Santa Fe Reporter, May 3, 2023

OPINION 5

NEWS

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

CLUSTER-SNUCK 9

Commission chair’s role in petition drive conflicts with secret negotiations on city/county annexation deal

CITY ELECTION: READY, SET, GO 10

Santa Fe City Council races take shape and at least one longtime councilor is heading for the exits

COVER STORY 12

BRANCHING LINES

Through ongoing appearances at galleries, museums and markets, Terran Last Gun hones his trajectory

CULTURE

SFR PICKS 17

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Everybody’s favorite dive bar turns 16, Trinidad punk comes to the DIY circuit, how to love the river and heroes in a half-shell

THE CALENDAR 18

3 QUESTIONS 22

With Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos

A&C 31

THE BOOKSHELF

Chika Unigwe’s The Middle Daughter interrogates reproductive injustice and misogyny in a reimagining of the Hades and Persephone myth

FOOD 33

SUBARASHII!

Midtown Japanese restaurant Ozu pulls no punches

MOVIES 34

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET REVIEW

Judy Blume’s tween classic hits the big screen not a decade too soon

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HEAVY PETTING, APRIL 19: “WILD KITTENS”

SHUT YOUR TRAP

Jack Hagerman’s advertorials in SFR continue to spread misinformation about feline needs. In “Wild Kittens,” Jack wrote that “unweaned kittens under 8 weeks old need bottle feeding every few hours around the clock.” Anyone who has cared for neonates recognizes this as a gross exaggeration. Orphaned kittens can be weaned at 3-4 weeks; overnight feeding can often end at 2 weeks. Many foster parents are willing and able to raise 3-week-old kittens through adoption. Any well-run shelter should be capable of saving 3+ week-old unweaned kittens.

Furthermore, Jack wrote that “SFAS has a trap-neuter-return (aka TNR) program...If you need to borrow a trap, give us a call.” Loaning out traps and charging for spay/neuter is not even close to a TNR program. Gatos de Santa Fe—Santa Fe’s previously successful TNR program—has been discontinued. Pregnant strays and orphaned kittens must now be trapped by good Samaritans, working alone or with a rescue like Felines & Friends which will help set traps, shelter captured cats, and foot the bill for spay/neuter.

Finally, let’s stop the spin. Prematurely removing an otherwise safe kitten from its mom is unwise, but leaving an orphan to starve or freeze or be eaten by predators is inhumane. So is releasing a 2-month-old spayed/neutered kitten to face the same. Kittens under 6 months (arguably older) deserve readily-accessible housing, food, medical care and adoption services. While these services may be costly and sometimes difficult to deliver, “shelter” is what our community should demand from SFAS.

LISA PHIFER, SANTA FE CHRISTINE DUGAN, LAMY

COVER, APRIL 26: “LIFE WITH LESS WATER”

BEEFING WITH FARMERS

New Mexico loves our farmers. Who doesn’t love farmers? But...To use round numbers, all the people and businesses in New Mexico use about 9% of the state’s water. Nine percent. Agriculture uses about 80%. And about 80% of that 80% is used to grow animals (alfalfa, clover, etc). It takes between 750 and 5,000 gallons of water (depending on who you ask) to produce a single pound of beef.

It pains me to say this, but to put it simply, we can solve all our water issues, probably in perpetuity, if we just stop raising so many cows/livestock. Let the states where it rains grow the vast majority of cows (we can still grow a limited number). And New Mexico can grow corn (for humans), chiles, beans, squash, nuts, etc. Obviously, this will take some adjustment, and our farmers should be compensated. But it really is just about this straightforward to solve our water issues.

BILL SALOPEK SANTA FE

DOG GONE?

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Everyone who attended the Prairie Dog Day proclamation read by Mayor Alan Webber at Frenchy’s Field on April 24 also witnessed the ribbon cutting for a beautiful new parks sign dedicated to prairie dogs at the entrance to the park. The mayor and city officials present are to be commended for their recognition of the importance of prairie dogs and their iconic presence in our city. Despite the mayor’s efforts, however, prairie dogs in Santa Fe are at a dangerous crossroads for survival. Whole colonies have been flattened and paved over at the Midtown campus behind and across from the Screen theater and elsewhere, despite years of advance planning and despite our obligation to humanely relocate them in advance. Across town along Airport Road, prairie dog colonies are disappearing before relocation can take place. Poisoning has been observed.

“Whereas, the future is bleak for the Prairie Dog unless they can be protected, relocated and

GOV’S OFFICE RACKS UP CATERING BILLS

We propose catered lunches at the gov’s mansion should feature nothing nicer than the school cafeteria fare.

COPS FACING LAWSUIT AFTER MISTAKENLY HOLDING POJOAQUE TEEN AT GUNPOINT

Remember: It’s “to protect and serve,” not “point guns at whoever the hell we feel like.”

SFPD REPORTS NUMEROUS CAR CRASHES AFTER IT SNOWED THE OTHER DAY

Santa Fe, we love you, but the way you handle weather is the weirdest shit in the world.

BIDEN DISSES FOX NEWS IN RECENT SPEECH

Kinda low-hanging fruit at this point, but it still feels right.

CITY TOUTS SANTA FE BIKE MONTH

Be careful!

SANTA FE COULD GET TWO NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS

And not one but two teens have been named as the city’s youth poet laureates. Let’s do two more things.

SANTA FE COUNTY

LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS

Because who doesn’t want to run at an inferno for free?

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THE BEST AROUND

We’ve kicked off the final ballot for this year’s Best of Santa Fe at vote.sfreporter.com. Hit it hard, everyone!

WE ARE WAY MORE THAN WEDNESDAY HERE ARE A COUPLE OF ONLINE EXCLUSIVES:

SHELTER UP

City Council approves a plan to look for land and providers for safe outdoor space shelters

supported…Whereas, the City of Santa Fe urges citizens to get more involved with this important work…”As Abigail Adams might have said to our city officials—“remember the prairie dogs.”

PATRICIA CARLTON, PRESIDENT PEOPLE FOR NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS

FOOD, APRIL 26: “Z IS FOR ZOUNDS!”

PRUNE PRUDES

I must take issue with a portion of Alex De Vore’s review. It was his mention of dates as an “old-person fruit that exists for digestive purposes and little else” that got my ire up. First, way to go dissing old people. Must be an easy target for you. Also, dates have been enjoyed in cuisines for thousands of years, for example, in Middle Eastern countries. It’s not really a new thing. The “old person” dried fruit you were probably trying to think of is prunes. Prunes, by the way, have their own long and storied history, originating as wild plums in China. So if you should ever become old and, God forbid, constipated, just remember the noble prune. You can also make a great cake or clafoutis with them!

DAVID FLEMING

SANTA FE

7 DAYS, APRIL 26: A LITTLE LEMON AID

I like reading the Santa Fe Reporter. “7 Days” is not representative. I’m sure there are many events going on that could be included. One event that I thought should have been included is “Don Lemon fired from CNN after divisive morning show run.” He was there for 17 years and was also quite controversial. This could have been included in the same sentence as the controversial Tucker Carlson.

SUSAN ROSSI

SANTA FE

MORNING WORD, APRIL 24: “CITY TAKES COUNTY TO COURT OVER ANNEXATION”

ANNEXATION NATION

City annexation is all about money: which includes city gross receipts tax, property taxes, city utilities, municipal campaigns, city home business licenses and taxes etc. The people who live in the communities and areas should be able to band together and fight for what they want and what suits their needs as home and property owners. Government overreach has gotten out of hand.

BRENDA MARIE

SANDOVAL SANTA FE

NEWS, MARCH 14: “OBELISK PLAN WILL BE WITHDRAWN”

PEACE POLE FOR PLAZA HOLE

Agreed, it is a “good move to step back;” however, I doubt that temperatures will drop regarding the issue of what to do about the scar in the center of the Plaza. Perhaps the new Office of Equity and Inclusion should resolve the obelisk debate with a commitment to acknowledge there will always be controversy, and the only path forward is one which looks ahead while still honoring the past. With an aim towards a “resolution of the two most favored options,“ why not restore the Soldiers Monument as a Peace Pole? “May Peace Prevail on Earth” to be the intention and main message. Other signage and additional language at the base could include the history of the obelisk itself as an entity representing the City Different.

PATRICIA BALDWIN SANTA FE

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SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER

“If I swear, I’ll pay you $50. If you talk about Taylor Swift or your cats, you pay me.”

—Overheard from a guy to his date on the Sky Railway

“I’m so glad you’re not of that age anymore that I don’t have to tell you to please try to use the bathroom while we are here.”

—Overheard at the public restrooms off Water St.

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Cluster-Snuck

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

The ongoing custody battle between Santa Fe County and the City of Santa Fe over an area between Alameda and NM 599 near the Agua Fria village boundaries has showcased the acrimonious nature of land use in the region as well as how the public can be left in the dark even if land developers are clued in to backroom legal wrangling.

Further complicating the issue: County Commission Chair Anna Hansen, one of two county elected officials who are part of negotiations with two city councilors over the long-overdue annexation agreement, has played a significant role in an effort to overrule the same negotiations she’s helping to spearhead.

The County Commission on May 1 heard four hours worth of divided public testimony over a swath of land deemed “Area 1B” that was supposed to be taken over by the city in 2018, according to a settlement agreement the city and county adopted in 2008. Negotiations over the tract—which includes established neighborhoods along Coyote Ridge Road and Calle Nopal as well as large undeveloped tracts—resumed in 2021 when both governments signed a joint resolution to take another crack at completing the annexation.

Meanwhile, people who live in the area banded together to take advantage of a provision that allows them to petition to be excluded from the annexation and instead join the village. Sid Monore, who has lived in Coyote Ridge for 20 years, says he and his neighbors grew tired of answering to the city for land use issues, but receiving only lip service when it comes to other needs.

“There had been all these promises of improved quality of life, because we would get trash service and eventually West Alameda would be better maintained, and we’d have better fire response and police response, etc, etc.,” Monroe says. “None of which happened at the time and none of which has happened in these 14 years.”

Monroe worked closely with Hansen to collect more than 200 signatures from area registered voters.

While the county was quick to sell former open space land near South Meadows Road to Homewise in another recent landuse fight, now the two are at odds. Homewise CEO Mike Loftin has accused those who want the boundary change of being anti-affordable housing in what’s become a bitter battle.

Commission chair’s role in petition drive clashes with secret negotiations on city/ county annexation deal

In an interview with SFR, Loftin calls the move by 1B residents a “ham-fisted attempt” at killing the annexation process “orchestrated mostly by Anna Hansen.”

“The argument will always be, ‘We’re not against affordable housing,’ and ‘We’re not NIMBYs, but we only want one unit per acre,’” Loftin says. “Well, affordable housing and 1-acre lots are antithetical to one another. One of these things doesn’t belong.”

Homewise owns several tracts in the area and claims rights to other tracts that are owned by different entities, a total of 200 acres. Negotiations between the county and city have been held in secret as stipulated in

the 2021 resolution, but the city argued in a court filing intended to stop the petition that the county was not acting in good faith when it accepted the petition from the residents.

Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber urged commissioners at the May 1 meeting to reject the petition. An exchange between Webber and Hansen highlighted how little the public is looped in.

“We have an agreement in principle that’s been recommended to the City Council, the governing body, by our two negotiators, based on the counter offer that came from the county to us,” Webber said. “We’re ready to move forward with the terms of that agreement.”

Hansen interjected to ask if that agreement included the county shelling out money for a fire station she tells SFR the city failed to deliver on in 2008.

“Madam Commissioner, you know we’re not allowed, at this point, to discuss any actual terms of the agreement as proposed,” Webber replied.

Hansen thanked Webber for his comments, but also said he previously ignored her requests to take action on annexation.

“I think it’s unfortunate that this is the manner and way that it had to come about that we are speaking and communicating,” Hansen said.

According to sworn affidavits filed with the city’s injunction request, Councilors Jamie Cassutt and Signe Lindell claim the secret negotiations were moving along when Hansen started involving herself with the petition to stop the annexation process.

Loftin obtained a number of records documenting Hansen’s involvement in trying to tank the annexation process through an Inspection of Public Records Act, which the homebuilder shared with SFR. In December 2021, for example, Hansen requested from the county clerk’s office a list of all qualified electors in her district “to inform residents about annexation and options to annexation.”

On Jan. 5, Hansen sent a letter to residents notifying them of the ability to petition the commission to prevent the city’s annexation.

“In particular, I am writing to ensure you are aware of the right to petition the Board of County Commissioners of Santa Fe County (County) to declare the remainder of Area 1 as a ‘traditional historic community,’” she wrote. “Such a designation would make the designated community subject to County land use jurisdiction and effectively preclude annexation except by petition of a majority of the qualified electors within the ‘traditional historic community.’”

Hansen signed off with a disclaimer that she was not advocating one way or another. She did, however, drop contact information for Monroe.

“He has graciously offered to be the contact for you should you have any questions in this regard and has agreed to provide his phone number and email for your use,” Hansen wrote.

Text messages between Monroe and Hansen, also obtained by Homewise, show the county commissioner pressing.

