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Wedding planner or not, iQ looks at all angles of consideration when crafting a perfect wedding

Francine Maher Hopper fran@local-iQ.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ART DIRECTOR

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Chela Gurnee 505.264.6350chela@local-iQ.com

Collaborative, diverse community arts project has the aim of checking Albuquerque’s cultural pulse

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Nob Hill burger joint B2B Bistronomy ﬁnds the formula for success while giving back to the community

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Joy Godfrey joy@local-iQ.com PHOTO INTERN

Joshua Schaber

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8 MUSIC Former Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo brings his new solo acvt and his outspoken ways to the Duke City

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Young Albuquerque sketch and improv troupe Comedy? goes to weekly schedule of shows at The Box

26 FI L M As the star actress of Rebekah Wiggins rises, being as fearless as possible may be her key to success

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Arts Events ......................... 27

Craft Work ........................... 11 Credit Corner .....................32 The Curious Townie ...........6 First Taste .............................. 8 Key Ingredient .....................9 The Nine Muses ................ 26 Paw Prints ............................ 7 Stir it Up...............................10

Community Events .......... 28 Live Music............................ 22

F E AT UR E S Places To Be ..........................4 Book Review ....................... 12 Travel...................................... 13 Smart Music.........................25 Smart Arts........................... 29 Film Reel .............................. 30 Crossword/Horoscope .... 31

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Veteran iQ photographer Wes Naman captures Local iQ publisher Francine Maher Hopper contemplating the last eight years and 200 issues of Local iQ magazine. Joy Godfrey assisted, Kevin Hopper art directed and mascots Moonpie and Dylan wrestled nearby.

EDITORIAL Nelle Bauer Hakim Bellamy Charlie Crago Justin De La Rosa Brenden Emmett Quigley Eric Francis Tony Gambino Jeff Kerby Randy Kolesky Seth Hall Jim & Linda Maher Jordan Mahoney Bill Nevins Nathan New Cristina Olds Shavone Otero

Michael Ramos Susan Reaber Joshua Schaber David Steinberg Steven J. Westman Chloë Winegar-Garrett Bruce Wong

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PLACES TO BE FEB

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George Winston 7:30p, Sat., Feb. 1

Backcountry Film Festival 7-9p, Thu., Jan. 30

The Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, 505.988.7050

Reel Deal Theater 2551 Central, Los Alamos

$28-$52

$15

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DANCE Swan Lake 7:30p, Thu., Jan. 30 Popejoy Hall On the UNM campus, 505.277.8010

$44-$54 Tickets: unmtickets.com popejoypresents.com

yoitr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed Swan Lake in 1876 as a ballet based on Russian folk tales. It tells the story of a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer who can only be set free by the love of a young prince. Tchaikovsky’s score is noted as one of the most beautiful scores of any show ever, and now, nearly 140 years later, Swan Lake’s popularity endures and traveling performances of the ballet such as this one thrive. The Ballet Repertory Theatre production that will staged at Popejoy is choreographed by Alex Ossadink, the Dresden-trained ballet artist who moved to the United States in the 1990s and has worked nationwide with ballet troupes from New York to Denver. Ossadink currently holds a position as choreographer with Ballet Idaho in Boise. —ME

hat happened to our big winter hopes that flared in November with the early snow? Like Tinkerbell, we need to keep on believing, people. And in the meantime, let’s watch some movies to inspire the spirit of snowy outdoor adventure! The third annual Backcountry Film Festival features 10 independent films. The short flicks portray arty deep powder skiing, an expedition through Mongolia searching for the wolverine and a conservation category winner about saving a community ski area, and more. The films are created by small and big producers, and the festival, in its ninth year, visits 99 other worldwide locations besides Los Alamos, the only New Mexico showing. More homegrown than the Banff Film Fest, the Backcountry Film Festival includes beer, wine and spirits from Pajarito Brewpub. The event supports the Winter Wildlands Alliance whose and Pajarito Environmental Education Center. —CO

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santaanastarcenter.com

Tickets: ticketssantafe.com

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reeldealtheater.com

$33, $15.75 kids 2-12

THEATER Don’t Panic: It’s Only Finnegan’s Wake 7p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p, Sun., Jan. 31Feb. 2 Teatro Paraguas Studio 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe, 505.424.1601

$12 teatroparaguas.org

or literature majors like myself, one trump card to throw on a table of your peers, on any occasion, is to say, “Well, I’ve read Finnegan’s Wake, have you?” That James Joyce work of ﬁction, published in 1939, carries a well-deserved reputation as one of the densest and most impenetrable novels ever written. Shorter than Joyce’s opus Ulysses, but incomprehensible compared to one of his more conventional works like A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake is notable for its linguistic experiments, lack of characters and absence of discernible plot. Let’s just say I’m not considering a second read. Santa Fe performance artist Adam Harvey delves into his love of the Irish author’s work to bring Finnegan’s Wake to life on stage (if that’s possible) by performing bits of Joyce’s masterwork in this solo performance. It promises to be a comic, entertaining, CliffsNotes of a show. —ME

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georgewinston.com

f you don’t get why people go crazy for George Winston, maybe you had to be there. When Winston released the album Autumn in 1980 for the fledgling Bay Area label Windham Hill Records, it was an unprecedented hit for a solo, bearded, balding white piano player. In my family’s household we wore the record out on the turntable. This guy played the piano with such feeling and soul! And skill. The years have shown it was no fluke, too, as Winston has gone on to establish himself as one of the preeminent piano soloists of his generation, as fluent in the New Agey emotiveness of records like Autumn and Winter Into Spring as he is with the funky and swinging sounds of his 2006 and 2012 records Gulf Blues and Impressions 1 and 2. Considered an exceptional live performer who can spin a magical web, a night with Winston is a night to remember. —ME

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Santa Ana Star Center 3001 Civic Center NE, 505.891.7300

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Toughest Monster Truck Tour 7:30p, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 24-25

CONCERT

MONSTER JAM

ne of the top football players in the National Football League, cornerback Richard Sherman, was recently asked to explain the extreme popularity of that sport in the United States. He described it as a “combination of adrenaline and testosterone.” You could use the same description for the appeal of monster trucks. Featuring vehicles with wheels nearly the height of a two-story building and engines that sound like a jet takeoff at Kirkland Air Force Base, people don’t go to monster jams for the peace and tranquility. They go to feel the roar and to watch drivers of trucks on steroids crunch passenger cars like a praying mantis eats an aphid. It’s a wildly popular American sport, with more than 350 performances nationwide each year and over 4 million fans ﬁlling large arenas. Feel the power. —CC

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The where to go and what to do from January 23-February 5

FILM Fossil-Free Film Festival 2, 7p, Wed.-Thu., Feb. 5-6 Guild Cinema 3405 Central NE, 505.249.3855

FREE guildcinema.com abqclimateaction.us/f4

ne of the major political parties in the United States still doesn’t believe it’s real, which is increasingly odd, but most scientists not on the payroll of Exxon say that climate change is here, it’s real and it will accelerate if we don’t alter our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels. Twelve New Mexico non-profit and student organizations have joined together for this festival, which will feature the best new films on climate change and what can be done about it. A Fierce Green Fire, a 2013 release narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd and others, will screen at 7p, Feb. 5. Other notable flicks include Do the Math, a profile of environmentalist/writer Bill McKibben, and Carbon Nation, an optimistic look at what people are doing and what can be done to stem the tide of global warming. All screenings are free. —ME

MARQUEE

Heart of a Duke Collaborative community arts project aims to check Albuquerque’s cultural pulse Panelists include Albuquerque poet laureate and youth organizer Hakim Bellamy; UNM o you think of Downtown associate professor Katya Crawford of Albuquerque as the beating heart CityLab (a city-UNM partnership); David of the Duke City? Heart of the Cudney of Factory on 5th; Petra Morris, the City wants you to consider that city’s liaison for railroads; Wade Miller of question with your head and your feet. In the Sawmill Community Land Trust; and other words, think about what you see, feel Gabrielle Uballez of Working Classroom and and hear at the project’s varied programs. Vecinos Artist Collective. Each gives a short Heart of the City is the name of the threetalk about their vision. A Q-and-A follows. month-long collaborative community project. “Part of the reason we chose to do this It runs from Sat., Feb. 1 through May 3. project is that we’ve done many projects that It’s also the name of the project’s central are national and international,” Sbarge said. element — an art exhibition at 516 ARTS “And we thought it was a good time to focus that opens Feb. 1. on the community. Many of our exhibitions The exhibition is bursting with diverse are like museum shows and installations. The project’s are not necessarily community opening reception will be engagement projects. So MARQUEE at 516 ARTS, with ACE we’re doing a lot with social Barbershop owner Gabriel practice. I’ve realized we’re Heart Jaureguiberry giving free working in that realm a of the City haircuts in the gallery. lot as a community arts OPENING RECEPTION: Jaureguiberry is recreating his organization. Social practice 6-8p, Sat., Feb. 1 iconic Downtown business, means art projects focusing on which offers haircuts, 516 ARTS community engagement and 516 CENTRAL SW, music and art. Billed as the social benefits, that the arts 505.242.1445 installation’s lead artist, he’ll can help communities, and FREE give more free haircuts in the not just within the art world.” 516arts.org gallery on Mar. 7 and Apr. 4. Take for example artist-activist Another installation in the Rick Lowe of Houston. Lowe is the keynote speaker for exhibition is a collection of Heart of the City. His talk is at black-and-white photographic 7:30p, Sat., Apr. 19 at Outpost Performance portraits. Axle Contemporary — with artists Space (210 Yale SE). Lowe founded Project Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman Row Houses, a nonprofit neighborhood — took photos of people in and around art-and-cultural organization that pushed Downtown during one week in January. to revitalize 22 abandoned shotgun-style The subjects were asked to hold an object homes. of importance to them in the photographs. “We love the concept of the artist working The portraits are merged to create a singular with the community to create positive social image of all who participated and are change. Rick Lowe is a real leader in that featured in an installation. field nationally,” Sbarge said. It’s not too late to have your picture taken. Heart of the City is also acknowledging Show up at 516 ARTS, 2-5p Sat., Feb. 8 for Women & Creativity Month in March Family Day. That’s when Axle Contemporary with several programs. In one, Tricklock will take your photo. Be sure to bring an Company and 516 ARTS present The Art object of significance. of Being a Spectator, a new play by Loren But don’t think that Heart of the City is just Kahn Puppet & Object Theatre. It will about creating and displaying art. be performed at 2p, Sun., Mar. 23 at the Suzanne Sbarge, the project’s director Tricklock Performance Lab (110 Gold SW). and 516 ARTS’s executive director, said In another, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, dean of the project is reaching out to the larger the UNM College of Fine Arts, lectures on community. Graffiti, Identity and Space: Culture Jamming “I’m really excited about getting so many Inside and Outside the Gallery at 2p, Sat., Mar. people in the community involved and 29 at 516 ARTS. really just creating dialogue about our city’s These are some other installations in urban center. It’s something I think is very the exhibition — sculptures by Amy important for the future and for bringing Biehl High School students; historic and people together around the city’s center,” prehistoric place names of New Mexico Sbarge said. that are related to a mural on the Century That’s why the project is offering a series of Downtown Theater under the guidance of public programs. There’s a panel discussion lead artist Larry Bob Phillips, a Central New at a public forum at 7p, Thu., Feb. 13 at Mexico Community College art professor; 516 ARTS. Albuquerque artists, planners, an interactive, multimedia installation community organizers and educators are by JustWrite, inmate-authors and visual taking part. artists at the Metropolitan Detention Center

BY DAVID STEINBERG

Noted Los Angeles muralist Aaron Noble led a team of youth apprentices to create this colorful mural in Downtown Albuquerque on the side of Warehouse 508, titled Quantaum Bridge. The project is part of the multifaceted arts collaboration Heart of the City, which kicks off Feb. 1.

working with lead artists Carlos Contreras and Diahndra Grill; paper ﬂowers made by members of Vecinos Artist Collective with people in the community; and a portable mural displayed in the entrance to the exhibition that is created by Warehouse 508 participants with visiting artist Aaron Noble (story on page 29). “Heart of the City is a great way to revisit where art is at in Downtown and how it

affects the whole city. We don’t want to isolate Downtown but we want to see how it is connected to the entire city and state,” Sbarge said. For the full Heart of the City program guide go to 516arts.org or call 505.242.1445 for a copy of the guide. This article also appears on David Steinberg’s blog nmreviewofthearts.wordpress.com.

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CULTURE

Celebrating 100 years of life and community

ey, welcome to 2014. I’m so happy to be here. Did we ever end last year with a grand song and dance, at the 100th birthday celebration of one of my favorite women, Mary Erwin King? Known to the New Mexico dance community and truly loved and adored by many, King held court with a party thrown by her family and friends. Mary’s granddaughter, Robin Orscheln, has been a part of my “chosen family” for over four decades, so I have loved “Grandma King” for quite some time, and been privy to the goings on with Fishback Studio of the Dance, where so many of the Kings perfected the craft. Mary’s daughter is Cissy King, as in “Cissy and Bobby” from the Lawrence Welk Show. And Mary’s eldest son is John, who danced on the Dean Martin Show and is also married to a Fishback. Yes, this dance lineage goes on and on. The party was held at the Canyon Club (formerly Four Hills Country Club, which has new owners now — and that’s another story to be unfolded down the road). With 200-plus guests paying

tribute to a wonderful lady, the ballroom was overﬂowing with N.M’s terpsichorean royalty. Fresh off his role as Don Quixote in Landmark Musical’s Man of La Mancha, Jack Nuzum serenaded Mary. Another musical treat was Mary’s great-granddaughter, Juliet Doherty, who took a break from her role as Clara with the San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Suite to join Susie Tallman Yarbrough in a duet of “Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe” in honor of Mary’s late husband, John. Then everyone sang “Happy Birthday” as cupcakes with candles were handdelivered by all the kids. And you know those cupcakes were delish, as Slate Street Cafe’s Myra Ghattas brought them.

PHOTOS BY STEVE PALMISANO

Decades of stories to unfold On Jan. 10, a media event was held at the Albuquerque Country Club to kick off 100 years of being a landmark in this city. Reporters had quite an experience with a forum of speakers telling about ACC’s history and future with architect Lee Gamelsky, Club General Manager Rodney Maddox, Club President Mike Daniels and ending with Mayor Richard Berry delivering a proclamation. I had the honor to be the emcee, and was more than happy to look out at those gathered and seeing the faces of most of my Local iQ colleagues in attendance. Those who were there know I got a bit emotional as I spoke about the club’s history, including my grandparents having been members in the past. Afterwards we all enjoyed a lavish display of appetizers prepared by Chef Robert Daniels. Quite a dynamic steering committee formed last year to make this all happen (thanks to Shannon White for bringing me into this). There are plans throughout the year for exceptional happenings to celebrate 100 years as a club, including a Vintage Golf Tournament, a Poolside Fashion Show and October’s Centennial Cocktail Party. In this spirit, the Jan. 18 Grand Centennial Ball was a night to remember. Over 300 members and guests wined and dined and danced the night away. Toasting 100 years were so many generations of families I’ve know all my life, and so many of them the reason the ACC

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Mayor Richard Berry and event organizer Shannon White (pictured on left) stand by a city proclamation noting the Albuquerque Country Club’s 100th birthday. Local iQ columnist Steven J. Westman (aka-The Curious Townie, right), emceed the event and spoke of the club’s importance through the years as a community hub.

has endured. The Kelehers, the Wileys, the Leonards, the Sneads, the Tinnens, the Cramers and Thompsons, the Blounts, the Christensons and on and on. The decor was beautiful, the food was over the top. What a ﬁne bit of history was made, and so many stories within the walls of that beautiful building nestled in the southeast part of town. Something else to look forward to is writer Jane Mahoney collecting tales and photographs for a Country Club Centennial Book. Cheers to you, ACC. And thanks for MY memories.

