SFPS’ gender support process works to support trans students
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COVER STORY, JUNE 12: “THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS”
DRIVING HOME THE POINT
I moved to Santa Fe two years ago as a retired city attorney. Having spent years working with two local police departments prosecuting traffic cases, I was shocked to read Santa Fe, a city of almost 100,000 people, has only three officers dedicated to traffic enforcement. The much smaller jurisdictions I worked with both had larger traffic control divisions than Santa Fe. Traffic enforcement is, or should be, a primary function of any local PD.
Aggressive driving becomes habituated when there is no law enforcement presence on the roads. That’s not a “standing joke,” as Mayor Webber said. It’s axiomatic. The City Council should step up and fund the PD with necessary resources to address this very real public safety issue.
BRYAN FREDRICKSON
SANTA FE
Thank you for your recent reporting in “The Fast and Furious.” I live in a quiet neighborhood a few blocks off Cerrillos Road, so it’s normal to hear the whoosh of cars at certain times of day. But at night, it sounds like I am at a race track, with the raucous sound of cars obviously ripping up and down the road at high speeds. It’s disturbing, it’s dangerous, and it’s difficult to sleep.
KATHERINE WARE
SANTA FE
It’s not generic “people” who are racing and using obnoxious mufflers. It’s boys and young men, many no doubt inspired by movies that glorify this behavior.
Why is our society incapable of constructively giving these young people the attention they so obviously crave?
DIANA THATCHER
SANTA FE
Thanks…for bringing your readers up to date on Santa Fe’s dangerous roads and what is being done—or not done—to make them safer. [Staff writer Evan Chandler] points out what many of us know, that our city is full of reckless drivers and noisy cars, and the residents are fed up. Evan talked to the police, who know there’s a big problem but need help from automated camera systems and more dedicated traffic cops.
Our organization, Stop Aggressive Driving (SAD), is trying to bring attention to these problems and push our elected leaders to, well, lead. Come on City Council! Come on Mr. Mayor! Use some of the budget surplus to jumpstart the deployment of cameras, and don’t just do a study that sits on a dusty shelf either. Watch for more information from SAD and a public meeting later this summer to talk about what we can do together.
ADAM WASSERMAN
SANTA FE
MORNING WORD, JUNE 12:
“NM OIL AND GAS REVENUE CONTINUES TO RISE”
PETROL POV
The author highlights New Mexico’s increasing reliance on the oil and natural gas industry, citing its substantial contribution to the state’s revenue—$15.2 billion, as reported by the Legislative Finance Committee.
This dependence is underscored by the industry’s role in supporting more than 92,000 jobs statewide, with roles ranging from petroleum engineers and truck drivers to manufacturers and contractors. These jobs not only inject over $6 billion in wages and benefits into the economy, but also serve as foundational elements for its overall health.
The economic significance of these roles extends far beyond the industry itself, creating a ripple effect that nurtures a plethora of
other sectors. The earnings generated circulate through local businesses, restaurants, car dealerships and more, bolstering their viability. It’s also worth noting that the industry is addressing important environmental concerns, emphasizing its commitment to meeting energy demand while reducing emissions. For example, since 2015, methane emissions intensity has decreased by 55%. Along with following New Mexico’s stringent regulations and the industry’s robust standards, the industry prioritizes health and wellbeing. This supports the notion that economic prosperity and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive. America’s oil and natural gas workers help strike a practical balance.
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NEWS: JUNE 19: “FLYING START”
FLIGHTS OF FANCY
As a frequent flier to and from Santa Fe airport and occasionally ABQ Sunport, I read with great interest the progress at our tiny airport. My husband and I are thrilled that the two major airlines are adding more flights to more destinations, but it would have been nice if the story had included which airline is now offering direct flights to Houston as we still maintain business there. We are also curious to know if there are plans to “enhance” the beauty of the area by perhaps creating some kind of structure or trees that would block the view of the junkyard as you approach the airport.
And finally, it would be fabulous if there were a shuttle that could pick up and drop off the locals that prefer to use this airport instead of driving the hour to and from ABQ. The current “taxis” and Uber/Lyft options are unreliable at best, especially if you are the last flight coming in at 10 pm and chose not to park your car for two weeks at the airport
for obvious safety reasons. We look forward to all the improvements! MARGIE SCHNEIDER SANTA FE
ONLINE NEWS, JUNE 13: “FIRE ALARM”
WILDLAND 101
As a journalist who, in the 1990s, did countless stories warning of the Southwest’s “forests of gasoline,” I think residents focused on a lack of fire alerts miss far more critical points. It’s 24 years since the Cerro Grande Fire burned Los Alamos. Where is ANY state or federal leadership to educate municipalities to protect themselves with “fuel breaks”—clearings—of sufficient size along urban/wildlands interfaces? Los Alamos was long warned but did nothing to address its timber-dense westside. Who is teaching the public that which wildland firefighters know? Define “safe zones,” free of “fuels,” should escape be blocked. In towns, parking lots or playgrounds can save lives. Where is leadership, nationally, to create specially trained prescribed burn teams—like Hot Shot crews but specific to prescribed burns—rather than using poorly trained, poorly staffed local crews? You know? Like those who ignited Cerro Grande and the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon fires!
Are leaders requiring developments with multiple escape routes, rather than—as in Los Alamos even today—developments with only one egress?
Leadership is not applying for federal aid after a fire. Leadership is leading communities to protect themselves before fire, but we seem not to grasp that.
KATHLEENE PARKER LOS ALAMOS
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REAL ESTATE BROKER SAYS MARIA’S RESTAURANT PROPERTY LISTED FOR $4 MILLION SALE DUE TO “CLERICAL ERROR” aka “margaritas”
SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD PRESIDENT SASCHA ANDERSON ANNOUNCES SHE’S LEAVING TO BECOME A PRIEST
An Episcopalian priest, so don’t bother trying to guilt trip her
US SUPREME COURT REJECTS TEXAS/ NEW MEXICO WATER SETTLEMENT
Did it empower women in some way?
TEXAS DEVELOPER WILL TURN ROUTE 66 WESTERN SCENE MOTEL INTO A CAR WASH
Just like days of yore
CITY OF SANTA FE SAYS IT REMAINS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY AND HAS A NEW AS-YET UNNAMED SPOKESPERSON STARTING WORK NEXT MONTH
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SANTA FE RALPH LAUREN STORE ANNOUNCES IT’S CLOSING AT THE END OF JUNE
Which is how we learned we have a Ralph Lauren store
I need a ride to cities that have those things
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF SANTA FE’S PLANNING/LAND USE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS ANNOUNCE RESIGNATIONS
Perhaps to go work in cities that have those things
FBI OFFERS REWARD FOR FIRE INFO
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Teachable Moment
LGBTQ+ leaders discuss transgender facts versus fiction
BY JULIA GOLDBERG editor@sfreporter.com
Arecent edition of this paper included a transphobic ad placed by the Independent Women’s Forum. SFR subsequently apologized for the ad, which runs counter to our long-time support for the LGBTQ+ community, and refunded IWF’s payment.
We then asked two leaders of New Mexico LGBTQ organizations to discuss the ongoing attacks on transgender people.
Adrien Lawyer co-founded the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, and is its education director. Marshall Martinez serves as the executive director of the statewide LGBTQ advocacy and civil rights organization Equality New Mexico. The following interview has been edited for clarity and space. Read an extended version online at sfreporter.com
SFR: Can you put the type of ad we ran into context—is it indicative of current anti-trans rhetoric?
Adrien Lawyer: Trans and nonbinary people have been unnecessarily and violently politicized, when what we’re really talking about is a minority characteristic, sort of akin to being born with red hair or being left handed.
With trans and nonbinary people, people in a lot of Western cultures, like the US culture, are only newly aware of this population, even though it’s really very well documented that we’ve always existed. Throughout all human history, there are stories of individual trans or nonbinary people; there are words for both trans and nonbinary people in tons of different human languages. Even here in the US, we’ve added a third gender marker to fundamental legal identity documents.
But we’re just at the beginning of the cultural moment of understanding this, acknowledging it and beginning to integrate it into the culture. It’s already a tough time for a group like ours, and now we’ve been thrown into the political arena intentionally, which is setting us back even further; this should just be a natural trajectory of cultural understanding and growth and integra-
tion. And instead, we’re getting disrupted by the fact that this is being seen as political when truly it is not. It just isn’t.
Marshall Martinez: To also draw those parallels, historically, we’ve seen this subtle or hidden or covert transphobic messaging in anti-civil rights legislation and messaging. If I think back to right after the [1964] Civil Rights Act passed, how many folks across this country said, ‘Oh, we’re not here trying to attack Black folks; we’re just trying to make sure that our white neighborhoods are protected.’ What they were saying was, ‘we’re protecting our society.’ What they meant was, ‘we’re attacking the increase in power and increase in opportunity for Black folks.’ This organization is not saying upfront, ‘We’re attacking transpeople.’ They’re saying, ‘We’re protecting women,’ right? That’s why it’s called the independent Women’s Forum. And then what they really are saying is, ‘What we mean by women is exclusion or eradication of trans people.’
The Southern Poverty Law Center includes IWF in what it characterizes as an anti-LGBTQ pseudoscience network. The ad we ran specifically cites the one-year anniversary for implementation of New Mexico’s Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Act, which it described as “New Mexico’s dangerous transitioning of minors law.” Is the pseudo-science aspect of these campaigns in response to the type of legislation New Mexico passed?
MM: Both Adrien and I are chuckling in large part, I think, because when you do this, you have to laugh or you will cry. We started to hear some of these claims that…it wasn’t real medicine or wasn’t real health care during the debate around the [Reproductive] and Gender-Affirming [Health] Care Act, which Adrien, myself and a bunch of people worked really hard to get passed. And again, we’ve seen this tactic before. We saw this during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: Folks who disagree politically tried to invalidate the realities behind the health care and the science. I’ve done advocacy around
access to reproductive health care and abortion healthcare for many years, and people continuously say things like, ‘it’s not health care,’ to undermine the fact that the American Medical Association clearly says that abortion is lifesaving health care, and the [American Academy of Pediatrics] has said that gender-affirming care is suicide prevention and is lifesaving health care.
You co-founded the Transgender Resource Center in 2008. How would you describe changes since then?
AL: I’ve been teaching our transgender cultural fluency classes for 15 years, to doctors, police, cadets, nurses, therapists, teachers,
students, churches, synagogues, anybody who will have us, basically, and it’s never really changed because we continue to have people who need a training like that every single day.
But at the same time, I sometimes… start the training and say, ‘If you don’t mind…will you raise your hand if you know that you know a transgender person.’ And in the beginning, the numbers were very low. And now I would say, almost always, it’s more than 50%. Seeing that increase, as I’ve been educating about this over time, makes me feel really hopeful that we’re just going to naturally come to the proper conclusion. Education and personalization are what move culture forward…the more people realize that they already knew a trans person the whole time, the more they’re going to have to think about this differently.
Do ads like the one our paper ran have an impact?
MM: I think it does. Because people who might not know how to filter information may watch those ‘detransitioning’ videos and read that information and absorb it. And it moves their understanding, unless they have that education that Adrien talked about, and that personalization to question these things, and back up and say, ‘Hold on a second. This isn’t actually about protecting women, it’s about hating somebody.’
AL: The other piece to me…is that people are realizing their grandkids, their cousins, their nieces and nephews are trans and nonbinary, and that is typically what helps everything to actually get better is people realize that someone they truly love falls into this category. Except when we make it about stuff like this, then we put someone’s group belonging at stake. Then people are not just allowed to naturally evolve and grow around this because, if they do, they can’t remain in their political ingroup, or religious in-group. This is what we saw happen to the parents and friends of gay people in the ’80s and ’90s. It was like they had to choose…between their marriage and their child because of these strongly held beliefs. The more this stuff gets encoded as part of an in-group…the harder it is for people to just do what they would naturally do, which is shift over to understanding it as soon as it comes closer to them personally.
Transgender Resource Center NM Education Director Adrien Lawyer (above) and Equality NM Executive Director Marshall Martinez.
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Prevention & Protection
SFPS’ gender support process works to support trans students
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College student Owen Markson Belt was in middle school when he first realized he was transgender. He doesn’t remember a lot from that period of his life, but he does recall one thing.
“It was a little tough for those around me to adjust to me being male,” he tells SFR in an email.
During his senior year of high school in December 2020, Markson Belt and his family moved from Missouri to New Mexico, and he spent the year learning online through Santa Fe Public Schools. Despite the lack of connection with other students, he says the change in environment “helped me feel more at ease attending classes.”
The SFPS Office of Student Wellness also helped smooth his transition. Before he began attending classes, Markson Belt and his parents met with the department’s prevention coordinator to discuss how to best support him as a trans student, otherwise known as the district’s Gender Support Process.
