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Tribal educators are ready to turn the page—if state lawmakers let them

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Most people in New Mexico are still feeling a great loss at the passing of wonderful, talented and entertaining John Nichols, myself included.

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Carter was widely admired for her support for families, especially her diligent work to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Her funeral on television was both heartwarming and poignant, her 100-year-old husband in attendance.

Her son spoke beautifully about his mother and all her accomplishments. O’Connor, in her home state of Arizona, tried unsuccessfully to pass a referendum on the ERA. She said the ERA “stands in the tradition of other great amendments in the constitution.” She was right then, she still is. She served as the first woman on the Supreme Court and retired to be at home with her ill husband. Let us all reflect on these amazing people and continue to improve our lives in ways they will continue to inspire us.

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gainst the backdrop of historic and destructive wildfires across New Mexico, some Santa Fe homeowners report it has become more difficult and expensive to insure their properties.

Following the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire near Mora as well as 2020’s Medio Fire near Santa Fe, those with homes in the wildland urban interface have increasing challenges.

David Byrne, for example, is building a home in a wooded area above Bishop’s Lodge Road outside of the city limits, and he’s struggling to secure an insurance policy as a result.

As a 15-year customer of USAA with multiple policies, Byrne tells SFR he was surprised to find out a few months ago that the company would not insure his home due to a “fire hazard.”

“I’m fed up with it to be honest with you, and it’s just frustrating when you think you have a relationship with an organization and yet they decide, ‘No, we’re deciding we’re just writing you off,’” he says.

SFR attempted to contact USAA for a comment, but a representative did not respond by publication time.

Homeowners in various parts of Santa Fe County are facing similar hurdles, says county Fire Chief Jacob Black, who tells SFR his department hears about them often.

“We really get inquiries from insurance companies almost on a weekly basis saying ‘Hey, we’re looking at this insurance, can you tell me where the closest staffed fire station is, or where’s the closest fire hydrant?’ And so really, that wildland urban interface is something that is currently being defined kind of case-by-case by the insurance company,” Black says, adding his department has worked alongside wildland teams to complete fire prevention steps. “Is that going to address the problem or the challenges that we’re seeing overall? I don’t know if that will, but that’s where we are working to try to stay at the forefront of that.”

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The Medio Fire lasted for 28 days and burned 4,010 acres—100 of those at high severity.

event, thereby posing a significant threat to human life or property.” The designation applies to the foothills of the Sangre de Cristos north and east of Santa Fe, especially where private property boundaries aren’t far from the national forest and are identified as extreme risk for fire.

Rocky Mountain Insurance Association Executive Director Carole Walker tells SFR the rising cost of property insurance in fire prone areas has become a national issue that especially affects Western states. The association conducts insurance education and outreach, as well as preparedness, response and recovery for disasters and wildfires.

“Call it climate change, call it whatever you want. We are in, unfortunately, a perfect storm of escalating risk from wildfires, natural disasters, and at the same time that’s colliding with—I hate to use the word unprecedented—but really we are in what we call the hardest market the insurance industry has experienced in a generation because everything that you pay for insurance for is going up at pretty much astronomical levels,” Walker says. “Everything from the cost of lumber; the cost to repair and rebuild homes; from drywall to glass to

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labor; all of those things are escalating. And then we’re at some of the highest inflation rates that we’ve seen.”

The Insurance Services Organization conducts a survey to determine the Public Protection Classification of an area, which is a score that ranges from 1 to 10. Class 1 typically represents superior property fire protection, while Class 10 means that the area’s fire suppression program does not meet the ISO’s minimum criteria. Insurance companies then use this rating to help calculate premium rates, Black says.

Most communities in Santa Fe County have a rating below Class 5, with Eldorado rated as having the highest fire protection PPC score: 3. Black tells SFR his department accounts for one third of that classification, and his team is taking steps that include networking with other fire departments to see how they address the problem and establishing a self-certification process with homeowners in rural areas to help them secure insurance.

While some major companies may limit the number of policies they write, Walker says none have left the state of New Mexico entirely. She advises customers to ask insurers about a potential

mitigation plan.

“That could be everything from simple DIY common sense steps of moving the woodpiles off the deck and clearing needles away, doing defensible space to home hardening. So, increasingly in this hybrid situation, homeowners are going to have to take those scientifically proven steps to protect the property and some of that may include an investment and you know, hardening the roof, which means making it more fire resistant,” Walker says. “If they come back and say, ‘Yeah, you’re too high risk for us.’ If you’re able to say, ‘Well, I did a B, C, D and E,’ it can help you ensure that you might get renewed. Those are things that will help be an investment in your insurability as well as your safety.”

In the meantime, Byrne says he is hopeful he can find an insurance provider that will write his policy at a markup rate, but he’ll do it with gritted teeth.

“Sometimes you have to grin and bear it, but it’s an assault on a lot of people’s financial capabilities,” he says.

“Fortunately, being retired, I’m OK. I can do it for a year or two. This too shall pass, and maybe I’ll get back to finding a better carrier and better rate, but who knows.”

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carpooling to get around the bus route closure as “hit and miss” due to parents’ conflicting work schedules.

Her neighbor Kathleen Jimenez, the parent of two Milagro Middle School and Early College Opportunities High School students, says transporting her children to and from school every day has been “a juggle,” as she relies on different family members on alternating days of the week.

“In the morning, I take them to school, which is not practical,” Jimenez says. “Both of their schools are on the furthest side of town, and my job is on the north side. I’m supposed to be at work at 8 am, and I cannot drop my daughter off at Milagro until 8:15 or 8:20.”

Her boss allows some flexibility for school duties, but she now loses pay to cover the time needed to drop off her students.

Rebolledo Rea’s husband Andy Gomm says while families have stayed in touch to help each other deliver students to school,

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parents are still confused as to why their route was cut.

“If we didn’t have a bus driver, and they told us, ‘Hey, it might take us three or four weeks to find somebody,’ obviously we’d understand that,” he says. “But it makes no sense when we [did] have a bus driver.”

That driver was Roberto Gutierrez, who told SFR he resigned from the position he held for nearly five years after district administrators told him they were cutting his route.

In addition to driving elementary school students to Tesuque, he also took middle and high school students to Milagro, Mandela International Magnet School, Early College Opportunities and Santa Fe High School.

“I felt for my students,” Gutierrez says of his decision to leave. “How can you leave these students with no transportation whatsoever? That’s so harsh on the kids.”

Gutierrez says the district offered to change him from covering the Tesuque route

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ast week, students at Santa Fe Public Schools enjoyed a snow day Nov. 29 after more than 6 inches of snow fell in the early morning. The next day, the schools had a two-hour delay. And the winter season has only just begun.

Alejandra Rebolledo Rea, Tesuque Elementary School’s PTA president, says she’s worried about the coming winter on behalf of families in the Tesuque area who were left without transportation when the district dropped the school’s only bus route Nov. 6. As SFR reported in “Long Ride” on Nov. 22, the elimination of seven routes has caused an increased reliance on parent drivers across the district.

The terrain surrounding Tesuque Elementary is a more challenging drive when compared to city routes, Rebolledo Rea says, and many families live up in the mountains in the rural area, traversing steep hills to get to the school and making plans to ride together.

“With icy and snowy roads, there’s more people at risk. It’s a hazard,” she says. “It’s a huge responsibility now, for you personally, to drive other kids that are not yours. So, even those carpooling are a little bit more hesitant about it when the roads are more icy.”

Rebolledo Rea, who lives in the Chupadero village 8 miles away from the elementary school her third-grader attends, describes

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to being a “floater,” a driver who shows up at the Transportation Department’s building at 6 am and is given whichever vacant routes need to be filled. He says four of the canceled routes already had drivers.

SFPS Director of Transportation Cesario Flores tells SFR the decision to cut the routes will be temporary pending the hire of additional drivers and was based on the amount of students in the district who would be affected. Tesuque Elementary is the least-populated school in the district with an estimated 69 students this year.

Four new drivers are in training, with two a week away from taking their driving tests, according to Flores, who says the district will reopen routes on the outskirts of town first as positions are filled.

Gutierrez says the move felt discriminatory, and he contacted parents he knew to inform them of the bus route closing.

Julia Hansen, a parent of a student attending Santa Fe High, says she reached out to SFPS Director of Operations Gabe Romero and Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez when she heard the news from Gutierrez, and hasn’t received a response.

“The district’s explanation on the cancellation of bus routes didn’t really connect the dots for me,” Hansen says. “Our bus driver has left his position due to this decision.

Instead of gaining anything, we’ve lost a lot, and in particular, it’s disproportionately impacting rural, at-risk students.”

Hansen describes her family as “one of the lucky ones,” as her daughter can drive herself to school. However, the recent snow has left her concerned about young drivers being forced onto the road.

Rebolledo also noted some Tesuque students now arrive just as the bell rings— which means they miss the school’s free breakfast.

“You don’t know if they had breakfast at home,” Rebolledo Rea says. “I feel sometimes that nobody cares or is listening, since we’re just a little school in the middle of nowhere.”

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s students begin to pour out of the Ohkay Owingeh Community School in the afternoon, several cross the street that separates the school from the P’oe Tsawa Community Library, looking to use the internet; play online games with their friends; browse the bookshelves; and do homework at the study tables.

Every school day, the scene repeats itself as the library’s tables and nooks fill with students.

“They don’t even tell their parents sometimes that they’re coming here,” Assistant Librarian Jennifer Denipah says with a laugh. “Their parents will give us a call asking, ‘Are they there? Are they in the computer room?’ and I say, ‘Yes, they’re here.’ But we’d rather have them here than out there getting into trouble.”

The library operated by the tribe’s education department meets multiple needs for people of all ages. Denipah works with Librarian Rexine Calvert to

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host classes for community school students every Thursday, and many adults rely on the library to borrow tools and sewing machines, as well as apply for jobs.

“I try to help all of these people I know,” Calvert tells SFR. “A lot of them do their job searches here, their unemployment and Medicaid. Not everybody has the internet at home, and some people can’t even afford to get a computer.

This is the place they always come.”

