Santa Fe Reporter, November 2, 2022

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GREED HURTS PATIENTS

Eight years ago, my wife and I lost our child as a result of medical negligence. It was completely avoidable and we are reminded of her loss every day as we watch her twin sister in the world. My wife suffers lifelong injuries from the negligence. In 2021, we fought for the passage of HB75—legislation that balanced account ability for corporate hospitals and insurance companies while ensuring fairness for patients harmed by medical negligence. Shortly after, I joined the advisory board for the Patient Compensation Fund in order to help hold med ical corporations accountable. Yet, the strug gle continues. Despite HB75 being a historic compromise that patients led and doctors and hospitals supported, fairness for New Mexico patients continues to be politicized.

Earlier this month, Superintendent of Insurance Russ Toal released a list of chang es to HB75 that read like a corporate insur ance company’s wish list—collect premiums and refuse payouts. With that document, Toal not only went against a unanimous Patient Compensation Fund Advisory Board vote, but also abandoned his statutory duty to regulate

insurance companies and protect New Mexico families from profit-driven decisions over qual ity care. Unfortunately, the superintendent’s actions were not the last attack on patients and those who stand with them.

Now that elections are upon us, voters are being sent political ads by the Republican House Caucus, attacking legislators who stood beside patients during HB75. The Republican House Caucus sent these mailers despite near ly all Republicans in the Senate voting for the legislation. Then, we watched gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti attack the governor for signing the historic compromise into law, further politicizing the pain felt by victims of medical negligence.

Meanwhile, New Mexico families continue to deal with the fallout of corporate greed. For those wishing to dismantle the solutions that patients brought to HB75: Stop politicizing our pain. As elected officials, the depth of our loss es as New Mexico families should pressure you just as much as the corporate insurance lobby.

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CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT WHISTLEBLOWERS SETTLE LAWSUIT

The $310,000 payout makes us totally confident that nothing was amiss among the folks who run our state prisons.

LOCAL AUTHOR GEORGE RR MARTIN APPEARS ON LATE SHOW

The discussion veered into current events and, this part is true, GRRM wishes he had a dragon he could fly to the Kremlin. And how.

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A recap of SFR’s general election endorsements and explainers for ballot choices

Voter participation has already been robust in New Mexico’s general election, but with final ballots cast Tuesday, Nov. 8, here’s a reminder of what’s at stake via SFR’s recommendations and explanations published at the start of early voting. Our endorsements made arguments for Democrats who have demonstrated their commitments to voting rights and access to abortion, as well as to improving the state’s infrastructure, education and overall health care. Here’s the TL/DR version.

US Representative, Congressional District 3:

In her first term, US Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández has demonstrated her ability to work with the rest of the state’s congressio nal delegation to help secure funding des perately needed as New Mexico recovers from the economic toils of the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating wildfire sea son. And with the likely shift in the make up of Congress across the nation, she will be another crucial voice fighting to protect voting rights and women’s constitutional right to abortion.

Governor:

Incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has responded aggressively to a slate of cri ses—badgering the federal government for resources during the pandemic and loud ly demanding compensation for the US Forest Service’s role in the Hermits Peak/ Calf Canyon Fire. She also shepherded the legalization of cannabis; the expansion of college scholarships; bills to increase teacher pay; bills to fund early childhood education; bills to fund more law enforce ment hires, among many other initiatives. She has done all that while trying to re build a state government largely decimat ed by her predecessor, particularly in the area of behavioral health. (Reminder: The same political team that propelled Susana Martinez to the fourth floor is working for

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Secretary of State:

With more than a decade under her belt as an elections official, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has proven up to the challenges, and she has the knowledge and experience to both oversee the office’s myriad responsibilities and push for improvements, such as the current overhaul of its campaign finance information system. She intends to re-champion several of the important facets of election bills that failed to pass in the Legislature’s 2022 session, including the reinstatement of voting rights for the formerly incarcerated; codifying the Native American Voting Rights Act into the state’s election laws; and creating a single sign-up concept allowing voters to always receive absentee ballots in the mail if they choose.

Attorney General:

Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez handily defeated state Auditor Brian Colón for the Democratic nomination for the $95,000-a-year job to lead 200 employ ees with a $35-million annual budget. We recommend Torrez, a Harvard and Stanfordeducated New Mexican with experience in the state’s most populated district.

Auditor:

Former two-term Santa Fe City Councilor Joseph Maestas earned political cred as a councilor, then mayor in Española and is a retired engineer wrapping up a term on the Public Regulation Commission.

Treasurer:

Former Sandoval County Treasurer Laura Montoya is most prepared for the job after serving in that elected post and representing the Treasurer’s Affiliate at the Legislature.

Land Commissioner:

Incumbent Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard’s first term in that office fol lows three successful terms as a state leg islator. A former teacher, the Los Alamos resident has applied diligence to public lands administration.

New Mexico House District 46: Incumbent Democrat Rep. Andrea Romero’s articulate advocacy for cannabis legaliza tion was particularly impressive, and her overall experience is valuable to Santa Fe’s representation.

The judiciary:

SFR is not making recommendations in judicial races this year. The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission has evaluated the Supreme Court races and recommends Justice Michael Vigil for retention. Judge Jane Yohalem has not served long enough to get a JPEC review.

Appointed Supreme Court justices Brianna Zamora and Julie Vargas, both Democrats, are on the ballot against Republicans Kerry J. Morris and Thomas C. Montoya, respectively. On the Court of the Appeals, 2021-appointed Judge Gerald E. Baca, a Democrat, is running for election against Republican Barbara Johnson and Libertarian Sophie Cooper for position 1; and Democrat Katherine Anne Wray, also appointed last year, faces Libertarian Stephen Curtis and Republican Gertrude Lee for the position 2 seat.

Constitutional Amendments:

Lawmakers vetted these proposals before sending them to the ballot and SFR’s research leads us to recommend yes for all three.

Land Grant Permanent Fund:

The proposal would increase disburse ment cash from the investment of this fund from 5% of proceeds to 6.25% to benefit early-childhood education, public schools and other programs.

Appointed judges re-election:

Currently, appointed judges are up for election at the next general election af ter appointment. The proposal would ensure they have at least one year be fore standing for election.

Anti-donation clause:

The amendment would add infra structure that provides essential ser vices such as internet, energy, water or wastewater as another exception to the anti-donation clause.

New Mexico Bonds:

Should the state issue bonds for various proj ects, then repay them through property tax revenue? We recommend yes on all three.

1: $24.5 million for senior centers

2: $19.3 million for public libraries

3: $215 million for public higher edu cation, special public schools and tribal schools

Santa Fe County Bonds:

We recommend a yes vote on questions 1 and 2, both important financing tools that are key for road and water projects across the 2,000-square-mile county. But when it comes to giving the county more leeway to use pub lic funds for open space in question 3, we recommend voting no. Santa Fe County has done a poor job of keeping promises it made to southwest city residents and we don’t have faith in the next round. More than 20 years ago, these funds paid for what was sup posed to be preserved open space off South Meadows Road. A developer owns it now and wants to build housing there. We hope the county adopts meaningful review and ac countability in its open space plans.

Question 1: $13 million to acquire, construct, design, equip and improve roads

Question 2: $7 million to acquire real property and necessary water rights for, and to construct, design, equip, rehabil itate and improve water and wastewater projects

Question 3: $5 million for open space, trails and parks.

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In Santa Fe: Christian Life Church, 121 Siringo Road; Santa Fe County Fair Building, 3229 Rodeo Road; Southside Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive

Out of town: Max Coll Corridor Community Center, 16 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado; Pojoaque Satellite Office, 5 W. Gutierrez, Ste. 9; Plaza Abedon Lopez Comm. Center, 155 Camino De Quintana, Española; Town of Edgewood Administration Building, 171A NM-344, Edgewood

At the County Clerk’s Office: 102 Catron St., 8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am-6 pm, Sat, Nov. 5.

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Murder Charges Moving

they plan to file a motion to release Trujillo before his trial.

Prosecutors used police testimony, cell phone data and three home security videos to make their case that Cordero showed up to Ragle Park for a Grindr “rendezvous” on Aug. 10 before Trujillo killed him. Trujillo’s attor neys argued the state failed to show Trujillo and Cordero were the only ones at the park that morning.

Ellington said in his ruling that the “testi mony and evidence in respect to identification of the alleged shooter is all circumstantial” before binding Trujillo over for trial.

Assistant district attorneys Ramon Carrillo and Jeanine Salustri used Cordero’s and Trujillo’s phone data to show the two were at Ragle Park within minutes of each other and that Cordero’s phone was near Trujillo’s home before someone ditched it near Rodeo Road.

ing app marketed towards the LGBTQ com munity while at the park, but little else.

“I could see that Samuel Cordero was us ing the dating app Grindr, and I didn’t see any incoming or outgoing messages around the time that he left work or phone calls,” Hilderbrandt said from the witness stand.

Prosecutors argued an email address they say is associated with Trujillo was linked to a Grindr profile showing a user aged 19. Hilderbrandt testified there was no evidence showing the two communicated or connect ed on the app.

Trujillo’s mother about her work hours. Hilderbrandt testified that Trujillo’s mother said she usually gets up for work around “3 am-ish.”

Search warrants police executed on two addresses believed to be associated with Trujillo turned up several guns, Hilderbrandt testified, particularly two 9 mm handguns. Others testified on Monday that 9 mm cas ings were found near Cordero’s body.

BY ANDY LYMAN andylyman@sfreporter.com

Just as Santa Fe prosecutors got the green light from a judge to proceed on murder charges against a teenaged sus pect in an August killing this week, they were back in court a day later, filing motions to de tain two other people, 19 and 25, until trial in a separate suspected homicide.

In the more recent case, a 21-year-old woman was allegedly killed with a sword in a Southside neighborhood over the weekend. The pretrial detention motions are pending.

Meanwhile, First Judicial District Judge T. Glenn Ellington on Monday ruled from the bench that prosecutors cleared a prob able-cause hurdle and can try Elijah Judah Trujillo on first-degree murder and evidence tampering charges. Trujillo was 15 when po lice say he fatally shot Samuel Cordero, 60. Trujillo, now 16, will remain in custody as the case proceeds.

Jerry Archuleta, one of Trujillo’s lawyers, tells SFR he and his co-counsel, Les Romaine, have not spoken with Trujillo in private, and

Prosecutors relied heavily on the tes timony of Santa Fe Police Det. Rebecca Hilderbrandt, who testified that data from Cordero’s phone shows he was using the dat

The DA’s office also relied on three vid eos from a security camera at the home of Trujillo’s stepfather, which Hilderbrandt said from the witness stand show Trujillo walking up to the home several minutes after police say Cordero was killed. The videos, according to Hilderbrandt, also show Trujillo leaving the house 20 minutes later with his mother and sister and returning to the house with his mother around 5 am.

