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NEWS OPINION 5 NEWS 7 DAYS, CLAYTOONZ AND THIS MODERN WORLD 6 PARTISAN POLITICS HIT SFPS RACE 9 Candidates face off on book bans, “parental rights” and LGBTQ topics in contest for District 2 school board seat COVER STORY 10 HANGING IN THE BALANCE The fate of EJ Martinez Elementary School once again hangs in the balance as the school’s shrinking population and deteriorating facilities come under the district Community Review Committee’s scrutiny. It’s the first real test of the district’s ongoing “reimagining” process on closures
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND I disagree with SFR’s support of the 3% mansion tax on this year’s ballot. How does making housing more expensive solve the affordability problem? The Reporter states that the money will be used to continue programs including down-payment and rent assistance, transitional housing and other services to assist the homeless. This type of assistance increases demand for housing, not the supply. An increase in demand but not supply will make prices go up. While I am in favor of making Santa Fe housing more affordable, a mansion tax is self-defeating. Vote no on the Mansion tax and tell the city to come up with a better idea.
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Several recent articles and the voter’s guide in the Reporter discuss the so-called “mansion tax” in which 3% of the excess over $1 million of a home’s sales price would be devoted to promoting affordable housing. It’s deeply distressing that Santa Fe housing prices have risen to the point where the people who keep our city running: the teachers, restaurant workers, first responders and many others cannot afford to buy a home in the city they work in. So the emphasis on affordable housing is timely and welcome. While I generally support the “mansion tax,” I think it is also important to have a policy for how the funds it raises will promote the city’s affordable housing goal. If new development
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is being proposed as pathway to affordable housing, I believe it is imperative for proponents to specify precisely how enough water will be provided in the future for the population growth that will accompany new development. Perhaps some thought should be given to how affordable housing can be implemented without excess new development. I don’t pretend to know the answer here, but the water question is as obvious as it can be.
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STOCKTON FOR SFPS Santa Fe families deserve better than Sarah Boses. Boses fought against school re-opening in the spring of 2021, when the [Centers for Disease Control] said kids could safely return to school, as studies emerged showing schools were not super-spreaders and closures were causing profound negative effects on academics and student wellness. When asked at a candidate forum how to respond to closure-related learning loss, Boses minimized the effects and falsely claimed that [COVID-19] is the third leading cause of death for children in the US (not even close). She claims to “lead with love” but stokes fear. She lacks introspection and understanding and is out of touch with real families who suffered and continue to suffer because of school closures. We cannot trust Boses to make decisions based on data, the recommendations of experts, or what’s in the best interests of our families. In this non-partisan race, Boses and team bring up national political issues to stoke fear (again), framing the race as partisan. Don’t let them fool you. One school board member cannot unilaterally change policy or ban books. I’ll be voting for Patricia Vigil Stockton, the best alternative.
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and referenda. Calculations are based on the number of voters who cast ballots in the most recent mayoral election. With approximately 20,600 voters who took part in the 2021 election, about 3,090 signatures would be required to reach the 15% threshold proposed on the ballot. (There’s also a proposal on the ballot we failed to mention. It would change this calculation to the number of voters who voted for mayor instead and would apply to all three direct democracy options: initiative, recall and referendum.)
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TASTY BET This place is great. The half chicken plate is a favorite, and supposedly they are going to make green chile stew this winter. I bet it will be tasty as hell.
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BOTTOM OF THE BARREL The politicians here are largely owned and controlled by corporate and profit driven healthcare agencies, most of which are run by people from outside of the state of New Mexico. This is one of many reasons New Mexico is at the bottom of the barrel regarding our health care outcomes.
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HONEST AND TRUE I lost my wallet last week behind [Santa Fe Bees] restaurant while taking a photo of a purple Harley. They delivered it the next day with $200 of cash in it and all my personal info and cards. Truly honest, hard working people running a family oriented business. Oh yeah,
COOKING WITH KIDS! From all of us at Cooking with Kids, thank you for the great recent coverage of Cooking with Kids and our work with Santa Fe Public Schools! It was wonderful to meet reporter Mo Charnot at the garden-building event at Kearny Elementary School, and then to read the article that gave such good insight into how the Kearny, SFPS and Sprouts Farmers Market communities came together to help make this happen. We were also honored to have been featured in The Fork’s recent Tia Sophia gift certificate contest. We all got a laugh out of this line: “Cooking with Kids: it’s about teaching kids to cook, not literally cooking dishes that feature children!” Keep up the good work, with accurate reporting and clever approaches!
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Candidates face off on book bans, “parental rights” and LGBTQ topics in contest for District 2 school board seat
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Partisan Politics Hit SFPS Race
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onservative talking points about “parental rights” have made their way to this year’s election for the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education. District 2 incumbent Sarah Boses is the only school board member facing a challenge in the Nov. 7 contest, with Patricia VigilStockton, CFO of her family business, and Cerrillos saddlemaker John T. McKenna both vying for her spot. While the race is technically nonpartisan, which means there aren’t party-aligned primary contests, Vigil-Stockton has employed messaging that matches Republican-party rhetoric about the role of parents in public schools. Alissa Barnes, executive director of ProgressNow New Mexico, tells SFR her organization has seen such rhetoric growing since 2021 in various districts across the state. Nationwide, state lawmakers have introduced nearly 400 bills aimed at empowering parents, government officials and others to challenge or monitor what schools teach about race and gender. Barnes says that as a parent, she sees the term “parental rights” as deliberately misleading to voters. “It’s a really smart term to get people listening,” Barnes says. “The problem is, it’s not actually about parental rights. It’s not about
District 2 candidates for SFPS Board of Education (left to right: John T. McKenna, Sarah Boses and Patricia Vigil-Stockton) answered questions from the local teachers’s union at a forum Oct. 13.
me having the right to know if my kid is being bullied in school; it’s not about me having the right to be engaged in their education with the teachers and administrators at the school. It is about restricting access to curriculum, to inclusivity— particularly ostracizing and alienating queer and trans kids.” Teachers who work in the district questioned candidates’ stances on book-banning and treatment of LGBTQ subjects in the classroom—both subjects central to the “rights” agenda—at an Oct. 13 forum held by Santa Fe’s National Education Association chapter. For example, first-grade teacher Claire Love asked candidates who is best qualified to determine what books should be in the classroom and school libraries: parents, or the American Library Association? Vigil-Stockton, who has been officially endorsed by the Santa Fe County Republican Party and enjoys support from Sarah Jane Allen, chair of the Bernalillo County chapter of book-banning advocate group Moms for Liberty, said she favors the idea of parents deciding what books go into the schools.
“Parents are the best to know and determine what is good for their kids,” she said. “But how are parents going to know what’s being presented to their children?” Vigil-Stockton also advocated at the forum for “parental consent forms”—a nod to the GOP’s platform on education that pushes for more ways for parents to opt their students out of curricula they don’t like. She brought up the phrase in her answer about books, but didn’t specify how such forms could apply to books on the library shelves. McKenna, a former Catholic school teacher from Massachusetts, asked, “What kid goes into a library now? I’m seeing kids on the phone all day long.” He said the school board should have the ability to vet books, noting, “Children belong to their parents. We have to take what they say and what they believe.” Boses took an opposite approach. “I do not support book bans. I don’t think censorship leads to anything good,” Boses said. “I believe the best body to guide that is the [American] Library Association. There is a process, it is well-vetted, it’s evi-
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dence-based—and I support that.” Boses tells SFR in a later interview that while she feels the “parental rights” issues have been a distraction from what the school board actually does, she can’t ignore them. “That isn’t to say parents shouldnt be involved, but they don’t need to be in the library, and they certainly don’t need to be making decisions for other people’s kids about what those kids can read,” Boses says. SFPS policy dictates the schools must recognize students’ right and/or obligation to study any controversial issue which has political, economic, or social significance, and to have free access to all relevant age-appropriate information. Additionally, each school’s library catalog is publicly available on the school district’s website. When asked about LGBTQ representation in the classroom, McKenna said he does not want to “get caught up in things that are now becoming political footballs,” and VigilStockton said the issue should vary depending on age. “At the elementary level, we should be focusing on the curriculum and what’s age-appropriate,” Vigil-Stockton said. “And I think that’s very important, to really review the content of books.” Boses said she views LGBTQ representation as a way to increase school safety for students who may feel unsafe at home. “If they can feel safe at school and have connections, that really changes outcomes,” Boses said. Boses, elected to the board in 2019, also defended the district’s efforts to keep parents involved, noting policies consistent with state and federal statutes. “I haven’t ever heard a teacher say they wished parents and the community weren’t involved in educating kids,” Boses said, adding “parental involvement should not be confused, or intentionally conflated, with parental or community control.”
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SFPS faces decision time as EJ Martinez Elementary School’s maintenance needs mount BY M O C H A R N OT m o @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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our years ago, the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education struck down a proposal to close and consolidate EJ Martinez, Acequia Madre and Nava Elementary schools. The decision came after droves of parents petitioned to keep the school open, held protests and forums against the school’s closure and packed school board meetings with signs reading “Save our schools” and “Small schools matter.” Now, EJ Martinez’s fate once again hangs in the balance as the school’s shrinking population and deteriorating facilities come under the district Community Review Committee’s scrutiny. The committee, which makes recommendations about how the district spends its general obligation bonds, has asked the full school board to weigh in. 10
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The review of EJ Martinez represents the first significant test of the school district’s “reimagining” process, a direct result of swirling turmoil about proposed closures in 2019. The board’s action that followed was two fold: first, it rejected former board members Maureen Cashmon and Lorraine Price’s recommended plan to shutter the three schools; next, it adopted a plan directing then-Superintendent Veronica García to “reimagine” aging facilities, declining enrollment, transfers, zoning policies and alternative curriculums to address inequity across the district. García retired as superintendent in March 2021, but the district hired her on contract to lead the process and direct the Reimagining Steering Committee, which began its work in earnest about a year ago. According to an update delivered last spring, “reimagining” means “addressing equity, the holistic needs of students and
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families, with a particular focus on student engagement, the needs of our Indigenous families and students, and looking at research of best practices and national efforts.” In August, the school board adopted the committee’s first policy recommendation on a new strategy for school closures; it requires three years of lead time to “realign” students to different schools. And in the years that have gone by with no change, EJ’s enrollment continues to drop amd its building degrade. “The roofing system is certainly at the end of its useful life, and we had to close off about 35% of the school,” Gabe Romero told the Community Review Committee as he showed them photos of the roof’s current condition and issued a dire report at a Sept. 20 meeting. “The bubbling seen in some of the photos indicates the coating and roofing mate-
rial are wet and no longer adhering to the roof insulation,” he tells SFR later in an interview. “There are leaks in the roof that only a roof replacement can resolve.” The district applied the last roof coating on the school about eight years ago, he says, in hopes to get “five to six more years out of it,” but it is now deteriorating. Workers would now need to remove the roof and insulation down to the deck, making an exception for the roof over the school’s gym (built in 2009). Additionally, the HVAC system, rooftop ducting and electrical conduits would need to be removed and replaced. Fixing the building’s most immediate needs would cost an estimated $9.45 million. However, Romero says the district would need to reallocate about $11 million for the project to account for inflation and additional costs. Those conditions led Romero to present the committee two options: Use cash from the district’s 2021 general obligation bond to fix the problem; or close the school using the district’s recently-approved realignment policy. Even though, teachers and students can’t use an entire wing of the school due to the leaky roof, classes at EJ Martinez have continued as usual because the school currently has far fewer students than the building was designed to hold. Although enrollment numbers are not yet final, EJ Martinez currently reports 156 students enrolled this year, a decline of 33 students since last year—filing just 47% of its 333-student capacity. The plan to fix the building would allow EJ Martinez to continue operating as a small elementary school, but would expend the majority of the entire district’s remaining general obligation bond’s facility renewal funding (estimated by Romero to be about $17 million), which could delay facility renewal projects at the rest of the schools in the district until the next general obligation bond cycle in 2025. The school didn’t benefit from bond money over the last two cycles in 2017 and 2021 because of its uncertain future, according to an earlier presentation. If the school board decides to focus on renovating EJ Martinez rather than realigning its students to other schools, the building would need to close for at least a year to complete the reconstruction of the roof and HVAC system “responsibly,” Romero told the committee. If the district decides to pursue the expensive fixes, Romero says, “it doesn’t fix all the other shortfalls of the building,” which include plumbing, lighting and insulation.
EJ Martinez Elementary School first opened to the public in 1959. Officials say the building’s roof has reached the end of its useful life.
into an old car,” she says. “You can fix one part, then another part breaks, and so on… Then we have to start looking at, ‘Are we going to build a new school here, or are we going to consolidate schools? What makes the most sense?’” Members of the committee were reluctant to choose any of the options. “If we were to decide that we need to look at a new facility, this can’t just happen next year,” Chairwoman Jodie Wheeler
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Under the new policy, shuttering the school would call for a three-year grace period for students and families by stopping admissions for the earliest grades after the board make the decision. For example, if the school board voted to close a school this year, the school would still be open through the end of the school year in June 2027. In the first year following the decision, the school would no longer enroll new kindergarten students. In the next year, the school would no longer enroll kindergarten or first-grade students, and in the final year before closing, the school would only enroll students grades three and above. García says the policy responded to parents who said they need more time when facing school closures. As students matriculate out, the strategy also “gives parents an opportunity to plan.” The decision to close a school, she says, is based on a number of reasons, with school enrollment and expensive maintenance cost being a concern of fiscal responsibility. “We do have major shifts sometimes, in student body population, or severe declining enrollment in a particular school, but also, certain facilities become so aged, and it’s sort of like putting more resources
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Romero noted the Public Schools Finance Authority recommends a rebuild if renovation costs for a building are 60% or more than the cost to rebuild. Gene Bostwick, the district’s director of construction, estimates rebuilding EJ Martinez would cost between $12 to 15 million—a renovation cost of between 73-93% of the cost to rebuild.
