Santa Fe Reporter, June 7, 2023

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OPINION 5

NEWS

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

ROUND AND ROUND 9

Transit Advisory Board members want to get back to work—the mayor just needs to appoint them

PLAZA ENCROACHMENT 11

Cannabis company’s new downtown location would be the last within sight of the Plaza under city rules SUMMER GUIDE

Remove the glossy (and fancy) insert within this paper to get the lowdown on summer shows and movies, trains, nightlife, boba and more

CULTURE

SFR PICKS 13

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Hop on Kiki’s broomstick, hear a kantele, join the Video Library club and whip up some sticky rice

THE CALENDAR 14

3 QUESTIONS 18

With interdisciplinary artist Kade Twist

FOOD 25

EL TESORO

In which we initiate our new intern into the wonders of El Comal’s smothered and stuffed sopaipilla (and maybe pop by Harry’s Roadhouse, too)

MUSIC 27

SOFT ‘N’ SWEET

Lamby’s music is as gentle as their name (but with fewer bleats)

MOVIES 28

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE REVIEW

The infinite recursion of spider-beings just got weirder—and prettier

THE BOOGEYMAN REVIEW

This is not what we wanted to see coming out of the closet for Pride

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NEWS, MAY 24: “PILING ON” FOR PETE’S SAKE

I live near Pete’s Place and this is what I and my neighbors have experienced: garbage strewn all over Harrison Avenue and Cerrillos Road; police vehicles with lights flashing parked next to the shelter; pedestrians in the street, oblivious to traffic, often blocking it; a masked man holding a rifle trying to stop cars, requiring police intervention; abandoned shopping carts in fields and parks; tents surrounded by beer cans and bottles; visits by strangers who squat on my property or ring my bell at 2 am, requiring police intervention; theft of my locked bike from a secured location on my property. I support Pete’s Place with occasional donations of goods, yet regardless of who’s right this is unsustainable. The neighborhoods surrounding the shelter are effectively sacrifice zones for the rest of the city. I hope the courts will do something to resolve this because Webber and the City Council certainly aren’t.

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THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

I want to voice opposition to SFR including public schools in “Best Of” voting. Public schools are not businesses. A right-leaning voice has developed throughout the country promoting the idea that parents should be able to shop for the best public school like they are private schools or businesses. The Santa Fe public school system has greatly suffered, with families transferring rather than focusing on their district.

...What makes a public school successful is not as simple as “service” or “product.” Voting for a good hamburger does not require the same sort of nuanced thinking. Public school is a service to our democracy...Every child should be proud of their school. Imagine a child who loves their district reading their school is on the bottom of the list. Their image of their school does a lot to promote feelings about school long term. What you are proposing is short-sighted and harmful.

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into the nitty gritty of overseeing the city’s languishing public transit system. Webber says he doesn’t have any immediate plans to make appointments to the transit board.

“I’ve been focusing on the planning commission, historic commission, veterans commission, a couple more,” he tells SFR.

the community college, instead only providing service on demand, leaving riders to call for a ride when they arrive at a stop rather than being able to rely on buses to arrive at scheduled times.

By working with the Transit Advisory Board, Maez says he wanted to be a voice for students and staff. The board served as a platform for riders and other local residents to put forward their ideas and concerns, Maez says. The board served, too, as something of an ombudsman, monitoring budgets, ridership and service.

The advisory board’s last meeting, for

example, included discussion of improvements to the Sheridan Street transit center (allegedly coming this year); an update on a Southside transit center (construction has yet to begin); updates on ridership; and discussion of a customer complaint system.

Other former members say the board has been key for helping the system better serve different communities, such as by promoting best practices for serving paratransit passengers with disabilities.

The board fell quiet as the COVID-19 pandemic upended public transportation systems around the world.

BY ANDREW OXFORD author@sfreporter.com

After voters elected in the early 1990s to raise gross receipts taxes to pay for a bus service, officials appointed a board of local residents to help oversee the city’s new transit system.

The Transit Advisory Board was designed to include nine members representing a broad cross-section of the community—seniors, people with disabilities, businesspeople and representatives of educational and government institutions.

But the board has not met formally in over three years and the terms of all its members have expired.

In that time, the city has slashed bus service despite its lofty goals for combating climate change, leaving only half of routes running on regular schedules. That means regularly scheduled buses don’t travel to and from major employers, like St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, and educational institutions like Institute for American Indian Arts. (Routes M, 5, 6, 21 and 22 are always on demand. Other fixed routes are also on demand for some early and late hours.)

Meanwhile, bus stops have been neglected and even the website listed on bus stop signs (takethetrails.com) is broken. Trying to navigate the city by public transit using Google Maps or Apple Maps will only turn up inaccurate schedules and show routes operating where none currently run on fixed schedules. The city instead relies on a different app, RouteShout 2.0, which is so difficult to use it has earned an average review of 1.5 stars on Apple’s App Store.

It’s not that no one cares, though.

In response to a cover story called “On the Struggle Bus” that published May 10, four former transit advisory board members signed a letter to SFR stating they are eager to get back to work. They just need Mayor Alan Webber and the City Council to reappoint them.

After publishing the letter May 24, SFR contacted the mayor to ask if he might take up the volunteers on their offer to delve

Marcos Maez, a former member who signed the letter, tells SFR the group needs the city government’s support if it is going to recruit more members. If reappointed, the board would need five members to conduct business.

“It’s just imperative that we have the Transit Advisory Board running again as one of the mayoral appointed boards,” he says.

Maez got involved with the board through his day job at Santa Fe Community College as director of student engagement and recruitment.

“The reason I felt I could contribute to this board is because for some of our students, the only way they can get to campus is through public transportation,” he says.

A student who might live a 10-minute drive from campus could spend 40 minutes riding the city’s buses to get to class, he says. And now the bus system does not provide any regularly scheduled service to

Then, the city’s governing body last year adopted a sweeping multimodal transition plan that calls for a series of changes to the city’s bus system. That includes restoring regular service on some routes to better serve the South Capitol neighborhood, Midtown and St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, as well as extending service to the airport.

The plan also calls for upgrading the system’s website and bus stops as well as better providing information to riders, who often have to navigate the system without maps, timetables or service advisories posted at bus stops.

There’s no advisory board to monitor the plan’s implementation, however. Transit officials rarely address the City Council and councilors rarely ask questions about the bus system.

Still, the city claims the currently nonexistent board oversees Santa Fe’s bus service when it asks federal officials for funding. In the bus system’s safety plan—a document the city is required to submit to the Federal Transit Administration to receive funding— city officials wrote that the board oversees the system.

And that was as recently as December 2022, more than two years after the board’s last official meeting.

City officials say ensuring that a staff person has time to dedicate to working with that board remains a hurdle to reconvening it. And a top administrative position at Santa Fe Trails that is partly responsible for liaising with the Transit Advisory Board remains vacant.

Still, the four former members who wrote into SFR say they held an informal meeting late last year with Santa Fe Trails staff in attendance.

“We will continue to plan on meeting and now that we’re having this conversation it’s inspiring us to get back together,” Maez says, noting the group will gather whether they are formally reappointed or not.

Making it official would help the group better work with the city and local residents, he adds. However, none of that appears on track to happen soon.

A city plan calls for bus upgrades including restored fixed service to the Route M from downtown to Museum Hill, currently only offering on demand service.

Transit advisory board members want to get back to work—the mayor just needs to appoint them

T he reason I felt I could contribute to this board is because for some of our students, the only way they can get to campus is through public transportation .

-Marcos Maez SFCC director of student engagement and recruitment

Plaza Encroachment

a great day. When there’s not, it’s an average day,” Briones says.

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

Anew downtown outpost of Santa Fe cannabis mainstay Best Daze opening this month may be the last dispensary in the Plaza area. That’s because a city ordinance requires that new cannabis retail spots be no closer than 400 feet to each other.

Best Daze’s new location on W. Palace Avenue, which will be the company’s fourth in the city and which brings the number of dispensaries in Santa Fe to more than three dozen, sits about a block away from the Plaza.

Eli Goodman, who runs Best Daze with his father Len, tells SFR he doesn’t expect to see any more competition near the Plaza, aside from the existing Minerva Canna less than half a mile away.

“Between the two of us, we’ve more or less edged out availability,” Goodman says.

Sidewalks between Minerva’s E. Water Street store and the Plaza call for about a 1,000-foot walk to the center of the square, but as the crow flies, the store measures just a few hundred feet from the edge of the Plaza.

Minerva Canna CEO Erik Briones tells SFR the downtown location, which opened about two months before sales expanded beyond medical-use, has proven to be successful due to high foot traffic.

“When there’s a lot of tourists in town, it’s

Briones agrees the 400-foot proximity zoning rule, in addition to long-term tenants and the Palace of the Governors that already front the Plaza, keeps the likelihood of closer cannabis slim. (The city measures the distance between the main entrances of new stores to determine zoning eligibility.)

Other factors also make it hard to have a go near the Plaza. Tai Bixby, a director at Real Estate Advisors LLC, tells SFR rent rates on and around the Plaza range from about $40 to $60 per square foot.

“The closer you are to the Plaza, the more expensive it is,” Bixby says.

But, he adds, trying to rent a space for cannabis retail comes with its own unique baggage. Some property owners, Bixby says, don’t see cannabis sales as “savory” enough for the many downtown visitors. Property owners who are OK with taking rent from weed shops might be also bound by lenders.

“There’s a lot of things structurally that are built into the debt and equity structures or real estate investments where the lenders don’t allow that type of activity,” he says.

While several dispensaries have opened within walking distance to the Plaza, not all companies are putting a ton of resources into making it a priority. Verdes Cannabis CEO Rachael Speegle says her company’s downtown store at 220 Shelby St., which is the next closest shop to the Plaza, is more focused on educating customers than racking up sales, partly because of the fluctuating tourism season and partly because of the company’s focus on wellness. Cannabis Control Division data shows the downtown Verdes store has made nearly $1.5 million since April 2022.

The Southside Verdes location reports just under $603,000 in sales since its opening in November 2022.

“I think that there’s this fantasy that the Plaza is going to be very lucrative for businesses,” Speegle says. “But we never expected that. We did a lot of research and we put together a prospectus for our Shelby [Street] location, and knew that our intention was just to educate the public, and that’s the point of that store.”

During the summer, the store sees an influx of customers, but sales drop off during the spring and fall months. Further, she says, she doesn’t think out–of-towners are all that interested in proverbially flying to the moon. The store’s most in-demand product is a CBN gummy, which does not contain full-octane THC.