During cross examination Archuleta pressed Hilderbrandt on statements from

Trujillo’s lawyers successfully blocked testimony from Hilderbrandt about further test results on the guns, arguing that it was hearsay.

Trujillo turned 16 about a month after Cordero was killed. Ellington did not set a tri al date on Monday.

The day before, Santa Fe Police arrested Kiara McCulley, 19, and Isaac Apodaca, 25 as suspects in the killing of Grace Jennings, 21.

According to a criminal complaint first filed in Santa Fe County Magistrate Court, police say McCulley stabbed Jennings to death and that they found a bloody sword at the scene.

The two have not made their initial court appearance, but prosecutors filed a motion on Tuesday to detain them until trial. The criminal complaint alleges that McCulley told police she suffers from undiagnosed mul tiple personality disorder and that Apodaca pushed McCulley to kill Jennings.

McCulley does not have a criminal his tory in New Mexico, a search of online court records shows, but Apodaca was charged with domestic violence against McCulley in April. That case was dismissed the day after the two were arrested on suspicion of killing Jennings.

According to the DA’s office, McCulley asked for the domestic violence case to be dismissed and Apodaca agreed to go through a year-long domestic violence program. Prosecutors could still refile that case.

Jennings’ death marks Santa Fe’s sixth ho micide case this year.

Murder suspect Elijah Judah Trujillo, 16, seated next to his lawyer, Les Romaine, listens to testimony during a preliminary hearing in Santa Fe.

ANDY LYMAN

Two recent homicide cases in Santa Fe—both with unusual allegations—are making their way through the legal system

FIRST

An age-old crisis has finally begun to capture the attention of lawmakers, law enforcement, consumers of journalism and others. The acronym has changed—from MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) to MMIWR (adding the “R” for relatives) to MMIP (for persons)—but the phenom enon hasn’t: Native people are disappeared and killed at grossly disproportionate rates compared to other races and ethnicities, particularly in the American West, and those impacted have for generations been largely invisible to those in power. Awareness has been a long time coming; action remains elusive.

For this week’s cover story, we present different lenses on the MMIP crisis and what officials in two states are doing to combat it. The first comes from the North Coast Journal of Politics, People and Art, a weekly paper in Humboldt County, California and a fellow member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Through reporting on a symposium the Yurok Tribe hosted in October, you’ll see that, in California, officials have made relatively significant progress, though there’s plenty more to do.

The second piece comes from Bella Davis, a former SFR staffer and member of the Yurok Tribe who now covers Indigenous affairs for New Mexico In Depth Bella explores the recommendations of a state-mandated MMIP task force and what has—and hasn’t—been accomplished to move those recommendations along in New Mexico, where the epidemic is among the nation’s worst.

BY BELLA DAVIS New Mexico In Depth

When Vangie Randall-Shorty’s son, 23-year-old Zachariah Juwaun Shorty, went missing in July 2020 and was found dead a few days later on the Navajo Nation, communicating with law enforcement emerged as one of the primary roadblocks to the search for answers.

Most of the police officers involved in the case, which remains unsolved more than two years later, could be more compassionate and make her feel heard, says Randall-Shorty (Diné). They could at least respond when she asks for updates or tries to share potential leads.

But, for the most part, they don’t.

So, now, she offers support to other fam ilies with missing or murdered loved ones, some of whom get in touch with her at events held throughout the state to raise awareness and demand solutions.

“Not knowing where to go, not having the resources, I was lost,” Randall-Shorty says. “There are some families who still have fam ily members who are missing and they’ve giv en up because of the lack of resources. I want to be able to help them and tell them, ‘Let’s get these cases reopened. Let’s continue fighting together.’ To know the pain, it makes me want to fight that much more.”

Mandated cultural sensitivity and trau ma-informed police training are among sev eral recommendations laid out in a response plan the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force—created by the Legislature in 2019—published in May. Another recommendation: creating dedicat ed liaison positions to provide support for victims and their families and help them nav igate the system.

Despite a clear need for further action to address a longstanding crisis in New Mexico and around the nation, it’s unclear when the

Legislature will move forward with many of the reforms outlined in the response plan, which families and advocates say they favor.

During an interim Legislative Indian Affairs Committee meeting on Oct. 4, Indian Affairs Secretary Lynn Trujillo, who also chairs the task force, gave legislators an up date. State Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, asked whether the group needed anything from the Legislature other than funding.

“At this time I don’t have a response for you but it doesn’t mean that I won’t have one later,” Trujillo responded, adding that the task force was focused last year on pushing for two bills dealing with the crisis, both of which passed. “There are probably a number of legislative proposals within the state re sponse plan that could be potential pieces of legislation in this upcoming 60-day session.”

A spokeswoman for the Indian Affairs Department wrote over email that Trujillo was unavailable for an interview, and the department did not provide a statement in dicating whether there have been any devel opments since last month’s meeting.

State Rep. Derrick Lente, a Democrat from Sandia Pueblo who sits on the interim committee, says he hopes to speak with task force members ahead of January’s legislative session about potential laws or appropria tions, adding that he hasn’t been involved in any discussions on the issue since the meeting.

“I think that we have to be better and more intentional about how we’re going to respond now that they’ve gone through this process of task forcing, to begin to make some real in vestments in change,” Lente says. “There still is time to develop something. Obviously time is getting shorter and shorter, but...I want to be there to support in any way I can.”

An FBI list last updated on Oct. 11 shows 192 missing Indigenous people in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. New Mexico has the most missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in the nation, according to a 64-page report the state task force issued in December 2020. And Albuquerque ranked second for such cases out of 71 cities surveyed by the Urban Indian Health Institute in 2017. Gallup, with just 22,000 residents, ranked sixth.

In February, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bills 12 and 13, which allowed

New Mexico makes progress in addressing missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis, but future legislative reforms remain unclear

the Attorney General’s Office to hire a spe cialist focused on missing Indigenous peo ple and designated Missing in New Mexico Day, which included an event at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque on Oct. 22.

Randall-Shorty and other family mem bers attended and spoke one-on-one with law enforcement officials from around the state, including Raul Bujanda, special agent in charge of the Albuquerque FBI Division. Families were also able to file and update reports, submit DNA samples and access support services.

Randall-Shorty says she found the event helpful, in part because Bujanda showed care for her family and listened carefully to their story, though she characterized the opportunity as “just the beginning steps.”

Another highlight: The state Department of Public Safety in June added a tribal affiliation requirement to its National Crime Information Center missing person form, according to Regina Chacon, bureau chief of the department’s Law Enforcement Records Bureau. The task force recommended the addition to increase accurate data collection.

But gaps remain, and advocates point to specific proposals they’d like to see in troduced during the 60-day session set to begin Jan. 17.

Michele Curtis (Diné) and Celina Montoya-Garcia (Ohkay Owingeh), with the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, say they hope the Legislature pursues law enforcement re forms the task force recommended, includ ing training and family liaison positions.

“I’ve heard a lot of families talk about how it’s hard for them to even get any sup port from law enforcement,” Montoya-

Garcia says. “What does support from law enforcement look like? I feel like there should be advocates who are also law en forcement members because there’s been a lot of negative feedback when it comes to reaching out.”

Liaisons could be involved from the outset, she says, when families first report a missing person. Indigenous people filling those positions would be a bonus, though Montoya-Garcia doesn’t think that should be a requirement.

The task force response plan notes that training and liaisons could play an import ant role in preventing additional trauma for victims and their families in the report ing process. That’s an urgent priority, the report says, not only from a “human rights and social justice perspective,” but also be cause it can discourage cooperation with law enforcement and therefore leave cases cold.

“I do hear families, when they have de tectives investigating the case of their miss ing loved ones, they’re so angry because whoever’s investigating will bring up their loved ones’ past, like substance addictions,” Curtis says. “That’s so insensitive to say to a family.”

Those changes likely would have made Randall-Shorty’s experience with law en forcement less challenging, she says.

“All I want is answers,” Randall-Shorty says. “I carry this pain every day. Sometimes it’s overbearing. I just want Zach to be re membered for who he is—for that beautiful smile that he wore, the sound of his laugh ter. I want everybody to know that I’m his mom and I will continue fighting.”

This story was co-published with New Mexico In Depth, an SFR partner.

BY THADEUS GREENSON The North Coast Journal

If someone new to the conversation walked into the Yurok Tribe’s first Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Symposium on Oct. 4 expecting an arm’s-length policy discussion, they would have quickly realized their mistake.

They may have looked past the ven dor booths designed to showcase Native makers, or the way the 300 seats were arranged around circular tables in the Arcata Community Center in Northern California, clad with black tablecloths and regalia centerpieces to foster small group discussions. And they may have missed that the catered lunch was an in tentional opportunity to break bread. But within minutes of the program’s start, it would have been impossible to miss that the subject had directly touched many in attendance.

“I come with a heavy heart today,” said Norma Contreras, tribal chair of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians. “My fam ily member...three years ago, we found one of my family members’ body on the reservation.”

As a tribal council member at the time, Contreras was forced to balance grieving and governing, a task all too familiar to many of her peers: tribal leaders from as far south as Jamul Indian Village to the northernmost edge of the state.

In short order, Yurok Councilmember Phillip Williams took the microphone.

“In 2017, Oct. 31, my daughter went missing. The next day, she was found, and she was passed. And I went through a lot of pain,” Williams said, his voice brief ly cracking with emotion. “I apologize. That’s how I became a tribal leader…I look at all the women in my family—my mother, my mother-in-law, my sisters, my aunties, my nieces—they’ve all been affected by violence. So I’ve done a lot of soul searching and the conclusion I’ve

come to is we need to raise the value of an Indigenous life.”

With Williams’ comments and the attendant emotions they drew, the sym posium began—a day-long event that fea tured three panel discussions with some of the state’s foremost experts on the MMIP epidemic. Tribal leaders and those working on the front lines of the crisis answered the Yurok Tribe’s invitation. Federal, tribal and state law enforcement officers came, too, as did prosecutors and elected officials.

“No one tribe, no one advocate, no one individual can lead this effort,” said Yurok Tribal Chair Joseph James. “Last night, we did a cultural sharing event, too, and it was good to dance and pray, to walk in the footsteps and seek guidance from the Creator...What we want to get out of this summit here today is, as I’ve always said, awareness is great, awareness is needed, and we will continue to do that. But it’s time for action.”

“Made Safe”

It’s perhaps fitting that the day’s first question was about the epidemic’s root causes. It went to Abby Abinanti. A Yurok tribal member and the first Native to become a member of the California Bar Association, she has served as the Yurok Tribal Court’s chief justice since 2008. Abinanti’s Yurok Wellness Court has been heralded as an example of a progressive, culturally relevant justice system.

“When you’re talking about murdered and missing, that’s a symptom and it’s not a cause,” Abinanti said. “And it comes from what’s happening in our homelands and what’s happening to our people.”

