LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS P.10
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 8
Randy Randall swaps hats to become Santa Fe’s interim city manager.
COVER STORY 10
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
From the fate of democracy to fixing Santa Fe streets, voters had a lot to decide on Tuesday.
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SAME AS THE OLD BOSS
Presidential results aren’t yet official, but it appears America is betting on four years of fear and loathing.
VOTER ANXIETY THIS YEAR WAS REPORTEDLY HIGH
Maybe because our main choices were a dangerous asshole manchild and the mega-cop?
MORE THAN 600,000 NEW MEXICANS VOTED EARLY
Which does not track with what we know of the land of mañana even at all.
TIME CHANGE BROUGHT SNOW ALONG WITH IT
Just so you’d be completely depressed by 4 pm darkness and the madness of a presidential election.
QUINCY JONES DIES AT 91
Rest in power, you absolute legend.
BIDEN DECLARES MAJOR DISASTER AREA IN CHAVES COUNTY AFTER FLOODING
Oh, dang, we forgot that dude was still around.
OUR OFFICE CATS ALSO DIDN’T GET THEIR USUAL 16 HOURS OF SLEEP...
SFR STAFFERS WORKED LATE LAST NIGHT
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Under New Management
Randy Randall goes from from one interim role to another for Santa Fe
BY EVAN CHANDLER evan@sfreporter.com
In a 7-1 vote, the Santa Fe City Council green lit Mayor Alan Webber’s appointment of Tourism Director Randy Randall to the interim city manager role Monday afternoon.
Former City Manager John Blair announced his resignation Oct. 22 with plans to move to Washington, DC. (See 3 Questions, Page 18) His last day was Nov. 1. On Oct. 25, Webber initially appointed City Attorney Erin McSherry to the interim city manager role, but he withdrew that selection days later at McSherry’s request.
The mayor appointed Randall—who also held the interim community development director position—to the role Nov. 1. Jordan Guenther, who is currently marketing director for the city’s Tourism Department, will serve as interim tourism director, the mayor tells SFR. Randall will also step down from his other interim position, leaving a vacancy at the head of the Community Development Department. Randall held that position after Rich Brown retired from the job in June. City Communications Director Regina Ruiz tells SFR the city is “actively hiring” for that position.
Webber says he selected Randall due to his unparalleled managerial experience.
“Randy and I’ve already started talking about the highest priorities for right now in addition to making sure that all of the day to day work of the city manager gets done,” the mayor says. “So we’re not hitting pause.
We’re hitting go. But I think Randy knows that his experience is going to be important. His relationships with all of the existing city department heads are important, and they have confidence in him.”
District 2 City Councilor Michael Garcia was the sole vote against Randall’s appointment, saying he didn’t see it as good “from a public administrative standpoint.”
“My no vote was in no disrespect to Mr. Randall…I don’t believe that we should be pulling staff from critical positions, especially when somebody is in an acting position of one of our most busy departments,” Garcia said. “When somebody oversees the Community Development Department and also there’s vacancies in affordable housing, I just think we need to really work on filling positions versus pulling positions and leav-
ing less staff to really get the work done.”
District 3 City Councilor Lee Garcia was absent.
The scene turned to chaos just moments after as District 1 City Councilor Signe Lindell asked for a point of personal privilege and condemned statements made by Michael Garcia—without naming him—in The Santa Fe New Mexican last week following the mayor’s withdrawal of McSherry’s appointment.
Lindell said the District 2 councilor violated procedural rules by revealing confidential information from the executive session during the Oct. 30 governing body meeting and she hoped “it never happens again,” even suggesting that the governing body receive a training session soon.
Garcia interjected, saying the claims were
“false and baseless” and Lindell’s behavior was “out of order” and “an attempt to silence” councilors from giving their opinion.
“It might be a surprise to some, but there were conversations that were had beforehand…which led me to believe that the support was not there,” he said. “Now I’ll reiterate, there was no confidential information that I disclosed.”
He then read the exact quote published: “I think Mayor Webber did not have enough City Council support to get his requested city manager appointment confirmed in the interim. I have full faith and confidence that Deputy City Manager [Layla] Archuletta-Maestas has the skills and experience to carry out the necessary duties while Mayor Webber moves forward with the city manager appointment.”
Garcia said the opinion he expressed was based on “conversations held prior to the executive session.” He called Lindell’s claims “false and baseless” and compared them to bullying.
“It’s a silencing treatment that several on this council have continuously done to myself, which is very unfair, not only to myself, but to the constituents I represent,” Garcia said.
Webber said he believed “it’s always good to review our policies and procedures,” and said trust between the governing body was paramount. He then backed Lindell’s call for training and guidance going forward.
“We can all do better,” Webber said. “And I think we can all be more careful and mindful of the requirements that we put upon ourselves to maintain a sense of trust that things that are said will not be shared in an inappropriate way, whether that happened in this case or not.”
Randall began work with the city as tourism director in 2014. In that role, he oversees the sales and marketing efforts and manages four city visitor centers, as well as the operation of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Randall’s resume includes numerous management roles. Prior to joining the city team, he was the Eldorado Hotel’s general manager, the senior vice president of operations at a Denver-based hospitality management company and as the director of operations for resorts in Virginia and Puerto Rico.
After over 10 years with the city, Randall tells SFR it is “a real honor” to serve as interim city manager.
“It feels good. I’m anxious to work with the administration, with the mayor and with this governing body and make sure that—whether it’s another week or two more months—they say, ‘We made a good decision, we put the right guy in there.’”
District 2 City Councilor Carol Romero-Wirth supported District 1 City Councilor Signe Lindell’s claim and read procedural rules and the code of ethics.
LEFT: The Santa Fe City Council approved the appointment of Randy Randall as the new city manager. During Tuesday’s meeting, District 2 City Councilor accused colleagues of trying to silence him. RIGHT: District 2 City Councilor Michael Garcia accused several councilors of “silencing” him, adding he believed the treatment was akin to bullying.
2024 Community Event Schedule
at Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center
Santa Fe Medical Center will be hosting these free events in partnership with other local community agencies.
COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND CRAFT FAIR
Friday, November 8 | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A holiday-themed event with vendors including jewelry, art, quilts and more, plus healthy living information from AARP, Safer New Mexico, and other community welfare groups. Free health screenings will be available, as well as a musical performance from the Santa Fe Flutes to get you into the holiday spirit. For more information, contact Christine D’Antico at (505) 772-1540.
HOLIDAY VISIT WITH SANTA
Tuesday, December 17 | 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Santa will be making a special stop via helicopter on December 17th at Santa Fe Medical Center. He will be landing in the back parking lot of the medical center at 4:00 p.m. and then will visit with all the kids inside, in the lower level atrium. There will be candy, cookies, and drinks for everyone. The event will be hosted in partnership with Santa Fe Fire Department’s Toys for Tots holiday drive, and donations of new and unused toys are appreciated.
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Elections
The 2024 general election results are in—here’s how that all panned out
BY EVAN CHANDLER evan@sfreporter.com
Donald Trump apparently won a second term as President of the United States on Tuesday night, but the majority of New Mexico voters rejected the fear-mongering campaign that got him back into The White House.
Trump repeatedly claimed throughout the election he would flip New Mexico, whose residents also voted blue in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He visited New Mexico Oct. 31 in a private airport hangar near the Albuquerque International Sunport.
Yet for the second time since 2016, the six-times bankrupt billionaire defeated a Democratic candidate seeking to become the first woman elected president. As of press time, Trump had captured 267 electoral votes to Harris’ 214 votes.
By the time returns were fully in, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won New Mexico with 52 percent of votes—or 461,634 votes. In Santa Fe County, she garnered 73 percent of 81,165 votes.
While Santa Fe voters backed Harris by a wide margin, Trump wasn’t without local support.
Frederick Marshall Ryals voted for Trump at Chaparral Elementary around 4 pm on Election Day. He tells SFR he voted for the person “best suited to protect our country in the best ways possible,” but said he didn’t believe there was a “best choice” on the ballot and would like to see
a third-party candidate “that will be in between everything and show everybody what America really is,” but that person did not exist yet in his opinion.
“Obviously [Trump has] been in there. We know how he is. We know what might happen to the country, but we also know that other countries won’t mess with us if Trump’s in the presidency. He’s erratic, he’s a little looney—not to say he’s the best suited either for the position, but since we usually talk about Harris versus Trump, Trump is the better vote if you want to keep America safe,” Ryals says. “We just don’t think about the way the rest of the country works. You have to remember that a lot of other cultures look at certain people and genders in a different way and will take advantage of that any way possible, which is sad.”
Another woman holding a “Make America Great Again Trump 2024” sign and a second handmade one referring to Harris as “Que Mala” told SFR she did not want to be identified because she believed the local Democratic Party was “extreme, violent and intolerant” and added she did not want to lose her job.
As she spoke to SFR, a motorist drove by, rolled down their window and yelled expletives at the woman before driving away.
“I’m surprised nobody’s trying to harm me—like hitting me with their car—but I have gotten mainly that kind of violent rhetoric,” the woman said. “I’m just hoping that [Trump will] win tonight. I haven’t looked at the statistics, but I know polling closes at 7 pm, so I was gonna be out here until then. I wanted people to know you
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have a voice. Even if you’re a minority, you still have a voice.”
Heavy backing for Harris was no surprise as New Mexico voters chose Democratic candidates almost exclusively.
Adrielle McCollum voted early in the morning at Atalaya Elementary and told SFR she voted Democrat “basically across the board.”
“I just think that it’s my right as an American, but also my duty as a woman to not vote Republican this year,” McCollum says. “They’re trying to take away rights that have been established for a very long time, and I don’t think that’s right.”
Daniel Andreina also came to the elementary school to vote “blue all the way down the ballot,” he told SFR.
“Unfortunately, you have to pick sides a little bit…I’m not a fascist,” he said. “There’s a lot of concern and valid fear I believe about the sort of upholding of democracy, the Project 2025, the direction this country is going, if we’re going to be polarized, I might as well pick the side that is going to be a little bit less destructive internally and internationally.”
On the other side of town at the La Tierra Fire Station, Barbara Tysun told SFR she voted for Harris “because of women’s rights, and because I can’t stand the other guy.”
New Mexicans had a handful of options to choose from for the presidential election: Democrats Harris and Walz; Republican candidates Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance; Libertarians Chase Oliver and Mike Ter Maat; the Green Party’s Jill Stein and Rudolph Ware; and the Party of Socialism and Liberation’s Claudia de la Cruz and Karina Garcia.
Here’s a breakdown of who and what was on the ballot and how New Mexicans—and more specifically Santa Feans—responded.
MUNICIPAL, COUNTY and STATE ELECTIONS AND ISSUES
Voters selected two new additions to the Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners during the 2024 primary election. Educator and community activist Lisa Cacari Stone will fill the District 2 seat— which covers the Agua Fria village
and slice of Las Campanas—while Old Santa Fe Association Executive Director Adam Fulton Johnson will take the District 4 seat covering most of east side Santa Fe all the way to Glorieta. Each ran uncontested in the general election, capturing 10,511 and 14,358 votes, respectively. The pair will replace termed-out District 2 and District 4 Commissioners Anna Hansen and Anna Hamilton. District 5 County Commissioner and Chair Hank Hughes also ran uncontested for re-election and captured 14,274 votes.
Santa Fe County Clerk Katharine Clark ran uncontested after defeating her predecessor Geraldine Salazar in the primary. Clark snagged 60,751 votes in the general election.
On the judicial side, Santa Fe Magistrate Judge Melissa Mascareñas won her bid for the seat in the primary against incumbent Morgan Wood. She ran uncontested and captured 59,758 votes in the general election. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Wood to the role following former Magistrate Judge Dev Atma Khalsa’s DWI arrest and subsequent resignation from the position, but Wood—by law—had to be elected to remain as the judge.
First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies—who represents Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties—ran uncontested for re-election and captured 58,385 votes after defeating her predecessor Marco Serna in the primary election.
Poll worker Ellen Rosell helps Jimmy Camacho register to vote for the first time in a presidential election at Atalaya Elementary.
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A Donald Trump supporter, who asked to remain anonymous, holds two signs near the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds.
Primary races also decided several state Senate and House seats, as no Republican challengers made a bid in the general election. On the Senate side, former Rep. Linda Trujillo ran uncontested after a three-way primary race and received 17,839 votes to fill Sen. Nancy Rodriguez’s District 24 seat in the general election after Rodriguez announced she would not seek re-election for the seat at the end of the 2024 legislative session. Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth ran uncontested for re-election and captured 27,441 votes. State House Reps. Linda Serrato, Andrea Romero, Reena Szczepanski and Tara Lujan all ran uncontested for re-election in their respective seats as well.
