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Albuquerque’s Stabbed In Back gains steam and makes a mark playing 21st century punk
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30 A R TS Native American art gallery business celebrates its 106th year in continuous operation
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CONTRIBUTORS EDITORIAL Nelle Bauer Hakim Bellamy Jeff Berg Charlie Crago Justin De La Rosa Marisa Demarco Dave Dewitt Kyle Eustice Kate Gerwin Ana Loiselle Jim & Linda Maher Theresa Maher Kristie Thibodeaux McGrew Sam Melada Bill Nevins Shavone Otero Jim Phillips Ross Scharf
BOOKS New book event draws numerous authors to the Duke City for a celebration of all things literary
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COLUM N S The Curious Townie .............. 7 First Bite ................................. 10 1 + 1 = 3 ..................................... 11 Stir It Up ................................ 12 Key Ingredient ..................... 13 Lessons in Love .................. 14 Get A Job .............................40
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Curanderismo: Healing and Ritual 10a-4p, Tue.-Sat., May 9-Oct. 1
Mother’s Day Concert 2p, Sun., May 12
7th Annual Southwest Funnyfest 7:30p, Sat., May 18
ABQ BioPark Zoo 903 10th SW, 505.768.2000
ick just about any culture in the world and it will have its own healing traditions, and sometimes those traditions are a blend of cultural influences from a variety of sources. So it is with curanderismo, the traditional healing practice started in rural Mexico which has spread to the Southwest U.S. and beyond. The practice is an amalgam of herbal traditions of the Maya and Aztec, combined with Moorish and Arabic elements and Judeo Christian concepts — a true blending of the New and Old worlds. While the healing techniques are in common practice among many Mexican American families, curanderismo is currently gaining popularity as people interested in natural alternatives to conventional medicine seek traditional healers. The exhibition, the first of its kind in the U.S., includes a vivid array of contemporary and historical objects and images. —ME
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PRESENTATION Urban Forages: Nicole Dextras 3p, Sat., May 11 516 Arts 516 Central SW, 505.242.1445
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anada-based artists Nicole Dextras is recognized across the world as one of the most renowned environmental artists. Her artwork is seasonally based, dealing with ice in the cold winter months and natural plant materials in the warmer summer months. Her most popular creation is her “weedrobes” series of wearable sculptures that are created from whatever is readily available to her at the time, be it local flowers and plants from her garden or compost piles from city lots and parks. 516 Arts will be hosting the environmentallyconscious artist for a presentation of her Weedrobes and Urban Forages series. Her iconic creation, the Nomadik Harvest Dress, will be animated during her exhibition, demonstrating its multiple uses as clothing and shelter for plants. —TR
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ren’t sure what to do with your mom on Mother’s Day? Why not take her to a classy musical concert performed in a calming outdoor environment for less than half the price of one of those Mother’s Day brunches? The New Mexico Philharmonic offers just this at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo. Bring a blanket and picnic to share, and when you’re finished enjoying the spectacular symphonic melodies of the Philharmonic, you can even visit the International Migratory Bird Day event or the Botanic Garden’s Bonsai Show. Celebrate the woman who made you the person you are today with a relaxing afternoon of quality music and sunny spring weather. —ST
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CONCERT Steve Miller Band 8p, Fri., May 17 Route 66 Casino 14500 Central SW, 505.352.7866
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f you were born in the 1970s or later, it might be hard to realize just how huge Steve Miller was at one time. You’ve heard the songs — “Space Cowboy,” “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock ‘n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner,” “Jungle Love” — but you had to be there to experience the commercial and cultural juggernaut that was the Steve Miller Band. The group formed in San Francisco in 1967, and included the nowdeceased Norton Buffalo and other longtime members. Slick songwriting, professionalism and a relentless knack for pop rock commercialism have been the band’s hallmarks. And because I’m a kid from Tacoma, Wash., which felt like a backwater in the 1970s, I will always have to give Miller props for the lyric, “From Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Tacoma.” —ME
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THEATER Jersey Boys Various times/days, May 22Jun. 2 Popejoy Hall On the UNM campus, 505.277.8010
$27.50-$135 Tickets: unmtickets.com popejoypresents.com jerseyboysinfo.com
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t’s the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll sensations Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, in Albuquerque for a string of 16 performances over 11 days at Popejoy Hall. The musical tells the story of a group of young men from blue-collar New Jersey families who became one of the biggest American pop sensations of all time. And they did it by writing and singing their own songs in their own style. It won the 2006 Tony for Best Musical and the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album. Get ready for all the Four Seasons’ standard hits, from “Sherry” to “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” “Dawn,” “My Eyes Adored You” and more. It’s run on Broadway since it opened there in 2005, and as The New York Times said of the show, “The crowd goes wild!” —RS
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Bone dry Conchas Lake is a stark image of New Mexico’s extreme drought conditions drought and the economy and the price of fuel, it’s all contributed to the decline out here,” he said. Smaller ranching operations that depend on allocations from the lake have been selling their herds off, said Wright. And some farmers in the area haven’t even been able to take out insurance claims on drought-stricken crops. “You can’t plant anything because there’s no water. Unless it germinates and fails, crop insurance is no good.”
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d Wright has lived and worked at Conchas Lake for 21 years. Much of that time, snow runoff and summer monsoons fed the reservoir, which drew tourists from all over the Southwest. As an owner of the Conchas North Dock recreational store, he got used to a steady flow of customers. Anglers, boaters and campers stopped in for groceries, fishing licenses and boat maintenance. But starting in 2000, Wright noticed annual rainfall tapering off. The lake—in the northeast part of the state about a three-hour drive from Albuquerque—began to shrink, and so did the stream of visitors. Water at Conchas was at a record low last year, so officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Mexico State Parks cut off all access to the lake’s two boat ramps. The situation only worsened as 2013 rolled around. A federal report released on Thursday, May 2, listed New Mexico’s drought conditions as the most extreme in the country. Boat ramps at Conchas Lake remain off-limits to the public. Wright — no relation to this story’s author — is a tall man with rough, work-worn hands. He said the region has suffered economically. “Quite simply, people aren’t coming out because they don’t have access to the water.” Fishing from the shore is still allowed, and the smallmouth bass are biting. But Wright said he’s still seen only a fraction of his usual customer base as the season begins. “Normally this time of year, I’d have 10 or 11 employees. I’d have the restaurant going with waitresses and a cook. I’d have the bar open on weekends. There’d be a bookkeeper and clerk in here in addition to myself, and two people out in the shop.” Wright removed his baseball cap and brushed back long, silver-white hair. “Now I’m down to myself and one person.”
Selling off the herd The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates and maintains the Conchas Lake Dam, which
Economic activity dries up
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The record-breaking lack of water at Conchas Lake has unnerved residents and hit businesses hard. More than 100 people attended a public meeting with state and local officials last month. Real estate broker Jim McElroy urged people to stay organized: “It’s going to take continued involvement for you folks to keep them with their nose to the grindstone.”
holds back waters of the Canadian River. Karl Martin, chief of the corps’ Lakes and Assets branch, said his agency is trying to find glimmers of opportunity amid gloomy projections of low flow and water loss to evaporation at the reservoir. One bright spot: The lake is shallow enough that sediment blocking the irrigation gates for years is exposed and set to be cleared away.
Lake levels have been so low that farmers and ranchers have gone without sufficient irrigation for the past five years, Martin said. Clearing away sediment will mean that water can still be delivered during future dry spells — that is, if the lake returns to higher levels. Wright said lack of moisture has converged with other factors into a perfect storm dragging down local business. “Between the
It’s been frustrating, Wright said, for community members desperate for the boat ramps to reopen. He referred to the working relationship between State Parks and the Corps of Engineers as a “turf war” and said he wished they would find a way to work together. But Wright conceded that a federal bureaucracy is subject to hard-set guidelines and may not be nimble enough to help struggling small business. Tasked with enforcing an array of federal laws, including the Clean Water Act, Wright said the Army Corps simply has its hands tied when it comes to taking action to boost the area’s economy. As things stand, he added, the State Parks division is facing the same shortfalls as other enterprises. “They’re not taking in user fees, and they’re talking about transferring a lot of their park help to other parks that have some activity,” he said. “That’s local payroll that will be moved to another area.” (The state parks office did not respond to requests for comment.) Martin said the Corps of Engineers is working with the state to find ways to allow safe boat launching, though he said specifics haven’t been hammered out yet. “We’re really focusing our resources and energy to see if there’s a solution to the north ramp that we can both share,” he said. In the meantime, a headline in the 50-cent Conchas Lake community newsletter called on residents to pray for rain.
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Celtic strong Festival features Highland-style athletic competition and a celebration of all things Celt BY JUSTIN GOODRUM
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hen watching people hurl huge objects such as wooden poles, heavy burlap bags packed with straw and good old-fashioned stones, spectators may think these sports are impossible to try. But the annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival has inspired everyday New Mexicans to challenge themselves in traditional Highland athletic events. On May 18 and 19 the festival will celebrate its 25th edition with and annual exhibition of food, dance, clothing and entertainment that showcases Celtic customs. Those who go will be transported back in time and witness Scottish and Irish dance demos and band competitions. In an interview with Local iQ, festival organizer Grant Oliver explained that the genesis of the festival is attributed to the need for Albuquerque to have its own event highlighting Celtic culture. “As I know of it, a bunch of people of Celtic descent decided to put on a festival here in the metro area, because they were tired of going out of state for the festival,” Oliver said.
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$15/$20 (2 day adult) $7/$10 (2 day child) celtfestabq.com
While there are many activities at the festival, from working dog demonstrations to that very Celtic ritual of tipping pint glasses of beer, the Highland athletic competitions, consisting of various feats of strength, captivates the crowd. Competitors young and old participate in nine contests including the caber toss, stone put, sheaf toss and weight throws. The 2013 edition of the Celtic Festival will host the 13th Annual Masters World Championship for traditional Scottish Highland games. This world championship
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is unique because it features about 117 global amateur athletes over the age of 40. Festival Athletic Director Chuck Thomas, who normally competes, helped bring the Masters World Championship to New Mexico. Thomas stated the festival will feature competitors with extensive backgrounds in NCAA field sports and strongman competitions. “I found that a number of athletes you’ll find in the Masters is a pretty large group because a lot of people find the Highland games after some other athletic career,” Thomas said. Other competitors who will participate were encouraged to attempt the sports by watching them at the festival. Sean Lemmons participates in Highland games around the Southwest, but got the motivation after his kids suggested he try some of the events when attending the festival four years ago. Despite struggling in the beginning, Lemmons felt the sport offered a strong camaraderie that has allowed him to achieve his personal goals. “When I first started, I didn’t do well at all, but had a blast because every player supports you and they give you pointers to try to help you, even help you beat them if possible. My first few games I was lucky to score OK for a beginner, but over the last few years I’m becoming better and better,” Lemmons noted. He got his start by going to Sunday morning practices near Valley High School. After getting advice, Lemmons realized the events are not about brute strength but instead require a combination of skill and ingenuity. “When I went out there on the field, especially for my first game, I realized it’s so much more than grabbing a weight and throwing it. There’s a lot of technique and a tremendous amount of skill,” Lemmons stated. But the events aren’t just for men, as the festival has seen an increase of women competing at the event. Mona Malec used the Highland Games to get back into shape after being diagnosed with
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Grant Oliver, Mona Malec and Sean Lemmons (left to right) are three of the participants in the May 18-19 Highland Games at the Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival.
pre-diabetes. After attending one practice she became hooked, discovering a competitor she never knew was there. “I found an athlete in myself that I was never was. I was never a high school athlete, never a college athlete, I was an absolute couch potato. I just got in touch with the athlete inside of me at age 44,” Malec said. Malec has transformed into a standout athlete and has been on a journey to break the world record in the weight-over-bar event. After being only two inches away from breaking the world record at the North Texas Kickoff Games, Malec will try again to achieve her goal at the Celtic festival. But breaking records isn’t what empowers her to compete, as she instead draws inspiration from older competitors who demonstrate they are capable of accomplishing anything no matter their age. “I want to age with power and this sport has allowed me to see that’s possible. You can age with strength and power and grace. And that’s what I want to do this for,” Malec explained.
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n the ’60s, my grandfather’s construction companies were responsible for the Sunport, Coronado Airport, the “original” Big-I and many state highways. Hence, wheels and transportation are kind of in my blood. So when I got a call from Leba Freed from the WHEELS Museum recently, I was quite intrigued. Leba had read last issue’s debut column (hooray), and she invited me to come down to take a tour and spend some time soaking up what they do at this magical space along Albuquerque’s Railyards. The buildings, located on the site of the historic Santa Fe Railroad shops in Downtown Albuquerque, are iconic and stir up memories of another time. Built in 1914, the Albuquerque shops serviced steam locomotives operating on the Santa Fe Railroad. We have lost too many of the buildings, and some need a lot of TLC, so they are always looking for people to help out. The current museum is filling up with all sorts of wonderful things, like miniature train dioramas, old cars, old photographs, old machinery and much more. If you want a good look at some of our greatest treasures, head on down. And quite possibly, sometime soon, some of grandfather’s mementos will be part of the display. Saturday, May 11 is National Train Day, with events going on all across the U.S. Albuquerque’s rail celebration will be happening Downtown beginning at 10 a.m. What a great time to check things out. There will be guided tours of the historic Railyards site. Pre-registration for tours is required. Call 505.243.6269 for more information.
By the way — the food truck is an awesome older redone Winnebago! There are only five items on the menu — sweet, savory and such — all with stuff foraged from their gardens. Hope for bite-size quiche and decadent rhubarb cake! As it’s getting warmer, I’m betting more of the populace will be discovering what’s happening amid the cottonwoods and old barns and fresh air, that make the OTF so astounding. At this time, only Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check it out: oldtownfarm.com.
Bidding adieu In December we lost Carl Latino, the partner of Tom Ford, both the proprietors of Hey Jhonny for more than 18 years. They shared 28 years as life partners. This past weekend at Los Poblanos, Tom gifted many of us with a “Celebration of the Life of an Amazing Man,” in honor of Carl. It was a bittersweet, yet somewhat perfect and lovely day. It was a beautiful gathering of dear family, friends and familiar faces sharing stories and a dance, with a lot of hugging and handkerchiefs in hand. Cheers to Tom. And Cheers to Carl. Steven J. Westman is travel writer and chief socialite for Local iQ. He can be reached at steven@local-iQ.com.
Bike-in espresso And once again, I have to credit social media for making me sit up and want to know more about a place called Bike-In Coffee in the North Valley. Nestled and hidden in the neighborhood corridor between I-40 and Central Avenue, and just east of the Rio Grande, this spot is best accessed by the bike paths. Thus, my cycling friends have been lauding this hot-spot for meeting and lounging and sipping coffee. I’ve got a slight handicap which keeps me from riding a bike, and I took a chance and drove down on a weekday. To my surprise, I soon found that Bike-In Coffee is part of the Old Town Farm! Many of you know their the farm from the Growers Market at Robinson Park. I was not invited, and sort of just showed up (don’t everybody do this), but was wonderfully greeted by Lanny Tonning and Linda Thorne (that’s right, KGGM Linda Thorne), who lives here and runs the place. We spent a good amount of time discussing the way of the world becoming more “Bike In” friendly — how this could become something bigger than just a weekend jaunt for a delish cup-o-joe and noshing from the food truck that works as their kitchen.
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Javelin, meet mop Athletes endeavor to master the fine art of office chair racing, water balloon barrage BY MIKE ENGLISH
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e’re greasing the tricycle wheels, testing the speed of the office chairs, flexing the high heels and filling water balloons in preparation for the big day,” said Shalini Shanker, director of advancement at Amy Biehl High School in a recent interview with Local iQ. This is not teenage hijinks Shanker is speaking of. It’s raw competition performed by Albuquerque’s most talented desk jockeys at the highest level of athletic endeavor, with the field of battle, fittingly, being the Downtown Civic Plaza. It’s the Fourth Annual Amy Biehl High School Urban Olympics. Get ready for the throw-down. Back to defend their hard-fought crown are the PNM Illuminators, who grabbed the gold in last year’s Urban Olympics by
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Amy Biehl High School Urban Olympics 1p, Fri., May 10 ALBUQUERQUE CIVIC PLAZA 505.299.9409 facebook.com.abqurbanolympics amybiehlhighschool.org
staving off the scratching, clawing and mop javelin skills of Endorphin Power Company (silver medalists), the Terminators and the alliterative BBC’s Wild Wall Street Warriors (tied for bronze). Some of the many unique events slated for the 2013 edition of the Urban Olympics include urban bowling, water cooler relays, an office chair race, tricycle slalom, water
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balloon barrage and the return of the aforementioned mop javelin. These competitions are intended to be inane and all in good fun, as the purpose of the entire event is raising donations for Amy Biehl High School’s enrichment and community service programs. Amy Biehl is a charter school located at 4th and Gold in Downtown Albuquerque. The focus of the school is on preparing students to be among the first in their families to attend college. The school has built a solid record of accomplishment, Shanker noted. Some statistics she pointed out include: • 98 percent of Amy Biehl graduates enroll directly into college. • 86 percent are attending college or have graduated from college, compared with New Mexico’s four-year college completion rate of 33 percent. • More than 50 percent of Amy Biehl graduates have continued community engagement work.
Dawn B. Smith, Becky Wilson, Shalini Shanker, Jeff Buell and Sara Crecca (left to right, pictured on Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza) are some of the participants in this year’s Urban Olympics, the quirky and fun annual fundraiser benefiting downtown charter school Amy Biehl High School.
The Urban Olympics are the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year (teams and their companies donate anywhere from $250 to $5,000 to participate), and the games themselves have evolved to become one of Albuquerque’s funnest and quirkiest community happenings. “It’s an epic event,” Shanker added. It’s also your only chance of the year to see an Olympic torch run through Downtown Albuquerque, witness the rigors of at high heel race or be on hand for the bestowal of gold, silver and bronze medals while drinking an after-games beer. Last-minute registrants are welcome. To learn more visit tinyurl.com/urbanolympics.