“Without my parents, I don’t think I would have known about the gender support plan,” Markson Belt says. “It allowed me to go by my current name and gender without any of the teachers or fellow students knowing my prior name. It was a major relief coming from a district where I had to remind teachers before classes started of my gender identity and pronouns being different than what was listed on the attendance sheets.”
Jenn Jevertson, the school district’s assistant director in the Office of Student Wellness, tells SFR that actions as simple as using a student’s preferred name and pronouns can be “one of the most powerful things people can do” to include LGBTQ+ students. She compares the action to a teacher making sure to pronounce every student’s name correctly.
“If a student is in school, and they’re not feeling like they belong, like people see who
they truly are and don’t feel safe to be out as who they are, how are they supposed to learn all the things that they’re trying to learn?” she asks. “How are they supposed to feel comfortable enough to then make the best social connections that they can make and have the most academic success they can have? We’re helping kids succeed academically, we’re keeping them in school, keeping them connected to us and also just showing them, ‘you matter in this world.’”
Jevertson says she believes that using a student’s proper name and pronouns is a form of suicide prevention for LGBTQ students, adding, “and it’s not that hard.”
According to The Trevor Project’s 2022 survey of mental health among New Mexico’s LGBTQ youth, 45% of transgender and nonbinary people from ages 13-24 had “seriously considered suicide” since the prior year, and 11% had attempted suicide in that time frame. Trans and nonbinary youth also had high anxiety and depression rates (79% and 64%, respectively).
“Those rates are significantly higher than students who identify as straight or cisgender. And it’s not because of their actual identity—it’s because of how society treats people with those identities,” Jevertson says. “We’re making sure that we’re doing everything possible for these students so…they’ll still be here in this world, they’ll still come to school and have success in life and whatever they choose to do.”
SFPS’ Gender Support Process is a procedure born from the school district’s policies against discrimination (specifically policies 330 and 331), and outlines how the district and its staff should implement the policies to support trans students by making their educations more accessible.
Jevertson describes the district’s individualized gender support plans as “informal,” and says they can be changed at any time if
stand the details and follow the school district’s policy correctly for the student in question.
ío Escamilla, a program manager for the New Mexico Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network at the Mountain Center in Tesuque, tells SFR they believe the work Jevertson does with trans students “is really important to the schools and to the community.”
“I think that any opportunity that a young person has to be seen and validated for who they authentically are can help save their life, can help keep them in school, can help them get better grades…supporting LGBTQ youth just makes the entire community better,” they say.
the student wishes. Typically, she sits down with the student alongside a representative from the school and asks the student which “options feel right for them.” She often meets with parents to explain how the policy works and answer any questions they have.
“I’ve met with a lot of parents who have been so relieved that someone in the school is going to look after their kid and accept them for who they are, and help them make their path through school just like each of our students,” she says. “There’s actually been a number of families who have moved to Santa Fe because of our policy, whether it’s across the state or even out-of-state.”
Some examples of support that students can receive in addition to going by their chosen name and pronouns include: access to gender-neutral restrooms; confidentiality about their gender; changing their name and/ or gender marker on Powerschool (the website the school district uses for staff, parents and students to access information about classes, assignments and grades); and using the same restroom Powerschool lists as their gender marker. The latter two require a parent or caregiver’s signature.
In recent years, conservative lawmakers in the US have increasingly challenged gender-affirming policies in public schools.
As SFR previously reported, state House Republicans failed last year to amend the state’s Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Act to require notification for parents of children receiving such care.
According to Jevertson, SFPS works to provide support for “any LGBTQ child in the schools who needs it,” and adds that she has worked with students who have both “incredibly supportive” parents, as well as parents who have threatened to disown their children if they came out as LGBTQ.
When a support plan is worked out, Jevertson says she ensures all staff under-
Escamilla’s work with the NMGSAN largely centers around education and support for LGBTQ youth, both inside and outside of nearby schools. They oversee staff who facilitate trainings at schools and other organizations in the area on LGBTQ sensitivity, suicide prevention, anti-oppression and intersectionality.
“The really cool work is when I get to work with young people directly,” Escamilla says. “Working with queer people directly is so rewarding because I can see how much they get out of it.”
Escamilla leads a youth support group for ages 14 through 24 that meets every Thursday (and once a month, forgoes the session for rock climbing nights) to connect LGBTQ youth with one another throughout the year. Throughout the pandemic, the support group met via Zoom and was open for LGBTQ youth across the entire state, but the NMGSAN switched back to in-person meetings in March this year after numbers began to dwindle.
Escamilla says the youth support group is small, with about five or six regular attendees to support group meetings and other events, but they say they “have no doubt” the numbers will grow throughout the summer, emphasizing the organization’s importance to connecting LGBTQ youth and helping them succeed.
“Our work helps youth to become more resilient and connected…and give young people a chance to get to know each other in a way that isn’t always possible at school or when they’re in other groups of, for instance, other cisgender or straight young people,” Escamilla says. “We’ve had young people who say they’ve never been in spaces where it’s just queer people, and they felt so free to share some of their desires for the future, things they want for themselves as far as what they want their education to look like, their work life after they graduate, where they want to live— that’s so powerful.”
Students wait outside of Capital High School at the end of a school day.
Though it wasn’t until 1970 that the first official celebrations for the annual event we now know as Pride began, if we look to the 1969 Stonewall Riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn, 2024 marks 55 years since fiercely brave trans and queer pioneers like Miss Major, Marsha P Johnson and others stood up to claim the rights to which they were entitled. In many ways since then, the world has become a better place for our queer siblings; but in many others, the song remains the same—they must fight for a basic level of care and freedom that so
many take for granted. As of this writing, for example, the American Civil Liberties Union is tracking 523 anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the country in various states of play. Some, thankfully have been or will be defeated by the time you read this; others, sadly remain. And this is, at least in part, why we celebrate Pride. At SFR, this means a number of pieces written by queer locals for our annual Pride issue. Inside this edition, you’ll learn how testosterone is a godsend for some and not quite right for others; read a queer meditation on marriage and grief; explore
how heteronormativity influences even queer relationships; and catch a glimpse of the world through the eyes of queer filmmaker Alexandria “Jo” Bombach. Then, on Saturday, June 29, celebrate Pride with community when the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance takes over the Plaza for a full day of festivities. To be fair, Santa Fe celebrates Pride all month long, and you’ll find more events in our print and online culture calendars. Queerness on full display in Santa Fe? That’s something to be proud of, no question.
—Alex
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The Gender Journey
Testosterone doesn’t make the man, but it sure doesn’t hurt
BY JESS CLARK @justjessclark
“So Jess, tell me about your gender journey.”
I’d never heard that term before, and filed “Gender Journey” away as an excellent future band name before saying, “I know I’m supposed to believe that I was born in the wrong body, but that doesn’t actually feel true to me. I feel like I was born into the body that was supposed to come to this place, and anything I do from here on out is about becoming more of who I’ve always been, not turning into someone else.”
In 2007, medically transitioning as a transgender man meant having to see a therapist who could confirm that you were actually transgender before you could then see a doctor (if you could find one who would work with trans people), then paying out of pocket for testosterone at pharmacies that scrutinized your ID and were reluctant to give you the syring es and needles you needed. All this hap pened while I was still being called ma’am in waiting rooms, having friends and family stress their concerns about per manently altering my body and scouring blogs and message boards with increasing desperation to find something, anything, that would reflect my own experience. Nothing about the process was easy or fast. It was overall pretty dehumanizing.
The therapist I sat in front of was known in Houston for working with trans people, and I hoped she’d give me the val idation I’d been seeking for years. After I answered her gender journey question, she took a pause.
“You don’t feel like you were born in the wrong body?”
I repeated that I didn’t. She shook her head.
“You don’t meet the criteria for a transgender person.”
I left without the letter and I thought, “I must not be trans,” because here was this therapist who was supposed to know what she was talking about. Like a good 22-year-old millennial, I was conditioned to believe that other’s perceptions of me were more valid than my own.
Two years later, back in Santa Fe, I joined a drag troupe, met some trans folks and after months of me asking not
so subtle questions about the doctor they saw to get testosterone, one of my friends said, “You know you could just go see her yourself, right?”
Right.
I waited in a generic exam room in the same doctor’s office I’d visited as a child. And when the doctor walked in I blurted out, “I was born in the wrong body!” I still didn’t actually think I was born wrong. I was born transgender, and I’d come to think of testosterone like my glasses— something I needed so I didn’t have to spend every day squinting at my reflection to try and see myself more clearly. I guess I said the magic words, though, because I left with an order for lab work and a follow-up appointment where we would figure out my dosage. A month later, I had a prescription.
I got my first shot of testosterone during a 10-minute break in the basement of the Starbucks on West San Francisco street where I worked. I’d watched dozens of Youtube videos on how to selfadminister an intramuscular injection, but the idea of sticking a needle into my own body still felt way beyond my
skill set, so I asked a coworker for moral support. After trying and hesitating over and over, she said, “Oh come on,” grabbed the syringe from me and plunged it into my thigh. The whole experience was anticlimactic and far less glamorous than my drama queen self had imagined, but as I headed back to pulling espresso shots for tourists, I felt a shift. Even though it would take weeks for any actual physical changes to begin, for the first time I felt like I could actually feel myself in my body.
The first change was my voice. My regular customers started asking if I was sick or had allergies. Shouting out “Grande nonfat latte!” while my voice cracked was only slightly mortifying. I was in music school, and because testosterone lengthens and thickens vocal chords, the notes I’d always known how to access suddenly didn’t exist. I stumbled through singing lessons with increasing frustration. My body mass shifted and I surprised myself by easily doing a pull-up. My once bright red hair started to darken and sprout on my chin and neck. Puberty is awful and awkward, and going through it a second time in my 20s was a fascinating combination of near-constant embarrassment and a sort of settling into myself that made all of those incongruent pieces of me finally make sense.
Even now, years later, the journey continues. I’ve never wanted to pass as a cisgender man, though it happens, and is too often coupled with comments like “I never would have known you weren’t a real man!” Beyond being a seriously patronizing thing to say, it misses the point entirely. I was a man well before I started injecting hormones—before I grew a patchy beard, before my hairline receded, before people started really seeing me—and testosterone helped me move through the world as a version of myself that I could live with, but it didn’t define my gender.
It’s been 15 years since that first shot ,and I still can’t give them to myself. I’ve relied on housemates, friends, neighbors, partners, coworkers and a pilates instructor. The list of people who have stuck needles in my thigh and ass is not short, and every one of those shots has added up to a life and a body that feels like home. Testosterone moved me toward joy and possibility in a world that is afraid of joy and possibility. Without it, I still would have been a transgender man, just a deeply unhappy one. Maybe even one who’d have to start a band called Gender Journey.
Boy Medicine
BY JACKS MCNAMARA @jacksmcnamara
When another nonbinary friend of mine casually asked if I’d ever tried taking testosterone (aka T), I was completely surprised. I wasn’t trans enough for that. But then they shared how for months they’d been microdosing to look more androgynous and had never felt better, and I was intrigued.
They spoke of increased energy, muscle mass, sex drive and subtle masculinization of their physique without a big voice change or outgrowth of body hair, which sounded pretty damn good. Over the coming months, I couldn’t get the idea out of my head, and I wondered what I would choose to do to support my gender expression if I could move beyond all the pesky internalized transphobia implanted in my mind by a seriously conservative parent and a severely transphobic world.
I tried to push the idea of taking T out of my mind because I was worried it could threaten my already ailing marriage and destabilize my sense of self. But it lurked around the edges of my consciousness until finally, after almost a year, I decided to move forward. I met with a local doctor known to prescribe hormones; underwent the routine blood work; received the routine paperwork warning me of potentially irreversible changes to my body and voice; and filled my first prescription. I assumed nothing too drastic would happen to me because I was on such a low dose. Wow, was I wrong.
My nonbinary journey with T
In the early months, I was enthralled with the experience of taking T. My mental health improved dramatically. I felt less depressed and had fewer mood swings; I quickly started passing as male much of the time. After years of being misgendered as female, it was such a relief to be perceived as anything else, even if binary male wasn’t quite right either. I started putting on more muscle, having a greater sex drive and feeling more powerful. I never wanted to stop.
But what I did not expect so soon was the thinning of my hair, the unbelievably heinous acne or the complete de struction of my singing voice. Over the course of a couple months, I dropped from a soprano to a baritone. Apparently, I was a serious champ at metabolizing T, and all of my changes hap pened on a timeline that might be considered fast even if I’d been on a full dose. So much for the gradual charm of microdosing. Instead, I quickly found myself in a real dilemma about whether to continue. I’d sprouted a small mustache and lost a lot of hair on my head, and I grew con cerned that if I kept on with the T, I would cross some in visible line into being read as a
middle-aged man. My nonbinary self wasn’t sure I should cross that line.
