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Francine Maher Hopper

For its second installment of the Golden Fork Awards, iQ hand-selected a list of food-obsessed judges to tell our readers where to find the best dishes in town.

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The trend towards inventive, mobile cuisine takes to the streets of Albuquerque for a food truck revolution.

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Jessica Sosa, Tamon Rasberry

Before you make a ‘run to the border,’ think twice, think local and pay a call to The Last Call

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M usi c Bass legend Stanley Clarke brings his new band to NM for a night of improvisation and jams

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contributors Editorial Abinash Achrekar Charlie Crago Justin De La Rosa Dave DeWitt Eric Francis Logan Greeley Dan Guittierrez Randy Kolesky Jim & Linda Maher Sam Melada Bill Nevins Nathan New Shavone Otero Michael Ramos Tamon Rasberry Tish Resnick Ross Scharf Jessica Sosa Steven J. Westman Chloë WinegarGarrett

sa n ta f e Santa Fe Opera stages world premier of Oscar, about rebel, ribald writer Oscar Wilde.

a r ts World-premier play explores the unique and mysterious world of NM’s crypto-Jew heritage.

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Arts Events..........................33 Book Signings................... 36 Community Events..........40 Live Music............................28

1+1=3 .......................................11 Backyard Plot......................13 Credit Corner ................... 40 First Taste................................8 Playing With Fire................. 9 Stir It Up............................... 10 The 9 Muses........................ 32 The Curious Townie ...........7 The Gaffer ........................... 37 The Good Doctor...............12

Book Reviews..................... 36 Crossword/Horoscope.... 39 Marquee................................... 5 Places To Be...........................4 Profile........................................6 Santa Fe................................. 14 Smart Arts.............................35 Smart Music.......................... 31

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PLACES TO BE

Aux Dog Theatre 3011 Monte Vista NE, 505.245.7716

Isotopes Stadium 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE, 505.924.2255

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hey say laughter is the best medicine and you are guaranteed to get plenty of laughs at the nationally touring production of The Bicycle Men. Written by four American television writers with Second City roots, this comedic one-act play has gained a reputation for leaving audiences in stitches. The plot follows Steve, an American who is riding through a small village in France when his bike unexpectedly breaks down. As he waits for bike repairs he meets an off-the-wall cast of characters, experiences an amusing show by live marionettes, participates in full-out eccentric musical numbers and encounters wild and humorous stereotypes. The New York Times raved, “Nothing could possibly lift your spirits as quickly as The Bicycle Men.” And who can’t use a little summer lift? —JS

FESTIVAL Wildlife Music Festival Fri.-Sun., Jul. 19-21 Wildlife West Nature Park 87 W. Frontage, Edgewood, 505.281.7655

$10-$25 wildlifewest.org

o wild and get ready to dance at the 11th annual Wildlife Music Festival. The weekend festival will take place at an outdoor zoo complete with 30 exhibits along desert trails, with music playing in a covered amphitheater to save you from the heat. The event kicks off with a barn dance on Friday and the music continues until Sunday with live bands playing all day and into the night. Each year the festival features workshops, contests and the best in bluegrass, swing, Irish and other acoustic genres, and offers visitors the ability to experience the native animals of the Wild West. This year’s music headliner is Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, a chart-topping four-piece band with a unique Americana Cajun sound that promises to get you out of your seat. —JS

hether it’s a matter of 505 pride or you just really love Albuquerque’s baseball history and Spanish heritage, Dukes Retro Night is a chance to celebrate all of it. Albuquerque Isotopes players will don the red and yellow Dukes uniforms for this once-a-year event, and the Dukes history — which stretches back to 1915 and reached its heyday in the 1970s, when Tommy Lasorda managed players like Davey Lopes and Ron Cey — will be front and center. Special guests and a fireworks show are on tap, and Dukes gear, forever popular in Albuquerque, will be available. With so much history behind the name and logo, there are still those who would like to see Albuquerque’s baseball team renamed as the Dukes. For this night, at least, you get your wish. —ME

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Xtreme Sports Art Show 6p, Fri., Jul. 26 Suntrust Building 219 Central NW, 505.296.2738

FREE nmxsports.org warehouse508.org

BREW TOURS Bikes & Brews 1p, Sun., Jul. 21 Routes Rental and Tours 1102 Mountain NW, 505.933.5667

$60 ($50 BYO bike) routesrentals.com

The AleTrail: Burque Brewpub Tour 1:30p, Tue., Jul. 23 Boarding at Chama River Brewing 4939 Pan American, 505.240.8000

$45-$65 abqtrolley.com

s the Duke City’s brewing culture grows, so do the number of ways you can enjoy it. Two upcoming tours offer two different ways to experience the city’s breweries. The first is a bicycle tour which provides visitors and locals a chance to experience Albuquerque’s bike paths and breweries, complete with tour guide, support vehicle, beer flights and VIP brewery tours. If you prefer four wheels over two, The Ale Trail tour by ABQ Trolley Co. focuses on education and fun, with beer trivia, pub swag, behind-the-scene brewery tours — and beer, of course. The Ale Trail pub hopping happens in an open-air trolley. Both tours are sure to be uniquely Albuquerque experiences. —TR

hen a skateboard deck breaks, you might think it just goes where all good boards come to rest (or the trash). NMX Sports takes broken decks and gives them a new purpose with their Xtreme Sports Art Show and Silent Auction. This will be the fourth year the youthfocused sports and creative arts organization will be hosting its extremely eclectic art show. Each year, they collect and recycle broken skateboards by giving them to local artists to paint and create on a different medium. Each piece of art is auctioned off to raise money for NMX Sports and Warehouse 508 — two organizations which provide a safe avenue for New Mexico’s youth to pursue arts and nontraditional sports. The night will feature live entertainment from the kids who are part of the programs at NMX and 508. —JD

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COMPETITI0N U.S. Boomerang National Championships 7:45a., Fri.-Sun., Jul. 26-28 Balloon Fiesta Park 5000 Balloon Fiesta

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rom the Land Down Under to the Land of Enchantment, boomerang throwing is a worldwide competitive sport. Head out to Balloon Fiesta Park to kick back with your family and friends on the open field and watch athletes from all over the United States compete for the boomerang throwing national championship. Individual competitors will participate in different athletic events involving the boomerang, seeing who can achieve the highest score and prove to be the best overall thrower. Though the boomerang has been a well-known Australian icon for centuries, the sport itself was developed in the 1960s in both Australia and the United States. The national boomerang championships have attracted people to several locations across the country in recent years, now including Albuquerque. —JS

MARQUEE

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he music at Route 66 Summerfest — and boy is there a truckload of music — keeps going and going. In all, 20 bands playing a variety of music will be on three stages on Central in Nob Hill. The Main Stage is at Girard and the East Stage is at Washington. The Cork & Tap Stage is at Montclaire. And Summerfest is offering more, much more than just music. The Cork & Tap Stage, where local beer is on tap and wine is served, is featuring a carnival. You can eat from the food trucks that will be lined up in this area and vote for your favorite. There’s the Old Route 66 Car Show and Neon Cruise between Carlisle and Montclaire, a scooter raffle at Carlisle, youth performances between Wellesley and Tulane, an artists and artisans market between Dartmouth and Bryn Mawr and a Latin dance festival at Morningside. And, guess what? It’s all free — you can walk up and down Central in Nob Hill to your heart’s content. Many Nob Hill businesses will be open late. “It’s the best day of the year for all the merchants,” said Tom Guralnick, a director of the New Mexico Jazz Festival, which is intertwined with the street fest. In terms of numbers of people, Summerfest is the jazz festival’s biggest event. More than 40,000 showed up last year. Music on the Main Stage kicks off at 2:45p with the boogaloo-and-jazz band Certified Organic followed by Encuentro, Native Roots and Soul Kitchen. The headliners on the Main Stage are The Relatives, which go on at 7:40p and Red Baraat, which takes over at 9:20p. Red Baraat fuses jazz improvisation and East Indian brass band stylings, the idea of Sunny Jain, who plays a drum called a dohl. “I noticed audiences weren’t dwelling at some jazz performances. They wanted something more upbeat, with a positive vibe, stripped of electric amplification,” Jain said. So Jain, who is of East Indian descent, organized the eight-piece band Red Baraat from his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., “The guys in the band I knew from different scenes. They were from different musical influences. I didn’t want it to be just Indian jazz big band,” he said. The band has played at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and at the closing ceremonies of the London Para-Olympics.

The other Main Stage headliner is The Relatives, eight performers from Dallas. “The public calls what we do gospel rock with a funk beat. I call it ‘singing,’ man,” said the Rev. Gean West, the ensemble’s 76-year-old leader. The Relatives started out 43 years ago. They were on hiatus for 33 years when West and his 66-year-old brother Tommie West re-formed Marquee the group four years ago. At 8:40p Dallas route 66 bluesman Gregg A. summerfest Smith, whose career 2-10:30p, sat., Jul. 20 started in Albuquerque at the age of 12, takes nOb Hill the East Stage as the Central, FrOM girarD tO headliner. But that stage WasHingtOn also has five other bands Free that begin to play at rt66central.com/ 2:30p. You can groove on rt66summerfest.html Joe Banks & the Brothers Divine, Nu Methods, Wayne Reynolds, the Squash Blossom Boys and Ivan Ulibarri & Cafe Mocha. The music on the Cork & Tap Stage starts at 2p with DJ Mello. Then there’s Zoltan Orkestar, Round Mountain, folksinger Max Gomez of Taos, the Mil-Tones Brass Band and Felonious Groove Foundation. Summerfest is the second of three days of festival activities on Central Avenue.

red baraat (upper right) is the headlining mainstage show at route 66 summerfest at 9:20p. the brooklyn band fuses indian bhangra rhythms with elements of hip hop, jazz and brass funk. above, racine Creole performs at route 66 summerfest in 2012.

On Friday, July 19 the jazz fusion band Yellowjackets performs at the Hiland Theater and on Sunday there are four jazz brunches. The brunches are at Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro, Zacatecas Tacos & Tequila, O’Niell’s Irish Pub and Scalo Northern Italian Grill. For more details of the New Mexico Jazz Festival’s schedule of events, go to newmexicojazzfestival.com. LocaL iQ | albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | JuLy 18-31, 2013

PROFILE

salud to that Monthly variety show provides microphone and a beer to the local creative scene by sHaVone otero

urque is boomin’ and bumpin’ with an underground, legit and impressively talented local scene. Creative people are collaborating their passions to produce innovation at its finest. Proof? Look no further than I’ll Drink To That, one of Albuquerque’s illest expressions of local talent to entertain the brew heads since mobile food trucks. Created and emceed by local poet extraordinaire Carlos Contreras, I’ll Drink To That (IDTT) is a once-a-month free variety show focused on spoken word, music, dance, comedy and basically any art form you can think of, performance or otherwise. It’s staged, always on a Sunday, at a rotating roster of breweries and bars. In its 15-month run to date, IDTT has gained popularity as a great alternative to doing Sunday laundry. Why Sunday? Contreras explained in a recent Local iQ interview. “On Sunday, we’re deciding if we should do laundry or go drink, so it pokes and twists the arms of people who are on the couch and should be drinking.” It’s hard to pass up Sunday funday with friends at the local breweries with other friends cooking food in local food trucks and your other-other friends on stage presenting

the entertainment. Laundry? Carpe mañana, bro. Not to mention, this is a great space to hear about what’s really going on. After all, this is spoken word and more. “Spoken word gives people that don’t ‘fit in’ a place to fit in. I felt at home in PrOFile poetry,” Contreras revealed. “It gives i’ll drink to that young people in our 4-6p, sun., Jul. 21 community a way to relate to each other. artbar 119 gOlD sW It’s free speech in its own and a safe Free space that is created immastar.com on its own. The best communities grow from that. The spoken word artists in our community are people who are doing some of the most important work.” Contreras said the motive behind the show was not a complicated one. “It seemed like something good to do that should happen way more often,” he said. “I wanted to create a space anyone — page and stage poets, old and young, comedy, flamenco — I wanted to create a stage for anyone who wants to feel invited and welcome.” It’s a motive that reflects in Contreras’ licensed business, Immastar Productions, with a logo reminiscent of Converse All Star. Contreras, also a talented typographer, created the logo and idea of Immastar Productions around the notion that, “Anyone in 2006 — not to mention he was the should be able to say that ‘I’m a star,’ as an youngest ever to qualify for Albuquerque for artist, a kid, a mother or a father, anyone.” the National Poetry Slam Championships in Albuquerque-native Contreras has grown to Seattle. his own stardom in the slam poetry scene Contreras also plays host to the National as a member of the Albuquerque National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Voces program Championship Team in 2005 and Team each June and is currently co-facilitating UNM, which won a national championship

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PHoto by JustWrite, an upcoming Wes naMan nonprofit that focuses Carlos Conon writing workshops treras (right) for youth and adults in is the driving incarcerated and underforce and served populations. emcee of I’ll Drink to That, Contreras also keeps busy a monthly with Urban Verbs and, free sunday of course, as host for I’ll variety show in albuquerDrink to That. que. His Meanwhile, IDTT, under compadres Contreras’ guidance, is in making it happen keeping it funky and fresh include skye each month. Devore (cen“I am very grateful for the ter), manager at tractor way it has been received by brewing in the community, artists, and nob Hill, one local businesses, primarily of the regular the local breweries,” venues, and Collin troy of Contreras said. local hip hop Don’t miss IDTT’s next duo 2bers, gig at Artbar July 21 for a who is helping organize special show to help the and promote New Mexico Immigrant the next event Law Center (NMILC). at artbar. Contreras and Eph’Sharpe (aka Collin Troy) of 2bers are teaming up to help spread awareness about the important, notfor-profit work done by the NMILC, which provides free and low-cost legal assistance to low-income immigrant families.

culture

Visit an exhibit where you might not survive

id you catch me on the Jul. 15 segment of The Morning Brew with Larry Ahrens? I do hope you all are watching EVERY week, as my guests are always fun and fresh and interesting. On the Jul. 15 show I sat with Charlie Walter, who is the executive director for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. We talked about the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which we are fortunate to have through Oct. 27. When you enter the Titanic exhibit you are given a “boarding pass” with the name of a passenger who was actually on the ill-fated cruise liner. After you tour the vast array of photos and video, with stories and belongings salvaged from the wreckage, at the end is a list of the people who were in first , second and third class. It lists who survived and who perished. On my first visit when the exhibit opened this spring I was “Mrs. John Murray Brown,” a 59-year-old woman in first class. And she survived. It’s ominous Tune in to to read the list and see Steven J. if “you” made it. Last Westman week I went back for every Monday another look, and this at 7:30a on time I was “Mr. Frank Channels Thomas Andrew,” in 26 & 27 for second class, and I culture talk on didn’t survive. The Morning I went home and Brew Googled the names of both my boarding pass doppelgangers. Quite intriguing to learn who they were and see photos of them as well. The lessons learned at the museum carry on after you leave. You have three more months to check in yourself.

Tikes community event. This year it goes closer to the heart, helping kids get to, and stay in, school. As I said — VERY cool.

At the movies

Where will I be this Friday, July 19? Up in Santa Fe at the New Mexico History Museum. Thanks to the Lone Ranger phenomenon, and the gusto of the Cowboys Real and Imagined exhibition that recently ended at the museum, they are showing some great films. One of my favorites is called Lonely are the Brave. It starred Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Guests of Burns, and was filmed in the Titanic 1962 in Albuquerque, with exhibit at an infamous scene riding the Natural his horse up the Sandia History Mountains. The film is based Museum are given on the novel by Edward a boarding Abbey, and local historian pass and Jack Loeffler will be on hand the identity to discuss Abbey’s book. of an actual Titanic pasIf you have never seen it, this senger. is a wonderful opportunity to do so in a “movie theater” experience. If you already love it like I do, come join me. Please. 5:30p (museumofnewmexico.org). Steven J. Westman details community goings-on in each issue of Local iQ. Reach him at steven@ local-iQ.com.