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FORGET DONNA REED FOR A MINUTE; liberated women get dirty in the kitchen, too. Tie on this vintage-style New Mexico Map Apron and watch mommy dearest whip up a confection of appreciation. Look at Ma’ reppin! $
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CHARM BRACELETS HAVE LONG been a go-to for Mother’s Day presents. These vintage sterling silver beauties are tres unique with charms varying from a papoose to an articulated fish — there’s even a spinning carousel. For the cheeky mom, she’ll chuckle at the bracelet with an outhouse charm. These pieces are rich with personal history and love. Get one while they last.
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FOR THE RETICENT MOM WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR, a journal to exorcise her guilt makes the perfect medicine (so does a bottle of wine — be sure to include that in the gift basket). And don’t make her dig through broken crayons and pencil nubs for something to write with, throw in this motivational “Get Crap Done” pen.
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LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | MAY 9-22, 2013
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Besides an enticing lineup of beers, which are posted chalkboard-style (upper right), Bosque Brewing Company features a tasty pub menu that includes such plates as the smoked salmon sandwich (left) and the pretzel brat sandwich (lower right).
Taproom with taste Bosque Brewing proves yet again there’s always room for another brew-and-bite destination in the Duke City toasted pumpkin seeds and a bit of shaved gruyere. It is an easy, enjoyable and healthy met a guy the other day at a bar, and we alternative from bar food that isn’t greasy got to chatting. He bought me a drink, so and deep fried. Paired with a pint of Bosque I offered to share my bar snacks with him. His reply? “I don’t like to mix food with my Brewing’s seasonal pale ale ($5), and I enjoyed a superb spring snack. alcohol.” Fair enough, but if you find yourself at Bosque Brewing Company, I strongly The hardest part about eating at Bosque is encourage mixing beer and bar food. that each menu item sounds too damn good. Luckily, you can get a half The time, care, creativity panini with your choice of and science that goes into salad or green chile stew for R E V I E W brewing has made beer not $7, allowing you to enjoy just a drink, but an art or craft, both sides of the menu. I Bosque Brewing if you will. With great beer was dining alone, so I tried should come great food, right? Company a number of items at the Bosque opened in the later 8900 SAN MATEO NE, expense of my own body part of last year and brought 505.433.3889 weight. Albuquerque yet another HOURS taproom with terrific tastes. The first sandwich I went 11a-10p, Mon.-Thu.; 11a-11p, for was the pastrami. It’s The focus of any brewery is, of Fri.-Sat.; Noon-8p, Sun. prepared on a panini grill course, the beer, but the food bosquebrewingco.com with melted gruyere and at Bosque does not disappoint. whole grain mustard, then Their motto? “Flavor is boss.” garnished with arugula. The Food offerings at the brewery panini presses the sandwich are simple but sumptuous and relegated to sandwiches and snacks. There’s not into a thin, toasted and tasty piece of perfection. a kitchen hiding in the back of the place — your The pastrami and whole grain mustard pack food is all prepared behind the bar in plain view. a rich, flavorful punch that is complemented by the creamy gruyere. I washed it down with On my most recent visit to Bosque Brewing Company, I started with the vegetarian flatbread a pint of Brewer’s Boot Amber Ale ($5) which features toasted, caramel and earthy tones that ($6) from the “Lighter Fare” side of the menu. paired nicely with the toasted sandwich. It is a lightly toasted pita topped with hummus, I ordered the half pastrami with a cup of arugula, red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, BY JUSTIN DE LA ROSA
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Bosque Brewing’s version of green chile stew. The green chile had a nice bite to it with great flavor, and I could easily see myself getting in there for a bowl of green with a pour of the Scotia Scotch Ale ($5) for some New Mexicanstyle, soul-warming satiation. Next, I tried the smoked salmon sandwich, which was much lighter on the palate but offered cool, fresh flavors. It is served cold with muenster cheese, jalapeño ranch, an Arcadian mix and sliced tomatoes. With the salmon, I enjoyed a mixed green salad with candied walnuts, dried cranberries and a Greek feta vinaigrette. Though the first two sandwiches were instant favorites, it was the pretzel brat sandwich ($7.50) that stole the show. This sandwich isn’t available for the half-sandwich deal. They say it’s because they use the pretzel roll, but I really think it’s because after the first bite, you can’t imagine your life without the whole sandwich. The jalapeño cheddar bratwurst is sliced in half and grilled before being placed on the toasted pretzel roll and slathered with a chipotle aioli. It is every bit as delicious as you could imagine. Bosque Brewing Company has done something great in their short time since opening. Their beers are unique among Albuquerque’s breweries and their food sets them apart as not just a brewery but a restaurant. It’s a great place to get off the beaten path for a beer and a bite.
ot dogs are a timeless classic in our culture. You can find them at any sporting event. They’re sold on street corners. However, hot dogs just haven’t quite made their mark on Albuquerque — yet. Before I go further, let me just say that there is one rule — no, law — to abide by when eating a hot dog: No ketchup. Please. Anthony Bourdain said it best in an episode of The Layover: “Don’t put ketchup on your hot dog because god doesn’t want you to do that.” I’ve had dogs topped with crazy ingredients like yakisoba. But ketchup? No, I gave that up when I was a kid. Anyway, the hot dog thing is really starting to catch on in Albuquerque. Oh, and you can rest assured that the New Mexican red-or-green option is available at most, if not all hot dog restaurants. The Dog House Drive In (1216 Central SW) is about as classic as it gets. It is an institution and landmark in Albuquerque. I’m much more of a green chile guy, but the red chile used on their footlong chili cheese dog ($3.25) is absolute perfection. The spicy and smokey richness sets it apart from any sort of Tex-Mex chili. On the chile contrary, Piggy’s Hot Dogs and Hamburgers (4400 Central SE) does a great green chile cheese dog. Add a little yellow mustard and your tastebuds are tantalized. If you’re looking for a little bit more creativity and adventurous ingredients, Urban Hotdog Company (10250 Cottonwood Park NW) is your spot. They have the standards of hot dog heaven, like their Chicago and NYC dogs, but also a few new takes on hot dogs — most notably the Rising Sun ($5.45), topped with wasabi mayo, teriyaki sauce, daikon radishes, carrots, pickled ginger, and seaweed. There are plenty of others to choose from, but you’re really just going to have to eat your way through their menu. The Chicago Dog (219 Central NW) does their namesake right. Mustard, onions, tomato, green relish, pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt on a poppyseed bun; that is the definition of a true Chicago dog and my all-time favorite style of hot dog. Hot dogs are so much more than backyard barbecue fare. They’re a cuisine. A classic. Get out there and taste the creativity, even if the toppings sound crazy. As they say, every dog has its day. Justin De La Rosa is a dog lover, canine and culinary. He can be reached at justin@local-iQ.com.
DRINK
When wine is on the table, it’s easy being green
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f you’re reading Local iQ, I’m willing to bet that where your food comes from matters to you. You probably enjoy cooking with fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and you may have spent some time and money this month planning a garden, whether on your balcony, patio or raised beds. This spring I have offered some recommendations for specific grapes to explore (last month we went to Spain), but this month I want to help you connect with the world of wines that are produced organically or biodynamically. Twenty years ago anything organic was only available to people of a certain income, which wasn’t very fair. Today it may be just as easy to buy “green” wine as it is to buy green food. Good news if you like to drink wine and you care about this beautiful blue planet!
To Every Thing, Term Term Term We use a lot of terms when we talk about things like organic farming and sustainability. Our advertising world is full of phrases like “natural,” “Eco-Friendly,” or “chemical free.” But what do these terms mean? Sometimes very little, sometimes a world of difference. For instance, Clorox Green Works products are touted as “eco-friendly,” but they contain ethanol and sodium lauryl sulfate which some argue isn’t very friendly to humans when sprayed on the skin, or environmentally friendly when flushed down the toilet. Who gets to decide what’s important? In the end ... you do. In an era of frequent “greenwashing” by companies like Shell Oil and Clorox, it’s up to the consumer to know what terms mean and what matters to his or her conscience. A local restaurant may say they care about what you put in your mouth, but how local is local and how much do they care about you, the environment or the economy? Fortunately, the wine world is quite transparent and easy to navigate. Winemakers love to talk about their craft like proud parents talk about their children. Many organic and biodynamic winemakers want you to know how hard they work to keep their business in line with their conscience. With that in mind, let’s look a little closer at all of these labels and see what all the fuss is about.
Keeping It Simple Simply put, organic wine is wine made with organically grown grapes. Vintners grow grapes without any synthetic inputs (i.e. pesticides or chemical fertilizers). The Cline family, which owns Red Truck Winery in Sonoma, has now created an organic brand. They favor practices “that protect the health of farm workers, create a thriving wildlife habitat, and result in clean run-off and healthier soils.” You can now find their Green Truck wines here in town for around $12/bottle at Whole Foods. The crisp, light Sauvignon Blanc blend is my favorite, but there are five wines to choose from, so try them out and find your style. While the
most reliable way to know a winemaker is truly organic is through their certification by the USDA, the certification process is costly and labor-intensive. The Bucklin winery in Sonoma carried the certification for several years, but the cost was quite high. The vintner there, Will Bucklin, continues to practice his craft as always, but the label doesn’t carry the USDA stamp. Treat yourself to a delicious jammy bottle of the Bambino Zin at Jubilation for $22 (or try it by the glass while you still can at Farm and Table on 4th Street).
One Step Beyond Some organic winemakers go further and eliminate the use of added sulfites. Our Daily Red is one such winemaker in California, and they can boast “No Detectable Sulfites” on their label. They also print “Vegan Friendly” on their bottle, as if other wines might have animal products in them. Ultimately they produce a lively, simple red table wine for around $10/ bottle and you should try it. Biodynamic winemaking is a step further than just organic (and there is no certification for it). Some have summarized it as the timing of agricultural movements based on the rhythms of nature. It is so much more than I can sum up here. Suffice it to say that whether or not Randall Graham of Bonny Doon vineyard is “channeling the subtler forces of the Universe,” he is definitely making kick-ass wine. The best one for our New Mexico spring is the 2012 Central Coast Albariño. Pick it up at Whole Foods or order a glass at the Artichoke Café. As early as 2004 a blind tasting survey in Forbes revealed that many people prefer the taste of biodynamic wines. Critics suggest that this was because the winemakers are so much more diligent and obsessive in their winemaking. Either way I ask: Who cares? If the wine rocks, drink it, and many biodynamic wines will rock your palate while representing values of sustainability. This month we only scratched the surface of the organic and biodynamic side of winemaking but feel free to contact me with further questions. Check out betterworldshopper.com and see if any of your favorite wines are there. As always I welcome your inputs (organic or not). Cheers.
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A self described “wine optimist,” Local iQ wine columnist Sam Melada spends his free time chasing perfect pairings around his kitchen and cellar. Contact him at sam@local-iQ.com.
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Farm & Table Celebrate local food!
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Stir up your own tiki drink revival
W — SA MP LE ME N U — Spring Herb Salad sweet greens, farm egg, blossoms, white balsamic mustard vinaigrette $9
Roasted Bone Marrow capers, parsley, red onion, toast, sea salt $14
Stout-battered Asparagus potato, orange sesame aioli, oyster mushrooms $9
Halibut Cheeks asparagus, radish saffron, mustard seed $28
Chicken Ballotine mushroom, herbs, spinach, quinoa, pecans $23
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hen you hear the phrase “tiki drinks,” do you think of brightly colored blender drinks garnished with pineapple wedges shaded by tiny colorful umbrellas? In warm weather, an ice cold tiki drink can be the perfect fix. But, I implore you to steer clear of the cloyingly sweet libations. Not only do sweet drinks ruin the palate, they cause dehydration. But a vivid, fresh-juiced Zombie made the way Donn the Beachcomber intended? A ticket to paradise. Tiki bars began in the United States after the repeal of Prohibition in the 1930s. Donn the Beachcomber, a former bootlegger, opened a bar in Hollywood. He decorated it with knick-knacks he had collected in the South Pacific, and old nets and parts of wrecked boats he found along the shoreline. He created an exotic menu filled with rum-based drinks and scratched their names on to a board behind the bar. With soldiers returning home from the South Pacific, the tiki bar concept was a colossal hit. Soon, eager restaurateurs who wanted to cash in on the trend were poaching Donn’s bartenders. This caused him to keep his recipes secret, even from his staff, who would make cocktails with prebatched syrups with names like “Donn’s Spices #2.” Three years later after a visit to Donn the Beachcomber, Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron adopted the tiki theme for
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Zombie’s per visit. (Note that because of Donn’s top-secret recipes, there are many versions of the Zombie, Beachbum Berry has spent years trying to crack the codes of Donn’s recipes).
Zombie his Oakland restaurant and between the two men, considered the “pioneers of tiki,” an entire category of cocktails and bars was created, a category many say is the only significant cocktail family created since Prohibition. In fact, according to Beachbum Berry (pick up one of his many books on tiki), it was the cocktails that inspired the clothing, design, architecture and music trend, not vice versa. There has been a tiki revival, spurred by bartenders like Julie Reiner, Martin Cate and Brian Miller, and for good reason. Tiki drinks are refreshingly complex and they cleverly pack a hidden punch, as they tend to be a bit on the boozy side. While not only made with rum (sometimes multiple rums in the same drink), the sugar cane spirit is the most popular and widely accepted in the genre. Here is a recipe for one of Donn the Beachcomber’s most infamous cocktails, the Zombie. It was created for a hungover guest to help him get through a business meeting, who later complained to Donn he was a zombie throughout his trip. Donn limited customers to only two
Ingredients: 1 oz. gold Puerto Rican rum 1 oz. white Puerto Rican rum 1 oz. 151 Demerara rum 1 oz. Pineapple juice, unsweetened 1 oz. Lemon juice 1 oz. Lime juice 1 oz. Passion fruit syrup 1 tsp. Brown sugar Dash Angostura bitters Sprig of mint to garnish Method: Place the sugar and the lemon juice into a cocktail shaker and mix until the sugar has completely dissolved. Place the rest of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice. Vigorously shake the mixture for 35 seconds to combine and then pour into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint and serve immediately. Kate Gerwin is bar manager at Imbibe, vice president of the United States Bartender’s Guild New Mexico and the President of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails New Mexico.
FOOD
Rhubarb: a vegetable masquerading as fruit
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t Jennifer James 101, there are often rather tense, slightly comical conversations about the “how” and “why” of certain cooking practices between the two chef-owners. One of us is a highly-skilled and locally-celebrated selftaught culinary genius. The other one of us is a less-experienced culinary school graduate. In last week’s episode of “Why do you do it that way?,” I admitted to Jennifer that, until I started working with her, I never peeled rhubarb. What!? She was shocked. She always peeled it. No one ever told me to peel it, I explained. And, I thought to myself, that’s where all the color is. Since it’s a staple on the jj101 menu for the next few weeks, it is only appropriate to make rhubarb this month’s key ingredient. Although it is used as a fruit in most all culinary applications, rhubarb, botanically, is a vegetable. There are medicinal uses for the leaves and roots of the plant, but only the petioles — the sturdy stalks resembling crimson celery — are consumed. It is available in colors ranging from ghostly white to bright green, but is most commonly found in shades of pink or red. It is believed that the darker the color, the more flavorful the rhubarb, but different varieties have different-colored petioles and are equally flavorful. In grocery stores, it is often mistaken for Swiss Chard, but can be differentiated by the absence of leaves. Rhubarb leaves contain high levels of toxic oxalic acid and the stalks are sold without leaves to avoid accidental ingestion; when the plants freeze and then thaw in the field, oxalic acid has been known to “migrate” down into the petioles and cause oxalic acid poisoning upon consumption. For this reason, purchase only rhubarb stalks that are crisp and turgid, not limp and soft, as limpness could be a sign of having been frozen or less-than-fresh rhubarb. Medium-size stalks tend to be more tender and less woody than larger stalks. Rhubarb is 95 percent water. Once the petioles are harvested, they begin to dehydrate and lose moisture. This process can be retarded be trimming a fresh end on the stalks and standing them upright in a container with a small amount of water, as if they were flowers, in a cool place. The tart-sour stalks of rhubarb are rich in both vitamin C and calcium. As it is very acidic, most recipes for rhubarb require the addition of sugar to counteract the pucker factor. Additionally, rhubarb should only be cooked in non-reactive pots, as the high levels of acid will react with the pot and turn the rhubarb a dull shade of brown and give it a metallic taste. Stainless steel and Teflon-coated pots are excellent choices. At Jennifer James 101, we pair rhubarb with naturally sweet strawberries in a warm dessert
crisp cooked individually in ceramic coffee mugs. By using strawberries, we can minimize the amount of white sugar used in the dessert, and strawberries are classic companions for late-spring rhubarb. The beauty of this dessert is that it can be scaled up or down depending on how many servings you need. The topping can be made in a large batch and keeps well, refrigerated, for a few weeks. Since it is most delicious when fresh from the oven, make only what you need. To make the crisp, set the oven to 375 F. Into a really big bowl (think Kentucky Derby hat), measure a cup of clean, unpeeled fresh (or frozen) rhubarb chunks for each serving (if you are making crisp for four, put in four cups). Add one and a half cups of halved or quartered fresh strawberries for each serving (2 pounds = 6 cups for 4 servings). Toss together. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt, a splash of water and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Toss. Dust the top with cornstarch (about a half tsp. per serving). Toss. Add a handful of sugar for each serving (about 2 Tbsp.). Toss. Now, let the mess sit and juice out while you throw together the topping. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together two parts all-purpose flour, one part packed brown sugar, one part white sugar and a pinch of salt. Cut a stick of butter into small pieces for each cup of flour. Scale up or down accordingly. Mix just until you get some pea-sized butter chunks but don’t over-mix it. For individual crisps, scoop the strawberry and rhubarb mixture into ovenproof mugs. For a big crisp, dump the whole mess into a larger ovenproof dish. There should be some liquid in the bottom of your big bowl. Divide it among the mugs. Cover the top of the fruit mixture with a quarter inch of topping mixture and gently press it into the fruit. This will encourage the top and fruit to mingle and make a unified dessert. Put the mugs onto a baking tray and bake for a half hour on the bottom of the oven. Move to the top of the oven, rotate, and bake for another 15 minutes, or until golden and bubbly around the edges. Nelle Bauer is co-chef/co-owner of Jennifer James 101. She thinks vegetables masquerading as fruits make for great desserts.