EJ Martinez students play a water balloon-tossing game. About 156 students are currently enrolled.
said, adding that pursuing a rebuilt school could “take up to four years just to begin construction.” Wheeler said while she doesn’t want “to not give the school what they need,” she was concerned that putting too much of the general obligation bond money into EJ Martinez would cause maintenance delays to other elementary schools in the district. The district would also have to consider the cost to temporarily move EJ Martinez students to another school for a one-year period during roof repairs. Deputy Superintendent Kristy Wagner said setting up temporary portable campuses could cost upward of $1 million, and that the most cost-effective method would be to integrate the students to another school temporarily . Ultimately, the group asked the school board to further examine and discuss EJ Martinez’s viability as a school as the next step. Superintendent Larry “Hilario” Chavez told the school board on Oct. 12 he believes it’s important to communicate the cost and severity of the issues at the school. The new realignment policy would allow the district to speed up the timeline to one year if “safety concerns” are a factor. He said staff would create a “roadmap” for families. “Right now, we’ve closed off one area. It really does fit with the current enrollment, so there’s no issues there, but at some point,
especially with this project, the entire roof is going to fall,” Chavez said. “[Students] are safe right now, but I think we need to really update [parents] on the issue.” President Sarah Boses acknowledges in an interview with SFR the decision for EJ Martinez offers the board its initial opportunity to put the first product of the reimagining process to use. “I think that what we’ve seen from both the board and the superintendent and his cabinet, is sort of thinking outside the box,” Boses says. “Close it, don’t close it—no, there’s more options than that. I think we’re really trying to have innovative approaches, and we shouldn’t pretend to know what that school community wants.” She notes the EJ Martinez repairs would be “a big amount of money,” and didn’t want to predict what comes next. “I think it would be really not smart of me to guess how the board’s discussion would go; I’m just one person,” she says, adding later. “[The CRC] have asked for guidance from the board on how to proceed, and so the board could say something like, ‘Well, let’s survey everyone who goes to EJ, and get a pulse on what the community thinks.’ We have more questions from staff before we make any decisions. That’s what I would expect.” Discussion solely around building and facility conditions doesn’t consider the communities surrounding those buildings, she says. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Hanging in the Balance “To me, you don’t just close a school because it’s small, if everyone’s happy and they’re doing well,” Boses says. “That alone isn’t enough of a reason to close something that’s working for a lot of people—that is really beautiful and accomplishing our educational goals. We should do things in a thoughtful and caring and slow way.”
Facilities become so aged, and it’s sort of like putting more resources into an old car. You can fix one part, then another part breaks, -Veronica García, chair of SFPS reimagining process
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EJ Martinez Elementary first opened to the public in the fall of 1959, and many who live in the area surrounding the school on San Mateo Road today find it difficult to imagine the community without it. Hana Patrick, who has taught art classes at EJ Martinez for the past three years, describes her experience there as “open and welcoming,” and says she’s found the school to be “a great place to grow and de-
velop as an educator.” Patrick tells SFR she didn’t initially set out to be an educator; her passion for working with the kids came after she volunteered to chaperone on school field trips, and later began working as a substitute teacher. “The culture [at EJ] is very supportive, everyone is very connected,” Patrick says. For example, one of Patrick’s students who had transferred out of EJ Martinez came back later this year, and recently showed her appreciation for her art teacher through a project where she and her classmates had to design their own robots. “She wouldn’t let me see her picture the whole time…finally, at the end of class she brought it over to me and she had painted a picture of me as a robot,” Patrick laughs.
Photographs from a presentation to the district Community Review Committee show evidence of leaks in EJ Martinez’s roof that forced officials to close off 35% of the building this school year, as the damage cannot be fixed without replacing that part of the roof.
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“It was fun and quirky, she had captured all these great little details about me. That just made my day.” Patrick, who also serves on the Community Review Committee, says in future school years, she hopes to continue to help “embody the authentic school culture” at EJ Martinez. School district spokesman Cody Dynarski sat in on SFR’s interview with Patrick and barred her from answering SFR’s questions about the fate of the school or her role on the committee, but she has said in committee meetings that the district needs a further-developed strategy for addressing the building’s needs. The district also refused to grant an interview with the school principal or give SFR a tour of the building. Files from the Fray Angelico History Archive downtown give an overview of the school’s early years. The schools’ namesake, EJ Martinez, was the postmaster of Santa Fe at the time of the schools’ opening and had previously been a long-serving teacher in Lamy. The school was frequently noted for its innovations and heavily involved community—a 1966 article demonstrated students learning to use typewriters and a 1984 feature focused on a science teacher keeping a menagerie of classroom pets for the students, to name a few. The debate around waning enrollment on Santa Fe’s north side and overcrowding in the south heated up in the 1980s. Acequia Madre and Tesuque elementary schools were both slated for closure in the years leading up to 1985, but consistent community support kept them open through the present despite low enrollment. An October 1989 report by the Santa Fe New Mexican comparing school populations listed EJ Martinez as having 434 students, and said the school had “the best educational reputation in the Santa Fe Public
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“We fought so they leave the school open, and we would again,” Rendleman says. “It’s nice to have a school here, so [the district] can find another way to earn money instead of closing.”
Files from the Fray Angelico History Archive downtown gives an overview of the school’s early years. TOP: Protests from parents have kept small schools like Acequia Madre and Tesuque elementaries from closing as far back as 1985. BOTTOM: Overcrowded Southside schools and shrinking numbers downtown make a 1984 headline in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Martinez students had an English and language arts proficiency rate of 29% overall, and a 20% math proficiency rate overall, hovering beneath district averages of 34% and 23%, respectively. Additionally, in the 2017-2018 school year,
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Schools, and other principals cite Martinez when describing how bright children of affluent parents perform scholastically.” The report also highlighted the community’s fundraising ability, with parents raising more than $20,000 for the school in 1989—likely due to the school’s families being “pretty upper-middle class,” the story notes. Beverley Fornaciari tells SFR her children had a positive experience attending EJ Martinez in the mid-to-late 1990s. She’s a teacher at Salazar Elementary and still lives in the family home just blocks away from the school. “I haven’t been inside [EJ] in a long time, but I just can’t help but have a really nice camaraderie,” Fornaciari says, adding, “[My children] loved it. It’s always been a really great school, a sweet little school.” Genesis Cazares, a parent who recently enrolled her two children at EJ Martinez after moving her family to the South Capitol area of Santa Fe from Texas, tells SFR she has “only heard good comments” from her children about their fellow students, teachers and the 21st Century after-school program they attend. “I have no problems with that school at all,” Cazares says. “The people there really welcome you; there’s no judgment, ever since I first went to that school.” Since 2016, the school board has repeatedly proposed to close EJ Martinez, angering parents and teachers of the school and creating a predictable cycle of canceling the plan when hundreds show up to school board meetings to oppose the school’s closure— only for it to be brought back on the table every few years. Academically, EJ Martinez has not been performing at or above district averages in the past several years. According to a 2021-2022 report on standardized tests, EJ
Parents walk their children home from EJ Martinez after the bell rings.
E.J. Martinez Elementary School received a C under the Public Education Department’s former A-F grading system, with the district report cards going back to 2012 consistently marking EJ Martinez with a C or a D in school quality. Those data points led Susanna Maurice to enroll her son in preschool at the Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences across town instead of EJ, which is walking distance from their home. “I’m very sad about what we ended up doing. It would be really nice to have him go there, but I just kind of heard it’s not the strongest school, so he likely won’t go there,” Maurice says. But for others, the numbers aren’t the whole story. Jocelma Rendleman was among parents who advocated in 2019 against EJ’s proposed closure when her sons were attending the school. She tells SFR both sons, who are now middle and high school, “loved it. On almost no day did they miss school.” She still feels strongly about the school’s importance to the community, and has lived only a few blocks away from the building for the past several years.
While García sees the realignment policy as a major step forward for the reimagining process, she says it is only a small part of what the Reimagining Steering Committee is planning for the district. “You’ll continue to see policies and recommendations continue to trickle,” she says. “We hope to have the bulk of at least these priorities to the board no later than the early part of April [2024], as they will be working on budget and staffing recommendations.” Outside of studying school facilities, a major part of the reimagining process will focus on middle school. García says the schools hope to increase student engagement at the middle school level through magnet and specialty programs, which is one of the steering committee’s main focuses this school year, along with equitable transportation for school zone transfer students. For now, EJ Martinez’s fate is in the hands of the school board. Board Member Sascha Anderson suggested directing Chavez and his staff to meet with teachers, staff and community members around EJ Martinez to better inform them of the school’s mounting facility and enrollment issues at the Oct. 12 meeting. “I would hate for this to be a situation where we’re just talking about the roof, and not talking about the whole picture,” Anderson said. “When there is a dearth of information, people insert their own information, and it is often worst-case scenario information. I think that there’s a way that we can move forward on EJ in a way that honors the community and honors our commitment as board members and our commitment as a district to educating students.” Board Member Kate Noble also expressed that while she understands urgency, she hopes the situation can be resolved in congruence with the reimagining process. “We really need to work to integrate this into some of the thinking and work we’ve been doing on the big picture,” Noble said. Principal Angelique Armijo-Ortiz refused an in-person interview for this story, but tells SFR via email that her priority is on the students she already works with day-to-day. “I am focusing on the things I can control,” Armijo-Ortiz writes. “For right now, my focus is continuing student growth for this school year.”
