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Being a parent in Santa Fe has its challenges News 7 DAYS, STREETVIEW AND METROGLYPHS 6 BRIEFS 8

Trees may die off; hotels were fuller in 2015 SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT 9

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Just before Christmas, Santa Fe’s unofficial concierge Thomas Murray died of an apparent heart attack. He was better known by the name “Doc” and by his fur and feather hats.

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here in Santa Fe didn’t look like schools at all by my Midwestern suburban standards. These rustic domiciles set off rural roads in unpainted, seemingly half-built buildings near empty fields made my hair stand on edge.

While seeking a day care center when our daughter was 2, we realized we also needed to decide whether we’d send her to public, public charter or private school. There were wait-lists, lotteries and no guarantees. The local income disparity didn’t broaden our choices. We’re working middle class, and grammar school tuition costs here are steep.

We toured a dozen places. One charter school, under renovation, was a construction site full of industrial equipment, trailers and portable toilets I couldn’t imagine any 5-year-old, let alone a preschooler, navigating without one kind of threat or another.

Seeing this school’s proximity to a detention center as we drove away sealed the decision. Once we got our daughter in school, I more deeply understood Dave Barry’s incentive for the Batman suit. The circuit of competitive themed birthday parties and Sotheby’s-caliber goodie bags during the first few years nearly put us off the whole practice.

We used these opportunities to open an ongoing dialogue with our daughter about issues of moderation and excess.

She’s now 9, so you can imagine how this endeared us to her. We try. We can’t help it, we’re parents.

Here’s the Thing: Christmas morning, rather than running for her presents like last year, our daughter passed out gifts and watched with concern and delight as we opened ours.

She wrote thank-you cards and made thank-you calls. She also called friends to ask about their holidays. She showed us that she’s growing up, thoughtful.

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ell-intentioned, hypervigilant parents are a class of people who could qualify for protection by the federal government. Why? Because we are justifiably vulnerable at vital levels of cognitive functioning, which are related to the production and cultivation of this nation’s most important natural resource: children.

My first glimpse of this reality came one Sunday morning some years ago, while reading Dave Barry’s nationally syndicated column and sipping a mimosa. At the time, I was barely 30, single and child-free. Listening to jazz in my large-windowed flat overlooking Washington DC, I laughed wryly at Barry’s description of donning a rubber Batman suit in 90 degree weather for his kid’s birthday party. Little did I know that such antics are the least agonizing and most joyful moments of parenthood.

Becoming a parent catapults one into dimensions of adulthood that vacillate between emotional ecstasy and Dante’s Inferno. Children, upon entering your life, hijack your hippocampus—that part of the brain responsible for the cerebral hemisphere concerned with basic drives, emotions and short-term memory. Then, our children really go to work on us.

Despite our diminished capacity as human beings, who necessarily love beyond reason, we soldier on and try to make the best decisions that compromised creatures can make, all the while second-guessing our choices and feeling ourselves falling short.

Which is why, as we barrel into another New Year, I hope to do better, though I have little evidence that I’m not doing well. Can you see the insanity of this?

Becoming parents in Santa Fe presented some particularly interesting challenges. Public parks for small children aren’t exactly plentiful. Every activity, save those at the public library, offers sticker shock.

Supply and demand being what it is, the search for quality education also caused us alarm. Not to mention the fact that a number of the best schools

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Southwestern states may lose all of their pine and juniper trees by 2100, according to research recently published in Nature Climate Change.

“We have been uncertain about how big the risk of tree mortality was, but our ensemble of analyses—including experimental results, mechanistic regional models and more general global models—all show alarming rates of forest loss in coming decades,” Nate McDowell, a forest ecologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and lead author of the paper, said in a press release.

McDowell studied piñón-juniper forests in New Mexico and simulated drought-like conditions by depriving trees of 50 percent of rainfall for five years (a 2012 NPR story described the project as a tree torture lab where trees are killed to better understand how to save them). Eighty percent of mature trees in the area died.

The study also ran computer models based on predicted global warm-

ing scenarios, and while those led to different precipitation patterns, they consistently produced widespread tree death. The average of the results of those models predicts 72 percent of the region’s needleleaf evergreen trees will die by 2050, and nearly 100 percent will be gone by 2100.

New Mexico will likely be joined by California, Colorado, Utah and Texas, among others, in losing millions of acres of forests. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, more than half of conifers are expected to be dead by 2100.

The study was unable to account for the possibility of vegetation adapting to warmer or drier conditions, or the increase in wildfires, or the effects of insect populations on seedlings. Its calculations were also based on the worst-case scenario: that humans continue burning fossil fuels at their present rate. (Elizabeth Miller)

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Future group bookings for Tourism Santa Fe increased 30 percent last year compared with the average logged in the past three years, accounting for 32,000 hotel room nights and 95 groups, according to the group’s executive director, Randy Randall.

In order to lure more tourist dollars, the city serves as a broker for businesses that are interested in holding their meetings in the City Different but simply don’t have the time to deal with hotel operators when it comes to finding the proper space for their conventions, conferences and tours. And that effort is gaining ground.

Tourism Santa Fe staff, versed in the art of square footage, with its Community Convention Center, do all the leg work. One of the four members of the group’s sales team sends prospective businesses the final prices of various hotels along with details about space available for meetings, and the businesses make the ultimate decision, Randall says.

Nearly 75 percent of the future bookings, he explains, had no use for the city’s Convention Center, because the meetings were relatively small in nature and more comfortable with the conference rooms inside major hotels in downtown Santa Fe. Yet that means 25 percent of the future bookings did include use of the Convention Center to make way for an expanding employee base, and in some cases, they booked as far in advance as 2017, 2018 and 2019. For example, watch for the Wilderness Travel medical organization’s annual event, expected to grow each year.

“This is great news,” Randall says.

“It helps strengthen our sales team, and it’s filling rooms in the local hotels in the future.” (Thomas Ragan)

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ealing with and disproving stereotypes is all in a day’s work for Rehana Hadid. As a Muslim woman who runs her own food truck and catering business alongside her husband, Hadid is anything but the weak and reserved housewife that many people expect her to be.

“People look at Muslim women as not having a voice. As not being able to speak, or not having rights, or that we’re oppressed, or that we’re mistreated, and it’s quite the opposite. Muslim women have a lot of rights,” Hadid tells SFR. I feel like people look Although discrimination and hateful behavior because of her religion and way of life has been relaat us like we’re not humans. tively minimal in the past, Hadid and her husband say that recently, they’ve personally experienced more of Like we’re some terrible, that within their own Casa Solana neighborhood, an escalation that they find shocking for a city as openevil people. minded as Santa Fe. “I feel like people look at us like we’re not humans.

Like we’re some terrible, evil people, and we’re actually really nice, loving, kind people,” Hadid says. lam,” says Fein. “It’s an opportunity for people to “People aren’t educated about what Islam really is. meet their Muslim neighbors. They may not have ... We all may have different schools of thought that even spoken to anyone before who’s Muslim. … Here we follow, but our basic principles are love and peace are women who are so smart and open-hearted and and happiness. That’s what Islam is about: It’s about funny. ” peace and love and having an open heart.”

Fein says the main motivating factor in her orgaIn an effort to address the knowledge problem sur- nization of the event is the discrepancy between the rounding the Islam religion portrayals of Muslims in the and culture and separate the media, and the Muslims she facts from the fiction, Hadid, knows in real life. The purpose who spends many of her days of having the event is to help creating cuisine for the fampeople connect in a way that is ily’s Kebab Caravan busirooted in a deeper understandness, says she hopes to reach ing and appreciation of one anlistening ears as part of a diother, she says. verse panel of approximately Fein partnered with Zeinab ten peers called “Muslim Benhalim of Tribes CoffeeWomen Speak.” This event, house, a friend who helped crewhich takes place at 1 pm on ate meaningful conversations Sunday, Jan. 10, is an open on the topic after 9/11. Those forum, moderated by Judith small gatherings at Fein’s home Fein, at the Santa Fe Univerbegan with eating together and sity of Art and Design. The taking turns asking questions entire community is invited of one another. As the size of to come and ask any questhe gatherings grew into the tions they may have. hundreds, along with the desire “There will be women who to meet more frequently, Benare American-born Muslims, halim offered her coffee shop as there will be women who are a meeting place.

Muslim born in other counBenhalim says that she is Rehana Hadid is among panelists. tries, there will be women driven to be a part of the upwho have converted to Iscoming event because she feels

“that people don’t really understand the Middle Eastern culture.” She hopes that she and her fellow panel members can correct the misinformation and misunderstanding that leads people to connect terrorism with Islam. She wants to make it very clear that “terrorism and Islam [do] not go together,” she says.

A third member of the panel is Muminah, a woman who adopted that name when she converted to the Islamic religion about 30 years ago. She made the decision to become a Muslim after she became acquainted with members of the Muslim community near where she lived and met people who were “very interesting, very nice, very highly educated people,” she says, “and it led me to read the Koran, which I did about five times before making the decision to convert. To me, the Koran laid out basically a blueprint for living in a very nice, gentle, way. That was it.”

The equating of Muminah’s nice, gentle lifestyle as being one and the same as that of the people responsible for the November bombings and shootings in Paris is what spurred her to be a part of the panel.

“The rise of Islamaphobia has been very sharp since the Paris event. It is time for everyday, ordinary Muslims to invite the public to know what we are about as opposed to what they read in the newspapers, which is usually something shocking and equating all Muslims with those horrible terrorists who are, as far as I’m concerned personally, not Muslims.

If they were, they wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing,” Muminah says.

She adds that through this event, people will become more informed about not just the religion, but Muslims in general, and “see that we’re no different than they are. We have the same hopes, the same dreams, and the religions themselves are very similar.”

MUSLIM WOMEN SPEAK 1 pm Sunday, Jan. 10. An open forum moderated

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welve years ago, Santa Fe-based Dr. Gary Giblin watched a 4- to 6-week-old infant weather one of the worst cases of whooping cough he’s known in his decades-long career.

“He didn’t have your classic whoop with the cough, but he would have these episodes where he would stop breathing and coughing and just sort of gulp for air,” Giblin recounts. “He deteriorated fairly rapidly.

We admitted him at night, and by the next day, he was in the pediatric ICU in Albuquerque. He was there for at least a week, and continued coughing for another month afterwards.”

Just a couple months ago, Giblin ran into the mother and her now nearly teenaged son, who doesn’t look like the illness set him back, he says. But decades ago, whooping cough, or pertussis, was a leading cause of childhood mortality.

After a vaccine for pertussis was introduced in the 1940s, pertussis rates reached a low in 1980 of one per 100,000 in the US, down from 150 per 100,000. But the number of whooping cough diagnoses has been climbing back up, and Santa Fe County now reports an epidemic-level rate, nearly four times the national average and 10 percentage points above the statewide rate.

Some 32 per 100,000 people will be affected each year in Santa Fe County, compared to 9.1 nationally and 22.2 throughout the state, according to New Mexico’s Indicator-Based Information System.

“It’s probably the biggest resurgence of any vaccine-preventable disease,” says Dr. Wendy Johnson, medical director of La Familia. “In an adult, it’s usually an annoyance and can be treated. In an infant— mostly infants, but also the very old—it can be fatal, especially unvaccinated infants.”

Researchers have tried to tease out an answer to why the highly contagious respiratory tract infection is on the rise. This summer, Santa Fe Institute Fellows Benjamin Althouse and Samuel Scarpino found that the vaccine used now may be preventing those immunized from showing the symptoms—which begin with a runny nose, sneezing, mild fever and cough and lead to uncontrolled coughing spasms that may be followed by a whooping sound—but not from becoming carriers of the bacteria that causes pertussis. Those who have elected not to be immunized, or who are too young to be immunized, can face severe consequences if exposed to that bacteria, which spreads through the air when someone sneezes or coughs.

“There’s a large group of individuals who are infected and don’t know it, so there have been a number of stories that report adults with a persistent cough that lasts two or three weeks; 30 percent of them may be infected with pertussis, so it may be the case that many of us are affected but never find out,” Scarpino says.

There’s a large group of individuals who are infected and don’t know it ... so it may be the case that many of us are affected but never find out.

Althouse and Scarpino’s research suggests that current vaccines may well have contributed to, or even exacerbated, the recent pertussis outbreak by allowing affected individuals to spread pertussis multiple times throughout their lives. The genomic data in the bacteria suggests that far more transmission is occurring than cases are reported, indicating that instances of it are going undetected. The symptoms are what kill people, so the researchers still encourage the use of the vaccine. But the commonly prescribed practice of “cocooning” infants too young to have been immunized by vaccinating all of the adults who spend time with them isn’t likely to be effective, because even those vaccinated can get infected and transmit the disease. When Giblin’s young patient’s family was tested, two teenage children who didn’t display any symptoms tested positive for pertussis.

“We really need a new pertussis vaccine that both prevents disease and transmission,” Scarpino says.

