Vision Magazine for February 5, 2015

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

I Love You, You始re Perfect, Now Change

Way Way Off Broadway presents

Also Inside:

David Cook

Arts Connect presents: Hands, Heart and Mind

The Roswell Symphony Orchestra

Roswell Daily Record’s

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Above Record File Photo of masked revelers at the 2014 All Saints Catholic School’s Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance Right Courtesy Photo of the 2014 King and Queen, Richard and Marianne Angladas

The All Saints Mardi Gras

By Dylanne Petros Vistas Editor People who wear a costume or mask may be unusual during the day time, but on the night of Feb. 7, people who dress up will be entered into a raffle to win prizes.

The 21st annual All Saints Mardis Gras Dinner and Dance will be hosted Saturday from 6-11 p.m. at the convention center.

“The event actually originated 21 years ago as a special gathering at Assumption to celebrate and have one last hoorah before beginning the season of Lent because it is very much a Catholic celebration,” said Laurie Garrett, president of the All Saints school board.

The event, Garrett said, started as a potluck before growing into the dinner and dance, with more than 300 people in attendance, that is is today.

“It’s definitely grown from a small event at the parish hall to a pretty large community-wide event since then,” Garrett said.

While the school board is the group that sponsors the event, Garrett said All Saints relies on parents and com-

An annual celebration combines dancing, costumes and cake!

munity members to put the event together.

“It’s really through the efforts our volunteer parents and people in the community (the event happens),” Garrett said.

During the dance there is a silent auction and a race for King and Queen, she said.

“The last couple of years we have partnered with a group that offers autographed memorabilia for sale,” Garrett said.

The prizes this year for the silent auction include a guitar signed by The Eagles, boxing gloves signed by Sylvester Stallone and a “Rocky” poster also signed by Stallone.

The King and Queen race is easy to enter, Garrett said. At the dance there will be forms to fill out for people to enter. Once they enter, people just donate money to who they want to win. The couple with the most money at the end of the dance is crowned King and Queen.

“That’s where most of our profit comes from,” Garrett said.

At the dance there are also 12 king cakes. Each cake has a tiny plastic baby baked inside. Each person that finds the baby in their slice of cake is then entered into a raffle to win. This year’s prize, Garrett said, is a grill from Home Depot.

All the money collected from the silent auction and the king and queen race goes right back to All Saints.

“Everything from the event goes back into the school,” Garrett said.

The event, she added, is an adultonly event and the profits from the cash bar do not go back to the school.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased in advanced by calling 420-3691 or 627-5744. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

“It’s just a really fun community event especially since Roswell has so few options for adult entertainment,” Garrett said.

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Free Poetry Workshops for all ages

By Rey Berrones Vision Editor

The Young Professionals for the Arts Collective will be hosting a series of poetry workshops in February that will build up to a poetry slam in March. The Poetry workshops are on Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28, and will each feature a different subject, with each age group meeting at different times.

Kids will meet at 1 p.m., teens will meet at 2 p.m. and adults will meet at 3 p.m.

The poetry slam will be held at Stellar Coffee on March 14, with the kids performance at 3 p.m., the teen performance at 4 p.m, and the adult performance at 5 p.m.

Mary Alice Balderrama, one of the event organizers who is also heading up one of the poetry workshops said, "We wanted to come up with a series of workshops for children, teens and adults. A lot of us are educators in the school district and the institute. A lot of us are still involved in writing, and we have our experiences doing workshops.

"So, the poetry workshop and slam

were discussed as a way to get the whole community involved."

The event is being put on by the Education Action Group, which is one of the committees within YPAC. Balderrama elaborated, "A poetry slam is basically reading your poetry, but reading it with enthusiasm, almost like a monologue.

"If they come to the entire series, they will have four, possibly more types of poetry, and they would get a zine to put their completed poems into. Hopefully, they would perform and share their poems with the community."

The final workshop is the Zine Workshop, where the poets will get to put together a publication which will also serve as the program guide for the poetry slam.

The events are free, and more information can be found at facebook.com/ypacroswell. More information on YPAC can be found at ypacroswell.org.

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A Cupid Connection

By Rey Berrones Vision Editor oswell is blessed to possess a number of cultural gems which enrich the lives of the city’s residents.

Among these is the Roswell Symphony Orchestra.

For decades the RSO has entertained audiences with its concerts. Each event has required countless hours from organizers to bring this wonderful art form to Roswell. These organizers dedicate their time to arrange these performances because of their love for the music and do so not to make money, but to spread that love of music to others in our community.

On Valentine's Day, the RSO will present a special love letter to the community with its special Valentine's themed concert entitled "A Cupid Connection."

"It is on Valentine's Day, and all four of the pieces have a connection to love," said Kate Graham, operations manager for the RSO. The concert will open with an overture from a Weber opera about a couple in love that have to overcome great odds to be together.

It continues with a bassoon concerto written by a composer most famous for his opera compositions - Rossini.

Graham said, "How could this piece not have a lovely flourish of notes that makes the heart beat faster? This will Feature the RSO's very own Richard Meek on this not often performed work. This should be considered a Valentine treat!"

Mr. Meek is Professor of bassoon and music theory at Texas Tech University where he performs with the Mariah Winds and the Devienne Trio.

He holds the Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Performer's Certificate and the Master of Arts from the Eastman School of Music where he served as

The Roswell Symphony Orchestra presents a Valentine’s concert

Courtesy Photo principal bassoonist of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Philharmonia. Among his teachers are Rudolph Klepac (Akademie Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria), Kenneth Moore, David Van Hoesen, Louis Skinner and Marcel Moyse.

