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[2] WEEKLY ALIBI JULY 4-10, 2019

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Leviticus’ll Get Ya

Dear Fundamentalists,Pride Month has drawn to a close, and sadly somany of you are against it for “moralobligations” (read: against your religion).

With that said, I have some questions foryou:

First and foremost, [of] the clothing youwear on a daily basis, what is the fibercontent? Are they mixed, are they synthetic?If they are, I’ve got some bad news for you.According to Leviticus 19:19, mixed fibers inclothing is a capital offense.

Secondly, have you ever eaten pork, [suchas] bacon? If that’s a yes, I’ve got some badnews for you, yet again. This time [it’s]Leviticus 11:7-8.

Have you ever desired better than youhave? Well, according to the Bible, that’senvious, which is once again forbidden.

And now here’s one I know every“Christian” fails to follow: Have you evereither done work or had someone else do workon the seventh day?

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If you have, I am so sorry to say that you’vecommitted an even greater sin than anyonewho you see as “sinful.” Leviticus 23:3 forbidsdoing work or having others do work for youon the seventh day (Sabbath). I personallyknow that many people go to worship on theseventh day. They “justify” this sin byclaiming they are “doing righteous works” bygoing to worship. I am terribly sorry, but themost righteous thing you can do on your dayof worship is to remain in bed, not doing anywork nor having someone else do work foryou.

I do have many more things I couldreference, but there is only so much you canfit in such a short letter. a

Chesca Christine,Albuquerque

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ODDSENDS

WEIRD NEWS

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Dateline: MichiganA well-known graffiti artist was mistakenly

arrested by police for vandalism while working

on a mural commissioned by the City of

Detroit. According to the Detroit Free Press,

artist Sheefy McFly was painting a viaduct on

the city’s northeast side when two police

officers approached him. The officers believed

McFly—whose legal name is Tashif Turner—

was vandalizing city property. What they

didn’t realize was that McFly had been hired

by the City of Detroit to paint a mural there as

part of the City Walls program, which is

meant to deter illegal graffiti with

government-sanctioned street art. McFly was

reportedly unable to produce a copy of his city-

issued permit for officers. According to

statements made by McFly, four or five police

vehicles arrived at the scene and officers

escalated the situation—despite the arrival of

a city official who vouched for the artist.

McFly told reporters that when he went to

check his bag for the permit, an officer

detained him by placing a hand on his neck.

According to police, the artist was

uncooperative with their investigation and

they arrested him for allegedly resisting and

obstructing police as well as an outstanding

traffic warrant. He spent about 24 hours at the

Detroit Detention Center before being

released. McFly had never been arrested

before, and he told reporters that the

experience had been depressing and

conditions were “horrible.” At the time, he

said he was unsure if he would finish the

mural. “I need some days to collect myself and

figure out how I can be safe,” he said. “I feel

racially profiled and bullied.” Police

announced last week that all charges against

McFly related to obstruction and resisting were

subsequently dropped. McFly has been

contracted to paint nine more murals in the

city. He still faces charges stemming from the

preexisting traffic warrant.

Dateline: ColombiaA Catholic bishop plans to spray holy wateron a Colombian city in hopes that exorcisingdemons from the area will curb violent crime.According to the Daily Mail, Bishop ofBuenaventura Ruben Dario Jaramillo Montoyaappeared on a radio program earlier thismonth, outlining his plan to battle a recentwave of murders in Buenaventura withspiritual assistance. According to RCN Radio,he blamed the rash of violent crimes in thearea on “demons.” The bishop said he wascoordinating with the National Navy and thecity’s mayor to procure a helicopter that couldspray holy water over the city on July 13 or14—during a festival dedicated to the city’s

patron saint, San Buenaventura. During theradio interview, Montoya reportedly said, “Wewant to go around the whole of Buenaventura,from the air, and pour holy water onto it to seeif we exorcise and get out all those demonsthat are destroying our port, so that God’sblessing comes and gets rid of all thewickedness that is in our streets.” Localauthorities say 51 murders took place inBuenaventura between January and May ofthis year.

Dateline: United KingdomA British museum has put on display a“human cheese,” made using bacteriacollected from various celebrities’ armpits andnavels. NewsRound reports that five types of“human cheese” are being exhibited atLondon’s Victoria and Albert Museum as partof Food: Bigger Than A Plate. To maketraditional cheese, a starter culture made up ofmicroorganisms or bacteria is used to fermentthe milk. For the special cheeses used in theexhibit, scientists swabbed the skin of fivecelebrities and mixed the bacteria sampleswith milk instead of using more commonstarters. This process resulted in a cheshirecheese made using bacteria from singer-songwriter Alex James, a comté made usingcelebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s bacteria, amozzarella formed from rapper ProfessorGreen’s bacteria, a stilton made from thebacteria of food writer Ruby Tandoh and acheddar made using bacteria collected fromSuggs from the band Madness. On themuseum’s website, curators say the exhibitionis meant to prove that human bacteria canform good cheese while enhancing visitors’appreciation of the microbial world.According to author Catherine Flood: “In theFood exhibition, our human cheeses feature asartworks, making the invisible visible andchallenging us to reconsider our feelings ofdisgust, as bacteria cross boundaries betweenour bodies, our environment and our food.”

Dateline: AlabamaFollowing a deadly shooting in California,Ford Motor Company has asked an Alabamaauto dealership to end their Bible and gungiveaway promotion. Detroit Free Press reportsthat Chatom Ford General Manager ColinWard was contacted by Ford and asked to enda promotion that had gone viral nationally. Aspart of the “God, Guns and Freedom” Fourthof July event, the dealership was offering theircustomers a Bible, a gift certificate for a 12-gauge shotgun and an American flag with thepurchase of any new or used vehicle. Wardsaid he was “very disappointed” to be endingthe promotion. “Ford said we can fulfill ourcommitments to the customers that we’vemade up till now, but we have to cease it goingforward,” he told reporters last week. Theautomaker said the promotion wasinappropriate in light of a shooting that tookplace at a California Ford dealership last week.During the incident, a man who had beenfired from the dealership shot and killed twoof his former coworkers before turning the gunon himself. Ward claims the sale gimmick wasnot meant to be political. aCompiled by Joshua Lee. Email your weird news to

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AG Raids Las Vegas City Hall

Last week investigators with the New MexicoAttorney General’s Office raided Las Vegas’City Hall offices as well as the home of itsmayor in search of evidence of bid-rigging.

According to KRQE, Mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron has been accused of leaking bidding infoto her boyfriend, Marvin Salazar of GeminiConstruction. Members of the city’s leadershipreportedly came forward and told investigatorsthat they believed she used her influence toget a city hall flooring job for Salazar’scompany. The mayor asked what prior bids hadbeen made. When told that the informationwas confidential, she reportedly said, “I waselected to know everything and I will knoweverything.” The leading bid had been $9,000until Gemini bid $8,998 and got the job.Salazar would end up charging the city morethan $19,000.

The mayor also allegedly helped Salazarprocure a contract to install a scoreboard at alittle league field for $700 that was completedat a cost of $3,000. Salazar was also awardeda contract to replace water-damaged flooringat City Hall, charging $94,000. A searchwarrant listed other alleged grievances as well.

Gurule-Giron has denied that she is in arelationship with Salazar.

Iraqi Asylum Seeker Given Reprieve

An Iraqi man who came to the US as a refugeeduring the Gulf War was allowed to leave anAlbuquerque church without the fear of beingdeported.

The Associated Press reports that lastweek, the US Department of Justiceimmigration appeals panel removed adeportation order placed on Kadhim Al-bumohammed, an Iraqi man who gained“refugee status” in 1994.

In 2017, Al-bumohammed allegedly defied afederal immigration order to appear for ahearing where he expected to be detained fordeportation in connection with a domesticviolence conviction in California. He reportedlyreceived sanctuary in an Albuquerque churchfor 730 days.

The ACLU says the ruling allows the 66-year-old Albuquerque resident to reapply forpermanent residence through his US citizenson and wife.

Gov. Vows to End Child Hunger

Last week Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham toldthose gathered at a Kids Count Conferencethat she wants to end child hunger in NewMexico within year.

According to KOB, the governor says theproblems facing our state’s children weren’taddressed by the previous administration.“New Mexico needs to institute universal foodsecurity services and programs in this state,”she said. “Every single philanthropic partnerhas to be dedicated to making sure no child inthis state will ever go hungry again, and I don’tcare if it’s a universal [SNAP] program.”

Lujan Grisham said the state’s ChildrenYouth and Families Department has held hiringevents to recruit more employees. a

NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE NEWS | COUNTY MATTERS

Living in the Plastic AgeBernCo bans, builds and brings the bosque

necessities such as a commercial kitchen,restrooms and shower areas, office space andother common areas. There will be onsitesupport services as well as a security fence, oneentry point and a 24/7 gate guard. The fundingcomes from voter-approved general obligationbond money, state money and health caregross receipts tax that we all agreed we wantedso we could begin to address homelessness.The village should be completed by nextsummer.

The idea of placing these tiny homevillages in spots around the county, mainlywithin the Albuquerque city limits, broughtout the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) folks.Kudos to the nonprofit Albuquerque IndianCenter for stepping up and offering itsproperty at 105 Texas Street SE. This is aneffective fusion of helpers. Albuquerque IndianCenter already has its feet on the ground,working with a number of homeless, NativeAmericans included, living on the streets. Thisneighborhood is an area where the displacedalready seek shelter. BernCo has the money tofund a well-staffed, multi-service project toaddress the root causes of chronichomelessness. Check it out at:tinyhomes4bc.com.

Sick Leave DeferredCommissioners deferred voting on a

controversial paid sick leave bill for countybusinesses with at least two employees. Thedeferral will allow the public to comment onsome new language, such as changing “paidsick leave” to “paid time off.” CommissionerMaggie Hart Stebbins said the changes willalign the policy with current metro-areabusiness practices.

While the worker bees are in support ofearning time off—there are many employerswho say it is bad policy to offer one hour ofpaid leave for every 30 hours worked, up to amaximum of 56 hours per year for everyemployee. A number of big business groupsspoke in opposition, saying this would putbusinesses in the unincorporated county at a

disadvantage because they would have tocompete against Albuquerque businesses thatdo not have to provide sick leave. But thesupporters were out in equal numbers, callingpaid sick leave an essential benefit.

Best citizen quote of the night: “Capitalismlikes the low road … but the low road dumpsthat cost on our community. It’s on ourfamilies and our children.” The commissionwill take this issue up again at a futuremeeting.

County Chatter• Bernalillo County @ Alvarado Square is

the new name for the soon-to-be-renovatedbuilding that will house hundreds of BernCoemployees. The former Alvarado Squarebuilding that housed PNM at Fourth Streetand Silver will undergo a $45.7 milliontransformation.

• Registration is now open for artisans,value-added producers/growers, food trucksand both amateur and professional cooks forthe Chicharron Challenge for the 4th AnnualBosque Chile Festival on Aug. 17 at NationalHispanic Cultural Center. For moreinformation, go tobernco.gov/bosquechilefestival.

• Summer Fun Days are happening everySunday from noon to 5pm at the BachechiOpen Space at Rio Grande and AlamedaBoulevards. If you have not been to thisopen space gem, then take the kids,grandkids or your inner child and check itout. For more information on this and otherspectacular open space areas, visitbernco.gov/openspace. a

Please note: There are no full County Commissionmeetings in July.

The next meeting of the Bernalillo CountyCommission

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 5 pmVincent E. Griego Chambers

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Government Center,1 Civic Plaza NW

View the meetings on GOV TV or at cabq.gov/govtv

BY CAROLYN CARLSON

Bernalillo County Commission said bye-byeto single-use plastic bags and polystyrenefoam containers at its June 25 regular

meeting. The ordinance won’t go into effectuntil the new year and it goes a bit furtherthan the recent measure passed by theAlbuquerque City Council.

The Age of PlasticThe commission voted 3 to 1 to ban retail

and restaurant single-use plastic bagdistribution in unincorporated areas of thecounty. Commissioner Lonnie Talbert opposedand Commissioner Steven Michael Quezadawas absent, leaving Commissioners MaggieHart Stebbins, Debbie O’Malley and CharlenePyskoty to take a bold step.

The county measure follows a tighter banpassed in April by the Albuquerque CityCouncil that prohibits some businesses fromdistributing plastic bags but left restaurants outof the ban and did not include foam to-gocontainers. A couple city burrito dynastiesopposed the inclusion, saying it would raisecosts and that to-go chile products may bemore messy to serve as a consequence.Commissioner Talbert tried to amend thecounty proposal to exempt restaurants but thatdid not go over well. Businesses can charge upto 5 cents for each bag or container providedto a customer. While the ban goes into effecton Jan. 1, 2020, businesses can use up theirexisting stockpiles, they just can’t continue topurchase them.

Bag It, DudeIf you haven’t already gathered up an

adequate supply of canvas and other types ofmulti-use grocery bags plus take-out orwhatever bags, just do it. The reusable bagscan be had all over. Many places, such asTrader Joe’s, have colorful, fun, inexpensivebags. If you don’t have any, then take backyour single-use plastic bags from the last visitand use those. As for to-go containers, thereare plenty of options for restaurants, fromaluminum and sturdy cardboard to multi-useplastic containers. Most folks we know wouldhappily pay extra for environmentally friendlyeverything.

Home of the Tiny VillageCommissioners gave formal approval to a

30-year lease and operating agreement withthe Albuquerque Indian Center to allowconstruction of a 30-unit Tiny Home Village.The five-year operating agreement is for$230,000 a year. The property will offertransitional housing in 120-square-foot homescomplete with a bed, desk/table and storagearea. A community building will have other

BernCo Commissioners Hart Stebbins and Pyskoty ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY



NEWS | INTERVIEW

Two Tickets to Northeast HeightsMaurreen Skowran for District 8 City Council

This year, Jones is being challenged by

Maurreen Skowran, a progressive Marine Corps

veteran with traditional values and an

optimistic, forward-looking demeanor. A

former Republican, the lately Democratic

Skowran has invested in a platform that

includes attention to our city’s crime problem,

but also focuses on restoring prosperity,

reducing homelessness and treating drug

addiction as well as advocating for the natural

and built environments that comprise

Albuquerque.

After reporting on the District 2 and 4 races

a couple weeks ago, Skowran’s campaign

manager contacted Weekly Alibi to ask us to

cover this important race in the Heights. So we

invited Skowran to stop by for a chat. After an

illuminating, eloquent discussion of the issues,

we choose to endorse her because we believe

that her skills and experience are part of the

formula that Burque needs to successfully and

sustainably greet the future.

Here’s a brief look at what the challenger

offers in District 8, a place bounded on one side

by big hills and filled up everywhere with

humans who have dreams that sometimes

surpass the size of those mountains.

Weekly Alibi: Ms. Skowran, could you tell

our readers a bit about yourself and what’s

important to you, please?

Maurreen Skowran: I come from a militaryfamily. Everybody in my immediate familyserved in the military. I’m a veteran of theMarine Corps. I served in the PresidentialHelicopter Squadron. Now, I think it’s time tobring the service closer to home. I want to be avoice for the people in District 8. I wantpeople’s voices to be heard. I want to make surethat the people in this district have the servicesthey need and deserve.

What services do you mean?

Well for instance, there are 23 communitycenters in the city, [but] only one in District 8.There are 18 libraries in the county but onlyone in District 8. There are 72 new patrolofficers [at APD] but only seven of them aregoing to the Foothills Command, which coversmost of District 8.

Politically, why do you think there’s

renewed interest in traditionally

Republican districts like yours?

This area in general hasn’t been competitiveuntil recently. I looked back at the last fourelections, and only one of them was contested.

I think centrist Republican Greg Payne

opposed Jones in 2011. We endorsed him,

believe it or not. Why is now the time to

finally switch gears? It seems like it’s been

an uneventful tenure at first glance.

Well, that’s the thing. I want to make suredifferent voices are heard. I’d be responsive to

BY AUGUST MARCH

Let’s talk about City Council District 8. Iknow, primos, it’s all the way up in theHeights (like all the way, the eastern

boundary lies along the edge of the SandiaMountains between Menaul and Montgomery)but the seat itself could play a big role inestablishing and maintaining a progressive localgovernance presence in the far NortheastHeights. But one person and one perspectiveremains a barrier to that goal.

City Councilor Trudy E. Jones, a Republicanwith ties to all the other elephants, includingTrump, has been ensconced as the councilor ofthis district for nearly 12 years. That means sheascended to city politics at pretty much thesame time when Richard Berry began his awfultenure, a time that longtime District 2 CityCouncilor Isaac Benton referred to as averitable “dark age” for progressive politics inthis town.

Benton merely survived, but Jonesflourished, voting against a DOJ investigationof APD and later sponsoring anti-panhandlinglegislation whose constitutionality is still beingdebated in our court system. The last time herseat came up for election, she ran unopposed,probably because Dems felt that the district wasa red lock.

But since then, much has changed. Locally,the area turned remaining state house seats intoblue bastions—for example the election ofMelanie Stansbury in long-held elephantterritory—and a consolidated progressive voicethat lacks strict geographic boundaries, hasrisen in Burque.

constituents and call them right back. I want tomake sure that people have a chance tointeract with their elected representatives.

As a constituent-centered candidate, do

you see the district as particularly

conservative?

I think, for one thing, that the stereotype of thisarea [of town] is that it’s very homogenous. Ithink that’s changing, the demographics arechanging. There are more young people andmore Democrats in the area. The Democrats aregetting more active, various wards [in theHeights] are getting more organized. In theNew Mexico House elections of 2018, all theDemocrats got elected.

