran Church, Brass Sextet: Music from
modern counterparts March 20, Violent J, Nova Rockafeller VSA North 4th Theatre, 4904 4th St Mescalero, innofthemountaingods.com 9100 Menaul Blvd NE, 323-4343, Angel Fire
NW, vsartsnm.org Noon, Free,
like Altan, Dan And
March 21, The Contortionist, Tal National nmphil.org
New Mexico Museum of Art,
Monuments Julius Caesar Jackie Greene
Solas, this vibrant en- March 22, Denzel Curry, Duke City Repertory Theatre, 700 1st St
7:30 pm, Skylight, 139 W. San Francisco
107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
St, Santa Fe, (505) 982-0775 Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd,
semble from Irelands Allan Kingdom NW, 797-7081, dukecityrep.com El Prado, (575) 758-1900, (505) 476-5072,
March 23, Secrets, Palisades, MARCH 1213 taosmesabrewing.com nmartmuseum.org
southland is sure to Real Women Have Curves
Too Close to Touch Part of Siembra: Latino Theatre Festival AlientoState Street Ballet: Mozart & Kurtag Uxia and Narf
have you singing March 25, Ab the Thief, MXM National Hispanic Cultural Center, Carmen Noon, Free, Cherry Hills Library,
Erin go Bragh! this Low Spirits 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org National Hispanic Cultural Center,
10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,
1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 6901 Barstow St NE, 857-8321,
St. Patricks season. 2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, ampconcerts.org
THOURGH MARCH 27 TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Randy Houser
Caladh Nua performs Courtesy of artist lowspiritslive.com nhccnm.org
March 12, Gilded Cage Burlesk & West Side Story Pea Feminina: Noche Flamenca! 8 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort
at 3 p.m. on Sunday, My Gold Mask Variet presents Sideshow Spectacular Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224
Zuni Olla Maidens
Part of Women & Creativity 2016 & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd,
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
March 13, Possessed by Paul James San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, 7:30 pm, Las Amapolas, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011,
March 17, Dilescielo, Zack Freeman, albuquerquelittletheatre.org indianpueblo.org 6909 Menaul NE Ste G, innofthemountaingods.com
Esme Olivia womenandcreativity.org
38 March 9, 2016 ABQ FREE PRESS
You Rock, Rock!
BY ARIANE JAROCKI
T
he Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club hosts Treasures of
the Earth, the 47th annual AGMC show, at Expo New
Mexico (300 San Pedro SE), on the weekend of Friday, March
18, through Sunday, March 20.
This event has been running nearly five decades, and it
features more than 50 rock and mineral dealers hawking
everything from amethyst cathedrals to zebra rocks. The
kids can bring mystery rocks for the club to ID. Three silent
auctions are held per day.
The AGMC will also be joined by the New Mexico Bureau
of Geology & Mineral Resources, who will offer educational
displays, maps, books and guidebooks to attendees.
Learn more at agmc.info
Treasures of the Earth 2016
Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro NE, 222-9700, agmc.info
Fri-Sat, 10 a.m.6 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.5 p.m.