Graham added, "Richard Meek has played with the orchestra for more than 40 years. He has been the principal bassonist with the orchestra for a long time. Meek is well known in the double-reed world."

The performance continues with Tchaikovsky's musical depiction of everyone's favorite star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, and Mahler's Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony which is said to be a love song written for his wife, Alma.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in Pearson Auditorium on the campus of New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell.

For more information on the concert, or to buy tickets, visit roswellsymphony.org.

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Ongoing Events Roswell

Every Week, Mon - Sat

Lest We Forget: Roswell Army Airfield - The Early Years This Walker Aviation Museum display will remain through the end of the year. This exhibit features a short history of the base and many items from the WWII era, as well as information about the planes that flew at Roswell Army Airfield from 1941-1945. The museum is open from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

For more information, call 3472464 or visit wafbmuseum.org.

Every Week, Mon - Sat

Peace Through Strength This Walker Aviation Museum exhibit is a tribute to the 579th Strategic Missile Squadron assigned to Walker Air Force Base during the early 1960s.

The squadron was responsible for operating and maintaining 12 Atlas missile silos around the greater Roswell area. The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Association of Air Force Missileers. The museum is open from 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 347-2464 or visit www.wafbmuseum.org.

Every Wed

Sing Out Loud at Club Revue Sing Out Loud, Wednesdays, from 9pm to 11:30pm, at Club Revue, located at 3905 SE Main. Enjoy karaoke night with no cover charge and drink specials. Sing Out Loud is a 21 and over event. For more information call 623-8557

Every Week, Tues, Wed, Thurs

Games at Pair-A-Dice Pair-A-Dice game shack, located at 309 N. Main St., holds weekly gaming events. Tuesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. is

Friday Feb. 13

Pecos Flavors Winery

Gleewood plays Pecos Flavors Winery at 7:30 p.m. The acoustic rock songwriting style of Jhett Schiavone meets western and folk tradition of New Mexican cowgirl, Callie Sioux to bring an unlikely, unique, and at-once recognizable sound to the folk/rock scene. With a foothold in in the style of their late 60s rock n roll heroes, they reach up and in to fresh, progressive songwriting with a southern flare. Admission is $5. For more information, call 627-6265.

Trading Card Game night, featuring free play of games like Pokemon, Yu Gi-Oh!, Card Wars, My Little Pony and collectible card games. Wednesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. is board game night. Thursday is Miniature Night, featuring paint and play for games like Warhammer from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Friday nights feature Magic: The Gathering from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday afternoons have special featured games, which change weekly.

For more information, call 575623-4263, or email vbriseno@pairadicegameshack.com

Every Week, Wed

Weekly Knockout The Roswell Fighting Game Community presents Weekly Knockout at The Unity Center located at 108 E. Bland every Wednesday from 7 p.m. - midnight. Dragonpunch with Ken, slash with Sabrewulf and smash with Kirby all night long without disturbing your neigh-

bors. Casual and competitive gamers are welcome. Bring your favorite games and set up. All games are welcome.

For more information, visit facebook.com/RoswellFGC.

Every Week, Wed, Sat

Karaoke at Billy Ray始s Restaurant and Lounge Karaoke at Billy Ray始s Restaurant and Lounge at 118 East Third St. from 9 p.m - until people stop singing.

Every Thu

Ritmo Latino at El Toro Bravo Ritmo Latino plays El Toro Bravo at 102 S. Main St. from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

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>>5 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information, call El Toro Bravo at 622-9280.

Every Saturday

Cuic Gonzales at El Tapatio Cuic Gonzales plays Latin Pop and Country music at El Tapatio at 3012 N. Main from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. For more information, call El Tapatio at 578-1915.

Every Saturday

Open Mic at Ginsberg Music Ginsberg Music opens up the stage every Saturday from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. P.A. system and drums are provided, all other instruments must be brought by the musician.

Every Saturday

Open Jam at Dragon and Rose Open Jam Every Saturday from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. at Dragon and Rose music studio located at 4504 W. Second St. For more information, call 575840-5744.

Every Sunday

Sandbox Sundays Sandbox Sundays, every Sunday, from 1pm to 5pm, at CarmineĘźs Italian Eatery, located at 625 N. Main. Enjoy summer jams to Top 40 Favorites with live music performed by Digital Beat Junkeez and DJ Tao In The Mix. For more information call 578-1914.

The Featured Artist at The Gallery for February from Roswell is painter, teacher and ceramic artist, Barbara Posuniak Her captivating work will be exhibited from February 1 thru February 28, 2015 Please Join us for Barbara’s Artist’s Reception & Pottery Throwing Demonstration on Sunday, February 8, 2015 From 1:00 to 4:00 PM

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Sunday, February 8, from 1 to 4 pm, and Saturday, February 14, from 1 to 4 pm.

The Gallery, at Main Street Arts Monday through Saturday 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM 223 North Main St. Roswell, NM 88201 575.625.5263 www.rfal.org

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- 11 p.m. at Cree Meadows Lounge. There is also an all you can eat taco bar for $5.95 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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January 16 - March 8

Transformation of Place Roswell Artist–in-Residence Olive Ayhens is the subject of an exhibition at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Featuring her visually arresting and textural paintings, Transformation of Place will be on view January 16 - March 8. An artist talk scheduled on January 16 at 5:30 p.m. For more information on the show, visit roswellmuseum.org. For more information on Ayhensʟ work, visit oliveayhens.com.

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Hands, Heart and Mind Hands, Heart and Mind: ChildrenĘźs Art from the Arts Connect Elementary Arts Program.