BONDS
Voters responded to several bond questions at the municipal, county and state levels. Four bond issues appeared on the Nov. 5 ballot for every New Mexican. Voters approved all the bond questions. The first, which issues $30,758,100 in bonds to fund senior citizens facilities, passed with 78 percent of voter support. When asked whether or not to send $19,305,000 in bonds to fund public libraries, 77 percent of voters said yes. They also supported $230,258,400 in bonds to fund public higher education institutions, special public schools and tribal schools. Finally, voters approved sending $10,297,100 in bonds to modernize public safety radio communications systems.
At the county level, residents decided whether to issue three bonds payable through general taxes. Voters supported all three. The issuance of a $4.9 million bond to ac
quire, construct and improve roads passed with 85 percent of the vote. County residents also supported a $12.5 million bond for water and wastewater projects with 82-percent approval. Finally, county voters said yes to a $16.1 million bond to construct and restore parks and open space with 80 percent of votes in favor.
City residents overwhelmingly came out in favor of a $25 million municipal bond repaid by property taxes to improve roads. After passing with 84 percent support, the money will go toward more than 50 road improvement projects across the city, including repaving Airport Road from Cerrillos Road to 599. In addition to addressing major roads in all four City Council districts, with 10% “set aside” for streets projects in smaller neigh-
borhoods. Those specific projects have yet to be identified. A fiscal impact report on the bond estimates an annual $25 property tax increase for 20 years on homes with a market value of at least $500,000.
Laura Griffin came to the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds to vote in favor of the city road bond just before polls closed on election night. She tells SFR improvements to “pothole-filled roads” are needed.
“I definitely voted ‘yes,’” Griffin says. “There are potholes everywhere, and then my car gets damaged, and it costs money, and you have to get new tires or the alignment gets off.”
Mayor Alan Webber issued a statement as returns came in showing overwhelming support for the bond.
“Santa Fe residents told us they wanted better streets
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and roads, and their vote on our $25 million bond issue will help make that happen,” Webber said. “Every district in the city will see improvements on main roads and in neighborhoods, most of it in the next three years. I’m very grateful for this vote and eager to get to work on these projects.”
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Voters statewide answered four constitutional amendment questions, approving all of them. New Mexicans voted in favor of extending a property tax exemption to veterans with less than a 100% federal disability rating and their widows and an increase to the benefit altogether, with 83 percent. and 72 percent voter support, respectively.
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Voters cast their ballots at the Southside Library.
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point a designee to the judicial nominating commission, after 52 perrcent of voters approved the proposed amendment. Finally, when asked if the respective Board of County Commissioners would establish county officials’ salaries, 66% of voters said yes.
US SENATE AND HOUSE
Incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich defeated Republican challenger Nella Louise Domenici—a first-time candidate for public office—in a heated race, snagging 55 percent of the vote.
Heinrich and Domenici have traded blows throughout the election within advertisements and in debates. Domenici criticized Heinrich on the southern border, saying he failed New Mexicans and allowed illegal drugs to enter the United States. Heinrich has called Domenici a wealthy outsider and released advertisements centered on reproductive rights and other issues. According to the Federal Election Commission, Heinrich raised over $12 million for the race by Oct. 16, whereas Domenici raised just short of $6 million in the same time period.
Heinrich has held the Senate seat since 2013, and before that, he represented New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in the US House of Representatives between 2009 and 2013.
For youth voter Melanie Menendez, a first-time voter who came to Southside Library on Election Day, women’s rights made her vote for Heinrich and other Democrats, she tells SFR.
“Without hesitation I marked my answers and just decided to come out and step up for women and step up for the people that can’t vote,” Menendez says.
Democrats also retained seats in the US House: incumbent Rep. Melanie Ann Stansbury defeated Republican Steve Jones with 56 percent of the vote, while incumbent Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez fought off a challenge from Republican Sharon E. Clahchischilliage, capturing 56 percent of the vote. As of Oct. 16, Leger Fernandez had raised just over $2 million, while Clahchischilliage raised $78,000.
Though Stansbury won the overall state vote, those in Santa Fe County overwhelmingly supported Jones. He earned 65 percent of 5,528 voters.
Stansbury outraised Jones, according to the Federal Election Commission, by about $1.1 million.
All election results in New Mexico remain unofficial until all 33 counties finish their canvass process and the State Canvass Board convenes to certify the official results and order any recounts. The State Canvass Board will convene on Nov. 26.
SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION INCIDENTS
Observe New Mexico Elections, a nonpartisan observation effort dedicated to increasing trust and transparency in elections, had 170 certified election observers in 153 voting locations in 29 of the state’s 33 counties. By 7 pm, the organization reported the voting process “functioned well” statewide, but noted various technical difficulties in counties including Santa Fe.
Election observers saw issues with the statewide voter registration system, including some sameday voter registration problems that resulted in “voting delays in many locations and some voters leaving without casting a ballot.”
The issue affected Santa Fe and at least 14 other counties.
Wait lines to vote varied from 10 minutes to two hours, observers said, and voters in some locations “were reportedly told to come back later in the day to ato a different location, such as the county clerk’s office.” In one location, observers said voters were told to wait outside for a phone call that told them to enter to register to vote.
At the start of the day, an observer reported that one polling location in Santa Fe saw a minor equipment set up delay, “however this did not significantly disrupt the voting process in any location,” the organization said.
COUNTIES WITH SAME-DAY REGISTRATION TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
Bernalillo, Curry, Doña Ana, Eddy, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra and Union
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA…KINDA-SORTA
Though most folks in Santa Fe are surely aware that our Santa Fe Opera remains one of the most revered venues and production companies on the planet, its history dating back to 1957 is another story altogether. How much do you really know about the provenance of SFO, John Crosby and the decades of history thereafter? If you answered “not much,” An American Vision: The History of the Santa Fe Opera might be the documentary for you. Culled from archival materials, the film ought to demystify the venerable SFO while fostering a bit of that hometown love. (ADV)
An American Vision: The History of the Santa Fe Opera Screening: 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 7 Free (but reserve at lensic.org).
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234
State of Mind
Reggae act Innastate takes over the downtown library for free show
If you’ve been wondering why you’ve seen less of local/ regional reggae act Innastate lately, bassist/singer Rylan Kabotie (Santa Clara Pueblo, Hopi and Jicarilla Apache) tells SFR that he and drummer Lawrence Bailon (Santa Clara Pueblo and Kewa Pueblo) and guitarist Adrian Wall (Jemez Pueblo) made the conscious decision to scale back performance and buckle down for some serious composition work following pandemic lockdowns. The decision stuck. Yes, Innastate still plays sporadic shows and also has a new album on the horizon but, Kabotie says, the band has become more comfortable in taking its time to create music of which they can be proud.
“I know it has taken me a long time to really acknowledge myself and how I connect to music, and for the most part I consider myself more of a producer, honestly,” Kabotie explains. “I like lifting the spirit out of what the piece is—but that’s a hard thing to do,
AMERICANA
Anyone who has driven across the country knows well that not-quite-nameable intersection between civilization and the untouched wilds. This week at LewAllen Galleries, oil painter Jason Kowalski explores those liminal spaces with Old Glory, a show dedicated to rusted trucks, dilapidated gas stations, neon signs, abandoned structures and more. Kowalski captures a haunting sadness despite his use of brightness and realism. We know these places well—almost like they’re a part of us—and Kowalski brings them to life in glorious Technicolor. (ADV)
Jason Kowalski: Old Glory Opening: 5-7 pm Friday, Nov. 8. Free. LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250
because reggae tends to be about the in-betweens.”
Kabotie further explains that he believes Native communities have long felt an affinity for reggae, particularly in its messaging.
“It’s a music for the people by the people,” he says ,”and it’s strong, liberating music—so that message has always resonated hardcore, I think, with Natives.”
With November being National Native American Heritage Month, Kabotie adds, that spirit of liberation is on his mind as well as his bandmates’. That’s at least partially why they’ll perform at the main branch of the Santa Fe Public Library this weekend. Much of it, however, comes down to the band maturing. According to Kabotie, every member works with various other projects, and time spent pursuing outside passions has only strengthened the Innastate ethos and output.
“It’s an important thing for our shared musical journey for us to be investing in other parts of our lives,” he notes, “and to acknowledge the duality that life tends to be.” (Alex De Vore)
AMP CONCERTS PRESENTS INNASTATE: 4 pm Saturday, Nov. 9. Free Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave., ampconcerts.org
WALKING ON A-I-R
Meanwhile, at the Institute of American Indian Arts, pop into the studio with a pair of the school’s current artists-in-residence—designer Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) and multi-disciplinary champ Gina Herrera (Tesuque Pueblo). Michaels is, of course, well-known to fans of Project Runway and the broader fashion world alike for her work merging contemporary style with traditional elements and haute couture aesthetics. Hererra’s work contains multitudes as well, be it sculpture, print or beyond. To sum up, two brilliant artists will open their studio spaces to the public and you should probably check that out. (ADV)
Institute of American Indian Art: A-i-R Open Studios: 3-5 pm Tuesday, Nov. 12. Free Institute of American Indian Art 83 Avan Nu Po Road, (505) 424-2300
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PRESENT INTERRUPTUS: SOVEREIGNTY’S REINCARNATION IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS
School for Advanced Research
660 Garcia St., (505) 954-7200
Aamer Ibraheem discusses the Druze men and women of the Golan Heights. And in case you didn’t know...the Druze are an esoteric religious group from west Asia and the Golan Heights is a region in southwestern Syria. Registration required. 1 pm
RENESAN: HITLER AND STALIN
Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have Hitler and Stalin in the same room, this talk with European history expert K. Paul Jones is most likely the closest you’re going to get. And insert Hitler and Stalin bar joke here.
3:30-5:30 pm, $15
UNDERSTANDING NEW MEXICO’S WILDFIRE HISTORY THROUGH TREE RINGS New Mexico Land Conservancy 5430 Richards Ave., (505) 986-3801
Research ecologist Ellis Margolis discusses how tree rings tell the story of the impacts of fire. Smoky the Bear’s got nothing on Margolis.
6-7:30 pm
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONTAGION
Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234
Kyle Harper explores future crises by approaching both physical climate and human societies as complex systems. 7:30 pm
DRINK AND DRAW
Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)
2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068
A booze-fueled drawing session. Hey, it worked for Van Gogh. 6:30-9 pm
ECO POP-UP FOR TEENS
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
Teens are invited to explore nature-based actitivies with Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary. Look out Tik-tok, the birds and trees are coming for you.
2-3:30 pm
FAT TIRE SOCIETY: CLUB RIDE
Various locations santafefattiresociety.com
A weekly, no drop, co-ed club ride open to everyone. Well, you will definitely need a bike and being nice always helps.
5:30-7:30 pm
YOUTH CHESS CLUB
Santa Fe Public Library (Main) 145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6780
A chance for school age youth to continue to improve their critical thinking skills.
5:45-7:45 pm
MUSIC
D HENRY FENTON
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
A rock singer-songwriter.
4 pm
DAVID MINER
Nuckolls Brewery 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com Country. 5 pm
CONCERT IN GRATITUDE TO AMERICA FROM UKRAINIAN WAR VETERANS
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
Ukrainian war veterans/established musicians play the music of their homeland.
Noon-1:30 pm
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CLARES
La Reina 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931 Country rock/folk tunes.
8-10:30 pm
KARAOKE WEDNESDAYS
Santa Fe Brewing Company 35 Fire Place, (505) 424-3333
Karaoke hosted by CoCo Caliente.
6-9 pm
LIMINAL
Remix After Dark 222 N Guadalupe St., rmxaudiobar.com
The chill side of electronic music with deep cuts from the music collections of local DJs. 6-10 pm
LUCERO
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
Punchy rhythms, punk-rooted guitar with an Americana singer-songwriter, with special guest Vandoliers.
7:30 pm, $30-$35
WORKSHOP
CERAMIC SERVING DISH WORKSHOP
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000
Learn about hand-building techniques, applying textures, blending warm underglaze colors and make up to three serving dishes. 6-8 pm, $35-$45
MANTRAS FOR PEACE
Mongata Healing Center
501 Franklin Ave., Studio #3, (828) 246-5899
An evening dedicated to cultivating peace and connection through sound.
6-7:30 pm
WHEEL-THROWING POTTERY EXPERIENCE
Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687
Wheel-throwing students learn to use the potters wheel, while hand-building students learn techniques including slab building, coiling and more. 2-4 pm, $125
THU/7
ART OPENINGS
2024 FALL INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIANS ARTS GRADUATING EXHIBIT: ECHOES OF IDENTITY (OPENING)
Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, (505) 424-2300
This exhibition represents the achievements of the Fall graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students. Echoes of Identity features both conceptually and traditionally informed bodies of work.
