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COVER, NOV. 8: “VOTERS: YES ON MANSION TAX”
IT’S A START To the Santa Fe Association of Realtors: So, Santa Feans considered the proposed, highend real estate tax to try and ease the affordability burden in our community. Pro and con arguments were made and considered, the voters decided, decisively. Democracy at work. Good to see. As a revenue proposal, it won’t solve the affordability crisis alone, but it’s a start. It also makes me proud to see my fellow citizens are willing to accept a modest tax proposal, in order to help lower income folks get into housing or home ownership. Yet your response is a lawsuit, based apparently on a petty little fear that somehow sales volume might be marginally affected and you might lose a few bucks. Pretty unlikely, given the highly desirable pull of the highend Santa Fe second home and retirement market. By the way, we’re all still waiting to hear your plan to address the affordability
crisis here in Santa Fe? In short, you just look greedy. Garden variety greedy. It’s embarrassing. Let it go, drop your lawsuit, go away. You’ll still make money. Meanwhile, the rest of us that care about everyone in the community will keep trying to help make the dream of home ownership, or even a home itself, more available.
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BLANK CHECK Just give the city more money to mismanage. They can’t even comply with annual audits or reconcile the budget now.
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CORRECTION Last week’s story on filmmaker Godfrey Reggio’s Once Within a Time incorrectly stated Reggio’s newest movie would make its premiere in Santa Fe at the Center for Contemporary Arts. It screened at the 2022 Santa Fe International Film Festival first.
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SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER Man: “You don’t want to use the crosswalk?” Woman: “Nah, I grew up here.” —Overheard in front of the downtown Post Office “I just need a little. Maybe a gram and a half.” —Overheard from person walking on Camino del Monte Sol
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A little more Robinhood; a little less caviar.
LACK OF 2023 MONSOONS HITTING NEW MEXICO FARMERS It will probably hit you, too, right in the wallet.
SKI SANTA FE TO GET HIGH-SPEED CHAIRLIFT NEXT YEAR It would be cooler to lob skiers up the mountain with some kind of hightech trebuchet.
SUPREME COURT HAS A NEW CODE OF CONDUCT What a drag for Clarence Thomas, huh?
AIRPORT RENOVATION COMPLETION PUSHED BACK TO JULY 2024 Who could have predicted the 1950s terminal building might be in worse shape than planners thought?
THAT ’ S A FINE WINGED CARRIAGE, DADDY-O.
VIRGIN GALACTIC ANNOUNCES SPACE FLIGHT PAUSE Cross out that Christmas gift idea.
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READ IT ON SFREPORTER.COM CAMPAIGN MOPUP
The City of Santa Fe’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board plans to meet Nov. 16 to consider complaints filed over finance reports.
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more inflated numbers spurred the city into entering phase two of the master plan, she says. The City Council voted Nov. 8 on its legislative priorities for the 2024 lawmaking session. The resolution lays out the top five citywide requests for capital dollars in the based on the city’s approved Capital Infrastructure Improvement Plan including: housing to support veterans, youth and those experiencing chonic homelessness; expansion of Soccer Valley at the MRC; repairs to the wastewater treatment plant; a new fire station; and the extension of Richards Avenue across the Arroyo de los Chamisos. Santa Fe plans to ask the Legislature for $12 million for the soccer expansion project from any statewide funing pools associated with recreation and outdoor programs. Cassutt’s policy change will help ensure the state money comes through, she says. “Some of the feedback that I got from members of our delegation was that if they were going to be putting money into recreation in Santa Fe, they wanted to make sure From left: John and Wiley Horning, a father and son, practice at the Municipal Recreation Complex. that youth would have access to it, and they weren’t as excited about funding the expanused Monday through Sunday. enough space to run around and move, and sion of Soccer Valley if it wasn’t going to be Northern Soccer Club of Santa Fe it’s been very challenging to supply the kids accessible to youth as well as adults,” Cassutt Executive Director Scott Hussion tells with what they deserve.” says. SFR a big part of his job is finding fields for However, whether the city will be eliThe proposed ordinance revision would kids, something he describes as “extremely also tie into a bigger plan adopted in 2015 for gible to receive state funding remains undifficult.” “Soccer Valley” at the MRC, where backers certain as it continues to catch up on late “All the kids and all the sports are fighting hope to secure future legislative appropria- audits. At the same governing body meetover the same fields, and it’s horrible,” ing, Finance Director Emily Oster Hussion says. “Our numbers for socsaid the late Fiscal Year 2022 aucer are exploding. It’s the biggest sport dit should be completed by Dec. 4, in the world for a reason…There are but it is not clear whether the city kids gone soccer crazy in this town, will meet its Dec. 15 deadline for and there is no place for them to go FY23. Cassutt says the city is getplay.” ting back on track. Hussion says the club went from “At this point where I see we’re 1,116 to 1,698 registrations from 2022 moving with the audit, I am hopeto 2023—a 52% increase. From March ful that we should be able to receive to May and from August to October, these dollars on time,” she says. the months dedicated to soccer seaOn Nov. 13, the city announced sons, the kids are on the fields every plans to spend $1.5 million from day of the week but Sunday, he says. gross receipts tax revenue for Even before rising program numsoccer facilities. While $1 milbers, Hussion says finding field space lion is earmarked for the Salvador -Jonathan Weiss, remained an issue. The organization Perez Park field, the Public Works city’s golf course and MRC manager lost its home of eight years, the infield Department will use $500,000 to at The Downs, after the city’s effluent begin phase two design plans for water system went down last spring. the MRC expansion project. “We had to scramble, and we put fields at tions and accept private money to add four Cassutt’s proposal also calls for a field SWAN Park, and we crammed in fields at the new artificial turf fields and a dome on the use management plan that requires regular MRC. And we’ve been scrambling ever since proposed championship field for year-round review—at least once a year. City Manager to find fields for kids. You know, the usage is play. John Blair would designate somebody to extremely high,” Hussion says. “We always Parks and Open Space Division Director take the lead on its creation and how to allofind a place for kids. The biggest concern is… Melissa McDonald tells SFR soccer has been cate field use. we do tend to put more kids than we would “consistently growing” in popularity since A public hearing on the ordinance and a like on the fields. Soccer is about a game of the ‘90s when there was a “huge push” for potential vote is on the City Council agenda space and you want to make sure you have the original Soccer Valley fields. Now, even for Nov. 29.
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or as long as she can remember, Capital High School freshman Eliana Benavidez knew she wanted to work in the medical field. “I was always asking questions,” Benavidez reminisces. “When I got my tonsils taken out, I wanted to see my tonsils.” The surgeon who removed them agreed, but said the request was unusual. To Benavidez, it seemed natural: “I was just curious,” she tells SFR. That curiosity led Benavidez to seek out health care career programs at Santa Fe Public Schools, including joining the summer “Scrub Club” as an elementary school student to partake in medical science activities and pursuing the Medical Sciences Pathway that Capital offers to streamline more high school students into medical careers. Now, she and her mother are looking into pursuing Santa Fe Community College’s dual enrollment classes, which give high school students both high school and college credits at the same time. Benavidez’s career interest is common among high school students—at SFCC, the two most popular areas of study among dual credit students are film and health care, with nearly a quarter of dual credit students currently enrolled in one of these programs. “One big advantage of taking dual credit is to get started early and advance more quickly to a degree or certificate,” SFCC Dual Credit Specialist Niki McKay told students and parents at a Nov. 2 information session. “The other advantage is just practice—experience taking a college class.”
Niki McKay, Santa Fe Community College dual credit specialist, explains dual enrollment classes to Capital High School students.
SFCC provides an extensive catalog of dual credit courses, encompassing not only general education classes like algebra, biology and English, but a variety of courses under majors at the school such as criminal justice, creative arts, automotive and computer science, among others. The list of dual credit courses currently available at SFCC is 13 pages long. Dual credit has become more popular with high school students this year, according to SFCC Director of Student Engagement and Recruitment Marcos Maez. About 20% of the college’s total enrollment this semester are dual credit students, he reports, and the number of dual credit students enrolled increased 23% from the 2022 fall semester. “Currently, we are experiencing our highest-ever fall semester enrollment of dual credit students in SFCC’s history, with 880 students registered,” Maez tells SFR.
“Equally noteworthy is the diversity among our dual credit students…81% of dual credit students are students of color.” The community college waives tuition and regular service fees from dual credit classes to be more accessible, and the enrolled student’s high school pays for textbooks. Students are, however, responsible for course-specific fees, such as lab or distance-learning fees. Janet Aboytes, a college counselor at Capital, says she advises students who are unsure of their career goals to test the waters with general education courses. Both McKay and Aboytes emphasized that dual enrollment is a “big investment of time” for high school students, as community college classes cannot conflict with the students’ classes at Capital. Students will have an easier time managing this schedule if they take some of the dual enrollment classes held in Capital’s building, Aboytes told students.
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“We want you to take college classes if you’re ready, get your career going, get ahead, but keep in mind that we also have dual credit classes here [at Capital]—the early childhood class, entrepreneurship, computer science,” Aboytes said. McKay advised that students talk with her and Aboytes about what would best suit their schedules—online classes, evening classes or summer classes. She and Aboytes work as intermediaries between students and their classes, helping students adjust to navigating college courses independently. Despite being in her first semester of high school, Benavidez already has an idea of the classes she wants to focus on—forensic sciences. “I’ve been interested in [forensic pathology] and have been studying it a lot. It really stands out to me,” Benavidez says. Benavidez elaborates that she wants to be a medical examiner—to her, the job would be about “giving people who have died of the chance to be remembered and recognized.” Maez says SFCC dedicates itself to having a “meaningful impact” on dual credit students to help give them head starts on earning degrees and certificates, and success rates for dual credit students at the college are high: about 86% of dual credit students at SFCC receive a grade of C or higher in their college classes, according to Maez. “This number underscores the commitment and dedication of our dual credit students,” Maez says. “It is becoming a common sight to see dual credit students walking in our commencement ceremonies, receiving certificates, and in some rare instances, degrees.”