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RELATIONSHIPS
Take note of challenges to a second marriage
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ou finally meet a great guy. Woo-Hoo! You fall in love, get married, and plan to live happily ever after. You don’t care that he was married before. You don’t think that it matters – oh but sister it does! Trust me on this one. Let’s face it, marriages are challenging. And second marriages? Well, they can be downright difficult when you add step-children and ex’s to the mix. Statistically, the news isn’t good; approximately 67 percent of second marriages end in divorce, according to Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Mo. But, I’m a realistic-optimist. The optimistic part of me truly believes that being a second wife can be just as successful as any other relationship. The realist side of me however, acknowledges there is distinct challenges women face when they are in a second marriage. While said challenges cannot be ignored (nor are they for the faint of heart), knowledge is power. By being aware of some of the drawbacks and pitfalls of going into a second marriage, the chances of success can be increased. Here are a few challenges that can threaten the marriage.
Challenge 1: The Past “The Past” is what it is. Part of developing a healthy relationship as a second wife is to make peace with it before you walk down the aisle. And, of course, there are TWO pasts (yours and his), not just one past to come to grips with. If your spouse’s former marriage was riffed with problems, it’s a good idea to try and be objective; stand back and look at the fact that there were two people who caused the demise of his first marriage. In general, what we tend to do is focus entirely on the first wife; “she was a complete bitch,” or “she cheated on him,” or “she was dreadful,” and on and on we go. But the fact of the matter is, you don’t really know what happened — you weren’t there. The only thing you can know for sure is that your husband played a role in it too. Be sensible.
Challenge 2: Lack of a honeymoon phase This is out of necessity, because probably either you or your spouse has children. There was only one somewhat practical episode of The Brady Bunch, and that was the very first one. Mike and Carol ended up giving up a honeymoon alone for one shared with all of the kids. As a second wife, there’s a fast jump into family life, with all of its challenges and stresses. There’s not much time for you to be alone with just your spouse. That’s why it’s vital that you establish a date night for yourselves on a regular basis, just the two of you.
Challenge 3: Jealousy Jealousy over the time your husband spends with his children. Let’s face it, we may be mature, but we are also human. Don’t beat yourself up over this one, but DO recognize who the grown-up is in this situation. If you act on your feelings negatively, there will be hell to pay. Acknowledge your needs, and then work on different strategies to meet them in a mature and healthy way. If you’re having trouble with this one, seek immediate professional help. Remember you don’t want to be one of the 67 percent that doesn’t make it through.
Challenge 4: Insecurity I am speaking here of the occasional rare
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instance when your hubby may have actually been awarded the marital home. But there you are, living in her house, with her accessories, her paint colors, and her marital bed. If you can’t afford to start in your own house together fear not, dear second wife. There is a solution: invite all your closest girlfriends over to help you purge the evil spirits and bad decorating taste from your new home. I suggest purifying, redecorating and thoroughly disinfecting the former marital home. Typically it is within reason to remove or change any old reminders of the first wife. This could be pictures, furniture, beds, decorations or even wall colors. The home is a place where you want to feel included.
Challenge 5: First wife still in the picture? This can be a challenge to many women. Sometimes it is not something that can be helped such as if there are children. Then your husband will at least need to deal with her when issues arise regarding the children. It may feel strange, awkward or uncomfortable for you to have another woman in and out of your life. Also, sometimes men keep in touch with their ex-wives even when they have a new wife. If you are uncomfortable with this then you had better discuss it with your husband ASAP.
Challenge 6: Baggage I saved the hardest one for last because I believe it can cause the most heartache and will end your marriage the fastest. When I speak of baggage I am referring to ways of connecting and communicating to your spouse that are old and outdated. They are like a ratty old suitcase from your childhood. They are no longer serving you and/or your partner. If either of you have issues with using blame, coercion, insults, judgments, yelling, withholding or any other bad behavior, send out an SOS for help, and now. Conflict is an inevitable part of living with another person. When one or both partners may have failed relationships in their past, confrontation and arguments can be especially painful and challenging — and potentially threaten the new relationship. Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to successfully resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. My advice, take some relationship skills classes or work with an expert that focuses on this area. Preventative action is the key here. Don’t wait till too much damage is done to get help, start when the marriage is new and you have the energy to put into learning new behaviors and skills. You’ll thank me on this one. These are all issues a second wife may have to deal with, and many do not make it through unscathed. Signing up to be a second wife is something that should be given a lot of thought before the “I do’s” are said. Ana Loiselle (nmrelationshipcenter.com, 505.872.8743) is a licensed relationship coach, speaker and author.
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Book bash
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New book event draws numerous authors to the Duke City for a celebration of all things literary
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hey say the book is a dying art form, but don’t believe it. The organizers of the first-ever Southwest Book Fiesta have put together one of region’s largest book shows, with 250 locally and nationally recognized author/publisher vendors expected to be touting their latest books. “Biggest and Best in the (South)West” should be the adopted catchphrase for the Fiesta. Sunbelt Shows, is no stranger to putting on large-scale events. For the past 20-some F E S T I VA L years, president and chile expert Dave Southwest Book DeWitt has been Fiesta producing New 9a-6p, Fri.-Sat.; 9a-5p, Mexico’s largest trade Sun., May 10-12 which went on to be adapted show, the National to the big screen and helped Albuquerque Convention Fiery Foods and BBQ Center propel the career of Sylvester Show. DeWitt and 401 2nd NW, 505.873.8680 Stallone. Morrell will also be co-presenter Local discussing his fascination with $8/$20 3-day pass iQ have brought in 19th century London, which is Free parking at Convention key sponsors, such Center parking garage the setting of his latest book, as University of New Murder as a Fine Art. swbookfiesta.com Mexico Press, KNME and Bookworks to Another notable author making produce a unique an appearance on the Fiesta’s show that book lovers main stage is T.J. English, a of all ages will surely enjoy. New York City underground crime writer who will be debuting his latest book, Whitey’s The Fiesta is an all-ages, family-oriented Payback: and Other True Stories: Gangsterism, event geared towards increasing awareness Murder, Corruption, and Revenge, a gripping of reading and literacy. Many popular collection of past and present articles authors, poets and publishers will be focusing on the criminal underworld, reading, singing, discussing and presenting including recent coverage of the trial of their works in various breakout rooms famed Irish Mob figurehead, Whitey Bulger. throughout the Convention Center. Also making appearances at the event David Morrell, author of First Blood, where are authors Deborah Madison, Margaret the Rambo character was first introduced, Wrinkle, Darynda Jones and many others, will be appearing late Saturday afternoon for including Ace Atkins, who has taken over an hour, discussing his creation of the book,
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Margaret Moore Baker, Southwest Art Defined Moore presents her new beautifully illustrated book with expanded terms and definitions of the art, architecture, decorative arts and jewelry of the Southwest (both Hispano and Native American). 7p,
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Ronald C. Tobin Book Signing Event Tobin, a resident of Phoenix, AZ, will be available to sign copies of his novel, A Ruby for Victor: The Plaz Seschni Series. $8-$10
Poetry Open Mic Night Open Mic Nights are hosted by Kenneth P. Gurney and the diverse local poets of New Mexico. Thirty minutes of open mic will be followed with a poetry reading by the featured poet of the evening. Sign up begins at 6:45 pm. 7p, FREE
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Joe Swinger: “The Beans of Wisdom” Beans of Wisdom is a homeless man’s account of a life-changing journey to acquire seven gifts of leadership and life. 7p,
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the late Robert B. Parker’s “Spenser” series of novels. The Mississippi-based author now has two Spenser books under his belt, including the most recent, Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland. Following their appearances, many of the authors will be featured at the Bookworks booth, signing copies of their work and speaking with patrons. Bookworks is the official bookseller of the event. In addition to author readings, scads of demonstrations, presentations and signings will feature Fiesta exhibitors devoted to other media such as graphic novels, comics, films, videos, blogs and social media groups. A portion of net proceeds will be donated to local libraries, literacy programs and nonprofit organizations, like New Mexico PBS. And don’t spend your time during the book show, which will be held on Mother’s Day weekend (May 10-12), worrying about where to take Mom to eat prior to attending the show. Hotel Andaluz will be providing a Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday, consisting of everything from appetizers to salads to a main course and dessert. After all, you can’t read a book on an empty stomach. Free parkign will be offered at the Convention Center parking garage.
Kevin Fedarko, “The Emerald Mile” In the spring of 1983, the Colorado River’s massive flooding presented engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented emergency that could have resulted in the most catastrophic dam failure ever. 3p, FREE
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Author Stephen Scott In Scott’s book Septimus, it is 1940 and the shores of southern England have been mined against Hitler’s expected invasion. Young Septimus stumbles along these shores only to find himself part of a desperate, high-powered world he does not understand but cannot escape. 1-3p, FREE TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS, 2012 SOUTH PLAZA NW, 505.242.7204
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Ramona Ausubel: “A Guide to Being Born” Santa Fe native Ausubel reads from her new book of short stories. In each of these 11 stories Ausubel’s stunning imagination and humor are moving, entertaining and provocative, leading readers to see the familiar world in a new way. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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MAIN STAGE: Schedule of Events FRIDAY, MAY 10
SATURDAY, MAY 11
SUNDAY, MAY 12
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Robin Perini
Christine Barber
Jessie Haas
THE ROMANCE OF WRITING ROMANCE NOVELS
MYSTERIES ABOUT THE CITY DIFFERENT
A HORSE CRAZY AMERICAN GIRL
Robin Perini discusses her novels Finding Her Son (aka Stolen Lullaby), Harlequin Intrigue, March 2012; Cowboy in the Crossfire, Harlequin Intrigue, July 2012; and Christmas Conspiracy, Harlequin Intrigue, October 2012.
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Barber’s acclaimed mysteries explore not just the folklore, Indian heritage, and colonial history that draws people to Santa Fe each year, but also the lives of locals, from the rich retirees to the families that have lived there for generations. These mysteries take place in a modern city that still has strong, unforgettable connections to its history. Novels: When the Devil Doesn’t Show, The Bone Fire, The Replacement Child
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Sharon Crayton
Darynda Jones
LIVING WELL WITH ONE TASTE
INTERVIEW WITH DARYNDA JONES
One Taste is a cookbook about integrating an awareness of our actions and attitudes while enjoying everyday cooking. Crayton will express how the book was written and how it has changed her life while enjoying her passion for cooking simple fresh food.
Local marketing consultant and actor Clifton Chadwick will interview NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Darynda Jones on her writing process, her first sale, the popularity of her Charley Davidson series, and more.
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Vaunda Nelson
T.J. English
NO CRYSTAL STAIR: DOCUMENTARY WRITING IN FICTION AND NONFICTION
WHITEY’S PAYBACK: AND OTHER TRUE STORIES OF GANGSTERISM, MURDER, CORRUPTION, AND REVENGE
Nelson discusses and reads from her two award winning books, No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller and Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall.
True crime writer T.J. English talks about some of the main themes in his new book The Savage City and in his other works, Havana Nocture, Paddy Whacked, Born to Kill, and The Westies.
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Kevin Spall
GREETINGS FROM THE PRODUCERS AND WELCOME TO THE SOUTHWEST BOOK FIESTA! We are gratified by the support of the book and media community in the Southwest, and would like to also thank some of the people and organizations that made this event possible. • The City of Albuquerque, including Mayor Richard Berry, Rob Perry, John Garcia, and Eric Werner. • The staff and management of New Mexico PBS, KNME. • SouthWest Writers and in particular, Kathy Kitts. • The staff and management of Bookworks and in particular, Amanda Sutton. • The staff and management of SMG (Convention Center Management) and in particular, Lew Dawley and Elizabeth Mendel. • Wayne Scheiner and Jackson OrtegaScheiner of Wayne Scheiner & Co. • Tom Garrity and Julianne Horn of The Garrity Group.
We sincerely hope that everyone who attends the Book Fiesta enjoys our exhibitors, presenters, and speakers, and we certainly thank all of them for their hard work and support. Read on! Sincerely from Book Fiesta Producers, DAVE DEWITT, EMILY DEWITT-CISNEROS + MARY JANE WILAN OF SUNBELT SHOWS FRANCINE HOPPER AND KEVIN HOPPER OF LOCAL iQ
Jessie Haas had written more than 30 children’s books when a surprise email introduced her to the world of American Girl. She’ll discuss how a lifelong passion for horses and reading lead her to Saige, American Girl’s 2013 Girl of the Year.
11 AM
Duke City Dime Stories THREE MINUTES OF FAME
Founded in San Diego in 2005, DimeStories showcases three-minute stories read by the author at live open mic events, online, and on the radio. In addition to the original San Diego open mic, events take place monthly in Laguna Beach, Calif., and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
12 PM
Joe Badal BECOMING THE AUTHOR YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE
Joseph Badal is the author of six thrillers, including Shell Game, Evil Deeds, Terror Cell, The Nostradamus Secret, The Pythagorean Solution, and The Lone Wolf Agenda, which will be released on June 25. He has also authored a short story, Fire & Ice, that was included in an anthology, and a non-fiction book titled Relationship Selling. He is a frequent speaker at national events and conferences, and gives classes to writers on Making Your Manuscript Publishable.
1 PM 2 PM
Mark Rudd and James Tracy
1 PM
Steve Brewer
RAGE AGAINST THE AMNESIA MACHINE
Joanne Bodin
3 PM
Join authors Mark Rudd (Underground: My Life in SDS and the Weathermen) and James Tracy (Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power) in conversation exploring the politics of memory and history.
Jonathan Miller
New Mexico State Poetry Society presents current and former poets laureate Hakim Bellamy (Albuquerque) and Jon Davis, Joan Logghe, and Valerie Martinez (Santa Fe) in readings, performance and discussion with panel moderator and poet Joanne Bodin.
2 PM
HOW TO TURN YOUR LIFE INTO A NOVEL USING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO SPICE UP YOUR WRITING
Deborah Madison + Dave DeWitt
2 PM
COOKBOOK AUTHORS: A DYING BREED?
WRITING WASH
MANY ROADS TO PUBLICATION
Prolific author Steve Brewer discusses the varied ways for authors to publish books with new technology.
Jonathan Miller, the author of Rattlesnake Lawyer and Rattlesnake Wedding, will offer helpful tips on turning your real life, along with your hopes and fears into a novel, and avoid getting sued.
These longtime cookbook authors discuss the ever-changing cookbook market and how celebrity chefs and TV food has altered how collections of recipes are published these days.
4 PM
3 PM
Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death
David Morrell
TALKING ABOUT SEX WON’T MAKE YOU PREGNANT, AND TALKING ABOUT FUNERALS WON’T MAKE YOU DEAD
Award-winning author David Morrell discusses his writing adventures, ranging from how he created Rambo to his often dangerous research and his fascination with the fogbound streets of 1854 London.
Gail Rubin, TV/radio host and author of the award-winning book A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, knocks ’em dead with a light touch on a serious subject.
RAMBO AND ME
POETS LAUREATE PANEL
Margaret Wrinkle New Mexico writer Wrinkle, a student of the late Chinua Achebe, talks about writing her acclaimed slavery novel, Wash.
3 PM
Jacqueline Frank PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Frank will discuss The Nightwalkers Series: Jacob, Gideon, Elijah, Damien, Noah and Adam. The Gatherers Series: Hunting Julian and Stealing Kathryn. The Three Worlds Series: Seduce Me In Dreams, Seduce Me in Flames. The Shadowdwellers Series: Ecstasy, Rapture, Pleasure.
4 PM
Ace Atkins SPENSER & ME
Ace tells the story of how he inherited the mantle of the late, great Robert B. Parker to continue the famous Spenser novels, including his newest one, Wonderland.