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NETHERMORE Despite a brief brush with COVID-19 that pushed back opening plans, the New Mexico Actors Lab is back in fighting shape and debuting its production of playwright Jennifer Haley’s The Nether this week. A mature and nuanced sci-fi crime drama, Haley’s prescient 2013 opus is all at once a cautionary glimpse at artificial intelligence and the internet, a treatise on our deepest desires and a sprawling character study. In the not-too-distant future, the internet becomes The Nether, an omnipresent realm that blurs the lines between the real and the digital and where murder and sex are all too accessible. Given the increasingly ubiquitous nature of video gaming and AI that permeate the actual world, how does a constantly connected society compartmentalize its innermost thoughts and wants? The question is no longer about what we’ll do when the time of AI rises, but how we can react and evolve knowing it’s already here. (ADV) New Mexico Actors Lab: The Nether: 7:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 18-Sat. Oct 21; 2 pm and 6 pm Sunday, Oct. 22. $15-$35 New Mexico Actors Lab, 1213 Parkway Drive, (505) 395-6576
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TALK SAT/21 SOUND OFF You might think that music videos flared into existence when The Buggles hit your screen on MTV in 1981, but author and speaker Susan Delson points out that we can actually trace their lineage to some 40 years earlier and the Panoram movie machines and three-minute shorts known as soundies. Why don’t you know more about this? Likely because the progenitors of the medium were Black artists, and history sure loves burying their contributions. Now, though, with her new book Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time, Delson unearths the history behind soundies and their impacts on American culture—Black and beyond. Delson visits Eldorado’s Vista Grande Public Library this week with the lowdown on what soundies were, how they worked and how they might be coming back around to a place of popularity. (ADV) Susan Delson Soundies Talk: 1 pm Saturday, Oct. 21. Free Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, (505) 466-7323
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MUSIC TUE/24 JOHNNY GET YOUR GUITAR Let’s talk about guitar slinger Johnny Lloyd, a guy with a passion as big as his beard and an obvious and healthy respect for the troubadour-style balladiers of yesteryear. Oh, that’s not to say Lloyd’s mired in the past or lacking variety. Heck, between his Marty Robbins-esque country storytelling action and penchant for jazzy licks, he’s actually treading into novel territory. Whether belting out a tune about his real-life busking adventures or making his way through a classic bit of countrified heartbreak lyricism, Lloyd’s almost always keeping us on our toes. It’s kinda fun, actually, to not be sure what a musician will do next. That makes ‘em worth watching, and with so many shows across town on the horizon, Lloyd is definitely one to watch. (ADV) Johnny Lloyd: 4 pm-6 pm Tuesday, Oct. 24 Cowgirl, 319 S Guadalupe St., (505) 982-2565
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Velvety Soft Lounge Red Velvet at Cake’s Café holds safe space for the LGBTQ+ set—and the jamz are fire, too While Santa Fe remains a relatively safe city for its queer citizens (”relatively” being the operative word—no city is completely safe, mind you), we’re sorely lacking when it comes to specific spaces for LGBTQ+ cuties to come together and engage with their communities in safety. We’re talking about parties, folks. Gay bars; queer nights—gatherings where people can unabashedly be themselves, and where the music’s hot and thumping and you can quaff a drink or two— or not. And though there’s no one thing that’s going to fix everything, downtown eatery Cake’s Café is at least trying to carve out that aforementioned safe space with its weekly Friday event, Lounge Red Velvet. According to organizer Coleman O’Keeffe, the ongoing party is meant to recapture some of the old Santa Fe flair from the ’90s and aughts. “That there aren’t any consistent queer spaces in Santa Fe blows my mind, because this is an amazing city; so we’re happy to contribute,” he tells SFR. “There’s always dancing, sure, but this is mainly about holding space and having a place you can go to have a good time, even if it’s at 11 at night— but where you can just drink water, and participate in your community.” At the forthcoming iteration of Lounge Red Velvet, O’Keeffe welcomes local DJ
consortium Famous on the Weekend, a collective-like entity with a growing roster of talented decksmiths. Other weeks are slated to feature acoustic musicians, hip-hop acts, lounge singers and who-even-knowswhat-else. The idea, O’Keeffe adds, is that the event will continue to evolve over time and in line with what its participants want. “And people have been so happy,” he continues. “Everyone who comes in says they have that same feeling that they can’t believe things like this are so few and far-between, and it’s not just the queer space of it all.” In addition to the dance party aspect, O’Keeffe says Lounge Red Velvet will also have pizza and beer available, and it’s a cheap cover, too. “We’re trying to create something for everybody,” he says. “People need a place between home and work; that ‘third place’ mentality is super-important, and we need each other.” Lounge Red Velvet parties go til 1 am as well, which is not something you hear in Santa Fe so much lately. (Alex De Vore) LOUNGE RED VELVET 8 pm-1 am Friday, Oct. 20. $5. Cake’s Café, 227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880
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GENEVIEVE BETTS: A NEW KIND OF TONGUE ONLINE READING Online A Zoom reading of Betts' quirky, lyrical poems. Register at surveymonkey.com/r/G8STY89 6 pm, free LUNCHTIME CONVERSATION WITH OSWALDO MACIÁ Vladem Contemporary 404 Montezuma Ave. (505) 476-5602 A conversation between the museum’s first-ever aritst-in-resident and new Curator of Contemporary Art Alexandra Terry. 12:30 pm, free MICHAEL J. WILSON: A LABYRINTH As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia (505) 916-8596 Author Wilson unveils his new novel—a lyrical retelling of the myth of Daedalus and Pasiphae. 6 pm-8 pm, free SAR SCHOLAR COLLOQUIUM: ANTI-HAITIANISM IN PARADISE School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St., (505) 954-7200 2023-2024 Wenner-Gren Fellow Bertin M. Louis, Jr. presents a study about the historical foundation and contemporary realities of discrimination, stigma, and xenophobia against Haitians in the Bahamas with Charmane Perry Louis. 1 pm, free
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TAMING THE SWARM Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Princeton’s Radhika Nagpal illustrates how biological swarms like ants and bees can inspire new forms of artificial intelligence and robotic systems. 7:30 pm, free
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THE CALENDAR DANCE POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road (505) 501-2142 An after-school dance program for young women 13-18 years old founded by dancer Myra Krien. 5 pm-7 pm, free
EVENTS ALL THINGS YARN! La Farge Library 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 Knit or crochet with a group and talk about all things textiles. You know you need a new scarf. 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, free ALTAR MAKING ART JAM Alas de Agua Art Collective 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 Learn how to make your own altar for Día de los Muertos with a friendly queer-inclusive community. 5 pm-8 pm, free BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Expose your younglings to music and language. 10 am-10:30 am, free CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping, and conversation. You’re gonna be all like, “Go, little horsies!” Just kidding. 10 am-1 pm, free DRAG BINGO! Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 An evening of bingo and drag. 7 pm-9 pm, $20 FLU VACCINE CLINIC Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000 Shots are free to insured recipients. First come, first served. 10:30 am-1 pm, free
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Patrick McGrath Muñiz combines contemporary folk art with elements of tarot in his show Arcanas at Evoke Contemporary, through Oct. 21. GEEKS WHO DRINK Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-3278 Bring it on, smarty pants. Put all of that pointless knowledge to use and you can maybe win some bar bucks or a weird prize. Do they still do weird prizes? Last time we went, there were some weird prizes like toys or something? We don’t know. Have fun! 8 pm-10 pm, free
HARVEST STORYTIME & CRAFT La Farge Library 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 A combo craft/storytime session for kids with early childhood teaching techniques in mind. If nothing else, that oughta eat up a few hours. We kid. We kid because we love. We bet it’s gonna be great! 10:30 am-11:30 am, free
HISTORY CHAT 35 Degrees North 60 E San Francisco St. (505) 629-3538 Guide Christian Saiia invites locals to discuss local history. Noon, free OPEN MIC COMEDY Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 Better make 'em laugh. 8 pm, free
QUEER COFFEE GET TOGETHER Ohori's Coffee Roasters 505 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-9692 Coffee with your local queer community every Wednesday. If it has rained, meet at CHOMP. 9:30 am, free RAIN TREE 7-DAY SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT Camp Patten Tijeras (505) 286-7829 Take a whole week to say nothing. You can also attend the event daily. Price includes food and lodging. Visit meditationnm.wordpress.com/retreat/ retreat-info/ for full schedule. 6 am, $60-$350 TEEN LOUNGE La Farge Library 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 An afternoon safe space for youths to hang, do homework, read, whatever. 2 pm-4 pm, free VAMANOS WELLNESS WALK Larragoite Park 1464 Avenida Cristobal Colon Take a wellness walk with a group starting at Larragoite park to the Acequia trail. 5:30 pm, free WRITER'S DEN Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628 A weekly quiet, communal space to write to the sound of others' clicking keyboards. 5 pm-6:30 pm, free YOUTH CHESS CLUB Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 At least one SFR staffer was on the chess team, so take our word for it that chess is one of the coolest things you can do. 5:45 pm-7:45 pm, free
FILM 15TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENING DAY Various locations, santafe.film The 15th iteration of the the still-growing and now-worldly fest kicks off with a screening of the Saiorse Ronan/Paul Mescal feature FOE, plus other films, a big old party at SITE Santa Fe and more. You can flip to page 34 for numerous reviews of festival films, too. All Day, $15-$595
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MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ JAM Club Legato 125 E Palace Ave. (505) 988-9232 Be in a band without the commitment of being in a band. B.Y.O.B. (bring your own bassoon). 6 pm, free JOHN FRANCIS AND THE POOR CLARES El Rey Court 1862 Cerrrillos Road (505) 982-1931 Santa Fe singer-songwriter sweethearts play at the cutest bar in town. 8 pm-10 pm, free RANDOLPH MULKEY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Acoustic singer-songwriter music to get you through hump day. 4 pm-6 pm, free
READING OF THE SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave. (505) 428-1000 This year’s issue features work by contributors from the Santa Fe Community College, the town at large and from around the world. The event includes an interview with Dine´artist Amber McCrary, founder of Abalone Mountain Press. 5 pm-7 pm, free TODDLER STORY TIME Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon (505) 466-7323 Story and play for—get this— toddlers. 10:30 am, free
THE CALENDAR GLAMOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Drag trivia, a costume contest, a dog adoption event. That’s all the stuff you could want, really. 6 pm, $10 HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY Boxcar 133 W Water St. (505) 988-7222 Reggae-rock act Boomroots Collective performs, plus a costume contest and a raffle. Your cover includes dinner, and proceeds go to medical bills for Santa Fean Tania Pacheco. 7:30 pm-9:30 pm, free HANDS-ON ART WITH THE GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 The library and the O’Keeffe join forces for an open art workshop. 3:30 pm-4:30 pm, free PAJAMA STORYTIME/HORA DEL CUENTO EN PIJAMA Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 Bilingual evening storytime in comfy eveningwear. 6:30 pm-7:30 pm, free Q&A WITH CITY COUNCIL Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Organizer Eli Fresquez gathers City Council candidates to discuss local accessibility. 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, free RAIN TREE 7-DAY SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT Camp Patten Tijeras, (505) 286-7829 Take a whole week to say nothing. You can also attend the event daily. Price includes food and lodging. Head to meditationnm.wordpress.com/ retreat/retreat-info/ for full schedule. 6 am, $60-$350 YOGA AND MOVEMENT FOR KIDS La Farge Library 1730 Llano St., (505) 820-0292 The title says it all, really. 10:30 am-11:30 am, free
pache LENSIC 7:30pm $18 ne Pinon 7pm $10 hnathan Bree LENSIC 7:30pm $15 WORKSHOP MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION CLASS UU Santa Fe 107 W Barcelona Road (505) 982-9674 An eight-week course designed to reduce stress and address issues of chronic pain. 6:30 pm-9 pm, $325 POTTERY EXPERIENCES Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A one-time, two-hour session guided by local Santa Fe artists. 2 pm-4 pm, $125 WEDNESDAY MORNING WHEEL Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A two-hour pottery class for all levels of clay throwers. Oh, and they serve drinks, too, so score one for you and your clay-lovin’ pals. 10 am, $65-$430
THU/19 BOOKS/LECTURES COPPER CANYON PRESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY READING Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Poets Jorie Graham, Jericho Brown and Paisley Rekdal come together to read their works. Arthur Sze’s gonna be there, too! (See A&C, page 31) 7 pm, $5-$8 FIRE SAFETY STORYTIME Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Not only will the kiddos get a story, they’ll learn about what to do in case of fire. 10:30 am-11:30 am, free
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ECSTATIC DANCE Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-8309 EmbodyDance hosts a weekly DJ'd free movement sesh. 6:30 pm, $15 POMEGRANATE SEEDS YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Pomegranate Studio 535 Cerrillos Road (505) 501-2142 An after-school dance program for young women 13-18 years old. 5 pm-7 pm, free
EVENTS MISPLACING DON DIEGO DE VARGAS THE FIRST TIME: A SANTA FE LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN CEMETERY TOUR Various locations, Santa Fe (505) 983-2567 A walking tour of Santa Fe’s unmarked graveyards led by archaeologist Alysia L. Abbott. Experience 1,000 years of Santa Fe’s history as revealed by Santa Fe’s unseen dead still in their graves! THEIR GRAAAVES! 2 pm-5 pm, $50-$60 CHESS & JAZZ No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org Chess playing, jazz listening and free herbal tea. All levels and ages welcome. 6 pm-8 pm, free CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping, and conversation. It’s, like, chess city around here lately. Nice! 10 am-1 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952 A team of experts have written the wildest questions they could come up with. Show 'em what you got. 7 pm-9 pm, free
FILM 15TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Various locations, santafe.film It’s a film fest—you know the deal. (See Movies, page 34). All Day, $15-$595
