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LOOKING YOU IN THE THIRD EYE SINCE 1992
"ALL ALONE TOGETHER" BY THOMAS CHRISTOPHER HAAG • THOMASCHRISTOPHERHAAG.COM
VOLUME 24 | ISSUE 7 | FEBRUARY 12-18, 2015 | FREE
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FEBRUARY 12-18, 2015 WEEKLY ALIBI
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BY AUGUST MARCH
Crib Notes: Feb. 12, 2015
VOLUME 24 | ISSUE 7 | FEBRUARY 12-18, 2015
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EDITORIAL
MANAGING EDITOR/MUSIC EDITOR:
Samantha Anne Carrillo (ext. 243)
[email protected]
FILM EDITOR:
Devin D. O’Leary (ext. 230) [email protected]
FOOD EDITOR/FEATURES EDITOR:
Ty Bannerman (ext. 260) [email protected]
ARTS & LIT EDITOR/WEB EDITOR:
Lisa Barrow (ext. 267) [email protected]
CALENDARS EDITOR/COPY EDITOR:
After only one episode, some are
saying that AMC’s new Burque-based
drama “Better Call Saul” is set to
_________________.
a) Improve our town’s struggling
economy
b) Destroy our city’s reputation
c) Influence local law practices
d) Provide a template for all teevee
shows of the distant future
Mark Lopez (ext. 239) [email protected]
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Cecil Adams, Steven Robert Allen, Captain
America, Gustavo Arellano, Rob Brezsny, Shawna
Brown, Suzanne Buck, Eric Castillo, David Correia,
Erik Gamlem, Gail Guengerich, Nora Hickey,
Kristi D. Lawrence, Ari LeVaux, Mark Lopez,
August March, Genevieve Mueller, Amelia Olson,
Geoffrey Plant, Benjamin Radford, Jeremy
Shattuck, Mike Smith, M. Brianna Stallings, M.J.
Wilde, Holly von Winckel
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Last Saturday night, a shopkeeper on
Menaul shot a would-be shoplifter who
made off with ___________________.
a) A box of bath salts
b) A large New York-style pizza
c) An expensive “growers lamp”
d) A large bag of vermiculite
PRODUCTION
ART DIRECTOR:
Jesse Schulz (ext. 229) [email protected]
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PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Archie Archuleta (ext. 240) [email protected]
While closing up an abandoned
apartment/meth lab, local police
stumbled on _____________________.
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS:
Tasha Lujan (ext. 254) [email protected]
Robert Maestas (ext. 254) [email protected]
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER:
Eric Williams [email protected]
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Ben Adams, Eva Avenue, Cutty Bage, Max Cannon,
Michael Ellis, Adam Hansen, Jodie Herrera, KAZ,
Jack Larson, Tom Nayder, Ryan North
SALES
a) A gang of bloodthirsty homeless
folks
b) Several works of art by a famous
American artist
c) Marsellus Wallace’s mysterious
briefcase
d) The keys to Zed’s chopped-out
motorcycle
SALES DIRECTOR:
Sarah Bonneau (ext. 235) [email protected]
SENIOR DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE:
John Hankinson (ext. 265) [email protected]
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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES:
Valerie Hollingsworth (ext. 263) [email protected]
Laura Liccardi (ext. 264) [email protected]
Dawn Lytle (ext. 258) [email protected]
Sasha Perrin (ext. 241) [email protected]
ADMINISTRATION
CONTROLLER:
Molly Lindsay (ext. 257) [email protected]
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE :
Courtney Foster (ext. 233) [email protected]
A man charged with the recent murder
of another man near the 7-Eleven at
Kathryn and San Mateo previously
worked ______________________.
a) As a clerk at rival convenience store
Allsups
b) As the CEO of a multi-national
corporation
c) As a hedge fund manager
d) As a police informant
FRONT DESK:
Constance Moss (ext. 221) [email protected]
Renee Chavez (ext. 221) [email protected]
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER:
Carl Petersen (ext. 228) [email protected]
SYSTEMS MANAGER:
Kyle Silfer (ext. 242) [email protected]
WEB MONKEY:
John Millington (ext. 238) [email protected]
OWNERS, PUBLISHERS EMERITI:
Christopher Johnson and Daniel Scott
CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION MANAGER:
Geoffrey Plant (ext. 252) [email protected]
INFORMATION
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Among bills being considered at this
year’s meeting of the New Mexico
Legislature is one sponsored by State
Representative Rob Montoya
(R- Farmington), who is proposing a bill
that would curb the sale of
____________________.
a) Texas-style “chili”
b) Synthetic drugs like spice
c) Candy cigarettes
d) Mild green chile
PRINTER:
The Santa Fe New Mexican
IN LOVING MEMORY:
Doug Albin, Martin Candelaria, Michael Henningsen,
Eric Johnson, Greg Medara, Mina Yamashita
Answers:
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1) A. Members of New Mexico’s film and teevee
production community say the new show means
economic opportunities for Albuquerque and the
surrounding area.
Southwest Cyberport (232-7992)
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2) C. The alleged thief tried to take a lighting
instrument from the Hydro Lyfe store, only to be
shot in the back by the shop owner as he was
attempting to make his getaway.
3) B. Seventy-two images created by Al Momaday
were discovered in the condemned property.
4) D. Demetrius Wright, a former APD informant, is
facing charges in the death of Lawrence Chapman.
5) B. House Bill 354 would work to limit the sale of
spice and other synthetic drugs by civil remedies to
those damaged through its sale and use. a
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ODDS
ENDS
WEIRD NEWS
Dateline: England
Perhaps a police officer in Staffordshire was
smelling a big promotion when he located what he
thought was a major shipment of marijuana—but
it turned out to be a pile of potpourri. The
unnamed officer had been called out to a parcel
sorting depot after the staff reported several
suspicious packages. The officer was shown several
cardboard boxes that had been returned from an
address in the south of England. Noting the
strange aroma of the boxes, the officer believed
them to be filled with drugs. He seized all the
boxes and filled his entire police car with them for
a ride back to the station. The officer then spent
30 minutes unloading the boxes. A request was
made for a drug-sniffing dog, who had to be routed
from 20 miles away. When it arrived, the dog
showed no interest in the boxes—possibly because
they turned out to contain nearly 18 pounds of
flowery potpourri. The officers allegedly spent the
next hour packaging the potpourri back up and
returning it to the parcel depot.
Dateline: Washington
A lifelong football fan who passed away shortly
after the end of Super Bowl Sunday has had his
obituary published, listing his cause of death as
“the Seahawks.” Michael Vedvik, of Kent, Wash.,
died of a heart attack in the early morning hours of
Monday, Feb. 2. The event occurred several hours
after the Seattle Seahawks lost to the New
England Patriots thanks to an infamous
interception. According to the obituary published
in the Spokesman-Review, 53-year-old Vedvik
“loved his family, work, clients, traveling, the
Seahawks and life. We blame the Seahawks lousy
play for Mike’s ultimate demise.” Vedvik’s sister
wrote the obit, but said her husband added the
comment about the Seahawks. Although Vedvik’s
wife admitted the obituary wasn’t completely
accurate, Vedvik “would have thought it was
hysterical.”
Dateline: Texas
The father of a fourth grader in Kermit, Texas,
claims his son was suspended from school because
he allegedly threatened to use the “One Ring”
from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and The
Hobbit to make his friend disappear. The 9-yearold was accused of making a terroristic threat,
even though invisibility is the most prominent
power of the mythical ring. Jason Steward told the
Odessa American his family recently watched The
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and that his
son liked the film very much. According to the
Odessa American, the school’s principal “said
threats to another child’s safety would not be
tolerated—whether magical or not.” Steward
wrote an email to the Daily News, saying, “I assure
you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to
threaten his friend’s existence. If he did, I’m sure
he’d bring him right back.” Steward says his son
has already been suspended twice this school year,
once for referring to another classmate as “black”
and once for bringing the children’s encyclopedia
The Big Book of Knowledge to class—which, as a
teacher was apparently shocked to discover,
contains an illustration of a pregnant woman.
Dateline: Georgia
A suburban Atlanta barber is offering old man
haircuts for misbehaving kids. Russell Fredrick, coowner of the A-1 Kutz barbershop in Snellville,
said he is offering customers a “Benjamin Button
Special,” a shaved head with the sides and back
left in place to simulate a balding head. Fredrick
told the Washington Post he gave the first special to
his 12-year-old son last fall and saw that his oncefailing grades “dramatically skyrocketed.” The first
customer to accept the offer said her 10-year-old’s
misbehavior disappeared after the haircut, and she
returned to the shop four days later to have it
corrected. “There are a few people saying it’s
emotional abuse,” the barber said. “But on
average, everyone is applauding the mother that
brought the child in—and applauding me as well.”
After photos of the prematurely balding 10-yearold hit Instagram, Fredrick said, “you gotta reach
these kids somehow, and I would gladly do it
again.”
Dateline: Wyoming
A sheriff’s deputy chose to retire rather than give
up his cowboy hat. The newly elected sheriff of
Sublette County, Stephen Haskell, recently
instituted some changes in the department’s dress
code. Gone were 10-gallon hats and cowboy
boots. In their place were black trousers, tan shirts,
black combat boots and a black ball cap.
According to Haskell, cowboy boots can be
slippery on ice, and wide-brimmed hats blow away
in Wyoming’s heavy winds. Deputy Gene Bryson,
a 28-year veteran, didn’t cotton to the new
uniform, however. “When you take away my
individuality, I don’t want to stay,” Bryson told the
Casper Star-Tribune. Rather than lose his cowboy
hat and boots, the 70-year-old Bryson chose early
retirement. He turned in his badge on Jan. 31. a
Compiled by Devin D. O’Leary. Email your weird news to
[email protected].
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OPINION | ¡ASK A MEXICAN!
BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO
ear Mexican: Can you please explain to
me the basis as to why some Chicanos
and mexicanos get offended when you
speak to them in Spanish? As a fellow
Chicano I find it hard to believe
that raza gets offended by this
genuine approach to them. Have
you noticed this behavior
yourself? That little dirty
look that comes when you
say “Hola” to them makes
it hard to even approach
them. Is this pattern more
deeply rooted in the times
where speaking Spanish was
a shameful act in the US?
And to be accepted, many
Chicanos were prohibited from
speaking Spanish? If the Reconquista
was to ever be fulfilled, how would Spanishspeaking Chicanos and non-Spanish-speaking
Chicanos get along?
D
—Habla Henry
Dear Henry is Speaking: As if Mexicans don’t
have it hard enough—narcos back home,
Know Nothings in the States and a Mexican
soccer team that probably won’t win the FIFA
World Cup in our lifetime—comes this
conundrum. I get the underlying anger of
Chicanos and Mexicans who don’t want to
speak Spanish—they’re upset you don’t think
they’re smart enough to understand English or
are so ashamed of not knowing Spanish that
they take it out on you. But the flip-side to
that is Mexicans who get enojados if you
address them in English—as if you’re supposed
to know they don’t speak it! Can’t paisas and
pochos get along? And the answer is, of course,
no. That’s why the Mexican always greets
everyone, regardless of linguistic ability, with a
mariachi cry, the universal language of
chingones, and goes from there.
ear Mexican: I have to do an interview
report on Mexican culture, and I need to
interview a person who’s from Mexico.
D
But I don’t know about that culture even
though I’m Mexican myself. But you
Mexicans call me a whitewashed Mexican, so
I don’t think I will have the questions that I
will need. Anyways, what good questions
should I ask when I do my interview report
about Mexican culture or anything about the
Mexican things?
—Run Ronaldo Run
Dear Wab: Asking the
Mexican about questions to
ask Mexicans about
Mexicans? How meta! The
only real pregunta I have for
my raza that I don’t have an
answer for is why more of
you didn’t buy my Taco USA:
How Mexican Food Conquered
America, or how come someone
hasn’t started a torta chain that’ll turn
Chipotle into the next Chi-Chi’s.
CONFIDENTIAL TO: Know Nothings
who are trying to blame the recent measles
outbreak on Mexicans—it ain’t happening.
Vaccination studies show that Mexicans are
among the most vaccinated people in the
United States, whether getting shots here as
chicos or those crazy needles that our parents
and cousins had to undergo back in Mexico
that left a giant mark on their arms that looks
like a Neolithic-era ceremonial scarring. The
least vaccinated people in los Estados Unidos,
on the other hand, are gabachos: Amish,
survivalists and suburban moms who lunch on
kale. The myth of Mexicans bringing
pandemics to kill off gabachos is a tool that the
Right tries to use again and again to further
their career, but the last guy who tried it?
Former CNN host Lou Dobbs? Remember
him? He’s competing against a UHF signal
nowadays, and that destiny will happen to all
conspiracy-spewing gabachos like him—oh,
and beautiful half-Mexican grandkids. a
Ask the Mexican at [email protected].
Be his fan on Facebook. Follow him on Twitter
@gustavoarellano or follow him on Instagram
@gustavo_arellano!
BY RYAN NORTH
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Community
Calendar
THURSDAY FEB 12
BEGINNING ARGENTINE TANGO One hour of instruction,
followed by one-and-a-half hours of practice
facilitated by instructor Gary Diggs. Studio Sway
(1100 San Mateo NE). $10. 7-9:30pm. 710-5096.
alibi.com/e/130458.
CASTANET CLASS Learn the art and music of castanets
with Carlos Menchaca. Conservatory of Flamenco
Arts (1620 Central). $15. 7-8pm. 242-7600.
alibi.com/e/129178.
DANCING FOR BIRTH: PRENATAL EXERCISE Class
combines relaxation and visualization exercises with
fabulous doula tips and gentle dance moves.
Inspired Birth and Families (6855 Fourth Street NW).
$12. 6-7:15pm. 850-3425. alibi.com/e/129498.
GENTLE YOGA Use deep breathing and slow, deliberate
movement to stretch and strengthen the body and
calm the mind. Yoga Mike Studio Blue
(2205 Silver SE). $9 suggested donation. 6-7:15pm.
433-8685. alibi.com/e/125539.
HELPING HOARDERS This workshop presented by
Elizabeth Tawney Gross helps you better understand
hoarding and people with hoarding behaviors. Loma
Colorado Main Library Auditorium (755 Loma
Colorado NE, Rio Rancho). 6:30-7:30pm. 891-5013.
alibi.com/e/130472.
IT’S TRAVEL TIME! Explore the globe and create a travel
jar. For ages 9-12. Main Library (501 Copper NW).
3:30-4:30pm. 768-5131. alibi.com/e/128858.
JOIN ROLLER DERBY WITH ALBUQUERQUE ROLLER
DERBY Join the resurgence of roller derby and get
trained. For men and women of any skill level. Wells
Park (6 and Mountain). 6:30-8:30pm. 688-2426.
alibi.com/e/127792.
LEGO TECHNIC CAR RACES Join in for an afternoon of
building and racing LEGO Technic race cars. All
materials provided. For ages 7 and up. Erna
Fergusson Library (3700 San Mateo NE). FREE,
registration required. 4-6pm. 768-5170.
alibi.com/e/129174.
LOVE FOR CULTURE Featuring Native dances, games,
songs and more in a celebration of culture that pays
homage to Valentine’s Day weekend. Southwestern
Indian Polytechnic Institute (9169 Coors NW). 1pm.
346-2360. alibi.com/e/129171.
MIDDAY MADNESS TOASTMASTERS MEETING Practice
speaking and leadership skills in a supportive
environment. Midday Madness Toastmasters
(115 Gold SW). Noon-1pm. 255-2034.
alibi.com/e/126135.
SIERRA CLUB AND BEER The bi-monthly club speaks to
a representative from Sungevity. Mario’s Pizzeria &
Ristorante (5700 Fourth Street NW). 6-9pm.
344-4700. alibi.com/e/128692.
TAMARISK COALITION’S 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Learn about the latest advancements, from riparian
restoration case studies, success stories and more.
Hotel Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande NW). $285 for
non-members. 8am. 222-8736.
alibi.com/e/129306.
THURSDAY NIGHT KUNDALINI YOGA Work with breath,
movement, sound (mantra) and meditation.
Wellspring Yoga (5500 San Mateo NE). 5:30-7pm.
881-2187. alibi.com/e/124937.
VIPASSANA MEDITATION AND DHARMA TALK Fortyminute meditation followed by a Dharma talk.
Albuquerque Vipassana Center (200 Rosemont NE).
Donations accepted. 6:30-8pm.
alibi.com/e/128712.