“We really need to get this petition going,” Hansen wrote on February 14. “ASAP.”

Hansen has declined to comment to SFR on her role in the petition drive, but noted in explaining the board’s next steps at the end of the late-night hearing on May 1 that the issue was “a challenging situation.” The board plans to take up the issue again May 30.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

Area 1B consists of about 1,100 acres of land mostly governed by Santa Fe County, including the Coyote Ridge subdivision. Homewise owns a little more than 200 acres of that land, in some instances under a different business name. The company’s executive director says it one day intends to build housing there.

The State of New Mexico owns about 120 acres and a company called Sunspear owns about 70 acres.

PHASE 3 AREA 1B

VILLAGE OF AGUA FRIA

City Election: Ready, Set, Go

Santa Fe City Council races take shape and at least one longtime councilor is heading for the exits

BY ANDREW OXFORD oxford@sfreporter.com

Santa Fe’s City Council race begins in earnest on May 8.

That’s when candidates hoping to qualify for public financing can pick up the required paperwork.

At least two incumbents are already poised to run for another term, but there will also be at least one open seat on the ballot this year. After three terms, District 3 Councilor Chris Rivera tells SFR he will not seek re-election.

“Twelve years to be in office is a long time,” Rivera says. “Having new ideas and new blood is a good thing.”

Besides, Rivera adds, he has grandchildren now.

Rivera, a retired city fire chief, ran unopposed four years ago and his decision opens up a seat representing a district in the city’s southwest corner that includes much of Santa Fe’s new development. The district can be a sort of political wildcard. Though city elections are officially nonpartisan, residents in District 3 voted in 2021 to make Lee Garcia a councilor, ousting incumbent Roman Abeyta, an ally of Mayor Alan Webber, and installing the only Republican on the city’s governing body.

Each of Santa Fe’s four council districts elect two councilors who serve staggered four-year terms. One councilor from each district is up for re-election this November and voters will also select a municipal judge as well as decide on yet-to-be-determined changes to the city’s

charter—the document that serves as Santa Fe’s constitution.

With four of eight council seats on the ballot, voters could get a chance to reshape Santa Fe’s governing body.

Across town from Rivera in District 2, freshman Councilor Michael Garcia announced May 2 that he will seek a second term.

The Triangle District resident has, during his first term, been something of a contrarian and thorn in the mayor’s side. That has been on display in discussions over the obelisk on Santa Fe Plaza (Webber backed a plan to rebuild it, Garcia proposed gutting that plan) and prohibiting developers at the Midtown campus from paying a fee to get out of building affordable housing on the site (backed by Garcia but panned by city staffers in an unusually dismissive memo to other councilors).

Still, Garcia bristles at the suggestion he’s carved a space for himself as the mayor’s opposition on the governing body. Instead, the councilor says he’s just asking questions.

“I see that as my role,” he tells SFR. “I try to look at every issue before the council from every single perspective possible.”

Garcia says he wants to focus during the next term on boosting the supply of affordable housing, protecting neighborhoods from gentrification and formalizing financial oversight in a City Hall that is still behind on audits.

That could include creating an office of inspector general for the city, he says.

Elected in a landslide during the 2019 election to fill the seat last held by Peter Ives, the Santa Fe High School and University of New Mexico grad represents a district that—following redistricting—stretches from Camino Carlos Rey across Midtown to Acequia Madre.

Garcia says he will use public financing to fund his campaign.

To qualify, candidates need to collect 150 donations of $5 each from voters in their district between May 8 and July 24.

To the west in District 4, first-term Councilor Jamie Cassutt tells SFR she will also seek another four years on the city’s governing body, but she will do so with private fundraising.

A Santa Fe High School grad with degrees from Lewis & Clark College and UCLA, Cassutt chairs the Economic Development Advisory Committee and says she wants to work in another term on the cost of living in a city where many residents are priced out.

“We are losing families because the cost of living is so high,” she adds.

That includes improving access to child care, “really looking at child care from an economic justice and gender equity standpoint,” she says.

Cassutt says she also wants the city to boost not just the availability of housing but also the availability of livable neighborhoods, with access to transportation options and basic needs like grocery stores.

Representing a district that now stretches from around South Meadows Road to Camino Carlos Rey, Cassutt came to office in 2019 in a three-way race for the open seat previously held by Michael Harris.

The seat occupied by District 1 Councilor Renee Villarreal is also on the ballot this year but she didn’t immediately respond to messages from SFR on Tuesday about her plans for the coming election. After the most recent redistricting, the district covers the north end of the city.

To make the ballot, council candidates must collect petition signatures from .5% of the registered voters in their district. Those interested in running for an office may also contact the city clerk at kmmihelcic@santafenm.gov

DISTRICT 1: Renee Villarreal

DISTRICT 2: Michael Garcia

DISTRICT 3: Chris Rivera

DISTRICT 4: Jamie Cassutt

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Branching Lines

Artist Terran Last Gun fine-tunes his content and trajectory

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Piikani artist Terran Last Gun had been waiting weeks for the news. Just as a successful solo show wrapped at Plazaadjacent Hecho Gallery last month, however, he learned his application to this year’s Indian Market from the Southwest Association for American Indian Arts had finally been accepted.

Last Gun was already slated to appear at the Native Treasures market event over Memorial Day weekend, but he had worried he might miss out on the limited spaces at the country’s largest gathering of Indigenous artists (a recent Facebook post from SWAIA indicates a high volume of applications led to delayed notifications for accepted artists). He says he “pushed it” with his application.

Perhaps he need not have worried, after all—this will be Last Gun’s third time showing at Indian Market, which has lured thousands of collectors, fans, artists and institutional advocates to the city each year for a century. Last year, he won numerous accolades, including Best of Division A and First Place in the Ledger Art and Serigraph category.

As he moves into the new market season, the artist’s practice has been evolving at an accelerated rate with shows in his adopted home of Santa Fe, representation from Albuquerque’s Gallery Hózhó, a current exhibit at the Missoula

Art Museum in Montana and other opportunities on the horizon.

His career seems to be particularly flourishing— but none of this was supposed to happen at all.

“It’s funny, because people have always asked me, y’know, ‘When did you think you were an artist? When did you feel like an artist?’” Last Gun tells SFR. “But my father was an artist when I was growing up—or is an artist, I should say, and I honestly didn’t want to pursue that growing up.”

Last Gun, 34, was supposed to do or be so many other things before he found this path. For a time, he thought he’d be a traditional Piikani dancer, or perhaps a museum administrator or archivist. But when he arrived at the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2011 after earning an associate’s degree in environmental science at Blackfeet Community College in his hometown of Browning, Montana, discovering the nuts and bolts of visual arts prompted a change in his outlook.

He credits a particularly inspiring slate of teachers at IAIA for opening his eyes to a level of creativity and need to create that had lain dormant. Maybe he’d settle into a life as a printmaker or illustrator; a painter; a ledger artist; a photographer. Why not some? Why not all? A simple color theory class blew his mind wide open—something so fundamental (yet, admittedly, enjoyable) makes Last Gun’s transformation feels like destiny, or at the very least, something for which he’s almost preternaturally suited. Now, energized and starting his next big chapter, Last Gun tells SFR he’s feeling a lot more confident about his abilities, even if he never envisioned any of this.

Last Gun’s breaks started happening in 2018 when he took part in the Santa Fe Art Institute’s Story Maps initiative, which found various artists-in-residence at the institute working with data to create interpretations of informational sets. With a focus on the serigraph style of printmaking, Last Gun mapped the movements and operations of Santa Fe’s Mobile Integrated Health Office, an alternative to 911 that sought to rewrite the emergency response game in Santa Fe by taking into consideration, among other things,

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mental health. The impetus for that project? Browning struggles with the same issues that the MIHO program targets.

“I started learning the dispatch codes that they were using, which I assume are similar for people in my hometown dealing with substance abuse, homelessness and behavioral health issues.” Last Gun told SFR at the time. “Reading the narratives of what they do was totally overwhelming. These stories were an eye-opener for me to learn about the community, and what problems we face that a lot of people don’t really know about.”

That same year, SFR partnered with Santa Fe Native arts-based nonprofit The Coe Center during the latter’s Imprint exhibit featuring artists Jamison Chās Banks (Seneca-Cayuga, Cherokee), Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), Dakota Mace (Diné), Jacob Meders (Mechoopda/Maidu), Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo Tewa) and Last Gun for a cover story by writer Alicia Inez Guzmán. In addition to the story, several of the participating artists designed newspaper cover art and artsy glossy inserts as part of the project. Last Gun’s contribution—an impossibly clean serigraph print based on Piikani painted lodges (also known as tipis)—proved he already had a vision that skirted territory between traditional imagery and contemporary style. But what wasn’t certain was whether Last Gun would have longevity.

The following year, however, the artist geared up for his first-ever solo show at Canyon Road outpost, Hecho a Mano. That space, run by gallerist Frank Rose, also of Hecho Gallery, has always focused mainly on prints, which made Last Gun’s serigraphs, or silkscreens, a natural fit.

“It’s inspired by how home follows you,” Last Gun told SFR of his work at the time, elucidating his love for the painted lodges of his homelands.

Last Gun had only recently phased into the world of creating visual arts on a more full-time basis. In 2016. he

graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts, the alma mater of his father, the ledger artist Terrance Guardipee Last Gun. Just a few years earlier, he had been fairly certain he would be a dancer.

“My parents got me into powwow dancing at a very young age,” he reminisces. “My late grandma, Thelma Ridesatthedoor...she was a dancer, so I traveled around a lot with her and all my cousins, dancing.”

Under his grandmother’s tutelage, Last Gun embraced styles of dance traditional to the Piikani—grass dancing and, eventually, he says, prairie chicken dancing.

“That last one we all consider like ours, like, we originated our version of it, and I guess you could say it’s an imitation of a male prairie chicken during mating season; they do this ruffle on the ground and they pop their chests out and kind of cock up their heads,” Last Gun explains. “So that’s what I did growing up—I still have [the regalia]—and that’s where I felt the creative vibe, the vibrant colors going on. I always have to give credit to dancing being a creative outlet when I was growing up.”

While he intends to revisit an active life of dancing, Last Gun says he’s so focused on visual arts just now that he’s not sure when or how that will happen. Visual media wasn’t his original plan, yet the creative vibe remains strong and he’s eager to embrace and experiment with other methods. When it came to printmaking, his skills in serigraph quickly drew buzz around Santa Fe and beyond, even in early college and post-college examples.

“I learned all these traditional printing techniques, but [serigraph] was the one I was really drawn to. It almost seems like the odd child out,” Last Gun says. “A lot of them require a press, whereas serigraph...has emotion to it, it’s a little bit of a different process.”

After completing just about every printing class available at IAIA, Last Gun found private lessons and continued his focus. He became enamored with mo-

no-printing and bleeding his colors right to the edge of the paper. The latter aspect is strangely uncommon in the print world, at least the way Last Gun executes it, and the method draws viewers in with its bold look. Last Gun also tackled photographing his own pieces, adding another layer of control and professionalism. Still, his laid-back and friendly demeanor belies a supernatural focus and über-hardworking habits, not just as an artist, but a businessperson who continues to represent himself.

Last Gun’s first show at Hecho a Mano opened in 2019. Yet, like so many other artists, the pandemic halted momentum in the spring of 2020. His final show before the statewide lockdowns went up at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Art’s Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, and it flew under the radar a tad given the shape of the world at the time. Even so, it signaled Last Gun’s pivot from serigraph, and he managed to eke his way through the COVID-19 restrictions with private sales, smaller works, prints and commissions. The lockdowns also had another interesting side-effect of leading Last Gun more fully into his ledger art practice.

“Because of the pandemic, I hadn’t been in the print studio since 2020, but I still needed to create, so I just switched completely over to that,” he says.

His home studio work loops Last Gun into a rich artistic tradition close to his heritage. While certain Plains Indian tribes, such as the Piikani (or Blackfoot) people didn’t adopt a written language through which to keep a record of their histories, their contributions to

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Numerous ledger drawings by artist Terran Last Gun. Last Gun’s foray into ledger art is not entirely expected, but it’s a welcome addition to his practice.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Last Gun among his recent works on view at Hecho Gallery in downtown Santa Fe.

petroglyphs, pictographs and painted hides and lodges are notable. The representational ephemera found throughout areas roamed by the Piikani marked achievements and milestones.

The paintings displayed on the exterior of the lodge, says Last Gun, were typically from subject matter received “through a dream.”

“It was broken into three parts: the bottom, being the land, the mountains; the middle, being whatever that authority is, like an animal, a bird or a natural water element,” he told SFR in 2019, “and the top, the sky world and cosmologies, the…stars, clouds, rains.”

Once the soldiers from the US military and traders began making their way into the plains in the 1830s and interacting with the Indigenous peoples, however, Native artists, craftspeople and even record keepers gained access to a new medium: the paper from ledger books. Its rows and columns were meant primarily to keep track of whatever land-stealing, cattle-trading, railroad-building nonsense the powers that be engaged in, yet Native people repurposed the pages and, according to the Smithsonian Institution, regarded the artworks as ways to hold onto their memories and stories.

