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“HOW DO YOU APPROVE AN UNDERGROUND TOXIC WASTE DUMP WITHOUT TELLING NOBODY?”

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The First Judicial District Attorney prosecutes cases in Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties. In the primary Democrat race, incumbent Mary Carmack-Altwies hopes for a second term as she faces her predecessor Marco Serna. The two worked together during Serna’s time heading the office.

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1. How much does it cost to file a restraining order or a name change?

2. According to an early 2024 study from the University of New Mexico, how many DWI convictions were there in Santa Fe County in 2022?

3. What percentage of those were repeat offenders?

4. Which New Mexico statute prevented charging Rust star Alec Baldwin for the injury director Joel Souza sustained in the Oct. 21, 2021 shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins?

5. Explain the constitutional concern that has been raised regarding the creation of a rebuttable presumption against pretrial detention.

1. $132.

2. The study reports a total of 212 DWI convictions in Santa Fe County for 2022.

3. Fifty-six people received a repeat DWI conviction—roughly 46% of all convictions that year.

4. NM Stat § 30-3-5 defines aggravated battery as “the unlawful touching or application of force to the person of another with intent to injure that person or another,” meaning there had to be intent on Baldwin’s part to receive that charge.

5. Per a committee report, the Attorney General’s Office, the Administrative Office of the Courts and others have said taking such action could violate Article 2, Section 13 of the state constitution, which requires a prosecutor to prove “by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community.” The New Mexico Legislature has unsuccessfully taken up the issue multiple times. The state Supreme Court issued revised pretrial detention rules on May 8, after these interviews were conducted.

SCORE: (60/100)

Carmack-Altwies took over the First Judicial DA’s Office in January 2021. She says her second-term priorities include working with the Children, Youth and Families Department and schools to identify at-risk children and offer early intervention services; and continuing to focus on DWI convictions. Carmack-Altwies reports her misdemeanor DWI conviction rates at 87% for 2022 and 2023, using a system in which her office only proceeds with cases deemed “viable.”

1. A restraining order is free. A name change—the last time—well actually, when I did it, it was $120, but that was down in Albuquerque and it was more than 10 years ago. (10/20)

2. I don’t know the exact number, but I can tell you that that study—because I know which one you’re talking about—included municipal cases and cases that were not subject to my DWI policy. And so

we wouldn’t have studied those. SFR: Do you want to give a ballpark estimate? Convictions I would say in 2022, there were around between 200 to 250, I believe. It’s actually a little more than that: Between 250 and 300. (10/20)

3. Again, I don’t know. If it’s the study I’m thinking of, I don’t recall that that was even a part of it. But again, I would wonder about that metric because we studied DWI misdemeanors, not felonies. I know there was a 100% conviction rate on our felony cases. (0/20)

4. Well, it would have been the aggravated battery and that requires specific intent, whereas our involuntary manslaughter statute does not require intent. It’s more based on a negligence standard, but aggravated battery statute does require specific intent so it wasn’t covered under an accidental or negligent or reckless standard. (20/20)

5. Oh, sure. It’s what’s called burden shifting. And so when you have a rebuttable presumption, the words in themselves implies that the defendant is required to rebut, meaning they are required to give evidence to show that they can be released safely. So it’s against the presumption of innocence. (20/20)

SCORE: (20/100)

Serna, who previously served one term as district attorney starting in 2017, ran unsuccessfully for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020 and worked as a prosecutor in the 8th Judicial District in Taos, among other positions. He disputes and criticizes Carmack-Altwies’ DWI statistics and methodology, respectively, and cites concerns about DWI prosecutions as a primary reason for his candidacy.

1. The typical cost of filing is right around $40, so I’m

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willing to guess it’s right around $40 approximately. (0/20)

2. 2022 convictions—I’m going to estimate approximately 180. (15/20)

3. I’ll say 20%. (0/20)

4. I know that this is the statute that was originally charged that indicated that the charge was improper having to do with the firearm enhancement, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. (0/20)

5. So this, I believe, goes back to the constitutional amendment that passed right around my first campaign or prior to doing essentially away with bonds and releasing people to their own recognizance. In the event that there were dangerousness concerns or fight and or flight risks, a rule 5409 was created for preventative detention. (5/20)

MARY CARMACKALTWIES, 46

First Judicial District Attorney

MARCO SERNA, 41

This week, SFR pop quizzes candidates in the race for Santa Fe County Clerk. The Santa Fe County Clerk is tasked with recording documents, attending Board of County Commissioner meetings and—perhaps the most crucial task—running elections within Santa Fe County. In the Democratic race, incumbent Clerk Katharine E. Clark seeks a second term and faces off against her predecessor Geraldine Salazar. Per SFR’s ground rules, the candidates agree to not use any sources besides their own knowledge to answer the quiz questions. SFR records the conversations and reports the answers verbatim. Early voting in the June election began May 7. Find voting locations and additional information at sfreporter.com/elections.

1. Name five of the early voting polling locations in Santa Fe County.

2. Describe the latest initiative the New Mexico Secretary of State Office launched to counter election misinformation.

3. How much does it cost for people to replace their marriage licenses or certificates?

4. What percentage of registered voters in Santa Fe County cast a ballot in the last regular local election? Bonus: By what percent did that number increase or decrease in comparison to 2021?

5. If a homeowners association fails to record a “notice of homeowner association” with the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office within 30 days of declaration, what happens to the HOA?

1. Early voting began May 7 at the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office. Expanded early voting, which starts May 18, will add nine additional locations: Edgewood Fire Station 70; Max Coll Corridor Community Center; Santa Fe Community College; Christian Life Church; Pojoaque Satellite Office; Nancy Rodriguez Community Center; Santa Fe County Fair Building; Abedon Lopez Community Center; and Southside Library.

2. On May 1, the Secretary of State Office launched a new campaign to help voters avoid artificially-generated election misinformation and the risks that come with AI for voters. The efforts, which started with a budget of $500,000, include social media, radio, television and billboard advertisements, as well as a website that provides tools to voters to help identify AI. Read an interview with Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on this issue at sfreporter.com

3. $15.

4. Approximately 30% of registered voters—or more than 32,000 people—cast ballots in the Nov. 7, 2023 regular local election, making it the highest voter turnout since the Regular Local Election Act was enacted. Bonus: Only 24% of voters turned out in the 2021 regular local election, marking a 6% increase for 2023.

5. An HOA that fails to record the notice does not have the authority to charge an assessment, levy a fine for late payment or a lien for nonpayment until it records the notice.

SCORE: (98/100)

Clark took office in 2021 following an endorsement from Salazar. Clark boasts of first-term victories that include modernizing elections and purchasing new equipment. If re-elected, she says she will continue those modernization efforts and expand capacity for future elections. Prior to taking office, Clark was a small business owner.

1. Name five of the early voting locations in Santa Fe County? Nancy Rodriguez, the Clerk’s Office, Santa Fe Community College, Christian Life, the Fairgrounds, Abedon

Lopez—am I up to five yet? (20/20)

2. It’s about artificial intelligence. So I think this week she pushed out a discussion of using AI and making sure that what you’re seeing is accurate. It’s actually part of the bill from the legislative session last year about election misinformation and not being able to technically be able to use it in New Mexico but of course, we’re still going to see it. (20/20)

3. You may have to pay $25 again. (0/20)

4. It was 31% of eligible voters. (20/20) Bonus: So I think in 2021, we did about—let me think about that for a second—I think we did 25 to 26% and then this was 31%. So are you making me do math? Well, 5% increase. (18/20)

5. They can’t enforce their rules. (20/20)

SCORE: (44/100)

Salazar, a former clerk from 2013 to 2020, came out of retirement to challenge Clark for a third term. Salazar started off as a recording clerk. She says if she wins the office, she will improve customer service and reassess the office’s operations.

1. The Clerk’s Office, the Eldorado—I’m blanking. I apologize. (4/20)

2. I did see that so they have resources to basically go over if someone contacts the Secretary of State’s Office about voter information that has been manipulated. They will look into that and make sure that the Secretary of State’s Office looks out and provides information to diffuse that rumor

or bad information or misguided information or toxic information. (20/20)

3. To replace their marriage license I would, you know, it could be $10 or $25. And I’m remembering when we did this. I know the last time I looked at the fee schedule, a lot of the fees have gone up and so I’m not familiar with it. I know that for public records research it’s gone up from $20 to $40. But as far as for the marriage license or the certificate, that I cannot recall specifically. (0/20)

4. The regular local election? See, I totally detached from all these numbers. I had no idea I was gonna run again. So I decided to run January 30 of this year, so I was happily retired and I did not pay attention to that. Sorry. (0/20) Bonus: I couldn’t answer that. (0/20)

5. I believe that it’s irrelevant. It doesn’t stand to the status of being an HOA. That’s my opinion and what I recall. I may be wrong. (20/20)

KATHARINE E. CLARK, 42

Santa Fe County Clerk

GERALDINE SALAZAR, 70

“How Do You Approve an Underground Toxic Waste Dump Without Telling Nobody?”

An oil and gas firm planned to convert a New Mexico water well into a disposal site for toxic wastewater. A familiar face stood in its way.

mation about those sites in the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division’s massive online database, he came across paperwork for something unexpected. “I don’t know what keyword search I was doing,” he said, “But I was ‘Whoa, what is this?’”

A Denver-based oil and gas production company, Enduring Resources, had applied to turn a water well in the area into an injection well—instead of pulling water from the well, the company wanted to inject up to 20,000 barrels a day of toxic wastewater from the oil production process. The well is less than a mile from the Atencio family home.

Atencio said he “kind of freaked out” because he learned of the proposed conversion just as the project was to be approved by the state’s Oil Conservation Division.

“How do you approve an underground toxic waste dump without telling nobody?” Atencio asks.

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In late 2022, an oil and gas production company petitioned the state of New Mexico to turn a water well into a waste disposal well in the northwest corner of the state. It sits on a plot of state land surrounded by tribal and federal property, and less than a mile from the family home of a well-known Native rights organizer. Now, a pending decision by the New Mexico State Land Commissioner may nix the project and close another chapter in one person’s continuing fight against oil and gas development on ancestral Native lands.

The case also highlights the sometimes antiquated laws and overlapping jurisdictions that govern oil and gas production in New Mexico and the difficulty an individual faces when dealing with nearby wells, even when that person is well-versed in the industry.

Late one night last year, Mario Atencio was researching a paper on New Mexico’s recently extended 20-year moratorium on new oil and gas drilling around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The long-time Diné (Navajo) organizer is a doctoral candidate in Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and the park is just down the road from his father’s home on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation.

Oil wells and related infrastructure pepper the landscape around his father’s home and the park, and while looking for infor-

But the company did tell people. Sort of. It followed state rules for oilfield waste injection wells, which include a testing and notification process. The testing ensured that the water in the aquifer contained enough dissolved solids that the project wouldn’t fall under a stricter set of rules. The notification, conducted by Enduring Resources, alerted the public and other oil and gas producers in the area to the project and gave them the chance to challenge it. None did, including Atencio or his family, because they never heard about it.

“Oil production well” is a bit of a misnomer in New Mexico—they are brackish water wells with oil mixed in. On average, such wells in the state produce four barrels of so-called “produced water” for every barrel of oil, and that can reach 100 or more barrels of water to a single barrel of oil in some places. At least one well close to Chaco Culture National Historical Park produces 300- to-1. The produced water is a toxic mix of salts, other minerals and chemicals used in the drilling process. Spills can sterilize land, poison people or pollute aquifers that provide drinking water, and because of that, produced water is highly regulated and can’t be used for anything outside of oilfield operations without a specialized state permit. So companies dispose of it by injecting it deep underground.