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BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Psych rockers? This one's for you. Austinites BLSH bring psychedelic electronic southern blues rock to town. 8 pm, $20 DAVID GEIST CABARET Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place (505) 986-5858 Piano covers, originals and more from the Tony-winning Geist. 7 pm, $5 LIVE MUSIC THURSDAYS: ROMA RANSOM As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia (505) 916-8596 Boho psych-folk duo. 8 pm, free OPEN DECKS NIGHT Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 Famous on the Weekend offers up the DJ decks open mic style. 7 pm-10 pm, free PAT MALONE Terra Cotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St. (505) 989-1166 Jazz guitarist Malone brings that certain little something to your wine dinner experience. What’s that thing called again? Ah, yes—it’s called jazz guitar. #JazzGuitar 6 pm-8 pm, free
THEATER ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 A psychological thriller about distraught mother waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter at an abandoned motel. 7:30 pm, $15-$75 THE NETHER New Mexico Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533 A sci-fi crime drama in a world that delves into ethics and virtual reality. (See SFR Picks, page 15) 7:30 pm, $15-$35
WORKSHOP CLARIFYING MEDITATIVE WORK Online, (505) 281-0684 An online meditation class. 7 pm, $10 CUTE & CREEPY CREATURE CREATION Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Rainbow Rainbow and artist JK Russ joining together for a collage and mask-making workshop. 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, $5 HATHA YOGA The Spa at Four Seasons 198 NM-592 (505) 946-5700 Gentle yoga. 10:30-11:30 am, $18-$90
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Catch Reid Richardson’s realistic paintings of vistas that’ll practically make you feel like you might just actually be there. Stop by the opening reception from 5 pm-7 pm on Friday, Oct. 20. INTRO TO SOCIAL DANCE Dance Station Solana Center 947-B W Alameda St. (505) 989-9788 Everyone needs a party trick. Drop into this beginner’s dance class and learn a popular partner dance such as the salsa or the tango. No partner required. 6:45 pm-7:30 pm, $15 LEARN 3D PRINTING Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502 Learn the basics of to complete your first print like the magical freaking thing it is.. 10 am-2 pm, $85 THURSDAY EVENING GLAZE CLASS Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 Learn to glaze, bro. 6 pm-8 pm, $70-$375
FRI/20 ART OPENINGS BEVERLY TODD: ALLOWING GOODNESS ITS OWN SPEECH (OPENING) Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road (505) 780-5403 Abstract expressionist paintings. 5 pm-7 pm, free
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FRIGHT TRAIN Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759 An adults-only train ride with Halloween-themed cocktails, a DJ, constume contest and more. Maybe you’re thinking your kid’s cool enough for this, but just don’t do it. 7:10 pm, $129 PAINT AND SCULPT OUT 2023 Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road (505) 983-0433 Live music from the Crawfish Boyz and libations by As Above So Below, with featured artists Ali Rouse, Kari Rives, Dena Tollefson, Gina Rossi and more. 5-7 pm, free REID RICHARDSON: VIBRANT VISTAS (OPENING) The Signature Gallery 102 E Water St. (505) 983-1050 This show will transport viewers into a world of vivid colors, breathtaking compositions, and artistic innovation. 5-7:30 pm, free RICHARD GUZMAN (OPENING) art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road (505) 629-2332 Plein-air paintings. 4 pm-6 pm, free
EVENTS ART WALKING TOUR New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 Museum docents guide an art and architecture-centric tour of downtown (weather permitting). 10 am, $20 ARTIST DEMO AND HAPPY HOUR: STACY NIXON Four Seasons Resort 198 NM-592 (505) 946-5700 A happy hour artist demonstration with contemporary artist Nixon. We’re talkin’ pigments, oil, gold leaf and gouache here. 5 pm-7 pm, free BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Stories, songs and all kinds of socializing opportunities. 10 am-10:30 am, free CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess 10 am-1 pm, free CRASH KARAOKE Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 Belt out your favorite tunes. 9 pm-1 am, free
GHOSTLY MASTERPIECES LaFarge Library 1730 Llano St (505) 316-3596 Paint the ghosts that haunt the world’s most famous masterworks. Supplies provided. 2 pm-4 pm, free GRAZE DAYS Railyard Park 740 Cerrillos Road (505) 316-3596 Sheep and goats hit the park to work their landscape magic. 10 am-4 pm, free LEISURELY BIKE RIDE Fort Marcy Park 490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2501 Bike through the city. 10 am, $5 MAKE AND BELIEVE TIME Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 An art and reading hour for kids. 10 am, free MINIATURES PAINTING Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628 Paint table-top game figurines. 4 pm-6:30 pm, free MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE LIVE AUCTION EVENT Museum Hill 710 Camino Lejo (505) 984-8900 A Native American art sale including a live auction. Proceeds benefit the museum 5 pm-8 pm, $100 RAIN TREE 7-DAY SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT Camp Patten Tijeras, (505) 286-7829 Don’t say anything, just visit meditationnm.wordpress.com/ retreat/retreat-info/ for full schedule. 6 am, $60-$350 SANTA FE IMPROV: PUMPKIN SPICE LAUGHTER Santa Fe Improv 1202 Parkway Drive (505) 302-1250 House teams face off. 7:30 pm, $10 VAMANOS WALKS: SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center 1121 Alto St., (505) 814-6669 Take a walk with our elders. Meet at MEG Senior Center. 10 am, free WALKING HISTORY TOUR School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia St. (505) 954-7213 Check out the interior of the 1920’s estate turned artist residency center. 10 am-11:30 am, $15
FILM 15TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Various locations santafe.film The film fest is back, baby! (See Movies, page 34) All Day, $15-$595
THE FILMS OF CRAIG BALDWIN No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St. nonamecinema.org Santa Fe’s most (and only) anti-profit DIY cinema showcases the works of Bay Area filmmaker Craig Baldwin in 16mm, including Stolen Movie, Wild Gunman and more. 6 pm-8 pm, by donation
MUSIC ANOUSHKA SHANKAR Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Shankar performs for a multifaceted and dynamic sound rooted in classical Indian music traditions. 7:30 pm, $49-$79 THE CHACALACAS The Mineshaft Tavern and Cantina 2846 Hwy. 14 (505) 473-0743 Eclectic instrumental tunes. In your face, the human voice! 8 pm, free CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley, (505) 992-0304 King Charles and occasional guests serenade diners with vocals and piano as they recreate a sort of Parisian vibe. 6 pm, free DK AND THE AFFORDABLES Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Roots music to get you dancing and shakin' that thang. 7 pm-10 pm, free DON CURRY Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio 652 Canyon Road (505) 428-0090 Classic rock in this cute tuckedaway wine garden. Noon-5 pm, free LOUNGE RED VELVET Cake’s Cafe 227 Galisteo St., (505) 303-4880 Finally, a place downtown to dance that is open late. DJs and dance moves all night long—and it’s a safe space for queer, Santa Feans, too! (See SFR picks, page 15) 8 pm-2 am, $5 MAPACHE Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Alterna-rock and indie-pop that pays homage to a dog called Roscoe. We don’t know the dog, but we do know we’d die for him. 7:30 pm, $18 STRANGERS FROM AFAR The Mineshaft Tavern and Cantina 2846 Hwy. 14, (505) 473-0743 Psych-alt-folk country. 5 pm-7 pm, free VERONICA MASCARO AND KRISTIN DITLOW First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave., (505) 982-8544 A flute and piano recital where you can expect to hear contemporary favorites. 5:30 pm, free
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THEATER CAT'S PAJAMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Directed by Talia Pura and written by Albuquerque playwright Vicki Meagher, Cat's Pajamas takes place in Taos and examines the life of two very different people. 7:30 pm, $25 ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 Family bonds are pushed to their limits in a gritty story of parental love with shocking twists. 7:30 pm, free THE NETHER New Mexico Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533 A sci-fi crime drama in a world that delves into ethics and virtual reality. (See SFR Picks, page 15) 7:30 pm, $15-$35
WORKSHOP BRONZE CASTING Make Santa Fe 2879 All Trades Road (505) 819-3502 Learn safety basics and explore molding. 10 am-2 pm, $90 CARE FOR THE CAREGIVING WORKERS WRITING GROUP Online innerpathwellness@gmail.com Part of an online writing series offering caregivers a space to creatively explore and decompress. Led by Ayesha Sundram and Natty Plunkett. Noon-2 pm, $50-$70 CUTE & CREEPY CREATURE CREATION Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Rainbow Rainbow and artist JK Russ bring you the Cute & Creepy Creature Creation collage and mask-making workshop. 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, $5 POTTERY EXPERIENCES Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A one-time, two-hour session guided by local Santa Fe artists. Don’t do the Ghost joke, though. Just don’t. 3 pm-5 pm, $125
SAT/21 ART OPENINGS PAINT AND SCULPT OUT 2023 Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road (505) 983-0433 A day of live art demonstrations featuring most mediums imaginable with artists Ali Rouse, Kari Rives, Dena Tollefson, Gina Rossi, Mary Leslie, Lydia Piper, Doug Gillis and David Meredith. 11 am-3 pm, free
PAINTING IN THE COURTYARD The Rooster on Canyon 205 Canyon Road (505) 313-4170 Artists share their talents and techniques outside in the glorious autumnal air for the public to view. 11 am-3 pm, free CANYON ROAD PAINT AND SCULPT OUT art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road (505) 629-2332 Artists Richard Guzman, Barbara McCulloch and William Rotsaert, plus live bluegrass. 11 am-3 pm, free FALL PAINT OUT ON CANYON ROAD Ventana Fine Art 400 Canyon Road (505) 983-8815 A day of outdoor painting and sculpting. 11 am-3 pm, free SANTA FE STUDIO TOUR Various locations sfestudioart.com More than 100 local artist open their homes and studios citywide. Stop in home studios and view a variety of demonstrations—the tour even has an app to guide participants, which is super convenient and future-y. 11 am-5 pm, free THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Market and Alcaldesa streets (505) 982-3373 Shop this outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, furniture and more. 9 am-2 pm, free
BOOKS/LECTURES COMPASSIONATE LISTENING: ADVANCED Tomorrow's Women 645 Webber St. (505) 819-8138 For those who have taken the intro course, this lecture will go even deeper into compassionate understanding. 1:30 pm-8 pm, $100 SUSAN DELSON: SOUNDIES AND THE CHANGING IMAGE OF BLACK AMERICANS ON SCREEN: ONE DIME AT A TIME Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon (505) 466-7323 Delson discusses her book about three-minute films called “soundies” and their effects on Black Americans on the TV screen. (See SFR Picks, page 15) 1 pm-3 pm, free TIMOTHY E. NELSON BOOK READING & DISCUSSION Geronimo’s Books 3018 Cielo Court Ste. D (505) 467-8315 Historian Nelson delves into his new book, Blackdom New Mexico: The Significance of the AfroFrontier 1900-1903. In the tome, Nelson sifts through the history of the lesser-known Black-run New Mexico town of Blackdom. 4 pm-6 pm, free
EVENTS BILINGUAL BOOKS & BABIES Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 A bilingual storytime for young kids crafted with early childhood educational techniques in mind. 10 am-10:30 am, free CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping and conversation every day of the week. That’s a lot of rooks or whatever. 10 am-1 pm, free FRIGHT TRAIN Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759 Leave the kids out of this train ride—it’s too scary. No, seriously, this DJ’d cocktail party/costume contest is not for children, but it is for rail and/or fright enthusiasts. 7:10 pm, $129 GRAZE DAYS Railyard Park 740 Cerrillos Road (505) 316-3596 The Railyard Park Conservancy, the Quivira Coalition and Horned Locust Goatscaping bring the sheep and goats back out to work their magic. Stop by to see goats in action and the benefits of prescribed grazing. Face facts, nerds—goats are the cutest animals of all time. 10 am-4 pm, free JEMEZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL SALE Town of Jemez Springs (575) 829-9126 A 163-mile-long yard sale that goes all the way to Cuba. Drive to see the leaves and stop at every sale along the way. 8 am-4 pm, free LA TIENDA FLEA La Tienda at Eldorado 7 Caliente Road (505) 930-4821 Imagine if you took all the individual yard sales happening on a given weekend and combined them into a single space. Why, that’d be some kind of super yard sale, right? Right. 8 am, free OKTOBERFEST FUNDRAISER Santa Fe Brewing Company (Eldorado Taphouse) 7 Caliente Road, (505) 466-6938 Great beer, door prizes, oompah music, challenging beer trivia, and, of course, Gemütlichkeit will be on the menu. Duh. Proceeds from ticket sales go to Eldorado’s Vista Grande Public Library. 3 pm-6 pm, $20 PARENT AND TOT CREATIVE MOVEMENT Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 A gentle class for kids and their caregivers based on childhood development theories, dance and play. 10 am-11 am, free
PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST IN THE GARDEN Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103 Bring your own pumpkin and enter for $5, or the garden will supply the pumpkin for $10. The resultant carved artworks will then be placed in the Garden for public voting through Oct. 28. 10 am-2 pm, $5-$10 RAIN TREE 7-DAY SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT Camp Patten Tijeras (505) 286-7829 Take a whole week to say nothing. You can also attend the event daily. Price includes food and lodging. Visit meditationnm.wordpress.com/retreat/ retreat-info/ for full schedule. 6 am, $60-$350 READ TO A PUP Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 Read to dogs? Ummm, yes, please. Seems like a good thing for kiddos. 11:30 am-12:30 pm, free SFIFF PRESENTS: STERLIN HARJO-THE VISIONARY AWARD Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 At this year’s Santa Fe International Film Festival, filmmaker Sterlin Harjo takes home the Visionary Award for his exceptional talent and ingenuity in Indigenous filmmaking. Have y’all seen Reservation Dogs? It’s so good. A special discussion with the legendary Gary Farmer oughta make for an entertaining panel, too. 7 pm, $35
FILM 15TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Various locations santafe.film The premiere forum for international and independent cinema in the area. Visit the site for specifics. (See Movies, page 34) All Day, $15-$595
FOOD SANTA FE FARMERS' SATURDAY MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 One of the oldest, largest and most successful markets around —featuring goods from 150 farmers and producers from 15 Northern New Mexico counties. 8 am-1 pm, free
MUSIC BOB MAUS Inn & Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 988-5531 Piano and voice takes on blues and soul classics. 6 pm-9 pm, free
