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cott Daniel Williams debuts outdoor installation From Pink, To Blood Red at
Downtown exhibition space Off Lomas (602 13th Street N.W.) on Wednesday, March 30.
Williams new work takes the form of 10 four-foot-by-six-foot flags. Fashioned from disaster
blankets, these flags present a de-contextualized stanza of Williams poetry: This Valley is
filling with the blood of ghosts, and we are as close to drowning in blankets as we have ever
been. From Pink, the sites second installation, will be on display through June 19.
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Corrections:
In the March 9 issue, the following quote was misattributed. It was Ed Harness,
head of Albuquerques Civilian Police Oversight Agency, who said that APD Lt. Glenn
St. Onge, who oversees crisis training for the department, did express his preference
for the Portland model as opposed to the Memphis model of policing during a
presentation that Harness attended.
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County Commissioner Debbie OMalley, a Democrat who voted against the Santolina master plan last
summer, disagrees.
Its a subsidy. They [Santolina] are paying [for
the infrastructure] up front, but they will get reimbursed, OMalley said. I would say that they are
twisting words and that they are not being truthful.
They are hoping to get a big chunk of our taxes; its a
money grab.
Kelly ODonnell, an economist and former deputy secretary of the states Economic Development
Department, was hired by Santolina opponents last
year to analyze the projects economic impact. She
also thinks Salazar is being disingenuous.
They are clearly a subsidy. Any time you take a resource that would otherwise go to government, or to
the larger public, and divert them to a single private
enterprise, that is a subsidy, ODonnell said. Its
the same as any tax incentive would be. By asserting
Mark Carrel
COLUMNS/NEWS
ow goes it,
folks? This is
The Sassy Lass,
your friendly
neighborhood
brainiac. Im here to
answer or at least
try to answer
your most curious,
strange and uninhibited questions.
Q: Given the number of bombings
in the Middle East, how long would
it take for Syria to be depopulated as
a result of ISIS suicide attacks and
outmigration?
A: Yowza! Right out of the gate and
Im faced with a heavy one. Well, lets
give it a shot, shall we?
The 2011 Arab Spring uprising
against Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad eventually transformed
turned into a full-scale civil war that
has ravaged the nation. On Feb. 1,
the United Nations announced the
Geneva Syria peace talks, organized
in the hope that the international
community might come together to
find solutions.
Later in the month, The Guardian published bleak news on
casualties of the Syrian Civil War.
Confronting Fragmentation, a
report produced by the Syrian Centre
for Policy Research (SCPR), indicates
that 470,000 people have died since
the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011.
Eighty-five percent of those deaths
were a direct result of violent acts.
Thats almost twice the figure of
250,000 reported by the UN, which
stopped collecting data about a year
and a half ago. It is an underestimation that SCPR report author Rabie
Nasser attributes not to malice, but
a lack of information access in a crisis-addled country.
The Chicago Project on Security and
Terrorism, created by the University
of Chicago, is the home of the Suicide
Attack Database. Try not to think
about how depressing it is that such a
thing is a necessity.
According to the Database, the most
common weapon used in Syrias suicide attacks is the belt bomb. Imagine
transforming your handy uncles
reinforced framers rig that tool belt
with suspenders into an over-theshoulder explosive holster, and youve
got some idea of what the average belt
bomb resembles.
In Syria almost 82 percent of suicide
attacks are carried out by someone
outfitted in a belt bomb; its lethality is
80 percent. Sadly, most of us are aware
of how these work: person suits up
with explosives and detonator hidden
under clothes, walks into a heavily
populated area, and takes their own
life as well as the lives of multiple
people nearby. Those not killed suffer
debilitating injuries.
At the time of this writing, CountryMeters.info estimates Syrias
population to be at 23,270,371, with
the majority of the citizenry being between 15 and 64 years of age. Over the
course of 50 years (1961-2010), Syrias
average annual population growth
was 3.1314 percent.
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he extreme
divisiveness that
has wreaked havoc
among Republicans
nationally over the
candidacy of Donald
Trump has yet to
reach New Mexico,
but with our June
7 GOP presidential
primary around the corner that relative
peace wont last.