Water is “the major cultural resource in the region,” Atencio says. “This is deep underground water…but it’s still part of the underlying Earth.”

In New Mexico, new injection wells require approval from the Oil Conservation

Division, and those on state lands also need approval from the State Land Office. Turning a water supply well into an injection well is not common. Dylan Fuge, acting director of the Oil Conservation Division, said, “The request by Enduring was unique. There is no known record of a similar request.”

Injection wells have their own sections in both the Oil Conservation Division and State Land Office rulebooks because of produced water’s toxicity. If a company submits an application for an injection well, Oil Conservation Division rules (the more complex and technical of the two) require the company to directly notify nearby “affected persons”—well operators or mineral rights owners who may have competing or overlapping rights near the injection well. The Atencio home is less than a mile away on tribal land, and the family also holds mineral rights on that land. Atencio said those rights are managed by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which may partially explain why the family never heard about the plans for the well.

Oil Conservation Division rules for affected persons say that if the land in question is tribal land, “the [Bureau of

Land Management], the United States department of the interior, bureau of Indian affairs, and the relevant tribe” should be notified.

However, Sidney Hill, public information officer with the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, said that the Oil Conservation Division contacted the Bureau of Land Management about the proposed change last August. “Under our current rules, notice to the BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs] was not required,” he said.

When asked about the notification process, Allison Sandoval, public affairs specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, said, “We are not able to answer at this time, but will have a response to you as soon as possible.”

The company also must publish a public notice about the project, giving people 15 days to file an objection or request a hearing. According to the rule, that notice must be printed in a newspaper in the county where the proposed injection well is located.

Enduring Resources placed an ad in the Rio Rancho Observer, which covers

a community more than 100 miles from the well and the Atencios’ family home, in the opposite corner of the county. They never saw the notice. Sandoval County— where the well sits—is three times the size of Rhode Island with one-seventh the population. “They put it in the paper, but the paper was nowhere near the Navajo people,” Atencio said. The biggest paper in the region is in Farmington, bordering tribal lands and 70 miles from the well and the house—but in neighboring San Juan County.

All of this underscores what Atencio has been demanding for years: tribal sovereignty and tribal notification. For years, he and other Navajos have fought for greater consultation, notification and transparency between state, federal and local tribal governments over all aspects of oil and gas production in the region, including waste wells and produced water.

The well sits on one square mile of state land surrounded by tribal and Bureau of Land Management land in the so-called “checkerboard” region in the eastern CONTINUED ON

Mario Atencio stands in front of a well operation near the Ojo Encino Chapter House on Navajo Tribal lands in New Mexico.

Enduring Resources wants to convert this water well into an oil waste injection well on land adjacent to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.

reaches of the Navajo Nation. On a map, it looks like it sounds, with one-mile blocks of state, tribal and federal lands jumbled together, each government enforcing its own rules and regulations for oil and gas drilling, production and disposal.

By the time Atencio contacted the Oil Conservation Division about the well, the division had already issued it a permit. Enduring Resources had retained lawyer and former House Speaker Brian Egolf, a Santa Fe Democrat, to push the application through the government process (Egolf left the House following the 2022 session).

A review of more than two years of emails between Egolf and the Oil

Conservation Division shows the state office trying to follow its rule—including asking Enduring Resources for extra notifications to two other well operators in the area and the Bureau of Land Management—while often fielding daily emails from Egolf asking about the permit’s status.

In February, three months after the well was approved, lawyers from the Western Environmental Law Center and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the Oil Conservation Division to deny the permit or reopen the 15-day protest period, noting that the division or Enduring “should have provided notice to the Atencio family, whom, upon

information and belief, live on an allotment within half a mile of the proposed well.” They added that the Navajo Times would be “a more appropriate newspaper of general circulation in this region,” because, among other reasons, monolingual Navajo (Diné bizaad) speakers “would not have received or been able to respond to notice posted in English in the Rio Rancho Observer.”

Fuge replied, “After a full review of the well file…I do not find grounds for OCD to reopen this application for protest.”

Atencio also contacted the State Land Office, asking what could be done to stop the well conversion. On Dec. 14, 2023, state Land Commissioner Stephanie

Garcia Richard issued an executive order extending an existing moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on lands around Chaco Culture National Historical Park by 20 years. The moratorium was aimed primarily at preserving artifacts and landscapes considered sacred to the Navajo and other tribes in the region. That same day, Atencio wrote to the State Land Office, congratulating them on the moratorium and then asking the office to thoroughly review Enduring Resources’ disposal well application, because not doing so “is doubling down on Environmental Racism.”

In emails with Capital & Main in April, Joey Keefe, assistant commissioner of communications at the New Mexico State Land Office, said, “The State Land Office is not subject to the State Tribal Collaboration Act.” However, he said, Commissioner Garcia Richard hopes to have formal memorandums of understanding between the State Land Office and each tribe before the end of her term in January 2027. In the meantime, he said, “The decision of whether to lease or otherwise authorize the use of state trust land belongs to the Commissioner of Public Lands.” And when it comes to the proposed Enduring Resources wastewater injection well, he wrote on April 16 that the company was recently informally notified that “the Commissioner does not intend to approve this change.”

Neither Enduring Resources nor Egolf responded to emails and phone messages asking for comment. * * *

Atencio and Enduring Resources already had a history when the company began the well conversion. The company has more than 900 wells in the San Juan Basin of northwest New Mexico, and in February 2019, the company spilled 1,400 barrels of oil mixed with produced water

Pipeline valves over the area where the fracking slurry poured into a wash on Feb. 17, 2019.

at a well site. That slurry flowed across a dirt road and seeped into a dry streambed that ran by Atencio’s family house. A few days later, another nearby Enduring well caught fire. Atencio says no one received any compensation for the disruption or the pollution of the streambed that cuts through land where one of his cousins runs cattle.

Six months after the spill, Atencio and others filed a complaint requesting a temporary halt on further oil and gas development in the San Juan Basin of northwest New Mexico, alleging that the US Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management and other federal officials had improperly permitted new wells. In that case, Enduring intervened as a defendant alongside the government, since the case threatened the company’s oil and gas production. The company’s opening remarks to join the case read “Enduring Resources uses completion technology that results in net-zero use of fresh water and the elimination of venting and flaring.”

While that may be the case for drilling and preparing new wells, it’s not the case during production. In 2023, Enduring Resources reported venting 27,358 mcf (thousand cubic feet) of climate-damaging natural gas and flaring another 670,556 mcf. According to the EPA’s conservative estimates, that’s equivalent to 12,300 internal combustion engine cars driven for a year. In the end, the government won the case.

And last summer, Atencio and a representative from Enduring Resources faced off in a Congressional hearing on a Republican bill to strike down an Interior Department ban on drilling permits on federal lands around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Anita Ashland,

T hroughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Diné homelands in Greater Chaco were violently stolen and then reorganized into a checkerboard pattern of federal, state, private, tribal trust and tribal allotment parcels.

-Mario Atencio

a senior land consultant with Enduring Resources, testified that “Enduring has invested over $25.5 million in a water handling system to eliminate the need to vent or flare methane.” (In October, 2023 the EPA hit Enduring Resources with a $185,000 fine for unauthorized emissions.)

In follow-up questions, Ashland described the 2019 spill near the Atencio home as “undesired, but relatively small” and said blocking oil and gas development around the park would hurt Navajo mineral rights owners.

Atencio fired back that the permit ban happened with strong support from Native groups, and offered a history lesson: “Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Diné homelands in Greater Chaco were violently stolen and then reorganized into a checkerboard pattern of federal, state, private, tribal trust and tribal allotment parcels,” compromising the tribe’s self-determination.

The Republican bill died.

When told that Garcia Richard plans to deny the state land easement Enduring Resources needs for the injection well, Atencio said, “I applaud it.” But he sees the process leading up to that point as another chapter in a long history of environmental racism on Native lands.

“Someone needs to be knocked down a peg or two and be told, ‘Hey—you’re doing a really bad job, a really shitty job, and it has deep impacts,’” Atencio said.

In the meantime, Keefe said that State Land Office attorneys are drawing up the official notice for Enduring Resources that the injection well will not be approved. And if the company protests or takes the state to court over the issue, Atencio says, “You gotta face very harsh words from me.”

This story was published by journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, which reports on economic, environmental and social issues in the West. capitalandmain.com

Mario Atencio above the wash near his grandmother’s home, where 1,400 barrels of fracking slurry spilled.

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands

Stephanie Garcia Richard is expected to deny Enduring Resources the state land easement it needs for the injection well.

Mama Said

Girl Groups Through the Decades

Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19, 2024 • 3:00PM NM Museum of Art on the Santa Fe Plaza

Adult Preferred Seating: $35

Adult General Seating: $25

Child/Student (under 18): $10

Zia Singers, under the Artistic Direction of Aaron Howe, present Our Concert Sponsors: Featuring Guest Soloist Tasha Booth

TWO critically acclaimed plays in REP challenge the foundations of the student/professor relationship THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgess OLEANNA by David Mamet directed by Robert Benedetti opens May 8th / runs through June 16 directed by Suzanne Lederer opens May 15th / runs through June 16

A TIMELY AFFAIR

Though the world changes, much stays the same. In iconic playwright David Mamet’s Oleanna from the New Mexico Actors Lab, a sexual harassment accusation opens a can of worms through which university professor John and his student Carol must sift. Mamet reportedly worked on 1992’s Oleanna both before and during the 1991 televised Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Consider the Anita Hill harassment accusation, the number of years that have passed with little done to stem the machinations of powerful men—this play is just as relevant some decades later as it was when it premiered. Geoffrey Pomeroy and Emily Rankin star with direction from Suzanne Lederer. (ADV) Oleanna:

7:30 pm Wednesday, May 15-Saturday, May 18;

2 pm Sunday, May 19. $15-$35. The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505)395-6576

HOLY MOLY

MUSIC FRI/17

Santa Fe’s storied DIY scene stays relevant this week with a performance/album release from Holy Garden District, the most mighty and enjoyable three-piece combination of Ben Clary, Dylan McDowell and Cole Bee Wilson. Each has done plenty via solo projects and with bands like Future Scars; together on the new album Ghost Rent, they become a bizarre yet magnetically enjoyable coming-together of rock, emo, surf, country and instrumental experimentalism. “We wrote three songs each and just kind of went from there to varying degrees,” Clary says. “I will sometimes call it ‘music school dork music,’ but it’s more of a blank canvas for people to listen to and project what they hear onto it.” (ADV)

Holy Garden District: 7 pm Friday, May 17. $10-$15. Ghost 2889 Trades West Road, instagram.com/ghost_santafe

EVENT MON/20

BIKES ‘N’ BOOKS

Each May, Bike Month in Santa Fe becomes that wonderful time of the year when residents break out the velocipedes and zizz down the street on two wheels. And though you’ll find no shortage of bicycle-related happenings through the bikesantafe.org calendar, this week’s Urbanist “Book” Club event sounds particularly interesting. A no-read-necessary gathering, the topics for discussion are twofold: local bike lanes and accessibility—or lack thereof—and 2016’s Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Janette Sadik-Khan, who during her tenure from 2007 to 2013 transformed sections of NYC streets into safer bike/ pedestrian zones. “Mostly what I want is to meet cool people who are interested in this,” event organizer Pat Feghali says. “I also want them to meet each other, so when there are actionable things to do, we already know each other.” (ADV)

Urbanist “Book” Club: 6-8 pm Monday, May 20. Free Boxcar, 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222

BOOKS FRI/17-SUN/19

So Lit

Santa Fe International Literary Festival hits year three with another slew of notable wordsmiths

Even a cursory glance at the crop of writers scheduled to appear at the upcoming third annual Santa Fe International Literary Festival reveals a murderers’ row of exciting contemporary novelists, poets, essayists, thinkers, storytellers and all-around titanic writers.