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BY NICK BOWLIN High Country News
Get the Shaft New Mexico’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many displaced workers
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n early 2022, the San Juan coal mine outside of Farmington, New Mexico, was preparing to shut down, along with the coal-fired power plant it fed. Meanwhile, Dave and a small crew continued to work underground, running the machinery that extracted the coal. But it wasn’t going well: “Everything that could go wrong did,” he said. (“Dave” is a pseudonym; he asked that his real name not be used, since he continues to work in the coal industry.) San Juan was a longwall mine, meaning that its coal was extracted by a colossal shearing machine that worked back and forth across an exposed panel of coal, like a deli slicer shaving off wedges of ham. An internal memo said the mine’s final coal panel had “difficult geologic conditions like nothing we had ever encountered.” A series of hydraulic jacks held up the mine’s ceiling, each jack weighing as much as 40 tons. But at San Juan, the jacks, which were supposed to sit flush with the floor, were tipped precariously back toward the coal seam. Giant rocks twice the size of Greyhound buses obstructed the work zone. In mining terms, Dave and his coworkers were “iron bound,” meaning that their equipment was stuck in the mine; the machinery on the longwall couldn’t move without colliding. “Every contractor that walked in and saw that longwall face told us to just bury” the equipment, he recalled. Dave and the remaining miners pulled the last ton of coal out of the San Juan Mine that September. The closure of the mine and plant left him and some 400 other workers—many of them Navajo Nation citizens—without a job, pulling the plug on one of the Four Corner region’s largest economic engines. Even before the closure, a quarter of the people in San Juan County, where the mine was located, were living below the poverty line. After they were laid off, the miners were supposed to get some financial relief from New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act (ETA), a sweeping climate and renewable energy law with provisions for severance payments and job training for laid-off workers. In a statement after signing the bill, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham emphasized that communities that relied on fossil fuel industries would not be left behind. “We look out for each other,” she said. “With this law, we seal that promise.” But by the time Dave’s last shift ended, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 953, to which he belongs, was embroiled in a fight with mine owner Westmoreland over the distribution of the
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THE SAN JUAN GENERATING STATION began churning out power in 1973. In 2017, its operator, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), the state’s largest regulated utility, shut down two of the four units to comply with clean air rules. The power plant was retired altogether in the fall of 2022, prompting the closure of the nearby mine, which existed to feed it. The Energy Transition Act allowed PNM to issue bonds to finance the costs of energy transition, including everything from closing the power plant to compensating displaced workers. PNM paid its
The San Juan Generating Station was officially retired in 2022.
power plant workers directly. And this summer, after extensive delays, the state— through the Department of Workforce Solutions—began the process of paying out more than $20 million in direct financial aid and job training to displaced plant and mine workers. More than a year before, in March 2022, PNM also transferred $8.8 million to an escrow account, intended for sever-
ance payments to workers at the San Juan mine. A financial institution would control the escrow account, but the amounts of those payments and who received them would be guided by data provided by Denver-based Westmoreland. Each of the approximately 200 workers at the mine stood to get around $40,000 from this chunk of change if it were evenly divided. But it seems that after PNM
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ETA funds. The dispute continues today. While most of the power plant workers and some mine employees have received their checks, Dave and other unionized miners either haven’t received a dime or else got a mere fraction of what upper-level management did. New Mexico is indeed transitioning from coal-fired power, but many miners are feeling left behind. In the San Juan Mine’s final months, Dave and the remaining miners worked to keep it running with what he called “brute force hydraulics and a little bit of luck.” Then, over a weekend, the headgate—the main entrance to the mine—collapsed. At that point, the doomed mine had little time left, but the miners repaired the collapse anyway. “We got that sucker running again,” Dave recalled. “We pulled off not one, not two, but three different miracles. “We fought it every inch of the way,” he went on. “And so all this ETA stuff was just an extra slap in the face after we did all that work.”
deposited the money, there was little remaining public oversight on how the money was divided up. That calculation was left up to Westmoreland. And, according to more than 10 interviews with former Westmoreland employees, both union and management, the company decided to use the money to pay its managers significantly more in severance than it paid the laidoff miners. On the surface, it looks like a simple matter of workplace inequities persisting even after the workplace closes: Since managers get paid more than miners, their severance payments are going to be higher. But the severance payments for the most senior unionized workers, who spent decades in the mine, appear to have topped out at around $35,000. Salaried managers—even those with far fewer years on the job—routinely pulled in well more than double that amount. Nothing in the Energy Transition Act suggests that management should have been favored to this extent—but nothing in the law prevented it, either. Duane Calhoon, an underground miner who had moved into a management position, confirmed that he received about $78,000 in Energy Transition Act severance from Westmoreland. Eric Hanon, another miner turned salaried employee, voluntarily left Westmoreland before receiving severance, but said that his superiors told him that the standard payout for salaried employees was approximately $84,000. He said that he heard of some
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other managers who received more than $100,000. Hanon didn’t know how the payout amounts were determined, but his hunch is that favoritism played a role. “It was a good old boy system,” he said. “Most coal mines are. They take care of their buddies.” “It was a good old boy system. Most coal mines are. They take care of their buddies.” After the transition payouts from the escrow account began, union officials said they asked Westmoreland to share its calculations for the severance payments, but that the company refused. (Westmoreland also refused to share this information with HCN.) According to Chris Roop, the union’s former master steward, who had worked at the mine for 15 years, the company stonewalled the union. “Over the long timespan talking with Westmoreland,” he said, “that turned into: ‘These are the numbers that we have, and we’re not going to disclose to the union how we came up with these numbers.’” So, last spring, the union filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing Westmoreland of refusing “to bargain with the Union regarding the payment of severance and the provision of job training services for workers laid off.” The complaint claimed that even though the funds came from a publicly regulated utility, Westmoreland was given “sole authority to determine distribution and authorize payment,” adding that the company claimed that the funds were “private money.” In response to a list of questions, Jon Heroux, Westmoreland’s corporate counsel for external affairs, called the allegations “spurious and unfounded” and said that the union “made no formal or informal request to Westmoreland to bargain on this matter.” “Westmoreland does not have any statutory right to bargain with, control, or
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Miners were supposed to get some financial relief from New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act, but have been embroiled with the company overseeing severance payments.
I’m just tired of waiting and waiting and holding my breath and thinking that something’s going to happen. -Lisa Kennedy, mine worker
administer any of these funds,” he said, adding that the funds were to be administered by PNM, the state-regulated utility. The agreement for the escrow account suggests that Westmoreland does have some level of control over the funds—in addition to determining the severance amounts paid out to the workers. Signed by a Westmoreland representative, the agreement stated that the coal company and the financial institution that created the escrow account would “work together to facilitate and coordinate disbursement” of the severance money. It also stated that PNM would have “no duties or obligations…relevant to facilitating or coordinating the disbursement of the severance amount.”
This was not the first time Westmoreland favored management at the expense of miners. In 2018, as the company approached Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it paid out $10 million to its top executives while trying to avoid paying health benefits to retirees, according to its bankruptcy filings. Meanwhile, Westmoreland handed out retention pay to 243 employees “critical to the Debtors’ business operations,” who were mostly high-level management, not actual miners. After the NLRB case was filed, union members said that Westmoreland halted all payouts of the energy transition funds, pending a decision. In his statement, Heroux blamed the union for the delay. “That is why we believe the Union
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A pronghorn antelope stands in a San Juan Mine reclamation area in 2019.
should withdraw this particular case immediately,” he said. “Doing so will help speed up the process of getting funds to all those who rightly deserve them.” The holdup meant that Dave and his coworkers, who had helped seal the San Juan Mine’s tunnels for good in September 2022, were laid off without receiving the funds specifically set aside to ease their transition away from coal. (Some of the miners have accessed, or are applying for, different Energy Transition Act funds.) Nearly a year and a half after the union’s complaint was filed, the Labor Relations Board is still investigating. SINCE THE MINE’S CLOSURE, MOST of the miners have found other employment. Hanon drained his 401(k) to purchase a few Freightliners and start a trucking company, which he said is struggling. Dave found another job in mining, at a small non-union operation in southwestern Colorado, across the border from Farmington. Lisa Kennedy, who worked at the mine for more than two decades, at times with her son and other relatives, told me she and other union members are considering a motion to accept Westmoreland’s severance payout terms at the next union meeting, which is in December. Kennedy, who is known as a hard-liner on the ETA payout issue, has long urged the union to keep fighting, but even she is growing weary.