Even as the librarians, both tribal members who grew up in Ohkay Owingeh, answer questions for SFR, they assist everyone in their lines of sight— making a copy of one woman’s driver’s license; handing a high-school student papers he left behind another day; and striking up conversations with those who walk through the door.

Most libraries operated by tribal education departments in New Mexico can be described similarly as community hubs. Yet, the essential institutions face uncertain financial forecasts every year.

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state have been pushing for substantial changes in funding and will try again in the upcoming legislative session.

The vast majority of the state’s nearly 48,000 Indigenous students attend public schools; about 14% attend schools that are tribally-controlled or run by the US Bureau of Indian Education.

State lawmakers created the state Indian Education Act in 2003 with the goal of ensuring Indigenous students receive an equitable, culturally relevant learning environment. While both tribal education departments and Native students in public schools benefit from the IEA, small sovereign operations especially rely on it.

Bettina Sandoval, director of the Taos Pueblo Education and Training Division, says IEA funding is the only source of income she knows she will receive each year. And even then, the state Public Education Department notifies tribes of award amounts around May. Since the division’s budget is due to the state in June, that leaves her with less than a month to figure out how she’s going to allocate the IEA funds while also waiting for approval from multiple grants she’s applied for.

“And when we don’t spend all the money in time, it looks like we don’t need as much funding as they give us,” Sandoval tells SFR. “That’s the biggest point, of course—is how they’re funding tribes. I think streamlining would make it a lot easier.”

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Melissa Candelaria (San Felipe), who works as an education director and attorney for the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, says tribal community partners, leaders and education directors have continuously told its legal team the current funding system doesn’t work.

“Tribes can’t hire staff or plan programs with short-term grants that arrive late in the year from the state’s public education department,” Candelaria tells SFR. “We have also heard the tribes need consistent, predictable funding to hire staff and strengthen their capacity, to provide the programming and services that meet the unique needs of their respective students.”

At an Oct. 18 interim legislative Indian Affairs Committee meeting, a coalition of tribal education leaders, experts and advocates called the Tribal Education Alliance laid out a plan for change in tribal education through a strategy dubbed the “Tribal Remedy Framework,” which aims to provide a pathway to educational sovereignty for Indigenous pueblos, tribes and nations.

The Tribal Education Alliance developed the framework in response to the Students from the Ohkay Owingeh Community School work on an art project coloring characters in winter clothes at the P’oe Tsawa Community Library.

2018 court ruling in the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit, which found the state violated “A lot of times, we have been depenPueblo, spearheaded House Bill 140, students’ right to an adequate education dent on one-year appropriations from which would have established the Tribal and in turn ordered New Mexico to transthe Legislature—not multi-year and not Education Trust Fund. It died in the form public education to ensure that recurring,” Shendo says. “So, it’s realHouse Appropriations and Finance at-risk students—including Indigenous ly hard to plan for growth or long-term Committee. students—receive an equitable and culplanning when you’re living off year-toLente tells SFR the state needs the turally relevant education. year grants.” fund because of “the inconsistent naThe plan calls for the state to move During the 2023 legislative session, ture and lack of any support for tribal further toward tribal education soverstate Rep. Derrick J. Lente, D-Sandia libraries, and tribal capacity-building eignty through a Tribal on tribal lands,” and notes his Education Trust Fund to bill received the full support of give tribes stable, consisthe Legislative Education Study tent and sustainable distriCommittee prior to the last butions of money each year, session. with initial funds coming “A trust fund is our attempt from the state’s surplus of to not have to come to the oil and gas revenues.

Legislature and ask for $5 milJemez Pueblo Education lion, $10 million…it’s a way for Director Kevin Shendo us to avoid having to come year strongly supports the idea.

-Rexine Calvert, after year with our hands out to “As long as Indian edlibrarian receive funding to educate our ucation is tied to the state children the way we best see system,” he says, “we’re fit,” Lente says. never going to, from the Lente plans to reintroduce tribal level, see the results the trust fund proposal for that tribes want to see.”

Lente notes the trust fund would be $100 million in the upcoming Shendo agrees the separate from the IEA, and that funds session, which commences on current funding system will be distributed directly to the tribes Jan. 16. makes it difficult for trib(rather than disbursed through the “That way, the initial investal education departments Public Education Department or state ment will be able to fetch the to build capacity for staff grants, for example) to develop a more real dollars necessary to ensure and culturally responsive robust tribal education department programs and projects that are New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Education Director Melissa programs, both areas the that promotes linguistic and cultural being done on tribal lands today Candelaria worked as a member of the plaintiff’s legal team in the Yazzie/ Yazzie/Martinez ruling tarwill be able to be sustained for Martinez lawsuit. geted for improvement.

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Not everybody has the internet at home, and some people can’t even afford to get a computer. This is the place they always come.

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programs in addition to helping more students.

“We don’t want to have PED dictate to tribes, ‘This is the best way to educate your child.’ We’re looking to have tribes who know their kids, know their communities, know their language and culture to be able to be the ultimate teachers,” he says.

The Yazzie/Martinez ruling also defined what constitutes a sufficient education for Indigenous students—one that prepares them for not only college and career opportunities, but also to serve within the various roles of their tribal communities and tribal governments.

Candelaria says Native parents, community members and tribal governments have welcomed this definition.

“For decades, they have raised the issue that an education for Native American students needs to be relevant to them,” Candelaria says. “We want to be able to bring back our young people to serve their tribal communities and assume various roles with their respective tribal governments because they are the future leaders of our Indian tribes, nations and pueblos.”

Since the ruling, Candelaria notes, the state has taken initial steps to address inequitable education for Native students—a 2019 amendment to the IEA requiring local education agencies to assess and direct funding toward Native student needs; increases in funding; new social studies standards; educator raises and “immersion programs” to promote Indigenous language learning.

Jemez Pueblo stands as a notable example, having used a $200,000 state grant this year to fund a Towa-language immersion program to revitalize language and culture with the younger generations.

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Assistant Librarian Jennifer Denipah uses one of the library’s sewing machines to finish a dress.

“More of our focused efforts have transitioned or shifted to immersion, and really defining education from a Jemez lens, developing our own curriculum, our strategies and utilizing our higher education,” Shendo says.

Tribal libraries often operate as a cornerstone of linguist and cultural preservation for Indigenous communities, with P’oe Tsawa Community Library being a distinct example. The library was named after famed linguist and storyteller Esther Martinez, whose Tewa name was P’oe Tsawa (“Blue Water”). Martinez worked with linguist Randall Speirs to

publish a comprehensive Tewa dictionary in 1982. To honor her memory, P’oe Tsawa Community Library has several portraits of Martinez on the library walls.

Calvert says the education division aims to continually add more culturally-focused programs through the library, from making dresses for feast days to promoting weekly Tewa language classes—continuing Martinez’s mission of keeping Ohkay Owingeh’s culture alive.

“We’re trying to get more people to come in to do talks about the history that happened here, to get more [people] educated on our tribe,” Calvert says.

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Candelaria agrees Indigenous-led cultural education remains an important priority.

“But, that approach has been limited, and has not resulted in a transformed system that the court has required of the state, nor has it resulted in improved student outcome,” Candelaria says. “We know there’s still an educator shortage, turnover remains high, schools still lack funding for programs, services and transportation…There’s still a long way for the state to go to fully comply with the court order.”

Assistant Secretary of the Public Education Department’s Indian Education Division KatieAnn Juanico (Acoma) says her department has seen steady increases in funding awarded to tribes. In the 2021-2022 school year, the state funded the IEA at $5.25 million.

This year, that number jumped to $20 million to further support initiatives for New Mexico’s 23 federally recognized tribes. The PED’s budget request for 2023-24 would add another $4 million for the IEA. “Money doesn’t fix the problem, but it does support the initiatives in different ways,” Juanico tells SFR. Capital funding has a big impact too.

For example, the P’oe Tsawa Community Library was among libraries to receive a portion of a 2023 $20 million earmark for tribal library construction statewide.

“We got $313,000,” Calvert says.

“With that money, we’re going to use it to extend the library, because every library needs a community room. When we have events, we could use that room, because right here [the lobby] is too small.”

The construction money is significant compared to what Calvert typically sees—in 2022, the library reported its annual budget from tribal, state, federal and grant funding as $184,135 in total.

forward to that facility including a library the pueblo has needed for years.

“We don’t have a library. We [the Education and Training Division] kind of have become that already—we have computers that anybody in our community can come in use. They can print, copy, fax and scan stuff,” Sandoval says.

“We’re already doing a lot of library service-type stuff; the only thing we need, of course, is an actual library with books and everything like that.”

Recently, Sandoval received state cash through a grant for a “mini library” housed in the current Education and Training Division Center.

-KatieAnn Juanico, “This room is going to become our Indian Education first version of the library, until the Division new building is built,” Sandoval says, gesturing toward an area lined with empty bookshelves and boxes of books purchased from the New Mexico State Library. “Building a library, and having the education center and library together is going to help us continue to be a hub for our community.”

Sandoval says the division hopes to construct a 7,000 squarefoot building, which could cost upwards of $7 million. However, she says the final size of the building can’t be determined until the division knows how much funding will be available, and she will “work backwards” to construct a building that fits the budget she’s given.

Like many others, she’ll be watching the outcome of the The Public Education Department secretary appointed Assistant Legislative session Secretary of Indian Education KatieAnn Juanico in the spring. with interest.

Shendo says he’s With more operating funds, she says, counting on lawmakers to step up, the library could increase staff and follow the Tribal Education Alliance wages. When the library had four emframework and establish a new fund—a ployees in 2022, about $59,691 of the sure way to build tribal education cafunds paid staff. Currently, the library pacity statewide. can only afford to employ three people, “If you’re going to give tribes the with two of them working on shortflexibility and authority to determine term contracts with the state. and define education for themselves, you have to not only invest in the funds, The Taos Pueblo Education Departbut also look at the systems that are ment occupies a remote location north impacting education currently withof the Town of Taos and shares space in tribal communities,” Shendo says. with the pueblo’s Red Willow Farmer’s “Those need to be restructured to supMarket, but soon hopes to upgrade port that effort if these funds are going from its mobile home to a permanent to be most effective in their use.” education center. And Sandoval looks

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EIGHT NIGHTS START WITH ONE We don’t want to only highlight the Christmas stuff in Santa Fe this season, because anyone who’s anyone knows our local Jewish community is well worth celebrating. Join the Santa Fe Jewish Center (and anyone else who wishes to attend, really) as they celebrate Chanukah on the Plaza this weekend.