“They were formerly like calendars that they’d write on hides,” says artist and educator Nocona Burgess (Comanche Nation of Oklahoma). “The hides were the stories of the tribes, and it evolved in the 1870s.”

Research from the Milwaukee Public Museum, which boasts a robust collection of ledger works, claims the earliest surviving works still viewable date back to the 1870s. Some of the most well-known ledger art comes from works created by Indigenous people imprisoned in Florida’s Fort Marion

in St. Augustine. According to Burgess, young warriors who landed there—or in boarding schools and other prison-like institutions—were allowed to make art, much of the time on ledger paper, but they were prohibited from depicting war or violence.

“They could do the ceremonies, they could do the dancers, and it kind of stayed hovering in that boarding school mentality,” he explains. “But ledger drawing had a resurgence in the 1950s and ’60s that was going away from that Indian School style. The fact that they could have more freedom in it by then, what they could or couldn’t draw... that warrior aspect came back and other elements came back or changed altogether.”

Burgess also says necessity led to resourcefulness. Imprisoned Native people or boarding school students would create ledger work with anything they could get their hands on—crayons, colored pencils, ink, etc. The methods and the imagery might have been altered over time, both outside of and within the schools, but the overall practice and intentions of ledger art remained somewhat the same, even as supplies became more readily available.

“It wasn’t like today when you could pop into Walmart or wherever and get art supplies,” Burgess says with a laugh. “They used pretty much whatever they could get.”

That’s how a modern artist with ample access to supplies such as Last Gun can evolve the medium even further. The most famous ledger art is almost always representational, for example— animals, warriors, dancers, etc. Last Gun’s take, however, at least insofar as it relates to his current practice, draws deeply from the history of the Piikani painted lodges, but diverges into sim-

From the precision of the circles and the lines to the satisfying gradient at play, Last Gun’s works always convey a certain perfectionist streak in the artist.

ple shapes and geometric designs that stand in for concepts like rains, the cosmos, the plains and so on. A swooping curved bit of of orange and yellow can signify the light; what looks like polka dots stand in for stars; converging circles mark the creation of a black hole. The oomph, as it were, lies in learning about the stories the shapes represent, and they are manifold.

Ledger art runs in Last Gun’s blood; his father Terrance gained some notoriety with his own ledger practice as a mainstay exhibitor at markets, galleries and museums. The younger Last Gun’s path, meanwhile, feels like an unexpected but vital addition to the ongoing history of the art form. He says just about every piece he’s ever done embraces ideas based on traditional imagery, but whereas he cites the history, the people, the families and the processes, he’s eager to add his own elements moving forward.

Last Gun’s pieces have a unique aesthetic in the genre, for example, both in their use of color and in their symbolism. The tools and media are definitely traditional, but when it comes to pushing and implementing new ideas, he wants to add to the shared lexicon in ways all his own. That idea of growth extends to new acrylic paintings that resemble Last Gun’s serigraphs in all of their satisfyingly clean and almost mathematical perfections. Even a simple set of rectangles representing a doorway or portal can be painstakingly precise yet emotive. When one learns it’s a portal, for example, they might begin to construct their own narrative. What does it mean to cross a threshold, and what’s on the other side?

Last Gun’s new ledger works and painterly practice have also deepened his relationship with gallerist Rose. He characterizes Last Gun’s most recent eponymous solo show as “incredibly successful,” with numerous pieces selling— including a ledger art diptych that is the largest piece Last Gun has ever made. The mural titled “Cosmic Fragment for Renewed Vitality” that Last Gun created for the show will remain in the window display area of Hecho for another month, too.

“I wanted to create something that would not only complement my solo exhibition as a whole, but also draw or attract people into the gallery space,” Last Gun says of the mural. “There is a sense of energy and harmony being activated through color and shape, and it creates a state of being, especially when viewed in person. I often think of geology, and how rocks and mountains have visual layers. My work and process can be viewed in a similar manner in that the human experience is embedded into it layer by layer.”

Rose continues to count himself among Last Gun’s most stalwart supporters.

Branching Lines

“What draws me to Terran is pretty similar to what draws me to a lot of work: artists who have kind of a root in tradition,” Rose says. “That’s kind of a loaded word, but they’re about culture, craft or some kind of root, yet they’re evolving or interpreting or expressing that in a new way. Terran is very much rooted in Piikani tradition, yet he’s doing it in a way that feels and looks very relevant to both insiders and outsiders. It’s very accessible visually and I think a lot of people can find an entry point into the work that way.”

This week, Last Gun wraps an appearance at the Missoula Art Museum in Montana, where his Future Cosmic Energy exhibit recently opened and will run through mid-August. Since the museum is located roughly 200 miles from his hometown of Browning, much of Last Gun’s Montana family plans to make the trek to see the show, he says. The homecoming feels bittersweet, according to Last Gun, as he’ll always carry a piece of Montana with him, even if he feels Santa Fe is where he must stay for now.

“There’s just more opportunity here, at least to grow, and now that I’ve grown here, I’m starting to reach a little beyond,” he says. “My art career started here. And my experience here...well, I try to pursue different opportunities when they arise, if I feel like I fit. Though I really would like to eventually get a little more established in Browning, in my home community and Montana in general. I think that’s starting to happen. I think people there are finally starting to see my work and see what I’m doing.”

Rose, meanwhile, says he and Last Gun are already talking about another solo show down the line. For his part, Last Gun says he’ll be ready for that. He’ll be ready for just about anything, including, he says, interest from a number of galleries in Montana. He’s not ready to say whether he’s signed on with any of them yet, but he’s mulling it over. Indian Market and Native Treasures—and the hustle they entail—are right around the corner.

In a small apartment on the southern edge of town that Last Gun shares with his partner Samantha Tracy (herself a notable institutional administrator who has formerly worked for places like the School for Advanced Research and The Coe Center) and their cat Midnight (a champion), Last Gun pores over his collection of ledger sheets and in-progress works. Discussing his plans for the future both near and far, he lights up in a way that feels infectious. Contentedness probably isn’t the right word for someone so constantly focused on creating art, but Last Gun says he’s happy with where he is these days and the possibilities yet to come.

“I’m just kind of interested in doing the work,” he tells SFR. “Doing the work and then seeing who is attracted to it.”

I often think of geology and how rocks and mountains have visual layers. My work and process can be viewed in a similar manner in that the human experience is embedded layer by layer.

-Terran Last Gun

ALEX DE VORE

Last Gun in his home studio shuffling through recently-acquired ledger sheets for upcoming works.

MUSIC FRI/5

TOWN AND OUT

How the heck is one supposed to know whether Trinidad, Colorado’s The Townies is a serious band or not? On the one hand, flavors of Jello Biafra and DK ring hard and true on a song like “Hooray!” On the other hand, the band’s online presence is...tongue-in-cheek, let’s say. In either event, The Townies might just be Trinidad’s only punk outfit, and they’re coming to Santa Fe with a new album in tow and all the fast ’n’ sloppy guitars and pissed-off vocals you can handle.

Locals like synth genius Velvet Vision and garage rockers Babelshack open, plus lots more. Oh, Ghost—you’re the best DIY venue a town could hope for! (Alex

De Vore)

The Townies: 7 pm Friday, May 5. $10-$15 Ghost, 2899 Trades West Road

EVENT SAT/6

WATERSHED MOMENT

For the last 17 years, the Santa Fe Watershed Association has commemorated an annual Love Your River Day, but this year the nonprofit has renamed its homage with a wider perspective. Love Your Watershed Day presents a full schedule of free events including live music at Alto Park. (Pro tip: Bring a chair, a hat and water bottle). Take a water-themed yoga class with Jaclyn Behringer at 10 am and/or make fish hats with local artists from 10 to 11:30. Tour the rain garden and river restoration sites at either 11 or noon. You had us at fish hats. (Julie Ann Grimm)

Love Your Watershed Day:

9 am to 1 pm, Saturday May 6, Alto Park, 1121 Alto St. (505) 820-1696 santafewatershed.org.

CARTOONS SAT/6

CEREAL? KILLER!

Did you know there are no longer Saturday morning cartoons? That’s right, olds of a certain age (of which we count ourselves, so no letters!)—the tradition of selling toys via animated broadcast television programs hastily popped out in Korea ended some years ago. Maybe it’s because kids are more mature now, maybe it’s because there are laws about the kinds of cereals companies can sell; maybe it’s just how things ebb and flow. In any event, Beastly Books (being the bookstore owned by George “Really Rad” Martin) knows you miss the innocence of youth and Street Sharks or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and as such will offer you shows like that, plus cereal, at its weekly Saturday Morning Cartoons events. Pajamas are encouraged, btw. (ADV)

Saturday Morning Cartoons: 11 am-7 pm Saturday, May 6. Free. Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 395-2628

EVENT FRI/5

By the Horns

Break out the candles and bull merch for The Matador’s sweet 16

It seems as if downtown dive bar The Matador can’t possibly be turning 16. Descending into the darkness of its denlike and mural-covered main room has become such an iconic part of Santa Fe nightlife that the watering hole gained a few additional decades in our collective estimation.

“I get folks that come in and are like, ‘I was here 22 years ago!’” Owner Cesar Fort tells SFR. “And I’m like, ‘We weren’t!’”

It’s not hard to imagine why The Matador keeps going strong in the face of ever-rising downtown real estate costs and infamously high bar industry turnovers. For a start, there’s the bizarre dearth of spots playing straight-up punk in a city filled with fans of the countercultural. We also relish the sense of old school specialness conjured by an ATM trip on the way to one of the few cash-only establishments left in town. Ultimately, though, Fort credits his success to prioritizing customer safety.

“Yes, we fund the place by furnishing alcohol, but what we’re selling is atmosphere,” he notes. “That’s why you have to protect the people who’ve chosen to imbibe in your place—creating an environment where they are safe and

comfortable and can let loose and feel acceptance. So we take care of babysitting and keep out the bad apples.”

That feeling of security is so palpable that creatively inclined regulars can often be found sketching in corners: They know if they come early, bartender Katia Prokopiak will likely keep the lights up for them. But things are going to be dark, loud and boisterous at Friday night’s birthday party—just how we love The Matador most.

DJ Le Kuro Neko is set to spin more harder-edged rock and metal than you’re likely to find elsewhere, and starting at midnight the bar will raffle off merch (expect plenty of the classic horned logo) made by Prokopiak. But even if you’re not the type to lust after a bullhorn-bedecked hat, the excitement and intensity of a proper Matador party is temptation enough.

“We’re not trying to be the quiet bar,” Fort explains. “We’re not trying to be a rowdy bar—but there’s always a little spice and controversy.” (Siena Sofia Bergt)

ANNIVERSARY

10 pm-2 am, Friday May 5, The Matador 116 W San Francisco St., (505) 984-5050

JULIE ANN GRIMM COURTESY PARAMOUNT

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ART

ALYSE RONAYNE: LONG LIVE smoke the moon

616 1/2 Canyon Road smokethemoon.com

Everything from wool works to steel sculptures.

Noon-4 pm, Weds-Sun, free

ARRIVALS 2023

form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

A sneak peek at form & concept’s upcoming exhibitions, ranging from ceramics to textiles.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

ART AS INQUIRY

Vital Spaces Midtown Annex St. Michael’s Drive vitalspaces.org

SciArt Santa Fe presents a group show of artists experimenting with scientific techniques and media—including multiple moldbased pieces.

1-5 pm, Fri-Sat, free

BILL BAKER: COLOR CULTURE

Acosta Strong Fine Art 640 Canyon Road (505) 453-1825

Pastel images of Indigenous people.

11-5 am, Mon-Sat, free

BRICOLAGE UNBRIDLED!

CONSTRUCTING ARTIFACTS

Aurelia Gallery

414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Kevin Watson shares his multimedia scavenged pieces.

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

CALL TO ARTISTS

Online, whollyrags.org

Submit pieces made of repurposed materials to the 23rd annual Arte de Descartes XXIII juried recycled art show by Aug. 1.

THE CONTEMPORARY PRINT

Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8111

A group show highlighting various printing techniques, including monotypes, intaglio and more.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

DANIEL BLAGG: URBAN LANDSCAPES

Aurelia Gallery

414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

Uncanny paintings of American urban decay subtly reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World.”

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

DANIEL RAMOS: THE LAND OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN

Foto Forum Santa Fe

1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582

Black-and-white photographs exploring the iconography of Mexican Americana.

Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Fri;

12:30-5 pm, Tues, free EBENDORF AND THE USUAL SUSPECTS

form & concept

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

Selections from famed jeweler Robert Ebendorf’s career, alongside pieces by his students and mentors.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free FLORA & FAUNA

Evoke Contemporary

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

A group exhibition exploring greenery, growth and regeneration.

10 am-5 pm, free

GOING WITH THE FLOW

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Southwestern artists on the role of water in desert landscapes.

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

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free INTO THE WILD

Keep Contemporary

142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 557-9574

Chris Haas, Kristen Egan and Jared Antonio-Justo Trujillo explore wilderness.

