Santa Fe Reporter, April 3, 2024

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SEEING IS BELIEVING FOR TURNER CARROLL GALLERY’S FOUNDERS BY ALEX DE VORE, P.12

OPINION 5

NEWS

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

OIL STOP 9

Environmental groups push for stop to oil drilling as judge allows industry to intervene in case

WAITING FOR JUSTICE 10

Downwinders push for compensation against ticking clock

COVER STORY 12

DOUBLE VISION

For the founders of Turner Carroll Gallery, seeing is believing

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THE CALENDAR 18

3 QUESTIONS 22

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MUSIC 25

TOMORROWLAND

Santa Fe record label Mama Mañana embraces local musicians and old-school media

FOOD 27

A CUT ABOVE

Oshia’s adds to Santa Fe’s pizza scene—and to Chomp’s appeal

MOVIES 28

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE

It’s time to worry about Kong

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NEWS, MARCH 22: “CURATING GLOOM”

SAY HER NAME

I greatly appreciate [Alex] De Vore’s focus on quintessential “Santa Fe” subjects, and his March 22, 2024 article (referenced above) served as an important reminder that social justice tensions in this town have continued at a slow boil for centuries—even when the populace unites momentarily to celebrate our favorite party animal, Old Man Gloom.

The article rightfully gave credit to the All Pueblo Council of Governors for changes made in the wake of protests over the Entrada. Other media reports of the day gave most of the credit to Regis Pecos of Cochiti and the Santa Fe mayor for brokering the solution.

Reportage in the New York Times followed suit, discussing a momentous social change as if it had solely come about by the instigation and intervention of men. The Times article even ran a photo of activist Jennifer Marley being arrested at the 2019 Fiestas (pictured above), but captioned the image without any reference to her name. New Mexico women such as Marley, Elena Ortiz,

Jessica Montoya and many others don’t deserve to be left out of our communal story.

I’m hoping the Reporter will uphold its sterling reputation as an exemplar of journalism by renewing an effort to “say her name” and not overlook contributions that women make to our history.

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EVERYONE’S A CRITIC…

Alas your so-called “judge” of verse is so submerged in grief he cannot see beyond dismembered limbs and rotten meat, and woe to him who dares to celebrate the bonds that grow among the beings of the world, the ones who treasure joy and magnify the light that sparkles like a healing strobe to lift us from despair with blissful sigh.

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SANTA FE

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OFFICIALS CONSIDER NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE TRAIN

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CITY COUNCIL PASSES UNFUNDED PLAN TO IMPROVE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

Because you can’t put a price tag on political posturing

SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES 30-DAY SPRING “BLITZ” ON THE CITY’S MOST ACCIDENT-PRONE STREETS

Ones with Santa Fe drivers on them, that is

CITY CONSIDERS

RENAMING FORT MARCY PARK ZOZOBRA FIELD AT FORT MARCY PARK, AND APPROVING A MONUMENT AND TIME CAPSULE

Let’s hope it fares better than the other monuments

CALIFORNIA JUDGE RECOMMENDS SANTA FE RESIDENT AND FORMER TRUMP LAWYER JOHN EASTMAN LOSE HIS CA LICENSE FOR TRYING TO INTERFERE WITH THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

But if he wants to run for president, that’s just fine

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Oil Stop?

BY EVAN CHANDLER evan@sfreporter.com

The smells of burning chemicals linger in Carlsbad’s smog-filled air. A notable brownish-gray dust floats throughout it as a result of nearby oil and gas extractions. Fracking equipment sits in neighborhoods with natural gas pipelines running through and behind property lines. Abandoned wells leak while engines from increased truck traffic rumble through the city. This is how Jozee Zuniga, an EarthCare Youth United for Climate Crisis Action member, describes the reality for her and other residents.

“We’re just constantly burdened by the pollution,” Zuniga tells SFR. Being a part of YUCCA is “very important to her,” she says, because YUCCA is a “youth-led organization, and that’s huge when the youth have been left with this burden of cleaning up and taking care of an environment that we didn’t take part in destroying.”

Such environmental outrage led multiple individuals and youth and indigenous-led organizations to file a May 2023 lawsuit against the State of New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico Legislature and other entities in the First Judicial District Court. Within the suit, plaintiffs argue the state is out of compliance with its constitution—as it relates to pollution created by unregulated oil and gas extraction permitting—which they say “guarantees New Mexicans a healthful and beautiful environment and mandates that the state control pollution to avoid despoiling its air, water and other natural resources.” The legal battle continues today.

In a hearing March 29, First Judicial District Court Judge Matthew Wilson allowed the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico and the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce to intervene in the case on the side of the state after attorneys Jeff Wechsler and Mark Barron argued the economic interests of both organizations would be impacted should injunctive relief be granted in the case.

“The oil and gas industry shouldn’t have any role in this case, but we respect the court’s decision,” Gail Evans, the lead counsel and attorney for fellow plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement following the hearing. “Fossil fuel companies are terrified they’ll lose

As environmentalists seek moratorium on new oil and gas extraction, judge allows business groups standing in lawsuit

their huge profits if we win this constitutional case and their involvement shows just how badly this lawsuit is needed. We’re eager to make our case on behalf of every New Mexico resident against the state and this greedy, polluting industry. We look forward to defending our constitutional rights in court.”

During the most recent legislative session, New Mexico passed a record $10.2 billion budget, roughly 40% of which came from rising oil and gas extraction royalties.

In a statement provided to SFR, Holly Agajanian, the governor’s chief general counsel, noted neither the governor nor any state agencies had taken a position on the industry motion to intervene.

“That said, the decision made by the court on Friday correctly and appropriately acknowledges that the state must balance a wide variety of interests when considering its rules and regulations concerning oil and gas development,” Agajanian says. “In this instance, the judge found that developers should have a seat at the table because the plaintiffs were seeking to enjoin development.”

Indeed, the environmentalists’ lawsuit seeks a moratorium on additional oil and gas permitting. More than 70,000 active oil and gas production sites currently operate in the state, Evans says.

T he state cannot continue to permit more and more pollution and damage. They first have to do something [such as] put in place a pollution control scheme.

—Gail Evans, attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity

“Not a single environmental or public health review has been done before those fracking permits have been issued, so this is just a massive failure on the part of the state and this is why people are in the position that they’re in that their landscapes, their health, the environment, the climate—it’s all being destroyed,” Evans tells SFR. “The state cannot continue to permit more and more pollution and damage. They first have to do something [such as] put in place a pollution control scheme.”

In her statement, Agajanian characterizes the legal push for a moratorium a result the litigants “have not been able to achieve through normal political processes. Instead of persuading legislators or agencies of their views, plaintiffs ask the court to override legislative judgment regarding what level of pollution control is consistent with the state’s interest in the use and development of its natural resources. It was for these reasons that the state moved to dismiss the complaints on all counts.”

Both the Lujan Grisham administration and the Legislature filed responses to the suit last summer asking for the case to be dismissed. In the case of the Legislature, attorney Tom Hnasko asks the court to dismiss the case or for judgment in the Legislature’s favor. The filing argues claims made from plaintiffs violate legislative immunity pursuant to the New Mexico Civil Rights Act, and the requested relief “seeks to confer to the judiciary the role of exercising legislative policy judgment,” among other points.

Lujan Grisham filed a motion alongside Secretary of Environment James Kenney and Secretary of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Sarah Cottrell Propst to dismiss the case against them that argues the New Mexico Civil Rights Act precludes claims against individuals, and argues they can only be brought against public bodies.

A hearing for both motions is scheduled for April 12.

YUCCA member and Laguna Pueblo resident Jonathan Juarez says Lujan Grisham, who was selected to serve on the US Climate Alliance Executive Committee just weeks before the lawsuit was filed, must uphold her duty to protect New Mexicans and ensure a healthy and safe future for all, otherwise it is “paying lip service, and it’s really performative.”

“The governor can get on a national platform and say what she wants to about being a leader in addressing the climate crisis,” Juarez tells SFR, “but those of us that live on the frontlines and live with the everyday reality, we know the truth, and we see through that.”

Members of YUCCA organized for their die-in action demonstration on the opening day of the 2023 legislative session.

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Waiting on Justice

NM downwinders and advocates push US House for action

BY JULIA GOLDBERG editor@sfreporter.com

Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer may have won seven awards, including best picture, at this year’s Oscars, but the movie remains a “sore subject” for Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, which represents New Mexicans sickened as a result of both the 1945 Trinity Test and the state’s uranium mining industry.

“They don’t mention any part of our history, and they don’t mention any part that we played in the whole Manhattan Project and Trinity test,” Cordova tells SFR about the movie. “We’re the people that did all the hard work. We did the heavy lifting, and they don’t mention us at all. I often tell people, ‘They don’t even show one of us pumping gas.’”

Moreover, Cordova says she knows the film’s producers were approached and provided information about the state’s downwinders and expressed no interest in that part of the story. “So, for me, when they came here and established the Manhattan Project and…tested the Trinity bomb, they invaded our lands and our lives and they destroyed our environment and they left. Well, when they came here to film Oppenheimer, it was a similar invasion. They can’t even mention New Mexico when they get the Academy Award for cinematography. They

can’t say, ‘New Mexico is this vast, beautiful state with a ready-made workforce that made this possible?’”

Cordova, a cancer survivor, spoke to SFR just before heading to Washington, DC for a film festival featuring another film about the Trinity Test, Lois Lipman’s First We Bombed New Mexico, which features Cordova’s years of fighting for New Mexico’s victims’ inclusion under the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

That fight continues. In early March, the US Senate passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, both extending the bill’s expiration date and deadlines for claims and allowing for the first-time compensation for New Mexico’s victims.

Cordova was in DC then as well, as the guest of US Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, for the State of the Union, also the anniversary of her father’s death from cancer.

“I wasn’t sure I wanted to be gone on that day,” she says. “But being invited to the State of the Union is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I honestly finally got straight in my head that I can be here in Albuquerque miserable about my dad’s passing, or I could be in DC lobbying and talking to people and spreading the word. Little did we know that the vote was going to take place that day.”

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but in other parts of the country.” A bipartisan coalition grew from there. In addition to Luján and US Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-NM, sponsoring the recently passed RECA bill, Republicans Mike Crapo and Josh Hawley, of Idaho and Missouri, respectively, also backed the bill, among others.

Luján hasn’t seen all of Oppenheimer, as it happens. “I’ve watched a portion of it,” he tells SFR. “I was concerned that so much of the story that should have been told about these families in these communities was left out,” he says. “I don’t know why it was left out. I mean, it’s a long movie.”

US Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-NM, saw the movie and ahead of the Oscars presented on the House floor an award to Oppenheimer for “the most incomplete story.” Leger Fernández brought Phil Harrison, (Diné), a former uranium miner suffering from radiation exposure as her guest to the SOTU.

Leger Fernández tells SFR Democrat leadership in the House supports the bill. “We know that it’s up to the Republican leadership,” she says, but at the same time there exists a bipartisan coalition of people who “share a great injustice” from the fallout from the nuclear industry. “I’ve sat and cried with the people from Missouri,” she says, “with the people from Idaho.”

summer as well, but it was subsequently stripped out of the annual defense bill at the end of the year.

The bill now must be taken up by the US House before it expires on June 7. President Joe Biden’s administration has also expressed support for the bill.

Luján, one of the bill’s Senate sponsors, has introduced legislation to expand RECA in every Congress since he was first elected to the US House in 2008. He’s been working with Cordova since then on the issue, which strikes home for him as well. His father, longtime New Mexico House Speaker Ben Luján, died in 2012 from lung cancer after decades of working as an ironworker at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and believed his exposure to asbestos and other elements contributed to his disease. Hearing stories from Trinity downwinders, from uranium mining survivors and from those hurt by the Church Rock uranium mine spill “resonated,” Luján says. “Through no fault of their own, they were exposed there, their lives were taken, they were left to suffer with cancer or other physical ailments… It just was not right. It didn’t sit well with me.”