5:30-7:30 pm
Doce Mujeres, 12 Women: The Power of Women is an evening of flamenco dance, music and storytelling celebrating women’s strength, passion, opening 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 8 at Teatro Paraguas.
BOOKS/LECTURES
DON USNER: SABINO’S MAP
Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226
Don Usner in conversation with New Mexico’s inaugural State Poet Laureate (2020), Levi Romero.
6 pm
LINE BY LINE: BUILDING
THE FOUNDATIONS OF ART EDUCATION
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
A discussion about how lines are one of the foundational elements of art, displayed in the exhibit Line by Line. Johnny Cash was definitely on to something.
11 am-12:15 pm
RENESAN: MOSES AND JESUS GO TO THE MOVIES
Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
Through readings and film clips and visual art, this talk by Talitha Arnold explores the impact of ancient sacred texts on U.S. literary and film culture. The real question is, was Moses a popcorn or raisenettes kind of guy?
3:30-5:30 pm, $30
EVENTS
BOARD GAME NIGHT
The Drinkery by Bosque Brewing 4980 B Promenade Blvd., (505) 303-3356
Santa Fe’s longest-running board game night. Just watch out, Rich Uncle Pennybags will drink you under the table.
5-10 pm
DEATH RITUALS OF NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe Public Library (Main) 145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-2839
Historian Ana Pacheco discusses caring for the dead in New Mexico.
4-5 pm
GEEKS WHO DRINK
Social Kitchen & Bar
725 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-5952
Trivia anyone? Warm up question: Who was the first person to suggest Daylight Savings Times? Stay tuned for the answer in next week’s issue, when we’re all grumpy about getting home in the dark.
7-9 pm
LOCALS NIGHT
La Reina
1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Prove you’re a local and gain access to the super-duper secret menu.
5 pm
MAGGIE’S MEET AND MINGLE
Vara Wine Bar
329 W San Francisco St., (505) 898-6280
Singles + wine = a greater chance of not being single at least until the next day.
6 pm
SEEDS
AND SPROUTS
Santa Fe Children’s Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359
Kids get to explore gardening and nature themed activities.
Just tell them there are chicken nuggets involved.
10:30-11:30 am
TRIVIA NIGHT
CHOMP Food Hall
505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946
Trivia with food, drinks and prizes.
6:30-8 pm
WARHAMMER OPEN PLAY
WZKD Games Southside 4250 Cerillos Road, wzkdgames.com
Warhammer open play with loaner armies and learn to play instructors.
10 am-8 pm
FILM
AN AMERICAN VISION: THE HISTORY OF THE SANTA FE OPERA
Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234
This film captures the opera’s history and explores its visionary efforts.
7 pm
MUSIC
ARKANSAUCE
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
A string quartet plays newgrass. It’s like bluegrass...but it’s new. Who wants used bluegrass, anyway?
7:30 pm, $20-$25
BOXCAR LIVE PRESENTS:
RUMBA THURSDAYS
Boxcar
133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
A party night with Latin tunes.
9 pm
DJ 808
The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
A party with a DJ. We just can’t tell you what kind of music the DJ is playing. Thanks for nothing, Google.
9 pm
DJ OPTAMYSTIK
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
A local DJ plays hip-hop.
7 pm
DAVID GEIST MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Osteria D’Assisi
58 S Federal Place, (505) 986-5858
Broadway and originals on piano.
7-10 pm, $5
MÉLANGE!
La Fiesta Lounge
101 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Latin jazz and funk.
6:30-9:30 pm
SONGWRITER’S CIRCLE
Queen Bee Music Association
1596 Pacheco St., (505) 278-0012
Get inspired, workshop your songs and gather feedback from peers and professional musicians.
6:30 pm
TERRY DIERS
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Funk and blues. 4 pm
VOICES FOR HELENE SURVIVORS
Paradiso
903 Early St., (505) 577-5248
This fundraiser for Hurricane Helene survivors features songwriters Lyra Barron, Kristy Hinds, Katya Luce, and Elizabeth Lockhart. Audience members will have the chance to share storm survivor stories to recount after music. Storms are no joke these days.
7:30-10 pm
THEATER
CEBOLLAS
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
This new comedy tells the story of three Latina sisters traveling from Albuquerque to Denver, not for business or pleasure, but to deliver a dead body. What could possibly go wrong?
7:30 pm, $15-$60
WORKSHOP
LEARN CNC
Make Santa Fe
2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502
A class to comprehensively introduce students to using a CNC router while creating a fun Marble Maze project. Students will create 2D designs in, prepare files for cutting, operate the CNC router and troubleshoot.
10 am-2 pm, $120 SOUND BATH
Mongata Healing Center
501 Franklin Ave., Studio #3, (828) 246-5899
Bathing in water is so last year. All the cool kids are switching to the ultra-relaxing vibrations of sound.
6-7:15 pm, $27
FRI/8
ART OPENINGS
CARLOS CANUL: A COLLECTION OF PURSUITS (OPENING)
Strata Gallery
125 Lincoln Ave., Ste. 105, (505) 780-5403
Canul displays a series of paintings with themes of landscapes, Mesoamerican and world mythologies, spiritual realms and figuration. 5-7 pm
JASON KOWALSKI: OLD GLORY (OPENING)
LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250
Kowalski is regarded for his American landscape paintings, which are suffused with sunlight, nostalgia and remarkable detail. 5-7 pm
MAX COLE: JACOB’S LADDER (OPENING)
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S Guadalupe St., (505) 989-8688
Paintings of geometric shapes and intricate lines in natural colored tones.
5-7 pm
EVENTS
FINE ART FRIDAY
Santa Fe Children’s Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359
Create maracas and mini-spin drums.
2-4 pm
HANDS-ON STEM
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
Hands-on science, tech, engineering and math activities for ages 6-12.
3:30-4:30 pm
POTTERY DEMONSTRATION
Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery
100 W San Francisco St., (505) 986-1234
Hector Javier Martinez and Gabriela Perez de Martinez of Mata Ortiz, Mexico, give a demonstration on creating Day of the Dead jars.
11 am-4 pm
TABLE TOP ROLE PLAYING NIGHT
Sorcery and Might 1966 Cerrillos Road, Ste. C, (505) 629-5965
Beginner-friendly and introductory TTRPG games.
5-10 pm
TEEN PAINT POURING
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
Teens learn the art of acrylic paint pouring. 3-4 pm
TRASH FASHION AND COSTUME CONTEST
Santa Fe Community Convention Center
201 W Marcy St., (505) 955-6590
The 25th annual Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival with eco-conscious gifts and gallery-style exhibits. We just hope Derek Zoolander will finally make an appearance to show off the Derelicte campaign.
7 pm, $15-$20
MUSIC
MYRRHINE AND THE BIG SUITCASE
The Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Soulful blues and rock. 9 pm
BAYLIN WITH SPECIAL GUEST
LILY PINTO
Unit B at Chocolate Maven
821 W San Mateo Road, (505) 984-1980
Americana and folk.
7-9 pm, $15
BOBBY SHEW
Paradiso
903 Early St., (505) 577-5248
Shew plays jazz with Bert Dalton on piano, Terry Burns on bass, Alex Murzyn on saxophone and Joe Chelman on drums.
7:30-10 pm, $15-$20
BRUCE SALMON
The Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
A folk singer-songwriter. 5 pm
CHANGO
Second Street Brewery (Rufina Taproom)
2920 Rufina St., (505) 954-1068
Danceable high energy rock with an occasional slow jam.
8-10 pm
DK AND THE AFFORDABLES
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Vintage rock ‘n’ roll.
7 pm
ORDINARY ELEPHANT
San Miguel Mission
401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974
A folk/Americana duo.
7:30-9 pm, $32-$37
SIN NOMBRE AND BLACK MESA
First Presbyterian Church
208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544
An energizing brass ensemble. Donations are accepted. 5:30 pm
THE WACO BROTHERS
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
Alternative/indie and country.
7:30 pm, $20
THOSE GUYS RETURN FEATURING TOM WILLIAMS
La Fiesta Lounge
101 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Classic country, blues and rock.
6:30-9:30 pm
VINYL NIGHT IN THE LOW BAR
Nuckolls Brewery 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com
Nothing beats fuzzy old vinyls in a low bar. Well, maybe vinyls in a high bar, but just do that before you go. 7-11 pm
THEATER
CEBOLLAS
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
A comedy about three Latina sisters traveling from Albuquerque to Denver to deliver a dead body. 7:30 pm, $15-$60
DOCE MUJERES, 12 WOMEN: THE POWER OF WOMEN
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
A flamenco celebration of women’s strength and passion with dance, music and storytelling. 7-9 pm, $25-$28
SAT/9
ART OPENINGS
BILL JOHNSON: FROM LENS TO BRUSH (OPENING)
Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 222 Delgado St., (928) 308-0319
Johnson displays a series of acrylic paintings that speak to the beauty of New Mexico. 5-8 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES
ARTIST TALK: JOSHUA ORSBURN
Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8111
Artist Joshua Orsburn discusses his exhibition, Boyhood 1-2 pm
BOOK TALK: LIAM DOWNEY Geronimo’s Books
3018 Cielo Court, Ste. D, (505) 467-8315
University of Colorado associate professor Liam Downey discusses his new book, The Violent Underpinnings of American Life Violence? In America? There is no way... 4-5 pm
DANCE
CONTRA DANCE
Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, (505) 690-4165
A living tradition of community folk dance for all ages. 7:30 pm, $10
EVENTS
IMPROV SHOW: LUNCH LADIES AND BIG JABRONI Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive, Unit A, (505) 302-1250
Improv teams, Lunch Ladies and Big Jabroni perform two shows, back-to-back.
7:30-9 pm, $15
KID’S NATURE PARTY: BEESWAX CANDLES
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
A beeswax candle making session for kids.
3:30-5 pm
SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET
West Casitas in the Santa Fe Railyard Market Street, (505) 414-8544
Local juried artists sell their pottery, jewelry, paintings, photography, sculpture, furniture, textiles and more.
9 am-2 pm
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CANNABIS DISPENSARY
with Former City Manager John Blair
On Nov. 1, former City Manager John Blair said goodbye to Santa Fe after nearly three years on the job. He announced his resignation Oct. 22 to take an as-yet undisclosed job in Washington, D.C. Ahead of his departure, SFR caught up with Blair, who recounted his time in the position while he packed up his office. This interview has been edited for clarity and concision. (Evan Chandler)
What’s your biggest takeaway and regret from being city manager?
I genuinely feel I’ve helped my hometown be a better place to live and to work. I was born in Albuquerque, but I grew up here, and that’s probably the biggest takeaway for me. Broadly, I do think I’ve helped create a culture of teamwork and compatibility and empathy for each other. We’re stronger when we work together, and we get more done. As for regret, there’s never enough time. There’s always wanting to do more, and so it’s about learning how to juggle being there for your employees and your team and supporting them when they need that, but also being able to be there when it’s just a function of things getting done faster.
During your final comments at your last governing body meeting, you talked about how sometimes it feels like everyone has been “othered” in some way. How do we overcome that?
I genuinely think that we have an epidemic of loneliness in the country…and what I continue to see is that it affects our elected officials as much as it does our residents, and informs how they approach things. Part of my work has been about building relationships and building community. My experience has been that when you have an interpersonal relationship with people
that you work with and the people that you represent, you’re much less inclined to burn it to the ground when there’s something difficult to work through. It’s easier to have productive and destructive conversations. It is not lost on me that me having grown up here has been meaningful for a lot of people, and yet I still get othered because I recognize that for some people, I represent what they fear about Santa Fe. There’s a fear of people who don’t know me that I look like a wealthy, white, progressive person who’s moving here from fill-in-the-blank state and is changing Santa Fe, even though it’s not true. Sometimes when I talk about things like, I want to modernize city government, for some people, that sounds scary or exclusionary, but when they realize I’m actually from here and I don’t have any interest in causing harm to anyone who also grew up here, they are more willing to talk about it.
Was it in your mind at all that you were serving this role as the first openly queer city manager, and how much did that weigh into how you approached your job? We didn’t have queer leaders when I was a kid, and I didn’t come out of the closet until my early mid-30s, in part because I didn’t understand how I could do the work that I love and be who I am. When I came out of the closet, one of the things I was able to rationalize was that I feel some shame around the fact that I didn’t come out until I was in my 30s, and that there were people who were braver and stronger than me, who were able to do it when it wasn’t as popular, wasn’t as cool, and I’m cognizant as well that I’m a white, cisgender guy, and a lot of privilege comes with that still to this day. So what I committed to doing after I came out was to be as out as possible, to create a safer space for people. For me, it’s about trying to be for other kids what I didn’t have. I still continue to firmly believe that when straight people come to realize that they know someone who is queer—whether they’re a colleague down the hall, an elected official or their neighbor—it does help to break down stigma. It is striking in the climate that we’re in right now, of all the antiqueer rhetoric in this election cycle, particularly for nonbinary and trans people, particularly with trans youth, it is still a dangerous place. What’s weird is that, in many ways, some of the ugliness I’ve encountered in this job feels exactly like that, and it sort of takes me back to being that 14-year-old boy who doesn’t really understand anything about who he is, or what he’s about to become but knows the fear.