I have VERY cool friends

I heard from my pal Babette Estrada this past week. Her husband Alberto is president of Mattress Firm New Mexico, where so many of us have finally found a good night’s sleep. How these two are NOT asleep at the wheel is their commitment (along with their partners in business) to helping the community. And right now they are doing something extra special for local children in need. It’s been called a “Back Pack to School” event, and the Estradas have purchased 3,000 backpacks with their Mattress Firm logo and enough supplies to fill 1,500 of those packs with all the materials required by the APS school system. It’s a promotion that also asks the public to do it’s part in helping with the vision. There will be drop boxes at all Mattress Firm New Mexico locations as well as Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Defined Fitness, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Pepsi, El Mezquite, LA Boxing and anyone else wanting to be a part of this event. Last year more than 600 children received new bicycles at the Mattress Firms’ Beds, Bikes and

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FOOD

Buying local and eating local is the neighborly thing to do

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Where to eat in albuquerque after midnight? good question. One answer is nob Hill eatery the last Call, aptly named for its hours of operation — 5:05p-2:34a on tuesdays, Fridays and saturdays. but unlike the majority of restaurants open in the early a.M (all fast food chains), the food at the last Call is actually made with fresh ingredients, and also fills the chasm of baja-style food locally.

after-midnight snack Before you make a ‘run to the border,’ think twice, think local out, you stop at a taco stand. That’s just tradition, you have to stop at a taco stand. said ere is one reason not to use Valdovinos. “I wanted to glean that same feel Urban Spoon: look up “Late Night and ambiance and food to this area.” Food ABQ” and you’ll be met That same feel has taken hold outside of with a long list of fast food chain Enrique’s eatery, as sometimes dozens of restaurants, maybe or maybe not owned by a young revelers take a break from the bars to local franchisee but still serving subpar food. sit down at the fold-out card Yelp lists a few local choices table just outside the entrance (Bricklight Dive, Slices Parlor), to the The Last Call, which is but none of which are open PrOFile essentially a walk-in, walk-up past midnight. Ironically, even counter where orders are placed. the last call Frontier Restaurant doesn’t There are no indoor seats here, 102 riCHMOnD ne, make either list in the late-night 505.369.6102 there is only enough room for a category (open until 1a). Neither Hours: few people to stand and peruse does The Last Call, which seems the compact menu offering tue., fri., sat., to be the only local brick and 5:05p-2:34a four varieties of tacos — carne mortar in the Duke City (not thu., 5:05-10:10p asada, grilled chicken, fish or owned by a global corporation) lastcallabq.com vegetarian tacos (3 for $8). On willing to stay open until the a recent visit, I had all but the wee hour of 2:30a. chicken tacos, which was plenty Of course food trucks have been of food for the time of night a saving grace for hungry nocturnes (The Last (11:30p). Each taco yielded just barely more Call has one of those too; more on that later) than two bites, but that’s precisely as it is in seeking locally crafted menus, and on any Baja, Mexico. given night, that is where you will find lines The carne asada version is meaty, savory and of late night eaters eager to throw down a slightly rich, which contrasts perfectly with burrito, bahn mi or slider when the Downtown sharper flavors of cilantro and lime. Top that bars shutter their doors. Nob Hillers though, with cotija cheese and some of The Last Call’s relish The Last Call, which not only is the sole homemade salsas (another must in Baja-style structure serving grub, it is also the only spot cuisine) and you have a lovely little late-night in that part of town serving true Baja-style snack. cuisine. The vegetarian version is just as delicious Owner Luis Enrique Valdovinos knows a few (made with a combination of sauteed Mexican things about Baja-style. As a native of Tijuana, squash and potato, served with beans and Mexico, he grew up with street tacos being a chile de arbol), but it is the fish taco that is part of everyday life. the true test of Baja-style authenticity, and “Coming from Tijuana, whenever you go something that, as Valdovinos told me, New

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Mexico has lacked for the most part until his spot opened in April of 2012. I am happy to report that the fish taco at Last Call is true to form and easily the highlight of this menu. Deep fried, beer-battered tilapia has a wonderful crunch to it, which prepares the palate for the soft tortilla and bite of pickled red cabbage and the ever-present lime and cilantro. Again, just a few bites are needed before the taco disappears. For anyone who has ever tasted the Baja-style fish tacos found in San Diego or anywhere south of that city, The Last Call’s version will definitely bring up fond memories. Another menu highlight is the more intimidating Carne Asada Fries ($10 and enough to feed three or four). Valdovinos takes the same carne asada found in his tacos, places a generous portion atop hand-cut Belgian-style fries and tops that with melted cheese, a chipotle aioli and cilantro, lime and house-made habanero salsa. It is one of those late-night naughty dishes that is more comforting and memorable than perhaps any food you have ever considered to be comfort food. It proved difficult for me to not order this on my last visit, but when the mood strikes, there is nothing that would stop me from this late-night treat. “I grew up on true street food, fresh, real food with real integrity,” Valdovinos related as he brought out a non-menu item (ceviche). “And I follow that same principle; I don’t have a freezer here. We try to source locally as much as possible, everything here is fresh.” To read the full review of The Last Call online, visit Local-iQ.com/Food

ormally I like to tell you all about where to go eat, and who can make you the best food. It’s nice to go out to eat and try new places, but sometimes the best meal is one that is prepared at home. I’ll stop short of offering recipes (we have other columnists for that sort of thing). Instead, I’d like to look at the locally-sourced options for the food you prepare and consume. More and more, the locavore lifestyle has become a widespread concept and value in the restaurant industry. From restaurants like Farm & Table that use dozens of local food purveyors to food trucks around the city, the idea is clear – buy local and eat local. When you start to look into the local farms and food distributors, it’s actually kind of surprising the depth New tune in to Mexico has when Justin de La it comes to the rosa food industry. every tuesday If you’re at 7:30a on unfamiliar with Channels the farming 26 & 27 for industry in New food talk on Mexico, the best the morning way to acquaint breW yourself with it is by taking a stroll around one of the many grower’s markets around your city. I say, “your city,” meaning that there are grower’s markets in nearly every city throughout the state. All it takes is a little research. The best way to track down the nearest market is by visiting farmersmarketsnm.org. The website has a full list of farmer’s markets from Hobbs to Farmington and all points in between. Locally-sourced food doesn’t just mean green chile and raw vegetables. There are a number of great ways to get organic processed products. Tucumcari Mountain Cheese Factory and The Old Windmill Dairy both provide quality cheese throughout the state and can be found at Whole Foods, La Montanita Co-op, and a number of your favorite restaurants. It doesn’t just stop there — Heidi’s Raspberry Farm in Corrales handcrafts an incredibly tasty red chile raspberry jam with a unique sweet and spicy flavor with great texture and beautiful color. Kyzer Farm provides the state with hand-raised and healthy pork from Belen, while Talus Wild Ranch takes care of us with humane and high quality turkey. Those are just a few examples. The best thing about a locavore lifestyle is that you can shake the hand of the person who raised your food. You can smell the freshness and taste the quality. Our state’s farmers are not just trying to turn a quick dollar — they’re turning an industry based on quantity and striving for quality in feeding our families. Support them. Justin De La Rosa writes about the local food and restaurant scene. He can be reached at justin@local-iQ.com.

FOOD

A pellet smoker simplifies barbecue

gave up smoking meat a few years ago because it was getting to be too much trouble. First I had to locate the wood, which meant calling firewood lots and asking if they had any pecan or fruit woods around. And then, during the smoking process, was the constant adding of the wood to the firebox, which interrupted anything else I was trying to do. The best time to smoke was during a football game when I could add wood during the timeouts for commercial breaks. But football isn’t on during the summer, which is the traditional time for smoking. Finally, I gave it up and just went to the Pork and Brew cook-off and bought a year’s supply of pulled pork and brisket from my friends, the Texas Rib Rangers. But along came technology to the rescue in the form of a pellet smoker. Mike Stines, who writes for my blog, Burn-Blog.com, wrote an article about pellet smokers in general and had managed to convince Yoder Smokers to give him one for testing. Mike liked his new pellet smoker so much he ended up writing the owners’ manual for how to operate the YS 640! A few weeks ago, during an e-mail exchange with Mike, I casually asked him if he thought Yoder would send me one if I promised to promote it at the Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. Surprisingly, Don Cary, one of the owners of Yoder Smokers, agreed, and the 400-pound steel monster arrived last week on a pallet placed on our front patio. I set it up with the help of Max Cisneros and finally tracked down some pellets (culinary only — don’t use stove pellets) that cost $9.95 for 25 pounds. I decided to cook two briskets and a turkey breast, which took about seven hours and cost about three bucks worth of pellets, burning about a pound an hour to keep the smoker at 210 degrees. It was the easiest smoking I’ve ever done, but the brisket was a bit tough — though still delicious when sliced as thinly as possible. I’m going to inject it with a marinade next time to tenderize it better. The turkey breast was very tasty and not overly smoky.

Spicy Smoked Brisket and Breast Combo Ingredients:

9 to 10 lb. Brisket (“packer trimmed” preferred) 1/2 cup Lemon juice 2 cups New Mexican red chile powder 1 Tbsp. Cayenne 2 Tbsp. freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup garlic powder 1 cup Honey 1/2 cup Soy sauce 3 Tbsp. Hot sauce of choice 2 to 3 lb. Turkey breast

Brisket Basting Sauce: 2 Tbsp. Chili powder 1/2 tsp. Cayenne 1 lb. Butter 2 Onions, chopped fine 5 cloves Garlic, minced 1-1/2 cups Beer

4 Lemons, quartered 1 bunch Parsley tops, minced 2 cups Vegetable oil 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 2 Bay leaves Method: To prepare the brisket, thoroughly coat all surfaces of the brisket with lemon juice, and rub in well. Combine the chile powder, cayenne, black pepper and garlic powder in a bowl, and sprinkle generously all over the brisket, rubbing it in well. Make sure that the brisket is entirely covered. Allow to marinate for at least an hour before smoking. To prepare the turkey breast, combine the honey, soy sauce and hot sauce in a bowl. Using a brush, brush the mixture all over the turkey breast. Allow to sit for 20 minutes before smoking. To smoke the brisket and breast, build a hardwood fire in the fire box using pecan, oak, or any fruit wood. When the fire is smoking nicely, place the brisket on the rack fat side up, to let gravity and nature do the basting. Place the breast as far from the heat source as possible, and close the smoker. During the smoking, do nothing to the brisket, but continue to marinate the breast with the honey-soy mixture until it is used up. During the smoking, also make the Brisket Basting Sauce. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onions and garlic and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes to soften. Add the beer, squeeze in the lemon juice, and add the lemon rinds to the pot. When the foam subsides, add all of the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a medium low and simmer for 20 minutes. The smoking will take approximately 5 hours for the breast (the skin will blacken — that’s okay) and about 8 hours for the brisket. Remove the breast from the smoker and allow it to cool. Do not place it in your cupboard or everything in it will smell like smoke. After the brisket has finished smoking, remove it from the smoker, slather it generously with Red’s Brisket Basting Sauce wrap it tightly in aluminum foil, and return it to the smoker. Close off all of the air supplies to the fire, and allow the meat to “set” in the pit for about 2 hours. Yield: A 9- or 10-pound brisket will yield about 15 to 20 servings, depending on the individual brisket and the size of the appetites of the guests. The turkey breast will serve 6 to 10 people. Heat Scales: Brisket, Medium; Breast, Mild. Chile pepper expert Dave DeWitt is the author of fifty books, many on chile peppers and spicy foods, including The Complete Chile Pepper Book (Timber Press). He is also the founding producer of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue show, now in its 26th year.

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drink

Summer heat, cool mint and ‘Abelita’ inspire rum cocktail

o I’m out frying eggs on the sidewalk, all the time giving thanks to those assuring me, “There’s no such thing as global warming,” when I get a hankering to slake my thirst. I look over — and see there! A flourishing mint bush, an all-but-feeble windowsill herb I discarded into my garden last October. Immediately I recall my youth, days visiting mi abuelita Cubana and her sailor “friend” Jerry and the afternoons we enjoyed sipping mojitos while the tropical air hung like steaming hot barber towels. Here’s where I remember things getting twisted. See, instead of the classic lime, sugar, rum and soda concoction, mi abuelita liked to head out to the yard and grab some strawberries, blackberries and kumquats and put a little twist into our beverages while we all tried for the biggest snorts of the black beans simmering in the kitchen. Mi abuelita preferred a dainty strawberry-kumquat mojito, while Jerry liked his a little darker. Here we’ll prepare Jerry’s drink (let’s call it “Jerry’s Berry Mojo”) while we do some prep for the next installment of Stir It Up, when I’ll show

you how to make the “Abuelita-jito.”

Jerry’s Berry Mojo Ingredients:

2 oz. Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum 1 oz. Lime juice, fresh squeezed 1 goodly amount of fresh Mint + one sexy piece for garnish 3 fresh Blackberries 1 oz. Soda water (if desired) 3/4 oz. mint turbinado simple syrup* Method: In the bottom of a mixing glass muddle the berries, fresh mint and Sailor Jerry Spiced Navy Rum. Add lime juice, turbinado simple syrup* and ice cubes. Shake well and strain into your favorite pool-side container packed with crushed ice. Top with soda water if desired. Add that sexy leaf of mint to

your glass and walk around slurping like you so bad. *To make turbinado simple syrup, stir one pint turbinado sugar into one pint hot water. Mix until sugar is dissolved. Add handful of mint. Let steep for 24-ish hours. Remove mint leaves and taste. Add fresh mint if a more minty syrup is desired. Repeat if necessary to flavor. Bottle and have on hand so you may be able to instantly offer a mojito to Bow-Ties selling salvation in the afternoon. Prep for next issue:

Abuelita-jito 1 bottle Silver rum (your favorite “not-too-pricey” will do) 1 pint fresh Strawberries Slice strawberries into quarters (discard green leafy tops) and place in large glass container, add rum, cover and set aside until your next issue of Local iQ arrives. Save rum bottle. Randy Kolesky is a veteran bar and restaurant manager in Albuquerque and the Tuesday host of All that Jazz on KUNM 89.9 FM. He currently tends bar at Artichoke Cafe. Photo by wes naman

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drink

Rosé redux: a second look at pinks

n August of 2011, I introduced Local iQ readers to the joys of drinking Rosé. We covered how White Zin was a horrible accident created by Sutter Home: a pink, flavorless sugar bomb. I have returned to this subject after two years to reiterate the importance of “thinking pink” when the thermometer is so far in the red. There are even more great Rosés available now than two years ago, so let’s take a look at this rosy world of wine for hot summer weather.

Fifty Shades of Pink

First, I want you to imagine a frilly hand-painted wine glass full of candy-pink white zin (maybe imagine the bejeweled hand of Mrs. Roper holding it while complaining about her sex life with Stanley). Now imagine the flavor of watery grape juice with some ethanol and a lot of sugar. Got it? Now throw all of that out the window for good. Rosé comes in so many amazing shades and as you explore each variety you will find the ones that best match your palate. The wine can be rust, copper, peach or light purple colored. The flavors might be light like watermelon or strawberry, as in the $9/bottle Casal Garcia Vinho Verde Rosé. This is a good place to start because it is still slightly sweet and might be the gateway wine to get sweet wine lovers to transition to “off-dry” wines. As a vinho verde it’s a little bubbly too. For you lovers of rich, dark Malbec, lighten up! It’s freakin’ boiling hot out. Don’t drink red, drink the Rosé of Malbec from the Balboa family at Crios for around $13/ bottle. The fruit is more pronounced like a bing cherry (“fruit forward” in wine-speak). It’s nicely balanced with the tannins imbued by the skins (that feeling of wanting to lick your teeth clean after drinking). The saturated fuchsia of Malbec becomes a beautiful bright hibiscus in the glass.

Not Just For Panthers (or Cougars)

Ladies, there is a stigma about women only liking sweet wine. Your sophisticated palate might want something more subtle and refined, but you don’t want to look like Courtney Cox at a Bat Mitzvah when you’re

quenching your thirst at Scalo, Artichoke Café or Vinaigrette. Don’t hesitate to order Rosé. Most restaurants have something for you, even P’tit Louis has a mystery Rosé that reflects everything beautiful about Provencal France. Want a bottle for home? The spicy red grapes Syrah and Mourvedre are perfectly blended by the forward thinking Jean-Luc Colombo who has made wine from abandoned vineyards, including the 2011 Cape Bleue Rosé available for around $9/bottle. If you want something complex, subtle, friendly yet aloof (and are willing to spend a little more money), try the Whispering Angel from Cave D’Esclans for around $23/ bottle. It is bone dry, and has an amazing balance of dried and fresh fruit on the palate. Drink it with shellfish, lightly dressed chicken salad, or baby greens with nuts, goat cheese and a pear vinaigrette. Pour it at brunch or as a late afternoon poolside sipper all by itself.

Overall when looking for a Rosé, try something made from the grapes that you normally like in a red wine and you will begin to understand the art of the “pink wine” at Jubilation or Whole Foods while you still can. You will not be disappointed. Overall when looking for a Rosé, try something made from the grapes that you normally like in a red wine and you will begin to understand the art of the “pink wine” and how those grape skins can add a hint of depth that suggests your favorite grape, without the heaviness that red wine has when you are poolside or sitting down to an outdoor meal when the nighttime temperatures are reaching 90 degrees. As always I encourage you to write to me with your questions or comments about wine, food, your home cooking or your general experience at sam@local-iQ.com. Cheers. Sam Melada spent 15 years working in fine and not-so-fine dining restaurants. He believes that all palates can be enlightened to the pleasures of food and wine.

Red Skies at Night

Many of the red grapes we drink in the colder months make beautiful Rosé in the 100 degree weather of New Mexico. Pinot Noir, which translates as “black pine,” is one of the most food-friendly grapes in the world. When made into a Rosé it can pair with all manner of summertime snacks, from lightly grilled meat and fish to simple salads. When made into a Rosé the deeper, earthy and mineral qualities come through but with a tendency toward soft fruit and stones in equal parts. If you like Oregon Pinot Noir, try the 2012 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Rose from Elk Cove for around $17/bottle. Anything with a little mineral in the glass is bound to pair well with everything from seafood to arugula salad. Pick up a bottle

Rosé wines can be just as complex, subtle and friendly as any other wine. One standout in this category is the Whispering Angel from Cave D’Esclans (around $23/bottle).

