Issue 155 - April 19th - May 2nd, 2012 by Local iQ Magazine

CATEGORY

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | APRIL 19-MAY 2, 2012

PLACES TO BE

La Montanita Co-op 3500 Central SE, 505.265.4631

Fine Arts building of ExpoNM 300 San Pedro NE, 505.265.3976

$15 adobetheatre.org

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COMEDY 6th Annual Southwest Funnyfest 7:30p, Sat., Apr. 21 KiMo Theatre 423 Central NW, 505.768.3522

$20-$30 southwestfunnyfest.com

eed a night to laugh? Then the Southwest Funnyfest is a perfect opportunity to forget all of life’s trouble for an evening. With four of the nation’s top female comedians, the Southwest Funnyfest lineup for this year is particularly impressive. Dana Goldberg is a New Mexico native, but has been headlining festivals around the country, sharing the stage with people such as President Obama and Lady Gaga. Jessica Kirson has appeared on many television shows, including Last Comic Standing and other productions on NBC. Shawn Pelofsky has opened for talents such as Margaret Cho and Bill Maher and has traveled the world to entertain. Fortune Feimster is a full-time writer and performer on the E! channel and performs consistently in Hollywood. If laughter is the best medicine, then this evening will deﬁnitely be a curative night. —CW

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here’s hardly a better way to spend Earth Day than soaking up the April sun at Nob Hill’s La Montanita Co-op. The Co-op is once again bringing together the community to celebrate the season and educate attendees on sustainability and other environmental issues. The celebration will take over Silver Street behind the Co-op and will feature a wide range of vendors, from local farmers (always ready to teach about the current growing season) to artists to experts in alternative energy and environmental issues. There will also be live music provided by some Duke City favorites like Le Chat Lunatique and Squash Blossom Boys. Oh, and of course there will be plenty of the Co-op’s notoriously fresh, fantastic food. The not-to-bemissed festival offers a perfect, fun way to pay respect to Mother Earth. —JD

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The Adobe Theatre 9813 4th NW, 505.898.9222

CONCERT Asper Kourt 7p, Fri., Apr. 27 Apple Store ABQ Uptown 2240 Q Street NE, 505.837.6480

FREE asperkourt.com

ne of the great things about Apple is the way its products have integrated music into daily life for many of us. Whether it is through iPods, Macbooks, iPhones or just the commercials for their products, music is more accessible than ever. Now we’re getting even closer to it with the in-store concert series Apple will host all summer, starting this month with Asper Kourt. The quintet is easily one of Albuquerque’s most loveable bands. The music is a refreshingly clean style of indie-pop rock that has won them battle-of-the-bands honors from UNM as well as playing gigs on the regular Albuquerque circuit at venues ranging from Launchpad to Q Bar. Catching Asper Kourt will be the best way to kick off the concert season in Albuquerque, with warm weather and fresh tunes in Uptown. —JD

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | APRIL 19-MAY 2, 2012

esperate times call for desperate measures, especially during a time like the Great Depression in a Western town struck by drought. The Rainmaker is a play about a pivotal time in the life of Lizzie Curry, a housekeeper for her father and two brothers on a cattle ranch. The start of story shows her returning from a trip to her cousins’ farm with the expectation that she would find a suitable man to marry and save the family from financial woes. The trip was unsuccessful, and their lives seem to somehow become worse as time passes. A ray of light appears in the shape of a man named Starbuck who is charismatic and self-assured. He promises to bring rain in exchange for $100, and Lizzie begins to see herself in a new way after this moment. The Rainmaker is a glimpse into the life of an unfortunate family that finds hope. —CW

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5:30-8p, Fri., Apr. 20

The Rainmaker 8p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p, Sun.; Apr. 27May 20

22nd Annual Celebrate Earth Fest 10a-6p, Sun., Apr. 22

OPENING RECEPTION:

ore than 100 photographic artists from all over New Mexico were selected to hang their works in this juried, womenonly exhibit. “It seemed important to create this show where women could showcase not only their technical photography skills, but also have a place to express a level of emotional content,” said exhibitor and Annual New Mexico Photographic Art (ANMPA) committee member Amy Parish. “The Facelift,” Parish’s self-portrait printed on metal substrate, is featured on the show’s invitation. Brainchild of the ANMPA show’s founder, LeRoy Perea, InSight is an openconcept show and works range from Southwest-themed shots to edgier material like Parish’s WWII green rubber mask. The photos will be for sale and visitors are given the opportunity to win an unframed print from a selected assortment of images in a daily drawing. The show is open to the public 10a-5p, Apr. 21-29. —CO

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InSight: Women’s Photography Exhibit

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where to go and what to do: April 19 to May 2

PERFORMANCE Weird Al Yankovic 7:30p, Monday, Apr. 30 Kiva Auditorium 401 2nd NW, 505.768.4575

$25-$50 albuquerquecc.com

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eird Al” Yankovic fans have to wonder if he’ll perform “Albuquerque,” the last song off the Running with Scissors album. At 11 minutes and 22 seconds, it’s the longest song Yankovic has ever released on any of his official studio albums. The track is mostly a spoken word narration about winning a one-way ticket to Albuquerque, as well as his passionate distaste for sauerkraut. Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter and music producer known for humorous, satirical songs that make light of popular culture and parody specific songs by other musicians. Last summer, Yankovic completed his 13th studio album — his first release in nearly five years — titled Alpocalypse. Since his first comedy song aired in 1976, he’s sold more than 12 million albums, recorded more than 150 parody and original songs and performed at more than 1,000 live shows. —KS

MARQUEE

First nations’ ﬁesta Annual pow wow at The Pit, the 29th Annual Gathering of Nations, draws enormous crowds to Albuquerque for a celebration of all things Native American BY CHLOË WINEGAR-GARRETT

ith each new spring there is a certain sensation that fills the air, one that suggests rejuvenation and energy and a chance to rejoice in life. Perhaps it is the flowers blooming or the warmer weather, but it also may have to do with the Gathering of Nations celebration, which has brought people together for the past 29 years. This enormous pow wow joins people from all over the world for a wide variety of dancing, singing, food and crafts. Everyone is invited, with or without an understanding Gathering of of or Nations background in Thu.-Fri., Apr. 26-28 the traditions The Pit of Native 1414 University SE, dance. Just like 505.836.2810 the flowers $14-$17 blooming and gatheringofnations.com bringing life after winter, so does Gathering of Nations rejoice in the past and the future. Begun as a club activity at the University of New Mexico, founder and director Derek Mathews and his family realized that there was no singular event where Native cultures converged to celebrate tradition and the future. In an interview with Local iQ, he recalled how it originally began: “There were a lot of people involved with pow wows, but these groups did not work together very often,” he said. “My family wanted to bring all tribes together at a general location to sing and dance.” Enthusiasm for something like this was clear from the beginning, and in the very first year an astounding 600 dancers performed. Hard to believe, but this was a small start, with the number of dancers increasing to roughly 3,000 performers expected this year. Absolutely everyone is invited to attend, no matter how old or whatever background

they come from. Mathews said the age requirements for participants and audiences can be “zero to over 70 years old.” One reason this event has been successful for so long is Mathews’ desire to move with the times by exploring contemporary creative options rather than the strictly traditional route. He has teamed up with Stage 49, a production company that organizes setup, scheduling and keeps the weekend as fluid as possible. This partnership has helped move the stage part of the pow wow into a more contemporary feel. With such a huge rise in modern Native American music in recent years, Stage 49 is set up to create the most professional production possible. Melissa Sanchez of Emergence Productions helps aid with scheduling, music talent and marketing. She described to Local iQ the music aspect: “It’s a really exciting time for all music, with musicians from New Zealand to the Arctic Circle paying for their own travel to be a part of this event,” she said. “The music branches through every genre, with traditional Native qualities coming through with lyrics or instruments.” Lucas Nelson and the Promise of the Real will be on stage Friday evening. Mathews was flattered that “Lucas Nelson, son of Willie Nelson, came to us and asked to perform for a full 90-minute slot, which will be really good for those who come out and get to watch it.” Besides dancing and singing, a huge number of food vendors will be serving Southwestern and Native cuisine. The focus is on local restaurants — no corporate vendors will be represented. Along with the food, booth vendors will sell homemade jewelry and crafts, all with the finest handiwork and craftsmanship. Regardless of interests, age, gender or culture, Gathering of Nations is a perfect opportunity to celebrate the warmer months ahead and all that life has to offer.

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More than 3,000 performers are expected for Albuquerque’s 29th annual Gathering of Nations, the biggest pow wow in North America. While Native American dancing and singing is the main focus of the event, food and craft vendors and stage shows featuring performers like Debbie (left) and Jakey Skye of Skye Family Dance Group And Flutist (jakeyskye.istemp.com).

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | APRIL 19-MAY 2, 2012

PROFILE

Poetic populist ABQ poet Hakim Bellamy is named City’s ﬁrst-ever poet laureate Be boys? B-Girls be present Past and future Dance up a revolution of record proportions Wrecking rotations

determination to serve his colleagues and community by doing all he can to raise the profile of poetry in the city over the next two years. — Hakim Bellamy, “Forty-Fives” “I’m a poet in the service of Albuquerque now,” Bellamy said in a recent interview with BY MIKE ENGLISH Local iQ. oet laureates. Old white men. Robert Most would say he’s been that ever since Frost in a snowy field. Starched suits he arrived in town. Bellamy, who works a and ties. Women wordsmiths in day job as the strategic communications tailored dresses, clutching podiums. director for the Media Literacy Project Albuquerque’s new poet laureate breaks that at Albuquerque Academy, is a two-time mold — shatters it, really, national champion in the then dances on the pieces. poetry slam scene, and helped lead the Albuquerque Hakim Bellamy, 33, Albuquerque Slam team to a national Philadelphia native and New title in 2005. He regularly Mexico resident since 2005, Poet works with children and was recently selected to Laureate adults by conducting poetry represent the Duke City as its workshops and presentations HAKIM BELLAMY first-ever official poet laureate. at schools and community hakimbe.com Bellamy’s two-year tenure abqpoetlaureate.org organizations. started April 14. You’re just as likely to see It’s a development that lands Bellamy in front of a group Albuquerque in league of South Valley fourth graders, or promoting with cities like Boston, San Francisco and the work of a community-focused nonprofit even Santa Fe — all municipalities that via social media, as you are to see him recognize the cultural significance of poetry on stage performing his own poetry. It’s by naming a poet laureate. And it’s a title an impressive combination: a dynamic, Bellamy accepts with humility, as well as the engaging performer and wordsmith who

cares deeply for his adopted hometown and works for the well-being of others who live here. “I love Hakim,” said Don McIver, longtime Albuquerque poet and member of the organizing committee for the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program, the organization that chose Bellamy as poet laureate. “I find Hakim engaging, warm, willing to speak with conviction, yet diplomatic.” What’s more, McIver said, Bellamy is a talented spinner of verses. “As a poet, he’s keenly in tune with rhythm and how the flow of the poem can help/hinder an audience’s interpretation of it,” McIver said. “As a performer, he’s got a great stage presence, is at ease and open.” Bellamy said he got his literary, artistic and performance skills from an upbringing of “artistic militancy” provided by his parents Edward and Carlease, who pushed him to attend everything from tap and flute lessons to performances of The Nutcracker. The family’s collection of records (Gil Scott Heron, Sly and the Family Stone) and books opened a world of rhymes, sounds and ideas. His first forays into word-craft were rhymes over beat tapes that he and friends shared back and forth. “That gave us a love for writing, a passion for language and voice,” he said. Then he saw Def Poetry Jam on HBO, and there were “these cats making it big time doing exactly what I do.” Bellamy’s path began to take shape. When a girlfriend pushed him on stage one night to read his poetry at a Philadelphia event, the response from the audience was immediately positive. While he resisted the compliments, “At that point, I was like, maybe I could be a poet,” Bellamy said. The girlfriend moved to Albuquerque, and he followed. Bellamy showed up at an

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“Being the populist I am, I want more people in the game,” said Hakim Bellamy of how he plans to approach his two-year stint as Albuquerque’s ﬁrst-ever poet laureate.

Albuquerque Slam event at the Golden West Saloon one night in 2005, competed and won. Soon he was a key member of an Albuquerque Slam team that would win a national title. His path was set. Now when Bellamy shows up at events around town, what he often hears is, “You’re the poet dude.” It’s a label he embraces, but as poet laureate, he wants to stimulate a discussion and raise the proﬁle of poetry in Albuquerque. That’s his primary goal. “I want to challenge notions about what poetry is and what a poet is,” Bellamy said. “Being the populist I am, I want more people in the game.”

RETAIL

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SQUARE ROOT SALON 800 3rd NE, 505.508.3274 squarerootsalon.com

THE SPECIALTY SHOP IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE that has nearly everything to offer when it comes to making food delicious as well as beautiful. The shop’s newest additions are the Bling cake toppers that have been ﬂying off of the shelves. These edible, crystallized decorations can adorn any cake. Bakers can create designs or use these decorations to spell out words in an elegant manner. This Bling comes in colors of silver or gold. As the largest cake, candy and wedding supply store in the Southwest, you are likely to leave with a few rolls of Bling and a basket full of goodies.

13.95/GOLD

11.95/SILVER

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THE SPECIALTY SHOP 5823 Lomas NE, 505.266.1212

INCREASE THE CUTENESSFACTOR IN YOUR BATHROOM with these adorable toothbrush holders. Made of lightweight plastic, these delightful little garden helpers adhered to mirror, tile, glass and smooth surfaces via two suction cups in the back. To use, just gently pull the toothbrush forward, and when you are done, just place the brush back and the wings close. Remove the suction cups and they become a travel case. Genius.

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THE A STORE 3500 Central SE 505.266.2222 theastore.com

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FOOD

PHOTOS BY WES NAMAN

Moules Frites (left) and Crab Cakes (right) are two of the signature dishes at Brasserie La Provence, where longtime Albuquerque chef Claus Hjortkjaer (center) has taken over and is adding a fresh touch to the restaurant’s French fare.