State Republicans are finding plenty
to fight over. Most of it is still under the
radar but its about to burst and spread
like spring pollen.
Weve learned from Republican insiders
that former New Mexico GOP Chairman
Harvey Yates Jr. will take the Republican
infighting public at the Republican state
convention in May where hell challenge
Albuquerque attorney Pat Rogers for the
position of Republican national committeeman.
Rogers is a controversial figure who has
held the job since 2008. But fractures in
the party created during the Martinez
administration have widened, and the
anti-Martinez forces are now ready to
challenge Rogers, with Yates carrying their
flag.
Yates, who hails from a wealthy southeast New Mexico oil family, has battled
fiercely with powerful Martinez political
consultant Jay McCleskey. McCleskeys
hardball tactics and the stranglehold hes
had on state Republican politics all of it
sanctioned by the governor will be at the
heart of Yates candidacy against Rogers,
McCleskeys long-time ally.
The imminent Yates-Rogers face-off will
be a test of where the party goes in the
post-Martinez era. Susanas term ends in
2018. Already a GOP 2018 gubernatorial
primary contest between Lt. Gov. John
Sanchez and Albuquerque Mayor Richard
Berry, a client of McCleskeys, appears to
be shaping up.
A Berry primary victory, or one by another candidate McCleskey comes up with
if Berry continues to sink in the polls and
is deemed unelectable, could extend the
grip that Rogers, McCleskey and company
have had on the party since they pushed
Martinez into the Governors chair in 2010.
That would not be an ideal outcome for
numerous Republicans.
A recent FBI and federal grand jury
investigation of McCleskey ended without
indictments, but the wounds of that probe
are sore and open. Two former Martinez
fundraisers Andrea Goff and Cecilia
Martinez made news when they reacted
to the feds failure to indict by saying
they fear retribution for cooperating with
the probe, which focused on McCleskeys
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he fight is
never about
grapes or lettuce.
It is always about
people, said Csar
Chavez, the famous
Mexican-American
leader and perhaps
one of the best
known labor organizers in US history.
Chavezs birthday on March 31 and
the farm worker movement he led with
Dolores Huerta will be celebrated all week
in Albuquerque, beginning Saturday,
March 26. The march steps off at 10:30
a.m. at the National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 Fourth Street S.W., and
returns there.
A fiesta begins at noon. The free event
will feature live music, dance performances, local poets, childrens activities,
and the annual Si Se Puede awards.
This years keynote speaker this year is
Carlos Marentes, co-founder of the Border
Farm Worker Center.
One of the incredible but true stories
that Marentes talks about is the 1977
march from Austin, Texas, to Washington,
D.C., he helped organize to pressure
President Jimmy Carter for the rights of
farm workers.
The 1,500-mile march took the farm
workers three months. When they arrived
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Your Guide to the APD
Reform Process, or Not
BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI
ete Dinelli is on
track when he asks,
Should we all laugh or
cry together?
The former city councilor is talking about the
APD reform process,
which has become both
a tragedy and a comedy,
and which is ever so close to becoming a
farce.
The Albuquerque Police Department
cant, or wont, write policies that meet
national standards. The independent monitor in APDs settlement agreement with
the U.S. Department of Justice has accused
APD of using delaying tactics in an effort to
derail reform.
City councilors seem to lack the will to
challenge the APD brass or Mayor Berrys
administration, although based on their recent questions to the chief and city attorney,
some are beginning to smell a rat.
The latest act in this strange play came on
March 18 when City Attorney Jessica Hernandez made a statement that would cause
anyone with just even few working brain
cells to convulse in disbelief and laugh and
cry at the same time.
One reason APD hasnt been able to write
acceptable policy, Hernandez told city councilors, was that its leaders Chief Gorden
Eden and Assistant Chief Robert Huntsman
felt they were forbidden by the DOJ from
asking for help.
Albuquerques two top-ranking cops
believed they could not adapt successful
policies from other police departments. Nor
did they believe, they say, that they could
crib model policies developed by professional police organizations.
In other words, they felt APD staffers
had to write their own policies from scratch
and in a vacuum, no matter how lacking in
expertise and training, and no matter how
much expertise and how many successful
policies were out there simply for the asking.