“I’m just tired of waiting and waiting and holding my breath and thinking that something’s going to happen,” she said. “It’s shitty money compared to what the company guys are getting, but I’m done with it.” After he was laid off, Roop became a licensed life insurance salesman. The union’s former master steward comes from a proud line of western Colorado coal miners; at one point, he worked at San Juan alongside his father and grandfather. His current income doesn’t match that of his union job, though his schedule is more flexible now, allowing him more time with his daughter. In a Farmington coffee shop, Roop, who is stockily built and has a black beard, grew animated discussing the end of the mine. It was once a “proud” place to work, he said, and it meant something to him to work at a place where his father had voted on previous union contracts. “For that mine to have been open for so many years,” he said, “and so many families retire from there, the massive amount of benefits that came out of mine—for it to end the way that it did is really sad.” This story was originally published by High Country News, an independent magazine dedicated to coverage of the Western U.S. Subscribe, get the enewsletter, and follow HCN on Facebook and Twitter. Email Nick Bowlin, interim South Desk editor, at nickbowlin@hcn.org. SFREPORTER.COM
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POP ROCKS We’ll admit that we worried the International Folk Art Market’s 2023 takeover of the Railyard Park in Santa Fe might have gone poorly, but the beloved nonprofit actually nailed it. Missed it? Or still craving more? As it so happens, IFAM also hosts an annual Holiday Pop-Up that’s already rolled around on the calendar. At the forthcoming event, find tons of options for textiles, jewelry, clothing, paintings and so much more, and all in time for the upcoming gauntlet of holiday nonsense. Not only will you be supporting artists from around the globe who make their livings through their art, you’ll have a direct hand in helping the IFAM organization continue to bring these people to Santa Fe for years to come. (ADV) IFAM Holiday Pop-Up: 10 am-5 pm Thursday, Nov. 16-Saturday, Nov. 18; 4 pm Sunday, Nov. 19. Free. IFAM Center, 620 Cerrillos Road, (505) 992-7600
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FILM SUN/19 GENE-ETICS From Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles to Stir Crazy, The Producers and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, is there any question as to the enduring legacy of actor Gene Wilder? The man married Gilda freaking Radner, for heaven’s sake—he made us laugh and cry while elevating the idea of what a comedy performance might be. Wilder died in 2016, but his impact lives on for anyone lucky enough to view his work. One such lucky faithful was filmmaker Ron Frank, whose new documentary Remembering Gene Wilder assembles a veritable murderers’ row of comic titans to pore over Wilder’s storied career. In the film, you’ll hear from the likes of Mel Brooks, Alan Alda and Carol Kane, plus you’ll get glimpses at archival footage of Wilder himself, of Richard Pryor and Radner. It’s a bit of a tribute but an important historical document for future generations. Once there was a man named Gene Wilder, and he was very, very funny. The rest, as they say, is history. (ADV) Remembering Gene Wilder Screening: 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 19. $12-$15. Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338
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MUSIC MON/20 FULL MOON Downtown record shop Lost Padre continues its awesome onslaught of accessible early-evening shows with banger acts this week, this time in the form of local multi-genre solo hero Westin McDowell, Nevada-based country punk Charlie Marks and Canadian songstress Meredith Moon. To get it out of the way, Moon is Gordon Lightfoot’s daughter, but has more than created her own musical microcosm on her new record, Constellations. Moon’s voice is one of those that somehow physically reaches your metaphysical soul with its unearthly timbre. When Moon sings “I’m fallin’ out of love with you,” on the title track from the new one, it hits so hard that it’ll almost convince you she’s singing directly to you. Oh, she’s not flashy or overwrought, though. If anything, Moon proves that less can be so much more: a guitar and a voice, maybe a glockenspiel someplace in the background—folksy, rootsy heaven. (ADV) Autumnal Affair with Meredith Moon, Charlie Marks and Westin McDowell: 6 pm Monday, Nov. 20. Free Lost Padre Records, 131B W Water St., (505) 310-6389
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Photo Realism Photog Jess T. Dugan explores queer identity with upcoming CONTAINER show, I want you to know my story “I came to photography very young and in a very serious way,” Missouri-based photographer Jess T. Dugan tells SFR. “My work has always dovetailed in my own life and the communities I’m part of in a powerful way, and I’m always learning about myself through my work.” Dugan, now 37, didn’t ultimately consider photography until the mid-point of high school, but, they tell SFR, the arts were like safe haven as a young, queer person. Thus, over the last 20 years Dugan has zeroed in on a two-pronged strategy for exploring identity in their work—both their own identity and the identities of the broader queer communities they encounter. Dugan’s secret weapon? Intuition. To expand, Dugan is perhaps bestknown for portraiture, and they identify their subjects by feel. “I’m drawn to these people on an energetic level,” they say. “There’s just something about them I’m attracted to as an image-maker. I’m drawn to people who have a combination of strength and assertiveness, who can be really present with me. I’m drawn to the combination of strength and vulnerability, strength and gentleness—people who’ve had to fight to be who they are.”
Later, Dugan reflects upon the images they made, the emotions that came up during the shoot and the power of each image. New emotions emerge during the editing process, and of the countless shots they typically take, Dugan ends up loving a select few. Their standards have become more stringent over time, they say, but even so, they do the work in “a very organic, very visceral way.” This is apparent in Dugan’s final pieces. With the nearly two dozen photos soon to hang at Turner Carroll Gallery offshoot CONTAINER, the truest connective thread seems to be that of authenticity. Dugan works with some subjects for years, and developing a rapport can go a long way toward making others feel more open while staring down the barrel of a camera. “I often try to find a quiet moment,” Dugan explains. “I think about spirituality as human connectedness. I’m very interested in there being a through-line and in creating a certain kind of emotional space.” (Alex De Vore) JESS T. DUGAN: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY OPENING 5-7 pm Friday, Nov. 17. Free. CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way, (505) 995-0012
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BOOKS/LECTURES COMMUNITY MEETING: AZTEC SPRINGS PRESCRIBED PILE BURN Randall Davey Audubon Center 1800 Upper Canyon Road, (505) 983-4609 A community meeting giving the public a chance to learn more and ask questions of the burn team. 5:30-7 pm
EVENTS ADULT STORY TIME WITH J.S. THOMPSON AND FRIENDS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Get on stage for storytelling open mic and then stay for a reading from the hosts. 6-8 pm ALTAR SCREEN TOUR Holy Trinity Orthodox Church 231 E Cordova Road (505) 983-5826 Learn about intricate architecture and iconography. 10:30 am, $65-$75 GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-3278 The best trivia in town. 8-10 pm OPEN MIC COMEDY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Better make 'em laugh. 8 pm
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CHESSA PEAK Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Original folk, blues, rock and Americana. 4-6 pm DIRK AND AMELIA POWELL GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St., gigsantafe.tickit.ca Father-daughter duo performs Appalachian folk roots tunes. 7:30 pm, $26 JOHN FRANCIS AND THE POOR CLARES El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Local folk favorites John Francis and The Poor Clares sing your cares away. 8 pm KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared, let's hear them. 8 pm MICHAEL TORTORELLA First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 A free classical piano concert that is open to all. 5:30 pm PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS SECRET BYRD Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4414 An immersive staging of William Byrd's Mass for Five Voices. 7:30 pm, $95
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THE STEEL WHEELS Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 Americana and bluegrass from Virginia. 7:30 pm, $15 MARC AND PAULA'S ROADSIDE DISTRACTION Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St.,(505) 954-1068 Folkabilly and jazz blues. 6-9 pm
THEATER BATHSHEBA CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 An immersive experience where a biblical tale meets a modern day cult. Production by Exodus Ensemble. 7:30 pm, $15 suggested donation JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 A look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16
WORKSHOP AWARENESS MEDITATION Iconik Coffee Roasters (Red) 1366 Cerrillos Road, (505) 4280996 Meditation and breath work. 6-7:30 pm GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP Santa Fe Community Gallery 201 W. Marcy St., (505) 955-6707 An info session for artists and those interested in applying for the Art is the Solution grant offered by the city’s Arts and Culture department. 5:30-7 pm
THU/16 ART OPENINGS PARADISE COUNTRY MART POP-UP COCKTAIL RECEPTION Bishop's Lodge 1297 Bishops Lodge Road, (888) 741-0480 A cocktail reception to introduce holiday pop-up shop Paradise Country Mart—part general store, part souvenir stand. 5-7 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES JACK LOEFFLER: A PAGAN POLEMIC REFLECTIONS ON NATURE, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND ANARCHISM Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St.,(505) 988-4226 A manifesto of Loeffler's core beliefs and long experience as a fierce advocate for nature. 6 pm
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JOHN BRANDI POETRY: THE RAIN SWEEPS THROUGH READING Edwin Brooks House 533 Canyon Road, (505) 983-2567 A reading from Brandi’s latest collection of illustrated haiku. 3 pm PATTI MERRILL Zia United Methodist Church 3368 Governor Miles Road, (505) 471-0997 Merrill reads her award-winning poetry. 6:30 pm, $5 SAR ARTIST TALK AND STUDIO TOUR School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St.,(505) 954-7200 Michael Namingha talks about his time at SAR as the 2023 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow, followed by a studio tour and light reception. 5:30 pm
EVENTS ALL FIERCE COMEDY SHOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 A night filled with margs and laughs hosted by Graviel De La Plaga. 7 pm, $10 GEEKS WHO DRINK Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952 Answer questions written by a team of experts—and there are prizes! 7-9 pm IFAM ANNUAL HOLIDAY POP-UP International Folk Art Market Center 620 Cerrillos Road, (505) 395-2628 Shop an incredible selection of textiles, jewelry, paintings and more. (See SFR Picks page 17) 10 am-4 pm LADIES NIGHT AND KARAOKE The Alley 153 Paseo De Peralta, (505) 557-6789 $10 bowling and drink specials all night long for the ladies. 6-10 pm
MUSIC LIVE MUSIC THURSDAYS: LIQUID SILVER As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596 No cover rock 'n' roll. 8 pm BILL HEARNE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Pickin' and strummin' with Hearne for happy hour. 4-6 pm COUNTRY NIGHT The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, (505) 557-6182 Country tunes by Sim Balkey and his honkey-tonk crew. 6-10 pm
DAVID GEIST MUSIC EXPERIENCE Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858 Tony Award-winner Geist performs your favorite Broadway tunes, pop songs and originals. 7-10 pm, $5 JANICE MOHR NELSON The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Singer-songwriter covers and originals. 6 pm MADDY O'NEAL Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Bass, synth and electro-soul. Guests Kaipora and iDroppa. 7 pm, $22 MATT ANDERSON FEATURING ADAM BALDWIN Old San Ysidro Church 966 Old Church Road, Corrales, (505) 898-1779 Emotional singer-songwriter tunes in a historic church. 8 pm MIKE MONTIEL BAND Boxcar 133 W Water St.,(505) 988-7222 Country, blues and Americana every Thursday. 7-10 pm OPEN DECKS NIGHT Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Become the DJ of your dreams. First come first served across nine slots with 20 min sets. 7-10 pm REY WOLF Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 Swamp blues and jazz noir that takes you back to the days of old Hollywood. 6:30 pm, $10 TWO-STEPPIN’ AT TINY’S WITH HALF-BROKE HORSES Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817 Twirl your heart out on the dance floor. 7-10 pm