“People want to sleep,” she says. “They get on vacation, they want to rest, they want to relax, they want to have a good night’s sleep without feeling overly intoxicated in the morning.”

Goodman, Briones and Speegle all agree, however, that Santa Fe approaches, if it has not already arrived at, the verge of cannabis retail oversaturation. Goodman says the nearly 40 dispensaries in Santa Fe prove that even with distance restrictions, “zoning is pretty easy.”

Briones says he’d like to see the Regulation and Licensing Department stop issuing cannabis establishment licenses, because “there’s way too many already.”

Speegle believes the number of stores for a city with a population less than 100,000 borders on irresponsible behavior by the industry.

“As a member of this community, I think it’s a disservice to our community to continue to pop up dispensaries wherever we can, as an industry, “ she says. “People don’t want to drive down the street or walk down the street and see dispensary after dispensary. These rows of them are comical at best and insulting to the community at worst.”

The latest Best Daze location near the Plaza will have its grand opening on June 24.

ANDY LYMAN

Cannabis company’s new downtown location would be the last within sight of the Plaza under city rules

MUSIC SAT/10

KARDEMEMBER IT

Forget everything you think you know about the kantele. Naw, just kidding—most of us are likely just hearing about the Finnish national instrument right this second, but our lives, we hear, will change for the better because of it. While you’re becoming aware of things, meet Kardemimmit, a Finnish fourpiece with members who’ve all become masters of the zither-esque stringed kantele. Word is, Anna Wegelius, Leeni Wegelius, Jutta Rahmel and Maija Pokela have seamlessly merged Finnish tradition with Eastern European style, culling Baltic method with improvisational acumen and an almost ancient sea of sounds from which to pull. Expect oodles of kanteles on stage; expect to broaden those horizons. (ADV)

Kardemimmit: 7:30 pm Saturday, June 10

$25-$30. San Miguel Mission

401 Old Santa Fe Trail, ampconcerts.org

FILM MON/12

VIDEO LIBERATION

All hail Video Library’s Lisa Harris—that stalwart proprietor of the oldest video rental joint in the USA (second oldest on Earth), the Video Library! Longtime members of the Vid Lib surely know Harris as an encyclopedia of cinematic knowledge, and the biz itself has become a wealth of hard or nigh-impossible-tofind delights ready to take home and change lives. For Harris’ next trick, she’s partnered with the Jean Cocteau Cinema for an ongoing series of screenings dubbed Video Library Club. Each Monday, Harris selects a film from her staggering collection to pop on the big screen for your viewing pleasure. Recent events have included Galaxy Quest, Chinatown and Suspiria. What might the future hold? You’ll have to head to the JCC come Monday and find out. (ADV)

Video Library Club:

6:30 pm Monday, June 12. Free. Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

FOOD TUE/13

THAI ONE ON

As yet another SFR reader reaches out to SFR’s food writer(s) to ask about scoring a good Thai meal in Santa Fe, notable local chef and writer Johnny Vee prepares for his upcoming Spring & Summer Thai cooking class at Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe. Even those who aren’t intimately familiar with Vee’s food and classes, take note—dude’s the real deal and offering up three hours of Thai cooking wisdom at this thing. Should you attend, you’ll learn to prepare Thaistyle lettuce cups, deviled eggs, fish cakes with sauce and, delectably, grilled beef; plus shrimp served with coconut milk and, perhaps the most enticing of all, black sticky rice with pineapple ice cream. Vee’s class is a real hands-on affair, the kind of education you can take home and with which you can forever serve up something sumptuous. (ADV)

Spring & Summer Thai Cooking Class: 6-9 pm

Tuesday, June 13. $99. Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe

181 Paseo de Peralta (DeVaras Center), (505) 988-3394

Ooooh,

Witchy Woman

Love, evolution, isolation and talking cats in Kiki’s Delivery Service

Though most anime fans will likely cite the flashier Spirited Away or the bucolic My Neighbor Totoro as pinnacle moments in famed Studio Ghibli auteur Hayao Miyazaki’s illustrious career, 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service feels like a cheat sheet primer for the European aesthetic meets Japanese culture thing for which the filmmaker has become so well-known.

The tale of a young witch who, like all other witches in her universe, must strike out on her own upon turning 13, Kiki’s Delivery Service cuts deep into concepts of loneliness, coming of age, community and growth. Like most Miyazaki films, a young heroine must adapt to new environs when she is perhaps too young. But whereas the Disney filmic model often boils down to its leads waiting for some dude to come along and become the answer to literally everything, Miyazaki here showcases a young woman’s resolute trudge toward capability through the lens of isolation. Like his other films, the principal character is allowed to summon strength from within, grappling with various stakes and situations and

working them out at her own pace. It’s the sort of thing that might read as slow for those more accustomed to flashing lights and endless peril, but which becomes endlessly satisfying for anyone who can recall being 13—when most everything felt like life and death, small though the issues may have been.

Studio Ghibli films often wend their way back to theaters these days, though Kiki’s perhaps not as often. Kudos to Violet Crown, too, for offering both subbed and dubbed versions of the film this week; not everyone loves subtitles, sure, but casting the late, great comic Phil Hartman as Kiki’s talking cat Jiji in the English language version still feels bizarre. In other words? Try to catch it in the original Japanese if your kids can hang. (Alex De Vore)

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE

4 pm Sunday, June 11 (dubbed) 7 pm Monday, June 12 (subtitled) $15. Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St., (505) 216-5678

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WED/7

BOOKS/LECTURES

FRIENDS OF HISTORY

WEDNESDAY LECTURE

SERIES: ENCORE

PRESENTATION

Online

bit.ly/3oAyzSY

Megan Kate Nelson, author of The Three-Cornered War, discusses the unique history of the Civil War in the Southwest.

Presented by the New Mexico History Museum.  Noon, free

EVENTS

BINGO FUNDRAISER

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Play your cards right (or maybe don’t, since doing poorly would mean more donations? You do you) in support of the Madrid Film Festival.

7 pm, free

FREE KIDS' SINGALONG

Railyard Park

740 Cerrillos Road (505) 316-3596

Sarah-Jane from Queen Bee Music Association leads music games, percussive exploration and melodic play for toddlers and babies.

10:30-11:15 am, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard)

1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

A trivia quiz incorporating audio and visual clues.

8-10 pm, free

HISTORY CHAT

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

Walking tour guide Christian Saiia gathers locals to discuss local history and the effects of world geo-politics on westward colonization.

Noon-2 pm, free

LEISURELY BIKE RIDE

Fort Marcy Park

490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2500

Thrice-weekly instructor-led bike rides. Free for members of city recreation centers—and you can even borrow a bike if you don't have your own.  10-11 am, $5

OPEN MIC COMEDY

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Wayward Comedy welcomes you to the stage weekly. Better make 'em laugh.  8 pm, free

OPEN MIC WEDNESDAYS

Tumbleroot Pottery Pub

135 W. Palace Ave. (505) 982-4711

Local talent, plus booze. Plus clay! Now that we think of it, if you’re the type to get sweaty and nervous pre-performance, having some clay to play with might be just the thing.

7-10 pm, free

PLAY PICHENOTTE!

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Young ones build motor skills with French Canadian discflicking. Do you think Le Forkette is a fan, or is she too Old World?

4-6 pm, free

SUMMER FAMILY ART TIME

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Creative time in the courtyard, with plenty of supplies and snacks on hand.  10 am-noon, free

SUMMER READING CLUB

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Drop the little ones (grades 3 and under) off for a little supervised literary time.

1-3 pm, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

The numerical story time content continues with a prehistoric twist through picture books

Counting with Barefoot Critters, Dinosaur Countdown and more.  10:30-11:30 am, free

WRITER'S DEN

Beastly Books

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628

A weekly quiet, communal space to write to the sound of others' clicking keyboards. They make a mean Italian soda here, too. 5-6:30 pm, free

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

A rare and precious opportunity to satisfy your chile cravings in what pretty much counts as the wee hours by Santa Fe standards.

4-10 pm, free

MUSIC

DEREK DAMES OHL

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

Country, blues and honky-tonk.

4-6 pm, free

DEREK DAMES OHL

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

Look at that! Derek’s going to have a busy night. 8-10 pm, free

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Your time to shine onstage (on... floor?) with the professional jazz players. Just bring your instrument and find that spotlight.

6-9 pm, free

SAINT OF TRAINS

Fuller Lodge Art Center

2132 Central Ave., Los Alamos (505) 662-1635

Contemplative Albuquerque singer-songwriter.

Noon, free

SANDBOX MUSIC FESTIVAL: STITCH ENSEMBLE Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Improvisation for tuba, guitar, bass, cello, sax and “electronic instruments” (which we imagine includes synths but could additionally signify a whole panoply of other playable electronics.)

7-9 pm, $18-$22

Fur nearly fluffy enough to feel through the canvas in Ed Aldrich’s “Reclining” from The Artist’s Palette, opening this week at Sage Creek Gallery.

THEATER

MORNING SUN

(WITH TALKBACK)

New Mexico Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533

Robert Benedetti and Kent Kirkpatrick co-direct Simon Stephens' (of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime) family drama. Plus, you can sign up for a talkback with Benedetti and the Theatre Lovers Club post-performance at theatresantafe.org/rsvp.

7:30 pm, $15

WORKSHOP

AERIAL FABRIC WITH LISA

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

Build core strength while mocking gravity.

5:30-7 pm, $23-$28

THU/8

BOOKS/LECTURES

CHANGING YOUR LEGAL

NAME Online tinyurl.com/NameChangeJune8

Look y'all, name changes are... hard. They're complicated and take a long time and they're emotional enough even if you don't have to deal with people like J.K. Rowling publicly invalidating your existence on top of it. Luckily, trans and genderqueer folks can get the skinny on legal name changes in New Mexico from presenter Théo Ceridwen. Presented by the Santa Fe Library.

5 pm, free

GARY PAUL NABHAN:

AGAVE SPIRITS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF MEZCALS

Collected Works

Bookstore and Coffeehouse

202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226

The ethnobotanist discusses his in-depth biography of the Mexican beverage.

6 pm, free

KADE TWIST OF POSTCOMMODITY: THE SOVEREIGNTY OF CONTEXT

The Santa Fe Art Institute

1600 St. Michaels Drive #31

The Cherokee Nation interdisciplinary artist discusses his Indigenous critiques of consumerist systems. Presented by SciArt Santa Fe. (See 3Qs, page 18)

8-9 pm, free

DANCE

ECSTATIC DANCE

Railyard Performance Center

1611 Paseo de Peralta

EmbodyDance hosts a weekly DJ'd free movement sesh. Contact hello@ EmbodyDanceSantaFe.com for more information.