EVAN CHANDLER
SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET
Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion
1607 Paseo de Peralta, santafefarmersmarket.com
Over 150 local farmers offer fresh produce, educational initiatives and community engagement.
8 am-1 pm
SANTA FE POKEMON LEAGUE
WZKD Games Southside 4250 Cerillos Road, wzkdgames.com
Wait, so they haven’t all been caught yet? How many of those little buggers are out there? 11 am-2 pm
SCIENCE SATURDAYS
Santa Fe Children’s Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, (505) 989-8359
Science experiments and activities for all ages. This world needs more Isaac Newtons, it also needs more kids playing with ooblick.
2-4 pm
WARHAMMER OPEN PLAY
WZKD Games Southside 4250 Cerillos Road, wzkdgames.com
Warhammer open play with loaner armies and learn to play instructors.
10 am-8 pm
WAY OUT WEST STARLETS:
BURLESQUE, CABARET, VARIETY
Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
Dress up old hollywood style for a burlesque, cabaret and variety show. Think Audrey Hepburn, Madonna vibes.
7-9 pm, $30-$80
FILM
SANTA FE INDEPENDENT
FILM CLUB
Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817
Meet and network with other independent filmmakers. 4-6 pm
FOOD
THE MYSTIC BRUNCH SERIES
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
Chicken and waffles with red chili maple syrup and a spiced pear mimosa? Yes, please. Live music is from 11 am-1 pm. 8 am-2 pm
MUSIC
BOB FOX TRIO WITH MARY
KAY RILEY
Unit B at Chocolate Maven 821 W San Mateo Road, (505) 984-1980
Jazz with Mary Kay Riley on vocals.
7-10 pm, $22-$32
BOB MAUS
Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 988-5531
Blues, soul and pop.
6-9 pm
CURRY SPRINGER DUO
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Acoustic rock ‘n’ roll. 1 pm
FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT: THE ART OF CONCERTO GROSSO
First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544
Syrian-born clarinetist Kinan
Azmeh weaves together threads from his Middle Eastern, jazz, and classical backgrounds. 4 pm, $26-$74
HONDO COYOTE
The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Americana. 2 pm
INNASTATE
Santa Fe Public Library (Main) 145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6781
A reggae concert in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.
4-5 pm
JULIE STEWART AND THE ANIMAL PARADE
The Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Americana, blues and funk. 2 pm
LUMINATRIX, BABELSHACK, SWEET NOTHIN AND DJ
CHRISTINA SWILLEY
GHOST
2889 Trades West Road, instagram.com/ghost_santafe
Three local rock bands play original songs, plus a great DJ.
7:30 pm, $10
NAT LEFKOFF
El Rey Court
1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
A folk singer-songwriter.
8-10 pm
STEPHEN PEARCY AND QUIET
RIOT
Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, (505) 455-5555
A night of glam metal with Stephen Pearcy of RATT and Quiet Riot, known for their cover of, “Come on the feel the...” wait, how did they spell ‘come’? 8-9 pm, $39-$79
THE EQNX JAZZTET
Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St., nuckollsbrewing.com Jazz. 5-7 pm
THOSE GUYS FEAT. TOM WILLIAMS
La Fiesta Lounge 101 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Classic country, blues and rock.
6:30-9:30 pm
TONE RANGER WITH GUESTS
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
Electronic music with warm beats.
8:30-11:45 pm, $10-$15
TRINITY SOUL
Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Rock, reggae, funk and soul.
7 pm
THEATER
CEBOLLAS
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
This comedy tells the story of three Latina sisters traveling from Albuquerque to Denver, to deliver a dead body.
7:30 pm, $15-$60
DOCE MUJERES, 12 WOMEN: THE POWER OF WOMEN
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
A flamenco celebration of women’s strength and passion.
2-4 pm, 7-9 pm $25-$28
ZIRCUS EROTIQUE
BURLESQUE & VARIETY
SHOW
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
New Mexico’s longest running burlesque company celebrates their 16 year anniversary with a night of burlesque,drag,bellydance and more.
7:30-9:30 pm, $20-$25
WORKSHOP
BLACKSMITHING
Make Santa Fe
2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502
Learn the safety precautions, basic techniques, tools and nomenclature to get you started on blacksmithing.
10 am-2 pm, $95
CELEBRATING OUR ANCESTORS
Mongata Healing Center
501 Franklin Ave., Studio #3, (828) 246-5899
A blend of songs, drumming and storytelling by Michael Garcia. 3-4 pm, $32
CERAMICS & POTTERY
Make Santa Fe
2879 All Trades Road, (505) 819-3502
Learn ceramics and pottery through basic safety procedures and how to use a pottery wheel, slab roller, extruder and wedging table.
10 am-2 pm, $90
SUN/10
ART
ON DISPLAY: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTAR
Museum of International Folk Art 705 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204
Local artist Stephanie Riggs displays her ofrenda installation and offers a space to honor the lives of those who have passed.
10 am-5 pm
BOOKS/LECTURES
LYNNE SPRIGGS O’CONNOR: ELK LOVE: A MONTANA MEMOIR
Garcia Street Books
376 Garcia St., Ste. B, (505) 986-0151
Spriggs O’connor discusses her new book, Elk Love: A Montana Memoir, a book about and finding one’s place in the world.
4:30-5:30 pm
SANTA FE FREE THINKERS’ FORUM
Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road, (505) 310-2791
Justin Hunter, principal of Nava Elementary School, will share how he has led Nava students to their academic growth.
Noon
STORYTIME WITH AN EDUCATOR
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture 710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269
Educator Emily Berkes hosts a storytime in the discovery room. A room with more to discover than you could ever imagine. 11 am-Noon
SUMUD: POEMS OF THE PALESTINIAN DISPORA
Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601
Palestinian-Lebanese-American poet Paul Catafago reads poem from his new book. 5 pm
EVENTS
FALL FANDANGO MARKET AND LOT PARTY
Mottainai
805 Early St., montainaisantafe.com
Hayley Harper, The Little Tulips and Dandelioness play live music, with a market featuring artisans and vendors.
Noon-5 pm
SORCERY AND MIGHT GAME NIGHT
Sorcery and Might 1966 Cerrillos Road, Ste. C, (505) 629-5965
Join a thriving community of gamers and play from hundreds of games at dedicated tables. 5 pm-12 am
WARHAMMER OPEN PLAY
WZKD Games Southside 4250 Cerillos Road, wzkdgames.com
Warhammer open play with loaner armies and learn to play instructors. Noon-6 pm
FOOD
SUNDAY SUPPER SERIES
The Kitchen Table 313 Camino Alire, (505) 226-1984
A community gathering with appetizers, dinner, wine, non-alcoholic options, dessert and coffee. All the best things about a Sunday dinner without the clean up. 5:30 pm, $40-$70
THE MYSTIC BRUNCH SERIES
The Mystic Santa Fe 2810 Cerrillos Road, (505) 471-7663
Chicken and waffles with red chili maple syrup and a spiced pear mimosa? Yes, please. Live music is from 11 am-1 pm. 8 am-2 pm
MUSIC
ALEX TELLER
El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Country, folk and bluegrass. 7-9 pm
BASILARIS BAND
The Mine Shaft Tavern
2846 NM-14, Madrid, (505) 473-0743
Jazz fusion. 2 pm
BILL HEARNE
La Fiesta Lounge
101 E San Francisco St., (505) 982-5511
Country classics and originals. 6:30-9:30 pm
BLUEGRASS AND BAGELS JAM
Railyard Park Community Room 701 Callejon St., (505) 316-3596
A monthly bluegrass jam led by Greg Neal. Nothing inspires the creative juices like a good shmear on a toasted everything. 10 am-Noon
CONCORDIA SANTA FE WIND
ORCHESTRA CONCERT: SEEKING LIGHT
St. Francis Auditorium at NM Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
The final concert of the season. 2 pm
CROSSROADS JAM AT TINY’S
Tiny’s Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St Francis Drive, (505) 983-9817
A jam with local musicians. 4-7 pm
DOUG MONTGOMERY
Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765
Standards, classical, Broadway and movie themes on piano and vocals.
6-9 pm
FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT: THE ART OF CONCERTO GROSSO
First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544
Guest composer-performer and Syrian-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, brings the 18th century Baroque form into the 21st century with his soulful Concertino Grosso weaving together multiple threads from his Middle Eastern, jazz and classical backgrounds.
3 pm, $26-$74
JEFFREY MARTIN
Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St., (505) 393-5135
A folk singer-songwriter. 7:30 pm, $20-$23
SUNDAY JAZZ JAM
Kohnami Japanese Restaurant
313 S Guadalupe St., (505) 984-2002
The High City Jazz Quartet will even get the sushi rolling. 6:30-8:30 pm
THE WESTERNHERS Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
An all-female country band. Noon
THEATER
CEBOLLAS
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 E De Vargas St., (505) 988-4262
This comedy tells the story of three Latina sisters traveling to deliver a dead body.
2 pm, $15-$60
DOCE MUJERES, 12 WOMEN: THE POWER OF WOMEN
New Mexico Museum of Art
107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5072
A flamenco celebration of women’s strength, passion and artistry.
2-4 pm, 7-9 pm $25-$28
WORKSHOP
CONTINUUM MOVEMENT
MEDITATION CLASS
Breathe Studio 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Ste. A5, (505) 954-1034
Lynette Kesler leads a guided movement meditation class. Registration is suggested. 10:30 am-Noon, $18-$75
WHEEL-THROWING POTTERY EXPERIENCE
Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687
Learn to use the potters wheel and hand-building techniques. 2-4 pm, $125
MON/11
BOOKS/LECTURES
RENESAN: JAZZ & FRENCH NEW WAVE CINEMA Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
This talk explores whether jazz was essential to French New Wave films.
3:30-5:30 pm
SOUTHWEST SEMINARS: PAT GILMAN
Hotel Santa Fe 1501 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 982-1200
A talk on Scarlet Macaws in the Southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. 6 pm
DANCE
MONDAY NIGHT SWING
Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road, (505) 690-4165
A swing dance class. 7 pm, $5-$10
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EVENTS
QUEER NIGHT
La Reina
1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Celebrate and strengthen Santa Fe Queer communities. You don’t even have to be Queer, you just have to not be an a-hole.
5-9 pm
FILM
MONDAY MOVIE NIGHT
Mosaic Music & Arts Café
1044 Don Diego Ave., (505) 690-5730
This Monday film night features, The Chosen, a film series about the life and times of Jesus. Man, the things you have to go through to get a movie made about you these days. Free Admission.
6:30-8:30 pm
VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave., (505) 466-5528
Free films every Monday with Lisa Harris from Video Library— the country’s oldest continuously operating video rental store.
6:30-8:30 pm
MUSIC
CATHERINE SIKORA QUARTET
San Miguel Chapel
401 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 983-3974
Sikora plays improvised jazz on tenor and saprano saxophone with her band.
7 pm, $20
DOUG MONTGOMERY
Rio Chama Steakhouse
414 Old Santa Fe Trail, (505) 955-0765
Montgomery performs classical, Broadway and more on piano.
6-9 pm
KARAOKE WITH CRASH Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Get the first night of the week started with some karaoke.
7-10 pm
MATT KEARNY
Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234
A Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter. Irish singer-songwriter Darren Kielly opens.
7:30 pm, $29-$159
OSCAR BUTLER Cowgirl
319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
A solo acoustic singer-songwriter.
4 pm
WORKSHOP
WHEEL-THROWING POTTERY EXPERIENCE
Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687
Learn to use the potters wheel along with slab building and coiling techniques. 1-3 pm, 3-5pm $125
TUE/12
ART
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART: A-I-R: PATRICIA MICHAELS AND GINA HERRERAS
Institute of American Indian Arts 83 Avan Nu Po Road, (505) 424-2300
Visit the studios of Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) and Gina Herrera (Tesuque Pueblo).
3-5 pm
EVENTS
BOARD GAME NIGHT
CHOMP Food Hall
505 Cerrillos Road, (505) 772-0946
Play a variety of board games with Santa Fe’s largest table-top gaming community.
