Santa Fe Reporter, May 8, 2024

OPINION 5

NEWS

7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6

POP QUIZ 8

County Commission District 2 race candidates answer questions.

COVER STORY 10

SHOCK VALUE

Are electric vehicles sparking an eco-revolution or a woke fever dream?

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NM SOS TALKS ELECTION DEEPFAKES

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My Vietnam, Your Vietnam EGGPLANTS, BANANAS & IDENTITY 33 Kouri + Corrao paves the way for emerging artists

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COVER STORY, APRIL 24:

“RESTAURANT ISSUE 2024”

OUR PLEASURE

Wow!

A whole issue dedicated to local food! Even better: a whole issue dedicated to local food without ANY profanity! Really!!! Not a solitary offensive expletive!! Pages and pages…329 reviews by my count (but I’m still dizzy from the stellar, dazzling content)…302 of them within our city limits, 27 within easy driving distance… Restaurant history only a long time local would know, knowledgeable food reviews, fun facts, house specialty highlights. The whole issue is a great big hug to all our local restaurant people and all the hard work they do to keep us coming back...In print it’s sectioned out by the different areas of town (even helping the tourists... impressive).

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OUR BAD

The article on O’Keeffe’s library misspells gaol as goal. The former is just the old spelling of jail in the UK; the latter of course is for soccer (or football—another UKism). I lived there for three years as a young fellow and had a lot of wordplay fun with the blokes. Thank you.

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This week, SFR continues with another edition of one of our favorite traditions: pop quizzing candidates about the offices they’re seeking and the communities they hope to represent. We’re making our way over to Santa Fe County District 2, which covers the majority of the western portion of Santa Fe County, including Agua Fría and a slice of Las Campanas.

As residents say goodbye to County Commissioner Anna Hansen—who reaches her two-term limit this year—three Democratic candidates have their sights set on filling the seat: attorney Scott Fuqua; educator and community activist Lisa Cacari Stone; and former County Assessor Benito Martinez Jr. No Republicans or Libertarians (the state’s two other major parties) are on the primary ballot.

Per SFR’s ground rules, the candidates agree to not use any sources besides their own knowledge to answer the quiz questions. SFR records the conversations and reports the answers verbatim. Early voting in the June election began May 7. Find voting locations and additional information at https://shorturl.at/dhV68

1. What was the median sales price for a single-family home in District 2 for Q1 of 2024, according to the Santa Fe Association of Realtors’ most recent statistics?

2. How much daily water does the average Santa Fe County utililty user go through?

3. Name all the elected offices in Santa Fe County government.

4. What are Santa Fe County Health and Human Services Department’s plans for using new opioid settlement dollars? Bonus: Roughly how much did Santa Fe County budget for behavioral health services—many of which are related to growing opioid addiction—in 2023?

5. According to the current Santa Fe County land use code, for what primary purposes shall proposed amendments to the land use text or map be considered?

SCORE: (45/100)

Cacari Stone, whose name represents both her Mexican and English/Irish backgrounds, works as a professor and the executive director and principal investigator of the Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement Center for Advancing Behavioral Health at the University of New Mexico. She is a first-generation college graduate and holds a PhD in social policy. Her campaign priorities include affordable housing and infrastructure.

1. So I looked at the real estate section of the Santa Fe New Mexican and the average sale price was $604,000 for the entire county, and in our area it was around $525,000. (18/20)

2. I just looked at this this morning. I think it was—It’s lower than

the past—It’s like 91 or 94. (0/20)

3. OK, well, you have the five county commissioners, and then you have the county clerk. I think the county assessor is a fulltime position. Commissioners, five commissioners, the county clerk—I’m missing one. (7/20)

4. Yes, I know that on the priority list of the health and community services benefits is substance abuse prevention and youth mental health, especially LGBTQ investments, also in senior services and substance abuse treatment. (10/20) Bonus: So the total budget now is about $470 million, about half of that goes to personnel. I would say that the behavioral health services probably, I would say, fall at about $20 million, I would hope. (0/20)

5. For development, land use and water. (10/20)

SCORE: (45/100)

Before lawyer Fuqua worked as a sole practitioner—his current job—he spent seven years at the state Attorney General’s Office, a portion of which he served as the director of the litigation division. He says his bid for Hansen’s seat will focus on water and land use issues.

1. I think it was in the neighborhood of $480,000, but I may be thinking more broadly than District 2. (20/20)

2. Per day? Uuf, uh, boy that’s hard to estimate. I would—My best guess is the average Santa Fe County resident in a single day probably uses somewhere in the neighborhood—It’s gonna be a pretty broad range—between 50 and maybe 120 gallons a day. (10/20)

1. $472,250.

2. The average utility user in Santa Fe County uses 59 gallons of water per person per day, according to the county’s water conservation website.

3. Santa Fe County’s elected offices are: Assessor, Clerk, Board of County Commissioners, Probate Judge, Sheriff and Treasurer

4. County Health and Human Services Department Director Rachel O’Connor told SFR late last year officials plan to use opioid settlement funds to renovate the county jail and create a new medical unit to facilitate enhanced options in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs and increased detox services. Local entities first received money from national settlements in 2022 and later began receiving distributions from cases New Mexico fought alone in December 2023. Proceeds are expected to continue over a period of approximately 18 years. Santa Fe County already provides MAT at the county jail to both alcohol and opioid dependent inmates who agree to treatment. Over half of the people booked in the facility tested positive for fentanyl last year. Bonus: The county budgeted over $5 million in behavioral health services in 2023.

5. Per the code, amendments to the land use text or accompanying map shall “promote compact development, economic, commercial and residential mixed uses, traditional neighborhood and transit-oriented development, sustainable design and higher densities.” The code lists several specific examples of purposes of proposed amendments that fall under this language, including but not limited to: facilitating a greater amount of affordable housing; promoting non-residential economic and renewable energy development; and preserving open space.

Martinez Jr. served as the president of the New Mexico Association of Counties and the Santa Fe Boys and Girls Clubs. He previously served as county assessor from 1996 to 2006, and made an unsuccessful bid for the office again in 2010. Martinez Jr. notes health, public safety and infrastructure as some of his top priorities if elected.

1. I don’t have the exact number but I’m going to say that it’s the range of $750,000 because District Two is quite interesting and unlike any district in the entire state, because we have Airport Road, you know, manufactured housing, trailer parks, you have apartments, and then you have traditional historic community of Agua Fría. And then you have Las Acequias, and you have Casa Alegre and then you have Las Campanas and Aldea. You have these subdivisions that are going to skew those and so mean, median, mode or average midpoint of the frequency distribution and then the most frequent occurrence, but median is average physical average, and I would say that that is going to be $750,000 because you’re bringing into the equation Las Campanas and Aldea and the like which are in the millions. Millions. So I don’t believe that it’s a good reflection, even though it is what the median price is, but you’re taking in the high ends and the low, you know. (0/20)

2. First of all, regarding water, and in the county setting, traditional historic community of Agua Fría, and by the way, I’m aware that the land use code was developed in 1981 and created the traditional community’s three quarter acre minimum with three quarter acre of water to be used on an acre foot. An acre is 43,560 square feet. One foot deep of water is 388,000 gallons. And so if we simply divide that per day, I’m going to say 200 gallons. That includes irrigating, watering trees and the like. (0/20)

3. OK: county assessor, five commissioners, probate judge, county clerk, sheriff. It should equate to 11 elected officials in county government Santa Fe County. (18/20)

3. Well, there’s the county commission, there’s the county assessor, there’s the county clerk. Uh, that’s all I can come up with off the top of my head right now. (10/20)

4. Ooh, I don’t know. That’s a very good question. I’d like to know the answer. (0/20) Bonus: I don’t know the answer to that question either. But I would be very interested to know the answer because I don’t understand that the county does a whole lot in that area. I’ve always understood that to be a state responsibility. (0/20)

5. I don’t know the answer to that question either. I would be surprised if the land use code limits too strictly, at least in my experience, but that it doesn’t limit too strictly the purposes to which those can be amended. Though I’m sure there are goals that the county has in mind with both the land use code and the map. I’m sure amendments need to be consistent with those goals. (5/20)

4. Well, it’s going to be health related, health and safety, and that’s going to be—and I have a tremendous amount of experience in these areas because I was past president of Santa Fe Boys and Girls Clubs and the Area Council, which is a statewide club and in terms of behavioral health, and it’s going to be expended on behavioral health and the sustainment that they’re in and then outreach to potential individuals that are affected by that including families. So I’m gonna say health-related outreach programs related to those types of substances. (5/20) Bonus: I don’t know that exact number, but I do know that—and I’ll think about that while I’m prefacing my answer—when I was county assessor, the budget countywide was $25-26 million, thereabouts. It is now $497 million, so it has grown substantially and exponentially, and I think that it needs to be examined. But behavioral health I’m going to put it—I did not look at the county budget for 2023 in that particular line item—but it should be in the millions of dollars, I believe. I’m going to say $1 million I would hope, and it’s probably substantially less than that, but I’m going to say it should be much greater than what it is. (0/20)

5. Well, in preface to that question and my answer is that first of all, the land use director—I caught this just the other day in a forum—makes recommendations, not decisions. The sustainable land use development code was created just a few years ago, about five years ago, I believe. I don’t have the exact date. But it was created, and there are a lot of loose ends relative to it. The primary purposes are density and water conservation and in considering retention, for example, from nonporous surfaces—that is rooftops and the like—and I firmly believe that is primary and a major focus is that we collect it I believe, not to be required, but amendments that encourage with incentives, the collection of federal or precious resource, and I think that that should be as an incentive not required to put a cistern on every property in the county. That’s residential and non residential, for the collection thereof, and then, of course, conservation of our most valuable resource, which is water. So I think as an amendment, it’s going to be water conservation and sustainment for planned unit developments in the future. (15/20)

LISA CACARI STONE, 58

SCORE: (38/100)

Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners, District 2

SCOTT FUQUA, 48

BENITO MARTINEZ JR., 61

Shock Value

Are electric vehicles sparking an eco-evolution or a woke fever dream?

BY ZANE FISCHER author@sfreporter.com

In January of this year, the longest stretch of extreme cold since 1996 hit Chicago. A string of days lurking below 5 degrees made news when lines at electric car charging stations overflowed. Cars were abandoned on the spot and images of dead EVs (Electric Vehicles) became catnip for quick copy in a never-ending news cycle. Around the same time, headlines hammered in reports that EV sales were slipping and speculated that range anxiety and lack of charging stations were causing Americans to lose interest in electrified rides. US Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala, an advisor to the Trump campaign, said “I don’t think EVs are going to be part of the future.”

By February, the Biden administration indicated it would relax pressure on manufacturers to go electric in a concession to unions and automakers. Conservative media crowed that Biden was forced to face reality: EVs are not viable. US Rep. Roger Williams, R- Texas, joined the pileon, saying “...EVs won’t exist in a few years.”

In New Mexico, the Automotive Dealers Association filed to stop implementation of new rules mandating EV minimums. During the 2024 legislative session, state Rep. Larry Scott, R-Hobbs, was emphatic and outspoken in his arguments against a state tax credit for EVs.

“Out in the middle of nowhere, there is never going to be a charging station,” Scott was quoted as saying in the Santa Fe New Mexican. More recently, the previous president who pines to be the proximate president said incentivizing EVs over ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles will be a “bloodbath” for the economy, “assassinate jobs” and “kill” the American auto industry. His enthusiastic supporters, untroubled by wanton hyperbole, roared in agreement.

In April, Tesla stock cratered and the company announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce globally, including 6,000 people in the US. By May, Tesla had tossed out the entire 500-person team devoted to its widely praised supercharging network.

As the intro to a high-stakes presidential election year, it feels like EVs are being cued up to kick around in the culture wars. It feels like fervent fossil fuel fanatics are getting vibey with voters right out of the gate. It feels like various facts and factors

might be in favor of ICE adherents. It feels like one of those big, fat, American inflection points where the kind of future we’re going to live with hangs in the balance.