ABQ’s Tales of the City I was first introduced to the works of writer Armistead Maupin while I was doing a summer session at a college in the Bay Area in the late 1970s. A guy in my dorm had clippings from the San Francisco Chronicle, where Maupin first wrote in a serialized column about some characters who would become more than endearing to me for the past five decades. Mary Ann Singleton, Michael Tolliver and Anna Madrigal are some of these fictional friends, all of whom seem to have also entered the hearts of millions of readers. Then in the 1980s my friend Dana Ewing urged me to get my first copy of the book Tales of the City. We devoured the series penned by Mr. Maupin. To say I am a fan is an understatement. He now has 11 novels in print, nine of them part of the Tales of the City series. In 2012 Maupin and his husband Christopher Turner made Tesuque their new home. Through social media, I keep an eye on how much they love it here in this great part of the world. And I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of his latest offering. That day is near! This coming Saturday, Jan. 23 at 3p, Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande NW, 505.344.8139, bkwrks.com) will be hosting ”Armistead Maupin reads from the latest in the Tales of the City series, Days of Anna Madrigal.”Hooray for all of us. I briefly met Maupin in 2008, as he was part of the wedding of my friends Curt Branom and Jake Heggie. I had carried with me my first copy of Tales of the City, which he signed. I’m now excited to have him sign my latest treasure. Steven J. Westman details community goings-on in each issue of Local iQ. Reach him at steven@local-iQ.com.

PETS

Ready for a high-energy pup?

few weeks ago, while I was walking my dogs at the park, I met a puppy with a new owner. Like most pups, this one, a purebred Weimaraner, was full of energy and jumped and spun around on his leash just amazed with all the sights and smells around him. The pup’s owner said, “This one is a handful. This is my fourth Weimaraner and none of the others were this wild.” This reminds me of the greeting card that says, “You’re not getting older … the squirrels are just getting faster.” Somehow I did not think he was any more “wild” than her other puppies. Like so many of the people I work with, this woman overestimated her abilities to handle this dog. As we get older it is important to understand that what we could easily handle in a dog 10 or 20 years ago has changed. We hear this all of the time in our classes; “This (insert ANY breed here) is nowhere near as easy as the four other ones I’ve had before.” I know I certainly have changed as I have gotten older, thank goodness. One of the changes is that what I could handle in a dog 20 years ago is no longer the same. Over the years my husband and I have had eight different dogs, three of whom were over 80 pounds. Our last big dog, Lyle, was 100 pounds. We are saddened when we realize that we probably will never have what we call a “thumper” dog again. What

we are comfortable doing has changed over the years. Our dogs travel practically everywhere we go. When Lyle was nearing the end of his life, my husband could lift him into the truck, but it wasn’t as easy as it had been years before. For me, no way! We even had a ramp for Lyle, but it was pretty precarious with such a big guy. While I happily walk my dogs twice a day most days, I have noticed on colder dark days I occasionally miss the evening walk. My dogs are always ready to go, but me, sometimes I’m just too tired and less willing to endure the cold. Usually just the sad looks from our dogs motivates me to put on those extra layers and head out with them. I wish that I could have counseled the woman at the park before she brought that Weimaraner pup home. The little guy was only 4 months old and she was already angry and frustrated with “his” behavior. She was comparing him (oh please do not compare me to my siblings) to the other Weimaraners that she owned when she was much younger and had children in the house to exercise and

entertain the dogs. If I had the opportunity before she got the pup, I would have asked this woman what she wanted from a dog. How much exercise would her dog require and how willing would she be to fulﬁll this need? Would she be willing and able to handle this high-energy athletic breed that was just unlocking his high-energy potential? Is she planning on taking him to training classes or agility to keep his body and mind occupied? I wish I could have helped her understand that the squirrels are not getting any faster. At Animal Humane New Mexico we have a “Meet Your Match” program that helps adopters pinpoint what they want, expect or desire from a pet. We help potential owners to realistically examine not only their expectations for a dog, but their personal capabilities as well. Do you really need a high-energy puppy, or will an older, mellower dog that knows the routine serve you better? What we all desire is a chance to integrate a new buddy into our home with great success. Let’s try to make this as easy as possible. Animal Humane is here to help you! Susan Reaber is an Animal Humane New Mexico animal behavior specialist. She teaches puppy and adult training classes and assists pet parents through Animal Humane’s free pet behavior helpline: 505.938.7900.

Adoptions Learn more about these and many other great pets at: ahanm.org or facebook.com/ animalhumanenm

ALADDIN, Animal ID# 32132 Aladdin is a 1-year-old, male, Red Heeler Cross, who loves belly rubs! He is friendly, active, loving, playful, and just the right size! He likes other dogs, loves to play fetch and does very well on the agility course. He is looking for a kind and patient owner to love him, especially through his rambunctious puppy years!

MADDY, Animal ID# 34060 Maddy is a 2-year-old, female, Brown Tabby kitty that is just the right size and very pretty. She is the perfect little cat that is just longing to curl up in someones warm lap and purr the night away. She needs a wonderful home that she can call her own.

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FOOD

Stock up locally for that Super Bowl shindig

PHOTO BY JOSHUA SCHABER

In America, a combo of great burgers and local beer/wine will get any restaurateur far. This has very much been the case for Nob Hill eatery B2B Bistronomy, which serves burgers, such as the Sunrise Burger (pictured), made with high quality, grass-fed beef. Pair that with one of 35 beers on tap (all local), and you have the makings of (quite possibly) your new favorite hangout.

Burgers, beer, boom Nob Hill joint B2B Bistronomy ﬁnds the formula for success BY MIKE ENGLISH

hen I ﬁrst moved to Albuquerque in 2001, one of my favorite dishes at any of the restaurants of that time was the Chicken Garibaldi at Vivace. The cream and onion reduction sauce imparted a sweet, carmelized glaze to the rigatoni and chunks of chicken. It was decadent and fantastic. Vivace, of course, is no more, closing a couple years ago after a good long run. In the exact same space on Central in Nob Hill sits B2B Bistronomy. This year-old burger and beer joint has again reminded me of the importance of good food and solid menu items to any restaurant’s success. REVIEW That B2B is a success is fact. I don’t have access to owner Sham Naik’s ledgers, but B2B anyone can see the line going out the door Bistronomy and notice the lively energy. B2B (that’s 3118 CENTRAL SE, “beers to burger”) hit the ground running 505.262.2222 and looks to be a notable addition to the HOURS: ongoing evolution of the Nob Hill dining 4-9p, Mon.-Wed.; and nightlife scene. noon-9p, Thu.-Sun. Part of that success is built on atmosphere. bistronomyb2b.com The focus when you enter B2B is a square bar in the middle of a square room backed by shelves full of wine bottles and 35 taps serving exclusively New Mexican beer. Tables surround the bar. Lighting is thoughtfully done, including skylights letting in natural light over the bar. Black walls are splashed with random sketches and sayings, chalkboard style, adding to the bistro ambience. In nice weather, the glass storefront rolls back to allow for open-air dining. Part of the success is built on beer. Wine too, but B2B’s focus on solely New Mexico beers from multiple state brewers ... well, let’s just acknowledge that craft beer is popular right now and it’s smart to highlight good local brew. The price doesn’t hurt, either: an affordable $3.66 per pint, with $2 pints during the 4-5p happy hour most days. But I’m going out on a limb here to state that the early and immediate success of B2B is primarily built on good burgers. It’s not rocket science. Use good meat, good cheese, a good bun, cook it well, add tasty

toppings and sauces, throw in some fresh crispy fries and people will buy it, eat it and Burger come back again. funding B2B uses fresh, hormone-and-antiobioticOne of the aspects free New Mexico beef from free-range cows of B2B Bistronomy’s that are grass fed. Their 1/3 lb. patties are business model grilled over an open ﬂame. The buns are that owner Sham made by local bakeries, lightly toasted and Naik is most proud served emblazoned with a “B2B” insignia. of is his Giving If that sounds like the makings of a burger Back Sundays. in the artisan style, which is the dining B2B donates 20 percent of all sales trend in recent years, you’re right. With on a given Sunday offerings like the Pierre Burger (Gruyère to a designated cheese, wild mushrooms and a demi glace, non-proﬁt or charity, $10), Sunrise Burger (pepper jack cheese, and over the last New Mexico pecan wood smoked bacon several months and fried egg, $11) and Nawlins Burger the restaurant (crumbled blue cheese sauce, Cajun black has generated and blue rub, $10), this isn’t Blake’s. $16,000 for various organizations. Call The Rosa Burger (chile queso and Hatch Naik at B2B to green chile, $10) is a nod to the New schedule a Sunday Mexico burger tradition. And you can for your cause. ratchet it down to a simple cheeseburger, the Yankee (smoked cheddar, $9), if you desire. You can also order from several meatless burger options, such as the Black Bean Veggie Burger (sliced goat cheese, Szechuan sun-dried tomato sauce, $8). If you prefer your protein from the sea, there’s a Tuna Burger (ground tuna, pickled ginger, mint slaw, wasabi aioli, $11 — I recommend asking for the tuna steak version for an extra $1). You can also build your own burger, and the carb-averse can even order their burger “topless,” which is basically a burger salad. Some restaurants are an immediate success and others don’t make it. As a layman, I don’t pretend to understand all the elements that go into a thriving restaurant business. But most of us know a successful restaurant when we see it, and B2B Bistronomy is all that.

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anuary is possibly the slowest time for restaurants. Everyone’s wallet has a holiday hangover and we’re all trying to get back into the swing of things, making the idea of going out not as appealing. While many of us working in the restaurant industry are ready to get on with busier times, there is one more holiday (of sorts) we must get past: Super Bowl. My guess is that unless you are working at a pizza restaurant, sandwich spot or sports bar, Super Bowl equates to “super slow.” Super Bowl is a time to be at home with friends, family, football and oversized bowls of snacks and sandwiches measured by the yard. Even if you’re not a fan of the sport, the parties are fun and there’s always hope for a few funny commercials (or those Budweiser® ones with the Clydesdales that make me all misty-eyed). If you’re going to a Super Bowl party, it’s best to bring some food or drinks to share. Rather than grabbing a boring, cold party platter of raw veggies and ranch, plan ahead and bring your friends something they’ll love. Assuming you’ve run out of time to prepare anything at home, it’s time to look locally for what you’re bringing to the party. Last year, I forewent delivery and picked up pizzas from Giovanni’s Pizza (921 San Pedro SE). The pizzas from Giovanni’s are good any day of the week, but especially on Super Bowl Sunday. A large, 18-inch pizza starts at $15 with additional toppings for $2.10, or you can go with their Supreme ($22.50) and get your ﬁll of pepperoni, mushrooms, bell peppers, olives, green chile, sausage and onion. Hours are limited, so call ahead to make sure they’re still serving up pies. In past years, I have popped into Los Cuates (multiple locations) to pick up some tamales ($28/doz.), because no party is complete in New Mexico without some tamales. Also remember, there is no shame in bringing chips and salsa – you can never have too much of that around for people to munch on throughout the day. As always, the one fail-safe item you can bring to the party is beer. Being that it is Super Bowl, I would recommend more than just a six pack. A person carrying multiple growlers full of local craft beer into a party is always a welcome sight, just FYI, and there are multiple locations around town where you can ﬁll those 64 oz. brown bombers of carbonated heaven. Finally, I also want to remind you to take photos of all the delicious food you are eating and tag it with #iQ foodporn, then upload it to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or even email it to me. A few lucky readers will have their photos featured in the Feb. 20 issue of Local iQ, so snap a photo or two before you chow down! Deadline is Feb. 10. Justin De La Rosa writes about the local food and restaurant scene. He can be reached at justin@local-iQ.com.

FOOD

Demystifying octopi as simple as saying ‘I do’

n no uncertain terms, wedding season has begun. I speak firsthand: It is barely 2014 and I have three weddings on my calendar. In my side-job as a wedding officiant, I practice reciting what I’m going to say in front of pretend church audiences (read: morning shower) and mentally scribe an officiant’s oration on my nightly commutes. I’m not even the one getting married and I’m a nervous wreck. I look forward to my quiet daily routine of dinner service prep just so I can turn off the wedding chatter in my head. And then last week, I was there in the kitchen, midday, with an octopus simmering away ever so gently in a stockpot and this issue’s Key Ingredient came to me. What makes for a better metaphor of the impending nuptials? Cooking an octopus. It’s been done before, but until you’ve done it yourself, it’s mythical. And even if you have done it before, it could still turn out completely different the next time. I daresay there are few other foods whose preparation is surrounded in as much lore as the octopus. There’s a lot of how-to out there, most seemingly contradictory or downright “just because.” So I hesitate to say I know what I’m talking about, but here’s what I know and do. Hasn’t failed me yet. Octopi are cephalopods: marine animals characterized by a prominent head (cepha-) and multiple feet (-pod) or tentacles. They have no bone structure to dismantle and only the “blueringed” are deadly to humans. They have yet to be labeled endangered or over-fished. As far as food items go, they are the best bang-for-the buck, and as daunting as they seem, they are very rewarding kitchen adventures. Octopus deteriorate very quickly once out of water, so nearly all octopus that you can buy is cleaned and frozen. Normally I would eschew the purchase of frozen or previously frozen seafood, but octopus actually benefits from being frozen: it helps to tenderize the meat. Octopi are available in a variety of sizes, ranging from a quarter pound to 40 pounds, though most commonly they are about four to five pounds each. Octopus shrink considerably during cooking; a four-pound octopus will shrink to weigh a little more than a pound. Once you have purchased your frozen octopus, thaw it completely under refrigeration. Cut off the sac, right above the eyes. Turn the sac (head) inside out and remove any hard (like fingernail material) fragments and any organlooking pieces that might have gotten left behind. You now have a floppy eight-legged jelly wheel with a beak at the axis and a set of creepy eyes. Cut off the eyes and discard. Cut around the beak and discard. Separate the eight legs by cutting through the thin webbing between them (kitchen shears work great for this). Rinse the tentacles and sac under cold water and put them in a pot twice their volume. Add enough cold water to cover the octoparts by a few inches and set the pot over high heat. Octopus is a beast to cook because it needs to be tender. A short cooking time rubberizes it. A long cooking time will dry it out and make it tough. Slow gentle cooking tenderizes it. And since it’s all about getting the meat tender, everyone has a “method.” Greek chefs pound the raw octopus before adding it to the pot. Italians add a cork to the cooking water. Japanese massage the octopus with salt and then put it in the pot. Spanish chefs only cook octopus in copper pots but blanch it in boiling

water three times ﬁrst. So this is the part where my kitchen sense meets all the folklore. Bring the water up to a boil. Then immediately turn off the heat and discard the discolored cooking water. Snip a little piece off the thickest part of a tentacle and taste it. It should be cooked, but reminiscent of a rubber band. That’s the texture you’re going to banish. Add enough fresh cold water to cover the octopus again by a few inches and set the pot over medium heat. This time, add a bay leaf for

flavor, a tablespoon of kosher knife to prick the thickest part salt (seasoning), a tablespoon of the tentacle. The knife should There are of vinegar (denatures proteins enter and exit the flesh with little few other and sets the color) and a clean or no resistance). copper penny to the pot. Bring At this point, the octopus is foods whose the water barely to a simmer ready to eat with little more than preparation for 40 minutes for an octopus a splash of fresh lemon juice weighing four pounds. is surrounded and olive oil. Or, it can be flashRemember when I said all grilled or seared to crisp the in as much octopuses are different? This outside. At Jennifer James 101, is where that matters. A good we grill and slice the tentacles lore as the guideline for cooking time is 10 and toss them into a salad of octopus. minutes simmer for every pound fresh baby spinach and crispy of octopus. So, remembering bacon with spiced cici nuts. A that rubber texture, snip another sundried tomato vinaigrette piece off a tentacle and taste accentuates the sweetness of again. Same texture? Keep it at a simmer for the octopus’ meat. another 20 minutes. Tender? Use tongs to Nelle Bauer is chef and owner of Jennifer James remove the (now much smaller) octoparts to a 101. She loves clean food jokes. What did one clean, dry sheet pan to cool. (If you’ve gotten octopus ask the other octopus? Can I hold your this far and are still squeamish about tasting a hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, potentially untender octopus, use a sharp paring hand?