6:30 pm, $15

EVENTS

SANTA FE MOUNTAINS

LANDSCAPE RESILIENCY

PROJECT TOWN HALL

Santa Fe Community College

6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000

Hear from County Commissioner Chair Anna Hansen and the folks from the Santa Fe National Forest about upcoming restoration projects.

6:30-8:30 pm, free

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

7505 Mallard Way, Ste. 1 (505) 467-8892

Learn how whiskey is made— from grain to glass—then check out the barrel aging room before finishing with a tasting. Reservations required.

3 pm, 5 pm, $20

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar

725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952

Don't call it trivia.

7 pm, free

SEEDS & SPROUTS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Julia Elgatian Romero leads little ones in a dirt-intensive garden exploration.

10:30-11:30 am, free

FILM

CLOSER LOOKS: NI POUR, NI CONTRE (BIEN AU CONTRAIRE)/NOT FOR NOT AGAINST (QUITE THE CONTRARY)

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 216-0672

Screenwriter David N. Meyer presents the French thriller— and General Manager Paul Barnes and No Name Cinema’s Justin Clifford Rhody host a post-screening discussion, so set aside a good chunk of time.

6 pm, $15

FOOD

FLIGHT NIGHT

Santa Fe Spirits Downtown

Tasting Room

308 Read St., (505) 780-5906

For those who prefer their tipsiness with less decision-making, you can sample four different mini cocktails instead of one large one.

3-10pm, free

SUSHI POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Brent Jung brings you seafood fresh off the plane while vinyl DJs spin.

5-8 pm, free

MUSIC

ALEX MURZYN QUINTET

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Sax-centric jazz.

6-9 pm, free

THE CALENDAR

BILL HEARNE

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Old-fashioned Americana and honky-tonk.

4-6 pm, free

JERRY FAIRES TRIO

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Straightforward Americana.

7 pm, free

LA BUENA ONDA

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Enjoy some cumbia with Selecta Sage and DJ Muñequita and snag International Folk Art night market tickets.

6-9 pm, free

MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME

JAZZ TRIO

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio

652 Canyon Road (505) 428-0090

Sax, upright bass and drums.

2-5 pm, free

PAT MALONE

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

304 Johnson St. 989-1166

Solo acoustic guitar.

6-8 pm, free

PRAIRIEDOG AFTER DARK

La Reina

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

The local DJ spins vintage funk, soul and disco vinyl.

8-10:30 pm, free

SHAKEY GRAVES

Santa Fe Plaza

100 Old Santa Fe Trail

Folk-y Americana. We looked up where the name came from and found out it’s based on a joke about “Native American names” and now we’re kinda bummed, though.

5 pm, free

UNCLE LUCIUS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Texan indie rock.

8 pm, $25

THEATER

BLACK RANGE TRILOGY

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Three locally-set one acts— Esther and Leon, Coyote Acid and Sierra Obscura—following the same Nuevomexicano family from playwright John Macker.

7:30 pm, $15-$25

KING LEAR

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road upstartcrowsofsantafe.org

Two casts—one entirely made up of youth players from Upstart Crows, the other a mix of youth and adult performers— present a memorial staging of the tragedy in honor of the late Itai Rosen (and directed from his notes).

6:30 pm, $10-$20

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MORNING SUN

New Mexico Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive

(505) 466-3533

An intimate tale about the lives of a grandmother, mother and granddaughter living in New York City from the 1960s through the present.

7:30 pm, $15

SWEAT

Santa Fe Playhouse

142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Robyn Rikoon directs Lynn Nottage's 2000 through 2008set drama about the deunionization of the Olstead factory in Pennsylvania. This script won a Pulitzer Prize!

7:30-9:30 pm, $15-$75

WORKSHOP

BEGINNER FABRIC

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road

(505) 992-2588

Can you hang? If not, this class'll show you the metaphorical ropes.

5:30-7 pm, $23-$28

CLARIFYING MEDITATIVE WORK

Online

bit.ly/3K8d586

(505) 281-0684

Forty minutes of quiet group meditation, followed by introductions and a period of gentle discussion of the assumptions and patterns that affect our lives.

7-8:30 pm, free

HATHA YOGA

Four Seasons Rancho Encantado

198 NM-592

(505) 946-5700

Gentle yoga with a focus on breath work.

10:30-11:30 am, $18-$90

INTRO TO PHOTOGRAPHY WITH MIKE WARDYNSKY

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo

(505) 471-9103

Learn the basics of camera use before heading out to the garden to put your newfound skills into practice on the garden’s plant and animal residents. You'll want to sign up in advance for this one.

5:30-8:30 pm, $60-$75

TRAPEZE AND LYRA CLASS

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road

(505) 992-2588

Expand your aerial vocabulary on static trapeze and hoop and improve your airborne technique.

5:30-7 pm, $23-$28

FRI/9

ART OPENINGS

DEBBIE FLEMING CAFFERY: PORTRAITS OF BIRDS

Obscura Gallery

1405 Paseo de Peralta

(505) 577-6708

Silver gelatin images of avian moments of stillness.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

KEVIN TOLMAN: HERE & NOW (OPENING)

Nüart Gallery

670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888

Mixed media abstract evocations of the pigment palette of New Mexican soil.

5-7 pm, free

LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

The museum joins forces with Santa Fe Book Arts for an exhibition of 10 exploded books (if that term confuses you as much as it did us, the books are essentially made into orgiami, not blown up with dynamite).

10 am-3 pm, free

TINY ART, BIG DIFFERENCE (RECEPTION)

First National Bank of Santa Fe

62 Lincoln Ave. (505) 219-3007

Check out the numerous donated small scale pieces up for auction to benefit Literacy

Volunteers of Santa Fe.

3-4:30 pm, free

ZINA AL-SHUKRI: COMING HOME TO THE SELF (RECEPTION)

ELECTRA Gallery

825 Early St., Ste. D (505) 231-0354

Colorful and organic Iraqi gouache representations of women at rest.

5-8 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

JAMES MCGRATH MORRIS

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

The author discusses his new matter-of-factly titled biography, Tony Hillerman: A Life.

7 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO SPRING SEASON

El Flamenco Cabaret

135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Director Antonio Granjero's flamenco company performs alongside vocalist and guitarist Juan Jose Alba. Come early for pre-show dinner and drinks.

7:30 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

ALL AGES CHESS

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Go checkmate that king.

3-5 pm, free

AURA PHOTOS AND SOUND HEALING

Dragonfly Transformations

129 W San Francisco St., Ste. E (505) 652-7633

Human atmospheres like having their pictures taken, too. And while you're waiting for Annette Gates to snap that photo, check out the collection of paintings by Erin Fore and the group meditation healing at 6 pm.

5-7 pm, free

CRASH KARAOKE

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

It may be true that nothing good happens after midnight, but the karaoke probably sounds better when you're a little bit delirious. Plus, how many places in Santa Fe let you do anything this late?

9 pm-1 am, free

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

7505 Mallard Way, Ste. 1 (505) 467-8892

Witness a rye coming-of-age story.

3 pm, 5 pm, $20

FINE ART FRIDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Guests from Alas de Agua

Art Collective lead the kids in Norteño-inspired creative projects.

2-4 pm, free

LEISURELY BIKE RIDE

Fort Marcy Park

490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2500

We’re not sure exactly what route through town these tours take, but they seem like a good way to build biking confidence in our not-so-bike-friendly, 400-plus-year-old-city without the terror of being the only one around on two wheels.

10-11 am, $5

MAKE AND BELIEVE TIME

Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

One hour's worth of story time and related themed creative projects with librarian-selected books.

10 am, free

MINIATURES PAINTING

Beastly Books

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628

Gather weekly to paint table-top game figurines in the welcoming company of like-minded fellow nerds.

4-6:30 pm, free

OPEN SPACE-TIME

Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle

(505) 395-6369

First come, first served access to art supplies and guided activities. And look at that—they did schedule it back to back with their children’s storytime this time! We stand corrected.

11:30 am-4:30 pm, free

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

Each staff or docent tour leader pays special attention to their own unique floral faves, so it's worth taking the tour more than once.

10 am, free

FILM

JENNIFER'S BODY

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave.

(505) 466-5528

To whomever selected this for Pride Month—thank you. Just remember, hell is a teenage girl.

6:30 pm, 9 pm, $13-$26

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St., (505) 393-5135

We don’t know if we’re just behind the times here, but we checked the Mas Chile website and they now have nine different pepper offerings listed. Nine!

4-10 pm, free

THE BOOZY CAULDRON

TAVERN: A MAGICAL COCKTAIL EXPERIENCE

Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-4414

A pop-up pub experience featuring ghost stories, performance and four separate specialty cocktails. 21+, obviously.  6 pm, 8 pm, $55

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St. (505) 982-5511

Americana and honky-tonk.

6:30-9 pm, free

CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET

Los Magueyes

Mexican Restaurant

31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304

King Charles serenades alleyway diners with vocals and piano. Although unfortunately, the “alleyway” part is more figurative than anything else—all the music’s indoors.

6 pm, free

HIGH DESERT TRIO

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

Jamgrass and folk jazz for mandolin, bass and guitar.

6 pm, $5

JOHNNY LLOYD

Upper Crust Pizza

329 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 982-0000

Old school Americana.

6-8 pm, free

ROBERT FOX JAZZ TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Rehearsed jazz followed by jazz jamming followed, occasionally, by appearances from special guests.

6-9 pm, free

SAVE FERRIS WITH RED LIGHT CAMERAS

Railyard Plaza Market and Alcaldesa St. (505) 982-3373

Beloved icons of the ska scene since '95.

7 pm, free

SEAN LUCY

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Albuquerque singer-songwriter.

5 pm, free

SEASON FINALE OPERA CONCERT

Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 50 Mt. Carmel Road (505) 988-1975

The New Mexico Performing Arts Society shares scenes from famous operas, operettas and Spanish zarzuelas.  7 pm, $25-$60

SIN NOMBRE AND BLACK MESA

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

Two times the brass quintet offerings. Does that make them a temporary dectet?

5:30 pm, free

SUNSET SERENADE

Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

All rails and cocktails.  7 pm, $109-$129

TV BROKEN 3RD EYE

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Jam band jamming.  8 pm, free

TRINITY SOUL Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Rock, reggae and funk.  8 pm, free

Organic shapes and intense ochres evoke local soil in “Under the Sun,” from Kevin Tolman: Here & Now, opening this week at Nüart Gallery.