Keeley Linton, who serves as executive director for the Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition and has spent two de cades working to reduce family violence, pointed to the MMIP crisis’ long history.

“This is an old problem of missing Indian women—it’s been going on since the late 1800s,” she said.

While it looks different today, Indigenous people have long felt the generational trauma and impacts of an

Vangie Randall-Shorty, in black, talks to law enforcement officials about her son.

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Yurok Tribe’s California MMIP symposium focuses on action, solutions

attempted genocide, not to mention an al most institutionalized invisibility through which they are frequently undercounted and ignored.

Blythe George knows this better than most. A Yurok tribal member, George is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California at Merced who helped lead the Yurok Tribe’s three-year To’ Kee Skuy’ Soo Ney-Wo-Chek’ (I Will See You Again in a Good Way) project, which sought to quantify the MMIP ep idemic and develop a blueprint for tribal responses.

“I often say, you don’t know what you don’t know,” George said. “Unfortunately, many of us in this room, we are sometimes only one or two people removed from an active case. But when it comes to the great majority of Americans, they don’t really have anywhere to start, they don’t un derstand the problem, and getting data is such an important part of that.”

George explained that demographic data often fails to properly count Native

people, noting they are often listed incor rectly if they are “white passing” or have a Latinx-sounding last name. And even when counted correctly, law enforcement and other agencies often don’t share the data, which creates difficulty in even iden tifying Native homicide victims or chil dren in foster care.

But George stressed that the limit ed data available shows an “alarming trend” of disproportionate rates of violent crimes against Native people, particularly women.

“As a Native woman, I tell my students I’m just as likely to die of homicide as of heart disease or diabetes,” George said.

Panelists pointed to a complex web of causal factors, from high rates of genera tional trauma to intervention programs that aren’t culturally informed. Native children end up in foster care at huge ly disproportionate rates—35 to 40% of all children in Humboldt County foster care, while Native people make up only 6.4% of the population, according to state

Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg. Once there, those children experience dispro portionately poor outcomes.

Raechel Ibarra, an Indigenous advo cate and caseworker at a nonprofit law firm, said children frequently leave foster care placements, which can land them in youth jails, where services are limited and outcomes diminish, adding to the “foster care to MMIP pipeline.” She doesn’t “have a youth in foster care who doesn’t have an incarcerated parent, and these parents have trauma.”

“My personal opinion: I believe that youth in foster care are hunted because no one looks for them,” Ibarra said. “They are the most vulnerable population because their identities have to be concealed...We only know about them because they’re our sister’s children, our mother’s children or part of our communities.”

When Native people find themselves in crisis, the same programs that often fail their non-Native counterparts are even less effective for them.

“How many times could they have been made safe before they were taken?” George said.

There’s a dire need for culturally in formed programs, said Morning Star Gali, a member of the Pit River Tribe and project director for Restoring Justice for Indigenous People. Tribal communities often don’t have safe housing programs, leaving survivors of abuse to move to ur ban areas. Some rehabilitation programs have proven effective for Native people, Gali said, but they don’t always meet the criteria for billable services under govern ment-run health care plans.

April McGill, a California Native wom an who serves as director of the commu nity partnerships and projects for the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, said cultural practice is crucial to community, noting that children want a feeling of belonging, whether through hunting, fishing or dance.

“Once our young people are connect ed, we will see a decrease in our missing people, our murdered people, because we know our culture is prevention,” McGill said, adding that cultural services are also needed in adulthood. “Want to go to a talking circle? That’s billable. You want to go to a sweat? That should be a billable service.”

“Time is Lost”

If you break the law in Indian Country, there are a host of agencies that can step in to enforce it, from federal to state to tribal to local.

“But when you need help, they’re often wondering who it is to help you,” George said.

Multiple panelists lamented the juris dictional morass created by Public Law 280, which Congress passed in 1953 and granted states criminal jurisdiction over Native reservations. The law took full

TIME TO ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

Yurok tribal youth Tey-wu-lauw McQuillen addresses a panel of tribal officials from across California about the importance of Native representation in school curriculum during the Yurok Tribe’s MMIP symposium.

police powers away from tribal police of ficers, leaving county sheriffs—often with sprawling, rural districts—to enforce state laws on tribal lands. This muddies juris dictional boundaries to the point that when a tribal member is reported missing, there’s often a dispute over which law en forcement agency should investigate.

“Valuable time is lost when we’re wor rying about whose case it is,” said George, spotlighting a well-known axiom in law enforcement circles: The first 48 hours are crucial in solving a homicide case.

But Public Law 280 created problems well beyond disagreements over jurisdic tion, said Yurok Tribal Police Chief Greg

O’Rourke. The statute also impacts his ability to retain quality officers and keep them safe in the field.

Tribal police officers aren’t treated as equal officers under the law, O’Rourke said, adding that they aren’t afforded the protections of the state Peace Officers Bill of Rights, access to the statewide police union’s legal defense fund or state pen sions. Officers in museum and transit po lice departments get these things but not tribal officers, Yurok Tribal Prosecutor Rosemary Deck added, and O’Rourke said the dynamic turns his department into a training ground for state, county and city departments.

The disparity also freezes tribal officers out of state and national databases used to track everything from restraining orders to missing persons. O’Rourke said tribal officers can’t upload tribal court orders into a state database—a potentially crucial step for protecting victims of domestic vi olence and other forms of abuse.

“All of these issues are compounded when someone calls law enforcement at 2 am,” O’Rourke said.

Many of the issues underlying the MMIP crisis were brought into pain ful focus midday, when Judy and Gary Risling—parents of Emmilee Risling, who was reported missing in October 2021— addressed the symposium. They felt dis connected when their daughter, clearly in a worsening mental health crisis, would be picked up by police while walking naked only to have officers say they couldn’t do anything because she wasn’t a danger to herself or others.

“I feel walking naked is being a danger

to yourself,” Gary Risling said. “It may be a nice thing [not to arrest her] but it’s not the right thing.”

Judy Risling noted that within days of a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ordering Emmilee released from jail with a promise to appear at a future court date, she “became an MMIP.”

Gary Risling asked Christopher Lorenz, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ California justice ser vices office, why the agency never helped search for his daughter. Lorenz said he could have provided resources but didn’t have jurisdiction.

What if they’d found a body? Gary Risling asked.

“If you found a body and the sheriff asked me to help, I can help,” Lorenz said,

underscoring Public Law 280’s effect.

Gary Risling described a conversation he had with one of Emmilee’s children, noting that “a piece of you dies” when you lose a child, but it’s a trauma that will span generations. “The thing that kills me the most is when your 10-year-old grandson says, ‘Grandpa, can you take me down to look for my mom?’”

He said he replied that a lot of people were out looking.

“What happens if we don’t find her?” he recalled the child asking.

“Well,” he said, “we’ll keep looking.”

“Your Issue, As Well’

The event closed with a roundtable dis cussion among tribal and state leaders. Native officials praised recent laws insti tuting a “feather alert” system to spread word of missing Indigenous people and an initiative to provide the Department of Justice funding to study and track MMIP cases.

They also asked for more funding for forensic testing, noting that when a bone is found on tribal lands, they sometimes can’t pay for the testing to determine if it’s from an animal or a person. They asked for changes to Public Law 280 to put more power and resources in tribal hands. They asked for better data sharing, funding for dual treatment mental health cen ters, more representation in local school curriculums.

At one point, a tribal leader asked ev eryone in the room who’d had a loved one murdered or go missing to stand up. About a quarter of the room stood.

“Look how many people are standing,” the leader implored the state, federal and county elected officials. “This is why ev eryone’s here. This is what we need you for.”

Abby Abinanti, chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court, was the first to speak in the first panel of the day, “A Primer on MMIP & Systems Change.”

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Humboldt County Sheriff Billy Honsal (left) and other sheriff’s department employees (foreground) listened to the first panel of the day, “A Primer on MMIP & Systems Change.”

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The family member of a missing Indigenous person from Round Valley, California.

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MUSIC THU/3

MUTATIONS

The psych-rock world is a rather interesting one, with deep roots in the experimentalism of the 1960s, but also an ongoing presence within the realm of contemporary bands, singer-songwriters, et al. And though there are any number of groups for music fans to discover, one of the most enduring and influential bands anyplace would clearly be Brazil’s Os Mutantes. Founded way back in 1968 (1964 if you wanna get technical about brothers Arnaldo and Sérgio Baptista’s first musical forays), Os Mutantes not only enjoyed a heyday throughout the ’70s, it reunited in 2006, kicked off another era of excellence across numerous records and collaborations (Beck, even!) and, now, it heads to Santa Fe to teach us a thing or two about the Tropicália genre. Neat! (ADV)

Os Mutantes: 8 pm Thursday, Nov. 3. $25 Meow Wolf, 1352 Rufina Circle, (505) 395-6369

BIG ON BOOKS

Santa Feans who are tuned in to all things library already know about the NEA Big Read of There, There this year. And no doubt author Tommy Orange’s 2018 book—winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the American Book Award among other accolades—was already widely read in these parts. It’s themes of urban Indigenous youth grappling with coming of age, generational trauma and historical narrative resonate here, and that’s why we expect a full house when Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho) appears in a public interview this weekend alongside National Native News journalist Antonia Gonzales (Navajo) for an evening at Santa Fe Indian School. (Julie Ann Grimm)

An Evening with Tommy Orange: 6:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 5. Free. Santa Fe Indian School 1501 Cerrillos Road, (505) 989-6300 Register at bit.ly/3FvMKyC

EVENT MON/7

GEEKS/DRINK

For those who’ve yet to get down with the Jean Cocteau Cinema’s new take on entertainment, what are you waiting for? Oh, sure, they’ll still play films, but they’re hosting any number of standup acts, live podcast recordings, readings, convos and, come Mon day, everybody’s favorite pubquiz. Yeah, just don’t call Geeks Who Drink trivia, friends, because the folks who run and attend the ongoing contest of smarts and useless knowledge think of it more like a battle royale of glorious nerd-dom. You’ll need a crack team to navigate anything from sports, TV, music, film, video games and whatever else, but to the victors go the spoils—which in this case is mainly bar bucks for future hangs or, sometimes, Cocteau swag. (ADV)

Geeks Who Drink:

7 pm Monday, Nov. 7. Free. Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528

Earth Day is Every Day

By the time Los Angeles-based photog rapher Kelly Sena had finished reading Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang in 2002, you might say she’d become radicalized and more aware of the plight of the environment. She was ready to pursue something intense. Previously, Sena’s Birds of North America project had explored humankind’s impact on our feath ered friends, but between Abbey’s words and an introduction to now-defunct envi ronmental activist groups like Earth First!, the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front, Sena found herself travel ing to observe activists on trial for alleged crimes committed years earlier. Some had freed animals from fur factories, others had scuttled traps or even blown up SUVs; all believed humanity’s impact on the globe had become devastating.