New vaccines are in trials and may be available in five to 10 years.

Santa Fe’s rates have rolled up and down, peaking in 2006 at 47.8 per 100,000 and returning to a rate nearly that high in 2012 after several years with rates hovering below a dozen per 100,000. Preliminary data on 2015 suggests that numbers are again dropping, according to the New Mexico Department of Health, but while that’s good news, it doesn’t mean the bacteria is disappearing.

“One of the things we see with pertussis are these three- to five-year cycles,” says David Selvage, bureau chief for the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau at the Department of Health. “Exactly what underlies that, I don’t think is really well described, but it is a trend that’s been noticed for quite a while. The other thing we’ve had in recent years are increases in cases not only in New Mexico but nationally, which we attribute to the use of the pertussis vaccine that came into use in the early 1990s.”

As far as protecting infants, health officials recommend women get a pertussis booster during their third trimester of pregnancy to pass on antibodies.

Infants aren’t considered even minimally protected until they’ve received their third dose, usually around 6 months of age, according to Selvage; past that point, they are still at risk but less likely to develop complications.

“We’re most concerned about infants, because infants that contract pertussis are much more likely to have complications and be hospitalized, and unfortunately even die,” Selvage says. “They have the highest rates and are the most vulnerable.”

Those diagnosed with pertussis under the age of 1 year made up just 7 percent of cases of pertussis reported in 2013 but comprised 11 of the 19 people hospitalized for the illness.

New Mexico is one of several states working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on an enhanced pertussis surveillance program that collects additional information to better understand the transmission of the disease, its dynamics and its severity in various populations in the state.

“That information can be used to develop a vaccine that’s more targeted to what we’re seeing circulating in communities,” Selvage says, adding that the process is expected to take some time: “None of this is quick.”

In March, pertussis experts from around the world will be convening in Santa Fe to discuss the continuing problem of and possible solutions to this disease, which is still responsible for an estimated 195,000 deaths worldwide each year.

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A collection of letters about our planet Predicting what comes next isn’t a skill that humans are particularly good at. Yet, being able to cognizantly look to the future and remember the past simultaneously is a trait that differentiates us from the rest of life on Earth. As the world responds to the agreement that emerged from December’s Paris climate talks, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and the Media Consortium asked some of the nation’s biggest thinkers and creators to write letters for six generations hence. Hope or despair. Or a little of both.

LAURA PASKUS, Reporter and Radio Producer

Dear Future Nuevo Mexicanos,

About a decade and a half into the 21st century, our politicians—and economy—had become a national disgrace. Our educational, criminal justice and behavioral health systems had fallen into disrepair.

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of the fossil fuel and mining industries. We gouged open the earth, and then each time the price of oil, natural gas or coal dropped, we’d lower our economic expectations once again.

At the time, we overturned or fought against rules that protected our water, skies, landscapes, wildlife and communities.

Some chortled and quoted a lawyer from Indiana, Gov. Lew Wallace: “Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico.”

It’s silly to think that in 2016, after more than 130 years, we still lugged around that tired quip, shrugging as though failure were our destiny.

But we did.

And then, the signs of climate disruption blinked too bright across the globe for people to ignore. In New York City on Christmas Eve, the mercury hit 72 degrees. Tornadoes and floods ripped through the central swath of the US. And at the start of 2016, the Arctic Circle warmed to above the freezing point.

Thanks to El Niño, 2015 had been a bountiful year for precipitation in New Mexico. But scientists warned that when the rains slowed and snows diminished, we’d again experience drought—“hot drought.” As the region continued warming, they explained, those higher temperatures would accelerate the drying of our riverbeds, forests, grasslands, orchards and fields.

At the time, life was already hard for many New Mexicans. As you probably know, our history is a bloody one, at times full of cruelty and violence.

And as the climate crisis deepened, it seemed unlikely we’d act with grace.

And then, we started to prove that we really are an adaptable species.

We started listening to people who had dedicated their lives to wonder and science and solutions, rather than those bent on amassing money and power. We heeded advice from those whose ancestors had walked and worked the lands for generations. We watched out for one another and lifted up the most vulnerable among us.

We remembered to treat our lands and waters with respect and enforced policies that protected them. We put people to work building and rebuilding infrastructure, restoring riverbeds and public lands, and caring for our forests. We revamped agricultural practices to be gentler on the landscape, less wasteful of water and better at feeding hungry mouths. We transcended outdated economic models and busted energy monopolies. We dreamed up and designed communities that were walkable, livable and lovable. We made ourselves proud.

Because at the time, we had only choice: Take care of this place and one another. Or not waste time writing letters to the future.

Paskus is an Albuquerque-based independent journalist who last year launched a series with New Mexico In Depth called “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate.”

EO Wilson says as long as there are microbes, the Earth can recover—another small measure of comfort. Even now, evidence of the Earth’s ability to heal herself is all around us—a daily astonishment. What a joy it would be to live in a time when the healing was allowed to outrun the destruction.

More than anything else, that is what I wish for you.

Author of short stories, novels and essays, Houston wrote the acclaimed Cowboys Are My Weakness, winner of the 1993 Western States Book Award.

We learned a lot that year about where power lay: less in the words of weak treaties than in the zeitgeist we could create with our passion, our spirit and our creativity. Would that we had done it sooner!

An author, educator and environmentalist, McKibben is cofounder of 350.org, a grassroots climate change movement. He has written more than a dozen books and, in 2014, won the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel.”

PAM HOUSTON Author and Essayist

Dear Future Inhabitants of the Earth,

I was speaking with an environmental scientist friend of mine not too long ago, and he said he felt extremely grim about the fate of the earth in the hundred-year frame, but quite optimistic about it in the five-hundred-year frame. “There won’t be many people left,” he said, “but the ones who are here will have learned a lot.” I have been taking comfort, since then, in his words.

If you are reading this letter, you are one of the learners, and I am grateful to you in advance. And I’m sorry. For my generation. For our ignorance, our short-sightedness, our capacity for denial, our unwillingness or inability to stand up to the oil and gas companies who have bought our wilderness, our airwaves, our governments. It must seem to you that we were dense beyond comprehension, but some of us knew, for decades, that our carbon-driven period would be looked back on as the most barbaric, the most irresponsible age in history.

Part of me wishes there was a way for me to know what the earth is like in your time, and part of me is afraid to know how far down we took this magnificent sphere, this miracle of rock and ice and air and water.

Should I tell you about the polar bears, great white creatures that hunted seals among the icebergs; should I tell you about the orcas? To be in a kayak, with a pod of orcas coming towards you, to see the big male’s fin rise in its impossible geometry, 6 feet high and black as night, to hear the blast of whale breath, to smell its fishy tang—I tell you, it was enough to make a person believe she had led a satisfying life.

I know it is too much to wish for you: polar bears and orcas. But maybe you still have elk bugling at dawn on a September morning, and red tail hawks crying to their mates from the tops of ponderosa pines.

Whatever wonders you have, you will owe to those who gathered in Paris to talk about ways we might reimagine ourselves as one strand in the fabric that is this biosphere, rather than its mindless devourer.

BILL McKIBBEN Author, Educator and Environmentalist

Dear Descendants,

The first thing to say is, sorry. We were the last generation to know the world before full-on climate change made it a treacherous place. That we didn’t get sooner to work slowing it down is our great shame, and you live with the unavoidable consequences.

That said, I hope that we made at least some difference. There were many milestones in the fight— Rio, Kyoto, the debacle at Copenhagen. By the time the great Paris climate conference of 2015 rolled around, many of us were inclined to cynicism.

And our cynicism was well-taken. The delegates to that convention, representing governments that were still unwilling to take more than baby steps, didn’t really grasp the nettle. They looked for easy, around-the-edges fixes, ones that wouldn’t unduly alarm their patrons in the fossil fuel industry.

But so many others seized the moment that Paris offered to do the truly important thing: organize.

There were meetings and marches, disruptions and disobedience. And we came out of it more committed than ever to taking on the real power that be.

The real changes flowed in the months and years past Paris, when people made sure that their institutions pulled money from oil and coal stocks, and when they literally sat down in the way of the coal trains and the oil pipelines. People did the work governments wouldn’t—and as they weakened the fossil fuel industry, political leaders grew ever so slowly bolder.

DONNELL ALEXANDER Writer, Filmmaker and Radio Producer

Good day, my beautiful bounty.

It probably feels redundant to someone rockin’ in 2070, a year that’s gotta be wavy in ways I can’t imagine, but … Your great, great-grandpappy is old school.

And when my old-school ass thinks about how the backdrop to your existence changed when the Paris climate talks failed, it harkens to the late20th-century rap duo Eric B & Rakim. Music is forever. Probably, it sounds crazy that the musical idiom best known in your time as the foundation of the worldwide cough syrup industry could ever have imparted anything enlightening. You can look it up, though—before the Telecommunications Act of ’96, such transformations happened not infrequently.

But that’s another letter. MC Rakim had this scrap of lyric from “Teach the Children”—a proenvironment slapper that hit the atmosphere closer to Valdez newspaper headline days than when the Web gave us pictures of death smoke plumes taking rise above Iraq. For you, these are abstract epochs.

Alaska still had permafrost, the formerly frozen soil that kept methane safely underground. The domino that fell, permafrost. And I could tell you that humans skied Earth’s mountains. Yes, I know: snow.

An antique reference, no question.

That Rakim verse. It went: “Teach the children, save the nation/I see the destruction, the situation/They’re corrupt, and their time’s up soon/But they’ll blow it up and prepare life on the moon.”

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My bounty, it’s easy to Monday morning quarterback* from my 2015 vantage point. But I did not do an adequate job of teaching the children about what our corporate overlords had in store for them.

Didn’t do it with Exxon or Volkswagen. Didn’t do it when Rakim initially sold me on the premise. And to be honest, I haven’t done a bunch of it this year, as sinkholes form and trees fall in parts of the Arctic that Mother Earth could only ever imagined frozen solid.

Make no mistake, I want these words to function as much as a godspeed note as one of confession.

Good luck with your new methane-dictated normal, and the sonic pollution and spiritual upset of those executive flights to colonized Mars. Or, as the president calls that planet, the Home Office. Conditions should have never come to this though. And we’ll always have Paris, to remind us of what might have been.

Grandpappy Donnell *The NFL will be around forever, like herpes.

A former staff writer for ESPN The Magazine and LA Weekly and freelancer for other publications, Alexander wrote the memoir Ghetto Celebrity. His audio narratives have formed the basis of two documentaries.

REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN Philosopher and Novelist

Dear Descendants,

If you are reading this, then you must exist, and so my greatest fears haven’t been realized. We didn’t manage to eradicate our kind from the universe.

In my darkest hours, routinely arriving at 4 in the morning, that’s what I feared: a universe in which our species had disappeared, taking along with it many other life forms that had once flourished on Earth. I’d lie awake mourning all those life forms, but—call me anthropocentric—most especially the humans. A universe emptied of humans, with all of our fancies and follies, seemed to me an immeasurably reduced universe.

So at least you exist—only under what conditions, I can’t begin to imagine. I don’t know whether

you’re reading this on Earth and, if you are, whether you’re huddled inside an artificial environment to protect yourself from deadly radiation. Or perhaps you’ve colonized another planet or built a system of space stations, using your human ingenuity to adapt to an alien environment for which evolution didn’t naturally equip you. Perhaps you only know about what it was like to welcome each changing season on Earth—smell the fecund moist earth of spring, feel the silky sultriness of summer nights, listen to the silence of snow falling heavily in the forest—by reading the writings of us ancients.

Wherever you are, struggling with whatever hostile conditions constraining the choices that we took for granted, you must look back at your ancestors—us—with outraged incredulity. How could we not have cared about you at all, you wonder? You are our kith and kin. Didn’t we consider that you deserved the same rights to flourish as we presumed for ourselves?

And now it’s we who no longer exist. Perhaps you’d just as soon forget about our existence, as we forgot about yours. If only you could, I imagine you thinking. If only you could blot us out of your consciousness just as thoroughly as we blotted you out of ours.

If there are still storytellers among you—if that’s a human capacity that you can still indulge—then do a better job than we did in making the lives of others felt—each and every life, when its time comes, a towering importance.

May you flourish. May you forgive us.

A philosopher and novelist, Goldstein won a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and was recently presented the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.

HOW COULD WE NOT HAVE CARED ABOUT YOU AT ALL, YOU WONDER?

It’s ironic, because we often looked back at our ancestors with outraged incredulity, wondering how they couldn’t have seen, say, that slavery or misogyny were wrong. Were they moral monsters, we’d wonder?

Do you wonder exactly the same about us?

Well, we weren’t monsters. Really, we weren’t.

We were human, all too human. And being human, we tended to prioritize our own lives, our own selfinterest, over those of others. It’s not that other selves meant nothing at all to us. But our own selves always meant so much more.