3909 Academy Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87507 | 473-3001

Art takes on many meanings in the work of Kade L. Twist (Cherokee). The multidisciplinary artist and educator’s practice cuts so wide a swath physically speaking, too—from music to video to varying-scale installation projects—that you’d be hard-pressed to define him in singular terms. Twist has shown internationally at galleries, academic institutions, museums and even along the US/Mexico border. As a co-founder of the Postcommodity art collective, he engages audiences with, among other concepts, the unresolved conflicts between consumerism and Indigenous cultural self-determination. As an educator at Otis College, he’s also working with future generations to better engage rapidly evolving artistic and socially impactful ideas and projects. Twist will appear at the Santa Fe Art Institute this week through the auspices of Sci Art Santa Fe to deliver a talk dubbed The Sovereignty of Context (8 pm Thursday, June 8. Free. Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, sciartsantafe.org). We spoke with the artist to learn more.

(Noah Hale)

What are the goals of your art?

In art, my goals have been to be an Indian person looking out at the world and to share a particular perspective about that which I inhabit, I suppose. As an artist, I’ve always had a full-time job. I used to do public affairs work on tribal issues for about 17 years, worked in a think tank, did a lot of writing and testified for the US Senate a couple times. I studied tribal policy and economic development at the University of Oklahoma. I have done a lot of research. I consider my art practice as research, and I feel as if I’ve contributed a fair amount to that type of discourse and will continue to do so. Since I started making art and writing I’ve had that same goal, that same perspective. It’s just to share ideas and to tell stories, and try to connect with people.

What are you currently working on?

I’m working on a project at the Grand Central Art Center. It’s a socially engaged project that’s interrogating power around the concept of BIPOC and its racializing force. And that’ll go on for a couple years and culminate in a lot of collaborative work and then an exhibition...The performance and the work will all be made by the people participating in the project, not by me personally. But that’s happening over the next couple years. The engagement starts in the fall. And I mean, it’ll be really fun. I’ll be using a couple of my foremost former students.

And I’m trying to work with younger people, just to look at the dilemmas that exist within lumping Black, Indigenous and people of color together. It’s one of the challenges that I’ve faced as an educator, being a professor at Otis [College] and going through this moment that we’re experiencing in history, and all the diversity, equity, inclusion, work that’s going on. I’ve looked at the institutional policies and goals that have been emerging and are being talked about in the media and in academic writings and things like that, and it seems like people are maybe focusing too much on race and not enough on worldview and culture. And so, in the project I’m really wanting to interrogate the idea of racialization and focus on culture and worldview rather than simple notions of race—or even complex notions of race. I think it’s going to be a really fun project and I’m really excited about it. One of the reasons why I’m working on that is because, American Indians, we don’t perceive ourselves as a race. We are a tribal people and race was an idea that was brought to us by colonizers. So it’s very much a position within the framework of the Judeo-Christian, Western-scientific worldview as it relates to colonization in this hemisphere. I really want to think through that with the younger generation of people and see what they arrive at and see where that goes.

Do you think that these differences will ever be reconciled?

That’s tough. I think it takes practice. People have to sit with each other and weather the storm of discomfort and misinformation. It’s challenging. We’ve had 500 years...and it hasn’t been very dialogical yet. And if it never reaches the point of being dialogical, then no, it won’t happen. But if it does reach a point of being dialogical and where we can learn about each other’s values and worldviews, and make meaning together respecting those things, then there definitely is hope. That’s it. That’s what we’re all after—to be able to sit together and not hold some type of grudge.

with Artist/Educator Kade L. Twist

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

THEATER

BLACK RANGE TRILOGY

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

No true Nuevomexicano family story can be contained by a single one-act.

7:30 pm, $15-$25

KING LEAR

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road

upstartcrowsofsantafe.org

Man do we love a trio of scheming daughters. And for the Shakespeare nerds among you, this presentation uses the 1623 first Folio.

6:30 pm, $10-$20

MORNING SUN

New Mexico Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533

Let that secondhand 1960s nostalgia sweep you away before returning to the cold realities of modern-day Manhattan.

7:30 am, $35

SWEAT

Santa Fe Playhouse

142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

With the way the WGA strike is going, you can pretty much bet that there’ll be a new twist out in the real-life union drama by the time you’re done seeing the staged one.

7:30-9:30 pm, $15-$75

WORKSHOP

MAKER IDEA LAB

Make Santa Fe

2879 All Trades Road

(505) 819-3502

If you have ideas for inventions or creative projects that you're unsure how to execute, this is your opportunity to talk them through and brainstorm solutions.

4-6 pm, free

SLACKLINE AND POI WITH ELI

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

Satisfy your curiosity about tightrope walking and flaming pole tricks in one go. Such a bargain!

7-8:30 pm, $18-$22

YOUTH AERIALS CLASS

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

Aspiring aerialists ages 7-12 are invited to come explore vertically.

5-6 pm, $24

SAT/10

ART OPENINGS

ONE'S RIGHT MIND (OPENING)

TITLE Gallery

423 W San Francisco St. titlegallery.org

A group exhibition featuring new works from Ravi Kai Buschman, Matt Clark, Mika Griego and more.

6-8 pm, free

THE ARTIST'S PALETTE (ARTIST DEMOS AND MEET AND GREET)

Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road (505) 988-3444

Watch Ed Aldrich, Dane Chinnock and Cecilia Robertson in action on their Americanadrenched oil landscapes and animal paintings.

10 am-4 pm, free

THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

In the West Casitas, north of the water tower 1612 Alcaldesa St.

An outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, furniture, textiles and more.

9 am-2 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

GET TO KNOW YOUR PUBLIC LANDS

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Get the lowdown on outdoor public spaces nearby just in time for that brief window after the late spring freeze and before monsoon season starts.

Presented by the Public Lands Interpretive Association.

1-2:30 pm, free

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WITH ARCHBISHOP

JOHN C. WESTER

Mountain Cloud Zen Center

7241 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 303-0036

Wester joins Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico for a conversation about why the nation’s disproportional spending on nuclear weapons is, perhaps, a bit not good.

2 pm, free

THE JEALOUS LITTLE MUNCHKIN

Santa Fe Public Library

145 Washington Avenue

Local author Ali DeMoro reads from her picture book about kitten-puppy sibling rivalry. We’re team kitten.

11:30 am, free

DANCE

CONTRA DANCE

Oddfellows Hall

1125 Cerrillos Road (575) 387-6853

Learn to contra, then move to the music of the Fast Pesos. No partners or prior experience needed, but you'll want to bring your vax and booster card.

7-10 pm, $9-$10

ENTREFLAMENCO SPRING

SEASON

El Flamenco Cabaret

135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Flock to flamenco. Or, we don’t know, just enjoy some Spanish food (one of the few Western European countries to properly deploy its spices!).

7:30 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

ASK A MASTER GARDENER

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

This event has no relation to the Schrader movie, thankfully. Are your optimistically planted May seedlings starting to turn yellow or drop leaves in response to this combination of intense heat and (good lord) June hail? Get answers from the experts on how to help 'em.

9 am-noon, free

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

7505 Mallard Way, Ste. 1 (505) 467-8892

A bildungs-rye-man, if you will. (You guys, there are only so many liquor-related puns out there, and we’re really starting to scrape the bottom of that aging barrel.)

5 pm, $20

EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

Shop your way through an eclectic collection of locally sourced art and antiques.

9 am-4 pm, free FLOW: PARTICIPATORY PROCESSION FOR THE RIO CHIQUITO

Paseo de Peralta and Alameda St. (505) 992-2588

Join Wise Fool's giant puppets, paper maché effigies and street theater performers in a communal procession down Water Street honoring the river that once flowed there.

9:30-11:30 am, free

KARAOKE WITH CAKE

Cake’s Cafe

227 Galisteo St. (505) 303-4880

Keep the previous evening's Crash Karaoke festivities going at a second location—with slightly earlier hours and more pastries.

7-11 pm, free

LGBTQ+ 50+: PRIDE MONTH COFFEE MEETUP

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red)

1366 Cerillos Road (505) 428-0996

An opportunity for queer kin in the latter half of life to gather and connect.

9 am, free

LA TIENDA FLEA

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road

Imagine if you took all the individual yard sales happening on a given weekend and combined them into a single space. So many deals. And probably so much dust.

8 am, free

NIGHTTIME MOTHING

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

Personally, the only mothing we do is at the behest of our cats, but if you're looking to learn more about the nocturnal pollinators, this is your chance. Register in advance.

8-9 pm, $6-$12

PRIDE30 SANTA FE LGBTQ HISTORY WALKING TOUR

WITH GARRET PECK

Santa Fe Plaza

63 Lincoln Ave. hrasantafe.org

Walk in the paths of queer

Santa Fe forebears as you learn their history from Garret Peck— then collectively wrap up with refreshments at the Inn of the Turquoise Bear.

9 am, $30

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

Just think how amazing everything is going to smell after all this rain and hail. All the petrichor, all the blooms—and with pollen temporarily wetted down, you’re plenty safe to sniff away.

10 am, free

SAND PLAY SATURDAY

Railyard Park

740 Cerrillos Road (505) 316-3596

Kids (defined here as all those elementary school age and under) are invited to expand their creative cognition through sand, water, toys—and, apparently, kitchen utensils.

10 am-noon, free

SCIENCE SATURDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Check out the portable planetarium with Asis Gonzalez.

2-4 pm, free

SENSORY EXPERIENCE WITH MIRA BURACK—3 form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

The artist leads a multi-sensory exploration in the midst of her video installation.

10:30 am, free

THE GREAT CLUSTER FLOCK

Railyard Park

740 Cerrillos Road

(505) 316-3596

Get your picture taken in Lindsay Brenner's Human Bird Nest and enjoy various family-appropriate activities such as face painting booths, DIY bird masks, stilt walking, live music by Queen Bee and more.  Noon-2 pm, free

THE STARGAZER

Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

Travel to the Galisteo Basin for ultimate low-light onboard stargazing under the tutelage of pro guides.

9 pm, $139

FILM

JENNIFER'S BODY

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

If you haven’t tried the themed cocktails accompanying JCC’s screenings, you might as well take this opportunity to pull a Jennifer Check and play Hello Titty with the bartender.

6:30 pm, 9 pm, $13-$26

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

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

Nusenda, Teca Tu, Lensic 360 and the Humane Society invite you to bring your pups to this free screening. We can only imagine the howls this idea might produce, but it does sound like a good time for the dogs, at least.