Rekindled cuisine A familiar chef favorite returns to the city to elevate the fare at Brasserie La Provence BY JUSTIN DE LA ROSA

f you had asked me a year ago to go to dinner at Brasserie La Provence, I probably would have only accompanied you for a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Something just wasn’t on point with the food. Last summer, however, things took a turn for the better. Chef Claus Hjortkjaer has taken the wheel in the kitchen at La Provence and turned around the once lackluster cuisine. Hjortkjaer is no stranger to the French dining scene in Albuquerque. He was co-owner and executive chef at the nowdemised Le Café Miche, which was once regarded as the best French restaurant in New Mexico by a Zagat survey. Though it was heartbreaking to see Le Café Miche go, it is heartwarming to see him back in the industry at one of the most well-known French eateries in New Mexico. As it goes with any restaurant, a major change in staff like this will take a little time to work out the kinks, so I decided to wait a while before giving La Provence another shot. My dining partner and I stopped in on a Thursday night in the early days of April. Though it was patio weather, we opted to sit in the dining room for our meal. We were warmly received at the entrance by Hjortkjaer’s wife, Linda, who seated us in the small-but-cozy dining room. The décor of the restaurant isn’t exactly the greatest. It feels a little ‘90s, as it is a carpeted room with blue and white walls and low lighting. However, the close quarters did remind me of several cafes and restaurants I went to in Paris last summer. We took some time to carefully look over the dinner and wine

Brasserie La Provence Lunch: Mon.-Fri., 11a-3p Dinner: Sun.-Thu., 5-9p; Fri.-Sat., 5-10p Brunch: Sun. 10:30a-2:30p 3001 Central NE, 505.254.7644

menus, and it seemed that our server took more time than we. It was understandable, though — there was not an empty seat in the house. After about seven minutes of waiting, Linda noticed the lack of a beverage or bread on our table and was kind enough to treat us to two glasses of rose cremant, which we gladly accepted. Shortly thereafter, our server greeted us and kindly took our wine and appetizer order. We chose the Crab Cakes ($10) and paired them with glasses of Chateau Briot Sauvignon Blanc ($10/glass). The crab cakes came as an order of two, served atop a bed of mixed greens tossed in Dijon mustard vinaigrette with a garnish of tomatoes and lemons. The cakes were light and perfectly moist. Unlike most crab cakes I’ve had, they were not overbearingly rich. They paired nicely with our wine choice and did not linger heavily on my palate.

Moving on to the entrée was a tough decision, but we decided to go with two French classics — Moules Frites ($18) and Boeuf Bourguignon ($17). Both dishes were a delight. laprovencenobhill.com The mussels were flawlessly steamed in white wine with garlic and thyme — simple, yet sensational. Each mussel was perfectly tender and not a single one was chewy, as I’ve experienced with mussels before. I wanted to love the truffle pommes frites, but they were over-salted, making it hard to eat more than just a few. The boeuf bourguignon was some of the best I’ve had. Chef Claus did it right on this particular evening. The beef was immaculately braised in burgundy wine and beef broth, making each bite a succulent surprise. The sauce didn’t have that overwhelming red wine flavor to it that often happens with this dish. There was a nice balance of mushrooms, beef, pearl onions and mashed potatoes to be found with each spoonful. I found it hard to put down my spoon towards the end, but I simply could not finish the whole bowl. Overall, my dining partner and I enjoyed the experience at Brasserie La Provence. We still agreed that the ambiance and decor could use a makeover, but I’m glad they started with the food on this one. A toast to Chef Claus and the staff of La Provence for rekindling my love for New Mexico’s French cuisine.

NEW RESTAURANT

Brazilian street food meets NM Native fare at Jamon’s Fry Bread Cabana Street food is all the rage. However, the style and feel of street food can still be pulled off in a brick and mortar establishment, as James Trujillo is demonstrating at Jamon’s Frybread Cabana, located just west of the Rio Grande on Central. The name suggests Native American food, but

the fare is a fusion of frybread, Indian tacos and Brazilian churrascos. This reﬂects Trujillo’s time in South America and feeding himself in little money. Luckily, the same low prices accompany the traditional, succulent Brazilian menu at Jamon’s, well worth your bottom dollar.

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FOOD

Spicy Latin ceviche delivers delightful seafood ﬂavors

hen bars specializing in ceviche start springing up, as they have in New York City, you know that this intriguing seafood dish has reached the zenith of popularity. Ceviche is, of course, fish or other seafood that is marinated in citrus juices and other ingredients so that it is “cooked” without heat. Whoa, you say, isn’t ceviche just a fancy way to make sushi or sashimi? How can you cook without heat? No, ceviche is not raw seafood. Let me explain using the example of fish, which consists mostly of protein fibers that resemble coiled springs. When heat is applied, starting at about 130 F, the bonds holding these fibers in place begin to relax — a process called “denaturing” — and then the protein fibers straighten out and link together (coagulation). The fish is thus cooked. However, this process can be caused by more that just heat. Air drying, a very old culinary practice, has the same effect, and so does acidity. So the citric acid in limes, lemons, grapefruit and oranges has precisely the same effect on the protein in fish and other seafood that heat does. One major difference, however, is that citric acid will not kill any parasites in the fish like heat will. Fortunately, most fish are parasite-free, as any sushi chef will tell you. So the rule of thumb is: if you are comfortable eating sushi or sashimi, go ahead and try ceviche. If you are not, don’t. When in doubt, freeze the fish for three days. This will kill the parasites, making the defrosted fish safe to be eaten raw or in ceviche. Both the origin of the word ceviche and the dish itself are unknown. However, we have some hints. Since all citrus fruits are Asian in origin, they were introduced into the Americas by Europeans, so the dish is post-Conquest. The Incas were known to eat raw fish marinated in chichi, a beer made from corn, so it is possible that after the Spanish introduced limes, they were substituted. There is much debate about where ceviche originated, with most sources narrowing the location down to either Peru or Ecuador. The people of both countries catch and eat a lot of seafood, but because of the Incan connection, it seems to me that Peru would be a logical choice. Not that it makes much difference where the birthplace was. According to Linda Stradley, the author of What’s Cooking America, “The preparation and consumption of ceviche is practically a religion in parts of Mexico, Central and South America, and it seems as though there are as many varieties of ceviche as people who eat it.” Virtually any seafood can be made into ceviche, including white fish (salmon and other dark fish don’t work that well), shrimp, clams, lobster and conch and squid (tenderized first). The chiles used are those native to the different regions that specialize in ceviche. In South America, the ajís and rocotos are used, while in Mexico the chiles of choice are jalapeños and serranos. However, virtually any chile can be used in any ceviche. Other vegetables and spices are also combined with the seafood, citrus juice and chiles, including oregano, salt, tomatoes, onions, garlic and more. In Ecuador, the juice that stays in the plate after eating the ceviche is called “tiger’s mik.” It is said to be good for hangovers, and it is perfectly acceptable to lift the plate to your mouth to

toasted corn, or cancha, that is served over Peruvian ceviches. This ceviche is a quick one, if you use precooked, frozen mini-shrimp. Serve the ceviche on a bed of Bibb lettuce, garnished with black olives, sliced hard boiled egg, feta cheese, a slice of cooked corn on the cob and maybe some crusty bread for a very appetizing luncheon or light dinner. Note: This recipe requires advance preparation. drink it. Some people even mix it with vodka to make a ceviche cocktail. Wait, before you protest, think of clam juice in a bloody mary!

Ingredients

2 lb. Frozen cooked shrimp

Peruvian Seafood Ceviche This particular ceviche is spicy because the addition of a fair amount of crushed ajís or whatever dried chiles you have available. The use of corn and sweet potatoes signal this dish as being very typically Peruvian. Serve it as an entree for lunch or dinner on those hot and sweltering days of summer. Note: This recipe requires advance preparation.

Ingredients

1 medium Red onion, sliced very thin 1 to 2 Tbsp. Ají chiles, chopped fresh, or substitute yellow wax hot or jalapeño 2 Tbsp. Cilantro, chopped 3 medium Tomatoes, ﬁnely chopped 3 Tbsp. White wine vinegar 3/4 cup Fresh lemon juice

3/4 cup Fresh lime juice 1/2 cup Olive oil, high quality 1/2 tsp. Salt Lettuce 2-1/2 cups Freshly popped popcorn Method Pour the frozen shrimp into a colander and run cold water over them for a minute or two. Drain the shrimp thoroughly and then place them on paper towels to drain off the excess. Place the shrimp in a non-reactive bowl (such as Pyrex), add the remaining ingredients (except the lettuce and popcorn), mix lightly and marinate the mixture in the refrigerator for two to four hours. To serve: drain the ceviche in a colander and serve on individual plates on beds of shredded lettuce, garnished with the warm popcorn. Yield: 4 to 5 servings Heat Scale: Mild

3/4 cup Fresh lime juice 3/4 cup Fresh lemon juice 3 dried Ají chiles, seeds and stems removed, crushed in a mortar, or substitute 2 New Mexican chiles (mild) or 6 piquins (hot) 1 clove Garlic, minced 1 Large red onion, sliced paper thin 1 tsp. Salt 1/4 tsp. freshly ground Black pepper 1/2 lb. White fish fillets, such as catfish, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 lb. Cleaned shellfish (clams, oysters, or mussels or a mix) 1 tsp. Paprika (optional) 1 Tbsp. fresh Parsley, chopped, Italian preferred 3 Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch-thick slices 3 ears Fresh corn, cleaned and cut into 2-inch-thick slices 4 Bibb lettuce leaves Method Combine all ingredients except the potatoes, corn and lettuce a large ceramic bowl, mix well, cover tightly and refrigerate for three to five hours. If the citrus juice doesn’t cover the fish, add more. Just before serving, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and drop in the sweet potatoes and boil for 10 minutes. Then, add the rounds of corn to the pot and boil for another 10 minutes. Drain the vegetables thoroughly. Drain the fish in a colander to remove the marinade and arrange the fish on the lettuce on four dinner plates. Garnish with the sweet potatoes and the rounds of corn. Yield: 4 servings Heat Scale: Medium

Ceviche de Camarones (Ecuadorian Marinated Shrimp) This recipe comes from Loretta Salazar, who lived in Ecuador while attending school. The popcorn served on top of the ceviche is an American approximation, probably of the LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | APRIL 19-MAY 2, 2012

DRINK

y friend Adrienne Miller, who happens to be a mind-blowing bartender, is always talking about beer cocktails. This is something I ﬁnd profoundly amusing, since she doesn’t drink beer. But the combination of malt and mixology is all the rage, and is a marvelous way to spruce up your average brew. Beer can round out and soften the harsher notes in liquor without watering it down with bubbly staples such as club soda or tonic. Experiment yourself and toss a few high-proof ingredients into your favorite beer. For this beer cocktail, I play on the honey and citrus ﬂavors of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey and matched them with the pale ale produced by New Mexico’s oldest brewery.

A Not So Pale Ale

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Ingredients:

In a mixing glass, combine whiskey, honey and lemon juice. Top with ice and shake. Strain into a beer glass rimmed with spiced sugar. To create the sugar, simply place sugar and your desired spices (I used cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice) in a coffee or spice grinder and buzz. Top with beer and enjoy!

1.5 oz. Michael Collins Irish Whiskey .5 oz. Aperol .5 oz. Honey .5 oz Fresh lemon juice .5 oz. Fresh orange juice Santa Fe Brewing Company Pale Ale Cardamom Spiced Sugar Rim

Katy Gerwin is the bar manager at Imbibe, 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.

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DRINK

IPA alternatives ratchet down the hop factor

lbuquerque and a large portion of the western U.S. have been hop crazy since the craft beer explosion of recent decades. This is completely understandable, with the nine major hop varietals found and created in the U.S., primarily in the Northwest. IPAs have been at the forefront of this hop-love. In fact, the first “grown-up” beer I had was an IPA, and my first local beer was Chama River’s Jackalope IPA. I also have to admit that I am getting a little burnt out on classic American IPAs. They’re good and we have local superstars (drum roll, please, for arguably the big three: Il Vicino’s Wet Mountain, Marble IPA and La Cumbre’s Elevated IPA, Gold Medal winner at Denver’s 2011 Great American Beer Festival), but there are other ways to get your hops besides American IPAs. One of my favorite alternatives is Black IPA (or Cascadian Darks). There is a rather large controversy in the brewing community as to which coast “invented” the style, but it first appeared in the mid-1990s, and thus is a relatively young beer. And it has been within the past few years that the American Brewers Association has nailed it down to an official style. Despite the color — dark as the name implies — hop bitterness is the primary flavor of a Black IPA, but there are also degrees of caramel malt characteristics as well as roasted malt aroma. One other characteristic that I enjoy about this beer is the fact that with the hops being cut by the malt, you can enjoy the floral nature of the hop ... well, hop flower, since hops are essentially the bloom of a vining plant. The floral nature of Black IPA is exquisitely demonstrated by the rose nose and flavor in Albuquerque Brew Pub’s rendition. But if floral is not what you really want in a beer, and you want more IPA in your Black IPA, Stone’s 15th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA, made in San Diego, should satisfy. Rye IPAs, or occasionally “Rye-P-A” (get it?), is another suitably hoppy IPA substitute. As the name suggests, rye is the added ingredient to the general hops, yeast, etc. of IPAs. These beers generally aim to be less hoppy, so that the sour and spicy characteristics of the rye itself come through. But hops are still definitely there.

Sierra Nevada Brewing, a rather hop-heavy brewing company in Chico, Calif., recently released its Ruthless Rye IPA. The Ruthless blends the spice of rye with several favorite hops of northwest brewers: Citra, Chinook and Bravo. A little less hoppy and kind of skirting this category would be Turtle Mountain’s Red Rye. Yes, I know it’s not an IPA, but I like the brilliance of the use of rye and the potency of the magnum hops. It’s deﬁnitely worth the trip to Rio Rancho. If I can skirt in the Rye Red, I’m sure I can throw in British IPA as another substitute. The original IPA is very different from the IPAs brewed in the U.S. While U.S. beer makers utilize nine or so hop varietals, British brewers use only three (Fuggles, Golding and Bullion hops), and those three generally don’t show up too much in the U.S. British IPAs, like Fullers IPA (my ﬁrst grownup beer), are different enough to be an alternative to the hop bombs most of us are used to. This style of IPA was, according to myth, brewed for the export market to Britons living and working in India. In order to keep the beer from going bad on the long journey, it had to be of high alcohol content and highly hopped, because hops are an astringent and therefore a good preservative. The export beer became popular in the home country, and there we have the legend of British IPA. This is entirely legend, but fun nonetheless. There you have it: the three beer styles that have gotten me back on hops. Black IPAs, Rye IPAs and the legendary British IPAs. Call me an Anglophile, but I have a strong bias toward the latter. Sorry. Seth Hall is currently the head barman at the Albuquerque Press Club. He has also worked for and with several local breweries and brewers. In addition, he feels that beer may be one of the best ways to use his degree in history.

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ARTS

Santa Fe, with a rich history of art and premier performance spaces like The Lensic (pictured), has long served as a cultural cornerstone in New Mexico. Now, in an initiative called Imagined Futures, the organization Creative Santa Fe is working to deﬁne ways that Santa Fe can maximize its cultural richness into a steadily thriving local economy.

