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Folk hero Leo Kottke continues to chart his own course four decades into an already storied career in music
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Albuquerque portrait photographer Kyle Zimmerman journeys in a new direction with lush, otherworldly imagery
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LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
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PLACES TO BE
Carnaval 2012 Celebration 8p, Fri.-Sat., Feb. 17-18
The Leveling Wind: A Songwriter’s Gathering in Honor of Kell Robertson 7:30p, Sun., Feb. 12
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National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 4th SW, 505.246.2261
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Low Spirits 2823 2nd NW, 505.344.9555
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id you know that love is just as baffling in the animal world as it is for humans? If you have ever wondered how cranes or condors mate, then take a walk on the wild side this Valentine’s Day weekend at this unique, adults-only event to be held at the Zoo at the ABQ BioPark. Indulge your animal instincts with special tours about the exotic, erotic and often curious romantic rituals of animals in the company of fellow human beings. For those with other stimulating questions, there will also be unusual tours in the aquarium and botanic gardens. Since resident experts will be divulging information not available during normal hours of operation, Birds and Beasts is both a rare and stimulating opportunity to begin understanding the passion and intrigue of many various creatures roaming the animal kingdom, and a chance to tap into your own untamed inspiration. —CW
ust write on my tombstone, ‘Lord if I get a tombstone/or maybe just a honky-tonk wall/that he was crazy for ladies, Lord, and guitars and babies/and a damned old fool for the waltz.’” The lyrics from the Kell Robertson song, “I Always Loved a Waltz,” resonate far and wide through a kind of creativity that is honest, heartfelt and relevant for most people, even though the lauded “cowboy poet” steered far and wide from music’s mainstream. Robertson, who lived his last years near Santa Fe, was considered to possess one of the few genuine voices in American poetry. To help honor his eclectic life, which came to an end last year, numerous musicians are scheduled to hold a pair of memorial concerts. The first show will be held at the Mineshaft Tavern in Madrid on Feb. 11, and the second at Low Spirits in Albuquerque on Feb. 12. Both events offer a final chance for fans of Robertson to raise a glass to the rambling poet who celebrated “guns, guitars and women” until the very end. —CW
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he New Mexico film scene is a spectacular business that supports the imaginations and pocketbooks of many state residents. Made In New Mexico, an hour-long documentary created by local filmmakers Brent Morris and David Jean Schweitzer, celebrates the state’s impressive film and media industry, and explores the substantial impact it has had on its economy. Interviews with such producers as Stewart Lyons (Breaking Bad), Tony Mark (The Hurt Locker), Kenneth Topolsky (The Wonder Years) and Alton Walpole (The Book of Eli) are included. Also showing at the Feb. 9, KiMo screening are other recent New Mexico-made films, including Ramona Emerson’s Opal, the comic fantasy Good Luck, Mr. Gorski and two films by Jackson Glasgow and Jessie Weahkee of the Media Arts Collaborative Charter High School. —CW
CELEBRATION Cotton Club Gala 8p, Fri., Feb. 17 Albuquerque Convention Center 401 2nd NW, 505.768.4575
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he theme for the weekend is Motown, but for one unique night, New Mexicans can make a trip to early 20th century Harlem. The Cotton Club Gala, part of Albuquerque’s Motown Weekend and ongoing celebration of New Mexico Black History Month, is a night filled with food and friends. A highlight is the music of Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, proclaimed as the most recorded drummer in the world. Known for his immaculate timing and signature style, Purdie has been behind the kit for some of the most iconic names in music, such as Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and BB King. In addition, Masters of Motown will be performing at Popejoy Hall and Albuquerque’s DJ Flo Fader will be spinning Motown hits for an after party at the Doubletree Hotel. Don’t miss this celebratory soulful weekend. —JR
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
ebruary marks fiesta time, and PANdemonium and the Odara Dance Ensemble are bringing the party for the 2012 Celebration to the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Led by Frank Leto, PANdemonium will deliver an exciting night of music from Cuba, Trinidad, New Orleans and Brazil, rich with rhythms that will have everyone dancing in the aisles. Along with the bright sounds of PANdemonium, the Odara Dance Ensemble will color the night with vibrant dancers wearing splashy costumes and performing a blend of samba, Afro-Cuban and batucada. Two nights of Carnaval performances by the groups are scheduled, so you can get a second serving of the fiesta atmosphere. Come out and celebrate Carnaval the way you should — with live music and a lot of dancing. —JR
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PERFORMANCE Tao: Art of the Drum 3p, Sun., Feb. 19 Popejoy Hall 203 Cornell NE, 505.277.3824
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repare yourself for an electrifying fusion of Taiko drumming and elaborate choreography when Tao: Art of the Drum swings through Albuquerque. The performers of Tao have spent years at a compound in the mountains of Japan, where they study and craft their high-energy show. Tao is an impressive display of outstanding athleticism and explosive musicianship. Each artist in the group has a unique background — gymnasts, composers and musicians — combining for a diversity that comes to life on stage during a zealous performance. The show has been seen in 17 countries and 400 cities, grabbing the undivided attention of over five million adoring fans. Don’t miss what will undoubtedly be one of the most dynamic and innovative shows you will see grace an Albuquerque stage this year. —JR
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An Italian feast New Mexico Italian Film Festival features opening bash and lineup of new, older movies, all for a good cause a new friendship in this taunt thriller. Wednesday’s film is the tense thriller from inema paradiso! Not to mention 2003, I’m Not Scared, and Thursday’s great food and music. That’s what the Italian Film Festival is all about, offering is a screening of the lively and informative documentary Passione, which and, of course, it is all for a very has actor/director John Turturro taking us good cause: to benefit the UNM Children’s on a musical tour of Naples. The film will be Hospital. Since it started in 2007, the preceded by a live jazz session. always successful festival has raised nearly $155,000 for the hospital. And even with a On Thursday, check out the fresh comedy soft economy, this year’s event is sure to be a Welcome to the South, the story of Alberto, a success as well. postal worker hoping to transfer to Milan, the city of his dreams. Instead he is sent to Although that wonderful classic film, Castellabate in the south of Italy, where he Cinema Paradiso, won’t be playing this year, does not want to be. It’s an moviegoers will have a great Italian take on north vs. south, selection of Italian films much like New Mexico, where to eyeball — mostly newer FESTIVAL the northern part of the state releases, and many of which 6th Annual is an entirely separate entity have not played in the U.S. or from the south. In Alberto’s won’t have a general release New Mexico case, it is not long before until later this year. Italian Film the charm and beauty of the The divertimento begins Sun., area make him forget why he Festival Feb. 19 at noon, at the South brought along a bulletproof Broadway Cultural Center. For Sun.-Sun.., Feb. 19-26 vest, and his wife discovers a mere 40 bucks, or 58,920 Multiple venues that the Mafia is not on every lira (your choice), you can 505.508.0759 street corner. enjoy food and drink from $40 opening party, The romantic drama Facing Tully’s Deli and Market, $100 full pass, $8 per Windows opens with two Zinc, Scalo, Luca Pizzeria, movie screenings at the Guild on Trombino’s, Sara Tori Bakery Full schedule at Saturday. It tells the story italianfilmfest.org and Ecco Espresso and Gelato of Giovanna, who becomes — all sandwiched around a involved with another man Metropolitan Opera video until a mysterious Holocaust survivor performance of La Traviata. happens into their lives. Monday is a day of recovery, but things pick The Salt of Life, a wonderfully wry comedy, up again at 7p on Tuesday at the African American Cultural Center, where a screening is the last of the new films to show, also of The Father and the Foreigner will take place. on Saturday at the Guild. Directed by and starring Gianni De Gregorio, who also This 2010 film is about two very different starred in and directed the similarly paced men, business executive Diego and the Mid-August Lunch a year ago. De Gregorio mysterious Syrian, Waled, who have one more or less reprises his role from that thing in common — each man has a child film, as a recently retired gent who shares with special needs, which may be the link to BY JEFF BERG
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For the sixth year straight, UNM Children’s Hospital continues to benefit from the success of the Italian Film Festival, which features both classic and contemporary Italian cinema titles paired with a handful of food-related events. Among this year’s roster of films is Salt of Life, starring Gianni Di Gregorio (far left) as a recent retiree seeking new adventures.
his time with any number of neighbors doing errands, walking dogs, or picking up produce, but wonders if anyone really loves him (he is well liked), including his distant wife. His adventures lead him to any number of misunderstandings with younger, often buxom women. Closing day, Feb. 26, features an ultimate Italian piece, La Dolce Vita. This well-known Frederico Fellini film follows a philandering journalist on his wayward path as he tries to become a serious journalist. Marcello Mastroianni stars with Anita Ekberg. During the intermission of La Dolce Vita, film lovers can walk across the street to Scalo
and celebrate the festival’s closing in style. Scalo owner Steve Paternoster and chef Steve Lemon will serve an Italian feast matched to the movie finale. Passes, which are bound to sell out, are available by calling festival organizer Ronaldo Steiner at 505.508.0759, and are a bargain at $100. Individual tickets are also available. And best of all, all proceeds still go to the Children’s Hospital. “Our sponsors are wonderful and cover all the expenses,” said Steiner. For festival screen times and a complete schedule of events visit italianfilmfest.org.
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
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Tend your own heart with these Valentine’s Day tips
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nce again, Cupid is on his merry way. Let’s celebrate his arrival with a contest, shall we? Get your cameras and Valentine gifts ready, because it’s time for the Fabü Valentine’s Day Swag contest. Yours truly and our friends at Hint Mint (hintmint.com), the original designer mint, want to see what you got for Valentine’s Day. Why? Because we’re nosy, OK? Send a pic of your Valentine’s Day gift to Fabu@ Local-iQ.com. It doesn’t matter if it’s from your lover, mother, brother or otherwise. It might be sweet, it could be risqué (but keep pics chaste, please) or perhaps it’s totally bizarre. Regardless, we wanna see it. Top three winners will get lovely Hint Mint gift packages, featuring lovely art tins and delish mints in exotic flavors. Deadline to submit entries: Feb. 27. Winners will be announced in Local iQ’s Mar. 8 issue. What are you doing for Valentine’s Day? Roses, chocolates and dinner? Blah, I say! Liven it up this year, will ya? Try these delicious ideas on for size:
1. Party Who says this holiday has to strictly involve two lovers, alone? That’s rubbish! Host a swanky little party. Sip chocolate martinis and munch on
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heart-shaped cookies. Bonus points if you insist that everyone dress up as a member of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And don’t be a purist about it, either: Characters from the Bee Gees movie are perfectly acceptable. If someone shows up as the Peter Frampton version of Billy Shears, grant them entry. Surround yourself with people who love you, and you’re bound to have a fabulous holiday.
2. Indulge Spoil yourself all day. Shop (shoes always satisfy). Get a foot massage in case the shoes hurt, or simply because you just want a foot massage and you’re treating yourself to a day of indulgence. Take a bubble bath. Eat rich, delicious food that isn’t good for you. Shop some more. Whatever your pleasure, do it — just don’t break any laws while doing so.
Know other singles that could use some love? Surprise them with flowers, candy or champagne. Heck, surprise them with anything. Even a brief, emptyhanded visit would thrill the widow next door. Let her know she’s special. Strangers deserve love, too, especially if they’re lonely and/or suffering. Sure are a lot of shelters, hospitals and retirement homes out there ... hint, hint.
4. Have a Hot Encounter A fabulous diva/formerly (or maybe she’s back on again; I can’t keep track) cracked-out mess once said, “Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.” And the best way to love ourselves? Nope, try again. One word: spa. Treat yourself to a hot stone massage. This specialty massage involves the use of smooth, heated stones to deliver healing and tranquility to all those who experience it. For the price of roses and chocolate, you can put yourself in a blissedout state for the whole day. Your body and mind will thank you for the lovely Valentine’s Day gift.
5. Remember the Kids! Remember how much you loved Valentine’s Day as a kid? Surely you recall getting all those awesome little envelopes festooned with stickers and sticky fingerprints, gorging on chalky candy hearts and waxy chocolate kisses or receiving single roses from classroom
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LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
Was Cupid good to you? Take a snapshot and enter the Fabü Valentine’s Day Swag contest. Top three pics of the most fabulous Valentine gifts receive Hint Mint gift packages, chock full o’ chic art tins and delish mints in exotic flavors. Send pics to Fabu@local-iq.com by February 27.
admirers. This year, why not find a kid and get silly with the holiday? Make goofy cards. Eat lots of candy. Watch cartoons. Now that is a fun date. What am I doing for Valentine’s Day? I’ll be on the crystal-white sands of stunning Crescent Beach in Siesta Key, Florida. The snowbirds have a vow-renewal ceremony on the beach every year. Even though we’ve only been married a few months, the hubs and I think it’ll be fun to renew our vows alongside the matrimony veterans. Nothing says long-term love like super-cute Floridian retirees. Perhaps some of their longevity will rub off on us. Don’t forget to submit your contest entries to Fabu@Local-iQ.com by Feb. 27. I can’t wait to see all your fabulous Valentine’s Day goodies. Have a lovely holiday, dahling. I heart yew.
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
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PHOTOS BY WES NAMAN
A festive atmosphere and lively soundtrack house one of the city’s largest south-of-the-border menus at Lindo Mexico in the near SE Heights. Diners will instantly perk up with a vast selection of seafood, steak and standard Mexican fare, such as tacos, burritos, tortas and caldos. Standout dishes include Ceviche a la Playa (left) and Plato de Tacos (right).
La fiesta SE Heights staple eatery Lindo Mexico offers a long list of entrées, a colorful atmosphere, a lively soundtrack and smiles all around BY KEVIN HOPPER
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have a theory about Mexican music: It is absolutely impossible to listen to it and not have a smile on your face. Sure you can force a frown, but you know when those horns are blaring and the ebullient choruses ring, you are smiling on the inside. Try it the next time you’re feeling glum and I guarantee it will (at least briefly) cure your woes. Another thing that makes everyone happy: great food. And while I’m certainly not condoning food as therapy for depression, a combination of both great Mexican fare and jubilant Mexican music definitely has its therapeutic benefits. Both can be found in abundance at Lindo Mexico, located in the near SE Heights. Like many of the city’s eateries offering south of the border Mexican fare, Lindo Mexico has an absolutely huge menu, one that is just as colorful and splashy as the restaurant itself — the interior here is ultra-gaucho, complete with tequila bottle chandeliers, a full-size saddle, Hacienda-style exposed brick and horse and cowboy sculptures. Take your time with the menu (you’ll need it), but be sure to order an appetizer while doing so. I highly suggest either the queso fundido, a rich and stringy boat of cheese melted over toothsome chorizo, or the much brighter flavors of the Ceviche a la Playa ($11.25), cooked or marinated shrimp topped with ripe avocado, cilantro and citrus swimming in a glass of tangy tomato sauce. Be warned, the service here is top notch and quick. So start with a cerveza and an appetizer and take your time mapping out your plan for the rest of the meal.