7 pm, free

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628

Nostalgic cartoons (think Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats etc.) and cereal on tap all day at the local fantasy and sci-fi specialty bookstore. Pajamas are highly encouraged.

11 am-7 pm, free

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FEATURING: Beer creek bierstadt Canteen ex novo hidden mountain la cumbre lava rock marble quarter celtic second street sidetrack steel bender Turtle Mountain

crab boil with nova scotia snow crab small/large plates served with corn & potato

Crab cakes & gumbo

Full taproom menu also available!

Crab Pilsner Crab Pilsner Crab Pilsnerand

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Make sure you snag an order of fries alongside whatever capsaicin-based goodies you’re consuming—they’ll sop up the spice if you get overwhelmed.

4-10 pm, free

PLANTITA VEGAN BAKERY

AT REUNITY RESOURCES

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

plantitaveganbakery.com

Check out the bakery’s website for their complete list of rotating vegan rolls, muffins, hand pies and more.

9 am-1 pm, free

THE BOOZY CAULDRON

TAVERN: A MAGICAL

COCKTAIL EXPERIENCE

Scottish Rite Center

463 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-4414

We’re not totally sure where this falls along the themed bar to straight up haunted house spectrum, but we gather there will be plenty of sips and spooks.

6 pm, 8 pm, $55

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

La Fonda on the Plaza

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

Country, Americana and honkytonk.

6:30-9 pm, free

BOB MAUS

Inn & Spa at Loretto

211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531

Piano and voice takes on blues and soul classics.

6-9 pm, free

CANDY BOMBER

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Folk rock from a father/son duo. Very cute.

1-3 pm, free

CHANGO

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

High energy classic rock.

8-11 pm, free

CHARLES TICHENOR

CABARET

Los Magueyes

Mexican Restaurant

31 Burro Alley (505) 992-0304

Vocals and piano performances from King Charles and his court.

6 pm, free

COCKTAILS+JAZZ

Palace Prime

142 W Palace Ave. (505) 919-9935

Jasmin Williams and the John Rangel Trio serenade your meal. Tickets are $35, but there’s a $50 minimum spend once inside, so plan on steak.

7 pm, $85

DISCOVERING THE MUSIC OF BACH

Strata Gallery

418 Cerrillos Road (505) 780-5403

Oliver Prezant and harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh prelude and fugue it up.

2 pm, $25

EL SHOW FEATURING

NOSOTROS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Joining the beloved Norteño band onstage this time are guests Una Mas y La ChaCha.

8 pm, $15

FREDDIE SCHWARTZ

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio

652 Canyon Road

(505) 428-0090

Classic rock from a New Orleans native.

2-5 pm, free

FUNK ON THE FARM

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

Jam among the plants to the music of The Sticky, courtesy of Lensic360 events. Don't forget to bring your bug spray.

7 pm, free

KARDEMIMMIT

San Miguel Mission 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974

Four ladies play the Finnish national instrument—a kind of zither known as a kantele. (See SFR Picks, page 13)

7:30 pm, $25-$30

LAMBY/SWEETLY

Second Street Brewery

(Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St. (505) 954-1068

Homegrown folk rock and shoegaze. (See Music, page 27)

8-10 pm, free

ODD DOG

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Jam band originals and covers.

3 pm, free

ROBERT FOX JAZZ TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

Can somebody please tell us what that line about “rouging my knees” in “All That Jazz” actually means? Is it a sexual euphemism? If so...how?

6-9 pm, free

RON ROUGEAU

Pink Adobe

406 Old Santa Fe Trai (505) 983-7712

Acoustic tunes from the '60s and '70s.

5:30-7:30 pm, free

SANDRA WONG AND JON SOUSA

GiG Performance Space

1808 Second St.

gigsantafe.com

Described as a mixture of "classical, metal, Irish, old-time, Scandinavian and more," there's pretty much a musical touchpoint for everybody here.

7:30 pm, $25

SGT. SPLENDOR FEATURING

ERIC MCFADDEN AND KATE VARGAS

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Alt.rock.

8 pm, $10

SUMMER CONCERTS

SOUTHSIDE:

LARA MANZANARES

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

An outdoor performance from the bilingual Norteño singer. Presented by the New Mexico Music Commission.

1-2 pm, free

THEATER

BLACK RANGE TRILOGY

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

If a New Mexican family fights and no family member goes on to process the trauma via stage adaptation, did the conflict really happen?

7:30 pm, $15-$25

KING LEAR

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road

upstartcrowsofsantafe.org

Because we first read King Lear in high school, it’s now impossible for us to think of this play without remembering that Megan Fox has a “gilded butterflies” tattoo on her back. At least there’s that Jennifer’s Body screening to console us.

6:30 pm, $10-$20

MORNING SUN

New Mexico Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533

A slice of the kind of “Chelsea mornings” that Joni Mitchell sang about.

7:30 pm, $15-$35

SWEAT

Santa Fe Playhouse

142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Among the excellent stage plays that’ll probably never make it to the screen—just imagine Netflix greenlighting a pro-union project!

2 pm, 7:30 pm, $15-$75

WORKSHOP AN INTRODUCTION TO TAROT AND INTUITION:

DISCOVER YOUR INNER WISDOM

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

Let Dennis McGuire take you on a tour through the tarot deck. All experience levels welcome, but you'll want to bring your own cards.

Noon-1:30 pm, $25

POETRY WORKSHOP SERIES

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

Hone your word craft with Darryl Lorenzo Wellington in his final month as poet laureate.  11 am, free

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PRANAYAMA SHAKTI YOGA

The Spa at Four Seasons Rancho Encantado

198 NM-592 (505) 946-5700

Elementally-focused yoga designed to open (and, apparently, strengthen) chakras. Nobody wants a wimpy chakra, right?

10:30-11:30 am, $18-$90

THE WOMEN'S CIRCLE:

WOMEN IN CONVERSATION

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

Betsy Keats gathers women of all ages for a communal bonding session.  Noon-1 pm, free

SUN/11

ART OPENINGS

RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET

Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion

1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726

Buy fine art and crafts directly from local creators.

10 am-3 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

KERMIT HILL: FIRESIDE CHAT

New Mexico Military Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 476-1479

A discussion of New Deal creations in the high desert. We can only hope the fire is purely proverbial here, given the current weather.

3 pm, free

EVENTS

BLUEGRASS AND BAGELS

Railyard Park

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

Tradgrass and beyond, fueled by goodies from Boultawn's— which you know are really the good stuff, as far as Santa Fe bagels go.

10 am-noon, free

EL MUSEO CULTURAL

MERCADO

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

555 Camino de la Familia (505) 992-0591

An eclectic collection of art and antiques.

10 am-4 pm, free

FAMILY FUN DAY: FROM MY HEAD, TO-MA-TOES!

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Education Annex

123 Grant Ave.

(505) 946-1039

A day of gardening-centric creative activities, gallery scavenger hunts and more.

11 am-3 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery

112 W San Francisco St. (505) 983-0134

A pub quiz promising to range "from Hungary to The Hunger Games."

7-9 pm, free

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

Santa Fe Jewish Center

230 W Manhattan St. (505) 983-2000

The local Chabad launches its 16,000-square-foot headquarters and kosher kitchen with guest speakers, tours, live music and plenty of noshes.

3 pm, free

OPEN MIC

Honeymoon Brewery

Solana Center

907 W Alameda St., Ste. B (505) 303-3139

Let the hard kombucha fuel you through that stage fright. All mediums encouraged.

6:30 pm, free

OPEN MIC JAZZ

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Join High City Jazz Quartet onstage and bring your Billie Holiday or Chet Baker dreams to life.

5-7 pm, free

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

With the Botanical Garden gearing up for its 10th anniversary celebration next week, today is the perfect chance to tour the past decade of plants before the festivities start.

10 am, free

SUMMER SUNDAYS HAPPY

HOUR

Tumbleroot Pottery Pub

135 W. Palace Ave. (505) 982-4711

In addition to the typical drink discounts, expect price cuts on clay and live jazz from 1-3 pm.

11 am-4 pm, free

FILM

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (DUBBED)

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Yes, this one has the vocal talents of Kirsten Dunst and Janeane Garofalo, but...we say always go for the subtitles instead of the dub. It hits differently. (See SFR Picks, page 13) 4 pm, $13-$15

WILLIE NELSON 90

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Three hours (hooboy) of musical Nelson tributes.  3 pm, $10-$13

MUSIC

BATTLE OF SANTIAGO

Swan Park

Jaguar Drive and Hwy. 599

Afro Cuban post-rock—from Canada!

6:30 pm, free

BOOSTIVE

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

San Diego dub-hop and soul.

7:30 pm, free

CLASSICAL

SOUND SANTA FE

St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Texas-based musical organization Classical Sound Inc. expands to Santa Fe with a recital of Haydn, Beethoven and more.

6 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Master pianist Montgomery performs in the President's Room.

6 pm, free

FREE RANGE BUDDHAS/ TRAIN CONDUCTOR

Second Street Brewery

(Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St. (505) 954-1068

Locally sourced psych-rock and noise.

6-8 pm, free

JAZZ BRUNCH

Bishop's Lodge

Auberge Resorts Collection

1297 Bishops Lodge Road (888) 741-0480

The Pat Malone Trio accompanies your meal.

11:30 am-2:30 pm, free

JERRY FAIRES

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

The singer-songwriter returns, this time without the other members of his trio.

1 pm, free

JOE WEST AND FRIENDS

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Melodic singer-songwriter.

Noon-3 pm, free

KIMMI BITTER & THE WESTSIDE TWANG

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

West coast country.

7-9 pm, free

‘SAL GOOD SUNDAYS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

If you didn't get your dancin' fix earlier in the weekend, close out your Sunday evening on the fairy light-filled porch with DJs Dmonic and Dynamite Sol.

4-9 pm, free

SUNBENDER

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Local alt.rock.

3 pm, free

THEATER

BLACK RANGE TRILOGY

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

We know we’ve been making jokes about the three one-acts, but seriously, it’s nice seeing local stories get proper narrative space to play out.

2 pm, $15-$25

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KING LEAR

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road

upstartcrowsofsantafe.org

New personality quiz just dropped: are you a Goneril, a Regan or a Cordelia?

6:30 pm, $10-$20

MORNING SUN

New Mexico Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533

Can you really understand a woman’s heart without knowing her mother and grandmother, too?

2 pm, $15-$35

WORKSHOP

BELLYREENA BELLY DANCE

CLASSES

Move Studio 901 W San Mateo Road (505) 670-4386

Learn classic and fusion techniques.