11 am-5 pm, Weds-Sat; Noon-5 pm, Sun, free JAMES STERLING PITT | {#}    [——— —-]    ########## _____%%%%%%%%_____

5. Gallery

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

No, the office cat didn’t just walk across our keyboard: that’s this sculptural exhibition’s exact title. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free

JEFF KRUEGER: DETAILS FROM THE SWAN’S GARDEN

Kouri + Corrao Gallery

3213 Calle Marie (505) 820-1888

Abstract line drawings and visceral, biomorphic ceramic pieces.

Noon-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

KEVIN BELTRAN: UNOBSERVABLE NOISE

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Original) 1600 Lena St. (505) 428-0996

Colorful, Americana-infused vehicular photography inspired by sound.

7:30 am-5 pm, free

LINDSEY REDDICK: I CRIED IN FRONT OF YOU form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Ceramic sculptures probing familial bonds through folk imagery.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

LORI DORN: LIVE IN THE LAYERS Calliope

2876 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 474-7564

Large scale abstract paintings from a former headshot photographer.

11 am-4 pm, Fri-Mon, free

MEMORIA: ART AS RECORD Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road (505) 424-2300

A showcase of the Institute of American Indian Arts’ 2023 graduating class capstone projects.

10 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri, free MINIPRINT!

Hecho a Mano 830 Canyon Road (505) 916-1341

More than 50 diminutive prints, juried by Alfonso Barrera and Mirel Fraga. Presented as part of April’s Print Santa Fe festivities. 10 am-5 pm, Weds-Sun, free

Human life echoes the animal—and insect—world in Jiabao Li’s Ecological Soup: Interspecies Encounters, opening this week at Currents 826.

MOKHA LAGET: PERCEPTUALISM CONTAINER

1226 Flagman Way (505) 995-0012

The American University Museum’s exhibition of geometric paintings pays a visit to the 505.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, free MONOTHON EXHIBITION

Santa Fe Community Gallery

201 W. Marcy St. (505) 955-6707

Showcasing one work per participating artist from Monothon Print Week.

10 am-3 pm, Weds-Fri; free NOURISHING BEAUTY

Cafe Pasqual’s Gallery

103 E Water St., Second Floor (505) 983-9340

Gail Reiki, Bonnie Lynch and Romig Streeter share multimedia pieces inspired by the art and culture of Japan.

10 am-5 pm, free

OUR PLACE: TOM AND RAVENNA OSGOOD

form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

A daughter and her late father connect across psychic space through assemblage, sculpture, design objects and more.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

PABLO PICASSO: CELEBRATING THE MASTER’S LEGACY

LewAllen Galleries

1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

You read that right: there are rare figurative works on paper by Picasso in our lil’ city.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri,

10 am-5 pm, Sat, free PAINT OUT EXHIBITION

Jemez Fine Art Gallery

17346 NM-4, Jemez Springs (575) 829-3340

Showcasing pieces created during the week of plein air painting in late April.

11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, free

PEDRO REYES: DIRECT ACTION

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Mixed media sculptures proposing playful solutions to issues of disarmament. Closes

Monday.

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

10 am-7 pm, Fri, free

THE PHOTOGRAVURE: SELECTIONS FROM 1897-2023

Obscura Gallery

1405 Paseo de Peralta

(505) 577-6708

Over a century of copper plate intaglio photo prints, from Alfred Stieglitz to Eddie Soloway.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

PIÑON COUNTRY

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103

A photographic installation by Christina M. Selby documenting piñon-juniper habitats.

9 am-5 pm, free

POST FIESTA WARES

Axle Contemporary Visit axleart.com for daily location (505) 670-5854

Rick Phelps’ recycled paper art, presented in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art’s cartonería exhibit.

10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sun, free SANTA FE 5X5

Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8111

Selected works from five up-and-coming printmakers.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

SCOOTER MORRIS: THE TIPPING POINT

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915

Mixed media canvas and acrylic-based pieces incorporating images of guns, flags and money.

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

SHADOWS AND LIGHT

ViVO Contemporary

725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320

Contemporary artists explore the concept of chiaroscuro on paper, canvas and more.

10 am-5 pm, free

SIGUE PASANDO POR AQUÍ

form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Enrique Figueredo presents a 15-foot zoetrope and intricate woodcut prints examining migration and movement.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

SPRING BREAK: GROUP EXHIBITION

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

554 S Guadalupe St. (505) 989-8688

Abstract works exploring color, growth and budding.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

SPRING GROUP SHOW

Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art

558 Canyon Road, (505) 992-0711

Highlighting abstract works by eight gallery artists.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

THE TAOS SIX COLLECTION: AN HOMAGE TO W. HERBERT DUNTON Blue Rain Gallery

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

Gallery artists “paint tribute” to the Taos Society of Artists founding member by reinterpreting his pieces.

10 am-6 pm, Mon-Fri;

9 am-5 pm, Sat, free

TINY ART, BIG DIFFERENCE: CALL FOR ARTISTS Online, lvsf.org/art-auction-2023/

Donate 8x8” pieces to Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe for its summer auction.

All Day, free

TULU BAYAR: CHIMERA

Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road (505) 780-5403

The Turkish American artist shares work straddling the boundaries of photography, sculpture, video and more.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

THE CALENDAR

TWO PIONEERING WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE PHOTO LEAGUE

Monroe Gallery of Photography

112 Don Gaspar Ave. (505) 992-0800

Featuring the midcentury work of Sonia Handelman Meyer and Ida Wyman.

10 am-5 pm, free

EVENTS

SANTA FE BIKE MONTH Santa Fe bikesantafe.org

Celebrate the wheel-centric month with social rides, a bike swap at Betterday, restaurant discounts for those who arrive on bicycles and more.  free

FILM

OPEN SUBMISSION: MADRID FILM FESTIVAL Online madridfilmfest.org

Submit shorts by July 28 for festival screening and possible prizes.  All Day, free

WED/3

BOOKS/LECTURES

A CLEARING IN THE FOREST: HEIDEGGER’S THINKING St. John's College

1160 Camino Cruz Blanca (505) 984-6000

Frank Hunt explores the Heidegger's belief in a "saving power" in the essence of tech.  7 pm, free

FRIENDS OF HISTORY

LECTURE SERIES:

ENCORE PRESENTATION

Online, https://bit.ly/429li1R

Giddyap, pardners: Cynthia Culbertson discusses the history of the horse in our state. Presented by the New Mexico History Museum.  Noon-1 pm, free

GSB PRESENTS: JESSE KOHN

Garcia Street Books 376 Garcia St., (505) 986-0151

The author shares his layered debut novel, the book of webs 5-7 pm, free

MANUELA WELL-OFF-MAN AND RICK RIVET

Online bit.ly/3VifvVs

The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts' chief curator and the SahtuMétis artist chat about Rivet's creative process and themes.

2-3 pm, free

EVENTS

CHIEF COMEDY FESTIVAL

Santa Fe Improv

1202 Parkway Drive, Unit A santafeimprov.com

Touring comedians (including familiar names from Adult Swim and America's Got Talent) stop off on their way to bigger cities.  8:30 pm, $20

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A few minutes into our phone interview, Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos and their band, Y La Bamba, are nearly splattered by a merging semi-truck. Y La Bamba just released its seventh album, Lucha, a few days ago; tour just kicked off and they don’t need this shit, but I can overhear everyone in the van’s joy at having survived. “We just experienced a terrifying thing, holy fuck!” Mendoza Ramos says, laughing. “We almost got hit. We’re OK, though.” Y La Bamba isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving. Mendoza Ramos has become a bit of a darling in the indie rock scene, too. By culling from Mexican sounds like ranchera and mariachi, plus psych and garage rock, folk, indie and whatever else sounds good, the band has assembled a notably varied style that can’t easily be likened to any one thing in particular, but still sounds familiar in its pieces. Y La Bamba comes to Santa Fe’s El Rey Court this week as part of High Road (11 am-10 pm Saturday, May 6. Free. El Rey Court, 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931), a day-long event featuring music, wellness workshops, artisan booths and more. Truck or no, Mendoza totally answered some Qs. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. (Alex De Vore)

People in interviews seem to keep wanting to pin this word ‘vulnerable’ to you lately. What’s up with that? I talk about it all the time, and the way I think it reflects back to me, it’s the way you’re talking about right now—people highlight it. And I might say it once or twice, or it’s in my bio, and because it’s honest and it’s true, I feel like people keep highlighting that. I feel maybe it’s because people lack going there themselves. I think it’s difficult to understand and to get there. I think the idea of vulnerability gets glorified, and it’s this identity where... you’re attached to it. Then you start talking about it with conviction. It’s true, but why aren’t we all vulnerable? Why do I have to be applauded in this way? I am that

person, so I think that when people talk to me, it’s because that’s who I am and then some, but when we’re talking about music and documenting, all of that...I feel like it’s just part of a little window into my process as a person. I’m playing music, so people have access to what I’m up to and how I’m processing information and my life. I talk a lot about identity, and I think it’s because I have this urgency of being seen. I’m...recognizing that urgency and kind of refocusing on transforming that urgency into something else. It’s so layered.

Let’s talk about production, because that’s something you’ve been doing with your own records more. Does it feel more like having your hand on the rudder? Is it more pressure but ultimately more satisfying? Do you feel like you have more control?

Both. Absolutely both. I felt it a lot with this album, because I wrote it. I feel it with every album, but with this one…I wrote a lot—I wrote a lot even before the shutdown, but I was a little nervous about releasing anything. All my awareness has been in check, before the [pandemic] shutdown, then obviously when I was writing songs, I didn’t know I felt different, and a lot of us collectively in our own ways have...there’s been an impact on our psyches. I didn’t want to release shit, I was just figuring out what was happening in the world, my relationship with it all. There was a lot of deconstructing, and I wasn’t thinking about releasing music; I was just thinking about being present in a different way. [I was] learning so much about my production skills, what I’m able to deliver and also how to do it my way; working with the right people who are going to help manifest it; taking that step, doing that? There’s a lot I’m continuing to learn.

What do you think child-aged Luz would think about what you’re doing now?

I think I would think I’m awesome. I’m being serious because I was so innocent. I don’t go around saying that, but in the context of the question, authentically I really feel and think I would think it’s awesome. I was awkward…maybe I still am. I’m glad to be with the people I tour with. It feels like a family for sure, and we all look forward to it, and it always feels mutual and powerful. They’re in the van with me right now. I wouldn’t be able to do this without them. That is what I look forward to. We’re not this huge fucking band, and we’re touring and processing life together in different ways. We’re at the cusp of many things. We’re getting older, I feel like being present in the moment sounds cheesy, but it’s important. Getting in the van and going on tour, I think it’s about being present.

With Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos

JENN CARRILLO

FREE KIDS SING-ALONG

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Sarah-Jane from Queen Bee Music Association leads harmonic games for babies and tots.

3:15-4 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278

Aim for that Goldilocks zone of tipsy but not too drunk to recall obscure facts (and know you probably won’t be able to achieve it).

8-10 pm, free

HISTORY CHAT

35 Degrees North

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

Tour guide Christian Saiia gathers locals to discuss the effects of geo-politics on westward colonization.

Noon-2 pm, free

LEISURELY BIKE RIDE

Fort Marcy Park

490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2500

Bring your wheels (or borrow a bike on-site) to join the thrice-weekly guided ride.

10-11 am, $5

OPEN MIC COMEDY

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

We promise Wayward Comedy won’t bite—and they’ll probably love ya if you can make them laugh.

8 pm, free

PLAY PICHENOTTE!

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Let kiddos flex those developing motor skills with the classic French Canadian disk-flicking game.

4-6 pm, free

WEE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Weekly themed storytime led by Danielle Lehua Bonderer. This week’s book choices focus on grandparents.

10:30-11:30 am, free

WRITER'S DEN

Beastly Books

418 Montezuma Ave.

(505) 395-2628

A quiet, communal weekly space to write to the sound of others' clicking keyboards while surrounded by shelves of sci-fi.

5-6:30 pm, free

FILM

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Violet Crown Cinema

1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678

Ok, even if that bone-tossing sequence hadn’t been parodied in everything from The Simpsons to the new Barbie trailer, this is one you don’t wanna miss on the big screen.

6:30 pm, 7 pm, $13-$15

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

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

4-10 pm, free

MUSIC

IMPROVISED AND OTHERWISE: A SONIC LOUNGE EVENT

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

RuffRuffRuff and Triage improv on acoustic bass, gong, sax and more.

7-9 pm, $15-$40

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

The pro players are assembled; all that's missing are you and your instrument.

6 pm, free

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR

CLARES El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Storytelling original acoustic tunes.

8-10:30 pm, free

JOSEPH Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Oregonian indie pop from a trio of songstresses.

7 pm, $30

RICHARD GANS Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Harmonica-heavy indie folk melodies.

4-6 pm, free

THEATER

SYMPATICO (PREVIEW)

The Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576

Sam Shepard's story of the dark side of horse racing—directed by a man (Nicholas Ballas) who knew the author from Shepard’s Santa Fe days.