Weekly Alibi was really pleased about that.

We endorsed winners like Melanie

Stansbury and Abbas Akhil. It was

humbling to be part of that success. We are

hopeful for the same thing here.

Sure.

If you were elected, you’d be working with

a City Council that is currently growing its

progressive wings, especially in regards to

police reform. How do feel about that?

That’s really a happening thing! As a group, wewant to make sure that the police are beingtaken care of, that we build staffing levels, butalso that they continue to be held accountablefor their behavior. We need to stay vigilant withthe settlement agreement.

How important is following through with

reforms like that?

That’s the biggest thing I hear about [frompotential constituents]. It’s the police. Not somuch about the settlement agreement. Eventhough there’s not so much violent crime in thedistrict, people are really concerned aboutproperty crime. Those sorts of crimes have a bigimpact on citizens, insurance rates go up, theyhave to pay for alarm systems. But you don’t seepolice officers patrolling much anymore.Basically, you see them if there’s an accident.

So although experts say there needs to be

better or even less interaction with the

public, you’d argue for a larger police

presence?

They need to be seen. We need to see them outthere so that people feel safe. It’s one of thebiggest deterrents to crime.

I think APD is on the right track and it does

make me feel more comfortable if I know

that they are interacting with the public at

a community level, promoting safety and

being law abiding and so forth. I think

Mayor Tim Keller and Pat Davis and Isaac

Benton are all actively trying to change the

dynamic.

I agree. But like I said, of these 72 new patrolofficers, we only got 7 for the Foothills areacommand. That’s just a tenth.

But there’s a fairly big population in that

district, que no?

We have a tendency to stereotype them all asupper-middle class whites, but it’s actuallyquite a mix of young people, people of color,apartment dwellers.

What are some of the citywide issues that

you resonate with or want to work on

improving?

We must focus on the crisis of homelessness,mental health and drug addiction. The Mayoris working hard to move forward on this. Sothere’s no wrong door and people can get thehelp they need.

What else is important for the city to get a

handle on?

Economics. The [business] incubators andaccelerators are essential to growth. Thenthere are some quality of life issues. Forinstance, there’s no plumbing in city parks.You can’t get a sip of water, can’t go to thebathroom. So people don’t bring their kids [tothe parks]. What good is a park if you canonly stay an hour [because you’re thirsty]?

So these are all small aspects of

experience that can make a city much

more livable, right?

Right! You want to feel good about where youlive and get the most out of your city.

How about bigger picture issues like

immigration?

On immigration, the city voted to spend aquarter of a million dollars to help immigrantson their way to asylum, I agree with that. Weneed to help these people and remember EllisIsland, where many of us came from. Unlessyou are a Native American, you are fromsomewhere else. They’re just trying to makebetter lives for themselves and their families.

How do you view yourself politically?

The area I want to represent is pretty evenlydivided between registered Democrats andregistered Republicans. There’re also ahealthy amount of political independents inthe area. So I think I’d be a greatrepresentative for the District. Officially, it’s anonpartisan race. I’m registered Democratnow, but I had been registered as Republicanin the past. I think I will be able to hear fromand understand people from across thepolitical spectrum.

Why is this a good time for change in

District 8?

There’s a lot of momentum. People want tochange things, to bring good changes about.We’re on the right track with Mayor Keller,we’re on the right track with the police butwe could also be working on protecting theBosque and understanding climate change.I’m sure I can help with that process. a

Maurreen Skowran COREY YAZZIE


able to publicize these things. I don’t think theysee the ridiculousness of it. The less attention Igive to these cases is the better way out.

Much of your work is wearable. Where isthe line between fashion and textile?Where would you place your work withinthat continuum?When it comes to fashion versus textiles, I thinkthey are intertwined. The greatest fashion piecesI’m in love with are based off the textile and theprocess of making the fabric. I think there is ahuge story to be told there, especially from myheritage on the Japanese side. There arethousands of years of Japanese textile practicesthat I think can create this conversation abouthow to incorporate the past with the new. Mywork, I do like this idea that the viewer canpicture themselves in it. There is a wearableaspect, but it is completely impractical to wearsome of my garments in public. It’s veryperformative in that sense.

Are they designed to be hung on the wall orare they designed to be carefully worn?So far, most of the pieces I’ve made are for me,to tell my story. Yes, I would want them to beworn. Absolutely. That was the whole intention.How I sewed everything was the idea that, okayit is going to get kind of roughed up by theweather. Right now my artwork is in theHarwood. I would like to transcend artwork pastthese gallery spaces. Not everyone is privilegedto be able go into these gallery spaces or feelwelcomed. I know they are usually free, butthere is this sense that oh I shouldn’t go in there.I feel like I can wear my artwork that is politicalto an extent. I can then wear it out in publicand the audience is completely random. Thenyou can create a conversation that is not sobiased to who can go into a gallery.

You have been awarded a solo show nextyear at Harwood. What will you show?That is still in the works. It was a total shock forme and I’m super grateful to Harwood. I want todive deeper into what my background meansand what it means to be Japanese-American. Ido want to tell my story as a biracial individualjust to add to this larger story that is being toldof what it means to be American and how weview “the other.”a


FOUND OBJECTSBY CLARKE CONDÉ

BY CLARKE CONDÉ

Working with textiles, Dante Betsch’s workcomes from a place that is both politicaland personal. Political, not in the sense

that he is advocating for a certain politicalposition, but rather he is advocating for thespace to be himself without the confines ofexternal stereotypes thrust upon him by other’spolitical positions. Personal, in the sense ofreflections of where he has personally been,where he grew up and what confronts this youngartist as he begins his professional career. He isquick to point out that his work is the way thathe tells his story.

As part of the Harwood Art Center’s annualgroup show SURFACE: Emerging Artist of NewMexico on display through July 25, Betsch wasawarded the 2019 Harwood Art Center SoloExhibition Award as well as the Valerie RoybalAward, meaning in short that we can expect tosee more from him in the near future. WeeklyAlibi sat down with Dante Betsch to talk aboutwhere he is from, his work and what we canexpect from him in the future. The following isan edited version of that interview.

Weekly Alibi: You’ve said your Japanese-American identity informs your work. How?Dante Betsch: I guess it is informed by myJapanese-American heritage because there is asense of not belonging in both cultures. Not thatI don’t fit in or anything, but in Japan there is ahuge sense of tradition and if you are not pure,as some people would put it, you’re always seenas an outsider. And here, being the onlyJapanese person I knew my entire life until goingto college, I always felt like I was a littledifferent. That honestly created great friendshipsfor me throughout my childhood just because Imet kids who came from Nicaragua to Ghana toall over the world and there was just this sensethat everyone came from their own backgroundand their own sense of unbelonging, but fromthat we all united together and createdfriendships based off our own personal interests.My soccer team was the most diverse team I’veever experienced.

The Highland Hornets?Eighty languages were spoken there. I didn’t feelthis sense of segregation. At Michigan [theUniversity of Michigan], I really strived for mycollege being diverse, I saw the classrooms ofthese 400-plus lecture rooms and I saw thesekids. They all looked super diverse and I waslike, “Okay, Michigan is my place.” But thenwhen I went there, it was really segregated. Itdidn’t feel like people were basing theirconversations with me off of my own personalinterests, it was more just, “Oh, you’re Japanesethen you must have done this or you must haveexperienced this.” In Japan, it was weird becauseI always felt like I was white or an outsider.

You grew up in Albuquerque. It’s a prettymulticultural city. Who is the other here?The other doesn’t really exist here. The other is

anyone that you meet on the side of the street oranyone that isn’t part of your circle of familiars.You have an interaction with a stranger out hereand everyone is so welcoming, so just openhands. It doesn’t matter what background youcome from, socio-economic or racial. In myexperiences in other places, there is this sense of“other.” There is this of, “Oh, I don’t knowabout you. I don’t know if I can approach you.” Ikind of want to get rid of that.

New Mexico is a great place for that.You always think of America as this melting pot,fruit salad or whatever term it is now, but I trulythink New Mexico is that because you see allthese migrants from completely differentbackground with such interesting stories. At thesame time, no one is having huge racial fights orarguments. Everyone is really just trying to uniteas one community of being New Mexican. Iappreciate the fact I came from this background.

Cultural heritage is by definition about thepast, but cultural identity doesn’t have tobe. Is your work looking forward orbackward? I think it is a sense of looking at what hashappened in the past to move forward into thefuture. It is a very Japanese way of thinking, butit’s like, remember your past so you can forgiveand move forward. Looking at cultural identity,it’s this idea of what are the stigmas? What arethe things that have been impacted by race inthe past?

Have you followed the controversy overKim Kardashian’s “Kimono” underwearline? Thoughts?I did fashion design out in Central Saint Martinsand I’m losing a lot of hope in the whole fashionindustry. There’s always something with thefashion sphere. Gucci got in huge trouble forhaving ski masks that resembled blackface. Idon’t take it that seriously, because the moreweight you put on these cases, the more they are

ARTS | INTERVIEW

More Eyes Than NaysOT Circus (709 Central Ave. NW) presentsThrough Her Eyes, the first solo show of paintingsby Jessica Rueda with an opening reception onFriday, July 5 at 5pm. As it is also ArtWalk, OTCircus will additionally host Amanda Kexelpainting faces, Ben Sears tabling wire-wrappedjewelry and the baked goods of Edu Maid Café. Itpromises to be a warm night in Albuquerque, soslip on your walking shoes (as opposed to yourloafers) and make this event part of a summerDowntown checking out the great art this cityoffers. For more information on this free, all-agesevents, see otcircus.com.

Love, Art and TortillasThe history of the Sanitary Tortilla Factory andRestaurant is on display this week at the gallerynow known simply as Sanitary Tortilla Factory(401 Second Street SW). Artists influential in thedevelopment of Albuquerque’s downtown artscene in the late 20th century, including PaulAkmajian, Kim Arthun, Inez Foose, Tina Fuentes,David Levinthal, Frank McCulloch, Wes Mills,Susan Ricker, Larry Smith and Jeanette Williamswill show their work in the perfectly named exhibitLove, Art & Tortillas opening Friday, July 5 from6pm to 9pm. For more information on this free, all-ages event, see sanitarytortillafactory.org.

A Long, Strange Trip

A Journey into the Absurd is not a trip to Smith’slate on a Friday night, but rather the new playdirected by Paul Ford and opening this Friday,July 5 at TLab (110 Gold Ave. SE). The shortstories of Eugene Ionesco are brought to stage byTheatre-in-the-Making, which incidentally will becelebrating its 30th anniversary providing theatreand theatre education in New Mexico this month.Tickets for this performance are $15 and curtain isat 7:30pm. For tickets and more informationabout this all-ages event, seetheatreinthemaking.org.

InconclusiveTo Be Continued: A Conversation Series with NewMexico Artists is the first in a two-part series ofpublic conversations moderated by TamarindInstitute Gallery Director Nancy Zastudil on—among other things—collaboration andperseverance with New Mexican artists HarmonyHammond, Johnnie Winona Ross, and JudyTuwaletstiwa. This event will be held at theTamarind Institute (2500 Central Ave. SE) onWednesday, July 10 at 6pm. Part two, a similarconversation with New Mexican artists JamesDrake, Tom Joyce and Susan York, is being held onThursday, July 25. For more information aboutboth of these free, all-ages events, seetamarind.unm.edu. a

Beneath the SurfaceThe Emerging Perspective of Dante Betsch

PHOTO BY PAUL FORD

SURFACE: EmergingArtists of New Mexico

Harwood Art Center

1114 Seventh Street NW

Runs through July 25

Dante Betsch PHOTO BY CLARKE CONDÉ


PHOTO BY CLARKE CONDÉ

ARTS | MAGNIFIED

BY CLARKE CONDÉ

On the street behind the laundromat whereSelina sells burritos out of a cooler for $3,Trapdoor Gallery is showing work that’s

meant to give you pause. It’s not the kind ofshocking pause that takes you aback, butrather like the sort of pause where you lingerwith the front door open, thinking for amoment about whether you are truly ready tostep out. Harkening back to the words of thegreat Rod Serling, the sign on the post upahead is in fact part of the exhibit, invitingyou to consider for a moment that you haveentered a land of both shadow and substance.Clearly, you have just crossed over into WestDowntown, Albuquerque, NM.

Allyson Packer’s Portal/Portal is aninstallation that for a brief moment becomes aconstituent of this area of town. Packer lives afew blocks from the exhibit and works adifferent few blocks from it as well. She saysshe is “here” most of the time. Theneighborhood is a pass through for many andthe exhibit is at its root a meditation on theconcept of being a part of it, as well as apartfrom it. In the instructions on the mapprovided, Packer says, “Climb the ladder andfeel the feeling you get when you are standingon the roof of your house and you’re bothmore aware of everything around you and also

apart from it.” You can in this exhibit climbthe actual ladder. You can attempt to feel thefeeling.

Portal/Portal can also be reflected in thelanguage that is used to describe it. Packersays the installation asks the viewer to feel,“the feeling of repeating a word so many timesthat it becomes a meaningless combination ofsounds.” As the sun was setting, I spent atleast five minutes with the artist swapping theorder of the English and Spanishpronunciations of the word “portal” until Iwas questioned what newspaper I was with.Experiential work like this requires yourparticipation.

Showing artwork that no one can buypresents a fresh set of parameters for bothgallery and artist. In Portal/Portal we find anopportunity to consider a space notestablished to make money, but to be passedthrough, presumably on our way to some otherplace where we don’t need to use ourimaginations quite so much. Linger there foras long as you can. a

Enter thePor:t(ǝ)l/Pohr:tahl

An Installation by Allyson Packer

The installation Portal/Portal is best viewed at twilight.

Portal/PortalTrapdoor Gallery

1120 Tijeras Ave. NW

July 6, 7pm to 9pm

Free


FOOD | RESTAURANT REVIEW

BY DAN PENNINGTON

Have you ever stopped to think about howmany things are just a combination ofwheat and dairy? For example, what is

macaroni and cheese if not merely wheat anddairy? What about grilled cheese? Mozzarellasticks? There are hundreds of comfort foodsthat work off this combination, yet for somereason, one stands head and shoulders abovethe rest. The great equalizer—pizza—managesto be immensely diverse in its constructionand composition, taking the tried and truewheat and cheese formula and makingsomething amazing out of it. With marinaraand toppings, this bread and cheesecombination shuts out its peers, as theultimate go-to for any laidback gathering meal.

There has never (and probably will neverbe) a shortage of pizza places to choose from.But variety is important; just ask any NewYorker where the best pizza is, and you’llprobably never hear the same answer twice.Pizza is subjective. Some love a thin and crispycrust; others love something more substantialand heavier. Is the sauce too spicy? Not spicyenough? How gooey is the cheese? This placedoesn’t even offer pineapple on pizza? Why arewe even here then?! The point is that pizza ispizza, but good pizza is near unquantifiable,because what makes a good pie is in the eye ofthe beholder.

I mention this so I can avoid complaintsfrom people who don’t feel like their standardfor good pizza has been met can understandthat I also don’t care. After months of hearingonly good things, I decided to vist RestorationPizza to find out for myself what all the hypewas about. For the record, there is damn nearno style of pizza that I don’t like, because let’sbe real: All of it is amazing. Restoration Pizzais located at 5161 Lang Ave NE Ste. A, nearPaseo and the freeway. For someone whospends most of their time Downtown, it’scertainly a drive to get there. But I have to saythat the drive is totally worth it.

Restoration Pizza stood out to me as a placeworth checking out, not just because it’s a newBosque Brewing Co. venture, but because oftheir mission to employ people of differingabilities. What this means is they work withAdelante Development Center and ARCA,along with other agencies, to hire people whodon’t normally have an opportunity to beemployed in jobs like these. This is arestaurant that doesn’t just offer good food anddrink, but also employment and opportunity tothose who have previously been denied achance at a normal job. Not only that, butthey offer their employees competitive pay andjob growth, which allows them to succeed innew ways and have more genuine careeroptions. That alone is worth your attention.

local honey, it’s just sweet enough to tantalizeyour tongue without leaving an overpoweringtaste behind.

I also dove in on the Pretzel Bites withHouse-made Beer Queso ($7.25). There’s not aton to say about these, other than the fact thatthey were perfectly baked, ridiculously soft onthe inside with a nice crust on the outside.The cheese paired perfectly with them and wastotally worth that extra stomach space I wassaving for pizza.

For pizza, there are more choices in termsof toppings and sizes than you can shake astick at. They offer gluten-free crusts, as wellas a CauliPower crust, so dietary restrictionsare supported here. I opted for the simpletraditional go-to, a large pepperoni. At $14.50for a 16-inch single-topping pizza, the pricefit. The crust is solid, with enough crunch tofeel sturdy, but the dough above still has somesoftness to it. The sauce was rich andflavorful, while the cheese was gooey andstretchy. The pepperoni was great, coveringthe face of the pie sufficiently and allowingme to get a piece in every bite. From the firstbite, you can tell that these are all highquality ingredients that come together tocreate something truly worth devouring.