WHAT’S NEXT? TRANSITIONING TO RETIREMENT AND
BEYOND Join in for an interactive exploration in
planning a new stage of your life—full of meaning,
purpose, creativity and joy. North Domingo Baca
Multigenerational Center (7521 Carmel NE). $15.
6:30-8pm. 836-5794. alibi.com/e/129260.
WHAT WERE ANCIENT MAYA LANDSCAPES REALLY
LIKE? Wendy Ashmore, professor of anthropology at
University of California, Riverside, studies architecture
and settlement patterns of the ancient Maya. Maxwell
Museum of Anthropology (500 Redondo West NW).
7:30pm. 277-4405. alibi.com/e/130469.
FRIDAY FEB 13
$14 ADOPTION FOR VALENTINE’S WEEKEND Find the
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love of your life by adopting any pet. All City Shelters
(All City Shelters). 10:30am-6pm. 764-1164.
alibi.com/e/130249.
ALBUCREEPY INVESTIGATES Join paranormal
investigators for a guided ghost hunt inside of one of
Downtown’s most haunted locations—the Old
Bernalillo County Courthouse. Hotel Andaluz
(125 Second Street NW). $45. 7-10pm. 242-9090.
alibi.com/e/129532.
COUNTRY WESTERN FRIDAY Kick up your heels in a safe
friendly atmosphere with a large dance floor and
great tunes. CSP Dance Studios (6001 San
Mateo NE). $5. 7-10pm. 883-9521.
alibi.com/e/128572.
LAKESHORE LEARNING GRAND OPENING Featuring fun
events all weekend, including their famous Free
Crafts for Kids. Lakeshore Learning Store
(6646 Indian School). 10am. 610-7412.
alibi.com/e/128363.
LECTURE: US POLICY IN AFRICA The Albuquerque
International Association hosts a talk by Ambassador
Robert Jackson of the US State Department. UNM
Continuing Education Building (1634 University NE).
$15-$20. 3-5pm. alibi.com/e/129602.
LOVE FOR CULTURE 1pm. See 2/12 listing.
NATIONAL PET ADOPTION Off-site pet adoption.
PetSmart (10248 Coors Bypass NW). 10am-3pm.
764-1164. alibi.com/e/130247.
RECYCLED E-READER COVERS Create your own eReader cover for your Kindle, Nook or iPad using a
recycled hardcover book. Main Library
(501 Copper NW). FREE, registration required.
4:30-5:30pm. 768-5170. alibi.com/e/129189.
SQUARE DANCE LESSONS Modern Western square
dance lessons. Casual dress. Couples or singles.
Albuquerque Square Dance Center
(4915 Hawkins NE). FREE for first two weeks, $60
after. 6:30-8pm. 345-9797. alibi.com/e/112688.
UNM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
LECTURE SERIES Featuring guest speakers Jason
Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno of Future Cities
Lab, based out of San Francisco. University of New
Mexico (1 University NE). 5:30-6:30pm. 225-5866.
alibi.com/e/128860.
WRITING ARCHAEOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF PLACE
Professor Ashmore considers the social and symbolic
aspects of spatial organization. Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology (500 Redondo West NW). Noon.
277-4405. alibi.com/e/130470.
YIN YOGA Yin poses target the fascia surrounding the
muscle and are known for creating intense sensation
and equally sweet relief, opening and well-being.
Oriental Medical Arts (2716 San Pedro NE). First
class free, $15-$40 after. 6-7pm. 506-0136.
alibi.com/e/127867.
SFCC LOVES TO COOK FOR COMPANY! Current and
future chefs in Santa Fe Community College’s
Culinary Arts Program present an elaborate
Valentine’s feast. Santa Fe Community College
(6401 S. Richards, Santa Fe). $80-$150. 6-8pm.
(505) 428-1000. alibi.com/e/130473.
SATURDAY FEB 14
$14 ADOPTION FOR VALENTINE’S WEEKEND
10:30am-6pm. See 2/13 listing. See
preview box.
ALBUCREEPY IS FOR LOVERS A ghost walk featuring
ABQ’s greatest love stories. Hotel Andaluz
(125 Second Street NW). $18-$22. 8-9:30pm.
242-9090. alibi.com/e/129533.
ANNUAL NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING Join Rio Grande
Nature Center State Park and learn more about the
Bosque. Rio Grande Nature Center
(2901 Candelaria NW). $40. 9am-2:30pm.
344-7240. alibi.com/e/125937.
CHAKRADANCE: THE DANCE OF LOVE HEART CHAKRA
WORKSHOP Dance and create a mandala art
project. Studio Sway (1100 San Mateo NE). Pay what
you wish. 2-3:30pm. 710-5096.
alibi.com/e/130443.
COMMUNITY OPTIONS CUPID’S CHASE 5K Run with
your heart this Valentine’s Day weekend. Joseph Dorn
(2720 San Pedro NE). $38. 8am. 489-6737.
alibi.com/e/111439.
ELIXIR: THE FIVE SENSES Local artists and businesses
showcase their unique wares and talents, each
highlighting one of the five senses. Iconik Coffee
Roasters (1600 Lena, Santa Fe). $15-$20. 6-9pm.
469-2975. alibi.com/e/129545.
EMPOWERING OURSELVES TO HEAL A monthly
workshop for women with breast or reproductive
cancer. Cancer Foundation of New Mexico (3005 S.
St. Francis, Santa Fe). 10am-12:30pm.
alibi.com/e/123008.
HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE? Share your
spiritual experiences with like-minded people in this
group discussion. Flying Star Cafe (8000 Paseo del
Norte). 6-7pm. 946-8653. alibi.com/e/124837.
THE INTERNATIONAL NIGHT OF PASSION VALENTINE’S
DAY 2015 Featuring an exclusive Sweetheart
Getaway raffle, Valentine’s Day-themed
entertainment, appetizers, drinks and more. Hotel
Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande NW). $45-$10,000.
6pm-1am. 222-8736. alibi.com/e/126736.
LAKESHORE LEARNING GRAND OPENING 10am. See
2/13 listing.
LOVE FOR CULTURE 1pm. See 2/12 listing.
POP SCIENCE Meet local scientists as they offer demos
and activities related to their work. ¡Explora!
(1701 Mountain NW). Included with admission.
1-4pm. 224-8300. alibi.com/e/129762.
SANTA FE COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MEETING A talk by Ambassador Robert J. Jackson,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African
Affairs. Santa Fe University of Art and Design
(1600 St Michaels, Santa Fe). $15-$20. 3pm. (877)
732-5977. alibi.com/e/130475.
SOUTH VALLEY LOVE An annual love event celebrating
brilliant men who make a positive difference in the
lives of their friends, spouses and children. Gateway
Park (100 Isleta SW). FREE. 11:30am-2pm.
385-7586. alibi.com/e/130245.
SWEETHEART STROLL Businesses throughout Old Town
are focusing on Valentine’s Day as a time to enjoy the
galleries, shops and eating at different restaurants.
Historic Old Town (303 Romero NW). 1-5pm.
alibi.com/e/130550.
UN-VALENTINE DAY PARTY Ages 18 and up are invited to
drop in and participate in unromantic board games,
un-Valentine crafts and un-heart cookie decorating.
Los Griegos Library (1000 Griegos NW).
10:30am-1pm. 761-4020. alibi.com/e/128882.
VALENTINE’S DAY HIKE Grab your sweetheart and enjoy
this guided hike through the park. Singles welcome
too. You never know who you might meet. Cerrillos
Hills State Park (Santa Fe County Road 59, Cerrillos).
$5 per vehicle. 10am-noon. 474-0196.
alibi.com/e/126556.
VALENTINE’S PSYCHIC FAIR Readers will be available
offering readings at $1 per minute for individuals or
$1.50 per minute on couple readings. Abitha’s
Apothecary (3906 Central SE). Noon-7am.
262-0401. alibi.com/e/129719.
VELO-TINES DAY BIKE TOUR A unique bike tour designed
for couples (and singles) that travels to a selection of
stunning locations in the Rio Grande Valley. Routes
Bicycle Tours and Rentals (404 San Felipe NW, #B1).
$35-$80. 1pm. alibi.com/e/129344.
WORLD SOUND HEALING DAY SANTA FE Join in for a
day of healing with guided visualization, gong and
vocals, and join voices in the heart sound of “Ah.”
Blue Moon Yoga (826 Camino de Monte Rey,
Santa Fe). $10-$15. 3-4pm. alibi.com/e/127330.
XOXO: AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
GRAND OPENING An interactive exhibit that explores
love and includes circuit completion, a bubble
seesaw and more. Runs through 5/10. ¡Explora!
(1701 Mountain NW). Included with regular
admission. 10am-6pm. 224-8323.
alibi.com/e/130441.
DIVING INTO DINNER: VALENTINE’S DAY Plan a special
dinner at the Aquarium’s Shark Reef Cafe for a chefinspired meal. ABQ BioPark Aquarium
(2601 Central NW). Prices vary. 5:30-9pm.
848-7180. alibi.com/e/120917.
LOS RANCHOS GROWERS’ MARKET Featuring great,
healthy, local produce and products, including winter
squash, onions, leeks and more, as well as arts &
crafts. Los Ranchos Village Hall (6718 Rio
Grande NW, Los Ranchos). 10am-noon.
alibi.com/e/123429.
SLOW FOOD ABQ PRESENTS: ICELANDIC FOOD &
CULTURE Join Slow Food ABQ for a conversation with
Nancy Weaver about Icelandic food and culture.
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center
(7521 Carmel NE). 10am-noon. 291-9332.
alibi.com/e/129626.
VALENTINE’S DAY Enjoy dinner for two and reserved
seating with live entertainment. The Crown Room
(145 Louisiana NE). $59.99. 4-10pm. 767-7180.
alibi.com/e/126591.
EVENT | PREVIEW
Always Something to
Love
“When the moon hits your eye like a big
pizza pie, that’s amore!” We all know that
little Dean Martin ditty, and thus, it’s a good
way to go into the
whole sliver of lofty
shenanigans that
SATURDAY
goes with celebrating
FEBRUARY 14
Valentine’s Day.
All
City Shelters
Since ABQ has so
All City Shelters
many offerings, here
alibi.com/e/130250
a few things to do.
10:30am to 6pm
First, if you want to
get your loved one a
new pet kitten or cute
puppy dog, all the city shelters will be having
$14 adoptions on Friday, Feb. 13, and
Saturday, Feb. 14. That’s just one way to
share the love. Or, on Valentine’s Day, head
to Hotel Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande NW)
for an International Night of Passion, during
which there’ll be giveaways, live music,
Valentine’s-themed entertainment and more.
That starts at 6pm and goes pretty late.
Tickets range from $45 to $10,000,
depending on how many people are in your
party. And if Valentine’s Day makes you
wanna barf, head to Los Griegos Library
(1000 Griegos NW) for an Un-Valentine Day
Party, featuring unromantic board games,
Un-Valentine crafts and Un-Heart cookie
decorating. That’s also on Saturday, Feb. 14,
from 10:30am to 1pm, and is completely
free. Not a bad way to start the day off
before pretending you’re in love and
whatnot. (Mark Lopez) a
VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER Enjoy a three-course menu by
award-winning Chef Michael Giese with live music by
Raven Ruthorford. Pueblo Harvest Café (2401 12th
Street NW). $55-$100. 4-9pm. 724-3510.
alibi.com/e/128373.
SUNDAY FEB 15
2/13 listing.
LYME GET TOGETHER Could it be Lyme? Head to this
Lyme Disease support group. Noon-4pm. 304-9411.
alibi.com/e/123724.
MEDITATION FOR KIDS Children learn how to build a
space of inner strength and confidence by developing
their good qualities. Kadampa Meditation Center
(8701 Comanche NE). $3 per child suggested
donation, parents free. 10-11:30am. 292-5293.
alibi.com/e/128567.
PRAYERES FOR WORLD PEACE Bring more peace and
happiness into our world by learning to cherish
others, overcome anger and deal with stress.
Kadampa Meditation Center (8701 Comanche NE).
$10 suggested donation. 10-11:30am. 292-5293.
alibi.com/e/128563.
THE ROLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE EARLY
SOUTHWEST The Friends of Coronado Historic Site’s
lecture series continues with Ed Wallace, a noted
lecturer and Chautauqua re-enactor. Sandoval
County Historical Society (151 Edmond, Bernalillo).
$5, FREE for Friends of CHS. 2-3pm. 771-9493.
alibi.com/e/129744.
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SUNDAY FAMILY FUN Get hands-on learning
opportunities, take a picnic and enjoy the trails.
Bachechi Open Space (9521 Rio Grande NW).
10am-4pm. 314-0398. alibi.com/e/129234.
ALBUQUERQUE BIKE & BREW TOUR Learn about
Albuquerque’s top microbrews, take in beautiful
scenery, and meet new people in the process. Routes
Bicycle Tours and Rentals (404 San Felipe NW, #B1).
$50-$60. 1-4:30pm. alibi.com/e/130551.
CHINESE NEW YEAR AFTERNOON TEA Featuring a threecourse East-West “high tea” of savories and sweets,
inspired by festive New Year foods. Fragrant Leaf Tea
Boutique (3207 Silver SE). $33. 4-5:30pm.
255-0522. alibi.com/e/126655.
MONDAY FEB 16
DRAG QUEEN BINGO A night of Bingo and drag queen
dance routines to benefit the wrap-around HIV
services of Truman Health Services. Tractor Brewery
Wells Park (1800 Fourth Street NW). 5pm.
243-6752. alibi.com/e/127960.
FREE TEXAS HOLD ‘EM POKER TOURNAMENT Join in for
a free game of Texas Hold ‘Em. Players of all levels
welcome. Shooter’s Billiards Bar & Grill
(3230 Coors NW). 7pm. (480) 320-0531.
alibi.com/e/127490.
GENTLE YIN-STYLE YOGA This welcoming, all-levels class
provides gentle movements to release tension from
the shoulders, back and hips. You! Inspired Fitness
(1761 Bellamah NW). $10. 7:30-8:30pm.
433-8685. alibi.com/e/125315.
2/13 listing.
SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE ONE-DAY CAMP Students,
ages 6-12, can enjoy their one-day break from school
by experiencing crazy chemistry, wicked physics and
bizarre biology. National Museum of Nuclear Science
and History (601 Eubank SE). Prices vary. 9am-4pm.
245-2137. alibi.com/e/127779.
TODDLER TIME A chance for toddlers 4 and under to
explore early-childhood exhibit areas, enjoy stories
and join in a music jam. ¡Explora!
(1701 Mountain NW). Included with admission. 9am.
224-8300. alibi.com/e/129368.
VINYASA LIKE A BOSS: SLOW AND STEADY New to yoga
or seasoned practitioner of any kind of yoga, this
series is for you. Studio Sway (1100 San Mateo NE).
$10. 5:45-6:45pm. 710-5096.
alibi.com/e/130446.
ZUMBA WITH SABRINA’S Z CREW Shed those unwanted
holiday calories, and keep up with your New Year’s
resolutions with a zumba cardio party. Maple Street
Dance Studio (Alley Entrance) (3215 Central). $5
drop in, $40 for 10 classes. 4:25-5:25pm.
620-0327. alibi.com/e/125383.
TUESDAY FEB 17
8TH ANNUAL BLUE MASS A blessing for all police
officers, sheriff deputies, firefighters, military,
emergency medical personnel and correction officers
in New Mexico. St. Pius X High School (5301 St
Josephs NW). Noon. alibi.com/e/130476.
ABQ DOULA MEET AND GREET Designed for expectant
parents who are interested in learning more about
doulas or if a doula is right for them. Inspired Birth
and Families (6855 Fourth Street NW). 6pm.
232-2772. alibi.com/e/129491.
AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
MONTHLY DINNER MEETING Featuring guest
speakers who share their experiences and tips for all
aspects of a woman’s life. MCM Elegante Hotel
(2020 Menaul NE). $17. 5:30-7:30pm.
alibi.com/e/115407.
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¡BAILE! CUBAN-STYLE SALSA/CASINO CLASSES Learn
footwork, partner skills and choreography. No
experience necessary. National Hispanic Cultural
Center (1701 Fourth Street SW). $5-$10, or pay
what you can. 6-8pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/129548.
DOWNTOWN KUNDALINI YOGA TUESDAYS Experience
the effects of tapping into the positive energy inside
you. The Simms Building (400 Gold SW). $7-$50.