And here’s another feature of our evolutionshaped human nature that, through no malice at all, conspired to doom you. (You understand, I’m not justifying our behavior, just trying to explain it to you.) We discounted the future. The future seemed so hazy, so uncertain, while the present … well, it was present. The now was vividly pressing on us, always, real and fully formed.

Our psychology evolved out of a past when human life was “nasty, brutish, and short.” And because we weren’t able to overcome that psychology, to think in ways larger and more generous, the future we’ve bequeathed you is at least as precarious as the past out of which we emerged. I fear it is unimaginably nasty.

You just weren’t very real to us, you others who didn’t even enjoy the privilege of existing. How could your claims, so ghostly as to be ungraspable, constrain our choices, rein in our desires? And we were so inventive in our technologies, which pelted us with more and more things to want, amusements to distract us from what we should have been thinking about—which was you.

MICHAEL POLLAN Author, Journalist, Activist and Professor

Dear Future Family,

I know you will not read this note until the turn of the century, but I want to explain what things were like back in 2015, before we figured out how to roll back climate change. As a civilization, we were still locked into a zero-sum idea of our relationship with the natural world, in which we assumed that for us to get whatever we needed, whether it was food or energy or entertainment, nature had to be diminished. But that was never necessarily the case.

In our time, the US Department of Agriculture still handed out subsidies to farmers for every bushel of corn or wheat or rice they could grow. This promoted a form of agriculture that was extremely productive and extremely destructive—of the climate, among other things.

Approximately one-third of the carbon then in the atmosphere had formerly been sequestered in soils in the form of organic matter, but since we began plowing and deforesting, we’d been releasing huge quantities of this carbon into the atmosphere.

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ROXANA ROBINSON Novelist and Biographer

Dear Descendants,

Already I know some of you, with your quick liquid eyes, your supple movements, the way you look and listen in your world. I’ll write to you, and to your descendants, the ones I will never know, you whose lovely quick shapes and minds will illuminate their own world.

DON BUTTON

energy. Fertilizer was always one of the biggest culprits for two reasons: It’s made from fossil fuels, and when you spread it on fields and it gets wet, it turns into nitrous oxide, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Slowly, we convinced the policymakers to instead give subsidies to farmers for every increment of carbon they sequestered in the soil.

Over time, we began to organize our agriculture so that it could heal the planet, feed us and tackle climate change. This began with shifting our food system from its reliance on oil, which is the central fact of industrial agriculture (not just machinery but pesticides and fertilizers are all oil-based technologies), back to a reliance on solar energy: photosynthesis.

Carbon farming was one of the most hopeful things going on at that time in climate change research. We discovered that plants secrete sugars into the soil to feed the microbes they depend on, in the process putting carbon into the soil. This process of sequestering carbon at the same time improved the fertility and water-holding capacity of the soil. We began to relying on the sun—on photosynthesis—rather than on fossil fuels to feed ourselves. We learned that there are non-zero-sum ways we could feed ourselves and heal the earth.

That was just one of the big changes we made toward the sustainable food system you are lucky enough to take for granted.

Let me tell you what this world is like, the world I Let me tell you about the little brown bat, a small grew up in, about its beauty and variety. nocturnal flier that kindly eats our insects, flickerLet me tell you about the miraculous monarch ing wildly through our evenings in pursuit of our butterfly, a shimmering flicker of amber that alights mosquitoes. Bats flooded out of those louvers in our in our meadows and feeds on our ragged milkweed old barn—you’ve seen the pictures of it—every eveplants. It lays eggs on the leaves, eggs that become ning, all summer, hundreds of them, speeding out fat striped caterpillars, which into the quiet dusk. We watched become tiny glowing goldthem, standing on the lawn: It was rimmed jade urns. These, magilike a natural fireworks show, the silent, darting glimpses of wings cally, contain the butterflies, WE LEARNED flashing against the darkening sky. which turn dark and vivid as the Let me tell you about the frogs, moment of their emergence apTHAT THERE ARE leopard-spotted, with dark spherproaches. The butterflies themselves, flimsy, erratic, fly thouical marks ringed with gold, green NON-ZERO-SUM frogs with round black eyes, that sands of miles to a place they’ve WAYS WE COULD sat motionless beneath a leaf, never seen, to spend the winwaiting for an insect. Or the gray ter. This quick amber miracle FEED OURSELVES tree frog, the tiny one that climbs has been mine to admire every into the tall eupatorium plants summer of my life.

AND HEAL THE in the garden, disguising its tiny And let me tell you about mottled body among the leaves. the polar bear, the largest land EARTH. There are more I could tell you mammal, a bear of unimaginaabout, thousands of animals and ble size, with a pelt of pewterbirds and insects whom we are white, a color to freeze your lucky to have now in our lives. But blood, and well it might, beI think you won’t know them, dear descendants. I cause they live at unimaginable temperatures, cold think that by the time you read this, many of them so deep it will freeze your breath inside your chest, will be gone. There is always a reason to kill a creafreeze the salt sea, freeze the wind in the sky, but not the polar bear. Vast and unstoppable, the polar bear ture, it turns out, and it always makes money for will swim through the frozen seas, pad over wrecked someone to do so. That’s how it is in our world. floes, slide in and out of water, fog, ice and snow. He I wish I could show you these quick and beautiis an apex predator, 12 feet high and weighing 2,000 ful creatures who were entrusted into our care, and pounds. He has 42 curved ivory teeth, and his paws not just describe them. I wish I could show them are 12 inches across, armed with curved, lethal to you.

Robinson, the winner of a James Webb Award for claws. Beautiful, wild, invincible, he has no animal Distinguished Fiction, is the author of nine books. Her work has enemies. It took 100,000 years for the polar bear to appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, evolve from their nearest cousins, the brown grizThe New York Times and The Washington Post. zly, and now polar bears rule the Arctic, with their lazy gait, their deadly black stare, their great majestic presence.

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P is for Punk Anarchy in Santa Fe Once upon a time, Santa Fe was home to any number of bands that inhabited the wide world of the punk rock spectrum. It wouldn’t be unusual to see Logical Nonsense or Knowital or Pint Size rocking out at roller rinks and warehouses all across town, and life was good. But as the musicians behind these bands aged or changed or moved to greener pastures (because, let’s face it—ain’t nobody gettin’ famous around here, especially on the merits of punk rock), the purveyors of Americana and house music and Bad Company covers descended upon the town and cast a spell on the aging denizens that caused them to fear anything hard or fast. And yet, from behind the scenes and in underground corners, the punks were merely resting, and now, with the ferocity and timing of a swarm of locusts, they will triumphantly emerge from the earth to melt faces, explode brains and generally remind us all that we were young once and something about super pissed-off music still rules! Enter Article 15, a Taos three-piece that keeps the soul of fast-paced anarcho-punk alive in all of its balls-to-the-wall, lo-fi glory. Article 15 is perfect for anyone who can fondly look back on their early forays into the world of bands like Dead Kennedys, The Cramps, The Damned or even The Misfits, and their political bent brings with it a “shit sucked then, shit sucks now” attitude reminiscent of formerly local act, The Elected Officials.

There’s just something so magnetic about a deceptively layered style like punk rock, which can merge elements of rock, pop, heavy metal and even reverbheavy surf and doo-wop into aggressively passionate three-minute songs about life, the universe, your shithead governor, everything. Kudos as well to the Underground’s Johnny Pink, who puts his punk bucks where his mouth is and provides an authentic space for bands like Article 15 to slay a crowd of denim vest aficionados. Colossal Swan Dive (which features Knowital members), Blood Wolf and new metal-ish act Ol’ Dagger provide support.

-Alex De Vore ARTICLE 15 WITH COLOSSAL SWAN DIVE, BLOOD WOLF AND OL’ DAGGER 9 pm Tuesday, Jan. 12. $5 The Underground, 200 W San Francisco St. 577-5893

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From a Whisper to a Dream with Brian Hardgroove: 6 pm Thursday, Jan. 7. No cover. Skylight Santa Fe, 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775

Floozy: 7 pm Friday, Jan. 8. No cover.

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

Your Voice Has Power: 1 to 4 pm Saturday, Jan. 9. Free. Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 204-6047

So you think you can, uh, talent? Of course you do—this is Santa Fe, where the ability to string together a few chords and sing even slightly better than William Hung (topical!) comes with a John Lennon-esque feeling of musical prowess. But still, that gnawing feeling at the back of your head practically begs you to prove it to the world, and so, with a pocket full of dreams and a set of vocal chords full of slippery elm, you’ll hit the stage at Brian Hardgroove’s new talent search, “From a Whisper to a Dream.” Y’all might know Hardgroove from his time with legendary hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy, or as a local DJ with Hutton Broadcasting. Either way, he wants you and your untapped potential to reach for the stars and join the fast-paced excitement of the music industry. (ADV)

Don’t think for a second that all you fine folks out in Madrid aren’t a part of our hearts—you and that awesome soda shop of yours. That’s why we’re here to tell you about Floozy, an all-female trio of indie-folk/ Americana and country musicians from Albuquerque who come together to make sweet music and even sweeter vocal harmonies. There’s something magical about adding a dash of indierock and even punk rock sensibilities to the acoustic world of folk, and it’s hard to beat an upright bass when it comes to providing warmth and even a little extra something rhythmically (y’know, because of that cool slapping sound the strings make on one of those bad boys). Even if you don’t live in Madrid, Floozy is a band that should be on your radar (unless, of course, you hate fun and friendship). (ADV)

The woefully misnamed justice system in the US works just fine.

And only people who deserve it land behind bars. Wrong on both accounts. With mass incarceration and money corrupting public corrections programs, local Quakers are organizing a workshop on policy advocacy around the topic. After a three-hour session on Saturday, participants may join in visits to the offices of the local congressional delegation on Monday. While the free program is open to all, organizer Pamela Gilcrest says she’s issuing a “special invitation” to young adults, including those who have personal experiences with incarceration. “I’m deeply hopeful to find young people today who aren’t jaundiced,” Gilcrest says, “who aren’t overwhelmed by the system, who really want to make a difference.” (Julie Ann Grimm)

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WED/6 BOOKS/LECTURES INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS WRITERS FESTIVAL IAIA 83 A Van Nu Po, 424-2300 Authors Nathalie Handal, Chip Livingston and Manuel Gonzales read from their works.

6 pm, free

EVENTS ALL KINGS DAY Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque 9 Grazing Elk Drive, Pojoaque, 455-5054 Join in Mass and the traditional Pueblo buffalo dances.

10 am, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Imagine how your out-oftown nerd friends will burn with envy when you explain how you’re playing D&D at this weekly gaming event at George RR Martin’s theater.

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6-9 pm, free WORLD TAVERN POKER Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Ante up and then go all in, or whatever you do when you play poker.

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FOOD 28-DAY HEALTHY VEGAN CHALLENGE La Montañita Co-op 913 W Alameda St., 984-2852 Transition into a plant-based diet after the New Year with recipes, resources and friendly support. We’d make a joke about vegans here, but health is no laughing matter.

6-8 pm, free

MUSIC BENITO ROSE PLAZA The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Benito guitars it all up, and you’re all like, “Whoa, that dude can really strum the ol’ six-string!”

8:30 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with James (from America’s Got Talent) and James Clark, for a residency that’s just, like, chock-full-o’ music.

7 pm, no cover

FLASH FORWARD WITH DJ POETICS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Top 40, disco, hip-hop and more you could possibly want, and who knows? Maybe Ben Foster will even be there. He probably won’t, but we’ll still keep our fingers crossed for some of those sweet ELO jams.

9 pm, $7 JOAQUIN GALLEGOS El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Gallegos’ hair flows majestically in a wind that seems to blow from nowhere as his flamenco guitar melts your heart and repairs your soul.

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7 pm, no cover TAKEOVER WEDNESDAYS WITH MANDY MAS The Underground 200 W San Francisco St. Hip-hop.

9 pm, no cover TINY’S ELECTRIC JAM WITH NICK WYMETT AND ALBERT DIAZ Tiny’s 1005 S St Francis Drive 983-9817 Jam. Electrically. Suck on that, acoustic guitars.

8:30 pm, no cover WINGTIPS & WINDSORS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 If you brighten up on the inside every time a film uses an Andrews Sisters song, this event might be for you. If you can identify how Perennial Favorites is musically superior to Hot but still find Squirrel Nut Zippers more accessible, this event might be for you.

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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Scottish Rite Temple 463 Paseo de Peralta, 984-8759 Gilbert & Sullivan’s musical tale of pirate kings and the British navy and buttercups or girls named Buttercup or something. This is the very model of a modern major super-rad free-for-familieswith-reservations operetta production by Performance Santa Fe. 6 pm, free

THU/7 BOOKS/LECTURES KATHRYN KRAMER Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 You? You’re the kind of bookreadin’ fool who appreciates a nice read like Kramer’s Missing History: The Covert Education of a Child of the Great Books.

Kramer grew up hanging around St. John’s College as a “faculty brat” and relates her experiences.