Restoration Pizza is well worth your time.From their amazing mission to their high-endapproach to casual dining to their amazingbeer list, there’s not a part of this businessthat doesn’t work. Everyone has their ownfavorite pizza, and to be entirely honest,Restoration Pizza deserves a shot at that titlewith everyone. a

A Slice of HopeRestoration Pizza makes an impact in the community

Now for the food. Bosque Brewing Co. hasalways succeeded in creating amazing food topair with their beer, and Restoration Pizzacontinues that trend. I started off with theAntipasti Skewers ($9). As the grandson of anItalian grandmother, I should have beenprepared for the onslaught of food that thiswould entail. These three skewers were packedfull of olives, capicola, mozzarella, tomatoes,roasted artichoke hearts and basil, finished offwith a balsamic reduction. This was literallyan entire meal. I barely finished one skewer onmy own before I had to call it quits to stand achance at eating anything else. The oliveswere huge and crisp, the artichoke hearts werepacked with flavor, the tomatoes were freshand the mozzarella was plump and flavorful. Ihighly recommend this if you want somethingexcessively Italian in your stomach.

For drinks, I snagged their A-Ha-inspired“Take On Mead,” which I expected to take meto a hand-drawn fight scene in Valhalla,though it didn’t, but that was the only badthing about this drink. Let’s be honest, howoften do you get to have mead? Made with

More Like Booger King

Burger King, in a challenge to God, has decided totry their hands at mozzarella sticks. I had themisfortune of ordering them this weekend. I’ll spoilthe surprise: They were trash. If being inedible wasa contest, they’d take first place by a mile. Ifmediocrity were personified, it would be theperson who tasted these and went “yeah, this issomething we absolutely should sell.” If youthought it was physically impossible to mess upmelty mozzarella cheese fried and breaded, letsurprise wash over you like a million waves withthis truly half-assed attempt. So, should theopportunity arise and you decide you wantmozzarella sticks, your first thought should not beBurger King. Instead, let me lay out a few optionslocally that far surpass the nightmare served to mein a paper bag on my slightly drunk Sundayafternoon.

Capo’s Are Top-o’s (This List)It’s easy to forget that Capo’s Italian Restaurant(722 Central Ave. SW) exists at times. Located onthe corner of our city’s most frequentedDowntown roundabout, there’s so muchhappening visually that you can forget that insideis a place that has stood the test of time for manyyears. With their old-school Italian vibes inside,you can’t help but love it a little bit. Don’t get mewrong, the food can sometimes be hit or miss. Butif you navigate the menu slyly, you can find somereal hidden gems. One of those gems just sohappens to be the mozzarella sticks. The offeringhere is crispy on the outside, gooey on the inside.Served with their house-made marinara, it’s hardto locate any disappointment in their take onthem.

Finding Mimmo’sMimmo’s Ristorante & Pizzeria (3301 Coors Blvd.NW) deserves to be far more recognized thanthey are. With an amazing spot right on Coorsitself, they have some of my favorite Italian food inthe city. The staff is friendly, drink selection isgreat and the menu is diverse enough to offer apretty wide tour of Italy and her dishes.Additionally, unlike Burger King, they know howto literally bread and fry cheese. I don’t mean tohammer this point home so frequently, but it’s notthat difficult a thing to do. At Mimmo’s, they do itwonderfully. The sticks are big enough to makeyou feel like you’re getting your money’s worthand are the best way to kick off a big eatingsession.

Grasshopper Show-StopperThe Blue Grasshopper Brew Pub (6361 RiversidePlaza Ln. NW) is not only home to amazing beers,but also to some equally amazing food. Forexample, their mozzarella sticks pair great withbeers and are exactly what you want from a pre-drinking snack. Conversely, you could also opt forthe Cheesy Garlic Sticks, which are garlic,mozzarella, provolone and cheddar cheesesserved with a marinara dip. At this point, you haveto be feeling the cheese love. If that hunger issettling in you, check out any of these places thataren’t Burger King and get yourself some gooey,crunchy goodness. Have it your way. You’veearned it. BK hasn’t. a

WEEKLY SPECIALS

BY DAN PENNINGTON

My mouth started watering just remembering eating here. ERIC WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY

Restoration Pizza

5161 Lang Ave. NE Ste. A582-2720

restorationpizza.comHours: Mon-Wed: 11am-10pm,

Thu-Sat: 11am-11pm, Sun: Noon-10pmVibe: Open, friendly, comfortable.

Alibi Recommends: Appetizers are amazing,

and so is the pizza.


FOOD | FOOD EVENTS

Pork of JulyPork & Brew is as patriotic as it gets

with all the activities available during thefestival. Starting with bouncy castles, nothingseems like a better way to burn off excess porkin your system than by jumping to your heartscontent in what are essentially castle-stylemoshpits for kids. Question: Can we get onefor drunk adults with Sock Em Boppers? Itseems like a great way to pass the afternoon.

Additionally, kids can take part in eatingcontests, which if you have a kid, you knowthey have a limitless appetite when it comesto eating. If your child is truly the unstoppablepit of hunger you lament about to yourfriends, put them to the test with awatermelon-eating contest, or if you are thatpit of hunger, a pie-eating contest for adults.There’s no word on the pie yet, but if it’s ameat pie, you’re just getting more value out ofyour ticket.

It wouldn’t be a New Mexico eventwithout a ton of arts and crafts vendors, soexpect to see the local favorites on display,along with plenty of other local snackcompanies hitting the streets to get youhooked on their line of tasty.

So now you’re locked in. This is the bigmoment. You have a big three-day weekendcoming up (or you don’t, and you shouldcomplain to your HR department). Are yougoing to spend it, wasting your time indoorswatching YouTube and drinking Bud Lightwhile the world passes you by? Or are yougoing to step up to the plate and go out intothe city to show the world your love for ourlocal craft beer scene, our extraordinary foodculture, and gosh darn it, living your bestAmerican life on this, the weekendcelebrating our independence from the Britishempire? Truly, nothing screams Fourth of Julyquite like drinking a ton of beer and eatingbarbeque in the company of others, but hey,it’s not up to me to tell you how to live yourlife. I can only offer to guide you to what’sgoing on and how to get involved. Speakingof, more on tickets and events can be found atsantaanastarcenter.com. So go out there andwave your American flag high and proud.This is your weekend to celebrate and shine(glisten?) as a true pork and brew patriot. a

This meat could be yours. Give in to meaty temptations.

BY DAN PENNINGTON

Pork & Brew. Never has an event been sosuccinctly titled. Barbeque. Beers. Notsold yet? Then this event might not be for

you. But just in case you need a little morearm-twisting, let me do a little selling for you.

For 16 years, the Pork & Brew festival hasbrought the love of drinking beers and eatingroasted meats together, as God intended,under one roof for a three-day celebration ofthings that make life worth living. Happeningthe weekend of July 5 through 7, this is anevent where you can let loose and enjoy themagic. For a $6 adult ticket, you are grantedaccess to the magical wonders of the SantaAna Star Center (3001 Civic Center Cir. NE)where a world of pure imagination willovertake you with the sights, smells andsounds of pork sizzling and brews pouring. Thetimes of availability are Friday, July 5 from2pm to 8pm, Saturday, July 6 from 11am to7pm, and Sunday, July 7 from 11am to 5pm,so whichever day is best for you, you’ve got sixhours to stuff yourself with abandon.

This year, over 20 different microbrewswill be on tap from all your local favorites,like Tractor Brewing Company, Cazuela’sBrewery, Turtle Mountain Brewing Companyand others. Bring cards or cash, and you canfind yourself enjoying a cold beer on a warmday from indoor or outdoor seating, dependingif you want a tan. Additionally, you can takepart in the enjoyment of live music, featuringlocal bands, changing throughout the day. Ontop of all that, iHeartRadio is sponsoring aBattle of the Bands, so there’s somecompetition to go with your indulgencesthroughout the day.

For food, expect all the best styles ofbarbeque in the city to be on display. Fromfood trucks to local restaurants, the meatmasters of this state will be on duty, makingsure that if you have a hunger, they’re ready tosatiate it.

Trying to find something for the kids to dowhile you get down on said pork and brews?Not to worry, kids will struggle to keep up

RIO RANCHO CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU


EVENT |PREVIEWS

EVENT HORIZON JULY 4-10

SIRIUSLY GONE TOTHE DOGS

Let’s face it. Human astronomers areso boring. Bring your kids to AlamosaLibrary this Monday, July 8, and learnabout heavenly bodies from famousborder collies Joey and Sienna at DogStars with Denise Gard. See thesepups perform tricks and assist storytellerDenise as she spins tales about theconstellations and planets that makeup our night sky. The performancestarts at 10:30am. It’s free and allages are welcome. ALAMOSA LIBRARY

6900 GONZALES SW, 10:30 TO 11:30AM

alibi.com/v/6keo. (Joshua Lee) a

92 PERCENTWATER

The Watermelon Eating contestat Canteen Taproom is basicallyjust a water-eating contest. Thatsaid, come Thursday, July 4 at6pm, you may be ready for abit of rehydration. It is free forall 21-plus eaters (or shouldthey be called drinkers?) andthere are plenty of prizes. Whynot celebrate like our FoundingFathers undoubtedly did andmunch down a bunch ofwatermelon at the local wateringhole on Independence Day?For more information, seecanteenbrewhouse.com. CANTEEN

TAPROOM 417 TRAMWAY BLVD NE, 6PM

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FRANK CHOICES

It’s hard to describe the combo ofchicken and waffles to the uninitiated.In some parts of this country, youcan find yourself eating this pairinglong before you can walk. Sadly, inothers, you may die of old agewithout having ever heard of, letalone tried, this Southern specialty.Fortunately, Frank’s Chicken andWaffles has been keeping Burqueñosfed this way for the last few yearsand has now moved into a new,much larger location. Do yourself aflavor and join this all-ages officialgrand opening on Saturday, July 6at 10am. FRANK’S FAMOUS CHICKEN AND

WAFFLES 400 WASHINGTON ST NE, 10AM

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READY OR NOT

If you are ready to figure out the basics ofnavigating the post-adolescent period of yourlife, then you may want to get a primer from theAdulting 101 Life Skills Series atPiggy’s SqueakEasy starting Sunday, July 7from 3pm to 5pm. This all-ages four-classseries over four consecutive Sundays is aimedat teens and young adults who could use anorientation on time management, budgeting,home economics and basic equipmentmaintenance. It’s all pretty practical stuff. Thetest at the end of the course is how well you dealwith the inevitable for the remainder of your life.For more information, including cost, contactPiggy’s SqueakEasy at piggyssqueakeasy.com.PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY 526 WASHINGTON ST, 3 TO 5PM

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Compiled by Ashli Kesali. Submit your events at alibi.com/events.

MONDAY JULY 8

A BAND WITHBRASS

The 44th Army Band playsa free all-ages gig at theAlbuquerque MuseumAmphitheater on Friday,July 5 at 7:30pm and goingmeans joyfully exploringanother genre within thegreat framework of Americanmusic—one that hasn’t

gotten so much attention of late. There’s been a decent band music and culture revival going on for a coupleyears, mostly featuring psychedelic, rainbow-colored Left-Coast bands (see MarchFourth for deets) butAmerican roots luminaries like the recently departed Dr. John experimented with a Nola variation of the genrein the ’60s and ’70s. The music comes from multiple sources, including traditional military bands, which werea big deal, pop-culture wise, in pre-modern America. Composers like John Phillip Souza further popularized thegenre with memorable tunes that have patriotic themes. Maybe that’s why we tend to hear about this musicaltradition around the first of July. In any case, this outfit, led by Captain Silas N. Huff, blows your mind withoutdestroying your wallet, so do enjoy, Burqueños; it’s a brassy blast! ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY 2000

MOUNTAIN RD NW, 7 TO 10PM alibi.com/v/6glf. (August March) a

THURSDAY JULY 4

SATURDAY JULY 6

ESTAMOSCUMBIANDO

The National Hispanic CulturalCenter and Melaza Music haveinitiated a cooperative summermusic and dance series. Se llamaDomingos en Arte, the familyfriendly series features food anddrinks in the Center’s courtyard,tambien. This year’s series gets offto an awesome start on Sunday,July 7 at 6pm with a performanceby La Diabla una band mas exitode TJ. This awesome Latinx quintetpours out music straight from theburning heart of postmodern

espooky cultura Mexicana mixed up with Columbian rhythms that test body and soul seductively. They rocklike ghosts but have the weight of the living, one might add. Que grande, que chido. Lo mas chingon,chingones! More simply put, the band says, “La Diabla esta aqui pa’ que no te quedes sentado y al que nole guste que se haga pa’ un lado! Better make your Latin boogie plans now, carnales. Tickets for the first inthe series are $15 for adults with a $2 discount for NHCC members. Admission is free for children 12and under. NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER 1701 FOURTH STREET SW, 6PM alibi.com/v/6m8k. (August March) a

FRIDAY JULY 5

SUNDAY JULY 7

PHOTO COURTESY OF CLARKE CONDÉ

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE US ARMY

IMAGE COURTESY OF ABQ PUBLIC LIBRARIES

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST



CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Workshop with Carmen

Ledesma. 401 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $60. 5:30-7pm. 15+. See7/8 listing.

HAMPTON INN AND SUITES Journey Into Awakening - Finding

Peace in a Chaotic World. Immerse yourself in powerful teachingsand meditations by enlightenened guides to be streamed livedirect from India to more than 40 locations across the USA atthe same time. 1300 Woodward Rd SE. $125. 8:30am-8:30pm.13+. 596-0373. alibi.com/v/6lmg.

KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Summer Community Dance

Classes. 4121 Cutler Ave NE. 2pm. ALL-AGES! See 7/4 listing.

LAW OFFICES OF GLASHEEN VALLES & INDERMAN Post Fourth

of July Blood Drive. Donate blood to potentially save a life. 4300San Mateo Blvd NE. 11am-2pm. alibi.com/v/6g3n.

WEDNESDAY JULY 10DAVE & BUSTERS NM Comic Expo’s Meet and Greet. Enjoy a

live screening of NM Untied’s away game and hear about all the

fun things happening with the expo. 2100 Louisiana NE. 6-10pm.

348-5157. alibi.com/v/6lqd.

HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL Senator Michael Padilla 7th Annual

Job Fair. Meet over 100 employers ready to tell you about available

jobs in the market. 3912 Isleta Blvd. SW. 10am-2pm. 15+.

977-6247. alibi.com/v/6ji0.

KIDSJUAN TABO PUBLIC LIBRARY Cody Landstrom Magician. 3407

Juan Tabo Blvd NE. 2-3pm. ALL-AGES! See 7/8 TAYLOR RANCH

LIBRARY listing.

RUDOLFO ANAYA LIBRARY Bath Bombs. Using basic kitchen

materials and ingredients, make planetary-themed bath bombs

and make bath time stellar. For ages 13 through 17. Registration

required. 7704 Second Street NW. 2-3pm. 897-8823.

alibi.com/v/6lfh.

TONY HILLERMAN LIBRARY Cody Landstrom Magician. 8205

Apache Ave NE. 10:30-11:30am. ALL-AGES! See 7/8 TAYLOR

RANCH LIBRARY listing.

LEARNMEADOWLARK SENIOR CENTER, Rio Rancho Paraphysical

Phenomena in Dulce, NM. Norio Hayakawa from the Civilian

Intelligence Network gives a study of the claims of paranormal

activities with discussions following the presentation. 4330

Meadowlark SE. 1:15-3:30pm. 21+. alibi.com/v/6l4o.

MEALS ON WHEELS OFFICE Meals on Wheels Volunteer Training.

The organization is looking for volunteers to help in a variety of

different areas. 5901 Harper Dr NE. 3-4pm. ALL-AGES! 823-8064.

alibi.com/v/6kfl.

WELLNESS/FITNESSKESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Summer Community Dance


SUNDAY JULY 7OUTDOORALBUQUERQUE OPEN SPACE VISITOR CENTER Bosque Wild:

Guided Nature Walk. Take a hike through nature’s laboratory ina moderately strenuous guided hike. Reservations recom-mended. 6500 Coors Blvd NW. 8-10am. 897-8831.alibi.com/v/6ll0.



MONDAY JULY 8KIDSCHERRY HILLS LIBRARY Out-of-This-World Flip Books. Createa space themed story and watch it move. For ages 13 to 17.Registration required. 6901 Barstow St NE. 2-3pm. 857-8321.alibi.com/v/6kv0.

MAIN LIBRARY Cosmic Treasure Hunt. Solve space clues to wina prize. For ages 9 to 12. Registration required. 501 Copper AveNW. 3-4pm. 768-5141. alibi.com/v/6lez.

TAYLOR RANCH LIBRARY Cody Landstrom Magician. An expe-rienced and versatile performer, Cody combines the skills ofcomedy magic, sleight of hand and masterful juggling. 5700Bogart St NW. 10:30-11:30am. ALL-AGES! 897-8816.alibi.com/v/6lgo.

WILDLIFE RESCUE OF NEW MEXICO Junior Zookeeper Day

Camp. Learn about animals and get close to them in this specialcamp. 2901 Candelaria NW. $30-$70. 9am-12:01pm.281-7655. alibi.com/v/6hf0.



TUESDAY JULY 9ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Impact and Coffee.Nonprofit leaders, volunteers, funders and people finding theirplace in the community have a cup of coffee, hear about newsocial profit ventures and innovation in a six-minute presentationformat. 624 Tijeras Ave NW. 9-10am. alibi.com/v/6m6k.

PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY LGBQT Support Group. A communitysupport group for all ages open to anyone needing comfort, reliefor a voice. 7:30-8:30pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6dbe. Also, 526Washington St. 7:30pm. ALL-AGES! 999-8807. alibi.com/v/6kx3.

KIDSALAMOSA LIBRARY Constellations. Learn about the constellationsand plot out the individual stars on a piece of card stock, thenconnect the dots. For ages 13 through 17. Registration required.6900 Gonzales SW. 2:30-3:30pm. 836-0684. alibi.com/v/6kew.