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Entrées at Lindo Mexico are seemingly limitless. The shrimp dishes alone nearly outnumber the entirety of most seafood restaurants, the most curiously tempting of which has to be Cameron a La Fiesta (shrimp stuffed with cheese and jalapeño and rolled in bacon, $12.75). Other shrimp dishes include Cameron al Chipotle ($12.25), Cameron al Diabla ($12.25) and Cameron a la Plancha ($12.25), with menu descriptions range from ultra-specific to something as vague as “special sauce.” This simply adds to the adventurous nature of dining here. However, on a pair of separate visits, I didn’t find myself in a shrimp kind of mood. Rather, on my first visit, my dining companion and I became smitten with the Plato Taquero ($18.99) a Mexican smorgasbord that probably didn’t need to follow my queso fundido. This entrée is definitely “para dos” and consists of a half a dozen tacos, two orders of scrumptious charro beans, a pair of baked potatoes, two fried jalapenõs and (what the heck) a side of melted cheese, the latter of which was placed next to our earlier order of melted cheese. Pair this with a cerveza, or better yet a michelada, and you’re just about a close to competitive REVIEW eating as your going to get in this town. I might suggest sharing this meal with three or even Lindo four patrons, which would make it a super cheap lunch or dinner. All of it was tasty, even the potato which I didn’t touch at the table but ate later that night topped with the leftover queso Mexico and chorizo. 416 San Pedro SE, Our second visit was a bit less indulgent. I followed our cooked shrimp ceviche tostada (crazy 505.266.2999 HOURS: fresh, cool and crunchy) with the Mojarra Ranchera ($11.99), one of many mojarra variants 11a-6p, Mon.here, a whole tilapia fish (head to tail) crusted and deep-fried to a crisp and topped with sauteed Wed.; 9a-3p, Thu.; peppers and another of Lindo Mexico’s “special sauces,” which contrasted well with the tilapia’s 9a-7p, Fri.-Sun. crunch. Note: this isn’t an easy dish to eat as the fish has not been deboned. One of my fellow foodies on this visit ordered a simple combination plate that included a near perfect chile relleno basking in a green sauce. My other fellow foodie ordered a simple taco plate — choose from asada, carnitas, deshebrada, pollo or alambre — served three-up on a plate with charro beans and a garnish of lettuce, cilantro and lime. As a taco freak, I was obviously stricken with food regret, but was able to coax a bite or two for myself. Even though more restaurants manage to convolute this simple, no-frills dish, Lindo Mexico pulls it off beautifully. It might take me a hundred visits to this cozy, irrepressibly buoyant eatery before I taste all the dishes on the menu, but I will happily do so with a cerveza in my hand, queso fundido dripping from the corner of my smile and that oh-so-jovial soundtrack. Eat here, get happy.
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
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Add cocoa powder to your arsenal of love
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t is that time of year when all the foods I love to cook and eat give way to the one food I love more than anything else: chocolate. Yes, faithful readers, we are leaving the produce section in a rare moment of necessity. Some of you may have been wise and planned well ahead with a fancy Valentine’s dinner reservation and safe ride arrangements afterwards. The rest of you are the intrepid bunch of St. Valentine Ambassadors ready to woo on your own turf with your own weapons of love. I’m going to add to your arsenal. Cocoa powder. Seemingly harmless, right? You are making an amazing chocolate dessert. Ingredients call for a tablespoon of the stuff, so you add it to the shopping list and there in the baking aisle you nonchalantly grab a can of Hershey’s (you can pronounce it) or Droste (feeling fancy) or Ghirardelli (domestic, but fancyish). However, not all cocoa powders are alike, and not all of them will do what you want in a recipe. Which one you pick may make or break the impression you make on the target of your love. Cocoa is the defatted powder left behind after cocoa butter has been pressed from roasted cocoa beans. Originally, chocolate was consumed as a hot beverage, and all that drinking of ground whole cocoa beans made for a heavy, filling, fattening drink. Cocoa powder was developed to lighten the mouth feel of drinking chocolate. Recipes calling for cocoa powder, not chocolate, are generally lower in fat, yet still maintain all the healthful (and aphrodisiac) properties we demand. Cocoa powder contains roughly 50 percent carbohydrate and 20 percent non-gluten protein. The carbohydrate content contributes to cocoa powder’s moisture-absorbing properties in a recipe (like flour), and its gluten content contributes to the cakiness (as opposed to fudginess) of a finished product. In general, cake bakers use low-protein flours in order to minimize the chew factor (toughness) from gluten formation. That said, it’s important in recipes calling for cocoa powder to use low-protein cake flour, not regular all-purpose flour. For those of us who only bake on these make-or-break holidays, we don’t have cake flour in our pantry. But we should. Buy a box. Store it airtight in your freezer so it doesn’t go rancid. Secondly, there are two major types of cocoa powder. Those labeled “natural” are acidic. Those labeled “Dutch” or “dutched” are alkaline. The difference is basic but important. Natural cocoa powder is astringent and bitter. It has a pH of 5. Dutch cocoa powder (yes, it was invented by a Dutch man, Conrad van Houten) comes from cocoa beans that have been treated with potassium carbonate, an alkaline substance, to raise the pH to neutral (7) or alkaline (more than 7). Dutch cocoa powder is milder in flavor and darker in color; the darker the color, the milder the flavor. All this chemistry matters. Recipes calling for natural cocoa will rely on the acid in the cocoa powder to react with baking soda in the recipe to form carbon dioxide (remember the vinegar and baking soda volcano in elementary school?) and create gas bubbles that will leaven the
2 tsp. Instant coffee powder 1 cup Heavy whipping cream 2 tsps. Vanilla extract Method (cake): Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter three nine-inch round cake pans. Line with parchment. Butter the parchment. Whisk cocoa and 1/2 cup water in small bowl. Whisk buttermilk and 1/2 cup water in another small bowl. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars until pale yellow and fluffy, about five minutes. With mixer running, gradually add eggs. Beat until smooth and fluffy. Add cocoa mixture; beat to blend. Add flour mixture in three additions alternately with buttermilk mixture in two additions, beating to blend after each addition. Divide batter among pans. Bake cakes about 18 minutes, or until tester inserted into center comes out clean. Cool completely in pans on racks.
Method (frosting): Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar, cocoa, coffee powder and a pinch of salt. Slowly stir in cream. Stir until mixture just begins to simmer at edges. Reduce heat to low; stir one minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Chill until just thickened, stirring occasionally, about 1-1/2 hours. Let stand at room temperature.
Method (assembly): Unmold one cake onto serving plate; peel off parchment. Spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Unmold second cake; peel off parchment. Stack cake two on frosted cake. Spread cake two with 1/2 cup frosting. Repeat with third cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Nelle Bauer is co-chef/co-owner of Jennifer James 101. Don’t tell Brussels sprouts, but cocoa beans are her favorite vegetable.
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Recipes calling for cocoa powder, not chocolate (such as the Cocoa Layer Cake pictured above) are generally lower in fat, yet still maintain all the healthful (and aphrodisiac) properties we demand.
finished product. If dutched cocoa is used, no carbon dioxide will be generated, so the finished product will not properly rise and will probably taste like a bar of chocolaty soap. I recommend having BOTH natural and Dutch cocoa powders in your pantry. The following recipe, adapted from one by chocolate expert Alice Medrich, uses both — one for the cake and one for the frosting. The recipe seems extensive and labor-intensive, but this is the chocolate cake of all chocolate cakes. It will make someone swoon.
Cocoa Layer Cake Ingredients (cake): 1/2 cup Natural cocoa powder 1 cup Warm water, divided 1/2 cup Buttermilk 1-1/2 cups Cake flour 3/4 tsp. Baking soda 1/4 tsp. Salt 1 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Light brown sugar, packed 1 stick Unsalted butter, room temperature 2 large Eggs, room temperature, beaten to blend Ingredients (frosting): 1-1/2 sticks Unsalted butter 1-1/2 cups Light brown sugar 1 cup Dutch cocoa powder
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | FEBRUARY 9-22, 2012
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‘Caviar’ perfectly complements champagne
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odern and progressive cooking methods have influenced the cocktail world, and “molecular mixology” is on the rise. Using techniques developed in molecular gastronomy, bartenders across the country are making foams, gels, liquid nitrogen sorbets, mists and more to enhance the cocktail experience. This cocktail is a play on the classic marriage of champagne and caviar — however, no fish eggs are involved. Using a technique called sperification, the violet liqueur Crème d’Yvette is made into small “caviar” shapes and simply floated in the champagne. The carbonation allows the caviar to dance in the glass. The visual effect is stunning and as you drink the champagne, the violet caviar bursts in your mouth, creating a sensory experience unlike any other. The process is quite simple and a fun twist on a classic pairing.
Champagne and Caviar
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Dissolve the calcium chloride in the water and keep it in the fridge while you prepare the Crème d’Yvette mix for the caviar. Mix the sodium alginate in the water until the sodium alginate is completely dissolved. Once the sodium alginate is dissolved, mix with the Crème d’Yvette. You are now ready to start creating the caviar. Remove the calcium bath from the fridge. Fill a syringe with the Crème d’Yvette mixture and expel it drop by drop into the calcium bath. The syringe
Gruet Sparkling Wine For the caviar: 5 oz. Crème d’Yvette 2 oz. Filtered water 1.6 g. Sodium alginate Calcium Bath: 18 oz. Water 2.5 g. Calcium chloride
needs to be high enough for the drops to sink when they get in contact with the bath, but not too high or the drops may break into smaller drops, creating “baby” spheres. Leave the caviar “cooking” for about one minute in the calcium bath and then carefully remove it using a sieve. Rinse it very gently with water to remove the calcium. Consume immediately, since the jellification process continues even after removing the caviar from the calcium bath and will eventually convert into a solid gel sphere with no magical liquid inside.
Katy Gerwin is a bartender at Marcello’s Chophouse, vice president of the USBG (United States Bartender’s Guild) New Mexico and the President of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) New Mexico. PHOTO BY WES NAMAN
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Valentine’s Day dinners BY JUSTIN DE LA ROSA
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here are numerous romantic dinner options to choose from in the Duke City this Valentine’s Day. These are a few of our favorites. Bon appetit!
Bien Shur 5p-10p, Sat., Feb. 11 5p-10p, Tue., Feb. 14
Prairie Star Restaurant 5-9p, Tue., Feb 14
30 RAINBOW NE, 505.798.3700
288 PRAIRIE STAR, 505.867.3327
$125/couple
$65/person
sandiacasino.com
mynewmexicogolf.com
Bien Shur will feature a five-course Valentine’s menu that includes a red chile chocolate soup, rose petal salads and a choice of Chilean sea bass or his and hers “eye of the rib” as entrees. Finish with sweet strawberry shortcake.
Prairie Star’s creative fivecourse Valentine’s menu will be comprised of delicious dishes like vegetable pot stickers, lobster bisque, blackened jumbo shrimp with ravioli and chocolate hazelnut cheesecake. It’s a rich, well-rounded menu at a lovable price.
Cellar Bar at Zinc 5-10p, Tue., Feb. 14 3009 CENTRAL NE, 505.254.9462
Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi 5:30-10p, Tue., Feb. 14
$65/person w/ wine, $50/no wine
113 WASHINGTON, SANTA FE, 505.988.3030
zincabq.com
$65/person
Dine with your Valentine in Zinc’s intimate Cellar Bar this year. The prix fixe tasting menu pairs wines with each course of your meal. Entrées include a grilled Pacific swordfish and rotisserie blue corn-crusted beef tenderloin. Music by indie-blues band, Hello Dollface
rosewoodhotels.com
Los Poblanos Historic Inn
Savoy Bar & Grill 5p, Fri.-Tue., Feb. 10-14
4803 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.9297
10601 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.9463
$100/person
$65/person (wine pairing)/$39 (no wine)
Valentine’s Day diners can enjoy a half dozen oysters, house made spaghetti in a wild mushroom rosemary cream sauce, a green chilecrusted mero sea bass and maple bacon bread pudding, among other savory choices.
Lucia Restaurant at Hotel Andaluz 5:30-10p, Fri.-Sat., Tue., Feb. 10-11, 14 125 2ND NW, 505.923.9080
$65 per person hotelandaluz.com/lucia
Lucia is romanticizing its already intimate dining experience with a special Valentine’s dinner menu. Choose from entrées like grilled ono with a pine nutbasil couscous and lemontarragon beurre blanc, fivecolored heart-shaped pasta and roasted chicken. For a finale, dig into chocolate pot de crème, red velvet petit fours and strawberry crème brulee.
Call for price rt66casino.com
Need a more relaxed dining experience for Valentine’s Day? Thunder Road is a Route 66-themed restaurant that will serve up a great Valentine’s special including a champagne toast followed by a surf and turf platter and a 7-layer chocolate torte.
Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse 4:30-10:30p, Tue., Feb. 14 6855 4TH NW, 505.341.0831
$85 per person thehiddensteakhouse.com
Hide out at Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse
Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro 5-10p, Tue., Feb. 14 3009 CENTRAL NE, 505.254.9462
Enjoy Zinc’s regular dinner menu or choose from several Valentine’s specials like filet mignon or a seafood trio consisting of oysters Rockefeller, a snow crab cocktail claw and caviar. Top off your romantic evening with chocolate pot de crème and warm beignets.
Savoy’s signature culinary style spans through a four-course menu this Valentine’s weekend. Savoy chefs take you on a palatepleasing experience with a baked polenta tart, entrée choices of fillo-baked Pacific sole or seed-crusted filet with seared scallops. For dessert, dig into a molten chocolate cake.
Seasons Rotisserie & Grill 5p, Fri.-Sun., Tue., Feb. 10-12, 14 2031 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.766.5100
$100/person seasonsabq.com
Take your special someone to Seasons for an intimate four-course meal with wine pairings. A creative and thoughtful menu features an oyster and lobster cocktail, oak-fired filet mignon with foie gras, pan-seared striped marlin and caviar.
Standard Diner
11a-11p, Sat.-Tue., Feb. 11-14
Fri.-Sun., Feb. 10-14 320 CENTRAL SE, 505.243.1440
$55
$50-$250
standarddiner.com
themeltingpot.com
Spend your romantic night out at EDo’s Standard Diner. Set the mood with an order of oysters and a bottle of Gruet Blanc de Noirs, or warm up with a bourbon lobster bisque. Standard’s dinner for two includes filet mignon and lobster tail.
Once again, The Melting Pot has pulled out all the stops for your Valentine’s date. The Lover’s Lane package will get you and yours a five-course dinner with a surf and turf entrée, roses, champagne, wine, a framed photo and several other fine favors.
14500 CENTRAL SW, 505.352.7888
savoyabq.com
The Melting Pot 2201 UPTOWN LOOP NE, 505.843.6358
4-10p, Tue., Feb. 14
this Valentine’s Day. They will be offering a menu that starts with a spiced ceviche shot and ends with a Voo Doo American stout chocolate assortment. In between, enjoy a charred tomato lobster bique, fresh berries and cognac, and filet mignon or blackened sea bass entrees.