1-2 pm, $15

KIDS' SOCIAL DANCE

Dance Station

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

Ballroom, latin and swing for kiddos ages 7-11.

12:45-1:30 pm, $10

KNITTING CLASS:

KNITTING 101

Hacer Santa Fe

311 Montezuma Ave. (505) 467-8174

This basics class even covers the purl stitch, which was always where we got tripped up trying to learn from Youtube videos. Register in advance.

1-4 pm, $50

MAKE AND TAKE

Museum of International Folk Art

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1204

Join museum docents in making Uchiwa (Japanese hand fans). All ages welcome.

10 am-4 pm, free

SUNDAY YOGA IN THE PARK

Bicentennial Alto Park

1121 Alto St.

Build strength (and, quite likely, lung capacity) with Vinyasa practice.

10 am, $15

SUNDAYS WITH GESHE LA

Thubten Norbu Ling

Buddhist Center

130 Rabbit Road (505) 660-7056

Geshe Sherab discusses Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment

10 am, free

MON/12

BOOKS/LECTURES

ROB MARTINEZ Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-1200

The local historian chats about the past and present of Hispanic music in New Mexico.

6 pm, free

EVENTS

FREE KIDS' SINGALONG

Queen Bee Music Association

1596 Pacheco St. (505) 278-0012

Another opportunity to train those tykes for future musical success.

10:30-11:15 am, free

LEISURELY BIKE RIDE

Fort Marcy Park

490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2500

If you bike fast enough in Santa Fe, eventually all the adobe and clay soil turns into a vaguely flesh-colored blur—which is actually much more relaxing than it sounds.

10-11 am, $5

OPEN MIC WITH CAKE

Cake’s Cafe

227 Galisteo St. (505) 303-4880

All mediums welcome—visual artists are invited to bring pieces to share, too.

5:30-8 pm, free

SUMMER STORY TIME

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Don't worry, overwhelmed parents: We've got you covered for seasonal free kids' programming while dropping ‘em off at school isn’t an option.

10-11 am, free

FILM

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (SUBTITLED)

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Man, how many lifelong black cat obsessions did Jiji launch?

Truly a feline national treasure.

(See SFR Picks, page 13)

7 pm, $13-$15

VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Every Monday evening Lisa from Video Library (with assistance from her devotees) picks a film from her shelves—ranging from obscure cult flicks to blockbuster classics—to share on the big screen. (See SFR Picks, page 13)

6:30 pm, free

MUSIC

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Another night of expert ivory tickling. Are there any...less creepy metaphors for playing piano?

6 pm, free

GRANT TURNER

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Twang-infused singersongwriter.

5 pm, free

JASMINE CROWE AND YELLACATT

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Confessional pop.

8 pm, $20-$35

QUEER NIGHT

La Reina El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

A portion of sales from the nightly cocktail special go to the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, and tonight's live music is provided by femme-powered indie outfit Blankslate.

5-11 pm, free

ZAY SANTOS Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Homegrown blues-rock.

4-6 pm, free

WORKSHOP

DEPARTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

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

9-11 am, free

PRANAYAMA SHAKTI YOGA

The Spa at Four Seasons Rancho Encantado 198 NM-592 (505) 946-5700

This week we got curious about the name—in Sanskrit prana means life energy or breath, yama is control and shakti is power. So, breath control power. We all learned something today.

5:30-6:30 pm, $18-$90

TUE/13

BOOKS/LECTURES

WILL GRANT: THE LAST RIDE OF THE PONY EXPRESS

Collected Works

Bookstore and Coffeehouse

202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226

The author shares tales from his time retracing the Pony Express.

6 pm, free

EVENTS

DESERT HOME COMPANION

Online bit.ly/3F2M2HX

Gather 'round the virtual radio for this old-timey Zoom revue featuring humorous short stories, music, videos and more.

7 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Boese Brothers Brewpub

145 Central Park Square, Los Alamos (505) 500-8325

A British-style pub quiz.

8-10 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Santa Fe Brewing Company

35 Fire Place

(505) 424-3333

Don't call it trivia.

7 pm, free

OPEN MIC POETRY AND MUSIC

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Be a modern-day bard for your fellow Santa Feans.

8 pm, free

FILM

BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Maybe go watch this before catching the new Indiana Jones so actual young Harrison Ford is fresh in your mind as you examine the digitally de-aged version?

7 pm, $13-$15

FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

A surprise family-friendly screening from the library collection.

1 pm, free

FOOD

SANTA FE FARMERS

TUESDAY MARKET

Farmers Market Pavilion

1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726

A truly radishing selection of locally grown (and crafted) goods.

8 am-1 pm, free

SANTACAFÉ:

FARM BENEFIT DINNER

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

Chow down while supporting food access—100% of meal proceeds support Reunity's community programming, and Santacafé's ingredients come straight from the surrounding fields.

6 pm, $120

SPRING AND SUMMER THAI

Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe and Cooking School

181 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3394

Chef Johnny Vee teaches the ins and outs of lettuce cups, fish cakes, black sticky rice, pineapple ice cream and so much more. We might be drooling a little bit. (See SFR Picks, page 13)

6-9 pm, $99

MUSIC

FENNE LILY/ CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Indie folk—and we're kinda surprised this one hasn't sold out, given that Hutson is a longtime Phoebe Bridgers collaborator.  7 pm, $20

JOHNNY LLOYD

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Old school Americana.

4-6 pm, free

THE ELOVATERS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Bostonian reggae rock.

7:30 pm, $20

WORKSHOP

ARTS ALIVE!

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

710 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1269

A hands-on pottery exploration for families.

10 am-2 pm, free

HATHA YOGA

Four Seasons Rancho Encantado

198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700

Arguably the chillest branch of yoga practice.

10:30-11:30 am, $18-$90

LIFE DRAWING AT THE MUSEUM

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Take a lunchtime creative break with supplies and (clothed) model provided.  Noon-2 pm, $10

El Tesoro

El Comal makes a local chile lover’s dream come true

Road to the Roadhouse

started asking questions about the stuffed sopaipilla with carne adovada ($11.75), so what could I do but tell him a sopa stuffed with pork slow-cooked in red chile and then smothered with more red chile and cheese might be the single greatest combination of things ever devised by humans? Let’s hand it to Noah, too—he demolished that dang thing while making statements of flavor nuance, sopaipilla delight and a commitment to spicy foods.

For the second time in recent weeks, I found myself visiting my old stomping grounds out on Old Las Vegas Highway, and for the second time, it was all about food. It had been years since I visited Harry’s Roadhouse (96 B Old Las Vegas Hwy., (505) 989-4629)—the selfsame outskirts-based restaurant where I used to catch the bus to high school—and a lot has changed over time. Regulars flock to the gorgeous space and pleasant outdoor gardening projects. In the years since I popped by the house that Harry Shapiro and Peyton Young built, they’ve really gone to town on experience and ambiance. The staff proved quite friendly, too, navigating our twosome to a table quickly despite a lingering line of diners pacing the foyer and front patio.

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Over at SFR HQ this week, we’ve welcomed a new intern by the name of Noah Hale. He’s young, he’s a fresh grad from the St. John’s College Annapolis, Maryland campus, and he appears to be at the stage of life wherein he wants to ravenously consume art and food, from things he knows and loves to the things he doesn’t yet. It’s quite heartening, actually, and pretty much all you need to know when it comes to our shared headspace while searching for lunch one recent afternoon.

A pair of dorks can work up a serious hunger while learning about a new mural in town (more on that in an upcoming issue of SFR!), but our original plan to hit a food truck in Eldorado ran into trouble when we couldn’t work out whether it was open or not. Instead, I pointed the car down Cerrillos Road, certain I’d know the right place to eat when I saw it, certain that Noah—who made a bit of a speech about where the hell has chile been for an East Coaster like him his whole life?!—was just plain pumped to become the mayor of Scarf City.

And there it was, like some sort of glowing beacon on the horizon: El Comal. One of the places folks elicit when arguing over who has the best chile, the best sopaipillas, the best atmosphere. Located in a strip mall, El Comal presents the sort of unassuming image that adheres to the theory that, when it comes to some tiers of food, less flash equals bestclass. In my searches online, the most info I could find is a fairly bare Facebook page and a 4.5 rating on Yelp (which is high). But that’s OK, because sometimes you don’t need the whole history of a restaurant to know the meal you just enjoyed was a nigh-perfect example of New Mexican cuisine served from some of the most friendly folks around (one of them called me “sweetie” and I absolutely loved it).

Besides, part of the experience was in the strange combination of elation and envy I felt in observing the new guy go to town on chile having only been in Santa Fe a week. Noah prefers red, he told me. I find this a rather interesting take because, in my experience, most newcomers gravitate toward green chile at first: It’s a little more immediate and bright, plus it’s great on eggs, pizza, ice cream. My guy, however,

I stole his first idea, though, which was to order the tortilla burger ($12.25). Though I shy from red meat more often than not, El Comal’s unpretentious vibe had me thinking the kitchen probably produces a solid burger. The green leaned more toward sauce than chopped chile, and when it soaked into the tortilla and mingled with the included refried beans...well, let’s just say it won my heart. The red at El Comal, though, is the real star of the show. It’s bitter in just the right ways and slowly unveils a subtle richness the longer you spend with it.

We can all wax philosophical about our red rankings and La Choza this or Tomasita’s that, and while I’d never tell folks they were wrong about those places (because they’re not), I now believe El Comal deserves a spot on the list. At 10 ounces, the burger beat me, though. And despite how I imagined I’d make another meal of it, I didn’t have any problem finding a willing stomach for my leftovers upon my return to the office. Next time I’ll visit El Comal when I’m far more hungry.

Even so, by the time I had a glass of water in front of me and some time to peruse the menu, I was feeling that kind of hunger that makes a man consider rash decisions. That’s exactly how I ordered not just guac and chips ($9.25) and the fried chicken sandwich ($13.95), but a gargantuan slice of chocolate cream pie ($6.75). And you know what? It was worth every bite. The tortilla chips (made in-house) boasted that satisfying ratio of sturdiness to crisp; the fried chicken sandwich was a complete delight of flavors and textures—especially when adding some of the fresh guacamole from the appetizer and munching on the included pickle spear. And the chocolate cream pie? I’m still thinking about it now, days later.