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48fourteen Juanita Samborski juanita@48fourteen.com 48fourteen.com
Five Star Publications, Inc. V.A. Boeholt linda@fivestarpublications. com fivestarpublications.com
BOOTH #2 NM Children’s Book Authors Ana Baca anawrite@msn.com
BOOTH #3 Joyful Authors Group Sheila Key, Peggy Spencer MD and M.J. Evans sheilakey@newmexico.com pspencer@unm.edu mjevansbtm@gmail.com 50waystoleaveyour40s.com, behindthemist.com
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BOOTH #9 White Feather Marlene Hawkes mgachwk@yahoo.com
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BOOTH #11 Renata Press Sandra Bazinet info@renatapress.com renatapress.com
BOOTH #12 Author Loretta Hall Loretta Hall loretta@authorhall.com AuthorHall.com
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BOOTH #16 Marilyn Stablein author, artist Marilyn Stablein marilynstablein@msn.com
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Cenotaph Corporation Robert E Vardeman rvardeman451@comcast.net http://www.cenotaphroad. com
BOOTH #24 moneypuppets Dennis Marker info@moneypuppets.com thefifteensteps.com
BOOTH #25 Joyce Nance Joyce Nance jqfromabq@yahoo.com joycenance.com
BOOTH #26 UNM authors Sue A Boggio sboggio@unm.edu boggioandpearl.com
BOOTH #27 Tooo much fun Clayton Coburn coburn.clayton@gmail.com
BOOTH #28 Author Lucretia Tippit tippit@spinn.net
BOOTH #29 Margaret Menache Margaret Menache mag@swcp.com
BOOTH #30 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference Eva Lipton-Ormand taosconf@unm.edu unm.edu/~taosconf/
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Slim Randles ol_slim@yahoo.com slimrandles.com
Cimarroncita Historic Ranch Retreat Minnette Burges mdb@cimarroncita.com cimarroncita.com
Bygone Byways Jeff Jensen bygonebyways@comcast.net
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New Mexico Book Association Jim Mafchir nmbookassoc@yahoo.com nmbook.org
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Margaret Tessler Margaret Tessler tale_spinner@earthlink.net ABQ-TaleSpinner.com Macnab Design Maggie Macnab macnab@macnabdesign.com designbynaturebook.com, carolecrews.com
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Belinda Vasquez Garcia Belinda Vasquez Garcia belindavasquezgarcia@ gmail.com hbelindavasquezgarcia.com
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BOOTH #39 Author Elizabeth Rose galisteoliz@gmail.com
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BOOTH #49 Mystery author Steve Brewer Steve Brewer abqbrewer@gmail.com stevebrewer.us.com
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Aloft Publishing LLC Bobbi Valentine aloftbooks@yahoo.com aloftbooks.com
BOOTH #54 NM Genealogical Society Nancy Anderson info@nmgs.org, nmgs.org
BOOTH #55 Earth Medicine Books Marcia Starck marcia.starck@gmail.com earthmedicineways.com
BOOTH #56 Research Applications Corp. Caroline Mason casmason01@msn.com
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Eirik Gumeny and Annam Manthiram Eirik Gumeny egumeny@hotmail.com annam@annammanthiram. com egumeny.com annamanthiram.com
BOOTH #63/#64 Ampersand Communications/ West End Press/ Tres Chicas Amanda Sutton amanda@ampersandcomm. com ampersandcomm.com
BOOTH #65 Imagined Interprises, Inc. Brian Stalians brian.stalians@ imaginedinterprises.com imaginedinterprises.com
BOOTH #67 Reynold Conger & Thelma Giomi Reynold Conger congernm@msn.com tgiomi@gmail.com Congerbooks.info thelmagiomi.com
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BOOTH #73 New Mexico Book Association Jim Mafchir nmbookassoc@yahoo.com nmbook.org
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DimeStories Jennifer Simpson akajesais@gmail.com dimestories.org
Don Jose: An American Soldier’s Courage and Faith in Japanese Captivity James A. McClure and Ezequiel L. Ortiz jim@jamcclure.com DonJosePOW.com
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BOOTH #119 Citizen Media Group Carolyn Carlson ctcarlson03@gmail.com
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BOOTH #137 3rd Sister Debra Peebles debra_peebles2001@yahoo. com
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BOOTH #141 Write a Marketable Children’s Book in 7 Weeks Jennifer McKerley jmckerley@comcast.net writechildrensbook.com
BOOTH #207 Authors David Noble, Barbara Foster & Rudy Apodaca rudy@rudyapodaca.com rudyapodaca.com
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NM Geological Society April Brunson abrunson@nmbg.nmt. edu nmgs.nmt.edu
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Amador Publishers & Humanist Society of NM Zelda Gatuskin zelda@amadorbooks. com amadorbooks.com
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ABC Library Linda Morgan Davis ldavis@cabq.gov abclibrary.org
Terra Nova Books Marty Gerber martyg@swcp.com
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Arbor Farm Press & ABQ Writers Co-op Mary Ellen Capek mecapek@me.com arborfarmpress.com abqwriterscoop.com
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Artemesia Publishing Geoff Habiger g.habiger@ artemesiapublishing.com
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Albuquerque BioPark
BOOTH #517 Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum Laurie Magovern, Education Coordinator lmagovern@cabq.gov cabq.gov/cultural services/balloon museum
BOOTH #525 Arizona Authors Association Toby Fesler Heathcotte info@azauthors.com azauthors.com
BOOTH #529 Javelina Books Denniger Bolton denniger@ javelinabooks.com javelinabooks.com
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THU 16 Susan Palwick: “Mending the Moon” Melinda Soto, 64, is vacationing in Mexico when she is murdered by a fellow American tourist. The murderer is found days later after he drowns himself near his family home. Melinda leaves behind a tight circle of friends including the failed academic Veronique; Rosemary and Henrietta, the priest at their church. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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FRI 17 Donald Kalsched: “Trauma and the Soul: A PsychoSpiritual Approach to Human Development and its Interruption” Kalsched continues explorations he began in The Inner World of Trauma, delving further into mystical and spiritual moments that occur during psychoanalysis. Through clinical vignettes, he shows how psychotherapy with trauma survivors can open doors to “another world,” where daimonic powers, both light and dark, reside. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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Local Mystery Author Signing Barbara J. Langner will talk about and sign her first mystery, The Detectives Who Loved Shakespeare. In the book, English teacher Monica Walters, a compulsive reader of mysteries, becomes a super sleuth when a man is murdered at a conference. She wants to solve the case. A police detective chuckles at her snooping but realizes she’s unearthed some pertinent clues. 2:30p, FREE PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE 11018 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.2026
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Ian Palmer: “Hiking Toward Heaven” Albuquerque physicist and engineer, Ian Palmer, evaluates the link between spirituality and human nature in a story that follows an extended family as they experience six hikes in New Mexico and Arizona, and face numerous physical challenges intertwined with a creative exploration of faith, science and love. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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Laurie Evans Frantz: “The Turquoise Trail” The Turquoise Trail is a quirky, alternative road stretching between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Before horses trod the route, it linked three Native American pueblos. The buildings that once housed miners and the businesses that supported them are now occupied by art galleries, boutiques and modern pioneers. 5p, FREE PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE 11018 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.2026
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Northern NM Land Grants David Correia, assistant professor of American Studies at the UNM, will to talk about and sign his non-fiction book of local interest, Properties of Violence: Law and Land Grant Struggle in Northern New Mexico. Spain and Mexico populated what is today New Mexico through large common property land grants to sheepherders and agriculturalists. After the U.S.-Mexican War the area saw rampant land speculation and dubious property adjudication. Nearly all of the huge land grants scattered throughout New Mexico were rejected by U.S. courts or acquired by land speculators. 2:30p, FREE PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE 11018 MONTGOMERY NE, 505.294.2026
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Nita Murphy and Judith Nase: “A Life in Full” Authors present the first authorized biography of the ever-interesting Millicent Rogers. Rogers’ surviving son Arturo Peralta-Ramos II has written a forward in tribute to his mother, and he and his brother Paul worked with the late literary scholar Arthur Bachrach and coauthors Nasse and Murphy on the biography. 3p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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Duke City Diamonds: A Book Talk with Gary Herron The Esther Bone Memorial Library is pleased to welcome Gary Herron, sports editor of the Rio Rancho Observer, for an author talk on his new book, Duke City Diamonds: Baseball in Albuquerque. 6:30p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, 505.891.1396
Sean Murphy: “One Bird One Stone, with Natalie Goldberg” Drawn from the archives of America’s Zen centers and interviews with some of the seminal figures of American Zen, One Bird, One Stone presents the notable encounters between teachers and students, the moments of insight and wisdom, quotable quotes and the humor of Zen as it has flowered in America in the last 100 plus years. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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WED 22 Jane Mahoney: “Albuquerque’s Huning Castle Neighborhoods” As a 21-year-old German immigrant, Franz Huning could not have envisioned his future in NM when, in 1849, he signed on as a “bull whacker” for a wagon train heading down the Santa Fe Trail. Huning’s entrepreneurial talents flourished over the next halfcentury, and now one of the city’s most vital historic neighborhoods bears his name. 7p, FREE BOOKWORKS 40232 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139
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| ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | MAY 9-22, 2013
Author has an ear on criminal underground Whitey’s Payback & Other True Stories By T.J. English Mysterious Press, 2013, 230p.
$11.99 ISBN: 978-1-4804-1171-5
BY KEVIN HOPPER
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ecognized as one of the foremost authorities on the sordid underworld of organized crime, particularly when it comes to the Irish mobs of New York and Boston, writer T.J. English should be in fear for his life. Were it not for his uncanny ability to endear current and former members of the Mob to exact detailed information that probably should be kept a secret, he might not have a life to fear for. English most recently authored The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge, a gripping account of the tumultuous racially-motivated violence that addled New York City in the 1960s. However, it is his unparalleled insight into the topic of organized crime that has built a name for the author, who lives in Greenwich Village, just around the corner from the spot where the infamous gun-for-hire Mad Dog Sullivan was captured for the last time. In Whitey’s Payback, a collection of the author’s articles written over the past 20-plus years, English opens and closes by detailing his recent visits with Sullivan, who is currently incarcerated for life in, ironically, Sullivan Correctional Facility in New York’s Sullivan County. It’s a clever and revealing way to show readers one instance of how the author is able to relate to people who are, by most definitions, psychopaths. The collection of stories in this book date back to the early ‘90s and span a number of insidious topics, including the rise of Jamaican gangsters in New York City in
1991, a 2011 piece about the bloody drug wars in Mexico that continues to grip that nation and an interesting firsthand account of the Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie, who rose to fame after the release of Behind the Green Door to become the porn kings of San Francisco and establish the now legendary O’Farrell Theatre. English interviewed Jim Mitchell just days before he shot and killed his progressively hostile brother Artie. As for the title of the book, it refers to a number of recent articles English has written covering the capture and trial of Whitey Bulger, potentially the last of the last of the old school gangsters. Bulger was also a snitch, and a controversial one at that. He colluded with the U.S. Justice Department as an informant and utilized that role to further his own empire. English explains that after writing two books on the subject of the Irish Mob (The Westies, Paddy Whacked), he thought he had exhausted the topic. That was, until Bulger was captured in 2011. Even more timely is the fact that Bulger’s trial is set to start next month, where he is expected to take the stand and divulge much more than the government cares to be heard, which will truly be Whitey’s payback. For crime enthusiasts unfamiliar with English’s work, Whitey’s Payback is an engaging intro into his unique, fluid, cut to-the-chase voice. One that will likely lead to the worthwhile investigation of the rest of this author’s oeuvre. T.J. English will appear on the main stage of the Southwest Book Fiesta at Noon, Sat., May 11. The event will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center (401 2nd SW). Tickets are $8 in advance and available at swbookfiesta.org
LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | MAY 9-22, 2013
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BY JIM PHILLIPS • PHOTOS BY WES NAMAN
How to grow organically is just a small part of the learning curve for Downtown Duke City seed-head Jim Phillips, who learns ‘nothing is off the table’ when it comes to living off the land I KNEW IT WOULDN’T BE EASY. IT ISN’T I tend to get ideas and just run with them. This project has been partly a desire to learn. It’s been partly a desire of just wanting to do something new all the time. Lots of it is just me being stupid. I wanted to learn about eating well and learning about not just what, but how we feed ourselves. I guess that my heart is in the right place, even though my shovel is sometimes not. After visiting Jemez Pueblo with a friend a few years back, talking to the locals, viewing the look of things, my mind became a bit of a Dutch oven. I was slow-cooking an idea that I knew was going to take over the lives of me and my wife. I wanted to own a farm. The man who did not know how to farm, who had never owned his own home, the dancing fool musician, wanted to own a farm. I wanted to buy some property here in the middle of Old Town Albuquerque and just go with it. I wanted to be dirty (filthy, really) and get up early. I wanted to feed my family. I don’t know why. I’m still learning why.
HISTORY I come from several generations of farmers. Beet farmers, mostly. My
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Momma said that when they got their first house in Colorado my Dad was tilling the ground before they had unpacked their furniture. That home is not a part of my memories, but our next house, I do remember. We had a garden that shamed all the neighbors and fed our family, year round. Momma extended the harvest season by canning. I was assigned planting, weeding and picking duties. A snack was cherries off our tree or a handful of chives. We ate tomatoes on the porch like apples. I liked to watch my Dad get out in the middle of the squash patch and get completely lost in thought.
EDUCATION On second thought, maybe I do know why. I’ve spent way too many years as a trainer in various fields. And I thought if I could learn to farm and at least attempt to feed my family, then maybe I could teach others to do the same. I’m a long way from achieving that goal, but I still feel like it needs to be done. There has to be a way of teaching a simpler life, because complicated just seems to make no sense. Simplicity has always been a little like magic to me. Apparently simplicity means hard work. I
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suddenly found myself jumping in head first into a situation where I had to face the fact that my life was now to be a state of constant work and constant thoughts on education; mostly my own education. I also wanted to wander into the field and get lost in thought like my Dad.
MISTAKES: LEARN TO ENJOY LOSING The most difficult thing I have experienced in this venture has been the rate of failure. It seemed to never end, and has constantly backed us against the wall. I just simply didn’t know how to make it work every time. Starter plants? Seeds? What variety? Compost? Till? No till? Rows or go wild? Well, the best bet I made was to turn to the experts. Experts in farming in a rather harsh environment are everywhere in New Mexico and I am, as it turns out, lucky to know a number of them. People came out of the woodwork who had grown up on farms. They introduced me to others and I began to get a bigger picture — bigger every day. Discussions of my high failure rate has brought chuckles. I was given advice like:
• “Next time plant four times than that” • “They’ll come up. Or they won’t.” • “You don’t want to give them too much of a good thing.” • “Stress on plants is good.” There were also lessons in zen-like patience with seeds, vigilance and constant study. However, one of the best pieces of advice I have received was from a seed collector who I met at a seminar recently. I was desperate to know what the rules are. What am I doing right, what am I doing wrong? Was anything I was doing just plain stupid? He simply said, “Nothing is off the table.” It was an epiphany for me. Hunter S. Thompson once said, “There are no rules.” And all of it together, all of it, struck a chord. As a result, we developed a seed collecting project, starter plants, indoor grow room, local seminar attendance, seed into the ground studies and on and on. I have become a compost master and a gray water expert. OK, those last bits are only partially true, but I’m getting there. It’s all an experiment. Some was based on advice and some was against all advice. Nope. There are no rules.
DANCES WITH CHICKENS Chickens are not low maintenance animals no matter what anyone tells you. They are a constant worry and constant work. But they are a wonderful source of food, fertilizer and sincerely odd companionship. Odd like you would not believe. Three Rhode Island Reds arrived at our home last year. They came from the postal service in a tiny box. No, I’m not joking. I opened a box to find three furry peanuts cheeping at me, worshiping me. Yep. Great. I had something new to learn. I built a coop, The Bungalow, and moved them outside after they had matured. Our first lesson was to not bring them inside when it’s hot or even brutally cold. They must adjust on their own. Baby them and they die. Then there’s the water. Lots and lots of water is a key matter. Greens. Oh, man, do they eat greens. Now, that was the hardest lesson. Three chickens can pick a pepper plant clean in about the time it takes you to run out and chase them away. There goes the farm if you aren’t careful. We are currently building a caged run for them to avert further disasters. The hard lessons must be taken in stride as our ladies produce 21 eggs a week — 21 of the best eggs that can be imagined.
COMMUNITY The best part of farming is the community. I love where I live. I love the people. This project has not only made me feel more than a little foolish and strange sometimes, but also very loved, appreciated and proud. I’ve also lost 45 pounds, feeling better than I have in years. The gifts and the advice put food on our table. We have been gifted everything from heirloom seeds to starter plants to a little pat pat when something fails completely. The immediate instinct is to give right back. Eggs become gifts. Seeds become gifts. It seems to go round and round. Never have I felt more a part of New Mexico than now. And, yeah ... I get lost in thought out there on a regular basis, just like my Dad.
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t’s the time of year to buy fresh produce and much more at your neighborhood parks and parking lots, where weekly or twice-weekly farmers’ markets set up shop. The following listing is a rundown of the many options for buying fresh and local.
Albuquerque Uptown Growers’ Market 7a-noon, Tue. and Sat, Jun. 25Oct. 29 Tue. at 1200 Central NE, Sat. at ABQ Uptown, 505.865.3533 abquptowngrowersmarket.org
ABQ Northeast Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market 3-7p, Tue., May 21-Oct. 29 6400 Wyoming NE, 505.369.6549 abqnemarket.org PHOTO BY WES NAMAN
Downtown Growers’ Market 7a-noon, Sat., May 18-Nov. 2 Robinson Park 8th and Central SW, 505.243.2230 x106 downtowngrowers.com
Caravan Nouveau Growers’ and Artisans’ Market 8a-noon, Tue.; 10a-4p, Sun., Jun.-Nov. Wilson Park San Pedro and Anderson SE, 505.850.6725
Albuquerque Nob Hill Growers’ Market 3-6:30p, Thu., Apr. 18-Nov. 1 Morningside Park Lead and Morningside SE, 505.999.8900
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Albuquerque South Valley Growers’ Market 8a-noon, Sat., Jun. 23-Oct. 27
Corrales Growers’ Market 9a-noon, Sun., Apr. 28-Oct. 27
Cristo Del Valle Presbyterian Church 3907 Isleta SW, 505.877.4044
500 Jones, Corrales, 505.898.7927 corralesgrowersmarket.com
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Los Ranchos Growers’ Market 7a-noon, Sat., May-Aug.; 8a-noon, Sep.-Nov.