My experience of gender has never been linear, binary or unified. I don’t identify with the man-trapped-inside-a-woman’sbody narrative. I identify as having a lot of parts inside, and some of those parts understand themselves as female, some as male and some as something much more expansive than either. I tried on another framework for understanding my gender, offered by a friend who described his experience
as having two souls inside him; for the first 40 years, the female soul dominated, but for the second 40, the male soul is getting a chance. This felt relevant and illuminating, but not entirely complete to my experience. There’s more multiplicity in my system than that, and more movement back and forth between the extremes.
Eventually, I stopped taking T. I told myself it would be temporary—just a couple months to feel it out, but it’s been seven months now and it’s hard for me to imagine resuming. I like being able to cry again, something T had eliminated; I like that my hair stopped thinning so aggressively; I like that I stopped looking quite so much like a middle-aged man; I like not having unrelenting acne. I like feeling like me, whatever that means, even if I still can’t sing and my voice remains unrecognizable compared to my former self.
I have some regrets. I wish more educational resources existed specifically for nonbinary trans people on the risks and benefits of taking T. I wish microdosing wasn’t suggested so blithely as a remedy for gender angst. I wish I had truly, deeply understood what I was getting into, but part of that’s on me, because I’m not sure I fully wanted to know. I wanted to believe the contents of that little vial could solve my problems. I wanted to pick a side of the binary, and it seemed like medical transition was a way of doing that. Living in the in-between space can be so deeply unsettling, and I think that’s what I actually needed support with, from all corners of my life. I don’t think I needed a pharmaceutical solution, but I might have needed a spiritual one.
Inever thought I’d be a wife. Queers didn’t marry. It was part of our queerness. And anyway, surely the institution of marriage was an isolating patriarchal curse we couldn’t queer. But in 2013, gay marriage became provisionally legal in Santa Fe County. So why not get married!
I needed the health insurance.
Deena said, “Yes.”
I said, “Never mind. We don’t have to. Real queers don’t marry.”
Deena said, “No, let’s,” and she produced her mother’s diamond, and she lifted me up off the floor and looked at me with such hope and adventure, and we rushed to her Jeep like a Hollywood mo ment, but then Deena said, “Wait. Hang on. I need to go inside and take a bong hit.”
At the courthouse, I didn’t know where to set down my purse. We promised ‘til death.
On our way home, I texted my 20-something daughter the news. She texted back a smil ing squinting emoji and wrote, “This kind of news is not a text!” Was it? Not a text?
Queers didn’t marry, so I guess we’d never considered how to handle the details.
At home, we didn’t tell 5-year-old Max. We figured he didn’t know we weren’t married. He stacked Legos. The next day, Deena told the HR lady where she worked as executive chef to add me to her insurance. But the HR lady said, “Oh, no, Honey, we don’t recognize anything like that. Gay marriage? That’s nice.” We didn’t question comments like that back then. I mean, we mocked them, but we didn’t question them.
Til Death
Queering marriage and dating with grief
BY ARIEL GORE | @arielfionagore
new terms. What’s ENM? What’s DTF? In this context, ACE means Asexual, not, as I first imagined, that a person wants to compare Adverse Childhood Experience scores.
My friend Sailor messages, “Don’t try to learn all the new words. So much energy goes into these terms, there’s none left for sex.”
I’m impressed that so many people are into bondage. “Everyone has a switch now!” I tell my friend Tree, kind of excited. “Oh my god,” they say, “It just means people aren’t just tops or bottoms. They’ll switch.” Oh. Right. I knew that. My friend Sam calls from Santa Fe, not sounding shamey, exactly, but more protective of me: “What are you going to say?” She wants to know. “If you go on a date and this person asks, How did you spend last fall?”
passed a cute butch eating alone. When we sat down in our red vinyl booth in the back, Deena gestured with her chin to the woman. “Who are you going to date? If I die?”
Then the next thing we knew, Sonia Sotomayor sat on the US Supreme Court and gay marriage became legal nationwide and we were like, Holy shit! And I got excited about the tax savings. Of which there turned out to be none. Deena and I bought all new sex toys for our married life—pink and sparkly, before pink would come to represent something else entirely.
I never thought I’d be a widow. Not until those first pink waiting rooms, anyway. And then I knew right away. Long before the doctors would admit it. We’d been together eight years by then. There would be four more years, often dominated by radiation and chemo and anxiety. On our last road trip together, we stepped into a Chinese restaurant in Oakland, and
I wanted to say that I would never date anyone else for as long as I lived, even if she died. Even when she died. That’s what she’d asked of me after the first night we spent together, long before we married: I don’t want you seeing anyone else. I’d been faithful to that request. But now every time I started to form a new promise, it felt like a lie. I was a person overflowing with love. Deena had taught me that much, and more. I was a person runneth over with love, even if I was also a person who could feel the exhaustion from these last few years in my body like it had invaded my very fascia. My love was like water, adaptable. I could stream love into Deena when she was stronger than me and as she became weaker.
Months later, from a sublet in Brooklyn where I’d isolated myself long enough, I post on social media: How do people meet people these days? Really tired person seeks reason to get out of bed.
My friend Jess warns me that on Tinder, I can’t open myself up to trans
Sometimes I think of my marriage as something whole and magical and I think, Holy shit! We did that!
men without opening myself up to cis men, so Tinder is off the table. Another friend recommends Lex, which instantly turns up my literary agent. I scroll through another app, trying to learn the
I don’t know what I’ll say. I think one reason I’m so bad at small talk is that it doesn’t occur to me to plan it in advance.
A straight acquaintance posts: You’re not ready. How could you be ready?
Jess jumps in to defend my widow-honor: Just because Ariel’s mourning her wife doesn’t mean she can’t date. It’s a fallacy that we don’t heal in relationships. Jess suggests an ad for me: Dark-humor leaning widow seeks same. I wonder: Could I make DHLW a thing?
Gay widow who just fell off turnip truck seeks some compassion. Make me laugh I want to laugh because I’m sad. Sometimes when I think about my marriage, all I can think about is the way it ended. The way Deena withered and died wanting so badly not to—and right before my very eyes, and before 16-yearold Max’s, and Jess’s and Sam’s and the rest of our small community. Sometimes I think of the last way Deena looked at me, the pain and disappointment.
But then sometimes I think of my marriage as something whole and magical and I think, Holy shit! We did that! We loved each other like water and we lived through the care and curse of the institution of marriage. We didn’t get completely isolated in it; close friendships endured. And we parted not until death. Sometimes my heart feels small in my chest when I can see that people don’t know what to say to me. But the truth is I don’t know what to say either. There isn’t an acronym for this yet. I don’t have a plan to queer widowhood, but I have the sense that I can.
Between the Binary
It’s time to move beyond heteronormativity when dating
BY EVAN CHANDLER evan@sfreporter.com
As a nonbinary person who tends to date other gender-nonconforming people, social interactions involving my partners often lead to lots of questions from those outside of the relationships. I half expect it at this point, but I still tense up when a stranger or a friend of a friend approaches. The conversation goes smoothly at first, then the revelation comes—no, we’re not best friends; we’re together. The clock ticks in my head in a symbolic race toward who will be the first to ask the dreaded question of many queer relationships: “Who’s the boy and who’s the girl?”
This simple question, even asked without malicious intent, can feel invalidating. I know it does on my end. It’s a situation in which I’ve found myself more times than I can count, and in my roughly eight years of dating as an openly queer person, I’ve come to one conclusion: It sucks, and heteronormativity plays a large part as to why that is.
Heteronormativity, a term coined within queer theory, refers to the presumption and privilege of heterosexuality in everyday life. When looking at the most recent statistics for representation of LBGTQ+ people
on primetime cable, it’s not hard to understand why so many people would have questions. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that only 8.9% of characters on television shows were LGBTQ+ in 2023—a 2% decrease from the previous year. Even fewer are transgender—let alone in relationships with other trans people. If people never see depictions of non-heteronormative queer relationships in popular culture, how can we expect them to understand the nuances? Representation matters.
It’s no surprise that I, like many others who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, fear going out in public with my partner. In a community like Santa Fe, I’m not as worried about outwardly negative reactions to public displays of affection or, worse, being targeted and attacked for who I am, but I am afraid to be placed into the heteronormative box I’ve tried to run away from since coming out.
University of New Mexico Professor Shinsuke Eguchi, whose research focuses on intersectionality and transnationalism—in order to question and critique the “everyday alteration of differences such as race, gender and sexuality in social interaction and processes”—tells SFR heteronormativity can even trickle down into queer relationships in the most intimate ways, and thus affect our own self-perceptions when it comes to romantic connections.
“When we think about marriage, people always think love is the way to get married, but whose love is it? It is about a heterosexual people,” Eguchi says. “I mean now, obviously, gay, lesbian and transgender people can get married too. However, those [marriages] are conforming to the idea of heteronormativity by engaging in this system that historically defines one man as a husband and one woman as a wife.”
My reality paints a picture wherein, for presenting femininely, people assume I must be the caretaker of the relationship. I must be “the bottom.” More broadly, heteronormativity plays a part in heterosexual relationships, too—think expected gender roles, sexual dynamics, etc. This becomes even more nuanced when we consider the obvious: I’m a white, queer person living within Americanized ideals of love and sex, and not every person will have the same experiences I have.
I, for one, acknowledge the privilege I wield in the connections I create. Even with the constant societal pressure of heteronormativity, I face half of what a queer person of color does. For Eguchi, to “colorblind” those differences hinders the road to progress and change in the long run, when they could instead be used to create shared goals and address a system, they say, that ultimately “oppresses all of us.”
“One of the things I reject is that some of the movements tend to say, ‘Oh, we’re all the same at the end of the day. Let’s fight for the same things,’” Eguchi continues. “Actively recognizing and understanding the differences allows us to see there is some sort of shared political dissatisfaction that we experience so that we can actually fight together… so that we could decenter the center.”
I am tired of the idea that there can only be tops and bottoms. I am tired of prescribed gender roles based on a societal norm we just can’t seem to shake. Relationships in any form are personal to those within them. I get to define the connection I’m a part of, and it doesn’t have to be reduced to what’s palatable or understandable for the general public. We need to put an end to heteronormativity. We need to put an end to invasive questions and the assumptions that come with them. Those in queer relationships that don’t meet that standard are valid. We’re normal, too.
Building Queer Community
A look through filmmaker Alexandria “Jo” Bombach’s lens
BY EMILY WITHNALL @emilywithnall
In their first feature film from 2014, Alexandria “Jo” Bombach (they/she) follows four Afghan photojournalists in Kabul as they take great personal risks to document life in their country in the immediate aftermath of Taliban rule. Frame By Frame offers perspective about what it means to live in a place where telling the truth comes at such a high cost.
“I felt very passionate about telling the story of these photographers who capture truth,” Bombach says, “and what that even means.”
As a documentary filmmaker, Bombach is hyper-aware of creating meaning and story through a lens. Their films focus less on sequences of events than on the emotional journey Bombach wants viewers to feel.
“I don’t think objectivity exists in films; you’re always making choices,” they say. “I could have made a million different movies. Storytelling is super powerful, and it’s a really terrifying responsibility, and not scrutinized in the way it should be.”
Bombach grew up in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. With a handheld Flip Camera they bought with their own money at age 13, they filmed their friends—but they never had any idea it could become a career. The New Mexican filmmaker/documentarian now has three feature films under their belt, along with a number of shorts and numerous editing and production credits. In addition to Frame by Frame, they directed and produced the Indigo Girls documentary It’s Only Life After All, which held its theatical opening in Santa Fe in April, and 2018’s On Her Shoulders, a documentary about the impossible weight of Yazidi ISIS genocide survivor Nadia Murad’s advocacy work.
“I started these films with a sense of responsibility,” Bombach says. “And it definitely has never been like I want accolades, or I want to participate in this weird industry that’s so egotistical—it’s a big reason I live in Santa Fe. I just can’t deal with that shit.”
After graduating Fort Lewis College in Durango during the recession in 2008, Bombach began making films for the outdoor industry and lived out of their 23-foot Airstream trailer. Their first independent short was 23 Feet and featured people across the US who were also living on the road in camper vans and buses. Bombach toured the West with the film and, to her surprise, began hearing from viewers who said 23 Feet had inspired them to sell their houses, quit their jobs and hit the road.
“I was like, ‘This is scary.’ I realized if I can make films that make people change their lives, I should probably make something important,” Bombach says. “I found that important story, and that one led to another and it has always felt like a responsibility to just try to do right by the people I promised I would do right by.”