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CHARLES TICHENOR CABARET Los Magueyes Mexican Restaurant 31 Burro Alley (505) 992-0304 King Charles and occasional guests serenade diners with vocals and piano. We know you’re looking for a reason to get all fancy. 6 pm, free HALF PINT AND THE GROWLERS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Santa Fe’s swing gumbo band performs originals and a large repertoire of well-known jams. A great reason to day-party on a Saturday. 1 pm-3 pm, free JOHNNY LLOYD Cafe Catron 420 Catron St. (505) 982-8900 Americana-ish/country-esque tunes with the local singer-songwriter. Can’t make this daytime show? Not to worry—he’s playing tonight, too. 11 am-1 pm, free JOHNNY LLOYD Nuckolls Brewing Co. 1611 Alcaldesa St. nuckollsbrewing.com Country and Americana jams. 6 pm-8 pm, free LENSIC PRESENTS AND SANTA FE OPERA THE MET: DEAD MAN WALKING Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer. 11 am, $15-$28 SANTA FE BLUES FESTIVAL Fort Marcy Park 490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2501 Enjoy your favorite blues outdoors while you still can. Noon-5 pm, $0-$29 ST. RANGE The Mineshaft Tavern and Cantina 2846 Hwy. 14 (505) 473-0743 Desert rock with a crew of very nice young men. Haha! Woah. That’s not very rock and/or roll, actually. They slay, OK? 3 pm, free
CUTE & CREEPY CREATURE CREATION Meow Wolf 1352 Rufina Circle (505) 395-6369 Rainbow Rainbow and artist JK Russ host the Cute & Creepy Creature Creation collage and mask-making workshop, and just in time for Halloween. 2 pm-4 pm, $5 NATURE JOURNALS BOOK ARTS WORKSHOP Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Construct a stick-bound journal with a personalized cover, then learn the basics of journaling in pursuit of a more mindful existence. In partnership with the Santa Fe Book Arts Group. 10 am-11 am, free POTTERY EXPERIENCES Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A one-time two-hour session guided by local Santa Fe artists and geared toward travelers, newbies and anyone looking for a fun introduction to pottery. Did we mention they serve drinks? 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, free REACH FOR THE STARS BOOK ARTS WORKSHOP Santa Fe Public Library (LaFarge) 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 The Santa Fe Book Arts Group helps folks create an origami star that folds into a simple book. Embellish as you wish! 1 pm-3 pm, free SANTA FE IMPROV: INTRO TO LONGFORM Stage Santa Fe 1202 Parkway Drive (505) 302-1250 This eight-week course is centered on grounded, authentic two-person scene work. Noon, $200
SUN/22 ART OPENINGS ISA ARSÉN: SHOOT THE MOON Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St. (505) 988-4226 Author Arsén talks about her deubut novel Shoot the Moon. (See A&C, page 24) 4 pm, free RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Farmers' Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 Buy fine art and crafts directly from local creators. 10 am-3 pm, free SANTA FE STUDIO TOUR Various locations, sfstudioart.com More than 100 local artist open their homes and studios citywide. In this town? That’s a lot of art. Oh, and there’s an app, too, just search for it online. All Day, free
THEATER CAT'S PAJAMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, (505) 424-1601 Directed by Talia Pura and written by Albuquerque playwright Vicki Meagher, Cat's Pajamas takes place in Taos and examines the life of two very different people. 7:30 pm, $25 ON CLOVER ROAD Santa Fe Playhouse 142 E De Vargas St. (505) 988-4262 A distraught mother waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter at an abandoned motel in this psychological thriller. 7:30 pm, $15-$75
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Santa Fe Spirits of New Mexico October 21 5–9 pm
Celebrate All Hallows’ Eve and Meet the Ghosts of New Mexico’s Past
all tickets must be purchased online
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ARTIFACTS & APPARITIONS: A POETRY READING HERE Gallery 213 E. Marcy St., (562) 243-6148 Acclaimed poets Sawnie Morris (Her, Infinite) and Jenny George (The Dream of Reason) read from their prize-winning books 2 pm-3 pm, free HOLLY WILSON AND SETH HARRIS POETRY READING Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 As part of the Poetry at Paragus series, Wilson and Harris dynamically speak and perform their musings. 5 pm, free
15TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Various locations, santafe.film See about a gazillion movies, attend panels and parties and then just generally love on film. Various showtimes in various locations over the coming days. All Day, $15-$595 AMERICAN HOSPITALS First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544 This film takes a deep dive into America's out-of-control healthcare system. Presented by Santa Fe NOW and the NAACP. 2 pm, free
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BELLYREENA BELLYDANCING CLASSES Move Studio 901 W San Mateo Road (505) 660-8503 You know you wanna shake it. Learn from the experts and maybe even perform. 1 pm-2 pm, $15
DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765 Listen to the sweet sound of Montgomery tickling the ivories as you have a steak dinner. 6 pm-9 pm, free FELIX Y LOS GATOS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Green chile gumbo blues, as the band refers to their sound, is a unique blend of Latin, blues, Tejano and New Orleans swing. 1 pm-3 pm, free GARY GORENCE Ahmyo Wine Garden & Patio 652 Canyon Road (505) 428-0090 Gorence performs classic rock on numerous instruments including guitars and banjos. Some of those have six strings, some of ‘em have 12. Some have five strings, even! 2 pm-5 pm, free KIMMI BITTER AND THE WESTSIDE TWANG El Rey Court 1862 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-1931 Old-school country with a cosmic West Coast twist. 7 pm-9 pm, free MAGICAL SUNDAYS AT THE CHI CENTER The Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong/Chi Center 40 Camino Vista Clara, Galisteo 800-959-2892 Take a beautiful drive out to the Chi Center in Galisteo to enjoy great food and music, walk the land and the labyrinth and stay for a teaching. Brunch is included, too. 10 am, $20 OMARA PORTUONDO Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 “Oh, I just loved Buena Vista Social Club!” some of you just shouted to no one in paticular. Yeah, that’s right—Portuondo is coming, y’all. The grand dame of Cuban music and holder of multiple Grammys, Portuondo represents music from her nation. 7:30 pm, $45-$65
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BIRD WALK Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo, (505) 471-9103 Watch for resident and migratory birds. No need to be a birding expert. Binoculars available to borrow if needed. 8 am-9:30 am, $8-$10 CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping, and conversation every day of the week. Play timed or untimed, against beginners all the way up to tournament veterans. 10 am-1 pm, free FRIGHT TRAIN Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759 DJ? Check. Cocktails? Check. Champagne? Check. No kids? Yup. Kids are not allowed. 7:15 pm, $129 JEMEZ MOUNTAIN TRAIL SALE Town of Jemez Springs (575) 829-9126 A 163-mile-long yard sale that goes all the way to Cuba. Drive to see the leaves and stop at every sale along the way. 8 am-4 pm, free SERENATA FLAMENCA Sky Railway 410 S Guadalupe St. (844) 743-3759 Dig that flamenco music while you dance and observe the grandeur of the Galisteo Basin by rail. All ages. 1:30 pm, $109 SOUL-FULL SUNDAY FLOW Louis Montaño Park 730 Alto St. Judgment-free and body-positive asana-based yoga. 8 am, $15
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PAT MALONE TRIO JAZZ BRUNCH Bishop's Lodge 1297 Bishops Lodge Road (888) 741-0480 The Pat Malone Trio serenades you and your mimosa every Sunday. 11:30 am-2:30 pm, free SUGAR MOUNTAIN BAND The Mineshaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14 (505) 473-0743 Don’t let it bring you down—it’s only a Neil Young cover band. And don’t let our Neil Young joke make you think this band is a bummer. We bet they’ll like it. Actually, did y’all like it, Sugar Mountain? You can tell us. 3 pm, free SUNDAY JAZZ JAM Chile Line Brewery 204 N Guadalupe St. (505) 982-8474 Hear a set from the High City Jazz Quartet followed by an open jam session. All players are welcome to join, but it would probably help if you actually know how to play an instrument. There’s no offical rule about leaving kazoos out of it, but you probably should leave kazoos out of it. 6 pm to 8 pm, free
THEATER CAT'S PAJAMAS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 Directed by Talia Pura and written by Albuquerque playwright Vicki Meagher, Cat's Pajamas takes place in Taos and examines the life of two very different people when their lives intersect. 2 pm, $25 THE NETHER New Mexico Actors Lab 1213 Parkway Drive (505) 466-3533 A sci-fi crime drama in a world that delves into ethics and virtual reality as it relates to human relationships. (See SFR Picks, page 15) 2 pm, $15-$35
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WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION TO ZEN MEDITATION Mountain Cloud Zen Center 7241 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 303-0036 A free weekly Introduction to Zen Meditation class offered in a zendo. Everyone is welcome to come for community tea at 9:30 before the class begins at 10. Donations accepted. 10 am-11:15 am, free SUNDAY MORNING WHEEL CLASS Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A seven-week course to turn you into a pottery expert. A certified ceramacist will walk your pieces through the entire process throwing, trimming and glazing. Firing not included. 11 am-1:30 pm, $65-$422
MON/23 EVENTS CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess. Also, have you been to Pizza Etc. over there? It’s so good! 10 am-1 pm, free CHESS AT THE MOVIES Violet Crown Cinema 1606 Alcaldesa St. (505) 216-5678 Meet your fellow chess freaks at the movies. 6 pm-8 pm, free GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar 133 W Water St. (505) 988-7222 Free to play but they’ve got prizes if you win! Nothing to lose here except maybe your dignity. 7:30 pm-9:30 pm, free HOMESCHOOL LUNCHEON Santa Fe Public Library (LaFarge) 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 Calling all homeschool families! Gather at the library with a sack lunch to connect, share resources and, let’s be frank, commiserate. 10 am-noon, free I A N (INDUSTRY APPRECIATION NIGHT) AT AS ABOVE SO BELOW DISTILLERY As Above So Below Distillery 545 Camino de la Familia (505) 916-8596 Bring your server card and get deep drink discounts for putting up with all the B.S. that comes with working in the service industry. 7 pm, free LEISURELY BIKE RIDE Fort Marcy Park 490 Washington Ave. (505) 955-2501 Thrice-weekly instructor-led bike rides through Santa Fe’s beautiful trail system. We hear they have loaners, too. 10 am, $5
MONDAY EVENING ADVANCED WHEEL Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 Techniques including how to throw more advanced shapes and lidded vessels. 6 pm-8:30 pm, $70-$430
FILM VIDEO LIBRARY CLUB Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 466-5528 Every Monday evening Lisa from Video Library (with assistance from her devotees) picks a film from her shelves to share on the big screen. Follow along at @videolibrary_santafe on Insta. 6:30 pm, free
MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Rio Chama Steakhouse 414 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 955-0765 Piano and steaks—together at last! 6 pm-9 pm, free HANK WOJI Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Texan singer-songwriter Woji performs originals and covers from the likes of Woodie Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen. 4 pm-6 pm, free JONATHAN BREE Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Composer and multi-instrumentalist Bree comes to town all the way from New Zealand. Singersongwriter Marion Raw opens. 7:30 pm, $18
WORKSHOP PRANAYAMA SHAKTI YOGA The Spa at Four Seasons 198 NM-592 (505) 946-5700 Elementally-focused yoga designed to open (and, apparently, strengthen) chakras. Who can turn down an evening of spa yoga? 5:30 pm-6:30 pm, $18-$90 SUZY JOHNSON: WORKSHOP AND DEMO-HEALING PROPERTIES OF GEMSTONES Helios 207 N Guadalupe St., B Jewelry artist Suzy Johnson shares her knowledge of gemstones. 2 pm-4 pm, free
TUE/24 ART OPENINGS THE SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET 1612 Alcaldesa St. Be a good gift-giver and shop this outdoor juried art market featuring pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, furniture, textiles and more. The holidays are upon us. 9 am-1 pm, free
BOOKS/LECTURES BRUJERÍA: A HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY IN NEW MEXICO New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100 New Mexico’s enduring beliefs in witchcraft and the ways of sorcerers during the Spanish Colonial and Mexican periods have been a life-long fascination for lecturer Rob Martinez. Hear his theories and discoveries. 3 pm, $10 WAGS AND WORDS Santa Fe Public Library (Main Branch) 145 Washington Ave. (505) 955-6780 Children can practice their reading skills by reading to a pup. These cool dogs are from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter Pet Outreach Program and they are totally ready to listen and get scratches. Such a great way for kids to connect with dogs, especially if you don’t have a pooch of your own. 6 pm-7 pm, free
EVENTS CHESS AT THE MALL DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St. (505) 983-4671 Casual chess, food, shopping and conversation every day of the week. 10 am-1 pm, free
FOOD FOOD DEPOT MOBILE FOOD PANTRY Santa Fe Public Library Southside 6599 Jaguar Drive (505) 955-2820 Free food distro for people in need. No ID required. 10 am-11:30 am, free
MUSIC BLUEGRASS JAM Social Kitchen & Bar 725 Cerrillos Road (505) 982-5952 Bust out the banjo and join the bluegrass jam every Tuesday. We know you think the banjo is silly or wharever, but it’s such a banger instrument, folks. It really is. 6 pm-8 pm, free JOHNNY LLOYD Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St. (505) 982-2565 Americana, country and other tunes of that era—plus the kind of big beard energy you want from a dude who does those things. If you like acoustic guitars, we’re betting you’re gonna like this. (See SFR Picks, page 15) 4 pm-6 pm, free SANTA FE GUITAR ENSENBLE Santa Fe Public Library (LaFarge) 1730 Llano St. (505) 820-0292 If you read music and play guitar, gather with like-minded musicians weekly to play and meet fellow players. 10 am-noon, free
THE DOWNTOWN BLUES JAM Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St. (505) 982-9014 Loveless Johnson III plays with his band Brotha Love & The Blueristocrats. 8:30 pm-11:30 pm, free
WORKSHOP TUESDAY EVENING HANDBUILDING Paseo Pottery 1273 Calle de Comercio (505) 988-7687 A class designed to teach students of all skill levels. Cost includes 25 pounds of clay, use of community tools and glazes. Firing fees separate. 5:30 pm-8 pm, $70-$375
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BRIGID’S SISTERS—THE STRENGTH AND FIERCENESS OF WOMEN: THE ART OF ELIZABETH LEGGETT KEEP Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 577-9574 Hugo-winner Leggett portrays the intersection of badass ladies and fine digital artistry. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Sat Noon-5 pm Sun, free DIRK KORTZ: SHIP OF FOOLS KEEP Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave., (505) 577-9574 The Santa Fe painter goes kinda pop surrealist with this one, showcasing known and unknown cultural touchstones, plus demons and weirdos. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Sat Noon-5 pm Sun, free GEOFFREY GORMAN AND MARY ALAYNE THOMAS Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art 702 Canyon Road (505) 986-1156 Watercolor and wax images of animals from Thomas and sculpture by Gorman. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat Noon-5pm, Sun, free JOSÉ MANUEL FORS, ABEL BARROSO AND DESBEL ALVAREZ Artes de Cuba 1700 A Lena St. (505) 303-3138 Participating artists from various parts of Cuba reflect their individuality through their works. 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, free ALEXANDRA ELDRIDGE AND LIZA MACKINNON: AND I SAW THIS IN DREAMS Edition ONE Gallery 728 Canyon Road (505) 570-5385 Paper sculptures of historic costumes and paintings of Victorian portraits with the heads of ravens, owls and lions. 11 am-5 pm, Wed-Mon, free ALISON HIXON: AND THE WORLD IS MINE Susan Eddings Pérez Galley 717 Canyon Road (505) 477-4ART Cubism, surrealism and selfportaiture merge together and Hixon’s cool as heck. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat Noon-5pm Sun, free