Noon-1pm. 242-1478. alibi.com/e/128421.
MEDITATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE Facilitated by Karin
Williams, the course is designed to provide
participants with the introductory tools and teachings
for working with meditation in daily life. Albuquerque
Shambhala Center (1102 Mountain NW). $100.
7-9pm. 717-2486. alibi.com/e/127037.
PRENATAL YOGA Explore ways to reduce the aches and
pains that accompany pregnancy while preparing for
your journey in a nurturing and supportive
environment. Inspired Birth and Families
(6855 Fourth Street NW). $10. 5:30pm. 232-2772.
alibi.com/e/129605.
ROBO TASK FORCE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM An afterschool robotics club for grades 3-7. ¡Explora!
(1701 Mountain NW). $195-$230. 4-5:30pm.
224-8300. alibi.com/e/109610.
SIDDHA YOGA MEDITATION Join in for a chanting and
meditation program. Siddha Yoga Meditation Center
in Albuquerque (4308 Carlisle NE). 7-8:30pm.
291-5434. alibi.com/e/129595.
BOURBON STREET PAIRING DINNER Enjoy five Kentucky
bourbons paired with five distinctive dishes from
award-winning Chef Michael Giese. Pueblo Harvest
Café (2401 12th Street NW). $60, reservations
recommended. 6-8pm. 724-3510.
alibi.com/e/128890.
FOOD 101: CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES A
workshop including a brief history of food, primary
vs. secondary foods, and more. The Simms Building
(400 Gold SW). 6:30pm-7:30am. 353-1719.
alibi.com/e/128497.
WEDNESDAY FEB 18
50 SHADES OF EROTIC HYPNOSIS Attendees are guided
into a deep, relaxed, hypnotic/meditative state,
during which they become in touch with their calm
“inner being”—uninhibited and blissful. Self Serve
(3904 Central SE). $15-$20. 7:30-9pm. 265-5685.
alibi.com/e/125499.
DOWNLOADABLE & DIGITAL MEDIA TRAINING Learn to
access free music and videos from the library. Loma
Colorado Main Library Auditorium (755 Loma
Colorado NE, Rio Rancho). 6-7pm. 891-5013.
alibi.com/e/130477.
HIGH DESERT PHILATELIC SOCIETY MEETING All ages
of stamp collectors and any skill level welcome. Mesa
View Church (4701 Montano NW). 6-8pm.
alibi.com/e/124796.
LET’S TALK ABOUT PTSD Hear from different guest
speakers about PTSD in female Iraq and Afghanistan
veterans. Los Griegos Health & Social Service Center
(1231 Candelaria NW). 6-7pm. 272-3592.
alibi.com/e/129077.
QI GONG: ANCIENT HEALING FOR MODERN LIFE
Explore Mogadao Qigong breath and movement
practices that connect us to archetypal energies.
Maple Street Dance Space (3215 Central NE). $10.
10:30-11:30am. 400-4140. alibi.com/e/125049.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE Learn about the various tools are
used in the metaphysical world. Abitha’s Apothecary
(3906 Central SE). $10. 7:30-9pm. 262-0401.
alibi.com/e/129721.
TASTY WEDNESDAYS: CARAMELS Sample the chef’s
slow-cooked, housemade caramels, and find out why
they’re all the rage. Los Poblanos Historic Inn &
Organic Farm (4803 Rio Grande NW). 9am-5pm.
344-9297. alibi.com/e/130552. a
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CULTURE SHOCK
ARTS | Review
BY LISA BARROW
Retinal Burn
Little shop of f-bombs
La noche 13
Take another look at Thomas Christopher Haag’s
artwork adorning this week’s Alibi cover. Nice, right?
Now imagine his recycled wood panels in person, their
blues and yellows and vivid complexities of layered
paper ephemera and latex house paint stretching
down the long, white corridors of Downtown
Contemporary Gallery (105 Fourth Street SW,
downtowncontemporary.com). Last week, the place
was packed for Haag’s latest opening—sadly, though,
that show’s already passed into misty history.
But hark. The gallery follows up this weekend with
Twitterpated/Deflated!, a V-Day blowout that
includes Haag as well as a dreamboatload of other
artists. Hit the opening on Friday, Feb. 13, from 5 to
8pm for the full, riotous art experience.
Twitterpated/Deflated! stays up for a month.
Block by block
Encoded within the 22 consonants of the Hebrew
alphabet could be the entire universe. The Power of
the Hebrew Alphabet by Santa Fe artist Gloria Abella
Ballen ($65, Gaon Books) is a mystical, thoughtful
tome that delves into the aleph-bet letter by letter,
lingering over the ancient stories and learning
embodied in each. “Shaped as an open mouth, the
letter Peh … is the symbol for speech as well as
silence.”
Religious in nature, it abandons some common
art-book pretensions—for example, the endless
empty white space—in favor of sheer chromatic
ebullience. Fervent bouts of green, orange and purple
interweave with paintings, fabric textures, abstract
patterns and text. Abella Ballen’s art juxtaposes color
in startling ways, as though to be merely pretty would
be beside the point. This volume goes deeper.
On the heels of winning a 2014 New MexicoArizona Book Award, Abella Ballen visits Bookworks
(4022 Rio Grande NW, bkwrks.com) on Wednesday,
Feb. 18, at 7pm.
Santa Fe heyhey
The already-legendary artist collective Meow Wolf—
psychedelic architects of immersive wonderlands—
have a new interactive masterpiece in mind. And hoo
boy, it’s as weird and grandiose and sublime as you
could ever hope for. House of Eternal Return will be “a
permanent art experience” in the form of a vast
Victorian house fractured by portals in time and space.
Outlandish, explorable scenarios like “Crazy Tree
Houses!” and “Cactus Trailer Dream!” are already
planned, as are 19 artist studios for rent, a learning
center and a gift shop. George R.R. Martin bought a
bowling alley in the Fe to house the House, but the
collective still hopes to raise $100k via Kickstarter by
March 2 to pay their artists and make it “as cool as it
could be!” Check out concept drawings and wander
into wonderland on meowwolf.com. a
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Scorch your eyeballs on these radiant exhibits
eye of local artist and gallery owner
Ralph Greene. Greene encouraged
Hoffman to pursue the mosaics and
rtist Saul Hoffman wants to
introduced him to Young-Sook
make you feel good. “We’re fed
Park, whose gallery, Park Fine Art
so much negativity by the media.
(323 Romero NW,
I want [my art] to open up the
parkfineart.com), hosts Origins.
goodness in one’s mind,” Hoffman
Hoffman spent the last three to four
says, and the eye-popping color and
months working nonstop on new
fanciful designs of his polymer clay
masterpieces.
mosaic work are perfectly suited to
The whimsical mosaics feature
his desire. His first solo show, Origins,
stripes, waves, swirls, curves and
is on display for your delight in Old
checkerboards, sometimes all in the
Town.
same piece. Some are symmetrical;
A medium long dominated by
some are decidedly cockeyed. Some,
jewelry and figurines, polymer is
like “Peas and Carrots,” hint at
making the leap to fine art thanks to
distinct objects: Green-topped
Hoffman. To some extent the fancier
triangles of purple and orange
cousin of Play-Doh, polymer is
surround pods of yellow-green orbs.
actually PVC plastic with enough
Others are entirely abstract,
phthalates to soften it. But unlike
multitudes of colors and shapes that
the kiddie dough, polymer clay takes
demand to be accepted without
considerably greater effort to
definition. At Greene’s suggestion,
manipulate. Hoffman blends all his
Hoffman has started to include
colors manually, a process that
You may need sunglasses for Saul Hoffman’s “Cerebral Highway.”
three-dimensional aspects to his
requires hours of kneading and
pieces.
In two dimensions, Hoffman
rolling clay to end up with only a
admits, “they almost look like prints,” but a
met his hands in the late ’80s. Self-taught by
couple of colors. Hoffman layers or swirls the
closer inspection reveals each piece as wholly
trial and error (and the occasional YouTube
colors and stacks them to make what polymer
original.
video), Hoffman made beads and jewelry for
devotees call canes: sort of long, lean bricks.
Hoffman’s work is infused with positive
fun. A 2003 move to Jemez Springs, N.M.,
He slices the canes thinly, one inch yielding as
changed his direction. Influenced by the colors energy and love. “My work is like comfort
many as 20 tiles. Finally, he assembles the tiles
food, but comfort visions.” Get yourself a
and patterns in and around the nearby pueblo,
on a glass plate in the desired pattern and pops
heaping portion of Hoffman’s delicious art now
Hoffman started making mosaics.
the entire piece into the oven to harden.
through March 6. (Elisa McGovern)
These early patchwork pieces caught the
Hoffman was hooked the first time polymer
Bright beginnings
A
Get your feathers ruffled
COURTESY OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The rhythm, color and force of David Mamet’s
dialogue are iconic. American Buffalo sizes up shady
characters fumbling through twisted theories about
friendship, loyalty and business as they plot a heist
from inside a junk shop. Petty thieves, they
manipulate, expostulate, intimidate and berate with
aggressive abandon. Vic Browder directs Paul Ford,
Ryil Adamson and Michael Guajardo in a Mother Road
Theatre Company production of this fun, foulmouthed ride, opening Friday, Feb. 13, at Tricklock
Performance Laboratory (110 Gold SW). Con your
way into some tickets at motherroad.org or by calling
243-0596 (and ponying up $15 to $22).
Performances unleash at 8pm Thursdays through
Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. Not for kiddos or
pearl-clutchers.
B
irds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution,
the new all-ages exhibit upstairs at the
New Mexico Museum of Natural History
& Science (1801 Mountain NW), is a
traveling show in several senses. NatGeo
photographer Tim Laman and Cornell
University scientist Edwin Scholes sank eight
years into 15 expeditions to the forests of
Papua New Guinea to spy on courting birds.
Visitors get a solid taste of those travels via
field gear, field notes, videos, photographs and
insights from Laman and Scholes about their
experiences. A quick time hop allows a peek
into the Victorian era for a whiff of natural
history as it was done in the 19th century.
Finally, the show resolves into a wellarticulated and elegantly presented analysis of
how birds of paradise got to be (if you’ll
pardon the scientific jargon) such freaks of
nature.
Birds of Paradise lies in that sweet spot
between art and science, a place where you
can’t stop looking and consequently can’t stop
learning. Massive, gorgeous still photographs
of these magnificently weird birds and their
exotic environment captivate the attention, at
least until you get into the moving pictures.
Dozens of video stations give viewers facts
“I whip my hair back and forth!”
about how and why birds of paradise are such
extreme case studies in sexual selection. Funky
feathers are just a tiny part of the program:
These things sing and dance, and when they’re
not putting on a show for the ladies, they
practice for one another. Birds of Paradise
integrates savvy A/V with expert curation,
giving visitors of all ages and knowledge levels
a fresh slice of natural history.
In a subtle echo of natural selection,
visitors push buttons and turn knobs to select
the bits of info they’re most intrigued by, but
this is just the tip of the interactivity iceberg.
Try out the forest blinds used by expedition
teams to spy on the birds! See what Victorian
Royal Society types keep in their drawers! See
how the mating presentation looks to bird
researchers, compared to how it looks to the
target audience! Guide the long-term selection
process with your own hands! Far and away
the most interactive, and hugely hilarious,
feature in this show is the Kinect-style “Dance,
Dance Evolution” game, where two players
reenact the King Bird of Paradise’s best moves
in a competition to win approval from up to
five watchers playing the role of the female
birds.
Birds of Paradise runs through Aug. 16 and
is included in the general admission fee. Ages
3-12, $4; 13-59, $7; 60+, $6. For more
information call 841-2800 or visit
nmnaturalhistory.org. (Holly von Winckel) a
Arts & Lit
Calendar
EVENT | PREVIEW
THURSDAY FEB 12
ART
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
AND SCIENCE Birds of Paradise: Amazing
Avian Evolution. This NatGeo traveling
exhibition highlights the importance of
birds of paradise to New Guinea. Runs
through 8/16. Free with admission.
841-2802. alibi.com/e/130592. See “Art
Review.”
PARK FINE ART Origins. Solo debut of works
by master polymer artist Saul Hoffman.
Runs through 3/6. alibi.com/e/130783.
See “Art Review.”
STAGE
CELL THEATRE Annapurna. Sharr White’s beautifully crafted
play about a couple’s eventful night and how they move
on. Runs through 2/20. $35-$40. 8-10pm. 766-9412.
alibi.com/e/128381.
KIMO THEATRE Abe Lincoln by Gabriel Sahd: Student
Matinee. In this portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, the
president reminisces about his life. 10-11:15am,
12:15pm. 768-3544. alibi.com/e/128403.
SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho Cirque du Soleil:
Varekai. Be dazzled at the sights and stage work of
Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring production. $25-$140.
7:30pm. 891-7300. alibi.com/e/130530.
STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Stand-up Comedy
Thursdays. Featuring three of the country’s best standup comedians: Travis Howze, Daniel Storrow and Ariel
Holmes. $10. 7:30pm. 771-5680.
alibi.com/e/127703.
FILM
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND
HISTORY TEDxABQ Salon: It’s All About the
“E!” A discussion of New Mexico’s creative
force in making TV, movies and
independent films. $10-$20. 5:30-7:30pm.
243-7255. alibi.com/e/127739. See “Reel
World.”
LA TIENDA EXHIBIT SPACE, Eldorado Red Sky
at Morning. See this made-in-New Mexico
feature from 1971, starring Richard
Thomas, Richard Crenna and Desi Arnaz Jr.
$5 suggested donation. 7pm. (505)
466-4688. alibi.com/e/131112. See “Reel
World.”
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NM Italian Film & Culture Festival.
Take the opportunity to experience the best of Italian
cinema, food, music, wine and tradition. Prices vary.
alibi.com/e/126212.
FRIDAY FEB 13
ART
DOWNTOWN CONTEMPORARY GALLERY
Annual Valentine’s Show:
Twitterpated/Deflated Opening Reception.
An annual group show featuring many
artists and mediums. 5-8pm. 261-0075.
alibi.com/e/127584. See “Culture Shock.”
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND
SCIENCE Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution.
Free with admission. See 2/12 listing.
PARK FINE ART Origins. See 2/12 listing.
STAGE
AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo
NM Respect Yourself. A musical in two acts about race,
self pride and love. Runs through 2/15. $22.50. 8pm.
222-0778. alibi.com/e/130537.
AUX DOG THEATRE The Bark and the Tree. Play follows a
woman’s journey to uncover the legacy of her greatgreat-grandmother. Part of the QSolo Festival. $16. 8pm.
254-7716. alibi.com/e/130286.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE
SHOW. Live comedy and improv. $8-$10. 8-9pm.
alibi.com/e/128462. Also, Comedy? High energy, fastmoving and hilarious, Comedy? is Albuquerque’s
alternative comedy troupe. $6. 9:30-10:30pm.
404-1578. alibi.com/e/65112.
CELL THEATRE Annapurna. $35-$40. 8-10pm. See 2/12
listing.
EXPO NEW MEXICO Ballut Abyad Shrine Circus. Enjoy
clowns, high flying acts, exotic animals and more.
$8-$30. 4:30pm, 7:30pm. alibi.com/e/130541.
FOUL PLAY CAFE, Sheraton Uptown Valentine’s Weekend
With Foul Play Cafe. Dinner theater featuring a detective
looking for a murderess and a gangster on the lam. $67.
Neo Naughty No More
When Denver-based stripteaser Midnite
Martini (“The Mile High Flying Tease”) nabbed
the crown at last year’s Burlesque Hall of
Fame Weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., with a dark
and moody aerial act, she proclaimed the
ascendancy of circus arts and neo-burlesque
in a competition
historically clinched
by classic showgirl
FRIDAY
numbers. With the
FEBRUARY 13
help of 15 other
KiMo Theatre
performers from
423 Central NW
across the US and
alibi.com/e/128458
Australia, the
Reigning Queen of
8 to 10:30pm
Burlesque swings into
the KiMo Theatre
(423 Central NW) this Saturday, Feb. 14, at
8pm for the 9th Annual Southwest Burlesque
Showcase. She’ll edify the masses on the
manifold ways burly-q has ballooned into more
than your daddy’s strip show. Boylesque
fixture Paris Original, the gender-bender from
Seattle, Wash., who whisks classic ballet into
his tantalizing tease, and Holly Rebelle,
Burque’s homegrown envelope-pusher
remembered for her blood-bespattered tribute
to Jacqueline Kennedy “after JFK was shot,”
flesh out the variety and noir now standard in
the new age of burlesque. For $19 to $26 at
kimotickets.com, the V-Day showcase
concludes three days of tassle-twirlers,
singers, aerialists and comedians, dishing
catharsis for a holiday that’s one big tease
anyway. Ogle swburlesqueshowcase.com for
more details. (Blake Driver) a
7:30-10pm. 377-9593. alibi.com/e/125443.