MARCH 18APRIL 10
The Graduate
Aux Dog Theatre, 3011 Monte Vista
Blvd NE, 254-7716, auxdog.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Calle 66
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe
14th Annual Farfesha Student
Showcase
7 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center,
1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 848-1320,
farfesha.com
Hairspray and Hitmen: A
Tribute to John Waters and
Quentin Tarantino
8 pm, Fire & Ice, 9800 Montgomery
Blvd NE, facebook.com/parisagogo
John Gorka
7:30 pm, Historic Old San Ysidro
Church, 966 Old Church Rd,
Corrales, brownpapertickets.com
Kansas
8 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon
Rd, Mescalero, (800) 545-9011,
innofthemountaingods.com
Ks Choice
7:30 pm, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing
Company, 37 Fire Place, Santa Fe, (505)
424-3333, ampconcerts.org
Lunasa and Tim OBrien
7:30 pm, Lensic Theater,
211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe,
(505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
T-Gram
MasterworksPolyphony:
Voices of New Mexico
7 pm, San Miguel Chapel,
401 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe,
821-1956, polyphonynm.com
The Motet
8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com
NM Philharmonic Classics
Concert: Olga Rocks
Rachmaninoff
6 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus,
203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858,
nmphil.org
Saudade
9 pm, Scalo Northern Italian Grill,
3500 Central SE, 255-7871, scalonobhill.com
MARCH 1920
How Love Wins
2 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Cen-
ter, 1701 4th St SW, 506-9038,
theperformers.org
TCMG presents Into the Light
Harwood Museum of Art,
238 Ledoux St, Taos, (575) 758-9826,
taoschambermusicgroup.org
Tewa Dancers (Ohkay Owingeh)
Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
Caladh Nua
3 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus,
203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858,
unmtickets.com
CALENDAr CALENDAr
Flute + Guitar
10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,
1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org
Lunasa with Tim OBrien
7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central
Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
DSanti Nava
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch
& Bloody Mary Bar.11 am, Distillery
365, 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
Willy Sucre and Friends: Trios
for Piano, Violin and Viola
3 pm, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church,
7 Paseo de San Antonio, Placitas,
867-8080, placitasartistsseries.org
MONDAY, MARCH 21
Rudest Priest, Absolutely Not,
The Baby Magic
7 pm, The Tannex, 1417 4th St SW,
thetannex.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
Vanessa Zamora
Part of Latin Diva Concert Series
7:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Buika
Part of Chispa
7:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
globalFEST On the Road:
Creole Carnival
7:30 pm, Lensic Theater,
211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe,
(505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Live Stand up Comedy: Keith
Brekenridge, Rachel Hroncich,
7:30 pm, Lensic Theater,
Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE,
255-1848, guildcinema.com
Peri Pakroo
Max Graham
9 pm, El Rey Theater,
622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com
The Pink Floyd Experience
8 pm, Route 66 Casino,
14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866,
rt66casino.com
Quietly Kept
7 pm, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
Raven and the Sweet Potato
Pie Band
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe
Thriftworks
Sister Bar, 407 Central Ave,
facebook.com/digitaldesert.events
MARCH 25APRIL 10
The Quality of Life
Keshet Center for the Arts, 4121 Cutler
Ave NE, 227-8583, motherroad.org
MARCH 25APRIL 17
Caesars Blood
The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street
NW, 898-9222, adobetheater.org
Terra Nova
The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE,
247-8600, vortexabq.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Bloodstone
5 pm, Burts Tiki Lounge, 313 Gold Ave SW
Brooklyn Hard Bodies
Male Revue
9 pm, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW,
842-8870, effexabq.com
Cirque de la Symphonie
Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, 203
Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, nmphil.org
Deorro
9 pm, The Stage at Santa Ana Star
Casino, 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd,
Santa Ana Pueblo, redfishent.com
Max Gomez
6pm, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
10th Annual Moustachio
Bashio
8:30 pm, El Rey Theater,
622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com
New Mexico Actors Showcase
3 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center,