A thoughtful and eclectic menu has been prepared for an intimate evening at Santa Fe’s Anasazi Restaurant. Unique choices like spice-seared scallops, achiote chili-roasted duck breast and chocolate “Crocante de Cajeta” will delight your palate.
6p-8:30p, Tue., Feb. 14
lospoblanos.com
Thunder Road Steakhouse & Cantina
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Artist Margarete Bagshaw is the youngest member of three-generational female dynasty of full-time working New Mexican painters. Breaking the Rules is a retrospective of her cubist-style paintings curated by Shelby Tisdale, director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, where the exhibit is being displayed. An opening reception will be held at the museum on Sun., Feb. 12 beginning at 1p. PICTURED: “Ancestral Procession,” 2010, Oil on Linen (80” x 110”).
The opposite of stagnation Third-generation female New Mexico artist, Margarete Bagshaw, defies labels and keeps moving forward BY CHLOË WINEGAR-GARRETT
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he work of self-taught painter Margarete Bagshaw is filled with a joy and spirit that can only be found in deeply meaningful and wondrous art. Her work takes abstract concepts living within our minds and souls, then brings them to a beautiful light through the boldly dancing colors and exuberant shapes found in each piece. This purely New Mexican art has drawn wide acclaim, showing at such places as the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C, San Francisco and many different galleries and museums in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. EXHIBIT In honor of her achievements, a Margarete retrospective has been put together to showcase her professional art career Bagshaw: to date. Curated by Shelby Tisdale, Breaking director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the exhibition is entitled the Rules Breaking the Rules. Opening reception: Working as a third-generation full-time 1p, Sun., Feb. 12 Native female artist, art is the root of Museum of Indian Arts and Bagshaw’s life. She owns the Golden Culture 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, Dawn Gallery in Santa Fe with her 505.476.1250 husband, Dan McGuiness, who runs FREE for NM residents, the business while she resides on the $9 out-of-state second floor working on her art. Her indianartsandculture.org creative vitality is always present, with fresh concepts and by discovering new ways in which her art can advance. When asked in a recent Local iQ interview about her views on conquering artistic mental blocks, Bagshaw’s advice was to “keep moving forward and it will all fall into place — otherwise everything just comes to a halt. Start creating anything, experiment, move forward and things will come through,” she said. This point of view has helped her consistently produce new work over the span of 20 years. While her works can be categorized as Native or Cubist, it is difficult to pinpoint an exact category for her overall theme because Bagshaw
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has continuously evolved and explored new points of view throughout her career as an artist, offering a fresh perspective into her own mind and heritage. Even when her work is filled to the brim with luminous pigments, the precision of each line and form creates a delicate balance between chaos and peace. She is deeply rooted in her family history, and can remember her first art endeavors from the early age of two. Her grandmother, Pablita Velarde, rose above the expectations that women were only supposed to make ceramics, and she instead taught herself to paint. Helen Hardin, her mother, was no exception to this rule either. These three women embody perhaps the only three-generational female dynasty of full-time working painters, in New Mexico or elsewhere. Bagshaw has said “when I paint my own compositions, I can connect with their independence, strength, and creativity … it is like hearing their message but interpreting it my own way.” Even with this strong influence and motivation, she has managed to evolve and adapt to new ideas within her mind, as she believes “changing is always a good thing. Stagnant art has stagnant people looking at it, so it’s important to represent oneself in different ways.” Bagshaw has shied away from the term “Native art” and has successfully made a name for herself while staying true to her roots, being a “part of that lineage, without being defined by it.” Curator Tisdale, in a separate Local iQ interview, discussed the visual decisions for the show. Rather than “sticking with a strict chronological format,” she instead chose pieces to “follow more of an aesthetic approach to the design in terms of how the size and colors of the paintings work together.” While her usual responsibilities fall into the line of administration, she enjoys the curating process and compares it to “producing a movie.” Bagshaw and Tisdale worked together to make sure the show would be its strongest. While Bagshaw has always enjoyed working as an artist and exploring her own life and history with each artistic journey, she recently set aside time to focus on her memoir, Teaching My Spirit to Fly, along with supervising the biographies of her mother and grandmother, written by New Mexico History Museum marketing manager Kate Nelson and Tisdale, respectively. These books will be published in August 2012, and available for sale in The Santa Fe Indian Market.
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n line with a world that seems to be moving faster and faster with the progress of technology, it is only appropriate that SITE Santa Fe is hosting a fascinating creative environment in which no two days will ever be the same. Time-Lapse is an ever-changing range of art pieces that question the existence of time in a way that will actively engage and excite the audience. Some artists, like Time-Lapse Mary Temple and OPENING RECEPTION: Byron Kim, will 5p, Fri., Feb. 17 consistently send SITE Santa Fe in new political 1606 Paseo de Peralta, drawings and Santa Fe, 505.989.1199 contemplative FREE paintings during sitesantafe.org the duration of this exhibit, while others, such as Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Eve Sussman, have pieces that actively change through audience interaction and a real-time film noir, respectively. “The Time Capsule Lounge” is a room devoted to authors, filmmakers and artists who envisioned future worlds, with Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf presenting live performances on specific Fridays. The museum’s website will also change daily, focusing on specific contemporary artists and becoming its own art space. —Chloë Winegar-Garrett
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Michael Ondaatje with Carolyn Forché 7p, Wed., Feb. 15 The Lensic 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, 505.988.1234
$3-$6 Tickets: ticketsantafe.org lannan.org lensic.org
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ichael Ondaatje made a name for himself as a novelist and author of The English Patient, which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. But Ondaatje, who was born in Sri Lanka and has lived in Canada since 1962, has been working as a poet, fiction writer and filmmaker for more than 40 years, with several books of poetry and six novels to his credit. His work is often noted for his explorations of the inchoate nature of reality, and the way he uses humor, imagery and metaphor in that exploration. Recognition of Ondaatje’s work has been universal and includes the Giller Prize (Canada), the Prix Medicis (France), the Kiriyama Prize (U.S.), The Irish Times International Fiction Prize (Ireland) and the Booker Prize (England). His newest work is the novel The Cat’s Table. Ondaatje will be joined by noted poet Carolyn Forché, author of four collections of poetry. Their appearance in Santa Fe is part of the Lanaan Foundation lecture series at The Lensic. —Mike English
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LOVE 5. LADIES: ASK A GUY OUT, WITHOUT ACTUALLY ASKING A GUY OUT This one is for the ladies. Let’s get practical. The current reality is that many women aren’t getting asked out by guys. Now, I’m not necessarily advocating that women start asking men out or that women become the leaders in all relationships. I’m simply going to suggest there’s an approach that will help you capture a man’s attention. So ladies, break out your high heels and try this the next time you see that mysterious man across the room. I like to refer to it as “the sign.” If you want Prince Charming to fight for your heart, then give him permission to fight for your heart. Walk up to him and say, “If you are available and willing, I’d love to have coffee, lunch, dinner, etc. with you,” and hand him your card. It’s that simple. If he’s interested, he’ll be calling you and asking you out. How cool is that!
Local ‘love doctor’ Ana Loiselle proffers singles tips and tricks for navigating the daunting dating scene
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ating these days can be pretty tough. And not just tough, but confusing. And not just confusing, but hard to navigate. It’s really pretty difficult to find a good map to guide you through the dating jungle, and it’s another thing entirely when the dating environment resembles crossing I-40 blindfolded. So, having made more than a few mistakes myself, and having learned some lessons the hard way (and hoping that I can possibly help some folks navigate the scene with a little less suffering than I did), I embarked on a quest for truth, freedom, justice and those rare moments when all of a sudden you stumble upon something that works. Hoorah! And so I present here, today, a compass for navigating the modern dating scene.
1. GET SMARTER And the first place to do this, in my own humble and totally unbiased estimation, is right here. The tips and bits of advice that follow are all about elevating your “Dating iQ.”
2. CONTROL YOUR INNER GAME So many singles concentrate all their efforts on perfecting their image, outside trappings and game-like strategies of singleness (the hair, the makeup, the weight-lifting, the fashionable clothes, the sparkling teeth, the aeronautic boobs, etc.) in order to stand up to the scrutiny
of the dating game. Meanwhile, their “inner game” — for lack of a better term — goes unexamined, overlooked and neglected.
3. DON’T WEAR SWEATPANTS You laugh, but it happens. Now, I know I just said to not concentrate ALL your efforts on your image, but the fact is most people are concerned about looks. Looking your best (notice I didn’t say dress like a sexpot or wear a tuxedo) is a sign of confidence and security. Looking your worst (wearing sweatpants) implies you might be a major slob, and who wants to date a slob? Joking aside, if you haven’t spent much time on your grooming efforts lately, now is the time to jump into action — first impressions do matter.
4. CLEAN UP THE BAGGAGE So you’re divorced, no worries. However, if you still talk to your ex on the weekends to catch up with each other, maybe you should really rethink that one. If you still have most of your clothes at his/her place, even after you’ve moved out, then pack it all up for good. The papers might be finalized, but you have to treat whatever is left of the relationship the same way. It’s impossible to let go and hold on at the same.
6. S/HE WHO ASKS, PAYS This is a general rule of thumb. If you ask someone out for dinner, etiquette dictates that you should be the one to take care of the bill. Asking the person to foot it or suggesting going Dutch will earn you less-than-flattering nicknames amongst your date’s friends.
7. STOP REVEALING SO MUCH I know what you’re thinking: “I need to be honest so that they know up front who I am and my past.” Stop right there. Let’s settle down for a minute. There is a time and place for everything. A first date (and the second or third date for that matter) is not the time to
spill the beans on embarrassing past moments, deepest, darkest secrets or about spending the night in the clink for stealing skin mags from the corner store. At best, your admissions will make both of you uncomfortable. At worst, she might drench you with pepper spray. Same for you ladies. First dates aren’t the place to reveal your past relationship with your college professor or your two-month stint in rehab for a chocolate addiction. Keep it light and fun, not heavy and depressing.
8. DON’T TALK ABOUT OTHER DATES Don’t talk about your ex-wives/husbands or ex-girlfriends/boyfriends. Don’t talk about your wonderful platonic buddy “Susie” who is your jogging partner. Think about it. It’s always a turnoff when someone you’re with starts telling you things about some other guy/gal in their life. Keep the romantic potential of your first date high by keeping other dates/mates out of the conversation.
9. WATCH YOUR BODY LANGUAGE Maybe you’ve perfected your witty chitchat, picked out a killer outfit and made reservations at the hot, new place in town, but if you’re not careful, your body language may give your date the wrong idea. The first time we meet another person, they judge us (and we, them) on appearance and body language most of all (55 percent) followed by our style of speaking (38 percent) and 7 percent on what we actually say. Be aware of the signals you are sending.
10. DO NOT BRAG Every time you start overselling yourself, you become less attractive. Let your date slowly discover what a great person you are. Rather than seeking approval and trying to impress them, allow them to experience you as an enigmatic mystery person whom they can’t quite figure out. That will raise their interest level in a way that hearing about your various athletic or monetary accomplishments never can.
11. HAVE FUN You totally just rolled your eyes and said, “Thanks, Mom.” But I’m serious. Truth is, the chance of a first date becoming something more CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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LOVE BYTES Rocky online dating scene less treacherous when singles follow a few basic guidelines BY CRISTINA OLDS re you single? Congratulations! Whether you would like to admit it or not, you are the perfect candidate to begin navigating the all too often confusing map that is online dating. Whether you have been out of the game since your senior prom, or flying solo your entire adult life, there is always room for expert tips and tricks on how to sail the rough waters of online dating.
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1. GOAL SETTING Consider first what your purpose is for creating an online dating profile. Are you seeking to find the spouse/home of your dreams, or just looking for a brief and casual tryst? Likely, your dating aspirations fall somewhere in between the two (e.g. - open to the possibilities sans the typical expectations). Bottom line: the clearer the goal, the more direct the path to dating success.
2. BE SPECIFIC If you know your type and aren’t likely to settle for less, why waste your time? In abundance are specialized dating sites like jdate.com (for Jewish singles), bbwpersonalsplus.com (for plus-sized women), amor.com (for Latinos), gaydating.com, silversingles.com (for the 50-plus crowd) or sugardaddyforme.com and millionairemate.com (for both love and the love of money). If it is simply a hook-up you desire, there are sites for that too, such as getiton.com and onlinebootycall.com. No lie!
3. KEEP IT LIGHT, HONEST Communicating what you seek honestly and portraying yourself in a candid fashion are great places to start in the world of digital hook-ups. When creating your online persona, being creepy and/or lecherous is an obvious no-no. Rather, keep it light and easy; best not mention that you’re on antidepressants after your recent rocky divorce, for example. Avoiding clichés is a challenge, because that’s how we talk, after all. Regardless, be sure to skip obvious clichés like, “I love long walks on the beach,” especially
because we live in the desert.
4. GET CREATIVE Your online handle/alias is an easy and fun way to let your personality shine through. Please note that “hotlovr” or “angelinalukalike” are too often turn-offs for serious online daters. Instead, try using numbers to express something about yourself, like “runner4fun” or “blueyed1.”
5. USE GOOD GRAMMAR Call me a school marm, but many online daters quickly dismiss potential dates when potential dates fail to make the effort to use capital letters or run a quick spell check. Show me how you are really “intelligent and funny” by properly using the big words.
6. A PICTURE IS WORTH ... A photo can be a strong hook or a good reason to click to the next profile. If the person in the snapshot is not so hot, the real life version isn’t likely to be any better. Needless to say, it is probably best to crop your mom or grandmother out of your pic. On the other hand, you and your smiling dog positively express your animal friendliness (which has its advantages). Ask a pal to shoot your photo instead of taking a selfportrait in your car, the bathroom or in front of a mirror.
7. THE LURE OF ANONYMITY Many date-seekers won’t even search profiles that don’t have photos, but you have all the power if you simply choose to not post a photo. This way, you get to select others to contact without giving it all away, and then offer to send a photo.
8. SEEK FEEDBACK Finally, consult at least one impartial friend for their feedback on how you’ve portrayed yourself in your profile. And no matter what they say, don’t take any brutal responses personally. After all, it’s a rough scene out there in the “interwebs.” Keep in mind, though, that the rewards can be significant if one is armed with a pinch of panache and a cache of common sense.
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a Local iQ singles party
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ON A RECENT WEEKEND NIGHT at Hotel Albuquerque’s Q Bar, Local iQ invited singles from all across the Duke City to meet, greet, mix, mingle, flirt and dance. DJs ILL Audia and Nicolatron provided the soundtrack and the ever-gregarious emcee and sometimes Local iQ writer, Khalil Ekulona, commanded the microphone. For an added twist, we decided to provide a photo booth with plenty of props. Here’s just a few of those pics. Thanks to all the brave singles who came out for the night. We hope you got lucky!