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ALPAY AKSAYAR AND STEPHANIE ROBINSON Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie (505) 820-1888 Turkish painter Aksayar’s figurative and funny clown images are shown in the main space, while sculptor Robinson’s abstract works take over the front gallery all three-dimensional and stuff. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free AN INNOCENT LOVE: ANIMAL SCULPTURE ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO Canyon Road Contemporary Art 622 Canyon Road, (505) 983-0433 The cutest little animal sculptures you ever did see portraying true love for little furries by artists Kari Rives and Fran Nicholson. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm, Sunday, free TUMBLEWEED LOVE AFFAIR Santa Fe Painting Workshops 341 E Alameda St. (505) 490-6232 Andrea Cermanski has taken tumbleweeds to flame then integrated the charred remnants with acrylic medium and water. 9 am-3 pm, Mon-Fri, free ANDREW ALBA: LIFTED LABOR form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St. (505) 216-1256 Alba creates abstract works of art with scrap construction pieces leftover from his day job 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free BEVERLY TODD: ALLOWING GOODNESS ITS OWN SPEECH Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road, (505) 780-5403 Large-scale abstract expressionist paintings in earthtones, created by using broken sticks, rags and hands to move the paint around on canvas. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free CHRISTINE SULLIVAN: FELT: UNRAVELING SOCIAL NORMS Aurelia Gallery 414 Canyon Road, (505) 501-2915 Sullivan’s three-dimensional artworks employ fringe and tassles combined with felt, often in holy or royal colors, to embody symbols of religion and politics. No touching, as much as you may want to. 11 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri Noon-5 pm, Sat-Sun, free CONSTANCE DEJONG: SEQUENCE (OPENING) Charlotte Jackson Fine Art 554 S Guadalupe St. (505) 989-8688 Large and small metal minimalist wall sculptures. Think black, white and gray tones on metal giving this art a structured look. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free DANIEL D. STINE AND KATHLEEN M. JACKSON New Concept Gallery 610 Canyon Road, (505) 795-7570 Stine’s highly stylized interpretations of New Mexico’s desert landscapes stimulate the senses, while Jackson’s watercolor and ink sketches and larger pastels capture the nostalgia of the region’s history. Noon-5 pm, free
DEBORAH ROBERTS: COME WALK IN MY SHOES SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 Figurative collages and paintings exploring Black boyhood in the United States. Don’t forget to check out the outdoor prints on display of the West wall. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Mon, Thurs 10 am-7 pm, free DON KENNELL: THINKING WILD PORTALS Pop Gallery 125 E Lincoln Ave. (505) 820-0788 You’ve probably seen Kennell and team’s large scale works around town. Now check out some cool interior hanging wall pieces. Previously scheduled to close on Sept. 30, this show gets one more month. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free DON QUADE: CHANGING NATURE Winterowd Fine Art 701 Canyon Road (505) 992-8878 Floral acrylic paintings that reflect depth, serenity and balance—three things we could all reallt stand to access now and again. 10 am-5 pm daily, free DOREEN WITTENBOLS: HAPPENING FOMA 333 Montezuma Ave. (505) 660-0121 Paintings, sculptures and photographs displayed in a kitchen vignette. 11 am-5 pm, free EILEEN DAVID: IN PLACE LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250 Paintings of cityscapes and house-scapes with vivid lines and deep blues and greens, capturing urban geometry and the true feel of a large city. 10 am-5 pm, free ELIZABETH HAHN art is gallery santa fe 419 Canyon Road 505) 629-2332 An acrylic fictional series about a woman and her adventure-filled travels. We can all daydream, right? This fictional character really has it all on her own terms. 10 am-5 pm daily, free EMMA BAGLEY: A WOMAN CRAWLS FORWARD smoke the moon 616 1/2 Canyon Road Find new paintings and a sprawling 45-piece mask installtion collectively known as “Invasion.” Honestly, this is one of our favorite ongoing shows at the moment. 11 am-4 pm, Wed-Sun, free FERNANDO ANDRADE, TOM BIRKNER, GIL ROCHA: IN PURSUIT OF THE DREAM Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 Sculptures, displays and paintings that explore the complexity of everyday life. 10 am-5 pm, free CONTINUED ON PAGE 23
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This May, Santa Fe Community College’s famously student-run East Wing Eatery temporarily shut its doors after manager Miquela Deaton left. Just over a month ago, however, former Second Street Brewery executive chef Milton Villarrubia III took on the manager position after working in the college’s culinary classes as a lab technician for years. The not-quite-cafeteria, located across from the college’s Fitness Center, provides the school’s culinary students with job experience through a café practicum, where students learn how to manage a dining establishment from the ground up and provide the community with high quality food and beverages. We spoke with Villarrubia, who says he plans for the East Wing Eatery to be open by next Tuesday, Oct. 24 with hours running from 8:30 am to 1 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. (Mo Charnot) What kind of progress has been made in re-opening the East Wing Eatery so far? After having my [point of sale] training today and being able to program the menu, we’re going to do one more soft opening this week. That’s what we’ve been doing, these soft openings where [student] Jon See, he’s been making items from classes that he’s learned, and we just give them away. We let people know that we’re looking for feedback on the recipes. So, once we’re able to get more students and more employees, we’ll have more offerings. The idea of this whole thing is that it’s a student-run, student-operated café. In the past, there were items being sold that weren’t necessarily student-
produced. My goal here is to really have students produce everything, if possible. I don’t want to buy frozen croissants. I really want the students to own it. As I’m able to hire more staff, we’ll be able to offer more hours, and we’ll also be able to create more dishes per day. Right now, between Jon and I, we’re able to do about two to three max per day. But if we had more employees, we could do five—that’s what we’re trying to get. What are you planning to have on the menu so far? For our breakfast offerings, we’ve been doing a variety of scones—pistachio, vanilla, lemon ginger, cranberry. Beyond that, a green chile corn muffin has been a big seller—or, not a seller, just a big giver-awayer. We’ve been doing a couple of different sandwiches, with all house-cured meat; brining and smoking turkey, curing corned beef and pastrami. We’ve been doing a throwback to a sandwich from about 27 years ago, when I arrived in Santa Fe. There was a restaurant called Dee’s that was a donut shop—they had a breakfast sandwich. It would be a tortilla with a hash brown, a fried piece of ham, a fried egg, some green chile and American cheese. We also have another breakfast sandwich from New Orleans, which is where I’m from. It’s called the Grand Slam McMuffin—it combines the best of the Denny’s Grand Slam with the best of the Sausage McMuffin. Beyond that, we do a soup of the day. A lot of people know me for my gumbo, and we’ve done it twice here so far, and it’s been an incredible hit. That’s one of the things I’d like to have be a staple—a regular gumbo we do at least once a week. How do you feel about being in charge? I think this is the happiest I’ve been in quite a while to take on a project. I think, for me, I‘m feeling excited about management again; I wasn’t doing that in my last position, and I have a lot to bring to the table with real-world experience for the students. I’ve only been given the opportunity for one month. I think the amount of progress that we’ve made in one month is tremendous; it’s more than I thought we were going to make. Of course, I wanted this place to be open two weeks ago—I really want this to be open as soon as possible to serve the community, put out some delicious food and give the students an awesome experience that they need.
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MCCREERY JORDAN: MESSENGERS BETWEEN WORLDS Gaia Contemporary 225 Canyon Road #6 (505) 501-0415 A multi-media artist perhaps known for sculpture, Jordan will actually show abstract acrylic works this time out 10 am-5 pm, free MIREL FRAGA : INNER COSMOS Hecho Gallery 129 W Palace Ave. (505) 455-6882 Oaxaca-based artist Fraga shares her spiritual journey through a collection of recent works on paper that showcase color harmonies, eclectic symbolisms, organic shapes, abstractionism and otherworldly visions. That sounds like a lot, but it’s really cool. 10 am-5 pm, free N. DASH: AND WATER SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 Find yourself somewhere between painting and sculpture, water and land with these ecologically driven paintings. Hey, SITE? We see you killing it lately. 10 am-5 pm, Fri-Mon 10 am-5 pm, Thurs, free PAINTERLY EXPRESSIONISTS Pie Projects 924 Shoofly St., B (505) 372-7681 Work from some of Santa Fe’s original contemporary artists such as Eugene Newmann, John Connell, Sam Scott, Richard Hogan and Zachariah Rieke. These five artists helped kickstart Santa Fe’s artistic renaissance of the ‘70s and ‘80s. 11 am-5 pm, free PATRICK DEAN HUBBELL: YOU EMBRACE US Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 Hubble (Diné) uses curio blankets to bring attention to current day colonialism as well as destroying and rebuilding what is sacred. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free PATRICK MCGRATH MUÑIZ: ARCANAS Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St. (505) 995-9902 Taking root in tarot, Spanish colonial iconography and pop culture, these paintings invite you to explore traditional and contemporary artistic practices through the lens of history. 10 am-5 pm, daily, free PAUL BERLIN: TRANSFORMATION OF SPIRIT TO PIGMENT, HARMONY IN CHAOS Peyton Wright Gallery 237 E Palace Ave. (505) 989-9888 The late Berlin is often credited with bringing aspects of modern art to the US. His work grew into social-realism and early modernism. This show will focus on his later period (1950-1969). 9 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, free
PETER BUREGA: WEST OF THE MOON LewAllen Galleries 1613 Paseo de Peralta (505) 988-3250 Meditative abstract acrylic paintings that portray nature in all its majesty through light, shadow, color and temperature. 10 am-5 pm, free PIÑON COUNTRY Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo (505) 471-9103 A photographic installation by Christina M. Selby documenting piñon-juniper habitats. An art show plus a visit to the gardens? Yes please. 9 am-5 pm, free RENATE ALLER: COMMENSALISM Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road (505) 992-0711 Known for their large scale photography, Aller brings together expansive large scale imagery with smaller scale intimate figurative diptychs. 10 am-5 pm, free RICHARD OLSON: SOLO EXHIBIT Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 222 Delgado St. (928) 308-0319 Olson is doing remakes of some of his older works of art. He has re-painted the “Alice at the Bar hanging out with the White Rabbit” and re-titled the piece “Happy Hour at the Rabbit Hole (After Wonderland).” among more. 11 am-6 pm, Fri-Mon, freee RICK PHELPS: THE LUNACY OF PUMPKIN SPICE Calliope 2876 Hwy. 14, Madrid (505) 660-9169 Santa Fe paper artist Phelphs will have paper creations of pumpkin spice Barbies, nostalgic pumpkins, skeletons and more. The possibilites of paper are endless. 11 am-4 pm, Fri-Mon, free RIHA ROTHBERG: THE EMERGENT EDGE Wild Hearts Gallery 221 B Hwy. 165, Placitas (505) 867-2450 An exploration of edges and shapes, these bending watercolor and ink paintings are discovered as they are created. 10 am-4 pm,Tues-Fri 10 am-2 pm Sat-Sun, free STEVEN J YAZZIE: THROWING STARS OVER MONSTERS Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 Various multimedia works by Yazzie (Diné/Laguna Pueblo) exploring the intersection of nature, culture and technology. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free THE TOPOGRAPHY OF MEMORY Gerald Peters Contemporary 1011 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 A group of artists test the boundaries of your idea of typical landscape art. 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free
THEODORE WADDELL Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 Layers of brushstrokes creating paintings of the landscape of the contemporary West. 10 am-5 pm, free THOMAS VIGIL: LOST PROPHETS Evoke Contemporary 550 S. Guadalupe St. (505) 995-9902 A blend of folk art, portraiture and grafitti painted on street signs. 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Sat, free CAPONIGRO AND JOHN PAUL CAPONIGRO Obscura Gallery 1405 Paseo de Peralta (505) 577-6708 This duo highlights the similarities and differences of two generations of artists. We’re talking father and son artists in a show, which could go a lot of ways, but it seems to have gone well. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat, free
WERNER DREWES: GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION Addison Rowe Gallery 229 E Marcy St. (505) 982-1533 Paintings by Drewes from his early career alongside stylistically similar artists. 10:30 am-5:30 am, free WILLIAM LUMPKINS: 1909-2000 Addison Rowe Gallery 229 E Marcy St., (505) 982-1533 Abstract watercolors, pastels and graphite on paper from the late Lumpkins. who was popular in Santa Fe in the 1930s. 10:30 am-5:30 pm, Tues-Fri Noon-4pm Sat, free ZOE CHRESSANTHIS: VISIONS OF VORTEX ELECTR∆ Gallery 825 Early St., Ste. D (505) 231-0354 Otherworldly creatures emerge from seas, lagoons and ponds in watercolor and gouache. 1 pm-5 pm, Wed-Sun, free
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FORM POEM: UTAKO SHINDO 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 (505) 257-8417 New multi-media works and a video installation. Noon-5 pm, Thurs-Sat, free GUILLAUME SEFF AND WILLIAM T CARSON: MATTER IN MOTION Nüart Gallery 670 Canyon Road (505) 988-3888 Contemporary abstract works using geological elements and light to expand expressive possibility in contemporary art. That sounds super-impressive, really. 10 am-5 pm, daily, free INSPIRED BY HISTORY AND LAND Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road (505) 988-3444 Paintings and drawings of animals, adobes and other likenesses of the Southwest. You’re gonna be all like, “Wow! We live there!” 10 am-5 pm, Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm, Sunday, free JENNY IRENE MILLER: HOW TO SKIP A ROCK Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582 Photographic portraits that depict the magic and tenderness found within queer people and communities. Be sure to catch this one by the end of the month. Noon-5 pm, Tues-Fri, free JOAN MAUREEN COLLINS: ENTANGLED BEAUTY ARTIST RESIDENCY Jen Tough Gallery / AIR Studios 4 N Chamisa Drive (505) 372-7650 Joan Maureen Collins’ observations of the natural world have been a driving force behind her creativity. Her powerful and soulful abstract interpretations of her impressions of the land remind us of the fragility of our natural world. 10 am-6 pm, Fri-Sun, free KAT KINNICK: SOPHISTICATED TENDERNESS Hecho a Mano 830 Canyon Road (505) 916-1341 Kinnick’s prints and oil paintings feature animals—many of them young and vulnerable—and people in gestures of surrender to the inevitability of nature. So cute. Pro tip? Check out Kinnick’s ceramic work, too, because it’s frankly quite gorgeous. 10 am-5 pm daily, free MATT KING: BECOMING LIGHT CONTAINER 1226 Flagman Way (505)995-0012 Works by the late Meow Wolf co-founder and artist King. Neon light and paint portray hyperabstract expressionism. Using black as a contrasting color, these works truly stand alone in the world of abstract art. 11 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, free