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Opening Reception, Thursday, Feb. 5, 5 - 7 p.m. IsaacĘźs Gallery, Nesselrodt Building 309 N. Virginia, Gallery Hours: M-F, 9 - noon, 1 - 5 p.m. For appointment, call 575-6268626.

Artesia

February 5

Junie B Jones Holly Frontier and Navajo Refining Co. present the Theatreworks USA production of Junie B Jones at 7 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center located at 310 West Main Street in Artesia. Adapted from the series of books by Barbara Park, this performance also contains 12 original songs.

This production is sponsored by the Chase Foundation. Admission is $15 for adults and $8 for kids. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

Roswell

February 6

Joe King Carrasco Joe King Carrasco plays Pecos Flavors Winery located at 305 N. Main St. at 7 p.m.

Known as the King of Tex-Mex rock and roll, Joe King Carrasco creates a stylistic borderland of pop rock and Latin rhythms. His cross-cultural stew blends cumbias, vamp, salsa, surf, reggae, blues and Latin-tinged polkas. In 2003, Joe King Carrasco was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame and in 2012 Joe

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was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame for a second time with his band The Crowns. The Academy of Texas Music awarded Joe King Carrasco a Lifetime Achievement Award in March of 2012, and he gave them a taste of his endless energy when he played as the closing act at the award ceremonies running through the audience only to end up back on stage taking a leap from the 4 foot drum rise while still playing his guitar. In March of 2013, Joe was honored with the Entertainer of the Year Award by the Academy of Texas Music. JoeĘźs show combines some of his new work along with the old hits that fans expect, like Party Weekend and Buena. As always, his shows are energy packed giving the audience a night they will never forget. Admission is $10. For reservations, call 575-627-6265. For more information visit pecosflavorswinery.com.

Roswell

February 6

DonĘźt Quit Your Day Job Band DonĘźt Quit Your Day Job Band live at Billy Rays Restaurant and Lounge located at 118 E. Third St. For more information, visit dontquityourdayjobband.com.

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February 6, 7, 8

In The Clouds Mardi Gras Masquerade Come one, come all to the Mardi Gras Masquerade in Cloudcroft. There will be lots of family activities and events and fun for all. The events will include; A masquerade ball with the King & Queenʼs Court, Live entertainment & court photo area, Costume & Masque Contest, Float & Second Line Hanky Parade, Silent Auction, Food, beverages, treats, & souvenirs, Umbrella parades, Cajun Cooking Contest, Square Dance & Zumba Demos, Kidsʼ Games and Family Fun. For more information, visit coolcloudcroft.com.

Roswell

February 7

21st Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance The annual Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance is set for Saturday, Feb. 7 from 6 - 11 p.m., at the Roswell Convention Center located at 912 N Main St. Music is by DJ Louis Najar, cash bar, silent auction, and door prizes.

Donʼt forget to wear a mask or costume to be entered in a special drawing. Limited child care available. Tickets are $35 per person. Call 575-420-3691 or 575-627-5744 for information and reservations.

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Roswell

February 8

Hemlock Come check out the One the Only Hemlock at the Dragon and Rose Music Studio along with my band Soothsayer (formally known as Magnum Steel) on February 8, at 6 p.m., admission is only $8. The Dragon and Roswe is located at 4504 W. Second St.

Roswell

February 8, 14

Barbara Posuniak pottery demo The featured artist at The Gallery, located at 223 N. Main St is Barbara Posuniak. On Feb. 8, Posuniak will have a pottery throwing demo from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Also featured for Valentineʼs will be an opportunity to decorate and keep a clay heart on Feb. 8 and 14 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.. $1 for materials. For more information, call The Gallery at 575625-5263.

Roswell

February 10

Cowgirls for a Cause Cowgirls for a Cause, Tuesday February 10 from 5:30 -8 p.m., at the Roswell Convention Center with free admission,

Sunday February 8

Dragon and Rose

Come check out the One the Only Hemlock at the Dragon and Rose Music Studio along with my band Soothsayer (formally known as Magnum Steel) on February 8, at 6 p.m., admission is only $8. The Dragon and Roswe is located at 4504 W. Second St.

join Lovelace Regional Hospital for Girls Night Out!! Enjoy health and wellness, spa, and jewelry vendors, a Hippie Chicks fashion show, raffles and more. This yearʼs Girls Night Out will feature various heart healthy activities to highlight heart disease education and support. Anyone wearing cowboy boots will receive a free red bandana and be entered into a free drawing for a

gift basket. Red clothing and accessories featured in the fashion show, health education, raffle with proceeds from tickets sales are going to the American Heart Association, for more information call 1877-419-3030 or go to www.lovelace.com/events

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February 10

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or the second year, the Isaac's Gallery, located at 309 N. Virginia is displaying a gallery show that was born in the hearts and minds, and created by the hands of the elementary school children within the Roswell Independent School District.

The title of the show is "Hands, Heart and Mind," which reflects the curriculum of the Arts Connect program that is putting on the show.

According to Stephen Akerman, a teacher for the Arts Connect program, "This is our mid-year art show for the Arts Connect elementary arts program, and it shows the breadth of what we do. Painting, pastel drawings, collages, we are showing the community what is going on in the classrooms. Each grade, first through fifth, is represented.

According to Gretchen Phillips, only ten examples of artwork from each grade have been chosen for the show. She went on to say that the art teachers selected those ten examples from what was sometimes a field of 1,000 students in that particular grade.

Akerman added, "It isn't a first, second, third, prize thing. This artwork was juried by the staff.