For Bombach, integrity and humility have become key in both filmmaking and in life. Like most artists who circle similar ideas or themes across a body of work, Bombach is invested in digging deep into their subject matter and revealing the complexities and contradictions inherent to the topic.
“So many of the films I’ve made, I’m just trying to get people to think about their preconceived ideas about something,” Bombach says. “On Her Shoulders—you think this is going to be some Malala doc, but it’s thinking about our own participation in the commodifying of victims of women in the Middle East; and Indigo Girls—you think you know who they are, but
they have massive preconceived notions of who they are that they’re up against all the time. I’m really drawn to that. I want to adjust how people think about things, just kind of automatically.”
Directing Frame by Frame and On Her Shoulders immersed Bombach into global activism on a massive scale. But seeing firsthand how global systems functioned— and didn’t—proved disheartening. On Her Shoulders, for example, shows Murad traversing the globe to meet with world leaders and speaking before the United Nations on behalf of the Yazidi people who had been murdered and enslaved by ISIS. Although the world listened, the UN and other world leaders failed to act.
“There was just a real disappointment after being behind the scenes,” Bombach says, “about the systems in place like the UN and journalism that are supposed to help people.”
Directing It’s Only Life After All about Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, then, changed Bombach’s perspective about what activism could be.
“Sitting with that footage of the women Indigenous leaders who guided Amy and Emily and then being out in the streets protesting with [Santa Fe activist group] Three Sisters Collective in the summer of 2020 really helped bring me back to activism and believe in the power of grassroots work,” Bombach says.
And though Bombach could have attend-
ed the theatrical premieres of their Indigo Girls doc in New York City or Los Angeles, they prioritized Santa Fe.
“It’s important to me to invest in this community,” they say. “I wanted to be here that night—where my family, friends and chosen family is.”
That doesn’t mean they aren’t globally conscious. Bombach’s current activism is focused on Palestine, and they recently helped organize a queer community care event that raised $8,300.
“We’ve been distributing [the funds] directly to people on the ground in Gaza, to Rafah and to northern and central Palestine,” they say.
Still, Santa Fe is home. In 2019, Bombach moved back to New Mexico after living out of their suitcase for many years while making their first two films, with the intention of rooting here for the long term—an intention strengthened by the isolation of the pandemic. Though they have family here, Bombach says they’ve also been lucky to find a group of queer friends. Even as Bombach acknowledges the queer community in Santa Fe can sometimes be construed as hierarchical, they describe their friend group as one of “unbridled, casual queerness.” As a selfdescribed gender-fluid pansexual, they say, this is of great comfort.
“There’s just radical, casual acceptance. I appreciate the relationship anarchy, intimacy with friendships and expanding in all these different places without judgment,” Bombach says. “It’s also a community where a lot of people were surprised that I made a movie, because we don’t always know each other’s occupations. It feels anti-capitalist in that way, and that’s really nice.”
Bombach is currently renovating a home and plans to offer studio and residency space for other filmmakers when the house is complete. This year, they’re taking a break from directing and focusing on editing and cinematography work for other directors. They’ll also be doubling down on community.
“My Santa Fe community and my chosen family here are a vital part of being able to continue doing the work I do,” Bombach says. “They inspire and challenge me, but most importantly they make me feel held in such a difficult world to be in right now.”
I WISH I HAD A RIVER paintings by NANCY FRIEDLAND
JUNE 28 - AUGUST 4, 2024
opening reception
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 6:00 - 8:00PM
artist conversation
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2:00PM
TEN GALLON HAT
a (locals) group show
JUNE 28 - AUG 4, 2024
opening RECEPTION
Friday, June 28 ★ 6:00 - 8:00pm
Featuring work by
★ Zac Brenner ★
★ Brooke Denton ★
★ Samantha Hawley ★
★ Paulina Ho ★
★ Oskar Petersen ★
smoke the moon casita gallery
616 ½ Canyon Road, SFNM
smoke the moon
616 ½ CANYON ROAD, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
PAULINA HO - The Gratitude in Grief
NANCY FRIEDLAND - Hydrangeas
ALL THAT GLITTERS
Granted, the queer dance scene in Santa Fe isn’t what it once was—y’know, back when numerous nightclubs operated downtown within spitting distance from one another—but the return of promotions outfit Butchhope Productions after five dormant years heralds the return of the legendary Glitter Women’s Dance Party. Previously, Glitter was a Santa Fe mainstay and popped off across town; for its return as part of Santa Fe Pride 2024, it takes over The Mystic with DJ Oona rocking the decks like only she can. “There’s an energy around just doing more,” Oona tells SFR. “We don’t have a standard gay nightclub anymore, but a lot of avenues have been opening up—we’re just trying to do more.” The event is trans-inclusive, of course, and features appearances from Zircus Erotique Burlesque, a full bar and so much dance. (Alex De Vore)
Glitter: Queer Women’s Dance Party: 8 pm-12 am Friday, June 28. $20 The Mystic, 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-1066
…BUT MAKE IT FASHION
Following the massive success of the Southwest Association for Indian Arts’ Native Fashion Week earlier this year—the first of its kind in the US—Indigenous designers are finally getting a higher level of recognition within the industry, and an upcoming talk at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture between designers Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo), Penny Singer (Diné) and Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo) aims to delve into the future of the field. “There’s some traction going on in films just now, red carpet appearances; more awareness for the talented designers who’ve been buried in the Southwest,” Aragon of the brand Stone Tower tells SFR. “Culturally, for me, that resonates. I’m embedded in expressing my culture through my fashion and, in doing so, creating that awareness that we’re still very much alive, thriving, in touch with the modern world.” (ADV)
What’s Next In Native Fashion: 1-3 pm Saturday, June 29. $7-$12 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269
MUSIC MON/1
FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES
Look, we all know Santa Fe’s love affair with metal dates back to time immemorial, and that we have a scene robust enough to support regular Metal Monday events; that bands like Street Tombs are making waves on tour; that metal-focused studio The Decibel Foundry keeps it real all the time. We just can’t get enough of the stuff, so when a band like Portland, Oregon’s Red Fang comes to town, people get to stepping (into an online queue for tickets). This one’s for the stoners and the fans of acts like Sleep, Goblin Cock, Karp and The Sword. Throw on that denim vest, bruh, and get ready to chug, rip and tear along with one of the most enduring acts of our time. Garage rock/punk act Spoon Benders opens. (ADV) Red Fang: 7 pm Monday, July 1. $15-$27.50 Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
What a Drag
Gurlz Gone Wild drag show concludes this year’s Pride
Following a full month of Pride festivities, iconic local drag artist and events coordinator extraordinaire Brandi presents Gurlz Gone Wild at the Jean Cocteau Cinema on Sunday, June 30.
Gurlz will feature four drag queens from the area: Caelie Twilight Bouvier, Felicia Roxx Starr Faraday, Lady Hawk and Coco Caliente. According to Brandi, the event should be “a wildly unpredictable fetish-for-the-eyes.”
“Be prepared for anything and everything,” Brandi adds. “Lock your men up, baby—this ride is going to get rough.”
For those uninitiated when it comes to the world of drag, Gurlz Gone Wild should prove a classic affair with singing, humor, over-the-top fashion and a healthy dose of dancing. And if the name Brandi sounds familiar, that’s almost certainly because she’s lived in Santa Fe for 27 years and promoted events for nearly as long. Take the annual Oscars Party, for example, or any number of soirees, fundraisers and gatherings. In short, Brandi says, “it’s about the community.”
Gurlz also hearkens back to the glory days of local drag companies, like the sadly defunct Jewel Box Cabaret, while keeping an eye on the future of the art. The scene was already in flux before the pandemic, Brandi
notes, adding that despite a brief resurgence in 2022, regular drag events have been on the decline in recent times.
“We [were] doing it too often for the people to really appreciate,” Brandi says. When the shows are less frequent, “there’s bigger hype.”
In most cases, such shows are family-friendly, too, and often interactive; audience participation is practically a must. And while Brandi encourages the drag-faithful to attend the upcoming show, she and the other performers also hope to attract newcomers.
“It is a mixed crowd—there are families and people who come from all around,” Brandi says, “but we also want to get drag virgins so we can have some fun with them.” Don’t overthink it, though. Drag is meant to be accessible and borderline silly, even as the queens and kings take their roles seriously. Nevertheless, Brandi says, “it’s just us coming together and having a good old show.” (Lauren Lifke)
GURLZ GONE WILD
Noon-2 pm Sunday, June 30. $20-$50 Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
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WED/26
BOOKS/LECTURES
CONNECTING TO UNIVERSAL ENERGIES
Cake’s Cafe
227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880
Release party for Josh Keeler’s collection of haikus.
6 pm
IN THE SHADOWS
Collected Works Bookstore. 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226
A conversation with negotiator Mickey Bregman from the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, whose book In the Shadows details his efforts to free Americans imprisoned abroad (Britney Griner, anyone?).
6 pm
NATURE LOVERS
BOOK CLUB
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
June’s read: Tenacious Beasts by ChristopherJ. Preston. 6-7:30 pm
EVENTS
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204
Straw Appliqué art. 10 am-2 pm
CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 983-4671
Casual chess.
10 am-1 pm
GAME NIGHT
Iconik Coffee Roasters (Original) 1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996
Board games and community.
6-8 pm
OUT WEST: GAY AND LESBIAN ARTISTS IN THE SOUTHWEST
New Mexico Museum of Art
107 W Plaza Ave., (505) 476-5072
Explore LGBTQ artists with the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs
Christian Waguespack.
11 am-Noon
TOUR THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION
The New Mexico Governor’s Mansion
One Mansion Drive, (505) 476-2800
Explore the Governor’s mansion. Noon-2 pm
MUSIC
JOHN FRANCIS AND THE POOR CLARES
El Rey Court
1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Americana/folk tunes.
8-10:30 pm
KARAOKE NIGHT
Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
Hosted by Crash Romeo—you know the karaoke drill by now, we’d hope.
7 pm
MARION CARRILLO
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Acoustic singer-songwriter Carillo sings the songs, tells the stories and so forth.
4 pm
RY TAYLOR TRIO
La Fiesta Lounge
100 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Acoustic groove/Americana. 7-9 pm
WARM UP WEDNESDAY Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
Hip-hop hosted by DJ DMonic— the very same guy who books all the shows at Boxcar. 9 pm
WORKSHOP
BEYOND NORMAL POP-UP
Beyond Normal
312 Montezuma Ave. Ste. E
A workshop featuring a variety of vintage and contemporary art objects. ongoing by appointment
INTRO TO AERIAL LYRA & TRAPEZE CLASS Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588
A beginner class for lyra and static trapeze.
5:30-7 pm, $33-$36
THU/27
BOOKS/LECTURES
ARTIST TALK WITH TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ
SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199
Artist talk with New York-based sculptor. 5:30 pm
TRANSFORMATIONAL TAROT
Cake’s Cafe
227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880
Haley Welsh offers tarot at $20 for 15 minutes.
10 am-4 pm
DANCE
INTRO TO PARTNER DANCE
Dance Station: Solana Center 947-B W Alameda St., (505) 989-9788
Learn different styles of dance. 6:45-7:30 pm, $10
EVENTS
CHESS AT THE MALL
DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 983-4671
Casual chess. 10 am-1 pm
FREE AURA HEALING CLINIC
Deep Roots Psychic Studio 1919 Fifth St., Ste. I, (505) 927-5407
One-on-one energy healing. 5:30-6:45 pm
GEEKS WHO DRINK
Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952
Challenging trivia with prizes. 7-9 pm
LADIES NIGHT Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
Ladies get free entry, $5 for everyone else. DJs perform. 10 pm
OPEN SPACE-TIME
Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
Learn new skills or sharpen old ones. Explore our world of art supplies, guided activities and endless possibilities. 12 pm
The story of a famous recording studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Includes filmmaker Q&A. 6 pm
FOOD
CHEF BRENT SUSHI POP UP Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
Chef Brent Jung rolls New Mexico’s freshest and tastiest sushi to order. 5-9 pm
MUSIC
BILL HEARNE Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Local country legend Hearne plays the classics. 4-6 pm
Daniel D. Stine explores an abstraction of the real in his paintings in Take Me to the River: Around the Bend opening at 5 pm June 28 at New Concept Gallery.
DJ OPTAMYSTIK
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Hip-hop DJ brings the summer vibes.
7 pm
DAUGHTER OF THE WEST:
SONGS OF CHINATOWNS, JAPANESE PLANTATION
WORKERS AND THE OLD WEST
San Miguel Chapel
401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974
Musician Lisa Kori assembled a superband for her new take on Americana (See Music, Page 31).
7 pm, $20
DAVID GEIST MUSIC
EXPERIENCE
Osteria D’Assisi
58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858
The Tony-winning pianist/vocalist performs from muscials, his originals and more.