We’re talking scribes like David Grann, Julia Alvarez, Jesmyn Ward, Anne Lamott, Douglas Preston, Natalie Goldberg, Hampton Sides, Tommy Orange (whom you can read about in more detail on page 26), Jenn Shapland, Luci Tapahonso…and it only goes on from there. You might notice a number of Santa Fe and New Mexico writers within their ranks, and this is intentional, according to the fest’s co-founder and Executive Director Clare Hertel.

“We’ve always wanted to feature the best of New Mexico, and it shakes out to be about 40 percent of the authors,” Hertel tells SFR. “And really, the credit for the curation goes to the festival’s Carmella Padilla and Mark Bryant.”

Co-founder Padilla—an accomplished writer in her own right—will also serve as emcee for many of the festival’s events and says there’s something about Santa Fe that makes putting the fest together easier than you’d think.

“This is something new on the circuit, so people are interested in what we’re

doing, but it’s very heartening that people have responded so quickly,” Padilla says. “I think there’s an automatic draw to Santa Fe—whether they’ve been here in the past before or not, Santa Fe speaks for itself; the implication being that you’re going to get a high-quality cultural event here.”

Also excellent? This year’s fest was designed with youths, educators and librarians in mind, and anyone from those cohorts, Hertel notes, can pick up free tickets through the website’s ticketing page.

“We decided to give away about 1,500 tickets this year,” Hertel says, “and we’ve given away about 750 so far.”

Other festival events include a free Skype appearance from Circe author Madeline Miller as part of the Santa Fe Public Library’s Big Read program, book giveaways, a community stage for fledgling writers and more. (Alex De Vore)

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Various times

Friday, May 17-Sunday, May 19

Prices vary

Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., sfinternationallitfest.org

School of Trades, Advanced Technologies, and Sustainability; School of Business, Professional Studies, and Education

Jessica Abbott**

Katherine Abrams**@ Audra Acker***

Felipe Diaz Acosta

Antony Aguilar

Ryan Albritton

Xiomara Patricia Amador Moreno**@ Angelo Delacruz Ansala

David Aponte@

Peggy Ann Aragon@ Katya Arias@ Raquel Arreola*@ Landon Brayden Atencio*

Brittney Baca*

Ana Barroteran

Eleanor Becker-Chiu

Barbara Belvin

Barnabas Bird, Jr.**

Drakon Blais*

Emily Bodony

Pierson T. Bourquin@ Felisha Boyce@ Brendan Brown

Jerry Burciaga

Madison Burdwell**@ Maria Camacho Moreno@ Linda Carter**@ Sally Cassady***

Ariel Cassell*@ Yoselin Lorena Castañeda Perez@ Katrina Caswell**@ Celina Catanach**

Christina Catanach**

Amy Chacon**

Klarisa Chavez*

Luis Chavez@ Prisma Chavez**†@ Rose Clark

Christopher Cocanougher**

Beverly Cordova

Jeanette Guadalupe Corral@ Tammie Crowley

Karla Fabiola Castillo Cruz***

Shania Cruz*† Liam Daly*

Kyle S. Davidson@ Elizabeth DeAguero

Roman Del Rio

Yesenia Diaz Martinez

Erick Dominguez Gonzalez

Jessica Dorn***

Dominic Drake

Lesley Estrada Diaz@ Myles Evans@

Emma Xiaokai Lenihan Felt**

Michael Finnance**

Alexis Garcia

Felipe Garcia

Jair Garcia

Nicolas Garcia**

Haley Gayner***

Jacqueline George**@

Alejandro Godinez ** Grisel Gomez

Matias Gonzales

Rudy Gonzales*†

Mauricio Gonzalez

Tammy Gorman**

Marosa Junipher Goudriaan

Kimberly Gri s**

Cari Gri o***

Wellyem Guerra†

Silvana Guevara Contreras@

Destiny Gutierrez@ JayRyan Hands**

Amanda Hellinghausen

Paola Heredia@

Axel Hernandez Hernandez**

Jackie Herrera

Joy Hocker**†@ Colleen Hogan**

Zuwena Islam@

Miguel Jaramillo Juarez

Francisco Jasso*

Veronica Jimenez

Daniela Jimenez Rodriguez@ Shontysa Joe@

Ana Romelia Juarez*

Stephanie Jurgensen***

Gurubani Khalsa

Corlina Kiernan

Tara King*

Marie Maez Kluger***@

Michael Kotowski*@

Darren Kreho ***

Angel Leal Oliva

Judith Ledezma Suarez**†

Jaidoennaey Leppelman

Annette Lewis@

Esther Licon@

Emily Lopez

Jeremy Lopez

Agnes Loving***

Karen Pamela

Loya Valladares***@

Yuvild Lizbeth Lozoya Grado@

Angelica Lucero

Saif Mahmood*@ Shelby Malczewski

Kristen Mancini**

Anika Marcus***

Ignacio Marquez@ Lenamarie Marsh@

Ezra Martinez

Jessica Martinez

Melinda Martinez

Makane Mason**

Kasandra Mata Martinez***

Desiree Lucero

Zoe McLaughlin

Edgar Medina

Sebastian Medina

German Mena

Robin Menetrey*

Daniela Merediz*

John Michel**

Mitchel Miller**

Joana Miranda*

Alyne Montes**†

Angela Montoya@

Damian Montoya

Desire Montoya*

Destiny Monique Amy Montoya

Deznie Montoya*

Sydney Morrison**

Marta Moya

Nicalee Moya*

Mariela Najera Valenzuela**@ Eugenio Nava Gomez***

Albert Neri@

Daniel Nilsson**

Maura O’Brien@

Brenda Oceguera Campos**

Lesly Orona Torres***

Randy Orona Torres**

Lisa Ortega*

Bernadette Ortiz

Felicia Pacheco@ Mushegh Paglayan

Deimy Pena@ Ethan Perez*

Olivia Portillo@ Leonard Quintana**

Andrea Randall

Bryan Rascon*

Ana Rauda***

David Reyes

Jenna Larice Sasha Rivera

Kimberly Rivera@ Santi Rivera

Rafael Rodrigues Videira***

Maria Luisa Romero***

Alejandro Rosales

Casey Rouse***

Jacob Roybal

Julia Ryan

Elena Salvidrez**

Benjamin Sandoval**

Kristiana Sandoval**@

Jennifer Sapp

Tania Sarish***

Jon See***@ Faith Sena@

Lawrence Sena**

Carole Sheldon@ Andrew Smith*

Estevan Smith*

Gabriel Smith*

Rhett Smith***@

Samuel Solano

Evelyn Solis@ Wendy Sosa

Joyce Squiemphen@ Shana Stone

Victoria Stull*

Alexia Subia@

Miles Swanson

Amanda Tapia**

Haley Tapia

Luis Angel Tarango

Mariela Torres@

Santa Fe C munity

Miguel Torres, Jr.

Nora Torres**

Alexandra Trujillo

Esmeralda Trujillo

Marisa Valdez

Tyleigh Valdez**

Victoria Valdez**

Veronica Valdivia**

Patricia Victor*†@

Ryan Angela Viers**

Katelynn Vigil†

Neal Walstrom**

Wenjie Wang

Wynter Watkins

Jake Weisberg

Claire White***

Bailey Williamson*

Mattie Wood*†@

Krista Ann Woodbridge

Eva Zafarano*

Cesar Zambrano*

Carla Zul

School of Science, Health, Engineering and Math; School of Fitness Education

Brianna Abeyta@ Leonard Abeyta**

Karen Acevedo

Kassidy Allison@

Susan Alvarez

Christian Archuleta*

Maya Archuleta@ Stephanie Archuleta@ Kehila Arras*@ Giovanna Avalos Munguia@

Joshua Avila

Evelyn Ayala Villalobos

Deyonce F. Baca

Devin Baldwin

Trinity Batista**@ Holland Beckens

Dayana Benavente

Kurt Michael Benner†

Dominique Branaum@ Joel Briar@

Susan Bridges***

Daniel Brose**

Dillon Buckley

Savannah Bustamante**@ Katelynn Calabaza

Brita Carlson**

Erika Carrasco

S. Karina Carrillo Amador

Reyna Carrillo-Leyba@

Norma Castillo@ Ambrose Catanach

Stacey Cecil**

Ashley Chavira

Brooke Chinana@

Kadence

Miranda Cisneros

Staci Colvett*

Noah Cook***

Jesse Crews

Renee Cruz*

Jasper Daly-Williamson*

Sage de la

Roman Delamater**

Karla Delgado

Abril Dominguez

Kaylie Doyon**@ Magdalena Erives

Annette Escudero

Dezirae Esquibel*

Monique Esquibel*

Samantha Feliciano*

Gabriella

Ashley Flores*

Lyle Frauenglass**@

Jordan

Tonia Gachupin@

Mikiela Gallegos

Cinthya

Denai Garcia@

Lauren Garcia***@ Sharmaine

Cordelia Gonzales@

Destiny Gonzales@

Ramona Gonzales

Ashlee C. Gonzalez@

Juana Gonzalez

Yamilet Gonzalez@

Julisa Granillo

Devyn Griego*†@ Carter Grotbeck

Ixayana Gutierrez

Jasmine Gutierrez

Ariana Herman@

Claudia Hernandez**

Leslie Hernandez

Isabela Herrera@ Stephanie Gabriella

Emily

Jordan Hoem

Glenda Hogan@

Shelby Howley-Smith

Bonnie Hunter†@

Roqia Hussaini

Gavin Jelinek*

Earlene Jennings***

Kreston Johnson

Forrest

Alex Kallenberger

Sally Kevin Krummel*

To see these names

C lege Graduates!