6 pm, free

Chaco Terada’s “Element IV” is part of Photo-Eye Gallery’s Between Water & Sky exhibit, on display through Jan. 16.

MUSIC BERT DALTON AND MILO JARAMILLO El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Jazz. Straight, no chaser.

7 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with James (from America’s Got Talent) and James Clark, for a residency that’s just, like, chock-full-o’ music.

7 pm, no cover

FROM A WHISPER TO A DREAM TALENT SEARCH Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Public Enemy's Brian Hardgroove is on the lookout for some local musicians with talent. Think of it like American Idol but without Simon Cowell or the vapid garbage-esque BS. Reach for the stars and try to impress Hardgroove. Your life may change forever (see SFR Picks, page 19).

6 pm, no cover

LILYPAD SESSIONS WITH DJ REBEL FROG Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 We tried to think of some things against which frogs might rebel. Having their legs eaten by diners in a fancy French restaurant or being forced to live in a sad terrarium topped the list, before we remembered that we have lives that must be tended.

Anyway, who's ready to dance!?

9 pm, $7

DJ INKY INC The Matador 116 W San Francisco St., 984-5050 Funk, soul and ska from Inky, the celebrated Pac-Man fan.

9 pm, no cover LATIN NIGHT WITH VDJ DANY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 The best in Latin-tinged dance jams, hip-hop, reggaeton and more.

10 pm, $7

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LIMELIGHT KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Yes, you too can be in the spotlight for one brief moment and hear things from your friends like, "Wow, Sandra, you're like, a really good singer and should go pro!”

10 pm, no cover TRIO BIJOU Zia Diner 326 S Guadalupe St., 988-7008 String jazz that is definitely stringy, but still operates in the vein of Coltrane or Armstrong or Ellington.

6:30 pm, no cover

FRI/8 BOOKS/LECTURES THE HEART OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE Santa Fe Center for Spritual Living 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 Former trappist monk Francis Bennett opens your heart up to the possibility of living a spiritual life.

6:30 pm, $20

MUSIC THE ALCHEMY PARTY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 DJs Dynamite Sol and Poetics turn your night into pure gold with hip-hop, reggae, Top 40 and so much more. Oh man.

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9 pm, $7

BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with James (from America’s Got Talent) and James Clark, for a residency that’s just, like, chock-full-o’ music.

8 pm, no cover DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 OK, yeah, we know we give this guy great press, but the fact of the matter is that he's a brilliant musician who makes show tunes and standards and love songs fun. And also, one time we took a girl to his show and looked pretty cool, so ... yeah.

6 pm, no cover THE DRIFTMEN Second Street Brewery 1814 2nd St., 982-3030 Electric Americana.

6 pm, no cover FLOOZY Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 At first we were all like, "Say what!? Floozy!?" But then we were like, "Oh, it's indiefolk with a kind of punk-rock flavoring thrown in to make it awesome" (see SFR Picks, page 19).

7 pm, no cover GLITTER: SANTA FE QUEER WOMEN'S DANCE PARTY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 DJ Oona hosts this inclusive dance party that should basically be the best time you've ever had.

8 pm, $10

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JJ AND THE HOOLIGANS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock-y blues tunes.

9 pm, $5 LONE PIÑÓN Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Son Huasteco.

6 pm, no cover MEREDITH WILDER Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Madrid really is the perfect little town for singer-songwriters like Wilder. Ooh! Or, like, a Roadhouse situation. You know what we mean—like, with Patrick Swayze just trying to get on with his life but he can’t because of jerks? Wilder is no jerk, however, and sings with voice of an angel.

5 pm, no cover TRIO EN MEDIO GiG Performance Space 1808 Second St. Jazz that is, by all accounts, just a bonkers mix of mathy, atmospheric and raw.

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hances are you’ve been hearing the name Grisha Krivchenia fairly often of late. The Ohio-born musician and composer (whose name hails from his father being Belarusian) has been practically everywhere, as a trained classical pianist with a degree in composition from Oberlin College and Conservatory, as a dedicated member of collaborative elder-jams organization LifeSongs, a constant collaborator with the likes of local music heroes Tara Khozein and Will Dyar, and, I’m super-pumped to report, a brilliant human being.

Krivchenia’s story is an inspirational one, as he proves on a daily basis that one can make a living musically. Now, this may seem more doable for those from the classical world, but Krivchenia brings a more rock/punk/DIY ethos to the table in terms of how he operates.

“My mom was an opera singer and my dad was a rock audiophile, so growing up, one would take me to operas and classical performances, and the other would take me to rock shows,” Krivchenia says. “So right after college, I was maybe a little disillusioned because there just wasn’t a clear career path for me; it was about entering contests to make a name for yourself or the other path where you write arcane compositions that are only heard in very specific places like the schools, and it just seemed like the antithesis of what’s wonderful about music, so I took some time off.”

Krivchenia and his wife moved to the San Juan Islands near Seattle, where he would found and run the music program at the Spring Street International School in Friday Harbor, Wash. He taught there for seven years and cites the isolated locale of the archipelago as free of distraction, but ultimately too secluded to move forward with a viable music career.

His wife eventually applied to schools in Santa Fe to finish her degree in counseling, and a little over a year ago, they moved to town.

“I was actually looking around on Craigslist for work and thinking, ‘There is no way anyone is looking for a composer,’ when I came across LifeSongs,” he recalls. “We came here with no jobs and no places to live, and finding these people was amazing; it feels like the job I was made for.”

LifeSongs matches musicians with people who are nearing the Young people playing classical music that isn’t stuffy? Somebody give this end of their lives in a bid to compose dude an award. original music based on their experiences. And though his position with the project is paid, volunteering with the elderly has in action, head down to the newly minted No-Name long been a pursuit of Krivchenia’s .

Studio on the Southside on Sunday, Jan. 10, for a “The majority of my volunteer life has been play- performance by Krivchenia, along with local singering concerts for people in nursing homes, and I’ve songwriter Flamingo Pink! and indie experimentalist always felt very connected to people who are my el- act, Mega Bog. Krivchenia will play original composiders,” he says. “LifeSongs takes that one step further tions from his new album, Darkness and Light, which because, as musicians, we have these things inside should be available this week and can be streamed ourselves we want to communicate, which is power- at grishakrivchenia.com, as well as works from ful, but going further is to meet with people who don’t Beethoven and Chopin. have those skills and working out how and what they “I like the idea of inserting classical music into would like to communicate.” places where it usually isn’t performed, because I can Whereas it may seem depressing to work with remember, as a kid, going to these shows that were people so close to the end, Krivchenia says that it has in churches and concert halls and were very stuffy,” actually inspired him in his own life. he says. “It seems like so much classical music isn’t “It’s that kind of thing where you think you’re about connecting with an audience as much as it is, doing something positive for somebody else, and it frankly, about snobbery, but I like to banter and talk turns out they’re actually doing something positive and connect with the audience, so I take my lead from for you,” he says with a laugh. “Yes, there is sadness rock musicians on this one.” there, but there is goodness as well, like, sometimes GRISHA KRIVCHENIA WITH FLAMINGO PINK! AND people at the end of their lives become incredibly MEGA BOG clear and lucid and realize that they don’t have time 7:30 pm Sunday, Jan. 10. $5-$10 to waste on anything but to cherish those they love.”

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I’m a 45-year-old straight male. Politically and socially, I consider myself an ardent feminist.

There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a woman an orgasm or two. I’m very GGG and will cheerfully do whatever it takes. Fingers, tongue, cock, vibrator—I’m in. If it takes a long time, so much the better. I’m okay with all of that. Now and again, though, I really like a quickie, a good old-fashioned “Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am!” The only ladies I’ve found willing to engage in those cock-centric acts are sex workers. I’m okay with that, too.

But the last time I paid for it, with a woman I had patronized before, I was just about to slip my cock in doggy-style when her phone rang. It was in reach, and she picked it up! I hesitated, but she didn’t pull away, and in fact pushed back a bit while she answered. I figured this was what I came for, so I proceeded. Her cavalier attitude toward being fucked from behind while having a trivial phone conversation wound up being a huge turn-on for me.

By the time she finished her 20-second call, I was finished as well. I hadn’t come that quickly since I was a teen. She laughed that she should take calls more often. What kind of beast am I that I really enjoyed such utter indifference?

Does this reveal some dark secret deep in my psyche? How can that mesh with my otherwise feminist views?

-Premature Ejaculation Needs Some Introspective View Examined First, PENSIVE, “enjoys giving women orgasms” sets the bar for “ardent feminist” just a bit low.

So here’s hoping your feminism involves more than penetrating a willing partner with your fingers, tongue, cock, and whatever vibrators happen to be lying around. Because if your feminism doesn’t include support for pro-choice policies and candidates, regular donations to Planned Parenthood, backing equal pay for equal work, speaking up when other men say shitty/rapey/dehumanizing things about women (particularly when there isn’t a woman in the room whose pussy you want to lick until you come, because feminism!)—and more—then you’re not a feminist, ardent or otherwise.

Moving on… Why did it turn you on when the sex worker took a call during your session? Because it did. Turn-ons are subjective and mysterious. People who are curious about their turn-ons have to start with “this turns me on” and work backward from there. And to figure out why a particular fabric/adornment/ attitude/scenario arouses us, we use the only tools available to us—guesswork and selfserving rationalizations—to invent a backstory that makes some sort of logical sense, and then we apply it to something (kinks, turn-ons, orgasms) that really defies logic.

So, PENSIVE, if I were to hazard some guesswork on your behalf, I’d probably go with this: Being treated with passive contempt by someone that you are supposed to be wielding power over (the woman you’re fucking, a sex worker you’ve hired)—being subtly humiliated and mildly degraded by that woman—taps a vein of eroticized self-hatred that makes you come quickly and come hard.

And while that’s wonderful for you, PENSIVE, it isn’t proof you’re a feminist.

I’m a 29-year-old gay trans man. On female hormones, I took a long time to come and usually wouldn’t come at all. I always enjoyed sex; I just wasn’t focused on coming. My partners would or wouldn’t, depending on their preferences. Since starting testosterone a few years ago, I now come quickly and easily. (Sometimes too quickly and easily.) My problem is that after I come, like most men, I’m done with sex.

And the stronger the orgasm, the truer this is.

A while ago, after a really fun time, I woke to

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find that I’d accidentally fallen asleep and left my longtime hookup buddy to fend for himself.

Other times, I’m just tired and/or turned off.

I definitely don’t want anyone inside me (it hurts), and while I’ve tried mustering enthusiasm for blowjobs, hand jobs, etc., my attempts come across as pretty tepid. So in the context of both ongoing relationships of various sorts and hookups, what’s the etiquette? I’ve found myself just avoiding things that’ll push me to come, because I don’t want to be rude. And since I’ve always enjoyed sex without orgasms, this doesn’t bother me mostly. But once in a while, I would like to come. How can I do this and still take care of the other guy?

-Not Good At Sexy Abbreviations Use your words, NGASA: “If it’s not a problem, I’d rather come after you do—my refractory period kicks in hard when I come and, like other men, I briefly lose interest in sex. On top of that, I’m a terrible actor. So let’s make you come first or let’s try to come at the same time, okay?”

My wife and I are bisexual—we’re a man and woman—and we’ve been tiptoeing right up to the edge of organizing a threesome or swap through 3nder. But we haven’t gone through with it yet—too many flakes and fakes. But we have no complaints—just contemplating a threesome has put amazing energy back into our sex life. Is there a name for the explosive sex you have with your longtime partner when you’re anticipating a group scene or threesome? If not, can we suggest the neologism “presome”? Rhymes with threesome!

-Married With Anticipated High Jinks The phenomenon you describe—the insanely hot sex a couple has before a threesome or other sexual adventure—has been noted by sex researchers and couples counselors. Dr. Margie Nichols, a psychologist and sex therapist, told the New York Times she frequently urges the non-kinky couples she sees to emulate kinky couples. “Kinky couples plan sex,” Nichols told Amy Sohn, “and simmer for days in advance.”

Many couples in the planning stages of a threesome do a lot more than simmer: Like you and the wife, MWAHJ, they find themselves having hot twosomes in anticipation of the impending (and hopefully hot) threesome. I think “presome” is a wonder term to describe that kind of sex—I’m officially endorsing your proposed neologism—but I don’t think it works as well for four-way swaps, group sex, BDSM play parties, etc., because it obviously rhymes with/ riffs on “threesome.” But it’s an excellent term to describe the situation you and the wife are in.

To describe the sex you’ll have in the wake of your first successful threesome, I would propose the term “postsome.”

I thought your advice to SCRAPE, the guy whose penis was suffering due to his girlfriend’s shaved-but-stubbly labia, was spoton—except in regards to waxing. As both a former professional waxer and a woman with very coarse pubic hair, I hope you don’t mind if I correct you: Waxed hair does not grow back as prickly as shaved hair. The hair follicle tapers from its root. When shaved, it is cut straight across at its thickest point.