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health

How to avoid the fate of the allergy zombie

his past weekend my wife and I had a rare experience … we actually went to the movies. We have not been to see a flick for almost three years, as we have a little 3-year-old boy who has other things he would like to do with his free time. Our first movie outing was awesome! We saw World War Z, an epic of a zombie movie with Brad Pitt and countless undead brainless ghouls. While zombification is severe and abrupt, the symptoms are not very different than how many feel during the spring-summer-fall allergy season in the Duke City. Yes zombies are severe allergy sufferers; puffy faces, angry irritated eyes, mucous gurgling continually out their noses, so doped up on antihistamines they just moan. This describes exactly how I feel today. So, I guess I am a zombie as well. I’m so inundated by my seasonal allergies that I truly feel that my brain has been sucked out and replaced with goop. Forty million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies. For most Duke City residents plagued with the aliment, the season seems especially harsh. The warm bright days, dry climate and gusting winds well-known in the Land of Enchantment seem to be the pollen trifecta. Mild winters such as the past one result in earlier tree pollination and an earlier start to the allergy season, with extremely high pollen counts. Elm, cottonwood, ash and many more trees and plants gear up for a reproductive frenzy that results in surges in the price of Kleenex stock. What can you do to have a fighting chance against pollen? Stay indoors during the times of heaviest pollen counts – between 5 and 10a – and on windy days. Keep windows closed. Take a shower after being outside to lessen pollen exposure indoors. As a progressive physician, I routinely try to minimize medication use by my patients. However, the misery that I go through every season is not something I would wish on anyone except real zombies. Consider asking your doctor about nasal steroids, non-sedating antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers and even allergy shots. These efficacious medications are well studied and safe. However, many allergy and sinus sufferers,

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including myself, have incorporated nasal irrigation as a foundation in any successful allergy treatment strategy. Nasal irrigation simply uses salt water to flush out the nasal passages. The most popular form of nasal irrigation is the Neti pot. This centuries old Ayurvedic/yoga technique uses a ceramic or plastic pot that looks like a small teapot. About 16 ounces of lukewarm water is mixed with one teaspoon of salt in the Neti pot. The user then tilts his or her head sideways about 45 degrees and water is poured from the top nostril, transits through the sinuses and exits the bottom nostril — thinning the mucous and alleviating congestion, facial pain and pressure. Use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution. Blow your nose to get rid of any remaining liquid, then refill the Neti pot and repeat the process on the other side. It’s important to rinse the Neti pot after each use and leave open to air dry. The Neti pot can be used daily and has been medically proven to reduce sinus symptoms. Neti pots can be purchased at most drug stores and are usually less than $20. My allergies are so profound, I use the Neti pot from the first spring bud until the last Autumn leaf has fallen. The Neti pot is safe when used properly and kept clean. My take-away lesson from World War Z is, “You can run but you can’t hide.” As with my severe allergies, I can keep my symptoms in check with medicines, sprays and nasal irrigation. But if I let my guard down ... ZAP! ... I become a zombie. Dr. Abinash Achrekar is an assistant professor of cardiology, internal medicine and public health at the University of New Mexico. He can be reached at abinash@local-iQ.com.

gardening

Water-wise gardening should be a way of life

ater conservation is a frequent topic of conversation in the nursery, and the prevailing tone of the customers who bring it up is one of despair and concern. Homeowners are uneasy about water usage and often ask questions about how much to water, what should be watered and how to conserve water in the landscape. As a native-plant nursery, it is our responsibility, as well as our conviction, to educate others about gardening wisely, especially during cyclical drought conditions. With the right tools and information, it is possible to have a beautiful outdoor living space for respite, entertainment and natural beauty — while conserving water also. Experts in the horticultural industry have researched extensively to develop a system of xeriscape principles. These principles conserve water and provide options in landscaping that suite the needs of most homeowners. The xeriscape principles adopted by the city of Albuquerque, as well as most cities in the states of New Mexico and Colorado, provide information on water conservation as follows:

Planning and Design

An assessment of the property to understand drainage, soil types and sun and shade exposure should be the first task. Divide planting areas from living spaces and include areas for walkways, hardscapes and other structures. A sketch will record this process and be helpful in the next steps.

With the right tools and information, it is possible to have a beautiful outdoor living space — while conserving water also.

• Keep rain barrels under downspouts to catch run off rain water. • Be aware of changing weather and windy conditions. Watering is unnecessary after a good monsoon soak. • Water early in the day to avoid evaporation; plants will have a chance to absorb the water before temperatures rise. • Get a copy of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s publication Xeriscaping, The Complete How-to Guide for a complete list of plants and their water needs. • It is our responsibility to provide enough water

for wildlife to survive drought conditions. Have a water source for birds, bees, butterflies, lizards and any other animal that may wonder into the landscape. Established trees and shrubs will also need supplemental water, as evidenced by the hundreds of dying trees in Albuquerque. My father’s adage of “waste not want not” should be the catch phrase promoted by every media source to encourage water conservation. After all, the drought condition affects everyone in every household in every community. Tish Resnik is the owner of Great Outdoors Nursery. She can be reached at info@ greatoutdoorsabq.com.

be designed to fit the needs of the family but small enough to conserve water use. Planting native turf grasses which are drought tolerant and can be watered deeply twice a week will ensure success.

Maintenance

Keeping the landscape clean, free of weeds and pruned properly will help protect the plants, giving them less competition for moisture and nutrition. A plant will use less water if it is not over-fertilized. Check the irrigation system every two weeks or so. In addition:

Soil Improvements

To improve the performance of soils in the Albuquerque area, it is highly suggested by horticulturists to add a 3-4 inch layer of compost to soils every spring. Not only will this add nutritional value to the root system of the plants, but it can keep the soil moist for longer periods of time.

Efficient Irrigation

Installing an irrigation system should be done prior to installing the plants in a landscape. Bubblers, drip or spray emitters are efficient for watering trees, shrubs and flower beds. Use low pressure systems for grass lawns to prevent evaporation and overspray. Not sure how much water your irrigation system is using? Put a rain gauge by the sprinkler to measure accurately. One inch of water can penetrate down six inches. (This may vary depending on soil types.)

Plant Zones

Place plants together that have the same water requirements. Information on water requirements for plants is available at local nurseries. Plan before you buy and know the water requirements of your plants.

Mulches

Mulching with organic materials will reduce water use significantly and increase the nutritional value of the soil. Mulches like wood chips, straw or lawn clippings help the soil retain moisture. Trees and shrubs do not like to be planted in the middle of hot, moisturedepleting gravel. Gravel mulch has its place, but not in planting areas.

Turf

Many families benefit from having some lawn in their yard. The perimeter of the turf area should

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SAnTA FE

Wild for Wilde santa fe Opera stages world premier of Oscar, about rebel, ribald writer Oscar Wilde by ross scHarf

heodore Morrison said his new opera Oscar has been a threeway collaboration. There is Morrison himself as composer and a librettist. There is John Cox as the other librettist, and, interestingly, there is countertenor David Daniels, who is singing the title role in the world premiere of Oscar at the Santa Fe Opera. The opera is about the late 19th century literary great Oscar Wilde. The idea for a collaboration sprouted in London nine years ago when Morrison and Cox were attending the British premiere of Morrison’s song cycle Chamber Music. Daniels, for whom the work was written, was singing it. Backstage after the performance, Morrison said Cox asked him if he’d want to write an opera. “It was totally out of the blue that he asked me. He really liked the music of Chamber Music,” Morrison said. “I said, ‘No, I haven’t written any operas but I’d love to write one for David.’” At the time, Morrison said he didn’t know much about Cox’s background; he went home, looked him up and found that Cox was considered to be one of the world’s

greatest opera directors. The two men met in San Francisco to discuss the subject of an opera. Morrison said he had read Richard Ellmann’s biography of Wilde and proposed Wilde as a subject. Cox, he said, had suggested the Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev. “David had already told me he wanted something of OPera social significance, something deep and oscar profound if possible. World PreMiere: Not just a light8:30p, sat., Jul. 27 weight subject. Then santa Fe OPera I suggested Oscar 301 OPera, santa Fe, 505.986.5900 Wilde to David. I had already brought it up $40-$285 to John,” Morrison santafeopera.org said. The opera tells about Wilde’s homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, the writer’s trial on charges of carrying on an santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of theodore Morrison’s Oscar, about noted 19th century illicit affair and his two years at hard-labor in literary icon Oscar Wilde’s homosexual relationship with lord alfred Douglas and his trial on prison. charges of carrying on an illicit affair, features countertenor David Daniels (center) in the title role. aaron Pegram (left) and benjamin sieverding (right) appear as prison warders in this Morrison said the opera presents Wilde as unique slice of Wilde’s eventful life. “a hero but certainly as a victim of Victorian The Picture of Dorian Gray. Or he’s known society. And he was changed by prison into a more compassionate person with a deeper as a kind of outrageous character in London understanding of the common people he society. shared the prison with.” “But we don’t know the depth of his Morrison said American poet Walt Whitman character, his kindness, his generosity, his is a character in the opera. Whitman’s triumph over disaster during the time in role is presented as William Shakespeare prison. Most people don’t know the tragedy introduced a chorus into of Oscar Wilde,” Morrison said. Romeo and Juliet to tell what After his release from prison, happens in the play. rePeat Wilde was persona non grata PerforMances: Oscar needed someone to in London, Morrison said, do the same, someone “who and most of the middle class oscar would speak from outside and the aristocracy had turned If you can’t the drama as commentator. make the world against him. premiere of So Whitman’s function in He died poor and in exile. Oscar, all is not the opera is to speak from lost. Additional “The opera itself is a kind immortality.” Morrison said. performances of a triumph of the human “Whitman was a great hero of the opera will spirit over those exigencies,” take place on: in England, moreso than Morrison said. in America. He became the 8:30p, Jul. 27 As for the opera’s music, the 8p, Jul. 31 & aug. perfect person to be a kind of 9, 12, 17 composer said he uses modern narrator and commentator technique within a context and observer of all the action.” that’s accessible. The opera’s libretto uses “My music,” he said, “sounds some of Whitman’s poetry. Morrison said like music of our time but it is also music Whitman has meant a lot to him over the written for a general audience. … I enjoy years. The composer used Whitman’s Civil melody, harmony.” War poetry for the text of his symphony War and Reconciliation. Morrison said Wilde should be understood in the context of our time. Whitman and Wilde had in fact met in the United States. Whitman had died before “That we fear people who are different from Wilde’s imprisonment, the composer said. us and therefore we persecute them, that’s exactly what happened to Oscar. I feel very The opera shows a generally unknown strongly that he is a man of our time because human side of the great writer to a public he’s a man who spoke his mind,” Morrison that is probably most familiar with his play The Importance of Being Earnest and his novel said.

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2013 Golden Fork AwArds

have fork, will eat written + compiled by logan greely

photos by wes naman

Think of it like this: Your foodie friend invites you to a dinner at her favorite eatery and proceeds to make knowledgeable recommendations of the best dishes on the menu. A satisfying feast ensues. That, in a nutshell, is the Golden forK aWards. Local iQ has turned to a roster of Albuquerque’s most knowledgeable food lovers — restaurant owners, chefs, bartenders, sommeliers, food writers, even a lawyer — and asked them to cast votes for their favorite dishes in town, from chicken wings and chicharones to steak and sushi. We’ve basically asked them to guide our readers to best food in the Duke City. The results are Local iQ’s Golden Fork Awards of 2013. Congratulations to the winners, and bon appetit to all!

best breakfast burrito

Most creative side dish

golden Pride/ Frontier restaurant

VinaiGrette

Pancetta Wrapped Asparagus

No real surprise here with Golden Pride and Frontier netting the majority of the votes. Since it’s essentially the same product, we lumped the two together to arrive at an overwhelming majority of votes cast for the local breakfast burrito champs. However, if the line is too long at either, some of our judges offered alternatives, including sophia’s Place, taqueria Mexico and even “the food

truck on 4th just north of Griegos in front of VSA.”

best use of bacon scalo bloody Mary bar Is there any bad use of bacon? Oh wait, don’t try the bacon beer that has been marketed of late. Not very good. In a bloody mary, on the other hand, bacon is perfection. Scalo’s weekend bloody mary bar received the most votes in this category, where they offer it as an edible swizzle stick. rebel donut and Jennifer James 101 was also notables in this category. A couple of judges bucked the trend and announced that they were “over bacon” and that it was (avert your eyes) “overused.” Whatever. More for us, right?

best chicken Wings nob Hill bar & grill Along with one judge’s warning to not eat wings (yeah, right) was a long list of popular joints that boast wings on their menu, including the impressive lineup at abQ brew Pub. Topping the list with Golden Fork judges was nob Hill bar & Grill’s version, which is smoked in applewood and served with a mango habanero dipping sauce. Ah, yeah!

best bar menu Cellar bar at Zinc Wine bar & bistro Tough, tough category here, with three neighboring Nob Hill eateries vying it out — Gecko’s, nob Hill bar and Grill and Zinc’s cellar bar.

The latter takes home the prize.

best appetizer

best vegan dish

Duck Confit egg rolls, Zinc Wine bar & bistro

annapurna’s World vegetarian Cafe

After reading through the judges’ responses in this category, we had to leave the office to go get lunch … so many sumptuous starters! The one that proved most popular, though, was Zinc’s incredible creation, the Duck Confit Egg Rolls. Yum.

Lots of individual dishes were chosen in this category from essentially a pair of prominent vegan locales — annapurna’s and thai Vegan, with Annapurna getting the edge. Of note were the answers from judges who likely haven’t eaten a vegan meal in some time: “Why?” “Stop it with the vegetables,” “Does not apply to me” and “Not sure, I’m not a vegan.” As your mom would likely tell you, “Eat your vegetables!”

best bbQ ribs rudy’s bbq Unlike Texas, New Mexico doesn’t have a barbecue joint on every corner. But our judges were divided between four really tasty rib specialists — the cube, rudy’s, Whole Hog cafe and Powdrell’s — with Rudy’s edging out the pack.

best vegetarian dish Falafel Cakes, gecko’s Local iQ’s staff had a field day writing down a number of unfamiliar dishes to discover on the vegetarian side of the culinary scene. Big ups to the usual cast of characters — Pars cuisine, annapurna’s and san Pedro Mini Mart

— however, the winner was a bit of a dark horse: those delicious Falafel Cakes at Gecko’s.

best salad vinaigrette This category should have been called “Best Salad at Vinaigrette,” as that is the restaurant that garnered the lion’s share of votes. The West Downtown all-salad-allthe-time resto took the city by storm when it opened last year and boasts salads with kooky names like “All Kale Caesar” and The “Beet Goes On.” The Vinaigrette salad most of our judges liked? “Eat Your Peas.”

best steak Marcello’s Chophouse This category yielded very straightforward answers, all of which were happily local steakhouses. Among the elite were Vernon’s, Monte carlo, Jennifer James 101 and the decidedly Mad Men-esque Paul’s Monterey inn. The top spot though went to Uptown steak haven Marcello’s chophouse.

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best Pasta dish

best salsa

Penne con salsiccia, scalo northern italian grill

sadie’s

Expecting a slew of individual pasta dishes, we thought this might be a tough category to calculate. We were wrong. Anyone who has tasted the Penne con Salsiccia from scalo northern italian Grill can understand why. Delicioso!

best carne adovada Mary y tito’s There are more carne adovada recipes in the Duke City than one could count, and the ones that people keep coming back for are tried and true. Mary y tito’s version impressed the majority of the judges here, but sophia’s, Monroe’s, cecilia’s and frontier/ Golden Pride were other notables near the top of the list.

best green chile stew Frontier restaurant One judge voted for his own version, but others were a bit more diplomatic, voting for versions at duran’s, cocina azul and Monroe’s. It was frontier restaurant’s fiery, meaty concoction that won over most judges.

Voting in this category was all over the place with salsa from the range, retro

taco, el Pinto, cervantes, el bruno’s and the Molcajete at Pro’s ranch Market

getting nods. We guessed that good old sadie’s salsa would get plenty of votes, and we were right.

best guacamole Zacatecas One judge quizzically voted for “California?” in this category. Really? Like New Mexico can’t compete in the guacamole arena? Please. Many spots popped up, but most of our judges were impressed most with the “guac” at Zacatecas.

best chicharones barelas Coffee House This was a hotly contested battle between two very established traditional New Mexican favorites, but it was barelas coffee House who edged out Mary y tito’s for the award. How can you go wrong with either?

best huevos rancheros Duran’s Central Pharmacy So many options, so little time in the morning to decide. There are plenty of local spots that do this well, including Garcia’s, barelas, the range, Monroe’s and cocina azul among many others. Our judges were smitten on the huevos at duran’s central Pharmacy, and we don’t blame them.

best tacos Zacatecas This was a race to the finish between the more traditional taqueria Mexico and the new style Zacatecas in Nob Hill, with Zacatecas getting the gold (fork that is). Other mentions include the last call (see page 8) and el

best use of bacon Scalo Bloody Mary Bar scalo nortHern italian Grill

Paisa.

best nachos gecko’s If you’re going to serve nachos, do it right. Our judges thought Gecko’s had it down best, though o’niell’s, cecilia’s and el Pinto received high praise, as well as the Ahi Tuna Nachos at slate street.

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2013 Golden Fork AwArds

best non-traditional new Mexican dish new Mexico Roll craZy fisH

best non-traditional new mexican dish new Mexico roll at Crazy Fish Admittedly, not an easy category but we thought it would garner some interesting answers, which it did — SOB at cervantes, Lushaladas at cafe lush, Chile Relleno omelet at Monroe’s, among others. The top spot went to crazy fish for its New Mexico Roll (extremely non-traditional), but our favorite answer was simply “Odelay” (spelled all guera style).

best green chile cheeseburger blake’s lotaburger This was a hard-fought win for blake’s who had to compete with many votes for Holy cow, Monte carlo and nob Hill bar and Grill, but it’s tough to compete with what is now considered a New Mexican tradition.

best hot dog

best curry dish

urban Hot Dog

taj Mahal

most creative side dish

Votes weighed in heavily for the dog House and the cube, but not as heavily as those for newcomer urban Hot dog, who might want to consider opening up a more centrally located restaurant. Our guess is, it would do quite well. One judge didn’t choose a particular restaurant, per se, only saying “wherever they’re wrapping hot dogs in bacon and topping them with a circus tent full of condiments, there I shall be.”

The well-established taj Mahal’s curry concoctions

Pancetta Wrapped asparagus, vinaigrette

bested votes for the Japanese curry at Kokoro (if you haven’t been, go today) and versions at india Kitchen, rasoi, om and thai cuisine ii. Time and practice deliver honor.

We knew this category would be interesting and that the votes would vary wildly. We were right. Votes were cast for sardines at lucia, miso pork belly at farm & table, cassava fries at Pasion latin fusion and fideos at richard’s. One judge simply remarked, “I will eat anything at Farm & Table. Anything.” However, it was the Pancetta Wrapped Asparagus at Vinaigrette that most judges were keen on.

best burger Holy Cow blake’s may have gotten

the green chile cheese crown, but when it comes to burgers in general, Holy cow is where our judges order theirs the most. Trailing behind in votes was artichoke cafe, five star burgers and nob Hill bar & Grill.

best Pho PHO #1 If you named your baby Magnum, odds are he would be grow up to be a badass. Name your restaurant Pho #1, and you end up being numero uno at making the best pho in town. It’s as simple as that. Viet taste and Vietnam 2000 also were popular picks.

best Pad thai Orchid thai This category resulted in a sprint to the finish by orchid thai and thai cuisine ii — both extremely tasty examples of the Thai standard. orchard thai won by a nose, which means some of the city’s best palates just chose two wonderful places to get your pad thai on … so what are you waiting for?

best Fish n chips two Fools tavern A few votes were cast for o’niell’s and slate street cafe’s versions, but by and large, two fools tavern owns this category in the Duke City. Want to test that theory? Then you best make plans for lunch or dinner.

banh Mi Coda Americans do sandwiches really, really well. But the Vietnamese? They have their own take on the sandwich, thanks in large part to the French importing the baguette. In the same way that PHo #1 rose to the top of the heap by saying so in its name, banh Mi coda is the tops in this category, and it wasn’t even close.

best sushi roll Crazy Fish Votes were cast for shogun, azuma and sumo sushi, but votes for the unique rolls at Nob Hill sushi spot crazy fish were many. Specifically the Chameleon Roll and the Spicy Scallop Roll.