So are EVs cornering the car market while keystoning a clever solution to our climate conundrum or are they just a #trend that’s been overhyped by hypocritical libs and bogusly boosted by untenable government subsidies?

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

Way I understand the battery thing is, when it’s real cold, yer anode ain’t gonna be too good at catchin’ yer ion, if you know what I’m talking about. Batteries store and release energy through chemical reactions, and those reactions become measurably less efficient when the battery is outside its optimal temperature range, whether too hot or too cold. Critics of EVs—and of government regulation incentivizing EVs—frequently point this out in their arguments, and many said the Chicago charging debacle delivered receipts.

But according to the Department of Energy, ICE vehicles also experience significant efficiency loss in cold weather. The reason EVs sometimes experience more loss is due to heating the passenger cabin without the waste heat produced by internal combustion. Remove heaters from the equation, and all vehicles suffer similar range loss in the cold because denser air increases aerodynamic drag and it doesn’t care what you’re driving.

“Range reduction in cold weather has been blown out of proportion by the media,” Dave Bradley, owner of Magpie Motors in Albuquerque, tells SFR. “There is an effect, but to make it sound like you’re going to lose 50 percent of your range is ridiculous.”

Critically, once a battery reaches temperature, it’s no longer operating at a deficit from the cold. If you’re charging your EV at home, plugging in keeps it warm and primed. Cold weather criticism of EVs around the Chicago situation actually offers a counter-intuitive illumination: We assume EV use is easier in big cities than rural areas. The reality can be the reverse.

“Rural and suburban people can more easily plug in and not think about it because they have dedicated parking at home,” Willett Kempton, a professor at the University of Delaware in the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, says. “Urban EV users may be parking curbside with no charging, or relying on a parking lot without dedicated spots that may or may not have shared charging.”

EVs that can’t plug in when the temperature plummets will lose charge a little faster in freezing weather. An investigation by Out

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of Spec, a podcast that critically reviews EVs and related technology, determined a lack of home-based charging and heavy reliance on public chargers by rideshare drivers created the unusual cold weather backup in Chicago. If the city had more low-power public charging on sidewalk bollards or light posts, as many European cities do, the crisis would likely have been entirely avoided.

Like other forms of performance anxiety, EV range anxiety afflicts our most vulnerable secret selves. How one deals with the sense that one might not make it quite as far as one had hoped is a stogie best stoked in the company of a good therapist. A lot of fretting foments around overall range figures, ie, total potential distance on a single charge. A worthy question to be sure, but a potentially misguided obsession.

Would you believe only 2 percent of car trips in the US stretch over 50 miles?

True story, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Even in rural New Mexico, 85 percent of car travel culminates at less than 100 miles, according to Federal Highway Administration data.

“I can make the case for EVs in rural New Mexico,” Bradley says. “Ninety percent of EV drivers are charging primarily at home. If you drive 25 miles one way to drop your kids off at school, and then 50 miles back the other direction to go to work, and then you’ve got to pick up your kids at the end of the day before going home, and maybe do some errands, that’s 150 to 200 miles.

That’s no problem, even in a really affordable EV.”

There’s a difference in the mindset between novice and experienced EV drivers, points out Kempton, who has specifically studied range anxiety.

“The behavior in a liquid fuel vehicle is that we monitor the gauge and, when it gets low, we start looking for a filling station. Novice EV drivers exhibit the same behavior,” he says.

The result is that perceived sparsity of public charging stations, relative to the habituated abundance of gas stations, creates a sense of range anxiety.

“What we discovered in a recent study is that experienced EV drivers minimize the mental effort around charging. They create a time of day or an event that is associated with charging and they do it habitually.”

If people acclimate to plugging at home after work or when arriving at work, they wind up spending very little energy monitoring their level of charge, Kempton says. “It becomes automatic,” he notes. “One guy in our study, it’s when he walks his dog in the evening.”

Electric tech isn’t just for passenger vehicles. It’s powering everything from micro-mobility options like bicycles, skateboards and scooters to last-mile delivery vehicles and even agricultural equipment. Farmers are getting on board with low-maintenance, no leaks, particulate matter on crops, and federal electrification grants that cover up to 75 percent of the cost.

Plugging in at home removes the chore and the expense of gasoline, Bradley observes. “You wake up in the morning and you’re good to go straight out of your driveway. If you’re charging overnight with the current PNM incentive program, you drive 200 miles and it can cost you under $1.”

For those occasional longer trips, there will be a benefit to built-out charging infrastructure. That’s an improvement happening under our noses: The number of DC fast chargers in New Mexico made a 90 percent jump from 2021 through 2023, according to DOE. And the numbers are set to increase again.

A CHARGE IS GONNA COME

Three levels of charging exist for an EV. Level 1 draws from a standard 120-volt household outlet, which adds a few miles of charge each hour. Level 2 charging requires a 240-volt source, just like a clothes dryer or an oven, which can add a couple dozen miles of charge per hour. These are the logical chargers to have at home or the workplace. Level 2 charging makes it easy to achieve a full charge overnight or add significant range while you grab dinner and a movie.

Finally, there is DC fast charging, which uses direct current to charge batteries with incredible speed. The current technology often means charging to 80 percent of capacity within 20 to 30 minutes. This kind of charging is most helpful for extended drives and interstate travel. Even though DC Charging is the least frequently needed by EV drivers, it’s required for buyers to feel confident, and it’s an important charging source for those who are unable to charge at home.

CHARGING OPPORTUNITIES ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS

CITIESS WITH NEED

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BROAD REGIONS WITH NEED

The US hosts approximately 150,000 retail gas stations. By comparison, in the first quarter of 2024, the number of DC fast chargers in the US increased by 7.6 percent to a total of 8,200 (there are more than 69,000 stations if you include banks of the slower Level 2 chargers).

The 2021 federal infrastructure bill included the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, with $5 billion allocated toward improving infrastructure nationwide. For New Mexico, this means up to $38 million through 2026 to

improve fast-charging infrastructure along interstate highways. That funding is starting to be put into actual projects in 2024.

“A big leap in infrastructure is absolutely on the way,” Bradley says.

He’s right. This year, New Mexico secured an additional $68 million in federal grant monies for EV charging. The bulk will go to heavy trucking infrastructure on I-10, but both Santa Fe and Taos counties will add more public charging.

Beyond government funding, charging is being built out by private enterprise. In the EV community, it’s almost an article of faith that Tesla drivers don’t experience range anxiety because of the company’s widespread

people are charging, it’s easier for them to choose to explore a bit more, wander into stores, do some shopping or go to a restaurant. It becomes an economic driver.”

SOMETHING’S GOTTA GRID

If we’re emerging into a bright, new future, free from toxic particulate emissions thanks to the miracle of electricity, can the electrical grid handle it? You know, the grid that’s famous for blackouts in California and for being wholly disconnected from reality in Texas? Is it up to the task? In a word, kind of.

The existing grid can handle EVs, even as the numbers scale up, because cars can charge at off-peak hours. But coupled with the far greater stress of rapidly proliferating data centers, the grid is going to creak and protest. Ironically, doom scrolling may actually be dooming us. It’s not electric cars that will break our grid; it’s people logging onto social media to post mis-information memes about how electric cars suck—with a little help from cryptocurrency mining and the AI boom.

The projected demand for new energy has doubled since 2017, and not all states have clear plans about how those needs will be met. Therefore, the grid needs to become smarter and more adaptable, in the view of David Breecker, president of New Mexicobased Microgrid Systems Laboratory.

“Heavily increased loads, the variability of renewable sources, cybersecurity vulnerabilities…it’s a huge challenge and we’re going to break the grid if we don’t deal with it,” Breecker says. “But if we manage it intelligently, it becomes a huge opportunity.”

store of reliable, private chargers. But this year, Tesla chargers are opening to other manufacturers, a potentially seismic shift in the search for a place to plug in, but one tempered by confusion and uncertainty following the company’s layoffs. Nonetheless, the private market for charging is expected to grow 34 percent annually through 2032, based on projections by Credence Research, a market research firm.

“It’s not just government providing this infrastructure,” Kathy Harris, director of Clean Vehicles, Climate and Energy for National Resource Defense Council, says. “There’s a lot of incentives for businesses to add charging to their parking areas. When

Part of that opportunity comes in allowing EVs to be additive as well as subtractive. Breecker’s specialty, microgrids, are localized, independent electrical networks capable of interacting with the larger grid when necessary. Many EVs also have the ability to supply power from their battery banks back into a home or a grid, making them potential mobile electrical assets.

“If we succeed in deploying tens—and then hundreds—of millions of batteries that are moving around, they become a controllable asset that can be used in the service of an adaptable, reconfigurable system,” Breecker says.

Efficiently managing the grid going forward increasingly hinges on timing and

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Federal NEVI funds will focus on building out charging opportunities on Interstate highways. This map highlights locations prioritized for increased charging infrastructure in all other locations in New Mexico.

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Tuesdays: June 4, 11, 18, 25 | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Farmers’ Market Conference Room

This exercise program, in conjunction with the Arthritis Foundation, may reduce pain and improve overall health. While walking is the central activity, Walk with Ease also includes health education, stretching and strengthening exercises, and motivational strategies. You’ll receive a guidebook and a walking schedule to get you safely moving toward better health.

Taught by New Mexico State University Santa Fe County Extension Agent Michelle Stizza and offered in partnership with the NMSU County Extension Office.

THE SPROUTING KITCHEN COOKING CLASSES

Wednesdays: May 22, June 19 | 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Teaching Kitchen

Join Registered Dietitian Fallon Bader to learn practical cooking tips during a fun food demonstration.

4801 Beckner Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87507

Sign up at (505) 205-3667, at prescommhealthclasses.com or by scanning the QR code. phs.org/santafe

coordination through Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS). Or, as Breecker summarizes it more poetically, “orchestration.”

GREENIER THAN THOU

The mining associated with EV manufacturing presents a high-value target leveraged by anti-EV factions. As does the source of the electricity powering EVs. If a carbon intensive and extractive process is required to build these cars, how can they be environmentally responsible? If the electricity to power them comes from coal anyway, how is it actually any greener?

While these arguments are often supported by cherry picking data or are doled out by petroleum interests with an oily sheen of hypocrisy, they strike a chord because they’re questions worth asking and the answers are complex.

“It’s important that we not take one extractive industry and replace it with another extractive industry,” Katherine García, director of the Clean Transportation for All initiative at Sierra Club, tells SFR. “We know that our dependence on oil is extremely harmful for our environment, and EVs solve for that.”

The matter at hand, in García’s opinion, is rethinking the future of vehicle manufacturing and convincing auto manufacturers to come along for the ride. The Sierra Club works with a coalition of partners in Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe on the Lead the Charge campaign, which creates a scorecard for auto manufacturers by grading their production process across a number of factors. To improve scores, manufacturers must be transparent about sourcing, policies and work toward respecting and upholding workers rights, ecosystems, indigenous lands and people, and a range of other areas.

“Some manufacturers are more receptive than others,” García says. “But the scorecard

The GOP nominee has called the EV push a ‘ridiculous crusade,’ and this language is clearly cementing Republican skepticism towards EVs.

-EV Politics Project Executive Director Joe Sacks

is starting to be effective. “Car makers are meeting with us and bringing their supply chain representatives, their sustainability teams, their operations people, and we’re reviewing the scores together and they’re seeing where they can improve.”

Last year, Ford and Tesla made large leaps in their Lead the Charge scorecards and were not shy about publicizing it. Of course, pressuring corporations to do the right thing in exchange for admiration has its limits and, ultimately, the mining problem requires a solution.

Up until now, recycling batteries has been too carbon-intensive a process to justify, but

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Nevada-based Redwood Materials appears to have solved the problem. The company, helmed by a passel of Tesla refugees, uses a small amount of electricity to instigate a reaction that turns the binders, plastics and other components of a battery into a fine, reusable charcoal, leaving behind lithium, cobalt, nickel and aluminum. The process uses no combustion and has no emissions. The more EVs scale up, the less mining will need to occur because there are viable methods for retrieving and reusing the majority of minerals. This mind-bending dynamic, in which increasing the scale and deployment of EVs actually solves some of the challenges of scal-

Some people are concerned owning an EV may force them into expensive dealer service and take business from trusted repair shops. Entrepreneurs like Electrified Garage, with independent shops in Massachusetts and Florida, are already addressing the need for third-party service.

ing and deploying EVs, doesn’t only apply to battery recycling.