“Because of Birds of North America, I already had my toe in the water when I discovered these activists,” Sena tells SFR.

“The Joint Terrorism Task Forces created a Green Scare—like a riff on McCarthy’s Red Scare—and as I started to look around I started to notice there was something there, something rich.”

Sena hatched a plan for a project wherein correspondence with indicted, incarcerated or otherwise harangued ac tivists would lead to more travel, gorgeous

images and a project that speaks volumes to this day. Opening at Foto Forum Santa Fe this Friday, For the Wild, features shots directed by those incarcerated activists and executed by Sena.

“I thought, why don’t I write them while they’re in prison and ask where they go in their mind’s eye when they’re incarcerated to stay sane,” Sena explains. “Suddenly I started getting all these replies, and they were really receptive—so I said, ‘Tell me where to go, I’ll go do recon; then send you pictures and you can tell me yay or nay, what angles;’ I wanted to empower them.”

Thus began her journey to various re mote locales around the country at the behest of activists Rodney Coronado, Jonathan Paul, Jeffrey “Free” Luers and others. The project would ultimately be completed in 2012, along with an archival book of Sena’s correspondence—both of which now come to Santa Fe.

“All but one of these people are out now,” Sena says. “Part of their agreement is they’re not to speak publicly anymore, so I feel like I’m their voice in a way. I don’t want them to disappear.” (Alex De Vore)

KELLY SENA: FOR THE WILD OPENING 5-7 pm Friday, Nov. 4. Free Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2585

Photographer Kelly Sena revisits wild older project with Foto Forum Santa Fe show

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ONGOING

ART OPENINGS

A NEW MEXICAN BURIAL No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org

Photographer JC Gonzo presents a survey of cemeteries located throughout the state. During events or by appt., free

ALISON HIXON Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART New surrealist works. 10 am-5 pm, free

ANCESTRAL IMAGINATION BY JACKS MCNAMARA form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Santa Fe-based McNamara creates cosmic, meditative unique works on wood. 10 am-5 pm, free

BARRY MCCUAN: LE BEAU SOLEIL Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road (505) 983-8815

McCuan's oil landscapes make us feel so calm and pleasant. 10 am-5 pm, free

CAMILLE HOFFMAN: MOTHERLANDS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Using materials such as plastic bags and mass-produced vinyl landscapes, Hoffman transmutes American landscapes into site-specific experiences.

10 am-5 pm, free

CHRISTA STEPHENS, PERCEPTUAL ABSTRACTIONS: FIELD THEORIES FROM THE AUTISM SPECTRUM

Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road (505) 501-2915

A series of earlier works contrasted against recent pieces. Expect abstract geometry with bold beautiful colors.

11 am-5 pm, free

EARTH'S OTHER Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953

Wherein six artists use the power of prints to explore both the Earth and otherworldliness, thereby coming to a place of beauty, strangeness and excitement. Honestly, CURRENTS is so great.

Noon-6 pm, free

EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS | NICHOLAS HERRERA

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

Santa Fe aritst Nicholas Herrera celebrates life and death in this provocative exhibition of santos and more by contemplating mortality with reverence, humor and love.

10am-5pm, free

FRITZ SCHOLDER: 85TH BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION

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

Explore a diverse body of work by the legendary Scholder (1937–2005) to celebrate his posthumous birthday.

10 am–6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am–5pm, Sat, free

JOOMI CHUNG, (IN)VISIBLE Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road, Ste. 1C (505) 780-5403

Video installation and gouache paintings.

10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

JUN KANEKO: SOLO EXHIBITION

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

Kaneko's exhibition presents key pieces of his lesser-known study—muted tones, copper surface effects and geometric compositions. 10 am-5 pm, free

LINDA STOJAK: AS OF NOW LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250

Highly nuanced and evocative representation of the female figure.

10 am–6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am–5 pm, Sat, free

MAX COLE: ENDLESS JOURNEY

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

A selection of paintings and works on paper spanning 19622022.

10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free

MEGAN BENT: PATIENT/ BELONGINGS form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256

Photographic meditations from the COVID-inspired series, I Don’t Want to Paint A Silver Lining Around It 10 am-5 pm, free

MICHAEL DIAZ DRESSED IN WATER

5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 5pointgallery.com

An exhibition of new work from Diaz. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free

MICHAEL WILDING AND KAORI TAKAMURA G2 Gallery 702 1/2 Canyon Road (505) 982-1212

Sculptor Wilding and painter Takamura have new works. 10 am-5 pm, free

MY AMERICA Obscura Gallery 1405 Paseo De Peralta (505) 577-6708

A solo photography exhibition addressing themes of family, culture, legacy and the Black experience.

11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free

Suzanne Sbarge opens her new show, aptly dubbed New Works, at Hecho Gallery this week.

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FALL COLORS STORYTIME AND CRAFT

Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

This story hour and craft time provides social, physical and cognitive skill practice for kindergarten readiness.

10:30 am, free

JENNIFER O’NEAL: BEYOND THE TRAIL OF BROKEN TREATIES: THE INTERNATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1975-1980 Online

The School for Advanced Research hosts the University of Oregon’s Jennifer O’Neal, who lectures online. Register through bit.ly/3U9VZZi. 2 pm, free

KIDS SING-ALONG WITH THE QUEEN BEE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

KARAOKE NIGHT Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St. (505) 988-7222

Classic karaoke 10 pm, free

LUCIUS Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 The New York-based indie-pop act comes to Santa Fe. 7 pm, $30-$35

MARC & PAULA’S ROADSIDE DISTRACTION

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

New original folkabilly songs. 1-3 pm, free

THE MET LIVE IN HD: MEDEA

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

PETER BUREGA: CHANGING LIGHT

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

Sophisticated and abstract oil paintings. 10 am–6 pm, Mon-Fri; 10 am–5 pm, Sat, free

ROBIN JONES: YOU WERE BORN WITH WINGS Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St. (505) 954-9902

A new series of paintings celebrating youth and the planet. 10 am-6 pm, free

SELF-DETERMINED: A CONTEMPORARY SURVEY OF NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS ARTISTS

Center For Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, SANTA FE, 2160672

Thirteen notable contemporary Indignous artists. 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10

SHIRIN NESHAT: LAND OF DREAMS

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199

Solo exhibition by IranianAmerican artist, photogtrapher and filmmaker Neshat. 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, free

WILD PIGMENT PROJECT form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505)216-1256

Works created with foraged pigments. 10 am-5 pm, Tues–Sat, free

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BOOKS/LECTURES

BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES

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

A program for babies and toddlers uses music and song to introduce language. 10 am, free

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

The local music educators get the kids singing. 3:15-4:15 pm, free

TEEN LOUNGE Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860 A safe space for teens. 1:30-3:30 pm, free

VIRTUAL DISCUSSION: THERE THERE BY TOMMY ORANGE Online

Discuss Orange's debut novel. Register through bit.ly/3FvZFjQ. 6 pm, free

EVENTS

ALL THINGS YARN!

Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St. (505) 955-4860 Knit, crochet and more. 5:30-7:30 pm, free

HOTLINE B(L)INGO

Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St. (505) 983-0134

Tell yer grandmas. $2/round! 7 pm, $2

MODERN KADAMPA BUDDHIST MEDITATION

Zoetic 230 St. Francis Drive (505) 292-5293

Meditation is good for the soul.

6-7:30 pm, $10

YOUTH CHESS CLUB

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

It’s chess...for youths. 5:45-7:45 pm, free

MUSIC

JOHN FRANCIS & THE POOR CLARES

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

A free night of country/ Americana-y jam-a-lamz. with John Francis and the boys. 8-10 pm, free

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky opens the new season as the mythic sorceress. 6 pm, $22

RANDY MULKEY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Singer-songwriter stuff. 4 pm, free

RHYMECRAFT AT THE MINE SHAFT

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

Local hip-hop crew Outstanding Citizens. 7 pm, free

THEATER

AN ILIAD

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

The tale of the Trojan War just got an update. 7 pm, $25

WORKSHOP

ART JAM WEDNESDAYS

Alas de Agua Art Collective 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 alasdeagua.com Make art. 5:30 pm, free

CNC PLASMA CUTTER BADGE MAKE Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502

Fundamentals of plasma cutting and the science behind it. Are you still cutting metal without plasma?! What year is this, bro?!

2-6 pm, $90

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ART OPENINGS

WOVEN & HANDMADE

Bishop's Lodge Ranch Resort 1297 Bishop's Lodge Road, (505) 983-6377

Catch new pieces from local textile artist Rhiannon Griego. 4-8 pm, free

Photos from Le : Shelby Kaye, Michelle Bracewell, Kelly Wilgus, Estevan Apodaca

of the best things about the term “rockstar” is that it can apply to pretty much anyone in music who kicks ass. It’s true, as well, in the classical sphere, where composers like Mozart were shocking, rollicking figures in their day, and where a pianist like Simone Dinnerstein can claim the title with sheer chops. Still, classical music is a tough nut to crack for some folks, so we wanted to dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding it in a brief interview with Dinnerstein. You’ll find her digging into Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 twice this week at the Santa Fe Pro Musica Fall Orchestra Concert (7 pm Saturday, Nov. 5 and 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 6. $22-$92. Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234), so it seemed a good time to bug her for some answers. This interview has been edited for space and clarity. (Alex De Vore)

Let’s get into something uncomfortable right away, which is this idea that classical music is not always accessible. Is keeping music universal important to you, and if so, how do you go about that?

The way I think about it has to do with education and, you know, a lot of classical music is no longer taught in general education—elementary, middle, high school—and also, many children are not even studying instruments in school anymore.

I think there’s a real connection between getting to play the music and also having it be part of what one learns about at school; being interested in the music and thinking it’s something you can enjoy. Personally, I’ve done various things over the years to try and bring music into public and elementary schools, and that’s just been my own way of trying to make it more readily available.

But I think this is true of not just classical music, but classic literature, art, the old masters in art, all of these older art forms... there just seems to be less of a place for them in society. I went to public school in Brooklyn, and I might have had a unique experience in that the music teacher at our school was quite eccentric and loved Renaissance music, so I grew up...studying music and people studied instruments at the school. But there have been a lot of cuts in music education funding. When I travel

around the United States, it seems to vary by what areas you’re in. Some places I’ve gone to—for instance I’ve done mini-residencies in Fairfax, Virginia, where they have an active orchestral program and band program and the kids are exposed to a lot of music; whereas if you’re in New York City, there’s very little in the public schools.

There’s elitism in there, but I don’t feel the response is to dumb down the music. I think it should be available to everyone, and of course, because of streaming platforms, anybody can listen to anything. In terms of going to see a concert, I think personally the ticket prices are way too high, but on the other hand people seem to be perfectly comfortable [spending similar amounts] to see a basketball game.