Officials from the center will light a giant chilethemed menorah, you can expect live music and fire dancers, as well as a gelt drop (that’s chocolate coins for you gentiles) and—are you sitting down?—latkes and donuts for all. What else can we say but mazel tov? (ADV) Santa Fe Jewish Center’s Chanukah on the Plaza: 3-4:30 pm. Sunday, Dec. 10. Free. Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail, santafejcc.com

Screen Time Local actor/filmmaker Ricky Lee Regan debuts pilot for TV show Coyo at Black Mesa Casino Though the WGA/SAG strikes forced filmmaker Ricky Lee Regan (Cree and Lakota) to put a pin in his plans to debut his locally produced supernatural cop drama Coyo some months ago, with agreements tentatively reached and the entertainment wheels spinning once more, he’s finally ready to show it to the public.

Coyo is a complicated tale that pulls both from the long tradition of cops-on-television and Native lore. In the pilot, small town detective Justin “Coyo” Coyote (Jon Riggz) finds himself investigating a spate of murders that feel all too similar to cases from 20 years earlier. Adding to his woes, a former NYPD detective named Anna (Carmen Dahlman) has just moved to town in search of a more peaceful life, and the two are often at odds; police chief Tillwell (Rodney freaking Grant!) wants answers, too—and did we mention Coyo can shapeshift? Too bad his drinking problems are muddying his abilities. Regan himself plays a role as well: the main suspect in the killings. But can it be so simple? Doubtful.

“We actually started the project in 2000,” Regan tells SFR. “My friend who’d

just graduated from NYU film school and I were watching television, and Good Morning America was having this scary movie contest…we made a 15-minute film in 24 hours called Justin Coyote: Tribal Cop.” The bones of that first project remain in Coyo, though Regan’s experience in film and theater over the last 20 years helped flesh it out, as did writer Daniel Kiernan’s take on Regan’s vision. Regan and company shot the pilot in and around Santa Fe with a shoestring budget and with a 100% Native cast and crew, all of whom will appear at the screening at Black Mesa Casino in San Felipe Pueblo.

“For one thing, Natives are hot right now,” Lee explains of the timing for the project with a laugh. “We also wanted to put [New Mexico] in the spotlight.”

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WED/6 EVENTS ADULT STORY TIME WITH J.S. THOMPSON AND FRIENDS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Get on stage for storytelling open mic, then stay for a reading from the hosts.

6-8 pm GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-3278 Show off what you know and possibly win some prizes while you're at it.

8-10 pm HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day OPEN MIC COMEDY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Better make 'em laugh.

8 pm QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER Ohori's Coffee Roasters 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-9692 Coffee with your local queer community every Wednesday.

Such a cute way to get involved with the community and make new pals.

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Converging Dialogues: The Defining Edges of Contemporary Art explores what makes art contemporary and the wide range of artworks that fall under this category. See works like this by James Turrell through Dec. 24, with an opening from 5-7 pm Dec. 8.

FILM GABE LEONARD: SHADOWS OF THE WEST-A CINEMATIC EXHIBITION Chuck Jones Studio Gallery 126 W Water St., (505) 983-5999 Delve into the inspirations behind Gabe Leonard's mesmerizing Western film noir artworks.

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MUSIC CHESSA PEAK Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Folk, blues, rock and Americana.

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DEEP FRIED BOY, FLESHDANCE, PEGGY AND NICH QUINTERO GHOST 2889 Trades West Road, ABQ punk rockers come up to show off their stuff. This one is gonna be good. Follow them @ ghost_santafe to stay up to date on the DIY scene.

8 pm, $10 INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave., (505) 988-9232 Be in a band without the commitment of being in a band.

B.Y.O.B. (bring your own bassoon) or whatever instrument you think you play best.

6 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared, let's hear it.

8 pm RHYME CRAFT The Mineshaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Hip-hop in Madrid.

7 pm RICHARD GANS El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Wailing harmonica, rhythmic guitar and mystifying lyrics.

8 pm

SANDBOX MUSIC SERIES Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 Twelve perfomers throw their names in a hat and go from there. A spontaneous songwriter series.

7-9 pm

THEATER BAR(D): TWELFTH NIGHT Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com With only one rehearsal, a group of brave actors will put on a production of Twelfth Night.

6:30-8:30 pm

JAYSON CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 Glam up, walk the red carpet and witness the rise and fall of aspiring singer Jayson Stone in this immersive experience where fame, fortune and fate intertwine. Presented by the Exodus Ensemble.

6:30-8:30 pm, by donation

WORKSHOP UNICYCLING AND JUGGLING Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588 Practice balance and coordination in this class.

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THU/7 DANCE TWO-STEPPIN' AT TINY'S Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Half-Broke Horses performs while you twirl your heart out on the dance floor to country and classic rock covers.

7 pm

EVENTS GEEKS WHO DRINK Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Challenging trivia complete with prizes.

7-9 pm LADIES NIGHT AND KARAOKE The Alley 153 Paseo De Peralta, (505) 557-6789 $10 bowling and drink specials all night long for the ladies.

Karaoke starts at 6 pm.

6-10 pm

FOOD SUSHI POP UP WITH BRENT JUNG Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 Chef Jung brings fresh sushi to New Mexico and rolls it to order. Sourced directly from the boat and shipped overnight to Santa Fe for the freshest, tastiest sushi in town.

5 pm

MUSIC BILL HEARNE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Share happy hour with Santa Fe's own country music legend Bill Hearne.

4-6 pm DAVID GEIST CABARET Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858 Take part in a full bar and wine menu while enjoying the Cabaret. Call for reservations.

7-10 pm, $5 G JONES Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Greg Jones is the artist behind the enigmatic G JONES moniker, a master of electronic music production. Guest acts IMANU, Jon Casey and Sayer.

7 pm, $29 LIVE MUSIC THURSDAYS: DOC HALL As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596 Blues and roots music from one of our local faves, the one and only Doc we care to see.

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LENSIC PRESENTS KINGS RETURN CHRISTMAS Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 Genre-breaking arrangements soar, dip and harmonize with exquisite grace at this gospel holiday concert.

7:30 pm, $25-$39 MIKE MONTIEL BAND Boxcar 133 W Water St.,(505) 988-7222 Country, blues and Americana every Thursday.

7-10 pm OPEN DECKS NIGHT Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Become the DJ of your dreams.

First come first served across nine 20-minute slots.

7-10 pm RUBY OLAND AND JUST CLARK The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663 Ruby Oland brings her intoxicating blend of country and folk to The High Desert Cafe with support from Just Clark on tour from Portland, Oregon.

8-10 pm SON LITTLE Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St.,(505) 393-5135 Soulful vocals and meaningful songwriting from Little and his band. Super groovy beats—we dare you not to love it.

7:30 pm, $18-$23 SONGWRITER'S CIRCLE Queen Bee Music Association 1596 Pacheco St., (505) 278-0012 A traditional songwriter’s circle.

6:30-8 pm

THEATER THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262 An intruder elf raises questions in this seriously twisted, blatantly irreverent holiday comedy for the adults (and only the adults) in the family.

7:30-9 pm, $5-$75

WORKSHOP FINDING THE HEART OF MEDITATIVE WORK Online An online meditation class you can participate in from home.

Register at orders@cuttsreviews.com 7-8:30 pm MAKE A MOSAIC CLASS Sun Mountain Mosaics 555 Camino del Monte Sol, (443) 630-9209 Make a 4 x 4 inch home décor mosaic piece or holiday mosaic ornament. Instructors will cover the basics of design, tesserae glass and mixed materials, substrates, adhesives and grout as you make your artwork.

9 am-noon $99

FRI/8 ART OPENINGS 500 BELOW: AFFORDABLE ART BAZAAR smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road, smokethemoon.com A market of artwork priced between $50 and $500.

Paintings, ceramics and works on paper will be available for purchase and a portion of the proceeds will benefit The Food Depot. (See SFR Picks page 17) Noon-5 pm GROUP SHOW ON THE TURQUOISE TRAIL Hat Ranch Gallery 27 San Marcos Road W, (505) 424-3391 Featuring a wide variety of media and styles by nine artists.

4-6 pm CONVERGING DIALOGUES: THE DEFINING EDGES OF CONTEMPORARY ART (OPENING) Nuart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888 A collection of works exploring form and color from Katherine Bradford, Ed Ruscha, Alex Katz, Damien Hirst, John Baldessari, Hiroshi Sugimoto and James Turrell.

5-7 pm DANNY LYON: PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS 1963-2023 (OPENING) Obscura Gallery 1405 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 577-6708 Works spanning the documentary photographer’s 60-year career of exploring people, places and land.

5-7 pm ILLUMINATION: THE SACRED ASPECT OF LIGHT (OPENING) ELECTR∆ Gallery 825 Early St., Ste. D, (505) 231-0354 Photography, painting and sculpture by New Mexico and California artists.

5-8 pm SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY SHOW (OPENING) Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art 702 Canyon Road, (505) 986-1156 Small works ranging from bronze sculpture and tiny animal paintings.

10 am-5 pm OPEN HOUSE Studio Lighten Up 1143 Siler Park Lane, (505) 820-6967 Featuring original lighting-art by Lieven Van Hulle, contemporary objects infiltrated with neon.

5 pm-7 pm WELCOME TO THE COLORFUL ART OF JENN CUNNINGHAM Jude Hunt Studio 821 Canyon Road, Unit 4 Meet Jenn Cunningham and enjoy her colorful paintings.

Large and small works available.

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BOOKS/LECTURES LISA LUCAS AND DEBRIANNA MANSINI: THAT TIME WE ATE OUR FEELINGS: 150 RECIPES FOR COMFORT FOOD FROM THE HEART Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226 Lucas and Mansini share their healing recipes and good humor that derived from their pandemic-fueled Facebook food videos.