The hair, as it grows, continues to grow from there. When waxed, the hair is removed at its root, and a new hair will grow intact, with the softer taper. I cannot shave without extreme discomfort during regrowth (like needles in my undies!). SCRAPE’s girlfriend’s post-wax stubble may still be too uncomfortable for him, but it will doubtless be an improvement.

Honestly, I’d be amazed if she’s not currently in more pain than he is!

-Smooth Moves Thanks for sharing, SM.

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THEATER

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Scottish Rite Temple 463 Paseo de Peralta, 984-8759 Gilbert & Sullivan’s musical tale of pirate kings and the British navy and buttercups or girls named Buttercup or something. This is the very model of a modern major super-rad free-for-familieswith-reservations operetta production.

7 pm, free

SAT/9 ART OPENINGS WINTER GROUP SHOW Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art 558 Canyon Road, 992-0711 A curated collection of recently received artwork from gallery artists.

3-5 pm, free

BOOKS/LECTURES DEATH AND DYING WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE Academy for the Love of Learning 133 Seton Village Road, 995-1860 Death needn’t be as terrifying as we often make it, and the fine folks behind this discussion aim to demystify the concept.

2 pm, free FULLY HUMAN, FULLY DIVINE Santa Fe Center for Spritual Living 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 Former trappist monk Francis Bennett keeps it going with the spirituality. Get enlightened, yo.

Noon, $45 JOYCEGROUP SANTA FE Santa Fe Public Library 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Discuss the works of James Joyce with renowned Joyce scholar Adam Harvey. And even though we’d argue that Tennyson’s Ulysses is the superior Ulysses, the Irish genius sort of changed the landscape of literature, so check it out.

10 am-12:30 pm, free

EVENTS CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY MONTHLY MEETING La Montañita Co-op 913 W Alameda St., 984-2852 Focus your energy on climate activism, because we’ve only got one planet, and we really don’t want to live in some comic book-esque world where super-lightning gives criminals power over the elements.

10 am, free PEACE PLACE WINTER/ SPRING SESSION LAUNCH PARTY BODY of Santa Fe 333 W Cordova Road, 986-0362 Kathy Walsh, author of the Joyohboy series, launches Peace Place, designed to inspire children to lead peaceful, happy and joy-filled lives.

3-5 pm, free

SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET Railyard Plaza Market and Alcadesa streets, 414-8544 Northern New Mexico-based artists display their fine arts.

8 am-1 pm, free YOUR VOICE HAS POWER Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 204-6047 Attend this workshop discussing the incarceration industry in the United States.

10 am, free

MUSIC ALTO STREET Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Irreverent bluegrass.

6 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with James (from America’s Got Talent) and James Clark, for a residency that’s just, like, chock-full-o’ music.

8 pm, no cover BROOMDUST CARAVAN Second Street Brewery 1814 2nd St., 982-3030 According to this here press release, this show will feature "cosmic Americana." That sounds pretty neat.

6 pm, no cover DANDELION LIBERATION FRONT Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 At first we were like, “Are these people about not blowing the little flowers off of dandelions?”, but then we heard the music is like witches writing songs with gypsies about whiskey and love and stuff, so instead we were all like, “Oh, rad.”

7 pm, no cover DAVID GEIST Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Date night, party night, regular night—it doesn’t matter, because Geist and his show tunes, love songs, torch ballads, et al. will have you swooning and palpatating.

6 pm, no cover FLAMENCO DINNER SHOW; SEAN HEALEN El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Your night begins with flamenco music over fancy food and even fancier drinks, and then it continues with the folksy, rock-ish rock tunes from local troubadour Sean “Check Out My Hat” Healen.

6:30 pm, $25; 9 pm, $5 JACKIE MEYERS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 We thought about it, and all the best jokes about jazz are mostly pretty mean or about drug abuse, so we're just going to say this is jazz, and leave it at that.

2 pm, no cover

KATY P AND THE BUSINESS The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Rock and funk and soul and pop and other such jamzorz from this Taos act. Face melting is optional. But we would recomend it. That’s what concerts are for.

10 pm, $7 NEW YEAR SOUND CONCERT Blue Moon Yoga 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Ste. A5, 795-7778 Artists Indigenous Cosmos and Sui Ki Li, featuring Tibetan singing bowls, percussion and a gong bath. Yes, that’s a thing.

7-8:30 pm, $15-$25 SO SOPHISTICATED WITH DJ 12 TRIBE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Hip-hop, reggae, electro, old-school and more. Get classy, nerds. Drink some champagne. Discuss the political strife apparent during the opening of Vienna’s celebrated 34th opera season.

See, we don’t even know if that last thing is a real thing, but it sounded sophisticated as hell, right? We’re wearing monocles as we write this.

9 pm, $7 WE <3 TECH Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 From the upstairs majesty of Skylab, We <3 Tech celebrates its very first birthday with the live experimental atmospheric rock tunes of We Drew Lightning alongside DJ sets from Dawn Quiyote, Mayrant and Billiam (see 3 Questions, page 25).

9 pm, $10

THEATER

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Scottish Rite Temple 463 Paseo de Peralta, 984-8759 Gilbert & Sullivan’s iconic musical tale of pirate kings and the British navy and buttercups or girls named Buttercup or something like that. This is the very model of a modern major super-rad free-for-families-with-reservations operetta production

by Performance Santa Fe. Permission to come aboard?

Permission granted.

4 pm, free

SUN/10 BOOKS/LECTURES FULLY HUMAN, FULLY DIVINE Santa Fe Center for Spritual Living 505 Camino de los Marquez, 983-5022 Former trappist monk Francis Bennett concludes his series on spirituality, and you should probably be fulfulled by now.

We kid, but certainly this series helped at least a few folks embrace the possible spirituality of existence.

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MUSIC A MUSICAL OFFERING First Presbyterian Church SF 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Serenata of Santa Fe presents Bach's classical canons and fugues. This oughtta make last year’s Fugue Fest look like hot garbage.

3 pm, $15-$35 GRISHA KRIVCHENIA, MEGA BOG AND FLAMINGO PINK! No-Name Studio 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2, That super-cool new studio space down on the Southside run by local musicians has another show for y'all, this time with contemporary composers, beloved singersongwriters and Seattle-based indie weirdos. Huzzah for this show (see Music, page 23).

7:30 pm, $5-$10 NACHA MENDEZ El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Latin world music and superhip hairdos.

7 pm, no cover

www.southwestcare.org with Roland Ostheim

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JOURNEY SANTA FE PRESENTS SENATOR PETER WIRTH: WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE 2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Join Senator Wirth and host Bill Dupuy as they discuss issues like tax credits, sustainable building, crime, finance disclosure and other superexciting topics. This will probably make the new Star Wars movie seem pretty boring by comparison.

11 am, free MUSLIM WOMEN SPEAK The Forum at SFUAD 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6011 Meet Muslim women from various walks of life to learn about their lives and experiences in a bid to ditch some of our country’s rampant xenophobia (see News, page 9).

1 pm, free SANTA FE 4 BERNIE ORGANIZING MEETING El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 Do you like the cut of Bernie Sanders’ jib but also like the jib of using numbers in place of words? This might be the event for you. But seriously, folks, let’s all at least admit that Bernie is pretty cool and that nobody knows what a jib is.

2:30 pm, free WHY ANTIQUES? WITH PAUL MANNICK Pink House Antiques 1925 Rosina St., 428-0889 Collector Mannick will school all y'all with this hands-on class that explores 17th- and 18th-century English and American furniture. Do you like The Antiques Roadshow?

Then you will probably like this.

2-4 pm, free

For the uninitiated, atmospheric act We Drew Lightning might seem daunting given the vast sound, but at its core, the duo project of Roland Ostheim and Michael Smith is a study in beauty in its many forms. And while it might be considered a slight stretch to have them appear at the first anniversary show for Skylight’s ongoing We <3 Tech DJ event (9 pm Saturday, Jan. 9, $10, 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775), we can’t think of a cooler live act to complement the electronic action. Thus, we called up Roland Ostheim and were like, “Hey bro, can we ask some questions?” He obliged. (ADV) What has We Drew Lightning been up to?

We’ve kind of been on hiatus, but we’ve also been working on a new project called Bodies. It’s kind of like an art-rock venture that should have us playing out in the next couple months. We pull from a lot of influences like Fugazi or Sonic Youth; it has a lot of heavier aspects than We Drew Lightning.

Is it weird as a band to play as part of a DJ-centric event?

It could be weird, but also good, and the guy who put it together, Justin Mayrant, wanted to fit us in with electronic stuff he likes but as a live band that maybe is also a little weird, but also that people know. We have a new album called 6 that we’ve been working on with producer Will Dyar. We’ll do some stuff off of that, but also maybe some new stuff. We’ll have Ben Gerhardt on bass. We’ve played a lot of funny, mismatched shows over the years, from singersongwriters to heavy metal stuff, and I think we also get pinned into many different genres because we do a lot of different things. Some people think that we’re more atmospheric, other people think we’re more heavy, but I think we appeal to a lot of different fans.

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What’s on the horizon for the band?

We’re just trying to figure out how we want to release our new album, probably online like bandcamp or something. Nobody really buys CDs anymore, but we’ll probably put together some cool handmade physical copies. We’ll probably have that wrapped up in the next little bit, and then it’ll be about playing shows. We don’t play out a whole lot, because I don’t think we’d always draw a bunch of people every week. We’ve played some tours regionally, but me and Michael have families now, so we’re trying to figure out what’s the best way to go about this. And we will.

SERENATA OF SANTA FE First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant St., 982-8544 Serenata, our fair city’s yearround professional chamber ensemble, presents Bach’s The Musical Gathering.

3 pm, no cover WESTIN McDOWELL Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Ragtimey jazz and such from this very accomplished throwback act.

3 pm, no cover

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MON/11 MUSIC BILL HEARNE La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Hearne continues his tradition of being a complete and total badass when it comes to country/flat-pickin’ tunes.

8 pm, no cover MELLOW MONDAYS WITH DJ OBI ZEN Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 One DJ with live drums playing hip hop, Top 40, etc.

10 pm-1:30 am, no cover

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ATOMIC CONNECTIONS: OTHER MANHATTAN PROJECT SITES Fuller Lodge Art Center 2132 Center Ave., Los Alamos, 662-1635 Mechanical engineer Gerry Strickfaden discusses facilities near Albuquerque and California that contributed to the Manhattan Project.

7:30 pm, free

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GEEKS WHO DRINK Boxcar, 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Did you guys know that culture writer Alex De Vore got his SFR job because of his stint as a Geeks Who Drink quizzmaster? It’s true.

8 pm, free

MUSIC ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Every Tuesday you can dance the dance of super-close-tosomeone-dancingness.

7:30 pm, $5 ARTICLE 15, COLOSSAL SWAN DIVE, OL' DAGGER, BLOOD WOLF The Underground 200 W San Francisco St. It's an entire thrashy night of punk 'n’ stuff (see SFR Picks, page 19).

9 pm, $5 BILL HEARNE La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Sit down and hear a set from a country legend.

8 pm, no cover BRANDEN JAMES Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and cello and vocals with James (from America’s Got Talent) and James Clark, for a residency that’s just, like, chock-full-o’ music.

8 pm, no cover CACTUS SLIM AND THE GOATHEADS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Rock and blues that will stick to your soul.

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CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 It's a blues jam with a blues band. Blooooooooze. Naw, but for real—blues.

8:30 pm, no cover DJ PRAIRIEDOG The Matador 116 W San Francisco St., 984-5050 Surf, garage, rockabilly, oldschool country and lots more.

9 pm, no cover LOUNGE SESSIONS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Lounging out with $2 Tecate and tacos? Shut up and take my money!

8 pm, no cover OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH BENITO The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Here's an open mic pro tip: Performing isn't as hard as you might think. Just take a deep breath and get through that cover of "Wagon Wheel."

9:30 pm, no cover OPEN SONGS NIGHT WITH BEN WRIGHT Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Local musician Wright changes up the open mic formula a tad by playing songs himself as well as inviting a different musical guest to perform a complete special set at his bimonthly shows.

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ONGOING GALLERIES

136 GRANT 36 Grant Ave, 983-0075 John Boland, Mustangs and Other Wild Horses of Northern New Mexico.

ACADEMY FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING 133 Seton Village Road, 955-1860 Archives on Display.

ADOBE GALLERY 221 Canyon Road, 955-0550 Holiday Storyteller Collection.

ART GONE WILD GALLERIES 203 Canyon Road, Ste. B, 820-1004 Doug Bloodworth, Photo Realism.

ART.I.FACTORY 930 Baca St., Ste. C, 982-5000 Todd Christensen, Observing the Withdrawn.

BINDLESTICK STUDIO 616 1/2 Canyon Road, (917) 679-8080 Jeffrey Schweitzer, The Biography of an Eccentric Gentleman.

CANYON ROAD CONTEMPORARY 402 Canyon Road, 983-0433 Craig Mitchell Smith, The Winter Garden.