“The great thing about electric vehicles is the greener our grid becomes through more renewable power, the greener your car becomes,” García says.

And if we deploy more renewables to help charge more cars, the greener the grid becomes.

MO’ MONEY, MO’ IONS

It—and by “it” I mean everything—always seems to come down to money in the United States. It’s almost like powerful forces constantly conspire to ensure destiny is decided by dosh. In the case of EVs, dedicated EV manufacturers have mostly followed the Tesla model of first producing a high-performance luxury model and then working toward more practical lower-priced vehicles.

Solid reasons exist for pursuing this strategy, related to both manufacturing logistics and marketing, but the practice has helped create a sticky perception EVs are for the wealthy. This is a view that makes Bradley at Magpie Motors feel crazy in the head.

“Sure, once you put all your bells and whistles on something, you can make it unobtainable,” Bradley says. “My goal as an auto dealer is affordable EVs for all people. My cars are under $25,000. Once you factor in federal and state tax credits, I can often get you an electric car with a 250-mile range for $10,000 to $12,000.”

An increasing scale of production, as well as manufacturers switching emphasis to more economic models, will continue to drive prices down. Global consulting firm Gartner has projected EVs will be less costly to manufacture than ICE vehicles by 2027. It’s not just that they are already cheaper than many people imagine, Harris notes, “They’re also cheaper to operate because charging at home is substantially cheaper than gas and the maintenance costs are quite a bit lower.”

Bradley explains there are no oil changes, no transmission flushes or other costly routine maintenance.

“It truly is affordable,” he says.

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FRICTION

The relationship between scale, affordability and meaningful emissions reduction has not escaped policymakers. In 2023, New Mexico joined several other states in adopting Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) rules. These regulations impact automakers and require 43 percent of all passenger cars and light trucks sent to New Mexico be zero emissions vehicles starting with model year 2027. This percentage increases to 82 percent by 2032. While the rule doesn’t dictate which percentage of vehicles any individual deal-

ership must stock or what kind of car any individual buyer must purchase, the New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association and Automundo de Garcia, Ltd. co. filed for a stay to prevent the regulation from taking effect. On April 5, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) denied the stay. The auto dealers have now turned to the state Court of Appeals.

“There is a burden on the auto dealers to demonstrate they will suffer irreparable harm,” David Baake, a Las Cruces-based attorney representing a coalition of environmental groups lobbying in favor of ACCII, says. “They need to prove this carefully thought-out rule is arbitrary and capricious.”

The Court of Appeals may not rule before 2025 and, in any case, will not be hearing new testimony or evidence, but ruling based on the hearings that have already been conducted.

“Critically, none of the actual automakers are opposing this rule,” Baake says. “The manufacturers see the writing on the wall.”

In testimony to EIB, Carlos Garcia, of Garcia Infiniti in Albuquerque, called the rule impractical, unachievable and unnecessary, saying the state doesn’t have an air quality problem to begin with.

“New Mexicans don’t like being forced agendas [sic] they can see right through, especially when it comes across as a directive from highly educated experts they

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The cost of purchasing a new EV has dropped dramatically in the last two years. By the time ACCII standards take effect in New Mexico, prices are expected to be at or below the cost of ICE vehicles on average.

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New Mexicans are increasingly considering electric and plug-in hybrid options when they purchase a vehicle. In 2024, adoption rates are expected to increase again, although at a slower pace than in 2023, similar to the rest of the nation.

don’t identify with at all. We have clean air…and I don’t think our customers will accept being told otherwise and decide to spend their money on a very expensive EV. New Mexico is the ‘Land of Enchantment’ not the ‘Land of Make Believe,’” he said. If you’re picking up more political gamesmanship than factual discourse, you’re not wrong.

“EVs are starting to be used as a wedge issue, especially by the former president,” Joe Sacks, executive director of EV Politics Project, a group of GOP political consultants who are advocates for EV adoption, says.

“The GOP nominee has called the EV push a ‘ridiculous crusade,’ and this language is clearly cementing Republican skepticism towards EVs.”

When asked how to reframe a transition to EVs, Sacks points to a superior driving experience and high performance that sways many who test EVs. But the kicker comes down to counting coins in his estimation. There’s more than $75 billion of large-scale investment going into Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina.

“That also means tens of thousands of jobs and a meaningful impact to the communities of these politically important states,” Sacks says.

Health should also be top of mind for both voters and car shoppers, Katherine García notes. “We talk a lot about the environmental benefits of reduced emissions, but we don’t emphasize enough the benefit of reducing CO2 and particulate matter for communities near freeways and high-traffic corridors,” she says.

While New Mexico’s air is pretty good if we’re grading on a curve, roughly 59 percent of the state’s residents are currently living in areas with air pollution problems.

After all the politics have been parsed, EVs remain a sensitive subject because the car—for better or worse—commands a central role in American identity. It’s nearly impossible to disentangle car culture from American popular culture at large. A driver’s license may be our most discernible rite of passage and possession of one’s first car is nearly synonymous with the independence of adulthood. The automobile displaced the horse not just in terms of utility, but also as an icon of mobility, exploration, even camaraderie. It’s clear EVs are more than a fad. The level of energy and investment in entrepreneurial activity in the space, not to mention the policy work and the environmental and human rights advocacy, pushes the sector well-beyond a government subsidized lark.

The question truly at the heart of what comes next is whether or not EVs can electrify the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

WHERE YA BEAN?

Santa Fe has seen neither hide nor hair of elevated pop covers act Vanilla Pop of late because Al Dente and Lester Moore have been sticking close to home in Taos. Fortunately, the dynamic duo returns to our fair city with a performance at The Bridge @Santa Fe Brewing Co. this weekend. What’s new with the fellas? “Well, we have new clothes now,” Dente says. “I got a new jacket—a nice ‘50s brocade wedding jacket. We also have a few new tunes. Our repertoire is pretty extensive.” In addition to new hip-hop jams courtesy of Eminem and Biggie, Vanilla Pop still has all the Michael Jackson, Madonna and Depeche Mode you could want, plus more. “We’re here for people champing at the bit to get out of their house and away from their spouse,” Dente concludes. (Alex De Vore)

Vanilla Pop: 8 pm Friday, May 10. $10

The Bridge @Santa Fe Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, (505) 557-6182

GET BACK TO GARDENING

After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners Fair is back, with a variety of native plants and gardening tools on sale from local nurseries; demonstrations and art exhibits; lectures from gardening experts; food trucks and even live music. Avra Leodas, this year’s chair of the Garden Fair, tells SFR she’s excited to see the event come together. “Gardening in this climate is not easy, and many people get discouraged,” she says. “We’re a resource…here to support, encourage and advise— that’s what Master Gardeners do.” (Mo Charnot)

Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners 2024 Garden Fair: 9 am-3 pm Saturday, May 11. Free Santa Fe County Fairgrounds 3229 Rodeo Road, (505) 471-4711

PAPER GARDENS / ORIGAMI OUTING

Santa Fe artists Kevin and Jennifer Box, creators of the traveling exhibition Origami In The Garden, bring their newest art offering FLORIGAMI to their own home studio’s garden just outside of Santa Fe. The exhibit features metal sculptures of flowers, rabbits, deer and more that all start as simple sheets of paper, but are then transformed into bronze, aluminum and stainless steel. “This is truly getting to experience a juxtaposition of the bright, colorful flowers against the New Mexico landscape, as well as the open sky,” Jennifer says. “It’s stunning to have in my front yard, and every day I go out there it still stops me. It demands your attention. You have to stop and look at it.” The flora and fauna garden of origami-inspired art will remain open until Nov. 1. (Evan Chandler)

FLORIGAMI Opening: 9am-1pm Monday, May 13

$5 suggested donation. Box Studio & Sculpture Garden 3453 NM 14, Cerrillos, (505) 982-1931

Interconnected Systems

The bones, roots and oil pastels of Liza Hayle

Artist and arts educator Liza Hale Doyles grew up in Santa Fe, but headed east to New York City’s Parsons School of Design after high school. At the time, Doyles tells SFR, she was drawn to the world of fashion and immersed herself in all things garment and costume—though she was ultimately destined to work in oil pastels. Of course, her background hardly ends there.

“When I was little,” Doyles says, “I was also introduced to a lot of different forms of dance and movement, so both of those things have a huge influence on what I do now.”

Now, back in town, Doyles pulls from her art school and dance experience to develop a unique style that isn’t just vibrant but also requires deeper thinking. Take her latest collection: a series of oil pastels culled from her love of nature and the human body, particularly the spine.

“So much of our movement, our health and our brain activity stem from the spine,” Doyles explains. “That kind of central column has been a big inspiration for my work.”

Doyles’ most recent inspo hits close to home, too: Recently, her cousin

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suffered a traumatic injury that left him wheelchair-bound with a broken spine. In the aftermath, Doyles began merging her interest in flora and the human body, thereby creating images of blooming spines and bones in oil pastels with muted colors and ghostly whites. It was, for her, akin to “visualizing his healing.” Over time, that morphed into the upcoming show BONEPLANT at Canyon Roadadjacent Hollander Gallery.

It isn’t just anatomy that entrances Doyles for her new works, but connectivity on micro and macro scales. We are not at all separate from the organic systems of the natural world, Doyles says.

“I want to get people thinking about their own bodies,” she further explains.

“I feel like a lot of the time, in our current day and age, we’re really disembodied. Like, we’re not even aware that we’re this living, breathing, moving thing.”

(Adam Ferguson)

BONEPLANT Opening: 5 pm-8 pm Friday, May 10. Free Hollander Gallery 225 Delgado St., (505) 927- 2072

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MYTHOLOGY TRIVIA NIGHT

Boxcar

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

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WED/8

BOOKS/LECTURES

HISTORY WITH CHRISTIAN

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

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

KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS

Santa Fe Brewing Company

35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333

Karaoke with CoCo Caliente. 6-9 pm

EVENTS

BINGO!

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

Play bingo with prizes to fundraise the Madrid Film Festival. 7-10 pm

KIDS SING ALONG

Railyard Park

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

Engaging music games and singalongs for toddlers and babies.  10:30-11:15 am

Test your team’s knowledge of Circe by Madeline Miller and trivia on Ancient Greek mythology, and maybe win a prize.  6 pm

QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER

Ohori’s Coffee Roasters

505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-9692

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

TOUR THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION

The New Mexico Governor’s Mansion One Mansion Drive, (505) 476-2800

Explore the historic New Mexico Governor’s Mansion. RSVP first. Noon-2 pm

WALDORF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TOWN HALL

Santa Fe Waldorf School

26 Puesta del Sol, (505) 983-9727

Want to hear about the Waldorf Public Charter School? See the blueprints at this meeting. For more information, contact jsahni@santafewaldorf.org.

6-7:30 pm

MUSIC

BALKAN DANCE PARTY

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

Live music and dancing from  Rumelia Collective and Santa Fe International Folk Dancers.

7-9:30 pm, $0-$10

EMILY WOLFE

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

Raw and relevant rock ‘n’ roll with emotionally-charged lyrics and a powerhouse presence.  7:30 pm, $17-$20

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar

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

Crash Romeo hosts karaoke. 7 pm

LILI ST ANNE

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

Art folk-rock trio Lili St Anne combines the excitement of psychedelic rock with grounded folk songwriting. 8-10 pm

THE LOVIN’VAINS Cowgirl

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

Acoustic swing, Latin and country songs. 4 pm

WARM UP WEDNESDAY Boxcar

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

Hip-hop night features live music, DJs, emcees and more. 9 pm

THEATER

THE EXODUS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: HAMLET Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

This immersive, interactive adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet uses every corner, hallway and bathroom stall of the CCA gallery space.

