Santa Fe Reporter, February 15, 2023

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Goodwest Productions

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OPINION 5

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

RAISE PER GLASS 8

Lawmakers tackle increasing the statewide alcohol tax

COVER STORY 10

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CULTURE

SFR PICKS 17

Get sexy, say hey to Esther Rose, Karen Hampton considers the universe and DeVotchKa returns

THE CALENDAR 18

3 QUESTIONS 20

With the Santa Fe Film Festival’s Aaron Leventman

FOOD 26

BRING IT HOME

Getting a private chef is easier and a little more affordable than you think

MOVIES 27

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS

After years of pandemic-spurred nonsense, the Santa Fe Film Festival returns with a massive slate of films—and we reviewed a whole bunch of ‘em

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COVER, FEB. 10: “LOVE AND SEX”

DOWNFALL

This is the downfall of western civilization... the end of the empire.. I do not want to see porno on the cover of our local CIA owned and operated Rag Sheet.. Discusting!!! (sic)

VIA INSTAGRAM @NANCYSOPHIA144

SENSE OF DECENCY

Wow, Santa Fe Reporter I can’t believe this, it’s an absolute disgrace and mockery of tasteful art and design, this paper was something that used to be great and I absolutely can’t believe my eyes. How did you ever imagine it would be in any way appropriate to release something like this when it’s so abundantly clear that those of us who have any sense of decency would have gone with a sky blue backdrop rather than this vile shade of green? Really appreciate the representation and effort to step outside of cis-heteronormative depictions of love, though.

VIA INSTAGRAM @CHARDFARG

IN THIS COUNTRY

You are what’s wrong in this country! This is disgusting and you should be ashamed but you clearly have no morals! If I see any of these I will gladly throw them in the dumpster where they belong.

VIA INSTAGRAM @ASH.LY.E

AVOID THEM

I am a mother of two young impressionable boys. I cringe at the thought of having to explain to them what’s happening on the cover of the 2023 Love and Sex issue if (I’ll do my best to avoid them this week) we happen to see it at the many many places we

frequent in Santa Fe that have your free newsstands!!! A boy with a “Furry” masked man?!? Two naked sexually embracing tongue kissing people? The woman with no panties on and a BDSM mask???

I just saw the picture on IG and FB and I’m disgusted and appalled that someone thought this was OK for children all over Santa Fe and surrounding areas to have access to and be able to look at!!! Children don’t understand sex like adults do (I can’t believe I’m even having to say that). I’m of the opinion that whoever gave the OK for this is liable for child abuse!!

AMBER

GURULE SANTA FE

ANOTHER MOTHER

I’m a mother in Santa Fe, I grew up here and was lucky enough to know people of many different orientations from a young age. I think this is a beautiful and joyful depiction of many different kinds of love. I don’t see anything nefarious or dangerous here. Those of you that do, maybe ask why your mind goes there? Why do you assume that? Just because people are different from you doesn’t mean they’re doing something wrong. It’s human to fear what you don’t know but that doesn’t mean your fears are grounded. This cover is simply celebrating love in all its different manifestations. We don’t need to be threatened by love.

STELLA MARIA BAER VIA INSTAGRAM @STELLAMARIABAER

LOUD AND PROUD

Thank you for making the queer/poly/ BDSM communities feel seen and accepted. De-stigmatizing love in all of its forms is so important, and based on many of the comments on this post, is work that needs to be

CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

SHELBY CRISWELL

NUMEROUS MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS FLOATING OVER NORTH AMERICA SHOT DOWN

We’re more scared of the stuff down here, but right on, sky things.

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS WEEK AFTER YEARS DORMANT

Don’t confuse it with the other film fest or the other other film fest—this is that one film fest. You know the one.

RIHANNA WINS THE SUPER BOWL

In your face, Indigenous culture-appropriating team that won the sportsball portion of the proceedings.

SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RECEIVES $8.5 MILLION DONATION—ITS LARGEST EVER

Hard to make jokes about nonprofits, so...congrats, maybe, is all we’ll say?

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS GET PAID A LOT

Even Hector Balderas, whose $232,500 salary ranks lowest among New Mexico higher-ed leaders.

SPRING SPRUNG, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT

Which is good, because we were starting to get all Lighthouse-esque weird, and then—nope, wait, it dumped a bunch of snow. Dammit.

PHARMACA STORE NEAR TRADER JOE’S TO CLOSE

Maybe that parking lot will feel less like the fifth circle of hell...for now, anyway.

READ IT ON SFREPORTER.COM

BLACK EXCELLENCE

Earthseed Black Arts Alliance released the coolest deck of trading cards celebrating notable Black New Mexicans.

WE ARE WAY MORE THAN WEDNESDAY

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF ONLINE EXCLUSIVES:

LISTEN UP

Episode 2 of the Leaf Brief Podcast features Santa Fe family cannabis biz Endo. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5

done loudly and frequently. Thanks for helping me feel safe to be my whole self in Santa Fe.

VIA INSTAGRAM @_ARIES_JO

DIVERTING OUR ATTENTION

At the risk of feeding the trolls, the outrage being expressed in the comments about kids seeing this cover or the idea that the person in a onesie is a child (at age 33, I happen to look very much like that person) all comes from the common trope associating the trans and queer community with sexual violence against children. This trope is incredibly dangerous, driving violence against the trans and queer community, leading children growing up to believe that they are dangerous, and diverting our attention from the things that do drive sexual violence.

If you truly want to protect kids, call your state senators and ask them to support HB 43, the affirmative consent bill. In the meantime, if your kid sees this cover and asks about it, and you don’t feel your child is ready to discuss sexuality, tell them it is art depicting ways that some people express themselves, experience joy and find connection. Believe me when I say that your child will be much more likely to remember it if you quickly usher them away, say the images are gross or shame them for asking questions. And, I hope you take the time to read and learn more about furries, about BDSM and about the ways that so many people engage in healthy relationships and sexuality.

VIC FARM WIENER

VIA FACEBOOK

OTT

This is definitely over the top and not appopriate for a cover of something that’s gonna be printed and distributed to the public.

JUSTINE ZIMMERLY

VIA INSTAGRAM @JUSTINE.ZIMMERLY

WHERE WAS OUTRAGE?

Guessing none of the commenters expressed outrage at cis-heteronormative anorexic

LETTERS

beauty standards as epitomized by almost every model ever over the last few decades. Nobody cared to chat about grooming of our kids then.

JOANNA KAUFMAN

VIA INSTAGRAM @ JOANNAGOBANANAS

SINCE WHEN?

Doesn’t the Santa Fe Reporter do like deep dives into municipal financial crimes and stuff? When has this paper ever been for children? Are children reading their coverage of the Rust prosecution? Lol, like genuinely confused when has this paper targeted anyone but adults?

JIMMY HIMES

VIA INSTAGRAM @HOORAYJIMMY

GO BEYOND

Awww. Thank you for depicting queer love and joy!! I really appreciate it not only for the visibility (those of you having a meltdown are homophobic and transphobic and need to check yourselves immediately) but for being something beyond the tired hearts and roses we always see around this time.

LAUREN STUTZMAN

VIA FACEBOOK

CORRECTION

In a food story in our Feb. 1 edition, “Bites from the Big Apple,” SFR incorrectly identified the owners of New York on Catron. The Vanderhider family owns the restaurant.

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Raise Per Glass

Lawmakers tackle increasing the statewide alcohol tax

BY TRIP JENNINGS @NMInDepth

Abill to impose a 25-cent tax on alcoholic drinks has cleared its first legislative hearing of the session, yet looming over it is the 2017 defeat of a similar bill by the alcohol industry.