CATENARY ART GALLERY 616 1/2 Canyon Road, 982-2700 Nicolai Panayotov, Sans Frontiéres.

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CCA 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Micol Hebron, Gallery Tally.

Through Jan. 10 CHARLOTTE JACKSON FINE ART 554 S Guadalupe St., 989-8688 Group show, All that Glitters.

Through Jan. 18 COMMUNITY GALLERY 201 W Marcy St., 955-6707 Narcissus.

DAVID RICHARD GALLERY 544 S Guadalupe St., 983-9555 Christian Haub, Float.

DOWNTOWN DAY SPA OF SANTA FE 624 Agua Fría St., 986-0113 Sharon Samuels, One-Woman Show.

EDITION ONE GALLERY 1036 Canyon Road, 422-8306 Soft.

ELLSWORTH GALLERY 215 E Palace Ave., 989-7900 Tim Klabunde.

EYE ON THE MOUNTAIN GALLERY 614 Agua Fría St., (928) 308-0319 Guadalupe Art Show.

FINE ART FRAMERS 1415 W. Alameda, 982-4397 Renée Vogelle, Will Schmitt, Tati Norbeck and Chad Erickson, Like ... You Know.

FREEFORM ARTSPACE 1619 C de Baca Lane, 692-9249 Jody Sunshine, Tales from the Middle Class.

GALLERY 901 708 Canyon Road, 780-8390 Eddy Shorty, Sculptures.

IAIA 83 Avan Nu Po Road, 424-2387 Graduating Seniors Exhibition.

JAMES KELLY CONTEMPORARY 1611 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1601 Bill Jacobson, Lines in My Eyes.

LEWALLEN RAILYARD 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 988-3250 Michael Roque Collins, The Venetian.

LYN A FOX POTTERY 806 Old Santa Fe Trail, 820-0222 Lyn Fox, Whistlestop.

MANITOU GALLERIES 225 Canyon Road, 986-9833 Holiday Small Works.

MARIGOLD ARTS 424 Canyon Road, 982-4142 Carolyn Lankford, Robert Lyn Highsmith and Jim McLain.

MONROE GALLERY 112 Don Gaspar Ave., 992-0800 They Broke the Mold NATCHEZ ART STUDIO 201 Palace Ave., 231-7721 Stan Natchez, Indian without Reservation.

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— From the forthcoming #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is assistant professor at the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. She writes about Black politics, housing inequality and issues of race and class in the US. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, The Black Commentator, Black Agenda Report, Ms., and elsewhere. Her book, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation is forthcoming in early 2016.

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Southside, simple Los Amigos takes off the winter chill

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ere is a tip on how to not run a successful restaurant: post your hours on your building and online, and then don’t be open when you say you are. Oh, and don’t answer your phone or have voicemail available. This is the recent experience that finds my companion and me, along with a few other perplexed and pissedoff diners, sitting in our cars in the parking lot of an Eldorado restaurant a little after 10 o’clock on a Wednesday morning.

After deciding to ditch the early-lunch plans in Eldo, I turn the truck around and point it toward more capable hands back in Santa Fe. Los Amigos (3904 Rodeo Road, 438-0600), once home to Café Castro (which is now on Cerrillos Road), is supposed to open at 10:45 am on Wednesdays. On this particular Wednesday, the owner Rudy Lucero opens the door at exactly 10:45 am and waves us inside. He’s smiling.

This is just one tip on how to run a successful restaurant. Lucero says he’s not a chef, but he’s an independent businessman who designs the menu and food offerings and uses a rotating kitchen staff.

We are the first customers to arrive at Los Amigos on what is a decidedly chilly morning, and hot chile must be had to take the edge off the frosty reception just received elsewhere.

Los Amigos is a family-friendly joint that offers a senior discount on Sundays (4-8 pm) and a special kids’ menu on Wednesdays, with $1.99 entrées. It’s a popular Southside neighborhood restaurant where clean, burgundycolored oilcloths cover the dining room tables, Native American art and Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta posters line the walls, the salt and pepper shakers are full (and clean) and the service staff seems genuinely happy to be there working during the holidays. As a bonus, our server is a fan of playing Abba through the restaurant’s PA system. (Another tip: Abba goes sur-

Open when you say you will, and we’re BFFs.

prisingly well with cold beer and decent New Mexican food.)

I order a chocolate milkshake, but the server tells me the restaurant does not serve ice cream during the wintertime. My milkshake dreams are shattered, so I order a bottle of Corona beer ($3.50) instead. It arrives with an ice-coated glass mug, and the milkshake sadness is but a memory. (The margaritas here are made with agave wine, of which I am not a fan, but they’re reasonably priced.)

Los Amigos excels at the New Mexican basics, although steaks, chops and an array of breakfast items are also available. Don’t forget to check the board at the front counter for the day’s specials. Chips and tomato salsa are gratis, and the server offers them the second we sit down. The salsa is tomato-y and mild, a good primer for the chile-laden dishes to come. A plate of ground beef and cheese enchiladas with red and green chile, pinto beans and Spanishstyle rice ($8.99) arrives in minutes, as does a daily special: an enormous green chile-bacon burger with French fries and the typical American garnish (lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion).

The burger, cooked to a requested medium-rare, is super-juicy, and the roasted green chile on top packs

acceptable heat by local standards. It isn’t Horseman’s Haven-hot, but it’ll do just fine. The fries, unfortunately, leave something to be desired: unseasoned, tepid and institutional-looking and tasting.

The enchilada plate is massive, with a generous helping of cooked ground beef tucked inside soft corn tortillas. Smothered in red and green (the green is hotter here) and topped with just enough cheddar cheese to make the dish taste good without also making it a choking hazard—the case at too many New Mexican restaurants in town these days—it satisfies that enchilada craving nicely. The Spanish-style rice is standard fare, nothing special, while the frijoles are cooked just to the point of being a bit toothy but not hard (like I like ’em).

There is no room in our bellies for dessert, so we wrap up our leftovers and head out. When I get home around noon, I call the restaurant in Eldorado to make sure everything is OK. Perhaps the owner or manager got stuck in a storm? Are they being held hostage inside? I am told by the hostess that they do, indeed, open at 10 am and that everyone is fine, but for some reason, that whole opening-on-time thing didn’t happen today. I thank her, hang up and finish my gigantic sopaipilla from the comfort of home. And then I make a milkshake. And I drink it all up.

Someone in Eldorado owes me some unleaded gas.

In the meantime, I have a friend in Los Amigos.

AT A GLANCE: Open: 10:45 am-9 pm Monday-Friday, 7:30 am-9 pm Saturdays, 8 am-8 pm Sundays Best Bet: Chile-smothered enchiladas Don’t Miss: Daily specials, such as the green chile-bacon burger (but order the curly fries)

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DOES HAVING A DRINK MEAN DITCHING RESOLUTIONS?

BY NATALIE BOV IS @TheLiquidMus e

Do the first weeks of January mean dragging around the gym bag and yoga mat to tighten up your jiggly “dad bod” by spring? Have you emptied cupboards of sugary treats and rendered dairy verboten from the fridge until your butt is ready for bikini season? Do you tote snack bags of cashews and sunflower seeds to ward off the temptation to stop for “just one” doughnut? Is your car’s dashboard dotted with taped-on vision board images to keep constant sight of your goals? In other words … are you ready to quit kidding yourself and have a freakin’ drink, already?

Yeah, me too! However, this guide will help you pick the libation to keep yourself sane while staying as on track as possible with New Year’s resolutions.

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If only I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if her vodka is “gluten free.” There is so much misunderstanding over this topic when it comes to alcohol that many people never quite believe me when I say that distillation strips it all away. Unless gluten is mysteriously added after the distillation process, hard liquor is gluten free. However, for the people who are hyper freaked out by the risk that this scientific fact is somehow not true, here are a few options: 1) Hard cider is made from fruit such as apple, pear, cherry, etc. 2) Wine is made from grapes. ’Nuf said. 3) Many other spirits are made from fermented agave, sugar cane and fruit juices rather than grains.

VEGAN I got a crash course in vegan booze when I taught cocktail classes at a vegan cooking school in Los Angeles. For example, did you know that the delicious Italian liqueur, Campari, originally got its bright red color from crushed cochineal beetles? It has since switched to artificial coloring, but I had never before considered that a Negroni cocktail (gin, sweet vermouth, Campari) may not be vegan-friendly! If you avoid animal products at all costs, then you want to also pay attention to wine. The process called “fining” removes yeast and other organic particles from the liquid during the making process, and this is often done with animal-derived products such as gelatin and fish bladders. Basically, read labels or research your favorite booze online, because you may be surprised!

And, of course, if you’re doing a sober January (as I am), then just grit your teeth and bear it until next month, when chocolate and champagne are back in season!

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NEDRA MATTEUCCI GALLERIES 1075 Paseo de Peralta, 983-2731 Robert Lougheed, A Brilliant Life in Art. PATINA GALLERY 131 W Palace Ave., 986-3432 Claire Kahn.

PEYTON WRIGHT GALLERY 237 E Palace Ave., 989-9888 Group show, The Art of Devotion. Through March 11.

PHIL SPACE 1410 2nd St., 983-7945 Donald Rubinstein, Music Fields/Energy Lines. Aaron Rhodes, Eye Candy.

PHOTO-EYE GALLERY 541 S Guadalupe St., 988-5152 Chaci Terada, Between Water & Sky. RANGE WEST GALLERY 2861 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 474-0925 Shelly Johnson, Cirque de la Vie. RIEKE STUDIOS 416 Alta Vista St., 913-1215 Serena Rieke, Memento.

SAGE CREEK GALLERY 421 Canyon Road, 988-3444 Winter Show.

SANTA FE COLLECTIVE 1114 Hickox St., 670-4088 Tom Appelquist.

SANTA FE ART COLLECTOR 217 Galisteo St., 988-5545 Ken Bonner, Land of Tom Enchantment.

SANTA FE CLAY 545 Camino de la Familia, 984-1122 Amanda Jaffe and Suzanne Kane. Cups.

SANTA FE WEAVING GALLERY 124 Galisteo St., 982-1737 Judith Bird, Handwoven Shibori Tunics and Shawls.

SCHEINBAUM & RUSSEK 812 Camino Acoma, 988-5116 Looking Back II. Through Jan. 9 A SEA IN THE DESERT GALLERY 836 A Canyon Road., 988-9140 Friedrich Geier.

SFUAD 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, 473-6440 Valerie Rangel, Don’t Kill the Messenger.

SORREL SKY GALLERY 125 W Palace Ave., 501-6555 Group show, Winter Wonderland. Jim Bagley, Deep into Nature. Gerald Balciar.

TRESA VORENBERG GOLDSMITHS 656 Canyon Road, 988-7215 Heyoka Merrifield, The New Treasures.

VERVE GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 219 E Marcy St., 982-5009 Micky Hoogendijk, New Works.

Aline Smithson, Self & Others.

Maggie Taylor, Well Then. All through Jan. 23 VIVO CONTEMPORARY 725 Canyon Road, 982-1320 Material Matters.

WAITS STUDIO WORKS 2855 Cooks Road, Ste. A, 270-2654 Laura Wait.

WIFORD GALLERY 403 Canyon Road, 982-2403 Barry Thomas, Voices of the West.

WILLIAM SIEGAL GALLERY 540 S Guadalupe St., 820-3300 Kathryn Keller.

EL ZAGUÁN 545 Canyon Road, 983-2567 Carolyn Riman, Advent.

MUSEUMS GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM 217 Johnson St., 946-1000 From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection. David Bradley, O’Keeffe After Whistler.

Both through Jan. 10 IAIA/MoCNA 108 Cathedral Place, 983-8900 Moving Image Classification X Winners. Through Feb. 14.

Visions and Visionaries. Through July 31, 2017 MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS & CULTURE 710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250 Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley. Through Jan. 16. Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning. Through May 2, 2016. Here, Now and Always and The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery.

Adriel Heisley, Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography and Time. Through May 25, 2017 MUSEUM OF INT’L FOLK ART 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200 Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience. Through Jan. 17.

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond. Flamenco: From Spain

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NM HISTORY MUSEUM 113 Lincoln Ave., 476-5019 Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography. Through Jan. 10.

Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War. Through Feb. 26.

Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico. Through March 5. Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World.

Through March 13. Along the Pecos: A Photographic and Sound Collage. Through June 19, 2016. Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy.

NM MUSEUM OF ART 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 O’Keeffe in Process. Looking Forward Looking Back. Both through Jan. 17. An American Modernism. Through Feb. 21.