7:30 pm

THE NICETIES

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

A play about a Black student and a white professor’s spiraling disagreements on the effects of slavery on American history.  7:30 pm, $15-$35

THU/9

ART OPENINGS

AL KITTEL: COCOON (OPENING)

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

SFCC’s Visual Arts Gallery hosts a solo exhibition of painter Kittel’s works that depict her experience living with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a physically debilitating and chronically fatiguing disease. 4-6 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING: A NEW HISTORY OF HUMANITY School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St., (505) 954-7200

A friendly discussion with staff scholars about David Graeber and David Wengrow’s landmark book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity 10 am-noon

Witness the whimsical wonders of Lee Riley’s fused glass and steel works in the Chromatic Fusion exhibition opening at 5 pm on May 10 at Globe Fine Art.

EVENTS

CLOUDTOP COMEDY

FESTIVAL

Multiple Locations, cloudtopcomedy.com

A festival featuring more than 50 comedians. Get tickets for single shows, one evening or the entire weekend! (See 3

Questions, page 26.)

5-12:30 pm, $15-$150

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Social Kitchen & Bar

725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952

Challenging trivia with prizes.

7-9 pm

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

AWARDS

San Miguel Chapel

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

Honoring projects and orgs that have contributed to historic preservation in New Mexico.

5:30 pm

LADIES NIGHT

Boxcar

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

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

10 pm

SPRING BOOK SALE

Vista Grande Public Library

14 Avenida Torreon, (505) 466-7323

Choose from thousands of books, CDs and DVDs between $1-$3. Show up for the early bird sale at 9 am if you can!

10 am-6 pm, $25

FOOD

CHEF BRENT SUSHI POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

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

MUSIC

ALEX DUNN

As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596

Singer-songwriter Dunn crafts country-tinged folk Americana.

7-10:30 pm

BILL HEARNE & JOHNNY LLOYD

Artisan Santa Fe 2601 Cerrillos Road, (505) 954-4172

Country from Hearne and Lloyd. 6-7:30 pm, $5

CLARK LIBBEY AND KRISTEN RAD

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Americana tunes.

7 pm

DOUG LAWRENCE

Paradiso

903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Saxophonist Lawrence plays jazz tunes, joined by “Queen of Salsa” Jackie Zamora. 7:30-10 pm, $10-$20

EKKSTACY

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

A Vancouver-born indie star brings tunes from his goth and post-punk sophomore record. 7 pm, $15-$22

JOHNNY LLOYD

Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com

Lloyd brings the spirit of Americana with his guitar skills and a wide vocal range.

3 pm

JOSÉ JAMES

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

This genre-defying jazz singer presents 1978, a new album combining jazz and hip-hop. 7:30 pm, $35

PAT MALONE

TerraCotta Wine Bistro

304 Johnson St., (505) 989-1166

Jazz guitar. 6-8 pm

RANDOLPH MULKEY

Cowgirl

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

Singer-songwriter tunes. 4 pm

THEATER

THE NICETIES

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

A play about a Black student and a white professor’s spiraling disagreements on the effects of slavery on American history.   7:30 pm, $15-$35 WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation. 5 pm, $3-$60

FRI/10

ART OPENINGS

ANYTHING ON OFFER (OPENING)

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

Sculptures referencing art history with appropriated everyday objects. (See A&C, page 33.) 5-7 pm

DESERT IMPRESSIONS (OPENING)

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road, (505) 983-1434

Renowned Taos painter Ken Daggett presents captivating landscape paintings of Northern New Mexico, capturing the nuanced play of light and the allure of the Southwest. 4-6 pm

THE CALENDAR

FORMED IN FIRE (OPENING)

Edition One Gallery

729 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

A group show featuring ceramic and bronze artists, along with one-of-a-kind necklaces.

5-7 pm

FIGHT AND DANCE: SOCIAL REALISM OF ELI LEVIN (OPENING)

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

Paintings of classic bar scenes and social realism from the working world. 5-8 pm

FORMED IN FIRE (OPENING)

Edition ONE Gallery

728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385

A group exhibition of contemporary ceramic and metal sculptures from eight artists. 5-7 pm

JOAN MAUREEN COLLINS: REVERIE UNBOUND (OPENING)

Globe Fine Art

727 Canyon Road, (505) 989-3888

Soulful abstract paintings.  5-7 pm

LAUREEN HYLKA

WONDOLOWSKI (OPENING)

Gallery716

716 Canyon Road, (505) 644-4716

Plein air paintings. 5-8 pm

LEE RILEY: CHROMATIC FUSION (OPENING)

Globe Fine Art

727 Canyon Road, (505) 989-3888

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

5-7 pm

LIZA HALE DOYLE: BONEPLANT (OPENING)

Hollander Gallery

225 Delgado St., (505) 231-8439

A multidisciplinary, biological exploration of the human body. (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

5-8 pm

NEALY RILEY: BEYOND THE ARROYO (OPENING)

Gallery Wild Santa Fe

203 Canyon Road, (505) 467-8297

Riley’s new body of work soulfully expressing wildlife.  5-7:30 pm

THE WEIGHT WE CARRY (OPENING)

CONTAINER

1226 Flagman Way, (505) 995-0012

An exhibition highlighting activism born in youth, bringing together today’s most influential political and street artists. 5 pm

WEEKEND POP-UP GALLERY

Weekend Pop-Up Gallery

924 Paseo de Peralta, Ste. 2

Quality modern and traditional art and collectibles.   4:30-8:30 pm

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BOOKS/LECTURES

OLD SANTA FE

ASSOCIATION BOOK CLUB

Travel Bug Coffee Shop 839 Paseo de Paralta, (505) 992-0418

Read and discuss A Nuclear Family: Coming of Age in Oppenheimer’s Secret City by Ellen Bradbury-Reid. 4-6 pm

OPERA BASICS WITH OLIVER PREZANT: DON GIOVANNI

Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Join Santa Fe Opera conductor and educator Prezant for informative talks on opera. 5:30 pm

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

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

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

EVENTS

CANYON CONTEMPORARY GRAND OPENING PARTY

Canyon Road Contemporary 409 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433

Enjoy art demos and music from Hope & Jim and The Crawfish Boys as Canyon Contemporary reopens in a new location. 5-4 pm

FINE ART FRIDAY

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

Design and create a button with a button-pressing machine. 2-4 pm

SPRING BOOK SALE

Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, (505) 466-7323

Choose from thousands of quality books, CDs and DVDs between $1-$3. 10 am-6 pm, $25

FILM

CRUMB

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

A 1994 documentary about controversial underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, his traumatized family and his outlook on life.

10:45 am, $13

IN FLAMES

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

After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s existence is ripped apart by figures from their past. 1:15 pm, $13

NOWHERE SPECIAL

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

When single father John only has a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new family for his son. 10:45 am, $13

POOLMAN

Center For Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

A femme fatale tasks a man who tends the pool of an apartment block to uncover the truth behind a shady business deal. 1 pm, $13

MUSIC

BARBARA BENTREE WITH JOHN RANGEL TRIO

Paradiso

903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Bentree takes you on her journey from cowgirl to activist, chanteuse and filmmaker.

7:30-10 pm, $20

FAMOUS ON THE WEEKEND

Cake’s Cafe

227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880

Party to cumbia, salsa and Latin hip-hop and house tunes.

9 pm-1 am

HIGH DESERT HARPS

First Presbyterian Church

208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544

A quartet of harpists perform a program of Celtic classics.

5:30 pm

JJ & THE HOOLIGANS

Cowgirl

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

Classic dance band tunes.

8 pm

JOHNNY LLOYD

Upper Crust Pizza

329 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 982-0000 Americana tunes.

6-8 pm

LUKE MCMURRAY NUTTING AND ST. RANGE

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

Roots and rock’n’roll music.

8:30-10 pm

ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

An Allman Brothers cover band. 8 pm

PATIO MUSIC SERIES: THE CHACHALACAS

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

A trio playing tiki-tinged instrumental originals and covers.  5-8 pm

STRANGERS FROM AFAR

The Mine Shaft Tavern

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

A psychedelic-folk-rock-country-alt power duo. Try saying that three times fast. 5-7 pm

THE ST. JOHN PASSION

Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat and Conference Center

50 Mount Carmel Road, (505) 988-1975

The New Mexico Bach Society presents the complete St. John Passion BWV 245 with soloists, chorus and orchestra.

6-9 pm, $20-$60

TERRY DIERS

Boxcar

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

Blues, rock and funk tunes. 6-8 pm

THE ASTEROIDS Boxcar

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

Old-style rock’n’roll with hardcore R&B backbeats.

6:30 pm

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

A show from one of electornic bass music’s leading creative minds and tastemakers.  8 pm, $20-$25

VANILLA POP

The Bridge at SF Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, (505) 557-6182

The coolest, hippest and swingin’-est band around. (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

7:30 pm, $10

THEATER

THE NICETIES

The Lab Theater

1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576

A play about a Black student and a white professor’s spiraling disagreements on the effects of slavery on American history.   7:30 pm, $15-$35

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

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

Heidi Schreck’s play gives new life to the US Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation. 5 pm, $3-$60

WORKSHOP

ADOBE DOWNTOWN Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531

Learn to make adobe bricks. 9 am-2 pm

CIRCE’S CRAFT: MANIFESTATION JARS La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Create a beautiful jar. RSVP required.

2-4 pm

SAT/11

ART OPENINGS

27TH PLACITAS STUDIO TOUR

Placitas Studio Tour

Multiple locations, Placitas, (505) 515-4323

A town-wide tour of 79 art studios in Placitas. 10 am-5 pm

WEEKEND POP-UP GALLERY Weekend Pop-Up Gallery

924 Paseo de Peralta, Ste. 2

An eclectic mix of modern and traditional art and collectibles.     10 am-5 pm

HANA KOSTIS: AN INCOHERENT BODY (OPENING)

ICA Santa Fe 906 St. Francis Drive, (505) 603-4466

Works bringing together sculpture, ink studies on paper and archival prints.  6-8 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

ARTIST TALK WITH SAM SCOTT

Pie Projects

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

A talk with nature painter Sam Scott with his latest exhibit.

3 pm

JAMES REICH & LAURA

RAMNARACE READING

Geronimo’s Books

3018 Cielo Court, Ste. D, (505) 467-8315

Reich and Ramnarace read their sci-if and dystopian works.  4-5 pm

LINDSAY CONOVER: HOW TO READ A LUNAR CALENDAR

Ark Books

133 Romero St., (505) 988-3709

An exploration of how the moon helps hone your intuition.

6-7 pm

MY VIETNAM, YOUR VIETNAM WITH CHRISTINA VO AND NGHIA M. VO

Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch)

145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6780

A conversation with the authors of My Vietnam, Your Vietnam, about the divergent journeys of a Vietnamese father and his American-born daughter. (See The Bookshelf, page 32.)

2-3 pm

ROOTS OF KNOWLEDGE SERIES

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

Founder and farmer of Lineage Seeds Jared Hagood takes attendees through a journey of everything seeds, exploring heritage varieties and their origins. 11 am-1 pm, $25

SKYWARN TRAINING CLASS

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

Love severe storms? Learn about severe weather in this talk to keep communities safe with weather hazards.

1-3:30 pm

DANCE

EL FLAMENCO CABARET

El Flamenco Cabaret

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

Award-winning flamenco.

6:15 pm, $25-$48

TANGO NIGHT

Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red) 1366 Cerrillos Road, (505) 428-0996

A free tango dance lesson for beginners.

6-8:15 pm

EVENTS

2024 IAIA COMMENCEMENT AND POWWOW

Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Performing Arts Building

83 A Van Nu Po, (505) 424-2300

This year’s IAIA graduation ceremony featuries keynote speaker Dyani White Hawk (Sičangu Lakota) and a powwow.