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DRINK

The perfect time of year for a fresh dose of citrus

ike a lot of things in this world that don’t seem to make sense until one actually thinks about it, we are at the peak of the U.S. citrus fruit season. As a wee small lad, I always assumed that oranges and grapefruits were summer’s bounty … perfect for digging into on a hot summer afternoon just after you and your wee small friends have dropped a dozen bags of EZ-Crete concrete mix into the pool of those cranky old buzzards down the street who are always yelling at you that “you need to go home and pray the rosary.” Such is the Midwest. In actuality (according to Google sources), now is the time when the reapers of many citrus fruits are doing such reaping here in America. So in accordance with winter fruit reaping, I will henceforth provide a recipe for one of those reaped fruits: the classic navel orange. You can decide if you would prefer to use hand-squeezed fresh juice from those just reaped navel oranges or take the easy way out and go buy some juice. No one here will judge you … only Jesus. The recipe I have is for an adult version of that ubiquitous mall concoction known as the Orange Julius, created by Julius Freed & Bill Hamlin back in the late 1920s. My recipe eschews all high fructose corn syrups and naturally ﬂavored substances in favor of a list of easily obtainable fresh, seasonal and preferably organic ingredients. I came up with this recipe back in 1983 when I was training for Triathlons and needed a high protein, high carb “hair o’ the dog” before I did my morning swim to Cuba and back.

Mister Orange Julius Ingredients: 1 oz. homemade Vanilla Vodka* 1 oz. Luxardo Orange Liqueur 4 oz. fresh squeezed Navel Orange Juice 1 oz. Egg whites** *To make homemade Vanilla Vodka simply drop six to eight vanilla bean pods into a 750 ml bottle of your favorite vodka and wait at least three to five days. I like to use Madagascar Vanilla Beans. They are a bit pricey, but are quite flavorful. Slice the beans lengthwise to expose the inner pod before inserting into your vodka. **I like to use an organic, packaged product available in my favorite health food store. You may leave out the egg whites if you prefer. The egg whites are added mainly to give your finished, shaken cocktail a nice fluffy white head. Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin filled with ice. Shake and strain into a fancy flute or your favorite mason jar. Serve with a rasher of maple-smoked bacon. You can visit Randy Kolesky at Artichoke Café, where he tends bar.

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DRINK

2013 proved to be evolutionary year for local beer

he new year is a really odd time, particularly if you look at why we celebrate New Year when we do (but that is probably a story for pontiﬁcating about at the bar, and not where word space is limited). A lot of people make resolutions to be happier or healthier (lose weight, stop smoking, etc.) or, better yet, to impact the world (donate to charity, volunteer). I think many would agree that 2013, which is not so far in our rearview mirrors, featured an unusually large contingent of us saying: “Screw you, it was an awful year.” Yes, it hasn’t necessarily been a boon for all of us, but if we look at the highlight reel, the lows may have been pretty low but the highs where equally high. As a year in review, and in no particular order, I’d like to present some of my favorite beer highlights. Because aren’t those the highlights that matter most?

Beer Importation Thanks to the evolution of the Duke City’s beer scene and the efforts of our distributors, Albuquerque is now able to get some of the best beer in the world at our local bars and liquor stores. Thanks to this ﬂood of new products we in Albuquerque can expand our palates. We can now easily taste British, Belgian and small American craft IPAs next to Ted’s IPA at Marble and see what makes it so spectacular in its ﬁeld.

Experiments I have been amazed at the level of experimentation going on this year from local breweries. Brewers and breweries have been

getting to know their beer and the beer world. It’s great.

Beer Education

trying new styles, and new avenues — not just the standard American microbrewery line up of IPA, Red/Amber, Stout, Lager/Blonde and Wheat beer. Marble has been doing Belgianinspired beers, Duel in Santa Fe is a Belgian Style Brewery — for heaven’s sakes, even German style beers are popping up (Kaktus Brewery in Bernalillo). What we do with our standard beers is being toyed with as well. One example from recent memory: La Cumbre’s Malpais, aged in both Pinot Noir and Sherry casks.

I have learned more about beer this past year than in any other year prior, and I hope everyone else has too. This all stems from the things above — new beer coming onto the local market, brewers showing us what can be done with beer and other people with similar interest getting together to share information. This is how we learn and continue to learn. So what does the new year hold? Hopefully it

has more good things for the beer microcosm of Albuquerque. I, myself, am going to try to continue the upward trend of beer education through various avenues. I hope our local brewers will continue to grow in their craft and challenge themselves and our palates. I hope to see more beer from more parts of the world. While 2013 may not have been the best, as long as we learn from the low points, well, isn’t that all that really matters? You can engage in beer conversation with Seth Hall at the Albuquerque Press Club, where he is head barman.

Beer Conversations With our exploding beer culture in Albuquerque (new beers, limited edition beers, new breweries, beer tourists) people who enjoy beer are starting to talk to one another, for better or worse. There are groups around Albuquerque dedicated to tasting, discussing and enjoying the local beer scene and what it has to offer. Several years ago when I started drinking craft beer regularly instead of wine, I would hang out at the Chama tap room and beer conversation was probably the best in town. Now we have such an expanse to choose from people are

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BOOKS

Revealing era of Che through poetics Che on My Mind By Margaret Randall Duke Press, Sep. 2013, 160 pp.

$19.95 ISBN: 978-0-8223-5592-2

BY HAKIM BELLAMY

o … Margaret Randall wrote me this book. OK, not really. But her latest book Che on My Mind serves as both lesson and leisure for the 21stcentury freedom fighter. Perhaps I’m still a little young-in–the-tooth to be fancying myself a “freedom fighter,” but Che Guevara was certainly one, as is Margaret Randall. Che on My Mind is not simply another biography or critique of Guevara’s life, it is all that and more. Part Randall’s personal memoir from the time she lived in Cuba, part analysis of the Cuba that Guevara left behind, this book reads like a fireside chat with Randall this many years and revolutions later. Randall moved to Cuba in 1969, almost two years after Che Guevara’s untimely demise. During that time, Randall became well acquainted with Guevara’s sister, exwife and father. However, nine years earlier Randall co-founded and co-edited a bilingual (Spanish and English) literary journal in Mexico, El Corno Emplumado/The Plumed

Horn, which earned quite the international reputation during the 1960s. In two issues Randall presented the poetry and visual art of Cuban artists. At a time when McCarthyism was sweeping America and any information about Cuba (other than from the American government) was blacked out, El Corno Emplumado gave readers a sense of people’s lives over there. Randall was helping her contemporaries to see the Cuban people as humans though their arts and letters. Perhaps that is how Randall is able to viscerally capture the voice and spirit of Cuba circa 1970. An incredibly accomplished poet and author of more than 80 books, Randall could have certainly created this impressionist portrait of Guevara in words alone. However, Che on My Mind includes 16 iconic black and white illustrations to give us more insight to Guevara’s humanity as well. “I am a feminist,” says Randall. “And as such I am more likely to seek inspiration in the lives of the many extraordinary women still obscured by patriarchy’s refusal to give them their due than in those of men who are rendered larger than life in what remains a grossly unequal panorama.” But readers will be so thankful that Randall did give Guevara the feminist treatment. In this book, Randall lends a critical eye, not only to Guevara’s political legacy but to the man as a whole. We get a unique and truly personal take on Guevara’s relationships, integrity, personal struggles and aspirations from a person who has read just about every other book written on “el Che.” So, she decided to write her own.

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“What I am interested in exploring here is that intimacy that has stayed with me all these years,” says Randall. “Che fascinates me. And not even just the man, or the stories we have woven about him, but the sense that he personifies an era: my era.” For people conflicted about Guevara’s legacy, this book is not short on his flaws. In this book, you will find a critique and the sort of reflection only a poet can offer. For people celebratory of Guevara’s legacy, this book is not short on his dreams. In this book you will find the poetry of this man’s life written in such a manner that only another poet could accomplish.

TRAVEL

Yurt alert 30 minutes from Pagosa Springs sits a circular destination of outdoor fun true” for Kobrock, who wanted to encourage others to get out in the yurt (pronounced “yert”) is “a woods and enjoy it like she does. circular tent of felt or skins on a The Forest Service issues specialcollapsible framework, used by use permits for yurts on national nomads in Mongolia, Siberia and land and requires structures to be Turkey,” according to one dictionary. In this removable. country, yurts are round, semi-permanent The vinyl and canvas 20-foot structures built with high-tech materials, structure sits on a 4-foot platform most commonly serving as a base camp or with a clear dome top. “It was stop-over for hikers, bikers and skiers in the specifically engineered for the snow wilderness. load of the legendary Wolf Creek Many locals consider Wolf Creek Ski Area powder,” Kobrock said. “As high as it our own little piece of Colorado goodness, is, we have had to dig it out.” Futon at just a four-hour drive to the biggest beds for six line the walls, and a wood snowfall in the area. About 30 minutes from stove and kitchen supplies make Pagosa Springs, Colo., Wolf Creek Pass is a cooking easy. jumping-off point for backcountry adventure “We ate really well,” Nuttall said at 10,000 feet, in winter or summer. of her recent visit. “We had pasta, For those of you ready to take that leap, breakfast burritos, smoked salmon consider camping in style, or “glamping” at and cheese. We made the Pass Creek Yurt, a threewild mushroom mile ski or snowshoe jaunt soup from Nambe T R AV E L from the Wolfie ski area. mushrooms we’d “This is the fourth yurt I’ve been saving for Pass Creek Yurt visited,” Bonnie Nuttall the yurt trip.” She WOLF CREEK PASS, said of her recent trip 970.731.2486 appreciated the with friends, husband Bill detailed instructions about DECEMBER-MARCH Nuttal and their 6-year-old using the snow-melting Mon.-Thu. nights, $169; daughter Clara. “The Pass system and cleaning dishes. Fri.-Sun. nights: $239 Creek Yurt is a lot bigger Nuttall’s friend, Karen and more secluded, and it’s APRIL Scherzinger, said that her also the little amenities like Apr.: $139/night daughter Clara thought the the wall of Crocs shoes and optional heated toilet seat MAY headlamps to borrow and was “pretty hilarious.” Call 970.731.2486 for the solar lights leading to reservations Clara spent joyous hours the outhouse that made it on a saucer sled while her JUNE 1 - OCTOBER 31 stand out.” Campers need parents telemark skied loops $139/night only bring sleeping bags and from the ridge and another Nov.: $119 food. friend cross country skied wolfcreekbackcountry.com “The South San Juan the service road. Part of the Mountains are relatively appeal of the Pass Creek Yurt unused,” said owner and is the availability of fun for operator Sandy Kobrock of all levels and, the Scherzingers said, “It also the sunny valley that she and her husband, helps to have kind friends who will sled with Mark Mueller, chose for the yurt in 1997. your kid while you go rip some backcountry “It’s special because it’s a way to be in the turns.” backcountry with creature comforts and Bill Nuttal said yurt camping with a solitude. It has a great feel about it, warm youngster is great fun with proper and safe, kind of like a little cocoon.” preparation. “A child can get to the yurt Kobrock grew up ski racing in Maine and under their ow n power. If you don’t tell was introduced to backcountry skiing (off them it’s hard, they are more likely to think piste, or off ski trail and not lift-served) in it’s fun.” Clara cross-country skied, at times Oregon. She realized that to learn about tethered to her mom on the rolling up-andavalanches, she’d need experience with a down trail. working ski patrol since skiers’ goal in the Kobrock recommended going with backcountry is to avoid avalanches. After experienced backcountry travelers if 10 years ski patrolling and teaching snow possible, as some route-finding skills are safety at Squaw Valley in California, she and useful, especially if there’s fresh snowfall. Mueller moved to Wolf Creek. Summertime visits to the yurt are easier with Mueller has served as the avalanche less gear to haul on a one-mile hike or ride forecaster for 22 seasons for Wolf Creek, in, and dogs are welcome when the snow Monarch and Cooper areas. Since he is only isn’t the water source. one of two forecasters in the state, Kobrock “It’s way fun,” Nuttall concluded. “Bring lots often joins him in reviewing aspects and of people who want to play, go ski or just take elevations affecting avalanche paths. a nap. We may go again in the summer with bikes and hit the Continental Divide Trail.” The idea to build a yurt was “a dream come

BY CRISTINA OLDS

Pass Creek Yurt, a rentable lodge just a three-mile ski or snowshoe jaunt from the Wolf Creek Ski Area, is the perfect place to haul a backpack full of wine, cheese and other treats for a remote, beautiful overnight stay.

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Whether you hire a wedding planner or do the legwork yourself, there are several keys to consider when crafting that perfect union

YOUR TO SUIT STORY BY CHLOË WINEGAR-GARRETT I re remember the time when my my husband ﬁrst said that he loved me and wanted to spend lo lo the th rest of our lives together. th It It was on a beach in California at night, two of us against the night just the t crashing ocean waves. My head was spinning and it took me about a day to process and reciprocate my feelings. But saying that I loved him too made it much more real, and from that day on we have never been apart. We got

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engaged shortly after that trip, after he ofﬁcially proposed to me under a dock. Now, just because we rushed into an engagement didn’t mean we were about to rush into a marriage. We actually spent a solid two years ﬁguring each other out and carefully thinking about whether it was the right choice to commit for life. Eventually it became clear that we did indeed want to seal the deal, and that’s when a very fun part of my life began: wedding

planning! During my childhood, I can’t recall one moment when I thought of my fantasy wedding. I was not that sort of girl, believe me (think of a tomboy-ish girl with short curly hair who had an afﬁnity for rocks, writing utensils and video games). However, I did enjoy the process of planning a “tangible” wedding. And if I could plan a successful wedding, I know anyone reading this will be able to as well.

As most brides will tell you, the dress is likely at the top of their wedding list in terms of importance. Having a one of a kind dress makes the entire wedding experience that much more special and personal. The one of a kind wedding gowns of atelier Teresa Romero’s (teresaromero.com) allow brides-to-be to add their own sense of personal style as they are in on the design process — from the initial sketches to the ﬁnal garment. Pictured are three of Romero’s custom designs on Melinda Walsh. Makeup provided by Genica Lee. Photo assistance provided by Joy Godfrey. Flowers provided by Something Special with Flowers. Additional assistance by Vanessa Quintana and Jeﬀrey Gonzales.