Chinana@ Chino

Cisneros

Colvett*

Cook***

Crews Cruz*

Daly-Williamson* Garza@ Delamater**

Delgado Sotelo@ Dominguez

Doyon**@ Erives Gonzalez Escudero

Esquibel*

Esquibel* Feliciano* Fischer Flores*

Frauenglass**@ Frye* Gachupin@ Gallegos

Garcia Garcia@ Garcia***@

Sharmaine Garner

Gonzales@ Gonzales@ Gonzales Gonzalez@ Gonzalez Gonzalez@ Granillo Calderon@ Griego*†@ Grotbeck

Gutierrez Gutierrez Quintana** Herman@ Hernandez** Hernandez Herrera@ Gabriella Herrera@ Hill Hoem Hogan@ Howley-Smith Hunter†@ Hussaini

Jelinek* Jennings*** Johnson

Joy** Kallenberger Ko Krummel*

Vinaya Kurapati***

Veronica LaRocca

James Law**

Matthew Legits*

Chelsea Leon Villegas@ Erika Little

Lea Loaiza

Angelica Lopez@ Reign Nichole Lopez@ Yaire Lopez@ Juanito Lovato@ Brandon Lozano

Alexis Lucero@ Krystal Lucero@ Tyra Lucero

Logan Luiz

Angela Lujan*@ Phillip Lujan

Maria Luna@ Hajer Maaz***†@ Kateri Madalena*@ Hannah Maestas@ Markie Maestas

Juanita Maltos

Yatsiri Manrriquez Lopez@

Reyna Marquez**

Manuela Lizet Marquez Rico

Lenamarie Marsh@ Shanna Marsh**

Natasha Marsh-Lovato

Benita Martinez

Brian Martinez@ Helen Martinez

Jeremy Martinez

Johana E. Martinez**

Monique Martinez*

Nataly Martinez@ Oscar Martinez

Ryan Martinez@ elma Jezlyn Martinez@ Victoria Mason

eodore McDonald

Kasee McField

Kelly Mcgrory

Lorenzo Medina*

Alejandro Mendoza

Lesly Mendoza**

Daniela Menjivar**@ Nissim Mesznik

Kristina Montano@ Byron Montoya

Christopher Montoya

Janessa Rose Montoya*

Lexianna Montoya*

Miranda Montoya@ Maria Morataya

Alysha Moya

Fathima Munoz

Estrella Najera**

Shakayla Nash*

Nathan Nichols

Sebastian Olivas Leyva

Jaqueline Ontiveros

Andrea Opena@

Niqole Ordonez*

Tania Ornelas@ Jason Ortega

Kamisha Ortega@ Aliana Ortiz

Diego Ortiz Alpizar

Gabriela Pacheco

Kaylena Padilla@ Juana Paz Mejia

Laura Pena@ Lucinda Perales

Carlos Peralta

Celestina Perea

Jessica Perez

Arysbet Pinera@ Raven Pomeranz

Margaret Quintana@ Shaelyn Quintana@ Veronica Ramirez

Maya Ramsay**

Alexa Samantha Reyes*

Danielle Richardson@

Sophia Eva Rivera@ Elvis Rizo Torres

Saure Robles@ Shane Rocha**†

Ivan Rodriguez

Mildred Rodriguez

Rosa Rodriguez@

Vanessa Rodriguez@ Gloria Rodriguez Cervantes

Betzaida Rodriguez

Ethan Roland

Tomas Roman Villalobos

omas Romereau@ Michelle Roos*

Evelyn Rouse**

Orlando Roybal

Rhaiza Sagaoinit@ Andria Salazar

Justice Salazar

Alejandra Sanchez

Christopher Sanchez

Stephanie Sand@

Veronica Sandoval

Liliana Santos**

Gabriel Sedillo**

Marina Segovia*†

Christopher Serrano**

Kinzu Sherpa*@ Kianna Shije**@ Sierra Shurr*

Daechelle Silva**@ Cheyenne Smith

Jennifer Soto

Cody Spencer***

Nicaea Spomer

Jonathan Stubbs**

Darrylinn Tafoya***†@

Jonathan Taylor**

Corrina Tenorio@

Emily omson*

Jenica ornby***@ AnnaLysa Toledo*@ Ramon David Torres

Tabitha Torres*@ Yasmin Torres*

Aylin Torres Montoya

Ia Marisol Torres-O’Neal

Erin Trujillo

Gabrielle Trujillo

Sara Trujillo@ Mallory Tucker**

Wendy Ulloa

Carime Umana Castañeda@ Alejandra Valdez

Clarissa Valdez@ Mikayla Valdo*@ Amanda Valerio@ Mitzi Valle Valdovinos@ Audra Van Arsdale**

Stephanie Vasquez** Nicholas Velazquez**

Patricia Victor*†@ Rebecca Vigil*@ Aylin Villalobos*†@

Jennifer Wells

Alanna Whitney*

Bridget Wolf***

Nefertiti Yoon**

David Zaxus

Grayce Zayas**

Anjani Ziznewski*

Alma Zul Rangel

School of Liberal Arts; School of Art and Design

Mary Abeita@ Philip Alexander**@ Russell Allen**

Gina Aranda**

Kelly Barba Villegas**

Joshua Alexander Beasley@ Michelle Blankenship@ Caylah Brewer**†

Daniel Brose**

Deborah Buckalew Walt***

Gregory Buterbaugh***

Blake Bylund***

Daniel Cabrera-Snyderman

Danna Cano@ Omar Caraveo, Jr.@ Kristina Cavanaugh**

Raul Daood**@ Dennis Allen Dickinson**@ Victoria Endito** Yeti Esch**@ Adam Ferguson*** Paula Frank Laura Garcia* Glenn Gehweiler*** Frank Gibbons, III** Dielica Gold

Graciela Gonzales**

Melissa Gonzales

Claudia Hernandez

Jessica Hernandez Monsalvo*@ Aisha Herrera@ Joanna Johnston

Jacalyn Lawler

Rylen Lee Feeney*

Blake Lewis**

Esther Lopez Juarez@ Giana Marez**@ Reyna Marquez**

Jonathan Martinez Nehemiah Martinez@ Charlie McCarty***† Cecilia Medina-Hernandez@ Michelle Mendes

Martin Miranda**@ Kimberly Molina@ Susan Griego O’Connor** Vitoria Oliveira Dos Santos**@ Abbygayle Ortega Reyna Pena Emily Perez* Samantha Phillips**@ Roberta Pineda*@ Andrea Quintana* Alicia Ramirez***†@ Ian Reschke*** Shane Rocha**† T’Kyea Romero

Michael Skylar Ruch** Torri Salem*** Dayana Sariñana

Christine Schwatken** Brandy Segura*@ JoAnne Smith** Natalie Smith Nixon@ Elizabeth Sperlich** Barbara Troy

Ashley Valdez†@ Tyleigh Valdez** Sammy R. Vigil*@ Jaquelyn Wagner***@ Seth Wagner**†@ Wendy Young**

*Honors, **High Honors, ***Highest Honors, †Phi Theta Kappa, @First Generation in College

THE CALENDAR

EVENTS

QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER

Ohori’s Coffee Roasters

505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-9692

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WED/15

BOOKS/LECTURES

CREATE THE REALITY WE WANT

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center

130 Rabbit Road, (505) 660-7056

Buddhist nun Robina Courtin teaches the law of karma. 7-8:30 pm

HISTORY WITH CHRISTIAN

35 Degrees North

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

A free history talk with hobbyist historian Christian Saiia. Noon-2 pm

IT’S A HARD ROCK LIFE: WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT HISTORIC MINES IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO The Center for New Mexico Archaeology

7 Old Cochiti Road, (505) 476-4448

A lecture and tour of mining sites in southern New Mexico and evidence of hard-rock miner families living on the range.

Noon

Coffee with the local queer community. 9:30-11 am

MUSIC

BRYAN BIELANSKI

Dixon Market

215 NM-75, Dixon, (505) 579-9625

An acoustic rock singer-songwriter who draws inspiration from rock greats like Tom Petty and REM.

Noon

DEREK DAMES OHL

Cowgirl

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

Country, blues and honky-tonk.

4 pm

ETANA

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

Powerhouse vocalist Etana performs reggae tunes. 7:30 pm, $25

HIGH DESERT TRIO

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

A local acoustic trio plays thrilling sets of bluegrass, jamgrass and jazz.  6-9 pm

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES FEAT. DEREK DAMES

DOHL.

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

Melodious Americana tunes alongside blues and honky-tonk. 8 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT

Boxcar

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

Crash Romeo hosts karaoke. 7 pm

ORGAN RECITAL SERIES: PART IV

St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072

Local organist Maxine Thévenot concludes Pro Musica’s Organ Series with music by seven Baroque and contemporary musicians.

Noon

EMMA RESSEL

Artist Emma Ressel utilizes still life images to highlight issues of environmental and animal protection in Glass Eyes Stare Back, which opens at 5 pm on May 17 at Strata Gallery.

WARM UP WEDNESDAY

Boxcar

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

Hip-hop night with live performances, guest DJS and more. 9 pm

THEATER

OLEANNA BY DAVID MAMET

The Lab Theater

1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

A play about the power struggle between a university professor and a student who makes a complaint of sexual harassment. (See SFR Picks, page 15.) 7:30 pm, $15-$35

WORKSHOP

BOXCAR PRESENTS PAINT & SIP MOTHERS DAY BOUQUET

Boxcar

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

Paint flowers for your mom for a (late) Mother’s Day gift. Grab a bite to eat as well.

6-8 pm, $45

THU/16

ART OPENINGS

MOUNTAIN TIME: A FIELD GUIDE TO ASTONISHMENT

Edition ONE Gallery

728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

Local essayist Renata Golden reads from her latest collection of essays inspired by in the Chiricahua Mountains on the Arizona/New Mexico border.

5:30-7 pm

PROCESS: ANDREA CARLSON + OPEN STUDIOS

The Santa Fe Art Institute

1600 St. Michaels Drive, Ste. 31, (505) 424-5050

Learn about artist-in-residence

Andrea Carlson’s creative process and check out resident open studios. RSVP first!

5:30-7:30 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

MADELINE MILLER: 2024

SANTA FE READS

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590

A discussion with author Miller and St. John’s College Tutor Marsaura Shukla for the Santa Fe LitFest. RSVP.  5:30 pm

PLANNING FOR SANTA FE’S FUTURE: HOW TO MAKE LAND USE POLICIES WORK FOR ALL SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

Journalist Jerusalem Demsas discusses high housing prices and how to strengthen planning and zoning regulations to increase affordability.  6-8 pm

REALIZING EMPTINESS

Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center

130 Rabbit Road, (505) 660-7056

Buddhist nun Robina Courtin teaches dependent arising, also known as the “king of logics,” to prevent nihilistic viewpoints.

7-8:30 pm

THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE BATAAN MEMORIAL BUILDING

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

Historian Karla McWilliams

Salon presents on the history and architecture of the Bataan Memorial Building. RSVP. 3 pm

DANCE

INTRO TO PARTNER DANCE

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

Learn different styles of partner dance, such as Latin, swing, tango and ballroom.

6:45-7:30 pm, $10

EVENTS

DRAG BINGO!

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

An evening of bingo and dazzling drag.  7 pm, $20

FLAT TIRE AND ROADSIDE REPAIR CLINIC

The Broken Spoke 1426 Cerrillos Road, (505) 992-3102

Veteran bike mechanics guide you through fixing flat tires and common roadside repairs. 6:30 pm, $10

GEEKS WHO DRINK

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

Challenging trivia with prizes.

7-9 pm

LADIES NIGHT Boxcar

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

Ladies get free entry, $5 otherwise. Guest DJs perform. 10 pm

FILM

COUP DE CHANCE

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

Two young people’s bond leads to marital infidelity and crime.  7 pm, $15

FOOD

CHEF BRENT SUSHI POP-UP

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

Chef Brent Jung rolls the freshest, tastiest sushi in New Mexico to order. 5-9 pm

THE CALENDAR

MUSIC

BILL HEARNE

Cowgirl

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

Share happy hour with Santa Fe’s own country music legend Bill Hearne.  4-6 pm

DAVID GEIST MUSIC

EXPERIENCE

Osteria D’Assisi

58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858

A Tony Award-winning pianist and vocalist performs the best of Broadway, pop and originals. 7-10 pm, $5

JOHNNY LLOYD

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio 652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090

Drawing inspiration from artists such as Johnny Cash and Neil Young, Johnny Lloyd brings out the spirit of Americana with his impressive guitar skills and wide vocal range.  2-5 pm

PAT MALONE

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

304 Johnson St., (505) 989-1166

Get captivated by the energy of Malone’s jazz guitar. 6-8 pm

STACY ANTONEL

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Clever, country-leaning Americana that feels both vintage and hyper-modern.

