Alibi V.27 No.21 • May 24-30, 2018

Calling All Bandwagoneers

Former attorney general comments on cannabis

By Joshua Lee

Former Attorney General Eric Holder winks, Ultra Health donates to UNM research fund and N.M. ranks high in drug problems.

Education and engagement through community partners

By Adam Wood

ServeABQ inspires youth involvement in local communities.

Top-placing burger makers to be celebrated June 20 to 27

Inquiring minds want to know: What’s your favorite burger in Burque? Weekly Alibi is hosting our first ever Burque Burger Week, which will showcase the city’s favorite burgermeisters as nominated by you, our lovely readers. The winning restaurants will each craft a special burger that they’ll only serve from June 20 to June 27. Nominations are open now, from May 23 to June 6. Flame on!

Tripping Over Addiction

UNM leads a psychedelic renaissance

By Adam Wood

UNM leads the way for a psychedelic renaissance

Committed to Cannabis

Ultra Health devotes to budding potential

By Adam Wood

Ultra Health commits to the budding potential of New Mexico cannabis

We Are Such Stuff

These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits

By August March

In memory of Michael Henningson, August March tells of the values and strategies he learned from him, his legacy in the community and the future.

Teachers, Firefighters, the Budget

Council also celebrates Ramadan, discusses nukes in town

By Carolyn Carlson

City Council topics included approval of a new $577 million fiscal year general fund budget, shout-outs to local teachers, active and retired firefighters and a long-awaited recognition to the local Islamic community in honor of Ramadan.

By Joshua Lee

All gubernatorial candidates have promised to change the state's current teacher evaluation system and whoever wins will be facing a number of serious water issues.

By Joshua Lee

Funny because getting renamed to match your mom's tattypo happens to someone else.

Wheels For the Homeless

The readers write about a homeless campus and abortion.

Here Comes Your Band

Big shake to the land that’s enchanted

By August March

Mixtapes were shared and Albuquerque got a new sound. For realz indie rock came into its own in Burque at the end of the ’80s, as the cover band/yacht rock scene propagated by Joe Bufalino and John Cline came to its end.

By August March

We review new releases by Mountainhead, Foster Dog and Beryllium With Gold.

1945

Stark drama tackles postwar Europe’s Dirty Little Secret

By Devin D. O’Leary

1945 plays out as an inevitable march toward an unavoidable, dreadful confrontation. A bill is coming due, and there are a lot of people unwilling to pay up.

By Devin D. O'Leary

Justice League for free, go to some fun food-and-movie pairings, see the "Shirts!" short or party like it's Y2K software modification billing day at the “Budgeting & Accounting for the Film Industry" talk.

Networks hawk new shows

By Devin D. O’Leary

Earlier this month the big broadcast TV networks dumped their unwanted shows to make room for a new crop. Here's what's coming in "Upfront Season."

Week in Sloth

Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.

The Digital Revolution

Artechouse brings new experiences and mediums to Albuquerque

By Maggie Grimason

Artechouse's objective is to provide the world's first gallery space dedicated to new art and technology as mediums.

Emma Difani uses printmaking to explore stratified topography

Place is unpacked at Sanitary Tortilla

By Maggie Grimason

Still Moving, with its works by two Albuquerque-rooted artists, examines the world outside: how we interact with landscapes both urban and pastoral and integrate ourselves into them, making home wherever we go.

Summer Dining and Drinking Guide

By Robin Babb

We’re talking about some of our favorite parts of dining out in the summer in Albuquerque: ice cream, patios and day drinking (happy hour). We all deserve a summer break.

The Happiest Hours in the City

Where to find the specials that’ll make your summer special

By Robin Babb

Sometimes you need an after-work tonic to erase the stress of the day.

What could be a better combination?

By Robin Babb

Going out for ice cream is a special treat for most of the year, but during the summer it becomes a regular social activity.