5-10 pm
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: THE SUNFLOWER FAMILY
Christ Lutheran Church 1701 Arroyo Chamiso, (505) 983-9461
Tom Antonio, Professor of Ethnobotany at the Institute of American Indian Arts discusses all things sunflowers. Fun fact: Sunflowers can self-pollinate.
6:30 pm
QI GONG
Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 986-0887. Learn movements to promote well-being.
6-7 pm, $10
SANTA FE FARMER’S MARKET
Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta santafefarmersmarket.com
Over 150 local farmers offer fresh produce, educational initiatives and community engagement.
8 am-1 pm
SOMETHING QUEER AT THE LIBRARY MOVIE NIGHT
Santa Fe Public Library (Southside) 6599 Jaguar Drive, (505) 955-2820
Get your kink on while watching a screening of, Kinky Boots. Or maybe just watch the movie.
5-7:45 pm
MUSIC
BOXCAR LIVE PRESENTS: TWO STEP TUESDAYS
Boxcar 133 W Water St., (505) 988-7222
A country music night. 7-11 pm
GARY GORENCE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
Rock, blues and Americana. 4 pm
NATHAN JACQUES + COLE
GALLAGHER El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road, (505) 982-1931
Country and honky tonk. 8-10 pm
WORKSHOP
BREATHWORK GROUP CLASS
Mongata Healing Center
501 Franklin Ave., Studio #3, (828) 246-5899
Learn breathing patterns to help you connect, release, align and embody your natural healing process. 6-7:15 pm, $27
WHEEL-THROWING POTTERY EXPERIENCE
Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio, (505) 988-7687
Learn to use the potters wheel and slab building, coiling techniuqes and more. 2-4 pm, $125
ONGOING
ART EXHIBITS
AMONG MONSTERS
Gerald Peters Gallery
1005 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 954-5700
Paintings, sculptures, textiles and works on paper reinterprit mythological references.
AUSTIN COUDRIET: AGGLOMERATION
Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie, (505) 820-1888
Coudreit displays ceramic sculptures with bold colors
BRANDON MALDONADO: REQUIEM
Hecho a Mano
129 W Palace Ave., (505) 916-1341
Maldonado displays a series of oil paintings about, and in memory of, the dead.
BURRO PRESS: FROM OAXACA TO SANTA FE
Hecho a Mano 129 W Palace Ave., (505) 916-1341
A group exhibit displays a diverse range of perspectives presented by Burro Press, a Oaxaca City, Mexico-based printmaking company.
CARRIE PENLEY: THE VINTAGE WEST
Gallery Wild 203 Canyon Road, (505) 467-8297
Mixed media with materials such as vintage sheet music, magazines and newspapers.
DAVID T. ALEXANDER: INSCAPES AND THE PERSISTENCE OF NATURE
Evoke Contemporary 550 S Guadalupe St., (505) 995-9902
Alexander's paintings distill the energy of the natural world.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FINE ART SHOW
Gregory Segura Santa Fe Silverworks 328 Sandoval St., (505) 670-3955
A Dead Fine Art Show with lowriders, classic cars, fine art and jewelry.
DINING WITH ART
Joe's Dining
2801 Rodeo Road, Ste. A5, (505) 471-3800
An intrepid group of local outdoor painters.
ELEMENTS OF THE EARTH: CONTEMPORARY NATIVE SCULPTURE
Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103
This exhibit features seven Indigenous artists' sculptures and ceramic works.
ERIN CONE: RENASCENT Nüart Gallery
670 Canyon Road, (505) 988-3888
Acrylic paintings trace the contours of emotion with bold colors and intricate patterns.
FRANCESCA MORALES GUTIERREZ: EXTREME GRACE FOMA
333 Montezuma Ave., (505) 660-0121
Black and white photographs focused on cage fighters.
GOVERNOR’S AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS EXHIBIT
State Capitol Roundhouse
411 S Capitol St., (505) 986-4589
CHARLES GURD: ASPECTS OF THE PRIMITIVE; MOONS, MONOLITHS AND REFLECTED MOONBEAMS
Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915
Gurd's paintings explore space and the subconscious.
CODY BROTHERS: I STILL
HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 470-2582
A series of photographs concentrated on Brothers’ series, Western Abandon
DAISY QUEZADA: UREÑA QUIHICA
Pie Projects 924B Shoofly St., (505) 372-7681
Ceramic, porcelain and multi media pieces.
DARLENE OLIVIA MCELROY: TANGLED TIME Calliope 2876 Hwy. 14, Madrid, (505) 660-9169
Contemporary mixed media paintings combined with found objects.
An exhibit of work by the 2024 recipients of the Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
GROUP EXHIBIT: OPEN MIND ART (OPENING) art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road, (505) 629-2332
This exhibit features fine art, sculpture, fiber art, raku pots and jewelry.
HIGHER FREQUENCY: THE WORKS OF CHRISTINE ALEXANDER
Iconik Coffee Roasters (Lupe) 314 S Guadalupe St., (505) 428-0996
Alexander uses dream-like, etheric and color-drenched photography as a vehicle to reach the realms between heaven and earth.
HILLS SNYDER: ALTERED STATES (PART EIGHT)
Phil Space
1410 Second St., (505) 983-7945
Color-splashed drawings.
JACKS MCNAMARA: THE POETICS OF GROWTH
form & concept
435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256
Ink-wash paintings on wood.
Max Cole’s paintings explore geometric shapes and intricate lines in his Jacob’s Ladder exhibit, opening 5 pm Friday, Nov. 8 at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art.
JAMES O'CONNELL: THE STARS DREAM DARKLY
Electra Gallery
825 Early St., Ste. D, electragallery.com
Photographs that transform models into mythological figures.
JENNIFER HERRIN: ANIMALS & CREATURES
Santa Fe Public Library (Main)
145 Washington Ave., (505) 955-6781
Mixed media monotypes and paintings of whimsical animals.
JOHN FINCHER: IN MEMORIAM
LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250
A memorial exhibit for the life of John Fincher, an artist who explored captivating subjects.
JOSHUA ORSBURN: BOYHOOD
Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8111
Prints which explore Queer identity and personal history.
LA HABANA HOY
Artes de Cuba
1700 A Lena St., (505) 303-3138
Sixteen contemporary Cuban artists display paintings, sculptures, printmaking and photography.
LINDSEY CALLA & ANNA SHEFFIELD: EARTH ORACLE Folklore
370 Garcia St., (925) 408-2907
Multidisciplinary artwork inspired by the earth’s ability to speak to us through stone and the chromatic stories of erosion.
LIQUID LIGHT GLASS GROUP SHOW: EMBODYMENTS
Liquid Light Glass Gallery and Studio 926 Baca St., #3, (505) 820-2222
Eight artists depict life through the art of glass scultpures.
MAX BAPTISTE: BLOOD, SOIL AND WATER
El Zaguán
545 Canyon Road, (505) 982-0016
Paintings that delve into the connection between identity and land through minimalism.
PAINTINGS BY JAMES RELYEA, KALIL MITCHELL AND STEPHEN THORNHILL
Big Happy 1300 Luisa St., Ste. 3A, bighappygallery.com
Three artists display paintings in a range of styles.
PAINTINGS BY RICHARD SOBER
The Betterday Coffee Shop 905 W Alameda St., (505) 780-8059
Oil paintings of architecture, still-life and nature.
PAUL SHAPIRO: NEW MEXICO HIGH
Downtown Subscription 376 Garcia St., (505) 983-3085
Photographs of the New Mexican landscape.
PETER BUREGA: GYPSIES IN THE NIGHT
LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 988-3250
Abstract paintings.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: THE BEST OF US
Monroe Gallery of Photography
112 Don Gaspar Ave., (505) 992-0800
Photos that depict the diversity of the human experience.
REVOLT X TVLSE
Revolt X Tvlse
54 1/2 E San Francisco St., (918) 232-1890
A group show of paintings, photography, beadwork and more.
ROBERT BRUBAKER: ANTHROPOMORPHIC WESTERN CHARACTERS
art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road, (505) 629-2332
Bronze and ceramic sculptures.
ROBIN JONES: THE MOTHER TREE
Blue Rain Gallery
544 S Guadalupe St., (505) 954-9902
A series of oil paintings with gold leaf on aluminum panels.
SALLY THOMSON: CULTIVATING HOMEGROUND Co-Fe
314 S Guadalupe St., (505) 690-3094
Nature photographs that relate to conservation.
SEAN HUDSON: SUN & SHADOW
L’Ecole Des Beaux Arts
717 Canyon Road, (505) 780-8761
Watercolors of the high desert. SELECTED WORKS FROM THE ESTATES
Peyton Wright Gallery
237 E Palace Ave., (505) 989-9888
A range of painting styles by artists whose estates are represented by the gallery.
STEVEN A. JACKSON AND KATHLEEN M. JACKSON: SHARED VISIONS
New Concept Gallery
610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570
This exhibit features both photographs and water color and ink conveying similiar subjects.
STEVEN CAMPBELL: THE TYRANNY OF SMALL THINGS
Zane Bennett Contemporary 435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-8111
Collages, mixed media paintings and sculptures.
TABULA RASA
Duende Gallery
5637 NM-41, Galisteo, (505) 466-6737
This group exhibit explores the creative potential of raw clay. UNDER THE SURFACE
ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road,, (505) 982-1320
Contemporary art from a group of artists in a range of mediums.
VALERIE RANGEL: HEROES | VILLAINS
form & concept
435 S Guadalupe St., (505) 216-1256
Rangel examines our perceptions of heroes and villains through intricately cut paper in the papel picado style. You’ll leave the show all like, “It turns out the real monster is man,” probably.
VINCENT MADRID: TRANSCENDENCE
Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 222 Delgado St., (928) 308-0319
MUSEUMS
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM
217 Johnson St., (505) 946-1000
Making a Life. Rooted in Place.
10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20
IAIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS
108 Cathedral Place, (505) 983-8900
Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People. Common Thread: Indigenous Perspectives from the Arctic. The Stories We Carry. Our Stories.
10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon, 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10
Free admission every Friday MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE
710 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1269
Driving the Market: Award Winning Native Contemporary Art. Here, Now and Always. Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles.
10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM residents free first Sunday of the month
MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART
18 Country Road Road
55A, Los Cerillos, (505) 424-6487
Global Warming is REAL 11 am-4 pm Fri-Sun; $10, Kids under 18 Free.
MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART
706 Camino Lejo, (505) 476-1204
NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM
113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200
Forks in the Road: A Diner’s Guide to New Mexico, Zozobra: A Fire that Never Goes Out. Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets, Palace Through Time.
10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri. of the month
NUEVO MEXICANO HERITAGE MUSEUM
750 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-2226
Ugly History of Beautiful Things. What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers. 1-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $10, children free NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART
SITE SANTA FE 1606 Paseo de Peralta, (505) 989-1199
Tristan Duke: Glacial Optics, 10 am-5 pm Sun-Mon, Thurs, Sat, 10 am- 7 pm, Fri.
POEH CULTURAL CENTER
78 Cities of Gold Road, (505) 455-5041
Di Wae Powa. Nah Poeh Meng. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 VLADEM
CONTEMPORARY
404 Montezuma Ave., (505) 476-5602
Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000
10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm every Fri. May-Oct.
WHEELWRIGHT
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
107 W Palace Ave., (505) 476-5063
704 Camino Lejo, (505) 982-4636
Madrid displays a series of contemplative oil paintings that speak to the human psyche.
Protection: Adaptation and Resistance. Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine 10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM residents free first Sunday of the month
Saints & Santos: Picturing The Holy In New Spain, Selections from the 20th Century Collection. Line by Line.
10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm every Fri. May-Oct.
Carved Stories, Pablita’s Wardrobe: Family & Fashion. Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10
Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy is currently on display at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Our Volunteers Make History
Weird Al
BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com
You know those fantasies you have about winning the lottery and the things you’d do with the nighinconceivable payout? You’ve got to hand it to author George RR Martin—whose Game of Thrones success feels akin to winning the lottery, though certainly he put in more effort than simply buying a ticket—because he’s used his good fortune to better the community in which he lives—y’know, Santa Fe.
First, he transformed the once destitute Jean Cocteau Cinema into a community-minded arts and film space and revival house. Then came Beastly Books, that most nerdly coffee shop and bookstore next door to the cinema that leans into fantasy and scifi. Then came Splice & Splatter, the horror movie podcast featuring Siena Sofia Bergt (full disclosure, a former SFR staffer) and Al LaFleur, the latter of whom also serves as the creative director for Martin’s Highgarden Entertainment—the company that operates his holdings at his Montezuma Avenue empire. This story is in fact about LaFleur, and how the weirdos should inherit the Earth.
With Splice and Splatter doing huge numbers on podcast and social media platforms, plus the Milk of the Poppy bar slated to open up right behind the Jean Cocteau a little later this year (then more earnestly in 2025), I somehow convinced LaFleur to take some time out of their insane schedule to chat. And believe me, they might be more excited than you are about what the future holds.