The Legislature’s mood appears different in 2023. Greater awareness of alcohol’s harms seems to have permeated the legislative body—partly because the stats are so stark. Statewide alcohol-related deaths rose more than 32% between 2019 and 2021—a punctuation mark on a already-existing reality borne out by data: New Mexicans die of alcohol-related causes at nearly three times the national average and alcohol is involved in more deaths than fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines combined.

Lawmakers face a suite of bills that would address the state’s alcohol crisis as well as a draft state budget that contains $5 million for a new Office of Alcohol Prevention, which would represent a significant increase in resources and personnel focused on the issue.

Some proposals aren’t generating significant opposition, including budgetary changes to ensure all alcohol excise tax dollars go toward programs to help New Mexicans rather than half going to pay for general operating expenses.

But a bill sponsored by Rep. Joanne Ferrary, D-Las Cruces, and Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque, stands out from the rest for what it proposes—a tax increase on alcohol—and the likelihood of robust opposition.

The lawmakers want to impose a flat 25-cent tax on alcoholic drinks statewide, meaning effectively an 18-to 21-cent increase on most alcoholic drinks served. Currently, alcohol is taxed at much lower rates per drink, depending on the type.

New Mexico, like many states, taxes alcohol by the volume sold rather than as a percentage of its price. And the tax per volume hasn’t been increased for 30 years.

“I’m kind of frustrated with the ques-

tions and doubts because it’s way overdue,” Sedillo Lopez said.

In 2017, New Mexico legislators tabled a similar bill at its first hearing and the proposal was never heard from again due to opposition from the alcohol industry so vigorous at least one lawmaker called overly aggressive.

Will lawmakers see a repeat of history?

On Feb. 10, the House Health and Human Services Committee gave House Bill 230 a “do pass” recommendation, and that might hint at what is to come.

Ferrary and Sedillo Lopez are hopeful, yet the latter admits, “I’ve been told it’s a heavy lift,” legislative lingo for a bill whose path to success could be extremely rocky.

Advocates lean on research to push for

a study found it cut alcohol-related mortality by 40%. In 2009 when Illinois raised taxes on a drink of liquor by less than a nickel, with smaller hikes for beer and wine, it cut fatal alcohol-related crashes by 26%, with an even larger reduction among drivers under 30. And in 2011 in Maryland, where advocates raised the sales tax levied on alcohol, the change reduced alcohol sales, accelerated a decline in binge drinking and cut alcohol-involved crashes and unsafe sex.

Not everyone agrees with this analysis, however.

Dan Weaks, a lobbyist for the New Mexico Wine and Grape Growers Association and the California-based Wine Institute, said higher taxes don’t always lead to lower consumption.

cause under the current excise tax they pay less than larger producers.

Likely to surface in the session, too, is New Mexico’s sunny economic picture. Booming oil and gas production and the revenues it generates mean New Mexico is sitting on more than $3 billion in excess of current expenses. Some lawmakers are likely to wonder if generating extra dollars by raising a tax on alcohol is necessary, even if advocates argue that generating extra dollars for New Mexico is not the point: It’s about changing the behavior of certain New Mexicans, particularly heavy and youthful drinkers.

House Speaker Javier Martinez, D-Albuquerque, said he didn’t want people to think a tax on alcohol would be a “silver bullet” to solve the state’s high alcohol mortality rate.

Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe said, “It’s never easy to do tax increases,” even when the state is looking for money during lean budget years.

Wirth predicts a friendlier reception for an alcohol bill sponsored by Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque. That legislation, Senate Bill 220, would earmark all the revenue generated by the state’s alcohol excise tax to pay for drug and alcohol treatment rather than sending half of it into the state’s general fund.

“That has got to be fixed” first before the tax increase discussion, Wirth said, indicating he thought lawmakers in charge of crafting the state budget seemed open to the idea. Ortiz y Pino said he didn’t include a proposed tax increase in his legislation because he didn’t want to jeopardize it.

Indeed, Weaks, the lobbyist for the wine industry, said his clients support Ortiz y Pino’s bill, which hasn’t had its first hearing yet.

the tax hike. Study after study has shown that higher alcohol prices curb cirrhosis deaths, drunk driving, violence and crime, and even sexually transmitted disease. One of the most effective ways to raise alcohol prices is to increase taxes. Under the proposal from Ferrary and Sedillo Lopez, for instance, people buying a six pack of 12-ounce beers would pay about $1.20 more in taxes, and a pint of vodka would cost about $2.90 more, with some exceptions.

When Alaska raised its alcohol taxes by a few cents a drink in 1983 and again in 2002,

“Any time you raise the price point, it affects different people” differently, he said, adding that other studies call into question whether increasing taxes on alcohol definitively leads to reduced consumption.

Often pricier drinks lead people to buy lower-costing brands, Weaks said, adding: “That’s particularly true with young people.”

He contends that the 25-cent-acrossthe-board tax on drinks will affect smaller businesses more than larger producers be-

Nor has there been a hearing on a competing alcohol bill from Sen. Bill Tallman, D-Albuquerque. Senate Bill 61 would shift the revenues from the general fund to a new domestic violence victims fund, and rather than raise taxes, would allow all counties to impose a local alcohol tax, which is only currently allowed in McKinley County.

As for HB230, it heads next to the House Taxation and Revenue committee. “Hopefully they’ll be open,” Ferrary said.

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a SFR partner.

I ’m kind of frustrated with the questions and doubts because it’s way overdue .

-Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque

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Bid farewell to churches, meandering cowboys, sunsets on doorways and dogs in the park. Say hello to faces, places, objects in motion and overall oddities.

SFR’s Photo Contest collects community submissions each year, and, for 2023, as we return to our first in-person pop-up show after two years of pandemic hiatus, our judges asked for works that might cover new and interesting territory. The hundreds of photographs we received tickled our collective fancies.

On the cover, find the first-ever winning image captured via drone, as videographer Nate Reininga pilots a craft high above Conchas Lake to catch a jet ski making a spiral on the surface of the water for first place in our Movement category. Reininga, a Santa Fe native who recently moved back home from a stint in Brooklyn, tells SFR he got into drone videography about seven years ago and loves that it combines his obsession with flying and appreciation of the outdoors.

While you can peruse the first and second-place winners in this week’s cover story, please come see them in person this week and consider joining us for a silent auction of the work to benefit student journalism training.

SFR PHOTO SHOW

6 - 7:30 pm, Thursday Feb. 16

Violet Crown Cinema, 1606 Alcaldesa St. nmjournalism.org

By Malikai Mitchell

Special thanks to sponsors Monsoon Design and Ohori’s.

Andrea Lozano-Ortega

Santa Fe

Faces 1 st

By

Reininga

Spiral

Nate

Conchas Lake, Summer 2022

Movement 1 st

By Mudmittens Madrid

2nd Place Winners

Fire on the Mountain

By Pamela Ouaou Cañones

Faces

By James Cleveland Watley Santa Fe Bandstand

Chiefo Sanchez with Felecia Ford Band

2nd

Movement 2nd

By Richard Winston MEA Ranch near Santa Fe

Places 2nd

Arch Enemy

By Anthony Pappalardo Santa Fe

Unseen

odd 2nd

As part of the inaugural Art + Sol Santa Fe Winter Arts Festival, Maestro Guillermo Figueroa leads The Symphony in a tribute to Valentine’s Day with one of Hector Berlioz’ finest works— featuring 175 orchestral and choral musicians including the UNM Concert Choir, renowned soloists Rebecca Robinson, Mezzo-Soprano; John Tiranno, Tenor; and Adrian Smith, Baritone, with choral direction by Carmen Flórez-Mansi .