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Moules Piquant at P’tit louis Very little competition in this category for the little Louis. With a handful of versions to choose from, and some of the freshest mussels in town, P’tit Louis’ mussels are tres bon!

best food truck Menu item Shrimp & Grits

best banh mi

best mussel dish

suPPer trucK

best Pizza Farina Pizzeria Two brand new pizzerias just opened up — amore and firenze — and one judge swears by Pizza barn in Edgewood, but the best pizza our judges have eaten is made in EDo at a place called farina. They have a great budino there as well.

best gyro Olympia Cafe Zorba’s and Gyros Mediterranean each

received plenty of votes, but couldn’t compete with the well-established Greek favorite olympia cafe in our judges’ eyes.

best handcrafted cocktails

best dessert

artichoke Cafe

Butterscotch Budino

Between scalo, artichoke cade and apothecary lounge, one would be hard pressed to be served a bad cocktail. Artichoke, our judges deemed, have a slightly better specialty cocktail list, and if you’ve ever sat at the bar there, you can understand why.

farina PiZZeria

best Presentation Jennifer James 101 When it tastes good, presentation can lack. When it looks good, you might forgive taste. JJ101 likes giving you both and doing so in a very consistent manner. Our judges also liked artichoke and farm & table in this category.

best beer List

best Food truck menu item

best ice cream/ gelato

shrimp & grits, supper truck

van rixel bros.

Maybe it’s because shrimp and grits have been so hard to come by for so long in this town. Maybe it’s because of the bacon that supper so wisely injects into the grits. Maybe it’s because the Supper crew is just that good! However you serve it up, food trucks are killin’ it these days. Seriously, turn to page 22.

sister bar

best dessert

Talk about the bar in this category! sister bar’s tap system has more beers than your mind can take in at once. Which is a great reason to keep coming back to this ultra unique, laid back downtown spot again and again.

butterscotch budino, Farina Pizzeria

best Wine List artichoke Cafe When so many hardcore foodies and pros vote your restaurant as the best wine list, that’s a lot to shake a stick it. Quality, quality, quality. That, and knowledge make artichoke a wine lover’s destination.

If you haven’t tried it yet, plug in a reminder on your phone to EAT A BUDINO! Unless your opposed to a lush spoonful of caramel, cool fresh whip cream and just a kiss of sea salt. Other judges had a sweet spot for “Anything at flying star” and artichoke cafe’s Nutty Buddy.

Amid cries for Matt Durkovich to reopen ecco Gelato, judges liked farina Pizzeria’s homemade coolness. But their favorite version is made up on Juan Tabo at Van rixel bros., who apparently know a few things about the cocoa bean. Who knew?

best cupcakes Cake Fetish They’re just like cake, but smaller and more inventive. cake fetish won over slightly more judges than the Grove. But who are we kidding? You can’t go wrong at either.

best donuts rebel Donut Not everyone is keen on donuts (including some of our judges). But those that get it, really get it. Newcomer rebel donut collected a good majority of the votes. Other favorites were flying star, donut Mart and of course, Krispy Kreme.

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2013 Golden Fork Awards

The Judges Albert Bilotti Chef, Manager/ Partner, NYPD Fernando “Nardo” Chavez Sommelier William Cookson Manager, Cost Plus World Market Justin De La Rosa Food Writer, Local iQ Marisa Demarco Editor in Chief, New Mexico Compass Fernando Delgado Photographer, Fernando Delgado Photography Gwyneth Doland Journalist, Bon Vivant Stewart Dorris Co-Owner/GM Farina Pizzeria & Wine Bar Mike English Editor, Local iQ

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Kelly Fagan Sales Manager, Bacchus Fine Wine SWSNM Kevin Gick Assistant University Counsel, University of New Mexico Jacob Goodmon Bar Manager, Savoy Wine Bar & Grill Eric Hendren Sales Executive, Lovelace Health Plan Brett Hills CEO/Founder, 999dine Kevin Hopper Associate Publisher, Local IQ Jeff Jacot Sales Manager, The Stage at Santa Ana Star Casino Larry McGoldrick Food Writer, abqtopten.com

Julian H. Martinez Asst. Mgr./ Bartender, The Artichoke Cafe Katixa Mercier Bartender, Artichoke Cafe Blaze Montana Bartender, Imbibe Cigar Bar Stefanie Montano Owner, Stilo Lifestyle Accessories Sean Montano Restaurateur, Monroe’s Shavone Otero Writer, Local iQ Kayla Paul Textile Restorer, Textival Rug and Textile Workshop Kevin Paul Freelance Content Creator

John Phinizy Investor, P’tit Louis/ Teacher, Moriarty High School Gina Riccobono Food Broker, Delicious New Mexico Vincent Thome Publisher, Big I Publishing Clint Wells Director of Development, New Mexico Natural History Museum Shawn Weed Executive Chef, University of New Mexico Steven J Westman Chief Socialite/ Travel Writer, Local iQ Ben Williams Bar Manager Scalo Il Bar

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F OOD TRUCK

story by justin de la rosa photos by wes naman + joy godfrey

trend towards inventive, mobile cuisine takes to the streets of Albuquerque

The ever-changing trends in restaurants and culinary culture are no longer kept within the confines of brick and mortar walls. While incredible things do happen in the kitchens and behind the swinging stainless steel door, there is something even more intriguing taking place in Albuquerque’s food scene, and it’s happening on the streets. It wasn’t too long ago that food trucks and carts were better known for serving up sketchy

street meat — in Albuquerque, at least. Maybe those are good standbys for the late downtown nights that are often paired with poor decisions, but when the sun is up and your palate hasn’t been compromised, there are food trucks that are creating quality cuisine made with local ingredients, and an ardent passion for fulfilling the needs of foodies everywhere. flip to page 24

Food trucks are dishing up some of the most interesting cuisine in town these days, and the people behind these mobile businesses are committed about what they do. From left to right: Kelly Adams of Rustic Food Truck; Matt Fuemmeler and Navi Madrugada of Boiler Monkey; Amy Black, Jessica Keller and Keri Chesire of Supper Truck.

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The Supper Truck, along with the Boiler Monkey, makes a regular stop at Hyder Park in Nob Hill every Tuesday night, where as many as 100 people young and old come together for impromptu food-focused neighborhood gatherings, all spurred by the food trucks.

A growing roster It would seem that in our Southwestern city, the food truck scene would be overrun by tacos and burritos, but food trucks are actually where you can go to get away from your typical New Mexican cuisine. There are a number of trucks serving up a wide variety of foods that you simply can’t get at any restaurant. The Supper Truck is a standout for its sumptuous Southern fare. Owner Amy Black takes a traditional favorite like shrimp ‘n’ grits and puts a creative and seasonal twist on it by adding pancetta, crispy artichoke, lemon zest and a white wine herb butter sauce. Other offerings include a fried chicken banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich), cornmeal crusted catfish tacos and secret menu items that you can only find if you go to the truck or check their Facebook page (facebook. com/thesuppertruck) The purpose of a food truck is more about bringing homestyle cooking to a crowd that might otherwise not experience authentic fare of other countries and cultures. The Scottish Pie Shop is one of the newer additions to the food truck scene. Scottish-style cooking like this is not found anywhere else. Steak pies,

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sausage rolls and “bridies” (a puff pastry pocket stuffed with minced steak) are all handmade and can be served with mashed potatoes ladled with Guinness gravy and a side of bacon-fried cabbage, sating your appetite in a true and savory Scottish style. Bringing it back down south, Art Alexander has brought soul food to the high desert with Joanie & Art’s BarB-Q. Art has been running food trucks for decades now, with two in California, one in Florida and his famous graffiti-painted barbecue truck. You can always get traditional soul food staples like pulled pork, brisket, spicy beans and Midwestern potatoes, but why not have them all in a bowl? It’s called That Thar Stuff — a bowl of all the mentioned favorites for $9. If that kind of soul food isn’t quite what you’re after, check out Soo Bak Korean Seoul Food. Owner John Katrinak’s Korean fusion truck is definitely one of a kind. Featuring special menu items like Dwaeji Bulgogi, a spicy marinated pork on corn tortillas, and Korean Chile Cheese Fries, that are topped with cheese, green chile, kimchi and Korean barbecue beef or marinated mushrooms ... you won’t find anything else like Soo Bak Foods in Albuquerque. When considering the vast

Food truck owner Kelly Adams dubbed his sleekly designed truck “Rustic - A Divine Food Truck.” Boasting killer burgers such as “The Sacred,” Adams has carved his own burgercentric niche in the local food truck scene.

options of food trucks, it’s good to remember that simple can be special, too. Rustic – A Divine Food Truck serves up sandwiches

and burgers that can keep up with any brick and mortar. Rustic’s owner Kelly Adams brings some of the best burgers to be found, made with freshly ground chuck and served on local Fano brioche buns all for an affordable $6. You can get

your traditional green chile cheeseburger or step your burger game up and go for the Divine Intervention, topped with bleu cheese, caramelized onions, rosemary balsamic reduction and lettuce and tomato. Whatever route you go with Rustic, your taste buds will let you know you’ve gone the right way. And that’s just scratching the surface. continued on page 26

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Food truck 505 A semi-complete list of the roving fare in the Duke City Food trucks are moving targets, and any listing of Albuquerque’s mobile food industry is inevitably going to miss a few. With that caveat in mind, here’s a snapshot of the Duke City’s food truck scene, summer 2013. If

Alison’s Homestyle Cooking

Hot Stuff Cafe

we missed you or someone you know, let us know by posting a photo of your favorite truck at Facebook.com/LocaliQMag. Here’s to good roadside eating! —Compiled by Tamon Rasberry

Roxy’s Bistro on Wheels

The Boiler Monkey

Owner: Roxana Payton

505.315.0567 boilermonkey.tumblr.com

Owner: Alison Somario

Owner: Bernadette Garcia

505.280.9823

505.450.7597

505.620.1830

Specialties include carne adovada, chicharrones, frito pies and more.

New Mexican fare

Paninis, soups and salads — “comfort food for people on the go.”

Crepes — savory, sweet, served aboard a steam-punk bus.

Back-Sass BBQ

Smoked barbecue, as the name implies — and some say the best in town.

Rustic Food Truck Owner: Kelly Adams

Owner: Luis Enrique Valdovinos

505.944.5849

505.369.6102

Creative, above-thenorm burgers served hot.

The mobile version of Valdovinos’ popular Nob Hill taco spot, with the same delicious tacos.

505.314.4505

Brisket, ribs, turkey, chicken, pork — need we say more?

Big Juicy’s BBQ 505.554.4417

Racks of ribs and a full lineup of fruit-wood smoked barbecue fare — by the plate, piled in a sandwich or packed into a baked potato.

Joanie & Art’s BBQ Owner: Art Alexander 505.515.6317

Jojo’s Salsa Machine Owner: Jose and Joelle Lavalle 505.710.3919

Tamales are the specialty, but the gourmet burgers stand out, too.

Conchita’s Creations

Make My Lunch

Owner: Kristina Leeder

505.450.9507 makemylunchcallie.com

505.515.8835

Fresh ingredients and lighter fare like turkey avocado fruit salad.

Frank’s Famous Chicken & Waffles Owner: Geoff Peveto 505.712.5109

Soul food, with a menu highlighted by the signature chicken and waffles.

Gauchito Owner: Diego Grant 505.977.0374

Argentinean asado and empanadas.

Gedunk Owner: Patrick Humpf 505.315.3521

Owner: Callie Tolman

Sandwiches, salads, local ingredients and a focus on healthier fare.

The Lunch Box

Traditional Mexican food and a tasty lineup of that oh-so-mobile culinary treat, the taco.

505.620.7409

Sebastiano’s Food Truck

The Scottish Pie Shop

Owner: Angelo Tomarchio

505.933.9567 scottishpieshop.com

505.377.4523

Soo Bak Foods

Wonder what’s melting? Think grilled cheese.

Owner: John Katrinak

Mother Truckin Gourmet

Spicy pork tacos, kimchi and rice, dumplings ... Korean food, served roadside in the desert Southwest.

Owners: Jake and Sarah Authentic Italian food on wheels. Cheney

Owners: Valerie and Kathy Hazelbaker 505.205.4337

Upscale salads are made fresh daily.

Oz Patisseie Mobile Dessert Truck

Truck

Owners: Debra Taylor De Sanchez, Michelle Haskins

Owner: Scott Goode 505.515.7885

The mobile version of the popular Albuquerque pizzeria.

The Last Call

505.489.7194 sancheztacosabq.com

Melting Truck

Hot Off The Press

Panini-pressed sandwiches are the specialty.

Owner: Carlos Sanchez

505.510.2461 sebastionosfoodtruck. com

Gourmet macaroni and Owner: Gary Ele cheese. Need we say 505.659.6452 more? Ele, an executive pastry Good Food Eat Here chef, operates this dessert truck which 505.604.9924 serves up European Owner: Toby White and American sweet Mobile food for the treats. vegetarian and vegan crowd. Pizza 9 Mobile Food

505.480.4425

Sanchez Tacos

Owner: Matt Fuemmeler

505.221.9910 soobakfoods.com

Squeezed Juice Bar Juice Wagon Owner: Ryan Fellows 505.821.1437 squeezedjuices.com

The mobile version of the business on San Pedro. Freshly juiced fruits and veggies.

Talking Fountain Kitchen 505.750.4835

Smoked pastrami for your reuben, smoked portabella mushroom, smoked turkey, brisket.

Owner: Greg Ritt Prime deli meats on fresh-baked submarine breads.

From steak pie to bangers-’n’-mash, an authentic taste of the U.K.

The Seasonal Palate Owner: Kimberly Calvo 505.934.3866 theseasonalpalate.com

New American cuisine by Calvo, a trained chef.

The Supper Truck Owner: Amy Black 505.205.7877

One of the Duke City’s most popular trucks, dishing up plates of shrimp ‘n’ grits and catfish tacos.

The Toasted Bean Owner: Rod Mason 505.410.9039 thetoastedbean.com

It’s all about the high-quality coffee and crepes.

Torpedo Dog Owner: Damian Montoya 505.933.9150 abqtorpedodog.com

Gourmet polish sausages, served torpedo style in a fullsurround bun.

Other Notables: Ahvomas Wood Fired Pizza • El Chicken, 100 Percent Carbon • Mule Barn BBQ

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Tracking down the trucks With these restaurants on wheels, you might imagine it is difficult to track down the trucks. It really is quite the opposite. Though the idea of a food truck may seem fun and fleeting, there is organization in their appearances. Many of the food trucks can be found on Facebook or Twitter. Not only is it a way for owners of the trucks to engage with the community they are serving, but it is how they are able to announce where they’ll be stationed. If you aren’t familiar with the food truck scene, there are several spots around town that you can count on finding at least one truck. The biggest lineup of food trucks can be found in the parking lot of Talin Market (88 Louisiana SE). Every Wednesday, the trucks start lining up around 11a and stay until about 1-2p. It has become a lot of people’s favorite lunch spot, as you will arrive to a packed parking lot and friends enjoying favorites from various food trucks. Another go-to spot for food trucks is outside the various breweries around town. Tractor Brewing Co. (118 Tulane SE) is a big one for the trucks. Parking is limited around the Nob Hill taproom, but most nights will have one or two trucks serving up food for the

brew heads. Marble Brewery (111 Marble NW) downtown is another guaranteed spot, and your chances are always good for finding a truck at La Cumbre Brewing Co. (3313 Girard NE). More trucks are making regular stops at various parks around town. The Supper Truck and others, for example, do a “Hyder

Park Tuesday” which draws large crowds of kids and adults to that Nob Hill park. The growing popularity of food trucks has made the culinary sub-culture into something to be celebrated. There have been several events in the past that showcase several food trucks, making a competition out of it. A big upcoming competition is the Albuquerque Food Truck Throwdown

on September 8, hosted by Duke City Food Trucks. The competition will gather 22 trucks at the Rail Yard (1100 2nd SW). Another competition, coming July 27, is a food truck beef throwdown put on by the New Mexico Beef Council, an association of state ranchers. Trucks Soo Bak Foods, Supper Truck, Seasonal Palate and Gedunk will gather at Marble Brewery 5-8p and serve innovative beef dishes, to be judged by a celebrity panel.

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John Katrinak, owner of food truck Soo Bak Korean Seoul Food (center) has garnered a quick following with dishes such as his pork bulgogi tacos (left). Unique, inventive menu items are plentiful among Duke City food trucks, including The Boiler Monkey’s Farm Crepe (right).

One more way that Albuquerque is embracing its food trucks: Route 66 Summerfest in Nob Hill, to be held July 19, will have a Cork & Tap Carnival that will also be featuring food trucks for a chance to celebrate the vibrant color of Albuquerque.

Meals on wheels It would be nice to think that running a food truck is as simple as owning a truck, having a concept, and setting up shop in different places around town, but there are challenges

F OOD TRUCK r e v o l u t i o n ! the trucks face. Throughout the winter, it wasn’t too uncommon to see various trucks on Facebook and Twitter announcing cancellations of their regular scheduled stops because of frozen water tanks and other issues related to the cold weather. It made things difficult for some trucks to get through the season, but it also served as a learning experience for many of them. Late last year, there was a small controversy about food trucks that turned out to just be a misunderstanding. The Nob Hill Neighborhood Association held one of their regular meetings, with food trucks and parking being a topic of discussion. This turned from a neighborhood association wanting to discuss current and outdated ordinances regarding food trucks to many people thinking they wanted to ban food trucks from the neighborhood. Despite the hurdles and complications, however, the food truck revolution seems like it’s here to stay. Food trucks are cruising in the culinary fast lane and redefining what the restaurant industry means. Get online and find out where they’ll be. Explore the different cuisines and get to know the people behind the trucks. It’s a new and fun culture within the restaurant industry. Find the fun. Find the food. Find what’s new.