7:30 pm, $15

WORKSHOP

AERIAL FABRIC WITH LISA

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road

(505) 992-2588

Build core strength while mocking gravity.

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

COOKING MATTERS: EASY EATS

Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center

4801 Beckner Road

(505) 772-1234

Part of a six-session series on cooking healthily without wrecking your bank account, taught by dietician Megan McNeil.

2-3 pm, free

SELF-HYPNOSIS WORKSHOP

Online, bit.ly/3ADqlMc Cory Brown teaches you to entrance yourself into new habits.

6-7:30 pm, $30

THU/4

BOOKS/LECTURES

ABBY DIETZ AND SILAS PETERSON

Santa Fe Business Incubator

3900 Paseo del Sol (505) 424-1140

Folks from The Hire Firm talk pros and cons of hiring employees. Let’s hope there end up being more pros.

5:30-7 pm, free

ENTREPRENEUR STORY TIME: FRUIT OF THE EARTH

Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive (505) 983-9817

Lyra Barron pulls back the curtain on her local cannabis company's beginning and reflects on nearly a decade in business.

6:30-8:30 pm, free

FACULTY AND STAFF READING

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

A little turning of the tables: this time it’s the community college teachers who’ll be sharing their latest work aloud. Give ‘em a fair grade.

5-6 pm, free

MEET THE AUTHORS NIGHT!

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red)

1366 Cerillos Road (505) 428-0996

Jeffe Kennedy of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and Melinda Snodgrass (a Star Trek: The Next Generation writer) discuss their creative processes.

7-9 pm, free

DANCE

ECSTATIC DANCE

Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo De Peralta (505) 982-8309

EmbodyDance hosts a weekly movement sesh. Do what feels good.

6:30 pm, free

EVENTS

ADULTI-VERSE

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle

(505) 395-6369

Explore the House of Eternal

Return in the exclusive company of those old enough to drink.

6 pm, $39

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

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

Wet your whistle with Southwestern whiskey.

3 pm, 5 pm, $20

FUN WITH FIREFIGHTERS

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

Explore a firetruck with fire department members. Classroom bragging rights guaranteed.

1-2 pm, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar

725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952

Don't call it trivia.  7 pm, free

OPEN SPACE-TIME

Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

First come, first served access to art supplies and activities.  Noon, free

SANTA FE SPRING CARNIVAL

Santa Fe Place Mall 4250 Cerrillos Road (505) 473-4253

Are we too old to go back yet and try all the rides we missed as kids? Do we care?

6-10 pm, free

SFCC RESPIRATORY CARE

THERAPY PROGRAM INFO SESSION

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

One in a series of such sessions for those curious about helping others breathe better.  Noon-2 pm, free

SEEDS & SPROUTS

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

Young guests will snack on harvests from local farms while exploring the gardens.  10:30-11:30 am, free

FILM

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

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

Indie king Robert Rodriguez' horror/action masterpiece. Oh, yeah, and there's a bunch of Quentin Tarantino, too.  6 pm, 8:30 pm, $13-$26

FOOD

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Chef Randy Tapia's dreamy poke bowls and fusion faves.  4-9 pm, free

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Nathalie Seaver unveils hidden aesthetic pleasures in “Cactus Flower” from Deconstructing Beauty & Urban Abstracts, opening this week at Edition ONE Gallery.

SUSHI POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

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

4-9 pm, free

TASTE OF MEXICO

TEQUILA DINNER

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765

Deplete the Cinco supplies a day early in true Lucille Bluth style.

6-8 pm, $130

MUSIC

ANNALISA EWALD

Agave Restaurant & Lounge

309 W San Francisco St. (505) 995-4530

The classical and baroque guitarist will be in residence

Thursdays and Fridays through the end of May.

6-9 pm, free

DAVID GEIST

Osteria D'Assisi

58 S Federal Place (505) 986-5858

Cabaret renditions of Broadway, pop and original tunes.

7-10 pm, free

HALF BROKE HORSES

Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge

1005 S St. Francis Drive (505) 983-9817

Two-step your way to honky tonk heaven.

7-10 pm, free

NICK SHOULDERS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Ozark country hollerin'.

7:30 pm, $18-$23

SUNSET SERENADE

Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St.

(844) 743-3759

Say farewell to the day with live music, cocktails and classic trains.

6:30 pm, $109-$129

TIM STYLES

Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St.

(505) 982-2565

Folk Americana.

4-6 pm, free

ZEALOUS GROOVES

Mine Shaft Tavern

2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid

(505) 473-0743

Funky folk.

7 pm, free

THEATER

SYMPATICO (PREVIEW)

The Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576

A California-set tale of betrayal, aging and prize stallions.

7:30 pm, $15

THE WALLS HAVE EARS

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Talia Pura and Jerry Labinger's story of one family's attempt to house kin escaping from World War II Leningrad.

7:30 pm, $15-$20

WORKSHOP

BEGINNER FABRIC

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

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

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

CLARIFYING MEDITATIVE WORK

Online

(505) 281-0684 bit.ly/3K8d586

Forty minutes of quiet group meditation, followed by gentle discussion.

7-8:30 pm, free

HATHA YOGA

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

Gentle yoga with a focus on breath work.

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

TRAPEZE AND LYRA CLASS

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

Expand your aerial vocabulary on static trapeze and hoop while improving your strength and flexibility.

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

FRI/5

ART OPENINGS

ANNUAL ARTWORKS

END-OF-YEAR EXHIBITION

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Showcasing pieces from students in the ArtWorks program.

5-7 pm, free DECONSTRUCTING BEAUTY AND URBAN ABSTRACTS (OPENING)

Edition ONE Gallery

728 Canyon Road (505) 570-5385

Textural abstract photography from Nathalie Seaver and Dolores Lusitana.

5-7 pm, free ECOLOGICAL SOUP: INTERSPECIES ENCOUNTERS (OPENING)

Currents 826

826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Jiabao Li's photographic explorations of the intersection of human and non-human life.

5-8 pm, free KEL BRANDWOOD: THE FORGOTTEN GODS (OPENING)

Prism Arts & Other Fine Things

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

Layered abstract expressionist pieces.

4-7 pm, free

MARCOS LUCERO: GUARDIANS OF THE SOUL (OPENING)

Hecho Gallery

129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

Paintings inspired by coastal Oaxaca, featuring imagery of animal spirits and masks.

5-7 pm, free OF RARE ORIGIN (RECEPTION)

Sorrel Sky Gallery

125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

A pre-Mother's Day trunk show offering the opportunity to pick out some unique bling.

5-7 pm, free

PALACE AVENUE FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK

New Mexico History Museum

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100

This month's stroll focuses on the collection of retablos and bultos housed at the Palace of the Governors.

5-7 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

OPERALIVE!: RUSALKA

Collected Works

Bookstore and Coffeehouse

202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226

Conductor Oliver Prezant contextualizes the upcoming opera season, one show at a time.  6 pm, free

WHITE FEMINIST

WIFE OF BATH?

St. John's College

1160 Camino Cruz Blanca (505) 984-6000

Carissa Harris examines Chaucer's Wife of Bath through the lens of intersectional feminism.  7 pm, free

DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO SPRING SEASON

El Flamenco Cabaret

135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Antonio Granjero's company performs alongside vocalist and guitarist Juan Jose Alba.

7:30 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

ALL AGES CHESS

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323

Go checkmate that king.  3-5 pm, free

ANNIVERSARY PARTY

The Matador

116 W San Francisco St. (505) 984-5050

You know the iconic dive bar’s sweet 16 is gonna be wild—and when was the last time we got to list an event that runs this late? (See SFR Picks, page 17) 10 pm-2 am, free

CINCO DE MAYHEM

Santa Fe Brewing Company

35 Fire Place

(505) 424-3333

All sorts of queer burlesque, drag belly dance and general hotness from Mena Domina, Aluna Bun Bun, MC Coco Caliente and more.

8 pm, $25-$30

CRASH KARAOKE

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

Everyone needs a karaoke night now and then, right?

9 pm-1 am, free

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

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

Honestly, the process of whiskey making is cool on a chemistry level even if you don’t dig the drink.

3 pm, 5 pm, $20

DUSTY NARANJO

Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery

100 W San Francisco St. (505) 986-1234

The Santa Clara Pueblo potter demonstrates techniques behind her wildlife sgraffito.

Noon-4 pm, free

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Santa Fe Indigenous Center 1420 Cerrillos Road (505) 660-4210

Live music, snacks and kid-appropriate Indigenous shorts, co-sponsored by the American Indian Film Institute. Cute!

6-7:30 pm, free

FINE ART FRIDAYS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Guests from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum lead the kids in a paper collaging session.

2-4 pm, free

INDIGENOUSWAYS FESTIVAL

Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe St. (505) 795-2543

The festival’s kicking off with a bang: Alex Rose Holiday sings, Simone Rael shares a fashion show and Robert Mirabal plays with his amply awarded band.

4-9 pm, free

LEISURELY BIKE RIDE

Fort Marcy Park

490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2500

The city looks and feels different when you’re touring it on two wheels.

10-11 am, $5

MAKE & BELIEVE TIME

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Little ones are invited to the multiverse once a month for library-curated readings and themed art projects.

10-11 am, free

MARGARITA RAIL

Sky Railway

410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

Tequila and live tunes for your train travels, inspired by Santa Fe’s “Margarita Trail” tourist challenge.

7 pm, $99

MINIATURES PAINTING

Beastly Books

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628

Gather weekly to paint table-top game figurines with likeminded nerds.

4-6:30 pm, free

OPEN SPACE-TIME

Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Another opportunity to raid Meow Wolf’s public art supply closet. Or borrow from it, at least.

Noon, free

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

If you went for a tour earlier in the season, now’s a great time to see the new leaves unfurling.

11 am-noon, free

SANTA FE SPRING CARNIVAL

Santa Fe Place Mall 4250 Cerrillos Road (505) 473-4253

We’d like to argue that there’s a special kind of magic to a parking lot carnival, as opposed to the more rural field variety.

6 pm-midnight, free

FILM

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Ok y’all, be honest. Do you think Tarantino’s quintessential ultra fast dialogue delivery is an affectation, or the true QT?

6 pm, 8:30 pm, $13-$26

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

You know those chile highs you get when one bite is infinitely hotter than you were prepared for and you kinda see God? Yeah.

4-10 pm, free

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Chef Randy’s doing Hawaiian burgers now, too? Oof.

4-9 pm, free

MUSIC

ANNALISA EWALD

Agave Restaurant & Lounge

309 W San Francisco St. (505) 995-4530

Classical guitar plucking.

6-9 pm, free

CHANCEL BELL CHOIR

First Presbyterian Church

208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544

Travis Bregier directs the choir in renditions of work by Brahms, Scarlatti and more.

5:30 pm, free

CHARLES TICHENOR

CABARET

Los Magueyes

Mexican Restaurant

31 Burro Alley (505) 992-0304

King Charles serenades diners with vocals and piano.

6 pm, free

DYLAN EARL

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Self-described "countrypolitan/ twangcore" from the heart of Arkansas.

8-10 pm, free

FELIX Y LOS GATOS

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Green chile gumbo blues.

8-11 pm, free

JIM ALMAND

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Bluesy Americana.

5 pm, free

JOSHUA REDMAN: 3 X 3

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

Duke Ellington, Thelonious

Monk and Wayne Shorter compositions on saxaphone, bass and drums. All about the rule of threes.

7:30 pm, $35-$115

KERALA DUST

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Techno with a touch of psych rock.

9 pm, $20-$35

ROBERT FOX JAZZ TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

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

6 pm, free

SMOOTH WITH SPECIAL GUEST RICHARD SEGOVIA

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

The Santana cover band takes the stage with friends for Cinco de Mayo.

8 pm, $15

STRANGERS FROM AFAR

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Psych folk.

8-10 pm, free

TOWNIES RECORD RELEASE

Ghost 2899 Trades West Road facebook.com/ggghhhooosssttt

Trinidad punk rock with support from Velvet Vision, Babelshack, Redubsh and The Barnacle Boys. (See SFR Picks, page 17)

6-9 pm, free

THEATER

PANDEMONIUM

PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

555 Camino de la Familia (505) 920-0704

All theater kids deserve the chance to take on at least one show with this level of delectable camp.

7 pm, $8-$12

SYMPATICO

The Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576

Starring locals Hania Stocke, Geoffrey Pomeroy (who you’ll recognize if you saw Sen. O’Neill’s Save the Bees last year), Joey Beth Gilbert and many more.

7:30 pm, $35

THE WALLS HAVE EARS

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Confinement and World War II can really do a number on family dynamics. Add World War II into the mix and...

7:30 pm, $15-$20

WORKSHOP

SLACKLINE AND POI WITH ELI

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road (505) 992-2588

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

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

THE CALENDAR

YOUTH AERIALS CLASS

Wise Fool New Mexico

1131 Siler Road, (505) 992-2588

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

5-6 pm, $24

SAT/6

ART OPENINGS OF RARE ORIGIN

Sorrel Sky Gallery

125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

The final day of trunk show jewelry shopping. Peruse now or forever hold your peace.