"The Celebrate the Arts Day is all-inclusive, and will showcase all of the art that all of the kids did, but this is a spe-

cial event that showcases what we do through our program. It is up for a month, just like any art show at the Isaac's Gallery."

Phillips said, "It is a real gallery show.

"The fabulous part of this show is that it is an opportunity for school children to have their artwork in a real gallery just the same as a real artist.

Because, the rest of the year, when Tre Nesselrodt is not making this wonderful gracious extension of this space to us, he has real artists here all the rest of the year. So our children are on the same level as real artists.

"We are grateful to Tre Nesselrodt for donating his space and his time when he could have other artwork in his gallery that he could sell."

Akerman stressed that from the jury process, right up to the hanging of the work is being treated as serious as any other gallery show done by a professional artist.

"For the opening night, all the students will be here, and we will sipping sparkling cider, and kids get dressed up. It ends up being a real art opening. Tre printed up exhibition cards, and it is the top of the game for these kids, and they are ten years old."

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Photo courtesy the Creative Learning Center NuPastel by third-grader Ale Poreas is one of the works in the show “Hands, Heart and Mind” that is currently on display at the Isaac’s Gallery.

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The Arts Connect Elementary Arts Program presents a gallery show created by the students of the Roswell Independent School District elementary schools.

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skills acknowledged.

Phillips added, "This is their opportunity to share their talent with the community which is just as important as other talents that are more popular-

ly recognized.

"The unique thing about our program is that we provide equitable and excellent art instruction to every K through sixth-grade child in the district. We provide art instuction from August through May for every school in the district.

"The mission of Arts Connect is to provide opportuni-

ties for creative self-expression for K through five students and their teachers."

Akerman said, "The opening night is about the kids. It is about honoring their great art."

The show runs from Feb. 3 28, with an opening reception on Feb. 5, from 5 - 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

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The winner of the seventh season of American Idol takes the stage in Roswell avid Cook will be coming to Roswell on Friday, Feb. 20 as part of his Winter tour. Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career has taken off since his introduction to the commercial music industry in 2008.

Since then, he has had a record-breaking 14 debuts on Billboardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Digital Songs chart. His major-label debut album, David Cook hit number three on the Billboard album chart and produced two Top 20 singles. The album went platinum, selling more than a million copies. He

released This Loud Morning in 2011 and has just finished work on a third studio album, which he plans to release in the first half of this year. In November of 2014 Cook announced a new single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait For Meâ&#x20AC;?, which is now available on iTunes.

For those that are wanting to hear the songs from the new album, they just need to go to the show. Cook said in an interview, "We will play some of the new record. We finished tracking the new record, and right now we are

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figuring out the right avenue to release it. We will play some new stuff , and some stuff people are familiar with, and we will have a good time with it."

For the new album, he is taking more control of the creative process.

Cook said, "This process was pretty different for me.

The last two records I had done with RCA, creatively, everything was a bit chaotic.

I'd gone from the position of not being able to pay rent, and all of the sudden, I had a

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"Team" and I was traveling the world and playing music as a career. Those records were a group process. The second record in specifically, I had a mentality that I wanted to attack something personally. I with that record, I jumped in with both feet, and that tested my resolve. It was a tough record to make.

With the new stuff, I started it without knowing if I was going to finish it. I doubleddown on the creative process.

I mentally got out of my own way. I self-produced, I engineered it with a friend in Nashville, and I loved the process. I think the end result is a record that is more fun, and different for me in the context of attacking more programming elements, and still trying to keep some semblence of meta, for lack of a better term, that 'Lumbersexual' vibe.

"It is a little bit more unfiltered. The vision I had for the song on the outset when they were written, I was able to attack it with that vision from the start to the finish. It is probably the control freak in me, but I enjoyed that process, and to some extent, I prefered it.

"The way that I attacked this, for me, allowed me to experiment outside of the major

label system."

Cook is looking forward to visiting Roswell, because, he said he likes to meet new faces, "and that is always a good thing."

He continued, "I hope everybody comes out to the show. We pride ourselves on putting on a different show every night so that every place we go and every crowd gets something unique. We are coming to Roswell to have a good time."

Opening for Cook will be local favorites, Secret Circus.

Started by brothers Klas and Joel Ă&#x2026;hman in Stockholm, Sweden, the band now splits its time between Stockholm and Roswell. The brothers each play guitar and provide vocals. Joined by their cousin Martin Sternelius on bass, the trio plays Alternative-Rock with Blues and Gypsy influences.

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>>7 artists. The group performs 150 – 200 high profile events every year, including special corporate functions, charity benefits, fund raisers, outdoor concerts, festivals, and fairs, playing main stages receiving top billing as a national act, as well as opening for some of the most prominent names in the entertainment industry.

See the “clients” page for a sampling of credit, references and satisfied customers. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25 adults, $15 for children. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

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Hotel California - A salute to the Eagles The next Premier Series show is “Hotel California - A salute to the Eagles” Thursday, February 12 at 7 p.m. Blending their extraordinary vocal and musical talents, Hotel California faithfully and accurately reproduces the sound of the Eagles studio recordings while recreating a classic sound which undeniably transcends the boundaries of Rock, R&B, and Country, while delivering a modern, action packed performance that brings this timeless music into the new

millennium. Your ticket includes the FAMOUS Flickinger Center Valentine Chocolate Fountain and Chocolate Buffet.