Creative future Creative Santa Fe embarks on lengthy study of ways that art and culture can stimulate the City Different’s economy BY JESSICA DEPIES

he future is bright, and for IF: Imagined Futures, Santa Fe’s newest initiative to advance the city’s economic and cultural interests, that couldn’t be truer. According to Creative Santa Fe’s description of the initiative, the nonprofit’s newest project will “explore the escalating significance and economic impact of culture — including science, art, architecture, food, design, music, film, and more …generating bold new ideas about the ways culture can inform and enhance the future of Santa Fe.” Basically, IF’s goals lay in the coalescence of the different forces that make a city successful. By building off of various cultural and economic influences, the initiative will, ideally, result in a wider Imagined discussion — and a wider scope — of solutions Futures to the issues modern cities face. Creative Santa Fe It’s similar to a process currently underway 314 Read Street, in Albuquerque, where the downtown arts & 505.989.9934 cultural district is studying ways to stimulate creativesantafe.org the development of downtown’s artistic and cultural atmosphere. For Cyndi Conn, Creative Santa Fe’s program director, and Clarke Hulse, executive director, IF means integrating topics with both what Hulse called “a big picture component and an action component” into a larger cultural community to provoke fresh dialogue. For example, Conn said, the first community event planned for the initiative, “Evolve or Die” — at 5p on May 12 in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium in Santa Fe — will bring in national and international experts on using art and culture to stimulate economic development in a community. “We are bringing in a team of experts who will assess community need and support for affordable workspace for artists and performers

in Santa Fe, and they will join with the international group for workshops,” Conn said. “These events will address key issues facing arts and culture in Santa Fe and New Mexico.” While Imagined Futures is one of many programs Creative Santa Fe has created, this may be its most encompassing yet. IF takes a simultaneously local and global perspective on the growing relevance of a city’s creative economy, ﬁrst by simply addressing the seemingly contradictory forces behind the phrase “creative economy.” While it is centered in Santa Fe, Creative Santa Fe is aware of the importance of a cultural relationship with Albuquerque. “Albuquerque and Santa Fe are in many ways complementary communities and we recognize opportunities to leverage the unique assets of each,” Hulse said. “Albuquerque and Santa Fe need each other in order for New Mexico to compete in a global economy.” So, while in the most literal sphere IF may be imagining Santa Fe’s future, it will ideally also shape the future of Duke City. In addition to events such as “Evolve or Die,” IF will include yearly conferences, the ﬁrst of which is planned to occur late next year. These conferences will “weave together the threads of the Santa Fe Series events in an international dialogue,” Conn said. As a cultural cornerstone of New Mexico, it makes sense that those within Santa Fe would be working to further integrate its creative atmosphere into Santa Fe’s economy — the city’s culture and economy are undeniably dependent on each other. But Santa Fe’s goals certainly aren’t unique to a single city. To Hulse, improving any city’s creative environment requires “build(ing) on your strengths. This means taking a hard look at your community to explore what sets it apart from other cities. Determine the exciting things about the city that might be overlooked or undervalued. There are incredible models of success throughout the world that can be implemented locally.”

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hough its outstanding restaurants and rich New Mexican culture are quintessential elements of the city, Santa Fe’s art community is what it is best known for. The Capitol City is home to some of the best artists in the world, and they are opening their studios and galleries to the Eldorado 2012 public for the most Studio Tour visually stimulating Exhibition: 11a-5p, weekend of the Wed.-Sat., Apr. 25season. Leading up May 18 to the Eldorado 2012 Gala Opening: 5-7p, Studio Tour will be Fri., May 18 a weekly exhibition starting on Apr. 25, Studio Tour: 10a-5p, taking us all the Sat.-Sun., May 19-20 La Tienda at Eldorado way through May, 7 Caliente Road when the state’s eldoradostudiotour.org largest tour of its kind commences. This year’s gallery tour will be showcasing 117 artists’ work throughout 69 studios in the Eldorado neighborhood of Santa Fe. The tour allows art lovers to meet the artists while viewing their works in their private home studios. Music will be provided by David Wescott Yard and keyboardist, Doug Frantz. —JD

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o amount of love can make up for bringing one’s children into the world and letting them starve.” While the world in general has made great strides regarding the wellness of life, there are some aspects that have remained the same for all of time. Fortunato will be performed at the new venue Teatro Paraguas. Fortunato The play was written 8p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p, a century ago by Sun., Apr. 27-May 12 brothers Joaquin Teatro Paraguas Studio and Serafin Alvarez3205 Calle Marie, Santa Quintero, who Fe, 505.424.1601 together had written $10-$12 over 200 different teatroparaguas.org dramas. The leading character Fortunato works incredibly hard to feed his family, yet the hunger becomes worse over time without any hope. His desperation leads to near-madness, but finds a level of transcendence with help of circus performer Amaranta the Triumphant. In honor of this social commentary, a benefit performance will be held for Bienvenidos, a Santa Fe food bank and help center Sun., Apr. 29, and all proceeds will be donated directly to this group. It is always vital to recall history to understand how to work toward a better humanity and pave the path for a more enlightened future. —CW

HOME

PHOTO BY WES NAMAN

Every home can beneﬁt from an energy audit, whether it’s a $300 to $600 professional audit or a DIY version. Either way, you will make money on the audit if you follow up on the suggested improvements in energy efﬁciency.

Maximize your home’s energy investment with an audit

s we head into warmer weather and start using the air conditioner, it’s a good time to talk about doing an energy audit on your house. I can describe the group which should be investing in an energy audit in four words: they own a house. No matter how old or how new the house, you will more than recoup all the money you invest in an energy audit. The return on investment may be anywhere from 150 percent to 200 percent, and if you invest $10 in energy efficiency for your home, it will be less than a year before you get the money back (and you’ll get the $10 back the next year and the next year and the next year ...). There are two types of energy audits — you can hire a professional, or you can do it yourself. The Mercedes (or Prius?) option is to hire a professional to do a home energy audit. This may cost $300 to $600, depending on the size of your house. The auditor will install a blower on your door that pressurizes your house and then find all the places where your hard-earned money is going to heat or cool the great outdoors. During winter or summer, when the contrast between indoor and outdoor temperatures are the greatest, an auditor may take digital thermal photos to record places where outside air is leaking in. They will investigate your appliances and check your heating and cooling equipment. They may give your house a HERS number, Home Energy Efficiency Standard. In the end, the audit company should hand you a list of to-do items, with an estimate of what each of those steps should save you. One inconvenient thing for homeowners is that after the energy audit, the homeowner will have to find a contractor to carry out the larger steps, like blown-in insulation in the attic. Professional energy auditors don’t do energy upgrades themselves, in order to avoid a conflict of interest. There is no doubt that if you take even a few of the actions on the list, you will recoup the cost of an energy audit. If you are a precise person who wants evidence of loss and an expert opinion, then the professional energy audit is for you, and the HERS rating is an independent

verification of your success. There are two additional advantages to the professional energy audit. First, it is difficult without thermal photographs to find unusual places where there is no insulation. It is pretty common to find insulation holes around light fixtures and electrical outlets, but in some houses, the insulation is missing from random spacings between two-by-fours, or missing from the top two feet of a wall due to an old roof leak. Second, the professional auditor has a good sense of how much utility bills are for houses of your age and type in Albuquerque. They can also help you make larger decisions about replacing windows or the heating and cooling system. At the other end is the do-it-yourself energy audit. The blunt truth is that your house isn’t very special — it probably has the energy efficiency problems every other house does. First, you should get two years of electric and heating (gas, propane) records, so that you can pat yourself on the back each month as the bill comes in lower. The DIY audit doesn’t distinguish between measuring and fixing, so I highly recommend you fix things as you find them. Any internet search for “DIY home energy audit” will turn up a long list of items. I’ll list my favorites in a future article. So, professional or DIY? A lot of research has been done on executive decision-making. The plain truth is that in most cases, researchers have found that which you choose doesn’t matter. What matters is that you make a decision, and follow through with it. Kristy Dyer is an analyst for renewable energy in New Mexico.

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Our GARDE NS,

ourselves story by TISH RESNIK

WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF WALLS AND FLOORS, AN OUTDOOR SPACE ALLOWS FOR EXPRESSION OF THE SELF

he diversity in the look of residential landscapes can be attributed to many things — environment, budget, natural resources and more. But has it ever occurred to you that your landscape may reﬂect one or more of your beliefs or philosophies? While many people don’t think about it, your gardening style is a huge factor in the type of landscape you create, and the landscape of your home is a reﬂection of your beliefs. Learning which type of gardener you are doesn’t need to be black and white. You may be a blend of many, or a choice of one. Who you are as a gardener can be every bit as unique as your personal beliefs and philosophies. If you don’t know your own gardener personality, the proof is often right in your yard. After reading the following gardener personalities, take a look outside your window. Which one describes you?

THE FAMILY FOCUSED: A house is not a home without an outdoor space that accommodates the family. A gardener who considers his or her family’s lifestyle while developing their landscape, will most likely design a space for various activities including play yards, dog yards and patios for family barbecues and parties. A family friendly landscape will integrate ideas to suit the individual needs and desires of family members. The overall objective is to make

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a comfortable outdoor living area. This landscape provides possibilities that can change as the family grows. THE HEALTH ENTHUSIAST: The gardener who has made a commitment to lead a healthy lifestyle is fully aware of the beneﬁts that come with working in the yard. The rewards are ongoing as the landscape develops and changes. Just the feeling of working the soil with your hands can release natural endorphins and reduce daily stress to create a relaxed feeling overall. Yard work has been proven to be great exercise, with calorie-burning results. The health enthusiast takes advantage of how many calories can be spent while planting, weeding and pruning. More rigorous yard work such as mowing and raking can improve cardiovascular ﬁtness and help lower high blood pressure. One word of advice to the hard working gardener: Take time to rest and enjoy the fruits of your labor. THE SPIRITUALIST: A spiritual person working in the garden understands the importance of having a bond with nature. The presence of divine energy in the garden is evident to those who appreciate the delicate and intricate relationship of all living things. Planning a garden with tranquil spaces enhances the opportunity for meditating with nature in its purest form. Outdoor rooms that are common in larger yards give the feeling of being in a space suitable for either reading, playing or leisure time. A spiritually enhanced garden can be a blend of different beliefs, creating an eclectic environment. It is evident that gardens used as a contemplative space increase both mental and physical energy. A spiritual gardener knows that a connection to the earth can provide a healing process that can encourage personal growth, not unlike gardening and tending to the spiritual side of the gardener. THE CONSERVATIONIST: The number of gardeners concerned about preserving natural resources has grown exponentially. The world’s population continues to increase, while natural resources continue to be depleted. The conservationist gardens with an awareness of these concerns and issues, using his or her landscape to convey how easy it is to have beauty in the yard. As the awareness to conserve water spreads throughout our world, gardening will continue to trend toward planting native plants. The conservationist knows which plants can survive New Mexico’s arid climate. He/ she also understands an important part of water conservation is rain harvesting.

This is a simple process that can provide many gallons of rainwater. The conservationist takes responsibility for their part in making the world a better place because they comprehend the positive impact that conserving has on our environment overall. They are also willing to make adjustments in the use of resources to fit into our ever changing world. THE HUMANITARIAN: The motivation for this gardener is enthusiasm and commitment to the community, paired with a love of gardening. The humanitarian’s involvement in planting sustainable crops may start at home and also reach out to share gardening skills with others in urban, suburban or rural settings. The establishment of community gardens is a trend that can be used to teach children about sustainability through planting and growing crops. Harvesting these crops can benefit food co-ops, families and the community as a whole The humanitarian gardener enjoys serving the community and volunteers to help it “grow” through neighborhood development and improvement. The rewards from this altruistic fashion of gardening can be very fulfilling. Harvesting takes on a whole new meaning in the community garden. WILDLIFE PRESERVATIONIST: A landscape that has been laid out to encourage wildlife to forage, nest and perch brings a tremendous amount of joy to gardeners whose intention is to use their property as a wildlife zone. There is a clear understanding that this commitment to serve wildlife will become a long-term relationship. The garden will develop over time as more wildlife begin to feel safe in this environment. Planted in this landscape is thickets, shrubs, trees and low-lying plants. There are plenty of places for wildlife to rest and nest because the gardener includes boulders and dry beds as part of the plan. Planting a variety of native plants will produce berries and fruits for winter food. The gardener also provides places for drinking and bathing. The decision to sustain nature’s creatures becomes a focal interest to this gardener. For example, the decline in the bee population is a great concern to many, and the preservationist is passionate about designing gardens that invite pollinators to visit. Native plants such as bee balm, cliff rose, penstemon and claret cups, to name a few, give many pollinators options when exploring the menu. These well-planned gardens encourage the hives to thrive!

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ALBuquerque garden Schedule frequently until germination. • Plan and begin to plant fall trees, shrubs and perennials. • Harvest time begins!

• Prune frost damage on roses and grapes, in preparation for spring growth. • Plant dahlia, canna, gladiolus and lily bulbs. • Plant strawberries, raspberries, currants, grapes, asparagus, potatoes, herbs and ornamental grasses. • Fertilize waning spring ﬂowering bulbs, and don’t remove green leaves until they turn brown. • Inspect and repair drip irrigation in garden. Replace clogged emitters. • Revitalize garden beds with compost.

Install rain barrels for the upcoming monsoons in June. This is also a good time to look into water rebates from the City of Albuquerque for water harvesting.

APRIL • Albuquerque’s average last frost is Apr. l8, and can arrive even later. Cover young plants if frost is predicted. • Plant fruit and shade trees, as well as shrubs. • If planting young tomatoes, consider protection such as walls-of-water.

SEPTEMBER

MAY • Plant warm-season vegetables like tomatoes, green chiles, eggplant and squash. • Add color by planting annual and perennial ﬂowers, both in the garden and in containers. • Plant roses and fertilize existing ones. • Plant warm season natives like vitex and desert willow. • Adjust irrigation systems to meet plant needs in hotter weather, but try to minimize water usage. • Deadhead ﬂower blooms now and throughout the summer.

JUNE • Install rain barrels for the upcoming monsoons, and look into water rebates from the City of Albuquerque for water harvesting. • Mulch plants to keep soil cool and conserve moisture, with heavy mulch around shrubs, especially newly planted ones. • Continue fruit tree disease and insect control. • Continue deadheading as needed.

JULY • Adjusting watering schedule in keeping with city ordinances.

In August, just as the harvest is near, plant cool season lettuce, radish, beets, turnips, carrots, broccoli, cauliﬂower and Brussels sprouts by mid-month, for late summer and fall harvest.

• Harvest veggies, roast green chile. • Plant trees, shrubs and perennials. Early fall is the best time for this. • Plant mums and pansies in a sunny area for fall color. • Plant spring ﬂowering bulbs, such as crocus, daffodils, hyacinth and tulips, and feed with bulb food. Divide and replant peonies. • Plant cool-season vegetables in cold frames for late fall and winter harvest. • Cut back on watering as the weather cools. • Continue to clean debris in garden and check for insects and weeds.

• Deep water established trees, shrubs, roses and ﬂowering plants at least twice a week. • Continue to mulch to conserve water and suppress weeds. • Plant green beans before mid-month. • Thin fruit or stake heavy fruit tree branches or fast growing plants before any breakage occurs.

AUGUST • Plant cool season lettuce, radish, beets, turnips, carrots, broccoli, cauliﬂower and Brussels sprouts by mid-month, for late summer and fall harvest. • Add young herb starts to the gaps in your herb perennial garden. • Continue weed control and deep watering. • Divide and replant iris. • Keep fruit and vegetables cleaned up to prevent future problems with insects and diseases. • Sow wild ﬂowers seeds and water

In September, plant spring ﬂowering bulbs, such as crocus, daffodils, hyacinth and tulips (pictured), and feed with bulb food.