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is 50/50. You find out that he or she is a raging alcoholic, a bona fide racist, doesn’t know who Bob Dylan is (excuse me?) or that there is simply no connection that should be explored further. That doesn’t mean spending an afternoon/evening/dinner/a glass of wine with that person was a waste of your time. It means the very opposite. You had the cojones to spend hours with someone you hardly knew. You put yourself out there. You learned about someone else. You let someone else learn about you. You subconsciously gave your social skills a workout. Maybe you had a great meal, were inspired by a thought-provoking conversation, or discovered a new band to throw on your iPod. Worth it? Yes!
12. BUT, NO SEX ON A FIRST DATE Okay, so have fun on a first date, but you need to understand sex thoroughly — how sex affects you, how it affects the person you’re with, how it affects the relationship and how it affects your confidence and emotional makeup. If you understand these things, you are in a much better position (and no, I mean ... well, you know what I mean). So it’s probably just a bad idea to partake on a first date, unless of course you just don’t care that there’s not going to be a second.
13. TAKE A CHILL PILL The first date is the worst date in terms of assessing whether someone is going to be a suitable match for you. On a first date, most people are either trying too hard to impress their date or too nervous or to actually relax enough to be their genuine selves. For this reason alone,
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you should always give your date at least one more chance. Sometimes our first impressions are correct and sometimes they aren’t. By the second date, you’ll both be more relaxed and in a much better place to determine whether the person is worthy of seeing again or not.
14. CHECK YOUR INFATUATION METER Most of us have been there. We meet someone and all of the bells and whistles go off. They seem perfect, until we discover that one thing with which we cannot live. Then we realize there were hints all along and we wonder why we didn’t pick up on them before we invited the person into your heart. We’ve all let a clown or two spend more time than they should in our lives. But when we start feeling we’ve dated the whole Ringling Brothers crew, it’s time to ask ourselves what role we’ve played in creating our own circus. Is it possible that infatuation is running the show — that state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion? If so, it might be time to get that sucker checked out.
GOING FORWARD So there you have it. Now go out there and field-test these suggestions on your next few dates. And remember to devote as much of your time as possible making yourself confident, comfortable and ready to connect with people. Ana Loiselle is relationship coach, matchmaker, writer, speaker and author of the upcoming book Table For Two: The Savvy Single Girls Guide to Dating in Albuquerque. As owner of The New Mexico Relationship Center, she has applied sensible, positive and effective strategies to help singles and couples work out their relationship challenges. She specializes in improving communication, and understanding how to make relationships work. For more information visit nmRelationshipCenter.com or call 505.872.8743.
SEX IN THE OPEN Unique Albuquerque business works to demystify sexuality and build an inclusive atmosphere that serves the community BY HANNAH REITER elf Serve is not your traditional adult toy shop. Owners Molly Adler and Matie Fricker have gone to great lengths to ensure local sexual education and pleasure seekers an experience completely different from that which other Albuquerque retailers offer. With an award-winning business model, years of experience and unmatched passion, Adler and Fricker have made a living transforming sexual education and pleasure in Albuquerque over the past five years. In a recent interview, and with Valentine’s day right around the corner, Adler and Fricker let Local iQ in on a few of their not-sodirty little secrets for building a successful business focused on Self Serve love and sex. “We loved the idea of creating 3904B Central SE, a space that any adult can walk 505.265.5815 in and feel safe and comfortable Hours: noon-7p, Mon.and find resources,” Adler said Thu., noon-8p, Fri.-Sat., of her business philosophy. noon-6p, Sun. “Across the board, we try to selfservetoys.com lead with the message that sex is healthy and pleasure is good for you. And having some education around how and with whom you have sex is the best way to ensure that,” Fricker added. The owners of Self Serve have succeeded in crafting that space. The store’s atmosphere is warm, inviting and very hands-on, and Fricker and Adler are personable, welcoming and exceptionally knowledgeable. Hailing from Boston with backgrounds in public health and social justice, respectively, Adler and Fricker decided six years ago over a bottle of wine that they wanted to tackle the peaks and pitfalls of owning their own business. At the time, Adler was managing an adult boutique, while Fricker was debating a future in law. “I could go into debt for law school or I could go into debt to start a sex shop,” said Fricker. Ultimately they decided that owning their own business would allow them the freedom and forum to pursue their passions and make a difference in a community that was lacking a “sexpositive” message. After a year of struggling to secure funding, the two were finally able to make the move to Albuquerque and open shop in 2007. So why did these two Boston natives choose Albuquerque, of all places, to open an adult boutique? Lots and lots of research. “While there is a lot of conservative history and religious culture,” Fricker noted of Albuquerque, “there is also a very open-minded population and a high density of same-sex households. We found a very clear ‘live-and-let-live’ attitude.” It’s that tolerant attitude from the community and a unique approach to business that has allowed Self Serve to stay afloat,
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Self Serve owners Molly Adler (left) and Matie Fricker (right) prepare for a special Valentine’s Day chocolate and body treat tasting event at their shop in Nob Hill. The two Boston natives recently celebrated 5 years of delivering a “sex-positive” to Albuquerque residents.
even in this tough economy. As well as selling adult toys and accessories, Adler and Fricker offer a full-on adult resource center, the core of which is education. Self Serve holds at least two classes a week on everything from how to talk to your kids about sex, to the art of burlesque dancing, to massage techniques for couples and sex for aging people (for a full list of classes offered, visit selfservetoys.com). Community outreach is also a fundamental piece of the Self Serve business model. “There are two main ways we partner with the community. One is within our neighborhood. We’re active with the Nob Hill business association and Nob Hill Main Street. The other way is through donations to and support of sexual health and wellness in the community,” Adler said, noting that her business does events and fundraisers for such organizations as New Mexico Aids Services, The Rape Crisis Center, Planned Parenthood and the state Department of Health. Fricker also talks to youth at the New Day Shelter once a month about sexuality and empowerment. While the program
is controversial, Fricker explained, “It immediately lowers their risk factors. If you just say to teenagers, ‘Sex shouldn’t hurt,’ it changes everything.” While Fricker and Alder teach many of the classes at Self Serve themselves, they also import local and national instructors to ensure that their seminars are well-rounded, in-depth and fun. For Valentine’s Day they will host a free chocolate and body treat tasting event. “It can be part of your Valentine’s Day activity,” Adler said. “The store will be open till 9, so grab an early dinner or cocktail, then come in after.” While some may be intimidated by the idea of walking into the shop for a class or consultation, or to buy adult toys, rest assured that Adler and Fricker have designed an experience meant to comfort the nerves of anyone, whether novice or expert. “We are very serious about being inclusive and having a space that has resources, products and answers for men and women, straight and gay, transgender, young and old, single and married and divorced. All of the above,” Adler said.
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Folk singer-songwriter Leo Kottke is currently enjoying the fourth decade of a storied career that includes 23 studio recordings, collaborations with the likes of Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett to Rickie Lee Jones and the admiration of his peers for his unique playing style and expansive range.
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eo Kottke found no role models as a young man for what he sought to do with the guitar. “There wasn’t anybody I wanted to play like,” he told Local iQ in a recent interview. “I never found what I wanted to hear.” At that time, in the 1960s, the solo fingerstyle guitarist didn’t exist on the cultural map. Singer/ songwriters like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were in the early stages of carving significant careers, but acoustic guitar players like John Fahey and Laurindo Almeida of Brazil, both of whom Kottke admired, were fairly obscure figures in U.S. musical circles. So Kottke, 66, charted his own course as an instrumentalist, to a land where no one else lived. “I imagined finding this place in my own head,” he recalled. “It’s all I wanted. I’m still like that. It’s like another country.” In Kottke’s country, tunings are unconventional, the picking style is blistering and notes cascade almost more rapidly than the ear can follow. The songs convey feeling and emotion in a way that few musicians even try. “I need to go there,” Kottke said of his creative process. “It’s very emotional for me. When I finish it, it kind of demolishes me. It’s very happy, very sad ... animated and serene.” If all of that sounds a little serious, don’t be deceived. As anyone who’s attended a Kottke show knows, his between-song banter can result in some of the most twistedly funny storytelling you’re likely to hear at a music show, delivered with a wry wit.
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One of Kottke’s more recent musical partnerships, for example, is with Phish bassist Mike Gordon. Kottke tells the story of joining Gordon to play the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which draws 100,000 people annually to a farm in Tennessee for four days of music. “I was flabbergasted,” Kottke said of his Bonnaroo experience. “I thought that sh*t died 40 years ago.” He recalled wishing he brought some “anti-patchoulant,” and also shared the story of a sewage truck driver suddenly abandoning his vehicle in the middle of the crowd as everyone scattered and the truck’s over-pressurized sewage hatch exploded, spraying outhouse effluent in all directions. Kottke’s own 40-year career was firmly established in 1969 with the release of 6- and 12-String Guitar. The breakthrough record introduced Kottke as an acoustic guitar phenom and sold more than a half a million copies. “It really did make my career,” he said of the LP. “When I listen to it now, I don’t know who that guy was. I get a kick out of that squirt who is Leo Kottke just blowing his top. I’ve walked a lot further to the horizon since then.” 7:30p, Sun., Feb. 12 Part of that journey included a period in the 1970s when his label at The Lensic the time, Capitol Records, tried to turn Kottke into a singer/songwriter 211 W. San Francisco, like Jim Croce or Gordon Lightfoot. He churned out several albums on 505.988.1234 which he both played and sang lyrics, complete with a rhythm section. $24-$44 Tickets: ticketssantafe. “The word that always came up in record meetings back then was org ‘chick,’” Kottke said. “They wanted me to sing with female backup lensic.org singers. It was really not smart. It took me a long time to sort that leokottke.com through.” Eventually Kottke was able to steer his career as he wished, putting out many more solo acoustic albums (23 studio records in all), singing vocals on occasion and collaborating with everyone from Chet Atkins and Lyle Lovett to Rickie Lee Jones. He said the partnership with Gordon has been fun, and a third record by the duo is likely. “I’m sure we’ll make another one at some point,” he said. Meanwhile, settling into his later musical adulthood is a little different, Kottke admitted. “In the beginning I wanted to just blow my stack,” he said. “Now I want to do that and several other things.” He’s played with orchestras, for example, and Kottke would like to record with a chamber orchestra. “I love that sound,” he said. He also might try to do something with the Turtle Island String Quartet, and is considering putting out a DVD, or maybe a record on vinyl — an idea which he said he finds “delightfully perverse.” His last couple trips to New Mexico saw him play at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, and he’s looking forward to returning to play The Lensic Performing Arts Center. “I love New Mexico,” Kottke said. “I love the skies.”
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Blackbird Buvette
Low Life with DJ Caterwaul 9p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge
The Universal featuring CLKCLKBNG and guests DANCE/ELECTRO/INDIE 8p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
The Wrong Omar INDIE/BLUEGRASS 8p, FREE Effing Bar & Grill
Karaoke with Kan-U-Karaoke 9p, FREE Imbibe
College Night with DJ Flo Fader 9p, FREE Jazzbah
Michael Anthony Trio 8:30-11:30p, FREE Launchpad
Southwest Burlesque Showcase Pre-Party featuring The Hi Lo Tones, Vertigo Venus, Bridgette Bordeaux, Bunny Galore, and more. 9p, $5 Low Spirits
Kyle Martin and Doug Muchmore 9p, $3 Marcello’s Chophouse
Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s
Jam Night featuring Jimmy Jones 5:30-9:30p, FREE Qbar
DJ Quico SALSA/MERENGUE/CUMBIA 9p, FREE Scalo II Bar
Chris Dracup ACOUSTIC BLUES 8p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Todd Tijerina 6-9p, FREE St. John’s United Methodist Church
Carol Redman & Alaina Dieh FLUTE 2-4p, $10 Sunshine Theater
In Flames, Trivium, Veil Of Maya, and Kyng 7:30p, $25 Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
VIctor & Penny 9:30p, FREE
FRI 10 ABQ Brew Pub
The Oko Tucker Band 7-11p, FREE Annapurna World Vegetarian Cafe
DeBosa with Debo and Sabino 7-9p, FREE Blackbird Buvette
Planet Rock - Funky Dance Party 10p, FREE Blue Tower Lounge - Buffalo Thunder
Jagg VARIETY MUSIC 9p-1:30a, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Leeches of Lore, Baked, Striges 8p, FREE Casa Esencia
DJ Dynamixx & DJ Devin TOP 40 9p, $20/men Cheenah Lounge - Santa Ana Star Casino
Fat City 9p-1a, FREE
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Jazzbah
Miguel Timoteo NEW MEXICAN 9p-1:30a, FREE
Entourage 9p-1a, $10 after 10p
Cool Water Fusion
Matt Jones SOUL/POP/ROCK 6-8p, FREE Cooperage
Mystic Vic JAZZ/BLUES 9p, $5 Cowgirl BBQ
Launchpad
Good As Dead CD Release Party ft. Eleven Eleven and more 9p, $5 Low Spirits
Top Dead Center, A Tribute To The Grateful Dead and David Gans 9p, $8-$40
The Squash Blossom Boys BLUEGRASS 8p, $5
Marcello’s Chophouse
Cube Restaurant
Kell Robertson Tribute - A Night of Poetry and Music 7p, FREE
Taxi Dancer BLUES 6:30-9:30p, FREE Effing Bar & Grill
DJ Jarra 6p, FREE El Rey
Brotha Lynch Hung 7p, $20-$30 Golden Cantina Lounge - Cities of Gold
Slo Burnin COUNTRY/WESTERN 9p-1:30a, FREE Hotel Andaluz
Albuquerque’s Who’s Got Next Comedy Show 7:30p, $10 Imbibe
DJ Rotation 10p, FREE Jazzbah
Soulman 9p-1a, $10 after 10p Launchpad
The Big Spank, Red Light Cameras, Bat Wings For Lab Rats, Summerfield Place. 21+ after show with Hyperland 9p, $8 Low Spirits
Sad Baby Wolf, St. Petersburg, Alan George Ledergerber and DJ Nicolatron 9p, $5
Tony Rodriguez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE Mine Shaft Tavern
Molly’s
Swamp Deville 1:30-5p, FREE Rock Bottom 5:30-9:30p, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station
Reviva REGGAE 9p, FREE Qbar
DJ Dynamixx TOP 40 9p, $10/men Scalo II Bar
Chave & Paid My Dues Rhythm & Blues Trio 8:30p, FREE Sol Santa Fe
Broomdust Caravan, Stephanie Hatfield & Bill Palmer, Hidden Whale 8p, $7 St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Saudade BOSSA NOVA 6:30-9:30p, FREE Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse
Le Chat Lunatique 8:30p, FREE VSA North Fourth Art Center
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents Valentine Cabaret 7:30p, FREE Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Marcello’s Chophouse
The Bus Tapes 9:30p, FREE
Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE
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Mine Shaft Tavern
Open Mic Night hosted by Shelly 7-11p, FREE Molly’s
We Can Duet 1:30-5p, FREE Rudy Boy Experiment 5:30-9:30p, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station
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C4C Sunday Brunch 12p, FREE The Weeksend with DJs Flo Fader and Nicolatron 8p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
Blues survivor Candye Kane will perform at El Rey Theater in Downtown Albuquerque on Fri., Feb. 17. Show at 8p. $15 (advance)/$18 (at door). Tickets available at elreytheater.com.