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Of the many aspects of a wedding (ﬂowers, catering, cake, dress, reception, alcohol/food for guests, photography, oﬃciant, invitations, ceremony, rings, honeymoon, venue, wedding party, etc.), what is most important to you, is where you should allot a good part of your budget. If venue tops that list, consider yourself blessed to be in New Mexico, which has a multitude of unforgettable locales ranging from simple and inexpensive to a more grandiose wedding, such as the October 2013 Tomasi-Goldman wedding at Los Poblanos Inn & Cultural Center.

Once in a Lifetime The first question that a lot of people ask either before or after (maybe even during) is, why not elope? Have a bigger and more spectacular honeymoon? Why not put all the money going into a wedding event toward a down payment on a house? Often I asked myself that, but the most important concept to keep in mind is that a day like this happens once in a lifetime. The day itself is exhausting, but truly one of the most significant memories of a lifetime. Would I have traded in that evening when my family and friends came to witness my husband and me committing to each other? No way. Having a grand day, no matter if it’s on a smaller or larger scale, is the beginning of the rest of your life. It’s different from dating or being engaged, because it’s a definitive date that can be remembered and cherished as a unit throughout all of life’s events. It makes raising children and buying a house and figuring everything out all completely worthwhile since it’s done together as a married couple. But enough of all this philosophical waxing about weddings. Maybe you’ve picked up this article wondering where to even begin your search, or you’re in the middle of planning a wedding already and feel like you’ve left something out. I hope my advice, along with that of a few professionals, can be of use to help alleviate some stress and to find a calm within this overwhelming part of your life. The most important thing for anyone soon-to-be-wed is to figure out what’s most important to you. Yes, everything is important in the big picture, but it would be incredibly difficult to have the best of the best of everything when a moderate budget is involved. Out of the many aspects of a wedding (flowers, catering, cake, dress, reception, alcohol/food for guests, photography, officiant, invitations, ceremony, rings, honeymoon, venue, wedding party, etc.), choose what is most

important to you and conserve funds in other areas. My three biggest priorities were general wedding etiquette, a great venue and a stunning dress.

Guest Lists, RSVPs and Bridezillas Yes, etiquette was my biggest priority because it’s also my biggest pet peeve. There are certain parts of a wedding that must be involved no matter how much work goes into it: invitations sent out in good time, an organized record of guest RSVPs and other notes, good manners toward everyone involved with your wedding and thank-you notes after the event. To back me up on why etiquette is vital for a great wedding, Local iQ spoke to Melissa Sais, communications director for Thelma Domenici of Ask Thelma from the Albuquerque Journal. Sais ﬁrst described general concepts of etiquette when planning a wedding. “We receive many questions about how to create a guest list — who to invite, who to leave off, how to invite certain people of a family, etc.,” she said. “The invitation needs to clarify exactly who is invited, meaning Mr. and Mrs. Smith instead of merely implying Mrs. Smith can bring a guest, which can quickly escalate into many others coming to the party.” One aspect of my wedding that was difﬁcult to control was the fact that RSVPing for events has gone out of style for some reason, with some guests showing up as a surprise or not even responding with either a yes or no at all. Sais recommended responding to an invitation immediately, meaning up to one week after you receive the notice, whether you are going or not. “It’s respectful for those planning the event to RSVP so they aren’t left guessing,” she said. In our society there tends to be a CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

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Back to School

This is issue #200 of Local iQ, serving Albuquerqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culturally obsessed since 2006. For getting us this far, we want to send a huge thank you

u to our staff (past and present), our advertisers, readers, family, friends and the diverse culture of our home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

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important to you and conserve funds in other areas. My three biggest priorities were general wedding etiquette, a great venue and a stunning dress.

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Raffinee Eller and Micaela Esquivel set their wedding date (May 3, 2014) before the New Mexico Supreme Court had officially ruled on gay marriage. “We decided to get a marriage license from the city of Santa Fe “just in case,” Eller told Local iQ. When the ruling finally came down, the couple heard the news from Esquivel’s parents. “We were ecstatic! There was a lot of love, thankfulness and maybe even some tears of joy that day,” Eller remembers. The two had met years ago in college and have a very touching story, available for the world to see on photographer Tony Gambino’s website — tonygambinophoto.com/micaela-raffinee-engagement — along with some stunning engagement photos. To top it all off, the two will be the first gay couple to ever share their vows in Santa Fe’s Loretto Chapel.

Donovan, who ﬁrst had her commitment ceremony with her wife Jeanell Pelsor and a large group of friends and family in 1991, believes that for New Mexico to pass gay marriage is a huge social step for the state. “Economically it’s a huge advantage,” she said. “Since we’re one of the ﬁrst states to legalize it, it says to the nation: ‘Differences don’t matter to us.’ We’re fortunate to stay in our home state compared to traveling to another state to get a marital license, like

many couples have had to do.” Donovan and Pelsor were recently able to sign a marriage certiﬁcate after gay marriage was passed in New Mexico. When asked if she was thinking about a big reception to celebrate their marriage license, Donovan replied, “Probably not, we had a huge party two decades ago which was really the true ceremony for our relationship. We’ve had a wonderful life together; this is just the icing on the cake.”

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The dos and don’ts of a DIY wedding Not everyone can afford a talented planner to handle the headaches and details of pulling off a memorable wedding. Many couples manage that job themselves. Here are some tips if you find yourself in the DIY wedding camp:

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DO MAKE A TIMELINE OF EVENTS, or use a calendar to envision the process as a whole. Even if/when plans change, at least you still have that broad outlook on the situation.

DO MAKE A LIST OF PRIORITIES. Spend the money where you feel it is most useful, like a wedding dress if you love fashion, or kick-ass catering if you love food.

DO KEEP TRACK OF MONEY, possibly with a pie chart or a simple list that is updated. I kept mine with an old-fashioned pen and paper, but this could easily be done digitally.

DO SEE IF THE BUSINESSES YOU’RE USING collaborate with other businesses to make things a little easier. Does your caterer have a cake decorator they recommend? Great!

DO BE ORGANIZED, especially in this situation, it is vital to keep track of everything so you don’t get bogged down in details and confusion.

DON’T RELY TOO HEAVILY ON YOUR FREE LABOR (aka - friends and family). While it’s great to have a group of people to help out willingly, it’s not really fair to ask them to do too much. DIY stands for “do it yourself,” so

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be willing to put in the adequate effort. Remember, the big day is largely about helping guests feel happy to be there. DON’T EXPECT YOUR PRIMARY FANTASY WEDDING TO COME TRUE; be willing to compromise and be okay with compromising. Keep in mind that the most important part of a wedding day is having a great start to the rest of your lives together, NOT going all out and hurting your ﬁnances while striving for “perfection.” DON’T GO OVER YOUR WEDDING DAY BUDGET to the point that you are non able to save some money for a

honeymoon. While the day itself is important, isn’t it also just as important to spend a few days together afterward alone? After all, the wedding is a party for your guests, and the honeymoon is a quiet celebration together. DON’T PUSH OFF RESPONDING TO PEOPLE who have questions, comments, RSVPs, etc. In this day and age of technology, use digital means for strong communication and politeness, not an excuse to be ﬂaky or non-responsive.

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dramatization of certain personalities related to weddings, meaning the dreaded “Bridezilla” notion is sometimes glamorized. “You are part of a larger group of people helping to make your wedding day happen, and you need to treat everyone involved with respect and politeness,” Sais said. “Make guests feel happy they came by greeting them and making small connections with everyone.”

choose so the event is coordinated properly. Once you have ﬁgured out the venue, then you can move on to some other aspects of the big day that are just as important and exciting.

Wedding Dress for Success

For me, having a unique ’50s style wedding dress was very important. Fortunately my mother was a professional wedding dress maker for many years and was able to create a dress from scratch at a reasonable cost while wearing costume jewelry Location, Location, Location from my grandmother, and I was able to New Mexico lends itself to beautiful modernize the look with some funky shoes. wedding scenery, with its natural sunsets I will always cherish that dress and how and vividly-colored landscapes. I mean, comfortable I felt on my wedding day. can you beat a sunset wedding with the Local wedding dress maker Teresa Romero Western horizon or with the Sandias (teresaromero.com) described the process glowing pink at twilight? It was really a of designing and creating a wedding dress wonderful experience to be able to look from scratch to Local iQ. “Clients who at venues that were set in Albuquerque, come to me have already picked a venue at reasonable prices for our and can tell me what the theme budget. CONTRIBUTOR of their wedding is so I get a Tony Gambino However, researching and clear picture of what they’re PHOTOGRAPHER finding the perfect location looking for,” Romero said. tonygambinophoto.com is perhaps the hardest part of Romero has been in the wedding planning. fashion industry for most of Widely regarded as It’s difficult to plan her life, with a degree from the one of the region’s most other aspects Fashion Institute of Design top wedding of a wedding without and Merchandising in San photographers, knowing exactly Francisco. She first opened Tony Gambino where it will take shop in Albuquerque with her is based in place. For advice on mom Patty Melvin in 2008. Albuquerque, how to narrow down New Mexico “I create around four to six the search, Local iQ tracked and travels frequently sketches for the bride to down wedding planner Maria for international choose, at which point I can L. Socha of Sealed with a photography create a muslin dress for her assignments. Known Kiss (swaknm.com) for some to see the shape on her body,” for his creativity and advice. said Romero. “We make energy, he not only has Most importantly, how much adjustments and then the real the ability to capture of a wedding budget is dress begins, when she can pick genuine emotion and typically spent on a reception out the real fabric and we order candid moments, but helps narrow down the it from our vendors who ship is able to bring out venue. According to Socha, true expression in his directly from France.” “Fifty percent of your overall subjects. His natural The rest of the process is love and empathy for wedding budget will be spent focused on fitting the real people creates powerful on your reception, rental of the dress and adding the details visual storytelling and space, food, alcohol etc., so be to finalize the gown. Romero cherished memories realistic about the number of is naturally drawn to design that will last long after people you’re inviting.” from the ’30s and ’40s, but your wedding day is It’s also important to mixes these vintage looks over. with modern touches for the consider the time of year ultimate unique and classic for a good bargain, but to bridal look. not make foolish decisions based solely on budget. “While you might get a really What are her favorite parts of her job? good deal, booking an outdoor venue for “I love when the bride puts on her dress your ceremony and reception in January for the first time with the real fabric and is probably not the best idea unless you stands in front of the mirror,” Romero plan on space heaters and have an indoor said. “It’s also great to be able to develop backup location in case of inclement a relationship in the process and feel the weather,” Socha said. excitement as the big day approaches.” One of the perks of attending a wedding is No matter what kind of decisions you to get some food and drink, but that can get make and what your priorities are, I hope complicated quickly. Socha recommends you enjoy the process as much as I did. considering whether to have “a hosted The whole journey is worth the effort, open bar, hosted specialty drinks, host one money and time to be with the person you specific alcohol or offering a cash bar, along love, and with the help of knowledgeable with plated or buffet-style dining options, professionals, you can achieve a perfect day. in order to allocate funds accordingly.” Best of luck on your journey into marital This will tie in specifically to the venue you bliss, and have fun planning your wedding! LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

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Truth out

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Former Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo brings his new solo act and his outspoken ways to the Duke City

The next deadline is Jan. 29 for the Feb. 6 issue.

BY JEFF KERBY

f: 888.520.9711 a: PO Box 7490, ABQ., N.M. 87194

magine being the lead singer of Pantera — one of the biggest metal bands of all time. Then, imagine the guitarist of that band (Dimebag Darrell) is gunned down onstage while playing in another group — Damageplan. Then, visualize being blamed by many for the event occurring because you had been feuding with the guitarist and his brother — the drummer — before the incident, which necessitated them forming the other group in the ﬁrst place. Then, consider that from that point forward, damn near every interview that you would ever do would include questions about the horriﬁc event. Basically, every time you did a press junket for a project, you would be asked about the exact same traumatic event. It would be the same questions, over and over. So … let me get these out of the way. How did Phil Anselmo feel about his friend Dimebag PREVIEW being murdered? Shockingly, he didn’t like it. In fact, it Phil Anselmo caused a great amount of and the Illegals grief. WITH AUTHOR & Will some incarnation of PUNISHER, HYMNS Pantera ever get together and 8:30p, Sat., Jan. 25 tour? He doesn’t know. LAUNCHPAD Once you get that out of the 618 CENTRAL SE, 505.764.8887 way, it’s possible to explore some different territory with $18 one of metal’s most outspoken TICKETS: frontmen, who is braving yet holdmyticket.com another wave of interviews to philanselmo.com promote his new solo project, launchpadrocks.com Phil Anselmo and the Illegals, coming to Launchpad on Jan. 25.

Local iQ: Do you think society is less interested in dealing with issues and feelings that are real or frightening than they were, say, 15-20 years ago? Phil Anselmo: That’s an interesting question. Man … that’s tough. I’m not really sure. I just think that with the mass media today, the computer world and blog sites that you are going to see more supposition. You are going to see or read … man, you stumped me right off the bat. I don’t know if people are more afraid to embrace the truth, so to speak. I just think that there is so much information out there that anyone can embrace what they want or what they feel fits in their line of logic or their life. They tend to find it and then stand by it like it is some kind of absolute or a definitive fact, instead of maybe looking a little deeper. There might be some truth to that question of yours to a certain degree, but I just think it is so muddled down these days because everyone has an opinion. You could take a conspiracy theory and twist it about a thousand different ways. There will be a thousand different people who will take each little piece and take a part of it and run with it. It seems like it just dilutes ideas or confuses them. iQ: The Internet has given voice to a variety of people, but that doesn’t necessarily seem to have translated into an exchange of interesting ideas or the cultivation of genuine characters. There seems to be a lot of cyber echoing — a lot of people afraid to behave in a free way for fear it will be documented.

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Phil Anselmo gained fame in the metal world as the lead singer of Pantera. Never shy about his opinions, he’s still known to speak frankly, and now he takes the stage as the leader for his own outﬁt, Phil Anselmo and the Illegals. The group plays the Launchpad Jan. 25.

PA: With today’s Instagram, Facebook, iPhones, everything that can record you — even coming from me, yeah, I would say there is a paranoia about saying what you really feel or want to say, even if you are telling the truth. It’s all out there. For example, I’ve caught myself outside the tour bus talking to people in frank terms, real terms, and sure enough there is some big asshole ﬁlming the entire conversation. It’s like, “Nevermind, I’m going back to my bus. You can go f*** off.” That’s how it makes me feel. You cannot be perfect for anybody these days because there is shit called the “comment section,” and I would say that nine times out of 10 you are going to get some asshole who is going to put down a snide remark — because they can. They are in the safe conﬁnes of their home. The comment section is basically groomed for that kind of response. These days, what athlete or actor can give an interview and not have a single sentence taken out and spun to

make it look like this gigantic thing that they went off on for like an hour? iQ: And that would make you hesitant to say anything, right? PA: Paranoia of being real is a true thing for even the most outspoken of people these days. Politicians and athletes kind of remind me of each other because you are always going to get a diplomatic answer out of them. They will say a lot of words without actually saying anything. It makes for a strange climate right now. iQ: How much does the prospect of dealing with the press enter into you maybe not even wanting to release a project? Or can you just not let that get in the way? PA: (Long pause) I think there is a good percentage of that, but at the same time, I’m the type of guy who knows that I’m never going to make everybody happy, so I will speak my mind with as much truth as possible and see what happens from there.