KIMO THEATRE Ninth Annual Southwest
Burlesque Showcase. Featuring dozens of
dancers, singers, comedians and aerialists
from around the country. $19-$26.
8-10:30pm. 768-3544.
alibi.com/e/128458. See preview box.
MAX’S MAGIC THEATRE What Women Really Want from
Men: An Adventure in Magic and Comedy. An innovative
comedy performance of magic and mystery with
magician Max Krause and author Melanie Rubin.
$35-$60. 7-9pm. 255-2303. alibi.com/e/130338.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Last Five Years. An
intimate cabaret setting with light refreshments and a
jazz trio. Contains mature content. $25. 8pm.
265-9119. alibi.com/e/130236.
Varekai. $25-$140. 7:30pm. See 2/12 listing.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY
American Buffalo. David Mamet’s classic
play about three small-time crooks who try
to rob a man of his coin collection. Runs
through 3/1. $20-$22. 8pm.
THE VORTEX THEATRE The Whipping Man. Matthew Lopez’
play follows a man who returns from the Civil War and
two former slaves in a dilapidated house. Runs through
3/1. $15-$22. 7:30pm. 247-8600.
alibi.com/e/129291.
SONG & DANCE
CONGREGATION NAHALAT SHALOM KlezmerQuerque
Opening Celebration. Learn Jewish stunts and dances
with Steve Weintraub, participate in a danced Shabbat
service and more. Donations accepted, $18 suggested.
6pm. alibi.com/e/130519.
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE (FORMERLY HILAND
THEATER) Winter Dance Escape. Featuring two dances
specifically choreographed for this event. $11-$16.
7pm. 872-1800. alibi.com/e/129675.
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IV the Bath
www.ivthebath.com
328 A San Felipe, NW • Poco a Poco Patio
Old Town, ABQ, NM 87104
505-842-5449
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CLOSED TUESDAYS
Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sun: Noon to 5pm
Fri, Sat: 11am to 6pm
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NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Music & Dance:
Carnaval 2015—Port to Port. Watch as the theater is
turned into a Carnaval cruise liner where people are
invited to join the party. $15-$27. 7:30-10:30pm.
246-2261. alibi.com/e/130233.
FILM
Prices vary. See 2/12 listing.
WAREHOUSE 508 Film or Flight. The annual
youth film festival returns to Albuquerque.
4-5pm. 296-2738. alibi.com/e/129267. See
“Reel World.”
SATURDAY FEB 14
ART
GALLERY AT 400 Sweetheart Stroll. Celebrate love with
featured artists Andrew Kozeliski (photography) and Rita
Pongetti (glasswork, jewelry). 1-5pm. 350-4436.
alibi.com/e/130246.
STAGE
NM Respect Yourself. $22.50. 2pm, 8pm. See 2/13
listing.
AUX DOG THEATRE Groundwork. A man’s quest to “grow a
garden” gets way out of hand in this play by Mike
Ostroski and Derek Davidson. Part of the QSolo Festival.
$16. 8pm. 254-7716. alibi.com/e/130287.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE THE
SHOW. 8-9pm. See 2/13 listing. Also, A Super Stacked
Comedy Show. Featuring comedians AJ Martinez, Ann
Gora, Chuck Ruiz, Cyrus Moses, Danger Varoz and more.
$8-$10. 9:30-10:30pm. 404-1578.
alibi.com/e/128486.
CELL THEATRE Annapurna. $35-$40. 2-4pm, 8-10pm. See
2/12 listing.
EXPO NEW MEXICO Ballut Abyad Shrine Circus. $8-$30.
11:30am, 3:30pm, 7:30pm. See 2/13 listing.
FOUL PLAY CAFE, Sheraton Uptown Valentine’s Weekend
With Foul Play Cafe. $67. 7:30-10pm. See 2/13 listing.
KIMO THEATRE Ninth Annual Southwest Burlesque
Showcase. $19-$26. 8-10:30pm. See 2/13 listing.
Men: An Adventure in Magic and Comedy. $35-$60.
7-9pm. See 2/13 listing.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Last Five Years. $25.
8pm. See 2/13 listing.
Varekai. $25-$140. 4pm, 7:30pm. See 2/12 listing.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY American
Buffalo. $20-$22. 8pm. See 2/13 listing.
THE VORTEX THEATRE The Whipping Man. $15-$22.
7:30pm. See 2/13 listing.
SONG & DANCE
THEATER) Winter Dance Escape. $11-$16. 7pm. See
2/13 listing.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Music & Dance:
Carnaval 2015—Port to Port. $15-$27. 7:30-10:30pm.
See 2/13 listing.
POPEJOY HALL, UNM Center for the Arts A Perfect
Valentine. The New Mexico Philharmonic fills the air with
the world’s favorite love songs, romantic classical
masterworks and popular favorites. $20, $35, $46, $68,
limited number of $10 student. 6-8pm. 925-5858.
alibi.com/e/120916.
$5-$15. 6pm. 280-4002. alibi.com/e/128691.
Men: An Adventure in Magic and Comedy. $35-$60.
MUSICAL THEATRE SOUTHWEST The Last Five Years. $25.
8pm. See 2/13 listing.
Varekai. $25-$140. 1:30pm, 5pm. See 2/12 listing.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY American
Buffalo. $20-$22. 2pm. See 2/13 listing.
THE VORTEX THEATRE The Whipping Man. Includes audience
talk-back. $15-$22. 2pm. See 2/13 listing. Also,
Shakespeare on the Plaza Auditions. Actors must prepare
a 1 to 2-minute monologue or reading from a
Shakespeare play. 6-9pm. 247-8600.
alibi.com/e/130291.
SONG & DANCE
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Divas, Devils, and DoGooders Opera Gala. A concert of opera favorites
featuring some of the great characters of opera.
$10-$15. 2pm. 243-5646. alibi.com/e/127741.
THEATER) Winter Dance Escape. $11-$16. 2pm. See
2/13 listing.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Amalfi Coast
Music Festival Protégé Series. Featuring musicians
Bradley Ellingboe (conductor), Umi Garrett (piano) and
Jennifer Perez (soprano). $35-$68. 2pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/130271.
ST. JOHN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH VOCES8. One of
the most versatile and best-loved singing groups in the
world gives a performance. Free will offerings accepted.
2-3:30pm. 883-9717. alibi.com/e/128495.
LEARN
CONGREGATION NAHALAT SHALOM KlezmerQuerque 2015.
Music and dance workshops by special guest artists and
klezmer musicians. $20 per workshop.
alibi.com/e/130521.
FILM
MONDAY FEB 16
WORDS
TORTUGA GALLERY Slam of Enchantment. An infamous,
anything-goes open mic blows up with a special feature
from Detroit’s own Rosemarie Wilson. 7-9pm. 448-5231.
alibi.com/e/129690.
ART
STAGE
THE VORTEX THEATRE Shakespeare on the Plaza Auditions.
TUESDAY FEB 17
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Radical Awareness: 5 Practices for a Fully
Engaged Life. A reading and signing with writer Catherine
Dowling. 7pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/129060.
ART
STAGE
listing.
FILM
WEDNESDAY FEB 18
WORDS
SUNDAY FEB 15
ART
STAGE
NM Respect Yourself. $22.50. 3pm. See 2/13 listing.
AUX DOG THEATRE On My Own. Unexpected news from a
cousin and a whirling storm of emotional turmoil sets the
stage in this familial play. Part of the QSolo Festival. $16.
3pm. 254-7716. alibi.com/e/130288.
listing.
EXPO NEW MEXICO Ballut Abyad Shrine Circus. $8-$30.
11:30am, 3:30pm, 7:30pm. See 2/13 listing.
FACTORY ON 5TH ART SPACE Love is in the Air: AAC Circus
Small Show. A circus variety show featuring love in many
guises: flying, falling, uplifting and everything in between.
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BOOKWORKS The Power of the Hebrew
Alphabet. A reading and signing with writer
Gloria Abella Ballen. 7pm. 344-8139.
ART
STAGE
listing.
LEARN
INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER Impetus Seekers—
Pueblo Women Artists: Inside the Exhibition. Pueblo
women artists Margarete Bagshaw, Deborah Jojola,
Glendora Fragua and Marla Allison will discuss the new
exhibition that’s part of the citywide On the Map
exhibition. 5:30-8pm. 843-7270.
alibi.com/e/127354. a
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FOOD |restAurAnt review
FLASH IN THE PAN
BY ARI LEVAUX
An Abundant Harvest
A Bone to Pick
Whether used as a base for stew or
drunk on its own, bone broth is a
wonderful thing
For longer than there have been kitchens,
people have found ways to boil bones. From
rural villages to urban restaurants to grandma’s
house, the virtues of bone stock, and its salted
cousin broth, are hardly a secret. But lately,
bone broth has boomed into trend. You can pay
nearly 10 bucks for ginger grassfed beef broth at
Brodo in New York. You can drink it at the Jola
Cafe in Portland, Ore. It’s available online to be
shipped fresh to your doorstep.
Even Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant
credits regular consumption of bone broth for
helping him recover from some serious recent
injuries. In fact, according to the Washington
Post, practically the whole team has been on
bone juice since the 2012/2013 season.
If you’ve ever been lifted from the depths of
exhaustion, hunger, illness or chills by a sip of
warm broth, you might be inclined to believe in
such restorative powers.
There are many variations on bone broth,
with a diversity of finished outcomes attached to
each. Vietnamese pho, made from cow bones, is
very different from Japanese tonkotsu ramen
broth made from pork bone or veal bone-based
demi-glace in a fancy French restaurant, or
Mom-style chicken bone soup. Thus, I’ll leave
you with, not a recipe, but:
BoneMan the Brotharian’s Bone Broth
Basics
At its bare essence, making bone broth entails
little more than cooking bones in hot water for
12-36 hours.
A slow cooker is a great brothing device for
many reasons. Using one isn’t as dangerous as
leaving a stove burner on for days at a time, and
the broth cooks slowly enough that you don’t
need to keep adding water. It’s very convenient
to have a Crock-Pot going at all times with broth
that’s at the perfect sipping temperature, and
available to be used in whatever’s cooking. If the
stir-fry is drying out, add a ladle of broth. Looking
to make a soup or sauce? Use broth as a base.
The bones should be cut, which releases the
marrow and other inner bone materials, and
allows more surface area to contact the broth.
When I make stock with the bones of a storeroasted chicken, I use scissors to snip the soft
bones to bits. With mammal long bones, ideally
the butcher will cut them, otherwise cut them at
home, or whack them with a hammer.
If whacking the bones, make sure that the
resulting bone splinters don’t enter anyone’s
mouth—unless cooked to absolute softness.
Some people simmer their bones in a fine mesh
bag to keep them out or pour the finished broth
through a sieve. In my case the broth just sits in
warm mode in the Crock-Pot. The bones settle,
and as long as I use a ladle to serve it, there’s no
danger of bone fragments.
For best flavor, begin by roasting the bones
in the broiler, turning them as necessary, aiming
to brown but not burn. Add the bones to the
stock pot, and make sure to deglaze and scrape
the roasted bone drippings into the pot as well.
Cook on the lowest setting you’ve got.
After about 12 hours, consider adding
carrots, onions and celery. Don’t get too fancy
with your veggies; broccoli and cabbage will
backfire if cooked too long, so use these and
other calcium-rich veggies to make soup with
after the broth is done.
Leave the broth unsalted in the pot until it’s
time to use it. Then, season appropriately. If
sipping, I like a splash of soy and a sprinkle of
garlic powder. a
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Pueblo Harvest Café offers a delicious bounty
Duck mole tostadas
BY ARI LEVAUX
t felt like I was making a crank call when,
the day before Thanksgiving, I rang the
Pueblo Harvest Café and Bakery and asked,
“Are you guys doing anything special
tomorrow?”
Without acknowledging any irony in the
suggestion that Native Americans might
celebrate the immigration of the Pilgrims, the
man described the massive buffet they were
preparing, which included roast goose, prime
rib, cornmeal-battered red snapper, deer osso
bucco, and Cajun-rubbed deep-fried turkey,
along with an omelet station, all-day breakfast
bar and a massive dessert table.
The sprawling 10,000 square-foot Pueblo
Indian Cultural Center is dominated by a
museum. Staying true to the Cultural Center’s
mission “to preserve and perpetuate Pueblo
culture …” a variety of traditional Pueblo-style
meals are served at the Café. But its kitchen
can turn out most any dish, simple or complex,
including holiday service. Thanksgiving is
hardly the only special meal the Pueblo
Harvest Café’s kitchen turns out. Next week
there’s a Valentine’s Day meal. On Fat Tuesday
there will be a “Bourbon Street Pairing
Dinner” with five New Orleans-style courses,
each paired with a different bourbon.
On normal days, fancy foods are served
alongside traditional fare. This can create a
strange contrast. Pueblo food is very simple,
and when a world-class kitchen is preparing it
along with dishes like wild boar tenderloin
with chipotle demi-glace, one might expect
one form to influence the other. But the
Pueblo dishes don’t get fancied up. They are
prepared very well, but without leaving the
borders of what you’d experience at a Pueblo
feast day.
Meanwhile, the kitchen’s creativity is
allowed room to run in creations like the duck
mole tostadas ($8). Sprinkled with Mexican
queso fresco, these three delicious tostadas are
huge for an appetizer plate. Another non-
I
PHOTO BY ERIC WILLIAMS • ERICWPHOTO.COM
Pueblo Harvest Café
indianpueblo.org
2401 12th Street NW
843-7270
Hours: 8am to 8:30pm Monday to Thursday, 8am to
9pm Friday and Saturday, 8am to 4pm Sundays
Booze: Yes
Plastic: Yes
The Alibi recommends: Rez dog, kale salad, mutton
stew, duck mole tostada, blue corn onion rings
Pueblo dish that impresses is the kale salad
($10). Tossed with salad mix leaves, wheat
berries, pecans and blueberries, and topped
with feta, the salad is well-rounded and
luxurious without being decadent.
The Caesar salad ($6) is less fabulous.
Although it’s worth noting that for an extra
six bucks you can have a large slab of seared
tuna on top, the fish turns out to be the best
part of the salad. I’ll give props for the fried
capers too, but my biggest issue was that the
dressing tastes too much like ranch for me to
take it seriously as a Caesar.
I have nothing against ranch dressing,
mind you. In fact, the green chile ranch that
comes with the blue corn onion rings ($9) is a
perfect sauce for that context—and a very
good context it is. The tower of rings arrives
stacked on a spike, accompanied by some
smoky house salsa as well. The breading is
puffy, like pancake batter, with notes of blue
corn earthy nuttiness and a great match with
the sweet onion inside.
In a nod to the hunting heritage of
Native Americans, several game meats grace
the menu. The blueberry-juniper sauce on the
elk entree ($39) delivered soulful juniper notes
in a way that was as intriguing as it was
delicious. The bison short ribs ($25) braised in
red wine, meanwhile, were just plain fallingoff-the-bone decadent.
The traditional Pueblo offerings, while
devoid of pretense, were expertly crafted. The
apple pie ($1.75) looked like the typical
Pueblo-style pie, which is to say more like a
sweet sandwich. I’ve had similar pie many
times at farmers markets, festivals or feast days,
but this one was better in every way. The
pastry was flakier. The filling was less cloyingly
sweet.
There are traditional soups of the kind
you might find on one of the 19 Pueblos in
New Mexico. Of these, the mutton stew
($6.50) was my favorite, with a thin broth and
hearty chunks of meat and vegetables. The
green chile ($5.50) was just OK—you can do a
lot better elsewhere in town.
Many dishes come with frybread. And
while it’s the same simple frybread you’ve had
before, the Pueblo Harvest Café’s version is
superior. Less greasy, more flaky and a perfect
shade of caramel.
In addition to the usual dishes like Frito
pie ($9) or Indian tacos ($12), there are a few
creative twists. Not fancy twists, mind you, but
fun, like the the Rez Dog ($9)—a twice-fried,
bacon-wrapped hot dog served on a beans and
cheese-plastered frybread with chile on top.