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Marcello’s Chophouse
Tony Rodriguez 6:30-9:30p, FREE Mine Shaft Tavern
Blackbird Buvette
The Vinyl Frontier featuring DJs Lunchbox and Green 10p, FREE
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Boris McCutcheon 12-3p, FREE Qorischaska GROOVE/JAZZ 8p, FREE
Darren Cordova y Calor: Una noche de Amor y Alegria MARIACHI 8p, $15-$25
Chris Dracup BLUES 3-6p, FREE
Tiki Tuesdays featuring TS and The Past Haunts, Vago, Calling Morocco 8p, FREE
Jazzbah
Cowgirl BBQ
Jazz Brunch featuring Amy Faithe Duo 11a-2p, FREE Flamenco 5:30-6:30p, FREE
The Whistle Pigs BLUEGRASS/ROCKABILLY 8p, FREE
KiMo Theatre
God’s House Choir 6:30p, FREE
Baractunga LATIN 9p, FREE
Ned’s on the Rio Grande
The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p-1a, FREE Q Bar
DJ Aquattro TOP 40 9p, $10/men Scalo II Bar
Stu MacAskie Trio JAZZ 8:30p, FREE Sports Bar - Cities of Gold
DJ Marc Anthony TOP 40 9p-1:30a, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Soul Sanctuary 6:30-9:30p, FREE VSA North Fourth Art Center
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents Valentine Cabaret 7:30p, FREE
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New Mexico Philharmonic presents Pulse 4p & 6:15p, $5-$30 Las Placitas Presbyterian Church
Jason Vieaux CLASSICAL GUITAR 3p, $20 Launchpad
Blind Hatred, The Mad Hatter Band, EMP, Don Grim. and more 4p, $8-$10 Low Spirits
The Levelling Wind: A Songwriters Gathering in Honor of Kell Robertson ft. Mike Good, Jason Eklund, Kevin Hayes, and more 7:30p, $10 Mine Shaft Tavern
Barley Room
The Ruebarbs BLUES 3-7p, FREE
The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p-1a, FREE
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Blackbird Buvette
Magic Saturday with DJ Magic Pants 10p, FREE Blue Tower Lounge - Buffalo Thunder
Jagg VARIETY 9p-1:30a, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge
The Tontons, Young Girls, AlStroschoRoma 8p, FREE Cheenah Lounge - Santa Ana Star Casino
Fat City 9p-1a, FREE Club Warehouse - Buffalo Thunder
DJ Chil HIP HOP/TOP 40 9p-1:30a, FREE Cooperage
En-Joy CUBAN/SALSA 9:30p, $7 Cowgirl BBQ
The Bill Hearne Trio CLASSIC COUNTRY 2-5p, FREE Felix y Los Gatos 8p, $5 GiG
Carol Redman and Alaina Diehl FLUTE 7:30P, $15 Golden Cantina Lounge - Cities of Gold
DJ Marc Anthony TOP 40 9p-1:30a, FREE Imbibe
DJ Rotation 10p, FREE
2012 Robb Concert featuring Frank McCulloch y sus Amigos HISPANIC FOLK 3p, FREE O’Niell’s (Heights)
Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 4-7p, FREE O’Niell’s (Nob Hill)
Rye Creek FOLK/CELTIC 4-7p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
The Bus Tapes 6-9p, FREE
Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Esther Bone Memorial Library Imbibe
Valentine’s Party for Singles featuring DJ Twisted Audio 9p, FREE Jazzbah
My Jazzbah Valentine: An Evening with Entourage Jazz 7-10p, FREE Launchpad
Geeks Who Drink 9p, FREE Scalo II Bar
Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase featuring Prudencio Dimas 8:30p, FREE Sunshine Theater
Rebelution, Pep Love, The Green REGGAE 7p, $15-$18
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KGB Club 10p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Jeff Crosby & the Refugees 8p, FREE
Cowgirl BBQ
Marcello’s Chophouse
Effing Bar & Grill
Tony Rodriguez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Karaoke with Kan-U-Karaoke 9p, FREE
Mine Shaft Tavern
Imbibe
Le Chat Lunatique 8p-12a, $5
College Night with DJ Flo Fader 9p, FREE
Molly’s
Jazzbah
Larry Conga Show 5:30-9:30p, FREE
Sez Who 9p-12a, FREE
Q Bar
Frank Chewiwie LATIN/JAZZ 9p, FREE Scalo II Bar
Rob Janov & John Maestas JAZZ 7p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Trumpet Triumph 10:30a, $5-$15 Sunshine Theater
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Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
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Laura Gibson and Breathe Owl Breathe 9p, $10 Marcello’s Chophouse
Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s
Leni Stern 7:30p, $15-$20
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents Valentine Cabaret 3p, FREE
Kyle Martin 10p, FREE
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Vinyl & Verses featuring UHF B-Boy Crew UNDERGROUND HIP HOP 8p, FREE
Blackbird Buvette
Sarah Peacock POP/COUNTRY 8p, FREE
Blackbird Karaoke 9p, FREE
Jazzbah
Cowgirl BBQ
Felix y Los Gatos 8:30-11:30p, FREE
Cowgirl Karaoke with Michele 9p, FREE
Launchpad
Q Bar
DJ Quico SALSA/CUMBIA 9p, FREE
Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Cowgirl BBQ
Mondo Vibrations, Li Chii’, 3 Quarter Brown, Marican Slang $4 4OnTheFloor 9p, $7
Hardwire, Diverje, Tripping Dogs, DJ Fetality 9p, FREE
Outpost Performance Space
Blackbird Buvette
Low Spirits
Launchpad
RPM 5:30-9:30p, FREE
VSA North Fourth Art Center
Marcello’s Chophouse
O’Niell’s (Nob Hill)
The Deadtown Lovers, Sin Serenade, Full Speed Veronica 8p, $4
Hello Doll Face 8p, FREE
Seduced by the Sixes, Touched By Strangers, 9 Volt Oysters, Fall to Ash 9p, $4
Bella Luna 5:30-9:30p, FREE
The Universal featuring CLKCLKBNG and guests DANCE/ELECTRO/INDIE 8p, FREE
Chris Page Trio 6-9p, $85
Launchpad
Molly’s
Low Spirits
Dave 12, DJ Chach, Pablo 77 9p, FREE
Sunday Chatter (formerly Church of Beethoven)
Attack Attack!, The Ghost Inside, Sleeping With Sirens, and more 7p, $17
Movie & Dinner Night 7p, FREE
Scalo II Bar
Greg Ruggiero Trio JAZZ 8:30p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Tony & The Bandits 6-9p, FREE Sunshine Theater
Mayday Parade, We The Kings, The Downtown Fiction, Anarbor 6:30p, $17 Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
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Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE
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Sunshine Theater
Children of Bodom, Eluveitie, Revocation, Threat Signal 7:30p, $17 Vanessie of Santa Fe
Tiho Dimitrov BLUES 8p, FREE
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Shane Wallin 7-10p, FREE
Kyle Martin 7-10p, FREE
Blackbird Buvette
Close Contact - 80’s Request Dance Party with DJ Kevan 10p, FREE
Blackbird Buvette
Techtonic Movement, Mother Death Queen, MRDRBRD 10p, FREE
Blue Tower Lounge - Buffalo Thunder
Blue Tower Lounge - Buffalo Thunder
Brown Sugar R&B 9p-1:30a, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge
Brown Sugar R&B/VARIETY 9p-1:30a, FREE
Doctor Bones, The DA, and Japhy’s Descent 8p, FREE
Burt’s Tiki Lounge
2bers, People’s Republic, Li Chii, Arch Rivals 8p, FREE Casa Esencia
Portland folk singer Laura Gibson will perform at Low Spirits on Thu., Feb. 16 at 9p with Breathe Owl Breathe. Cover is $10.
DJs Chil & Devin TOP 40 9p, $20/men Cheenha Lounge - Santa Ana Star Casino
Low Spirits
Chuscales FLAMENCO GUITAR 7:30p, $15
Sense and Change, Cultura Fuerte, Con Razon 8p, $5
Golden Cantina Lounge - Cities of Gold
Marcello’s Chophouse
Tequila Rain COUNTRY 9p-1:30a, FREE
Mine Shaft Tavern
Imbibe
Molly’s
DJ Rotation 10p, FREE Jazzbah
Skip Batchelor 1:30-5p, FREE Bailout 5:30-9:30p, FREE
Last Call 9p-1a, $10 after 10p
Monte Vista Fire Station
KlezmerQuerque
Felix y los Gatos 9p, FREE Qbar
Erik Knudson BLUES/ACOUSTICS 6:309:30p, FREE
Der Freylekher Shabbes’ featuring Klez-Q Guest Artists plus cantorial soloist Beth Cohen 6:30p, FREE The Rebbe’s Orkestra 7:45p, FREE Joel Rubin, Pete Rushefsky, Steve Greenman Trio 8p, $FREE
Effing Bar & Grill
Launchpad
DJ Big G 9p, FREE
The Glass Menageries CD Release Party featuring Red Light Cameras, Rawrr, Small Game, Albuquerque Boys Choir 9p, $7
Club Warehouse - Buffalo Thunder
Westwind COUNTRY 9p-1:30a, FREE Cool Water Fusion
Shane Wallin SOUL/POP/ROCK 6-8p, FREE Cooperage
Soul Kitchen JAZZ/BLUES 9p, $5 Cowgirl BBQ
Julie Nuemark & Luis Oliart FUNKY COUNTRY/BLUES/ROCK 8p, $5 Cube Restaurant
El Rey
Candye Kane 8p, $15-$18
Junto Unidos SPANISH/CUMBIA/RANCHERIA 9p-1a, FREE Club Warehouse - Buffalo Thunder
GIG
Junto Unidos SPANISH/CUMBIA 9p-1a, FREE
Cheenha Lounge - Santa Ana Star Casino
Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE Open Mic Night with Shelly 7-11p, FREE
Live Latin Music 9p, $10
DJ Switch HIP HOP/R&B/OLD SCHOOL 9p-1:30a, FREE Cooperage
Cafe Mocha SALSA 9:30p, $7 Cowgirl BBQ
Ed & Neil Pearlman SCOTTISH 2-5p, FREE The Surf Lords 8p, $5 Golden Cantina Lounge - Cities of Gold
DJ Marc Anthony TOP 40 9p-1:30a, FREE Imbibe
Scalo II Bar
DJ Rotation 10p, FREE
Alpha Cats Trio SWING/JAZZ 8:30p, FREE
Soulman Sam and the Soul Explosion 9p-1a, $10 after 10p
Sports Bar - Cities of Gold
DJ Marc Anthony TOP 40 9p-1:30a, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Combo Special with Joani 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Jazzbah
KlezmerQuerque
Beth Cohen with Alavados 10a-12p, FREE The Rebbe’s Orkestra Klezmer and Judaic ensemble 7p, FREE Joel Rubin, Pete Rushefsky, Steve Greenman Trio 7:30p, $18 Launchpad
Concepto Tambor, Felonious Groove Foundation, Mondo Vibrations 9p, $7 Low Spirits
The Saltine Ramblers, The Rivet Gang 9p, $5 Marcello’s Chophouse
Tony Rodriguez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE Mine Shaft Tavern
Ed and Neil Pearlman 7-11p, FREE Molly’s
H-2-8 1:30-5p, FREE Memphis P-Tails 5:30-9:30p, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station
Mardi Gras Party 9p, FREE Qbar
DJ Chil & DJ Aquattro TOP 40 9p, $10/men The Range Cafe
Erik Knudson FOLK/BLUES/ACOUSTIC 7:30-9:30p, FREE Scalo II Bar
Todd and the Fox FOLK 8:30p, FREE Sol Santa Fe
Lost Lingo, La Junta, Zenova 7:30p, TBA St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Patty Littlefield 6:30-9:30p, FREE Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Soul Kitchen 9:30p, FREE
SUN 19 Blackbird Buvette
World Famous $4 Brunch featuring A Band Named Sue 12p, FREE Me, Myself, and I: A night of solo music featuring Drake Hardin, Alan George Ledergerber and more 9p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
Boris McCutcheon 12-3p, FREE Third Seven & Mark Dudrow CELLO 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery
Alex Maryol ACOUSTIC BLUES 3-6p, FREE
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smart MUSIC Matthew Good 7p, Sun., Feb. 19 Launchpad 618 Central SW, 505.764.8887 $15
Tickets: holdmyticket. com matthewgood.org launchpadrocks.com
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atthew Good has one of the most sincere and charming voices to be heard today. The work he did on 2011’s Lights of Endangered Species has a comforting, yet bone-chilling, aspect to it. He has achieved an ambient sound through acoustic guitars, piano and the accompaniment of drums and bass that is crisp, with a feeling of cold vastness. Good was leader of his own Canadian alternativerock band until they disbanded in 2002, but he has stayed active both musically and politically since then. His solo career’s success has manifested itself in the form of five studio albums and two live albums. He has also contributed his politically driven blogging skills to publications such as The Guardian. His lyrics are both moving and engaging as he sings, “Order in some food, turn on the news, hear some fool say the world is gonna end — best spend the night under your bed.” On his current tour, Good is leaving the backing band behind and only bringing his acoustic guitar for a solo tour in support of Lights of Endangered Species. The intimacy and candor of his solo performance is not to be missed. —Justin De La Rosa
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’ve been around Albuquerque’s music scene for a long time, but I haven’t seen many bands with the longevity and drive of Good As Dead. They’ve pounded out their own style of pop punk since 2005 and are now set to launch their third studio album, Safe Harbor. With the new album comes a fresh, matured sound from the quartet, not to mention something different this time around — a concept album. Through energetic music and Good As Dead lyrics, Good As Dead tells the story of CD RELEASE PARTY returning home to a safe harbor, the 9p, Sat., Feb. 11 experiences and emotions upon that Launchpad return, and the eventual departure, again, from the same harbor. The 618 Central SW, distinct vocal stylings of Craig Berry 505.764.8887 and Jesse Mee set the tone for the $5 album on the first single, “In Due Tickets: holdmyticket.com Time.” Creative guitar riffs from launchpadrocks.com Mee and Berry combine with the rhythm section, composed of Sam Blankenship (drums) and Daniel DeMar (bass). Together they create Good As Dead’s familiar, carefully-crafted sound that has won them New Mexico Music Awards. Come celebrate a show that will be of album quality, with a stage presence that keeps fans on their toes. — Justin De La Rosa
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Glass Menageries hile Albuquerque is repeatedly referred to as a “metal city,” CD RELEASE PARTY locals The Glass Menageries 8p, Fri., Feb. 17 shift sonic gears, championing loving Launchpad lullabies of livid languish to the 618 Central SW, 505.764.8887 downtown masses. The Glass Ms, with $7 a band roster filled by staples of the Tickets: holdmyticket.com city’s live music scene, appropriate just launchpadrocks.com the right ratio of birth and destruction. reverbnation.com/ Though much of the band’s catalogue theglassmenageries maintains a softer, almost angelic quality, which is enhanced in large part due to the seraphim voices of Gena Lawson and Mauro Kemmerer, the new album Edge of a Knife is never lacking in tones of chaos and mayhem, summoned by the percussion prowess of Chris Newman. The short version is as follows: Go see the Glass Ms birth Edge of a Knife before a live audience. You might cry, you might explode and you’ll probably leave feeling better about the current state of music in the world. In the words of Lawson, “We love the build-up of sounds, the layers and emotions a song can have a listener travel through, and we really try to create those landscapes and images within our songs.” Who would say no to that? —Charlie Crago
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Marcello’s Chophouse
Jazzbah
Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Jazz Brunch featuring Michael Anthony 11a-2p, FREE Keller Hall
Villa-Lobos 125 Chamber Festival 4p, $15 KlezmerQuerque
Klezmer music & dance featuring Guests Artists 10a-5:30p, $15-$20 Launchpad
Matthew Good and Emily Greene 8p, $15 Mine Shaft Tavern
Gene Corbin AMERICANA 3-7p, FREE O’Niell’s (Nob Hill)
The Railroad Reunion Bluegrass Band BLUEGRASS 4-7p, FREE Sol Santa Fe
Cathy Faber’s Swingin’ Country Band CD Release Party 7p, $10 St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Paid My Dues Blues 6-9p, FREE Sunday Chatter (formerly Church of Beethoven)
Serenata of Santa Fe, Soiree with Dancers 10a, $5-$15
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Blackbird Karaoke 9p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
Cowgirl Karaoke with Michele 9p, FREE Launchpad
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Groove the Dig with Old School John Mod FREAKBEAT/GARAGE 9p, FREE
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Tiki Tuesdays featuring Rob A Lou 8p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
Pollo Frito and the Hillstompers 8p, $5 Imbibe
Mardi Gras with DJ Twisted Audio 9p, FREE Launchpad
Dezert Banditz Prezentz Mic Club: NM Hip-Hop Competition, The Flood, Kron Jeremy 9p, $10
Body Language 9p, FREE Vinyl & Verses featuring UHF B-Boy Crew HIP HOP 8p, FREE Corrales Brewery Bistro
Spankey Lee 6-9p, FREE Cowgirl BBQ
Brent Berry & Josh Martin AFRO COASTAL/AMERICANA 9p, FREE Jazzbah
Tony Rio and the Atomic Spies 8-11p, FREE
Low Spirits
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Fat Tuesday with Concepto Tambor, Reviva, Lost Lingo, Da Bruddah Project 8p, TBA