7 pm

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY

STRATA I: AN EVENING WITH ANA MARÍA MARTÍNEZ

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072

Soprano Ana María Martínez and pianist Craig Terry play a concert with violinist Guillermo Figueroa and The Santa Fe Symphony String Quartet. 7-9 pm, $48-$83

THEATER

OLEANNA BY DAVID MAMET

The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

The power struggle between a professor and a student who complains of sexual harassment. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)

7:30 pm, $15-$35

SEEDS: A TAPESTRY IN 5 SCENES

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

A collection of stories about the human condition.  7:30 pm, $15 WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

Santa Fe Playhouse

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution. 5 pm, $3-$60

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LIVE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT

WEDNESDAY May 15

FRI/17

ART OPENINGS

COREY RUECKER: THE FLOWERS REMEMBER (OPENING) smoke the moon

616 1/2 Canyon Road, smokethemoon.com

LA-based painter Ruecker’s intensely colored works  show a reverence toward all that grows. 6-8 pm

DAN WELDEN: WORKS ON PAPER (OPENING)

Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4ART

Whimsical abstract prints. 5-8 pm

EMMA RESSEL: GLASS EYES STARE BACK (OPENING)

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

Ressel’s work explores natural history collections, animal preservation and environmental catastrophe in still life images. 5-7 pm

HELEN K. TINDEL: NAVIGATING LEGACY, FINDING INSPIRATION (OPENING)

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

Tindel’s painting style, gently abstracted yet deeply evocative, serves as a canvas for the complexities of human experience.  5-7 pm

REFLECTIONS ON MOVEMENT (OPENING)

Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts 1590 Pacheco St., (505) 983-6372

A diverse collection of objects curated by high school students. 5:30 pm

SWOON: GIFT IN THE RUPTURE (OPENING)

Turner Carroll Gallery 725 Canyon Road, (505) 986-9800

A traveling museum exhibition featuring a comprehensive series of prominent street art. 5-7 pm

THE GILA AT 100 (OPENING)

Obscura Gallery 225 Delgado St., (505) 577-6708

A photo exhibit that honors all that’s exceptional about the Gila Wilderness on its 100th birthday.  5-7 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590

World-renowned authors, thinkers and passionate readers host presentations, intimate conversations and tours with literary heroes from near and far. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)

5-7:30 pm, $27-$75

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

El Flamenco Cabaret

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

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

EVENTS

COFFEE & DONUTS ON THE RAIL TRAIL

Railyard Park

740 Cerrillos Road, (505) 316-3596

Free coffee, donuts and burritos on the Rail Trail in honor of Bike Month and Bike to Work Day. 7-9 am

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

AWARDS

Meem Auditorium at Museum Hill 708 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-1342

Awards honoring projects and organizations that contribute to historic preservation.

2-5 pm

SANTA FE IMPROV SHOW

Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, Ste. A, (505) 302-1250

Improv with teams Smoke and Crepes and Sibling Rivalry.

7:30 pm, $10

THE GILA AT 100

St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072

A celebration honoring the Gila Wilderness on its 100th birthday brings together unique voices on its long history inspiring advocacy through art.

3 pm

FILM

FANTASTIC FUNGI

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

A time-lapse journey into the magical world of fungi. 6 pm, $14-$16

MUSIC

ALEX MARYOL BAND

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

Maryol plays American bluesbased roots music.

7:30 pm, $10

BOXCAR PRESENTS KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES

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

Funky rhythms on percussion with soulful vocals.

6:30-9:30 pm

CHANCEL BELL CHOIR

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

A choir performs seven church compositions.

5:30 pm

DIRK HAMILTON

Kitchen Sink Recording Studio 528 Jose St., (505) 699-4323

Singer-songwriter Hamilton performs.

7:30 pm, $20

ERYN BENT

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio 652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090

Bent’s Western-influenced music enchants with her vocals and gritty songwriting.  2-5 pm

FAMOUS ON THE WEEKEND Cake’s Cafe 227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880

Party to cumbia, salsa and Latin hip-hop and house tunes. 9 pm-1 am

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

A 3D paper arts workshop.  2-4 pm

HOLY GARDEN DISTRICT GHOST

2889 Trades West Road, instagram.com/ghost_santafe Dark surf/post-rock band Holy Garden District celebrates their new album. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)

7 pm, $10-$15

JOHNNY LLOYD

Upper Crust Pizza (Eldorado) 5 Colina Drive, (505) 471-1111 Americana tunes.  6-8 pm

JON GORDON AND MICHAEL MORREALE QUINTET Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Alto saxophonist Gordon and trumpeter Morreale form a blazing jazz quintet.

7 pm, $30-$35

KEITH FRANK & THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND FEAT. CW AYON

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

This band blends Creole-based R&B and rock, featuring Las Cruces blues band CW Ayon. 8 pm

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

Singer-songwriter Montiel takes the stage. 5 pm

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

Oliverse reinvigorates dance music with unique remixes. 8 pm, $15-$20

PAT MALONE

Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado

198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Jazz guitar. 6-8 pm

PATIO MUSIC SERIES: LUZ SKYLARKER

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

From cumbia to rocksteady, darkwave to old school, DJ Skylarker believes “leaving it on the dance floor” is a way of life.  5-8 pm

RANDOLPH MULKEY & THE VARIANTS

Cowgirl

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

Acoustic tunes.

8 pm

TERRY DIERS

Boxcar

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

Blues, rock and funk tunes. 6-8 pm

THEATER

OLEANNA BY DAVID MAMET

The Lab Theater

1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

The power struggle between a professor and a student who complains of sexual harassment. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)  7:30 pm, $15-$35

SEEDS: A TAPESTRY IN 5 SCENES

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

Stories of the human condition.  7:30 pm, $15

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

Santa Fe Playhouse

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution.

5 pm, $3-$60

SAT/18

ART OPENINGS

ARTWALK SANTA FE

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900

Local Indigenous artists and live music by DJ Garronteed. 11 am-4 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

AGUA FRIA VILLAGE: A TRADITIONAL HISTORIC COMMUNITY

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

Learn the history of the Agua Fría Village and view artifacts. 1:30 pm

ON MIKE HENDERSON

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

Art specialist Aaron Payne discusses pioneering Black filmmaker and musician Henderson. Noon-12:45 pm

THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590

World-renowned authors, thinkers and readers host presentations, conversations and walking tours with literary heroes. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)

8 am-7:15 pm, $27-$75

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

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

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

TAURUS PARTY: NUMBTRON FEAT. NAPOLEÓN

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

DJ Numbtron takes the dance floor on an adventure through electronic music.

7:30-10:30 pm

EVENTS

46TH ANNUAL SANTA FE RUN AROUND

Santa Fe Plaza

63 Lincoln Ave., stateecu.com/santa-fe-run-around Journey through Santa Fe’s historic trails on a 5k run/walk, featuring a 1k kids’ run.

8 am

EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO CULTURAL

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

A weekend market with eclectic items from art to furniture.

10 am-4 pm

EL RITO ARTS FESTIVAL

Northern New Mexico College (El Rito Campus) 1190 NM-554, El Rito, (575) 581-4100

Explore artwork and handicrafts of local vendors in studios, and enjoy food and live music.

10 am-5 pm

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

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

Local artists sell art and crafts. 9 am-2 pm

SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET

Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, santafefarmersmarket.com

Over 150 local farmers and producers offer fresh produce.

8 am-1 pm

SANTA FE SOCIETY OF ARTISTS ART FAIR

Santa Fe Society of Artists 122 W Palace Ave., (505) 926-1497

An outdoor art fair by local artists.

10 am

SCIENCE SATURDAY

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

Hands on STEAM  activities, including paper helicopters, Ozobots and snap circuits, a “leaning tower of spaghetti” with spaghetti and marshmallows and coffee filter butterflies.

2-4 pm

SPRING BIRD WALK

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

Watch for resident and migratory birds resting and nesting in the garden.

7:30-9 am, $8-$10

THE CALENDAR

FILM

TERRA FEMME

No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St., nonamecinema.org

Filmmaker Courtney Stephens presents Terra Femme, comprised of amateur travelogues filmed by women in the 1920s and 1950s, followed by a Q&A. 7:30 pm, $5-$15

MUSIC

HELLO DARLIN’ Cowgirl

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

Americana tunes with influence from bluegrass, folk and rock. 1 pm

BILL HEARNE TRIO

Legal Tender Saloon & Eating House

151 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, (505) 466-1650

Live music and dancing with country legend Hearne. Make reservations early!

6-8:30 pm

BOB MAUS BLUES & SOUL

Inn & Spa at Loretto

211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531

Maus plays classic tunes.

6-9 pm

BOXCAR PRESENTS

NOSOTROS

Boxcar

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

Get your groove on with Nosotros’ Latin rhythms.

6:30-9:30 pm

CRAWDADDY BLUES FEST

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

Madrid’s 13th annual blues music festival (and crawfish boil) spotlights local acts. Noon-7 pm, $30-$70 FIRE FOR THE PEOPLE FEAT.

KING MAGNOLIA

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

Instrumental rock band Fire for the People performs alongside King Magnolia’s tight harmonies, originality and explosive solos.

8:30-10:30 pm

FREDDIE SCHWARTZ

Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio 652 Canyon Road, (505) 428-0090

Schwartz plays “the whole gamut” of classic rock, Americana and country music, along with originals from time to time.

2-5 pm

JK ULTRA FEAT. LUNA GALASSINI

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

A night of noise rock from JK Ultra, featuring the hypnotic stylings of Luna Galassini.

8 pm

JOHNNY LLOYD

Nuckolls Brewing 152 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, nuckollsbrewing.com Classic country and Americana. 6-8 pm

MAMA SAID: GIRL GROUPS THROUGH THE DECADES

St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072

The Zia Singers harmonize with girl groups from The Supremes to The Pointer Sisters.

3 pm, $10-$35

PAT MALONE

The Dragon Room

406 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-7712

Jazz guitar.

5-7 pm

PATIO MUSIC SERIES: KALINAGU

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

This multi-instrumentalist blends jazz, soul and R&B with house and hip hop drums.

5-8 pm

RUMELIA COLLECTIVE

San Miguel Chapel

401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974

Rumelia Collective celebrates the release of their new album, Beneath Roses, featuring the collective’s vocally rich and acoustic material for quiet listening.

7-9 pm, $20-$30

SANGRE DE CRISTO

CHORALE: EARTH SONG

St. Bede’s Episcopal Church 1601 St. Francis Drive, (505) 982-1133

Earth Song presents the music of seven composers who explore choral expressions of nature. 4 pm, $25

SILVER SKY BLUES BAND Cowgirl

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

Blues and rockabilly jams! 8 pm

SLIM BELLY BLUES BAND Boxcar

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

Get ready to hear some blues! 6-9 pm

SQUIRRELHEAD

CHOMP Food Hall 505 Cerrillos Road, Ste. B-101, chompsantafe.com

Punk-ish, funk-ish and rock-ish sounds rolled into one.  8-10 pm

TALIB KWELI

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

A performance from Brooklynbased rapper Kweli Sold out. 7:30-11:59 pm, $32-$35

THE SAUCE RAVE: BETLEJ, WINONA GRINDR AND MRS. JAVIII

Baby Grand 2889 Trades West Road, Ste. E

A mind-altering rave combining the techno sounds of Betlej and queer Texan icons Winona Grindr and Mrs. JAViii. 10 pm-3 am, $20

TIM LIN AND ALEX MURZYN Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Two titans of the sax perform! 7:30-10 pm, $10-$20

MICHAEL BERMAN

Photos celebrate everything about the Gila Wilderness in the The Gila at 100 exhibtion, which opens at 5 pm on May 17 at Obscura Gallery.