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ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262 A psychological thriller about a distraught mother who waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter. 7:30 pm, $15-75
WORKSHOP LEARN 3D PRINTING Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502 Learn everything you need to know to complete your first print. 10 am to 2 pm, $85 MOSAIC ART WORKSHOP 3 Sun Mountain Mosaics 555 Camino del Monte Sol, (443) 630-9209 Create your own 6x6 inch home décor mosaic piece. This class is a three-part series. 9-11 am, $240
FRI/17 ART OPENINGS AFTER HOURS AT VIVO ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, (505) 982-1320 Live music by Lisa Keating's Cords and Strings and refreshments as a special thank you to the art gallery community. 5:30-7 pm BILLIE ZANGEWA: FIELD OF DREAMS (OPENING) SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Zangewa creates intricate collages composed of handstitched fragments of raw silk. 5-9 pm BRYAN CUNNINGHAM: POSTCARDS FROM BARDO (OPENING) Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave.,(505) 557-9574 Cunningham combines found objects and sign painting with a folk art flair. 5-8 pm JESS T. DUGAN: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY (OPENING) CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way (505) 955-0012 Dugan’s photographs portray love and human emotion. (See SFR picks page 17) 5-8 pm ELEN FEINBURNG AND WOODY GALLOWAY (OPENING) New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570 Feinberg's rendered oil paintings and Galloway's painterly landscape photographs. 5-7 pm MEHRDAD MIRZAIE: IMAGO (CLOSING RECEPTION) Strata Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave.,(505) 780-5403 The last chance to see these photo prints in show. 5-7 pm
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PAUL-HENRI BOURGUIGNON AND ROGER MARTIN (OPENING) Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road, (505) 983-8815 Abstract expressionism meets animal sculpture in this dual artist show. 4-6 pm SPIRITED SKIES: JENNA VON BENEDIKT (OPENING) Gallery Wild 203 Canyon Road, (505) 467-8297 Von Benedikt's ethereal, abstracted backgrounds become an environment for her wildlife subjects to explore. 4-7 pm THE MOON BELONGS TO EVERYONE (OPENING) smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road A group show by 19 contemporary artists featuring works in dialogue with the moon and its emissaries. 6-8 pm
JAYSON CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338 An immersive audience experience, basically a choose-yourown adventure show. Production by Exodus Ensemble. 7:30 pm ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 A psychological thriller about a distraught mother who waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter. 7:30 pm, $15-$75 PAJA AND THE PEANUTS AND THE PICKY PRINCESSES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Student actors ranging in ages 6 to 12 years old perform an old-fashioned fairy tale. 7 pm, $5-$15 PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: FROZEN Monte del Sol Charter School 4157 Walking Rain Road, (505) 982-5225 When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell. 7 pm, $8-$12
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BOOKS/LECTURES GENE MEDEROS BOOK SIGNING Purple Fern Bookstore 7 Avenida Vista Grande, Ste. D5, (505) 382-8711 Meet Mederos as they discuss their newest anthology, The Dark Depths of Space. 6 pm
EVENTS FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4414 Fiber fans, this showcase is for you. New Mexico's largest fiber art show with handmade art of all shapes and sizes. Shop textiles until you’re content. 4-7 pm IFAM ANNUAL HOLIDAY POP-UP International Folk Art Market Center 620 Cerrillos Road, (505) 395-2628 Shop an incredible selection of textiles, jewelry, paintings and more. (See SFR Picks page 17) 10 am-4 pm REVIEW SANTA FE'S PORTFOLIO WALK & BOOK FAIR Santa Fe Farmers' Market 1607 Paseo De Peralta A gathering to view a broad range of contemporary and documentary photography. 5:30-8 pm TEEN CLIMBING NIGHT Santa Fe Climbing Center 3008 Cielo Court, (505) 986-8944 The perfect course for your teen to get up the wall. 6-8 pm, $12 LAUGHTER, UNCANNED Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, santafeimprov.com Laugh your roasted turkey butt off at this night of saucy Thanksgiving comedy 7:30 pm, $10
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What could be cuter than these animal sculputures by Roger Martin? This little bear and more are part of Animal Attraction, opening Friday Nov. 17 with reception from 4-6 pm.
MUSIC CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles serenades diners with vocals and piano. 6 pm D. HENRY FENTON The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Singer-songwriter happy hour vibes. 5 pm GIOIOSO STRING QUARTET First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 Chamber music from the Renaissance to the modern era. 5:30 pm HE SHE BANG PRESENTS PANDORA’S BOX The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Four nights of shows, followed by after parties. The fun never stops at Mine Shaft. 7 pm, $20
HE SHE BANG AFTERPARTY WITH MYRRHINE AND THE BIG SUITCASE The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Catch this Americana band after the He She Bang shindig. 9 pm JOHNNY LLOYD Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com We love country songs with Lloyd on the Nuckoll's patio. 6-8 pm LA DAME BLANCHE AND BCUC Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135 An expanding and singular mix of hip hop, female empowerment, dance hall and catchy beats. (See A&C page 26) 6:30 pm, $20 ORNETC. Paradiso 903 Early St.,(505) 577-5248 All original jazz from talented local musicians 7:30 pm, $15
RED VELVET FRIDAYS Cake’s Cafe 227 Galisteo St.,(505) 303-4880 DJs and dancing all night long. Where else in Santa Fe can you dance until 1 am? 8 pm-1 am, $5 RUDY BOY EXPERIMENT Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Down and dirty blues. 7-10 pm TERRY DIERS Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Blues, rock and funk from Diers. 6-8 pm
THEATER JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 A look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16
ARTIST DEMO AND HAPPY HOUR: OLIVER POLZIN Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592, (505) 946-5700 Polzin demonstrates live painting of his ethereal nature works. 4-7 pm BRONZE CASTING Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502 Learn safety basics and explore molding in the 6,000-year-old medium. 10 am-2 pm, $90 MAKE A MOSAIC CLASS Sun Mountain Mosaics 555 Camino del Monte Sol, (443) 630-9209 Create your own 4x4 inch home décor mosaic piece. Noon-3 pm, $99
SAT/18 ART OPENINGS ARTWALK SANTA FE Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820 Visit local artist vendor booths and food trucks. Noon-4 pm ELDORADO WINTER ART SHOW Eldorado Community Center 1 Hacienda Loop, Eldorado, (505) 466-4248 View or purchase various works of art by Eldorado artists. 10 am-4 pm
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SPIRITED SKIES: JENNA VON BENEDIKT Gallery Wild 203 Canyon Road, (505) 4678297 Von Benedikt's ethereal, abstracted backgrounds become an environment for her wildlife subjects to explore. 9 am-5 pm THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373 An outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, furniture, textiles and more. 9 am-2 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES IAIA AUTHOR'S TALK Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, (505) 424-2300 Neecy Twinem (Sac & Fox Nation) and Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian) read from their collection of children's books and talk about their journeys in illustration, writing and publishing. 10 am-noon STORY SLAM Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103 Submit your short story for a chance to read. Short stories should abide by the theme. This years theme goes along with the Fall season: Experiences of Change. 1-2:30 pm, $12
EVENTS CONTEMPORARY CLAY FAIR Santa Fe Women's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 983-9455 A small cooperative fair dedicated to showcasing regional ceramic art. 10 am-5 pm FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4414 New Mexico's largest fiber art show. 10 am-4 pm GEEKS WHO DRINK Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com Thought-provoking trivia. Oh, and there's prizes! 3-5 pm HIGH DESERT BOULDERING BASH Santa Fe Climbing Center 3008 Cielo Court, (505) 986-8944 A climbing event for all levels of climbers. 9 am-8 pm, $55 IFAM ANNUAL HOLIDAY POP-UP International Folk Art Market Center 620 Cerrillos Road, (505) 395-2628 Shop an incredible selection of textiles, jewelry, paintings and more. (See SFR Picks page 17) 10 am-4 pm
PUBLIC GARDEN TOUR Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103 Take an hour-long tour of the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens. 1-2 pm, $0-$12 SANTA FE LGBTQ WALKING TOUR Historic Santa Fe Plaza 63 Lincoln Ave., The renowned Garrett Peck takes you on a journey as you learn about the vibrant LGBTQ+ history that has shaped the community and cultural fabric. 9 am-noon, $30 SCREENPRINTING DEMONSTRATION: JAMISON CHĀS BANKS IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900 Banks discusses the process of screen-printing and the relationship of his work to that of Jean LaMarr (Susanville Indian Rancheria), which is on display at IAIA through Jan. 7, 2024. 2-4 pm SERENATA FLAMENCA Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St., (844) 743-3759 Experience flamenco by rail. 4 pm, $109 ZIRCUS EROTIQUE BURLESQUE & VARIETY SHOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 A neo-burlesque variety romp featuring local seductrixes Aluna Bun Bun, Mena Domina and more. 18+, please. 7 pm, $25-$70 ¡TIME FOR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT! St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-5397 A fundraising show with silent auction and speakers commemorating the United Natoions International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Nov. 25, established by the UN to honor the Mirabal sisters. 3 pm, $20
MUSIC BENNETT PASTER TRIO Paradiso 903 Early St., (505) 577-5248 A NYC jazz favorite comes to town. 7 pm, $30-$35 BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531 Piano and voice takes on blues and soul classics. 6-9 pm CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles serenades diners with vocals and piano. 6 pm
CURRY SPRINGER DUO Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Acoustic rock'n'roll. 1-3 pm MIND YOUR DINOSAUR + FOOD DRIVE As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596 Bring your non-perishable food donations for a night of live music, dancing and cocktails benefiting the Food Depot. 8 pm, by food donation HE SHE BANG PRESENTS PANDORA'S BOX Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743 Four nights of shows followed by after parties. 7 pm, $20 JJ AND THE HOOLIGANS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 High energy classic country dance tunes. 7-10 pm JOHNNY LLOYD: SKY RAILWAY Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St., (844) 743-3759 Learn about the High Desert while Lloyd's country songs set the vibe. 11 am-2:30 pm, $115 KIPP BENTLEY AND THE DURABLE GOODS BAND Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068 Local singer-songriter performs from his newly released album Durable Goods. 8-10 pm RYAN CHRYS AND THE ROUGH CUTS Boxcar 133 W Water St.,(505) 988-7222 Blazing guitars and rock'n'roll. 8 pm TVBOO Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 Bass beats all night. 8 pm, $22 THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY: HANDEL’S MESSIAH Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is a landmark oratorio, with soaring arias, memorable choruses and a hallmark Baroque flourish. 7 pm, $25-$92
OPERA THE MET: LIVE IN HD | X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 The groundbreaking opera that first made its debut in 1986 makes its way to Santa Fe at last. A cast of breakout artists take part in the operatic retelling of Malcolm X’s life. 11 am, $15-$28
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BATHSHEBA CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 A spine-tingling, immersive experience where a biblical tale meets a modern day cult. Production by Exodus Ensemble. 7:30 pm, $15 suggested donation JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 Not a historical drama, but a look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 7:30 pm, $16 ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262 A psychological thriller about a distraught mother who waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter. 2 pm, $15-$75 PAJA AND THE PEANUTS AND THE PICKY PRINCESSES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Student actors ranging in ages 6 to 12 years old perform an old-fashioned fairy tale. 11 am and 2 pm, $5-$15 PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: FROZEN Monte del Sol Charter School 4157 Walking Rain Road, (505) 982-5225 When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa, and break her icy spell. 7 pm, $8-$12