Luján says as the years unfolded, he “learned more and more and more about what had happened not just in New Mexico

Backers are looking for a larger package in which to place RECA, she says, to give it its best shot, but will introduce it as a standalone if needed. “And hopefully with the kind of coalition we have now, which I think is stronger than it’s ever been…we will get something,” Leger Fernández says. “I can tell you we are not giving up.”

The clock is definitely ticking, Lilly Adams, senior outreach coordinator for the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Global Security Program, tells SFR. When the House returns April 9, she says, they will only be in session for 28 days before RECA expires. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, however, did recently indicate general support for bringing forward the bill (The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium’s website has quick links to contact Johnson and Congress to urge them to bring RECA up for a vote).

Adams says while New Mexico’s victims’ exclusion from RECA has always seemed like an “incomprehensible oversight,” the coalition of people across the country hurt by nuclear weapons testing has found its strength by standing together seeking justice.

“This coalition hasn’t taken the stance of, ‘My community is more deserving than yours,’” she says, but has instead put forward the message: “‘We are all in this together. We’re all fighting together.’”

Tularosa Downwinders Consortium co-founder Tina Cordova and US Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-NM, have worked together for years seeking justice for New Mexico’s nuclear victims.

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Double Vision

Double Vision

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Last June, a long line formed out the door at Baca Street Railyard-area contemporary arts space Container, stretching out beyond the concrete stoop and drive, onto the sidewalk and nearly down the street. At a small card table out front on Flagman Way, a pair of Container officials handed out snow-white balaclavas and encouraged visitors to don them as they entered. A sign on the door cautioned attendees they might be filmed.

The event—the local opening of Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova’s exhibition Putin’s Ashes—marked the Russian protest artist’s first time showing her work in Santa Fe. It also underscored the key and unique position Container proprietors Tonya Turner Carroll and Michael Carroll— who also run Turner Carroll Gallery—play in Santa Fe’s gallery ecosystem.

The duo opened Container—the city’s first building made out of shipping containers—in 2022 with an exhibition from internationally recognized multimedia artist Swoon and a pronouncement that the new gallery represented “a radical change

SEEING IS BELIEVING FOR TURNER CARROLL GALLERY’S FOUNDERS

in well-worn approaches to exhibiting and collecting contemporary art.” To that end, a statement at the time declared, the gallery would serve as a home for versions of museum exhibitions and artist residencies, with an eye toward work in conversation with contemporary social issues.

That mission dovetailed with Turner Carroll and Carroll’s longer mission of championing artists, which began when they founded Turner Carroll Gallery almost 25 years ago with a few works Juan Kelly, today an internationally recognized painter and founder of Nuart Gallery, and went on to show work by the late renowned sculptor Luis Jiménez; multidisciplinary queer/ feminist artist Angela Ellsworth; celebrated feminist artist and author Judy Chicago and many more. The couple’s story, dating to Santa Fe circa 1989, also helps understand the narrative of Santa Fe’s contemporary art scene, with all its ups and downs.

HOW IT WENT

Santa Fe’s art world is lousy with anecdotal evidence about the coming-together and rise of the city’s international reputation as an arts mecca; about how this or that painter, sculptor, gallery owner, etc. came through town—either on purpose, because their car broke down or on a whim—and never left. Some cite the quality of light or their sense of cultural connection. The tourism market also can’t get enough of the city’s art scene, described earlier this year by one international magazine as “an art-lovers paradise.”

Yet, much of what the outside world perceives in that arena is based upon concepts of blue chip galleries and art as investment, whereas the good stuff has almost always happened in out-of-the-way places among bohemian types before making it to Canyon Road.

In 1989, Turner Carroll and Carroll happened through Santa Fe for the first time while headed to San Francisco and decided to stay for the summer.

They never made it to the Bay. Turner Carroll and Carroll were fresh out of college at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke, respectively. They’d met through the performance art world, and each discovered the other was an art and art history buff. They fell in love. Prior to arriving in Santa Fe, Turner Carroll had completed her thesis on William Blake; she had received the prestigious Morehead scholarship (now known as the Morehead-Cain scholarship), through which she attained positions with Sotheby’s and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Carroll, meanwhile, picked up a degree in history with an emphasis on the arts. When they arrived, Canyon Road held particular appeal for the couple.

“Let’s just say we were interested in contemporary art,” Carroll says with a laugh.

“So we decided it was a place where we belonged,” Turner Carroll adds of Santa Fe.

The pair wasted no time engaging with the local arts community, taking on sales positions at local galleries and participating in performance events at the Center for

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Gallerists Tonya Turner Carroll and Michael Carroll inside their space Container.

Contemporary Arts. The next two years, Carroll says, were glorious.

“And then we realized that if we wanted to have the kind of arts community we really wanted—because we were artists as well as historians—and if we wanted something that we wanted to be a part of, we needed to help create it,” Turner Carroll says. “We knew we had to give it a try.”

The hunt for a space was on. Even Canyon Road wasn’t quite as Canyon Road-y as it is today, Turner Carroll and Carroll say, and they saw only massive potential for growth.

“Canyon had this feeling then,” Turner Carroll says, “with artists rolling out their futons to sleep on at night and hanging their paintings on outside walls during the day.”

Turner Carroll also recalls notable Santa Fe arts workers like Linda Durham and Elizabeth Dunham coming into their own at the time. Then, in 1991 she and Carroll discovered the three-room space at 725 Canyon Road where Turner Carroll Gallery has been ever since.

“It was attached to this boot store, and the guy that owned the building—well, he was notorious at the time; this guy Marcel Fitzner,” Turner Carroll says. “And we were competing [for the space] against his drinking buddy, who was in his 60s. We were, like, 22; this was before the internet; you couldn’t get advice; we didn’t know what to do. But we knew the space was for rent and we had to have it.”

“We called Marcel ‘the New York Cowboy,” Carroll adds. “He was one of those

people who wound up in Santa Fe from the Isle of Misfit Toys, like…if you don’t quite fit in someplace, you come to Santa Fe.”

According to Turner Carroll and Carroll, Fitzner was a regular patron of Borrego House, a Canyon Road watering hole that is today the location of fine dining restaurant

Geronimo.

“He took all his meetings at the bar,” Turner Carroll continues, “so we went over there and said, ‘Look, we know your buddy wants it, but we know you have partners, so don’t you think you should allow your partners to make the best choice rather than just

C anyon [Road] had this feeling then, with artists rolling out their futons to sleep on at night and hanging their paintings on outside walls during the day.

-Tonya Turner Carroll

choosing your drinking buddy?’ And he said, ‘OK, show me a business plan.’”

With literally zero experience in business plans, the couple retreated to the library and slapped something together in a few days.

“We took that back to Marcel and he said he’d consider it and get back to us within a week,” Turner Carroll says. “Two days later, that drinking buddy of his contacts me and says he wants us to come over to his house, so we go over and he says he’s opening a gallery in that space and he wants me to be the director. Michael and I put our drinks down and left. We went right to the New York Cowboy at Borrego’s and told him, ‘In our world, this is not how you treat people—you said you’d consider our business plan!’ He shook hands on the deal right then. ‘He’s lying,’ he said, ‘so you get the space.’”

This was in April of 1991.

“And from that moment on, that kind of set the tone for everything we’ve ever done as a gallery,” Carroll says. “If you do your best and tell the truth, everything will probably work out. You’re going to have to do all the heavy lifting yourself, and you’re going to have to call people on it when they don’t tell the truth, but that was sort of our shot in the arm that we could do this if we stuck to our principles.”

The following weeks blurred together with sanded floors, roof repairs and minicrash-courses in business. Turner Carroll’s parents gave them $10,000 to help pay rent and start up.

“I’d been on a full scholarship to school,

From last year’s exhibit Putin’s Ashes by Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova. The work, Turner Carroll tells SFR, aligned well with the social practice mission of Container. “Nadya’s is art through revolution,” she says.

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Turner Carroll and Carroll tell SFR that Container in the Baca Street Railyard is meant to house works that can and should be in museums.

and my parents said they would kick in some money for grad school if I did that, but I said, ‘Hey, don’t worry about it, just give me $10,000 to secure this lease,’” Turner Carroll recalls. “My mom sent a fax machine, then faxed a contract that said I’d never ask for any more money.”

When Turner Carroll Gallery opened to the public in May of 1991, it had one artist on its roster: Costa Rican ex-pat and oil painter Juan Kelly. New to the game, the gallery’s owners burned through their $10,000 before the end of that first month and very nearly closed.

“We had two weeks before we owed the New York Cowboy $1,700 and I think we had $50 left, so we were feeling like that was rock bottom,” Carroll recounts. “Then this guy came into the gallery in a T-shirt and jeans, took a look around and said, ‘I want to buy all

your paintings.’ We only had two Juan Kelly paintings at the moment to sell the guy, but it was $11,000, it was enough; and you know who it turned out to be?”

He turned out to be biochemist and genetic engineer Herb Boyer, co-founder of pioneering biotech company Genentech.

“And he came back every couple years during that first 10-year period,” Carroll says.

As Boyer aged (he’s 87 now), he stopped visiting, Turner Carroll says, “but when the gallery turned 10, we wrote this heartfelt letter that was like, ‘The only reason we’re still here is you.’”

The next two years heralded steady growth and opportunity as Turner Carroll continued to develop its reputation. By 1993, Carroll says, Fitzner had died and from his deathbed sold the couple his building for un-

I f you do your best and tell the truth, everything will probably work out... that was sort of our shot in the arm that we could do this if we stuck to our principles.

-Michael Carroll

der market value. The Desert Son boot store remains attached to Turner Carroll Gallery to this day.

Carroll and Turner Carroll value their gallery’s connection to local history. These days, they live in Albuquerque where their daughter attends high school and commute daily to work. Both remain keenly aware of their newcomer status in the grand scheme of Santa Fe. As a higher-end gallery, Turner Carroll Gallery’s very presence on Canyon Road, though it dates to 1991, could be perceived by some as another tile in the mosaic of gentrification. Today, anyone who has spent $10 to park in the street’s one lot or bowed out at the last second from the Christmas Eve farolito walk to avoid the throngs of visitors will say the same: Santa Fe has changed.

“In 1991, Canyon had studios and some galleries, but it hadn’t quite filled up like where we are now,” Turner Carroll says. “Even then, we felt judged by the New York Cowboy and his partners and his drinking buddy.”

Carroll, meanwhile, cites naked commercial ambition as problematic.

“Today, I think, there are obviously a handful of galleries on Canyon where the sale is the thing,” he says. “You also have to think about what type of people own these galleries—I was surprised when we moved here that they weren’t all art historians, they were former realtors who wanted to retire to Santa Fe and open a business for a second or third act.”

Which is not to say that Turner Carroll and Carroll don’t see their work as a business. They do. They just don’t see it solely as a business.

“I remember when I was in school in North Carolina, and I would get up and drive for five hours at, like, 5 am—either to Atlanta or to Washington, DC, and this was just to see exhibits,” Turner Carroll says. “I couldn’t afford a hotel, either, so I’d have to drive right

Images from the recently-closed Blasfemme show at Turner Carroll Gallery on Canyon Road.

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back the same day. That’s almost exactly what I like to do to this day, except somehow, money has come from that. So I don’t feel guilt, I just feel incredibly lucky. And I hope that love never goes away.”

And the money, of course, also helps the artists whom the couple champions.

“Here’s my big thing,” Carroll says. “I think about the trade and the artwork, and beyond all the cultural benefits, money from out of town comes to us, and it goes from us to the artist and it stays here. And we’ve just successfully moved money from outside to inside. It’s a very low barrier to moving money inside the economy here, and I am extremely comfortable with that equation.”

That commitment to artists has earned Turner Carroll and Carroll loyalty from a veritable murderers’ row of contemporary artists.

HOW IT’S GOING

“They’re very honest, they mean what they say, they’re not playing games, and I appreciate it,” Pussy Riot’s Tolokonnikova tells SFR. “Tonya is very attentive, and I would recommend her to other artists—I do recommend to my friends who meet her to consider working with her, because it feels like she becomes a part of your family.”

Turner Carroll and Carroll met Tolokonnikova through Judy Chicago, who has shown at their spaces numerous times. They were, in fact, some of Tolokonnikova’s earliest collectors and cheerleaders, which, the Russian artist says, helped make her feel more comfortable bringing Putin’s Ashes to Container last year.