OCTOBER • Harvest pumpkins, gourds and ornamental corn. • Plant spring flowering bulbs. Prepare soil and add super phosphate. • Plant perennial seeds that need cold stratification for spring germination, like poppies or wildflower seeds. • Plant pansies and kale in containers. • Plant trees, shrubs and perennials. • Top dress garden beds with compost. • Clean ponds and waterfalls of leaves and debris. • Clean up any fruits and vegetables that may be rotting and dispose of tomato plants. • Clean and store all gardening equipment and tools. • Deep water established trees, shrubs and flower beds monthly. Compiled by Local iQ staff

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Our GARDENS,

OURSELVES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15

THE HOBBYIST: Many gardeners enjoy the challenge of new and different plants and focus on collecting varieties which can then become a hobby. This is pure joy for the gardener who plans his or her landscape to incorporate the plants they value most. The hobbyist’s garden may contain only one variety of plants, such as roses or lilies, or there could be a multitude of various plants to establish interesting and exotic collections. These gardens also provide a place to relax and break up the mundane tasks of daily life, a common need for the hobbyist. When gardening becomes a hobby it can become addicting. Try it, you might like it! THE MINIMALIST: Keeping it simple and maintenance free is the mantra for the minimalist. Most gardens designed with the idea of simplicity will incorporate a variety of large pieces of art for focus and paths that lead to intimate sitting spaces. Typically, these types of gardens tend to be relatively plant free unless perhaps a specimen plant is used as a focal point in the landscape. Often times, the landscape will have clean lines with unusual materials integrated into the yard. This style suits homeowners who travel, have a heavy work schedule or do not care to use their spare time working in the garden. This yard, with its tidy style of landscape, can be used for entertainment with minimum preparation. Less is more for this homeowner.

THE INVESTMENT MINDED: As is true with all investments, the long-term objective for this gardener is to increase the value of the property. Most homeowners have these intentions when they plan a landscape that will improve curb appeal and make a great first impression. The investor will usually have a short-term vision for the home and landscape, speculating a return on the investment. However, these landscapes should be well thought out to encourage a future buyer to purchase the property. Planting trees and shrubs will increase the value of the home with the idea that they will add a semi-permanent value (shade, for example) to the home. Assets such as an outdoor kitchen or a nice water feature will entice future buyers. The investor looks forward to change and is often an entrepreneur. Discovering the soul of a garden can be a work in progress, which is also true of the human condition. Whether the homeowner decides to make additions to the original plan or wipe the slate clean and start over, the constant is that the outdoor space enables each of us to express ourselves and our beliefs without the boundaries of walls and floors. Each landscape can be as independent as the owner and should reflect their basic desires. Whether your landscape is established or the yard is a blank palette, your lifestyle will impact how you spend your time outside. Remember to incorporate who you are as a gardener into the landscape to make your outdoor living pleasant and stress free.

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MUSIC SOUNDBOARD

Bringing gospel to the warehouse BY HAKIM BELLAMY

PHOTO BY WES NAMAN

Saving Damsels (left to right, Chuck Hawley, guitar, Joe Pacheco, bass, J.J. Otero, lead singer and Douglas Bellen, keyboards) is one of several bands that will perform as part of Rock the 9, the annual celebration of Native American rock and blues. This year’s festival runs Apr. 26-29 at Low Spirits.

Pow wow after party Rock the 9 music festival provides, for four full nights, a stage to showcase Native rock music and comedy and will be hosted by Native comedy troupe, Another Indian Uprising. It’s not entirely a local thing, either. Otero is including national and local acts in Rock The 9, diversifying the styles and t’s the time of year again where thousands come from all over world to celebrate Native influences with each night. American culture at the pow wow known Blues-rockers Twice As Good, a father-and-son band from California, has won awards from the as Gathering of the Nations. The Gathering Native American Music Association and played nationwide at blues festivals. Otero is also bringing in Leanne Goose, a powerful singer-songwriter from Inuvik, Northwest Territories. covers everything from food to art to dance and music. It is a great time to become acquainted Though Otero is bringing in bigger names each year, he said the event isn’t all about the money for with the Native American traditions, but not him. “I don’t make any money on this, you know? It really is a labor of love,” he said. It takes a big everything about it has to be as heart and a passion for music to put on something like Rock The 9 every year, but traditional as drums and flutes Otero said he does it to provide a venue for the bands. and chants. “Any money that we make each night goes straight to the bands,” he said. “It may Rock The 9 No, for the past six years, JJ not be a lot, but they always appreciate having a place to play.” 8:30p, Thu.-Sun., Otero has organized somewhat Otero said that, with help from local concert promoter Joe Anderson, he has been Apr. 26-29 of an after party for when the able to keep Rock The 9 going each year. “(Joe) is a great guy. He has helped me Low Spirits lights go out at The Pit each out with this by letting us host it at Low Spirits again and I’m really thankful for 2823 2nd NW, 505.886.1256 night of the Gathering. It is a him.” $10 nightly four-night event featuring bands Before last year’s Rock The 9, Otero had to host the event at numerous venues lowspiritslive.com with Native roots, and it is called throughout the city for each night. Some nights it would be at Launchpad, others facebook.com/rockthe9 Rock The 9. it would be at Blackbird Buvette. Otero said he thinks having Low Spirits as a focal In a recent interview with Local point will be beneficial to this year’s success. “It’s good to have it at one place now, iQ, Otero said he sees Rock The 9 as a chance so everyone knows where to go after the pow wow is over,” he said. to showcase bands and artists with Native roots Otero doesn’t just involve himself at the business level of Rock The 9. He is part of a band, Saving and shed light on a non-traditional form of Damsels, which has performed in previous years and will be performing this year. This year’s Rock Native American culture. “I wanted to do this The 9 will be a special and exciting one for Otero and his band, as they plan to release their second as an opportunity for people to do something studio album, Find My Way, which was recorded by Bill Palmer and mastered by Brian Lucy (The after the pow wow and get rock music together Black Keys). so they can hear bands that they might not hear Speaking with Otero in person was truly a treat. You can see the love he has for music and the otherwise,” Otero said. growing project he has created in Rock The 9. It will be exciting to see how this year’s event turns out and watch as Otero makes a new tradition in Native American culture. Each night of the event features four bands BY JUSTIN DE LA ROSA

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uccessful people devote their entire lives to being better. They practice day in and day out. They seek and surround themselves with supportive and encouraging people. They create or belong to communities, networks or institutions that challenge them to be better. Dee Brown believes there’s one community where a person’s musical success is especially well fostered. “Church is the best place to learn to sing or play an instrument,” said Brown. “Not only do you get the experience of playing week after week, you get to do it in a very supportive environment. It’s kinda hard not to excel under those circumstances.” Brown founded his gospel group Dee Brown & Breakthrough after graduating from UNM with a degree in music education. Years earlier, Brown found his love for the piano in his father’s newly established church, after the family relocated here from Oklahoma City in 2001. Brown later served as minister of music at Redeeming Grace (his father’s church) before founding the UNM Gospel Choir and then Breakthrough. A fan of Stevie Wonder and Esperanza Spalding, Brown believes there’s a narrow perception of gospel music in popular American culture. “It should come as no surprise that many of the greatest musical genres of today all stemmed from gospel music,” he said. “These days, to be a great gospel musician, you have to be able to play a little of everything. I think many people assume they won’t like gospel because they don’t like ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’ or ‘The Battle of Jericho.’ If they gave it a shot, they’d see there is something for everyone out there.” Confession: Having grown up in a black church, I’m a fan of both those songs. However, as a poet, I can relate. It is similar to the way people will swear off poetry after hearing one bad poem in English class, but when faced with an atrocious pop song on the radio they wouldn’t go cold turkey on music altogether, right? I asked Brown if gospel music was simply “conscious music” (music with a positive message). “Gospel music is positive and encouraging at its core,” he said. “Every time Breakthrough gets on stage we are looking to inspire people, not only to come to Christ, but to be an example of love to their families, their communities and the world. Everybody needs that.” At 6p, Fri., Apr. 20, Dee Brown and Breakthrough will bring the good news and the good music to Warehouse 508 for the non-church function Hip Hop Ablaze. Don’t be surprised when they are incredible. Hakim Bellamy is a father, poet, emcee, journalist, playwright, actor and futbol addict. He wishes he was better at all seven things previously mentioned, especially daddying. Find him at hakimbe.com.

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The Harwood Museum of Art

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CLKCLKBNG & Guests, DANCE/

The Julian Pollack Trio 7p, $20-25

Molly’s Bar

ELECTO/INDIE 9p, FREE

Marcello’s Chophouse

Badﬁsh 5:30-9:30p, FREE

The Cowgirl

Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE

Q Bar

Frank Chewiwie 9p, FREE

Todd & the Fox ROCK/ELECTRONIC 8p, FREE

The Mine Shaft Tavern

Scalo Il Bar

El Pinto

Open Mic Night 7-11p, FREE

Joe Daddy & Hoodoo Jeff SWAMP BLUES 8:30p, FREE

Soul Sanctuary SOUL/R&B 9:30p, FREE

Tingley Coliseum

Launchpad

Monte Vista Fire Station

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers feat. Regina Spektor 7:30p, $49-$99

Dusty Low ALT COUNTRY/AMERICANA/ ROCK 9p, FREE

WED

Masta Ace w/ DJ Marco Polo & Stricklin, The Brother Show, Dezert Banditz, The Care Givers, DJ Shakedown, DJ Badger 8p, $15

Launchpad

Molly’s Bar

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Gene Corbin 1:30-5p, FREE Triple X 5:30-9:30p, FREE

Outpost

OmniMix Dance Party w/ DJ Wolfgang 10p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge

CLCKCLKBNG & Guests DANCE/ELECTRO/INDIE 9p, FREE Covenant Presbyterian Church

The Charlie Sizemore Band 7p, $10-15

Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater

Q Bar

Body Language w/ Reverend Mitton 10p, FREE

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 7p, $10-$30 Blackbird Buvette

LIVE Music VARIETY 9p, $10, FREE for ladies

Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Scalo Il Bar

UHF B-Boy Crew 9p, FREE

Todd & the Fox ROOTS/ROCK 8:30p, FREE

The Cowgirl

Loves It! INDIE FOLK 8p, FREE

South Broadway Cultural Center

Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino

The Roots Bluegrass Show feat. Blain Sprouse, Peter Feldman, Wayne Shrubsall 7p, $15 Sports Bar-Cities of Gold Casino

DJ Marc Anthony 9p, FREE Turquoise Trail-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Calql8rz 10p, FREE

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will perform at Tingley Coliseum on Tue., April 14. Opening the show will be Regina Spektor. Show at 7:30p. Tickets: $49-$99, available at ticketmaster.com.

Vernon’s Black Diamond Lounge

Hello Doll Face BLUES/SOUL/INDIE 8:30p, FREE

SAT

CLOSE CONTACT- 80’s Request Dance Party w/ DJ Kevan 10p, FREE Blue Tower-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Over the Limit 9p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Texylvania, 66 Guns, Farthouse, DJ Mello 9p, FREE

TUE 24

Rio Grande Lounge-Hyatt Regency Tamaya

Soul Patrol SOUL/R&B 8:30p, FREE Scalo Il Bar

Blackbird Buvette

Saudade Music of Brazil 8:30p, FREE Sol Santa Fe

To Kill a Mocking Bird ft. Marshal’s Law 9p, FREE

Rock School FInals 1p, FREE

Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Thunderbird Harley-Davidson

The Electric Edric Project ROCK 11-3p, FREE

Le Chat Lunatique GYPSY JAZZ 8:30p, FREE

Jazzbah

Club Warehouse-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

SUN

Swag Jazz Trio JAZZ/BLUES 8:30p, FREE before 10

DJ Kwon 9p, FREE CoolWater Fusion

Blackbird Buvette

Launchpad

Shane Wallin 6-8p, FREE

Slamming Gears, A Kustom Kulture Gathering, Rumblers CC 8p, FREE The Cowgirl

Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino

DJ Quico 8p, FREE

DJ Marc Anthony 8p, FREE

Saltine Ramblers AMERICANA 3p, FREE

Il Vicino Canteen

Launchpad

Guitar Wolf, The Transistors, Glitter Dick 7p, $12

Dusty Low ROOTS/ROCK 8p, FREE

Ms. Sage Harrington & Her Dusty Britches CD Release Party w/ Squash Blossom Boys INDIE/FOLK 7-10p, FREE

Vernon’s Black Diamond Lounge

Launchpad

The Mine Shaft Tavern

The DCN Trio JAZZ/R&B 6:30p, FREE

The ZoneFest 2012 ft. Acid King, SuperGiant, Anesthesia, Shadow and Ash, Torture Victim, Skulldron, The Conjuring, Jah Branch, Tenderizor 6p, $10

The Ruebarbs BLUES 3-7p, FREE

Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Bar

We Can Duet 1:30-5p, FREE RPM 5:30-9:30p, FREE Mykonos

Jazz Brasileiro 6:30-10p, FREE Q Bar

DJ QUICO 9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar

FRI 20 Blackbird Buvette

The Vapors w/ Speed One & DJ Cello 10p, FREE Blue Tower-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Over the Limit 9p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Roger Jameson & The Jaded Heart Band, The Highgraders 9p, FREE Casa Esencia

DJ Chil & DJ Devin TOP 40 9p, $20, FREE (ladies) Cheenah Lounge at Santa Ana Star Casino

Fat City 9p, FREE Club Warehouse-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Simon Balkey & The Honky Tonk Crew COUNTRY 9p, FREE

Low Spirits

Blame it on Rebekkah, Paris A GoGO Burlesque, Sin Sernade 9p, $10 Marcello’s Chophouse

Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern

Distant Rumblers AMERICANA/BLUES 3-7p, FREE The Jakes CLASSIC ROCK/DANCE 8-midnight, FREE Molly’s Bar

Rock Bottom 1:30-5, FREE Group Therapy 5:30-9:30p, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station

Sina Soul and the Sweet Life FUNK/ SOUL 9p, FREE Q Bar

DJ Josh TOP 40 9p, $10, FREE for ladies

Marcello’s Chophouse

Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Bar

Skip Batchelor 1:30-5p, FREE The Impalas 5:30-9:30p, FREE Outpost Performance Space

Mariano Morales & Pikante 7:30p, $15-20 Pueblo Harvest Patio

Quemozo 6-9p, $5 (includes all you can eat horno baked pizza) Q Bar

DJ Quico 9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar

Chris Dracup ACOUSTIC BLUES 8p, FREE Sunshine Theater

Currensy 7p, $18.50

Larry Friedman 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Bar

Steve Kinabrew 5:30-9:30p, FREE Robertson’s Violin Shop

The Figueroa Project 7p Scalo Il Bar

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Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase ft. Paul Salazar 8:30p, FREE

E. Christina Herr & the Wild Frontier WESTERN GOTHIC AMERICANA 2-5p, FREE Garrin Benﬁeld ROOTS 5-7p, FREE Broomdust Caravan HONKY TONK/ ROCK ‘N ROLL 8p, $5

Marcello’s Chophouse

Pocket Rockets, All Lover and The Haters, Entry Lights 9p, FREE

Country Mice, Wildewood, Crimea Crimea 8p, $5

Rock the 9: Twice as Good, DelHell Country, Garry Blackchild, Scatter Their Own, Another Indian Uprising 8p, $10

Vernon’s Steakhouse

Fat City 9p, FREE

Chatham County Line 8p, $11

In Fear & Faith, For All Those Sleeping, Dream On Dreamer, Casino Madrid, Adestria 7p, $12