This fundamental misunderstanding of
APDs reform mission is especially ironic
when you think about how Berrys administration lectured us about how crucial
Eden, Huntsman and other APD command
staffers are to reforming the department
and getting our cops to stop shooting so
many people.
Theyre so damned indispensable that we
had to give them retention bonuses to stay
and continue their important work. As one
observer said, These are the geniuses that
we cant afford to lose?
It defies all logic until you take a more
opinion
BY robert reich
ve been reluctant
to use the f
word to describe
Donald Trump
because its especially harsh, and
its too often used
carelessly.
Trump has finally
reached a point where parallels between his presidential campaign and
the fascists of the first half of the 20th
century lurid figures such as Benito
Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,
Oswald Mosley, and Francisco Franco
are too evident to overlook.
Its not just that Trump recently
quoted Mussolini (he now calls that
tweet inadvertent) or that hes begun
inviting followers at his rallies to
raise their right hands in a manner
chillingly similar to the Nazi heil
salute (he dismisses such comparison
as ridiculous.)
The parallels go deeper.
As did the early 20th-century
fascists, Trump is focusing his campaign on the angers of White working
people who have been losing economic ground for years and who are
easy prey for demagogues seeking to
build their own power by scapegoating others.
Trumps electoral gains have been
largest in counties with lower than
average incomes and among those
who report their personal finances
have worsened. As The Washington
Posts Jeff Guo has pointed out,
Trump performs best in places where
middle-aged Whites are dying the
fastest.
The economic stresses almost a century ago that culminated in the Great
Depression were far worse than most
of Trumps followers have experienced, but theyve suffered something
that in some respects is more painful
failed expectations.
Many grew up during the 1950s and
1960s, during a postwar prosperity
that lifted all boats. That prosperity gave their parents a better life.
Trumps followers naturally expected
that they and their children would
also experience economic gains. They
have not.
Add fears and uncertainties about
terrorists who may be living among
us or may want to sneak through our
borders, and this vulnerability and
powerlessness is magnified.
Trumps incendiary verbal attacks
on Mexican immigrants and Muslims
opinion/columns
ts painful when
a police officer is
killed or wounded
in the line of duty.
It hurts even more
when the injury is
done by another
officer.
AAlbuquerque
experienced our own blue-on-blue
shooting when Detective Jacob Grant
was shot repeatedly by Lt. Greg Brachle
during a botched drug sting.
I didnt know Grant when I was with
APD because he didnt get hired until
after I retired, but I have gotten to
know him over the past year. When I
was a sergeant, Brachle and I worked
together. I know him, and I like him. I
am sure he feels great anguish over his
actions.
But this incident has nothing to do
with friendship. It has everything to do
with the current state of APD.
Cops are angry.
Theyre angry that Chief Gorden Eden
didnt fire Brachle after the shooting.
Theyre angry that the Civilian Police
Oversight Commission instead of Eden
had to make the decision to fire Brachle.
Eden allowed Brachle to sit in an
administrative position for 14 months,
checking off the days until he could
retire, something these officers say
Eden would never have done for a beat
cop. They point to quick termination
decisions on officers Steve Hindi, Dawne
Roberto and Jeremy Dear. They say there
is a double standard on the fifth floor,
where Eden and the top brass work.
I agree with these cops. Eden has
shown a serious lapse of judgment by
not making a decision before POC did.
This chief seems to have forgotten,
or he never has known, that his oath
to the citizens and to the integrity of
the department is paramount in his
duties. His decision-making ability is
again called into question by his delay
in the Brachle case. Im not saying Eden
needed to terminate Brachle, simply
that he needed to step up and make a
timely decision.
Is Eden the chief, or is City Attorney
Jessica Hernandez running APD?
Theres a counterargument that I
have heard from some city officials who
say that I should stop demanding that
Brachles police certification be reviewed
by the New Mexico Law Enforcement
Board. Theyve said that Brachle feels
horrible about what happened and now
that he is retired, I should just let it go.
Revoking his certification is piling on
and kicking him when he is down, one
A Cops
View
official said.