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THURSDAY JULY 4BALLOON FIESTA PARK Freedom 4th. Enjoy a firework show, food,local beer, children’s activities and country and rock band musicfrom Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for the holiday. 5000 Balloon FiestaParkway NE. 3-10pm. ALL-AGES! 768-3556. alibi.com/v/6id4.

PHIL CHACON PARK Fourth of the Lie 2019. An afternoon ofrevolutionary speakers, music, delicious shared food with veganoptions, flag burning and international and working class solidarityagainst oppression. 7600 Southern Ave SE. Noon-5pm. ALL-AGES!alibi.com/v/6lus.

KIDSMAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Suzuki Music and Movement

Class for Children. A class for children ages 0 to 4 and expectingmothers in their third trimester to nurture musical development,build motor, emotional and social skills, character developmentand readiness for preschool. 3215 Central Ave NE. $22.9:30-10:30am. (903) 780-1030. alibi.com/v/6lwx.

LEARNBACHECHI OPEN SPACE Master Naturalist Program Application.Receive hands-on training in conservation measures and improvingthe environment. 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 4pm. 18+. 314-0398.alibi.com/v/6ctf.


Classes. Classes are available for kids starting at age 2, teensand adults. Genres include contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip-hop,creative movement, mixed-ability dance and fine wine dance forages 55+. 4121 Cutler Ave NE. 2pm. ALL-AGES! 224-9808.alibi.com/v/6g8l.

MANZANO MESA MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Wise Women

Do Belly Dance. Internationally-renowned instructor, Amaya, leadsa class in the art of belly dance. 501 Elizabeth St SE. $5-$10.6:15-7:15pm. 13+. 280-3638. alibi.com/v/6iik.

FRIDAY JULY 5WELLNESS/FITNESSKESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Summer Community Dance


SATURDAY JULY 6LEARNBACHECHI OPEN SPACE Master Naturalist Program Application.9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 4pm. 18+. See 7/4 listing.

DESERT OASIS TEACHING GARDEN Pest and Disease

Management Seminar. Get hands-on training from landscapepros on these gardening topics troubleshooting common vegetablegarden pests and diseases, how to identify, prevent and treatthem. 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE. 9-11am. ALL-AGES! 842-9287.alibi.com/v/6a9a.

SOUTH BROADWAY LIBRARY Create Your Own Pamphlet Stitch

Book. A hands-on workshop to create a single signature pamphletstitch book with all materials provided. Everyone takes home asmall book. 1025 Broadway Blvd SE. 10:30am-noon. 764-1742.alibi.com/v/6lfx.

SPORTSRIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY NM United Watch Party. Supportthe NM soccer team with play-by-play action. 1912 Second StreetNW. 8-10pm. ALL-AGES! 900-3909. alibi.com/v/6ley.



CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Cody Landstrom Magician. 8081Central Ave NW. 10:30-11:30am. ALL-AGES! See 7/8 TAYLORRANCH LIBRARY listing.

ERNA FERGUSSON LIBRARY Cody Landstrom Magician. 3700San Mateo Blvd NE. 2-3pm. ALL-AGES! See 7/8 TAYLOR RANCHLIBRARY listing.

ERNIE PYLE LIBRARY Geometric Painting. For kids who haveever looked at modern art and wanted to learn how to create it,this workshop teaches fun techniques. For ages 9 through 12.Registration required. 900 Girard SE. 10:30-11:30am. 256-2065.alibi.com/v/6l4a.

MAPLE STREET DANCE SPACE Sing, Play and Learn Spanish.Bilingual Birdies Albuquerque teaches children ages 0 to 6 theSpanish language with live music. Registration recommended.3215 Central Ave NE. $18. 10:30-11:15am. 750-1795.alibi.com/v/6l2t.

TAYLOR RANCH LIBRARY Messy Planets. Design a galaxy bymixing colors and a gooey substance for a fun textured effect.For ages 9 to 12. Registation required. 5700 Bogart St NW.3:30-4:30pm. 897-8816. alibi.com/v/6lgp.

TONY HILLERMAN LIBRARY Robots in Space with ¡Explora!

Build a robotic arm to control using servo motors, solve amaze, unload a payload successfully and learn how engineersdevelop robotics to assist in space. For ages 13 through 17.Registration required. 8205 Apache Ave NE. 3-4pm. 291-6264.alibi.com/v/6lgu.

LEARNABQ BIOPARK ZOO Twilight Tour. Experience the sights andsounds at twilight. Observe evening animal behaviors while takinga tour led by a personal guide. 903 10th Street SW. 6:30-8:30pm.764-6214. alibi.com/v/6ldn.

NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE

Curator’s Coffee: The DEA and the Controlled Substance Act.Hear about the tasks and goals of the DEA in NM and howcontrolled substances are defined and investigated. The costincludes coffee, tea, pastries and fruit. Pre-registration required.1801 Mountain Rd NW. $8. 9:30am-11pm. 18+. 841-2840.alibi.com/v/6khz.

SELF SERVE How to Please a Penis: Better Handbjobs, Blowjobs

and More. This class is for anyone who has a dick in their lifewho wants to show it some love. Sterilized dildos for practicingprovided. 112 Morningside Dr NE. $15-$20. 5:30pm. 18+.505-2265-5815. alibi.com/v/6lj4.

TOTAL WINE & MORE July Wine and Wills: Uptown. Enjoy somewine and learn about the estate planning basics. 6701 UptownBlvd NE. 6-8pm. alibi.com/v/6lph.

WELLNESS/FITNESSALLEY KATS TAP COMPANY Rise of the Goddess: Burlesque

Classes with Stephan. Learn the art of tease and performancewith boylesque extraordinaire Stephan. 222 Truman St NE. $10.7:30pm-noon. 18+. alibi.com/v/6m8d.

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COMMUNITY

MONDAY JULY 8

CASA FLAMENCA Flamenco Dance Workshop withCarmen Ledesma. Learn from a master teacher of

gypsy-style flamenco. 401 Rio Grande Blvd NW. $60.5:30-7pm. 15+. 247-0622. alibi.com/v/6l26.

SUNDAY JULY 7

BACHECHI OPEN SPACE Family Fun Days: ArthropodsAbound. Appreciate arthropods by making them a hotelor help collect data on insects in the open space. Look

at a number of specimens under the microscope orhunt for your own to observe. 9521 Rio Grande Blvd

NW. Noon-5pm. ALL-AGES! 314-0398.alibi.com/v/6jgd.

THURSDAY JULY 4

ANDERSON-ABRUZZO ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL

BALLOON MUSEUM Red, White and Balloons. Enjoyfood trucks or a catered meal, live music and a hot airballoon glow. 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE. $10-$35.

5-11pm. ALL-AGES! (937) 671-8917.alibi.com/v/6lhc.



THURSDAY JULY 4

WORDSCANVAS ARTISTRY KITCHEN MUSIC ART BAR Burque Revolt

Poetry Slam. Open mic and poetry slam with vendors and a DJ.Special poetry feature by Toluwanimi Obiwole from Denver SlamNuba. 3120 Central Ave SE. 7-10pm. 21+. alibi.com/v/5ydz.

LEARNSOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF VISUAL ARTS Figure Drawing.Sharpen figurative skills working from a live model in a relaxingand supportive environment. All skill levels and media welcome(no photography). 5000 Marble Ave. NE. 7-9pm. 18+. 254-7575.alibi.com/v/6jrb.

FRIDAY JULY 5

WORDSTRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Journey into the

Absurd: Short Stories by Eugene Ionesco. A deep dive into theshort stories of profound and bizarre brought to life in celebrationof Theatre-in-the-Making’s 30th anniversary. 110 Gold Ave SW.$15. 7:30-9pm. 18+. 675-4080. alibi.com/v/6lfd.

ARTTRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Gethen Reilly Photography

Opening. See the new photography exhibit and hear DJ WaeFonkey spin tunes. 5720 McMahon Blvd. 7pm. 21+. 243-6752.alibi.com/v/6jty.

YUCCA ART GALLERY First Friday Event. Enjoy Ric Speed’s photog-raphy, DL Horton’s fused art glass and Myra Gadsen’s jewelry.2065 San Felipe St NW. 5-8pm. ALL-AGES! 247-8931.alibi.com/v/6lgb.

SONG & DANCEAFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo NM

Jazz Explosion. Enjoy high energy smooth jazz guitarist SteveOliver with guest performance by Calvin Appleberry and In TheMoment. 310 San Pedro Dr NE. $29-$54. 6-10pm. 222-0778.alibi.com/v/6lpd.

OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Tracey Whitney: A Tribute to

Nancy Wilson and Mariano Morales Trio. Hear a host of live andlegendary jazz. 210 Yale Blvd SE. $10-$15. 7:30pm. 268-0044.alibi.com/v/6jjy.

SATURDAY JULY 6

WORDSALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING SouthWest

Writers Meeting: Brian Stinar on WordPress for Writers. Learnthe basics of what the program is, how to use it and what it costsfor professionals to help you with this “free” tool. 10am-noon.ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6j31. Also, SouthWest Writers Workshop:

Writing About the Military. Learn the tricks of the trade whenventuring into the world of writing about the military from veteransand experienced writers. 2801 Louisiana NE. $20-$30.12:30-2:30pm. ALL-AGES! 830-6034. alibi.com/v/6j32.

TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Journey into the

Absurd: Short Stories by Eugene Ionesco. 110 Gold Ave SW.$15. 7:30-9pm. 18+. See 7/5 listing.

ARTLOS RANCHOS VILLAGE HALL, Los Ranchos Los Ranchos Art

Market. Find handcrafted jewelry, pottery, woodwork, needlecraftand fabric accessories, sculpture, soap and seasonal produce,honey, plants, herbs and more as well as food and live music.6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW. 7am-noon. ALL-AGES! 344-6582.alibi.com/v/6hbc.


WEEKLY CALENDAR

PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT Pottery of Isleta Pueblo.Stephanie Zuni molds lumps of clay into a variety of functionalpieces such as bowls and jars and decorative pieces such asminiature hot air balloons. Runs through 07/07/2019. 6510Western Trail NW. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! 505-899-0205, ext.335. alibi.com/v/6kai.

STAGETRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY A Journey into the

Absurd Performance and Gala. A deep dive into the short storiesof profound and bizarre brought to life in celebration of Theatre-in-the-Making’s 30th anniversary. 110 Gold Ave SW. 7:30pm.alibi.com/v/6lcy.

SONG & DANCEELENA GALLEGOS PICNIC AREA The Meanderings. Enjoy livemusic from a duo featuring the folk guitar sound of Daniel Cravensand the jazz-pop style of Connor Morrison. 7100 Tramway BlvdNE. $2. 7-9pm. alibi.com/v/6i46.

SOUTH BROADWAY LIBRARY The Native Flute with Ron J. Hoskie.The poet, storyteller and musician presents an introduction tothese beautiful, traditional instruments, followed by a performance.Noon-1pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6lfz. Also, Kevin Whitcombe.Kevin sings and plays guitar in a variety of styles including jazz,pop, rock, soul, blues, country, traditional and Spanish. 1025Broadway Blvd SE. 3-4pm. ALL-AGES! 764-1742.alibi.com/v/6lg0.

FILMNEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE

Independence Day. Catch a screening of the legendary actionflick. 1801 Mountain Rd NW. $8-$10. 7-9pm. 13+. 265-7866.alibi.com/v/6cyv.

TUESDAY JULY 9

BOOKWORKS Wingbeats Poetry Workshop. A monthlypoetry writing workshop featuring writing prompts from

their Wingbeats Anthologies. 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW.6pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/v/6lmi.

FRIDAY JULY 5

OT CIRCUS GALLERY ABQArtwalk: “Through Her Eyes”. Apop-up solo exhibit featuring the artwork of JessicaRueda with light refreshments available for guests,

including baked goods by Edu Maid Cafe. 709 CentralAve NW. 5-9pm. ALL-AGES! 415-4643.

alibi.com/v/6llw.

THURSDAY JULY 4

TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Stranger Things 3Marathon. Celebrate the highly anticipated release ofthe third season with the show on the big screen, two

special fourth of July themed cocktails and Eggo wafflesandwiches. 1800 Fourth Street NW. 3pm. 21+.

243-6752. alibi.com/v/6loz.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY Monthly Matinee. Explore NMhistory through film with a ¡Colores! double feature. 423 CentralAve NE. 2-3pm. ALL-AGES! 848-1376. alibi.com/v/6lgl.

SUNDAY JULY 7

WORDSPAGE ONE BOOKSTORE Mary Oertel-Kirschner Signing Event.

The fiction writer, poet and painter reads from and signs her work.

5850 Eubank Blvd NE. 3-4:30pm. ALL-AGES! 294-2026.

alibi.com/v/6kuy.

ARTPETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT Pottery of Isleta Pueblo.

6510 Western Trail NW. 10am-4pm. ALL-AGES! See 7/6 listing.

SONG & DANCECASA FLAMENCA Night of Duende. Legendary dancer Carmen

Ledesma and flamenco artists from Spain perform in this theatrical

suite. $50. 6-7:15pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6l25. Also, 2019

Tablao Season. Experience the 6th season in the heart of Old

Town with a spectacular lineup of world-class artists in an intimate

venue reminiscent of the clubs of Andalusia, Spain. 401 Rio

Grande Blvd NW. $38. 6-7:15pm. ALL-AGES! 247-0622.

alibi.com/v/6iz6.

FILMCENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY Summer Movies: Lilo and Stitch.

Catch a screening of the children’s film, rated PG. 8081 Central

Ave NW. 2:30-4:30pm. ALL-AGES! 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6ktp.

MONDAY JULY 8

WORDSLOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY, Rio Rancho Literary Musings.

A book group that looks at an author or subject instead of a

specific book. Read a fiction or non-fiction book about American

history for this month. 755 Loma Colorado NE. 1-2pm. 18+.

891-5013. alibi.com/v/6l12.

SOUTHWEST WRITERS OFFICE, Carlisle Executive Suites

SouthWest Writers Class: How to Write. Award-winning author,

Melody Groves, covers the beginnings and basics of fiction writing

in this class. 3200 Carlisle Blvd NE Ste 114. $79-$89. 6-8pm.

ALL-AGES! 830-6034. alibi.com/v/6llt.

FILMKESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Katharsis Media Film Intensive.

Form a mini-production company to write, film and edit a short

film. With a screening and industry professionals to guide you,

try for the big prize. 4121 Cutler Ave NE. $180. 8am-noon. 13+.

414-7656. alibi.com/v/6j7c.

TUESDAY JULY 9

SONG & DANCESOUTH BROADWAY CULTURAL CENTER Rock 101 Showcase.

Youth bands and solo artists perform a free concert with an

opportunity for audience members to ask questions of the

performers. 1025 Broadway Blvd SE. 11am-12:30pm. 848-1320.

alibi.com/v/6lq6.

FILMKESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Katharsis Media Film Intensive.

4121 Cutler Ave NE. $180. 8am-noon. 13+. See 7/8 listing.

WEDNESDAY JULY 10

WORDSBOOKWORKS Bookworks Book Club. Join the longest-running

book club in session for more than twenty years. 4022 Rio Grande

Blvd NW. 344-8139. alibi.com/v/6lmj.

SONG & DANCEJUAN TABO PUBLIC LIBRARY Café Bomba. Hear instrumental

music of South America and the Caribbean. 3407 Juan Tabo

Blvd NE. 6-7pm. ALL-AGES! 291-6260. alibi.com/v/6l5l.

FILMGUILD CINEMA Phoenix, Oregon Screening Event. Catch a

screening of the film with an opportunity for a Q&A following the

film. 3405 Central Ave NE. $8. 3:30-10pm. 255-1848.

alibi.com/v/6m6q.

KESHET CENTER FOR THE ARTS Katharsis Media Film Intensive.

4121 Cutler Ave NE. $180. 8am-noon. 13+. See 7/8 listing.

KIMO THEATRE Guardians of the Galaxy. Catch a screening of

the fun film, rated PG-13. 423 Central Ave NW. 7-9pm. 768-3544.

alibi.com/v/6lqe.

ARTS & LIT

THURSDAY JULY 4PIGGY’S SQUEEKEASY Potluck Dinner. Enjoy a communitymeal at the art and education center. Don’t forget to bring acontribution. 526 Washington St. FREE. 7-10pm. ALL-AGES!alibi.com/v/6faa.

FRIDAY JULY 5LA LUNA BAKERY AND CAFE Friday Farmers Market. Enjoy livemusic, a kids’ zone, craft beers, vendors and food. 319 FifthStreet SW. FREE. 3pm. ALL-AGES! 550-1119. alibi.com/v/6ekh.

SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho 16th Annual Pork andBrew. Enjoy delicious pork dishes and tasty brews with plentyof other activities to enjoy. 3001 Civic Center Circle. $4-$6.2-8pm. ALL-AGES! 891-7339. alibi.com/v/6hds.

SATURDAY JULY 6SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho 16th Annual Pork andBrew. 3001 Civic Center Circle. $4-$6. 11am-7pm. ALL-AGES!See 7/5 listing.

SUNDAY JULY 7ALBUQUERQUE RAIL YARDS Albuquerque Rail Yards Market.A market celebrating all things local and at the heart of NMculture with hundreds food, farm, artisan and healing vendors,live music as well as a kids’ zone. 1100 Second Street SW.FREE. 10am-2pm. ALL-AGES! alibi.com/v/6fxm.

SANTA ANA STAR CENTER, Rio Rancho 16th Annual Pork andBrew. 3001 Civic Center Circle. $4-$6. 11am-5pm. ALL-AGES!See 7/5 listing.