6 pm

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON 2023 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302 Authentic Spanish tapas, a great selection of wine and beer with resident flamenco company Entreflamenco.

6:15 pm, $25-$48

EVENTS 11TH ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Celebrate with the community and guests over festive food and beverages, including assorted holiday cookies, apple cider and spiced hot chocolate while witnessing the holiday tree unveiling.

6-8 pm ADAM NEWMAN AND HAYDEN KRISTAL COMEDY SHOW Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, Ste. A, santafeimprov.com Nationally touring comics make a stop in Santa Fe. Newman has appeared on Comedy Central and The Late Show, while Kristal is a two-time America's Got Talent contestant.

7:30 pm, $15-$20 HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day HOLIDAY WAREHOUSE SALE Peyote Bird Designs 675 Harkle Road, (505) 986-4900 The shop has done a deep dive to pull new and fresh pieces for the holiday sale.

10 am-5 pm LIGHTS OF GISEWA AT JEMEZ HISTORIC SITE Jemez Historic Site 18160 Hwy. 4, Jemez Springs, (575) 829-3530 Attend the annual farolito event along with a craft fair, food trucks and music.

5-8:30 pm RED VELVET FRIDAYS Cake’s Cafe 227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880 Party animals Famous on the Weekend host a night of DJs and dancing plus food and drink specials.

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THE STARGAZER Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St., (844) 743-3759 See the winter skies of New Mexico and a breathtaking view of the stars in the Galisteo Basin by way of railcar.

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ART OPENINGS 500 BELOW: AFFORDABLE ART BAZAAR smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road, smokethemoon.com A market of artwork priced between $50 and $500.

Paintings, ceramics and works on paper will be available for purchase and a portion of the proceeds will benefit The Food Depot. (See SFR Picks page 17) Noon-5 pm NATIVE AMERICAN PORTAL WINTER YOUTH SHOW New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5100 Youth artists ages 5 to 17 who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s main lobby.

10 am-4 pm SECOND SATURDAYS AT SILER YARD Siler Yard 1218 Siler Road, (505) 557-8449 Check out these live/work spaces and the artists’ studios. and and meet artists of all ages (6 years and up).

4-7 pm THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373 An outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, furniture, textiles and more.

9 am-2 pm WELCOME TO THE COLORFUL ART OF JENN CUNNINGHAM (OPENING) Jude Hunt Studio 821 Canyon Road, Unit 4 Meet Jenn Cunningham and check out her colorful paintings.

The gallery has large and small works available.

11 am-4 pm

MUSIC A MUSICAL PIÑATA FOR CHRISTMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 The Teatro Paraguas Orchestra plays traditional New Mexican and Mexican carols as well as original festive music.

7 pm, $15 CHANCEL BELL CHOIR First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 A choral concert featuring the music of Wagner, Dobrinski, Honore and Beatty.

5:30 pm DAISY CHAIN, RATTLESNAKE BEACH Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068 Chicago-based blues and psych rock band draws influences from the likes of Jack White, Thee Oh Sees, Velvet Underground and more.

8 pm G SPACE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Electronic music with mind-bending beats and fruitful melodies.

8 pm, $20 KEENAN MCDONALD JAZZ QUINTET Paradiso 903 Early St.,(505) 577-5248 Emerging artist McDonald and his quintet performs.

7-10 pm, $20 KIPP BENTLEY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Santa Fe singer-songwriter performs originals for happy hour.

4-6 pm SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH MY MISTLETOE The Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., Kick off your holiday season with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus, highlighting the fun, frivolity, mishaps and mayhem that can often occur during this time of year.

7:30 pm, $20-$60 STRANGE MAGIC (SOLO SET) The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663 Javier Romero, also known as Strange Magic, performs his deep song catalogue in the High Desert Cafe.

8-10 pm TERRY DIERS Boxcar 133 W Water St.,(505) 988-7222 Blues, rock and funk from Diers every Friday.

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See photographs spanning Lyon’s 60-year career of exploring people, places and land at Obscura Gallery through Jan. 13, 2024.

ZYDECO SQUEEZE AND PRE-CONCERT DANCE CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946 Come for a free zydeco lesson and New Orleans music.

6-9 pm

THEATER BATHSHEBA CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 An immersive experience where a biblical tale meets a modern day cult.

7:30 pm YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip Peanuts comes to life in Clark Gesner’s classic musical, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.

See the whole gang perform this Christmas classic. A family friendly show presented by the Family Theatre of Santa Fe. 7:30-9:30 pm, $7-$27

WORKSHOP DINÉ BIZAAD ZOOM CLASS Online A free Diné language class taught by elders offered every Friday in December on Zoom.

Presented by the IINÁH Institute—what a cool and rare opportunity. Register at bit.ly/ DNBZD 7 pm

MY FAVORITE BOOK COMMUNITY BOOK SWAP La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Bring in a new or used copy of your favorite book (or books) and take one of someone else's.

Write on a post it note why you love that particular book and spread the joy of reading.

1-3 pm

DANCE ENTREFLAMENCO CHRISTMAS SEASON 2023 El Flamenco Cabaret 135 W Palace Ave., (505) 209-1302 The best of Southern Spain in Santa Fe. Authentic Spanish tapas, a great selection of wine and beer with Entreflamenco.

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FREE TANGO LESSON Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red) 1366 Cerrillos Road, (505) 428-0996 Santa Fe Tango hosts a free tango lesson complete with practica.

6-8:30 pm

EVENTS CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER CARNIVAL Chaparral elementary 2451 Avenida Chaparral Games, snacks and raffles benefiting Chaparral Elementary.

Cash entry by donation.

Noon-2 pm COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE Q/C: COFFEE TALK AND QUEER CLOTHING SWAP Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820 This is also about community and style. Bring your gently used, fabulous clothing items for our Queer Clothing Swap.

11 am-1 pm EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, (505) 992-0591 An arts and culture market featuring over 60 vendors from around the corner and around the world.

9 am-4 pm GEEKS WHO DRINK Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com Challenging and thought-provoking trivia–with an impish twinkle that players can’t get enough of. Oh, and there's prizes!

3-5 pm HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day HOLIDAY BAKED DELIGHTS SALE Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, (505) 466-7323 Let someone else handle the pies this year. Attend this holiday bake sale benefiting the Vista Grande Public Library.

10 am-2 pm HOLIDAY SIP AND SHOP Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Enjoy holiday-inspired bubbles and bites, complimentary gift wrapping, and a $25 spa gift card for every $100 Four Seasons Global Gift Card purchase.

1-5 pm HOLIDAY WAREHOUSE SALE Peyote Bird Designs 675 Harkle Road, (505) 986-4900 The shop has done a deep dive to pull new and fresh pieces for the holiday sale.

10 am-5 pm

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IAIA HOLIDAY MARKET Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., (505) 428-1000 Indigenous artists from across New Mexico have works for sale including jewelry, handbags and totes, woodcarvings, pottery and much more.

9 am-4 pm INDIGENOUS HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS BAZAAR Santa Fe Indigenous Center 1420 Cerrillos Road, (505) 660-4210 Buy local and support local Indigenous artists.

9 am-4 pm LENA STREET HOLIDAY MARKET Lena Street Lofts 1600 Lena St., (505) 984-1921 Eat, drink, shop and listen to music at the studios, galleries, eateries and shops during the Holiday Market.

Noon-6 pm LIGHTS OF GISEWA AT JEMEZ HISTORIC SITE Jemez Historic Site 18160 Hwy. 4, Jemez Springs, (575) 829-3530 Attend the annual farolito event along with a craft fair, food trucks and music.

5-8:30 pm MUSES FIRST NIGHT Muses Santa Fe 1512 Pacheco St., Ste. D204, (505) 521-9358 Celebrate Muses Creative Workshop's new space while taking part in art making and cocktails. RSVP required.

4-8 pm PABLO THE DRAGON'S HOLIDAY TRAIN Lamy Depot Park 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy Mrs. Claus makes an appearance on your train to share the tale of how Santa and Pablito the Dragon saved Christmas.

Departs and returns from Lamy.

Check skyrailway.com for various departure times.

Noon, $34-$64 POP-UP CAROLS The Railyard Water Tower 332 Read St, Take a moment to stop and listen to the carols. The group will be performing at DeVargas Center right afterward.

11-11:30 am REGGAE NIGHTS The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, (505) 557-6182 Reggae all night. Hosted by Boomroots.

6:30 pm STRING OF LIGHTS HOLIDAY MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta 50+ local makers to shop from and a fun holiday photo booth to boot. Cocktails by Tumbleroot.

5-9 pm WINTER CRAFT FAIR Academy for Technology and the Classics Gym 74 A Van Nu Po, (505) 473-4282 Shop handmade holiday gifts.

10 am-2 pm

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WINTER WONDER CRAFT AND VENDOR FAIR Milagro Middle School 1720 Llano St., (505) 467-3300 An arts and crafts fair supporting Milagro Middle School.

9 am-1 pm

FILM CRAFT IN AMERICA Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204 The PBS show Craft in America features the New Mexico Museum of Art and The Museum of International Folk Art. See a live screening of the show plus a panel discussion.

2-4 pm COYO SCREENING Black Mesa Casino 25 Hagan Road, San Felipe Pueblo, (505) 867-6700 See a screening of this newly released Native crime thriller and meet the cast at this red carpet event. (See SFR Picks page 17) 7 pm

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FOOD A CELEBRATION OF TRADITION RECIPE TASTING Bishop's Lodge 1297 Bishops Lodge Road, (888) 741-0480 Bishop’s Lodge and Garcia Street Books have partnered for culinary presentation of two cookbooks. Select recipes will be interpreted by SkyFire's Executive Chef Pablo Peñalosa.

Learn the inspiration behind the cookbooks Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky and New Native Kitchen.

3-5 pm, $65 CHOMP FULLY LOADED GRAND REOPENING CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946 Experience an interesting collection of six restaurants, wine and cocktails plus live music by Squirrellhead.

5-9 pm

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MUSIC A MUSICAL PIÑATA FOR CHRISTMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 The Teatro Paraguas Orchestra plays traditional New Mexican and Mexican carols, as well as original festive music.

2-4 pm, $15 BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531 Piano and voice takes on blues and soul classics.