POEMS OF WOLVES & CRICKETS AND OTHER VOICES HERE Gallery 213 E. Marcy St., (562) 243-6148 Award-winning poets John Macker and Catherine Strisik read their poems of praise. 2-3 pm THE DEMOCRATIC LENS SCHOLAR LECTURES New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5100 An lecture with Makeda Best, director of curatorial affairs at the Oakland Museum of California, and Leigh Raiford, professor of African American Studies at the University of California, as they consider the social and political impact of photographs. 10:30 am-1:30 pm
SUN/19 ART OPENINGS MOUNTAINS AND SKY (OPENING) TAI Modern 1601 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 984-1387 A selection of vessel makers, painters, and sculptors. 5-7 pm RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 983-7726 Buy fine art and crafts directly from local creators. 10 am-3 pm SPIRITED SKIES: JENNA VON BENEDIKT Gallery Wild 203 Canyon Road, (505) 467-8297 Von Benedikt's ethereal, abstracted backgrounds become an environment for her wildlife subjects to explore. 9 am-5 pm
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EVENTS CONTEMPORARY CLAY FAIR Santa Fe Women's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 983-9455 A small co-op fair dedicated to showcasing regional ceramics. 10 am-5 pm FALL FIBER FIESTA Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-4414 Fiber fans, this showcase is for you. New Mexico’s largest fiber art show with hand-made art of all shapes and sizes. 10 am-4 pm GUN VIOLENCE IN NEW MEXICO: PROBLEMS, LAWS, AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 982-9674 Miranda Viscoli, co-founder and co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence describes the gun violence problem in New Mexico and new proposed solutions likely to be introduced in the 2024 NM Legislative Session. 1-2:30 pm IFAM ANNUAL HOLIDAY POP-UP International Folk Art Market Center 620 Cerrillos Road, (505) 395-2628 Shop an incredible selection of textiles, jewelry, paintings and more. (See SFR Picks page 17) 10 am-4 pm ¡TIME FOR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT! St. John's United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-5397 A fundraising show commemorating the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25, established by the UN to honor the Mirabal sisters. Proceeds go to Girls Inc., Esperanza Shelter Domestic Abuse Services, Resolve, and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. 3 pm, $20
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FILM REMEMBERING GENE WILDER Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 The Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival presents the documentary Remembering Gene Wilder. a special tribute to an endearing comedic genius and beloved star of such movie classics as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. (See SFR picks, page 17) 3-5 pm, $12-$15
FOOD DISCOVERY SERIES— ICONIC THEMES Santacafé 231 Washington Ave., (505) 984-1788 Take part in a three-course dinner and wine with the members of Brooklyn Rider—violinists Colin Jacobsen and Johnny Gandelsman, violist Nicholas Cords, and cellist Michael Nicolas. Presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica. 5:30-7 pm, $150
MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765 Listen to the sweet sound of Montgomery tickling the ivories as you enjoy a steak dinner. 6-9 pm ESTHER ROSE'S SONGWRITERS NIGHT El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Rose hosts a special songwriter night with Denver-based dream-pop artist Allison Lorenzen and Aron Taos. 7-9 pm GERRY CARTHY Legal Tender Saloon 151 Old Lamy Trail, Lamy, (505) 466-1650 Multi-instrumentalist plays fiddle, banjo, sax and more. Noon-4 pm
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HIGH DESERT RANGERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Traditional local bluegrass. 1-3 pm KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 We know you have some songs prepared, let's hear it. 8 pm SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH: BROOKLYN RIDER St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave, (505) 476-5072 Rider and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter explore the intersection of the human voice and the string quartet through the pairing of two songwriters—Franz Schubert and Rufus Wainwright. 3-4:30 pm, $33-$98 SUNDAY SWING Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom) 2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068 Jazz and swing to spice up your Sunday with Swing Soleil. 1-4 pm SUNDAY JAZZ JAM Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8474 Catch a set from the High City Jazz Quartet. 6-8 pm THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY: HANDEL’S MESSIAH Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is a landmark oratorio, with soaring arias, memorable choruses and a hallmark Baroque flourish. 4 pm, $25-$92
THEATER JQA (JOHN QUINCY ADAMS) BY AARON POSNER The Lab Theater 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576 A look into the past to explore current issues of politics and American democracy through the life of John Quincy Adams. 2 pm, $16
JAYSON CCA Santa Fe 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-1338 An immersive audience experience, basically a choose-yourown adventure show. Production by Exodus Ensemble. 3 pm PAJA AND THE PEANUTS AND THE PICKY PRINCESSES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Student actors ranging in ages 6 to 12 years old perform an old-fashioned fairy tale. 2 pm, $5-$15 PANDEMONIUM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: FROZEN Monte del Sol Charter School 4157 Walking Rain Road, (505) 982-5225 When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna's sister, Snow Queen Elsa and break her icy spell. 7 pm, $8-$12 SUNDAY GET DOWN DRAG SHOW Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 DJ Matthew Sato brings the tunes and local Divas perform to a new theme each month. Don't forget your dolla bills! Noon, $20-$50
WORKSHOP CROCHET CLASS: SNOWFLAKES Hacer Santa Fe 311 Montezuma Ave., (505) 467-8174 Crochet little snowflakes to hang in your windows for the holidays. 1 pm, $30 MIMOSAS AND A MASTERPIECE: FRIDA AND FLOWERS Artful Soul 227 Don Gaspar Ave., (505) 398-9448 Paint a picture of Frida with the help of Mickey Bond and Laura Tarnoff. 1 pm-4:30 pm, $75
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BOARDGAMES AT BOXCAR Boxcar Cafe 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Board games, tabletop role-playing and more. 7-11 pm INDUSTRY APPRECIATION NIGHT As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596 Bring your server card and get deep drink discounts to cure your woes of working in the service industry. 7 pm MONDAY FUNDAY Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369 New Mexico residents get halfprice admission on Mondays. 3-8 pm, $26
MAC WATRON: WHO OWNS THE WATER HERE? Pecos Trail Cafe 2239 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 982-9444 A discussion of how the water in the Santa Fe River has been administered since 1609 with a focus on our Water History Park and Interpretive Center. 7-8:30 pm
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VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528 Every Monday evening Lisa from Video Library (with assistance from her devotees) picks a film from her shelves—ranging from obscure cult flicks to blockbuster classics—to share on the big screen. 6:30 pm
ADULT BALLET CLASSES Genoveva Chavez Community Center 3221 W Rodeo Road, (505) 955-4000 Adult ballet let by Christine Spizzo. 11:15 am-12:15 pm, $8
MUSIC MEREDITH MOON, CHARLIE MARKS AND WESTIN MCDOWELLL Lost Padre Records 131 W Water St., Ste. B, (505) 310-6389 Folk-punk mixed with an Appalachian sound from Moon and songwriter jams from Marks and McDowell. (See SFR picks page 17) 6 pm JOHNNY LLOYD Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Lloyd plays his mix of country covers and originals. 4-6 pm
EVENTS SANTA FE FARMERS’ MARKET INSTITUTE TOURS Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets, (505) 982-3373 Enjoy communal breakfast in the Market Pavilion and a guided tour of the market. 9 am
MUSIC ALMA TRIO Pink Adobe 406 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-7712 Acoustic Latin music and fine Mexican cuisine. 6 pm D HENRY FENTON Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565 Australian singer-songwriter takes over happy hour. 4-6 pm RYAN ADAMS Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 Adams performs alone on stage. Experience an intimate showcase of Adam's lifelong dedication to songwriting. 7:30 pm, $60-$95
SANTA FE GUITAR ENSENBLE La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 Gather with like-minded musicians weekly and meet your new jam buddy. 10 am-noon THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St, (505) 982-9014 Loveless Johnson III plays with his band Brotha Love & The Blueristocrats. 8:30-11:30 pm TOPPA TOP REGGAE & INDUSTRY NIGHT Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222 Come for live reggae music and stay for drink specials. 7 pm
ONGOING JOSÉ MANUEL FORS, ABEL BARROSO AND DESBEL ALVAREZ Artes de Cuba 1700 A Lena St., (505) 303-3138 Participating artists from various parts of Cuba reflect their individuality and character through their works. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free 10 am-4 pm (UNTITLED) ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road, (505) 982-1320 A range of work in oil, acrylic, sculpture and mixed media. 10 am-5 pm daily ALBERTO GÁLVEZ: POMONA Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888 Oil-painted portraits with floral motif backdrops. 10 am-5 pm AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433 Sweet animal sculptures by Kari Rives and Fran Nicholson. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sunday
THE CALENDAR ANDREW ALBA: LIFTED LABOR form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 Alba creates abstract works with scrap construction pieces left over from his day job. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat ANDRÉ RAMOS-WOODARD: BLACK SNAFU Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582 Ramos-Woodard depicts realities of his Black experience while exposing and subverting tropes of anti-Blackness. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Fri ANDY KATZ: A WALK IN THE PARK Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road, (505) 570-5385 Katz, a world class photographer of landscapes and culture displays his photos of national parks. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Mon AS ABOVE, SO BELOW FOMA 333 Montezuma Ave., (505) 660-0121 Photographs featuring minerals, plants, animals and humans. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat AUTUMN GLOW GROUP EXHIBITION Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902 Celebrate fall with vivid landscape paintings and sculptures. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat BOB BRADY AND ROB LANG Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road, (505) 477-4ART A sculpture and photography show where both mediums channel the body of the Southwestern landscape. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat Noon-5 pm, Sun CHELSEA RUSHTON: AWAKENING ELECTR∆ Gallery 825 Early St., Ste. D, (505) 231-0354 Surreal and tender watercolor and ink paintings that explore physical and energetic understandings of body and spirit. 1-5 pm, Wed-Sun CONTINUED ON PAGE 25
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Handmade Derek Mudry elevates Santa Fe’s handpoke tattoo scene and incoming guest artist Melia Mariko ups the ante BY ALEX DE VORE a l e x @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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anta Fe once had the smallest handful of tattoo shops. Good ones, anyway, or at least the type of places that had room for ethics and safety rather than a garage or flophouse from where some jamoke with a needle and a dream would scratch out infections for all comers. As shops now proliferate in greater numbers locally, however, tattoo artist Derek “Lefty” Mudry at Dawn’s Custom Tattoo (1100 Hickox St., (505) 986-0002) stands out with gorgeous work that takes advantage of simpler methods. But he’s doing so from a professional shop, making his mark with handpoke tattoos— created without the industry’s ubiquitous coil or rotary tattoo machines. “When I started, I tried to give it more of an air of professionalism,” he tells SFR, noting that he’s self-taught and built up his expertise while playing in a touring band. “For me, it was because all my friends were dirty little punk rock kids who couldn’t afford to get tattoos.” And sure, maybe Mudry’s first forays into the tattoo-o-sphere were less than pro, but his methods remain more or less unchanged even as he refines his practice in a professional setting: sterilized needles tied together with cotton thread, a bit of India ink and a keen passion for the more primal aspects of tattoo culture. Don’t forget—machines are relatively new, yet people have been getting inked up for eons. Even a decade ago, a handpoke artist plying their trade in a reputable shop might have been unthinkable. Today, Mudry works out of Dawn’s Custom through an apprenticeship with longtime local artist Guide Baldini. Mudry can and does tattoo with machines, but, he says, most people seek him out for the handpoke work. Demand in Santa Fe has even become so large that the shop will host Colorado handpoke artist Melia Mariko in a guest spot on Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday Nov. 18. So why take this route when machine tattoos are so much quicker? In addition to the difference in sensations, handpoke is a