7-10 pm, $5
ERYN BENT
Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio
652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090
Bent taps into the vulnerable and the emotional for Westerninfluenced acoustic tunes.
2-5 pm
FOLK JAM
El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Jam with like-minded folk music fans.
7-8:30 pm
JASMIN WILLIAMS, JOHN RANGLE, CYRUS CAMPBELL AND DONALD BAILEY
La Fiesta Lounge, 100 E Sanfracisco St., (505) 982-5511
Jazz with exquisite vocals from a talented group of musicians.
7-9 pm
SANTA FE BANDSTAND:
JUNIOR BROWN
Historic Santa Fe Plaza 63 Lincoln Ave. lensic360.org
The “Secret Agent Man” songwriter rocks the Plaza alongside opener Bill Hearne.
6 pm
KIPP BENTLEY
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Singer/songwriter Bentley performs original Americana tunes.
4 pm
OPEN MIC WITH STEPHEN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
It’s your time to shine. Show off your musical skills.
7 pm
PAT MALONE
TerraCotta Wine Bistro
304 Johnson St., 989-1166
Malone takes the stage with his soul soothing jazz guitar.
6-8 pm
THEATER
EXODUS ENSEMBLE
PRESENTS: HAMLET
Center For Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338
An adaptation of Hamlet 7:30 pm
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
1984 musical inspired by French painter George Seurat.
7:30-10 pm, $5-$60
WORKSHOP
BEGINNER AERIAL SILKS
CLASS Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588
An introduction to aerial fabric. 5:30-7 pm, $36
HALFTIME 2024!
Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch
145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6780
Join Nick Mandel in a workshop to assess the year thus far.
6-7:30 pm
PRINTMAKING: MONOTYPE
Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., (505) 428-1000
An oil-based monotype printmaking class. 4-7pm
FRI/28
ART OPENINGS
ALICE LEORA BRIGGS: THE FATE OF POETRY (OPENING)
Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902
Acrylic on paper. 5-7 pm
CAVE TEMPLES & COMPAÑEROS: ERIN CURRIER (OPENING)
Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St., (505) 954-9902
Collage and paintings. 5-7 pm
DANIEL D. STINE - TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: AROUND THE BEND (OPENING)
New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570
Landscape paintings. 5-7 pm
DOUGLAS ATWILL: RECENT PAINTINGS (OPENING)
New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570
Acrylics on canvas. 5-7 pm
I WISH I HAD A RIVER: PAINTINGS BY NANCY FRIEDLAND (OPENING) smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road
Landscape paintings. 6-8 pm
THE CALENDAR
JANNA AVNER: ATHABASCAN
AURORA: DECOLONIZING SUBARCTIC LIGHT (OPENING)
Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700
Painting, sculpture and video. 5-8 pm
JOSEPH LORUSSO: DAYS LIKE THIS (OPENING)
McLarry Fine Art
225 Canyon Road, (505) 988-1161
Fine art oil paintings. 4-6 pm
KEVIN TOLMAN: ALIGNMENTS (OPENING)
Nüart Gallery
670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888
Abstract work in a variety of mediums. 5-7 pm
MANUEL ALVEREZ: PHOTOGRAPHER (OPENING)
Allá
102 W San Francisco St., Ste. 20, (505) 988-5416
Photographs by a self-taught photographer who hails from Mexico.
5-7 pm
MONTY LITTLE : UNACCOMPANIED VOICES (OPENING)
Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700
Mixed-media oil paintings. 5-8 pm
MY HAIR STORY: FROM BRUNETTE TO GRAY (OPENING)
form & concept
435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256
Hand-sewn human hair with watercolor.
5-7 pm
NAGAKURA KENICHI
RETROSPECTIVE (OPENING)
TAI Modern 1601 Paseo De Peralta (505) 984-1387
Bamboo art.
5-7 pm
SHOWCASE: NATHAN BUDOFF AND WOOKJAE MAENG (OPENING)
Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8111
Paintings and faux taxidermy in the form of ceramic sculptures. 5-7 pm
STEVEN J YAZZIE: ELDERS (OPENING)
Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700
Sculptural/sound installations and abstract paintings from the much-respected Yazzie. 5-8 pm
SUMMER SALON PART 1: FEATURING PATRICK
MCGRATH MUÑIZ
Wild Hearts Gallery
221 B Hwy. 165, Placitas, (505) 867-2450
Muñiz responds to capitalist and consumerist culture through Spanish colonial oil paintings.
5-7 pm
THE CALENDAR
TEN GALLON HAT: A GROUP SHOW (OPENING) smoke
616 1/2 Canyon Road
New Mexico-based artists present an invitation to descend into a surreal universe.. 6-8 pm
EVENTS
BROOM ROOM – THIN AIR GOODS EXHIBITION (OPENING)
El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016
Handmade brooms and brushes presented by Julia Tait Dickenson. 5-7 pm
The Audience Improv Team performs with their friends, Sibling Rivalry. Suggested donation of $10.
7 pm
MAKE AND BELIEVE TIME
Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
A kids’ art and story time. 10 am
MEOW WOLF’S MONSTER BATTLE
Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373
A battle of costumes and dance with DJ Polish Ambassador.
6 pm
OPEN SPACE-TIME
Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
Learn new skills or sharpen old ones. Explore our world of art supplies, guided activities, and endless possibilities.
Noon
SCIENCE HEROES: ADVENTURE OF THE LOST TREASURE
Santa Fe Public Library (La Farge) 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292
Explore science through stories. 1-2 pm
TABLE TOP ROLE PLAYING NIGHT
Sorcery and Might 1966 Cerrillos Road STE C, (505) 629-5965
Introductory board and table top games. 5-10 pm
FILM
JANET PLANET
Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338
A movie in which an 11-year old girl spends the summer at home in her imagination. 10:30 am, $13
MUSIC
Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe
1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338
A deep connection is made through the bond of music. 10:30 am, $13
MUSIC
“THOSE GUYS” FEATURING
TOM WILLIAMS
La Fiesta Lounge, 101 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Country tunes with those guys— you know the ones (or you’ll learn when you go).
7-9 pm
BILL HEARNE
Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio
652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090
Hearne plays his classic jamz, including, if we’re all lucky, “New Mexico Rain”.
2-5 pm
DETROIT LIGHTNING
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
A Grateful Dead tribute act featuring members of D Numbers and other notable local bands.
7:30 pm, $17-$21
FAMOUS ON THE WEEKEND
Cake’s Cafe
227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880
Party to cumbia, salsa and Latin hip-hop.
9 pm-1 am
FINE ART FRIDAY
Santa Fe Children’s Museum
1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359
Join museum educators in celebrating the rainbow and exploring art.
2-4 pm
FLATCAR SERIES
Santa Fe Railyard
Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373
Music on the Sky Railway’s immobile flatcar with a rotating cast of players.
5:15 pm
HILLARY SMITH
Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
Smith’s vocals have been called electrifying—and that sounds pretty good, honestly.
6:30-9:30 pm
ROB BEASLEY
Club Legato
125 E Palace Ave., (505) 988-9232
The jazz trumpeter performs in La Casa Sena’s jazziest room. 6 pm, $30-$35
JASMIN WILLIAMS Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248
Jazz artist Williams performs with a group of talented musicians in one of the more intimate and enjoyable venues in town.
8-10 pm, $20
LORI OTTINO
Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Americana and folk songs.
5 pm
PAT MALONE
Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi
113 Washington Ave., (505) 988-3030
Soul soothing jazz guitar.
6-9 pm
STRAY DAWGS
Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Calling all bluegrass fans for some of that old-timey pluckypluck-pluck.
8 pm
TRAVIS BREGIER AND DAVID BEATTY
First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544
Bregeir and Beatty delve into the music of composers Erik Satie and Samuel Barber. 5:30 pm
THEATER
EXODUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: HAMLET Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338
An adaptation of Hamlet that does all that new take stuff for which Exodus is known (Elsinore is a modern business, for example). Free like all Exodus shows, but advanced reservations are required.
7:30 pm
SHAKESPEARE’S THE LIFE OF KING HENRY V The Garden Stage at La Tienda in Eldorado 7 Caliente Rd, (505) 466-3533
A new take on Henry V from the folks at the Upstart Crows theater troupe.
6:30-9:30 pm, $15
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
A 1984 Sondheim musical inspired by French painter George Seurat? We’d make pointilism jokes here, but we’re too busy being like, “Cool!” to get into that. 7:30-10 pm, $5-$60
SAT/29
ART OPENINGS
GAY BLOCK: ABOUT LOVE (OPENING) Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681
Block’s fine art portraits explore a more intimate side of Miami than you’d expect. 4-6 pm
KUMIHIMO: THE ANCIENT ART OF JAPANESE BRAIDING InterFusion Art 150 Washington Ave; Suite 103, (303) 5140193
Japanese art with local artist Melodie Owen. 1-3 pm
NATURAL SELF WEEKEND RETREAT
Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-4396
Return to your natural self through contemplative connection to nature. Experience the rhythms of nature. 2-1 pm
TAMARIND INSTITUTE (OPENING)
Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681
A selection of fine art lithography prints in collaboration with the much-loved Tamarind Institute from Albuquerque. 4-6 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES
ARTIST TALK ROSEMARY
MEZA-DESPLAS:
form & concept
435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256
Meza-Desplas discusses her figurative artworks at the popular downtown gallery.
1-2 pm
CYNTHIA JURS BOOK TALK
The Ark 133 Romero St., (505) 988-3709
Jurs discusses her new book: Summoned by the Earth: Becoming a Holy Vessel for Healing Our World.
6-7 pm
MERIDEL RUBENSTEIN & NAWAR IHSAN: INANNA RETURNS TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES
CONTAINER
1226 Flagman Way, (505) 995-0012
Explore the Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden project alongside its creators, including New Mexico-based Meridel Rubenstein. 11 am-1 pm
Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765 Broadway and more. 6-9 pm
GENE CORBIN
Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Americana singer-songwriter. 1 pm
GERRY CARTHY
Legal Tender Saloon & Eating House 151 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, (505) 466-1650
Irish-flavored folk. Noon-4 pm
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The South Fork and Salt fires that began June 17 on Mescalero Apache land near Ruidoso swiftly caused mass evacuations, property damage and loss of life. The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute operates out of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas and describes its mission as working “to reduce catastrophic wildfires and restore resilient, fire- and climate-adapted ecosystems.” In the aftermath of the 2022 Hermits Peak/ Calf Canyon fire, the Institute also began offering wildfire protection, survival and prevention workshops, which it now helps facilitate through Luna Community College’s new Wildfire Resiliency Training Center. SFR spoke with Public Information Coordinator Staci Matlock about those efforts; this interview has been edited for clarity and concision. (Evan Chandler)
What advice can you give to individuals in high-risk wildfire areas for protecting their homes?
Some of the best things people can do don’t cost a lot of money. One of the first things that people can do is a home review. So basically, you walk outside your house and you look up to the roof, and you start looking around at things such as your gutters. If they are filled with pine needles and leaves, you need to sweep them out. You want to make sure you have metal mesh covering the vents; most homes have these toward the top and bottom of their houses on the outside. Are your gutters filled with pine needles and leaves? Sweep them out. We recommend metal mesh coverings on outdoor vents. Most houses and garages have vents toward the top, and some also have them on the bottom of their houses on the outside. Make sure to move cushions on outdoor furniture inside. The way for people to think of it is, if you stack up a bunch of logs at your campground and drop a match underneath those logs, they probably aren’t going to burn because a fire needs some sort of kindling
like grass or paper, and then that flares up and catches the logs on fire. It’s the same basic concept with a house.
What steps can people take in case they need to evacuate?
People should try to have what’s called a ‘go bag’ ready at all times, and they may even want to carry a smaller version in their vehicles. In those bags, one should have any prescription medicines they use. If they don’t want to carry around their prescriptions, they ought to have a copy of the prescription from their doctors and make sure they have their doctors’ numbers with them. I would recommend extra chargers for their cell phones and a few extra changes of clothes. It’s almost like things you would take on a weekend trip. We want to make sure people have the items they really need just to stay comfortable for however long they need to evacuate, and please sign up for local emergency alerts.
Given New Mexico’s extensive wildfire history, how should people be thinking about fire?
We always just want to be empathetic to the extreme difficulties people go through when they have to evacuate from any crisis. It just upends your life in innumerable ways, and it’s scary when you’re in the middle of it. The way my colleagues at the Institute would like folks to think about fire is that it’s important to try to be prepared knowing it can happen at any time, but not live life in fear of fire. We’d like people to, over time, learn to live with fire. The reason is that in many parts of New Mexico, many of these forests were adapted to fire for centuries. A lot of these forests used to have frequent very low-intensity, low-to-theground fires that would sweep through from lightning, and they would thin out the forest. But those fires are different from what we are seeing now because for a few decades we got in the habit of stopping all fires—believing that they were bad—and now we have overgrown forests. We have drought, we have higher winds and we have more people, more power lines, more of everything that can start fires, so we’re ripe for these really big, hot, fast moving fires that forests have not adapted to.