Thats the wrong argument. The oath
I took to the department and citizens
demands that rules and laws be followed, no matter the rank or popularity
of those involved. The integrity of the
department must be above reproach.
I asked one official how he would feel
if a doctor amputated the wrong foot?
Would he just let it go because the
doctor surely must feel badly? Or would
he file a complaint with the licensing
board?
This shooting is no different. Eden
must make a decision on this shooting
and he must, by statute, submit a
complaint to the New Mexico Law
Enforcement Board for a review of
Brachles fitness to be a cop here or
anywhere.
feature
In our March 9 issue we asked readers to tell us why we shot this photo.
Some readers took to writing us short fiction involving the scene in the photo.
Nice to read, but not the winners.
The winner was Steve McCracken who explained the following:
The reason that you took the photo is it contains
the pay phone on Central and Solano where in April
of 2005 the infamous Runaway Bride, Jennifer Carol
Wilbanks, phoned her fianc to inform him that she
had not left him at the altar in Georgia but was instead
kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a Hispanic man and
a Caucasian woman in their 40s driving a blue van.
When asked if she knew what direction her captors
went after setting her free, she said, I have no idea. I
dont even know where I am.
The calls were traced to the pay phone in the photo
Jennifer Wilbanks
at the 7-Eleven at Central and Solano in Albuquerque
where she was picked up by local police.
Later, during police interrogation, Wilbanks admitted that she had not
been abducted, but needed time and space to escape the pressures of her
upcoming wedding.
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lbuquerque taxpayers
will pay $185,000 to
settle a lawsuit against
a city official who told a
female employee that his
city desk was shaped like a
penis, made hand gestures
mimicking masturbation,
sent the woman a sexually
suggestive birthday card,
repeatedly hugged her,
allegedly kissed her and
suggested she go to his
house.
The defendant in the
case, Mark A. Shepherd, is
a retired APD cop and the
manager of the Division
of Security and Parking
Enforcement in the citys
Department of Municipal
Development. The case
was filed against the city
and Shepherd in April
2015. It was settled on Feb.
3, according to Bernalillo
County District Court
records.
Attorney Michael Cadigan represented the plaintiff, Naomi Parada,
and confirmed that the city agreed to
pay $185,000 to settle the case.
According to the lawsuit, Shepherds harassment of Parada began in
October 2013 when she was assigned
to Shepherds division.
Shepherd frequently and repeatedly made hand gestures mimicking
masturbation while talking on the
phone, according to the lawsuit.
These gestures were directed at the
attention of Parada.
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History of problems
I do think that
Mr. Shepherd used poor
judgment in some of
the behavior described
by women in the office
(not just Ms. Parada),
including inappropriate
hugging, remarks and
gestures, and giving an
employee an inappropriate birthday card
city hearing officer
In 2004, an internal city investigation found that Shepherd made misrepresentations on his application
for the job of DMD security manager.
He got the job but resigned after an
investigation found several problems
with the hiring process.
Shepherd stated in
his application that he
had worked full-time as
the manager of security
services for a private
company, ACMI, from June
1993 through September
2004, when he was a fulltime Albuquerque police
officer.
But an investigator called
the firm and was told that
the company had actually
hired Shepherd in July
1994 as a part-time route
merchandiser a person
who services vending machines and collects money
from them, the investigators report said.
This does not appear to
be security-related work,
the investigator wrote. I
find that Mr. Shepherd did
not truthfully represent his
work experience.
The investigation found
other problems with the
hiring process.
Reviewing city officials should
have scrutinized Mr. Shepherds statements regarding his work experience
more carefully, the investigative
report said. His application representation that he worked two full-time
jobs simultaneously from 1993 to his
retirement from APD appears on its
face improbable, yet it was accepted at
face value by both the original DMD
qualifying individual and the Human
Resources analyst.
Shepherd listed then-city Public
Safety Director Nick Bakas as a reference on his resume. But Bakas was
one of the people who interviewed
Shepherd for the job he was applying
for, which was another irregularity,
the investigation said.
The investigator concluded that
Shepherd knowingly made false
statements in his application.