Armijo Village Growers’ Market 8a-noon, Sat., May 11-Oct. 26
City Hall 6718 Rio Grande NW, 505.890.2799 losranchosgrowersmarket.com
Isleta and Arenal SW, 505.216.4258 farmersmarketsnm.org
Rio Rancho Growers’ Market 4-7p, Fri., Jul. 5-Oct. 25 24th and 10th SW, 505.891.2230 farmersmarketsnm.org
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Downtown Growers’ grows Saturday market an ever-more popular seasonal celebration of local food, crafts conjunction with the seasons and in support of local agriculture. Meanwhile, short-term ’m convinced that Albuquerque is a goals for the market include gaining enough city of foodies. And why not? Food is support from the public that they will be fun, it’s pretty, it’s magical; food is the able to have a year-round market. center of Albuquerqueans’ lives and The continued spread of information about culture. It is what identifies and unites us the market, about its accessibility and the — and it is exactly that level of community resources available through it, helps the that keeps us flocking to growers markets Downtown Growers’ Market reach that like the Albuquerque Downtown Growers’ goal. Meyers is interested in particular in Market. What grocery store can you think the communal consciousness displayed of where you get the absolute freshest, local-economy-strengthening food alongside through personal and societal participation in local food movements. She sees it as a fresh air, plush green grass and live healing activity. She’s not entertainment? Can’t alone. Meyers says that each think of one? That’s of Albuquerque’s growers’ because it doesn’t exist. MARKETS markets is unique. What Albuquerque’s Downtown makes the Downtown Downtown Growers’ Growers’ Market distinctive Market was founded in Growers’ is the incredible access 1996. Officially, at least. Market and number of resources Almost two decades later, 7a-noon, available through the it’s still moving strong. A Sat., May 18-Nov. 2 organization. This particular morning at this outdoor ROBINSON PARK market is open annual for 25 market consists of access 8TH AND CENTRAL SW, consecutive weeks — making to about 100 vendors 505.243.2230 X106 local produce and products serving up home-grown downtowngrowers.com available almost half of the produce and products, year. as well as a slew of This year, market managers live entertainers and have managed to pull together activities. As the largest grower’s market to start an entire month early at a spring in Albuquerque, the Downtown Growers’ market. They have also scheduled more Market boasts a level of dedication and events (many of which are family-friendly), community involvement that virtually no booked more vendors and added more other growers’ market in the city can offer. artists than ever before. They’ve developed Gina Meyers, market manager for the a program encouraging biking to the event Downtown Growers’ Market, told Local by valeting bicycles. Through an open iQ that the market is a community effort application process, artists have had more that continues to thrive because of the and easier access to the market. dedication of community members and What do all of these changes show about market representatives. the Downtown Growers’ Market? That “It’s really about community education,” there is no stopping it as a community Meyers says. “We want people to come to event. As more individuals crave fresh food our market and understand that this is what grown locally, via more ethical means, the it means to eat local.” community surrounding the Downtown Part of the Downtown Growers’ Market’s Growers’ Market gains momentum and, long term goal is to educate the community well, grows. in understanding how to live a lifestyle in BY SHARI TAYLOR
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SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER and parents and kids everywhere are gearing up for that transition from regimented academics into blissful summer. Blissful, that is, if fun is lined up and aimlessness is kept at bay. With that in mind, Local iQ offers this listing of family and kid-friendly activities. It’s not everything in town by a long shot, but it’s a start. Tack these pages on the fridge for the summer and point to it when the kids utter that tired refrain, “There’s nothing to do!”
Albuquerque Folk Festival Dance, sing, learn or observe at the jam-packed weekend of folk music.
10a-11p, Sat., Jun. 1 ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON MUSEUM
9201 BALLOON MUSEUM NE, 505.247.9177
$20/$5 (ages 12-18)/ FREE (under 12) abqfolkfest.org
Botanic Garden Summer Nights Concert Series The Botanic Garden will feature local, as well as regional performers, playing country, folk, jazz and pop music throughout the summer days. Don’t forget to bring your blankets and lawn chairs.
7-9p, Thursdays, Jun. 13 - Aug. 29 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
$10/$5 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/ garden
Harwood Summer Art Camp Hip hop dance, ceramics and theater are just a few of the classes available at Harwood Art Center’s Summer Art Camps. Creative kids are sure to love this opportunity to shine.
Jun. 3-Jun. 14; Jun. 17Jun. 28; Jul. 8-Jul. 19; Jul. 22-Aug. 2 Two week full-day: $450 Two week half-day: $250 harwoodartcenter.org
Hummingbird Music Camp For many musicians in New Mexico, Hummingbird has provided an opportunity to hone skills, learn a new instrument and make valuable memories—both on and off the stage.
Art Weeks: May 26Jun. 30 Chess Week: Jun. 9-Jun.16 104 HUMMINGBIRD ROAD, JEMEZ SPRINGS, 575.829.3060
$575 hummingbirdmusiccamp. org
Rio Grande Zoo Concert Series Zoo Music is back for two months of outstanding performances sure to satisfy any music lover. The summer series kicks off with performances by Del Castillo and The Dunwells.
7:30p, Fridays, Jun. 14-Aug.9 903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200
$10/$5 (Sen.)/$3 (Chi.) cabq.gov/biopark/zoo
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desert makes for a relaxing summer spot.
Rio Grande Zoo Father’s Day Fiesta
2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
Celebrate Father’s Day at the zoo with music and giveaways.
Albuquerque Aquarium
1-5p, Sun., Jun. 16
Even the desert has its fair share of aquatic animals. The Albuquerque BioPark Aquarium houses all sorts of marine species, from sea turtles to sharks, in a fun and educational environment.
cabq.gov/biopark/garden
2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
7-8:30p, Tue., Jun. 18 and Tue., Jul. 16
903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/zoo
Route 66 Summerfest Central will be closed in Nob Hill to celebrate the stories of historic Route 66. Enjoy live music, food, cars shows and a Kid Zone and Youth Central section.
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.)
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Albuquerque Aquarium Overnight Sleep with the sharks — or at least nearby — during an aquarium sleepover. Included during this family-friendly night will be games and crafts, facts about ocean species, an ocean film festival and a “touchpool” visit.
6:30p-8a, Fri.-Sat., Aug, 23-24 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
$30 cabq.gov/biopark/ aquarium
Bosque Moonlight Hike The Bosque is even more beautiful by moonlight, and a trek through it will be even more exciting with the benefit of a guided tour.
cabq.gov/biopark/ aquarium
Botanic Garden Butterfly Pavilion Opening
Albuquerque Aquarium World Ocean Day
Witness the seasonal opening of the home to several hundred butterflies, with hands on stations and activities.
2-10p, Sat., Jul. 20 FREE
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.)
This is the perfect excuse to get out of the desert heat and inside the climate-controlled Albuquerque Aquarium to learn about the creatures of the ocean and our relationship to it.
10a-2p, Thu., Jun., 6 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
FREE (w/ admission) cabq.gov/biopark/ aquarium
Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden Located next to the Rio Grande, the Botanic Garden is home to the Butterfly Pavilion and beautiful plants and flowers. This oasis in the
9a, Fri., May 24 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/garden
Botanic Garden Night Walk This guided tour at the Botanic Garden will lead participants in an exploration for nightblooming plants, nocturnal animals and night pollinators.
7:30-9p, Tue., Jul. 23 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
$10/$6 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/garden
Explora! Summer Camps ¡Explora! is turning science classrooms into summer camps for 5 to 15-year-olds interested in science, technology and art. Subjects include insects, chemistry, sound waves, food science and many more.
Camp BioPark
$250
Weekly Jun. 3-Aug. 2
Camp BioPark includes hands-on, nature-focused activities at three kid-favorite locales.
505.750.3653 clearmindschool.org/summercamp.htm
1701 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.224.8341 explora.us
RIO GRANDE ZOO
Camp Shaver YMCA
903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200 ALBUQUERQUE AQUARIUM & BOTANICAL GARDENS 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200
The kids at Camp Shaver are sure to learn, grow and make new friends with compelling week-long themed sessions.
Clear Mind Camp
One Week Sessions:
It’s never too early to get out in touch with the wild. Children learn to increase awareness of themselves, each other and the natural world in 78 acres of the eastern Sandia Mountains.
Session 1: Medieval Times, Jun. 2-8 Session 2: Around the World, Jun. 9-15 Session 3: Middle Earth, Jun. 16-22 Session 4: Prehistoric,
Jun. 9-15 (ages 8-13)
Jun. 23-29 Session 5: Space Invasion, Jul. 7-13 Session 6: Hunger Games, Jul. 14-20 Session 7: Wild, Wild West, Jul. 21-27 Session 8: Pirate (Mini Camp!) Jul. 28-31 CAMP SHAVER 22900 HIGHWAY 4, JEMEZ SPRINGS, 575.829.3572 campshaver.com
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Albuquerque Isotopes
¡Explora! Toddler Time
Rio Grande Zoo Twilight Tour
The museum opens an hour early each Monday to teach toddlers about science, and also includes Music Jams and Story Time. Ages 4 and under welcome with adult companion.
Summer nights bring out some animals that can’t be found in the daytime.
9-11a, Mondays
Tingley Beach
1701 MOUNTAIN NW, 505. 224.8300
With three fishing lakes, a model boating pond, food services, pedal boat and bicycle rental services, Tingley Beach provides nearly everything a beach-goer could need, except for the ocean.
$5/$8 (Chi./Sen.) explora.us
Museum of Natural History and Science This gem near Old Town is always worth a half-day visit, with fun exhibits — including a current showing of artifacts from the Titanic — and a colorful gift shop. The IMAX theater hosts a variety of movies and events, too. 1801 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.841.2400
$4-$10 nmnaturalhistory.org
Rio Grande Zoo Concerts, fiestas and … bears? Oh my! Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo offers over 250 species of animals and a variety of family-friendly activities throughout the year — especially during the summer months. 903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/zoo
Rio Grande Zoo Roar & Snore Girl Scouts will pack the Zoo for the ninth annual Roar & Snore. The event will include sing-alongs, time to explore the zoo and, in true Girl Scout fashion, a friendship circle on Sunday morning.
6:30p-8a, Sat.-Sun., Jun. 8-9 903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200
$40 cabq.gov/biopark/zoo
7-9p, Tue., Jun. 11 903 10TH SW, 505.764.6200
$7/$3 (Chi./Sen.) cabq.gov/biopark/zoo
1800 TINGLEY SW, 505.768.2000 cabq.gov/biopark/tingley
Tingley Beach Free Fishing Day Go fishing without a license on National Free Fishing Day!
7a-8p, Sat., Jun, 1 1800 TINGLEY SW, 505.768.2000
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1601 AVENIDA CESAR CHAVEZ SE, 505.924.2255
$7-$25 Tickets: 800.745.3000, ticketmaster.com, or at box office albuquerquebaseball.com
Highland Pool This large indoor pool is open to the public and is heated in part by solar power. Enjoy lap runs and an outdoor wading pool. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Memorial Day - Aug. 11 400 JACKSON SE 505.256.2096
cabq.gov/biopark/tingley
Eisenhower Pool
New Mexico Stars
This 25-yard outdoor pool has two small slides and plenty of shallow water to move around in. Great for younger kids and adults alike.
New Mexico’s professional indoor football team hits the field throughout the summer months. It’s a good change of pace for sports fans of all ages. SANTA ANA STAR CENTER 3001 CIVIC CENTER CIRCLE NE. RIO RANCHO, 505.891.7318
$5-$55 nmstars-lsfl.com
Albuquerque Isotopes Independence Day Celebration Watch a fantastic fireworks display after the Isotopes game. 1601 AVENIDA CESAR CHAVEZ SE, 505.924.2255
Tickets: 800.745.3000, ticketmaster.com, or at park box office $7-$25 albuquerquebaseball.com
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Catch Albuquerque’s minor league baseball team in full swing throughout the summer months for exiting entertainment. With promotions like 50-cent hot dog night, a Fun Zone with games and carnival rides, the ballpark is the perfect place for family fun.
Memorial Day - mid Aug. 11001 CAMERO NE 505.291.6292
Sunport Pool Convenient for those living in the Nob Hill/ University area, this 40 meter-by-22 yard outdoor pool offers an adultsonly lap time between 11:30-12:30pm Mom-Fri for grown-ups who want some swim time of their own.
Memorial Day - mid Aug. 2033 COLUMBIA SE, 505.848.1398
Los Altos Pool
iT’Z
Located near a skate park and softball field, this 25-meter-long indoor pool boasts a UV-sanitation system and a seperate wading pool. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Avoid standing in long lines in the scorching heat this summer. iT’Z has indoor rides and an arcade that should entertain your kids for hours.
Memorial Day - Aug. 11
itzusa.com
5300 EAGLE ROCK NE, 505.407.0954
10100 LOMAS NE 505.291.6290
Hinkle Family Fun Center
$12-$20 (12 yrs. and older) $8-$15 (6 yrs. and under)
ADMISSION PRICES:
.25 (5 and under)/ $1.50 (6-12)/$2 (13-19)/ $2.25 (adults)/.75 (62+)/ .75 (spectator)/Sunday: 18 and under, free
Cliffs Amusement Park Home to many of the city’s greatest rides and water park, Cliffs is the perfect destination not only for children, but adults as well. Be sure to check out The Rattler, one of the nation’s top 25 wooden roller-coasters.
4595 SAN MATEO NE, 505.883.3677
Starting at $14.99
A wealth of all things fun awaits the kids at Hinkle — Go-Karts, Lazer Tag, MiniGolf, a plethora of arcade games, a climbing wall and bumber boats. The latest feature at Hinkle, located in the Sandia Foothills, is the Bungee Jump Trampoline. If the kids can’t have fun here, they can’t have fun. 12931 INDIAN SCHOOL NE 505.299.3100
Prices Vary hinklefamilyfuncenter.com
Gravity Park Gravity — and fun — rule at this trampoline park, where a variety of games and just plain jumping around are available for people of all ages.
gravitypark.us
UNM Continuing Ed Summer Camps and Classes Future computer scientists, artists, musicians, architects, athletes, anthropologists … you get the idea. UNM has something for every kid at its summer camps and classes.
4800 OSUNA NE, 505.881.9373
Jun. 3-Aug. 3
$25
1634 UNIVERSITY NE, 505.277.0698
cliffs.net
$35-$335 tinyurl.com/unmsummercamp
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The warm-if-slightly-deranged family of punk rockers known as Stabbed In Back is (left to right) Dustin Brandon, Yuri Pryor, Adam Hooks, Tim O’Hara and Colin Dowell. The Albuquerque band has forged a name for itself as far away as Europe and will open for Suicidal Tendencies on May 9 at Sunshine Theater.
Deviant, but feels right Albuquerque’s Stabbed In Back gains steam and makes a mark playing 21st century punk
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never listened to music like that before. It seemed a little deviant listening to punk music, still remember the first punk rock song I but something felt right. I went straight home ever heard. I remember where I was, who and (illegally) downloaded most of Teenage I was with and what I was doing. It was the Bottlerocket’s songs. I like to consider those guys summer of 2006 and I was getting ready a gateway band; they opened the door for me to to start my freshman year of high school. I was hanging out where every jobless, broke 14 year old bands like Lagwagon, Lillingtons, NOFX, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio and Blink 182, and even goes during this time, the mall. Go figure, right? inspired me to pick up a guitar and start playing. So there I am, wandering This all leads me to the point aimlessly around an outlet of this article, Stabbed In Back. mall in Denver swarming with PREVIEW Tim O’Hara used to be the hipsters and other kids, each drummer for the Lillingtons, with their own identity crisis Stabbed In Back based out of Wyoming, the going on (myself included). OPENING FOR SUICIDAL TENDENCIES same place Teenage Bottlerocket After a couple of hours walking hails from. They all just happen around, you can only take so Thu., May 9, 8:30p to be great friends, and I had much pop music before your SUNSHINE THEATER brain deceives you and makes actually heard of O’Hara. 120 CENTRAL SW, 505.764.0249 you believe that you’re trapped When The Lillington’s in some terrible land where $22 disbanded, O’Hara found you’re forever doomed to listen himself in the heart of the Tickets: holdmyticket.com to The Fray, or worse, Gnarls Duke City, looking to start up stabbedinback.com Barkley. a new project. When a short Anyway, it was inside Zumiez stint with The Eyeliners began where I first heard some guy to head south he decided to yelling, “Rad-i-oh-oh-oh” over move forward, and the rest is and over again for two minutes through the history. Formed in 2004, Stabbed In Back has speakers, accompanied by simple guitar riffs and seen a few member changes, but for the last few fast drum beats, where I think I first fell in love. years their lineup has remained steady, featuring Naturally, once the song ended I had to ask the Adam Hooks on vocals, Yuri Pryor slappin’ the guy working what song was just playing. “Radio, bass and singing backup, Colin Dowell on lead by Teenage Bottlerocket,” he said. guitar, Dustin Brandon on rhythm guitar and I couldn’t get the song out of my head. I had backup vocals, and O’Hara, pulling it all together BY TODD ROHDE
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on drums. Stabbed in Back is one of Albuquerque’s rising punk bands and has been known to play some intense, in-your-face live shows (I would know, I saw them back in the day at Warped Tour and was there when the guys killed it at their first show of 2013 at Launchpad). “We’ve played everything from small bar shows to Warped Tour in Las Cruces to our first European tour just last year,” O’Hara told Local iQ recently. After signing with Warbird Entertainment and releasing a music video for their song “Under the Black Flag” with Dang! Records earlier this year, Stabbed In Back is only gaining momentum as the year presses forward. That includes a gig in downtown Las Vegas (not New Mexico) later this month at Punk Rock Bowling, where Stabbed In Back will join such bands as the Angry Samoans, 7 Seconds, the original Black Flag and TSOL. But that’s not all the guys have planned for the month of May “We recently just finished recording an EP at Black and Bluhm studio in Denver, which will be mastered at The Blasting Room and is due out on Say-10 Records,” O’Hara said. The guys from Stabbed In Back have a busy year ahead of them, for sure, and fans have a lot to look forward to. There’s a rumored U.S. tour planned for the summer, with details yet to be released. Who knows, maybe we’ll get to see them play alongside Teenage Bottlerocket. I know I’m pulling for that.