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more intimate and connective form of tattooing. It takes a little longer, stings a little differently than a machine-made tattoo— and it provides collectors with a different style and experience. “Most people tend to enjoy it,” Mudry says, “even if they don’t think it’s better than machine tattooing. Not having the buzz of the machine is…I have a few neurodivergent clients, and the sound of the machine makes them so anxious.” With handpoke, the anxiety melts away, he says, even as he posits the pieces are not for everyone. “For certain areas [of the body], it has an advantage,” Mudry notes, “but it’s definitely a different feeling. I’m pretty quick now, though.” And so his apprenticeship continues under Baldini, “so I can cross-train myself,” Mudry adds. Still, in a town like Santa Fe where new tattoo shops have popped up at an accelerated rate over the last 10 years, Mudry is one of the few dedicated handpoke artist working out of a storefront with safety protocols. Dawn’s Custom owner Dawn Purnell is, of course, a tattoo icon and learned under the legendary Four Star Tattoo progenitor Bill Wissman, while Baldini has decades in the biz. In other words, Mudry wouldn’t be there if he didn’t have the ability and dedication, so you can trust the process and the cleanliness. “I always did sketches, but it was kind of funny because, for me, most of the stuff I drew was for graffiti reasons or, like, carving into a desk,” he says with a laugh. “It all led me to hand poke tattoo design—for punk rock reasons.” Those are the best reasons, too! Drop Mariko a line on Instagram at @lefthandpoke to book your spot, and find Mudry on Insta at @one_dot_at_a_time.
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JERRY WELLMAN: UNEXPLAINED GIFTS Hecho a Mano 830 Canyon Road, (505) 916-1341 Wellman’s new series of monographs reaveal diaphanous figures—but only with the lightest touch of color. 10 am-5 pm daily JESS T. DUGAN: I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way, (505) 955-0012 Dugan’s photographs portray love and human emotion, exploring identity through photography, video and writing. See new photographs from their ongoing series Look at me like you love me, an audio soundtrack of their voice reading personal, diaristic texts, and the debut of a new video, Letter to My Daughter. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun JOAN MAUREEN COLLINS: ENTANGLED BEAUTY ARTIST RESIDENCY Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 Collins’ powerful and soulful abstract interpretations of her impressions of the land remind one of the fragility of the natural world. 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sun JOHN BRANDI: WIND, WATER AND TEMBLOR: GEOLOGIC RUMINATIONS El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016 Mixed-media works on paper that were initially made by an accidental spill. Oops. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri JOSÉ SIERRA: CHOLLA GALÁCTICA Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Colorful twisted vessels resembling dramatic landscapes of the desert and the forest. 10 am-5 pm MATTHEW ROWE AND HEIDI LOEWEN: THE GOLD THAT BINDS US Heidi Loewen Fine Art 315 Johnson St., (505) 988-2225 A collaborative show of porcelain platters that focuses on clay marbleization, gold leafing, blowtorching and the Japanese art of kintsugi. Noon-6 pm MEHRDAD MIRZAIE: IMAGO Strata Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave., (505) 780-5403 Image-based prints and multimedia works. 11 am-5 pm N. DASH: AND WATER SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199 Find yourself somewhere between painting and sculpture, water and land with these ecologically driven paintings. 10 am-5 pm, Fri-Mon 10 am-5 pm, Thurs
PAINTERLY EXPRESSIONISTS Pie Projects 924 Shoofly St., Ste. B, (505) 372-7681 Large scale works from some of Santa Fe’s original contemporary artists. 11 am-5 pm PAPER TRAILS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256 A mixed media exhibition that draws compelling links between printmaking icons and contemporary sculptors. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat PATRICK KIKUT: BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700, (505) 257-8417 Landscape paintings with a strong focus on unprotected lands. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat PAUL BERLIN: TRANSFORMATION OF SPIRIT TO PIGMENT, HARMONY IN CHAOS Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave., (505) 989-9888 The late Berlin is often credited with bringing aspects of modern art to the US. 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri PAUL SHAPIRO: PANORAMIC LANDSCAPES Downtown Subscription 376 Garcia St. (505) 983-3085 Panoramic photographs of Southwest and Pacific Northwest landscapes. 7 am-4 pm daily PIÑON COUNTRY Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103 A photographic installation by Christina M. Selby documenting piñon-juniper habitats. 9 am-5 pm RAYMOND JOHNSON Addison Rowe Gallery 229 E Marcy St., (505) 982-1533 Acrylic on canvas paintings for fans of real mid-century modern art. 10:30 am-5:30 pm REID RICHARDSON: VIBRANT VISTAS The Signature Gallery 102 E Water St., (505) 983-1050 This show transports viewers into a world of vivid colors, breathtaking compositions, and artistic innovation—a brighter take on the desert landscapes that you’ve seen time and time again. 10 am-5 pm, daily RHENDA SAPORITO Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 Abstract acrylic works with stark contrasting colors. This artist works on large canvasses, some as big as 15 to 18 feet long by six feet tall. 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sun
RON KINGSWOOD: ARRANGEMENTS LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250 Abstract expressionism meets wildlife art in these oil on canvas paintings. 10 am-5 pm THEODORE WADDELL Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700 Layers and layers of brushstrokes creating paintings of the landscape of the contemporary West. 10 am-5 pm PAUL CAPONIGRO AND JOHN PAUL CAPONIGRO Obscura Gallery 1405 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 577-6708 This duo highlights the similarities and differences of two generations of artists. We are talking a show between father and son. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat
VIVID: JURIED ART COMPETITION Mozaik Fine Art Gallery 713 Canyon Road, (505) 980-7136 Vibrant artworks in various mediums from artists all over the US. 10 am-7 pm daily VINCENTE TELLES: COBIJAS DE MIS MADRES Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 455-6882 Acrylic paintings of heads covered in vintage pinto bean sacks depicting the “faceless” Latino. 10 am-5 pm daily WE BELONG HERE: AN EXHIBITION Currents 826 826 Canyon Road, (505) 772-0953 Showcasing Indigenous artists to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Artists include 4KINSHIP, Josh Tafoya, Randy L. Barton and Raven Bright. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat
WILLIAM LUMPKINS: 1909-2000 Addison Rowe Gallery 229 E Marcy St., (505) 982-1533 Abstract watercolors, pastels and graphite on paper from the late Lumpkins, who was popular in Santa Fe in the 1930s. Expect abstract landscapes of Abiquiú and Lumpkin’s studies of Mescalero dance. 10:30 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Fri Noon-4pm Sat
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CHRISTINE SULLIVAN: FELT: UNRAVELING SOCIAL NORMS Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915 Sullivan’s three-dimensional artworks employ fringe and tassles combined with felt that embody symbols of religion and politics. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun CUTE AND CREEPY Pop Gallery 125 E Lincoln Ave, (505) 820-0788 Original works by Nik DuranGeiger, Laurie Mika, Joel Nakamura, Kelli Judkins-Cooper, Sophia Torres, Lynden St. Victor and more. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat DOREEN WITTENBOLS: HAPPENING FOMA 333 Montezuma Ave., (505) 660-0121 Paintings, sculptures and photographs displayed in a kitchen vignette. 11 am-5 pm GROUP SHOW Gaia Contemporary 225 Canyon Road, Ste. 6, (505) 501-0415 See a collection of contemporary artwork ranging from sculpture, abstract paintings. 10 am-5 pm, daily HIGH AND DRY EXHIBITION Jen Tough Gallery/AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive, (505) 372-7650 In addition to Lori Cult, participating NMC members include Rosario Glezmir, L Balombini, Katrina Lasko and Laurinda Stockwell. 10 am-6 pm, Fri, Sat and Sun ILEANA ALARCÓN’: CASA PAPEL Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie, (505) 820-1888 The Colombian-American sculptor shows a dreamscape consisting of 21 pieces that push the boundaries of medium and sustainability. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Sat INSPIRED BY LAND AND SEA: GROUP SHOW Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, (505) 992-0711 A display of 7 artists who draw inspiration directly from the landscape and environment around them. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat JAMEY STILLINGS AND DAVID EMITT ADAMS: RESHAPING THE EARTH photo-eye Gallery 1300 Rufina Circle, Ste. A3, (505) 988-5152 x202 A selection of images that explore natural springs in the Southwest. 10 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Sat JEREMY DEPEREZ: GLYPHS Best Western 4328 Airport Road, Ste. B (713) 530-7066 Block printing and mixed-media works examine the relationship between art and found debris. 1 pm-4 pm daily
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EnchantOrama! New Mexico Magazine Celebrates 100. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226 What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. 1 pm-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. The Nature of Glass. Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. To Make, Unmake, and Make Again. Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists of the Southwest. Locals view the Youth Push Pin exhibit at Poeh Cultural 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 Center. Art by kids, made for everyone, and on view daily pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free from 10 am-5 pm through Jan. 12, 2024. 5-7 pm every Fri May-October POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road GEORGIA MUSEUM OF INDIAN (505) 455-5041 O’KEEFFE ARTS AND CULTURE Di Wae Powa. Seeing Red: an 710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269 Indigenous Film Exhibit. Youth Push MUSEUM 217 Johnson St. Down Home. Here, Now and Pin Exhibit. (505) 946-1000 Always. Horizons: Weaving Between 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 Making a Life. Radical the Lines with Diné Textiles. Abstraction. Selections from the 10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM residents VLADEM CONTEMPORARY 404 Montezuma Ave. Collection. free first Sun of the month (505) 476-5602 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 MUSEUM OF Shadow and Light (under 18 free) INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs IAIA MUSEUM OF 706 Camino Lejo 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM CONTEMPORARY (505) 476-1204 residents free 5-7 pm every Fri NATIVE ARTS Between the Lines. Yokai: May-October 108 Cathedral Place Ghosts & Demons of Japan. WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF (505) 983-8900 Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them The Stories We Carry. The Art of Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636 Jean LaMarr. La Cartonería Mexicana / The Always in Relation. California 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon Mexican Art of Paper and Paste Stars. From Converse to Native 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM resiCanvas. Medicinal Healer, an dents free first Sun of the month MUSEUM OF Artist to Remember. Native ENCAUSTIC ART NEW MEXICO Artists Make Toys. ‘All Together. 18 County Road 55A HISTORY MUSEUM Making our Way. Every Day. (505) 424-6487 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200 Medicine.’ by Eliza Naranjo Permanent collection. Global The Santos of New Mexico. Morse. Rooted: Samples of Warming is REAL. Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Southwest baskets. 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 Campaign. Miguel Trujillo and the 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10, free to (18 and under free) Pursuit of Native Voting Rights. all first Sun of the month
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Cuban powerhouse La Dame Blanche returns to Tumbleroot for a collab with BCUC
Yaité RamosRodriguez (aka La Dame Blanche) has also been known to bring the cigar onstage duringperformances.