10 am

CANYON ROAD SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL 2024

Canyon Road

Artists in every medium across the galleries on Canyon Road share their creative processes. 11 am-3 pm

COMMUNITY CRUISE: TOUR DE MURAL OUTLIERS RIDE

Railyard Park Community Room 701 Callejon St., (505) 316-3596

A bicycle tour of local murals. 10 am-noon

GUNS TO GARDENS GUN BUYBACK EVENT

Santa Fe Municipal Courthouse 2511 Camino Entrada, (505) 955-5070

A 100% anonymous gun buyback event. Receive gift cards from $100 and $250.

9 am-noon

PAINTING IN THE GARDEN WITH NATHANAEL GRAY

Kay Contemporary Art

600 Canyon Road, (505) 365-3992

Meet plein air painter Nathanael Gray and experience his process. Noon-2 pm

SANTA FE EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS 2024 GARDEN FAIR

Santa Fe County Fairgrounds 3229 Rodeo Road, (505) 471-4711

Celebrate your passion for gardening at this fair that includes a plant sale, exhibits and demos, lectures, food and live music.

(See SFR Picks, page 17.) 9 am-3 pm

SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET

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

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

SCIENCE SATURDAY

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

Craft a planet and cycle through the solar system! 2-4 pm

SPRING BOOK SALE

Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, (505) 466-7323

Buy as many books as you can fit in one bag for $10.   10 am-3 pm

YOUTH STORY SLAM

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

Young storytellers aged 7-17

share stories. Register by sending an original story to christie@ santafebotanicalgarden.org. 11 am-12:30 pm

MUSIC

BOB MAUS BLUES & SOUL

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

Maus plays classic tunes. 6-9 pm

DK & THE AFFORDABLES

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

A go-to act for Northern New Mexico entertainment, DK & The Affordables kick out a jiving, jumping variety of roots music to get you moving  8 pm

FREDDIE SCHWARTZ

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

Schwartz plays “the whole gamut” of classic rock, Americana and country music. 2-5 pm

G FLIP

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

G Flip makes the kind of high-powered rock/pop music that could only come from the heart and mind of a drummer. Sold out.  8 pm

HIGH DESERT TRIO

Santa Fe Brewing Co. (Eldorado) 7 Caliente Road, (505) 466-6938

An evening of bluegrass, folk and jazz tunes. 6-8 pm

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

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

A ukulele master ranges from jazz and blues to bluegrass, flamenco and folk.

7:30 pm, $29-$49

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JOHNNY LLOYD AT SKY RAILWAY

Sky Railway

410 S Guadalupe St., (844) 743-3759

Country tunes from Lloyd, live on Sky Railway’s Scenic Ride. 1:30-4 pm

JOHNNY LLOYD

Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com

A night of Americana.  6 pm

LENSIC PRESENTS & SANTA FE

OPERA THE MET: LIVE IN HD |

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. 11 am, $15-$28

LOOSE CABOOSE Boxcar

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

House music all night long. 7 pm, $10

MISDEMEANER

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Rock jams. 8 pm

MONSOON Cowgirl

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

Rock, alt, jazz, and more. 1-3 pm

ODD DOG

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

A classic rock jam band. 3 pm

Al Kittel depicts her experience living with a chronic and physically debilitating disease via paintings in Cocoon,

solo exhibition opening

4 pm on May 9 at the Santa Fe Community College’s Visual Arts Gallery.

BY LAYLA ASHER

IS IT A RELATIONSHIP OR A SITUATIONSHIP?

With dating culture encompassing a bigger sense of flexibility and spaciousness these days, you can’t always assume monogamy is on the table. Relationships form in more unconventional ways, and as positive and progressive as this can be for some folks, others tend to avoid clarifying their relationships. The longer the murkiness goes on, the more some are left asking themselves—am I in a relationship or situationship?

If you are unfamiliar with the term “situationship,” do yourself a favor and find the @NowThis Instagram page (instagram. com/nowthis) and watch the reel entitled “How would you explain a situationship?”

Not only is the take hilarious, it may even clear up some things for those of you who believe you’re in some sort of limbo with a partner. As always, the key seems to be honest and open communication, though that can obviously be easier said than done.

I’ve been involved with a guy for a while, but my friends keep saying he’s breadcrumbing me. I really like him and want to be with him, but he always has a reason why he can’t see me or commit [even though] he says he likes me and wants me in his life. I’m just so afraid to lose him. What do I do?

—TOO

MANY CRUMBS IN MY BED

Although an increasingly popular term in the modern dating vernacular, some readers might not be familiar with the term “breadcrumbing.” Last December, Canadian clinical psychologist and author Dr. Monica Vermani told CNN that breadcrumbing refers to a form of manipulation—whether intentional or not—involving one person “feigning interest and acting as though they feel sincerely interested and invested in a relationship with another person when they are not.”

I think that just like any form of manipulation in a relationship, it can be difficult to identify when it’s happening to you from the inside, so please be kind to yourself about this. Keeping that in mind, you should know that issues tend to be much clearer from the viewpoints of the people who love you—like your friends who are telling you this guy is raising red flags. Chances are, they’re correct in their observations, and his words and actions never quite aligning also seems to confirm their suspicions. My bigger concern, though, is you say

you’re afraid to lose him—but what about losing yourself? When you allow this kind of behavior from a partner, it might not feel like a big deal at the start, but over time it can slowly chip away at your self-esteem to the point where the confusion and the lack of effort feel like they’re deserved. And this is likely a place your friends can see before you will. I’m sure that is the root of what concerns them, because no one wants to see the people they love lower themselves, especially for fucking breadcrumbs! If asking this man for clarity and the things you need means you lose him…do you really need me to finish that sentence? I trust you already know what you need to do, otherwise you wouldn’t have come to me. Now go and do it!

Is it OK to date someone and not be 100 percent sure about what you want? I’ve been very honest with the person I’m seeing that I just want to take things one day at a time and we’ve even agreed on what the boundaries are. I really like this person, but they keep asking me for a label and I don’t know what to do. Please help.

—BETWEEN A ROCK AND A RELATIONSHIP It sounds to me like you are 100 percent sure of what you want, BRR, and I think that’s a rare and radical form of honesty that can subsequently feel scary to someone who is on the other end—especially if it’s a first for them. This is, of course, tricky, because the person you are with, like all of us, has their own relationship history that informs how they act in this relationship. A label might be something they believe they need in order to feel secure, whereas a label probably feels inauthentic to you at this juncture. Both are valid feelings, but at the end of the day, yours are the only ones for which you can advocate.

Remember, also, that the person you are dating always has the choice to continue or end things. Please don’t ever feel you need to do something for which you’re just plain not ready solely for the sake of holding on to someone, and that goes for both of you. Moving forward with honesty and authenticity and having the bravery to do so is never a bad thing.

As forward-thinking as this time feels, relationship milestones are still very much a part of the fabric of society. Funny, isn’t it, that some people prefer to fake a future rather than commit to the here and now? Maybe it’s time we start asking ourselves why that is.

Layla Asher is a local sex worker on a mission to spread radical self love to her community and the world. Have further questions after reading this? Want to ask your local sex worker their expert opinion on something? Let’s start a sex-positive conversation that keeps respect and confidentiality at the forefront and judgment a thing of the past. Please submit your questions to thenakedlayla@gmail.com and include an alias that protects your anonymity.

PAT MALONE

The Dragon Room

406 Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-7712

Jazz guitar.

5-7 pm

PATIO MUSIC SERIES: DJ

GARRONTEED

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

Garronteed matches all the beats, from folk to funk, rock to rap, dance to dancehall.

5-8 pm

RADIO FREE BASSANDA

Paradiso

903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

The Balkan beat masters return with their Eastern rhythms.   7:30-10 pm, $25

THE FABULOUS MARTINI-TONES

Boxcar

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

A band combining California surf, western noir, trippy jazz and spy movie themes.

6:30-9:30 pm

YOUNG VOICES, TIMELESS MUSIC

Center for Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

A show of operatic and musical theater scenes from Santa Fe’s Young Voices program.

3 pm

THEATER

THE NICETIES

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

A play about a Black student and a white professor’s spiraling disagreements on the effects of slavery on American history.   7:30 pm, $15-$35

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

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

Heidi Schreck’s play breathes life into the US Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation. 5 pm, $3-$60

WORKSHOP

ADOBE DOWNTOWN Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531

Learn to make adobe bricks.  9 am-2 pm

CAPTURING THE CONSTELLATIONS

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

Learn about Greek myths behind constellations and make your own projector or light jar. 3-4 pm

THE ART OF SMUDGING AND ENERGETIC RENEWAL

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

A transformative journey into the ancient art of smudging.  Noon-1:30 pm, $35

SUN/12

ART OPENINGS

WEEKEND POP-UP GALLERY

Weekend Pop-Up Gallery

924 Paseo de Peralta, Ste. 2

Quality modern and traditional art and collectibles.   4:30-8:30 pm Noon-4 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

SANTA FE FREE THINKERS’ FORUM

Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674

Dorothy Bracey leads a discussion on developing empathy. Noon

DANCE

BELLYREENA BELLYDANCE CLASS

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

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

EVENTS

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Boxcar

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

Challenging trivia with prizes. 7:30 pm

FOOD

LAMY BRUNCH RUN

Santa Fe Depot

430 W Manhattan Ave., (844) 743-3759

A ride to the historic Legal Tender restaurant in Lamy.  9:15 am, $199-$239

MUSIC

ALTO GRASS

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

Original folk songs inspired by life in the high desert.  7-9 pm

GARY GORENCE

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

Gorence’s Western upbringing comes alive in his music, helped by guitar, banjo and harmonica.  2-5 pm

HONDO COYOTE

Mine Shaft Tavern

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

Honest-to-God country music.

3 pm

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar

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

Crash Romeo hosts karaoke.

7 pm

PAT MALONE TRIO

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

Jazz guitar and a backup band!

11:30 am-2:30 pm

THE CALENDAR

PATIO MUSIC SERIES:

HELLO DARLIN’

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

Tunes influenced by blues, bluegrass, rock, swing and country. 3-6 pm

PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS ISIDORE STRING QUARTET

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

Classical string music.  4 pm, $35-$95

RON CROWDER BAND

Cowgirl

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

Retro-style rock. Noon

SUNDAY JAZZ JAM

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

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

THEATER

THE NICETIES

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

A play about a Black student and a white professor’s spiraling disagreements on the effects of slavery on American history.  7:30 pm, $15-$35

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

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

Heidi Schreck’s play gives new life to the US Constitution.

2-3:30 pm, $3-$60

MON/13

ART OPENINGS

FLORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN GRAND OPENING 2024

Origami In The Garden 3453 State Highway 14, Cerrillos, (505) 471-4688

Heroically-sized installations of nearly 70 museum-caliber sculptures inspired by origami. (See SFR Picks, page 17.)

9 am-1 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

GRANT S. MCCALL: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES

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

Scientist McCall discusses southern African rock art and hunter-gatherer social systems. 6 pm, $20

EVENTS

KIDS SING ALONG

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

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

BEER MUSIC

QUESTION AUTHORITY

TWO critically acclaimed plays in REP challenge the foundations of the student/professor relationship THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgess

OLEANNA by David Mamet directed by Robert Benedetti opens May 8th / runs through June 16 directed by Suzanne Lederer opens May 15th / runs through June 16

Once upon a time, television shows had more than a few episodes to prove their worth. Take Cheers, for example, which bombed upon its arrival in 1982 before growing to become one of the most beloved programs in history. In the case of Hulu’s This Fool, which was recently canceled after its second season, co-creator Chris Estrada was not afforded such a luxury. And that’s a real shame. The tale of two Mexican-American cousins reconnecting while trying to operate an evolving nonprofit dedicated to helping former criminals rehabilitate, This Fool in all of its satire-meshed-with-Chicano-culture wit is still watchable on Hulu (and well worth it, as it’s brilliant). Still, it’s hard not to miss its characters, especially Estrada’s acerbic Julio, stand-up Frankie Quiñones’ earnest and out-of-touch Luis and Michael Imperioli’s tortured yet humanistic Minister Payne. What we can do by way of mourning is to check out Estrada’s upcoming headline performance at the CloudTop Comedy Festival (various times and locations Thursday May 9 through Sunday, May 12. $15-$150. cloudtopcomedy.com). We spoke with Estrada about the show, his comedy and his love of punk rock in the lead-up to the fest. This interview has been edited for clarity and concision (and you can find an extended version online at sfreporter.com). (Alex De Vore)

Let’s get a This Fool question out of the way immediately: Is there any chance we might get a third season on some other platform?