Marble Brewery Vinyl Tap 7-10p, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Jimmy Jones 5:30-Close, FREE Outpost Performance Space Jason Morgan & The Bandwagon 7:30p, $25-$30
Pueblo Harvest Cafe & Bakery Felonious Groove Foundation ROCK/FUNK/LATIN 6-9p, $7 (w/ all you can eat horno baked pizza)
Savoy Bar & Grill Ace Revel 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Chris Dracup ACOUSTIC BLUES 8p, FREE St. Clair Winery and Bistro Lab Catz JAZZ 6-9p, FREE Sunshine Theater Suicidal Tendencies, Sick of It All, Wake the Dead, Stabbed In Back 8p, $22
Zinc Cellar Bar Green Billies OLD TIME 9:30p12:30a, FREE
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Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice Celebrating Woody Guthrie w/ Doug Morris 7-10p, DONATION Barley Room The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p-1a, FREE
Blackbird Buvette Carlos the Tall 6p, FREE Planet Rock DANCE PARTY 10p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge Man Hurls Hedgehog, Fart House, Wily J & The Storytellers 8:30p, FREE
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Taxi Dancer BLUES 8:30p, FREE Imbibe DJ Malick 10p, FREE La Provence Brasserie John Simmons 6-9p, FREE Launchpad Little Bobby, Shoulder Voices, Blackout Disciples, Venus Bogardus, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Radgo 9p, $5
Lounge 54 Santa Ana Star Casino Tijerina Trio 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits Cultura Fuerte, Merican Slang, Mondo Vibrations 9p, $6 Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Molly’s Tracy Turpin 1:30-5p, FREE Burning Bridges 5:30p-Close, FREE Ned’s Woohabs 6p, FREE Traveller 9p, FREE Outpost Performance Space Chuy Martinez and Oti Ruiz LATIN 7:30p, $10-$15
Pueblo Harvest Cafe & Bakery Chris & Hillary Duo BLUES 6-9p, $7 (all you can eat horno baked pizza)
Ragin’ Shrimp The Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 6:30-8:30p, FREE Santa Ana Cafe Hyatt Regency Tamaya Jazz Brasileiro 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Cali Shaw Band SONGWRITER 8:30p, FREESt. Clair Winery and Bistro Combo Special w/ Joani 6:30-9:30p, FREE
The Stage Santa Ana Star Casino The James Douglas Show 9p-1a, $5-$10
Thunder Road Steak House The Rudy Boy Experiment 9p, FREE
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ABQ Museum Swag Duo JAZZ/BLUES/MOTOWN 2-5p, FREE
Bandido Hideout L@sotr@s 6:30p, FREE Blackbird Buvette Live, Local Music Showcase 10p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge The Howlin’ Wolves, DJ Xibabaloa, Texylvania, Vertigo Venus 8:30p, FREE Cooperage Tumbao CUBAN SALSA 9:30p, $7 Cowgirl Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray 2-5p, FREE
The Country Blues Revue 8:30p, FREE GiG Scott Jarrett 8p, $15 Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Wildewood INDIE 7-10p, FREE Imbibe DJ Rotation 10p, FREE Keller Hall NM Women’s Chorus perform “World Heartbeat” 7p, $8-$15 La Provence Brasserie Dan Golden 6-9p, FREE Launchpad Torture Victim, Cauldron, Nuclear Reign, Impaled Offering, Left to Rot, The Conjuring 7p, $8 Lounge 54-Santa Ana Star Casino Tijerina Trio 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits Pumpin for Jill, Impatients 10 Year Reunion, The Hi-Lo Tones 9p, $5 Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE Mine Shaft Tavern Jim & Tim SOULFUL BLUES 3-7p, FREE TV Killers, Bill Palmer, Stephanie Hatfield 8p, $5 Circus Burlesque 9p, $15 Molly’s Two Mile Train 1:30-5p, FREE Atomic Balm 5:30p-Close, FREE Ned’s The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p-1a, FREE
Outpost Performance Space Outpost Home School Opera Recital 11a, FREE Pueblo Harvest Cafe & Bakery Chava and Paid my Dues Rhythms & Blues JAZZ/BLUES 6-9p, $7 (w/ all you can eat horno baked pizza)
Savoy Bar & Grill Felix y Los Gatos 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Todd and the Fox INDIE/FOLK 8:30p,
South Broadway Cultural Center Wayne Shrubsall BANJO 7p, $15 South Valley Library Consort Un-Caged 3p, FREE St. Clair Winery and Bistro The Stage-Santa Ana Star Casino The James Douglas Show 9p-1a, $5-$10
Zinc Cellar Bar Robby Overfield & The Breaks SOUL 9:30p-12:30a, FREE
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Blackbird Buvette The Weeksend w/ Wae Fonkey 7p, FREE
Burt’s Tiki Lounge Gashcat, Ghost Foot, The Alchemist 8:30p, FREE Cowgirl The Hank Williams Tribute w/ Cathy Faber’s Swingin’ Country Band Noon-3p, FREE Tricia Parish COUNTRY/ROCK 8p, FREE
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Blackbird Buvette The Mohawk League 10p, FREE Cowgirl Rob-a-lou ROCKABILLY 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Russell James Pyle SONGWRITER 6-9p, FREE
Imbibe DJ Twisted Audio 9p, FREE Launchpad Total Chaos, We Are The Revenants, Lo Cash Ninjas, Society Unknown 7:30p, $8 Brown Bird, Last Good Tooth 9p, $12
Molly’s Tumbleweeds 5:30-Close, FREE Ned’s The Rudy Boy Experiment 7-10p, FREE Zinc Cellar Bar Rio JAZZ & BOSSA NOVA 8-11p, FREE
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Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Palace Flophouse FOLK/AMERICANA
Blackbird Buvette Hoverboard, Schwervon, The Blackout Disciples, Get Action
3-6p, FREE
ROCK/POP 10p, FREE
Burt’s Tiki Lounge Akil The MC, Ariano, Thoughtsarizen, ABQ True Skool, Underground Hiphop 8:30p, FREE Cowgirl Dead Bundy & The Neat Neat Neats ROCKABILLY 8p, FREE Launchpad Supercabra, The Old Main, Throw the Temple, Shiva, Unhinged 1p, $5 Low Spirits Chris Duarte 9p, TBD Marcello’s Chophouse Bob Andrews 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Kombat Kitty 5:30-Close, FREE Scalo Il Bar Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase 8:30p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro Matt Miller 6-9p, FREE
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Cowgirl Chava & Paid My Dues R&B 8p, FREE Hotel Andaluz Jazz Brasileiro 5-8p, FREE Imbibe DJ Malick 9p, FREE Launchpad Torche, Ken Mode, Caustic Lye, Bathhouse 9p, TBD Low Spirits The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band 9p, TBD Malarky’s The Rudy Boy Experiment 9p-1a, FREE
Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Bella Luna 5:30-Close, FREE Savoy Bar & Grill Kevin Herig Duo 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Le Chat Lunatique DIRTY JAZZ 8:30p, FREE
Blackbird Buvette April Barreiro and Jeff Hoffmann 6p, FREE
KGB Club 10p, FREE Burt’s Tiki Lounge Freaky Tiki Bass DANCE 8:30p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro Jackie Zamora Trio 6-9p, FREE Zinc Cellar Bar Dusty Low COUNTRY/AMERICANA 9:30p-12:30a, FREE CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
Launchpad Mic Club 10 6:30p, $10 Low Spirits Hymn For Her 8p, TBD Malarky’s The Rudy Boy Experiment 3-7p, FREE Mine Shaft Tavern Gene Corbin AMERICANA 3-7p, FREE O’Niell’s Pub (Heights) The Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 4-7p, FREE O’Niell’s Pub (Nob Hill) Los Radiators FOLK/ROCK 4-7p, FREE
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Blackbird Buvette Karaoke 9p, FREE Cowgirl Karaoke 9p, FREE Launchpad Face to Face, Teenage Bottlerocket, Blacklist Royals 8p, $17 Marcello’s Chophouse Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE Sunshine Theater Made in America ft. Big Gigantic and Two Fresh 8p, TBA
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Blackbird Buvette Michael Weaver Live Jukebox 7p, FREE The Vapors with Speed One & DJ Cello 10p, FREE
CoolWater Fusion Chris Ravin and John Suessy 6-8p, FREE
Cowgirl Zoe Evans BLUES/SKA/FOLK 5-7:30p, FREE
Felix y Los Gatos 8p, FREE Imbibe Woohabs 6p, FREE DJ Malick 10p, FREE
La Provence Brasserie Dan Golden 6-9p, FREE Los Cuates-Sandia Park Los Radiators JAZZ/ROCK 7-10p, FREE Lounge 54 Santa Ana Star Casino SweetLife 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits Cali Shaw Band, Le Chat Lunatique, Todd and the Fox, The Blurts 9p, $8
Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE
Mine Shaft Tavern DJ Night and dancing 8p, FREE Molly’s Tall Paul 1:30-5p, FREE Memphis P-Tails 5:30-Close, FREE Ned’s Chris Dracup & Hillary Smith 6p, FREE 61st Street 9p, FREE Pueblo Harvest Cafe & Bakery Joanie & Combo Special JAZZ 6-9p, $7 (w/ all you can eat horno baked pizza)
Ragin’ Shrimp The Alpha Blue Trio 6:30-8:30p, FREE
Scalo Il Bar Jazz Under Glass w/ Cal Haines, Jim Ahrend, Colin Deuble 8:30p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro Entourage Jazz Band 6:30-9:30p, FREE
The Stage-Santa Ana Star Casino Redneck Rockstars 9p-1a, $5-$10 Thunder Road Steak House The Rudy Boy Experiment 9p-1a, FREE
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Bandido Hideout A Band Named Sue 7-10p, FREE Blackbird Buvette DJ Caterwaul 6p, FREE Close Contact 10p, FREE Cooperage En-Joy CUBAN SALSA 9:30p, $10 Cowgirl The Santa Fe Chiles 2-5p, FREE The Sean Healen Band ROCK/FOLK
Tricklock Performance Laboratory Choice Rocks! A Concert for Planned Parenthood NM w/ Cali Shaw, Stem Ivory, The Strange, Hillary Smith, Soul Kitchen 6:30pMidnight, $20-$50
Zinc Cellar Bar The Orange Pickers BLUES/ROCK 9:30p-12:30a, FREE
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Imbibe DJ Rotation 10p, FREE La Provence Brasserie David Wilt 6-9p, FREE Launchpad Reviva, Madam, Felix y Los Gatos
Blackbird Buvette Sage and Jared’s Happy Gland Band Noon, FREE Me, Myself and I: A night of solo music 7p, FREE Center for Spiritual Living New Mexico Women’s Chorus perform “World Heartbeat” 4p,
9:30p, $8
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Lounge 54-Santa Ana Star SweetLife 9p-1a, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p,
Cowgirl Cathy Faber’s Swingin’ Country Band Noon-3p, FREE Russell Stafford SINGER/SONGWRIT-
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Mine Shaft Tavern Jim & Tim Blues, Desert Southwest Blues Band, CW Ayon, Felix y Los Gatos, Lionel Young Band, The Barbwires, Connie Long with Fast Patsy, Junior Brown Noon, $15 Mississippi Rail Company 8p, $5 Molly’s Rock Bottom 1:30p, FREE J.D. Strait & the Just Strait Band 5:30-Close, FREE
Ned’s Dirty Jobs 8p, FREE Outpost Performance Space Roust the House Teen Performance Night 7:30p, $3 Pueblo Harvest Cafe & Bakery Baracutanga LATIN/FOLK 6-9p, $7 (w/ all you can eat pizza)
Santa Ana Cafe-Hyatt Regency Tamaya Jazz Brasileiro 6-9p, FREE Savoy Bar & Grill Dusty Low 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Django Rhythm Meat Grinder GYPSY JAZZ 8:30p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro Natural Vibe 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Stage-Santa Ana Star Casino Redneck Rockstars 9p-1a, $5-$10
ER 8p, FREE
Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Boris McCutcheon & the Salt Licks AMERICANA 3-6p, FREE
Las Placitas Presbyterian Church Will Sucre & Friends feat. Guillermo Figueroa & Ivonne Figueroa PIANO QUARTETS/CLASSICAL 3p, $20
Launchpad The Hand That Feeds, Croyal, Silver and High, On Believer, Soupe, Monday Outbreak 4p, $10 Low Spirits Jerry Joseph, Walter Salas-Humara, Steve Drizos 8p, $10 Malarky’s The Rudy Boy Experiment 3-7p, FREE
O’Niell’s Pub (Nob Hill) Higher Ground BLUEGRASS 4-7p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro The Bus Tapes 6-9p, FREE
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Blackbird Buvette Groove the Dig w/ Old School John 10p, FREE
Cowgirl Anthony Leon COUNTRY 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery The Tumbleweeds BLUEGRASS 6-9p, FREE
Imbibe DJ Twisted Audio 9p, FREE Launchpad The Appleseed Cast, Hospital Ships, Ghost Circles, Bellemah 9p, $10
Low Spirits Jamestown Revival, David Ramierez 8p, TBD Molly’s Jakes Jones Band 5:30-Close, FREE Ned’s The Rudy Boy Experiment 7-10p, FREE
Sunshine Theater Big Boi 7p, $23.50 Zinc Cellar Bar Zoe Evans 8-11p, FREE
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Boston’s The Electric Edric Project ROCK 6-9p, FREE
Cowgirl Joe & Vicki Price INDIE BLUES 8p, FREE
La Cumbre Brewing The Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 6-9p, FREE Launchpad The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Royal Thunder 8p, $20 Loma Colorado Library Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies 6:30-7:45p, FREE
Marcello’s Chophouse Bob Andrews 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Steve Kinabrew Show 5:30-Close, FREE
Scalo Il Bar Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase 8:30p, FREE
St. Clair Winery and Bistro Sweet & Down Low 6-9p, FREE
smart MUSIC
To read Jeff Kerby’s preview of Suicidal Tendencies, visit Local-iQ.com/MUSIC Little Bobby CD Release Party WITH SHOULDER VOICES, BLACKOUT DISCIPLES, VENUS BOGARDUS, MR. AND MRS. JONES, RADGO
8p, Fri., May 10 Launchpad 618 Central SW, 505.764.8887
$5 w/free CD Tickets: holdmyticket.com
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hough New Mexico is not considered part of Latin America, the argument can be made that AN EVENING OF SONGS FROM LATIN MAERICA culturally, it is its northernmost extension. 7:30p, Fri., May 10 This is evidenced by the state’s deepOutpost Performance seeded Latin influence in the form of Space food, music and art, which is furthermore 210 Yale SE, unique in its own accord because of New 505.268.0044 Mexico’s Native American influence. In terms of music, a number of local $15/$10 (Mem./Stu.) musicians perform traditional Latin outpostspace.org American folk songs and ballads (nueva canción, corrodes), not many of them do so as fluidly and beautifully as Chuy Martinez. Martinez is many things — a folklorist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and community cultural worker — and has more than 30 years of experience playing traditional folk music, which began when he was a child traveling with migrant farm workers across many parts of the country. Perhaps that is where Martinez learned the core components of making a traditional folk ballad. However he developed his talent, it has translated into music that is culturally rich and simply close-your-eyes beautiful. Martinez will be joined by harpist Oti Ruiz, who has traveled Latin America extensively and studied at the Music Conservatory in Xalapa Veracruz, and bassist John Mancha. —Logan Greely
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ittle Bobby Tucker’s work with various bands, active and inactive, in the Albuquerque music scene is approaching the level of bulldog tenacity. The guy’s out playing gigs nearly every weekend … is Little Bobby the hardest working act in the city? Could be. While waiting between albums with his regular outfit, Shoulder Voices, Little Bobby found the time to compile a collection of tunes composed by himself, along with a little help from a few familiar faces. Wish You Were Her was recorded by Tucker, while he utilized the musical talents of the Voices along with some other local talents. It’s basically a new-age version of the supergroup. And if you’re into the sound he’s cultivated with Shoulder Voices, you won’t be disappointed by the new album. While it’s definitely something new compared to what’s become associated with the Voices, Wish You Were Her retains the same style of influence we’ve all come to expect from LBT and the Voices. The CD release being held at the Launchpad is sure to be a night filled with flamboyant antics, rocking tunes and plenty of glitter. Be there. —Charlie Crago
SIRSY 10p, Fri., May 17 Burt’s Tiki Lounge 313 Gold SW, 505.247.2878
FREE burtstikilounge.com sirsy.com
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re we on the downhill of the duo phenomenon? I blame the White Stripes, but as with Jack and Meg White, who honestly cares about how many band members there are if the music is good? So it goes with SIRSY, a duo from Albany, N.Y., that tours relentlessly (200plus shows a year) and is building a growing national reputation, year by year, ever since Melanie Krahmer and Rich Libutti first started their act in 2000. Okay, the duo thing is part of their show, for sure: Besides her rich, effortless singing, Krahmer also plays drums (while standing, often kicking the pedal drum in her six-inch heals), flute and bass, while Libutti plays guitar and bass. As the Boston Globe has noted, “Little band, big sound.” That sound is evident on the pair’s newest album, their fifth, Coming Into Frame. It’s helmed by Grammy-winning producers Paul Kolderie (Morphine, Hole, Portugal, The Man) and Sean Slade (Radiohead, Dresden Dolls, Pixies). SIRSY specializes in hook-heavy melodies and clever lyrics, and the new record appears to be a conscious effort to take their act to a commercially higher level. Regardless, Krahmer and Libutti are known for whirlwind live shows. Burt’s might be the perfect place to see them. —Mike English
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THROUGH JUN. 20: EXHIBITION
In today’s economy, having a business last for five years is an impressive feat. The fact that Albuquerque’s Wright’s Indian Art is celebrating its 106th year in business, established when New Mexico was still a territory, is simply remarkable. Pictured is the original store, which was located in the Downtown area. On Mother’s Day weekend, the gallery will celebrate its anniversary with a two-day event that will feature a fashion show, music, dancers, plenty of arts vendors and an official ribbon cutting.