The Patios of Burque

Summertime: when food just tastes better outdoors

By Robin Babb

Dining and drinking al fresco is one of the things I look forward to for the whole five months a year it’s too cold to do so. Eating outdoors is just magically conducive to slowing down and thoroughly enjoying your food and the company you’re sharing it with.

Deadpool 2

The Merc With a Mouth comes again

By Devin D. O’Leary

If you have no idea who freakin’ Shatterstar is, you’re still going to get some rock solid belly laughs out of Deadpool 2, but the deeper your knowledge of early-’90s comic books, the more you’re going to feel fan-serviced.

Summer Film Guide 2018

More dinosaurs, extra superheroes, another Star Wars story and one additional purge

By Devin D. O’Leary

What do we have to look forward this summer at our local movie theaters? It's a schedule jam-packed with sequels, prequels, remakes and cinematic adaptations of young adult novels.

Biking Burque with Cruiser Crush

The city is crawling with bicycles …and it’s fabulous!

By Cruiser Crush

News from Burque’s biking community

Cussing at White Men with Guns

Pat Davis gives NRA the bird

By August March

We ask Pat Davis about his "Fuck the NRA" ad.

Gallagher vs. the Opioids

Health department says no to qualifying condition

By Andy Lyman via NM Political Report

There are conflicting studies about combating opioid abuse and addiction with cannabis, but the risk factor for cannabis is significantly lower.

By Joshua Lee

A recent case has highlighted the usefulness of a training program for identifying markers of child abuse and human trafficking; MVD admits that improper training led some of its clerks to deny driver's authorization cards to eligible residents; PED will increase funding for the pre-K program.

By Joshua Lee

Funny because a microwaved urine explosion happens to someone else.

Friendly Staff, Friendlier Prices

Viet’s Pho serves hospitality and huge portions

By Robin Babb

At Viet's Pho, Vietnamese restaurant veterans show immense care and hospitality.

Cooking for Friends

It’s supposed to be fun, so stop cooking six-course meals and go simple instead

By Robin Babb

Cooking for people shouldn’t be something to panic over—you invited your friends over to enjoy their company, not to spend hours agonizing over recipes and cooking alone in the kitchen.

Weekly Specials

By Robin Babb

It’s officially festival season, and nothing makes that clearer than these events. They’re all on Saturday though, which means you’ll have some deciding to do.

Press Time

By Devin D. O'Leary

See The Post with post discussion, Thank You For Your Service or "The Power Of Story."

Networks go on killing spree

By Devin D. O’Leary

The networks went full-on Jason Voorhees this year, giving the ax to a whopping 19 shows last Friday alone.

Week in Sloth

Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.

Right Now

I think I’m gonna list a new gig

By August March

See Sun Dog and Soulfly and go to the Crawdaddy Blues Festival.

Prism Bitch Destroys Sister

Regional rockers from Boise and Santa also kill it

By Adam Wood

Alibi music correspondent Adam Wood returns for a summer of music!

We review releases by Rebekkah Dreskin, Dead Wretch and Rue Badly.

Brick by Brick

Artist Joanna Keane Lopez makes contemporary installation with traditional techniques

By Maggie Grimason

Joanna Keane Lopez' latest work—washed white adobe walls growing toward the sky, slender mirrors running vertically—provides a meeting point to cultivate community.

Battle Chef Brigade

Dragon slaying coupled with culinary exploits make for rich and unique gameplay

By Desmond Fox

Battle Chef Brigade's visual novel approach to storytelling keeps the player invested with charming characters to meet and defeat in “Iron Chef” style cook-offs.

Found Objects

By Maggie Grimason

See Nativo Lodge's rooms, Deathtrap, lectures on economic development & preservation of land and Science and Art: Intersections.

Cool It Down

CG and the art of running

By Joshua Lee

Bubblicious gets Joshua Lee relaxed and sedated and Jamaican Dream provides a giddy sense of well-being with talkativeness and laughter.