“The closest example would be that my friend Alexei Navalny was killed—no, he was murdered—on Feb. 16, and I wanted to organize an event in his memory; and I reached out to a bunch of galleries and museums, but everyone was busy and even though some people were very supportive of my efforts, not everybody puts everything aside and jumps into organizing an activist thing that isn’t going to bring people any money. Tonya was the one who did it. She jumped; organized the whole thing in a week.”

Painter Mokha Laget, who currently has work in Container, and who has known Turner Carroll for roughly 20 years (and who wrote for SFR years ago), expresses similar sentiments about working with the couple.

“I mean, Turner Carroll is a very multi-faceted gallery and they embody this intersection of artistic practices,” Laget says. “At the same

time, they also support artists like me working in a more historical vein—that pushes the boundary of that aesthetic. It’s also important for me that they bridge the gap between past, present and activist aesthetics and they have an equitable and inclusive vision.”

Laget, a relative newcomer to Container, has previously shown at galleries like Peyton Wright. At Container, Laget notes, Turner Carroll and Carroll are 100% supportive, which has led to various other opportunities including tours of Laget’s exhibits. That cache only seems to grow of late, too—to wit, this summer Laget will tackle a residency at the new Vladem Contemporary satellite wing of the New Mexico Museum of Art, amongst other forthcoming projects.

Through April 7, Container will host the exhibit Landfall Press: Iconic Prints, an absolutely massive collection of works from publisher and printer Jack Lemon, who began Landfall Press in Chicago in 1970. Today, Lemon calls Santa Fe home and says while his printing days are behind him, he’s proud to show at Container— something about it just feels right.

“When Landfall was Landfall, Tonya bought a lot of things from me,” he says. “When Landfall was not Landfall, she asked me if I would come and see her. I’d never been in her gallery, but we sat down and for hours we went over a lot of stuff.”

Iconic Prints encompasses dozens of artists, including Christo, Diego Romero, Jiha Moon, Robert Cottingham and more.

“Of course, I kept telling her that nobody in this town ever bought a print in their life,”

Lemon says with a chuckle. “But people have really liked it. I think Tonya and Michael are kind of like what I was like—they select people who are maybe a little off the wall, but it’s them. They’re trying to teach people that there is more than just certain kinds of art.”

Part of that informal lesson plan includes sharing how art makes Turner Carroll and Carroll feel—not that they want to tell anyone else precisely how to feel, but rather that audiences can and should listen to their intuition.

Adopting a heart-forward practice has served them well since 1989, Turner Carroll says.

After all, Carroll adds: “Art is how civilization gets better.”

They’ll continue that mission at Container with an upcoming show featuring Apache artist Douglas Miles and artist/ activist Shepard Fairey. Also on the docket? A Bangkok showing with Swoon at an as-yet unnamed museum still being constructed and more work with Pussy Riot’s Tolokonniokva, including an exhibit at the OK Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria, Turner Carroll says.

“Nadya said to me, ‘Thank you for your calm persistence,’ and I do feel like that’s how we do things,” says Turner Carroll. “We want to calmly persist in opening doors for artists we believe in. Really, the social mission is what we care about—I’ve always been drawn to that, and so has Michael; at Container, it’s a reflection of our own curatorial practice; with Swoon, it’s healing trauma; Nadya’s is art through revolution. We believe art can wake people up on the inside without indoctrinating them with words.”

Container is literally built from old shipping containers.

ALEX DE VORE

Artist Mokha Laget is a strong proponent of Turner Carroll and Carroll’s spaces and shared ethos.

COURTESY MOKHA LAGET

tour at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas! Reservations required.

April–May (Private Tours Only)

Monday–Friday Bookings between 10am and 2pm

June–October (Open for the Season)

Wednesday–Sunday Bookings between 10am and 2pm

Refreshed & Reopened!

Celebrate a grand reopening of the Museum! Visit the Galleries for free and see an extensive collections reinstallation. Gallery Guides will offer special insights into select works and prize giveaways will be happening all evening.

First Friday is free and open to the public.

EVENT THU/4

COOL ASL

With roughly 30% of Americans over the age of 12 experiencing hearing loss in both ears, it’s likely you know someone who uses American Sign Language, but how can we shine a light and educate others about the Deaf community? A new monthly ASL hangout event at Cake’s Café aims to do just that. “We encourage people to come in and turn their voices off and just embrace the culture, and it does not matter if you’ve never signed before,” coordinator Chelsie ‘Chacha’ Reed says. “There’s interpreters that come in, and people who just appreciate the language who are willing to help others learn… and everybody just sits and chats and meets each other.” Grab some food, coffee or your favorite alcoholic beverage and get to learning and creating community. (Evan

Chandler)

ASL & Deaf Night Out: 5-8 pm Thursday April 4. Free Cakes Café, 227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880

READING SUN/7

CAMP STORIES

Though she herself is not an astronomer, New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp did land the Astronomer in Residence gig at the Grand Canyon National Park in 2022. How does that work, exactly? Well, it’s complicated, but suffice it to say that Camp led nighttime poetry events alongside rangers dedicated to expounding knowledge of the night sky, but she was often left to her own devices to write. This led to Camp’s newest book, In Old Sky, from which she’ll read at Geronimo’s Books this week alongside Arizona poet Joni Wallace. “I was writing for a particular audience,” Camp says. “The audience who might never see dark skies, might not live near a place where dark skies exist or for people who might love the Grand Canyon but never see it. By thinking about it that way, it was a kind of freedom—I got to see it in a way that really only the rangers and workers get to experience.” April is Poetry Month, so you’d better go. (ADV)

Lauren Camp and Joni Wallace Reading: 4-5 pm Sunday, April 7. Free. Geronimo’s Books 3018 Cielo Court, (505) 467-8135

ART OPENING MON-SAT

PARODY PAINTINGS

“The point is to create a space in between these two very different things that generates a collision of ideas—that juxtaposition,” artist William Nelson tells SFR of the dozen oil-on-canvas paintings he presents in his new exhibit at LewAllen Galleries, Curious Collisions Resembling photo collages, Nelson’s newest works combine old Hollywood glamor aesthetics (and actors) with cartoon and comic book characters to create parodic pieces that raise more questions than they answer. “You hear songs and have your own interpretation of them, regardless of the lyrics or music,” Nelson says. “I think people are reluctant to do that to visual arts, and I’m trying to lift that veil…and they’re fun and they’re accessible.” (Mo Charnot)

William Nelson: Curious Collisions: 10 am-6 pm Mon-Sat; through Saturday, April 27. LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250

ALEX DE VORE

EVENT SAT/6

Mega-Permanence

Santa Fe’s oldest tattoo shop Four Star Tattoo turns 25 this week with no signs of slowing down

Take a look around the Santa Fe tattoo shop-o-sphere and a picture begins to emerge: one of a town that once boasted a number of quality shops you could count on one hand, but that now claims some of the finest artists in the world (yeah—the world).

Its nucleus, however, or maybe its Big Bang, is inarguably that of Four Star Tattoo, that most legendary custom shop that as of 2024 will count 25 years in business under owner/tattooer Mark Vigil. Not one to let the milestone go by unnoticed, Vigil and his crew will celebrate the quarter century victory this Saturday with a full day of flash deals, revelry and general tattoo excellence.

“I love tattooing,” Vigil, who has worked professionally since 1992, tells SFR. “I think about it every day and I’m super-passionate about it still; from the smallest to the biggest, it’s an honor to do this and we just want to keep it going.”

Vigil can and should take a bow at this point, given all he’s done in and for the tattoo scene in Santa Fe. Under his tutelage, artists like Los Lunas’ Miguel Chavez, Shrine Tattoo co-founder Zac Scheinbaum,

Seven-Ten Studio’s Jeffrey Pitt and many others have thrived in the industry. Vigil has also assembled quite the dream team at his own shop, including mainstays J. Green and Scott Buffington, plus new-ish Four Star faces like Bud Wizzo, Cameron Forsley, Caleb Barnard, Patrick Jones and Noah Trainor. Still, reflecting upon 25 years feels wild, Vigil says.

“Hopefully I have another 10 years tattooing in me,” he says. “I mean, I love it so much, but you never know. I’ve been doing this 32 years and I’m confident I have more. I would just like to continue serving Santa Fe and New Mexico—and I think, 25 years…why am I lucky enough to have that? Why did I make it through the heaviest parts of the pandemic? I guess if you care about something like that, you’re gonna do it.”

Amen, brother. And Happy Anniversary. (Alex De Vore)

FOUR STAR TATTOO

25TH ANNIVERSARY

11 am-5 pm Saturday, April 6

Free (but pay for tattoos, duh)

Four Star Tattoo 825 Topeka St., (505) 984-9131

SHUTTERSTOCK

BOB GODWIN

COURTESY LEWALLEN GALLERIES

THE CALENDAR

DANCE

POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road, (505) 501-2142

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An after-school dance program for young women aged 13-18. 5-7 pm

EVENTS

GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-3278

Challenging trivia with prizes. 8-10 pm

KIDS SING-ALONG: RAILYARD PARK

Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe St., (505) 982-3373

Music games and sing-alongs for toddlers and babies.

10:30-11:15 am

QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER

Ohori’s Coffee Roasters 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-9692

Coffee with the local queer community.

9:30-11 am

MUSIC

WED/3

BOOKS/LECTURES

HISTORY WITH CHRISTIAN

35 Degrees North

60 E San Francisco St., (505) 629-3538

History with hobbyist historian Christian Saiia.

Noon-2 pm

OÑATE AND VILLAGRÁ: 1598

NEW MEXICO

Online

Former Palace of the Governors Director Thomas E. Chavez discusses the first known publication about America in Europe, La Historia de Nuevo Mejico, recounting Juan de Oñate’s 1598 expedition to colonize northern New Mexico. Register at bit.ly/49QbAW3.

Noon-1 pm, $20-$60

WRITING GENERATION

SERIES: SERENA RODRIGUEZ

Online Rodriguez leads a group through interactive writing exercises that reference themes from her March 20 reading. Register at surveymonkey.com/r/ WritingGenSpring24.

6 pm

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES

El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

A night of melodious Americana tunes, with singer-songwriter Jake Manzi supporting.

8 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Warm up your vocal chords for karaoke hosted by Crash Romeo.

7 pm

MELANGE

Social Kitchen & Bar

725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952

This band brings a unique style of award-winning, original Spanglish funk fusion.  6-9 pm

OLD 97’S

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

Alternative country-rock music. The show’s sold out, so look for tickets secondhand if you’ve just got to be there.

7:30 pm, $25

RHYME CRAFT AT THE MINE SHAFT

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

A night of hip-hop with special guest DJs by Outstanding Citizens Collective.

7 pm

ROBERT MARCUM & BRIAN DEAR

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

Folk-rock from Marcum and Beatles covers arranger Dear.  6-9 pm

TIM STYLES

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

A modern-day troubadour infuses country, blues and rock.

4 pm

WARM UP WEDNESDAY

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Hip-hop night every Wednesday, hosted by DJ DMonic.

9 pm

WORKSHOP SIP & WAX

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Make your own candle, with 140+ scents to choose from.

6 pm, $40

STAINED GLASS ART EXPERIENCE

TLC Stained Glass

1730 Camino Carlos Rey, Ste. 100, (505) 372-6259

Learn the basics of stained-glass artistry and create a stained glass suncatcher ornament. 10 am and 1 pm, $175

THU/4

BOOKS/LECTURES

THE SHADOWS OF SOCRATES: THE HERESY, WAR, AND TREACHERY BEHIND THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES

Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Author Matt Gatton discusses his novel about the most famous unsolved murder in history, set during the  Peloponnesian War.

6 pm

DANCE

POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road, (505) 501-2142

An after-school dance program for young women aged 13-18, founded by dancer Myra Krien. 5-7 pm

EVENTS

ASL & DEAF NIGHT OUT

Cake’s Cafe

227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880

A social event for ASL and Deaf culture. Experience the beauty and richness of ASL and connect with others in the community. Food and beverages available. (See SFR Picks, page 17.) 5-8 pm

ADULTI-VERSE

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

A not-so-hyper-space for adults.