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Blackbird Buvette DJ Caterwaul 6p Anything but Clothes ABC Dance Party 10p, FREE Casa Esencia DJ Sez/DJ Devin TOP 40 9p-1:30a, $20 County Line BBQ Los Radiators Duo ACOUSTIC FOLK 6-9p, FREE

Cowgirl Santa Bill Hearne CLASSIC COUNTRY 5-7:30p The John Kurzweg Band ROCK ‘N’ ROLL 8:30p, FREE

Dirty Bourbon Emmett Bower Band 9p, $5 The Downs Racetrack & Casino Ernestine Romero 9p-1a, FREE El Farol Santa Fe The Gruve CLASSIC SOUL R&B 9p, $5 Harwood Museum Jazz w/ Kathy Kosins & John Rangel 7p, $20-$25

Imbibe DJ Malik 10p, FREE Launchpad Redﬁsh presents: Alvin Risk/Panda 9:30p, $10

Low Spirits The Old Main/Jimmy’s Famjamly 9p, TBD

Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson Duo PIANO 6:309:30p, FREE

Mine Shaft Tavern DJ Sass-a-Frass 5p Open mic hosted by TIMBO 8p, FREE

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L I V E MUSIC Molly’s Paradox 5:30p, FREE Monte Vista Firestation Chris Dracup Trio 9:30p, FREE Nativo Lodge Nativo Underground 10p, FREE QBar DJ Huggie FUNK 9p-1:30a, FREE Scalo Il Bar Cali Shaw Band INDIE FOLK 8:30p, FREE Sister Youngsville, The Porter Draw, Gimme My Moon Back, Pancho! 9:04p-1:04a, $5

South Broadway Cultural Center The Reed Island Rounders OLD TIME STRING BAND 7-9:30p, FREE

Sunshine Theater MarchFourth Marching Band 8p, $17 Yanni’s & Lemoni Lounge Le Chat Lunatique DIRTY JAZZ 7:3010:30p, FREE

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Ben Michael’s Gabe Otero & Co. JAZZ 7-10p, FREE Blackbird Buvette SocietySociety/Mudwave/ABQ Sound System/Bright Night Lights 10p, FREE

Cooperage Son Como Son CUBAN SALSA 9:30p, $10 Cowgirl Santa Fe Todd & the Fox ROOTS ROCK ELECTRONOIC 8:30p Man No Sober ROCK AMERICANA 2-5p, FREE

Dirty Bourbon Emmett Bower Band 9p, $5 The Downs Racetrack & Casino Ernestine Romero 9p-1a, FREE El Farol Santa Fe Little Leroy R&B FLAMENCO 9p, $5 (res. req) Imbibe Music w/ Ryan Shea 10p, FREE Launchpad Philip H Anselmo & the Illegals/ Author & Punisher/Hymns 8:30p, $18 Los Cuates Los Radiators Duo FOLK 6-9p, FREE Low Spirits Memphis P Tails/Jake Jones Band 9p, TBD

Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo PIANO 6:309:30p, FREE

Mine Shaft Tavern Mike & Bobby CLASSIC ROCK 3-7p Paw & the Clinkers BLUEGRASS 7p, FREE Molly’s Rock Bottom 1:30-5p Missing Stateside 5:30p-close, FREE Ned’s Bar & Grill Le Chat Lunatique DIRTY JAZZ 9p, FREE QBar DJ Sez TOP 40 9p-1a, $10 Scalo Il Bar Wildewood INDIE AMERICANA 8:30p, FREE Sister Phutureprimitive, Rude Behavior 9p, $7/$10

South Broadway Cultural Center Ukulele Workshop w/ George Kahumoku Jr. 2p, $36-$61 George Kahumoku Jr. & Ledward Kaapana 8p, $27.50

Vernon’s Black Diamond Lounge Chris Dracup Trio 7:30p, FREE Yanni’s & Lemoni Lounge Kevin Cummings ROCK 7:30-10:30p, FREE

SUN 26 Blackbird Buvette Felix Peralta Noon, FREE Sexy Sunday w/ Wae Fonkey Chatter Sunday Judith Gordon PIANO 10:30a, $5-$15 Cowgirl Santa Fe The Santa Fe Revue AMERICANA noon3p, FREE

The Dirty Bourbon Leon Russell 7:30p, $28-$33 El Farol Santa Fe Nacha Mendez LATIN WORLD 7:30p Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Keith Sanchez SONGWRITER 3-6p, FREE KiMo Theatre ITC II: Brahms Chamber Music CLASSICAL 3p, $10-$30

Las Placitas Presbyterian Church Willy Sucre & Friends play string quartets by Dvorak and Mendelssohn 3p, $20 Launchpad Battle of the Bands Finals 4:15p, TBD Low Spirits Orgone/Chach/Dave 12 8p, $10 Mine Shaft Tavern The Barbwires SOULFUL BLUES 3-7p, FREE

O’Niell’s (Nob Hill) Los Radiators Duo ACOUSTIC FOLK 4-7p, FREE

Placitas Presbyterian Church Willy and Friends: Willy Sucre, Kevin Connolly, Justin Pollak Sally Guenther 3p, $15/$20 St. Francis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts Ray Wylie Hubbard FOLK 7:30p, $25/$39

Teatro Paraguas Those Were the Days w Marvelous Maggie B & the Robin Holloway Trio CLASSIC HITS 2p, $15

MON

Blackbird Buvette Karaoke by Kammo’s 9p, FREE Cowgirl Santa Fe Karaoke hosted by Michele Leidig ALL STYLES 9p, FREE

El Farol Santa Fe Trey Keepin MOZART TO MOTOWN 7p Low Spirits La Fin Absolute du Monde/ Bigawatt/Shoulder Voices/Lindy Vision 9p, TBD Marcello’s Chophouse Open piano night 6:30-9:30p, FREE

TUE

Blackbird Buvette Try vs. Try open mic w/ Sarah Kennedy 10p, FREE Brickyard Pizza Chris Dracup hosts Acoustic Open Mic Night 8:30-11:30p, FREE Cowgirl Santa Fe Sean Healen FOLK ‘N’ ROLL 8p, FREE El Farol Santa Fe Canyon Road Blues Jam 8:30p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Marlee Crow AMERICANA 6-9p, FREE Imbibe College Night w/ DJ Automatic & Drummer Camilo Quionnes 9p, FREE Molly’s Skip Batchelor 5:30p-close, FREE QBar Pete Gabaldon & “Magic” LATIN JAZZ 6:30-9p, FREE

Sunshine Theater Skinny Puppy/DJMRex (Ex Nitzer Ebb) 8p, $20

WED 29 Ben Michael’s Asher Barrera & Co. JAZZ JAM SESSION 7-10p, FREE

Blackbird Buvette Kevin Schlereth/April Barreiro/Brian Grover 7p DJ Ha!style MASHUPS 10p, FREE

Cowgirl Santa Fe High Altitude COUNTRY ROCK CUMBIAS OLDIES 8p, FREE

El Farol Santa Fe Santastico LATIN FERVOR 8p Launchpad Toxic Holocaust/Exhumed/ Mammoth Grinder/Ramming Speed 7:30p, $15

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L I VE M USI C Low Spirits Dead Meadow/Ballets 9p, $8 Marcello’s Chophouse Bob Andres PIANO 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Steve Maase Project 5:30p-close, FREE QBar Rodney Bowe “Sweet Life” R&B

FRI Imbibe The Gentlemen’s Tour 7:30p, FREE Launchpad Bathhouse/Hanta/Hollow Tongue/ Distances 9p, $3 Lensic Santa Fe Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys AMERICAN 7:30p,

SMOOTH JAZZ 6:30-9p, FREE

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Scalo Il Bar Nick Pena SONGWRITER 8:30p, FREE Sister Bar Nicolas Jaar, DJ Set James Black/ Dave 12 8p, $10

Molly’s Twisted Owls 5:30p-close, FREE

THU 30 Blackbird Buvette Willy J Duo AMERICANA 7p, FREE Cowgirl Santa Fe Run Boy Run TRADITIONAL AMERICAN 8p, FREE

Dirty Bourbon Simon Balkey 9p, $5 El Farol Santa Fe Guitarras con Sabor GYPSY KING 8p, FREE

Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson PIANO 6:30-9:30p, FREE

QBar

Shantal & DJ Quico TOP 40 LATIN 6:30-9p, FREE

Scalo Il Bar Le Chat Lunatique DIRTY JAZZ 8p, FREE Sister Bar La Luz, Phantom Lake, Get Action 10p, $5

Sunshine Theater Tribal Seeds/Through the Roots/ Reviva 8p, $15 Yanni’s & Lemoni Lounge Stu McCasky JAZZ 7-9p, FREE

Ben Michael’s Gabe Otero & Co. JAZZ 7-10p, FREE Blackbird Buvette Daddy Long Loin One Man Band 7p, FREE

Mine Shaft Tavern DJ Sass-a-Frass 5p Open mic hosted by Glenn Neff 8p, FREE Molly’s Burning Bridges 5:30p-close, FREE Nativo Lodge Nativo Underground 10p, FREE

The Music Lab 9:30p, FREE Casa Esencia DJ Dynamixx/DJ Chil TOP 40

Outpost Performance Space Ryanhood CD Release

9p-1:30a, $20

QBar DJ Huggie FUNK 9p-1:30a, FREE Scalo Il Bar Soul Kitchen Duo SOUL BLUES

Cowgirl Santa Fe Aaron Hamre BLUESY ACOUSTIC DANCE ROCK 5-7:30p Broomdust Caravan JUKE-JOIN HONKY-TONK 8:30p, FREE

Dirty Bourbon Simon Balkey 9p, $5 The Downs Racetrack & Casino Gonzalo 9p-1a, FREE El Farol Santa Fe Jhon Kurzeg 9p, $5 Hotel Andaluz Jazz Brasileiro BRAZILIAN 6-9p, FREE Imbibe The Woohabs 6p DJ Malik 10p, FREE Marcello’s Chophose Karl Richardson Duo PIANO 6:309:30p, FREE

8p, $15-$20

8:30p, FREE

Sister Bar L*Roneous & 2bers Album Release Event: Equipto/Agenstrik9/ Bandwith No Name Hosted by Hakim Bellamy 9p, $6 South Broadway Library Run Boy Run BLUEGRASS Noon, FREE Yanni’s & Lemoni Lounge Felix y Los Gatos JAZZ 7:30-10:30p,

Blackbird Buvette Groove the Dig w/ Old School John

8:30p, FREE

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL 10p, FREE

Sunshine Theater Blood on the Dance Floor Yanni’s & Lemoni Lounge Riverside Jazz Trio

Brickyard Pizza Chris Dracup hosts Acoustic Open Mic Night 8:30-11:30p, FREE Cooperage ABQ Jazz Orchestra

7:30-10:30p, FREE

7:30p, FREE

SUN 2

Cowgirl Santa Fe Todd tijerina ROCK BLUES 8p, FREE Imbibe College Night w/ DJ Automatic & Drummer Camilo Quinones 9p,

6:30p, $16

Blackbird Buvette DJ sets from Rocky 6p, FREE Cathedral of St. John Figueroa Project CLASSICAL 3p, $10-$35

Chatter Sunday Flute, Harp, Viola CLASSICAL 10:30a, $5-$15

Cowgirl Santa Fe Country Blues Revue

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Launchpad That 1 Guy

Blackbird Buvette Four Winds Belly Dance Revue 7:30p The Goldsteins 10p, FREE Cooperage Café Mocha SALSA 9:30p, $7 Cowgirl Santa Fe The Bill Hearne Trio CLASSIC COUNTRY 2-5p Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery AMERICANA The Downs Racetrack & Casino Gonzalo 9p-1a, FREE Imbibe Music by Ryan Shea 10p, FREE Low Spirits Gilded Cage Burlesk & Varieté 9p, $10

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Scalo Il Bar The Grinder GYPSY SWING

Noon-3p, FREE

TUE

6:30-9:30p, FREE

FREE

8:30p, FREE

Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo PIANO

9p, $12

O’Niell’s Pub (Nob Hill) Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 4-7p, FREE

MON 3 Blackbird Buvette Karaoke by Kammo’s 9p, FREE

Cowgirl Santa Fe Karaoke hosted by Michele Leidig ALL STYLES 9p, FREE

Launchpad This or the Apocalypse/Sworn In/ Shai Hulud/Sirens & Sailors 7:30p Low Spirits Chris Duarte 8p, TBD

FREE

Launchpad The Maine ACOUSTIC 7:30p, $15 Sunshine Theater For Today/Like Moths to Flames/ Stray From the Path/The Plot in You/Fit for a King 8p, $22

WED

Ben Michael’s Asher Barrera & Co. JAZZ JAM SESSION 7-10p, FREE

Cowgirl Santa Fe Sioux City Kid AMERICANA FOLK ROCK 8p, FREE

Juan Tabo Library The Todd Tijerina Band Noon, FREE

KiMo Theatre Tommy Emmanuel w/ Martin Taylor GUITAR 7:30p, $30-$45 Scalo Il Bar Keith Sanchez SONGWRITER 8:30p, FREE

Sister Bar Sadat X (Brand Nubian) Qwel & Maker (Typical Cats) El Da Sensei (Artifacts) 8p, $10

smart MUSIC Paul Oakenfold 9p, Fri., Jan. 31 The Stage Santa Ana Star Casino 54 Jemez Canyon Dam, Bernalillo, 505.771.5680

$20 Tickets: holdmyticket.com redfishevents.com

s you may remember, back in the early 2000s there was a lot of blip-blop music growing in popularity amongst teenagers and the severely naive — the people leasing PT Cruisers, looking up cheat codes for Playstation 1, sad virgins swimming in an ocean of hair gel. Fast forward to 10-plus years later, and that music is the zeitgeist of modern America, incorporated into our every advertisement and spectacle. From car commercials to football games, it is the new rock ‘n’ roll, and the teenagers who made it are now very, very rich. Not so naive after all. If this scenario could be compared to the legends of Greek mythology (and it will be), Paul Oakenfold is a Titan. He is Cronus, father of the gods. Before Zeus, before Apollo, before DeadMau5, there was Paul Oakenfold. And he is currently on a tour of the United States to reeducate the beleaguered fans of modern dance music in something called Trance. Trance is a school of electronic music wherein angelic vocal harmonies and sweeping low-pass filters reduce massive crowds of Europeans to orgasmic jellyfish. It is dance music from a purist’s perspective — and to be fair, without the advent of Trance, much of contemporary electronic dance music could not exist. It is part and parcel to our zeitgeist, and for any serious fan of the music, Paul Oakenfold is a master at work. Whether it be for educational purposes or for the sheer nirvana of it, check out Oakenfold Fri., Jan. 31 for a definitive show. —Nathan New