Bat Wings for Lab Rats, Jam Stain, Wasteland Inkorporated, Arch Rivals 9p, $4 Marcello’s Chophouse
Molly’s
Larry Friedman 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Triple X 5:30-9:30p, FREE
Molly’s
Monte Vista Fire Station
Stingrays 5:30-9:30p, FREE
Felix y los Gatos 9p, FREE
O’Niell’s (Nob Hill)
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Frank Chewiwie LATIN/JAZZ 9p, FREE
Qbar Bat VARIETY/INTERACTIVE 9p, FREE
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Scalo II Bar
Joe Daddy & Hoodoo Jeff’s Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party with Lost Tribes Horn Section & Jungle Percussion SWAMP BLUES 8p, FREE
St. Clair Winery & Bistro
Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase ft. Albuquerque Boys Choir 8:30p, FREE Salley Townes Duo 6-9p, FREE
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yle Zimmerman has undertaken a photographic journey into a world of surreal dreamscapes, exploring a mysterious world outside of her studio portraits. These new pieces are currently on display at Mariposa Gallery through the end of the month, and include 45 works of varying colors, figures and places. The colors are lush, the figures hauntingly beautiful and the compositions are a magnificent escape from reality. During a recent interview for Local iQ, Zimmerman explained her creative vision for How EXHIBIT to Love: How to Love Local iQ: What made you decide to take on these photographic THROUGH FEB. 29 explorations? Hours: 11a-6p, Mon.-Sat., Kyle Zimmerman: Perfect word! Noon-5p, Sun., through I started photographing and February experimenting with strange abstract Mariposa Gallery objects around my house, and 3500 Central SE, 505.268.6828 mariposa-gallery.com gradually put these miscellaneous kylezimmermanphotography.com images together. It was so fun to be challenged and inspired by delving into my own mind. iQ: How does this solo group of photographs differ from your portrait work? KZ: So much of my daily work is trying to reflect my clients and the people that sit with me, to reflect their beauty, and I want them to feel it and see it. It’s very psychological: how I see them, how they see me, how we see
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each other. For this creative endeavor, I had to completely rely on my own opinion, which can be difficult. iQ: What was the process for these collages? KZ: I have spent thousands of hours with Photoshop, working on finding those nuances that make these digital images personal and unique, imbuing the photograph with the magic that film gives. I try to “do it wrong” and to push the boundaries because I love imperfection. With traditional photography, it is important to keep photographs sharp, clear and flawless, but I have been exploring how to push and tweak the pixilation, adjust the color filters then transform it into sepia, shoot into the sun then mess it all up. I have a certain toolbox to bring the magic into digital photography. Every texture and aspect is from my own personal library of images. I have created or inherited all of my photographs. iQ: What symbol stands out the most in your work? KZ: The through-line is flowers. Flowers are beautiful symbols of an expressed life force. The neat thing about flowers is you get to see them from seedling to death. Plant the seed, and see nothing. Then it maybe will sprout and bud, or maybe it will never be seen, but when they are open, they are glorious for a moment. I can see every journey of a flower, and I am so in love with dried petals and flowers. They are beautiful. These flowers are microcosms of our life, which is painfully beautiful. iQ: What inspires you to create? KZ: A large part of my life has been empowered and affected by dream work, by which I literally mean working on dreams, journaling, discussing, remembering, using them in art work, bringing them into photographs and bringing these dreams into actual life. As in life, so in dreams; as in dreams, so in life. It is very much how I live. Also, helping people see their own beauty and be real, even for a moment, is incredibly rewarding. This is success. iQ: What is your definition of love? KZ: How to love is the question of my life. Love is my main pursuit, and my journey on this earth is to love as deeply and authentically as possible, and to express this with myself and everyone around me. iQ: What’s next? KZ: I am working on a website called justkeepshooting.com which will contain tutorials necessary for anyone to become a photographer, but will especially be available for non-profit organizations and families. It is a kind of empowerment to photograph the world, and as one person learns to use a camera, they can then teach others and this knowledge can spread exponentially, like the roots of a flower. Spread the love! For her latest exhibit, How To Love, local photographer Kyle Zimmerman takes a break from portraiture to focus on collage. Two of the 45 works on display at Mariposa Gallery through the end of February, include “From the Ground Up” (above) and “Windows to My World” (left).
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How To Love A lush journey through the surreal emotional landscape of photographer Kyle Zimmerman. 5-8p, FREE MARIPOSA GALLERY 3500 CENTRAL SE, 505.268.6828
mariposa-gallery.com THROUGH FEB. 23: EXHIBITION
The Raven Art and Poetry Exhibition A tribute to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous narrative poem, 18 local artists were selected to interpret one of its stanzas. 10a-8p, Mon.-Thu.; 10a-5p, Fri. & Sat., FREE LOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY 755 LOMA COLORADO NE, 505.891.5013 EXT. 3039
THROUGH MAR. 15: PERFORMANCE
Time Stands Still Donald Margulies’ Tony-award nominated play sets a quartet of characters into motion. 7p, $10-$30 THE CELL, 700 1ST NW, 505.768.9412
liveatthecell.com THROUGH FEB. 19: PERFORMANCE
Oedipus Oedipus is THE Greek tragedy. It’s also one of the earliest examples of the human preoccupation with juicy dysfunction, and the struggle between willpower and fate. 8p, Thu.-Sat.; 2p, Sun., $10-$20 THE FILLING STATION 1024 4TH SW, 505.797.7081
dukecityrep.com THROUGH FEB. 19: EXHIBITION
Untitled XII: Photographs from the Lost Years and Waterproofs Features images from The Lost Years and Waterproofs, two recently published portfolios and highlights the work of 10 artists 12-4p, Mon.-Fri., FREE THE BOND HOUSE MUSEUM 706 BOND, 505.500.7126
untitledxii.com/exhibition THROUGH MAR. 1: EXHIBITION
Quilts of the Southwest The newest hand-stitched and designed quilts by Mary Ezell. Many designs include appliqué work. 11a5p, FREE COWGIRL RED 2865 TURQUOISE TRAIL, 505.474.0344
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Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible - Calligraphy Demonstrations As part of the new exhibition, calligraphers will demonstrate a wide variety of book crafts. 10a-12p
Charismatic Megafauna Etchings by Ray Maseman, whose colorful and quirky etchings feature anachronistic modes of travel and incongruous characters. 5-8p, Fr.; 10a-
& 1-3p, Sat., $6-$9 NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM 725 CAMINO LEJO, 505.476.1141
6p, Wed.-Sun.; 10a-4p, Tue., FREE NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP 3812 CENTRAL SE, 505.268.8952
newgroundsgallery.com
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THROUGH MAR. 31: PERFORMANCE
Red Red is the color of love and passion in the Western world, of good luck and fortune in Asia and of royalty in the Old World. This exhibition of paintings and some ceramic celebrates the beauty and intensity of this amazing color.
Family Can Be Murder When Alex and Toby show up to spend the holidays with their father, they find that his new wife may be maneuvering to make herself the sole heir to their father’s fortune. 7:30p, $55 (includes dinner and show) FOUL PLAY CAFE, SHERATON UPTOWN, 2600 LOUISIANA NE, 505.377.9593
foulplaycafe.com THROUGH MAY 4: EXHIBITION
Lines and Cultures: A Cartographic Excursion into New Mexico Statehood New Mexico celebrates the 100th anniversary as a state with an extraordinary exhibition of historic maps. These maps are representative of the periods of the Spanish Entrada, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the New Mexico Constitutional Convention and the modern era. 9a5p, Mon.-Fri., FREE GOVERNOR’S GALLERY IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING 490 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL, 505.476.5058
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The Soul of Mexico II: Landscape of Pyramids 7p, FREE BANK OF AMERICA AT NHCC 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4777
albuquerque.cervantes.es THROUGH MAR. 17: EXHIBITION
Winter Offerings William R. Talbot will host a superb offering of 20th century regionalist and modernist art. 9:30a-5:30p, Mon.-Sat., FREE WILLIAM R. TABLOT FINE ART 129 W. SAN FRANCISCO (2ND FLOOR), 505.982.1559
williamtalbot.com THROUGH APR. 29: RECEPTION
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Creating an Artist’s Life Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a Sqelix’u (Salish) member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, describes the journey from her birth place to Montana and her first mail order art course to her first solo exhibition in New York City. 6p, $5 SCOTTISH RITE CENTER 463 PASEO DE PERALTA, 505.946.1039
5-8p, Fri.; 9a-6p, Wed.-Sun.; 10a-4p, Tue., FREE MATRIX FINE ART 3812 CENTRAL AVE SE SUITE 100 A, 505.268.8952
matrixfineart.com THROUGH MAR. 30: EXHIBITION
The Dog Pound Presentation by Director Manuel Nieto followed by a Q&A. 7p, FREE BANK OF AMERICA AT NHCC 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4777
albuquerque.cervantes.es
SMALL ENGINE GALLERY 1413 4TH SW, 505.908.5526
Joe West & The Santa Fe Revue St. Valentine’s Day Affair An intimate journey into the wild, sexy, romantic side of Joe West’s music, presented as a variety show featuring his longtime backing band plus special guests. 8p, $15-$20
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1-4p, Sat. & Sun., FREE
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OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE 210 YALE SE, 505.232.9868
THROUGH FEB. 29: RECEPTION
UNM ART MUSEUM 1909 LAS LOMAS NW, 505.277.4001
THROUGH FEB. 25: PERFORMANCE
ampconcerts.org
The Show A whip-smart short form improv group. 9p, $8
PERFORMANCE
The Beauty of Winter Black and white photographs of snow and ice patterns and winter scenes by Steven Donahue. 3-5p, FREE CENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY 314 ADAMS SE, 505.463.9367
THROUGH MAR. 31: RECEPTION
100 Northern New Mexico Gallery Artists A group show. 3-5p, FREE JOHNSONS OF MADRID GALLERY 2834 HIGHWAY 14, 505.471.1054
saturdaysatjohnsons.blogspot.com THROUGH MAR. 31: RECEPTION
Mel Johnson More acrylic paintings in his studio/gallery. 3-5p, FREE
The Fate of a Cockroach The King of the cockroaches devises a plan to win his war against the ants while a human, Adil, finds the persistence of a cockroach trying to climb out of a bathtub inspiring. 8p, Fri.; 7p, Sat.;
outpostspace.org THROUGH FEB. 25: PERFORMANCE
Embrace Impressionist painter, Mark Horst, paints the human body with his own unique brush stroke and color palette. 10a-6p, Mon.-Fri.; 10a-5p, Sat.; 11a-3p, Sun., FREE SUMNER & DENE 517 CENTRAL NW, 505.842.1400
sumnerdene.com THROUGH FEB. 29: EXHIBITION
In the Mind’s Eye - Juried Photography Show Over 100 Images were evaluated independently by three professional photographers, and scored based on impact, creativity and technique. The top 30 scoring images will be on display. 5-8p, FREE ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY - PLAZA DON LUIS 303 ROMERO NW, 505.244.9195
abqphotographersgallery.com THROUGH FEB. 28: EXHIBITION
Charnel Ground: Where Do These Bones Come From? Mixed media drawings and paintings by Juliana Coles. 6-9p, FREE THIRD STREET ARTS 711 3RD SW, 505.341.2246
meandpete.com Tsuzureori Sculpture and jewelry by Aki Takemoto. 5-8p, FREE
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The Cripple of Inishmaan Marty Epstein directs this dark comedy, which is the first play in the Aran Islands Trilogy by playwright Martin McDonagh. 7:30p, Fri. &
2-5:30p, Mon.-Fri., FREE INPOST ARTSPACE AT THE OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE 210 YALE SE, 505.268.0044
THROUGH MAR. 1: EXHIBITION
zanebennettgallery.com
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Hiroshi Sugimoto This show provides a focused overview of five of Mr. Sugimoto’s best-known projects which emphasize the characteristics of time, light, space, movement, and form - the very nature of reality itself. 5-7p, Fri.; 10a-4p, Tue.-Fri.;
JOHNSONS OF MADRID GALLERY 2834 HIGHWAY 14, 505.471.1054
THROUGH FEB. 17: RECEPTION
ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART 435 SOUTH GUADALUPE, 505.982.8111
THROUGH MAY 27: RECEPTION
Damned If You Doom Todd Ryan White and Jack Wesley Schneider transform the Small Engine space with an installation featuring sculpture, illustration, and various media. 6p-12a, FREE
Free Sea-Monkeys!: A Pop Cultural Odyssey Paintings by Jenny Berry. Quirky, culturally subversive work has recently been featured on Saturday Night Live and in the upcoming Three Stooges movie. 5-8p, Fri.;
okmuseum.org West Coast Artists An exhibit celebrating the significance of the L.A. art scene from post-World War II through the ‘70s. Artists included are John Baldessari, Judy Chicago and more. 5-7p, FREE
THROUGH FEB. 29: RECEPTION
PALETTE CONTEMPORARY ART AND CRAFT 7400 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.855.7777
palettecontemporary.com THROUGH FEB. 25: EXHIBITION
First Friday Preview Artists Reception A solo show with painter Eason Eige. 5-8p, Fri.; 10:30a-5:30p, Tue.Fri.; 11a-5:30p, Sun., FREE WEYRICH GALLERY 2935 D LOUISIANA NE, 505.883.7410
weyrichgallery.com
saturdaysatjohnsons.blogspot.com
unmartmuseum.unm.edu THROUGH FEB. 12: PERFORMANCE
Fear Of Falling Aerial dance and theater on climbing wall, aerial fabric, swings and a triple trapeze. Journey through human emotions from the isolation of grief to the highs and lows of love as expressed in a series of aerial tangos. 8-10p, $8-$12 AIRDANCE ARTSPACE 3030 ISLETA SW, 505.842.9418
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Sat.; 2p, Sun., $10-$15 THE VORTEX THEATRE 2004 1/2 CENTRAL SE, 505.247.8600
THE BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE 100 GOLD SW SUITE 112B, 505.404.1578
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OUTSpoken Queer Poetry and Open-Mic Cathy Arellano will share her work full of fierce truth as well as some spirit warming lesbian love poems from her book, I Love My Women, Sometimes They Love Me. 6-9p, FREE WINNING COFFEE CO. 111 HARVARD SE, 505.266.0000
Diego Amador Trio Piano and lead singer Diego Amador, together with Israel Varela on drums and Julian Heredia on bass, offer a creative, unique fusion of traditional flamenco rhythm and melodic jazz in their elegant presentation of bulerias, jaleos and soleas. 7p, $20-$60 NHCC, 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4771
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6p, Sun., $8-$12 SOUTHWEST RURAL THEATRE PROJECT 5800 KATHRYN SE, 505.717.4494
swrtp.org THROUGH FEB. 19: PERFORMANCE
The Dining Room The award-winning comedy of manners features more than 50 characters in 18 overlapping vignettes. It explores the evolution of the upper-middle-class family, and revolves around the same set of antique dining room furniture. 6:30p, Fri. & Sat.; 2p, Sun., $12-$35 EAST MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THEATRE AT THE VISTA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER 15 LA MADERA, 505.286.1950
emct.org THROUGH FEB. 26: PERFORMANCE