The “Pueblo” beans it contained (also
available as a side) are unseasoned, as if the
chefs have total confidence in their intrinsic
flavor.
The Flea Market sandwich ($13) was
impressive-looking on its plate-sized frybread.
But when I folded it over and dug in, something
was missing, something to bind together the
lamb chunks with the lettuce and tomatoes and
green chile. That something turned out to be
the green chile ranch that came with my onion
rings. Later in the meal I tried adding some red
chile, and that was good too.
Although I can’t see the Acoma
connection suggested by its name, the Acoma
French dip ($13) is a great sandwich. The
meat is soft and rare, held together with Swiss
cheese, garlic mayo and chopped green chile.
The salty prime rib jus it came with made the
soft, creamy sandwich go down all the easier.
Breakfast looks like a typical New
Mexican spread, with huevos rancheros
($9.99), breakfast burritos ($9.99)—which you
can get with Spam, if you want to be truly
authentic—and any-style eggs with red or
green. But there are a few rootsy dishes to
choose from as well, such as the Chackewe
eggs ($9.99), which are carne adovada and
eggs served atop a mound of blue corn
porridge. It was a brilliant juxtaposition of
intense and bland flavors, with spicy, chunky
carne and creamy yolks (I had my eggs over
easy) all melding together atop the purple,
bland mush. The sprinkles of diced tomatoes
and onions made their contributions as well.
If it’s a crowded night, such as a rowdy
weekend “Party on the Patio”—with live
music and horno pizza served on a heated
patio—the service can be a bit, shall we say,
on New Mexico time. If you have the place to
yourself some afternoon, your order will appear
nearly immediately. If you show up mid-day on
weekends, meanwhile, you will be treated to
Pueblo dancers.
But maybe not on Thanksgiving. a
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REEL WORLD
FILM | revIew
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
TED-E!
TEDxABQ returns this Thursday, Feb. 12, for
another great “Salon” talk. “It’s All About the E!”
will concentrate on the creative forces behind
TV, movies and independent documentaries here
in New Mexico. What does the “E” stand for?
Entertainment, excitement, education, effects,
economic development—whatever you like. A
series of live speakers will be there to offer
short, conversational presentations “connecting
the art of storytelling, technology and
conceptualization.” Light snacks and a cash bar
will be provided by Slate Street Café. The event
will take place at the Albuquerque Museum of
Art and History (2000 Mountain NW) from
5:30 to 7:30pm. Space is limited, and tickets
($20 general admission, $10 students) are on
sale now. For more info go to tedxabq.com.
Morning glory
Reel NM, Santa Fe’s only monthly independent
film series, will present the 1971 drama Red Sky
at Morning this Thursday, Feb. 12. The film was
shot mostly in Santa Fe, Galisteo and Truchas.
It’s based on the novel by Richard Bradford and
relates a quiet coming-of-age tale that takes
place in the early days of World War II. The film
stars Richard Thomas, Richard Crenna, Claire
Bloom and Desi Arnaz Jr. (who was nominated
for a Golden Globe). A $5 suggested donation
gets you in the door. The screening gets
underway at 7pm at the La Tienda Performance
Space in Eldorado. Go to reelnewmexico.com
for directions.
Film femme fiesta
New Mexico Women in Film is celebrating its
10-year anniversary with a tri-city film fiesta,
July 10 through 12 in Las Cruces, Albuquerque
and Santa Fe. Each one-day screening will
“honor past and present members by
showcasing the creativity, vision and artistry of
their work.” To qualify, entrants must be or have
been a member of NMWIF between 2005 and
2015. If you’ve never been a member and still
want to participate, you can apply for
membership before you begin the submission
process by going to nmwif.com. This Sunday,
Feb. 15, is the early bird deadline. Submission is
$10 per film. Categories include Documentary,
Narrative, Animation, New Media, Experimental,
Webisodes, Commercial, Corporate, Promotional
and Music Video.
Projection project
Albuquerque arts org Basement Films is heading
north to Santa Fe this month to kick off a special
exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Arts.
From Feb. 13 through May 25, Happiness Is a
Warm Projector will feature an installation of
dead technology that “both celebrates the
heady Cold War days (from which much of BF’s
archive of 8,000 educational films and
projectors originated) and a protracted exorcism
of the strict morality that permeates this media.”
The show will include unique screenings, handson workshops and performances. For details
about upcoming events surrounding the
exhibition, go to basementfilms.org or
ccasantafe.org. The CCA is located at 1050 Old
Pecos Trail.
The younger demographic
Warehouse 508’s fourth annual Film or Flight
youth film contest starts up this weekend. The
kickoff takes place Friday, Feb. 13, at
Warehouse 508 (508 First Street NW) at 4pm.
High school and college-age students (25 and
under) will be given just 72 hours to shoot their
short films. The resulting digital movies will be
screened to the public on Friday, March 13, at
the KiMo Theatre (423 Central NW). To register,
contact [email protected] or call
296-2738. For more info, check out
filmorflight508.com. a
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“I really need to know: Team Edward or Team Jacob?”
Still Alice
Alzheimer’s hits hard in simple family drama
R
ight about now Hollywood is realizing it
needs to start capitalizing on all those Oscar
nominations. By the end of the month,
there’s going to be one winner and four losers in
each category, and it’s going to be too late for a
lot of films to exploit the opportunity. So for the
second week in a row, we get an “it’s about time”
theatrical release, one of this year’s Best Actress
nominees: Julianne Moore in the empathetic
psychological drama Still Alice.
The film, based on Lisa Genova’s novel, is a
doggedly straightforward affair. Like a lot of
dramas of late (certainly last week’s “Best
Actress” nominee, Two Days, One Night), Still
Alice has less of a fully embellished “plot” and
more of a stripped-bare “situation.” It’s primarily
an exercise in acting and a rewarding one if you
know that’s what you’re in for. That Moore is a
top-shelf actress is no shocker at this stage of her
career. Here, she’s more than up to the task of
playing Alice Howland, a happily married wife
and mother to three grown kids. She works at
Cambridge and vacations out in Nassau County.
All in all, it looks like a pleasant, upper-middleclass life. But something’s not quite right with
Alice. She’s starting to forget little things. She’s
having trouble playing Words With Friends—
which, for a linguistics professor, is just dripping
with irony. Turns out she has early-onset
Alzheimer’s.
The diagnosis comes quickly, and the film
basically chronicles how Alice and her family
deal with the sudden, unpleasant reality. Hubby
John (Alec Baldwin—fine, but needing more
flamboyant roles these days) is alternately
concerned and angry over the diagnosis. Oldest
daughter Anna (Kate Bosworth) worries how the
diagnosis might affect her pregnancy. (Early
onset is genetic and filial.) Youngest daughter
Lydia (Kristen Stewart) isn’t sure how to take
the situation, having run off to California to
start her own life as a bohemian actress. But it’s
Still Alice
Opens Friday 2/13
Written and directed by Richard Glatzer
& Wash Westmoreland
Starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin,
Kristen Stewart
Rated PG-13
Alice’s coping mechanisms that form the
backbone of the film’s narrative. Alice is a highly
intellectual woman with a background in
language. She quickly learns tricks to cope with
and/or hide her illness.
But sadly, there’s no treating or fully arresting
this cruel condition. Moore is at her best
showing the light-switch changes from
cognizance to confusion. A scene in which she
goes jogging and loses her way on familiar streets
slides from bewilderment to sheer panic in
seconds—all with the most subtle changes in
facial expression on Moore’s part. There’s no
doubt it’s an Oscar-worthy job. The acting
surprise, however, comes in the form of
Stewart—who, at her best, has never been much
more than tolerable on screen. Here, she does
solid work as the somewhat estranged daughter
whose career choices have taken her far afield
from her academic family. Stewart does slatternly
and aloof pretty well. But in the end, her “artsy”
character ends up being the most sensitive to her
mother’s condition and gives the film a fine
grace note on which to end.
The title of the film is important to note, as it
drives home the good and bad of Alzheimer’s.
People with the disease are still themselves.
Filmmakers Richard Glatzer & Wash
Westmoreland (The Fluffer, Quinceañera) have
obviously done their research and portray the
horrors of Alzheimer’s with compassion and
quietude. Everyone walks into their living room and
forgets what they went in there for from time to
time. But to walk into your living room and forget
where the bathroom is located is a whole different
level of unease. To know, among the decreasingly
frequent moments of lucidity, that you are slowly
losing all your precious memories is a particularly
harsh fate to endure. It’s this tough, tragic arc that
Still Alice so gently underplays by giving a
sympathetic face to the disease—a disease we all
know, but hopefully will never have to feel. a
TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX
Immigrant Song
“Fresh Off the Boat” on ABC
F
or now, ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” is
notable for being the first Asian-Americancentric show on network television in more
than 20 years. (The last being Margaret Cho’s
short-lived “All-American Girl.”) Of course that
designation is only gonna get the show so much
attention. At some point this sitcom is gonna
have to sink or float based on its writing, acting
and sense of humor. But with a credible pilot
under its belt and some decent source material,
there are indications “Fresh Off the Boat” might
actually succeed.
The series is based on restaurateur Eddie
Huang’s autobiographical book of the same
name. Set in the mid ’90s, the show centers
around 10-year-old Eddie (Hudson Yang), a
chubby, rap-loving, Chinese-American kid just
trying to fit in. His goals are complicated,
however, when his ambitious parents (Randall
Park and Constance Wu) move from Asianfriendly Washington, DC, to lily-white suburban
Orlando. Initially, of course, there are tons of
jokes that revolve around his parents’
stereotypical accents and all their Caucasian
neighbors assuming they don’t speak English and
talking real slow. Hopefully, those jokes will fade
with time; otherwise, the show is gonna spend a
lot of time beating a dead horse. Fortunately,
there seems to be ample room for growth.
Young Eddie, who dispenses wise-ass
punchlines and wears an unending string of rap
t-shirts, isn’t that great a protagonist. (The
show’s sometimes abrasive “Wonder Years”-esque
narration, provided by Huang himself, doesn’t
help.) Tyler James Williams milked far more
sympathetic laughs from a similar “fish out of
water” scenario in the excellent “Everybody
Hates Chris.” Fortunately, Eddie’s parents are
THE WEEK IN
SLOTH
THURSDAY 12
“The Slap” (KOB-4 7pm) NBC’s “limited
run” series is about an unhappily
married guy whose cousin slaps
somebody else’s kid at a party.
Seems like a solid basis for eight
hours’ worth of drama. Given the star
power in front of the camera (Peter
Sarsgaard, Thandie Newton, Zachary
Quinto, Uma Thurman, Brian Cox,
Melissa George), maybe they know
something we don’t.
FRIDAY 13
“Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown”
(KOAT-7 7pm) You could do worse
than spending the evening watching
this 1975 animated special in
preparation for tomorrow night.
Charlie Brown will probably never
catch that redheaded girl’s attention,
but Linus is a straight-up player for
lusting after his teacher, Miss
Othmar. Aim for the stars, dude.
Shakespeare Uncovered: Antony &
Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall
(KNME-5 9:30pm) I was watching
an old episode of “The Incredible
Hulk” the other day, and Kim Cattrall
showed up playing a Native American
around to serve as the show’s saving grace. Park
(The Interview, “Veep”) and Wu (Sound of My
Voice, “Eastsiders”) have a great back-and-forth
chemistry. They share a lot of screentime
together, and their timing is damn near perfect.
Wu’s character in particular could have easily
slid into “dragon mom” caricature. (In fact, the
term is brought up several times.) She’s
demanding and tough on occasion, but she’s also
a strong defender of her children. Plus, she’s got
the best comic observations in the show.
Assessing an annoying group of suburban moms
for the first time, she sagely speculates, “I think
the loud one is their queen.”
There are moments when “Fresh Off the
Boat” goes bold, directly addressing racism and
cultural assimilation. But it’s airing on Disneyowned ABC, so the show always defaults to
heartwarming and homogenized when things get
too real. If the writing stays strong and the show
figures out which characters to focus on, though,
“Fresh Off the Boat” could end up being a sharp
mix of cultural observation and quick
punchlines. a
“Fresh Off the Boat” airs Tuesdays at 7pm on
KOAT-7.
archaeologist. She was way cute in
1979. Good times. ... Shakespeare,
you say?
“Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman
and Brett Gelman’s Family”
(Cartoon Network 1:30am)
Comedian Brett Gelman
(“Eagleheart,” “Married”) joins his
Hollywood family and friends for “a
lively night of dining, tasty showbiz
chitchat, and psychological torture.”
SATURDAY 14
“Nascar Sprint Unlimited at Daytona”
(KASA-2 6pm) I gotta hand it to you,
FOX. You really know what gets a
redneck’s heart racing.
“Animals in Love” (Animal Planet 7pm)
If you’re spending Valentine’s Day
watching animals mating, you may
have a problem.
“Sexy Beasts” (A&E 8pm) In A&E’s
new dating reality show (stolen from
the BBC), singles are sent on dates
dressed in outrageous prosthetic
costumes—like puppets, frogs, cat
people and witches. ... Which begs
the question, “Um, why?”
SUNDAY 15
“Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary
Special” (KOB-4 7pm) Dan Aykroyd,
Molly Shannon, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell,
Chris Rock, Bill Murray, Martin Short,
Garrett Morris, Andy Samberg, Jane
Curtin, Jon Lovitz, Laraine Newman
and Norm Macdonald are just a few of
the past cast members showing up.
Then again, so is Sarah Palin, so ...
MONDAY 16
The Book of Negroes (BET 6pm) It’s
BET’s title, not mine. This 6-part
miniseries details the story of a
slave forcefully brought to South
Carolina from West Africa at the
time of the American Revolution.
“Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of
Life—An All-Star Grammy Salute”
(KRQE-13 8pm) Chris Martin,
Willie Nelson, Ed Sheeran and
Usher show up to possibly butcher
a few Stevie Wonder classics.
TUESDAY 17
“Repeat After Me” (KOAT-7 7:30pm)
In this hidden camera prank show—
liberally ripped-off from truTV’s
“Impractical Jokers”—Wendi
McLendon-Covey (“Reno 911!”)
talks to celebrities (Ellen Pompeo,
Harry Connick Jr., for starters) over
an earpiece, telling them what to
say and do. Everyone has a good
laugh. Allegedly.
WEDNESDAY 18
“The Mentalist” (KRQE-13 7pm) CBS’
crime-solving series about a really
smart guy who pretends to be a
psychic (because it’s easier for
people to believe in a psychic than
a really smart guy) goes off the air
with this 2-hour series finale. a
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FILM | CAPSULES
OPENING THIS WEEK
Amira & Sam
An army veteran (Martin Starr from “Freaks & Geeks” and
“Silicon Valley”) begins an unlikely romance with an Iraqi
immigrant. But the relationship is put to the test when she
faces deportation. This miniscule comedy-romance from
comedian and onetime army officer Sean Mullin is alternately
formulaic, far-fetched and sweetly charming. 90 minutes.
Unrated. (Opens Monday 2/16 at Guild Cinema)
Bonnie and Clyde
Guild Cinema gives you Valentine’s Day romance, criminal-style.
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway star in Arthur Penn’s bloody
1967 biopic about bank-robbing lovers-on-the-run Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker. It doesn’t end well for the duo, but
the film was nominated for 10 Oscars. 111 minutes. R. (Opens
Saturday 2/14 at Guild Cinema)
Buen Día, Ramón
A young man (Kristyan Ferrer) from a small Mexican town
travels to Germany to find work to support his family and
becomes stranded without shelter or money. While struggling to
survive on the streets, he meets Ruth (Ingeborg Schöner), a
lonely senior citizen with whom he develops a fast friendship. In
German and Spanish with English subtitles. 119 minutes. PG13. (Opens Friday 2/13 at Century 14 Downtown)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Every couple of years, the publishing industry spits out an erotic
novel to remind housewives that naughty sex is a good thing.