“I didn’t want to be a transplant who came in and tried to change the creative landscape,” LaFleur says of their move to Santa Fe in 2022. “I wasn’t even looking for a job, but I happened to see an ad for Highgarden Entertainment, and since I have weird specialties I got the call-back. In December, I visited—in July, I moved here.”
LaFleur grew up in Detroit but was previously in Los Angeles following college at Chicago’s Columbia College. They’d moved to LA to pursue film, but wound up working in social media and podcasts, most notably for the popular My Favorite Murder. Like many creative types, however, a chance trip to Santa Fe heralded that all too familiar story: “I was at Cowgirl on the last day of the vacation, three margaritas deep, and I started crying about how I wanted to move here,” they say with a laugh. “I feel like a lot of people feel the pull [of Santa Fe], and it was al-
Highgarden Entertainment Creative Director Al LaFleur takes George RR Martin’s holdings to the next level
most like I had no hand in it, like I was meant to be here with this weird skillset.”
LaFleur is much of the reason the Cocteau has embraced a more revivalist nature with its cinematic offerings. On the one hand, the theater screens cool old horror like The Blob or Nightmare on Elm Street; then we get showings of ’90s cult flicks like Rollerblading masterpiece Airborne, complete with an in-person appearance from star Shane McDermott. The Cocteau also hosts comedians like Matt Besser, appearances from megastars like Josh Gad, innumerable drag events and, not shockingly, a little bit of the old Rocky Horror action. For some, it might seem like a glorious new identity for the space. For others, LaFleur included, it’s the natural progression.
“That sort of vibe already existed,” they are quick to note, “and I was brought on to fully wrap up the branding of the entities—
but I would say the Cocteau has always been that spot for the weird, the edgy, the goths, the metalheads…this place where those subgroups can exist and feel comfortable.”
To wit, LaFleur explains, the forthcoming Milk of the Poppy bar will lean hard into a medieval apothecary aesthetic, which ought to firmly impress the D&D set. LaFleur even let me tour the bar, and while I can’t spill any secrets yet, it will feel like a godsend to a certain type of dork (like me). Thanks to Beverage Director Adam Garcia, LaFleur adds, the themed cocktails for which the Cocteau’s current little bar are known will remain intact at Milk of the Poppy. Ever wanted a drink inspired by Troll 2 or some other cult film? This is the place. Don’t know what that means? Don’t worry about it. Of course, even the jocks and tranqs and zipheads and lobos will be welcome within these spaces. Highgarden Entertainment is all about inclusion, in fact, with many staffers being openly queer—LaFleur included. Jeeze, do we ever need more of that in Santa Fe.
“We can’t force anyone to come here, and we don’t want to,” LaFleur says. “One thing I’m learning more is that a lot of people just don’t know about us still, which is wild to see because we’ve been here for decades. Our goal isn’t to be different, we really just are.”
All the same, LaFleur and Bergt’s Splice & Splatter podcast has certainly drawn a new type of crowd. In the show, the pair painstakingly breaks down the ins and outs of horror films, both well-known and not, and a cursory glance at their TikTok page shows hundreds of thousands of views for the snippets they post. It can be hard to pin down authentic numbers, LaFleur cautions of trying to quantify up-to-the-minute data for the audio downloads, but the show just hit its first anniversary and has proven more popular than they or Highgarden ever imagined.
I would say the Cocteau has always been the place for the weird, the edgy, the goths, the metalheads... this place where those subgroups can exist and feel comfortable.
-Al LaFleur
“I know we’re not a horror cinema, but it’s really cool to be trusted as a creative in this job,” they explain. “We really just wanted to offer a cool connection point for people who can’t come into the cinema.”
Mum’s the word for some future plans, but LaFleur does say they feel like the entirety of the Highgarden Entertainment operation is on the cusp of something meaningful.
“This job allows me to do everything I want,” they say. “I get to do a podcast, I get to do graphic design, I get to do videos and I get to be part of this niche thing. I’m extremely mindful of how privileged I am to have a job that allows that, so I didn’t come in here with an attitude—[Martin] is our ultimate leader, and he’s a big nerd who likes fantasy and allowing artists to showcase their specialties.” Dang, maybe we’re the ones who won the lottery.
Al LaFleur is a complete weirdo—thank goodness.
ALEX DE VORE
Dreaming of Tamales
BY ADAM FERGUSON adam@sfreporter.com
Everyone has at least one food that conjures up memories—that dish that, when eaten, mentally transports you to the time and place a dish changed your life. I know I do. Sometimes I find myself in a hole-in-the-wall in Peshawar, Pakistan, eating beef kebabs; in an olive grove on the French island of Corsica sampling dried pork and liver sausage alongside the stinkiest, gooiest cheese I can find; on the streets of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico learning just how special a tamale can truly be. That last one hits close to home just now, too, thanks to a recent meal at Fiesta Oaxaca.
I’d walked by the downtown restaurant for years, but after recently learning chef/owner Alberto López Palacios not only makes many of his foods Oaxacan style but offers numerous vegan options, I finally had to sample the tamale. Of course, I had my reasons to visit beyond simply loving tamales.
Some years ago, a delayed bus ride from Mexico City to Oaxaca left me standing outside a station at 4 am. Somehow, I couldn’t find a single outlet, leaving me with a dead phone and hours to kill before I could check into my hotel. Rather than sitting in the bus station, I wandered the empty cobblestone streets in the dark until, eventually, the sun began to rise. Shops opened, children rushed to school and the aroma of roasting cacao beans and freshly-made tortillas filled the air. This is also when I first discovered Oaxacan tamales.
Hailing from Vermont, tamales aren’t exactly something I knew at the time. We were more pancake and homemade maple syrup
people. In fact, I hadn’t even tried tamales until two years before my Mexico trip when I learned in Guatemala that they were one of my favorite foods. The Oaxacan version is on a whole other level, however, particularly the first one I ever tried. The sweet, earthy masa mixed with tender chicken and a chocolatey and faintly spicy mole complemented the distinct flavor lent by the banana leaf wrapping. While banana leaves are famously a staple in Central American cuisine, the corn husk version is the more widely known variety, particularly when we think of Mexican food. Since banana trees found their way to Mexico with Spanish explorers in the 1500s, and with the fruit’s prevalence in the southern regions of the country, banana leaf-
Fiesta Oaxaca and the power of food-based memory
wrapped tamales have become an integral part of Oaxacan cuisine. This version was like nothing I had ever tasted and has since been something I crave regularly.
Which brings us back to the present when and where the lure of Fiesta Oaxaca’s Oaxacan style tamales lured me into the restaurant. Owner Palacios was born and raised in Oaxaca and has been sharing his favorite family recipes with Santa Fe for a little over five years now, and since his menu also offers an extensive variety of moles—another favorite—served with various meats ($17$20), plus enchiladas ($16), tamales ($14) and other dishes, I’m not sure why I waited.
I arrived on a Friday afternoon around 4:30 to avoid the dinner rush. I was greet-
ed by the friendly staff and brought to a table on the well-shaded, streetside patio. Without hesitation I ordered the vegan Oaxacan tamale and it was brought out within ten minutes of placing my order. At first glance, it didn’t look like much to be honest—a single tamale, unwrapped on a banana leaf, tossed on a plate. It felt like something was missing, like rice and beans or some kind of side. Luckily, the Fiesta Oaxaca tamale is huge and smothered in velvety mole then topped with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. It was also excellent.
The mole had the slight bite of chocolate with a subtle fruitiness, plus a borderline perfect spicy kick from the dry roasted chile that balanced out its complex richness. This paired quite well with the flavors of corn. Fiesta Oaxaca’s vegan version is fairly simple—a tamale and mole. But it works well, even without the chicken I’d tried those years ago in Mexico. Was it identical to the one I had that morning in Oaxaca? Not exactly. Do I wish there was an extra spoonful or two of mole? Most definitely. But I’m pretty sure it’s as close as I’m going to get in Santa Fe. Keep in mind that the $14 price tag at Fiesta Oaxaca is a pretty hefty upcharge compared to the $2 I paid in Mexico, but what do you expect with a Plaza-adjacent restaurant? I’m just glad that if I get the urge to feel like I did in Oaxaca, Fiesta Oaxaca is just around the corner.
Fiesta Oaxaca does tamales the Oaxacan way—and with plenty of vegan options therefrom.
MOVIES
Here Review
Robert Zemeckis enters the saccharine zone with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
BY ALEX DE VORE alex@sfreporter.com
Whereas it could have been rather interesting to create a film wherein the audience observes the entirety of its happenings from a single camera angle, Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis squanders each and every chance to try something— anything!—risky in his new film, Here. Zemeckis’ newest focuses on a single spot in New England where all kinds of wild stuff went down over the last few million years. The dinosaurs roamed there, as did Indigenous folks; Benjamin Franklin’s son lived across the way; then someone built a house in 1900 where various families lived over the years—including an early adopter pilot, the inventor of the La-Z-Boy and, eventually, a big ol’ family pursuing the American dream. This is where Richard (Hanks) comes in, and we follow his family from the 1940s, when patriarch Al (Paul Bettany) returns from WWII and buys the house alongside his wife Rose (Kelly Reilly). Next come holidays, births, lost dreams, Beatlemania, marriages (this is where Wright appears as Richard’s partner), loves, lives, deaths, strokes, divorce and…really just all the stuff that happens to a group of people over the decades.
Interspersed throughout the movie, find vignettes of previous eras thrown in, some of which include that terrible film trope wherein someone says “No one will remember Benjamin Franklin!” and we’re all supposed to laugh because we obviously do remember him.
Here, then, amounts to little more than emotional extortion, and it certainly doesn’t validate the single angle choice. This isn’t experimental, it’s the same old shit shot in a slightly different way. Admittedly, the one angle thing doesn’t get in the way, but it also doesn’t excuse the cloyingly melodramatic music from industry vet Alan Silvestri, or the creepy way it looks when older actors like Hanks and Wright get de-aged through CGI—though maybe younger folks who don’t have a frame of reference for their earlier works might not mind.
Still, Hanks and Wright feel more like a conglomerated abstract presence than actors through-
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out the film. They only show real chemistry during scenes featuring arguments, and none of the other cast members fare better. Bettany’s Al, for example, feels like a cartoonish amalgamation of post-WWII dad behaviors with his shouts and alcoholism and whatnot. At least he has some dimension, however, as most of the women characters feel reduced to plot devices, sounding boards and obstacles. If this was meant to illustrate something about ingrained misogyny, it doesn’t work. None of this works. Here is too schmaltzy and cutesy and smarmy for its premise, and it begins to feel more predatory than artistic. Snoooooozers. SEPARATED
+ CINEMATOGRAPHY; THE STORY - FAILURE TO TRANSLATE THE REAL DANGER
New docu-drama Separated reveals the shocking realities of families separated at the US-Mexico border. Here, documentarian Errol Morris (The Pigeon Tunnel) looks at the Trump administration’s heinous practice of seizing children from their parents for the misdemeanor crime of crossing the border. Morris weaves chilling interviews with government officials and whistleblowers’ revelations of bureaucratic skullduggery, and vivid reenactments of migrant families’ moment-tomoment survival concerns prove harrowing at every turn.
Morris further fleshes out the goings-on through reenactments featuring actors Gabriela Cartol and Diego Armando as a mother and son. These are as artfully realistic as possible in illustrating how migrants endure the dangerous journey to the border in pursuit of a better life and provide more than an eat-your-vegetables exposé of official wrongdoing. In fact, Morris’s breathtaking cinematography carefully connects viewers with the humanity of desperate travelers, creating a disturbing picture of state-sponsored cruelty. Separated is a poignant adaptation of the book by journalist Jacob Soboroff. The film highlights classified information indicating the US Border Patrol’s “zero tolerance” scheme of
jailing children and infants as young as one as early as 2017. However, administration officials denied the policy existed until a New York Times investigation confirmed it in 2018. Public backlash and a California court order pressured the Trump administration to end the practice and reunite migrant families within 30 days, though the justifications of those responsible for the policy ring hollow against the revelation that six years after the program ended, more than 1,300 orphaned children remain in custody with little hope of ever reuniting with their families.
Morris’s important documentary exposes the chain of uncaring government officials and their tactics of child arrests. The creation of institutionalized orphan children as a deterrent to illegal entry into the US might even be the darkest chapter in recent American history. The list of the guilty goes all the way to the top of the Trump administration and the film is replete with lurking (and some not-so-hidden) evildoers .( Jesse Colvin)
Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 93 min.