When you have these pieces that have been played and reinterpreted so many times, like Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, for example, how do you make them your own? How do you help them evolve?

I think because we live in a time when so much recorded music is readily available, it’s very possible to listen to many different recordings. There’s a sense of tradition and understanding how things were played, but of course, all of these traditions are changeable, and what was stylistically correct in the 1950s is not considered correct in 2022, so you have to think about those changes in style.

When I’m playing a piece of music I’ve heard a lot, I stop listening to anything and I try to go back to the actual score, so I’m trying to delve into it in a way as if I’d never heard it before. I’m looking for all the things I think are interesting and have drawn me to the piece. Sometimes that can lead me in unusual directions—discovering a hidden line or voice I hadn’t heard before, or there’s an element that draws me thematically. It’s almost like being a detective. I never go at it like, ‘How am I going to play it different?’ I try to think of like having an unbiased view of a piece.

What is one misconception you wish you could dispel when it comes to concerts of this caliber?

I think that it would be wonderful if we could not focus on all of the formality around going to a concert and instead focus on the music. I think the reason we still play this music is it reflects something very true about us as people. The music describes emotions and beauty and sorrow, and there’s an architecture that’s compelling.

An analogy would be that I’m a big fan of the writing of Dickens, and I think one of the reasons I love reading his work...is I find it fascinating that someone from such a different time could describe people in a way that’s so familiar. It’s like holding up a mirror to ourselves, and I think that’s what great art does. If people who are not familiar could just listen to classical music in that way, they could find there’s so much richness.

With Pianist Simone Dinnerstein

BOOKS/LECTURES

COMMUNITY BOOK

DISCUSSION: FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER

Santa Fe Public Library

LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

Discuss Angeline Boulley’s YA novel about a young Indigenous girl taking on corruption in her community. 4 pm, free

COMMUNITY BOOK

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

Discuss Tommy Orange’s critically acclaimed novel. 6 pm, free

ESTERIO SEGURA: HYBRID OF A CHRYSLER Artes de Cuba 1700 A Lena St. (505) 303-3138

The Midtown gallery welcomes artist Segura, who'll sign copies of his limited edition book. 5:30 pm, free

EVENTS

CHESS AND JAZZ CLUB

No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.com Gather with buds to play chess and listen to jazz. All levels welcome, plus tea! 6-8 pm, free

CIRCUS STORYTIME AND CRAFT

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

This story and craft hour provides practice for kindergarten readiness.

10:30-11:30 am, free

YOGA AND MOVEMENT FOR KIDS

Santa Fe Public Library

LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860 Induct your kiddos into the long and beneficial history of yoga. 10:30-11:30 am, free

FOOD

SUSHI POP-UP WITH BRENT JUNG

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Get in the sushi game. 4-8 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge (Eldorado Hotel) 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Blues, soul and more for fans of James Taylor, Tom Waits, Carol King and such.

7-10 pm, free

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

A Texas singer-songwriter. 4 pm, free

HELLO DARLIN’

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

A little bit of the ol’ Americana. 7 pm, free

KATJA SULC Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

The Midtown theater welcomes Slovenian singer-songwriter Sulc, who is fresh off her fourth studio album, Caricias. Paraguas doesn't often do concerts, so that's pretty rad.

7:30 pm, $20

LAS CAFETERAS

Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St. (505) 955-6590

LA's Las Cafeteras merge rock with soul, Afro-Mexicano sounds and hip-hop. This is a benefit for the Los Cosecha Dual Language Conference, which will ultimately help raise money for dual language education in New Mexico.

7:30 pm, $28-$33

OS MUTANTES

Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

Let's just be real here—for this massively popular and influential Brazilian psych-rock band to play in Santa Fe is huge, yet here we are. (See SFR Picks, page 17) 8 pm, $25

FRI/4

ART OPENINGS

GREG MURR: FIELDS AND GATHERINGS (OPENING)

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

Paintings inspired by a single peony.

5-7 pm, free

KELLY SENA: FOR THE WILD (OPENING)

Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582

Environmental photography (See SFR Picks, page 17). 5-7 pm, free

PETER STEPHENS + CECIL TOUCHON: BETWEEN THE LINES (OPENING)

Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888

Stephens shows new acrylic abstracts, while Touchon unveils new paintings and collages.

5-7 pm, free

SUZANNE SBARGE: NEW WORKS (OPENING)

Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882

New paintings that are maybe surrealism-adjacent, but definitely tell a dream-like story. 5-7 pm, free

TAMARA RYMER (OPENING)

Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace Ave. (505) 501-6555

Western lifestyle works. 9:30 am-5:30 pm

BOOKS/LECTURES

BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES

Santa Fe Public Library LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

A program for babies and toddlers. 10 am, free

JEWELRY CONVERSATION WITH MASTER SILVERSMITH NORBERT PESHLAKAI

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636

The Navajo silversmith shares his stuff in conversation.

3:45-4:45 pm, free

READ RUNNERS BOOK CLUB

Santa Fe Public Library

LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

A book club for 9-12 year olds. 3:45-4:45 pm, free

DANCE

MEMORIES OF DOÑA TULES

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 A tribute via Flamenco. 7 pm, $20-$25

EVENTS

FRED HARVEY HISTORY WEEKEND

New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200

Learn about Harvey, the Harvey girls, the railroad and all that other good stuff that went down.

12:30-5 pm, by admission

GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278 Pub quiz. 7 pm, $2

MEOW WOLF: ADULTI-VERSE Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Meow Wolf sends the kids packing so adults can freely roam the joint shouting swear after swear. 6 pm, $35

POTTERY THROWDOWN! Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 Demonstrations, drinks, more. 5-8 pm, $20

FILM

THE LOVE THAT WOULD NOT DIE TRILOGY SCREENING Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

The zombie puppet musical series screens its three films. 9 pm, $15

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DIRTY BROWN JUG BAND

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

Country/rock and more surpris es from the local-ish act. 7 pm, free

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

A Memphis-born/Santa Fe-based singer-songwriter. 4 pm, free

PRISM BI!TCH SOCIAL CLUB

The Bridge @Santa Fe Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place (505) 577-6182

When they’re not busy traveling the country opening for Built to Spill, this Albuquerque-based post-rock act SLAAAAPS around New Mexico. Seriously, they’re so good. Don’t blow it. 7 pm, $10

THE SHIVA SESSIONS

WORKSHOP

FAMILY STORIES COLLAGE WORKSHOP

Santa Fe Public Library

LaFarge Branch 1730 Llano St., (505) 955-4860

Bring in family photos and create a work of art on canvas incorporating collage techniques. Then you’ll have something nice to hang up at home for when people come over. “That’s our family,” you’ll say while they nod in solemn understanding. 2-3 pm, free

SAT/5

ART OPENINGS

DIXON STUDIO TOUR

Town of Dixon dixonarts.org

NM MUSEUM OF ART LIBRARY BOOK SALE

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5073 Buy books—cash only! 10 am, free

READ TO A PUP!

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

Children can read to a therapy dog, and we’re not kidding. 11:30 am-12:30 pm, free

EVENTS

DANCE PARTY INTO THE FUTURE Palace Prime 142 W Palace Ave. (505) 919-9935

BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail Blues and soul. 6-9 pm, free KIM RICHEY Dance Station 947 W Alameda St., Ste. B (505) 989-9788 Americana singer-songwriter. 8 pm, $20

THE MET LIVE IN HD: LA TRAVIATA

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

The Francesco Maria Piave tale of love gone weird within the richer parts of society. 11 am, $22-$28

STANLIE KEE & STEP-IN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565

Bluuuuuuueeeeeessss, man. 1 pm, free

TWO OF A KIND: EDDIE DANIELS AND ROGER KELLAWAY

Santa Fe School of Cooking 125 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4511

Grammy-winning jazz duo Daniels and Kellaway. Dinner included.

6:30-9:30 pm, $195

THEATER

OPEN SCREEN V2

No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.com

More than 15 short films culled from an open selection process. Free popcorn; masks required. By appt., free

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

The popular food truck stops by Tumbleroot to remind everyone why more chile is always a wise plan. Always. 4-9 pm, free

MUSIC

BOB MAUS

Cava Lounge (Eldorado Hotel) 309 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-4455

Blues, soul and more for fans of Carole King and such. 7-10 pm, free

DEAR DOCTOR

Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743 Folk. 5 pm, free

Alchemy Studios 2859 State Hwy 14, Madrid (828) 246-5899

A trio of singer-songwriters. This show is limited to 35 guests, so please call to RSVP before you drive all the way out to Madrid. And don’t say we didn’t warn you!

6 pm, $10-$15

SMOKIN’ COALS

Upper Crust Pizza 329 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 982-0000

Guitar and harmonica. We’re picturing Blues Traveler sounds, but one never knows. Can anyone ever truly know about Blues Traveler? 6:30-9 pm, free

THEATER

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

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

Tri-M Productions presents Stephen Sondheim's classic show about love and forums and funny things. In the show, the enslaved Pseudolus vies for freedom by setting up his master Hero with a babe. 7 pm, $30-$50

Visit artists in their elements throughout the Embudo Valley. 9 am-5 pm, free

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET

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

Weekly outdoor art market. 9 am-2 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

AN EVENING WITH TOMMY ORANGE

Santa Fe Indian School 1501 Cerrillos Road (505) 989-6300

Author Orange talks his debut novel, There There, as part of the NEA’s Big Read program. (See SFR Picks, page 17) 6:30 pm, free

BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES

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

Young ones learn language through books and music. 10 am, free

NANOWRIMO

COME WRITE IN

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

Young folks learn fun approaches to writing. 10 am-1 pm, free

The Santa Fe Playhouse celebrates its 100th with a dance party featuring DJs Raashan Ahmad and Christina Swilley. Tix via santafeplayhouse.org. 9:30 pm, $30

FILM

THE LOVE THAT WOULD NOT DIE TRILOGY SCREENING Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528

Everyone’s favorite zombie puppet musical series screens its three films. 9 pm, $15

FOOD

MAS CHILE POP-UP Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Tacos, burritos and more. 4-9 pm, free

MUSIC

AN EVENING OF THE BLUES WITH JHETT BLACK Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Oh, sure—we could sit here and make Cowboy Bebop jokes until the cows come home, but we won’t! Blues artist Sam Barlow opens the night. See you there, space cowboy? 7 pm, $15

ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

If you like the Allman Brothers, you’ll probably like this Allman Brothers cover band. 2 pm, free ST. LUCIA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 We hear tickets are selling fast for this synthy electro duo. 10 pm, $29

SANTA FE OPERA: YOUNG VOICES

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

A concert featuring the Santa Fe Opera’s Young Voices. 11 am, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

The Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra performs with guest conductor Robert Tweten and pianist Simone Dinnerstein. (See 3 Questions, page 20) 7-8:30 pm, $22-$92

SILVER SKY BLUES BAND Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743

Three guesses as to what this band plays. 7 pm, free

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E. De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262

Tri-M Productions presents Stephen Sondheim's beloved show.