6-9 pm CANDLELIGHT CAROLS Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 131 Cathedral Place, (505) 982-5619 A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen, is filled with carols honoring the winter mountain landscape.

Presented by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.

7 pm, $20-$100

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Food & Drink 50+ local makers Holiday Photo Booth highdesertmarkets.com

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CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles and occasional guests serenade diners with vocals and piano.

6 pm CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 A holiday arts and crafts bazaar.

9 am-4 pm CHRISTMAS WITH THE YOUNG-TIRANNO DUO St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-5397 Classical and traditional music of the season, including excerpts from Handel's Messiah, O Holy Night and a carol singalong.

3 pm, $20 EL SHOW: NOSOTROS Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 Nosotros returns for their monthly El Show dance night celebrating their 29th year of being a band, with special guests Manzanares.

8 pm, $15 HELLO DARLIN' Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Americana covers and originals with big washboard vibes.

1-3 pm JOHNNY LLOYD Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St. nuckollsbrewing.com Our favorite local country star Lloyd performs in the Railyard.

6-8 pm LOOSE CABOOSE: SECOND SATURDAYS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 House music all night long with The Rev, DMONIC and different guests each month.

10:15-1:45 am, $10 MINERAL HILL The Mineshaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Americana with a touch of kazoo.

8-11 pm NMSA FUNK PROJECT AND RAY CHARLES NM TRIBUTE ORCHESTRA Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248 Funk and a Ray Charles tribute band.

7 pm, $5-$20 THE SPONGES Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Funk and bass house music.

9 pm, $24 TURNER & GRIMES Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333 Acoustic rock, pop and folk classics.

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ZIVI The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663 Dreamy indie music with topnotch band, The Rocks. So much music at The Mystic this week—we love to see it.

8-10 pm

OPERA THE MET: LIVE IN HD-FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS The Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover.

11 am, $22-$28

THEATER THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262 An intruder elf raises questions in this seriously twisted, blatantly irreverent holiday comedy for the adults (and only the adults) in the family.

2-3:30 pm, $5-$75

WORKSHOP KNITTING CLASS: TOE UP SOCKS Hacer Santa Fe 311 Montezuma Ave., (505) 467-8174 Laura Martin teaches you how to knit socks from the toe up on a round loop.

1 pm, $60 PAINT AND SIPZ Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Grab your drinks and brushes and create a masterpiece with artist Olivia Jane. Price includes one drink ticket.

4 pm, $48 WINE AND DESIGN Weldon's Museum Hill Cafe 746-762 Camino Lejo, (505) 984-8900 Create your very own holiday centerpiece. Tools, florals and containers included.

4-6 pm, $150

SUN/10 ART OPENINGS NATIVE AMERICAN PORTAL WINTER YOUTH SHOW New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5100 Support the talents from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Youth artists ages 5 to 17 showcasing and selling their work.

10 am-3 pm

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RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 983-7726 Peruse fine art directly from local creators.

10 am-3 pm WELCOME TO THE COLORFUL ART OF JENN CUNNINGHAM (OPENING) Jude Hunt Studio 821 Canyon Road, Ste. 4 Meet Jenn Cunningham and enjoy her beautiful, colorful paintings.

11 am-4 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES SANTA FE FREE THINKERS’ FORUM: A UU HUMANIST DISCUSSION GROUP Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674 Mary Feldblum, executive director of the Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign, will bring you up to speed on setting up a health plan, under Discussion by the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee.

Noon STELLA AND HUGO POETRY READING Geronimo's Books 3018 Cielo Court, Ste. D, (505) 467-8315 Stella Reed and her grandson will be reading from Myth From the Field Where the Fox Runs With Its Tail on Fire.

4-5 pm

EVENTS CHANUKAH ON THE PLAZA Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail Latkes, menorahs, music and more at this Chanukah celebration on the Plaza. (See SFR Picks page 17) 3 pm CRASH KARAOKE Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Sing your favorite songs until your heart is content.

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EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, (505) 992-0591 An arts and culture market featuring over 60 vendors from around the corner and around the world.

10 am-4 pm HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day HOLIDAY BENEFIT: A HELLO WELLNESS POP-UP Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Take part in a day of yoga and community resources by Hello Wellness benefiting The Sky Center.

11 am-3 pm, $50 PABLO THE DRAGON'S HOLIDAY TRAIN Lamy Depot Park 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy Mrs. Claus makes an appearance on your train to share the tale of how Santa and Pablito the Dragon saved Christmas.

Departs and returns from Lamy.

Check skyrailway.com for various departure times.

Noon, $34-$64 SANTA FE ARTISTS’ MEDICAL FUND SILENT AUCTION SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Auctioning small artworks for the medical fund including sculpture, small paintings and photographs donated by artists.

3-5 pm STRATEGY GAME NIGHT CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946 Put your mind to the test with challenging and intense board games. Sponsored by Oshia's Pizza.

6-11 pm TRIVIA AT BOXCAR: GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Think fast to win big prizes.

7:30 pm

MUSIC A MUSICAL PIÑATA FOR CHRISTMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 The Teatro Paraguas Orchestra plays traditional New Mexican and Mexican carols, as well as original festive music.

2-4 pm, $15 ALTO STREET Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Original folk tunes.

Noon-3 pm CHRISTMAS...WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 131 Cathedral Place, (505) 982-5619 A holiday choral concert featuring the cathedral's hand bell choir and Santa Fe Flutes performing all of the traditional holiday favorites.

2 pm DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765 Listen to the sweet sound of Montgomery tickling the ivories as you have a steak dinner.

6-9 pm KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared—let's hear them.

8 pm SANTA FE WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: WINTER LIGHTS First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 An inspiring holiday choral concert from these talented Santa Fe singers.

3 pm, $30-$35 SOUNDS OF THE SEASON Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 Hear selections from The Nutcracker and other holiday favorites by the Santa Fe Symphony.

4 pm, $25-$92

TERRY WINCHELL AND THE FINE LINE El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Singer-songwriter guitarist Terry Winchell, guitarist Jim Goodkind and bassist Jay Leutwyler perform Winchell's original soulful Americana tunes.

7 pm

THEATER JAYSON CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 An immersive audience experience where aspiring musicians Jasyon and Medea flee to LA and the audience acts as Jayson's fans and can comment or affirm choices for him.

Basically a choose-your-own adventure show.

7:30 pm YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip Peanuts comes to life in Clark Gesner’s classic musical, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.

See the whole gang perform this Christmas classic.

2-4 pm, $7-$27

WORKSHOP COMMUNITY AND CRAFTS Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 A monthly creative gathering for local emerging artists and makers to meet other fellow artists, share a snack and work on their projects in a relaxed and friendly setting. Bring your own project!

4:30 pm INTRODUCTION TO ZEN MEDITATION Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 303-0036 A weekly mediation class offered in a zendo. Come for community tea at 9:30 before class begins.

10-11:30 am, $10

MON/11 BOOKS/LECTURES MCDUFFIE, BOHNHOFF AND TOLLEFSON HISTORICAL FICTION READING Geronimo's Books 3018 Cielo Court, Ste D, (505) 467-8315 New Mexico authors Susan McDuffie, Jennifer Bohnhoff and Loretta Miles Tollefson read from their historical novel collections.

4-5 pm

EVENTS CHESS AT THE MOVIES Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678 Chess, great food and movies.

6-9 pm HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day MONDAY FUNDAY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 New Mexico residents get halfprice admission on Mondays.

Talk about an awesomely affordable date night.

3-8 pm, $26

FILM FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT WITH LOV FUNDRAISER Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678 Watch the holiday movie The Grinch. All ticket proceeds will support the Del Norte LOV Foundation.

6 pm VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 Every Monday evening Lisa from Video Library picks a film to share on the big screen. Follow videolibrary_santafe on IG to stay in the know.

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DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765 Listen to the sweet sound of Montgomery tickling the ivories.

6-9 pm ZAY SANTOS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Santos plays an array of originals.

4-6 pm

AN ACTOR'S LIFE: AARON LEVENTMAN Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674 Actor Aaron Leventman hosts a panel composed of local professional actors to talk about the craft. Panelists include Maura Studi, Marguerite Louise Scott, Talia Pura, Geoffrey Pomeroy, Scott Harrision and Gabrielle Maisels.

5:30 pm HANUKKAH SAMEACH (HAPPY HANUKKAH) Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 A festival of lights celebrating Hanukkah.

All Day NEW ENERGY ECONOMY FUNDRAISER DINNER Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 A celebration of the solar and EV installation at Major Market, Zuni Pueblo and to join New Energy Economy in resistance in the fight against PNM ratepayer exploitation and the climate and environmental injustice of Four Corners coal and Palo Verde nuclear. Admission includes dinner and two drinks.

6-8 pm, $100

WORKSHOP MAKE A MOSAIC CLASS Sun Mountain Mosaics 555 Camino del Monte Sol, (443) 630-9209 Make a 4 x 4 inch home décor mosaic piece or holiday mosaic ornament.

12:30-3:30 pm, $99 TEEN/TWEEN AERIALS Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588 Kristen helps your teen fly high in the sky.

5:15-6:15 pm, $24

TUE/12 BOOKS/LECTURES DESERT HOME COMPANION Online Desert Home Companion is a old-time-radio-style Zoom entertainment show with short stories, music, videos, storytelling and unpredictable humor of various kinds. Sign up at cuttsbooks.wordpress.com/desert-home-companion 7-8 pm NATALIE GOLDBERG AND ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX: UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226 This set of 55 cards offers short meditative practices that allow you to tune in to your wisdom.

Goldberg's writing prompt cards have inspired countless writers around the world.

7 pm

FOOD A HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE: NICOLASA CHÁVEZ San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974 A fundraiser for Historic Santa Fe Foundation and San Miguel Chapel, attend a chocolate-focused salon followed by a chocolate tasting at Kakawa Chocolate House.

5:30 pm, $65-$75

MUSIC ALMA TRIO Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-7712 Enjoy music from an acoustic Latin trio while eating MexicanCajun cuisine.

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PENINA MEISELS

With Cookbook Author Debrianna Mansini

Some might know Debrianna Mansini as an actor from stage and screen (she played Fran on Breaking Bad, y’all!), but for a legion of food fans, she’s better known as the co-host of Facebook Live/YouTube Channel Corona Kitchen.