American West conservation nonprofit WildEarth Guardians recently announced Santa Fe native Chris Smith’s promotion to wildlife program director. Smith spent roughly a decade in the Pacific Northwest as a community organizer and environmental activist before returning home in 2017 to work at the Santa Fe-based organization. Since then, he’s played a key role shaping wildlife legislative initiatives in New Mexico, including a 2021 ban on using animal traps, snares or poisons on public land. This interview has been edited for clarity and concision. (Evan Chandler)

You grew up in the Sangre de Cristo mountains here in Northern New Mexico. How does that upbringing inform the work you’ve done? I think just growing up in a place like this when there were fewer people and more wildness, there’s just an implicit understanding that we would always be living among wildlife. I mean, growing up out in the country, there were constantly deer and jackrabbits and cottontails crossing the road, and we heard coyotes every night and it wasn’t rare to see owls and hawks around and we collected tadpoles from what used to be wetlands, which are now pretty dry places. That instilled in me this kind of modus operandi to just constantly respect and be curious about the other living things around us and not to have such a human-centric view of the world all the time.

How does climate change specifically impact wildlife in the American Southwest, and what efforts are you taking to address those impacts?

New Mexico is a really interesting place because we are contributing so much fossil fuel production to the problem of climate change. Simultaneously, we have both human communities and also non-human wildlife communities that are at the frontlines of climate change and are exposed to the dangers of it. And I think that makes New Mexico really relevant in the discussion of climate change and the climate crisis. Pertaining to wildlife specifically, New Mexico is—by most measures—the fifth most biodiverse state in America, so we have an incredible array of flora and fauna. Climate change is driving the biodiversity crisis and is driving the extinction crisis, so New Mexico in a lot of ways has a lot to lose as these fragile landscapes undergo rapid change and face some of those climate change impacts.

What I would love to see here specifically in New Mexico is improved policies and understanding that helps us recover the Mexican gray wolf, which right now is a pretty imperiled population in the southwest part of the state in the Gila wilderness region. It’s come a long way since its recovery began about 25 or 30 years ago, but we have so much further to go.

As someone who was educated in religious studies, you say you like to think about humans’ relationship with wildness from an ethical perspective. Where do you place the intersection between wildlife and religion?

I think a lot of people, whether it’s through a religious framework— organized or otherwise—or a spiritual or an ethical framework, ask ourselves in those contexts: ‘How do we relate to things that are vulnerable?’ Those could be people or communities or others that are reliant on our grace, in some ways, and that’s an interesting or maybe a disempowering way to put it, but the fact is we have immense impact and power over everything on the planet and how we use that power and how we recognize how much space we are taking up vis-à-vis all of the other living things on the planet, I think has to be answered from an ethical standpoint.

If we want to have a culture, a society, a human race that perseveres and thrives in the challenges that we are increasingly facing, we need to have humility to understand that we cannot take up all the space, we cannot take up all the oxygen, we cannot exert our power as though we are the only things that matter.

with WildEarth Guardians Wildlife Program Director Chris Smith

HANNAH SMAY

THEATER

OLEANNA BY DAVID MAMET

The Lab Theater

1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

The struggle between a professor and a student who complains of sexual harassment. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)  7:30 pm, $15-$35

SEEDS: A TAPESTRY IN 5 SCENES

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601

Stories of the human condition.  7:30 pm, $15

THE EXODUS ENSEMBLE

PRESENTS: HAMLET

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

An adaptation of Hamlet with mind-bending revenge and jump-scares. RSVP.   7:30 pm

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

Santa Fe Playhouse

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution. 5 pm, $3-$60

WORKSHOP

INTRO TO IMPROV

Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, Ste. A, (505) 302-1250

An eight-week beginner comedy improv class. Register online. 2-4 pm, $225

SANTA FE URBAN SKETCHING CLASS

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000

Sketch the iconic features of Santa Fe’s architectural beauty. 10 am, $35-$45

SUN/19

BOOKS/LECTURES

LEICAS AND SCOTCH: IN CONVERSATION WITH HENRY DILTZ

Edition One Gallery 729 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

A conversation with an iconic music and album photographer. 3-5 pm, $20 THE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Santa Fe Community Convention Center

201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590

World-renowned authors, thinkers and readers host presentations, discussions and tours.

8 am-7:15 pm, $27

DANCE

BASIC SWING DANCE CLASS

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

Learn to swing dance! 5:30-6:15 pm, $15-$20

BELLYREENA BELLYDANCE CLASS

Move Studio 901 W San Mateo Road, (505) 660-8503

Learn to bellydance with choreographer Areena Estul.  1-2 pm, $18-$65

KIDS DANCE CLASS

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

Kids ages 7-13 can learn Latin, ballroom and swing dance!  12:45-1:30 pm, $10

EVENTS

EL MERCADO DE EL MUSEO CULTURAL

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

A weekend market with eclectic art, jewelry, books, herbal remedies, textiles, beads, furniture and more from more than 50 different vendors. 10 am-4 pm

SANTA FE SOCIETY OF ARTISTS ART FAIR

Santa Fe Society of Artists 122 W Palace Ave., (505) 926-1497

An outdoor fair by local artists. 10 am

MUSIC

BACH’S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS ON HARPSICHORDS

Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, (505) 983-9461

Doug Parson performs Bach’s 30  Goldberg Variations on harpsichords.  3 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT

Boxcar

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

Crash Romeo hosts karaoke. 7 pm

PAT MALONE TRIO

Bishop’s Lodge 1297 Bishops Lodge Road, (888) 741-0480

Jazz guitar and a backup band! 11:30 am-2:30 pm

PATIO MUSIC SERIES: BANJO JOE & DANIELLE

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

A bluegrass and folk duo plays originals and old-time classics. 3-6 pm

SANTA FE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA FREE CONCERT

Scottish Rite Center

463 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4414

A free performance of widely acclaimed works from Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Florence Price and Modest Mussorgsky.  1:30 pm

STACY ANTONEL

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

Clever, country-leaning Americana that feels both vintage and hyper-modern.  7-9 pm

THE CALENDAR

SUNDAY JAZZ JAM

Chile Line Brewery

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

Catch a set from the High City Jazz Quartet and guest artists. 6-8 pm

SUNDAY SWING

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068

Genre-fluid band Zaphica takes the stage for Second Street Brewery’s Sunday Swing series. 1-4 pm

TERI LYNN & FRIENDS

Cowgirl

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

Singer-songwriter Lynn performs with a backup band. Noon

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY PRESENTS: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

A symphony performance of Beethoven’s Ninth 4 pm, $25-$92

TROY BROWNE

Cowgirl

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

Catchy contemporary singing-songwriting.

7 pm

THEATER

OLEANNA BY DAVID MAMET

The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

The power struggle between a professor and a student who complains of sexual harassment. (See SFR Picks, page 15.)  7:30 pm, $15-$35

THE EXODUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: HAMLET

Center For Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

An immersive adaptation of Hamlet with mind-bending revenge, supernatural sensations and jump-scares. RSVP.

7:30 pm

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

Santa Fe Playhouse

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution. 2-3:30 pm, $3-$60

MON/20

BOOKS/LECTURES

RIPAN S. MALHI: ANTHROPOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-1200

Anthropologist Malhi discusses training programs for students in social and life sciences, and his evolving research in anthropological genomics. 6 pm, $20

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THE CALENDAR

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: POLLINATION IN THE GARDEN

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

Docent Carol PritchardMartinez talks about pollinators. 10:30-11:30 am THE URBANIST “BOOK” CLUB TALKS ABOUT BIKE LANES

Boxcar

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

A reading-optional book club. Discuss ideas from  Streetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan, who built hundreds of miles of bike lanes.

(See SFR Picks, page 15.)  6-8 pm

DANCE

MONDAY NIGHT SWING

Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, (505) 690-4165

A swing dance class and social. 7 pm, $5-$10

EVENTS

KIDS SING ALONG: QUEEN BEE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Queen Bee Music Association 1596 Pacheco St., (505) 278-0012

Music games and sing-alongs for toddlers and babies.  10:30 am

FILM

VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB

Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

Free films every Monday with Lisa from Video Library.  6:30-8:30 pm

MUSIC

ZACH SEABAUGH

Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Indie singer-songwriter Seabaugh performs. 7 pm, $15-$20

ZAY SANTOS Cowgirl

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

Bluesy-rock tunes.  4 pm

WORKSHOP

JUGGLING & UNICYCLING CLASSES

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

Master two iconic circus arts. 6-7:30 pm, $31

TUE/21

EVENTS

EQUAL GROUNDS

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

Coffee, snacks and a heart-toheart about city businesses.  8:30-10 am

SANTA FE FARMER’S

MARKET

Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, santafefarmersmarket.com

Over 150 local farmers and producers offer fresh producet. 8 am-1 pm

MUSIC

ALLISON LORENZEN FEAT. OLDEST SEAS AND PSIRENS GHOST 2889 Trades West Road, instagram.com/ghost_santafe

Experience Lorenzen’s darkwave, dream-pop music. 7 pm, $10-$15 suggested donation

AMY COFFMAN

Cowgirl

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

Independent folk rock. 4 pm

LATIN SINDUSTRY NIGHT

Boxcar

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

Music with DJ DMonic and 10% off for service industry workers. 10 pm

THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM

Evangelo’s

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

Live blues hosted by Brotha Love & the Blueristocrats. 8:30-11:30 pm

ONGOING

ART OPENINGS

AL KITTEL: COCOON

Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., (505) 428-1000

Painter Kittel's works depict living with a chronic illness.

ALAN CHARLEE: REMEMBERING GRANDFATHER

Wild Hearts Gallery

221 B Hwy. 165, Placitas, (505) 867-2450

Art in memory of Charlee's gandfather and the Navajo soldiers of the Korean War.

AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO

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

The cutest little animal sculptures you ever did see.  ANYTHING ON OFFER

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

Sculptures referencing art history with everyday objects.

CALLA KLESSIG SENTIĆ

New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570

Sentić’s works of the land, sky and their inhabitants.

DANIEL JOHNSTON: NOW IS NOWHERE ELSE

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

Contemporary potter Johnston presents clay brick works.

DESERT IMPRESSIONS

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road, (505) 983-1434

Taos painter Ken Daggett presents captivating landscape paintings of Northern New Mexico en plein air.

EARTH & ALTAR

Folklore

370 Garcia St., (925) 408-2907

Paintings and ceramics works.

ELIZABETH HOHIMER: MAPS OF AFFECTION

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

Intuitively made and deeply personal woven paintings.

ETHEL FISHER: PORTRAITS OF THE SUBLIME

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

Fisher's paintings feature alluring portraiture of psychological depth and tension.

FIELD OF BEAUTY: THE IRIS MONOTYPES

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

Oil paintings of irises.

FIGHT AND DANCE: SOCIAL REALISM OF ELI LEVIN

Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4ART

An exhibition of paintings with classic Eli bar scenes and social realism from the working world. FORMED IN FIRE Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

A group exhibition of contemporary ceramic and metal sculptures from eight artists. FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO SOUTH LA Aaron Payne Fine Art 1708 Lena St., (505) 995-9779

African and African American works from the 1950s to today. JESSE RAINE LITTLEBIRD: ARRIVALS

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

Works on canvas and paper inspired by wintertime stories and the N. Scott Momaday book House Made of Dawn JOAN MAUREEN COLLINS: REVERIE UNBOUND Globe Fine Art 727 Canyon Road, (505) 989-3888

Abstract nature paintings.