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The Wedding from Hell The Artesia Community Theatre Presents “The Wedding from Hell” by Eileen Moushey at the Cottonwood Winery February 12, 13 and 14, Doors open at 6 p.m., Dessert served at 6:30 p.m. and February 15, Doors open at 1 p.m., Dessert served at 1:30 p.m. Have you ever attended the most beautiful wedding with an attentive groom and a beautiful glowing bride? Where the music and food and flowers are just wonderfully perfect? Well, this is not going to be one of those weddings. The Artesia Community Theater is preparing for their upcoming Dessert Theater production titled the “Wedding from Hell” at the Cottonwood Winery. This is a wedding with a reluctant mother in law, a fun loving jokester father in law, where the photographer is not who he seems, and there is more than one unexpected wedding

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Permian Transport and Trading presents Flamenco Vivo with Carlotta Santana. Amazing colorful dancers with wonderfully skilled latin musicians presenting a heart thumping romantic cultural surprise. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 - $20. For more information, visit artesiaartscouncil.com.

guest. Even the hired help isnʼt quite being as “helpful” as they should. Is it bad luck or the sabotage from someone close to the wedding party when someone dies? Call Maria Almanza at 575-748-4905 or email dbrady@artesianm.gov for more details and to buy tickets. Dessert Theatre - $15 per person. For tickets, call Maria Almanza at 575-7484905 or email Danielle Brady at dbrady@artesianm.gov.

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advance.

Hobbs

February 13 - 15, 19 - 21

Things My Mother Taught Me Tickets are on sale for “Things My Mother Taught Me” directed by Erin Gibbs. Shows are scheduled for February 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21. For more information, visit communityplayersofhobbs.com.

Roswell

50ʼs Rock n Roll Night Dance Nifty 50ʼs Gift Shop Presents “50ʼs Rock n Roll Night Dance at the Roswell Adult Center.

Put on your favorite 50ʼs attire and come dance to your favorite 50 ʻs music with DJ. Big Bopper! Enjoy dance contests & Games. Refreshments provided. The fun starts at 7 p.m.

Roswell

February 13

Josh Grider Members and their guest are invited to attend an evening with Josh Grider. This is a 21 and over show. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit thelibertyinc.com.

Ruidoso

February 13

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Roswell

February 14

Second Saturday “For the Love of Nature!” Come spend your Valentineʼs Day morning playing in clay and celebrating our wonderful New Mexico environment. Students will work with ceramic artists, Susan Wink and Miranda Howe, to create vases with a landscape theme- focusing on plant and animal imagery. We will look at the painting exhibition of Artist-in-Resident, Olive Ayhens, for our museum inspiration, and turn those inspirations into our own imaginative creations! This is from 10 a.m. noon at the Roswell Museum and Art Center and is free for third grade (8 years-old) - 12th grade students. Space is limited, so please call and reserve a spot for your child by calling Curator of Education, Claudia Gonzalez, at the Roswell Museum and Art Center at, 575624-6744 extension 22.

Roswell

February 14

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The Valentineʼs Dance is Saturday, February 14, 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Located at the Adult Center 807 N Missouri Ave, For more information call 624-6718

February 14

All-4-One Dinner and Show Grammy Award winning R&B/pop band, All-4-One, is brining their romantic melodies to Inn of the Mountain Gods this Valentineʼs Day. After their selftitled debut in 1994, the American-male group became widely known for their first hit single, “I Swear.” Since, the band has sold over 20 million records and produced other popular melodies including “I Can Love You Like That” and “So Much in Love.” Donʼt miss the group christened as the “Dukes of R&B,” perform live at Inn of the Mountain Gods on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tickets are just $55 and include dinner. Dinner 6 p.m., show at 8:30 p.m. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 464-7777 or visit innofthemountaingods.com.

Roswell

February 14

RSO Valentine Concert The Roswell Symphony Orchestra continues celebrating its 55th anniversary as they present “A Cupid Connection” on Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Pearson Audito-

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rium, N.M.M.I. This enchanting concert highlights a full orchestra of 60 musicians and features special guest artist Richard Meek on the bassoon. World renowned Maestro John Farrer has been the Music Director of the RSO for 42 years. The Roswell Symphony has several outreach programs including Send-A-Senior, the Spring youth concert for area fourth graders and Student Rush. The Student Rush program encourages all students eight years and older and accompanying adults to attend the concerts for free. For more information on the RSO, tickets or the upcoming concert, please call 575623-5882 or www.roswellsymphony.org.

Tickets are also available at the door.

Artesia

February 17

Flamenco Vivo with Carlotta Santana Permian Transport and Trading presents Flamenco Vivo with Carlotta Santana. Amazing colorful dancers with wonderfully skilled latin musicians presenting a heart thumping romantic cultural surprise. Flamenco Vivo Carlotta Santana is one of the nationʼs premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies celebrating a 30th anniversary season. Believing that the universal spirit of flamenco, a multicultural

Roswell

February 18

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February 18

Winter Film Series: RMAC The Winter Film Series features wonderful children movies filled with beautiful messages. Celebrate a new year, with these family focused films. On February 18 at 7 p.m. inside the Goddard Planetarium, in an effort to

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February 19

Glenn Miller Orchestra The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra plays the Clovis Civic Center at 7 p.m. Experience the unique swinging sound with the most sought after band in the world today and dance along to favorites, including In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, and Chattanooga Choo Choo. For more information, visit facebook.com/CulturalArtsSeries.

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February 19

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Kingdom of Giants Kingdom of Giants, Indirections, Outlands and Among the Brave are playing the Unity Center located at 108 E. Bland. Admission is $10, and the doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/theunitycenter.

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art form, has the power to build bridges between cultures and inspire audiences from diverse backgrounds. Artistic Director Carlotta Santana leads this company of energetic dancers and musicians in powerful performances, extensive community outreach and innovative arts education programs. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center.