MONDAY JULY 8RUDE BOY COOKIES Lil’ Rudies Baking Camp: Teenage Addition.This week-long camp full of baking and decorating keeps theteens entertained while teaching them valuable baking skillsstraight from the professionals themselves. 115 Harvard DrSE. 9am-noon. 200-2235. alibi.com/v/6ldf.

WEDNESDAY JULY 10CENTRAL & UNSER LIBRARY ICAN: Ideas for Cooking andNutrition. A hands-on nutrition education service for improvingquality of life by identifying community needs, providing nutritioneducation, cooking skills, food safety and connecting withresources. 8081 Central Ave NW. FREE. 11:30am-12:30pm.18+. 768-4320. alibi.com/v/6kts.

FOOD


THURSDAY JULY 4BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM NostalgiaBlue • variety • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho The Chris RavinBand • classic rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB TAPROOM Austin Van • country •6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Marshall Law • blues,rock, country • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

MARBLE BREWERY Beats of Burque • dance, electronic, hip-hop • 8pm • FREE • 21+

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Chris Kill Trio • rock, blues • 1:30pm • Pikeand Sutton • variety • 6pm • FREE • 21+

SANDIAGO’S GRILL AT THE TRAM John P Martinez • classicalguitar • 7pm

TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Kamikaze Karaoke • 5pm • FREE •21+

COMEDY

STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Stand-Up ComedyThursdays • 6pm • $10 • 21+

FRIDAY JULY 5BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM DavidK • variety • 4:30pm • Night Moves • indie pop, rock • 7pm • MrBlack • variety • 8pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Jeff Noel •acoustic guitar • 4:30pm • Kronic Obsession • variety • 7pm • FREE •ALL-AGES!

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Bosque Ramblers • folk,Americana • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

DIRTY BOURBON Tylor Brandon • acoustic, country • 9pm

FIRST TURN LOUNGE @ THE DOWNS CASINO Fat City • hip-hop,R&B, funk • 9pm • FREE • 21+

HOTEL ANDALUZ Jazz Night at the Casbahs • Entourage Jazz •jazz, big band • 7pm • FREE • 21+

KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY The Brewery Comedy Tour •stand-up comedy • 8:30pm

LAUNCHPAD Weedrat • post-punk • Vacha • Intersect • SwordHorse •8pm

THE LIBRARY BAR & GRILL Brain Gang Trivia • 8pm • FREE • 18+

LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Austin Van • country •9pm • FREE • 21+

MARBLE BREWERY Bobcats • Dixieland, blues, swing, jazz, stan-dards • 7pm • Rebecca Arscott Duo • pop • Burque Sol • reggae •8pm • FREE • 21+

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Gene Corbin • Americana • 2:30pm • OddDog • classic rock • 6pm • FREE • 21+

M’TUCCI’S MODERNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Matt Kollock •variety • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+

RANCHERS CLUB Karl Richardson Trio • variety • 5:30pm • FREE •18+

RIO BRAVO BREWING COMPANY Kari Simmons and The GrooveLine • soul, R&B • 7pm • FREE

SISTER Adobe Disco • dance, pop • Andres • LNSC Rob • Joe N •Haloe • 9pm • $10-$12

STONE FACE TAVERN Mystic Vic Blues and Beyond • blues •8:30pm • FREE • 21+

URBAN 360 PIZZA GRILL AND TAP HOUSE BR Project Band •rock • 7:15pm

TUESDAY JULY 9BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM OpenMic and Jam with Chris Ravin • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Open Mic withMichael and Aaron • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Frank Salazar • acousticfolk, country, rock • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

FIRST TURN LOUNGE @ THE DOWNS CASINO Kammo Karaoke •7pm • FREE • 21+

KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY Geeks Who Drink • 7pm •FREE • ALL-AGES!

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Greenfield and the Madrid Flash • variety •6pm • FREE • 21+

RED DOOR BREWING COMPANY BYOV: Bring Your Own Vinyl •6pm • FREE • 21+

STEEL BENDER BREWYARD Nathan Fox and His Band • funk,soul, rock • 6pm

TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Kamikaze Karaoke • 8pm • FREE •21+

COMEDY

O’NIELL’S PUB, Nob Hill Tuesday Homie Hangout Comedy OpenMic • stand-up comedy • 8pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

WEDNESDAY JULY 10BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM SpiralPilots • classic rock • 6pm • Chris Ravin • rock ’n’ roll • 7pm • FREE •ALL-AGES!

CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Brain Gang Trivia • 6pm • FREE • 18+

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Ron Buchanan • classiccountry • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

FIRST TURN LOUNGE @ THE DOWNS CASINO Kammo Karaoke •7pm • FREE • 21+

INSIDE OUT Karaoke Under the Stars • 7pm • 21+

MARBLE BREWERY DJ Justincredible • variety • 7pm • FREE • 21+

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Rick Hatfield • classic rock • 6pm • FREE • 21+

PONDEROSA BREWING COMPANY The Draft Sessions Open Mic •7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Divided Minds • variety • SincerelyMe • Telltale • 6pm

TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE “Grey’s Anatomy” Trivia • 7pm • FREE •21+

VARA WINERYWineup Wednesdays • Chris Dracup • acoustic, blues,funk, soul • 7pm • $5 • 21+

COMEDY

RED DOOR BREWING DOWNTOWN TAPROOM Casual WednesdaysOpen Mic • Royal Wood • Kevin Baca • 7:30pm • FREE • 21+

WEEKLY CALENDAR

SUNDAY JULY 7MARBLE BREWERY Ray Anthony and Powerslyde • funk,

jazz • 3pm • Free • 21+

MUSIC

COMEDY

TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Comedy Battles • roast comedy •8pm • FREE • 21+

TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Headliners 505Comedy Presents Friday Night Fools • stand-up comedy • 9:30pm •$10 • 18+

SATURDAY JULY 6B2B2 BARRIO Shimon King and The B2 Free Agents • jazz •6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREWERY WESTSIDE TAPROOM Jeff Noel •acoustic guitar • 4:30pm • Leah Leyva • classic rock, blues, singer-songwriter • 7pm • The Deal • jam, funk, rock • 8pm • FREE •ALL-AGES!

BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Rob Roman •variety • 4:30pm • Beg Borrow and Steal • variety • 7pm • FREE •ALL-AGES!

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Magic Girl • keyboard,vocals • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

FIRST TURN LOUNGE @ THE DOWNS CASINO Fat City • hip-hop,R&B, funk • 9pm • FREE • 21+

HOTEL ANDALUZ Rock the Casbahs • The Paddle Tramps • rock’n’ roll • 7pm • FREE • 21+

INSIDE OUT Ceremonies • post-punk • Lev Snowe • Karen • pop,rock • Lost Remotes • 7pm

KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY Tobyriffic Karaoke Show • 7pm •21+

LAUNCHPAD Reverie • Wake Self • hip-hop • Naatanii Means •Bekah Boo • Wyatt Lawson • 9pm

LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Austin Van • country •9pm • FREE • 21+

MARBLE BREWERY Fast Heart Mart • rock, folk, punk, Americana •7pm • Nosotros • salsa • 8pm • FREE • 21+

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Dog Day Parade • variety • 1:30pm • NightMoves • indie pop, rock • 6pm • FREE • 21+

O’HARE’S GRILLE & PUB, Rio Rancho Brain Gang Trivia • 8:30pm •FREE • 18+

THE RANGE CAFÉ, Bernalillo Jazz to Go • jazz • 7pm • FREE •ALL-AGES!

RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Sorceress of Sound and SongMarie Black • singer-songwriter • 5pm

SEARED Dave Friedlander • jazz, bop • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL Kari Simmons • pop, soul, rock •6pm • FREE • 21+

TRACTOR BREWING CO. Danny Harps Band • Americana, folk,country, bluegrass • 5pm • FREE • 21+

TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK Jacob Chavez • simger-song-writer, Americana • Bloody Mary Bar • noon • Hurdle • folk, country,pop, rock • 8pm • FREE • 21+

TRACTOR BREWING WESTSIDE Synyster Vail • singer-song-writer • 7pm • FREE • 21+

ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Eddie Brewer and the ManicEpisodes • jazz, swing, bossa nova • 8:30pm • FREE • 21+

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RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Saturday Stand-Up Spectacular •stand-up comedy • 9:30pm • $5 • 18+

TRACTOR BREWING WELLS PARK First Fridays ComedyContest • stand-up comedy • 8pm • FREE • 21+

SUNDAY JULY 7BLUE GRASSHOPPER BREW PUB, Rio Rancho Open Micwith Rob Roman • 1pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

BOESE BROTHERS BREWPUB Chile Pi • pop, folk, acoustic •4pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

CANTEEN BREWHOUSE Fresh Brewed Acoustic Grooves • JavierOrtega • indie, pop • 4pm • FREE

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Doug Muchmore •Western, acoustic, country • 3pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

HIGH AND DRY BREWING RJ Perez • funk, blues • 4pm • FREE •21+

KAKTUS BREWING COMPANY, Bernalillo Kaktus Kats BluesJam • 3pm

KILT CHECK BREWING COMPANY TobyRiffic Karaoke Show •3pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Juanita Band • classic rock • 3pm •FREE • 21+

MOONLIGHT LOUNGE Sweet Nothin • variety • Fall Children •Rule 506 • 8pm

SEASONS ROTISSERIE & GRILL Raven Rutherford and HerSweet Potato Pie Band • blues, soul, Americana • 6pm • FREE •21+

ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Dan Golden • variety • 11am •ALL-AGES!

MONDAY JULY 8CANTEEN TAPROOM Brain Gang Trivia • noon • FREE • 18+

CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales Davey And TheMidnights • country, blues, psychedelic • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!

GROWLER USA WESTSIDE Stranger Things Trivia • 7pm • FREE

LAUNCHPAD Betraying The Martyrs • variety • 6:30pm • BetrayingThe Martyrs • Entheos • death metal • Within Destruction •Sentinels • Defying Decay • 7pm

RED DOOR BREWING CO. Geeks Who Drink • 7pm • FREE •21+

RED VELVET UNDERGROUND Sac One • hip-hop • G Precious •Stoned Age • Cali One • 7pm • $5 • ALL-AGES!

TRACTOR BREWING CO. Old-Time Jam Circle • 7:30pm • FREE •21+

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the Honey Boys • variety • 4pm • ALL-AGES!

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Phase Three of the Marvel CinematicUniverse officially ended with the release ofAvengers: Endgame. That doesn’t mean

Marvel/Disney is willing to let the fires growcold. Even before before Phase Four begins(Black Widow, The Eternals, Doctor Strange 2,Black Panther 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3),the MCU has offered up a postscript to the one-two punch that was Avengers: Infinity War andAvengers: Endgame in the form of Spider-Man:Far From Home. It’s a fun, flippant and notparticularly consequential film. And that’s justfine.

The greatest strength of Marvel’s cinematicefforts has been that the company innatelyunderstands each property has a different look,feel and overall tone. Spider-Man: Homecoming,2017’s first full-on collaboration between SonyPictures Entertainment (which owns film rightsto the character) and Disney (which ownsMarvel Comics), rebooted the web-slingingsuperhero for a new generation. In his firstSpandex-clad outing, Tom Holland made for apitch-perfect Peter Parker, the nerdy self-conscious teen on whom a great burden ofpower has been placed. Both Homecoming andFar From Home adopt a similar lightweight,jokey, aimed-at-younger audiences vibe. FarFrom Home falls somewhere on the middleground between the satirical fantasy of Thor:Ragnarok and the mature political thrills ofCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. After theepic emotional weight of Avengers: Endgame, wecould all use a little palate cleanser, and Spider-Man: Far From Home does the job quite nicely.

If you haven’t seen the last two surprise-filledAvengers films, you have little business walkinginto Spider-Man: Far From Home and probablyshouldn’t proceed much further in this review.Spoilers will be kept to a minimum. But it’simpossible to talk about this new film withoutacknowledging a lot of what happens inEndgame. Far From Home picks up preciselywhere that last film left off, in the wake of themad Titan Thanos’ destruction of half the life inthe universe and the Avengers’ subsequentreversal of (some, but not all) of that cosmictragedy. Young Peter is still grieving his lossesand processing all that happened over the courseof the last five years of Marvel cinematic history.But not to worry, this isn’t some glum funeralmarch. In fact, Spider-Man: Far From Homestarts out with a perfectly hilarious take on “TheBlip” that caused 50 percent of humanity to missout on five whole years. All the confusingquestions raised by Endgame’s surprising timejump are dismissed in a matter of minutes. It’sridiculous, really; but it’s the new normal for theMCU.

In fact, a lot of Far From Home is builtaround this idea of the new normal.Superheroes, invading space aliens andoverweight Norse gods are just part of everydaylife now. Poor Peter Parker, having battled in

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Strange BrewTractor Brewing in Wells Park is celebrating therelease of Season 3 of “Stranger Things” thisThursday, July 4, with a marathon screening atthe brewery (located at 1800 Fourth StreetNW). Not only can you catch Netflix’s retrohorror series on Tractor’s big screen: There willalso be two special 4th of July-themed cocktailsand Eggo waffle sandwiches! The event runsfrom 1pm to 9pm. For more info go togetplowed.com.

Seeking Magnificent CinemaAlbuquerque’s Latino Film Festival, ¡CineMagnifico!, is looking for films by and aboutLatinos and “the Hispanic cultural background asa symbol of unity, richness and a particular wayof life.” The last day to submit films forconsideration is this Friday, July 5. Submissionfees for features, documentaries and short filmsare $55 standard and $50 for students. NewMexico-made short films may apply using thestudent fee. Winners whose films have beenselected for inclusion in this year’s festival willbe notified by July 31. The festival itself takesplace at the National Hispanic Cultural Centerand the Guild Cinema this coming Sept. 4through 8. To submit your work, go tofilmfreeway.com, or head to cinemagnifico.comfor more information.

ID4In only slightly belated celebration of the July 4thholiday, the New Mexico Museum of NaturalHistory Foundation and the Albuquerque Film &Music Experience are sponsoring a screening ofthe 1996 sci-fi action hit Independence Day. WillSmith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum lead aragtag attack force against giant alien spaceshipsthat are wrecking up our planet’s most Instagram-worthy tourist sites. The film screens Saturday,July 6 starting at 7pm inside the NMNH’sDynaTheater (1801 Mountain Rd. NW). Ticketsare $10 general admission or $7.50 for MuseumFoundation members and AFME sponsors. Tograb your tickets in advance (or to check out theschedule of future screenings), go tonaturalhistoryfoundation.org/afmx-movie-series.

Skate and DieSkateway Massacre is a low-budget, shot-in-Albuquerque slasher film premiering Saturday,July 6 at 10:30pm at Guild Cinema (3405Central Ave. NE). The film concerns the closingstaff at a roller skating rink who are shutting thefacility down for the night, only to findthemselves stalked and murdered by “amysterious figure in their midst.” Much of thefilm’s cast and crew, including writer-directorDaniel Zubiate, are on hand for the screening.Get on out to the Guild and support localfilmmaking. All seats are $8. For more info go tofacebook.com/skatewaymassacre.

Phoenix, Oregon, New MexicoThe filmmakers behind the indie comedyPhoenix, Oregon are on a nationwide tour (intheir own specially branded RV). They passthrough Albuquerque on Wednesday, July 10for some screenings of the film at Guild Cinema(3405 Central Ave. NE). The film stars JamesLeGros (Drugstore Cowboy, Point Break) andJesse Borrego (Blood In, Blood Out; Con Air)as a couple of pals in the midst of mid-life criseswho seize on a ridiculous but life-changingquest: to quit their terrible jobs, renovate an oldbowling alley and serve up “the world’sgreatest pizza.” Writer-director Gary Lundgrenis on hand to introduce the film and participatein a little Q&A action. The film screens at 3:30,6 and 8:30pm. To learn more about the film, goto phoenixoregonmovie.com. a

outer space with the Avengers, is now (vainly)trying to live the normal life of a Brooklynteenager. He and his magnet school classmatesare heading off to Europe for a class trip. AllPeter wants to do is have a fun summer andfinally declare his love for his homeroom crush,sarcastic fellow science nerd MJ (former DisneyChannel star Zendaya). Unfortunately, as soonas he sets down in Italy, he’s kidnapped by theking of all superspies, Nick Fury (Samuel L.Jackson, still having fun with the gig).

Seems that a string of extradimensional“elementals” are attacking cities around theglobe. Their intrusion into our world could beapocalyptic. And with so many superheroesmissing, busy or out of commission, your friendlyneighborhood Spider-Man is gonna have to stepup and be the hero once again. Fortunately, Furyoffers a little assistance in the form of new-hero-on-the-block Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). Amystical wizard/soldier who slipped through themultiverse alongside the elementals and isdetermined to stop them from doing to ourdimension what they did to his, he proves to bea powerful ally.

Despite the heavy FX action, Spider-Man: FarFrom Home is more like a teen comedy withsome hero stuff mixed in. Martin Starr (BillHaverchuck from “Freaks and Geeks”) andcomedian J.B. Smoove are the teacherchaperones for Peter’s school group—and thatgives audiences a clear, early indication of whatthe tone will be like here. There’s a lot ofcomedy and a surprising amount of slapstickhumor—all of which will appeal well to theteen/tween audiences to which this film is

mostly geared. Again, that’s fine, so long asyou’re clear on the tone going in.