MUSIC WED/15

BY ANY OTHER NAME

Listen closely to Louisiana’s Esther Rose and you’ll detect the hints of Roches-style folk meeting Jenny Lewis-ish nouveau country with the sounds of ’60s psych rock rounding things out. But pay attention to Rose’s lyricism, and you’ll find an old-soul storyteller setting scenes with a voice of gold. Trust us—throw on “Chet Baker” from Rose’s forthcoming Safe to Run (out this April, and Rose’s first-ever label release) and start feeling fine while discovering something new yet warmly familiar. The newer stuff is, for lack of a better term, less weird than Rose’s previous sultry croon and caterwaul, but intact is her singular sound. It’s almost like you’ll swear you’ve heard this stuff before right up until you notice Rose phased into her own thing a few lines ago. Oh, it feels so nice.

(Alex

De Vore)

Esther Rose: 8 pm Wednesday, Feb. 15. Free El Rey Court, 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

ART OPENING THU/16

DOTTING THE LANDSCAPE

Too bad we didn’t know about artist Karen Hampton before now—that’s totally on us—but with her upcoming Dots in the Universe at Kouri+Carrao, we’re pretty sure we’ll never be able to live in a world without her again. Hampton makes use of fabric to, according to her website, create “artwork that responds to the lives of my ancestors.” To better appreciate those who came before, Hampton has reportedly walked “the roads where they lived, explored plantations where they were enslaved.” In other words, new pieces are narrative-rich and densely inhabited; they’re just waiting to be explored, for their stories to be unearthed. You might not find comfort while you’re getting there, but you will likely learn something new about yourself. Go and sit with these pieces and see what happens. We dare you. (ADV)

Karen Hampton: Dots in the Universe Opening: 5-7 pm Thursday, Feb. 16. Free. Kouri+Carrao, 3213 Calle Marie, kouricarrao.com

MUSIC SAT/18

YOU KNOW ‘EM, YOU LOVE ‘EM—OR YOU SOON WILL

Santa Feans of a certain age might recall a time when Colorado’s DeVotchKa made regular sojourns to our fair city’s warehouse and teen arts spaces. But a handful of records, the notable Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack, a Grammy nomination and so much more later, they’re one of the most beloved bands in the world. Think Balkan-y influences with indie rock sensibilities, intricately crafted melodies and emotional instrumentations. DeVotchKa can be hard to describe because there just plain aren’t other bands that sound quite the same. The converts are many, though, and you could be one of them if you check out the band’s upcoming show at Meow Wolf. Tickets will sell fast if they haven’t already. (ADV)

DeVotchKa: 10 pm Saturday, Feb. 18. $27-$42

Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

WORKSHOP TUE/21

Stripped Bare

Queer cuties, pack your pasties

The word “burlesque” carries some heavy heterosexual baggage: flashes of the (godawful) Christina Aguilera romance or Dita Von Teese splashing around a champagne glass come quickly to mind. But Audrey Huang, troupe mom and co-founder of the queer performance group Quiver and Tempt Society and the maestra behind Wise Fool’s Queer Burlesque class, wants to shift that narrative.

“I get a lot of AFAB people feeling slightly off about their femininity, and they come to this class hoping to learn to be sexy—but not in a feminine way,” Huang tells SFR.

However, she also hopes her workshops offer something that’s missing in the wider local performance community—a safe space for newcomers to play.

“There’s not a whole lot of opportunities in New Mexico to practice your craft until you want to jump into the deep end of [performing],” she says. “My goal at the end of six weeks is that someone should be able to roughly improvise one and a half minutes that they feel good about.”

That means classes aren’t routine-centric. Instead, each session is tailored to the folks who show up, guiding them as they explore a performing persona. And the radical ethos behind the course is arguably even more important than its content.

“I’m not being inclusive—I’m centering,” Huang clarifies. “I’m not interested in queer gatekeeping. [Students] both get to witness someone in their power and be witnessed in theirs.”

That experience of being seen can produce some powerful shifts in how attendees view themselves outside the classroom, too.

“One of my troupe members was classically trained in ballet,” Huang recalls. “I remember running rehearsals, I just kept telling them, ‘You’re doing the ballet thing. Your movements are great, but this is about bringing your energy, your motion, your fun to life—not about executing movements right.’ I remember the moment that clicked. Several months later they’ve had this entire gender journey, they go by a different name, they’ve incorporated aspects of what they found on the stage into their personal identity.”

So if you’re feeling curious about your relationship with yourself, try stripping some layers off with Audrey—you never know what you might find underneath.

(Siena Sofia Bergt)

QUEER BURLESQUE WITH AUDREY

7:15 pm Tuesday, Feb. 21

$22 drop-in or $108 for a six-week session

Wise Fool New Mexico, 1131 B Siler Road (505) 992-2588

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CARRIED IMPRESSIONS: LITHOGRAPHS AND MONOPRINTS

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ONGOING

ART

9TH ANNUAL GUADALUPE

GROUP ART SHOW

Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery

222 Delgado St. (928) 308-0319

Get your Guadalupe fix.

11 am-6 pm, Mon-Sat, free

ANNUAL MEMBERS’ SHOW

Foto Forum Santa Fe

1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582

More than 50 local photogs. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Fri;

12:30-5 pm, Tues, free

BEVERLY MCIVER: RETROSPECTIVE

Turner Carroll Gallery

725 Canyon Road (505) 986-9800

Vulnerable, empathetic portraits.

10 am-6 pm, Sat-Thurs;

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

BRENDA BIONDO: PAPER

SKIES

Assaf-Plotek Fine Art

102 W San Francisco St., #6 (505) 690-4825

Abstract geometric photography. by appointment, free

CALL FOR ENTRIES: MINIPRINT!

Online

bit.ly/3XScgEF

Submit hand-pulled prints for Hecho a Mano’s spring juried show.

CAROLYN WHITMORE

Prism Arts & Other Fine Things

1300 Luisa St., Ste. 3A (248) 763-9642

Chromatic, dynamic abstracts.

11 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free

Gerald Peters Contemporary

1011 Paseo de Peralta

(505) 954-5700

Archiving 1960s print works.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

CONFLUENCE: BEN DALLAS AND JONATHAN PARKER

Pie Projects

924B Shoofly St. (505) 372-7681

Angular, abstract 2D pieces.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

FOTO CUBA

Artes de Cuba

1700 A Lena St. (505) 303-3138

Photographing life on the island.

10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free

IMMORTAL

Santa Fe Community College

6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000

Recently deceased ceramicists.

8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

INTERPLAY

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Immersive, interactive digital art.

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Mon, Thurs;

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

INTRODUCING:

GARY GOLDBERG

Hecho Gallery

129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

Textiles with patterns pulled from photos of aging Oaxacan walls.

10 am-5 pm, Weds-Sun, free

INVENTORY OF REFLECTION:

C ALEX CLARK

form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Holograms embedded into glass.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

JOE DUNLOP

Java Joe’s (Siler)

1248 Siler Road (505) 780-5477

Diebenkorn-inspired abstracts.

7 am-1 pm, Mon-Sat, free

MARLA LIPKIN & SALLY HAYDEN

VON CONTA

El Zaguán

545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016

Painted perspectives on NM.

9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

MOVING IMAGE FILM CO-OP:

VINTAGE EPHEMERA 1971-72

No Name Cinema

2013 Piñon st. nonamecinema.org

Posters and more from Santa Fe’s early DIY film scene.

During events or by appt., free

NMSA PRESENTS: CONVERGENCES

New Mexico School for the Arts

500 Montezuma Ave., Ste. 200 (505) 310-4194

Students share poems alongside responding visual artworks.

8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free

NOW AND THEN

Susan Eddings Pérez Galley

717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART

Sue Llewellyn’s final five largescale paintings go on display to the general public.