ABQ Free Press emailed City Hall
spokeswoman Rhiannon Schroeder
and asked why Shepherd is still
employed by the city and if the city
condones his behavior regarding Parada. Schroeder said she was looking
into the matter but did not get back to
the newspaper.
Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor
at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at
dennis@freeabq.com
sports
ip Van Winkle
once dozed off
for 20 years. Paul
Krebs nap wasnt so
long. He woke up
after just five years.
The burning
question around
Lobo Land lately
is whether Krebs, New Mexicos vice
president of athletics, should have fired
Lobo womens basketball coach Yvonne
Sanchez.
A better question is why Sanchez was
hired in the first place.
And heres another sweet one: If Paul
Mr. Hindsight Krebs would have fired
Sanchez as he should have and almost
did after her 1-7 start in 2014-15, he
would have saved UNM $150,000. Sanchezs initial contract ended at the close of
the 2015 season.
Heres a suggestion:
Cut $100,000 from
Krebs salary and
$100,000 from
Neals salary and lure a
big-time womens coach
Krebs fired Sanchez saying the program
had fallen into mediocrity. Well, Neals
teams have not made the postseason in
the past two seasons. If thats not mediocrity, what is?
Krebs gave Sanchez five years to put her
mark on the program. It was not a good
mark and Krebs finally pulled the plug. But
is there any accountability for Krebs? Neal
probably wont be flushed this season, but
hes circling the drain.
And Krebs? Hes sitting on the rim.
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availability, I advise Thursday through
Monday and every day after 5 p.m.
Physical attributes like full-body
tattoos or no tattoos at all are important
to note. Save yourself and the casting director time and effort by being thorough.
Skills like horseback riding, firearms
training and all sorts of sports, musical
and other specialized training can help
get you cast; sometimes, what makes
you, well, you can even bump you from
the background into a featured role.
Get exposure
s a songwriter, Albuquerque
native A.J. Woods possesses
the rare gift of direct eloquence. He
says what needs to be said in clear
language thats also poignant and
powerful.
Fleshed out with minor-key acoustic guitar and feathery drums, the
resulting work is populated by narratives and atmospheres he conjures
up. Natures fingerprints are all over
Woods latest release The Fence, out
now on TinyAmp Records.
On tracks like The Water, Movement in the Grass and Against the
Wind, melody lopes, twangs, wails
and moans through riverbeds run dry,
a world dusty with quartz sand and
haunted by tumbleweeds.
Johnny Gomez
Haley English
music
CALENDAr
DEFINITIVE DOZEN
by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
Melt-Banana + Melvins
B
by M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
a night of power-loud
starts at 8. Tickets for this
13-and-up show are $20 via
holdmyticket.com.
M. Ward:
More Rain
(Merge)
M. Ward has been wicked prolific
with She & Him, Monsters of Folk and
other projects recently, but his last solo
album was 2012s A Wasteland Companion. Now hes rewarding patient
indie-folk fans with More Rain, a
vibrant record that rapidly breaks
through the clouds to sunny pop.
Pirate Dial would fit in on Paul
Simons 1972 self-titled solo album.
Time Wont Wait sounds 90s altweird (think Meat Puppets) with its
hearty piano and sweet T.Rex-esque
guitar riff. The harmonies on Im Listening (Childs Theme) hearken back
to Wards original idea for a straightup doo-wop album. His lilting lyrical
Heron Oblivion:
Heron Oblivion
(Sub Pop)
Stream Funeral Funk 49, a dirgey
shout-out to The James Gangs 70s
rocker Funk #49m, at Heron Oblivions Bandcamp page. While its not a
straight-up cover, savvy listeners will
recognize a comparable, albeit slower
rhythm loping throughout Heron
MARCH 2527
Jen DePaolo
SHOWS
THROUGH MARCH 27
THROUGH APRIL 10
The Graduate
Aux Dog Theatre,
3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE,
254-7716, auxdog.com
THROUGH APRIL 17
Caesars Blood
The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street
NW, 898-9222, adobetheater.org
Terra Nova
The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE,
247-8600, vortexabq.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Bloodstone
Cirque de la Symphonie
6 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus,
203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858,
nmphil.org
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
MARCH 26APRIL 8
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
March Against Child Abuse
Moustachio Bashio
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Max Gomez
6pm, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
Stratus Phear
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe
Tabularasa
8 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900, taosmesabrewing.com
MARCH 2627
Southern Slam Dancers (Zuni)
Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
Peri Pakroo
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and
Bloody Mary Bar
11 am, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
in the
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
List you r
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
My Fair Lady
MONDAY, MARCH 28
OSHWA
7:30 pm, Tortuga Gallery,
901 Edith Blvd SE, 369-1648,
tortugagallery.org
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
Santa Fe Desert Chorale: Ailyn
Perez and Gary Matthewman
6 pm, Lensic Theater,
211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe,
(505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Walter Trout
7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
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Memphis P-Tails
6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Caf,
2401 12th St NW, 724-3510,
indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe
APRIL 12
Alchemie
10 pm, Isleta Resort & Casino,
11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 724-3800,
isleta.com
Francis Menotti
Jean Cocteau Cinema,
418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
MARCH 31APRIL 10
Yo Soy Joaqun!