1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 848-1320,
southbroadwaytickets.com
Stratus Phear
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe
Tabularasa
8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com
The Temporary Tattoos
6 pm, Marble Brewery Westside,
5740 Night Whisper Rd NW,
508-4368, marblebrewery.com
MARCH 2627
Southern Slam Dancers (Zuni)
Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
David Crosby
211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe,
(505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and
Bloody Mary Bar, 11 am, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
Solo Violin and Voices
10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center,
1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org
SCREENS Nobhillis100.com/events
MARCH 1227
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848,
guildcinema.com
March 1213, Triplets of Belleville
March 1214, Embrace of the
Serpent, Sembene
March 1517, Gabo, Janis: Little Girl
Blue
March 1819, The Hunger
March 1821, Creative Control,
The Club
March 19, The Messenger
March 20, Still Dreaming
March 2224, Ingrid BergmanIn
Her Own Words
March 2527, Sin Fronteras Film
Festival 2016
MARCH 1231
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com
March 1217, 17th Annual Interna-
tional Animation Show of Shows, Ran
March 1516, Psycho Pass: The Movie
March 1824, Awakening in Taos:
The Mabel Dodge Luhan Story,
Creative Control
March 2531, Mountain Men
MARCH 1325
CCA Cinematheque
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org
March 13, Wedding Song
March 16, Au Revoirs Les Enfants
Starts March 18, River of Fundament
March 20, Les Heritiers
Starts March 25, Embrace of the
Serpent
THROUGH MARCH 20
A French Film Mini-Fest:
Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival
Various locations, Santa Fe,
santafejff.org
THROUGH JULY 31
IAIA Student Filmmaker
Showcase
Institute of American Indian Arts,
83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
A Thousand Voices
3 pm, Free, Indian Pueblo Cultural
Center, 2401 12th St NW,
843-7270, indianpueblo.org
MARCH 1720
Movies & Meaning:
A Dream Space
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
A Night of Generation Justice
Part of NM PBS Community Cinema
7 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central
Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Fastball
7 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544,
kimotickets.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Part of Hitchcock Hits
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Punks Dead: SLC Punk 2
7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544,
kimotickets.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
Silver Ochre: Who Are US 2016
Observations from the 21st
Century American Road
7 pm, Guild Cinema,
3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848,
silverorchre.com
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Dial M For Murder
KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW,
768-3544, kimotickets.com
EVENTS
THROUGH MARCH 13
Baca Rodeo Series
Southwest Event Center Arena,
24 Dalies Rd, Los Lunas,
southwesteventcenter.com
Rio Grande Arts & Crafts
FestivalSpring Show Class
Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Dr NE,
222-9700, riograndefestivals.com
THROUGH MARCH 31
Women & Creativity 2016
Various locations, Albuquerque,
womenandcreativity.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
ShamRock Fest 2016
11 am, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon
Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE,
768-6020, balloonmuseum.com
MARCH 1819
Kicker Arenacross and
Freestyle Motocross Show
Santa Ana Star Center,
3001 Civic Center Circle NE,
891-7300, santaanastarcenter.com
MARCH 1820
Treasures of the Earth 2016
Gem and Mineral Show
10 am, Expo New Mexico, Creative
Arts Center, 300 San Pedro Dr NE,
222-9700, exponm.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
23rd Annual Csar Chvez Day
10:30 am, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
The Qs OUTstanding Awards
7 pm, Sandia Resort & Casino, 30
Rainbow Rd NE, 873-8084, abqpride.com
MARCH 2627
Rio Rancho Home &
Remodeling Show
Santa Ana Star Center,
3001 Civic Center Circle NE,
891-7300, santaanastarcenter.com
APRIL 1517 WEDNESDAYS
New Mexico International
Auto Show
Albuquerque Convention Center,
401 2nd St SW, 768-4575,
nmautoshow.com
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
La Montaita Co-ops Earth Fest
Nobhillis100.com/events
Nob Hill is 100 Unleashed:
Pet Parade and Fair
COMMUNITY
THROUGH MARCH
Conquer Anger
Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation
Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293,
mediationinnewmexico.org
THROUGH APRIL
Volunteers needed for NM
Veterans Museum
New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
Basic Necklace & Earring
Making Class