6-10 pm, $40

CHESS & JAZZ

No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St., nonamecinema.org

Play chess and listen to jazz.

6-8 pm

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952

Challenging trivia with prizes.

7-9 pm

LADIES NIGHT

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Ladies get free entry, $5 for everyone else.

10 pm

SORCERY AND MIGHT: BOARD GAME NIGHT

Roots & Leaves Casa de Kava 301 N Guadalupe St., (720) 804-9379

A community for those interested in board, tabletop role-playing, collectible card trading and video games. Join the Discord: discord.gg/GCfZrNBr. 6 pm

VETERANS FOR PEACE

PRESENT: MARTIN LUTHER

KING

Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674

Veterans for Peace and many others sponsor a reading of Martin Luther King’s speech, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silences, on the anniversary of the speech.  7 pm

Sunny Taylor’s acrylic paintings delve into the visual narrative of architectural decay and resilience of rural northeast America in Renovations, which opens on April 5 in Nuart Gallery.

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

Share happy hour with country music legend Hearne.

4-6 pm

DARCI CARLSON

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

Straight-up country, no chaser.

7 pm

DAVID GEIST MUSIC

EXPERIENCE

Osteria D’Assisi

58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858

A Tony Award-winning pianist and vocalist performs the best of Broadway, pop and originals.

7-10 pm, $5

HALF BROKE HORSES

Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge

1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817

Honky-tonk and Americana.

7-10 pm

LENSIC PRESENTS:

CHRIS BOTTI

Lensic Performing Arts Center

211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234

Grammy-winning trumpeteer

Chris Botti returns to the Lensic for a stunning night of music.

7:30 pm, $63-$123

NOELLE & THE DESERTERS

Nuckolls Brewing

152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, nuckollsbrewing.com

Taos-based band Noelle & The Deserters plays Western honky-tonk heartbreak songs.

6-8:30 pm

SONGWRITER’S CIRCLE

Queen Bee Music Association

1596 Pacheco St., (505) 278-0012

Get inspired, workshop songs and gather feedback from peers and professional musicians.

6:30-8 pm

FRI/5

ART OPENINGS

CALLA KLESSIG SENTIĆ

(OPENING)

New Concept Gallery

610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570

Known for her use of color and texture, Sentić’s work shows deep love and reverence for the land, sky and the inhabitants of these magical spaces.

5-7 pm

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS

(OPENING)

Santa Fe Community College

6401 Richards Ave., (505) 428-1000

Curated by the SITE Santa Fe Young Curators, this exhibition explores representations of tradition, whether newly-adopted or generational, in contemporary culture.

6-8 pm

GARY GOLDBERG: MAGICAL REALISM (OPENING)

Hecho a Mano

129 W Palace Ave., (505) 916-1341

Mythological creatures and surreal landscapes appear in the layered walls of Oaxaca City, Mexico. Goldberg photographs large expanses of textured walls in and around Oaxaca city, then translates them into large-scale felted textiles.

5-7 pm

GATHERING BETWEEN (OPENING)

Strata Gallery

125 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 105, (505) 780-5403

Abstract figurative paintings and sculpture by Carla Caletti. She gathers disparate parts and fragments into a new whole, adding layers and depth with wax, paper and acrylics.

5-7 pm

MARK GORDON: IRISES AND ROSES (OPENING)

Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Find inspiration in spiritual and artistic expressions of flowers.

4-6 pm

MOUNTAINS, RIVERS + FIELDS (OPENING)

El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016

Jesse Blanchard’s mixed media landscape works combine woodblocks, monotypes, drawing, collage and sewing.

5-7 pm

RISO! (OPENING)

Hecho a Mano 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 916-1341

A show centering the risograph, a digital printing technique known for its vivid colors and crisp, layered textures.  5-7 pm

SUNNY TAYLOR: RENOVATIONS (OPENING)

Nuart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888

Acrylic paintings that delve into worn barns, homes and cottages, capturing the stoic beauty of architecture shaped by time and nature.

5-7 pm

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302

Award-winning flamenco.  6:15 pm, $25-$48

EVENTS

POTTERY DEMONSTRATION & NEW WORKS

Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery 100 W San Francisco St., (505) 986-1234

Watch potters Angie Yazzie and Eric Marcus work the micaceous clay of Taos Pueblo. Noon-4 pm

FILM

NOSTALGHIA

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

This film about a Russian intellectual researching in Italy embodies homesickness.

10:45 am, $13

WEATHER DIARIES

No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St., nonamecinema.org

A dramatic, funny and vulnerable perspective of George Kuchar, a longtime luminary of underground cinema.

6:30 pm

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy.

11 am, $13

MUSIC

CHARLES TICHENOR

Los Magueyes

Mexican Restaurant

31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304

Well-crafted piano tunes.  6-9 pm

DJ DMONIC DYNAMITE SOL

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

DJ DMonic turns the tables every first Friday of the month.

10 pm, $10

DIRTYSNATCHA

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

An electronic music producer and DJ known for his energetic performances that blend dubstep, wobble bass and various other bass music genres.

8 pm, $15-$20

FINE ART FRIDAY

Santa Fe Children’s Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359

A weekly exploration into the arts with hands-on activities.

2-4 pm

GLORIETA PINES

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

Insightful songwriting, textured arrangements and tight vocal harmonies.

8:30-10:30 pm

LA BUENA ONDA

Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333

A night of cumbia and reggaeton, featuring DJs Nalgona Superstar and Luz Skylarker.

6:30-11 pm, $5

LOS DESPERADOS

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

Hard rockin’ boogie and blues. 4 pm

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PRISM B!TCH

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

This Albuquerque-based indie-punk band tilts from one extreme to the next, ranging from robust riff-ery to sticky sweet hooks.

7:30 pm, $10-$15

REPURPOSED VIBE

Ahmyo River Gallery Wine Garden 652 Canyon Road, (505) 820 0969

An acoustic/electric duo plays from Johnny Cash to Billie Eilish. 2-5 pm

TGIF CONCERT SERIES: SHELBY FISHER

First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544

Organist Fisher plays music from Bach, McDowall, Elliott, Mozart and Guilmont.

5:30 pm

TERRY DIERS

Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Blues, rock and funk tunes.

6-8 pm

THE CHACHALACAS

The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663

Get swept away by this trio’s signature blend of pedal steel, upright bass and drums. (See A&C, page 25).

8 pm

THE OTIS B. GOODE HONKY TONK EXPERIENCE

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

Honky-tonk music.

8 pm

THE TERI LYNN BROWNING TRIO

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

Singer-songwriter tunes.

5 pm

WORKSHOP

INVASIVE SPECIES WORKSHOP

Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103

Learn to identify common weeds and invasive plants, interesting facts about them and how to prevent and control their spread.

10 am-noon, $20-$25

SAT/6

ART OPENINGS

SPRING FLOWERS IN WATERCOLOR & MUD (OPENING)

Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 222 Delgado St., (928) 308-0319

A double art show where ceramicist Anne Ray and botanical artist Rosabeth Link present new works together. Free henna tattoos, refreshments, and live music by Lisette.

5-8 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

ARTIST TALK: CARLA CALETTI

Strata Gallery

125 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 105, (505) 780-5403

Caletti talks in conjunction with her show Gathering Between She explores her art-making process and the meanings embedded in her work.

3-4 pm

ERICA ELLIOT: FROM MOUNTAINS TO MEDICINE

Ark Books

133 Romero St., (505) 988-3709

Erica Elliott discusses From Mountains to Medicine, the story of her mind-bending and heart-opening journey of self-discovery.

6-7 pm

KIDS’ STORYTIME Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Whisk the kids away on magical adventures through the pages of cherished tales. For ages 0-4.

10:30 am

MEET THE AUTHORS SERIES

Garcia Street Books

376 Garcia St., (505) 986-0151

Meet a selection of authors that include physicist Claude Phipps, actor Mike Kimmel, photographer Sally Nelson Cruse and poet Melanie Faithful.

10 am-1 pm

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302

Award-winning flamenco.  6:15 pm, $25-$48

EVENTS

EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO

CULTURAL

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

555 Camino de la Familia, (505) 992-0591

A weekend market of more than 50 vendors bringing art, jewelry, books, textiles and more.  10 am-4 pm

FOUR STAR TATTOO 25TH

ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Four Star Tattoo 825 Topeka St., (505) 984-9131

Celebrate Four Star Tattoo’s 25th year at this discounted flash tatting event. Tattoos are from $100-$200. One per customer, arms and legs only. (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

11 am-5 pm

LUDDITE: A LOCAL MAKER’S MARKET

ICA Santa Fe 906 St. Francis Drive, (505) 603-4466

Shop metalwork, ceramics, handmade leather bags, knitwear and more. Tattoo artists offer flash designs, three DJs spin vinyl and Diatom Deli and William Todd & Lash perform live.

4-10 pm

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SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

West Casitas in the Santa Fe Railyard Market Street, (505) 414-8544

Artists sell fine art and crafts.

9 am-2 pm

SANTA FE WOMAN’S CLUB

FLEA MARKET

Santa Fe Woman’s Club

1616 Old Pecos Trail., (505) 983-9455

Bring cash and shop for amazing treasures, all at low prices. 8 am-3 pm

SCIENCE SATURDAY

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359

Join Hubert Van Hecke (or “Mr. Science”) for an experiment. 2-4 pm

MUSIC

AN EVENING WITH TONY

Lensic Performing Arts Center

211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234

The New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus plays intimate solos, touching ensembles and big showstoppers from musicals.  7:30 pm, $20-$60

BOB MAUS BLUES & SOUL Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531

Maus plays tune-smiths from Randy Newman to Elton John. 6-9 pm

CHARLES TICHENOR

Los Magueyes

Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304

Well-crafted piano tunes.  6-9 pm

DANCING MOOD

Evangelo’s 200 W San Francisco St, (505) 982-9014

Dancing Mood brings an international roster for a night of Jamaican oldies. Strictly Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and early reggae on vinyl 45s! 9 pm-1 am, $5

EZRAKH & THE MYSTERY

KLUB

The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663

Soulful, progressive and psychedelic-inspired sounds in this group’s latest release, The Green Album. (See A&C, page 25.)

8 pm

JASON DANIELS BAND

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

Road-worn stories in an inimitable blend of rock, blues and funk.

8 pm

JOHNNY LLOYD

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio

652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090

Lloyd brings out the spirit of Americana with his impressive guitar-ing and wide vocal range.

2-5 pm

NIGHTSHADE: SANTA FE’S

GOTH PARTY

As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596

A night of goth, industrial and post-punk hosted by DJs Ren, Moonside and Luz Skylarker.

8-11 pm

NOSOTROS

Paradiso

903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Latin grooves with elements of rock, salsa, jazz and cumbia.

7:30-10 pm, $10-$20

STANLIE KEE & STEP IN TRIO

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

A blistering trio of electric blues musicians.

1-3 pm

SUGAR MOUNTAIN BAND

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743

A Neil Young cover band.

3 pm

WORKSHOP

ANCESTRY 101

La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Learn how to use the library’s ancestry research platform and discover your family history. RSVP required.

1-3 pm

ANI D’CHOIR

Mad Contemporary Gallery and Art Center 3 Firehouse Ln., Madrid, (505) 603-5225

Join the community choir that sings only Ani DiFranco songs! Email madcontemporary22@ gmail.com for more info.

4:30-6 pm

TICL WORKSHOP: BUILDING

A FOUNDATION FOR LIFE

BASED ON TRUTH

Prana Blessings 1925 Rosina St. C, (505) 772-0171

A course designed to empower you to to cultivate positive, lasting changes in your life.