Leon Russell 7:30p, Sun., Jan. 26

eon Russell’s half-century of stardom has taken him into the Rock ‘n’ Roll and Songwriters halls The Dirty Bourbon of fame and to stadium stages around 9800 Montgomery NE, the world, including those he’s shared 505.296.2726 with The Beatles, Joe Cocker and, most $28, $33 day of show recently, Elton John. His hit songs, Tickets: holdmyticket.com including “Tight Rope,” “A Song for You” ampconcerts.org and a grand Willie Nelson collaboration leonrussellrecords.com covering “Heartbreak Hotel” are beloved classics. Yet the Oklahoma-bred, ever musically eclectic singer-pianist likely feels most comfortable in the kind of relaxed, intimate Western dance hall setting that The Dirty Bourbon provides. The Albuquerque venue has two long, friendly bars, table seating, a spacious dance floor and an excellent sound system, and regularly features touring country and rock outfits and in recent months has also hosted several masters of world music via AMP Concerts’ imaginative bookings. It’s a great place to hang out, scoot boots, and, for this night, bask in the presence of one of America’s all-time musical greats. Russell will be performing with his band: Jack Wessel, bass; Brandon Holder, drums; Beau Charron, guitar, mandolin and keyboards. And of course Russell, with his silver mane and beard, will be decked out in fine style, have no fear. —Bill Nevins

ay Wylie Hubbard laughed and Ray Wylie Hubbard told Local iQ by phone, “I’m 8p, Sat., Jan. 25 just ﬁnishing up my tell-all Red River Songwriters autobiography. I’m going to reveal Festival some of the songwriting secrets of Motherlode Saloon the universe!” The revered, grizzled 400 E. Main, Red River, Texas songwriter is a busy man these 575.754.6280 days. Besides appearing on The $25 David Letterman Show and writing his 7:30p., Sun., Jan. 26 memoir, Hubbard’s been collaborating St. Francis Auditorium, on new songs and recording an album Museum of Fine Arts with Ronnie Dunn, the former Brooks 107 W. Palace, Santa Fe, and Dunn superstar who reached out 505.670.0755 to Hubbard in his crusade to bring $25-$39 great roots artists like Ray Wylie into raywylie.com wider public view. “Tony Joe White gave southwestrootsmusic.org him my phone number,” Hubbard said proudly. The Hubbard-Dunn co-written song, “Bad on Fords and Chevrolets” is featured on Van Halen veteran Sammy Hagar’s new album. Hubbard said he’s been inspired by re-reading I’m Your Man, Sylvia Simmons’s book about Leonard Cohen. “I’m an old cat, and Cohen was even older than me when he lost his money and had to go back out on the road, and he’s still doing it!” Hubbard will be in New Mexico for two solo shows this month, at the annual Red River Songwriters Festival and in a Southwest Roots concert in Santa Fe. Don’t miss him! —Bill Nevins

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

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Funny, no question Young Albuquerque sketch and improv troupe Comedy? goes to weekly schedule of shows at The Box BY CRISTINA OLDS

he comedians don’t get drunk until after the show, they swear, but fans are welcome to come a little blotto. “We do our show in a 10:30 p.m. time slot so we tend to draw boisterous, loud audiences,” Sarah Mowrey said of Comedy?, an improv and sketch variety show at The Box, now on stage every Friday night. “It’s a great place to go hang out with your friends when you’re loose.” The troupe of five Albuquerque comedians — current members with Mowrey are Wesley Swedenburg, Tieshia Francis, Matthew Puett, Sam Quinn and Will Bolt — is the only local group that does live, original sketch comedy. They started as a monthly then bi-weekly performance years ago. The longstanding group dynamic has forged strong ties and a tight show. “We’re all up in each others’ business,” Mowrey said. “We’ll look at each other in meetings and know what the other is thinking. Like on stage, you have to trust somebody a lot.” Mowrey and some friends C O M E DY from high school originally founded the group in 2010. Comedy? “We were a UNM charter 10:30p, every Fri. organization and I’m one of THE BOX the last founders still in the PERFORMANCE SPACE group,” she said. The group 114 GOLD SW, 505.404.1578 includes students and nonstudents, with an advisory $6 steering committee including theboxabq.com graduate students and actors from the larger Albuquerque theater community. The group does its own directing, writing and technical production. “We all have different roles in the group,” Mowrey said. “Like, Wesley creates these PHOTO BY BRUCE WONG incredible characters out of nothing, Tie Albuquerque sketch and improv comedy troupe Comedy? is going to a weekly performance Francis is so supportive, no judgment of any schedule, with shows at The Box every Friday night. Members of the group include (on ledge from left) Matthew Puett, Will Bolt, Sam Quinn (in front from left ) Tieshia Francis, crazy idea that pops up in improv scenes, Wesley Swedenburg and Sarah Mowrey. Matthew is a nuclear bomb of energy. They’re such an incredible group to work “Among other names, we were going to be crazy audience suggestions and we have with.” Three-Day Weekend or The Worst People been known to curse. We’re more bizarre Improvisation can be dicey, Mowrey Ever,” Mowrey said. “After hours in a room than gross-out.” hashing it out, we agreed we could live admitted, dreading that awkward silence Mowrey, a self-described comedy nerd who with “Comedy?” and now we spell it out for while the actors strain to create a storyline sits around all day and thinks about jokes, clarity.” with all eyes on them. “The audience does has lived in Albuquerque since she was 5, get nervous, perhaps because it’s made up Feeling confidently funny and popular, and she recently graduated from UNM with on the spot, but we also do some sketches the group hopes the weekly shows will a university studies degree. The comedians to have a balance between materials — the expand their loyal fan base. As the public are “pretty local-centric,” she said. cool thing is it’s always changing.” The relations person for the shows, Mowrey “I think Albuquerque really likes when group plays games, such as “Whose Line said bi-weekly dates were complicated to things aren’t that buttoned up,” Mowrey Is It?” as well as coming up with their own communicate while weekly is a no-brainer. said. “We’re not grungy because our devices to inspire comedy. And who can’t use a few laughs? Science The show is appealing to the late crowd, and finished package is nice and we’re nice shows it’s good for us to be happy: it people, but we have that alternative, DIYrated for audiences 16 years old and above, strengthens our immune systems, boosts way about us. We create something together our energy levels and alleviates stress and but is still appropriate for your parents to as a group, which is very Albuquerque.” attend. The twenty-something comedians pain. Humor also connects us to others and The group’s name is “comedy with a may have some of their parents in the enhances our relationships. Laughter really audience, so, Mowrey said, “We’re not super question mark,” alluding to their unusual is the best medicine, and it only costs six brand of fast-moving, risk-taking comedy. bucks every Friday night. raunchy and getting naked, but we’ll take

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

New publishing art form takes shape in Albuquerque

ometimes you meet people that just get it, you know? And I’m glad to say it happens a lot in this town for me. The creative potentials and collaborations seem endless as the web of networking grows and people reveal their talents and mutually support one another. When I met Alex Paramo and Yvette Sandoval, founders of Community Publishing, it seemed like they had created this virtual world to express collaboration at its finest, providing artists with a global platform while promoting community building, local talent, literacy and the arts, all in the palm of your hand through e-publishing. What is Community Publishing? Imagine eBooks gone New Mexico, with all authors, artists, illustrators, characters, narrators, musicians and publishers New Mexico-based. Orale. Call me old skool, but admittedly I was not yet partial to eBooks until one chilly night in Burque at Low Spirits when Paramo said, “Hey, check this out” and prompted me with earplugs and an eBook to Princess Marisol and the Moon Thieves. So I checked it out and saw how eBooks enhanced the learning experience by engaging the reader into a multimedia, musicaccompanied, narrated story with informational links. It was more than a book; it visually immersed me into knowledge and creativity. I felt like I was Princess Marisol in the story. Paramo explained Community Publishing’s collaborations while his life/business partner Sandoval ear-plugged my friend with the Spanish version of Princess Marisol’s story. Paramo explained that Jackie Zamora (singing on stage with Concepto Tambor as we spoke) was the narrator, Acey May (standing right behind me with her artwork) was the illustrator, and Paramo himself was the author. I was standing in a bar full of artistc badasses! I frolicked through the virtual story of Fiona the Funkadelic Freckle Fairy (written by Alayna Roche, illustrated by Audrey McNamara, with artistic contributions by Acey May and sound effects by Nick “Furious” Myers). I was madly impressed by the collaboration. Expect to see much more from this duo and their team. Community Publishing, founded in June 2013, has a big lineup this year with The Grand Fantastic Life of DJ Flo Flader (a fictionalized biography about one of Duke City’s favorite DJs with amazing photography by Alex Lopez); Samuel’s Story by the uber-talented Hakim Bellamy; Bella the Caterpillar by Alex’s 7-year-old daughter Marisol Paramo; and Princess Marisol and the Portal. Alex and Marisol Paramo have shared their stories on NPR’s Peace Talks Radio and The Children’s Hour on KUNM, to name a few. Their virtual stories will hit the stage this summer to tour as a play with Fusion Theater Company, and Community Publishing will soon distribute to Apple and iTunes, creating more accessibility to schools and the public, with hard copies available on demand. The possibilities and benefits seem endless. Visit communitypublishing.org. Shavone Otero has a sister named Shanise. Happy birthday, hermana.

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Events are always subject to change, check with individual venues before heading out ** CALENDAR LISTINGS ARE A FREE SERVICE AND MAY BE CUT DUE TO SPACE. PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO FREE EVENTS.

FRI 24 PERFORMANCE

Teenage Werewolves w/ Venus & the Lion, plus surprise guests Check out the super wild sexy crazy Cramps tribute act with brilliant vocals and an exciting surprise guest. There will also be hulahooping, Mexican wrestling and wholloping drums. 7p, $7 WAREHOUSE 21 1614 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, 505.989.4423 warehouse21.org

ARTIST TALK

Tony Tiger Mixed-media artist, curator and educator will discuss his current exhibition, “Full of Consciousness of Being.” 2-4p, $5-$10 IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS (MOCNA), 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM 108 CATHEDRAL PLACE, SANTA FE, 505.983.1666 iaia.edu/museum

PERFORMANCE: THROUGH JAN. 25

Kathleen Fontaine: The Man, The Mystery! Explore Fontaine’s personal journey with transgender identity, body dysmorphia, sex+love addiction and the gender cultural gender divide through comedy. 8p, $12 RAILYARD PERFORMANCE CENTER 1611 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, 505.629.8729

kathleenfontaine.com

PERFORMANCE: THROUGH JAN. 26

Lysistrata Jones This musical comedy parallels the plot of the ancient greek play Lysistrata. Athens University has lost every game for 30 years, but when a cheerleader joins the school the team’s luck turns around. 7p, $15-$18 MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST CENTRE FOR THEATRE 6320 DOMINGO NE, 505.216.6014

musicaltheatresw.com AND JAN. 31, OPENING RECEPTION

Under 35: Part II An exhibition of works in a variety of media by Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Heidi Brandow, Brandee Caoba and Moira Garcia. The exhibition will feature art work by four artists who create work that reinvents more traditional approaches. 5-7p, FREE ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART 435 S GUADALUPE ST., 505.982.8111

zanebennettgallery.com

SAT

Stop Motion Animation art Therapy: Transformation and Healing This creative therapeutic workshop focuses on creating animation with collage materials, drawing tools and other art media with Julia Cizeski and Katie Hall. 10a-2p, $10 OFFCENTER ARTS 808 PARK SW, 505.247.1172

offcenterarts.org

SUN 26 SPEAKER

Lucinda Lucero Sachs Clyde Tingley’s New Deal for NM 1935-1938 deals with the reconstruction of a state government and modernizing the state. 3p, FREE OLD SAN YSIDRO CHURCH 966 OLD CHURCH ROAD, 505.739.6839

corraleshistory.com

MON

LECTURE

RECEPTION: THROUGH MAR. 8

RECEPTION: THROUGH MAR. 1

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Barbara Mauldin Learn more about “The Adaptation & Re-adaptation of a Folk Art Form: The Creation & Use of Retablos of the Andes.” 2p, $10

Oli Sihvonen: In Motion An exhibition of abstract paintings produced by Oli Sihvonen (19211991) from 1988 to 1991. 5-7p,

Oli Sihvonen: In Motion Featuring Allan Graham, Lilly Fenichel and David Eichholtz.

FREE

SPANISH COLONIAL ARTS SOCIETY 750 CAMINO LEJO, SANTA FE, 505.982.2226

DAVID RICHARD GALLERY 544 S. GUADALUPE STREET, 505.983.9555 davidrichardgallery.com

Segregation Series/Mickalene Thomas Photographer Gordon Parks has a deep commitment to social justice and recording of race relations, poverty, Civil Rights and urban life in American culture. 6-8p, FREE RICHARD LEVY GALLERY 514 CENTRAL SW, 505.766.9888

RECEPTION

spanishcolonial.org

WED

SAT

AND FEB. 2 PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE

4th Annual Roundhouse Comedy Revue Working Classroom presents a good-natured skit comedy giving student actors a chance to learn more about state government and politics. 7:30-8:30p, $25-$500 THE LODGE AT SANTA FE 750 N. ST. FRANCIS DRIVE, SANTA FE, 505.242.9267 workingclassroom.org

THU

TASTING

Art of Wine Drink wine, tour a museum and take place in an auction, presented in conjunction with the Taos Winter Wine Festival. 3:30-6p, $24-$30 HARWOOD MUSEUM OF ART 238 LEDOUX STREET, TAOS, 575.758.9826 harwoodmuseum.org

PERFORMANCE

Swan Lake The fanciful story features Prince Siegfried in love with Odette, a young maiden trapped in the body of a white swan because of an evil spell. 7:30p, $20-$59 POPEJOY HALL UNM CAMPUS-CENTRAL AT CORNELL NE, 505.277.3824 popejoypresents.com

Winter Concerts Canticum Novum continues its tenth anniversary season with an adventuresome program of “unjustly neglected gems.” 7p, $15/$25/$35 CANTICUM NOVUM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & CHORUS ST. FRANCIS AUDITORIUM, 107 W. PALACE AVE., 505.983.1250

levygallery.com OPENING: THROUGH FEB. 28

Ikebana Witness the art of the ﬂower with work by Deborah Gavel, Jeff Krueger, kris mills, Emi Ozawa, Brooke Steiger, Peter Voshefski, Chelsea Wrightson. 6-9p, FREE FACTORY ON 5 ART SPACE 1715 5TH NW, 505.977.9643

factoryon5.com PERFORMANCE

sfcanticumnovum.com Valentine’s Day Art Market Find a special gift for that special someone that is truly unique and memorable. 10a-5p, FREE

8:30p, $25-$500

5G GALLERY AT FACTORY ON THE 5TH, 1715 5TH NW factoryon5.com

PAUL CARPENTER Y SALAZAR THEATER 423 ATLANTIC SW, 505.242.9267

RECEPTION/THROUGH FEB. 25

4th Annual Roundhouse Comedy Revue Working Classroom presents a good-natured skit comedy. 7:30-

workingclassroom.org

Emergency Exhibition To help preserve La Bajada Mesa, which is threatened with a mining demolition, artists have all media represented along with t-shirts to protest this proposed event. Also showing are “100 Northern N.M. Gallery Artists,” “Wearables & Wallables” and “People.” 3-5p, FREE

OPENING RECEPTION: THROUGH MAY 3

JOHNSONS OF MADRID 2843 HIGHWAY 14, MADRID, 505.471.1054

My Heart is in the Trees Mixed-media artist Denise Weaver Ross. 6-8p

collectorsguide.com

Heart of the City This show examines many facets of the urban city. 6-8p, FREE 516 ARTS, 516 CENTRAL SW, 505.242.1445 516arts.org

OPENING RECEPTION: EXHIBIT THROUGH MAR. 1

TORTUGA GALLERY 901 EDITH SE, 505.369.1648

2-3:30p, FREE DAVID RICHARD GALLERY 544 S. GUADALUPE STREET, 505.983.9555 davidrichardgallery.com

Silvery Winter Light 25th Anniversary Group Show, featuring 37 artists. 2-4p ACT I GALLERY & SCULPTURE GARDEN, 218 PASEO DEL PUEBLO NORTE, TAOS, 575.758.7831

actonegallery.com

SUN 2 WORKSHOP

Recycled Paper as Individual as Yourself Join Claire O. Lissance in a fastpaced, hands-on papermaking workshop to gain an introduction to the history of making paper while making pulp for paper. Noon-4p, $40 OFFCENTER ARTS 808 PARK SW, 505.247.1172

offcenterarts.org

WED

PERFORMANCE: THROUGH FEB. 9 (THU.-SUN.)