What we as an Institute want to help people do is understand that fire is not bad—it’s what type of fire. As we all grapple with this, we need to think about how to return to wellmanaged, well-planned prescribed fires to these landscapes. That sounds counterintuitive, but it’s what it’s going to take. These prescribed fires are a key to trying to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
COURTESY STACI MATLOCK
with New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute Public Information Coordinator Staci Matlock
Monday night karaoke hosted by Crash Romeo. 7-10 pm
RED FANG
Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
Your favorite beer-crushing, zombie-killing, air-guitar-contest-judging metal heroes are back in action, supported by psychedelic rock group Spoon Benders (See SFR Picks, Page 19). 7 pm, $27-$30
WORKSHOP
TEEN/TWEEN AERIAL
CLASSES
Wise Fool New Mexico 1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588
Kids ages 11-15 can learn trapeze, lyra, fabric and rope. 5:15 pm, $29-$156
THE CALENDAR
TUE/2
ART OPENINGS
PICTURESQUE SUMMER
Obscura Gallery
225 Delgado St., (505) 577-6708
Photography of four female photographers.
11 am-5 pm
EVENTS
BOARD GAME NIGHT
CHOMP Food Hall
505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772- 0946
Play a variety of board games and grab a bite or drink at the bar while you’re Call of Cthulu-ing.
5-10 pm
CHESS AT THE MALL
DeVargas Center
564 N Guadalupe St., (505) 983-4671
Casual chess and conversation.
10 am-1 pm
SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET
Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 983-4098
More than 150 local farmers and producers.
8 am-1 pm
SANTA FE FARMERS’ MARKET
DEL SUR
Parking Lot @Presbyterian Medical Center
4801 Beckner Road, (505) 983-4098
Today begins the Southside iteration of the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market. Find it every Tuesday through Sept. 24
3-6 pm
TAROT TUESDAY
La Reina
El Rey Court, 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Reflection and self-discovery
6-8 pm
MUSIC
SANTA FE BANDSTAND:
B-SIDE PLAYERS WITH VIBESTRONG
Santa Fe Plaza
63 Lincoln Ave., lensic360.org
Latin American grooves with one of the most enduring bands of our time.
6 pm
BOXCAR PRESENTS
SINDUSTRY NIGHT WITH DJ
D-MONIC
Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
DJ D-Monic busts out the Latin beats.
9 pm-2 am
DON CURRY
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
A variety of classic rock jams.
4 pm
THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM
Evangelo’s
200 W San Francisco St, (505) 982-9014
Jam with blues fans.
8:30-11:30 pm
TRANSVIOLET
Meow Wolf
1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369
Alternative pop-rock comes to the ever-popular Meow Wolf. 7 pm, $18
THEATER
NOTHING ELSE, MOTHERS
Teatro Paraguas
3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601
An original Czech production starring Cécile da Costa and Antonie Formanová. 7 pm, $15-$30
WORKSHOP
EXPLORING REALITY: LEARNING TO LIVE LIGHTLY
Santa Fe Women’s Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 983-9455
Explore Kelsang Gyatso’s book,The New Eight Steps to Happiness. If all it takes is eight, we’re into it. If it takes nine, though, we’d have to think about it.
6-7:30 pm
ONGOING
A LIFETIME OF LEARNING: TWO ARTISTIC JOURNEYS
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 1075 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4631
Paintings and sculpture. 9 am-5 pm
A MAN CALLED T
Calliope
2876 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 660-9169
Paintings and sculpture from artist Terrell Powell.
A MODERNIST WALK
Patina Gallery
131 W Palace Ave., (505) 986-3432
Jewelry by Heather Guidero
ACTIVATING OGA PO’OGEH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Railyard Park Conservancy 805 Early St., (505) 316-3596
An installation by Kathleen Wall made with metal frames and concrete ears of corn is brought to life through video.
ALAN CRANE: LITHOGRAPHS FROM MEXICO
Hecho Gallery
129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882
Finely-detailed Mexican landscape prints by the late lithographer and illustrator Crane.
AMIDST CRIES FROM THE RUBBLE: ART OF LOSS AND RESILIENCE FROM UKRAINE Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204
An exhibit bearing witness to the conflict in Ukraine.
AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO
Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433
Animal sculptures.
ART IN THE LIBRARY:
EMERALD NORTH
Irene S. Sweetkind Public Library 6515 Hoochaneetsa Blvd, Ste. B, Cochiti Lake, (505) 465-2561
Dibbs explores the natural world and humanity through painting and sculpture.
TAMARIND INSTITUTE
Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681
A pop-up exhibit featuring a selection of fine art lithography prints.
THE DENSITY OF TIME REVISITED
Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915
Photography by Blaine Ellis.
THE GILA AT 100 Obscura Gallery
225 Delgado St
A photo exhibit that honors the Gila Wilderness on its 100th birthday.
THE IRISH TRAVELERS: A FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582
A series of photos by Rebecca Moseman document the lives, culture and traditions of the Irish Travelers.
THE WEIGHT WE CARRY CONTAINER
1226 Flagman Way, (505)995-0012
An exhibit highlighting influential street artists.
TIM REED: SILLY LOVE SONGS
Iconik Coffee Roasters (Original) 1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996
Psychedelic multimedia works.
VISUAL JOURNEYS Nocturne 818
818 Camino Sierra Vista
A show featuring techniques and subjects by the trio of lifelong photographers Sam Elkind, Ashton Thornhill and John Wylie.
WAX ON – WAX IN Museum of Encaustic Art 18 County Road 55A, Cerrillos, 87010, (505) 424-6487
An internaitonal juried exhibition featuring 42 encaustic and wax artists.
WESLEY ANDEREGG: SONORA
Hecho Gallery
129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882
Ceramic sculptures WHY MAKE ART? NINE ARTISTS ANSWER
ViVO Contemporary, 725A Canyon Road, (505) 982-1320
Nine artists create paintings scultpure, kiln glass and other mixed media with quotes describing how their work is inspired by questions.
WILLIAM ROTSAERT: THERE'S A NEW CAR IN TOWN art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road, (505) 629-2332
Boldly colored Southwest-themed illustrations.
WOMB OF THE EARTH: COSMOVISION OF THE RAINFOREST
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900
Weavings, embroidery, beadwork, paintings and ceramics by three collectives of Brazilian Indigenous female artists who live in remote villages in the Amazon rainforest.
WOMEN’S HISTORY BANNER EXHIBIT
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey, 476-9700
A new banner exhibit celebrates some of the man courageous women who helped shape the unique multicultural history of New Mexico.
YARROTT BENZ: RECENT WORK
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, (505) 992-0711
A collection of abstract sculptural pieces made from found wood, painted with vivid saturated colors.
HANA KOSTIS: AN INCOHERENT BODY
ICA Santa Fe 906 St. Francis Dr, (505) 603-4466
Sculpture, ink studies on paper and archival prints explore the body and subject as a condition of the continual disorganization and articulation.
FILM
SUMBIT YOUR FILM TO THE 7TH ANNUAL MADRID FILM FEST
Online
Aspiring and established filmmakers are invited to submit films (15 minutes and under) to the Madrid Film Festival, with cash prizes up to $500. Deadline is July 31. Visit madridfilmfest.org. Submit your entry in an email to adw@madridfilmfest.org.
Summer Session of the New Mexico Course for Exploring the Jewish Experience (EJE)
Curious about Judaism? Exploring Your Jewish Roots? Perplexed by Antisemitism? In relationship with a Jew?
EJE is a comprehensive exploration of Judaism and the story of the Jewish People. Master teachers, Rabbis Dov Gartenberg and Jack Shlachter present insights on Jewish food, humor, languages, ethnicities, di erences in Diaspora and Israeli Jewish culture. Open to all backgrounds.
The EJE Course is a joint program of Shabbat with Friends NM, HaMakom, Santa Fe, Los Alamos Jewish Center. It is an affiliate of the National Miller Introduction to Judaism Program. Supported by a grant from the National Center to Encourage Judaism.
PRIDE EVENTS
PRIDE PARADE PATIO PARTY: BRUNCH FOR A CAUSE
The Plaza Cafe Downtown 54 Lincoln Ave. Prepare for an epic day of pride fun, delicious food, and great company. 8:15-11 am, $100
PRIDE AFTER DARK: FEATURING TRACY YOUNG
The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, (505) 992-5800
WED/26
EQUAL GROUNDS
The LANL Guadalupe BuildingDorothy McKibbin Conference Center
100 N. Guadalupe St., bit.ly/3WBpnfG
A talk about community and LGBTQ+ allied businesses— which is precisely the types of places you can and should spend your bucks.
8:30-10 am
THU/27
BIKE POLO QUEER NIGHT
Herb Martinez Park, 914 Camino Carlos Rey
An invitation to the LGBTQ+ to learn how to play bike polo. 6 pm
PRIDE DRAG BINGO!
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
An evening of bingo, laughter and dazzling drag performances from some of the most notable drag artists our city has to offer. 7-9 pm, $20
FRI/28
2024 GAY PRIDE GLITTER: QUEER WOMAN'S DANCE PARTY
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
Put on your best glitter outfit and dancing shoes (See SFR picks page 19). 8 pm, $20
SAT/29
31ST ANNUAL PRIDE PARADE & PRIDE ON THE PLAZA
Santa Fe Plaza 63 Lincoln Ave., hrasantafe.org
The biggest pride celebration in Santa Fe history including a parade, live music, vendors and more.
10 am-5 pm
OUT WEST COMMUNITY DAY/PRIDE
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
A celebration of Santa Fe Pride celebrating gay and lesbian artists in the Southwest with special activities and tours.
11 am-4 pm
PRIDE 2024: CHESS AT THE SANTA FE RAILYARD
Triangle Park 1609D Alcadesa St., Chess for all ages, genders and lifestyles. 8:30-10:30 am
PRIDE ON THE PLAZA
Historic Santa Fe Plaza
63 Lincoln Ave
A day of celebration, love and inclusivity. 10 am-5 pm
A pride after-party (ages 21 and up) featuring DJ/ Producer Tracy Young. 8:30 pm-1:45 am, $25-$35
SUN/30
AFTER BURN: PRIDE SANTA FE CLOSING T-DANCE
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
Music, dancing and water games (wear a swimsuit). 1-5 pm, $10-$15
BIG GAY DRAG BRUNCH
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
A pride closeout brunch with some of your favorite drag performers. 11 am-1 pm
GURLZ GONE WILD
Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
More drag show action (See SFR picks p. 19). Noon-2 pm, $20-$50
MON/1
QUEER NIGHT
El Rey Court
1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Meet like-minded members of the LGBTQ community. 5-11 pm
Tuesday Evenings from 7-8:30pm. July 9th - August 27th.
Tuition is only $18. Hybrid format including online and in-person participants.
For more information and registration, scan this QR Code or write to Rabbi Dov at dov@shabbatwithfriends.org
Where to dance, party, drink, see, be seen and otherwise celebrate Pride 2024 in Santa Fe.
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Lisa
Kori reimagines AsianAmerican music history
BY RED CELL author@sfreporter.com
In a daring act of cultural reclamation, Santa Fe-based musician Lisa Kori is set this week to debut her ambitious Daughter of the West project—a collection of songs envisioned as if Asian-American musical influences had organically permeated the canon of American roots music.
Inspired by her Chinese and Japanese ancestry, as well as the storied history of Asian immigrants in the American West, Kori conducted the project with a $2,500 grant from the Howlin’ Dog Music Group nonprofit, and has crafted an auditory mirage that reimagines her family’s immigrant experiences into an alternate historical realm where their cultural identities were embraced rather than erased.
Old photographs Kori came across of her grandparents in the American West that defied the typical portrayals and pop culture depictions of early Asian newcomers helped plant the seeds for the project.
“They were wearing western boots and cowboy hats, a guy was holding a rifle and they were sitting in front of these 1930s cars,” she recounts. “This is not what Hollywood had taught me my great-grandparents were like...they obviously had hopes and dreams in the West that were very different from what I’d seen.”
So, Kori set out on a speculative history venture, constructing music that might
have existed had that cultural lineage not been disrupted.
“What if Asian Americans were allowed to keep their music or their culture? My music imagines what it would sound like if elements of Japanese and Chinese music had become a natural part of American roots music,” Kori says.
“I’ve been wondering what songs my Chinese ancestors brought to the US when they emigrated during the Gold Rush, and what songs my Japanese ancestors sang while working the sugar plantations of Hawaii. I wonder about the arduous labor of the Chinese who built the railroads, and wish I could hear their work songs. Why didn’t their music become part of the landscape? I’m making art based on what I didn’t see.”