That Multitudes May Share: Building the Museum of Art. Through March 20, 2016 WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 704 Camino Lejo, 986-4636 Connoirship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art. Through April 17, 2016

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Definition of Suspense Documentary explores classic cinema bromance by alex de vore @teamalex

In 1966, French filmmaker François Truffaut, known primarily at the time for The 400 Blows, wrote to the acclaimed master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, and invited him to discuss his entire body of cinematic work in great detail. Perhaps surprisingly, Hitchcock obliged, and the two would go on to spend a solid week discussing the man’s career in addition to Truffaut’s then minimal résumé. The resulting book, Hitchcock/Truffaut, was an unprecedented look into the mind of the man who took the concept of sus-

pense to dizzying heights with films like Sabotage, The Man Who Knew Too Much and, of course, Psycho and Vertigo. The book would include storyboardesque photography that illustrated Hitchcock’s unique cinematography and rule-bending aesthetics; to this day, it remains a sort of bible to filmmakers working within the thriller, drama and suspense genres.

In his new documentary, filmmaker Kent Jones (A Letter to Elia) highlights the discussions from the book alongside pertinent audio clips from the meetings, as well as director commentary from filmmakers like Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Peter Bogdanovich

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ing of Hitchcock/Truffaut is in how little Truffaut we are given. As a sounding board for Hitch, he proves a necessary and vital aspect to uncovering the many layers at play in the man’s many films, but whereas it would have been nice to be given information about how Truffaut actually put his inspiration and regard to use in his own films, the entirety of the doc boils down to little more than a celebration of Hitchcock.

This is all well and good, but it hardly seems fair to publicize the film as an exciting meeting of the minds, when we only really get inside one mind (and barely, at that). Of course, it never hurts to be given a more cerebral appreciation for someone who was so powerful as a filmmaker and so important to our understanding and appreciation of the artform.

For those who thirst for more Hitchcock information or even want to talk shop with their cinephile friends, Hitchcock/Truffaut is a must, but for anyone who already has the information or has read the book, you’ll find little more than a whole bunch of reinforcement for your very right, very important belief that Hitchcock was an absolute master.

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT Directed by Kent Jones With Bogdanovich, Scorcese and Anderson Center for Contemporary Arts 79 min.

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and Olivier Assayas. Through snippets of the actual conversations, we are given a heretofore unknown and intimate view into the production of the book while Hitchcock’s style, process and work ethic are laid bare. For fans of the silver screen, especially the golden era of the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, Hitchcock/ Truffaut provides a cathartic and thrillingly expansive view into the ways in which Hitchcock flipped the script on the industry and forever altered cinematic storytelling.

Take Psycho, for example. Within the first 35 minutes of the iconic film, the perspective and main character are radically altered in a way that had never before been attempted. Or look to Jimmy Stewart’s descent into obsession and pain in Vertigo and how, by the standards of the day, the subject matter was startlingly bleak and sexual.

This was a body of work that not only conveyed totemic, dreamlike imagery in profoundly relatable ways, but that could also explore sinful obsession and eroticism and still maintain a skillful subtlety, an unparalleled series of films that inspired a generation of directors like Martin Scorcese to create masterworks not beholden to arbitrary standards or an unrealistically wholesome view of the world. In a word, Hitchcock was magic.

While absolutely interesting to hear from top directors about how the works of a cinematic genius impacts their own processes, the ultimate shortcom-

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

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THE BIG SHORT

“if you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention”

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

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“a new chapter in the operatic space

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THE HATEFUL EIGHT “one of 2015’s best films”

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MACBETH “breathtaking performances elevate the film into rarefied territory”

tale of love, loss and lasers”

THE BIG SHORT

What’s that old saying about how if you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention?

Obviously, this sentiment rings especially true in America, where the rich literally steal from the poor, and we know and allow it. The new film from director Adam McKay (Anchor Man), The Big Short, proves this beyond a possible doubt as we follow various bankers and fund managers who predicted and invested in the economic collapse of 2008. The true charm of the film isn’t in the stellar performances from big names like Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling or Christian Bale, but in the unspoken assumption that our heroes (or anti-heroes, as it were) believe they operate within a system that works. There is true doubt and disbelief as the characters finally absorb that the top brass at our nation’s banks not only were fraudulent criminals, they didn’t even care. This causes visceral and emotional reactions to these real-world events and reminds us as an audience, or as the American public, that there may not be an end when it comes to greed. Some of the imagery errs more toward the heavyhanded and the true morality of the main players is nebulous at best. Additionally, the breaking of the fourth wall, while enjoyably humorous, recalls The Wolf of Wall Street perhaps a little more than the filmmakers should have been comfortable with, but given the lengths to which The Big

Short goes to make its tedious and tiresome subject matter accessible, it becomes something akin to a PSA. This is the kind of film that should be shown in high school economics classes and a Cassandra-esque warning that these fuckers are still out there preying on your dreams to this day, despite that all-important truth that is all too often lost on the soulless and the greedy: You can’t take it with you. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, R, 130 min.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

As Thursday wore on, SFR Art Director Anson Stevens-Bollen and I felt our Star Wars tickets burning holes in our respective pockets. Obviously the new installment from sci-fi overlord JJ Abrams had been highly anticipated by a couple of super-nerds like us, but even more than that, it represented a possible turning point for the series after the garbage of the prequel trilogy.

Now that we’ve seen the film, I am happy to report that it has essentially erased any concerns we may have had about the franchise while opening an exciting new chapter in the operatic space tale of love, loss and lasers.

Turns out the only thing Star Wars really needed was less George Lucas, and JJ Abrams has cobbled together an exciting mélange of the old and the new into a tight and action-packed story. The Empire, as we all know from Return of the Jedi, is no more, but a new shady and evil sect has risen in

their place. The First Order is basically the same thing—maybe a little more Nazilike—right down to the storm troopers, the mysterious and monstrous puppet master who pulls the strings from his throne and is like, I dunno, royalty or something, maybe, and the masked super-villain, Kylo Ren, who is so totally evil, but maybe there’s something about his past we don’t know yet that might explain why, and we’ll just have to be patient and find out.

Anyway, everyone is looking for Luke Skywalker, who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and the fate of the galaxy rests on the shoulders of a precocious BB-8 droid that gives R2-D2 a serious run for his money, a beautiful lady scavenger who also has a mysterious past and a storm trooper in the midst of a crisis of conscience. Yeah, it’s badass. And far more complex than most of what Lucas had going on, not counting the baffling and pointless intergalactic political intrigue stuff we all had to suffer through. … Jar Jar Binks in the Senate? Shut up.

We shan’t delve into further details so as to not spoil it for those who haven’t been yet, but suffice it to say that some serious shit goes down. The true genius of Abrams’ vision is in the mirroring of certain aspects from the original trilogy while constantly expanding the details in satisfying ways. The battle of light vs. dark is the oldest story in existence, but through artfully CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Ryan Gosling screws America (financially, sorry) in The Big Short. executed moments of fan service via cameos, blink-and-miss-it background moments and the use of CGI as enhancement rather than focus, The Force Awakens solidifies itself in the canon while blasting its way into a league of its own.

For every harrowing dogfight in space or samurai-esque light saber duel, there is a tantalizing emotional thread to follow or legitimately funny exchange to enjoy; for every gasp-inducing reveal or unbelievable plot twist, there is a beautiful vista or solid performance. Seriously, this movie is far better than you were probably prepared to hope for.

Of course, this is only the first chapter of a trilogy, so questions remain, but the heartwrenching final moments provide a satisfying conclusion while leaving the door wide open to take the story in any direction its caretakers desire. Longtime fans and initiates will find more than enough to love here, and no matter where you fall on the Star Wars love spectrum, one thing’s for sure—the next chapter can’t come soon enough. (ADV) Regal, Violet Crown, PG-13, 135 min.

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Filmgoers have been champing at the bit for The Hateful Eight—director Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film and second Western— since he announced it in 2013. This visceral mystery, set a decade or so after the Civil War in rural Wyoming, was definitely worth the wait.

Over the course of three hours, The Hateful Eight tells the tale of bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) as he escorts accused murderer Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to her execution. Their stagecoach pulls up on another bounty hunter, Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L Jackson), followed by “Rebel Renegade” fighter and small-town sheriff Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins). A blizzard forces them to take shelter at a stagecoach passover, where they find four strangers (Demian Bichir, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth) and a whole helluva lot of unanswered questions. We soon learn that, while the weather outside is frightful, inside isn’t looking too much better for anyone.

Cinematographer Robert Richardson filmed The Hateful Eight in anamorphic 70mm for better picture quality, although most theaters will get the digital release. Nevertheless, the shots—whether panoramic and snowy or closeup and blood-soaked—are all pitch-perfect for the genre. Tarantino’s entire career is built on homage, so it’s nice to see his usual flourishes in place here again, including the music.

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Western in 40 years. Although Morricone once said he’d never work with Tarantino again after Django Unchained, and Tarantino claimed that The Hateful Eight score is “absolutely abysmal,” it’s a perfect fit, brilliantly capturing the film’s moments of stillness, tension and fear.

Morricone’s score, Tarantino’s screenplay and Leigh’s conniving, feral performance as Domergue have already earned Golden Globe nominations. And rightfully so: The Hateful Eight is one of 2015’s best films. (Brianna Stall-

ings)

Jean Cocteau, Violet Crown, R, 192 min.

MACBETH

It’s refreshing in this age of flashy big-budget flops (recent example: In the Heart of the Sea) to see an enormous film take on an intimidating subject and thrust a dagger of nearly perfect artistry through it. Screenwriters Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso, along with director Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders), have deftly carved Shakespeare’s great Scottish tragedy into the best kind of edge-of-yourseat Hollywood entertainment, while Michael Fassbender (as Macbeth) and Marion Cotillard (as Lady Macbeth) deliver breathtaking performances that elevate the film into rarefied territory.

The story should be familiar, if foggy, to anyone who was paying attention in high school English. Macbeth, the thane (sort-of-a-duke?) of Glamis, delivers an unlikely victory to the good king Duncan over the traitorous Macdonwald. Three “weird sisters” interrupt Macbeth’s victory, however, with an unsettling greeting, referring to him as thane of Cawdor and noting that soon he “shalt be king hereafter!” When the first part of the prophecy comes true, Macbeth becomes consumed by the rest of the witches’ words, an obsession that takes a dark turn when he—encouraged by his wife—takes matters into his own hands.

Fassbender delivers a flawless performance in which he stretches his emotional and physical range over the course of 113 minutes.

Cotillard performs a perfect contretemps, gracefully skating just on the edge of hysteria throughout—a surprising feat, given the infamous subject she portrays. (Her “out, damn spot” monologue is an astonishing display of restraint: Her hands remain covered throughout.) The supporting cast comes through magnificently as well, particularly Sean Harris as Macduff, the growling foil to Macbeth’s derailed ambitions.

Despite the brilliance of much of the acting, I suspect that the film will resonate mostly with audiences for its rich sensory landscape.

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Adeventure. excitement. It seems a Jedi does crave these things.

Kurzel uses the rolling valleys and plains of England and Scotland as near-fantastical—yet fundamentally earthy and real—stages upon which he sets his characters. Special effects—mostly richly saturated colors and jarred motion techniques—enhance the filmmaker’s fundamental material rather than distract from it. The score alone, by Jed Kurzel (the director’s younger brother), is worth the admission price; it heaves and lolls and lays out a soft carpet upon which Shakespeare’s creations clash and wail. The production design, by Fiona Crombie, is sheer delight as well, evoking all of the fantasies of Dark Ages Europe in roughly hewn wool and finely crafted steel without serving as an obtrusive, clumsy apparatus.

The stakes for such a film are curious. It hasn’t been nearly as heavily marketed as other year-end big-ticket productions (one does not envy being released in the same season as Star Wars), suggesting low expectations by the

studio, and the particular pieties that surround Shakespeare make any adaptation of his work— especially by A-list actors—a risk.

It’s a paradox that thanks to his colossal stature in the pantheon of English letters, it’s really quite easy to forget the sheer genius of Shakespeare’s words. His deification by scholars and writers can have the effect of putting him into a separate box—the whole of English literature over here, and the Bard over there. I have little doubt that a sizable chunk of English scholars will roll their eyes at a Harvey Weinstein-funded take on this inimitable play, while theater snobs and purists will find much at fault with an adaptation. Yet the writers and director have done well to act boldly. For at least this hazy-memoried former English student, this film has reminded me why Shakespeare occupies the place that he does. (Lucas

Iberico Lozada)

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Santa Fe Reporter’s 1st annual Guide to Volunteering for Non-Profits

ADVERTORIAL

ANIMALS

ARTS

COMMUNITY

EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL ACTION

— Santa Fe Reporter’s 1st Annual —

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MANY MOTHERS WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH:

Are you passionate about supporting your community?

Help us contribute to a vital and healthy Santa Fe by providing emotional and physical support to new parents to help relieve stress, and improve bonding and success later in life. Visit manymothers.org to learn more about volunteering.

IDEAL VOLUNTEER: Loves babies, is able to provide compassionate, non-judgemental support to families with newborns, is willing to attend training, submit to background and reference checks and commit to three hours a week.