Low Spirits

Calql8rz 10p, FREE

The Caitlin-Ashley Project COUNTRY/ INDIE/SOUL 8p, FREE

Low Spirits

Launchpad

Low Life w/ DJ Caterwaul 9p, FREE

Turquoise Trail-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

The Cowgirl

DJ Starr Entertainment Spins Karaoke 8p, FREE

Low Spirits

Cheenah Lounge at Santa Ana Star Casino

Video Games, Mic Deli, Good as Dead, Diles, Jungle One 8p, $4

Charles Lloyd Greek Project with Maria Farantorui feat. Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland, Socratis Sinopoulos 7:30p, $15-45

Blackbird Buvette Blackbird Buvette

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The Cowgirl

Joe West & Friends COUNTRY/FOLK 12-3p, FREE Crystal & the Curious 8p, FREE Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino Il Vicino Canteen Brewery

Marcello’s Chophouse

Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE O’Niell’s Pub (Central)

Rye Creek CELTIC/FOLK 4-7p, FREE O’Niell’s Pub (Heights)

The Watermelon Mountain Jug Band COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS 4-7p, FREE Outpost

Nii Noi Nortey African Sound Project 7:30p, $10-15 Popejoy Hall

Paco de Lucia 7:30p, $34-$74 Sunshine Theater

Lacuna Coil w/ Otherwise 7p, $20

MON

Blackbird Buvette

Kammo’s Karaoke 9p, FREE The Cowgirl

Karaoke w/ Michele Leidig 9p, FREE Launchpad

Punishment Overdue, Burst into Flames, Mistress of My Enemy, 15 Polk St. 9p, $4

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FRI 27 Blackbird Buvette

Mega Blast w/ Dave 12 & Gabe 10p, FREE Blue Tower-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

U4EA 9p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Sean Lucy & Patrick Duff w/ Wildewood 9p, FREE Casa Esencia

DJ Sez & DJ Aquattro TOP 40 9p, $20, FREE for ladies Cheenah Lounge at Santa Anna Star Casino

Juntos Unidos 9p, FREE Club Warehouse-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Danny Duran & Slo Burnin 9p, FREE The Cowgirl

The Bootleg Prophets AMERICANA 8p, $5 Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino

Perfect Stranger 9, FREE Launchpad

Remix Release Party: Ya Ya Boom, Hyperland, The Breaktone, Bigawatt, Monica & Kerby 8p, $5 Low Spirits

Rock the 9: Leanne Goose, Rocking Horse, Chucki Begay & Mother Earth Blues Band, Twang Deluxe, Another Indian Uprising 8p, $10

Neon Trees is just one of many acts to take the Hard Rock Pavilion stage at this year’s Edgefest concert, Sat., April 28. Other acts include Incubus, Cage The Elephant, The Dirty Heads, Awolnation, Anberlin and Civil Twilight. Show at 3p. Tickets: $30-$60. For ticket info, visit 1041theedge.com.

Marcello’s Chophouse

Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern

Open Mic Night 7-11p, FREE Molly’s Bar

Tracey Turpin 1:30-5p, FREE Rudy Boy Experiment 5:30-9:30p, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station

Soul Kitchen SOUL/BLUES 9p, FREE Pueblo Harvest Patio

Memphis P. Tails 6-9p, $5 (includes all you can eat horno baked pizza) Scalo Il Bar

La Junta LATIN REGGAE 8:30p, FREE Sol Santa Fe

Split Lip Rayﬁeld w/ The Imperial Rooster 6:30p, $10 Sports Bar-Cities of Gold Casino

DJ Marc Anthony 9p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro

Peacemakers FOLK 6:30-9:30p, FREE Sunshine Theater

Behemoth, Watain, The Devil’s Blood, In Solitude 7p, $17

Turquoise Trail-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Perfection 10p, FREE

SAT

The Cowgirl

Ned’s on the Rio Grande

The Kenny Skywolf Band BLUES/REGGAE 2-5p, FREE Drastic Andrew NEW WAVE COUNTRY 8p, $5

The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p, FREE Hard Rock Pavilion

Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino

Edgefest feat. Incubus, Cage The Elephant, Neon Trees, and more. 3p, $30-$60

DJ Marc Anthony 8p, FREE

Opa Bar at Yanni’s

Blackbird Buvette

Launchpad

Saudade 7:30-10:30p, FREE

Cosmic Dancing w/ Brendangerous and Nicolatron 10p, FREE

Gathering of MCs 8p, $6

Q Bar

Low Spirits

DJ Sez TOP 40 9p, $10

Rock the 9: Plateros, The Old Main, Saving Samsels, The Jir Project, Another Indian Uprising 8p, $10

Outpost Performance Space

Marcello’s Chophouse

Combo Special ft. Joanie Cere 6-9p, $5

Blue Tower-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

U4EA 9p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Ethan 103, Vertigo Venus, Hyperland 9p, FREE Cheenah Lounge at Santa Anna Star Casino

Juntos Unidos 9p, FREE Club Warehouse-Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino

Flo Fader 9p, FREE Cool Water Fusion

Shane Wallin 6-8p, FREE

Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern

CW Ayon One Man Blues 3-7p, FREE The Family Coal 7-11p FREE

The Adobe Brothers 7:30p, $10-15 Pueblo Harvest Patio The Range Cafe (Bernalillo)

The Watermelon Mountain Jug Band COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS 7-9p, FREE Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living

Molly’s Bar

Tribute Trio CD Goes Live 7p, $20

Sting Rays 1:30-5p, FREE Memphis P-Tails 5:30-9:30p, FREE

Scalo Il Bar

Monte Vista Fire Station

Keith Sanchez & the Moon Thieves SOUL/ ROCK 8:30p, FREE

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Perfection 10p, FREE

SUN 29

The Mine Shaft Tavern

Gene Corbin AMERICANA 3-7p, FREE O’Niell’s Pub (Central)

Blackbird Buvette

Rivet Gang BLUEGRASS 4-7p, FREE

Groove the Dig w/ Old School John 10p, FREE

MON

Corrales Bistro Brewery

Erik Knudson FOLK 5-8p, FREE

Blackbird Buvette

The Cowgirl

Kammo’s Karaoke 9p, FREE

Joe West & Friends COUNTRY/

The Cowgirl

FOLK/ 12-3p, FREE

Gerry Carthy IRISH 8p, FREE Golden Cantina-Cities of Gold Casino

DJ Quico 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery

Keith Sanchez 3p, FREE Launchpad

Caveman w/ The Blurts 7p, $7 Low Spirits

Rock the 9: Another Indian Uprising showcase, Roast of Harlan McKosato 8p, $10 Marcello’s Chophouse

Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE

TUE 1

The Cowgirl

Johnny Barnett ROCK/COUNTRY/ FOLK 8p, FREE

WED 2

Karaoke with Michele Leidig 9p, FREE

Blackbird Buvette

Launchpad

The Cowgirl

Iwrestledabearonce, Molotov Solution, GlassCloud, The Greenery 7p, $13

The Attitudes Trio BLUES/ROCK 8p, FREE

Low Spirits

Dianna Hughes, Michael Anthony and Milo Jaramillo 6-9p, FREE

Dirty Ghosts 8p, $8 Kiva Auditorium

“Weird Al” Yankovic 7:30p, $25-$49 Sol Santa Fe

Active Child, Balam Acab, Superhumanoids 6:30p, $10

Poetry and Beer 8p, FREE

St. Clair Winery and Bistro

Sunshine Theater

Kittie, Blackguard, The Agonist, Bonded by Blood 7p, $15

Iwrestledabearonce will perform at Launchpad (618 Central SW, 505.) on Wed., May 2 with with Molotov Solution, GlassCloud and The Greenery. Show at 7p. $13 cover.

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Tickets: holdmyticket.com lowspiritslive.com dirtyghosts.com

n recent years, it seems like the charm we look for in music comes less from a polished, pristine performance and more in the grittyyet-glitzy grind of gears in the many sub-genres of indie and punk music. Dirty Ghosts deﬁnitely fall into a category of its own, with a raw release of riff-driven songs that are brought to life with the solid and sultry vocals of Allyson Baker. Dirty Ghosts’ marriage of crunchy guitar riffs, electronic instruments and drum beats results in the band’s personal groove, which varies from hip hop-infused indie rock to powerful dirty rock, as is heard on the track “19 in ‘71” off the Ghosts’ 2012 debut album, Metal Moon. Adding to the diversity of the album, Baker’s husband is hip hop veteran Aesop Rock. His added touches can be heard in the dynamic drum loops throughout the record, but without affecting the core of Dirty Ghosts’ signature sound. Baker’s stage presence is reason enough to catch Dirty Ghosts in Albuquerque. This is her ﬁrst time fronting a band, but she does it like a pro who has been at it for years. —Justin De La Rosa

aco de Lucia, universally acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest living guitarists, created the “fusion” style of ﬂamenco, blending jazz improvisation with the strict traditional rules of the ancient Roma/Jewish/Muslim musical $34-$74 art. He’s collaborated on recordings with Tickets: unmtickets. jazzmen Chick Corea, John McLaughlin com and Larry Coryell and contributed to many ampconcerts.org soundtracks. Born Francisco Sanchez Gomez 64 years ago in Cadiz, southern Spain, Paco de Lucia took his stage name in tribute to his mother while he learned his earliest guitar techniques from his father, a day laborer and parttime musician. He’s been performing publicly since age 11, and says that as a ﬂamenco guitarist, he did not need to attend music school, but instead, learned “from family, from friends and in la juerga, the drinking party, and from the great musicians kind enough to spend time working with a young player. A gypsy’s life is a life of anarchy — we don’t try to organize things in our minds, we just live. Music is everywhere in our lives.” Paco de Lucia’s high-velocity performance will include playing, dancing and singing, with his all-star group including guitarist Antonio Sanchez, keyboardist Antonio Serrano, bassist Alain Pere, percussionist Pirana, vocalists Duquende and David de Jacoba and dancer Farruco. —Bill Nevins Paco de Lucia 7:30p, Sun., Apr. 22 Popejoy Hall On the UNM campus, 505.277.3824

yrics about wild parsnips and drilling tiny holes in your head are not the standard fare of pop music. Neither is a musician who whistles a lot, plays the violin and posts pictures of his monkey sock puppet on his blog. But somehow Andrew Bird has parlayed his iconoclastic style into steadily growing prominence, with appearances this spring on The Colbert Report and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and brisk sales for Break It Yourself, his recently released sixth album. A trained violinist from the age of 4, Bird’s early records in the late ‘90s featured heavy doses of violinfocused folk, gypsy jazz and swing. But every Bird release since then has been another step in his ever-expanding musical repertoire, and an Andrew Bird concert today is just as likely to feature him playing rocking electric guitar over distorted loop pedal violin with his full band as it is to feature a hushed, classically tinged moment of whistling and string playing. And there’s always those surrealistic lyrics. A night with Bird at The Lensic is sure to be a varied trip. —Mike English

Andrew Bird 8p, Thu., Apr. 19 The Lensic 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, 505.988.1234 $34-$42

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The collection of New Mexico poetry How to: Multiple Perspectives on Creating a Garden, a Life, Relationships and Community was edited by Jesse Rogers, Wade Peterson and Susan McAllister (left to right). The anthology, focused on a theme of gardening, includes the work of 30 New Mexico poets.

Slow growth movement New book uses poetry to teach readers lessons on fostering relationships and slowing things down “Let us wait for each other’s answers / about the seeds we have gathered to plant. / Hear them grow, the slight pop as they sprout. / I can smell the wet soil under your ﬁngernails. / I scratch my neck, leave dirt streaks across it / like prayers and lullabies. / We must gather the pomegranates before they rot and feed them to each other / one piece at a time, / dyeing our tongues royal crimson.” —LIZA WOLFF-FRANCIS, “HEIRLOOM SEEDS”

BY CHLOË WINEGAR-GARRETT y ﬁrst glance at the book How to: Multiple Perspectives on Creating a Garden, a Life, Relationships and Community revealed a beautiful cover picture of a plant, the color scheme ﬁlled with a wide range of complementary greens and reds. I have to admit, I always judge a book by its cover, and while that may be a bad habit, when a book cover matches the quality of the content within, it just makes reading the words all the more appealing. How to: Multiple Perspective on Creating a Garden, a Life, Relationships and Community is the third poetry book to be produced by Harwood Art Center, and it is stunning. Jessie Rogers is one of three editors and poetry “curators” of How to, the others being Susan McAllister and Wade Patterson. There are

illustrations by Betsy James interspersed throughout the book regarding literal examples of how to garden, and the cover photograph was shot by local BOOK RELEASE photographer David Ondrik. It is an impressive culmination of those willing to How To: put in the energy and patience for a satisfying end product, much like a garden. In an interview with Local iQ, Rogers explained the need for poetry in a world MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON full of high-speed technology, constant movement and instant results: “Slowing CREATING A down in a world of technology is a booming trend in our generation, but is GARDEN, A LIFE, definitely informed by the wisdom before us,” she said. “Before big-block RELATIONSHIPS stores, people grew their own food, taking time, making relationships with AND COMMUNITY people.” 3p, Sat., Apr. 21 Poetry, Rogers believes, is a perfect antidote to modern culture’s need for speed. Harwood Art Center “Poetry is a wonderful way to reflect on thoughts and intentions, slowing down 1114 7th NW, and being present and being aware of things planted and maturing in the 505.242.6367 garden as well as the community,” she said. “I mean, technology is great, but FREE we’re not very much without good food and good relationships.” harwoodartcenter.org Rogers, McAllister and Patterson began the process with a call for entries, and they were pleasantly surprised by the flood of poems from both well-established to budding artists. “I loved the process,” Rogers said of sorting through the work. “Every time we would sit down and have to go through the poems, it absolutely did not feel like work, it felt like diving into someone’s backyard retreat and just rolling away with some wonderful images.” Mixing literal interpretations of gardening to drawing connections between life events, the book is broken up into five sections: “Getting Started,” “Bringing in the Elements,” “Building Relationships,” “Reaping What You Sow” and “Making it Last.” Each poem is condensed and precise, which helps for easy reading and a larger personal interpretation from the minimal words chosen. It is refreshing to slow down and read poetry about the gardening of both plants and souls. As with all poetry, there are some poems that will go straight to the heart without warning and jolt the mind awake in the daze of modern life. For me, my mind was carried back to days when I spent time with my grandfather in his garden as I read the poem “Mo Ainm” by Don McIver: “hands made of the skins of those potatoes / he planted, watered, dug up and ate. / For years I would spend summers with him … Without consciously trying, he made me proud of this name.” I hope you, too, will have the chance to be swept away by these poems.