The only slight bummer is that Far FromHome makes the same minor miscalculationthat Captain Marvel made earlier this summer.That space-spanning superhero film was a fineaddition to the Marvel canon. It was, however,constructed like a mystery. How did CaptainMarvel come to be? Who is Carol Danvers? Isshe human? Alien? What is her connection tothe Kree/Skrull? It was, on the surface, aninteresting new genre for Marvel to tackle. Butfor anyone versed in the comic book lore,Captain Marvel didn’t actually hold any realmystery. Her origin was, more or less, exactly asdepicted in the comics. Those of us coming upwith all sorts of elaborate storylines to explainwhat we saw in the trailer were bound to find itanticlimactic. Similarly, if you’ve read even ahandful of Spider-Man comics in the last 50-oddyears, you know all the twists and turns thatSpider-Man: Far From Home has in store for you.Granted, that only affects comic book geeks andnot people who have been exclusivelyintroduced to this world by the movies. Suchforeknowledge doesn’t ultimately spoil all thefun and adventure this film has to offer. Butexpectations should be managed. That said, thefilmmakers have paid very close attention towhat has come before in the MCU. Thanks tosome clever scripting, the film’s various secretsfeel like they’ve been pre-calculated since dayone. They haven’t, of course; but it’s nice to seescriptwriters working hard to stitch all thesefilms together with callbacks, shout-outs, Eastereggs and familiar characters.

Spider-Man: Far From Home is like a fistful ofrainbow sprinkles tossed on top of the belly-buster sundae that was Marvel Phase Three. It’sno life-changing event. If you like Marvelmovies, you’ll like this latest Spider-Man outing.Simple as that. Soon, we’ll be on to a wholenew phase of stories and characters. So who canblame Marvel, Disney and us rabid fans fromwanting to get one final taste of the last phase—even if it’s mostly just sugary topping. a

Spider-Man: Far From HomeMarvel Universe swings on (while clinging to the past)

Spider-Man: Far From HomeDirected by Jon Watts

Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya,

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he stands on the sidelines and hostsas Axell Hodges tries to break theKneivel family world record byjumping over 24 beverage trucks.

Christmas Camp (Hallmark Movies &Mysteries 7pm) Hallmark just can’twait until December to startunleashing its holiday-themed rom-coms about uptight, overworkedfemale executives who somehow fallin love with artsy, rural hunks trying tokeep their family’s old-fashionedfactories/stores/farms afloat. Sohere’s one in July.

“The Movies” (CNN 7pm) CNNdocuments the history of popular film,starting with the Spielberg-filled ’80s.

“The Strongest Man in History”(History 9pm) Musclemen of todaytest their strength against ancientlegends, pulling swords from stonesand what have you.

“Peabody Presents: Stories of theYear” (FX 11:30pm) Journalist RonanFarrow hosts and comedian HasanMinhaj moderates this roundtablediscussion of race, the LGBTQ+experience, the #MeToo movementand journalistic integrity.

MONDAY 8

“Chuck Norris’ Epic Guide to MilitaryVehicles” (History 7pm) It’s Car Weekon History, and Chuck helps celebratewith a look at the toughest vehicles inmilitary history.

TUESDAY 9

“Love Island” (KRQE-13 7pm) It’ssummer, so here’s a reality datingshow with people in bikinis.

“The Disappearance” (WGN8pm) This six-partpsychological family dramacenters on the “unexplainedand sudden” disappearance ofa young boy on his 10thbirthday. Peter Coyote headsthe ensemble cast.

“Bring the Funny” (KOB-49:01pm) It’s summer, so here’sa talent show competition withamateur comedians.

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“The 2019 ESPYs: From LosAngeles” (KOAT-7 7pm)Because successful sportspersonalities deserve to wintrophies for a change.

“Battle of the 80s Supercarswith David Hasselhoff”(History 6pm) DavidHasselhoff (who gets name-checked in the title, and is—I’mgonna assume—contractuallyguaranteed to win) pits his“Knight Rider” KITT car againstDirk Benedict’s “The A-Team”van and Erik Estrada’s “CHiPs”motorcycle in a one-of-a-kindpop cultural race.

“Florida Girls” (Pop 8pm) Fromthe writer-producer of “TheMick” (meh) comes thisensemble comedy about fouryoung women living in adilapidated beach town and“partying under the povertyline” while learning “how toadult.” a

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See “Idiot Box” above.

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Trapped Model (Lifetime 6pm)“Inspired by true events,” thisLifetime movie stalks an aspiringmodel (Lucy Loken, star of DadCrush a.k.a My Teacher, MyObsession) who gets kidnappedby a fashion photographer toserve as the next star of his sexysnuff website.

SATURDAY 6

“Enchanted Kingdom” (BBCAmerica 7pm) This naturedocumentary explores the sightsand sounds of Africa—just in timefor Disney’s The Lion King.

“Supersize My Pool” (HGTV 7pm)“Ultimate Pools,” “Pool Kings” and“Insane Pools: Off The Deep End”just not enough swimming pool-based reality shows for you? Well,here’s another.

SUNDAY 7

“Evel Live 2” (History 6pm) Lastsummer Nitro Circus rider TravisPastrana recreated three of EvelKnievel’s most famous stunts. Now,

Feelin Patri-otter!Independence Day Around the Dial

The 4th of July is a time for being as Americanas possible—which is why most people spendthe day overeating and blowing things up.

Given the combined dangers of stray fireworks,sunburn, mosquitoes and bad potato salad,however, maybe you should consider spendingthe day inside, safely celebrating your patriotismwith a marathon of red, white and blue TV.

ESPN’s country bumpkin cousin ESPN2 getsthings started bright and early by broadcasting the“4th of July International Hot Dog EatingContest” (ESPN2 10am) live from Nathan’sFamous on Coney Island. That’s followed by threehours of live cornholing at the “ACL CornholeNationals: From Uncasville, Conn.” (ESPN211am)—which is the network’s way of saying it’snever too early to drink on a holiday.

Of course flag-waving films are a fine way towhile the day away. You can start off with (whatelse?) the Will Smith-led sci-fi actionerIndependence Day (Syfy 8:30am). Althoughthey lack a rousing presidential speech by BillPullman, the following films are equally star-spangled: National Treasure (E! 10am &4pm), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (E!1pm & 7pm), Born on the Fourth of July(Ovation 2pm), Captain America: The FirstAvenger (FX 8pm) and Captain America: TheWinter Soldier (FX 10:30pm)

As expected, Turner Classic Movies drags abunch of Revolutionary War-based features fromthe channel’s vaults and throws in a couple ofmusicals for good measure. No need to even changethe channel thanks to Declaration ofIndependence (TCM 11:45am), John Paul Jones(TCM 12:15pm), The Devil’s Disciple (TCM2:30pm), The Scarlet Coat (TCM 4pm), YankeeDoodle Dandy (TCM 6pm), 1776 (TCM8:15pm) and The Music Man (TCM 11:15pm).

Don’t be fooled by Hallmark Channel’s 10-hour “4th of July Wedding MovieCountdown” (Hallmark 10am), however.

Although the network’s top five wedding movieswill be screened on the day in question, the “4thof July” title is a cheat. As far as Hallmark isconcerned, all holidays—Christmas,Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, NationalSecretary’s Day—are an excuse to get married.

Murder-centric channel InvestigationDiscovery also horns in on the date, digging upevery Independence Day murder producers couldfind. True crime junkies can tune in for “Goneon the 4th of July” (ID 6pm), “WhatHappened on July 4th?” (ID 7pm), “4th ofJuly Murder: Lt. Joe Kenda Investigates” (ID8pm) and the wonderfully titled “Evil Underthe Fireworks” (ID 9pm).

If you’re in the mood for a history lesson,instead, you can choose from “America TheStory of US” (History 12pm), “Air ForceOne: America’s Flagship” (NationalGeographic 12pm), “The Real GeorgeWashington: Revealed” (NationalGeographic 1pm), “Lincoln’s Secret Killer:Revealed” (National Geographic 2pm),“Lincoln: American Mastermind” (NationalGeographic 3pm) or “America BeforeColumbus” (National Geographic 6pm).

If, for some strange reason, you feel like spendingpart of your 4th of July vaguely queasy, you have twochoices: Tune in to the eight-hour marathon of “Dr.Pimple Popper: Red, White & Ewww” (TLC2pm) or watch “President Trump Speaks at 4th ofJuly Celebration (CSPAN 4:30pm). Personally,I’m sticking to the bad potato salad.

Naturally, once the sun goes down, you canround out your evening by watching a whole lotof Chinese-made fireworks explode in the air overthe city of your choice. “Macy’s 4th of JulyFireworks Spectacular” (KOB-4 7pm) is inNew York City. “A Capitol Fourth” (KNME-57pm) comes to us from Washington, DC. And“Let Freedom Sing!” (CMT 8pm) features apyrotechnic display over the skyline of Nashville,Tenn. Take your pick, America. a



this darkly comic kids film—which has since beenadapted into a Broadway musical. 102 minutes.PG. (Opens Wednesday 7/10 at Flix Brewhouse)

The Sandlot (1993)You’re killing me, Smalls. A new kid in town joins apee-wee baseball team in the summer of 1962and must overcome rival teams, mean lifeguardsand one very vicious dog. In the years since its re-lease, this coming-of-age comedy has become amajor cult film. 101 minutes. PG. (Opens Sunday7/7 at Icon Cinemas Albuquerque)

Wonder ParkIn this 3D-animated cartoon, a wildly imaginativeyoung girl dreams up a magical amusement parkin her bedroom—only to discover that it exists outin the nearby woods and is staffed by various talk-ing animals. 85 minutes. PG. (Opens Tuesday 7/9at Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema)

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AladdinDisney continues to crank out live-action remakesof its classic animated features. Here, 1992’s fan-tasy musical finds Will Smith replacing RobinWilliams as the wacky genie who makes life bet-ter/crazier for a kindhearted street urchin (MenaMassoud) in love with a princess (Naomi Scott).Weirdly enough, Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and TwoSmoking Barrels; Snatch; RocknRolla; SherlockHolmes) directs. 128 minutes. PG. (Century 14Downtown, Century Rio, Rio Rancho Premiere Cin-ema, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albuquerque,Cottonwood Stadium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12,Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

AnnaFrench action king Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita,The Professional, Colombiana, Lucy) sure doeslove his female assassins. Here, a sexy Russianwoman (Sasha Luss) kills people for a living. Ex-pect a ridiculous amount of action. Helen Mirren,Luke Evans and Cillian Murphy round out the cast.119 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Cottonwood Sta-dium 16, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

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free-flowing coming-of-age tale is based on theexperiences of director Dominga SotomayorCastillo (who took home the Best Director awardat the Locarno Film Festival for it). In Spanish withEnglish subtitles. 110 minutes. Unrated. (OpensFriday 7/5 at Guild Cinema)

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How to Train Your Dragon: The HiddenWorldThe coming-of-age-but-with-dragons trilogy roundsout here with this emotional, exciting segment in-troducing a new dragon (a sparkling white femaleto counterpoint our hero’s ebony pet/pal Tooth-less) and a new villain (evil F. Murray Abraham,who’s determined to exterminate every lastdragon). 104 minutes. PG. (Opens Tuesday 7/9 atWinrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)In this 2008 family cartoon, Jack Black providesthe voice for a panda whose lazy ways must be re-formed when his peaceful valley is invaded by theforces of evil. To help fulfill his destiny, our chubby,reluctant hero is trained by a group of animalisticmartial arts masters (among them: Jackie Chan,Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu and Dustin Hoffman). Re-viewed in v17 i23. 90 minutes. PG. (Opens Tues-day 7/9 at Movies 8, Movies West)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second PartChipper LEGO construction worker Emmet Brick-owski (Chris Pratt) has his optimism tested whenhis hometown is turned into a post-apocalypticwasteland and his friends are all kidnapped byspace aliens. Reviewed in v28 i6. 106 minutes.PG. (Opens Tuesday 7/9 at Winrock Stadium 16IMAX & RPX)

Matilda (1996)This adaptation of Roald Dahl’s dark, magicalbook about a very, very smart girl who battles in-sulting parents (DeVito and wife Rhea Perlman)and a domineering elementary school principalwith the help of a saintly teacher (Embeth Davidtz)is often unjustly overlooked. DeVito also directed

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The Brill BuildingSanta Fe musical satirist/filmmaker Jim Terr di-rects this mockumentary tracing his own connec-tion to New York’s legendary “hit factory,” the BrillBuilding. Narrated by Valerie Plame, the film feau-res cameos from Tony Hillerman, Gov. Bill Richard-son, NPR’s Scott Simon, humorist Dave Barry and“almost 100 New Mexico actors and singers.” Castand crew will be in attendance at the screening.92 minutes. Unrated. (Opens Saturday 7/6 atGuild Cinema)

Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase2019The third annual Femme Frontera FilmmakerShowcase returns to Albuquerque. This collectionof complex and diverse films from women direc-tors from border regions across the globe spinsstories of immigration, displacement and our envi-ronment. Represented this year are films from ElPaso, Juarez and Santa Fe, as well as Syria,Lithuania and Australia. Unrated. (Opens Thursday7/11 at Guild Cinema)

Framing John DeLoreanAlec Baldwin “stars” as infamous automobile mag-nate John DeLorean in this unusual hybrid docu-mentary—which covers all the usual bases (oldnewsreels, talking-head interviews, FBI surveil-lance videos) but also mixes in plenty of dramaticreenactments. Was he a lone wolf innovator or justa cocaine-fueled con man? This one ponders allthe angles. Even Baldwin takes time to break thefourth wall and psychoanalyze his character. It’san odd but engaging look at the go-go businessworld of ’80s America. 109 minutes. Unrated.(Opens Friday 7/5 at Guild Cinema)

MidsommarWriter-director Ari Aster, who gave us last year’swrenchingly off-kilter arthouse horror Hereditary,returns with this stylish supernatural mystery. Acouple (Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor) travel to ruralSweden for an elaborate pagan mid-summer festi-val. What begins as an idyllic vacation becomesthe sort of increasingly freaky and violent mistakethat will come as no shock to any tourist who’sseen The Wicker Man, Children of the Corn, TheShrine, The Ritual or any other example of small-town folk horror. Next time, try Disneyworld. 140minutes. R. (Opens Tuesday 6/2 at Century 14Downtown, Century Rio, AMC Albuquerque 12,Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX, CottonwoodStadium 16, High Ridge, Icon Cinemas Albu-querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema)

Phoenix, OregonIn this scrappy indie comedy, two best pals (JamesLeGros from Point Break and Jesse Borrego fromBlood In, Blood Out) come up with a crazy plan tocombat their twin midlife crises: They’ll quit theirjobs, refurbish a dilapidated bowling alley in theirtiny hometown and start making “the world’s bestpizza.” Writer-director Gary Lundgren is doing atouring roadshow across the county in support ofhis film and will be at the screenings for a post-film Q&A. 108 minutes. R. (Opens Wednesday7/10 at Guild Cinema)

Skateway MassacreShot in Albuquerque by writer-director Daniel Zubi-ate, this low-budget slasher film stalks the closingstaff of a local roller skating rink as they findthemselves picked off, on by one, by a mysteriousfigure in their midst. Cast and crew will be in at-tendance at the screening. 80 minutes. Unrated.(Opens Saturday 7/6 at Guild Cinema)

Spider-Man: Far From HomeReviewed this issue. 129 minutes. PG-13. (OpensTuesday 7/2 at Century 14 Downtown, CenturyRio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix Brewhouse, IconCinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cin-ema, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX, Cotton-wood Stadium 16)

Too Late to Die YoungAfter taking a few decades off, democracy returnsto Chile in the summer of 1990. But in her far-offmountain town full of artists and bohemians, 16-year-old Sofía (Demian Hernández) is more con-cerned with facing personal fears and first loves.Less interested in politics (and narrative), this

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Annabelle Comes HomeAfter various Conjuring films, assorted Annabellefeatures and a handful of what-have-you spin-offs (The Nun, The Curse of La Llorona), The Con-juring Universe comes back to the creepy dollthat (real-life) demon/ghost hunters Lorraineand Ed Warren found and bound. For this chapter(thoroughly unconnected to reality, I can assureyou), the Warrens (Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson)have locked the titular toy in their supernaturalmuseum for safekeeping. But when the couple’syoung daughter and her friends let the doll out,all hell breaks loose. Literally, of course. 106minutes. R. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio,Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Sta-dium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix Brewhouse,Icon Cinemas Albuquerque, Winrock Stadium 16IMAX & RPX)

Avengers: EndgameIt all comes down to this. After introducingdozens of heroic characters over the past 10years, and setting up the tragic circumstances ofAvengers: Infinity War, the surviving Avengers(Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Hawkeye,Iron Man, The Hulk) team up with the newly re-turned Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) to make onelast stand against death-loving alien threatThanos (Josh Brolin). Basically everyone who’sever been in a Marvel movie is part of thisspace-and-time-spanning epic. 181 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, CottonwoodStadium 16, Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio,AMC Albuquerque 12, Icon Cinemas Albu-querque, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

Child’s PlayBefore Annabelle came along, America’s favoritehaunted doll was a tiny rubber serial killernamed Chucky. For this series reboot, Chucky isnow a digital, internet-connected robot who goesnutzo and tries to kill a mom (Aubrey Plaza) andher young son (Gabriel Bateman). Mark Hamilltakes over as the voice of our high-tech newChucky doll. 90 minutes. R. (Century Rio, AMC Al-buquerque 12, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium 16IMAX & RPX)