2:30-4:30 pm, $111

SUN/7

BOOKS/LECTURES

CYNTHIA WEST: POETRY READING & BOOK SIGNING

Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

Celebrate the launch of artist, photographer and poet West’s book of poems, Seed Keepers

3-5 pm

LAUREN CAMP & JONI WALLACE POETRY READING

Geronimo’s Books 3018 Cielo Court, Ste. D, (505) 467-8315

State Poet Laureate Camp reads from her collection, In Old Sky, with poet Joni Wallace reading Landscape With Missing River (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

4-5 pm

STORYTELLING & WEAVING

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204

An afternoon with Alaskan community artist Lily Hope (Tlingit). Hope hosts storytelling, followed by a weaving demonstration.  1-4 pm

DANCE

BASIC SWING DANCE CLASS

Dance Station, Solana Center 947-B W Alameda St., (505) 989-9788

Learn swing dance with teachers Mike and Elli every Sunday! RSVP required. 5:30-6:15 pm, $15-$20

EVENTS

EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO

CULTURAL

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, (505) 992-0591

A weekend market of more than 50 vendors bringing art, jewelry, books, textiles and more.  10 am-4 pm

MEET & GREET WITH NEAL SMITH

Lost Padre Records

131 W Water St., Ste. B, (505) 310-6389

Smith, the original drummer for “shock rock” band Alice Cooper signs vinyl and merchandise to celebrate the Billion Dollar Babies album’s 50th anniversary. Free entry, $20 for autographs. 1-4 pm

RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET

Farmers’ Market Pavilion

1607 Paseo de Peralta

About 40 local painters, potters, jewelers, weavers, piñon incense makers and more sell their goods every Sunday. Free parking and delicious food available. Santa Fe’s best kept secret. 10 am-3 pm

SANTA FE WOMAN’S CLUB

FLEA MARKET

Santa Fe Woman’s Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail., (505) 983-9455

Bring cash and shop for amazing treasures, all at low prices. 10 am-3 pm

THE ORIGINS OF THE VILLAGE OF PLACITAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY: A RETROSPECTIVE

Placitas Community Library 453 Hwy. 165, Placitas, (505) 867-3355

Learn about the origins of the Placitas Community Library through a historical presentation. You can even thank one of the founders in person! 2 pm

FILM

GONE WITH THE WIND

Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678

Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of one of the most celebrated motion pictures of all time, Gone With the Wind, about the American Civil War’s devastation of the South and how one woman rebuilds her life and family in the war’s aftermath. 3 pm, $14

WITHOUT PRECEDENT: THE SUPREME LIFE OF ROSALIA ABELLA

Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

The story of the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on the bench in Canada.  3 pm, $12-$15

MUSIC

A. SAVAGE

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

A singer-songwriter and painter best known as a former part of rock band Parquet Courts.  7 pm, $20

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL FEAT.

BILL HEARNE

Lensic Performing Arts Center

211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234

Irresistible Western swing.  7:30 pm, $37-$54

OLD-TIME JAM

Railyard Park Community Room

701 Callejon St., (505) 316-3596

Jam your favorite old-time fiddle tunes, led by Eric Carlson on the first Sunday of every month.

4-6 pm

PLANET ASIA: NO RETIREMENT TOUR Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Fresno rapper Planet Asia lights up the stage with DJ DMonic, Dynamite Sol and more.

7 pm, $10-$15

SLIM BELLY BLUES BAND

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Blues jams. 3 pm

SUGAR MOUNTAIN BAND

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

A Neil Young cover band takes the stage.

Noon

THE COPPER CHILDREN

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

A unique blend spanning the choral sounds of gospel music to the psychedelic acid jam-fueled sounds of the ‘60s.  7-9 pm

THEATER

SANTA FE SCENIC FEAT.

NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE

Santa Fe Depot

430 W Manhattan Ave., (844) 743-3759

Gorgeous views from the comfort of the Sky Railway, featuring the Lightning Boy Hoop Dancers. 1:30 pm, $125-$164

WORKSHOP

A SALLIE BINGHAM

WORKSHOP

Garcia Street Books

376 Garcia St., (505) 986-0151

CHAMBER CONCERT: MUSIC FOR FLUTE, CLARINET AND STRINGS

Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat and Conference Center

50 Mount Carmel Road, (505) 988-1975

Flute, clarinet and string instrument players play a collection of songs for their instrument combinations, including works by Mozart and Brahms.

5:30-7 pm, $20-$50

HIGH CITY JAZZ QUARTET

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

Live jazz tunes. 1-4 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar

133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

Warm up those vocal chords and choose a song for karaoke night, hosted by Crash Romeo. 7 pm

A three-day writing workshop taught by memoirist Bingham. 5-7 pm, $35

CARTOMANCY CARD CLASS

Cake’s Cafe

227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880

Join local cartomancer Ana Cortez and learn card reading.  2-4 pm

STUMP PRINTING

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

Learn how to use tree stumps to create prints on a T-shirt or tote bag. RSVP required. 1 pm

SUNDAY FUNDAY:

BASKET MAKING

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269

A basket-making demonstration by Carlos Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo).  11 am-4 pm

CONTINUED

Jesse Blanchard’s fabric andscape collages to be on display in Mountains, Rivers + Fields at EL ZAGUÁN beginning on April 5 are made from recycled, older works of his.

COURTESY EL ZAGUÁN

Throughout her 40-year career as a bilingual educator in Colorado and New Mexico, Gloria Elena Lopez has kept her love and passion for her language alive, despite growing up in a world that taught her to see Spanish as a “second-class language,” and herself as a “secondclass student.” In her memoir released last month, Stop Speaking Mexican: The Price of An Education, Lopez details the systemic racism and abuse she faced in the public education system throughout her childhood and career, beginning with her first-grade teacher in 1962. Throughout her autobiography, Lopez speaks out about the trauma these abuses created, and her journey toward recovery from PTSD through eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy. Stop Speaking Mexican: The Price of An Education is available for purchase on Amazon. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. (Mo Charnot)

How did you first decide you would write about the trauma you experienced in the public education system?

For three years, I’ve been with a therapist here in Santa Fe…and she was my miracle. I was able to go back and meet this little girl and hug her and love her just the way she is. Most of my therapy I spent in that first-grade classroom, watching what this teacher did to me, because in order for me to heal her, I had to first go to the classroom with her.

Last June, I’d already been reprocessing for quite a while. By the time you reprocess your trauma, you’ve worked through it—you know what hurt, where the first cut was. Ninety minutes wasn’t enough with my therapist, so I took to writing, and this book pretty much wrote itself. It was coming out of

me. She’s been talking. For me, this is giving her a voice.

Despite the abuse you endured from your teacher, you also became a teacher. Why do you think you chose this career path despite your experiences?

I was part of a class of 100 students, all Hispanic and from different high schools, called ALMA—Advanced Leadership for Mexican Americans. This program created the opportunity of a bilingual internship at Adams State University [in Alamosa, Colorado]. I was a sophomore in college, and they were recruiting teachers and they needed us to be bilingual. You’d think that I would abandon my language after what that woman did, but I never did because my parents never, ever told me to stop speaking Spanish.

I fell in love with teaching. But because I was the only Spanish-speaking teacher in a group of four teachers…[I] got all the Mexican kids. They put them all into my room, and the few that spoke a little bit of English sank or swam in the other classrooms because that’s what they do to them. Unless you really have this passion, I think most people would have walked out in my situation.

What do you believe is the best way to remedy how schools have erased bilingual students’ languages and cultures?

An act of God, maybe. Un milagro (A miracle). I don’t think anybody would argue [with the statement] that English is the dominant language of this country. It is—I’m OK with that. But we also live in the world’s second-largest Spanishspeaking country, and we’re still going to play this game of full immersion? I’m not sure I have the answer, other than raising the level of awareness of people to say, ‘Taxpayers, this is what your dollars pay for. To drown out, to dumb kids down to one language, not to raise them up.’

Because I did not feel raised up or even accepted. I still remember the little things. [Professors] saying: ‘These poor little things come here and don’t speak a word of English,’ and I’m saying, ‘But they speak Spanish…and they are smart, very smart.’ I knew how to add and read, but you couldn’t convince my teacher of that. My story isn’t going to be popular…because [the US] does want to stop Mexicans from coming here, and I am here, writing this story called Stop Speaking Mexican. What my teacher was really telling me was to stop being Mexican. How do we get past that notion that we’re smarter if we only speak English?

with Educator and Author Gloria Elena Lopez

COURTESY GLORIA ELENA LOPEZ

MON/8

BOOKS/LECTURES

SUSAN RYAN: THE NORTHERN CHACO OUTLIERS PROJECT

Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-1200

Ryan discusses the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center’s project on Chacoan houses where research suggests the houses were built over Pueblo architecture from 750-950 A.D.

6 pm

DANCE

MONDAY NIGHT SWING

Odd Fellows Hall

1125 Cerrillos Road, (505) 690-4165

Swing dance class and social.

7 pm, $5-$10

EVENTS

GREAT NORTH AMERICAN

ECLIPSE AT BISHOP’S LODGE

Bishop’s Lodge

1297 Bishops Lodge Road, (888) 741-0480

Experience the Great North American eclipse with educational programs and art activities for kids. RSVP required.

11 am-1 pm

KIDS SING ALONG: QUEEN BEE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Queen Bee Music Association

1596 Pacheco St., (505) 278-0012

Music games and sing-alongs for toddlers and babies.

10:30 am

FILM

VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

Free films every Monday with Lisa from Video Library—the country’s oldest continuously operating video rental store.

6:30-8:30 pm

MUSIC

BARD EDRINGTON V AND THE BLACKBIRDS FEAT. BEN

GUIHAN

The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663

A Tennessean songwriter incorporates Appalachian mountain music and delta blues with his high desert surroundings, supported by surreal folk singer-songwriter Guihan.

8 pm

CHASTITY BELT

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

Moody riffs and deep lyrics from this sweet Seattle band.

7 pm, $20

KARAOKE WITH CRASH!

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

Starrt the week with karaoke!

7-10 pm

OSCAR BUTLER

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

Originals from an acoustic guitarist slash singer-songwriter. 4 pm

QUEER NIGHT

El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

A night to celebrate and strengthen local queer communities. Make new friends!

5-11 pm

SMOKING TOAD

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474

Rock, blues and R&B.  7 pm

THEATER

YOUNG CREATORS PROJECT

Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820

Free theater skills for ages 9-16. 3:45-5:30 pm

TUE/9

ART OPENINGS

COLORES DE MÉXICO

Placitas Community Library 453 Hwy. 165, Placitas, (505) 867-3355

Figurative and mystical art works offer narratives both unique to the artists’ Mexican roots and universal in appeal.

5:30 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

DISCOVERING SELFCOMPASSION WITH SCOTT SNIBBE

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center 130 Rabbit Road, (505) 660-7056

Interactive artist, podcast host and author Scott Snibbe shares his thoughts on self-compassion, Tibetan Buddhism and cultivating satisfaction in life. 7-8:30 pm

HAMPTON SIDES: THE WIDE WIDE SEA

Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Sides discusses his latest release,  The Wide Wide Sea, an account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration that culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii.

6 pm

SOMETHING QUEER AT THE LIBRARY

Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820

An LGBTQ book club. Discuss How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler, a nonfiction book exploring adaptation, survival, sexuality and care in sealife.  6-7:30 pm

THE CALENDAR

EVENTS

EQUAL GROUNDS

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

Coffee, snacks and a heart-toheart about city businesses.

8:30-10 am

WHAT THE HECK IS A HERBARIUM?

Christ Lutheran Church

1701 Arroyo Chamiso, (505) 983-9461

Botanist Renee Galeano Popp talks at the monthly Native Plant Society of New Mexico’s Santa Fe chapter meeting.

6:30 pm

MUSIC

COMRADES, LET’S OPTIMIZE!

Lensic Performing Arts Center

211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234

Henry Farrell interviews Red Plenty author Francis Spufford about the dream of socialist optimization. RSVP required.

7:30 pm

DR HALL

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565

A singer/songwriter plays electric, acoustic, and slide guitar.

4 pm

EARTHEATER

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

Electronic experimentation and acoustic texture.

7:30 pm, $30

GRAL BROTHERS

The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663

Mind-bending, improvised Western ambient music.

8 pm

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY WIND QUARTET

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

Immerse yourself into the layers of musical conversation at Enchanté. Discover a world of enchanting works written by diverse composers.

5:30 pm, $25-$115

WORKSHOP

HEAL YOUR MIND, HEAL

YOUR LIFE

Santa Fe Women’s Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 983-9455

Meditate on the nature of the mind. This session: “Discovering the Nature of Feelings.”

