Weekly Alibi
‹‹ Feb 25 - Mar 3, 2010
New Mexico tries its hand at drug policy reform, domestic partnerships, ethics, a Hispanic Education Act and concealed gun legislation. Oh, and did we mention the estimated $600 million budget shortfall?
Years after the ugly March 2003 clash between police and Iraq War protesters in the UNM area, some civilians who claim their civil and constitutional rights were violated are finally having their cases heard. - Newscity: Seven years later, Iraq War protesters get their day in court
- Council Watch: Municipal cocaine, plus a new Far Northeast Heights sector plan pits business against mobile home residents
- Gene Grant: America, please, step away from the trophy Haitian babies
- Odds & Ends: Sand smugglers, a national spelling mistake, running banned at the races, when to say “I don’t”
- Letters: The all-Gessing edition!
- Music to Your Ears: Burque Bop is grown-up music in a setting for families
- The Spirit of the Boogie: An interview with Kool of Kool & the Gang
- Dirt City Archives—¡Un Grito Electrico! —The Chinese Love Beads
- Flyer on the Wall: The Porter Draw bids Vince farewell
- Sonic Reducer: Brief reviews of Tobias Gebb & Unit 7, Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, and The Besnard Lakes
- Ask Ari: Cooking utensils that won’t kill you or your pans
- Restaurant Review: The South Valley’s Rio Grande Tacos y Salsas
- Chowtown Restaurant Guide
- Reel World: This week’s NM film biz events include a film fight workshop, mixed martial arts filming, a shoot with the sexy MMA heartthrob Gina Carano, Desert Rain
- Film Review: The Last Station starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy
- Idiot Box: “How to Make It in America” on HBO
- Week in Sloth: The Beatles’ Abbey Road tribute, Parenthood, Nip/Tuck, Sydney White
- Film Times and Capsules