From Fanny Hill to Story of O to Fear of Flying to Exit to Eden,
these books have been snapped up and hidden in bedside
tables for decades. Today, we’ve got E.L. James’ smash hit novel
Fifty Shades of Grey. This ripe bit of “mommy porn” started out
life as a piece of Twilight fan fic written under the pen name
“Snowqueen’s Icedragon.” The author changed the character
names, got a better nom de plume, and the rest is history. This
is worth pointing out because the source material is completely
embarrassing. Do you honestly think the heavily expurgated
Hollywood version (complete with S&M sex toys sold at Target)
could be any better? 125 minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 2/12 at
Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
Rio)
Giant
James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson star in this
sprawling modern Western from 1956 about a Texas cattle
rancher, his family and associates. Dean died shortly after
filming this one, and it remains a testament to his on-screen
skill. 201 minutes. G. (Opens Sunday 2/15 at Century 14
Downtown, Century Rio)
If a Tree Falls
The radical environmental group known as the Earth Liberation
Front is profiled in this revealing, peek-behind-the-curtain
documentary. Unrated. (Opens Thursday 2/12 at SUB Theater)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, X-Men: First Class) directs this
fast, funny, impossibly kinetic action flick based on the comic
book by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted). Newcomer Taron
Egerton stars as a trendy British street kid who gets recruited to
a top-secret spy agency that’s, like, James Bond cranked up to
11. Colin Firth is the young spy’s perfectly aloof bad-ass of a
trainer. Samuel L. Jackson is the high-tech baddie. 129
minutes. R. (Opens Thursday 2/12 at Century 14 Downtown,
Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio)
concentrating on “mountain” culture, all featuring lovely
documentaries about mountain climbing, skiing, environmental
awareness and high-altitude culture in places like Tibet. But
Telluride is one of the oldest, dating back to 1979. In
partnership with UNM Wilderness Alliance, Telluride brings us its
latest collection of shorts featuring extreme athletes, scientists,
explorers, authors and more. Unrated. (Opens Friday 2/13 at
SUB Theater)
STILL PLAYING
The 2015 New Mexico Italian Film Festival
This year’s New Mexico Italian Film Festival (Feb. 8 through 15
in Albuquerque) takes over Guild Cinema to screen six recent
efforts from Italy. There’s the Federico Fellini biopic Che Strano
Chiamarsi Federico, the high school drama The Red and the
Blue, the middle-class divorce drama Balancing Act, the
ensemble rom-com Out of the Blue, the dramatic thriller
Human Capital and the psychiatric comedy We Can Do That.
For a complete list of films and events, go to italianfilmfest.org.
(Guild Cinema)
American Sniper
Reliable but rarely more than workmanlike director Clint
Eastwood helms this biopic based on the biography of Navy
SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. Bradley Cooper is excellent, running
through all the emotions of our main character as he goes from
front-line shellshocked to home-front rehabilitated. But
Eastwood waffles too much between gung-ho patriotism and a
more reasoned examination of the horrors our modern military
men and women are asked to endure. It wants to tackle some
big moral issues, but unlike Eastwood’s Unforgiven, it can’t
break the Hollywood formula long enough to find the
metaphorical weight behind the story. 132 minutes. R. (Century
Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14 Downtown, High
Ridge)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams) directs Michael
Keaton (Batman) in this winkingly meta farce about a washedup action movie star who tries to mount a comeback on
Broadway. Shot in what looks like a single, breathless take, the
film swoops and soars through the corridors of a venerable
Broadway theater watching its manic, self-loathing,
hallucination-prone protagonist face crisis after crisis. Dark and
funny, cynical and empathetic, this oddly experimental gem
offers viewers this year’s most original cinematic vision.
Reviewed in v23 i45. 119 minutes. R. (High Ridge, Century 14
Downtown)
Black or White
Kevin Costner stars as a widower lawyer fighting for custody of
his biracial granddaughter. Octavia Spencer is the equally
righteous paternal grandmother of the little girl, who wants her
to be raised by African Americans and not the guy from Dances
with Wolves. This is a seriously well-intentioned family drama,
but the liberal-minded ideals of writer-director Mike Binder (The
Upside of Anger, Reign Over Me) get lost in TV-movie-of-theweek courtroom melodrama. 121 minutes. PG-13. (Century
Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema)
The Boy Next Door
Jennifer Lopez stars in this time-wasting erotic thriller about a
divorced teacher who has a torrid affair with the new boy across
the street. Things get complicated when he turns up as a
student in her high school class and then goes all Glenn Close
in Fatal Attraction on her. Oops. 91 minutes. R. (Rio Rancho
Premiere Cinema, Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio)
Old Fashioned
Dear White People
A reformed (read: “born-again”) frat boy (first-time writer,
director, star Rik Swartzwelder) and a free-spirited woman
(Elizabeth Roberts from “Days of Our Lives”) try “the
impossible”—an old-fashioned, Jesus-approved courtship in
modern-day America. If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day
romance that includes no sex and no premarital kissing and
doesn’t even allow men and women to be in the same room
alone together, then Old Fashioned is the mood-killing cold
shower for you. 115 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Thursday 2/12 at
Century Rio)
The students at an Ivy League college clash over racial issues in
this wordy, but well-spoken comedy-drama. First-time filmmaker
Justin Simien has crafted a witty mash-up of Do the Right Thing
and Dead Poets Society—but the choppy script and sprawling
ensemble cast mark this as a passionate freshman project
rather than a full-fledged senior thesis. Reviewed in v23 i43.
106 minutes. R. (SUB Theater)
Drunktown’s Finest
The legendary Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni stars in this
nearly forgotten, Oscar-nominated 1963 film about workers at
a turn-of-the-century Turin textile factory united by a traveling
professor. 130 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Monday 2/16 at
Guild Cinema)
Shot in Gallup, NM, by hometown boy and first-time filmmaker
Sydney Freeland, this gritty ensemble drama follows three
young Native Americans—an adopted Christian girl, a rebellious
father-to-be and a promiscuous transsexual—as they strive to
escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation. The script
was developed through the Sundance Director’s Lab, and the
finished product was executive produced by Mr. Sundance
himself, Robert Redford. 92 minutes. Unrated. (Guild Cinema)
Still Alice
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Reviewed this issue. (Opens Friday 2/13 at Century 14
Downtown)
Peter Jackson wraps up his monumental (perhaps a little too
much so) adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Here we
finally get to the closing action sequence, a war that pits five
armies and a dragon against one another in a battle for the fate
of Middle-earth. 144 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio)
The Organizer
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival
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The Imitation Game
America’s British boyfriend Benedict Cumberbatch stars as
famed mathematician Alan Turing in this real-life biopic about
Turing’s efforts to decipher the infamous German Enigma code
during World War II. The film is very tasteful and “Masterpiece
Theatre”-ish. But Turing’s story of professional triumph and
personal tragedy is terribly compelling stuff. Based on the book
by Andrew Hodges. 114 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, High
Ridge, Century 14 Downtown)
Jupiter Ascending
The filmmakers formerly known as the Wachowski brothers (The
Matrix, Cloud Atlas) are responsible for this madly overconceptualized, pulp sci-fi doohickey. Mila Kunis is a poor,
Chicago house cleaner who finds out the Earth is just an
“estate” built and populated by an ancient alien dynasty—and
that she’s the long-lost queen of the galaxy. The story is a
transparent fairy tale about a missing princess in (frequent)
need of rescuing and the dashing knight (Channing Tatum) who
protects her from her evil royal family. On top of that familiar
framework, the Wachowski siblings have added bits of Buck
Rogers, Flash Gordon, Dune, The Matrix, Brazil and The Fifth
Element. It’s entirely ridiculous, but damned if it isn’t eyepoppingly pretty and filled with zippy, zappy entertainment. 127
minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere
Cinema, Century Rio)
A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) plays a businessman
determined to rise to the top of New York City’s home heating
oil delivery industry, circa 1981. Writer-director J.C. Chandor (All
Is Lost) wants very badly to direct a ’70s-style, Sidney Lumetesque crime thriller. A Most Violent Year has got a lot of grit and
plenty of atmosphere, but the milieu seems petty, and the
overall film is just too chilly to really hit home. Reviewed in v24
i5. 125 minutes. R. (High Ridge)
Mr. Turner
Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) writes and directs this
biopic covering the last quarter century in the life of eccentric
British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. Timothy Spall (Peter
Pettigrew in the Harry Potter series) stars at the titular
artist/womanizer. Even Turner’s own biographer once admitted
that the guy wasn’t very interesting—but Leigh manages to find
the drama in this very private man’s personal life. Leigh is
assisted immensely by Spall’s born-to-play-it performance and
by his glorious longtime cinematographer Dick Pope. 150
minutes. R. (High Ridge)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Ben Stiller and friends (and the monkey) are back in this third
outing about wacky hijinks at a natural history museum after
the lights go out. Seems the magic that causes all the displays
to come to life at night is fading, and our security guard hero
(Stiller) must travel the globe, uniting characters old (Robin
Willams’ Teddy Roosevelt) and new (Dan Stevens’ Sir Lancelot)
to save it. 97 minutes. PG. (Century Rio)
books (known in America as “The Last Apprentice”) by British
fantasy author Joseph Delaney. Ben Barnes (from The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) plays a young lad born
with the magical ability to see ghosts and fight supernatural
creatures. He’s soon recruited by a crusty old knight (Jeff
Bridges) for a big-ass training montage. Eventually, he gets to
fight an evil witch (Julianne Moore). This looks like yet another
failed attempt to launch a young adult fantasy series. (Sorry
Eragon, Lemony Snicket, City of Ember, The Golden Compass,
Inkheart, The Mortal Instruments, The Seeker, The Spiderwick
Chronicles, Cirque du Freak, et al.) 102 minutes. PG-13.
(Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
Rio)
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
Filmmaker Mary Dore (The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln
Brigade in the Spanish Civil War) traces the history of the
brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement
from 1966 to 1971. This documentary goes from the creation
of NOW to the emergence of more radical factions of women’s
lib. Rather than romanticize those early days, Dore’s film
captures them in all their “exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes
heart-wrenching glory.” 92 minutes. Unrated. (Guild Cinema)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of
Water
When the secret formula for Krabby Patties goes missing,
SpongeBob and his pals (Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs)
venture into the real world (featuring a mix of live-action and 3D
animation) to recover it from a dastardly pirate (Antonio
Banderas ... no, really). Also, they become superheroes. Yeah,
SpongeBob doesn’t make a lot of sense. But it’s awesome. 93
minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere
Cinema, Century Rio)
Taken 3
It really does not pay to be friends or family with ex-government
agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson). Everybody he knows has
been killed or kidnapped by bad guys, whom he is then obliged
to stalk and kill using his “particular set of skills.” This time
around his wife has been killed, and he’s framed for murder.
Oh, somebody’s in for an old man ass-kicking! As before,
French action king Luc Besson pens it, and the awesomely
named Olivier Megaton directs it. 109 minutes. PG-13.
(Century Rio)
The Theory of Everything
‘Tis the season for high-toned biopics. Eddie Redmayne (The
Pillars of the Earth, Les Misérables) stars as world-famous
physicist Stephen Hawking. This inspirational romantic drama
concentrates on Hawking’s pre-talking-wheelchair relationship
with his college girlfriend-cum-wife Jane (Felicity Jones, Like
Crazy). It’s beautifully performed and perfectly bittersweet, but
occasionally feels too expertly crafted for Academy Award
appeal. Reviewed in v23 i48. 123 minutes. Unrated. (High
Ridge)
Two Days, One Night
Paddington
The beloved British picture book character gets the requisite
CGI makeover for the movies. Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) voices the
raincoat-wearing Peruvian bear who ends up lost and alone at
a London train station. He gets adopted by a kindly family (led
by Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins) and has some episodic
adventures. Nicole Kidman plays the villain, an evil taxidermist.
Because there has to be a villain in these sorts of things. 95
minutes. PG. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,
Century 14 Downtown)
Project Almanac
Well, we’ve had found-footage monster movies (Cloverfield),
found-footage zombie movies (the [REC] series), found-footage
ghost movies (the Paranormal Activity series), found-footage
devil movies (The Last Exorcism), found-footage mummy
movies (The Pyramid), found-footage space movies (Apollo
18), found-footage comedies (Project X), found-footage
superhero movies (Chronicle), found-footage kids’ movies
(Earth to Echo) and found footage disaster movies (Into the
Storm). So why not a found-footage time machine movie? 106
minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14
Downtown, Century Rio)
Selma
This serious, dutiful biopic chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
campaign to secure equal voting rights via a groundbreaking
march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965. David
Oyelowo (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) is perfect as King. Cuba
Gooding Jr., Tim Roth, Giovanni Ribisi, Carmen Ejogo,
Alessandro Nivola, Martin Sheen, Tom Wilkinson and Oprah
Winfrey round out the important cast. 128 minutes. PG-13.
(High Ridge)
Seventh Son
This epically troubled fantasy production shed countless cast
members, production companies and release dates over the
course of its creation. It’s based on “The Wardstone Chronicles”
From Belgium’s Dardenne brothers (Rosetta, L’enfant, The Kid
with a Bike) comes this tense, timely drama about a workingclass wife and mother (Academy Award-nominated Marion
Cotillard) battling crippling depression and losing her factory
job when impoverished coworkers choose a year-end bonus
over her. She convinces the boss to stage a re-vote, giving her
just one weekend to convince coworkers to change their votes.
That’s it for plot, but Two Days, One Night manages to pack
more human drama than films 10 times its size. Reviewed in
v24 i6. 95 minutes. PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, High
Ridge)
The Wedding Ringer
Josh Gad (Frozen) plays a well-meaning, friendless schlub who
hires a fake best man (comedian Kevin Hart) in order to
impress his fiancée (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting) at their wedding.
As one does in contrived romantic comedies. 101 minutes. R.
(Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14
Downtown)
Whiplash
A shy young musician (Miles Teller from The Spectacular Now)
dreams of becoming a world-famous jazz drummer. Attending a
prestigious New York music academy, he gets the opportunity to
learn from the school’s most infamous instructor (J.K. Simmons
from “Oz”). What follows is the musical equivalent of the training
camp sequence from Full Metal Jacket. Simmons is perfect as
the sadistic taskmaster, but Teller matches him beat-for-beat as
the determined student. Reviewed in v23 i45. 107 minutes. R.