9:30 am-5 pm, free

SIGNE STUART: EVOLUTION (OPENING)

Pie Projects

924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681

Sewn and acrylic stained canvasses evoking the quantum world.

4-6 pm, free SOLARE: LETTING IN THE LIGHT (OPENING)

Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery

222 Delgado St., (928) 308-0319 Iconographically influenced wooden sculptures, digital prints and beyond.

5 pm, free SPRING ART SHOW Eldorado Community Center

1 Hacienda Loop, Eldorado (505) 466-4248

The Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association presents a showcase of artisan wears.

10 am-4 pm, free THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

In the West Casitas, north of the water tower

1612 Alcaldesa St.

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

9 am-2 pm, free

TOWARD FIGURATION: TOM APPELQUIST (OPENING)

FOMA

333 Montezuma Ave. (505) 660-0121

Abstract oil pieces with thick line work nodding towards Keith Haring.

3-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

INDIAN MARKET LECTURE SERIES: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARA ROMERO

New Mexico History Museum

113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5100

The Chemehuevi artist chats about her techniques and innovations behind the lens.

2-4 pm, free

READING: LINE, LAND, A WAY TO MYSELF form & concept

435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Edie Tsong, Lauren Camp and Sara Daniele Rivera share poetry and prose inspired by works from the exhibit Arrivals 2023

2-3 pm, free

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DANCE

ENTREFLAMENCO SPRING

SEASON

El Flamenco Cabaret

135 W Palace Ave. (505) 209-1302

Swing by early for pre-show dinner and drinks. The meal timing might not be particularly Spanish, but the food and entertainment will be.

7:30 pm, $25-$45

EVENTS

BIKE SANTA FE

(RE)LAUNCH PARTY

Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St. bikesantafe.org

Bike nerds gather to celebrate the return of Bike Santa Fe with games, a raffle, gear consignment and more in a brand new brewery.

6-8 pm, free

BLOOM: OPEN MIC

Travel Bug Coffee Shop

839 Paseo de Peralta (505) 992-0418

Share your villanelles and quatrains with Flowering Poetry Club, or just hear what Santa Fe’s been writing about lately.

5 pm, free

CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND

CAR SHOW

Santa Fe Place Mall

4250 Cerrillos Road (505) 473-4253

In case all the recurring carnival offerings weren't enough, today's spectacles include a lowrider showcase.

Noon-4 pm, free

CRAWFISH BOIL

Second Street Brewery

(Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St. (505) 954-1068

The annual event returns from its hiatus wth live music and Louisiana crawfish by the pound. Acts include Zydeco Squeeze, Mystic Lizard and Alto Street.

11 am-8 pm, free

DISTILLERY TOUR

Santa Fe Spirits Distillery

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

Have you seen your first barrel aging room yet? Maybe today’s your day.

3 pm, 5 pm, $20

FOLK ART FLEA

Santa Fe County Fairgrounds

3229 Rodeo Road (505) 476-1201

Since everything’s donated by local collectors, you can kinda say your purchases were curated. Proceeds benefit the Museum of International Folk Art.

10 am-3 pm, free

KENTUCKY DERBY DAY

HIPICO Santa Fe

100 S Polo Drive (505) 982-6611

Enjoy farm-to-table noshing, a fancy hat parade and more to benefit St. Elizabeth Shelters. Who doesn’t love a fancy hat parade?

1-5 pm, $125

LOVE YOUR WATERSHED DAY

Bicentennial Alto Park

1121 Alto St. santafewatershed.org

Enjoy live music, water-themed yoga, mini workshops and more. And while you're at it, why not clean up the river a bit? (See SFR Picks, page 17)

9 am-1 pm, free

MEET CORNELIUS

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

For all those cool kids who want to watch a snake snacking.

1-2 pm, free

EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

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

An eclectic collection of art and antiques.

9 am-4 pm, free

PORSCHE TECH SESSION

Santa Fe Community College

6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000

A rally and tech info session hosted by the Roadrunner Region Porsche Club of America.

11 am, free

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

Check out the latest floral developments.

11 am-noon, free

READ TO A PUP!

Santa Fe Public Library Southside

6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820

Little ones get a chance to practice reading aloud to a therapy dog.

11:30 am-12:30 pm, free

SANTA FE SPRING CARNIVAL

Santa Fe Place Mall

4250 Cerrillos Road (505) 473-4253

Those lovely neon lights along Rodeo at night are one of the surest signs of spring.

3 pm-midnight free

SCIENCE SATURDAY

Santa Fe Children's Museum

1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 989-8359

Hubert Van Hecke (better known as "Mr. Science") shares an experiment with static electricity.

2-4 pm, free

SPEAKEASY EXPRESS

Sky Railway

410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

Hop onboard, grab some hooch and pretend it's prohibition times.

7 pm, $109

THE MET LIVE IN HD: FALSTAFF

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

A rebroadcast of the Verdi comedy based on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor.

11 am, 6 pm, $22-$28

LA TIENDA FLEA

La Tienda at Eldorado

7 Caliente Road

(505) 310-3828

Imagine if you took all the individual yard sales from a given weekend and combined them into a single space.

8 am-noon, free

THE WOMEN'S CIRCLE:

WOMEN IN CONVERSATION

Santa Fe Public Library

LaFarge Branch

1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

Betsy Keats leads a bonding group for women of all ages.

1:30-3 pm, free

YOUNG CURATORS

THRIFT SWAP

SITE Santa Fe

1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Donate shelf stable food or gently-used clothing to enter, then browse clothes culled from the closets of some of the artsiest folks in town.

3 pm, free

FILM

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

Beastly Books

418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628

Nostalgic cartoons (think Ninja Turtles, Transformers, ThunderCats and the like) and cereal all day. (See SFR Picks, page 17)

11 am-7 pm, free

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

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

4-10 pm, free

PLANTITA VEGAN BAKERY POP-UP

Reunity Resources

1829 San Ysidro Crossing (505) 393-1196

Vegan biscuits and faux sausage gravy? Y'all, bless their hearts.

9 am-1 pm, free

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Packed poke bowls.

4-9 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531

Blues and soul classics for piano and voice.

6-9 pm, free

CHANGO

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

High energy rock covers.

8-11 pm, free

CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET

Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant

31 Burro Alley

(505) 992-0304

Voice and piano.

6 pm, free

DARIUS

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle

(505) 395-6369

Disco-tinged techno.

9 pm, $22-$37

EVAN AND FRIENDS: A BROADWAY REVUE BENEFIT

Santa Fe Women's Club

1616 Old Pecos Trail

Pianist Evan Aguilar and Tri-M Productions performers take on classic show tunes to benefit the company.

2 pm, $20

GUITAR JOE AND FRIENDS

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Bluesy rock.

3 pm, free

HIGH ROAD

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931

Live music, wellness workshops, yoga, artisan booths and more. Expect sets from Y La Bamba and others. Y La Bamba, people!

For free?!? (See 3Qs, page 31)

11 am-10 pm, free

LOVE AND HAPPINESS

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

A Raashan Ahmad-led Motown and disco dance party is the best kind of dance party.

9 pm-1 am, free

MYRRHINE AND THE BIG SUITCASE

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Heartfelt blues.

8 pm, free

ROBERT FOX JAZZ TRIO

Club Legato

125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232

We know it’s jazz music not jazz dance, but we just keep thinking of Robin Williams saying “Fosse, Fosse, Fosse!”

6 pm, free

RON ROUGEAU

Pink Adobe

406 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-7712

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

5:30-7:30 pm, free

STANLIE KEE AND STEP IN Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Traditional blues.

1-3 pm, free SUNSET SERENADE

Sky Railway

410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759

All rails and cocktails.

7 pm, $109-$129

THE WONDER OF WOMEN: FROM THEIR SHOULDERS WE DO SOAR

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

The Santa Fe Women's Ensemble puts texts by iconic female writers to music. Come at 1:30 pm for a preceding lecture with Linda Raney.

3 pm, $10-$25

THEATER

PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

555 Camino de la Familia (505) 920-0704

It's a crowd favorite! Everyone loves a good jazz square.

7 pm, $8-$12

SYMPATICO

The Actors Lab

1213 Parkway Drive B (505) 395-6576

If you take a racing man’s horse from him, what’s left of the man? Or something like that. We don’t really know much about horses.

7:30 pm, $15-$35

THE WALLS HAVE EARS

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

A chamber piece exploring family relations in the shadow of Stalin.

7:30 pm, $15-$20

WORKSHOP LGBTQ+ SENSITIVITY AND SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS

Santa Fe Mountain Center

1160 Parkway Drive (505) 473-2743

Learn skills for protecting and our most vulnerable community members and kin. Sponsored by HRA and The Mountain Center.

11 am-2 pm, free

PRANAYAMA SHAKTI YOGA

Four Seasons Rancho Encantado

198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700

Elementally-focused yoga designed to open (and, apparently, strengthen) chakras.

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

SKYWARN

Santa Fe Public Library

Main Branch

145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780

Learn to spot oncoming storms for the good of the community. Real life superhero type energy.

1-3:30 pm, free

SANTA FE SINGS!

United Church of Santa Fe

1804 Arroyo Chamiso (505) 988-3295

Folks of all ages who want to improve their chops are invited for a day of training (and a concluding showcase) with Joshua Habermann.

8:30 am-2 pm, $5-$25

WANNA PLAY? EXPERIENCE

The Candyman Strings & Things

851 St Michael's Drive (505) 983-5906

Activities designed to make the idea of picking up an instrument for the first time less scary. Think strum alongs, instrument petting zoos and the like.

11 am-4 pm, free

SUN/7

ART OPENINGS

RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET

Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion

1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726

Buy fine art and crafts directly from local creators.

10 am-3 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING?: ELMA PRATT'S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ART, 1928-1967

Museum of International Folk Art

706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1204

Nicole R. Cardassilaris discusses Elma Pratt's art career and screens a 1938 film of the school's summer workshop in Hungary.

1-4 pm, free

EVENTS

11TH ANNUAL BIKE SWAP

Solana Shopping Center

905 West Alameda Street Buy and sell bicycles and their associated accoutrements (bikepacking gear, kids' bikes and so on).

9 am-12:30 pm, free BOOK CLUB

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Discuss David Esterly's The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making in conjunction with the woodwork exhibit With the Grain.

Noon-1:30 pm, free CRAWFISH BOIL

Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)

2920 Rufina St. (505) 954-1068

Is May crawfish a thing? Are we just too desert-y to know about this tradition?

11 am-8 pm, free EL MUSEO CULTURAL MERCADO

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

Antiques—and occasional oddities—abound.

10 am-4 pm, free

FAMILY ART MAKING

New Mexico Museum of Art

107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072

Wander the latest exhibitions with snacks and free crafts on offer.

10 am-noon, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery

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

Trivia promising to cover everything "from Hungary to The Hunger Games.”

7-9 pm, free

OPEN MIC

Honeymoon Brewery

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

Let Honeymoon’s hard kombucha fuel you through any lingering stage fright. All mediums encouraged.

6:30 pm, free

OPEN MIC JAZZ

Chile Line Brewery

204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474

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

5-7 pm, free

OPEN SPACE-TIME

Rainbow Rainbow at Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Check out what’s going on with that new Rainbow Rainbow room.

Noon, free

POETRY READING

Teatro Paraguas

3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Tommy Archuleta and Joanne

Dominique Dwyer share their latest lines.

5 pm, free

PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103

Go right after a rainstorm and soak up that happy plant petrichore-y smell.

11 am-noon, free

PULL A PRINT AT THE PALACE PRESS

New Mexico History Museum

113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100

Remember that huge, ancient printing press in the Palace museum? Yeah. Today, you get to use it—and take home the results.

1-4 pm, free

SANTA FE SPRING CARNIVAL

Santa Fe Place Mall

4250 Cerrillos Road (505) 473-4253

Imagine the stories those rides could tell.

3-9 pm, free

FILM

ACEQUIAS: THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Los Luceros Historic Property West of Hwy. 68, Alcalde (505) 476-1165

Screening Aracely “Arcie” Chapa's documentary exploring the cultural central role of acequias.

2 pm, free

FOOD

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

2791 Agua Fria St. (505) 393-5135

Vegan and classic poke options alongside the likes of bulgogi tacos and kimchi fries.

7-9 pm, free

MUSIC

DK & THE AFFORDABLES

Cowgirl

319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Danceable roots music.

12-3 pm, free

DOUG MONTGOMERY

Rio Chama Steakhouse

414 Old Santa Fe Trail, 955-0765

Master pianist Montgomery performs in the President's Room.

6 pm, free

GENE CORBIN

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Old fashioned Americana, plain and simple.

1 pm, free

HALF BROKE HORSES

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Two-step your way to honky tonk heaven.

3-7 pm, free

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Subarashii!

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

At roughly a month into operations, new Japanese-centric lunch joint and mini-grocer Ozu has alreadymade an impression. The project of couple Jeff Ozawa and Jaimie Lewis, Ozu embraces the Japanese mindset of minimalism and high-quality dishes, both in its concise dining menu of bangers and in its hard-to-find grocery items such as imported rice, specialty rice cookers, condiments, teas and sauces. So quickly and passionately, in fact, did the people in my life who insist upon using the term “foodie” start espousing Ozawa and Lewis’ spot that I chose to ditch my “give ‘em a minute to get settled!” mentality and stop by.