I don’t know. I truly wish I knew, dude. I feel more pessimistic about it every day. You know, if somebody showed interest—Netflix, Amazon, HBO—in the way it happened with [the show] The Other Two, which was canceled on Comedy Central then later showed up on HBO MAX; or Girls 5Eva, which was on Peacock, then Netflix…well, I hope there’s a chance that maybe somebody out there at those streamers loved the show and wants to have it there.

Your chemistry with Frankie Quiñones, who played your cousin, was really pal-

pable on the show. Did you guys have a pre-existing relationship?

I used to go on the road with Frankie Quiñones. I’ve known him for 10 years now, and he was a really good friend before the show. Like, when he’d go out and headline on the road, he’d bring me out to open up for him. He’s a guy with whom I’ve always had a good rapport. We are like cousins in a sense—we know how to push each other’s buttons and we know how to laugh together.

Esquire called you ‘the hardest working man in comedy’ last year. What do you think that’s about? Is it hunger? Joy? Both? Neither?

I think a lot of it is that I come from a working class background. I was working at a warehouse. I mean, I was doing comedy, but working full-time while doing comedy on the weekends. When I sold and created This Fool with my friends Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman and Pat Bishop, I was working at a warehouse and I was literally driving a forklift and unloading trucks. I think a lot of that ‘hardest working’ stuff comes from my work ethic in comedy, too, because I treated stand-up like a real job, even though it was sometimes just open mics and the local scene. I was getting up every night, like three times a night, and just trying to work as much as possible. I feel like I’m still working hard, I’m still constantly trying to write new jokes, rewrite my current jokes and I still get up at shows in LA to work on new material. If I can get up in LA seven or eight times a week, I consider that a win. I feel like I’m always kind of working hard towards that.

Can we talk about punk rock for a second? On This Fool, your character constantly wore shirts from punk bands. Are you drawn to comedy because its ethos is similar to punk’s—sticking it to the man and such?

I wore those shirts because I wanted to wear stuff I wear in real life. Julio is a version of me—he’s not completely who I am, but a version. I think it was natural and it didn’t feel try-hardy to wear those shirts. As for if they’re alike…kind of. I think the only difference is that punk can take itself seriously, which is not a bad thing, because I’m not really into humorous punk bands. My favorites are bands like Fugazi, The Clash…I wouldn’t say Rage Against the Machine is punk, but they come from punk. And a lot of these bands take themselves a little more seriously, but I think the difference is that comedy is a little more irreverent because it has to be by nature. What they do share is that you have to motivate yourself to do it. You have to do it for yourself. You have to make sure you get up every day and night and hustle and bustle. Comedy has that grind of punk. It has that work ethic.

with Stand-up Comic Chris Estrada

MANDEE JOHNSON

Santa Fe Area Home Builders

2520 Camino Entrada, (505) 982-1774

An event to inform home and business owners how to protect property against wildfires.

4-6:30 pm

FILM

VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB

Jean Cocteau Cinema

418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

Free films every Monday with Lisa from Video Library.

6:30-8:30 pm

MUSIC

CEDRIC BURNSIDE

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

This Mississippi blues guitarist contains the legacy and future of the region’s prescient sound.

7:30 pm, $22

DR HALL

Cowgirl

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

A singer-songwrtier inspired by early blues legends.

4 pm

KARAOKE WITH CRASH!

Cowgirl

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

Started the week with karaoke!

7-10 pm

KIRAN AHLUWALIA

Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248

Ahluwalia crafts ethereal, raw songs that join the disparate traditions of Indian music, West African blues and jazz.

7:30 pm, $25

THEATER

YOUNG CREATORS PROJECT

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

Theater skills for ages 9-16. 3:45-5:30 pm

WORKSHOP

JUGGLING & UNICYCLING CLASSES

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

Sharpen your coordination and reflexes through mastering two iconic circus arts.

6-7:30 pm, $31

TUE/14

BOOKS/LECTURES

BEAVER HABITAT RESTORATION IN HEADWATER STREAMS

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

A discussion on beaver habitat restoration.  6:30 pm

SOMETHING QUEER AT THE LIBRARY

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

Discuss ancient Greek texts from a queer lens. 6-7:30 pm

THE MANY FACES OF THE EL REY COURT

El Rey Court

1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931

A presentation on the history of El Rey Court. RSVP by emailing hanna@historicsantafe.org. 5 pm, $0-$10

EVENTS

COMMUNITY ART SHOW & AWARDS PRESENTATION

Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6780

An awards ceremony for the 2024 Santa Fe Reads Community Art Show. All art is on display in the exhibit space. 5-6 pm

SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET

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

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

FILM

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

A film in which a religious fanatic marries a widow whose kids won’t tell him where their dad hid $10,000 he stole. 6 pm, $13

MUSIC

LATIN SINDUSTRY NIGHT

Boxcar

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

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

LOS DESPERADOS Cowgirl

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

Hard rockin’ boogie and blues. 4 pm

SANTA FE OPERA 2024 SEASON PREVIEW

Unitarian Universalist Congregation 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674

Joe Illick previews upcoming operas in Santa Fe on piano. 5-6:30 pm, $20-$30

SILVER TRIPLETS OF RIO HONDO

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135

A psychedelic band whose sound marries sequenced synthesizer/strings, noise collage and drum programming to a set of barrel-chested crooners.  7:30 pm, $10-$15

THE CALENDAR

THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM

Evangelo’s

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

Live blues hosted by Brotha Love & The Blueristocrats.

8:30-11:30 pm

WEDNESDAY

Meow Wolf

1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

This Asheville band Wednesday’s sound fuses ‘90s shoegaze and country twang. 6 pm, $20

WORKSHOP

GREEK “POTTERY” PALOOZA

La Farge Library

1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292

Learn about classical Greek art and make your own Greek amphora out of papier mache!

5-6:30 pm

ONGOING

ART

ALAN CHARLEE: REMEMBERING GRANDFATHER

Wild Hearts Gallery

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

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

AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO

Canyon Road Contemporary Art

622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433

The cutest little animal sculptures you ever did see.

BRIAN FLEETWOOD: PLACE/HOLDING

Axle Contemporary (505) 670-5854

Fleetwood (Mvskoke Creek) transformed recyclables into wearable art. This exhibit is mobile, so check out @axlecontemporary on Instagram for their next spot!

CALLA KLESSIG SENTIĆ

New Concept Gallery

610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570

Sentić’s work shows deep love and reverence for the land, sky and their inhabitants.

CONFLUENCE

Nuart Gallery

670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888

Immersive minimalist color works and canvases that resemble archaeological digs.

DANIEL JOHNSTON: NOW IS NOWHERE ELSE

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

Contemporary potter Johnston presents clay brick works.

EARTH & ALTAR

Folklore

370 Garcia St., (925) 408-2907

Paintings and sculpture reveal the interconnectedness of bodies, earth and mystical realms.

Jesmyn Ward

David Grann

Julia Alvarez

ELIZABETH HOHIMER: MAPS OF AFFECTION

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

Intuitive and deeply personal woven paintings.

ETHEL FISHER: PORTRAITS OF THE SUBLIME

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

Paintings that portrait psychological depth and tension.

FIELD OF BEAUTY: THE IRIS MONOTYPES

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

Oil paintings of irises.

FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO SOUTH LA

Aaron Payne Fine Art 1708 Lena St., (505) 995-9779

African and African American works from the 1950s to today.

JESSE RAINE LITTLEBIRD: ARRIVALS

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

Works based on wintertime stories and the N. Scott Momaday book House Made of Dawn

JULIA CAIRNS: CHAKRA SERIES

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

Cheerful paintings reminiscient of children's book illustrations.

JULIA CURRAN: PORTALS

Hecho a Mano

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

Garish works cast Mother

Nature as a propagator of decomposition and regeneration.

JULYAN DAVIS: AMERICAN GHOSTS

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

Paintings depicting three ghosts from three American eras.

KAT KINNICK: A BENEVOLENT FORCE

Hecho a Mano 29 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882

Kinnick's paintings explore the concept of feminine rage.

MARK GORDON: IRISES AND ROSES

Collected Works Bookstore

202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226

Spiritual and artistic expressions of the flower kingdom.

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

Artes de Cuba

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

A photo exhibit depicting the artist's daughters in their former home of Havana, Cuba.

MICHAEL GARFIELD: FUTURE FOSSILS

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

A futuristic dinosaur-focused illustration exhibit.

MORGAN BARNARD: INTERSECTIONS

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

Art inviting viewers to explore art and technology.  NEW WORKS BY JP MORRISON LANS

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

Colored pencil works exploring "the spirit inside the body."

NICKI MARX: BIRDS OF A FEATHER

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

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

RANDALL WILSON: EARTH AND SKY

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

Wilson's carvings are anchored in Southwest folk-art tradition.

ROGER WINTER: JAZZ SET

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

Paintings of Winter’s favorite jazz musicians.

SAM SCOTT: DEEP NATURE

Pie Projects

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

Watercolor and oil paintings of nature's major systems.

SHADOW AND LIGHT

Gerald Peters Gallery

1005 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700

Landscape paintings that use shadow and light to connect separate visions.

THE ART OF TAROT

ELECTR∆ Gallery

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

A multimedia tarot exhibit.

TIA X CHATTER: FIELD OF VISION

Center For Contemporary Arts

1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338

A convergence of art and storytelling, inviting viewers to become active participants.

TIM REED: SILLY LOVE SONGS

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

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

TOM WALDRON: STEEL AND CONCRETE

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art

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

Steel and concrete sculptures that challenge perceptions with deceptively simple forms.

TRANSCENDENTAL PESSIMISM

FOMA

333 Montezuma Ave., (505) 660-0121

Figurative and abstracted paintings, drawings and sculptures from artist Timothy Nero.

UFO, SIGHTINGS, VISIONS AND THE UNEXPLAINED

Phil Space

1410 Second St., (505) 983-7945

A multimedia exhibit of all facets of UFO phenomena, from serious inquiry to pop culture.

FILM

SUMBIT YOUR FILM TO THE ANNUAL MADRID FILM FEST

Online

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

MUSEUMS

These wood-carved birds by Tesuque artist Ben Ortega are just one of many treasures to be found at the Staff Picks: Favorites from the Collection exhibit at the Museum of International Folk Art.

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

MUSEUM

217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000

Making a Life. Rooted in Place.

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

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS

108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900

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

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

710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269

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

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

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART

706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204

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

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

NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM

113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200

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

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

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

Permanent collection. Encaustic artists from every US state.

11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (18 and under free)

NUEVO MEXICANO HERITAGE MUSEUM

750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226

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

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

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

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

SITE SANTA FE

1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199

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

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

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

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 VLADEM CONTEMPORARY

404 Montezuma Ave., (505) 476-5602

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

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636

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

To a Tea

The Teahouse menu is changed and more concise—good!

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Information can spread across Santa Fe like wildfire, particularly in the restaurant scene given that it’s an industry in which so many locals work. When it comes to The Teahouse on Canyon Road, word of recent menu cuts and updates have certainly been making the rounds amongst the foodies and restaurant aficionados, though as to why so many people are upset over what appear to be some rather creative changes at the restaurant? Well, that’s anyone’s guess, especially since it’s actually quite an exciting time up there.

To wit: Ube has become ubiquitous across the restaurant’s brunch and sweets menus under executive chef Martin Blanco, and I’m not sure that’s something I’ve seen in Santa Fe since…ever, really. In other words, ube is quite the welcome addition, and Blanco is kind of a wizard with the stuff. OK, but what is ube, right? Well, in short, it’s a purple yam dish with origins in the Philippines (hey, that’s where Blanco’s from!) that is achieved by boiling and mashing and then including it as an ingredient in other dishes rath er than being served on its own. You’re sad The Teahouse doesn’t do oatmeal anymore? Tough blow, no question, but one softened by the appearance of an ube waffle ($13), an ube muffin with coconut ($5.50) and an ube butter croissant ($6)—plus the possibility of other dishes to come.