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Campaign. Miguel Trujillo and the Pursuit of Native Voting Rights. EnchantOrama! New Mexico Magazine Celebrates 100. 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free 5-7 pm first Fri of the month MUSEUM OF SPANISH COLONIAL ART 750 Camino Lejo (505) 982-2226 What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers curated by Emily Trujilo 1-4 pm, Wed-Fri, $10, children free NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5063 Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard. With the Grain. See intricate figures, masks and animals made of paper and 10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs, 10 am-7 paste at the most excellent Museum of International Folk pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM residents free Art, through Nov. 2. 5-7 pm every Fri May-October POEH CULTURAL CENTER 78 Cities of Gold Road GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS (505) 455-5041 MUSEUM AND CULTURE Di Wae Powa. Seeing Red: an 217 Johnson St. 710 Camino Lejo Indigenous Film Exhibit. (505) 946-1000 (505) 476-1269 10 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri, $7-$10 Making a Life. Radical Down Home. Here, Now VLADEM CONTEMPORARY Abstraction. Selections from the and Always. Horizons: Weaving 404 Montezuma Ave. Collection. Between the Lines with Diné (505) 476-5602 10 am-5 pm, Thurs-Mon, $20 Textiles. Shadow and Light (under 18 free) 10 am-5 pm, $7-$12, NM resi10 am-5 pm, Sat-Thurs IAIA MUSEUM OF dents free first Sun of the month 10 am-7 pm, Fri; $7-$12, NM CONTEMPORARY residents free 5-7 pm every Fri MUSEUM OF NATIVE ARTS May-October INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART 108 Cathedral Place 706 Camino Lejo WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF (505) 983-8900 (505) 476-1204 THE AMERICAN INDIAN The Stories We Carry. The Art of Between the Lines. Yokai. 704 Camino Lejo Jean LaMarr. Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them (505) 982-4636 10 am-4 pm, Wed-Sat, Mon Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. Always in Relation. California 11 am-4 pm, Sun, $5-$10 La Cartonería Mexicana / The Stars. From Converse to Native MUSEUM OF Mexican Art of Paper and Paste Canvas. Medicinal Healer, an ENCAUSTIC ART 10 am-5 pm, $3-$12, NM resiArtist to Remember. Native 18 County Road 55A dents free first Sun of the month Artists Make Toys. ‘All Together. (505) 424-6487 Making our Way. Every Day. NEW MEXICO HISTORY Permanent collection. Global Medicine.’ by Eliza Naranjo MUSEUM Warming is REAL. 113 Lincoln Ave., (505) 476-5200 Morse. 11 am-5 pm, Fri-Sun, $10 10 am-4 pm, Tues-Sat, $10, free to The Santos of New Mexico. (18 and under free) Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s all first Sun of the month
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continents and centuries. But as she developed the story, she realized it needed to be more internal than epic. Sticking with the idea of the moon landing and a time-slip element, Shoot the Moon was born. “It grew its own legs and I was just running after it trying to write it down before it got away from me,” Arsén says. Of course, writing a historical novel about a NASA scientist comes with its fair share of research. For Arsén, this was half the fun. “[One day I was] looking at womenswear from the 1960s, and [the next I was] researching the specs of the lunar landing module,” she says. “There were so many places where it turned into a total rabbit hole.” To make sense of it all, Arsén read up on Einstein and rocket scientist Mary Sherman Morgan. She pored over drawings and handwritten equations from the “incredibly well-kept” NASA archives to learn about the Apollo missions. As true to life as it stays, however, Shoot the Moon blurs the line between historical fiction and sci-fi in a tonal shift that sneaks up on the reader. This genre-bending is true to form for Arsén, who gravitates towards sci-fi that “lets itself be hand-wavy.” “I love when sci-fi uses the science element to communicate something about the human experience,” she explains. That, she continues, guided her to focus on Annie’s internal world while using the sci-fi element to explore themes of memory repression and self-discovery. Some might read this self-described “hand-waviness” as plot
holes (she’s hand-wavy, too, towards Annie’s untroubled bisexuality in 1950s and ’60s Texas), but Arsén doesn’t see it that way. “It’s a little bit of column A and it’s a little bit of column B,” she says. “I wanted it to feel authentic, but at the same time I didn’t want it to be something like The Martian, where you get everything explained to you and that’s the draw of the book.” Arsén’s sensuous, cinematic style owes much to her background in audio engineering. She’s a big film buff and initially wanted to go into scoring before she realized she didn’t want to work in Hollywood and pivoted into audio engineering. “The principles that come with writing music are inextricable from the way that I approach reading and writing,” she says. “Everything moves through my inner ear and
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my inner eye, like I’m directing little movies to myself—I can see the blocking, I can hear the dialogue, I’m building the soundscape.” The film lingo parallels are apt; Arsén didn’t plan for her novel to come out right after the infamous summer of Barbenheimer, but it’s a happy coincidence. “I loved Oppenheimer and I was very pleased with how it all came together,” she says of her release. Asked about that film’s controversial reception, particularly in New Mexico, Arsén notes that, “Existence is a complicated thing, and we live in a country that I think has a lot of complex layers to its history—there’s beautiful stuff, there’s really ugly stuff and I think the most authentic thing that we can do as storytellers is to make space for everybody to tell the stories that are authentic to them.” All the same, both Oppenheimer and Shoot the Moon raise big questions about the tension between scientific curiosity and social responsibility. “I think there’s always going to be a middle of the Venn diagram between those two,” she says, “and there’s always going to be opposing feelings between those two,” she says. Ultimately, what Arsén hopes readers take away is the importance of time. “We’re living in an age where resources are becoming scarce—the planet is developing in a direction that we’ve had a very heavy hand in causing, and time, I think, is one of the only resources that is untouchable: we can’t mine it, we can’t refine it, we can’t optimize it,” she says. “It’s just happening to us, and it is very important that we all stop and take stock of what we’re doing with this pocket of magic that we have.”
ISA ARSÉN: SHOOT THE MOON READING 4 pm Sunday, Oct. 22. Free Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse 202 Galisteo St., (505) 988-4226
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urprise. Awe. Wonder. The poetry Copper Canyon Press publishes doesn’t cleave to specific aesthetics or perspectives, but when he reads manuscripts, Executive Editor Michael Wiegers says he looks “to be amazed by somebody’s story; to be in awe of how they are using language to create feelings inside me.” Wiegers, who has held his position with the press since 1993, has edited more than 400 of its over 700 books—works that have won National Book Awards and Pulitzers, among a slew of other accolades. Copper Canyon’s roster of poets includes influential writers from the 20th century—Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz and W.S. Merwin, to name of a few—along with contemporary writers and translators such as C.D. Wright, Jericho Brown and local legend Arthur Sze—many of whose poems appear in two new anthologies Wiegers edited to commemorate the press’ 50th anniversary this year. Two of those poets, Brown and Paisley Rekdal, will read as part of a Lannan Foundation Readings and Conversations series anniversary event this week, and then join a discussion about poetry with Wiegers and Sze. Sze’s 10th collection, 2019’s Sight Lines, won the National Book Award. About the work, the judges wrote: “Arthur Sze writes with a quiet mastery which generates beautiful, sensuous, inventive, and emotionally rich poems.” Sze also will introduce the event, with remarks on the joint history of the Lannan Foundation and Copper Canyon. He intends, Sze tells SFR, to “take a moment to honor the memory of Patrick Lannan Jr.,” the foundation’s former president who died in July of 2022. Lannan began the popular Readings & Conversation series in Los Angeles, Sze notes, before bringing it to Santa Fe, where over the decades it has brought hundreds of acclaimed writers and thinkers from all genres to the city. “Patrick loved poetry,” Sze says. “He really believed in the power of a book to change a person’s understanding of life and their place in this world.” Last April, Lannan announced it would work toward sunsetting in the next decade, and has scaled back its Santa Fe programming. Its last program, in May 2022, featured Sze in conversation with author and translator Forrest Gander. Lannan Executive Director Brenda Coughlin tells SFR Lannan’s
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Copper Canyon Press poets Paisley Rekdal and Jericho Brown (top, left to right) will read as part of the press’ 50th anniversary event, and discuss the future of poetry with National Book Awardwinning poet and Santa Fe resident Arthur Sze and Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers (bottom, left to right).
longstanding relationship with Copper Canyon, the numerous authors from the press in the area and the foundation’s longstanding support of poetry made the event a “wonderful coda to…this relationship we’ve had with them.” In addition to Sze, Copper Canyon poets include former resident Dana Levin, Jenny George, Jon Davis and Sherwin Bitsui (Diné), who attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, as well as other writers in Albuquerque, Wiegers notes. Because of those relationships, along with the press’ relationship with Lannan, “Santa Fe has been very important to us. And, and I think by extension, it’s been important to Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, et cetera.” Paisley Rekdal, whose book West: A Translation was longlisted for the National Book Award in poetry this year, says the press has been a good home for her work because for “many years now they’ve done projects, poetry books…and projects that fall between genres and sort of move between disciplinary
lines.” Her book began in 2018 when, as Utah’s then-poet laureate, she was commissioned to write a poem for the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. Her book connects the railroad to the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882–1943), through poetry and essays; an online iteration of the work allows users to interact character-by-character with an anonymous Chinese elegy left by a detainee who committed suicide and left the poem carved in the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station. “It’s just been fantastic working with them because they understand how to make very beautiful books,” Rekdal, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Utah, tells SFR. “And they also understand that a lot of poets that are working in different fields want to start bringing those two fields together.” Jericho Brown’s 2019 collection The Tradition won the Pulitzer Prize (and was a finalist for the National Book Award the same year Sze won the award). In awarding The Tradition, the Pulitzer Committee described
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the work as a “collection of masterful lyrics that combine delicacy with historical urgency in their loving evocation of bodies vulnerable to hostility and violence.” The book also showcases Brown’s invented form, the duplex, described as “a combination of the sonnet, the ghazal and the blues,” which Brown says he created after pondering for years the notion of a poem made completely of repeated lines and, in this case, “good lines” from “failed poems.” Brown, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, tells SFR Copper Canyon was the only press that accepted his second book, The New Testament, which preceded The Tradition. Underpinning his relationship with Copper Canyon, Brown tells SFR, is trust: “I trust Copper Canyon because Copper Canyon believed in me,” he says. “I just try to do what I need to do to make sure I shore that belief up and that belief remains.” That means when Wiegers makes suggestions, Brown takes them seriously. “Even if I disagree with what he says to do, I will change the poem,” Brown says. Sze also notes Wiegers’ shrewdness and openness with poets. Having 2,000 manuscripts arrive in the mail “is one thing,” Sze says. It’s another, he notes to pick out from that pile a manuscript from Ocean Vuong “and say, ‘I’m going to do this. This is a writer who’s going to go on.’” Vuong subsequently won numerous awards for his work, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, as well as a so-called “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation. “That to me is amazing editorial acumen,” Sze says. Moreover, Brown says, the press is “always doing something that makes them a part of the larger writing community.” As for Wiegers, he says he looks forward to having that conversation about the larger writing community and the role of poetry in society with Brown, Rekdal and Sze at this week’s event. “One of the beautiful things about books is that they begin and end in solitude,” he says. “They begin with the solitude of the writer, and they end with the solitude of the reader. And along the way, they pass through so many imaginations, and they expand to this larger community. I want to consider how books, and poetry in particular, not only honors the individual, but make their way into a larger cultural and shared voice.” COPPER CANYON 50TH ANNIVERSARY READING BY JERICHO BROWN AND PAISLEY REKDAL WITH ARTHUR SZE AND MICHAEL WIEGERS 7 pm, Thursday, Oct. 19. $5-$8. Lensic Performing Arts Center. 211 W San Francisco St., (505) 988-1234 Livestream at tinyurl.com/4vwwdtzd
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Families form the foundations of people’s lives, whether that word defines a genetic group or connections discovered later in life—or both. Author Kirstin Valdez Quade, the judge for this year’s SFR fiction contest, says the stories exploring families interest her most: from shared history and experiences, to togetherness in the face of uncertain outcomes, and through trauma and drama. Her books The Five Wounds and Night at the Fiestas center around such tales.
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In her essay “The Meaning of Life,” Santa Fe author Jenn Shapland writes about how human relationships with other species give richness to life. “We communicate with plants and animals, we care for them, find love and mutual understanding with them,” she writes. The idea of personhood for nonhuman beings, even bodies of water, is a growing field of law—and, Shapland writes, “one of the oldest ideas in the world.” This year’s SFR nonfiction contest, for which Shapland serves as guest judge, seeks essays on the theme “Multispecies Entanglements.” How are humans entangled with other species? How do we fit? What relationships have other writers found with non-human beings? How do human concepts of consciousness, emotion and connection appear in other species—or do they not apply?