My dining companion went the classic route with a red-smothered breakfast burrito ($11.95) that was reportedly excellent. Sadly, we’d just missed the brunch we were seeking (that’s a problem for folks like me who don’t get going before noon on the weekends), but it’s hats off to Harry’s for of fering an item as beloved as the breakfast burrito all day long. Whoever manned the battle stations that day also knows a thing or two, too, about the difference between smothered and drowning, and my companion re ported feeling sated but not over-fed. They had enough room for the lemon merengue pie, in fact ($6.50), a fluffy, sticky, sugary triumph in a long list of triumphs for the revered local haunt. So what’s the moral? Stop thinking you know someplace you haven’t been in ages, I guess—and that our server Josh was a heck of a guy whom everyone should shower with tips at their very first convenience.

Somewhere under all that delicious chile there’s a tortilla burger.

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Soft ‘n’ Sweet

and performing outfit, it’s kind of staggering.

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Maybe you don’t know it just yet, but Santa Fe band Lamby should be on your radar ASAP so frontwoman/band architect Georgina Hahn can serenade you with songs about kindness and softness and just being whatever the heck kind of person you are.

Hahn’s name might be familiar to listeners of the locally-produced Eminent Domain audio drama from 2021 produced for audible.com; she worked in sound production for the effort. That project, she tells SFR, opened some serious doors for her and even resulted in a move to London to work in television sound.

Lamby is Hahn’s thing, though—like, it’s her thing, man: an unpredictable melange of alt.country, pop, rock, punk, doo-wop and Hahn’s croon that somehow sounds like Patsy Cline one moment, June Carter the next and a more raucous Dolly from time to time. Listeners will hear shades of Weezer, too, and maybe even nods to old Green Day, when they actually sounded punk, plus a lyrical homage to Hahn’s younger self, or at least a message of self-acceptance and call for growth while remaining forgiving. She’s human, after all. And I know, I know— this sounds like absurd levels of praise, but considering the short order in which Hahn brought the idea to full-fledged recording

Even a few years ago, Hahn was toiling away at NYU in the architecture department, learning how urban design can influence urban behavior, and how art can intervene in the process.

“I realized the way I wanted to intervene was with music and entertainment,” she explains. “I realized in the end that I like performing the most.”

Post-college, Hahn lived a nomadic life before she sojourned to Los Angeles with a friend just before COVID-19 struck. Eventually, she says, they came to understand that while LA has countless cultural charms, lockdowns were preventing them from accessing or contributing to them. They visited Santa Fe for what was supposed to be a few months, and though the friend has since moved on, Hahn was, as she puts it, “enchanted and entrapped.”

You’ll hear that story a lot from Santa Fe arts types, but whereas it can be easy to fall into a romanticized notion of the town and the Southwest, the sense of community led Hahn to stay. Then came KMRD, that glorious community radio station in Madrid where music nerds and über-weirds can mastermind their own shows. Hahn’s Lamby Hour, a musical cavalcade named after a stuffed lamb she shared with the aforementioned friend, was supposed to be a temporary title, but citing the plushie’s softness and omnipresent comforting existence in her life, Hahn says, it stuck.

“I explored what Lamby would sound like,” she says, “what kind of world Lamby vibes and exists in—what was Lamby beyond shared friendship and love? It be-

came an adjective like, ‘That’s so Lamby!’ So, when I was putting together a band it was so obvious. It was just Lamby.”

For backup, Hahn enlisted PSIRENS songwriter Paris Mancini on bass and drummer Dan Cuatt, a pair who have proven invaluable to the Lamby sound, according to Hahn. They understand the vision and deliver, adding dimension to every song without stealing focus from the messaging and Hahn’s beautiful, imperfect vocals. The trio recorded their forthcoming self-titled album at Black Mountain Recording Studio in Louth, Ireland, under the watchful eye of producer August Ogren (Unkown Mortal Orchestra; Bad Bad Hats), and the results speak for themselves. On the record, Hahn delves into a hybrid inner/outer lyrical style. Is she singing only

to a younger version of herself, or to those in her community? Everyone assigns their own meanings to songs they like; Hahn’s words work well for that—or for directing toward those we love. The whole story is right there, in her words, plain as day but pleasing to hear.

“I keep floating down the river, passing by my little dream” Hahn sings on the track “Death,” both contextualizing and lionizing the fleeting nature of art and musicmaking; “Are you with me?” she asks on the mid-tempo bop “All My Clothes.” I am so totally with you.

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

If we’re counting teen hero Miles Morales as a SpiderMan across both film and video games, that brings the tally of folks who’ve donned the Marvel hero’s mask in recent years to something like six performers since Sam Raimi’s inaugural 2001 live action Tobey Maguire movie. Given Marvel’s propensity for multiversal travel, too, perhaps no property better fits the concept of infinite realities (sorry, Dr. Strange). But whereas a titanic pop culture phenomenon like Rick & Morty takes the nihilistic route by positing that an infinite number of possibilities means nothing truly matters, filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Clone High) wager that even just one good soul can effect change when ennui sets in—that everything everywhere matters a whole lot.

In Sony/Marvel’s newest animated entry, SpiderMan: Across the Spider-Verse—the sequel to 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse—our hero Miles (Shameik Moore) is still thinking about Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) from his last outing (it’s complicated, but she’s from another dimension; they met). That adventure, however, wound up destabilizing time ’n’ space, leading to a sort of unpredictable system of portals that throw folks from any conceivable universe into other ones. 2013 video game BioShock Infinite would remind us that inter-dimensionality consists of both constants

Director Rob Savage tackles The Boogeyman, a new horror-lite flick based on the 1973 Stephen King short story of the same name. Despite the mature themes and age of its source material, Savage’s adaptation sometimes seems like it was ripped straight out of an episode of the übercampy 90s’ Goosebumps television series—and it’s not his first attempt at horror. 2020’s Host and 2021’s Dashcam were both new additions to the then-recent subgenre known as computer screen horror. This time, though, the plot has nothing to do with screens, which reveals Savage’s weaknesses when it comes to directing a more traditional form of horror. The Boogeyman suffers from beginner’s cliches that will likely even bore the more modern audience to which he previously catered.

The story revolves around a therapist (Chris Messina, Birds of Prey) and his two daughters (Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Lyra Blair) who are still grieving after their mother’s accidental death. While the premise promises to help forge a compelling and emotional story, it actually cheapens the horror at play and fails to properly contextualize the movie’s monster—arguably the oldest in the monster pantheon. Actually, maybe it’s the

and variables—there is always a Spider-Man—though since Miles got his powers from a radioactive spider not of his own dimension, he’s thrown things out of wack pretty much everywhere. Understand? Good!

After tangling with a villain called Spot (Jason Schwartzman) Miles learns there’s a sort of Hall o’ Spider-People in the distant future of a neighboring dimension to his, and its leaders (Oscar Isaac and Issa Rae) spend their days making things right across the multi-verse. Miles, though, isn’t invited to the HQ for every conceivable Spider-Man/Woman/Enby/Child/ Horse, and learning why proves a total bummer for the lad; he’s just not like the others and they’re all trying to bring him down!

Across the Spider-Verse somehow ups the quality of presentation from its first most excellent iteration by merging so many types of animations, frame rates and design aesthetics. The stacked streets of a hybrid Mumbai/Manhattan in one universe are particularly gorgeous, and notable as well are the ’70s/clip art accoutrements belonging to Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya), a character that simultaneously lambasts and pays respect to the anarchic leanings of the genre’s

monster that cheapens the emotional side of the story, but you can’t really tell what’s supposed to be more important—the scares or the parallels to trauma and grief. Audiences are expected to connect said trauma to the literal monster-inthe-closet, but Savage doesn’t make it worth our while; I stopped caring as soon as one character said, verbatim, “They call it…The Boogeyman.” Despite his sincere stab at representing the emotional fallout that occurs after experiencing the death of a loved one, Savage cannot deliver scares or thrills through his actors without making the viewer (and, frankly, the performers) feel awkward.

It’s not Messina’s or the kids’ fault, though, more like The Boogeyman is eye-rollingly lazy in its creature design, leading to a tall and borderline goofy creature with no unique physicality or features. This renders the monster instantly forgettable. As such, the only frights The Boogeyman knocks out of the audience are cheap shots; loud, drumkit-heavy jump scares more likely to piss you off than honestly surprise or alarm. Instead, it feels more like Savage steals his scares from you, just like his movie steals your money and time.

You could probably make fun of The Boogeyman with your friends, but if you were expecting an original take on an overdone monster concept, be prepared to leave the theater exhausted instead. (Noah Hale) Violet Crown, Regal, PG-13, 98 min.

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roots. Moore has really settled into the Miles role, too, phasing effortlessly between the confidence of superpowers and the challenges of teen-dom. Steinfeld similarly nails her Gwen Stacy performance, as do actors in brief roles including Andy Samberg, Yuri Lowenthal and Mahershala Ali.

Thus, while the creators of Across the Spider-Verse aim squarely at kids, the adults who take them to the show or continue to live out their love affairs with comics-turned-movies, kids or no, will find lots to love. Still, we can only hear that family matters or love conquers all so many times before the law of diminishing returns sets in. Luckily, this one is so beautiful and fast-paced it’s often on to the next big thing before we have time to nitpick. Spidey swings, villains get bad and explosions flare in the distance—that’s pretty much all folks are looking for from movies like this.

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LOUIS-DREYFUS; PAINFULLY RELATABLE YET FUNNY - DISJOINTED AT TIMES

A stirring cast of relatable characters—for middle aged folks, anyway—rallies around veteran comic talent Julia Louis-Dreyfus in You Hurt My Feelings, director/writer Nicole Holofcener’s ode to aging, identity and the little white lies we tell our loved ones. Feelings is a smart yet simple tale told well, an homage to writing, really, both in how it portrays Louis-Dreyfus’ sometimes acerbic author, Beth, and in how the film itself bets big and mostly wins on its dialogue and actors.

We join our hero during the creation of her second book, her first take on fiction. Beth’s debut, a memoir built around her verbally abusive father, did OK, we’re repeatedly told. The new one, however, has fallen victim to overthought and way too many drafts. She works as a writing teacher at New York City’s New School, and between her agent’s tepid response to her new work and a classroom full of students who never bothered to read her first, Beth is fragile enough as it is, but then overhears her husband Don, a therapist who fears he’s losing his edge (Game of Thrones’ Tobias Menzies), say he just plain doesn’t like it.

Calamity ensues as Beth reels while wondering how her husband can possibly respect her if he doesn’t respect her work. Meanwhile, her sister

(the ever-solid Michaela Watkins) navigates similar waters at home as her would-be actor husband grapples with his own demons surrounding aging, career and so forth. Without ever saying it out loud, Holofcener gracefully points out that terrifying and humiliating moment that eventually comes for folks who live long enough—the world went and got all screwy when we weren’t looking, now it might leave us behind.