Of course, had it been terrible, I’d probably have moved on and waited. I’m glad I did not. Ozu stands as a delightful addition to Santa Fe’s restaurant-scape—absolutely a business worth patronizing and watching.

The two met during their college years and, post-school, moved to LA for a long stint where they started the Goromando catering company and the Tenzo kitchen and lifestyle online shop (shoptenzo.com). Ozawa, mostly self-taught in the kitchen, had learned recipes from his Japanese father; Lewis, a whiz at business and design, also had skills such as furniture-making (which we’ll get to later).

Foodservice seemed the logical path.

“My dad grew up in Osaka, so he was always cooking the old stuff out of homesickness, and that’s how I got hooked,” Ozawa tells SFR. “As time went by, I got more inter-

Curated menu and supplies spell quick success for Midtown Japanese restaurant and mini-market Ozu

ested in the old recipes and eventually got to a point where I felt like I had to turn it into a business.”

Tenzo is still going strong online, whereas the catering company fell victim to the COVID lockdowns. Still, it spurred Ozawa and Lewis to finally move to Santa Fe in 2022. Last month, they took over the space on Lena Street that formerly housed The Bread Shop (which continues, thankfully, to serve up great bread and sandwiches right across the street from Ozu).

Ozawa’s menu is ultimately small, but innovative insofar as Santa Fe’s Japanese offerings go—a combination of Japanese items and JapaneseAmerican dishes that embrace the flavors with which Ozawa grew up.

That, frankly, was all I needed to know to get on board. And so, a companion and I visited one recent afternoon and went to town. Immediately, we zeroed in on the bento lunch dish, a well-sized box crammed with Japanese king salmon, a salad of yuzu carrots and beets and cucumber tsukemono (think preserved veggies) served with a bed of fluffy rice ($18). The salmon was lightly cooked, just beyond pan-seared, and free from heavy seasoning. Ozawa’s preparation resulted in tender, flavorful notes, and when eaten in the same bite with the tsukemo-

no, the mouthfeel was both surprising and welcome—a bit of crunch from the veggies giving way to flaky salmon that practically melted in my mouth.

We also ordered the umeboshi onigiri (a rice ball filled with pickled plum; $4)

pays homage to the tiny restaurants of Japan that focus on serving a few items well and pack in patrons tightly. Lewis built all the tables, as well as the counter from which customers can order and sit. You’ll find a few small tables outside, too, if the weather permits.

Ozu, Ozawa says, benefited from plenty of help from chefs and home cooks along the way, but his obsession—sourcing the best ingredients and/or items you simply won’t find in Santa Fe, while finding a balance between popular foods and his own tastes—is all his own. Ideally, he says, Ozu could grow down the road. Even now, Ozawa and Lewis can tackle small catering jobs and one-off dinners. For the time being, though—and let me remind you we’re just a month in—they’re happy to keep it simple.

“I’m lucky to have someone who is so multi-talented,” Ozawa says of Lewis. “Also, I have the general impression that what we’re doing might be a little niche...I’m not a traditional restaurant person, but I don’t want it to turn into some huge, bustling restaurant. It’s more about recapturing that feeling of being in some smaller restaurant in Japan, or being at home and having that cozy feeling.”

and blue crab sunomono temaki hand roll (with actual crab, not the imitation stuff; $7) and found yet more reasons to frequent Ozu. The contrast of the tart plum complemented the salty-sweet crab and its firmer texture well and, in both cases, the proportions of each item was generous. Admittedly, this was a bit too much food for two, but Ozu’s menu is well-suited for sharing. Its interior, for example, is intimately small. Ozawa says the concept

OZU 1708 Lena St. Ste. 101, ozusantafe.com

+ INTIMATE AND DELICIOUS; THINGS YOU WON’T FIND JUST ANYPLACE

- HOURS ARE LIMITED TO 11 AM-3 PM WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, BUT I REALLY WANTED ANOTHER ONIGIRI LAST SUNDAY

AFFORDABLE MEDIUM PRICEY EXTRAVAGANT

Ozu’s bento is fresh and so delicious.

BY ANNABELLA FARMER @boeinbrief

Amid news like the town of Edgewood’s recent adoption of an ordinance restricting abortion, Chika Unigwe’s inflection of the necessity of bodily autonomy in her new work, The Middle Daughter, keenly resonates.

The Nigerian-born Igbo author, whose honors include the Nigeria Prize for Literature, which she won in 2012 for her novel On Black Sisters Street; and the SYLT Fellowship for African Writers, now lives in the US, teaching at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia.

She crafts The Middle Daughter as a modern reimagining of the Greek Hades and Persephone myth, the story of three wealthy sisters in Nigeria whose family is torn apart by catastrophe. Unigwe tells the story through several voices: Udodi, the eldest sister who dies in a car crash while studying in the US, serves as the all-knowing (but perhaps not unbiased) voice of the chorus; Nani, the eponymous middle daughter, carries a narrative thread that reflects the story of Persephone’s rape and kidnapping at the hands of Hades; Ugo, the youngest sister, becomes an unwitting accomplice to her middle sister’s undoing, and does her best to right that wrong; and finally, Ephraim, the itinerant preacher who plays the role of Hades.

The sisters are born into fortunate circumstances, but their privilege quickly sours as adversity plagues their family. At the beginning of the story their father runs a printing press, their mother works as a midwife at a government hospital and they live on a luxurious estate in Enugu, Nigeria, the city where Unigwe herself was born.

Udodi’s death is the first in a series of family tragedies that unfold parallel to,

and intertwined with, events of societal injustice and corruption so current Unigwe might be writing news stories instead of a novel. After their father’s death, the sisters’ mother opens a private maternity clinic, which makes her one of the wealthiest women in Enugu within the year. But Nani discovers that it isn’t a clinic at all,

but a “baby factory”—a place where men are hired to impregnate women—often by rape—whose babies are then sold to rich families. In the novel, it’s unclear wheth er the so-called clinic is directly respon sible for the women’s impregnation or only for the sale of their babies, allowing the sisters’ mother an ethical gray area in which she can convince herself she has done them a service.

Unigwe portrays a deeply patriarchal society in which Nani feels powerless against her abductor, Ephraim, leading her to stay with him for seven years, during which time she bears three children. But unlike some versions of the Hades and Persephone myth, Nani never falls in love with Ephraim, never accepts him as her husband or

the father of her children, and finds subtle ways to assert her autonomy and resistance.

The nuances of reproductive injustice and misogyny Unigwe renders in The Middle Daughter hit close to home, too. In a postRoe v. Wade America, most abortions are now banned in more than a dozen states, and the right to terminate pregnancy is threatened in many more. In Unigwe’s novel, Nani’s pregnancy by her rapist leads to a years long ordeal and the loss of the life she’d hoped for herself. Anti-abortion policies and social pressures mean that stories like hers could play out in the lives of anyone who can become pregnant, whether in the US, Nigeria or elsewhere.

Instead of being drawn into a cycle of captivity as Persephone was, Nani finds a path through the “underworld” with the help of other women in her life who believe her and see through Ephraim’s respectable facade, creating a matriarchal narrative within a patriarchal structure.

“There are some burdens one must never carry alone,” a neighbor tells Nani. “We are taught from when we are young girls being prepared for marriage never to share our problems…[but] I say that that is the problem we have as women: we do not talk enough about what we suffer.”

The Middle Daughter is tightly wound with emotion: rage, sadness and, at times, Nani’s hopelessness. But it isn’t a lasting hopelessness. The novel forces readers onward through the story, propelled by Nani’s grit—her refusal, even in total despair, to relinquish her power.

Chika Unigwe’s The Middle Daughter hits particularly hard at a time like now, when reproductive health is under fire across America and indeed the globe.

MISAN HARRIMAN

Chika Unigwe’s The Middle Daughter interrogates reproductive injustice and misogyny in a reimagining of the Hades and Persephone myth

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Review

BY JULIA GOLDBERG @votergirl

Spoiler alert: Yes, God is there. “There” being the mind, heart and soul of not-quite-12-year-old Margaret Simon (rendered wonderfully with humor and winsomeness by Abby Ryder Fortson), who would like divine intervention so she can: get her period, grow breasts, fit in with her friends and determine to which, if any, religion she belongs.

In other words, Simon is struggling with a combination of puberty and existential angst, and she’s doing so in a very specific time and place: 1970, in the wood-paneled, green-lawned New Jersey suburbs where her parents have unceremoniously relocated her from New York City just in time to start sixth grade.

Are you There God? It’s Me Margaret, of course, is based on the 1970 Judy Blume novel of the same name, a book that has been read by millions, banned periodically since its publication and remained, despite the significant cultural shifts in the last half-century, significant enough to finally earn a big-screen debut.

If you’ve been hiding out from popular culture, Judy Blume is having a moment; a new documentary

about her also debuted on Amazon this month (Judy Blume Forever). The 85-year-old writer serves as producer on Are you There God? and remains an unflinching champion of reading and anti-censorship efforts (she and her husband run an independent nonprofit bookstore in Key West, Florida).

The film mostly hews to its source material. Margaret isn’t the only Simon searching for answers: Her mother Barbara (a terrific Rachel McAdams) is taking the suburban relocation as an opportunity to become a stay-at-home mom versus an art teacher. She’s also reached out to her estranged conservative Christian parents who balked when their daughter married a Jewish man (a family show-down over which religion Margaret should follow is the only new material this viewer noticed). Margaret’s glamorous grandmother Sylvia (a hilarious Kathy Bates) has to learn to let go a little bit now that the family has decamped—

although she jumps to take her granddaughter to Temple (and to see some live Gilbert and Sullivan, of course).

But those subplots, though threaded well throughout the film, are secondary to Margaret’s comingof-age concerns. Writing for the New York Times, Elisabeth Egan notes the novel’s importance for “the girls of Generation X,” who grew up with rotary phones, listening to the radio in the hopes of hearing their favorite songs. In this way, Are You There God?

It’s Me, Margaret’s belated film debut is perhaps less a tribute to its ongoing relevance than its nostalgic value for middle-aged women who love Judy Blume. Fortunately, we are legion.

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig With Ryder Fortson, McAdams and Bates Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 105 minutes

EVIL DEAD RISE

7 + FUN AND WEIRD; DRIPPING WITH STYLIZED GORE - QUESTIONS UNANSWERED

Writer/director Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) picks up the Sam Raimi/Evil Dead mantle and runs with it in Evil Dead Rise, the newest chapter (offshoot?) in the enduring horror franchise that always expertly merges real scares with a certain silliness.

Here, Cronin trades Raimi’s more pastoral cabin-based environs for the stuffy confines of a small Los Angeles apartment on some high-up floor of a former bank building. There, estranged sisters Beth (Australian import Lily Sullivan) and Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland, The Devil Wears Prada) reunite as the former faces a pregnancy scare and the latter prepares her three children for a move following the collapse of her marriage. Nobody feels OK. But then an earthquake reveals an entrance to a bank vault, where Ellie’s kid Danny (Morgan Davies) discovers the freaking Necronomicon (that’s the book that unleashes them demons, n00bs). The Deadites rush in, possessing Ellie and wreaking havoc. The already fractured family finds themselves stuck on their floor as the demon in charge starts picking off other residents and Beth is thrust into a de facto protector role; gore and frights abound.

Cronin’s film is at its best when paying tribute to Raimi’s shooting style and pacing. In

some aspects, the homage feels almost like hero worship, and why shouldn’t it? Even in his later works with blockbuster properties, Raimi always managed to insert his signature beats into things. The man’s a master and a visionary and Cronin knows this well—he also lets the omnipresent oppressive bleakness permeate the air in everything from the reality of being trapped to the horrors of your parent, or something that looks just like them, out to consume your soul.

Evil Dead Rise is Sutherland’s show. As much as Sullivan seems to revel in her character’s rise to agency, and as well as how the kids (Davies, plus Gabrielle Echols and Nell Fisher) handle tears and frights and hard-swallowing lines about, “I don’t think you should open that book,” Sutherland’s committed dive into contortionist mayhem and bad-ass demon lines like, “Mommy’s in hell with the maggots,” steals every scene she’s in. Otherwise, Cronin’s bloody pastiche hits cinematographic highs (like a sequence shot through an apartment door’s fisheye peephole or the absolutely stunning opening credit reveal that flips a mainstay Raimi technique into the most metal thing in the world) and lows (why does that elevator magically work again?) on its quest to gory greatness. Horror fans shouldn’t miss it, but those with weaker stomachs or possession phobias might wanna just move on and forget the whole thing. (Alex De Vore) Violet Crown, Regal, R, 97 min.