CONTACT: Melissa Willis, program director (505) 983-5984 melissa@manymothers.org

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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MOUNTAIN REGION

WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH: Volunteers needed

for one-to-one youth mentoring. Being a Big Brother or Big Sister is rewarding and fun! A few hours each month can change your life, and the life of a child, for the better, forever. Can’t volunteer? Consider a donation to make 1,100 lifelong friendships for local youth. spare a few hours each month to do things they already enjoy, but make them even more fun with a child who needs some guidance. Volunteers should be patient, be good listeners, and be open to new experiences.

KITCHEN ANGELS

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IDEAL VOLUNTEER: Adults ages 18 and over who can

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WELLNESS

WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH: We

are a volunteer-driven organization that provides free, nutritious meals to our homebound neighbors facing life-challenging conditions. We are currently seeking volunteers in three categories: kitchen meal preparation, meal delivery in the city of Santa Fe, and staff for Kitchenality—our kitchen re-sale store. Come join our “flock” of angels!

IDEAL VOLUNTEER: One person really can

make a difference. Are you that one person?

Our Kitchen Angels are reliable, kind and good humored, putting their hearts and souls into the food they prepare. Our delivery angels bring more than just a hot meal to our clients — they also deliver friendship.

CONTACT: Lauren LaVail

(505) 471-7780 extension 202 llavail@kitchenangels.org Kitchenangels.org

CONTACT: (505) 983-8360

info@bbbsmountainregion.org bbbsmountainregion.org/volunteer bbbsmountainregion.org/donate

NEW MEXICO MISSION OF MERCY WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH: New

Mexico Mission of Mercy (NM MOM) is a free dental clinic serving adults and children on a first-come, first-served basis. NM MOM in Santa Fe will follow four previous events where volunteers have provided over 5,700 patients with free dental care—totaling $3.8 million in donated dental treatment!

IDEAL VOLUNTEER: New Mexico Mission of Mercy is made possible by community volunteers. Willing hands over 18 years of age make the perfect volunteers! The goal is to treat 1,000 patients in two days, and your help is needed.

CONTACT: Register to volunteer online at nmdentalfoundation.org for the April 7-10, 2016 event.

THE SANTA FE SYMPHONY

THE NEW MEXICO CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING

WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH: Volunteers assist

WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH: We are

IDEAL VOLUNTEER: Friendly, outgoing, computer-savvy, comfortable making phone calls or researching online—with enough familiarity with classical music to be able to easily talk about upcoming performances or events, experience in supporting (or taking photos at) special events, and ability to write articles for our Music Education Committee newsletter.

IDEAL VOLUNTEER: Anyone with a desire to make a real difference and has a love for horses and individuals with special needs. We seek volunteers who are driven, humble, and passionate. Volunteering for NMCTR is one of the most rewarding opportunities you will experience. No horse knowledge necessary.

Training will be provided.

throughout the fall-to-spring season, both in the office and out and about in Santa Fe. For every performance or event, volunteers help us distribute flyers, prepare programs and mailings or assist behind-the-scenes. In-office help—marketing, fundraising, concert and event support—is also welcome!

CONTACT: Maura Goodin

(505) 983-3530 volunteer@santafesymphony.org

looking for motivated volunteers to help fulfill our mission by enriching the lives of individuals with special needs through equine-assisted activities and therapies. Volunteer opportunities include: barn duties, horse care, horse handling, side-walking, photography, fundraising, grant writing, and administrative tasks.

CONTACT: Shelley Phelan (505) 471-2000 shelleyphelan1@gmail.com

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS STUDIO SAFARIS with Linda Durham Customdesigned private tours to undiscovered and inspiring studios of remarkable Artists. For Collectors and Art Professionals.

Serious conversation. For more information and to schedule a tour: Contact 505-466-4001 lindalavega@gmail.com thewonderinstitute.org CULTIVATE GREATER HAPPINESS defined as the overall experience of meaning and pleasure.

This group is for anyone (18+) interested in learning what bolsters and facilitates happiness and exploring practical tools from positive psychology for shifting towards a healthier, happier being.

Join us Thursdays 6-8 pm, at Southwestern Counseling Center/Tierra Nueva from January 14th-February 25th. $10 per session/sliding scale.

To register call 471-8575.

Facilitated by student therapist Rosanna Timmer, a Souluna Life Coach.

THE GRAY AREA GROUP: A group for those entering that gray area of aging fraught with fears about our health, mobility, sanity and future independence. We’ll talk about our fears, develop strategies and explore what limitations we truly have and what are placed on us by society, friends and loving relatives.

Meeting Wednesdays, January 13 - March 2, 2:00- 4:00 pm. $10/session, sliding scale. Led by Southwestern Counseling students Dusty and Amy. Call 471-8575 to register.

ART BASED GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Group forming in Santa Fe to honor all types of loss through the use of weekly art processes and member support. This adult group is open to the community for a cost of $10 per session (sliding scale available). Thursdays starting January 14-March 3, 6:30pm8:30pmat Southwestern Counseling Center/Tierra Nueva. Call 471-8575 to register. Co-led by student art therapists, Laura Schoff and Cydni Davis-Hubler.

THE SANTA FE RAILYARD COMMUNITY CORPORATION will have its monthly Board of Directors’ Meeting on Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Southwest Conference Room at Christus St. Vincent’s, 455 St. Michael’s Dr. The public, neighbors, tenants, and all interested persons are encouraged to attend.

Agenda will be available 24 hours in advance of the meeting at the office at 332 Read Street (982-3373) and posted at www.sfrailyardcc.org http://www.sfrailyardcc.org/.

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LEGALS

DEVELOP MINDFULNESS, LIVE COMPASSIONATE SERVICE UPAYA ZEN CENTER Upaya offers various means to foster mindfulness and engaged social action: DAILY MEDITATION, DHARMA TALKS - Wednesday 5:306:30 p.m., and MEDITATION RETREATS (instruction available). January offers 1/31 half-day, 1/9 & 1/16 full-day and weekend, and 1/22-27 intensive RETREATS. CHAPLAINCY TRAINING & RESIDENT PROGRAMS are for those who seek a deeper commitment - Apply now for 2016.

Details at www.upaya.org.

505-986-8518. 1404 Cerro Gordo, Santa Fe, NM.

CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR LIFE: The Practice of Patience Sunday, January 10, 10-12:00 The Practice of Contentment Sunday, January 17, 10-12:00 The Practice of Delight Sunday, January 24, 10-12:00 Led by Don Handrick Thoughts lie at the root of every word we speak and every action we perform. Just as an athlete trains her body, we can train and transform our minds, and in doing so, shift our habitual patterns and explore new ways of living. Thubten Norbu Ling 1807 2nd Street #35. for more information write info@tnlsf.org or call 505-660-7056

LEGAL NOTICE TO CREDITORS/NAME CHANGE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF EMILY CREAGER TYSON Case No.: D-101-CV-2015-02498 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in the accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Emily Creager Tyson will apply to the Honorable David K. Thomson, District Judge of the First JOHREI CENTER OF SANTA FE. DECONSTRUCTING EMOTIONS Judicial District at the Santa RETREAT with Venerable Robina JOHREI IS BASED ON THE FOCUS Fe Judicial Complex, 225 AND FLOW OF THE UNIVERSAL Courtin. Friday evening, Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, January 29 to through Sunday LIFE ENERGY. It reaches and transforms New Mexico, at 1:30 p.m. afternoon, January 31. on the 17th day of February, How do we develop a healthy, the inner soul, awakening divine nature within us.

We 2016 for an ORDER FOR balanced attitude towards our are a spiritual fellowship emotions?

CHANGE OF NAME from from many cultural and faith Normally we either suppress Emily Creager Tyson to Emily backgrounds.

We respect what we feel or explode at other Creager Tyson-Jorgenson people. The Buddhist approach is diversity and all spiritual STEPHEN T. PACHECO, practical and involves recognizing paths.

District Court Clerk On Saturday January 16th at our emotions and then working 10:30 a.m. we will have our By: Victoria B. Neal on them. This retreat will be Gratitude Service. All are Deputy Court Clerk held at the Immaculate Heart welcome!

Thank you.

The Submitted by: of Mary Retreat and Conference Johrei Center of Santa Fe is Center? at 50 Mt Carmel Road.

Emily Tyson-Jorgenson located at Calle Cinco Plaza, For registration forms go to http:// Petitioner, Pro Se 1500 Fifth St., Suite 10, www.tnlsf.org/#!events/ci3v.

Mail your registration to Thubten 87505. Please call 820-0451 with any questions. Drop-ins Norbu Ling, 1807 2nd Street, welcome! There is no fee for #35, Santa Fe, NM 87505. If receiving Johrei. Donations are EMPLOYMENT you have further questions write gratefully accepted. info@tnlsf.org or call SERVICES Please check us out 505-660-7056. at our new website Hiring RNs and LPNs to work Registration deadline is santafejohreifellowship.com home health in Northern New January 16th.

Mexico. If interested apply at www.procasemanagement.com/ careers. Full time or part time work available.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF DOREEN CHRISTINE MCGREGOR FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.: D-101-CV-2015-02635 NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, the Petitioner, Doreen Christine McGregor will apply to the Honorable DAVID K. THOMSON, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the First Judicial District Courthouse in SANTA FE, New Mexico at 1:30 p.m. on the 17th day of February, 2016 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Doreen Christine McGregor to Emerson Doreen Grey.

By: STEPHEN T. PACHECO GLORIA C. LANDIN COURT CLERK Submitted by Petitioner Pro Se: Doreen Christine McGregor

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CRITTER CORNER CHESTNUT Chestnut is a handsome and easy going kitty, about 6 years old and close to 11 lbs. He came to the shelter as a stray and has been easy to handle, but is certainly ready for a new warm home.

Act 2 Consignment Boutique 839 Paseo De Peralta 983-8585 | act2santafe.com DIGBY This beautiful blue and white mastiff mix is Digby, who is just over 5 years old and weighs about 75 lbs.

Digby is a good girl, who does well in play groups with dogs of similar size and is pretty relaxed around the shelter staff. If you have another doggie at home, please bring them by for a meet and greet with Digby!

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NORTH STAR North Star is an Australian Cattle Dog mix, who is about 1 year old. He is currently about 60 lbs. and is just about fully grown. He is friendly towards people and likes affection. He also seems to do best with dogs of a similar size. If you already have a dog, please bring them in to meet North Star!

KLOSKI Precious & playful is how volunteers describe Kloski. Adores sweet talk and petting or could just lay around the house. Soft fur!

Extremely affectionate with her people. Dream Home: a loving, fun and responsible home that believe in spaying and neutering.

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POOKEY Pookey is a spayed, 7-year-old cat who is looking for a new household and family to call her own. She is a beautiful, fully black, short haired girl with lots of life and love still in her. Why don’t you come and see if this girl will be the perfect match to your household?

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SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER

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CARLIE Carlie would love to meet you! Favorite Things: Playtime, chasing balls, treats and more playtime! She will do best in home with other dogs. Dream Home: Active, athletic home or with older children with plenty of time for this bundle of energy.

FRIZZLE

HARRY

Frizzle is a sweet little girl ready for her forever home! At 8 weeks old this little girl has lived successfully with other cats. She came to the shelter as a stray. She will warm your home and heart this Holiday season. Stop by the shelter today to meet this sweetie pie!

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Harry is an adorable guy who loves people!

He’s very friendly and outgoing. He loves to greet shelter staff and visitors with happy tail wags. He’s a dog that can be a little picky about his dog friends; we suggest a meet and greet with your current dog(s) to make sure it’s a good match.

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MIND BODY SPIRIT ACUPUNCTURE Rob Brezsny

Week of September 10th

ARIES (March 21-April 19) John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persistence. When he’d almost finished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife. While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti.

As mad as he was, he didn’t punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck’s breakout book. I’m guessing that in recent months you have received comparable assistance, Aries — although you may not realize it was assistance until later this year.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Around the world, an average of 26 languages go extinct every year. But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades. In Wales, it’s taught in many schools, appears on road signs, and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heritage that may be useful to your future? A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be reclaimed? Make it happen in 2016.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Fourteenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Remember back to what known as The Canterbury Tales. It became a seminal your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I text of English literature even though he never finsuspect that you fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It’s ished it. The most influential book ever written by possible you were too young to have the power you theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that on before it was completed. The artist Michelangelo turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you never found the time to put the final touches on were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren’t wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your attention? Because 2016 will Almost 12 years later, you have returned to a similar be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects phase in your long-term cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn’t quite do before: create the mas- you’ve been working on — and also to be at peace with abandoning those you can’t. terpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) To become a skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath. You’ve got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rather than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you’re beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previously you’ve done unconsciously. Later, you have to get beyond your selfconscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens easily and gracefully.

Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: 1. to make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; 2. to refine and cultivate that activity; 3. to allow your consciously-crafted approach to become unselfconscious again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) A bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1869 went for $233,000 apiece. The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here’s a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I’m thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term future, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months.

This will be a time to bring all your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened.

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past few months are likely to intensify. That’s mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immensity taps at your life?

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