Noon, Free, Mamas Minerals,
800 20th St NW, RSVP: 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
How to Become an Addiction
Counselor in New Mexico
10 am, Free, UNM Continuing Education
Building, 1634 University Blvd NE,
277-0077, RSVP: ce.unm.edu
Kids Future Paleontologist
10 am, Mamas Minerals,
800 20th St NW, RSVP: 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
AARP Smart Driver Course
1 pm, Loma Colorado Main Library,
755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE,
Rio Rancho, RSVP: 891-5013x3033,
riorancholibraries.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Basic Necklace & Earring
Making Class
1 pm, Free, Mamas Minerals,
800 20th St NW, RSVP: 266-8443,
mamasminerals.com
Parenting Class
10:15 am, donation, Bodys Peace
Place for Kids, 333 W. Cordova Rd,
Santa Fe, (203) 788-1993,
peaceplaceforkids.com
Trans + Queer Thrive Education
Conference
8:30 am, Dane Smith Hall,
UNM Main Campus, more info/RSVP:
facebook.com/tqthriveconference
ONGOING
2ND TUESDAYS
Korean War Veterans
Open Meeting
1 pm, New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
2ND WEDNESDAYS
Drinking Liberally
Albuquerque Chapter
6 pm, ONiells NE Heights,
3301 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 264-1368,
drinkingliberally.org
ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam
5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing,
9800 Montgomery Ave NE,
lizardtailbrewing.com/home
1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS
Drinking LiberallyCedar
Crest Chapter
5 pm, Greenside Caf,
12165 NM-14, Cedar Crest,
264-1368, drinkingliberally.org
THURSDAYS
Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons
& Dancing
8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque,
800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928,
qbarabq.com
1ST SATURDAYS
The Organ Transplant
Awareness Program of
New Mexico
10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE,
more info: 344-0512
2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS
Coder Dojo
10 am, ages 717, Quelab,
680 Haines Ave NW,
coderdojoabq.github.io
3RD SATURDAYS
Lyme Get Together
12, Free, location varies,
more info: 304-9411
SATURDAYS
Downtown Walking Tours with
Albuquerque Historical Society
10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st
by Century Theater, 289-0586
International Folk Dancing
7 pm, Lloyd Shaw Dance Center,
5506 Coal Ave SE, 299-0332,
abqfolkdance.org
Saturday Night Swing Dance
7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company,
3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146,
abqswing.com
OUTDOORS
ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN
Las Huertas Farmer Training
and Incubator Program
Rio Grande Community Farm,
916-1078, riograndefarm.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
Home Composting Basics
Noon, Free, Manzano Mesa
Multigenerational Center,
501 Elizabeth St SE, RSVP: 275-8731,
register@nm composters.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Geology Hike
11 am, Cerrillos Hills State Park,
37 Main St, Cerrillos, NM,
(505) 474-0196, cerrilloshills.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Home Composting Basics
10 am, Free, Albuquerque Garden
Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE,
296-6020,
RSVP: register@nmcomposters.org
EATS
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
24th Annual Chocolate
Fantasy: Cosmic Soire
6:30 pm, Sandia Casino,
30 Rainbow Rd, 796-7500,
sandiacasino.com
SUNDAY, MARCH 19
Southwest Chocolate &
Coffee Fest
10 am, Expo New Mexico,
300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700,
exponm.com
ONGOING
TUESDAYS
Truckin Tuesdays
11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
albuquerquecc.com
WEDNESDAYS
Red Willow Farmers Market
10 am, 885 Star Rd, Taos Pueblo,
farmersmarketsnm.org
Talin Market Food Truck
Round Up
11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE
FRIDAYS
ABQ Food Fridays
4 pm, Civic Plaza, SW Section,
1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
civicplazapresents.com
Coffee Education and Tasting
6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters,
3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100,
379-5136, prosumroasters.com
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Meow Wolf Ascends
BY ARIANE JAROCKI
Caity Kennedy
Aspen Eyes concept art
W
hen buildings are abandoned, they often decay until
theyre bulldozed to house a used car lot or strip
mall. The old Silva Lanes in Santa Fe has been spared that
fatelocal art collective Meow Wolf has breathed new life
into the space.
With the help of investors like Game of Thrones author
George R.R. Martin, you can choose your own adventure at
Meow Wolfs new art space. It begins with The House of
Eternal Return, a full-scale model of a Victorian home
belonging to a Southern family. From there, it could go any
fantastical place, even an aspen grove thatll stare right back
at you.