6-7:30 pm, $10

ONGOING

ART

5TH ANNUAL FOTO FORUM MEMBERS SHOW

Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582

More than 60 photos from Foto Forum members.

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THE CALENDAR

A FEAST TO REMEMBER

form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256

Monumental paintings and fanciful ceramic creatures by interdisciplinary artist Jenny Day.

A TENUOUS THREAD form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256

Bhakti Ziek’s suspended weaving encapsulates a lifetime dedication to all forms of fiber work.

AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO

Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433

The cutest little animal sculptures you ever did see by artists Kari Rives and Fran Nicholson.

AN IRIS BETWEEN US

smoke the moon

616 1/2 Canyon Road smokethemoon.com

Artists Cory Feder and Jieun Reiner express their Korean heritage through muted clay pigment paintings, dreamy oil paintings and sculpture.

ANDREW DASBURG:

SYMPHONIC DRAWINGS

Addison Rowe Gallery

229 E Marcy St., (505) 982-1533

A Cubist artist’s western landscape works from 1930s Taos.

CHRIS PAPPAN: THE MOTION OF BREATHING

Blue Rain Gallery

544 S Guadalupe St., (505) 954-9902

Innovative ledger art on antique ledgers and gold standard paper.

COLCHA OF NEW MEXICO:

THE LEGACY OF BEATRICE

MAESTAS SANDOVAL

Abiquiú Inn

21120 Hwy. 84, Abiquiú, (505) 685-4378

Famed needleworker Maestas Sandoval’s colcha embroidery and tinwork.

DANIEL JOHNSTON: NOW IS

NOWHERE ELSE

Gerald Peters Contemporary

1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Contemporary pottery artist Johnston presents clay brick works.

DANILA RUMOLD: TRANSFORMATIONS

Pie Projects

924-B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681

Mixed media from Rumold's Goddesses series and pigments on Kozo paper paintings.

ELIZABETH HOHIMER: MAPS OF AFFECTION

Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Intuitively and deeply personal woven paintings.

FOR ONE LEFT DREAMING

Evoke Contemporary

550 S Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902

Harriet Yale Russell’s handmade paints and spontaneous abstract canvas work.

I SAY WITH MY FULL ESSENCE Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

Seven contemporary women’s art address their histories.

JOE DUNLOP

Java Joe's (Siler) 1248 Siler Road, (505) 780-5477

Abstract landscapes of cracked pavement and cliff faces with acrylic, gouache and watercolor.

JOON HEE KIM: YOU, ME, US

Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie, (505) 820-1888

Kim's ceramic works examine her South Korean heritage.

LEO GONZALES: SUMMONINGS

Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 557-9574

A post-apocalyptic vision within intricately crafted oil paintings.

LOUISA MCELWAIN: DISTANT THUNDER (OPENING)

Evoke Contemporary 550 S Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902

Bold paintings of the American Southwest.

MADELIN COIT & MARGARET

FITZGERALD

Pie Projects

924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681

Coit and Fitzgerald reference urban language through graffiti and neon lights.

NIGHT DRIVE

Best Western

4328 Airport Road, (713) 530-7066

Merging sleepy gulf coasts with the landscape of LA freeways.

RANDALL WILSON: EARTH

AND SKY

Gerald Peters Contemporary

1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Wilson's carvings are anchored in folk-art tradition.

ROGER DEAKINS: BYWAYS

Obscura Gallery

225 Delgado St., (505) 577-6708

A reflection of acclaimed British cinematographer Deakins’ life spent looking and telling stories through images.

ROGER WINTER: JAZZ SET

Gerald Peters Contemporary

1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Winter employs a bright palette and motifs in paintings of his favorite jazz musicians.

SETH TANE:

THE PAINTED CITY

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250

Realist paintings of extraordinary urban scenes.

THE MOVIES

Monroe Gallery of Photography

112 Don Gaspar Ave., (505) 992-0800

Photographs from classic films of the 20th century.

TIM REED: SILLY LOVE SONGS

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Original) 1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996

Reed's psychedelic multimedia works, and more on display at Iconik's Red and Lupe locations.

WILLIAM NELSON: CURIOUS COLLISIONS

LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250

Nelson combines Hollywood figures with characters from comics and cartoons. (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

WOMEN SPIRIT 2024

art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road, (505) 629-2332

A multimedia exhibit celebrating women artists.

MUSEUMS

Indigenous Brazilian artists illustrate threats to their homeland in the Amazon rainforest, such as deforestation and violations of cultural rights, in Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM

217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000

Making a Life. Rooted in Place.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 (under 18 free)

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY

NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900

Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest. Inuk Silis Høegh: Arctic Vertigo. Indigenous Presence, Indigenous Futures. The Stories We Carry. Our Stories.

10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon

11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10

Free Admission every Friday

MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART

18 County Road 55A, (505) 424-6487

Permanent collection.

11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (18 and under free)

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE

710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269

Down Home. Here, Now and Always. Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles.

10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM residents free first Sunday of the month

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL

FOLK ART

706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204

Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep

Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste. Protection: Adaptation and Resistance. Multiple Visions: A Common Bond.

10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM residents free first Sunday of the month

NEW MEXICO HISTORY

MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200

The Santos of New Mexico. Silver and Stones: Collaborations in Southwest Jewelry.

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri. of the month

MUSEUM OF SPANISH

COLONIAL ART

750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226

What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. 1 -4 pm, Wed-Fri, $10, children free

NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5063

Selections from the 20th Century Collection. Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969. Art of the Bullfight. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm every Fri. May-Oct.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER

78 Cities of Gold Road, (505) 455-5041

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10

SITE SANTA FE

1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

You Are Here. Folded Stone. I’m Nobody! Who Are You?

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Mon., 10 am-5 pm, Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; Free.

VLADEM CONTEMPORARY

404 Montezuma Ave., (505) 476-5602

Shadow and Light.

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm every Fri. May-Oct.

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636

Masterglass: The Collaborative Spirit of Tony Jojola. Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman. Journeying Through the Archives of the Wheelwright Museum. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10

A Cut Above

Oshia’s adds to Santa Fe’s pizza scene—and to Chomp’s appeal

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

You’ll hear the “No good pizza in Santa Fe!” cries sounding off across town, on the internet, in your homes and on the streets. And though folks who came up in New York (or Chicago—hahahaha! Yeah, right!) might have room to complain, the rest of us might not be trying hard enough. Case in point? Oshia’s pizza inside the CHOMP food hall at 505 Cerrillos Road serves up a killer pizza. You’ve been told.

Originally, the ol’ pizza joint started out as Pedro’s Pizza from chef Peter O’Brien, a veritable legend ‘round these parts (I will stop writing like a cowboy now), that proved pretty darn popular based both on stories I heard from various demographics of local eaters— and also the time I ate some and looked in a mirror and said, out loud and to no one: “This is gonna be pretty popular pizza.” I’m sad that the mirror story is 100% true, but not quite as sad as the day last August I learned O’Brien was moving on.

The good news? He sold the business to new-ish owner and pizza champ Oshia (say it like “oh-shee-ya”) Golden, who opened Oshia’s pizza last September.

Since Golden has taken over, the business has slowly but surely found its footing and become a reliable stop for dine-in or takeout. I myself ate there once or twice in the early

days and felt something akin to excellencebut-not-quite. Now, having returned some months later, I can attest to the passion behind the project as well as the quality of the product.

But who is Golden and why should we trust him with our pizza? That’s a big responsibility, man. We’ve been burned before by flash-in-the-pan pizza joints, and that old adage about how even bad pizza is still pretty good is just so false. To start, Golden has decades of experience in the biz.

“Later this year I’ll be at 20 years of pizza,” he tells SFR.

He hails from Ashland, Oregon, but a sojourn to Portland 20 years ago (for love, baby) found him tripping headlong and almost by accident into pizza.

“It was pretty random,” he says. “I moved there in 2004 right after I got married and put resumes out everywhere, but this one guy who interviewed me at this pizza place called Pizzicato was so outgoing and awesome that I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll come work for you.’”

Golden learned the pizza ropes at Pizzicato and found he had a knack for the art form. The rest, as they say, is history. Fastforward to the era just before COVID-19, when we all simply romped about traveling and breathing wherever we saw fit. Golden’s pizza prowess had helped him link up with former Meow Wolf CEO Vince Kadlubek, and the pair developed a concept for a pizza joint/barcade across the street from the art juggernaut’s House of Eternal Return. The plan sounded like such a slam dunk that Golden moved his family to New Mexico when…cue pandemic lockdowns.

“That business plan was predicat ed on 5% of the Meow Wolf attendance coming in,” Golden says, but then every thing shut down and everyone was just trying to figure out how to survive.”

Golden took on a number of restaurant jobs in the following years, though, he says,

divorce followed, leaving him adrift after 19 years with his former partner. Feeling lost and toiling in a strange land, pizza was always on his mind. He hustled for a while, serving up pies in a short-lived project at Canyon Road restaurant El Farol. Then last year, he met O’Brien of Pedro’s Pizza, who was ready to sell his business.

“I met Peter in mid-August, and I was the owner by late September,” Golden says. “It was just the perfect time to meet him.”

Finally! After so long working for others, Golden jumped at the chance to incorporate the countless pizza ideas he’d been dreaming about since ’04. Oshia’s is good news for the rest of us, too, especially when we’re looking for a quick bite at a place like CHOMP.

Take one recent evening, when a date and I both ravenously sped to Oshia’s in search of pizza’s warm embrace. Once we’d cooled our jets a little and observed the menu, we noted Golden had grown his selections. What started as a spot with five pies and no salads has since become a cornucopia of options.

but both sounded delicious, from the fresh Caesar with a bright and citrusy house-made dressing ($10) to the Greek garden option with mixed greens and feta ($12). Everyone loves a Caesar, though, so that’s where we landed, and though you can add chicken or bacon to either, we kept it plain and simple.

Last time we visited, we immediately zeroed in on the caprese pie ($18-$25), a light and oddly but thankfully refreshing pizza with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and, easily most importantly, a balsamic glaze drizzled on top. Not only do balsamic glazes produce the most satisfying marriage of tangy, sweet and sour, Oshia’s version isn’t over-sugary, and it’s a small but wonderful side effect that the drizzling process means some of the glaze gets baked right into the crust. The final score? 10/10, bro, from the slight char on the bottom to the fantastic crunch of the crust.

For our follow-up, we selected the Bosch ($20-$27), a meat-lover’s dream come true, with generous amounts of pepperoni, sausage, onion and garlic, and just the right amount of Calabrian chili. I’ve not seen this on a pizza menu in town, but its subtle kick not only added nuance to every slice, its spiciness felt like it stretched out over time rather than the sharp and immediate—and admittedly unparalleled—sting of chile. This pizza tasted almost like a spicy spaghetti dinner. Lately, Golden’s teenage kids have been helping out around the business, which he describes as one of his great joys. And though CHOMP will likely remain his home base for the foreseeable future, Golden leaves room for future locations and, a larger menu.

“I’ll grow my menu when I can do it right every time, but I do have a weekly special and a chef’s special,” he says. “In my mind, I’ve got sandwiches and I could triple the pizza menu—I have so many flavors in my head! I just want to do

The Bosch—a delightful combo of pepperoni, sausage and more for the carnivores.

Tomorrowland

BY TODD LOVATO author@sfreporter.com

Legend has it, storied producer Rick Rubin germinated the idea of Def Jam Recordings from inside his New York University dorm room in 1983. A year later, the record label released debut singles by little-known artists Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, and hip-hop culture would never be the same. Around this same time in Olympia, Washington, Bruce Pavitt self-published an independent music fanzine dubbed Subterranean Pop as a college class assignment. He curated companion compilation tapes for the zine and, in 1986, shortened the name to Sub Pop; the enduring label was born with once-obscure bands like Soundgarden and Sonic Youth (and, later, Nirvana and The Shins) signing on. This popularized the so-called “Seattle sound” of the late-’80s and 1990s, grunge became mainstream and rock would never be the same.