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Music. Since then, Kori has spent time as an artist-in-residence at artistic research centers like Fabrica in Treviso, Italy; Eyebeam in Brooklyn, New York; and Hangar in Barcelona, Spain, as well as co-creating a room-sized interactive sound installation with creative coder Caitlin Morris that premiered at the 2014 Sónar Festival in Barcelona.
In pondering her heritage, Kori says she began to feel a strong connection with her Japanese great-grandfather who immigrated to Hawaii as a sugar plantation worker. And the project shifted during the writing process.
“The feeling I was getting was... you’re making it too serious. Don’t make it about the trauma; make it about the adventure. It feels like I’m connecting to this generational thing, tapping into this sense of adventurousness,” she says.
With songs in hand, the next step of assembling the requisite talent represented a formidable undertaking.
“It took a nationwide search to put this band together,” Kori admits.
From New York to the Southwest, she
sought out musical masters of not only skill, but authenticity. Those performing alongside Kori include: Danting Qiao, the former concertmaster of the Peking University Chinese Orchestra, who will lend her mastery of the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese fiddle; and Jake Larcqua, an ethnomusicologist studying under Japanese master Yoko Hiraoka, who will contribute the distinctive tones of the shamisen, a Japanese stringed instrument akin to a banjo.
Kori’s own artistic background is curiously disparate, starting as a youngster with folk guitar and later transitioning into classical music and earning a scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory. However, academic music was not for her, so she switched her major to new media. This led to a fellowship researching electronic music and sound art across 15 countries and collaborating with ethnomusicologist David Novak to write a chapter for the book Handmade Electronic
But it wasn’t until moving to the Southwest that Kori began to revisit her early love of folk music. She’s been lucky enough to call Don Richmond, John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson her mentors, and she’s collaborated with local folk-forward acts and artists like Dear Doctor, Clementine Was Right and Lucy Barna. Now living in Santa Fe, Kori hopes to take her reimagined history as far as possible, perhaps even as an interactive multimedia opera someday. That spirit of adventure rings through in Kori’s pensive lyricism and vocals, which at times evoke the clarity and fierce longing of Patti Smith, and the resulting album is a deeply personal voyage. Co-produced with Grammy-winning producer/engineer, Marc Whitmore, Daughter of the West is an illuminating journey into “a Wild West that never quite existed,” Kori says. Ultimately, the music emerges as an exploration of identity pluralized—a dialogue between Kori’s intersecting cultural currents, each fluent in its own sonic idiom, yet united in the respective voices of her ancestors. It’s a profoundly intimate offering that chips away at the monolithic model of racial categorization and suppression.
Tickets available through Eventbrite
DAUGHTER OF THE WEST: AN EVENING OF ASIAN AMERICANA: 6:30 pm Thursday, June 27. Sliding scale/$20 suggested donation. San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974
“What if Asian Americans were allowed to keep their music or culture?” asks musician Lisa Kori as she embarks on her new project.
Fancy Dance Review
Reservation Dogs scribe leads a masterclass in environmental storytelling
BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com
If you can’t place how you know the name Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga Nation), it’s likely because you’ve forgotten she wrote and directed numerous episodes of the much-lauded FX/Hulu show Reservation Dogs. Tremblay also has quite a few film credits under her belt in various roles, but the forthcoming Fancy Dance starring Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone might be her most impactful work yet.
Gladstone (Blackfeet) here plays Jax, a queer auntie living on the Seneca-Cayuga rez in Oklahoma with her young niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson, Tr’ondëk Hwéch’) who finds herself dealing with the aftermath of her missing sister, Roki’s mother. As the community barrels toward the big annual powwow, Jax must contend with a broken system, ailing connections to her family and her very survival—all while trying to keep her niece’s connections to their culture alive alongside her own.
Gladstone strikes a sublime balance between magnetic and repulsive as the hustler Jax. On one
THE WATCHERS 6 + MUSIC; FANNING’S STILL GOT IT - DRAWN-OUT ENDING; DIMENSIONLESS CHARACTERS
Despite a compelling-as-hell premise, first-time director Ishana Shyamalan’s borderline thriller/ horror film The Watchers—much like father M. Night Shyamalan’s movies—starts strong, yet ultimately overstays its welcome.
In the film, a tortured young pet store worker named Mina (Dakota Fanning) is tapped to deliver a rare bird to a zoo in the Irish countryside. Mina has trauma, natch, and flashes back to fleeting glimpses of the thing that made her what she is today—kind of a sad sack.
The journey to the zoo doesn’t go as planned, obviously, and Mina becomes trapped in an inexplicable one-room building alongside a trio of similarly lost people deep within an unmapped forest. At night, the mysterious so-called Watchers come to observe Mina and the others through one of those two-way mirrors; what the creatures might be is anyone’s guess, but they make creepy sounds, so they’re probably not that cool. Thus, Mina decides to escape the forest despite grave warnings from another watchee (Olwen Fouéré).
The Watchers is based on the novel of the same name by AM Shine, who here co-wrote the script with Shyamalan. Dear old dad produced, and his fingerprints are everywhere. If Isahana does have her own style or desires as a filmmaker, they’re
hand, she seems to be corrupting her niece with meditations on thievery and deception; on the other, their environs don’t exactly make for easy living and almost every move Jax makes feels justifiable in that steal-a-loaf-of-bread way.
Tremblay, who co-wrote the script with Miciana Alise (Tlingit) and also directs, is a masterful environmental storyteller. Jax and Roki’s home, for example, is a cluttered mess, but a home; and scenes set in places like Tulsa drug dens, the rez mini-mart/fence or the strip club where Jax’s paramour (a quick but pivotal performance from Crystal Lightning, Enoch Cree) works set a tone of living with little hope—but living nonetheless. Even a brief turn from Boardwalk Empire alum Shea Whigham as Jax’s white father adds a layer of meaning to Jax’s pathos; even a quick scene featuring semi-nomadic oil workers is cause for contemplation.
BONUS FEATURES
overshadowed by a tone similar to M. Night’s Old or Knock at the Cabin—here’s hoping she has a little more autonomy next time. Ultimately, Shyamalan shows much promise (and it’s almost worth it to see the film for the excellent score from Penny Dreadful composer Abel Korzeniowski), and The Watchers is a perfectly fine summer popcorn flick. (ADV)
Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 102 min.
LISTS FOR DAYS
Looking for a good time? Pop by the New Mexico Film Office’s website (nmfilm.com) and search the NM Filmography section. In short, it’s a year-byyear breakdown of everything that was ever filmed here (not counting porn, probably), including movies and TV and promo stuff for Meow Wolf—and it dates back to 1987. You could surely use this to rig a bet, or at least find out that we’re only about halfway through the year and there have already been roughly 30 things shot in our fair state.
ANOTHER SERIES IN THE SERIES
Violet Crown Cinema (1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678) has really been going wild in the realm of film series and will keep it going with CineDoom from Diné filmmaker Blackhorse Lowe (Reservation Dogs). The curated series digs into screenings of films that inspired Lowe, and he’s no stranger to putting such programming together—Lowe did a similar series in Albuquerque in 2017, then again in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2019. Thus far at Violet Crown, Lowe has screened Wong Kar Wai’s 2046, as well
Jax wants a better life for her niece and doesn’t know how to make it happen, but she speaks Cayuga regularly and passes along ceremonial and cultural knowledge often. Still, the omnipresent undercurrent of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People permeates each and every scene, leaving little room for comfort or a satisfying climax. It hurts, in fact, when we must accept what Jax knows all along: Help isn’t coming, but celebrating small victories, even if they’re just another sunrise, sometimes has to be enough. Fancy Dance comes to the AppleTV+ streaming service this week, but also select theaters—like Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts.
FANCY DANCE
Directed by Tremblay
With Gladstone, Deroy-Olson, Lightning and Whigham Center for Contemporary Arts, R, 90 min.
as the Sundance Indigenous Film Tour featuring numerous recent films from Indigenous directors. At 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 30, catch David Lynch’s Wild At Heart with a Native-made short kicking off the evening. Tickets run $16.
THE FILM-TO-OPERA PIPELINE
SFR previously recommended the Center for Contemporary Arts and Santa Fe Opera’s collaborative Screen to Stage series, wherein folks working on Santa Fe Opera productions this year pick films to screen at the CCA, and then they talk about those films. The next iteration includes the weird and funny The Eyes of Tammy Faye screening on Monday, July 8, which was paired with The Righteous (music by Gregory Spears; libretto by Tracy K Smith), which has its world premiere this summer (July 13-Aug. 13). Santa Fe Opera Director of Community Engagement Andrea Fellows Fineberg previously told us that particular pick came from SFO General Director Robert K Meya, and says the relationship between film and opera is less one of influence and more one of contrasts. Visit ccasantafe.org and/or santafeopera.org for more info on either venue.
SQUEEZE, DON’T PULL
Ever since John Wick changed our collective minds about what action films could be in 2014 (not counting kung fu movie fans who already totally knew), there has been no shortage of close combat gore fests wherein people shoot and stab people in a borderline intimate/sexual fashion. Hell, even
Bob Odenkirk did that movie Nobody that was basically John Wick: Now in Dad Form. Not to be left out of the conversation, Jessica Alba stars in Trigger Warning, which came to Netflix on June 21 and was filmed in and around Albuquerque, Madrid, Cerrillos and Santa Fe. The imdb.com synopsis reads: “A devoted daughter is attempting to figure out the cause of her father’s passing,” so one can only assume that Trigger Warning is very likely stupid but also very likely awesome and actiony.
DOWNWINDERS DOC HELD OVER
Director Lois Lipman’s First We Bombed New Mexico, which began a series of community screenings and Q&As earlier this month at Violet Crown, was held over for a third week, with showings through tomorrow, June 27. The movie documents the state’s downwinders and uranium miners’ ongoing quest to receive compensation for generations of illnesses as a result of the Trinity Test and the nuclear industry’s work in the state, and features Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium founder Tina Cordova and her quest for justice. After premiering last year at the Santa Fe International Film Festival, the movie has since traveled across the country, and won several awards at various film festivals. Lipman, earlier this month, told SFR she made the movie “so we could reach more people in an intimate way that would touch people’s hearts and bring about change.” We’ve seen it twice and recommend everyone catch it on the big screen.