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Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary The sanctuary focuses its efforts greatly on educating the general public about the wild wolf, wolves and wolf dogs in captivity. Since the Sanctuary ﬁrst began, their Ambassador teams have visited schools and beyond to offer people of all ages the opportunity to meet a full-grown wolf and come to understand more about these magniﬁcent creatures. Stop by to meet a wolf up close. 10a-Noon, FREE SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER 1025 BROADWAY SE, 505.848.1320

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3rd Thursday Artists Anne and Scott Greene will demonstrate the printing methods Goya used in the 18th century. In the gallery, gain some insight into Los Caprichos with Goya researcher Josie Lopez. Slate Street Café is serving a special menu of small plates. 5-8:30p, FREE THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, 2000 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.243.7255

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Age of Champions Documentary ABQ Senior Affairs presents Age of Champions, a feature-length documentary celebrating the charm and active spirit of America’s senior citizens. The ﬁlm proﬁles seven athletes and their burning desire for Gold at the 2009 Senior Games. Viewers will meet some of America’s most passionate and inspiring seniors. 3p, FREE KIMO THEATRE, 423 CENTRAL NW, 505.768.3522

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“Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace” Sharyn Udall will present an illustrated talk based on her new book. She will discuss how dance images from American painters, sculptors and photographers have reﬂected and shaped American culture for the last two centuries. 2-4p, $10 ST. JOHN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1200 OLD PECOS TRAIL, SANTA FE, 505.982.9274

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et ready for an electrifying performance that will set a spark to your eye and strike a note in your ear! All puns aside, ArcAttack! is a truly unique performance that uses a combination of MIDI computer programming technology with singing tesla coils (plasma $15-20 speaker remodulated to make specific sounds and musical notes). As a note plays, an electric cabq.gov/kimo arcattack.com spark is set off and vice versa, setting the stage for a dynamic and exuberant performance that promises to stimulate all the senses. Live performers control the chaos with a robot drum kit and separate controllers to ensure a high standard of musical quality. Along with all of these different aspects, a stuntman then walks through the electric field between the tesla coils wearing a thin chainmail suit, drawing the static toward him in a dazzling display that is beautiful yet slightly terrifying. Coming from Austin, Texas, and performing at multiple festivals all around the country and appearing on several television shows, ArcAttack! is a oneof-a-kind presentation showcasing the flawless fusion of technology, science and art. —Chloë Winegar-Garrett ArcAttack! 8p, Fri., Apr. 27 KiMo Theatre 423 Central NW, 505.768.3522

Injunuity 8p, Thu., Apr. 26 The Amped Performance Space 415 Central SW, 505.315.0636

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tart your injuns!” says the fluorescent green flyer depicting a shirtless brown man in a headdress of flying feathers. In the comic-style drawing, the Indian literally has his tongue in his cheek as the open-hooded hot rod vehicle spins up clouds of dust. Coinciding with the 29th Annual Gathering of Nations PowWow, Black Market Goods (BMG) presents its fourth $3 annual contemporary Native art show, Injunuity. ampedperform.com “There’s an automatic image that comes to mind when you mention Native American art or artists,” said Josh Jones, the “head executive art ninja” at BMG and the show’s coordinator. “I hope to change that concept and imagery.” Jones will showcase new pop art works alongside graphic designer, graffiti artist and animator Marc Quetone and illustrator Corey Yazzie, among other Native and non-Native artists. The show aims to promote contemporary native arts while dispelling some of the misconceptions about indigenous culture — similar to the Gathering of Nations’ intention. Besides a great art show, Black Market Goods will showcase local music from DJ Wae Funky and Fernando Moore, and visiting bands including Discotays, Dan K, Dancestry and S.O.L. —Cristina Olds

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ovie executive Bobby Gould celebrates certain success from a script that is a guaranteed moneymaker for him and longtime colleague Charlie Fox. When the head of the studio orders Gould to “courtesy read” an artsy, apocalyptic novel, Gould delegates to Karen, the office temp. After spending a night together, Karen convinces Gould to reject the easy-money script and produce a film about the doomsday book instead. Speed the Plow is a satirical dissection of the American movie business written by David Mamet, an American playwright, screenwriter and film director known for his intense, honest and challenging dialogue. Director Harry Zimmerman, who has frequented the Vortex stage several times through the years, says this is one of Mamet’s best plays. For him, part of its appeal is his own experience performing the role of Fox. This production also excites Zimmerman because it’s a chance to direct at Vortex, one of the first places in town he performed. Since returning to Albuquerque in 2005, Zimmerman has directed Out Comes Butch at The Box Performance Space and Improv Theatre and the New Mexico premiere of Parted Waters at the North Fourth Art Center. — Kayla Sawyer

Speed the Plow Apr. 27-May 20 SHOW TIMES:

7:30p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p, Sun. The Vortex Theatre 2004-1/2 Central SE, 505.247.8600 $15 vortexabq.org

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Uncensored Comedy Hypnotist The comedy world is being blown away by the incredible, award winning performer Kevin Lepine. You won’t stop laughing as your friends answer their shoes, ﬁght for napkins, turn into Britney Spears and become the stars of the show. 8p & 10p, $12-15 THE FILLING STATION 1024 4TH, 917.449.9519

brownpapertickets.com THROUGH APR 29: PERFORMANCE

“Port Twilight or The History of Science” Love is lost … and found, while a disgruntled biochemist, a B-movie producer, a mystical rabbi and a team of dancing scientists tell an apocalyptic tale of and science and the search for knowledge. $10-$15 RODEY THEATER 2414 CENTRAL SE, 505.925.5858

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Daniel Phill - Wild Flora “Unlike natural cycles of ﬂower and fade, Daniel’s gardens are eternally cheerful and in full bloom,” says Karan Ruhlen, who is hosting the artist’s 10th exhibition show Wild Flora. 5-7p, FREE

Staged Reading of “The Way of Water” A reading of the play by Caridaad Svich about the BP Gulf oil spill of April 2010. 8p, DONATION

KARAN RUHLEN GALLERY 225 CANYON, SANTA FE 505.820.0807

teatroparaguas.org

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ARTScrawl - Bright Rain Gallery Bright Rain Gallery welcomes Jo Diane Kasper as its featured artist this month. Kasper’s angel paintings, watercolors, sepias and oil paintings are inﬂuenced by our ancient southwestern ruins and other sacred places that capture the divine and mystical connections between spirit, nature and humans. 5-8:30p, FREE BRIGHT RAIN GALLERY 206 1/2 SAN FELIPE NW 505.843.9176

brightraingallery.com

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theater.unm.edu

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Recycled Art Fair See how this amazing art form is evolving and becoming a sustainable alternative for shopping at the mall. There are artists who have used discarded materials for years and achieved wide acclaim but are not known for the source material. 9-5p, FREE

Hanging Tree Gallery Explore artists from the WPA period. These deceased ABQ artists include Carl Vonhassler, Ben Turner, Walter Bambrook. Also present is Anne Sandry, a postimpressionist, hailing from the south of France. 5-8:30p, FREE HANGING TREE GALLERY 416 ROMERO NW, 505.842.1420

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Johns’ Western Gallery Experience the West in art and literature at John’s Western Gallery. 5-830p, FREE JOHNS’ WESTERN GALLERY 411 ROMERO NW, 505.246.2414

OPEN SPACE VISITORS CENTER 6500 COORS NW 505.897.8831

cabq.gov/openspace/visitorcenter. html THROUGH APR. 22: FESTIVAL

Spring Indian Art Market Buy direct from 50 Native American Artists. 10-4p, FREE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER 2401 12TH NW

johnswesterngallery.com

indianpueblo.org

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Outsiders Art Gallery An open gallery show featuring the works of all gallery artists., including Linda Manion (paintings), Lynne Pomeranz (photography), Richard Perce and Jess Chavez (mixed media), Sara MacNeil (student artist), 14 yearold Joseph Doerr (photography) and gallery owner Dominick Montiglio. 5-830p, FREE OUTSIDERS ART GALLERY 413-B ROMERO NW

“Women Art Revolution”” Through intimate interviews, art and rarely seen archival ﬁlm and video footage, “Women Art Revolution!” reveals how the feminist art movement fused free speech and politics into an art that radically transformed the art and culture of our times. A ﬁlm by Lynn Hershman Leeson. 7p, $8-10 THE HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 LEDOUX, TAOS, 575.758.9826

harwoodmuseum.org

outsidersartgallerynm.com

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InSight - All Female Photographic Art Show “Anything goes” in a creative display of experimental photographic techniques, styles of photography and mixed media. Over 225 images on display and for sale. 10-5p, FREE

Weems Gallery Old town Russ Ball is the featured artist this month. Upon returning to New Mexico, Ball took his paints into the foothills of the Sandias and began a continuing love affair with the “rock people” of Tijeras Canyon. The resulting watercolors are in collections across the country. 5-830p, FREE WEEMS GALLERIES OLD TOWN 303 ROMERO NW, #N113, PLAZA DON LUIS 505.764.0302

weemsgallery.com RECEPTION

Yucca Art Gallery Yucca Gallery is our newest AABA member & the oldest cooperative artist gallery in Old Town. It is a vibrant and social place offering the community a variety of art styles including oils, watercolors, ceramics, pastels, jewelry and drawings. 5-830p, FREE

EXPO NEW MEXICO FINE ARTS BUILDING 300 SAN PEDRO NE, 505.977.6899

insight-nm.org PERFORMANCE

6th Annual Southwest Funnyfest Southwest Funnyfest returns to the KiMo stage with a night of nonstop comedy featuring four of the Nation’s top female comics. Dana Goldberg, Jessica Kirson, Shawn Pelofsky and Fortune Feimster with special guest, Sarah Kennedy. The show is not recommended for children under the age of 16. 7:30p

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Poets Night Out: A Triumvirate of Poets This evening will feature celebrated local poets Hakim Bellamy, Jeff Hartzer and Don Mclver and will provide an open mic opportunity. 7p, FREE AIRDANCE ARTSPACE 3030 ISLETA SW, 505.842.9418

airdanceartspace.com

SUN 22 ART FESTIVAL

The Madrid Earth Day and Arts and Crafts Festival This festival will include solar demonstrations from the New Mexico Solar Energy Association and local solar technology ﬁrms. There will also be arts and crafts for sale by local artists. Entertainment, food and music will make the day both educational and enjoyable for the entire family. 11:30-5p, FREE OSCAR HUBER MEMORIAL BALLPARK, MADRID

madridculturalprojects.org PERFORMANCE

13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg: Lara Downes Lara Downes, the pianist who released the world premiere recording of 13 reimaginings of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” will perform the works on her birthday for Chatter concert goers. The poet this week will be Jessica Helen Lopez, a three-time member of the City of Albuquerque Slam Team and the 2008 National Champion Winning UNM Lobo Slam Team. She has been the poet-in-residence in several New Mexico high schools. 10:30a, $5-15 THE KOSMOS 1715 5TH NW, 505.234.4611

churchofbeethoven.org EXHIBITION OPENING AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Focus on Youth is a juried high school photography exhibition in partnership with the APS ﬁne arts program. 1-4p THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY 2000 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.243.7255

cabq.gov/museum FILM

A Film by John Cage: One11 and 103 John Cage created his only featurelength film in the year he died. A sublime performance for camera person and light, One11 is a film without subject, in black and white. There is light but no persons, no things, no ideas about repetition and variation. The final impression is of another, timeless place - freely roaming the clouds or, perhaps, under the sea. 7p, $6 SANTA FE NEW MUSIC CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 1050 OLD PECOS, SANTA FE, 505.474.6601

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$20-$30

YUCCA ART GALLERY #1 PATIO MARKET, 505.247.8931

KIMO THEATRE 423 CENTRAL NW, 505.768.3522

yuccaartgallery.com

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Encore - Opera in Cinema: Rigoletto from Royal Opera, London An encore presentation of a live simulcast from the Royal Opera in London. Verdi’s opera tells the story of the love between a father and a daughter that is pushed to the limit in a dark tale of betrayal and vengeance. David McVicar’s immensely popular production brings the 15th-century court of Mantua alive: its womanizing Duke, the court jester Rigoletto bent on revenge and his daughter, Gilda, who the Duke loves but still destroys. A celebrated score of familiar music conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, and a drama of the passions of love and hate. 2p, $15-20 KIMO THEATRE 423 CENTRAL NW 505.768.3522

cabq.gov/kimo

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“Gesher”: A Keshet Dance Company “Gesher” (Hebrew for “Bridge”) represents the ﬁrst event in the newly formed cultural exchange between Keshet Dance Company and Rehovot, Israel, Albuquerque’s Sister City, and is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Sister City Foundation. Israeli Choreographer Bar Roggel and Keshet Dance Company will present two world premiere works created by Keshet’s Artistic Director Shira Greenberg and Vladimir Conde Reche, faculty at University of New Mexico. 1:30p,

Parted Waters An “identity play” about three generations of New Mexico Hispanics grappling with crypto-Judaism. The characters’ discoveries about this aspect of New Mexico’s history and about themselves engage the audience with poignancy and humor. 12p,

$10 TAOS ACADEMY FOR DANCE ARTS 2 LAS COLINAS, TAOS, 505.224.9808

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$5, military and students FREE. CONGREGATION ALBERT 3800 LOUISIANA NE 505.883.1818

congregationalbert.org

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“Gesher”: A Keshet Dance Company See previous description. 6:30p, FREE MOVING PEOPLE DANCE CENTER 1583 PACHECO, SANTA FE 505.2249808

Salt of the Earth Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the MexicanAmerican workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. The film is an early treatment of feminism, because the wives of the miners play a pivotal role in the strike, against their husbands’ wishes. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces. This film was written, directed and produced by members of the original “Hollywood Ten,” who were blacklisted for refusing to answer congressional inquiries on First Amendment grounds. 7p, FREE KIMO THEATRE 423 CENTRAL NW 505.768.3522

cabq.gov/kimo POETRY READING

Eleuterio Santiago-Diaz Reading Santiago-Diaz will appear for a reading and book signing featuring the poetry collection “Breaths.” Noon, FREE

THROUGH MAY 18: RECEPTION

Mitchell Marti - Soledad Salamé A video installation and exhibition of prints by Mitchell Marti. Also showing are evocative works that reﬂect Baltimore artist Soledad Salamé’s passion for the Earth’s natural resources. 5-7p, FREE

zanebennettgallery.com

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Noel Hart - Avian and Other Stories Although Hart’s pieces at ﬁrst appear to be abstract paintings created using liquid glass, there is logic behind the colors and gestures in the work. Hart states “There are pieces within the exhibition that are drawn from my studies into the worldwide parrot family of 350-plus species and the environments in which they exist. There are also works that contain descriptive elements relating to our travels in remote tribal areas of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.” There can be no doubt when viewing the show as a whole that Hart’s inﬂuences are purely Australian. 5-7p, FREE

All About Liftground This is a non-toxic version of the traditional sugar lift method. We will experiment with positive and subtractive mark making to develop painterly and expressive etchings. This class is open to all, but it is recommended that students take the “Introduction to Etching” class ﬁrst. 10-5p, $95