Art Alexander of Joanie & Art’s BBQ offers a serving of “That Thar Stuff” — pulled pork, brisket, beans and potatoes in a bowl — one of several delicious plates of smoked barbecue fare served curbside by the truck.

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MUSIC

‘be open to what you hear’

L I V E MU S I C

Bass legend stanley Clarke brings his new band to New Mexico for a night of improvisation and jams

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Stanley Clarke: I don’t look at my career as a

tanley Clarke — jazz legend, bass impresario, “renaissance” man — arrived in New York City as a teenager from his hometown Philadelphia in 1971 and immediately turned heads with an effortless mastery of his instrument. He’s been turning heads ever since. In those early days of his career, Clarke was quickly signed to play by jazz greats like Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Gil Evans and Stan Getz. He then teamed with fellow youngster Chick Corea, and the rest is history. Clarke became, and has remained, one of the brightest musical lights of his generation, with a career that continues to push musical boundaries and has even branched into areas like scoring for film and television. Clarke will bring a fusion of jazz, funk, blues and gospel to the stage when he performs in Santa Fe, a show which is part of the New Mexico Jazz Festival. It’s sure to be an intimate performance given by this very talented and multi-faceted musician. Local iQ recently spoke to Clarke about his career and what he’s bringing to New Mexico.

comparison of one item or another. To me it’s just a continuation of playing with great musicians. For me, when I grew up learning the bass I made sure I was able to adjust to any musical setting. You have to be open to what you hear. The smart people are the ones that are well versed in all genres of music. I don’t feel that there’s a different dynamic working with different groups. It’s just working with a different genre of music. My effort is pretty much the same.

Local iQ: You’ve played so many genres of music in your career with so many great musicians, from chick corea to Herbie Hancock to Joni Mitchell to Jeff beck, to name just a few. How would you describe what you’re doing now with the Stanley clarke band?

iQ: Has jazz always been the foundation of music for you? As you’ve gotten into all these musical forms, and even now as you score films and tV, what about your jazz career inﬂuences your other work? SC: My foundation has more to do with my

mother and the music I obtained through her. My mother was a semi-professional opera singer. Our family listened to a lot of gospel, blues and European music. This is kind of my foundation. Jazz is an undefined term. It’s a good term but undefined. I feel this way with any music which holds improvisation. Waking up everyday and being able to compose was a great thing. The process gets a little easier every time. When I began composing I’d have to sit down be really methodical about my process. Now it’s an PrevieW easier process.

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worked with legends like Art blakely, Gil Evans and Stan Getz. Were there any musicians who mentored you or especially inﬂuenced you in those early years?

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point or another have been mentors to me. I think older musicians are really into passing musical history down to the next generation. I tried to be the best student I could be when I interacted with more experienced musicians. Luckily there was always someone there to guide me. Everything that was said to me was absorbed and recorded in my memory. One of the cool things about being a jazz musician is that most musicians I grew up with were good at playing their instruments. iQ: Are there fellow bass players who stand out to you, either before or during your career? SC: All the bass players who stood out to me I

was a big fan of. Bass players are my favorite musicians. There’s a certain kind of psychology to bass players. Marcus Miller is one of my favorite bass players and I had the pleasure of working with him. When a musician like Marcus Miller walks into a studio a person can’t help but feel excitement. He’s so talented. I also like musicians who can keep up a fast tempo when playing an instrument. I enjoy so many different genres of bass. I like all of the people who are making shit happen. stanley Clarke has been considered a maestro of the bass ever since he splashed on the music scene as a teenager in 1971. He’ll play with his newest musical project, the stanley Clarke band, on July 21 at santa Fe’s lensic Performing arts Center.

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Nicolatron 10p, FREE Cooperage NM Jazz Human Voice Class 7p, FREE

Cowgirl The Bus Tapes INDIE ROCK 8p, FREE Imbibe DJ Malik 9p, FREE Launchpad Authority Zero, Ballyhoo!, Versus The World, Empty Sails 7:30p, $15 Low Spirits The James Douglas Show, Dyles Mavis 9p, $5 Marble Brewery Burque Sonidero & Friends 7-10p, FREE

Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s City Lights 5:30p-Close, FREE Outpost Performance Space Lionel Loueke Trio 8p, $25-$30 Pueblo Harvest Cafe Wagogo REGGAE 6-9p, $7 Includes All-You-Can-Eat Horno Baked Pizza Savoy Bar & Grill Dracup Performer Showcase 6-9p,

FREE

Scalo Il Bar Le Chat Lunatique DIRTY JAZZ 8p, FREE

Pueblo Harvest Cafe Soul Kitchen BLUES/JAZZ 6-9p, $7 Includes All-You-Can-Eat Horno Baked Pizza The Range Cafe-Bernalillo Byrd & Street 7:30-9:30a, FREE Scalo Il Bar Wildewood INDIE/AMERICANA 8:30p,

FREE

Sidelines The Electric Edric Project ROCK 9p-1a, FREE

Sister Bar Pancho! 9p-1a, $5 The Stage-Santa Ana Star Casino DJ Cut and Huggy 9p-1a, $5-$10 Wildlife West Nature Park Wildlife Music Festival-Barn Dance Joe West & The Santa Fe Revue

Considered a modern day blues and roots legend, frmer Nighthawks guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Thackery will perform an intimate night of blues music at Low Spirits on Monday, July 1. Show at 9pm. $12 cover.

sat 20

Savoy Bar & Grill Memphis P-Tails 6-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Palace Flophouse 2p, FREE Next Three Miles 4p, FREE Wildewood 6p, FREE Todd & The Fox 8:30p, FREE Seasons Rotisserie & Grill Hello Dollface 6:30p, FREE Solid Grounds Byrd & Street 7-9p, FREE St. Clair Winery & Bistro Swag 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Stage Santa Ana Star Casino The James Douglas Show 9p-1a,

7p, $10

Blackbird Buvette Close Contact ft DJ Kevan 80s REQUEST 10p, FREE

Congregation Albert The Golden Age of Radio 7:30p, $4-$10

Cowgirl The Bill Hearne Trio CLASSIC COUNTRY 2-5p, FREE Jono Manson AMERICANA/BLUES 8:30p, FREE

Downtown Growers MarketRobinson Park Zoltan Orkestar 8:30a, FREE Imbibe Woohabs 3p, FREE DJ Rotation 10p, FREE

Lounge 54 Santa Ana Star Casino David and Co. 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits The Old Man, I.Consious 9p, $5 Marble Brewery Nora Kostelnik, the Mark Mckee Experience, Carlos the Tall, Blame it On Rebekkah, Gimme My Moon Back 7-11p, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern Jim & Tim Soulful Blues 3-7p, FREE Paw & The Clinkers Bluegrass 7p, FREE Molly’s Coast 1:30-5p, FREE Dangerous Curvz 5:30p-Close, FREE Monte Vista Fire Station Jade Masque 9:30p, FREE Pueblo Harvest Cafe The DCN Project R&B/FUNK 6-9p, $7 Includes All-You-Can-Eat Horno Baked Pizza

$5-$10

Wildlife West Nature Park Wildlife Music Festival 11a-9:30p, $25 Zinc Cellar Bar Reviva REGGAE 9:30p, FREE

Lensic Performing Arts Center Stanley Clarke Band 7:30p, $15-$50 Marble Brewery Let it Grow 6-9p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern Gene Corbin AMERICANA 3-7p, FREE O’Niell’s-Juan Tabo Curio Cowboys 4-7p, FREE O’Niell’s-Nob Hill Adobe Brothers BLUEGRASS 4-7p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Pat Malone Trio 11a-1p, FREE Seasons Rotisserie & Grill Lee Taylor 6:30p, FREE Wildlife West Nature Park Wildlife Music Festival 11a-4p, $15 Zacatecas Cafe Bomba Noon-2p, FREE Zinc Cellar Bar Michael Anthony-Colin Deuble Duo 11a-1p, FREE

sun 21 Blackbird Buvette Buzzard Norris, JJ Otero, Becca Garcia Noon, FREE Bigawatt, Lady Uranium, Cthuhla, Anna Mall 8p,

FREE

Congregation Albert The Golden Age of Radio 2p, $4-$10 Corrales Growers Market Los Radiators 9a-Noon, FREE Cowgirl Zenobia GOSPEL/R&B Noon-3p, FREE Sarah Petite COUNTRY 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Jade Masque LATIN/FUNK 3-6p, FREE Isleta Amphitheater Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky 6p, $26-$80 Launchpad HRVRD, Silver Snakes 7:30p, $10

mon 22 Blackbird Buvette Karaoke 9p, FREE Cowgirl Karaoke 9p, FREE Launchpad Havok, Nuclear Reign, The Conjuring, Genocide 7:30p, $10 Low Spirits Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers 9p, $12

Marcello’s Chophouse Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p,

FREE

Molly’s Wayne Long & Arethetta Faye 5:30p-Close, FREE

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Live M usic Vernon’s Black Diamond Lounge Tony Cesarano & Debby Orlofsky 6-9p, FREE

fri 26 Broken Bottle Brewery Zealous Grooves ft. Cait Black & Sue Jay 8p, FREE Blackbird Buvette DJ Caterwaul 6p, FREE Cowgirl Jonathan Fleig AMERICANA/ROOTS 5-7:30p, FREE Chango 8:30p, FREE Imbibe Woohabs 6p, FREE DJ Malik 10p, FREE Isleta Amphitheater Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Florida Georgia Line 7p, $25-$50 Launchpad Burlesque Noir! Til Death Do Us Part 9:30p, $10

Lensic Performing Arts Center Terence Blanchard Quintet, Lionel Loueke 7:30p, $15-$50 Lounge 54 Santa Ana Star Casino Matt Jones 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits Wildewood, Baba, Pawn Drive 9p, $5 Marble Brewery Mondo Vibrations 8-11p, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Karl Richardson Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern Open Mic Night 7-11p, FREE Molly’s Tom Cat 1:30-5p, FREE Bad Katz 5:30p-

Close, FREE

Monte Vista Fire Station The Jake Jones Band 9:30p, FREE

Prairie Star Restaurant Powerslyde 5:30-8:30p, FREE Pueblo Harvest Cafe Le Chat Lunatique JAZZ 6-9p, $7 Includes All-You-Can-Eat Horno Baked Pizza Ragin’ Shrimp The Alpha Blue Trio 7-9p, FREE Scalo Il Bar Alpha Cats JAZZ/SWING 8:30p, FREE Sister Bar Felonious Groove Foundation 9p-1a, $5 The Stage Santa Ana Star Casino DJ Huggy & DJ Cut 9p-1a, $5-$10 Tortuga Gallery Bebe La La & Jeez LaWeez 7:30p, $10

sat 27 Blackbird Buvette Jupiter Spiral ROCK N ROLL 10p, FREE CoolWater Fusion Oscar Butler 6-8p, FREE Cooperage Nosotros SALSA 9:30p, $7 Cowgirl The Dave Jordan Band ROOTS ROCK/ AMERICANA 2-5p, FREE The Sean Healen Band WESTERN ROCK 8:30p, FREE Downtown Growers MarketRobinson Park Tumbleweeds 8:30a, FREE The Engine House Theatre The Pleasure Pilots 7-11p, $5 GiG Runa 8p, $20 Imbibe DJ Rotation 10p, FREE Launchpad Thee Sanctuary: Dead Stars 9p, $10 Lensic Performing Arts Center NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri and his Latin Jazz Band 7:30p, $15-$50

Lounge 54 Santa Ana Star Casino Matt Jones 9p-1a, FREE Low Spirits Ryan McGarvey 8p, $8 Marble Brewery Felonious Groove Foundation & Cali Shaw Band 5-8p, FREE Saturday Night Fever Blisters 8-11p, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez Duo 6:30-9:30p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern Joe West, Lori, Peter 3-7p, FREE Connie Long & Fast Patsy 7-11p, FREE Molly’s KMA 1:30-5p, FREE Group Therapy 5:30p-Close, FREE

Monte Vista Fire Station Felix Y Los Gatos 9:30p, FREE Old Town Plaza Bebe La La 1p, FREE Pueblo Harvest Cafe Calle 66 CONTEMPORARY SALSA 6-9p, $7 Includes All-You-Can-Eat Horno Baked Pizza Santa Ana Cafe Swag Duo 6-9p, FREE Savoy Bar & Grill Robbie Overfield & The Breaks 6-9p, FREE

Scalo Il Bar Ben Balmer w/ Josh Flowers AMERICANA 8:30p, FREE

Seasons Rotisserie & Grill Chava & Paid My Dues Rhythm & Blues 6:30p, FREE

Sister Bar Reggae Dancehall Saturdays w/ Don Martin 9p-1a, TBA The Stage Santa Ana Star Casino DJ Huggy & DJ Cut 9p-1a, $5-$10 Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse Le Chat Lunatique 7:30p, FREE

sun 28 Blackbird Buvette Billy Belmont Noon, FREE Sexy Sunday ft. Wae Fonkey 7p, FREE Corrales Growers Market Le Chat Lunatique 9a, FREE Cowgirl Zenobia GOSPEL/R&B Noon-3p, FREE Susan Gibson COUNTRY 8p, FREE The Hollar Bonita & The Bluefins 6:30-9p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Keith Sanchez SONGWRITER 3-6p, FREE The Kosmos Chatter Sunday: Santa Fe Desert Chorale 10:30a, $5-$15 Launchpad Oceano, Within The Ruins, Reflections, Tyrants, Divide The Foundation 6:30p, $13 Low Spirits Whiskey Shivers, Wild Child 9p, $8 Marble Brewery Ben Balmer AMERICANA 6-9p, FREE The Mine Shaft Tavern The Barbwires SOULFUL BLUES 3-7p, FREE O’Niell’s-Juan Tabo Mar Ata 4-7p, FREE O’Niell’s-Nob Hill Jeez La Weez 4-7p, FREE Outpost Performance Space Tom McDermott 8p, $15-$20 Seasons Rotisserie & Grill Ryan Montano Quartet 6:30p, FREE St. John’s United Methodist Church Quintessence Summer Choral Festival 3p, FREE

mon 29 Blackbird Buvette Karaoke 9p, FREE Cowgirl Karaoke 9p, FREE Launchpad Fatality, Zombie Holocaust, Nuclear Reign, Impaled Offering, Sol Pollution 9p, $7 Marcello’s Chophouse Open Piano Night 6:30-9:30p, FREE

Tue 30 Burt’s Tiki Lounge Band With No Name, Lindy Vision, Stem Ivory 8:30p, FREE Cooperage NM Jazz Latin & Modern Dance 7p, FREE Cowgirl Lipbone Redding R&B/SOUL 8p, FREE Il Vicino Canteen Brewery Sage & Jared’s Happy Gland Band 6-9p, FREE

Imbibe College Night w/ DJ Twisted Audio 9p,

FREE

Molly’s Skip Batcchelor 5:30p-Close, FREE

wed 31 Burt’s Tiki Lounge Whiskey Pig, A.J Gaither OMB, 20000 Strongmen 8:30p, FREE Cowgirl Art, Lisa, & John COUNTRY/AMERICANA 8p, FREE

Launchpad Vale of Miscreation, The Scarlet Ruse, Feud of Temptation, Siddhartha, Immortal Prophecy 9p, $5 Low Spirits Lovers & Madmen, Stephanie Hatfield, John Kurzweg, Paul Salazar, Bill Palmer 8:30p, $5

Marble Brewery Joe West Trio 6-9p, FREE Marcello’s Chophouse Tony Rodriquez 6:30-9:30p, FREE Molly’s Paul Pino & The Tone Daddies 5:30p-

Close, FREE

Scalo Il Bar Cali Shaw Acoustic Showcase 8:30p,

FREE

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ustin-based Heartless Bastards — who did the soundtrack of the hit indie movie Winter in the Blood — 9p., Thu., Jul. 18 The Launchpad celebrate their 10th anniversary this year 618 Central SW, with a North American and European tour, 505.764.8887 including this Launchpad stop, sure to $15 be one gnarled, hot blast of a rock show. Tickets: holdmyticket.com The band, which includes guitarist Mark launchpadrocks.com Nathan, drummer Dave Colvin and bassist theheartlessbastards.com Jesse Ebagh, proudly flaunts influences of Keith Richards, T. Rex and The Pixies, but lead singer/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom, who herself has been compared favorably to the young Joan Jett, recently told Local iQ, “We love all those bands, but I feel closest to the spirit of Phil Lynott when we do our song ‘Parted Ways,’ because we modeled it after Thin Lizzy’s ‘Whiskey in the Jar,’ done largely acoustic but really rockin.” Another killer song from the latest Heartless Bastards CD Arrow is “Arrow That Killed the Beast,” wherein Wennerstrom nails the best way to handle a lovers’ break-up: just move on with a smile on your face. And keep on rockin’ in this free world. —Bill Nevins With Writer

ometimes rap collaboration snaps under its own weight. If you put too many cooks in the kitchen — each With Joey Bada$$, Berner, B.o.B., Trinidad one thinking he’s the gleaming nucleus James of the rap universe — you usually end 6p, Sun., Jul. 21 up with a stunted, janky production that Isleta Amphitheatre doesn’t compare to the individual efforts 5601 University SE, of its contributors (see: Rick Ross albums). 505.452.5100 The Under the Influence of Music Tour, $33-$80 however, has already shown itself to be Tickets: ticketmaster.com a thoughtfully curated host of rap artists wizkhalifa.com who don’t undermine each other, but asapmob.com instead team up to turn amphitheaters into massive house parties for a night. The pet project of hit-maker and tour headliner Wiz Khalifa, Under the Influence of Music is now in its second year and features some interesting new guests. Lord Flacko, aka - A$AP Rocky co-headlines, bringing his Harlem-via-Houston sound to the stage — and hopefully laying down some Español. Critical favorite Joey Bada$$ and his collective Pro Era will also perform, as well as up-and-comer Berner. Party-starters B.o.B. and Trinidad James will get the crowd hyped before the main event, and Chevy Woods and Smoke DZA will perform before them. A lot of cooks, to be sure, but a cohesive group nonetheless. Catch the party this Sunday, BYOS (bring your own sizzurp). —Nathan New Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky

et ready to let your inner-redneck scream with toothless joy as Kid Rock With Kool & the Gang, returns to the Land of Enchantment Uncle Kracker in support of his Rebel Soul album. One 6:30p, Tue., Jul. 23 may be inclined to argue, after a twelver of Isleta Amphitheater Pabst washed down with some grits, that 5601 University the late-’90s through the first decade of the SE, 877.667.7942 21st century belonged to Kid Rock, originally $29-$80 known as Robert Ritchie, after a string of Tickets: ticketmaster.com rap/rock hits earned him a place among the kidrock.com pioneers of the genre (see: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Vomit). While often viewed as a proponent of good ol’ fashioned southern hickery (not to be confused with hickory), a kind of King of White Trash by way of Detroit, where he is from, the truth is, Ritchie knows how to play. Most of the songs on all his albums were composed almost completely by Rock, and in testament to the man’s artistic talents, many a great musician has jumped at the opportunity to play with him (Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, etc.). This truth has become evidenced in Rock’s genre-hopping behavior over the last decade, as he’s traded-in the heavy metal hip hop sound for one more focused on the classical masters. It’s hard to say what to expect from Kid Rock this time around — his current stuff is much more tame, though also more polished and refined. Though the guy is still known for his hard-living antics. Either way, strap on your boots, slide into your favorite tank-top and get ready for some classic southern fun! —Charlie Crago Kid Rock

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‘Pop-Up Sythensis’ the scene to be seen

salome Martinez-lutz (left) and Harry Zimmerman play the aunt and the rabbi, respectively, in the world premiere production of Secret Things, which will take the stage at the national Hispanic Cultural Center starting July 25.