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs;

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

THE PLEIN AIR EXPERIENCE

Strata Gallery

418 Cerrillos Road (505) 780-5403

Ephemeral moments in oil.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

PEDRO REYES: DIRECT ACTION

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Political multimedia sculptures.

10 am-5 pm, Sat-Mon, Thurs;

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

PEGGY IMMEL & STAR LIANA YORK

Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

Painting and sculpting New Mexico.

9:30 am-5:30 pm, Mon-Sat; 10 am-5 pm, Sun, free PRESENT | EVOKE GRO UP ARTIST EXHIBITION

Evoke Contemporary

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

Affordably-sized artworks.

10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free

RED | A VALENTINE’S DAY EXHIBITION

Nüart Gallery

670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888

Paintings celebrating the color red and its romantic symbolism.

10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat;

11 am-6 pm, Sun, free

RESONANCES

Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Southwestern artists experiment with futuristic techniques.

11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, free SANTA FE 2023 PHOTOGRAPHY

AWARD CALL FOR ENTRIES

Online

fotoforumsantafe.com/award

Share your best snaps by March 5 to win a solo show at Foto Forum.

$35-$45

SEASONS AND LIGHT OF NEW MEXICO Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Tonalist local landscapes. 10 am-8 pm, Tues-Thurs; 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sat, free

SHARING THE PROCESS ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320

Examining the relationship between artist and audience.  10 am-5 pm, free

SPONTANEOUS INSPIRATION

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Abstract paintings of decay. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun, free

Exploring outside black-and-white perspectives in Kamagraph Skate Presents: Greyscale, this week at Altar Spirits.

STILL BEAUTY

Obscura Gallery

1405 Paseo de Peralta (505) 577-6708

Shooting the quiet of winter.

11 am-5 pm, free

SEVEN CONTEMPLATIONS

CONTAINER

1226 Flagman Way

(505) 995-0012

Large-scale installations.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, free

THE NEW VANGUARD

Keep Contemporary

142 Lincoln Ave. (505) 557-9574

Mixed media artists push genre.

11 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat; Noon-5 pm, Sun, free

URBAN GODDESS

Alberto Zalma Art Shop

407 S Guadalupe St. (505) 670-5179

Painter Pyara Ingersoll explores nature and the feminine.

11 am-7 pm, Tues-Sat, free

WES MILLS: DRAWINGS

5. Gallery

2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 (505) 257-8417

New works on paper.

Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free

WINTER FESTIVAL PART ONE

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Selected abstract painters.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri;

10 am-5 pm, Sat, free

WINTER GROUP SHOW

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art

558 Canyon Road (505) 992-0711

Sculpture, photos and more.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

FOOD

SF VEGAN CHEF CHALLENGE

Various locations veganchefchallenge.org/santafe

Vote on special vegan menus.

11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun, free

WED/15

BOOKS/LECTURES

DO I HAVE A FUTURE IN SF?

Online bit.ly/3HRt7k3

The SF Indigenous Center and Chainbreaker Collective present on how community land trusts could improve housing equity.

6 pm, free

EVENTS

BILINGUAL BOOKS + BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave.

(505) 955-6780

Music teaches tots new language skills.

10-10:30 am, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard)

1607 Paseo de Peralta

(505) 989-3278

Don’t call it trivia.

8-10 pm, free

HISTORY CHAT

35 Degrees North

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

Gather to discuss local history and world geo-politics.

Noon-2 pm, free

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

BYOB: bring your own bassoon.

6 pm, free

MEDICARE INFORMATION SESSION

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Ask your medicare questions.

10-11:30 am, free

OPEN HOUSE: LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE

REWRITE PROJECT

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 W Marcy St. (505) 955-6590

The code rewriting team gathers to talk timeline and chat about potential changes.

6-8 pm, free

OPEN MIC COMEDY

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Wayward Comedy welcomes you to the stage weekly.

8-10 pm, free

SING ALONG

Railyard Park Community Room

701 Callejon St., (505) 316-3596

Queen Bee Music Association invites kids up to age 5 to jam.

10 am, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

This week's topic is building floatable boats.

10:30-11:30 am, free

FILM

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

Various locations santafefilmfestival.com

The town’s oldest film fest returns with 100+ offerings.

(See Movies, pages 27-28)

All day, $10-$250

MUSIC

ESTHER ROSE

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Atmospheric singer-songwriter.

(See SFR Picks, page 17)

8-10 pm, free

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR

NIGHT

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

Four guitarists from Canada, Spain, Australia and Finland.

7:30 pm, $25-$39

LUCY BARNA

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Folk and Americana originals.

4-6 pm, free

THE CALENDAR

THU/16

ART OPENINGS

KAREN HAMPTON: DOTS IN THE UNIVERSE (OPENING)

Kouri + Corrao Gallery

3213 Calle Marie (505) 820-1888

Folk textiles explore America’s past. (See SFR Picks, page 17)

5-7 pm, free

NORTHERN NM COLLEGE

FACULTY SHOW

Northern New Mexico College

921 N Paseo De Onate, Española (505) 929-0746

Visual art, dance, sound and film exploring perspective.

6-8 pm, free

SFR PHOTO SHOW

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Bid on prints of our 2023 Photo Contest winners.

6-7:30 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

FOLK SAINTS OF SPANISH

AMERICA

San Miguel Chapel

401 Old Santa Fe Trail

(505) 983-3974

The history of santos populares

4 pm, $10-$15

MAYA K. VAN ROSSUM: THE GREEN AMENDMENT Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse

202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226

Author van Rossum discusses legal paths towards environmental protection.

6 pm, free

THIRD THURSDAY: FAST ART

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Bite-sized (we're talking three minutes) art history lectures.

6-7 pm, free

EVENTS

ALL FIERCE COMEDY SHOW

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Carlos Medina will have you laugh-crying like El Llorón.

7 pm, $10-$13

CHESS & JAZZ CLUB

No Name Cinema

2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

Chess playing, jazz listening.

6-8 pm, free

OPEN MIC POETRY AND MUSIC

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Be a modern-day bard.

8 pm, free

PAJAMA STORYTIME

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

This week's story theme is "kids in space."

6:30-7:30 pm, free

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After years of the pandemic shuffle, the original Santa Fe Film Festival returns this year from Feb. 17-26 (various times and locations, santafefilmfestival.com) with so many movies, panels, parties, talkbacks, etc. And since we like when there are plenty of movies to see, we caught up with Aaron Leventman, the fest’s head of programming, to see if he might shed some light on how it’s going. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. (Alex De Vore)

OK—the fest is back. How do you feel it stacks up to the before times? It’s a little hard to say because the festival hasn’t happened yet, and I think it’s a little bit of a test to see what kind of audiences we have when people aren’t going to the movies as much as they used to. Their viewing habits, the whole world, has changed; our attitudes have changed.

In the last week I’ve noticed there’s been an uptick in enthusiasm—people are wanting to go back to different cultural experiences they were missing. The thing about festivals…I know one year they did a purely virtual fest...and it’s a different kind of experience, not better or worse, but...the in-person experience, sitting in a theater with people, hearing the reaction, participating with a live talkback and the things you can’t do virtually, it’s just not the same level. I do think nothing’s the same, and I don’t think we can say it’ll be just like it was. I think festivals need to redefine themselves, they need to progress and move forward and find new ways to present the programs anyway, so it’s an opportunity.

Can you tell us about your criteria in the curation process? Are there any films you consider don’t-miss?

The challenge in doing programming is knowing the audience and community you’re programming for. When I’m looking at submissions or recommendations, I’m thinking about whether this is the

kind of thing I can see people buying a ticket for and going to see in person. A lot of that takes having lived here for 18 years, so I have a sense of what kinds of films work here. That isn’t to say I don’t take risks...but I think people want good stories, whether it’s a doc, a short, a narrative feature, they want to be involved in the characters and have an emotional attachment.

