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Losing It News InterviewHead Games: One proposed law would mandate outpatient treatment for people with debilitating mental illness, yet as Albuquerque's mental health care facilities shut down at alarming speeds, who will be left to care for them? Christie Chisholm takes a terrifying look into the heart of this crisis. Welcome to the Hotel Rwanda--Paul Rusesabagina, peace advocate and storied hero of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, talks candidly with the Alibi about genocide, justice and American responsibility. Sport and Spectacle: Sport and Spectacle Real, live rollergirls of the rough-and-tumble Duke City barrel into their first full season of pain and wicked four-wheel exploits. Taste the thunder! Spotlight: The Magic of Ben McIver Cool jazz on a warm April night: Seasons' Saturday Night Jazz Series begins on a high note with the Ben McIver Quartet.
The Green Light Bistro serves up your five-a-day, and then some, in a cozy--make that very cozy--setting. Film Festival Preview ¡Mira! The Sin Fronteras Film Festival is now playing in your own backyard with 40 shorts, documentaries, features and animated pieces from all across the Spanish-speaking world. Poetry News Some inventors dream of making it big as the next Post-it Note entrepreneur or cashing in on late-night infomercials. Not Chicago poet Marc Smith. He invented the poetry slam. Who knows what the hell he was going for? Steven Robert Allen asks in an exclusive interview.   Raw posts and updates from our writers with info too timely or uncategorizable for print. What, we said something stupid? Chime in, buddy.Sonic reductions of Shining, Dew Scented and George Strait Alibi alum Michael Henningsen and Mark Lopez, our beloved copy editor and staff writer, listened to new releases from Shining, Dew Scented and George Strait. Read their micro reviews in this week’s Sonic Reducer. Peep related A/V below.
 Shining - “I Won’t Forget” Dew Scented - “Confronting Entropy” George Strait - “Give It All We Got Tonight” Add a Comment Post-rock Ritual: The Appleseed Cast • Hospital Ships • Ghost Circles • Bellemah • rock, indie Lawrence, Kan.-based post-rock foursome The Appleseed Cast is relentlessly touring in support of their latest full-length, Illumination Ritual. While the work produced by the group doesn't exactly break new ground, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Making music together since '97, the Appleseed boys have damn near perfected the experimental indie/post-rock formula. Judge for yourself tonight at Launchpad (618 Central SW). Fellow Kansas crew Hospital Ships (who are signed to Graveface Records), sci-fi riffin' foursome Ghost Circles and acoustic indie-rock outfit Bellemah open the 21-and-over gig starting at 9 p.m. Tickets are only $10. Launchpad • Tue May 21 • 9 pm • $10 • View on Alibi calendar | 
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