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Andy Zadrozny Jazz Trio
Part of Music at the Museum
5:30 pm, Free, New Mexico Museum
of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org
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Bad Kats
Eric Cuerno
Part of Noontime Guitar in the
Galleries
Noon, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072,
nmartmuseum.org
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
Danger Muffin: Taos Ski Valley
Closing Day Bash
7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing,
20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado,
(575) 758-1900,
taosmesabrewing.com
Quietly Kept
Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and
Bloody Mary Bar
11 am, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
APRIL 310
Opera Southwest:
Il Turco in Italia
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
operasouthwest.org
MONDAY, APRIL 4
Comedys Best Kept Secret
Tour: Andrew Frank,
Dan Frigolette, Sonya Vai
8 pm, Aux Dog Theatre,
3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE,
254-7716, auxdog.com
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Comedys Best Kept Secret
Tour: Andrew Frank,
Dan Frigolette, Sonya Vai
9 pm, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW,
comedysbestkeptsecret.com
Recycled Percussion
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
APRIL 23
Big Thunder Dance Group
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
Dena Derose Trio
7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space,
210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044,
outpostspace.org
CALENDAr CALENDAr
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Peace Officer
Part of Indie Lens Pop-Up
7 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544,
kimotickets.com
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
The Birth of Film, Faust, The
Fall of the House of Usher
Part of The New Mexico Philharmonic
Music & Arts Festival
6:10 pm, KiMo Theatre,
423 Central Ave NW, 323-4343,
nmphil.org
Courtesy of IPCC
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
We Are of This Place: The Pueblo Story
9 a.m., Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW,
843-7270, indianpueblo.org
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
MARCH 31APRIL 14
Pat Malone
SCREENS
MARCH 26APRIL 8
CCA Cinematheque
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-1338,
ccasantafe.org
March 2627, Trapped
Starts April 1, Cemetery of Splendor
Starts April 8, Marguerite, City of Gold
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE,
255-1848,
guildcinema.com
March 26-27, Facets Kids Vol 3
Family & Community
March 2830, Ingrid Bergman
In Her Own Words
April 12, Rise of the Legend
April 14, Mountains May Depart
April 2, The Girls in the Band
April 3, All the Time in the World
April 510, Experiments in Cinema
v11.4A Basement Films Event
April 7, Theory of Obscurity
April 8, AJ Woods Album Release
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Punks Dead: SLC Punk 2
7:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central
Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
Las Maestras de la Repblica
w/english subtitles
6 pm, Free, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
MARCH 2627
Rio Rancho Home & Remodeling Show
Santa Ana Star Center,
3001 Civic Center Circle NE, 891-7300,
santaanastarcenter.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Spring Break Family Day:
Celebrate the Sky
9:30 am, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon
Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE,
768-6020, balloonmuseum.com
COMMUNITY
THROUGH MARCH
Conquer Anger
Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation
Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293,
meditationinnewmexico.org
THROUGH JULY
Volunteers needed for NM
Veterans Museum
New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
OUTDOORS
2ND SATURDAYS
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
2ND TUESDAYS
Korean War Veterans Open
Meeting
1 pm, New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
1ST WEDNESDAYS
Book to Art for Kids
10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
2ND WEDNESDAYS
Drinking Liberally