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f you happen upon the online events calendar for Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery, you might pause when you catch the listing for Cuba’s La Dame Blanche—a musician whose promo photo shows her oh-so-casually lighting up a big fat cigar. The vibes? Immaculate. This might also lead you to the music video of her 2021 song, “Veneno,” a track that comes in hot with a single, mesmerizing flute line soon joined by sparse percussion. Then come the riveting vocals—triumphant, defiant and magnetic all at once. “Who is this woman?!” you might ask. Meet Cuban singer, flutist and percussionist Yaité Ramos-Rodriguez, who performs at Tumbleroot for the second time this year as part of a collaboration with South African Afro-psychedelic future pop group BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) through nonprofit promotions outfit AMP Concerts. Lucky you. SFR’s conversation with Yaité RamosRodriguez has been translated from Spanish. 26
“It’s always a pleasure to return,” Ramos-Rodriguez tells SFR of Santa Fe, adding that she and BCUC share a passion for extravagance in music and on the stage. Born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, RamosRodriguez comes from a family of musicians. She’s the daughter of famed trombonist and director of the Buena Vista Social Club, Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos, but she hardly lets her father’s legacy define her own sound. Ramos-Rodriguez began studying classical flute as a child, and it remains a focal point of her music. “The flute is the main piece,” she explains. “It justifies the unjustifiable. It’s my amulet.” As it has been for some time. After graduating from the National Art School in Havana in 1994, Ramos Rodriguez stuck around Cuba’s largest city to immerse herself in its traditional folk, jazz, rumba and Afro-Cuban music. She also joined the female septet Sabor A Miel, which culled from pretty much all of the aforementioned styles. In 1998, however, Ramos-Rodriguez relocated to Paris, where, she says, she really
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ELLA is a tribute to all women. My mother is the main character, and I am her creation. ELLA is an album of which I am proud; it carries weight, vigor, courage, indiscipline. It’s ‘I do as I please. It’s about time.’ -La Dame Blanche
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came into her own as a notable Latin voice on the Parisian scene. There she joined up with the likes of pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and groups such as Rumbanana, Paris Salsa All Stars, Solside, Mambí and Sabor A Son. And she further refined her sound. Today, as La Dame Blanche, RamosRodriguez’s music is nothing if not eclectic. “Like a homemade recipe,” she says, “a thick salsa where nothing is missing because I like everything in music.” For Ramos-Rodriguez, that recipe includes ingredients from both Cuba and France. “I would say, like Josephine Baker’s ‘J’ai deux amours;’ my country and Paris,” she says. “I’ve been fortunate as an immigrant to arrive in a country where I could develop both personally and intellectually. It’s essential for my balance to know who I am and where I come from.” The next step in her journey is the upcoming La Dame Blanche album Atómica, out this December. Ramos-Rodriguez says she is inspired by the simplicity, humanity and organic aspects of life. “In search of happiness,” she says; “speaking softly and shouting through the loudspeaker in search of broken little hearts.” This speaks to an almost universal search. La Dame Blanche’s most recent album, 2020’s ELLA, has been called an homage to her mother, for example. But Ramos-Rodriguez tells SFR the record goes deeper. “ELLA is a tribute to all women,” she says. “My mother is the main character, and I am her creation. ELLA is an album of which I am proud; it carries weight, vigor, courage, indiscipline. It’s ‘I do as I please. It’s about time.’ It means much more to me than just a tribute.” La Dame Blanche will certainly bring that ethos to the Tumbleroot stage. Oh, but how did she come by that stage name? Ramos-Rodriguez references the folk legend of a lady in white, a kind of female spirit, and one that’s often up to no good who appears in the folklore of numerous cultures and countries from Ireland to the Philippines to Cuba. It’s a tongue-in-cheek nod, which, she says, suits her quite well. “At home, we say, ‘Don’t fear the dead’ and ‘I’m not afraid,’” Ramos-Rodriguez explains. “There are many legends about this character, and that’s precisely what drew me to her. I call myself La Dame Blanche, and I bring good news.” LA DAME BLANCHE WITH BCUC: 7:30 pm Friday, Nov. 17. $20-$27 Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 303-3808
And the 2023 Writing Contest winners are... Thanks to everyone who entered SFR’s 2023 Writing Contest! Winners will be notified in the coming weeks. Read them all: • Nov. 22: Nonfiction essays on “Multispecies Entanglement” • Nov. 29: Works of short fiction with theme “For the Family” You’re invited to join the winners for a reception and reading of their winning works alongside guest judge Jenn Shapland.
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Sideways director Alexander Payne joins forces with chameleon-like actor Paul Giamatti once more for The Holdovers, a sort of George Roy Hill meets 1991 Ed Harris movie Dutch by way of the Farrelly Brothers’ 1999 opus Outside Providence type of thing. And though Payne’s newest—with a script from TV writer/producer David Hemingson—might bear familiar hallmarks, its brisk performances and crackling dialogue help it to rise above its forebears. This one is just plain fun. In 1970 rural Massachusetts, young Angus Tully (a smart and cutting Dominic Sessa in his film debut) is left to languish on-campus during the Christmas break while the vast majority of his private school classmates jet off to better locales. This leaves Tully to haunt the school grounds alongside the cafeteria manager (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Lost City) and his hard-ass ancient civilizations teacher Mr. Hunham (Giamatti). The odd couple-y setup isn’t wildly original, but the constant payoffs feel fresh, at least insofar as what they represent: The Holdovers centers on disappointments, really, and universal ones at that—the trip canceled last minute; the things we want wrenched from our grip; death; com-
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Luhrmann’s maximalist 2022 film Elvis, filmmaker Sophia Coppola’s freshly released Priscilla seemingly exists to give us more insights into the iconic Elvis Presley’s life—even if it is based on Priscilla Presley’s autobiographical book Elvis and Me and supposed to be about her. Technically, actor Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown) is the star of the show, but Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi is the center of its universe as Elvis, and he drives every single moment. Priscilla follows the actually-pretty-fuckingmessed-up trajectory of a 14- or 15-year-old American army brat Priscilla Beaulieu meeting a 24-year-old Presley in Germany during his stint in the army in the late 1950s. A romance blossoms between the two, apparently with the blessing of Priscilla’s dad, who accepts a polite chat and a phone call as plenty of reason to let his daughter move back to the states and Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, when she’s, like, maybe 16. It’s not super clear who’s how old or how much time passes, actually, which we can attribute either to Coppola’s wooden and poorly written script, or to Presley herself being an executive producer on the film. Things like that tend to make the real stuff hazy, and Priscilla mostly becomes a repetitive list of rotating scenes: Elvis gets weird; Priscilla gets jealous; someone apologizes; drugs, drinking, partying; repeat. Coppola lets her film’s on-the-nose licensed soundtrack—though notably without a single track 28
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petition; adolescence and on and on. But it’s also about growth, or maybe perspective, and something about how we can’t know what someone else has gone through. The Holdovers is also quite funny. Giamatti is, as always, a joy to watch. His Mr. Hunham presents a delightful amalgamation and sendup of an almost archetypical exhausted educator who slowly relinquishes his ideas of respect and rigidity. Newcomer Sessa matches him pound for pound, too, particularly in scenes crammed with lightning-fast repartee. Neither, however, holds a candle to Randolph’s understated yet powerful performance. She is the linchpin, and the woman does more with a glance than some actors can do with pages of dialogue. Randolph’s chemistry with the ostensibly well-off Tully and Mr. Hunham underscores her character’s impossible position as someone serving entitled, educated so-called men at an East Coast
from The King himself—do most of the talking for her, leaving Spaeny to twist without dialogue and mill about looking sorrowful and isolated. She’s clearly a talented and perspicacious performer, and she could surely do much with a fuller script. Here, however, we see her reading magazines or wandering the Graceland grounds or reacting to Elvis’ moods. After a few times, we get what purpose these scenes serve, but they just keep happening. Elordi attempts to breathe life into his role, and actually nails the Elvis accent more believably than Austin Butler in Luhrmann’s film. But Priscilla jumps from scene to scene so quickly that we don’t so much get a feel for its inner workings or its principal players as much as we see very good looking people being good looking while a pop song plays over a montage. Even so, Priscilla does eke out some meaningful moments. Elordi’s imposing height finds him towering over the tiny Spaeny, for example, all the more selling how Elvis almost wanted a doll more than a partner. In one scene, he even dresses her up and explodes in a fit of rage when she wants to choose her own clothes—almost like she’s playing wrong. That concept of play becomes a central thread in Priscilla—a teenage wife who doesn’t understand her husband is a man-child and who ends up playing house within the most elaborate setup imaginable. Set against Elvis’ Olympic-level drug issues and mind-boggling pressures, it almost makes you feel for him and for Priscilla. Coppola simply moves things along too quickly for an audience to explore those feelings. (ADV)
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snob factory. Someone hand this woman an Oscar, jeeze. The Holdovers does veer notably close into Wes Anderson territory in its cutesy/soft-vocal acoustic jam moments, but Hemingson’s writing eschews the sameness of Anderson’s. When paired with Payne’s incisive directing, sparks fly. Someplace within there’s a moral about survival, or at least making room for whatever’s on the other side of the present situation—that with which, we think, we couldn’t possibly live without. What’s that old saying about how sometimes we have to tear something down to make room for another better thing?