JULIA CAIRNS: CHAKRA SERIES

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

Cheerful paintings reminiscient of children's book illustrations.

JULIA CURRAN: PORTALS

Hecho a Mano 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882

Curran's garish works cast Mother Nature as a mischievous propagator of decomposition and regeneration.

JULYAN DAVIS: AMERICAN GHOSTS

Evoke Contemporary

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

An allegorical satire of Westward Expansion via three ghosts of American history.

KAT KINNICK: A BENEVOLENT FORCE

Hecho a Mano

129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882

Paintings exploring the concept of feminine rage.

LAUREEN HYLKA

WONDOLOWSKI: PLEIN AIR & STUDIO ADVENTURE

Gallery716 716 Canyon Road, (505) 644-4716

Impressionist-inspired plein air paintings.

LEE RILEY: CHROMATIC FUSION

Globe Fine Art

727 Canyon Road, (505) 989-3888

These abstract glass and steel works have playful, whimsical forms that ooze tranquility.

MARK GORDON: IRISES AND ROSES

Collected Works Bookstore

202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Spiritual and artistic expressions of the flower kingdom.

MIA, AVRIL, LOS SITIOS: A KALEIDOSCOPE OF DREAMS AND REALITY

Artes de Cuba

1700 A Lena St., (505) 303-3138

A photo exhibit depicting the artist's daughters in Havana.

MICHAEL GARFIELD: FUTURE FOSSILS

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

Garfield draws inspiration from his background as a psychonaut and scientific illustrator in his futuristic dinosaurs exhibit.

MORGAN BARNARD: INTERSECTIONS

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

Barnard invites viewers to explore art, technology and the human experience.

NEW WORKS BY JP MORRISON LANS

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

These encaustic colored pencil and ink works explore "the spirit inside the body, the ghost driving the muscle mass."

NICKI MARX: BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Gaia Contemporary 225 Canyon Road, Ste. 6, (505) 501-0415

The final works of the late Nicki Marx, made from feathers.

RANDALL WILSON: EARTH AND SKY

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

Sculptor Wilson’s wood carvings are anchored in the folk-art tradition of the Southwest..

ROGER WINTER: JAZZ SET

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

Honoring the energy and culture of jazz, Winter employs a bright palette, motifs and unsuspecting compositional choices in paintings of his favorite musicians.

SHADOW AND LIGHT

Gerald Peters Gallery

1005 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Landscape paintings by Jeri Quinn and Denise LaRue Mahlke use shadow and light to connect their separate visions.

THE ART OF TAROT ELECTR∆ Gallery

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

A multimedia, multi-artist tarot art exhibit.

THE WEIGHT WE CARRY CONTAINER

1226 Flagman Way, (505) 995-0012

An exhibition highlighting an activism born in youth, bringing together today's most influential political and street artists.

TIA X CHATTER: FIELD OF VISION

Center For Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

This multi-artist exhibition represents a convergence of art and storytelling.

TIM REED: SILLY LOVE SONGS

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Original)

1600 Lena St., (505) 428-0996

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

TOM WALDRON: STEEL AND CONCRETE

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

554 S Guadalupe St., (505) 989-8688

Steel, concrete and wood sculptures challenge perceptions with deceptively simple forms.

UFO, SIGHTINGS, VISIONS AND THE UNEXPLAINED

Phil Space

1410 Second St., (505) 983-7945

An exhibit illustrating UFO phenomena, from serious inquiry to playful pop culture.

WE'VE BEEN GATHERING PLACES: 2024 IAIA MFA IN STUDIO ARTS THESIS EXHIBITION

form & concept

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

A multi-artist exhibit of suspended installations, wall sculptures, paintings, photographs and interactive displays.

WOMEN’S HISTORY BANNER EXHIBIT

New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, (505) 476-9700

A new banner exhibit celebrating women who shaped the unique history of New Mexico.

HANA KOSTIS: AN INCOHERENT BODY

ICA Santa Fe

906 St. Francis Dr, (505) 603-4466

Sculpture, ink studies on paper and archival prints explore the body and subject as a condition of disorganization.

FILM

SUMBIT YOUR FILM TO THE ANNUAL MADRID FILM FEST

Online

Filmmakers can submit a film (15 minutes or under) for the Madrid Film Festival, with cash prizes up to $500. Deadline is July 31. Visit madridfilmfest.org for details. Submit your entry to adw@madridfilmfest.org.

MUSEUMS

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM

217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000

Making a Life. Rooted in Place.

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

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900

Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest. Inuk Silis Høegh: Arctic Vertigo. The Stories We Carry. Our Stories. Origins. 2023-2024 IAIA BFA Exhibition: Indigenous Presence, Indigenous Futures.

10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon, 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 Free admission every Friday MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE

710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269

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

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

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART

706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204

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

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

NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200

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

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

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

Permanent collection. Encaustic artists from every US state. 11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (18 and under free)

NUEVO MEXICANO HERITAGE MUSEUM

750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226

Ugly History of Beautiful Things. What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. 1 -4 pm, Wed-Fri, $10, children free NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART

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

Selections from the 20th Century Collection. Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969. Art of the Bullfight.

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

SITE SANTA FE

1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

Arturo Herrera: You Are Here. Erin Shirreff: Folded Stone. Carmen Herrera: I Am Nobody! Who Are You?.

10 am-5 pm Sun-Mon, Thurs, Sat, 10 am- 7 pm, Fri. POEH CULTURAL CENTER

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

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng.

10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 VLADEM CONTEMPORARY

404 Montezuma Ave., (505) 476-5602

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

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636

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

From Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

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Adaptation and Interiority

The weight of survival permeates Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars

BY EMILY WITHNALL author@sfreporter.com

The inscription of Tommy Orange’s new novel Wandering Stars reads: “For anyone surviving and not surviving this thing called and not called addiction.”

For Orange’s fictional Bear Shield family, who first appeared in his debut Pulitzer Prize-nominated 2018 novel There There, pain comes from the very real circumstances of generational trauma; of surviving genocide; Native American boarding schools; dislocation and relocation; the loss of tribal customs and family memories; and contemporary tragedies. But as is true of real life, the characters’ individual struggles with addiction serve as windows into the deeper pain and disconnection that lies beneath. Orange says he wanted his first novel to be “fast-paced and scenebased.” Wandering Stars, on the other hand, is slower. Readers practically climb inside characters’ heads and hearts and just about feel their pain.

“We have tons of amazing movies and TV shows that do better scene work than any book will ever do—sometimes this ‘write the scene, write the scene’ advice can slow or stop development of a writer’s individual unique voice,” Orange says. “I understand the scene advice, and I give it myself sometimes, but I think it’s overly prescribed. What I’ve always loved about fiction is how it can capture consciousness and interiority.”

Orange heads to town this weekend as part of the third annual Santa Fe International Literary Festival, where he is slated to appear among a star-studded lineup of prominent writers including Anne Lamott, Douglas Preston, Arthur Sze and Jesmyn Ward.

As he did in his first book, Orange includes a short, nonfiction prologue in Wandering Stars to provide readers with the proper historical context for the book’s scope and themes. The first section begins generations before the events of There There and introduces readers to Jude and Charles Star, the ancestors of the Bear

Shield family, and Richard Henry Pratt—the real-life man responsible for the creation of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The second section of Wandering Stars, however, picks up with the Bear Shield family immediately where There There leaves off and continues the story.

Writing is a form of release for Orange. Although he acknowledges exploring heavy topics can be difficult for some, he sees it as a way to lighten the weight. As a father to a teen, sharing histories and stories is im portant, too.

“You have to let their curiosity guide because you can’t just talk at them. We’ve always been really honest with our son about history,” Orange says. “My dad was always very clear about the way things went down in history, and I was hearing a very different thing at school and it made me very distrustful and I didn’t do well in school, I think partly because I knew there was this massive lie being told about the country and what happened to Native people, and also this massive absence of not teaching anything about Native people. I think I felt invisible in a lot of ways.”

One of Orange’s strengths is his ability to push back against both the erasure and the broad general-

izations that are often made about Native people. In writing from different characters’ perspectives, he humanizes the vast array of experiences held even within one family—or the same person as they age. As

with his debut, Orange writes each chapter from a different character’s perspective and often moves between first, second and third person perspectives depending on which character is telling their story.

“I shift POVs as part of my writing process for all my characters,” Orange says. “I’m asking the reader to go from these different POVs and these different characters, I want to make them feel as distinct as possible.”

Not only does the perspective shift from chapter to chapter, Wandering Stars traverses centuries and sometimes moves back and forth in time within sections. In the hands of a less skilled writer, such movements might be jarring, but Orange pulls it off. The layers of perspectives create a rich, complicated story that reveals sometimes stark differences in how characters pull old stories and old survival skills forward from the past. In Wandering Stars, various characters are seen reaching for some kind of connection with their heritage or culture, grasping onto half-remembered stories or inventing new ones to replace the loss.

Orange says his characters’ experiences of cultural disconnection somewhat reflect his own. He is Cheyenne and Arapaho and was raised in Oakland, California with a Cheyenne father and white mother. Although Cheyenne was his father’s first language, it was not spoken in the house; and though as a child Orange visited relatives in Oklahoma from time to time, that commonplace experience sometimes caused discomfort.

“There were certain elements of not feeling the same amount of Cheyenne as our cousins,” Orange says.

Adaptation through storytelling is thus central to connection and survival for Orange. Writing fiction provides an entry into a long legacy of making sense of identity and belonging.

“Native people have always been about adaptation and sometimes we are talked about in a static way, like we’re only authentic if we’re doing something ancient,” Orange says. “But if you look at any tribe’s history, it’s a very diverse and changing people. We’re held up to this impossible standard and our humanity has been taken away—and with that the complexity and nuance of what it means to be human.”

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL: ON STAGE WITH TOMMY ORANGE 2:30 pm Saturday, May 18. $27.50-$75 Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., sfinternationallitfest.org

Tommy Orange’s new novel continues the story begun in his best-sellling, Pultizer Prize-nominated debut.

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Evil Does Not Exist Review

Going up to the country

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Maybe it’s because Santa Fe has become the type of community where outsiders have steadily transformed housing access into one of the city’s most prevalent and heartbreaking issues, but Japanese director/writer Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist hits particularly and painfully close to home.

In the newest from the Drive My Car auteur, residents of the rural Mizubiki Village discover a business conglomerate plans to bring a glamping experience to their sleepy hamlet. This will be good for the village, the suits tell them—more tourism means more money. As material gain is not anyone’s MO in Mizubiki, however, the hypothetical forthcoming tourism boom hits hard for single dad/widower Takumi (Hitoshi Omika, who, it turns out, is not actually a professional actor). He’s raising his daughter (Ryô Nishikawa) to respect the flora and fauna of the land, and the last thing he needs are rich types coming in to play house with little consideration for ecology.

Hamaguchi phases between the relatively subtle and the bone-chillingly overt in his quest for ecounderstanding. Thanks to stunning cinematography from Yoshio Kitagawa (Mari’s Story), one almost feels present beneath the looming mountains and tower-

TAROT

6 + FUN WHEN IT EMBRACES ITS CAMP - OTHER THAN BATALON, ACTING IS TERRIBLE, EVEN FOR A POPCORN FLICK

Despite what appears to be a fundamental misunderstanding of how tarot works, new supernatural horror flick Tarot remains pretty fun throughout thanks to some Raimi-core camp and more than a passing resemblance to the beloved Final Destination franchise.