The Last Black Man in San FranciscoWriter-actor Jimmie Fails and writer-director JoeTalbot combine their talents to create this fresh-voiced debut dramedy. Fails plays “Jimmie Fails,”an impoverished black skater kid in the industrialwasteland of far south San Francisco who, withthe help of his wannabe artist pal Mont (JonathanMajors), starts squatting inside the old QueenAnne-style rowhouse his family owned years ago.Issues of gentrification and personal/racial iden-tity are all tangled up together in this wistful andengaging love/hate letter to the city of San Fran-cisco. The dialogue is intentionally stilted and thedeliberately offbeat pacing borders on the ab-stract, so this curiously Quixotic film won’t beeveryone’s cup of tea. But like its oddball and iso-lated main characters, it becomes an island untoitself. Reviewed in v28 i25. 121 minutes. R. (Cen-tury Rio, High Ridge)

Late NightMindy Kaling (“The Office,” “The Mindy Project”)writes and stars in this comedy about a young fe-male writer who ends up on the (all male) writingstaff of a long-running late night talk show. Whenit looks like the host (Emma Thompson) mightlose the show to declining ratings, the new writerencourages her to go out on a limb and be hermost honest self on camera. 102 minutes. R.(High Ridge)

Men In Black: InternationalTessa Thompson teams up with her Thor: Rag-narok costar Chris Hemsworth as a conspiracytheorist who worms her way into the new Londonbranch of the MIB. There, she is recruited andteamed up with a partner to fend off a series ofalien attacks taking place around the globe. LiamNeeson and Emma Thompson costar, and KumailNanjiani shows up to voice a tiny alien. Thesemovies are so popular. Why aren’t they better?114 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Century 14Downtown, Flix Brewhouse, Icon Cinemas Albu-querque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Cotton-wood Stadium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12, WinrockStadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

Dark PhoenixFor Marvel Comics’ latest X-Men outing, produc-ers draw on Chris Claremont/John Byrne’s justifi-ably famous 1977 to ‘76 “Dark Phoenix” storyline(which got introduced and polished off in all of10 minutes in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand).After mutant mindreader Jean Grey developssome awesome telekenetic powers following a tripto outer space, it’s up to her fellow X-Men to stopher from going power mad. Though this servicea-ble version trims away a lot of the original comic’snarrative as well, at least the filmmakers give itthe full-film treatment and a decent cast (includ-ing Sophie Turner as Phoenix, James McAvoy asProfessor X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto).113 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Winrock Sta-dium 16 IMAX & RPX)

The Dead Don’t DieAfter the surprisingly good genre exercise thatwas 2013’s Only Lovers Left Alive, longtime indieicon Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise, DownBy Law, Mystery Train, Night On Earth) tries hishand at a zombie comedy. Seems the entire lawenforcement community of tiny, rural Centerville(consisting of Bill Murray, Adam Driver and ChloéSevigny) is forced to become supernaturalavengers when the dead start rising from theirgraves. Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover,Rosie Perez, Carol Kane, Tilda Swinton and IggyPop are among the crazy, all-star cast. Jarmuschhas fun riffing on the genre, but he’s a little lateto the game. General audiences are advised toremember this is a Jim Jarmusch film: It’s slow,very eccentric and far more deadpan absurd thanlaugh-out-loud funny. 105 minutes. R. (Century14 Downtown, High Ridge)

Echo in the CanyonDirector Andrew Slater (a former record companyexecutive) and producer Jakob Dylan (son to BobDylan) pay tribute to the explosion of popularmusic that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in themid-’60s when folk rock went electric. Bands likeThe Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfieldand the Mamas and the Papas are profiled in thisbreezy look at the historic “California Sound.”Brian Wilson, Michelle Philips, Stephen Stills,David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Ringo Starr, EricClapton, Jackson Brown, Tom Petty, Beck, FionaApple, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones areamong the musicians, past and present, inter-viewed. Reviewed in v28 i26. 82 minutes. Un-rated. (High Ridge)

Godzilla: King of MonstersThis follow-up to 2014’s American Godzilla flickfinds the Earth on the edge of apocalypse thanksto a wave of giant monsters (Mothra, Rodan, KingGhidorah) attacking cities around the world. Canthe high-tech, cryptozoological agency Monarchfight off the invasion by recruiting the “King ofMonsters” himself, Godzilla? The human cast in-cludes Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, VeraFarmiga, Ken Watanabe, Bradley Whitford, ZiyiZhang and Sally Hawkins—not all of whom aregonna make it outta this thing alive. There aretons of plot holes, lots of shaky character motiva-tion and the script asks us to swallow roughly1,000 impossible things at once—and yet thewhole thing is so explosively action-packed withgiant monster action, you’d be hard-pressed tonotice. 131 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, RioRancho Premiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium16, AMC Albuquerque 12, Winrock Stadium 16IMAX & RPX)

John Wick Chapter 3: ParabellumThe first John Wick film was a down-and-dirty,hardboiled-to-the-bone revenge drama thatadded significant adrenaline to star KeanuReeves’ comeback career. The second film aban-doned all of that for some completely batcrapcrazy action. And it was equally awesome. Thethird film in the trilogy, which finds our unstop-pable hitman John Wick on the run with a $14million dollar bounty on his head, follows thetrend of over-the-top-and-back-again action.Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Lau-rence Fishburne and Mark Dacascos are amongthe gunslinging guest stars. 130 minutes. R.(Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Rio RanchoPremiere Cinema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, AMCAlbuquerque 12, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX &RPX)

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The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of FaithThe 2001 LDS film about John H. Groberg’s Mor-mon missionary experiences in Tonga gets a be-lated sequel. Star Christopher Gorham (“UglyBetty”) returns. Anne Hathaway had better things todo, though, so she gets replaced by New Zealandactress Natalie Medlock. This one has the now-married Groberg returning to Tongo with his wifeand five daughters in the 1960s to make sure allthe natives are still following the doctrine andcovenants of Joseph Smith and wearing uncomfort-able clothing. 110 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio,Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema)

PavarottiAcademy Award-winning director Ron Howard (whogave us the recent The Beatles: Eight Days aWeek—The Touring Years documentary) puts audi-ences front row center for this biographical look atlegendary opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. History-making performances, intimate interviews andnever-before-seen footage are included. 115 min-utes. Unrated. (High Ridge)

RocketmanThis movie about the life and times of British rockstar Elton John follows, more or less, the BohemianRhapsody battle plan—giving viewers a tune-filledflashback biopic built around an iconic musicalperformance (in this case, John’s career-defining1975 concert at LA’s Dodger Stadium). The film es-tablishes its own style, however, by turning John’sflamboyant stage costumes and outsized personainto a flashy, fantastical journey through rock his-tory. Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service)does energetic work as the piano pounder at thecenter of it all. 121 minutes. R. (Century 14 Down-town, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century Rio, HighRidge, Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

The Secret Life of Pets 2Patton Oswalt replaces persona non grata Louis CKas the voice of city-bred dog Max in this animatedfamily flick. For this go-around, Max and his fellowapartment-dwelling pet pals (voiced by Kevin Hart,Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Dana Carvey, HannibalBuress and Harrison Ford) are adjusting to daytimelife—interrupted now by a new, stay-at-home baby.PG. (Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Icon Cine-mas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,Cottonwood Stadium 16, AMC Albuquerque 12,Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX)

ShaftYes, this jokey sequel to 1971’s blaxploitation clas-sic Shaft and 2000’s belated sequel/reboot Shaftis also named Shaft. That’s OK, because it unitesthe original streetwise private eye John Shaft(Richard Roundtree), his NYPD detective nephewJohn Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) and the secondShaft’s cybersecurity expert son, John Shaft (JessieT. Usher). All three John Shafts join forces to un-cover the truth when a family friend ends up dead.111 minutes. R. (Century Rio)

Toy Story 4Woody, Buzz and the rest of the Toy story gang areback in this latest outing for animation giant Pixar.Seems that little Bonnie (who took over the toysafter Andy grew up and went off to college in ToyStory 3) has created a beloved new plaything(named “Forky”) out of a plastic spork, some pipecleaners and a couple mismatched googly eyes.But when Forky gets lost during a road trip, Buzzand Woody vow to rescue the freakish little dude.100 minutes. G. (Century 14 Downtown, CenturyRio, AMC Albuquerque 12, Flix Brewhouse, IconCinemas Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Premiere Cin-ema, Cottonwood Stadium 16, Winrock Stadium16 IMAX & RPX)

YesterdayDanny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach, SlumdogMillionaire) directs this modern-day fantasy abouta struggling British musician (Himesh Patel) whowakes up one day to realize he’s somehow slippedinto an alternate timeline and is the only one inthe world who remembers The Beatles. Naturally,he starts “writing” their music and becomes a su-perstar. But is it enough to win him the heart of thewoman he loves? 116 minutes. PG-13. (CenturyRio, Flix Brewhouse, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,Cottonwood Stadium 16, High Ridge, Winrock Sta-dium 16 IMAX & RPX)


SONIC REDUCERBY AUGUST MARCH

Pawn DriveLive at the Albuquerque Press Club(Self-released)

You can’t go home again butmaybe you can, thoughtAugust March as he fiddledwith an art object wrappedaround a recording—two CDsactually—by a band calledPawn Drive. The object in its

entirety was titled Live at the Albuquerque PressClub and it included a custom-made, limitededition screenprinted wrapper printed on heavycardboard, as well as the two aforementioneddiscs, and some liner notes besides.

It wasn’t as if the Albuquerque Press Clubhadn’t served as a potent marker in March’s life.His first date with his wife happened there.Among the Lincoln Log environs, he andSamantha had seen another Americana band,Young Edward, perform at the Press Club nighon 20 years ago. They’d go back now and thenfor a special event or a political debate here andthere, but otherwise preferred to keep thelocation as a silent symbolic sign of their journeyforward together.

After briefly but succulently musing on thatnarrative, March’s mind moved to the subject athand, quick as truckload of biscochitos late forthe Christmas party but still as certain as adessert tortoise.

“I went to college with some of these folks,”he thought, as he hit the play button. RobbyPoore, who designed the packaging and art forthis latest Pawn Drive project, was an originalmember of The Drags, one of the biggest punkrock outfits to ever come outta Dirt City. He’s stilla great guitarist in a North Carolinian band,Phatlynx, but his superb craftsmanship and talentas a fine and graphic artist really makes thisouting by Pawn Drive kick ass.

March had known Jason Fink, the mandolinplayer, since the former lived in Coronado Hall atUNM. March had always been amazed by Fink’seffervescent skill with stringed instruments, andon this set of recordings made in 2017, Fink madea bright business of such, adding a subtlemelodious tension to the proceedings.

Greg Hanson, the ensemble’s dobro andresonator player, was another fellow who Marchhad been listening to for 30 years. Here,Hanson’s playing was plangent and sparse butonly as it sought communion with thesurrounding musical atmosphere. And althoughMarch didn’t know the other two, guitarist DavidMcChesney and bassist Tony Watkins, herecently grokked Cheney’s solo work and dugWatkins’ bowed upright stylings on this newrecord.

Darrell Sparks, the heart of this band, issomeone March had known and worked with fordecades. Spark’s focused creative vision as acomposer and interpreter of American music isprofound, and here, especially on his owncompositions, “Testimonial of One” and “GustyWinds May Exist,” he demonstates that he maybe the most handsome of all.

Besides providing a much-needed point ofreflection that March used to consider his longassociation with Burque’s music community, yourlocal rock critic used the last couple of paragraphsof this column to mention what a damn fineaccomplishment this record represents. The tunesare tuneful, the playing dedicatedly hot andluxuriously layered with touches of lyrical tragedythat make for an unforgettable but eminentlyrepeatable musical experience.

Favorite tracks: “Testimonial of One,”“Helicopters” and “Monkey Meditation part 2.” a


MUSIC | SHOW UP!

From Venus With a SpoonLive in Burque, wouldn’t that be cool?

later tonight, wink, wink. Anyway, of coursethis show is going to be sick, so make sure youget plenty of rest, fluids and opportunities tohave someone perform the last rites of JesusChrist before you go. 8pm • $5 • 21+.

Friday Part IIMeanwhile, at Marble Brewery (9904Montgomery Blvd. NE) it’s possible to celebrateother arcane cultural extensions of the libertygranted to all Americans—born here ornaturalized—through our war of revolutionagainst the English monarch George III. I startedto wonder if we would have jazz music, if not forthe entirely huge cultural shift that begin duringthe Enlightenment and culminated inmodernism. But forget that for the moment—theimplications are intense—and plan to dance thenight away instead with local jazz legend BobGusch. Besides fronting the always on the ascentpop-jazz trio Bobcats, who gig at Marble Breweryon Friday July 5, Gusch is one of the mostrecognizable players in town with a resonantlygroovy tone on clarinet, flute, sax and other windinstruments, that can be heard in a variety ofsettings from concert hall to rock club. He’s OGBurque and represents a class of local musiciansthat have been actively gigging and part of themusic community for nigh on 50 years. Thething is, this cat has it, man, so he’ll probably beeven more exciting to see 50 years from now,serio. Appropriately enough—unless you’reQuentin Tarantino—Bobcats new album is titledMusic for the Sole. Mrkrgnao! 7pm • Free • 21+.

Saturday Part IThere is just so dang much going onDowntown on Saturday, July 6 that you woulda

thought it was my birthday or something. Wellit is but I’ll probably spend the nightcomfortably dosed out on a crackerjack ofJagermeister, a pack of Gauloises andsomething from Kid Charlemagne. Yes, therewill be gas in the car and if I were you, I wouldstart the evening off at Inside Out (622Central Ave. SW) where they are planning togive birth to one heck of a local showfeaturing Ceremonies, a trio (Zac Weston,Caine Deegan and Lauren McFather) thatmakes dirty, detuned no wave rock and rollthat drones deliriously and deliciously withsongs that have titles like “Blue Tongue” and“Blood on the Floor.” Karen (Katie Farmin,Jessica Chao and Amanda D. Romero) is alsoplaying. That’s not just a threat, either.They’ve reached the moon with fab reverseengineered tuneage like “Snake Gladiator.”Sets by Lev Snowe and The Lost Remotesbring the bill to an almost rapturous place intime and space, so go. 7pm • $5 • 21+.

Saturday Part IIRight next door to Inside Out, at Launchpad,(618 Central Ave. SW) will be hosting theABQ Needs Love show on Saturday, July 6,featuring Reverie—a SoCal undergroundhip-hop and graffiti artist whose work, alurching alarming call to understand loveamong concrete barriers caked with grit andheld together with tears—an important newvoice whose message is no nonsense puraempowered chola. Orale! Burque genius ofhip-hop Wake Self as well as NaataniiMeans, Bekah Boo and Wyatt Lawsonprovide rap-tastic support. 9pm • $10 inadvance • 21+.

Saturday Part IIIThere’s a part three to Saturday this weekbecause of Fast Heart Mart, an acoustic folk-punk project plus way, way more that featuresAlbuquerque’s own Martin Stamper. Thelong-touring, never-tiring, heart-poundingtroubadour that’s probably been to morelapsed empires than me—dude has playedextensively in, like, New Zealand—whilstjamming on tour with folks like TheHandsome Family, Beck and Calexico, ismaking an appearance at Marble Brewery(5740 Night Whisper Rd. NW) on Saturday,July 6. That’s totally worth it plus I hear theyhave beer. 7pm • Free • 21+.

SundayBut that’s not all for the first week, thepartying patriotic week, of July, rock and rollenthusiasts. That’s because on Sunday, July7—a day normally reserved by the FoundingFathers for further, post-revolutionaryreflection and the bloody human sacrifices ofthose who oppose the new hegemony—Sister(407 Central Ave. NW) is presenting quite astellar local rock and roll show as well. It willbe hot as Hades in July and just right for theSt. Petersburg debut album release party.Besides featuring those inimitable indierockers themselves (Sloan Armitage, HarlanBrown, Julian Martinez and Joe Wilson) thislive rock and roll performance also featureskiller, highly connective musical interludesprovided by the likes of local rock demiurges:I’m talking Carrier Waves and The TalkingHours, folks! For a Sunday early evening, Idare you to do better, rockers and rollers; rollon over to the home of the hep and the landof the rave. 5pm • Free • 21+.

MondayHere is where the listening becomes perpetual,you all. If it has been on the side and just anindulgence, if it has merely haunted you atnight or after a few hours of exposure, thenprepare yourself for the next level. In that newrealm, there’s music everywhere and the musiccomes in for a landing like a big old goose atTingley Beach over and over again, withoutend or beginning. Get used to this sort of allthe time musical fun by going out to see theSepticemia Records Music Love extravaganzahappening on Monday, July 8 at Red VelvetUnderground (9635 Menaul Blvd. NE). Thisconcert comes straight out of the future, I’mpretty sure, so it’s probably a good way to startyour new existence in thrall to the musicalmuse. The supercalifragilistic list of rappers onthe bill is potent like a snake bite so be carefulkids, as you consider performances by SacOne, G Precious, StonedAge, Cali-ONE,Mister Sneaks, M.O. Music, Skript-O,Atomic, Jackie Brown, Fluffy Greene andNative Thug ft. Woozie Made Music. Damn,I’m already in line for tickets! 7pm • $5 • All-ages (13+). a

BY AUGUST MARCH

“Inever travel far, without a little Big Star/Runnin’ ‘round the house, Mickey Mouseand the Tarot cards/ Falling asleep with a

flop pop video on/ If he was from Venus, wouldhe meet us on the moon?/ If he died inMemphis, then that’d be cool, babe/ Childrenby the million sing for Alex Chilton when hecomes ‘round/ They sing “I’m in love. What’sthat song? I’m in love with that song.” “I’m inlove. What’s that song? I’m in love with thatsong.”—“Alex Chilton” by The Replacements.