2 pm and 7 pm, $30-$50

WORKSHOP

PARENT AND TOT CREATIVE MOVEMENT

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

Using fun music and stories, early preschool age children can exercise their bodies and minds. 10-11 am, free

SERIOUS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH Online

This 10-hour workshop teaches students (6th grade and up) to write software in Python on the Linux operating system—an approach that carries over to real work and internships. Sign up through bit.ly/3U3ANEh. 10 am-5:30 pm, free

WOODSHOP BADGE

MAKE Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502

Get a broad understanding of navigating a well-equipped wood shop while learning the safety basics through practice. Students must be at least 16 or have their parent or guardian sign a waiver.

2-6 pm, $90

SUN/6

BOOKS/LECTURES

YOUTH POETRY READING Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail (505) 982-1338

Santa Fe Youth Poet Laureate Elena Gonzales curates a lineup of notable and local young writers and reads herself.

5:30 pm, $10-$20

EVENTS

GROUNDED IN CLAY FILM DAY Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1250

Catch some docs relating to the museum's Grounded in Clay show.

10:30 am, free

GEEKS WHO DRINK Desert Dogs Brewery and Cidery 112 W San Francisco St. (505) 983-0134

If you build it (being a team of dorks), they will come (by which we mean they’ll go with you to do the pub quiz). You can win prizes, including bar bucks, maybe. It’s fun no matter what. 7 pm, free

MUSIC

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

Traditional bluegrass. You know what that means, yeah? Banjo, probably. UPDATE: We looked it up, and there's for sure a banjo. 12 pm, free

HIGH DESERT WINDS: FALL BACK CONCERT St. Francis Auditorium @NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave (505) 476-5072

Guest conductor David Jennison digs into Sousa while you turn your clocks back. You'll also hear jamz from Copland and Piazzolla.

2-3:30 pm, free

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

If we’re talking about the kind of karma Patrick Swayze’s character had in the movie Roadhouse, people are in trou ble. Of course, we’re likely not talking about that. This is Americana.

2 pm, free

SANTA FE PRO MUSICA: FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234

The Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Caroline Shaw, and Mozart in concerts featuring guest conductor Robert Tweten and pianist Simone Dinnerstein. (See 3 Questions, page 20) 3-4:30 pm, $22-$92

THEATER HYMNS TO THE BODY BY TIAS LITTLE & ORIGINAL SONGS BY SCOTT THORTON Ellsworth Gallery 215 E Palace Ave. (505) 989-7900

We know it’s not, like THEATER theater, but Tias reads from his collection of prose and poems, Hymns to the Body, and Scott performs original songs with guitar. We salute Ellsworth for expanding its offerings.

5 pm, free

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E. De Vargas St. 988-4262

Tri-M Productions presents Stephen Sondheim's first (and perhaps funniest) musical. 2 pm, $30-$50

WORKSHOP

SERIOUS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH Online

This 10-hour workshop teaches students (6th grade and up) to write software in Python on the Linux operating system. This is an approach that carries over to real work and internships. Sign up through bit.ly/3U3ANEh. 1-4:45 pm, free

MON/7

DANCE

SANTA FE SWING

Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road 87505, 690-4165

Old fashioned swing to big band and blues. $8 for the class and dance; $3 for just the open dance (which starts at 8 pm). 7 pm, $3-$8

EVENTS

GEEKS WHO DRINK

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

Monday night trivia at the Jean Cocteau means you and your nerd friends can show off all that crap you know. (See SFR Picks, page 17)

7-9pm, free

MUSIC

FIRST MONDAY NEW MUSIC SERIES

Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601

Sarama<>Miraz, an electronic duo from Los Angeles combining synthwave, ambient, cinematic and world music joins Double Image, a Santa Fe based performer combining experimental electronics with jazz. 8 pm to 10 pm, $10

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

They call it “folkabilly.” 4 pm, free

MELT-BANANA Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369

The legendary Japanese popmeets-noise-meets-metal act brings the heat to Santa Fe. Our guess? If it hasn't sold out already, it likely will super fast. 8 pm, $17

TUE/8

ART OPENINGS

SPECTRALS FROM A SHORELESS SEA (OPENING) Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road, Ste. 1C (505) 780-5403

A solo exhibition by New Mexico-based artist Anna Rotty explores the relationship between home, environment and memory through photos and other media. Masks required. 10 am-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES

FLOWER POWER: HOW NEW MEXICO NATIVE PLANTS ATTRACT POLLINATORS

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

Hosted by the New Mexico Native Plant Society, this week’s lecture is hosted by Kaitlin Haase, Southwest Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces Society. 6:30 pm, free

KNIGHTS PRINCESSES AND PRINCES STORYTIME AND CRAFT

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

Story and craft hour. 10:30-11:30 am, free

WAGS & WORDS

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

Kids read to dogs. Rad! 6-7 pm, free

FOOD

POKI TAKO POP-UP

Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808

Chef Randy Tapia does poki. 4-8:30 pm, free

MUSIC

BELINDA CARLISLE

Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234

The Go-Gos singer—you know she's a freaking rockstar. 7 pm, $59-$79

ENSEMBLE BASIANI Cristo Rey Parish 1120 Canyon Road (505) 983-8528

The State Ensemble of Georgian folk singing, Ensemble Basiani, is one of the most unique and magnificent vocal ensembles in the world. 7:30 pm, $28-$95

THE GR8FUL 8TH Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., 303-3808

A party built around dancing and giving thanks with reggae act Boomroots Collective, Latin rock troupe Nosotros and more, incluing booths from local nonprofit orgs. 7 pm, free

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

The local songstress pulls from Americana, rock, blues and more for a singularly gorgeous style. We liked her last record a lot, and we’d never steer you wrong as far as we know. 4 pm, free

MARC & PAULA’S ROADSIDE DISTRACTION La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St. (505) 982-5511

Marc and Paula dig into music, stories and friendship across a genre they describe as “folkabilly.” 7 pm, free

MUSEUMS

IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900

Athena LaTocha: Mesabi Redux. Matrilineal: Legacies of Our Mothers. Art of Indigenous Fashion. 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10

MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART 18 County Road 55A (505) 424-6487

Global Warming is Real Juried Exhibition. 11 am-4 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 (18 and under free)

MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. ReVOlution. Here, Now and Always. Painted Reflections. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$9

MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo (505) 476-1200

Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia. Fashioning Identities. Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $3-$12

NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200

Setting the Standard. The First World War. WORDS on the Edge. The Palace Seen and Unseen; Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month

THEATER

AN ILIAD

Coyote Den Speakeasy 132 W Water St. (505) 983-1615

A wandering bard strolls into the restaurant to tell a wondrous story of war. In this retelling of Homer’s epic Iliad, a world-weary poet tells a wrenching, timeless tale of the Trojan War 7 pm, $115

THEATER LOVERS' CLUB TALK

Acequia Madre House 614 Acequia Madre (505) 983-6538

A discussion with Santa Fe-based immersive theater troupe, Exodus Ensemble. Learn how it creates and see a sample. (See A&C, page 27) 6 pm, free

WORKSHOP

AFTER SCHOOL ART

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

Themed art session for teens and tweens. 3:30-4:30 pm, free

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EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS 334 Los Pinos Road (505) 471-2261 Colonial living history ranch. 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sun, $4-$6

MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo (505) 982-2226

Pueblo-Spanish Revival Style: The Director’s Residence. Trails, Rails, and Highways. 1-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $5-$12

NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5063

Selections from the 20th Century Collection. Western Eyes. Transgressions and

Amplifications: Mixed Media Photographs of the ’60s, ’70s. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-12

POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road (505) 455-5041

Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng: The Continuous Path. 9 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, $7-$10

WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo (505) 982-4636

Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry. Abeyta | To’Hajiilee K’é. The Mary Morez Style. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $8

From Here, Now and Always at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: Santo Domingo Pueblo Gift of Grace Bowman, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology.

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at intermission, complemented by savory hors d’oeuvres, this progressive chamber music experience continues in the

for an up close and personal performance “in

with Valerie Coleman’s Umoja: Anthem of Unity for Woodwind Quintet and Amanda Harberg’s Suite for Woodwind Quintet

Luke Gullickson, PianoJeffrey Rogers, Horn

Elaine Heltman, OboeLaura Dwyer, Flute

Lori Lovato, Clarinet

Stefanie Przybylska, Bassoon

The Symphony’s acclaimed SFS Strata series continues with an innovative presentation of Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Four Winds, Hypnosis for Flute and Piano by Ian Clarke, and Night Psalm by Eve Beglarian in the historic theatre. After a FREE champagne

Spirit Worship

swear by. Shoemaker tells SFR she and Gust opened Altar in January 2020—we all know what happened two months later. Still, she says, they made it through thanks to a stellar staff, some killer package/retail and batch deals and high-quality products. You’ll find Altar Spirits in restaurants like Joseph’s and La Choza; and while I was originally on the fence about yet another booze establishment in what I refer to as the Railyard Drinking District, consider me an Altar convert.

Shoemaker is what we’d call a master dis tiller. She cut her teeth while in college in her hometown of Denver, where a chance visit to Stranahan’s Whiskey Distillery kicked off a lifetime love of spirits as art. A former ses sion and touring drummer, Gust was already in craft beer when they met. In college at the University of Denver, Shoemaker pursued art, though she now says she should have

excited to show me what they can do.

“I never thought about where liquor came from before I was in distilling, and I think a lot of people don’t,” she says. “A lot of stuff gets to our tables that we, as consumers, are so disconnected from, but the feedback I get from customers is so great that we just want to get out into our community and let people know we’re here.”

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

myself I wouldn’t drink in the days leading up to my interview with Altar Spirits co-founder Cayley Shoemaker. Don’t get me wrong—I know it’s kind of weird to do a booze story without sam pling the booze, but I headed into the meeting with high hopes for a piece that would solely focus on the business. Once Shoemaker’s husband and partner, Jeff Gust, offers me a small sip of the company’s Sigil gin fresh out of the still, though, I figure I’ll likely never get the chance again. Bottoms up.

Ipromised

“Now, that hasn’t been cut or anything yet,” Gust announces, “so it’s got some fire to it.”

Truer words and all that...the tiny sip does indeed have some fire to it—but nuance, too, from the aromatic floral notes that hit at the top to the subtle citrus bite that reveals itself in the aftertaste. I don’t regret it, even if I find myself immediately buzzed and start gushing at Shoemaker and Gust about their operation.

“S’pretty good,” I say, “s’pretty cool.” Dumb.