Reductive Architectonics (plus additions) Donna Loraine Contractor’s newest show features new works of fine art tapestries. FREE TAPESTRY GALLERY, FIREHOUSE LANE STE. D, MADRID, 505.471.0194
THROUGH MAY 30: EXHIBITION
Doing something Wright Native American art gallery business celebrates its 106th year in continuous operation hands, but Wright’s Indian Art Gallery has remained true to its roots. right’s Collection of Indian Art The gallery has proudly represented some of has been a staple in Albuquerque the most influential Native American artists for quite a long time. In 1907 of its day — from Pablita Velarde and Maria New Mexico was a territory, still Martinez from long ago, to modern-day, awardfive years away from becoming winning artists such as Alfred the 47th state. The population Joe, Jennifer Curtis and most was barely over 325,000 EXHIBIT notably, Cliff Fragua. people and the main source of transportation was by railroad. “Remarkably, the business has Wrights Indian remained in the hands of just It was during this time that Art 106th two families, the Wright’s and Fred Harvey dominated the Anniversary the Chernoff’s,” said current regional hospitality industry 10a-5p, Sat.-Sun., gallery director Wayne A. with his iconic Harvey May 11-12 Bobrick. As time has moved on House restaurants and hotels 2677 LOUISIANA NE, and changed, so has Wright’s, scattered across various 505.266.0120 transitioning right alongside it. railroad stops throughout the wrightsgallery.com “We’ve lasted over 100 years country. It was Harvey who by representing the best of the inspired young Charles Wright Native American community,” to become an entrepreneur. Bobrick said. Wright was working for the Now a remarkably sophisticated art gallery Fred Harvey Company 106 years ago when he located on Albuquerque’s east side, Wright’s is decided to leave it in order to open his own celebrating its 106th year with a celebration of business, Wright’s Trading Post and Curios. Located in what is now downtown Albuquerque, major proportions. Wright’s business was first headquartered in a On Mother’s Day weekend, Wright’s will landmark adobe pueblo-style building, at 4th commemorate its newest location with a street and Gold. Over the years, the location ceremonial Native American blessing by a Native medicine man followed by the traditional has changed and ownership has since changed
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ribbon cutting. The two-day event will feature music by dual threat flutist/sculptor Adrian Wall and dancing by world-champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance. To top things off, an informal fashion show will be on display, courtesy of Navajo clothing designer Penny Singer, and booths for an Indian Artists Market will be set up in the parking lot area. Those in attendance will be able to meet and buy directly from local painters, jewelers and other artists. “Indian art has evolved; what hasn’t changed is the trust inspired by the honesty of our dealings with both artists and collectors,” Bobrick said. Of course, all artwork featured at Wright’s has always been 100 percent original, as will be the case for their 106th anniversary celebration. Inside, a silent auction will be held in honor of all the Native American artists who have helped support Wrights over the years. Money from the auction will go towards First Nations Community Health Source, a non-profit organization benefitting underprivileged and homeless local urban Native populations. Also occurring indoors will be artist demonstrations by artists specializing in pottery and pastels, as well as an appearance by master jewelers Carl and Irene Clark, famous for their outstanding micro-mosaic jewelry pieces.
I Have a Question and There’s No One Left to Answer it This exhibition was birthed more than a year ago when Harriette Tsosie and Evey Jones discovered they had both inherited precious journals, diaries and love letters from their ancestors: Jones, her mother’s travel journals, and Tsosie her paternal grandmother’s diaries (1900 - 1968) and grandparents’ love letters (1906 - 1911). FREE HARWOOD ART CENTER 1114 7TH NW, 505.242-6367
harwoodartcenter.org THROUGH MAY 31: ARTIST’S EXHIBITION
Frank McCulloch: New Mexico Landscapes 2013 Frank McCulloch’s oil paintings of the NM countryside typically depict that magical time right before or right after a rainstorm when the atmosphere is thick with an intensity and dramatic color. FREE SUMNER & DENE 517 CENTRAL NW, 505.842.1400
sumnerdene.com THROUGH MAY 31: EXHIBITION
Mixed Influences This exhibit features Marcia Truell Newren’s kiln worked glass. FREE WEYRICH GALLERY 2935 D LOUISIANA NE, 505.883.7410
weyrichgallery.com THROUGH MAY 31: EXHIBITION
Time’s Up! A collection of vintage and contemporary wall, table and alarm clocks ranging from mid-century, key-operated German clocks with kitchen timers to Italian clocks with lots of artistic pizzazz. FREE PALETTE CONTEMPORARY ART & CRAFT 7400 MONTGOMERY, STE. 22, 505.855.7777
palettecontemporary.com THROUGH MAY 31: EXHIBITION
Wondrous Tales in Painting and Pottery Mary Thomas is a revered painter who does a combination of encaustic and acrylic watercolor mounted on wood. Kenyon Thomas, known for his exquisite
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attempt to salvage the evening, a collision between high art and low comedy. Fri.-Sat., 8p; Sun., 2p,
pottery and masterful paintings, shares this show with his daughter, Mary. FREE
PURPLE SAGE GALERIA 201 SAN FELIPE NW, 505.450.4059
THE ADOBE THEATER 9813 4TH NW, 505.898.9222
purplesagegaleria.com
adobetheater.org
MARIPOSA GALLERY 3500 CENTRAL SE, 505.268.6828
IMPROV PERFORMANCE
THROUGH MAY 18: PERFORMANCE
Friday Night Live Composed of local performers, Friday Night Live is a witty and risqué short form improv show performed by Stump! an improv team created and directed by Jessica Osbourne. 10:30p, $7-$10
Red Note As in Jazz, Flamenco fosters its roots from raw, intimate improvisation of standard structures. Flamenco arrives at this improvisation through interpretations arising from the structures of the Cante Jondo, or the deep song. Red Note will explore dynamic, visionary movements in dance, music and visual art that are inspired from Cante Flamenco’s direction. 8p,
$13-$15
mariposa-gallery.com THROUGH MAY 31: EXHIBITION
Flight An examination of escapism featuring artwork by Mike Beard, Wendy Creel, Charlie Kenesson, Robin McClannahan, Steve Pettit and others. FREE
AUX DOG THEATRE 3011 MONTE VISTA NE, 505.245.7716
BORO GALLERY 317 GOLD SW, 505.850.4187
auxdog.com
THROUGH MAY 31: EXHIBITION
The Front Page by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur James Cady directs this classic madcap comedy, set in a bustling newspaper press room in 1920s Chicago, where star reporter Hildy Johnson works with his scheming editor on the scoop of a lifetime involving an escaped accused murderer. Fri & Sat 7:30p, Sun 2p,
Living My Childhood Dream At the age of 17, Mitzie Bower had an unfortunate fall from the balance beam that paralyzed her from the shoulders down. A prosthetic brace liberates and animates her hands with the graceful dexterity and movement to create vivid imagery. FREE HIGH DESERT ART & FRAME 12611 MONTGOMERY NE, SUITE A-4, 505.265.4066
THROUGH MAY 19: PERFORMANCE
$10-$18 THE VORTEX THEATRE 2004-1/2 CENTRAL SE, 505.247.8600
highdesertartandframe.com
vortexabq.org
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European Perspectives, The Radiant Line Paintings, prints, photographs, and neon sculpture by Francois Morellet, Gregoire Cheneau, Diana Blok and Pieter Bijwaard, Olivier Mosset, Ruth Gschwendtner Wölfe, Miguel Mont and Tony Soulie. FREE ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART 435 S. GUADALUPE, SANTA FE, 505.982.8111
zanebennettgallery.com THROUGH MAY 25: EXHIBITION
Likely Stories: Paintings by Laura Wacha Laura Wacha’s work is full of cartoon-like creatures on brightly patterned backgrounds that brings one to go back to a piece multiple times. FREE MATRIX FINE ART, 3812 CENTRAL SE, SUITE 100 A, 505.268.8952
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The 16th Annual Placitas Studio Tour Fifty-three artists and artisans invite you to 44 studios and workshops in the scenic foothills of the northern Sandias. Meet the artists and discover the fascinating and varied working environments they have created for themselves. 10a-5p, FREE
placitasstudiotour.com THROUGH MAY 25: PERFORMANCE
The One Night Stanleys Acclaimed for their impeccable performances, spot-on wit, and ability to deliver comedy at each and every show, The One Night Stanleys’ performances at The Box are sure to be a hit. Sat 7:30p, $8
matrixfineart.com
THE BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE 100 GOLD SW, STE. 112B
THROUGH JUN. 7: EXHIBITION
theboxabq.com
SEEDS: A Collective Voice A multimedia arts exhibit to raise awareness about the importance of organic and ancient seed preservation as well as inform and educate people about GMO issues. FREE DOWNTOWN CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, 105 4TH SW, 505.771.3166
THROUGH JUN. 5: EXHIBITION
Intimate Visions An exhibit of works by Deborah Gavel, Marietta Patricia Leis and Joy Shupe. FREE
THOUGH MAY 26: PERFORMANCE
ABQ JOURNAL THEATRE AT NHCC 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4771
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The Light, It’s Always About the Light An exhibition of Northern NM plein air landscape paintings by Frederick Hubicki. Noon-5p, FREE
Friday Night Live Composed of incredibly talented local performers, Friday Night Live is a witty and risqué short form improv show performed by Stump! an improv team created and directed by Jessica Osbourne.
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Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig Set in 1934, Mr. Saunders (played by Thom Hinks), the manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is preparing to welcome world famous Tito Morelli, “Il Stupendo,” the greatest tenor of the generation (J. Ryan Montenery), who will appear for only one night as Otello. What follows is a frantic and uproarious
THOUGH SEP 8: EXHIBITION
Dance For Camera A one-hour screening of work by NM film and dance makers, including Zsolt Palcza and Readymade Dance Theatre; Jennifer Predock-Linnell, Paniotis, Joyce Neimanas and Moira Ellis and current works by the Public Academy for Performing Arts’ Advanced Film and Contemporary Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Su Hudson and Naomi Elizabeth Montoya. 8p, $5 N4TH THEATER 4904 4TH NW, 505.344.4542
Jim Wagner, R.C. Gorman, Fritz Scholder and Woody Crumbo Following the Taos Founders and Taos Moderns, Chapter III is characterized by a great wave of young, relatively unknown artists and smart art dealers representing these exciting and new Taos artists. This wave created a powerful aesthetic and commercial vitality that was new to Taos, and unique to the U.S. Crumbo, Gorman, Scholder and Wagner are united by an ability to turn artistic genius into commercial success. Mon-Sat.,
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THROUGH MAY 19: TOUR
Southwest Gourd Painting Dominic Arquero will teach artists how to clean, design, and paint Southwest style gourds. For adults only. All materials included. 10a-
Eldorado Studio Tour The largest studio tour in NM will showcase 110 artists in 72 studios. eldoradostudiotour.com
3p, $65
THROUGH MAY 18: PERFORMANCE
INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER 2401 12TH NW, 505.843.7270
indianpueblo.org
10a-5p, FREE
If a Door Opens: A Journey With Frances Perkins Charlotte Keefe, a member of Metta Theatre, wrote this solo
show about Frances Perkins, an extraordinary woman who did groundbreaking work in attempting to improve working conditions in America in the first half of the 20th century. Fri.-Sat., 7:30p; Sun., 2p, $12-$15 TEATRO PARAGUAS 3205 CALLE MARIE, SANTA FE, 505.424.1601
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A series of fine arts and crafts shows sponsored by the Corrales Society of Artists. This year’s 9th season of shows promises to be bigger and better than ever before featuring local and visiting painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, metalworkers and crafts artisans who have been juried into the society. 10a-4p, FREE LA ENTRADA PARK NW CORNER OF CORRALES AND LA ENTRADA
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10:30p, $7-$10 AUX DOG THEATRE 3011 MONTE VISTA NE, 505.245.7716
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Subjects of Old Town and Beyond Hanging Tree Gallery features artists Eason Eige and Anne Sandry. Eige will show original paintings of Old Town from his perspective, cacti, cowboy hats and other interesting subjects of the area. Sandry, originally from France, has a continuous showing of original French pastoral settings, enchanting landscapes and castles from Bordeaux, France. 5-8:30p, FREE HANGING TREE GALLERY 416 ROMERO NW, 505.842.1420
OPEN HOUSE
Helen Gwinn Gwinn’s art, expressed in watercolor, embossing and collage, reflects her life, including her love for the flora of the desert where she lives. 5-8p, FREE WEEMS GALLERY 303 ROMERO NW, 505.764.0302
OPEN HOUSE
THE CELL THEATRE 700 1ST NW, 505.797.7081
RICHARD LEVY GALLERY 514 CENTRAL SW, 505.766.9888
7p, $15-$30
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THOUGH MAY 11: PERFORMANCE
Coppelia, The Girl With the Emerald Eyes and Other Dances Festival Ballet ABQ presents a one hour version of Leo Delibes’ classic ballet, choreographed by Patricia Dickenson. Fri., 7p and Sat., 2p &
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weemsgallery.com Open House Original paintings by Blackfeet artist Farrell Cockrum and local favorite Robert Perea. 5-8p, FREE
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JOURNAL THEATRE AT NHCC 1701 4TH SW, 505.724.4771
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress A wickedly funny and irreverent comedy about the “fairer” sex. Two estranged friends, a petulant younger sister, a conservative cousin and a lesbian walk in to a wedding… Thu.-Sat., 8p; Sun., 2p,
duckcityrep.com The Faces of Longfellow Elementary Over 300 portraits Longfellow’s student body will be installed as an enormous grid, filling the walls of Richard Levy Gallery. 4-7p, FREE
LEICH LATHROP GALLERY 323 ROMERO NW, 505.243.3059
$15-$55
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BLACKBIRD GALLERY 323 ROMERO NW, STE.16, 505.243.9525
blackbirdgallery.biz Three Artists Spotlighting the work of Midge Aragon, iconographer, Bob Curtis, metalwork artist and Tricia Simmons, jeweler, Yucca’s open house will also showcase watercolor, acrylic, oil, encaustic, pastels, ceramics, fiber art and wearables, gourds, glass and a wide variety of jewelry by 39 local artists. 5-8:30p, FREE YUCCA ART GALLERY 206 1/2 SAN FELIPE NW, 505.247.8931
yuccaartgallery.com THROUGH MAY 27: RECEPTION/ EXHIBITION
Favorite Places Purple Sage Galeria features artists Peggy Orbon and Melody Sears in Favorite Places, a selection of new original pastels of favorite places the artists have traveled to and painted en plein air. Reception: 5-8:30p, FREE PURPLE SAGE GALERIA 201 SAN FELIPE NW, 505.450.4059
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cclaimed Santa Fe-based multimedia collaborative Meow Wolf teams up with The Albuquerque Museum to provide a free, unparalleled arts opportunity for gifted high-school students. This after school program equips the 12 participating youth for success through arts education, including collaboration, planning, networking and most importantly, how to fund art and think outside the box. The Project Dreamscape installation evidences the evolution of the youths’ previous art-on-the-wall exhibition Project Dreamscape approach into the novel notion of creating captivating and interactive installations 6-8p, Fri., May 10 Albuquerque Museum around a particular thought or concept. 2000 Mountain NW, After brainstorming palpable art ideas, 505.243.7255 the students conceived the concept of albuquerquemuseum.org a dreamscape, which revolves around a 20-something aspiring filmmaker, Lance, who ends up working a 9-5 accounting job, recently broke up with his girlfriend, is very depressed and sleeps a lot. The installation portrays his lucid dreaming and the imagery floating through his head, which ranges from serene to grotesque and chilling. Project Dreamscape will present the mind of Lance within 1,200 square feet, but most importantly, it reflects the collaborative effort and vision of 12 exceptional Albuquerque teenage artists who bring their artistic dreams to life. “[It’s] getting them to expand what they think is possible, by having them dream something bigger than they’re used to dreaming, and then making it happen,” said Corvas Brinkerhoff of Meow Wolf. —Heather Saxon
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ance For camera” is just one term that describes a lesser-known genre of dance, which is created exclusively N4th Theater for expression in front of the camera or on film. 4904 4th NW, The fundamental expressive component of this 5 05.344.4542 genre is movement, and Wild Dancing West $5 Sat., $12 Sun. 2013 will spotlight New Mexico film and dance vsartsnm.org makers in a screening of short films and excerpts for one weekend only. Presented on Friday for one hour, Dance For Camera will highlight Zsolt Palcza, Readymade Dance Theatre, current works by the Public Academy for Performing Arts’ Advanced Film and Contemporary Dance Ensemble and solo artists, including Jennifer Predock-Linnell, Paniotis, Joyce Neimanas and Moira Ellis. Multimedia dance performance Site Unseen, featured Saturday, assembles human movement and various New Mexico landscapes to unearth the relationships that result from human-environment interactions. Highlighting unusual camera angles and beautiful scenery, artists’ enchanting movements will captivate viewers amid being filmed to express the full art form of this unique dance genre. Featuring the collaboration of two internationally recognized artists — Su Hudson, the event director who is an award-winning filmmaker, producer and film instructor of almost 20 years and Naomi Elizabeth Montoya, performing arts director and contemporary dance teacher who amalgamates ethnic and modern dance — this weekend event is sure to impress. —Heather Saxon
Changing Perceptions of the Western Landscape 9a-5p, Sat., May 18
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hough the solid perception of the American Western landscape as a place for tough cowboy types only evolved into what Albuquerque Museum of it is traditionally know as about half Art and History a century ago, this perception (like 200 Mountain NW, many things in life) continues to 505.242.4600 re-shape and morph as the societies $3 and cultures within it change. The cabq.gov/museum Albuquerque Museum of Art and History welcomes the Changing Perceptions of the Western Landscape show amidst the current renewal of interest in the landscape by contemporary artists. These artists demonstrate the power of societal and human influences, and the intriguing nature of the land that is still considered wild in many ways. The artists who share their vivid view of the west include, among others, Gus Foster, Amelia Bauer, Patrick Nagatani and Ed Ruscha. A diverse mixture of the intense, the thoughtful and the astounding nature of the West is portrayed in these artists’ work. Enjoy these fleeting views into what defines the contemporary West, before it shifts again. —Shari Taylor
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Something in the Air et another film about the social DIRECTED BY dissent of the ’60s and ’70s, this OLIVIER ASSAYAS exciting and powerful French Opens May 17 production is based somewhat on the Call for show times activities of director Olivier Assayas, The Screen, Santa Fe College who was politically active during that of Art and Design time. The film is partially a coming1600 St. Michael’s, of-age film, but more so it could be 505.473.6494 called a “gaining of consciousness” thescreensf.com picture, as we follow the story of three ifcfilms.com/films/ students — Gilles, a high school something-in-the-air student who has talent in art and (Also opens June 15 at The Guild) wants to be a filmmaker, and Alain and Jean-Pierre, his friends and fellow activists. Gilles and friends take huge risks by spray painting slogans, passing out leaflets and writing articles for a radical publication. It is not long, however, before violence rears its ugly head, as the trio, along with Gilles girlfriend, Christine, become involved in a situation where a Molotov cocktail injures a security guard. Gilles and Christine opt to flee to Italy, marking a decided change in all of their lives. Strong and edgy. —Jeff Berg
PLANET WAVES ARIES (MAR. 20-APR. 19) The theme of the eclipse is selfunderstanding; in the most practical way. You need a system for governing your life that takes into account what is actually meaningful to you. That means listening to the things you’ve promised yourself you were going to do over and over again. One thing that would be helpful is to evaluate that list and see what is still valid for you. Eliminate everything that’s no longer part of your actual agenda, so that you can free up energy, bandwidth and priority space for everything that is. Go forward that you be vigilant about putting your priorities into action. For this, you will need a plan that has emphasis on three phases: initiation, follow-through and completion. Stretch your perspective beyond the ‘get started’ phase and into the ones that take more dedication. This can be the time in your life when you get past the inertia that has bogged you down in the past. That’s another way of saying: this can be a time when you learn to express your potential.