(High Ridge)
Wild
Reese Witherspoon stars in this inspirational biopic about
Cheryl Strayed, who lost her mother and slipped inrp a bout of
sex and drug addiction. Instead of going to therapy, she
decided to go all hippie and hike the Pacific Crest Trail solo. It’s
kind of like Eat, Pray, Love—but with walking instead of eating,
praying and loving. 115 minutes. R. (High Ridge)
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Giant Sun 2:00; Wed 2:00, 7:00
Still Alice Fri-Mon 11:55am, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25; Tue-Thu
11:55am, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50
Buen Día, Ramón Fri-Mon 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05; Tue-Thu
1:30, 4:25, 7:15
KIngsman: The Secret Service Fri-Mon 1:20, 4:20, 7:20,
10:20; Tue-Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20
Fifty Shades of Grey Fri-Mon 12:05, 1:35, 3:05, 4:35, 6:05,
7:35, 9:05, 10:35; Tue-Thu 12:05, 1:35, 3:05, 4:35, 6:05,
7:35
Two Days, One Night Fri-Mon 2:45, 8:05; Tue 12:35, 3:00,
5:25, 7:50; Wed-Thu 12:35, 3:00
Seventh Son Fri-Thu 2:25, 7:40
Seventh Son 3D Fri-Mon 11:50am, 5:00, 10:10; Tue-Thu
11:50am, 5:00
Jupiter Ascending Fri-Thu 1:10, 7:25
Jupiter Ascending 3D Fri-Mon 4:10, 10:25; Tue-Thu 4:10
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Fri-Thu
11:40am, 2:05, 7:05
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 3D Fri-Thu
4:30, 9:30
Project Almanac Fri-Mon 12:00, 5:20, 10:45; Tue-Thu 12:05,
2:45, 5:20, 8:05
The Boy Next Door Fri-Mon 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15;
Tue-Thu 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55
Paddington Fri-Thu 1:45
American Sniper Fri-Mon 1:15, 4:25, 7:30, 10:30; Tue-Thu
1:15, 4:25, 7:30
The Wedding Ringer Fri-Mon 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:50;
Tue-Wed 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00; Thu 12:15, 2:50, 5:25
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Fri 1:55,
4:50, 7:45, 10:35; Sat 4:50, 7:45, 10:35; Sun 7:45,
10:35; Mon 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35
The Imitation Game Fri-Mon 4:15, 7:10, 9:55; Tue 4:15,
7:10; Wed 4:15, 7:10; Thu 4:15
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Giant Sun 2:00; Wed 2:00, 7:00
Old Fashioned Fri-Thu 10:30am, 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40
KIngsman: The Secret Service Fri-Sat 10:05am, 11:10am,
12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:40, 4:45, 5:50, 7:00, 8:05, 9:10,
9:35, 10:20, 11:30; Sun-Wed 10:05am, 11:10am, 12:20,
1:25, 2:30, 3:40, 4:45, 5:50, 7:00, 8:05, 9:10, 9:35,
10:20; Thu 10:05am, 11:10am, 12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:40,
4:45, 5:50, 7:00, 8:05, 9:10, 9:35, 10:20, 11:30
Fifty Shades of Grey Fri-Sat 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:35am,
12:15, 1:10, 1:55, 2:45, 3:30, 4:20, 5:05, 5:55, 6:40,
7:05, 7:30, 8:15, 9:05, 9:50, 10:20, 10:40, 11:25, 11:55;
Sun-Mon 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:35am, 12:15, 1:10,
1:55, 2:45, 3:30, 4:20, 5:05, 5:55, 6:40, 7:05, 7:30, 8:15,
9:05, 9:50, 10:20, 10:40; Tue-Wed 10:00am, 10:45am,
11:35am, 12:15, 1:10, 1:55, 2:45, 3:30, 4:20, 5:05, 5:55,
6:40, 7:05, 7:30, 8:15, 9:05, 9:50, 10:20; Thu 10:00am,
10:45am, 11:35am, 12:15, 1:10, 1:55, 2:45, 3:30, 4:20,
5:05, 5:55, 6:40, 7:30, 8:15, 9:05, 9:50, 10:20, 10:40,
11:25, 11:55
11:20am, 2:05, 4:50, 5:45, 7:35
10:25am, 12:10, 1:15, 3:00, 4:00, 6:45, 8:30, 9:30
Jupiter Ascending 3D Fri-Thu 11:00am, 2:20, 5:40, 9:00
Jupiter Ascending Fri-Sat 12:45. 4:05, 7:25, 10:50,
12:05am; Sun-Thu 12:45. 4:05, 7:25, 10:50
Seventh Son Fri-Sat 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 6:25, 7:50, 9:15,
12:01am; Sun-Thu 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 6:25, 7:50, 9:15
Seventh Son 3D Fri-Thu 11:25am, 5:00, 10:45
Project Almanac Fri-Thu 11:05am, 2:00, 4:55, 7:55, 10:45
Black or White Fri-Thu 12:25, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55
The Boy Next Door Fri-Thu 11:55am, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25
Paddington Fri-Thu 10:10am
American Sniper Fri-Sat 10:50am, 12:30, 2:10, 3:50, 5:30,
7:10, 8:50, 10:35, 12:05am; Sun-Thu 10:50am, 12:30,
2:10, 3:50, 5:30, 7:10, 8:50, 10:35
The Wedding Ringer Fri-Thu 10:40am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15,
10:05
Taken 3 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:35, 6:35
The Imitation Game Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:45; Sun 12:35; MonWed 12:35, 3:45
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Fri-Wed 10:00am
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Fri 11:50am,
3:25, 10:30; Sat 3:25, 10:30; Sun 10:15am, 10:30; Mon
11:50am, 3:25, 10:30; Tue 11:50am, 3:25
COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16
Cottonwood Mall • 897-6858
Please check alibi.com/filmtimes for films and times.
GUILD CINEMA
3405 Central NE • 255-1848
The 2015 New Mexico Italian Film Festival Friday; Go to
guildcinema.com to showtimes.
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry Sat 1:00
Bonnie and Clyde Sat 3:30, 6:00, 8:30
Drunktown’s Finest Sun 4:00
Amira & Sam Mon-Thu 3:45, 8:15
The Organizer Mon-Thu 5:45
HIGH RIDGE
12910 Indian School NE • 275-0038
Two Days, One Night Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:40, 10:35; MonThu 1:00, 4:15, 7:40
Selma Fri-Sun 12:30, 10:15; Mon-Thu 12:30
Mr. Turner Fri-Sun 12:25, 3:45, 7:05, 10:30; Mon-Thu 12:25,
3:45, 7:05
A Most Violent Year Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:55, 7:15, 10:25; MonThu 12:45, 3:55, 7:15
Whiplash Fri-Thu 3:55, 7:00
American Sniper Fri-Sun 12:25, 4:00, 7:25, 10:40; Mon-Thu
12:25, 4:00, 7:25
The Imitation Game Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:50, 7:05, 10:30; MonThu 12:35, 3:50, 7:05
Wild Fri-Sun 12:50, 10:25; Mon-Thu 12:50
The Theory of Everything Fri-Thu 4:10, 7:30
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Fri-Sun
1:00, 4:05, 7:25, 10:20; Mon-Thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:25
MOVIES 8
4591 San Mateo NE • 1 (800) Fandango, express # 1194
Interstellar Fri-Thu 11:20am, 3:20, 7:10
Big Hero 6 Fri-Thu 11:00am, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20
Big Hero 6 3D Fri-Thu 12:20, 3:10, 6:00, 8:50
Annie Fri-Thu 12:40, 3:40, 7:00, 10:00
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death Fri-Thu 4:50, 7:50,
10:30
Mortdecai Fri-Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50
St. Vincent Fri-Thu 11:10am, 2:00
Exodus: Gods and Kings Fri-Thu 3:00, 9:40
Dumb and Dumber To Fri-Thu 11:40am, 6:50
Penguins of Madagascar 3D Fri-Thu 2:10, 10:10
Penguins of Madagascar Fri-Thu 11:30am, 5:00, 7:40
MOVIES WEST
9201 Coors NW • 1 (800) Fandango, express # 1247
Interstellar Fri-Thu 12:00, 3:45, 7:35
Big Hero 6 Fri-Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30
Big Hero 6 3D Fri-Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15
Annie Fri-Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death Fri-Thu 4:25, 7:00,
9:45
Mortdecai Fri-Thu 1:30, 4:15
St. Vincent Fri-Thu 1:45
Exodus: Gods and Kings Fri-Thu 12:30, 6:45
Dumb and Dumber To Fri-Thu 4:00, 10:15
Penguins of Madagascar 3D Fri-Thu 2:30
Penguins of Madagascar Fri-Thu 12:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00
RIO RANCHO PREMIERE CINEMA
1000 Premiere Parkway • 994-3300
Fifty Shades of Grey Fri-Thu 11:00am, 12:30, 1:55, 3:25,
4:50, 6:20, 7:45, 9:15, 10:40
KIngsman: The Secret Service Fri-Thu 11:30am, 12:45,
2:45, 4:00, 6:00, 7:15, 9:10, 10:20
Black or White Fri-Thu 11:10am, 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:45
12:05, 5:05, 10:05
11:05am, 1:35, 2:35, 4:05, 6:35, 7:35, 9:05
Seventh Son 3D Fri-Thu 12:05, 5:30, 10:55
Seventh Son Fri-Thu 2:10, 7:45
Jupiter Ascending 3D Fri-Thu 2:35, 8:00
Jupiter Ascending Fri-Thu 11:10am, 4:40, 10:20
Project Almanac Fri-Wed 11:05am, 4:15, 9:25
The Boy Next Door Fri-Thu 1:45, 7:05
The Wedding Ringer Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 6:45, 9:30
Paddington Fri-Thu 11:15am, 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:25
American Sniper Fri-Thu 11:20am, 12:30, 2:25, 3:35, 5:30,
6:40, 8:35, 9:45
SUB THEATER
UNM (Student Union Building Room 1003) • 277-5608
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival Fri 6:00, Sat 5:00, 8:30
If a Tree Falls Sun 1:00, 3:00
Interstellar Tue 8:00; Wed 4:00, 7:00; Thu 3:30
Dear White People Thu 7:00
WINROCK STADIUM 16 IMAX & RPX
2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE • 881-2220
Please check alibi.com/filmtimes for films and times.
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MUSIC HISTORY
MUSIC | SHoW UP!
BY AUGUST MARCH
An Interview with Gordy
Andersen, Part 1
A longtime member of the Burque music scene
and founder of seminal Burque punk rock outfit
Jerry’s Kidz, Gordy Andersen and I chatted about
his history. Here is some of what I asked; here is
the beginning of his reply.
Alibi: What events shaped your lifelong
interest and participation in music?
Gordy Andersen: I’m lucky; my parents had music
around. My mom was an actress and radio
personality, and dad was a Sandia Labs scientist
who built his own hi-fi system. She took us to the
State Fair. Backstage, I got to meet Johnny Cash
and Glen Campbell. I was listening to the radio all
the time. I was a nerdy kid who wanted to be cool.
Musicians of any genre seemed cool. My parents
bought me a Pimentel guitar for Christmas. That
just started blowing it out for me—going to
people’s houses who had older brothers and
sisters or cool babysitters to listen to rock music. I
was totally enamored with the musician’s life. I
used to sneak out. That’s how I got to see the
Stones at the Pit in ’72, Alice Cooper and Led
Zeppelin at Johnson Gym. This is what I want to
do. Eventually I really got into prog-rock and jazz
fusion as a teenager.
What were your first experiences with
local music like?
When I was about 18 or 19, I lived with bunch of
dudes who were artists and musicians, and some
of them were in a Joe Bufalino cover band. One of
them had a jazz-fusion group, and they recorded a
record. They had a record release party at this
underground venue called King Tut’s Tomb, which
was in the basement of Wild West Music, which
[later] became Encore Music. It was on Central in
what they call EDo now. It was totally an
abandoned ghetto back then. It was bitching.
Anyway we went to see our roommates’ band
Genre play. They were super-tight, and I was
intimidated and wondered, “How could I ever get
to that level?” All I knew were the three or four
chords I had learned on my Pimentel.
What happened?
Well, we dosed on some windowpane [LSD], totally
enjoyed the show and then went home to watch
“Saturday Night Live” because this band called
Devo was supposed to play. I knew there was this
thing called punk rock or new wave going on in
New York; I was aware of it, but I couldn’t get a hold
of it in Albuquerque. Devo came on and changed
everything. I had just started skateboarding, and so
we had all this energy. I saw Devo, and I was like,
“Fuck.” They played the Stones’ “Satisfaction”
wearing these hazmat suits and horn-rimmed
glasses—just like my dad and all his Sandia Labs
friends. Bob Casale was playing some beat-up
guitar. There was no ego. And I said, “Fuck it, this is
what I’m going to do.” We all stopped blasting
Zeppelin and started listening to punk.
What was your first band?
One day my buddy Kevin said, “Gordy, you know
all this music. You’ve got the guitar stuff down,
and we all love this music. We should start a
band.” We formed Jerry’s Kidz. There was
nowhere to play, but word got out. The scene
started in our practice garage. All these people—
outcasts and punkers like Joey Abbin and Steve
Eiland—had no place to go, so they started
hanging out with Jerry’s Kidz. We’d practice four
to six nights a week to accommodate our friends.
For me, that was the beginning. We created our
own version of punk rock, and people listened.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this interview, featuring
Fred’s Bread & Bagel, Cracks in the Sidewalk and
the birth of Black Maria. a
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From left, Leeches of Lore and Jonathan Richman
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS
An Event Horizon
How we learned to stop resisting gravitational pull
BY AUGUST MARCH
ncient holy wars/ Dead religions,
holocausts/ New regimes, old ideas/
That’s now myth, that’s now real/
Original sin, genetic fate/ Revolutions,
spinning plates/ It’s important to stay
informed/ The commentary to comment on/
Oh, and no one ever really knows you and life
is brief/ So I’ve heard, but what’s that gotta do
with this black hole in me?”—“Holy Shit” by
Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) from the
album I Love You, Honeybear
“A
Holy shit, it is all coming true before our
collective eyes. But if all this chaos and
change has you feeling like there’s a black hole
residing at the bottom of your soul, take heart.
Music may be able to assuage the calamities
you perceive, so give it a chance, and let your
weekly concert experiences lead you away
from a hipster’s inevitable disillusion and
toward what’s really real.
Friday, Pt. I
Friday, Feb. 13, is a great night to check out
local music with gigs by two diverse sets of
Burque-based tunesters—temporally spaced
out in such a way that makes it totally possible
to catch both acts and thereby extend your
groovy headspace to epic proportions.
First, Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steak House
(6855 Fourth Street NW) features the soulful
sounds of guitarist Chris Dracup and vocalist
Hillary Smith. Dracup built his career here in
New Mexico on his strength as a guitarist in the
seminal new wave band The Muttz; his
transformation into a blues maniac of
prodigious talent and outrageous output is
notable for both acoustic clarity and
unbeatable, chop-tastic delivery. Smith, a
native of Hobbs, N.M., whose gospel-derived,
classically trained vocalizations have garnered
international airplay, combines forces with
Dracup in a sublime duo. The show begins at
7:30pm, and admission is free if you buy a steak.
Friday, Pt. II
When you’ve had your fill of that mellifluous
mélange, head over to Launchpad (618
Central SW) for a performance by storied
Burque country/noise/metal band Leeches of
Lore. Leeches makes a kind of music that is
definitively dark yet boisterously buoyant.
Steve Hammond, Noah Wolters and Andy
Lutz aka Leeches of Lore are unlike anything
else happening here in Albuquerque; that’s
assuming you’re not someone who regularly
listens to the universe exploding at full volume
while watching a Shriners Parade traipse
through the decaying State Fairgrounds in the
midst of an awfully hot summer. Russian
Girlfriends and Rock Jong Il begin the night’s
veritable carnival of sounds. Tickets are a very
affordable eight bones. The Launchpad’s
airlocks open at 8pm, and liftoff commences at
9:30pm.
Saturday
On Saturday, Feb. 14, folks celebrate a thing
called Valentine’s Day. In the heartfelt spirit of
such arcane and sentimental rejoicing, Burt’s
Tiki Lounge (313 Gold SW) presents a Heart
and Tarts Valentine’s Party featuring a variety
of local bands virtually guaranteed to influence
your thrashy, post-club coital potential.
Texylvania is a witchy, sexy outfit
originally from El Lay—featuring Manic Panic
spokesperson Sherry Rubber and death-rock
O.G. Patrick FK—that has come to call
Burque home. Erotically dark and inimitably
rocking, this turned-on duo combines
rockabilly rowdiness with gothic glamour for a
sound and spectacle that engenders
excitement and encourages free (albeit coffinaware) aural love. The group headlines a
heart-shaped lineup that also includes Shitty
and the Terribles, a garage-punk outfit that
bears only a passing resemblance to early
aughts Burque punk-prophets Icky and the
Yucks.
Shitty hopes your romantic expectations
present absolutely no correlation with their
moniker. They nonetheless plan to whip all
lovers into an ecstastic frenzy with their
poignant, punk rock creations. Best You/Best
Me provides opening symbolism of what we
expect from our partners on Valentine’s Day.
This 21-plus show is coverless, and it begins at
8pm.
Wednesday
Jonathan Richman—he of roadrunners, the
astral plane and a dignified, rocking old age—
makes an appearance at Launchpad (618
Central SW) on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Longtime collaborator/drummer Tommy
Larkins joins in on the fun.
In case you are interested, Richman was
one of the dudes who invented punk rock
while playing in a band called The Modern
Lovers. Along with bandmates Jerry Harrison
(who went on to play keys in Talking Heads)
and David Robinson (a drummer who joined
up with American new wave progenitors The
Cars after his tenure in Richman’s ensemble),
The Modern Lovers are responsible for the
plaintive, pronounceably defiant yet
emotionally explosive aesthetic that defined a
new direction in rocanrol music in the mid-tolate 1970s.
Revered but by no means static, a
constantly touring Richman and his loyal
cohort and awesome percussionist Larkins
have done their utmost in 30 years’ time to
demonstrate the relevance and timelessness of
the former’s contribution to rocanrol music.
And they’ve done a damn fine job of it, filling
houses with the curious, the dazed and the
grateful. Tickets for this historic, all-ages
extravaganza are $12 in advance and $15 on
the night of the event. The doors to said astral
plane open wide at 8pm.
So, yeah it turns that out life is brief.