You can tell right away when you start a movie if there’s some problem with how the film is directed or the acting is off or the writing is stilted. But sometimes they take a while to get going, and there’s a transformation through the film that will surprise you. When I watch a film, a lot of it is about how much it stays with me— even if it’s imperfect.

And there are a lot I consider don’tmiss. There’s a film we’re showing at CCA on Saturday night called Loren & Rose with Jacqueline Bisset—and she’s coming to the screening with her co-star, Kelly Blatz. It’s a movie about a famous actress of a certain age who is trying to find an opportunity for her one last great part, and she meets this young filmmaker who is potentially going to offer that to her. It’s from Russell Brown, whose films we’ve shown before, and the writing, the acting and the directing are so delicious, you’re hanging on to every word. It’s such a beautiful, raw character study with some of the best acting you’ll see. Another we’re showing that Jacqueline Bisset requested we show of hers, The Sleepy Time Gal, has not been shown anywhere in 20 years. It had a limited release in theaters, and Bisset plays a writer and radio host whose birth daughter is trying to track her down; she’s dealing with a health crisis so it’s an impending situation. You can’t find it anywhere. There’s also a documentary called Sam Now that’s a true life story about two brothers whose mother left the family and disappeared when they were very young, and now they’re young men and it’s about their attempts to track her down. It’s a beautiful story about generational trauma, and we’ll have two experts on generational trauma doing a talkback with the director and producer of the film, who is also one of the subjects.

This brings Santa Fe up to two large and enduring film festivals—which sounds like a lot for a tiny town. Do you think the city can and/or will support both? They have both existed for a long time, so I don’t see why that wouldn’t continue. There’s such a huge history of movie production in New Mexico...two isn’t really a lot when you think about the community, which has always been enthusiastic... It’s people who love the movies, it’s an experience you can’t get at home.

With the Santa Fe Film Festival’s Aaron Leventman PETER SILLS

MAKE AND TAKE

Museum of International Folk Art

706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1200

Little crafters will be making Caribbean sailors' valentines.

10 am-4 pm, free

OPEN MIC JAZZ

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Live your Chet Baker dreams.

5-7 pm, free

SECULAR ALLIANCE: WHAT IS THE FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION?

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

107 W Barcelona Road (505) 982-9674

A discussion of the group working to protect the separation of church and state.

12-1:30 pm, free

SUNDAY GET DOWN DRAG

BRUNCH

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Divas, drinks and drag.

Noon, $20

WHY GENDER EQUALITY

MATTERS TO CLIMATE

CHANGE

Unitarian Universalist

Congregation

107 W Barcelona Road (505) 982-9674

Examining the intersection of climate justice, fertility and gender.

8:30-10 am, free

FILM

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

Various locations

santafefilmfestival.com

The town’s oldest film fest returns with 100+ offerings. (See Movies, pages 27-28) All day, $10-$250

FOOD

DATE NIGHT FEBRUARY

Terra Restaurant

198 NM-592, (505) 946-5800

Parrillada mixta for two, including an optional wine add-on.

5-9 pm, $100-$135

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Tempeh battered rockfish, yo.

6:30-8:30 pm, free

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

La Fonda on the Plaza

100 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511

The country maestro returns.

7-9 pm, free

BLUES SUNDAYS

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Blues, jazz and garage rock.

7-9 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Piano renditions ranging from Pachelbel to showtunes.

6-9 pm, free

HIGH DESERT WINDS WINTER CONCERT

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Works by Leonard Bernstein, John Mackey and more.

2-3:30 pm, free

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Gettin' funky.

2 pm, free

STREET TOMBS

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Local death metal.

7:30 pm, $10

THE RON CROWDER BAND

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Rock 'n' soul '60s-style tunes.

Noon-3 pm, free

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY: O’

ROMÉO, ROMÉO!

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

A tribute to love via Berlioz.

4 pm, $22-$80

TOMMY AND SAUNDRA O'SULLIVAN

Kitchen Sink Recording Studio

528 Jose St., (505) 699-4323

Traditional Irish music.

7:30 pm, $25

THEATER

ENTRE LA NIEVE Y LA LLUVIA

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

Spring is here, spring is here. Life is skittles and life is beer.

3 pm, $12-$20

WORKSHOP

BELLYREENA BELLY DANCE

Move Studio

901 W San Mateo Road (505) 660-8503

Classic and fusion techniques.

1-2 pm, $15-$55

INTRODUCTION TO ZEN

MEDITATION

Mountain Cloud Zen Center

7241 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-4396

Study posture, breath and stilling of the mind.

10-11:15 am, free

MON/20

BOOKS/LECTURES

AULTON E. ‘BOB’ ROLAND

Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-1200

Retelling Placida Romero's kidnap, escape and return to NM.

6 pm, $20-$75

GOOSE PATÉ

Santa Fe Women's Club

1616 Old Pecos Trail

The appropriately-named Goose Fedders reads comedic excerpts from her book.

Noon, free

FILM

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

Various locations

santafefilmfestival.com

The town’s oldest film fest is back. (See Movies, pages 27-28) All day, $10-$250

FOOD

DATE NIGHT FEBRUARY

Terra Restaurant

198 NM-592, (505) 946-5800 Parrillada Mixta for two.

5-9 pm, $100-$135

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Smothered everything.

7-10 pm, free

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

La Fonda on the Plaza

100 E San Francisco St. (505) 982-5511

Folk and country.

7-9 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Familiar tunes on piano.

6-9 pm, free

JOHN PRINE TRIBUTE

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Celebrating the late folk songsmith with live performances.

7 pm, free

STEEL PULSE

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

English roots reggae addressing systemic inequality.

7:30 pm, $32-$47

WORKSHOP

ACRO BALANCE WITH COLLEEN AND JO

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

Improve trust and flexibility while airborne.

6-7:30 pm, $18-$22

DEPARTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

A guide to organizing your online life as part of estate prep.

9-11 am, free

ACTING FOR FILM WITH EB LOTTIMER

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 310-0871

Bring your vulnerability.

6:30-9:30 pm, $40-$220

FIXIT CLINIC

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado, (505) 466-7323

Come with questions.

8:15-9 am, free

TEEN/TWEEN AERIALS WITH KRISTEN

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

Trapezeand more. Ages 11-15.

5-7:30 pm, $20-$25

TUE/21

EVENTS

AFTER SCHOOL ART

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Themed creative decompression sessions for kids, tweens and teens.

3:30-4:30 pm, free

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SF COUNTY MARDI GRAS

Fraternal Order of Eagles

833 Early St., (505) 983-7171

A fundraiser featuring Dixieland jazz, jambalaya and more.

5:30-8 pm, $25-$1000

FILM

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

Various locations santafefilmfestival.com

The town’s oldest film fest returns with a full slate of new shorts and features. (See Movies, pages 27-28) All day, $10-$250

MUSEUMS

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

All the Christmas chile all the time.

7-10 pm, free

MUSIC

DK AND THE AFFORDABLES

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Southwestern rockabilly jams.

8-11 pm, free

ERIKA WENNERSTROM

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

Singer-songwriter originals from the front woman of the Heartless Bastards.

8-9:30 pm, free

FAT TUESDAY: POLLO FRITO

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

New Mexican takes on Orleans funk.

7 pm, $10

THE CALENDAR

SHINER'S CLUB AND FELIX Y LOS GATOS

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Jazz and green chile gumbo.

4 pm, free

JIM ALMAND Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Cowboy singer-songwriter.

4 am-6 pm, free

RICHARD GOODE

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

Classical and romantic piano.