In the years that followed, myriad punk, rock and hip-hop labels like Asian Man, Fat Wreck Chords, Drive-Thru, Babygrande, Fueled by Ramen and so many others flared into existence. Then for a long time, nothing happened—until 2021 when, disenchanted by corporate metropolitan America, transplant Kiley Larsen arrived in Santa Fe from Fort Collins, Colorado, and found himself deeply moved by the underground music scene in the area. So enamored was Larsen with the bands of Santa Fe and Albuquerque that he quickly hatched a plan: Form an indie label with a mission to support the region’s burgeoning indie rock, pop and experimental artists. Mama Mañana Records launched in 2022.

Since kicking off the label two years ago, Larsen has cultivated Mama Mañana through a mix of streetwise promotion, global publicity efforts, local concerts and a distinctive emphasis on producing cassette tapes during a time of disappearing physical media.

“Like everything else in this country these days, our music tastes are dictated by a few corporations who pay out the ass to feature their music on your Spotify playlists, films and commercials,” Larsen wrote in a label introduction blog via online platform Substack in August 2022, around the same time he released the label’s first-ever record, Empty Dreams by Hubba, the solo

Santa Fe record label Mama Mañana embraces local musicians and old-school media

project of Santa Fe’s Jared Garcia, previously of indie-rock act Thieves and Gypsies.

“There’s still room for indie labels,” the blog post continued, “and creating a community of artists from diverse backgrounds remains the most organic approach.”

Since then, Larsen has released a steady stream of albums from acts like Santa Fe surf-inspired rockers Gold Tides, Albuquerque indie experimentalist Lowmello and enigmatic surf-meets-Western artist Zivi from Los Angeles (not New Mexico, but that’s OK), with many more in the pipeline.

Wanting to know more, I recently met up with Larsen at a local tea house. Upon sitting down, he handed me two cassette tapes and some Mama Mañana stickers.

“Do you have a tape deck by any chance?” he asked.

“I do, yeah,” I lied. ”Why the emphasis on cassettes?”

“People are craving a tangible experience,” Larsen explained. “People have reached the peak of digital streaming.”

With streaming services inexplicably deleting certain films and TV shows from existence, can music be far behind? How long before we can’t find that band or song? Luckily, Larsen is a dedicated networker, connector and promoter, and has helped grow a vibrant music scene in Santa Fe alongside those physical media releases, as evidenced by a talented, eclectic and growing roster of bands and artists who have formed a de facto residency of sorts at Midtown boutique hotel The Mystic. Still, while the local events have been successful, Larsen adds, roughly half of the online fanbase of his carefully curated Santa Fe sound now comes from listeners in the UK and Europe.

We can’t let them beat us! So, for the uninitiated, here’s a quick primer on getting up to speed and into the Mama Mañana vibe.

• Plan to attend Mama Mañana’s Locals

Only music festival on Saturday, April 27 at the Mystic. The event brings together live performances from many of the label’s artists, including Red Light Cameras, Side Montero, Free Range Buddhas, Zivi and the Rocks, Lowmello, Almost Always Never and Gold Tides. Expect DJ sets by Up All Nite collective, too, and an afterparty with Albuquerque neo-soul act Sweet Roll. We’re talking

two stages and food trucks. It’s a celebration of the “fantastic local music scene and local independent vendors,” says Larsen.

• While you’re at this festival, buy some cassette tapes of the artists you enjoy.

• Next, dust off that old cassette player (or buy one). Yes, that’s cool again. Very cool, in fact. But it’s not just cool, it sounds amazing. I went home after our meeting and dug up my old Realistic (shout out to Radio Shack) dual cassette player and hit play. And as I ensconced myself in producer and songwriter Zivi’s 2023 release, Lost in Love, I was greeted by a warm blast of nostalgia—in part because of the endearingly melancholic and masterfully produced sound, but also because I hadn’t thumbed through cassette tape liner notes since the late ‘90s.

• Be on the lookout for another Mama Mañana artist, Strange Magic, the nom de musique of prolific Santa Fe-raised/ Albuquerque-based songwriter and producer Javier Romero. Romero gave himself an ambitious resolution to write and produce one song a week for a year; he hit those 52 jams, and last year put out four albums! Larsen and Romero have produced a double-cassette compilation dubbed Slightest of Hands that highlights Strange Magic’s driving, jangly, crunchy and infectious indie-pop-rock sound. Romero has announced through social media that the album is slated for release on May 3. However, you can listen now to a two-song teaser release on major digital streaming services. In fact, please note that many Mama Mañana artists are available to stream online at mamamananarecords.bandcamp.com. Keep an eye out, too, for a future release from Albuquerque artist Alex McMahon entitled DisFigure/Graveyard Shift, an unsettling yet excitingly expressive release from new roster artist Alex McMahon.

• Go to one or both of the shows at The Mystic this week (details below). Easy.

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8 pm, Friday, April 5. Free EZRAKH & THE MYSTERY CLUB

8 pm Saturday, April 6. Free LOCALS ONLY

Noon-10 pm Saturday, April 27 $20-$25. The Mystic 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663

A few releases from local label Mama Mañana.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Review

I’m worried about Kong

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

The last time enduring movie monsters King Kong and Godzilla got together was in 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong and, even as mindless popcorn flicks go, it was wildly stupid. To be fair, practically everyone knows who those dudes are and there’s a reason they’ve been in movies for, like, 300 years, but without the social commentary of either’s original outings, GvK was mostly about big ol’ monsters throwing hands.

Similarly, the newly released Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire makes use of the biggest ape ever and production company Toho’s lizardly champ in the most uninteresting ways possible.

In GxK, Kong has been relegated to Hollow Earth, a topsy-turvy parallel dimension-y land of yore accessible only by portals that popped up at some point near the core of regular Earth. This is how other so-called titans (like Tiamat and Godzilla and Mothra and King Ghidorah) came to town. Meanwhile, Godzilla roams free on regular Earth fighting bad guy titans, which amounts to what might technically be considered homage—aka, crushing buildings while people flee— and everyone just kind of accepts the new world order while going about their lives.

Kong is all alone through the portal(s), however, until he finds another fucking portal to another

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE

5 + GOOD ACTORS…NOT A GREAT MOVIE - ALMOST ALL CALLBACKS; NANJIANI IS TEDIOUS

Godspeed when it comes to fully enjoying Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire if you haven’t kept up since 1984— including with 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife. See, the thing is these movies ask (or demand, really) that you’re well-versed in the lore. If you’re not familiar, Frozen Empire might very well come across as baffling, what with its sea of characters, very specific references and reliance on “remember in the old movies when…?” jokes.

Frozen Empire picks up some time after the events of Afterlife. Paul Rudd’s Gary, formerly a science teacher, has joined the descendants of Ghostbusters co-founder Egon Spengler (the late Harold Ramis) and moved into the old fire station the G-busters have called home since always. There, said family (Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace) have really leaned into the family biz by driving the old hearse (you know the one, right? It goes, “hweehhhhhr, hweehhhhhr!”), firing off the famous proton packs (essentially portable nuclear lasers) and insisting they are, collectively, afraid of no ghost. The mayor (William Atherton) doesn’t like this one bit, though, and, following a particularly destructive ghostbusting outing, tells the neo-busters that the youngest kid Phoebe (Grace) can’t bust any ghosts ‘til she’s at least 18.

Needless to say, she’s bummed, so she takes solace in the company of a chess-whiz ghost named Melody

fucking dimension-y land of even older yore, where other Kongs come a dime a dozen, including this one itty-bitty Kong we’ll just call Kiddie Kong. Ugh.

In this third realm, Pretender-to-the-Ape-Throne Kong (™) has enslaved all of Kong’s kousins (including Kount Kong, Duke Kong and Grand Marquis Kong; these are not real names, it’s just…there are a lot of Kongs). What’s a gargantuan beast to do?

GxK certainly has human actors, like Rebecca Hall (who played Ariel in a production of The Tempest just four years ago); Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey); and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, and he’s way too good for this crap), though each only represents a piece of the expositional puzzle. They have backstories (they’re scientists and podcasters and Kong vets), but the only time anyone speaks, it’s to explain where everyone is going, what that thing over there might be and why they’re doing stuff.

Honestly, it almost feels like director Adam Wingard (who directed the last Kong/G-zilla movie)

(Emily Alyn Lind) who, in what appears to be a stab at irony, seems to be the only person who can see Phoebe despite being mostly invisible herself.

Meanwhile, a shiftless loser archetype named Nadeem (Kumail Ali Nanjiani, The Big Sick) comes into possession of an ancient orb/ghost prison that contains the spirit of an even more ancient frost demon. Turns out Nadeem’s recently deceased grandma was the orb’s caretaker. But wouldn’t you know it, the demon gets loose, threatening all life on Earth with ice spikes and frost clouds and, like, cold wind and stuff.

As if that weren’t enough, the original Ghostbusters (Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Annie Potts; sadly, no Rick Moranis)—who are still doing ghost stuff, of course—pop in and out to deliver lines about how busting ghosts is always crazy. This leaves performers like Rudd, Wolfhard and Coon with very little screen time while Grace’s Phoebe hangs out with Aykroyd’s Ray for minute after minute after minute.

Oh, the other actors all try their damn best to make their brief time in Frozen Empire feel like a hoot, but when a movie has a supporting character named Podcast (Logan Kim; ugh) and drags Patton Oswalt all the way to set solely for a massive second act exposition dump, it’s hard to stay focused instead of partaking in over-the-top eye rolls.

Ultimately, director/writer Gil Kenan tries to cram too much into his movie’s roughly two-hour running time. This makes much of Frozen Empire feel like a wasted opportunity to break new ground. Perhaps if Kenan and company—he co-wrote the movie with the late Ivan Reitman, director of the original Ghostbusters, and his son Jason, director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife—had

somehow found himself with a grip of studio bucks and was like, “Let’s just pull anything from Toho we can think of and throw it up there on the screen,” then writers Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater said, in unison, “OK, but what if it sucked so bad?”

Still, The New Empire does have some damn fine special effects going, and it’s at least mildly fun to watch the iconic structures of Europe and Egypt get got. That doesn’t quite save the sense that Wingard and crew clearly underestimate an audience’s need to have at least a little bit of interesting narrative. No such luck here, though.

not overloaded the film with so many callbacks (Slimer, ghost librarian, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man—now in miniature asexual reproduction form), they could have at least made something that doesn’t feel like a series of boxes waiting to be checked. There’s a difference between franchise fans and people who just kind of liked the first movie in the ‘80s—Frozen Empire doesn’t seem suited to either group.

Violet Crown, Regal PG-13, 115 min.

LOVE LIES BLEEDING

8 + BREATHLESS YET EXPERT PACING - RELIES ON AUDIENCES BEING WELLVERSED IN FILM

Yeah, yeah, yeah—Love Lies Bleeding filmed in New Mexico, let’s just get that out of the way. And though the location remains unnamed throughout Saint Maude director Rose Glass’s newest work, its panoramic vistas and oppressive light and dark environs go a long way toward setting a sickly tone. Then all hell breaks loose.

Said tone works almost perfectly for the meat of the film, one wherein an exhausted Lou (Kristen Stewart) manages a meathead-magnet gym circa 1980-something (you can tell by the shoes!). Lou’s sister (Jena Malone) and father (Ed Harris) also live in Whateverville, USA, though she doesn’t speak to her father and her sister’s abusive husband (a perfectly slimy and hateable Dave Franco) keeps our kinda-sorta heroine at arm’s length from the rest of the family.

Enter Jackie (Mandalorian alum Katy O’Brian, who dominates Love Lies Bleeding with vigor), a body builder

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE

Directed by Wingard With Hall, Henry, Stevens, Kong and Godzilla Violet Crown, Regal, PG-13, 115 min.

type with her eye on winning a big upcoming muscle competition in Las Vegas. She and Lou fall in love hard and fast, and not just because of the gym’s steroid culture. But when Lou’s brother-in-law assaults her sister, Jackie snaps, leading to a clandestine standoff with Lou’s dad. It only escalates from there.