What’s behind this culinary changeup? According to a very nice server named Alejandro— who nailed it during a recent vis it, by the way—much of it comes down to the untimely death of previous owner Rich Freedman last July. Freedman also served as the CEO for Sky Railway, was co-owner of the historic Canyon Road bar and restaurant El Farol and had run The Teahouse since 2012, where he was beloved by all ac counts. His sudden meningitis diagnosis and death mere weeks thereafter was no doubt tragic, though one has to believe his love of Santa Fe and food would have had him totally onboard with new dishes at The

Teahouse. Today, the restaurant is owned by Sandra and Jake Mendel, who were previously Freedman’s partners in the endeavor and who acquired it in full after his death. And though longtime patrons likely have feelings about these events, I would strongly encourage everyone to give The Teahouse and the Mendels their fair shake. You might like what you find.

Intact is the long list of teas for dining or quaffing in or taking home, and The Teahouse’s use of tortillas from the iconic Alicia’s Tortilleria in dishes like chilaquiles ($17) is nothing to sneeze at, either. Also, just because the menu is technically shorter doesn’t mean it’s worse. If anything, the quest for lunch upon which a companion and I embarked one recent day was one fraught with indecision because literally everything seemed so enticing.

As noted before, the ube waffle sounded like a dream, as did the Cuban sandwich with pork adobo and house-pickled cucumber ($16) and the lunch burrito ($15), a shredded pork number with pickled egg and a red chile sriracha. Wanting to eat light, however, my companion chose the Teahouse salad, a simple yet fresh bed of field greens served with cucumbers, pickles, radish, egg and a calamansi—aka Philippine lime—vinaigrette ($14). Once I learned of the chicken karaage and biscuit dish ($15), however, there was no going back. A combination of Japanese-style fried chicken served atop a green cabbage slaw with a house made biscuit and shiitake mushroom gravy…well, can conceptual love for a dish be quantified?

Salad aficionados should take note of Blanco’s chops. Yes, salads can feel boring

(that’s why we have the term “eat your vegetables,” right?) but the zesty citrus of the vinaigrette and the subtle bite of the radish merged into a taste with serious oomph that particularly worked alongside the tasty bitterness of the greens.

For those on the other end of the spectrum (read, diners looking for salt and fat), the chicken karaage is a fantastic choice. Perhaps the soy and ginger marinade that graced the chicken before the fry brought it so much flavor, but the downright massive portion tasted both comforting and completely new all at once. Contrasted with the dense earthiness of the mushroom gravy, a third flavor emerged—one that was somehow like tasting something you already know for the first time again. The gravy did not fare quite as well, as its thickness surpassed gravy viscosity by a fair margin. This was mildly disappointing, but compounded as the biscuit erred on the drier side. No one wants a mushy biscuit, and the flavor was there, but rather than a satisfying crumble, much of this one fell apart and into the gravy, never to be seen again, which resulted in some confusion as to whether the gravy was more full of shiitakes or bits of biscuit. Still, as a whole, the dish was absolutely delicious, and the only improvement would be to score some of those house-made pickles on the side

We closed the meal with the biko coconut sticky rice ($6) and the aforementioned

ube muffin, the latter of which came with a delightfully creamy whipped ube topping. Were we saying “ube” too much by this point in the meal? For sure, but this muffin was really more like a mini cake, and only in the moments well after the initial bite did we encounter its true flavor. There is something so special about a taste that slowly unfolds over several seconds, and while most desserts don’t hold mystery for those who dine out often, Blanco’s wowed through and through while keeping us on our toes. The sticky rice was a welcome sight on a Santa Fe menu, and quite well-made, though other than a bit of shaved coconut on top, was not particularly inventive or special.

All the same, many of the changes at The Teahouse are promising—you simply have to get over the old days and embrace the spirit of evolution. I get that we’re in Santa Fe, the land where tradition goes to never die, but there’s this funny little reality out there in the broader restaurant world, and it’s basically built around how restaurants can and do and should change their menus from time to time. Visit with an open mind.

Chicken karaage with a biscuit and shiitake gravy? Ummmm, yes.

ALEX DE VORE

The Teahouse salad is a great choice for a fresh and light lunch or brunch.

Santa Fe writer

Christina Vo pens the first father-daughter memoir of the Vietnamese diaspora

BY ANNABELLA FARMER author@sfreporter.com

Vietnamese-American writer Christina Vo has lived in Santa Fe for the past three years, a situation she credits with giving her the space to write.

“I think it’s the spaciousness of the land,” the author tells SFR, “the expansiveness.”

Something is working. Vo has finished two memoirs while in town, the second of which is My Vietnam, Your Vietnam (Three Rooms Press, Apr. 16), a piece written as a dual memoir with her father Nghia M. Vo. The book braids the story of Vo’s father’s youth in South Vietnam, and the trauma of being forced to flee his country after the fall of Saigon in 1975, with her own experience as a 20-something expat returning to Vietnam in the early aughts.

The dual memoir is the first of its kind in Vietnamese diasporic literature, a structure Vo finds singularly well-suited to the story of Vietnam itself, a country with a long history of division and duality beginning with its own origin story: the divorce—the first recorded in history—of the ancient king Lac Long Quân and the mountain goddess Âu Co, whose descendants split into two groups: the highlanders and the lowlanders. From this legendary split to the rules of the northern Trinh and southern Nguyen lords; the French colonization of the south; the post-WWII division between the communist-controlled north and the democratic south; to the 1975 fall of Saigon, Vietnam’s history has been, to say the least, complex. Vo’s father has his own complex history. A retired physician, he’s penned a number of books on Vietnamese history and culture, including The Pink Lotus, a self-published, fictionalized account of his time as a doctor in the South Vietnamese Army and his escape to the US at the end of the

BOOKS

She recalls attending a 2023 conference with her father at Texas Tech University, at which he presented his ideas about the “two Vietnams.” She describes it as an epiphany: “My dad spoke so passionately about Vietnam, and I thought it was so un-

war. While she was living in Vietnam, Vo began to toy with the idea of finding a way to share his story more broadly. But it wasn’t until years later when she’d completed her first book, The Veil Between Two Worlds: A Memoir of Silence, Loss, and Finding Home, that she realized the stories behind her and her father’s divergent experiences in Vietnam could intertwine.

fair that most of the voices at that conference were not Vietnamese.”

That talk motivated her to share his story, and gave her the idea to frame the book across intergenerational perspectives on the same country. One might expect the writing process for a dual memoir to be heavy on communication between co-authors. Not so for Vo and her dad. She got his permission to rework The Pink Lotus, but didn’t share her intentions for the nature or structure of her project as she began to craft the story using his book as well as her own past writings.

“I didn’t actually show him the completed book until I already had a publisher,” Vo says. “I was so scared to show it to him because I really wanted this to be out there in the world and I was so afraid that he was going to object.”

Far from objecting, her dad’s response was positive, though characteristically laconic: “Christina, this is a good book. Thank you for writing it. Attached is the revised copy. Good luck.”

The result is a profoundly tender narrative chronicling the rifts that run through the history of Vietnam and reverberate in the lives of Vietnamese people in and beyond the country to this day. While her dad’s stories lend the book historical depth, Vo’s bring it to life with reflections on her time in Vietnam seeking to ground herself in her cultural identity.

“Being part of the Vietnamese diaspora, it makes sense to speak in terms of two Vietnams,” Vo explains, mentioning the division that exists in many Vietnamese families whose older generations carry a burden of trauma from the war, and whose kids and grandkids often long to return to the country. “I think it’s part of our healing, understanding where we came from.”

With the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon approaching, My Vietnam, Your Vietnam is an opportunity to reflect on the past and reconcile the present.

“We come from a divided country— that’s part of our lineage,” Vo says. “That was also true of my relationship with my father—there was a disconnect in opinion about Vietnam. But in the end, it’s also a way that we both speak that same language, this language of loving Vietnam.”

MY VIETNAM, YOUR VIETNAM READING AND CONVERSATION

2 pm Saturday, May 11. Free Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. Register online at tinyurl.com/VoConvo

ABOVE: Author Christina Vo. BELOW: Vo and her father Nghia co-wrote their new memoir—the first of its kind—based on their disparate experiences of Vietnam.

COURTESY

Eggplants, Bananas and Identity

BY RED CELL author@sfreporter.com

Artist Frida Kahlo once famously declared, “I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”

The exploration of identity through creative expression remains a captivating theme in today’s arts world, wherein identities are constantly being reshaped and redefined. One gallery that has consistently championed identity-focused work is Santa Fe’s Kouri + Corrao.

“All the artists we work with work with their own identities,” Director Takeo Royer explains. “What I love about the artists we work with is that they are reflecting through their work the world that they want to live in, inhabit and see change in. Our job, then, is to support that vision.”

Kouri + Corrao currently represents 14 artists across a mix of local, national and international talents working in a variety of mediums, from textiles and ceramics to paper, paintings and points between. The gallery team is small, but effective; nimble, perhaps. As such, the name of the game has been solo shows for emerging or mid-career artists meticulously plotted out, sometimes even over years, before an exhibition. And it is because of the lithe management scope that Royer and his fellow gallerists have been able to maintain a personal touch in the sometimes impersonal and commercially-driven gallery world.

“I have my hand in almost every single aspect of operations from curating shows to helping nourish talent,” Royer says. “We’re an incredibly lean team—Justin Kouri, Michael

Corrao and myself. It’s the three of us.”

Last week, Kouri + Corrao closed the ceramic sculpture exhibit Current Korean-born/Canada-based sculptor Joon Hee Kim—the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition in the United States. Next up? New Zealand-based sculptor Oliver Cain.

In the upcoming exhibition Anything On Offer, Cain showcases thought-provoking works that challenge societal perceptions of gender, sexuality and identity. With a playful yet profound approach, Cain’s creations seamlessly blend elements of pop culture with historical art references, thereby inviting viewers to examine how the artist twists and manipulates his sources. With influences ranging from Duchamp and Warhol to Mapplethorpe and Tom of Finland, Cain’s provocative voice encompasses 14 sculptures and an installation featuring a gloryhole and a toilet “epically overflowing with polystyrene bananas,” according to an artist’s statement.

Kouri + Corrao gallery paves the way for young emerging artists

“A purely erotic and queer reading of my work would be misguided,” says artist Oliver Cain.

work would be misguided.”

Royer agrees.

“He uses a lot of pop symbols, like eggplants and bananas,” Royer notes. “The work we will show is more installation-based than anything we’ve ever done. It’s fun work. It’s cheeky work. ”

Outside of the more immediate imagery, Cain says it’s important to search for subtext.

“As a member of the queer community, I use this to examine, question and criticize the relationships between gender, sexuality and societies’ misconceptions about those themes,” Cain says. “But, despite what it might look like to the contemporary spectator, a purely erotic and queer reading of my

“I think good artwork always says something,” he says. “It’s...what attracts us to new artists.”

Take textile ceramicist Raven Halfmoon, whom Kouri + Corrao currently reps. With support from the gallery, she can sculpt however she sees fit, while maintaining her own sense of ownership and messaging.

“As a young Indigenous woman, she carries all this traditional and ancestral knowledge. It’s important for her to bring that into our contemporary times, into a globalized world as a millennial and as a part of a community who is still very much alive,” Royer says.

“In her work, you can see both the traditional technique of old Caddo knowledge—she’s from the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma—and her very, very modern symbols taking references from TikTok, fashion and culture.”

Royer’s regard for Cain and Halfmoon—plus numerous others, such as textile artist Karen Hampton, painter Amanda Banker and photographer Apolo Gomez—encapsulates how Kouri + Corrao’s approach extends beyond the exhibition; it encompasses a comprehensive system that puts a premium on nurturing vision.