7:30 pm, $35-$115

WORKSHOP

MODERN BUDDHISM

Santa Fe Women's Club

1616 Old Pecos Trail (505) 292 5293

Guided meditations.

6-7:30 pm, $10

QUEER BURLESQUE

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

Feel yourself. (See SFR Picks, page 17) 7:15-9 pm, $22-$108

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

MUSEUM

217 Johnson St. (505) 946-1000

Making a Life. Radical Abstraction. Spotlight on Spring.

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

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900

Journeys, Mounds and the Metaphysical. The Stories we Carry.

10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon

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

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Grounded in Clay. Here, Now and Always. Painted Reflections. ReVOlution.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$9

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL

FOLK ART

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Dressing with Purpose. Fashioning Identities. La Cartonería Mexicana. Multiple Visions. Yokai.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$12

NEW MEXICO HISTORY

MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200

Honoring Tradition and Innovation.

Telling New Mexico. The First World War. The Palace Seen and Unseen. Setting the Standard.

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

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART

750 Camino Lejo (505) 982-2226

Pueblo-Spanish Revival Style. The Transferring of Cultural Knowledge. Trails, Rails, and Highways.

1-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $5-$12

NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5063

Selections from the 20th Century Collection.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-12

POEH CULTURAL CENTER

78 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-5041

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng: The Continuous Path.

9 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$10

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIA3N

704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636

California Stars. From Converse to Native Canvas. Medicinal Healer, an Artist to Remember: Charlie Willeto. Native Artists Make Toys. The Mary Morez Style. Portraits: Peoples, Places, and Perspectives. Rooted: Samples of Southwest Baskets.

10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $8

Mary Elizabeth Toya’s Nativity Set from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s exhibit Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

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Bring it Home

Santa Fe Chef aims to remake the dining game

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Afriend of mine once dated a woman who worked as Tobey Maguire’s private chef. True story, though none of us who were close with the guy got to meet Spider-Man, which still stings. The job sounded cool, though: She’d travel with the family and make ‘em food and she got to experiment and really flex her chops (#swish). She likely wasn’t cheap.

Point is, within the world of richies lies a whole slew of private services us normies couldn’t possibly hope to understand or ac cess, and there’s plenty of room in there for talented chefs to thrive. No shade; I think it’s cool that a set of people covered in tattoos who come from a culture of too much smoking and drugs found a way into the payroll accounts of the wealthy. But even so, if the people on *this side* of the poverty line don’t have access to something, how great can it really be? In Santa Fe, new company Santa Fe Chef knows this better than anyone, and with a phenom in the kitchen and a level two sommelier/ longtime industry management stalwart handling the rest, the company could go a long way toward demystifying the process of hiring a private chef, catered events, meal services, delivery and more, all while trying to price itself affordably.

This is the story of Jackson Ault and Jamie Taylor, a married couple, parents, and a pair of absolute restaurant pros with decades of experience between them, as well as the types of resumes that should put any questions about quality to rest. Ault’s not a culinary school guy, more like a work his way up through the ranks guy, and he’s been in one kitchen or another since he started at Pranzo when he was 15. That’s a long way to say he’s exactly the kind of chef you want—one who wanted to do it so badly they were willing to work just about any job in a kitchen they could find. OK, to be fair, he did have a little help.

“My high school girlfriend’s dad was a classically trained French chef, and he got me my first job cooking with Jeff Copeland at Pranzo,” he tells SFR. “Name a nice restaurant in Santa Fe, though, and I’ve worked there.”

If ever you dined at Il Piatto, for example, you’ve had Ault’s food and likely met Taylor; she managed there following stints at Pranzo, the Chocolate Maven and elsewhere. When the pandemic came around, however, and Taylor and Ault found themselves facing

shutdowns, money shortages and staff who had no choice but to try and find other work, something shifted. Il Piatto did get some of those sweet PPP bucks, but when owner and executive chef Matt Yohalem decided to close the joint permanently, Ault and Taylor decided they were finally ready to take a new step.

“We spent months making sure our employees were OK, and it was awful,” Taylor says. “But we came up with this idea that the world was maybe going a little bit more toward the idea of private chef, or at least away from crowded restaurants.”

For years they’d discussed a brick and mortar business at which she’d manage, he’d cook—and though Santa Fe Chef (can you believe that domain was available?) didn’t go the route they’d first dreamed, they say, it’s actually kind of better. In a nutshell, Ault and Taylor are available for private events or for regular weekly delivery service. A cursory glance at sample menus on santafechef.com proves Ault can do pretty much anything—I might die if I don’t get to try things like the ahi tuna crudo, the red chile honey pulled pork or

the pumpkin pie with bourbon peanut brittle—even if he’s the first to tell you he’s most known for his Italian dishes. Still, he elevates every dish with his fine dining know-how, and customers still get input. The smart ones defer to Ault and Taylor’s expertise, both in terms of courses and wine pairings. From there, some items and dishes come out of a commercial kitchen on the Southside, others are made on site, which, Ault says, not only ensures the freshness factor, but proves to everyday people they can do remarkable things in their own homes.

The freshness bit is key, he says, adding that while all of his ingredients are organic, fresh or both, locally sourced is more important at Santa Fe Chef, in fact, than certified organic—a lengthy and expensive process that ultimately proves very little. So the pair works with vendors such as seafood wholesaler Above Sea Level, Susan’s Fine Wine & Spirits and the legendary Romero Farms to ensure they’re using the best ingredients.

“Working for ourselves was the dream,” Taylor says, “and we can make it affordable.”

Ah, yes, the great pricing question. Well, don’t freak out: There are too many variables at play to properly zero in on a specific price point. It’s a case-by case thing, but Ault and Taylor say they’ve got numerous weekly delivery clients who aren’t what they’d describe as rich, yet still make it work. If you are rich, though, you can surely work out some kind of insane meal. It’ll get even better once Ault and Taylor have finished working on their upcoming food truck—one Ault describes as a “mobile fine dining kitchen.”

“Most just have a flat top grill and a couple of fridges, but ours will have the grill, the burners, a couple of ovens, the deep frier,” he says. “We just want to be able to do highend food anywhere, that’s kind of the whole pitch.”

“And just because we’re both trained in fine dining doesn’t mean we don’t do an amazing casual meal,” Taylor adds.

WILL 2023 BE THE YEAR YOU GO SOLAR & LOCK IN ENERGY SAVINGS?

From left: Shrimp scampi with zuchinni noodles, cured salmon tartar roll and an arugula and roasted pear salad with gorgonzola and walnuts. We don’t say this lightly, but chef Jackson Ault is a genius.

THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

and playful softcore filling Muybridge’s life are ultimately more than enough reason to trot out to see it on the big screen, even if the technical choices on display can’t match the innovation of the film’s subject. (Siena

Sofia Bergt) Jean Cocteau Cinema, NR, 88 minutes

SAM NOW

EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE

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Even if you don’t know Eadweard Muybridge by name, you’ve definitely seen a riff on the godfather of film’s galloping horse photos. Whether it was through the direct callback in last summer’s Nope, U2’s black-and-white music video for “Lemon” or The Matrix’s frame-by-frame bullet time, the look of his pioneering motion photography has seeped into—and stayed a part of—pop culture like little else from the late 1800s. Finding a fresh story in imagery so familiar is a tough hurdle—one Exposing Muybridge mostly manages to clear.

Beginning with a meta touch, the film lines up its talking heads in a single composite screen that echoes Muybridge’s multiple frames before bringing any one speaker to the forefront. Among the usual crowd of historians and scholars, Gary Oldman stands out—appearing not as a celebrity narrator (thank god) but as a Muybridge enthusiast and collector. There’s something refreshingly accessible about the way he gushes, “I like the aesthetic,” over a collection of the photog’s early Western landscapes. And it’s a relief that, in a doc with its fair share of Ken Burns-style pans over still images, there isn’t one primary authoritative voice guiding the viewer through Muybridge’s improbable life.