Albuquerque Chapter
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Creative Salon-Tricklock
Theatre Company
Part of Women & Creativity 2016
5:30 pm, Free, National Hispanic
Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW,
724-4771, womenandcreativity.org
THURSDAYS
Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons
& Dancing
1ST SATURDAYS
The Organ Transplant Awareness Program of New Mexico
10:30 am, Erna Fergusson Library,
3700 San Mateo Blvd NE,
344-0512
3RD SATURDAYS
Lyme Get Together
12, Free, location varies, more info:
304-9411
SATURDAYS
Santa Fe Farmers Market:
Railyard
SUNDAYS THROUGH
MARCH
MONDAY, MARCH 28
April FoolsZoo Style
10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo,
903 10th St SW, 768-2000,
abqbiopark.com
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
The Great Ape-ril: Gorillas
10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo,
903 10th St SW, 768-2000,
abqbiopark.com
APRIL 2MAY 1
Spring Pastels Flower Show
Easter Enrichment
WEDNESDAYS
ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
1ST FRIDAYS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Burque NoirNetworking
Event
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
7 pm, New Mexico Veterans Memorial,
1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042,
nmvetsmemorial.org
FRIDAYS
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
TUESDAYS
ONGOING
THROUGH MARCH 31
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
SATURDAYS
EVENTS
Various locations, Albuquerque,
more info: womenandcreativity.org
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
9:30 am, Free, Highland Senior Center,
131 Monroe NE, RSVP: 767-5210,
register@nmcomposters.org
EATS
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Algodones Distillery Tasting
and Tour: Slow Food ABQ
2 pm, Free, 15 Calle Alfredo,
Algodones, RSVP: 382-5322,
facebook.com/SlowFoodAbq
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival
Noon, Buffalo Thunder,
20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe,
(505) 455-5555,
buffalothunderresort.com
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
Salud y Sabor: Cuba
5:30 pm, National Hispanic Cultural
Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
WORD
MARCH 26APRIL 7
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139,
bkwrks.com
March 26, James Anderson, The Never
Open Desert Diner
March 27, Shelley Armitage, Walking
the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place
March 28, Loretta Hall, The Complete
Space Buffs Bucket List
April 1, Brian Staveley, The Last
Mortal Bond
April 2, John McWilliams, Against the
Wind: Courageous Apache Women
April 3, Bev Magennis, Alibi Creek
April 5, Dale Harris, Love of a God
April 7, Lynn Miller,
The Day after Death
THROUGH MAY 3
IAIA Library Readings
Various dates and times, Institute of
American Indian Arts,
83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe,
iaia.edu
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Albuquerque Old Town to
Albuquerque, 1846-1949:
David Schneider
Part of Stories of the Middle Rio Grande
10:30 am, Gutierrez-Hubbell House,
6029 Isleta Blvd SW, RSVP: 314-0398,
gutierrezhubbellhouse.org
ONGOING
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
TUESDAYS
Truckin Tuesdays
11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW,
3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW,
albuquerquecc.com
WEDNESDAYS
Red Willow Farmers Market
10 am, 885 Star Rd, Taos Pueblo,
farmersmarketsnm.org
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
Lightning Speak: Raven Chacon
5:30 pm, Free, UNM Art Museum,
203 Cornell Drive, 277-4001,
unmartmuseum.org
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
Grotowskis Bridge Made of
Memory-Embodied Memory,
Witnessing and Transmission in the Grotowski Work:
Dominika Laster
Noon, UNM Bookstore,
2301 Central Ave NE, 277-5827,
bookstore.unm.edu
Rough RidersTheodore
Roosevelt, his Cowboy
Regiment, and the Immortal
Charge up San Juan Hill:
Mark Gardner
6 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art,
107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5072, golondrinas.org
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
MFA Fast Fire Series: What is
There We Cannot See?