Founded alongside her fellow film worker Lisa Lucas as a bit of pandemic distraction, the channel was meant to demystify the home cooking world while providing Mansini and Lucas with a hobby. Then it grew. As such, Mansini and Lucas recently released a cookbook culled from their experiences—That Time We Ate Our Feelings (Apollo Publishers). Given that both Mansini and Lucas call Santa Fe home, they’ll appear for a signing event this week in town (6 pm Friday, Dec. 8. Free. Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226). We spoke with Mansini ahead of the reading to learn more. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

(Alex De Vore) This started as a pandemic project. Did you have higher hopes for it when you began, or is this more like a silver lining kind of thing?

It’s definitely silver lining. We had no hopes. We just started. Lisa and I are both in the entertainment industry, and we were both working like lunatics, and then everything stopped. Lisa and I had become friends many years before and had met over a dinner where we were both complaining about food. We never had time to get a cup of coffee most of the time, we were so busy. But at the start of the pandemic, I called her up and said, ‘You wanna just cook on Facebook and see who joins? We can stay connected, and maybe I’ll cook Tuesday and Thursday and you cook Monday and

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Wednesday.’ Fast forward, and we had cooked 143 nights in a row. It was crazy.

We realized we were helping so many people cope during that time, and our friendship was blossoming live on Facebook, so the next thing we knew we had all these followers. We just kept going. Then the next thing we knew, someone Lisa [knew] said, ‘My publisher is looking for a quirky cookbook, do you wanna submit your ideas?’ We did, but we had zero hope. We were going to publish a little book of recipes we’d laminate at Kinko’s, y’know, just for our followers. Then we had a book deal.

Did eating your feelings really help?

Actually, yes. It not only helped us to reconnect with our friendship, but to reconnect to time spent in the kitchen.

It helped other people figure out what to do. If you remember, during the pandemic we couldn’t find flour some days, couldn’t find sugar. So it was kind of like, ‘Oh, I don’t have this, but I’m going to try using that.’ We just did it on-air with people. We’re not trained chefs—we’re home cooks, and I think that took the fear away for a lot of people.

How did you and your co-author select the recipes you wanted to include?

When we first wrote the book, we overwrote it by about twice and our publisher said we had to cut it in half. We did everything with the publisher, from deciding the categories of what we’d have and cutting it down to what we like.

Most of it was comfort food because that’s what everybody was eating during the pandemic—and still eating, I might add; it’s applicable at any point. The book is largely stuff we cooked, plus, because we started as a community endeavor, we held a contest and had our Corona Kitchen members choose recipes.

Ten of those recipes went in the book.

We both have restaurants in our family lineage. People in my family had restaurants, and same with Lisa.

Her dad’s a vintner. Lisa was brought up in a family that had money; I grew up on food stamps. So we’re always reinventing stuff in my family because we didn’t have access, so it’s normal.

And sometimes we’d take...y’know, Lisa was famous for taking a Julia Child recipe and then making it hers, making it easy. So there are some re-thought Julia Child recipes. Many people over my lifetime have asked me to open a restaurant or do a cookbook.

But it was never on my to-do list, even if most people who know me would kill to get an invitation to my Thanksgiving dinner or my seven fishes feast on Christmas Eve.

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WORKSHOP EQUAL GROUNDS: JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND YOUR BUSINESS Plaza Café Southside 3466 Zafarano Drive, (505) 424-0755 Partake in conversation about the pulse of the community in the city.

8:30-10 am ACCEPTANCE AND WISDOM Santa Fe Women’s Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 983-9455 Taught by Gen Khyenwang, a contemporary Buddhist practitioner. Come early or stay late and make new like-minded friends.

6-7:30 pm

ONGOING (UNTITLED) ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, (505) 982-1320 A range of work in oil, acrylic, sculpture and mixed media.

A SLICE OF PIE Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681 See prints made with natural dyes and abstract acrylic paintings. Featured artists include Catherine Eaton Skinner, Dana Hart-Stone, Brian McParlton and Danila Rumold.

ABSTRACTIONS Nuart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888 A group show of abstract paintings featuring artists Jinie Park, Cara Tomlinson, Connie Goldman and more.

AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433 Sweet animal sculptures by Kari Rives and Fran Nicholson.

ANDRÉ RAMOS-WOODARD: BLACK SNAFU Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582 Ramos-Woodard depicts realities of his Black experience while exposing and subverting tropes of anti-Blackness.

ANDY KATZ: A WALK IN THE PARK Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385 Katz displays his dramatic photos of national parks.

ARON WIESENFELD: PAST LIVES Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902 Tenderly painted portraits of children by the sea.

BILLIE ZANGEWA: FIELD OF DREAMS SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Zangewa creates intricate collages composed of handstitched fragments of raw silk.

BOB BRADY AND ROB LANG Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4ART A sculpture and photography show where both mediums channel the body of the Southwestern landscapes.

CAROL MOTHNER: LITTLE TREASURES LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250 Meticulously painted birds’ nests and delicate etchings of young women to botanical oil paintings.

CUTE AND CREEPY Pop Gallery 125 E Lincoln Ave, (505) 820-0788 Original works by Nik DuranGeiger, Laurie Mika, Joel Nakamura, Kelli Judkins-Cooper and more.

ELEN FEINBURG AND WOODY GALLOWAY New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570 Elen Feinberg’s rendered oil paintings and Woody Galloway’s painterly landscape photographs.

GIGI MILLS: BODIES OF WATER GF Contemporary 707 Canyon Road, (505) 983-3707 Mills’ drawings of crayon, graphite and oil on paper show night horizons with flowing water.

HIGH AND DRY EXHIBITION Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 See a variety of works by New Mexican artists.

HISTORY BECAME LEGEND, LEGEND BECAME MYTH King Galleries 130 Lincoln Ave., Ste. D (844) 481-0187 Dine’ artist Jared Tso shows his new ceramic works displaying a metaphor for Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny in relation to Native peoples.

HOLIDAY SMALL WORKS SHOW Gaia Contemporary 225 Canyon Road, Ste. 6, (505) 501-0415 See tiny season-themed pieces by Andrea Wexler, Liz Barber, Amy Donaldson Zoe Zimmerman, McCreery Jordan and Nicki Marx.

JEREMY DEPEREZ: GLYPHS Best Western 4328 Airport Road, Ste. B, (713) 530-7066 Block printing examines the ties between art and found debris.

JESS T. DUGAN: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way, (505) 955-0012 Dugan’s photographs portray love and human emotion, exploring identity through photography, video and writing.

JOHN BRANDI: WIND, WATER AND TEMBLOR: GEOLOGIC RUMINATIONS El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016 Mixed-media works on paper that were made by a spill. Oops.

JOSÉ SIERRA: CHOLLA GALÁCTICA Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Colorful twisted vessels.

MARGI WEIR PANDEMIC PAINTINGS: AND POLITICAL PROTESTS Strata Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave., (505) 780-5403 Paintings, drawings and installation work inspired by the digital world.

MILTON’S BAR No Man’s Land Gallery 4870 Agua Fria, (307) 399-5665 Four artists had 24 hours to come up with materials and respond to this year’s prompt, the year 2050.

MOUNTAINS AND SKY TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 984-1387 A selection of vessel-makers, painters and sculptors showing references to nature.

N. DASH: AND WATER SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Find yourself somewhere between painting and sculpture, water and land.

PAPER TRAILS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 A mixed media show that shows links between printmaking icons and contemporary sculptors.

PATRICK MCGRATH MUÑIZ: RETABLOS Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902 Muñiz pays homage to the tarot in his paintings based on the 22 major arcana cards of the tarot.

PAUL-HENRI BOURGUIGNON AND ROGER MARTIN Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, (505) 983-8815 Abstract expressionism meets animal sculpture.

PORTALS Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., (505) 428-1000 Explorations in steel, clay, plexiglass and mixed media.

REGALOS Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882 A yearly juried show featuring artists from all over New Mexico. This year’s show is compiled of works that are all 12x12 inches.

RHENDA SAPORITO Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 Abstract acrylic works with stark contrasting colors on giant canvases.

RON KINGSWOOD: ARRANGEMENTS LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250 Abstract expressionism meets wildlife art in oil on canvas media.

SALT PILLARS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 Televisions, motel rooms, light boxes and a makeshift photography studio become vessels for emotion.

THIS FRAGILE EARTH Monroe Gallery of Photography 112 Don Gaspar Ave., (505) 992-0800 Photography of landscapes alongside devastation from natural disasters.

TIA X CHATTER: THE B/W SHOW Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 Curator Sarah Greenwood presents works in black and white from a collection of artists including Tony Abeyta, Rosemarie Castoro, Torkwase Dyson, Eric-Paul Riege, David Simpson, Tony Smith and Judy Tuwaletstiwa.

Check with galleries directly for show times.

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CAROLS AND CHORUSES Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi 131 Cathedral Place, (505) 982-5619 Beloved Christmas carols including John Rutter’s magnificent Gloria—accompanied by the glorious sounds of The Symphony Brass & Organ. Presented by the Santa Fe Orchestra.

7 pm SANTA FE WOMEN'S ENSEMBLE: WINTER LIGHTS First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 An inspiring holiday choral concert from these talented Santa Fe singers.

6:30 pm, $30-$35 THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St, (505) 982-9014 Loveless Johnson III plays with his band Brotha Love & The Blueristocrats.

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10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 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 pm-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. The Nature of Glass.

Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. To Make, Unmake, and Make Again. Out West: Gay and See works by influential Navajo artist Mary Morez, who Lesbian Artists of the Southwest. transformed Native art concepts by combining traditional 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 Navajo art with modernism and semi-abstraction. This pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free exhibit is on view through April 15, 2023 at the Wheelwright 5-7 pm every Fri May-October Museum of the American Indian.

POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road, GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM OF INDIAN (505) 455-5041 MUSEUM ARTS AND CULTURE Di Wae Powa. Seeing Red: an 217 Johnson St., 710 Camino Lejo, Indigenous Film Exhibit. Youth Push (505) 946-1000 (505) 476-1269 Pin Exhibit.