This magical, interactive space opens the weekend of March
18 with a gala, concerts and other cool events. For more info
on opening weekend goings on, see our rundown in Matters
of the Art, page 26, or visit meowwolf.com
Meow Wolf: House of Eternal Return
1352 Rufina Circle, Santa Fe, NM, (505) 395-6369,
meowwolf.com
WedSun, 10 a.m.8 p.m., later FriSat
2ND SATURDAYS MARCH 1324
Los Ranchos Growers Market Collected Works Santa Fe
10 am, 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe,
farmersmarketsnm.org (505) 988-4226,
collectedworksbookstore.com
SATURDAYS
March 13, BooksigningDouglas
Santa Fe Farmers Market: Atwill & Walter Cooper
Railyard March15, J. Michael Orenduff, The Pot
8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at Thief Who Studied Georgia OKeeffe
Guadalupe, Santa Fe, March 16, Sedena & George Cappan-
farmersmarketsnm.org nelli,
The Best is Yet to BeHow to Age
SUNDAYS
Wisely and Fall in Love with Your
Pints & Planks Yoga Class Life...Again
11 am, donation, March 19, Patricia J. Conoway, Listen-
Rio Bravo Brewing Company, (937) ing with My Eyes: An Abused Horse, a
671-8917, Mother with Alzheimers
March 24, James R Scarantino, The
riobravobrewing.com
Drum Within
WORD
MARCH 1322
Bookworks
Puzzle on page 40
4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139,
bkwrks.com
March 13, Derek Cressman,
When Money Talks
March 17, J. Michael Orenduff,
The Pot Thief Who Studied
Georgia OKeeffe
March 19, Richard William Smith,
The Moor, the Mason and the Alien:
A Call to Action
March 20, Paul Secord, Bandelier
National Monument
March 22, James Scarantino,
The Drum Within
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THROUGH MAY 3 ARTSPREE by Myles Mellor
IAIA Library Readings
Various dates and times, Institute of American SUNDAY, MARCH 13 Across 52. Itinerant, British var. 24. Omen
Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu A View in the Collection: Pablita, 56. Fox competitor 26. Drudge
Helen & Margarete 1. Pretense
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 1 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 4. Chips ___ 59. Expression of pride? 28. No longer working:
The Literary History of Poets in Placitas: 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,indianpueblo.org
8. Like some kitchens 60. Baroque Abbr.
Larry Goodell & John Roche
FRIDAY, MARCH 18 13. Vamps accessory 61. Military approaches 29. Cold capital
11 am, Placitas Community Library,
453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, placitaslibrary.com Meow Wolf! House of Eternal Return: 14. Narthex neighbor 64. Hindu wives 30. Eye problem
Lucy Lewis: Celebrating the Legacy Public Opening 65. They may be wild 31. Brute
Meow Wolf!, 1352 Rufina Cir, Santa Fe, 15. Unite
1 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
(505) 395-6369, meowwolf.com 16. They were intro- 66. Consult 32. Didnt stand pat
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, indianpueblo.org
duced by Sohmer & 67. Fur capitalist 33. Freshwater fish
SUNDAY, MARCH 13 MARCH 1831
Co. in 1884 68. ___ Who 35. Radiohead tune
StorytimeWhat Makes a Snowflake: RSVP: James Joseph
Ross Van Dusen The Small Engine Gallery, 19. Out 69. Much spam 36. Stalk
2:30 pm, Page One Books, 5850 Eubank Blvd NE 1413 4th St SW, thesmallenginegallery.com 38. Cliffs pal on
20. Cousin of a canvas
Ste B-41, 294-2026, page1book.com Down
MARCH 18MAY 20 back Cheers
MONDAY, MARCH 14 WOMAN 21. Big bang producer 1. Old Jewish scholars 39. Chaos
The Art of Zuni: Bronwyn Fox and Edition One Gallery, 1036 Canyon Rd, 2. Go downhill, maybe
Santa Fe, (505) 570-5385, editionone.gallery 22. Appropriate 40. Bon mot
Robin Dunlap
2 pm, Wheelwright Library, 704 Camino Lejo, 23. Computer instruc 3. Put off, as a motion 46. Means of escape
Santa Fe, (505) 982-4636, wheelwright.org SUNDAY, MARCH 20 4. Measure for 47. Like some vases
Imaginary Friends and Fools: tions
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Artist Talks 25. Web page Measure villain 49. Big cheese
Your Dazzling Brain presentation 3 pm, Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Blvd SE, 27. Money transferring 5. Dwell 50. Dude
by UNM Researchers 369-1648, tortugagallery.org 6. Female gametes
systems 51. Pointer
6:45 pm, Albuquerque Academy, Simms Center Placitas Artists Series February
for the Performing Arts, 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, Visual Artist Reception 31. Uneven 7. Fiddler on the 53. Bangladesh dough
272-8085, RSVP: aa.edu 2 pm, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, 34. Stumblebum Roof role 54. Charger
7 Paseo de San Antonio, Placitas,
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 36. Most immense 8. Afterword 55. Toadies replies
867-8080, placitasartistsseries.org
Made in Albuquerque FIlms: Jeff Berg Ryan Singer & Liz Wallace Gallery 37. In a pompous style 9. C.S.A. state 56. Old Mogul capital
10:30 am, Special Collections Library, 423 Central Reception 41. Pull back 10. TV control 57. Support group?