CONCLAVE
Novelist Robert Harris’ 2016 book Conclave gets the big screen treatment starring the powerhouse trio of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and
John Lithgow. As an examination of powerlust, religion and cultish behavior, it’s a satisfying thriller-esque drama with no shortage of fine performances. As a glimpse into the inner workings of the mysterious church? Well, let’s just say there’s something dark beneath the surface, and it’s not a bunch of hidden puzzle Dan Brown nonsense.
Fiennes is Lawrence, a managerial type cardinal known as a dean who operates at a higher echelon within the Catholic church. He’s also a close friend to the pope, who dies unexpectedly. Around the deceased holy father, the papal conclave begins. That semi-rare sequestering of international cardinals is how we get new popes on the rare occasion that happens. Wouldn’t you know it, though—everyone has their own motivations and even bigwig clerics are beholden to human emotions. Some cardinals want the highest seat in all the land, of course, while others are called to duty reluctantly. Take Tucci’s Bellini, for example, who declares, “No sane man would want the papacy!” Or take Lithgow’s Tremblay, who was the last to see the pope, and under suspicious circumstances no less—what’s that dude hiding? Lawrence must corral them and 105 others besides, which is no easy task when a last-minute cardinal posted to Afghanistan arrives; or when a traditionalist Italian cardinal longs for the old (read, kind of fucked-up) ways; or when nefarious deeds from the past begin haunting the delegate from Nigeria.
Directed by Zemeckis With Hanks, Wright, Bettany and Reilly Violet Crown Cinema, PG-13, 104 min.
Like most films in which he appears, Fiennes absolutely dominates his role with effortless acting chops. Lawrence might ultimately be a good man, but even he succumbs to the siren call of power. Tucci brings his A-game, too, as a would-be more accepting pope, while Lithgow proves once again that understated performances more succinctly convey darker themes than rage and screaming.
Perhaps most interesting about Conclave, however, is in how it never makes the church itself the butt of a joke. Is religion flawed? Oh, big time, but whereas Conclave could have leaned into its institutional failures, it focuses instead on the flaws of man and their very human machinations. Pity, then, that the film only alludes to the sexual misdeeds that have plagued Catholocism’s heralds rather than calling them out plainly. It’s also a shame that the twist feels unearned. Harris co-wrote the script, and his ability to keep the focus purely on character study is notable, however. Alongside director Edward Berger’s visual aesthetic reading like a cavalcade of Renaissance paintings, Conclave is hard to shake. Doubt is part of the religious process, Lawrence posits at one point, and the film deftly illustrates our proclivities toward that. That doesn’t mean we are without faith or lost, of course, just that it’s kind of our duty to aim that faith to that and those which actually deserve it. (ADV) Violet Crown Cinema, PG, 120 min. HERE
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“My Kind of Town”—with three examples in the circles. by
Matt Jones
score or wickets, in cricket
Pop singer Rita who appears in “Detective Pikachu”
57. Satellite (whose name is an abbreviated shortening) from a 1961 NASA program
60. Inauguration Day words
62. Star-giver?
64. “You’ve got mail!” ISP
66. Mrs., in Madrid
67. Salad with bacon and hardboiled egg
69. TV ad subject mentioned with “And now a word from ...”
72. Hand sanitizer additive
73. Union behind a 2023 Hollywood strike
74. ___ terrible (hellion)
75. Send a quick message
76. 1099 ID
77. Heavy rainfall
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before
Out on the water 33. Bear, in Barcelona
Black of “Inside Out 2”
Sch. with a Shreveport campus 38. Mischievous rascal
40. With 25-Down, “Video Games” singer
41. Head-over-heels comment
46. French friend
47. One of many grains in an “overnight” jar
48. Ambient musician Brian
49. U.S. children’s fitness center chain with a palindromic name
51. Cage component
53. Coffee vessels
56. ___ whisker (narrowly)
1. Detest
2. Illinois city of a “Will it play in” phrase
3. Aliens’ enemies, in schlocky sci-fi stories
4. Tahiti, par exemple
5. Wendy’s founder Thomas
6. “UnREAL” star Appleby
7. Charged amount
8. Two-in-one electric hairstyling tool
9. First-generation JapaneseAmerican
10. Annoyed cat noise
11. Soon to arrive
12. Edible Andean tuber
13. Kit ___ (candy bar, or nickname in the movie “About Time”)
18. First Bond film (1962)
23. Cholesterol type, for short
25. See 40-Across
27. Like some elephants
29. Trattoria glassful
30. Person paired with Jacob
32. Words before rule or whole
35. “Bullish” nickname of the late Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela
37. “Orange Is the New Black” actress ___ Aduba
39. Poet whose “A Dream Within a Dream” has been likened to 2010’s “Inception”
41. Poetic meter unit
42. Credit card exp. date format
43. Old container for stogies (or other keepsakes)
44. Small floor coverings that might be crocheted
45. Former Burmese prime minister
50. WY winter hrs.
52. Squeezing snakes
54. Bahamian capital
55. Like dark-roast coffee
58. Comic book shrieks
59. Two-wheeled ride
61. Author Bret who wrote about the California Gold Rush
63. Partner in crime?
65. Word in a Dallas state nickname
67. Olivia Benson, for Taylor Swift
68. Futbol fan’s cheer
70. Sought office, like Kamala Harris
71. Raiders and Vikings group, for short
Rob Brezsny Week of November 6th
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I rarely recommend acquisitive behavior. But my analysis of the astrological omens tells me you now have cosmic authorization to indulge in a sublime version of voracity. We might also refer to it as a license to practice a spiritually correct variety of greed. Here’s the fine print: You should NOT interpret this as permission to amass materialistic treasures and status symbols. Instead, the things you gather will be rich feelings, encounters with inspiring beauty, epiphanies about your divine purpose, and exquisite states of consciousness. You can also ask for and receive colossal supplies of love and affection.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The last time I ate a hamburger was in 1994. I doubt I will ever eat another. Why? The taste is not enjoyable to me, and no matter how well I chew it, my stomach always rebels. There’s an additional problem: For several reasons, cattle farming is a significant factor causing the climate crisis. I would rather not contribute to that decimation. Does my attitude toward hamburgers mean I am a judgmental, close-minded zealot? No, it doesn’t. I don’t proselytize to those who relish burgers, especially if they take other measures to reduce their carbon footprint. In this horoscope, dear Taurus, I am illustrating an approach I hope you will cultivate in the coming weeks. Be extra zealously devoted to your ideals and proclivities without condemning and dismissing those who don’t share them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There are numerous approaches to getting good results from meditation. One is to sit silently and still in a tranquil sanctuary. Another is to lie on the ground under a dark sky and beseech the stars to bestow inspiration. One of my personal favorites is to sing rowdy hymns to birds, insects, and trees while hiking vigorously in nature. How many other varieties can you imagine, Gemini? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to develop and expand your meditation skills. Here’s a key consideration: How can you achieve maximum fun while meditating? I recommend you free your mind to experiment with a host of interesting approaches.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): If there was ever an appropriate time for you to indulge in creatively rowdy thoughts and inspirationally unruly behavior, it would be now. Life is giving you license to de-emphasize decorum and formalities—and to emphasize boisterous enthusiasm and plucky adventures. For the sake of your mental health, I believe you need to engage in experimental improvisations that include maverick expressions. What areas of your life need liberation? What feelings need to be released from their constraints? What worn-out old theories and opinions should be abandoned?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are your talents even slightly underrated and overlooked by others, Leo? Have your gifts received less than the full appreciation they deserve? Could you be of greater service and inspiration to your fellow humans if only your offerings were better known? If you answered yes to any of those questions, I’m pleased to tell you that the coming months should bring remedies. Life will be conspiring with you to help spread your influence and boost your clout.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I wish it were true that the forces of darkness are lined up in opposition to the forces of light. Life would be so much easier for you. But I’m afraid it’s not that simple and clear. In my view, a more accurate metaphor might be that the energies of smokey grey are squaring off with the energies of dusky beige. Each side has a touch of both wrongness and rightness, a bit of ugliness and beauty. So what is the most honorable role you can play in this showdown?
My suggestion is to develop a third side, an alternate way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “In the early part of his career, Libran author Mario Puzo wrote short stories and novels, but never a screenplay. At age 49, he was asked by director Francis Ford Coppola to co-write the
script for the film The Godfather. It turned out to be a sensational rookie effort. He was ultimately awarded an Academy Award for it, and later garnered another Oscar for his screenplay for The Godfather Part II. It was only then that Puzo realized he had found his calling and decided he should study the art of screenwriting. In the first chapter of the first book he bought about the subject, he read with great amusement that the ideal screenplay was the one by Mario Puzo for The Godfather. I bring this story to your attention, Libra, because you are approaching a time with resemblances to Puzo’s situation before Coppola solicited his work. Trust your rookie instincts!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the life cycle of a butterfly, the earliest stages are larva and pupa. As a larva, the future beauty crawls around as a caterpillar, cramming itself with nutritive substance. After it transitions into the pupa state, it’s inert for a while, working on the inside of its cocoon to transform itself into its ultimate form. I don’t want to be too literal about the comparison, but my sense is that your time as a larva will last another two months, whereupon you will begin your pupa phase. When will you emerge as a winged creature? It depends on how earnestly you work as a pupa, but I expect no later than March 2025.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, is one of the most innovative and imaginative songwriters ever. Many of his compositions have become bestselling hit tunes. But he had a rough start in his craft. The first song he ever wrote was “Surfin.’” He submitted it to fulfill an assignment in his high school music class, but his teacher gave it an F, the lowest possible grade. Fiftyeight years later, Wilson returned to the school for a visit, and the new principal changed his original grade to an A. I foresee a comparable event occurring in your life sometime soon: a vindication, restitution, or reparation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Earlier this year, 79-year-old rock singer Rod Stewart performed his greatest hits during a multi-city tour in many countries. “I shall never retire!” he proclaimed. Can you guess what astrological sign he is? Capricorn, of course. Many members of your tribe age very well, displaying stamina and vitality into later life. I bring this to your attention because I think you are close to discovering new secrets and tricks that will serve you well as you ripen. Here are some meditations that might be helpful: 1. What haven’t you been ready to do before, but might be soon? 2. What fun things would you love to be doing years from now, and how could you seed their future growth?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of over 700 dinosaur species buried underground. But the experts agree there are many more down there. Previously unknown species are still being unearthed every year. Let’s use these facts as a metaphor for your life in the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you could learn a host of fresh truths about your history. You may have imagined that your past is finished and finalized, but it’s not. I encourage you to have fun hunting for revelations and investigations that will transform the story of your life.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You haven’t fully tapped into all of your vast potentials, Pisces. Latent talents and aptitudes within you may still be at least partially dormant. It’s even possible that some of your future powers are so foreign to your self-concept that they will feel like magic when they finally come into full expression. Now here’s the very good news: The coming months will be an excellent time to figure out what you need to do to express a more complete version of yourself.
Homework: Maybe it would be beneficial to narrow your range of choices in one area of your life. Testify! Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.
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Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
Tuesday 6:00p-7:30p at Santa Fe Friends Meeting Hall, 505 Camino De Los Marquez, Santa Fe Join like-minded people to explore how meditation and mindfulness practices can bring a sense of balance, peace, and clarity into your life and relationships. Each class includes guided meditations and practical instructions on how to carry these practices into our daily lives. Anyone can learn to meditate and experience the many benefits that come from practicing meditation.
Nov. 5 - Death and Impermanence
Nov. 12 - Purifying Negativity
Nov. 19 - The Buddhist Way of Life
Nov. 26 - Strengthening our Compassion, Wisdom and Spiritual Power Dec. 3 - How to Solve our Human Problems:
Understanding The Four Noble Truths
Dec. 10 - Developing a Wish for Liberation
Dec. 17 - The Three Higher Trainings
There is no need to pre-register for this class. Suggested donation is $10 but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Please contact admin@meditationinnewmexico.org for call (505) 292-5293 if you have any questions.
“The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Women’s Connection will present a “Women in Transition” workshop on Saturday, November 16th, from 1 to 5:30 pm at Montezuma Lodge. We focus on navigating change successfully and creating a meaningful life. You will interact with other women to help you clarify how you want to live now and in the future. In this workshop, you will:
· participate in interactive exercises with women in similar situations to learn about the three stages of any transition, and how they can be understood and embraced.
· expand your possibilities and options.
· create your personal Transition Action Plan
· gain support from other participants
· make connections that can enrich your life and support your journey over the next several years
Cost: $40 for Women’s Connection members, $50 non-members. Preregistration required by November 13th.