Hidden history World-premiere play explores the unique and mysterious world of New Mexico’s crypto-Jew heritage Playwright Elaine Romero created this work by drawing from her own personal e all have secrets that we keep experiences. In the 1990s she had been doing from childhood to the grave, research when she met state historian Stanley but imagine finding out about Hordes, and after digging through Santa Fe a major secret that has been archives discovered that her family had been successfully passed down from generation to practicing Judaism in secret for centuries. She generation. This kind of revelation happens began working on the story for Secret Things to Delia, a journalist assigned to write a which, while highly autobiographical, adds magazine piece on the mysterious topic of an aspect of fantasy to her own history. While crypto-Jews. She travels to New Mexico only never before performed by actors, Romero has to discover her family is somehow a part of read the work to audiences throughout the this clandestine society of Judaism. Upon nation. learning this, she enters a dream world called Artistic director for Camino Real Productions Sephardia that opens her eyes to her the truth Linda López McAlister described behind her family and faith. to Local iQ: “Secret Things tells the The history of crypto-Jews s ta g e story of Delia, a tough-minded spans over 500 years, New York journalist sent on beginning in 1492 when the secret things assignment to her native New Spanish crown restricted 7:30p, thu.-sat.; 2p, Mexico by her skeptical editor all practicing faiths to sun., Jul. 25-aug. 11 to do a story that will quash the Catholicism. Some people natiOnal HisPaniC rumors he has been hearing accepted baptism without Cultural Center about Jews having settled in New 1701 4tH sW, a fight, but others claimed 505.246.2261 Mexico in the 16th century and to practice Catholicism having practiced their faith in $18 publicly while secretly secret for centuries. While doing practicing their Jewish faith nhccnm.org her research in Albuquerque, in private. Christopher Delia meets Abel, her informant to Columbus wasn’t the whom she is instantly drawn, and only man to enter North she reconnects with her family members. In America from Spain that year. In order to the process she finds herself having strange escape the tyranny of religious prosecution, many Spanish residents fled to the New World thoughts and dreams which transport her into alternative realities in her subconscious and and ended up migrating to the Southwest, finally to a mythical land called Sephardia. specifically New Mexico. Although Judaism Through this journey she ultimately discovers has been accepted for many years, there are her family’s secret past and her own true still many groups of people who practice their identity.” beliefs in private, abstaining from pork and McAlister also described the wide array attending services on Friday nights while of New Mexico talent in the production, outwardly practicing another religion.

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noting that Secret Things is directed by Valli Marie Rivera, whose earlier New Mexicorelated productions have included Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima and, more recently, Rosa Linda. She directed Elaine Romero’s ¡Curanderas! Serpents of the Clouds at the Santa Fe Playhouse in 2006. Casey Mraz has composed an original musical score based on Sephardic and Ladino songs and melodies. The cast of well-known New Mexico actors includes Salome Martinez-Lutz, Mario Moreno, Lila Hadda Martinez, Harry Zimmerman and Benjamin Liberman. Set and lighting design are by Josh Bien with costumes by Jaime Pardo. This will be the world premiere of this play. McAlister told of many exciting events happening at the opening July 25: “Festivities include a reception at 5:30 with food and a cash bar. Our poster artist, Pola Lopez, will be there with her painting ‘Secret Things.’ At 6:45p, Stanley Hordes, author of To the End of the Earth, the ground-breaking history of crypto-Jews in New Mexico, and playwright Elaine Romero will discuss the history of crypto-Jews in New Mexico.” Much like faith working between the physical mind and spiritual soul, this play flows from reality to the subconscious in a seamless manner that fits perfectly with this intimate stage. Reality and dreams blend together to form a strange and wonderful world of Sephardia, subsuming the audience into the mythical realm of faith and reality. Secret Things raises the question of what we believe to be factual compared to the truth, and how sometimes the answer is too abstract and beautiful to comprehend in the real world, but instead has to be seen in the world of faith.

here’s an amazing and invigorating underground movement taking place translocally, and we Burqueños are lucky to boast some wicked, trill individuals and mighty talent across the arts. It’s refreshing to see people in the scene creating a livelihood and collaborating with others doing the same to cultivate one fierce community collective. Local artist and Nueva Mexicana Jodie Herrera is curating an art experience on July 26 that synthesizes a few of our favorite things for a single evening of pleasure through a pop-up gallery. Pop-up galleries are an international concept designed to promote local artists and businesses, while creating unique art venues for the community to experience in one night. Herrera’s Pop-Up Synthesis is an innovative one-night-only art show composed of tune in to seven truly talented shavone and provocative otero New Mexican every Wednesartists, including day at 7:30a Herrera herself, on Channels Steven Vigil, Joshua 26 & 27 for Schriber, John arts talk on Paul Gutierrez, the morning Elana Schwartz breW and Jessie Hof. Pop-Up Synthesis will be located at 3407 Central NE, the future venue for the Shade Tree —a combination local cafe and motorcycle customs shop. Provocative art, international ideas and a single evening of pleasure, all in one café/motorcycle shop? Who are these people? I like them. When Herrera, the curator, told me she ran away to join the circus and follow the Rainbow Gathering as a belly dancer and hitch-hike the U.S. of A., I knew this chick would go places. Herrera recently graduated with a bachelor’s of fine arts from UNM and is off to Europe in August to scope the art scene and potential graduate schools to follow her passion in painting. And she’s going out with a bang curating Pop-Up Synthesis with her fellow, talented comrades. Obviously you should attend this gig, which will be buzzing from 6-10p, but to entice you further, adult refreshments will be provided and DJ Brandon Lum will be setting the mood. And I heard at some point in the evening, we can expect to see a secret performance. Hmmm? Oooo. Aaaah. These events make me re-fall in love with Duke City summer nights. Burque, you give me mariposas en mi pansa with your coolness! Support your local locos and get on down with your bad self. It is a scene to be seen. Shavone Otero is on a bowling league with her grandparents and enjoys cliff jumping on Sundays. She also has a cool job at the UNM ARTS Lab.

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Submit to Loc al iQ The next deadline is Jul. 24 for the Aug. 1 issue. Send entries to: calendar@local-iQ.com f: 888.520.9711 a: PO Box 7490 ABQ., N.M. 87194 Name of Exhibit/Event Description of exhibit/ event Venue/Gallery Address website List events any time @ local-iQ.com

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thu 18 through jul. 28: exhibition

Jane E Chandler The show will include a selection of watercolors depicting NM landscapes and vistas. En Plein Air paintings large & small. FREE Purple Sage Galeria 201 San Felipe NW, 505.450.4059

purplesagegaleria.com through aug. 1: exhibition

Not (Necessarily) Your Grandpa’s Radio There will be more than 40 restored radios of all brands. The radios have both been authentically restored and retrofit to become iPod docking stations, in a number of cases. Radio repair specialist, Richard Majestic, and radio cabinet designer, Hershel Weiss, will be present at the opening reception. FREE Palette Contemporary Art & Craft, 7400 Montgomery, Suite 22, 505.855.7777

through oct. 5: exhibition

Touch New abstract work by ABQ artists Natalie Hardcastle and Jessica Kennedy. Both Hardcastle and Kennedy manipulate the surfaces of each work by sewing, scraping, cutting, layering and erasing to develop complex abstract images that emote, suggest, pulse and breathe. FREE Page Coleman Gallery 63020-B Linn NE, 505.238.5071

pagecoleman.com through aug. 5: exhibition

BIG + BOLD This exhibit will feature works that are large in scale, using bold brushwork and abstract imagery. Participating are painters Jane Abrams, Cecilia Kirby Binkley, Kathleen Doyle Cook and Ann Hosfeld. FREE

New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon, Santa Fe, 505.795.7570

newconceptgallery.com though aug. 24: exhibition

Rationalization Resistance New Zealand based installation artist Tiffany Singh’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. Singh’s work — which includes video with sound, mixed-media installation and social collaboration — addresses the problematic construct of Rationalization. Rationalization Resistance is an examination of ritual, in both constructive and deconstructive states, that alludes to a rich area of human self-expression. A shifting of rationalization towards a ritual space, that primarily relates to human emotions, which support an individual and collective experience through action and contemplation, is repeatedly energized with thought and intention and therefore gains strength. FREE Spirit Abuse, 1103 4th, 505.577.6331

postcommodity.com/spiritabuse. html through aug. 10: exhibition

Intersection: Lens, Light, Life Diverse and captivating work from four northern NM artists will be featured. FREE

palettecontemporary.com

La Tienda Exhibit Space 7 Caliente, Eldorado, 575.741.1244

through jul. 26: exhibition

through jul. 31: exhibition

The Unique & Unusual New Wood & Gas Fired Ceramics by Judith Duff, and Crossing Over Mixed Media Paintings by Susan Zimmerman. Duff’s frequent studies in Japan have influenced her work. Zimmerman says of Crossing Over, “Engaging in the creative process is a journey bridging the material world and the spiritual world. Layering is my method of choice. The physical layering of collage elements reminds me of layering in life of time, experiences and relationships.” FREE Weyrich Gallery 2935 D Louisiana NE, 505.883.7410

weyrichgallery.com through jul. 31: exhibition

Nocturnal Boulevards/Eric McCollon Painter Sam Esmoer will be exhibiting his myopic new works entitled Nocturnal Boulevards. Also, tattoo inspired artist, Eric McCollon features paintings on wood under acrylic resin. FREE Mariposa Gallery 3500 Central SE, 505.268.6828

mariposa-gallery.com

Chuck Lathrop: Immutable Changes In his continuing use of automatic mark-making and the ephemeral the artist explores, through new prints, paintings and sculpture, living on the West Mesa and the life of artists. FREE Leich Lathrop Gallery 323 Romero NW, Suite 1, 505.243.3059

leichlathropgallery.blogspot.com though sep. 8: exhibition

Jim Wagner, R.C. Gorman, Fritz Scholder and Woody Crumbo All artists celebrated are legends and are from a time in Taos being referred to by the show’s organizers as Chapter III. 10a-5p,

Mon.-Sat., Sun., Noon-5p, $8-$10

The Harwood Museum of Art 238 Ledoux, Taos, 575.758.9826

harwoodmuseum.org through sep. 7: exhibition

Indian Summer, 1830-1940 The exhibition features early 19th century Americana by Karl Bodmer, George Catlin and McKenney & Hall. Regionalist NM artworks from the late 19th century and the 20th century Modernist era

include paintings and prints by Emil Bisttram, Gerald Cassidy, Peter Moran, Datus Myers, Ralph Pearson, Arnold Rönnebeck and John French Sloan. Early maps of the SW, NM and Indian Territory are also exhibited. FREE

William R. Talbot Fine Art 129 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, 505.982.1559

williamtalbot.com through jul. 31: exhibition

Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera: The Santa Fe Suite Métis artist Rosalie Favell’s series Facing the Camera is a growing suite of photographic portraiture that documents individuals from a growing Indigenous arts community.

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, 505.983.1666 iaia.edu

through jul. 31: exhibition

Stands With A Fist: Contemporary Native Women Artists Stands With A Fist is a multidisciplinary art exhibition that is a unique platform for cultivating, celebrating and declaring a continual presence of visual expression created by contemporary Native women artists. The exhibition demonstrates the ways that women boldly fit into, redefine, or turn upside down the usual categories of art and art-making, while re-interpreting and drawing from their rich cultural heritage. In bringing these artists together, Stands With A Fist bears witness to the strength of diverse cultural influences.

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, 505.983.1666 iaia.edu

through jul. 31: exhibition

Kate L. Twist: For Instance, Look at the Land Beneath Your Feet Kade Twist’s solo exhibition For Instance, Look at the Land Beneath Your Feet examines the language and rhetoric of real estate, commerce, development and commodification of space within the context of the recent financial crisis. The media-based work is comprised of a series of dialogues and monologues delivered by two real estate professionals. Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, 505.983.1666 iaia.edu

through aug. 14: reception/ exhibition

How I See the World – a Special Art Exhibit by Smith WeberSandager An art exhibition by artist with Downs Syndrome, Smith Weber -Sandager. The exhibit will benefit the NM Holocaust and Intolerance Museum and the Jewish Community Center’s Arts and Culture programming. Refreshments will be served. Reception: 5:30-6:30p, FREE ABQ Jewish Community Center 5520 Wyoming NE, 505.348.4500

jccabq.org through jul. 21: performance

Kicking a Dead Horse Meet Hobart Struthers — a selfmade millionaire and successful art dealer specializing in the painting of the great American West. And, meet his horse. If Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” takes a small life and explodes it into the vast reaches of humanity, Sam Shepard takes the real, bigger-

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opening s / performances than-life dreams of Struthers and places them within the intense intimacy of a vast desert. 7p, Thu.; 2p, Sun., FREE

ABQ Museum of Art and History 2000 Mountain NW, 505.766.9412

fusionnm.org through aug. 4: performance

Lost in Yonkers Neil Simon draws the audience in to the quirkiness of the dysfunctional Kurnitz family. 8p, Fri., Sat.; 2p, Sun., $13-$15 The Adobe Theater 9813 4th NW, 505.898.9222

Macbeth Intrigue, corruption and bloody murder are at the heart of the action in the classic tragedy Macbeth, the third production in the Vortex Theatre’s WillPower 4 Shakespeare Festival. This is the first time the festival is presenting a show in full Elizabethan costume.

adobetheater.org

The Vortex Theatre 2004-1/2 Central SE, 505.247.8600

The Box Performance Space and Improv Theatre 100 Gold SW, Suite 112B

7:30p, Thu.-Sat.; 2p, Sun., $12-$18

vortexabq.org

Art in the Park A series of fine arts and crafts shows sponsored by the Corrales Society of Artists. This year’s show features local and visiting painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, metalworkers, and crafts artisans who have been juried into the society. 10a-4p, FREE

through jul. 21: performance

La Entrada Park NW corner of Corrales and La Entrada corralesartists.org

through ju.l 27: performance

The Show Originally the vision of The Box Performance Space and a member of The Second City, The Show is devoted to the ever ongoing process of exploring and perfecting the art of what’s funny. 9p, Fri.,

thRough jul. 28: performance

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare As part of the Vortex Summer Shakespeare Festival, nearly two dozen Theatre-in-the-Making students aged 12-18 perform in Shakespeare’s delightful comedy about dazed, confused, and bewitched lovers. 7p, Sun., $5-$7

Sat., $8

theboxabq.com

film

Un Día Menos In Un Día Menos, directed by Dariela Ludlow, the holiday festivities draw to an end, Don Eme and Doña Carmen’s visiting children kiss them goodbye, and the old couple, now in their 90s, start counting the days until the next holiday. Spanish with English subtitles. 7p, FREE Ticketed Event

Bank Of America TheaterNational Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th SW, 505.246.2261

nhccnm.org performance

Stand Up Comedy Ed Blake, Danny Ingle and Ariel Holmes will perform individually. 7:30p, $5

The Stage-Santa Ana Star Casino 54 Jemez Dam, Bernalillo, 505.771.5680 thestageatthestar.com

fri 19

through jul. 31: reception/ exhibition

4 x 4 Exhibit A myriad of miniature creations in many mediums and all 4” x 4”. Artists of all ages were invited to submit their artwork to this openthemed, non-juried community art exhibit. Reception: 5-8p, FREE OFFCenter Community Arts Project, 808 Park SW, 505.247.1172

offcenterarts.org through jul. 27: reception/ exhibition

Patti Fox and Michael Norviel: Two Person Show Patti Fox’s Celebrate is a celebration of florals created with oil stick and mixed media. Michael Norviel’s Landscapes: Near and Far are an explosion in color with oil on canvas. Reception: 5-9p, FREE

Sumner & Dene 517 Central NW, 505.842.1400

sumnerdene.com

The Vortex Theatre 2004-1/2 Central SE, 505.247.8600

The Surface Beauty group exhibition, opening on July 12 at Karan Ruhlen Gallery (225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, 505.820.0807, karanruhlen.com), will feature the work of five accomplished artists, including Ellen Koment’s “Juxtaposition” (pictured). The artist reception will be held from 5-7pm on July 12. The exhibit will run through July 24.