The Wiz Join Rainbow Studio Theater for the amazing production of this hit Broadway musical, based off of The Wizard of Oz. 10a, $22.50 AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 310 SAN PEDRO NE, 505.222.0785

nmblackhistorymonth.com

deniseweaverross.com

FRI 31 THROUGH FEB. 2: PERFORMANCE

Don’t Panic: It’s Only Finnegan’s Wake Internationally renowned performance artists Adam Harvey presents his wildly dynamic interpretation of James Joyce’s legendarily cryptic Finnegan’s Wake. 7p, $12

MOVIE

Giselle The haunting tale of betrayal and enduring love hits the big screen, with artist Carlos Acosta as Count Albrecht with dancer Natalia Osipova. 7p, $13-$15 CENTURY RIO 24 WITH XD 4901 PAN AMERICAN WEST NE, 505.326.3264 CENTURY 14 DOWNTOWN 100 CENTRAL SW, 505.326.3264

fathomevents.com

TEATRO PARAGUAS 3205 CALLE MARIE, SANTA FE, 505.424.1601

teatroparaguas.org FILM

The Raven In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe’s poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession. 8p, $5-$7 KIMO THEATER 419 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.1700

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

COMMUNITY

C O M M UN I TY EVENTS THU 23 ONGOING: THROUGH FEB. 22

Miniature Exhibition Display The ABQ Mini Makers club members are exhibiting a variety of scale doll house miniatures with different themes. 9a-5p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.5012, EXT. 4

riorancholibraries.org LECTURE

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Update Presented by Larry Crumpler, this lecture delves into the past decade of roving on Mars. 7-8:30p, $4-$6 NM MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY & SCIENCE 1801 MOUNTAIN NW, 505.841.2800

nmnaturalhistory.org PRESENTATION

Will It Fly Today?!: Science in the Sky Learn a balloon pilot’s perspective from the air, including the dynamics of ﬂight and the elements of weather. Help with

COMPETITION

equipment, weight and weather. Dress warmly. 10a-noon, $2-$4

SAT

ABQ BALLOON MUSEUM 9201 BALLOON MUSEUM NE, 505.768.6020 balloonmuseum.com

WORKSHOP

The Why of LinkedIn Do you know why you’re using LinkedIn? If you don’t, or don’t quite remember why, this is the workshop for you. Discuss your major “needs” when setting up your personal proﬁle, what to do with it once you’re done, and how to use this tool. 8a, $49 NM SOCIETY OF CPA OFFICES 3400 MENAUL NE

abqwomenmakeadifference.com Titan Aerospace Claiming the Unclaimed Sky The ABQ Explorer’s Club Talk Series speaker will be Mr. Daniel Cornew from Titan Aerospace in Moriarty, and the talk will be on exploration of the stratosphere using solar powered unmanned aerial vehicles that can stay aloft indeﬁnitely. 6:30-8:30p, FREE HOTEL ANDALUZ 125 2ND ST NW, 505.242.9090

Aromatherapy for Winter Wellness Learn about essential oils that will drive the winter blues away and rejuvenate your soul. 9a-4:30p, $95 LOS POBLANOS HISTORIC INN & FARM, 4803 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.9297 lospoblanos.com

BOOK SIGNING

Armistead Maupin The Days of Anna Madrigal is a suspenseful, comic novel centering on the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane. 3p, FREE BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

bkwrks.com LECTURE Healthy Eating for the New Year Learn the beneﬁts of an antiinﬂammatory diet to prevent disease and keep you healthy for years to come with Dr. Ashley Maltz. 1-3p, FREE STUDIO SWAY 1100 SAN MATEO NE #32, 505.710.5096

studiosway.com

King of the Hill Sipapu’s slope-style competition will take place at the Don Diego terrain park. 8:30a-2p, $30

WED

Noon-5p, $20

Edmund G. Ross A look at a signiﬁcant abolitionist, journalist, Union ofﬁcer and eventual territory governor of NM.

SIPAPU SKI & SUMMER RESORT 5224 NM 518, VADITO, 800.587.2240

BLUE EAGLE METAPHYSICAL 2422 JUAN TABO NE, 505.298.3682

sipapunm.com

blueeaglemetaphysical.com Prayers for World Peace Bring meaning to your life while overcoming anger, stress and working with others. 10-11:30a, $10

FESTIVAL: AND JAN. 26

SkiBike NM’s only skibike festival includes demos, mountain tours, races and a special light parade. Drawing Sunday at 3p, FREE SIPAPU SKI & SUMMER RESORT 5224 NM 518, VADITO, 800.587.2240

KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NM 8701 COMANCHE NE,505.292.5293

meditationinnewmexico.org PET ADOPTIONS

skibikefun.com Sea Turtle Awareness Day Discussion about Sea Turtles and their struggle to survive a changing world. 10a-2p, $4-$9

Lucky Paws Van on the Move Find your new pet and form a lifelong friendship. 10a-4p

ABQ AQUARIUM 2601 CENTRAL NW, 505.764.6200

petsmart.com

cabq.gov

TUE

SUN

BOOK SIGNING

Ask Me, By William Stafford A collection of 100 essential poems, spanning the 20th century. 3p, FREE

PETSMART 10248 COORS NW, 505.792.1772

DUSCUSSION

Croak and Dagger The ABQ Chapter of the national Sisters in Crime program will discuss B. C. Stone, author of Midnight in Valhalla. 7p, FREE

BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

JAMES JOSEPH DWYER MEMORIAL POLICE SUBSTATION 12700 MONTGOMERY NE

bkwrks.com

croak-and-dagger.com

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Psychic Sunday In the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse begins Jan. 31. See what your predictions will be.

BOOK SIGNING

7p, FREE BOOKWORKS, 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139 bkwrks.com

THU

ONGOING: EVERY THURSDAY

Knit Clique This knitting club for pre-teens and teens will introduce various techniques and materials to help achieve strong knitting methods. 4:30-5:30p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.5012, EXT. 4

riorancholibraries.org CELEBRATION

Breakfast of Champions Planned Parenthood of NM and its constituents are celebrating women’s rights. 7:30-9:30a, $50 (sponsorship tickets also available) HOTEL SANTA FE 1501 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE, 505.226.1017 ppaction.org

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smart ARTS

aila Cola Weeks is a giant. She is a very, very tall person who sees boulders as pebbles, redwoods as toothpicks. In fact, through years of omnispective swelling, she has grown large enough to become as tiny as the smallest sub-quark — a delicate, invisible thing floating in the voluminous expanse of an inch. This is the nature of her work with scale, exercises in seeing the world as a repeating pattern of relative size. Weeks has been a prolific local artist for some time now, and her first show since returning from two years in Berlin finds her embracing a unique new medium: acid-etched galvanized steel. Her signature finespun organisms drift across the imposing metal canvas like grains in syrup, and on an adjacent wall smaller red placards offer an even more intimate viewing experience. The show gives attendees the option to either zoom in or out, getting as near or far as they please to find a suitable point of impact. The massive dose of contrast at work makes this a particularly arresting display. Between the etched metal, bright Laila Cola Weeks red, and the white void of Zendo’s walls, there CLOSING RECEPTION: is a world unto itself wherein the smallest 6p, Fri., Jan. 31 events are unavoidable and the mammoth Zendo array of steel is subtle. Grab a coffee and 413 2nd SW, check out the closing reception, or visit in the 505.926.1636 days leading up to it. Highly recommended. —Nathan New FREE

rtist and poet Denise Weaver Ross has been exhibiting her works OPENING RECEPTION: across the United States 6-8p, Sat., Feb. 1 since the 1980s, ever since Tortuga Gallery she earned an MFA in visual 901 Edith SE, 505.369.1648 art and printmaking from the FREE University of Massachusetts, and she’s been the focus facebook.com/tortugagallery of several shows in New deniseweaverross.com Mexico since her arrival in Albuquerque in 2007. A 30year commitment to professional art is impressive and a cause for celebration at the Tortuga Gallery show My Heart is in the Trees, where Ross will exhibit her latest works on paper. Pieces at the show consist of 26” x 40” oil pastels on paper recreating an entire deck of cards by suit, using her late husband as a main focal point of her paintings. He died of sickle cell leukemia and she has turned her personal tragedy into art. Ross’ works are an appealing splash of color on ﬁrst glance, but the second and third looks reveal deeper layers of imagery and activity. Ross will also be conducting a workshop at Tortuga Gallery on Feb. 23 named Layers, in which she will share her techniques and approach. —Mike English

My Heart is in the Trees: Denise Weaver Ross

f you have driven in downtown ABQ lately, it’s likely you have witnessed the bold and colorful mural on the side of Warehouse 508. This work of art is called Quantum Bridge, a monumental piece created by Los Angeles artist Aaron Noble with the help of many youth apprentices. The dynamic forms and colors seem to pop off of the wall and into the city itself, igniting the imaginations of those Aaron Noble: Artist who see it. Noble is a nationally and Talk internationally respected muralist, 6p, Tue., Jan. 28 along with distinct practices in comics CNM, Smith-Brasher Hall, and collage. He will present his work Room 100 and thought process at this special 717 University SE, pre-exhibition event, where he will be 505.242.1445 introduced by fellow muralist and CNM FREE Professor of Art Larry Bob Phillips. This talk is part of the Heart of the City 516arts.org project, organized by 516 ARTS as an arts collaboration exploring the urban environment. There is really no better way to explore how art can work with an urban downtown area than what Noble has done with the help of young adults in Albuquerque. This talk will explore the importance of murals and community engagement through the viewpoint of an artist well-versed in both ﬁelds. —Chloë Winegar-Garrett

LOCAL iQ | ALBUQUERQUE’S INTELLIGENT ALTERNATIVE | JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 5, 2014

FILM

FILM REEL

5 QUESTIONS

BY JORDAN MAHONEY

‘Art is in the doing’ As the star of actress Rebekah Wiggins rises, remaining fearless is her key to success BY JORDAN MAHONEY

C Her DIRECTED BY SPIKE JONZE

Call for show times Century Rio 24 4901 Pan American NE, 505.343.9000 herthemovie.com cinemark.com

omewhat of a sister ﬁlm to the Sophia Copolladirected Lost in Translation (incidentally, the directors were once married), Her explores the intimacy of relationships in the vastness of our world. Theodore, a ghostwriter of other couples’ love-letters, is articulate, even romantic, but his own love life is a smoldering wreck, and his ex-wife, just a painful memory. And then he downloads Samantha, a personal operating system. Rapidly learning, constantly feeling, she’s more than a disembodied voice — she’s his soul mate. As if love weren’t complicated enough, Theo must actualize an organic relationship with an artiﬁcial being, and overcome the obstacles of a girlfriend without a body. A visually stunning, comical, but mostly forlorn look at love, technology and human growth in a Blade Runner-type future where little is explained but merely presented. Joaquin Phoenix is affecting, and the wide cast of women shine in their respective roles. A must see. You’ll never think of Siri the same way again.

The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna DIRECTED BY SINI ANDERSON

4, 8p, Jan. 23-16 Guild Cinema 3405 Central NE, 505.255.1848 thepunksinger.com guildcinema.com

ingy apartment poetry slams, shared art spaces — these are the humble beginnings of Kathleen Hanna. She will become the singer of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, The Julie Ruin and the catalyst of the Riot Grrrl movement, all chronicled in Sini Anderson’s latest, The Punk Singer. Hanna made her voice known, whether through fanzine manifestos or on stage, where her anti-cheerleader yells and candy-aisle temper tantrums were more than called for in a violent, male-dominated grunge scene. The ﬁlm shows her ties to Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth, her strangely ﬁtting union with a Beastie Boy, and even

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Joaquin Phoenix (top) stars in Her, directed by Spike Jonze. Musician Kathleen Hanna, hailed as the catalyst of the Riot Grrrl movement, is the subject of The Punk Singer. her opponents, in the form of narrow-minded press and a crazed Courtney Love. Eventually, her zeal becomes sorrow, as a long undiagnosed disease takes its toll on Hanna’s health while her pride keeps friends in the dark. Nevertheless, The Punk Singer remains sanguine, and Hanna abides, forever a ﬁxture in feminist and music history.

Let the Fire Burn DIRECTED BY JASON OSDER

4:30, 8:30p, Jan. 27-30 Guild Cinema 3405 Central NE, 505.255.1848 letthefireburn.com guildcinema.com/

ucked away in the annals of history lives the decade-long feud between the urban separatist group, MOVE, and the Philadelphia city government that resulted in the Osage Avenue fire of 1985. Like most cults, MOVE’s creed of harmony was noble, in theory. But indistinct motives, child neglect and a slew of profane rants from barricaded headquarters proved them to be a blight on the community. The film, told through chapters, skillfully builds to the climax, a decision to bomb the MOVE bunker and “let the fire burn.” This of course was ill advised, resulting in 11 deaths (five were children) and 61 incinerated homes. Like all war, no matter the scale, this skirmish was full of gray areas on both sides, and missing pieces leave the puzzle forever unfinished. Sans bias, this thrilling doc thrives on its sole use of television coverage, interviews and courtroom footage. An unearthed tragedy that demands wide-eyed attention.

areer in bloom and consistently busy, Rebekah Wiggins is making a name for herself, and by extension, her state. L.A. isn’t the only place where stars are made. Roles in feature films like Let Me In, Brothers, Fright Night, Sunshine Cleaning and central parts in local flicks like Drunk. and the upcoming Those Who Wait, set to release in May (which she’s not just starring in, but co-producing), Wiggins is a demanding presence, on-screen and off. Her spinechilling scream helped Let Me In nab a Spike Scream Award, and her emotive prowess has garnered multiple acting awards, but these are just testaments. Denizens of Albuquerque would do well to keep Wiggins on their radar, and see for themselves, as she is a force to be reckoned with. In a bustling Java Joe’s on a Saturday morning, Wiggins (who, as a regular, is greeted by the whole staff) sat down with Local iQ for a pleasant exchange. Local iQ: You sing, dance, play guitar, do makeup — the works. How did you start acting on top of it all? Rebekah Wiggins: What made me decide on acting was its ability to reach and connect with people in the outside world. When I was kid, growing up, the films that I saw, and actors that I saw, changed my opinions and perspectives on things. I felt like I wanted [acting] to be my voice — my creative voice. iQ: Tell me about Albuquerque’s 48-Hour Film Project. You’ve been quite successful in that, winning multiple acting awards. Has that been helpful in putting your name and face out there? RW: Yeah. Definitely. Any time someone sees Best Actress — for any kind of festival — people are going to double take, and take you more seriously. I think more than anything, the 48 Hour Film Project is just a great chance to meet and connect with other artists and other people working in the film industry — actors, writers, directors — and it’s a good chance to practice. The people who I met on those short films are the people who I worked with on our feature film. iQ: You’re referring to director Hannah Macpherson and your current project, Those Who Wait, correct? How helpful is it to have partnerships and bonds like that in the film industry? RW: It’s invaluable. It’s impossible in film to make it without having connections and bonds. There are so many talented people here. Of my group of friends, all the Albuquerque people living and

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Albuquerque’s Rebekah Wiggins is blazing a trail as a New Mexican actress making a name for herself in L.A. and elsewhere. With parts in pictures like Let Me In and Brothers, as well as local productions, Wiggins says there’s no great mystery to building a successful acting career: “Just be fearless, go for it.”

working here, I know of four feature films the have been made that I’m indirectly a part of. It’s amazing. So proud of our film people. iQ: Taking a step back … you were born in Germany, but have lived all over New Mexico. Do you identify with a certain town or city? Some might expect you to be L.A. bound, as your presence grows and you score more prominent roles. RW: I’m a fifth generation New Mexican. Albuquerque’s definitely my home. I live here with my boyfriend Jesse, co-owner of Albuquerque Trolley. Albuquerque will always be my home base; it’s where my heart is. I feel grounded here, want to bring more art to our state, and I think keeping creatives here is the key to doing that. I know, realistically, I’ll have to be out in L.A. for auditions. I will have to be out there doing some film stuff, because unfortunately you don’t get starring roles, you don’t get auditions for leads out here. Because people haven’t seen anyone break through the glass ceiling. They haven’t seen anyone that’s proved

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them wrong. So for the most part, L.A. thinks, I tend to hear, that if you live in New Mexico, you aren’t serious about acting. That’s unfortunate, but making your feature ﬁlms, doing your acting work — that’s all you can do. So the answer to that: probably bouncing back and forth, but Albuquerque’s always my home, I love it here. iQ Any brief advice for aspiring actors, who are in the position you once were in? RW: Be fearless. You only live once. I didn’t grow up in a school with a theater program. I had been in one play in high school, and one play out of college. It was Scrooge: a Christmas Carol, and I was one of the witches (laughing). And I had made up my mind that I wanted to do acting, and I went full force after it, and I still do. Every class I can go to, every book I can read on it — if you’re hungry for the art, there’s no rule that says you need any kind of training, or any kind of schooling. It’s just doing it. Art is in the doing. Just be fearless, go for it. For more on Rebekah Wiggins, visit rebekahwiggins.com.