Holofcener (Enough Said) excels at dialogue and thematics in Feelings and crafts the sort of small yet painfully pressing interpersonal exchanges that define ourselves and our relationships. Does lying about how much we enjoy our loved ones’ work or creative endeavors express disrespect, or is it more about supporting them when they need it most? We all place little pressures on those around us every single day, but how do those things come out in the long run? Louis-Dreyfus masterfully glides through her character’s foibles and even her pettier moments, but small triumphs of motherhood, spousal life and self-reflection propel her to a greater level of understanding for the people around her even as she hides a competitor’s book beneath her own at the neighborhood book shop, even as she wrestles existentially with her 20-something son (Owen Teague). This one might not light up the box office with millions of adoring fans, but if You Hurt My Feelings is some sort of new beginning for the NYC-based warts-and-all rom-com, it’s a good start. (ADV) Violet Crown, R, 93 min.

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Rob Brezsny Week of June 7th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves,” said psychologist Carl Jung. What was he implying? That we may sometimes engage in the same behavior that bothers us about others? And we should examine whether we are similarly annoying? That’s one possible explanation, and I encourage you to meditate on it. Here’s a second theory: When people irritate us, it may signify that we are at risk of being hurt or violated by them—and we should take measures to protect ourselves. Maybe there are other theories you could come up with, as well, Aries. Now here’s your assignment: Identify two people who irritate you. What lessons or blessings could you garner from your relationships with them?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1886, a wealthy woman named Sarah Winchester moved into a two-story, eightroom farmhouse in San Jose, California. She was an amateur architect. During the next 20 years, she oversaw continuous reconstruction of her property, adding new elements and revising existing structures. At one point, the house had 500 rooms. Her workers built and then tore down a seven-story tower on 16 occasions. When she died at age 83, her beloved domicile had 2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 stairways, and six kitchens. While Sarah Winchester was extreme in her devotion to endless transformation, I do recommend a more measured version of her strategy for you—especially in the coming months. Continual creative growth and rearrangement will be healthy and fun!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “All the things I wanted to do and didn’t do took so long. It was years of not doing.” So writes Gemini poet Lee Upton in her book Undid in the Land of Undone. Most of us could make a similar statement. But I have good news for you, Gemini. I suspect that during the rest of 2023, you will find the willpower and the means to finally accomplish intentions that have been long postponed or unfeasible. I’m excited for you! To prepare the way, decide which two undone things you would most love to dive into and complete.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Denis Johnson had a rough life in his twenties. He was addicted to drugs and alcohol. Years later, he wrote a poem expressing gratitude to the people who didn’t abandon him. “You saw me when I was invisible,” he wrote, “you spoke to me when I was deaf, you thanked me when I was a secret.” Now would be an excellent time for you to deliver similar appreciation to those who have steadfastly beheld and supported your beauty when you were going through hard times.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t make a wish upon a star. Instead, make a wish upon a scar. By that I mean, visualize in vivid detail how you might summon dormant reserves of ingenuity to heal one of your wounds. Come up with a brilliant plan to at least partially heal the wound. And then use that same creative energy to launch a new dream or relaunch a stalled old dream. In other words, Leo, figure out how to turn a liability into an asset. Capitalize on a loss to engender a gain. Convert sadness into power and disappointment into joy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At age nine, I was distraught when my parents told me we were moving away from the small town in Michigan where I had grown up. I felt devastated to lose the wonderful friends I had made and leave the land I loved. But in retrospect, I am glad I got uprooted. It was the beginning of a new destiny that taught me how to thrive on change. It was my introduction to the pleasures of knowing a wide variety of people from many different backgrounds. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I think the next 12 months will be full of comparable opportunities for you. You don’t have to relocate to take advantage, of course. There are numerous ways to expand and diversify your world. Your homework right now is to identify three.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Most of us continuously absorb information that is of little or questionable value. We are awash in an endless tsunami of trivia and babble. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to remove yourself from this blather as much as possible during the next three weeks. Focus on exposing yourself to fine thinkers, deep feelers, and exquisite art and music. Nurture yourself with the wit and wisdom of compassionate geniuses and brilliant servants of the greater good. Treat yourself to a break from the blah-blah-blah and immerse yourself in the smartest joie de vivre you can find.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Over 25 countries have created coats of arms that feature an eagle. Why is that? Maybe it’s because the Roman Empire, the foundation of so much culture in the Western world, regarded the eagle as the ruler of the skies. It’s a symbol of courage, strength, and alertness. When associated with people, it also denotes high spirits, ingenuity, and sharp wits. In astrology, the eagle is the emblem of the ripe Scorpio: someone who bravely transmutes suffering and strives to develop a sublimely soulful perspective. With these thoughts in mind, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you Scorpios to draw extra intense influence from your eagle-like aspects in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I paint, my goal is to show what I found, not what I was looking for.” So said artist Pablo Picasso. I recommend you adopt some version of that as your motto in the coming weeks. Yours could be, “When I make love, my goal is to rejoice in what I find, not what I am looking for.” Or perhaps, “When I do the work I care about, my goal is to celebrate what I find, not what I am looking for.” Or maybe, “When I decide to transform myself, my goal is to be alert for what I find, not what I am looking for.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Vincent van Gogh painted Wheatfield with a Reaper, showing a man harvesting lush yellow grain under a glowing sun. Van Gogh said the figure was “fighting like the devil in the midst of the heat to get to the end of his task.” And yet, this was also true: “The sun was flooding everything with a light of pure gold.” I see your life in the coming weeks as resonating with this scene, Capricorn. Though you may grapple with challenging tasks, you will be surrounded by beauty and vitality.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suspect that your homing signals will be extra strong and clear during the next 12 months. Everywhere you go, in everything you do, you will receive clues about where you truly belong and how to fully inhabit the situations where you truly belong. From all directions, life will offer you revelations about how to love yourself for who you are and be at peace with your destiny. Start tuning in immediately, dear Aquarius. The hints are already trickling in.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The renowned Mexican painter Diego Rivera (1886–1957) told this story about himself: When he was born, he was so frail and ill that the midwife gave up on him, casting him into a bucket of dung. Rivera’s grandmother would not accept the situation so easily, however. She caught and killed some pigeons and wrapped her newborn grandson in the birds’ guts. The seemingly crazy fix worked. Rivera survived and lived for many decades, creating an epic body of artistic work. I bring this wild tale to your attention, Pisces, with the hope that it will inspire you to keep going and be persistent in the face of a problematic beginning or challenging birth pang. Don’t give up!

Homework: What broken thing could you repair so it’s even better than it was before it broke?

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BULMAN, District Court Judge of the First Judicial District Court of the State of New Mexico, and the seal of the District Court of Santa Fe County, this 18 day of May, 2023.

Kathleen Vigil Clerk of the District Court

Esmeralda Miramontes

Deputy Clerk

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE. Case No.

D-101-DM-2023-00155

Petitioner, Alexis Nieto De Giron VS. Respondent, Roy Nieto.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT. STATE OF NEW MEXICO to Roy Nieto. GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Alexis Nieto De Giron, the above-named Petitioner/Plaintiff has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause number, the general object thereof being: To Dissolve the marriage between the Petitioner and yourself.

567 89101112

HAVE YOU SEEN THE SFR CROSSWORD?

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

Alexis Nieto De Giron, Petitioner/Plaintiff.

706 Felipe Place Santa Fe, NM 87505

2.Gregg Gleba filed a Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate by Personal Representative in the above-styled and numbered matter on May 2, 2023; and, 3.A hearing on the above-referenced Petition has been set for July 14, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Judge Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501, before the Honorable Matthew J. Wilson. All parties are to appear remotely for this hearing. Parties may appear either by video at meet.google. com/bbu-aujx-qfx or by calling 1-336-949-8079 and entering pin number 862702640#. Pursuant to Section 45-1-401 (A) (3), N.M.S.A., 1978, 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.

DATED this 15th day of May, 2023. Gregg Gleba, 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 CASE NO: D-101-CV-2023-01079

IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF MARIA PILAR OLIVIA SISNEROS. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME. TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the Provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978,

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CONRAD CHURCHILL SKINNER, DECEASED. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CONRAD CHURCHILL SKINNER, DECEASED, AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF CONRAD CHURCHILL SKINNER, DECEASED, OR IN THE MATTER BEING LITIGATED IN THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HEARING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following: 1. CONRAD CHURCHILL SKINNER, Deceased, died on March 2, 2023; 2. ELLEN BERKOVITCH filed a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirship, and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative in the above-styled and numbered matter on May 16, 2023, and a hearing on the above-referenced Petition has been set for June 28, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Judicial District Courthouse before the Honorable Bryan Biedscheid to be held remotely by Google Meet. The Court prefers counsel and parties to participate by video at https://meet.google.com/hdcwqjx- wes. If it is not possible to participate by video, you may call 1 (954)-507-7909 and enter PIN: 916 854 445#

3. Pursuant to Section 45-1-401 (A) (3), N.M.S.A., 1978, 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. DATED this 25th day of May, 2023.

/s/ Kristi A. Wareham, Esq.

KRISTI A. WAREHAM, P.C.

Attorney for Petitioner

300 Paseo de Peralta, Ste. 103 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (505) 820-0698

Fax: (505) 629-1298

Email: kristiwareham@icloud.com

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE ANN ORTIZ, DECEASED. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF IRENE ANN ORTIZ, DECEASED, AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF IRENE ANN ORTIZ, DECEASED, OR IN THE MATTER BEING LITIGATED IN THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HEARING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following: 1. IRENE ANN ORTIZ, Deceased, died on October 25, 2022. 2. MICHAEL JOHN ORTIZ filed a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirship, and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative in the above-styled and numbered matter on May 18, 2023, and a hearing on the abovereferenced Petition has been set for July 10, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Judicial District Courthouse before the Honorable Francis J. Mathew to be held in In-Person, Third Floor, First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501. 3. Pursuant to Section 45-1-401 (A) (3), N.M.S.A., 1978, notice of the time and place of hearing on the abovereferenced Petition is hereby given to you by publication, once each week, for three consecutive weeks. DATED this 6th day of June, 2023. /s/ Kristi A. Wareham, Esq. KRISTI A. WAREHAM, P.C. Attorney for Petitioner 300 Paseo de Peralta, Ste. 103 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Telephone: (505) 820-0698 Fax: (505) 629-1298 Email: kristiwareham@icloud.com