The Price The Tony Award nominated “Best Play” of 1968 by the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright of “Death of a Salesman” promises to be a highlight of the Albuquerque theatre season. 8p, Fri. & Sat.; 2p, Sun., $12-$16 AUX DOG THEATRE NOB HILL 3011 MONTE VISTA NE, 505.254.7716
auxdog.com RECEPTION/EXHIBITION
Shaking Myth - Marc McCamey Abstract expressionist work explores the sources of action painting as a response to the existential interface of self and world. This process involves shaking the myths and meanings which are uncovered in the creative act. 5-8p, FREE EXHIBIT 208 208 BROADWAY SE, 505.450.6884
exhibit208.com THROUGH JUL.: RECEPTION
Reconsidering the Photographic Masterpiece The sweeping exhibition presents works chosen from the museum’s permanent collection that encompass the history of photography from 1843 to 2011. 5-7p, FREE UNM ART MUSEUM 1909 LAS LOMAS NW, 505.277.4001
unmartmuseum.unm.edu
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5 Submerging afety in numbers; art before Alzheimer’s.” This tongueOPENING RECEPTION: in-cheek motto comes from 5p, Sat., Feb. 18 a group of five professional artists La Tienda Exhibit Space over the age of 60 who joined together 7 Caliente Road, Santa Fe, to create a show that is mature and 505.428.0024 refined. 5 Submerging opposes the FREE notion that only emerging young artists theexhibitspace.com can bring vitality and imagination to the art world. In fact, these pieces look at the world through knowledgeable and wise eyes, attempting to make sense of life through experiences and years of practicing art rather than simply throwing out any wild attempt at “new” art. Thayer Carter, Andrew Davis, Geraldine Fiskus, Dee Homans and J. Barry Zeiger unite to exhibit a wide variety of art methods, exploring what it means “to devote one’s life to going deeper and deeper.” This show promises to enrich and enlighten the soul by offering a perspective that can only come with age. —Chloë Winegar-Garrett
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rish theater is complex,” Frank Melcori, co-organizer of the Southwest Irish Theater Festival, told Local iQ in a recent interview, “so we are hoping to enlighten and entertain New Mexicans with a taste of that variety and depth.” Melcori, who spent many years in Ireland, has teamed with Alan Hudson to set forth an eclectic Celtic view of life with the festival, which will feature five plays at five Albuquerque venues over two months. Hudson, an Ireland-born actor and retired Southwest Irish UNM linguistics professor, added that the Theater Festival plays are all Irish-authored works, “utilizing Feb. 10-Apr. 15 five different casts and directors, with some Various venues runs overlapping. They range from comedies $12-$18 to very serious dramas.” abqtheatre.org The plays and venues are: The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh at the Vortex Theatre, Feb. 10 to Mar. 4; Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones at Aux Dog Theatre, Mar. 9-25; The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, produced by Mother Road Theater at The Filling Station, Mar. 9-Apr. 1; Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr at the Desert Rose Playhouse, Mar. 16-Apr. 8; and Is Life Worth Living? by Lennox Robinson at The Adobe Theater, Mar. 23-Apr. 15. —Bill Nevins
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Ed Chavez (left) and Micah Linford in Stones in His Pockets.
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etty Sabo’s oil paintings captured the beauty of New Mexico’s landscapes like no other artist of her time. Throughout her life and career, the celebrated Albuquerque artist toured the state sketching its many streams, adobes, pueblos and Spanish churches, always returning home to translate them, via oil, to Betty Sabo: An canvas. Sabo was notorious for donating her Artful Life valuable works to worthy organizations, and BY STEVE PALMISANO yet painting and her later work as a sculptor Screening: ultimately played small roles in her legacy. 5p, Sat., Feb. 11 An Artful Life is an hour-long documentary KASA Fox 2 focusing on Sabo’s life as a mother, artist, bettysabo.com community activist and fundraiser. It is a kasa.com sincere, heartfelt look at the life of a local cultural icon that lived a generous life. For example, Sabo co-founded the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, and also created the Albuquerque Museum Foundation’s still popular Miniatures show. Attentively produced by Albuquerque filmmaker Steve Palmisano, An Artful Life ultimately captures the essence of a woman/ artist who had a major impact on Albuquerque’s greater cultural landscape. —Mike English
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Ride Easy A memorial reading and musical event, featuring poems and songs written by the late poet Kell Robertson and performed by a number of local poets and Robertson’s daughter. 7p, FREE
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MINE SHAFT TAVERN 2846 NEW MEXICO 14, 505.473.0143
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PLACITAS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 6 MILES EAST OF I-25 ON NM 165, 505.867.8080
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placitasarts.org
The One Night Stanleys The five members of The One Night Stanleys win their laughs, and they do it through improv teamwork. 8p, $8 THE BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE 100 GOLD SW SUITE 112B, 505.404.1578
theboxabq.com RECEPTION/EXHIBITION
The Thunderbird Bar The Thunderbird Bar burned down in the ‘70s, but lives in the images remaining. 2-4p, FREE PLACITAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY 453 HIGHWAY 175, 505.867.3355
placitaslibrary.com
Celebrate The Placitas Series 25th Anniversary The Placitas Artists Series will present the art of Marjie Bassler, Ilena Grayson, Katherine Irish Henry and Karl & Mary Hofmann. 2p, $15-$20
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All About Aquatint! Learn all about aquatint in this one day workshop! This workshop is open to all, but it is recommended that students take the “introduction to Line Etching” class first. 10a-5p, $95 NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP 3812 CENTRAL SE SUITE 100 A & B, 505.268.8952
newgroundsgallery.com FAIR/FESTIVAL
Local Love Bazaar Find the unusual, inspired and endlessly desired at the Local Love Bazaar. Choose from a selection of hand crafted gifts for both women and men. Lovingly crafted by local artisans. 1-4p, FREE 5321 ACOMA SE, 505.554.7062
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Rio Rancho Art Association Monthly Membership Meeting The RRAA’s mission is the cultural and educational enrichment of the community and surrounding areas by providing opportunities for artists and the public to collectively participate in fine art events and programs. 8:30p, FREE
Six Pack O’ Pastels Features six local pastel artists with new and recent pastel paintings. The artists include Lyle Brown, Marilyn Drake, and more. 5-8:30p, FREE
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Windows The month’s featured artists is Caroline C. Blaker who maintains three bodies of artwork in Oil, Latex, and Twitterscapes. 5-8:30p, FREE
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Acting Together on the World Stage The SFAI is kicking off 2012 with a film screening and panel discussion by folks involved with Theater Without Borders. The documentary is about people who use theater as a tool for conflict resolution and peacebuilding in some of the most conflict torn areas of the world. 6p, $5-$10 TIPTON HALL, SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE 1600 SAINT MICHAELS, 505.424.5050
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FRAMING CONCEPTS GALLERY 5809-B JUAN TABO NE, 505.294.3246
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HIGH DESERT ART & FRAME 12611 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.265.4066
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Tsuzureori The exhibit features artist, Aki Takemoto. Her jewelry pieces are considered to be mini-representations of her sculpture. 5-8:30p, FREE PALETTE CONTEMPORARY ART & CRAFT, 7400 MONTGOMERY NE SUITE-22, 505.855.7777
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The Roy Rogers Series Featured this month is painter, Eason Eige, whose subject is the massive cactus in front of the church in Old Town. 5-8:30p, FREE WEYRICH GALLERY, 2935-D LOUISIANA NE, 505.883.7410
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The Drowsy Chaperone The narrator quickly brings the audience into the particulars of his world; a place where a treasured record of a classic musical comedy can transform his room into a stage right before the audience’s eyes, can stop and start the action at his whim and can lay the foundation for a hysterical tale of a day in his life.
Damned If You Doom Todd Ryan White and Jack Wesley Schneider transform the Small Engine space with an installation featuring sculpture, illustration, and various media. Featuring music by As In We. 6p-12a, $5
8p, Fri. & Sat.; 2p, Sun., $13-$15
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Beautiful Bodies This show is a juicy, jazzy party with a bottomless punch bowl of wit. 8p, Fri. & Sat.; 2p, Sun., $10-$12 DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE 6921 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.881.0503
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Introduction to Gravure Using Akua Kolor intaglio inks and photopolymer plates, students will learn to create rich and detailed images either from photographs or from drawings as a substitute for lithography. 10a-5p, $190
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NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP 3812 CENTRAL SE, 505.268.8952
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CARNAVAL The NHCC continues its annual celebration of CARNAVAL with a colorful evening of music and dance featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. 8p, $5-$25
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NHCC 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4771
THEATRE X 1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, 802.779.5301
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The Vagina Monologues Come witness the award-winning play written by Eve Ensler. The play is an organized response against violence towards women. All proceeds go to charity. 7p Sat.; 2p, Sun., $8-$12
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nother slow Le Quattro Volte and hazy film DIRECTED BY MICHELANGELO FRAMMARTINO loved by critics Thu.-Sun., Feb. 16-19 and ignored by 6, 8p, Thu.-Sat.; 1, 3p audiences, Le Sun. Quattro Volte is a Southwest Film Center beautifully shot, UNM Student Union, mostly silent film 505.277.5608 which can be hard swfc.unm.edu to digest. The kinolorber.com story is said to be based on a quote from the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, who said “each of us has four distinct lives within our one life, and thus must meet each other four times” (a concept that also relates to the four seasons and four elements). The movie follows the soul of a recently deceased goat herder on his “new” journey. Meditative and serene.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation show a much different side of Iranian culture than most Americans are familiar with — the human side. Starring Simin Leila Hatami as Simin (left) and Peyman Moadi as Nader (right), the film, which opens in theaters on Mar. 17, has a gripping narrative that led film reviewer Roger Ebert to proclaim it “the best picture of the year.”
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ith a budget of a mere $800,000, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has created an improbable and amazing film which allows us to see something few in the West have witnessed: the personal lives of an Iranian couple, not encumbered by politics and with very little religion. Most films from his country that make it to U.S. screens are often about conflict of the religious and/or REVIEW political variety. A Separation, which is about the marital separation of a A Separation couple who have one daughter, takes DIRECTED BY ASGHAR us into the hearts and minds of the FARHADI characters to show us that we all have Opens Feb. 17 the same human qualities. Call theater for show times The opening scene has the couple, CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Nader and his wife Simin, looking 505.982.1338 into the camera and explaining their Century 14 Downtown plight, making the situation feel like a 100 Central SW, 505.243.9555 plea for clemency from both of them DeVargas 6 to us. What they are actually doing is 562 N. Guadalupe, Santa Fe, 505.988.1110 talking to a somewhat overwhelmed sonyclassics.com/aseparation magistrate, who is attempting to resolve their marital dilemma. Simin wants to leave Iran with the couple’s daughter, 10-year-old Termeh, to continue her education abroad. Nader has refused to allow this, since he wants to keep the family together. Under different circumstances, the situation would be more easily resolved — if not for Nader’s father, stricken with Alzheimer’s, who Nader takes care of on a daily basis. An agreement is not really worked out, but Simin moves out with Termeh (a very balanced and smart young woman herself), leaving
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Nader to figure out a way to continue his work while taking care of his ailing father. Somewhat out of desperation, he hires Razieh to care for his dad. Razieh, who initially declines the job because it is a 2 1/2 hour commute one way (and to compound that, she has a young daughter who will have to accompany her as well), changes her mind at the last minute and takes the job. She is not pleased with the money Nader offers, but being somewhat inflexible, he refuses to change the offer. Razieh has a set of her own problems, one of which is her unbalanced husband, who was recently arrested because of financial issues. She is also very religious, and Nader is distraught to find out that his father is occasionally incontinent and needs to be assisted in the bathroom. To her relief, after calling an imam (a worship leader), Razieh learns that what she needs to do is not a sin. The situation never works from day one. Simin has moved in with her parents, who are unsure of how to handle what is going on. Razieh can’t make up her mind about the job, and her husband, unemployable and with a bad temper, makes things even more difficult. And it turns out that Razieh is also pregnant. Things finally come to a head when Nader has had enough of Razieh and forces her to leave his house. She is “injured,” and from that point on, it becomes an intriguing case of who is right or wrong, who is lying and telling the truth and who will come out unscathed. The Iranian legal system, of course, is very different than ours, and all four parties plead their cases and tell their stories to the same magistrate, a somewhat dispassionate man, but one whose judgment and trial skills seem very balanced. The film is a marvel at sharing and inducing emotion, while at the same time not picking sides or becoming maudlin. Most of the filming takes place in the apartment of Simin and Nader or the magistrate’s chambers, adding a sometimes chilly, claustrophobic feel to the picture, one that helps set the tone and pace and makes the two-hour running time of this outstanding film zip along. A Separation has won a number of awards already, and is an Oscar finalist for “Best Foreign Language Film” this year, and rightfully so.