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>>11 Adult Center at 6:30 p.m. in room 28 at the Roswell Adult Center, located at 807 N. Missouri. We will share and discuss photos from this monthʼs challenge. Time permitting, there will also be a show and tell session, so bring your photos, printed, on flash drive, or on disc. As always, free coffee.

Interested in photography?

Come join the PASR. For more information, call Cliff Powell at 626-2529.

Roswell

February 20

David Cook David Cook will be coming to Roswell on Friday, Feb. 20 as part of his Winter tour. Cookʼs career has taken off since his introduction to the commercial music industry in 2008. Since then, he has had a recordbreaking 14 debuts on Billboardʼs Digital Songs chart.

His major-label debut album, David Cook hit number three on the Billboard album chart and produced two Top 20 singles. The album went platinum, selling more than a million copies. He released This Loud Morning in 2011 and has just finished work on a third studio album, which he plans to release in the first half of this year. In November of 2014 Cook announced a new single, “Wait For Me”, which is now available on iTunes.

Opening for Cook will be local favorites, Secret Circus.

Started by brothers Klas and Joel Åhman in Stockholm, Sweden, the band now splits its time between Stockholm and Roswell. The brothers each play guitar and provide vocals. Joined by their cousin Martin Sternelius on bass, the trio plays Alternative-Rock with Blues and Gypsy influences.

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greet, and an autograph opportunity. Members and their guest are invited to attend this event. Visit thelibertyinc.com or Pecos Flavors Winery to make reservations. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Roswell

February 20

Buen Estillo Buen Estillo will be performing at the Roswell Adult Center, located at 807 N. Missouri, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Admission is $5. These guys play a variety of Spanish and country.

For more information, call the RAC at 624-6718.

Roswell

February 20-21

Piano Perspectives “Piano Perspectives at AMoCA” is a piano festival located at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art in Roswell, New Mexico. The intention of this festival is to provide students and the public with an opportunity to immerse themselves in music and art by attending performances, lectures and workshops by the artist faculty and students.

Festival Activities: Friday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m., “Opening Night Concert” features pianist Alexander Schwarzkopf, with guest artists violinist Rebecca Hunter, cellist David Schepps and composer Jesse Jones in a mixed program of solo and chamber works by Chopin, Brahms,

Jones and Steinbach. Composer and guest artist, Jesse Jones will present a lecture and discussion on his composition “In Dulcet Tones” prior to the performance of this work.

Saturday, February 21 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Schwarzkopf Piano Masterclass Saturday, February 21 at 3 p.m., GALA Recital: Students from the Masterclass

Carlsbad

February 20, 21, 27, 28, March 1

The Odd Couple Tickets are on sale for “The Odd Couple,” Directed by LaWanda Scholl Performance Dates: are February 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. Matinee on March 1. For more information, visit cctinfo.org.

Roswell

February 21

Baby Boomer Conference and Expo The sixth annual Baby Boomer Conference & Business Expo is Saturday, February 21, From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Roswell Convention Center.

Donʼt miss the best event of the year to showcase your business. For more information visit www.planitproduction.com, email barbara@plan-itproduction.com, or call 575-627-1112.

Roswell

February 21

Dwain & Jill Dwain & Jill will be performing at the Roswell Adult Center, located at 807 N. Missouri, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call Carla Cobb at 627-3400 or 910-6935.

Roswell

February 21

Blackwood Quartet Bloodbought Ministry presents Blackwood Quartet, live in concert at 7 p.m. at 1400 W. Second St. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 575578-1432.

Roswell

February 21

Author Visit- Dr. Pittman Local author Dr. Walter Pittman will be speaking about two books he has written about New Mexico during the Civil War at the Roswell Public Library, Saturday February 21st at 2 p.m. The author will sell and sign copies of his books after the program. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Roswell Public Library. For more information call 575-622-7101.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

I Love You, Youʼre Perfect, Now Change

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The Way Way Off Broadway Theatre Company is presenting a play about love and relationships right in the heart of Valentine’s season

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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor he Way Way Off Broadway Theatre Company is set to stage their first production. According to board secretary and managing director, Tony Souza, "This production is called, 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.' It is directed by Summer Souza, my wife. We have been in preproduction for this show in October, and we went into rehearsals in December.

"Our show opens Feb. 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center.

"The show actually only consists of a cast of four people. I will be portraying multiple characters, along with Summer.

We have Julie Washichek, who recently retur ned to theatre in the ENMU-Roswell production of The Nutcracker. We have Zach Fuller, who is an alumni of the ENMU-Roswell Theatre Department, and he was in

the production, Clue."

Originally planned as a onenight-stand at the Liberty, the members of WWOB ended up encountering problems with turning it into an affordable night of dinner theater.

Tony explained, "We still think it is a good idea. We have some shows in mind that might serve that purpose in the future. When it fell apart ... we switched gears and decided to make it a full blown theatrical production.

"The thing about theater production is that it costs the same amount of money to produce one show as it does to produce 100 shows. If you have to build sets, or produce costumes for one show, that cost doesn't multiply over multiple productions."

Director, Summer Souza went on to say, "Tony and I go to shows in Ruidoso, or Albuquerque and we make a day of it and that is our date. That is why I think it is cool in this

town that people can come see a show."

Tony added, "Having productions like this is affordable. The amazing professional productions in Albuquerque or the Spencer are good, but they can be expensive because you have to travel. We say, get the flowers, have dinner, come see the show, and leave the theater in a great mood, more in love with the signifigant other in your life."

Summer said, "The show is all the things that you think about, but you never really say. It is pretty fun.