Just in time for the heat of summer, thissong drilled a hole out of my radio the otherday and proceeded to crawl across the cab quiteloudly, burying itself in my ear and then mybrain. For the rest of the day, it went on andon, reminding me to question what’s essentialabout rock and roll music. I wondered whatwas more important about authenticity withinthe stripes of the genre: being self-conscious ofthe intent and product produced or being freefrom a deeper understanding of all of themedium’s ramifications and permutations—except maybe how it plays out in time, how itis danced to gaily or not at all. The clapping itcauses in more formal settings, et cetera.

Those are great questions to ponder on asummer day but whether jadedly knowing orbeing blithely unaware should takeprecedence in determining an artist’sauthenticity, the music never stops. If you’rethe analytical sort, this column may provideclues that you can use to decide for yourself—make your own list of where jollity arises foryou, dearest concertgoer. If you’re not hep tonumbers in that way, then please do rock onin this rocanrol town where the input and theoutput must be electrically affiliative in orderto make the most of it for all.

Friday Part IOn the first Friday after the 4th of July, theFounding Fathers decided to rock out. Castingaside their powdered wigs, they took turnsshaving each others’ heads in a most brotherlyfashion whilst chant Masonic hymns. Then,donning leather vests, chaps and coachmen’sboots especially dyed black with the blood ofMonarchists, they trundled, nay they rolledinto town for a punk rock festival that we, theirhumble descendants, continue to celebrate tothis day. Just kidding, but if you got caught upin the spirit of rebellion whilst reading thismissive from the outlands, then take heart! Youcan journey over to Launchpad (618 CentralAve. SW) on Friday, July 5 for a program ofpure punk power and sludgy sonic sojournsfeaturing some of the most lively andillustriously rocking members of the humanspecies. That’s when Weedrat and Swordhorseshare a bill at your favorite rocanrol club andentrance to deep space that will be headlinedby AusTex black metal maniacs Vacha andIntersect, who I know nothing about. I’ll askOld Scratch when I see him at the crossroads

Reverie COURTESY OF THE ARTIST


MUSIC | INTERVIEW

Is it okay if I list those things?

Sure.

There’s a Grammy for best country

instrumental. And a version of Jerry Jeff

Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” that people will

recall for centuries. You guys even backed

Steve Martin for his huge hit, “King Tut.”

How’d you get so funky?

It was fun.

What are your favorite recollections from a

storied career making American music?

That’s a hard question because there are lot ofdifferent sections after 53 years of doing this.Picking one moment is like picking a specificgrain of sand on the beach. I’m really in lovewith what we’re doing right now. We’re having agreat time, we have a couple of new guys in theband who are just killer musicians—my sonJaime on guitars and vocals and and our buddyRoss Holmes, who plays fiddle and mandolin,came over from Mumford & Sons.

Wow, I can dig that!

He had been playing with Bruce Hornsby.

Do those additions really broaden your sonic

palette?

It does. Both of those guys are young guys, and it’snice to have that energy around. They’re notsenior citizens like me and Jimmie [Fadden] andBob [Carpenter]. That energy is contagious, weall have a better time.

How do you feel knowing that here in the

middle of the 21st century, folk-rock,

Americana, whatever you call it, is still huge

in this nation of restless listeners?

It’s great—an honor. Our plan is to never stopdoing this.

How would you describe what you do to

someone who doesn’t know where Laurel

Canyon is or who Jackson Browne or

Bernie Leadon are?

There’s so many elements that go into theNitty Gritty Dirt Band. Everything frombluegrass and folk to Cajun music to early rockand roll. And like I said earlier, that California-flavored folk-rock.

Like the golden age of rock in America?

Yeah, yeah, yeah!a

BY AUGUST MARCH

Recent documentary flicks paint the adventand advancement of folk-rock in America asquasi-mythical events. And why not, there’s

a heap of holy happenstance at the root of amovement in American popular music that gotgoing because of a continuing—thoughsometimes unconscious—collaboration betweenpopular music of the European variety. ThatEuro-tuneage manifested in the Beatles and theStones and was itself derived from African andsubsequent American folk forms.

Both Echo In The Canyon and Scorcese’srecent look at Bob Dylan and company in RollingThunder Revue locate the ultimate essence of themovement—and also the place where it bore themost fruit—as California.

The list of bands and musicians who wereultimately influenced and so absorbed into anongoing, growing, mutating and evolving genre—now mostly placed loosely though affirmativelyunder the banner of a thing called Americana orroots music—is amazingly lengthy. Along theway, this particularly American interpretation ofpopular music has been diverted, detoured anddeconstructed through several decades of growth.

Through this complex process, the plaintivepower and intimate sensibility of the genrecontinues to manifest through many of its originalpractitioners. A classic example of this propensitycan be witnessed in the work of the Nitty GrittyDirt Band, an outfit that came straight outta LongBeach, Calif. in 1966, right after The Byrds andDylan electrified the folk scene.

Weekly Alibi had the opportunity to chat withfounding member Jeff Hanna ahead of the band’sheadlining appearance at Albuquerque’s officialFourth of July celebration. Of course we talkedfolk-rock; what else is there these days?

Weekly Alibi: Hey Jeff, where are you all at

these days?

Jeff Hanna: We’re up in Canada. We’ve been onthe road for a week. We’ve got our last Canadianshow tonight [June 27]. Then we’re driving downinto Montana tomorrow. And then over toDeadwood, South Dakota.

I bet it’s beautiful up North this summer, eh?

It is really gorgeous. About 70 degrees, really nice.How you doing down there in Albuquerque?

It’s been a cool summer, cooler than in years

past. It should be great weather for your gig

on the Fourth.

We’re looking forward to it. We haven’t playedAlbuquerque in a couple of years. New Mexicohas always been a great market for us. You knowwe all lived in Colorado for a while. We’rekinda scattered now, but we were there forsomewhere between 15 and 20 years.

Folk-rock and Americana are huge right now.

I’ve read critics who say your work was

essential to the evolution of the genre in the

1970s. Discuss.

I’m glad to hear you say that. I appreciate that. It’sgood that we did something.

Nitty and GrittyJeff Hanna’s Americana

Nitty Gritty Dirt BandFreedom 4th • Thursday, July 4 • 3pm-10pm

Balloon Fiesta Park • 9401 Balloon Museum Dr. NEFree • All-ages

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BAKED GOODS | CANNABIS NEWS BY JOSHUA LEE

Gestures and MovesLawmakers make weak signals

Feinstein, Brian Schatz and Chuck Grassley.It would make it easier for researchers to applyto study the drug, encourage the US Food andDrug Administration to approve drugs derivedfrom cannabis, allow doctors to discussmarijuana with patients and require the USDepartment of Health and Human Services to

make a report on the health benefits andrisks of marijuana. The HHS will also be

required to report on how toovercome obstacles to effective

cannabis research.

Decrim Bill Goes IntoEffect

A New Mexico lawdecriminalizing the possessionof small amounts of cannabis

went into effect this week.Senate Bill 323 wassigned by the illustriousGov. Michelle LujanGrisham last April. The

law states that offenderscaught with less than a halfounce of cannabis orparaphernalia in their

possession will be subject to a$50 fine and issued a penalty assessment(which is not considered a criminalconviction). First-time offenders with morethan half an ounce but less than an ounce willbe found guilty of a misdemeanor andpunished with a fine of not less than $50 andnot more than $100 or by imprisonment for nomore than 15 days. First-time offenders withmore than an ounce but less than eight ounceswill be found guilty of a misdemeanor andpunished with a fine of not less than $100 andnot more than $1,000 or by imprisonment forless than a year. Anything more than that willbe a fourth-degree felony.

This law went into effect this past Monday,and I’m sure it left many sighing in relief.According to NORML’s blog, New Mexicopolice made over 3,600 marijuana possessionarrests during 2016.

Strain CornerThis week we dropped by CG (6614 GultonCt. NE) and found a crazy deal we couldn’tpass up. An eighth of an ounce (3.5 grams) ofa fresh new strain, Lemon OG (THC:19.42%, CBD: 0.36%), was being sold for $20.It was a weekend-only special, and thebudtender said he wasn’t sure what the finalprice point would be.

This hybrid smelled sweet—sort of like agrapefruit—but with a hint of cat piss. It tastedlike sour berries and went down smooth. Thesativa side shined through with a mostelevated mood, even bringing on a case of thegiggles.

This strain is perfect for those sufferingfrom depression or malaise. It was relaxing, butnot overly heady or sedating—great flower fordaytime use. a

Anumber of cannabis-related bills wereintroduced at the federal level last week,amid what seems to be a news storm that’s

built up over the past few months. It looks likecannabis is on everyone’s mind—lawmakersand constituents alike. Recent politicalfisticuffs over the right to use CBD and thelegalization of hemp has made the topicinescapable, and at every turn, itappears our leaders are coming overto the pro-cannabis side.

But the wheels of law canmove slowly, dear reader, and wemight not see federal cannabislegalization discussed seriouslyfor a few years. According toBusiness Insider, Sen. CoryBooker of New Jersey—a notedfriend of marijuana reform—saidhe was “absolutelydisappointed” that the issuewasn’t discussed at the first2020 Democratic presidentialdebate, held last Wednesday. It’sdisappointing to me, because Iexpect the Dems to recognize agolden opportunity when it arises.Giving the 62 percent of Americanswho approve of legalizing cannabis—accordingto a 2018 Pew Research poll—a reason to votefor your party could go a long way in keepingcertain people from being reelected president.

In any case, three big pieces of legislationwere introduced last week that could have adrastic effect on the marijuana industry and itsconsumers, if passed.

The first was a bill brought by our buddyBooker that would protect immigrants frombeing deported or denied citizenship overmarijuana infractions. It’s called the RemoveMarijuana from Deportable Offenses Act. InApril, the US Citizenship and ImmigrationServices pulished a memo that defended thecurrent policy of denying citizenship to thoseinvolved in the cannabis industry. Accordingto the memo, “an applicant who is involved incertain marijuana-related activities may lackgood moral character if found to have violatedfederal law, even if such activity has beendecriminalized under applicable state laws.”Yes. The USCIS believes those involved inthe legal cannabis industry “may lack goodmoral character.”

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. EarlBlumenauer of Oregon introduced a bill thatwould allow states that have legalized cannabisto export the drug to other states where it’slegal. This might sound crazy as hell, but itcomes in the wake of state legislation passed inOregon that makes it possible to exportmarijuana to other states. Apparently,oversaturation is damaging the market there,causing cannabis prices to drop dramatically.

Most notable, though, is new legislationthat would authorize federal research into themedical efficacy of marijuana. The bill is theresult of a bipartisan effort by Sens. Dianne


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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When the universe began13.8 billion years ago, there were only four elements:mostly hydrogen and helium, plus tiny amounts oflithium and beryllium. Now there are 118 elements,including five that are key components of your body:oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Allof those were created by nuclear reactions blazing onthe insides of stars that later died. So it’s literally trueto say that much of your flesh and blood and bones andnerves originated at the hearts of stars. I invite you tomeditate on that amazing fact. It’s a favorable time tomuse on your origins and your ancestry; to ruminateabout all the events that led to you being here today—including more recent decades, as well as the past 13.8billion years.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Most American womencouldn’t vote until a hundred years ago. Women inJapan, France and Italy couldn’t vote until the 1940s.Universal suffrage has been a fundamental change inhow society is structured. Similarly, same-sex marriagewas opposed by vast majorities in most countries until15 years ago but has since become widely accepted.African American slavery lasted for hundreds of yearsbefore being delegitimized all over the Western worldin the 19th century. Brazil, which hosted 40 percent ofall kidnapped Africans, didn’t free its slaves until 1888.What would be the equivalent of such revolutionarytransformations in your own personal life? According tomy reading of the astrological omens, you have thepower to make that happen during the next 12 months.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini musician PaulWeller is famous in the UK, though not so muchelsewhere. According to the BBC, he is one of Britain’s“most revered music writers and performers.” To whichI say: revered, maybe, but mentally healthy? Not somuch. He bragged that he broke up his marriage withhis wife Dee C. Lee because “things were going toowell, we were too happy, too comfortable, everythingseemed too nice.” He was afraid that “as a writer andan artist I might lose my edge.” Don’t you dare allowyourself to get infected with that perverse way ofthinking, my dear Gemini. Please capitalize on yourcurrent comfort and happiness. Use them to build yourstrength and resilience for the months and years tocome.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian voice actor TomKenny has played the roles of over 1,500 cartooncharacters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Spyrothe Dragon, Jake Spidermonkey, Commander Peepersand Doctor Octopus. I propose that we make him yourrole model in the coming weeks. It will be a favorabletime for you to show your versatility; to demonstratehow multifaceted you can be; to express various sidesof your soulful personality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo author Donald Millerreminds us that fear can have two very differentpurposes. On the one hand, it may be “a guide to keepus safe,” alerting us to situations that could bedangerous or abusive. On the other hand, fear maywork as “a manipulative emotion that can trick us intoliving a boring life.” After studying your astrologicalindicators for the coming weeks, Leo, I have come tothe conclusion that fear may serve both of thosefunctions for you. Your challenge will be to discernbetween them; to know which situations are genuinelyrisky and which situations are daunting but promising.Here’s a hint that might help: Trust your gut feelingsmore than your swirling fantasies.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Why do flocks of geese flyin a V-formation? Because to do so enhances thecollective efficiency of their travel. Each bird generatesa current that supports the bird behind it. Let’s makethis phenomenon one of your power metaphors for thecoming weeks. What would be the equivalent strategyfor you and your tribe or group as you seek to makeyour collaborative efforts more dynamic andproductive? Unforeseen help will augment any actionsyou take in this regard.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “A conversation is adialogue, not a monologue,” mused Libra authorTruman Capote. “That’s why there are so few good

conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkersseldom meet.” That cynical formulation has more than afew grains of truth in it, I must admit. But I’m pleased totell you that I suspect your experience in the comingweeks will be an exception to Capote’s rule. I think youhave the potential to embark on a virtual binge of richdiscussion and intriguing interplay with people whostimulate and educate and entertain you. Rise to thechallenge!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance withastrological rhythms, you are authorized to make thefollowing declarations in the next two weeks: 1. “Irefuse to participate further in this situation on thegrounds that it might impinge on the expansiveness ofmy imagination.” 2. “I abstain from dealing with yourskepticism on the grounds that doing so mightdiscourage the flights of my imagination.” 3. “I rejectthese ideas, theories, and beliefs on the grounds thatthey might pinch, squash, or deflate my imagination.”What I’m trying to tell you, Scorpio, is that it’s crucial foryou to emancipate your imagination and authorize it toplay uninhibitedly in the frontiers of possibilities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Dear Sagittarius: Iinvite you to make a copy of the testimonial below andgive it to anyone who is in a position to support yourNoble Experiment. “To Whom It May Concern: I endorsethis Soulful Sagittarius for the roles of monster-tamer,fun-locator, boredom-transcender, elation-inciter andmountaintop visionary. This adroit explorer is endowedwith charming zeal, disarming candor, and abundantgenerosity. If you need help in sparking yourenthusiasm or galvanizing your drive to see the bigpicture, call on the expansive skills of this jauntypuzzle-solver.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Life will conspire tobring you a surge of love in the coming weeks—if youcan handle it. Can you? Will you be able to deal adeptlywith rumbling love and icy hot love and mostly sweetbut also a bit sour love? Do you possess theresourcefulness and curiosity necessary to have funwith funny spiritual love and running-through-the-labyrinth love and unexpectedly catalytic love? Are youopen-minded and open-hearted enough to make themost of brilliant shadowy love and unruly sensitive loveand toughly graceful love?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I don’t endlesslychampion the “no pain, no gain” theory of personalgrowth. My philosophy holds that we are at least aslikely to learn valuable lessons from pleasurable andjoyful experiences as we are from difficult and taxingstruggles. Having said that, I also think it’s true that oursuffering may lead us to treasure if we know how towork with it. According to my assessment, the comingweeks will bring one such opening for you. To help youcultivate the proper spirit, keep in mind the teaching ofAquarian theologian and author Henri Nouwen. He saidthat life’s gifts may be “hidden in the places that hurtmost.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Japanese word“wabi-sabi” refers to an interesting or evocativeimperfection in a work of art that makes it morebeautiful than if it were merely perfect. “Duende” is aSpanish word referring to a work of art that gives itsviewers the chills because it’s so emotionally rich andunpredictably soulful. In the coming weeks, I think thatyou yourself will be a work of art with an abundance ofthese qualities. Your wabi-sabi will give you the powerto free yourself from the oppressive pressures ofseeking too much precision and purity. Your duende cangive you the courage you need to go further thanyou’ve ever dared in your quest for the love you reallywant. a

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19 Day of the week Uranuswas discovered (abbr.)

20 Location of Ball StateUniversity

22 Future viewer

23 Farm habitats

24 Not worth a ___ (withoutvalue)

27 Classic (and, today,problematic) comic stripcharacter Andy

31 Peevish mood

32 Went on an unfriendingspree, maybe

36 “Old MacDonald” sounds

38 It’s equal to the sum ofthe two before it

42 Made up (for)

43 “A Streetcar NamedDesire” shout

44 Sea eagles

46 Leaves town

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55 Durational patterns inmusic

60 Gallery showing

61 And your secret ingredientis ...

64 “Why would this evenhappen?!” cry

65 “___ kleine Nachtmusik”

66 “Red Rocks” city ofArizona

67 Stereotypically Canadianinterjections

68 Those things, in Tijuana

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