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tiny new entry New Mexico into the everFilm Festival growing number 11a-6p, Fri., Feb. 10 of New Mexico UNM Valencia film festivals, the Campus appropriately 280 La Entrada, Los named New Mexico Lunas Film Festival is Arts and Science starting slowly, Building, Room 101, taking place on 505.925.8601 one day on the nmcentennial.org UNM Valencia Campus. Made up mostly of short films, but also screening Bad Posture, the schedule includes a new documentary about filmmaking in New Mexico, appropriately titled Made in New Mexico (see story on Page 4). There will be a total of seven films screened, all curated and presented by UNM faculty member and Local iQ contributor Bill Nevins. Ann Lerner of the City of Albuquerque Film Office will give opening remarks at noon.
PLANET WAVES ARIES (MAR. 20-APR. 19) Where is your feminine side hiding, and do you like her? She’s guiding you to be, and feel, and do, so much of what you associate with as being unlike you. Yet, the you whom she is supposedly so unlike seems to be going deeper into the subtler aspects of your nature. You’re looking for something in yourself, yet your search has an indirect quality, as if you’re trying to create something by a process of reduction. A more direct approach would work — including tuning into your senses, and considering what your dreams are telling you. What you may discover is that you’re really on a search for your focused power of logic, will and discernment. These are tools you need, and tools you may have misplaced. The role of the feminine side of your nature will be to guide you in their proper use; to provide a basis of ethics, and grounding in purpose. TAURUS (APR. 19-MAY 20) Do you have the guts to be the person you want the world to think you are? Or perhaps, the person you want to be? Projecting an image is relatively simple. Finding the truth of who you are can be complex and challenging. It takes less courage to create an image than it does to seek within yourself and identify the truth of what you are trying to weave for the world to see. Now is the time to dare and take that inner quest. It’s not neat or tidy; for example, the other side of appearing sexy is the truth of desire. The other side of external beauty is the psychological struggle associated with doubt. Concentrated exploration often precedes inspiration, and we often have to reckon with the inwardly violent aspects of our nature in order to experience the gentler ones. Embrace those contrasts as a sign of authentic exploration; as evidence that there is substance behind your image. GEMINI (MAY 20-JUN. 21) Neptune joins Chiron on the angle of your solar chart associated with achievement and reputation. For most people this would be challenging, because Neptune is difficult to grasp. But you’ve always had Pisces on this angle, and Neptune and Pisces are good friends. Chiron is on this angle as well, and Neptune and Chiron function well; you can think of Neptune as the paint and the idea, and Chiron as the discipline and refined talent that will help you express what you want. There is a catch. Some of the most amazing energy is focused in an aspect of life that you may not normally feel ambitious about. Perhaps it occurs to you that you may create something special or leave your mark on the world, do you? Now you have two compelling, longterm influences in this house. To accomplish anything, you will need to work diligently over a number of years. You will need to respect your own ideas. You must be the example of ethics. CANCER (JUN. 21-JUL. 22) There is a difference between the mental sciences — reason, rationality and authentic intellectual creativity — and spiritual exploration. The two rarely work independently of one another. We all know this. Intellect without some inspiration will put an insomniac to sleep. Inspiration and love without grounding in cohesive thought can lead to huge struggles and misunderstandings. You may feel some inclination to experience these two elements of life as separate “things.” Yet, since both are products or results of consciousness, they point to something deeper. What is that something? We’ve all heard the expression, “I think, therefore, I am” — though often without realizing how brilliant it is. We could add, “I feel connection, I experience beauty, I sense something larger than myself — therefore, I am alive.” Yet, what is back there, deep in you, doing all this thinking and experiencing
By Eric Francis • planetwaves. net and feeling and noticing? It all points back to something, and that something is trying to get your attention. LEO (JUL. 22-AUG. 23) You are grappling with a question about how others perceive you. You may think that you’ve misled someone into thinking you are who you are not. Or, you may feel like someone sees something in you that you’re not sure exists. Turn that around; imagine that the truth of who you are is transparent, and that the people closest to you are not only capable of seeing you for who you are, they want to do so. What you have is an opportunity for an unusually intimate and revealing exchange, which may or may not be sexual; you will know which way to take things, and that question — considered so urgent and pressing most of the time — will have little of its usual weight or urgency. You have available one of those rare moments when intimacy is the true source of energy, which leads to many possible expressions. The “lesson” is how being yourself is the most fruitful way to live, and the easiest, and the one most likely to lead to peace of mind. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP. 22) Neptune embarking on its journey across your relationship sign Pisces is an invitation to see the potential in your encounters with people. You can afford to be more idealistic than usual because Chiron is already there, keeping an eye on practical matters, focusing your awareness and making sure that the endeavor of every relationship is oriented on healing. With Neptune, the thing to embrace is the fleeting nature of reality, as perceived by the ego. In truth, what you’re getting are glimpses beyond the veil of normal consciousness, and examples of how to get there more dependably. The question of your relationships now orients on you being true to yourself first, which is the prerequisite to being true. Ask why this is an issue at all. Most of why we are so obsessed with denial is because of moral judgments on pleasure. In the current structure of society, pleasure is acceptable only as an escape from pain. Yet that won’t get you through the door — you know, the opening you want to go. LIBRA (SEP. 22-OCT. 23) You may be feeling like you’ve gone out to the edge, though with an unusual feeling. It’s like you’re having a dream of walking along a walkway higher than you’re used to being, yet you’re not scared. If this were a dream, the meaning would come from the experience of the altitude but also from the feeling of not having any of the usual fear of altitude that you might have. If you tune in you may discover that most of your fears are operating in reverse. The things that might normally make you nervous are making you bolder. You know you live on the edge of time, but you’re not concerned about time running out. This is a healthy way to approach fears and perceived limitations — as things that might be there but which don’t particularly bother you. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 22) Many have noted the difference between the sexual experience we have in a fantasy and the one we have in reality. What happens in actual 3-D reality is different than what happens in fantasy because more than your intent is involved, and there can be physical effects, influences or consequences of the actions taken — much less likely in the imagination. That said, most people don’t bother to try their fantasies, and then on the rare occasion when they might, there can be a setup for disappointment if it does not live up. This is one reason why I suggest trying every fantasy at least three times. Once is not enough to get the feeling; things can go wrong, and you or someone else might be nervous. Everything
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takes practice and acclimation. I mention this because Neptune in Pisces is about to stoke your fantasies big-time, and Chiron in Pisces is saying that this comes down to experience — real experience based on real curiosity. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 22) The concept of “home” has become elusive, as people become increasingly transient, as the family structure changes and as home — the building itself — has become the subject of a vast political and economic scandal. As well, the notion of what it means to feel “safe” on the planet has changed radically. The things my friends and I used to do as kids, unsupervised, would get some parents arrested today, while others neglect their children with bald, outrageous impunity. All of these questions are potential topics of Neptune ingressing the home and security angle of your solar chart. The question is deeper and more personal: what do you need to do in order to feel like you’re safe on the planet, or in your home? You may come up with a list of possibilities and I bet many of them would be valid. But I can sum it up in two words: emotional boundaries. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 20) There seems to be unusual potential opening up in your relationships. This is based on two things. One involves your finding your way to people whose values are similar to your own — similar enough to have a real conversation. The second is the gradual dissolving of the formerly strict partition between “lovers” and “friends.” There is a third factor, which is that you’ve experienced just about every insecurity about yourself that a person is capable of feeling, and you’re now ready to stand on more solid spiritual ground. Ideally, this combination of factors would lead you to make braver, bolder choices. It would lead you out of your shell and make you willing to approach other people on potentially equal terms. There seems to be something holding you back. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 19) The prevailing theme at this juncture of your life is seeing the consequences of living unconsciously. It seems like every day you discover something new that you have to address, but that would have been prevented — had you only been more conscious at some other time. One thing about the cleanup process is that you will be able to take some large strides, if you devote yourself to it, and proceed with a spirit of growth rather than of fixing. That said, you could become something of an expert in consequences, in general — of conscious or unconscious life; of being loving or unloving; of having faith, or not. For the foreseeable future, the essence of your life story is about self-value and self-esteem. I believe that all of these themes are directly related. Feeling good about oneself is not an illusion or a flight of fancy. It can be solidly grounded in truth, and this seems to be your most important mission. PISCES (FEB. 19-MAR. 20) Many people live and thrive on illusions; look at how many people are addicted to artificial sweeteners, and don’t mind the seizure/ brain tumor thing. You can handle Neptune energy, because you’ve already got a lot of it in your chart. You may find that you have a lot more potential, and a lot more access to your deepest strengths, virtues and creativity. Yet the challenge is persisting in a boldly realistic view of life. Put up with nothing. Demand absolute authenticity, from yourself and from others. Being boldly realistic includes the wellestablished role of visionaries on our planet, no matter how large or small of a scale you work with that concept. Accurate perception balances realism and optimism, neither at the expense of the other. If you remember this, and practice it, you can do, or experience, anything you want.
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Clarifying Meditative Work - A Fresh Look A workshop for people from any meditation tradition. Explore directly what meditative work is and how it sheds light on the concerns of people’s lives. 2-3:45p & 5p, $2
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Exercise Smart with Osteoporosis George Fraser will give Part I of his talk at the Osteoporosis Foundation’s Educational Presentation. Attendees must RSVP to the Center. 1:30-3p, $1 MANZANO MESA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER 501 ELIZABETH SE, 505.275.8731
The Art of Storytelling Join for a program of magical connections through storytelling, while learning how to create your own personal story. Led by Marcia Davis. 9:30-11:30a, FREE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 JOHNSON, 505.946.1039
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Southwest Dharma Celebration A special opportunity to improve health and increase happiness by receiving the blessings of Medicine Buddha. See website for schedule and cost. CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL 1901 UNIVERSITY NE, 505.292.5293
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Fruit Trees: Pruning, Selection and Planting As part of the Backyard Farming Series, students will learn correct techniques for pruning, what fruit trees thrive best locally, when to plant and proper planting guidelines. 9a-12:30p, FREE GUTIERREZ-HUBBELL HOUSE 6029 ISLETA, 505.314.0398
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New Mexico Statehood Personalities - 1912 Multiple speakers, will present biographical sketches of influential people important to New Mexico statehood. 2-4p, FREE DELAVY HOUSE 151 EDMOND,505.890.5583
Love-a-Bun In honor of Valentine’s Day, Tullivers Natural Pet Food and New Mexico House Rabbit Society are teaming up for their annual Love-aBun adoption event. 12-4p, FREE TULLIVERS NATURAL PET FOOD 7900 CARMEL NE, 505.435.9916
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C4C Brunch A brunch to raise money for Concerts4Cures, a non-profit organization focused on fighting cancer. Music by The Duover and Kimo. 12-3p, FREE
Massage Techniques for Couples Learn massage techniques to share at home with loved ones. Taught by a certified massage therapist and Self Serve Sexuality Educator, Laurel. 5-9p, FREE
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE 509 CENTRAL, 505.238.5921
SELF SERVE SEXUALITY RESOURCE CENTER, 3904B CENTRAL SE, 505.265.2815
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Pet Loss Group A group supporting those who have lost or anticipate the loss of an animal companion. 6-7p, $20 VCA VETERINARY CARE ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND REFERRAL CENTER 9901 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.265.3087
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Care for the Caregiver Retreats These retreats offer a wonderful opportunity for caregivers to receive support and to recharge. Caregivers of family members age 60 and over who live in Bernalillo country attend free of charge. Please RSVP. 9:30a-3:30p, FREE ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 318 SILVER SW, 505.842.8206
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Let’s Get Cooking with the Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant Gary West, owner of Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant, will be talking about the art of smoked barbeque. He will also have samples of his awesome Smoked Carne Adovada and Barbeque Chopped Beef Brisket. Learn cooking tips, taste samples, and have a great time! Tickets required to attend. 6:307:30p, FREE LOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY AUDITORIUM, 755 LOMA COLORADO NE, 505.891.5013 EXT. 3033
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First Annual Ambercare Golf Tournament The golf tournament will raise funds for individuals who need care and attention but insurance, Medicaid or Medicare programs are not an option. 12p SIERRA DEL RIO GOLF COURSE AT TURTLEBACK MOUNTAIN RESORT 101 CLUBHOUSE, 575.894.1828
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End of an Era - The History of the Space Shuttle Noted author and space shuttle historian, Ted Spitzmiller will give a presentation on the development of the shuttle. 11a, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, 505.891.5012 EXT. 3
Historic Forts Day Discover forts along the ancient Camino Real. Event will include living history re-enactments including bullet-making, black powder demonstration, treadle sewing, open fire cooking and more. 11a-4p, FREE EL CAMINO REAL INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE CENTER 300 E. COUNTY, 575.854.3600
elcaminoreal.org Food For Thought: Eating Well On A Budget with Sesame Street This new workshop, designed by Sesame Street to help communicate with families facing limited food choices. Must call to register. 10a-12p, FREE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL 1100 CENTRAL SE, 505.277.4087
Family Movie In this amusing comedy based on a classic children’s book, a driven businessman inherits six penguins that turn his swanky New York apartment into a winter wonderland and his whole life upside-down. 1p, FREE
Volunteer Bereavement Facilitator Training The Children’s Grief Center of NM is seeking volunteers to facilitate free grief support groups for children ages 5-25 and their adult caregivers. 8a-5p, $45
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Use It, Lose It or Save It - The Science of Renewable Energy Storage A talk led by Dr. Albert Migliori of Los Alamos National Laboratory. 6-8p, FREE MUSUEM EDUCATION ANNEX 123 GRANT, 505.946.1039
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Hypnosis Certification Training Attend an intro to a Professional Hypnosis Certification Weekend. Facilitated by Bob Morrison, DCH.
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Pet Loss Group A group supporting those who have lost or anticipate the loss of an animal companion. 10-11a, $20 ANIMAL HUMANE NEW MEXICO 615 VIRGINIA SE, 505.265.3087
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Manuel Lopez presents Spanish Buffalo Hunters (Los Ciboleros) Historian Manuel Lopez will relate wondrous tales of Los Ciboleros, the Spanish buffalo hunters of the 1700s and early 1800s, and their hunting methods, weapons and adventures. 2-4p, $5 THE DELAVY HOUSE 161 EDMOND, 505.792.4851