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CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
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Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
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Rita Lopez has lots of reasons to sulk. Life with Norberto, her husband of 40 years, in her small Argentinian village and its tiny chapel has become tedious. She’s annoyed by the other old biddies who form the social core of her days. She’s so tired of yearning for something else that she seems to be almost numb. But when she stumbles across a statue in a storage room, she experiences a kind of spark that’s been missing. As the central character in director/writer Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, Rita’s struggles and motivations give the story its sense of dual familiarity and mystery. There’s something about the picturesque village of Santa Rita—the paint peeling from its walls, kids running back and forth on a soccer field, a dog running along the dirt road—that feels lovably quaint and palpably sad. As Norberto tries to get her attention with romantic gestures, Rita craves resolution to the nature of the mysterious sculpture—and attention of her own. And when her first guess about its origins proves a mistake, she doubles down on a ruse to create a “miracle” for fellow churchgoers. Argentinian theater and television actors Mónica Villa and Horacio Marassi deliver endearing portrayals of the couple. Rita feels sensitive and abrasive in all the right ways for the conflicted moments in which viewers see her, while Marassi takes on Norberto with a quiet puttering and childlike insistence and an obvious adoration for his longtime bride. It’s against this backdrop that a major event occurs to change the focus of the whole story in a way we don’t want to spoil here. Heartbreak, humor and even heroics ensue. This one might have you wiping away a tear and reaching for your sweetheart. It will certainly sweep you into another time and place—perhaps maybe even another dimension. (Julie Ann Grimm)
Violet Crown, NR, 84 min., with Spanish subtitles
HEY, VIKTOR
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When we finally see the fake cover page for the fake script for Canadian filmmaker and actor Cody Lightning’s Smoke Signals 2 and realize he’s subtitled it “Stilll Smoking,” it’s hard not to descend into hysterics. It’s a brief moment in Lightning’s new meta mockumentary Hey, Viktor, and though no one calls particular attention to it and the words flash only briefly onscreen, they say it all. Here Lightning (Cree) plays an exaggerated version of himself more than 20 years after tackling the role of Young Victor in the acclaimed 1998 Sherman Alexie/Chris Eyre film, Smoke Signals. Still clinging to the smallest scraps of the most fleeting fame, he runs an acting class for kids and takes jobs in porn to pay the bills—and he still brings up his Smoke Signals role on the daily to people who either don’t know or don’t care it happened. He’s also become an Olympic-level
alcoholic whose baby mama just left him for the hottest up-and-coming young Native actor in all of Canada (Peter Craig Robinson). Oh, and that documentary they’re shooting about his life? It might actually be an Intervention-style TV show. In response, Lightning decides it’s time to finally film the Smoke Signals sequel he wrote with his best friend/manager Kate (an uproariously funny Hannah Cheeseman), and all he’ll need to appease his seemingly violent German producer/Native fetishizer is for the entire cast of the original movie to return. Easy, right? Hey, Viktor is both a brilliant commentary on the aftermath of child stardom, and a surreal yet insightful comedy that dips into pitch-perfect dramatic moments. Lightning turns in a masterclass performance of buffoonery and absurdism strained through the filter of his real life. The things he does are insane, but his motivations are absolutely understandable. At the very least, he proves so vulnerable in the film that one wonders how much of his real feelings eked their way into the silliness. It’s hard not to love him, even when he shits himself. And then we do get cameos from the Smoke Signals CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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MOVIES cast, including Gary Farmer, Irene Bedard and Adam Beach. Celebrated improv comic Colin Mochrie even has a brief role, and it’s so fun to see him play an asshole given his nice guy reputation. Thrilling though that all may be, Simon Baker, who played Young Thomas in the original Smoke Signals, joins the fray as an exaggerated version of himself. Together, he and Lightning spin pure magic on the road to an unexpectedly poignant payoff. Lightning phases from sad clown to self-aware and passionate so gradually, you hardly notice it’s happening. But oh, it is so good when he does. (Alex De Vore)
Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 102 min.
FIRST WE BOMBED NEW MEXICO
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Each year on the third Saturday of October, the Trinity site on the White Sands Missile Range opens so visitors can experience the location where the US Army on July 16, 1945 detonated a nuclear weapon for the first time. This year, members of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium will hold their 10th annual demonstration there to ensure those interested in the history of the Manhattan Project also hear the stories omitted from the country’s nuclear-age narrative in films such as Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Those voices provide the bedrock for Lois Lipman’s heart-wrenching documentary First We Bombed New Mexico, which tells the story of what University of New Mexico Assistant Professor Myrriah Gómez describes as the third instance of colonization in the state. As a result of the US government’s nuclear occupation here, generations of New Mexicans living within proximity of the Trinity test have fallen sick and watched improbably high numbers of family members die from various cancers. Academic, scientific and political commentary throughout the film, along with historic footage, bolster the personal stories to create an irrefutable and excoriating chronology of environmental injus-
First We Bombed New Mexico tice, although one that feels overly compressed at moments. Despite their documented suffering, New Mexico downwinders and pre-1971 uranium workers don’t receive coverage through the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, despite years of efforts to secure that small amount of justice. Central to those efforts: Consortium co-founder, downwinder and cancer survivor Tina Cordova, whose steadfast determination to find justice for her community emerges as the film’s beating heart. “We’re not going to be martyrs anymore,” Cordova tells attendees at one of the countless meetings where she speaks. “They counted on us to be unsophisticated, uneducated and unable to speak up for ourselves. We’re not those people anymore.” While the US Senate in July passed an amendment to expand RECA—which sunsets in June 2024—to cover New Mexico victims, the amendment’s prospects in the House remain uncertain
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(someone should lock the members in a room and force them to watch this film). Cordova remains steadfast. “I will do this until the day they finally acknowledge,” Cordova says toward the end of the film, “or the day they put me in the ground.” (Julia Goldberg)
Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 95 minutes
BAD PRESS
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Bad Press The film closes on Election Night—as voters decide whether to enshrine press freedoms into the tribal constitution—with familiar scenes: pizza boxes, Mountain Dew cans and a managing editor lying on the newsroom floor, head in hands. But we can’t imagine covering an election in which our jobs are on the ballot. In the end, the Muscogee-Creek people stood up for journalism and democracy. We’re left, though, with a disquieting question: Would American voters do the same? (Jeff Proctor)
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STORY TO U.S. EVENTS
Bad Press, the new documentary from directors Rebecca Landsberry-Baker (Muscogee-Creek) and Joe Peeler, isn’t yet 10 minutes along when a grim statistic flashes up on the screen: Just five of the 574 federally recognized tribes in the US have laws protecting freedom of the press. Five. The Muscogee-Creek tribe is among them, but that designation came at a chilling, bitter price whose high-stakes bargain is the province of Press. Viewers learn the tribe passed a free press law in 2015, then murdered it three years later amid sexual harassment, graft and other allegations against the very politicians who decided tribal citizens shouldn’t know what they were up to. Let’s brawl, then, came the decision from the handful of journalists who remained at Mvskoke Media, the company comprising the independent newspaper, television/digital and radio stations serving the tribe. Viewers watch much of the skirmish through the eyes of mother, cigarette aficionado and f-bomb hurling reporter Angel Ellis (Muscogee-Creek), who describes the conflict in her job thusly: “I’m reporting on stories that maybe don’t show my tribe in the best light. But do you want a friend who will lie to you and leave you walking out the door with a booger hangin’ out your nose...Or do you want a friend that will stop you and say, ‘Hey, check your face?’” Narratively, this film is more Citizenfour than Page One: Inside the New York Times in the way it follows a chronological, stasis-tension-release arc. Denisse Ojeda’s off-center electronic score accentuates the story’s peril; interviews with tribal citizens remind us for whom the journalists work. And the parallels to larger political riptides dragging America out to sea these days are many: On losing a primary election race for Principal Chief, one of the transparency-phobic political bosses files fraud allegations and demands a recount.
CAITI BLUES
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Let’s be honest, there’s no shortage of documentaries in the film world that tell the stories of struggling artists. But in filmmaker Justine Harbonnier’s Caiti Blues, the chase for that good, old-fashioned American dream plays out through a New Mexico lens that’s unique enough to hold the attention of even the most documentary-fatigued. Set in the tiny town of Madrid just outside Santa Fe, Caiti Blues follows the life of New York native Caiti Lord, an aspiring musician with a prestigious singing school and Broadway background, who now, at the age of 30, has to fight to keep her passion for music alive while she balances a challenging bartending job and a community radio show. While the documentary may stutter in a few rather drawn-out scenes, the incredible humanity seen in Lord’s day-to-day life and creativity make this one an overall shining success. We all know that rags-to-riches Hollywood trope, but it’s increasingly rare to see a film have a different, yet arguably more satisfying outcome—a protagonist regaining their passion who doesn’t land in an unethical, sellout-type multi-millionaire nightmare that robs them of the very things that made them special or noteworthy in the first place. Most won’t get the millions of dollars, but can’t we just enjoy making art for the sake of making art in the meantime? When it comes to Caiti Blues, it’s worth going for the stunning cinematography. But stay, then, for captivating music and, at times, heart-piercing thoughts of its subject. Power to independent artists! (Evan Chandler)
Center for Contemporary Arts, NR, 80 min.
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Week of October 18th
ARIES (March 21-April 19): JooHee Yoon is an illustrator and designer. She says, “So much of artmaking is getting to know yourself through the creative process, of making mistakes and going down rabbit holes of research and experimentation that sometimes work out—and sometimes don’t.” She adds, “The failures are just as important as the successes.” I would extend this wisdom, applying it to how we create our personalities and lives. I hope you will keep it in mind as you improvise, experiment with, and transform yourself in the coming weeks.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’m not enamored of Shakespeare’s work. Though I enjoy his creative use of language, his worldview isn’t appealing or interesting. The people in his stories don’t resonate with me, and their problems don’t feel realistic. If I want to commune with multi-faceted characters dealing with fascinating dilemmas, I turn to French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). I feel a kinship with his complex, nuanced understanding of human nature. Please note I am not asserting that Shakespeare is bad and Balzac is good. I’m merely stating the nature of my subjective personal tastes. Now I invite TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Sometimes, we droop and you to do what I have done here: In the coming weeks, shrivel in the face of a challenge that dares us to grow stand up unflinchingly for your subjective personal tastes. stronger and smarter. Sometimes, we try our best to handle a pivotal riddle with aplomb but fall short. Neither of these SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As much as I love logic and two scenarios will be in play for you during the coming champion rational thinking, I’m granting you an exemption months. I believe you will tap into reserves of hidden power from their iron-grip supremacy in the coming weeks. To you didn’t realize you had access to. You will summon bold, understand what’s transpiring and to respond with innovative responses to tantalizing mysteries. I predict you intelligence, you must partly transcend logic and reason. will accomplish creative triumphs that may have once They will not be sufficient guides as you wrestle with the Great Riddles that will be visiting. In a few weeks, you will seemed beyond your capacities. be justified in quoting ancient Roman author Tertullian, who GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist Meg Wolitzer said the following about his religion, Christianity: “It is true suggests that “one of the goals of life is to be comfortable because it is impossible.” in your own skin and in your own bed and on your own SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As a Sun-conjunctland.” I suspect you won’t achieve that goal in the coming Uranus person, I am fond of hyperbole and outrageousness. weeks, but you will lay the foundation for achieving that “Outlandish” is one of my middle names. My Burning Man goal. You will figure out precisely what you need in order to moniker is “Friendly Shocker,” and in my pagan community, feel at home in the world, and you will formulate plans to I’m known as Irreverend Robbie. So take that into make that happen. Be patient with yourself, dear Gemini. Be consideration when I suggest you meditate on Oscar extra tender, kind, and accommodating. Your golden hour Wilde’s assertions that “all great ideas are dangerous” and will come. “an idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some astrologers say you an idea.” Oscar and I don’t mean that interesting Crabs are averse to adventure, preferring to loll in your possibilities must be a risk to one’s health or safety. Rather, comfort zones and entertain dreamy fantasies. As evidence we’re suggesting they are probably inconvenient for one’s that this is not always true, I direct your attention to a great dogmas, habits, and comfort zones. I hope you will favor Cancerian adventurer, the traveling chef Anthony Bourdain. such disruptors in the coming days. In the coming weeks, I hope you will be inspired by these Bourdain quotes: 1. “If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.” 2. “What a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with people who interest you.” 3. “The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that’s enlightenment enough—to know there is no final resting place of the mind.” 4. “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.”
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some people might feel they have achieved the peak of luxury if they find themselves sipping Moët & Chandon Imperial Vintage Champagne while lounging on a leather and diamondencrusted PlumeBlanche sofa on a hand-knotted Agra wool rug aboard a 130-foot-long Sunseeker yacht. But I suspect you will be thoroughly pleased with the subtler forms of luxury that are possible for you these days. Like what? Like surges of appreciation and acknowledgment for your good work. Like growing connections with influences that will interest you and help you in the future. Like the emotional riches that come from acting with integrity and excellence.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The published work of Leo author Thomas de Quincey fills 14 volumes. He inspired superstar writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, Nikolai Gogol, and Jorge Luis Borges. Yet he also ingested opium for 54 years and was often addicted. Cultural historian Mike Jay says de Quincey was not self-medicating or escaping reality, but rather keen on “exploring the hidden recesses of his mind.” He used it to dwell in states of awareness that were otherwise unattainable. I don’t encourage you to take drugs or follow de Quincey’s path, Leo. But I believe the time is right to explore the hidden recesses of your mind via other means. Like what? Working with your nightly dreams? Meditating your ass off? Having soul-altering sex with someone who wants to explore hidden recesses, too? Any others?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There are over 20 solutions to the riddle your higher mind is now contemplating. Several of them are smart intellectually but not emotionally intelligent. Others make sense from a selfish perspective but would be less than a blessing for some people in your life. Then there are a few solutions that might technically be effective but wouldn’t be much fun. I estimate there may only be two or three answers that would be intellectually and emotionally intelligent, would be of service not only to you but also to others, and would generate productive fun. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Naturalist John Muir didn’t like the word “hiking.” He believed people ought to saunter through the wilderness, not hike. “Hiking” implies straightahead, no-nonsense, purposeful movement, whereas “sauntering” is about wandering around, being reverent towards one’s surroundings, and getting willingly distracted by where one’s curiosity leads. I suggest you favor the sauntering approach in the coming weeks—not just in nature but in every area of your life. You’re best suited for exploring, gallivanting, and meandering.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo journalist H. L Mencken said, “The average person doesn’t want to be free. He wants to be safe.” There’s some truth in that, but I believe it will be irrelevant for you in the coming months. According to my analysis, you can be both safer and freer than you’ve been in a long time. I hope you take full advantage! Brainstorm Homework: My new book is available: Astrology Is Real: about unexpected feats you might be able to accomplish Revelations from My Life as an Oracle. https://bit.ly/ IsAstrologyReal during this state of grace.
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