PLANET WAVES ARIES (MAR. 20-APR. 19) You have made your point; you don’t have to make it again, especially if it means in any way jeopardizing a relationship with someone who would be happier to cooperate with you than be your adversary. The theme of the next few months is that people will tend to become what you make them. You cast them into the role that you play, so it would be helpful to view the people around you in the most benevolent light. Look for opportunities to collaborate and take any chance you get to defuse potentially hostile situations and let any petty matters fizzle out. You currently live in a somewhat reactive psychic environment and it’s essential that you understand this thing known as projection — seeing things as you are, rather than as they are. Therefore, be friendly, spread good vibes and see how the universe responds to you. TAURUS (APR. 19-MAY 20) The thing to learn is how to say yes and no, and mean what you say. Human consciousness runs on a binary system, involving affirming and denying. If you look around, you’ll notice that many, many people lack a clear yes and a clear no. I suggest you observe yourself for a few days and see how you do — are you truly clear about asserting to yourself and to others what you want and what you don’t want? Notice the emotions associated with these two basic positions, which do nothing more or less than guide you through your life. As you get clearer, you will start to have more faith in yourself. You will trust what you know with greater clarity; you will feel less confused; you will have a different sense of the future. Indeed, you will begin to believe that you actually have a future. GEMINI (MAY 20-JUN. 21) You’re about to resume thinking for yourself, after a brief hiatus of filtering your thoughts through someone else’s priorities. It’s not that their priorities are wrong or lack a basis in truth; rather, you know what is right for you and you have had more than enough input from others. At the moment you seem to be working out a set of sensitive details involving an intimate relationship or business partnership, and to do this effectively you need some detachment so that you can think more objectively. One temptation you might have is to proceed from weighting one person’s point of view too heavily to losing yourself to some form of group consciousness, and I suggest you make sure that you maintain your clarity and your independence from that as well. Stop asking people what they think; stop asking for advice or validation. You have all the information you need. CANCER (JUN. 21-JUL. 22) You can unravel a riddle in a relationship, but it seems to be doing that by itself a little more every day. Pay attention as this happens and you’ll learn a lot. There’s no sense picking a lock when the door is already open. There’s no need to make anything more complicated than it is. Yes, people sometimes reveal themselves in curious ways, and once things are sorted out, what you’re likely to discover in the end is that their motives and needs are pretty simple. I suggest, therefore, that you start from that premise, and not be too enamored of any seeming complexities, or of your own insecurities. You will be doing a lot of getting emotionally confident this year, and you’re going to learn this one situation at a time; you will learn to trust one person at a time, and come out discovering that you trust yourself.

by Eric Francis • planetwaves.net LEO (JUL. 22-AUG. 23) You’re getting more accomplished than you may think; I know it’s difficult to discern whether you’re actually making progress, treading water, sliding backwards or some combination of the above. The phrase “getting more accomplished” is a pun — you’re indeed getting better at what you do, though mastery is not always evident to the perception of the one who is developing the skill. Your astrology suggests that you’re re-learning something you had already developed long ago, or going to a new depth of cultivating a talent that you usually take for granted. Part of the story involves how you structure your time, and how you work within an organization. Go back to the roots of the story, remind yourself the total history and see what you discover. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEP. 22) Soon you will have a series of opportunities to assert your leadership and your intelligence, though the most significant thing you’ll be tapping into is your creativity. Yet the true artistry of the moment is taking an inspiration and conveying it into something practical and immediate, designed to address a current problem. I’m not talking about art for art’s sake, but rather the use of innovation for the purpose of getting something done, solving a problem or initiating a discussion. You may find yourself in the role of facilitator, and if you can focus the energy of a group, you will find that you solve the problem a lot more quickly. But you’re the one who will seed the group with the idea that it will grow and crystallize. Don’t wait for it to come from someone else. At the moment, you’re the one with the fire in your mind. LIBRA (SEP. 22-OCT. 23) You seem to be working out some deep insecurities, or grappling with self-doubt. Yet, I would suggest that what’s really happening is that you’re letting go of some issue that’s been pestering you forever. This seems to involve whether you really need someone else to “make” you feel safe and secure in the world, whether you can do it on your own, and what you need in order to do so. This is an excellent time to question the emotional influence that others have on you, or rather, that you seek and strive for. You need to know when you’re being overpowered, or giving up your power, so that you have a basis for choosing to do something else. This is likely to involve your family. Do they really help you feel safer on the planet? Do they encourage you to go beyond your selfdoubts, or make you wonder when you’ll ever get around to getting over them? SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 22) You have no need to consider anyone, or any idea, a threat. It’s true that some influence is trying to undermine your thinking about something, and it’s also true that you may be frustrated trying to get anything done, hampered mainly by some challenges focusing. You can afford to slow down and think strategically. Retrace your steps and think about three or four moves ahead. But mainly, don’t let anyone undermine your confidence by offering a suggestion or an idea different than you might have come up with yourself. One of the most helpful roles others can play in your life is to do just that. If anyone seems to get under your skin, it’s likely to be because they have said something you were already thinking. While you may not have the answers right now, you definitely have access to the right questions. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 22) You may be looking right into a blind spot. That is to say, you may be looking

at something and seeing nothing, or seeing in an inaccurate way. We all know about the blind spot in rearview mirrors; you think you’ve got a full view but there are hidden areas. The one I’m describing is not rearview but directly forward view. Someone may have a point of view that you’re not seeing, or that they are intentionally concealing. Someone close to you may be acting on incomplete or inaccurate information. I suggest that you suss this out gently, but with full intention. Determine what the people close to you believe and find out their motives for doing so. While you’re doing that, be aware that it’s not a good idea to follow people whose point of view you have not examined closely.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 20) You’re getting to know yourself in a new way, and I do hope you’re interested in what you’re learning. You may be sick of the past, questioning the past and/ or living in the past. Yet what you’re learning involves getting to the bottom of emotional attitudes and values that are very much a product of your conditioning, but which you have not fully evaluated your commitment to. Once you do, it will be abundantly clear what you want and what you don’t want; what is a positive influence and what is a negative influence. However, as you go about making up your mind what to do about this, beware if any guilt slips into your thinking. Guilt is evidence of control mechanisms that are leftovers from childhood. You are not betraying anyone by making up your own mind about how you feel. If anyone cares, remind yourself that your values are your business.

THE AMERICAN VALUES CLUB CROSSWORD “Duly Noted” By Brenden Emmett Quigley, edited by Ben Tausig, Difﬁculty Level 3/5 ACROSS 1 Musician Elliott Smith, by birth

32 Employing

7 “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough” writer

38 Like better coke

12 Shredded pasta topping 13 Gunpowder holder? 14 Symbolic gift given to Saddam Hussein by the mayor of Detroit in 1980

35 Place to get good coke?

39 Maison Jeanne-d’Arc city 40 Announce an amount at an arraignment 42 Wired people?: Abbr. 43 “The beatings will continue ___ morale improves”

16 Stress fracture bone, commonly

45 Cannonball Adderley’s instrument

17 Licensing company that put out compilation CDs

48 Prepares for a museum diorama, say

18 “Sons of Anarchy” star Rossi 21 Prince George of Cambridge’s aunt 23 Sexually mature bugs

53 Vampire Weekend singer Koenig 54 Having more brawn 55 Buys the farm 56 Perfumes, e.g.

29 “But also” correlative

DOWN 1 Planet that builds egg-shaped spaceships

30 Like some company committees

2 “What’s the matter, Homer?” bartender

26 Philly mass transit system

3 “Inside ___ Schumer” (Comedy Central show) 4 Is in dire need of a toilet 5 Against 6 World of Warcraft virgin 7 A foot wide measurement? 8 Tried to distance oneself from a gaffe, say 9 Charles Bukowski’s is “Don’t Try” 10 Without thinking 11 “I’m Audi 5000,” in txts 13 Pad see ew cuisine 15 Lightly toasted? 18 Beggars’ receptacles 19 Humana offering

28 Chase holdings: Abbr. 31 “___ blimey” (surprised British exclamation) 33 Seek damages 34 Interstellar dust clouds 35 Passing challenge? 36 Drink with ﬁsh and chips 37 City near Newark 41 “Open the door, buddy” 44 Andiron items 46 On the calm side of a Carnival, say 47 Boomers’ kids 48 Place to catch crabs? 49 Machine gun with an Israeli name 50 Anger

20 “Go to hell”

51 First word in the Beatles’ “Honey Pie”

22 “Take time to be a dad,” e.g.

52 Camel holder: Abbr.

24 Thou 25 Versatile toy maker 27 Guided By Voices guitarist Sprout

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 19) It seems for weeks you’ve been trying to figure out how you feel about something, and you’re about to make that discovery. It’s so obvious you might be wondering how you missed it, but that seems to be a theme of your life lately. You can keep this process going and make the next week a celebration of the obvious. Part of the obvious that you may not have noticed are the relationships between many factors in your life that you previously thought of as separate. If you make up your mind that you’re beyond a growth stage where compartmentalization is helpful at all, you will embrace the connections between circumstances, people and influences. You are the one thing they have in common, and any attempt to divide ‘them’ up is really about dividing yourself; the recognition of unity in the world around you is the acceptance of your own integrity. PISCES (FEB. 19-MAR. 20) If you need something, you know the person from whom you can get it. If you have an idea you want to manifest, you have the resources to make it happen. You’re in a moment of extraordinary manifestation power, so the most significant thing you can do is identify your needs and desires, and articulate them to yourself clearly. Your chart is making an interesting point, something I’ve learned to consider any time I remember, which is that you may already have what you think you need. So before you go seeking and striving, look in your home, close to home and among the people that you know and love the best. In many ways 2014 is a time of reclaiming; a time of receiving; and of remembering. You need less than you think and you have far more than you know.

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Keeping your credit report groomed a constant task

n keeping your credit reports up to date, you need to pull your credit report at least once a year. I recommend myfico.com. Their scores are the most accurate. The first thing to look for is wrong addresses, date of birth, incorrect social security number and incorrect names. Not correcting these areas can cause you to cross reference with other consumers’ information. Remember, the credit reporting agencies sell our email addresses, physical addresses and phone numbers to credit card companies who then send out credit applications to addresses you no longer live at. This can cause you many problems. Next thing is to check the credit accounts which are past the statute of limitations. These are accounts that display seven years past the date of last activity, which shows on a report as “date of last activity.” Usually we find it is mostly Experian, one of the main credit reporting agencies, which lags behind in removing these accounts from a report. This is obviously especially important if the account is reporting with a negative entry. The credit agency still has to remove the negative entry if it is past seven years from date of last activity. Once you pull your report you will be provided with the address to send your dispute to. Simply

state that you are being reported with inaccurate information on your credit report, and that you are requesting the amendment of the account or accounts listed. Be sure to be speciﬁc and clear about why you want it corrected. Send your letter with two proofs of address and one proof of social security number and send certiﬁed mail return receipt so there is proof of arrival at the credit reporting agency. If you do not send in the proofs of address and social security number, the credit reporting agencies will not look into your dispute. I hope this information helps in keeping your credit report groomed. Remember we have free credit educational workshops and free credit manuals on the second Saturday of every month. Call 505.899.1448 to RSVP. Until next time, good credit to you. Michael Ramos is the owner of the Albuquerque credit counseling business Credit Rescue Now (creditrescuenow.com).

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Balloons and Bubbles: Science in the Sky Why have bubbles and balloons inspired awe in young children for hundreds of years? The answer lies somewhere between science, math and joy. But most importantly, why do bubbles have to pop? Find out more, followed by a tour of the museum. 10a-noon, $2-$4 ABQ BALLOON MUSEUM 9201 BALLOON MUSEUM NE, 505.768.6020 balloonmuseum.com

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Klokking 12, By Elaine Mangus and Nick Turse Klokking 12 takes the reader on a remarkable journey through various aspects of place, class and culture in 20th century America. Kill Anything that Moves looks at the controversial history of the war on Vietnamese civilians. 3p, FREE BOOKWORKS 4022 RIO GRANDE NW, 505.344.8139

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Chinese New Year Event Program will include the Running of the Dragon, demonstrations of Tai Chi Chuan and Kung Fu, Martial arts drumming and more. 1-2:30p, FREE CHINESE CULTURE CENTER 427 ADAMS SE

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Prayers for World Peace Bring meaning to your life while learning how to bring peace and happiness into your world by overcoming anger, stress and working with others. No prior experience necessary. 10-11:30a, $10 KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER NM 8701 COMANCHE NE,505.292.5293

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Super Bowl Run Join in on the biggest day in sports while participating in a 10K or 5K run or walk on a ﬂat and fast course. There will be a costume contest for those who want to dress up with their favorite team. Portion of proceeds beneﬁts APS Homeless Project. 11a, $20-$30 VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL 1505 CANDELARIA NW, 505.217.4774

Tax Assistance form AARP AARP will provide free tax assistance to low and moderate income families. 10a-2p, FREE

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Fossil-Free Film Festival Two great ﬁlms about climate change and what YOU can do about it! 2, 7p, FREE GUILD CINEMA 3405 CENTRAL NE, 505.255.1848

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KABOOK! “Full of Beans” is the theme of this KABOOK! program, focusing on Jack with his bean issues, followed by bean crafts. Perfect for kids grade 1-5. 3:30-4:30p, FREE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 950 PINETREE SE, RIO RANCHO, 505.891.5012, EXT. 4

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