JANE SAUER GALLERY 652 CANYON, SANTA FE, 505.995.8513

jsauergallery.com THROUGH APR 29: PERFORMANCE

“Gesher”: A Keshet Dance Company See previous description. 6p

ADOBE THEATER 9813 4TH NW 505.898.9222

SANDIA PREP SCHOOL THEATER 532 OSUNA NE 505.224.9808

EXHIBITION

Injunuity Art Show Come out for a night of art, music body painting and fun. This show will debut new works by Josh Jones featuring his native pop art. Special guests will include Marc Quetone, Corey Yazzie, Paul Jameson, Xavier Quintero, Candice D. Callado, Roe Beatz and Jennifer Heart. 8p, $3 AMPED 415 CENTRAL NW, 505.977.4898

ampedperform.com PERFORMANCE

The Rocky Horror Picture Show All are invited to join in and laugh, cry, dance and kiss Saturday night goodbye with 130 of your closest friends, deviants and creatures of the night! 10:30a, $10-15 THE CELL THEATRE 700 1ST NW 505.766.9142

liveatthecell.com

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Fortunato A biting social commentary written 100 years ago by Joaquin and Seraﬁn Alvarez-Quintero. Fortunato, who works very hard trying to ﬁnd employment in order to feed his family, grows ever more desperate as the pangs of hunger become unbearable. On the brink of madness, he discovers his innate dignity and transcends his fate with the help of the circus performer Amaranta the Triumphant. Fri. & Sat., 8p, $10$12; Sun., 2p (pay what you like) TEATRO PARAGUAS STUDIO 3205 CALLE MARIE, SANTA FE 505.424.1601

teatroparaguas.org

2p, $13-15

adobetheater.com

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Paint With an Artist Volunteer artists from The Rio Rancho Art Association will work individually with one or two participants, guiding them while they paint a picture. All ages and materials will be provided. 10a, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.5012

ci.rio-rancho.nm.us THROUGH APR. 29: FESTIVAL

Spring Indian Art Market Buy direct from 50 Native American artists. 10-4p, FREE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER 2401 12TH NW

indianpueblo.org ART FESTIVAL

Professional Arts & Crafts Show Show features art and crafts in a variety of media such as metal, glass, clay, fabric, paint, photo and jewelry. 9-4p, FREE HILTON GARDEN INN 6510 AMERICAS PKWY, 505.514.3107

kaydeeabq.vpweb.com PERFORMANCE

516 WORDS: Judge for Yourself 516 ARTS presents a poetry reading in celebration of National Poetry Month in conjunction with the New Mexico Showcase juried exhibition. The reading features New Mexico poets from the ﬁelds of law, politics, environmental advocacy and education. Find out how work informs poetry and whether poetry can work for New Mexico. 4p 516 ARTS 516 CENTRAL AVE SW 505.242.1445

516arts.org

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Contemplative Landscapes Photographer’s panel discussion: Kirk Gittings, Ed Ranney, Janet Russek, Sharon Stewart and Don Usner. 2p NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM 113 LINCOLN AVENUE, SANTA FE, 505.476.5200

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ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART 435 S. GUADALUPE, SANTA FE, 505.982.8111

The Rainmaker Richard Nash’s classic romance, directed by Daryl Streeter. He is well-known to local audiences as anactor and as director of plays and musicals including Damn Yankees and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Fri. & Sat. 8p/ Sun.

UNM BOOKSTORE 2301 CENTRAL NE

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includes supplies NEW GROUNDS PRINT WORKSHOP & GALLERY 3812 CENTRAL SE, 505.268.8952

newgroundsgallery.com PERFORMANCE

Ballet in Cinema: The Bright Stream from Bolshoi in Russia Time-delay simulcast from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. This laugh-out-loud comical ballet in two acts celebrates the maddening, bafﬂing disillusion of love with both hilarious deceptions and joyful resolutions. The libretto, by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, tells the story of the members of a Russian farm collective in the 1930s and their humorous interactions with a group of visiting performers during the harvest festival. Known for his precise characterization in movement, Ratmansky uses Shostakovich’s robust folk music to tell this zany tale. 2p, $12-$15. KIMO THEATRE 423 CENTRAL NW, 505.768.3522

cabq.gov/kimo PERFORMANCE

ChamberCHOPS Spring Concert #3 ChamberCHOPS, the Chamber Music Cooperative of the Southwest, continues their 20112012 concert season. The program includes “Jacob’s Old Wine in New Bottles” for chamber winds plus music for brass quintet and string quartet. 2p, FREE CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 201 UNIVERSITY NE, 505.65CHOPS (653-4677)

chamberchops.org

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Mystic Fusion Belly Dance The troupe will dance with a live DJ musical accompaniment. Audience participation will be encouraged. All ages welcome. 6:30p, FREE ESTHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO 505.891.5012

ci.rio-rancho.nm.us

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Icons of the West An exhibit of photographs by Lynne Pomeranz, with a reception on May 4 from 4-8p, FREE. THE ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY 303 ROMERO NW, SUITE N208, 505.244.9195

abqphotographersgallery.com

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t last, a The Kid with a Bike simple DIRECTED BY JEAN-PIERRE AND LUC DARDENNE and small ﬁlm Opens Fri., Apr. 20 that has been Call for show times embraced by The Screen Santa Fe real critics for Santa Fe College of Art and good reason. Design The Kid with 1600 St. Michael’s, Santa a Bike follows Fe, 505.473.6494 the simple thescreensf.com story of Cyril, legaminauvelo-lefilm.com the kid of the title who is on a search for the father that dumped him at a children’s home. Filled with anger over his situation that compounds as the movie goes along, Cyril’s plight is quietly tempered (sometimes) by Samantha, a woman who inexplicably takes him under her wing. Moving performances put this ﬁlm a cut above. Strong and worthwhile.

Yves Montand plays the leader of a crew of roughnecks in Wages of Fear, a black and white French ﬁlm made in 1953 that has been restored and is now being shown on the big screen once again.

French connection Original version of legendary ﬁlm Wages of Fear restored for another heart-stopping run on the big screen BY JEFF BERG

n 1977, American director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) remade the fascinating and heart-stopping French movie Wages of Fear. Friedkin’s version starred Roy Scheider, a hot property at the time because of his work in the equally as exciting French Connection and Jaws. Following the original story for the most part, Friedkin’s film went to a dirty, gritty, ugly town in the Dominican Republic (unnamed in the film), where by misfortune, several worldly men who had committed crimes of various notoriety had ended up. Each was out of money, time, hope and resources. Wages of Fear Filming was all done on location — a DIRECTED BY HENRIbrief portion of the film was even shot GEORGES CLOUZOT in New Mexico — and covered the Fri.-Thu., Apr. 27-May 3 original story well, which goes like Call for show times this: An attack on a U.S.-owned oilfield CCA Santa Fe has caused a well to catch fire, and the 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa nearest nitroglycerin needed to snuff it Fe, 505.982.1338 ccasantafe.org out is in the rundown village where the janusfilms.com/wagesoffear four men who make up the majority of the cast live … perhaps “survive” is more accurate. Recruited to haul the nitro several hundred miles to the burning well, through jungle, over an unreal suspension bridge and over mountains, the film is one of my personal favorites, a heart-in-your throat minor masterpiece. Everyone who has seen this remake of the even better Wages of Fear has never forgotten it. But when released in 1977, the crowds remained small, and marketing the picture was difficult. For nearly inexplicable reasons, Friedkin’s film is called Sorcerer. There is no “sorcerer” in the film. But in one very brief, fleeting scene,

while Scheider and his fellow no-good-niks prepare the two trucks that they are going to drive to hell, we see the name “Sorcerer” painted on the fender of a truck. It is the name of the truck. And years later, Friedkin noted in an interview that “the strange title of Sorcerer refers to the evil wizard of fate.” OK. Now filmgoers get a chance to see what all the fuss was about, as the original Wages of Fear has been restored and again released to theaters. It is a masterpiece of tension and drama. Famed French actor Yves Montand plays the ad-hoc leader of the four men who are about to make this journey — for $2,000 each and a ticket to a new life. With him are another Frenchman, an Italian and German, miscreants all, and one of them may have murdered another man who was selected as a driver, just so he could make an attempt to get out of the hellhole of a village. In both pictures, the oil company is American born and bred, but in Wages, several careful and well-done scenes clearly show the offense the locals have taken to the company’s presence, which has caused more misfortune than fortune. Fires, callous management, attacks by rebels and general carelessness have all made the American company an unwanted intruder. Montand and his fellow pirates are soon on the “road,” or what there is of it, and encounter problems including fallen trees and boulders on the road, no road at all, hardly any road, do-it-yourself roads or fellow scoundrels on the road. All of it is part of the throat-clutching scenario these men encounter. Hardships are many, reward is little and the suspense created by the terrific acting, editing and directing of this picture is intense and fervent. Is there a happy ending? Why, of course, but it just depends on your definition of happy. Wages of Fear is one of my favorite French films (in the top five with such titles as Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast and Betty Blue), and is a perfect big-screen adventure. Don’t miss it.

ometimes duller than dishwater unless you are really, really into poker and happen to be one of those who thinks that poker is a “sport,” All In still has a hook to it as a minor All In amusement. DIRECTED BY DOUGLAS Instead of offering TIROLA much in the way Mon.-Thu., Apr. 23of action, such as 26 3, 7p it could have, the Guild Cinema ﬁlmmaker focuses 3405 Central NE, on those who have 505.255.1848 made it big, those guildcinema.com who want to make themovieallin.com it big and those who we all know, such as Matt Damon and Ira Glass, to tell about their interest in the now hugely popular game. OK but forgettable.

Four Lovers f America was as shame-free DIRECTED BY ANTONY as France is CORDIER about sex, things Mon.-Thu., Apr. 23might be a lot 26 5, 9p better over here. Guild Cinema Sexophobes tend 3405 Central NE, to forget that it 505.255.1848 was sex that got guildcinema.com them here in the oscilloscope.net first place … but I digress. Four Lovers is a somewhat sexy, but shallow, film which looks at partner swapping between two youngish couples, offering the emotional complications that eventually intervene between them, especially when they aren’t able to keep their experiences locked up inside them. Erotic but superficial.

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Rose Pruning Workshop Katherine O’Brien will teach the anatomy and care for different roses and the goal of pruning, as that will vary with plant and site. Attendees please bring pruning shears, loppers or saw for handson practice. 9-11a, FREE

Super Why! This PBS Kids series is perfect for teaching children reading skills. Participants will gain knowledge of books, activities, and storytelling that can help to build skills and conﬁdence reading.

RAILYARD PARK COMMUNITY ROOM, 505.316.3596

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL 1100 CENTRAL SE, 505.277.4087

railyardpark.org Alyosha Goldstein Book Signing Alyosha Goldstein will speak about and sign copies of Poverty in Common. This book suggests new ways to think about the relationship between liberalism, government and inequality with implication for popular debates over the “end of welfare” and neoliberalism in the U.S. 12p, FREE. UNM BOOKSTORE 2301 CENTRAL, 505.277.7473

unm.edu Craft and Conversation Work on projects such as crossstitch, knitting, crocheting, needlepoint or quilting and leam from other experienced handcrafters while chatting with others. 1-3p, FREE, RSVP THE PLACITAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY 453 HIGHWAY 165, PLACITAS, 505.867.3355

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10a, FREE RSVP

newmexicopbs.org 2012 Solar Eclipse Lecture Watch a segment of NOVA, then join in a discussion with a local expert from The Albuquerque Astronomical Society, and learn about the path of the annular eclipse that will pass over the Albuquerque skies. 10a, FREE (reservation required) LOS POBLANOS INN & CULTURAL CENTER 4803 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.277.2396

newmexicopbs.org/scencecentral Barnum Bash Storytime Dave and Cherie Gregg, “Ambassadors of Laughter,” will read If I Ran the Circus and provide magic, jokes and silliness for kids ages preschool through second grade. 1p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 650 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO 505.891.5013

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Thai Culture and Annual Charity Night Join us for traditional Thai music, dance and an opportunity to support a variety of charitable activities involving the Thai population in Albuquerque. 6-8p, $10-$15 SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER 1025 BROADWAY SE, 505.250.8387

cabq.gov/sbcc Centennial Speakers Series Henrietta Martinez Christmas will speak on Julian Jacquez, Rosa Villalpando and the Taos Massacre of August 1760. 6-8p SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY 423 CENTRAL NE, 505.848.1376

cabq.gov/library/specol.html Anthony Anella on Aldo Leopold in NM & NM in Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold was a pioneer naturalist, educator and writer who asked, ‘How can we live on the land without spoiling it?’ Thinking like a mountain was his answer. 3p, FREE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST WESTSIDE CONGREGATION 1650 ABRAZO, RIO RANCHO

Clarifying Meditative Work - A Fresh Look A workshop for people from any meditation tradition or no tradition at all. Explore directly what meditative work is and how it sheds light on the concerns of your life, not theoretically, but from a simple meditative listening. 2p, $2 donation BHUDDIST CENTER OF NEW MEXICO 145 MADISON NE, 505.256.7520

Rick Carver Book Signing Editor/Photographer Rick Carver discusses and signs “A Year or So in the Life of New Mexico: An Uncensored Look at Life in the Land of Enchantment.” 2-4p, FREE TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS 2012 S. PLAZA NW, 505.242.7204

Albuquerque’s 306th Birthday Join the happy crowds in Old Town to celebrate Albuquerque’s birthday in its earliest neighborhood, now 306 years old. The event will feature designated areas for celebrating the ﬁve eras of New Mexico history: Native American, Spanish, Mexican, Territorial and Statehood. Live music and dance, demonstrations, Chautauqua presentations, gunslingers and fun activities for the kids will ﬁll the afternoon celebration. 12-6p, FREE OLD TOWN HISTORIC OLD TOWN IN ALBUQUERQUE

albuquerqueoldtown.com Children’s Seed Festival Celebrate the connection between seeds, plants and humans with some ‘seed-happy’ people during this annual event at the Children’s Fantasy Garden. Co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Albuquerque. 10-2p, included with regular admission. RIO GRANDE BOTANIC GARDEN 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200

cabq.gov/biopark/garden Contra Dance Dance to live music and get a dance lesson (no partner required). Contra dancing is an uplifting, friendly, energetic and beautiful social activity. 7-10:30p, $7-8 ALBUQUERQUE SQUARE DANCE CENTER 4915 HAWKINS NE, 505.898.4668

folkmads.org ‘How To’ Book Release Party In honor of the anthology’s earth-tied theme, The Harwood is hosting a book release party featuring a reading with all 30 poets published in How To. Weather permitting it will take place outdoors in the Poets’ Plaza (NE corner of the Harwood campus). 3p, FREE THE HARWOOD CENTER 1114 7TH NW, 505.242.6367

harwoodartcenter.org J. Wayne Bevers Book Signing Bevers, a resident of Roswell, will be available to sign copies of his book A Veil of Trust. 1-3p, FREE HASTINGS 6001 LOMAS NE, 505.266.1363

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Dicsovering the Storyteller in You Storytellers of New Mexico presents an interactive workshop with Steven Pla, international story teller. Participants explore and develop their own unique skills as storytellers, demonstrating that everyone has stories only they can tell. He will provide strategies and simple exercises that may be used independently to help others ﬁnd their storytelling voices. 10a, $20 Registration required FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH-WESSON ROOM, 3701 CARLISLE NE, 505.281.6131

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World Book Night This worldwide event is aimed at getting people to read. A reception will be held for both book givers and book lovers to celebrate. 6p, FREE BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

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TUE 24 Interviewing Techniques to Be More Competitive This workshop is designed to help job seekers. Attendees will learn techniques they can use in their job search now and gain a better understanding of the interview process. 6-7:30p, FREE

El Morro & Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Trip More than 1,000 inscriptions left by Spanish soldiers, priests and governors are inscribed in the stone walls of El Morro. There will also be a visit to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary that provides a permanent home for over 50 wolves.