Making a Life. Radical 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 Down Home. Here, Now and Abstraction. Selections from the Always. Horizons: Weaving Between VLADEM CONTEMPORARY Collection. Rooted in Place. the Lines with Diné Textiles.

404 Montezuma Ave., 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM residents (505) 476-5602 (under 18 free) free first Sun of the month Shadow and Light IAIA MUSEUM OF 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART residents free 5-7 pm every Fri NATIVE ARTS 706 Camino Lejo, May-October 108 Cathedral Place, (505) 476-1204 (505) 983-8900 Between the Lines. Yokai: WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF The Stories We Carry. The Art of Ghosts & Demons of Japan.

THE AMERICAN INDIAN Jean LaMarr. 2023 Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them 704 Camino Lejo, 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. (505) 982-4636 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 La Cartonería Mexicana / The Always in Relation. California Mexican Art of Paper and Paste Stars. From Converse to Native MUSEUM OF 10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM resiCanvas. Medicinal Healer, an ENCAUSTIC ART dents free first Sun of the month Artist to Remember. Native 18 County Road 55A, Artists Make Toys. ‘All Together.

(505) 424-6487 NEW MEXICO Making our Way. Every Day. Permanent collection. Global HISTORY MUSEUM Medicine.’ by Eliza Naranjo Warming is REAL. 113 Lincoln Ave., Morse. Rooted: Samples of 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (505) 476-5200 Southwest baskets.

(18 and under free) The Santos of New Mexico.

Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10, free to Campaign. Miguel Trujillo and the all first Sun of the month Pursuit of Native Voting Rights.

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As he says, Ahern-Seronde has always loved creating in the beer world, and when he turned his sights toward pickling and fermentation, the practice transferred.

He learned a lot from Barrio Brinery’s Pat Block—who will shutter his business after nine years this month—Ahern-Seronde says, and he’s been making pickles for a long time. When he tried to create his own blend of veggies and fruit, however, it didn’t turn out how he’d envisioned. But it worked.

“It was damn good,” Ahern-Seronde explains, “and it evolved in its own way.”

Fast forward to today, and he’s learned how to scale up. Ahern-Seronde makes and bottles all Apicklelypse products himself at The Kitchen Table, and they’re shelfstable for up to two years before opening.

To achieve that, Ahern-Seronde no longer ferments himself, though through a process of trial and error, he’s managed to recreate those early flavors and then some.

Apicklelypse has become, he says, “My fulltime job, which is absolutely terrifying.”

It need not be, however, if we can drum up enough enthusiasm, Santa Fe. And we very much should. Unlike the dressed down

simplicity of hot sauce hits like Tabasco and even Cholula, Apicklelypse sauces contain multitudes. Take the Lord of Extinction with mango—it’s sweet at the top and slowly reveals a deep and nuanced burn that transforms over time. Throw this on some pork tacos? Yes, please. The Shrunken Head variety with notes of jalapeño, avocado, cilantro and lime is a banger, too, and would go so well with rice (just throw some in the pot or cooker, Ahern-Seronde says) or a veggie burrito. Grave Sauce is a winner, too, thanks to its apple notes, and could work Santa Fe’s Apicklelypse hot well with wintery cocktails. Each of the six varieties currently available are each wildly sauce hits the next level different but uniformly excellent.

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“He pulled all of this out of my head,” Ahern-Seronde says while motioning toanta Fean David Ahern-Seronde is ward his newly-arrived gift boxes, each certainly no stranger to concocting replete with biohazard symbology crafted large batches of things. For nearly with images of chile and pickles. “Without 12 years, he worked as a brewer for mega him I could not have pulled it off.” micro brand Santa Fe Brewing Co. (longThe branding makes it easy to find time readers might recognize him as the Apickleplypse on a shelf. But where must cover star from our 2017 beer cover story you go to obtain it in a world “The Craft”), but after much practically drowning in hot consideration, experimensauce options? Retail-wise, tation and consternation, you’ll find Ahern-Seronde’s Ahern-Seronde left the job in sauces in local spots such as March to pursue his fledgling Kaune’s, Back Road Pizza, Cake’s hot sauce brand Apicklelypse.

Café, Five & Dime and Gift & If a mini taste test conducted Gourmet; he’s even expanded to during our interview at Santa Albuquerque’s Salsa Saint and a Fe’s Kitchen Table commercial few others (you’ll find a handy kitchen offers any indication, store locator at the Apicklelypse he’s really onto something website, apicklelypse.com). huge here: Everything from Ahern-Seronde is also slated Apicklelypse tastes absoluteto table at a number of winter ly delicious, and it’s hard to markets throughout the month, try a single variety without including the Shop Small marconjuring up tasty meals for ket at Cake’s Café (227 Galisteo which each type might work St., (505) 303-4880) on Dec. brilliantly.

16 and the Hip-Hop for the “I love making beer and I Holidays Market at Tumbleroot love creating, but I guess I kind Brewery & Distillery (2791 Agua of got burnt out from brewing Fría St., (505) 303-3808) on and hot sauce came up, so it Dec. 22. He should also have was time for a change that was online ordering up on the site hard, but in the best way possiin the next week or so if all goes ble,” Ahern-Seronde tells SFR well. Seriously, though, if you while showing off his flavors, have a hot sauce fan in your including the garlic- and seslife or are one, you need to try ame-forward Werewolf Piss, Apicklylypse. the pickled relish-flavored “The market is blowing up,” Ooga Booga and, perhaps Ahern-Seronde concludes. “I the crowning achievement see it going the route of craft in his hot sauce quiver, the beer and cannabis, and my flaSasquatch Sweat with cranvors are very approachable, I berry and red chile. “As of this think. I believe in hot sauce—it’s month, it’s been two years in something that’ll change your the making.”

Follow the Apicklelypse journey on Instagram at @apicklelypse505. meal drastically in a second.”

And it started by mistake.

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Knock-Knock, Nuckolls I’ve certainly been one to talk shit about the Railyard’s parade of craft beer businesses insofar as I wonder how many one little plaza needs, but having finally dined at the new-ish Nuckolls Brewing Co. from Violet Crown Cinema founder Bill Banowsky, I’m ready to admit I was wrong—at least about the food. This one can stay.

Nuckolls (1611 Alcaldesa Street, nuckollsbrewing.com) lives in a beautiful building at the edge of the Railyard that once housed a meat packing operation for Colorado’s Nuckolls Packing Co., the space is surrounded with big windows allowing for views of the picturesque downtown zone no matter where you sit; though that’s not counting the downstairs cocktail-forward speakeasy-esque lounge. The main floor, however, is bright and airy and recalls the general vibe of an Oktoberfest party with long communal tables and numerous draught beers waiting to be ordered.

The experience began with a 10 oz.

Rail Ale, Nuckolls’ hops-heavy pale ale.

This one bordered on an IPA almost, but its bitterness was far more subtle than the classics from that variety like Stone of La Cumbre. Head brewer Jen Treu comes to Banowsky’s biz from Rowley Farmhouse Ales and clearly knows how to craft a complex batch of suds. A+ on that, frankly.

The food, however, was the main draw, and Nuckolls might just have my favorite burger in town currently.

A double-pattied Wagyu number that comes with the restaurant’s signature German sauce (think Thousand Island, frankly). At $16, it’s delightful, both in terms of flavor and value—and you can get a single patty version for $12; and yes, there’s a green chile version. My party also ordered veggie enchiladas ($13), the beet salad on arugula ($12) and a rice pudding for dessert ($3). In every instance, Nuckolls delivered big on flavor. The enchiladas, for example, were bursting with fresh veggies and just the right amount of chile and cheese; the beet salad was a crisp and earthy delight. Finding a well-made rice pudding in Santa Fe, though? Priceless. Not since the days of the Zia Diner has such a tasty version come my way. And with a check for two that clocked in at under $60, including tip, I’d consider the visit a win.

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As much as writer/director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself) looks to explore anonymity vs. notoriety in his new Nic Cage-led Dream Scenario, he has plenty to say about the cult of online viral fame, mediocre white dudes and trauma response. On one hand, Scenario seems to lambast the self-entitled, those who desire safe spaces and those who long to be anything more than nothing, regardless of cost. On the other hand, its closing act muddles its earlier points—though perhaps confusing the audience is the idea.

In Scenario, Cage plays everyman Paul Matthews, a balding middle-aged dad type with a mid-tier tenured professor job at some college back east. As Paul struggles to earn respect from his family, gain credit on research papers that only tangentially touch upon work he’s possibly thinking about doing and eke out a happy little life, he begins appearing in dreams around the globe. At first, it’s to folks with whom he has some connection, and he only arrives in dreams passively. But as the time goes by, dream Paul starts popping up practically everywhere and

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Did you hear the one about how director Ridley Scott plans to bring his new historical drama Napoleon to the Apple+ streaming platform with an extra hour of material? That’s pretty ballsy for a filmmaker whose theatrical version plays so heavy on the whats and whens and dismally lacks the whys and hows. Of course, Scott practically invented the director’s cut thing with his 4,000 versions of Blade Runner, but it would still be cool to get a complete film when we pay so much to see it on a big screen. Sacré bleu!

Yes, Napoleon is a gorgeous film full of huge battles and explosions and horse guts and stuff, but its bizarre combination of breakneck pacing and tedium make the passage of time confusing.

Somehow, we end up with a pretty boring film about a fascinating figure.

Likely exhausting chore-of-a-person and character actor Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) tackles the role of Napoleon Bonaparte, a Corsican with a chip on his shoulder who rose through the ranks of the French military to become a citizen, a general and even the freaking emperor of France. It’s all in there, from the time he...did that one thing, to the time he did that other thing; got exiled, came back—and then got exiled again! And though Phoenix’s jabs at playing the man as impudent or 28

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becomes overtly sexual or violent. His students won’t attend classes anymore, his family can’t understand why he won’t take responsibility (as if he should!) and the high price of fame becomes more like a nightmare than a blessing.