NE, 848-1376 abclibrary.org 5 pm, Free, Jean Cocteau Art Gallery,
42. Heater 11. Desktop feature 58. Jargon
Making Micaceous Clay: Shari Holmes 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
2 pm, Genuine Southwest Arts & Gifts, (415) 517-9782, jeancocteaucinema.com 43. Kind of skin 12. Birth place 60. Camp Swampy dog
1919 Old Town Rd NW, Ste 2, 15. Debate (with) 62. Liberal leader?
243-1410, genuinesouthwest.com MARCH 20SEPTEMBER 15 44. Some painted
Landscape of an Artist-Living Treasure: vessels 17. Sure 63. Spa sound
OKeeffe Close Up and Faraway:
Deborah Blanche Dan Namingha 45. New couple 18. Datebook abbr.
7 pm, Historic Old San Ysidro Church, 966 Old Museum of Indian Arts and Culture,
48. Frilly hat of long ago 23. Kind of ticket Answers on page 39
Church Rd, Corrales, corraleshistory.org 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, (505) 476-1269,
indianartsandculture.org
Silk Stockings: Susi Wolf Storyteller
7 pm, Tortuga Gallery, ONGOING
901 Edith Blvd SE, 369-1648, tortugagallery.org
Spains Contribution to the American THROUGH MARCH 12
Revolution: Dr. Thomas Chavez Failure of Modernity: Kent Monkman
2 pm, Placitas Community Library, Peters Projects, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe,
453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, placitaslibrary.com (505) 954-5800, petersprojects.com
Under a Triumphant Sky, a Bike Across
America Story: Steve Garufi THROUGH MARCH 19
1 pm, Taylor Ranch Library, 5700 Bogart St NW, Sacred Realm: Blessing & Good Fortune
897-8816, abclibrary.org Across Asia
Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo,
SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Santa Fe, (505) 476-1200, internationalfolkart.org
Three Promises for Jane
A True Story of Madness and THROUGH MARCH 20
Redemption: AJ Liese Gustave Baumann and New Mexico
3 pm, Page One Books, New Mexico Museum of Art,
5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
294-2026, page1book.com (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 THROUGH MARCH 31

Gabrielle Walker with Chris Williams Taylor Oliver
Part of In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom lecture series Jean Cocteau Cinema,
7 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 466-5528,
Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org jeancocteaucinema.com

ONGOING THROUGH APRIL 18

From Cubes to Cutouts:
1ST WEDNESDAYS Alejandro Moralez & Nacho Jaramillo
Poetry and Beer KiMo Gallery, KiMo Theatre,
7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells Park, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, getplowed.com
THROUGH APRIL 20
WEDNESDAYS Aesthetic Empathy
Crazy Wisdom Poetry Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico,
4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, 808 Park Ave SW, 616 Central Ave SW,
247-1172, offcenterarts.org 331-0036, nmholocaustmuseum.org