Glass, who also co-wrote the script, has a penchant for showing rather than telling. Never do we learn precisely what Lou’s dad is mixed up in, but fleeting interstitial scenes present him as some sort of gun and/or drug-runner. Harris slays here with the sort of deadeyed terror he cultivated in 2005’s A History of Violence, and played against Lou’s brand of reckless disregard for health and personal safety, a sickening dynamic emerges. But make no mistake—this is O’Brian’s film, and her burgeoning ’roid rage and wide-eyed naïveté are gripping if for no other reason than we almost want to protect her. The same goes for K-Stew, who so deftly performs anxiety and depression that you’d almost need to have experienced those disorders to pick up on the subtleties.

Love Lies Bleeding moves pretty quickly, too, but its economically paced storytelling keeps us on our toes. Is it a gangster movie? An homage to thrillers like Kill Bill? A love story? An anti-love story? Yes, all of the above. At its core lies a distorted moral about wanting better for oneself, too, and the lengths to which one might go for love, even if—or especially because—it’s that fucked-up kind of love that burns with alarming intensity. This is a weird one, but imminently watchable. (ADV)

Violet Crown, R, 104 min.

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

“State of Uncertainty”—we miss the whole thing.

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51 Stank up the joint

54 Wayside lodging

57 “Take ___ from me ...”

58 In the thick of

59 “We can relate”

61 Prefix for rail or chrome

62 Chess play

63 Gambling mecca near Hong Kong

64 Former Domino’s Pizza mascot (and a hint to what’s missing from 51-Across)

65 Small wallet bills

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2 “The ___” (1976 Gregory Peck horror film)

3 Didn’t say anything

4 Palindromic Ottoman official

5 “2001” computer

6 Outer limit

7 Runny French cheese

8 Rum cakes

9 Banned substances

10 Lowest points

11 Speak your mind

12 “August: ___ County” (Meryl Streep movie)

13 Monica’s brother on “Friends”

21 Enthusiast

22 Pool ball with a yellow stripe

24 Jazz vocal style

25 ___ Paradise (“On the Road” narrator)

27 “Livin’ La ___ Loca” (Ricky Martin hit)

28 Product of pungency

29 “Understood”

30 Golf shoe gripper

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35 Smoothly, as a successful plan

36 Real estate developer’s unit

37 Rookie of the ___

39 Destination in “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”

40 Dole (out)

42 Baby’s night spot

43 KPH part

44 Camera mount

46 Amount of gunk

47 “Star Wars” droid, familiarly

48 Neighbor of a Tobagonian, informally

49 Citrus with a zest

51 Kendrick Lamar Pulitzerwinning album

52 “___ Talkin’” (Bee Gees #1 hit)

53 Pindaric poems

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56 In-___ Burger (and a hint to what’s missing from 35-Down)

59 Steak-___ (frozen beef brand)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Eric G. Wilson claims, “Darker emotional states—doubt, confusion, alienation, despair—inspire a deeper and more durable experience of the sacred than contentment does.” I disagree. I know for a fact that an exquisite embrace of life’s holiness is equally possible through luminous joy and boisterous triumph and exultant breakthroughs. Propagandists of the supposed potency of misery are stuck in a habit of mind that’s endemic to the part of civilization that’s rotting and dying. In any case, Aries, I’m pleased to tell you that in the coming weeks, you will have abundant opportunities to glide into sacred awareness on the strength of your lust for life and joie de vivre.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Will humans succeed in halting the decimation of the environment? Will we neutralize the power of fundamentalism as it fights to quash our imaginations and limit our freedoms? Will we outflank and outlast the authoritarians that threaten democracy? Sorry I’m asking you to think about sad realities. But now is an excellent time for you to ponder the world we are creating for our descendants—and resolve to do something in loving service to the future. Meditate on the riddle from Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking Glass: “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The genius polymath Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) contributed much treasure to science and engineering. One encyclopedia sums up his legacy: “He was the father of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.” Unfortunately, many of Galileo’s ideas conflicted with the teachings of Catholicism. The church fathers hounded him for years, even arresting him and putting him on trial. The Vatican eventually apologized, though not until 350 years after Galileo died. I expect that you, too, will generate many new approaches and possibilities in the coming months, Gemini—not Galileo level, of course, but still: sufficiently unprecedented to rouse the resistance of conventional wisdom. I suspect you won’t have to wait long to be vindicated, however.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now would be a perfect time to prove your love. How? You might begin by being extra considerate, sensitive, sweet, and tender. I hope you will add sublime, scintillating touches, too. Maybe you will tell your beloved allies beautiful truths about themselves—revelations that make them feel deeply understood and appreciated. Maybe you will give them gifts or blessings they have wanted for a long time but never managed to get for themselves. It’s possible you will serenade them with their favorite songs, or write a poem or story about them, or buy them a symbol that inspires their spiritual quest. To climax all your kindness, perhaps you will describe the ways they have changed your life for the better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo naturalist and ornithologist William Henry Hudson (1841–1922) said, “I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too-welltended lawn.” I encourage you to adopt his attitude toward everything in your life for the next few weeks. Always opt for unruly beauty over tidy regimentation. Choose lush vitality over pruned efficiency. Blend your fate with influences that exult in creative expressiveness, genial fertility, and deep feelings. (PS: Cultural critic Michael Pollan says, “A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.”)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I praise and celebrate you for your skills at helping other people access their resources and activate their potentials. I hope you are rewarded well for your gorgeous service. If you are not, please figure out how to correct the problem in the coming months. If you are feeling extra bold, consider these two additional assignments: 1. Upgrade your skills at helping yourself access your own resources and

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activate your own potentialS. 2. Be forthright and straightforward in asking the people you help to help you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don’t regard a solar eclipse as a bad omen. On the contrary, I believe it may purge and cleanse stale old karma. On some occasions, I have seen it flush away emotional debts and debris that have been accumulating for years. So how shall we interpret the total solar eclipse that will electrify your astrological house of intimate togetherness in the coming days? I think it’s a favorable time to be brave and daring as you upgrade your best relationships. What habits and patterns are you ready to reinvent and reconfigure? What new approaches are you willing to experiment with?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): At your best, you Scorpios are not invasive manipulators. Rather, you are catalysts. You are instigators of transformation, resurrectors of dead energy, awakeners of numb minds. The people you influence may not be aware that they long to draw on your influence. They may think you are somehow imposing it on them, when, in fact, you are simply being your genuine, intense self, and they are reaching out to absorb your unruly healing. In the coming weeks, please keep in mind what I’ve said here.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my astrological opinion, it’s prime time for you to shower big wild favors on your beautiful self. Get the fun underway with a period of rigorous self-care: a physical check-up, perhaps, and visits with the dentist, therapist, hairstylist, and acupuncturist. Try new healing agents and seek precise magic that enhances and uplifts your energy. I trust you will also call on luxurious indulgences like a massage, a psychic reading, gourmet meals, an emotionally potent movie, exciting new music, and long, slow love-making. Anything else, Sagittarius? Make a list and carry out these tasks with the same verve and determination you would give to any important task.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming days will be a favorable time for you to wrestle with an angel or play chess with a devil. You will have extraordinary power in any showdown or collaboration with spiritual forces. Your practical intelligence will serve you well in encounters with nonrational enigmas and supernatural riddles. Here’s a hot tip: Never assume that any being, human or divine, is holier or wiser than you. You will have a special knack for finding compassionate solutions to address even the knottiest dilemmas.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your featured organ of the month is your nose. This may sound beyond the scope of predictable possibilities, but I’m serious: You will make robust decisions and discriminating choices if you get your sniffer fully involved. So I advise you to favor and explore whatever smells good. Cultivate a nuanced appreciation for what aromas can reveal. If there’s a hint of a stink or an odd tang, go elsewhere. The saying “follow your nose” is especially applicable. PS: I recommend you take steps to expose yourself to a wide array of scents that energize you and boost your mood.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When is the best time to ask for a raise or an increase in benefits? Can astrology reveal favorable periods for being aggressive about getting more of what you want? In the system I use, the time that’s 30 to 60 days after your birthday is most likely to generate good results. Another phase is 210 to 240 days after your birthday. Keep in mind that these estimates may be partly fanciful and playful and mythical. But then in my philosophy, fanciful and playful and mythical actions have an honored place. Selffulfilling prophecies are more likely to be fulfilled if you regard them as fun experiments rather than serious, literal rules.

Homework: Imagine that everything and everyplace in your life are holy.

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HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS BY BECOMING AN ESL or LITERACY TUTOR. Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe’s 10-hour training prepares volunteers to tutor adults in English as a Second Language (ESL) The ESL new tutor orientation will be held online on Thursday, April 11th, from 4 to 6 p.m., and the in-person training will be on Friday & Saturday, April 12th and 13th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SFCC. A registration meeting and a 2-hour follow-up workshop are also included. For more information, please call 505-428-1353 or visit www.lvsf. org to complete an application. No experience or second language necessary!

I’VE HAD THIS DREAM for a long time: I want to produce a live radio show like Prairie Home Companion, with Santa Fe’s unique flavor. How can we make it happen? I know there’s the talent here to do it, that’s a given! I welcome your ideas, know-how and enthusiasm. Initial meeting to discuss my vision, Friday, April 5 at 12:00pm at Southside Library Cafe Room. Text to RSVP 505-699-0023 or anniedee53@ gmail.com

Join our empowering IFS Women’s Healing Circle. Discover the transformative power of connection, clarity, and compassion. Develop confidence and courage through art, drama, movement, meditation, and journaling. Wednesdays, 6-7:30 PM, April 17-May 22, in person in Santa Fe.

Some IFS experience required. Contact Michelle, LPCC, SEP, at 505-699-1374 or Michelle@integrativetraumasol utions.com.

Early bird rate of $300 + $24 tax before April 10; $330 + $26 tax after. Don’t miss this journey to healing and self-discovery!

Heal Your Mind, Heal Your Life

Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 at the Santa Fe Women’s Club

Mind is the most powerful thing in the world and is the creator of all our experiences. Without knowing the nature and function of our mind like feelings and intentions, our mind remains uncontrolled leading us to states of unhappiness, frustration and suffering. Through understanding and identifying the different parts of our mind functioning with every moment of awareness, we can break unhelpful thought patterns that keep us from fulfilling our deepest wishes.

Meditating on the nature of the mind reveals its deeper levels: spacious, peaceful and clear, experiencing limitless peace, wisdom and compassion. We can heal the mind by letting go of inner states that lead to pain and cultivate minds that lead to peace and happiness.

Everyone is welcome.

April 9: The Nature of Feelings

April 16: Overcoming Delusions

April 23: Creating Karma: The Power of Intention

April 30: To what am I Paying Attention?

May 7: Searching for my Mind with Wisdom

Santa Fe Women’s Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505

About the Teacher

Gen Khyenwang, Resident Teacher of KMC-NM, Albuquerque is a close disciple of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and has been teaching under his guidance for many years. Her teachings are clear, warm, heartfelt, and extremely practical for modern life.

Attendance

This is a drop-in class. Suggested donation is $10 / class. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Info (505) 292-5293 or admin@meditationinnewmexico.org

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Cooking, Cleaning, Assistance w/ADLs

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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF SANTA FE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

No. D-101-PB-2024-00052

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT C. MOREAN, DECEASED.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the estate of the decedent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice to creditors or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, located at the following address:

225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Dated: March 21, 2024.

Donna Morean Huycke and Mitch Friedman c/o Friedman, Walcott, Henry & Winston, LLC

150 Washington Avenue, Suite 207 Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-9559

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

IN THE PROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF SANTA FE No. 2024-0056

In the Matter of the Estate of LINDA DINKIN, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the estate of the decedent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decedent are required to

Personal Representative of the Estate of Linda Dinkin, Deceased

/s/ Robert J. Andreotti P.O. Box 33651 Santa Fe NM 87594 505-474-3806

Attorney for Catherine L. Owens

STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE No. PB-2022-0016

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY STROMBERG CONNER, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either by delivery or mail to the undersigned in care of Tracy E. Conner, P.C., Post Office Box 23434, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, or by filing with the Probate Court for the County of Santa Fe, 100 Catron Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, with a copy to the undersigned.

Dated: April 1, 2024

Tony Stromberg

Personal Representative

c/o Tracy E. Conner Post Office Box 23434

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 Phone: (505) 982-8201