But Exposing Muybridge is undeniably at its best when it sits back and revels in the weird, problematic and telenovela-worthy details of its subject’s story, rather than trying to overlay a narrative arc on top of it. Superimposed chapter titles slow the story’s otherwise steady clip, and a single reenactment (featuring director Marc Shaffer as one of Muybridge’s assistants) feels oddly glorifying in an otherwise multifaceted film. But the murder, brain damage, propaganda

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Sam Harkness was a teenager when his mother left him and their family in early 2000. There was no note. There was no explanation. She was just gone. The Harkness family filed a missing persons report for Jois (pronounced Joyce). But the police said she was fine—she wasn’t being held against her will; she just didn’t want any contact with them. And for a while, even this seemingly loving, tight-knit family of educators in Seattle didn’t quite know what to do.

But after a childhood spent with his brothers staging increasingly elaborate home movies, Sam and half-brother Reed began to turn this mystery into a film—a sort of adventure movie, complete with a road trip and a costumed hero, The Blue Panther, who ends up on a quest to finally find his mother.

The brothers didn’t get the ending they expected, though, and the resulting documentary directed

by Reed Harkness, Sam Now, turns out to be a moving and beautifully captured exploration of intergenerational trauma and new perspectives. After ditching the Blue Panther costume, the brothers come to find that Jois is on a search of her own after being adopted from a Japanese orphanage by a white American family after World War II. But perhaps the biggest question looming over everyone is: What answers are we really owed, particularly when it comes to family? Woven together from a rich trove of home movies shot over the course of years, Sam Now takes on complex questions with a youthful, sometimes naive innocence. The Harkness family goes vulnerable, relating tender honesty to tell a story of reconciliation and how families can come together after falling apart. The story might not be universal, but the themes certainly are. (Andrew Oxford)

Jean Cocteau Cinema, NR, 87 min.

BURNING LAND

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Our view of the decades-long Gaza conflict ebbs and flows as news cycles shift, despite it being a

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real part of life for anyone living there. Those who are particularly sensitive to sharp words against Palestine may want to emotionally prepare before heading to the screening of Burning Land at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Feb. 23.

In his feature film debut, Israeli director Liran Shitrit takes us back in time to the West Bank in 2001 with color-rich cinematography. He also thrusts us into the world of right-wing Israeli extremism by way of protagonist Yair (Assaf Hertz), a delinquent runaway who finds a new home among a group of boys with outward extreme views who forcefully take a small hill from nearby Palestinians. Yair’s new pals help him enroll at the local yeshiva and introduce him to Rabbi Grunberg (Nathan Ravitz), who discreetly pushes the group of “hill boys” to embrace their settler views. Both external and internal conflict toss him as he finds camaraderie with his new friends yet is embraced with compassion by his new employer and vineyard owner, Naomi (Yael Levental).

Burning Land reminds us, not that the more things change, the more they stay the same, but that sometimes things just don’t change. Shitrit puts extremist views on full display, but also asks audiences to at least try to

acknowledge even the most hateful views are part of, if not a defect, of the human condition. He shows how complicated humans can be and how easily those around us can shape our views. Burning Land offers up some spectacular views of northern Israel and the very real emotions of those who live there, even if lacking a clear view of the difference between right and wrong. But then again, we all have trouble discerning the difference sometimes.

(Andy Lyman)

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, NR, 88 min.

ROOTS OF FIRE

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Chances are, you haven’t heard anything like this. The Cajun musicians who star in Roots of Fire play accordions and fiddles, electric guitars, keyboards and yes, chest-mounted washboards, while singing their hearts out in a brand of French with a decided Southern accent. It’s music that dates back more than a century, and it’s worth a listen.

Abby Berendt Lavoi and Jeremey Lavoi direct and produce the documentary, part of

a series they plan on what they describe as “Louisiana roots music,” this being the second after a shorter work that zeroed in on accordion prodigy Andre Thierry called California Creole. The feature-length Roots of Fire follows five contemporary Cajun artists who are honoring the classics and putting their own spin on them, plus it includes the mandatory context: a colonial history of a group of Catholics exiled from Canada who settled in along the Gulf of Mexico and further inland, then intermingled with Spanish and Indigenous people already there.

The Cajun identity developed apart from the binary system of Black vs. white that came to dominate the American class structure. Sound familiar? This theme, along with the major artery of language lost to educational institutions that pushed English and punished others, is likely to resonate with local audiences.

Directors also take viewers inside the rural dance halls, but there’s a dire warning when looking closely at the dancers. These musicians, who might strike some as Cajun hipsters, are playing for a fanbase in its senior years—their bands kept alive by inner drive and travel gigs.

Jourdan Thibodeaux from Cypress Island sings with a nasal and gravel tone that sometimes seems discordant. He admonishes other Cajuns to pick up the mantle. “If you are not living your culture,” he screams into a mic at the Scène Ma Louisiane festival, “you are killing your culture, and there is no in-between.”

(Julie Ann Grimm)

Scottish

Rite Center, NR, 85 min.

THE ART WHISPERER

It might sound obvious to those who catch the new short documentary about Ginny Williams, The Art Whisperer, from director Flemming Fynsk, but it turns out listening to one’s heart— or gut, anyway—is almost always wise.

Williams was, of course, that late, great,

Santa Fe-based art collector who rose to prominence in the collection and institutional arts game(s) by amassing one of the world’s most notable stockpiles of art. A former senator’s wife, Williams found herself single and broke in the 1980s, but with a seemingly boundless curiosity and bizarrely spot-on internal divining rod for the good stuff. Somehow, she made it work, but rather than hoarding all the best art for herself, we learn through the film, her generosity was legendary, from a staggering number of donations made to the Guggenheim and other notable visual arts repositories to her own brief stint as a photographic gallery owner.

Williams’ collection, in fact, was so full of notable names—Georgia O’Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Agnes Martin, Louise Bourgeois and so many more—that she started to tip the scales of commerce, bringing lesser-appreciated artists into the limelight and jump-starting various careers; she even paid a world record price for a Frankenthaler (world record at the time, anyway). Perhaps even more impressive, she did it all without succumbing to the academic hodgepodge or commercial desires; “If I’m still thinking about it two days later, I go back,” she says in Flemming’s film, describing her methodology—a wise reminder for us all that figuring out how to inhabit the same space as the art we love can sometimes be a must.

Flemming glosses over the cost specifics of putting together a massive collection, and we only get to meet Williams’ family briefly. Still, with talking heads from Sotheby’s and the aforementioned Guggenheim among others who chime in to sing her praises, we get a feel for the woman. Even better, we see her in her natural element, prior to her 2019 death, and she seems like the kind of tough art lover we all aspire to be. (Alex De Vore) Jean Cocteau Cinema, NR, 44 min.