“We spend a lot of time writing grants and applications on artists’ behalf,” Royer explains. “It allows artists to focus on the work...financially or otherwise. We always tell our artists that’s what we’re here for. Support.”

By way of a happy side effect, Kouri + Corrao has been able to transmute that support into meaningful connections with collectors and patrons. Art, after all, is work, and artists must be paid.

“People buy from people they like,” Royer observes. “Like the relationships we build with our artists, we want to do the same thing with our collectors.”

Many of those buyers, Royer says, err on the younger side. In that aspect, Kouri + Corrao can create a vibrant community that grows alongside the artists it represents.

OLIVER CAIN: ANYTHING ON OFFER OPENING RECEPTION

5-7 pm Friday, May 10. Free. Kouri + Corrao 3213 Calle Marie, (505) 820-1888

COURTESY

KOURI + CORRAO

Tarot Review

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

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

In the new ghosts-gonna-kill-’em-all outing from directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, a gaggle of college-age hotties Airbnb themselves a mansion in the Catskills, whereupon they discover the creepiest deck of tarot cards of all time. Each is hand-painted with horrible images of skeleton monsters and stabbed dudes and melting ghost-like creatures—naturally they get their friend to dole out some readings and naturally that seals their doom. Turns out the deck is cursed, and everyone starts dying in the manner through which the readings were delivered. This is where dialogue like “don’t let it hang you up” and “you could suffer a crushing blow” comes into play. And you know what? It’s

POETRY

9 + WRITING; YUN’S PERFORMANCE - CAVALCADE OF DROP-IN CHARACTERS IS NOT ALWAYS ENJOYABLE

How many times have you seen an apple? One thousand? Ten thousand? According to Poetry director/writer Lee Chang-dong (Burning), you’ve never seen an apple—at least not as seriously as you’d think. How does the light hit the fruit? What, precisely, does it smell like? What of its heft, or the feel of its skin? This, Lee posits, is the essence of creating poetry, and in this, there is a strange beauty—the re-contextualization of perception and memory, both of which become central themes in his 2010 opus. In Poetry, we follow Yang Mi-ja (Yun Jeong-hie), a 60-something grandmother and care worker grappling with what might be the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Mi-ja has noticed her arm feels funny and that she can’t remember words for everyday things. Thus, she enrolls in a poetry class at her local cultural center, perhaps in a bid to reclaim the language that eludes her. But when the body of a teen girl washes up in a nearby river and Mi-ja’s grandson (Lee Da-wit) and his friends are implicated in the events leading to the girl’s death, our heroine begins to perceive the world and her place within it in heartbreaking new ways. Poetry feels like a must-see for those grappling with age, though it might perhaps hit harder for women. From the film’s opening moments,

fun as hell. One by one, we see the group dwindle as the creatures from the cards phase into reality. And though the film’s PG-13 rating precludes it from kicking up the gore, some of the creep-out scenes almost err into experimentalism, both in style and execution.

Tarot is crammed with faces you won’t recognize—not counting contemporary Spider-Man alum Jacob Batalon as the comic relief or maybe Mean Girls musical star Avantika—but that’s OK. If nothing else, we almost want them to die, so it’s fun when they do. And though it doesn’t quite reach the po-mo heights of something like 2011’s Cabin in the Woods or the sickening depths of the most recent Evil Dead entry, Tarot becomes another footnote in the long, proud tradition of summertime cinematic scares. Is this movie stupid? Oh, yes. I mean, it’s based on a book by James D. Macdonald called Horrorscope.

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it’s clear Mi-ja gets steamrolled by just about any man she encounters, from doctors and her grandson to the man for whom she cares who tells her to smile more. What makes the whole thing worse is how these men perceive her—or don’t—as if she’s an annoyance or not even worth addressing. Yun plays this brilliantly, from the way she clenches her fists to the startled look on her face when the leaders of her grandson’s school suggest financial remuneration for the dead girl’s family as a means to not destroy any young man’s future.

How much is too much? How often do we suffer in silence? How hard can it be to do the right thing? Lee addresses these questions, though in a grounded way that is both maddening yet realistic. Mi-ja is only human, after all, and therein lies the rub: When we grapple with self-perception or consider how we appear to others, we might not like what peers back; when we consider the brevity of existence or the moral implications therein, the best we might hope for is that we lessened the hurts we bestowed upon others—and ourselves.

Yun died last year at 78, and Poetry was her final movie. As swan songs go, you could hardly ask for anything more poignant. This is why people make films. This is how we better each other across borders and languages. Please see this beautifully remastered 4k version of this movie before its run at CCA ends this week. (ADV) Center for Contemporary Arts, TV-PG, 139 min.

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

TAROT

Directed by Cohen and Halberg With a bunch of dorks, Batalon Violet Crown, Regal, PG-13, 92 min.

HERE, SUNDANCE, SUNDANCE, SUNDANCE Organizers for the Sundance Film Festival are apparently looking to take the long-running event out of Park City, Utah and move it to…no one knows yet because it’s apparently a whole to-do for the tiny little town. What we do know, at least according to Deadline, is Santa Fe wants the festival and it wants it something awful. Of course, other cities want in, too, like San Francisco, Atlanta and Salt Lake City. “All I can say is yes, we’re aware they’re looking for another host city, and we’re looking at the process,” Santa Fe Film Office head Jennifer LaBar Tapia says. Hey, don’t we already have some film festivals here? We sure do, and it does make one wonder how the folks from the Santa Fe International Film Festival might feel after they spent the last 15 years building their own brand. As it turns out, they feel pretty good about it. “I think only good for the Santa Fe International Fest could come out of something like that,” SFIFF co-founder and Artistic Director Jacques Paisner tells SFR. “I think mostly it would put a bunch of film people and their sponsors right in our backyard and be another opportunity for us to grow and expand.”

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE

Perhaps you’ve seen the signs on Siringo Road near Santa Fe High announcing there’s a film underway and there will likely be smoke? Indeed, there’s filming afoot, but no official word on the project. Rumor has it, however, it might just be for The Lost Bus, that in-production movie about the 2018 Camp Fire that tore through Paradise, California.

Who’s in the movie? Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera. What about what studio it’s for? Apple. And the director? Paul Greengrass. Is it based on a book? Yeah—it’s based on Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson. Some of the filming has thus far taken place in Ruidoso, where McConaughey was spotted hanging around last month.

CALLING ALL BDSM FANS

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When my friend Jessalyn first visited Disneyland as a child, she was smitten by its glimmering, unblemished mystery. “It was far more real than real,” she said. “A dream come true.” But after a few hours, her infatuation unraveled. She began to see through the luster. Waiting in long lines to go on the rides exhausted her. The mechanical elephant was broken. The food was unappetizing. The actor impersonating Mickey Mouse shucked his big mouse head and swilled a beer. The days ahead may have resemblances to Jessalyn’s awakening for you. This slow-motion jolt might vex you initially, although I believe it’s a healthy sign. It will lead to a cleansed perspective that’s free of illusion and teeming with clarity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keizoku wa chikara nari is a Japanese proverb that means “To continue is power.” I propose you make that your motto for the next four weeks. Everything you need to happen and all the resources you need to attract will come your way as long as your overarching intention is perseverance. This is always a key principle for you Tauruses, but especially now. If you can keep going, if you can overcome your urges to quit your devotions, you will gain a permanent invigoration of your willpower.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do you believe there are divine beings, animal spirits, and departed ancestors who are willing and able to help us? If not, you may want to skip this horoscope. I won’t be upset if you feel that way. But if you do harbor such views, as I do, I’m pleased to tell you that they will be extra available for you in the coming weeks. Remember one of the key rules about their behavior: They love to be asked for assistance; they adore it when you express your desires for them to bring you specific blessings and insights. Reach out, Gemini! Call on them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m taking a gamble here as I advise you to experiment with the counsel of visionary poet and painter William Blake (1757–1825). It’s a gamble because I’m asking you to exert a measure of caution as you explore his daring, unruly advice. Be simultaneously prudent and ebullient, Cancerian. Be discerning and wild. Be watchful and experimental. Here are Blake’s directions: 1. The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom, for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough. 2. If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise. 3. The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. 4. No bird soars too high if it soars with its own wings. 5. Exuberance is Beauty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Cosmic energies are staging a big party in your astrological House of Ambition. It’s a great time to expand and intensify your concepts of what you want to accomplish with your one wild and precious life. You will attract unexpected help as you shed your inhibitions about asking for what you really want. Life will benevolently conspire on your behalf as you dare to get bolder in defining your highest goals. Be audacious, Leo! Be brazen and brave and brilliant! I predict you will be gifted with lucid intuitions about how best to channel your drive for success. You will get feelers from influential people who can help you in your quest for victory. (PS: The phrase “your one wild and precious life” comes from poet Mary Oliver.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is it possible to be too smart for your own good? Maybe, although that won’t be a problem for you anytime soon. However, you may temporarily be too smart for some people who are fixated on conventional and simplistic solutions. You could be too super-brilliant for those who wallow in fear or regard cynicism as a sign of intelligence. But I will not advise you to dumb yourself down, dear Virgo. Instead, I will suggest you be crafty and circumspect. Act agreeable and humble, even as you plot behind the scenes to turn everything upside-down and insideout—by which I mean, make it work with more grace and benefit for everyone concerned.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In my fairy tale about your life in the coming weeks and months, you will transform from a crafty sleuth to an eager explorer. You will finish your wrestling matches with tricky angels and wander off to consort with big thinkers and deep feelers. You will finish your yeoman attempts to keep everyone happy in the human zoo and instead indulge your sacred longings for liberation and experimentation. In this fairy tale of your life, Libra, I will play the role of your secret benefactor. I will unleash a steady stream of prayers to bless you with blithe zeal as you relish every heart-opening, brain-cleansing moment of your new chapter.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming months, I will encourage you to keep deepening and refining the art of intimacy. I will rejoice as you learn more and more about how to feel close to people you care for and how to creatively deal with challenges you encounter in your quest to become closer. Dear Scorpio, I will also cheer you on whenever you dream up innovations to propitiate togetherness. Bonus blessings! If you do all I’m describing, your identity will come into brighter focus. You will know who you are with greater accuracy. Get ready! The coming weeks will offer you novel opportunities to make progress on the themes I’ve mentioned.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You could offer a workshop on the perks of wobbliness. Your anxious ruminations and worried fantasies are so colorful that I almost hesitate to tell you to stop. I’m wondering if this is one of those rare phases when you could take advantage of your so-called negative feelings. Is it possible that lurking just below the uneasiness are sensational revelations about a path to liberation? I’m guessing there are. To pluck these revelations, you must get to the core of the uneasiness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During the last 11 months, life has offered you unprecedented opportunities to deepen and ripen your emotional intelligence. You have been vividly invited to grow your wisdom about how to manage and understand your feelings. I trust you have been capitalizing on these glorious teachings. I hope you have honed your skills at tapping into the power and insights provided by your heart and gut. There’s still more time to work on this project, Capricorn. In the coming weeks, seek out breakthroughs that will climax this phase of your destiny.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau declared, “We need the tonic of wildness.” Amen! In my view, you Aquarians especially need this sweet, rugged healing power in the coming weeks. Borrowing more words from Thoreau, I urge you to exult in all that is mysterious, unsurveyed, and unfathomable. Like Thoreau, I hope you will deepen your connection with the natural world because it “it is cheerfully, musically earnest.” Share in his belief that “we must go out and re-ally ourselves to Nature every day. We must take root, send out some little fiber.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I have four questions and homework assignments for you, Pisces. 1. Is there a person in your inner circle who is close to ripening a latent talent that would ultimately benefit you? I suspect there is. What can you do to assist them? 2. Is there a pending gift or legacy that you have not yet claimed or activated? I think so. What would be a good first step to get it fully into your life? 3. What halfdormant potency could you call on and use if you were more confident about your ability to wield it? I believe you now have the wherewithal to summon the confidence you need. 4. What wasteful habit could you replace with a positive new habit?

Homework: What’s your favorite subject to fantasize about?

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