Altar (545 Camino de la Familia, (505) 916-8596) is a relative newcomer to Santa Fe’s burgeoning distillery landscape along side Tumbleroot and Santa Fe Spirits, and one with a gorgeous flagship tasting room in the Railyard that my friends still in their 20s

Shoemaker and Gust, it turns out, care deeply about becoming an asset to the com munity, not just with their spirits, but with employment opportunities, live music events and monthly fundraising events for local nonprofits. At a recent ben efit for Noise For Now, which works toward reproductive rights through concerts among other things, Altar helped raise $2,000 in one-time do nations and 25 new monthly donors, according to organizer Amelia Bauer.

To put a finer point on it, Shoemaker and Gust understand Santa Fe’s reticence when it comes to newcom ers, but they’re not interested in changing the scene so much as becoming a part of it. They’re dedicated to New Mexico flavor, too, with ingredients like piñon and osha root making their way into Altar’s stuff. You can truly taste those things in their spirits, too— wild when we consider the flavorless quality of corporate distilleries around the globe (looking at you, Stoli).

After the impromptu gin tasting, Shoemaker takes me deeper into the Altar warehouse to see its small bottling and label ing station from which, she says, thousands of bottles get filled and shipped. Deeper still lies the barrel room, a climate controlled space wherein Shoemaker estimates Altar could work with 300-plus barrels but, at this point, houses roughly 60. Still, they took over the massive Railyard space with expansion in mind.

gone for chemical engineering. Engineering is in her family, she notes, and she likes solv ing puzzles—distilling, she says, is basically chemical engineering wrapped up in a puzzle.

In the barrel room, she gives me anoth er sip, this time of the Big Nose Kate whis key, which Altar brings across the finish line after fermentation and was created by Shoemaker’s old distilling pal, Mel Heim. This one’s another winner, though more time in the barrel will make it even tastier. Shoemaker obviously knows this, she’s just

At this point, I’ve completely abandoned my no-sips plan, and we head back out to the bar to sample some other things, includ ing the Ritual vodka and the Aradia aperi tivo liquer. Shoemaker has me sample the finished Sigil gin, which, while not as in tense as its younger brother from ear lier, proves smooth and flavorful. In its final form, Sigil’s flowery notes are more noticeable, and the citrus comes more to the forefront. When sipped in tandem with the aperitivo and its hints of cherry bark and citrus peel, I attain a glorious synergy, and by the time I get to the Ritual vodka, I’m ready for anything. Still, this is a small tasting, and nobody’s getting trashed. Shoemaker does light up in way you might confuse for drunkenness, but I think it’s just pride over how much I’m repeating I like the stuff.

“It’s so much fun for me to say, ‘I’m gon na try this recipe,’ and then it’s exactly what I thought it would be,” she says. “I feel like I’ve hit a stride in my career.”

What that means for new items in the future remains unclear, but when Gust pops out front to have his photo taken alongside his wife and the third or fourth sip of gin real ly starts to hit me, I realize I might have fallen in love with these people. I better tell them I’m tipsy before they think I’m nuts.

“It’s not about, ‘let’s get drunk,’” Shoemaker explains before I leave. “I think it’s where science and art meet.”

And though I re-up my parking meter, leave my car and walk home, I still think about how she’s right all the way there.

Altar Spirits turns distilling into an art

Caley Shoemaker and Jeff Gust are the folks behind the fine bevvies at Altar Spirits.

ALEX DE VORE

New Wave Theater

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

Exodus Ensemble founder and Director April Clevelend re fers to the email she sent when she was moving to Santa Fe as “insane.”

On a certain level, though, she’s glad she sent it. In short, Cleveland had completed her undergrad studies at St. John’s College before picking up a master’s in directing from Chicago’s DePaul University. When her longtime partner, whom she’d met at St. John’s, got hired at their alma mater during the early days of the pandemic, Cleveland agreed to move back, but she did so know ing she wanted to start a theater troupe. While en route, she devised the early idea that would become Exodus Ensemble’s experiential model; she selected a num ber of actors she respected and composed a hurried email asking them to join her in Santa Fe. Many obliged.

Exodus Ensemble members mount what you might call immersive theater simulations in their shared home, in museum spaces, outdoors—anywhere they can congregate. Of late, they’ve been working with fledgling muse um and events space Acequia Madre House, and while the traditional the ater experience of audience in seats/ people onstage has a proud tradition both locally and beyond, one must think of an Exodus show more like being part of the production; sitting at that boardroom table; traipsing through those woods; existing in the same space with its cast.

That’s how Cleveland and com pany have worked for more than 200 local performances across numerous venues (some of which have result ed in evictions) over the last two-ish years. An upcoming talk/sample per formance at Acequia Madre House through Santa Fe’s Theater Lovers’ Club will allow curious parties to ask questions, learn more and otherwise become more familiar with what is, essentially, a radical form of theater uncommon in the states, but which has the power to change how we think about the art form. I, too, want ed to learn more, and thus sat down with Cleveland to hear about the rea sons more folks should give Exodus a chance.

1 Theater is boring (but it needn’t be)

“This is how I get canceled. This is how the other theaters will come after me. But I do think that, and I think there are many reasons why theater is boring but doesn’t have to be. I think we have to fight for an art form in a changing world where spectators are doing different things. We should be competing with the forms that capture people’s attention. People are watching Game of Thrones, Euphoria and Squid Game—and why are they watching those shows? How can we borrow from that? To actually compete means bor rowing it, live. If we want to learn about things, we can read, listen to podcasts, investigate, do other things much more effectively. I’ve never learned anything at the theater—but I’ve had my entire life transformed and my head turned upside down; I’ve had panic attacks and I’ve had visceral reactions.”

Eight reasons to engage with Santa Fe’s Exodus Ensemble theater company

2 Exodus Ensemble is working hard to bring in people who’ve never attended theater in their lives

“We’re bringing in new audiences, which is a huge struggle of the theatrical landscape anyway—but if it’s being treated like eating your vegetables, you’re not gonna bring in new audiences. If it’s a thrill and more like an amusement park, you’ll be able to bring in audiences. I love people who are histori cally arts people, but my favorite people are those who’ve never done this before. We’re in test audiences for our newest play, which is an adaptation of [the Greek myth of] Medea, and a guy came in who’d never been to a play ever and said, ‘That was fucking crazy!’ When I hear that from somebody, I know we’re doing our job.”

3 The company boasts a certain quality of performer

“These actors have starred in and still go

back and forth between film and TV; Netflix, HBO...they’re all repped by great agents in Chicago and Los Angeles and New York.

4 Full frontal

“Seriously—every show. There won’t be at the talk, though, but seriously…”

5 It’s a relatively new theater style in America

“The content we deal with is more common in places that aren’t the US. I spent a lot of time in London, I spent time in Switzerland and then was living in Germany because Switzerland is too expensive, and there’s no issue with nudity or whatever in these plac es. The body is the vessel in theater, it’s just pretty standard.”

6 They’ve got so much more in store

“We have a brand new show called Jason, which is that adaptation of Medea, and it’ll be at this warehouse space called Baby Grand, which is an artists’ warehouse that’s typically used as a queer music, party and cabaret venue. We have an Exodus murder mystery we’re developing for [Sky Railway] that will premier next year and then we’re going to build a major project that I can’t talk about on the record yet.”

7 It’s an absurdly cool bunch

“I think it’s really extraordinary that the group of people who comprise this ensemble could literally be working anywhere and everywhere, and they have made Santa Fe their home and have chosen this as the place to devel op this company with an eye toward changing the entire face of theater. They’ve been through so much here. We have a term like, ‘There will be wrenches thrown that are so insur mountable, but the group surmounts.’”

8 Shows are always free

“We subsist on a donation model, and we’ll raise almost $400,000 this year. I’m always thinking about the European model where the govern ment gives money to the theater be cause it’s worthwhile—how do I do that in a totally different economic system? I don’t tell anybody what it’s worth, though. After the show I say, ‘It’s very expensive, your gift keeps us going,’ and a lot of people come and give $5 or no money, and a lot of people come and give more than $5.”

THEATER LOVERS’ CLUB TALK WITH EXODUS ENSEMBLE: 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 8. Free Acequia Madre House 614 Acequia Madre, (505) 983-6538

The experimental and immersive theater troupe Exodus Ensemble moved to Santa Fe as a unit in 2020, and they’ve produced over 200 performances since then. Learn more at exodusensemble.com.

GRACIE MEIER

The Minute You Wake Up Dead Review

BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com

One can’t help but wonder whom Morgan Freeman pissed off to be forced into an appearance in The Minute You Wake Up Dead, a preposterously stilted thriller from Lionsgate Film heading to on-demand services and, if you’re unlucky, a theater near you.

In director/writer Michael Mailer’s misguid ed stab at a sort of neo-Southern Gothic thing, Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser plays Russ...something, a former resident of whatever tiny Southern town who went off to the big city to make good and came back a financial consultant. When we join Russ, he’s become a social pariah for a bad stock tip that cost numerous townsfolk all kinds of money. He starts getting threat ening phone calls asking, “Where will you be the min ute you wake up dead?” Ruh-roh, though, because the town sheriff (Freeman) won’t take the threats seriously—his brother, whom we never meet, also lost money, and he’s bummed on Russ, too.

Then come the murders, most notably the father of the waitress from the town diner (Jaimie Alexander, aka Sif from Marvel’s Thor films) who might know more than she lets on. Russ believes the killer was looking for him since he screwed over the town and

all, and since he did do that, it could be just about anyone behind the killings. Some mysteries are more mysterious than they seem, though, and blah blah blah blah blah.

Hauser gives it the old college try through ham my lines about sin and sinners and sincere stabs at intensity that sadly fall flat. Alexander does the same, though they could both be in better films. The real problem, though, is that Mailer and co-writ er Timothy Holland have stacked their film with so much melodramatic nonsense dialog that none of their actors stand a chance. Have a Southern charac ter? Make ‘em say things like, “daddy,” and “reckon” and “don’t rightly know.” Need a patsy type character whose take on a Southern accent is borderline offen sive? Bring in Darren Mann from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and tell him there’s no such thing as too big.

Freeman’s appearance particularly stings, though, in the way that’ll make you wonder whether he owed someone something, he did the film to get access to

another project he actually wanted or they somehow just threw so much money at him he couldn’t refuse. Regardless, for the first half of the film, we never ac tually see him act with any of the others. When we do finally catch the principal cast in the same frame, it’s for something dumb (no spoilers, but it’s a completely unnecessary layer that feels tacked on). Even so, he’s Morgan freaking Freeman, so he represents the one bright point of the whole thing.

What’s left is painfully slow to unfold and not par ticularly satisfying in its conclusion. If you like laugh ing at bad movies, your ship has come in. If you want something half-decent, don’t let the Freeman siren song lure you to the rocks of death, tempting as they seem once you’ve sunk your time into this dreck.

THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP DEAD

Directed by Mailer

With Hauser, Alexander, Mann and Freeman VoD, R, 130 min.