RENFIELD

7 + CAGE SLAYS; SILLY IN THE RIGHT WAYS - ORIGINAL PREMISE BUT UN-ORIGINAL EXECUTION

Some might be surprised to see Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s name scroll by in the credits for new action/comedy Renfield, but if we remember all the way back to Kirkman’s 2000 comic series Battle Pope, it starts to make more sense. Turns out Kirkman was funny once, and his story/writing credits for Renfield—what with its over-the-top comedic gore and wry take on the over-stuffed horror genre by way of Universal movie monsters—proves that big time. It isn’t that this new one’s a capital-G Good movie per se, more like it’s exactly the kind of thing in which you want to see Nicolas Cage.

Renfield flips the script with the character Robert Montague Renfield (played by Tom Waits in the campy 1992 Francis Ford Coppola Dracula movie if that helps you picture who we’re talking about; here played by The Menu’s Nicholas Hoult). The plot turns the familiar character into a neurotic type struggling with his toxic relationship to his boss, Dracula (Cage), in modern day New Orleans. Our hero, as it were, stumbles into a support group for people in similar relationships, and uses their tales of woe to source bad guy meals for his convalescing vampire boss. Working this angle, however, puts Renfield at odds with the city’s most nefarious crime syndicate, the Lobos, which in turn leads him into a new world of good and evil, prompting him to join

forces with dogged cop Rebecca (Awkwafina, who notably ditches the AAVE speaking patterns that landed her in hot water some time ago). They fight gangsters while Renfield works out how to get himself out from under Dracula’s thumb.

Renfield is, at times, very funny—like in an exchange of ska joke one-liners between support group members or in how director Chris McKay (The Lego Movie) faithfully sends up scenes from the 1931 Bela Lugosi Dracula. Hoult, meanwhile, keeps leaning further into comedy following roles in things like Hulu’s The Great. He has a knack for it, though he tends to play funny the same way across whatever he’s doing. Awkwafina is awkwa-fine as the cop with an over-inflated sense of justice, though it’s odd that her idea of right and wrong seems cherry-picked based on whom she likes personally or not. Parks and Rec alum Ben Schwartz is just plain bad as the heir to the crime family; Shohreh Aghdashloo as the matriarch, however, carries gravitas, brief though her scenes may be. Cage, meanwhile, for all his bluster in interviews about the film being Hoult’s thing, is at the height of his powers as the legendary movie/lit monster. Somehow, he straddles a bizarre sincerity within his over-the-top performance. Renfield is undoubtedly better when he’s on screen, unless, of course, we’re talking about the absurd gore; including a rather gruesome homage, presumably, to Mortal Kombat that we shan’t spoil here, but which made our entire audience groan, “Ohhhhhhhh!!!! Ewwww!”

Judy Blume’s tween classic hits the big screen not a decade too soon

And so it goes, all the way through to the predictable conclusion. Perhaps Renfield could be described as a formulaic buddy cop flick, like Lethal Weapon meets Dracula, but its players relish in its silliness, particularly under the learned craftwork of Cage. Don’t expect a transformative experience, obviously, but do expect a super-fun time at the movies. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal, R, 93 min.

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE

5 + STUNNING ANIMATION AND SOUND - BARELY-THERE STORY; SUBPAR VOICE ACTING; TOO CUTE AT TIMES

OK, yeah, sure—The Super Mario Bros. Movie is made for and aimed at children. But just like most animated properties since the dawn of animation, a contingent of adult moviegoers will certainly see the thing. Don’t forget, either, the parents who will have to take their kids; there should be things in there for them, too. And yet... ugh.

Animation studio Illumination (makers of the Minions movies) would surely know the very concept of a Mario Bros. film would speak to various generations. For so many of us, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser and all the rest have been ubiquitous characters as far back as we can remember. Why, then, does this movie work so hard to be devoid of originality? Dimensional characters? Why does it eschew much of anything outside of repeated jokes from other films, Easter egg nods that feel less like sly winks than they do hammers emblazoned with “remember when...?” on them and celebrity voices less interested in crafting characters than sounding as much like themselves as possible?

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, we follow brothers Mario and Luigi as they embark upon a new plumbing venture in New York City. No one believes in them, though, which proves an especially damning reality to endure when they’re swept into the alternate dimension Mushroom Kingdom through a pipe located deep within the sewers of Brooklyn. Seems a big ol’ fire-breathing turtle guy called Boswer (Jack Black; the only truly fun element of the movie) is hell-bent

on domination and has taken over parts of the realm. Separated and forced to rely on the expositional facets crammed down our throats in the film’s early minutes, Mario (Chris Pratt) sets off to do brave stuff and make quips about heart or whatever, while Luigi (Charlie Day) drops Scooby-Doo-esque lines about g-g-g-g-ghosts or, in this case, k-k-k-k-koopas! Mario teams up with the Mushroom Kingdom’s Princess Peach (Anya Taylor Joy in what is just plain a mind-numbingly boring performance), Toad (Keegan-Michael Key, who, like Black, actually tries acting) and Donkey Kong (Seth Rogen doing his best impression of Seth Rogen) to find his brother and stop Bowser. Spoiler alert? They win.

As for recycled humor from other movies and a whole heck of a lot of assuming most people will just know who the Mario characters are, well, let’s just say that if a kid who never had video games wandered into a theater, they’d be baffled. Oh, but look—there’s Rainbow Road from Mario Kart! There’s Kranky Kong from Donkey Kong Country! Flashing lights! Yoshi the dinosaur in the background! Love conquers all while the 50th slo-mo moment stands in for anything the least bit clever! (ADV)

Violet Crown, Regal, PG, 92 min.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

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Keanu Reeves is back as John Wick in the aptly titled John Wick: Chapter 4, and it is everything we’ve come to expect from director Chad Stahelski’s franchise over the past near-decade. We rejoin Mr. Wick hot on the heels of his last foray, which found him traipsing the globe in search of forgiveness from the shadowy High Table order of assassins after he’d killed someone at the Continental, a neutral ground hotel for assassins wherein so-called “business” is strictly prohibited. Turns out Mr. Wick didn’t quite earn his freedom despite lopping off a finger in deference in the last movie, so the leaders of the High Table dispatch the Marquis (It star Bill Skarsgård) to kill the guy with all of their nefarious resources at his disposal. A hail of bullets and tempest of blades follows.

Throughout the John Wick series, there has rarely been a lull. Bodies pile up in these films through no shortage of creative martial arts, swordplay and gun-fu, but it’s the broader world of assassins that keeps things interesting. We don’t know much about the High Table, nor can we—but therein lies much of the fun.

Beyond that, all that matters is the onslaught of fight scenes meticulously choreographed like a bloody ballet. The addition of martial arts cinema legend Donnie Yen as former Wick associate Caine only ups the ante. Yen takes part in the long-running canon of blind swordsmen that includes such iconic entries as Zatoichi and Ninja Scroll. In tandem with Wick’s blend of over-the-top insanity...well, let’s just say there’s something satisfying about a blind guy beating everyone’s ass.

Back in the fray are other longtime franchise favorites like Continental manager Winston (Ian McShane) and his concierge Charon (Lance Reddick, rest in power!), plus Reeves’ Matrix co-alum Laurence Fishburne and, thrillingly, veteran character actor Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption). Together, they represent the various bits and pieces of the otherwise enigmatic Mr. Wick; they, too, are badass.

As Stahelski leaves Wick behind (at least for now) and moves on to his next project, an adaptation of the Ghost of Tsushima video game, fans of the series will find an organic and satisfying conclusion. Turns out homeboy did it all for love, and that’s an OK reason enough to blast fools, right? (ADV)

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Rob Brezsny Week of May 3rd

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before forming the band called The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney performed under various other names: the Quarrymen, Japage 3, and Johnny and the Moondogs. I suspect you are currently at your own equivalent of the Johnny and the Moondogs phase. You’re building momentum. You’re gathering the tools and resources you need. But you have not yet found the exact title, descriptor, or definition for your enterprise. I suggest you be extra alert for its arrival in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’ve selected a passage to serve as one of your prime themes during the rest of 2023. It comes from poet Jane Shore. She writes, “Now I feel I am learning how to grow into the space I was always meant to occupy, into a self I can know.” Dear Taurus, you will have the opportunity to grow ever-more assured and self-possessed as you embody Shore’s description in the coming months. Congratulations in advance on the progress you will make to more fully activate your soul’s code.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Georges Rouault (1871-1958) was a Gemini painter who bequeathed the world over 3,000 works of art. There might have been even more. But years before he died, he burned 315 of his unfinished paintings. He felt they were imperfect, and he would never have time or be motivated to finish them. I think the coming weeks would be a good time for you to enjoy a comparable purge, Gemini. Are there things in your world that don’t mean much to you anymore and are simply taking up space? Consider the possibility of freeing yourself from their stale energy.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Britain occupied India for almost 200 years. It was a ruthless and undemocratic exploitation that steadily drained India’s wealth and resources. Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t the only leader who fought British oppression, but he was among the most effective. In 1930, he led a 24-day, 240-mile march to protest the empire’s tyrannical salt tax. This action was instrumental in energizing the Indian independence movement that ultimately culminated in India’s freedom. I vote to make Gandhi one of your inspirational role models in the coming months. Are you ready to launch a liberation project? Stage a constructive rebellion? Martial the collaborative energies of your people in a holy cause?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As crucial as it is to take responsibility, it is also essential to recognize where our responsibilities end and what should be left for others to do. For example, we usually shouldn’t do work for other people that they can just as easily do for themselves. We shouldn’t sacrifice doing the work that only we can do and get sidetracked doing work that many people can do. To be effective and to find fulfillment in life, it’s vital for us to discover what truly needs to be within our care and what should be outside of our care. I see the coming weeks as a favorable time for you to clarify the boundary between these two.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo-born Marie Laveau (1801–1881) was a powerful Voodoo priestess, herbalist, activist, and midwife in New Orleans. According to legend, she could walk on water, summon clairvoyant visions, safely suck the poison out of a snake’s jowls, and cast spells to help her clients achieve their heart’s desires. There is also a wealth of more tangible evidence that she was a community activist who healed the sick, volunteered as an advocate for prisoners, provided free teachings, and did rituals for needy people who couldn’t pay her. I hereby assign her to be your inspirational role model for the coming weeks. I suspect you will have extra power to help people in both mysterious and practical ways.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What are the best methods to exorcize our personal demons, ghosts, and goblins? Or at least subdue them and neutralize their ill effects? We all have such phantoms at work in our psyches, corroding

our confidence and undermining our intentions. One approach I don’t recommend is to get mad at yourself for having these interlopers. Never do that. The demons’ strategy, you see, is to manipulate you into being mean and cruel to yourself. To drive them away, I suggest you shower yourself with love and kindness. That seriously reduces their ability to trick you and hurt you—and may even put them into a deep sleep. Now is an excellent time to try this approach.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As she matured, Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath wrote, “I am learning how to compromise the wild dream ideals and the necessary realities without such screaming pain.” I believe you’re ready to go even further than Plath was able to, dear Scorpio. In the coming weeks, you could not merely “compromise” the wild dream ideals and the necessary realities. You could synergize them and get them to collaborate in satisfying ways. Bonus: I bet you will accomplish this feat without screaming pain. In fact, you may generate surprising pleasures that delight you with their revelations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some primates use herbal and clay medicines to self-medicate. Great apes, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas ingest a variety of ingredients that fight against parasitic infection and help relieve various gastrointestinal disturbances. (More info: HYPERLINK “https://tinyurl.com/PrimatesSelfMedicate” https://tinyurl.com/PrimatesSelfMedicate.) Our ancestors learned the same healing arts, though far more extensively. And many Indigenous people today still practice this kind of self-care. With these thoughts in mind, Sagittarius, I urge you to spend quality time in the coming weeks deepening your understanding of how to heal and nurture yourself. The kinds of “medicines” you might draw on could be herbs, and may also be music, stories, colors, scents, books, relationships, and adventures.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The mythic traditions of all cultures are replete with tales of clashes and combats. If we draw on these tales to deduce what activity humans enjoy more than any other, we might conclude that it’s fighting with each other. But I hope you will avoid this normal habit as much as possible during the next three weeks, Capricorn. I am encouraging you to actively repress all inclinations to tangle. Just for now, I believe you will cast a wildly benevolent magic spell on your mental and physical health if you avoid arguments and skirmishes. Here’s a helpful tip: In each situation you’re involved in, focus on sustaining a vision of the most graceful, positive outcome.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is there a person who could serve as your Über Mother for a while? This would be a wise and tender maternal ally who gives you the extra nurturing you need, along with steady doses of warm, crisp advice on how to weave your way through your labyrinthine decisions. Your temporary Über Mother could be any gender, really. They would love and accept you for exactly who you are, even as they stoke your confidence to pursue your sweet dreams about the future. Supportive and inspirational. Reassuring and invigorating. Championing you and consecrating you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Congratulations on acquiring the Big New Riddle! I trust it will inspire you to grow wiser and kinder and wilder over the coming months. I’ve compiled some clues to help you unravel and ultimately solve this challenging and fascinating mystery. 1. Refrain from calling on any strength that’s stingy or pinched. Ally yourself solely with generous power. 2. Avoid putting your faith in trivial and irrelevant “benefits.” Hold out for the most soulful assistance. 3. The answer to key questions may often be, “Make new connections and enhance existing connections.”

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