This very well could be Cage’s best performance to date. He disappears into Paul’s strange combination of self-loathing and narcissism so completely—perhaps it’s the horseshoe hairdo—with his mannerisms and speaking patterns, that we finally get a film wherein we can forget the actor. The people in Paul’s orbit prove the most interesting characters, however, from a branding startup exec pushing Paul to sell Sprite in dreams (a brief but brilliant turn from Michael Cera) to the young woman who wants Paul to recreate her sex dream in real life

even childlike—at least in his life off the battlefield—come close to working, he never goes about making Napoleon feel like a human.

Oh, I can hear the film’s defenders now: “You’re not supposed to like him!” Fair enough. And the real-life Napoleon did some absolutely wild things that are worth knowing. But rather than cramming the film with Braveheart-esque cinematic battle scenes, Scott might have focused a little more on Bonaparte’s muse and one-time wife Josephine (Vanessa Kirby, The Crown). Kirby is excellently strange and casts emotionally devastating glances; exchanges between her and Napoleon prove the most powerful moments in the film. In fact, screenwriter David Scarpa’s dialogue truly sings when it’s just the two of them, but before you know it, it’s back to the cannons and the British accents that cinema has decided will work as stand-ins for any non-American roles. Phoenix doesn’t do the accent thing, thankfully.

The more practical elements of moviemaking prove excellent throughout the film, however, from costumers David Crossman and Janty Yates’ brilliant takes on French garb throughout decades to cinematographer Dariusz Wolski’s (News of the World) endless parade of gorgeous shots. But a film can be excellent under the hood and just not particularly engrossing. Perhaps if Mr. Scott chooses to release some definitive-only-for-realsiesand-I-totally-mean-it-this-time version down the road, we’ll get a more complete experience. (ADV)

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(Dylan Gelula). Our hero, meanwhile, remains unremarkable throughout.

You might even feel for the guy as his daughters neglect him and his wife seems intent upon deflating his more excited moments, but Paul’s knack for making every single thing about him wears so thin so fast that it’s a wonder anyone cared for him in the first place. Add another good one to the A24 roster here, because if Dream Scenario succeeds at anything, it’s crafting a story that practically demands we self-reflect while we watch.

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In the opening moments of Frybread Face and Me from Diné filmmaker Billy Luther, young so-called “City Indian” Benny (Keir Tallman) discovers that rather than catching Stevie Nicks perform over the summer as his father promised, he’ll instead be spending his coming months on the Navajo rez with his grandma and uncle.

Deflated, the 13-year-old bolts into the streets of San Diego screaming, where he tears open his button-down to reveal the Fleetwood Mac tee underneath. Moments later, we cut to a bus stop in Winslow, Arizona: The wind cuts into the eerie silence as Benny faces a part of himself he’d never known.

Though steeped wholly in the Indigenous experience and set in the ostensibly non-populous high desert, Frybread Face and Me comes packed with a quiet beauty for those who have the patience to let it unfold. The elevator pitch is that a young urban Native gets in touch with his roots during a summer on the family sheep farm with his cousin (the eponymous Frybread Face; Charley Hogan), but Dark Winds writer Luther proves a subtle storyteller as the film progresses and much of his semi-autobiographical story covers the universal pangs of youth.

DREAM SCENARIO Directed by Borgli With Cage and Cera Violet Crown, R, 102 min.

Frybread Face and Me lives in its unceremonious moments—the auntie forced to shear sheep though it’s not her job; the grandmother who won’t learn English; or the hard nosed, rodeo-loving uncle exhausted by Benny’s lack of know-how. Tallman sometimes impresses as a hyper-observant cypher through which anyone unfamiliar with rez life can learn.

Hogan, meanwhile, clocks in with the polar opposite personality type—part teacher, part ball-buster, all energy and sarcasm, though loving in her own way. Hogan’s performance becomes the high point of the film, and she projects both a confidence and ability that Tallman can’t quite match. In more thoughtful moments, his eyes say more than enough, however, and it’s easy to see where he’s coming from.

Of special note, the film’s art director Natalie Benally finds a satisfyingly anachronistic glimpse into rez life wherein the house has modern amenities while sitting mere paces from the sheep corral cobbled together from old pallets and chicken wire. Like Benny, many viewers might not know what to make of it, but as Benny finds more life within himself and as his relationship with his cousin grows, so, too, does our understanding of the importance of heritage. When the film ends, Benny might still become anything, and that right there is the true glory of youth. (ADV)

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Week of December 6th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I will cheer you on as you tenderly push yourself to be extra exploratory in the coming weeks. It’s exciting that you are contemplating adventures that might lead you to wild frontiers and half-forbidden zones. The chances are good that you will provoke uncanny inspirations and attract generous lessons. Go higher and deeper and further, dear Aries.

Track down secret treasures and lyrical unpredictability.

Experiment with the concept of holy rebellion.

finely honed sense of when each mood and mode is exactly right for the situation you’re in. I won’t be surprised if you accomplish well-balanced miracles.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In January, I will tempt you to be a spirited adventurer who undertakes smart risks. I will invite you to consider venturing into unknown territory and expanding the scope of your education. But right now, I advise you to address your precious needs for stability and security. I encourage you to take extra good care of your comfort zone and even add cozy new features to it. Here’s a suggestion: Grab a pen and paper, or open a new file on your favorite device, then compose a list of everything you can do to feel exceedingly safe and supported.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Dear Goddess — Thank you a trillion times for never fulfilling those prayers I sent your way all those years ago. Remember? When I begged and pleaded with you to get me into a sexy love relationship with You Know Who? I am so lucky, so glad, that you rejected my prayers. Though I didn’t see it then, I now realize that being in an intimate weave with her would have turned out badly for both her and me. You were so wise to deny me that misguided quest for “pleasure.” Now dear Goddess, I am asking you to perform a similar service for any Scorpio readers who may be beseeching you to provide them with experiences they will ultimately be better off without.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Among our most impressive superpowers is the potency to transform ourselves in alignment with our conscious intentions.

For example, suppose you feel awkward because you made an insensitive comment to a friend. In that case, you can take action to assuage any hurt feelings you caused and thereby dissolve your awkwardness. Or let’s say you no longer want to be closely connected to people who believe their freedom is more important than everyone else’s freedom. With a clear vision and a bolt of willpower, you can do what it takes to create that shift. These are acts of true magic—as wizardly as any occult ritual. I believe you will have extra access to this superpower in the coming weeks. Homework: Identify three situations or feelings you will use your magic to change.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) was an American Black leader who advocated a gradual, incremental approach to fighting the effects of racism. Hard work and good education were the cornerstones of his policies. Then there was W. E. B. Dubois (1868–1963). He was an American Black leader who encouraged a more aggressive plan of action. Protest, agitation, pressure, and relentless demands for equal rights were core principles in his philosophy. In the coming months, I recommend a blend of these attitudes for you. You’ve got two big jobs: to improve the world you live in and get all the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The eminent Capricorn benefits you need and deserve from it. philosopher William James (1842–1910) is referred to CANCER (June 21-July 22): I periodically get a big jolt as the “Father of American Psychology.” He was a of feeling how much I don’t know. I am overwhelmed brilliant thinker who excelled in the arts of logic and with the understanding of how meager my understanding reason. Yet he had a fundamental understanding that of life really is. On the one hand, this is deflating to my reason and logic were not the only valid kinds of ego. On the other hand, it’s wildly refreshing. I feel a intelligence. He wrote, “Rational consciousness is but liberating rush of relief to acknowledge that I am so far one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, from being perfect and complete that there’s no need for parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie me to worry about trying to be perfect or complete. I potential forms of consciousness entirely different.” heartily recommend this meditation to you, fellow This quote appears in his book The Varieties of Cancerian. From an astrological perspective, now is a Religious Experience. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to investigate those other types of favorable time to thrive on fertile emptiness. consciousness in the coming months. You don’t need LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you reached your full drugs to do so. Simply state your intention that you height? If there were ever a time during your adult life want to. Other spurs: dreamwork, soulful sex, dancing, when you would literally get taller, it might be in the meditation, nature walks, deep conversations. coming weeks. And that’s not the only kind of growth spurt that may occur. Your hair and fingernails may AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are people sometimes lengthen faster than usual. I wouldn’t be shocked if your jealous or judgmental toward you for being so adept at breasts or penis got bigger. But even more importantly, multi-tasking? Are you weary of dawdlers urging you I suspect your healthy brain cells will multiply at a brisk not to move, talk, and mutate so quickly? Do you pace. Your ability to understand how the world really fantasize about having more cohorts who could join you in your darting, daring leaps of logic? If you answered works will flourish. You will have an increased flair for yes to these questions, I expect you will soon experience thinking creatively. an enjoyable pivot. Your quick-change skills will be VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I like Virgo author Cheryl appreciated and rewarded more than usual. You will Strayed’s thoughts about genuine togetherness. She thrive while invoking the spiritual power of says, “True intimacy isn’t a cluster fuck or a psychodrama. unpredictability.

It isn’t the highest highs and lowest lows. It’s a tiny bit of PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Romantic relationships those things on occasion, with a whole lot of everything take work if you want them to remain vigorous and else in between. It’s communion and mellow authentic. So do friendships. The factors that brought compatibility. It’s friendship and mutual respect.” I also you together in the first place may not be enough to like Virgo author Sam Keen’s views on togetherness. He keep you bonded forever. Both of you change and grow, says, “At the heart of sex is something intrinsically and there’s no guarantee your souls will continue to spiritual, the desire for a union so primal it can be called love being interwoven. If disappointment creeps into divine.” Let’s make those two perspectives your your alliance, it’s usually wise to address the issues guideposts in the coming weeks, Virgo. head-on as you try to reconfigure your connection. It’s LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my not always feasible or desirable, though. I still feel sad interpretation of your astrological prospects, you now about the friend I banished when I discovered he was have the capacity to accelerate quickly and slow down racist and had hidden it from me. I hope these ruminations inspire you to give your friendships a lot of smoothly; to exult in idealistic visions and hunker down quality attention in 2024. It will be an excellent time to in pragmatic action; to balance exuberant generosity lift the best ones up to a higher octave. with careful discernment—and vice versa. In general, Libra, you have an extraordinary ability to shift moods Homework: I dare you to reclaim a power you gave up and modes with graceful effectiveness—as well as a once upon a time. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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