That’s no myth. And what better reason is
there to go out and experience all the music
available in our town? I personally can’t think
of a better reason ... especially given the
gravitas of the present. a
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SONIC REDUCER
Björk
Vulnicura
Music
Calendar
EVENT | PREVIEW
(One Little Indian)
In recent interviews,
Icelandic genius Björk
described the making of
her new release,
Vulnicura, which examines
her breakup with long-time partner/artist
Matthew Barney (The Cremaster Cycle) as
tantamount to open-heart surgery. We see it
clearly on the album cover. Down the center of
her PVC-clad chest runs a gaping vertical slit
tinted with pink and red, purple and blue—
equal parts gateway to the womb and chest
split open to reveal a hole where her heart
should be. It’s an excoriating album, produced
by Venezuelan-born New Yorker Arca (FKA
Twigs, Kanye West) and British dark ambient
artist The Haxan Cloak. It’s also one of her
best—candid, vulnerable, perseverant. The
cello and double-bass dredge that opens
“Stonemilker” takes me back to Homogenic
days; I was crying by “History of Touches,” a
track on which I discovered Björk is one of the
few artists whose voice can caress the word
“fuck” as she sings it. “Black Lake” is a
harrowing take-down, while “Atom Dance”
uses string plucking to lead into a jittery waltz.
Outstanding. (M. Brianna Stallings)
Ricked Wicky
I Sell the Circus
(Fire Records)
As Guided by Voices, Robert
Pollard came off as an
honest citizen of a galaxy
that contained
preposterously profound
power-pop (“I Am a Scientist”) on one end and
tidy but tangential triumphs (“The Goldheart
Mountaintop Queen Directory”) on the other. The
artist’s first post-GbV effort is ascribed to a
rocanrol entity named Ricked Wicky; it’s titled I
Sell the Circus and dwells mostly and dangerously
in media res, carving a deeper path out of the
uncanny valley that fills the center of Pollard’s
universe. While metafictive tunes like “Death
Metal Kid” are only really redeemable because
Pollard’s guitar work is still consistently crunchy,
other tracks clearly demonstrate that constant
productivity has its own rewards. “Cow Headed
Moon,” “The Important Girl” and “Frenzy of
Blame” show a tireless, ultimately bitching
attention to the elements of rock and roll that
places Pollard somewhere out among some very
large, faraway celestial objects. (August March)
Six Organs of
Admittance
Hexadic
(Drag City)
Ben Chasny’s latest album
as Six Organs of Admittance
is titled Hexadic, an opaque
reference to the new
compositional technique Chasny marks out and
elucidates in this series of difficult, rock guitarcentered recordings. Formally related to one
another in their deliberate attention to timbre and
dynamics, each piece is a singular exploration of
the electric guitar as it eschews rock convention
through a brutal sort of reductionism. While pieces
like “Wax Chance” and “Hollow River” hew closer
to an essential idea of what comprises “rock
guitar,” the use of stylistic fragments and tropes
from an overarching genre—ad infinitum and
without resolution—verges on pretension. Given
these drawbacks, the album still has some mighty
interesting tracks, as the spooky, otherworldly
“Vestige” and the equally dark and dangerous
preceding track “Future Verbs” formidably
demonstrate. This is definitely a special occasion
record, but it’s one to keep around the house in
case you ever throw a party for lead guitarists and
their acolytes. (August March) a
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THURSDAY FEB 12
CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Murata • 6pm •
FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Zac Hacker • country, singer-songwriter •
9pm • $5
EMBERS STEAKHOUSE, Isleta Casino Shane Wallin •
soul, pop • 6pm • FREE
GIG PERFORMANCE SPACE, Santa Fe Dan Bern • singersongwriter • 7:30pm • $22-$25
HOTEL ANDALUZ Jesus Bas y MÁS • Bambi Wolf CD
Release Party • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Opening Night Extravaganza Party:
Southwest Burlesque Showcase • 9pm • $10
LOW SPIRITS Rocco DeLuca • indie, rock • Johnathan
Thomas Wright aka JIII • Old Man • 9pm • $8
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Karl Richardson • 6:30pm •
FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Jam Night: Jimmy Jones • 6pm •
FREE
N4TH THEATER Cowboys & Indian • rockin’ hillbilly •
12:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
NED’S BAR & GRILL DNA • funk, R&B • 6pm • FREE
RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 6:30pm • FREE
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Le Chat Lunatique •
dirty jazz • 8:30pm • FREE
SISTER Chicharra • rock • YOU • Holy Glories • 9pm • FREE
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Latin Night • 9pm • $5
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Karaoke • 7:30pm • FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE The DCN
Project • funk, soul • 6pm • FREE
WINNING COFFEE CO. Open Mic • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO The Gregg Daigle Band •
Americana, roots • 9:30pm • FREE
FRIDAY FEB 13
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm •
FREE
THE BUNGALOW Smoke and Mirrors • Rubber Prison •
Willo • Consuela • 7pm • ALL-AGES!
CARAVAN EAST Under the Radar • country • 5pm • $5
COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Peter Bonner • 6pm •
FREE
CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Last Call • jazz •
6pm • FREE
9pm • $5
EMBERS STEAKHOUSE, Isleta Casino Milo & Co. • jazz •
6pm • FREE
ENVY @ ROUTE 66 CASINO V-Day Pura Pachanga:
Conjunto Amanecer • 8pm • $10-$20
FLYING STAR CAFÉ, Nob Hill Danielle Ate the Sandwich •
folk • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
HOTEL ANDALUZ Dos Gatos • acoustic • 7pm • FREE
THE JAM SPOT Mystery CD Release Party & V-Day Bash:
MC Sexy Hair • 7pm • $8-$10 • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Leeches of Lore • stoner rock,
psychedelic • Russian Girlfriends • Rock
Jong Il • 9:30pm • $8 • See “Show Up!”
LAZY LIZARD GRILL, Cedar Crest Odd Dog • classic rock •
7pm • FREE
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David & Co. •
9pm • FREE
LOW SPIRITS Bitterfest: Paris A Gogo Burlesque •
Sugarmotor • rock • The Mark McKee Experience • 9pm •
$10
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Karl Richardson Duo •
6:30pm • FREE
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Rudy Boy • surf, blues •
7pm • FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Tom Randles • 1:30pm • The Blunts •
6pm • FREE
NED’S BAR & GRILL Euphoria • classic rock • 6pm •
Ravenous • classic rock • 9pm • FREE
PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Stratus
Phear • classic rock, variety • 6pm • $10
SANTA FE SOL, Santa Fe Reverse Order • pop, rock • 8pm •
$10
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Charlie Christian
Project • jazz • 8:30pm • FREE
SISTER Baracutanga • Latin, folk fusion • B-Side Players •
variety • 9pm • $10
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Alchemy with DJ Dynamite Sol • hiphop, top 40, mash-ups • 9pm • $7 • SOV: Sex on Vinyl
welcome party • underground, house • 10pm
STONE FACE TAVERN deLuX • 8:30pm • FREE
TLUR PA LOUNGE, Sandia Resort and Casino Fat City •
Liquid Sunshine
In collaboration with the New Mexico
Performing Arts Society, Chatter ABQ
presents music from the baroque period on
Sunday, Feb. 15. The concert takes place at
The Kosmos (1715 Fifth Street NW), and it
will also be performed
on Friday, Feb. 13, in
SUNDAY
Santa Fe as the
FEBRUARY 15
NMPAS’ annual
Valentine’s Day
The Kosmos
Concert. French
1715 Fifth Street NW
composer Jeanalibi.com/e/131016
Phillippe Rameau’s
10:30 to 11:30am
chamber music was
innovative when it
was composed because of his startling use of
the keyboard in later works like Pièces de
clavecin en concert No.3, which is included in
Sunday’s program. In this composition
Rameau takes the instrument beyond its
baroque boundaries, using the keys
melodically, as opposed to their common use
as an accompanying device. Bach’s Coffee
Cantata BWV 211 is noted for its humorous,
poetically vocal explorations of the power
coffee had in Europe following its 17th and
18th-century introduction as a beverage. The
piece includes an aria in which the soprano
sings, “Ah, how sweet the coffee tastes,
lovelier than a thousand kisses.” Vocalists for
this work include soprano Christina Martos,
tenor Andre Garcia-Nuthmann and bass
Carlos Archuleta. Poet Anthony Hunt begins
this morning recital. Tickets range in price
from $5 to $15 for the Sunday gig, and the
curtain rises at 10:30am. In Santa Fe, the
Friday night performance costs between $15
and $25, and it takes place at the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Chapel (50 Mount Carmel Rd.)
and begins at 7:30pm. (August March) a
Latin, reggae, swing • 9:30pm • FREE
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Whiskey Baby • 9:30pm •
FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE
Chris Dracup & Hillary Smith • acoustic,
R&B • 6pm • FREE • See “Show Up!”
SATURDAY FEB 14
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY Art in
the Afternoon: Alpha Cats • jazz, swing • 2-5pm • FREE
THE BARLEY ROOM Split Decision • classic rock • 9pm •
FREE
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • R&B, funk, soul • 9pm •
FREE
BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE Hearts & Tarts
Valentine’s Day Party: Texylvania •
hexabilly • Shitty & the Terribles • Best
You Best Me • DJ Spins • 8pm • FREE •
See “Show Up!”
CARAVAN EAST Whiskey Wild • Power Drive Band •
country • 5pm • $10
CONGREGATION NAHALAT SHALOM KlezmerQuerque:
Beth Cohen • The Rebbe’s Orkestra • Jake ShulmenMent • Benjy Fox-Rosen and more • 6:30pm • $18-$20
COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Comedy Showcase •
9pm • FREE
CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Karl Zink • 6pm •
FREE
9pm • $5
EL REY THEATER The Void Tour: RL Grime • hip-hop, bass •
8:30pm • $25-$35
HOTEL CASCADA Single Splash Bash: DJ JustinCredible •
9pm
Music Calendar continues on page 28
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Music Calendar continued from page 26
LAUNCHPAD The Toasters • ska • The Blue Hornets • ska,
reggae • 9pm • $13
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo David & Co. •
9pm • FREE
LOW SPIRITS La Loca Magazine presents: Baracutanga •
Latin, folk fusion • Calle 66 • salsa • 9pm • $10
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Tony Rodriguez Duo • 6:30pm •
FREE
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Jim Almand • jazz • 2pm •
Country Blues Revue • 7pm • FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras The Keys • 1:30pm • Bella Dawn •
rock • 6pm • FREE
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Latin Love Fest:
En-Joy • DJ Aztech Sol • 8pm • $20-$40
NED’S BAR & GRILL Hartless • Sons of Icarus • I’m
Broken • rock • 8pm • $5
PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Raven
Rutherford & Her Sweet Potato Pie Band • 6pm • $10 •
ALL-AGES!
RANCHERS CLUB Lindy Gold • piano • 7pm • FREE
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Robb Janov & Dimi
Disanti • jazz • 8pm • FREE
SISTER Reighnbeau DJ Set • 10pm • FREE
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope you have
someone in your life to whom you can send the
following love note, and if you don’t, I trust you will
locate that someone no later than Aug. 1: “I love you
more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will
love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one
loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I
love you in a way that I love no one else, and never
have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone
else.” (This passage is borrowed from author
Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Everything Is
Illuminated.)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “We assume that others
show their love in the same way that we do,” writes
psychologist Amy Przeworski, “and if they don’t
follow that equation, we worry that the love is not
there.” I think you’re on track to overcome this
fundamental problem, Taurus. Your struggles with
intimacy have made you wise enough to surrender
your expectations about how others should show you
their love. You’re almost ready to let them give you
their affection and demonstrate their care for you in
ways that come natural to them. In fact, maybe you’re
ready right now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the TV science-fiction
show “Doctor Who,” the title character lives in a time
machine that is also a spaceship. It’s called a TARDIS.
From the outside, it appears to be barely bigger than
a phone booth. But once you venture inside, you find
it’s a spacious chateau with numerous rooms,
including a greenhouse, library, observatory,
swimming pool and karaoke bar. This is an excellent
metaphor for you, Scorpio. Anyone who wants your
love or friendship must realize how much you
resemble a TARDIS. If they don’t understand that
you’re far bigger on the inside than you seem on the
outside, it’s unlikely the two of you can have a
productive relationship. This Valentine season, as a
public service, make sure that everyone you’re
seriously involved with knows this fact.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Love and intimacy
come in many forms. There are at least a billion
different ways for you to be attracted to another
person and a trillion different ways to structure your
relationship. Maybe your unique bond involves having
sex, or maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it’s romantic or
friendly or holy, or all three of those things. Do the
two of you have something important to create
together, or is your connection more about fueling
each other’s talents? Your task is to respect and
revere the idiosyncratic ways you fit together, not
force yourselves to conform to a prototype. To
celebrate the Valentine season, I invite you and your
closest ally to play around with these fun ideas.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Want to infuse your
romantic interludes with wilder moods now and then?
Want to cultivate a kind of intimacy that taps deeper
into your animal intelligence? If so, try acting out each
other’s dreams or drawing magic symbols on each
other’s bodies. Whisper funny secrets into each
other’s ears or wrestle like good-natured drunks on
the living room floor. Howl like coyotes. Caw like
crows. Purr like cheetahs. Sing boisterous songs and
recite feral poetry to each other. Murmur this riff,
adapted from Pablo Neruda: “Our love was born in the
wind, in the night, in the earth. That’s why the clay
and the flower, the mud and the roots know our
names.”
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Anaïs Nin wrote the
following passage in her novel A Spy in the House of
Love: “As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a
lover, or for wealth, or for power, or for poetry, she
had prayed fervently: let him be kind.” I recommend
that approach for you right now, Capricorn. A quest
for tender, compassionate attention doesn’t always
have to be at the top of your list of needs, but I think
it should be for now. You will derive a surprisingly
potent alchemical boost from basking in kindness. It
will catalyze a breakthrough that can’t be unleashed
in any other way. Ask for it!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there any sense in which
your closest alliance is a gift to the world? Does your
relationship inspire anyone? Do the two of you serve
as activators and energizers, igniting fires in the
imaginations of those whose lives you touch? If not,
find out why. And if you are tapping into those
potentials, it’s time to raise your impact to the next
level. Together the two of you now have extra power
to synergize your collaboration in such a way that it
sends out ripples of benevolence everywhere you go.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): How many desires do
you have? Take a rough inventory. Identify the
experiences you continually seek in your quest to feel
relief and pleasure and salvation and love and a sense
of meaning. You can also include fantasies that go
unfulfilled and dreams that may or may not come true
in the future. As you survey this lively array, don’t
censor yourself or feel any guilt. Simply give yourself
to a sumptuous meditation on all the longings that
fuel your journey. This is your prescription for the
coming week. In ways you may not yet be able to
imagine, it is the medicine you need most.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): About 2,600 years ago
the Greek poet Sappho wrote the following
declaration: “You make me hot.” In the next 10 days,
I’d love for you to feel motivated to say or think that
on a regular basis. In fact, I predict that you will. The
astrological omens suggest you’re in a phase when
you are both more likely to be made hot and more
likely to encounter phenomena that make you hot.
Here are some other fragments from Sappho that
might come in handy when you need to express your
torrid feelings: 1. “This randy madness I joyfully
proclaim.” 2. “Eros makes me shiver again ... Snakesly, invincible.” 3. “Desire has shaken my mind as wind
in the mountain forests roars through trees.”
(Translations by Guy Davenport.)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’d like to bestow a
blessing on you and your closest ally. My hope is that
it will help you reduce the restlessness that on
occasion undermines the dynamism of your
relationship. Here’s the benediction, inspired by a
Robert Bly poem: As you sit or walk or lie next to
each other, you share a mood of glad acceptance. You
aren’t itchy or fidgeting, wondering if there’s
something better to be or do. You don’t wish you were
talking about a different subject or feeling a different
emotion or living in a different world. You are content
to be exactly who you are, exactly where you are.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The poet Rainer Maria
Rilke said that people misunderstand the role of love.
“They have made it into play and pleasure because
they think that play and pleasure are more blissful
than work,” he wrote. “But there is nothing happier
than work. And love, precisely because it is the
supreme happiness, can be nothing other than work.”
I’m sharing this perspective with you for two reasons,
Virgo. First, of all the signs in the zodiac, you’re most
likely to thrive on his approach. Second, you’re in a
phase of your astrological cycle when this capacity of
yours is at a peak. Here’s how Rilke finished his
thought: “Lovers should act as if they had a great
work to accomplish.”
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The German word
nachkussen refers to the kind of kiss that
compensates for all the kissing that has not been
happening, all the kissing that has been omitted or
lost. If it has been too long since you’ve kissed
anyone, you need nachkussen. If your lover hasn’t
kissed you lately with the focused verve you long for,
you need nachkussen. If you yourself have been
neglecting to employ your full artistry and passion as
you bestow your kisses, you need nachkussen. From
what I can tell, Pisces, this Valentine season is a fullon nachkussen holiday for you. Now please go get
what you haven’t been getting. a
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