by Eric Francis • planetwaves. net LEO (JUL. 22-AUG. 23) There’s the image of stewardship in your chart — as in “steward of the land.” Not its owner, possibly its occupant, definitely one who facilitates, who keeps a watchful eye, and who will act in a protective capacity when necessary. What’s the land of which I’m speaking? It probably involves professional activity where your leadership is being called upon and recognized as essential. You’re an old hand at what I will call the spiritual piece: putting your faith to work in a way that few people can. This is what comes across to others, and what you can depend on. You can speak in the most practical terms about the most mundane affairs, and you will seem to be offering life-giving truths. Meanwhile, count on the fact that you’re a social and professional magnet — for talent, collaborators, and potentially for investors in whatever you’re doing that you invest your faith in. State your goals and build cooperation.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP. 22) Be patient and you won’t have to be patient TAURUS (APR. 19-MAY 20) for long. It may seem like you’ve been You’re standing within one of those waiting forever for something tangible to momentous transition points in your life, materialize relating to a long-desired goal; though you may not be feeling the full and the tangibility factor is exactly what’s in beauty of that now. Sometimes they’re the process of developing right now. What’s difficult to see when you’re right in the going to help you the most is focusing midst of things. That said, momentous is on that thing that seems to be the most not what it’s cracked up to be; this is also a intangible to many — faith in yourself. time when the seemingly smaller or subtler This may be a point of conflict for you decisions you make, and the things you right now; you may think you have a mixed learn about yourself, will be tools that you record of accomplishing what you set out can use for the rest of your life. I suggest to accomplish, though I suggest you not you investigate the ways in which you seek dwell on that. What matters the most is to protect yourself. What are you protecting that you learn from what you consider yourself from, and who exactly was it that your successes and your supposed informed you of some potential danger? A failures, because the information that you defensive streak in your solar chart may be synthesize from both sides of that equation masking an aggressive aspect of yourself is what will help you the most. One of that gets veiled by your compelling exterior. the reasons this thing called failure is so Since that’s unlikely to incline if you take important is that it’s evidence of taking your aggression out on others, you may risks. Those experiments can produce take it out on yourself. If you can see this plenty of information, and no matter what cycle in motion, and pause it even for one the supposed topic, it’s applicable to moment, you can make a discovery that anything else you may do. enhances your life profoundly. For clues, LIBRA (SEP. 22-OCT. 23) study your relationship with your father. It’s time to make a list of all the decisions GEMINI (MAY 20-JUN. 21) Slow down and think deep. For you they are the same thing. Gemini can be brilliant when it thinks slowly. For you that might mean considering something once a day over the course of a week or two, instead of making a snap decision. As you do this, you may decide that there are things you “already know” without having any special way to know them. If that turns out to be true, then use the think-aboutit-every-day method to consider whether that something is in fact true and if it is, what specifically that would mean for you. Anyway, I suggest you take a gradual and meticulous approach to deciding what is really true for you. As you make that evaluation repeatedly, you will notice that you’re making adaptations and changes as the days go on, and those would be interesting to keep track of. What new facts are leading you to come to a different observation? What changing feelings? Keep this up for a week and you will make a rather significant discovery about yourself.
you’re holding off on committing to fully. Evaluate that list and you will get an accurate picture of where your life is. One image that’s coming through is that of withholding approval from yourself. You have to be your own most devoted cheerleader, though that’s not possible if you’re in conflict with yourself. It’s an even bigger problem if you project that inner conflict onto relationships with others. Your life will be easier and happier if you embrace that fact that your feelings come from you. If others have a role in your life that you don’t like, it’s up to you to make decisions in response to that fact. Looked at one way, your life is a study in power relationships, as events of the past few days seem to have dramatized. You want to live out your own values, and yet at the same time it’s so easy for you to get caught in the values of others. In light of this, the skill to develop and emphasize is not peacemaking but rather the nuts and bolts of negotiation.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 22) People around you seem to have a plan. CANCER (JUN. 21-JUL. 22) You need to know what it is, because from What do you want to be known for? Now the look of your charts, you’re somehow would be a great time to make that known involved. Take hold of the situation and to others.Do that in the form of being who declare yourself in or out where certain you are boldly, and doing what you do with situations are concerned. There are a more confidence. Despite the sometimes number of reasons you don’t want others conservative descriptions of what makes a to do this for you, most of them involving Cancerian tick, and how you prefer to stay your own integrity. If you step up and make home and all that, you’re in a time when a firm commitment one way or the other, that happens not to be true — if it ever that will have the effect of precipitating was. You are not merely safe being seen as results, whatever you happen to choose. someone a little eccentric, who is willing to The fact that you know you actually did take the risk of being thought of as a little commit yourself, not knowing the outcome, weird; your success depends on taking will give you a greater sense of investment advantage of this. It’s the fear of seeming in whatever develops, and that seems to different that prevents many people from be precisely the thing you need to help doing something different; and I assure you you guide your life. I would ask you to ask that anything really worth doing in the long yourself one other question. What are you run will draw its value from being original. holding on to, and by that, I mean what So you have a pass on that particular social from the past are you reluctant to let go concern, and now you can ask yourself for of? Since we’re talking about the past, it’s real: what do you want to be known for? more likely to be a feeling than a physical The chances are you’re already good at it. situation.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 22) If something irritates you, remove it from your environment. The problem with environments is that they tend to be invisible; the contrast that we need to notice things fades into the background. So you may need to use unusual methods to determine what’s irritating you, one of which will be your dreams. Remember that in dreams there are no stock interpretations, and every element of the dream represents you. Tell yourself any dream you have from the viewpoint of one of the objects or people in the scenario and it will make more sense. Meanwhile, hang out with people who can offer you a reflection of yourself, or challenge your perspective in a way that helps you, rather than those who expect you to be a certain way. Clarity will help you feel better, in a deep way rather than a fleeting one. In this world, clarity is something that we must work for patiently, though anyone who’s arrived there will tell you it’s worth the effort. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 20) Sex is not a secret and your sexuality is not a secret. I recognize that most people think this is the very thing that must be kept the most under wraps — which is one reason I think that people whose sexual initiation involves a coming-out process make so many so nervous. The question to ask yourself is what exactly would you not want known about you, and why wouldn’t you want it known? There are a number of possible responses to that question, though sooner or later, any person who comes to terms with their sexuality addresses the issue of shame. One misunderstanding about shame, like many other environmental pollutants, is that it’s been there all along. That’s not true. At a certain point it is injected into society and at some point in the life of nearly every person, it’s inflicted on them. Shame is like a binding or glue that attaches us to many other problems. Once shame is acknowledged and addressed, many other things can begin to resolve themselves. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 19) It seems like every season or every year, you are encountering some new call to leadership. Said another way, life is calling on you to take more responsibility and to associate yourself with a purpose that comes from deep within you. Yet at the moment, you seem to be facing a diversity of challenges that are interfering with that. I say “seem to be” because the emotional and personal situations in your life are calling on you to shore up your foundations. You are being pushed to question every assumption you have about what it means to be “safe” and “secure,” and many assumptions from the past are coming up for question as well. In one way, you are being called to build your life on a focused sense of purpose. But there is something that may go deeper, which is a grounded sense of your own existence. It may be that part of how you cultivate that is to take on challenges bigger than you thought you could handle; then logic would say that your ability to meet those challenges was based on something real. PISCES (FEB. 19-MAR. 20) Your intuition will guide you perfectly right now, and to feel that working you may need to tune into a different level than your sentient mind. That may be a challenge because there’s so much keeping you alert, thinking and driven to be productive. You can keep doing all of that, though I suggest that you give yourself space to be reflective. One reason to stay close to home for the next few days is that it’s probably the most interesting and indeed exciting place to be. Do what you can to keep parts of your days open so that your receptive mind is available to pick up the abundant information that’s coming your way. If you’re feeling restless, one way to express that is to write. All the planets currently gathered in Taurus are in your 3rd solar house of writing and communications. I know that for many this is a delightfully busy time of year. If you give yourself time alone, it will also be a beautifully productive time, including benefits in growth, guiding your life and deepening your understanding of yourself.
THE AMERICAN VALUES CLUB CROSS WORD “Change is Gonna Come” by Ben Tausig ACROSS 1. Peter, eldest of the Monkees
39. One who finds god through reason
DOWN 1. Vehicle that removes wrecks
5. Nonchalant
40. Array in a honeymoon suite
2. Maryland’s state bird
43. It’s cut and dried
3. Update, as machinery
46. Many of his relics are housed in the Egyptian Museum
4. Department store chain headquartered in Wisconsin
47. Ironic
5. Desert near Beijing
9. Tosses some chips in the pot, say? 14. Cookie that’s one year older than crosswords 15. Instrument on Mariah Carey’s “Hero” 16. “Pal Joey” author John 17. How some prefer to go out 19. Made speechless 20. Draft
48. Alternative to a snake
38. Baller’s building
42. Quake
55. Doors tune?
10. “Cat on ___ Tin Roof”
44. OTC pain reliever
11. Stooges album with “Search and Destroy”
45. Super goofy English terrier
12. Philosopher’s subject
48. Letters next to Clinton’s name, until 2008
59. BO part
34. Song that begins “Hey, where did we go, days when the rains came”
41. “TMI, bro ...”
9. Use a lane
24. Response to a site gag?
33. Disney On Ice leaps
38. What a forger might pull off
53. British battleship
58. On track to win
31. “No, seriously”
37. Obloquy, informally
7. Pax TV, now
23. At ___ (unsure what to say)
27. Lamb Chop’s partner
36. Unagi, e.g.
43. State where Don Ho was born (or was he? let’s see the REAL birth certificate, Don!)
21. Autograph signer’s tool
26. Shinto, e.g., briefly
35. Place to go, when you’re on your way somewhere
50. “Ready to roll?”
56. Change, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle’s theme
25. Be full of chit?
34. Scene
6. Angle iron 8. Plead to get
13. Blue state
49. Singing spring sign
60. Roman four, if there’s no V handy
18. Eveready products
61. Sirs’ partners
22. Goldsworthy of “Degrassi”
62. Sanctioned car seizure, casually
52. Honorary legal degs.
24. Billie, to fans
53. Post-L letters
27. ___ Dimas, California (Bill and Ted’s city)
54. Space leader?
63. Pocket billiards ball count, sometimes
28. Hasten, old-style
51. Garden cover
57. Breathless dedication
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Overcoming a career catastrophe
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’d like to reference the recent South Dakota news clip showcasing the unfortunate first few moments of one the shortest anchor careers in history (if you haven’t seen it, it’s Google-worthy). On the very first day of his broadcast career, a nervous anchor, unknowingly wearing an active microphone, mumbled a few choice words that would warrant a swift backhand from your grandma. The junior anchor was fired immediately following the newscast and was subjected to national scrutiny via internet and late night talk shows. First, I think it’s fair to say that we have all been there, to some degree. Sadly, this aspiring journalist will now forever be dubbed as the “swearing news guy.” It got me thinking about his next job search and how many people are in a similar boat, likely not as publicized, of having to overcome a mishap in a previous position to land the next one. It’s not impossible, but here are some things to consider:
Don’t Get Defensive
uncomfortable situations in the workplace. Keep your cool and have an open discussion.
Share what you’ve learned Use this opportunity to talk about how the situation has made you a better candidate. An employer will see that you are using every opportunity to better yourself, which translates well in a professional setting.
Turn it into a positive Add a silver lining when possible. In the case of the news anchor, he gained a lucrative 15 minutes of fame that gave him access to national networks and celebrity red carpet events. Show the employer that you have a positive attitude and that you will bring it into the office.
If it’s public, put it on a cover letter
The way you react to this discussion can say a lot about how you will handle
If you’ve had a mishap or gained a poor
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reputation that you know a potential employer is aware of, address it head on. Explain why you are a great candidate because or in spite of your current situation. Don’t be afraid to speak up and take ownership. Accountability is an incredibly powerful trait.
Focus on the future Don’t spend an entire interview or cover letter on a mishap or negative situation. Spend only enough time to get past it, then shift gears and focus on the what you will do moving forward. Paint the picture of how you will be an asset and resource to the organization and how you will impact growth. So, whether you swear like a sailor or have put three jobs under your belt in the last four months, be sure to handle your career mishap with grace and professionalism. Mistakes teach us so much about our professions and keeps life interesting. Theresa Maher is vice president, creative and partner services at recruiting.com. For the latest Albuquerque job openings, visit the careers section of local-iQ.com.
THROUGH MAY 12: FESTIVAL
Herbfest An event focusing on herbs, wildflowers, arts and crafts, bird and nature walks. Live music and refreshments. 10a-4p, FREE
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New Treatments in Osteoporosis Dr. E. Michael Lewiecki will speak on “New Treatments in Osteoporosis” at the Osteoporosis Foundation’s Educational Presentation. 1:30-3p, $1. RSVP
Solar Cooking Learn about solar cooking with Amanda Bramble of Ampersand.
MANZANO MESA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER 501 ELIZABETH SE, 505.275.8731
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Michael O’Keefe: Battle of Little Big Horn O’Keefe has spent years reading and researching histories of the American West. In his talk, O’Keefe will use a contour map of the battlefield, photos and information from his interviews and research in preparation for the book. 2p, FREE
Introduction to Nature Journaling Workshop Join artist and long-time park volunteer Ray Kriese for a free workshop that will facilitate an entry into the hobby of nature journaling. 9a-1p, FREE.
FRI 10 Community Meditation Learn an ancient sound to access the higher power within, and to experience more love. 10-10:30a, FREE HIGHLAND SENIOR CENTER 131 MONROE NE, 505.265.7388
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10a, FREE/DONATION FRENCHY’S COMMUNITY GARDEN OSAGE & AGUA FRIA, SANTA FE, 505.473.1403
PLACITAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY 453 HWY 165, PLACITAS, 505.867.3355
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RIO GRANDE NATURE CENTER 2901 CANDELARIA NW, 505.344.7240
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The History of Bob Marley Music historian Peter Chase will hold a presentation on reggae music artist Bob Marley. r 6:30p, THE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, 505.8921.5012
HOFFMANTOWN CHURCH 8888 HARPER NE, 505.828.2600
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Registration required. THE VISITOR CENTER UNSER AND WESTERN TRAIL NW, 505.899.0205 X.338
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donation KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NM 8701 COMANCHE NE, 505.292.5293
meditationinnewmexico.org Mother’s Day Brunch Includes shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, herb crusted pork tenderloin and an omelet station. 10a-3p, $15-$39 HOTEL ANDALUZ 125 2ND, 505.923.9080
opentable.com Mother’s Day Volcanoes Hike Volunteer park geologist Jack Babcock will lead mothers, families and visitors on this Mother Earth appreciation hike around the Albuquerque Volcanoes. 10-11:30a, FREE. VOLCANOES DAY USE AREA TRLHD 4.8 MILES NORTH OF I-40 ON ATRISCO VISTA NW (EXIT #149), 505.899.0205 X335
| ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | MAY 9-22, 2013
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rgnc.org Albuquerque March for Babies A 3.5 mile fundraising walk for March of Dimes. 8a, FREE
Prayers for World Peace Learn how to practically bring more peace and happiness into your world by learning to cherish others, overcome anger and deal with stress. 10-11:30a, $10 suggested
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PBS Kids and Literacy This is a new workshop that focuses on literacy research conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Participants will explore these results and learn about successful resources that can help all caregivers and parents build children’s literacy skills and motivate children to learn. 10a-Noon, FREE. RSVP required. MOUNTAIN VIEW PRIVATE ELEMENTARY 4100 NEW VISTAS CT. NW, 505.277.4087
newmexicopbs.org Taste of ABQ The best restaurants from ABQ Uptown and throughout Albuquerque are teaming up for the first annual Taste of ABQ, an all-day family food festival featuring delectable tastes and beverage sampling. Noon-4p, FREE-$20 ABQ UPTOWN 2200 Q NE
simon.com/mall/abq-uptown Heritage Day Heritage Day is Corrales’ spring celebration of its history. This year, the Archives Committee of the Corrales Historical Society is pleased to present two outstanding guest speakers, both Corrales residents. 10a-4p, FREE OLD SAN YSIDRO CHURCH 966 OLD CHURCH