Roots of Fire

The Art Whisperer

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“Where Is the Library?”—read-y or not.

by Matt Jones

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Rob Brezsny Week of February 15th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries director Francis Ford Coppola was asked to name the year’s worst movie. The question didn’t interest him, he said. He listed his favorite films, then declared, “Movies are hard to make, so I’d say, all the other ones were fine!” Coppola’s comments remind me of author Dave Eggers’: “Do not dismiss a book until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie until you have made one, and do not dismiss a person until you have met them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Aries, your assignment is to explore and embody these perspectives. Refrain from judging efforts about which you have no personal knowledge. Be as open-minded and generous as you can. Doing so will give you fuller access to half-dormant aspects of your own potentials.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Artist Andy Warhol said, only half in jest, “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art, and working is art, and good business is the best art.” More than any other sign, Tauruses embody this attitude with flare. When you are at your best, you’re not a greedy materialist who places a higher value on money than everything else. Instead, you approach the gathering of necessary resources, including money, as a fun art project that you perform with love and creativity. I invite you to ascend to an even higher octave of this talent.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are gliding into the Season of Maximum Volition, Autonomy, and Liberty. Now is a favorable time to explore and expand the pleasures of personal sovereignty. You will be at the peak of your power to declare your independence from influences that hinder and limit you. To prepare, try two experiments. 1. Act as if free will is an illusion. It doesn’t exist. There’s no such thing. Then visualize what your destiny would be like. 2. Act as if free will is real. Imagine that in the coming months you can have more of it at your disposal than ever before. What will your destiny be like?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The ethereal, dreamy side of your nature must continually find ways to express itself beautifully and playfully. And I do mean “continually.” If you’re not always allowing your imagination to roam and romp around in Wonderland, your imagination may lapse into spinning out crabby delusions. Luckily, I don’t think you will have any problems attending to this necessary luxury in the coming weeks. From what I can tell, you will be highly motivated to generate fluidic fun by rambling through fantasy realms. Bonus! I suspect this will generate practical benefits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t treat your allies or yourself with neglect and insensitivity. For the sake of you mental and physical health, you need to do the exact opposite. I’m not exaggerating! To enhance your well-being, be almost ridiculously positive. Be vigorously nice and rigorously kind. Bestow blessings and dole out compliments, both to others and yourself. See the best and expect the best in both others and yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is there a bug in the sanctuary of love? A parasite or saboteur? If so, banish it. Is there a cranky monster grumbling in the basement or attic or closet? Feed that creature chunks of raw cookie dough imbued with a crushed-up valium pill. Do you have a stuffed animal or holy statue to whom you can spill your deep, dark, delicious secrets? If not, get one. Have you been spending quality time rumbling around in your fantasy world in quest of spectacular healings? If not, get busy. Those healings are ready for you to pluck them.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a weird magic operating in your vicinity these days—a curious, uncanny kind of luck. So while my counsel here might sound counter-intuitive, I think it’s true. Here are four affirmations to chant regularly: 1. “I will attract and acquire what I want by acting as if I don’t care if I get what I want.” 2. “I will become grounded and relaxed with the help of beautiful messes and rowdy fun.” 3. “My worries

and fears will subside as I make fun of them and joke about them.” 4. “I will activate my deeper ambition by giving myself permission to be lazy.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How many people would fight for their country? Below I list the countries where my horoscopes are published and the percentage of their populations ready and willing to take up arms against their nations’ enemies: 11 percent in Japan; Netherlands, 15 percent; Italy, 20 percent; France, 29 percent; Canada, 30 percent; US, 44 percent. So I surmise that Japanese readers are most likely to welcome my advice here, which is threefold: 1. The coming months will be a good time to cultivate your love for your country’s land, people, and culture, but not for your country’s government and armed forces. 2. Minimize your aggressiveness unless you invoke it to improve your personal life—in which case, pump it up and harness them. 3. Don’t get riled up about vague abstractions and fear-based fantasies. But do wield your constructive militancy in behalf of intimate, practical improvements.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): By the time she was 33, Sagittarian actor Jane Fonda was famous and popular. She had already won many awards, including an Oscar. Then she became an outspoken opponent of America’s war in Vietnam. Some of her less-liberal fans were outraged. For a few years, her success in films waned. Offers didn’t come easily to her. She later explained that while the industry had not completely “blacklisted” her, she had been “greylisted.” Despite the setback, she kept working—and never diluted her political activism. By the time she was in her forties, her career and reputation had fully recovered. Today, at age 84, she is busy with creative projects. In accordance with astrological rhythms, I propose we make her your role model in the coming months. May she inspire you to be true to your principles even if some people disapprove. Be loyal to what you know is right.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Charles V (1500–1558) had more than 20 titles, including Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Lord of the Netherlands. He was also a patron of the arts and architecture. Once, while visiting the renowned Italian painter Titian to have his portrait done, he did something no monarch had ever done. When Titian dropped his paintbrush on the floor, Charles humbly picked it up and gave it to him. I foresee a different but equally interesting switcheroo in your vicinity during the coming weeks. Maybe you will be aided by a big shot or get a blessing from someone you consider out of your league. Perhaps you will earn a status boost or will benefit from a shift in a hierarchy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some people I respect regard the Bible as a great work of literature. I don’t share that view. Like psychologist Valerie Tarico, I believe the so-called good book is filled with “repetition, awkward constructions, inconsistent voice, weak character development, boring tangents, and passages where nobody can tell what the writer meant to convey.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I believe now is a good time to rebel against conventional wisdom, escape from experts’ opinions, and formulate your own unique perspectives about pretty much everything. Be like Valerie Tarico and me.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I suspect that arrivederci and au revoir and sayōnara will overlap with birth cries and welcomes and initiations in the coming days. Are you beginning or ending? Leaving or arriving? Letting go or hanging on? Here’s what I think: You will be beginning and ending; leaving and arriving; letting go and hanging on. That could be confusing, but it could also be fun. The mix of emotions will be rich and soulful.

Homework: Imagine a good future scenario you have never dared to visualize. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE

Faten Nassar

Petitioner/Plaintiff, vs. Musa Nassar

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO Musa Nassar. GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that Faten Nassar, the abovenamed Petitioner/Plaintiff, has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, The general object thereof being:

to dissolve the marriage between the Petitioner and yourself.

Unless you enter your appearance in this cause within thirty (30) days of the date of the last publication of this Notice, judgment by default may be entered against you.

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First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 11:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of February, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Luca O’Brien to Luka O’Brien. KATHLEEN VIGIL, District Court Clerk

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Submitted by: Luca O’Brien Petitioner, Pro Se STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

CASE NO: D-101CV-2022-01942

IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF SAMANTHA ROSE THOMPSON NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME

METZGER will apply to the Honorable Bryan Biedsheid, District Judge of the First Judicial District, at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 10:00 AM on the 22nd day of the February, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from LOGAN CHRISTOPHER METZGER to LOGAN CHRISTOPHER METSON. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this hearing shall be by remote access. All hearings are conducted by Google Meet. The court prefers counsel and parties to participate by video at https://meet.google.com/ hdc-wqjx-wes. If not possible to participate by video, you may participate by calling (US) +1954-507-7909 PIN: 916 854 445#

IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO Case No. 2023-0019

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Witness this Honorable Iamar Sylvia, District Judge of the First Judicial District Court of New MExico, and the Seal of the District Court of Santa Fe/Rio Arriba/Los Alamos County, this 23 day of January, 2023.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF LUCA D. O’BRIEN

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TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner Luca O’Brien will apply to the Honorable Matthew J. Wilson, District Judge of the

TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the Provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. The Petitioner, Samantha Rose Thompson will apply to the Honorable MARIA SANCHEZ-GAGNE, District Court Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 10:40 am on the 27th day of February, 2023 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from SAMANTHA ROSE THOMPSON to SAMANTHA ROSE METSON KATHLEEN VIGIL, District Court clerk

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT NO. D-101-CV-2022-01943

HON. BRYAN BIEDSCHEID IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE OF LOGAN

CHRISTOPHER METZGER

2nd AMENDED NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq., the Petitioner, LOGAN CHRISTOPHER

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JANET L. GILL has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of the decedent. All persons having claims against the estate of the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of any published Notice to Creditors or 60 days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned counsel for the personal representative at the address listed below or filed with the Probate Court, County of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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