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recsvcs.unm.edu Stuart Woods Book Signing Stuart Woods discusses his new book Unnatural Acts. 5:30p, Free BOOKWORKS INC. 4022 RIO GRANDE NW 505.344.8139

bkwrks.com Community Meditation Learn an ancient sound to access the higher power within you, and to experience more love in your daily life. 10:30-11a, FREE ECKANKAR CENTER 2501 SAN PEDRO NE, SUITE 113, 505.265.7388

miraclesinyourlife.org Geeks Who Drink Trivia Beer and team trivia. 8p, FREE O’NIELL’S PUB 4310 CENTRAL SE, 505255.6782

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Mediations for Daily Living Each class includes simple prayers, a short teaching and guided meditation using The New Meditation Handbook or Transform Your Life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. There is time to practice, as well as an opportunity to ask questions. 7-8:30p, $7 KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NEW MEXICO 8701 COMANCHE NE, 505.292.5293

ci.rio-rancho.nm.us National Poetry Month Event with Andrea Serrano Poet Anrea Serrano will bring a few of her friends for an informal reading and poetry discussion. 7p, FREE

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WED 25 Estate Planning for the Middle Class While estate planning is often about planning for future actions, there are actions you can take today to insure future beneﬁts for your beneﬁciaries, including your chosen passions for philanthropy. This interactive lecture/discussion will explore a variety of tools, including wills, gift annuities, tax considerations and other tools that will preserve a foundation for the future. 5:30p, FREE, RSVP required. DEL WEBB ALEGRIA ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITY 901 COTTONWOOD CIR, BERNALILLO, 505.277.6179

dce.unm.edu/osher A New Perspective Dog Training Class Rick and Heather Dillender teach the ﬁner point of dog training, including lessons on how to better communicate on your dog’s level, the foundation for all other levels of training. 5:30-7:30p, FREE LOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY AUDITORIUM 755 LOMA COLORADO DR. NE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.5013

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PLANET WAVES ARIES (MAR. 20-APR. 19) You are correct in that the ultimate cure, solution resolve, is spiritual. There’s only so much we can manipulate the physical world, or our thoughts. True healing occurs on a deeper level. What you may be feeling is how far away that place of healing seems — as if somehow it’s a world apart. Even if it is, you can get there. It will help if you not concern yourself with whether you believe it’s true or possible; this is a matter of setting your intentions, and having faith in yourself. It’s clear from your charts that you’ve made great efforts to cross what may not, in retrospect, seem like such a great distance. Yet, we’re talking about inner space, where the sense of scale is different than external space. What you’ve succeeded in doing is shifting your attention to an introspective direction. You have dared to inquire about something that you might have otherwise overlooked. That required an act of faith in yourself — faith that you still possess. TAURUS (APR. 19-MAY 20) Not everyone is blessed with curiosity about themselves. Though some people are, that curiosity is often fragile and can be thwarted by everything from external distractions to the fear of what one might discover inwardly to an odd kind of shame about getting to know oneself as a conscious act. For the past few months, it’s as if you’ve been dragged inward, and have felt compelled to explore territory that you might have avoided otherwise. Yet as you’ve moved through these regions in yourself, you’ve noticed all the things you want that exist there. You’ve also come within sight of a truly significant personal goal, this despite some protest along the way. And you’ve opened up inner territory that until now was truly unfamiliar. Remember, as you enter a new phase of experience, how challenging it was, and what you had to go through to learn what you did. Never take that for granted; what was strange to you yesterday or two months ago still deserves to be treated with the respect for the unknown — and that starts with curiosity. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUN. 20) I’m looking at your chart thinking, ‘this has to be an interesting time for sex, or at least your ideas about sex, and discovering what you want.’ That’s something you’re fortunate to have available; use it to your maximum advantage. Yes, there is an uncomfortable edge, as if you’re having to stretch in a direction you’re not totally sure about. In particular, how it feels to respond to the erotic power of someone else. There may be an element of simultaneous attraction-repulsion. If you’re experiencing that, look no further than yourself for understanding. Your responses are all about you, no matter who else may be involved. Any sensation of approach-avoid can indicate the presence of hidden guilt. You may be worried about what “someone else” would think if they knew what you wanted, or were experiencing with pleasure. Go past that and see what’s on the other side. CANCER (JUN. 21-JUL. 22) There’s no crisis — only a minor disturbance, and from that, you can learn a lot about how to use a challenge to create an invention. You seem to be working out some kind of mental puzzle — maybe several of them — which all point back to one basic idea: how you think. It’s special for an entity to be aware of its own awareness. It’s a kind of reflexiveness that distinguishes certain kinds of individuals, in particular, the ones capable of conscious change, because they are capable of being self-aware. An untrained mind is cumbersome. You are starting to learn some mental discipline, and you may have discovered that mostly means guiding rather than pushing yourself. As one born under such an intensely emotional sign, a significant element of discipline is the ability to detach a little, and not be carried so far, so fast, by your stream of feelings. Yet all of this is secondary to one truly useful discovery you’re about to make about yourself.

by Eric Francis • planetwaves. net LEO (JUL. 22-AUG. 23) The Sun opposing Saturn looks like you’re going through a test of your ethics. This comes on top of a long, careful quest to determine your true values; to figure out what’s important to you. The two are related. It’s one thing to figure something out in theory, and another when the time comes that you have to put your idea to work in a real-time situation. The scenario looks like you must make difficult decisions, having been confronted by a limit of some kind, be it your time, your energy or some external factor. Before you spend too much time figuring out what to do about that, check for where you have additional resources that you hadn’t thought to apply to the situation. Most of the time when you need something, you already have it. In this situation, that “thing” isn’t a thing — it’s an approach to the question; you might think of it as applied science, as opposed to theoretical. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP. 22) Mars has been retrograde in your sign since January, which may have run you to the end of your tether. Mars changes to direct motion, and you get your answer to the question, “what gives?” Yet, unlike our typical response of leaving problems mostly solved or being satisfied with questions that are mostly answered (or worse, accepting an answer that just sounds good), this is your opportunity to work through this personal material thoroughly. Upcoming days bring a significant turning point; make sure you’re moving slowly and consciously enough to feel it. Between now and early July is a time for you to make sure you tidy up, summarize and put what you’ve learned into practice. This does not allow a lot of time for delays, you have enough time to consolidate your accomplishments and move on to something productive. LIBRA (SEP. 22-OCT. 23) Do your beliefs help you feel any safer on the planet? You can test your theory by getting clear what you believe, where there is no evidence to support that belief. Whether you feel safe is the question right now, which includes within the private confines of your mind, with the way you relate to someone close to you, and how you feel within your physical environment. You’re more likely to notice an unsupported belief by accident. For example, you encounter an “issue” and you figure out that a series of assumptions got you there. Or you discover that you really were being dragged around by a religious value that you hadn’t identified as such previously. Or you find yourself acting in a way similar to much older relatives who you know are disconnected from reality. It’s easy to forget these discoveries when we make them. Notice them, and remember them, and then go on a hunt for both their origins and their effects on your life. If the term “being your own person” has any meaning at all, examining these themes would be included in its meaning. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 22) Expect people to treat you differently. You can release them from their past opinions of you, which is a burden that both they and you carry. The nature of the burden is that when people are locked into their old ideas of who a person is, that leaves no room for who they are in the present moment. We all know how much people seem to walk around with their minds made up about everything and everyone. You have the power, to create a liberated zone where this is possible. Inside that space, you will notice that you have the freedom to set some new goals for yourself, and to admit some new desires, ones that you feared might have conflicted with what others thought your life was supposed to be about. This is the liberation you need: to be able to define your purpose and shorn of any perceptions of others of who you’re supposed to be today. This may feel daring, but it’s not as dangerous as you think. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 22) Progress in one’s career is rarely a rapid process. True, some of the most visible

careers are the ones that go off like meteors: for example, young celebrities, many of whom seem to have done little to deserve the kind of money and adulation that’s poured all over them. This can be frustrating for those whose success is incremental, or is in fields that are considered less marketable than fast food or smart phones. What you’re doing has inherent value — both to you and to the world around you. If the cash-in-instantly factor is not there, something else is, which is the feeling of integrity. It’s essential that you view your “small” successes as successes. Note when your direction of travel shifts in the direction of what you want. Remember that persistence over the long haul is more effective than one or two big achievements. Yet despite all of this, when you are recognized for something, it’s crucial that you be gracious about that, and pause for a moment and reflect on what you did, how you did it and why anyone actually cares. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 20) The Sun opposed to your home planet Saturn is a reminder that true strength comes from within. Authentic motivation is something you carry in your body, not something that you get from your environment. Yet, if there is one environmental factor, it’s a sense of grounding in your personal space. You need a measure of emotional stability in your life, no matter how challenging that may be to create. Notice all of the factors around you that are designed to knock you off balance, which in turn creates the need for things you don’t really need. These influences range from advertising to religion, which are basically the exact same social force. When you feel complete in yourself, you feel capable of anything. This is not a mirage — it’s actually true. I suggest you take time o cultivate that sense of grounding. Go where you feel the most sane and secure. Take some time and make a simple improvement to your living space. Pause and get enough rest — then notice what happens to your anxiety level. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 19) Your mind has been a kaleidoscope, though if you’re trying to finish a project of some kind, this will be a good time to do that. In particular, if you’ve been trying to write something, pull together a web project, organize your workspace or focus a business project, this is the time. One thing that will come in handy in the coming weeks is an updated resume or CV. I suggest you get that going, even if you don’t finish the work. Several factors that have been presenting a challenge to your mental focus are now out of the way, and other factors will offer the sense of having all of your wheels touching solid earth. Use these opportunities well. When the Sun changes signs into Taurus, your professional goals and position in the business community will come into focus — be prepared well in advance. There’s an old expression I love: luck is where preparation meets opportunity. PISCES (FEB. 19-MAR. 20) I trust that Mars retrograde in your opposite sign Virgo has taught you about the virtues of self-reliance. On one level, it’s been a long demonstration of the meaning of relationships in your life. You’ve had one opportunity after the next to tidy up your boundaries and get clear about your commitments, and their commitments to you. You’ve had opportunities to get clear on your Yes and your No, and to see where you’ve made mistakes with those in the past. One quality of this transit has been learning that people will really only do what they want. They might pretend for a little while, but the only truly motivating factor comes from within. Which brings me to self-reliance. You’re the engine of your life. It’s not that others are merely coming along for the ride — though it’s time for you to fully make peace with your leadership role. Leadership in what? Chiron and Neptune in your sign suggest that you’re directly connected to a source of ideas that, for most others, is simply not available, or something they understand.

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Slam Sesh with Regional and National Slam Champs See some of Albuquerque’s slam poetry champions perform. BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

bkwrks.com Squirm Burpee Circus A fantastical, melodramatic adventure performed in classic Vaudeville style. 7:30p, $5-$15 SOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER, 1025 BROADWAY SE, 575.437.2202

ﬂickingercenter.com Geeks Who Drink Trivia Beer and team trivia. 9p, FREE O’NIELL’S PUB 4310 CENTRAL SE 505255.6782

David Ryan Book Signing David Ryan, will talk about and sign his non-ﬁction hiking book, The Gentle Art of Wandering. 7p, FREE PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE, 11015 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.2026

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Titans of I.T. Awards Event Join New Mexico Business Weekly in congratulating our state’s standout leaders in information technology. Honorees ensure that technology helps business move faster and more efﬁciently in our state. 5:30-8:30p, $35 INTEL CORPORATION J4100 SARA, RR5 BUILDING, RIO RANCHO, 505.348.8326

bizj.us/b4wfj American Cancer Society: 13th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer A ﬁve-mile walk in support of breast cancer research. 7-10a, FREE COTTONWOOD MALL 10000 COORS NW, 505.262.6025

cancer.org/stridesonline 19th Century Diné Textiles Book Signing Shelby Tisdale will discuss the book that she edited and be available for signings at the end of the program. 6:30p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 650 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.1396

ci.rio-rancho.nm.us Dramatic Reading & Playwriting Discussion Playwriting is a difﬁcult, yet rewarding enterprise for writers. Developing a story, writing a play and seeing the play though production on a stage can be an exhausting and remarkable experience. Nikki Harmon and Robert Benjamin will share their experiences. BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

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Garden Railroad Volunteer Training Did you love model trains as a kid? Does the kid in you still want to play with them? This is the perfect volunteer job for you! Help operate and maintain the BioPark’s G-scale model train system. 9:30a, FREE RIO GRANDE BOTANIC GARDEN 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.848.7172

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Loretta Hall Book Signing Local author Loretta Hall signs Out of This World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel. 1-3p, FREE TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS 2012 S. PLAZA NW, 505.242.7204

James A. McClure & Ezequiel L. Ortiz Book Signing Both former military ofﬁcers will talk about their new WWII non-ﬁction book, Don Jose, An American Soldier’s Courage and Faith in Japanese Captivity, about Albuquerque resident Joseph O. Quintero’s experience as a Japanese POW during WW II. 2p, FREE PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE 11015 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.2026

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Geeks Who Drink Trivia Beer and team trivia. 9p, FREE O’NIELL’S PUB 4310 CENTRAL SE, 505.255.6782

Magdalena Mountains Hike Join UNM Recreational Services for a scenic hike in the remote mountains just outside of Socorro. These mountains will provide you with more solitude than our local Sandia Mountains with just as much elevation to enjoy! Cost includes transportation and guide. $28-$33 UNM RECREATIONAL SERVICES 1102 JOHNSON CENTER, UNM, 505.277.0178

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Ree Drummond Ree Drummond, creator of The Pioneer Woman blog and star of the Food Network TV show, will discuss her books. Tickets are required. 6p, FREE SIMMS AUDITORIUM ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY CAMPUS, 505.344.8139

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Three Sisters for Health & Wellness Indigenous Peoples’ understanding of sustainability is based on the philosophy that all things are integrally connected. Here in New Mexico, it is said by some of the elders in native communities that a healthy environment means a healthy culture, which means healthy people. This food & life lecture and presentation delves into the “Three Sisters” — corn, beans and squash — considered to be sacred gifts. 1-4p, FREE MAXWELL MUSEUM UNM CAMPUS, 505.277.1400

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Fly Fishing the San Juan River Clinic and Trip Clinic will be held on May 2 and the trip will be May 5-6. Accomplished fly fisherman Thomas Pena will teach you everything you need to know about this exciting sport and world class fishing in the San Juan River. Cost includes in-class clinic, equipment rental and weekend river lesson. $77-$88 UNM RECREATIONAL SERVICES 1102 JOHNSON CENTER, UNM, 505.277.0178

recsvcs.unm.edu Geeks Who Drink Trivia Beer and team trivia. 9p, FREE O’NIELL’S PUB 4310 CENTRAL SE, 505.255.6782