"It is a date-night show because it is about marriage, dating, in-laws, kids and everything in between. There are touching moments in it that grab at your heartstrings, and there are hysterical moments. It is a fun datenight show.

You reminisce and think about your own life as you see

these different scene go by."

Tony interupted, "One thing that we wanted to mention, is it is a hysterical musical comedy... for adults.

"It deals with the subject matter of marriage, love, and sex, of course needs to be discussed. So, there is not excessive vulgarity or profanity. There are a couple of moments of adult humor, but it is one to leave the kids at home and make it a date night.

"The size of the cast is only four people. The commitment level and the sheer talent we have alongside side us has blown us away. In a short amount of time this show has really come together. We have

been leaving the theater after rehearsal, and we have been saying, 'We have a show, and it is a good show.'

"As an actor, you have to be very aware of giving a consistent performance every night.

An energetic crowd builds that energy in the building, and it is a give and take. The actors will give something, and the audience will give something, and that energy is why we do it. It is not for money or glory, it is just for the sheer enjoyment of the art.

"This show's purpose is still to gain interest in our company out in the community and to financially give us a good SEE LOVE ON PAGE 14

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Finding our way forward

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By Rey Berrones Vision Editor

requently in my house my children ask for dessert before they have even begun their dinner.

I'm glad they ask because I want them to learn that they should speak up and ask, even if they know that the answer will be a resounding "No." On the other hand, this constant struggle with the children skipping the nutritious part of the meal and going directly to the fun part is a teachable moment. They need to learn that they need to do the things that nourish and provide for growth before they start in on things that only provide enjoyment.

As I was hearing about the new plan by the city of Roswell to rename some of our city streets after Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez, I couldn't help but envision my child sitting across the table.

Having streets that honor both of those figures that are

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lead on Les Miserables in the summer."

Summer said, "After the June performance of Les Miserables, we have Nightmare around Halloween."

Tony elaborated, "It is like a musical concert with sets and costumes, that turns into a blend between a rock concert and a musical. It is based on Nightmare Before Christmas, and it will be very kid friendly."

Summer continued, "Then we have Suessical next spring. We decided to do it during Dr. Suess week because I'm hoping to work

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essential to the history of our country feels good to city leaders because it makes Roswell feel like hundreds of other cities across the nation.

It feels good because joining in with our peers always does.

However, it turns out that we haven't eaten our dinner yet.

The Downtown Master Plan was adopted in 2011, and on the schedule of action agenda items is the Wayfinding Project. The action agenda sets 2012 as the date of completion of the development of the Wayfinding plan, which has been done. However, the implementation was supposed to have already begun.

Yet, it has consistently been pushed back, and leaders of the city are asking to rename roads. So, the question becomes, will they push forward, spend money on new signs and do all this work before they have completed the signs for the Wayfinding program?

Sure, having a Martin Luther King street feels good, and makes people happy, but it

doesn't contribute to the growth and health of the city.

Finishing up the infrastructure that the city needs isn't quite as fun, but the Wayfinding program creates a more cohesive environment and increases tourism. These are things that forward thinking leaders need to be concerned with.

Speaking of tourism, it turns out that tourists come into town because of the unique nature of the city, and because of Roswell's local history of rocketry, space exploration and aliens. Which leads to the question of why would Roswell want to make itself more like every other city in the country, when, instead, we could be naming streets after Robert H. Goddard, or any of the other space pioneers, wester n pioneers or world renowned artists that have helped create Roswell. This would only help our tourist economy.

To put it another way, a tourist venturing into town isn't going to find anything unique when they are told "to

go down MLK and tur n on Cesar Chavez." Yet, if those same tourists were told to "go down Robert Goddard Ave, and tur n left on Harrison Schmitt Blvd," they would know that this is a community that values not only its heritage, but also its unique contribution to the world.

This, of course, would be right in line with what has historically gone on in this community. With names like Poe, Lea, McGaffey, Bonney, Cahoon, De Bremond, Fulkerson, Hinkle, Hobbs, or Prager, the streets of Roswell have almost developed as a living history of the contributors to the local history and economy. The names of the streets are not random when you start learning the history of the area.

In fact, the sub-divisions and neighborhoods tell other stories about the history of Roswell. Sometimes called "Barrio Fruita," the neighborhood that includes Pecan, Cherry, Apple and the streets bound in by Garden and Orchard were named after

Orchard Park, which was a prison camp during WWII. The river boundary on the north side of this section was built by the POWs that were held in that camp. The camp (and the Orchard Park settlement that it was before that) is actually about 13 miles SE of Roswell.

Our city has a long tradition of naming our streets for our own local heritage, and I think that should continue. We should consider streets named after Cap Mossman, Robert Goddard, Col. Robert Goss, or even more recently, Jane Batson, Joe McKinnon or Felix Baumgartner to celebrate our own before we fall in line with what everyone else in the nation has already done.

We should be concentrating on completing our street infrastructure with projects like the Wayfinding program before we consider replacing perfectly good street signs.

In other words, the city should finish its dinner before it starts on dessert.

with the schools to do a fieldtrip day and have the schools come out and watch it."

Tony added, "The beginning of the following season is Mary Poppins. It is one of my favorite movies. It is based more off the books than the movie, but it is a great family show combined with grand scope of musicals. ...I know she has to fly, and that idea haunts me at night, but theatricality is part of the game."

In planning out their coming year, everyone involved with WWOB has taken care to add to what is already going on in the live theater scene in Roswell rather than to try and compete.

Summer said, "That is something that we were hoping for when we started the theatre company, we all offering something different, so that there is something for everyone to either audition for or to come see. Tarzan is a lot of tumbling and dancing, while we have more music.