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Rob Brezsny Week of June 26th
ARIES (March 21-April 19): This may sound weird, but I think now is a perfect time to acquire a fresh problem. Not just any old boring problem, of course. Rather, I’m hoping you will carefully ponder what kind of dilemma would be most educational for you—which riddle might challenge you to grow in ways you need to. Here’s another reason you should be proactive about hunting down a juicy challenge: Doing so will ensure that you won’t attract mediocre, meaningless problems.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Now is an excellent time to start learning a new language or to increase your proficiency in your native tongue. Or both. It’s also a favorable phase to enrich your communication skills and acquire resources that will help you do that. Would you like to enhance your ability to cultivate friendships and influence people? Are you interested in becoming more persuasive, articulate, and expressive? If so, Taurus, attend to these self-improvement tasks with graceful intensity. Life will conspire benevolently on your behalf if you do. (PS: I’m not implying you’re weak in any of these departments; just that now is a favorable time to boost your capacities.)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith wrote the book I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. I invite you to think and feel deeply about this theme during the coming months. In my experience with Geminis, you are often so versatile and multi-faceted that it can be challenging to focus on just one or two of your various callings. And that may confuse your ability to know what you want more than anything else. But here’s the good news. You may soon enjoy a grace period when you feel really good about devoting yourself to one goal more than any other.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are entering a phase when you will be wise to question fixed patterns and shed age-old habits. The more excited you get about re-evaluating everything you know and believe, the more likely it is that exciting new possibilities will open up for you. If you are staunchly committed to resolving longstanding confusions and instigating fresh approaches, you will launch an epic chapter of your life story. Wow! That sounds dramatic. But it’s quite factual. Here’s the kicker: You’re now in prime position to get vivid glimpses of specific successes you can accomplish between now and your birthday in 2025.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How many different ways can you think of to ripen your spiritual wisdom? I suggest you choose two and pursue them with gleeful vigor in the coming weeks. You are primed to come into contact with streams of divine revelations that can change your life for the better. All the conditions are favorable for you to encounter teachings that will ennoble your soul and hone your highest ideals. Don’t underestimate your power to get the precise enlightenment you need.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Border collies are dogs with a herding instinct. Their urges to usher, steer, and manage are strong. They will not only round up sheep and cattle, but also pigs, chickens, and ostriches—and even try to herd cats. In my estimation, Virgo, border collies are your spirit creatures these days. You have a special inclination and talent to be a good shepherd. So use your aptitude with flair. Provide extra navigational help for people and animals who would benefit from your nurturing guidance. And remember to do the same for your own wayward impulses!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): We have arrived at the midpoint of 2024. It’s check-in time. Do you recall the promises you made to yourself last January? Are you about halfway into the frontier you vowed to explore? What inspirational measures could you instigate to renew your energy and motivation for the two most important goals in your life? What would you identify as the main obstacle to your blissful success, and how could you diminish it? If you’d like to refresh your
memory of the long-term predictions I made for your destiny in 2024, go here: tinyurl.com/Libra2024. For 2023’s big-picture prophecies, go here: tinyurl. com/2023Libra.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Gary Hug was educated as a machinist and food scientist, but for many years he has worked primarily as an amateur astronomer. Using a seven-foot telescope he built in the backyard of his home, he has discovered a comet and 300 asteroids, including two that may come hazardously close to Earth. Extolling the joys of being an amateur, he says he enjoys “a sense of freedom that you don’t have when you’re a professional.” In the coming weeks, Scorpio, I encourage you to explore and experiment with the joys of tasks done out of joy rather than duty. Identify the work and play that feel liberating and indulge in them lavishly.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your power spots will be places that no one has visited or looked into for a while. Sexy secrets and missing information will be revealed to you as you nose around in situations where you supposedly should not investigate. The light at the end of the tunnel is likely to appear well before you imagined it would. Your lucky number is 8, your lucky color is black, and your lucky emotion is the surprise of discovery. My advice: Call on your memory to serve you in amazing ways; use it as a superpower.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Happy Unbirthday, Capricorn! It’s time to celebrate the season halfway between your last birthday and your next. I hope you will give yourself a fun gift every day for at least the next seven days. Fourteen days would be even better. See if you can coax friends and allies to also shower you with amusing blessings. Tell them your astrologer said that would be a very good idea. Now here’s an unbirthday favor from me: I promise that between now and January 2025, you will create healing changes in your relationship with your job and with work in general.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): While sleeping, my Aquarian friend Janelle dreamed that she and her family lived in a cabin in the woods. When dusk was falling, a strange animal put its face against the main window. Was it a bear? A mountain lion? Her family freaked out and hid in a back bedroom. But Janelle stayed to investigate. Looking closely, she saw the creature was a deer. She opened up the window and spoke to it, saying, “What can I do for you?” The deer, who was a talking deer, said, “I want to give you and your family a gift. See this necklace I’m wearing? It has a magic ruby that will heal a health problem for everyone who touches it.” Janelle managed to remove the necklace, whereupon the deer wandered away and she woke up from the dream. During subsequent weeks, welcome changes occurred in her waking life. She and three of her family members lost physical ailments that had been bothering them. I think this dream is a true fairy tale for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A psychologist friend tells me that if we have an intense craving for sugar, it may be a sign that deeper emotional needs are going unmet. I see merit in her theory. But here’s a caveat. What if we are currently not in position to get our deeper emotional needs met? What if there is at least temporarily some barrier to achieving that lovely goal? Would it be wrong to seek a partial quenching of our soul cravings by communing with fudge brownies, peach pie, and crème brûlée? I don’t think it would be wrong. On the contrary. It might be an effective way to tide ourselves over until more profound gratification is available. But now here’s the good news, Pisces: I suspect more profound gratification will be available sooner than you imagine.
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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO No. D-101-PB-2024-00109
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LEGALS
HEARING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following:
1. DELFINA A. LUJAN, Deceased died on November 26, 2020; 2. Lourdes Tenorio filed a Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy, for Formal Determination of Heirship, for Formal Determination of the Heirs’ Respective Share(s) of the Net Estate, and for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative, endorsed May 14, 2024; and,
3. A hearing on the abovereferenced Petition has been set for July 10, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at the Judge Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501 before the Honorable Katleen McGarry Ellenwood. All parties are to appear remotely for this hearing. Parties may appear either by video at http:// meet.google.com/wof-cofz-tuq or by calling 1-563-503-5060 and entering pin number 818 230 380#.
Pursuant to Section 45-1-401 (A) (3), N.M.S.A., 1978 (2014 Repl.), notice of the time and place of hearing on the above-referenced Petition is hereby given to you by publication, once each week, for three consecutive weeks.
NOTICE OF SALE LEGALS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DELFINA A. LUJAN, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, FOR FORMAL DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, FOR FORMAL DETERMINATION OF THE HEIRS’ RESPECTIVE SHARE(S) OF THE ESTATE, AND FOR FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO: ALL KNOWN HEIRS OF DELFINA A. LUJAN, DECEASED; MARCUS DELGADO; ESTEVAN DELGADO; EVELYN GARCIA; ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARIA CANDELARIA, DECEASED; ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JANICE MOISA, DECEASED; ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PATRICIA ARCHULETA, DECEASED; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DELFINA A. LUJAN, DECEASED; AND, ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF DELFINA A. LUJAN, DECEASED, OR IN THE MATTER BEING LITIGATED IN THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED
particularly described as:
DATED this 7th day of June, 2024. Lourdes Tenorio, Petitioner THE CULLEN LAW FIRM, P.C.
Attorneys for Petitioner 2006 Botulph Road P.O. Box 1575
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504 (505) 988-7114 (office) (505) 995-8694 (facsimile) lawfirm@cullen.cc
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01415 VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. LEONARD JACKSON, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 17, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1105, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more
An undivided 500/289000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1105, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, A Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, A Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2003 Timeshare Interest: UDI-Float Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights (If applicable): 500 including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 30, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $5,960.05, plus interest of $581.96 from January 1, 2024 through July 17, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy
the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-02056
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. MIROSLAVA GOJDOVA, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 17, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2118, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as:
An undivided 3000/263000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 2118, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii)
exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the thencurrent Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2118
Initial Use Year: 2004
Fixed Use Period (if applicable): N/A
Number of Rights (if applicable): 3000
Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable): N/A Vacation Week No.: N/A
Unit Type (If applicable): N/A including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 28, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $7,963.98, plus interest of $777.63 from January 1, 2024 through July 17, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the abovedescribed judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order
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of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network
P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01937
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMY HENLINE, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 17, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2121, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and
enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the thencurrent Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2121
Initial Use Year: 1999
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year
Vacation Week No.: 05 Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 29, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $10,298.84, plus interest of $1,005.62 from January 1, 2024 through July 17, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one
(1) month right of redemption and entry of AN ORDER OF THE COURT Approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master
LEGAL PROCESS NETWORK
P.O. BOX 279
SANDIA PARK, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF SANTA FE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01999
VILLAS DE SANTA FE
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. SAGE FORTEEN, LLC, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 31, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1206, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk
of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195 294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”). Unit No.: 1206 Vacation Week No.: 14 Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom Deluxe Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 31, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $10,493.63, plus interest of $1,097.09 from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01848
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MICHAEL K. FOX AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MICHAEL K. FOX, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 31, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the abovenamed Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1106, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1106
Vacation Week No.: 32
Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom Deluxe
Initial Use Year: 1999
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as,
but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 31, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $7,286.43, plus interest of $761.78 from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the abovedescribed judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-411
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-02004
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. SUSAN B. PEINADO; THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SUSAN B. PEINADO; and THE UNKNOWN HEIRS of ARTHUR G.
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PEINADO,Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 31, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the abovenamed Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1210, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 5000/289000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1210, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Period as shall properly havebeen reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, A Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2002
Timeshare Interest: UDI-Float
Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights: 5000
Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable): N/A
Vacation Week No.: N/A
Unit Type (If applicable): N/A including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to
satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on June 3, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $9,174.44, plus interest of $959.17 from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024.
Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 5th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01993
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. O & L ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 31, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the
rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1205, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 1/104 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1205, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1205
Initial Use Year: 2003
Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Fixed Assigned Unit: 1205
Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom Deluxe Vacation Week No.: 2 including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 31, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $6,612.93, plus interest of $691.37 from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its
bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 10th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
NOTICE OF PENDENCY
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01928
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROBERT WHITE AKA BOBBY J. WHITE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROBERT WHITE AKA BOBBY J. WHITE, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROBERT WHITE AKA BOBBY J. WHITE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROBERT WHITE AKA BOBBY J. WHITE
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an action against you in the aboveentitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit
2221, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as:
1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the common furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the limited common elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the common elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the thencurrent Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2221
Vacation Week No.: 20
Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year
Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice of Pendency, judgment by default will be entered against you.
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY V. WEBSTER and UNKNOWN
SPOUSE OF MARY V. WEBSTER, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY V. WEBSTER and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MARY V. WEBSTER
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit 2122, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interest(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Fixed Assigned Unit: 2122 Vacation Week No.: 15 Unit Type: 1 Bedroom Initial Use Year: 1999
Timeshare Interest: Floating ANNUAL Year
Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice of Pendency, judgment by default will be entered against you.
GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
By: /s/ S. J. Lucero
Mx. S. J. Lucero (they/them) 500 Marquette NW, 12th Floor Albuquerque, NM 87102
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Telephone: (888) 491.1120
Email 1: S.J.Lucero@gmlaw.com
Email 2: gmforeclosure@gmlaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF SANTA FE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01604
VILLAS DE SANTA FE
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN CULBREATH and THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JOHN CULBREATH, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN CULBREATH and THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JOHN CULBREATH
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit 2112, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interest(s) consisting of 1 undivided one hundred and fourth (1/104) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as
amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2000
Timeshare Interest: Floating Even Year
Fixed Assigned Unit: 2112
Vacation Week No.: 07 Unit Type: 1 Bedroom
Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice of Pendency, judgment by default will be entered against you. GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01457
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. WILL BANSE and KAREN BANSE, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 14, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1209, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as:
One (1) Timeshare Interest consisting of ONE (1) undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii)
non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1209
Initial Use Year: ____
Unit Type: 1 BEDROOM DELUXE
Vacation Week No.: 16
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on March 25, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $7,124.31, plus interest of $794.02 from January 1, 2024 through August 14, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the abovedescribed judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1)
month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 17th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network
P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01858
VILLAS DE SANTA FE
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
WARREN A. BROOKS and CAROL A. BROOKS,Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 14, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the abovenamed Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1209, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded
in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1209
Vacation Week No.: 32
Unit Type: 1 Bedroom Deluxe Initial Use Year: 2000
Timeshare Interest: Float Both Odd and Even Years including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on June 7, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $10,568.85, plus interest of $1,177.92 from January 1, 2024 through August 14, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 17th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01701
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. ELITE VACATIONS, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 14, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1401, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 1/104 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1401, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium ( the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1401
Initial Use Year: 2011
Timeshare Interest: Odd Year Vacation Week No.: 51
Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom Deluxe including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
LEGALS
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on March 25, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $6,524.58, plus interest of $727.18 from January 1, 2024 through August 14, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash. In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court. The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale. Witness my hand this 17th day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-02011
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. ROBERT S. LERMA and MARIE T. MURPHY, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
TO: MARIE T. MURPHY
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an
action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit 2120, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2120
Initial Use Year: 2000
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year
Vacation Week No.: 51 Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom
Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice of Pendency, judgment by default will be entered against you.
GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
By: /s/ S. J. Lucero
Mx. S. J. Lucero (they/them) 500 Marquette NW, 12th Floor Albuquerque, NM 87102 Telephone: (888) 491.1120
Email 1: S.J.Lucero@gmlaw.com
Email 2: gmforeclosure@gmlaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01998
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,
INC., Plaintiff,
v. RODNEY A. MASON AND UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RODNEY A. MASON, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: RODNEY A. MASON AND UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RODNEY A. MASON
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit 1211, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as: An undivided 2500/289000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1211, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 1211
Initial Use Year: Fixed Use Period (If applicable): Number of Rights (If applicable): 2500
Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable):
Vacation Week No.:
Unit Type (If applicable): Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice of Pendency, judgment by default
will be entered against you. GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01836
VILLAS DE SANTA FE
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. BRANNON HALL, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 31, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1203, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interest(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico,
in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2011
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual
Unit No.: 1203
Vacation Week No.: 03
Unit Type: 1 Bedroom Deluxe including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on May 31, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $10,318.63, plus interest of $1,078.79 from January 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 21st day of’ June, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network
P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE IN THE SANTA FE COUNTY PROBATE COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARIA LOUISA LEYBA, Deceased.
No. 2024 0143
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, MARGARET LEYBA-SANCHEZ, has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of MARIA LOUISA LEYBA, Deceased.
All persons having claims against this Estate of the Decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or sixty (60) days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to MARGARET LEYBA-SANCHEZ, Personal Representative, c/o Daniel Sanchez, Esq., 2304 Middle Court, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 or filed with the Santa Fe County Probate Court at the Santa Fe County Courthouse, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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