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French filmmaker Justine Triet (Sybil) surely had a hell of a time packing so much dialogue into her new film Anatomy of a Fall, but audiences patient enough to make their way through its innumerably subtle deconstructions of family life, marriage, parenthood and creative commerce will find more than enough reasons to stay glued to that screen. In Triet’s newest, Sandra Hüller (I’m Your Man) plays accomplished writer Sandra, who winds up on trial for the murder of her husband Samuel (Samuel Theis). Perhaps he fell from the tallest level of their in-progress chalet-style home. Perhaps Sandra bashed his head in and shoved him over the railing. The evidence is compelling either way, but the more personal information that comes to light during the trial, the less viewers can be sure about. Hüller dominates the film across a variety of existential archetypal modalities, from the creator to the mother to the woman who can and should exist outside the confines of her relationships with her husband and child. If she’s warm, she’s mourning wrong; if she’s even-keeled, she’s a cold bitch; if she cries, she’s too emotional. All the while, luminous performances from Swann Arlaud as a defense attorney; Antoine Reinartz as a prosecutor; and, in flashbacks, Thiel as the put-upon husband further illustrate the challeng-
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ing nature of any sort of relationship. Anatomy cuts to the bone repeatedly, especially when exchanges thought private or personal explode into the public domain of a courtroom. Even then, gasp-worthy revelations pale in comparison to ways the mundanity of continued existence seem to mute our joys and passions: a marital argument that might have been instigated for the sake of plumbing book-worthy content; a harsh word about stolen time; how we can wind up in traps we built ourselves, even if we didn’t realize we were building them. Of particular note is young Milo Machado Graner’s performance as Sandra and Samuel’s son Daniel. As emotive as any of his more studied onscreen peers, Graner grounds the absurdity of adult interpersonal strife through the perspective of a child—kids always seem to know what’s fair or not, which is a tough row to hoe for the powerless. Arlaud wows as well, though his character can’t seem to bring himself to ask his client outright what might have really happened with her husband’s death. Against Reinartz’ chilly but capable prosecutor, sparks fly. When all is said and done, Anatomy is actually a film about how we process our failures, or even our fear of success. Sadly, we tend to aim that shit outward. Whether or not Samuel’s death was a murder becomes immaterial when weighed against the myriad little blows the characters bestow upon each other. Knowing people is perhaps as hard a thing as there is. (ADV)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In accordance with astrological omens, I would love you to experiment with blending the sacred and mundane. Bring your deep self into the daily routine and imbue ordinary rhythms with tender care. Here are a few fun rituals to get you in the groove: 1. Say prayers or chant ecstatic poems while you’re shopping. 2. Build a shrine in a parking lot. 3. Stir up an inspired epiphany while doing housework. 4. If you find yourself in a confusing or awkward situation, dance like a holy person to conjure a blessing. 5. Commune with the Divine Creator during crazy-good sex.
wonder whether you should ask a polite question that engenders harmony or a provocative question that pries loose agendas that have been half hidden, opt for the latter. If you feel nostalgic about an old tradition that stirs up little passion or fresh insight, let it go. Instead, dream up a new tradition that moves you emotionally and excites your mind. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Icelandic singer Bjork is a triple Scorpio, with sun, moon, and ascendant in your sign. Neptune is there, too, giving her even more Scorpionic intensity. It’s not surprising that she describes her daily practice like this: “I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up and kill it in the evening.” In another quote, she places greater emphasis on the rebirth: “To wake up in the morning and actually find the day exciting is the biggest victory you can have.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to exalt and celebrate the postresurrection aspects of your life’s work. It’s time for you to shine and sparkle and shimmer and bedazzle.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’ve met many people who feel their love lives are jinxed. Often, they believe this nonsense because a creepy fortune-teller declared they will forever be denied a satisfying intimate relationship. I hate that! Any astrologer who delivers such crippling bewitchments should be outed as a charlatan. The good news for you, Taurus, is that you are in a grace period for all matters regarding romance, intimacy, and togetherness. If you have ever worried SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At the risk of there is a curse, obstruction, or bad habit inhibiting your sounding melodramatic, I prophesy that what has love life, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to been lost will be found. What was last may not free yourself from it. catapult all the way into the first spot, but it might— GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini comedian Drew and will at least be close to the first. Here are more Carey says, “If I didn’t run from my fears, I wouldn’t get zingers for you as you move into the climactic stages any exercise at all.” Let’s discuss his approach in of the Season of Turnarounds and Switcheroos: A relation to you. After analyzing the astrological omens, difficult test will boost your intelligence; a rut will be I believe that as 2023 draws to a close and 2024 disrupted, freeing you to find a smooth new groove; an unfolds, you will feel less and less motivated to run unsettling twist will ultimately bring you delightful from your fears. In part, that’s because you will face support. To get the best out of the upcoming them with more courage and poise; they won’t have the challenges, Sagittarius, welcome them as same power over you. In addition, I suspect your fears opportunities to expand your understanding of how will become objectively less scary. They will be less the world works. likely to come to pass. More and more, your fine mind CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Many cultures will see how they trick you into imagining they’re more throughout history have staged rites of passage to mark threatening than they truly are. Congratulations in the transformation from childhood to puberty. In advance, Gemini! ancient Greece, for example, kids formally relinquished CANCER (June 21-July 22): I would love to see you their toys, symbolizing the intention to move into a new intensify your devotion to your masterpiece—however phase of their destinies. In accordance with astrological you understand “masterpiece.” It could be a work of art omens, I want to tweak this custom for your use, or an innovation in your job or business. It could be a Capricorn. I propose that you embrace your second new baby, an adopted pet, a redefinition of what family childhood. Fantasize about how you might refurbish means, or an invigorated community. Might even be a your innocence, curiosity, playfulness, and spontaneous beautiful alliance or enhanced connection with the joy. Then select an object that embodies a burdensome divine or a refinement of the best gift you give the world. or unpleasant aspect of adulthood. Discard it. Find an Life will conspire to help you in unexpected ways during object that signifies the fresh young spirit you’d like to the coming months if you rededicate yourself to this awaken within you. Kiss it, sing to it, and keep it in a prominent place. treasure. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Dear Sun, our one and only star: We love you and appreciate you! It’s amazing that you consume five million tons of yourself every second to generate the colossal energy you send in our direction. Thank you, beloved Sun! Is it OK with you if we think of you as a god? You are a superpowered genius of nourishment! And by the way, do you know who adores you the best? I’ll tell you: the Leo people here on Earth. They comprehend your grandeur and majesty better than anyone else. Would you consider giving them extra rewards in the coming weeks? They need and deserve a massive delivery of your bounty. Please fill them up with even more charisma, personal magnetism, vitality, and generosity of spirit than usual. I promise they will use it wisely. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo musician and actor Shirley Manson has a message for you. She testifies, “I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.” This will be especially helpful and inspirational counsel for you in the coming months, dear Virgo. The wish to appear chic or trendy or hip should be so far down on your list of priorities that it drops off the list entirely. Your assignment is to be passionately devoted to your deepest truths, unique desires, and imaginative experiments.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): For advice about money, I talk with a banker who sometimes analyzes financial trends using Tarot cards. To keep abreast of politics on the ground level, I consult with a courtesan who has a Ph.D. in political science and cultivates intimate relations with governmental leaders. For guidance about rowdy ethics and etiquette, I seek input from an activist singer in an all-women punk band. How about you, Aquarius? Now is a favorable time to take an inventory of your posse of teachers, helpers, and counselors. Make sure it’s serving you well and providing maximum inspiration and support. Hot tip: It may be time to add a new facilitator or two to your entourage. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now and then, you glide through a phase I describe as Freedom from Cosmic Compulsion. During these grace periods, fate has a reduced role in shaping your destiny. Your past doesn’t have its typical power to limit you or entrance you. According to my astrological analysis, you are now enjoying such a chapter. That’s why I predict that an infertile status quo will soon crumble. A boring, inflexible rule will become irrelevant. These and other breakthrough developments will give you extra leeway to innovate and invent. You will have a big, bright emptiness to work and play around in.
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