& RAY

+ HAWKE NAILS IT; STRONG WRITING CAN FEEL TEDIOUS MOMENT TO MOMENT

In his 1886 short story, “How Much Land Does a Man Need,” Russian writer Leo Tolstoy posits that all anyone truly requires when it comes down to it is the space in which they’ll be buried. In filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia’s new tale, Raymond & Ray, that con cept becomes true enough, though what Tolstoy might have glossed over is those we leave behind and the neuroses to which we might have contributed in life. Perhaps we only need those 6 feet deep, 3 feet wide holes when all is said and done, but to contain our impact is another story altogether.

Out now via Apple TV+, Garcia’s new film, which he also wrote, finds two brothers with the same name, same father—different mothers—coming togeth er after their dad dies. At first, we’re unsure why Raymond (Ewan McGregor) and Ray (Ethan Hawke) seem so blasé about their father’s passing, but with skillful writing revealing more of their backstory throughout the film, we come to understand their positions. Raymond’s wife recently left him, and he struggles to find compassion while contending with the things his dad did while he was alive. Ray is less confused—he hated the man, and not just for his own sake, but for the things that happened to his mother, his brother. Ray’s vocal about that. He’s maybe glad his dad died.

Weird, then, that the dad’s lawyer, pastor and

nurse have an endless string of kind things to say, though people perhaps tend to revere the deceased in bizarre ways. Stranger still, then, that dear old dad’s final wish was for his estranged sons to dig his grave. What follows is an ultimately small and contained story built around conversations about life, death, love, parenthood and so on. A lesser writer might have dug up only boredom, but Garcia’s knack for dialogue fosters just the opposite. As previously unknown sib lings pop up and the father’s much younger wife hangs around, the Rays find something that looks like empa thy—they try to break the cycles begun by their father. Generational trauma is so real, but there comes a time for healing. Maybe we can get addicted to sadness, maybe it’s some amorphous concept on which to pin our failures. But we’ve gotta grow.

McGregor does just fine as the buttoned-down Raymond, a repressed little man whose rage seems ready to boil over. Hawke, however, represents the film’s best as Ray. He was a musician once, and maybe he will be again. He just needs to let go. Maybe the best thing some people can do for the world is to die. That’s dark, sure, but sometimes it’s just the damn truth. (ADV)

Apple TV+, R, 105 min.

AMSTERDAM

+ FUN AND FAST-PACED; CENTRAL CAST DELIGHTFUL TOGETHER HAMMY MOMENTS

Whereas Amsterdam, the newest from director/ writer David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook,

American Hustle), begins its madcap dash through subterfuge, love and a bit of real-life American history feeling a bit like Wes Anderson-meets-JeanPierre Jeunet by way of the Coen Brothers, it does manage to eke out its own identity by the time the credits roll. And it’s a fun one, with its star-studded cast clearly having a fantastic time working together and its messaging landing soundly when it all comes together.

Amsterdam tells the tale of Burt Berendsen (Christian Bale), a doctor from meager beginnings whose very wealthy in-laws arranged for him to fight during World War I in an apparent bid to cancel out his being half-Jewish for their society friends. Burt escapes the front by losing an eye and, along the way, becomes lifelong friends with a fellow soldier named Harold (John David Washington). Together, they take up with a mysterious American artist (Margot Robbie) in Amsterdam after they’re dis charged, and here Russell’s script shines in a utopian orgy of singing, dancing, arts and kinship. Blissful, warm lighting highlights the unearthly delights of liv ing for love and art; here, we come to empathize with Burt’s plight, particularly that of his socialite wife and her mucky-muck family.

But all good things must end, and some years after the war and Amsterdam, Burt and Harold— who becomes an attorney post-war—find them selves back in America, hired by the daughter (Taylor Swift) of their old commanding general to investigate her father’s death. Something suspicious is going down in New York City, and it smells a lot like fascism. Finding themselves accused of murder

and on the run, Burt and Harold must delve into the conflicting worlds of money, industry, the military and society to clear their names.

Bale, as always, stretches into his role with aplomb, though he’s much funnier here than he usu ally gets to play. It works well against Washington’s more straight-man approach, though the latter actor gets laughs, too. When Robbie joins the fray, it’s a master class in chemistry, though she seems to have that with everyone.

Russell, meanwhile, gets points for pulling the underlying conundrum of the film from a terrifying chapter of real history that went down in the leadup to World War II (no spoilers, but yes, the thing really happened), but he does lean pretty heavily into white savior tropes he could easily have sidestepped. Instead of consistently reminding us Burt’s a good guy because he’s the kind of doctor who’ll treat Black veterans and says things like, “How could I not?” maybe he could have let those actions speak for themselves? It’s too bad, too, that Chris Rock joins the cast to spout off throwaway joke lines when he’s proven he can truly act over and over; there’s even a tacked-on love story between Bale and Zoe Saldaña that feels...half-baked at best. Same goes for appear ances from Michael Shannon and, for some reason, Mike Myers.

All the same, Amsterdam does find its footing by its final funny moments, and small roles filled by Rami Malek and Robert DeNiro just plain work. And the film sticks it to the rich, which is always fun. (ADV)

Violet Crown, Regal, R, 134 min.

PSYCHICS

Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, I encourage you to work as hard as you have ever worked. Work smart, too. Work with flair and aplomb and relish. You now have a surprisingly fertile opportunity to reinvent how you do your work and how you feel about your work. To take maximum advantage of this potential breakthrough, you should inspire yourself to give more of your heart and soul to your work than you have previously imagined possible. (PS: By “work,” I mean your job and any crucial activity that is both challenging and rewarding.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s my weird suggestion, Taurus. Just for now, only for a week or two, experiment with dreaming about what you want but can’t have. And just for now, only for a week or two, go in pursuit of what you want but can’t have. I predict that these exercises in quixotic futility will generate an unexpected benefit. They will motivate you to dream true and strong and deep about what you do want and can have. They will intensify and focus you to pursue what you do want and can have.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your most successful times in life usually come when all your various selves are involved. During these interludes, none of them is neglected or shunted to the outskirts. In my astrological opinion, you will be wise to ensure this scenario is in full play during the coming weeks. In fact, I recommend you throw a big Unity Party and invite all your various sub-personalities to come as they are. Have outrageous fun acting out the festivities. Set out a placemat and nametag on a table for each participant. Move around from seat to seat and speak from the heart on behalf of each one. Later, discuss a project you could all participate in creating.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A Cancerian reader named Joost Joring explained to me how he cultivates the art of being the best Cancerian he can be. He said, “I shape my psyche into a fortress, and I make people feel privileged when they are allowed inside. If I must sometimes instruct my allies to stay outside for a while, to camp out by the drawbridge as I work out my problems, I make sure they know they can still love me—and that I still love them.” I appreciate Joost’s perspective. As a Cancerian myself, I can attest to its value. But I will also note that in the coming weeks, you will reap some nice benefits from having less of a fortress mentality. In my astrological opinion, it’s PARTY TIME!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo poet Antonio Machado wrote, “I thought my fire was out, and I stirred the ashes. I burnt my fingers.” I’m telling you this so you won’t make the same mistake, Leo. Your energy may be a bit less radiant and fervent than usual right now, but that’s only because you’re in a recharging phase. Your deep reserves of fertility and power are regenerating. That’s a good thing! Don’t make the error of thinking it’s a sign of reduced vitality. Don’t overreact with a flurry of worry.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Siegfried Sassoon became renowned for the poetry he wrote about being a soldier in World War I. Having witnessed carnage firsthand, he became adept at focusing on what was truly important. “As long as I can go on living a rich inner life,” he wrote, “I have no cause for complaint, and I welcome anything which helps me to simplify my life, which seems to be more and more a process of eliminating inessentials!” I suggest we make Sassoon your inspirational role model for the next three weeks. What inessentials can you eliminate? What could you do to enhance your appreciation for all the everyday miracles that life offers you?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You Libras have a talent that I consider a superpower: You can remove yourself from the heart of the chaos and deliver astute insights about how to tame the chaos. I like that about you. I have per-

Week of November 2nd

sonally benefited from it on numerous occasions. But for the next few weeks, I will ask you to try something different. I’ll encourage you to put an emphasis on practical action, however imperfect it might be, more than on in-depth analysis. This moment in the history of your universe requires a commitment to getting things done, even if they’re untidy and incomplete. Here’s your motto: “I improvise compromises in the midst of the interesting mess.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured,” said author Martha Beck. “Without it, we wouldn’t even know what it means to be brave.” I love that quote—and I especially love it as a guiding meditation for you Scorpios right now. We usually think of fear as an unambiguously bad thing, a drain of our precious life force. But I suspect that for you, it will turn out to be useful in the coming days. You’re going to find a way to transmute fear into boldness, bravery, and even badassery.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): For decades, the Canadian city of Sudbury hosted a robust mining industry. Deposits of nickel sulphide ore spawned a booming business. But these riches also brought terrible pollution. Sudbury’s native vegetation was devastated. The land was stained with foul air produced by the smelting process. An effort to re-green the area began in the 1970s. Today, the air is among the cleanest in the province of Ontario. In the spirit of this transformation, I invite you to embark on a personal reclamation project. Now is a favorable time to detoxify and purify any parts of your life that have been spoiled or sullied.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The literal meaning of the ancient Greek word aigílips is “devoid of goats.” It refers to a place on the earth that is so high and steep that not even sure-footed goats can climb it. There aren’t many of those places. Similarly, there are very few metaphorical peaks that a determined Capricorn can’t reach. One of your specialties is the power to master seemingly improbable and impassable heights. But here’s an unexpected twist in your destiny: In the coming months, your forte will be a talent for going very far down and in. Your agility at ascending, for a change, will be useful in descending—for exploring the depths. Now is a good time to get started!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Evolved Aquarians are often blessed with unprecedented friendships and free-spirited intimacy and innovative alliances. People who align themselves with you may enjoy experimental collaborations they never imagined before engaging with you. They might be surprised at the creative potentials unleashed in them because of their synergy with you. In the coming weeks and months, you will have even more power than usual to generate such liaisons and connections. You might want to make a copy of this horoscope and use it as your calling card or business card.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I surveyed the history of literature to identify authors I consider highly intuitive. Piscean-born Anais Nin was my top choice. She used language with fluidity and lyricism. She lived a colorful, unpredictable life. No one better deserves the title of Intuition Champion. And yet she also had a discerning view of this faculty. She wrote, “I began to understand that there were times when I must question my intuition and separate it from my anxieties or fears. I must think, observe, question, seek facts and not trust blindly to my intuition.” I admire her caution. And I suspect it was one reason her intuition was so potent. Your assignment, Pisces, is to apply her approach to your relationship with your intuition. The coming months will be a time when you can supercharge this key aspect of your intelligence and make it work for you better than it ever has before.

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