Contact: jeanpalmer790@gmail.com
NOTICE OF PENDENCY
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Case No.: D-101-DM-2023-00455
Mirna Luz Romero Piñon Petitioner, vs. Raymundo Rodriguez Espino NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT
STATE OF NEW MEXICO to Raymundo Rodriguez Espino Respondent, GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that Mirna Luz Romero Piñon, the above-named Petitioner, has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause number, The general object thereof being:
Dissolution of Marriage If you do not file a response or a responsive pleading in said cause within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this Notice, a default judgment against you may be entered.
Mirna Luz Romero Piñon 7409 Sandy Creek Road Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-231-2847
WITNESS the Honorable DENISE M. THOMAS, District Court Judge of the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, and the seal of the District Court of Santa Fe County, this 26 day of August, 2024
KATHLEEN VIGIL
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Edith Suarez-Munoz Deputy Clerk
NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01699
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. LINDA S. TRIVETT and ROGER L. TRIVETT, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 20, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1205, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 1/104 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1205, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right during alternate calendar years to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common
Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2004
Timeshare Interest: Odd Year Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights: N/A Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable):
1205
Vacation Week No.: 43 Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom Deluxe including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on September 26, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property.
Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $6,888.46, plus interest of $1,100.64 from January 1, 2024 through November 20, 2024.
Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and
subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 2nd day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-02011
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. ROBERT S. LERMA and MARIE T. MURPHY, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 20, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2120, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2120
Initial Use Year: 2000 Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year Vacation Week No.: 51 Unit Type: 1 Bedroom including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile
homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on September 27, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property.
Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $10,874.92, plus interest of $1,737.60 from January 1, 2024 through November 20, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 2nd day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01693 VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff,
v. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BRUCE A. FLEMING, JR. AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BRUCE A. FLEMING, JR. AKA CINDY DARREN, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 20, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights,
title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2210, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 1500/263000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 2210, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2003 Timeshare Interest: UDI-Float Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights: 1500 Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable): Vacation Week No.: N/A Unit Type (If applicable): including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on September 27, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $7,378.44, plus interest of $1,178.93 from January 1, 2024 through November 20, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that
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the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 2nd day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01927
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
INC., Plaintiff, v. ANN HEACKER and ESTATE OF ROBERT R. KIMBRO, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 4, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2121, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current
Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2121
Initial Use Year: 1999
Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year
Vacation Week No.: 48
Unit Type (If applicable): 1 Bedroom including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on October 2, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $11,677.19, plus interest of $1,946.41 from January 1, 2024 through December 4, 2024.
Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing.
Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 8th day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
No. D-101-CV-2023-01839
VILLAS DE SANTA FE
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
INC., Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DONNA WRIGHT and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DONNA WRIGHT, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 18, 2024 at 1:30 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 1101, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: An undivided 10000/289000 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 1101, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2002
Timeshare Interest: UDI-Float
Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights: 10000 Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable):
Vacation Week No.: Unit Type (If applicable): including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on October 15, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $15,946.05, plus interest of $2,768.06 from January 1, 2024
through December 18, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 21st day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
NOTICE OF PENDENCY
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
ROXANA ELIZABETH LOPEZ de BERNAL
Petitioner
v. No. D-101-DM-2024-00394
IN THE MATTER OF THE KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP OF DABF, (08/2018) a child and concerning IVAN ALEXANDER BERNAL LOPEZ
Respondent(s)
TO: Respondent, Ivan Alexander Bernal Lopez NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO to
Respondent Ivan Alexander Bernal Lopez, biological parent of David Alexander Bernal Flores, a minor. You are hereby notified that Roxana Elizabeth Lopez de Bernal, Petitioner, has filed a Verified Petition for Order Appointing Kinship Guardianship of the minor child DABF. You have thirty (30) days to enter a response with the First Judicial District Court at 225 Montezuma Ave., P.O. Box 2268, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2268 and send the same to Petitioner’s attorney. Regarding this petition, if you do not enter a response and send the same to Petitioners’ attorney, the Court may enter a default judgment in
your absence. Attorney for Petitioner is Saul J. Ramos, 621 Dakota St SE, Albuquerque NM 87108.
Witness the Honorable Shannon Broderick Bulman, District Judge of the First Judicial District Court of the State of New Mexico, and the seal of the District Court of Santa Fe County, this 9 day of September, 2024.
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2024-01759 VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. JERRY ROBERTSON AND THE UKNOWN SPOUSE OF JERRY ROBERTSON, Defendants.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: JERRY ROBERTSON AND THE UKNOWN SPOUSE OF JERRY ROBERTSON
You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff has filed an action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit 1203, Santa Fe, NM 87501, said property being more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interest(s) of 1 undivided one fifty-second (1/52) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc; all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit Number: 1203
Vacation Week No.: 41
Unit Type (if applicable): 1
Bedroom Deluxe
Initial Occupancy Year: 2020 Timeshare Interest: Floating Annual Year Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice
of Pendency, judgment by default will be entered against you. GREENSPOON MARDER LLP
By: /s/ S. J. Lucero
Mx. S. J. Lucero (they/them) 500 Marquette NW, 12th Floor Albuquerque, NM 87102
Telephone: (888) 491.1120
Email 1: S.J.Lucero@gmlaw.com
Email 2: gmforeclosure@gmlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-PB-2024-00218 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN J. O’BRIEN, Deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Century Bank has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the attorneys of the Personal Representative, Sommer Udall Law Firm, P.A., (Kurt A. Sommer) P.O. Box 1984, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1984, (2000 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505) or filed with the First Judicial District Court, Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.
DATED: October 4, 2024 Respectfully Submitted, SOMMER UDALL LAW FIRM, P.A. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: Kurt A. Sommer P.O. Box 1984 Santa Fe, NM 87504 (505) 982-4676
NOTICE OF HEARING
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO In the Matter of the Estate of Martha Candelaria Salazar Martinez, Decedent. No. D-101-PB-2024-00226
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: CLYDE VIGIL, JR., MICHAEL HERRERA, JR., ANGELINA WATSON, RUEBEN MARTINEZ, MARGARET MARTINEZ, JULIAN MARTINEZ
TO: THE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF JOSE PATRICIO MARTINEZ, SR., NORMAN MICHAEL MARTINEZ, LORRAINE MARTINEZ, AND SEFERINO THOMAS MARTINEZ, WHOSE MOTHER WAS MARTHA CANDELARIA SALAZAR MARTINEZ
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARTHA CANDELARIA SALAZAR MARTINEZ, DECEASED, AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN
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THE ESTATE OF MARTHA CANDELARIA
SALAZAR MARTINEZ, DECEASED, OR IN THE MATTER BEING LITIGATED IN THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HEARING.
Hearing on the Application for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative filed by the undersigned Applicant, which Application provides for a determination of the heirs of Martha Candelaria Salazar Martinez and to appoint a Personal Representative of the Estate of Martha Candelaria Salazar Martinez, will be held at the First Judicial District Court, County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, in cause No.
D-101-PB-2024-00226, at 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, on the 16th day of December, 2024, at 1:15 p.m., before the Honorable Francis J. Mathew, Division I. The hearing is scheduled to conducted by Google Meet: meet.google.com/pbm-prjx-suz. Pursuant to NMSA 1978, §45-3-403, and §45-1-401 (2016), notice of the time and place of hearing on said Application is hereby given you by publication, once each week, for three consecutive weeks.
Witness our hands and the seal of this Court.
DATED: October 22, 2024. KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF COURT BY: Gloria Landin
DEPUTY
Robert Martinez, Applicant 179 Union Lane Boaz, AL 35957
Respectfully Submitted, LAW OFFICE OF BARRY GREEN By: /s/ Barry Green Barry Green Attorneys for Applicant PO Box 1840 Santa Fe, New Mexico 875041840 505/989-1834 LawOfficeOfBerryGreen@msn. com
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01704
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF SYLVIA L. CATE and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SYLVIA L. CATE, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 4, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2202,
Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as: 1 Timeshare Interests(s) consisting of 1 undivided one one-hundred-four (1/104) interest(s) in fee simple as tenant in common in and to the below-described Condominium Unit, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Condominium Unit, as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit of the same Unit Type described below within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium ( the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during a Vacation Week, as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then-current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc., all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195-294, as thereafter amended (the “Declaration”).
Unit No.: 2202
Vacation Week No.: 7
Unit Type: 2 Bedroom Standard Initial Use Year: 2002 Timeshare Interest: Float Odd Year including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on October 11, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $8,541.38, plus interest of $1,423.72 from January 1, 2024 through December 4, 2024.
Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of
advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 15th day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2023-01692
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff,
v. DIANNA COON, IF LIVING, IF DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DIANNA COON, and UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DIANNA COON, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 4, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2201, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as:
An undivided 1/104 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 2201, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right during alternate calendar years to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive rights to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc.; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium
for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2004 Timeshare Interest: Even Year Fixed Use Period (If applicable): N/A
Number of Rights (If applicable): N/A
Fixed Assigned Unit (If applicable): 2201
Vacation Week No.: 35 Unit Type (If applicable): 2 Bedroom Standard including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on October 11, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $8,983.25, plus interest of $1,497.37 from January 1, 2024 through December 4, 2024.
Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 15th day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network
P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-CV-2024-01758
VILLAS DE SANTA FE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., Plaintiff, v. JOHN L. LANGFORD, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 4, 2024 at 12:15 p.m., the undersigned Special Master will, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, sell all of the rights, title, and interests of the above-named Defendant, in and to the hereinafter described real property to the highest bidder. The property to be sold is located at 400 Griffin Street, Unit(s) 2212, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and is more particularly described as:
An undivided 1/52 interest in fee simple as tenant in common in and to Unit Number(s) 2212, together with a corresponding undivided interest in the Common Furnishings which are appurtenant to such Unit(s), as well as the recurring (i) exclusive right every calendar year to reserve, use, and occupy an Assigned Unit within Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium (the “Project”); (ii) exclusive right to use and enjoy the Limited Common Elements and Common Furnishings located within or otherwise appurtenant to such Assigned Unit; and (iii) non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Elements of the Project, for their intended purposes, during (A) in the case of “floating” Timeshare Interests, such Use Periods as shall properly have been reserved in accordance with the provisions of the then current Rules and Regulations promulgated by Villas de Santa Fe Condominium Association, Inc; and (B) in the case of “fixed” Timeshare Interests, such Fixed Vacation Week as is specifically set forth below, all pursuant to the Declaration of Condominium for Villas de Santa Fe, a Condominium, duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in Book 1462, at Page 195, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration”).
Initial Use Year: 2002
Timeshare Interest: Both Odd and Every Years
Fixed Use Period (if applicable): N/A
Number of Rights:
Fixed Assigned Unit (if applicable): 2212
Vacation Week No.: 24
Unit Type (if applicable): 1 Bedroom Standard including any improvements, fixtures, and attachments, such as, but not limited to, mobile homes (the “Property”). If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control.
The foregoing sale will be made to satisfy a foreclosure judgment rendered by this Court in the above-entitled and numbered cause on October 8, 2024, being an action to foreclose a mortgage on the Property. Plaintiff’s judgment is in the amount of $4,867.75, plus interest of $811.38 from January 1, 2024 through
December 4, 2024. Plaintiff has the right to bid at the foregoing sale in an amount equal to its judgment, and to submit its bid either verbally or in writing. Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.
In accordance with the Court’s decree, the proceeds of sale are to be applied first to the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fees, and then to satisfy the above-described judgment with any remaining balance to be paid into the registry of the Court. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, as set forth above, offer for sale and sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash or equivalent, for the purpose of satisfying, in the adjudged order of priorities, the judgment and decree of foreclosure described herein, including the costs of advertisement and publication for the foregoing sale, and reasonable Special Master’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the Court.
The foregoing sale may be postponed and rescheduled at the discretion of the Special Master, and is subject to all taxes, utility liens and other restrictions and easements of record, and subject to the Defendants’ one (1) month right of redemption and entry of an order of the Court approving the terms and conditions of sale.
Witness my hand this 10th day of October, 2024.
By: /S/ Robert Doyle Robert Doyle, Special Master Legal Process Network P.O. Box 279 Sandia Park, NM 87047 (505) 417-4113
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE David Boxer Petitioner/Plaintiff, vs. Tabreesha Boxer Respondent/Defendant. Case No.: D-101-DM-2024-00462
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO Tabreesha Boxer.
GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that David Boxer, the above-named Petitioner/Plaintiff, has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, The general object thereof being: to dissolve the marriage between the Petitioner and yourself,
Unless you enter your appearance in this cause within thirty (30) days of the date of the last publication of this Notice, judgment by default may be entered against you.
David Boxer
17 W Old Agua Fria Santa Fe, NM 87508 505-204-1826
WITNESS this Honorable DENISE M. THOMAS, District Judge of the First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, and the Seal of the District Court of Santa Fe County, this 31 day of October, 2024. KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Edith Suarez Deputy Clerk
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