The Bar is Where It’s At

Brixens makes fine drinks and casual fare for out-of-towners

By Robin Babb

Brixens is one part dressed-up sports bar and one part standard American casual restaurant.

Summer Guide 2018

Hit the road or stay at home, it’s all fun in the sun

It's time to start planning out all that summer fun you’ll be having—festivals, concerts, conventions, art tours, fishing tournaments and more.

Anatomy of an Alibi cover

By Valerie Serna

The incredible cover for v27 i18 was created by our resident graphic designer, Corey Yazzie. When asked what his creative process is, Corey explained, "I'm trying to join dream imagery with ordinary waking moments. I like to use something funny and unexpected to draw the viewer into a hidden world that lives everywhere all the time."

music

Try the True Sound

of live music en el Burque

By August March

This week, check out some heavy metal, indie folk and Pulitzer Prize-winning hip-hop. (No, seriously.)

We review new music from Zoltan and the Fortune Tellers and Self Neglect.

New Gallery on the Block

Vitrine brings new conceptual works to Downtown

By Maggie Grimason

Three interdisciplinary artists have made space for themselves and others by renting a tiny commercial space and using it as a noncommercial gallery and more.

Erin Galvez explores materials and reuse in her show at AC2 Gallery

Speaking Up

Erin Galvez explores the meaning of the materials in It's Hard to Say

By Maggie Grimason

Erin Galvez makes sculptural pieces of scavenged, thrifted and otherwise reclaimed materials.

By Maggie Grimason

Attend a writing workshop & poetry slam, meet Gloria Casale, explore language in all its complexity and see & buy the works of native artists.

FishCat Cafe in Alpine, Texas

A horse trailer sake bar in a small Texas town. Of course.

By Robin Babb

Robin Babb didn't know what sort of late night dining she was expecting to find in Alpine, Texas, but she certainly wasn’t expecting a Japanese fusion food truck with horse trailer sake bar.

This young maiden is no match for this criminally large turkey leg.

Renaissance Fare

Report on the food options at the ABQ Ren Faire

By Natalie Kossar

Ace food journalist Natalie Kossar went to the Albuquerque Renaissance Faire to sample the different food stalls there and tell us what’s good.

Balloons and Biology

Council examines civic issues

By Carolyn Carlson

Dignity in death, landing spots for hot air balloons and nurturing a bioscience community were the some of the hot topics at the Albuquerque City Council meeting.

Three Dem candidates fight the good fight

By August March

Here’s a roundup of the Democratic candidates and highlights of their assorted platforms for the office of governor of the state of New Mexico.

By Joshua Lee

Temporary restraining order filed against the MVD over denied driver's licenses and state IDs; proposed PED teacher preparation rule opposed.

By Joshua Lee

Funny because being attacked by a bear, a rattlesnake and a shark happens to someone else.

Prioritize Alzheimer’s

The readers write about Alzheimer’s, Deb Haaland and ART's lack of funding.

Cowboy Down

An interview with the writer-director and the star of The Rider

By Devin D. O’Leary

How does a Chinese filmmaker living in Denver end up having a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with a South Dakota cowboy?

“Aggretsuko” on Netflix

By Devin D. O’Leary

Even if you don’t know your Cinnamoroll from your Pompompurin, “Aggretsuko” is worth a look, ranking as one of the best workplace sitcoms on TV right now, animated or otherwise.

By Devin D. O'Leary

Among several chances to see student films, you can also see one about how to become a "normal person." There's also an informal monthly lunch meeting for film and media professionals.

Week in Sloth

Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.

Finger in the Air

Candidates flaky on legal cannabis

By Joshua Lee

Every gubernatorial candidate but Apodaca seems to have trouble perusing the growing body of research and data pertaining to the positive effects cannabis has had on the states where it's legal, but the constant refrain of “need more research” means they must be missing a few studies here and there.

New Mexico Medical Marijuana at All-Time High

By Traf Wiggens

N.M. medical cannabis user numbers sharply increase.