Tony excitedly added, " ...and what a cool thing that the Little Theatre has their season, we have started our season, and the college has begun their next show. So, instead of having to wait six months between shows, people can go regularly to the theatre, regardless if it is our

production, the college shows, or the Little Theatre and see good shows."

Shows are scheduled on Feb. 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the ENMU-Roswell Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased at showtix4u.com.

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Mabel Dwightʼs ʻThe Family’

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From the Vault

By Sara Woodbury RMAC Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

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t the Roswell Museum, we like to keep the galleries changing so that visitors can be treated to different works on a regular basis. With so much material in our vaults, moreover, it’s easy to explore the collection from a variety of angles and perspectives. In February, then, we’ll be opening a new exhibit in Spring River Gallery called Seeing Cats and Dogs, a show that features representations of pets and service animals from the permanent collection. In anticipation of this new exhibit, today’s feature will highlight one of the works appearing in that show: a lithograph called The Family, by Mabel Dwight (1876-1955).

Mabel Dwight was born in Ohio. She was at least partially deaf (the extent of her hearing loss remains debated among scholars), so she became an astute observer of society to compensate for her hearing. She became interested in lithography while traveling in Paris during the 1920s.

Invented in the late 18th century, lithography is a versatile yet challenging printmaking process. To make a lithograph, an artist draws onto a stone with an oily, ink-receptive crayon or other substance.

The stone is then inked, rinsed, and pressed onto a piece of paper, transferring the image. Since the late 19th century, Paris had been one of the centers of artistic lithography, and was famous for its workshops, or ateliers, which collaborated with artists on their prints.

Dwight took up lithography after returning from her travels, and she achieved critical renown for her humorous, sympathetic prints of daily

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Photo courtesy Roswell Museum and Art Center life. She often focused on human subjects, particularly people on excursions to venues such as theatres, zoos, and aquariums. She also enjoyed cats, however, and made several feline-themed prints such as “The Family.” Dwight endows this lithograph with a subtle air of domesticity. The mother cat and her kittens are not outdoors, exposed to the elements, but are shown lying on a striped rug placed over a wooden floor. The striped coats of three kittens echo the stripes of the rug, visually

linking the feline group with the interior space. A single white kitten further connects the cats with their surroundings by paralleling the rug’s white stripes.

It may not surprise you to know that I enjoy cats myself, but “The Family” reflects more than my appreciation of felines. As curator, I try to create shows that appeal to a variety of interests, and this exhibit was inspired by the popularity of pets in today’s world. We dress them in costumes, advocate for their

rights, and praise their abilities as therapeutic animals.

Many television shows are devoted to them, and the pet industry is a thriving one, offering a dizzying array of food, toys, furniture, and other products. Our animal companions are a prominent part of daily life, and our bonds with them can become common ground between people, encouraging conversation, camaraderie, and even rivalry.

As I perused the vaults to become familiar with their holdings, I couldn’t help but

notice how many of the works in our collection featured pets, and I thought that pulling these images together would make for a fun exhibit. The result is Seeing Cats and Dogs. Mabel Dwight’s lithograph will be on view, but so will many other works, including pieces by Ted Kuykendall, Elmer Schooley, and Agnes Tait. Seeing Cats and Dogs will open February 20, so the next time you find yourself at the museum, be sure to check it out.

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UFOLOGY

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or over half a century now, a familiar theme running through many science-fiction films has been the idea of extra-terrestrials invading the Earth and trying to take it over to make it their new home. The story line is always essentially the same: the planet these creatures come from is dying fast, and they have to find a new world or perish.

But is this scenario likely ever to play out in reality? Are the pilots of UFOs going to conquer the Earth?

In my view, this is fairly unlikely. You may wonder why I think so. The simple answer is that creatures capable of

Do aliens covet our Earth? Not very likely.

Looking Up

zipping about the galaxy must be pretty resourceful, and if they really wanted to take us over, they probably would already have done so.

But I have a more complex answer too.

When a planet orbits a star, and when it has the good fortune to lie in what some people call the Goldilocks zone (a distance neither too close in nor too far out from its star, so that water can remain in liquid form), it enjoys conditions favorable to the evolution and survival of life. But when the star eventually approaches stellar death, exhausting its natural fuel, it brightens and pushes the

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habitable Goldilocks zone farther out. One can envision this as being like a smoke ring expanding outward, though it’s invisible. When this life-friendly zone shifts gradually outward, it strands the planet on the inner starside of the ring, all the water boils away in time, and life exists there no more.

The trouble is that our Earth already lies on the inner cusp of this habitable ring, which will move outward and leave the Earth behind in about 1.75 billion years. But this is a gradual process, and life here will be extinct long before then. By about 500 million years from now, our Earth

(due to our sun’s expansive stellar death) will already have become too hot for life to survive for long. These circumstances have moved astrobiologist Rene Heller, writing in Scientific American (January 2015 issue), to call the Earth “only marginally habitable.”

One may feel that this is overstating things a bit, and that half a billion years is a lot of time for Earth to continue to support complex life (by still being barely within the sun’s Goldilocks zone). But from an alien civilization’s viewpoint, Rene Heller is right. You see, the galaxy is replete with dwarf stars

By Donald Burleson

smaller than our sun, and these stars have a life expectancy typically over twice that of the sun. A lifesupporting planet orbiting such a star will, in time, see its habitable zone creep outward, but such a planet has many billions of years of life left before that happens.

Thus the crews of alien spacecraft are reasonably likely to come from places that have longer, more promising futures than Earth has, so that our planet, for them, would probably be an unfavorable trade from a cosmic point of view.