opening

performance

The 5th Annual International Tour The show was started in 2009 and has traveled Seoul, Korea, Osaka, Japan, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Turkey and Albuquerque, USA. Forty five talented artists from nine countries will be showing. 5-8p, FREE

Love, Lyrics & Laughter — a Cabaret: featuring UPStaged Join these jaded nightclub performers as they employ questionable psychological selfhelp to evolve from love problems to laughter. 7:30p, $20-$25

Jewish Community Center 5520 Wyoming NE, 505.332.0565

parkfineart.com

through aug. 31: reception/ exhibition

Park Fine Art 20 First Plaza, 505.764.1900

sat 20

Group Show A group show featuring new works by gallery artists. New estate pieces by Kenneth Adams, Howard Cook (etching), Novella King, Ray Vinella, Walter Bambrook, L. Turner, A. Polt, J. Abieta, others. Plus antique African sculpture.

performance

8p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p Sun., price TBA

Concetta D Gallery 20 First Plaza, 505.243.5066

100 Gold SW Suite 110, 505.404.1578

concettadgallery.com

Loma Colorado Main Library Auditorium 755 Loma Colorado NE, Rio Rancho, 505.891.5013

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee A fun and endearing new Tony Award-winning musical that follows the story of six kids in the throes of puberty who are overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves. Tricklock Performance Laboratory cardboard-playhouse.org

5-8p, FREE

Ballet en Fuego Dance Concert The colorfully clad troupe of adult dancers performs contemporary ethnic dances choreographed to traditional and contemporary Mexican, Spanish and Latin music. Attendees will also be treated to a castanet lesson. 2-3:15p, FREE

Local iQ | albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | July 18-31, 2013

jccabq.org

Modernist Printmaking in the Southwest, 1920-1950 An exceptional exhibition of SW scenes from the early 20th century, with fine art prints by important American Modernists, including Emil Bisttram, Morris Blackburn, George Burr, Gerald Cassidy, Howard Cook, Gene Kloss, Arnold Rönnebeck, Will Shuster, John French Sloan and Theo White. Reception: 3-5p, FREE William R. Talbot Fine Art 129 W. San Francisco Santa Fe, 505.982.1559

williamtalbot.com

vortexabq.org

thu 25 film

Burros Burros, directed by Odín Salazar, is the story of Lautaro, a 10-year-old boy who lives in southern Mexico’s Tierra Caliente in the 1940s. When his father is murdered, he is sent to live with an aunt. Lautaro decides to run away and return home; during his journey, he encounters many people, living and dead, who help him on his way. Spanish with English subtitles. 7p, FREE Ticketed Event

Bank Of America Theater National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th SW, 505.246.2261

nhccnm.org through aug. 11: performance

Secret Things The world premiere of a work by award-winning playwright Elaine Romero, set in NM in the 1990s. Delia, a writer for Time magazine, is given an assignment to return to her native state to do a story quashing the rumors her editor has been hearing about Crypto-Jews in NM. After meeting with her informant in ABQ and Santa Fe, she begins to have strange feelings and dreams, and eventually finds herself in the mythical land of

Sephardia as she struggles to learn about her own family’s secret past. 7:30p, Thu.-Sat.; 2p Sun.,

$13-$18

Wells Fargo AuditoriumNational Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th SW, 505.246.2261

nhccnm.org

fri 26 through aug. 18: performance

The Pajama Game Conditions at the factory are anything but peaceful, sparks fly between the new superintendent and the female leader of the union’s grievance committee as the workers battle for a raise, setting off not only a conflict between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well. The show won a Tony for best musical and numerous awards for its outstanding choreography. 8p, Fri.;Sat.; 4p; Sun., $20-$22

Musical Theater Southwest Black Box Performance Space 6320-B Domingo NE, 505.265.9119

musicaltheatresw.com through sep. 29: reception/exhibition

Ground Effect Ground Effect includes works that originate from the landscapes of the American SW; the artists’ approaches to the subject of landscape are audacious and they come at the subject from quite different points of view. Reception: 6-9p, FREE

The KiMo Theatre Gallery 423 Central NW kimoabq.com

4th Annual Xtreme Sports Art Show and Silent Auction Xtreme sports (art)ifacts transformed into works of art and auctioned off. All proceeds fund the scholarship programs.

6p, FREE

Sunrise Bank 219 Central NW, 505.296.2738

nmxsports.org

smart arts

For more arts and theater coverage, visit Local-iQ.com/ARTS Macbeth 8p, Fri.-Sat.; 2p., Sun, Jul.-18-Aug. 4

ink your hands into some clay at Silver City’s annual Clay Festival, one of the more unique summer festivals in the country. Each year Clay Fest brings artists, educators, families and learners to Silver City to discover and play with clay and Silver City Clay learn about the impact it has had on history. Festival The week-long event features lectures from Jul. 27-Aug. 4 leading artists and other specialists in clay Various venues, events and workshops that will teach you how to use clayfestival.com clay to build pots, vessels and even Adobe labyrinths. There will be clay art, both on display and for sale, and the festival will host several international clay exhibitions including “A Tile & A Vessel,” featuring ceramic tiles and vessels from renowned artists, and “The Public ProJECT Outdoor Digital Exhibition,” showcasing large-scale clay and mosaic installations. Tours will be offered as well — take a trip to the Gila Cliff Dwellings or get the opportunity to explore a legitimate archaeological dig site. Bring your whole family and play in the mud (literally) or watch a claymation double feature of Wallace and Grommit. Attend a yoga session, participate in a poker game featuring clay poker chips, or just stroll around and see the creations that can only come from clay. —Jessica Sosa

n age-old story depicting truths, anger, violence The Vortex Theatre and intrigue comes to life 2004-1/2 Central SE, at the Vortex Theatre in 505.247.8600 this new production of $18 William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It’s all part of vortexabq.org The Vortex’s Will Power 4 Shakespeare Festival, with Macbeth being the third in a series of four Shakespeare plays staged this summer. This is the first time full Elizabethan wardrobe is being used for a production at the playhouse. Macbeth will come to life and explore the true meaning of, “To be or not to be? That is the question.” Leslee Richards is the director of this production. Richards has had experience acting, directing and designing. She wants to convey Macbeth, the character, as an everyday person, a person whom everyone knows. This adaptation will be set in Scotland, where becoming a king meant you also became a revered warrior. The lively set design will also add to the drama, demonstrating to audiences the internal strife of Macbeth. It’s sure to be a rich staging of a classic play, a live triumph of a much-adapted tale. —Tamon Rasberry

Santa Fe’s Holy Trinity of Landscape Painting: John Fincher, Woody Gwyn and Forrest Moses 5-7p., Fri., Jul. 19 LewAllen Gallery at the Railyard 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 505.988.3250 lewallengalleries.com

any artists have used America’s landscapes as inspiration for their work, but three painters in particular have captured the radiance of the country’s natural beauty. Referred to originally as the “holy trinity” of American landscape painters by art writer John O’Hern, painters John Fincher, Woody Gwyn and Forrest Moses are coming to Santa Fe to showcase their unique interpretations of the world surrounding them. Fincher’s work takes a snapshot of the natural landscape, emphasizing cultural meanings of the mythical West with his use of intense shadowing and color schemes. Gwyn’s use of vivid natural colors and horizontal panoramas shows the expanse and movement of America’s natural world, and juxtaposes it with the manmade aspects of our society. Moses creates expressionist works pairing abstraction and representation, with splashes of bright color and unique brush strokes, giving life to his depictions of reflection, moving water and changing trees. We have all experienced the country’s landscapes on our own, but through the eyes of these three artists, you will see America and the beauty of nature in a new light. —Jessica Sosa

Local iQ | albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | July 18-31, 2013

books

Building a visual memory

B ook E VE NT S

An Archaeology of Architecture: Photowriting the Built Environment

thu 18 book reading

Aaron Dixon My People are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain In an era of stark racial injustice, Aaron Dixon dedicated his life to the revolution, founding the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968 at age 19. In his memoir, Dixon traces the course of his own radicalization and that of a generation. 7p, FREE

By Dennis Tedlock UNM Press, 2013 Hardback, 160 pp.

$50 ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-5305-4

By Mike English

e all live with buildings in our daily lives. We wake up in them. We work in them. We eat and drink and pray in them. We might take them for granted, or we might encounter a building that grabs our attention with its thoughtfulness and beauty. Either way, most people do not spend their daily moments thinking about the artistic expression inherent in humanity’s buildings. Yet as Dennis Tedlock’s new book An Archaeology of Architecture shows so well, keeping our eyes peeled as we move through our built environment can be revealing, uplifting and inspiring. There’s beauty all around us. Tedlock is a distinguished professor of English and a research professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the introduction to his new book, published by the University of New Mexico Press, he tells the story of how his anthropology work got him in the habit of always carrying a camera, and the camera got him in the habit of looking. And when he looks, he sees the world we build for ourselves. “I see archaeology in the making,” he writes. “Everywhere there are signs of past events that led to the present state of things.” And that is the foundation for this book — Tedlock’s trained photographer’s eye and his ability to sit down and write about his images of the built world in an interesting, poetic, descriptive manner. He calls it “photowriting,” but he’s an academic and we should probably forgive him for thinking he needs a term for it. It’s really just good

Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande NW, 505.344.8139

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photography and good writing. Images in An Archaeology of Architecture are from around the world and as varied in subject matter as the exterior of a crumbling adobe home in Punta de Agua, N.M., or a moody interior shot of a Paris brasserie. You may find yourself looking at an image of the doors of a New Orleans Jewish temple or the facade of a Chinese supermarket in the Old Side neighborhood of central Amsterdam. There’s no overarching theme, nothing that sums everything up in a tidy package, only a full-page color photo on one page and a solid block of text on the page next to it, again and again, sometimes offering factual detail and sometimes just Tedlock riffing. Of an image of the face of the Simoni Store in Cerrillos, N.M., Tedlock writes, “The porch and balcony were constructed by Disney Studios for The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, a family-oriented Western about a peace-loving county sheriff, serialized on television in 1958.” Of an image of a seemingly deserted room with a grated window, he writes, “Blue and green light comes in from a misty morning in the highlands of Guatemala. Yellow light comes down from tungsten bulbs in what was once the choir loft of the church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Zaragoza.” It’s a series of mood pieces, a page-bypage celebration of beauty as found in architecture. Stop and look, it tells us. Slow down. Appreciate this. A book that encourages that is a good thing.

Local iQ | albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | July 18-31, 2013

fri 19 book reading

Brad Taylor The Widow’s Strike In his past three New York Times bestselling novels, retired Delta Force commander Brad Taylor has put his extra-legal anti-terrorist organization, the Taskforce, in the cross-hairs of this class of enemy. In his fourth Pike Logan novel, he explores the most terrifying enemy of all: the kind you can’t see. When the Taskforce catches wind of a planned bio-terrorist attack, Pike, Jennifer, and the rest of the team must race against time to prevent a global pandemic. 7p, FREE Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande NW, 505.344.8139

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sat 20 book signing

Ronn Perea The Email Tango Musical cabaret producer Peter Arias’s bachelor days are over. He wants to get married and have kids. He inherited his dancing genes from mom and pop so he figures a good way to meet ladies is at dance clubs. Thus he becomes seduced by the Tango. But after a seductive misadventure with a local lady he gets into the addiction and allure of pursuing romance with ladies from four continents. 5p, FREE

Treasure House Books & Gifts 2012 South Plaza NW, 505.242.7204

book debut

book reading

Susan Krinard Mist Krinard has had paranormal romance novels on the New York Times bestseller’s list and will promote her new urban fantasy novel, the first book in a planned trilogy. 3p, FREE

Ann Bolinger-McQuade Everyday Oracles Bolinger-McQuade helps readers recognize and decipher their own personal signs, or “everyday oracles.” Bolinger-McQuade teaches readers to be open to receiving their personal oracles, and she also covers the intriguing history and science of oracles, including the five main types (conduits, mirrors, synchronicities, signs and symbols, invisible moving sidewalks) and how they may speak to you. 7p, FREE

Page One Bookstore 11018 Montgomery NE, 505.294.2026 page1book.com

sun 21 book talk and signing

Larry Littlefield and Pearl M. Burns Wildflowers of the Sandia Mountains of Central New Mexico An illustrated wildflower book for nonprofessionals, focused on the mountains of central NM, including 715 color photographs of different organs and developmental stages of 201 common species occurring at approximately 6,000-11,000 feet elevation. Plant descriptions include their typical habitats, blooming period, floral and vegetative characteristics, uses by southwestern Native American tribes, the plant’s common and scientific names and plant family. 1-3p, FREE

Treasure House Books & Gifts 2012 South Plaza NW, 505.242.7204

book talk

Tony Juniper What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees The book examines the true cost of nature’s resources. 2:30p, FREE Page One Bookstore 11018 Montgomery NE, 505.294.2026

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tue 23 Round Table Discussion Croak and Dagger, the ABQ Chapter of Sisters In Crime, is hosting a round table. Four mystery novelists, members of Croak and Dagger, will make up the Round Table: Pat Wood, Margaret Tessler, Albert Noyer and Sarah Baker. 7p, FREE James Joseph Dwyer Memorial Police Substation 12700 Montgomery NE

Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande NW, 505.344.8139

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fri 26 book talk

Erv Hinds Healing the Pain of Heartache Local cardiac anesthesiologist Erv Hinds will talk about his nonfiction medical book examining the medical evidence of heartache as an illness. 6:30p, FREE Page One Bookstore 11018 Montgomery NE, 505.294.2026 page1book.com

sat 27 book signing

Ezequiel L. Ortiz & James A. McClure Don Jose: An American Soldier’s Courage and Faith in Japanese Captivity In 1941 the Japanese invaded the Philippines with overwhelming force and forced the surrender of American troops at Bataan and Corregidor. Prisoners of war were subjected to brutal captivity and thousands did not survive. This is the story of an American soldier who survived and became a hero. Noon-4p, FREE

Treasure House Books & Gifts 2012 South Plaza NW, 505.242.7204

reading/signing

Jim Fish Reads Songs of the Landscape Jim Fish will read from his fourth book of poetry. 2p, FREE

The Placitas Community Library 453 Highway 165, Placitas, 505.867.3355

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film

Release schedule

Girl Most Likely Jul. 19 PG-13/103 min

Kristen Wiig stars as Imogene, a failed New York playwright awkwardly navigating the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year’s News.

R.I.P.D. Jul. 19 PG-13/96 min

Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the 3D supernatural actionadventure R.I.P.D. as two cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side.

The To-Do List Jul. 26 R/92 min

Set in 1993, Valedictorian Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza) wants to shed her uptight image before college, so she assembles a “to do list” of all the risqué activities she missed out on in high school. Brandy solicits her best friends, sexed-crazed older sister (Rachel Bilson) and burnt-out boss (Bill Hader) for their help and advice. 2 Guns

Aug. 2 R

Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg lead an all-star cast in an explosive action film that tracks two operatives from competing bureaus who are forced on the run together.

Planes Aug. 9 TBD/TBD

From above the world of Cars comes Disney’s Planes, an actionpacked 3D animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer.

Kick-Ass 2 Aug. 16 R/TBD

Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new

wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol.

The World’s End Aug. 23 TBD/TBD

A full 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future of humankind.

Closed Circuit Aug. 28 TBD/TBD

In this international thriller, two ex-lovers, Martin (Eric Bana) and Claudia (Rebecca Hall), find their loyalties tested and their lives at risk when they are joined together on the defense team in a terrorism trial.

Riddick Sep. 6 TBD/TBD

Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick’s past.

Rush Sep. 20 R/123 min

Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed — handsome English playboy Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Lauda.

Thanks for Sharing TBD/100 min

Sep. 20 A sharply comic and deeply moving look at a very different kind of modern family – the haphazard family forged by three men trying to navigate life, love and the emotional landmines of New York City while recovering from addiction.

‘Dirty Girls’ film adaptation, a la Tyler Perry?