In the new ghosts-gonna-kill-’em-all outing from directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, a gaggle of college-age hotties Airbnb themselves a mansion in the Catskills, whereupon they discover the creepiest deck of tarot cards of all time. Each is hand-painted with horrible images of skeleton monsters and stabbed dudes and melting ghost-like creatures—naturally they get their friend to dole out some readings and naturally that seals their doom.

Turns out the deck is cursed, and everyone starts dying in the manner through which the readings were delivered. This is where dialogue like “don’t let it hang you up” and “you could suffer a crushing blow” comes into play. And you know what? It’s fun as hell. One by one, we see the group dwindle as the creatures from the cards phase into reality. And though the film’s PG-13 rating precludes it from kicking up the gore, some of the creep-out scenes almost err into experimentalism, both in style and execution.

ing trees. Beautiful environs or not, like the environmental messaging in Miyazaki films such as Spirited Away or even My Neighbor Totoro, Evil Does Not Exist relies on viewers already understanding at least some of the world’s plight. Like those films, it also requires a healthy bit of empathy.

Accessing compassion comes easily at times, such as during scenes featuring tense community center talk-back sessions (at which villagers voice their concerns about septic tank locations and the importance of spring water for udon) and Takumi’s daughter’s disappearance. Gentler moments in which characters chop wood or consider a deer carcass—or when the camera painstakingly scans across the treetops of the forest from below for what feels like several minutes—require patience.

As parables on morality go, Hamaguchi succeeds in portraying natural splendor and the reasons for its

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Tarot is crammed with faces you won’t recognize—not counting contemporary Spider-Man alum Jacob Batalon as the comic relief or maybe Mean Girls musical star Avantika—but that’s OK. If nothing else, we almost want them to die, so it’s fun when they do. And though it doesn’t quite touch the meta-nature of 2011’s Cabin in the Woods or the sickening depths of the most recent Evil Dead entry, Tarot becomes another footnote in the long, proud tradition of summertime cinematic scares.

Is this movie stupid? After all, it’s based on a book by James D. Macdonald called Horrorscope But Cohen (who has really been more of a writer) and Halberg (more of a producer) are nothing if not self-aware and, in that self-awareness, they create something delightfully silly among the jump scares and absurdity. One of the greatest things about horror is its low bar of entry. It might possibly be the most universal genre, really, and its outward spiral of sub-genres—such as horror-comedy, which includes the likes of 2017’s Happy Death Day—consistently keeps audiences on our toes. No, you shan’t hear about Tarot come Oscar season, but you will have a hell of a good time watching 20-somethings run away from tarot-themed monsters.

Violet Crown, Regal, PG-13, 92 min.

VINCE GILLIGAN RETURNS

If you were Vince Gilligan after Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, you’d likely enjoy filming in New

defense. Why we should feel anything for the humans who interact with it, often selfishly, is another matter altogether. Like the fortitude it takes to consistently defend the planet, Evil Does Not Exist requires a certain level of comfort with nebulousness. Hamaguchi, perhaps deliberately, doesn’t provide concrete answers.

If the impact of his film, however, is that it makes viewers think a little more deeply about how they carry themselves? That would clearly be a good thing. This isn’t about finger-wagging; it’s about a moment’s consideration for the type of world we’ll leave behind.

EVIL DOES NOT EXIST

Directed by Hamaguchi With Omika and Nishikawa Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 106 min.

Mexico, too, which is probably why the one-time writer for The X Files is back in his old stomping grounds with a new untitled project starring Saul alum Rhea Seehorn. Titles aside, said project will reportedly employ 1,400 New Mexicans across 500 or more crew jobs, 100 some-odd principal actors and more than 800 background actors (which some might call extras). Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is pretty pumped on the prospect of having Gilligan back around here and said in a statement that, “We are committed to ensuring the success of any production this creative and talented ensemble brings to New Mexico.” Not to be outdone, Gilligan had his own thoughts in that same statement: “I’m thrilled to be working in New Mexico again,” he said. “Story-wise, this new show could have been set anywhere in the United States. However, I keep returning to the Land of Enchantment for the beautifully cinematic landscape and to continue working with the best crew ever.” Awww, cute! New Mexico likes you, too, Vince!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS!

It’s kind of hard to believe we all thought the Center for Contemporary Arts would close forever just one year ago when the board voted to shut them doors—especially since programming at the cinema/arts center has been on fire lately. Yet here we are. Part of the new mission over there on Old Pecos Trail is partnerships with organizations like po-mo theater compa-

ny Exodus Ensemble and contempo chamber music outfit Chatter, but let’s not forget, too, that the upcoming lineup of films are an indie lover’s dream. This week, you can catch Evil Does Not Exist (see review above) and CCA will soon host the much-ballyhooed Vera Drew fever dream The People’s Joker, as well as the Rachel Sennott-led I Used to Be Funny about a former nanny grappling with a stalled standup career and a missing former charge. Check out Sennott in Shiva Baby real quick to see why that’s a big deal.

FINGER ON THE PULSE

Streaming giant Netflix is getting into the medical procedural game with Pulse, a new show from television vets Zoe Robyn (The Equalizer) and Carlton Cuse (Lost) that will film in and around Albuquerque through August. Set in Miami (yet filmed here, weirdly), the show follows a trauma center staff that grapples with medical emergencies and such. And though it’s hard to say for sure just yet, if the entire history of television has taught us anything, there will likely be some sort of love story, too. Maybe a triangle? Maybe a will-they/won’t-they sort of thing? Who’s in Pulse? Willa Fitzgerald (The Fall of the House of Usher), Colin Woodell (The Continental: From the World of John Wick), Jack Bannon (Pennyworth) and, probably, a bunch of other people, too.

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Rob Brezsny Week of May 15th

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Polish-born author Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) didn’t begin to speak English until he was 21 years old. At 25, his writing in that language was still stiff and stilted. Yet during the next 40+ years, he employed his adopted tongue to write 19 novels, numerous short stories, and several other books. Today he is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. You may not embark on an equally spectacular growth period in the coming months, Aries. But you do have extra power to begin mastering a skill or subject that could ultimately be crucial to your life story. Be inspired by Conrad’s magnificent accomplishments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hypothetically, you could learn to give a stirring rendering of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 on a slide whistle. Or you could perform the “To be or not to be” soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet for an audience of pigeons that aren’t even paying attention. Theoretically, you could pour out your adoration to an unattainable celebrity or give a big tip to a waiter who provided mediocre service or do your finest singing at a karaoke bar with two people in the audience. But I hope you will offer your skills and gifts with more discernment and panache, Taurus—especially these days. Don’t offer yourself carelessly. Give your blessings only to people who deeply appreciate them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I lived in San Francisco in 1995, thieves stole my Chevy Malibu. It was during the celebratory mayhem that swept the city following the local football team’s Super Bowl victory. Cops miraculously recovered my car, but it had been irrevocably damaged in one specific way: It could no longer drive in reverse. Since I couldn’t afford a new vehicle, I kept it for the next two years, carefully avoiding situations when I would need to go backward. It was a perfect metaphor for my life in those days. Now I’m suggesting you consider adopting it for yours. From what I can discern, there will be no turning around anytime soon. Don’t look back. Onward to the future!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian basketball coach Tara VanDerveer is in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. She won more games than anyone else in the sport. Here’s one aspect of her approach to coaching. She says that the greatest players “have a screw loose”—and she regards that as a very good thing. I take her to mean that the superstars are eccentric, zealous, unruly, and daring. They don’t conform to normal theories about how to succeed. They have a wild originality and fanatical drive for excellence. If you might ever be interested in exploring the possible advantages of having a screw loose for the sake of your ambitions, the coming months will be one of the best times ever.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Am I one of your father figures, uncle figures, or brother figures? I hope so! I have worked hard to purge the toxic aspects of masculinity that I inherited from my culture. And I have diligently and gleefully cultivated the most beautiful aspects of masculinity. Plus, my feminist principles have been ripening and growing stronger for many years. With that as our background, I encourage you to spend the coming weeks upgrading your own relationship to the masculine archetype, no matter which of the 77 genders you might be. I see this as an excellent time for you to take practical measures to get the very best male influences in your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now that your mind, your heart, and your world have opened wider than you imagined possible, try to anticipate how they might close down if you’re not always as bold and brave as you have been in recent months. Then sign a contract with yourself, promising that you will not permit your mind, your heart, and your world to shrink or narrow. If you proactively heal your fears before they break out, maybe they won’t break out. (PS: I will acknowledge

that there may eventually be a bit of contraction you should allow to fully integrate the changes—but only a bit.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I would love you to cultivate connections with characters who can give you shimmery secrets and scintillating stories you need to hear. In my astrological opinion, you are in a phase when you require more fascination, amazement, and intrigue than usual. If love and sex are included in the exchange, so much the better—but they are not mandatory elements in your assignment. The main thing is this: For the sake of your mental, physical, and spiritual health, you must get your limitations dissolved, your understanding of reality enriched, and your vision of the future expanded.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio writer Andrew Solomon made a very Scorpionic comment when he wrote, “We all have our darkness, and the trick is making something exalted of it.” Of all the signs of the zodiac, you have the greatest potential to accomplish this heroic transmutation—and to do it with panache, artistry, and even tenderness. I trust you are ready for another few rounds of your mysterious specialty. The people in your life would benefit from it almost as much as you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Have you been nursing the hope that someday you will retrain your loved ones? That you will change them in ways that make them act more sensibly? That you will convince them to shed qualities you don’t like and keep just the good parts? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to drop this fantasy. In its place, I advise you to go through whatever mental gymnastics are necessary as you come to accept and love them exactly as they are. If you can manage that, there will be a bonus development: You will be more inclined to accept and love yourself exactly as you are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I brazenly predict that in the next 11 months, you will get closer than ever before to doing your dream job. Because of your clear intentions, your diligent pragmatism, and the Fates’ grace, life will present you with good opportunities to earn money by doing what you love and providing an excellent service to your fellow creatures. But I’m not necessarily saying everything will unfold with perfection. And I am a bit afraid that you will fail to capitalize on your chances by being too insistent on perfection. Please assuage my doubts, Capricorn! Welcome imperfect but interesting progress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his book Ambivalent Zen, Lawrence Shainberg mourns that even while meditating, his mind is always fleeing from the present moment—forever “lurching towards the future or clinging to the past.” I don’t agree that this is a terrible thing. In fact, it’s a consummately human characteristic. Why demonize and deride it? But I can also see the value of spending quality time in the here and now—enjoying each new unpredictable moment without compulsively referencing it to other times and places. I bring this up, Aquarius, because I believe that in the coming weeks, you can enjoy far more free time in the rich and resonant present than is normally possible for you. Make “BE HERE NOW” your gentle, relaxing battle cry.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Two-thirds of us claim to have had a paranormal encounter. One-fourth say they can telepathically sense other people’s emotions. Onefifth have had conversations with the spirits of the dead. As you might guess, the percentage of Pisceans in each category is higher than all the rest of the zodiac signs. And I suspect that number will be even more elevated than usual in the coming weeks. I hope you love spooky fun and uncanny mysteries and semimiraculous epiphanies! Here they come.

Homework: I dare you to utterly renounce and dispose of a resentment you’ve held onto for a while. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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