Part of Meeting of the Minds
Noon, Free, UNM Art Museum,
203 Cornell Drive, 277-4001,
unmartmuseum.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
ABQ Slam Grand Slam
Championships
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Antici Pation
BY ARIANE JAROCKI
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
Does Not Authenticate:
Art, Identity, and Artifact
Part of Meeting of the Minds
Noon, Free, UNM Art Museum,
203 Cornell Drive, 277-4001,
unmartmuseum.org
El Santuario de Chimayo in
History and Today:
William Wroth
Noon, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art,
750 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe,
(505) 982-2226, spanishcolonial.org
Reframing ResourcesWater
in the Contemporary Pueblo
World
5:30 pm, Free, Indian Pueblo Cultural
Center, 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Research Symposium
Recovering the Story and
Music of Manuel Areu
Part of The New Mexico Philharmonic
Music & Arts Festival
2 pm, Frank Waters Room, UNM Main
Campus, 323-4343, nmphil.org
ONGOING
Wikimedia Commons
1ST WEDNESDAYS
APRIL 130
APRIL 229
A Fragile LegacyEarthen
Architecture in New Mexico:
Jake Barrow
Masterworks of NM 18th
Annual Fine Art Show
WEDNESDAYS
APRIL 1MAY 1
APRIL 2SEPTEMBER 11
6 pm, Free,
New Mexico History Museum,
113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Loading the Dicethe
Influence of Oceanic Anomalies on NMs Weather and
Climate: Deirdre Kann PHD
12:30 pm, Aquarium, ABQ BioPark,
2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200,
abqbiopark.com
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
Breaking Big Moneys Grip on
AmericaWorking Together
to Revive Our Democracy:
Bruce Berlin
3 pm, Page One Books,
5850 Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41,
294-2026, page1book.com
ARTSPREE
MARCH 26SEPTEMBER 11
APRIL 1MAY 15
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Beyond the Flesh: Jodie Herrera
6 pm, The Small Engine Gallery,
1413 4th St SW,
thesmallenginegallery.com
Johnpaul Gutierrez
Art Opening
6 pm, Archetype Tattoo,
529 Adams St NE Ste A,
archetypetattoo.com
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
James Barnes Art Opening
7 pm, Distillery 365,
2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281,
distillery365.com
APRIL 2
We Are of This Place:
The Pueblo Story permanent
exhibit opening
9 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
2401 12th St NW, 843-7270,
indianpueblo.org
Puzzle on page 32
Crossword
Day in Court
ONGOING
THROUGH MARCH 26
Alcoves 2016
5:30 pm, New Mexico Museum
of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave,
Santa Fe, (505) 476-5072,
nmartmuseum.org
THROUGH MARCH 27
Gods and Fools: Brandan
Styles & Ellie Rusinova
Soft Serve: Kelly Tunstall
Stranger Factory,
3411 Central Ave NE, 508-3049,
strangerfactory.com
New Mexican
Portraiture Now
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW, 724-4771,
nhccnm.org
THROUGH MARCH 30
Essential Visions:
John Farnsworth and
Michael Tatom
Sorrel Sky Gallery,
125 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe,
(505) 501-6555, sorrelsky.com
THROUGH MARCH 31
Fiber Rocks!
Solo Exhibition:
Frank Buffalo Hyde
Tansey Contemporary,
652 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe,
(505) 995-8513,
tanseycontemporary.com
THROUGH APRIL 2
Taylor Oliver
Jean Cocteau Cinema,
418 Montezuma Ave,
Santa Fe,
(505) 466-5528,
jeancocteaucinema.com
THROUGH APRIL 1
THROUGH APRIL 3
No More Stories:
David DAgostino
Akummittinni:
A Kinngait Family Portrait
Forward:
Eliza Naranjo Morse
THROUGH APRIL 4
Museum of Contemporary
Native Arts,
Helen Hardin Media Gallery,
108 Cathedral Pl,
Santa Fe,
iaia.edu/museum
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16. Carbamide
17. Cross query
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21. Emolument
22. ___ out a win
23. Not req.
24. City in Central
China
25. Stage item
27. Its given on the
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33. Long bones
34. Flat-bottomed boat
35. Fancy neckwear
36. ___ box
38. Didnt hold
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43. Approval
45. No cross allowed
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