Shooting in NM now

The Signal Location: Albuquerque, Los Lunas, Taos Director: Will Eubank Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp

y friends and I argue about Tyler Perry. I believe he should have already won a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars. I can go even so far to say it’s well overdue, but my friends disagree. They say his movies are not worthy of any type of Academy award. While I concede that none of his individual films are worthy of a coveted little gold man, I chuckled at Madea and got choked up during For Colored Girls. Even so, I must admit his movies are not great. That doesn’t sway me from my opinion. So why would I believe that the Academy should give Perry a special award? He knows his audience; he knows it better than any artist or filmmaker in Hollywood today. I know it’s a bold statement, but I believe Tyler Perry is a true auteur. He carefully crafts his vision and makes movies that speak to a very specific audience, who are hungry for more. That cannot be said for very many directors in Hollywood (especially M. Night Shyamalan). It’s a taboo thought, but I know you’re thinking Tune in to it, “Tyler Perry makes movies for a black audience Dan because he’s a black director.” And you’re absolutely Gutierrez right; he does make his films for a black audience. every Friday But his audience is almost always underrepresented at 7:30a on and stereotyped in mainstream media. His movies, Channels refreshingly, are not stereotypical by any means. Alisa Valdes is an Albuquerque native and the 26 & 27 for author of The Dirty Girls Social Club, her bestPerry’s films are smart, fun and he uses jokes and film talk on selling novel published in 2003. A production scenarios crafted for a specific culture. His references The Morning group that includes Valdes is pursuing indepenare “inside,” and audiences that might be outside Brew dent funding to make a film version. of that scope may feel lost or unimportant, and that’s OK because it’s not for them. Even though his audiences as Perry speaks to African Americans. films are intended for a small demographic, he still Valdes has developed a strong following for her novel, so this manages to rank high in the box office, movie after movie. movie project does have a fighting chance. If you want to help All of this has made me wonder; could a Latin writer/director The Dirty Girls Social Club, visit their Fundy page at fundly.com/ step in and do the same as Tyler Perry does for his audience? the-dirty-girls-social-club-movie and donate. Then I saw a Fundy campaign for The Dirty Girls Social Club, a movie trying to step into Mr. Perry’s shoes. DVD pick of the week The Dirty Girls Social Club is a novel by Alisa Valdes which has Since it’s summertime, we should all offer tribute to the late been lovingly dubbed the Latina version of Sex and the City. Right great Jim Varney and his Blake’s Lotaburger commercials with a now, the creators of the movie version of The Dirty Girls Social viewing of Ernest Goes to Camp (1987). It’s a heartwarming story Club are asking for $250,000 on Fundy for a film that will most the 11-year-old in all of us is begging to watch. Ernest P. Worrell likely be made in New Mexico. The fundraising campaign ends must look after a group of mischievous youths and plan a fullJuly 30. scale assault on an evil construction company trying to destroy his camp. Bad, but wonderfully nostalgic. Steven Michael Quezada of the Emmy-winning television series Breaking Bad has signed on to play the role of Ed Jaramillo — aka Dan Gutierrez is host of Directors Cut Radio Program (available “Ed the Bigheaded Texican.” at directorscutradio.com). He can be reached at dan@ directorscutradio.com. There’s a good chance this project can speak to Latin American

Transcendence Location: Albuquerque Director: Wally Pfister Cast: Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara

A Million Ways to Die in the West Locations: Bonanza Creek Movie Town, Chama, Jemez Pueblo, Shiprock Director: Seth MacFarlane Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman

Longmire Locations: Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Santa Fe Cast: Robert Taylor, Lou Diamond Phillips

Theaters

Century 14 Downtown 100 Central SW 505.243.7469

Century Rio 24 14901 Pan American Freeway 505.342.2424

Cinemark Movies 8 4591 San Mateo 505.888.1992

Cinemark Movies West 9201 Coors NW 505.898.4664

Guild Cinema 3405 Central NE 505.255.1848

UA Cottonwood Cottonwood Mall 10000 Coors NW 505.897.6858

UA Four Hills 13120 Central SE 505.275.3863

UA High Ridge 12921 Indian School NE 505.275.0038

Winrock 6 201 Winrock Center 505.872.9070

Box Office Movie title

Weekend gross (Millions)

Despicable Me 2....................................... $45 Grown Ups 2........................................... $42 Pacific Rim...............................................$38 The Heat..................................................$14 The Lone Ranger....................................... $11 Monsters University ................................ $11 World War Z............................................ $9 White House Down ................................... $6 Kevin Hart: Let me Explain......................... $5 Man of Steel............................................. $5 Local iQ | albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | July 18-31, 2013

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Planet Waves Aries (Mar. 20-Apr. 19) Find the courage and you can accomplish anything. It’s one thing to be headstrong, determined or pushy. It’s another to be brave. Unless you’re familiar with bravery, the distinction may seem like just words, though it’s not — there is a heartfelt confidence in courage; there is the trust that you’ll be able to meet your challenges and not be deterred by your hang-ups. As you discover this space within yourself, you’ll begin to pick up momentum and gather strength from what may seem like invisible sources within you. If there’s a sexual element to this, it’s about a craving to explore in physical reality what you might not even be able to speak about under ordinary circumstances. Your fantasies may lead the way; the courage aspect involves giving yourself permission to go new places with your body and your emotions, with authentic curiosity where this may lead you.

by Eric Francis • planetwaves. net

Leo (Jul. 22-Aug. 23) You have exceptional insight into the nature of reality right now — both your own and that of other people. It may not be in your nature to volunteer information where it hasn’t been asked for, though where it has been asked for is another question. If you’re in question about this, ask yourself exactly why you know what you know, and what purpose your powers of observation might be intended to serve. If your answer is that they are for you alone, I suggest thinking a little deeper. The service aspects in your chart are especially powerful right now, and you don’t need to be the personal beneficiary of your own goodwill. Indeed, it seems appropriate that you consciously take at least some action every day that is offered for the benefit of someone else with no thought of a direct payback. If you’re hesitating, I suggest you ask yourself what you’re holding onto. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) Take some time and observe the dynamics among your friends. Your social environment is changing about as fast as you can keep up with it (probably a bit faster). It’s never been quite like this, and is presenting you with nothing but opportunities. To see them for what they are will require thinking differently. To do that, it’ll help to see the world in a more creative way, seeing possibilities that others would overlook and most of all thinking bigger than you usually do. By bigger I don’t mean going from the 16-ounce size to the 24-ounce size; I mean by orders of magnitude. Go beyond “doing anything is really cool” to seeing your limits and then seeing beyond them. I don’t think that these ideas are going to come directly from others, though you will see something in the patterns of how others relate, what they say and how their thoughts bounce off of one another.

Taurus (Apr. 19-May 20) One interesting thing about jealousy is that it’s laid on us like a law. Through social conditioning, fear and lack of understanding, it can seem like a gag reflex that’s not subject to any conscious control. You know that’s not true, despite what some people around you may be telling you. It remains your choice to give jealousy its own meaning, which is another way of saying deciding for yourself what power it will have over you. To do that, it would help to understand the nature of jealousy. There is one theory that it’s a veiled confrontation with death, through the potential loss of a relationship. I have another theory: beneath the veil of jealousy is the hottest passion that we’re capable of experiencing — not a flirtation with surrender but a direct encounter with it. You might find it strange at first that the thing you feared Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) the most becomes a way to what you crave This is an unusual moment of the most. In a word, that is healing. achievement for you. By that I mean that despite any doubts you may have, over Gemini (May 20-Jun. 21) the next few weeks through the end of the You may be ambivalent about what you year, you’re likely to accomplish at least want, though I don’t think you will be for three things you might have previously long. Here is a clue. What you desire is believed were highly unlikely or even not knowable by a concept in your head; impossible. Don’t worry about how you you’ll gain access to it through a feeling will get to your end goal. I suggest you not in your body. It’s not what someone told be especially concerned if you don’t even you is important to you but rather what have one of those — rather, focus on your resonates in your blood and bones as direction of travel. I suggest you take the urgent, necessary and true. You often trip one conscious, tangible step at a time. display a strong protective urge for people Look for modest, obvious objectives, and close to you — that might emerge, though focus on doing what you do better rather than faster. Pacing is essential — there’s a I suggest you direct that energy into lot of pressure from Mars about to come taking care of yourself. Recognize your into play, which might feel like pushing priorities — including the ones that have proven difficult to bring into focus, and the you to pick up your speed. You will get goals that have been difficult to manifest; your best results with a slow and steady pace despite any deadlines you might face. choose the most important ones and take As you move through this territory, an action. I think you’ll notice that you’re no obvious and very significant goal is likely longer trying to push something uphill but to manifest for you, and you will know rather like it’s suspended in water. Take full exactly what to do. advantage of a higher-than-usual efficiency Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) between the energy you exert and the Your traditional ruling planet Mars is results that you get. about to enter Cancer, joining many other Cancer (Jun. 21-Jul. 22) planets in the water signs. Meanwhile, You may have no idea what draws other the mighty Saturn in your birth sign has people to you, though you don’t need recently stationed direct. Between these to understand in order for that thing to two developments you’re likely to feel that work. Indeed, it seems inevitable that it the universe is not only more cooperative will, yet at the same time you’re likely to feel different, even like a different person. but actually shows responsiveness to your creative power. Focus on the positive, I suggest you keep your emotions closer including feelings, desires and images. to the surface of your awareness, be If you have to vent some steam or some they anger, passion, love, frustration or spleen, write an angry letter to God or determination. Transparency is good go to your therapist’s office and let it out for you now; burying your feelings will there — then move on quickly. This is one create interference. You’re likely to be someone who was taught to take out your of those times when what you focus on will increase, which is why I am suggesting negative feelings on yourself. This was you focus on the positive. You can do part of making sure you’re available as that thing where you view problems as one constantly in the role of taking care opportunities; you may notice that it’s of others. Let your feelings out into the open and notice what you feel. Rather than strangely effective. That’s not a magical worry about what others think, observe the result as much as it is a creative one. If you’re confronted with a problem, take the results that you get. You’re likely to make occasion to solve it on a systemic level and some unexpected (and what you might let it point you to a greater achievement. consider strange) discoveries.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) Some element of darkness, doubt or shadow will emerge with deep sexual or emotional passion. Therefore you don’t need to be surprised if and when it does —though it would help if you know how to handle yourself. Step one is don’t go into denial. Step two is don’t blame yourself or anyone, just stay with the feelings involved. Step three is remember that these feelings are flexible and therefore subject to change. The mind has a way of making what is now seem like it’s permanent — especially when it comes to emotions. Remember that the feeling body is associated with the element water. Water flows easily; it always seeks balance; it has a way of permeating anything. The only time that’s not true is when it’s frozen, which is unlikely — you’re likely to be feeling a healthy dose of heat over the next few days and I suggest you let it thaw anyplace chilly, and explore the results as you melt the stuck places in your soul. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Mars arrives in your opposite sign Cancer, and that’s a message to get used to people having strong feelings about you. Since we live in a time when it’s considered appropriate to panic when someone looks at you, I suggest you open up and be ready for some strong reactions to your presence. Most of them will be positive; some you might need to deflect. But energy is energy, and it’s coming your way. Timing factors indicate clearly that this influx will come into focus between now and Jul. 27, at which time it will not wane but rather increase. This is the time to be present in your environment and the extent to which you’re a focus of interest, rather than trying to hide in your room. What could possibly lead me to think you might do that? Perhaps it’s something in your chart; perhaps it’s something about our moment, wherein confidence is at an all-time low. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You’re entering what may be the busiest month of your life so far. It will be up to you to make it one of the most productive. While you’re likely to feel the impulse to take immediate action, I suggest you develop a plan, or at least a focused list of priorities. Some items on that list will lend themselves to movement now, and if you’re planning carefully you will notice that some will require preparation. And I think you will notice that one objective or goal stands high above the rest, and you are likely to know about it now. I suggest you organize yourself around your highest priorities and then work in descending order, coming back to that basic structure when in doubt. The thing to avoid is being driven by your emotions. Let them have their place — and make sure that your motto in these days of your life is “mind over matter.” Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) I can remember no time in my work as an astrologer where the planets were more favorably aligned for Pisces than they are now. Your two ruling planets, Jupiter and Neptune, are in excellent shape, placed in water signs; Mars is about to ingress your sympathetic water sign Cancer. Many other factors are adding up to something truly special. There is one factor that you alone can bring, which is the courage to take risks. I could rant endlessly about our society of wimps who are afraid to make eye contact or have a conversation in person, but I will skip that. The risks I suggest you take are mostly human — stating clearly what you feel, without glossing over the important parts; engaging people you’re interested in rather than waiting for them to come to you; and giving yourself direct permission to ignore the “rules” and express yourself boldly. If you can do these things for yourself, you will open the way to miracles.

“Seventeen Again”

Edited by Ben Tausig. Difficulty 2/5 ACROSS 1 Assassin “Carlos” awaiting trial 7 It closed over 5,000 for the first time in history last year 10 Nursing need 14 10-Across area 15 Rock subgenre for Sunny Day Real Estate and others 16 ___ fever (feel hot) 17 Mall mass gathering of recent news 20 Room in a casa 21 Something to blow one’s boyfriend, perhaps 22 Keep the phone line tied up, say 24 Biblical beast of burden 25 Figure at the center of this century’s “trial of the century”

serve chairman Greenspan 44 ___ Barker, who pitched a perfect game 45 Bandmate of Johnny and Tommy 47 Like Chris O’Donnell’s outfits 49 Company that makes Windows 95 51 Wander (about) 53 Objectivist Rand 54 Priciest of the Johnny Walker blends 59 Cow’s kid 63 Every seventeen years, and like my kinfolk’s emergence (at which point we eventually catch up on the news) 66 Ghostbuster played by Ramis 67 “For shame!”

31 Pencil wood

68 Keep down

35 Light-running vehicle, at times

69 “First ___ harm ...”

36 Space station with a docking module recently added

70 Letters on a “Chicago Hope” vehicle

38 Houston university

71 This puzzle’s author, for one DOWN

4 Stimulating nut

of fiction)

5 Boxer who lit the Olympic torch in Atlanta

34 Nintendo 64 button

6 Tonal language of Southeast Asia 8 Early writer on algebra

41 Band working on an album called “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”

9 Wilder character

46 Hundreds of generations

10 Formal French eateries

48 School for Texas governor George W. Bush

7 Bruce’s wife

11 “___ is not to reason why ...” 12 Long ago 13 Utterances of dismissal 18 Down times during the workday? 19 Assorted, for short 22 Sumac of wide vocal range 23 Shower time? 25 Cousteau’s realm 26 La ___, California (rich San Diego community) 27 Liquidy thud 28 Parenthetical words in a huge Stones hit 29 Subject of Sultan Qaboos 30 NCAA tourney’s lesser cousin

39 First name in jazz singing

1 Good songs, as it were

40 Pissed off

2 Diva’s climax

32 Toy in Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale”

42 Maladies

3 Biology textbook subject

33 Roman ___ (mostly real piece

43 Federal Re-

37 Towel off further

50 Study of curves, briefly 52 Writer who put himself through hell 54 Spoke foolishly but as if wise, briefly 55 Basic building block 56 Riding, say 57 Erotic practice discussed on the “world wide web” site sex.com, briefly 58 Reacts to a roach, say 59 Cable channel for Charles Grodin 60 Enslaved princess of opera 61 Praise in a big way 62 Bassist on “Under the Bridge” 64 Key on a Packard Bell, e.g. 65 Rapa ___ (Easter Island)

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Creditors have ways to find you

have been getting calls from consumers who state, “How did my creditor get my new number and address, after I moved and changed my phone number?” This is called skip tracing, which is a tool used by your creditors and collection agencies to locate a consumer who they have no information on. A bill collector, who does not have an address for you and is unable to locate you, will first call directory assistance. If that doesn’t help, he or she will then call a title company. The title company will run your name to see if you own any property in the area. The title company will give them your address or the name of the person residing at that address to give you a message. If unable to locate you, creditors will then call a voter’s registration that could give your address if you are a registered voter. If still unable to locate you, the collector can order addresses and phone numbers of people who live around you which are considered nearby’s of the last address they have for you. The collector will call those people to see if they have any new information on you such as a new address or phone number. If you still live at the same address, the bill collector will ask your neighbors to go and put a message on your door to call the collector back. This is not legal. Another method the collectors are using to locate you is Facebook, and they will use that

social site just like you might when you are trying to find a friend. Yet another approach is when a collector orders a credit report for you. Once the report is available to them they will start calling the creditors who are being paid and are current. In most instances your creditors will give the updated information for you to the collector. If the creditor has your place of employment and business number they will also try to contact you at your job. If most or all of your payments to creditors are delinquent or the information has not been updated, collectors will not be able to locate you and in most cases will close the account as a skip account. The account is closed because it is not cost-effective for the company to continue to pursue it. That doesn’t mean you are no longer responsible for payment. Don’t forget folks, we have free credit educational workshops the second Saturday of each month 11a-1p. Michael Ramos is the owner of Credit Rescue Now (creditrescuenow.com, 505.899.1448).

C OM M U N I T Y E V E NT S thu 18 An Author’s Perspective on Pagan Priesthood Gede Parma, Wildwood witch and Aussie author of Spirited, By Land, Sky, and Sea, and Ecstatic Witchcraft, will be offering his perspective on Pagan Priesthood. This workshop is a lecture-style discussion on the significance of priesthood within the modern Pagan traditions. 7-9p, $20 Blue Eagle Metaphysical Emporium 2422 Juan Tabo NE, 505.298.3682

blueeaglemetaphysical.com

fri 19 Through Jul. 21

Fiestas de Taos Festival that features three days of live music, dance, parades, special presentations, food, crafts, vendors and children’s activities. Taos Plaza

sat 20 4th Annual Craft Fair Thirty booths featuring talented customers offering their handcrafted jewelry, accessories, critters, crochet, punched tin, painting, sculpture and more. 1-9p, FREE

Stone Mountain Bead Gallery 4008 Central SE, 505.260.1121

workshop

The Electric Company-Sparking Literacy Learning Like the original series, the new show illuminates educational goals through pop culture, music, comedy, technology and celebrities to create a playful, hip, multimedia experience. Learn how to the use

40 Local iQ

| albuquerque’s intelligent alternative | July 18-31, 2013

the series to teach kids ages 6-9 about the power of reading. 10a-Noon, FREE, RSVP

required

Mountain View Private Elementary 4100 New Vistas NW, 505.277.4087

newmexicopbs.org Geeks Who Drink: Arrested Development The rules are simple. Fans form six person teams for an eight round event that lasts around two hours. Questions are drawn from all four seasons of Arrested Development, with a particular highlight on the Netflix supplied season four. Winning teams reap a cash prize of anywhere between $200 and $500. 9p, $5

O’Niell’s Pub 3301 Juan Tabo NE, 505.293.1122

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sun 21 Meditation Basics Learn or renew meditation skills with user-friendly, accessible and practical meditation classes. 1011a, $8

Maple Street Dance Space 3215 Central NE, 505.292.5293

meditationinnewmexico.org

sat 27 through aug. 4: festival

The 2013 Silver City Clay Festival The signature event will celebrate clay at various venues in historic downtown Silver City and other regional locations. Festival offerings will showcase tile, pottery, adobe and natural building processes.The festival will feature three international juried exhibitions, workshops, tours, demos, lectures, films, kids activities, a juried vendor fair, social events, and more. Silver City

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sun 28 Community HU Chant Join a group meditation and chant an ancient sound. Access higher power within and experience more love in your daily life. 10:30-11a,

FREE

Eckankar Center 2501 San Pedro NE, suite 113, 505.265.7388

miraclesinyourlife.org

wed 24

wed 31

Community Meditation Join a group meditation and chant an ancient sound. Access the higher power within and experience more love in your daily life. 8:15-8:45a, FREE

Community Meditation Join a group meditation and chant an ancient sound. Access the higher power within and experience more love in daily life. 8:15-8:45a,

FREE

miraclesinyourlife.org

Palo Duro Senior Center 5221 Palo Duro NE, 505.265.7388